[Event "Hamburg HSK"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2011.01.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Black "Lanka, Zigurds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "Albers,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Qc7 10. Nf3 O-O-O 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Rhe1 h6 13. Bh4 {[#]} g5 $6 {
sehr riskant.} (13... Kb8 {ist die Hauptvariante. Allerdings steht Weiß auch
dann etwas besser.}) 14. fxg5 Ng4 15. gxh6 Bxh4 16. Nxh4 Rxh6 17. Nf3 Rhh8 18.
h3 Nge5 19. Bf1 Be8 20. Qf2 Kb8 21. Kb1 Rh5 22. Ne2 Nxf3 23. gxf3 Qa5 24. Nc1
Qc5 25. Qd2 Ka8 $6 26. f4 f6 27. Nb3 Qb6 28. Bc4 e5 29. Be6 Rh4 30. Bg4 Bh5 {
(=)} 31. Rg1 Bxg4 32. hxg4 Qc7 33. Qf2 Rdh8 34. fxe5 fxe5 35. g5 Rxe4 36. Qf6
Rd8 37. g6 Rf4 38. Qe6 Rff8 39. a3 (39. Rdf1 $5) 39... Rfe8 40. Qc4 Rg8 41.
Rdf1 d5 42. Qc5 d4 43. Ka2 Rc8 $2 (43... Rg7 {oder}) (43... Qc8 {waren zäher
aber am weißen Vorteil gibt es nichts zu rütteln.}) 44. Rf7 Qb8 45. Qd5 Rcd8
46. Qe4 Qd6 47. g7 Qe6 $6 48. Rgf1 a5 49. R1f6 Qc4 50. Kb1 Rb8 51. Rc7 Qb5 {[#]
} 52. a4 $3 {Der Ausheber.} Qxa4 53. Rfxc6 bxc6 54. Rxc6 Ka7 55. Rc7+ Kb6 56.
Qxe5 Qb4 57. Nc5 Rge8 58. Qd6+ Kb5 59. Qa6# 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1989.11.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Popovic, Petar"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {(Anand)} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 (11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe1 Be7 13.
Bd3 Qb6 {Ernst-Popovic Subotica(izt) 1987}) 11... Qb6 12. Nce2 (12. Nxc6 $6
Bxc6 13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne2 h5 15. Rhf1 a5 16. f5 e5 17. Ng1 Qc5 $15 {Short-Kozul
Belgrade 1989}) 12... Na5 13. b3 Rb8 $6 14. Ng3 h5 15. e5 $1 d5 16. Be2 h4 17.
Nh5 Rxh5 (17... f5 18. Nf6+ $16) 18. Bxh5 Nc4 19. Qd3 Qa5 20. Ka1 Ba3 21. Rb1
fxe5 22. bxc4 exd4 23. cxd5 Rc8 24. Rb3 Bb4 25. Kb1 (25. Qh7 $1 $16) 25... Rc3
26. Qxd4 Rxb3+ 27. cxb3 Bc3 28. Qe3 b4 29. Rd1 Qa3 30. Qe2 $6 (30. Qc1 Qa5 31.
Bg4 $16) 30... e5 $1 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Qh5+ Ke7 $6 (32... Kg7 $1 33. Qg5+ Kf7
$10) 33. d6+ Kd8 $2 (33... Kf6 34. fxe5+ Kg7 $10) 34. Qh8+ Be8 35. Qf6+ $18 Kc8
36. d7+ Kb7 (36... Bxd7 37. Qf8+ Kc7 38. Qd6+ $18) 37. d8=N+ $4 (37. Qc6+ $3
Kxc6 38. dxe8=Q+ $18) 37... Ka8 $19 {(Anand)} 0-1

[Event "GRE-chT 32nd"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2003.07.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Marjanovic, Slavoljub"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.07.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 {Back to Kozul's Sicilian.} 9. f4 ({These days people have switched
to} 9. f3) 9... b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nce2 Rc8 13. g3 b4 $5 ({Alex's
} 13... Na5 14. b3 Nc6 15. Bg2 Qa5 16. c3 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Be7 $11 {simply
equalizes but difficult to play for a win.}) 14. Bg2 a5 15. Rhe1 a4 (15... Na7
16. g4) 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Nd4 $6 Qc5 18. Re3 $8 {Pulkkinen could not find this
against Alex in 1986.} Bg7 19. c3 Rb8 $1 20. cxb4 Qxb4 21. Rc3 f5 $1 {Natural
and strong.} (21... Qb6 $2 22. f5 e5 23. Ne2 d5 24. Rc2 d4 25. Nc3) (21... O-O
$2 22. Rc7) 22. e5 O-O $5 {Here I have already decided to sac the exchange.} (
22... d5 23. Rc7 $1 (23. Nc6 $2 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 Qb7 25. Rdc1 O-O $17) (23. a3 $2
Qb6 24. Rdc1 O-O 25. Bf1 f6 26. Nc6 Rb7 $17) 23... Bf8 $1 (23... Qb6 $2 24. Qc2
Bf8 25. Rxd7 $1 Kxd7 (25... a3 26. Rc7 Qxb2+ 27. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 28. Ka1 Rxg2 29.
Rdc1 $18) 26. Qxa4+ $18) 24. Qxb4 (24. Qc2 Be7) 24... Bxb4 $11) (22... a3 $2
23. Rb3 Qxd2 24. Rxb8+ Ke7 25. exd6+ Kf6 26. Rxd2 Rxb8 27. Bc6 $18) 23. a3 Qb6
$5 {I had another continuation to my disposal.} (23... Qa5 $1 24. exd6 (24. Nc6
Bxc6 25. Rxc6 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 dxe5 27. fxe5 Bxe5 $19) 24... Qb6 25. Rc2 Rfc8 26.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Qb4 Qa7 28. Rd2 Bf6 $44) 24. Nc6 dxe5 $1 {Brave!} (24... Bxc6
25. Rxc6 Qb3 26. Rxd6 Qxa3 27. Qd4 Rb3 28. Rd3 $11) 25. Nxb8 {He had to take
the exchange.} (25. Nxe5 $6 Bb5 $17) 25... Rxb8 26. Rc4 $5 {My opponent played
a move reminiscent of his past!} (26. fxe5 Bxe5 27. Rc2 Be8 $1 $44 (27... Bb5
$2 28. Qb4 Kg7 29. Bf1 Bxf1 30. Qxb6 Rxb6 31. Rxf1 h5 32. Rff2 h4 33. Rc4 hxg3
34. hxg3 Ra6 35. Kc2 $16)) 26... Bb5 (26... Qb3 27. Rc3 $11) 27. Rb4 Bf8 28.
fxe5 Bxb4 29. Qg5+ $1 {Now it is simply a draw.} Kf8 30. axb4 Be2 31. Qh6+ Kg8
32. Qg5+ Kf8 $5 {I just wanted to experiment all the possible drawish
continuations today!} 33. Qh6+ Ke8 34. Rc1 $1 {First rank should be protected.}
Bd3+ 35. Ka1 Qxb4 36. Bc6+ Ke7 37. Qf6+ Kf8 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qf6+ Kf8 40. Bb5
$1 {When both sides are in time trouble why not to try something?} Kg8 $8 (
40... Qxb5 $4 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Rc7+ Qd7 43. Rxd7+ Kxd7 44. Qxb8 $18) (40...
Bxb5 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Qxb8 Qd2 43. Rc7+ Bd7 $16) 41. Qg5+ {Now it is time to
return to threefold repetition since both sides have exhausted their sources.}
Kh8 42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. Qg5+ Kh8 44. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SCG-chT"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2003.09.08"]
[Round "10.61"]
[White "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2003.09.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.10.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 {Back to the Kozul's Sicilian.} 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 {
I could have never understood the advantage of this one over the direct} b4 12.
Nce2 Qb6 13. f5 (13. g3 Rc8 14. Bg2 a5 {is just a transposition to
Marjanovic-Atalik,Halkidiki(Greek League) 2003.}) 13... Nxd4 {A risky move!}
14. Nxd4 e5 15. Ne2 {He goes for the template type of move.} h5 16. h4 {
He plays common moves.} (16. Nc1 Rc8 17. b3 Bc6 18. Bd3 (18. Bc4 Bxe4) 18...
Bh6 $15) 16... Ke7 $1 {This is the advantage of having the bishop on d7
instead of c6.I do not need extra moves like Qc5 to protect d6 as a
preparation for Ke7 but now the move comes at once.} ({After} 16... Bh6 $5 17.
Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Ke7 19. Rb6 a5 20. Rh3 $1 {Black just have some
compensation so it is needless.}) 17. Ng3 Bh6 18. Qe2 (18. Qd5 {During the
game I was thinking about this move.However it does not seem to be that
dangerous.} Qc6 $1 $13 (18... Bf4 $2 19. Nxh5 Rxh5 20. Qxa8 Bc6 21. Rxd6))
18... Qe3 $1 $146 19. Nxh5 Bb5 $3 {This is my big time idea.White is in dire
straits after this shot.The problem is I have come into this position after 1
hour!} 20. Qxe3 (20. Qf3 $2 Qxf3 21. gxf3 Bxf1 22. Rdxf1 Rag8 23. Rh3 Rg2 24.
f4 Rc8 25. c3 bxc3 26. Rxc3 Rxc3 27. bxc3 Rh2 $17) 20... Bxe3 21. Bxb5 axb5 22.
Rh3 $1 {Very resilient.} ({Some time ago I have been only concentrated on} 22.
Rd3 $6 Bf2 23. Rf3 Rxh5 24. Rxf2 Rg8 25. Rd2 Rg4 26. Rhd1 Rxe4 27. Rxd6 Rexh4 (
27... Rxf5 28. Rd7+ Kf8 29. g3 Rg4 30. R7d3 Rf2 $17) 28. Rd8 Rh1 29. R8d7+ Kf8
30. Kc1 Rxd1+ 31. Kxd1 Rxf5 $17) 22... Bc5 {I wanted to keep my bishop.After
some long time I have decided rightfully not to go to the double rook ending.}
(22... Rxh5 23. Rxe3 Rxh4 24. g3 Rh2 $1 (24... Rg4 $2 25. Rd5 Rag8 26. Rxb5
Rxg3 27. Rxg3 Rxg3 28. Rb7+ Ke8 29. Kc1) 25. Rb3 Ra4 (25... d5 $6 26. Rxb4 dxe4
27. Rxb5 Rd8 28. Rb7+ Ke8 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. Kc1 e3 31. Kd1 Rd2+ 32. Ke1 Rxc2
33. a4 $16) 26. Rbd3 Re2 $1 (26... b3 27. axb3 Rxe4 28. Rxd6 Ree2 29. Rd8 Re1
30. R8d7+ Ke8 31. Rd8+ $11) 27. Rxd6 Ra7 $1 28. g4 $1 {punch to punch the
threat is 29.g5 now.} Rg2 $8 29. g5 Rxg5 30. R6d5 Rg4 31. Re1 Rd7 32. Rxd7+ (
32. Rd3 $2 Rd4 33. Rxd4 exd4 34. Kc1 Kd6 35. Kd2 Ke5 36. Kd3 Rg3+ 37. Kd2 Kf4
$17) 32... Kxd7 33. Kc1 Kd6 34. Kd2 Kc5 35. Ke3 Rh4 36. Rd1 Rh3+ $11) 23. Ng3
Rag8 $44 {Black has a great position.} 24. Rf1 (24. h5 $2 Bf2 25. Nh1 Bc5 $17)
24... Rg4 ({The exchange sac is no good .} 24... Rxg3 $2 25. Rxg3 Rxh4 26. Rg8
Rxe4 27. Rb8 $16) 25. h5 Be3 26. Rf3 Bf4 27. a3 $1 $132 {Just in time!} Bxg3 (
27... d5 $2 28. exd5 Bxg3 29. Rfxg3 Rxg3 30. Rxg3 Rxh5 31. Rb3 $1 bxa3 (31...
Rxf5 32. Rxb4 Rf1+ 33. Ka2 $16) 32. Rxb5 axb2 33. Kxb2 Rxf5 34. c4 $18) (27...
Rhg8 $2 28. Ne2 Bd2 29. Rd3 Bh6 30. Rhg3 Rxg3 31. Rxg3 Rxg3 32. Nxg3 bxa3 33.
bxa3 d5 34. exd5 Kd6 35. a4 $1 $18) (27... bxa3 $2 28. Rxa3 Bxg3 29. Raxg3 Rxg3
30. Rxg3 Rxh5 31. Rb3 d5 32. exd5 Rxf5 33. Rxb5 Rf4 34. b3 Rd4 35. c4 e4 36.
Rb7+ Ke8 37. Kc2 e3 38. Ra7 $18) 28. Rfxg3 Rxg3 {I did not want to play with
my pieces confined like Kf8 and Rh8.} (28... Rxe4 29. Rb3 (29. h6 d5 30. h7 Kf8
31. Rd3 d4 (31... bxa3 32. Rxd5) 32. c3 bxc3 33. bxc3 Rg4 34. cxd4 exd4 35. Rb3
Kg7 36. Rxb5 Rxg2 37. Rb4 $11)) 29. Rxg3 Rxh5 30. Rb3 {He wants to play safe.}
(30. axb4 Rh4 31. Re3 d5 32. exd5 Rxb4 33. Rc3 (33. c3 Rg4) 33... Rg4 34. Rc7+
Kd6 35. Rxf7 Rxg2 36. Rxf6+ Kxd5 $11 {is just equal.}) 30... bxa3 $2 $138 {
Here I have missed my chance.I could have created some situation similar to
Sherzer-Yermolinsky,Philadelphia(World Open) 1998.} (30... Rh1+ $2 31. Ka2 bxa3
32. Kxa3 Re1 33. Rb4 Kd7 34. Rxb5 Kc6 35. Rb4 $16) (30... d5 $3 31. exd5 (31.
Rxb4 dxe4) 31... Rxf5 32. Rxb4 Rf1+ 33. Ka2 f5 $1 34. Rxb5 e4 35. g3 e3 36. Rb3
Rf3 37. Rb7+ Kd6 38. Rb8 Rxg3 $19) 31. Rxb5 $1 {This is actually what I have
missed.} (31. bxa3 Rh4 $1 (31... d5 32. exd5 Rxf5 33. Rxb5) 32. Rxb5 Rxe4 33.
Rb7+ Kf8 $1 (33... Ke8 34. Rb8+ Kd7 35. Rb7+ $11) 34. Rd7 Rd4 35. c3 Rd2 36. a4
e4 $17) 31... Rh1+ 32. Ka2 axb2 33. Kxb2 Rh7 $5 {With this weird move I have
burned my remaining time.} (33... Rh4 {In this line his c pawn becomes pretty
dangerous.} 34. Rb7+ Kf8 35. Rd7 Rxe4 36. Rxd6 Ke7 37. Rd2 Rf4 38. Kb3 Rxf5 39.
c4 Rf1 40. c5 Rc1 41. Kb4 f5 42. Kb5 f4 43. Kb6 Ke6 44. Rd6+ Kf5 45. c6 Rb1+
46. Ka6 e4 47. c7 Rc1 48. Kb7 Rxc7+ 49. Kxc7 f3 50. gxf3 exf3 51. Rd1 Ke4 52.
Kd6 f5 53. Ke6 f4 54. Rf1 Ke3 55. Kf5 $11) 34. Rb7+ Ke8 35. Rb6 Kd7 36. c4 $4 {
In mutual time trouble he gives me the chance I needed.} (36. Kc3 Rg7 37. Kc4
Rxg2 38. Rb7+ Ke8 39. c3 Rd2 40. Ra7 Kf8 41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. Rb8 Kh6 43. Rg8 $11)
36... Rg7 $4 {Only later I have realised that the pawn to attack is e4 not g2.}
(36... Rh4 $1 37. c5 (37. Rb7+ Ke8 38. Rb8+ Ke7 39. Rb7+ Kf8 40. Rb8+ Kg7 41.
Rd8 Rxe4 42. Kc3 Rd4 43. g4 (43. Rd7 Kh6 44. Rxf7 Kg5 $19) 43... Kh6 44. Rg8 d5
45. cxd5 Rxd5 46. Kc2 (46. Kc4 Rd2 47. Kc3 (47. Kc5 Rd4 48. Kc6 Kh7 49. Rf8 Kg7
$19) 47... Rd4 48. Kc2 e4 49. Kc3 Rd5 50. Rf8 Kg5 51. Rxf7 Rd6 52. Rg7+ Kf4 53.
Kc2 e3 $19) 46... e4 47. Re8 Re5 48. Rg8 e3 49. Kd1 e2+ 50. Ke1 Re7 $19) 37...
dxc5 38. Rxf6 Ke7 39. Rc6 Rxe4 40. Kc3 Rd4 41. f6+ (41. Rxc5 Kf6 42. Rc7 Rg4 (
42... Rd6 43. g4 e4) 43. Kd3 Rxg2 44. Ke3 Rg3+ 45. Ke4 Rg4+ 46. Ke3 Rf4 $19)
41... Kd7 42. Rxc5 Ke6 $19) 37. c5 $6 {This does not lose but it is extremely
risky.Once again he brings himself on the edge of the cliff.} (37. Kc3 Rg3+ 38.
Kc2 Rxg2+ 39. Kd3 $11) 37... dxc5 38. Rxf6 Ke7 39. Rc6 Rg4 $1 {Late or not at
least I have realised my mistake.} 40. Rxc5 (40. f6+ $2 Kd7 41. Rxc5 Rxe4 $19)
40... Rxe4 41. g4 Kd6 $2 {Instead of this I could have created real
difficulties for him.I was trying to get some position similar to Lautier
-Yermolinsky,Tilburg(m/01)1993.} (41... Kf6 $1 42. Rc6+ Kg5 43. Rc7 Rxg4 $1 (
43... f6 44. Rg7+ Kf4 45. Rg6 Rc4 46. Rxf6 Kxg4 47. Rf8 Rc6 48. f6 Kf4 49. Rd8
Rxf6 50. Kc2 $11) 44. Rxf7 Rc4 $1 {Now it looks winning but the difference
with the above mentioned game is his king may attack to my rook which cuts his
king off.} (44... Rf4 45. Kc3 Rxf5 46. Rg7+) 45. Kb3 $1 {This is the most
exact move.His king has to launch an immediate attack on my rook.} (45. f6 $2
Rc6 $19) (45. Rf8 Rc6 46. Kb3 e4 47. Kb4 $1 (47. f6 $2 Kf4 48. f7 Rc7 $19)
47... e3 48. Kb5 (48. f6 $2 Kf4 49. Kb5 Re6 50. f7 Re7 51. Kc5 Kf3 52. Kd6 Ra7
$19) 48... Rf6 49. Re8 Kf4 50. Kc4 Kf3 51. Kd4 Rd6+ 52. Ke5 Rd7 53. f6 e2 54.
Kf5 $11) 45... Rc6 $1 (45... Rc8 46. Kb4 Kf4 47. Kb5 e4 48. f6 e3 49. Re7 Kf3
50. f7 Rf8 51. Kc4 $11) 46. Kb4 e4 (46... Kf4 47. Rf8 e4 48. Kb5 Rc2 49. f6 Ke3
50. f7 Rc7 51. Kb6 Re7 52. Kc6 Kf3 53. Kd6 Ra7 54. Ke6 $11) (46... Rf6 47. Rd7
Kf4 $1 (47... Kxf5 48. Kc3 Ke4 49. Kd2 Rf2+ 50. Ke1 Ra2 51. Rb7 Ra3 52. Ke2 $11
) 48. Kc3 e4 49. Kd2 Kf3 50. Re7 Rd6+ 51. Ke1 e3 52. f6 Ra6 (52... Rxf6 53. Re8
$11) 53. Rd7 Ra1+ 54. Rd1 Ra2 55. f7 Re2+ 56. Kf1 Rf2+ 57. Ke1 $11) 47. f6 Kf5
48. Rf8 $1 (48. Kb5 $4 {The king goes out of the quadrate in which he keeps my
pawn under control.} Rxf6 $19) 48... Kf4 (48... Rxf6 49. Rxf6+ Kxf6 50. Kc3 $11
{and he will take the opposition.}) 49. Kb5 Re6 (49... Rc7 50. Kb6 Rh7 51. Kc5
e3 52. Re8 Rf7 53. Kd4 Rd7+ 54. Kc5 Kf3 55. Re7 Rd8 56. f7 Rf8 57. Kd4 e2 58.
Kd3 Rd8+ 59. Kc4 $11) 50. Kc4 $8 (50. f7 $2 Re7 51. Kc6 e3 52. Kd6 Ra7 $19)
50... Kf3 51. Kd5 e3 (51... Ra6 52. f7 Ra7 53. Ke6 e3 54. Re8 $11) 52. Kxe6 e2
53. f7 e1=Q+ 54. Kf6 $11 {is just a draw.}) 42. Ra5 Rxg4 43. Ra7 f6 {Only way
to continue the fight.} (43... Rg7 44. Kc3 Kd5 45. Kd3 e4+ 46. Ke3 Rg3+ 47. Kf4
Rf3+ 48. Kg5 $11) 44. Rf7 e4 45. Rxf6+ Ke5 46. Rf8 Kf4 (46... Kd4 $5 47. f6 Rf4
48. f7 Ke3 49. Kc3 Rf6 (49... Rf2 50. Kb3 $11) 50. Kc2 Kf3 51. Re8 Rxf7 52. Kd2
Rd7+ 53. Ke1 Ke3 54. Ra8 Rd3 55. Ra2 Rb3 56. Re2+ $11) (46... Rf4 47. Kc3 (47.
f6 $11) 47... Rxf5 48. Rxf5+ Kxf5 49. Kd2 $11) 47. f6 Kf3 48. f7 {The problem
is my rook can not land somewhere on the right side of his pawn since my own
pawn blocks the way.} Rf4 (48... Rg7 49. Kc3 e3 (49... Rh7 50. Kd4 (50. Kd2 e3+
51. Kc3 (51. Kd3 Kf2 $19) 51... Kf2 52. Kd3 Rg7 53. Rh8 $1 $11) 50... e3 51.
Re8 $11) (49... Ke3 50. Kc2 Kf2 51. Re8 $11) 50. Kd3 Kf2 51. Rh8 $11) 49. Kc3
e3 50. Kd3 Kf2 (50... e2 51. Re8 Rxf7 52. Re3+ $11) 51. Rh8 {The only move but
it is enough to secure the draw.} Rxf7 52. Rh2+ Kf3 53. Rh3+ Kf2 54. Rh2+ Kg3
55. Re2 Re7 56. Rxe3+ Rxe3+ 57. Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Firman, Nazar"]
[Black "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Nf3 hxg5 13. Bg3 Nge5 14. Kb1 g4
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Be2 Qa5 17. Rhf1 Rh7 $2 {A decisive mistake.} (17... Be7 {
was to be preferred.}) {[%tqu "En","How can you punish Black's last careless
move?","Exploit the shaky position of the black queen and h7-rook.","Try to
bring your knight into play!","c3d5","Knight 'centralization' is the most
convincing way to the victory!",5]} 18. Nd5 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Re8,Rh7][%cal Gd2a5,
Gd5f6] This elegant move spells a quick end for Black.} Qxd2 {What else?} 19.
Nf6+ Ke7 20. Rxd2 (20. Rxd2 {, and Black resigned, as after} Bh6 21. Rdd1 Rhh8
22. Bxe5 {White's material advantage is overhwhelming.}) 1-0

[Event "Athens Acropolis op"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "2005.03.12"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2005.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 $5 {The very first move is already came as a big surprise to me ,since
Zviad usually chosses 1 d4.} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6.
Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 ({Nowadays much more popular} 9... b5) (
{,or} 9... Be7) 10. Bh4 Nxe4 $5 {Recently this move is seldom played,due to
his bad reputation,since Tal-Barda game played in 1956,but i had the
interesting novelty in my mind.} ({Usually Black chooses} 10... g5 11. fxg5 Ng4
{with very complex play.}) 11. Qe1 {Definitely the best move.} ({After} 11.
Nxe4 Qxh4 {Black doesn't experience nay problems.}) 11... Nf6 12. Nf5 {The
point of White's previous move.} Qa5 {Logically removing the Q from unpleasant
pin along h4-d8 diagonal,and at the same time preparing long castle.} 13. Nxd6+
Bxd6 14. Rxd6 Qc7 {In my opinion very important intermediate move,since after
natural} (14... O-O-O 15. Rd1 $1 {White enjoyes a comfortable edge.} {The
point that natural} Ne7 $2 {runs into} 16. Nd5 $1) 15. Rd2 $1 {This move is
much stronger than:} (15. Qd2 O-O-O {[%cal Gc6e7] and white's rook actually
misplaced on d6.}) 15... O-O-O ({It would be unwise to capture the pawn} 15...
Qxf4 $2 {since after} 16. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 (16... gxf6 17. Nd5 $1 Qe5 18. Qxe5 Nxe5
19. Nc7+ $16) 17. Ne4 {White gets a clear advantage} Qf4 18. Nd6+ Ke7 19. g3
Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Kxd6 21. Qf2 Ke7 22. Qc5+ Kd8 23. Bg2 $16 {1-0 Guseinov,
G-Mamedov,N/Baku 2002/CBM 089 ext (25)}) 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ne4 {This
straightforward continuation has been counted like the most dangerous one,but
matters are not that clear.....} ({The alternative} 17. Qh4 {might be very
interesting} f5 18. Be2 Be8 19. Rhd1 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Qe7 21. Qf2 $14 {1-0 Ivkov,
B-Smailbegovic,H/Sombor 1957/MCD (53)}) 17... Nb4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This is
exactly the novlety ,which was mentioned above in my comments.In my opinion
this unexpected move may change the evaluation of this line.} (17... Be8 18.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Qe3 f5 20. Nc5 Bc6 21. Rg1 Re8 22. Bd3 $16 {1-0 Tal,M-Barda,O/
Upsala 1956/EXT 2000 (47)}) 18. a3 {Played after a really long think.} ({
The critical line runs} 18. Nd6+ Kb8 19. Nxf7 Rc8 $1 {With very interesting
play,of course i had analysed this line,but please allow me for the moment not
to reveal my secrets.I may yet be able to catch someone in this line.} (19...
Ba4 {looks very dangerous for White,but actually it can be easily refuted with
quiet} 20. Nxh8 $1)) ({Certainly bad} 18. Nxf6 {in view of} Ba4 $1 {with
decisive attack.}) 18... Nd5 19. Bc4 (19. g3 f5 20. Nf2 Bc6 21. Bg2 Nf6 $1 {
[%csl Ge4] looks even better for Black.}) 19... Bc6 {A solid continaution.} ({
The alternative was more interesting} 19... Nxf4 20. Nd6+ Kb8 21. Qf1 $1 ({
The point is that after} 21. Nxf7 Qxc4 22. Nxh8 Qa2 $1 {[%csl Gc1]} 23. Rd6 e5
$3 {[%csl Gf7] black has better chances.} 24. g3 $140 Kc7 $1 $17 {[%csl Gd6]})
21... Nxg2 {during the game i overlooked this nice tacticlal blow ,but still
White should hold with precise play.} 22. Qxf6 Ne3 23. Bb3 Bc8 24. Nxf7 Rxd2 (
24... Rdf8 25. Qe5) 25. Kxd2 (25. Qxh8 Re2) 25... Rf8 26. Qxh6 Nf5 27. Qxf8
Qf4+ 28. Kd1 Qf3+ $11) 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 ({Another option was} 20... Bxd5 21. Nxf6
(21. Rf1 $11) 21... Bxg2 22. Rxg2 Qxf4+ 23. Kb1 Qxf6 24. Rf1 Qe7 25. Rg7 {
[%csl Gf7]} Rhf8 26. Rh7 $44) (20... Rxd5 {Here i decided to offer draw(which
was accepted) due to the the following variation:} 21. Nxf6 Rf5 ({Black has
another option} 21... Rxd2 22. Qxd2 Rd8 (22... Bxg2 23. Rg1 Rd8 (23... Bh3 $2
24. Rg3 $16 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Gg3c3]}) 24. Qe3 {the same}) 23. Qe3 Bxg2 24. Rg1
Bh3 $1 {[%cal Gh3f5] otherwise White should be better.} 25. Qe5 $11) 22. Ne4
Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxf4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. f5 Qb6 $5 {The modern way to treat a
classical line. Black activates the queen, but the bishop on f8 remains a bit
passive for a while.} (11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bh6+ 13. Kb1 Bf4 14. Ne2 Be5 15. Qd2
exf5 $5 (15... Qc7 $6 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Nf3 Bc6 19. Bd3 O-O 20.
Rhf1 Qg7 21. Qe3 Kh8 22. Nxe5 fxe5 23. g3 $16 {1-0 Tseshkovsky,V-Beliavsky,A/
Baku 1977}) (15... Qb6 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nf4 Rc8 (17... O-O-O 18. g3 Kb8 19.
Bh3 Rhe8 20. Rhf1 Bc8 21. Rf3 Qc6 {Cseshkovsky,V-Ermenkov,E/Albena/1977/1/2-1/
2/37}) 18. g3 Ke7 $10 {Bykhovsky,An}) 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Nd4 Be6 18. Nf3 f5 19.
Bd3 Bg7 20. Rhf1 b4 21. Qg5 Bf6 22. Qf4 Qa5 23. Bc4 d5 24. Bb3 $44 {Van der
Wiel,J-Kozul,Z/Wijk aan Zee/1991/}) 12. Nxc6 (12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14.
Be2 h5 15. Qd4 Be7 16. Bf3 Rc8 17. Kb1 Qc5 18. Qd2 Qg5 19. Qe1 $13 {Wang
Zili-Popovic,P/Luzern/1989/}) 12... Bxc6 13. Kb1 (13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Qf4 h5 $1
15. Kb1 Be7 16. Bd3 O-O-O 17. Rhe1 $14 {Dvoirys,S - Panchenko,AN/ Cheliabinsk/
1989/0:1/43}) 13... Qc5 14. Bd3 O-O-O {The most natural move in the position,
even though one of the main experts in this line, the Croatian GM Kozul came
up with 14...b4!? in the latest game played in this line.} (14... h5 $6 15. Qe1
O-O-O (15... b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 e5 18. c3 a5 19. Qg1 Qxg1 20. Rhxg1 $14 {
1-0 Solak,D-Kozul,Z/Bled 2005 (67)}) 16. Rf1 Bh6 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Rxf6 Qe5 19.
Qf2 Bb7 20. Rf7 Rhf8 21. a3 Rxf7 22. Qxf7 Rf8 23. Qg6 Be3 24. Be2 $16 {1-0
Lastin,A-Palac,M/Panormo 2001 (37)}) (14... b4 $5 15. Ne2 e5 16. Ng3 Ke7 17.
Bc4 (17. Nh5 $5) 17... h5 18. Bd5 Rc8 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Rhe1 Bh6 $132 {0-1
Erenburg,S-Kozul,Z/Kusadasi 2006 (33)}) 15. a4 $5 $146 {Immediately starting
active play on the queenside.} (15. Rhf1 Be7 16. Qe2 Kb8 17. a4 bxa4 18. Bxa6
Ka7 19. Bb5 Bxb5 20. Nxb5+ Kb6 21. Na3 Rb8 22. Ka2 Kc7 23. Rf3 $36 {1/2-1/2
Murariu,A-Lupulescu,C/Bucharest 2006 (61)}) 15... bxa4 {Black doesn't have
much choice as after} (15... b4 16. Bxa6+ Kb8 17. Na2 d5 18. Bb5 Bxb5 19. axb5
Qxb5 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Qf4+ $16 {White just wins a pawn for no real
compensation.}) 16. Bxa6+ Kc7 17. Qd4 Qxd4 $2 {I guess this move could be
regarded as the decisive mistake. White's rook is perfectly placed on d4, so
Black won't manage to avoid the loss of the pawn on a4. It was necessary to
play} (17... Be7 {[%cal Gd8a8,Gh8b8,Gb8b4]} 18. Bc4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Kd7 $13 {
and Black is in time to protect all his weaknesses.}) 18. Rxd4 $16 {[%csl Ra4]}
Rg8 19. g3 Rb8 {[%csl Gb5]} 20. Rhd1 Be7 {Other moves would have hardly been
better.} (20... Rb6 21. Bc4 Kd7 22. Be2 $1 a3 23. b3 $16) (20... Ra8 21. Bb5
$16) 21. Rc4 $1 {[%cal Ga6b5]} Rb6 ({Unfortunately} 21... Kb6 {doesn't work
for Black} 22. Nxa4+ $1 Bxa4 23. Rxa4 Ra8 24. Rb4+ Kxa6 (24... Kc5 25. Rb7 $18)
25. Rd3 Ka5 26. Rb7 $18 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gd3a3]}) 22. Bb5 {The pawn on a4 is
doomed.} Rgb8 23. Rxc6+ Rxc6 24. Bxc6 Kxc6 25. Rd4 $1 (25. Nxa4 $6 Rb4 26. Nc3
Bd8 $14 {[%cal Gd8b6,Gb6d4]}) 25... a3 26. Rc4+ Kd7 27. b3 h5 28. Ra4 Rb7 (
28... Rc8 29. Nb5) 29. Rxa3 d5 30. Ra4 dxe4 31. Rxe4 $18 {The rest is a matter
of technique.} Rb4 (31... Bd6 32. Rh4 $18 {[%csl Rh5]}) 32. Rxb4 Bxb4 33. Ne2
Be1 34. c3 Kd6 35. Kc2 h4 36. gxh4 Bxh4 37. Kd3 Ke5 38. Nd4 $1 {The most
accurate move in the position. White doesn't give Black the slightest chance
to fight for a draw.} Bf2 39. h4 Kf4 (39... Bxh4 40. Nf3+ $18) 40. fxe6 fxe6
41. Nxe6+ Kg4 42. c4 Bxh4 43. c5 Kf5 44. Nd4+ Kg4 45. c6 Bg3 46. b4 f5 47. b5
Bc7 48. Ne6 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch op"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Kb1 h5 (11... O-O-O 12. f5 (12. Nce2 Kb8 13.
g3 h5 14. Bg2 Be7 15. h4 {[%csl Yg3]} Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Rdg8 17. Qe3 Qc5 18. Qb3
Bd8 19. Rhf1 (19. e5 d5) 19... Qb6 20. Qd3 Rg7 {[%cal Gh8g8] and black is ok.
0-1 Rowson,J-Rodriguez,A/Erevan 1996/EXT 96ch2 (40)}) (12. Nb3 h5 13. Be2 Na5
14. Rhf1 Kb8 15. Rf3 Be7 16. Rh3 $14 {0-1 Ivanov,A-Waitzkin,J/New York 1993/TD
93\03 (39)}) 12... Kb8 (12... h5 $6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Qf2 $1 {
[%csl Gf6]} Be7 (15... Kb8 $142 16. Qxf6 Bh6 $14) 16. Rd4 {[%cal Gd4c4]} b5 17.
a4 Qc5 18. axb5 axb5 19. h4 $3 {[%cal Gh1h3]} Rhf8 20. Qd2 Bc6 21. Rh3 f5 22.
Na4 $1 {with decisive attack for white 1-0 Brodsky,M-Avrukh,B/Groningen 1993/
EXP 38 (28)}) 13. Bc4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Be7 15. Bb3 Qc5 16. Qd3 h5 17. Qf3 h4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Shmuter,L-Vaulin,A/St.Petersburg 1993/TD 93\09 (26)}) 12. Bc4 {.} Rg8 {
[%cal Gc6d4,Gg8g2][%mdl 8]} (12... O-O-O 13. Nxc6 $1 (13. Bb3 Na5) 13... Qxc6
14. Bb3 Kb8 15. Rhf1 Qc5 16. Qd3 h4 $2 (16... Be7 17. f5 Rdg8 18. Qh3 Rg4 $1 {
><e4 Leko,P}) 17. Qh3 Be7 18. f5 Qe5 19. Rde1 $1 Rde8 20. Ne2 Bf8 21. Nf4 $16 {
1-0 Topalov,V-Anand,V/Dortmund 1997/Inf 70/[Anand,V] (42)}) (12... Rc8 13. Bb3
$6 (13. Nxc6 $1 Qxc6 14. Bb3 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 13... Na5 14. Qd3 Nxb3 15. Nxb3 b5
{1/2-1/2 Parma,B-Quinteros,M/Ljubljana/Portoroz 1973/EXT 97 (15)}) 13. Nxc6 $1
(13. Rhg1 $140 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qc5 15. Qd3 b5 16. Bb3 a5 $1 (16... b4 17. Ne2 Bb5
(17... a5 18. Bc4 Rc8 19. b3 $14) 18. Qf3 a5 19. Nd4) 17. e5 (17. a4 bxa4 18.
Bxa4 Bxa4 19. Nxa4 Qb4 20. b3 Rb8 $132 {[%cal Gb4a4]}) 17... f5 18. exd6 a4 19.
Bd5 exd5 20. Nxd5 O-O-O $1 $17) 13... bxc6 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Looks like a nice
achievement for black to take with b-pawn on c6,but in fact it's not good at
all.Now there is no safe place for black's king all over the board and white
using this fact during the game in a wonderful style.} (13... Bxc6 14. f5 $16 {
[%csl Ye6]}) (13... Qxc6 $142 14. Bb3 O-O-O 15. f5 Qc5 {[%cal Gc5e5]} 16. Rhf1
(16. g3 {[%csl Ye6][%cal Gc3e2,Ge2f4,Ge2d4]} Qe5 17. Qd3 h4 $132 (17... Bc6 18.
Qc4 Re8 19. Ba4 $16)) 16... Qe5 17. g3 $14) 14. f5 Qa7 {[%cal Ga7c5,Gc5e5]} (
14... Qa5 $2 15. Nd5 $1 Qd8 16. Nf4 $18) 15. Bb3 Qc5 $2 (15... O-O-O $142 16.
Rhf1 Be7 17. Na4 {[%cal Gd2a5]} d5 18. Qe2 $1 $16 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Ge4d5]} (18.
Qa5 Rxg2 19. Nb6+ Kb8 $13)) 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. e5 $3 {[%cal Gc3e4][%mdl 64]}
Qxe5 (17... d5 18. Ne4 $18) (17... fxe5 18. Ne4 $18 {[%cal Ge4f6]}) 18. Rhe1 (
18. Bxe6 $143 Bxe6 19. Rde1 Qg5 20. Rxe6+ Kd7 (20... Kf7 21. Qe1 Qxg2 22. Rf1
Rg6 23. Ne2 $40 {[%cal Ge2f4,Ge2d4]}) 21. Qe1 Qxg2 $132) 18... Qg5 19. Qd4 $1 (
19. Bxe6 Qxd2 20. Bxg8+ Qxe1 21. Rxe1+ Be7 $14) 19... O-O-O (19... d5 20. Ne4
$18) (19... c5 20. Qe4 $18) 20. Qa7 {[%cal Gb3c4,Gc4a6]} Qc5 $8 (20... Qa5 21.
Bc4 $18) 21. Qxa6+ Kb8 (21... Kc7 22. Na4 Qb5 23. Qa7+ Qb7 24. Qa5+ Kc8 25.
Nb6+ Kb8 26. Nxd7+ Rxd7 27. Bxe6 {and white wins}) 22. Bxe6 Bxe6 23. Rxe6 Rxg2
24. Rxf6 {[%cal Gf6f7]} Rg7 (24... Be7 25. Rf7 (25. Rf5 d5 26. Rxh5 $18) 25...
d5 26. h3 (26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Qb6+ Kc8 28. Qxc6+ Qc7)) 25. Qf1 (25. Ne4 Qb5 26.
Qxb5+ cxb5 27. Rf5 $18) 25... Be7 26. Rf5 Qb6 (26... d5 $142 27. Rxh5 Rdg8) 27.
Rf3 $1 {[%cal Gc3d5,Gf3b3]} (27. Rxh5 Rdg8 {gives to black consolidate their
position .}) 27... Rg4 28. a3 {[%cal Gc3d5,Gf3b3]} (28. Nd5 $2 cxd5 29. Rb3 Rb4
) 28... Ka8 29. Rf7 Rb8 30. b3 Bg5 31. h3 $1 Rg3 (31... Rh4 32. Rxd6) 32. Qc4 {
[%cal Gc4a4]} Rb7 33. Rf8+ Rb8 34. Qa4+ {34...Kb735Rf7-Kc836Ne4+-} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Erdogdu, Mert"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Istanbul Eczacibasi"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 ({Another popular alternative is} 9. f4) 9... Be7 10. h4 h6 11.
Be3 h5 {'!?' A relatively new and very interesting try, which promises a very
complicated battle in the middlegame.} 12. Bg5 Ne5 {The point, now Black's
knight has a good central square, and he is ready to meet a f4-advance with
Neg4} 13. Be2 {Most probably this move doesn't pose Black any serious problems.
} ({White has other interesting options:} 13. Bd3) ({and} 13. f4) 13... b5 14.
a3 {'N' The idea of this move is to avoid b5-b4 advance, but it looks very
artificial.} ({White has won a very nice game after the risky} 14. f4 b4 15.
Nd5 exd5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Nf3 d4 19. Nxd4 a5 20. Nf3 $13 {
1-0 Ganguly,S-Sasikiran,K/Pune IND 2004/CT-1404 (60) , but it was quite clear
for me, that Black can easily improve on his play.}) 14... Rc8 ({secret} 14...
Qb6 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. e5 Rb8) (14... Rb8 $5 15. f4 Nc4) 15. f4 Neg4
({During the game I felt that I should avoid the e4-e5 advance, and indeed
after} 15... Nc4 $2 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Ng4 {White has a clear
edge:} 19. Ne4 f6 $140 (19... O-O 20. Nd6 $16) 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Bxf6 $3 Bxf6 (
21... Nxf6 22. Qg5 $40 {[%csl Re8]}) 22. Nd6+ Ke7 23. Nxc4 bxc4 24. Nxe6 $1
Kxe6 25. Qd5+ Ke7 26. Rhe1+ Kf8 27. Qd6+ Kg7 28. Qxd7+ Qxd7 29. Rxd7+ Kg6 30.
Re6 $16 {[%csl Ga6,Gc4]}) 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 (16... hxg4 $2 17. e5 $16) 17. Bxe7 (
17. f5 Ne5 {[%cal Ge5c4] doesn't look very promising for White.}) 17... Qxe7
18. Nf3 Bc6 {'!?' A very interesting decision to sacrifice the pawn, which
leads to very unclear game.} ({After the logical} 18... Rc6 19. Nd5 Qd8 20.
Rhe1 O-O 21. Ne3 $13 {the play is very unclear.}) 19. Rhe1 O-O (19... Rd8 $2
20. Nd5 Qb7 21. Qc3 $1 {[%csl Gg7]} O-O $140 $2 22. Qxc6 {[%cal Gd5e7]}) 20.
Qxd6 Qb7 {'='} 21. f5 {'?' A dubious decision, which leads to Black's
initiative.} ({It was not so easy to find the right plan for White:} 21. Rd4 a5
22. Kb1 Rfe8 {[%cal Ge8e7,Ge7d7] and it's not so clear, how White can prevent
Black's idea (Re8-e7-d7).}) 21... exf5 (21... Rfe8 $143 22. Nd4 $1) 22. exf5
Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qxf3 24. Nd5 (24. Qxa6 Rxc3 $1 (24... Nf2 $5) 25. bxc3 Qxc3 {
[%csl Rc1]} 26. Qxb5 (26. Kb1 Ne3 27. Rxe3 Qxe3 28. Qxb5 Qxa3 $17) 26... Nf2 $1
27. Rd2 Nd3+ $1 28. Rxd3 Qxe1+ 29. Kb2 Rc8 {and White's position is very
unpleasant, due to the exposed position of his king.}) 24... Kh7 {'!'} (24...
Rcd8 25. Qc5 $13) 25. Qxa6 (25. Qf4 $142 Qb3 26. c3 Rfd8 $36) 25... Qxf5 {'?'}
({Missing a good chance to decide the game.} 25... Nf2 $1 26. Rf1 (26. Rd2 Nd3+
$19) (26. Qxb5 Nxd1 27. Rxd1 Qxf5 $19) 26... Qe2 (26... Qg2 $5) 27. Nc3 $8 Qe3+
28. Rd2 Rxc3 29. Rfxf2 Qe1+ 30. Rd1 Qxf2 31. bxc3 Qxf5 $17) 26. Nc3 {'!'} (26.
Nb4 Rfd8 $15) 26... Rc5 (26... b4 $140 27. axb4 Qf4+ 28. Kb1 Qxb4 29. Qb5 $1
$14) 27. Ne4 Rc4 (27... Re5 $5) 28. Ng5+ {'?'} (28. Qd6 $142 $1 {was the
critical move} Rxe4 $1 (28... Kg8 29. Rd5 Qc8 30. Nc3 $16 {[%csl Gb5,Gh5]} (30.
c3 $2 Re8)) (28... Rfc8 $140 $2 29. Ng5+ Kg8 30. Qd8+ $18) 29. Qxf8 (29. Rxe4
Qxe4 30. Qxf8 Ne3 31. Qc5 $8 Nxd1 32. Qxh5+ Kg8 33. Kxd1 (33. Qxd1 Qxh4 $15)
33... Qd4+ 34. Kc1 Qf4+ 35. Kb1 Qf1+ 36. Ka2 Qc4+ $11) 29... Ne3 30. Rd2 Nc4
31. Rxe4 Qxe4 32. Qxf7 Nxd2 33. Qxh5+ Kg8 34. Kxd2 Qd4+ 35. Ke2 (35. Kc1 Qf4+)
35... Qxb2 {and Black should hold this position easily.}) 28... Kg8 29. Rd2 (
29. c3 Nf2 $19 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Gf2d3]}) 29... Ne5 ({even stronger was} 29...
Ne3 $142 $3 30. c3 (30. Rxe3 Rxc2+ 31. Kd1 (31. Rxc2 Qf1+ 32. Kd2 Rd8+ 33. Kc3
Qc4#) 31... Rxd2+ 32. Kxd2 Qf2+ $19) 30... Rxh4 $17 {[%cal Ge3c4]}) 30. Qd6 {
'(+)'} (30. Kb1 $142 Rxh4 31. Rde2 Ng6 32. Ne4 $17) 30... Rxc2+ {'!' The final
blow, which easily decides the game.} 31. Rxc2 Nd3+ 32. Kd2 Nxe1 33. Rc3 Qf2+ (
33... Re8 34. Kc1 f6 $19) 34. Kc1 Qxh4 35. Qe7 Ng2 36. Kc2 (36. Kb1 $142 Nf4
$19) 36... Nf4 37. Kb3 {'(+)?'} Nd5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Rc8 10. Kb1 $5 ({Another popular line is} 10. Nxc6) 10... Be7
11. h4 (11. g4 O-O 12. Be3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 (13. Qxd4 Bc6 14. g5 Nd7 15. f4) 13...
b5 14. g5 Ne8 15. h4 Nc7 16. Ne2 Rb8 17. Ng3 Re8 18. f4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,
A-Hort,V/Montreal 1979(27)}) 11... O-O 12. g4 b5 13. Be3 {[%cal Gh4h5,Gg4g5]
Prepaing a typical pawn storm on the kingside.} Nxd4 14. Qxd4 {[%csl Gb4] It's
more accurate to take with the queen to prevent Black from pushing ...b4 right
away.} Bc6 15. h5 $5 ({It's not so easy to decide which pawn to push first,
because both moves have their advantages and disadvantages. In the previous
games White preferred to play 15.g5 and managed to get very promising
positions:} 15. g5 Nd7 16. h5 (16. Qd2 Ne5 17. f4 b4 18. Nd5 $1 exd5 19. exd5
Ba4 20. b3 $16 {1-0 Korneev,O-Campos,J/Manresa 1996 (24)}) 16... Bxg5 17. Bxg5
Qxg5 18. h6 Ne5 19. hxg7 Qxg7 20. Be2 Rfd8 21. a3 Rb8 22. Rh5 $44 {1-0 Magem
Badals,J-Campos,J/Manresa 1996 (41)}) 15... h6 $8 {[%csl Gg5] Otherwise
White's play on the kingside would've become extremely dangerous.} (15... e5
16. Qd2 b4 17. Nd5 (17. Ne2 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Bxe4 19. Ng3 Bxc2+ 20. Ka1 Bxd1 21.
Qxd1 Bg5 $15) 17... Nxd5 18. exd5 Ba4 19. Bd3 $40 {[%cal Gg4g6]}) 16. g5 e5 17.
Qd2 hxg5 18. Bh3 ({In my opinion} 18. Bxg5 $1 {would pose Black more problems.}
b4 19. Bxf6 bxc3 (19... Bxf6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 $16) 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Qg2
cxb2 (21... Rb8 22. b3 d5 23. Rg1 Qf6 24. exd5 Rfd8 25. f4 exf4 26. Bxa6 $16)
22. Rg1 f6 23. Bxa6 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ga6c4,Gc4b3] with fantastic position.}
) 18... b4 19. Nd5 ({Of course bad is} 19. Ne2 $2 g4 $17 {[%csl Re4]}) 19...
Nxd5 20. exd5 Bd7 21. Bxd7 {The most natural response. White doesn't want to
allow Black to play ...f6.} (21. Rdg1 Bxh3 22. Rxh3 f6 23. Qd3 Qe8 $132) 21...
Qxd7 22. Bxg5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Qd8 $8 24. Qg4 a5 (24... Qf6 $2 25. Qxb4 Qxf3 26.
h6 $18) 25. f4 $1 Qf6 ({Black doesn't have time for} 25... Rc4 $2 26. Rdg1 Qf6
27. fxe5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc4,Rf6]}) 26. fxe5 Qxe5 27. Rde1 Qf6 28. h6 g6 29. Rhf1
Rce8 {I think White could've played on as his chances are clearly better, but
things are not that simple.} (29... Rce8 30. Rd1 Qe5 31. Qh4 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ptuj zt"]
[Site "Ptuj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Enders, Peter"]
[Black "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bc4 g5 13. f5 Qe5 14. Rhf1
O-O-O 15. Qf2 Bxe4 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Rd4 Qe5 19. Re1 Qa5 20.
Bxe6+ Kb8 {Here White's advantage is determined by the presence of opposite
coloured Bishops - the White Bishop has a brighter future than Black's.} 21.
Rd5 $1 {The Rooks is aiming for f7.} Qc7 22. Rf5 d5 23. Bxd5 Bc5 24. Qg3 Bd6
25. Qb3 Bxh2 26. Rf7 Bf4+ 27. Kb1 Rd7 28. Bxb7 Rxf7 29. Bd5+ Ka7 30. Bxf7 Rb8
31. Qc4 Qxc4 32. Bxc4 h5 33. c3 Rd8 34. b4 Rd2 35. Re2 Rxe2 36. Bxe2 g4 37. Kc2
Kb6 38. c4 a5 39. a3 $18 Be3 40. Kb3 $138 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 7th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Hommeles, Theo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 b5 10. Nxc6 {The usual reaction to ...b5 in order to avoid the
black knight moving to e5.} Bxc6 11. Ne2 {This knight should now be rerouted
to d4 and I find it best to start this manoeuvre right away.} Rc8 12. Nd4 Bb7
13. Kb1 Be7 14. h4 h6 15. Be3 Nd7 (15... h5 {is a usual reaction in order to
stop g4, but White then gets control of the g5 square after} 16. Bg5 {and
stands slightly better. Black's main problem is his king as castling short is
not very tempting. It's also hard to find any counterplay as the usual
knight-manoeuvre ...Nd7 now will mean the exchange of the dark-squared bishops
when the d6-pawn is seriously weakened.}) 16. g4 Ne5 {Now Black is ready to
push forward with ...d5.} 17. Be2 {This move is designed to meet ..d5 by f4.} (
{After} 17. Bd3 {Black simply continues with} d5 {and he has solved his
opening problems.}) 17... Bxh4 $5 {An interesting pawn grab that I fortunately
had foreseen during my preparation.} (17... d5 18. f4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 (19...
bxc4 {kills the bishop on b7 and so White is at least slightly better after
either Qc3 or Ne2 with good control over the dark squares.}) 20. Qg2 $36 {
gives White a nice initiative with excellent attacking chances against the
black king.}) 18. Rxh4 $1 {After this exchange sacrifice Black looses
coordination among his pieces, allowing White some nice tactics on the
queenside.} (18. g5 {looks tempting, but Black does well by giving up the
exchange with} hxg5 $1 (18... Ng6 {keeps the material balance, but here White
is better after} 19. gxh6 gxh6 20. Rdg1 $1 {with a strong initiative. Black's
weakened king position will be a remaining problem for the rest of the game.})
19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Qxg5 Bxg5 21. Rxh8+ Kd7 22. Rxc8 Kxc8 {Black has a pawn, the
pair of bishops and active pieces which in my opinion fully compensate for the
exchange he has given up.}) 18... Qxh4 19. Nxb5 O-O {A sensible choice.} (19...
axb5 {was playable, but after} 20. Qxd6 {Black is forced to give back material
as he can't parry all the threats.} Nc4 ({or} 20... Bc6 21. Qxe5 O-O 22. Rg1
$36 {with a strong initiative for White.}) 21. Qd7+ Kf8 22. Qxb7 Rd8 23. Bd4 e5
24. Bc3 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Kg8 26. Qxb5 Qh1 27. Kc1 Ne3 28. Qd3 $14 {White's
passed pawns on the queenside give him excellent winning chances.}) 20. Nxd6
Rc7 $5 (20... Rfd8 $2 21. Qc1 $16 {[%csl Gd6] forces Black to give up material
as after} Rb8 (21... Rc7 22. Bb6) 22. g5 {Black's positions is falling apart}
h5 23. Rh1 Qg3 24. Bf4 Qf2 (24... Qg2 25. Rh2 $18) 25. Nxb7 Rxb7 26. Bxa6 Rb6
27. Be3 Rxb2+ 28. Qxb2 Qxf3 29. Re1 {with a clear piece up for White.}) 21. c4
$1 {This move is aimed to secure the strong knight position on d6 by
protecting it with c5. It is also the start of pushing the queenside pawns
forward which is of great importance in the upcoming endgame.} ({The tempting} 
21. Qa5 $2 {is bad in view of} Qh2 $1 22. Qxc7 $2 ({Here White should play} 22.
Qe1 $1 {when he is still slightly better.}) 22... Qxe2 23. Rc1 Qxe3 24. Qxb7
Nxf3 $36 {Now Black has turned the table and has a strong initiative and the
better chances.}) (21. g5 $5 {was an interesting option to create counterplay
against the black king.}) 21... Rd7 (21... Qh3 $5 {with the idea ...Qg2 was a
worthy alternative.}) 22. c5 Bc6 (22... Qh3 $5) 23. Bd4 $1 {A good placement
for the bishop from where it controls all different directions of the board.
Now the e3-square is also prepared for the white queen if it becomes necessary.
} Qh2 (23... Qg3 24. Qe3 a5 25. f4 $16 {forces the queen exchange after which
White has the clearly better chances. The pair of bishops and the superb
knight on d6 are controlling the entire board. Black doesn't have any
counterplay, so White can slowly start advancing his queenside pawns which is
very likely to turn out to be a decisive force.}) 24. f4 {This move allows
some tactics for Black, but there was no need to avoid them as White gets the
upper hand and an easy position to play.} ({The alternative} 24. Qe3 {wasn't
bad either. White has a clear edge after} a5 25. f4 Ng6 26. f5 Ne5 27. Re1 $16
{[%cal Yg4g5]}) 24... Bxe4+ ({In the event of} 24... Ng6 {I was intending to
play} 25. Bxa6 Qxf4 26. Qxf4 Nxf4 27. b4 $16 {with a clear advantage for White.
It's very unlikely that Black will be able to stop the passed queenside pawns.
There might follow} Rfd8 28. b5 $1 Bxe4+ 29. Nxe4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. b6 $1
Rxe4 32. a3 $1 Re3 33. Kb2 $18 {and even a clear rook up the black position is
completely hopeless.}) 25. Nxe4 Nc6 26. Nd6 Nxd4 {Black regains the piece, but
now White forces a queen exchange after which the queenside pawns start moving
quickly.} 27. Bxa6 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Nc6 29. Bb5 Rc7 30. Bxc6 {Simplification
favours White here as the black rooks lacks mobility in the upcoming position
while the knight would still had been able to cause some trouble.} Rxc6 31. b4
Rb8 32. Rb2 {Now White's main idea is to move the king to c4 and then push b5.
Black's only hope is to give back an exchange on the d6-knight at the right
moment and create a passed pawn on the kingside.} Kf8 $1 {The king needs to
head over to the queenside to be able to block the passed pawns.} 33. a4 Ke7
34. Kc2 h5 $2 {This is totally wrong as it only gives Black an open file, but
no passed pawns. Now the task is getting easy for White. Much stronger was} (
34... Rxd6 $5 35. cxd6+ Kxd6 {which gives Black drawing chances. My feeling is
that White should still be winning, but it's definitely not easy. There might
follow} 36. Kb3 f5 37. gxf5 exf5 38. b5 $1 Kc5 39. Rc2+ Kb6 40. Rc6+ Ka7 41.
Kb4 Rb6 42. Rxb6 Kxb6 43. a5+ Kc7 44. Kc5 h5 45. a6 h4 46. b6+ Kb8 47. Kc6 h3
48. a7+ Ka8 49. Kc7 h2 50. b7+ Kxa7 51. b8=Q+ Ka6 52. Qb6#) (34... g6 {was the
move I expected during the game in order to create a passed h-pawn.} 35. Kc3
Rxd6 ({After} 35... h5 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Nc4 $16 {Black is no longer able to
sacrifice an exchange for the white knight.}) 36. cxd6+ Kxd6 37. a5 h5 38. gxh5
gxh5 39. b5 Kc5 40. b6 Rb7 41. Rh2 Kb5 42. Rxh5+ f5 43. Rh1 Kxa5 44. Kd4 $1 Ka6
45. Ra1+ Kxb6 46. Rb1+ Kc7 47. Rxb7+ $18 {Black is close, but not quite
holding the draw. Anyway, this would at least had given better practical
chances.}) 35. gxh5 Rh8 36. Kb3 Rxh5 37. a5 Rh4 38. Ra2 $1 Rxd6 39. cxd6+ Kxd6
40. a6 Rh8 41. Rc2 $1 {By closing the c-file for the black king White can now
very simply usher through the a- and b-pawns with the help of his king.} 1-0

[Event "Sitges Sunway op 4th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:28]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 6. Bg5 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:15]}
8. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 9. f3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rc8 {
[%emt 0:16:36]} 10. Kb1 {[%emt 0:03:06]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 11. Be3 {[%emt 0:
01:22]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 12. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:03:50]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 13.
Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:46]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 14. e5 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:
00:38]} 15. f4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:04:44]} 16. Nd4 {[%emt 0:17:51]}
Bxf1 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 17. Rhxf1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 18. Rf3 {
[%emt 0:04:16]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:05:35]} 19. Rh3 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:
42]} 20. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:12:42]} 21. g4 {[%emt 0:12:15]} hxg4
{[%emt 0:00:26]} 22. Qxg4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 23. Rh7 {
[%emt 0:02:37]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:04:35]} 24. h4 {[%emt 0:05:04]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:05:
06]} 25. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:08:43]} 26. c3 {[%emt 0:03:46]} b5
{[%emt 0:01:03]} 27. Qg2 {[%emt 0:02:58]} a5 {[%emt 0:04:50]} 28. h5 {[%emt 0:
06:47]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 29. Rh6 {[%emt 0:03:26]} b4 {[%emt 0:09:46]} 30.
cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 31. f5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Ng3 {
[%emt 0:00:57]} 32. fxe6 {[%emt 0:01:54]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 33. a3 {
[%emt 0:16:15]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:04:06]} 34. Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:37] [#] Weiß greift
am Königsflügel an, Schwarz am Damenflügel - ein typisches Szenario in der
Sizilianischen Verteidigung. In der vorliegenden Stellung ist dies für beide
Seiten ein Drahtseilakt: Ein überstürztes Forcieren des Angriffs könnte den
eigenen König schutzlos werden lassen.} Ne7 {[%emt 0:05:55]} (34... Nxd4 $4 {
funktioniert nicht:} 35. Qg6+ Kd8 36. Qg5+ Ke8 37. Qe7#) 35. axb4 {[%emt 0:01:
31]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 36. Qe2 {[%emt 0:05:08]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:02:57] [#] Ein
unerklärlicher Fehlgriff von Kozul.} ({Nach} 36... Qxb4 $1 37. Qa6 Kd7 {
wäre für Schwarz alles in Ordnung gewesen.}) 37. Bc5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:07] Nach
diesem Zug ist der schwarze Angriff am Damenflügel praktisch Geschichte - und
das ist entscheidend. Jeder theoretisch mögliche Springerzug des Schwarzen
würde nun mit Tg1 und schnellem Gewinn beantwortet werden.} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:02:
00]} (37... Rf7 38. Rxf7 Kxf7 39. Qxh5+ $18) (37... Rc7 38. Rg1 $18) (37...
Rxc5 38. bxc5 Rxe5 39. Rd4 $1 Qxd4 40. Qb5+ {hätte zum Matt geführt.}) 38.
Rxe7+ {[%emt 0:01:10]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 39. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Rxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} 40. Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:00] [#] Es ist immer noch interessant:
Schwarz besitzt jetzt sogar mehr Material, aber sein König ist für die weißen
Schwerfiguren Freiwild. Hingegen steht der weiße Monarch vollkommen sicher.
Noch immer spielt die Möglichkeit mit dem Turm nach g1 zu schwenken eine
entscheidende Rolle.} Rc4 (40... Rc7 41. Rxc7 Kxc7 42. Qc3+ Kd6 43. Qc5+ Kd7
44. Rg1 {hätte auch nichts genützt.}) 41. Rf1 {[%emt 0:03:49]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:05:
01]} 42. Rf8+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} Kxf8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 43. Qh6+ {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 44. Qg6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 45. Qf6+ {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nce2 (12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 {N
} Be7 14. f5 Qc5 15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 $14 {Wolff,P-Fedorowicz,J USA(ch) 1991})
12... h5 13. g3 Na5 14. b3 Rb8 $1 {N} (14... Rd8 15. Bg2 Nb7 16. Qe3 Bg7 17.
Rhf1 Nc5 18. Nc3 b4 19. Nf5 bxc3 20. Rxd6 Qb4 21. Nxg7+ Kf8 22. Nxe6+ Nxe6 23.
Rfd1 $16 {Sax,Gy-Piket,J Lugano 1987}) 15. Bg2 Nc4 16. Qd3 Na3+ 17. Kb2 b4 18.
c4 Bg7 (18... bxc3+ 19. Nxc3 (19. Kxa3 $2 d5+ $19) 19... Nb5 $14) 19. Nf3 (19.
f5 $5) 19... O-O 20. Qxd6 Qf2 $1 21. Qxd7 Rbd8 (21... Qxg2 22. Qd3 Rbd8 23. Qe3
$16) (21... Qxe2+ 22. Rd2 Qxe4 $13) 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Kh7 24. Re1 Qxg2
25. Rd3 Qf2 26. Kc1 Bf8 27. Kd2 Bc5 28. Rc1 Kg7 29. h3 {Boensch} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hjartarson,J} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 (9... h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nf3 Qd8 12. g4 Qa5
13. h4 O-O-O 14. Bg2 g6 15. Qe3 Kb8 16. Rd2 Qc7 17. Rhd1 $14 {Shirov,A-Dreev,A
Biel izt (13) 1993 1-0 61}) 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. f5 (11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13.
Qe1 Ra7 14. f5 b4 15. Ne2 e5 16. Ng3 h5 17. Be2 Rh6 18. Bc4 a5 19. Nf1 $14 {
Gurevich,I-Kozul,Z Biel izt (11) 1993 1-0 53}) 11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bh6+ 13. Kb1
Bf4 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Ne2 Be5 16. Qd2 (16. Qe3 $6 Qc7 17. g3 Rc8 18. Qd2 b4 19.
Nf4 a5 20. Ba6 Ra8 21. Qe2 a4 22. Bb5 Bxb5 23. Qxb5+ Ke7 $15 {Kruppa,Y-Lutsko,
I Nikolaev zt 1993 1-0 53}) (16. Qd3 Qb6 17. g3 Rc8 18. Bh3 Ke7 19. Nf4 a5 20.
Qe2 Rhg8 21. Nd3 Qd4 $10 {Luther,T-Stroe,M Oakham 1990 1/2 37}) 16... Qb6 17.
Nf4 a5 (17... Ke7 $6 {Hjartarson,J}) 18. g3 O-O (18... b4 19. Bh3 Ke7 $15) (
18... O-O-O {Hjartarson,J} 19. Bh3 Rhe8 20. Rhf1 $14) 19. Bh3 Rae8 20. Nd3 Bd4
(20... Bc6 $2 {Hjartarson,J} 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Qd6 $16 {/\} Kh8 23. Bxe6 Rd8
24. Bd7 $18) 21. Rhe1 b4 $2 (21... Bc8 {Hjartarson,J} 22. c3 Be5 23. Bg4 $14 (
23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Qd6 Qf2 $132)) 22. Nxb4 Bf2 (22... Bxb2 23. Kxb2 axb4 24.
Qxd6 $18) 23. Rf1 Bc5 (23... Be3 24. Qxd6 (24. Nd5 $18 {Hjartarson,J}) 24...
Qxd6 25. Rxd6 axb4 26. Rxd7 $18) (23... axb4 {Hjartarson,J} 24. Rxf2 Ra8 25.
Rf3 Qa7 26. a3 $16) 24. Nd5 $1 exd5 $2 (24... Qd8 25. Nf4 $16) 25. Qxd5+ Kh8
26. Bxd7 $18 Rb8 27. b3 Qa7 28. Bc6 {xa8} (28. Ba4 $5 {Hjartarson,J}) (28. a4
$1 {Hjartarson,J} Qxd7 29. Qxc5 Qxa4 30. Qd4 $18) 28... a4 29. Qd2 axb3 30.
cxb3 Bb4 31. Qd4 Bc5 32. Qc3 Bb4 33. Qd3 Rbc8 34. Bd5 Bc3 35. Be6 Rc7 36. Rc1
Ra8 37. Qe2 Qa5 38. Bd5 Rac8 39. Qg4 Qa6 40. Rfd1 Rg7 41. Qe6 Ra7 (41... Re7 $5
{Hjartarson,J} 42. Bc4 $1 (42. Qxe7 $2 Qe2 43. Rxc3 $8 (43. Qxf6+ $2 Bxf6 44.
Rxc8+ Kg7 $19) 43... Qxd1+ 44. Kb2 Qd2+ 45. Ka3 Qxc3 46. Qxd6 Qa5+ 47. Kb2 Qd2+
$10) 42... Qb7 43. Qd5 $18) 42. Rd2 (42. a4 $1 $18 {Hjartarson,J}) 42... Kg7 (
42... Rac7 {Hjartarson,J} 43. Rdc2 (43. Rxc3 $2 Qf1+ 44. Kb2 Rxc3 $19) 43...
Qd3 44. Bb7 Be5 (44... Rb8 45. Ba6 $18) 45. Bxc8 Rxc2 46. Qe8+ Kg7 47. Qe7+ Kh6
48. Qf8+ Kh5 49. g4+ Kg5 50. Qg7+ Kf4 51. Qh6+ Kf3 52. Qh3+ $18) 43. e5 $1 dxe5
(43... Bxd2 44. Qxf6#) (43... fxe5 {Hjartarson,J} 44. Qg4+ Kh6 45. Qh4+ Kg7 46.
Qg5+) 44. Qg4+ Kh6 45. Qh4+ Kg7 46. Qg4+ Kh6 47. Be4 Rf7 (47... Bxd2 48. Qh4+
Kg7 49. Qxh7+ Kf8 50. Rxc8+ Qxc8 51. Qh8+ $18) (47... f5 {Hjartarson,J} 48.
Qh4+ Kg6 (48... Kg7 49. Qg5+ Qg6 50. Qxf5) 49. Rf2 $1 fxe4 50. Qxe4+ Kh6 (50...
Kg7 51. Rxc3) 51. Qe3+ Kg7 52. Rxc3) 48. Rxc3 $1 (48. Rxc3 Rxc3 49. Qh4+ Kg7
50. Qxh7+ Kf8 51. Qh8+ Ke7 52. Qd8+ Ke6 53. Bd5+ Kf5 54. Bxf7 (54. Rf2+ {
Hjartarson,J} Kg6 55. Qg8+ Rg7 56. Be4+) 54... Qf1+ 55. Rd1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14.
Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Be4 Nxe5 (15... Qc5 16. Rhe1 Ra7 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Qf2 Qc5 19.
Re3 O-O $10 {Kasparov-Yermolinsky, URS 1977}) 16. Qf4 $6 (16. Qd4 $1 Bxe4 (
16... Qg5+ 17. Kb1 Rd8 18. Qc5 $18 {Gligoric}) (16... f6 17. Qxe5 fxe5 18.
Bxc6+ Kf8 19. Rhf1+ Kg8 20. Bxa8 $18) 17. Nxe4 f6 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Rhf1 Kg8 20.
g4 h6 21. h4 $13 {Kasparov-Panchenko, URS 1978}) 16... Bxe4 (16... f6 $2 17.
Qxe5 $1 fxe5 18. Bxc6+ Kf8 (18... Kf7 19. Rd7 $16) 19. Rhf1+ Kg8 20. Bxa8 $18)
17. Qxe5 (17. Qxe4 $2 Qg5+ 18. Kb1 O-O 19. h4 Qf5 $17) (17. Nxe4 $2 Nc4 $17)
17... Bg6 18. Qxg7 Qf8 19. Qe5 Qh6+ 20. Kb1 O-O $13 21. h4 (21. Ne4 $5) 21...
Qg7 22. Qf4 Rac8 23. h5 Bf5 24. h6 (24. g4 Bxg4 25. Rhg1 f5 26. Rde1 $13) 24...
Qg6 25. Rd2 Rc4 26. Qd6 b4 27. Qe7 Bxc2+ $1 (27... bxc3 28. Rd8 Bxc2+ 29. Ka1
cxb2+ 30. Kxb2 $18) 28. Ka1 (28. Rxc2 bxc3 29. b3 Rcc8 $17) 28... Bd3 29. Ne2
Rfc8 $19 30. b3 Qxh6 $1 31. Rhd1 (31. Rxh6 Rc1+ 32. Nxc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kb2 Rb1#)
31... Qxd2 $1 32. Qd8+ (32. Qd8+ Rxd8 33. Rxd2 Rc2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Tatran Cup"]
[Site "Stary Smokovec"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gazik, Igor"]
[Black "Popovic, Petar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 (9. f4 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. Kb1
b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. f5 e5 16. Ng3 h5 17. Rhe1 Bh6 18. Qe2 h4 19. Nf1 Ke7 20. Bc4
Rag8 21. Bxf7 $1 Rg7 (21... Kxf7 22. Rxd6 $18) 22. Bd5 Be8 23. Nd2 Bf4 $16 {
Fogarasi,T-Damljanovic,B Brno Mitropa-Cup 1991 1/2 26 -CBM 26}) 9... Rc8 {N} (
9... Be7) (9... Nxd4) (9... b5) (9... Qa5) 10. g4 h6 11. Be3 Ne5 12. h4 b5 13.
Bd3 b4 14. Nce2 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nf4 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bc5 19.
Nh5 O-O 20. g5 (20. Qe5 f6 21. Qe4 $13) 20... Qc7 21. Rd2 Ba4 22. gxh6 (22. b3
Rfd8 $19) 22... Bxc2 $1 23. hxg7 (23. Rxc2 Bxd4 $19) 23... Bg6 (23... Rfd8 $2
24. Qh6 $18) 24. gxf8=Q+ Bxf8+ 25. Nc2 (25. Kd1 Qc1+ 26. Ke2 Qxh1 $19) 25...
Bxc2 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Ne8 Qc6 (27... Rxe8 $2 28. Rxc2 $18) 28. Qe5+ Kg8 29. Rd6
$4 (29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Ne8+ $10) 29... Bh6+ (29... Bh6+ 30. Rd2 (30. f4 Qxh1+ $19
) 30... Bd3+ 31. Kd1 Qc1#) 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Be2 Ne5 14. g3 Ng6
15. Kb1 (15. Rdf1 Qa5 (15... Be7 16. gxh6 Nxh4 17. gxh4 Bf8 $1 18. Qd4 Rxh6 19.
h5 Qg5+ 20. Kb1 Qc5 21. Qd3 b5 $14) (15... Nxh4 16. gxh4 Be7 17. Rhg1 $1 hxg5
18. hxg5 Rxh2 19. g6 $16) 16. Bh5 Be7 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qd4 Qe5 19. Qxe5 dxe5
20. g4 $10 {Wells,P-Kozul,Z Bled op (05) 1995 0-1 32 - EXP 46}) (15. Rhf1 $5
Nxh4 (15... Be7 16. gxh6 Nxh4 17. gxh4 Bf8 (17... Bxh4 18. Rg1 $1 $16) 18. Qd4
$1 Rxh6 19. h5 Qg5+ 20. Kb1 Qe5 21. Qb6 $1 $16 {Almasi,Z-Gabriel,C Altensteig 
(07) 1994 1-0 36 - CBM 43}) 16. gxh4 hxg5 17. hxg5 Rxh2 18. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 19.
Qf4+ Ke8 20. Qxh2 $14 {Jansa,V-Rodriguez,A Biel 1985}) 15... Be7 (15... h5 16.
Rhf1 $14 {Cseshkovsky,V-Fahnenschmidt,G Baden-Baden 1988 1-0 43 -Inf.46/266} (
16. Qe3 Qe7 17. Rhf1 Bg7 18. Rf2 Kf8 19. Rdf1 $16 {Mainka,R-Popovic,P Dortmund
1988 1-0 37})) 16. gxh6 Bxh4 (16... Nxh4 17. gxh4 Bf6 $146 (17... Bf8 18. h5
Qf6 (18... Rxh6 $6 19. Rhg1 Qe7 20. Rg8 $14 {Ioseliani,N-Galliamova-Ivanchuk,A
Tilburg 1994 1-0 27}) 19. Qe3 Bxh6 20. Qb6 Qe5 21. Qc7 Bg5 $5 22. Rhf1 Be7 23.
Rf2 Rd8 24. Rdf1 Rd7 25. Qc8+ Rd8 26. Qc7 $10 {Polgar,S-Ryskin,A Ljubljana op
1994 1/2 28}) (17... Bxh4 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Rxh6 $14) 18. Rhf1 Qe7 19. Bg4
(19. Bh5 $1 {/\ 20.Qf4} O-O-O 20. Qf4 Bxc3 21. bxc3 $16) 19... Be5 20. Qg5 Qxg5
21. hxg5 Ke7 22. h4 $14 {Akopian,V-Kozul,Z Moscow olm (11) ARM-CRO 1994 1/2 51
- CBM 45}) 17. gxh4 Qxh4 18. Qxd6 Rxh6 $2 (18... Qf4 19. Qc5 Rxh6 20. Rhf1 Qe5
21. Qf2 Qc7 22. Bg4 (22. Rd6 $1 $16) 22... Rxh2 23. Qf6 $14 {Marjanovic,
S-Popovic,P Belgrade 1987 1/2 43}) 19. Bxa6 $1 $18 Rd8 (19... Rxa6 $4 20. Qb8+
Ke7 21. Qd8#) (19... Qe7 20. Bb5 $18) 20. Qc5 (20. Qxd8+ Qxd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8
22. Bb5 $18) 20... Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qe7 (21... Qxh2 22. Bxb7 Bxb7 23. Qb5+ Kf8
24. Qxb7 $18) 22. Qe3 Rh4 (22... Rxh2 23. Qg3 Qh4 24. Qb8+ Ke7 25. Qd8#) 23.
Bb5 Bxb5 24. Nxb5 Kf8 25. Qe2 Qc5 26. Nd6 b6 (26... Nf4 27. Nxb7 Nxe2 28. Nxc5
Rxh2 29. a4 $18) 27. a3 Rf4 28. Qa6 Kg7 29. Qa4 Ne5 30. h3 Rf2 31. h4 Kg6 32.
Qb3 Kh5 33. a4 Kh6 34. Nb7 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 (11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 (12. Nce2
Na5 13. b3 Rb8 14. Ng3 h5 15. e5 d5 16. Be2 h4 17. Nh5 Rxh5 18. Bxh5 Nc4 19.
Qd3 $16 {Popovic - Kozul, Belgrad 1989}) 12... Bxc6 13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne2 h5 15.
Rhf1 a5 $10 {Short - Kozul, Belgrad 1989}) 11... Bxc6 12. Qe1 Be7 13. Bd3 Qb6
14. Kb1 h5 (14... b4 $5) (14... a5 $5) 15. f5 Qc5 16. Rf1 Kd7 (16... b4 17. Ne2
e5) 17. Rf3 Rag8 18. fxe6+ fxe6 19. Nd5 $3 Rxg2 (19... exd5 20. b4 Qb6 21. exd5
Bb7 (21... Bxd5 22. Bf5+ Kc6 23. Qxe7 $18) 22. Bf5+ Kd8 (22... Ke8 23. Qe6 Qd8
24. Re1 $16) 23. Qe6 Qc7 24. Rc3 Bc8 25. Qxc8+ Qxc8 26. Rxc8#) (19... Bxd5 20.
exd5 e5 21. Bf5+ Ke8 22. Rc3 $16) 20. b4 $1 {x c3} Qa7 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 22. Qc3
$18 Kd7 23. Rxf6 Rh7 (23... Rg7 24. Rdf1) 24. e5 Rg1 25. Rxg1 Qxg1+ 26. Rf1 Qg2
27. Qd4 Kc7 28. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe1 b4 13. Nd5 a5 14. Bd3 (
14. Rd4 {/\ Rc4} Ra7 $1 {Kozul,Z}) 14... Bg7 {/\ f5} 15. f5 (15. Ne3 $5 Qe7 (
15... Qb6 16. Kb1 Qc5 17. f5 $1 h5 (17... Bh6 18. Ng4) 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Qg3 {
/\ Bc4+/-}) 16. Kb1 Kf8 17. f5 d5 18. exd5 exd5 $13) 15... Bxd5 16. exd5 e5 $5
(16... Bh6+) 17. Bb5+ Ke7 $10 18. Bc6 Rb8 19. Qh4 Qb6 20. Rhe1 h5 21. Kb1 Rbg8
(21... Bh6 22. Re4 (22. Qxh5 $2 Bg5 23. Qf3 Rxh2 $15) (22. Rxe5+ $6 dxe5 23.
d6+ Kf8 24. Qxf6 Kg8 $17 (24... Bg7 $2 25. Qe7+ Kg8 26. Be8 $1 $16)) 22... Bg5
23. Qe1 {/\ c3+/=}) 22. Rd3 Bh6 23. a3 $1 Qc5 $1 (23... Rxg2 24. Rxe5+ dxe5 25.
d6+ Kf8 26. Qxf6 {/\ d7+-}) 24. Re2 (24. axb4 axb4 25. Re4 Rxg2 26. Rc4 Qg1+
27. Ka2 Qxh2 $17) 24... Rg4 $1 $15 25. Qe1 (25. Qxh5 Rf4 {/\ Bg7} 26. Qh3 (26.
Rf3 Rd4 $1 $19) 26... Rf1+ 27. Ka2 Qc4+ 28. b3 Qf4 {/\ Qc1-+}) 25... Rb8 26.
Rb3 Qc4 27. g3 h4 28. a4 Rbg8 29. Rd3 Qc5 30. Re4 $138 Rxe4 31. Qxe4 Qg1+ 32.
Ka2 Qxh2 33. Qxh4 Qxh4 $138 (33... Qxc2 34. Rb3 Bc1 $17) 34. gxh4 Rg2 $19 35.
Kb3 Rh2 (35... Rf2) 36. Rg3 Kf8 37. Rg4 Bf4 38. c3 bxc3 39. bxc3 Be3 40. Kc4
Bd2 41. Kd3 Be1 42. c4 Bb4 (42... Bxh4 43. c5) 43. Ke4 $2 (43. Ke3 Bc5+ 44. Kd3
Rf2 45. Bd7 Ke7 46. Bc8 (46. Bc6 Rxf5 47. Rg8 Rf3+ $19) 46... Ra2 (46... Kd8
47. Rg8+ Kc7 48. Be6 $1 $13) 47. h5 Rh2 $19) 43... Rh3 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1989.11.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 (12. Nce2 Na5 (
12... Rc8) 13. b3 Rb8 {Popovic-Kozul, Belgrade 1989}) 12... Bxc6 13. Bd3 b4 14.
Ne2 h5 15. Rhf1 a5 16. f5 $2 (16. c3 $1 {Cholmov-Lukin URS 1989}) 16... e5 17.
Ng1 Qc5 18. Qe2 a4 $40 19. Bc4 Ke7 20. Nh3 (20. Bd5 Bb5 21. Qf2 Qxf2 (21...
Bxf1 22. Qxc5 dxc5 23. Bxa8 Bxg2 $2 24. Bc6) 22. Rxf2 Rc8 23. Nf3 Bh6 $17)
20... Bh6 21. Rf3 Rhc8 22. b3 (22. Nf2 Be8 $1 23. Bd5 (23. b3 axb3 24. cxb3 Ra3
$40) 23... Bb5 24. Nd3 b3 $1 25. c3 $8 (25. cxb3 Bxd3+ $19) (25. axb3 axb3 26.
Bxb3 Qa7 27. c3 $8 Rxc3 $3 28. bxc3 Bxd3+ 29. Rfxd3 Qa1+ 30. Kc2 Ra2+ $19)
25... bxa2+ 26. Bxa2 a3 $17 {Inf.48/288 (Kozul)}) 22... axb3 23. cxb3 Ra3 24.
Rfd3 Rca8 25. Re1 Qa7 $19 26. Qxh5 Be8 27. Qxh6 Rxa2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 Qa1+
30. Kc2 Ra2+ 31. Kd3 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe3 Qe7 (12... b4 $6 13. Nd5
a5 14. Rd4 $1 $16) 13. Bd3 Qa7 14. Qh3 $1 h5 $5 (14... Qc5) (14... O-O-O 15. f5
$14 (15. Nd5 f5 $1 (15... Bg7 16. c3 Kb8 17. Nb4 {/\ f5+/-}) 16. Nb4 Bd7 17.
exf5 a5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. f5 axb4 20. fxe6 Qxa2 21. exd7+ Kc7 $13)) 15. Rhe1
Be7 16. f5 b4 17. Ne2 e5 18. Bc4 $3 Rc8 $6 (18... Bxe4 19. Ng3 (19. Qb3 d5 $1
20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 (21. Rxd5 Qf2 $1) 21... h4 22. Qc6+ Kf8 23. Rd7 Qe3+ 24.
Kb1 Ra7 $13 (24... Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Qxa6 $14)) (19. Nf4 Bb7 (19... exf4
20. Rxe4 Kf8 21. Bd5 $16) 20. Nxh5 (20. Nd5 $5 $44) 20... Rc8 (20... Qc5 21.
Qb3 $1 Rh7 22. g4 {/\ Bd5+/-}) 21. b3 Kf8 22. g4 Qf2 $13) 19... Bb7 20. Ne4 $16
) (18... a5 19. Qb3 Bf8 20. Bd5 (20. Kb1 a4 $1) 20... Bh6+ 21. Kb1 Bxd5 22.
Rxd5 (22. Qxd5 Rd8) 22... Ke7 23. Red1 Rhd8 24. Qd3 Qc7 {/\ Rd7, Rg8+/=}) 19.
Qb3 Bf8 (19... Rh7 20. Ng3 h4 21. Nf1 $16 {><d5}) 20. Bd5 a5 21. Kb1 $1 Bh6 22.
Be6 $2 (22. c3 $1 $16) 22... Rd8 23. Qc4 Ba8 24. Bd5 Rg8 $1 $13 25. Ng3 (25. g3
Be3 $1) 25... h4 26. Nh5 Bg5 27. Bxa8 Qxa8 28. Rd5 Rh8 29. Qe2 Ke7 30. Red1 Rd7
$15 31. g4 $6 (31. g3 hxg3 $1 32. hxg3 (32. Nxg3 Rh4 $15) 32... a4 33. Rb5 Rb7
$15) 31... Rb8 $17 32. Qd3 Rb6 33. Ng7 Qa7 34. Qc4 Qa6 $138 35. Qxa6 Rxa6 36.
Rb5 Ra8 37. Rdd5 Rda7 38. Rb6 Rd7 39. Rbb5 Bh6 $2 (39... Rc8 $1 40. Rxa5 Rc4 (
40... Rdc7) 41. Ra8 Rd8 42. Rxd8 Kxd8 43. Rxd6+ Ke7 44. Rd1 Rxe4 $19) 40. Nh5
Rda7 41. Rb6 Rd7 42. Rbb5 (42. Rbb5 Rc8 43. Rxa5 Rc4 44. a4 $1 bxa3 45. Rxa3
Rxe4 46. Ra8 (46. h3 $2 Re1+ 47. Ka2 e4 $17) 46... Re1+ (46... Rxg4 47. Rb5 d5
48. Rb6 $1 Rg1+ 49. Ka2 Bg5 50. Ng7 Rc7 51. Ne8 Rd7 52. Ng7 $10) 47. Ka2 e4 48.
Rb5 d5 (48... e3 49. g5 $1 Bxg5 50. Ng7 d5 51. Rb6 $10) 49. Rb6 Be3 $1 50. Rxf6
(50. Rc6 Bg5 $1 51. Ng7 Rb7 $17) 50... Ra7+ 51. Rxa7+ Bxa7 52. Ra6 Bc5 53. Nf4
Rd1 54. g5 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Cabrilo, Goran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe3 (12. Qe1 b4 (12...
Be7 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Kb1 h5 15. f5 Qc5 16. Rf1 Kd7 17. Rf3 Rag8 18. fxe6+ fxe6
19. Nd5 Rxg2 20. b4 Qa7 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 22. Qc3 $18 {Short - Torre, Manila izt
1990}) 13. Nd5 a5 14. Bd3 Bg7 15. f5 Bxd5 16. exd5 e5 17. Bb5+ Ke7 18. Bc6 Rb8
19. Kb1 Qb6 20. Qh4 h5 $15 {Short - Damljanovic, Manila izt 1990}) 12... Qe7
13. Bd3 Qa7 14. Qh3 b4 (14... h5 15. Rhe1 Be7 16. f5 b4 17. Ne2 e5 18. Bc4 Rc8
19. Qb3 Bf8 20. Kb1 a5 21. Bd5 Bh6 22. Be6 Rd8 23. Qc4 Ba8 {Sax - Damljanovic,
Manila izt 1990}) 15. Ne2 Qc5 16. Kb1 a5 17. Rhe1 Rb8 18. f5 e5 19. Rc1 h5 20.
c3 Bh6 21. Rc2 b3 $17 22. axb3 Rxb3 23. Nc1 Rb7 24. Qh4 Ke7 25. Qf2 Ba4 26.
Rce2 Qc6 27. Bc2 Rxb2+ $1 28. Kxb2 Rb8+ 29. Nb3 (29. Ka2 Bxc2 (29... Qc4+ $1
30. Bb3 Bxb3+ 31. Nxb3 Qxb3+ 32. Ka1 Qa3+ 33. Ra2 Qxc3+ 34. Rb2 Rxb2 35. Qxb2
Qxe1+ $19) 30. Qa7+ Rb7 31. Qxb7+ Qxb7 32. Rxc2 $17) 29... Bxb3 30. Qa7+ (30.
Bxb3 a4) 30... Rb7 31. Qxa5 Bc4+ 32. Ka1 Bxe2 33. Rxe2 Qc4 (33... Qc4 34. Re1 (
34. Rf2 Be3 35. Rf3 Ra7 $19) 34... Bd2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 (9... b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qe1 Be7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7
14. Ne4 dxe5 15. fxe5 O-O 16. Bd3 Nf4 17. Rf1 Ng6 18. Qg3 Qh4 19. Qxh4 Nxh4 $10
{Leko,P-Sherbakov,R EUCup f Ljubljana (02) 1995 1/2 31 - CBM 51}) 10. Bh4 (10.
Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bc4 Be7 13. Qe3 g5 14. g3 gxf4 15. gxf4 O-O-O 16.
Kb1 Rd7 17. Rhf1 Rhd8 18. Qb6 Rc7 19. Qa7 Rcd7 20. Qb6 Rc7 21. Qa7 Rcd7 22. Qb6
Rc7 {1/2 Wells,P-Van der Wiel,J Linares zt (08) 1995 - CBM 51}) 10... Rc8 11.
Nf3 Qa5 (11... Be7 12. e5 (12. Kb1 Nb8 13. Bd3 Bc6 14. f5 exf5 15. exf5 O-O 16.
Nd4 Re8 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Aseev,K Moscow Alekhine op 1992 0-1 63})
12... dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qxd5 Be6
18. Qd6 Bxa2 19. g3 Be6 20. Bg2 Rc7 21. Rhf1 O-O $15 {Dvoirys,S-Aseev,K RUS-ch
Elista (02) 1995 1/2 67 - CBM 50}) 12. Kb1 b5 13. e5 $1 $16 (13. Bd3 Nb4 14. a3
Nxd3 15. cxd3 Qb6 16. Rc1 b4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Rc2 Be7 19. Rhc1 Rb8 20. e5 dxe5
21. fxe5 Nd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Qxb4 Bxb4 $10 {Huebner,R-Piket,J Wijk (01) 1996
1/2 59 - CBM 51}) 13... b4 (13... Nd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd2 15. Rxd2 exd5 16. Rxd5 $16)
(13... dxe5 $4 14. Bxf6 $18) 14. exf6 $1 $18 bxc3 15. fxg7 Rb8 $146 (15... Bxg7
16. Qxd6 Rc7 17. Bc4 Qb6 18. Bb3 a5 19. a4 Rg8 20. f5 Bf8 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Qd3
$18 {Kiroski,T-Bielczyk,J Star Dojran (04) 1991 1-0 43}) 16. b3 $1 cxd2 (16...
Bxg7 17. Qxd6 Rb7 18. Ne5 Bxe5 (18... Nxe5 19. Qe7#) 19. fxe5 $18) 17. gxh8=Q
Nb4 18. a3 $1 Nd5 (18... Qxa3 19. Qb2 $18 {Weiß hat einen glatten R mehr.}) 19.
Bf6 e5 20. Bxe5 Bf5 (20... Rxb3+ 21. cxb3 Qxa3 22. Rxd2 Bf5+ 23. Bd3 Qxb3+ 24.
Ka1 Bxd3 25. Bxd6 $18) 21. Bc4 Ne3 (21... Bxc2+ 22. Kxc2 Ne3+ 23. Kd3 $18) 22.
Bxd6 Kd7 (22... Bxc2+ 23. Ka2 $18) 23. Ne5+ Kxd6 24. Qf6+ Kc7 (24... Be6 25.
Nxf7+ Kc7 26. Qxe6 $18) 25. Qc6+ Kd8 26. Nxf7+ (26. Nxf7+ Ke7 27. Qd6+ Ke8 28.
Qxb8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Nxc6 (12. Kb1 Nge5 13. Be2 Be7
14. Nf3 (14. Rhf1 hxg5 15. Bg3 Qc7 16. Nf3 f6 17. Qe3 b5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 $10 {
Adams,M-Lutz,C Munich (09) 1993 1/2 39}) 14... hxg5 15. Bg3 b5 16. Rhf1 (16.
Bd3 Rc8 17. Rdf1 Qa5 $10 {Tischbierek,R-van der Wiel,J Baden Baden-B (10) 1992
1/2 54}) 16... b4 17. Na4 Nxf3 18. Rxf3 Ne5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Qxd7+ $10 {
Fogarasi,T-Kovalev,A Ostrava 1993 0-1 56}) (12. Nf3 hxg5 13. Bg3 Be7 14. Be2
Nge5 15. Kb1 b5 16. Rdf1 Rc8 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rf2 f6 $10 {Short,N-Kasparov,G
PCA-Wch London (02) 1993 1/2 50}) 12... Bxc6 13. Be2 Ne5 14. g3 Ng6 15. Rhf1 (
15. Kb1 Be7 (15... h5 16. Qe3 Qe7 17. Rhf1 Bg7 18. Rf2 Kf8 19. Rdf1 $16 {
Mainka,R-Popovic,P Dortmund 1988 1-0 37}) 16. gxh6 Bxh4 17. gxh4 Qxh4 18. Qxd6
Qf4 19. Qc5 Rxh6 20. Rhf1 $14 {Marjanovic,S-Popovic,P Belgrade 1987 1/2 42})
15... Be7 16. gxh6 $14 Nxh4 17. gxh4 Bf8 (17... Bxh4 18. Rg1 $1 $16 (18. Qxd6
Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Rxh6 $10)) 18. Qd4 $1 Rxh6 19. h5 Qg5+ 20. Kb1 Qe5 21. Qb6 $1 {
zuerst die Rochade verhindern und dann ...} (21. Qxe5 $2 dxe5 $44 {^^}) 21...
Rc8 (21... Qxh2 22. Qc7 Rh7 (22... Be7 $5) 23. e5 Qxe5 24. Bd3 $16) 22. Qf2 Rh7
23. Bg4 Qc5 (23... Bxe4 $2 24. Nxe4 Qxe4 25. Bxe6 $1 $18) 24. Qg2 Bd7 25. Qf3 (
25. e5 Qxe5 (25... dxe5 $2 26. Ne4 Bc6 27. Qd2 $18) (25... Bc6 $13) 26. Qxb7
$18) 25... Rc7 26. e5 $1 $16 d5 $8 (26... Qxe5 27. Nd5 $18) (26... dxe5 27.
Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 (27... Kxd7 28. Qd3+ $18) 28. Ne4 $18) 27. Qd3 Rh6 28. Qd2 Rh8 29.
Qf4 Rh7 30. Be2 Bh6 31. Qh4 Qe7 32. Rf6 $3 $18 Bg7 33. Qg3 Qf8 (33... Bxf6 34.
exf6 Rxc3 35. bxc3 Qf8 (35... Qxf6 36. Qg8+ $18) 36. Qb8+ $18) 34. Bd3 Rh6 (
34... Rh8 35. Rxf7 (35. Bg6 $4 Bxf6 36. exf6 Kd8 $19) 35... Kxf7 36. Rf1+ Kg8
37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Nxd5 exd5 39. e6 $18) 35. Rxh6 Bxh6 36. Nxd5 $1 (36. Nxd5
exd5 37. e6 Rc5 38. exd7+ Kxd7 39. b4 Rc7 40. Bf5+ Kc6 41. Qc3+ Kb6 (41... Kd6
42. Qf6#) 42. Qd4+ Kb5 43. Qxd5+ Kb6 (43... Kxb4 44. Rd4+ $18) 44. Qd4+ Kb5 45.
Qe5+ Kb6 46. Rd6+ Rc6 47. Qc5+ Kc7 48. Rd7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "New York WFW"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "King, Daniel J"]
[Black "Mednis, Edmar John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nce2 Na5 13. b3 Nb7 14.
g3 Nc5 15. Bg2 Ra7 (15... Rc8 16. Qe3 $1 {N} Qc7 17. Rd2 Be7 18. Rc1 O-O $6 19.
g4 Kh8 20. Ng3 $1 Rg8 21. Bf3 $16 {(Arnason) Arnason - Tukmakov, Moskau 1990 -
Inf.49/242}) 16. Qe3 Qc7 17. Rhe1 Bg7 18. Rd2 b4 19. Red1 a5 20. Nc1 O-O 21.
Nde2 Ra6 22. g4 f5 $6 (22... a4) 23. gxf5 exf5 24. e5 $1 Re8 (24... dxe5 25.
Rd5 Rc6 $8 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Qxc5 $16) 25. Nd3 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Qa7
27. Ng3 a4 28. Nh5 $1 Re6 (28... axb3 29. Qg3 $18) 29. Bd5 axb3 30. cxb3 Rg6
31. Bc4 Ra5 32. Nxg7 Kxg7 33. exd6 $18 Qb7 34. Qd4+ Kg8 35. Re1 Qf3 36. Re7 Qc3
37. Bxf7+ Kf8 38. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Black "Popovic, Petar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe1 Be7 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Kb1
h5 15. Rf1 $2 (15. f5 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Ng3 h4 18. Nf1 Qc5 19. Ne3 Bd8 20. Bc4
Bb6 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 $14 {Ernst,T-Popovic,P (4) Tilburg1.23 (30`) 1992
0-1 75 -CBM 32}) 15... b4 16. Ne2 d5 $1 $15 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. g3 a5 19. Nc1 Qb7
(19... a4 $2 20. Be4 $13) 20. h3 $6 (20. Qe2 $15) 20... a4 21. g4 $6 hxg4 22.
hxg4 b3 $17 23. Qe2 bxa2+ 24. Nxa2 Rb8 25. c4 Bc6 26. Nc3 Rh3 $1 27. Qc2 (27.
Nb5 a3 $17) 27... a3 28. Nb5 Rd8 29. Nc3 $2 (29. b3 $2 Rhxd3 30. Rxd3 Rxd3 31.
Qxd3 Be4 $19) (29. Ka2 axb2 $17) 29... Rhxd3 (29... Rhxd3 30. Rxd3 Rxd3 31.
Qxd3 Qxb2#) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {This was the decisive game in order to qualify for the tie-breaks for
the World Cup 2007. This year due to a big number of participants and also to
the small number of qualification places (29 instead of the announced 33) a +4
result was not enough to qualify.} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 {For some reason my recent results in
this system went down especially when I switched to 9.f4.} 9. f3 {For this
game I decided to return to my old favourite move taught to me by Lanka.} Be7
10. h4 h6 11. Be3 h5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Kb1 {Perhaps this move allows Black to
transpose the game into favorable 9.f4 lines. Instead I would be better to
take on c6 myself.} (13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Kb8 16. Kb1 Ka8 17.
Qf2 Rc8 18. Bc4 b5 19. Bb3 Rhd8 20. Qe2 Bb7 21. a4 b4 22. Na2 a5 23. c3 bxc3
24. Nxc3 $14 {Timofeev,A-Evdokimov,A/Moscow 2004}) 13... Nxd4 $1 $146 14. Qxd4
b5 15. Ne2 {A typical manoeuvre for the Rauzer. The knight anyway will have to
leave the square c3 after b5-b4.} (15. a3 Rb8 16. f4 Qc5) (15. Bxf6 {was also
interesting} gxf6 {but I am afraid that even after} (15... Bxf6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6
17. Rxd6 Ke7 18. Rd1 Bc6 19. Bd3 Rad8 20. g3 Bd4 {Black has full compensation
for the pawn.})) 15... a5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 (16... Bxf6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Ke7
19. Rd1 Rhd8 20. Nf4 $14) 17. f4 Rc8 18. Qd2 b4 {Here I was afraid of} (18...
Qb7 $5 {immediately and now it is not so easy to settle my pieces in a
comfortable way.}) 19. Nd4 Qb7 20. Bd3 a4 21. Rhe1 Rc5 $6 {An inaccurate move.
Better was to take under control the g file:} (21... Rg8 22. f5 e5 23. Nf3 a3
24. b3 Bf8 $13) 22. Re3 Rg8 23. g3 $14 {Now White has managed to stabilize
things on the kingside and is preparing the breakthrough in the centre with f5
or e5.} Bd8 24. Be2 Qb8 $1 {Otherwise White would already go for the piece
sacrifice, for example} (24... Ba5 25. Nf5 $1 exf5 26. Qxd6 Qc6 27. exf5+ Kd8
28. Qb8+ Qc8 29. Rxd7+ {!} Kxd7 30. Rd3+ Ke8 31. Qd6 $18) 25. b3 Bc7 26. Bc4 (
26. bxa4 Bxa4 27. Nb3 Bxb3 28. Rxb3 Ke7) 26... Kf8 27. Qe2 Rg7 28. bxa4 {
Opening the queenside White reckons that he has got more forces on it.} Bxa4
29. f5 e5 30. Nb3 Rc6 31. Bd5 Rc3 32. Rxc3 bxc3 33. Qc4 {It was risky but
better to take the h-pawn first:} (33. Qxh5 Ke7 34. Qf3 Ba5 35. a3 $1 {
Preventing Qb4.} Bd7 36. Ka2 Qb5 37. Rb1 Bb6 38. Qxc3 $16) 33... Bxb3 34. axb3
Ba5 35. Rd3 Ke7 36. Qa6 Bb4 37. Kc1 {I rejected the possiblity of going to the
ending} (37. Qb7+ Qxb7 38. Bxb7 {because of this line:} Rg8 39. Kc1 Rb8 40. Bc6
Rc8 41. Ba4 Bc5 42. Kd1 Bf2 43. Ke2 Bd4 44. Kf3 Ra8 {=}) 37... Rg8 38. Kd1 Rc8
39. Ke2 Rc7 40. Rd1 Ra7 41. Qc4 Qg8 42. Rd3 $4 {I definitely needed my king on
g2 in order to prevent the penetration of the black king to h3 - which is
killing for me.} (42. Kf2 Qg4 43. Re1 Bc5+ 44. Kg2 {!} Ra2 45. Qxc3 $16) 42...
Bc5 $1 {The first piece in a net around the white king.} 43. Rf3 (43. Rxc3 Qg4+
44. Rf3 Qh3 45. Kd2 Ra1) 43... Qg4 {Followed by Qh3.} 44. Bxf7 Kd8 $3 {Adter
spending the greatest part of his time, my talented young Romanian opponent
found the best and winning continuation. To be honest, I underestimated this
move, counting mostly on} (44... Kf8 45. b4 Rxf7 46. bxc5 dxc5 47. Qxc5+ Kg7
48. Qc6 Ra7 49. Ke3 Qh3) ({or} 44... Qh3 45. Qe6+ Kd8 46. Qxf6+ Kc7 47. Qe7+
Kb6 48. Qd8+ Rc7 49. Qb8+ Rb7 50. Qd8+ $11) 45. Bxh5 $1 {This is the only
practical chance.} (45. b4 Bd4 46. Qc6 Rxf7) (45. Qd5 Rxf7) 45... Qxh5 46. Qg8+
Kc7 47. Qg6 $1 {Of course the endings are not good for Black, so I win another
half tempo.} Qh8 48. Rxc3 Kb6 49. Qg4 Ra1 (49... Bd4 50. Rc4 Rg7 51. Rb4+ Kc7
52. Qf3 Qg8 53. Qd3 Rxg3 $19) 50. Qg6 Qa8 51. Rc4 Bd4 52. Kd3 Re1 53. Rb4+ Kc5
54. Rc4+ Kb5 55. Kd2 $1 {The last moves were made in mutual time trouble, but
I always had a slight advantage on the clock which perhaps finally helped me.}
Rxe4 (55... Qxe4 56. Qe8+) 56. Qf7 {It looks like White has enough counterplay.
} Be3+ $4 {Time! Missing the elegant but not at all obvious win.} (56... Qa5+
$1 57. b4 Qa8 $3 {Now the rook on c4 is unprotected.} (57... Be3+ 58. Kd3 Rd4+
59. Rxd4 Qa3+ 60. c3 Bxd4 61. Qe8+ Kb6 62. Qd8+ {=})) 57. Kd3 Rd4+ 58. Rxd4
exd4 (58... Bxd4 59. Qd7+ Kc5 60. Qc7+ Kb5 (60... Qc6 61. b4+ Kb5 62. c4+) 61.
Qd7+ {=}) 59. Qd7+ Qc6 60. c4+ $1 {Only here did I start to think of winning
again.} Kb6 61. Qd8+ Kb7 62. Qxf6 Bf2 63. Qe7+ Kb6 64. Qe4 Qxe4+ {The simpler
way to make a draw was to keep the d4-pawn alive.} (64... Bxg3 65. Qxc6+ Kxc6
66. h5 Be5 67. b4 {=}) 65. Kxe4 Bxg3 66. Kxd4 (66. f6 Bxh4 67. f7 Be7 68. b4
d5+) 66... Bxh4 67. Kd5 Kc7 $4 {Time! The decisive mistake which allows me to
create a little study.} (67... Be7 $1 {The black bishop belongs on f8.} 68. Ke6
(68. b4 Kc7 69. Ke6 Bf8 70. b5 Kb6 71. Kf7 Bh6 72. f6 Kc5 73. Ke7 d5 74. b6
Kxb6 75. cxd5 Bg5) 68... Bf8 69. b4 d5 70. cxd5 Bxb4 71. d6 Kc6 $11) 68. Ke6
Kc6 (68... Bg5 69. f6 Bh6 70. b4 Kc6 71. b5+ Kc7 72. Kf7 $18) 69. b4 Bg5 (69...
Kc7 70. b5 Bg5 71. f6 Kd8 72. b6 $18) 70. f6 Bxf6 (70... Bh6 {was already too
late in view of} 71. b5+ Kc7 (71... Kc5 72. Kd7 Bf8 73. Kc7 d5 74. b6 dxc4 75.
b7 $18) 72. Kf7 $18) 71. b5+ $1 {The two intermediate moves of the b pawn let
me go to the tie-breaks which I unfortunately lost.} (71. Kxf6 d5 72. b5+ Kd6 {
!=}) 71... Kc5 72. Kxf6 d5 73. b6 $1 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nb3 $5 (11. Nf3) 11... Qd8 (11... O-O-O
12. g3 $14 {ףf6}) (11... g5 12. f5 $5 (12. g3)) 12. Kb1 (12. h4 b5 $5 (12...
Qc7 13. Rh3 Be7 14. h5 $1 {()} (14. Rd3 g5 $1 $13 (14... Nb4 $6 15. Re3 $14))))
12... Qc7 13. h4 $1 O-O-O 14. Rh3 Be7 15. Qf2 (15. Rd3 $5 Bxh4 16. Rxd6 (16.
Nd5 $6 exd5 17. exd5 Bf6 $1 18. dxc6 Bxc6 $15) 16... Be7 17. Rd3 Nb4 18. Rg3 (
18. Rd4 Nc6 $10) 18... Ba4 $5 {><c2, f4} 19. Bd3 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Bxb3 21. axb3 g5
22. Rc1 Kb8 23. Nd5 Qd6 24. Nxe7 Qxe7 $10) (15. h5 {()}) 15... Kb8 16. Rhd3 (
16. Na4 $5 g5 $1 $13) (16. h5) 16... g5 $5 17. Nd5 $6 (17. hxg5 hxg5 18. g3 $10
) (17. g3 $5 gxf4 18. gxf4 $13) 17... exd5 18. exd5 Bg4 $1 (18... Na7 $2 19.
Rc3 $16) (18... Bf5 $2 19. Rc3 Bf6 20. Rc4) 19. dxc6 (19. Re1 Na7 20. Rc3 Qd7
21. Bxa6 $5 (21. Na5 Ka8 $1 22. Qb6 (22. Rb3 Rb8 23. Nc4 Bd8) 22... Rc8 23.
Bxa6 bxa6 24. Nc6 Bf6 $19) 21... Bf6 $1 (21... bxa6 22. Qb6+ Qb7 (22... Ka8 23.
Rc7 Qxc7 24. Qxc7 Rd7 $15) 23. Qxb7+ Kxb7 24. Rxe7+ Rd7 $17) 22. Rg3 gxf4 $19 (
22... bxa6 $19)) 19... Bxd1 20. Nd4 $1 (20. Rxd1 Qxc6 $17) (20. cxb7 Bxc2+ 21.
Qxc2 Qxc2+ 22. Kxc2 Kxb7 $17) 20... Bf6 (20... Bg4 $6 21. Rb3 Bc8 (21... b6 22.
Ne6 $1) 22. Bxa6 $40) (20... bxc6 21. Rxd1 $44) 21. Rxd1 (21. fxg5 $2 Bxd4 22.
Qxd4 Bh5 $19) (21. Rb3 $6 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Bxc2+ 23. Kxc2 Qxc6+ 24. Rc3 Qd7 $17)
21... Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Qxc6 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Rh1 (24... Rhg8 25. Qf4 $15) (
24... Rhe8 $1 25. Qf6 (25. Bc4 d5) 25... Rc8 26. c3 (26. Bd3 Re2 $17) 26...
Qe4+ 27. Bd3 (27. Ka1 Qd5 $5) 27... Qxg2 28. Qxd6+ Ka8 $17) 25. a3 Rc8 26. Ka2
$5 (26. c3 Re8 27. Be2 $5 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Re5 (28... Qe4+ 29. Qxe4 Rxe4 30. Bh5
$15) 29. Bf3 Qd7 $17) 26... Qxc2 27. Qxd6+ Ka7 (27... Qc7 28. Qd5) (27... Ka8
$5) 28. Rd2 (28. Qd5 $2 Qc5 $1 {/\} 29. Qxf7 Rf8) (28. Be2 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 $17 (
29. Bxd1 Qxg2 $17)) 28... Qc1 (28... Qc5 29. Qf4 $15) 29. Qd4+ Ka8 30. Rf2 $4 (
30. Be2 Qb1+ 31. Kb3 Rhc1 (31... Qf5 32. Qd7) (31... Qg6 $6 {/\ Rc6} 32. Bf3
Rhc1 $15 (32... Qxg5 $2 33. Qb6 $1)) 32. Bd3 $1 (32. Bf3 R1c5 $40) 32... R1c3+
33. Qxc3 Rxc3+ 34. Kxc3 Qc1+ 35. Rc2 Qxg5 36. Re2 $15) 30... Rxf1 0-1

[Event "Portoroz op"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Tratar, Marko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Qa5 $6 (9... Be7) 10. h4 Rc8 11. Kb1 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Be7 13. g4
O-O 14. Qd2 $1 {/\ Nd5!} Qc5 15. h5 b5 16. Be3 Qc7 17. g5 b4 18. Ne2 Ne8 19.
Nd4 a5 20. g6 $6 {/\ f5->} (20. f4) 20... Bf6 $1 21. Bh3 Qc4 22. Qh2 a4 23. Bf1
Qc7 24. Bd3 $6 (24. h6 $1 fxg6 25. hxg7 (25. Qg3 {!!Game converted with error!!
}) 25... Nxg7 26. Qxh7+ Kf7 27. Bd3 $14 (27. Ba6 $5)) 24... h6 $1 25. Qd2 a3
26. e5 $6 (26. b3 Qc3 27. Qxc3 Rxc3 28. Rhe1 $14) 26... Bxe5 27. Bxh6 Bxd4 28.
Bxg7 Bxg7 $2 (28... Nxg7 29. Qh6 Rfd8 $1 $19) 29. h6 Bc3 30. Qg5 $1 f5 {/\ g7+-
} (30... Bf6 31. Qg2 Ng7 32. hxg7 Bxg7 33. Rh8+ $3 Bxh8 34. g7 $1 Bxg7 35. Rg1
$18) (30... f6 31. Qh4) 31. Qe7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch21 Final"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.02.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1954.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. Be2 (9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. e5 b4 $1 12. exf6 bxc3 13. Qxc3 gxf6
14. Bh4 (14. Rxd6 $2 Bxd6 15. Bxf6 Bb4 $1) 14... a5 15. Nd4 Nb4 16. Kb1 Rb8 17.
Qd2 Qb6 18. c3 Nd5 19. Nb3 $2 {[>= 19.Bf2]} a4 20. Bf2 Nxc3+ $1 21. bxc3 Qb7
22. Bc4 axb3 23. Bxb3 Ba4 {Beni-Taimanov, 1953}) 9... Be7 10. Nb3 b5 $6 11.
Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bh5 (12. Qh6 f5 13. h4 b4) 12... Ne5 13. f4 Nc4 14. Qe2 Rc8 {
(>= 14...0-0)} 15. Rd3 {(15.Qg4, 15.Bxf7+ =)} O-O 16. Rh3 {(/\ Qg4+, Bg6!)} Kh8
{[#]} 17. g4 $2 (17. f5 $1 {[/\ Bxg6!]} Ne5 18. Nd4 {; 17...exf5? 18.exf5 Bxf5
19.Bg4}) 17... b4 18. Nd1 Qc7 19. f5 Ne5 20. Ne3 Bb5 $1 21. Qd2 Bd3 22. Kb1
Bxe4 23. Rc1 d5 $17 24. Nd4 Bc5 25. g5 fxg5 26. fxe6 f5 (26... Bxd4 $2 27. Qxd4
fxe6 28. Ng4 Rf5 29. Bg6) 27. Be2 Rce8 28. Rf1 f4 29. Ng4 Bg2 30. Nxe5 Qxe5 31.
Nf3 Qg7 32. Rh5 Bxf1 33. Bxf1 Rxe6 $19 34. Rxg5 Qf6 35. Rxd5 Rd6 36. Rxd6 Qxd6
37. Qxd6 Bxd6 38. Bxa6 Re8 39. Kc1 Kg7 40. Kd2 Kf6 41. Bb7 Re3 42. Bc6 Be5 43.
c3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-13"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ghitescu, Theodor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 Bd7 8.
O-O-O e6 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe1 h5 13. Bd3 Bh6 $2 14. Rf1
Qe7 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. Qe2 O-O-O 17. a4 b4 18. Na2 $16 (18. Bxa6 bxc3 19. Rf3 Rd7
20. Rxc3+ Kd8 21. Qb5 $16) 18... a5 19. c3 d5 20. cxb4 axb4 21. Ba6 dxe4 22.
Qb5 $18 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxf4 24. Nxb4 Be3 25. Re1 1-0

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Helsingborg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Winsnes, Rikard"]
[Black "Schneider, Lars Ake"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 Qc7 11. g4 {11.Le3 kanske är en smartare dragföljd.
Engelska angreppet med minustempo  för vit men svart har Е andra sidan spelat
Ld7 och Dc7 i onödan. RW} h5 12. gxh5 Nxh5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 {Det är fjärde gÅngen
Schneider har upp den här ställningen i ECO ger de Gipslis-Schneider 1978, och
vit skulle ha spelat 14.f4 med vit fördel.} 14. f4 (14. Nde2 Bc6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6
16. Rxd6 Ng6 {Och svart har kompensation, Kristiansen - Schneider.}) 14...
O-O-O 15. Nde2 Bc6 16. Rh3 d5 17. e5 Nf5 18. Nd4 Nhg3 $1 19. Qe1 (19. Bd3 Ne4
$1 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nce2 e3 {Med bra spel för svart.}) 19... Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Nf5
21. Rb4 Qe7 22. Na4 Bxa4 23. Rc3+ $4 (23. Rxa4 Rxh4 $2 (23... Rd7 24. h5 $13)
24. Rxa6 $3 bxa6 25. Bxa6+ Kb8 26. Rb3+ Ka8 27. Qa5 Rh1+ 28. Bf1+ Qa7 29. Qxd8+
) 23... Kb8 24. Rxa4 Qxh4 25. Qd1 d4 26. Rf3 Ne3 27. Qe2 Qh1 28. Rb4 Rd7 29.
Rf2 Rc8 30. Qd3 Qg1 31. Qxa6 Nd5 $1 (31... Qxf2 $4 32. Rxb7+ $10 Rxb7 33. Qd6+
Rcc7 34. Qf8+ Ka7 35. Qa3+ Kb6 36. Qb4+ Ka7 $10 (36... Kc6 $4 37. Qd6#)) 0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 {/\g4-g5} Rc8 (9... b5 10. h4 h5 $6 11. Kb1 Be7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6
13. Ne2 $16 {Tal,M-Cabrillo/Lvov/1981/}) (9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. g4 Bc6 12.
Be3 O-O 13. Qd2 {Tal,M-Deze/Novi Sad/1974/}) 10. Kb1 Be7 11. g4 O-O 12. Be3
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 (13. Qxd4 Bc6 14. g5 Nd7 15. f4) 13... b5 14. g5 Ne8 15. h4 Nc7
16. Ne2 Rb8 17. Ng3 Re8 18. f4 $16 {White is much faster} Bf8 19. f5 d5 $5 {
Best chance} 20. g6 $6 (20. f6 $142 e5 21. fxg7 Bxg7 22. Bc5 $16 {/\ Nf5 od.
Nh5}) 20... fxg6 21. fxg6 e5 $1 22. gxh7+ Kh8 23. Bf2 Be6 $132 24. Qa5 Qd7 25.
Bd3 d4 26. Ne2 b4 27. Nc1 (27. Rdg1 $142 {/\ Rg5, h4-h5-h6}) 27... Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zhigalko, Andrey"]
[Black "Dembo, Yelena"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "Dembo,Y"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{My opponent played on 2nd board of the Belarussian Olympiad team in the
Khanty Mansiysk Olympiad.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6
6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe3
Qe7 13. Bd3 Qa7 {Trying to exchange the queens as of course it will benefit
Black - the bishop pair and a good centre!} 14. Qh3 (14. Qe1 {is the main line
and looked like a better choice.} O-O-O 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Rf1 Be7 17. f5 Rhg8 $11
{0-1 Danin,A (2332)-Alekseev,E (2616)/St Petersburg 2004/CBM 102 (54)}) 14...
b4 {Black starts to attack first.} 15. Ne2 Qc5 {Improving the position of the
queen.} 16. Kb1 (16. f5 e5 17. Ng3 a5 $40 {0-1 Ljubojevic,L (2620)-Gheorghiu,F
(2540)/Manila 1976/IZT (34)}) 16... h5 $6 {A typical idea - to prevent ...
f4-f5 and Qh5, but here it is an unnecessary measure; it was better to just
continue the attack on the queenside.} (16... a5 $1 17. f5 e5 18. Ng3 a4 19.
Nh5 Be7 $40) 17. Nc1 $6 {White is lost in maneuvering :)} ({The active} 17. f5
$1 {was much better} e5 18. Qh4 (18. Ng3 h4 $11) 18... a5 19. Ng3 (19. Qxf6 Rg8
20. Rhg1 a4 $44) 19... Be7 20. Nxh5 O-O-O $44 {/\ d6-d5}) 17... a5 18. Nb3 Qb6
19. Bc4 Bd7 {Preventing any sort of sacrifices.} (19... a4 20. Nd4 Bd7 $13) 20.
f5 e5 21. Bd5 {The B looks nice here but is it doing anything at all?! In any
case, it prevents the white N from being there :)} Rc8 $36 22. Nd2 a4 {
Continuing the attack.} 23. Rhe1 (23. Nc4 Qa6 24. b3 Bb5 $13) 23... Bb5 $1 {
Preventing ...Nc4.} 24. a3 {White tries to open the position, but it is
Black's territory.} Qc5 25. axb4 Qxb4 (25... Qxc2+ {was also interesting.} 26.
Ka2 Ba6 $36) 26. c3 Qc5 {Threatening ...a3.} 27. Kc2 (27. Rc1 a3 $40) (27. Ka2
Rb8) 27... Rb8 {Now the b2-pawn can become a target.} (27... a3 28. b3 Bh6 $36)
28. Qe3 Qc7 $1 {Naturally, it is better to keep the queens on the board now as
the white king is weak.} (28... Qxe3 $2 29. Rxe3 Bh6 30. Ree1 $11) 29. Nb1 Bh6
{Improving the inactive pieces and cutting the white K off. In my 1st book I
have written about such bishop pairs that they are like Schwarzenegger's guns :
)} 30. Qf2 Ke7 {The usual way to connect the rooks in such pawn structures.}
31. Na3 Ba6 32. Kb1 {White tries to hide the king somehow, but it is weak
everywhere.} Rb6 (32... Qxc3 $4 33. Qa7+ $18) 33. Bc4 (33. Nc4 $2 Bxc4 34. Bxc4
Rhb8 $19) (33. Ka1 $1 Rhb8 $40) 33... Bxc4 (33... Rhb8 34. Bxa6 Rxa6 $11 (34...
Rxb2+ $2 35. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 36. Kxb2 Qb6+ 37. Bb5 $18)) 34. Nxc4 Rb3 $1 35. Qe2 (
35. Rxd6 $4 Qxc4 36. Qa7+ Kf8 $19 (36... Kxd6 $2 37. Rd1+ Kc6 38. Qd7+ Kc5 $11)
) (35. Nxd6 Rhb8 $19) 35... Rhb8 $1 $17 (35... Rc8 $2 36. Nxd6 Rcb8 37. Qxh5 $1
(37. Nc4 Rxc3 $19) 37... Rxb2+ 38. Ka1 Rb1+ 39. Rxb1 Qxc3+ $11) 36. Ka2 a3 $1 {
Opening up the files against the white king.} 37. Nxa3 (37. bxa3 Rxc3 $19)
37... Qa5 $1 $19 {White is completely tied up!} (37... Rxa3+ $4 38. bxa3 $18) (
37... Rxb2+ $2 38. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 39. Kxb2 Qb6+ 40. Ka2 Qf2+ 41. Kb3 Qxg2 42. Nc4
$44) 38. c4 (38. Ka1 Rxa3+ 39. bxa3 Qxa3+ 40. Qa2 Qxc3+ $19) (38. Rb1 $1 Qa4
39. Qd1 Be3 $1 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Ge3c5]} 40. Rxe3 Rxb2+ 41. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 42. Kxb2
Qxd1 $19) (38. Rd5 Qa4 39. Qc2 Rxa3+ 40. bxa3 Qxc2+ $19) 38... Qa4 {
Threatening ...Ra8 and capture on a3.} (38... Qb4 $1 {was even stronger as the
b2-pawn is also hanging.}) 39. Rd3 Rxb2+ 40. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 41. Kxb2 Qb4+ {This
blow is of course small, but I had been working up to it for 41 moves :)} 0-1

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Govedarica, Radovan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Nxd4 $2 (9... Be7) (9... h6 10. Bh4 Nxe4 11. Qe1 $14) 10. Qxd4
Bc6 11. f5 $1 exf5 (11... Be7 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Bc4 $16) 12. e5 $1 (12. exf5
Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Re1+ Kf8 15. Qd3 Qa5 $5 16. Qxd6+ Kg8 $132) (12. Bxf6 $2
Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. exf5 Bh6+ 15. Kb1 Bf4 $132) 12... dxe5 13. Qxe5+ Qe7 14.
Qxf5 Qe6 (14... Qc5 $2 15. Re1+ $18) 15. Qa5 $1 (15. Qf2 Be7 16. Re1 Qd6 17.
Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 $132) 15... Be7 (15... Rc8 $2 16. Bd3 $18) 16. Nb5 O-O
(16... Bxb5 17. Bxb5+ Kf8 18. Bd3 $16) (16... Bd8 $2 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Nc7+
$18) 17. Nc7 Qg4 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. h3 $16 Qg3 20. Rd3 Qb8 21. Be2 $4 (21. Re3
Qf8 22. Bc4 $18) 21... Bb5 (21... Bxg2 $2 22. Re1 $16 (22. Rg1 Qh2)) 22. Rhd1 (
22. Re3 Nd5 23. Bxe7 (23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Bxe7 (24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Qxb5 Rxa2 26.
Kb1 Qa8 $17) 24... Bxe2 $10) 23... Qf4 24. Qd2 Nxe3 $10) (22. Rd2 Qe5 23. Bxb5
Qxg5 $13) 22... Bxd3 23. Bxd3 $14 h6 24. Bd2 b5 (24... Qg3 $5 25. Re1 Bd8 $132)
25. Kb1 (25. Re1 $5) 25... Qb7 (25... Qg3 $2 26. Bxb5) 26. g4 Qf3 $2 (26... Ne4
27. Bxe4 Qxe4 28. Re1 Qb7 $10) 27. Re1 Bf8 28. a4 bxa4 29. Qxa4 Qxh3 30. g5
hxg5 31. Bxg5 Qg4 $6 (31... Qg3 $5 32. Bh4 Qd6 (32... Qg4 33. Qxg4 Nxg4 34. Re4
$44) 33. Bxf6 Qxf6 34. Qe4 $18) 32. Qc6 Rc8 33. Qxa6 Nd5 34. Bd2 $16 Rb8 (34...
Nb4 35. Bxb4 Bxb4 36. Re4 Qg1+ 37. Ka2 $16) 35. Qc4 Qd7 (35... Qxc4 36. Bxc4
Bb4 37. Bxb4 Nxb4 38. Re7 $16) 36. Qh4 g6 37. Rh1 Bg7 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. Bh6 $1
Bxh6 (39... Rxb2+ 40. Kc1 Rb1+ 41. Kd2 Rxh1 42. Bxg7+ Ke7 43. Qxh1 $18) 40.
Qh8+ Ke7 41. Qxb8 Be3 42. Bc4 $18 Bf4 43. Re1+ Kf6 44. Qh8+ Kf5 45. Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Nf3 hxg5 13. Bg3 Be7 14. Kb1
Nge5 15. Bd3 (15. Be2 $5) 15... Nxf3 16. gxf3 Qc7 17. h4 (17. f4 gxf4 18. Bxf4
O-O-O 19. Be2 Ne5 $10) 17... gxh4 18. Qf2 O-O-O (18... Qd8 19. Qh2 (19. f4 Bf6
$15) 19... Nd4 (19... Qc7 20. Qf2 Qd8 21. Qh2 $10) 20. Bxd6 Nxf3 21. Qf4 Bxd6
22. Qxd6 Qb8 23. Qb6 $14) 19. Bxh4 Bxh4 20. Rxh4 Rdf8 (20... Rdg8 $142 21. a3
Ne7 22. f4 Bc6 $13) 21. f4 Rxh4 22. Qxh4 Qd8 23. Qf2 Rh8 24. a3 Qc7 25. Rg1 Kb8
26. Qg3 Ne7 27. Rd1 (27. Rd1 Ng6 28. e5 dxe5 29. Bxg6 fxg6 (29... exf4 30. Qd3
fxg6 31. Qxd7 Qxd7 32. Rxd7 Rh1+ 33. Ka2 g5 34. Rg7 $14) 30. fxe5 Bc6 $10)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Liechtenstein op"]
[Site "Schellenberg"]
[Date "1989.05.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dueball, Juergen"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Dueball,J"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1989.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LIE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 ({Eine ganz
aehn liche Stellung wie in der Partie entsteht in der Hauptvariante von B61} 
6... Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8. O-O-O ({oder} 8. f4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. e5 dxe5 11.
fxe5 e6 12. O-O-O) 8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. f4 e6 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 {
Siehe die Anmerkungen zum 13. Zug.}) 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. Be2 Rc8 (9...
Be7 10. f4 $11 {- B68}) 10. f4 Nxd4 $146 (10... Be7 $5 {- B68}) (10... h6 11.
Bh4 (11. Bxf6 $5 $13 {Mnatsakanian-Kupreichik, Kirovakan 1978}) 11... Nxe4 $1
12. Nxe4 Qxh4 13. Nf3 Qe7 14. Nxd6+ Qxd6 15. Qxd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Ke7 $11) 11.
Qxd4 Qa5 $2 (11... Be7 $8 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxe7
16. Qg3 O-O 17. Rd6 $14) 12. e5 $1 (12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qxf6 Rg8 $44) 12... dxe5
13. fxe5 $16 {Im Vergleich zur Stellung aus B61 sind die zusaetzlichen Zuege
Be2 und a6 geschehen, was einen grossen fuer Weiss vorteilhaften Unterschied
ausmacht.} Rxc3 $6 {Das Qualitaetsopfer ist nicht korrekt, aber Schwarz hat
keine gute Alternative.} (13... Bc6 $2 {Das ist in der analogen Stellung in
B61 der beste Zug , aber hier nicht spielbar.} 14. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 15. Ne4 $1 fxe5
(15... Rd8 16. Nxf6+ Ke7 17. Qh4 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 $18 {In B61 muss Weiss mit dem
Koenig schlagen. In B61 muss Weiss mit dem Koenig schlagen.}) 16. Nf6+ Ke7 17.
Qh4 Bg7 18. Nh5+ Kf8 19. Rhf1 $1 $18 {Gegenueber B61 ist hier a6 bedeutungslos,
aber der Extraentwicklungszug gibt Weiss entscheidenden Angriff.}) (13... Qc5
$2 14. exf6 $1 (14. Qxc5 $143 Rxc5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Ne4 Bh6+ 17. Kb1 Rxe5 18.
Nxf6+ Ke7 19. Rxd7+ Kxf6 20. Rf1+ $16) 14... Qxg5+ 15. Rd2 $1 (15. Kb1 $143)
15... Bc6 (15... Rc7 16. Ne4 Qg6 17. Bh5 $1 $18) (15... Rd8 16. Ne4 Qg6 17. Bh5
$1 $18) 16. Bf3 $18) (13... Bc5 $6 14. Qd3 $1 (14. Qd2 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 16.
Rxd2 exd5 17. Rxd5 Be6 $11) 14... Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qxd5 Bc6 17. Qb3 $1 (
17. Qd3 O-O) 17... O-O $16 (17... Bxg2 $2 18. Bg4 $1 O-O 19. Bxc8 Bxh1 20. e6
$1 $18)) (13... Nd5 $142 {Noch relativ am besten.} 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qxd5 Qxd5
16. Rxd5 Be6 (16... Bc6 $143 17. Rd2 $16 Bxg2 $2 18. Rhd1 Be7 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20.
Bg4 $18) 17. Rd3 $16) 14. Bd2 Qxa2 (14... Bc5 15. Bxc3 Bxd4 16. Bxa5 Bxe5 17.
Bf3 $16) (14... Rxc2+ 15. Kxc2 Qc7+ 16. Kb1 $16) 15. Bxc3 g6 (15... Bc5 $2 16.
Qxc5 Qa1+ (16... Ne4 17. Qa5 $18) 17. Kd2 Ne4+ 18. Ke3 Qxd1 19. Qc7 $1 $18) 16.
b4 $1 Nd5 17. Bc4 {Gegenueber B61 hat Schwarz jetzt den Extrazug a6, da dort
der Laeufer in einem Zug nach c4 gelangt. Das ist eine kleine Verbesserung,
aber nicht genug, die Variante spielbar zu machen.} Bh6+ $2 (17... Qa3+ $8 18.
Bb2 Qe3+ 19. Kb1 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 $16) 18. Rd2 $1 $18 (18. Bd2 $143 Qa3+ 19. Qb2
Qxb2+ 20. Kxb2 Bxd2 21. Rxd2 $16) 18... Qa3+ 19. Bb2 Qxb4 20. Bxd5 {Diese
Stellung mit dem Bauer auf a7 kam in Beliavsky-Ubilawa, Ordzhonikidse 1978 vor.
Dort konnte Schwarz nicht wie hier abwickeln, da am Ende Bauer a7 gehangen
haette.} Qxd4 21. Bxd4 exd5 22. e6 Rg8 23. exd7+ Kxd7 24. Re1 (24. Kd1 $6 Bxd2
25. Kxd2 Re8 $16) ({Weiss konnte den Turmtausch vermeiden, ohne die Kontrolle
ueber die e-Linie aufzugeben.} 24. Rf1 $1 f5 25. Be5 $1 Bxd2+ 26. Kxd2 Rc8 (
26... Re8 27. Re1 $18) 27. Kd3 Rc4 28. Bd4 $18) 24... Re8 25. Rxe8 Kxe8 26. Kd1
Bxd2 27. Kxd2 Kd7 28. Kd3 Ke6 29. Bc3 f5 30. Bd2 Ke5 31. g3 d4 $5 {Schwarz
opfe rt einen Bauer, um Raum fuer den Koenig und Zeit fuer den Bauernvormarsch
zu gewinnen, aber es nicht ausreichend.} (31... b6 32. Bf4+ Ke6 33. Kd4 $18 {
/\ Bc7}) (31... Kd6 32. Kd4 $18 {/\ Bf4, Bb4}) 32. Bh6 $1 Kd5 33. Bg7 b5 34.
Bxd4 b4 35. c4+ $1 bxc3 (35... Kc6 36. Kc2 a5 37. Kb3 Kb7 38. Ka4 Ka6 39. Be3
$22 $18) 36. Bxc3 Kc5 37. h4 Kd5 38. Ke3 Kc4 39. Bd2 Kb3 40. Kf4 Kc2 41. Ba5
Kd3 42. Bc7 Ke2 43. Kg5 Kf3 44. Kh6 Kg4 45. Bf4 (45. Kxh7 $2 g5 $11) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nf3 $5 {Usually White takes
on c6 but I believe it is very interesting to keep more minor pieces on the
board.} Qc5 $6 {While preparing I was thinking Black should first push ...b4
in order to avoid e5-Ne4 ideas, but when my opponent played 12...Qc5 after
some 5 minutes, I thought it may be some preparation and I should reconsider
13.e5. I thought for almost an hour (!) and became completely unobjective. I
evaluated some +/- positions as unclear and decided to go for 13.f5, which is
not that bad but deserves a question mark since it is nonsense to go wrong on
the first move I have to play by myself!} 13. f5 $2 (13. e5 $1 fxe5 (13... f5
14. exd6 (14. g4 $5 {seems interesting but after} b4 15. Ne2 fxg4 16. Ng5 Qd5
$1 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. Rxd5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Bg7 20. Bg2 Rd8 {it seems like the
position is rather unclear.}) 14... Bg7 15. h3 {is just very good for White:
it is a question where the Black king will go and g4 will come very soon.}) 14.
fxe5 $1 (14. Ne4 Qb4 $132) 14... Nxe5 15. Ne4 Nxf3 16. gxf3 Qc7 (16... Qe5 17.
f4 Qxe4 18. Bg2 $16) 17. Qd4 e5 18. Nf6+ Kd8 {and here I was calculating some
forced lines, with Qh4 or Qd5, and simply didn't realise that after a simple
move like} 19. Qd2 {my compensations for the pawn are simply awesome.}) 13...
Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 (14... fxe5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Qg5 $40) 15. Bd3 {Now that the
knights have finally been exchanged, the position is very similar to the main
line: the only difference is that the black queen is on e5 instead of c5, and
the black light-squared bishop is on d7 instead of c6.} b4 (15... h5 16. Qf2 {
followed by Ne2 is easier for White.}) 16. Ne2 a5 17. Bc4 $1 {This move is
precisely the reason why I think the position after 15.Bd3 is anyway an
improvement compared to the main line. White is supposed to be better once the
bishop can reach this diagonal, since it is protecting the white king but also
putting pressure on the e6-pawn.} Rc8 (17... Qxe4 $2 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nd4 {
is killing.}) 18. b3 (18. Ba6 $5 {followed by Qd3 and Nd4 also makes sense.})
18... a4 19. Nd4 axb3 $6 (19... a3 {seemed to me like the only move (at least
to prevent my knight from moving) but after} 20. g4 $5 {(in order to avoid ...
h5 and ...Bh6) I think White is better, e.g.} h5 21. gxh5 Rxh5 22. h4 $40 {
It will take White some time to solve the problems of the b2-square but in the
long-term Black has no plan.}) 20. Bxb3 {Now my bishop has reached its perfect
square.} Be7 (20... h5 21. Rhf1 $40) 21. Rhe1 (21. Qh6 $5) 21... Rc3 22. Qh6
Bf8 23. Qh4 (23. Qh5 $1 {simply wins:} Ke7 (23... Rg8 24. Re2 {does not help
Black.}) 24. Nf3 (24. Re2 $5 {is even stronger according to Houdini.}) 24...
Qf4 (24... Qb5 25. e5 $18) 25. e5 $1 Qxf5 26. exd6+ Kd8 27. Qh4 $18) 23... Be7
(23... Rg8 24. Rd2 $16) 24. Qh6 Bf8 25. Qh4 Be7 26. Qg4 h5 ({I missed that
Black could go} 26... Kf8 $8 {but after} 27. Qh5 $1 {White is much better.} (
27. fxe6 Rg8 $1 {is not entirely clear.})) 27. Qg7 Rf8 28. Qh7 Kd8 29. Qxh5 Qc5
30. Qh6 (30. Qg4 $5) 30... e5 31. Ne2 Re3 32. Nc1 $1 {After this precise move
Black has no compensations at all for the pawn.} Rxe1 33. Rxe1 Bb5 34. Qd2 Rh8
35. h3 Bf8 36. Nd3 Bxd3 ({I considered} 36... Bh6 {to be the only move, but
after} 37. Qxh6 Rxh6 38. Nxc5 dxc5 39. Bxf7 Rh4 40. Bd5 Rf4 41. g4 {White is
totally winning (especially since ...c4 will be met by Kb2 and Black has no
stay to stick the White king on b1.}) 37. Qxd3 Bh6 38. Bxf7 Ke7 39. Bb3 Rc8 40.
Qe2 Qc3 41. Rd1 Qe3 42. Qh5 Rf8 43. Qg6 (43. h4 {followed by Qg6 is the
"tactical" win.}) 43... Qg5 44. h4 Qxg6 45. fxg6 Bg7 46. g4 Rh8 47. h5 Rc8 48.
Rf1 Rc7 49. Kc1 Bh6+ 50. Kd1 Bg7 51. Ke2 Bh6 52. Rf5 Bg7 (52... Rd7 53. g5 fxg5
54. Kf3 $18) 53. g5 fxg5 54. Rf7+ Kd8 55. Rxg7 $1 Rxg7 56. Bf7 Rxf7 57. h6 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT Div Honor"]
[Site "Monzon"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Moreno Tejera, Emilio"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Magic Extremadura"]
[BlackTeam "Sestao Fundacion EDP"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nce2 $5 {I knew this move
existed, but couldn't remember at all what I should do against it! I decided
to go for a move that happens to be useful in many lines, but that is probably
objectively dubious.} Rd8 $6 {On one hand, d6 is better protected (freeing the
f8-bishop in some lines) and the rook on d8 will enable Black to play ...d5 in
many lines. On the other hand long castling becomes impossible and the pawn on
a6 will be hanging in many lines after couple of logical moves, once Black
goes ...b4.} (12... h5 {should be critical.} 13. Qd3 $5 {A new idea played by
the American GM Samuel Shankland, and actually suggested by the engine.} (13.
g3 Rc8 14. Bg2 Na5 $5 (14... Nxd4 15. Nxd4 h4 16. g4 h3 17. Bf3 b4 18. Rhg1 a5
{1-0 (44) Chirila,I (2485)-Kozul,Z (2594) Budva MNE 2009, wasn't bad either.})
15. b3 {This move is not one White likes to play!} Nc6 $1 16. Rhf1 (16. Rhe1
Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qc5 18. Re3 h4 $132 {0-1 (36) Paikidze,N (2411)-Jankovic,A (2568)
Moscow RUS 2012}) (16. c3 Be7 17. Rhf1 a5 $132 {0-1 (38) Froewis,G (2224)
-Jankovic,A (2528) Pula CRO 2008}) 16... h4 17. Nf3 (17. g4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 h3
19. Bf3 Qc5 $132) 17... hxg3 18. hxg3 b4 19. e5 Na7 $1 $13 {1-0 (38) Almasi,Z 
(2665)-Kozul,Z (2585) Baden 1999}) 13... O-O-O (13... d5 14. exd5 Nb4 15. Qb3
Nxd5 16. g3 $14) 14. g3 (14. f5 $5 Ne7 $5 $13 (14... Ne5 15. Qc3+ Kb8 16. Nf4
$14)) (14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nd4 (15. f5 d5 $132) 15... Bb7 $132) 14... Kb8 15. Bg2
Na5 16. f5 $6 (16. c3 $5 {is suggested by the computer, but after} h4 17. Nc2
Nb7 $5 18. Ned4 Nc5 {I do not think Black is worse.}) 16... e5 17. Nb3 Nc4 18.
Nc3 Bc6 19. Qe2 Ne3 ({should just be better for Black:} 19... h4 20. g4 Bh6 21.
Nd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rc8 $15) 20. Rd3 Bh6 21. a3 h4 22. g4 h3 23. Bf3 a5 24. Nxa5
Qxa5 25. Rxe3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 b4 27. axb4 Qxb4 28. Rd1 Qc5 29. Qe1 Qb4 30. Qe3
Qc5 31. Qe1 {½-½ (31) Shankland,S (2648)-Vovk,A (2638) NOR 2016}) 13. Qe1 (
13. f5 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Ne2 d5 $1 {One of the tricks behind 12...Rd8.} 16.
Qxd5 Bc6 (16... Be7 $6 17. Qb3 Bc6 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Nc3 $16) 17. Qxd8+ Qxd8
18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Nc3 Bc5 {is fine for Black.}) (13. g3 $5 {is another option.
}) ({But there was no reason not to go for the same move as Shankland played
against 12...h5:} 13. Qd3 $1 d5 {(again!?)} (13... Na5 14. Ng3 $14) 14. exd5
Nb4 15. Qf3 (15. Qh3 $5 Nxd5 16. g4 $36) 15... Nxd5 16. f5 {and Black's
position is not so pleasant.}) 13... h5 14. f5 (14. Qh4 $5 {first made sense,
as in the game I was able to play ..Ke7 since the position was closed. But
Black should be fine:} Be7 15. f5 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 e5 (16... Rc8 $5 17. fxe6 fxe6
18. Be2 Qc5 $13) 17. Ne2 d5 $1 18. Rxd5 Bc6 $2 $44) 14... Nxd4 ({I was also
considering} 14... Bh6 {with the idea} 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Nd4 Qc5 17. fxe6 fxe6
{but I could not assess this position. It looks dangerous for Black - but is
maybe fine!}) 15. Nxd4 e5 16. Ne2 b4 17. Qh4 $5 {The aggressive and logical
option.} (17. Nc1 Rc8 18. Bd3 a5 19. Qe2 a4 20. Bc4 Rg8 $13) 17... Ke7 18. Ng3
Qf2 19. Bc4 (19. Bxa6 {was criticial:} Bh6 20. Qxh5 Qxg2 $1 (20... Bf4 21. Qe2
Bxg3 22. hxg3 Qxe2 23. Bxe2 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 d5 {may be enough for a draw.}) 21.
Bc4 Rdf8 $44) 19... Ba4 (19... Bb5 {first also made sense, but I wanted to
provoke b3 in order to get ideas like later in the game.}) 20. b3 Bb5 21. Rhf1
Qxg2 22. Rg1 Qf3 23. Bxb5 (23. Rd3 Qf2 24. Rf1 Qg2 25. Bxb5 axb5 {would have
transposed to 25...Qg2 that I could have played in the game.}) 23... axb5 24.
Rd3 (24. Rd5 Rc8 25. Rxb5 Rc7 $19) 24... Qf2 25. Rf1 Qa7 $2 {That was one of
the points behind provoking b2-b3, but it is not the best choice.} (25... Qg2 {
was safer:} 26. Rdf3 Bh6 27. R3f2 Bg5 28. Rxg2 Bxh4 $17) 26. Nxh5 Rxh5 $2 {
I was overoptimistic about this idea!} ({In the event of} 26... Rh6 {crazy
things could happen:} 27. Rfd1 Ra8 28. a4 Kd8 (28... bxa4 29. Rxd6 axb3 30.
Rd7+ Qxd7 31. Rxd7+ Kxd7 32. cxb3 {is not so easy.}) 29. Qg4 Kc7 30. Qg8 Kc6
31. Ng7 $1 Rxh2 32. Ne8 $1 Qc5 (32... Rxe8 $2 33. Rxd6+ Bxd6 34. Qxe8+ $16) 33.
Rc1 Rxe8 34. Qxf7 Rb8 35. Rd5 Qe3 36. Rxb5 Bh6 37. Qd5+ Kc7 38. Qc4+ Kd7 39.
Qe6+ $11) 27. Qxh5 Ra8 28. Kc1 Qxa2 29. Kd2 Qb2 $2 {Trying to get tricky in my
opponent's time trouble...} (29... Bg7 30. Rd1 (30. Rh3 Rh8 31. Qxh8 Bxh8 32.
Rxh8 Qb2 33. Re1 Qd4+ 34. Kc1 Qf2 35. Kd1 d5 36. exd5 Qxf5 $19) 30... Rh8 31.
Qe2 Qa7 $44) (29... Rc8 30. Rc1 Qa7 $44 (30... Qa8 $44) (30... Qb2 $44)) 30.
Rc1 $2 ({I was only worried about} 30. Qh8 Rc8 31. Rc1 Rc3 32. Rxd6 $1 $11) ({
But} 30. Rd1 $1 Rc8 31. Ke1 {would have been a disaster for Black!}) 30... Bg7
$6 31. Kd1 $4 (31. Rd1 $1 {would still have been very strong.}) 31... Rh8 32.
Qe2 Bh6 33. Rd2 Bxd2 34. Qxd2 Rh4 35. Ke1 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. e5 $5 {An interesting pawn sacrifice. White opens
central files, hoping to use the vulnerable position of Black's monarch.
Usually White prefers one of the following options:} (10. Nf3 b4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6
12. Ne2 {1-0 Oll,L-Ehlvest,J/Tallinn/ Parnu 1998/CBM 066/[Gofshtein,L] (42)}) (
10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe1 Ra7 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Kb1 h5 {1-0
Tseshkovsky,V-Malakhov,V/Ekaterinburg 2002/CBM 090/[Tyomkin,D] (50)}) 10...
dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Qe1 h6 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] The idea of this move is to
define the position of White's dark-squared bishop. Thus, Black will be able
to move away the knight from e5 with the tempo. In the preceding games Black
tried} (12... Qb8 13. Kb1 (13. Bf4 $2 Nd3+) 13... b4 $1 14. Ne4 Nd5 15. Nf3 Bc6
16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Nb3 $5 Qb6 $5 18. Bc4 $5 Nxc4 19. Rxd5 h6 $1 20. Bh4 Qe3 $1 21.
Rd4 $1 Qxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bb5 $17 {0-1 Vitolinsh,A-Sherbakov,R/USSR 1990/(52)}) (
12... b4 13. Nd5 Bd6 14. Nf5 exf5 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Rxd6 Qe7 17. Rxf6 Qc5 18.
Bf4 Be6 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Bxe5 Rg8 21. g3 Ke7 22. Bd3 Rac8 23. Rh6 Bxa2 24.
Bd6+ Kd8 25. Bxb4 Bb3 26. Re1 Rg6 27. Ba5+ {1-0 Zellner,R-Kraas,H/Germany 1991/
EXT 2003 (27)}) (12... Qc7 13. Kb1 b4 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Bf4 a5 {
1/2-1/2 Gashimov,V-Alekseev,E/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096 (16)}) 13. Bh4 {White
cannot allow Black to get a pair of bishops.} (13. Qxe5 hxg5 14. Qxg5 (14. Be2
{[%cal Ye2f3]} Qb8 15. Qxg5 b4 16. Nb1 Nd5 $17) (14. Bd3 Be7 $15) 14... Qc7 $15
) 13... Ng6 {Black has achieved his goal - Black moved away the knight with
the tempo.} 14. Bxf6 {When the Black's knight moved away from the "e" file,
White will get a resource of Nc3-d5 strike after an exchange on f6.} (14. Bg3 {
isn't better, than the move in the game.} Bb4 $1 15. Nc6 $141 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qc8
17. Ne5 Qxc3 $19) 14... Qxf6 15. Bd3 {preparing Rhf1.} Bc5 16. Nd5 {The
following possibilities don't promise anything special for White:} (16. Nf5 Ne5
(16... O-O 17. Nxh6+ gxh6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Rxd7 Bd4 20. Nd1 e5 $13) 17. Be4
Rc8 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Nc4 20. Rd3 Nxb2 21. Kxb2 b4 $17) (16. Nf3 Bc6 17.
Be4 (17. Ne4 Qf4+ 18. Kb1 Be7 $17) 17... Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Qf4+ 19. Kb1 Be7 $17)
16... Qg5+ 17. Kb1 O-O $1 ({Worse is} 17... Qxd5 $2 18. Be4 Qe5 19. Bxa8 Bxd4
20. Qd2 Ke7 21. Bf3 $14) (17... Rc8 $2 {is met by} 18. Nf3 Qxg2 19. Bxg6 $40)
18. Nc7 Bxd4 $2 {missing a more attractive continuation.} (18... Ra7 $2 19.
Ncxe6 Bxe6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kh7 22. h4 $16) ({Right was} 18... Rac8 $1
19. Ndxe6 (19. Nf3 Qxg2 20. Nxa6 Bf2 $17) 19... fxe6 20. Nxe6 Qg4 $17) 19. Nxa8
e5 20. Nc7 Nf4 (20... Bg4 21. Be2 Bxe2 (21... Bf5 $5) 22. Qxe2 Nf4 23. Qf3 Qxg2
24. Qxg2 Nxg2 25. c3 $14) 21. Be4 Nxg2 22. Qb4 $2 {White should have changed
Black's active knight:} (22. Bxg2 $1 Qxg2 23. c3 Bf5+ (23... Bc6 24. cxd4 Be4+
25. Ka1 Qxh1 26. Qxh1 Bxh1 27. Rxh1 exd4 28. Nxa6 $18) 24. Ka1 Bf2 (24... Be4
25. cxd4 Qxh1 26. Qxh1 Bxh1 27. Rxh1 exd4 28. Nxa6 $18) 25. Qxe5 $14) 22... Ne3
23. Rdg1 $2 {This move allows Black to get an obvious advantage.} (23. Bh7+ $2
Kxh7 24. Qxf8 Bf5 25. Rc1 Nxc2 26. Rxc2 Bxc2+ $19 {[%cal Gg5g2]}) ({Better is} 
23. Nd5 Nxd5 (23... Nxd1 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Ng6+ fxg6 26. Qxf8+ Kh7 27. Bd5 $18)
24. Bxd5 Bf5 25. Rhf1 Rc8 $15) 23... Nxc2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] just blundering a
piece...} ({Black could get a big advantage after} 23... Qd8 $1 24. Nxa6 (24.
Qd6 Nf5 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Rc1 Rd6 $19) (24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Bf5
$19 {[%cal Gd4g1]}) 24... Qc8 25. Qd6 {[%cal Yd6h6]} Kh8 $1 $17 {[%cal Ge3c4]})
{[%tqu "En","Please find the way to get a decisive advantage for white.","","",
"b4f8","",10]} 24. Qxf8+ $1 Kxf8 25. Rxg5 hxg5 26. Kxc2 $18 {White is a rook
up without any compensation for the second player. The rest needs no comment.}
f5 27. Bb7 g4 28. Rd1 f4 29. Be4 Ke7 30. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "George Marx Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Paks"]
[Date "2005.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2048]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 {preparing b7-b5 advance. Other possibilities are:} (8...
Be7 9. Bxf6 {After Black played Be7 it is a logical decision to capture on f6,
ashe doesn't have the option of Bh6 anymore.} gxf6 10. f4 {taking control over
the e5 square, and, at the same time, preparing to attack Black's pawn
construction with f4-f5.} Bd7 11. Kb1 {Prophylactic move.} b5 12. Nxc6 {
It is important to eliminate Black's knight possinility to occupy the e5
square, thus, White will be able to carry out f4-f5.} Bxc6 13. Bd3 {
strengthening the e4 pawn. This type of positions isn't simple for evaluation.
White has got superior pawn structure, while Black has got a pair of bishops.
White's main plan is to put pressure on the Black's e6 pawn, which covers an
important square d5. In opposite, Black's play is connected with the attack on
the White's monarch through moving forward the "a" and "b" pawns.} Qb6 14. f5
O-O-O {See 1-0 Erenburg,S-Tyomkin,D/Beer Sheva 2004/CBM 104_01/[Erenburg] (45)}
) (8... h6 {See 1-0 Shmuter,L-Greenfeld,A/Rishon Le Ziyyon 1996/CBM 53/
[Shmuter] (34)}) 9. f4 h6 {trying to get a pair of bishops.} (9... Be7 10. Nf3
{preparing to carry out e4-e5.} b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 {Typical plan for this
pawn structure. White is going to press Black's e6 pawn, trying to occupy the
d5 square.} Qb6 {occupying an important diagonal a7-g1, and, at the same time,
preparing long castle.} 13. g3 {preparing the transfer of light-squared bishop
to h3, from where it will press Black's e6 pawn.} b4 $1 14. Ne2 Qf2 $1 $11 {
See 1/2-1/2 Erenburg,S-Avrukh,B/ch-ISR, Ramat Aviv ISR 2004/[Erenburg] (32)}) (
9... b5 {See  1-0 Tseshkovsky,V-Malakhov,V/Ekaterinburg 2002/CBM 90/[Tyomkin,D]
(50)}) (9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc6 11. f5 $1 exf5 12. e5 $1 dxe5 13. Qxe5+ Qe7 14.
Qxf5 Qe6 15. Qa5 $1 Be7 16. Nb5 O-O 17. Nc7 Qg4 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. h3 $16 {
See 1-0 Tseshkovsky,V-Govedarica,R/Tivat 1995/CBM 048 ext/[Dolmatov] (45)}) 10.
Bh4 {The most principle continuation. Probably, Black's position is absolutely
OK after} (10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nf3 Qd8 12. g4 $5 Qa5 $5 13. h4 O-O-O 14. Bg2 g6
$6 (14... Be7 $10) (14... Qc5 $10) 15. Qe3 Kb8 16. Rd2 Qc7 17. Rhd1 Na5 18. Bf1
$14 {1-0 Shirov,A-Dreev,A/Biel 1993/CBM 037/[Shirov] (61)}) 10... g5 {Black
forces White to take on g5 with "f" pawn, which makes possible the occupation
of e5 square with the knight. Black has the following alternatives:} (10... Be7
11. Nf3 Rc8 12. Kb1 Nb8 13. Bd3 Bc6 14. e5 $5 $146 dxe5 15. Nxe5 {1-0
Khalifman,A-Aseev,K/St Petersburg 1997/CBM 059/[Gofshtein,L] (38)}) (10... Rc8
11. Nf3 Qa5 12. Kb1 b5 13. e5 $1 $16 b4 14. exf6 $1 $18 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Piket,
J/Wijk aan Zee 1996/CBM 051/[Boensch,U] (26)}) (10... Nxe4 11. Qe1 Nf6 12. Nf5
Qa5 13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14. Rxd6 O-O-O 15. Rd2 Ne7 16. Qe5 Qxe5 17. fxe5 {1/2-1/2
Larsen,B-Donner,J/Santa Monica 1966/MCL/[Ftacnik] (58)}) 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Be2 (
12. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Kasparov,G/London 1993/CBM 036/[Ftacnik] (51)}) 12...
Nge5 13. Nxc6 {Another attempt to fight for an advantage is} (13. Nf3 {1-0
Adams,M-Kozul,Z/Luzern 1997/CBM 062/[Gofshtein,L] (46) Gofshtein,L}) 13... Bxc6
(13... bxc6 14. g3 Ng6 15. Rdf1 Rb8 16. Bh5 Qb6 17. b3 hxg5 18. Bxg6 gxh4 19.
Rxf7 Kd8 20. Qg5+ Kc7 21. Qf6 Bh6+ 22. Kb1 hxg3 23. hxg3 Qe3 24. e5 Bg5 25.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 26. Qg7+ {1-0 Svidler,P-Stefansson,H/Gausdal 1991/TD (26)}) 14. g3 {
protecting the dark-squared bishop. Another option is} (14. Kb1 {1-0 Akopian,
V-Lugovoi,A/Sochi 2004/CBM 101/[Gofshtein,L] (32)}) 14... Ng6 15. Kb1 {
Prophylactic move. Other logical continuations are:} (15. Rhf1 $5 Nxh4 (15...
Be7 16. gxh6 Nxh4 17. gxh4 Bf8 (17... Bxh4 18. Rg1 $1 $16) 18. Qd4 $1 Rxh6 19.
h5 Qg5+ 20. Kb1 Qe5 21. Qb6 $1 $16 {Almasi,Z-Gabriel,C Altensteig (07) 1994
1-0 36 - CBM 43}) 16. gxh4 hxg5 17. hxg5 Rxh2 (17... Be7 $142 18. Rg1 Qa5 19.
Qf4 Qe5 20. Qxe5 dxe5 21. g6 $16) 18. Rxf7 $1 (18. Qf4 Rh7 19. g6 $2 Bh6 20.
gxh7 Qf6 $1 21. Kb1 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Qh6 $19) 18... Kxf7 19. Qf4+ Ke8 20. Qxh2
Qxg5+ 21. Kb1 $14) (15. Rdf1 Qa5 (15... Be7 16. gxh6 Nxh4 17. gxh4 Bf8 $1 18.
Qd4 Rxh6 19. h5 Qg5+ 20. Kb1 Qc5 21. Qd3 b5 $14) (15... Nxh4 16. gxh4 Be7 17.
Rhg1 $1 hxg5 18. hxg5 Rxh2 19. g6 $16) 16. Bh5 Be7 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qd4 Qe5
19. Qxe5 dxe5 20. g4 $10 {Wells,P-Kozul,Z Bled op (05) 1995 0-1 32 - EXP 46})
15... Qa5 $1 $146 {[%cal Gf8g7,Ya5e5] Brilliant decision. Black moves away the
queen from the h4-d8 diagonal, and, at the same time, prepares the pressure on
White's queenside.} (15... h5 16. Rhf1 Qc7 17. e5 O-O-O 18. Bd3 Nxh4 19. gxh4
Bg7 20. Qf2 Rhf8 21. exd6 Rxd6 $13 {1-0 Tseshkovsky,V-Fahnenschmidt,G/
Baden-Baden 1988/TD (43)}) (15... Be7 16. gxh6 Bxh4 17. gxh4 Qxh4 18. Qxd6 Rxh6
$2 (18... Qf4 19. Qc5 Rxh6 20. Rhf1 Qe5 21. Qf2 Qc7 22. Bg4 (22. Rd6 $1 $16)
22... Rxh2 23. Qf6 $14 {Marjanovic,S-Popovic,P Belgrade 1987 1/2 43}) 19. Bxa6
$1 $18 {1-0 Brodsky,M-Nevednichy,V/Bucharest 1995/CBM 048/[Boensch,U] (34)})
16. Rhf1 {Other moves are not better:} (16. gxh6 Nxh4 17. gxh4 Qe5 $15) (16.
Nd5 {doesn't work in view of} Qxd2 17. Nf6+ Ke7 18. Rxd2 Nxh4 19. gxh4 Bg7 $15)
16... hxg5 17. Bxg5 (17. Qxg5 Qxg5 18. Bxg5 Rxh2 $15) 17... Rxh2 $13 {
Strategically, Black's position is excellent. His pieces are located not bad
at all, his pawn structure is much better. But, his king is in the centre...}
18. Bf6 {occupying a long diagonal.} (18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Nf6+ (19. Nc7+ Kd7 20.
Rxf7+ Be7 21. Rxd2 Rf8 $17) 19... Kd8 20. Rxd2 Be7 $15) 18... b5 19. Qe3 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] A mistake, which allows Black to get an obvious advantage.} ({
Much better was} 19. Qg5 {, preventing Black's b5-b4.} Bh6 20. Qg4 Bf8 {
[%cal Yb5b4]} (20... b4 $2 21. Rxd6 $16 {[%cal Gd6e6]}) 21. Rh1 (21. Qg5 $11)
21... Rxh1 22. Rxh1 b4 23. Rh5 Qb6 24. Nd1 Be7 $13) {[%tqu "En","Please find
the best move for black.","","","b5b4","",10]} 19... b4 $1 20. Nd5 {[%tqu "En",
"How can black get a material advantage?","","","h2e2","",10]} Rxe2 $1 21. Qxe2
{[%tqu "En","And final accord is...","","","c6b5","",10]} Bb5 $1 {getting two
light pieces for a rook.} 22. c4 (22. Qf3 {isn't better, than the move in the
game:} Bxf1 23. Rxf1 exd5 24. exd5 Rc8 25. Qe4+ Be7 $17) 22... bxc3 23. Qf2 (
23. Bxc3 {doesn't change an evaluation of the position:} exd5 (23... Bxe2 $2
24. Nf6+ Ke7 25. Ng8+ Ke8 26. Nf6+ $11) 24. Qe1 Qc7 25. exd5+ Ne5 $17) 23...
exd5 ({But not} 23... Bxf1 $4 24. Bxc3 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd5f6]}) 24. Bxc3 Qc7 $17
{Black has two light pieces for a rook. In spite of his king is located in the
centre, White doesn't have any concrete threats.} 25. Rfe1 d4 $1 {Of course,
it is a right decision to sacrifice the pawn, closing the "e" file.} ({Less
clear is} 25... dxe4 26. Rxe4+ Be7 27. Qf6 Rd8 $17) 26. Bxd4 Rc8 27. Bc3 (27.
Rc1 Bd3+ $19) ({Worth consideration:} 27. Re3 $17) 27... Bc4 $1 {Light-squared
bishop is located better on a2-g8 diagonal, as it helps Black to create
threats against White monarch, as well as it protects Black's monarch position.
} 28. Qd4 Qc6 29. Qd2 Be6 {preparing c4 square for the knight.} ({Worth
consideration:} 29... Ne5 {[%cal Ge5f3,Yc4e6,Ye5c4]} 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. b3 Qb5
$19 {[%cal Gc4e6]}) 30. Rc1 Qb5 31. Bd4 $2 {allows Black to get a decisive
advantage.} ({Last chance was} 31. Bf6 Rxc1+ 32. Qxc1 Be7 33. Bxe7 Nxe7 34. Qc3
$17) 31... Rxc1+ 32. Rxc1 Bh6 $1 {Black eliminates one of the most important
protectors of White's king.} 33. Qxh6 Qd3+ 34. Rc2 Qxd4 35. Qd2 (35. Qh1 Qd3
36. b3 d5 $19 {[%cal Ye6f5]}) 35... Qxe4 {Of course, Black keeps the queens on
the board.} 36. Qe2 Qd5 ({A bit worse is} 36... Bf5 37. Kc1 {objectively, the
position is lost, but White keeps some practical chances.}) 37. b3 Ne5 $19 {
Black's material advantage is enough to win the game, also, his pieces are
coordinated excellently. The rest needs no comment.} 38. Qh5 Kd7 39. Qh8 Qd1+
40. Kb2 (40. Rc1 Bf5+ $19) 40... Nd3+ {winning the queen.} (40... Nd3+ 41. Kc3
(41. Ka3 Qxc2 $19) 41... Qa1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 264]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 {Prophylactic move, which
moves away the monarch from the c1-h6 diagonal.} ({Another possibility is:} 11.
Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe1 {[%cal Re1h4,Re1e8]} Be7 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. f5 b4 15. Ne2 Qe3+
16. Kb1 Bxe4 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Qf2 $5 $146 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Acs,P/
Heviz 2003/CBM 096/[Gofshtein,L] (43)}) 11... Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f5 {
White starts to attack Black's central pawn e6, which covers the important d5
square.} (13. Qe1 Be7 14. f5 Qc5 15. Bd3 a5 16. Ne2 {[%cal Re2g3,Ye2f4,Yf4e6,
Yf4h5,Rg3h5] 1-0 Minasian,A-Alekseev,E/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096/[Gofshtein,L] (32)
}) (13. Re1 Be7 14. f5 h5 15. g3 Qc5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Bh3 Bd7 18. Ne2 Qe5 19.
Nf4 Rg8 20. Rhf1 Rc8 21. Qe2 $14 {1-0 Li Shilong-Yakovich,Y/Beijing 1997/CBM
061/[Hecht] (70)}) (13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne2 h5 15. Rhf1 a5 16. f5 $2 e5 17. Ng1 Qc5
18. Qe2 a4 $40 {0-1 Short,N-Kozul,Z/Belgrade 1989/CBM 016/[Boensch,U] (31)})
13... b4 14. Ne2 e5 {preventing occupation of the f4 aquare from White's
knight.} (14... Bxe4 {looks very dangerous for black, in view of} 15. fxe6 fxe6
16. Nf4 d5 17. Bd3 O-O-O 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qe2 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 e3 21. Qf3 Bd6
22. Nxe6 Re8 23. Nd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sadvakasov,D-Yermolinsky,A/Stratton Mountain
2000/EXT 2001 (42)}) 15. Ng3 {with the idea to transfer the knight to h5.} h5
$1 (15... Qc5 16. Nh5 Ke7 17. Bd3 Rg8 18. Rhg1 Rg5 19. g4 Bh6 20. Qe2 Rgg8 21.
Rg3 $14 {0-1 Brkic,A-Jankovic,A/Solin-Split CRO 2004/The Week in Chess 527 (68)
}) 16. h4 {fixing Black's pawn on h5, which may become a comfortable target
for White's pieces.} (16. Be2 Qc5 $6 (16... h4 $142 17. Nh5 Rh6 $13) 17. Bxh5
Ke7 18. Qd3 Ra7 19. Qb3 $16 {1-0 Byrne,R-Oppitz,P/New York 1986/EXT 97 (47)})
16... Bh6 {Black sacrifices a pawn, activating all his pieces. The
alternatives are:} (16... Rd8 17. Bc4 a5 18. Qe2 Qc5 19. b3 Ke7 20. Nxh5 a4 21.
g4 Rxh5 22. gxh5 Bh6 23. Rhg1 Ra8 24. Rg3 Qa7 25. Bxf7 Qb7 26. Qc4 {1-0
Tiviakov,S-Galliamova,A/Elista 1998/CBM 065 (26)}) (16... a5 17. Bc4 Rc8 18.
Qe2 Qc5 19. b3 a4 20. Rhe1 Ke7 21. Nxh5 axb3 22. axb3 $4 (22. cxb3 $142 $14)
22... Ra8 $19 {0-1 Ris,R-Czarnota,P/Urgup 2004/EXT 2005 (35)}) (16... Qc5 {
[%csl Rc4]} 17. Qe2 a5 18. Nxh5 Be7 19. g4 a4 20. Rh3 {[%cal Rh3a3]} a3 21. b3
Rc8 22. Qg2 {[%cal Rf1c4]} Qb6 23. Bc4 Bb7 $18 {1-0 Lastin,A-Spraggett,K/
Moscow 2004/CBM 100/[Gofshtein,L] (36)}) 17. Qxd6 ({Worth consideration:} 17.
Qe2 $5) 17... Rd8 {That is the point of Black's pawn sacrifice. Black
exchanges the queens, which will leave him a pair of active bishops with the
rook against White's R+B+N.} 18. Qxd8+ Qxd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Nxh5 (20. Bxa6 {
leads to an unclear position:} Bf4 (20... Rg8 21. Nxh5 Ke7 22. Bd3 Rxg2 23. a3
bxa3 24. bxa3 Be3 $13) 21. Ne2 Bh6 22. Bd3 Rg8 23. g3 Rg4 24. Rd1 Kc7 25. c3
Bxe4 $132) 20... Ke7 $146 {In the previous game Black achieved the draw after}
(20... Bxe4 21. Nxf6 Bxf5 22. Bxa6 Be6 23. Be2 (23. Bb7 $5) 23... Ke7 24. Rf1
Be3 25. g3 Bd4 26. Ne4 Bh3 27. Rf6 Be6 28. Rf1 Bh3 29. Rf6 Be6 30. Rf1 {
1/2-1/2 Cheparinov,I-Damljanovic,B/Zaragoza 2004/CBM 099 ext (30)}) 21. Bd3 Be3
{Currently, White is two pawns up, but Black has some compensation, thanks to
a pair of active bishops and White's vulnerable pawns of the kingside. It is
known, that R+B coordinate much better, than R+N.} 22. Rh3 {After the
following continuations White doesn't achieve a clear advantage as well:} (22.
g4 Rg8 {and White loses one of his kingside pawns.}) (22. Ng3 Bf2 (22... Rg8
23. Nf1 $16 {[%cal Gg2g3]}) 23. Ne2 Rxh4 $44) 22... Rxh5 ({Worth consideration:
} 22... Bf2 $5 23. g4 Rg8 24. Rh2 Be1 25. Be2 Bxe4 26. Kc1 $14 {/=}) 23. Rxe3
Rxh4 $44 {White has succeeded to exchange one of Black's bishops, but Black
still has some serious compensation, thanks to the more active pieces. It
should be noted, that all White's kingside pawns are located on the light
squares, which makes them very vulnerable in this endgame.} 24. a3 {trying to
create a weakness in Black's camp.} a5 $1 {Black's monarch is active enough to
protect the b4 pawn.} 25. axb4 axb4 26. Ka2 Kd6 27. Kb3 Kc5 {In the nick of
the time!} 28. Rh3 {White understood, that he has to activate his pieces,
otherwise, it is not easy to find good moves for the first player.} ({For
instance:} 28. c3 Rg4 29. g3 Rg8 30. cxb4+ (30. Kc2 Rh8 $44) 30... Kd4 $132)
28... Rg4 29. Rh6 Rg3 $1 {[%cal Gc6e4] driving away White's king from the
active position to passive one.} 30. Ka2 b3+ $1 {In this way, Black succeeds
to destroy White's pawn construction in the centre.} 31. Kxb3 Bxe4 32. Rh3 (32.
Rxf6 {leads to drawish endgame:} Bxd3 33. cxd3 Rxd3+ 34. Kc2 Rg3 35. Rxf7 Rxg2+
$11) 32... Bd5+ 33. Ka3 {Other moves are not better:} (33. c4 Bxc4+ 34. Kc3 Rg4
$15 (34... Rxd3+ 35. Rxd3 Bxd3 36. Kxd3 Kb4 $11)) (33. Kc3 Rxg2 34. b4+ Kd6 {
[%cal Ge5e4]} 35. Rh4 Rg3 $11) 33... Rg8 $1 {[%cal Gg8a8] Black wins some time,
forcing White to parry mate threats.} (33... Rxg2 34. b4+ Kd6 (34... Kd4 35.
c3+ Kxc3 36. Bf1+ $18) 35. c4 $16) 34. b4+ Kd4 35. Ba6 ({Worse was} 35. c3+
Kxc3 36. Be4+ Kd4 37. Bxd5 Kxd5 $15) 35... e4 (35... Bxg2 36. Rd3+ Ke4 37. b5
Kxf5 $13) 36. c3+ Ke5 37. b5 Kf4 38. Kb4 {activating the monarch. Both
opponents push forward their passed pawns.} ({Of course not} 38. b6 $4 Ra8 $19)
38... e3 39. b6 Bxg2 40. Rh2 Bf3 (40... Kxf5 {leads to a draw as well:} 41. Kc5
Bf3 42. b7 Rb8 43. Rb2 e2 44. Bxe2 Rxb7 $11) 41. Kc5 Re8 (41... Kxf5 42. b7 $11
) 42. Rb2 Kxf5 (42... e2 {is also possible.} 43. Bxe2 Bxe2 44. b7 Rb8 45. Rxe2
Rxb7 46. Rf2+ Ke5 47. c4 Rb8 $11) 43. b7 Bxb7 44. Rxb7 e2 45. Bd3+ Kg4 46.
Bxe2+ Rxe2 47. Rxf7 f5 48. c4 f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-14a"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Black "Popovic, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe1 $1 (12. Qe3 Qe7 $10)
12... Be7 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Kb1 b4 (14... a5 15. Qe2 Rb8 16. Rhe1 $1 $16) 15. Ne2
a5 16. f5 $1 {16.Qg3!?} e5 17. Ng3 Qc5 $1 18. Qe2 $1 (18. b3 a4 19. Bc4 axb3
20. cxb3 O-O $10 {Ernst-Schneider/Karlskrona/1983/SVE-ch/}) 18... a4 19. Bc4
O-O (19... a3 20. b3 O-O 21. Qd3 $1 $16) 20. Nh5 Kh8 21. Rhf1 a3 $2 (21... Rfc8
$1 $8 {/\22...Be4} 22. b3 axb3 (22... Ra7 $1 23. Rf3 axb3 24. Bxb3 (24. cxb3
Rca8 $13) 24... Ba4 25. Rg3 Bxb3 26. cxb3 $14) 23. cxb3 Ra3 24. Rc1 Qd4 25. Bd5
Rca8 26. Rxc6 Rxa2 27. Qxa2 $18) 22. Rf3 $1 $18 axb2 23. Rh3 Rg8 (23... Ra3 24.
Qg4 Rg8 25. Nxf6 $18) 24. Nxf6 (24. Nxf6 Bxf6 25. Rxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qh5+ Kg7 27.
Qxf7+ Kh6 (27... Kh8 28. Qh5+ Kg7 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Qh6#) 28. Qxf6+ Kh5 (28...
Kh7 29. Qh4+ Kg7 30. Qg5+ $16) 29. Be2+ Rg4 30. Qg6+ Kh4 31. Qxg4#) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.12"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 {[#]} 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Be2 (12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qf4
(13. Be2 $142 Ne5 {- 12.Be2}) 13... hxg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Qxg5 Bh6 16. Qxh6
Rxh6 17. Rxd6 Nf2 18. Rg1 Rxh2 $44 {Slobodjan,R-Heinbuch,D/Bonn GSK (11)/ 1995
0,5 (26)/CBM 45}) 12... Nge5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. g3 Ng6 15. Kb1 {[#]} (15. Rhf1
$5 Nxh4 16. gxh4 hxg5 17. hxg5 Rxh2 (17... Be7 $142 $10) 18. Rxf7 $1 (18. Qf4
Rh7 19. g6 $2 Bh6 20. gxh7 Qf6 $1 21. Kb1 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Qh6 $19) 18... Kxf7 19.
Qf4+ Ke8 20. Qxh2 Qxg5+ 21. Kb1 $14) 15... Be7 (15... h5 16. Rhf1 $14 {
Cseshkovsky,V-Fahnenschmidt,G/Baden-Baden/1988 1-0 (43)/ Inf 46/266}) 16. gxh6
Nxh4 (16... Bxh4 $2 17. gxh4 Qxh4 18. Qxd6 $16 {Marjanovic,S-Popovic,P/Beograd/
1987 0,5 (43)/ Inf 44/250}) 17. gxh4 Bf6 $146 {[#]} (17... Qc7 $2 18. Rhf1 $16)
(17... Bf8 18. h5 Qf6 (18... Rxh6 $6 19. Rhg1 Qe7 20. Rg8 $14 O-O-O 21. Qd4 Rh7
22. a4 Qc7 23. Rdg1 Bh6 24. Qf6 Be8 $2 (24... Bf8 $16) 25. Nd5 $1 $18 Qc5 26.
b4 Qa7 27. Qc3+ {1-0/Ioseliani,N - Galliamova-Ivanchuk,A/Tilburg/1994}) 19. Qe3
Bxh6 20. Qb6 Qe5 21. Qc7 Bg5 $5 (21... Bf8 22. Rhf1 (22. Bxa6 $2 Rxa6 23. Qc8+
Ke7 24. Qc7+ Bd7 25. Qxb7 Rc6 $17) 22... Be7 {- 21..Bg5}) 22. Rhf1 (22. Qxd6
Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Bf6 24. Bf3 $14) 22... Be7 23. Rf2 Rd8 24. Rdf1 Rd7 25. Qc8+ Rd8
26. Qc7 $10 {Polgar,S-Ryskin,A/Ljubljana Op/1994 0,5 (28)}) (17... Bxh4 18.
Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Rxh6 $14) 18. Rhf1 Qe7 19. Bg4 {/\ עe8} (19. Qf4 $5 Be5 20.
Qg5) (19. Qxd6 $6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Bxe4 $15) (19. Bh5 $1 {/\ 20.Qf4}
O-O-O 20. Qf4 Bxc3 (20... Bxh4 21. Bxf7 $18 {/\ 22.Bxe6+}) 21. bxc3 $16) 19...
Be5 (19... O-O-O $2 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 $16 Bxh4 $2 22. Rxf7 $18) (19... Bxh4
$6 20. Qxd6 $16) 20. Qg5 Qxg5 21. hxg5 Ke7 $44 {^^} 22. h4 f6 23. Rg1 Rag8 24.
Bf3 Bf4 25. Rg4 fxg5 26. hxg5 Be3 $6 (26... Bxg5 27. Rdg1 {- 26..Be3 27.Re1})
27. Re1 (27. Nd5+ $1 Bxd5 28. exd5 e5 29. Rb4 $16) 27... Bxg5 28. Reg1 Rf8 $1
$8 (28... Kf6 $2 29. e5+ dxe5 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Ne4+ $18) 29. Rxg5 Rxf3 30. Rh5
Rf6 31. Rgh1 Rf4 32. b3 Rh7 (32... Bxe4 33. Nxe4 Rxe4 $14) 33. Re1 Rf6 34. Reh1
Rf4 35. R5h4 Rxh4 36. Rxh4 Kf6 37. Rh1 Ke5 (37... Kg5 $2 38. Rd1) 38. Kc1 Bxe4
39. Re1 d5 40. Nxe4 dxe4 41. Rh1 Kf4 42. Kd2 Kg5 43. Rg1+ (43. Ke3 Rxh6 44.
Rxh6 Kxh6 45. Kxe4 Kg6 46. Ke5 Kf7 $10 47. c4 Ke7 48. b4 Kd7 49. a4 b6 50. a5
bxa5 51. bxa5 Ke7 52. c5 Kd7 53. c6+ $10) 43... Kf6 (43... Kxh6 44. Ke3 Rg7 45.
Rf1 Kg6 46. Kxe4 Rf7) 44. Rf1+ Kg6 45. Ke3 Rxh6 46. Rf2 $10 Rh4 47. c4 a5 48.
Rf8 Rh2 49. Kxe4 Rxa2 50. Rb8 a4 51. bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Graz zt"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lau, Ralf"]
[Black "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 $1 (11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe1 b4 13. Nd5
a5 14. Rd4 Ra7 $13) 11... Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 (13. Bd3 b4 (13... Qc5 14.
Rhf1 O-O-O 15. f5 d5 $6 16. exd5 exd5 17. Be4 $1 $16 {Vogt.L-Bielczyk,J,24/408
1977}) 14. Ne2 h5 15. Rhe1 a5 16. Ng3 a4 17. Bc4 $14 {Byrne,R-Kozul,Z,Palma
GMA-op 1989.}) (13. f5 b4 14. Ne2 Bxe4 (14... e5 $6 15. Ng3 Qc5 16. Be2 Ke7 17.
Bf3 $16 {Lobron,E-Ueter,H,BL 8384}) 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Nf4 $44 {Byrne,
R-Schneider,L.A.,Reykjavik 1982}) 13... O-O-O (13... Be7 14. f5 Qc5 15. Bd3 $14
{Wolff,P-Fedorowicz,J,USA-ch 1991}) 14. Bd3 h5 15. Qh4 Be7 16. Rhe1 Rde8 17.
Qh3 Kb8 18. f5 $14 b4 19. Ne2 e5 20. Nc1 a5 21. Bc4 Rh7 22. Bd5 Ba4 23. Nb3 Rc8
24. Rc1 Bf8 25. c4 Bh6 26. Rc2 Bg5 27. Qf3 h4 28. Rce2 Bxb3 29. Qxb3 Qc5 30. a3
Kc7 31. axb4 axb4 32. Qa4 Kd8 33. Rd1 Ke7 34. Qb5 Rhh8 (34... Qxb5 $2 35. cxb5
$16) 35. Qxc5 (35. Rd3 Rb8 36. Qxc5 dxc5 $14) 35... dxc5 36. Rd3 Bf4 37. Rh3
Bg5 38. Kc2 Rb8 39. Re1 Rbc8 40. Ra1 Rc7 41. Kd3 Rg8 42. Ke2 Kf8 43. g3 Rh8 44.
gxh4 Rxh4 45. Rxh4 Bxh4 46. Ra6 Kg7 47. Kd3 Bf2 48. Kc2 Bg1 49. h3 Bf2 50. Kb3
Bd4 51. h4 Re7 52. Ra8 Rc7 53. Ra6 Re7 54. Ra8 Rc7 55. Kc2 Bf2 56. h5 Be3 57.
Kb3 Bd4 58. Ka2 Be3 59. Ra6 Bf2 60. Kb3 Bd4 61. Ra8 Re7 62. Ra6 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Estremera,S"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 {si uno juega contra Kozul puede preparar
tranquilamente esta posición: el GM croata es el mayor especialista mundial de
esta variante del Richter-Rauzer, la juega una y otra vez, sin temor a
preparaciones, con notable éxito.} 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nce2 {De entre las muchas
posibilidades que el blanco ha probado en esta posición, Paco Vallejo elige la
que más dolores de cabeza ha causado a su rival. Nada menos que diez veces se
ha enfrentado Kozul a este orden de jugadas perdiendo siete partidas, aunque
no siempre a causa del resultado de la apertura.} Be7 $6 (12... h5 {es una
jugada temática en este sistema, las negras mantienen la flexibilidad de su
alfil de casilla negras} 13. f5 ({Svidler y Almasi han ganado a Kozul con} 13.
g3 $5) 13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Ne2 b4 16. Nc1 Bc6 17. Qe1 Rc8 18. Bc4 a5 19.
Qe2 a4 20. Rd3 Qc5 21. b3 axb3 22. cxb3 Bh6 23. Rhd1 Ke7 24. Qxh5 {y el plan
de las blancas tuvo éxito en la partida Sax,G (2560)-Grosar,A (2470) Maribor
1996}) (12... Rc8 13. f5 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Ne2 b4 {es otra versión del
mismo tema en la partida Matulovic,M (2465)-Kozul,Z (2560) Yugoslavia 1991})
13. f5 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Ne2 Bc6 ({Pero aquí la jugada temática es} 15... b4
{pero la directa} 16. Qh6 {con idea de Ng3-h5 parece muy prometedora para el
blanco}) 16. Nc3 Rc8 17. g4 $1 Qc5 18. Qe2 $1 {adelantándose a b4} b4 19. Nd5
a5 20. g5 $1 Bxd5 (20... fxg5 21. f6 Bd8 22. Bh3 Rb8 23. Qh5 {sólo trae
desgracias a las negras}) 21. Rxd5 Qc7 22. Qf2 $1 {otra jugada muy precisa} Rg8
({si} 22... fxg5 23. f6 Bxf6 $2 24. Bb5+ Kf8 (24... Ke7 25. Rf1) 25. Ba6 {
y las blancas ganan}) 23. h4 fxg5 24. f6 Bf8 (24... Bxf6 25. Ba6) 25. Bb5+ Kd8
26. Rhd1 $18 gxh4 27. Rxe5 Qb8 28. Qf5 Kc7 29. Qd7+ Kb6 30. Re8 {y las negras
abandonan, una partida aparentemente sencilla jugada por Vallejo con gran
precisión.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 20th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[Tiebreak "Sum of Buchholz"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,57,38,34,66,41,60,32,21,28,24,20,66,21,79,52,63,43,34,31,12,17,17,31,
32,6,54,42,50,0,43,-23,-21,9,23,17,17,25,13,46,56,75,57,19,164,147,142,73,73,
60,50,50,53,380,544,544,544,487,559,555]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Nxd4 {This isn't one
of the main moves, and in the excellent (albeit disorganised) Richter-Rauzer
book by Kozul, he recommends 9...h6.} 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. g4 ({
Maybe it makes sense to play} 12. h4 {and h5 without delay?}) 12... b5 13. h4
Rb8 (13... h5 $5 {is an interesting option that arises as a result of White's
move-order.}) 14. Be3 ({The prophylactic} 14. Ne2 $14 {also came into
consideration.}) 14... O-O 15. h5 b4 $6 {Now Black gets into major trouble.} (
15... Rfc8 $1 {was the way to limit Black's disadvantage, e.g.} 16. Qd2 (16. g5
b4 $11) 16... Bc6 17. Bd3 (17. g5 b4 18. Ne2 Nxe4 $19) 17... b4 18. Ne2 d5 $132
) 16. Ne2 e5 17. Qd2 Be6 18. g5 Nd7 19. Ng3 Nc5 20. Nf5 Rfd8 21. g6 (21. Nxe7+
{should have been played first, most likely.}) 21... Na4 (21... Bf6 $13) 22.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Ka1 d5 24. h6 $1 hxg6 25. hxg7 f6 26. Rh8+ (26. exd5 Rxd5 27.
Bd3 $18 {is a calmer solution}) 26... Kxg7 27. Bc5 $1 {A visually appealing
tactic.} Rxh8 28. Bxe7 d4 29. f4 1-0

[Event "Manila Marlboro"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1976.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1976.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Qb6 12. Rd2 Be7 13. Bd3 b4 14. Nd1 Bb5
15. Nf2 h6 16. Bh4 {[#] Black equalized without problems and now seizes the
initiative with an enterprising pawn thrust.} g5 $5 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. Bg3 ({
True to his style Karpov shies away from the complications that arise after} 
18. Bxg5 Qa5 {attacking the pawn a2 and threatening ...Bxd3 with a discovered
attack on the bishop on g5.}) 18... Nh5 19. Ng4 {[#]} Nxg3 $6 ({Black misses a
tactical opportunity that would have given him a clear advantage:} 19... Qa5 $1
{e.g.} 20. Kb1 Nxg3 21. Qxg3 ({after} 21. hxg3 Rxh1 22. Qxh1 b3 {Black is
winning.}) 21... b3 22. c3 Qxa2+ 23. Kc1 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 {and Black is a pawn up
and close to winning.}) 20. hxg3 Rxh1 21. Qxh1 Rc8 22. Kb1 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Qd4
24. Qd1 a5 25. Nh2 {[#]} g4 $1 {A fine pawn sacrifice that liberates the
black-squared bishop.} 26. Nxg4 Bg5 27. Rc2 Rxc2 28. Kxc2 a4 {With the nasty
threat of 29...a3.} 29. a3 b3+ 30. Kb1 d5 31. exd5 Qxd5 {Black is a pawn down
but clearly better: White's extra pawn is doubled and the white king is always
in danger of being mated. Therefore Karpov decides to return his pawn and to
bring his knight closer to the white king.} 32. Nf2 Qxg2 33. Ne4 Be3 34. Nc3
Qc6 35. d4 Qc4 36. d5 e5 37. Qh1 Qd3+ 38. Ka1 Bd4 {[#] Now Black's threats are
overwhelming. White tries to harass the black king but the queen alone is not
really dangerous.} 39. Qh8+ Kd7 40. Qa8 Qf1+ 41. Nb1 {[#]} Qc4 $2 ({Probably
Black was still in time-trouble mode which made him overlook a forced mate:} 
41... Bxb2+ 42. Kxb2 Qf2+ 43. Kc3 Qd4# {But the text-move is good enough - and
White is lost.}) 42. Qb7+ Kd6 43. Qb8+ Kxd5 44. Qd8+ Ke6 45. Qe8+ Kf5 46. Qd7+
Kg6 47. Qg4+ Kf6 48. Nc3 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be3 b5 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b4 13. Ne2 e5 14. Be3 Qa5
15. Kb1 Be6 16. Nc1 h6 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Bd3 {[%mdl 4] Movsesian believes, that
he can outplay his opponent in the middlegame and thus sidesteps interesting
complications after 18.Qxb4!?} (18. Qxb4 $5 d5 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21.
Bxc5 dxe4 22. Bd6 exf3 23. Bxe5 Bxg4 (23... Nxg4 24. Bxg7 Rg8 25. Bd4 f2 26. h4
f5 $13) 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Bd3 (25. Rd6 Ke7 26. Rxa6 Rhd8 27. Bd3 Rxa6 28. Bxa6
f2 $17) 25... Ra7 $11) 18... d5 19. exd5 (19. g5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 dxe4 21. fxe4
Ng4 $15) 19... Nxd5 20. Bf5 (20. Rhe1 Rd8 (20... O-O 21. Bxh6 Rfd8 22. Be3 a5
$13) 21. Qf2 O-O 22. Bxa6 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Ra8 $15) 20... a5 (20...
Bxf5 21. gxf5 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 O-O 23. Rd5 $13) 21. Qd3 $6 {Not a good sign of
perfect health, but black already had nice play and no direct worries.} (21.
Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qd3 O-O 23. Bxh6 a4 $1 (23... gxh6 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26.
Qxe6+ Rf7 27. Rxd5 $18) 24. Nc1 (24. Qg6 Bf6 25. Nd2 Ne7 $17) 24... a3 25. Bd2
axb2 26. Kxb2 Bc5 $17) 21... O-O (21... Bxf5 $5 22. gxf5 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 a4 24.
Nc1 Rc8 25. Qe2 O-O $17) 22. Nd2 Rfd8 23. Qe2 Bxf5 24. gxf5 Rac8 25. Nf1 (25.
Ne4 Nxe3 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Qxe3 Qxc2+ 28. Ka1 Bb6 29. Qd2 Qxd2 30. Nxd2 Rc2
$19) 25... Nc3+ $5 {Milton is getting credit for courage ad spirited solution,
but simple meassures would be even more unpleasant for white.} (25... a4 $5 26.
Rg1 b3 $17) 26. bxc3 bxc3 27. Ka1 (27. Rxd8+ $2 Rxd8 28. Ka1 Qb7 29. Bc1 Rb8
$19) 27... Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qb7 29. Qc1 (29. Qb1 Qxf3 30. Rg1 Ba3 31. Qe1 (31.
Bc1 Bb2+ 32. Bxb2 cxb2+ 33. Qxb2 Qd1+ 34. Qb1 Qd4+ $19) 31... Bb2+ 32. Kb1 Qb7
$19) 29... Rc4 30. f6 $6 {It is hard to understand, why white has to give up
the pawn with tempo.} (30. Ng3 Qxf3 31. Rf1 Qb7 32. Rg1 $13) 30... Bxf6 31. Ng3
Qxf3 32. Rf1 Qd5 33. Nf5 (33. Nh5 Be7 34. Rg1 g6 35. Bxh6 Ra4 36. Qb1 Rb4 37.
Qd1 Qxd1+ 38. Rxd1 Rh4 39. Rd7 Rxh5 40. Rxe7 Rxh6 $19) 33... Ra4 34. a3 (34.
Qb1 Rb4 35. Qd1 Qxd1+ 36. Rxd1 Rb2 37. Rc1 a4 $15) 34... h5 35. Rd1 $2 {
Decisive mistake in a bad position, now black will get perfect access towards
the white king.} (35. Rf2 e4 36. Rf1 Kh7 $17) 35... Rxa3+ $1 36. Qxa3 Qxd1+ 37.
Qc1 (37. Ka2 Qxc2+ 38. Ka1 Qxf5 $19) 37... Qd7 38. Ng3 h4 39. Nf1 Qa4+ 40. Kb1
Qb5+ 41. Ka2 Qc4+ 42. Kb1 Be7 43. Qe1 (43. Bf2 Qb4+ 44. Ka2 Qa4+ 45. Kb1 Ba3
$19) 43... Ba3 44. Bc1 Qb4+ 45. Ka2 Bb2 46. Kb1 Qa3 0-1

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 {Baburin Gofshtein,L} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6.
Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 (11. f5 $5 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 Bh6+ 13. Kb1 Bf4 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Ne2 Be5 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. Nf4 a5 18.
g3 O-O 19. Bh3 $16) 11... Qb6 12. Nxc6 (12. Nce2 {Gofshtein,L} Rc8 13. g3 h5
14. Bg2 Na5 15. b3 Nc6 16. Rhf1 Qa5 17. c3 Qb6 $2 (17... Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Be7 $11)
18. f5 Bh6 19. Qe1 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 e5 21. Nc2 a5 22. h4 $16 {
Hjartarson-Yermolinsky,Erevan 1996}) (12. Nf3 {Gofshtein,L} O-O-O 13. g3 Kb8
14. Bh3 Bc8 15. f5 h5 16. Qe1 Bh6 17. Ne2 Ne5 18. Ned4 Ng4 19. fxe6 fxe6 20.
Qc3 Bb7 21. Nxe6 Rc8 $13 {Liberzon-Zaltsman,Lone Pine 1981}) 12... Bxc6 13. Qe1
(13. f5 {Gofshtein,L} b4 14. Ne2 e5 15. Ng3 h5 16. Be2 (16. h4 a5 17. Bc4 Rc8
18. Qe2 $16 {Van der Wiel}) 16... h4 17. Nh5 Be7 18. Bf3 a5 19. g3 hxg3 20.
hxg3 O-O-O 21. g4 a4 22. Rhe1 Qc5 23. Qe3 Kc7 $13 {Huebner -Dreev,Nyssloch 1996
}) 13... Ra7 (13... Qc5) (13... Be7 {Gofshtein,L} 14. f5 Qc5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16.
Bd3 Kf7 17. Rf1 Rag8 18. Rd2 b4 19. Nd1 a5 20. Rdf2 $11 {Hrachek-Popovich,Brno
1992}) (13... O-O-O {Gofshtein,L} 14. Bd3 h5 15. Rf1 Kb8 16. a3 $1 Bb7 17. f5
Qc5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rxf6 Qe5 20. Rf7 $16 {Lalich-Kozul,Croatia 1997}) 14. f5
Qc5 (14... b4 15. Ne2 e5 (15... Bxe4 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nf4 $16) 16. Ng3 h5 (
16... Qc5 17. Nh5 Be7 18. Qh4 Qe3 19. Bd3 $16) 17. Be2 $1 Rh6 (17... h4 18. Nh5
Be7 19. Qxh4) 18. Bc4 (18. Bxh5 $5) 18... a5 19. Nf1 Qc5 20. Ne3 $5 a4 $6 21.
Bd5 Bb5 22. b3 Rh8 23. Bc4 axb3 24. cxb3 {Gurevich,I-Kozul,Z/Biel izt 1993/1-0
(53)} (24. cxb3 {Gofshtein,L} Bc6 25. Nd5 Qa5 26. Qf2 Be7 27. Rhe1 $16 {
Gurevich-Kozul,Biel 1993})) (14... Rg8 15. Qh4 Ke7 16. Ne2 $1 e5 17. Ng3 Qe3 (
17... h6 18. Rxd6 Kxd6 19. Qxf6+) 18. Qxh7 Rg7 19. Qh8 Bxe4 20. Bd3 $1 Bxg2 21.
Rhe1 Qc5 22. Be4 Rc7 23. Bxg2 Qxc2+ 24. Ka1 Rxg3 (24... Qxg2 25. Rxd6 Rc2 26.
Rd8 $1) 25. hxg3 Qxg2 26. Rxd6 $1 Kxd6 27. Qxf8+ {1-0 Dimitrov,V-Kozul,Z/
Linares 1996 (52)}) (14... h5 {Gofshtein,L} 15. Bd3 Qc5 16. Rf1 (16. fxe6 $142
fxe6 17. Rf1) 16... e5 17. Qh4 Ke7 18. Ne2 a5 19. Rf3 Bh6 20. Qxh5 a4 21. Qh4
b4 22. Qe1 Bg5 23. h3 Rc7 $13 {Palac-Kozul,Croatia 1997}) 15. Bd3 a5 16. Ne2
Bh6 17. Rf1 (17. Qh4 Bg5 18. Qh5 e5 (18... exf5 19. Ng3 $1 $16) 19. h4 Be3 20.
g4 d5 $132) (17. fxe6 {Gofshtein,L} fxe6 18. Rf1 $14) 17... e5 {Risky concept,
since black's pawn structure will be forever inferior. Ein riskantes Konzept,
weil die schwarze Bauernstruktur für ewig minderwertig bleibt.} 18. Ng3 Ke7 19.
Rf3 Rg8 $1 (19... d5 $2 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Be4 $16) 20. Qe2 a4 21. c3 {Black
have big ctrategy advantage,but white try find tactical chance} a3 22. b3 Bf4 (
22... Qxc3 23. Bxb5 Bxb5 24. Rxc3 Bxe2 25. Nxe2 Rxg2 26. Rc2 $1 Rxh2 27. Nc3
Rxc2 28. Nd5+ (28. Kxc2 $16 {Gofshtein,L}) 28... Kd8 29. Kxc2 Bg5 30. Rh1 h6
31. b4 $13) (22... Rg4 $5 {Gofshtein,L} 23. Bc2 Rf4 $17) 23. Nh5 Bh6 (23...
Bxh2 24. g3 (24. g4 Bg1) 24... Bg1 25. Qe1 Rg5 26. Nxf6 Kxf6 27. Qxg1 Qxc3 28.
Qh2 Qb2+ 29. Qxb2 axb2 30. Bc2 $1 $14) (23... Qxc3 $2 {Gofshtein,L} 24. Nxf4
exf4 25. Rc1 $19) 24. Bc2 Rc7 25. Rh3 Bg5 (25... d5 $2 {Gofshtein,L} 26. Nxf6
$1) 26. Rhd3 Rgc8 (26... d5 {Gofshtein,L} 27. exd5 (27. b4 Qc4 28. exd5 Bxd5
29. Bb3 Qe4 30. Qc2 $1 Bb7 31. Bd5 Qxf5 32. Ng3 $16 Qf4) 27... Bxd5 28. Rxd5 $2
Qxc3 29. Be4 Qc1+ $19) (26... Bb7 {Gofshtein,L} 27. g3 Qc6 28. Re1 Rd7 29. h4
Bh6 30. g4 d5 $13) 27. Qe1 (27. Rxd6 $4 Qxc3 28. Bd3 Kxd6 $19) (27. g3 {
Gofshtein,L} d5 28. exd5 Bxd5) 27... Ba8 28. h4 Bh6 29. g4 Bf4 (29... Qb6 $6 {
Gofshtein,L} 30. Nxf6 $1 $132) 30. Qe2 (30. Nxf4 exf4 31. Rxd6 (31. g5 Qe5 32.
Rxd6 Rxc3 33. gxf6+ Ke8 34. Qd2 Rxb3+ $1 35. Bxb3 Bxe4+ $19) 31... Qxc3 32.
Qxc3 Rxc3 33. R6d2 Rg3 $17) (30. g5 {Gofshtein,L} fxg5 31. f6+ $36) 30... h6 $6
31. Qf3 $2 {This move will find surprising refutation, black's priority is the
penetration towards white king. Baburin: In one of his favourite opening
variations GM Kozul has obtained a promising attacking position. Now he
converts the potential energy of his pieces into the kinetic energy of attack
by a queen sacrifice. Dieser Zug findet eine überraschende Widerlegung.
Schwarz gelingt ein Durchbruch zum weissem König.} (31. Rf3 Rg8 32. Rfd3 Rgc8)
(31. Rf1 $1 Qb6 32. Qe1 $16) (31. b4 $1 {Gofshtein,L} Qc4 32. Nxf4 exf4 33. Bb3
Qxe4 $2 34. Qxe4+ Bxe4 35. Re1 $18) 31... Qxc3 $3 32. Rxc3 Rxc3 33. Qf1 $2 (33.
Qf2 Rxc2 (33... Bxe4 34. Qa7+ (34. Bxe4 Rc1+ 35. Rxc1 Rxc1#) 34... Kf8 35. Qxa3
Bxc2+ 36. Kb2 R3c5 (36... Bxd1 37. Qxd6+ Kg8 38. Nxf4 Rc2+ 39. Ka3 Bxg4 $13))
34. Qxc2 Rxc2 35. Kxc2 {and seek drawing chances after} Bxe4+ 36. Kc3 Be3 $17 (
36... Be3 {Baburin} 37. Ng3)) (33. Qe2 Rxc2 (33... Be3 {Gofshtein,L} 34. Ng3))
(33. Qh1 Rxc2 34. Nxf4 exf4 $17) 33... Rxc2 {Baburin: Now it's all over...} 34.
Nxf4 Rb2+ 35. Ka1 Rcc2 $1 36. Nd3 $8 (36. Qxb5 Rxa2+ 37. Kb1 Rcb2+ 38. Kc1 Ra1#
) (36. Nd5+ {Gofshtein,L} Bxd5 37. exd5 Rxa2+ 38. Kb1 Rcb2+ 39. Kc1 Ra1#) 36...
Rxa2+ 37. Kb1 Bxe4 38. Qg1 Rcb2+ (38... Rcb2+ 39. Kc1 Ra1#) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. a3 {Kozul has great experience with the position on the
board. Sutovsky decides to test him in one of the lesser subvariations. The
advance of the pawn in front of the white king has the flair of intentional
provocation, even though it stops the immediate advance of the black b-pawn.}
Rb8 (10... Rc8 11. Be2 (11. Nf3 b4 12. axb4 Nxb4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Kb1 Qa5 15.
Nd4 Bh6 16. Nb3 Qb6 17. g3 Ke7 18. Be2 {0-1 (37) Anderson,F-Benko,P (2515) Tel
Aviv 1964}) 11... Be7 12. Rhe1 O-O 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Kb1 Qb6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16.
Qd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Bb7 18. Red1 $11 {1/2 (24) Jedynak,R (2519)-Dziuba,M (2511)
Montpellier 2006}) (10... Be7 11. Nf3 (11. Nb3 b4 12. axb4 Nxb4 13. Kb1 Rb8 14.
Be2 a5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. f5 Qb6 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qd4 Qc7 19. Qc4 Qxc4 20. Bxc4
Rg8 21. Nd4 Rxg2 $15 {0-1 (29) Saric,I (2482)-Jankovic,A (2533) Kutina 2006})
11... b4 12. axb4 Nxb4 13. Bc4 Qc7 14. Qe2 e5 15. Rhf1 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3
exf4 18. Nd5 Nbxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 $14 {1-0 (37) Brkic,A (2541)-Palac,M
(2582) Kutina 2006}) (10... Qb6 11. Be2 (11. e5 dxe5 (11... Qxd4 12. Qe1 Qa7
13. exf6 g6 14. Nd5 Kd8 15. Ne7 Nxe7 16. fxe7+ Bxe7 17. Qc3 Rf8 18. Qg7 Ke8 19.
Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Bd3 Qc5 $11 {0-1 (37) Brkic,A (2567)-Murariu,A (2498) Dresden
2007}) 12. Nf3 Nd5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxd5 Qb7 15. fxe5 exd5 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17.
Rxd5 Bc6 18. Rd3 Rc8 19. Be2 $14 {1-0 (54) Brkic,A (2541)-Jankovic,A (2533)
Kutina 2006}) 11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Rxd4 Bc6 14. Rhd1 Be7 15. a4 bxa4
16. Rc4 Rc8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nxa4 Bb7 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $14 {1/2 (107) Savchenko,
B (2638)-Zinchenko,Y (2538) Moscow 2010}) 11. e5 $5 {White was probably hoping
for Black's rook move to b8, as it enables him to begin direct actions in the
centre.} (11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qd4 Be7 13. Be2 a5 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 O-O 16.
Rhg1 Qc7 17. Kb2 Rfc8 $17 {0-1 (28) Kinez,I (2079)-Feletar,D (2376) Velika
Gorica 2007}) (11. Nf3 b4 12. axb4 Rxb4 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. b3 Qc5 15. Bxf6 gxf6
16. Na4 Rxa4 17. bxa4 Bh6 18. g3 Nb4 19. Qc4 Qe3+ 20. Nd2 Qa3+ 21. Kb1 Bxa4 22.
Nb3 $11 {1-0 (42) Trajber,C (2055)-Simo,J (2030) Hungary 1999}) (11. Nb3 Be7
12. Kb1 b4 13. axb4 Nxb4 $13) 11... dxe5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 (12... h6 13. exf6 hxg5
14. Ne4 Qc7 (14... gxf6 $2 15. Qf2 $18) 15. Nf3 $16) 13. Bf4 Ng6 {The retreat
of the knight is known from similar lines. The defender is ill prepared for
the attempts to block White's activity on the b8-h2 diagonal.} (13... Bd6 $2
14. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 15. Qxd6 $18) 14. Bxb8 Qxb8 15. Nb3 (15. g4 b4 16. axb4 Bxb4
17. Bg2 O-O 18. g5 Ng4 $11) 15... Ne5 {Kozul centralises the knight in order
to support the bishop on d7. If Black should manage to complete his
development without concessions his counterchances should be promising.} (15...
Be7 16. Ne4 Bc6 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Qc3 Bd7 19. Qd2 $11) 16. Qd4 Qc7 17. Be2 Be7
18. Rhe1 Nc6 {Black is tempted by the prospect of queenside activity, but the
knight could also have retreated to the kingside with solid chances.} (18...
Ng6 19. Bd3 O-O 20. Bxg6 hxg6 $11) 19. Qe3 b4 (19... Qxh2 20. Nc5 $1 Bc8 21. g3
$14) 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Qg3 Qb6 $6 {Black has some reservations against the
exchange of queens even though the position would have been nearly equal.} (
21... Qxg3 22. hxg3 O-O 23. g4 h6 $11) 22. Rf1 (22. Qxg7 Rg8 23. Qh6 Rxg2 24.
Rf1 $14) 22... Bc6 23. Bf3 (23. Nd4 O-O (23... Ba8 $2 24. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 25. Qxg7
Rg8 26. Bh5+ $18) 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 25. Kb1 $14) 23... O-O 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Nd4
Qb6 26. Kb1 Rb8 $5 {Due to the 21st move the defender has to deal with some
discomfort. His chances are somewhat worse and any slip could have serious
consequences.} (26... Rd8 27. Nb3 Bd6 28. Qf2 Qc7 29. Rd4 $14) 27. Na4 Qb7 $2 {
Under pressure Black overlooks a nice combination that is based on the
geometry of his pieces.} (27... Qd6 28. Qxd6 Bxd6 29. Nxe6 Nfd5 30. Nxg7 Kxg7
31. Rf3 Re8 32. c3 Ne3 33. Rxd6 Nc4 34. Rxf7+ Kxf7 35. Rd7+ Kg8 36. cxb4 Rb8
$14) 28. Rxf6 $1 Bxf6 (28... Nxc2 29. Nc6 $18) 29. Nc5 Bh4 {Fighting nail and
tooth at the difficult moment. Kozul rises to the situation and complicates
matter in the situation, that should have been Sutovsky's triumph.} (29... Qa7
30. Nd7 $1 Bxd4 31. Qxb8+ Qxb8 32. Nxb8 $18) 30. Qxh4 Qd5 31. Ncb3 (31. Ne4 $1
e5 32. Nc3 Qxg2 33. Nde2 $16) 31... a5 $2 {Then again we are all human,
inconsequent and confused. Black chooses a weak attacking move instead of
escalating a direct crisis in the centre.} (31... e5 $1 32. Qg3 f5 33. c3 Nc6
34. Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. Nxf5+ Kf6 36. Rxd5 Kxf5 37. Kc2 $16) 32. Rd2 h6 33. Nf3 Qa8
34. Rd7 Qc6 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Nfd4 {The second player will end up a whole piece
down..} (36. Rxb8 $2 Qxc2+ 37. Ka1 Qd1+ $19) (36. Nfd4 Qc7 37. Rxb8 Qxb8 38.
Nxa5 $18) 1-0

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.09.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1993.09.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 e6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Nf3 (12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Be2)
12... hxg5 13. Bg3 (13. Bxg5 $4 f6 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bg3 Bh6 $19) 13... Be7 14.
Be2 (14. Kb1 $14 {ECO}) 14... Nge5 15. Kb1 (15. Rhf1 Qa5 (15... b5 16. Nxe5
Nxe5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Bg4 $5 Bb4 $2 {Lerner-Kupreichik/URS/1974/} (18... Qc8
19. Nd5 $6 exd5 20. Qxd5 Be6 $1 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qxe5 Rf8) 19. Qf2 $1 Qe7 20.
Rxd7 $3 Qxd7 21. Nd5 Be7 22. Qxf7+ $16) 16. Kb1 f6 $13) 15... b5 $1 (15... f6
16. h4 $1 {Mokry,K-Banas,J/Trnava/1986/}) 16. Rdf1 $5 (16. a3 Rb8 17. Na2 a5
18. Nc1 Nxf3 (18... b4 $5 19. a4 Nxf3) 19. gxf3 $5 e5 $6 (19... Ne5 $1 $13) 20.
Bf2 Be6 21. Be3 $14 {Riemersma,L-Rodriguez,Am/Dieren/1987/}) (16. Bd3 Rc8 17.
Rdf1 Qa5 18. Be1 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 b4 20. Ne2 Ne5 21. Nxe5 dxe5 $13 {Tischbierek,
R-Van der Wiel,J/Baden Baden II/1992/}) 16... Rc8 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rf2 f6 19.
Rhf1 (19. h4 $6 Bc6) 19... Bc6 20. a3 Bb7 21. h3 $6 (21. Qd1 $5 {/\ Bh5->})
21... Nc4 (21... Rc5 $5) 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Qd3 e5 24. Re2 (24. Nd5 $5) 24...
Qc8 25. Rf5 (25. Bf2 f5 $5 26. exf5 Bxg2) 25... Rxc3 (25... Bxe4 $4 26. Nxe4
Qxf5 27. Nxd6+ $18) 26. bxc3 Qe6 $6 (26... Qc5 27. Kb2 d5 28. exd5 Bxd5 $40)
27. Kb2 Kd7 28. Rf1 Qc4 $2 (28... Bc6 $1 {/\ a5}) 29. Qxc4 bxc4 30. Ka2 $1 Bc6
31. Rb1 $1 Bd8 $2 (31... a5) 32. Rb8 $1 Re8 33. Bf2 Ba5 34. Rxe8 Kxe8 35. Kb2
Kf7 36. Ba7 Ke6 37. g4 $2 (37. g3 $5 d5 38. exd5+ Bxd5 39. h4 gxh4 40. gxh4 Bf3
41. Rh2 Bh5 42. Rg2 $36) 37... Bd8 38. Kc1 Be7 39. Re3 d5 40. exd5+ Kxd5 41.
Kb2 Ke6 $2 (41... a5 {/\ a4}) 42. Bb6 Bd6 43. h4 gxh4 44. Rh3 e4 45. Rxh4 Bf4
46. Rh3 Bg5 47. Bd4 a5 48. Rh2 a4 49. Rh1 Bd7 50. Rh2 Kd5 51. Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 (11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe1 Be7 13. Bd3 Qb6
14. Kb1 b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. f5 e5 17. Ng3 Qc5 18. Qe2 a4 19. Bc4 O-O 20. Nh5 Kh8
$14 {Ernst,T-Popovic,P/Subotica izt/1987/}) 11... Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 (
13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne2 h5 15. Rhf1 a5 16. f5 e5 17. Ng1 Qc5 18. Qe2 a4 $40 {
Short,N-Kozul,Z/Belgrade/1989/}) 13... Be7 (13... b4 $2 14. Nd5 $1) 14. f5 Qc5
15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Nc1 $5 (17. Ng3 a5 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Nh5) 17... a5 18.
Qe2 a4 (18... Rc8 19. Nb3 Qb6 20. Bc4 a4 21. Nc1 Qc5 22. Bd5 Bb5 23. Nd3 Qd4
24. Rd2 a3 25. Qf2) 19. Bc4 Rc8 20. Bd5 (20. b3 O-O $132) 20... Bb5 21. Nd3 Qd4
22. Rd2 (22. Rhf1 a3 23. Qf2 Bxd3 24. cxd3 Qxf2 25. Rxf2 O-O $14) 22... a3 23.
Qf2 Qxf2 (23... Bxd3 24. Qxd4 exd4 25. Rxd3 $16) 24. Rxf2 Bxd3 (24... axb2 25.
Nxb4 $16) 25. cxd3 Bd8 $2 (25... O-O $1 26. Rc2 Rc5 27. Rxc5 dxc5 28. bxa3 bxa3
29. Kc2 Rb8 30. Rb1 Rxb1 31. Kxb1 Bf8 32. Kc2 Bh6 33. Kb3 Bc1 34. Kc4 Be3 $10)
26. Rc2 Rxc2 (26... Rb8 27. Rc6 Ke7 28. Rhc1 $16) 27. Kxc2 axb2 (27... Bb6 28.
bxa3 bxa3 29. Rb1 $16) 28. Rb1 Ke7 (28... Bb6 29. Rxb2 Bc5 30. a3 $1 $16) 29.
Rxb2 Ba5 30. Kb3 Bb6 (30... Rb8 31. Ka4 Bb6 32. Rxb4 $16) 31. Ka4 $1 (31. Kxb4
Bd4 32. Rb3 Rb8+ $14) 31... Kd7 (31... Bc5 32. a3 $1 bxa3 33. Rb7+ Kf8 34.
Rxf7+ Ke8 35. Rb7 Kf8 36. g4 $16) 32. Rxb4 Kc7 33. Bxf7 Ra8+ 34. Kb3 Bc5 35.
Rb5 Ra3+ 36. Kc2 Bd4 (36... Kc6 37. Rb8 Kc7 38. Rh8 $18) 37. Bd5 Kc8 38. g4 h6
39. Kd2 Ra7 40. Be6+ Kc7 41. h4 Kc6 42. Rb8 Rg7 (42... Kc7 43. Rh8 $18) 43.
Bd5+ Kc5 44. a4 Bf2 45. d4+ $1 {Ftacnik,L} (45. d4+ $1 Kxd4 46. Rc8 Be3+ 47.
Ke2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 14th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2004.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ramesh, Ramachandran B"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be3 h5 11. h3 {White is hoping to put the question
mark under black's popular defensive move directed against the g2-g4 thrust.} (
11. Kb1 Qc7 (11... b5 12. Qf2 (12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne2 Bd7 (13... e5 14. Nc3 Qc7
15. Bg5 b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qb7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bc4 a5 20. Qd3 Rb8 {
1/2-1/2 Deepan Chakkravarthy,J-Alexeev,E/Oropesa del Mar 2001/ (27)}) 14. g3
Rb8 15. h3 b4 16. Rg1 e5 17. g4 Be6 18. g5 Nd7 19. g6 O-O 20. gxf7+ Rxf7 21.
Ng3 Qa5 22. b3 Nc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Bd3 {1-0 Szabo,Z-Lupulescu,C/Kavala 2004/
(45)}) 12... Ne5 13. Bd3 Qb8 14. h3 b4 15. Nce2 h4 16. g4 hxg3 17. Nxg3 Nxd3
18. cxd3 a5 19. h4 Nh5 20. Bg5 Bf8 21. Nxh5 Rxh5 {1/2-1/2 Ivanovic,
B-Damljanovic,B/Petrovac 2004/ (38)}) (11... Rc8 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. Bd3 b5 14.
f4 b4 15. Ne2 e5 16. Rhf1 a5 17. h3 Qb8 18. Ng3 g6 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Bg5 h4 21.
Ne2 {1-0 Zhigalko,A-Zugic,I/Mallorca 2004 (40)}) 12. Bg5 (12. Qf2 b5 13. Nxc6
Bxc6 14. Bd4 b4 15. Ne2 e5 16. Bb6 Qb7 17. c4 Nd7 18. Be3 a5 19. Ng3 g6 20. Be2
Nc5 {0-1 Sahu,S-Mednis,E/New York 1984/ (36)}) 12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc6 14. Bc4
b5 15. Bb3 Qa7 16. Rhe1 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 h4 18. a3 h3 19. g3 Nd7 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21.
Nd5+ Bxd5 22. exd5 e5 {0-1 Ramon Perez,J-Damljanovic,B/Zaragoza 2004/ (35)}) (
11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Kb1 Ne5 (12... b5 13. f4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Be3 Qb7 16. Rhe1
Bc6 17. Bg1 Rd8 18. h3 O-O 19. g4 b4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. fxe5 Bf3 {
0-1 Gross,D-Langheinrich,F/Germany 1999/ (37)}) 13. Rhe1 b5 14. f4 b4 15. Nce2
Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. Nc1 g6 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Bg1 d5 {0-1 Shomoev,
A-Avrukh,B/playchess.com INT 2004/ (42)}) (11. h4 b5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bg5 Qc7
14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. a3 Qb6 17. Ne2 Bc6 18. Be3 Qb7 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Bg5
{1-0 Browne,W-Kosteniuk,A/Fort Lauderdale 2004/ (29)}) (11. f4 b5 12. Bd3 Qb8
13. Nf3 Bd8 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Be4 Rc8 18. Bf4 Qc5 19.
Bb7 Ba5 20. Bxc8 Bxc8 21. Rhe1 Bb7 22. Qd3 O-O 23. Qg3 {1/2-1/2 De la Villa
Garcia,J-Garcia Ilundain,D/Zaragoza 1995/ (23)}) 11... b5 (11... Qc7 12. f4
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 Bc6 15. Bd3 b5 16. Rhe1 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxd5
19. Kb1 Kf8 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Bf5 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Calzetta Ruiz,M-Gaponenko,I/
Dresden 2004/ (55)}) 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Nd4 Nd7 (14... Qc7 15. Bd3
h4 16. Rhe1 Rc8 17. Bg5 Kf8 $11) 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Bd3 Ne5 17. Rhe1 Qc7 (17... h4
18. Qe2 (18. f4 Nc4 19. Qe2 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Qb6 $15) 18... Qc7 19. Bf2 Nxd3 20.
Rxd3 $11) 18. Bg5 O-O (18... Nxd3 19. cxd3 Qd8 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rc1 O-O $11)
19. g4 $1 {In the positions of english attack the idea of g4 is very often
central to the white's plans.} Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Qb6 21. Be2 Rc5 22. Qd2 (22. gxh5
$2 Nxf3 $19) (22. b4 Rcc8 23. gxh5 Kh7 24. Rg1 Rg8 25. Rg3 $14) 22... d5 23.
gxh5 $1 {Ramesh correctly finds courage for opening up the access along the g
file even at a cost of activating black's bishop.} (23. exd5 Rxd5 24. gxh5 Nc6
25. c3 e5 26. Rg1 Nxd4 (26... exd4 27. Qh6 $18) 27. cxd4 exd4 $13) 23... dxe4
24. fxe4 Bxe4 25. Rg1 f6 (25... f5 26. Qg5 (26. h6 g6 27. Qg5 Qd8 $1 $13) 26...
Rf7 27. h6 g6 (27... Rd5 28. Bh5 Rfd7 29. Qf6 Ng4 30. Bf7+ Rxf7 31. h7+ Kxh7
32. Qxf7 Rxd4 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. hxg4 $18) 28. Bf3 Rc4 29. Bxe4 Rxd4 30. Bf3
Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 $14) 26. Qe3 Bh7 (26... Bd5 27. h6 g6 28. Bd3 Kf7 29. h7 Rh8 30.
Rdf1 $14) 27. h6 g5 (27... g6 $2 28. Nxe6 $18) 28. h4 $1 {Timofeev feels
enormous heat quickly mounting against his kingside position.} Nf7 (28... g4
29. Bxg4 $18) 29. Bd3 Re5 (29... Re8 30. Qf3 e5 31. Bxh7+ Kxh7 32. hxg5 Nxg5
33. Rxg5 exd4 34. Qd3+ Kh8 35. Rg7 $18) 30. Bxh7+ (30. Qf4 $5 f5 (30... Nxh6
31. hxg5 $18) 31. hxg5 Rd5 32. Ne2 e5 33. Qg3 Bg6 34. Nc3 $18) 30... Kxh7 31.
Qd3+ Kxh6 (31... Kh8 32. Qg6 Rg8 33. Qxf6+ $18) 32. hxg5+ Nxg5 (32... fxg5 33.
Rh1+ Kg7 34. Rh7+ Kf6 35. Qf3+ $18) 33. Rh1+ {The aggressor seems to have a
choice of very promising and sometimes quite original attacking ideas.} (33.
Nf3 Rd5 34. Rxg5 $1 Rxg5 (34... fxg5 35. Rh1+ Kg7 36. Qh7+ Kf6 37. Rh6#) 35.
Nxg5 fxg5 36. Rh1+ Kg7 37. Qh7+ Kf6 38. Rf1+ Ke5 39. Qg7+ $18) 33... Kg7 34.
Rdg1 Rg8 (34... Rf7 35. Rxg5+ Rxg5 (35... fxg5 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38.
Qxe5 $18) 36. Qh3 Kf8 37. Nxe6+ Ke7 38. Nxg5 fxg5 39. Qc8 $18) 35. Nc6 {
[%mdl 128] The knight jump is certainly very strong but even better was a
forcefull win with exchange sacrifice on g5.} (35. Rxg5+ $1 fxg5 (35... Rxg5
36. Rh7+ Kf8 37. Nxe6+ Qxe6 38. Qd8+ Qe8 39. Qxf6+ $18) 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Rf1+
$18) 35... Re1+ $8 (35... Qxc6 36. Rh7+ Kf8 37. Qd8+ Qe8 38. Qd6+ Qe7 39. Qxe7#
) 36. Rxe1 Qxc6 37. Reg1 Kf7 38. Rh7+ Rg7 (38... Nxh7 39. Qxh7+ $18) 39. Rh8
Qc7 (39... Qd5 40. Qe3 Qd7 41. Ra8 $18) 40. Rd8 {Black's king can never hope
to hide efficiently when hunted by all white's heavy pieces.} Qc6 41. a3 Ke7
42. Rd1 Kf7 43. Rf1 Ne4 (43... Ke7 44. Rb8 Qc7 45. Ra8 Nf7 46. Rd1 $18) 44. Re1
(44. Qd4 e5 45. Qa7+ Kg6 46. Rg1+ Ng5 47. Qe3 $18) 44... f5 45. Qd4 Rg2 (45...
Nf6 46. Rd6 Qc8 47. c3 $18) 46. Rd1 (46. Rd7+ Ke8 47. Rh7 Qxc2+ 48. Ka1 $18)
46... Qxc2+ 47. Ka1 Nf6 (47... Nc5 48. Qh8 $18) 48. Rf8+ $1 (48. Rf8+ $1 Kxf8
49. Qxf6+ Kg8 50. Rd8+ Kh7 51. Rh8#) 1-0

[Event "Guillermo Garcia Memorial-A 06th"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Perez Garcia, Rodney Oscar"]
[Black "Garcia Ilundain, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bh6+ 13. Kb1
Bf4 14. Ne2 Be5 15. Qd3 (15. Qe3 Qc7 (15... exf5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Nd4 Be6 18.
Nf3 f5 19. Bd3 $44 {Van der Wiel,J-Kozul,Z/Wijk 1991/1/2-1/2 (64)}) 16. fxe6 (
16. Nd4 Qc5 17. Qd2 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Ke7 $11 {Barczay,L-Radulov,I/
EU-chT Kapfenberg 1970/1/2-1/2 (95)}) 16... fxe6 17. g3 (17. Ng1 Qc5 $11 {
Timoshenko-Panchenko, Podolsk 1990}) 17... Rc8 18. Qd2 (18. Qd3 Qc4 19. Bh3 Ke7
20. Rhe1 Rc7 $15 {Poulsson,E-Schneider,L/Viking 1981/1/2-1/2(33)}) 18... b4 19.
Nf4 a5 20. Ba6 Ra8 21. Qe2 a4 22. Bb5 Bxb5 23. Qxb5+ $14 {Kruppa,-Lutsko,
Nikolaev 1993}) (15. Qd2 exf5 $5 (15... Qc7 $6 16. g3 (16. Nd4 Rc8 17. fxe6
fxe6 18. Nf3 O-O 19. Bd3 Bc6 20. Rhf1 $14 {Cseshkovsky-Beliavsky, USSR 1977})
16... Rc8 17. Bh3 Qc4 18. Nf4 $16 {Tal-Malich, Varna tt 1958}) (15... Qb6 16.
Nf4 Rc8 17. g4 Rg8 18. h3 b4 $1 19. Nd3 Ba4 $132 {Petrushin-Panchenko,
Smolensk 1986}) 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Nd4 (17. Nf4 Qb6 18. Bd3 Be6 19. Be4 Rc8 20.
Rhe1 Rc4 $15 {Tal-Kozul, Marsel 1989}) 17... Be6 18. Nf3 f5 19. Bd3 Bg7 $13 {
Van der Wiel-Kozul, Wijk 1991}) (15. Qf2 $6 Qc7 16. Nf4 Qc5 17. Qxc5 dxc5 18.
fxe6 fxe6 19. Nd3 Bd6 $15 {Speelman-Dorfman, Mexico 1977}) 15... Qb6 16. fxe6 (
16. Nd4 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Ke7 19. Be2 Bc6 20. Bf3 Rac8 21. Rhd1 Rhd8
22. Kc1 Bb7 23. Kd2 Rc5 $15 {Minic,D-Bertok,M/JUG-ch 1959/0-1(43)}) (16. g3 Rc8
17. Bh3 Rc4 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nf4 Ke7 20. Qe2 Qc6 21. Rhe1 Rc8 22. Rc1 Bxb2 $1
23. Nd5+ exd5 24. Bxd7 Be5 {0-1 Runnby,J-Schneider,L/SWE-ch 1979}) (16. Ng1 Ke7
(16... O-O-O 17. Nf3 Kb8 18. g3 Bc6 19. Bh3 Rhe8 $11 {Matanovic-Tal, Biel izt
1976}) 17. Nf3 Qc5 18. g3 {1/2-1/2 Schmidt,W-Adamski,J/Slupsk 1978}) 16... fxe6
17. g3 a5 $146 (17... Rc8 18. Bh3 Ke7 19. Nf4 a5 $11 {Luther-Stroe, Oakham 1990
}) 18. Bh3 a4 19. Nd4 $6 (19. Nf4 $142 $1 Ke7 (19... a3 20. b4 $16 {[%csl Re6]
[%cal Gd3b3]}) 20. Qf3 {[%cal Gf3g4]} Rhg8 (20... a3 21. Qg4 $1 {[%cal Rf4d5,
Rg4g7]}) 21. Nd3 Bd4 22. c3 Be3 23. Rhe1 Bg5 24. Nb4 $14) 19... Bxd4 (19... Ke7
$6 20. Nf3 $14) 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Ke7 $11 22. Rhd1 Ra6 23. a3 Rc8 24. Bf1
Rc5 25. Bd3 e5 26. Rb4 Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Holzke, Frank"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Magdeburg USC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 (11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe1 b4 13. Nd5 a5
14. Rd4 Ra7 $13) (11. f5 $5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bh6+ 13. Kb1 Bf4 14. fxe6 fxe6 15.
Ne2 Be5 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. Nf4 a5 18. g3 {[%csl Re6][%cal Yf4e6,Yf1h3,Yh3e6]} O-O
19. Bh3 $16 Rae8 20. Nd3 Bd4 21. Rhe1 b4 22. Nxb4 Bf2 23. Rf1 Bc5 24. Nd5 $18 {
Hjartarson,J-Kozul,Z Biel izt (6)}) 11... Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 (13. Bd3 b4
(13... Qc5 14. Rhf1 O-O-O 15. f5 d5 $6 16. exd5 exd5 17. Be4 $1 $16 {Vogt.
L-Bielczyk,J,24/408 1977}) 14. Ne2 h5 15. Rhe1 a5 16. Ng3 a4 17. Bc4 $14 {
Byrne,R-Kozul,Z,Palma GMA-op 1989.}) (13. f5 b4 14. Ne2 Bxe4 (14... e5 $6 15.
Ng3 Qc5 16. Be2 Ke7 17. Bf3 $16 {Lobron,E-Ueter,H,BL 8384}) 15. fxe6 fxe6 16.
Nf4 $44 {Byrne,R-Schneider,L.A.,Reykjavik 1982}) 13... O-O-O (13... Be7 14. f5
Qc5 15. Bd3 $14 {Wolff,P-Fedorowicz,J,USA-ch 1991}) (13... Ra7 {White
threatened 14.Nd5, which is now met by 14...exd5 15.exd5+ Re7} 14. f5 $14 (14.
Bd3 b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. f5 e5 17. Nc1 Bh6 18. Qe2 Ke7 19. Bc4 Rf8 20. Rd3 Qc5 21.
Rh3 Bg5 22. Rxh7 a4 $132 {0-1 Gyorkos,L-Kozul,Z/Osijek 1992/EXT 99 (35)}) 14...
b4 15. Ne2 e5 (15... Bxe4 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nf4 $16) 16. Ng3 h5 {To stop Nh5}
17. Be2 $1 $40 {1-0 Gurevich,I-Kozul,Z/Biel 1993/CBM 37/[Wolff] (53)}) 14. Bd3
b4 $5 {[%mdl 4] this idea met in two Tukmakov's games with success} (14... h5
15. Qh4 (15. Rf1 Kb8 16. a3 Bb7 17. f5 Qc5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rxf6 $16 {1-0
Lalic,B-Kozul,Z/Medulin 1997/EXT 2000 (36)}) 15... Be7 16. Rhe1 Rde8 17. Qh3
Kb8 18. f5 $14 {[%csl Re6]} b4 19. Ne2 e5 20. Nc1 a5 21. Bc4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Lau,
R-Grosar,A/Graz 1993/CBM 35/[Ernst] (62)}) (14... Kb8 15. f5 Rg8 $5 16. Rf1
Rxg2 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Rxf6 Bg7 19. Rxe6 Qf2 20. Qxf2 Rxf2 {1/2-1/2 Knezevic,
B-Cabrilo,G/Nis 1995/EXT 2000 (20)}) 15. Ne2 d5 16. e5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] White
try to close position,after 16.Ng3 black have good counterplay} (16. Ng3 dxe4
17. Bxe4 (17. Nxe4 Be7 18. Qe2 Kb8 19. Nd2 Rhg8 20. Nf3 Bb5 21. Bxb5 Qxb5 22.
Qxb5+ axb5 $132 {0-1 Belotti,B-Tukmakov,V/Mendrisio 1999/EXT 2000 (50)}) 17...
Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 f5 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Qd4 Rg8 21. Rd1 Be7 22. Qa7 Rd8 23. Rxd8+
Kxd8 $36 {0-1 Orak,L-Tukmakov,V/Pula 2000/CBM 76 ext (47)}) 16... f5 (16... Bg7
17. Nd4 $14) 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. Be2 Bc5 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Rb6d4]} 19. Qd2 Kb8 20.
Bh5 Rd7 21. h3 h6 22. g4 $14 fxg4 23. hxg4 Rg8 24. f5 {[%csl Re6,Rh6] white
has some adventage,because black weaknesses be in need of defence} Rg5 25. fxe6
$6 {After this move defence simplified for black} (25. Nf3 $5 Be3 26. Qd3 Rg8
27. Rhe1 $14) 25... fxe6 {[%csl Re5]} 26. Rhe1 Rh7 27. Nb3 Be7 28. Qd4 Ka7 29.
Rd3 Rh8 30. Rf3 Rf8 31. Rxf8 Bxf8 32. Qf4 (32. Qxb6+ Kxb6 33. Nd4 Bc8 $11)
32... Bg7 33. Nd4 Bh8 34. Re2 Rg8 35. b3 Bg7 36. Qe3 Ka8 37. Rf2 (37. Bf7 $2
Rf8 38. Bxe6 Rf1+ 39. Kb2 Rd1 40. Nf5 d4 41. Qf4 Qc6 $19) 37... Rf8 38. Rf7
Rxf7 39. Bxf7 Qc7 40. Bxe6 Bxe5 41. Nf5 Bh8 42. Qg3 $11 Qd8 43. Qh4 Qb6 44.
Qxh6 Qg1+ 45. Qc1 Qh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elbow Beach Club GM-B"]
[Site "Paget Parish"]
[Date "2001.01.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vuckovic, Bojan"]
[Black "Blehm, Pawel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 b4 {Standard counterplay in this type
of position.} (11... h5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 Be7 14. f5 {[%csl Re6]} Qc7 15.
Bd3 O-O-O 16. Rf1 Kb8 17. g3 Bb7 18. Ne2 {[%cal Ye2d4,Ye2f4]} Bc8 19. Nf4 Rdg8
20. Be2 $36 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Yf4h5,Ye2h5] 1-0 Prasad,D-Lovlu,S/Sakthi 1996/CBM
53 (26)}) 12. Nce2 Qb6 13. f5 $5 ({Worth of attention anothe plan, connected
with} 13. g3 Be7 (13... Rc8 14. Bh3 (14. Bg2 a5 15. Rhe1 a4 $132 {0-1
Arakhamia,K-Galliamova,A/Groningen 1997/CBM 62 ext (59)}) 14... h5 15. Nf3 Na5
16. b3 Bc6 17. Ned4 Bxe4 18. Rhe1 Bxf3 $6 (18... f5 $5) 19. Nxf3 Nc6 20. Qd3
$44 {1-0 Morozov,D-Filipenko,A/Perm 1997/EXT 2000 (31)}) 14. Bg2 Nxd4 (14...
Rc8 15. Rhf1 O-O 16. g4 a5 17. Rf3 Kh8 18. Rh3 Rg8 19. Bf3 a4 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21.
Nd4 Bb7 22. f5 e5 23. Ne2 b3 $132 {1-0 Dimitrov,V-Ari,Z/Balkaniad (Men) 1993/
TD (37)}) 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. g4 a5 17. Rhf1 Rg8 18. Bf3 a4 19. b3 Qc5 20. Rfe1
Bf8 21. e5 fxe5 22. fxe5 d5 $132 {1-0 Sax,G-Kozul,Z/Sarajevo 1985/MCD (50)}) (
13. Qe1 a5 14. Qh4 Be7 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. f5 Rc8 17. Rd2 Qc5 18. Nf4 a4 19. fxe6
Bxe6 20. Qh5 Qxh5 {1/2-1/2 Holzke,F-Baklan,V/Hamburg 1999/EXT 2000 (20)}) 13...
e5 ({Alternative} 13... Rc8 14. g3 {[%csl Re6] also gives to White convenient
play.}) (13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Ne2 h5 16. h4 {[%csl Rh5]} Ke7 17. Ng3 Bh6
18. Qe2 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Yg3h5,Ye2h5]} Bc6 19. Nxh5 $16 {1-0 Wahls,M-Boidman,Y/
Berlin 1996/CBM 54 ext (36)}) 14. Nxc6 ({Interesting plan we can see in the
game:} 14. Nf3 $5 {avoiding NN exchange. Nc6 placed badly.} Na7 (14... Rc8 15.
Ng3) 15. Ng3 Rc8 16. Nh5 $16 {1-0 Gallagher,J-Grosar,K/Geneve 1996/CBM 51 ext 
(25)}) 14... Bxc6 15. Ng3 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gg3e4,Gg3h5] Pe4 needs to defence.}
h5 16. h4 $5 (16. Be2 $143 h4 17. Nh5 Be7 18. Bf3 a5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Huebner,
R-Dreev,A/Nussloch 1996/CBM 53 (70)}) 16... Qc5 ({In another variations Black
has problems in view of Ph5 waekness.} 16... Rc8 17. Bc4 $16) (16... a5 17. Be2
a4 18. Nxh5 Be7 19. Ng3 b3 20. cxb3 axb3 21. a3 $16 {1-0 Gurevich,I-Arnett,D/
New York 1994/CBM 43 (36)}) 17. Bd3 a5 18. Qe2 {[%csl Rc4,Rh5][%cal Yg3h5,
Ye2h5,Yd3c4] Weakness Ph5 attack and Bd3-c4 manoeuvre support.} a4 19. Nxh5 $16
Ke7 20. g4 {Black has material advantage. Black Attack on the queenside is not
dangerous in view of Bd3-c4 and Rh1-h3 manouevres} a3 21. Bc4 axb2 22. Rh3 {
[%csl Rc3]} Ra3 23. Bb3 Ba4 (23... Bb5 {also doesn't help to Black:} 24. Qd2
Rg8 25. c3 Rxg4 26. cxb4 Qc6 27. Kxb2 $16) 24. g5 fxg5 25. hxg5 Qa5 (25... Rg8
26. Qd2 $36) 26. Rd5 $1 (26. Qd3 Kd8 $13) 26... Qa7 27. Bxa4 Rxa4 (27... Qxa4
28. Rxa3 bxa3 29. g6 Kd8 30. Qf3 Rxh5 31. Qxh5 Qxe4 32. Rd1 $18) 28. Qb5 $40 {
[%csl Re5][%cal Gd5e5] White has decisive Attack.} Rxh5 (28... Rxa2 29. Rxe5+
$1 dxe5 30. Qxe5+ Kd7 31. Qd5+ Kc8 32. Qxa2 Qg1+ 33. Kxb2 Qd4+ 34. Kb3 $18) 29.
Rxe5+ (29. Rxd6 Kxd6 30. Rd3+ $18) 29... dxe5 30. f6+ Kd8 31. Rd3+ Kc8 32. Qc6+
(32. Qe8+ Kb7 33. Rd7+ Kb6 34. Rxa7 Rxa7 35. Qxf8 Rxg5 36. Qxb4+ $18) 32... Qc7
33. Qe8+ Kb7 34. Rd7 Rh1+ 35. Kxb2 $18 Rxa2+ 36. Kxa2 b3+ 37. Kxb3 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Premier 33rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Black "Abreu Delgado, Aryam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2372]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b5 (11... Qa5 12. g4 (12.
Bc4 Qc5 13. Bb3 Qxd4 14. Rxd4 Rc8 15. a4 h6 16. Be3 O-O 17. g4 Kh7 18. Rd2 Bc6
19. Ne2 Nd7 $13 {[%cal Gd7c5] 1/2-1/2 Moen,O-Spassov,L/Kringsja 1976 (26)}) (
12. Kb1 Bc6 (12... h5 $6 13. Bc4 Bc6 14. Rhe1 O-O-O 15. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 16. exd5
Bxg5 17. dxc6 Bf6 18. Qa7 $1 $18 {1-0 Malisauskas,V-Heinbuch,D/Berliner Sommer
1994 (22)}) 13. g4 O-O 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. Be3 b5 16. g5 b4 17. Ne2 Nd7 18. Nd4 Bb7
19. h5 Nc5 20. Qxb4 d5 $132 {1-0 Palac,M-Taggatz,M/Portoroz 1996 (30)}) 12...
Bc6 13. Be3 O-O-O $5 14. g5 Nd7 15. Bh3 Qc5 16. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 (16... exd5 $5 17.
exd5 {[%cal Gd4e4]} Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Bb5 19. c4 Ba4 20. b3 Kb8 21. bxa4 Nc5 22. a5
$14) 17. Qxc5+ Nxc5 18. exd5 $16 {1-0 Tal,M-Mititelu,G/EU-chT 1973 (26) ^^}) (
11... Bc6 12. Bxf6 $6 (12. g4 h6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Kb1 Bxh4 15. Qxd6 Qe7 16. Qc7
Bf6 17. Bf4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 e5 $13 {1-0 Tisdall,J-Mednis,E/Arnold Cup 1988 (26)})
(12. Kb1 Qc7 13. g4 Rd8 14. Bd3 h5 15. gxh5 Nxh5 16. Qf2 Bf6 17. Be3 Qe7 18.
Ne2 g6 19. f4 b5 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 e5 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Bc5 $16 {1-0 Palac,
M-Kozul,Z/CRO-Cup 1995 (41)}) (12. h5 h6 13. Be3 b5 14. g4 Nd7 15. Be2 Qc7 16.
a3 e5 {1/2-1/2 Bielinski,D-Bielczyk,J/POL-chT 1994}) 12... Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Qb6
$44 {1/2-1/2 Kuzmin,G-Tal,M/URS-ch41 1973 (20)}) (11... Qc7 12. g4 (12. Kb1 Bc6
13. g4 Rd8 14. h5 h6 15. Bh4 e5 16. Qf2 Nh7 $1 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qb6 Ng5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Gabriel,C-Grosar,A/Altensteig 1995 (44)}) 12... Rc8 13. Be3 O-O 14. h5
Ne8 15. g5 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Bd3 Rxg5 $1 18. h6 g6 19. Bxg5 Bxg5+ 20. Kb1
Bf6 $44 21. Qg1 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Kozul,Z/CRO-Cup 1995}) 12. Kb1 Rb8 (12... Rc8
13. e5 $6 dxe5 14. Qxe5 Qc7 15. Qxc7 Rxc7 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Bd3 Bc6 $15 {Simic,
D-Taggatz,M/Bled op 1995/1-0 (53)}) 13. g4 b4 14. Ne2 Qa5 15. Nc1 (15. Bxf6 $5
Bxf6 (15... gxf6 16. g5 e5 17. Qd2 fxg5 18. hxg5 Be6 19. Nc1 $16 {[%cal Gf1h3]}
) 16. Qxd6 Rd8 {[%csl Rd1][%cal Gd7b5]} 17. Nc1 $1 {[%cal Gd6a6]} Bb5 (17...
Ba4 18. Qxa6 $18) 18. Bxb5+ Qxb5 19. Qg3 O-O 20. g5 Be7 21. f4 $14 {[%cal
Gd1d3]}) 15... O-O 16. Be3 (16. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 17. Qxd6 $14) 16... e5 17. Qd2 Be6
18. g5 Nh5 (18... Nd7 $5) 19. Bh3 {[%cal Gh3g4]} g6 20. Qg2 {[%cal Gh3e6,Yg2g4]
} Bxh3 (20... d5 $6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qg4 Ng7 23. h5 $1 gxh5 24. Qg3 $40 {
[%cal Gg5g6]}) 21. Qxh3 Qc7 22. Nd3 (22. Rh2 $5 {[%cal Gh2d2]}) 22... d5 $5
$132 (22... Qc6 $5 {[%cal Ge7d8,Gd8b6,Ga6a5]}) 23. exd5 Rfd8 24. Nf2 Rb5 25. d6
Bxd6 26. Qg4 (26. Ne4 $5 Be7 27. Qf1 Rc8 28. Rh2 $13) 26... Be7 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8
28. Qc4 Rd5 29. Qxa6 Ng3 30. Re1 Nf5 $132 {[%cal Rf5e3,Rf5h4]} 31. Bb6 Qb8 32.
Ne4 (32. Nd3 $142 Rd6 33. Ba7 $8 Qa8 (33... Qc7 34. Qa4 $16 {[%cal Ga4e8]}) 34.
Qa4 (34. Qa5 Bd8 {[%cal Gd8b6]} 35. Qc5 Ra6 36. Rxe5 {[%cal Ge5e8,Yc5f8]} Be7
37. Rxe7 Nxe7 38. Qxe7 Rxa7 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Rf3]}) 34... Rxd3 (34... Rd4 {
[%cal Gb4b3]} 35. b3 $16 {[%cal Gd3e5]}) 35. cxd3 Bc5 36. Rxe5 Qxa7 37. Qxa7
Bxa7 38. Re4 $14) 32... Nxh4 33. Qc4 Qb7 (33... Nxf3 $6 34. Qxd5 Nxe1 35. Nf6+
Bxf6 (35... Kg7 $2 36. Bc7 $1 $18) 36. gxf6 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gb6f2]} Qc8 37.
Qe4 $18) 34. Bc5 Qc6 35. b3 $2 (35. Qxb4 $5 Rxc5 (35... Bxc5 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37.
Nf6 Bf8 38. Nxd5 Qxd5 39. Qxe5+ Qxe5 40. Rxe5 Nxf3 41. Rd5 $16 {[%cal Ga2a4]})
36. Nxc5 Nxf3 $1 (36... Bxc5 37. Qxh4 $18) 37. Qb8+ Bf8 (37... Kg7 38. Nd3 Bd6
39. Qd8 Nxe1 40. Qf6+ Kg8 41. Nxe1 Qh1 42. Qd8+ Bf8 43. Qd2 Be7 $15 {[%cal
Ge7g5]}) 38. Nd3 Nxe1 39. Nxe1 Qe4 $15) 35... Rxc5 $19 36. Nxc5 Nxf3 37. Rd1
Qxc5 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Qxc5 Bxc5 {[%cal Ge5e4,Ge4e3,Gf7f5,Gh7h5]} 40. a4 bxa3
0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Premier 33rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Herrera, Irisberto"]
[Black "Abreu Delgado, Aryam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8776]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe1 b4 13. Nd5 a5
14. Rd4 {[%cal Gd4c4,Gc4c6]} f5 (14... Bg7 $5 15. Rc4 Bxd5 (15... Kd7 $8 16.
Ne3 Qb6 $132 {[%cal Gd7e7,Gh8c8]}) 16. exd5 f5 17. dxe6 Qf6 18. exf7+ $16 {
Sanchez Almeyra,J-Becerra Rivero,J/Capablanca mem-B 1993/1-0(37)}) (14... Ra7
$5 {[%csl Gc7]} 15. Rc4 Ba4 16. Ne3 (16. b3 $2 exd5 17. exd5+ Re7 $19) 16... f5
17. exf5 d5 18. Rd4 Bg7 19. Rd2 Qf6 20. Nd1 Qxf5 $132 {Grosar,A-Filipenko,A/
Sochi-B 1989/1/2-1/2(42)}) 15. Ne3 $6 $146 (15. Rc4 $6 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qf6 17.
dxe6 fxe6 18. Rc7 Kd8 $1 19. Rb7 (19. Rc6 Bg7 $1 20. Rxd6+ Ke7 21. Qe5 Qxe5 22.
fxe5 Bxe5 23. Rb6 Rhb8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 $15 {Ulfarsson,M-Waitzkin,J/WchJM-U18
1994/0-1(45)}) 19... Kc8 20. Rb5 Bg7 21. c3 bxc3 22. Qe3 Qd4 23. Qxe6+ Kd8 24.
Rd5 Qxf4+ 25. Kc2 Be5 26. bxc3 Re8 27. Qf7 Qa4+ {0-1 Zontakh,A-Poluljahov,A/
Belgrade Beopromet 1993}) 15... Qb6 ({Very dangeouse for black was} 15... Bxe4
$6 16. Bb5+ Ke7 17. Qh4+ f6 {[%tqu "En","","","","d4e4","",10]} 18. Rxe4 $1
fxe4 19. f5 $1 d5 (19... Qb6 20. Qxe4 $18 {[%cal Re4e6,Re4a8]}) (19... Rb8 20.
Bc4 $1 {[%cal Gc4e6]} (20. Qxe4 e5 21. Nd5+ Kf7 22. Bc4 $44) 20... d5 21. fxe6
dxc4 22. Rd1 $40 {[%cal Gd1d7,Yh4g4,Yh4h5]}) 20. fxe6 {[%cal Gb5d7]} Kxe6 21.
Bc6 $16 {[%cal Gc6d5]}) ({but after right} 15... fxe4 {[%cal Gd6d5,Gf8g7] it
looks like white has not enought compensation for sacrifised pawn.}) 16. Qd2
Bxe4 17. Nc4 Qc5 18. Be2 d5 $17 19. Ne5 a4 $4 (19... Bd6 $142 {[%cal Gd6e5]
and black is pawn up and better position.}) {[%tqu "En","","","","d4c4","",10]}
20. Rc4 $1 Qa7 $4 (20... Qa5 $8 21. Bh5 Bg7 22. Bxf7+ Kf8 23. Rc5 $1 $16 {
[%cal Gf7e6]}) {[%tqu "En","","","","c4e4","",10]} 21. Rxe4 $1 $18 Qb6 (21...
fxe4 22. Bb5+ Ke7 23. Nc6+ $18) 22. Re3 b3 23. a3 Bc5 24. Rg3 Rb8 25. c3 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Be2 Nge5 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Rhg1 b5
15. Rdf1 b4 16. Nd1 Rb8 17. Kb1 a5 18. b3 {Deep annotations of this opening
line find in the game Karjakin-Nijboer;} hxg5 {[%mdl 132] In case of 18...a4
the game will be transformed to Karjakin-Nijboer from the same tournament,
where white showed the way to opening advantage;} 19. Bxg5 Nxf3 {The point of
black's play is to shut up f-file and to start some play over the queenside;} (
19... Bxg5 20. Nxg5 a4) 20. gxf3 Bxg5 21. Rxg5 Qf6 {[%cal Yh8h2,Rf6a1] This
makes black queen active as well as black has created Rxh2 threat;} 22. Bb5 $1
{[%cal Rd2g2,Rd2d6,Yd1b2,Yb2c4] This move prevents Rxh2 threat and cleares
path to white queen; In addition, white may always trade dangerous black
knight;} Qd4 {Black is intending to trade queens and also gets rid of 23.Bxc6
Bxc6 24.Rxa5 threat;} 23. Qg2 {[%cal Rg5g8,Yg2g7] White is logically refuses
the trade creating threats over g-file;} (23. Qxd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd7+ Kxd7 $132)
23... Na7 (23... Rd8 24. Nb2 $36) 24. Rg8+ Rxg8 25. Qxg8+ Ke7 26. Qg5+ {
White is not getting greedy, and is not grabbing material by Qxb8 simply
consolidating his position;} (26. Qxb8 Nxb5 27. Kc1 Qa1+ 28. Kd2 Qd4+ 29. Ke2
Qc5 $44) 26... Ke8 27. Bc4 $1 $16 (27. Bxd7+ Kxd7 28. Qxa5 Nb5 $44) 27... Rb5 {
Unsafe position of black king, extra pawn and weaknesses d6 and a5 indicate
white's advantage;} (27... Nc6 28. Nb2 $16) 28. Bxb5 Nxb5 29. Qe3 $1 {By
properly counted monouevre, white stops all black's threat;} Na3+ 30. Kc1 Qa1+
31. Kd2 Qxa2 32. Rg1 $1 {[%cal Rg1g8] White moves the rook in, which decides
the game;} Qxc2+ 33. Ke1 Qc5 {Loses at once, but after the most resistant 33...
Bb5 white wins as well;} (33... Bb5 34. Rg8+ Kd7 35. Qa7+ Qc7 36. Qxc7+ Kxc7
37. Ne3 a4 38. bxa4 Bxa4 39. h4 b3 40. Rg2 $18) 34. Rg8+ Ke7 35. Qh6 $18 e5 (
35... Nc2+ 36. Kd2 $18) 36. Qf8+ Ke6 37. Rg7 $18 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 (11. f5 $5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bh6+ 13. Kb1
Bf4 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Ne2 Be5 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. Nf4 a5 18. g3 O-O 19. Bh3 $16
Rae8 20. Nd3 Bd4 21. Rhe1 b4 22. Nxb4 Bf2 23. Rf1 Bc5 24. Nd5 $18 {Hjartarson,
J-Kozul,Z Biel izt (6)}) 11... Qb6 12. Nxc6 (12. Nce2 Rc8 13. g3 h5 14. Bg2 Na5
15. b3 Nc6 16. Rhf1 Qa5 17. c3 Qb6 $2 (17... Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Be7 $11) 18. f5 Bh6
19. Qe1 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 e5 21. Nc2 a5 22. h4 $16 {Hjartarson-Yermolinsky,Erevan
1996}) (12. Nf3 O-O-O 13. g3 Kb8 14. Bh3 Bc8 15. f5 h5 16. Qe1 Bh6 17. Ne2 Ne5
18. Ned4 Ng4 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Qc3 Bb7 21. Nxe6 Rc8 $13 {Liberzon-Zaltsman,
Lone Pine 1981}) 12... Bxc6 13. Qe1 {Wolff: Usually the move 11.Kb1 introduces
the Nf3,Pg3 setup versus this Rauzer} (13. f5 b4 14. Ne2 e5 15. Ng3 h5 16. Be2
(16. h4 a5 17. Bc4 Rc8 18. Qe2 $16 {Van der Wiel}) 16... h4 17. Nh5 Be7 18. Bf3
a5 19. g3 hxg3 20. hxg3 O-O-O 21. g4 a4 22. Rhe1 Qc5 23. Qe3 Kc7 $13 {Huebner
-Dreev,Nyssloch 1996}) 13... Ra7 {Wolff: White threatened 14.Nd5, which is now
met by 14...exd5 15.exd5+ Re7} (13... Qc5) (13... Be7 14. f5 Qc5 15. fxe6 fxe6
16. Bd3 Kf7 17. Rf1 Rag8 18. Rd2 b4 19. Nd1 a5 20. Rdf2 $11 {Hrachek-Popovich,
Brno 1992}) (13... O-O-O 14. Bd3 h5 15. Rf1 Kb8 16. a3 $1 Bb7 17. f5 Qc5 18.
fxe6 fxe6 19. Rxf6 Qe5 20. Rf7 $16 {Lalich-Kozul,Croatia 1997}) (13... Qc5) 14.
Bd3 (14. f5 $5 h5 (14... b4 15. Ne2 e5 (15... Bxe4 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nf4 $16)
16. Ng3 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Rg3h5]} h5 {To stop Nh5} (16... Qc5 17. Nh5 Be7 18.
Qh4 Qe3 19. Bd3 $16) 17. Be2 $1 $36 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Ye2h5,Yg3h5] 1-0 Gurevich,
I-Kozul,Z/Biel 1993/CBM 37/[Wolff] (53)} (17. Be2 $1 Rh6 (17... h4 18. Nh5 Be7
19. Qxh4) 18. Bc4 (18. Bxh5 $5) 18... a5 19. Nf1 Qc5 20. Ne3 $5 a4 $6 21. Bd5
Bb5 22. b3 Rh8 23. Bc4 axb3 24. cxb3 {Gurevich,I-Kozul,Z/Biel izt 1993/1-0 (53)
} (24. cxb3 {Gofshtein,L} Bc6 25. Nd5 Qa5 26. Qf2 Be7 27. Rhe1 $16 {
Gurevich-Kozul,Biel 1993}))) (14... Rg8 15. Qh4 {[%cal Yh4f6,Yh4h7]} Ke7 16.
Ne2 $1 {[%cal Ye2d4,Ye2g3,Ye2f4,Yg3h5]} e5 17. Ng3 Qe3 (17... h6 18. Rxd6 Kxd6
19. Qxf6+) 18. Qxh7 Rg7 19. Qh8 Bxe4 20. Bd3 $1 Bxg2 21. Rhe1 Qc5 22. Be4 $36 {
1-0 Dimitrov,V-Kozul,Z/Linares 1996 (52)} (22. Be4 Rc7 23. Bxg2 Qxc2+ 24. Ka1
Rxg3 (24... Qxg2 25. Rxd6 Rc2 26. Rd8 $1) 25. hxg3 Qxg2 26. Rxd6 $1 Kxd6 27.
Qxf8+ {1-0 Dimitrov,V-Kozul,Z/Linares 1996 (52)})) 15. fxe6 (15. Bd3 Qc5 16.
Rf1 (16. fxe6 $142 fxe6 17. Rf1) 16... e5 17. Qh4 Ke7 18. Ne2 a5 19. Rf3 Bh6
20. Qxh5 a4 21. Qh4 b4 22. Qe1 Bg5 23. h3 Rc7 $13 {Palac-Kozul,Croatia 1997})
15... fxe6 16. Bd3 Rg7 17. Rf1 Be7 18. g3 Qc5 19. Ne2 Bd8 20. Nf4 Kd7 21. Rf3
Qe5 22. Bf1 $36 {[%csl Re6][%cal Yf1h3,Yh3e6] 1-0 Zontakh,A-Simonovic,A/Ulcinj
1998/EXT 99 (52)}) 14... Rc7 $5 $146 {The new attempt of Z.Kozul to
rehabilitate this variation.} (14... b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. f5 e5 17. Nc1 $6 (17.
Ng3 $5 {[%cal Yg3h5]}) 17... Bh6 18. Qe2 Ke7 19. Bc4 Rf8 20. Rd3 Qc5 21. Rh3
Bg5 22. Rxh7 a4 $44 {0-1 Gyorkos,L-Kozul,Z/Osijek 1992/EXT 99 (35)}) (14... h5
15. Qh4 Be7 16. f5 Qe3 17. Rhe1 Qg5 18. Qf2 Rb7 19. h4 $36 {1-0 De la Paz,
F-Delgado,N/Santa Clara 1999/CBM 70 ext (41)}) (14... Qc5 15. f5 a5 (15... Bh6
$6 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nd5 $5 {1-0 Zelcic,R-Kozul,Z/Bled 2000/CBM 75 ext (40)})
16. Ne2 Bh6 17. Rf1 $14 {[%cal Yf1f6] 0-1 Benjamin,J-Kozul,Z/Luzern 1997/CBM
62/[Ftacnik] (38)} (17. Qh4 Bg5 18. Qh5 e5 $132 (18... exf5 19. Ng3 $1 $16) (
18... e5 19. h4 Be3 20. g4 d5 $132)) (17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Rf1 $14)) 15. f5 e5 {
[%csl Rd5] It is a new plan in this variation. Usually black played b4 first,
and only after knight's retreat playes e5.In this game black doesn't afraid to
weaken square d5 immediately.} 16. Qh4 $1 {[%cal Yh4f6]} (16. Bf1 Bb7 17. Nd5
Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rc5 19. Qd2 Qc6 20. g3 $14) 16... Be7 (16... Bg7 17. Rhe1 $14)
17. Qh6 $5 {Ater this strong move black loses pawn without any real
copmpensation.} b4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 a5 20. Qg7 Rf8 21. Qxh7 $16 Bd8 22. h4
a4 23. Qg7 {White transfers queen to good position and liberates place for the
pawn-h promotion.} b3 (23... a3 24. h5 Ke7 25. Rh4 $18 {[%cal Yh4b4] with full
control of 4th rank}) 24. cxb3 axb3 25. a3 Qf2 26. Qg4 {[%cal Yg4a4,Yg4g7]
From this outpost White queen is able to control the 4th rank and g-file on
the kingside} Ke7 27. Qb4 {Probably better was 27.Qe4 with great advantage.} (
27. Qe4 $5 Rh8 28. h5) 27... Rh8 (27... Qxg2 28. Qxb3 $16) 28. h5 Ra7 (28...
Qxg2 29. Qxb3 Qg5 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Rxc1 $16) 29. g4 Bb6 30. Qxb3 Rb8 31. h6
Raa8 {White has two extra pawn without real compensation of black} 32. Qc2 $6 (
32. h7 $5 Bd4 33. Bb5 e4 (33... Bxb2 34. h8=Q $18) 34. Rc1 $36) 32... Qf4 33.
h7 Bc5 34. Qc4 (34. Be2) 34... Qf2 35. Qc2 Qf4 36. Ka2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]
Tactical blunder leads to the loss.} (36. Be2 $5 Qg3 37. Rd3 Qg2 38. Rdh3 Rh8
39. Qd3 $16) 36... Qb4 $1 37. Ba6 (37. Bb5 Qxb5 38. Rd3 Rh8 $17) 37... Rxa6 38.
Rd3 Rh8 39. Rb3 Qd4 $19 40. Rb7+ Kf8 41. Qb3 Rb6 42. Rxb6 Bxb6 43. g5 fxg5 44.
f6 Bd8 45. a4 Bxf6 46. a5 e4 47. a6 Kg7 48. Qb7 e3 49. a7 Qa4+ 50. Kb1 Qe4+ {
[%mdl 140]} 0-1

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Werle, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 h6 {Other moves are also possible, for
example:} (10... Rc8 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qa5 13. Kb1 h6 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Qg1 g6
16. g5 $36 {1-0 Tringov,G-Bertok,M/Vinkovci 1976/EXT 99 (42)}) (10... O-O 11.
Kb1 b5 12. g4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qa5 14. Bd2 b4 15. Ne2 Rab8 16. g5 Nh5 17. Bh3 e5
$132 {1/2-1/2 Makarichev,S-Panchenko,A/Daugavpils 1978/MCD (22)}) 11. Be3 b5 {
11...Nd4 12.Bd4 e5 or 11...h5 deserve serious attention, as it was played in
the games given below} (11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 (12. Bxd4 e5 $5 (12... b5 13. a3
Rc8 14. g4 Bc6 15. Be2 e5 16. Be3 Nd7 17. g5 $36 {1-0 Gaprindashvili,
N-Zitserman,T/Riga 1975/MCD (27)}) 13. Be3 Be6 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Be2 Qa5 16. a3
Rxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 d5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Lanka,Z-Kraut,R/Germany 1996/
GER-chT (50)}) 12... Rc8 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. Qd2 b5 $132 {1-0 Lanka,Z-Kraut,R/
Germany 1995/GER-chT (35)}) 12. g4 Nxd4 $5 (12... Ne5 $6 13. a3 Rc8 14. Kb1 Kf8
15. Be2 $36 {1-0 Garcia Martinez,S-Vasiukov,E/Cienfuegos 1975/EXT 98 (40)}) 13.
Bxd4 b4 14. Ne2 e5 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Kb1 Be6 17. Nc1 d5 18. Bh3 $5 (18. Nb3 Qc7
19. exd5 Nxd5 $132) 18... d4 $146 {[%mdl 8] Black closes the game. This move
is a novelty. In the game played before 18...de was met with an unclear game} (
18... dxe4 19. g5 Rd8 20. Qf2 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Bxh3 22. gxf6 Bxf6 23. fxe4 Be6 24.
Bc5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Van der Poel,H-Van Doeland,J/Enschede 1995/EXT 97 (59)}) 19.
Bf2 g5 {Black tries to secure himself from all kind of surprises and prevents
the advance g4-g5} (19... Nd7 $5) 20. Bf1 {[%cal Rf1a6,Yh4g5,Yh1h8] White
activizes his pieces - the rook and the bishop} Rg8 {Defending against the
threat 21.hg} 21. Nb3 Qa4 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Bd3 Nd7 24. Qe2 {[%cal Yd3c4]
White has regrouped his pieces and prepares the exchange of bishops by 25.Bc4}
Qc6 {[%cal Rc6c4]} 25. Rh6 {[%cal Rh6c6] Activizing the rook and preparing
ground for all sorts of combinations} Bf8 26. Rh7 Bg7 {Black has also
regrouped his forces. The bishop defends the pawn on e5 and the knight can move
} 27. Bg3 Bf6 28. Be1 {[%cal Re1b4]} Rb8 {Black sacrifices a pawn and hopes to
use the a-file for the attack} 29. Bxa6 Rb6 30. Bd3 Ke7 {[%cal Rg8a8,Rc6a4]
Black's plan is simple - to attack along the a-file} 31. Nc1 {[%cal Rc1a2]
White protects the a2-pawn in advance preparing for a possible attack} Nf8 {
[%cal Rf8g6,Rf8h7] Black transfers his knight to a more active square. The
attack along the a-file didn't promise anything} (31... Ra8 32. Bd2 Qa4 33. Bc4
Rc6 34. Bb3 Bxb3 35. cxb3) 32. Rh2 Ng6 {[%cal Yg6f4]} 33. Bd2 Ra8 34. b3 Ra3 {
Black's plan is to attack a2 with a heavy pieces} 35. Rh5 $1 {[%cal Rd2g5,
Rh5g5] White attacks the weak pawn on g5} Rb8 36. Bxg5 Bxg5 37. Rxg5 Rba8 38.
Qh2 Qc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black carries out his task step by step but by now
white has prepared for the attack and frees the d2 square for the escape of
the king. Besides black makes a serious mistake missing white's tactical shot.}
(38... Qc7 $5) 39. f4 $1 {[%cal Rg5c5]} Qa5 (39... Nxf4 40. Qxf4 exf4 41. Rxc5
$18) 40. Rxg6 fxg6 41. Qh7+ Kd6 42. fxe5+ Qxe5 (42... Kxe5 43. Qg7+ Kd6 44. Bc4
$18 {[%cal Rd1d4]}) 43. Qb7 {The black king doesn't have pawns around him and
feels very uncomfortable} Qc5 44. Re1 (44. Re1 Qc7 45. e5+ Kd7 46. Qxb4 $18)
1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 132]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 {Recently this move became more popular than 9.f4}
Be7 10. Be3 {White moves the bishop in advance, so he could launch an attack
on the king side later} Rc8 {Black tries to create counterplay on the queen
side. Other possibilities are also possible. Firstly 10...0-0 preparing for
the advance of the white pawns on the king side, in this case after g2-g4
black exchanges on d4 11...Nd4 12.Bd4 and frees the d7 square for the knight
by 12...Bc6, secondly 10...h5 deserves attention restricting white's advance
on the king side, for example:} (10... O-O $5 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. h4 (
13. g5 Nh5 $6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Bh3 $36 {[%cal Rh3g4] 1-0 Tarjan,J-Mednis,E/Riga
1979/IZT (38)}) 13... Nd7 (13... b5 14. h5 b4 15. Ne2 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Kb1 a5
18. f4 Nb6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ochoa de Echaguen,F-Eslon,J/Linares 1978/MCD (73)})
14. g5 b5 15. Bd3 Qa5 16. Kb1 b4 17. Ne2 Rfb8 18. b3 Qc7 19. h5 e5 20. Bb2 Bb5
21. g6 $40 {[#]. 1-0 Dutreeuw,M-Mohandesi,S/Brussels 1995/EXT 97 (37)}) (10...
b5 11. g4 O-O 12. g5 Ne8 13. h4 Nc7 14. Rg1 b4 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Ne2 d5 17. Nd4
Bb7 18. e5 $16 {1-0 Shamkovich,L-Peters,J/Mentor 1977/MCL (28)}) (10... h5 $5
11. Kb1 (11. f4 b5 12. Bd3 Qb8 13. Nf3 Bd8 $132 {1/2-1/2 De la Villa Garcia,
J-Garcia Ilundain,D/Zaragoza 1995/EXT 97 (23)}) 11... Qc7 12. Qf2 b5 13. Nxc6
Bxc6 14. Bd4 b4 15. Ne2 e5 16. Bb6 Qb7 $132 {0-1 Sahu,S-Mednis,E/New York 1984/
MCD (36)}) 11. g4 Na5 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Ra5c4,Yc8c4] Black is ready in case of
12.g5 to go to h5, blocking white's pawns on the king side} 12. Kb1 b5 13. Bd3
{White plays solidly, not forcing matters, counting on his space advantage} Nc4
14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nce2 {[%cal Re2f4,Re2g3] White transfers his knight to the
king side} O-O 16. g5 Ne8 {of course not 16...Nh5 because of the simple 17.Ng3
opening lines on the king side} 17. h4 Qc8 {[%cal Re6e5] With the idea to
throw the white knight by 18...e5} 18. b3 {Driving the rook off the active
square on c4} Rc7 19. Nf4 $5 {This way white defends against e5, in this case
Nd5 would be very unpleasent} Rc3 {Black tries to activize his pieces} 20. Rdg1
b4 {It's hard to give black a good advice here. White's attack is
significantly faster} (20... Bd8 21. Nde2 Rc6 22. h5 $40) 21. h5 Nc7 22. g6 Bf6
{It's not clear how black can defend against white's attack} (22... e5 23. h6
$5 fxg6 (23... hxg6 24. Qh2 $18) 24. hxg7 Rxf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Qh2 $40) (
22... fxg6 23. hxg6 h6 24. Nh5 $18 {[%cal Re3h6,Rh5g7]}) (22... h6 23. Nd3 $40)
23. h6 $5 {A typical attacking move, breaking the pawn structure near the
black king} fxg6 24. hxg7 Rf7 (24... Bxg7 25. Qh2 $18) 25. Rxh7 $1 {A final
strike totally demoralizing black's defence} Kxh7 (25... Rxg7 26. Rxg7+ Bxg7
27. Nxg6 $18) 26. Qh2+ Kxg7 27. Nxg6 $18 Rxe3 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nxc8 {[%cal
Rh2d6] Black resigned as further material losses are inevitable} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Htun, Lynn Kyaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Myanmar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MYA"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 8896]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Nxc6 (11. g4 Nxd4 (11... b5 12.
Kb1 Na5 13. Bd3 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Be3 Bc8 16. h5 Bb7 17. g5 Nd7 18. g6 hxg6
19. hxg6 $40 {1-0 Gipslis,A-Renter,R/Vilnius 1955/EXT 99 (35)}) 12. Qxd4 Qa5
13. Kb1 h6 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Qg1 g6 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Rxh1 18. Qxh1 {1-0
Tringov,G-Bertok,M/Vinkovci 1976/EXT 99 (42)}) 11... Rxc6 (11... Bxc6 12. Ne2 (
12. Kb1 b5 $5 (12... h6 13. Be3 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. f4 $5 (15. Qe1 Bb4 16. Bd4
O-O 17. g4 $40 {1-0 Hunt,H-Madl,I/Batumi 1999/CBM 73 ext (26)}) 15... Bxh4 16.
Bd4 Be7 17. Qf2 b5 18. f5 $40 {1-0 Nunn,J-Vydeslaver,A/Leeuwarden 1995/EXT 97 
(30)}) 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Ne2 {[%cal Re2d4,Re2g3]} (14. g4 $5) 14... Nd7 15. Nd4
Bb7 16. Rhe1 Ne5 17. Bf1 h6 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qf2 Rfd8 20. f4 Nc6 21. Nxc6 Bxc6
22. g4 e5 $132 {1-0 Luther,T-Arnold,J/Germany 2000/CBM 75 ext (41)}) 12... h6
13. Be3 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. f4 Bb5 16. g3 Bc5 17. Nd4 Bxf1 18. Rhxf1 Bxd4 19.
Bxd4 Nc5 20. h5 Ne4 21. Qg2 Rc6 22. Kb1 O-O 23. g4 Qe7 24. f5 $40 {1-0 Bologan,
V-Akhmadeev,V/Azov 1996/CBM 56 ext (34)}) 12. g4 $5 {The typical pawns attack
on the king side} (12. Kb1 Qa5 13. Bd3 Ng8 14. g4 h5 15. gxh5 Rxh5 16. Rhg1 Kf8
17. Qg2 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Qe5 19. f4 Qxf4 20. Rdf1 Qe3 21. e5 $40 {1-0 Luther,
T-Madl,I/Portoroz 1998/EXT 99 (35)}) 12... Qa5 13. Kb1 b5 14. Bd3 b4 15. Ne2 e5
{[%csl Yd4,Yf4][%cal Re5d4,Ye5f4] Black tries to begin counterplay by Be6,and
tries to blocade pawn attack of white} 16. Ng3 {[%cal Yg3f5,Yg3h5] white
brings knight to the kingside.} Be6 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Ye6a2,Ya5a2,Rd6d5]} 17. b3
Qb6 (17... O-O 18. Nh5 Nxh5 19. Bxe7 Re8 20. Bg5 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Qxf4 $16
) (17... d5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nh5 $40) 18. Be3 (18. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 19. Nh5 O-O
20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. g5 $36) 18... Qb7 19. g5 Nd7 20. Nf5 Bf8 (20... Bxf5 21.
exf5 d5 22. h5) 21. f4 g6 22. Nd4 $5 {This unexpected move gives for white
serious unitiative.} (22. Ng3 exf4 23. Bxf4 Bg7 $132) 22... exd4 23. Bxd4 Ne5 {
Black returnes back extra piece and tries to brake attack of white.} (23... Rg8
24. f5 gxf5 25. exf5 Bd5 26. Rhe1+ $36 (26. g6)) 24. fxe5 Bg7 25. Qh2 (25. Be2)
25... Qb8 26. h5 dxe5 $2 {Decisive mistake,but also after 26...Be5 black has
serious problems.} (26... Bxe5 $8 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Rhf1) 27. h6
$1 Bf8 28. Bxe5 Bd6 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Qe5 $5 $18 (30. Bb5+ Ke7 31. Rxd6 Qxd6
32. Qf2 Rc8 33. Qf6+ Kf8 34. Bd3 $40) 30... Ke7 (30... Rg8 31. Bb5+ Ke7 32.
Qf6+ Kf8 33. e5 Rxd1+ 34. Rxd1 $18) 31. Qf6+ Kd7 32. e5 Rd5 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 {11.Nc6 leads to the same by
different order of moves;} (11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe1 Be7 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Kb1 b4
15. Ne2 a5 16. f5 e5 17. Ng3 Qc5 18. Qe2 a4 19. Bc4 O-O 20. Nh5 Kh8 $14 {
Ernst,T-Popovic,P/Subotica izt/1987/}) 11... Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 {
13.Bd3 is also possible, but it leads to semilar positions;} (13. Bd3 b4 14.
Ne2 h5 15. Rhf1 a5 16. f5 e5 17. Ng1 Qc5 18. Qe2 a4 $40 {Short,N-Kozul,Z/
Belgrade/1989/}) 13... Be7 (13... b4 $2 14. Nd5 $1) 14. f5 Qc5 15. Bd3 {
15.fxe6 deserves serious attention;} (15. fxe6 $5 fxe6 16. Bd3 Kf7 17. Rf1 Rag8
18. Rd2 b4 19. Nd1 a5 20. Rdf2 {1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z-Popovic,P/Brno 1992/CBM 31 
(20)}) 15... b4 {Other continuations of black dont get rid of troubles as well;
} (15... Qe5 16. Qf2 Rg8 17. Rhe1 b4 18. Ne2 a5 19. Nf4 a4 20. Bc4 $36 {
1-0 Nijboer,F-Alekseev,E/Hoogeveen 2002 (40)}) (15... a5 16. Ne2 e5 17. Nc1 $5
(17. Qg3 Kf8 18. Qh4 h6 19. Rhf1 a4 20. c3 a3 $132 {1-0 Charbonneau,P-Krush,I/
Montreal 2001/CBM 85 (39)}) 17... h5 18. Rf1 Rg8 19. g3 b4 20. Nb3 Qa7 21. Bc4
a4 22. Nc1 Rc8 23. Bd5 Bb5 24. Rf3 $16 {1-0 Kutuzovic,B-Kozul,Z/Pula 1997/EXT
2000 (55)}) (15... Kd7 16. Rf1 Rag8 17. Rf2 Rg5 18. Ne2 e5 19. Nc1 Bd8 20. Nb3
Qa7 21. c4 $16 {1-0 Videki,S-Mann,G/Hungary 1997/EXT 2000 (28)}) 16. Ne2 a5 {
Another way is 16...e5 stabilizing situation in the centre but in case of 16...
e5 black doesn't have e5 spot for the queen anymore;} (16... e5 $5 17. Nc1 $5 (
17. Ng3 a5 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Nh5) 17... a5 18. Qe2 a4 $132 (18... Rc8 19. Nb3 Qb6
20. Bc4 a4 21. Nc1 Qc5 22. Bd5 Bb5 23. Nd3 Qd4 24. Rd2 a3 25. Qf2) 19. Bc4 Rc8
20. Bd5 (20. b3 O-O $132) 20... Bb5 {. 1-0 Wolff,P-Fedorowicz,J/Los Angeles
1991/CBM}) 17. fxe6 fxe6 {[%csl Ye6]} 18. Nf4 {[%cal Yf4e6] White got his N to
active position immediatly attacking black weaknesses;} Qe5 (18... Bd7 $5 19.
Qe2 Rc8 20. b3 Qe5 21. Rhf1 a4 22. Bc4 Rg8 $132) 19. Rf1 a4 20. Bc4 Bxe4 (20...
Bd7 21. Nd3 Qd4 22. Qxb4 d5 23. Qb7 Ra5 24. Ba6 $16) 21. Nxe6 Rc8 $6 {Break
point in this game! Black would've gotten good play by 21..a3;} (21... a3 $5
22. Nd4 (22. Rd4 Bxg2 23. Qxe5 dxe5 24. Nc7+ Kf8 $132) 22... d5 23. Bd3 b3 24.
axb3 Bc5 $132) 22. Qxe4 $1 {[%mdl 64] This unexpected queen sacrifice leads to
large advantage of white, while 22.Bb5 was even stronger!} (22. Bb5+ $1 Qxb5
23. Qxe4 Qe5 24. Qg4 a3 25. Nd4 $40) 22... Qxe4 23. Bb5+ Qc6 {Black returns
the queen and the arising ending is very unpleasant for black; In case of 23...
Rc6, white's attack is very dangerous;} (23... Rc6 24. Nd4 Kf8 25. Bxc6 d5 26.
Rfe1 $36) 24. Bxc6+ Rxc6 25. Nf4 Kf7 26. Nd5 {[%cal Yd5e7,Yd5f6,Yd5b4] White
has large advantage in this ending because of weakness of black pawns and
domination of white N over black B!} Rg8 {[%cal Rg8g2] just trying to activate
black rook;} 27. g3 Rg4 {[%cal Rg4b4]} 28. b3 {blocking b4 weakness;} axb3 29.
cxb3 Bd8 30. Rf4 $5 Rxf4 31. Nxf4 $16 {Four pawn islands (!!) of black make
black's position defendless;} Bb6 32. Nd5 Bc5 33. Rf1 Ke6 34. Nxf6 d5 $2 {
Decisive mistake; Black could suffer for a while after 34...Rc7;} (34... Rc7 $5
) 35. Nxh7 Be7 36. g4 d4 37. g5 $18 d3 38. g6 d2 39. g7 Rc1+ 40. Rxc1 dxc1=Q+
41. Kxc1 Kf7 42. Nf8 Kxg7 43. Nd7 {White is going to improve king's and
knigth's positions, and white's win become obvious then- 2pawns up is more
than too much here;} Kf7 44. Kc2 Ke6 45. Nb6 Bc5 46. Na4 Bf2 47. Kd3 Kd5 48.
Nb2 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f5 b4
(13... Qc5 14. Bd3 Rg8 15. Rhe1 O-O-O 16. g3 $14 {1-0 Byrne,R-Zaltsman,V/New
York 1983/MCD (44)}) 14. Ne2 {[%cal Re2d4,Re2g3,Re2f4]} e5 {Taking the pawn on
e4 looks dangerous. In this case white gets a strong initiative for the
sacrificed pawn} (14... Bxe4 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Nf4 {[%cal Rf4e6]} d5 17. Bd3
O-O-O (17... Qc6 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qe2 Bg7 20. Qg4 $40 {1-0 Byrne,R-Schneider,
L/Reykjavik 1982/MCD (29)}) 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qe2 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 $44 {1/2-1/2
Sadvakasov,D-Yermolinsky,A/Stratton Mountain 2000/EXT 2001 (42)}) 15. Ng3 $5 {
[%cal Rg3h5,Rf1c4] White not only brings the knight to the kingside but also
wishes to put his bishop on c4 covering the important a2-g8 diagonal} h5 {
Taking from the white knight the h5 square} 16. h4 $5 {[%csl Rh5] Blocking the
further advance of the h-pawn and also fixating the pawn on h5, since it may
become a future target} Qc5 {[%csl Rc4] Covering the important c4 square} (
16... Rd8 17. Bc4 a5 18. Qe2 Qc5 19. b3 Ke7 20. Nxh5 $16 {1-0 Tiviakov,
S-Galliamova,A/Elista 1998/CBM 65 (26)}) 17. Qe2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] White
immideatly attacks the h5 pawn and gets a material edge} (17. Bd3 a5 18. Qe2 a4
19. Nxh5 Ke7 20. g4 a3 21. Bc4 axb2 22. Rh3 Ra3 23. Rb3 {1-0 Dabo Peranic,
R-Kutuzovic,B/Bizovac 2000/EXT 2001 (36)}) 17... a5 18. Nxh5 Be7 19. g4 a4 {
Black tries to counter attack on the queenside but white easily reflects
black's threats} 20. Rh3 {[%cal Rh3a3] The rook enters the game via the third
rank. Now in case of ...a3 the simple reply b3 is possible} a3 21. b3 Rc8 22.
Qg2 {[%cal Rf1c4] Freeing way for the bishop to c4} Qb6 23. Bc4 Bb7 $18 {
White is totally dominating. Black doesn't have any counterplay} 24. Qe2 {
Protecting the knight on h5 in case of a future g4-g5 advance} Rg8 25. g5 $1 {
A final breakthrough} fxg5 26. f6 Bf8 27. Rg3 Rxc4 {Trying to complicate
matters} 28. bxc4 Qc6 29. hxg5 Ba6 30. Qd2 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Rd2b4,Rg3b3]
Attacking the pawn b4} Bxc4 31. Qxb4 Qxe4 (31... d5 32. Qb8+ Kd7 33. exd5 Bxa2+
34. Kc1 Qc7 35. Qb5+ Kd8 36. d6 $18) 32. Rb3 {White takes advantage of the pin
and transfers the rook to a better position} Qc6 33. Rxa3 d5 34. Ng7+ Kd7 (
34... Rxg7 35. Qb8+ Kd7 36. Qxf8 $18) 35. Ra7+ Kc8 36. Qa5 Bc5 {Black resigned
without waiting for 37.Ra8 which leads to a great material loss for black} 1-0

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Werle, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 h6 11. Be3 b5 12. g4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b4 14.
Ne2 e5 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Kb1 Be6 17. Nc1 d5 18. Bh3 {'!?'} (18. Nb3 Qc7 19. exd5
Nxd5 $132) 18... dxe4 {In the previous round in his game against Gagunashvilli
Werle played 18...d4 and got a worse position. Now he tries to recieve more
from the position and opens the game.} (18... d4 19. Bf2 g5 (19... Nd7 $5) 20.
Bf1 $13 {1-0 Gagunashvili,M-Werle,J/Wijk aan Zee 2004/CBM 99_01 (44)}) 19. g5
Rd8 20. Qf2 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Bxh3 22. gxf6 Bxf6 23. fxe4 {Seria of a forced moves
led to an unclear position where black has a material advantage (an extra pawn)
, from the other hand the position of his king is not secured.} Qc7 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] A novelty. In the game previously played black got under an attack
after:} (23... Be6 24. Bc5 Be7 25. Bxe7 Kxe7 26. Qa7+ Kf6 27. h5 $40 {1/2-1/2
Van der Poel,H-Van Doeland,J/Enschede 1995/EXT 97 (59)}) 24. Bc5 {[%cal Rc5f8,
Rc5b4]} Bg4 $1 {An important intermideate move which was probably found in the
home preparation. Black's defence is based on this move, the immideate 24...
Be7 is bad in view of 24.Be7 Ke7 26.Qg3} 25. Bd6 (25. Rd3 Be7 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27.
Qb6 O-O $36) 25... Qc6 26. Rd3 Be7 27. Bxe7 Kxe7 28. Rd5 $5 (28. Qa7+ Bd7 29.
Rd5 Rc8 {[%cal Rc6c2,Rc8c2]}) 28... Be6 {28...f6 deserved attention not
givving away the e5 pawn} (28... f6 $5 29. Nd3 {[%cal Rd3b4]} Rc8 30. Nxb4 Qc4
31. Qg2 Qe2 (31... h5 32. Nd3 Kf8) 32. Qxe2 Bxe2 $132) 29. Rxe5 Rd8 {[%cal
Rd8d1] Bringing the rook to a much more active position} 30. Nd3 Qc4 $6 {
30...Kf8 was probably stronger taking the king away of the dangerous area in
advance.} (30... Kf8 $5) 31. b3 Qd4 32. Qe1 Qc3 33. Qg3 {White rejects the
endgame as it is obvious that black's chance are much higher there.} Kf8 34.
Ra5 Rc8 35. Qf2 Qc6 36. Rc5 {Black has made a several inaccuracies and white
is already better.} Qd6 37. e5 Qe7 38. Qd4 $6 (38. Rxc8+ $5 Bxc8 39. Qb6 $16 {
[%csl Rb4][%cal Rd3b4]}) 38... Rxc5 39. Nxc5 {[%mdl 4096]} a5 40. Nb7 (40. a3
$5 bxa3 41. Ka2 $14) 40... Qc7 41. Nd6 Qc6 $132 {The position has leveled. It
is hard to prefer any side} 42. Kb2 Qd5 $5 {Black hopes for the endgame as the
bishop is better than the knight in play on both flanks} 43. Qxd5 $2 {Probably
a decisive mistake. The endgame is very dangerous for white because black has
the opportunity to create a dangerous passed pawn} (43. Qe3 $5 f6 44. Nc4 $11)
43... Bxd5 44. c4 (44. c3 Ke7 {[%csl Ye5][%cal Ye7e6]}) 44... Bc6 45. Kc2 h5 $1
46. Kd3 g5 $1 47. Ke3 (47. hxg5 h4 48. Nf5 h3 49. Ng3 h2 50. Kd4 Ke7 (50...
h1=Q 51. Nxh1 Bxh1) 51. Kc5 Bg2 52. Kb5 Ke6 $19) 47... gxh4 48. Kf4 h3 49. Kg3
Bg2 {[%csl Ye5][%cal Rf8e7,Re7e6] After a seria of only moves has arised the
endgame in which the black king is the master of the position as the white
king has to guard black's pawns} 50. Nf5 Be4 51. Nd4 Bg2 52. Nf5 Ke8 {[%cal
Re8d7,Rd7e6]} 53. c5 Kd7 54. Ne3 {54.Nd4 was more stubborn. Anyway, as the
analysis shows the win is not far away} (54. Nd4 Ke7 55. Kh2 h4 56. Kg1 f6 57.
exf6+ Kxf6 58. c6 Ke7 $19 59. Nf5+ Kd8 60. Kh2 Kc7 61. Nxh4 Be4 62. Kxh3 Bb1
63. Nf3 Kxc6 $19) 54... Kc6 55. Nc4 Kxc5 56. Nxa5 Bd5 $19 57. Kxh3 0-1

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.31"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 b5 (10... h5 $5) 11. Kb1 (11. g4 Ne5 (11... Rc8 12.
Be3 Ne5 13. h5 h6 14. Bd3 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Qg2 d5 17. g5 hxg5 18. Qxg5
Nxe4 19. Qxg7 Bf6 20. h6 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Bxg7 22. hxg7 Rg8 23. Rdg1 f6 24. Rh6
Kf7 25. Rhg6 Rxc3 26. Bd2 Rc4 27. Ne2 e5 28. R6g2 Qc8 29. c3 b4 30. f4 bxc3 31.
Be1 Qc5 32. fxe5 Qe3+ {0-1 Beranek,J-Klatil,K/Decin op 1997/EXT 97}) 12. Bxf6
gxf6 13. Qh6 Rc8 14. f4 Bf8 15. Qh5 b4 16. Nd5 exd5 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Bxa6 exd4
19. exd5 Bg7 20. Rde1+ Kf8 21. Rhf1 Be8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Bxc8 f6 24. Qf5 Qe5
25. Qd7 d3 26. Qd8+ Kf7 27. Qc7+ Kf8 28. Be6 Qe3+ 29. Kb1 dxc2+ 30. Qxc2 Qc5
31. Qe4 {1-0 Shirov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Monaco blind 1996/EXP 52/[Shirov]}) (11. Nxc6
Bxc6 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. g4 Rc8 15. Kb1 Qc7 16. Be3 Nd7 17. g5 d5 18.
g6 Bf6 19. gxf7+ Kxf7 20. Bh3 Rfe8 21. exd5 Bxd5 $13 {Gdanski-Ermenkov,
Budapest 1993}) 11... Ne5 (11... Rc8 12. Nxc6 (12. g4 Ne5 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Be3
Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Nce2 b4 17. Ng3 a5 18. g5 Ne8 19. f4 $40 {Oll-Tukmakov,
Moskow 1992}) 12... Bxc6 13. Bd3 h6 14. Be3 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Bd4 b4 17. Ne2
Bb5 18. f4 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qc7 20. g4 Qc4 {- Rodriguez,A-Zvjaginsev,V/Barbera op
1996/EXT 96op2}) 12. Bd3 O-O (12... h6 13. Be3 b4 14. Nce2 d5 15. Bf4 Nxd3 16.
cxd3 $16 {Lanka-Garsia Ilundain,Albasete 1995}) (12... h5 $5) 13. g4 $16 Rb8
$146 14. Be3 Qc7 (14... Nc4 $5 15. Bxc4 bxc4) 15. h5 (15. g5 Nh5) 15... Rfc8
16. g5 Ne8 17. Rdg1 (17. g6 hxg6 18. hxg6 Nxg6 19. Qh2 $40) 17... b4 18. Nce2
Nxd3 19. Qxd3 (19. cxd3 $5) 19... g6 (19... a5 20. g6 $36) 20. hxg6 hxg6 21.
Nf4 $1 {this move stops "e5" by black!} Bf8 22. Qd2 Bg7 23. Rh4 $1 Qc4 {
Black have a big trouble,he simply has no chances at all!where can you find
play for black here...} 24. Rgh1 Rc5 25. Rh7 $18 Kf8 26. Nb3 Rcb5 27. Nd4 $2 (
27. Qh2 $36 {It is not clear why white refuse to continue fight the fight} Be5
(27... Ke7 28. Rxg7 Nxg7 29. Qh7 Ne8 30. Nxg6+ Kd8 31. Qxf7) 28. Qh6+ Ke7 29.
Nxg6+ $18) 27... Ra5 28. Nb3 Rab5 29. Nd4 Ra5 30. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-chT playoff"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2004.05.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Vreugt, Dennis"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.05.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 h6 {Black throws the white bishop away and trying
to start a counterplay with his king in the center. The other line 10...0-0
gives white a clearer prospects.} (10... O-O 11. Kb1 b5 12. g4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4
Qa5 14. Bd2 b4 15. Ne2 Rab8 16. g5 {1/2-1/2 Makarichev,S-Panchenko,A/
Daugavpils 1978/MCD (22)}) 11. Be3 h5 $5 {An important move, stopping the
white's expansion on the kingside.} (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 (12. Qxd4 Rc8 13. Kb1
Qc7 14. Qd2 b5 15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 $1 {[%cal Ye2d4]} Bb5 17. Nd4 $16 {1-0 Lanka,
Z-Kraut,R/Germany 1995/GER-chT (35)}) 12... e5 $5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Kb1 Rc8 15.
Be2 Qa5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Lanka,Z-Kraut,R/Germany 1996/GER-chT (50)}) (11... b5 12.
g4 Ne5 13. a3 Rc8 14. Kb1 $40 {1-0 Garcia Martinez,S-Vasiukov,E/Cienfuegos
1975/EXT 98 (40)}) 12. Be2 $146 {Not a good novelty. The square e2 is usually
used by the knight. Other moves have been played as well, as the next
variations show black gets a counterplay on the queenside.} (12. Kb1 Ne5 $5 {
By declining the exchange of the knights black gets a good counterplay.} (12...
Rc8 13. Nxc6 $5 Bxc6 14. Ne2 $1 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. f4 g6 17. Nd4 {1-0
Makropoulou,M-Petraki,M/Athens 2003/EXT 2004 (58)}) 13. Bd3 (13. Bg5 b5 14. Qe1
b4 $132 {1-0 Stefansson,H-Damljanovic,B/Leon 2001/CBM 86 (39)}) 13... b5 14.
Bg5 Qb6 15. Nce2 b4 16. Rhe1 a5 17. Be3 Qb7 $132 {0-1 Landenbergue,
C-Nevednichy,V/Saint Vincent 2002/CBM 86 ext (37)}) (12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6
14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. Kb1 Qc7 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 17. Qf4 Kb8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kindermann,
S-Nevednichy,V/Germany 1999/EXT 2000 (90)}) (12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 Qa5 $132)
12... Rc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd4 {The e2 square is occupied by the bishop and
that's why white can't bring the knight to a better position.} b5 $132 {
Black has counterplay on the queenside.} 15. a3 Qc7 {[%cal Rc7c2,Yc7b7,Ra6a5,
Rb5b4] Black prepares the advance on the queenside with a6-a5.} 16. Qe3 Nd7 {
[%mdl 512] Black sacs a pawn and trying to get an active play on the queenside.
It wasn't nesessary to sacrifice a pawn for that purpose. The simple 16...Qb7
followed with a5 gave black a good play.} (16... Qb7 $5) 17. Bxg7 Rh7 (17...
Rg8 18. Qh6 $40) 18. Bh6 $8 (18. Bd4 e5 19. Ba7 Ra8 $36) 18... a5 19. Bd3 {
The cold blooded 19.Rd2 deserved attention and white has good chances to meet
well the black attack.} (19. Rd2 $5 b4 (19... Qb7 20. Bg5 b4 21. Nb1 $16) 20.
Nb5 $16) 19... b4 20. axb4 (20. Nb1 Ba4 $40) (20. Ne2 bxa3 21. bxa3 $44) 20...
axb4 21. Nd5 {White starts an unclear complications. Otherwise black has
compensation for the pawn.} (21. Ne2 Ba4 22. Rd2 Nc5 $36) 21... exd5 22. exd5
Ba4 $8 {[%cal Ra4c2,Rc7c2]} (22... Rxh6 23. dxc6 $18) 23. Rd2 {After a number
of forced moves the game reached this complex position which is very difficult
to understand.} Rxh6 {Black sacrifices again, an exchange this time in order
to seize the initiative. After 23...Rh8 white has enough compensation for the
piece.} (23... Rh8 24. Re1 Ne5 25. Bg7 Rg8 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Rxe5
$44) 24. Qxh6 Ne5 {[%cal Re5d3]} (24... Qa5 25. Qh8+ Nf8 26. Re1 Qxd5 $13) 25.
Qh8+ $5 {25.Bf5 looks dangerous because of 25...Ra8 with a dangerous play over
the a-file.} (25. Bf5 Ra8 {[%cal Ra8a1]}) 25... Bf8 $8 26. Re1 {Activizing the
rook and trying to take advantage of the weak black king.} Qe7 27. Re4 {
27.Kd1 looks interesting with an unclear play.} (27. Kd1 $5 Qxh4 $5 {[%cal
Rh4f4]} 28. Rde2) 27... f5 $5 {Another surprise. Black sacrifices 2 pawns in
order to get active pieces.} 28. Qxh5+ {White could sacrifice an exchange
again, which looks quite well.} (28. Rxe5 $5 dxe5 29. Bxf5 Ra8 30. d6 Qg7 31.
Qxh5+ Kd8 32. d7 Kc7 $132) 28... Kd8 29. Qxf5 (29. Rxe5 Qxe5 30. Qxf5 Qe1+ 31.
Rd1 Bh6+ 32. f4 Qxh4 33. g3 Qe7) 29... Bh6 30. f4 $6 {Only this dubious move
leads to an advantage for black. After 30.Kd1 the position is totally unclear.}
(30. Kd1 $5 Bd7 31. Qh5) 30... Bd7 $1 31. Qh5 (31. Rxe5 dxe5 32. Qxe5 Qxe5 33.
fxe5 Ra8 $19) 31... Nxd3+ 32. Rxd3 Qxe4 33. Qxh6 Qe1+ {Now black has an extra
piece and also a strong attack, it seems that the win is not far away... but
the game is not going as expected.} 34. Rd1 Rxc2+ 35. Kxc2 Bf5+ $1 {Black won
much simpler after 35...Ba4} (35... Ba4+ $1 36. b3 (36. Kd3 Qxd1+ 37. Ke3 Qe1+
$19) 36... Qc3+ 37. Kb1 Qxb3+ $19) 36. Kc1 Qe3+ 37. Rd2 Qc5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]
It was still not too late to win this game. Black won beautifully after 37...
Qg1+.} (37... Qg1+ $3 38. Rd1 Qc5+ 39. Kd2 Qf2+ $1 40. Kc1 Qc2#) 38. Kd1 Bg4+
39. Re2 $8 Qd4+ 40. Ke1 Qg1+ {Now black doesn't have more than a draw.} 41. Kd2
Qd4+ 42. Ke1 Qg1+ 43. Kd2 Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Nf3 Rc8 {more populiare 11.b5} 12. Kb1 {
In the game DVOIRIS/ASEEV,Russia 1995 was 12.e5 de 13.Ne5 Ne5 14.fe Nd5 15.Be7
Qe716.Nd5 ed17.Qd5Be618.Qd6Ba219.g3Be620.Bg2Rc721.Rhf10-0 22.Rf4Rfc8 with good
posithion for black} Nb8 13. Bd3 Bc6 14. e5 $5 $146 (14. f5 exf5 15. exf5 O-O
16. Nd4 Re8 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Bg5 20. Qf2 {DOLMATOV-ASEEV,
1992 Moskov} Re5 21. c4 Ne7 22. Nc3 $13) 14... dxe5 (14... Nd5 $6 15. Bxe7 Qxe7
16. Ne4 dxe5 17. fxe5 $16) (14... Nfd7 $5) 15. Nxe5 O-O $6 (15... Nbd7 16. Ng6
$1 fxg6 17. Bxg6+ Kf8 18. Qe2 Bb4 (18... Bc5 19. Qxe6 Qe7 20. Qb3 Nb6 21. Rhe1
Qc7 22. f5 $1 $36) 19. Qxe6 Qe7 20. Qb3 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Qc5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23.
Rxd7 Qxc3 24. Rf7+ Kg8 25. bxc3 Be8 26. Bf5 Kxf7 27. Bxc8 Bc6 28. Bh3 Re8 $14)
16. f5 exf5 17. Qf2 $1 g6 18. Bxf5 $6 (18. Bc4 Bd7 19. Nxg6 Rxc4 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7
21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Qe3 $16) (18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. Bc4+ Kg7 20. Rxd8
$16) 18... Nfd7 $2 (18... Nd5 $1 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 $1 20. Nxd5 Bxh4 21. g3 Bf6 22.
Be4 $16) 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Be4 $6 (22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23.
Rhe1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Re1 $18) 22... Rc6 23. Rhf1 f5 24. Bf3 Kh7 25. Rfe1
Rf7 26. Nf4 Qb6 27. Qg3 Rd6 28. Nd5 Qc5 29. b4 Rb6 30. Qe5 Rxb4+ 31. Nxb4 Qxb4+
32. Qb2 $18 Qxb2+ 33. Kxb2 Bc6 34. Rd8 Bxf3 35. gxf3 Nc6 36. Rd6 f4 37. Ree6
Rg7 38. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Berkeley East Bay CC"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.04.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Qe1 Nd7 $5 {[%cal Yd7c5]
Black exchanges White's active bishop and reduces the danger of White's attack
and also brings his knight to an active spot on c5.} 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qg3 {
White brings his queen to an attacking position. 14.e5, which was played in
the game given below, was premature.} (14. e5 dxe5 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 O-O
17. Qg3 f5 $36 {0-1 Zaichik,G-Yermolinsky,A/Philadelphia 1993/EXT 99 (42)})
14... O-O 15. h4 $146 {A new move. 15.Rhe1 was played before which gives black
a fine position.} (15. Rhe1 Nc5 16. a3 (16. Bf1 Rad8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qf6
$132 {1/2-1/2 Barczay,L-Ghitescu,T/Lodz 1978/MCD (20)}) (16. e5 Nxd3+ (16...
Rad8 17. exd6 Rxd6 18. f5 Nxd3+ 19. cxd3 Rfd8 $36 {0-1 Unzicker,W-Chandler,M/
Germany 1988/GER-chT (39)}) 17. Rxd3 dxe5 18. Rxe5 Rad8 19. Ree3 b4 $17 {
0-1 Atakisi,U-Akhmadeev,V/Moscow 2004/EXT 2005 (43)}) 16... Rab8 17. e5 dxe5
18. Rxe5 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 b4 20. axb4 Qxb4 $17 {0-1 Browne,W-Tukmakov,V/Hastings
1972/MCD (31)}) (15. f5 b4 16. Ne2 Nc5 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qe3 Qa7 19. Kb1 Nxd3
20. Qxa7 Rxa7 21. cxd3 Rf2 22. Nd4 Bd7 $17 {1/2-1/2 Mecking,H-Polugaevsky,L/
Luzern 1977/Candidates (52)}) 15... Nc5 {Black transfered his knight to an
active position and prepares the exchange of white's light squared bishop in a
comfortable moment.} 16. Rhe1 Rac8 {Black finishes the development by bringing
his rook to the centre.} (16... b4 17. Nd5 Qb7 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. Nh5 Rg8 20. e5
$13) 17. a3 {A prophylactic move, Black constantly threatens to play b5-b4.} (
17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nb4 Bb7 $17) 17... Nxd3+ (17... Rfd8 $5 {It was worth
considering to bring the rook to the centre.}) 18. Qxd3 (18. Rxd3 a5) (18. cxd3
b4 19. axb4 d5 $17) 18... Rfd8 19. g4 {[%mdl 512] White tries to attack by
sacrificing the h-pawn in order to get to the black king.} Qxh4 20. Rh1 {
White sacrifices another pawn in order to sharpen the position.} (20. Qe3 a5
21. g5 Qh5 22. Rh1 Qg6 23. Rdf1 Re8 24. Qd3 b4 $36) (20. Qe2 a5 21. Rh1 Qg3 $17
) 20... Qxg4 21. Qe3 {[%cal Rd1g1] Protecting the pawn f4 and preparing to
bring the rook to the g-file.} e5 {It was interesting to check 21...d5 with a
further queen sacrifice. In this case Black would have received more than
enough compensation for the queen.} (21... Qg6 22. Rdg1 Qf6 23. Rh5 $40) (21...
d5 $5 22. Rdg1 d4 23. Qf2 Qxg1+ 24. Rxg1 dxc3 25. Qe3 cxb2+ 26. Kxb2) 22. Rdf1
d5 {Black forces matters. 22...ef was possible, it's not easy for White to
prove that his initiative worth two pawns.} (22... exf4 23. Rxf4 Qg5 24. Rg1
Qh6 (24... Qc5 25. Qg3 g6 26. Rh1 $40) 25. Kb1 d5 26. exd5 Bxd5 27. Nxd5 Rxd5
28. Rc4 bxc4 29. Qxh6 Rd1+ 30. Ka2 Rxg1 31. Qxa6 Re8 32. Qxc4 g5) 23. exd5 Bxd5
24. Rhg1 exf4 {In case of 24...Qh4 White would have had a dangerous attack
after 25.fxe5.} (24... Qh4 25. fxe5 Be6 26. Ne4 Qh2 27. c3 $40) 25. Qe5 $1 Bg2
$8 {Black is forced to play Bg2 and gets under a dangerous pin.} (25... f6 26.
Qxd5+ Rxd5 27. Rxg4) 26. Rxf4 Qg6 {It was also possible to play Qg3 or Qh3
with an unclear game.} (26... Qg3 27. Kb1 $13) (26... Qh3 27. Kb1 $13) 27. Rf2
Qh6+ 28. Kb1 Bh3 $2 {A severe mistake. Black remains a piece down. 28...Re8
was essential with an unclear position.} (28... Re8 $5 29. Qf5 Bc6 30. Qxf7+
Kh8 $13) (28... Bb7 29. Rh2 $18) 29. Rh2 $1 Re8 {Because of the mate threat
Black loses a piece.} 30. Rxh3 Rxe5 31. Rxh6 a5 (31... Re6 32. Rxe6 fxe6 33.
Ne4 $18) 32. Rb6 h5 33. Rxb5 Rxb5 34. Nxb5 h4 35. Nd6 $18 {White transfers the
knight to a much more active position.} Rc5 36. b4 {36.Rd1 was stronger and
White would have quickly won.} (36. Rd1 $1 g5 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 Re5 39. b5
$18) 36... Rd5 37. Ne8 {[%cal Re8g7,Re8f6]} Kf8 38. Nxg7 h3 39. Kb2 $5 {
[%mdl 4096] White prepares to sacrifice the knight for the h-pawn and then the
passed b- and c- pawns would have made the day.} (39. c4 $6 h2 40. Rh1 Rd2 41.
Nf5 Rg2) 39... a4 {Black tries to make things harder for White. 39...h2 is bad.
} (39... h2 40. Rh1 Kxg7 41. Rxh2 axb4 42. axb4 f5 43. c4 Rd7 44. b5 $18) 40.
Rh1 Kxg7 41. Rxh3 {White went into an endgame where his b and c pawns should
bring the victory but he has still to be careful.} f5 42. c4 Rd2+ 43. Kc3 Ra2
44. Kd4 Rb2 45. c5 Kf6 46. c6 $1 {A winning move which demanded an accurate
calculations.} Ke7 (46... Ke6 47. Kc5 f4 48. c7 Rc2+ 49. Kb6 Kd6 50. Rd3+ Ke5
51. Kb7 $18) 47. Rh7+ Kd6 48. Rh6+ Ke7 (48... Kc7 49. Kc5 Rc2+ 50. Kb5 Rc3 (
50... f4 51. Rf6 Rc3 52. Rxf4 Rxa3 53. Rf7+) 51. Rh7+ Kd6 52. Rd7+ Ke5 53. Kb6
Rxa3 54. c7 Rc3 55. Rd8 f4 56. c8=Q Rxc8 57. Rxc8 f3 58. Ra8 Kd4 59. Rxa4 $18)
49. Kc5 f4 50. Rh4 f3 51. Re4+ Kd8 52. Kb6 $18 (52. Kb6 f2 53. c7+ Kd7 54. Rd4+
Ke7 55. c8=Q) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m3-4"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.06.03"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.04.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Qc7 10. h4 Be7 11. h5 h6 12. Be3 $14 Na5 $146 13. Kb1 (13. Nb3
Nc4 (13... Nxb3+ 14. cxb3 $14) 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Kb1 $14) 13... b5 14. Bd3 Nb7
$5 15. g4 Nc5 16. Rc1 (16. b4 Nxd3 17. cxd3 d5 18. a3 e5 $17) 16... b4 17. Nce2
a5 18. Ng3 d5 $11 19. e5 $11 Qxe5 $11 20. Bf4 Qxd4 21. Be3 Qe5 22. Bf4 Nxg4 $6
(22... Qd4 $142 $11) 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Qe3 Bd6 (24... Nc6 $142 25. c4 bxc3 26.
bxc3) 25. Rhg1 O-O-O (25... O-O $142 26. Nf5 (26. Be2 $5) 26... exf5 27. Qxh6
Ng6 28. Qg5 Bf4 (28... Ne6 29. Qxf5 $18) 29. Qg2 Bxc1 30. Kxc1 Rac8 31. Kd2 Rc6
32. hxg6 fxg6 33. Bb5 $14) 26. Be2 Bc6 (26... Nc6 $142 27. c4 d4 $14) 27. f4
Ned7 (27... Nc4 $142 28. Qd4 $16) 28. c4 $1 $16 d4 (28... bxc3 29. Rxc3 Kb7 30.
Rgc1 $18) 29. Qxd4 Nf6 30. Qe3 (30. Rgd1 $142 Rhe8 31. Qf2 $16) 30... e5 (30...
Rhe8 31. Rgd1 $16) 31. fxe5 Rhe8 32. Rgd1 Rxe5 33. Qf2 Kc7 $2 (33... Rg5 $1 34.
Rxd6 $1 Rxd6 35. Bf3 Nd3 36. Qb6 $16) 34. Bf3 Ba4 35. Re1 $18 Rg5 36. Ne2 Nfd7
37. b3 Ne5 38. bxa4 Ned3 39. Qh4 Nxc1 40. Rxc1 Nxa4 41. Qe4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe1 h5 $6 {[%csl Re8] In my
opinion- not the best way to get exceptable game. This move disadvantage is :
What to do with Ke8? In cases of 0-0-0 or 0-0 black K will be vulnerable.} ({
Mainlines are:} 12... b4) (12... Be7) ({White leaves with slight advantage
after} 12... Ra7 $6 13. Bd3 (13. Qe3 Rb7 14. Bd3 h5 15. Kb1 Qb6 16. Qh3 Rc7 17.
Rhe1 Be7 18. f5 b4 19. Ne2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Maki,V-Veingold,A/FIN 2000/EXT 2001 
(45)}) 13... Qb6 14. Kb1 Qc5 (14... a5 15. f5 b4 16. Ne2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Moldovan,
D-Lupulescu,C/Baile Tusnad ROM 2001 (23)}) 15. Qh4 Be7 16. Qh6 $14 {0-1 Garcia,
G-Kozul,Z/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (42)}) (12... Qe7 $6 {This a little bit
strange move also doesn't supply "easy life" to Black:} 13. Bd3 Bg7 (13... Bb7
14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. a4 b4 16. Na2 a5 17. c3 d5 18. cxb4 axb4 19. exd5 Rxd5 20.
Qe3 Qd7 21. Rc1+ Kb8 22. Be4 $16 {[%csl Rb8] 1/2-1/2 Spraggett,K-Mednis,E/
Lugano 1986/EXT 98 (41)}) 14. Kb1 (14. Qg3 Rg8 15. Rhe1 Kf8 16. Qh4 f5 17.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 18. exf5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rxg2 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kudrin,S-Christiansen,L/
USA-ch 1986/CBM 03 (44)}) 14... Rc8 15. f5 Bb7 16. Rf1 Rc5 17. Qg3 Kf8 18. fxe6
fxe6 19. Ne2 Ke8 20. Nf4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Renet,O-Mednis,E/Cannes 1995/CBM 46 ext 
(42)}) (12... Qa5 $6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Bd3 Kb8 15. Qh4 Qc7 16. f5 Be7 17. Qh5
$14 {1-0 Kuzmin,G-Tukmakov,V/Baku 1977/MCL (40)}) 13. Kb1 ({Worth of attention
} 13. Bd3 $5 {and White got slight advantage. However, maybe Z.Kozul had
prepared something...} Bb7 (13... Bh6 $2 14. Rf1 Qe7 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. Qe2 O-O-O
{[%csl Rc8]} 17. a4 b4 18. Na2 $16 {1-0 Sveshnikov,E-Ghitescu,T/Sochi 1979/EXT
99/[ChessBase] (25)} (18. Bxa6 bxc3 19. Rf3 Rd7 20. Rxc3+ Kd8 21. Qb5 $16)) 14.
Kb1 Qb6 15. Qh4 Be7 16. f5 Qc5 17. Rhe1 $14 {1-0 Haba,P-Hracek,Z/CZE 1997/EXT
98 (50)}) 13... Bh6 ({White left with serious advantage in the next games:} 
13... Qa5 14. Bd3 O-O-O $6 {[%csl Rc8]} 15. f5 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Nc1 d5 18. Qe2
Bb7 19. exd5 Qb6 20. Bc4 $16 {1-0 Ginzburg,M-Aparicio,A/Salta 1995/EXT 97 (67)}
) ({and} 13... Rb8 14. f5 e5 15. Qh4 Ke7 16. Be2 Rc8 17. Rd3 Qc7 18. Rhd1 Bh6
19. Rxd6 Bg5 20. Qf2 $18 {1-0 Cela,A-Kozul,Z/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (43)}) 14.
g3 $1 {[%csl Gf4,Gg3,Gh2,Rh6] Restricting Bh6 for a long time.} (14. f5 $6 Bf4
$1 {[%cal Gf4e5]} 15. Bd3 Be5 {[%csl Ye5]} 16. Ne2 Ke7 17. Rf1 Qg8 $132 {
1-0 Schuster,B-Wagner Michel,A/Germany 1999/EXT 2000 (35)}) 14... b4 15. Nd5 $1
a5 (15... exd5 $4 16. exd5+ $18 {[%csl Rc6,Rh6]}) 16. Bg2 O-O $2 $16 {[%csl
Rg8,Rh5]} (16... Rc8 $142 17. Ne3 $14) 17. Ne3 $5 ({Worth of attention} 17.
Nxf6+ $5 Qxf6 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Qg5 20. h4 Qg4 21. Bxc6 $16) 17... Qb6 (
17... b3 $2 18. cxb3 a4 19. b4 $18) ({Or} 17... Bg7 18. Nc4 $16 {[%csl Rd6]})
18. Rxd6 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Qe2 Qc5 21. Rc1 ({Worth of attention also} 21.
Rd1 $16) 21... Bb5 22. Qe1 a4 23. c4 bxc3 24. Rxc3 Qd4 {[%cal Gd4d2]} 25. Kc1
Bf8 ({Or} 25... Bd3 26. a3 $16) 26. Nc2 $6 $14 ({It was possible to neutralize
Bf8-b4 threat by} 26. a3 $16 {[%csl Gb4]}) 26... Qb6 27. Qe3 (27. Bf3 {[%csl
Rh5]} h4 $1 28. Bg2 (28. gxh4 $6 {[%csl Rf4,Rh2,Rh4]} Bh6 {[%csl Rf4]} 29. Qg3+
Kh8 $44) 28... e5 $14) 27... Qd6 $6 $16 ({Interesting was} 27... Qxe3+ 28. Rxe3
(28. Nxe3 $2 Bb4 29. Rc2 Bd3 30. Rc7 Ba5 31. Rc6 Bd2+ 32. Kxd2 Bb5+ 33. Kc3
Bxc6 $17) 28... e5 $14 {^^}) 28. Bf3 e5 29. Na3 $5 (29. Bxh5 Bh6 {[%csl Rf4]
[%cal Gh6c1]} 30. Kb1 exf4 31. Qf3 Bd3 32. a3 f5 $1 33. exf5 Bg7 $14) 29... Ba6
30. Nc4 $2 $132 ({Clear advantage White recieves after} 30. Bxh5 $5 Bh6 31. Kb1
exf4 32. Qa7 $1 {[%csl Rf7]} Rd7 33. Qg1 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg1g8]}) 30...
Qd4 $1 31. b3 ({Not} 31. Na5 $2 Qxe3+ 32. Rxe3 exf4 33. gxf4 Bh6 34. Nc6 Rd7
35. Kb1 Bxf4 $17) 31... Bh6 $2 $16 ({Strong was} 31... exf4 $1 32. gxf4 Bh6 33.
Kc2 axb3+ 34. axb3 $44) 32. Qxd4 Rxd4 ({Or} 32... exd4 33. Rc2 d3 34. Rc3 Bf8 (
34... axb3 35. axb3 Bf8 36. Ne3 $16 (36. Nd2 $16)) 35. Nd2 $16 {[%csl Rd3,Rf6,
Rf7,Rh5] In this complicated position White keeps an advantage.}) 33. Ne3 {
[%cal Ge3f5] threatening Ne3-f5.} Rd8 34. Nf5 Bf8 35. bxa4 Bb4 36. Rc6 Bd3 37.
Kb2 $1 ({Not} 37. Rxf6 $2 $44 Rc8+ 38. Kb2 Rb8 39. Bd1 Be7+ 40. Kc3 Bxf6 41.
Kxd3 Rb2 42. Bb3 exf4 43. a5 f3 44. a6 Bg5 45. Kc3 (45. a7 Rd2+ 46. Kc4 Rd8 47.
Bd1 f2 48. Be2 Ra8 $17) 45... Bf6+ 46. Kb4 Rd2 47. Bd5 Rb2+ 48. Bb3 Rd2 $44)
37... Rb8 38. Bd1 $4 $19 {Terrible mistake. Position of White collapses.} ({
Right was} 38. a3 $1 {[%csl Ya2][%cal Gb2a2] and after any check white K will
hide on a2 square:} Bd2+ 39. Ka2 exf4 40. Rc7 $16 {[%csl Rf7,Rh5][%cal Gf5e7,
Gf3h5]}) (38. Kc1 $6 Rd8 39. Kb2 (39. Rxf6 $44) 39... Rb8 40. a3 $16) 38...
Bxe4 39. Nh6+ Kg7 40. Rc4 Bd3 {[%csl Rc4,Rh6]} 41. Rc6 Kxh6 (41... exf4 $19 {
[%csl Rh6]}) 42. fxe5 Bg6 43. exf6 Rd8 44. Bc2 Rd2 45. Kb3 Bxc2+ 46. Kxb4 Rxh2
47. a5 Be4 48. Rc4 Bd3 49. Rd4 Bf1 50. a3 (50. a4 Rh3 $19) (50. Rd1 Rf2 $19 {
[%csl Ra6,Rf6][%cal Gf1a6]}) 50... Rb2+ 51. Kc3 Rg2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe3 (12. Qe1 {-mainline.})
12... Qe7 {This move idea is to play Qe7-a7, to win tempo after Qe3 will
retreat and than to jump on key-square c5.} 13. Bd3 Qa7 {Black will play this
move in any case, so better to do it earlier.} (13... b4 14. Ne2 (14. Nb1 $5
Qa7 15. Qe2 Qc5 16. Nd2 a5 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. Bc4 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gb3d4,Gf4f5]}
O-O-O 19. Nd4 $14 {1-0 Estrin,Y-Szymczak,Z/Lublin 1974/MCD (60)}) 14... Qa7 15.
Qh3 {-see comments to 14 move, this position was played in two games of E.
Torre.} (15. Qd4 $2 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Bb7 17. Nb3 a5 18. Bb5+ Ke7 19. Nc5 Bc8 20.
Na4 Rb8 21. Bd3 Bh6 22. g3 e5 23. Rhf1 Rg8 24. Kb1 exf4 25. gxf4 Rg4 $17 {
1/2-1/2 Estrin,Y-Vasiukov,E/Dubna 1973/EXT 99 (37)}) 15... Qc5 (15... h5 16. f5
{[%csl Re6][%cal Gh3e6]} (16. Rhe1 Qc5 17. Kb1 a5 18. f5 e5 19. Qh4 $5 {
[%csl Rf6]} (19. Ng3 $6 h4 20. Nf1 Ke7 21. Nd2 a4 22. Bc4 Bh6 23. Qd3 $132 (23.
Bd5 $2 Rac8 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Qd3 Rhc8 $17 {0-1 Lobzhanidze,D-Yermolinsky,A/
Bad Zwesten 1997/CBM 57 ext (58)})) 19... Rh6 20. Ng3 $14 {[%csl Rh5][%cal
Gg3h5]}) 16... e5 17. Kb1 $14) 16. Kb1 a5 17. f5 e5 18. Ng3 $5 (18. c3 d5 $132
{0-1 Milos,G-Masculo,J/Sao Paulo 1983/EXT 2000 (36)}) 18... a4 19. Nh5 a3 20.
Nxf6+ Kd8 21. Bf1 $1 {[%cal Gh3b3]} axb2 22. Qb3 $13) (13... h5 14. Rhf1 (14.
Kb1 Qa7 15. Qh3 Qc5 (15... b4 16. Ne2 Qc5 17. Qh4 Ke7 18. Ng3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Zjukin,S-Kulaots,K/Tallinn 1999/CBM 70 ext (30)}) 16. f5 b4 17. Ne2 e5 18. g4
Bh6 19. gxh5 a5 20. Rhg1 a4 21. Rg3 Kf8 22. Rdg1 $14 {[%cal Gh3g2] .... 0-1
Stodola,J-Panchenko,A/Policka 1992/EXT 99 (22)}) 14... Qa7 (14... Bh6 15. Kb1
h4 16. Qh3 O-O-O 17. f5 Kb8 18. Ne2 Rdg8 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Nd4 (20. Qxh4 $6
Rxg2 21. Qxf6 Qxf6 22. Rxf6 Bg7 23. Rxe6 Be5 24. Ng3 Rgxh2 $44 {1/2-1/2
Zuidema,C-Sosonko,G/Leeuwarden 1973/EXT 2001 (48)}) 20... Bd7 21. c4 $5 $14)
15. Qe1 Rc8 16. Kb1 Qc5 17. f5 e5 18. Rf3 Bh6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Ke7 21. Be4
b4 22. a3 $132 {0-1 Kutuzovic,B-Kozul,Z/Pozega 2000/EXT 2001 (41)}) (13...
O-O-O $2 {[%csl Rc8]} 14. Kb1 Kb8 15. Qb6+ Bb7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Bxa6 $18 {
1-0 Ortega,M-Pina,S/Camaguey 1999/EXT 2001 (37)}) 14. Qe1 ({Worth of attention
aslo} 14. Qh3 $5 {[%cal Gh3e6,Gh3h7] From this square Q can put pressure on
Pe6 and on all kingside. nevertheless, how shows us practice, Black has strong
counterplay on the queenside which is connected with PP a snd b promotion and
Attack on the Kb1.} b4 (14... h5 15. Kb1 $5 (15. Rhe1 Be7 16. f5 {[%csl Re6]
-see commented game 1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Damljanovic,B/Manila 1990/CBM 19 [Boensch,U]
(42)}) 15... Qc5 16. Rhe1 O-O-O $6 {Not the best plan.} 17. f5 Qe5 18. Ne2 Kb8
19. c3 (19. Nc1 $6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Markzon,G-Yermolinsky,A/Washington 1990/EXT
97 (33)}) (19. Ng1 $5 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gg1f3,Gh3e6]}) 19... Bb7 20. Nd4 $16 {
[%csl Re6][%cal Gd4e6,Gh3e6]}) 15. Ne2 Qc5 16. Kb1 ({In case of} 16. f5 e5 17.
Ng3 a5 18. Nh5 Bh6+ 19. Kb1 Bg5 {two next old game played by E.Torre shows how
toget good counterplay:} 20. Qf3 (20. Qg4 Ke7 21. h4 Bh6 22. Rh3 a4 $15 {
[%csl Rb2][%cal Ga4a3] 1/2-1/2 Torre,E-Gheorghiu,F/Manila 1976/IZT (30)}) 20...
Ke7 21. h4 Be3 22. Rh3 Bd4 23. Qe2 d5 24. g4 $132 {0-1 Ljubojevic,L-Gheorghiu,
F/Manila 1976/IZT (34)}) 16... h5 (16... a5 17. f5 (17. Rhe1 Rb8 18. f5 {
-see commented game 0-1 Rogers,I-Cabrilo,G/Manila 1990/CBM 19[Boensch,U] (33)})
17... e5 18. Qh5 a4 $132 {1-0 Krakops,M-Becerra Rivero,J/Elista 1998/CBM 66
ext (53)}) 17. Ng3 (17. f5 e5 18. Qh4 Ke7 19. Ng3 Bh6 20. Nxh5 Bg5 21. Qg4 a5
22. h4 Be3 23. b3 a4 $17 {1/2-1/2 Rogers,I-Nevednichy,V/Saint Vincent ITA 2001/
The Week in Chess 327 (75)}) 17... h4 18. Rhe1 Bg7 19. Nf1 a5 20. Re2 a4 21.
Qe3 $132 {0-1 Nevednichy,V-Kozul,Z/Ljubljana 1999/EXT 2000 (36)}) 14... Be7 $1
{Another continuations are worse:} (14... O-O-O $6 {As noted above - not the
best plan. Kb8 will be vulnerable.} 15. Kb1 h5 (15... Qc5 16. Rf1 Kb7 17. f5
$14 {1-0 Polovodin,I-Figler,I/URS 1979/MCD (38)}) 16. Rf1 (16. Rc1 Kb8 17. Qe2
Qb6 18. Rhf1 h4 19. Nd1 d5 $132 {0-1 Kristiansen,J-Schneider,L/Gladsaxe 1979/
MCD (30)}) 16... Rg8 17. g3 Qb7 18. Qe2 h4 19. gxh4 Kb8 20. a3 Bh6 21. f5 $14 {
1-0 Pytel,K-Yermolinsky,A/Leningrad 1984/MCL (43)}) (14... Qc5 $6 15. Nd5 $1
Bxd5 16. exd5 e5 17. Kb1 h5 18. Rf1 Rg8 19. Be4 $14 {0-1 Somlai,L-Varga,P/
Sarospatak 1994/EXT 99 (29)}) (14... h5 $6 15. Nd5 O-O-O 16. Nxf6 $5 (16. Nb4
Bb7 17. c3 d5 18. Nc2 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Bc5 21. Kc1 Rd8 22. Qe2 f5
23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Qb7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Liss,E-Rechlis,G/Tel Aviv 1994/EXT 97 
(62)}) 16... Bg7 17. e5 $14) 15. Kb1 b4 16. Ne2 Qc5 17. Nc1 a5 18. Nb3 Qa7 (
18... Qb6 $5 $132) 19. Bc4 a4 ({After} 19... Qb7 $2 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gb7e4]}
20. f5 $1 Bxe4 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Bxe6 Bxg2 23. Rg1 $16 {[%csl Re8] White
leaves with advantage because of black K ugly location.}) 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Qe2 (
{Standard attack} 21. f5 {[%csl Re6] is not effective here:} e5 22. Nf3 Qc5 23.
Bd5 Rc8 24. Qd2 a3 $132) 21... Qc5 22. Rhe1 (22. f5 e5 23. Nf3 Rc8 $132) 22...
Rc8 23. b3 h5 $1 {This simple standard move is the best.} (23... e5 $143 $6 24.
fxe5 fxe5 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 $14 {[%csl Rd5,Re8]}) ({or} 23... Rg8 $143 $6
24. g3 Kf8 25. f5 e5 26. Bb5 exd4 (26... a3 27. Qd3 Bxb5 28. Nxb5 Rb8 29. c4
bxc3 30. Nxc3 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Re7,Rf6,Rf7,Rf8][%cal Gc3d5]}) 27. Bxd7 a3 28. Qd3
$14) 24. Rd3 ({Equality also after} 24. Bb5 Bxb5 25. Qxb5+ Qxb5 26. Nxb5 {
[%csl Rd6]} axb3 27. axb3 Kd7 28. Re3 Rhg8 29. g3 Rc6 30. c4 bxc3 31. Rxc3 Rxc3
32. Nxc3 h4 $132) 24... Kf8 25. f5 Qe5 $2 $16 {Serious, maybe decisive mistake.
} ({Right was} 25... e5 $1 26. Nf3 (26. Nb5 Bc6 $132 {[%csl Rb5,Rf8]}) 26...
Bc6 27. g3 Bd8 28. Red1 Bc7 $132) 26. Nf3 Qc5 27. Red1 ({White doesn't satisfy
by} 27. Nd4 Qe5 28. Nf3 $11) 27... a3 ({Or} 27... e5 28. Rd5 $16 {[%cal Gc4b5]
with domination on white squares.}) 28. Qd2 {[%csl Rd6]} Bc6 29. fxe6 $1 Bxe4
30. exf7 $1 {This strong exchange sacrifice is complete refutation of Black's
plan which brings to White serious advantage.} Bxd3 31. Qxd3 f5 32. Nd4 {
[%csl Rc5,Rf8][%cal Gd4e6]} Qe5 33. Be6 Rc5 34. Qa6 $1 {Threatening Qa8+ and
Qg8+} Kg7 35. Nxf5+ Kh7 36. Nd4 Bf6 37. Qd3+ Kg7 38. Qf3 ({White must avoid QQ
exchange.} 38. Nf5+ Kf8 39. Qxd6+ Qxd6 40. Nxd6 Re5 41. Bc4 h4 42. c3 $14)
38... Rd8 39. c4 $4 $17 {Position is too complicated, since probably under
time pressure White puts serious mistake.} ({Right was} 39. Qb7 $5 {[%csl Rb4]
[%cal Gb7b4,Gb7g7,Gf7f8]} Rf8 40. Qxb4 Qxh2 41. Nf3 Qg3 42. Qxa3 $16) 39...
bxc3 40. Kc2 Kf8 $4 $18 (40... Qxh2 $1 41. Nf5+ Kf8 42. Rd3 Qg1 $17) 41. b4 $2
$16 (41. Bf5 $1 {Threatening Nd4-e6+.} Qxd4 42. Rxd4 Bxd4 43. Qxh5 $18) 41...
Rc7 42. Bd5 {[%cal Gd4e6]} Re7 $1 {[%csl Re6][%cal Ge7e6] b2-b4 move's result..
.} 43. Nc6 Qe2+ 44. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 45. Kd3 Re5 $6 $18 {Now position of Black
became hopeless again.} ({More stubborn was} 45... Rd2+ 46. Rxd2 cxd2 47. Kxd2
Rd7 48. g3 $1 Rb7 49. Kd3 $16 {Black's position is strategically lost, but
Black has certain chances to survive.}) 46. Nxe5 Bxe5 47. b5 Rb8 48. Rb1 {
[%csl Gb5,Gf7][%cal Gb5b8,Gf7f8] Two pass PP - b5 and f7 - is too many...} Rc8
49. b6 c2 50. Rc1 Rc5 51. Ke4 Rb5 52. Rxc2 Rb4+ 53. Kf3 1-0

[Event "GRE-ch"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "2004.12.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 (11. Nxc6 {- 53/(197)}) 11... Qb6 12.
Nce2 h5 (12... Na5 $1 13. b3 (13. g4 Nc4 14. Qd3 h5 15. gxh5 Rxh5 $132) 13...
O-O-O $1 14. g3 Kb8 15. Bg2 Rc8 {/\ Nc6~~}) 13. g3 Na5 {[%cal Ra5c4]} (13... h4
$6 14. g4 $16) 14. b3 {A typical profilactic move for this position. White
restricts the black knight on a5} Rc8 {14...Rb8 deserved attention as was in
the game shown below.} (14... Rb8 $5 15. c3 (15. Bg2 Nc4 $5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Nunn,
J-Damljanovic,B/Beograd 1991/Inf 53/[Damljanovic,B] (29)}) 15... Nb7 16. Bg2
Nc5 17. Rhf1 a5 $132 {0-1 Visweswaran,K-Bakre,T/Dubai 2002/CBM 087 ext (27)}) (
14... Nb7 15. Bg2 Rc8 16. e5 fxe5 17. fxe5 Bh6 (17... d5 18. Rhf1 Nd8 19. Qg5
$36 {1/2-1/2 Mahesh Chandran,P-Crawley,G/Millfield 2000/CBM 077 ext (37)}) 18.
Nf4 Nc5 19. exd6 Bg7 20. Rhe1 $16 {1-0 Mihaljcisin,M-Grigorov,J/Ruse 1978/EXT
98 (23)}) (14... O-O-O 15. Bg2 Kb8 16. Rhf1 Be7 17. Qe1 Rc8 $132 {0-1 Hazai,
L-Damljanovic,B/Vrnjacka Banja 1984/Inf 37 (48)}) (14... Rd8 $5 {N; 14...Nb7 /
\ Nc5; 14...0-0-0 15.h4 - 41/(217)} 15. Bg2 Nb7 16. Qe3 (16. h4) 16... Bg7 (
16... Nc5 $6 17. e5 $1 fxe5 18. fxe5 Bh6 19. Nf4 $16) 17. Rhf1 Nc5 18. Nc3 $5
b4 19. Nf5 $3 $36 {0-1 Sax,G-Piket,J/Lugano 1987/ Hazai,L) (42)}) 15. Bg2 b4 {
Grabing space and restricting the white knight.} 16. Rhf1 {White brings the
rook to a better position and prepares the opening of the game.} Bg7 (16... Nb7
$5) 17. Nf3 $5 {[%cal Rd2d6] White attacks the weak pawn on d6 and prepares to
open the position with e4-e5.} Nb7 {Transfering the knight to a better place
and defending the weakness on d6.} 18. e5 $5 {White carries out a breach in
the centre trying to open the position and take advantage of the unfortunate
position of the black king.} Bc6 (18... d5 19. f5 $36) 19. Ned4 Be4 {[%cal
Re4c2,Gc8c2] Black activizes his bishop trying to get some counterplay.} (19...
Bxf3 20. Nxf3 d5 21. f5 $36) (19... Bd5 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. exf6) 20. Rfe1 f5 {
Also after 20...d5 white seizes the initiative.} (20... d5 21. exf6 Bxf6 22.
Ne5 Bxg2 23. Qxg2 Nc5 24. f5 Ne4 25. Rxe4 dxe4 26. Qxe4 $40) 21. Ng5 {
Exchanging black's active bishop and activizing the knight.} d5 {Black closes
the position. 21...Bg2 is dangerous as the variations show.} (21... Bxg2 22.
Nxf5 $5 exf5 23. exd6+ Be4 (23... Kf8 24. d7 $18) 24. d7+ Kd8 25. dxc8=Q+ Kxc8
26. Qd7+ $36) 22. Bxe4 fxe4 $8 (22... dxe4 $2 23. Ndxe6 $1 $18) 23. f5 $5 {
[%mdl 128] White carries out his main idea - an opening of the position.} Bxe5
24. fxe6 $36 f6 {Also in the case of 24...fe 25.Nge6 white has the initiative.}
(24... fxe6 25. Ngxe6 Nd8 26. Qg5 $40) 25. Nf5 {25.Nf7 also looks very strong.}
(25. Nf7 $5 Qxd4 (25... Rg8 26. Nh6 Rg6 27. Nhf5) 26. Qxd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Rg8
28. Rxd5 $18) 25... Rc5 {25...Qc6 doesn't help on account of 26.Nf7 getting a
strong attack.} (25... Qc6 26. Nf7 Bc3 (26... Rh7 27. Nxe5 fxe5 28. Ne3 d4 29.
Nc4 e3 30. Qd3 $18) 27. Qxd5 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Bxe1 29. Nxh8 $18) 26. Rxe4 $1 {
[%mdl 512] White plays very energetically.} Qc7 (26... Bc3 27. Qf4 $18 {
[%cal Rf4b8]}) 27. Qxb4 {Simpler was 27.Nf7 winning.} (27. Nf7 $1 dxe4 (27...
Bc3 28. Rxb4 Bxd2 29. Rxb7 Qxb7 30. N5d6+ Ke7 31. Nxb7 Rc7 32. Nxh8 Be3 33.
Ng6+ $18) 28. Nxh8 $18) 27... Rb5 (27... dxe4 28. Nf7 Rh7 29. Qxb7 $18) 28. Qd2
Na5 {A lesser evil was 28...Bc3. Although in this case too white has the
initiative.} (28... Bc3 $5 29. Qd3 fxg5 30. Re3 $40) (28... Rg8 29. Nf7 $1 dxe4
30. Qh6 $18) (28... dxe4 $2 29. Qd7+ Qxd7 30. exd7+ Kd8 31. Ne6#) 29. Rxe5 $1 {
[%mdl 512] A decisive strike. Black loses in all variations.} fxe5 (29... Nc4
30. Qxd5 $1 Rxd5 (30... Na3+ 31. Kb2 Rxd5 32. Rexd5 fxg5 33. Kxa3 $18) 31.
Rexd5 fxg5 32. bxc4 $18) (29... Qxe5 30. Nf7 Nc4 31. N5d6+ $1 Qxd6 32. Nxd6+
$18) 30. Qf2 Nc4 31. Nf7 $1 {White has a very strong attack and in spite of
the absence of the rook he wins.} Rf8 (31... O-O 32. Rf1 Na3+ 33. Kb2 Rxf7 34.
Nh6+ Kg7 35. Qxf7+ Qxf7 36. exf7 Nc4+ 37. Kc1 $18) 32. Rf1 $1 $18 {Bringing
the rook to an attacking position and threatening 33.Ng7 with a further 34.Qf6.
} Rxf7 33. Ng7+ $1 Kf8 34. Qxf7+ Qxf7 35. Rxf7+ Kg8 {Black resigned not
awaiting white's reply. The simplest win is 36.Nf5.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f5 Qc5 {
Transfering the queen to a more active position. Other moves have also been
played:} (13... O-O-O 14. Bd3 h5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Rhf1 Be7 17. Ne2 d5 18. exd5
Bxd5 19. Nf4 Qc7 20. Qe2 Qe5 21. Qf2 $16 {1/2-1/2 Vujakovic,B-Bertok,M/Pula
1990/EXT 2000 (27)}) (13... b4 14. Ne2 Bxe4 (14... e5 15. Ng3 $5 {[%cal Rg3h5,
Rf1c4]} h5 16. h4 $5 $40 {[%csl Rh5] Lastin-Spraggett 2004}) 15. fxe6 fxe6 16.
Nf4 d5 17. Bd3 O-O-O (17... Qc6 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qe2 Bg7 20. Qg4 $40 {1-0
Byrne,R-Schneider,L/Reykjavik 1982/MCD (29)}) 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qe2 Rxd1+ 20.
Rxd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sadvakasov,D-Yermolinsky,A/Stratton Mountain 2000/EXT 2001 
(42)}) 14. Bd3 Ra7 $146 {Other moves have also been seen in this position. As
the games given below show white usually seizes the initiative.} (14... h5 15.
Qe1 (15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Rhf1 Bg7 17. e5 f5 18. exd6 O-O-O $44 {0-1 Vujakovic,
B-Kozul,Z/Pula 2001/CBM 84 ext (26)}) 15... O-O-O 16. Rf1 Bh6 17. fxe6 fxe6 18.
Rxf6 $16 {1-0 Lastin,A-Palac,M/Panormo 2001/CBM 84 ext (38)}) (14... b4 15. Ne2
a5 16. Nf4 Bd7 17. b3 (17. Nh5 $36) 17... Qe5 $132 {1-0 Byrne,R-Zaltsman,V/
Philadelphia 1985/EXT 2000 (27)}) (14... Rg8 15. Rhe1 O-O-O 16. g3 Kb8 17. Qf4
$36 {1-0 Byrne,R-Zaltsman,V/New York 1983/MCD (44)}) 15. Rhf1 {[%cal Rf1f6]
White brings his rook in order to enlarge his attacking potential.} b4 16. Ne2
{[%cal Re2f4] A typical move, the knight is transfered to f4 or g3 in the
future.} e5 17. Ng3 h5 18. h4 {[%csl Gh5] Blocking the advance of the h-pawn
and fixating the weak h5 pawn.} Ke7 19. Qe2 $16 {White wins the pawn and has
both the positional and the material advantage.} a5 20. Bc4 {[%cal Rc4f7]
Transfering the bishop to a better position.} (20. Nxh5 a4 21. g4 a3 $44) 20...
Bh6 $6 {20...Rc7 deserved attention and white cannot take on h5.} (20... Rc7 $5
21. b3 (21. Nxh5 $2 Rxh5) 21... a4 22. Nxh5 Bh6 23. g4) 21. Nxh5 $16 Be3 (21...
Rc7 22. g4 Qe3 23. Rfe1 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 a4 25. Bd5 Bb5 26. Rg2 $16) 22. Nxf6 $3 {
[%mdl 64] White carries out a spectacurlar combination, leading to a winning
position.} (22. g4 $5 a4 (22... Bxe4 23. Rfe1 $18) 23. Rf3 Bd4 24. Bd5 Bxd5 25.
exd5 Rc7 26. Rfd3 Kf8 27. Rh3 $40) 22... Kxf6 23. Rxd6+ $1 Ke7 (23... Qxd6 24.
Qxe3 $18 {[%cal Ge3g5,Ge3a7]}) 24. Rxc6 Qxc6 25. Qxe3 {[%cal Re3a7]} Rc7 26.
f6+ {As a result of the combination white has a large advantage as his 3 extra
pawns are more than enough compensation for the sacrificed exchange.} Kd8 27.
Qd3+ $16 {Protecting the c2 pawn and consolidating the position.} Kc8 28. Bd5
Qb6 29. Qg3 {29.Qf3 deserved attention, creating the Qf5 threat and also
making way for the g-pawn.} (29. Qf3 $5 Rxh4 (29... Kb8 30. h5 a4 31. g4) 30.
Qf5+ Kb8 31. Qxe5) 29... Qd4 $5 {Black activizes his queen and gets
counterplay.} 30. h5 Kb8 (30... a4 31. Qf3 Kb8 32. g4 $18) 31. h6 $6 {A
dubious move givving black chances to equalise. After 31.Qf3 with g2-g4 black
is in a difficult position.} (31. Qb3 Rxh5 32. Bxf7 Rh4) (31. Qf3 $5) 31... a4
{[%cal Ga4a3,Gd4b2]} (31... Rxh6 32. Qg8+ $18) 32. a3 {White prevents 32...a3.}
Qd2 $5 {[%mdl 256] Black activizes his queen even further, putting serious
problems to white.} 33. axb4 $6 {Another dubious move, givving black real
chances to save the game.} (33. Rc1 $5 Qxh6 34. Qxe5 bxa3 35. bxa3 Qe3 36. Qd6
Qc5 37. Qxc5 Rxc5 38. c4 $18) 33... Qxc2+ 34. Ka1 a3 $5 {With the help of the
pawn sacrifice black opens the white king and gets real chances for survival.}
35. bxa3 $8 Rxh6 36. Qxe5 Qd3 $1 {[%cal Yd3a3,Yd3f1] Creating dangerous
threats and practically forcing white to take the draw.} 37. Qe8+ Rc8 38. Qe5+
Rc7 39. Qe8+ Rc8 40. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Kasrashvili, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tiendas"]
[BlackTeam "Senaki Egrisi"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f3 a6 10. h4 {Black has a few other moves as well.} Bd7 (10...
Nxd4 {another possibilities are:} 11. Qxd4 b5 {another continuations are:} (
11... Qa5 12. Bd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2a5]} (12. Kb1 {Gofshtein,L} b5 13. Qd2 b4 14.
Ne2 e5 15. Nc1 Be6 $132 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Ye6a2,Ra5a2] Tringov-Kupreichik,
Plovdiv 1980}) 12... Qc5 13. Qxc5 dxc5 $14 {0-1 Kostic,V-Campos Moreno,J/
Valjevo 1984/MCD (57)}) (11... Qc7 12. Kb1 b5 13. g4 Rd8 14. h5 $40 {[%cal
Rh5h6] 1/2-1/2 Herrera,I-Garcia Ilundain,D/Santa Clara 1998}) 12. Kb1 {another
possibility is:} (12. g4 Bb7 (12... Qa5 $5 {Gofshtein,L}) 13. Qf2 b4 14. Na4
Bc6 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nc4 d5 17. Bf4 Rb7 $13 {Zapata-Hernandez, Cali zt 1990})
12... Bb7 13. Qd2 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Yc3e2,Ye2d4] with idea move the knight from
c3 to d4.} Qc7 14. Ne2 Rac8 15. Nd4 {This position is quite similar to what
we'll see in the game.} Rfd8 16. Bd3 Ne8 {[%cal Ye7f6,Yf6d4] Interesting idea.
Black reorganize his pieces with idea to lead d6-d5.} 17. g4 Bf6 18. Be3 d5 19.
e5 $5 {Positional sacrifice. Otherwise black pieces are strongly entering to
the game.} Bxe5 20. f4 {1-0 Bologan,V-Ye Jiangchuan/Beijing 2000/CBM 78/
[Gofshtein,L] (37). with compensation for the sacrificed pawn}) (10... Qc7 $5
11. h5 (11. g4 Rd8 (11... b5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Kb1 Qc7 15. h5 $36 {
1-0 Wengenroth,W-Roos,T/Neuwied 1993/GER (35)}) 12. Kb1 (12. Be2 b5 13. a3 Bb7
$132 {Damjanovic,M-Ligterink,G/Graz 1979/1/2-1/2(41)}) 12... Rb8 13. Be3 Nxd4
14. Bxd4 b5 15. g5 Nd7 16. Qg2 b4 17. Ne2 e5 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Nc1 Be6 20. h5 Na4
$132 {Tringov,G-Popovic,P/Stara Pazova 1988/0-1(42)}) 11... h6 (11... Nxd4 12.
Qxd4 h6 13. Be3 Nh7 {1/2-1/2 Neber,A-Gemesi,J/HUN 1999/EXT 2000 (13)}) 12. Be3
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rd8 14. g4 e5 15. Be3 d5 $1 $15 {Peptan,C-Roos,T/Berliner Sommer
1997/1/2-1/2(32)}) (10... d5 11. Kb1 h6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Qxh6
$40 {1-0 Scholz,H-Thomas,J/Bad Bergzabern 1997/EXT 2000 (35)}) 11. Kb1 (11.
Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. g4 Qc7 15. Kb1 Rfd8 16. Bd3 Be8 17. h5
$14 {Mazi,L-Aseev,K/Wuerzburg op 1992/1-0(30)}) (11. g4 b5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13.
Bd3 b4 14. Ne2 Qa5 15. Kb1 Rfc8 16. Nd4 Bb5 17. Nb3 Qc7 $132 {1-0 Herrera,I-De
la Paz,F/Santa Clara 1996/EXT 99 (54)}) 11... b5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne2 {
A typical maneouvre, the white knight goes to d4, discouraging black from
playing e6-e5 after which the knight goes to f5.} Qc7 14. Nd4 Bb7 15. Bd3 Kh8 {
'!?' Black prepares the advance d6-d5, the immediate 15...d5 was bad in view
of 16.e5.} (15... d5 16. e5 Qxe5 $2 17. Bf4 Qxd4 18. Bxh7+) 16. h5 (16. g4 d5
17. e5 $5 {can be suggested as an improvement.} Qxe5 18. Be3 {By sacrificing
the pawn white keeps the black pieces closed and prepares an offense on the
kingside, here is a possible illustrative line.} Qc7 19. h5 e5 20. g5 exd4 21.
h6 $1 {with a very strong attack.}) 16... d5 17. h6 ({again} 17. e5 Qxe5 18.
Be3 {looks more in the spirit of the position.}) 17... g6 18. Qe1 (18. exd5
Bxd5 {and black is totally fine.}) 18... e5 19. Nb3 (19. Qh4 Ng8 20. Nb3 Bxg5
21. Qxg5 Rac8 {and black is totally fine.}) 19... d4 {Black has succeeded to
avoid white's attack and to grab space in the centre, pushing the white knight
back. It seems as black has solved all his problems.} 20. f4 {A logical move,
white tries to break black's pawn chain in the centre.} (20. Qh4 Ng8 21. Bxe7
Qxe7 22. Qxe7 Nxe7 23. Nc5 Bc6 {and black has no problems in this ending.})
20... Nh5 {'!' A strong reply} (20... Rac8 $2 21. Qh4 Ng8 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Bf4
$1 Qe6 24. Nxd4 {loses a pawn for black.}) 21. Bxe7 (21. Qa5 Qxa5 22. Nxa5 Bxg5
23. fxg5 Rab8 {followed by Nf4 is fine for black.}) 21... Qxe7 22. fxe5 Qxe5
23. Qb4 Rad8 24. Rhe1 Nf4 25. Bf1 Ne6 26. Qe7 Bc8 27. Qh4 f6 28. Nc1 Nc5 29.
Nd3 Nxd3 30. Bxd3 Be6 31. Rf1 g5 {'?!'} (31... b4 {was stronger:} 32. Rf3 {
planning to double the rooks} Rc8 (32... a5 33. Rdf1 Rd6 34. Qf4 {and white
can hope to achieve some advantage, for example:} Qxf4 35. Rxf4 g5 36. R4f2 Rc6
37. e5 f5 38. Bxf5 Bxf5 39. Rxf5 Rxf5 40. Rxf5 Rxh6 41. Kc1) 33. Rdf1 Rc6 34.
Qf4 (34. Qf2 a5) 34... Qc5 {[%cal Ga6a4,Gb4b3] and black is totally fine,
planning to advance the pawns on the queenside.}) 32. Qe1 Rd6 (32... a5 {
was better, not to let the white queen penetrate to a5.}) 33. Rd2 Bf7 {'?' Now
white gets the position he wants, it still wasn't too late to play a6-a5.} (
33... a5 $1) 34. Rdf2 Bg6 35. Qa5 {White has some pressure now, he has stopped
the advance of the black pawns on the queenside and is ready to break them
with a2-a4.} Re6 (35... Bxe4 $4 36. Qc7) 36. a4 Qh2 (36... Bxe4 $2 37. Re2 Qd5
38. Qc7 Rg8 39. Bxe4 Rxe4 40. Qb6 Rf8 41. Rxf6 {and white wins.}) (36... Rb8 {
after this black still could hold:} 37. axb5 axb5 38. Qa7 Rg8) 37. Rxf6 Rexf6
38. Rxf6 Qxh6 39. Rxf8+ Qxf8 40. axb5 axb5 41. Qxb5 Qd8 42. Qe5+ Kg8 43. b4 (
43. Bc4+ {was stronger:} Bf7 (43... Kf8 44. Qh8+ Ke7 45. Qg7+ Kd6 46. Qxd4+)
44. Bd5 $1) 43... Bf7 44. Qa5 Qe7 45. Qb6 Qe5 46. b5 h5 47. Qc6 Be8 48. Qd5+
Qxd5 49. exd5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

{[%mdl 256]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 O-O {10...Qc7 was also met. As the game
given below shows white gets the initiative.} (10... Qc7 11. h4 O-O 12. h5 Rfd8
13. g4 d5 14. e5 Nxe5 15. h6 $36 {1-0 Ehlvest,J-Tischbierek,R/New York 1994/
CBM 40 ext (21)}) 11. h4 Qb8 {Black carries out a relatively new plan of
counterplay. 11...b5 was played more often.} (11... b5 12. Nxc6 (12. g4 b4 13.
Nce2 Ne5 14. Ng3 Bb5 $132 {1-0 Soltanici,R-Kessler,M/St Lorrain 2001/EXT 2002 
(58)}) 12... Bxc6 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Nd4 Bb7 15. g4 Nd7 16. Be3 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5
$15 {1-0 Caposciutti,M-Mednis,E/Forli 1992/TD (30)}) 12. g4 Rc8 13. Be3 $146 {
White got an active position after 13.Nc6:} (13. Nxc6 $5 Bxc6 14. Bd3 b5 15.
Ne2 b4 16. Nd4 Be8 17. h5 $16 {1-0 Topalov,V-Kozul,Z/Tripoli LBA 2004/The Week
in Chess 503 (58)}) 13... Ne5 14. g5 $5 {It is also possible to play h5 first.}
(14. h5 $5 b5 15. Bd3 $5 (15. g5 b4 16. Nce2 Nc4 17. Qd3 Ne8 18. g6 $13) 15...
b4 16. Nce2) 14... Nh5 $5 15. f4 (15. b3 Ng3) 15... Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. f5 b5
18. Rhg1 {An immideate 18.g6 also deserved attention, opening lines for the
attack.} (18. g6 $5 hxg6 19. fxg6 f6 (19... fxg6 20. Bg5 Qe8 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22.
Nb3 Nf6) 20. Qg2) 18... g6 $5 {A strong defensive move. This way black limits
white's attacking possibilities.} 19. fxe6 (19. Qd3 Qc7 20. Nce2 Rc8 $132) (19.
f6 Bf8) 19... fxe6 20. Nb3 {White tries to spot weaknesses in the black
position. The two bishops give him the opportunity to defend his weaknesses.} (
20. e5 dxe5 21. Nf5 (21. Nb3 Be8 22. Rgf1 (22. Na5 Rc8 23. Ne4 Qc7 $132) 22...
Ng3 23. Rf3 Nf5 $132) 21... exf5 22. Qxd7 Bf8 23. Nd5 Re4 $132) 20... Be8 21.
Rdf1 Qd8 {[%cal Rd8a5] Defending against Na5.} 22. Rf3 Bc6 {[%cal Rc6e4]} 23.
Nd4 Qd7 24. Qd3 (24. Nxc6 Qxc6 25. Rgf1 b4 26. Na4 Rxe4 27. Nb6 Re8 $132) 24...
Bb7 {Black moves his bishop opening the c-file for his rooks.} 25. Nb3 Rac8 {
[%cal Rc4c3] Increasing pressure over the c-file.} 26. Na5 Rxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]
A positional exchange sacrifice. Black gets compensation because of white's
many weaknesses in his position.} 27. bxc3 Ba8 {Of course, it is importnat to
keep the bishop.} 28. Rgf1 e5 29. Nb3 Qe6 30. Nd2 d5 $36 31. R1f2 Rd8 {[%cal
Yd8d3] Black is gradually taking control over the initiative and puts heavy
problems to his opponent.} 32. Nb3 (32. Qf1 dxe4 33. Rh3 Nf4 $36) 32... Nf4 33.
Nc5 $2 {33.Qf1 is more stubborn although also in this case, black's advantage
is doubtless.} (33. Qf1 dxe4 34. Rg3 Bd5 $36) 33... Qc8 $1 (33... Bxc5 34. Rxf4
exf4 35. Bxc5 $17) 34. Bxf4 dxe4 $1 $19 35. Qe2 Bxc5 36. Rg3 Bxf2 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.11.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Milman, Lev"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 (10. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 11. Nf3 Qd8 12. f5 Be7 13. Bc4 Rc8
14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Kb1 Rc5 17. Qf4 Qc8 18. e5 $36 {Dvoirys,
S-Makarichev,S/Kolontaevo/1994/1|0/50/}) 10... Nxe4 (10... g5 $5 11. fxg5 Ng4
$1 $132) (10... b5 $5) (10... Be7) 11. Qe1 Nf6 (11... g5 $6 12. Nxe4 Nxd4 13.
fxg5 Nf5 14. Nf6+ Ke7 15. Nd5+ Ke8 16. Nf6+ Ke7 17. Bf2 Bc6 18. Bd3 hxg5 19.
Bxf5 Kxf6 20. Bd4+ Kxf5 21. Bxh8 $16 {Jansa,V-Formanek,E/Gausdal/1991/0,5/58/})
12. Nf5 Qa5 13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14. Rxd6 Nb4 $6 {A loss of a tempi. As the
tournament practice shows after 14...0-0-0 or 14...Qc7 it is more difficult fo
white to get any advantage} (14... Qc7 15. Rd2 $1 (15. Qd2 O-O-O (15... Ne7 $6
16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ne4 $36 {Kots,Y-Kudriashov,A/URS/1979/1|0/41/ (17)}) 16. Be2
Ne7 17. Rd1 Nf5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rd3 Bc6 $132 {0-1 Barden,L-Taimanov,M/London
1954/MCL/[Chekhov] (45)}) 15... O-O-O (15... Qxf4 $6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 (16... gxf6
17. Nd5 $36) 17. Ne4 Qf4 18. Nd6+ Ke7 19. g3 $16 {1-0 Guseinov,G-Mamedov,N/
Baku 2002/CBM 089 ext (26)}) 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ne4 Be8 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Qe3
$36 {1-0 Tal,M-Barda,O/Upsala 1956/EXT 2000 (48)}) (14... O-O-O 15. Rd2 $5 (15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. Be2 Ne7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Szily,J-Benko,P/Budapest 1947/EXT 99 (36)})
(15. Qf2 $142 Ne7 16. Rxa6 $3 {Larsen}) 15... Ne7 16. Qe5 Qxe5 17. fxe5 $16 {
Tringov,G-Bilek,I/Teesside/1972/0,5/41/ (26)}) 15. a3 Nc6 {After 15...Nbd5
black is also facing some difficulties} (15... Nbd5 16. Qe5 $1 Bc6 (16... b6
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bc4 Rc8 19. Rxd5 f6 20. Qh5+ {1-0 Sebestyen,B-Benko,P/
Budapest 1950/MCL (20)}) 17. f5 $40 {1-0 Karaklajic,N-Nedeljkovic,S/Belgrade
1954/MCD (43)}) 16. Bxf6 $5 {White exchanges his bishop creating weaknesses in
the black's position} gxf6 17. Qh4 f5 (17... Qc5 18. Qxf6 Qxd6 19. Qxh8+ Qf8
20. Qf6 $36) 18. Be2 {[%cal Re2h5,Rh1d1] White develops his bishop and has now
the opportunity to bring the rook h1 to the game} Ne7 {White also has the
initiative after 18...Qd8} (18... Qd8 19. Qg3 Qe7 20. Rhd1 O-O-O (20... Rd8 21.
Bf3 $36) 21. Qe3 $36) 19. Rhd1 {[%cal Rd6d7,Rd1d6]} Bc6 {Loses at once. But
also after 19...Rd8 white has the initiative} (19... Rd8 20. Qf6 Rh7 21. Bf3
$36) 20. Rxe6 $1 Qc7 (20... fxe6 21. Bh5+ Kf8 22. Qf6+ $18) 21. Bh5 $18 {
Creating decisive threats on the black king} Kf8 22. Bxf7 $1 Rh7 (22... Kxf7
23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Rxe7) 23. Bh5 Ng8 24. Re5 Re7 25. Rxf5+ {Three extra pawns
and a bad position of the black king characterizes white's decisive advantage}
Kg7 26. Bf3 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Qxd8 28. Bxc6 bxc6 {By exchanging pieces white brings
the game to a winning endgame} 29. Re5 Qd7 30. Rxe7+ Nxe7 31. Qg3+ Kf7 32. Qd3
Qg4 33. g3 Qh5 34. Qe2 {White only has to be accurate in this position} Qc5 35.
Kb1 a5 36. Ne4 {Activizing the knight and forcing the black queen to retreat
from an active position} Qd5 37. Qc4 Ke6 (37... Qxc4 38. Nd6+ Ke6 39. Nxc4) 38.
Nc5+ Kf5 39. Qe2 {[%cal Re2e7,Re2h5] Attacking the black knight and
threatening 40.Qh5} (39. Qc3) 39... Kf6 (39... Qxc5 40. Qh5+) 40. Qe5+ Qxe5 41.
Nd7+ Kf5 42. Nxe5 {After the exchange of queens white's task is even simpler}
Ke4 43. Kc1 h5 44. Kd2 c5 45. Ke2 Nf5 46. Nc6 {[%cal Rc6a5,Rc6d4] Attacking
the pawn on a5 and defending against the check on d4} a4 (46... Ne3 47. Nxa5
Nxc2 48. Nc6) 47. b3 {Creating a passed pawn} Kd5 48. Na5 Kd4 {[%cal Rd4c3]} (
48... Nd4+ 49. Kd3) (48... axb3 49. cxb3 Kd4 50. Kd2 Ke4 51. Kc3 h4 52. gxh4
Nxh4 53. Nb7 $18) 49. Nb7 {[%cal Rb7c5] Hanging to the c5 pawn and not
allowing black to activize his king} c4 50. bxa4 Kc3 51. a5 Nd4+ 52. Kd1 Nxc2 {
Black takes the c-pawn and is trying to make use of his c-pawn} 53. a6 Kb2 54.
a7 c3 55. a8=Q Nd4 (55... Nxa3 56. Qxa3+ Kxa3 57. Kc2 $18) 56. Qc8 c2+ 57. Kd2
Nf3+ (57... Nb3+ 58. Ke3 c1=Q+ 59. Qxc1+ Kxc1 60. f5 $18) 58. Kd3 c1=Q 59.
Qxc1+ Kxc1 60. a4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adamson, Robby"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 a6 7.
Qd2 e6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4 {By weakening his
kingside black gets in compensation a comfortable spot for his knight on e5}
12. Be2 Nge5 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Rhg1 {With the idea to defend the g5 pawn after a
possible exchange on f3} b5 {Black activizes his position on the queenside. 14.
..Rg8 was also played, for example:} (14... Rg8 {– 62/(226)}) (14... Rg8 15.
Bg3 hxg5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Bh5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Ziatdinov,
R-Vydeslaver,A/Amsterdam 1994/EXT 2003 (35)}) 15. Rdf1 {[%cal Rf1f7] White
transfers the rook to a more active position, keeping an eye on the f7 pawn}
Qa5 $146 {Previously 15...b4 was played with mutual chances} (15... b4 16. Nd1
(16. Na4 $5 Qa5 17. b3 $13) 16... a5 17. Bb5 (17. Kb1 Rb8 18. Nf2 (18. b3 $1 {
Acs,P; Hazai,L.} a4 $5 $146 (18... hxg5 19. Bxg5 Nxf3 20. gxf3 Bxg5 21. Rxg5
$36 {1-0 Acs,P-Van der Wiel,J/Wijk aan Zee II 2003/Inf 86/[Acs,P; Hazai,L] (37)
}) (18... Ng6 19. g3 $1 (19. Bg3 hxg5 20. Bxd6 Bxd6 21. Qxd6 g4 $1 22. Nd4 Nce5
$44)) 19. Nb2 $132 {1-0 Karjakin,S-Nijboer,F/Wijk aan Zee II 2003/Inf 86/
[Karjakin,Sergey; Borovikov,V] (28)} (19. bxa4 $145 $5 {Acs,P; Hazai,L})) 18...
a4 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Ng4 hxg5 21. Bg3 Nxg4 22. Bxg4 Qc7 23. Rf3 Bc6 24. Qd4 Rh7
25. Rgf1 Qb6 $132 {1-0 Hunt,H-Bojkovic,N/Calvia ESP 2004/The Week in Chess 521
(61)}) 17... Rc8 18. Kb1 Qb6 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxd7+ Kxd7 21. Bf2 Qc6 $132 {
0-1 Palac,M-Kozul,Z/Pula 1998/EXT 2000 (56)}) (15... Rb8) 16. Kb1 O-O-O 17.
Nxe5 {17.a3 deserved an attention still not clearing the position} (17. a3 $5)
17... dxe5 18. Bd3 Be8 19. g6 $6 {[%mdl 512] White sharpens the game, by
sacrificing a piece. It was better to follow a waiting strategy} (19. h3 Nb4
$132) 19... Bxh4 20. g7 Rg8 21. Qxh6 {[%cal Rh6h4]} b4 $5 {Black plays very
energetically. In case of 21...Be722.Qh7Bd7 23.Rf7 white has a certain
compensation for the sacrificed piece.} (21... Be7 22. Qh7 Bd7 23. Rxf7) 22.
Ne2 b3 23. axb3 (23. cxb3 Rxd3 24. Qh7 Ne7 25. Qxh4 Qd8 26. Qh7 f5 $19) 23...
Nb4 {[%cal Ra5a2]} 24. Nc1 $8 {The only move. 24.Qh4 loses as the variations
show} (24. Qxh4 Qa2+ 25. Kc1 Rxd3 26. cxd3 Qxb3 (26... Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qxb2+ 28.
Ke3 Nc2+ 29. Kf3 $18) 27. Kb1 Qc2+ 28. Ka1 Qa4+ 29. Kb1 Bb5 $1 30. Rc1+ Kb8 $19
) 24... Be7 25. Qh7 Bc6 26. Rxf7 Bg5 27. Qxg8 $2 {Practically losing at once.
It was essential to play 27.c3 which led to unclear positions} (27. c3 $5 Nxd3
28. Nxd3 Qb6 29. Re1) 27... Rxg8 28. Rf8+ Qd8 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. Re1 Rxg7 {
An extra piece and the activity of his pieces give black a winning position}
31. c3 Bxc1 32. cxb4 Bh6 33. Re2 Rd7 34. Kc2 Rxd3 {After this tactical strike
white loses another piece. That's why he resigned} 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2004.11.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Jankovic, Alojzije"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2004.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Nxc6 {10.Bf6 is more common, practically forcing black
to recapture with the pawn, compromising black's pawn structure} (10. Bxf6 $5)
10... Bxc6 11. Qe3 {After 11.Qe1 black gets a decent counterplay} (11. Qe1 Be7
12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qg3 O-O $11 {Meking-Polugaevskij,1977}) 11... Be7
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 $5 (12... gxf6 {[%cal Rd1d6,Re3a7]} 13. Bd3 (13. f5 b4 $5 14. Ne2
Qa5 $132 (14... e5 $6 15. Ng3 Qa5 16. Bc4 $16)) 13... Qa5 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. a3
Rd7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ostojic,P-Dueball,J/BL2-W 1992/GER-chT2 (33)}) 13. e5 (13.
Nd5 $6 {– 26/420}) (13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 e5 15. Qe4 Qe7 16. f5 Qa7 $11 {
Gufeld-Ermenkov,1978 Jur mala}) 13... Be7 14. Ne4 (14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Qd4 (15.
Ne4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 O-O $11 (16... O-O 17. Bd3 g6 18. h4 Qf6 {1/2-1/2 Kholmov,
R-Weinstein,N/Budapest 1976/MCL (22)})) 15... Bf8 16. Qf2 (16. Qe3 Bd6 17. Qd4
Bf8 18. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 Cramling,D-Schneider,L/Eksjo 1982/MCD (18)}) (16. Qe5 Qb8
17. Qd4 Be7 18. f5 O-O 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Bd3 b4 21. Ne4 Bd5 $132 {0-1
Petrushin,A-Yermolinsky,A/Krasnodar 1980/EXT 2002 (59)} (21... Bd5 22. Kb1 Qc7
$132 {0-1 Petrushin,A-Yermolinsky,A/Krasnodar 1980/EXT 99 (59)})) (16. Qe3 {
1/2-1/2 Cramling,D-Schneider,L/Eksjo 1982/MCD (18)}) 16... Bd6 (16... Qc7 $5)
17. Qd4 $11) 14... d5 $5 (14... Bxe4 $1 15. Qxe4 O-O (15... d5 $5) (15... d5
16. Qf3 Qc7 17. Kb1 h5 18. Bd3 g6 19. h4 Qb6 $132 {0-1 Socha,A-Czarnota,D/
Jarnoltowek 2003/CBM 093 ext (49)}) 16. h4 (16. exd6 $11) (16. Bd3 g6 17. h4
dxe5 18. fxe5 Qd5 $11) 16... Qc7 $5 (16... d5 17. Qe3 $13) 17. Bd3 g6 18. h5
dxe5 19. hxg6 (19. fxe5 Bg5+ 20. Kb1 Rad8 21. hxg6 fxg6 $1 $11) 19... hxg6 (
19... fxg6 $2 20. Rxh7 $18) 20. fxe5 $14 {Nisipeanu,L-Magerramov,E/Dubai (open)
84/174 2002/[Nisipeanu,L.-D; Stoica,V] (20)}) 15. Ng5 (15. Kb1 O-O 16. Ng5 $36)
15... a5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Black seizes space on the queenside, trying to get
counterplay in exchange for white's attack on the kingside} (15... b4 16. h4 a5
$132 {1/2-1/2 Vasiesiu,D-Lupulescu,C/Bucharest 2003/CBM 093 ext (54)}) 16. Bd3
(16. Nf3 Rc8 17. Nd4 Qb6 $132) 16... a4 {Black's plan is with the aid of his
a-pawn to weaken the pawn defence of the white king. 16...d4 also looks quite
well with a further a5-a4-a3} (16... d4 $5 17. Qg3 Bxg5 18. fxg5 a4 $132) 17.
Nf3 a3 {[%mdl 4]} 18. b3 Qa5 {[%cal Ra5c3]} 19. Be2 {[%cal Ge3c3] White should
carefully look out for the c3 square not letting the black queen get there} Rc8
{Bringing the rook to a more active position} 20. Nd4 Bd7 {[%cal Rc8c2]
Retreating the bishop and opening the c-file for the rook} 21. Rd3 {[%cal
Rd3c3] Strengthening the defence over the c3 square} O-O {Hiding the king and
connecting rooks. Black gets a firm hold over the initiative} 22. g4 {White
tries to start some active actions on the kingside} Bc5 23. Rf1 {white brings
the rook to amore active position and is preparing the advance f4-f5} Qc7 {
[%cal Rc7c2] Attacking the c2 pawn and forcing white to think about defence}
24. Bd1 f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e5,Gf8f1,Rd7e8,Re8g6][%mdl 32] A multi-purpose move.
Black is not only undermining white's pawn chain and opens the f-file for the
rook but also prepares a route for his bishop to a more active position} 25.
Re1 (25. exf6 Rxf6 26. g5 Rf7 $36 {[%csl Rf4]}) 25... fxe5 26. fxe5 (26. Qxe5
Bd6 27. Qh5 Bxf4+ $19) 26... Be8 $1 {[%cal Ge8g6,Rg6c2] A transfer of the
bishop to g6 is decisive, white admits his defeat without awaiting a total
devastation} 27. Qh3 Qb6 $19 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.04.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.04.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Re1 {Its a rare move
doesn't further good coordination of white's pieces.More common another
continuations:} (12. Bd3 $5 h5 (12... b4 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. Ng3 {[%csl Rh5][%cal
Yg3h5]} h5 (14... Qc5 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Yf5h5,Yc5h5]} 15. Kb1 h5 16. Rhe1 a5 17.
e5 $5 fxe5 18. fxe5 Bh6 19. Qe2 Qxe5 20. Qf2 $36 {1-0 Zecevic,D-Grosar,A/
Sentjur 1996/EXT 97 (28)}) 15. Qe2 Qc5 16. Kb1 h4 17. Nf1 a5 18. f5 e5 $13 {
1-0 Schlosser,P-Dreev,A/Frankfurt 1996/EXT 99 (25)}) 13. Kb1 (13. Rhe1 Be7 14.
Kb1 Qb6 15. e5 $2 (15. f5 $5) 15... dxe5 16. fxe5 f5 $132 {0-1 Mortensen,
B-Apostolova,P/Moscow 1994/EXT 99 (28)}) 13... Qb6 {[%cal Yb6f2]} 14. f5 (14.
Qe1 {[%cal Ye1h4,Ye1e4]} h4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Kd7 17. dxe6+ fxe6 18. f5 $40
{1-0 Mendoza,R-Torres,A/Barranquilla 1999/EXT 2000 (34)}) 14... b4 15. Ne2 e5
16. Rhf1 Qc5 17. Rf3 Bh6 18. Qe1 a5 19. Rh3 Bg5 20. Ng1 Ke7 21. Qe2 a4 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Jonsson,B-Demirel,T/Cappelle la Grande 1995/EXT 97 (21)}) (12. f5 b4 (
12... h5 13. Kb1 Bh6 {1/2-1/2 Vehi Bach,V-Garcia Ilundain,D/Barbera 1993/EXT
98 (13)}) 13. Ne2 Bxe4 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Qe3 f5 16. Ng3 h5 17. Kb1 d5 18. Be2
Qc7 $36 {0-1 Roos,L-Morrison,G/Amsterdam 1978/MCD (44)}) (12. Qd4 {[%cal Yd4a7,
Yd4f6]} Be7 13. Be2 h5 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. Rd3 Qa7 $5 16. Ne2 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Bd7 18.
Kb1 Rc8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Pavlov,M/Hamburg 1965/EU-chT (22)}) 12... Be7
13. f5 b4 14. Nd1 d5 $5 {This break in the center leads to the equality} 15.
exd5 Qxd5 (15... Bxd5) 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 17. Ne3 {[%mdl 4096]} (17. c4 Rc8 $132 (
17... bxc3 18. Nxc3 Bb4 19. Nxd5 Bxe1 20. Nc7+ Ke7 21. Nxa8 Rxa8 22. Bd3 $14))
17... Bc6 18. Bc4 Bd7 {Two bishops compansate weaknesses of black.} 19. Rhf1 h5
20. Nd1 {[%csl Re6][%cal Yc4e6,Yf5e6,Ye1e6]} e5 {strong pressure of white's
pieces forced move e5,but anyway black counterplay is sufficient.} 21. Ne3 {
[%cal Ye3d5,Yc4f7]} a5 22. Rd1 {[%cal Rd1d7] With idea 23.Bf7} Ra7 $5 {[%cal
Ya7d7]} 23. Rd5 Bf8 $1 {[%csl Yh6][%cal Yf8h6,Yh6e3] Black transfer bishop
from e7 to h6 outpost and try to create active counterplay.} 24. Kd2 Bh6 25.
Bb5 (25. Ke2 $5 $11) 25... Rg8 $5 {[%csl Yg2][%cal Yg8g2] Last of black pieces
join to the play.} 26. g3 $6 {It was necessary to decrease activity of black
pieces.} (26. Rxd7 $5 Rxd7+ 27. Ke2 Ke7 28. Bxd7 Kxd7 29. g3 $11) 26... Bxb5
27. Rxb5 Rg4 $1 $36 28. Rb8+ (28. Ke2 Re4 29. Rf3 Rc7 $36) 28... Ke7 29. Rh8
Bg5 30. Rf3 (30. Rxh5 Rd7+ 31. Ke2 Re4 32. Rf3 Rc7 $36) 30... Rd4+ 31. Ke2 Rad7
32. Nf1 Rc4 33. c3 e4 34. Re3 Bxe3 35. Nxe3 bxc3 $2 {This mistake of black
could be leads to the equality after right replay of white. But, probably,
time-trouble white led to win immediately.} (35... bxc3 36. Nxc4 $1 c2 37. Nb6
$1 Rd1 (37... Rc7 38. Rc8 Rxc8 39. Nxc8+ Kd8 40. Kd2 Kxc8 41. Kxc2 $18) (37...
c1=Q 38. Nc8+ Qxc8 39. Rxc8) 38. Nc8+ Kd7 39. Nb6+ $11) (35... Rc6 $17) 0-1

[Event "Dubai op 6th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2004.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Rc8 {Black has tried several moves in this position, for
example: a) 9...b5 or b) 9...Nd4. The main idea of 9...Rc8 is counterplay on
the queenside as soon as possible.} (9... Qa5) (9... Be7) (9... Nxd4) (9... b5
10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Ne2 Be7 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. h4 O-O 14. Kb1 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Qe3
Re8 17. g4 Qb6 $132 {0-1 McShane,L-Boidman,Y/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98 (53)}) (9...
Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. g4 Bc6 12. Be3 O-O 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 b5 15. Kb1 b4 16.
Ne2 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Tal,M-Balashov,Y/Tallinn 1973/MCL (28)}) 10.
Be3 {10.g4 was also played, which usually leads to the same positions with a
different move order} (10. g4 Be7 11. Be3 Ne5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Rg1 Qc7 14. f4 Nc4
15. Bxc4 Qxc4 $132 {1-0 Spivak,I-Aseev,K/Rostov 1993/TD (35)}) 10... Ne5 {
Black decides not to exchange and keeping tension in the center. 10...Nd4 was
also met with a further Bd7-c6 as was in the game given below.} (10... Nxd4 11.
Bxd4 b5 12. g4 Bc6 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 b4 15. Nb1 Qa5 $132 {Socko,B-Blehm,P/
Warsaw 2001/CBM 82/1/2-1/2 (121)}) 11. g4 h6 {Black is stopping the advance of
the white pawns and prepares d6-d5.} 12. h4 (12. Kb1 b5 13. Qe1 b4 14. Nce2 Nc4
15. Bc1 Qc7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Romero Leon,A-Campos,J/Mondariz 1996/EXT 98 (28)})
12... b5 (12... g6 13. Be2 b5 14. g5 Nh5 15. f4 b4 16. Nb1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4
$132 {1-0 Rasmussen,C-Ziska,B/Aarhus 1991/EXT 98 (40)}) 13. Bd3 b4 14. Nce2 d5
15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nf4 Qa5 $5 $146 {Only this move is a novelty.} (16... Nxd3+
$5 17. Qxd3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bc5 19. Nh5 O-O 20. g5 (20. Qe5 f6 21. Qe4 $13) 20...
Qc7 $132 {0-1 Gazik,I-Popovic,P/Stary Smokovec 1991/CBM 26/[Boensch,U] (29)})
17. Kb1 Nxf3 (17... Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3) 18. Qf2 $8 {[%mdl 512]} (18.
Nxf3 Nc3+ 19. bxc3 bxc3 20. Qc1 Ba3 $19) 18... Nxe3 19. Qxe3 (19. Qxf3 Nxd1 20.
Rxd1 Bd6 $19) 19... Nxd4 $5 (19... Bc5 20. Qxf3 Bxd4 21. Ng6 $1 $44) 20. Qxd4
Qc5 21. Qe4 {In spite of black's material advantage, white has a serious
compensation. He has a development advantage and black's king is weak as well.}
Qc6 {Black tries to remove the white queen from a central position. The
tempting 21...Bc6 was bad as the next variations show.} (21... Bc6 22. Qe1 Bxh1
23. Nxe6 Qe7 24. Bf5 $3 $16 Bb7 25. Rd8+ $3 Rxd8 26. Nc7#) 22. Qe2 a5 (22...
Bd6 23. Nh5 O-O 24. g5 $40) 23. Nh5 $44 {White activizes his pieces and brings
them closer to the black king.} a4 24. Rhf1 $1 {[%cal Rf1f7]} Rc7 {[%cal Rc7f7]
preparing the defence of f7} (24... Qc5 25. Qf3 Qe7 26. Qb7 $36) 25. Qf2 {
[%cal Rf2f7]} Bc8 26. Qd4 $1 {[%cal Rh5g7,Rd4g7,Rd4d8] Further activizing the
queen and creating concrete threats ro the black king.} Rd7 {Black is already
not able to cope with the white's threats} (26... Rg8 27. Bb5 $18) 27. Nxg7+
$18 Bxg7 28. Qxg7 Rf8 29. Qxh6 {[%cal Rg4g6] White's material advantage and an
open position of the black king make black's position undefencible.} b3 (29...
a3 30. Qg5 $36 {[%cal Rd3b5]}) 30. axb3 axb3 31. cxb3 Ba6 {The exchange of the
bishops doesn't change anything.} 32. Bxa6 Qxa6 33. Qf4 $1 Ra7 (33... Qb5 34.
Qc4 $18) 34. Qb8+ Ke7 35. Qb4+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Nxc6 {Similar positions with a different move
order occur after 10.Bf6.} (10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nce2 Na5 (12... Rc8)
13. b3 Rb8 {Popovic-Kozul, Belgrade 1989}) 10... Bxc6 11. Bd3 b4 {Black starts
a typical play on the queenside} 12. Ne2 Qb6 {[%cal Yb6f2] Activizing the
queen by putting it on a7-g1 diagonal} 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Kb1 h5 {[%cal Rf8h6,
Rh6d2] Another typical move, opening new options for the bishop for the dark
squared bishop (h6-c1 diagonal)} 15. Rhf1 {[%cal Rf3h3,Rf1f3] Activizng the
rook and preparing to put it on the 3rd rank} a5 {[%cal Ra5a3]} 16. Qe1 {
[%cal Re1h4] Preparing to move the queen to the kingside. Other moves have
also been played, for example:} (16. f5 $2 e5 17. Ng1 Qc5 18. Qe2 a4 $40 {
0-1 Short,N-Kozul,Z/Belgrade 1989/CBM 16/[Boensch,U] (31)}) (16. c3 $1 {
Cholmov-Lukin URS 1989}) (16. Nc1 h4 17. Qe2 Ke7 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 f5 $132 {
0-1 Fontaine,R-Collas,D/St Affrique 2000/EXT 2001 (36)}) 16... a4 $5 $146 {
[%cal Ya4a3,Yb4b3] A novelty. Black continues his advance on the queenside} (
16... Be7 17. f5 e5 18. Nc1 Qc5 19. Qe2 d5 20. Nb3 Qb6 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Be4
$16 {1-0 Jaenig,R-Bischoff,D/Bad Woerishofen 2002/EXT 2003 (41)}) (16... Rc8
17. Qh4 Be7 18. f5 e5 19. Rd2 a4 20. Rfd1 a3 21. b3 Qe3 22. Qg3 Qc5 23. Qf3 Bb7
24. Bc4 {1-0 Horvath,T-Gyorkos,L/Hungary 1993/TD (44)}) 17. f5 e5 {Practically
forced, black has to close the f-file this way} 18. Bc4 {[%cal Rc4f7] White
transfers the bishop to a much more active position} Qc5 {Attacking the bishop
and trying to get some counterplay on the c-file. 18...Be4 was bad due to 19.
Nf4 with initiative} (18... Bxe4 $2 19. Nf4 Qc6 (19... Bc6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
Rxd5 $36) 20. Qxb4 Bxc2+ 21. Ka1 d5 22. Qb5 $18) 19. Bd5 Rc8 {[%cal Rc5c2,
Rc8c5] Black activizes the rook and attacks the c2 pawn not letting white to
take over d5. As, for example, after 20.Rd2 black plays 20...Bd5 forcing white
to recapture with the pawn} 20. Bxc6+ Rxc6 21. c3 (21. Qd2 Qc4 22. Rfe1 Bh6 23.
Qd3 Rg8 $132) 21... Rg8 {[%cal Rg8g2,Yg7g4,Yg4e4] Black gradually taking the
initiative, all his pieces are very active. 21...Qc4 also deserved attention} (
21... Qc4 $5 {[%cal Rc4e4]}) 22. Qf2 {Trying to simplify the game with the
help of exchanges} (22. g3 a3 $132) 22... Rg4 {[%cal Rg4e4] Transfering the
rook to attack the e4 pawn. 22...a3 also deserved attention breaking the white
structure on the queenside} (22... a3 $5 $132 23. b3 bxc3 24. Kc2 Qxf2 25. Rxf2
Rg4) 23. Qf3 $5 {White tries to sharpen the position by refusing the exchange
of queens} (23. Qxc5 dxc5 $36) 23... Qc4 24. cxb4 Qxb4 (24... Qxe4+ 25. Qxe4
Rxe4 26. b5 Rc8 27. Nc3 Rh4 28. h3 $16) 25. Ng3 Rb6 {[%cal Rb4b2,Rb6b4]} 26.
Rf2 Rf4 27. Qe3 Rxf2 28. Qxf2 h4 29. Nf1 $2 {White doesn't take advantage of
the golden opportunity he had. After the correct 29.Nh5 white had a clear
advantage} (29. Nh5 $1 Be7 30. Qe2 $16) 29... a3 $1 $36 {Further opening the
white king. Black has the initiative} 30. b3 Qxe4+ 31. Ka1 Rc6 $19 {The
dangerous position of the king and the active black pieces make white's
position undefencible} 32. Ne3 Bh6 33. Nc4 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 (10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bd3 Be7) 10... gxf6 (10... Qxf6
11. e5 $1 dxe5 12. Ndxb5 Qd8 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd6 exf4 15. Bxa6 $5 Rxa6 16.
Nb5 $14) 11. Nxc6 (11. Kb1) (11. f5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bh6+ 13. Kb1 Bf4 $13) 11...
Bxc6 12. Bd3 (12. Qe1) (12. Qe3) 12... b4 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. Kb1 h5 (14... a5 15.
f5 e5 16. Ng3 h5 17. Qe2 h4 18. Nh5 Ke7 19. g4 Bh6 20. Bc4 Rhd8 21. Bd5 Rac8
$15 {Berelovich-Filipenko,Russia 1996 black have a good counterplay}) 15. Qe1 (
15. Rhf1 a5 16. f5 e5 17. Ng1 Qc5 18. Qe2 a4 19. Bc4 Ke7 20. Nh3 Bh6 21. Rf3
Rhc8 22. b3 axb3 23. cxb3 Ra3 24. Rfd3 Rca8 25. Re1 Qa7 26. Qxh5 Be8 27. Qxh6
Rxa2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 Qa1+ 30. Kc2 Ra2+ 31. Kd3 Qd4+ {0-1 Short,N-Kozul,Z/
Belgrade 1989/CBM 16/[Boensch,U]}) 15... h4 $5 $146 (15... O-O-O 16. Qh4 Be7
17. f5 e5 18. Bc4 Rdg8 19. Ng3 Rg4 20. Qh3 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Bxf7 Re3 23.
Qh4 Kb8 24. Rhe1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Qc5 26. Rd1 Rc8 27. Qe4 h4 28. Bb3 a5 29. Qd5
Qxd5 {1-0 Koglin,A-Mackova,E/Budapest FS04 IMW 1994/EXT 94}) (15... a5 16. Qh4
Be7 17. f5 e5 18. Ng3 O-O-O 19. Bc4 Rh7 20. Rhe1 Rg8 21. Qh3 Qf2 22. Nf1 Qc5
23. b3 Bd8 24. Qf3 Rg4 25. g3 Rhg7 26. Rd3 Bb6 27. h3 R4g5 28. Rd2 Kd7 29. Red1
Bc7 30. Rg2 {Adams,M-Kozul,Z/Wijk 1991/CBM 22/1-0 (58)}) (15... d5 16. exd5
Bxd5 17. f5 Qa5 18. Nc1 O-O-O 19. Qe2 exf5 20. Bxf5+ Kc7 21. Be4 Be6 22. Rxd8
Kxd8 23. Qf2 f5 24. Qd4+ Ke7 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. Qxh8 Qd5 27. Rf1 Qxg2 28. Qf6+
Ke8 29. Rd1 Be7 30. Qh8+ Bf8 31. Qxh5 Qg4 32. Qxg4 Bxg4 33. Re1+ Kd7 34. Nd3 f6
35. Nxb4 f5 36. Nd3 Kd6 {1-0 Tseshkovsky,V-Shmuter,L/St.Petersburg op 1993/TD
93\09}) 16. Rf1 $6 {white chooses a wrong plan here,16.Ng1-Nf3 was better here}
(16. Ng1 $5) 16... a5 17. f5 $6 (17. Ng1) 17... e5 18. Bc4 (18. Rf3 d5 19. Nf4
(19. Nc1 Qb7 $17) 19... d4) 18... Qe3 $1 $15 (18... Bxe4 $2 19. Nf4 $1) 19. Bd5
Bxd5 20. exd5 Rg8 21. Rf3 Qe4 22. Qf2 Rc8 $17 23. Nc1 Bh6 24. g3 (24. Nb3 a4
25. Na5 b3 26. axb3 axb3 27. Nxb3 Qa4 28. Qb6 Rxg2 $17) 24... hxg3 25. hxg3 Rc5
26. Rfd3 Bxc1 $1 (26... a4 27. Re1 Qg4 28. Rd4 Qxg3 29. Qxg3 Rxg3 30. Rxb4) 27.
Rxc1 Rg5 28. Rf1 Rxd5 29. Qb6 $2 (29. Re3 Rxf5 $19) (29. Rxd5 $142 Qxd5 30. b3
$17) 29... Rxd3 $19 30. Qb5+ Kf8 31. cxd3 Qe2 32. Rc1 Rxf5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Rc8 {Other lines are also possible, which usually brings to
other moves order} (9... Be7) (9... b5) (9... Qa5) 10. g4 b5 {a diffrent plan
is 10...Be7 giving good counterplay for black as we can see demonstrated in
the following games.} (10... Be7 11. Be3 (11. h4 b5 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. Kb1 Qa5
14. Ne2 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 e5 16. Ng3 $14 {0-1 Vartapetyan,A-Zubarev,A/Alushta 1999/
EXT 2001 (40)}) 11... h6 $5 (11... Ne5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Rg1 Qc7 14. f4 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Kb1 g6 17. f5 O-O 18. f6 Bd8 19. Nb3 $16 {1-0 Spivak,I-Aseev,K/
Rostov 1993/TD (35)}) 12. h4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Kb1 Be6 $132 {
1-0 Sutovsky,E-Estremera Panos,S/Vendrell 1996/EXT 98 (29)}) 11. Be3 {also
possible is 11.h4 or 11.Nxc6. giving chances for both sides.} (11. h4 Nxd4 12.
Qxd4 Bc6 13. Kb1 h6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Bh3 b4 16. Qxb4 d5 $132 {1-0 Sakun,
V-Yarmysty,M/Lvov 2001/EXT 2003 (32)}) (11. Nxc6 $5 Rxc6 12. Bd3 Be7 13. Ne2
O-O 14. h4 h5 15. gxh5 Nxh5 16. Rhg1 {1-0 Fleck,J-De Gleria,F/Essen 2002/CBM
090 (26)}) 11... h6 $5 {black stops the pawn storm on the kingside and
generating counterplay in the queenside. another alternative is 11.Ne5
following b4 and d5 making the breakthrough in the center.} (11... Ne5 $5 12.
Bd3 b4 13. Nce2 Qa5 14. Kb1 d5 15. g5 dxe4 16. fxe4 Nfg4 $132 {0-1 Owosina,
T-Yahya,H/Moscow 1994/CBM 044 ext (36)}) 12. h4 Ne5 13. Be2 $5 $146 {a good
novelty previouslly white usually played 13. Bd3 but after 13...b4 and 14...d5
black reaches a good position with good counterplay considering he can always
exchange with tempo the bishop d3.} (13. Bd3 b4 14. Nce2 d5 $5 15. exd5 Nxd5
16. Nf4 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bc5 $132 {0-1 Gazik,I-Popovic,P/Stary
Smokovec 1991/CBM 026/[Boensch,U] (29)}) 13... g6 {black should have dealt
with the threats on the king side immediatly and not commence an early attack
for there is not sufficient counterplay for him on the queenside} (13... b4 14.
Nb1 d5 15. g5 $5) 14. a3 $5 {a prophylactic move, white couldn't promote the
pawn storm immediatly, considering the threat b4.} (14. g5 Nh5 (14... b4 $5 15.
Nb1 Nh5 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Qd3 Rc8 19. Nd2 Qc7 $132) 15. f4 b4 16.
Nb1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Qd3 Rc8 $132 {1-0 Rasmussen,C-Ziska,B/Aarhus 1991/
EXT 98 (40)}) 14... Qc7 15. Rhg1 Qb7 {[%cal Gb5b4] black moves the queen to b7
with the idea b4 compromising the pawn structure on the king's castle.} 16. g5
$16 Nh5 17. gxh6 {white carries on with his own attack.} Nc4 {intending to
open the b-file after 18.Bxc4 generating black with a valueble direct channle
for attack. Another alternative was 17...b4.} (17... b4 $5 18. axb4 Qxb4 19.
Nb3) 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Rde1 {clearing the d1 square for the knight.} d5 20.
exd5 Rb8 {[%cal Rb7b2]} 21. Nd1 Qxd5 {black destroyed the pawn center giving
him some counterplay. In spite of that white stands better, for the black king
which didn't castle yet is to much in jeopardy, allowing to many threats to be
generated.} 22. Qc3 {[%cal Rd4e6,Gc3h8]} (22. Rg5 $5 Qd6 23. Qc3 $16) 22... e5
23. f4 $1 $16 {white tries to force the e file open for a strong attack on the
black king in the center.} Bxh6 (23... Bd6 24. Bd2 O-O 25. Nf3 $40) 24. fxe5
Bg7 (24... Bxe3+ 25. Nxe3 $18) 25. Rg5 {[%cal Re5e6]} (25. Bd2 Be6) 25... Be6
26. Nf2 {[%cal Gf2g4]} (26. Bd2 $5 Rd8 27. Nxe6 Qxe6 28. Ne3 $18) 26... O-O 27.
Nxe6 Qxe6 28. Ng4 {[%cal Gg4f6]} Rfe8 29. Bd2 Red8 30. Rg1 {[%cal Gg5h5,Gg1g7]}
Kh8 31. Qe3 Rxd2 $5 (31... c3 $5 {deserved serious attention} 32. Bxc3 Qa2 {
with some counterplay}) 32. Kxd2 (32. Qxd2 Qb6 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb6g1,Rb6b2] with
a double attack on the b2 pawn and the rook on g1}) 32... Rxb2 33. Qd4 Rb8 (
33... Rb5 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Rxh5+ gxh5 36. Nf6+ Bxf6 37. Qg8+ Kh6 38. Rg6+ fxg6
39. Qxe6 Bxh4 40. Qe8 $18) 34. Kc1 c3 $5 (34... Bf8 $5 35. Qe3 c3 36. Qxc3 Nf4
$44) 35. Qd6 (35. Re1 Qa2 36. Qxc3 Nf4 $44) 35... Qe8 $2 {A mistake, black
should have exchanged queens, and in the endgame he has compensation for the
lost material} (35... Qxd6 $5 36. exd6 f5 37. Nf2 (37. Ne3 Bh6 38. Nc4 Nf4)
37... Nf4 $1 (37... Bh6 38. Nd3 Bxg5+ 39. hxg5 Kg7 40. Nc5 Nf4 41. Re1 $16) 38.
Re1 Bf8 $44) (35... Qc8 $5 {Was also interesting} 36. Rxh5+ gxh5 37. Nh6 Qb7
38. Nxf7+ Kg8 $11) 36. e6 $1 {A nice blow after which white's initiative
becomes very strong} f5 (36... fxe6 37. Ne5 Nf4 38. Nxg6+ Nxg6 39. Rh5+ Kg8 40.
Rxg6 Qxg6 41. Qxb8+ Kf7 42. Qf4+ Bf6 43. Rg5 Qh6 44. Kd1 $18) 37. Ne5 Kh7 38.
Rxg6 $2 (38. Nxg6 $1 {Was ending the game at once} Bh6 39. e7 $18) 38... Rb7 $2
(38... Qb5 $1 {was black's sudden chance to save the game} 39. Rxg7+ Nxg7 40.
Rxg7+ Kh8 $1 (40... Kxg7 41. Qe7+ $18) 41. Rh7+ Kg8 42. Rg7+ $11) 39. Nd7 $1
Qd8 40. Rxg7+ (40. Rxg7+ Nxg7 41. Nf8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Be2 Nge5 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Kb1 (
14. Rhg1 b5 (14... Rc8 $5) 15. Rdf1 b4 (15... Qa5 16. Kb1 O-O-O 17. Nxe5 Nxe5
18. Be1 $1 $16 {Van der Wiel}) 16. Nd1 a5 17. Nf2 $14) 14... hxg5 15. Bg3 Nxf3
(15... b5 16. Rdf1 Rc8 (16... Nxf3 17. gxf3 Qc7 18. Nd1 Ne5 19. Ne3 a5 20. Rc1
Qc5 21. c4 b4 22. Bf2 Rh3 23. Ng4 Qc7 24. Nxe5 $14 {R.Hubner-Kortchnoi,Schweiz
1994} dxe5 25. c5) 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rf2 f6 19. Rhf1 Bc6 20. a3 Bb7 $1 $13 {
Short-Kasparov,London 1993}) 16. gxf3 Ne5 17. f4 $146 (17. h4 gxh4 18. f4 Ng6
19. Bf2 Bc6 20. f5 Ne5 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Bg1 Bf6 {0-1 Wells,P-Nijboer,F/
Sonnevanck 1995/CBM 46}) (17. Qd4 Qc7 18. Na4 (18. h4 gxh4 19. f4 Ng6 20. f5
Ne5 21. Qf2 O-O-O 22. Bxh4 Bxh4 23. Rxh4 Qc5 24. Qh2 Rxh4 25. Qxh4 exf5 26. Qf6
Bc6 27. Qxf5+ Kc7 28. a3 Rg8 29. Qf6 Re8 30. Bh5 Re6 31. Qf4 Re7 32. Qg5 Rd7 {
Hegde,R-Ganesan,S/IND-ch 1988/EXT 88ch/1-0 (56)}) 18... Bc6 19. Nb6 Rd8 20. Rd2
Bf6 21. Qb4 g4 22. f4 Nf3 23. Bxf3 gxf3 24. Nc4 d5 25. f5 Qxg3 26. fxe6 dxc4
27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Qxc4+ Kg7 29. Rxd8 Bxd8 30. Qd4+ Bf6 {0-1 Almasi,I-Wells,P/
HUN-chT1 1995/EXT 95ch}) 17... gxf4 18. Bxf4 Qc7 19. h4 b5 (19... Rxh4 20. Bg5
Rxh1 21. Rxh1 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Ng6 23. Bh5 Qd8 24. Qd2 Ne5 25. Qxd6 Qf6 26. Nd5)
20. a3 Rb8 (20... O-O-O 21. h5 $16) 21. h5 a5 (21... b4 22. axb4 Rxb4 23. Nd5)
22. Na2 b4 (22... Bc6 23. Qd4 Bf6 24. Rhf1 $16) 23. axb4 axb4 24. Rh3 $1 $14 (
24. Nxb4 Qb7 $132) 24... Qc5 (24... Qb7 25. Nxb4 Qxe4 (25... Qxb4 26. Rb3) 26.
Na6 $18) 25. Rb3 Nc6 (25... Bc6 26. Nxb4 Bxe4 27. Na6) 26. c3 bxc3 $1 $16 27.
Rxb8+ Nxb8 28. Nxc3 Bc6 (28... Nc6 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Qxd6 Bxd6 31. Rxd6 $16 Rg8
32. Rd1 Rg2) 29. Be3 $1 (29. Bxd6 $143 Bxd6 30. Qxd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Rg8 32. Rd1
Rg2 $14 33. Rh1 $2 Rxe2) 29... Qb4 30. Qd3 Nd7 $6 (30... Bf6 $142 31. Bf3 Ke7)
31. Bd4 Bf6 (31... Ne5 32. Qa6 $16) 32. Bxf6 Nxf6 33. Bf3 Nd7 (33... Ke7 34. e5
$1) 34. Qxd6 Qxd6 35. Rxd6 Ne5 36. Be2 Ke7 $6 (36... Rg8 $142) 37. Rd1 Nd7 38.
Kc2 Nf6 39. Bf3 Rg8 40. e5 $1 Bxf3 41. exf6+ Ke8 (41... Kxf6 42. Rf1 Rg3 43.
Ne4+ $18) 42. Rd6 $1 Rg2+ (42... Bxh5 43. Nb5 $18) (42... Rg5 43. h6 Rh5 (43...
Bh5 44. b4 Bg6+ 45. Kb3 Rf5 46. b5 Rxf6 47. b6 Ke7 48. b7) 44. h7 $1 $18) 43.
Kb3 Rg3 44. Ka2 Rg2 45. h6 Be2 46. h7 1-0

[Event "Montreal 6th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2005.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2005.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 {Recently this move became more popular than 9.f4}
Be7 10. Be3 {White transfers the bishop, making way for the pawns on the
kingside} h5 {Black prevents the advance g2-g4. 10...b5 also deserved
attention and as the tournament practice shows black has counter chances} (
10... O-O 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. h4 (13. g5 Nh5 $6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Bh3
$36 {[%cal Rh3g4] 1-0 Tarjan,J-Mednis,E/Riga 1979/IZT (38)}) 13... Nd7 (13...
b5 14. h5 b4 15. Ne2 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Kb1 a5 18. f4 Nb6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ochoa
de Echaguen,F-Eslon,J/Linares 1978/MCD (73)}) 14. g5 b5 15. Bd3 Qa5 16. Kb1 b4
17. Ne2 Rfb8 18. b3 Qc7 19. h5 e5 20. Bb2 Bb5 21. g6 $40 {[#]. 1-0 Dutreeuw,
M-Mohandesi,S/Brussels 1995/EXT 97 (37)}) (10... b5 11. g4 Nxd4 $5 (11... O-O
12. g5 Ne8 13. h4 Nc7 14. Rg1 b4 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Ne2 d5 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. e5
$16 {1-0 Shamkovich,L-Peters,J/Mentor 1977/MCL (28)}) 12. Bxd4 b4 13. Ne2 e5
14. Be3 Qa5 15. Kb1 Be6 16. Nc1 h6 17. Nb3 Qc7 $132 {0-1 Movsesian,S-Miton,K/
Moscow 2004/CBM 100/[Ftacnik] (46)}) 11. Kb1 (11. f4 {Another possible plan is
connected with the advance f3-f4 as the games below show black doesn't have
too much problems and gets counterplay} b5 12. Bd3 Qb8 13. Nf3 Bd8 $132 {
1/2-1/2 De la Villa Garcia,J-Garcia Ilundain,D/Zaragoza 1995/EXT 97 (23)}) (11.
h3 Qc7 12. f4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 Bc6 15. Bd3 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Calzetta
Ruiz,M-Gaponenko,I/Dresden 2004/CBM 099 ext (55)}) 11... Qc7 12. h3 (12. Qf2 b5
13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd4 b4 15. Ne2 e5 16. Bb6 Qb7 $132 {0-1 Sahu,S-Mednis,E/New
York 1984/MCD (36)}) 12... Rc8 {12...0-0-0 deserved attention, getting a solid
position though slightly passive} (12... O-O-O $5 13. Nb3 Be8 14. Qf2 Nd7 15.
f4 Kb8 16. Be2 h4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lopez Gracia,F-Baron Rodriguez,J/Zaragoza 2004/
CBM 099 ext (65)}) (12... h4) 13. Bd3 b5 $6 {13...h4 deserved attention,
preventing the advance of the white pawns} (13... h4 $5 14. f4) 14. g4 {
White starts a typical attack on the kingside} Nxd4 15. Bxd4 b4 {Black tries
to get some counterplay but due to the weak position of his king, white's
chances are significatly preferable} 16. Ne2 e5 17. Be3 Be6 18. g5 Nd7 19. f4
$1 {A typical move for such a position. White tries to open up the position
and get to the black king} exf4 {In case of 19...Bc4 20.f5 white's edge is
indisputable} (19... Qa5 20. a3 exf4 21. Nxf4 Rb8 22. Nxe6 $16 fxe6) (19... Bc4
20. f5 $40) 20. Nxf4 $16 Ne5 (20... Qb7 21. Qe2 $36 {[%cal Rd3a6,Yf4h5]}) 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bxa6 {Now white has besides the positional advantage, also a
material one} Rb8 23. Rhf1 {[%cal Rf1f8] Bringing the rook to the centre and
preventing the castling from black, further increasing his advantage} Rf8 24.
Qe2 $18 {[%cal Ge2h5]} Rxf1 (24... g6 25. Bb5+ Kd8 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 27. Ba4 $18 {
[%cal Ra4b3,Gb3e6]}) 25. Qxf1 (25. Rxf1 $5) 25... Nd7 {It is difficult for
black to create some real threats. For example, after 25...Qc6 26.Bd3 black
doesn't have any follow up} (25... Qc6 26. Bd3 (26. Qe2 Qxe4 27. Qxh5+ Kd7 28.
Re1 $36) 26... b3 27. axb3) 26. Qe2 {[%cal Re2h5]} g6 27. Bc4 {[%cal Yc4e6]}
Nf8 28. h4 Qxc4 29. Qxc4 d5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.04.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Rc8 (9... b5 10. h4 h5 11. Kb1 Be7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne2 $16 {
Tal,M-Cabrillo/Lvov/1981/}) (9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. g4 Bc6 12. Be3 O-O 13.
Qd2 {Tal,M-Deze/Novi Sad/1974/}) 10. Kb1 Be7 11. Nxc6 (11. Be3 O-O 12. g4 Nxd4
13. Bxd4 (13. Qxd4 Bc6 14. g5 Nd7 15. f4) 13... Bc6 (13... b5 14. g5 Ne8 15. h4
Nc7 16. Ne2 Rb8 17. Ng3 Re8 18. f4 $16 {White is much faster} Bf8 19. f5 $40 {
1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Hort,V/Montreal 1979/MCL/[ChessBase] (27)}) 14. h4 b5 15. g5
Nd7 16. a3 $6 Rb8 17. Bd3 a5 $132 {0-1 Kutuzovic,B-Kozul,Z/Pula 1996/EXT 98 
(31)}) (11. h4 O-O (11... h5 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. Bd3 (13. Ne2 b5 14. Nf4 Rc8 15.
Bd3 Bc6 16. Qe1 Qb6 17. Qg3 b4 18. Rhe1 e5 19. Nh3 $16 {1-0 Mrdja,M-Pantaleoni,
C/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM 74 ext (39)}) 13... b5 (13... Qc7 14. Rhe1 O-O 15. Nd5
exd5 16. exd5 Rc5 17. Rxe7 $16 {1-0 Luecke,N-Kalinitschew,S/Muenster 1990/EXT
97 (38)}) 14. Rhe1 b4 15. Ne2 Qb6 16. Nf4 a5 17. e5 dxe5 18. Ng6 $40 {1-0
Shabalov,A-Fedorowicz,J/Seattle 2000/CBM 80 no vc (27)}) (11... Na5 12. g4 b5
13. Qg2 Qc7 14. Bd3 b4 15. Nce2 Nc4 16. Bc1 a5 17. Ng3 Kd8 18. g5 $36 {0-1
Hardarson,R-Schoen,W/Reykjavik 1988/TD (40)}) (11... Ne5 12. g4 b5 13. Bd3 O-O
14. Be3 Kh8 15. h5 Rc7 16. g5 Ng8 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. f5 $40 {1-0 Oll,
L-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Groningen 1993/CBM 39 (40)}) (11... h6 12. Be3 h5 13. Bd3
Ne5 14. Rhe1 b5 15. a3 Rb8 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Ka2 Ng4 19. Bg1 O-O 20.
Nf3 Bc6 21. Bd4 Qc7 $17 {0-1 Pavlovic,M-Damljanovic,B/Subotica 2000/CBM 76 (35)
}) 12. g4 b5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd3 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. f4 Nc5 17. Rhe1 f6 18.
exf6 Bxf6 19. Ne2 $14 {1-0 Korneev,O-Estremera Panos,S/Vendrell 1996/EXT 98 
(39)}) 11... Rxc6 12. h4 Bc8 {Black bishop going to c8 outpost with idea to
set free d7square for black's knight .} 13. Ne2 {[%cal Ye2d4,Ye2g3] White's
knight going to d4 or g3 outpost.} h6 14. Be3 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Nd4 Rc7 17. f4
Bxh4 18. Bd3 Be7 19. Qf2 Nc5 20. g4 $44 {White has certain compensation for
the pawn down.} Rf8 21. f5 b5 22. f6 gxf6 23. exf6 Bxf6 $2 (23... Bd6 24. Rxh6
(24. Bxh6 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Rh8 $13) 24... Nxd3 25. Rxd3 e5 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. Qxf5
d4 $132) 24. Nxb5 $1 axb5 25. Bxc5 $16 {White has clear advantage now,because
black king on the center.} Be7 26. Bb6 Qd6 27. Bxc7 Qxc7 28. Bxb5+ Bd7 29.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 $18 30. Rxh6 Bd6 31. Rh7 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Rh7f7,Yf2f7]} Ke8 32. Qe2
{[%csl Yd5][%cal Yd1d5]} Qc6 33. g5 {[%csl Yg6][%cal Yg5g6]} Be7 34. Qh5 Qb5
35. a4 Qb4 36. Rxf7 Rxf7 37. Rf1 (37. Rf1 Qxa4 38. Qxf7+ Kd7 39. g6) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 (10... Qxf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Ndxb5 Qd8 13. Nd6+
Bxd6 14. Qxd6 exf4 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Nb5 Ra7 17. Nxa7 Nxa7 18. Qd4 $16 {
Bachkov-Sherbakov,R,Cheliabinsk,1990}) 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nce2 h5 (12... Rc8 13.
g3 h5 (13... Na5 $5 14. b3 Nc6 15. Bg2 Qa5 $1 16. c3 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Be7 18. Rhe1
h5 19. Rc1 Qc7) 14. Bg2 Na5 15. b3 Nc6 16. Rhf1 $1 Qa5 $1 17. c3 Qb6 $6 18. f5
$1 Bh6 19. Qe1 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 e5 21. Nc2 a5 22. h4 $16 {Hjartarson-Yermolinsky,
Erevan1996}) 13. g3 Na5 14. b3 Nc6 15. Bg2 Rc8 16. Rhf1 Nxd4 $6 $146 17. Nxd4
Qc5 18. Rf3 $1 Bg7 (18... Be7 19. h4 $16) 19. c3 a5 20. h4 O-O (20... b4 21. c4
a4 22. Nc2 $16) 21. Rd3 b4 22. c4 f5 23. exf5 a4 24. fxe6 fxe6 $2 (24... Bxe6
$13) 25. f5 $1 e5 (25... exf5 26. Bd5+ Kh7 27. Qe2 $18) 26. Bd5+ Qxd5 (26...
Kh7 27. Qg5 $18) 27. cxd5 exd4 28. bxa4 Bxf5 29. Rf1 Bg6 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Kb2
Rc3 (31... Bxd3 32. Qxd3 Rc3 33. Qd2 d3 34. Kb1 $18) 32. Qf4+ Kg8 33. Rd2 Ra3
34. Qxd6 d3+ 35. Kb1 Kh7 36. Qxb4 Rc3 37. d6 Rc6 38. a3 Ra6 39. g4 hxg4 40. h5
Bxh5 41. Qb5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Yilmaz, Turhan"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 Rc8 11. g4 $6 (11. Kb1 h5 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. g3 (13.
Ne2 e5 14. Nc3 Be6 15. g3 Qc8 16. Rh2 Bd8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. f4 $14
{Sutovskij.E-Kozul.Z,Bled 97}) 13... b5 14. Bg2 b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. Nf4 Qb6 17.
Rhe1 Rc7 18. Bh3 a4 19. Qe3 $14 {Lanka-KozulEu-ch TM}) 11... h5 $1 12. gxh5
Nxh5 13. Rg1 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Rc6 15. Qd2 g6 (15... Bf6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxf6 gxf6
18. Ne4 Qc7 19. Nd6+ $13 {Fercec N.-Kozul Z,Pula96}) 16. Ne2 $2 (16. Bh3 $5)
16... e5 $1 17. Nc3 Be6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 (19. exd5 Rc5 $17) 19... Bxg5+
20. hxg5 Nf4 21. Qd2 Rh5 22. Kb1 Qb6 $19 23. Bd3 Ke7 24. Rg3 Qc5 25. Bf1 Rc8
26. b4 Qb6 27. a3 a5 28. Kb2 axb4 29. axb4 Rh2 {30.Qh2 Qb4 31.KC1 QC3} 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 {Black tries with the help pf g7-g5 to take control over
the e5 square. Other moves, such as 9...Be7 or 9...b5 are also possible, for
example:} (9... b5) (9... b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe3 Qc7 13. Kb1
Qa7 14. Qe1 Be7 15. f5 Qc5 16. Bd3 b4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Cao Sang-Acs,P/Heviz 2003/
CBM 96 (40)}) (9... Be7) (9... Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. e5 b4 12. exf6 bxc3 13. Qxc3
gxf6 $132 {0-1 Tseitlin,M-Greenfeld,A/Tel Aviv 2002/CBM 93 (46)}) 10. Bh4 g5 {
Ernst: [#] '!?' Wells. '!?' Wells. Wells: Nothing wrong with this system as
such ( its another fairly respectable way of contesting the e5 square ) but
the weakness of f7 should be constantly borne in mind. Wells: Nothing wrong
with this system as such ( its another fairly respectable way of contesting
the e5 square ) but the weakness of f7 should be constantly borne in mind.} 11.
fxg5 Ng4 12. Nxc6 {By exchanging the knights white tries to take advantage of
the black weaknesses and the unfortunate position of the black king. Another
move 12.Nf3 also gives white a certain advantage, for example:} (12. Nf3) (12.
Nf3 hxg5 13. Bg3 Be7 14. Be2 Nge5 15. Kb1 Nxf3 16. gxf3 Ne5 17. h4 gxh4 18. f4
$44 {1-0 Larsen,B-Sorokin,M/La Plata 1997/CBM 62 ext (44)}) 12... Bxc6 13. Be2
$5 {An attempt to win a pawn by 13.Qf4 gives black a fine compensation} (13.
Qf4 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Qxg5 Bh6 16. Qxh6 Rxh6 17. Rxd6 Nf2 18. Rg1 Rxh2 $44
{Slobodjan,R-Heinbuch,D/Bonn GSK (11)/ 1995 0,5 (26)/CBM 45}) 13... Ne5 14. Kb1
{14.g3 is a more common move, usually leading to a better game for white. 14.
Rhf1 may lead to the same positions with a different move order} (14. g3 $5 Ng6
15. Rhf1 $5 Nxh4 16. gxh4 hxg5 17. hxg5 Rxh2 (17... Be7 $142 18. Rg1 Qa5 19.
Qf4 Qe5 20. Qxe5 dxe5 21. g6 $16) 18. Rxf7 $1 (18. Qf4 Rh7 19. g6 $2 Bh6 20.
gxh7 Qf6 $1 21. Kb1 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Qh6 $19) 18... Kxf7 19. Qf4+ Ke8 20. Qxh2
Qxg5+ 21. Kb1 $14) 14... Be7 15. Bg3 hxg5 16. Rhf1 {[%cal Rf1f7] White
activizes the rook by putting it on the f-file} Qc7 $5 {16...b5 met a nice
refutation in the next game:} (16... b5 $2 17. Bxe5 $1 dxe5 {[%csl Rf7][%cal
Ye2h5,Yf1f7]} 18. Bh5 $1 {[%csl Rf7]} Bf6 (18... Rxh5 19. Qe2 $16 {[%cal Ge2h5,
Gd1d8]}) 19. Qf2 Qe7 20. g4 $1 $36 {[%csl Yh5] 1-0 Asrian,K-Galliamova,A/
Moscow 2002/CBM 88/[Wells] (27)}) (16... Qa5 $5) (16... Qa5 17. Qe3 f6 18. Be1
{1/2-1/2 Bromann,T-Groetz,H/Tingkaerskolen 1997/EXT 98 (96)}) 17. Qe3 b5 18. a3
{A typical move, securing the c3 square for the knight.} Qa7 {It's good for
black, to exchange the queens and release the tension a little, of course} 19.
Rd4 Qb6 {Black puts the queen on a better square. 19...f6 also deserved
attention, for example:} (19... f6 $5 20. Qd2 O-O-O 21. a4 d5 $6 (21... bxa4
22. Nxa4 d5 $132) 22. axb5 Nc4 23. Qd3 (23. Bxc4 $5 dxc4 24. Bf2 $16) 23...
axb5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Nokso Koivisto,A-Maki,V/Helsinki 1990/EXT 2000 (44)}) 20.
Qd2 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Rd4d6] white tranfers the queen to the d-file, preparing
a sacrifice of the exchange on d6 in some cases.} Bb7 {Black defends against
the sacrifice on d6 and allows white to get the initiative.} (20... Rc8 $5) 21.
Bxe5 $5 dxe5 22. Rd7 {Again white threatens to sacrifice an exchange by 23.Re7.
} f6 {Defending the pawn on f6 and discourages the sac on e7} 23. Bg4 {23.Qd1
also deserved a serious attention as the variations show} (23. Qd1 $1 b4 (23...
Rxh2 24. Bh5+ Rxh5 25. Rxb7 Qxb7 26. Qxh5+ Kd7 27. Qf7 $18) 24. Bh5+ Rxh5 25.
Rxb7 Qxb7 26. Qxh5+ $16) 23... Bc8 24. Bxe6 $5 {[%mdl 512] White bravely
sacrifices one piece and then another, planning to get a strong initiative for
the material.} Qxe6 25. Rxe7+ {[%mdl 512]} Qxe7 26. Nd5 Qg7 $2 {After this bad
move black loses right away. 26...Qc5 was necessary with good chances for
defending.} (26... Qc5 $5 27. Nxf6+ Ke7 28. Qxg5 (28. Nd5+ Kd6 29. Rf6+ (29.
Qxg5 Re8 30. Rd1 Kc6 31. Qg7 Ra7 32. Nb4+ Qxb4 33. Qxa7 Qe7) 29... Be6) 28...
Kd6 29. Ng8 Rxg8 30. Qxg8 Kc7 31. h4 Bb7) 27. Nxf6+ Ke7 28. Qd5 $1 $18 Ra7 29.
Qc5+ Kd8 30. Qb6+ Rc7 31. Rd1+ Bd7 32. Nxd7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Qc7 10. Kb1 Be7 11. h4 (11. g4) 11... h6 (11... Rc8 12. g4 (12.
Nxc6 $5) 12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 b5 14. Qd2 h5 15. gxh5 Nxh5 16. Rh2 b4 17. Ne2 Bf6
18. Nc1 a5 19. Rg2 Ke7 $11 {Luter-Grosspeter,Kechkemet 93}) (11... h5 12. Be2
Nxd4 13. Qxd4 b5 14. f4 e5 15. Qd3 b4 16. fxe5 bxc3 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Qd4 Rg8
19. Bxf6 cxb2 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Bc4 Rxg2 22. e5 dxe5 23. Qd5 $18 {
Dimitrov-Sherbakov,Nic 96}) (11... O-O 12. h5 Rfd8 13. g4 d5 14. e5 $1 Nxe5 15.
h6 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. hxg7 Bc6 18. Qe1 Kxg7 19. Qh4 $18 {Elvest-Tishbirek,
New York94}) 12. Be3 h5 (12... Ne5 13. g4 b5 14. Qg2 $5 b4 15. Nce2 Nc4 16. Bc1
g6 17. g5 Nh5 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. Qxg3 e5 20. h5 $1 exd4 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. gxh6
Kf7 23. Rxd4 Be6 24. Qf4+ Ke8 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. e5 d5 27. b3 $40 {
Shulskis-Sherbakov,Kozalin 96}) 13. Nxc6 $5 bxc6 (13... Bxc6 14. Ne2) 14. Bg5
$5 Rb8 $5 (14... d5 15. e5 Ng8 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qg5 g6 18. g4 $14) 15. Bc4 a5
$6 (15... Qb7 $5 16. Bb3 c5 $132) 16. Rhe1 e5 $2 (16... Qb7 17. Bb3 c5 $13) 17.
Rg1 Rb4 (17... O-O 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. g4 $36) 18. Bb3 Be6 19. Ne2 $1 Qb7 20. Qc3
$1 d5 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Qxe5 a4 23. c3 Rxb3 24. axb3 axb3 25. Nd4 $1 $18 Qa7
26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qxe6 Qa2+ 28. Kc1 Qa1+ 29. Kd2 Qxb2+ 30. Ke3 Qxc3+ 31. Kf2
Rf8 32. Rge1 Ng4+ 33. Kg1 Qc5+ 34. Kh1 Nf2+ 35. Kh2 Rf7 36. Bxe7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shovunov, Baatr"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Qc7 10. h4 (10. Kb1 Rc8 11. Nxc6 $1 Bxc6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bd3
h5 14. Rhe1 Qa5 15. Bc4 $1 $16 {Leko-Sherbakov,Tilburg1996}) 10... Be7 11. h5
h6 12. Be3 b5 (12... Na5 $142) 13. Bd3 (13. Nxc6 $1 $14) 13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b4
15. Ne2 a5 16. Kb1 e5 17. Bf2 $6 (17. Be3 $142 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Be4 Nxe3
20. Qxe3 Rc8 21. Qd3 $132) 17... O-O 18. Be3 (18. Bh4 $6 Be6 19. g4 Nh7 20.
Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Ng3 Ng5 22. Be2 Rfd8 $17) 18... Rfd8 (18... d5 $143 19. exd5 (19.
Bxh6 dxe4 $1 20. Qg5 Ne8 21. Qxe7 exd3 22. Rxd3 Bf5 $17) 19... Nxd5 20. Bxh6
Nc3+ 21. Nxc3 (21. bxc3 $2 bxc3 22. Nxc3 Rab8+ 23. Ka1 Bb4 24. Nd5 Bxd2 25.
Nxc7 Bc3#) 21... bxc3 22. Qe3 gxh6 $6 23. Qxh6 f5 24. Rh3 Rf6 25. Rg3+ Kf7 26.
Rg7+ Ke6 (26... Ke8 27. Rg8+ Rf8 28. Qg6+ Kd8 29. Bxf5 $18) 27. Bxf5+ $1 Kxf5
28. Qh7+ Kf4 29. Qe4#) 19. g4 Nh7 20. Rhg1 Ng5 (20... Bg5 21. f4 exf4 22. Nxf4
$132) 21. Rdf1 Qc6 (21... Bc6 22. Bc4 $1 $14) 22. f4 (22. Ng3 Nh3 23. Rh1 Nf4
24. Ne2 Ng2 $15) 22... Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 24. g5 hxg5 25. fxg5 a4 26. g6 f6 (
26... f5 27. Ng3) 27. Ng3 Qc4 28. b3 (28. h6 $6 b3 $1) 28... axb3 29. cxb3 Qg4
(29... Qc3 $2 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. h6 gxh6 32. Rc1 Qxe3 33. Qf7 $18) 30. Kb2 d5 31.
h6 $13 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boskovic Memorial"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2000.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 Be7 14. Bd3
h5 (14... Qc5 15. f5 {- see detailed commented game 1-0 Adams,M-Kozul,Z/
Belgrade 1999/CBM 69 (37) [Gofshtein,L]}) 15. f5 (15. Rf1 a5 16. f5 b4 17. Ne2
e5 18. Nc1 Qb7 19. Qe2 a4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Dolmatov,S-Sherbakov,R/Novgorod 1995/ 
(75)}) 15... b4 (15... Qc5 16. Rf1 {-see commented game 1-0 Short,N-Torre,E/
Manila izt 1990/Inf 49 (28) [Short,N]} (16. Qg3 Kd7 17. Qh3 $132)) 16. Ne2 e5 (
16... Rg8 17. Qh4 Rg5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nf4 Bd7 20. Nxh5 $16 {1-0
Tingander-Rantsi/cr SF Mkl 1990/ (35)}) 17. Ng3 (17. Qg3 d5 (17... Bf8 18. Qf3
Qc5 19. Nc1 a5 20. Nb3 Qb6 21. Bc4 a4 22. Nc1 Ra5 23. Rhe1 $14 {1-0 Ivanov,
A-Anikaev,Y/Beltsi 1979/ (62)}) (17... Kf8 18. Qf3 Qc5 19. h4 d5 20. g4 hxg4
21. Qxg4 Rg8 $132 (21... Qe3 22. Rhg1 {1-0 Brustman,A-Nutu Gajic,D/Biel opW
1990 (22)})) 18. Qf3 (18. exd5 Bxd5 $132) 18... dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 $14
{1-0 Tiemann,H-Kask/cr OMT 1983/(36)}) (17. Nc1 Qb7 (17... a5 18. Bc4 Rc8 19.
b3 Rg8 20. Qe2 $14) 18. Qh4 a5 19. Rhe1 a4 20. Bc4 $14 {1-0 Oechslein,R-Piuva,
M/cr Baltic Sea 1991 (40)}) 17... h4 (17... a5 18. Qe2 h4 19. Nf1 Qc5 20. Bc4
Bd8 21. Ne3 Rc8 (21... Bxe4 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qc6 24. Rhd1 $44) 22. Rhe1 (
22. Bd5 Bb5 23. Qd2 Bb6 24. Rhe1 a4) 22... Bxe4 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Watson,W-Yrjola,J/Kecskemet 1988/ (44)}) 18. Nf1 Qb7 (18... Qc5 {
White can also not sacrifice P:} 19. Nd2 $1 $14 {[%cal Gd3c4] -can be
recommended.} (19. Ne3 a5 (19... Bd8 20. Bc4 Bb6 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 $14 {
0-1 Ernst,T-Popovic,P/Tilburg 1992(75)}) 20. Bc4 $5 {[%csl Re4]} Bxe4 21. Bd5
Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Qc6 23. Qe2 Rg8 24. Rhd1 Rg5 25. Nc4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Perunovic,
M-Damljanovic,B/Valjevo YUG 2000/The Week in Chess 294 (51)})) (18... h3 19. g3
a5 20. Bc4 Rc8 21. Bd5 Bb5 22. Ne3 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Damljanovic,B/Cacak
1996/CBM 57/ (22)}) 19. Nd2 $1 $14 a5 20. Bc4 {d5 is the key square, the
struggle goes surround this important point.} a4 21. Qe2 Ra5 22. Rhe1 Rc5 23.
b3 a3 (23... axb3 24. Nxb3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc5]}) 24. Qg4 $1 {Position on the
queenside is stabled, and White opens activity on the opposite side!} Kf8 25.
Re3 d5 $1 {Otherwise White will increase activity.} 26. exd5 Bxd5 27. g3 $6 (
27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Ree1 Rg8 29. Qf3 Bc5 30. Ne4 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Bd4 32. g4 hxg3
33. hxg3 $14) 27... Bxc4 28. Nxc4 Rd5 $1 29. Ree1 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Qg2 $4 $18 {
This move already decisive mistake!} ({Right was only} 30... hxg3 31. hxg3 Rh1
32. Kc1 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Bc5 $11) 31. Nb6 $1 {threatening Nd7 and Qg7 +-} Qc6 $8
32. Nd5 $4 $14 ({Immediately wins} 32. Nd7+ Ke8 33. Qg7 Rf8 34. Kc1 $1 (34.
Nxf8 $4 Qc3 35. Kc1 Bc5 $19) 34... e4 (34... hxg3 35. hxg3 Qc3 {[%tqu "En","?",
"","","g7f8","",10]} 36. Qxf8+ $3 {I am sure - this move was missed by White!}
Bxf8 37. Nxf6+ Ke7 38. Nd5+ $18) 35. Nxf8 Bxf8 36. Qg4 $18) 32... hxg3 33. hxg3
Qc5 34. Qe2 Kg7 35. g4 Rd8 36. Qf3 Bf8 $4 $18 {Black gives to White again
winning chance...} (36... Qc6 37. Qh3 Rh8 38. Qd3 Rd8 $14) (36... Rd6 37. Qh3
Qxd5 (37... Rxd5 38. Rh1 $18) 38. Rxd5 Rxd5 39. Kc1 $14) 37. g5 $1 {...and
White uses it!} Be7 ({The only possibility of resistance was} 37... Rxd5 $1 38.
Qxd5 $1 (38. gxf6+ $2 Kxf6 39. Qxd5 (39. Rxd5 e4 40. Rxc5 exf3 41. Rd5 f2 42.
Rd1 Kxf5 43. Rf1 Bc5 44. Kc1 Ke4 45. Kd2 Kf3 $19) 39... Qxd5 40. Rxd5 Kxf5 $17)
(38. Rxd5 e4 39. Qd1 Qc3 40. gxf6+ Kxf6 41. Qc1 Ke7 $17 {[%cal Gf8g7]}) 38...
Qc3 39. gxf6+ Kxf6 40. Qd8+ Be7 (40... Kxf5 41. Rf1+ Kg4 42. Rg1+ $18 {[%csl
Rg4]}) 41. Qh8+ Kg5 42. Qg7+ $18 {[%csl Rg5]}) 38. Qh3 Rh8 39. gxf6+ (39. gxf6+
Bxf6 40. Qg2+ Kf8 41. Nxf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Novak Nikolic Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2000.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Govedarica, Radovan"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nf3 (12. Nxc6) (12.
Nce2) 12... O-O-O 13. g3 ({Seems that} 13. f5 $1 {is strong and pressure on
weakness e6 (after fe fe change) bring to White advantage.} Kb7 (13... Kb8 14.
fxe6 (14. Qe1 Bc8 15. g3 Bh6 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Bh3 Be3 18. Rf1 Rhf8 19. Ne2 d5
20. exd5 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 exd5 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Nf4 Ne7 $132 {1-0 Kavalek,
L-Visier Segovia,F/Montilla Moriles 1977 (68)}) 14... fxe6 15. g3 Qc5 16. Bh3
Bc8 17. Qe1 Bg7 18. Rf1 Rhe8 19. Ne2 Ne5 20. Nfd4 Nc4 21. Rf3 d5 22. exd5 Rxd5
23. Rfd3 Ne5 24. Rc3 Qb6 25. Rxc8+ Kxc8 26. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 $18 {1-0
Diesen,M-Torre,E/Polanica Zdroj 1977 (57)}) (13... h5 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Ne2 Kb7
16. Qe1 Be8 17. Ned4 {[%csl Re6]} Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bf7 19. g3 {[%cal Gf1h3]} Bg7
20. Bg2 Kb8 21. e5 d5 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Rf1 $14 {1-0 Matulovic,M-Ciocaltea,V/
Nice 1977/Inf 24/ (35)}) 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. g3 h5 16. Bh3 Bh6 17. Qg2 Ne5 18.
Nd4 {[%csl Re6]} Rhe8 19. Nce2 Ng4 20. Qf3 e5 21. Nf5 $16 {1-0 Suetin,
A-Weinstein,N/Belgrade 1977 (43)}) (13. Bd3 Kb7 (13... Kb8 14. Rhf1 (14. Rhe1
Bc8 15. Bf1 h5 16. g3 Bb7 (16... Bh6 17. Re3 Bb7 18. Bg2 Na5 19. b3 h4 20. Nxh4
Bxf4 21. gxf4 Rxh4 22. Rh3 Rxh3 23. Bxh3 Nc6 $132 {1-0 Borocz,I-Kovacs,J/
Budapest Spring ,EXT 1995 (46)}) 17. Re3 d5 18. exd5 Bc5 19. Ree1 Nb4 20. Bd3
Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Qe2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Byrne,R-Weinstein,N/Pasadena ch-USA
1978 (31)}) 14... Bc8 15. f5 h5 16. Qe1 Ne5 17. Qh4 Be7 18. Be2 Rdg8 19. Nxe5
dxe5 20. Bf3 b4 (20... Qc5 21. Rd3 Bb7 22. a3 Rc8 23. Rc1 a5 $132 {0-1 Klovan,
Y-Beliavsky,A/USSR 1977/Inf 24 (39)}) 21. Ne2 exf5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Ng3 Bg4
$15) 14. f5 h5 15. Ne2 Qc5 16. c3 Bh6 17. Qc2 Be3 18. Rhf1 h4 19. Nc1 Ne7 20.
Nb3 Qb6 21. Qe2 $14 {1-0 Spassky B V-Bertok M/Sochi 1966 (37)}) 13... Kb8 14.
f5 (14. Bh3 Bc8 (14... Na5 15. Rhe1 (15. b3 b4 16. Ne2 Bc6 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18.
Rxd4 d5 19. e5 Bc5 20. exf6 Bxd4 21. Nexd4 Be8 22. Ne5 $14 {1-0 Oe-Boye/cr ch
DK 1987 (45)}) 15... Be7 16. b3 Nb7 17. Qe3 Qxe3 18. Rxe3 Rhe8 19. a3 Bf8 20.
Kb2 $14 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7] 1-0 Short,N-Van der Wiel,J/Wijk aan Zee 1987/Inf 43 
(41)}) 15. Rhe1 h5 16. Re3 Bb7 17. Qe1 Ne7 18. Red3 Bg7 19. a3 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5
21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. Nh4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vasiukov,E-Tukmakov,V/
Moscow-3teams ,MCL 1973 (35)}) 14... Bc8 (14... b4 15. Na4 Qa5 16. b3 Be7 17.
Qe3 Ne5 18. Nb6 Bc6 19. Nc4 Qc5 20. Nd4 Bxe4 (20... exf5 21. Nxc6+ Qxc6 22. Rd5
fxe4 23. Qxe4 $44) 21. Nxe5 (21. Qxe4 d5 22. Qf4 dxc4 23. fxe6 Rd6 $1 $19 {
[%csl Rd4][%cal Gh8d8]}) 21... Qxe5 22. Bxa6 Ka8 23. Rhe1 exf5 (23... d5 $16)
24. Nxf5 Bxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Qxf5+ 26. Qe4+ Qxe4+ 27. Rxe4 Rd7 28. Rxb4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Lobron-Van der Wiel/Ter Apel 1987 (109)}) (14... Qc5 15. Bh3 Ne5 16.
Nd4 Nc4 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nce2 Qb4 20. Nb3 h5 21. Nf4 Re8 22. c3
Qa4 23. Nd4 Ne5 24. Qe2 $16 {1-0 Aleksieva,S-Grabics,M/5/6 1995 (52)}) 15. fxe6
(15. Bh3 Be7 (15... h5 16. Qe1 (16. Rhf1 Bh6 17. Qe1 Ne5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nd4
Ng4 20. Qe2 Be3 21. Nf5 exf5 22. Nd5 Qc5 23. Bxg4 hxg4 24. Nxe3 fxe4 25. Rxf6
d5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Solak,D-Vuckovic,B/Lazarevac YUG 1999 (61)}) 16... Bh6 17. Ne2
Ne5 18. Ned4 Ng4 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Qc3 Bb7 21. Nxe6 Rc8 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Nexd4
Bxe4 24. Rhe1 d5 25. Re2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Liberzon,V-Zaltsman,V/Lone Pine 1981 (45)
}) (15... Bg7 16. Qe1 Rhe8 {Trying to provocate P change on e6} 17. fxe6 $2 {
Premature change} ({Better was} 17. Ne2 $1 Ne5 (17... exf5 18. Bxf5 Bxf5 19.
exf5 Qc5 (19... Qe3 20. Ned4 $16) (19... Ne5 20. Nfd4 $14) 20. Qd2 Qxf5 21.
Ned4 Qc5 22. Nxc6+ Qxc6 23. Nd4 $14) (17... d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Qd2 $14) 18.
Nfd4 d5 (18... Bb7 19. Nf4 $16 {[%csl Re6]}) 19. exd5 Rxd5 20. Bg2 Rd6 21. Qf2
Red8 22. c3 (22. Rhf1 exf5 $15 23. Nc6+ Qxc6 $1 $19) 22... Bb7 (22... exf5 23.
Nc6+ $16) 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Rhf1 Qe4+ 25. Ka1 $14) 17... fxe6 18. Ne2 Ne5 (
18... d5 $2 19. exd5 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Bxc8 $14) 19. Nfd4 {[%csl Re6]} (
19. Nxe5 dxe5 $15) 19... d5 $1 $15 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Gb6e6] 0-1 Sedlak,
N-Damljanovic,B/JUG-ch 2000/[Gofshtein] (49)}) 16. Qh6 b4 17. Na4 Qa5 18. b3 d5
19. fxe6 fxe6 20. exd5 Rxd5 21. Qe3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Re1 f5 $132 {
1-0 Beliavsky,A-Gheorghiu,F/Leningrad 1977/Inf 25 (41)}) 15... fxe6 16. Bh3 $14
Bg7 (16... Be7 17. Qh6 Qc5 18. Rhf1 Rdg8 19. Ne2 Ne5 20. Nfd4 Ng4 21. Bxg4 Rxg4
22. Nf4 e5 23. Nb3 Qa7 24. Nd5 $16 {1-0 Pietzsch,W-Palmason/La Habana (ol)
1966/Inf 02 (33)}) 17. Ne2 $2 $17 {Serious mistake} ({Right was} 17. Rhf1 b4
18. Ne2 d5 19. Ned4 Ne7 (19... Nxd4 20. Qxd4 $1 Qb5 (20... Qxd4 21. Nxd4 $16 {
[%csl Rc6,Re6]}) (20... Qa5 21. e5 Rhf8 22. Qg4 Bh8 23. Nd4 $14) 21. e5 $14)
20. Qe1 $14) 17... d5 $1 {Black immediately use the moment!} 18. Qd3 (18. exd5
Rxd5 19. Qf4+ e5 20. Qh4 Qe3 21. Rxd5 Qxf3 22. Rhd1 Qxe2 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 $17)
18... dxe4 19. Qxe4 f5 $1 20. Qf4+ Qc7 21. Qxc7+ {Queens and rooks change is
forced, and par of Black bishops will dominate on the board.} Kxc7 22. Nf4
Rxd1+ $1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 $2 $19 ({Maybe a little bit better was} 24. Re1
e5 25. Nh5 Bh8 26. Nh4 Ne7 $17 {with certain chances to draw}) 24... Kxd8 25.
Nh5 (25. Ng5 Ke7 26. Nxh7 Ne5 27. Bg2 Bh6 28. Nh5 Kf7 29. h4 Kg6 30. N7f6 Be3
31. Bf1 Ng4 32. Nxg4 fxg4 33. Nf4+ Bxf4 34. gxf4 Bb7 $19) 25... Ne5 $1 26. Nd4
(26. Nxg7 Nxf3 $19 {[%csl Rh2]}) 26... Bh6 27. Bg2 (27. c3 Ke7 28. Nf4 Ng4 29.
Nf3 Bb7 30. Bxg4 fxg4 31. Ne5 Bxf4 32. gxf4 h5 (32... Kf6 33. Nxg4+ Kf5 34. Ne5
Kxf4 $17) 33. Kc2 Kf6 34. Kd3 Kf5 35. Ke3 h4 36. Nf7 g3 37. hxg3 hxg3 38. Nd6+
(38. a4 Kg4 $19) 38... Kg4 $19) 27... Ke7 28. Nf4 Ng4 $1 {[%csl Rh2]} 29. h4 (
29. h3 Ne3 30. Bh1 e5 31. Nc6+ Kd6 32. Ne2 $19) 29... Ne3 30. Nde2 (30. Bh1 e5
31. Nc6+ Kd6 $19) 30... Nxg2 31. Nxg2 e5 {[%csl Gc8,Re2,Rg2,Gh6]} 32. Ne1 Bb7
33. Nd3 Kd6 $19 {White pieces look poorly...} 34. a4 (34. b4 Be3 35. Kb2 h5 36.
Nc3 Bf3 37. Kb3 e4 $19 (37... f4 38. gxf4 exf4 39. a4 $17)) 34... bxa4 35. Nc3
Bc6 36. Nb4 Bd2 37. Nxc6 Kxc6 38. Ne2 Kd5 39. c3 Ke4 40. Kc2 Be3 41. c4 Bc5 42.
Nc3+ Kd4 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.13"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Black "Landenbergue, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia & Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 e6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. g4 ({The main move is:} 10. h4 h6 {-see games in this
opening key;}) 10... h5 $5 {This move prevents white from attack on the
queenside and black gets the rook- h8 in to the game via h-file;} (10... b5 11.
Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nd4 $11 {1-0 Baramidze,
D-Langheinrich,F/Augsburg 2002/CBM 87 ext (64). (63)}) 11. gxh5 Rxh5 {11...Nh5
deserves serious attention. It is good for black to exchange the dark squared
bishops getting control over e5 and f4} (11... Nxh5 $5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rg1 (
13. Nde2 g5 {[%cal Gh5f4,Rc6e5]} 14. Rg1 (14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Ne5 16. Bg2
Ng6 $44 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gh5f4,Ge8c8,Yh8h7,Ya8h8]}) 14... Ne5 {0-1 Lane,
G-Wells,P/Torquay 2002/CBM 91/[Tyomkin,D] (27)}) (13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qxd6 $6
Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Ng3 16. Rg1 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 Rxh2 $15) 13... Rd8 14. Nce2 Qf6 $132 {
0-1 Steinbacher,M-Hort,V/Germany 1986/GER-chT (31)}) 12. h4 (12. f4 Qb6 13. Nf3
O-O-O 14. Bc4 Be8 15. Qe2 Ng8 16. Rhg1 Na5 17. f5 Bxg5+ 18. Nxg5 {1/2-1/2
Kurnosov,I-Kalugin,S/Alushta 2000/EXT 2001 (18)}) 12... Qb6 {Black prepares a
long castling. 12...b5 also deserved attention, taking some space at the
queenside} (12... b5 $5 13. Bg2 Qb6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Ne2 Rd8 16. Nd4 Bb7 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Tringov,G-Hort,V/Skara 1980/EU-chT (31)}) 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. f4 O-O-O 15.
Bg2 Kb8 16. Rhe1 Bc8 (16... Ne8 $5 17. Bf3 Rh8 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. h5 $14) 17.
Qe2 Rhh8 18. Bf3 (18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. fxe5 Nd5 21. Bxe7 Nxe7) 18...
g6 $2 {A positional mistake. Now white succeeds to corrupt black's pawn
structure on the queenside.} (18... Ne8 $5 $14) 19. e5 $1 dxe5 20. Bxc6 $1 bxc6
21. fxe5 Nd5 22. Na4 $36 {[%csl Ra6,Yc5,Rc6][%cal Ra4c5,Rb3c5] Taking control
over important squares near the black king} Bxg5+ 23. hxg5 Qe7 24. Kb1 {
A positional pawn sacrifice. White has a clear compensation because of the
weak black king} Qxg5 25. a3 $44 Qh5 $6 {Black's taking his queen away from
the queenside not noticing white's stong reply} 26. Qc4 $3 {[%mdl 64]} Qh4 {
Black does not fall in a trap and is forced to lose a few tempis in order to
get to the same position} (26... Nb6 27. Qb4 $1 Rxd1+ 28. Ka2 $1 Rxe1 29. Qxb6+
Ka8 30. Qc7 $1 Bb7 31. Nbc5 Rb8 32. Nb6+ Ka7 33. Nbd7 Qh8 34. Qb6+ Ka8 35. Nxa6
$18) 27. Nd4 $16 Bb7 28. Nc5 Nb6 29. Qb4 (29. Qc3 $1 Rc8 30. Qa5 Ka7 31. Ne4 (
31. Re3 $18)) 29... Ka7 30. Re3 {[%cal Re3b3] White connects his rook to the
attack via the third rank} Qe7 31. Rb3 Qc7 32. Rf1 {[%cal Rf1f7]} Rh7 {The
capture on f7 was threatened} 33. Ka2 Rb8 34. Qa5 {Black is in zugzwang. It's
only left for white to bring the rook to the attack. His plan is simple, Rb4
and the Rf3-b3} Nd5 35. Rxb7+ $18 {Winning by force} Rxb7 36. Qxa6+ Kb8 37.
Nxc6+ Kc8 38. Qa8+ Rb8 39. Nxb8 Qxb8 40. Qa6+ Kd8 41. Nxe6+ Ke7 42. Ng5 Rg7 43.
Rxf7+ Rxf7 44. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "David, Alberto"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1
Ra7 14. f5 {Tipical attack, widely used in this line. White's plan is
simple-to get to the black's weak spots} Qc5 15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 Bh6 {besides
the move that been played, there also been tried 16...e5. White usually gets
an iniative. for ezample:} (16... e5 17. Ng3 $5 (17. Nc1 a5 18. Qe2 Bh6 19.
Rhe1 a4 $132 {0-1 Bensch,P-Borriss,M/Passau 1999/EXT 2000 (30)}) 17... h5 18.
h4 a5 19. Qe2 Ke7 20. Nxh5 a4 21. g4 a3 22. Bc4 $16 {1-0 Borriss,M-Kozul,Z/
Munich 1993/TD (39)}) 17. fxe6 $6 {this opening of the game is very dangerous.
white must have forgotten of a1-h8 diagonal} (17. Rf1 $5) (17. Ng3 $5) 17...
fxe6 18. Qh4 Bg7 19. Qh3 Re7 20. Nf4 $2 {white plays in an active way and
looses quickly. it was necessary to think about defence by playing 20.c3} (20.
c3) 20... f5 $1 21. Qh5+ (21. Nh5 Be5 $19) 21... Kd8 22. Bxa6 Bxe4 23. Nd3 Qd4
$2 {immediatly wins 23...Qb6 24.Bc4 Qd4} (23... Qb6 $1 $19) 24. Qh4 Rg8 {
better was- 24...Bf6 going to a winning endgame} (24... Bf6 $5 25. Qf2 Qxf2 26.
Nxf2 Bxg2 27. Rhg1 Bd5) 25. Rhe1 Bf6 26. Qf2 Qxf2 27. Nxf2 Bxg2 28. Rxd6+ Kc7
29. Rd2 (29. Rdxe6 Rxe6 30. Rxe6 Bd5 31. Re1 Bh4 $19) 29... Bh4 $5 {improving
the position of the peices and preparing e6-e5} 30. Bc4 Rg6 31. a3 bxa3 32. b3
e5 33. Ka2 e4 $19 0-1

[Event "Kramatorsk"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2003.08.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Andreev, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2003.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 b4 12. Nce2 Qb6 13. f5 Nxd4 {
The immideate 13...e5 was also played before, which leads in a different move
order to 13...Nd4 14.Nd4 e5 15.Ne2} (13... e5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Ng3 h5 16. Be2
h4 17. Nh5 Be7 18. Bf3 a5 19. g4 hxg3 20. hxg3 O-O-O 21. g4 $13 {1/2-1/2
Huebner,R-Dreev,A/Nussloch 1996/CBM 53 (70)}) 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Nf3 {[%mdl 8] A
novelty. In this position white usually played 15.Ne2 with the idea to
transfer the knight to h5, or 15.Nb3} (15. Ne2 h5 16. h4 Rc8 (16... Ke7 17. Ng3
Bh6 18. Qe2 $5 Bc6 19. Nxh5 Qb7 20. Re1 a5 21. g4 a4 22. Rh3 Ra5 23. Nxf6 Kxf6
24. g5+ $36 {1-0 Wahls,M-Boidman,Y/Berlin 1996/CBM 54 ext (36)}) 17. Ng3 Ke7
18. Bd3 a5 19. Qe2 a4 20. Nxh5 (20. Bc4 Bh6 21. b3 Qe3 22. Qd3 Qxd3 23. Rxd3
Bc6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Acs,P-Miton,K/Yerevan 2000/CBM 78 ext (68)}) 20... b3 $132 {
[#]. 0-1 Antal,G-Izoria,Z/Oropesa del Mar 2000/EXT 2001 (34)}) (15. Nb3 Rc8 16.
Qe1 a5 17. Nd2 Rc5 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. b3 {1-0 Madl,I-Tsiganova,M/Istanbul 2000/
EXT 2001 (36)}) 15... h5 $6 {A dubious move which allows white bishop to c4,
where it's placed very well} (15... Bc6 $5) (15... Rc8 $5 {[%cal Rc8c2]}) 16.
Bc4 $5 Rc8 17. Qe2 a5 18. Rd5 $5 {With the idea to exchange the light squared
bishops after Bb5 after which th light squares of black would be even weaker}
Rc5 {Black prevents the exchange of the light squared bishops} 19. Nd2 {
[%cal Rd2f1,Rf1e3] White transfers his knight to a better position} a4 20. Nf1
Bc6 21. Ne3 $5 {A positional exchange sacrifice. If black recieves it, then
the knight would be extremely strong on d5} Be7 {Black doesn't recieve the
exchange} 22. Rhd1 a3 23. b3 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Qg1+ 26. Rd1 Qc5 27.
c3 $5 {White breaks black's pawn chain on the queen side and brings his king
closer to the center, in view of the forthcoming endgame} bxc3 28. Kc2 Bd8 {
[%cal Rd8a5] Black tries to activate his passive dark squared bishop} 29. Kxc3
Ba5+ 30. Kc2 Bb6 31. Qd2 Ke7 32. Qd5 $5 {[%mdl 4096] Forcing black to exchange
queens after which the result of the game is undoubtful} Qxd5 33. Rxd5 {
Hecht: '[#] Strategically, a clearly superior white position.Because of the
poor black pawn structure White has in effect an extra pawn and thanks to the
possibility of b4 the a3-pawn is of little help to Black. Systematic play
leads to a win.' Hecht: '[#] Strategisch klar überlegene weiße Position Wegen
der schlechten schwarzen Bauernstruktur verfügt Weiß faktisch über einen
Mehrbauern und dank der Möglichkeit b4 ist der Ba3 keine Zierde der schwarzen
Stellung. Systematische Gewinnführung. '} Rg8 34. g3 Kd7 {Hecht: 'aimed at the
Rb5.' Hecht: 'gegen Tb5 gerichtet'} 35. Rd3 Rc8 36. Rc3 $1 {White uses tactics
in order to take control over the c-file} Ke7 (36... Bd4 37. Be6+ fxe6 38.
fxe6+ Kd8 39. e7+ $18) (36... Bg1 {Hecht} 37. Be6+ $5 (37. h3 $142 Ke7 38. Bd5
$18 {a3 is a weakness and there is a chance of setting up a distant passed
pawn on the kingside. Schwäche a3 und Möglichkeit einen entfernten Freibauern
am Königsflügel zu installieren.}) 37... fxe6 38. fxe6+ Kxe6 39. Rxc8 Bxh2 40.
Re8+ Kf7 41. Rh8 Bxg3 42. Rxh5 Ke6 $132 43. b4 d5 (43... Bf4 44. Kb3 Bc1 45.
Kc4 $18) 44. exd5+ Kxd5 45. Rh3 {and White should win. und Weiß sollte gewinnen
}) 37. Be2 {The active 37.Bd5 was stronger} (37. Bd5 $5 Rb8 (37... Rxc3+ 38.
Kxc3 Bg1 39. h3 Be3 40. Kb4 Bc1 41. Ka4 $18) 38. b4 Bg1 39. Rc7+ Ke8 40. Kb3
Bxh2 41. Rxf7 Rb6 42. Rg7 $18) 37... Rh8 {Black deviates from exchanging rooks
as in this case white's two passed pawns (b and h) will decide the game wasily
in his favour} 38. b4 h4 39. Rxa3 hxg3 40. hxg3 {The more active position of
the white pieces and a material advantage turn white's position into totally
winning} Rh2 41. Kd2 Rh1 (41... Kd7 {Hecht} 42. Ra6 Kc7 43. a4 $18) 42. Ra6 Bd4
43. Bc4 $5 {White gets the bishop back to an active position} Rh2+ 44. Kd3 Rh3
45. Bd5 $5 $18 {Frees the c4 square for the bishop} Rxg3+ 46. Kc4 Rg8 (46...
Rc3+ $144 {Hecht} 47. Kb5 Rc8 48. a4 $18) 47. Ra8 Rg2 (47... Rxa8 {Hecht} 48.
Bxa8 Kd7 49. a4 Bf2 50. a5 Be1 51. Kb5 Kc7 52. Bd5 $18 {[%cal Gb5a4,Gb4b5,
Gb5b6]}) 48. Bc6 {Hecht: 'The game comes to an abrupt end after a mating
attack.' Hecht: 'Ein Mattangriff beendet abrupt die Partie.'} Rc2+ 49. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Montreal 4th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2003.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bxf6 {White exchanges his black-squared bishop and
tries to exploit his lead in development. 10.Bh4 is a much more common move} (
10. Bh4 $5 g5 (10... Nxe4 11. Qe1 $36) 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Be2 Nge5 13. Nf3 $14 {
1-0 Krakops,M-Van der Wiel,J/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext (40)}) 10... Qxf6 11. Nf3 Qd8
12. e5 $5 {White tries to initiate an immideate struggle in the center in
order to take advantage of his development lead. There are also other
possibilities such as:} (12. g4 Qc7 13. f5 O-O-O 14. h4 Be7 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Bd3
Qa5 17. Bc4 Qc5 18. Bb3 Na5 $132 {0-1 Benedicto,R-Lombardy,W/New York 1955/EXT
2000 (33)}) (12. Kb1 Be7 (12... Qa5 13. Bc4 O-O-O 14. f5 Be7 15. fxe6 fxe6 16.
Nd4 Nxd4 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Nxe7+ Kc7 19. Rxd2 Rhe8 20. Ng6 Nc6 $14 {1/2-1/2
Gruenberg,H-Pavlov,M/Zinnowitz 1983/EXT 2002 (27)}) 13. h4 Qb6 14. Rh3 O-O-O
15. Qe1 Kb8 16. Nd2 Qa7 17. Nc4 d5 $132 {0-1 Marjanovic,S-Kupreichik,V/Teslic
1979/MCD (58)}) (12. Bd3 Be7 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. Rhe1 O-O-O 15. Nd5 exd5 16. exd5
Bf6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Be4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Radziejewski,D-Berg,K/Jelenia Gora 1980/
EXT 2003 (32)}) 12... d5 $5 {Black prefers to keep the position closed. In
case of 12...de 13.fe followed by 14.Ne4 white gets a slightly better
perspectives} (12... dxe5 13. fxe5 Qc7 14. Ne4 $5 $14 (14. Qe3 O-O-O 15. a3 Be7
$132 {1/2-1/2 Karlsson,T-Lindeman,S/Linkoping 1996/EXT 2000 (24)})) 13. h4 Bc5
14. Kb1 {[%cal Rc5e3] A profilactic move. White prepares f4-f5} b5 15. f5 $5 (
15. Bd3 $5) 15... Qb6 16. Ne4 {[%mdl 512] White plays very risky. The simple
16.Qf4 gave him a good game} (16. Qf4 $5) 16... dxe4 17. Qxd7+ Kf8 18. fxe6 Be7
$1 {[%mdl 256] After this simple move, white must to keep sacrificing in order
to keep the attack} (18... fxe6 19. Qxe6 exf3 20. Qf5+ $11) 19. Bxb5 $8 {
White has to take strong measures in order to continue the strugle as black
simply threatens Rad8 catching the queen} axb5 20. Rd6 {Again, an only move}
exf3 21. gxf3 Qa5 $6 {Black starts an attack on the opponent's king. Probably,
it was simpler to play 21...Rd8 getting a technical winning position} (21...
Rd8 $5 22. Rxc6 Qb8 23. Qc7 Qxc7 24. Rxc7 fxe6 $17) 22. Rxc6 Qxa2+ 23. Kc1 fxe6
24. Rd1 $40 {After refusing to go to an endgame black must play very careful
in order to liquidate white's attack} Kf7 (24... Qa1+ 25. Kd2 Qxb2 26. Qxe6 $40
) (24... Re8) 25. c4 $1 {A very strong move. White makes things easier for his
king and also closes the a2-g8 diagonal.} Qa1+ 26. Kc2 Qa4+ 27. Kb1 Rhd8 $6 {
Black doesn't find the best continuation. As the following analysis shows it's
not easy for white to rescue himself after 27...Rhe8} (27... Rhe8 $1 28. Qxe6+
Kf8 29. Rd4 Bf6 30. Qd6+ (30. Qf5 Qa2+ (30... Kg8 31. Rxf6 Qa1+ 32. Kc2 Ra2 $40
) 31. Kc2 Qa4+ 32. Kb1) 30... Kg8 31. f4 bxc4 32. Qd5+ Kh8) 28. Qxe6+ Kf8 29.
Rd7 $1 Qa2+ 30. Kc2 Rxd7 31. Qxd7 Rd8 {Also after 31...bc white has a draw} (
31... bxc4 32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Qxc8+ Kf7 34. Qf5+ Ke8 35. Qc8+ Bd8 36. Qc6+ Kf8
37. Qc5+ $11) 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33. Qe6+ Kh8 34. Qxe7 Qa4+ 35. b3 Qa2+ 36. Kc1 Qa1+
{36...Qd2+ is just a different move order} (36... Qd2+ $5 37. Kb1 Qd1+ 38. Kb2)
37. Kc2 Qd1+ 38. Kb2 Qd2+ {Black agrees to a draw. The only chance to continue
struggling was 38...Qe2+} (38... Qe2+ 39. Ka3 Ra8+ 40. Kb4 Qd2+ 41. Kc5 $13
Qe3+ (41... bxc4)) 39. Kb1 Qe1+ 40. Kb2 Qd2+ 41. Kb1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 {It's one
of the Rauzer's classic lines. black's pawn structurte is damaged, for a pair
of bishops as a compinsation} Be7 14. f5 {tipical attacking move. white's
trying to damage even more black's pawn structure} Qc5 15. Bd3 a5 {black
fights for the space in the queen side, in order to create something over there
} 16. Ne2 {[%cal Re2g3,Ye2f4,Yf4e6,Yf4h5,Rg3h5] the knight is getting nearer
the black king} e5 {Black prevents the white's knight from the "f4" square} 17.
Ng3 $5 {17.Nc1 has also been tried, with the idea after Nb3 push the black's
queen away from the critical spots on the queen side. in both cases white has
the initiative} (17. Nc1 $5 h5 18. Rf1 Rg8 19. g3 b4 20. Nb3 Qa7 21. Bc4 a4 22.
Nc1 Rc8 23. Bd5 Bb5 24. Rf3 Qc5 25. Qd2 Kf8 26. c3 $36 {1-0 Kutuzovic,B-Kozul,
Z/Pula 1997/EXT 2000 (55)}) (17. Qg3 Kf8 18. Qh4 h6 19. Rhf1 a4 20. c3 a3 21.
b3 Rd8 22. Qf2 Rg8 23. Qf3 $14 {1-0 Charbonneau,P-Krush,I/Montreal 2001/CBM 85
(39)}) 17... h5 {[%mdl 512] In fact black sacrifieces a pawn here. It's very
hard to evaluate whether the compensation is enough} (17... b4 $5) 18. h4 $5 {
white fixates the weakness on "h5" and eventually wins it. Besides, white's
rook can join the forces through the third rank} Bd8 $1 {[%cal Yd8b6] very
good regrouping. the bishop goes to the a7-g1 diagonal, while the king takes
his spot on e7} 19. Be2 {white's bringing the bishop to attack "h5" pawn.
after 19.Qe2 black would get a serious conterplay on the dark squares. for
example:} (19. Qe2 a4 20. c3 a3 21. b3 Bb6 22. Rc1 Ke7 23. Nxh5 Qe3 $36) 19...
b4 $6 {19...Ke7 was better, provoking white to take with the bishop. in this
case, as the analyses show, black could get enough compensation for the pawn} (
19... Ke7 $1 20. Bxh5 (20. Nxh5 Bxe4 $132) 20... b4 21. Rd3 a4 22. Qd2 Ba5 23.
Qd1 a3 $44) 20. Nxh5 a4 {after 20...Be4, white's advantage is undoubtfull} (
20... Bxe4 21. Bb5+ Bc6 22. Bxc6+ Qxc6 23. g4 Rc8 24. Qd2 d5 25. Qxd5 Qxc2+ 26.
Ka1 Qc6 27. Qd2 $16) (20... Ke7 21. Ng3 a4 22. Rd3) 21. Rh3 {the rook joins
the action} Ke7 $2 {21...Be4 was necessary with unclear game} (21... Bxe4 $5
22. Bb5+ Qxb5 23. Qxe4 d5 24. Qf3 Qc4 25. g4 Ra5 $132) 22. Qd2 Bxe4 23. Nxf6 $1
{a desicive strike. white has a clear edge} Bxf5 (23... Qxc2+ 24. Qxc2 Bxc2+
25. Kxc2 Kxf6 26. Rxd6+ Ke7 27. Rc6 $16) 24. Rf3 Be6 25. Ne4 $18 {black's king
open position and the activity of the white's pieces quikly settles the result}
Qb6 26. Nxd6 Rg8 27. Nf5+ Bxf5 (27... Ke8 28. Bb5+) 28. Rxf5 f6 29. Qd7+ Kf8
30. Bh5 Be7 31. Qd5 Kg7 32. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 132]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Rc8 10. Nxc6 $146 {[%mdl 8] A typical move in this
variation. White leaves the d4 square for the Nc3. Besides, white prevents
Nc6-e5-c4. Still, it's a novelty. Earlier in this position this move has never
been played.} (10. Kb1 Be7 11. h4 b5 (11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Rc6 13. Qd2 b5 14.
Bd3 Qa5 15. f4 b4 16. Ne2 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 $132 {1-0 Peptan,C-Grosar,A/
Ljubljana 1997/CBM 58 ext (43)}) 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne2 Qc7 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. g4
Rb8 16. Be3 O-O 17. h5 a5 18. g5 $36 {1-0 Jakubowski,K-Tomczak,R/Zakopane 2001/
EXT 2002 (27)}) 10... Bxc6 11. Kb1 Be7 12. h4 {A typical move, preparing the
attack on the king side.} O-O (12... h6 13. Be3 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. f4 b5 16. Ne2
Nc5 17. Nd4 $36) (12... b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Ne2) 13. Ne2 $5 {[%cal Re2d4,Re2g3]
The knight transfers to a much more active place.} d5 {Black tries to start a
game in a centre.} (13... h6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Nd4) 14. e5 Nd7 15. f4 Nc5 16. Nd4
Re8 {The e4 square doesn't give black anything real.} 17. Bd3 {White finishes
the development and prepares an advance on the king side.} Qb6 (17... Ba4 18.
Bxe7 Rxe7 19. h5 h6 20. g4 $36) 18. f5 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 exf5 $2 {19...Bc5 was
much more stubborn, trying to exchange the opponent's active pieces.} (19...
Bc5 $5 20. Nxc6 (20. f6 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 h6 23. Be3) 20... bxc6 (
20... Rxc6 21. f6 Bf8 22. Qg3 $40) 21. f6 Rb8 22. b3 $16) 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21.
Nxf5 {Now white's attack develops by itself.} Rxe5 (21... Rec7) (21... Re6 22.
Qg3 g6 23. Nd4 $40) 22. Nh6+ Kf8 (22... gxh6 23. Qg3+ Rg5 24. hxg5 $18) 23.
Qxh7 Bd7 (23... gxh6 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxe5+ $18) 24. Qg8+ Ke7 25. Qxf7+ Kd6 26.
Qg6+ Kc7 27. Qxg7 Qe6 28. Ng4 Re2 29. Nf6 $18 {Large material edge and a
better pieces positioning assures white the win.} Qf5 30. Rc1 Rd8 31. Rhd1 Kb8
32. Rxd5 Rxc2 33. Nxd7+ Rxd7 34. Qg3+ Rdc7 35. Qxc7+ 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Reichmann, Hendrik"]
[Black "Koscielski, Janusch"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 e6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. Nb3 $6 $11 (9. f4 {Theory}) 9... b5 (9... Be7 10. f3 (10. Bxf6
gxf6 11. f4 Qc7 12. Be2 b5 13. f5 h5 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Bd3 Qb6 16. Kb1 Ne5 $11
{0-1 Koscielski,J-Heinbuch,D/BL2W 1993 (48)}) 10... b5 11. g4 b4 12. Bxf6 gxf6
13. Ne2 a5 14. f4 e5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Marcussi-Pugach/Buenos Aires ch-ARG 1963 
(50)} (14... a4 15. Nbd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 b3 $5 $132)) (9... h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11.
f4 Qd8 12. h4 Qc7 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. g4 Kb8 15. Bg2 Bc8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Vatter,
H-Banas,I/Viernheim 1992 (86)}) 10. Bxf6 (10. f4 b4 (10... Be7 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. h4 b4 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. Rh3 a5 $132 {0-1 Domont,A-Kraut,R/Berlin (6) 1988 
(25)}) 11. Bxf6 (11. Ne2 $2 Nxe4 $1 $17 {0-1 Perea,M-Sherbakov,R/Oviedo rapid
1993 (19)}) 11... gxf6 (11... Qxf6 12. Ne2 Qd8 13. Ned4 Qb6 14. f5 e5 15. Nf3
Be7 $11 {0-1 Klovans,J-Katalymov,B/Bad Liebenzell World Seniors 1996 (51)}) 12.
Ne2 a5 (12... Qb6 13. Ned4 h5 14. g3 h4 15. Bg2 Rc8 16. Kb1 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 $11 {
0-1 Erenska Radzewska Hanna-Levitina Irina S/Jajce w Bosnia & Herzegovina 1983
(47)}) 13. Nbd4 Qb6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 (14... Qxc6 15. Qd3 Qc5 $132 {1-0 Slekys,
E-Obodchuk,A/Bratislava ,EXT 1992 (79)}) 15. Ng3 $132 (15. Nd4 $2 Bxe4 16. Bb5+
Kd8 17. Rhe1 Bd5 (17... f5 18. g4 $44) 18. Ba4 (18. Kb1 Rc8 $17) 18... Rc8 $17
{0-1 Arregui,A-Poberznik,R/cr 1962 (48)})) (10. Bd3 Be7 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. Bxe5 $6
dxe5 $15 {0-1 Stoinev,M-Wirius,S/Prague ,EXT 1986 (30)}) (10. a3 Be7 (10... b4
11. axb4 Nxb4 12. f4 Be7 (12... Qb6 $11) 13. e5 $6 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nfd5 15. Bxe7
Qxe7 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qf4 (17. h4 O-O $17 {0-1 San Segundo,P-Rodriguez,O/
Salamanca 1991 (30)}) 17... O-O 18. Nd4 $15) 11. Bxf6 (11. f4 Rc8 $11 (11... h6
$6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Be2 h5 14. Rhf1 Rc8 15. Kb1 Qb6 16. f5 Ne5 17. Nd4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Schula,M-Firt,S/Czech Republic tt 1994 (42)})) 11... gxf6 12. f4 Qb6
13. f5 O-O-O 14. Kb1 $14 (14. a4 $6 b4 15. Ne2 Na5 16. Nf4 Nxb3+ (16... Bxa4 $2
17. Nxa5 (17. Nd4 $2 Kb8 $2 (17... d5 $1 18. fxe6 (18. exd5 e5 $17) 18... dxe4
19. Qe2 Bc5 (19... Rxd4 20. Qxa6+ $18) 20. Qxa6+ Kb8 $19) 18. b3 (18. fxe6 Rc8
19. Kb1 fxe6 20. Nfxe6 $14) 18... Bd7 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Ndxe6 $14 {1-0 Seltzer,
B-Waitzkin,J/USA juniors USA 1990 (36)}) 17... Qxa5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nxe6 Rdg8
20. Qf2 $16) 17. cxb3 Kb8 18. Bc4 Rc8 19. Kb1 Bxa4 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Bxe6 Bc6
$14)) (10. f3 b4 (10... Be7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Ne2 Qc7 13. Ng3 h5 14. f4 h4 15.
Ne2 O-O-O 16. Kb1 Kb8 $132 {1-0 Lane,G-Hon,A/London Lloyds 1994 (38)}) 11. Ne2
h6 12. Be3 Be7 13. h4 a5 14. Nbd4 Ne5 15. Nf4 h5 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5+ Ned7
18. Qf2 a4 19. e5 dxe5 20. Rxd7 Nxd7 21. Rd1 exf4 22. Bb6 Qc8 (22... Qb8 23.
Rxd7 O-O 24. Rxe7 Rc8 25. Kb1 b3 26. Bd3 (26. c4 Qe5 27. Rd7 Qf5+ 28. Ka1 Qxb5
$19) 26... Qd6 27. Ra7 Rxa7 28. Bxa7 bxa2+ 29. Kxa2 $132) 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24.
Bxd7+ (24. Qe2 Rc8 25. Bxd7+ Kxd7 26. Qb5+ Rc6 $17 {0-1 Cruz Gomez,R-Tukmakov,
V/Cordoba ,EXT 1991 (36)}) 24... Kxd7 25. Bc5 Bxc5 26. Qxc5 $14) 10... gxf6 (
10... Qxf6 11. Nc5 Ra7 12. Nxd7 Rxd7 13. a4 b4 14. Na2 g5 15. Bxa6 (15. Nxb4
Bg7 16. Nd3 $14) 15... Bg7 16. c3 bxc3 17. bxc3 (17. Nxc3 O-O 18. Bb5 Rc8 19.
Rhf1 $14 (19. h4 gxh4 20. f4 Bh6 21. Rhf1 d5 22. e5 Qg7 23. Kb1 $132)) 17...
O-O 18. f3 (18. Bb5 Rc8 $44) 18... Na5 $44 {1-0 Knoppert-Peek/NED ch sf 1987 
(44)}) 11. f4 (11. Kb1 Qb6 (11... b4 12. Ne2 (12. Na4 Rb8 $15) 12... Rc8 $132)
12. f4 O-O-O (12... b4 13. Na4 Qc7) 13. Bd3 $14 Kb8 14. Rhf1 Rc8 15. f5 Be7 16.
Ne2 Ne5 17. Nbd4 Rhg8 18. g3 h5 19. h3 $2 (19. c3 h4 (19... Rc7 20. Bc2 (20.
Nf4 b4 21. Ka1 Nxd3 (21... bxc3 22. bxc3 $18 {[%cal Gd1b1]}) 22. Qxd3 d5 23.
cxb4 $1 (23. fxe6 $2 fxe6 24. exd5 e5 25. Nfe6 exd4 (25... Rb7 26. Qh7 (26. Nf5
Bxe6 27. dxe6 bxc3 28. Qxc3 Rc8 29. Qb3 Qc5 30. Qd5 Qc2 31. Rb1 Ba3 32. Qxb7+
Kxb7 33. bxa3+ Ka7 34. e7 Qc3+ $15) 26... Re8 27. Nb3 bxc3 28. bxc3 Bxe6 29.
dxe6 Qxe6 30. Qxh5 Rc8 31. Rf3 $14) 26. Nxc7 Qxc7 27. Qxd4 bxc3 28. Qxc3 Qxc3
29. bxc3 Kc7 $44) 23... dxe4 24. Qxe4 e5 25. Nd5 Qb7 26. Qh1 $18)) 20. gxh4 Rg2
21. h5 Rh8 22. Qe3 Rxh2 (22... Rxh5 23. Nf4 Rhxh2 24. Nxg2 Rxg2 25. Rg1 $18)
23. Nf4 $16) 19... Rc7 20. Nf3 Qc5 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Rf3 $132 {1/2-1/2 Hurley,
P-Palacios,B/Toronto Reserves 1993 (44)}) 11... Qb6 12. e5 $6 $15 (12. g3 Rc8
13. Bg2 b4 (13... Rg8 14. e5 fxe5 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Qc7 18.
Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Nc5 $16) (13... Be7 14. Kb1) 14. Ne2 Na5 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Kb1
$11) 12... fxe5 13. fxe5 (13. Ne4 d5 (13... O-O-O 14. Nxd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Be8
16. Qc5 Rxd1+ 17. Kxd1 Qd8+ 18. Kc1 exf4 19. a4 $14) 14. Nf6+ Kd8 15. fxe5 Qc7
16. Re1 Rc8 $15) 13... h5 14. Kb1 Nxe5 15. Qf4 (15. Ne4 O-O-O 16. Nf6 (16.
Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Bc6 $19) 16... Bc6 17. Nd4 Bb7 $17) 15... O-O-O 16. a4 Ng4
(16... Rg8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qd4 $15) 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ne4 $4 $19 {[%mdl 8256]
} (18. Qxf7 Nf2 $2 (18... b4 $1 19. Na2 $1 (19. Ne4 d5 20. Ng5 (20. Nf6 Nf2 21.
Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Qe8+ Rd8 $19) 20... Nf2 21. Qf6 Rh6 22. Ba6+ Kb8 23. Qe5+ Bd6 24.
Qg7 Nxd1 25. Rxd1 (25. Qxh6 Nf2 26. Rf1 Ng4 27. Qxh5 Qxa6 $19) 25... Rhh8 26.
Nf7 Rhg8 $19) 19... d5 $15 (19... Nf2 20. Rd4 Nxh1 21. Rc4+ $18)) 19. Bxb5 $1
Bxb5 20. Nxb5 Nxd1 21. Qxe6+ (21. N5d4 $1 Nxb2 (21... Ne3 22. Qxe6+ $14) (21...
Nf2 22. Qxf2 Bg7 23. Rd1 d5 $44) 22. Kxb2 Qb7 23. Qxe6+ (23. Qxb7+ Kxb7 24.
Nxe6 Re8 $17) 23... Kb8 24. Rb1 $44) 21... Kb8 $19) 18... d5 19. h3 Ne3 (19...
e5 $5 20. Qf3 (20. Qxf7 Ne3 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Be6 $1 $19) 20... Ne3 21.
Re1 dxe4 22. Qxe3 Qxe3 23. Rxe3 f5 $19) 20. Rd3 Nc4 $2 $17 (20... dxe4 $1 21.
Qxe3 Qxe3 22. Rxe3 f5 $19) 21. Ng5 Bh6 22. h4 (22. Qf6 Rdf8 $17) 22... Rdf8 23.
Qg3 $2 $19 (23. Qf6 e5 24. Qxb6 Nxb6 25. Nc5 Bc6 (25... f6 26. Nxd7 Kxd7 27.
Ne4 Kc6 28. Ng3 e4 29. Rc3+ $17) 26. Ra3 $17) 23... f6 24. Nf3 Rhg8 25. Qe1 Rg4
(25... Re8 $19) 26. Qd1 Kb8 27. Rd4 Rfg8 (27... Ne3 $19) 28. Qd3 f5 29. Qe2 Re4
30. Rxe4 dxe4 31. Nfd4 e5 32. Nxb5 Bxb5 33. Qxh5 Qg6 34. Qd1 Qd6 35. Qh5 Rf8
36. Bxc4 Bxc4 37. Rd1 Qb6 38. Na5 Qxa5 39. Qxh6 Qa2+ 40. Kc1 Qa1+ 41. Kd2 Rd8+
0-1

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kogan, Artur"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Nxc6 {more  popular  10.B:f6,how known leading to
active position for white.} (10. Bxf6 $5) 10... Bxc6 11. Qe3 {don't give
adventage 11.Qe1,how show under mentioned game} (11. Qe1 Be7 12. Bd3 Nd7 13.
Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qg3 O-O $11 {Meking-Polugaevskij,1977}) 11... Be7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 {
[%cal Rd1d6,Re3a7] not so clear how get adwentage after 12...B:f6, under
mentioned game show,that black has  good chances for counterplay} (12... Bxf6
$5 13. Nd5 (13. e5 Be7 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Ne4 (15. Qd4 Bf8 16. Qe3 {1/2-1/2
Cramling,D-Schneider,L/Eksjo 1982/MCD (18)} (16. Qe5 Qb8 17. Qd4 Be7 18. f5 O-O
19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Bd3 b4 21. Ne4 Bd5 22. Kb1 Qc7 $132 {0-1 Petrushin,
A-Yermolinsky,A/Krasnodar 1980/EXT 99 (59)})) 15... Bxe4 16. Qxe4 O-O 17. Bd3
g6 18. h4 Qf6 $13 {0-1 Diesen,M-Mednis,E/New York 1977/EXT 98 (41)}) 13... Bxd5
14. exd5 e5 15. Qe4 Qe7 16. f5 Qa7 $11 {Gufeld-Ermenkov,1978 Jur mala}) 13. Kb1
{profilaktike move,another continuations also   lead to unclear position} (13.
f5 Qa5 $6 (13... b4 $5 14. Ne2 Qa5 (14... e5 $6 15. Ng3 Qa5 16. Bc4 $16) 15.
Nd4 (15. fxe6 Qxa2 16. Nd4 Bb7 $13) 15... Bb7 $13) 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Be2 b4 16.
Nd5 exd5 17. exd5 Bb5 18. Rhe1 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Qc7 20. Rde1 Ra7 21. Qd4 $36 {
1-0 Bustamante,R-McCambridge,V/Paul Masson op 1977/EXT 99 (30)}) (13. Bd3 Qa5
14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. a3 Rd7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ostojic,P-Dueball,J/BL2-W 1992/GER-chT2
(33)}) (13. Qg3) 13... Qc7 {for my opinion after 13...b4 14.Ne2 Qa5 15.Nd4 Qc5
black could be have good counterplay} 14. f5 Qa7 (14... b4 15. Ne2 e5 16. Ng3
Bb7 17. Qh6 $40) (14... Rc8 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Qh3 Qd7 18. Ne2 Rc5
19. Nf4 Kf7 20. Rhf1 Re5) 15. Qh6 $1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Rh6g7] white sacrifice
pawn and get dangerous attack} b4 16. Ne2 Bxe4 17. fxe6 {tempting move 17.Qg7
gave for black sufficient counterplay} (17. Qg7 Rc8 18. Nd4 Rf8 19. fxe6 fxe6
20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 e5 22. Ne6 Qf2 $132) 17... fxe6 18. Nd4 {[%csl Re6][%cal
Rd4e6]} (18. Qg7 Kd7) 18... e5 {and after 18...Rac8 19.Bd3 Bd5 20.Rhe1 too
black have big problem} 19. Qg7 exd4 {both possibility this move and 19...Rf8
look very dubios for black} (19... Rf8 20. Ne6 Rf7 (20... Rc8 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22.
cxd3 Rf7 23. Qg8+ Bf8 24. Nxf8 Rxf8 25. Qe6+ $16) 21. Qg8+ Bf8 22. Bc4 Qf2 23.
Bb3 $36) 20. Qxh8+ Kf7 $8 21. Bc4+ d5 22. Bxd5+ Bxd5 23. Qxh7+ {after series
force move white got perspektive position} Ke6 24. Qh4 Rd8 25. Rhe1+ Kd6 (25...
Kf7 26. Rxd4 Bxa2+ 27. Kxa2 Rxd4 28. Rxe7+ Qxe7 29. Qxd4 $16) 26. Rxd4 $16 {
a pressure of white pieces growth} Kc6 $8 (26... Qc5 $6 27. a3 $1 $18) 27. Red1
Bc5 (27... Qc5 28. a3 $1 bxa3 29. c4 $18) 28. R4d3 {[%csl Rd5,Rd8][%cal Rd3d5,
Rd1d5]} Qe7 29. Ka1 $6 {it was nesessary open position by means of 29.a3} (29.
a3 $5 a5 (29... bxa3 $2 30. Qa4+ $18) (29... Rd7 30. axb4 Bxb4 31. g4 $16) 30.
axb4 Bxb4 31. g4 $18) 29... Rd6 {black  try consolidate position} 30. Qh8 (30.
Qg4 Qe6 31. Qxe6 Bxe6 32. h4 Bg4 $14) (30. g4 Qe2 $132) 30... Rd8 31. Qh4 Rd6
32. Qh8 Rd8 33. Qh3 Qe4 34. Qh6 Qc4 35. b3 Qxc2 36. Qxf6+ Rd6 37. Qb2 {better
37.Qf1,but after 37...Qf2 black, probably, keep position} Qxg2 38. Qxg2 Bxg2
39. Rxd6+ Bxd6 $11 40. h4 Be5+ 41. Kb1 Be4+ 42. Kc1 Bf4+ 43. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Marjanovic, Slavoljub"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nce2 $5 {[%csl Rd4,Rg3][%cal
Re2g3,Re2d4] It looks much  better  than 12.Nc6.White  keep  the knight on d4,
and avoids change of queens.} (12. Nxc6 $6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne2 h5 15. Rhf1
a5 16. f5 e5 17. Ng1 Qc5 $15 {Short-Kozul Belgrade 1989}) 12... Na5 {[%csl Yc4]
[%cal Ra5c4]} 13. b3 {aimed against jump of knight to-c4.} Rb8 {[%csl Rb1,Rb8]
[%cal Rb8b1] '?!' Anand.} (13... O-O-O 14. g3 Kb8 15. Bg2 Rc8 16. Rhf1 Be8 17.
c3 Nb7 18. f5 e5 19. Nc2 d5 20. exd5 h5 21. h3 Bh6 22. Qe1 a5 23. g4 Nd6 24.
Ng3 hxg4 25. hxg4 Rg8 26. Bf3 Bd7 $44 {0-1 Shmuter,L-Petrushin,A/Moscow 1991/
TD (39)}) (13... Rc8 14. g3 Nc6 15. c3 Qa5 16. Nc2 h5 17. h4 Qb6 18. Bh3 a5 19.
f5 Rc7 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Rhf1 $36 {1-0 Matulovic,M-Jovanovic,S/Belgrade 1989/
EXT 97 (34)}) 14. Ka1 {for my opinion  more dangerous for black 14.Ng3} (14. c3
{N} h5 $1 15. g3 Qb7 (15... Nb7 $5 {P c5, a5,b4}) 16. Bg2 e5 (16... f5 17.
Qd3 fxe4 (17... e5 $2 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nxf5 $18) 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bf3 b4 $13)
17. Nc2 Nc4 $13 {1-0 Mokry,K-Damljanovic,B/Novi Sad 1990/TD/[Mokry] (52)} (
17... Bc6 18. Qe3 {P b4} f5 $2 (18... Nc4 $4 19. bxc4 $18) 19. fxe5 dxe5 20.
exf5 $18)) (14. Ng3 h5 15. e5 $1 d5 16. Be2 h4 17. Nh5 Rxh5 (17... f5 18. Nf6+
$16) 18. Bxh5 Nc4 19. Qd3 Qa5 20. Ka1 Ba3 21. Rb1 $16 {(Anand). 0-1 Popovic,
P-Kozul,Z/Belgrade 1989/CBM 16/[Anand] (37)}) 14... h5 $5 {black protect
against plan  with Ne2-g3-h5} 15. g3 Bg7 16. Bg2 Rc8 17. Rhf1 O-O {Risky move ,
usually in same positions black keep king in the centre} (17... Nb7 $5) 18. c3
(18. f5 $5 e5 19. Nf3 Bc6 20. Ne1 Nb7 21. Nd3 a5 22. g4 $36) 18... f5 {[%cal
Rg7d4,Rc8c3] an active move ,black opens position and does not consider  with
destruction his  pawn structure.} 19. exf5 exf5 20. Bh3 (20. Kb1 $5) 20... b4
21. Bxf5 $2 {decisive  mistake ,of course white must play   21.c4 with unclear
position} (21. cxb4 Nc6 22. a3 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 a5 $36) (21. c4 $5 $13) 21... Bxf5
22. Nxf5 {[%tqu "En","","","","a5b3","beatiful tactical blow",10]} Nxb3+ $1 {
[%mdl 64] beatiful tactical blow} 23. axb3 Qa5+ 24. Kb1 Qxf5+ 25. Qc2 Qa5 $1
$19 26. Rf3 Rfe8 27. Rfd3 bxc3 28. Nc1 (28. Rxd6 {[%tqu "En","","","","e8e2",
"",5]} Rxe2 29. Qxe2 c2+) 28... Rc6 29. Rd5 Qa3 30. Rxh5 Rb8 {[%cal Ra3b2,
Ya6a5,Ya5a4]} 31. Rg5 Kf8 32. Rxg7 Kxg7 33. Rd3 Rbc8 34. Na2 a5 35. f5 a4 36.
f6+ Kf8 37. b4 Qb3+ 38. Kc1 d5 39. Kd1 Rxf6 40. Rxc3 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Boidman, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Echternach"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LUX"]

1. e4 {McShane} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Ne2 {A typical transfer of the
knight to d4 in this position where it's very well placed keeping an eye on
both flanks} Be7 12. Nd4 Rc8 (12... Bb7 13. h4 O-O 14. g4 Rc8 15. Kb1 Qc7 16.
Be3 Nd7 17. g5 d5 18. g6 Bf6 19. gxf7+ Kxf7 20. Bh3 Rfe8 21. exd5 Bxd5 $13 {
Gdanski-Ermenkov,Budapest 1993}) 13. h4 O-O 14. Kb1 d5 $2 {'?!' McShane. A
positional mistake} (14... Bb7 {after this normal move white has a small
advantage}) 15. e5 {Another typical reply, closing the centre white gets a
favouable pawn structure, where it is difficult for black to receive
counterplay while white's plan of attacking the black king is simple.} Nd7 16.
Qe3 {'+/-' McShane.} Re8 17. g4 {White's advantage is undoubtful.} Qb6 18. Bxe7
Rxe7 19. g5 b4 (19... g6 $5 {McShane}) 20. g6 $6 {White probably overestimates
his position, after the simple 20.h5 he has a large advantage.} (20. h5 $16 g6
$8 {McShane} 21. Bh3 Rce8 22. Qf4 Nf8 23. Rc1 $5 $16 {[%cal Yc2c3]}) 20... fxg6
21. h5 gxh5 (21... Nf8 {McShane}) 22. Rxh5 $6 (22. Qg5 {was more precise.} Rce8
(22... Rf7 23. Bh3) 23. Bd3 Nf8 24. Qxh5 g6 25. Qg4) 22... Nf8 {'=/+' McShane.
Now the position became unclear although white has compensation for the
sacrificed pawn.} 23. Bd3 (23. Bh3 Be8 24. Rg5 Bg6 {is good for black}) 23...
Bb5 $1 {Exchanging pieces favours black.} 24. f4 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 g6 {Black
prevents the possible f4-f5.} 26. Rg5 Rg7 27. Rg2 Rc4 28. Qd2 a5 29. Nf3 Rf7
30. Nd4 a4 31. Rg3 Kh8 32. Qe3 a3 {The initiative is on black's side now and
white decides to try to turn the game in a different course by 33.f5, although
in the forthcoming endgame black is much better.} 33. f5 $5 {'!' McShane.} exf5
(33... gxf5 $2 {loses to} 34. Rdg1 Ng6 35. Rxg6 $18) (33... axb2 {McShane}) (
33... Rxd4 {McShane} 34. Qxd4 Qxd4 35. Rxd4 Rxf5 36. bxa3 $13) 34. e6 (34. Nxf5
$2 {is weak in view of} d4 $1 35. Qe2 (35. Qd3 Rc3 $1 {and black wins}) 35...
Rfc7 {with an overwhelming position for black.}) 34... Rxd4 $1 (34... Nxe6 {
McShane} 35. Nxe6 Qxe3 36. Rxe3 Re4 37. Rxd5 $16) 35. Qe5+ (35. Rxd4 {McShane}
Qxe6 36. Qd2 f4 $1 $17) 35... Rg7 36. Rxd4 Qxe6 {Black must exchange queens to
secure his king} 37. Rxd5 (37. Qxe6 {McShane} Nxe6 38. Rxb4 Rf7 (38... axb2 39.
Rb8+ Rg8 40. Rxg8+ Kxg8 41. a4 $16 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Ya4a8]}) 39. Rxa3 f4 $17)
37... f4 {'!' McShane.} 38. Rg1 (38. Rb3 Qxe5 39. Rxe5 Rf7 40. Rxb4 f3 {
looks completly winning for black, for example:} 41. Re1 f2 42. Rf1 Re7 43. Rd4
g5 44. bxa3 Re1+ 45. Rd1 Re2 46. Kb2 g4 47. Kc3 g3 $19) (38. Rf3 {McShane} g5)
38... Qxe5 39. Rxe5 Rf7 40. Re4 $2 (40. bxa3 bxa3 41. c4 h6 42. Kc2 {with some
chances for white to save the game}) 40... h6 $2 (40... f3 41. Rxb4 f2 42. Rf1
Re7 {was correct, leading to the previously seen variation 38.Rb3}) 41. Rxb4 g5
42. c4 Nd7 43. Rb7 Kg7 {'!' McShane.} (43... f3 {McShane} 44. c5 f2 45. Rf1 g4
46. c6 g3 47. cxd7 Rf8 48. Rd1 Rd8 (48... f1=Q 49. d8=Q Qf5+ 50. Ka1 axb2+ 51.
Kxb2 $16 {[%cal Yd8d4]}) 49. Rc7 g2 50. Rc8 f1=Q 51. Rxd8+ Kg7 52. Rg8+ Kxg8
53. d8=Q+ $16 {[%cal Yd8d4]}) 44. Rd1 $2 (44. b4 {It's not clear why white
didn't play this simple move, which turns the game to a totally unclear, for
example:} f3 (44... Ne5 $5 {deserves attention}) 45. c5 Ne5 (45... f2 {McShane}
46. Rf1 g4 47. c6 $1 (47. Rxf2 Rxf2 48. c6 Kg6 $1) (47. Ra7 {[%cal Ya7a3]} h5
48. c6 g3 49. Rxa3 h4 $17) 47... g3 48. Rxd7 Rxd7 49. cxd7 g2 50. Rd1 f1=Q 51.
d8=Q g1=Q 52. Qe7+ $11) (45... Ne5 46. Rxf7+ Kxf7 47. b5) 46. Rxf7+ Kxf7 47. b5
g4 48. c6 {and white is the one who's winning.}) 44... Ne5 45. Rxf7+ Kxf7 {
Now the position clarified, black simply wins.} 46. b3 ({Also after} 46. c5 f3
47. b4 g4 48. b5 g3 49. c6 Nc4 $1 {'-+!' McShane.} 50. c7 Nb6 {the knight
stops white's pawns and black easily wins.}) 46... g4 47. Kc2 {The king can't
help white to stop the black pawns.} g3 48. Kd2 {McShane: 'with a draw offer'}
h5 49. Ke2 f3+ 50. Ke3 f2 (50... h4 {McShane} 51. c5 h3 52. Kf4 $1 g2 53. Kg3
$8 Ng4 $1 $19) 51. Ke2 Ng4 52. Kf3 (52. Rf1 {McShane} Ke6 53. Kf3 Nh2+ $19)
52... g2 53. Kxg2 Ne3+ {[%mdl 4096]} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.01.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Breda Panfox"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 (11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe3 {Ernst} (12.
Bd3 Qb6 13. Qe1 Be7 14. f5 $5) 12... Qe7 $10) 11... Qb6 12. Nxc6 (12. Nce2 $5
Na5 13. b3 Rb8 14. Ng3 h5 15. e5 d5 16. Be2 h4 17. Nh5 Rxh5 18. Bxh5 Nc4 19.
Qd3 $16 {Popovic - Kozul, Belgrad 1989}) 12... Bxc6 13. Qe1 (13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne2
h5 15. Rhf1 a5 $10 {Short - Kozul, Belgrad 1989}) 13... Be7 14. Bd3 a5 $6 {
a rare line,usualy black chooses another     variations.This  move  looks  too
slow,black  tries to create  counterplay on the queenside,but this  effort
doesn't lead to success.It was necessary  to prevent play of white on the king
side} (14... h5 15. f5 b4 (15... Qc5 16. Rf1 Kd7 (16... b4 17. Ne2 e5) 17. Rf3
Rag8 18. fxe6+ fxe6 19. Nd5 $3 Rxg2 (19... exd5 20. b4 Qb6 21. exd5 Bb7 (21...
Bxd5 22. Bf5+ Kc6 23. Qxe7 $18) 22. Bf5+ Kd8 (22... Ke8 23. Qe6 Qd8 24. Re1 $16
) 23. Qe6 Qc7 24. Rc3 Bc8 25. Qxc8+ Qxc8 26. Rxc8#) (19... Bxd5 20. exd5 e5 21.
Bf5+ Ke8 22. Rc3 $16) 20. b4 $1 {x c3} Qa7 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 22. Qc3 $18 Kd7 23.
Rxf6 Rh7 (23... Rg7 24. Rdf1) 24. e5 $18 {1-0 Short,N-Torre,E/Manila 1990/CBM
19/[Boensch,U] (28)}) 16. Ne2 e5 17. Ng3 (17. Qg3 $5) 17... h4 18. Nf1 Qc5 (
18... h3 19. g3 $6 {To open up the position while black king isn't safe is
clearly in white's favor . Therefore the move g3 demonstrates only Tiviakov's
peaceful intentions ...} (19. gxh3 $1 Rxh3 20. Qe2 $14) 19... a5 20. Bc4 Rc8
21. Bd5 Bb5 22. Ne3 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Damljanovic,B/Cacak 1996/CBM 57/
[Rechlis,G] (22)}) 19. Ne3 Bd8 20. Bc4 Bb6 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 $14 {Ernst,
T-Popovic,P (4) Tilburg1.23 (30`) 1992 0-1 75 -CBM 32}) (14... Qb7 15. f5 b4 (
15... O-O-O 16. Qe2 Kb8 17. a3 d5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. exd5 exd5 20. Qf2 d4 21.
Ne2 Bxg2 $13 {1/2-1/2 Mainka,R-Arbakov,V/Schwaebisch Gmuend 1995/CBM 45 ext 
(41)}) 16. Ne2 e5 17. Qh4 d5 $132 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Arbakov,V/Belgorod 1989/TD 
(64)}) (14... b4 $5) (14... Bb7 15. f5 O-O-O 16. Qh4 Kb8 17. Rhf1 Qc5 18. fxe6
fxe6 19. Ne2 $36 {1-0 Moberg,K-Schneider,L/Borlange 1995/CBM 49 ext (40)}) 15.
f5 $146 (15. Qe2 $6 b4 16. Nb5 Rb8 17. c4 bxc3 18. Nxc3 O-O $132 {1/2-1/2
Luczak,A-Klovans,J/Polanica Zdroj 1980/MCD (73)}) 15... b4 $6 {may be better
15... Kd7} 16. Ne2 e5 17. Ng3 $16 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Rg3h5]} Qc5 18. Qe2 {
[%csl Rc4,Yd3][%cal Yd3c4] with idea  19.Bc4} Rc8 19. b3 $1 {[%csl Rc4]} (19.
Bc4 $6 Bxe4 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Nxe4 Qc4 $132) 19... O-O (19... d5 20. exd5 Bxd5
21. Be4 $16) 20. Bc4 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Rc4f7]} Kh8 21. Rhe1 Rg8 22. Qh5 $1 {
[%csl Rf7][%cal Rh5f7] white  does  not give  any counterplay  for  black} (22.
Bxf7 $143 Bb5 $132) 22... Be8 23. Qh6 Qb6 24. Nh5 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Rh5f6]} Qd8
25. Rd2 $18 Rg5 26. Red1 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Rd2d6]} Bc6 27. Nxf6 Rg7 (27... Bxf6
28. Rxd6 $18) 28. Nh5 Rg4 29. Nf6 Rg7 30. g4 Qb6 31. h3 Rd8 32. Nh5 Rgg8 33.
Bxf7 Bg5 34. Qe6 Rgf8 35. Rxd6 Rxd6 36. Qxe5+ Rf6 37. Nxf6 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Heviz"]
[Date "2003.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 {This is one of the most popular
continuation in the Rauzer variation in the sicilian defence. Black agrees to
a doubled pawns and a bad pawn constructure, recieving instead a pair of
bishops.} gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe1 {[%cal Re1h4,Re1e8] A move combining a
number of ideas: the queen sometimes transfers from one flank to another, and
sometimes the knight jumps to d5.} Be7 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. f5 {A typical plan of
attacking the damaged pawn structure.} b4 15. Ne2 Qe3+ {15...e5 is an
alternative, and as the game below shows it also gives black a decent chances.}
(15... e5 $5 16. Ng3 a5 17. Kb1 a4 18. Bc4 Qc5 19. Qe2 $132 {1/2-1/2 Lau,
R-Ghitescu,T/Bensheim 1979/EXT 2003 (71)}) 16. Kb1 Bxe4 {Looks risky as the
positions opens up but still white is not able to bring the bad sides of
black's position to light.} (16... e5) 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Qf2 $5
$146 {[%mdl 8] A logic move, which is a novelty. White frees the e1 square for
the rook. 19.Rd4 is not promising white anything real.} (19. Rd4 Qe5 20. Rxb4
Kf7 21. Qd2 Rab8 22. Rb3 f5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Mendoza,R-Yermolinsky,A/Cali 2001/
CBM 83 ext (34)}) 19... Rg8 $1 {[%cal Rg8g2,Yg8g5,Yg5e5][%mdl 256] A very
strong defensive move, from one side black attacks the g2 square, from the
other he plans to transfer the rook to e5, defending against the pressure over
the e-file.} 20. Ng3 {Because of the attack on g2 white can't play Nd4 or Nf4.}
(20. g3 Rg5 $5 21. Nd4 Re5 $132) (20. Nf4 $2 e5 $1 $19) 20... Qc6 21. Qe2 Kd7
22. Rhe1 d5 23. Nf5 {23.Nh5 didn't bring anything special for white} (23. Nh5
Rg5 $5 24. g4 Rf8 25. Nf4 Re5 26. Qd3 Rf7) 23... Bc5 24. Qh5 {It seems that
white got what he wanted to. His attack looks very dangerous.} Raf8 $1 {
[%mdl 256] A cold bludded defence, black is practically equalising.} 25. Qxh7+
Kc8 {As strange as it seems, 25...Kd8 deserved a serious attention not letting
to exchange his strong bishop.} (25... Kd8 $5 26. Nd4 (26. Ng7 e5 27. Nf5 Rxg2)
) 26. Ne7+ Bxe7 27. Qxe7 Re8 28. Qxf6 (28. Qxb4 Rxg2 $132) 28... Rxg2 29. Rc1
Rxh2 30. c3 $5 {A new try for white to take over the initiative and get to the
black king.} b3 31. axb3 Kb7 32. c4 Ka8 $6 {32...Rh7 deserved attention,
defending against the treats over the 7th rank.} (32... Rh7 $5 33. Red1 dxc4
34. Rxc4 Qb5 $132) 33. Red1 $1 {White puts up more pressure and the weakness
of the black king begins to show.} d4 {33...dc looks more stubborn} (33... dxc4
$5 34. Rd8+ Rxd8 35. Qxd8+ Ka7 36. Rxc4 Qh1+ 37. Ka2 Rh7 38. Qd4+ Ka8 39. Qd6
Qb7) 34. Rxd4 Rb8 35. Rd8 Rh1 (35... Rxd8 36. Qxd8+ Kb7 37. Qe7+ $36) 36. Rxh1
{It's stronger than 36.Rb8 as it is good for white to save one pair of rooks.}
(36. Rxb8+ Kxb8 37. Qe5+ Kc8 38. Rxh1 Qxh1+ 39. Kc2 Qc6 40. Kc3 $16) 36...
Qxh1+ 37. Ka2 Qc6 38. Rd4 Rc8 39. Qe5 {Taking control over the key squares.}
Kb7 (39... Qe8 40. Rd6 Rc6 41. Qe4 Kb7 42. b4 Kc7 43. Rxc6+ Qxc6 44. Qxc6+ Kxc6
45. Kb3 Kd6 46. Kc3 $18) 40. Rd6 $18 Qc7 41. Rxe6 Qxe5 42. Rxe5 Rf8 43. b4 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8288]} 1. e4 {Tsesarsky} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6
6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nce2 h5
13. g3 (13. Qe1 h4 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Nd4 Qc5 16. Nb3 Qc6 17. Bd3 a5 18. Qe2 (
18. Nxa5 Qa6 19. b4 Be7 20. Bf1 Bd8 21. Rd3 Bxa5 22. Ra3 Qc6 23. Rxa5 Rxa5 24.
bxa5 $14) 18... Qb6 19. c4 a4 $132 {1-0 Mokry,K-Kosic,D/Novi 1990 (66)}) (13.
f5 Bh6 (13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Ne2 b4 16. Nc1 Bc6 17. Qe1 Rc8 18. Bc4 a5
19. Qe2 (19. Bd5 $14) 19... a4 20. Rd3 Qc5 21. b3 axb3 22. cxb3 Bh6 23. Rhd1
$14 {1-0 Sax,G-Grosar,A/Maribor ,CBM 1996 (53)}) 14. Qe1 Ne5 (14... Rc8 $132)
15. g3 O-O-O 16. Nf4 Bxf4 17. gxf4 Nc6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nb3 Qc7 20. Qd2 e5 21.
f5 $16 {1-0 Magomedov,M-Sorokin,M/Cheliabinsk-A ,EXT 1991 (49)}) 13... Rc8 (
13... h4 14. Bh3 (14. Bg2 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Rc8 16. Rhf1 hxg3 17. hxg3 Rc5 $132 {
1-0 Marjanovic,S-Speelman,J/Malta (ol) 1980/Inf 30 (37)}) (14. g4 $5) 14...
hxg3 15. hxg3 Rg8 16. Nf3 Qc5 17. g4 O-O-O $5 (17... b4 18. Ng3 Na5 19. b3 Bc6
20. Rhe1 O-O-O 21. Nh5 Be7 22. f5 d5 (22... e5 23. g5 (23. Qd3 Kb7 24. Bf1 Qb6
25. g5 d5 26. exd5 Rxd5 27. Qe2 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Bb5 29. Qe4+ (29. Qh2 Rd8 30.
Rxd8 Qxd8 31. Bxb5 Qd1+ 32. Kb2 Qxf3 33. Bd3 $132) 29... Bc6 $11) 23... d5 24.
gxf6 dxe4 25. fxe7 Rxd2 26. Nxd2 e3 27. Nf1 Nb7 $1 (27... f6 $4 28. Nxf6 Rh8
29. Rxe3 Qxe7 30. Nd5 $16 {1-0 Savon,V-Tukmakov,V/URS-ch40 Baku 1972 (35)}) 28.
f6+ Kc7 29. Ng7 (29. Nxe3 Nd6 $17) (29. Rxe3 Nd6 30. Ng7 Nb5 31. Kc1 Nc3 32.
Rde1 Nxa2+ 33. Kb2 Qa5 $19) 29... Nd6 30. Nxe3 Nb5 31. Kc1 Nc3 32. Ne6+ fxe6
33. f7 Rh8 34. f8=Q Rxf8 35. exf8=Q Qxf8 $17) 23. e5 fxe5 24. f6 Bd6 25. Nxe5
Bxe5 26. Rxe5 $14) 18. Ng3 Kb8 19. Nh5 Be7 $14) (13... O-O-O 14. Bg2 (14. Bh3
Kb8 15. Rhe1 (15. f5 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 e5 17. Ne2 b4 18. Bg2 Bc6 19. Nc1 a5 20.
Rhe1 Bh6 21. Qd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rodriguez,A-Becerra Rivero,J/Capablanca mem-B
1993 (21)}) 15... b4 16. Bg2 Rc8 17. Nxc6+ Bxc6 18. Nd4 Bb7 19. Re3 Be7 20. Rb3
a5 21. a3 d5 22. exd5 a4 23. Rxb4 (23. Re3 bxa3 24. b3 Rhd8 $17 {0-1 Plaskett,
J-Kinlay,J/London 1979 (30)}) 23... Bxb4 24. axb4 $132) (14. f5 Bh6 15. Qc3 Kb8
16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Bh3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Rhe8 19. Qb3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Zapata,
A-Zaltsman,V/New York 1983 (60)}) 14... Kb8 (14... h4 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qc3 e5
17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Rhf1 Rh7 19. gxh4 Be7 20. h5 $16 {1-0 Jovcic,M-Pavlovic,S/
YUG tt FL Arandjelovac ,EXT 1990 (36)}) 15. Rhf1 Ne7 16. Nb3 Bc6 $14 {Timman,
J-Torre,E/Rio de Janeiro(izt)/1979/} 17. Ned4 $14) (13... b4 14. Bg2 Ra7 15.
Rhf1 a5 16. e5 fxe5 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. fxe5 Rd7 $132 {1-0 Shmuter,L-Zvonicki/
UKR-ch sf ,EXT 1986 (30)}) (13... Na5 14. b3 O-O-O (14... Rd8 15. Bg2 Nb7 16.
Qe3 Bg7 (16... Nc5 17. e5 fxe5 18. fxe5 Qc7 $132) 17. Rhf1 Nc5 18. Nc3 (18. b4
Na4 19. Qd2 $14) 18... b4 19. Nf5 (19. Nce2 $132) 19... bxc3 (19... exf5 20.
Nd5 Qb8 21. exf5+ Kf8 22. Qe7+ Kg8 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Qxf6 Bb5 $44) 20. Rxd6
$13 {0-1 Sax,G-Piket,J/Lugano 1987/Inf 43 (42)}) (14... b4 15. Bg2 Rc8 16. e5
fxe5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Nf3 Qc7 19. Nxe5 Bb5 20. Nd3 Bg7 21. Rhf1 O-O 22. Bf3 (
22. Nef4 Nc4 $3 23. bxc4 Bxc4 24. Rf2 (24. Nxb4 Qe5 25. c3 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Rxc3
$19 {0-1 Summers-Boissel/cr Bergraser memo 1988 (37)}) (24. Nb2 Bxb2 25. Kxb2
Qe5+ 26. Kb1 Qa5 $19) 24... Bxa2+ 25. Kc1 Bb3 $17) 22... e5 (22... Nc4 23. bxc4
Bxc4 24. Nec1 $18) 23. Nec1 $132 (23. Nxb4 e4 24. Nd5 (24. Bxe4 Qe5 $19) 24...
Qe5 25. Qd4 exf3 $19)) (14... Rb8 15. Bg2 Nc4 16. Qc1 (16. bxc4 bxc4+ 17. Nb3
cxb3 18. cxb3 a5 $15) (16. Qd3 Na3+ (16... a5 17. Ka1 Na3 18. c3 a4 (18... a4
19. Kb2 Nc4+ 20. Kc2 {1/2-1/2 Videki,S-Groszpeter,A/Kecskemet GM 1994 (20)}))
17. Kb2 b4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Nunn,J-Damljanovic,B/Beograd 1991/Inf 53/[Damljanovic,
B] (29)}) 16... e5 (16... d5 17. bxc4 bxc4+ 18. Ka1 e5 19. exd5 exd4 20. Nxd4
$18) 17. bxc4 (17. Nc3 exd4 18. Nd5 Qa5 19. Nxf6+ Kd8 20. Nxd7 Kxd7 21. Rxd4
Bg7 22. e5 Kc8 $15) 17... bxc4+ 18. Ka1 exd4 19. Nxd4 Bg4 20. Rd2 c3 21. Rd3
$132) 15. Bg2 Kb8 16. Rhf1 Be7 17. Qe1 Rc8 18. e5 $14 {0-1 Hazai,L-Damljanovic,
B/Vrnjacka Banja 1984/Inf 37 (48)}) 14. Bg2 (14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bg2 Be7 16. Nd4
Bb7 17. Rhe1 Kd7 18. e5 Bxg2 19. Qxg2 Kc7 20. exd6+ Bxd6 21. Rd3 Kb8 22. Red1
$14 {0-1 Hallier,K-Muir,A/cr Cities 1989 (53)}) 14... Na5 (14... a5 15. Rhf1 b4
16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Nc1 (17. Nd4 $14) 17... Qb5 18. Nd3 Rc7 19. Bf3 Be7 20. Rfe1
Qb6 21. e5 fxe5 22. fxe5 d5 23. Nf4 a4 (23... Ba4 24. b3 Bb5 25. Nxh5 $14) 24.
Bxd5 $1 $14 {1-0 Popovic-Kosic,D/Novi Sad YUG 1990 (29)}) 15. b3 Nc6 (15... Bh6
16. Rhe1 Rc7 17. Bf3 Bg7 18. h4 b4 19. Ng1 Nb7 20. Bg2 a5 21. Ngf3 Qc5 (21...
a4 22. e5 fxe5 23. fxe5 d5 $132) 22. Bf1 a4 23. Ba6 Qa5 24. Qe2 O-O 25. Bb5
$132 {1/2-1/2 Kruppa,Y-Borovikov,V/Nikolaev zt 1993 (44)}) 16. Rhf1 (16. Nxc6
Qxc6 17. Nd4 Qc3 18. Qe2 Qc5 {1/2-1/2 Garcia Martinez,S-Zaltsman,V/La Habana
1985/Inf 40 (18)}) 16... h4 (16... Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qc5 18. Rf3 $1 Bg7 (18... Be7
19. h4 $16) (18... b4 19. Rd3 $14 (19. Bf1 $14)) 19. c3 a5 20. h4 O-O (20... b4
21. c4 a4 22. Nc2 $14) 21. Rd3 b4 22. c4 f5 23. exf5 a4 24. fxe6 $16 {1-0
Svidler,P-Kozul,Z/Pula 1997/EXP 57/[Gofshtein,L] (41)}) (16... Qa5 17. c3 Qb6
$6 (17... h4 18. Nf3 (18. f5 hxg3 19. b4 Qb6 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. hxg3 Rh2 22. Nf4
Nxd4 23. cxd4 Rc4 $17) 18... hxg3 19. hxg3 b4 20. c4 $14) 18. f5 $1 Bh6 19. Qe1
Nxd4 20. Nxd4 e5 21. Nc2 $14) 17. Nf3 hxg3 18. hxg3 b4 (18... Rh6 19. Rh1 (19.
e5) 19... Qf2 20. Rxh6 Bxh6 21. Bh1 Bf8 $132) 19. e5 $2 $17 (19. Rh1 $132)
19... Na7 $1 {[%cal Ga7b5]} (19... fxe5 20. fxe5 d5 21. Ned4 (21. Ng5 $2 Nxe5
22. Qf4 Qc7 23. Nd4 Bb5 24. Rf2 Bd6 25. Re1 Rh2 (25... Nd3 26. Qxf7+ Qxf7 27.
Nxf7 Nxe1 28. Nxd6+ Kd7 29. Nxc8 Kxc8 30. Nxe6 $16) 26. Re3 (26. Nxf7 Qxf7 27.
Rxe5 Qxf4 28. Rxe6+ Kd7 29. gxf4 Rg8 $19) 26... Nc4 $1 (26... Rb8 $2 27. Ngxe6
fxe6 28. Rxe5 $16) (26... Rxg2 27. Rxg2 Nc4 28. Ngxe6 $1 Na3+ 29. Kc1 fxe6 30.
Rxe6+ Be7 31. Nf5 $18) 27. Qxf7+ Qxf7 28. Nxf7 Nxe3 29. Nxd6+ Kd7 30. Nxc8 Kxc8
$19) 21... Qc7 (21... Bg7 22. Qf4 $132) 22. Qf4 Bg7 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Qxb4 Bxe5
25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Rfe1 $132) 20. c4 (20. exf6 Nb5 $17) 20... bxc3 21. Nxc3 Qb4
$1 (21... fxe5 $5 22. Ne4 (22. fxe5 Qb4 23. Rc1 Bh6 $17) 22... Bb5 23. fxe5
Bxf1 24. exd6 Bxg2 25. Qg5 $5 (25. d7+ Kd8 26. dxc8=R+ Kxc8 27. Qxg2 Bg7 (27...
Nb5 28. Ne5 $1 $16) 28. Nd6+ Kb8 29. Qd2 (29. Nxf7 Nb5 $19) 29... Rd8 30. Qf4
Qc7 31. Rd2 $132) 25... Qxd6 (25... Bxd6 26. Nf6+ Ke7 27. Nd5+ Ke8 28. Nf6+ (
28. Nxb6 Bxf3 29. Nxc8 Nxc8 30. Rd4 $132) 28... Ke7 $11) 26. Rxd6 Rh6 (26...
Bxf3 27. Nf6+ Ke7 28. Rd7#) 27. Rd3 $132) 22. Rc1 $2 $19 (22. Ne2 Qxd2 23. Rxd2
dxe5 24. fxe5 Bb4 $17) 22... fxe5 (22... dxe5 23. Rfd1 (23. fxe5 Bh6 $19) 23...
Rd8 $17) 23. Qe3 (23. fxe5 Bh6 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. exd6 Bxc1 26. Rxc1 Nb5 27. Ne4
Rxc1+ 28. Kxc1 Bc6 29. Ne5 Bxe4 30. d7+ Kd8 31. Bxe4 Nd6 32. Bd3 Rg8 $19) 23...
Rxc3 $2 $15 {Black hasten to force events and miss a lion's share of advantage.
} (23... exf4 $1 24. gxf4 (24. Qxa7 Bg7 $19 (24... Rxc3 $19)) 24... Nb5 25.
Nxb5 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 axb5 $19) 24. Qxc3 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 Nb5 26. Rcc1 e4 (26...
exf4 27. a4 Na7 (27... fxg3 28. axb5 Bxb5 29. Rfd1 $16) 28. Rc7 Nc6 29. gxf4
Kd8 30. Rb7 Kc8 31. Rb6 Kc7 32. a5 (32. Rxa6 Kb7 $17) 32... Nxa5 33. Rxa6 Nxb3
34. Ra7+ Kd8 35. Ng5 Rh2 36. Nxf7+ Ke7 37. Rf2 Nc5 38. Ng5 Bh6 39. Rc2 {
[%cal Gc2c5,Gg2c6]} Kf6 40. Nf3 Rxg2 41. Rxg2 Bxf4 $11) 27. Ng5 $2 $17 ({
White it was necessary to proceed(pass) from attack to a passive defense, but
uneasily during game to accept such decision.} 27. Nd2 $1 d5 28. Rh1 Rg8 29.
Nf1 f5 $15) 27... d5 (27... Rh2 28. Rg1 d5 $17) 28. a4 Nd4 (28... Na3+ 29. Kb2
f6 30. Nh3 Rg8 31. Rg1 Rxg3 32. Bf1 $15) 29. Bxe4 $2 $19 (29. Rh1 Rxh1 30. Rxh1
Nxb3 $17) 29... dxe4 (29... Nxb3 30. Bd3 Rh2 $19 (30... Nxc1 31. Rxc1 f6 32.
Nf3 a5 $19)) 30. Rfd1 Bg7 $2 $17 (30... Nxb3 31. Rc7 Nc5 32. Nxe4 Nxe4 33.
Rdxd7 Bd6 $19) 31. Nxe4 Nxb3 (31... Rh2 32. Rd3 e5 33. fxe5 Bxe5 34. Re1 Be6
35. Nc5 Nc6 36. Nxe6 fxe6 37. Rde3 $132) 32. Nd6+ Ke7 33. Rc7 Rb8 $2 $15 (33...
Bd4 34. Nxf7 Rh2 {[%csl Rb2]} 35. Rxd4 Nxd4 36. Ne5 Rh1+ 37. Kb2 Rh2+ 38. Kb1 (
38. Kc3 Rc2+ {[%csl Rc7]}) (38. Kc1 Nb3+ 39. Kb1 Rd2 $19) 38... Rh1+ $11) (
33... Nd4 $1 34. Nxf7 Rb8+ 35. Ka2 Rb4 $17) 34. Nf5+ Kf8 $6 (34... exf5 35.
Rdxd7+ Ke6 36. Re7+ Kd5 $15) 35. Nxg7 Nc5+ $2 $14 (35... Bxa4 36. Nxe6+ fxe6
37. Ka2 $11) 36. Ka2 Bxa4 37. Rd4 Bb3+ (37... Kxg7 38. Rxc5 Bb3+ 39. Ka3 Bd5
$14) 38. Ka3 Rb5 $2 $16 {The mistakes were strewed in this extremely complex
game as from horns of abundance!} (38... Kxg7 39. Rxc5 Bd5 $14) (38... Rb5 $2
39. Nh5 Bd5 (39... Ra5+ 40. Kb2 (40. Kb4 Rb5+ 41. Ka3) 40... Bd5 41. Nf6 Kg7
42. Ne8+ (42. Nxd5 exd5 43. Rc6 $16) 42... Kg6 43. Nd6 $16) 40. Nf6 Nb3 41. Rb4
$18) 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch 55th"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "2000.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sedlak, Nikola"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nf3 O-O-O 13. f5 Kb8 14. g3
Bc8 15. Bh3 Bg7 16. Qe1 Rhe8 {Trying to provocate P change on e6} 17. fxe6 $2
$15 {Premature change} ({Better was} 17. Ne2 $1 Ne5 (17... exf5 18. Bxf5 Bxf5
19. exf5 Qc5 (19... Qe3 20. Ned4 $16) (19... Ne5 20. Nfd4 $14) 20. Qd2 Qxf5 21.
Ned4 Qc5 22. Nxc6+ Qxc6 23. Nd4 $14) (17... d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Qd2 $14) 18.
Nfd4 d5 (18... Bb7 19. Nf4 $16 {[%csl Re6]}) 19. exd5 Rxd5 20. Bg2 Rd6 21. Qf2
Red8 22. c3 (22. Rhf1 exf5 $15 23. Nc6+ Qxc6 $1 $19) 22... Bb7 (22... exf5 23.
Nc6+ $16) 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Rhf1 Qe4+ 25. Ka1 $14) 17... fxe6 18. Ne2 Ne5 (
18... d5 $2 19. exd5 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Bxc8 $14) 19. Nfd4 {[%csl Re6]} (
19. Nxe5 dxe5 $15) 19... d5 $1 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Gb6e6]} 20. exd5 (20. Bg2 Bb7 (
20... dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bb7 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 $11) 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 $15)
20... Rxd5 21. Bg2 (21. Qf2 Rd6 $15) 21... Rd6 {Black neutralize pressure on
Pe6 and remain with par of Bishops} 22. Qf2 (22. Qb4 Red8 $15) 22... f5 (22...
Red8 23. c3 Bb7 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Nf4 Qe4+ 26. Qc2 Qxc2+ 27. Kxc2 Re8 $11) 23.
Qf4 {[%cal Gf4b8]} Qc7 $6 (23... Bb7 $1 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. c3 Nc4 26. Nc2 Be5
$15) 24. Nb3 $2 {Mistake. It was not necessary to withdraw N from the center.}
(24. h3 $1 Red8 25. Rhe1 Bb7 (25... Nc4 $2 26. Nc6+ $1) 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. c3
Ng6 28. Qf1 Qd7 29. Kc2 $5 (29. Qf3 Ne5 30. Qf2 Nc4 31. b3 Nb6 32. Rc1 Nd5 $17)
(29. Kc1 Bh6+ 30. Kc2 $132) 29... Qc8 $5 {[%cal Ge6e5,Gc8f5]} 30. Nf3 e5 31.
Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Rd1 Qc6 33. Rxd6 Qxd6 34. Qf2 $132) 24... Nc4 $6 $132 ({Black
can after} 24... Red8 $5 {could achieve great advantage} 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 (25...
Qxd6 26. Ned4 Qc7 27. Re1 $14) 26. Ned4 Nc4 27. Qf3 (27. Nc6+ Rxc6 28. Bxc6 e5
(28... Be5 29. Qf3 Bxb2 $17 {[%csl Rb1][%cal Gb2f6]}) 29. Qf3 Nxb2 30. Rc1 (30.
Nc5 Nc4 31. Rd1 e4 32. Qf4 Be5 $19) 30... Nc4 31. Qd5 e4 32. c3 Bh6 $17)) 25.
Qf3 (25. Rxd6 Qxd6 (25... Nxd6 26. Qb4 e5 27. Na5 $132) 26. Qxd6+ Nxd6 27. Ned4
e5 28. Nc6+ Kc7 $15) 25... Bb7 26. Qxb7+ Qxb7 27. Bxb7 Kxb7 28. Rxd6 $5 (28.
Na5+ $1 Kc7 29. Nxc4 bxc4 30. Rxd6 Kxd6 31. Rd1+ Kc6 (31... Kc5 32. Rd7 $14)
32. c3 e5 33. Kc2 $132) 28... Nxd6 29. Rd1 Kc6 30. Ned4+ Bxd4 (30... Kb6 31. c3
e5 32. Nc2 Nc4 (32... Re6 33. Ne3 Kc6 34. Na5+ Kb6 35. Nb3 $132) 33. Nd2 Nxd2+
34. Rxd2 $132) 31. Nxd4+ Kc7 (31... Kc5 32. Nb3+ Kc6 33. Nd4+ $11) 32. Rf1 {
[%csl Rf5][%cal Ge6e5]} Kd7 33. c3 h5 34. Kc2 Nc4 {[%cal Gc4e3]} 35. Rf3 Ne5
36. Rf2 Rc8 37. a3 Kd6 38. Re2 h4 39. Re3 $2 $17 (39. gxh4 $1 Rh8 40. b3 Rh6 (
40... Rxh4 41. Rxe5 $1 $18) 41. a4 bxa4 42. bxa4 Kd5 43. Rd2 Ke4 44. Re2+ (44.
h5 f4 45. Re2+ Kd5 46. Rf2 Rxh5 47. Ne2 Ng6 48. Rxf4 Rxh2 49. Rd4+ $11) 44...
Kd5 45. Rd2 $11) 39... hxg3 40. hxg3 Rh8 41. Kb3 $2 $19 (41. Re2 Rh3 42. Rd2
Ke7 43. Rg2 Kf6 (43... Nc4 44. Re2) 44. b3 Ng4 45. Kd2 e5 46. Nc2 Ke6 47. Nb4
a5 48. Nd3 Kd5 $15) 41... Rh3 42. Ne2 $6 {White play endgame poorly} (42. a4 f4
43. Rxe5 (43. Re2 bxa4+ 44. Kxa4 Rxg3 45. Ka5 f3 46. Rf2 Rg2 47. Rf1 f2 48.
Kxa6 Ng4 49. Nc2 Ke5 50. b4 Nh2 51. Ne3 Nxf1 52. Nxg2 Ke4 53. b5 Nd2 $19) 43...
bxa4+ 44. Kxa4 Kxe5 45. gxf4+ Kd5 46. Ka5 Rh4 47. Kxa6 Rxf4 48. Kb6 (48. b4 e5
$19) 48... Rf2 (48... e5 49. Nc2 Kc4 (49... Rf2 50. Ne3+ Ke4 (50... Ke6 51. Nc4
$17) 51. Nc4 $17) (49... e4 50. Ne3+ Kd6 51. Nc4+ Ke6 52. Kc5 Rh4 53. b4 (53.
Kd4 e3+ $19) 53... Kf5 54. b5 Kf4 55. b6 e3 56. b7 Rh8 57. Nxe3 $11) 50. Ne3+
Kb3 51. Kc5 Kxb2 52. Kd5 $11) 49. b3 e5 50. Nc6 Rb2 (50... e4 51. c4+ Ke6 52.
Nd4+ Ke5 53. Nc6+ Kf4 54. Nb4 e3 55. Nd5+ Ke4 56. Nxe3 Kxe3 57. c5 $11) 51. c4+
Ke6 52. b4 e4 53. Nd4+ Ke5 54. Kc5 e3 55. b5 Ke4 $19) 42... Rh2 {[%csl Rb2]}
43. Nf4 Rxb2+ 44. Kxb2 Nc4+ 45. Kb3 Nxe3 46. a4 bxa4+ 47. Kxa4 e5 48. Ne2 Kc5
49. Kb3 Nf1 $22 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yandarbiev, Ruslan"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 {9...Rc8 usually leads to the same positions} (
9... Rc8 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Kb1 Be7 12. h4 h6 13. Be3 h5 14. Bg5 b5 15. Bd3 Qc7
16. Ne2 Bb7 17. Rhe1 $36 {1-0 Luther,T-Sameeh,H/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (36)}) 10.
h4 h5 {A typical move in these positions. Black holds the advance of white
pawns on the king side.} 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. Nxc6 $5 {[%cal Rc3e2,Re2d4] White
exchanges knights in order to bring his second knight to d4} Bxc6 {12...Rc6
was met much more and as the pactice shows black has counterchances.} (12...
Rxc6 $5 13. Ne2 (13. g3 b5 14. Bg2 b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. Nf4 Qb6 17. Rhe1 Rc7 18.
Bh3 a4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Lanka,Z-Kozul,Z/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext/[Hecht] (78)}) (13.
Bd3 Qa5 14. f4 Ng8 15. f5 (15. e5 $5 f6 (15... dxe5 16. Bb5 Rd6 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7
18. Qf2 $40) 16. Bg6+ Kd8 (16... Kf8 $2 17. Rhf1) 17. Bf7 $5 fxg5 18. hxg5 $40)
15... Bf6 $1 16. Bxf6 (16. Ne2 $4) 16... Nxf6 17. Qg5 Qe5 $132 {0-1 Shirov,
A-Kozul,Z/Budapest 1996/CBM 56/[Rechlis,G] (58)} (17... O-O 18. fxe6 Qxg5 19.
hxg5)) 13... e5 (13... b5 14. Nd4 Rc8 15. g3 Qc7 16. Bh3 $36 {1/2-1/2 Zezulkin,
J-Rabiega,R/Germany 1999/CBM 74 ext (31)}) 14. Nc3 Be6 15. g3 Qc8 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Kozul,Z/Bled 1997/CBM 57 ext (47)}) 13. Bd3 b5 14. Rhe1 {
Profilactic move. White prepares f3-f4. The immideate 14.Ne2 was also possible
as it was played in the game given below} (14. Ne2 $5 Qb6 15. Ng3 a5 16. f4 Rd8
17. Qe2 g6 18. f5 $40 {1-0 Werle,J-Krivoshey,S/Dieren 2001/CBM 83 ext (28)})
14... Qc7 15. Ne2 $5 {[%cal Ye2d4,Ye2f4,Ye2g3]} e5 {[%cal Re5d4,Re5f4] That's
how black prevents from white to transfer the knight to d4} 16. Ng3 {[%cal
Rg3f5]} g6 17. f4 Ng4 $6 {A positional mistake. 17...ef! was nessecary, taking
contol of the e5 square and recieving good counterplay. The piece sac by 18.
Nf5 is not dangerous for black as the next variations show} (17... exf4 $5 18.
Qxf4 (18. Nf5 gxf5 19. exf5 (19. Qxf4 Nxe4 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Qxf5 d5 $19) 19...
Kf8 20. Qxf4 Kg7 21. Re2 Rhg8 $19) 18... Ng4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 $132 {[%cal Rg4e5]})
18. f5 $5 $36 {[%mdl 128] White plans to open the f-file in order to get an
attack on the enemy king} Qa7 (18... Bb7 19. Rf1 $36) 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Be2 $1
{[%cal Re2g4]} Rd8 $2 (20... Nf6 $5 {Of course, 20...Nf6 was more stubborn} 21.
Qd3 (21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qxd6 Qe7 $11) 21... O-O 22. Rf1 Qc7) 21. Bxg4 $1 hxg4
22. h5 $18 {White totally opens the game, reaching the black king} Rg8 23. Bxe7
Qxe7 24. hxg6 {[%cal Rg3f5] Capturing the square f5} Rxg6 25. Rh1 {[%cal Rh1h8]
Activizing the rook for a decisive envasion} Qf8 26. Rdf1 Qg8 27. Qf2 {[%cal
Rf2f7]} d5 {Black misses a tactical shot, but also in case of 27...Rd7 his
position is totally hopeless} (27... Rd7 28. Qb6 Bb7 29. Rf5 $18) 28. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Budapest zt 1.4"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2000.06.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 6692]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 h6 (10... Rc8 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qa5 13.
Kb1 h6 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Qg1 g6 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Rxh1 18. Qxh1 Nh5 19. f4 $36
{1-0 Tringov,G-Bertok,M/Vinkovci 1976/EXT 99 (42)}) (10... O-O 11. Kb1 b5 12.
g4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qa5 14. Bd2 b4 15. Ne2 Rab8 16. g5 Nh5 17. Bh3 e5 18. Qa7 Bxh3
19. Rxh3 Rfc8 20. f4 Qb5 21. Rd3 Qc4 22. Rc1 Bf8 {1/2-1/2 Makarichev,
S-Panchenko,A/Daugavpils 1978/MCD (22)}) 11. Be3 h5 $5 {tipical blocade move,
which make difficult attack in the king side for white,also possible anoter
possibilities:} (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 (12. Qxd4 Rc8 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. Qd2 b5 15.
Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 $1 {[%cal Ye2d4]} Bb5 17. Nd4 $16 {1-0 Lanka,Z-Kraut,R/Germany
1995/GER-chT (35)}) 12... e5 $5 (12... b5 13. a3 Rc8 14. g4 Bc6 15. Be2 e5 16.
Be3 Nd7 17. g5 $16 {1-0 Gaprindashvili,N-Zitserman,T/Riga 1975/MCD (27)}) 13.
Be3 Be6 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Be2 Qa5 16. a3 Rxc3 $5 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 d5 19.
exd5 Nxd5 20. Bd2 Bxa3 21. Bc4 Nc7 22. Bb3 Ke7 23. Rhe1 f6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Lanka,
Z-Kraut,R/Germany 1996/GER-chT (50)}) (11... b5 12. g4 Ne5 13. a3 Rc8 14. Kb1
$40 {1-0 Garcia Martinez,S-Vasiukov,E/Cienfuegos 1975/EXT 98 (40)}) 12. Qf2 {
another possibility is:} (12. Bg5 $5 Qb6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. Kb1
Qc7 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 17. Qf4 Kb8 18. Qg3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kindermann,S-Nevednichy,V/
Germany 1999/EXT 2000 (90)}) (12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 Qa5 $132) 12... Ne5 {
[%csl Ye5]} 13. Kb1 b5 {[%cal Gb5c4,Ge5c4]} 14. Nce2 Qc7 {[%cal Ye5c4,Yb5c4,
Yc7c2]} 15. Bg5 Rb8 {[%cal Rb8b2]} 16. Ng3 {[%cal Yg3h5]} b4 {[%cal Rb4c3]
Black begins pawn attack over the queenside.} 17. Be2 (17. Bxa6 $2 Qa5 18. Bd3
Ra8 $36) 17... a5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. f4 Ng4 20. Qf3 {after 20.Bg4 black also
has good counterplay} (20. Bxg4 hxg4 21. h5 Rc8 22. Rd2 a4 $132) 20... a4 $5 {
[%cal Ra4a3] Interesting pawn sacrifice-black gets sufficient counterplay.} (
20... g6 21. f5 e5 22. Nb3) 21. Nxh5 Rxh5 22. Qxg4 Rh8 $6 $44 {better, of
course,22...Rc5} (22... Rc5 $5) 23. Qg3 $5 {[%cal Yg3c3] with idea to reply
b2-b3 on a4-a3 of black.} Ke7 (23... Qc5 24. Qd3) 24. Rd2 Rhc8 (24... a3 $5 25.
b3 Qc3 26. Qxc3 bxc3 27. Rd3 Rb4 {[%cal Yb4e4]} 28. e5 dxe5 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30.
Rhd1 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 e5 $15) 25. Qe3 $5 {White has good chances to
consolidate his position after his last defensive play.} e5 26. fxe5 Bxe5 27.
Rf1 Qc5 28. Nf5+ Bxf5 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. exf5 Rh8 31. h5 Kf6 {Black has full
compensation for the sacrificied pawn,but it is enough only for the draw.} 32.
Bf3 a3 33. b3 Rc3 34. g4 Kg5 35. Rd3 Rhc8 36. Rxc3 Rxc3 37. Kc1 f6 38. Kd2 Kh4
39. Be2 Kg3 40. Rg1+ Kf2 41. Rf1+ Kg2 42. Kd1 Bg3 43. g5 {Pawn sacrifice with
purpose to activate the rook.} fxg5 44. f6 gxf6 45. Rxf6 Be5 46. Rf5 Bf4 47.
Bd3 $11 Rc8 48. h6 Kf2 49. h7 Re8 50. Be2 d5 (50... Rxe2 $4 51. Rxf4+ gxf4 52.
h8=Q $18) 51. Rf7 {Little trap! 51.Rd5 loses because of 51...Re2.} (51. Rxd5 $4
Rxe2 $19) 51... d4 52. Re7 Rxe7 53. h8=Q Rxe2 54. Qxd4+ Be3 55. Qf6+ Bf4 56.
Qd4+ Kf3 57. Qd5+ Kf2 (57... Re4 58. c3 bxc3 59. Kc2 g4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 {A well known theoretical variation.
Black tries to take control of the e5 square} 11. fxg5 Ng4 {[%csl Re5]} 12. Be2
Nge5 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Rhf1 {[%cal Rf1f7]} hxg5 15. Bg3 b5 16. Qe3 $5 $146 {
[%cal Re3b6,Rd1d8][%mdl 8] An interesting novelty. White transfers the queen
to a better position, taking control over the g1-a7 diagonal. Besides the
d-file is opened for the rook. Sometimes 17.Ne5 Ne5 18.Be5 de 19.Qf2 is
possible with an attack.} (16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. a3 (17. Qd4 Qc7 18. Qf2 Qa7 19.
Qe1 Rc8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Bryson,D-Rowson,J/SCO 1994/EXT 98 (55)}) 17... Bc6 18.
Qd4 Qb8 19. Qf2 f6 20. h4 gxh4 21. Bxh4 Rf8 22. Qd4 a5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Perunovic,
M-Lekic,D/Nis 1995/EXT 2000 (40)}) 16... f6 $6 {Too slow. Black misses an
obvious piece sacrifice. It was probably necesary to start an immideate
counterplay by 16...Qa5 preparing b4. In this case black has a satisfactory
counterplay} (16... Qa5 $5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qf2 f6 $132) 17. Nd5 $1 {[%mdl
512] The black king is still in the centre and white tries to open the
position at any cost} Nf7 $5 {Black refrains from accepting the sacrifice. It
looks like the only practical chance. In case of recieving the sacrifice black
could have found himself under an overwhelming attack} (17... exd5 18. exd5 Na5
(18... Nb8 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Qxe5 Rh4 22. d6 $18) 19. Nxe5 fxe5
20. Qe4 Qc8 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. d6 $36) 18. Nxe7 $5 {18.Nb6 was a not bad
alternative, exchanging the light-squared bishop} (18. Nb6 $5 Rb8 19. Nxd7 Qxd7
$36) 18... Qxe7 19. h4 $5 {[%csl Rf6] Breaking black's pawn structure and
trying to make use of his weaknesses} gxh4 (19... e5 20. hxg5 fxg5 21. Rh1 $36)
20. Bxh4 {[%cal Rh4f6] Black has many weaknesses and the bad position of his
king allows white a long-time initiative} e5 (20... Rh6) 21. g3 {Protecting
the bishop and allowing the knight to transfer to a better position} Rh6 22.
Kb1 Be6 23. Nh2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rh2g4,Yg4f6] The knight prepares to enter the
game with an overwhelming effect.} Qc7 {It's not easy for black to protect his
many weaknesses} (23... Nd4 24. Ng4 Bxg4 25. Bxg4 $36) 24. c3 {[%cal Yc3b4,
Yc3d4] Restricting the black knight. It was also very strong an immideate 24.
Ng4, focing an exchange of the black light-squared bishop and taking control
over the h3-c8 diagonal} (24. Ng4 $1 Bxg4 25. Bxg4 $40) 24... b4 ({After} 24...
Qd7 {Black also stands bad} 25. Rxf6 Bxa2+ 26. Kxa2 Rxf6 27. Bxf6 Qe6+ 28. Kb1
Qxf6 29. Bh5 $18) 25. Ng4 bxc3 26. Qxc3 Bxg4 27. Bxg4 $18 {White has a
decisive positional advantage, all his pieces are very active} Qb7 28. Be6 Ne7
{[%cal Rb7e4]} 29. Qc2 {[%cal Yc2e4] Protecting the pawn on e4 and making the
pressure on black stronger} Ng5 30. Bxg5 fxg5 31. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Qc7 {Black applies a relatively rare continuation.}
10. g4 Be7 {10...h5 deserves attention as demonstrated in the afformentioned
game.} (10... h5 $5 11. gxh5 Rxh5 12. h4 O-O-O 13. Kb1 Be7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
Bh3 Kb8 16. Ne2 Rdh8 17. Nf4 R5h7 18. Rhg1 Ne8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Mullon,J-Moldovan,
D/Creon 2002/CBM 89 ext (25)}) (10... b5 11. Bxb5 axb5 12. Ndxb5 Qb8 13. Nxd6+
Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Ramesh,R-Lovlu,S/Sakthi 1996/CBM 53 
(45)}) (10... Ne5 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. f4 h5 $5 14. gxh5 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3
Rxh5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Peptan,C-Galliamova,A/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext (87)}) 11. Be3 $1
$146 {[%cal Rg4g5][%mdl 8] White transfers its bishop to e3 in advance
preparing for g4-g5. In case of 11.h4 Black has counterplay: 11...h5} (11. h4
Rc8 (11... h5 $5 12. gxh5 Nxh5 13. Rg1 O-O-O 14. Kb1 Be8 15. Be2 g6 16. f4 Bxg5
17. hxg5 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Mendoza,R-Minaya,J/Cartagena 1995/EXT 2001
(18)}) (11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc6 13. Kb1 O-O-O $132 {1/2-1/2 Yildirim,
M-Alaybeyoglu,H/Kocaeli 2002/CBM 89 ext (38)}) 12. Kb1 Ne5 (12... b5 13. Nxc6
Bxc6 14. Bd3 b4 15. Ne2 d5 16. e5 Ng8 17. Nd4 $36 {1-0 Diringer,K-Fauth,D/
Wuerttemberg 1992/GER (41)}) 13. Rg1 b5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4
17. Rge1 Kd8 18. a3 b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Nb3 $16 {1-0 Pinter,G-Balogh,V/
Budapest 2000/EXT 2001 (30)}) 11... Ne5 {Black is already experiencing
difficulties. It's unclear how they can achieve some kind of counterplay.
Perhaps it was worth trying 11...h6, temporarily haulting White's attack.} 12.
g5 Nh5 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. f5 {White's attack is developing on its
own. White's active play along with the bad positioning of Black's knight on
h5 which is practically out of play.} b5 {[%cal Rb5b4] With the idea of
innitiating counterplay by way of advancing b4.} 16. a3 Rc8 17. Rhf1 a5 18. Qf2
$1 {[%csl Yf7][%cal Rf2f7][%mdl 128] White activates the Queen for in order to
attack along the f line.} O-O (18... b4 19. fxe6 Bxe6 (19... fxe6 20. Qf7+ Kd8
21. Nf5 $18 exf5 22. Bb6+) 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qf7+ Kd7 22. Rxd6+ $1 Kxd6 23.
Rd1+ $18) (18... e5 19. Nb3 $36) 19. Nb3 b4 20. f6 Bd8 {Black's choice isn't
easy. White's attack is very dangerous in all cases.} (20... bxc3 21. fxe7 $18)
(20... Bxf6 21. gxf6 bxc3 22. fxg7 Nxg7 23. Rg1 f5 24. Rxd6 Ba4 25. Bh6 Rf7 26.
Qd4 cxb2+ 27. Kxb2 Qxd4+ 28. Nxd4 $18) (20... gxf6 21. Nxa5 Qa6 22. gxf6 Bxf6
23. axb4 $40) 21. axb4 a4 22. Rxd6 Bb5 (22... axb3 23. Rxd7 Qxb4 24. fxg7 Nxg7
25. Rxf7 $18) 23. Nd2 Qc7 (23... Qxb4 $5 {More stubborn is 23...Qb4 although
in this case, White's advantage is again unquestionable.} 24. Rd4 Qa5 25. fxg7
Nxg7 26. Rxd8 Rcxd8 27. Bb6 Qa6 28. Nxb5 Rxd2 29. Kxd2 Qxb5 30. Kc1 $16) 24.
fxg7 Nxg7 25. Rxd8 $1 Rfxd8 26. Bb6 $18 Rxd2 (26... Qb7 27. Nxb5 $18) 27. Bxc7
Rxf2 28. Rxf2 Rxc7 29. Nxb5 Rc4 30. c3 Rxe4 31. Nd6 {The active knight and the
pass-pawn 'b' decide the outcome.} Re1+ 32. Kc2 e5 33. b5 Ne6 34. b6 1-0

[Event "Solin 7th"]
[Site "Solin"]
[Date "1999.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1999.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 18560]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bd3 b4 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. Bxf6
gxf6 14. Kb1 h5 (14... a5 15. f5 e5 16. Ng3 h5 $5 (16... Qc5 17. Nh5 Ke7 18. g4
Rg8 19. h3 a4 20. Rhe1 Rd8 $132 {0-1 Geller,E-Groszpeter,A/Sochi 1984/Inf 38 
(33)}) 17. Qe2 h4 18. Nh5 Ke7 19. g4 Bh6 20. Bc4 Rhd8 21. Bd5 Rac8 $15 {
Berelovich-Filipenko,Russia 1996}) 15. f5 {It is not necessary to fix now the
pawn structure, 15.Qe1 is more flexible} (15. Rhe1 a5 (15... Rc8 16. Nc1 a5 17.
f5 Bh6 18. Qe2 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 e5 20. c3 Ke7 21. cxb4 axb4 22. Bc4 $14 {0-1
Solleveld,M-Atalik,S/Groningen NED 1999 (40)}) 16. Ng3 a4 17. Bc4 Ra5 18. Qe2
h4 19. Nf1 Rc5 20. Nd2 $132 {1-0 Byrne,R-Kozul,Z/Palma de Mallorca GMA 1989 
(61)}) (15. Qe1 $1 {I think, this move is very strong and it is not so easy
for Black to equalize the game} a5 (15... h4 $5 16. Ng1 $1 {[%csl Rh4][%cal
Gg1f3]} (16. Rf1 a5 17. f5 $6 e5 18. Rf3 (18. Bc4 Qe3 $1 $15 {0-1 Rodriguez,
A-Kozul,Z/Lucerne 1997/CBM 62/ (32)}) 18... d5 19. Nf4 $5 (19. Nc1 $5 Rd8 (
19... Qb7 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Re3 {[%cal Gd3e4]} Be7 (21... Bc5 22. Rxe5+ $18) (
21... Bxg2 22. Rxe5+ $1 $16) 22. Be4 $14) 20. exd5 Rxd5 21. Be4 Rxd1 22. Bxc6+
Qxc6 23. Qxd1 $11) 19... d4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 $132) (16. f5 $5 e5 17. Ng1
$1 {[%csl Rh4]} Ke7 18. Nf3 Bh6 19. Nxh4 a5 20. Nf3 Rhg8 21. g3 $1 $16 (21. Qe2
$2 a4 22. g4 (22. Bc4 b3 23. cxb3 axb3 24. Bxb3 Bb5 $44) 22... Qc5 $44 {
0-1 Sax,G-Kozul,Z/Ljubljana SLO 1999 (36)})) 16... a5 {As soon as possible
Black must initiate K attack} (16... f5 17. Nf3 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Rc8 (18... d5 19.
Bxd5 $16) 19. f5 $14) (16... d5 17. Nf3 $14) 17. Nf3 h3 18. g4 (18. gxh3 a4 19.
Qg1 Qb7 20. Nd2 b3 21. axb3 axb3 22. Nxb3 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 $15) 18... a4 19.
Qg1 (19. g5 fxg5 20. Nxg5 a3 $17) 19... Qb7 $1 (19... Qxg1 20. Rhxg1 $14 {
[%csl Rh3]}) 20. Qe3 $1 (20. Nd4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. f5 e5 23. Qf1 Qb7 $17)
(20. Qd4 Be7 21. Nd2 (21. g5 e5 22. Qe3 b3 23. gxf6 bxa2+ 24. Kxa2 Rb8 25. Rb1
Bxf6 26. fxe5 dxe5 $17 {[%csl Yc6,Yf6][%cal Gb7b3]}) (21. Rhg1 b3 22. a3 (22.
cxb3 axb3 23. a3 Ra4 $19) 22... bxc2+ 23. Bxc2 e5 $17) (21. b3 Rg8 22. Rhg1 d5
23. e5 Ra5 $15) 21... b3 22. a3 (22. cxb3 axb3 23. Nxb3 Ra4 $17) 22... e5 23.
Qe3 bxc2+ 24. Bxc2 Rb8 25. Qc3 $44) 20... b3 21. cxb3 axb3 22. a3 Rg8 23. Rhg1
d5 24. Nd2 Qa7 25. Qxa7 (25. Qxh3 Bxa3 $1 $17) 25... Rxa7 26. exd5 (26. Rc1 $6
Kd7 27. exd5 Bxd5 28. Bb5+ Kd6 (28... Kd8 29. Bc6 Bd6 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Nxb3
Bxf4 32. Rc2 Rc7 33. Nc5 Be3 (33... Bxh2 34. Rxh2 Rxc5 35. Rxh3 f5 36. g5 $14)
34. Rd1 d4 $132) 29. Rc8 $14) 26... Bxd5 27. Be4 $14) (15... d5 $2 16. exd5
Bxd5 17. f5 Qa5 18. Nc1 O-O-O 19. Qe2 $16 {1-0 Cseshkovsky,V-Shmuter,L/St.
Peterburg op 1993 (36)}) (15... O-O-O $6 16. Qh4 (16. Nd4 Bb7 17. c3 $14) 16...
Be7 17. f5 e5 18. Bc4 Rdg8 19. Ng3 Rg4 20. Qh3 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Bxf7 $16
{1-0 Koglin,A-Mackova,E/Budapest FS04 IMW ,EXT 1994 (29)}) 16. Qh4 Be7 17. f5
e5 (17... O-O-O 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nf4 $16 {[%csl Re6]}) 18. Ng3 O-O-O 19. Bc4
$16 {1-0 Adams,M-Kozul,Z/Wijk aan Zee 1991/Inf 51/ (58)}) (15. Rhf1 h4 $5 (
15... a5 16. f5 (16. c3 Rb8 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Be2 bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qb4 $11 {0-1
Conquest,S-Mednis,E/Copenhagen op 1990 (36)}) (16. Qe1 Rc8 17. Qh4 Be7 18. f5
e5 19. Ng3 $14 (19. Rd2 a4 20. Rfd1 a3 21. b3 Qe3 $132 {1-0 Horvath,T-Gyorkos,
L/HUN tt 1993 (44)})) (16. c4 Qc5 17. Rf3 Rg8 18. g3 Rd8 19. Rc1 Bg7 20. Rff1
a4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Enders,P-Baklan,V/Tegernsee GER 1999 (44)}) 16... e5 17. Ng1
Qc5 18. Qe2 a4 19. Bc4 $132 {0-1 Short,N-Kozul,Z/Belgrade 1989/CBM 16/(31)}) (
15... O-O-O 16. c3 d5 17. cxb4 (17. Qc2 Kb8 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Be4 $14) 17...
Bxb4 18. Qc2 Kb8 19. e5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Berelovich,A-Shmuter,L/Sochi 1993/(68)})
16. f5 (16. Ng1 a5 17. Nf3 a4 18. Qe1 b3 $1 $132) 16... e5 17. Ng1 Bh6 18. Qe1
Ke7 19. Nf3 Bf4 20. Rh1 Be3 21. Qe2 a5 22. Rhe1 Bf4 $132 {0-1 Aseev,K-Shmuter,
L/Sochi 1993 (37)}) 15... Bh6 16. Qe1 e5 17. Bc4 $5 (17. Ng3 h4 18. Nf1 Bg5 19.
Nd2 Rd8 (19... Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Qc5 21. Qe2 a5 22. Rhd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Servat,
R-Adla,D/La Plata ch-ARG 1992 (33)}) 20. Qe2 a5 $132) 17... Ke7 {Black has
decided to refuse acceptance of a pawn sacrifice} (17... Bxe4 18. Qh4 $1 Qc6 (
18... d5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 $16) 19. Qxf6 Bxc2+ 20. Ka1 Qxc4 21. Qxh8+ Bf8
22. Rd2 Bxf5 23. Rc1 $14 (23. Qxh5 $4 Bg4 $19)) 18. b3 $4 $19 ({After} 18. Bd5
$132 {the game would be complex} a5 {[%csl Re2][%cal Ga5a4]} 19. Nc1 (19. Bxc6
Qxc6 20. Ng3 (20. Rd5 Rhc8 21. Qd1 (21. c3 Rab8 $19) 21... Rc7 22. c3 Rb8 $17)
(20. Ng1 Rhc8 21. Qe2 a4 $15) 20... h4 21. Nf1 Rhc8 22. Qe2 Ra7 $19 {[%csl Rc2]
[%cal Ga7c7]}) 19... Rhc8 20. Qe2 a4 21. Qxh5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 b3
24. Qe2 bxa2+ (24... Rc3 $2 25. bxc3 bxa2+ 26. Kxa2 Rb8 27. Qb5 $16) 25. Kxa2
Rab8 (25... Rcb8 26. Rb1 Qb3+ 27. Ka1 Qb6 28. h4 a3 29. b3 a2 30. Rb2 $16) 26.
Rb1 Qb4 27. Qd3 (27. h4 Rc3 {[%cal Gc3a3]} 28. Rdd1 Qc4+ 29. Qxc4 Rxc4 30. Re1
Rxc2 $15) 27... Qc4+ (27... a3 28. b3 Rc3 29. Qe2 Rbc8 30. Rd2 Qc5 31. Rc1 (31.
Re1 Rxc2+ 32. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 33. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 34. Kxa3 Rxg2 35. Rh1 Re2 36. h4 Rxe4
37. h5 Kf8 (37... Rg4 38. h6 Rg8 39. h7 Rh8 40. b4 d5 41. b5 Kd6 42. Kb4 $16)
38. h6 Kg8 39. h7+ Kh8 40. b4 Rc4 41. Rh6 (41. b5 e4 42. Rh3 d5 43. Kb3 Rc1 44.
Kb4 d4 45. b6 d3 $19) 41... d5 42. Rxf6 Kxh7 43. Rxf7+ Kh6 44. b5 Kg5 45. b6
Rc6 46. b7 Rb6 47. Ka4 $11) 31... Rxb3 $1 32. cxb3 Qxc1 33. h4 $132) 28. Qxc4
Rxc4 29. Ka3 Rxe4 30. Rbd1 Rb6 31. h3 $132) 18... Rag8 {[%csl Re4,Rg2]} (18...
Bxe4 $5 19. Nc3 Bxc2+ 20. Kxc2 bxc3 $17) 19. Ng3 h4 20. Nh5 Bg5 $4 ({Why not} 
20... Rxg2 $1 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gh6g5]} 21. Nxf6 (21. Qxh4 Bg5 22. Qh3 Bxe4 $19)
21... Kxf6 22. Qxh4+ (22. Rxd6+ Ke7 23. Qxh4+ Kxd6 24. Qf6+ Kc7 $19) 22... Kg7
23. Qe7 (23. Rxd6 Qg1+ 24. Rd1 Qf2 25. Qxf2 Rxf2 $19) 23... Qb7 24. f6+ Kh7 $19
) 21. g4 (21. Qe2 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rxh5 $15) 21... Rc8 22. Qe2 Bb5 23. Bxb5 $2 $17
{It was not necessary to open a line a} (23. Bd3 $15 {[%csl Rh5]}) 23... axb5
24. Rd5 Rc5 25. Qf2 $2 $19 (25. Rxc5 $142 dxc5 26. Rd1 c4 (26... Ra8 27. Qd3 c4
(27... Rd8 28. Qxd8+ Qxd8 29. Rxd8 Kxd8 30. h3 (30. Kb2 $4 h3 31. c3 Bf4 32.
Nxf4 (32. cxb4 Bxh2 $19) 32... exf4 $19) 30... Ke7 31. Kb2 Bd2 32. a3 bxa3+ 33.
Kxa3 $11) 28. Qd7+ Kf8 29. Qd6+ Qxd6 30. Rxd6 c3 31. Rd5 $11) 27. bxc4 bxc4 28.
Qxc4 Rd8 29. Qf1 (29. Rxd8 Qg1+ 30. Kb2 Qc1+ 31. Kb3 Qa3#) 29... Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1
Qe3 31. Qh1 h3 $17 {[%csl Rb1,Re4,Rh2]}) 25... Rhc8 (25... Ra8 26. Rxc5 dxc5
27. Rd1 Qa7 $19) 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 (26... dxc5 27. Rd1 Qa7 28. Rd5 Qa3 {[%csl Rc1]}
29. Rd1 Kf8 $19 {[%cal Gc8a8,Gc5c4]} (29... c4 $4 30. Qb6 $18)) 27. Qe2 Qa5 28.
Rd1 Rc3 (28... Rc6 29. h3 Kf8 (29... Ra6 30. c3 bxc3 31. Qc2 Bd2 (31... Qxa2+
32. Qxa2 Rxa2 33. Kxa2 c2 34. Rf1 c1=Q 35. Rxc1 Bxc1 36. Kb1 Bg5 {[%csl Rh5]}
37. Kc2 d5 38. Kd3 Kd6 39. Ng7 Kc5 40. Ne8 dxe4+ 41. Kxe4 Kb4 42. Nd6 $132) 32.
Ng7 b4 33. Nh5 d5 $19)) 29. Rd5 Qa3 (29... Qa3 {[%csl Rc1]} 30. Rd1 Rc7 31. Qd3
Qa6 $19 {[%csl Ra2,Rc1,Rh5][%cal Gc7a7]}) 0-1

[Event "NED-ch53"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Be2 Ne5
14. g3 Ng6 15. Rhf1 (15. Kb1 Be7 (15... h5 16. Qe3 Qe7 17. Rhf1 Bg7 18. Rf2 Kf8
19. Rdf1 $11 {Mainka-Popovich, Dortmund 1995}) 16. gxh6 Nxh4 (16... Bxh4 17.
gxh4 Qxh4 18. Qxd6 Rxh6 $2 (18... Qf4 19. Qc5 Rxh6 20. Rhf1 Qe5 21. Qf2 Qc7 $11
{Marjanovic-Popovic, Belgrade 1995}) 19. Bxa6 $1 $18 {Brodsky-Nevednichy,
Bucharest 1995}) 17. gxh4 Bf8 (17... Bf6 18. Rhf1 Qe7 19. Bg4 Be5 20. Qg5 Qxg5
21. hxg5 $16 {Akopian,-Kozul, GM 1994}) 18. h5 (18. Rhf1 Qe7 19. Bg4) 18...
Rxh6 (18... Qf6 19. Qe3 Bxh6 20. Qb6 Qe5 21. Qc7 $11 {Polgar-Ryskin, Ljubljana
1995}) 19. Rhg1 Qe7 20. Rg8 $14 {Ioseliani,-Galliamova, Tilburg 1994}) 15...
Be7 (15... hxg5 $5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qxg5 Bh6 18. Qxh6 Rxh6 19. h4 Ke7 20. h5
Ne5 21. g4 Rg8 $44 {Zarnicki,P-Becerra Rivero,J/Erevan olm 1996/1/2-1/2(35)})
16. gxh6 Nxh4 17. gxh4 Bf8 18. Qd4 Rxh6 (18... Rh7 $2 19. Nd5 $1 Bxh6+ 20. Kb1
Bg7 21. Nf6+ (21. Qf2 $5 $16) 21... Bxf6 22. Rxf6 Qc7 23. e5 d5 (23... dxe5 24.
Qg4 $16) 24. h5 O-O-O 25. h6 Rdh8 26. Qf4 $18 {Wahls,M-Anka,E/Berliner Sommer
1995/1-0(40)}) 19. h5 Qg5+ 20. Kb1 Qe5 $6 (20... Qc5 $142 21. Qd2 Rh7 22. Bg4
Bg7 23. Qxd6 (23. Rf3 {1/2-1/2 Groszpeter,A-Videki,S/Zalakaros op 1995}) 23...
Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Bxe4 26. Bxe6 Ke7 27. Rd4 Bxc2+ 28. Kxc2 fxe6 29.
Rg4 {1/2-1/2 Skripchenko,A-Gaponenko,I/Belgrade Yugometal 1996}) 21. Qb6 Rc8
22. Bg4 $6 $146 (22. Qf2 $5 Rh7 23. Bg4 Qc5 24. Qg2 Bd7 25. Qf3 Rc7 26. e5 $36
{Almasi,Z-Gabriel,C/Altensteig 1994/1-0(35)}) 22... Qc5 23. Qxc5 (23. Qb3 $5 b5
$5 (23... Bg7 24. Nd5 Bb5 25. Rfe1 Rd8 (25... Bc4 26. Qxb7 Bxd5 27. exd5 Qxc2+
28. Ka1 Rc7 29. Qb4 $14) 26. Ne3 Bc6 27. Bf3 $14) 24. Nd5 Bg7 25. Qf3 $6 f5 26.
Bxf5 exf5 27. Qxf5 Bxd5 28. exd5 Kd8 $15) 23... dxc5 24. Nd5 Bg7 25. a4 b5 26.
Rd2 Bd4 $5 (26... f5 $6 27. exf5 Bxd5 (27... exd5 $6 28. f6 Rc7 29. fxg7 Rxg7
30. axb5 axb5 31. h3 $16) 28. f6 $1 {[%cal Gg4c8]} (28. fxe6 Bxe6 29. Re1 Rc6)
28... Bxf6 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Bxc8 $14) 27. Rg2 Kf8 28. c3 Be5 $44 {The pair of
bishops fully compensates black for the lack of the pawn.} 29. Rgf2 Be8 30. Nf6
Rc7 31. a5 $6 {Preparing the piece sacrifice on the next move.} (31. Nxe8 Kxe8
32. axb5 axb5 33. Kc2 b4 34. h3 bxc3 35. bxc3 $14) 31... Bc6 32. Bxe6 $2 Rxf6 (
32... fxe6 $2 33. Nd5+ Ke8 (33... Kg8 $6 34. Nxc7 Bxc7 35. Rf8+ Kg7 36. R1f7#)
34. Rf8+ Kd7 35. R1f7+ Kd6 36. Nxc7 $16) 33. Rxf6 Bxf6 34. Rxf6 Kg7 35. e5 fxe6
36. Rxe6 b4 $5 $17 (36... Be4+ $6 37. Kc1 Rc6 38. Rxc6 Bxc6 39. Kd2 $1 (39. b4
$2 cxb4 $1 (39... c4 40. Kd2 Kf7) 40. cxb4 Kf7 41. Kd2 Ke6 42. h6 Be4 43. Ke3
Kxe5 $19) 39... Kh6 40. b4 Kxh5 (40... c4 $6 41. Ke3 Kxh5 42. Kd4 Kg4 43. Kc5
Be8 44. Kb6 Kf4 45. Kxa6 $16) 41. bxc5 Kg5 42. Ke3 Kf5 43. Kd4 Bg2 44. c6 Bxc6
45. Kc5 Be8 46. Kb6 $11) 37. c4 Ba4 (37... Be4+ $1 38. Kc1 Rc6 39. Rxc6 Bxc6
40. Kd2 Kh6 41. Ke3 Kxh5 42. Kf4 Kg6 $19) 38. Rxa6 Rf7 (38... Bb3 $5 39. Kc1
Bxc4 40. Rb6 Ra7 $1 $17) 39. b3 Rf1+ (39... Bxb3 40. Rc6 Bxc4 41. Rxc5 Rf1+ 42.
Kb2 Rf2+ 43. Kc1 Bf7 $17) 40. Kc2 Rf2+ 41. Kd3 Bxb3 42. Rb6 Ra2 $6 ({Simple} 
42... Rxh2 $1 43. a6 (43. Rc6 Bc2+ 44. Ke3 b3 45. a6 b2 $19) 43... Rh3+ 44. Ke4
Bxc4 45. a7 Ra3 $19 {was winning easily.}) 43. a6 Ra3 44. h6+ Kh7 45. e6 Ba2+ (
45... Kxh6 $2 46. e7+ Kg5 (46... Kg7 47. e8=N+ $1 Kf8 48. Nd6 $16) 47. Ke4 Ba4
48. Kd5 $16) 46. Ke4 Bxc4 47. e7 Bf7 48. Rf6 Be8 49. Kd5 $1 $132 b3 50. Rb6 $1
Ra5 51. Rxb3 Bf7+ 52. Kd6 Rxa6+ 53. Kxc5 Rxh6 $6 ({After} 53... Re6 $1 {
black still could try to win R+B versus R endgame.}) 54. Rf3 Kg7 55. Rg3+ Kf6
56. Kd6 $11 Be8 (56... Rxh2 57. Rf3+ Kg6 58. Rg3+ Kh5 59. Rf3 $11) 57. Rf3+
Kg7+ 58. Kc7 Ra6 59. Rf8 Ra7+ 60. Kd6 Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2000.10.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2000.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 8900]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Rc8 10. Kb1 Be7 11. h4 h5 {This is typical move,
Black tries to prevent eventual pawns promotion ( White attack) on the
kingside.} (11... O-O 12. g4 b5 13. Nxc6 (13. Be3 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bc6 15. g5 Nd7
16. h5 $1 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. h6 $40 {1-0 Magem Badals,J-Campos,J/Manresa
1996/EXT 98 (42)}) 13... Bxc6 14. Bd3 Nd7 (14... d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. f4 $36 {
1-0 Korneev,O-Estremera Panos,S/Vendrell 1996/EXT 98 (39)}) 15. Ne2 d5 16. Nd4
Bb7 17. Qh2 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. fxe4 {1/2-1/2 Dimitrov,V-Estremera Panos,S/
Barbera 1996/EXT 97 (37)}) (11... b5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne2 Qc7 14. Nd4 Bd7 15.
g4 h6 16. Be3 e5 17. Ne2 Be6 18. Rg1 Nd7 19. Nc3 Nb6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Lobzhanidze,
D-Olcayoz,A/Panormo 1998/CBM 67 ext (32)}) (11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Rc6 (12... Qc7
13. g4 b5 {1/2-1/2 Pikula,D-Popovic,P/Niksic 1997/EXT 2000 (13)}) 13. Qd2 b5
14. Bd3 Qa5 15. f4 b4 16. Ne2 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. g4 Bc3 $13 {1-0 Peptan,
C-Grosar,A/Ljubljana 1997/CBM 58 ext (43)}) 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. Bd3 b5 (13... Qc7
$6 {This is dubious move gives to white strong attack.} 14. Rhe1 $1 {[%cal
Ye1e7]} O-O 15. Nd5 $1 $36 exd5 16. exd5 Rc5 17. Rxe7 Nxd5 18. Ree1 {1-0
Luecke,N-Kalinitschew,S/Muenster 1990/EXT 97 (38)}) 14. Rhe1 b4 15. Ne2 Qb6 16.
Nf4 {[%csl Re5,Rh5][%cal Ye4e5,Yf4h5] White prevents castle, and by the way
prepares e4-e5 promotion.} a5 $2 {Decisive mistake. It was necessary 16...Rc7
defending the bishop d7} (16... Rc7 $5 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Gc7d7]}) (16... O-O $2
17. Nxh5) 17. e5 $1 {This break leads to winning position.} dxe5 (17... Ng8 {
And after this move white has serious attack after} 18. g4 $1 {[%csl Rh5][%cal
Rg4h5,Rf4h5] Strong move, position is not so clear after 18. Be4,or 18.Ng6} (
18. Be4 d5 19. Bxd5 $6 (19. Nxd5 $2 exd5 20. Bxd5 Rc7 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qf4+
Ke8 23. e6 Bxe6 24. Rxe6 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Qxe6 26. Rd1 Qe2) 19... exd5 20. Nxd5 Qd8
) (18. Ng6 fxg6 $5 (18... Bxg5 $2 19. Qxg5 Rh6 20. Nf4 $36) 19. Bxg6+ Kd8 20.
exd6 Bf6 $13) 18... hxg4 19. fxg4 Bxg5 20. hxg5 $40) 18. Ng6 $1 {[%cal Yd2d7]}
fxg6 19. Bxf6 $18 (19. Bxg6+ Kf8 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qxd7 $18) 19... gxf6 20.
Bxg6+ Kf8 21. Qxd7 Kg7 22. Qxe7+ Kxg6 23. Rd7 Qc5 24. Qg7+ Kf5 25. g4+ Kf4 26.
Qxf6+ Kg3 27. Rd2 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qe3 {this varition does not give an
advantage for white, according to the theory.Above-mentioned game confirmes
this opinion.More chances gives 10.Bf6 or11.Bd3} Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 (12... gxf6
13. f5 $40) 13. e5 (13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 e5 15. Qe4 (15. Bd3 Qe7 16. Rhe1 Qa7
$132 {1/2-1/2 Radulov,I-Schneider,L/Skara 1980/EU-chT (38)}) 15... O-O 16. Bd3
g6 17. f5 Qb6 18. h4 Qd4 19. Qxd4 exd4 20. g4 g5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Westerinen,
H-Helmers,K/Roskilde 1978/MCD (25)}) 13... Be7 14. exd6 {This move could be
accepted,but white probably has something better.} Bxd6 15. Ne4 {The other
line doesn't give white anything special.} (15. Qd4 Bf8 16. Qe3 (16. Qf2 Qa5
17. f5 b4 18. fxe6 f6 19. Nd5 b3 20. Qf5 Bc5 21. Nxf6+ {1-0 Kulaots,K-Szuk,B/
Duisburg 1992/TD (21)}) (16. Qe5 Qb8 17. Qd4 Be7 18. f5 O-O 19. fxe6 fxe6 20.
Bd3 b4 21. Ne4 Bd5 $132 {0-1 Petrushin,A-Yermolinsky,A/Krasnodar 1980/EXT 99 
(59)}) 16... Bd6 17. Qd4 (17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 O-O 19. Bd3 g6 20. h4 Qf6 21.
g3 Rfd8 22. Be2 Ba3 23. Qe5 Qxe5 24. fxe5 {1/2-1/2 Schussler,H-Schneider,L/
Malmo 1986/EXT 97 (24)}) 17... Bf8 18. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 Cramling,D-Schneider,L/
Eksjo 1982/MCD (18)}) (15. Bd3 Qc7 16. Rhf1 O-O 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 g6 19. h4
Qa5 20. Kb1 Qb4 $132 {0-1 Kotronias,V-Grosar,A/Bled 1991/CBM 24 (42)}) 15...
Bxe4 16. Qxe4 O-O 17. Bd3 g6 18. h4 (18. g3 Qf6 19. Kb1 Rfd8 20. Be2 e5 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Hunt,H-Epishin,V/Geneva 1997/EXT 98 (70)}) 18... Qf6 19. Rdf1 (19. g3
Rfd8 20. h5 Bf8 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. a3 Rab8 23. c3 a5 $132 {0-1 Diesen,M-Mednis,
E/New York 1977/EXT 98 (41)}) 19... Rfd8 20. g4 (20. h5 Bf8 21. g4 Rac8 22. g5
{1/2-1/2 Kholmov,R-Weinstein,N/Budapest 1976/MCL (22)}) 20... Bf8 21. f5 exf5
22. gxf5 Bg7 23. c3 b4 $5 $146 {[%cal Yf6c3,Yb4c3] This try had a success in
this game.} (23... Qe5 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. h5 gxh5 26. Qf3 Ra7 27. Rxh5 Qd6 28.
Bc2 Re7 29. Qh1 Red7 30. Rh8+ Bxh8 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qxh8+ Ke7 33. Re1+ Qe6 34.
Rxe6+ fxe6 35. Qe5 Rf8 {1-0 Grabarczyk,B-Panchenko,A/Katowice 1993/EXT 98 (35)}
) 24. Bc4 (24. fxg6 Qxg6 25. Rhg1 Qxe4 26. Bxe4 Rac8 $132) 24... g5 $1 25. hxg5
Qxg5+ 26. Kb1 Qf6 27. Qh4 $1 bxc3 28. Qxf6 $11 Bxf6 29. bxc3 Rd7 30. Rfg1+ Kh8
31. Rh3 Rc8 32. Bxa6 Rxc3 33. Rxc3 Bxc3 34. Kc2 Bf6 35. a4 Rd5 36. Rf1 Kg7 37.
Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 15th final"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.10.29"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zemun Agrouniverzal"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 ({Deserved attention typical} 11. f5
$5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bh6+ 13. Kb1 Bf4 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Ne2 Be5 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. Nf4
a5 18. g3 O-O 19. Bh3 {+= white has more active position.}) 11... Qb6 12. Nxc6
(12. Nce2 $5 {preventing development of the blacks bishop to more active place.
} Rc8 13. g3 h5 14. Bg2 Na5 15. b3 Nc6 16. Rhf1 Qa5 17. c3 Qb6 (17... Nxd4 18.
Qxd4 (18. cxd4 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Be7 $132) 18... Be7 19. e5 $1 fxe5 20. fxe5 d5 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. e6 {+-}) 18. f5 Bh6 19. Qe1 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 e5 21. Nc2 a5 $132 {
Hjartarson-Ermolinsky,Erevan 1996}) (12. Nf3 O-O-O 13. g3 Kb8 14. Bh3 Bc8 15.
f5 h5 16. Qe1 Bh6 17. Ne2 Ne5 18. Ned4 Ng4 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Qc3 Bb7 21. Nxe6
Rc8 {~ Liberzon-Zaltsman,Lone Pine 1981}) 12... Bxc6 13. Qe1 (13. f5 b4 14. Ne2
e5 15. Ng3 h5 16. Be2 (16. h4 a5 17. Bc4 Rc8 18. Qe2 {+/- Van der Wiel}) 16...
h4 17. Nh5 Be7 18. Bf3 a5 19. g3 hxg3 20. hxg3 O-O-O 21. g4 a4 22. Rhe1 Qc5 23.
Qe3 Kc7 {~ Huebner -Dreev,Nyssloch 1996}) 13... Ra7 $5 {White has threatened
14.Nd5.In this moment it was replied by 14...exd5 15.exd5+ Re7} (13... Qc5 $5)
(13... Be7 14. f5 Qc5 15. fxe6 (15. Qh4 h5 16. Bd3 O-O-O 17. Qh3 $40 {1-0
Kutuzovic,B-Bertok,M/Zagreb 1997/EXT 99 (40)}) 15... fxe6 16. Bd3 Kf7 17. Rf1
Rag8 18. Rd2 b4 19. Nd1 a5 20. Rdf2 {~ with some pressure Hrachek-Popovich,
Brno 1992}) (13... O-O-O 14. Bd3 h5 15. Rf1 Kb8 16. a3 $1 {preventing blacks
counterplay on the queenside} Bb7 17. f5 Qc5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rxf6 Qe5 20. Rf7
{+/- Lalich-Kozul,Croatia 1997}) 14. f5 (14. Bd3 b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. f5 e5 {
~ 0-1 Gyorkos,L-Kozul,Z/Osijek 1992/EXT 99 (35)}) 14... h5 {other
possibilities are:} (14... b4 15. Ne2 e5 (15... Bxe4 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nf4 {+/-
}) 16. Ng3 h5 (16... Qc5 17. Nh5 Be7 18. Qh4 Qe3 19. Bd3 {+/-}) 17. Be2 $1 $36
{Gurevich,I-Kozul,Z/Biel izt 1993/1-0 (53)}) (14... Rg8 15. Qh4 Ke7 16. Ne2 $1
e5 17. Ng3 Qe3 (17... h6 $2 18. Rxd6 $1 Kxd6 19. Qxf6+ {+-}) 18. Qxh7 Rg7 19.
Qh8 Bxe4 20. Bd3 $1 Bxg2 21. Rhe1 Qc5 22. Be4 $40 {1-0 Dimitrov,V-Kozul,Z/
Linares 1996 (52)}) 15. Bd3 {In my opinion more promising was 15.fxe6, opening
'f' line for the attack.} (15. fxe6 $5 fxe6 16. Bd3 Rg7 17. Rf1 Be7 18. g3 Qc5
19. Ne2 Bd8 20. Nf4 Kd7 21. Rf3 Qe5 22. Bf1 $36 {1-0 Zontakh, A-Simonovic,A/
Ulcinj 1998/EXT 99 (52)}) 15... b4 $5 {Black transfers the game to the usual,
for this variation, pawn structure.Kozul plays this variation very often,
scoring well.} (15... Qc5 $6 16. Rf1 (16. fxe6 $5 fxe6 17. Rf1 Bg7 18. Ne2 Rh6
19. c3 Rb7 20. Nf4 Qe5 21. Bc2 $36 {1-0 Palac,M-Fercec, N/Zadar 1997/EXT 99 
(30)}) 16... e5 $132 {0-1 Palac,M-Kozul,Z/Medulin 1997/EXT 99 (59)}) 16. Ne2 e5
17. Qh4 {Risky plan,in spite of winning pawn,white collides with some problems.
17.h4 was very intresting} (17. h4 $5 {attacking weak 'h' pawn and preventing
development of the bishop h6.} a5 18. Ng3 a4 19. Bc4 {+=}) 17... Ke7 18. Ng3
Bh6 $5 19. Qxh5 Qc5 20. Rhe1 a5 {Black has sufficient counterplay for the lost
pawn.} 21. b3 {with idea Bc4} Bb5 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Nf1 {+=} a4 24. Ne3 (24.
Qe2 Qc6 25. Qd3 (25. Ne3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Rc7 $36) 25... axb3 26. cxb3 Rc8 27. Ne3
Bxe3 28. Rxe3 Ra5 $132) 24... Bxe3 25. Qxh8 axb3 26. cxb3 Bf2 {Black tries to
complicate the game in mutual timetrouble, missing possibility to force the
draw after:} (26... Qc6 $1 27. Qh4 (27. Rxe3 Rxa2 28. Kxa2 (28. Rc1 Ra1+) 28...
Qc2+ 29. Ka1 Qxd1+ 30. Kb2 Qd2+ 31. Ka1 Qxe3 {-/+}) 27... Rxa2 28. Kxa2 Qc2+
29. Ka1 Qc3+ {=}) 27. Rxd6 $8 (27. Rf1 Qe2 {-+}) 27... Kxd6 28. Qxf6+ Kc7 29.
Rc1+ Kb7 30. Qxf7+ Ka6 31. Qe6+ Bb6 32. Qc8+ Ka5 33. g4 Qd3+ 34. Qc2 Qe3 35.
Qc6 (35. Qc4 $6 Rd7 36. a3 Qd3+ 37. Rc2 Qxc4 38. Rxc4 bxa3 39. Ka2 Rd2+ 40.
Kxa3 Rxh2 41. Rc8 Kb5 42. Rb8 Rg2 {-/+}) 35... Qd3+ 36. Rc2 Qd1+ 37. Rc1 Qd3+
38. Rc2 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 {This opening variation doesn't have good reputation;} 10.
Bh4 g5 {Other continuations of black lead to clear advantage of white as well;}
(10... Nxe4 $6 11. Nxe4 (11. Qe1 $1 Nf6 (11... g5 $2 12. Nxe4 gxh4 13. Nf5 $40)
12. Nf5 Qa5 13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14. Rxd6 O-O-O 15. Rd1 $1 (15. Qd2 Ne7 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Gligoric,S-Averbakh,Y/Zuerich 1953/Candidates (42)}) 15... Qc7 16. Qf2
Ne7 17. Bd3 Bc6 18. f5 e5 19. Rhe1 {Spassky -Rabar 1955}) 11... Qxh4 12. Nf3
Qe7 13. Nxd6+ Qxd6 14. Qxd6 Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Ke7 16. Rd2 Rhd8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Konstantinopolsky,A-Boleslavsky,I/Sverdlovsk 1943/HCL (33)}) (10... Be7 11. Nf3
$1 b5 12. e5 b4 13. exf6 bxc3 14. Qxc3 gxf6 15. f5 $16 {Thiemann-Reinolds 1966}
) (10... b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. g3 Qb6 13. Nb3 h5 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. f5 $16 {
1-0 Huebner,R-Shamkovich,L/Rio de Janeiro 1979/IZT (48)}) 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Be2
$5 {12.Nf3 is less dangerous for black;} (12. Nf3 hxg5 13. Bg3 (13. Bxg5 $2 f6
$1) 13... Be7 14. Kb1 Nge5 $14) 12... Nge5 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Rhg1 $5 {White is
just protecting g5 pawn this way- 14...Nxf3 15.gxf3 and Rg1 guards g5 there;}
b5 15. Rdf1 Rb8 {15...b4 is more popular here and black gets some counterplay
in that case;} (15... b4 16. Nd1 a5 (16... Qa5 17. Kb1 hxg5 18. Bxg5) 17. Kb1 (
17. Bb5 Rc8 18. Kb1 Qb6 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxd7+ Kxd7 21. Bf2 Qc6 22. Bd4 Bxg5
23. Qe2 Ke7 $132 {0-1 Palac,M-Kozul,Z/Pula 1998/EXT 2000 (56)}) 17... a4 18.
Bb5 (18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxb4 hxg5 20. Bg3 Rb8 21. Qd4 O-O 22. Rh1 Qc7 23. h4 g4
24. Qd2 Bc6 25. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Kozul,Z/Sarajevo 1998/CBM 64 ext (25)})
18... Ra5 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Qxb4 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Rb5 23. Qd2 Nc4
24. Qc3 Qxg5 25. Qxc4 Qc5 26. Qc3 $16 {1-0 Krakops,M-Van der Wiel,J/Pula 1997/
CBM 57 ext (40)}) 16. Nd1 {[%cal Rd1f2,Rf2d3] White is just transferring the N
to better outpost;} a5 17. Kb1 b4 18. b3 $5 $146 {[%cal Rd1b2,Rb2a4,Rb2c4]
[%mdl 12] This is important theoretical impovment of this line! White
restricts Ne5 by this move and also stops black's attack over the queenside;
In addition white gonna place his N to b2 taking control over important
squares;} (18. Nf2 a4 19. Nd3 Nc4 20. Qc1 Qa5 $132 {0-1 Frolyanov,D-Andreev,E/
Kubanskaja Osen, Krasnodar RUS 2002 (33)}) 18... a4 19. Nb2 {Forcing black to
clear up things regarding those queenside pawns;} axb3 20. cxb3 Qa5 $6 {
20..hxg5 deserves attention, while white has advantage in that case as well
thanks to vulnerable king of black and weak pawns d6 and f7;} (20... hxg5 $5
21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Ra8 23. Bb5 Qb6) 21. g6 $5 {White is creating
additional targets in black's position this way; Also white is trading
dark-square bishops now which makes black's position even more weak; Lines are
getting open now as well!} fxg6 {after 21...Bh4 black's position looks very
dangerous as well;} (21... Bxh4 22. gxf7+ Nxf7 23. Nxh4) 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Rd1
{[%cal Gd2d6]} Qc7 24. Nc4 $1 {Trading strong Ne5, white is increasing
pressure on black's position over the centre and kingside;} Nxc4 25. Bxc4 $16
Na5 {Black is trying to complicate things blundering white's decisive break in
the centre; Black is suffering hard here anyhow;} 26. e5 $1 d5 (26... Nxc4 27.
bxc4 dxe5 28. Nxe5 $40) 27. Bd3 Qc3 28. Qf4 $1 $18 {Black resigned because of
next line: 28...Rbf8 29.Qh4g5 30.Ng5 and white wins;} (28. Qf4 Rbf8 29. Qh4+ g5
30. Nxg5 hxg5 31. Qxg5+ {[%cal Gd3g6]}) 1-0

[Event "Solin 7th+"]
[Site "Solin"]
[Date "1999.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1999.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 20480]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Rc8 10. Nxc6 $5 (10. Kb1 {-one of main lines})
10... Bxc6 (10... Rxc6 $6 11. g4 Be7 (11... h5 12. gxh5 Qa5 13. h6 Rxc3 14.
bxc3 $16 {1-0 Werner,M-Dueball,J/BL 1992 (36)}) 12. Bg2 Qa5 13. h4 b5 14. a3
Qc7 15. f4 Ng8 16. f5 $16 {1-0 Zvorikina,K-Bikova,E/Rostov-on-Don URS 1953 (35)
}) 11. Kb1 (11. Bd3 Be7 12. Rhe1 h6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Be3 b5 15. Kb1 b4 16. Ne2 d5
17. exd5 Bxd5 $11 {1-0 Wexler,B-Behrensen,J/ch-Buenos Aires 1964 (31)}) 11...
b5 $2 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5] this hasty move create weak pawns on Queen side} ({
With Thomas Luther Zdenko Kozul played better} 11... Be7 12. h4 b5 13. Bd3 O-O
14. Ne2 Nd7 15. Ng3 Nc5 16. Be2 f6 17. Bf4 Nb7 18. Nf1 Qb6 19. Ne3 Rfd8 20.
Rhe1 Be8 21. g4 $14 {1-0 Luther,T-Kozul,Z/Nova Gorica SLO 2000 (33)}) 12. Ne2
$1 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5,Rc6][%cal Ge2d4,Gf1a6]} Bb7 (12... h6 $5 13. Bxf6 (13. Be3
Be7 14. Nd4 Bb7 $132) 13... Qxf6 14. Nd4 (14. Qa5 Bb7 15. a4 (15. Qb6 Qe7 16.
Nd4 Qc7 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 $11) 15... Qd8 16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 17. axb5 axb5 18. c3 {
[%cal Ge2d4]} Be7 19. Nd4 b4 20. cxb4 $14) 14... Bd7 15. Qa5 e5 16. Nf5 (16.
Ne2 Rc6 17. Nc3 Qd8 18. Qxd8+ Kxd8 19. Nd5 $14) 16... Bxf5 17. exf5 Rc6 18. a4
Qxf5 19. Bd3 Qg5 20. axb5 Rc5 21. b4 $16) 13. Nd4 h6 $2 $16 (13... Be7 {
[%cal Gf6e4]} 14. Be3 (14. g4 $2 Nxe4 $19) (14. h4 h6 15. Be3 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17.
f4 Bxh4 18. g4 Be7 19. g5 (19. f5 Nxe5 20. fxe6 Nxg4 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Bh3 h5
$15) 19... Nc5 20. Bg2 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qg2 Qa5 23. gxh6 (23. Nxe6 fxe6
24. gxh6 Bd5 25. c4 $3 bxc4 26. hxg7 Rg8 27. Qg6+ Kd7 28. f5 Kc6 29. f6 c3 $19)
23... Bd5 24. b3 (24. a3 gxh6 25. Qg7 (25. f5 b4 26. Nxe6 (26. Rxh6 Rxh6 27.
Bxh6 bxa3 28. Qg8+ Kd7 29. Qxf7 axb2 30. fxe6+ Kc7 31. Qxe7+ Kb8 32. Qd6+ Ka8
$19) 26... bxa3 27. Ng7+ Kf8 $19) 25... Rf8 26. Rxh6 b4 27. Bd2 e3 28. Be1 e2
29. Nxe2 Qa4 30. Nd4 Be4 31. Rh2 bxa3 32. b3 a2+ 33. Ka1 Qa3 34. Qg4 $132)
24... Rxh6 25. Qxg7 Bf8 26. Qg2 Rxh1 27. Rxh1 Qc3 28. Rh3 Qe1+ 29. Bc1 Qd1 (
29... Ba3 30. Rh1 $18) (29... Bb7 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Qg6+ Kd8 (31... Kd7 32.
Rh7+ Be7 33. f5 $16) 32. Rh8 $16) 30. Qd2 Qxd2 31. Bxd2 Be7 $11) 14... O-O 15.
h4 $14) 14. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 15. a4 $1 (15. Qa5 $2 Qd8 $11) 15... bxa4 (15... e5
16. Nf5 bxa4 17. Qb4 $16) 16. Qb4 Qe7 (16... Rc7 17. Bxa6 Bxa6 18. Qxa4+ Rd7
19. Qxa6 Be7 20. Nc6 $16) 17. Bxa6 $1 Bxa6 18. Qxa4+ Qd7 19. Qxa6 Be7 20. Qb5
$1 {Endgame with pawn more - the bast way to realize advantage.} Bf6 21. Rd3
Qxb5 $2 {Ununderstandable. One pawn less is not enough?} (21... Rc5 22. Qxd7+
Kxd7 23. Rhd1 Ra8 24. c3 $16) 22. Nxb5 {[%csl Rd6]} Rc5 (22... Rb8 23. Nxd6+
Ke7 24. Nc4 Rhc8 25. Rb3 Rxb3 26. cxb3 $18) 23. Nxd6+ Ke7 24. f4 (24. Rhd1 Be5
25. Nb7 (25. g3 Rb8 $1 $44) 25... Rb5 26. Rd7+ Kf6 27. Nd8 (27. f4 $5 Rxb2+ 28.
Kc1 Bc3 29. Nd8 Ra2 30. Rxf7+ Kg6 31. Rb7 $18) 27... Rxb2+ 28. Kc1 $18) 24...
Ra8 25. e5 (25. Rhd1 Rca5 26. c3 $18) 25... Rca5 26. Ra3 $1 Rxa3 27. bxa3 g5 (
27... Rxa3 28. Nb5 Ra4 29. exf6+ $18) 28. exf6+ Kxd6 29. Rd1+ Kc6 30. fxg5 hxg5
(30... Rxa3 31. gxh6 $18) 31. Rd3 e5 {In this won endgame not for long to wait
for victory.} 32. Rg3 (32. Kc1 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gc1e3,Gd3d8]} e4 33. Rd4 e3 34.
Rd3 Re8 35. Kd1 e2+ 36. Ke1 Re6 37. a4 $18) 32... Kd5 33. Kb2 (33. Kc1 Ke6 $16)
33... e4 34. Rxg5+ Kd4 {[%csl Re4]} 35. Rg7 $4 $44 ({In "normal" chess it was
not difficult to find} 35. c3+ Ke3 (35... Kd3 36. Rd5+ Ke2 37. Rd7 e3 38. Rxf7
Kf2 39. g4 e2 40. Re7 e1=Q 41. Rxe1 Kxe1 42. g5 Kd2 (42... Rf8 43. h4 Kd2 44.
Kb3 (44. h5 Rb8+ 45. Ka2 Kc2 46. a4 Rb2+ 47. Ka3 Rb3+ $11) 44... Kd3 45. Kb4
Rh8 46. f7 Rxh4+ 47. Kc5 $18) 43. Kb3 Kd3 44. Kb4 Rf8 45. Kc5 $18) 36. Rf5 Ke2
(36... Kd2 37. Rd5+ $18) (36... Rg8 37. g3 Rh8 38. h4 Rg8 39. Rg5 $18) 37. h4
e3 38. g4 Ra4 39. g5 Rxh4 40. g6 fxg6 41. f7 gxf5 42. f8=Q $18) 35... Ra7 36.
Kc1 (36. h4 Ke3 37. h5 Kd2 38. Kb3 (38. h6 Rb7+ 39. Ka2 Kxc2 $11 {[%csl Ra2]
[%cal Gb7b2]}) 38... e3 39. Rg8 e2 40. Rd8+ Kc1 41. Re8 Kd1 42. g4 (42. h6 e1=Q
43. Rxe1+ Kxe1 44. g4 Kd2 45. g5 Rb7+ 46. Kc4 Kxc2 47. h7 Rb8 48. Kd5 Kb3 49.
g6 fxg6 50. f7 g5 51. Ke6 g4 52. Ke7 g3 53. f8=Q Rxf8 54. Kxf8 g2 55. h8=Q g1=Q
$11) 42... e1=Q 43. Rxe1+ Kxe1 44. g5 Ra5 45. g6 Rxh5 46. gxf7 Rh8 $11) 36...
Ke3 $1 37. Rg4 (37. Rg3+ Kf2 (37... Ke2 $5) 38. Kd2 Ra6 (38... Rd7+ 39. Kc3 Rd6
(39... e3 40. Rf3+ Ke2 41. a4 Rc7+ 42. Kd4 $18) 40. a4 Rxf6 41. Kd4 e3 42. Rxe3
Rd6+ 43. Kc5 $18) 39. c4 Rxf6 40. c5 Re6 41. Re3 Kxg2 $132) 37... Ra6 38. Kd1
Rb6 39. Rg3+ Kf2 40. c4 (40. Kd2 Rxf6 41. c4 Rd6+ 42. Kc3 f5 (42... e3 43. Rf3+
) 43. c5 Rd8 44. Rg5 (44. Kc4 f4 45. Rg4 Rf8 46. c6 e3 47. Rg7 e2 $19) 44... f4
45. Rf5 f3 46. gxf3 e3 47. Re5 e2 $11) 40... Rc6 (40... Rxf6 41. Kd2 (41. c5 e3
$19) 41... Rd6+ 42. Kc3 f5 43. c5 Rd8 (43... Rf6 44. Kd4 f4 45. Rb3 e3 46. Ke5
Rf8 47. Rb2+ e2 48. c6 $11) 44. Rg5 f4 45. Rf5 f3 46. gxf3 e3 47. Re5 e2 48. c6
Rd5 (48... e1=Q+ 49. Rxe1 Kxe1 50. Kc4 Ke2 51. Kc5 Kxf3 52. c7 Rd1 53. Kb6 Rb1+
$11) 49. Re7 Rc5+ 50. Kd2 Rd5+ 51. Kc3 $11) 41. Rg4 $2 $17 {After this mistake
White position is dangerous} (41. Rc3 Rxf6 42. c5 e3 43. Rc2+ Kf1 44. Re2 Re6
45. Re1+ Kf2 (45... Kxg2 46. Ke2 f5 47. Rf1 Re5 48. c6 Rc5 $11) 46. Re2+ Kf1
$11) 41... Rxc4 42. Rf4+ Ke3 (42... Kxg2 43. Ke2 Kxh2 $11) 43. Rf5 Rd4+ (43...
Ra4 44. g4 $1 (44. Rh5 Ra6 45. Rh3+ Kf2 46. Kd2 (46. Rh5 Rd6+ 47. Kc2 e3 48.
Rf5+ Kxg2 49. Re5 Kf3 50. h4 e2 51. a4 Rxf6 $19) (46. Rh4 Rd6+ 47. Kc2 e3 48.
Rf4+ Kxg2 49. Re4 Kf3 $19) 46... Rxf6 47. a4 Ra6 48. Ra3 Rd6+ 49. Kc2 e3 $19) (
44. Rg5 Ra6 45. Rg3+ Kf2 46. Kd2 Rxf6 47. a4 Ra6 (47... Rd6+ 48. Kc3 f5 49. Rg5
f4 50. Rf5 f3 51. gxf3 e3 52. Re5 e2 53. Kb4 Rd3 54. Rxe2+ Kxe2 55. a5 $11) 48.
Ra3 Rd6+ $19) 44... Rxa3 45. g5 Ra1+ 46. Kc2 Rg1 47. h4 Rh1 48. g6 Rxh4 $11)
44. Ke1 (44. Kc2 Rd2+ 45. Kc3 Rxg2 46. Rb5 Rxh2 47. Rb7 Rh7 48. a4 Kf2 49. Re7
Rh3+ (49... e3 50. Kd3 Rh8 51. Rxf7 e2 52. Re7 e1=Q 53. Rxe1 Kxe1 54. Ke4 $11)
50. Kc2 e3 51. a5 Rh1 52. Rxf7 e2 53. Re7 e1=Q 54. Rxe1 Kxe1 55. a6 Rh7 56. Kd3
$11) 44... Rd2 (44... Rc4 45. Kd1 Rd4+ 46. Ke1 Rc4 $11) (44... Ra4 45. Rh5 Ra6
46. Rh3+ Kd4 47. Rb3 Rxf6 $11) 45. Rg5 $6 (45. g4 $1 Rxh2 46. Kf1 $11 {[%cal
Gg4g5]}) 45... Re2+ 46. Kf1 Rb2 (46... Rf2+ 47. Ke1 Rxf6 48. Rg3+ Kd4 49. Ke2
$11) 47. g4 (47. Rg3+ $2 Kd2 48. Kf2 Rb6 49. Rg5 e3+ 50. Kg3 e2 51. Rd5+ Ke3
52. Re5+ Kd3 $19) 47... Kf3 ({Both of sides must play very careful!} 47... Rxh2
$2 48. Rf5 $1 (48. Rh5 Ra2 49. Rh3+ Kf4 50. Ke1 (50. Rh7 Kf3 51. Rh3+ Kxg4 52.
Rh7 Rxa3 53. Rxf7 Kf3 54. Kg1 e3 55. Re7 e2 56. f7 Kg3 $3 $19) 50... Kxg4 (
50... e3 51. g5 Rxa3 52. g6 $11) 51. Re3 Kf4 52. Rh3 Ke5 53. Re3 Rh2 54. Kf1
Rh6 $19) 48... Ra2 49. g5 Ra1+ 50. Kg2 Rxa3 51. g6 Ra2+ 52. Kg3 Ra8 53. g7 Kd2
54. Rd5+ $18) 48. Rf5+ Kxg4 49. Rf2 Rb3 50. Ke2 Rxa3 51. Rf1 Rh3 52. Kd2 Rxh2+
(52... Kg5 53. Ke2 Rxh2+ 54. Ke3 Rh4 55. Rf2 $8 Rg4 56. Rf1 Kh4 57. Rf4 Rxf4
58. Kxf4 e3 59. Kxe3 Kg5 60. Ke4 Kxf6 61. Kf4 $11) 53. Ke3 Ra2 54. Rf4+ Kg3 55.
Rf1 (55. Rxe4 Ra6 56. Re5 Kg4 57. Kf2 $11) 55... Kg4 56. Rf4+ Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn/Parnu"]
[Date "1998.06.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Nf3 b4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne2 Qd8 (12... Ra7
13. Qe3 Qd8 14. Ned4 Qb6 15. Bc4 Be7 16. Rhe1 O-O 17. Kb1 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Rc8 19.
b3 (19. Nf5 Qxe3 20. Nxe7+ Kf8 21. Nxc8 Qxe1 22. Rxe1 Bxc8 $11) 19... Qc5 $11 {
Polgar,J-Ermenkov,E/Budapest zt-A 1993/1/2-1/2(58)}) 13. Ned4 $146 {[%csl Yb4]}
(13. f5 Be7 14. Nf4 O-O 15. fxe6 (15. e5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qxd7 Qxd7 18.
Rxd7 Bg5 19. Kb1 Bxf4 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Bc4 $11 {Polgar,J-Ivanchuk,V/
Roquebrune rapid 1992/1/2-1/2(60)}) 15... fxe6 16. Bc4 Qc8 17. Rhe1 Na5 18. Bd3
Nc4 19. Bxc4 (19. Qxb4 $2 Nxb2 $1) 19... Qxc4 20. b3 Qc5 21. Nd3 Qa5 22. Kb1
Rab8 23. Nb2 Rfc8 24. Nc4 Qc7 25. Nxd6 $11 {Romero Holmes,A-Garcia Ilundain,D/
ESP-ch 1993/1/2-1/2(30)}) 13... Qb6 14. f5 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Rc8 (15... e5 $6 16.
Nf3 Qc5 17. b3 {[%cal Gf1c4]} Bb5 18. Kb1 Be7 19. g4 $14) (15... Qc5 16. fxe6
fxe6 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. Bc4 $16 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gb3d4]}) 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Be2 {
[%cal Ge2g4,Gg4h5]} Rc5 $5 18. Bg4 Re5 19. Qd3 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gd4f3,Ye4e5,
Gd3h3]} h5 20. Bh3 (20. Qh3 $6 Rh6 $132) 20... Rh6 21. Kb1 a5 (21... g5 $5 22.
Nf3 (22. g3 Rf6 $13) 22... Rc5 23. g4 $8 h4 (23... Rc3 $5 24. Qe2 Qe3 25. Qxe3
Rxe3 26. Rd3 hxg4 $1 27. Bxg4 (27. Rxe3 Rxh3 $19) 27... Rxe4 28. Rg1 Be7 $17)
24. Qd2 Be7 $132 {[%csl Rh3]}) 22. Rhe1 a4 23. Nf3 Ra5 24. e5 d5 (24... Rd5 $5
25. Qe2 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 d5 $13 {[%cal Gf8c5]}) 25. Nd4 Be7 26. Rf1 g5 27. Qd2 {
Preventing g4} Rc5 28. Rf3 Rc4 29. Rd3 Rh8 {[%cal Gg5g4]} 30. g4 h4 $15 31. Nf5
Rf4 $2 (31... exf5 $5 32. gxf5 (32. Rxd5 Bc6 33. gxf5 Bxd5 34. Qxd5 Qc6 35.
Qxc6+ Rxc6 36. f6 {[%cal Rh3d7]} Rc7 $17) 32... g4 $1 33. e6 (33. Rxd5 Bxf5 $8
$19 {[%csl Rc2]}) 33... Bxe6 (33... gxh3 34. exd7+ Kxd7 35. Rxd5+ Kc8 36. Rd7
$36) 34. fxe6 gxh3 35. Rxd5 $44) 32. Ng7+ Kd8 $4 (32... Kf8 $142 33. Nh5 Rf2
34. Rf1 Rxf1+ 35. Bxf1 Qg1 36. Rf3+ Ke8 37. Nf6+ Kd8 38. Qxg5 $16) {[%tqu "En",
"","","","d3d5","",10]} 33. Rxd5 $3 exd5 34. Qxd5 $18 Bd6 $8 35. exd6 Kc8 36.
Bg2 {[%cal Rd5a8,Yg2b7]} Qa7 37. Nf5 Rxg4 ({Doesn't help} 37... Kb8 38. Ne7 h3
39. Be4 $18 {[%cal Ge7c6]}) 38. Ne7+ Kd8 (38... Kb8 39. Nc6+ Bxc6 40. Qxc6 {
[%cal Gd6d7]} Rxg2 $8 41. Qxg2 $18) 39. Qe5 Re8 (39... Rf8 40. Qg7 {[%csl Ra7]
[%cal Ge7c6]} Qf2 $8 41. Nc6+ Kc8 42. Ne5 $18) 40. Nc6+ Bxc6 41. Qf6+ Kc8 42.
Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Seville op 36th"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "2011.01.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gonzalez Garcia, Jose"]
[Black "Teran Alvarez, Ismael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "Gonzalez Garcia,J"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2011.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. f3 a6 10. O-O-O e6 11. Kb1 Be7 12. h4 O-O 13. Ne2 b5 (13... h6 14.
Be3 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. f4 Nc5 17. Nd4 $13) 14. Nd4 Qb6 (14... Bb7 15. Bd3) 15.
g4 b4 16. Be3 Qb7 17. g5 $5 {Diagrama #} Nd7 (17... Nxe4 $1 18. fxe4 Bxe4 19.
Rh2 e5 20. Bh3 (20. Nb3 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 Bxc2+ 22. Rxc2 Qf3 23. Re1 $13) (20. h5
exd4 21. Qxd4) (20. Bd3 exd4 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Bxd4 $13) 20... exd4 (20... Rc4
21. Nf5 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Bxc2+ 23. Rxc2 $18) 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Qxd4 d5 $44) 18. g6
Nc5 (18... hxg6 19. h5 {Con fuerte ataque.}) (18... fxg6 19. Bh3 e5 20. h5 $1
gxh5 (20... exd4 21. Be6+ Kh8 (21... Rf7 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Qh2) 22. hxg6 $18)
21. Nf5) 19. h5 Bf6 20. Bg5 {Intentando eliminar la mejor pieza defensiva de
las negras.} (20. gxh7+ Kh8 21. h6 g6) 20... Be5 21. gxh7+ Kxh7 $6 (21... Kh8
22. h6 g6 23. Bg2 $1 {Prepara f4 para incomodar al Be5} Kxh7 (23... Na4 24. Ka1
) (23... a5 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. f4 Bc3 26. Qf2 $16) 24. Nxc6 (24. Qf2) 24... Rxc6
25. f4 Bc3 26. Qe3 {La posición blanca es muy prometedora.}) 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 $2 (
22... Qxc6 {era el mal menor.} 23. f4 Bf6 (23... Nxe4 24. Bd3) 24. Qg2 $16 (24.
h6 Bxg5 25. hxg7+ Kxg7) (24. Bxf6 gxf6 {no es claro.}) 24... Nxe4 $2 25. Bd3 d5
26. Bxe4+ dxe4 27. h6 $18) 23. f4 $1 Bc3 (23... Nxe4 24. Bd3 $18) 24. Qg2 Na4
$2 {Diagrama #} (24... Rfc8 25. e5 $1 dxe5 26. Bf6) (24... Rcc8 25. Rxd6) (
24... f6 25. Bh4 $16) 25. e5 $1 dxe5 (25... Nxb2 26. Bf6) (25... f5 26. h6 g6
27. Rxd6) (25... f6 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Bd3+) 26. Bf6 $1 Rg8 27. Bd3+ (27. Bd3+
Kh8 28. Qg6 fxg6 (28... e4 29. Qh6#) 29. hxg6# {Comentarios de González para P
Belleza}) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.11"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 O-O 11. h4 Rc8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 Qc7 14. Bd3 b5
15. Ne2 b4 16. Nd4 a5 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qe2 Rb8 19. g4 a4 20. h5 Rfc8 21. h6 b3
22. cxb3 axb3 23. hxg7 bxa2+ 24. Ka1 Qc5 25. Be3 Rxb2 26. Bxc5 Rxe2 27. Bxe2
Rxc5 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Kxg7 30. Kxa2 $16 {This difficult position is not
defended very well by Black. There are not many pawns left for white to win.}
h5 31. g5 Ng8 (31... Nh7 $1 32. f4 e5 $14) 32. Rg1 e5 33. f4 exf4 34. Bxh5 f3
35. Bxf3 Kg6 36. Rd1 Kxg5 37. Rd5+ Kg6 38. Rb5 Bg5 39. Kb3 Nf6 40. Kc4 (40. Rb7
) 40... Bf4 (40... Nd7 41. Kd5 Ne5 42. Bd1 Be7 $14 {Festung!?}) 41. Rb7 Be5 42.
Kd3 Bf4 43. Kd4 Be5+ 44. Kd3 Bf4 45. Bd1 Nh7 $2 (45... d5 46. exd5 Nxd5 47. Ke4
Ne3 48. Bb3 Bg5 49. Bxf7+ Kf6 50. Bb3 $14) 46. Bh5+ Kxh5 47. Rxf7 Kg4 $6 (47...
Kg6 $5 48. Rxf4 Nf6 49. Kd4 Kg7 (49... Kf7 $2 50. e5 dxe5+ 51. Kxe5 $18) 50.
Rf1 Kg6 $13 {Gewinn, wenn möglich, nachweisen. Analyse!} 51. Ra1 Kf7) 48. Rxh7
Kf3 49. Rf7 Kg3 50. Rf6 Kf3 51. Rf8 Kg3 52. Ke2 Be5 53. Ke3 Kg2 54. Rg8+ Kf1
55. Kf3 Ke1 56. Rg2 Bd4 57. Ra2 $18 {Plan: Kf3-g4-f5-e6; Ta2-a6xd6} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bd3 b4 12. e5 Qa5 13. exf6 bxc3 14. Qxc3
Qxc3 15. bxc3 Bxg2 16. Rhg1 Bc6 17. f5 g6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. h4 Kf7 20. h5 d5
21. Rdf1 Bb5 22. Bf4 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Rd8 24. d4 Bd6 25. Be5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 d4 27.
c4 Rc8 28. Kd2 Rxc4 29. Rb1 Rc7 30. Kd3 Rg8 31. hxg6+ Rxg6 32. Rxg6 Kxg6 {
[#] Der mobile weiße König, der bis zum Ende der Partie drei schwarze Bauern
nimmt (d4,h4,a6) und keinen eigenen abgibt.} 33. Ke4 h5 34. Rg1+ Kh6 35. Kxd4
h4 36. Rg8 Kh5 37. Ke4 Rc4+ 38. Kf3 Rc3+ 39. Kg2 Rc2+ 40. Kh3 Rc3+ 41. Kh2 Rc2+
42. Rg2 Rc7 43. Rf2 Kg6 (43... Rf7 44. Kh3 Kg5 45. a3 a5 46. a4 Rf8 $6 (46...
Kh5 $5 47. Rf4 Kg5 48. Rxh4 Kf5 49. Rh5+ Kf4 {mit aktivem schwarzen König}) 47.
f7 Kg6 48. Kxh4 Rxf7 49. Rxf7 Kxf7 50. Kh5 $18) 44. Kh3 Kf7 45. Rg2 Rc3+ 46.
Kxh4 Re3 47. Rg7+ Kf8 48. Rg5 Re1 49. Kh5 Kf7 50. Rg7+ Kf8 51. Rc7 Rh1+ 52. Kg5
Rg1+ 53. Kh4 Rh1+ 54. Kg3 Re1 55. Rc5 Re4 56. Ra5 Kf7 57. Kf3 Re1 58. Kf4 Rf1+
59. Ke4 Re1+ 60. Kd4 Rd1+ 61. Kc5 Kg6 62. Kb6 Rb1+ 63. Kxa6 Rb2 64. Ka7 Kf7 65.
Ka8 {[%csl Ra6,Rh4][%cal Gh2h3,Gh3h5,Gh5g5,Gg5h4,Gh4g3,Gg3f3,Gf3f4,Gf4e4,Ge4d4,
Gd4c5,Gc5b6,Gb6a6,Ga6a7,Ga7a8] K-Wanderung seit Zug 44} Kf8 66. Ra6 Kf7 67.
Ra7+ Kf8 1-0

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Li, Shilong"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Re1 Be7 14. f5
h5 15. g3 Qc5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Bh3 Bd7 18. Ne2 Qe5 19. Nf4 Rg8 20. Rhf1 Rc8
21. Qe2 Rg5 22. Qf2 Rc4 23. b3 Rc8 24. Re3 a5 25. Rd1 a4 26. Nd3 Qd4 27. Nb2
Qa7 28. Rf3 Qxf2 29. Rxf2 h4 30. gxh4 Rh5 31. Rf4 Kf7 32. Bg4 Rhc5 33. Rd2 Rh8
34. Nd3 Rc7 35. h5 e5 36. Bxd7 exf4 37. Bg4 f5 38. Bxf5 Rxh5 39. Nxf4 Rg5 40.
Rd1 Rc6 41. h4 Rg3 42. Bd7 Rc5 43. Rf1 Kg8 44. Be6+ Kh7 45. Nd5 Bd8 46. b4 Rc4
47. Nf6+ Bxf6 48. Bxc4 Bc3 49. Bd3 Bxb4 50. e5+ Kg7 51. e6 a3 52. Bxb5 Re3 53.
Bc4 Bc3 54. Rg1+ Kh6 55. Kc1 Re4 56. Bd5 Re5 57. Rd1 Bb2+ 58. Kb1 Bc3 59. Kc1
Bb2+ 60. Kb1 Bc3 61. Bb3 Kh5 62. Rd5 Rxd5 63. Bxd5 Bf6 {[#] Due to the fact
that Black is tied down by the pawn on e6, White can win the pawn on a3. The
large interval between the passed pawns guarantees the victory. Simple
technique. [#] Wegen der Bindung des schwarzen Läufers an den Be6 kann Weiß
den Ba3 erobern. Der große Abstand zwischen den Freibauern verbürgt den Gewinn.
Einfache Technik..} 64. c4 Bxh4 65. Kc2 Kg6 66. Kb3 Kf6 67. Kxa3 Ke7 68. Kb4
Kd8 69. Kb5 Kc7 70. a4 (70. a4 Bg5 71. a5 Bf6 72. a6 Kb8 73. Kc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Lanka, Zigurds"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Kb1 h5 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. g3 b5 14. Bg2 b4
15. Ne2 a5 16. Nf4 Qb6 17. Rhe1 Rc7 18. Bh3 a4 19. Qe3 Qa5 20. e5 dxe5 21. Qxe5
Qxe5 22. Rxe5 Bc6 23. Rd3 Nd7 24. Ra5 Bxg5 25. Rxg5 g6 26. a3 bxa3 27. Rxa3 Rb7
28. Rc3 Rb6 29. Ne2 Ke7 30. Nd4 Bb7 31. Ra5 e5 32. Re3 Rd6 33. Bxd7 Kxd7 34.
Ne2 Rd1+ 35. Nc1 f6 36. Rxa4 Ra8 37. Rb4 Bc6 38. b3 Rf1 39. f4 Ra5 40. Kb2 exf4
41. gxf4 Rh1 42. Ne2 Rxh4 43. Nc3 g5 44. Rd4+ Kc8 45. Rc4 Ra6 46. Nd5 Kd7 47.
Nxf6+ Kd6 48. Rd4+ Kc5 49. Rd8 gxf4 50. Re5+ Kb6 51. Nxh5 Ra5 52. Rb8+ Kc7 53.
Rxa5 Kxb8 {[#] Thema: Freibauern} 54. Rf5 f3 55. Nf4 Be4 56. Rf8+ Ka7 57. Kc3
Rh2 58. Nd3 Re2 59. Rf6 Kb8 60. b4 Kc7 61. b5 (61. Kd4 $5 {mit den Ideen c4
und evtl. Tf4 bzw. Sd3-f4-d5 Das Vorprellen des b-Bauern wirkt ungesund und
widerspricht dem Grundsatz: "Alle Steine beianderderhalten und das Ganze
voran" (frei nach Nimzowitsch).}) 61... Kd8 62. b6 Ke7 63. Rf4 Bxd3 64. cxd3
Re6 65. b7 Rb6 66. Rb4 Rxb4 67. Kxb4 f2 68. b8=Q f1=Q $11 {der sK ist am bzw.
vor dem weißen Freibauern} 69. Qe5+ Kd7 70. Qb5+ Kc7 71. Qc5+ Kd7 72. Qd5+ Kc7
73. Kc5 Qf2+ 74. Qd4 Qxd4+ 75. Kxd4 Kd6 76. Ke4 Ke6 77. d4 Kd6 78. d5 Kd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen Harmonie"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2002.12.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Baramidze, David"]
[Black "Werle, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2002.12.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Rc8 10. Kb1 Be7 11. h4 Na5 12. Be3 h5 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bc6
15. Qf2 Qc7 16. Qg3 b5 17. Bd3 b4 18. Na2 a5 19. Qxg7 Rg8 20. Qh6 Rg6 21. Qf4
Rxg2 22. Rhg1 Rxg1 23. Rxg1 Qb7 24. Qh6 Bb5 25. Nc1 a4 26. bxa4 Bxd3 27. cxd3
Qc6 28. Rg2 Qxa4 29. Bg5 Nd7 30. Bxe7 Kxe7 31. Qg5+ Nf6 32. d4 Rg8 33. Qd2 Ra8
34. b3 Qa1+ 35. Kc2 Rc8+ 36. Kd1 Rc3 37. Rf2 Rxb3 38. d5 e5 39. Qa2 Qd4+ 40.
Qd2 Qxd2+ 41. Kxd2 Rb2+ 42. Ke3 Rxf2 43. Kxf2 {Realisieren eines Mehrfreibauern
} Nd7 44. Ke3 (44. f4 Nc5 45. fxe5 b3 46. exd6+ Kxd6 47. Ne2 b2 48. Nc3 Ke5 49.
Ke3 Nxe4 50. Nb1 Kxd5 $19) 44... Nf8 45. Ne2 (45. Kf2 Ng6 46. Kg3 Kd7 47. Nd3
b3 48. Nb2 Kc7 49. Nc4 Kb8 $19 {[%cal Rb8a7,Ra7a6,Ra6b5]}) 45... Ng6 46. Ng3
Nxh4 47. Nxh5 Nxf3 $1 48. Ng3 Nd4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Inarkiev,E"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The following game took place in the fourth round, we both had 3 out of 3.
Zdenko Kozul is a famous expert in the Rauzer, a varation he has played for
many years. Usually, it's not the best idea, to search for happiness on your
opponent's territory, but sharp play, which generally occurs in the Rauzer was
exactly what I wanted.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6.
Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Qc7 {More popular is 9...Be7.} 10. Kb1 {
A typical useful move.} Be7 11. Be3 {Preparing the advance of the kingside
pawns.} ({On the immediate} 11. g4 {Black has the quite unpleasant} h5 $1) ({
And if} 11. h4 {then Black can stop White's pawns with the typical} h6 12. Be3
h5) 11... Rc8 {Here there are often transpositions, because the ideas of both
sides are quite typical. But the order of realisation of these can vary.
Exactly in this position the move 11...Rc8 was played only once before, of
course in a Kozul game.} 12. g4 Ne5 13. h4 $1 $146 {In this position it's a
novelty, and I like this move more than others. Perhaps, this is the most
difficult move in the game.} ({What actually happened in that Kozul game} 13.
g5 Nh5 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. f5 {looks to be very tempting, but if the
attack does not win immediately, then Black has real chances for counterattack.
The e4-pawn is weak and the knight on h5 seriously limits the attacking
possibilities of White.} b5 $1 17. Rhf1 b4 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nce2 g6 $13 {
Bruzon Lazaro 2607 - Kozul Zdenko 2609 , Khanty Mansyisk 26.11.2007 Cup World 
(active)}) 13... b5 ({Black can't castle yet} 13... O-O 14. h5 $16 {; it's
obvious that in those attacks White will be first.}) 14. Bd3 ({White has to
play accurately. It's not possible to save the bishops and just move all the
pieces out of attacks} 14. Qg2 $2 b4 15. Nce2 Nc4 16. Bc1 e5 $17 17. Nf5 Na3+
$19) 14... Nc4 ({Still it's not good to castle} 14... O-O {because of} 15. h5
$16) ({Generally, the attempt to open the centre is quite principled} 14... b4
15. Nce2 d5 {but now it leads to an advantage for White.} 16. g5 dxe4 17. Bxa6
Nd5 18. fxe4 $1 ({The move} 18. Bxc8 $2 {is premature:} Qxc8 $13) 18... Nxe3
19. Bxc8 Nxd1 ({or} 19... N3c4 20. Bxd7+ Qxd7 21. Qf4 $18) 20. Bxd7+ Qxd7 21.
Rxd1 {Black can't castle} Qb7 ({if} 21... O-O $2 {then} 22. Nf5 $16) 22. Qf4
Nc4 23. e5 $16) 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 ({Interesting is} 15... bxc4 {but it's quite
strange, first build the battery on the c-file and then calmly close it.}) 16.
Nce2 {White wants to prepare g5 by placing the knight on g3.} ({If immediately
} 16. g5 {then obviously} Nh5) ({Interestingly, also} 16. h5 $5 h6 17. g5 {
opens the lines} hxg5 18. Bxg5) {Here my opponent fell into deep thought.
Black really has to make a difficult choice. Castling is suicidal - White will
get in first,. Advancing the pawns on the queenside is too slow, but White has
easy play - Ng3, g5.} 16... e5 $1 {Black changes the nature of play.} ({
It's not possible to protect the f5-square firstly} 16... g6 $2 17. Ng3 e5 18.
g5 $16) 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 (18. gxf5 $2 {is just weak:} d5 $1 $13 {and
already Black has the initiative} 19. exd5 Rd8) 18... d5 $2 {A logical move,
but a big mistake} ({Still, it's not good to castle} 18... O-O $2 19. g5 $1 Nd5
({if} 19... Nh5 {then} 20. Nc3 $16) 20. f6 $1 {and Black loses material} gxf6
21. gxf6 Bxf6 ({or} 21... Nxf6 22. Bh6 $18) 22. Bh6 $18 Nb4 23. Rhg1+ Kh8 24.
b3 $1 Qxc2+ {and even the exchange of queens can't help} 25. Qxc2 Nxc2 26. Rxd6
) ({But Black could move the N from attack with tempo} 18... Nd5 $1 19. c3 ({
Simplifications would follow} 19. Qxd5 Qxe2 $1 ({Black shoudn't be greedy} 
19... Qxc2+ $2 20. Ka1 Qxe2 21. Qb7 $18) 20. Qe4 Qc4 $13 {Without the knights,
the weakness of the d5-square is not important.}) ({The tempo becomes very
important after} 19. Bf2 {suddenly,Black can castle!} O-O $1 20. g5 ({Probably,
it's time for White to play more solidly} 20. c3 b4 $1 21. Qxd5 Qxe2 22. Rd2
Qc4 $13) 20... Nb4 $1 21. Nc3 d5 {and it's already White, who has to equalize}
22. f6 Bd6 $1 23. fxg7 Rfd8 $13) 19... Nxe3 ({Weak is} 19... O-O $2 20. Bg5 $1
Nf6 21. Ng3 $16) 20. Qxe3 O-O 21. g5 ({White can't take control over the
d5-square} 21. Qe4 Rfd8 22. Rd5 Rc5 $13 {(xh4).}) 21... Rfd8 $13 {With chances
for both sides.}) 19. Bg5 $6 {This move is not bad, and gives an advantage to
White, but there's a way to destroy Black's position immediately.} ({After} 19.
g5 $1 Nh5 ({if} 19... Nd7 {then simply} 20. c3 $16 {and Black loses the
d5-pawn.}) {White can add} 20. f4 {and Black can't save the centre.} {The
relatively principled move for Black is} d4 ({If} 20... e4 {then} 21. Nc3 $16)
({Probably the best for Black is} 20... exf4 21. Nxf4 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 $16 {
with big advantage for White.}) {but it has a few refutations. The most direct
is} 21. fxe5 $1 dxe3 22. Qd7+ Kf8 23. f6 $40 {with a decisive attack.}) 19...
O-O {Anyway Black can't control the white squares.} 20. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 $2 {
In order to avoid passive defence, Black dramatically weakens the position of
the king.} ({More persistent is} 20... Bxf6 21. Nc3 {and} d4 {is necessary} ({
Black can't protect the pawn on d5} 21... Rfd8 $2 22. g5 Be7 23. Nxd5 $16 Kh8
24. Qc3) 22. Ne4 Be7 $16 {It's obvious that White has the advantage, but it's
not simple to organize a direct attack.} 23. g5 f6 $1) 21. g5 {Opens lines
immediately, and creates possibilities for different manoeuvres by the pieces.
After this accurate move, it's hard for Black to organize the defence.} ({
It is tempting to manoeuvre the N to h5, and let Black to build up his defence.
} 21. Ng3 $6 Kh8 $1 22. Nh5 Rg8 $14) 21... Rfd8 ({Black can't stop the opening
of lines around the king.} 21... Kh8 22. g6 $1 $16) 22. Rhg1 Kf8 ({On} 22...
Kh8 23. g6 $1 $40 {is still strong.}) 23. Rg4 $1 {White should prepare his
attack; there's no need to hurry, because Black has no counterplay.} ({Less
accurate is} 23. g6 $6 fxg6 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Rxg6 ({Or} 25. Qh6+ Ke8 26. Qxg6+
Kd7) 25... Kf7 $16 {of course White is better, but Black gets more chances.})
23... e4 $5 {Black tries to complicate the game} ({After} 23... Qc6 24. Ng3 $40
{(/\Nh5) it's hard to stop White's attack.}) (23... d4 {just gives White new
squares:} 24. Ng3 $40) 24. g6 $1 ({The careless} 24. Ng3 $2 {loses all the
advantage} e3 $1 25. Rxc4 exd2 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxd2 fxg5 28. hxg5 Bxg5 29.
Rxd5 $13) 24... hxg6 25. fxg6 e3 $1 ({Just bad is} 25... fxg6 $2 26. Qh6+ Ke8
27. Nd4 Kd7 28. fxe4 $18) 26. g7+ $1 ({Weaker is} 26. Rxc4 $6 exd2 27. Rxc8
Rxc8 28. gxf7 Kxf7 29. Rxd2 Rh8 $16 {White has an advantage, but it's far from
decisive.}) 26... Kg8 27. Rxc4 exd2 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rxd2 {Black has avoided
the attack, but the endgame is very hard.} Rc4 $2 {A time trouble mistake,
which speeds up the end.} ({The only way to fight is the very deep} 29... Re8
$1) 30. Nd4 f5 $2 {Losing immediately, but there's already no way to save the
game.} ({After the best} 30... Kxg7 {White has a nice way to end the game.} 31.
Nf5+ $1 Kf8 32. Rxd5 Rf4 33. h5 Rxf3 34. a4 $1 bxa4 35. h6 $1 {(/\Ne7, Rh5).}
Rh3 {Necessary.} 36. Rd7 $18 {And Black can't move the bishop, because of mate.
}) 31. Nxf5 Bf6 32. Rg2 {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In the final encounter I quite simply wanted to concentrate on my game and to
play well.  In der letzten Begegnung wollte ich mich schlicht und einfach auf
meine Partie konzentrieren und gutes Spiel zeigen.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 {Fabiano puts his trust in the complicated Rauzer
Variation, which is not particularly popular nowadays. . Fabiano setzt auf die
komplizierte Rauser-Variante, die heutzutage nicht besonders populär ist.} 6.
Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 {Black has several options here. Hier
verfügt Schwarz über mehrere Möglichkeiten.} h6 {As I learned later, one
great fan of this move order is the Chinese grandmaster Li Chao.  Wie ich
später erfahren habe, ist ein großer Anhänger dieser Zugfolge der
chinesische Großmeister Li Chao.} 10. Bh4 b5 (10... Nxe4 {would on account of
wäre für so eine wichtige Partie wegen} 11. Qe1 Nf6 12. Nf5 $1 {have been
too challenging for such an important game. zu herausfordernd gewesen.}) 11.
Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 {The idea of weakening the light squares of the opponent's
king's residence seemed very tempting to me. All the more so that in
comparison with the variation with the pawn on h7, Black no longer has
available to him the manoeuvre Bf8-h6-f4. Die Idee, die weißen Felder der
gegnerischen Königsresidenz zu schwächen, schien mit sehr verlockend. Umso
mehr, dass dem Schwarzen im Vergleich mit der Variante mit dem Bauern auf h7
das Manöver Lf8-h6-f4 jetzt nicht mehr zur Verfügung steht.} Qb6 13. fxe6 ({
A more accurate move would be Genauer wäre} 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bd3 {, which
would offer White additional options compared to the game. , was im dem
Weißen im Vergleich zur Partie zusätzliche Möglichkeiten anbieten würde.})
13... fxe6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 $1 {Black continues to leave the e6-pawn protected..
Schwarz läßt den Bauern e6 weiterhin gedeckt.} ({In the event of Im Falle von
} 14... Bxc6 15. Bd3 {the plan h6-h5, b5-b4, Qb6-c5, Bf8-h6, a6-a5 looks less
convincing than it does in the game: sieht der Plan h6-h5, b5-b4, Qb6-c5,
Bf8-h6, a6-a5 weniger überzeugend aus, als in der Partie:} h5 16. Kb1 b4 17.
Ne2 Qc5 18. Rhf1 Bh6 19. Qe1 a5 20. b3 {[%csl Re6][%cal Rd3c4,Rf1f6] , and
Black must take defensive measures which will cost him time. , und der
Nachziehende muss Verteidigungmaßnahmen treffen, was ihn Zeit kosten wird.})
15. Bd3 h5 16. Kb1 b4 (16... Bh6 {would be inaccurate - after wäre ungenau -
nach} 17. Qf2 {White would obtain a better piece setup than will be the case
in the game. würde Weiß eine bessere Figurenauftsellung erreichen, als es in
der Partie der Fall sein wird.}) 17. Ne2 Qc5 18. Rhf1 ({THe typical central
breakthrough Stärker wäre der typische zentrale Durchbruch} 18. e5 $1 {
would be stronger, and after the rather forced variation , und nach der
ziemlich forcierten Variante} fxe5 19. Qg5 Be7 20. Qg7 Rf8 21. Rhf1 Rxf1 22.
Rxf1 Bc6 23. Rf7 d5 24. Bg6 Kd8 25. Qxe5 Be8 26. Rg7 Qf2 27. a3 $1 ({though
nicht so klar ist} 27. Qxh5 {is not so clear: .} Bxg6 28. Rxg6 Kd7) 27... Qf6
28. Qd4 $5 Qxd4 29. Nxd4 Kd7 30. axb4 Bxg6 31. Rxg6 e5 32. Nf3 e4 33. Ne5+ Kc7
34. c3 {White obtains an advantageous endgame. But that would be another story.
.. erhält Weiß ein vorteilhaftes Endspiel. Aber das wäre eine andere
Geschichte...}) 18... Bh6 19. Qe1 a5 20. b3 $1 {I like this move, which
obtains a better square for the bishop. Mit gefällt dieser Zug, der dem
Läufer einen besseren Platz besorgt.} Rg8 ({Opening the file with Die
Linienöffnung} 20... a4 21. Bc4 axb3 {does not pay dividends for Black; after
bringt dem Schwarzen keine Dividenden - nach} 22. Bxb3 {the white king feels
safe enough. fühlt sich der weiße König sicher genug.}) 21. g3 Ke7 22. Bc4
Be3 {as one might say in hockey, "cleverly sending the puck into the
opponent's zone". Wie man es beim Hockey sagen würde, "der geschickte Einwurf
in die Zone des Gegners".} ({After Nach} 22... Rg4 23. Nd4 a4 24. Rf3 {White
keeps everything under control and Black is short of ideas. hält Weiß alles
unter Kontrolle und dem Nachzienden mangelt an aktiven Ideen.}) 23. Rf3 ({
It was also worth considering Beachtung verdiente auch} 23. Nf4 {, which would
lead to more concrete play. , was zu einem konkreteren Spiel führen würde.})
23... Rg4 24. Qf1 Rf8 25. Nf4 Bxf4 ({The attempt to retain the bishop by means
of Der Versuch, mittels} 25... Bd4 {would on account of den Läufer zu
behalten, wäre wegen} 26. Rfd3 Be5 27. Nxh5 {have been too risky. zu riskant
gewesen.}) 26. Rxf4 a4 ({After the game Caruana thought it would have been
better to play Nach der Partie meinte Caruana, dass es besser wäre, mit} 26...
Bc6 {to maintain the tension. die Spannung aufechtzuerhalten.} {After Auf} 27.
Qd3 {Black plays spielt Schwarz} Rf7 {, and White cannot become active quickly.
I agree with him. , und dem Anziehenden gelingt nicht, schnell aktiv zu werden.
Ich bin mit ihm einverstanden.}) 27. bxa4 Bxa4 28. Qd3 {Now the idea of the
pawn sacrifice e4-e5 is in the air. Nun hängt die Idee des Bauernopfers e4-e5
in der Luft.} ({But Frühzeitig wäre} 28. Bb3 {would be premature - after -
nach} Bxb3 29. axb3 Rgg8 {Black has the initiative. besitzt Schwarz die
Initiative.}) 28... Bc6 29. Bb3 Rg5 30. e5 $1 {Even if I did not see how Black
could seriously defend his position I preferred to bring some clarity to the
situation. Auch wenn ich nicht sah, wie Schwarz seine Stellung ernsthaft
verstärken könnte, wollte ich die Lage lieber klären.} Rxe5 31. Rc4 ({
It was also worth considering Beachtenswert war auch} 31. Qh7+ Rf7 32. Qh8 {
with dynamic equality. mit dynamischem Gleichgewicht.}) 31... Rd5 32. Qe2 Qb6
33. Rh4 Re5 ({There was the interesting Interessant war} 33... Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1
Qe3 {(Nepomniachtchi), which, after (Nepomniachtchi), was nach} 35. Rxb4 Be4
36. a3 {, would lead to a complicated position. zu einer komplizierten
Stellung führen würde.}) 34. Qd3 Bg2 ({After Nach} 34... d5 35. Qh7+ Rf7 36.
Qh8 {Black has problems with the coordination of his pieces. hat Schwarz
Probleme mit Figurenkoordination.}) 35. Rd4 $1 {A useful centralisation.
Nützliche Zentralisierung.} d5 36. Qd2 Re4 $2 ({I was expecting the variation
with Ich erwartete die Variante} 36... Be4 37. Rxb4 Qc6 38. Kb2 {with
approximate equality. mit ungefährem Gleichgewicht.}) 37. Rxd5 $1 {I spotted
this decisive nove relatively quickly. But there was too much depending on the
game to play it quickly without first checking the variations. Dieser
entscheidende Zug ist mir relativ schnell eingefallen. Aber auf dem Spiel
stand zu viel, um ihn zu machen, ohne zuerst die Varianten zu überprüfen.}
exd5 38. Qxd5 {The black pieces are unharmoniously distributed and cannot
protect their king. Die schwarzen Figuren stehen unharmonisch und können
ihren König nicht beschützen.} Qc7 ({More resistance could have been offered
with Mehr Widerstand bot} 38... Rd4 39. Qxd4 Qxd4 40. Rxd4 Rb8 {, but it is
hard to believe that it would save him in the end. , aber es ist schwer zu
glauben, dass es am Ende die Rettung bringen würde.}) 39. Qf5 $1 Rf7 {Fabiano
offered me a draw here. Let us put that down to the nervous tension and the
high stakes...  Hier hat mir Fabiano Remis angeboten. Schreiben wir es der
Nervenanspannung und dem hohen Wetteinsatz zu...} 40. Bxf7 Qe5 41. Rd7+ Kf8 42.
Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Biel MTO op 50th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bellaiche, Antony"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Karthikeyan,M"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2017.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 {Generally the Classical
Sicilian contains a lot of theory and ideas. Both White and Black should be
aware of all the ideas before playing this variation.} 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 h6 11. Be3 h5 12. Bd3 $5 (12. h4 {is the top
choice in this position with more games played here.} Ne5 $132) 12... Qc7 (
12... b5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne2 $14 {This is the main idea behind f3. The
knight goes to d4 and the queenside attack is controlled.}) (12... Nxd4 {
allows White a good attack:} 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 b5 15. h3 (15. Bg5 b4 16. Bxf6
bxc3 17. Bxe7 Qa5 18. Qxc3 (18. Qg5 Qb4 19. b3 Qa3 20. Qc1 Qxc1+ 21. Kxc1 Kxe7
$11) 18... Qxc3 19. bxc3 Kxe7 $132) 15... b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 $14) (12...
Rc8 13. h3 h4 (13... Ne5 14. g4 $16) 14. f4 $14) 13. h3 h4 14. f4 b5 (14...
Nxd4 15. Bxd4 e5 16. Be3 b5 17. Rhf1 b4 18. Nd5 $16) (14... Rc8 15. Nf3 $14 {
White's main idea is to push e4 e5 and attack on the kingside. So Black should
quickly start counterplay on the queenside.}) 15. Nf3 (15. Bxb5 {This is an
interesting option,} axb5 16. Ndxb5 Qa5 (16... Qb8 17. Nxd6+ Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6
19. Rxd6 Ne7 20. Rhd1 $11) 17. Nxd6+ Kf8 18. a3 (18. Nc4 Qa6 $17) 18... Be8 $15
) (15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Qxe5 $17) 15... b4 (15... Na5 $5 16. Qf2
(16. e5 b4 17. exf6 (17. Ne2 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Bb5 19. Nd4 O-O $11) 17... bxc3 18.
fxg7 Rg8 19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Rxg7 $132 {[%csl Yc2,Yc3]}) 16... b4 17. Bb6
Qb7 18. Bxa5 bxc3 19. Bxc3 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Qxe4 21. Bxg7 Rg8 $14 {Still Black
has good counterplay.}) 16. Na4 Rb8 17. Qf2 d5 (17... Bd8 18. b3 $16 {[%cal
Ga4b2,Gb2c4]}) (17... e5 18. Rhe1 $16) 18. e5 (18. Nb6 dxe4 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20.
Bxa6 Nd5 $11) 18... Nh5 (18... d4 19. exf6 dxe3 20. fxg7 Rg8 21. Qxe3 Rxg7 22.
f5 $18) (18... Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nb6 $18 {[%csl Yd7]}) 19. Bb6 (19. Nc5 $5
Bc8 (19... d4 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Nxa6 $18) 20. Rhe1 (20. Nb3 a5 21. Nbd4 Nxd4
22. Nxd4 Ng3 23. Rhe1 O-O $11 {[%csl Yg3]}) 20... a5 21. Na4 $14 {Black needs
to find a plan to safeguard his king.}) (19. Bc5 Nxf4 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 $15) 19...
Rxb6 $2 (19... Qb7 {is also good.} 20. Bc5 (20. f5 Nd8 21. Bxd8 Kxd8 $1 {
Such moves could be easily missed.} (21... Bxd8 22. fxe6 Bxe6 (22... Bxa4 23.
Nxh4 $40) 23. Nxh4 $18) 22. b3 Ng3 $13) 20... Nxf4 21. Bd6 Bxd6 22. exd6 f6 $13
{and the position still remains complex.}) 20. Nxb6 (20. Qxb6 Qxb6 21. Nxb6
Nxf4 22. Bxa6 (22. Nxd7 Kxd7 23. Bxa6 Rb8 $14) 22... Nb8 23. Nxd7 Nxa6 24. Nb6
Rh5 $14 {[%csl Ye5] Black has good chances for counterplay due to White's poor
pawn structure.}) 20... Qa7 (20... Nxf4 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Bxa6 $16) 21. Rhf1 (
21. Rd2 Nxf4 22. Nxd7 Qxf2 23. Rxf2 Kxd7 $14) 21... Ng3 (21... Nxf4 $5 22. Nxd7
(22. Nh2 g5 $132 {[%csl Gf4]}) 22... Qxf2 23. Rxf2 Nxd3 24. cxd3 Kxd7 25. Kc2
$14 {but this ending is favourable only for White.}) 22. Nxd7 (22. Rfe1 Bd8 $19
{[%csl Yf2][%cal Ga7f2]}) 22... Nxf1 23. Qxf1 (23. Qxa7 Nxa7 24. Rxf1 Kxd7 25.
Bxa6 g6 $14 {[%csl Yf4] Due to the poor pawn structure of White, Black has
good chances for a draw.}) 23... Kxd7 (23... Qxd7 24. Bxa6 O-O 25. Bb5 Qb7 26.
f5 $16) 24. f5 (24. Bxa6 $2 Kc7 $15 {[%csl Ya2]}) 24... Kc7 25. Qe2 $6 (25.
fxe6 fxe6 26. Rc1 Qe3 $11) (25. Rc1 $5 {White could try to open the position
where Black's king is wide open.} Qe3 26. c3 bxc3 27. Rxc3 Rb8 28. Rc2 $16)
25... Qc5 (25... Kb7 26. Rc1 $16 {and White keeps up the pressure.}) 26. Qd2 (
26. Rc1 Rb8 27. Qd2 {is no longer harmful due to} exf5 28. Bxf5 (28. c3 g6 29.
cxb4 Qxb4 $11) 28... a5 $132) 26... Kb6 $6 (26... exf5 27. Bxf5 a5 $11) 27. Qf4
Bd8 $6 (27... exf5 28. Qxf5 Rf8 29. Bf1 (29. Nd2 Qe3 $11) 29... a5 $14) 28. Qg4
exf5 29. Qxg7 $6 (29. Qxf5 Bc7 30. e6 (30. Qxf7 Nxe5 31. Qxg7 Qf8 32. Qxf8 Rxf8
$11) 30... fxe6 31. Qxe6 $14 {and White can try to keep the queens and play
against the king.}) (29. Bxf5 Re8 30. Qxg7 Re7 $132) 29... Qf8 30. Qxf8 Rxf8
31. Bxf5 Bc7 (31... Rg8 32. Rd2 $16) (31... Re8 32. Bd7 $16) 32. Nxh4 (32. Rxd5
$4 Ne7 $15) 32... Nxe5 33. Rxd5 Re8 (33... Rh8 34. Nf3 Nxf3 35. gxf3 Rh5 36. c4
bxc3 37. bxc3 $16 {White just brings his king to the centre and starts pushing
his pawns.}) 34. Rd1 $6 (34. Bd3 $5 Ng6 (34... Nxd3 35. cxd3 Re1+ 36. Kc2 $16)
35. Nf3 Ne5 36. Nd4 $16) 34... Nc4 35. Bd3 (35. Nf3 Ne3 36. Re1 Rd8 37. Bd3
Nxg2 $14 {should be near to a draw.}) 35... Ne3 36. Rg1 (36. Rd2 Nf5 37. Nf3
Nh4 38. a4 (38. c4 bxc3 39. bxc3 Nxf3 40. gxf3 Re3 $14) 38... Nxf3 39. gxf3 Re3
$16 {,+=}) 36... Bh2 37. Rh1 Bg3 38. Nf5 (38. Nf3 Nxg2 39. Rg1 Re3 40. Nd2 (40.
Rxg2 Rxf3 $11) 40... Re1+ 41. Rxe1 Bxe1 $11) 38... Nxf5 39. Bxf5 Re2 (39...
Re1+ 40. Rxe1 Bxe1 41. Kc1 $16 {Still it's not clear how Black will have the
fortress setup. White just brings his king to the kingside and starts pushing
his pawns.}) 40. Rg1 (40. h4 Bxh4 $11) (40. a3 bxa3 41. bxa3 Rxg2 42. h4 Rh2
43. Rxh2 Bxh2 $11) 40... Bh2 41. Bd3 Rf2 42. Rf1 Rxg2 (42... Rxf1+ 43. Bxf1 Be5
44. a3 (44. c3 bxc3 45. b3 a5 $11 {doesn't help White}) (44. Kc1 $5 {This is
an interesting try;} a5 45. b3 {the point is White frees his b-pawn and
targets the a5-pawn by giving any of the kingside pawns.} Kc5 46. Kd2 Kd4 47.
Bd3 $16 {White's play is simple here. Black might hold a draw but has to be
accurate.}) 44... a5 45. axb4 axb4 46. Ka2 Kc5 47. Kb3 Bg3 48. c3 bxc3 49. bxc3
$16 {White will get good chances of winning.}) 43. Rf6+ (43. Rxf7 Rg1+ 44. Rf1
(44. Bf1 a5 $11) 44... Rxf1+ 45. Bxf1 Be5 $11 {Black's king will catch the
h-pawn and White will soon run into an ending with opposite coloured bishops
which is a draw.}) 43... Kc5 44. Bxa6 Rg3 (44... Bg3 45. Rxf7 $16) (44... Rg6
45. Rf5+ (45. Rxg6 fxg6 46. c3 bxc3 47. bxc3 g5 $11 {[%cal Gc5d6,Gh2g1] is
just a draw}) 45... Kd4 46. Bd3 (46. Bf1 Rg1 $11 {White cannot save his bishop}
47. Rxf7 Ke4 {[%cal Gh2f4]}) 46... Rg1+ 47. Rf1 Rxf1+ 48. Bxf1 $16 {This
ending is not so clear for Black.}) 45. Bf1 Re3 46. Kc1 Be5 47. Rf5 $6 (47.
Rxf7 Re1+ 48. Kd2 Ra1 $16 {is the same position with Black's king on c5 which
could he helpful for White.}) 47... Kd6 (47... f6 $14 {is also good.}) 48. Rxf7
Re1+ 49. Kd2 Ra1 50. b3 Rxa2 51. h4 Ra5 52. Ke3 Rc5 53. Bc4 $6 (53. Bd3 $5 Bc3
54. Kf4 $16) 53... Rc7 54. Rf5 (54. Rxc7 Kxc7 55. Ke4 Kd6 $11) (54. Rf3 Rg7 $11
) (54. Rf1 $5 Rg7 55. h5 Rg4 56. Rh1 Bf6 $11 {This is the only way for White
to try but Black should hold the draw by precise play.}) 54... Rg7 55. h5 Rg3+
56. Ke4 Rg4+ 57. Kf3 Rg3+ 58. Kf2 Rg4 {[%cal Gg4f4]} 59. Ke3 Rg3+ 60. Ke4 Rg4+
61. Kd3 Rg3+ 62. Kd2 Rg5 (62... Bc3+ 63. Ke2 (63. Kd1 Rg2 64. Be2 Rh2 $11)
63... Rg2+ 64. Kf3 Rxc2 $16 {is also possible but White keeps on trying this
position.}) 63. Rxg5 (63. Rf8 Bc3+ 64. Kd3 Rxh5 $11) 63... Bf4+ 64. Kd3 Bxg5
65. Ke4 (65. c3 bxc3 66. Kxc3 Ke7 67. Kd4 Kf6 68. b4 Kg7 69. b5 Bd8 $11 {
and a draw due to opposite coloured bishops.}) 65... Bf6 66. Kf5 Ke7 67. Kg6
Bc3 68. h6 Kf8 69. Kh7 Bd4 70. Bd5 (70. Be6 Bc3 $11) 70... Bc3 71. Bf3 Kf7 72.
Bh5+ Kf6 (72... Kf8 {is also a draw.} 73. Bg6 Bd2 74. c4 bxc3 75. Bc2 Be3 76.
Kg6 Bd4 77. h7 (77. b4 Ke7 78. b5 Kd6 79. h7 Kc5 $11) 77... Ke7 78. Kf5 Kd6 $11
) 73. Bg6 (73. Kg8 Kg5 74. h7 Kxh5 75. h8=Q+ Bxh8 76. Kxh8 Kh6 $11) 73... Kg5
74. Bd3 Kh5 75. Be2+ Kg5 76. Bd1 Bd4 77. c4 bxc3 78. b4 Be3 79. b5 Bd4 {
The white king cannot come out without losing the h-pawn so it is a draw. Even
though Black made some small mistakes, White couldn't convert it correctly.
Black got good chances for counterplay and utilised them as we saw in this
game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.03.28"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Heinemann, Thies"]
[Black "Kraut, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Duisburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 Be7 14. Bd3
b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. f5 {Das ist alles schon dagewesen. Nun sollte Schwarz die
Stellung mit 16...e5 geschlossen halten.} Qc5 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Nf4 Qe5 {
Optisch sieht das nicht schlecht aus für Schwarz: Läuferpaar, eine starke,
kaum angreifbare Dame. Aber auf lange Sicht muß die Stellung des schwarzen
Königs eine Rolle spielen.} 19. Rf1 Rc8 20. Rf2 a4 21. Ba6 ({Nicht} 21. Qxb4 $2
d5) 21... Rb8 ({Nach} 21... Rc7 {wäre} 22. Qxb4 {möglich.}) 22. Bc4 Bd7 23. g3
a3 24. Nd3 Qd4 25. b3 {Die schwarze Dame ist nun nicht leicht zu vertreiben.}
Bf8 26. c3 $1 {Nur so kann Weiß vorwärtskommen.} bxc3 (26... Qxc3 $2 27. Qe3 e5
28. Qf3 Be7 29. Rc2 Qd4 30. Nxb4) 27. Kc2 {Der König steht hier sehr sicher.
In einem Endspiel würde der Bauer dann schnell erobert werden.} Bh6 28. Nf4 Qe5
29. Qe2 Ke7 {[#]} (29... Bc6 30. Re1 Bxf4 31. gxf4 Qd4 32. Bxe6 Bxe4+ 33. Qxe4
Qxf2+ 34. Re2 {gewinnt Weiß.}) ({Schwarz muß nun mit} 29... Z0 30. Qh5+ Qxh5
31. Nxh5 {rechnen.}) 30. Nd5+ $1 exd5 $2 {Die Annahme des Opfers verliert
schnell.} ({Nach} 30... Kd8 31. Nxf6 Rf8 32. Rdf1 $1 (32. Nxd7 Kxd7 33. Rdf1
Rxf2 34. Rxf2 Qg5 (34... Rf8 35. Rxf8 Bxf8) 35. Bxe6+ Kxe6 36. Qc4+ d5 37. Qc6+
Ke7 38. Qc7+) 32... Bc6 33. Bd3 {sollte Weiß auch besser stehen.}) 31. Rxd5 Qe6
32. Rh5 Bb5 (32... Qg4 33. Qxg4 Bxg4 34. Rxh6 Rbf8 35. Kxc3) 33. Rxb5 Qc8 34.
e5 (34. e5 dxe5 35. Rxe5+) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 7th"]
[Site "Kusadasi"]
[Date "2006.04.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 {
Das ist eine der Hauptvarianten im Rauser-Angriff. Die anderen
Spielmöglichkeiten sind:} (7... Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 {
...mit sehr langen und komplizierten Varianten.}) (7... Qb6 8. O-O-O (8. Nb3 $5
Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. f3 Rd8 11. Nb5 $1 Rd7 (11... a6 $4 12. Be3 $18) 12. Qe1 a6
13. N5d4 $14) 8... Qxd4 9. Qxd4 Nxd4 10. Rxd4 a6 11. f3 $14 {
Kasparov-Mchedlishvili (Bled, 2002)}) 8. O-O-O {Wenn man 7.Qd2 spielt, dann
muss man lang rochieren.} Bd7 {Eine andere Möglichkeit ist} (8... h6 {wonach
Weiß jedoch mittels} 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Be2 Be7 12. Qe3 $14 {zu gutem
Spiel kommt.}) 9. f3 (9. f4 {Gilt hier als Hauptzug. Ich finde jedoch, dass
die Partiefortsetzung nicht weniger gefährlich ist.} b5 10. Bxf6 (10. Nxc6 $6
Bxc6 11. e5 (11. Bxf6 Qxf6 $15) 11... dxe5 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Rxd8+ Kxd8 14.
fxe5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. exf6 gxh4 $15) 10... gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13.
Bd3 $132 {Diese Stellung ist sehr strategisch ausgerichtet und auf lange Sicht
völlig unklar.}) 9... Rc8 (9... Be7 10. h4 h6 11. Be3 h5 $1 {Schwarz betoniert
den Königsflügel und verhindert g4. Dafür wird das Feld g5 geschwächt und
Schwarz muss für den weiteren Spielverlauf auf die kurze Rochade verzichten.}
12. Bg5 Rc8 13. Kb1 Ne5 14. Bd3 Qc7 15. Rhe1 $132) (9... h6 10. Be3 b5 11. Nxc6
Bxc6 12. Ne2 Qc7 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. g4 e5 15. Nf5 d5 $132) 10. Kb1 Be7 (10... Ne5
$6 11. f4 $1 Nc4 $2 12. Bxc4 Rxc4 13. e5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. fxg5 Nh7 16. exd6
$18) 11. g4 {Einer von vielen spielbaren Zügen, wohl der naheliegendste. Mir
gefällt allerdings das direkte 11.Sxc6 besser.} (11. Nxc6 $5 Bxc6 (11... Rxc6
12. h4 (12. Ne2 Nxe4 13. fxe4 Bxg5 $19) 12... h5 13. Ne2 b5 14. Nd4 Rc8 15. Bd3
$14) (11... bxc6 $2 12. Bxa6 Rb8 13. Bc4 d5 14. Bb3 $16) 12. h4 O-O 13. Ne2 b5
14. Nd4 Bb7 15. g4 Qc7 16. Bd3 $14) 11... Ne5 $1 $146 12. Be3 {Der Läufer
macht dem Bauern Platz.} b5 13. g5 Nh5 14. Bd3 (14. f4 $5 {ist als Idee
interessant. Hier führt es zu einer unklaren Stellung.} b4 (14... Nc4 15. Bxc4
Rxc4 16. f5 (16. Qe2 g6 17. f5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 $13) 16... b4 17. Qe2 Rxd4
18. Bxd4 Nf4 19. Qxa6 bxc3 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. Bxc3 $14) 15. Nce2 (15. Ncb5 Ng4
16. Be2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 axb5 19. Nxb5 e5 20. Qd2 Rc6 21. Qxb4 O-O
$44) 15... Nc4 16. Qd3 e5 (16... Nxe3 17. Qxe3 e5 18. Nf5 $14) 17. Nf5 O-O $13)
14... g6 (14... b4 $5 15. Nce2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 $1 (16. cxd3 e5 17. Nb3 a5 18. d4
a4 19. Nbc1 Qc7 $13) 16... Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qxa6 Qc5 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Nb3
Qe3 21. Qxd6 Qxf3 22. Rhd1 Bc6 23. Ned4 Qxe4 24. Nc5 Qd5 25. Nxc6 Qxc6 26. Qxc6
Rxc6 27. Nd7 Rd8 28. Rd4 $14) 15. f4 Nxd3 (15... Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. f5 b4
18. Nce2 e5 19. f6 Bf8 (19... exd4 20. fxe7 Qxe7 21. Qd3 Bb5 22. Nxd4 O-O 23.
Rhe1 $16) 20. Qd3 $1 (20. Nf3 Rxe4 21. Qd3 Qa8 22. Nd2 Bf5 23. Qb3 Be6 24. Qa4+
Bd7 25. Qb3 Be6 $11) 20... exd4 21. Qxc4 dxe3 22. Qxa6 $16) 16. cxd3 $6 {
Paradox, aber das typische Nehmen mit dem Bauern bringt Weiß in
Schwierigkeiten. Richtig wäre 16.Qd3!} (16. Qxd3 $1 b4 (16... e5 17. fxe5 dxe5
18. Nf3 Bg4 19. Qe2 $16) (16... d5 17. exd5 b4 18. dxe6 bxc3 19. exd7+ Qxd7 20.
b3 $16) 17. Nce2 e5 18. Nf3 Bb5 19. Qd2 $14) 16... b4 17. Nce2 e5 18. fxe5 (18.
Nf3 Bg4 19. Rhf1 b3 20. axb3 (20. a3 Rc2 $17) 20... exf4 21. Nxf4 Nxf4 22. Bxf4
O-O $44) 18... dxe5 19. Nf3 Bd6 $6 {Der Zug ist nicht schlecht, aber die
Alternative 19....b3 sieht wesentlich besser aus.} (19... b3 $1 20. axb3 (20.
a3 Rc2 21. Qe1 Bg4 22. Rf1 Qc7 $17) (20. Nxe5 $2 Rc2 21. Qe1 Rxe2 $3 22. Qxe2
Qa5 23. Nxd7 (23. axb3 Qxe5 $17) 23... Qxa2+ 24. Kc1 Qa1+ 25. Kd2 Bb4#)) 20. d4
Bc6 21. d5 (21. dxe5 Bxe4+ 22. Ka1 Be7 $1 (22... Bxf3 23. exd6 O-O (23... Bxh1
24. d7+ Kf8 25. dxc8=Q Qxc8 26. Qxb4+ Kg8 27. Qe7 $18) 24. Rhf1 Bg4 25. d7 $16)
23. Qxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Ned4 Ng7 26. Rc1 Ne6 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Nd4
Kd7 29. Nb3 Be7 $11) 21... Bb5 $132 {Schwarz hat den ersten weißen
Angriffsversuch erfolgreich überstanden und im Weiteren gilt das
Fußballprinzip: Schießt du kein Tor - so kriegst du eins geschossen!} 22. Ng3
Nxg3 23. hxg3 a5 24. Rh4 Qc7 25. Nh2 Qc4 26. b3 Qe2 27. Qxe2 Bxe2 28. Rd2 Bb5
29. Ng4 Ke7 30. Kb2 Rc3 31. Rc2 Rhc8 32. Rxc3 Rxc3 33. Bd2 Rxg3 34. Nf6 Rg2 35.
Kc1 Bc5 36. Rxh7 Bd3 37. Rh1 Bd4 38. Re1 Kd6 39. Rd1 Bb5 40. Rh1 Bf2 41. Rh3
Rg1+ 42. Kc2 Bd4 43. Rh8 Ra1 44. Rb8 Rxa2+ 45. Kd1 Ra1+ 46. Kc2 Be2 47. Rd8+
Kc7 48. Rd7+ Kb6 49. Rd6+ Kb5 50. Ne8 a4 51. Nc7+ Ka5 52. bxa4 Bd1+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.10"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Skopje"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 {
Das ist eine der Hauptvarianten im Rauser. Die anderen Spielmöglichkeiten sind:
} (7... Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 {...mit sehr langen und
komplizierten Varianten.}) (7... Qb6 8. O-O-O (8. Nb3 $5 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10.
f3 Rd8 11. Nb5 $1 Rd7 (11... a6 $4 12. Be3 $18) 12. Qe1 a6 13. N5d4 $14) 8...
Qxd4 9. Qxd4 Nxd4 10. Rxd4 a6 11. f3 $14 {Kasparow-Mchedlishvili (Bled, 2002)})
8. O-O-O Bd7 ({Eine andere Möglichkeit ist} 8... h6 {wonach Weiß jedoch mittels
} 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Be2 Be7 12. Qe3 $14 {zu guten Spiel kommt.}) 9.
f4 {Dies ist die traditionelle Hauptvariante.} (9. Kb1 $5 {ein seltener, aber
recht interessanter Zug.} h6 (9... b5 $2 10. Bxb5 $1 axb5 11. Ndxb5 Ra5 12. Bh4
Qb8 13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 $14 {Drei Bauern sind hier stärker
als die Figur, vor allem auch, weil Weiß am Königsflügel keine Schwächen hat
und Schwarz dadurch Problemen mit dem Gegenspiel bekommt.}) (9... Be7 {Führt
wie nach f3 so auch nach f4 in die Hauptvarianten über, wobei der Zug Be7
etwas zu früh gespielt wird.}) 10. Be3 Ng4 $5 (10... Qc7 11. f3 Be7 12. h4 h5
13. Bg5 b5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Ne2 Rd8 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. Bd3 $132 {Berg-Mascaro
March (Soller, 2006)}) 11. Nxc6 $8 (11. Bf4 $4 Nxd4 (11... e5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13.
Bg3 $14) 12. Qxd4 e5 $19) 11... bxc6 12. Bf4 {Man darf den Läufer nicht geben
- dann hat man nämlich gar kein Spiel und steht einfach schlecht.} (12. Be2 $2
Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Be7 14. f4 d5 15. g4 Qa5 $15) 12... e5 {Wieder der einzige
vernünftige Zug. Die Variante verläuft eigentlich forciert.} (12... d5 $2 13.
exd5 cxd5 (13... exd5 14. Na4 Be7 15. f3 Nf6 16. Qe3 O-O 17. Nb6 d4 18. Qxd4 c5
19. Qe5 Qxb6 20. Qxe7 $16) 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Be7 17. Rd1 $16)
(12... Ne5 $2 13. Bxe5 (13. Bg3 $5 Rb8 14. f4 $14) 13... dxe5 14. Na4 Rb8 (
14... c5 15. Nb6 $1 Ra7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qxd7+ Rxd7 18. Rxd7 Kxd7 19. Bxa6 $16
) 15. Qc3 Rb4 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Rxe4 18. Bxa6 $16) 13. Bg3 Be6 {Man darf
den weißfeldrigen Läufer nicht nach c4 rauskommen lassen.} (13... Rb8 14. Bc4
Qb6 15. b3 $1 (15. Bb3 $5) 15... Be7 16. h3 Nf6 17. f4 Nh5 18. Bh4 (18. Bf2 Qb4
$17) 18... g5 (18... Bxh4 19. Qxd6 Nf6 20. fxe5 Nd5 $3 21. Na4 $3 (21. exd5 Be7
22. dxc6 Bxd6 23. cxd7+ Kd8 24. Rxd6 Qb4 25. Bxf7 Qxc3 26. e6 Ke7 $17) 21...
Qa7 22. e6 fxe6 23. exd5 $16) 19. fxe5 $1 gxh4 20. Rhf1 $1 Rh7 21. exd6 Bg5 22.
Qd3 Nf4 23. Qf3 $44) 14. Be2 {Bevor Weiß anfängt, aktiv zu spielen, muss er
seine Figuren in gute Position bringen.} (14. h3 Nf6 15. f4 $2 Nh5 $15) 14...
Qb6 15. f3 $5 (15. Rhf1 {führte ebenfalls zum guten Spiel für Weiß in Socko -
Hillarp Persson (Kusadasi, 2006)}) 15... Nf6 $8 (15... Ne3 16. Bf2 Rb8 17. b3
Nc4 18. Bxc4 $18) (15... Nf2 16. Na4 $1 (16. Bxf2 Qxf2 17. Bb5 Qb6 $17) 16...
Qa7 17. Bxf2 Qxf2 18. Bb5 Qxd2 19. Bxc6+ Kd8 20. Rxd2 $16) 16. f4 Rb8 17. b3
$14) 9... b5 10. Bxf6 (10. Nxc6 $6 Bxc6 11. e5 (11. Bxf6 Qxf6 $15) 11... dxe5
12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Rxd8+ Kxd8 14. fxe5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. exf6 gxh4 $15) 10...
gxf6 (10... Qxf6 11. e5 $1 {deswegen erst auf f6 nehmen und dann auf c6!} dxe5
(11... Qe7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. exd6 $16) 12. Ndxb5 Qd8 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd6 $16
) 11. Nxc6 (11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 $132) 11... Bxc6 12. Qe3 $1 {
Wohl der stärkste Zug - Weiß verhindert, dass die schwarze Dame sich über das
Feld b6 aktivieren kann.} (12. Qe1 $5 {ist auch sehr interessant} b4 (12... Qb6
$2 13. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 14. exd5 e5 15. Bd3 $16) 13. Nd5 a5 14. Kb1 Bg7 15. f5 $36)
12... h5 {wird sehr selten gespielt, Hauptzug ist 12....Qe7} (12... Qe7 13. Bd3
Qa7 $1 {Das ist die Idee - wenn nicht über b6, dann über a7. Damentausch ist
natürlich zugunsten von Schwarz, da der schwarze König wesentlich schwächer
ist, als sein weißer Opponent.} 14. Qe1 (14. Qxa7 Rxa7 15. Rhe1 h5 $132) 14...
O-O-O $1 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Rf1 Be7 $132) 13. Kb1 Rb8 {Der Nachteil dieses Zuges
ist offensichtlich - Schwarz kann nicht mehr lang rochieren. Deswegen gefällt
mir 13....Qe7 mit Übergang in die ähnlichen Varianten wie nach 12....Qe7.} (
13... Qe7 $5 14. Bd3 Qa7 15. Qe1 O-O-O $13) 14. Bd3 b4 15. Ne2 Qb6 (15... e5 $2
{man darf die weißen Felder nicht schwächen} 16. Bxa6 Qb6 (16... Ra8 17. Bc4
Qa5 18. Rhf1 $16) 17. Qxb6 Rxb6 18. Bd3 $16) 16. Nd4 ({natürlich nicht} 16.
Qxb6 $2 Rxb6 17. f5 Bh6 $15) 16... Bh6 17. Qf2 Bd7 (17... e5 $2 18. fxe5 fxe5
19. Qf6 $18) 18. Rhf1 a5 19. Bc4 {Die weißen Figuren nehmen alle aktive
Positionen ein.} Qc5 20. Qe2 a4 21. b3 $1 {Dem König droht kein Gefahr - womit
sollte Schwarz ihn überhaupt mattsetzen können?! Viel wichtiger ist es, den
Läufer auf dem Punkt c4 festzuhalten.} a3 22. g3 Bg7 23. Nf3 Bc6 24. f5 $14 {
Schwarz hat große Probleme auf allen weißen Feldern.} e5 25. Rd3 Ke7 26. Rfd1
Rbd8 27. Nh4 Rh7 28. Nf3 Bh6 29. Qe1 Rg7 30. c3 bxc3 31. Rxc3 Qb6 32. Bd5 Bxd5
33. Rxd5 Rgg8 34. Ng1 Rc8 35. Ne2 Qb7 36. Qd1 Rxc3 37. Nxc3 Rc8 38. Rd3 Rxc3
39. Rxc3 Qxe4+ 40. Rc2 d5 41. Qf1 d4 42. h3 Bg5 43. g4 h4 44. Qg1 Kf8 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.12"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. Nxc6 $6 {Das sofortige Nehmen auf c6 kommt in der Praxis relativ
selten vor. Schwarz bekommt dadurch die Möglichkeit, das eigene Spiel leichter
zu variieren. Welche Vorteile konkret dafür Weiß hat, ist mir nicht so klar.} (
9. f4 {- die Hauptvariante -} b5 10. Bxf6 (10. Nxc6 $6 Bxc6 11. e5 (11. Bxf6
Qxf6 $15) 11... dxe5 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Rxd8+ Kxd8 14. fxe5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16.
exf6 gxh4 $15) 10... gxf6 (10... Qxf6 11. e5 $1 {deswegen erst auf f6 nehmen
und dann auf c6!} dxe5 (11... Qe7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. exd6 $16) 12. Ndxb5 Qd8 13.
Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd6 $16) 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 $132 {Die
entstandene Stellung trägt sehr strategischen Charakter und ist auf lange
Sicht völlig unklar.}) 9... Bxc6 10. Qe1 (10. f4 Be7 (10... h6 11. Bh4 g5 $2
12. fxg5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qd4 hxg5 15. Bf2 Bxc2 16. Kxc2 Rg8 17. Kb1 $18)
11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 g5 $1 13. fxg5 Ng4 $132) (10. f3 Be7 11. h4 h6 12. Be3 d5
13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 h5 $13 {schwarze Stellung ist ja noch nicht durch b5
geschwächt, also kann er auch lang rochieren}) 10... Qa5 {der beste Zug, der
eigentlich alle Eröffnungsprobleme gleich beseitigt} (10... Be7 $6 11. e5 Nd5
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ne4 dxe5 14. c4 Nf6 15. Nd6+ $44) 11. f4 (11. Bxf6 {bringt
gar nichts, widerspricht auch der Logik - wenn man dazu nicht gezwungen wird,
dann sollte man mit dem Tausch lieber abwarten} gxf6 12. Bd3 O-O-O 13. f4 h5
14. Qh4 Be7 15. Rhe1 Rdg8 $11 {Ivanchuk - Tukmakov (Moskau, 1990)}) 11... Be7
12. Bh4 Qc7 (12... Rc8 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Kb1 Nh5 $5 {kam in der Partie Gelfand -
Acs (Polen, 2003) vor, ebenfalls mit zufriedenstellendem Spiel für Schwarz})
13. Bd3 O-O-O $1 {Der sicherste Weg zum Ausgleich.} (13... b5 14. e5 dxe5 15.
fxe5 Ng4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qg3 $14) 14. Rf1 (14. e5 $5 {kam in Betracht.} Nd5
15. Bxe7 (15. Ne4 Bxh4 16. Qxh4 dxe5 17. fxe5 Qxe5 $17) 15... Qxe7 16. Ne4 dxe5
(16... Nxf4 17. Nxd6+ Kb8 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nd5 20. c4 $14) 17. fxe5 f6 18.
Nd6+ Kb8 $132) 14... Ng4 $1 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11 {Strategisch gesehen steht Weiß
nach diesem Tausch nicht besser, die einzige Chance ist es, sofort Dank der
Dynamik einen Vorteil zu erzielen - dies misslingt jedoch, wie man aus dem
Partieverlauf sehen kann.} 16. Qg3 h5 17. h3 Nf6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20.
exd6 Qxd6 21. Qxg7 Qc7 22. Rf2 Rhg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 7th"]
[Site "Kusadasi"]
[Date "2006.04.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. Kb1 $5 {Dieser Zug ist ein seltener Gast in der heutigen
Turnierpraxis.} (9. f3 Rc8 (9... Be7 10. h4 h6 11. Be3 h5 $1 {Schwarz
betoniert den Königsflügel und sperrt Weiß sein Spiel mit g4. Dafür wird das
Feld g5 geschwächt und Schwarz wird nicht mehr kurz rochieren können.} 12. Bg5
Rc8 13. Kb1 Ne5 14. Bd3 Qc7 15. Rhe1 $132) (9... h6 10. Be3 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. Ne2 Qc7 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. g4 e5 15. Nf5 d5 $132) 10. Kb1 Be7 (10... Ne5 $6
11. f4 $1 Nc4 $2 12. Bxc4 Rxc4 13. e5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. fxg5 Nh7 16. exd6 $18)
11. Nxc6 $5 Bxc6 (11... Rxc6 12. h4 (12. Ne2 Nxe4 13. fxe4 Bxg5 $19) 12... h5
13. Ne2 b5 14. Nd4 Rc8 15. Bd3 $14) (11... bxc6 $2 12. Bxa6 Rb8 13. Bc4 d5 14.
Bb3 $16) 12. h4 O-O 13. Ne2 b5 14. Nd4 Bb7 15. g4 Qc7 16. Bd3 $14) (9. f4 {
Gilt hier als Hauptzug.} b5 10. Bxf6 (10. Nxc6 $6 Bxc6 11. e5 (11. Bxf6 Qxf6
$15) 11... dxe5 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Rxd8+ Kxd8 14. fxe5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. exf6
gxh4 $15) 10... gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 $132 {Diese Stellung
birgt ein großes strategisches Potential und ist auf lange Sicht völlig unklar.
}) 9... h6 (9... b5 $2 10. Bxb5 $1 axb5 11. Ndxb5 Ra5 12. Bh4 Qb8 13. Nxd6+
Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 $14 {Drei Bauern sind hier stärker als die Figur,
vor allem auch, weil Weiß am Königsflügel keine Schwächen hat und Schwarz
dadurch Probleme mit dem Gegenspiel bekommt.}) (9... Be7 {Führt wie nach f3 so
auch nach f4 in die Hauptvarianten über, wobei der Zug Be7 etwas zu früh
gespielt wird.}) 10. Be3 Ng4 $5 {Der Versuch, die von Weiß gewählte Zugfolge
zu widerlegen.} (10... Qc7 11. f3 Be7 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 b5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
Ne2 Rd8 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. Bd3 $132 {Berg - Mascaro March (Soller, 2006)}) 11.
Nxc6 $8 (11. Bf4 $4 Nxd4 (11... e5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bg3 $14) 12. Qxd4 e5 $19)
11... bxc6 12. Bf4 {Man darf den Läufer nicht geben, da Weiss die einzige
aktive Figur verliert und einfach schlecht steht.} (12. Be2 $2 Nxe3 13. Qxe3
Be7 14. f4 d5 15. g4 Qa5 $15) 12... e5 {Wieder der einzige vernünftige Zug.
Die Variante verläuft eigentlich forciert.} (12... d5 $2 13. exd5 cxd5 (13...
exd5 14. Na4 Be7 15. f3 Nf6 16. Qe3 O-O 17. Nb6 d4 18. Qxd4 c5 19. Qe5 Qxb6 20.
Qxe7 $16) 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Be7 17. Rd1 $16) (12... Ne5 $2 13.
Bxe5 (13. Bg3 $5 Rb8 14. f4 $14) 13... dxe5 14. Na4 Rb8 (14... c5 15. Nb6 $1
Ra7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qxd7+ Rxd7 18. Rxd7 Kxd7 19. Bxa6 $16) 15. Qc3 Rb4 16.
Nc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Rxe4 18. Bxa6 $16) 13. Bg3 Be6 {Man darf den weißfeldrigen
Läufer von Weiß nicht nach c4 kommen lassen.} (13... Rb8 14. Bc4 Qb6 15. b3 $1
(15. Bb3 $5) 15... Be7 16. h3 Nf6 17. f4 Nh5 18. Bh4 (18. Bf2 Qb4 $17) 18... g5
(18... Bxh4 19. Qxd6 Nf6 20. fxe5 Nd5 $3 21. Na4 $3 (21. exd5 Be7 22. dxc6 Bxd6
23. cxd7+ Kd8 24. Rxd6 Qb4 25. Bxf7 Qxc3 26. e6 Ke7 $17) 21... Qa7 22. e6 fxe6
23. exd5 $16) 19. fxe5 $1 gxh4 20. Rhf1 $1 Rh7 21. exd6 Bg5 22. Qd3 Nf4 23. Qf3
$44) 14. Be2 {Bevor Weiß beginnt aktiv zu spielen, muss er seine Figuren in
Position bringen.} (14. h3 Nf6 15. f4 $2 Nh5 $15) 14... Qb6 15. Rhf1 {Es droht
nun sehr unangenehm 16.h3 und dann f4.} (15. f3 $5 Nf6 $8 (15... Ne3 16. Bf2
Rb8 17. b3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 $18) (15... Nf2 16. Na4 $1 (16. Bxf2 Qxf2 17. Bb5 Qb6
$17) 16... Qa7 17. Bxf2 Qxf2 18. Bb5 Qxd2 19. Bxc6+ Kd8 20. Rxd2 $16) 16. f4
Rb8 17. b3 $14) 15... g5 $5 {Schwarz schwächt zwar den Königsflügel, aber das
von Weiß geplante f4 kommt jetzt nicht mehr zustande.} 16. h4 Rg8 (16... Be7
17. Na4 $1 Qa7 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Rh1 $14 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Nxf2 $2 21. Rh8+ Bf8 (
21... Kd7 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. Nb6+ $18) 22. Qxd6 $18) 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Na4 $1 {
Die schwarze Dame steht am besten auf b6, da sie zugleich b2 und f2 angreift.
Also muss sie vertrieben werden.} Qc7 (18... Qa7 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. f3 Be6 21.
Bf2 Qc7 22. Nb6 Rb8 23. Qa5 $16) 19. f3 Nf6 20. Bf2 {Weiß kann seine Figuren
geschickt umgruppieren und gegen die Schwächen b6 und g5 im schwarzen Lager
gut spielen.} Nd7 {Sonst kommt der Springer nach b6, was sehr unangenehm sein
wird.} 21. c4 (21. Be3 $5 {Käme ernsthaft in Betracht.} d5 22. Bxg5 f6 23. Bh4
Rxg2 24. exd5 Bxd5 (24... cxd5 25. f4 $16) 25. f4 $1 $16) 21... Nc5 $2 {
Strategische Partieaufgabe. Aufmerksamkeit verdient hingegen 21....c5} (21...
c5 $5 22. Nc3 Nb8 $1 23. Nd5 Qd8 $13 {Ich sehe nicht, wie Weiß sofort gewinnen
kann. Und wenn der Springer nach d4 kommt, dann wird schwarze Stellung zwar
noch schlechter, aber trotzdem sehr schwer zu knacken sein.}) 22. Nxc5 dxc5 23.
Be3 $16 {Nicht Weiß steht besonders gut, vielmehr wird die Schwäche c5 wohl
auf Dauer kaum zu verteidigen sein.} Be7 24. g3 Rd8 25. Qc1 a5 26. Rh1 a4 27.
Qc3 Rd4 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Qc2 Qa5 30. c5 Kd7 31. f4 gxf4 32. gxf4 a3 33. b3
exf4 34. Rxd4+ Kc7 35. Rc1 Rg2 36. b4 Qa8 37. Rd2 Rg5 38. Bc4 Bc8 39. Qc3 Qb8
40. Bb3 f6 41. Rf1 Kb7 42. Bc4 Qe5 43. Qxa3 Kb8 44. Qf3 f5 45. Qxf4 fxe4 46.
Re2 Qxf4 47. Rxf4 Bf5 48. Kc2 Kc7 49. Kb3 Rg3+ 50. Ka4 Bg6 51. Bf7 Bh7 52. Be6
Bg6 53. Rg4 Rxg4 54. Bxg4 Bg5 55. Rg2 Bf6 56. Bd1 Be8 57. Rf2 Bg5 58. Rf5 Bd2
59. Re5 Bg6 60. Re7+ Kd8 61. Re6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.01.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Leko,P"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst Almasi} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Be2
Ne5 14. g3 Ng6 15. Rdf1 $5 {N} (15. Kb1 {Ernst}) (15. Rhf1 {Ernst} h5 $44 {
Jansa,V-Rodriguez,A/Biel/1985}) 15... Be7 (15... h5 $2 16. Rf2 $1 (16. Qd1 {
Ernst}) 16... Bg7 17. Rhf1 $18) (15... Nxh4 16. gxh4 Be7 17. Rhg1 $1 hxg5 18.
hxg5 Rxh2 19. g6 $16) 16. gxh6 Nxh4 (16... Bxh4 $6 17. gxh4 Qxh4 18. Qxd6 $16)
17. gxh4 Bf8 $1 (17... Bxh4 18. Rhg1 $16) 18. Qd4 Rxh6 19. h5 Qg5+ 20. Kb1 Qc5
(20... Qe5 $6 21. Qb6 $1 Qc5 22. Qc7 Be7 23. Rhg1 $16) 21. Qd3 (21. Qd2 $5)
21... b5 $1 (21... Bg7 22. Rhg1 Qe5 23. h4 $140 $1 {Rg5}) 22. a3 $6 (22. Bf3 $1
{Almasi,Z} b4 (22... Bg7 $5 23. Rhg1 Qe5 24. Rxg7 Qxg7 25. Qxd6 $36) 23. Ne2
Bg7 24. Rhg1 Qe5 (24... Kf8 25. Qd2 $1 $16) 25. Rxg7 $1 Qxg7 26. Qxd6 $16)
22... Bg7 $5 (22... b4 23. axb4 Qxb4 24. Rhg1 Rb8 25. b3 a5 26. Rg8 a4 27. Nd5
$1 Bxd5 (27... exd5 28. exd5 axb3 29. Qe3+ Re6 30. Qxe6+ $3 fxe6 31. Rgxf8+ Kd7
32. R1f7#) 28. exd5 axb3 29. cxb3 Qxb3+ 30. Qxb3 Rxb3+ 31. Kc2 $10) 23. Rhg1 $6
(23. Qg3 Qe5 24. Rhg1 Qxg3 25. hxg3 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Bxe4 27. g4 $10) 23... Be5 $1
$15 (23... Bxc3 $2 24. bxc3 Qe5 25. Bf3 $16) 24. Rg5 Ke7 25. Qd2 Rah8 26. Qe1
$5 Qe3 $6 {*} (26... Qd4 $1 $17) (26... Qd4 $142 $5 {Ernst}) 27. Rxe5 $1 $8
dxe5 28. Rf3 Qc5 (28... Qg5 $2 {Ernst} 29. Qf2 $18) 29. Qh4+ f6 (29... Ke8 30.
Rd3 Qe7 31. Qf2 $13) 30. Qg4 Be8 $6 (30... R8h7 31. Qg8 Be8 (31... Rxh5 32. Rg3
$36) 32. Rg3 Bf7 33. Qb8 $44) 31. Qg7+ Bf7 32. Rxf6 $1 Rxf6 33. Qxh8 Qg1+ 34.
Ka2 Qg8 (34... Qxh2 {Ernst} 35. Qb8 $40) 35. Qxg8 Bxg8 36. Kb3 $1 Kd6 $8 37.
Kb4 Kc6 38. Ka5 Kb7 39. a4 bxa4 40. Bxa6+ Kc7 41. Nxa4 Rf2 42. Bd3 Bf7 $1 (
42... Rxh2 43. b4 Rxh5 44. b5 $18) 43. h6 (43. b4 Bxh5 44. b5 Be2 $1 $10) 43...
Rxh2 44. b4 Rxh6 45. b5 Rh1 46. b6+ Kb8 47. Bb5 Ra1 $2 (47... Bg6 $1 48. Bc6
Rc1 $1 49. Nc5 Ra1+ 50. Kb4 Rb1+ 51. Nb3 Re1 52. Nc5 Rb1+ $10) 48. c4 Bg6 49.
Bc6 Bh5 50. Kb4 Be2 51. Nc3 Bd3 52. Nb5 $1 Rc1 53. Nd6 Bb1 (53... Rb1+ 54. Kc5
Rc1 55. Bd7 $16) 54. Nf7 $1 $18 Rd1 55. Nxe5 Kc8 56. Kc5 Bc2 57. Nf3 Bb1 58.
Nd4 Re1 59. Nb5 Bd3 60. Kd4 Bf1 61. Nd6+ Kb8 62. Ke5 Rc1 63. Bb5 Bh3 64. Bd7
Rb1 65. c5 Rc1 66. c6 Bg2 67. Kf6 {Leko,P} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 12th"]
[Site "Opatija"]
[Date "2012.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. Nce2 h5 13. h4 Rg8 14. Rh3 Rg4
15. g3 Qb6 16. Bg2 Rg8 17. Bf3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Rc4 19. f5 e5 20. Nb3 Bc6 21. Qe2
Ra4 22. Qe1 Ke7 23. Rh2 Bh6 24. Re2 Rd8 25. Rd3 a5 26. Rd1 Ra8 27. Bxh5 Rc4 28.
g4 a4 29. g5 axb3 30. cxb3 Rd4 31. gxh6 b4 32. h7 Bb5 $2 (32... Qa7 33. Rxd4
Qxd4 $11) 33. Rg2 $2 (33. Rc2 Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1 $18) 33... Rxd1+ $2 (33... Qa6 34.
a3 bxa3 $11) 34. Qxd1 $6 (34. Bxd1 $18) 34... Qe3 $16 35. Rd2 $6 (35. Ka1 Bd3
36. a4 $16) 35... Qa7 $11 36. a4 bxa3 37. Qc1 $2 (37. Rc2 axb2 38. Kxb2 $15)
37... axb2 $19 38. Qxb2 Bc6 39. Bf3 $2 (39. Re2 Qg1+ 40. Kc2) 39... Qe3 $2 (
39... Qg1+ 40. Kc2 Rc8 $19) 40. Qc2 $4 (40. Rc2 Bxe4 41. Bxe4 $15) 40... Qxf3
$19 41. h8=Q Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Vinkovci"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Lisenko"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 (9... Qc7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 O-O-O 12. Nb3 h5 13. Be2 Na5
$6 (13... Be7 $5) (13... Kb8 $5) 14. Rhf1 Kb8 15. Rf3 Be7 16. Rh3 h4 17. Qe1
Nxb3 18. axb3 f5 $1 19. exf5 d5 $44 {Ivanov,Al-Waitzkin,J/New York/1993/ 0:1 
(39) Inf 57/211/}) 10. Bxf6 gxf6 (10... Qxf6 $2 11. e5 $1 dxe5 12. Ndxb5 Qd8
13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd6 exf4 15. Ne4 Ne7 16. Bc4 $16 {Kupreichik,V-Popov,P/SSSR/
1974/ 0:1 (34)/}) 11. f5 (11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe1 b4 13. Nd5 a5 14. Rd4 f5 15.
Rc4 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qf6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Rc7 Kd8 (18... Bg7 $2 19. Rxg7 $1) 19.
Rb7 $5 Kc8 $1 20. Rb5 Bg7 21. c3 bxc3 $13 {Zontakh,A-Poluljahov,A/Beograd/1993/
Inf 57/211/}) (11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nce2 Na5 13. Ng3 h5 14. Be2 Nc4 15. Qc3 h4 16.
Nh5 Rh6 17. g4 Be7 18. g5 fxg5 19. fxg5 Bxg5 20. Rhg1 $16 {Sax,G-Kozul,Z/
Vinkovci/1993/}) 11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bh6+ 13. Kb1 Bf4 14. fxe6 $5 $146 (14. Ne2
Be5 15. Qd2 exf5 (15... Qb6 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nf4 O-O-O 18. g3 Kb8 19. Bh3 Rhe8
20. Rhf1 Bc8 21. Rf3 Qc6 22. Rb3 $5 Qxe4 23. Bg2 Qd4 $5 24. Qe1 Qb6 25. c4 d5
$1 26. cxb5 a5 $13 {Cseshkovsky,V-Ermenkov,E/Albena/1977/ 0,5 (37)/}) 16. exf5
Bxf5 17. Nd4 Be6 18. Nf3 f5 19. Bd3 Bg7 20. Rhf1 b4 21. Qg5 Bf6 22. Qf4 Qa5 $44
{Van Der Wiel,J-Kozul,Z/Wijk aan Zee/1991/ Inf 51/204/}) 14... fxe6 15. Ne2 Be5
16. Qd2 Bc6 17. Nd4 Bxe4 18. Nxe6 Qe7 19. Nf4 f5 20. Bd3 O-O 21. Rhe1 (21. Bxe4
$1 fxe4 22. g3 $14) 21... Bc6 $1 22. c3 Kh8 23. Bc2 Rae8 24. Qf2 Qg7 25. g3 Qb7
$1 26. Nd3 Bf3 27. Rc1 Bg7 28. Qd2 a5 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Nf4 b4 31. cxb4 axb4
32. Qxd6 $2 (32. Bxf5 $5 $13) 32... b3 $3 33. axb3 (33. Bxb3 Be4+ 34. Ka1 Qxb3
$19) 33... Ra8 34. Re1 Be4 35. Bxe4 Qxb3 $1 $19 36. Re2 fxe4 37. Qd5 Qa4 38.
Rxe4 Qa1+ 39. Kc2 Qxb2+ 40. Kd3 Ra3+ 0-1

[Event "Vinkovci"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Lisenko"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 (11. f5 $40 {Palac,M-Kozul,Z /
Vinkovci/1993/}) 11... Qb6 12. Nce2 Na5 (12... Rc8 13. f5 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15.
Ne2 b4 16. Ng3 h5 17. h4 Ke7 18. Bd3 a5 19. Qe2 a4 20. Bc4 Bh6 21. Nxh5 Rxc4 $5
(21... Rhg8 $1) 22. Qxc4 $16 {Matulovic,M-Kozul,Z /JUG (ch)1991/0:1 (50) Inf
53/199/}) 13. Ng3 (13. b3 Nb7 14. g3 Nc5 15. Bg2 Rd8 (15... Ra7 16. Qe3 Bg7 17.
g4 h5 18. Ng3 $1 hxg4 19. h3 gxh3 20. Rxh3 Rxh3 21. Bxh3 Ke7 22. Nh5 Bh6 23.
Qf2 Qb8 24. e5 $16 {Savon,V-Scherbakov,R /Anapa/1991/ 1:0 (39)}) 16. f5 e5 $6
17. Nc3 Rc8 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Ne2 h5 20. h4 $2 Bh6 21. Qe1 Bc6 22. Nec3 a5 23.
Qe2 Rb8 24. Qxh5 b4 25. Ne2 a4 26. Nc1 axb3 27. cxb3 Ra8 28. Rhe1 Bxd5 $1 29.
Rxd5 Qa5 $17 {Marjanovic,S-Kozul,Z /Sarajevo/1988/ 0:1 (40)}) 13... h5 (13...
O-O-O $5) 14. Be2 Nc4 15. Qc3 h4 $146 (15... Qc5 16. Qf3 $1 Rc8 17. Nxh5 Nxb2
18. Nxf6+ $16 {Popovic,P-Kozul,Z /JUG(ch)/1991/ 1:0 (29) Inf 53/198/}) 16. Nh5
Rh6 17. g4 (17. Qh3 $5) 17... Be7 18. g5 fxg5 19. fxg5 Bxg5 20. Rhg1 Qc5 $2 (
20... f6 $5 $13 21. Nxf6+ $2 Bxf6 22. Rg8+ Kf7 23. Rxa8 Qb7 $17) 21. Bxc4 bxc4
22. e5 $6 (22. Nf5 $3 $18) 22... Qxe5 23. Rde1 Qc5 24. Nf5 Rxh5 $2 (24... O-O-O
$13) 25. Rxg5 $1 $18 O-O-O 26. Ne7+ Kc7 27. Rxc5+ Rxc5 28. Qf6 Be8 29. Ng8 h3
30. Qe7+ Kc8 31. Qa7 Rc7 32. Qxa6+ Kb8 33. Qb6+ Kc8 34. Nf6 Bc6 35. a4 Bg2 36.
a5 d5 37. a6 d4 38. a7 Bb7 39. Rd1 d3 40. cxd3 cxd3 41. Qe3 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 04th"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[BlackTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 $5 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O (8. f4 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. Nf3 O-O-O 12. h4 g6 13. Qe3 $13
{Psakhis,L-Kupreichik,V/Lenk op/1991/}) (8. f3 Be7 9. O-O-O b5 10. h4 b4 {
Zude,A-Kupreichik,V/BL9394/}) 8... h6 9. Bxf6 $8 (9. Bh4 $2 Nxe4 $1) (9. Bf4 $2
e5) (9. Be3 $6 Ng4 $15) 9... Qxf6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nf3 {/\e4-e5} O-O-O (11... g5
$2 12. fxg5 hxg5 13. e5 $1 $8 Qf4 (13... Nxe5 $2 14. Ne4 Qg7 (14... Qd8 $2 15.
Nxe5 dxe5 16. Nf6+ $18) (14... Qf4 $2 15. Qxf4 gxf4 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Nf6+ $18)
15. Nxd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6 $16) (13... Qh6 $6 14. Ne4 $1 $16) 14. Qxf4 gxf4 15.
Ne4 $5 (15. exd6 $16) 15... d5 16. Nf6+ Ke7 17. c4 $16 (17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. c4
Ne7 $14) 17... Bg7 18. cxd5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxf6 20. Nxd7 Kxd7 21. dxe6+ Kxe6 22.
Bc4+ Kf5 23. Bxf7 $16) 12. h4 $1 {xg5} Kb8 13. g4 Qe7 $1 14. Bc4 Bc8 15. g5 $6
(15. h5 $5 $14) 15... g6 $1 16. f5 (16. h5 $6 gxh5 17. Rxh5 Bg7 $15) 16... hxg5
17. hxg5 Rxh1 18. Rxh1 exf5 $1 (18... Ne5 $6 19. f6 $1 Qc7 20. Be2 $1 Bd7 21.
Nd4 $14 {xf8}) 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Rh7 (20. Nd5 $2 Qe4 $17) 20... Ne5 $1 $17 21.
Bd5 (21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Qe3 (22. Qf2 $2 Qxg5+) (22. Rxf7 $4 Rxd2 23. Rxe7 Rxc2+)
22... Qc5 $1 23. Qxc5 Bxc5 24. Rxf7 Be3+ 25. Kb1 Rd2 $19) 21... Be6 22. Nd4 (
22. Bxe6 $2 Nxf3 $19) 22... Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Qd7 24. b3 Be7 25. Kb2 Re8 $1 {
/\Be7-d8} 26. Qf4 Bd8 27. Nf3 $2 (27. Nf6 $5 Bxf6 28. Qxf6 {xd6,f7}) 27... Qe6
$1 28. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 29. Qxe5 dxe5 $19 30. Rxf7 Bxg5 31. Rg7 Re6 32. Rg8+ (32. Nc7
Rc6 33. Nd5 e4) 32... Ka7 33. c4 e4 34. c5 Re5 $1 (34... e3 $4 35. Nb6 {
/\Rg8-a8}) 35. c6 bxc6 36. Rg7+ Kb8 37. Nb4 Bf6 $1 38. Nxc6+ Kc8 39. Na7+ Kd8
40. Rxg6 Re6+ (40... Re6+ 41. Kc2 e3 42. Kd1 e2+ 43. Ke1 Bh4+) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Roser, Kevin"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 {La spécialité du GMI et Kevin relève le gant du débat théorique} (
8... h6 {L'alternative} 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Bd7 (10... Nxd4) 11. Be2 b5 12. Bf3
Rc8 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Kb1 b4 15. Na4 (15. Ne2 a5 16. g4 $13 {Glek}) 15... Na5 {
Tukmakov,V (2570)-Csom,I (2540) IBM Amsterdam 1974 (12) 1/2}) 9. f4 (9. f3) (9.
Kb1 Be7 10. f3 Qc7 11. h4 h6 12. Be3 h5 13. Bg5 Ne5 14. f4 Neg4 15. Qe1 b5 16.
Bd3 b4 17. Nce2 a5 {Srinath,N (2381)-Dubov,D (2372) World Youth Stars 7th 2009
(2) 1-0} (17... Qb6 18. Qg3 e5 $15 {Stoica inf 114})) 9... b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11.
Kb1 (11. Nxc6 {L'alternative}) 11... Rc8 {[%cal Gb5b4] Une ligne secondaire} (
11... b4 12. Nce2 Qb6 13. Qe1 (13. f5 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Ne2 h5 16. h4 Ke7
17. Rh3 Bh6 18. Qe1 Rac8 19. Ng3 Qc5 20. Bd3 Bb5 21. Qe2 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Rhg8 23.
Rh1 Rg4 24. Rhd1 Rc6 25. a3 a5 26. a4 Rxh4 27. Rd5 Qe3 {Radulski,J (2577)
-Kozul,Z (2617)/Zagreb 2010/1-0 (61)}) 13... Rc8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nd4 Bb7 16.
f5 e5 17. Nf3 Rg8 18. Qh4 Ke7 19. Rg1 h5 20. Bd3 Bh6 21. g3 a5 22. Rg2 a4 23.
Re2 b3 24. a3 Rc3 25. Qxh5 Rb8 26. Qxh6 {Shirov,A (2739)-Kozul,Z (2609)/
Heraklio 2007/0-1 (94)}) (11... Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 Ra7 14. f5 Qc5 15.
Qh4 (15. Bd3 {Simic,D (2328)-Kozul,Z (2597) Pirc Memorial 2000 (1.2) 0-1})
15... Be7 16. Bd3 a5 (16... b4 17. Ne2 e5 18. Nc1 a5 19. Nb3 Qb6 20. Nd2 {
Fercec,N (2512)-Kotronias,V (2626) Reggio Emilia 0506 48th 2005 (3) 1/2} (20.
Bc4 $5 $146 a4 21. Nc1 Qc5 22. b3 $14 {Pavlovic})) 17. fxe6 {Horvath,A (2495)
-Kozul,Z (2593) AUT-chT2M 0607 2006 (10) 0-1}) 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 ({RR} 13.
Qe3 h5 14. Bd3 Bh6 15. Rhf1 Bb7 16. Qf3 f5 17. Qe3 Bg7 18. exf5 Qf6 19. Be4
Bxe4 20. Qxe4 O-O 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Rfe1 Rfe8 23. Qf3 b4 24. Na4 Qf5 25. Qd3
Kf7 26. Qxf5+ exf5 27. Nb6 Rxe1 {Zinchenko,Y (2543)-Jankovic,A (2586)/
Rethymnon 2011/1/2-1/2 (34)}) 13... h5 $146 {[%cal Gf8h6,Gh6f4]} ({RR} 13...
Bb7 14. Rhe1 Rc5 15. Qe3 Qc7 16. Ne2 Bg7 17. Qh3 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. f5 Qe7
20. Nc1 e5 {1/2-1/2 Kolev,A (2540)-Georgiev,K (2461)/Sofia 2004}) (13... b4 14.
Ne2 {[%cal Ge2d4,Gd3a6]}) 14. Rhe1 b4 $6 (14... Bh6 15. Be2 {[%cal Gd2d6]} h4
16. Bf3) (14... Be7) 15. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Ge1e8]} a5 16. f5 Bxd5 17. exd5 e5 18.
Bb5+ $40 {[%csl Re8]} Ke7 19. Bc6 Qb6 20. Qe3 $5 {Une décision interessante
car la finale est un peu meilleure pour les Blancs} (20. Re4 $5 {[%cal Ge4c4]})
20... Qxe3 21. Rxe3 Bh6 22. Re2 Rb8 (22... Rhg8) 23. Rd3 h4 24. a3 $1 Bf4 25.
g3 hxg3 26. hxg3 Bg5 27. Ka2 Kf8 28. axb4 (28. Kb3 bxa3+ 29. Kxa3) 28... axb4
29. Kb3 Kg7 30. Kc4 $5 (30. Rd1) 30... Rh1 31. Rb3 Rf1 32. Rxb4 Rxb4+ 33. Kxb4
Rxf5 34. Bd7 Rf3 35. g4 $1 $16 {[%csl Gf5,Rf6]} Bc1 36. c3 Rf4+ 37. Kb3 Rf1 38.
Bf5 (38. Kc2 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 38... Kh6 39. Kc4 Kg5 40. Kb5 Kf4 41. Re4+ Kf3 42.
b4 Bd2 43. c4 Rc1 (43... Rb1 44. c5 $18) 44. c5 Bxb4 $1 45. c6 $1 {Ne tombe
pas dans le piège} (45. Kxb4 $2 Rxc5 {[%csl Rb4,Rd5]}) 45... Bc5 46. Ka6 $18
Ra1+ 47. Kb7 Rb1+ 48. Kc8 Bb6 49. Kd7 Ra1 50. Rb4 Ra7+ 51. Kxd6 Bc7+ 52. Kc5 e4
53. Bxe4+ Kxg4 54. Rb7 {A MARCHAND: Victoire de Kevin contre le GMI Croate
KOZUL (2568) et se retrouve ainsi avec 5 pts sur 8 et une performance
certainement supérieure а 2550 !! Bravo Kevin} 1-0

[Event "Belgrade RAD 30"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1977.01.27"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Matulovic, Milan"]
[Black "Ostojic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Marjanovic,S"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1977.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nce2 Rc8 13. g3 Na5 14. b3 (
14. Bh3 Nc4 15. Qd3 b4 16. Rc1 a5 17. Rhd1 a4 18. Qf3 h5 19. Ng1 Bg7 20. Nge2
Bf8 21. Ng1 Bg7 {1/2-1/2 (21) Urzica,A-Pavlov,M Bucharest 1974}) 14... Nb7 $146
(14... Be7 15. Bh3 Nb7 16. Rhe1 Nc5 17. Qe3 b4 18. Ng1 a5 19. Ngf3 O-O 20. Nd2
Qc7 21. Rc1 Ra8 22. c3 bxc3 23. Qxc3 Qb7 24. Bg2 Rfb8 25. Rc2 Qa6 26. Nc4 Rb4
27. Ka1 Rab8 28. Rb2 Bf8 29. Qe3 a4 30. bxa4 Qxa4 31. Rxb4 Rxb4 32. Nb2 Qa7 33.
Qc3 Rxd4 {0-1 (33) Pietzsch,W-Dzindzichashvili,R Tbilisi 1965}) 15. Bg2 Nc5 16.
Rhe1 Be7 17. g4 Rg8 18. Bf3 b4 19. Ng3 a5 20. Nh5 Na6 $6 (20... a4 $5 {Inf 23/
411}) 21. Re3 Rc5 22. Nf5 exf5 23. exf5 Kd8 24. Rde1 Re8 25. Ng7 Rc3 26. Rxc3
bxc3 27. Qe2 Bb5 28. Qe4 d5 29. Qxd5+ Bd7 30. Nxe8 Kxe8 31. g5 Nc7 32. Qe4 Qd6
33. gxf6 Qxf6 34. Qb7 Kd8 35. Qb8+ Bc8 36. Bb7 Qxf5 37. Bxc8 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 97th"]
[Site "Canterbury"]
[Date "2010.08.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hunt, Adam"]
[Black "Williams, Simon Kim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Martin,A"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 Rc8 11. h4 h6 12. Be3 h5 $5 {A very interesting
move which tries to bring into question the very viability of White's opening
choice. Black argues that without g2-g4, the White set-up lacks punch. Of
course, once White has played h2-h4, he cannot play f3-f4 without baring g4.
So Williams gets a more or less free hand on the queenside now and Hunt seems
to have to think about defence. If there is a drawback to Black's idea, it has
to be that the rook on h8 takes a long time to get into the game, but then so
does the rook on h1.} 13. Qf2 Qc7 14. Rg1 Ne5 15. Nb3 b5 16. Bb6 Qb8 17. Ba7
Qa8 {Rejecting any thoughts of a draw.} 18. Bd4 b4 19. Ne2 a5 20. Nf4 a4 $17 {
Black has made considerable progress on the queenside whilst White seems to
have been standing still!} 21. Nc1 Nc6 22. Be3 b3 (22... a3 23. b3 O-O {
also looks very promising:} 24. Ncd3 (24. Be2 Rc7 25. Ncd3 Rfc8 $40) 24... Qb7
25. Be2 Rfe8 $17) 23. cxb3 axb3 24. a3 ({Was} 24. Nxb3 {possible ?} Nb4 25. a3
Ba4 26. Rc1 $1 Bxb3 (26... O-O 27. Nd4 Ng4 $5 28. fxg4 Qxe4+ 29. Ka1 Rxc1+ 30.
Bxc1 Bf6 31. Nfe2 Qd5 $1) 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Bb5+ Nd7 29. axb4) 24... Qa4 25.
Nfe2 Na5 26. Rd4 Qc6 27. Nc3 d5 (27... O-O {would have kept more options open.}
) 28. Bb5 Qb7 29. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (29... Nxd7 30. exd5 e5 31. Ra4 Rxc3 32. bxc3 Qb5
33. Re4 {is equally murky.}) 30. exd5 exd5 31. Qe2 Rxc3 $5 (31... O-O 32. Rgd1
Nc4 $17 {enables Black to play the position without the need for an immediate
sacrifice. But Wiliams cannot resist.}) 32. bxc3 O-O 33. Bg5 Re8 34. Qd3 Qa7
35. Re1 Nc4 36. Rxc4 dxc4 37. Qxc4 Qxa3 38. Bxf6 Ra8 39. Qxb3 Qa1+ 40. Kc2 Bxf6
41. Qc4 $1 {In a difficult situation with ...Ra3 looming, Hunt finds the only
move.} Qa7 (41... Ra3 42. Qc8+ Kh7 43. Qf5+ $11) 42. Qb5 Kf8 (42... g6 $1 {
seems a better way to proceed even with an exchange of rooks:} 43. Re8+ Rxe8
44. Qxe8+ Kg7 $17 {It is not easy even here for White to defend all his
weaknesses.}) 43. Qb4+ Be7 44. Qe4 Rd8 45. Rd1 Rb8 $6 (45... Rxd1 46. Kxd1 Qg1+
{again seems better. Black's play in the latter part of the game looks
affected by fatigue.}) 46. Rd5 Bf6 47. Qc4 Kg8 48. Rc5 $1 Qb7 49. Qb3 Qa7 50.
Qc4 Qb7 {A very interesting game, hard fought by both players.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dutreeuw, Marc"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1997.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Nf3 (12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Be2)
12... hxg5 13. Bxg5 (13. Bg3 Be7 14. Be2 (14. Kb1 $14 {ECO}) 14... Nge5 15. Kb1
(15. Rhf1 Qa5 16. Kb1 f6 $13) 15... b5 $1 (15... f6 16. h4 $1 {Mokry,K-Banas,J/
Trnava/1986/}) 16. Rdf1 $5 (16. a3 Rb8 17. Na2 a5 18. Nc1 Nxf3 19. gxf3 $5 e5
$6 20. Bf2 Be6 21. Be3 $14 {Riemersma,L-Rodriguez,Am/Dieren/1987/}) (16. Bd3
Rc8 17. Rdf1 Qa5 18. Be1 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 b4 20. Ne2 Ne5 21. Nxe5 dxe5 $13 {
Tischbierek,R-Van der Wiel,J/Baden Baden II/1992/}) 16... Rc8 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18.
Rf2 f6 19. Rhf1 (19. h4 $6 Bc6) 19... Bc6 20. a3 Bb7 21. h3 $6 (21. Qd1 $5 {
/\ Bh5->}) 21... Nc4 (21... Rc5 $5) 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Qd3 e5 24. Re2 (24. Nd5
$5) 24... Qc8 25. Rf5 (25. Bf2 f5 $5 26. exf5 Bxg2) 25... Rxc3 (25... Bxe4 $4
26. Nxe4 Qxf5 27. Nxd6+ $18) 26. bxc3 Qe6 $6 (26... Qc5 27. Kb2 d5 28. exd5
Bxd5 $40) 27. Kb2 Kd7 28. Rf1 Qc4 $2 (28... Bc6 $1 {/\ a5}) 29. Qxc4 bxc4 30.
Ka2 $1 Bc6 31. Rb1 $1 Bd8 $2 32. Rb8 $1 Re8 33. Bf2 Ba5 34. Rxe8 Kxe8 35. Kb2
Kf7 36. Ba7 Ke6 37. g4 $2 Bd8 {Short,N-Kasparov,G/PCA-Wch London 1993/1/2-1/2 
(51)}) 13... f6 14. e5 (14. Bf4 e5 15. g3 (15. Nd5 exf4 16. Nxf4 Qa5 17. Kb1
Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Bh6 19. g3 Nge5 20. Be2 Nxf3 21. Bxf3 Bxf4 22. gxf4 Rh4 23. e5
dxe5 24. fxe5 fxe5 $19 {0-1 Moldovan,D-Botvinnik,I/Bucharest schev 1993 (56)})
(15. Bg3 Bh6 $19) 15... exf4 16. gxf4 Qa5 17. Bg2 (17. Kb1 O-O-O 18. h3 (18.
Rg1 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. h3 Nf6 21. Nd4 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Bxe4 24. Ne6
Re8 $19 {0-1 Shmuter,L-Lutsko,I/Nikolaev zt 1993 (36)}) 18... Qc5 19. Re1 Nh6
20. Nd5 f5 21. Bd3 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Nf5 23. Reg1 Bh6 24. Ng5 Rdf8 25. c3 Bxg5 26.
fxg5 Rxh3 $19 {0-1 Unzicker,W-Heinbuch,D/BL8586 1986 (32)}) 17... O-O-O 18. h3
Nge5 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Nc6 21. Qxf6 Rg8 $15) 14... fxg5 15. exd6 Qb6 16.
Ne4 O-O-O 17. Bd3 Bh6 18. Rhe1 Nxh2 $1 19. Nfxg5 Rdg8 20. Rh1 Qd8 $1 0-1

[Event "URS-ch45 First League"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. f5 Nxd4 (11... Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. fxe6
fxe6 14. Qf4 (14. Kb1 $1 {Panchenko,AN}) 14... h5 $1 15. Kb1 Be7 16. Bd3 O-O-O
17. Rhe1 $14 {Dvoirys,S - Panchenko,AN/ Cheliabinsk/ 1989/0:1/43}) 12. Qxd4
Bh6+ 13. Kb1 Bf4 14. Ne2 Be5 15. Qd2 Qc7 $6 (15... exf5 $5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17.
Nd4 {N} Be6 18. Nf3 f5 19. Bd3 Bg7 20. Rhf1 b4 21. Qg5 Bf6 22. Qf4 Qa5 23. Bc4
d5 24. Bb3 $44 {Van der Wiel,J-Koyul,Z/Wijk aan Zee/1991/}) (15... Qb6 16. fxe6
fxe6 17. Nf4 Rc8 (17... Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Ke7 19. e5 $1 $16 {Bukhovsky,An-Bertok.M/
Reggio Emilia/1978/35}) (17... O-O-O 18. g3 Kb8 19. Bh3 Rhe8 20. Rhf1 Bc8 21.
Rf3 Qc6 {Cseshkovsky,V-Ermenkov,E/Albena/1977/1/2-1/2/37}) 18. g3 Ke7 $10 {
Bukhovsky,An}) 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. fxe6 fxe6 (17... Bxd4 $2 18. exd7+ Kxd7 19. g3
$18 {/\ Bf1-h3}) 18. Nf3 Bc6 19. Bd3 O-O 20. Rhf1 Qg7 21. Qe3 Kh8 22. Nxe5 fxe5
23. g3 $16 {><e6,d6,a6} Kg8 24. a3 d5 $6 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Qc5 $1 Qd7 27. exd5
Bxd5 (27... exd5 28. Bxh7+ $1 Kg7 29. Be4 $18) 28. Re1 Qf7 29. Qe3 (29. Rxe5 $4
Qf1+ $1 $19) 29... Qh5 30. b3 Qxh2 31. Qg5+ Kh8 32. Qxe5+ Kg8 33. Qg5+ Kh8 34.
Be4 $1 $18 {/\ 35.Re1-h1} Qf2 (34... Bxe4 35. Qe5+ Kg8 36. Qxe6+ Kg7 37. Qe5+
Kg8 38. Rxe4 $18) 35. Qe5+ Qf6 36. Bxd5 Qxe5 37. Rxe5 exd5 38. Rxd5 Rg8 39. Rd6
Rxg3 40. Rxa6 Kg7 41. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mokry, Karel"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Mokry,K"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nce2 Na5 13. b3 Rb8 14. c3 {
N} (14. Ng3) 14... h5 $1 15. g3 Qb7 (15... Nb7 $5 {P c5, a5,b4}) 16. Bg2 e5 (
16... f5 17. Qd3 fxe4 (17... e5 $2 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nxf5 $18) 18. Bxe4 d5 19.
Bf3 b4 $13) 17. Nc2 Nc4 $13 (17... Bc6 18. Qe3 {P b4} f5 $2 (18... Nc4 $4 19.
bxc4 $18) 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. exf5 $18) 18. Qd3 {P b4;} (18. Qc1 Nb6 $13) 18...
a5 19. Nc1 h4 20. Qe2 Rg8 (20... hxg3 $5 21. hxg3 Rg8) 21. gxh4 $1 Qc6 $5 (
21... exf4 {P e5}) 22. Bf3 (22. bxc4 $2 bxc4+ 23. Ka1 Qb7 24. Na3 d5 $19) 22...
Nb6 23. Rd3 Bh6 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Rhd1 Be6 26. Ne3 $2 (26. Qf2 $13) 26... Bxe3
$2 (26... Nc4 $1 27. Nxc4 bxc4 28. Rd6 Qc5) 27. Qxe3 Nc4 28. Qa7 Ra8 29. Qf2
$16 Na3+ 30. Kb2 b4 31. Qd2 Qb6 (31... Nb5 32. cxb4 (32. Rd8+ $4 Ke7 {P bc3})
32... Nd4 (32... axb4 $2 33. Rd8+ Ke7 34. Qxb4+ $18) 33. bxa5 {P e2; P d4!})
32. c4 $2 (32. Rd6 Qc7 (32... Nc4+ 33. bxc4 bxc3+ 34. Kxc3 Qb4+ 35. Kc2 Qxc4+
36. Qc3 Qa4+ 37. Kb1 $18 (37. Kd2 $18)) 33. c4 $16 Bxc4 $2 34. Rd7 Qb6 35. Bh5
Be6 (35... Rf8 36. Re7+ $1 Kxe7 37. Qd7#) 36. Rxf7 $1 $18) 32... Kf8 $2 (32...
Bxc4 $1 33. Rd6 Qb8 $1 (33... Qc7 34. Rd7 Qb6 35. Bh5 {P f7!}) 34. Qh6 (34. Rc6
$142 $5 Be6 $2 (34... Qb7 $143 35. Qd6 $18) (34... Bb5 $1 $13) 35. Rxe6+ fxe6
36. Bh5+ $18) 34... Qc7 35. Qxf6 Bb5 36. Re6+ (36. Qxe5+ Kf8 37. Rd8+ Qxd8 38.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 $44) 36... Kf8 37. Qh6+ Rg7 38. Qh8+ Rg8 39. Qh6+ $10) 33. Rd6 Qc7
34. Rd8+ Rxd8 $2 (34... Ke7 $16) 35. Qxd8+ $18 Qxd8 36. Rxd8+ Kg7 37. Rxg8+
Kxg8 38. Nd3 Kg7 {[#]} 39. Nc5 $2 (39. h3 $3 {P g4} Bxh3 40. Nf2 Be6 41. Bg4
Kg6 (41... Bxg4 42. Nxg4 Kg6 43. Ne3 {P f5-d6}) 42. Bxe6 fxe6 43. Ng4 f5 (43...
Kh5 44. Nxf6+ Kxh4 45. Ne8 Kg5 46. Nd6 Kf4 (46... Kf6 47. Nb5 Nxb5 48. cxb5 Ke7
49. a4 $18) 47. c5 $18) (43... Kg7 44. Ne3 Kg6 45. Nc2 f5 46. Nxa3 bxa3+ 47.
Kc2 $18) 44. Nxe5+ Kh5 (44... Kf6 45. Nd7+ Ke7 46. Nc5 $18) 45. exf5 exf5 46.
Nf3 f4 47. Nd4 $1 Kxh4 (47... Kg4 48. c5 f3 (48... Nb5 49. Nxb5 f3 50. Nd6 f2
51. Nc4 $18) 49. Nxf3 Kxf3 50. c6 $18) 48. c5 Kg3 (48... Nb5 49. Nxb5 f3 50.
Nd4 f2 51. Nf3+ $18) 49. c6 f3 50. Nxf3 Nb5 51. Nd4 Nc7 52. a4 {P b5} bxa3+ 53.
Kxa3 Kf4 54. Ka4 Ke5 55. Nb5 $18) 39... Bc8 40. h3 f5 (40... Bxh3 41. Nb7 a4
42. Nd6 $1 {P e2, c5} (42. Nc5 $6 axb3 43. axb3 Bf1 {P c4, c4})) 41. exf5 Bxf5
{P c2} 42. Be4 Bxe4 $2 (42... Bxh3 $142 $16) 43. Nxe4 f5 44. Nd6 $1 $18 f4 45.
Kc1 {P c5} f3 46. Kd2 Nb1+ 47. Ke3 Nc3 48. Kxf3 a4 49. c5 Nxa2 50. c6 axb3 51.
Nc4 e4+ 52. Kg2 $1 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch 5th"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2005.10.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Black "Sareen, Vishal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2005.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 h6 11. Be3 h5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. f4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qc5
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Bc6 19. Rd4 h4 20. Be2 Ke7
21. Rhd1 Rac8 22. Kb2 Rc7 23. Bf3 Rhc8 24. Rc4 Bb5 25. Rxc7+ Rxc7 26. e5 Bc6
27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Rd4 Rc5 29. Kb3 g5 30. g3 hxg3 31. hxg3 gxf4 32. gxf4 f6 33.
Rc4 Rd5 34. Rc7+ Kd8 35. Rxb7 fxe5 36. c4 Ra5 37. fxe5 Rxe5 38. c3 Kc8 39. Rb6
a5 40. Rb5 Rf5 41. a4 Kc7 42. c5 e5 43. Rxa5 e4 44. Ra7+ Kc6 45. Ra6+ Kc7 46.
Re6 Rxc5 47. Rxe4 Rh5 48. Kb4 Kb7 49. Re7+ Kb6 50. a5+ Ka6 $1 {[%mdl 4352] Es
folgt eine mustergültige Verteidigung. Studieren Sie das schwarze Spiel genau!}
(50... Kc6 $2 51. a6 Rh4+ 52. Kb3 (52. c4 $2 Rh1 53. a7 Ra1 $11) 52... Rh5 53.
a7 Ra5 54. Kb4 Ra1 55. Rf7 Rb1+ 56. Kc4 Ra1 57. Kd4 Ra5 58. c4 Kb6 59. Rg7 Ra1
60. Re7 Ra5 61. Rf7 Ra1 62. Ke5 Re1+ 63. Kf6 Re8 64. Kf5 Rh8 65. Rh7 Rg8 66.
Re7 Kc6 67. Kf4 Kc5 68. Ke5 Rh8 69. Rc7+ Kb6 70. Rh7 Rd8 71. Rd7 Rc8 72. Kd6
Rc6+ 73. Ke7 Rc8 74. Rd8 Rc7+ 75. Kd6 Rxa7 76. c5+ Kb5 77. Rb8+ Kc4 78. c6 $18)
51. c4 Rh1 52. Kc5 Rh5+ 53. Kd6 Rxa5 54. c5 Ra1 55. c6 Rd1+ 56. Kc7 Rh1 57. Re2
Rh7+ 58. Kd6 Rh6+ 59. Re6 Rh7 60. Re7 Rh6+ 61. Kd7 Rh8 {Sareen nimmt die
Verteidigung auf der letzten Reihe ein} 62. Re1 Rh7+ 63. Re7 Rh8 64. Re6 Kb6
65. Re7 Rg8 66. Rh7 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Negi,P"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 b4 $5 {Not as popular as the typical .
..Qb6 as it doesn't seem required at first, but it has an important use when
compared to ...Qb6.} (11... Qb6 {is typically met by} 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 {
when Black has to make some unwanted commitment like ...Ra7, or ...Be7, in
order to deal with the threat of Nd5. Of course, it's still a very complicated
theoretical line, but with 11...b4, Black hopes to avoid this, while reasoning
that ...b4 should eventually turn out to be a useful move. The drawback is
that White's knight is quickly getting transferred, and perhaps he can create
new threats with f5 - Nd4/Nf4, or Ng3-Nh5.}) 12. Nce2 Qb6 13. Qe1 $6 {This
just seems to be a pointless automatic move here. Possibly, Anish was
surprised with ...b4, and decided to not take any immediate action...but
without that, Black manages to get an ideal position for these structures.} (
13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. f5 {is definitely the critical line. This can be reached
after 11...Qb6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.f5 b4 as well, although 13...b4 wasn't the only
move there.} e5 (14... Bxe4 {seems too risky.} 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Qf4 d5 17.
Qxf6 Rg8 18. Nf4 Be7 19. Qh6 Bg5 20. Qh5+ Ke7 21. Bd3 $1 $16 {1-0 (43)
Naiditsch,A (2710)-Kozul,Z (2601) Bol 2013}) 15. Ng3 h5 $1 (15... Qc5 16. Nh5
Ke7 17. Bd3 Rg8 18. Rhg1 a5 (18... Rg5 19. Qe2 Bh6 20. h4 Rgg8 21. Rge1 $5 {xe3
} (21. g4 Be3 22. Rg3 Bf4 23. Nxf4 exf4 24. Rg2 a5 25. Rf1 a4 26. Qf2 a3 $13 {
Brkic,A-Nevednichy,V Zadar CRO 2005}) 21... a5 22. Bc4 a4 23. g4 a3 24. b3 $16
Rac8 25. Nxf6 Kxf6 26. g5+ Bxg5 27. Qh5 $18) 19. g4 a4 20. h4 (20. g5 fxg5 21.
f6+ Kd7 22. Qe2 Rc8 23. Rg3 a3 24. Ba6 Rc7 25. b3 Rg6 26. Bc4 Kc8 27. Rgd3 {
1/2-1/2 Czarnota,P -Miton,K /Warsaw POL 2005}) 20... a3 21. g5 {A} (21. Bc4 $5
Bxe4 $13) 21... fxg5 22. hxg5 Qd4 (22... axb2 $2 23. Bc4 $16) 23. Qc1 $1 (23.
c3 bxc3 24. bxc3 Qb6+ $1 25. Ka1 Bh6 $1 26. Rb1 Qc5 27. Rbc1 Rab8 $17) 23...
axb2 24. Qxb2 Qc5 (24... Qxb2+ 25. Kxb2 $14 {means suffering for Black.}) 25.
Nf6 Rxg5 26. Rxg5 Kxf6 27. Rg8 h6 28. Qc1 d5 29. Rh8 Ke7 30. Qd2 d4 31. Rh7 $18
{1-0 (38) Evtushenko,S-Hamilton,D (2023) ICCF 2010}) 16. h4 {A typical
situation.} Bh6 $1 (16... Rd8 $2 17. Bc4 a5 18. Qe2 Qc5 19. b3 Ke7 20. Nxh5 $16
{Tiviakov,S-Galliamova,A/Elista 1998}) 17. Qe2 ({Accepting the pawn sacrifice
is the most common:} 17. Qxd6 Rd8 18. Qxd8+ Qxd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 {but it's hard
to say if White is better in this endgame despite being even two pawns up
temporarily. The two bishops in this line are always excellent in an endgame:}
20. Nxh5 Ke7 21. Bd3 Be3 (21... a5 22. g4 Be3 23. Rh3 Bd4 {Dembo,Y-Atalik,S
Cannes FRA 2007} 24. Ng3 $16) 22. Rh3 Bf2 $5 $146 (22... Rxh5 23. Rxe3 Rxh4 24.
a3 a5 25. axb4 axb4 26. Ka2 Kd6 27. Kb3 Kc5 28. Rh3 Rg4 $11 {Bologan,
V-Kotronias,V/Warsaw POL 2005}) 23. g4 Rg8 24. Rh2 Be1 25. Rh1 Bf2 $11) 17...
Ke7 18. Nxh5 Qb7 (18... Rhd8 $5 {/\ d5 is worth considering as well.}) 19. Re1
b3 $5 20. axb3 a5 21. g4 a4 22. Rh3 a3 $13 {and we get rather insane
complications, as in Sferle,M (2530)-Yeremenko,A (2440) ICCF 2011.}) 13... Rc8
14. h4 {Not an ideal move, but I think White already realised that it's not
easy to go for the typical active plans, and decides to play more solidly. The
pawn doesn't seem to be doing much, but he wants to bring the kingside rook
into the game via h3.} (14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nd4 Bb7 16. f5 e5 17. Nf3 Rg8 18. Qh4
Ke7 19. Rg1 h5 20. Bd3 Bh6 21. g3 a5 {and once again Black had a dream
position as White failed to generate even the slightest counterplay on the
kingside, Shirov - Kozul, Heraklio 2007.}) (14. f5 {is already not that nice
since after} e5 {White can't take Nxc6 due to ...Qxc6!}) 14... Na5 ({Of course
Black has various plans, but I don't see why he didn't just go for the usual} 
14... a5 15. Rh3 a4 {when Black seems to have a rather nice version. There is
no need to actually spend two moves to bring the knight to c4, where it's not
neccessarily better.}) 15. Nc1 {White sticks with his plan for solid play, but
he could have already tried to be more ambitious.} (15. Ng3 $1 {/\ Nh5. The
knight trip to c4 doesn't look as useful here.} Rg8 (15... h5 16. Be2 $16) (
15... Nc4 16. Nh5 Be7 17. g4 $16) 16. Nh5 Be7 17. g4 $5 $14 Rxg4 $140 18. Bh3
Rg8 19. Rg1 $16) 15... Nc4 16. Rh3 a5 {Now, Black's position looks really
commanding again. White really can't expect much unless he goes on the
offensive in this line.} 17. Bxc4 {It was hard having to put up with this
knight.} Rxc4 18. Rhd3 h5 19. g3 {The position seems to be in some kind of
dynamic balance. Black can't really break through in the centre, while it's
unimaginable to go 0-0 for now... while White's position looks really solid as
well. But now Topalov embarks on a regrouping mission, conducting the next
part of the game spectacularly!} (19. e5 {will probably open up the position
for the black bishops.} fxe5 20. fxe5 Bg7) 19... Be7 20. Qe2 Bc8 $1 {An
excellent idea. It's hard to see what White is going to do...} 21. R3d2 Ba6 22.
Qf3 {keeping 0-0 under check, but what next for White?} a4 23. Nce2 Bb7 24. Qd3
Rc5 25. c4 Kf8 $6 {Black decides to simply improve his position a bit more
before preparing a way to breakthrough.} ({Black could have already exploited
White's awkward pieces with} 25... Qa6 $1 26. Nb5 (26. b3 Qa8 $1 {is the point.
Incredibly, e4 can't be defended}) 26... Qc6 {and White has to go for} 27.
Nxd6+ Qxd6 28. Qxd6 Bxd6 29. Rxd6 Bxe4+ 30. Ka1 O-O {with a very pleasant
endgame for Black.}) 26. b3 Rg8 {Black doesn't want to commit ...Kg7 either,
since he is understandably worried about a swift counterattack... at the same
time then the whole plan with ...Kf8 doesn't have a point.} 27. bxa4 $1 {
White doesn't want to keep suffering and shuffle around, while Black takes his
time to increase the pressure.} Qa6 28. Nb5 Kg7 {Black needs the rook. It
makes me wonder if ...Rg8 was required at all...} 29. Ned4 Qxa4 30. f5 $2 {
As it turned out, this move worked very well for White... also considering the
fact that it was undoubtedly a time pressure situation, this makes sense, but
objectively it also loses.} (30. Re1 {just holding together his position and
perhaps preparing f5 was more appropriate.}) 30... Re5 $1 31. Re1 Kh8 $4 {
Alas! Topalov continues to play slowly, but he forgets that White has some
activity too now.} (31... d5 $1 {did not require much calculation, but Black
had to realise that it was already time to break.} 32. fxe6 dxc4 33. Qxc4 Rc8
34. Qd3 fxe6 $19) 32. Nf3 $1 {Suddenly the tables are turned...it's hard to
deal with such a sudden shock, and Topalov collapses.} exf5 ({Black might have
thought about} 32... Rxg3 {but this is just met by} 33. Nxd6 {and Black's
position is just collapsing.}) 33. Nxe5 fxe5 34. Nxd6 b3 {Already, there are
multiple ways to win, but probably in something of a time scramble, Anish goes
for the safest:} 35. Nxb7 bxa2+ 36. Ka1 Qb4 37. Qe3 f4 38. gxf4 Bxh4 39. Rh1
Qxb7 40. fxe5 Rg4 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. Qxh5 Qxe4 43. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 {Zdenko Kozul is probably the leading expert in this line, he has
countless games in it and has developed a great feeling for these positions.
Since I was on a +2 score at that moment, I felt that I should play my white
games very aggressively, so this line suited me just fine.} 9. f3 ({In our
last meeting in this line Kozul scored a very beautiful victory after} 9. f4 b5
10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe3 h5 $5 {This time, I decided to play an
even more complicated setup with 9.f3. Many positions there are quite similar
to the English Attack against the Najdorf/Scheveningen, an opening I used to
play a lot myself.}) 9... b5 10. Kb1 (10. Nxc6 {is the main line in this
position, but I find it boring to follow 'main theory' all the time. Besides,
Kb1 fits into White's plans anyway, so why not start with it?}) 10... Be7 11.
Be3 {Clearing the way for the g-pawn and trying to prove that the bishop on d7
is misplaced after the advance g4-g5. If I am not mistaken, this idea was
first introduced into practice by Vishwanathan Anand.} Rb8 {Typically in
Kozul's games, he aims for the transfer of the c6-knight to e5-c4, in which
case the rook on b8 would be well placed.} (11... b4 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne2 d5
14. Nd4 Qc7 15. e5 Nd7 16. f4 O-O 17. g4 {is a good 'French' for White in my
oppinion.}) 12. g4 h6 13. Nxc6 {I thought that this was clever, because it
prevents the plan mentioned before and also after the weakening ...h6 Black
will find it hard to find a safe place for his king.} (13. h4 Ne5 14. Qg2 g6
15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Rxh1 17. Qxh1 Nh5 18. f4 b4 $13 {was not clear to me.})
13... Bxc6 14. Ne2 Nd7 15. Nd4 Ba8 16. h4 Ne5 (16... Bxh4 17. Nxe6 (17. g5 hxg5
18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qxg5 Bxg5 20. Rxh8+ Ke7 21. Rxb8 Nxb8 22. c4 $14 {is maybe a
better choice}) 17... fxe6 18. Qxd6 {looked crushing to me, but Black has} Ne5
$1 19. Rxh4 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 O-O 21. Be2 Nxf3 22. Rh3 Bxe4 $11) 17. b3 $5 ({
It was also possible to continue with} 17. Qg2 Nc4 18. Bc1 h5 $1 19. gxh5 Bf6
20. c3 $14 {but I felt that I did not need to allow the black knight to c4 at
all.}) 17... O-O $6 {A huge surprise for me and I reacted like a bullto a red
rag, spending a lot of time trying to find a forced win.} (17... Qc7 18. Bg2
O-O $14 {was an improved version of the game.}) 18. Rg1 $1 ({I did not want to
close the kingside with} 18. g5 h5 19. Bh3 g6 $13 {and even with the
optimistic evaluation of the engine, there is no way to convince me that my
choice was not better.}) 18... Bxh4 {Kind of forced, because White was ready
for the advance f4.} 19. g5 $1 ({I was not happy with} 19. f4 Bxe4 (19... Ng6
20. f5 e5 21. Ne2 Nf4 22. Nxf4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Bxe4 24. g5 Bxg5 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26.
Rxg5 Qf6 $14 {is a better defence for Black}) 20. fxe5 (20. Bg2 {I missed and
it gives White a large edge, for example} Nc4 21. bxc4 bxc4+ 22. Ka1 c3 23.
Qxc3 Bxg2 24. Rxg2 Bf6 25. Qd2 $16 {followed by c3}) 20... dxe5 21. Ne2 Rc8 $17
) 19... hxg5 20. Bxg5 Bxg5 21. Rxg5 Qf6 22. Bh3 ({I did not like} 22. f4 Nc4
23. bxc4 bxc4+ 24. Ka1 Bxe4 25. Bxc4 d5 {but after} 26. Bb3 Rfc8 27. c3 $16 {
White is just much better.}) 22... Rfe8 23. Rdg1 Ng6 (23... g6 24. Qe3 $1 Nc6
25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. f4 {followed by f5, would also be unpleasant for Black.}) 24.
Bf5 $1 {The whole point of 22.Bh3, of course.} ({There was a dual solution with
} 24. Bxe6 $1 Rxe6 25. Rf5 $1 Qe7 26. Rh5 $3 {which wins according to the
computer, for example:} Qa7 $1 (26... Re5 27. Nf5 Rxf5 28. exf5 Bxf3 29. Rh3
Be4 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Qh2 Rf8 32. Rh8+ Kf7 33. Qf4+ Bf5 34. Rxf8+ Qxf8 35. Rd1
$18) 27. Rgh1 Rxe4 28. fxe4 Bxe4 29. R1h3 $18) 24... exf5 25. exf5 Ne7 (25...
Ne5 26. Rxg7+ Kf8 27. Rh7 Ke7 28. f4 Nc4 29. bxc4 bxc4+ 30. Kc1 $18) 26. Rxg7+
Kf8 27. Qh2 ({Unfortunately, I missed that after} 27. Ne6+ $1 fxe6 28. fxe6
Qxe6 29. Qh2 Bd5 {I have the spectacular} 30. Rf7+ $3 {with a mate in 3!})
27... Nd5 ({I had seen that after} 27... Qxg7 28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Qg3+ Kf8 30. f6
Red8 31. Ne6+ $1 Ke8 32. Nxd8 Rxd8 33. fxe7 Kxe7 34. Qf2 {White should win
without problems.}) 28. Rxf7+ $1 {Still a nice move to make, especially since
I had seen it way back.} Qxf7 29. Qxd6+ Re7 30. Qxb8+ Qe8 31. Qd6 {My best
game in the 2016 European Championship!} 1-0

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 {The most solid line. White strengthens his center and
prepares the basis for a kingside offensive by g2-g4. The alternative 9.f4
usually leads to a more forced play.} Be7 10. Be3 {Moving back the bishop,
White is preparing the run of the g-pawn.} ({An immediate} 10. g4 $6 {can be
met by} h5 $132 {and White can't reply with g4-g5.}) ({Other common
alternatives are:} 10. h4) ({and} 10. Kb1) 10... h5 $5 {Fighting against g2-g4.
On the other hand, this move weakens Black's kingside and particularly the g5
square.} ({A typical kingside assault was perfectly performed by Anand in the
following game:} 10... Rc8 11. g4 Na5 12. Kb1 b5 13. Bd3 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15.
Nce2 O-O 16. g5 Ne8 17. h4 Qc8 18. b3 Rc7 19. Nf4 Rc3 20. Rdg1 b4 21. h5 Nc7
22. g6 Bf6 23. h6 $1 fxg6 24. hxg7 Rf7 25. Rxh7 $1 Kxh7 26. Qh2+ Kxg7 27. Nxg6
Rxe3 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nxc8 {1-0 Anand,V (2766)-Timman,J (2578)/Wijk aan Zee
2004/CBM 099}) 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. Nxc6 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A very sound approach.
White exchanges the black knight before it becomes active by Nc6-e5-c4.} (12.
h3 h4 13. Bd3 Na5 14. Nb3 Nc4 $6 (14... Nxb3 $142 15. axb3 Bc6) 15. Bxc4 Qxc4
16. Bf4 $1 e5 17. Bg5 $14 {[%csl Gd5] 1-0 Cvek,R (2530)-Borriss,M (2463)/
Bindlach GER 2007/The Week in Chess 645 (67)}) (12. Bd3 Ne5 13. h3 h4 14. Bg5
b5 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. e5 b4 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Ne4 fxg5 20. fxg5 e5
$132 {0-1 Korneev,O (2565)-Swinkels,R (2422)/Maastricht NED 2007/The Week in
Chess 658 (40)}) 12... bxc6 $2 {[%cal Gd6d5][%mdl 16384] Already the critical
moment of the game. This recapture looks very natural, but in fact the arising
position favours White. As the continuation of the game showed, Black can't
make real benefit from the opened b-file, and his central pawns won't be
mobile at all.} ({It was necessary to recapture with the bishop:} 12... Bxc6 {
In my opinion, Black is slightly inferior here, but keeps a playable position.
Here are few possible lines for instance:} 13. Bg5 {At the press-conference
after the game Leko told that he intended to play this move and evaluated the
position as clearly better for White. I think that this evaluation is too
harsh and the matters are not that sad for Black.} (13. Bf4 O-O-O 14. Bd3 (14.
Qf2 h4 {The penetration of the white queen to a7 is actually not dangerous for
Black due to Qc7-b8.}) 14... Nd7 15. Rhe1 Ne5 16. Qe3 Kb8 17. Bg3 g5 18. Bf2 b5
$13 {[%csl Ge5]}) (13. Ne2 $5 {[%cal Ge2d4]} d5 (13... O-O-O 14. Nd4 $14) (
13... b5 {is possible, but then where the black monarch will castle?}) 14. e5
$1 Nd7 (14... Qxe5 $2 15. Bf4 Qf5 16. Nd4 Qh7 17. Bd3 $16 {Black's queen will
be completely out of play.}) 15. f4 $14) 13... O-O-O 14. Qe3 Kb8 15. Be2 Rc8 {
followed by 16...Rhd8 and Black is only slightly worse.}) 13. Bf4 $1 {[%csl
Rd6] White must prevent d6-d5.} e5 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Bxf6 $1 {Forcing Black to
spoil his pawn structure.} gxf6 16. f4 $1 {White is intending to kick away the
black light-squared bishop by f4-f5 and then occupy the diagonal a2-g8 by his
own bishop.} a5 (16... Rb8 17. f5 Qb7 18. Qc1 $1 (18. b3 $6 Bc8 19. Bc4 {
is worse, since the dark squares near the white monarch are weakened.}) 18...
Bf8 {[%cal Gf8h6]} 19. Ka1 (19. fxe6 $4 Bh6 $19) 19... Bc8 20. Bc4 Bh6 21. Qb1
$16 {White's queen is only temporarily passive and will easily come out after
Bc4-b3 and Rd1-d3.}) 17. f5 Bd7 $6 {The bishop is passive on d7. It was
preferable to retreat to c8 manoeuvring it to a6.} (17... Bc8 18. a4 Rb8 19.
Bc4 Rb4 20. Bb3 Ba6 {White is better in any case, but at least Black's pieces
are more active than in the game.}) 18. a4 $1 {Preventing further advance of
the a-pawn. Now, White is going to put his bishop on b3 which will neutralize
completely Black's pressure along the b-file.} Rb8 19. Bc4 Rb4 20. Bb3 {
The transfer of the bishop to b3 made White's position rock-solid. Actually,
Black's play along the b-file came to it's "dead point". The freeing advance
d6-d5 will never be possible for Black since 5 (!) White's pieces control the
d5 square. As for the strategic values, Black's main weakness is Ph5 which
White is going to attack and capture. Another important factor is that Black's
king is stuck in the center and therefore Black's rooks are not coordinated. I
would say that White's position is strategically won. Even the well-known
creativity of Morozevich did't help him here.} Qb6 21. Rhe1 Rd4 ({An attempt
to move the king to c7 does not work:} 21... Kd8 22. Re3 Kc7 23. Rd3 $18 {
[%cal Gd3d6]}) ({The exchange sacrifice looks more like a desperation:} 21...
Rxb3 22. cxb3 Qxb3 23. Re3 $18) ({The g-file also brings Black no benefit:} 
21... Rg8 22. Re3 {[%cal Ge3h3]} Rxg2 $2 (22... Rg5 23. Rh3 {[%csl Rh5][%cal
Gd2e2]}) 23. Qxg2 Qxe3 24. Qg8+ $18) 22. Qe2 Rxd1+ $6 {Releasing the pressure
too early.} (22... Bc8 {was called for, though it would not change much the
evaluation of the position.}) 23. Rxd1 Qc5 24. Rd3 {White's plan is as simple
as effective: to transfer the rook to h-file and to capture the isolated Ph5.
There is nothing really Black can do about it, his active queen alone can't
cause much harm for White.} h4 (24... d5 25. exd5 Bxf5 26. Rd2 $18 {Black's
position is just ruined.}) 25. Rh3 Bd8 26. Ka2 $1 {A useful prophylactic move
against the potential check on g1. White should not be in a hurry.} Kf8 ({Again
} 26... d5 {won't help} 27. Qg4 ({Less convincing is} 27. exd5 $6 Bxf5 28. Ne4
Qb4 29. Re3 cxd5 30. c3 Qb6 31. Bxd5 Be7) 27... d4 28. Nb1 $18 {[%csl Rh4] The
Ph4 is doomed, while the white knight will easily find its way to c4.}) 27. Qe1
{[%csl Rh4] That's it. White is winning the pawn and the game.} Be8 28. Rxh4
Rxh4 29. Qxh4 Qg1 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. h4 {[%csl Gh4] There is nothing what can
stop the h-pawn from its promotion.} d5 {Desperation, but Black's position is
far beyond any good advice.} 32. exd5 Qxg2 33. h5 {[%mdl 32] Black resigned. A
nice positional effort by Peter Leko.} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Prasanna,V"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 {Alexander Shabalov's game almost always promised a fight. Here he
chooses the most popular Classical Sicilian according to current theory.} 9. f4
b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 (11. Kb1 {is the most popular move order and only
after} Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6) 11... Bxc6 12. Kb1 $5 {Naroditsky's idea is to tempt
White into accepting a dangerous pawn on e4.} (12. Qe1 {has been the topic of
debate for many years and theoretically Black is fine.}) 12... b4 {Shabalov
decides to accept the 'gift'.} (12... h5 {1/2-1/2 (29) Kiran,M (2160)-Gupta,A 
(2605) Pune IND 2015. The leading expert of this variation Abhijeet Gupta
chose not to accept the pawn.}) (12... Qb6 {was still possible, transposing to
the usual lines}) 13. Ne2 Bxe4 14. Ng3 Bc6 (14... d5 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qe1 $16
{[%csl Re8] White has a big advantage because of the opposite coloured bishops
and the weak black king.}) 15. Qxb4 $5 (15. f5 {A previous game continued.} e5
16. Bc4 Qa5 17. Nh5 Qd8 18. Rhe1 {When White has good compensation for the
pawn.} Rg8 19. Qe2 Rxg2 20. Bxf7+ Ke7 21. Qc4 Qc8 22. Be6 Qb7 23. Bg8 Kd8 24.
Nxf6 Rc8 25. Nxh7 Bf3 26. Qh4+ Kc7 27. Nxf8 Bxd1 28. Rxd1 Kb8 29. Nd7+ Qxd7 30.
Qxb4+ Ka7 31. Bb3 Qxf5 32. Rc1 Rc5 33. Qh4 Qg5 34. Qh7+ Qg7 35. Qd3 Qg6 36. Qh3
Qg7 37. a4 Rg1 38. Rxg1 Qxg1+ 39. Ka2 Rc7 40. Qe6 Qd4 41. c3 Qc5 42. Bd5 Rg7
43. h4 Qc7 44. Qf6 Re7 45. b4 a5 46. Kb3 axb4 47. cxb4 Rg7 48. Qf3 Qb6 49. a5
Qg1 50. Ka4 Qa1+ 51. Kb5 Qd4 52. h5 Re7 53. Qe4 Qd2 54. Qc4 e4 55. Qc6 Qe2+ 56.
Ka4 Qd1+ 57. Kb5 Qe2+ {1/2-1/2 (57) Colmenares,A (2331)-Dourerassou,J (2477)
Basel SUI 2015}) 15... Be7 ({Black would like to play} 15... h5 {to prevent
White's knight move but he also faces the threat of} 16. Ne4 d5 17. Qc3 {
[%csl Rc6,Rf6]}) (15... d5 16. Qc3 Qc7 (16... Rc8)) 16. Nh5 (16. Ne4) (16. f5 {
is a probably a more critical test for Black.} d5 17. Qc3 Qb6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19.
Nh5 Rf8 20. Be2 O-O-O $13 {Its hard to say if Black has enough compensation
but there lies a long and interesting struggle ahead.}) 16... a5 $6 {I am not
sure what purpose this move serves except improving White's queen position.A
better one is} (16... Rg8 $1 17. Qc3 Be4 18. Qd4 f5 $11) 17. Qc3 Be4 18. f5 $1
{The move is very tempting and interesting and would be hard to not play it in
a tournament game.} (18. Bd3 $5 Rc8 19. Qd2 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qc7 21. f5 $16) 18...
Rc8 (18... Bxf5 {is just horrendous for Black.} 19. Ng7+ Kf8 20. Nxf5 exf5 21.
Bc4) 19. Qe3 (19. Qd2 Bxc2+ (19... Rxc2 20. Bb5+ $18) 20. Ka1 Rc5 21. Rc1 {
[%csl Rc2] The bishop is hanging.} Qc8 22. Bb5+ Rxb5 23. Rxc2 Rc5 24. Rxc5 Qxc5
25. Rc1 $40) 19... Bxc2+ 20. Ka1 Rc5 (20... Bxd1 21. Bb5+ Kf8 22. Qh6+ $18) 21.
Rc1 Qc8 22. Be2 Rg8 23. fxe6 Qxe6 (23... fxe6 {is scary in a practical game
but is the correct way for Black.} 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Bb5+ Kf7 26. Qh6 Rcxg2 27.
Qxh7+ R2g7 28. Nxg7 Rxg7 $11 29. Be8+ Qxe8 30. Qh5+ Kf8 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qh5+)
24. Qd2 Ba4 $2 (24... Be4 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26. Bb5+ Bc6 27. Re1 Bxb5 28. Rxe6 fxe6
29. Nf4 $16) 25. Bf3 Bd7 26. Rxc5 dxc5 27. Rd1 (27. Re1 Qb6 28. Qh6 $18) 27...
Bc8 28. Nf4 (28. Qh6 $18 {simply wins the exchange and the game} Rg6 29. Ng7+
Rxg7 30. Qxg7) 28... Qe5 29. Re1 Qd4 30. Qe2 Qd6 31. Qe4 Kf8 32. g3 f5 33. Qa8
Kg7 34. Qxa5 Kh8 {Black has consolidated from a completely lost position to a
slightly worse position.} 35. Nh5 Bd8 36. Qc3+ Qd4 37. Qc1 $2 (37. Qxd4+ cxd4
38. b4 $16) 37... Be6 38. Rd1 Qe5 39. Nf4 Bf6 {Black is okay.} 40. Nd3 $2 (40.
Nh5 Bd8 $11) 40... Qb8 41. Nf4 Rc8 $6 {Quite passive. Black probably did not
realise that he was already better.} (41... Qb4 {with the idea of ...Rb8.}) 42.
Ne2 Rc7 43. Nc3 Kg7 44. Bd5 Bc8 45. Bc4 Rb7 46. Re1 Rb4 47. Bb3 Bb7 (47... Rxb3
48. axb3 Qxb3 $44) 48. Qd2 Be4 49. g4 c4 (49... Rxb3 50. axb3 Qa8+ 51. Na4 fxg4
$44 {It's easier to play this position as Black.}) 50. gxf5 Bxf5 51. Nd5 Rxb3
52. Nxf6 c3 53. Nh5+ Kg8 54. Rg1+ Bg6 55. Rxg6+ hxg6 56. Nf6+ Kg7 57. Nh5+ Kg8
58. Nf6+ Kg7 59. Nh5+ {Both players are convinced that they have had enough
adventures for one game.} gxh5 60. Qg2+ Kh6 61. axb3 Qxb3 62. Qc6+ {with a
draw by perpetual check most likely.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris Apsap op 103rd"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Goldsztejn, Gildas"]
[Black "Guliyev, Namig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2008.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 (6... Bd7 {
préféré par ABERGEL}) 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 $5 {Le GMI croate KOZUL est le
grand spécialiste de cette variante solide mais un peu passive. Les noirs vont
gagner la paire de B mais en contrepartie, la structure sera affaiblie surtout
après la poussée f4f5 qui fixe la faiblesse "f6". Par ailleurs, le K noir est
condamné а rester au centre et c'est une ligne assez risquée pour les noirs
mais KOZUL a des trés bons résultats avec cette variante qui lui a notamment
donné des points précieux lorsqu'il a gagné le Championnat d'Europe. Elle
reste néanmoins théoriquement controversée et dans sa monographie consacrée а
la variante "classique" de la Sicilienne, YERMOLINSKY a qualifié la variante
KOZUL de "suicidaire"!} (8... h6 {L'alternative} 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 (10. f3)) 9.
f4 (9. f3 Rc8 {Salgado Lopez,I (2461)-Guliyev,N (2590) Rodriguez Pena mem 2007
(3) 0-1}) 9... b5 (9... Qc7) (9... Be7 10. Be2 Qc7 11. Bf3 {[%csl Gd5]} O-O-O
$11) (9... Be7 {Guliyev,N (2510)-Shirazi,K (2440) 103 ème open FIDE Club 608
2008 (9.2) 1/2}) 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. f5 $1 {[%csl Rf6]} (11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6
Bxc6 13. f5 $5 (13. Qe1 {[%cal Ge1e8,Gc3d5,Ge4d5]} Ra7 $5 {[%csl Rf7][%cal
Ga7c7] Un coup "multifonction" intéressant trouvé également par KOZUL, la R
peut soit participer а l'attaque sur la colonne "c", soit défendre la 7ème
rangée et notamment la faiblesse "f7". Par ailleurs la menace Nd5 serait
maintenant contrée par Re7}) 13... h5 {Svetushkin,D (2557)-Kozul,Z (2600)
EU-ch 7th Kusadasi 2006 (5) 0-1} (13... b4 14. Ne2 (14. fxe6 $1 $146 {Toutes
les parties ont continué avec Ne2 mais fe6 mériterait un essai pratique} bxc3 {
La ligne critique et les blancs semblent avoir assez de jeu pour la pièce car
le K blanc est trés exposé.} (14... fxe6 15. Ne2 {retombe par interversion de
coups sur les lignes habituelles} Bxe4 {Sadvakasov,D (2509)-Yermolinsky,A 
(2596) Chesswise int op 2000 (4) 1/2} (15... e5 $6 16. Ng3 {[%csl Gd5,Gf5]} h5
17. h4 $16)) 15. Qxc3 {[%csl Rf6]} Be7 16. exf7+ Kxf7 (16... Kf8 17. Rxd6 $3
Bxd6 18. Qxf6 {[%cal Gf6d6,Gf6h8]}) 17. Bc4+ {[%csl Rf7]} Ke8 (17... Kg7 18.
Qg3+ Kf8 19. Rxd6 $1 Qc5 {[%cal Gc5c4,Gc5d6]} (19... Rb8 20. b3 $16) 20. Rxc6
$1 Qxc6 21. Bd5 {[%csl Ra8]}) 18. Rxd6 $1 (18. Rd4 Rb8 19. Rhd1 $44) 18... Bxd6
19. Qxf6 {[%csl Re8]} Kd7 20. Qg7+ Be7 21. Rd1+ Kc7 22. Qxe7+ Kb8) 14... e5 (
14... Bxe4 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Nf4 $36 {[%csl Re6]}) 15. Ng3 h5 $132 {[%cal
Gh5h4,Gf8h6];Bologan,V (2700)-Kotronias,V (2578) EU-ch 6th Warsaw 2005 (5) 1/2}
)) 11... Nxd4 (11... Qb6 $142 $5 {[%cal Gb6d4] semble un peu meilleur car les
noirs développent une pièce tout en donnant l'option du ooo pour le K noir.}
12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Kb1 O-O-O $11 {Akopian,V (2684)-Ivanchuk,V 
(2710) Warsaw AIG Life rapid final 2003 (2) 1/2}) (11... h5 $143 $6 {[%csl Rh5]
[%cal Gf8h6]} 12. Kb1 $14 {Prandstetter,E (2415)-Kozul,Z (2505) Tbilisi 1988
1-0}) 12. Qxd4 Bh6+ {[%cal Gh6f4,Gf4d6]} 13. Kb1 Bf4 14. fxe6 {[%cal Gf1d3,
Gh1f1]} (14. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2f4] l'alternative} Be5 15. Qd2 {Tal,M (2610)-Kozul,
Z (2490) Marseille 1989 1/2}) 14... fxe6 15. Be2 {[%cal Ge2h5]} (15. Ne2 $142 {
plus courant et il y a trés peu de parties avec Be2 qui menace Bh5} Be5 {
David,A (2455)-Kozul,Z (2580) Bled op 17th 1996 (4) 1/2}) 15... O-O {C'est une
nouveauté "OTB" mais ce coup a déja été joué dans deux parties par
correspondance dans les années 60. Le petit roque semble assez risqué pour les
noirs а cause de la colonne "g" semi ouverte.} (15... h5 $5 {Zuidema,C-Bertok,
M IBM-B Amsterdam 1963 (2) 0-1}) 16. Bg4 Rc8 $146 (16... Be5 {
Bratschko-Trofimov,A Baltic Sea tt1 corr 0-1}) 17. Qd3 Qe7 $6 {Un coup naturel
pour protéger la faiblesse "e6" mais la Q est passive} (17... Be5 {[%cal Ge5c3,
Gc8c3]}) (17... Qc7 $142 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gf4e5]} 18. Ne2 Be5 $132 19. Nd4 (19.
g3 Qc4 $1 {En cas d'échange des Q, les noirs auront assez de contre-jeu avec
le centre et la paire de B}) 19... Bxd4 $1) 18. Ne2 $1 {[%cal Ge2f4]} Be5 19.
Nd4 $14 {[%csl Re6]} Rc4 20. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Gf3e5] Elimine une pièce importante
pour les noirs.} Bc8 (20... Bf4 21. g3 $16) 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Qd6 $6 Qxd6 23.
Rxd6 f5 $1 (23... Rxe4 $143 24. Bxe6+ Bxe6 25. Rxe6 $11) 24. Bf3 fxe4 $5 {
[%csl Gd3,Gd4,Gd5,Gf3,Gf4,Gf5] les P sont triplés mais ils controlent des
cases importantes} 25. b3 $6 Rd4 $2 (25... exf3 $142 $1 26. bxc4 fxg2 27. Rg1
Bb7 $17 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Gf8f1]}) 26. Rxd4 exd4 27. Bxe4 Rf2 28. Rd1 e5 $15 29.
c3 $1 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gd1d8]} Bg4 30. Rd3 Rf4 31. Bd5+ Kg7 32. Kb2 Rf2+ 33.
Ka3 $6 (33. Kc1 Bf5 34. Rg3+ Bg6 35. cxd4 exd4 36. a3) 33... Bf5 $1 $36 34.
Rg3+ Kf6 $17 35. cxd4 exd4 36. Rf3 $6 Rxf3 37. Bxf3 Ke5 $17 38. g3 d3 39. Kb2
Kd4 {[%csl Rb2,Gd4]} 40. b4 Ke3 $17 41. Bh5 Bh3 42. Kc1 d2+ 43. Kc2 Bf1 44. Bd1
Bd3+ 45. Kc3 Be2 46. Kc2 h5 47. a3 Bg4 48. h3 Be2 49. g4 h4 50. g5 Bd3+ 51. Kc3
Bf5 52. Bb3 Bxh3 53. g6 Be6 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 {
La grande ligne} (7... Be7 $5 {L'alternative pour retarder la poussée a6 et
le TOP GMI y a été confronté avec les Blancs} 8. O-O-O Nxd4 (8... O-O 9. f4
Nxd4 (9... h6 10. Bh4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 a6 12. g4 Nxg4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxd6 Qxd6
15. Rxd6 b5 16. Be2 Nf6 17. e5 Bb7 18. Re1 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. a4 $1 {
Oll,L (2475)-Aseev,K (2445) URS-ch FL56 Klaipeda 1988 1/2} (20. Bxb5 axb5 21.
Rxe4 Rxa2 22. Rb4 Ra1+ 23. Kd2 Rh1 $132 {Aseev}) 20... Rfc8 {Oll,L (2475)
-Aseev,K (2445) URS-ch FL56 Klaipeda 1988 1/2}) 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12.
Rhe1 Bc6 13. Bb3 Rfd8 14. Qd3 (14. Kb1) 14... h6 (14... b5 15. Nd5) 15. Bh4 Qh5
16. Bg3 Nd7 17. Qf1 {Dolmatov,S (2550)-Oll,L (2475) URS-ch FL56 Klaipeda 1988
0-1} (17. Qe2 $5 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Nc5 19. Bd5 Be8 20. Bc4 $15 {Krasenkow})) 9.
Qxd4 O-O 10. f3 (10. f4) 10... a6 11. h4 b5 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. g4 Qc7 14. Qd2 {
Anticipe un éventuel Qc5 des Noirs} (14. Be3) 14... Rfd8 15. Bd3 d5 16. exd5
$146 (16. e5) 16... Nxd5 $132 {Li,C (2622)-Zhang,Z (2445) 4th chT Ningbo  2008
(15) 1-0}) 8. O-O-O Bd7 (8... h6 9. Be3 Be7 (9... Qc7 10. f3) 10. f4 Nxd4 11.
Bxd4 b5 12. Bd3 b4 13. Na4 Rb8 $132 {Polgar,J (2675)-Kramnik,V (2775) Moscow
PCA-GP Kremlin Stars rapid 1996 (3.1) 0-1}) (8... Qb6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. f3 O-O 11.
g4 Qc7 12. h4 Rd8 13. Be3 d5 $132 {Hebden,M (2475)-Giffard,N (2310) Paris-ch
op 1988 (8) 1-0}) 9. f4 (9. f3) 9... h6 (9... b5 {La grande ligne} 10. Bxf6
gxf6 11. Kb1) (9... Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. e5 (11. Bxf6) 11... b4 12. exf6 bxc3 13.
Qxc3 gxf6 14. Bh4 d5 $1 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Bxa6 $5 {Il est interessant de voir un
fort GMI accepter ce P pour avoir une idée de la valeur du sacrifice.} Rc7 17.
Bd3 $146 (17. Bb5 Nb4 {Tseitlin,M (2472)-Greenfeld,A (2553) ISR-ch Tel Aviv
2002 (7) 0-1}) 17... Nb4 18. Qd4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 O-O 20. Nd4 Qa8 $6 21. Rhe1 $36
{Volokitin,A (2661)-Shishkin,V (2461) ROM-chT Baile Herculane 2010 (5.11) 1-0})
10. Bh4 b5 {Un ordre de coups assez rare} (10... g5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Be2 Nge5
13. Nf3 Be7 14. Rhg1 b5 $44) (10... Nxe4 $5 11. Qe1 Nf6 12. Nf5 $44) 11. Nxc6 {
Une tentative d'amélioration des Blancs sur une partie précédente du
Chinois mais comme il s'agissait de la seconde ronde de la journée, la
préparation était succinte.} (11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 b4 13. Nce2 Qb6 14. g3
Rc8 15. Qd3 Na5 16. b3 Nb7 17. Bg2 h5 18. Qf3 Bg7 19. g4 a5 20. g5 fxg5 21.
fxg5 Qc5 22. g6 fxg6 23. e5 Nd8 24. exd6 e5 25. Rhe1 Nf7 26. Ng3 Nxd6 27. Ne4
Nxe4 28. Rxe4 Bf5 29. Qe2 Bxe4 30. Qxe4 Qd6 31. Bh3 O-O 32. Be6+ Kh7 33. Rg1
Rf6 34. Bxc8 exd4 35. Qe2 d3 36. Qd2 Qd4 {0-1 (36) Van Kampen,R (2641)-Li,C 
(2711) Germany 2014}) 11... Bxc6 12. Qe1 {[%cal Ge4e5,Gd1d8]} Be7 13. e5 (13.
Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bd3) 13... Nd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rg1 $146 (16. Bd3
Rc8 17. Kb1 O-O 18. Rg1 dxe5 19. Qxe5 Rfd8 20. g4 Bc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. b3 Rcc8
23. h3 Qh4 24. Qe3 Qf6 25. a3 g6 26. Rgf1 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rc3 28. Qb6 Qxf4 29.
Qa5 Rc6 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qe8 Qe4 32. Rd2 Rc3 33. Kb2 Qe5 34. Ka2 Qc7 35. Kb2
Rxh3 36. Qd7 Qxd7 37. Rxd7 Rh4 38. c4 bxc4 39. bxc4 Rxg4 40. Kb3 Rg5 41. Ra7 h5
42. Kb4 h4 43. Rd7 a5+ {0-1 (43) Butunoi,A (2394)-Lupulescu,C (2594) Hungary
2008}) 16... O-O 17. g4 Rac8 18. Kb1 dxe5 19. Qxe5 (19. g5 hxg5 20. fxg5 Rxc2
$3 {[%csl Rg1]}) 19... Qh4 $1 $132 20. Bd3 Qxh2 $5 {[%cal Gh2e5] Le Bd5
contrôle bien la case "h1" et il n'est pas certain que les Blancs aient assez
de compensations} 21. g5 h5 22. Qe3 (22. g6 {[%cal Gg1g5]}) 22... f6 $2 {
C'était la seconde ronde de la journée et la fatigue commençait à se faire
sentir} (22... Rfd8) 23. gxf6 Rxf6 24. Qa7 Rf7 25. Bh7+ Kf8 26. Qxa6 Rfc7 {
Le Bh7 est très fort car il participe à l'attaque du K Noir tout en
défendant la case sensible "c2"} 27. Qd6+ $1 $40 {Il est possible que les
Blancs aient oublié 30.Rg5 avant de le trouver au coup suivant mais ils
avaient la possibilité de rectifier l'erreur en répétant les coups tout en
gagnant un tempo précieux pour passer le contrôle de temps} Kf7 28. Qe5 (28.
Rg5 $5 {Avec la double menace de doubler les R sur la colonne "g" ou de
sacrifier la qualité sur le Bd5}) (28. c4) 28... Kf8 29. Qd6+ Kf7 30. Qe5 Kf8
31. Rg5 $6 {Moins bon maintenant} Rd7 32. b3 $2 {Pare la menace Ba2 mais Rdg1
était plus précis et il y avait non pas une mais deux menaces!} (32. Rdg1 $1
{[%csl Rg7]}) 32... Be4 $3 33. Bxe4 Rxd1+ 34. Kb2 Qd2 $1 35. Qxg7+ Ke8 36. Qg8+
Ke7 37. Qg7+ Ke8 (37... Kd6 $2 38. Qe5+) 38. Bc6+ $3 Rxc6 39. Qg8+ Ke7 40. Rg7+
Kd6 41. Qb8+ $1 {Le contrôle de temps est passé et normalement les Blancs
doivent pouvoir décompresser avant d'achever le K Noir} Kc5 42. Rg5+ Qd5 $8
43. a3 $1 Rd6 44. Qc7+ Kd4 45. Qc3+ {Un coup intermédiaire pas forcément
indispensable et il sembalit plus naturel de regagner du matériel
immédiatement par Rd5} (45. Rxd5+ Rxd5 46. c4 {[%cal Gc7e5]} Rd2+ (46... bxc4
47. bxc4 Rd2+ 48. Kc1) 47. Kc1 Kc3 48. cxd5+) 45... Ke4 46. Re5+ Qxe5 47. Qxe5+
Kf3 $1 $132 {La Q n'a aucun soutien et l'attaque blanche s'essoufle} 48. Qxh5+
Kxf4 49. Qxb5 e5 50. a4 e4 $1 51. a5 e3 52. a6 Rd7 (52... Kf3 $2 {[%cal Ge3e2]}
53. Qf5+ {[%cal Ga6a7]}) 53. Qb8+ $2 (53. Qc5 {[%cal Ga6a7]} Kf3 54. a7 Rxa7
55. Qh5+ $1 {[%cal Gh5d1] La différence par rapport à la partie} Kf2 56. Qxd1
e2 57. Qd4+ Kf3 58. Qxa7 e1=Q 59. Qd4 $18) 53... Kf3 54. a7 Rxa7 $1 55. Qxa7 e2
{" Les champions ont toujours de la chance" et le futur vainqueur du tournoi a
confirmé cet adage dans cette partie.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vandoeuvre op 11th"]
[Site "Vandoeuvre"]
[Date "2014.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vovk, Yuri"]
[Black "Di Nicolantonio, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {01h30} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 (8... h6) (8... Be7) 9. f4 h6 (9... b5) 10. Bh4 g5 {Un thème
classique dans plusieurs siciliennes comme dans la variante Bg5 de la Najdorf}
(10... Nxe4 $143 {Plus risqué} 11. Qe1 {[%cal Ge1e4,Ge1h4]} Nf6 12. Nf5 $36)
11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Be2 (12. Nf3) (12. Nxc6) 12... Nge5 13. Nxc6 (13. Nf3 Be7 14.
Rhg1) 13... Bxc6 14. g3 Ng6 15. Rhf1 (15. Kb1) 15... Nxh4 (15... Be7 16. gxh6
Nxh4 17. gxh4 Bf8 18. Qd4 Rxh6 $13 {Savicevic,V (2415)-Nevednichy,V (2589)
YUG-Cup Herceg Novi 2000 (1) 0-1}) (15... hxg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qxg5 Bh6 18.
Qxh6 Rxh6 19. h4 Ke7 20. h5 $14 {Zarnicki,P (2540)-Becerra Rivero,J (2545)
Yerevan ol (Men) 1996 (11.3) 1/2}) 16. gxh4 hxg5 17. hxg5 Be7 18. Qd4 $146 (18.
Rg1 Qa5 {Zude,A (2461)-Tillmann,M (2192) Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 13th 2009 (4)
1-0}) 18... Bxg5+ 19. Kb1 Rh7 20. h4 $5 Bxh4 21. Rg1 $44 {[%csl Rd6,Re8]} Be7
22. Rg8+ Bf8 23. Nd5 $1 exd5 $2 {Trop optimiste} (23... Bxd5 $8 24. exd5 e5 $13
) 24. exd5 Bd7 25. Qe4+ {[%cal Ge4h7,Ge4e8]} Qe7 26. Qxh7 Qxe2 27. Rxf8+ $1
Kxf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qh4+ {[%cal Gh4e1,Gh4e7]} Kf8 30. Re1 $18 Qxe1+ 31. Qxe1
Bf5 32. Qf2 Bg6 33. Qf4 Rd8 34. Kc1 Re8 35. Qxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Perez Ponsa, Federico"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 (11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe1 b4 (12... Be7
13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Kb1 Qc5 15. f5 a5 16. Ne2 $11) 13. Nd5) (11. f5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4
Bh6+ 13. Kb1 Bf4 {[%cal Gf4d6,Gf4e5]} 14. Ne2 Be5 $13) 11... Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6
13. f5 {[%csl Rf6]} (13. Qe1 Ra7 14. f5 (14. Bd3)) 13... b4 (13... h5 {[%cal
Gf8h6]} 14. Qe1 Ra7 15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Qh4 Ke7 18. Ng3 Qf2 19. Rhf1 Qxg2
20. Be2 Bh6 21. Bf3 Bg5 22. Qxg5 Qxf3 23. Qd2 {1-0 (23) Harikrishna,P (2680)
-Gharamian,T (2655) Biel 2013}) (13... Qc5) 14. Ne2 e5 15. Ng3 {[%csl Rf6]
[%cal Gg3h5]} h5 $1 16. h4 a5 17. Bc4 Qc5 18. Qe2 Ke7 $146 (18... Rc8 19. b3 a4
20. Nxh5 axb3 21. Bxb3 Be7 22. Rh3 Bb5 23. Qf3 Qb6 24. g4 Rc3 25. Qg2 Rxh3 26.
Qxh3 Be2 27. Rc1 Rg8 28. Nxf6+ Bxf6 29. g5 Kf8 30. gxf6 Rg1 {1/2-1/2 (30)
Nielsen,P (2341)-Wosch,A (2405) ICCF email 2007}) 19. b3 a4 $132 20. Rd3 {
[%cal Gd3g3]} Rg8 21. Qxh5 {[%csl Gh4]} Rg7 22. Rhd1 axb3 23. cxb3 (23. axb3 $6
Qa5 $36 {[%csl Ra1,Ra2]}) 23... Qf2 24. R1d2 Qg1+ 25. Kb2 Qa7 26. Kb1 Qg1+ {
Une répétition de coups pour gagner du temps à la pendule} 27. Kb2 Qa7 28.
a4 $1 bxa3+ 29. Ka2 Rd8 30. Qd1 Rg8 31. Rc2 {[%cal Gc2c6,Gc4f7]} Qb6 32. Rdc3
Rxg3 $1 33. Rxg3 Bxe4 $44 34. Bd3 Bd5 35. Bc4 Be4 36. Rgc3 Bxf5 (36... Bxc2)
37. Bd5 Bxc2 38. Qxc2 Qd4 39. Rc7+ Rd7 40. Rxd7+ {Après l'échange des R, la
présence des B de couleurs opposées va favoriser l'attaque} Kxd7 41. Qc6+ Kd8
42. Qa8+ Kc7 43. Qb7+ Kd8 44. Kxa3 Qa1+ 45. Kb4 Qd4+ 46. Kb5 Qc5+ 47. Ka4 Qc7
48. Qa8+ Qc8 49. Qxc8+ Kxc8 50. g4 $44 {[%csl Gh4]} Kc7 51. Kb5 (51. Bxf7 $143
Kc6 {[%cal Gd6d5]}) 51... Bh6 52. Ka6 (52. Bxf7 e4 {[%csl Ge4]}) 52... Bd2 53.
h5 f5 $1 54. gxf5 Kd7 55. Kb5 Ke7 56. Kc6 Kf6 57. Be4 Kg5 58. Kxd6 Kxh5 59. Ke7
Kg5 60. Kxf7 Kf4 $11 61. Bc2 e4 62. Ke6 Bb4 63. f6 e3 64. Bd3 Kg5 65. f7 Kh6
66. Kf6 (66. Kd7 Kg7 67. Ke8) 66... Ba3 67. Bc4 Bb4 68. Kf5 Kg7 69. Ke4 e2 70.
Bxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin SV Empor"]
[BlackTeam "Osijek Forina-Mursa"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 h5 $5 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. Nxc6 (12. f4 $5 b5 $140 $6 13.
Bxb5 axb5 14. Ndxb5 $40) 12... Rxc6 13. Bd3 Qa5 14. f4 Ng8 15. f5 (15. e5 $5 f6
(15... dxe5 16. Bb5 Rd6 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Qf2 $40) 16. Bg6+ Kd8 (16... Kf8 $2
17. Rhf1) 17. Bf7 $5 fxg5 18. hxg5 $40) 15... Bf6 $1 16. Bxf6 (16. Ne2 $4)
16... Nxf6 17. Qg5 Qe5 $18 (17... O-O 18. fxe6 Qxg5 19. hxg5) 18. Ne2 O-O 19.
g4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Qxe4 21. Nc3 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Qa4 23. Qc1 Bc6 24. Rhe1 Qc4 25.
gxh5 exf5 26. Rg1 Be4 27. Rxd6 Qxc3 28. Qb2 Qxb2+ 29. Kxb2 Kh7 30. h6 (30. c4
$142 $14 {Shirov}) 30... g6 31. h5 (31. Rf6 $142 {Fritz} Kxh6 (31... Rc8 32.
Rxf7+ Kxh6 33. c3 Rd8 34. Rf6 $14) 32. Rgxg6+ fxg6 33. Rxf8 Kh5 34. Rf6 $8 g5
35. hxg5 Kxg5 $13) 31... Rg8 32. hxg6+ (32. Rd7 Kxh6 33. Rxf7 g5 $19) 32...
fxg6 33. Kc3 Kxh6 34. Kd4 Kh5 35. c4 g5 36. Ke5 Re8+ 37. Kf6 g4 38. Rd4 Rf8+
39. Ke7 Rc8 40. Kf6 Rc6+ 41. Ke5 Kg5 42. Rd8 Rc5+ 43. Kd4 Ra5 44. Rf1 Bf3 45.
Rg8+ Kf4 46. Rg7 Kg3 47. Rg5 Kf4 48. Rg7 Rxa2 49. Rxb7 g3 50. Rg7 g2 51. Rg1
Rc2 52. c5 Be4 53. Ra1 Rd2+ 54. Kc4 Kf3 55. Rxa6 Bd3+ 56. Kc3 Bxa6 57. Kxd2 Kf2
58. Rf7 Bc8 0-1

[Event "Cacak"]
[Site "Cacak"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bd3 (12. Qe3 {Ernst} Qe7 $10
) 12... Qb6 13. Qe1 Be7 14. Kb1 (14. f5 $5) 14... h5 15. f5 b4 (15... Qc5 16.
Qg3 Kd7 17. Qh3 Rag8 18. Rhe1 Rg5 19. fxe6+ fxe6 20. Nd5 Rg4 21. Ne3 Rxe4 22.
Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qg3 f5 24. Qg7 Rc8 25. g3 a5 26. Rd2 d5 27. Ree2 b4 28. Qe5 a4
29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Bc5 31. Rdd2 b3 32. axb3 axb3 33. Kc1 Ra8 34. Rd1 Bf3 35.
Rde1 Bxe2 36. Rxe2 Rc8 37. c3 Bxe3+ 38. Rxe3 Kd6 39. Kd2 Rc4 40. Re1 Ra4 41.
Kd3 h4 42. Re2 hxg3 43. hxg3 Rg4 44. Re3 e5 45. Ke2 Re4 46. Rxe4 fxe4 {0-1
Hellers,F-Van der Wiel,J/Amsterdam OHRA 1986}) 16. Ne2 e5 17. Ng3 h4 18. Nf1 h3
19. g3 $6 {Openning up the position when black king is not too safe is clearly
in white's favor . Therefore the move g3 demonstrates only Tiviakov's peaceful
intentions ...} (19. gxh3 $1 Rxh3 20. Qe2 $14) 19... a5 20. Bc4 Rc8 21. Bd5 Bb5
22. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nf3 Qd8 (11... O-O-O $6 12. Qe3 $1 $14)
12. Bc4 (12. g4 $5 Qa5 $5 (12... g5 13. h4 $13) (12... Qc7 13. h4 O-O-O 14. Qe3
{/\ Be2, Rd2+/=}) 13. h4 O-O-O 14. Bg2 g6 $6 (14... Be7 $10) (14... Qc5 $10)
15. Qe3 Kb8 (15... Qc5 16. Qxc5 dxc5 17. e5 $14) (15... Be7 $5 16. Nd2 $14) 16.
Rd2 Qc7 17. Rhd1 Na5 18. Bf1 $14 Rc8 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Be8 21. f5 $1 Be7 $6
(21... Nc4 22. Bxc4 Qxc4 $14) 22. Nd4 Rh5 23. f6 Bf8 $6 (23... Bd8 24. Be2 Nc4
25. Bxc4 Qxc4 26. Nb3 Bc7 $14) 24. Be2 Nc4 25. Bxc4 Qxc4 26. Nb3 Qc7 27. Kb1
Bc6 28. a4 $16 {Shirov,A-Dreev,A/Biel izt 1993/1-0 (61)}) (12. Kb1) 12... Be7
13. Bb3 Qc7 14. f5 (14. Rhe1 O-O-O $140 15. Nd5 $1 $16) 14... O-O-O 15. Kb1 Kb8
16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Ne2 Na5 $142 18. Nf4 Nxb3 19. axb3 Rhe8 20. h4 Bc8 21. Qe2 (
21. h5 $132) 21... g5 $5 22. Ng6 $14 (22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Nd3) 22... Bf6 23. h5
b5 24. Nh2 Bb7 25. Rhf1 Bg7 26. Rf3 Rd7 27. Ng4 Ka8 28. Rfd3 Red8 29. R1d2 Qc6
30. e5 dxe5 31. N4xe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-14a"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Marjanovic, Slavoljub"]
[Black "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Am"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Nxc6 (12. Nf3) 12... Bxc6 13.
Qf4 $5 (13. Be2) 13... hxg5 $1 (13... Ne5 14. Qf6 $1 $16 (14. gxh6 {/\ Bg5}))
14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Qxg5 Bh6 16. Qxh6 Rxh6 17. Rxd6 (17. Rd2 $2 Rxh2 $1 {/\ Ke7=/
+}) 17... Nf2 18. Rg1 Rxh2 {/\ Ke7, Rg8, Nh3} 19. Be2 $5 Ke7 (19... Nxe4 $4 20.
Rxc6 $18) 20. Rd4 $8 Rg8 21. Bf3 f5 $1 $10 {/\ 22...fe4 23.Ne4 Ne4 24.Be4 Rg4
25.Re1 Rhh4!-/+} 22. Re1 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Rdxe4 Rgxg2 $1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Hommeles, Theo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "Shabalov,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Rc8 10. Kb1 Be7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. h4 Qc7 {It seems like black
can play this position any way he likes.} 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. g4 h6 {interesting
concept.Black simply leaves king in the center.} 15. Qf2 b5 16. Bg2 Nd7 17. g5
hxg5 18. hxg5 Rxh1 19. Bxh1 Rc8 20. Qd2 Ne5 21. Ne2 Bb7 22. b3 g6 (22... Ng6 $5
23. Be3 (23. Bg3 $2 Bxg5) 23... e5 (23... d5 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. f4) 24. Ng3 d5
25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Nf5 Bf8 $15) 23. Bg2 Bf8 24. Be3 d5 $1 25. Bd4 Rd8 {Suddenly
the endgame creates some problems for black. He should have stay in the
middlegame with} (25... Nc6 26. Bf6 dxe4 27. fxe4 Nb8) 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27. Nxc3
Nc6 ({white is better in the endgame after} 27... dxe4 28. Bxe5 exf3 29. Rxd8+
Kxd8 30. Bf1) 28. Bb6 Rc8 29. exd5 Nb4 30. d6 Bxd6 $2 {A blunder.} ({After} 
30... Kd7 31. Ba5 Rxc3 32. Bxb4 Re3 33. c4 $14 {white retains the initiative,
but position is still very unclear.}) 31. Rxd6 Rxc3 32. Ba5 Rxc2 33. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nf3 Qd8 (11... O-O-O $6 12. Qe3 $1 $14)
12. g4 $5 (12. Kb1) 12... Qa5 $5 (12... g5 13. h4 $13) (12... Qc7 13. h4 O-O-O
14. Qe3 {/\ Be2, Rd2+/=}) 13. h4 O-O-O 14. Bg2 g6 $6 (14... Be7 $10) (14... Qc5
$10) 15. Qe3 Kb8 (15... Qc5 16. Qxc5 dxc5 17. e5 $14) (15... Be7 $5 16. Nd2 $14
) 16. Rd2 Qc7 17. Rhd1 Na5 18. Bf1 $14 Rc8 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Be8 21. f5 $1
Be7 $6 (21... Nc4 22. Bxc4 Qxc4 $14) 22. Nd4 Rh5 23. f6 Bf8 $6 (23... Bd8 24.
Be2 (24. Nb3 Nxb3+ 25. axb3 Qc5 $1) 24... Nc4 25. Bxc4 Qxc4 26. Nb3 Bc7 $14)
24. Be2 Nc4 25. Bxc4 Qxc4 26. Nb3 Qc7 27. Kb1 Bc6 28. a4 $16 Ka8 29. Rd4 Qb6
30. a5 Qa7 31. Qg3 Qb8 32. Qg2 $1 Qa7 33. Na4 $2 (33. R1d3 $16 {/\ Na4}) 33...
Bxa4 34. Rxa4 Qe3 $1 $132 35. Rg1 Qf4 36. c3 d5 37. Rd4 Rh2 (37... Bc5 $1 38.
Nxc5 Rxc5 $10) 38. Qg3 (38. Qg4 Qe3 $1 $13 {/\} 39. exd5 Rxc3 $1 $19) (38. Qf1
$1 $14 {/\} Rf2 39. Qe1 $1) 38... Qxg3 39. Rxg3 Bd6 $1 40. Rg4 Rh1+ 41. Ka2 $2
(41. Kc2 Be5 42. Rd1 $10) 41... Be5 $15 42. Ra4 (42. Rd2 $2 Rc4) 42... Rh2 43.
Kb1 Rd8 $2 (43... Rh1+ $10) (43... Rch8 $1 $15) 44. exd5 Rxd5 45. Rh4 $1 $14
Rd1+ 46. Ka2 Kb8 $5 (46... Rdh1 $2 47. Rhc4 $1 $16 {/\ Rab4}) 47. Rxh2 Bxh2 48.
Rh4 Bg1 $1 49. Rh1 $1 e5 50. Nc5 Kc7 51. Ne4 Re1 $1 52. Nd2 Kd6 53. Kb3 $1 (53.
Nf3 $6 Rf1 54. Nxg1 e4 $10) 53... Bf2 $2 (53... e4 $1 54. Nxe4+ Rxe4 55. Rxg1
Re5 $14) 54. Rh8 $16 e4 (54... Ke6 55. Rb8 $1 $16) 55. Re8 e3 56. Nf3 Ra1 $6
57. Ne5 $18 Kc7 58. Re7+ Kb8 59. Nxf7 Rxa5 60. Nd6 Bg3 61. f7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Blehm, Pawel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gofshtein,L} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 {
Agressive, but less forcing than the other sharp continuation} (6. Bc4) 6... e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 {This phase of the opening is rich with alternatives
especially for Black, e.g.} (8... h6) ({Blehm's former choice used to be} 8...
Be7 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 {until he was discouraged by} 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e5
$5 d5 13. Kb1 Bb7 14. f5 fxe5 15. Qxe5 Bf6 16. Qg3 Qe7 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Be2 h5
19. a4 $1 Qg7 (19... b4 20. Ne4 $1 dxe4 21. Qg6+ Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Rd7+
$16 {_|_}) 20. Qe3 Bxc3 21. Qxe6+ Qe7 22. Qxe7+ Kxe7 23. bxc3 bxa4 24. Rd4 $16
{Navara,D-Blehm,P/EU-chU20 Aviles/2000/}) 9. f4 ({White often plays also} 9. f3
{[%cal Yg2g4,Yh2h4] followed by the advance of the g and h-pawns.}) 9... b5 10.
Nxc6 {Black's move order is currently becoming again quite popular, for a long
time it's only staunch supporter was Kozul.} ({White's most usual move is} 10.
Bxf6 gxf6 {[%csl Gd7,Re8,Rf6,Rf7,Gf8] Black's pawn structure is compromised
and it will not be so easy to place his K safely, but on the other hand his
central bastions are very solid and his ^^ may be potentially dangerous,
especially after simplification.} (10... Qxf6 $2 11. e5 dxe5 12. Ndxb5 Qd8 13.
Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd6 exf4 15. Bxa6 $1 Rxa6 16. Nb5 Ra7 17. Nxa7 Nxa7 18. Qd4 $16
{/+-}) 11. Kb1 b4 $5 12. Nce2 Qb6 13. f5 e5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Ng3 h5 16. h4 Qc5
17. b3 (17. Be2 $142 $5 Ke7 18. Bf3 $14) 17... Ke7 18. Bd3 Bh6 19. Qe1 {
1/2,Ponomariov,R-Blehm,P/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/} Bf4 $132 {/=/+ This game was
played earlier in the tournament and most probably influenced Sutovsky's
opening choice, he goes for a more open and tactical possibility.}) 10... Bxc6
11. Bd3 {White finishes his development. An attempt to use the pin on the <->d
with} (11. Qe3 {[%cal Gd1d8]} Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e5 {only releases the
tension after} Be7 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 O-O 17. Bd3 g6 $11)
11... Be7 ({Logical, but Black can still reach positions of the aforementioned
type with} 11... b4 $5 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 $13) 12. e5 $32 {White still
plays for his development advantage in a straightforward fashion, manoeuvring
doesn't promise him too much:} (12. Qe1 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qg3 O-O 15. Rhe1
(15. f5 $6 b4 16. Ne2 Nc5 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qe3 Qa7 $1 $36 {[%cal Rc5b3] /\Nb3,
Mecking,H-Polugaevsky,L/Luzern Candidates/1977/}) 15... Nc5 16. a3 Rab8 17. e5
dxe5 18. Rxe5 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 b4 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. b3 Rfd8 22. Ree3 h6 23. Qf2
a5 $40 {Browne,W-Tukmakov,V/Hastings/1972/}) ({More interesting is the
alternative} 12. Rhe1 O-O 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qf2 $5 Qc7 (14... Nd5 $2 15. Bxh7+ $1
Kxh7 16. Rxd5 Bxd5 17. Qh4+ $16) (14... h6 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Rxd8 Rfxd8 17.
Bxf6 Bxf6 18. fxe5 Bg5+ 19. Kb1 {is mentioned by the ECO as unclear, but it
doesn't seem Black has sufficient compensation for the Q after} b4 20. Qc5 $16)
15. fxe5 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 $5 $132 (16... Qxe7 17. Ne4 Rfd8 $13 {/+/=} (17...
Nb4 $2 18. Nf6+ $1 $40 {fails tactically.}) (17... f5 18. exf6 $14 {leads to
an inferior version of the J.Polgar-Dreev position-see below.}))) 12... dxe5 {
More or less forced.} (12... b4 $6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bh6 bxc3 15. Qxc3 Kd7 16.
f5 $40 {[%csl Rd7] ע[+],Gazik,I-Grinberg,N/EU-chJ Groningen/1978/}) (12... Nd5
13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Be4 $14 {gives White a small,
but pleasantly durable advantage.}) 13. fxe5 Nd7 $5 {Ambitious, an altogether
different position arises after the more modest} (13... Nd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
Ne4 O-O 16. Rhf1 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Rxf6 Qxf6 20. Rf1 Qe7 21.
Qe3 Rd8 22. g3 Bd5 (22... e5 $5 $11) 23. a3 Qd6 24. Rd1 Qc6 (24... b4 $5 $132)
25. Qf4 Re8 (25... Rc8 $142 {/\Qc7}) 26. Re1 $36 {Polgar,J-Dreev,A/Linares/
1997/ Although finally White managed to convert her advantage into a full
point, Black has more than one chance to improve his play.}) 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
Be4 {[%mdl 512] The pawn sacrifice is consistent and more or less necessary in
the fight for the initiative.} ({After the softer} 15. Qf4 Nc5 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17.
Bxe4 Rc8 18. Rd6 O-O $11 {Mecking,H-Polugaevsky,L/Luzern Candidates/ 1977/
Black has no problems whatsoever.}) 15... Bxe4 (15... Rc8 $6 {practically by
force leads to an unpleasant R_|_ after} 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Ne4 Nxe5 18. Nd6+
Kf8 19. Rhe1 f6 (19... Ng6 $6 20. Nf5 $1) 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Rxe5 $1 (21. Qd8+
$2 Qxd8 $1 22. Rxd8+ Ke7 23. Rxh8 Nd3+ $19 {is the wrong move order.}) 21...
fxe5 22. Qd8+ Qxd8 23. Rxd8+ Kf7 24. Rxh8 Kg6 25. Rb8 Rc5 26. Kd2 $14 {Sax,
G-Kozul,Z/Radenci op/1998/}) ({It's more difficult to prove White's advantage
after} 15... Qc5 16. Rhe1 Ra7 (16... Rc8 $5 $13 {/\} 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Ne4 O-O
{also deserves attention.}) 17. b4 $5 Qb6 18. Qf4 (18. Qg5 O-O 19. Rd6 Qf2 20.
Re2 Qg1+ $132) 18... Qc7 $13 {[%csl Rb4,Gd1,Ge1] The activity of White's
forces is balanced by the >< of his <<.} ({or maybe even} 18... Bxe4 19. Nxe4
O-O $13)) (15... Nxe5 $5 16. Qd4 (16. Bxc6+ Nxc6 17. Nd5 Qb7 $17) 16... Bxe4 (
16... f6 $2 17. Qxe5 $1 fxe5 18. Bxc6+ $18) 17. Qxe5 (17. Nxe4 f6 {leads to a
position we will mention in the note to move 17, while Black has avoided the
game continuation.}) 17... Bg6 18. Qxg7 Qf8 {is also not so promising for
White, as he can't keep both the Q on the board and Black's K in the [+].} 19.
Qe5 Qh6+ 20. Kb1 O-O 21. Ne4 $5 $11) 16. Nxe4 Nxe5 17. Qc3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]
'©!?' Gofshtein,L. Gofshtein,L: 'This novelty doesn't change this well-known
variation evaluation: White has sufficient compensation for P lack, but not
more than sufficient.'} (17. Qd4 f6 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Rhf1 (19. Rhe1 {enabled
Black to activate his passive Rh8 after} h5 $1 20. a4 h4 21. h3 Rh5 22. Kb1 Rd8
$15 {Aseev,K-Yermolinsky,A/URS-ch U20 Vilnius/1984/}) 19... Kg8 20. g4 h6 21.
h4 {Sutovsky almost certainly knew not only the following older game, but also
even Kasparov's recommendation} Rf8 $1 (21... Nf7 $143 $6 22. Qe4 Rf8 23. Nf5
Qe8 24. Nd4 $1 e5 25. Nf5 h5 26. Rg1 Rh7 27. Qb7 Kh8 28. gxh5 Qe6 29. Nxg7 $1
$40 {Kasparov,G-Panchenko,A/URS-ch sf Daugavpils/1978/}) 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5
Rh5 (23... Ng6 $5 $11) 24. gxf6 Rxf6 25. Qb6 $11 {when White's activity
suffices only for equality. White's novelty is objectively not much stronger,
but it poses Black fresh problems.}) 17... f6 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Rd4 {[%cal
Yh1d1,Rd6c8] /\Rhd1,Nc8} (19. Nc8 $6 b4 $1 20. Qxe5 Rxc8 $15 (20... fxe5 $5 $15
)) (19. Rhe1 {Gofshtein,L} Kg8 $44) 19... g6 $6 {[%csl Rf6] An important
moment. Black naturally wants to connect his R as soon as possible, but this
move weakens f6 and the whole >>. Therefore just as in the above examples
deserving attention was} (19... h6 20. Nc8 Qe8 21. Nd6 {Now the most sensible
probably is} Qe7 {and White hardly has more than repetition with} (21... Qc6
$143 22. Qh3 $1 Ke7 23. Rhd1 $36 {[%csl Re7][%cal Rh3a3] /\Qa3,ע}) 22. Nc8 (
22. Rhd1 Kg8 23. Qe3 Kh7 24. Qe4+ Ng6 $5 {/\f5=/+ gives White nothing concrete.
})) (19... h5 $5) (19... b4 20. Qb3 $44 {doesn't give Black anything concrete
and only makes the << more vulnerable.} (20. Qxb4 $2 Nc6 $19)) 20. Nc8 Qf7 {
'+/-?' Gofshtein,L.} ({White will penetrate to the 8-th rank, as} 20... Qe8 $2
{from the above note is now impossible:} 21. Rf4 Kg7 22. Rxf6 $1 Nd3+ (22...
Kxf6 23. Rf1+ Kg7 24. Qxe5+ Kg8 25. Nd6 Qe7 26. Ne4 $18) 23. Qxd3 Kxf6 (23...
Rxc8 24. Rhf1 $40) 24. Qf3+ Kg7 25. Qxa8 Qxc8 26. Qa7+ Kh6 27. h4 $40 {+/-}) ({
I think,} 20... Qb7 $1 {(Gofshtein,L) was stronger!} 21. Rf4 (21. Qc5+ {
Gofshtein,L} Kg7 22. Nd6 Qc6 $17) 21... Kg7 22. Rxf6 Nd3+ $1 23. Qxd3 Qxg2 24.
Rhf1 (24. Rxg6+ {Gofshtein,L} hxg6 25. Qd4+ Kh7 26. Qh4+ Kg8 27. Qd8+ $11)
24... Rhxc8 25. Qd7+ Kh6 26. Qd3 $44) 21. Nd6 {'©?' Gofshtein,L.} ({Now} 21.
Rf4 $2 Kg7 22. Nd6 Qe7 23. Ne4 Rac8 $17 {only allows Black to consolidate with
tempo.}) (21. Rd8+ $1 $16 {(Gofshtein,L) -like in this game.}) 21... Qe7 22.
Nc8 Qf7 {'+/-?' Gofshtein,L.} (22... Qb7 $1 $44 {Gofshtein,L}) 23. Rd8+ $5 {
'!' Gofshtein,L. Gofshtein,L: 'At last Emil found right way!' White wants more
than repetition.} Kg7 24. Rhd1 Rxd8 {Now White gains control over the 8-th
rank, interesting was also} (24... Rf8 25. Qc5 (25. Rxf8 $143 $6 Qxf8 26. Qc7+
Nf7 $17) 25... Kg8 26. g4 g5 $13 {[%csl Ge5] and the defence with the strong
Ne5 seems so hold.}) 25. Rxd8 a5 $2 {Although White has no direct threats,
Black has problems disentangling his major pieces, e.g.,} (25... Rb8 $6 26. Qc5
{/\Nd6 Blehm wants to activate his R via a6, but his <<P will fall. It was
better to do something with the Q till Qc5 doesn't tie it down to f7:}) (25...
Qb7 $142 $1 26. Qc5 Kh6 {and White probably has only repetition with} 27. Qe3+
Kg7 (27... g5 $2 28. Qh3+ $16) 28. Qc5 $11) 26. Qc5 (26. Nd6 Qa7 27. Nxb5 (27.
Rxa8 $2 Qg1+ 28. Kd2 Qxg2+ $19) 27... Qg1+ (27... Qf2 $5 28. Rd1 {and now} Qxg2
{leads to the same position.}) 28. Rd1 Qxg2 29. Nc7 Qg5+ 30. Rd2 $1 (30. Kb1 $6
Qg4 $1 $15) 30... Qg1+ 31. Rd1 $11) 26... Ra6 27. Ne7 $1 {[%cal Rd8g8]
Gofshtein,L: 'Sutovsky plays with fantasy! This move is much better than'
Sutovsky prevents Rc6 and continues to limit Black's major pieces.} (27. Qxb5
Qc7 28. Qxa6 (28. Qe8 Qc5 $132) 28... Qxd8 29. Qxe6 Qd4 $44) (27. Nd6 $2 {
Gofshtein,L} Qa7 $1 {[%csl Rc1,Rc5][%cal Ga7c5,Ga7g1] and White had to force
draw:} 28. Ne8+ Kf7 (28... Kh6 {Gofshtein,L} 29. Qf8+ $18) 29. Nd6+ Kg7 30.
Ne8+ $11) 27... h5 (27... h6 {Gofshtein,L} 28. Rc8 $1 {[%csl Rf7,Rg7][%cal
Gc8c7,Gc7g7]} (28. Rg8+ {Gofshtein,L} Kh7 29. Qc8 Ra7 30. Rf8 (30. Rh8+ {
Gofshtein,L} Kg7 31. Rg8+ Kh7 $11) 30... Qg7 (30... Qxe7 {Gofshtein,L} 31. Rh8+
Kg7 32. Qg8#) 31. Ng8 $5 {[%csl Rf6]} Rf7 32. Rd8 Nd7 33. Rxd7 Qxg8 34. Rd8 Qg7
35. Qxe6 Re7 36. Qd5 Re1+ 37. Kd2 Re5 38. Qd6 Re7 39. c3 Qf7 40. Qd5 b4 41. c4
$16) 28... Nd7 29. Qxb5 Rd6 30. Nc6 e5 31. b3 {This position with h7-h5 move
instead of h7-h6 will be created in this game later.} a4 32. Rc7 axb3 33. axb3
$18 {[%csl Rd7]}) 28. Rc8 {[%cal Rc8c7] /\Rc7} ({In variation} 28. Rg8+ {
Gofshtein,L} Kh7 29. Rc8 {Black K can't be attacked by Ne7 from f5 with check.}
) 28... Nd7 $8 29. Qxb5 ({Worth of attention was} 29. Qa3 $1 {[%cal Gc8c7] 
(Gofshtein,L) Threatening Rc7.} Ne5 30. Rc7 b4 (30... Qe8 {Gofshtein,L} 31.
Nf5+ Kh8 (31... Kg8 {Gofshtein,L} 32. Rc8 $18) 32. Nd6 {[%csl Re8,Rh8][%cal
Gc7c8]} Rxd6 33. Qxd6 $18) 31. Qa4 {[%csl Rf7,Rg7][%cal Ge7d5,Gc7g7]} Ra8 32.
Nd5 exd5 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7 34. Qb5 $16) 29... Rd6 30. Nc6 e5 (30... Rd5 $143 31.
Qb7 $16 {and White wins the a-pawn in even better circumstances than later on.}
) 31. b3 (31. Qxa5 $2 Nb6 $1 32. Qxb6 (32. Nxe5 Qe7 $17) 32... Qd7 33. b4 Qxc8
34. b5 Qg4 $17) 31... Qe6 (31... a4 $2 32. Rc7 axb3 33. axb3 $18 {[%cal Rc6b8]
/\Nb8} Kf8 34. Nb8 Ke8 35. Rc8+ Ke7 36. Nc6+ $18) (31... Rd5 $5 32. Qb7 Qe6 $16
) 32. Nd8 $2 {Overaggressive. More logical was the simpler} (32. Nxa5 Qg4 33.
Nc4 {and White's K can hide from pursuit in front of his P, Black's K is no
less exposed anyway-} Rd1+ (33... Qd1+ 34. Kb2 Qd4+ 35. c3 Qf2+ 36. Ka3 Qa7+
37. Kb4 $16) 34. Kb2 Qd4+ 35. Ka3 $16 {[%csl Rg7]}) 32... Qg4 33. Qc4 e4 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] Gofshtein,L: 'Very strange move. In this middlegame black K is
much more vulnerable than white one!' Black suddenly gets high ambitions and
avoids the Q-swap, but the tactics will work in White's favour.} (33... Rd1+
$142 34. Kb2 Qxc4 35. Rxc4 f5 $36 {_|_=/+}) 34. Qf7+ Kh6 35. Kb2 $1 (35. Qg8
$143 {[%cal Rd8f7] /\Nf7#} Ne5 $1 (35... Qd1+ 36. Kb2 Qd4+ 37. c3 Qd2+ 38. Ka3
Qc1+ 39. Ka4 Nb6+ 40. Kb5 Qf1+ 41. c4 Qf5+ 42. c5 $18) 36. Qf8+ Kg5 37. h4+ Kf4
$1 38. Qxd6 (38. g3+ Kxg3 39. Rc3+ Rd3 $1 40. cxd3 Qf4+ $36 {and Black has at
least a draw guaranteed.}) 38... Qxc8 39. Qxf6+ Qf5 $44 {<=>}) 35... Qd1 $6 {
Gofshtein,L: 'Decisive mistake. Now White wins by force:'} (35... e3 $142 36.
Rc4 ({Still premature is} 36. Qg8 $2 Qd4+ 37. c3 Qd2+ 38. Ka3 Qc1+ 39. Ka4 Nb6+
40. Kb5 Qf1+ 41. c4 Qf5+ 42. c5 Qd3+ {Black didn't have this important check
in the line above.} 43. Kxa5 Qc3+ 44. Kb5 (44. Ka6 Nxc8+ 45. cxd6 Qd3+ 46. Ka5
Nxd6 $17 {[%csl Ge3] o^e}) 44... Qd3+ 45. Ka5 Qc3+ $11) 36... Qxg2 37. Qe7 (37.
Ne6 $6 Rxe6 38. Qxe6 Ne5 $13) 37... Ne5 38. Qxd6 Nxc4+ 39. bxc4 {but even here
White's attack is stronger than the o^e3 and he should win after} Qd2 (39... e2
$2 40. Qxf6 h4 41. h3 $1 Qa8 42. Qh8+ Kg5 43. Nf7+ $18) 40. Qf4+ (40. Qe7 $5
$16 {/\} h4 41. a3 e2 42. Qxf6 e1=Q 43. Nf7+ Kh5 44. Qf3#) 40... Kh7 41. Nc6
$16 {/+-}) (35... Kg5 36. Qe7 Rd2 37. g3 $18 {->}) (35... Ne5 36. Qf8+ Kg5 37.
Rc5 $1 Rd2 38. Qe7 $5 $18) ({Right was the only} 35... a4 $5 {Gofshtein,L} 36.
Qg8 a3+ $1 37. Kxa3 ({or} 37. Kc3 {Gofshtein,L} Ne5 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge5f7,
Gd8f7]} 38. Qf8+ Kg5 39. Rc5 $16) 37... Ra6+ 38. Kb2 Ne5 39. Rc7 $16) 36. Ne6
$18 {[%cal Rf7g7,Rc8h8] Black can stave off mate only by giving the exchange,
the game is decided.} Rxe6 $8 37. Qxe6 Qd4+ (37... f5 $6 38. Rc6 Qd4+ 39. c3
$18 {costs more material.}) 38. Kb1 (38. c3 $18 Qf2+ 39. Ka3) 38... e3 (38...
Qd1+ 39. Kb2 Qd4+ 40. c3 Qd2+ 41. Ka3 Qc1+ 42. Ka4 $18) 39. h4 $1 {[%cal Rc8h8]
/\Rh8} f5 $8 40. c3 Qd1+ 41. Kb2 Qd2+ 42. Ka3 Qc1+ 43. Ka4 Nb6+ 44. Qxb6 e2 45.
Rh8+ (45. Qd4 $5 {wins even quicker.}) 45... Kg7 46. Qd4+ (46. Qd4+ Kf7 47.
Qd5+ Kf6 (47... Kg7 48. Qe5+ Kf7 49. Rh7+) 48. Rf8+ Kg7 (48... Ke7 49. Rf7+)
49. Qf7+ Kh6 50. Rh8#) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 Rc8 11. g4 Ne5 12. Kb1 b5 13. Qe1 Qc7 14. Bc1
b4 15. Nce2 Nxf3 16. Nxf3 Qxc2+ 17. Ka1 Qxe4 18. Qg3 (18. Bg2 Rc2 19. Nfd4 (19.
Nf4 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Qxf4 $19) 19... Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Qxg2 $19) (18. Qf2 Nxg4 19.
Qg3 e5 20. Bh3 h5 21. Rhe1 $13) (18. Rh3 $5 e5 $1 19. g5 (19. Ng5 Qb7 $17)
19... Bxh3 20. Bxh3 (20. gxf6 Qxf3 $19) 20... Nd7 21. Qf1 $44) 18... e5 $1 (
18... Qxg4 19. Qf2 $36) 19. Bg5 (19. g5 Nh5 20. Qf2 Rc2 $36 (20... Bf5 $5 21.
Bd2 $13) 21. Qe3 $140 Rxc1+ $1 22. Qxc1 Qxf3 $19) 19... Nxg4 $1 20. Ned4 $5 (
20. Bxe7 Ne3 $19) (20. Bh3 Bxg5 21. hxg5 (21. Nxg5 Qxe2 22. Rhe1 Qf2 $19) 21...
Ne3 $1 22. Bxd7+ Kxd7 $17) 20... Bxg5 (20... exd4 21. Bd3 (21. Bxa6) 21... Qd5
(21... Qb7 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Rhe1+ $16) 22. Rhe1 Ne3 (22... Be6 23. Rxe6 Qxe6
24. Nxd4 $1 $16) 23. Nxd4 (23. Bxe3 dxe3 24. Bxa6 Qa8 25. Bxc8 Bxc8 26. Qxg7
$16) 23... Qxd4 24. Rxe3 $16 Be6 $140 25. Rxe6 (25. Bb5+ $2 axb5 26. Rxd4 Rc1#)
25... fxe6 26. Bg6+ hxg6 27. Rxd4 $18) 21. hxg5 (21. Nxg5 Qe3 22. Qxe3 (22. Ne2
Qxg3 23. Nxg3 Nf2 24. Bxa6 Rc7 $17) 22... Nxe3 23. Bxa6 Rd8 $17) 21... Ne3 (
21... exd4 22. Bxa6 $36) 22. Bd3 (22. Bxa6 exd4 $1 $17) 22... Qg4 (22... Nxd1
$4 23. Bxe4 Rc1+ 24. Bb1 $18) (22... Qd5 $142 23. Nb3 (23. Rde1 exd4 24. Rh4
Be6 $1 $19 25. Rxd4 $140 Qxa2#) 23... Nxd1 24. Rxd1 $17) 23. Qxg4 Bxg4 (23...
Nxg4 24. Nf5 $13) 24. Rde1 (24. Rdg1 $6 Rc5 (24... exd4 25. Nxd4 Rc5 26. Rg3
Re5 27. Nc6 (27. Re1 Nd5 $17) 27... Re6 28. Nd4 $10) 25. Nb3 $8 Bxf3 26. Rh3
Rd5 27. Bb1 e4 $17) 24... Bxf3 (24... exd4 $2 25. Nxd4 $16) 25. Nxf3 Nc2+ 26.
Bxc2 Rxc2 {Hecht: RRN<->RR. 3P<->7P} 27. Rh4 $1 $15 a5 $6 (27... Rf2 $142 $1
28. Rxb4 O-O 29. Rb3 $15) 28. Nd4 $1 Rg2 (28... Rc4 29. b3) 29. Nc6 Kd7 30.
Nxa5 Ra8 (30... Rb8 $5) 31. Nc4 Ke6 32. Ne3 Rxg5 33. Rxb4 {Hecht: 5 verbundene
Freibauern <-> 2 verbundene Freibauern. Es geht um Taktik, es geht um Tempo.}
f5 34. Rb6 f4 35. Nc4 Rd8 36. a4 f3 37. Ka2 f2 38. Rf1 Rf5 39. a5 e4 $138 (
39... g5 $142 40. a6 g4 (40... h5 {Hecht} 41. a7 Ra8 42. Rxd6+ Ke7 43. Ra6 g4
44. Nb6 $18) 41. a7 (41. Ne3 $5 Rf4 42. Nxg4 Rxg4 43. Rxf2 $13) 41... Ra8 (
41... g3 42. Rxd6+ Rxd6 43. a8=Q $18) 42. Rxd6+ Ke7 43. Ra6 g3 44. Ne3 Rf3 $13)
40. a6 g5 41. a7 Ra8 42. Rxd6+ Ke7 43. Ra6 Kf8 $3 (43... Rf6 44. Nb6 Rxb6 (
44... e3 45. Nd5+) 45. Rxb6 Rxa7+ 46. Kb1 e3 47. Rb3 $1 $18) 44. Nb6 Rxa7 $1
45. Rxa7 e3 46. Nd7+ $1 Kf7 (46... Ke8 47. Ra3 $1 Rf3 48. Nf6+ Kd8 49. Rxe3
Rxe3 50. Nxh7 $18) (46... Kg8 47. Ra8+ Kg7 48. Re8 $18) 47. Ne5+ $138 (47. Nc5+
$18) 47... Kf8 (47... Kf6 48. Ng4+ $18) (47... Ke6 48. Nc6 $1 $18) (47... Ke8
48. Nc6 $18) (47... Kg8 $5 48. Ng4 $1 e2 49. Nh6+ Kf8 (49... Kh8 50. Nxf5
exf1=Q 51. Ra8#) 50. Ra8+ Ke7 51. Nxf5+ Kd7 52. Ra7+ Kd8 53. Rxf2 e1=Q 54. Rf3
Qe6+ 55. Ka3 $18) 48. Nd7+ (48. Nd3 $5 g4 $3 $44 (48... e2 $2 49. Rc1 $1 Ra5+ (
49... e1=Q 50. Nxe1 f1=Q 51. Rc8#) 50. Rxa5 f1=Q 51. Rc7 $18)) 48... Kf7 49.
Nc5+ $1 Kg6 (49... Ke8 50. Ra3 $18) (49... Kf8 50. Ne6+ Kg8 (50... Ke8 51. Rc1
$18) 51. Rc1 $18) (49... Kf6 50. Ne4+ Kg6 51. Nc3 $18) 50. Re7 $1 Rxc5 51. Rxe3
Rf5 52. Re2 g4 53. Rexf2 Ra5+ (53... Rxf2 54. Rxf2 h5 55. b4 h4 56. b5 h3 (
56... g3 57. Rg2 Kg5 58. b6 Kg4 59. b7 h3 60. b8=Q hxg2 61. Qb6 $18) 57. b6 g3
58. Rd2 $1 h2 59. b7 h1=Q 60. b8=Q $18) 54. Kb1 h5 55. Rf8 Kg5 56. Rg8+ Kh4 57.
Rh1+ Kg3 58. Rh8 1-0

[Event "NED-ch57"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2002.06.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2002.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 $5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Be2 (12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. g3 $5
hxg5 $146 (13... Qb6 $6 14. g6 fxg6 15. Bh3 $36 Ne5 16. Bf6 Be7 17. Bxe5 dxe5
18. Qe2 Bd7 19. Rxd7 Kxd7 20. Nd5 Bg5+ 21. Kb1 Qc6 22. Rd1 Kc8 23. Nb4 Qb6 24.
Nd5 Qc6 25. Nb4 Qb6 26. Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Gavrikov,V-Gabriel,C/Augsburg 1994/EXT
2001 (26)}) (13... Be7 14. g6 $14 (14. gxh6 Bxh4 15. gxh4 Qxh4 16. Rg1 $14))
14. Bxg5 Qxg5 (14... f6 15. Qf4 $16) 15. Qxg5 Bh6 16. Qxh6 Rxh6 17. Rxd6 (17.
Rd2 Ke7 $44) 17... Nf2 18. Rg1 Rxh2 19. Rd2 Ke7 20. Bg2 Ng4 21. Bf3 Rxd2 22.
Kxd2 Rd8+ 23. Ke2 Ne5 $44 24. Rd1 Rh8 25. Rh1 Rg8 26. Kf2 b5 27. a3 a5 28. Rh5
Kd6 29. Bg2 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. Ne2 Ng4+ 32. Ke1 Ne3 33. e5+ Kc5 34. Bxc6 Kxc6
35. Rh7 Rf8 36. Nd4+ Kd5 37. Ke2 Nc4 38. Nf3 Nxe5 39. Rh5 f5 40. Nxe5 Kxe5 41.
Rh4 Rb8 42. Kf3 Kf6 43. g4 b3 44. Rh2 fxg4+ 45. Kxg4 Ke5 46. Kf3 bxc2 47. Rxc2
Rb3+ 48. Rc3 Rxb2 49. Ke3 Kf5 50. Rc5+ e5 51. Rc4 Rb3+ 52. Ke2 Ra3 53. Rb4 Rc3
54. Ra4 Rc5 55. Ke3 e4 56. Rxe4 Re5 57. Rxe5+ Kxe5 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,
J-Nijboer,F/Leeuwarden NED 2002/The Week in Chess 398 (57)}) 12... Nge5 13. Nf3
Be7 14. Rhg1 b5 15. Kb1 $5 (15. Rdf1 b4 (15... Rb8) (15... Rc8 16. Kb1 {
- 15.Kb1 Rc8 16.Rdf1}) 16. Nd1 (16. Na4 $5 Qa5 17. b3 $13) 16... Rb8 $1 {(><b5)
} (16... a5 17. Bb5 $1 (17. Kb1 Rb8 $1 {- 16...Rb8 17.Kb1 a5} (17... a4 18. Bb5
(18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxb4 hxg5 20. Bg3 Rb8 21. Qd4 O-O (21... f6 22. Rh1 Qc7 23.
h4 Bb5 24. Bxb5+ Rxb5 25. Qxa4 Qc6 26. Nc3 Rb6 27. hxg5 Rxh1 28. Rxh1 Kf7 29.
Bxe5 fxe5 30. Qxc6 Rxc6 31. Rh7+ Kf8 32. g6 d5 33. exd5 exd5 34. Nxd5 Rd6 35.
Rf7+ {1-0 Ortega,M-Hernández,D/Nac. Juvenil S/F 2000 (35)}) 22. Rh1 Qc7 23. h4
g4 24. Qd2 Bc6 25. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Kozul,Z/Sarajevo 1998/CBM 64 ext (25)})
18... Ra5 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Qxb4 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Rb5 23. Qd2 Nc4
24. Qc3 Qxg5 25. Qxc4 Qc5 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27. Nxc3 Rg5 28. h3 Rg3 29. Rd1 Ke7 30.
a3 Rhg8 31. Rd2 Rxh3 32. Rgd1 Rh2 33. Rxd6 Be8 34. R1d2 Rgxg2 35. Rxg2 Rxg2 36.
Ra6 Rg1+ 37. Ka2 Rg2 38. Nxa4 Rxc2 39. Nc3 Rc1 40. a4 {1-0 Krakops,M-Van der
Wiel,J/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext (40)}) (17... Rc8 {- 15.Kb1 Rc8 16.Rdf1 b4 17.Nd1
a5}))) 17. Kb1 a5 18. Nf2 a4 $36 {~/=} 19. Nd3 Nc4 20. Qc1 e5 21. g3 hxg5 22.
Bxg5 f6 23. Bh6 Be6 24. Nf2 Na3+ 25. Ka1 Qc7 26. bxa3 Rxh6 27. c3 b3 28. axb3
Rxb3 29. Nd1 d5 30. Qxh6 Qb6 31. Nb2 Rxb2 32. Rb1 Bxa3 33. Qxf6 Ne7 34. Ng5 Qb3
{1/2-1/2 Solleveld,M-Nijboer,F/Amsterdam 2001/CBM 83 ext (34)}) 15... Rb8 $1 {
(><b5)} (15... Rc8 16. Rdf1 b4 17. Nd1 a5 (17... Qa5 18. b3 Qc7 19. Ne3 Rh7 20.
Nc4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Ne5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. g6 fxg6 24. Bxe7 Kxe7 25. Qxb4+ {
1-0 Sax,G-Molnar,B/Zalakaros 1995/EXT 97 (25)}) 18. Bb5 $1 (18. Bg3 hxg5 19.
Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Ne3 Bc6 22. Bd3 Qd4 23. Rd1 Rxh2 24. Rgf1 Rh7 25.
Ng4 Rd8 26. Qe2 Qc5 27. Qe1 f5 28. exf5 e4 29. f6 exd3 30. cxd3 Bd6 31. Rc1 Qd5
32. Rxc6 Qxc6 33. Qxe6+ Kf8 34. Ne5 Qe8 35. Qf5 Bxe5 36. Qxh7 Qd7 37. Qh6+ Kf7
38. Qh5+ Ke6 39. Qg4+ Kf7 40. Qh5+ Ke6 41. Qg4+ Kd6 42. Qxg5 Qb5 43. Qg6 Rg8
44. f7+ Rxg6 45. f8=Q+ Kd5 46. Qf3+ Kd6 47. Qf8+ Kd5 48. Qf3+ {1/2-1/2 Antal,
G-Seres,L/Budapest 2000/CBM 74 ext (48)}) (18. b3 a4 19. Nb2 axb3 20. cxb3 Ra8
21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 Ne5 25. Qf4 Qa5 26. Rf2 Rf8
27. Bxe6 f6 28. Bxd7+ Nxd7 29. Ne6 {1-0 Tella Jussi (FIN)-Pulkkinen Kari (FIN)/
Finland 2001 (29)}) 18... Qb6 19. Nxe5 dxe5 (19... Nxe5 20. Bxd7+ Kxd7 21. Bf2
Qc6 22. Bd4 Bxg5 23. Qe2 Ke7 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Nf2 Qc4 26. Nd3 f5 27. Re1 fxe4
28. Nxe5 Qxe2 29. Rxe2 Rhd8 30. Rxe4 Rd2 31. Nc4 Rf2 32. Rge1 Rc6 33. h4 Bf6
34. g3 Kf7 35. h5 Rc5 36. g4 e5 37. Kc1 Bg5+ 38. Kb1 Bf4 39. b3 Kf6 40. Rd1 Kg5
41. Rde1 Rg2 42. Kb2 Kf6 43. Rd1 Kg5 44. Rde1 Kh4 45. Kb1 Kg3 46. Rf1 Rf2 47.
Rg1+ Rg2 48. Rge1 Rh2 49. Rg1+ Kf2 50. Rge1 a4 51. a3 bxa3 52. Ka2 axb3+ 53.
cxb3 Kf3+ 54. Kxa3 Rb5 55. b4 Kxg4 56. Nxe5+ Kf5 {0-1 Palac,M-Kozul,Z/Pula
1998/EXT 2000 (56)}) 20. Bd3 Qd8 21. Qf2 O-O 22. Bg3 hxg5 23. Rh1 f5 24. exf5
exf5 25. Qe2 Be6 26. Ne3 {1-0 Garay,L-Guedon,S/IECG 2001/Complete 2001 (26)}) (
15... b4 16. Na4 $16) 16. Rdf1 (16. b3 $6 Rc8 $1 {(פc3)} (16... b4 17. Na4 $16
) (16... Qa5 17. Bg3 $16) 17. Rdf1 Ng6 18. Bg3 Qa5 19. Nd1 (19. gxh6 Nb4 $40
20. Be1 Bf6 21. Nd4 Rxc3 $17) (19. Rd1 Nb8 $1 $15) 19... Qxd2 20. Nxd2 hxg5 21.
Ne3 Nd4 22. Bd1 Nf4 23. Re1 $15 {_|_} Bf6 24. Ng4 Bg7 25. e5 Nf5 26. Ne4 dxe5
27. Ngf6+ Ke7 28. Nxd7 Kxd7 29. Nxg5 Nxg3 30. hxg3 Nd5 31. Nxf7 Rhf8 32. Nxe5+
Kd6 33. Nd3 Nc3+ 34. Kc1 Nxa2+ 35. Kb1 Nc3+ 36. Kc1 Bh6+ 37. Kb2 Bd2 38. Ref1
e5 39. Bg4 Ra8 40. Rd1 Nxd1+ 41. Rxd1 Be3 42. Nb4+ Kc5 43. Nd3+ Kd6 44. Nb4+
$11 Bd4+ $2 45. c3 Rf2+ 46. Kb1 Rg8 47. Bf3 a5 48. Na2 Rxg3 49. Nc1 a4 50. cxd4
e4 $2 (50... exd4 $14) 51. Bxe4 $18 axb3 52. Bf3 Rg7 53. Nxb3 Rgxg2 54. Bxg2
Rxg2 55. Rc1 b4 56. Rc5 Rg1+ 57. Kc2 Rg3 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Nijboer,F/Leeuwarden
NED 2002/The Week in Chess 399 (57)}) 16... b4 17. Na4 (17. Nd1 {- 15.Rdf1 b4
16.Nd1 Rb8 17.Kb1}) 17... Ng6 $1 (17... Nxf3 18. gxf3 Ne5 19. b3 Bxa4 20. bxa4
Qa5 21. f4 $14 {|^}) (17... Qa5 18. b3 $16) 18. Bg3 hxg5 $1 (18... Nce5 19. b3
$14) 19. Bxd6 (19. b3 g4 $15 {/\Nce5, /\Nge5}) 19... g4 20. Ne1 $8 (20. Bxb8
Nxb8 {פa4, Nf3}) (20. Bxe7 Ncxe7 {פa4, Nf3}) 20... Bxd6 (20... Bc8 21. Bf4
Qxd2 22. Bxd2 $14) 21. Qxd6 Nce5 22. Nc5 (22. b3 Bb5 (22... Bxa4 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8
24. bxa4 a5 $44) 23. Bxb5+ axb5 24. Qxd8+ Rxd8 25. Nc5 Rxh2 $15) 22... Bb5 23.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 $2 (23... Rxd8 $142 24. Bxb5+ (24. Ncd3 Rxh2 $15) (24. Ned3 Rxh2 $15
) 24... axb5 25. Ned3 (25. Ncd3 Rxh2 $13) 25... Rxh2 $13) 24. Ned3 $1 Rxh2 {[#]
} 25. Bxg4 $3 Nxg4 (25... Bxd3 26. cxd3 Rc8 27. d4 Nxg4 28. Rxf7 $40) 26. Rxf7
$40 {(עd8)} Rb6 (26... Bxd3 27. cxd3 (27. Nxe6+ Ke8 28. Rg7 $36) 27... Rb6 28.
Rg7 $40) (26... Ke8 27. Rg7 $18) 27. Nxb4 $1 Be8 (27... N6e5 28. Rg7 $40 (28.
Ra7 $5)) 28. Rg7 Nf6 (28... Rxb4 29. Nxe6+ Kc8 30. Rd1 $18) (28... a5 29. Rd1+
Kc8 30. Nba6 Rc6 31. Nxe6 $18) (28... Ne3 29. Nbxa6 Ne7 30. a3 $5 $16) 29.
Nbxa6 Rh7 30. Nc7 $1 Bf7 (30... Rxg7 31. N7xe6+ Ke7 32. Nxg7 $16) 31. N7xe6+
Ke7 32. Rxh7 Nxh7 33. Nd4 Ng5 34. Nf5+ Ke8 35. Rd1 Rc6 36. Nb7 (36. b4 $5)
36... Be6 37. Nbd6+ Kf8 38. b3 (38. Rd4) 38... Ne5 39. Rf1 Rc5 40. c4 (40. a4)
40... Nef7 41. Nd4 (41. Nxf7 Nxe4 $5) 41... Ke7 42. Nxf7 (42. Nxe6 Kxe6 43.
Nxf7 Nxf7 {/\Rg5, Nd6}) 42... Nxf7 43. Nf3 Rc8 $1 {(><g2, e4)} 44. Kb2 Rg8 45.
Rf2 Nd6 46. Re2 Rg4 47. Nd2 (47. e5 Ne4) 47... Rg3 48. a4 $2 {(><b3)} Nb7 $1
$132 49. Ka3 (49. Nf3 Nc5 50. Kc3 Bg4 (50... Bh3) (50... Rg4)) 49... Rd3 $1 50.
Kb4 $8 Nd8 $1 {(/\Nc6-d4)} 51. Kc5 Bg4 52. Rf2 Ne6+ 53. Kb6 (53. Kb4 Nd4 54. a5
Be2) 53... Bd1 $2 (53... Rd8 $1 $11 54. a5 $140 Rb8+ 55. Ka7 Rb4 {עa7}) 54. b4
Rd6+ $6 (54... Bxa4 $14) 55. Ka5 Rd8 56. b5 Nc5 $6 (56... Ra8+ 57. Kb6 $16) 57.
Rf5 $1 Nb7+ (57... Nxa4 58. Nf3 $16) 58. Kb6 Rxd2 59. Kxb7 Bxa4 60. g3 $6 $138
(60. g4 $18 Rd4 $140 61. Rc5 Rxe4 62. g5) 60... Rd4 61. Rc5 (61. Re5+ Kd6 62.
Rd5+ Rxd5 63. exd5 Bb3 64. b6 Bxc4 $11) 61... Rxe4 62. Rc7+ $6 (62. Kc7 $1 $16)
62... Kd6 63. b6 (63. c5+ Kd5 64. b6 Rg4 $11) 63... Rg4 64. Ka7 (64. c5+ Kd5
$11 65. c6 $140 Rg6) 64... Bc6 65. b7 Rxc4 $8 (65... Bxb7 $2 66. Kxb7 Rxg3 67.
Rc6+ $1 Ke5 68. Rc8 $18) 66. b8=Q Ra4+ 67. Kb6 Rb4+ 68. Ka7 Ra4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 Ra7 14. Bd3
(14. f5 h5 15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Qh4 Ke7 18. Ng3 Bh6 19. Qxh5 Qc5 20. Rhe1
a5 21. b3 Bb5 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Nf1 a4 24. Ne3 Bxe3 25. Qxh8 axb3 26. cxb3 Bf2
27. Rxd6 Kxd6 28. Qxf6+ Kc7 29. Rc1+ Kb7 30. Qxf7+ Ka6 31. Qe6+ Bb6 32. Qc8+
Ka5 33. g4 Qd3+ 34. Qc2 Qe3 35. Qc6 Qd3+ 36. Rc2 Qd1+ 37. Rc1 Qd3+ 38. Rc2 Qd1+
{1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Kozul,Z/Bugojno 1999/Inf 77/206}) 14... Qc5 15. Qh4 Be7 16.
f5 e5 (16... a5 {- 82/191}) 17. Qh6 $5 $146 (17. Rhf1 b4 {1/2-1/2 Guadalpi,
D-Lazarev,V/Marseille 2003/EXT 2004 (17)}) (17. Rhe1 $5 b4 18. Ne2 a5 (18... d5
$5) 19. b3 a4 20. Bc4 h5 21. Ng3 Qf2 22. Re2 Qf4 23. Qxf4 exf4 24. Nf1 $16 h4
25. h3 f3 26. gxf3 Rg8 27. Rdd2 Ra5 28. Rg2 Rxg2 29. Rxg2 d5 30. Bd3 dxe4 31.
fxe4 Rc5 32. Rg4 axb3 33. axb3 Bd6 34. Rxh4 Be5 35. Kc1 Ra5 36. Kd1 Ra1+ 37.
Ke2 Ke7 38. Kf3 Kd6 39. Rh7 Kc5 40. Ne3 Rh1 41. Ng4 Kd4 42. Nf2 Re1 43. Rg7
Re3+ 44. Kg2 Bf4 45. Rg8 Bg5 46. Rd8+ Kc5 47. Rh8 Bf4 48. h4 Rg3+ 49. Kf1 Be3
50. h5 Bd4 51. Nd1 Rh3 52. Kg2 Rh4 53. h6 Rg4+ 54. Kf3 Rh4 55. h7 Rh2 56. Bc4
Rh3+ 57. Kg2 Rh5 58. Bd5 Bxd5 59. exd5 Rg5+ 60. Kf3 Rxf5+ 61. Ke4 Re5+ 62. Kd3
Rxd5 63. Rc8+ {1-0 Shen Yang-Kosintseva,N/Erguna CHN 2006/CT-2113 (63)}) 17...
b4 18. Ne2 $6 (18. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 19. exd5 {(/\Qg7-h7)} Qxd5 (19... a5 20. Qg7 Rf8
21. Qxh7 $16) 20. Qg7 Rf8 21. Rhe1 $16 {/\Be4, ><h7}) 18... a5 19. Qg7 Rf8 20.
Qxh7 a4 21. Qh4 (21. h4 $5 d5 $1 (21... b3 22. cxb3 axb3 23. a3 $16) (21... a3
22. b3 d5 23. Qg7 (23. h5 dxe4 24. Bc4 $16) 23... dxe4 24. Bc4 Rd7 25. Rxd7
Bxd7 26. h5 $18) 22. exd5 Bxd5 $132) 21... Rg8 $1 22. Rhg1 Rd7 23. Qe1 (23. g4
d5 (23... a3 24. b3 d5 $5) 24. exd5 Bxd5 $132) 23... a3 24. b3 d5 25. exd5 (25.
Qh4 $5 {/\26.ed Bd5 27.Be4}) 25... Qxd5 26. Ng3 $2 (26. c4 Qa5 $1 {/\Bc5} (
26... bxc3 27. Nxc3 Qc5 28. g4 $13)) (26. Qh4 e4 27. Ba6 Qxf5 $17 (27... Qe5
$17)) (26. g3 $142 $5 e4 (26... Bc5 27. Rf1 e4 28. Bc4 Qe5 29. c3 $13) 27. Bc4
Qxf5 (27... Qe5 28. c3 $13) 28. Rxd7 (28. Nd4 Qe5 29. c3 bxc3 $17) 28... Qxd7
29. Qf2 $13 {/\Nd4}) 26... Rxg3 $2 (26... Qd4 27. c3 Qxc3 28. Qxc3 bxc3 $17 {
_|_ ^^}) 27. hxg3 (27. Be2 $5 Rxb3+ $1 (27... Qxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Rxg2 29. Rxg2 Bxg2
$16) 28. axb3 Qc5 29. Rxd7 a2+ $1 $13) 27... e4 28. Bc4 Qe5 29. c3 bxc3 (29...
Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Qxc3 31. Qe2 e3 32. Bd3 Qd4 33. Rh1 $16) 30. Rxd7 (30. Kc2 Rd2+
$1 31. Rxd2 cxd2 32. Qxd2 Qb2+ (32... e3 33. Qc3 Be4+ 34. Bd3 Bxd3+ 35. Kxd3
Qxf5+ 36. Kd4 $11) 33. Kd1 Qb1+ 34. Qc1 Qxa2 35. Rh1 Qxg2 36. Rh8+ Kd7 $15)
30... Bxd7 (30... c2+ 31. Kxc2 Qb2+ 32. Kd1 Bxd7 33. Rh1 $1 Qa1+ (33... Qxa2
34. Rh8+ Bf8 35. Qxe4+ $18) (33... Bxf5 34. Rh8+ Kd7 35. Qd2+ Qxd2+ 36. Kxd2
$18) 34. Ke2 Qxa2+ 35. Kf1 $16 {->}) 31. Kc2 (31. Qe2 Bxf5 32. g4 (32. Kc2 Qxg3
$13 (32... e3+ 33. Bd3 Bxd3+ 34. Qxd3 Qxg3 $11)) 32... Bxg4 33. Qxg4 c2+ 34.
Kxc2 Qb2+ $11) 31... Bxf5 32. g4 Bxg4 33. Qxc3 Bb4 $1 34. Qxe5+ fxe5 35. Rh1 f5
$44 {([+], o^e4)} 36. Rh4 (36. Rh6 Kd7 37. Re6 Bd6 $11) (36. Rh8+ Kd7 37. Rb8
Bd6 38. Rg8 e3 $11) 36... Ke7 37. Rxg4 {^-} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Presov"]
[Site "Presov"]
[Date "1999.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Manik, Mikulas"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 (11. f5 $5) 11... Qb6 12. Nb3 (12. Nf3
b4 13. Ne2 (13. Nd5 $2 exd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. Re1 Kd8 16. Bc4 Qc5 17. Bb3 a5 $19
{0-1 Urbanc,S-Grosar,K/SLO-chT Bled ,EXP 1996 (21)}) 13... a5 (13... Rc8 14.
Ng3 h5 15. e5 f5 16. exd6 $16 {1-0 Spassky,B-Cappello,R/Lugano (ol) 1968/Inf
06 (38)}) (13... Qf2 14. Ng3 (14. Ne1 a5 15. Nd3 Qb6 16. g3 $132 {0-1
Blackstock,L-Ostojic,P/Budapest Tungsram 1977 (41)}) 14... Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Bh6
16. Nh5 Ke7 17. g4 $14) (13... Qc5 14. f5 h5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. g3 Ne5 17. Nfd4
Nc4 18. Qd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Weinstein,N-Browne,W/Lone Pine 1977/Inf 23 (36)}) (
13... Ra7 14. Nc1 Rc7 15. Bd3 e5 16. f5 $14 {1-0 Grinfeld,A-Grosar,K/Nova
Gorica-W 1992 (46)}) (13... h5 14. f5 $5 $14 (14. g3 a5 15. Bg2 Ra7 16. h3 Qc5
17. Nc1 a4 18. Rhf1 Rg8 19. Qe1 Bh6 20. Nd3 Qb6 $132 {1-0 Fritz4-Grosar,A/
SLO-Fritz4 (Bled 1996 (32)})) 14. Ned4 $1 $14 (14. f5 Qc5 15. fxe6 (15. Nf4 a4
16. Nh5 Be7 17. Qh6 (17. Ng7+ Kd8 (17... Kf8 18. Qh6 $18) 18. Nh5 (18. fxe6
fxe6 19. g3 b3 $17) 18... b3 $17) 17... b3 18. c3 (18. cxb3 axb3 19. axb3 Nb4
20. Bc4 Qa7 $19) 18... bxa2+ 19. Kxa2 a3 $17) 15... fxe6 16. Nf4 a4 17. Nd3 Qa5
18. Be2 b3 19. axb3 axb3 20. Qxa5 bxc2+ (20... Nxa5 21. Nd4 bxc2+ 22. Nxc2 Nb3
$17 {1/2-1/2 De Wit-Linders/cr NED 1e kl 0 (36)}) 21. Kxc2 Nxa5 $17)) (12. g3
b4 (12... Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 Bc6 15. Bh3 {[%cal Gf4f5]} (15. Bg2 f5
16. Re1 O-O-O 17. Rd2 b4 18. Nd1 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Kc7 20. Bxc6 Kxc6 $132 {1/2-1/2
Drollinger,D-Pernutz,H/Saarbrucken-Ingbert 1987 (26)}) 15... h5 16. Rhd1 h4 17.
g4 O-O-O 18. Bg2 $132) 13. Nce2 Na5 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. cxb3 Bc6 16. Bg2 f5 $15 (
16... e5 $6 $14 {0-1 Tarjan,J-Larsen,B/USA 1968/Inf 06 (34)})) (12. Nxc6 Qxc6
13. Qe3 Qc5 14. Qxc5 dxc5 15. Re1 c4 16. Be2 h5 17. Bf3 Rd8 18. Nd5 Be7 19.
Nxe7 Kxe7 20. e5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rorvall,G-Schneider,L/Sweden 1983 (21)}) 12... b4
(12... O-O-O 13. g3 Kb8 14. Bg2 Bc8 15. Bf3 Bg7 (15... Bb7 16. Rhe1 h5 17. h4
$14) 16. Rhe1 Bb7 17. Qe3 $14 {1-0 Shamkovich,L-Zaltsman,V/New York 1980 (73)})
13. Ne2 (13. Na4 Qc7 14. Qf2 Rb8 $15 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gd7a4]}) 13... h5 $6 $14
(13... a5 14. Nbd4 a4 $132) 14. Ng3 {[%csl Rh5]} (14. g3 a5 $132) 14... a5 15.
Be2 {[%cal Ge2h5]} h4 16. Nh5 Be7 (16... Rh6 17. g4 hxg3 18. hxg3 a4 19. Nc1 a3
20. b3 Rc8 21. g4 $14) 17. g4 $1 a4 $2 $16 (17... hxg3 $1 {It was necessary to
exchange PP Getting rid from unnecessary weakness.} 18. hxg3 {[%cal Gh5g7]} Rg8
19. g4 a4 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 $14) 18. Nd4 (18. Nc1 a3 19. b3
Rg8 20. h3 $14 {[%csl Re8,Rh4]}) 18... Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Rb8 21. f5
$1 (21. Rhd1 Bc6 22. Rxd6 Bxe4 (22... Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Rxh5 (23... Bxe4 24. Nxf6+
Ke7 25. Nxe4 f5 26. Bc4 fxe4 27. Rxe6+ Kd7 28. Rxe4 $18) 24. gxh5 Bxe4 25. Rd4
Bf5 26. Kc1 $16) 23. R6d4 Bc6 24. f5 $14 {[%csl Re6,Rf7][%cal Ge2c4]} (24. Rc4
Bb5 25. Nxf6+ $1 Bxf6 26. Rxb4 Bxe2 27. Rxb8+ Ke7 28. Rb7+ Ke8 29. Rdd7 Bxg4
30. Rxf7 Bf3 31. Ra7 Rg8 32. c3 Rg6 $44)) 21... Bc6 22. Rhd1 (22. Bc4 $1 e5 (
22... Kd7 23. Rhd1 Rhd8 24. fxe6+ fxe6 25. Ng7 e5 26. Be6+ Kc7 27. Rc4 Bf8 28.
Nf5 $18) 23. Bd5 exd4 24. Bxc6+ Kd8 25. Bxa4 h3 (25... Ra8 26. Bb3 $16) 26. Bb3
Ke8 27. Nf4 Rg8 28. Rg1 Rc8 29. Nxh3 Rh8 30. Rg3 Bf8 31. Kc1 Bh6+ 32. Kd1 $16)
22... Kd7 23. b3 $2 $132 (23. Bc4 $16) 23... Rhc8 24. Rc4 (24. Bc4 e5 25. R4d2
Bxe4 26. Bxf7 axb3 27. axb3 Bf3 28. Be6+ Kc7 29. Rf1 Bxg4 30. Bxc8 Rxc8 31. Ng7
Kd7 $44) 24... Rg8 25. Nf4 Rb6 26. h3 (26. Rcd4 axb3 $1 (26... Rgb8 27. fxe6+ (
27. bxa4 e5 $17) 27... fxe6 28. Ng6 e5 29. Rc4 Bb5 30. bxa4 Bxc4 31. Bxc4 $14)
27. axb3 Rgb8 $1 $132 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ge6e5]} (27... Re8 $2 28. Bc4 e5 29. Nd5
Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Rg8 (30... Ra8 31. R5d3 Ra3 32. Rh3 $18) 31. h3 Kc7 32. Ra5 Rf8
33. Bd5 $18)) 26... Rgb8 27. Bf1 (27. Rcd4 e5 $19) 27... axb3 (27... a3 $5 $132
) 28. axb3 Bf8 $2 $16 (28... Ra8 29. Rcd4 Ra5 $132) 29. fxe6+ fxe6 30. Ng6 Bh6
(30... Be7 31. Rcd4 Rd8 32. e5 d5 33. Rf4 fxe5 34. Nxe5+ Kc7 35. Rf7 Re8 36. g5
$16) 31. Rdd4 $2 (31. Rcd4 {Maybe this move was done?} Bf8 (31... Ba8 32. e5 $1
$16) 32. Nxf8+ Rxf8 33. Rxd6+ $18) 31... Bf8 32. Rxd6+ $4 Ke8 $4 33. e5 $4 (33.
Rdxc6 $18) 33... Be4 34. Nh8 Rxd6 35. exd6 Kd7 36. Nf7 {Seems mistake on the
scoresheet...} 1-0

[Event "Rishon Le Ziyyon 9798"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bitensky, Igor"]
[Black "Khasin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.12.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. Kb1 (9. f3 Be7 10. h4 (10. g4 b5 11. h4 Ne5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. g5
Be7 14. f4 Nc4 15. Qe1 Rc8 16. f5 $40 {1-0 Cullip,S-Martinidesz,D/Oakham (07) ;
CBM 30 1992 (27)}) 10... Rc8 11. g4 Ne5 12. Kb1 b5 13. Qe1 Qc7 14. Bc1 b4 15.
Nce2 Nxf3 16. Nxf3 Qxc2+ 17. Ka1 $14 {1-0 Svidler,P-Aseev,K/St.Petersburg-ch 
(11) ;CBM 47 1995 (58)}) 9... Be7 10. f3 Rc8 (10... O-O 11. h4 Rc8 12. Nxc6 (
12. h5 Ne5 13. Be3 b5 14. Bd3 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. g4 b4 17. Nce2 d5 18. g5
Ne8 19. exd5 e5 20. Nb3 $16 {0-1 Daurer-Scheipl/Aibling op, SW 1991 (36)})
12... Bxc6 13. Qe1 Qc7 14. Bd3 b5 15. Ne2 b4 16. Nd4 a5 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qe2
$14 {1-0 Hracek,Z-Kotronias,V/Moscow olm CZE-GRE 1994 (56)}) (10... Qc7 11. g4
(11. h4 Rc8 (11... O-O 12. h5 Rfd8 13. g4 d5 14. e5 Nxe5 15. h6 Nc4 16. Bxc4
dxc4 17. hxg7 Bc6 18. Qe1 Kxg7 19. Qh4 Ng8 20. Nxe6+ fxe6 21. Qxh7+ {1-0
Ehlvest,J-Tischbierek,R/New York op 1994}) 12. g4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 b5 14. Qd2 h5
$1 $132 {1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Groszpeter,A/Kecskemet 1993 (19)}) 11... O-O-O (11...
Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. Be3 h6 (13... h5 14. g5 $16) 14. h4 Rb8 15. Rg1 b4 16. Ne2
e5 17. Qd2 g6 18. Nc1 $16 {Nikolaidis,K-Kotronias,V/GRE-ch94 Glyfada 1995/1/
2-1/2 (93)}) 12. Be3 h6 13. h4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6 15. Qf2 Rd7 16. Bb6 Qb8 $14 {
1-0 Pelle,G-Van Herck,M/Interteam ch, Antwerp BEL 1998 (29)}) (10... b5 11. h4
(11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. h4 (12. Ne2 $2 Rc8 $4 (12... Nxe4 13. fxe4 (13. Bxe7 Nxd2+
$19) 13... Bxg5 $17) 13. Bxf6 $4 (13. Nd4 $17 {0-1 Walther,E-Aleksejev/cr WT/M
1979 (30)} Nxe4 14. fxe4 Bxg5 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Qf2 {0-1 Santiago,R-Strauss,D/
USA-op Dearborn 1992})) 12... Qb6 (12... O-O 13. Ne2 (13. g4 Qc7 14. Bh3 (14.
Bf4 Rfd8 15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Bg5 d5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ng3 Be7 20. Rde1 a5
21. g5 a4 22. h5 b3 23. g6 a3 24. cxb3 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Bb5 26. gxh7+ Kh8 27. Nf2
axb2 28. Qc2 Qa5 29. Qxb2 Bxd3+ 30. Nxd3 Rxd3 31. Rxe5 Qd8 32. Qe2 Bf6 33. h6
Bxe5 34. Qxe5 Rd1+ 35. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 36. Kb2 Qd2+ $2) 14... Rac8 15. Ne2 $17 {
0-1 Markovic,M-Jurka,M/Ceske Budejovice op 1994 (25)} Nxe4 16. fxe4 Bxe4 17.
Bxe7 Qxe7 $14 {1-0 Caposciutti,M-Mednis,E/Forli op 1992 (29)}) 13... Rc8 14.
Nd4 Bb7 15. g4 Nd7 16. Be3 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Be2 Nb6 19. g5 Nc4 20. Bxc4
bxc4 21. Qc3 Qd7 22. h5 $1 $16 {1-0 Hracek,Z-Hausner,I/Pardubice op 1993 (51) 
[#]}) 13. g4 O-O-O 14. Be3 Qb7 15. g5 Nd7 16. Nd5 $16 {1-0 Starostits,I-Madl,I/
FSIM Feb, Budapest HUN 1997 (43)}) 11... Qa5 12. g4 Ne5 13. h5 b4 14. Nce2 Nc4
15. Qc1 h6 16. Bh4 Rc8 17. Ng3 Bb5 18. g5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Qb6 20. f4 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Landenbergue,C-Grosar,A/Ptuj zt 1995 (57)}) (10... Qa5 11. h4 b5 12.
Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. g4 Bb7 15. Rhg1 h6 16. Be3 Nd7 17. g5 b4 18. Ne2 Ne5
19. Nd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Galego,L-Damaso,R/14th Masters, Caldas de Felgueira POR
1998 (45)}) (10... h6 11. Be3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. g4 Rb8 14. e5 dxe5 15. Qxe5
Rc8 16. Be2 Qc7 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Formanek,E-Yermolinsky,A/Reno
op 1994}) 11. g4 (11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. h4 h6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Bd3 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5
16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. c4 Bc6 18. Qf2 O-O 19. Bb6 $5 $146) 11... h5 $14 {1-0
Stephan,A-Wilde,D/GER-chJ U17 (08) ;EXT 92ch 1992 (38)} (11... Ne5 12. h4 Nc4
13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. Be3 Qc7 15. g5 Nh5 16. Nde2 b5 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 b4 19.
Ne2 e5 20. Bh2 Be6 21. b3 Rc6 22. f4 $6) 12. gxh5 Nxh5 (12... Rxh5 $14 13. h4
$1) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rg1 $5 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Rc6 16. e5 $6 (16. f4 $1 e5 $14 (
16... Nxf4 17. Rxg7 Qf8 18. Rg1 Rxh2 19. e5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Rg2 $2) 17.
fxe5 Qxe5 (17... dxe5 $16 18. Qd2 $15) 18. h4 Be6 19. Rg5 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 g6 21.
Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rc7 $4) (16. Bc4 $17 e5 17. Qd3 Nf4 18. Qf1 (18. Nd5 Nxd3 19.
Nxe7 Nxb2 20. Nxc6 Nxd1 21. Na5 (21. Rxd1 Bxc6 22. Rxd6 Rxh2 $17) 21... Nc3+
22. Kb2 Na4+ 23. Ka3 b5 24. Bb3 Nc5 25. Rxg7 Rxh2 $19) 18... Bh3 $6) 16... d5
$15 (16... dxe5 17. Qxe5 Qc5 18. Qxc5 Rxc5 19. Ne4 Rc7 $2) 17. f4 Qc5 (17... g6
$1 18. Nxd5 $16 exd5 19. e6 Nf6 20. exd7+ Qxd7 21. h3 $1) 18. f5 exf5 $2 19.
Qxd5 Qxd5 (19... Qe7 $1 $16 20. Qd4 Be6 21. Bg2 Rc4 22. Qa7 Bc8 23. Nd5 Qc5 24.
Qb6 $132) 20. Nxd5 Be6 21. Bg2 (21. c4 g6 22. b3 Ng7 23. Bg2 Rc5 24. h3 b5 $1
$132) 21... Rc5 $6 22. b3 (22. Rd4 $1 Bxd5 (22... f4 23. Rgd1 a5 24. Bf3) 23.
Bxd5 Nf4 $17 24. Bc4 Ne6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Rxg7 Rxh2 $6) 22... g6 23. Rd4 Bxd5
24. Bxd5 (24. Rxd5 $1 Rc7 $15 25. Rgd1 Ke7 $1) 24... Nf4 $1 25. Bc4 $2 (25.
Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 26. Rxf4 Rxh2 27. e6+ Kf6 $19 28. Re1 Rc7 $4) (25. Bxb7 $19 Ne2
$15) (25. Bf3 Ne6 26. Rd2 b5 $15 (26... Rxe5 27. Bxb7 Nc5 28. Bc6+ Ke7 $1))
25... b5 $1 26. Rgd1 $1 O-O (26... Kf8 27. e6 $14 Nxe6 (27... bxc4 28. Rd8+ Ke7
(28... Kg7 29. e7 Re5 30. Rxh8 Rxe7 31. Ra8 $14) 29. Rxh8 fxe6 $1) 28. Bxe6
Rxh2 $4 (28... fxe6 $18 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. R1d7+ $2)) 27. Rxf4 $15 (27. Bxf7+
Kxf7 28. Rxf4 Rxe5 $15) (27. Bf1 Ne6 28. Rd5 Rfc8 29. c4 Nf4 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31.
Re1 b4 $17) 27... bxc4 $17 28. Rxc4 (28. bxc4 Rxe5 29. Kb2 $1) 28... Rxc4 $2 (
28... Rxe5 $6 29. Rc6 Re2 30. Rxa6 Rxh2 (30... Rc8 $18 31. c4 Rxh2 32. Ra7 Re8
33. c5 Ree2 34. c6 Rb2+ 35. Ka1 Rbc2 36. c7 Kg7 37. b4 f4 38. b5 f3 39. b6 $2)
31. c4 (31. a4 $19 Rc8 32. c4 Re8 33. Ra7 Ree2 34. Rdd7 Rh1+ $3 $18) 31... f4
32. c5 g5 33. c6 Rc8 (33... f3 34. c7 Kg7 35. Ra5 Kg6 36. Rd8 f2 37. Rf5 $18)
34. b4 Rh6 (34... g4 35. b5 Rh6 (35... g3 36. b6 $1 $18) 36. c7 $1) 35. b5 Kg7
$1 36. Ra4 (36. Rg1 Rg6 37. Ka1 f3 38. b6) (36. Ka1 f3 37. b6 Rcxc6 38. b7 Rb6
$19 39. Rb1 Rxb1+ 40. Kxb1 f2 $19) 36... Rf6 37. Rc4 Kg6 38. a4 g4 39. a5 g3
40. a6 Rf5 41. Rb4 g2 42. b6 (42. a7 f3 43. b6 f2 44. Rg4+ Rg5 45. Rxg2 (45. b7
f1=Q $19) 45... Rxg2 46. b7 Rd8 47. Rf1 Rg1 $11) 42... f3 43. b7 Rd8 44. Rg1 f2
45. Rxg2+ Kf6 46. Rxf2 Rxf2 47. Kc1 (47. Ka1 Rd1+ 48. Rb1 Rdd2 49. Rb6 $1)
47... Rh8 48. Rd4 Ke5 49. Rd1 Rf6 50. Re1+ $3 Kd4 51. a7 Rxc6+ 52. Kd1 Rcc8 $2)
29. bxc4 Rc8 30. Rd6 $17 (30. Rd4 Rc5 31. Kb2 Rxe5 32. Rd6 a5 $19) 30... Rxc4
$4 31. Rxa6 Kg7 $1 (31... Re4 $17 32. a4 (32. Kc1 Rxe5 33. Kd2 Kg7 $19) (32.
Ra5 f4 33. Kb2 f3 34. Ra3 Rf4 $1) 32... Kg7 33. Kb2 (33. a5 Rxe5 34. Ra8 f4 35.
a6 f3 36. a7 f2 $1 37. Rg8+ Kxg8 $19 38. a8=Q+ Kg7 $19) 33... Rxe5 34. Kb3 (34.
Rd6 f4 35. Rd3 Kf6 36. Kb3 Kf5 37. c3 (37. Kb4 Re2 $19) 37... Ke4 38. Rd7 f5
39. Kb4 f3 40. a5 f2 41. Rd1 Ke3 $19) 34... f4 35. Rd6 f3 36. Rd1 Kf6 37. c4
Kf5 38. Kb4 Kg4 39. a5 f2 40. Rf1 Kf3 41. a6 Ke2 42. a7 Re8 43. Ra1 f1=Q 44.
Rxf1 Kxf1 45. Kb5 f5 46. Kb6 f4 47. Kb7 f3 $4) (31... Rh4 $1 32. e6 $4 fxe6 (
32... Rxh2 $18 33. e7 $11) 33. Rxe6 Kf7 (33... Rxh2 34. Rxg6+ $11) 34. Re2 $1
$11) 32. e6 $1 fxe6 33. Rxe6 f4 34. Kc1 Kh6 (34... f3 35. Kd1 (35. Kd2 Rxc2+
$11 (35... f2 36. Ke2 Rxc2+ 37. Kf1 Rxa2 38. Re2 $19) 36. Ke1 (36. Ke3 Re2+ $19
) (36. Kxc2 f2 $11) 36... Rxh2 37. Re3 $4) 35... Rxc2 36. Ke1 (36. Re3 $19 f2))
1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 89th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2002.08.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lane, Gary William"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. g4 ({The main move is:} 10. h4 {and black usually
faces it by:} h6 {-see games in this opening key;}) 10... h5 {This move
prevents white from attack on the queenside and black gets the rook- h8 in to
the game via h-file; The only lack of h5 move is that black can't caslte to
the kside anymore;} (10... b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Nd4 $11 {1-0 Baramidze,D-Langheinrich,F/Augsburg 2002/CBM 87 ext (64).
(63)}) 11. gxh5 Nxh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nde2 (13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qxd6 $6 Qxd6 15.
Rxd6 Ng3 16. Rg1 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 Rxh2 $15) 13... g5 14. Rg1 (14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15.
Rxd6 Ne5 16. Bg2 Ng6 $44 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gh5f4,Ge8c8,Yh8h7,Ya8h8] Black gets
outposted N on f4,and backward pawn h2 is weak forever- black's compensation
is obvious here;}) 14... Ne5 15. Qe3 Rc8 $6 {P.Wells sacrificed pawn by this
move, but black didn't get enough compensation for it;} (15... f6 $142 16. h4
$1 gxh4 17. f4 Nc4 {with very sharp game ahead;}) 16. Rxg5 Nc4 17. Qg1 {
[%cal Gg5g8]} Qf6 18. e5 (18. Kb1 $5 Qxf3 $140 19. Rd3 Qf6 20. e5 $1 $18 {
[%cal Gc3e4]}) (18. Rg8+ Rxg8 19. Qxg8+ Ke7 20. Qg4 Rc5 {and black got some
initiative;}) 18... Qh6 (18... dxe5 19. b3 Na3 20. Kb2 Nb5 21. Ne4 Qxf3 22.
Rxe5 $18 {[%cal Rd1d3]}) 19. f4 (19. Ne4 d5 20. Nd2 $16) 19... dxe5 20. Ne4 Nf6
21. N2c3 Ke7 22. Kb1 $4 {That's amazing but white king is placed on b1 worse
than on c1! In addition, white loses important tempo! By simple 22.fxe5 white
achieves large advantage almost on force;} (22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Qb6 Nxe4 24. Nxe4
Rxe4 25. Rxd7+ Kxd7 26. Qxb7+ $16 {[%cal Gb7e4]}) (22. fxe5 $142 Nxe4 23. Nxe4
Qxh2 (23... Nxe5 24. Qg3 $1 {[%cal Gg3e5,Gg3a3]} Qxh2 25. Qa3+ Kd8 26. Rd2 $18
{[%cal Ga3a5,Ga5e5]}) 24. Qd4 Ba4 $8 25. b3 Qf4+ 26. Kb1 Rhd8 27. Nd6 $18)
22... Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Qxh2 {[%cal Rc4a3,Ge5f4] Roles was changed in 2moves- now
black is up a pawn and has created couple of strong threats;} 24. Nc5 {
Desperation!} (24. fxe5 Qxg1 (24... Na3+ 25. Ka1 Nxc2+ 26. Kb1 Ne3 $1 $17) 25.
Rxg1 Nxe5 $17) 24... Nd2+ 25. Kc1 (25. Rxd2 Qxd2 26. Bd3 Bc6 $19 {[%cal Gh8h1]}
) 25... Qxg1 26. Rxg1 Rxc5 27. Rxd2 exf4 $19 {Black is just 2 pawns up
here-the advantage which guarantees simple win on Grandmaster level;} 0-1

[Event "North Sea Cup 17th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2002.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2002.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 h5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 b4 $6 $146 {
White has shown the refutation of this move in this game; Saying in general,
this move doesn't help black to achieve an attack over the queenside, but it
weakens pawns and spots over there; But of course, following move of white is
very important!} (13... Bh6 {Gofshtein,L} 14. g3 $1 {[%csl Gf4,Gg3,Gh2,Rh6]
Restricting Bh6 for a long time.} (14. f5 $6 {Gofshtein,L} Bf4 $1 {[%cal Gf4e5]
} 15. Bd3 Be5 {[%csl Ye5]} 16. Ne2 Ke7 17. Rf1 Qg8 $132 {1-0 Schuster,B-Wagner
Michel,A/Germany 1999/EXT 2000 (35)}) 14... b4 15. Nd5 $1 a5 (15... exd5 $4 {
Gofshtein,L} 16. exd5+ $18 {[%csl Rc6,Rh6]}) 16. Bg2 O-O $2 $16 {[%csl Rg8,Rh5]
0-1 Acs,P-Kozul,Z/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84/[Gofshtein,L] (51)} (16... Rc8 $142 {
Gofshtein,L} 17. Ne3 $14)) ({White left with serious advantage in the next
games:} 13... Qa5 {Gofshtein,L} 14. Bd3 O-O-O $6 {[%csl Rc8]} 15. f5 b4 16. Ne2
e5 17. Nc1 d5 18. Qe2 Bb7 19. exd5 Qb6 20. Bc4 $16 {1-0 Ginzburg,M-Aparicio,A/
Salta 1995/EXT 97 (67)}) ({and} 13... Rb8 {Gofshtein,L} 14. f5 e5 15. Qh4 Ke7
16. Be2 Rc8 17. Rd3 Qc7 18. Rhd1 Bh6 19. Rxd6 Bg5 20. Qf2 $18 {1-0 Cela,
A-Kozul,Z/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (43)}) 14. Nd5 $1 a5 15. f5 Bxd5 {Black can
not avoid this trade, but probably could delay it for a while;} (15... Bh6 $5)
16. Rxd5 (16. exd5 $5 e5 {but white looks much better here too;}) 16... Qc7 17.
Rb5 e5 (17... h4 $5 18. Bd3 $16) 18. Qd1 $16 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Yc4f7][%mdl 32]
White has obvious advantage in this middlegame with opposite B's- light
squares in the centre are weak and can be used for white pieces to transfer
them in; In addition white king is much safer than black; Rh8 is restricted in
movement because of weakness of h-pawn; Those are concequences of 13..b4 move!}
Qc6 19. Rd5 Ke7 20. Bb5 Qc7 21. Qe2 {[%csl Yd6][%cal Gh1d1]} Bh6 22. Rhd1 Rad8
23. Ba4 {[%csl Ra5,Rd6][%cal Ye2a6] this move cleares path for white queen to
the queenside- a5 and d6 are targets;} h4 24. Qa6 $18 {[%csl Ra5]} Be3 25. Rxa5
Rb8 (25... Rhg8 $142 26. Bb3 {[%csl Yf7][%cal Ga5b5,Gb5b7]} Rxg2 27. Rb5 Rd7 (
27... Rb8 28. Rxb8 Qxb8 29. Qc4 $16 {[%csl Rf7]}) 28. Qa8 $16 {[%cal Gb5b8,
Ya8d5]}) 26. Rb5 Rxb5 27. Qxb5 Rb8 28. Qe2 Bf4 29. g3 $1 (29. h3 {would be
worse because white has less open files for his heavy pieces here while extra
pawn on the kingside doesn't make any sense;}) 29... hxg3 30. hxg3 Bxg3 31. Bb3
$18 {[%csl Rf7]} Qc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Just a blunder while it doesn't change
much an evaluation of this position;} (31... Bf4 32. Qh5 Rf8 33. Rg1 {[%cal
Gg1g7]} Bg5 {and black is alive for a while;}) 32. Bxf7 $1 Kxf7 33. Qh5+ Ke7
34. Qh7+ Kd8 35. Qg8+ Kc7 36. Qxg3 Rc8 37. Qb3 Rh8 (37... Kb7 38. a3 $18) 38.
Qf7+ Kc6 39. Qxf6 Qd4 40. Rc1 Ra8 41. Qe7 Qxe4 42. Rd1 (42. f6 $2 Qd5 {[%csl
Ra2] some accuracy is always needed even in totaly winning positions :-)})
42... d5 43. f6 Rh8 44. b3 $6 {44.f7 was much faster way to the win;} (44. f7
Qf3 (44... Rh1 45. Qf6+ Kb7 46. Qf1) 45. Rc1 $18 {[%cal Re7e8]}) 44... Rh1 45.
Rxh1 Qxh1+ 46. Kb2 Qe4 {[%cal Ge4d4]} 47. Qa7 Qe1 48. Qa8+ Kd6 49. a4 $1 {
to avoid perpetual check, but this also creates another passer;} Qc3+ (49...
bxa3+ 50. Qxa3+ {[%cal Gf6f7]}) 50. Kb1 Ke6 51. f7 Kxf7 52. Qxd5+ Kf6 53. a5
Qe1+ 54. Ka2 Qc1 55. Qc6+ Kf5 56. a6 Kf4 {this just makes the game shorter;} (
56... Kg5 $142 57. Qc5 Qa3+ 58. Kb1 Qxa6 59. Qxe5+ {and white wins b4 as well;}
) 57. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group1"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vladivostok Debiut-DVGU"]
[BlackTeam "Norilsk Norilsky Nikel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe1 Ra7 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Kb1
h5 15. Qh4 Be7 {Among 3 choices of black here, 15...Bg7 looks the most
resistant way, while 15...Rh6 should be checked more properly; Regarding 15...
Be7 line, I got impression that black suffers alot in this line;} (15... Rh6 {
black hasn't tried to protect h6 pawn this way before} 16. f5 Qc5 17. Rhe1 {
[%cal Ge4e5,Yc3d5]} e5 18. Be2 Rc7 19. Rd2 b4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 a5 22. Bf1
Rh7 23. Qe4 Bh6 24. Rd4 Rg7 $132 {0-1 Almasi,Z-Topalov,V/Monaco 2002/CBM 87
ext (48)}) (15... Bg7 {Tyomkin,D: 'Comparing with 15...Be7 line, here Black
king can be placed on e7 and Bg7 can be entered to the game thru h6;'} 16. Rhf1
{Tyomkin,D: 'Immediate 16.f5 is much more dangerous for black;'} (16. f5 e5 17.
Be2 Ke7 18. Bxh5 Rc7 19. Qg4 Bb7 (19... Bh6 {Tyomkin,D} 20. Bxf7 $1 Kxf7 21.
Qg6+ Ke7 22. Rxd6 $1 $18) 20. Qxg7 Rxh5 21. Qg3 b4 22. Nd5+ Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qc6
24. Qd3 $16 {1-0 Efimenko,Z-Kozul,Z/Panormo 2001/CBM 84 ext (45)}) 16... Qc5 {
'!' Tyomkin,D.} (16... f5 $5 17. e5 $13 (17. exf5 {Tyomkin,D} Bxc3 18. fxe6 $1
Bg7 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Qg5 $40)) 17. f5 e5 (17... Qe5 {Tyomkin,D} 18. Ne2 {
[%csl Rh5][%cal Ge2f4,Yf4h5,Ge2g3]}) 18. Rf3 (18. Be2 {Tyomkin,D} Rc7 {[%cal
Gb5b4]}) 18... Rc7 19. Rg3 Kf8 20. a3 {0-1 Kotronias,V-Kozul,Z/Leon ESP 2001/
The Week in Chess 366 (33) '?!' Tyomkin,D: 'It just helps black to get
counterattack over the queenside;'} (20. Ne2 $140 $5 {[%cal Gg3h3,Yh4e1]
Tyomkin,D})) 16. f5 Qc5 $146 {since 16...b4 doesn't solve black opening
problems, Malakhov tried it other way;} (16... b4 17. Ne2 e5 18. Ng3 (18. Rhe1
a5 19. Bc4 a4 20. b3 axb3 21. cxb3 Rg8 22. Ng3 $16 {0-1 Sedlak,N-Jakab,A/
Subotica YUG 2001/The Week in Chess 367 (46)}) (18. g4 {Tyomkin,D} a5 19. gxh5
a4 20. h6 Rh7 21. Rhg1 Qe3 22. Rg8+ Kd7 23. Qe1 Rb7 $15 {0-1 Svoboda,S-Manik,M/
Presov SVK 2001/The Week in Chess 357 (50)}) 18... Qc5 19. Nxh5 Kd8 20. g4 a5
21. Rhf1 Rd7 22. Qe1 Kc7 23. Qe2 $16 {1-0 Kotronias,V-Damljanovic,B/Leon ESP
2001/The Week in Chess 367 (54)}) (16... Qe3 17. Rhe1 Qg5 18. Qf2 Rb7 19. h4
$16 {1-0 De la Paz,F-Delgado,N/Santa Clara CUB 1999 (41)}) 17. Rhe1 a5 (17...
e5 18. Ne2 $5 {[%cal Ge2g3,Yg3h5] and like in games mentioned above;}) 18. fxe6
fxe6 19. Qg3 ({the following blow would be in spirit of this sicilian position:
} 19. e5 fxe5 20. Qg3 {[%cal Gg3g6,Gc3e4] and white gets very dangerous attack;
}) 19... b4 20. Ne2 (20. Qg7 bxc3 $1 21. Qxh8+ Kd7 {and black got real
counterplay;}) 20... Qe5 21. Nf4 $16 {[%cal Gg3g7] Black has left with
weaknesses all around and unsafe king in the centre with no clear conterplay;}
Bf8 22. Qf2 {[%csl Ya7][%cal Gf4g6]} Rg7 $8 23. Bc4 Bd7 {Black holds the
defence by only moves;} 24. Bxe6 $1 {[%mdl 64] here comes the tactics to
justify the correct strategy;} Bxe6 25. Rd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Be7 27. Rxe5 fxe5 $6
{No matter how strange and dubious it looks, 27...fxe5 probably would give
black more practical chances!} (27... dxe5 28. Ne6 Rg4 {[%csl Rb1][%cal Ye7a3]
I have to point out that white king is much more vulnerable here than in the
game continuation- Be7 is powered over e7-a3 diagonal and a3 bxa3 b3 isn't
that strong as it has happened in the game!} 29. g3 (29. a3 bxa3 30. b3 a4 $132
) 29... h4 30. Qb6 $1 Kf7 31. Nf4 $1 {[%cal Gb6e6] but the position is still
messy;}) 28. Ne6 $18 {[%mdl 1024] The material balance is about equal: queen
and pawn for pair of rooks, while in this specific position queen supported
with knight are dominating;} Rf7 29. Qe2 Rf6 30. a3 $1 {White gets rid of
backrank troubles as well as intends to attack black pawns over the queenside;}
bxa3 31. b3 Kf7 32. Ng5+ Kg7 33. Ne4 {just switching outposts;} Rf4 34. g3 Rf7
{Black pieces remain passive;} 35. Ka2 h4 36. Qg4+ Kf8 37. Qc8+ Kg7 38. Qg4+
Kf8 39. Kxa3 {[%csl Ya3,Rf8] White kings becomes important piece in this
ending while black king is still very vulnerable;} hxg3 40. hxg3 Rh2 41. c4 Rf1
42. Ka4 {White king may easily join the attack on black king!} Rb2 43. Qc8+ Kg7
44. Qd7 Rf7 45. Nxd6 Bxd6 46. Qxd6 Re2 47. Qb8 e4 48. Qe5+ Kg8 49. d6 e3 50. d7
(50. d7 Rd2 51. Qg5+ {[%cal Gd7d8]}) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cyprus"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CYP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 Ra7 {
This line has got popularity nowdays thanks to GM Z.Kozul;} (13... Be7 $5) 14.
Bd3 {14.f5 saves time in some variations, because white bishop can be moved
directly to e2;} (14. f5 $5 h5 (14... Qc5 $146 15. Qh4 h5 16. e5 fxe5 17. fxe6
fxe6 18. Bd3 Re7 {[%cal Ge8d7]} 19. Rhf1 Kd7 20. Qh3 Bg7 21. Be4 Kc7 22. Qh4
Rd7 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Ne4 d5 25. Nf6 Rdd8 26. Nxh5 {1/2-1/2 Wells,P-Nevednichy,
V/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 (26)}) (14... b4 15. Ne2 e5 (15... Bxe4 16. fxe6 fxe6 17.
Nf4 $16) 16. Ng3 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Rg3h5]} h5 {To stop Nh5} (16... Qc5 17. Nh5
Be7 18. Qh4 Qe3 19. Bd3 $16) 17. Be2 $1 $36 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Ye2h5,Yg3h5] 1-0
Gurevich,I-Kozul,Z/Biel 1993/CBM 37/[Wolff] (53)}) (14... Rg8 15. Qh4 {[%cal
Yh4f6,Yh4h7]} Ke7 16. Ne2 $1 {[%cal Ye2d4,Ye2g3,Ye2f4,Yg3h5]} e5 17. Ng3 Qe3 (
17... h6 18. Rxd6 Kxd6 19. Qxf6+) 18. Qxh7 Rg7 19. Qh8 Bxe4 20. Bd3 $1 Bxg2 21.
Rhe1 Qc5 22. Be4 $36 {1-0 Dimitrov,V-Kozul,Z/Linares 1996 (52)}) 15. Qh4 (15.
fxe6 {Gofshtein,L} fxe6 16. Bd3 Rg7 17. Rf1 Be7 18. g3 Qc5 19. Ne2 Bd8 20. Nf4
Kd7 21. Rf3 Qe5 22. Bf1 $36 {[%csl Re6][%cal Yf1h3,Yh3e6] 1-0 Zontakh,
A-Simonovic,A/Ulcinj 1998/EXT 99 (52)}) (15. Bd3 Qc5 16. Rf1 (16. fxe6 $142
fxe6 17. Rf1) 16... e5 17. Qh4 Ke7 18. Ne2 a5 19. Rf3 Bh6 20. Qxh5 a4 21. Qh4
b4 22. Qe1 Bg5 23. h3 Rc7 $13 {Palac-Kozul,Croatia 1997}) 15... Be7 16. Ne2 Rc7
17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Be2 e5 19. Nb3 a5 20. Bxh5 Kf8 21. Rd3 Be8 22. Nd2 b4 23. Rc1
Bb5 24. c4 bxc3 25. Rdxc3 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Bd8 27. g4 $4 (27. Nf3 $1 {[%csl Gg1]})
27... Qg1+ 28. Kc2 Be2 {0-1 Breder,D-Kozul,Z/Bled SLO 2001/The Week in Chess
334 (28)}) 14... h5 {14...a5 is an alternative, but it doesn't solve all black
problems too;} (14... a5 15. Qh4 (15. f5 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Ng3 (17. Nc1 $6 {
Gofshtein,L} Bh6 18. Qe2 Ke7 19. Bc4 Rf8 20. Rd3 Qc5 21. Rh3 Bg5 22. Rxh7 a4
$44 {0-1 Gyorkos,L-Kozul,Z/Osijek 1992/EXT 99 (35)}) 17... Bh6 18. Bc4 Ke7 19.
Qe2 Qc5 20. Rhe1 Bg5 21. Nf1 Rc8 22. b3 a4 23. Ne3 {1/2-1/2 Moldovan,
D-Lupulescu,C/Baile Tusnad 2001/CBM 80 ext (23)}) 15... Be7 16. f5 Qc5 (16...
e5 17. Qh6 $16 (17. Be2 $5 {[%cal Gc3d5]})) 17. Rhf1 (17. e5 fxe5 18. Qh5 a4 (
18... exf5 $142) 19. fxe6 a3 20. Bxb5 $1 $18 {1/2-1/2 Efimenko,Z-Lupulescu,C/
Balatonlelle HUN 2001 (34)}) 17... e5 18. Be2 Rc7 19. Qf2 Qxf2 20. Rxf2 Rb7 21.
Nd5 Bd8 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Rxd6 Bh4 24. g3 Bxe4 $11 {1-0 Jedryczka,K-Kozul,Z/
Panormo 2001/CBM 84 ext (56)}) (14... Rc7 $5 $146 {(Gofshtein,L) The new
attempt of Z.Kozul to rehabilitate this variation.} 15. f5 e5 {[%csl Rd5] It
is a new plan in this variation. Usually black played b4 first, and only after
knight's retreat playes e5.In this game black doesn't afraid to weaken square
d5 immediately.} 16. Qh4 $1 {[%cal Yh4f6]} (16. Bf1 {Gofshtein,L} Bb7 17. Nd5
Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rc5 19. Qd2 Qc6 20. g3 $14) 16... Be7 (16... Bg7 {Gofshtein,L}
17. Rhe1 $14) 17. Qh6 $5 {Ater this strong move black loses pawn without any
real copmpensation.} b4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 a5 20. Qg7 Rf8 21. Qxh7 $16 {
0-1 Nataf,I-Kozul,Z/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Gofshtein,L] (50)}) (14... Qc5 {
Gofshtein,L} 15. f5 a5 (15... Bh6 $6 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nd5 $5 {1-0 Zelcic,
R-Kozul,Z/Bled 2000/CBM 75 ext (40)}) 16. Ne2 Bh6 17. Rf1 $14 {[%cal Yf1f6]
0-1 Benjamin,J-Kozul,Z/Luzern 1997/CBM 62/[Ftacnik] (38)} (17. Qh4 Bg5 18. Qh5
e5 $132 (18... exf5 19. Ng3 $1 $16) (18... e5 19. h4 Be3 20. g4 d5 $132)) (17.
fxe6 fxe6 18. Rf1 $14)) 15. Qh4 Bg7 {Comparing with 15...Be7 line, here Black
king can be placed on e7 and Bg7 can be entered to the game thru h6;} (15...
Be7 16. f5 b4 (16... Qe3 {Gofshtein,L} 17. Rhe1 Qg5 18. Qf2 Rb7 19. h4 $36 {
1-0 De la Paz,F-Delgado,N/Santa Clara 1999/CBM 70 ext (41)}) 17. Ne2 e5 18. Ng3
$1 (18. g4 a5 19. gxh5 a4 20. h6 Rh7 21. Rhg1 Qe3 22. Rg8+ Kd7 23. Qe1 Rb7 $15
{0-1 Svoboda,S-Manik,M/Presov SVK 2001/The Week in Chess 357 (50)}) 18... Qc5
19. Nxh5 Kd8 20. g4 a5 21. Rhf1 Rd7 22. Qe1 $16 {1-0 Kotronias,V-Damljanovic,B/
Leon ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 367 (54)}) 16. Rhf1 $146 {Immediate 16.f5 is
much more dangerous for black;} (16. f5 e5 17. Be2 Ke7 18. Bxh5 Rc7 19. Qg4 Bb7
(19... Bh6 20. Bxf7 $1 Kxf7 21. Qg6+ Ke7 22. Rxd6 $1 $18) 20. Qxg7 Rxh5 21. Qg3
$16 {1-0 Efimenko,Z-Kozul,Z/Panormo 2001/CBM 84 ext (45)}) 16... Qc5 $1 (16...
f5 17. exf5 Bxc3 18. fxe6 $1 Bg7 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Qg5 $40) 17. f5 e5 (17...
Qe5 18. Ne2 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Ge2f4,Yf4h5,Ge2g3]}) 18. Rf3 (18. Be2 Rc7 {
[%cal Gb5b4]}) 18... Rc7 19. Rg3 Kf8 20. a3 $6 {It just helps black to get
counterattack over the queenside;} (20. Ne2 $140 $5 {[%cal Gg3h3,Yh4e1]}) 20...
a5 21. Ne2 (21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 b4 (22... Qxd5 23. Be2 $16 {[%csl Rd6]}) 23.
Be4 Qf2 $132) 21... b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Nc1 Ba4 24. Nb3 (24. b3 Bb5 25. Rd2
Bc6 $132 {[%cal Gc7a7,Gc5a5]}) 24... Qf2 25. Rf1 (25. Rh3 Qa7 {[%cal Gc7c8,
Yc8a8] with the same plan like in the game;}) 25... Qa7 26. Be2 Rc8 {[%cal
Gc8a8]} 27. Rd3 $4 {White had to keep balance accurately by:} (27. Rd1 Qf2 28.
Bd3 {and white keeps the balance;}) 27... Bb5 28. Rd2 Ra8 $19 {Now rook d2
disturbs white king to escape;} 29. c4 bxc3 30. bxc3 Qa3 $2 {Time-trouble
miss- black could just win a piece by primitive:} (30... Qb7 $1 31. Bxb5 (31.
Kb2 Bxe2 32. Rxe2 Rb8 $19) 31... Qxb5 {[%csl Rb3,Rf1]}) ({and this line could
lead to the same end as in the game;} 30... Qa4 $1 31. c4 (31. Bxb5 Qxb5 {
[%csl Rb3,Rf1]}) 31... Qxb3+ 32. Rb2 Qa4 33. cxb5 Ke7 $19) 31. c4 $2 {Missing
a chance:} (31. Bxb5 Qxb3+ 32. Rb2 Qxc3 33. Qe1 $15 {and white repulses an
attack of black;}) 31... Qxb3+ ({Another good way was:} 31... Ba4 $19 32. Nc1
Rb8+) 32. Rb2 Qa3 33. cxb5 Ke7 {[%cal Gh8c8] Black decively enters Rh8 to the
attack;} 0-1

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berelowitsch, Alexander"]
[Black "Shmuter, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Vaisman,V"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. Kb1
h5 15. Rhf1 O-O-O $5 (15... a5) 16. c3 d5 17. cxb4 $6 (17. Qc2 $1 Kb8 18. exd5
Bxd5 (18... Rxd5 19. Be4 Rxd1+ (19... Rc5 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Rd7) 20. Rxd1 Bxe4
21. Qxe4 bxc3 22. Nxc3 Ba3 23. Na4 $1 Qb4 24. Rd4 Qb5 25. Rd3 $16) 19. Be4 Bxe4
20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Qxe4 bxc3 (21... Qb6 22. Rc1) (21... f5 22. Qc4 Qb6 (22...
bxc3 23. Qxa6 cxb2 24. Qb5+ Kc8 25. Qxb2 Qd3+ 26. Ka1 Rg8 27. Rc1+ Kd8 28. Nd4
Bg7 29. Nc6+ Ke8 30. Ne5 $40) 23. Rc1) 22. Nxc3 {/\ Rd1, f5} f5 23. Qe2) 17...
Bxb4 18. Qc2 Kb8 19. e5 $5 d4 $5 20. exf6 (20. Be4 Bb5 (20... d3 $5 21. Bxd3 f5
$1 $44) 21. Bd3 Bc6 22. Be4 Bb5 $10) 20... Rc8 21. Nc1 $1 Bf3 22. Qa4 (22. Rxf3
$1 Rxc2 23. Bxc2 Ka7 24. Rb3 Qd6 25. Nd3 Bc5 26. Ne5 Rb8 27. Rxb8 Kxb8 28. Be4
$1 $44 {/\ g3, Rd3, Rc1}) 22... Bxd1 (22... Bxg2 23. Rf2 Bb7 24. Nb3 $36) 23.
Rxd1 a5 $2 (23... Qa5 $142 24. Qxa5 (24. Qb3 Ka7 25. Be4 Rc7) 24... Bxa5 25.
Bxa6 $13) 24. a3 Bd6 25. Nb3 Bxf4 26. Nxa5 $2 (26. Be4 $1 d3 (26... Rhd8 27.
Rd3 Bc7 28. Nxa5 $18) 27. Rxd3 Rhd8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Nxa5 Rc8 $8 30. Nc6+ Kc7
31. h4 $36) 26... Rc5 $2 (26... Rhd8 27. Be4 d3 $1) 27. Nb3 Rd5 28. Be4 Qb5 29.
Rxd4 Qxa4 30. Rxa4 Rdd8 $8 31. Nd4 $138 (31. Na5 $5 Kc7 $5 32. Nc4 Kd7 {/\ Rh6}
) 31... Kc7 32. Ra7+ Kd6 33. Nf3 Rd7 34. Ra6+ Kc7 35. g3 Be3 36. Ne5 Rd1+ 37.
Ka2 (37. Kc2 $5) 37... Rh6 38. Rc6+ Kb8 39. Nxf7 (39. Rc3 Bb6 40. Rf3 $1 (40.
Rb3 Kc7) (40. Nc6+ Kc7) 40... Bd4 (40... Bd8 41. Nxf7 Rxf6 42. Nxd8 Rxf3 43.
Nc6+ Kc7 44. Bxf3 Rf1 (44... Rd3 45. Be4 Re3 46. Bh1 Re1 47. Bf3 Re3 48. Nd4 e5
49. Ne6+ Kd6 50. Ng5 $18) 45. Ne5 Kd6 46. Nc4+ Kc5 47. Nd2) 41. Rb3+ Kc8 42.
Bb7+ Kc7 43. Bf3 Rc1 $8 (43... Rf1 $2 44. Rb7+ Kc8 45. Nxf7 Rxf6 46. Nd6+ Kd8
47. Bc6 $18) 44. Rb7+ Kc8 45. Nxf7 Rxf6 46. Nd6+ Kd8 47. Bxh5 Rf2 $13 48. Nf7+
Ke8 49. Nd6+ Kd8 $10) 39... Rxf6 40. Nd6 Rc1 (40... Rf8 41. Nb5 Ba7 42. Rxe6)
41. Ra6 Ba7 42. Ra4 (42. Nb5 Re1 {/\ Rf7}) 42... Rf2 43. Rb4+ Kc7 44. Nb5+ Kb8
45. Nd4+ $5 (45. Nd6+ Kc7 46. Nb5+ Kb8 $10) 45... Kc8 46. Nxe6 Rxh2 47. Bf5 $5
Bf2 48. Rb3 Kd7 49. Rd3+ Ke7 50. Nf4 Rg1 51. Ne2 Re1 52. Nc3 Re5 53. g4 h4 (
53... Rh4 54. Rf3 Bd4 55. gxh5 Bxc3 56. bxc3 $10) (53... Rg2 54. Nd5+ $1) 54.
Ne4 h3 $5 $138 (54... Kf8 $5) 55. Nxf2 (55. Ng5 Re2 56. Rd7+ Ke8) 55... Rxf2
56. Rxh3 Rb5 57. Rb3 Rxb3 58. Kxb3 Kd6 $10 59. Kc3 Kd5 60. a4 Rf4 61. a5 Kc5
62. a6 Kb6 63. Bc8 Rf8 64. Be6 Re8 $1 (64... Kxa6 $2 65. Kd4 Rf2 66. b3 Re2 $2
67. Bc4+) 65. Bd5 Kxa6 66. Kd4 Kb5 67. g5 Re1 68. g6 Rg1 (68... Rg1 69. Bf7 Kb4
70. Ke5 Rxg6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Qualifier 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Boer, Eelke"]
[Black "Vogel, Roven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Vogel,R"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Zu diesem Zeitpunkt war ich mit 3,5/5 einen halben Punkt hinter dem
Führenden und hatte meine letzten beiden Partien nicht gewonnen. Es war also
an der Zeit, wieder Fahrt aufzunehmen und wichtige Punkte im Kampf um den
Turniersieg einzufahren!} 1. e4 c5 {In mindestens drei von fünf Partien
standen diese beiden Anfangszüge in jeder Runde dieses Turniers auf dem Brett!
} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 $5 {Vor dem Turnier war bereits
klar, dass ich in diesem Turnier auf viele 1.e4-Spieler treffen würde.
Gleichzeitig wusste ich, dass ich auch mit Schwarz unbedingt auf Gewinn
spielen sollte, da normalerweise eine sehr hohe Punkteausbeute für den
Turniersieg im "Qualifiers" benötigt wird. Daher investierte ich vor dem
Turnier viel Zeit in die Analyse dieser Eröffnung, die ich noch nie zuvor
gespielt hatte. In der Tat ging diese Investition voll auf: ich bekam fünf
Schwarzpartien, in denen meine Gegner alle mit 1.e4 eröffneten und
tatsächlich erreichte ich bis auf Runde 1 in jeder dieser Partien eine sehr
komfortable Stellung aus der Eröffnung heraus.} 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O
Bd7 9. f3 Nxd4 $5 {Ein noch recht selten gespielter Zug, der allerdings schon
im Trend liegt und daher wohl in Zukunft öfters zu sehen sein wird.} ({
Die Hauptvariante beginnt nach} 9... Be7 10. h4 h6 11. Be3 h5 $132) 10. Qxd4
Be7 11. h4 ({Sehr harmlos ist} 11. Bxf6 $6 gxf6 $132 {[%cal Gd8a5,Ga5c5,Ga8c8]}
(11... Bxf6 12. Qxd6 Bc6 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Bd3 g5 $44 {-
selbst das Endspiel ist mit den starken Läufern annehmbar.})) 11... b5 (11...
Qc7 {mit Zugumstellung.}) 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Qd2 $6 {Etwas harmlos und langsam,
der kritische Versuch startet nach 13.g4. Wahrscheinlich wollte mein Gegner
0-0 verhindern.} (13. g4 O-O $1 14. Qd2 b4 15. Ne2 {Nun erlaubte Grandelius
einen altbekannten Trick, auf den man besser nicht reinfallen sollte.} a5 $4 ({
Stattdessen sollte man lieber} 15... Rfc8 $5 $132 {spielen, mit beiderseitigen
Chancen und einer womöglich sehr inhaltsreichen Partie.}) 16. Be3 $4 (16. e5
$1 dxe5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxd7 Rad8 19. Qxc7 Rxd1+ 20. Nc1 $18) 16... Rfc8 17.
h5 a4 18. Nc1 d5 19. g5 Ne8 20. g6 Bf6 21. exd5 exd5 22. Bf4 Qb6 23. Bd3 b3 24.
cxb3 axb3 25. a3 Rxa3 26. gxf7+ Kxf7 27. Bg6+ Kf8 {0-1 (27) McShane,L (2688)
-Grandelius,N (2691) Eskilstuna 2019}) 13... b4 $1 {Schwarz tut fast immer gut
daran, so schnell wie möglich seinen Angriff am Damenflügel voranzutreiben,
da früher oder später heterogene Rochden entstehen werden. Dieser schnelle
Bauernvorstoß wäre nicht möglich gewesen, wenn die Dame noch auf d4 stünde.
} ({Eine Variante, in der die Dame auf d2 auch durchaus Sinn ergibt, ist
folgende:} 13... h6 $5 14. Be3 $1 (14. Bxf6 $6 {gibt unnötig das Läuferpaar.}
Bxf6 ({wesentlich schärfer und objektiv leicht schlechter ist} 14... gxf6 $6
15. f4 (15. Ne2 Bc6 16. Nf4 h5 $132 {[%cal Ga8d8,Gd6d5]}) 15... Bc6 16. f5 $1 (
16. Bd3 b4 17. Ne2 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. f5 e5 20. Ng3 (20. Bb5+ Bc6 $132 {
Schwarz übernimmt langsam die Initiative.}) 20... Rg8 21. Be4 Bc6 $132 {
mit typischem, strategisch kompliziertem Richter-Rauser-Kampf.}) 16... b4 17.
Ne2 Bxe4 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nf4 e5 (19... Qd7 20. Bd3 $18 {[%csl Ye8][%cal
Gh1e1]}) 20. Nd5 Qc5 21. Ne3 $36 {Weiß behält eine gewisse Initiative auf
den weißen Feldern.}) 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Ke7 17. Rd1 b4 18. Ne2 Rhd8 $44 {
in dieser Art von Endspielen hat Schwarz immer Kompensation in Form seines
starken schwarzfeldrigen Läufers.}) (14. Bf4 b4 15. Ne2 e5 16. Be3 Be6 17.
Qxb4 d5 18. Qb6 Qd7 $44) 14... h5 15. Bf4 b4 16. Ne2 Rc8 (16... e5 17. Bg5 {
Das ist gewissermaßen der Punkt, warum Weiß mittels Le3 erst auf ...h5
wartet und dann Lf4 macht.} Be6 18. Ng3 (18. Qxb4 $5 O-O 19. Qd2 Rab8 20. Nc3
Rfc8 21. Ka1 Bd8 $132 {[%cal Gc7b7,Gd8a5]}) 18... g6 19. Be2 $14 {[%cal Gg3f1,
Gf1e3,Gg2g4,Ge3d5]}) 17. Ng3 $14 {[%cal Gf4g5] und nun steht die Frage im Raum,
ob h5 wirklich so nützlich war, da der Bauer nun nach 0-0 sehr anfällig und
dadurch auch die Königssicherheit stark geschwächt wird.}) ({Das natürliche
} 13... O-O $4 {verliert wieder wegen des bereits erwähnten Tricks} 14. e5 $1
dxe5 (14... b4 {ändert nicht viel:} 15. Ne2 dxe5 (15... Nd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17.
exd6 $18) 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qxd7 $18) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qxd7 $18) 14. Ne2 a5
15. Nd4 $6 {Unklar, ob der Springer dort wirklich so gut steht. Weiß hätte
besser versuchen sollen, den Druck auf d6 weiter aufrechtzuerhalten, um so
später einmal das "Provokationsmanöver" Lf4/Lg5 zu haben, was die Felder d5
und f5 schwächt.} ({Weiß kommt sowieso nicht ohne} 15. g4 $142 $5 {aus, also
wäre hier wieder ein guter Zeitpunkt dafür gewesen} h5 $5 {Auch sehr typisch.
} (15... a4 $5 16. Bf4 $1 e5 (16... Ra6 $4 17. Ng3 Rb6 18. g5 $18) (16... Rc8
$6 17. Ng3 O-O 18. g5 (18. Ba6 Ra8 19. Bxd6 Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Qa5 21. Be2 a3 22. b3
Rfd8 $44 {[%csl Ga3,Gb4,Ye5,Yf4,Yg3][%cal Gd7e8,Ga5e5,Ge5b2,Ga3b2,Gb4c3,Ga5c5,
Ga8c8,Gd7b5]}) 18... Ne8 19. h5 $40) 17. Bg5 O-O (17... Be6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 (
18... Bxf6 19. Qxb4 $14 {[%cal Ge2c3,Gc3b5]}) 19. Ng3 O-O 20. Nf5 (20. Qh6 $2
Rfc8 21. Bd3 $2 Bxa2+ $1 22. Kxa2 (22. Kc1 Bf8 23. Qxf6 Bg7 24. Qg5 h6 25. Qe3
a3 $19) 22... b3+ 23. Ka1 a3 $19) 20... Rfb8 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. g5 f5 23. exf5
Bxf5 24. Bd3 Qe6 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. Qd3 Qxd3 27. Rxd3 Rb6 28. Rhd1 $14) 18. Bxf6
Bxf6 (18... gxf6 19. g5 $14 {[%cal Gf1h3]} (19. Ng3 $14 {[%cal Gg3f5]})) 19.
Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Rfd8 21. Nc1 $14 {Hier ist die Kompensation für den Bauern
in Form des schwarzfeldrigen Läufers nicht vollwertig, da er auf f6 sehr
passiv steht und der e5-Bauer große Felderschwächen auf d5 und f5
zurückgelassen hat. Mit dem Läufer auf e3 und bereits entknoteten Figuren
sähe die Welt anders aus.}) 16. gxh5 (16. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 (16... Bxf6 17. g5 Be7
18. f4 {So eine Stellung kann schnell sehr riskant für Schwarz werden, da die
weißen Bauern schon weit fortgeschritten sind. Schwarz sollte nicht versuchen,
direkt weiter anzugreifen, sondern lieber die Stellung öffnen und seinen
Läufern Diagonalen zum "Arbeiten" verschaffen. Eine Beispielvariante könnte
folgendermaßen aussehen:} O-O 19. Nd4 d5 $1 20. exd5 (20. e5 $2 g6 $17) 20...
exd5 21. Bg2 Bg4 $132) 17. g5 {[%csl Yh5][%cal Gf3f4,Ge2d4]} a4 18. Nd4 Qc5 19.
f4 a3 $132) 16... Nxh5 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Rh5 19. Be2 (19. Bxd6 $2 {wäre
ein großer strategischer Fehler-} Qxd6 20. Qxd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 g5 $15 {[%csl
Ga5,Gb4,Gd7,Ye4,Yf1,Yf3,Gg5][%cal Ge8e7,Gh5h4] da Schwarz nun einfach ein
besseres Endspiel erhält.}) 19... Rc8 $132) 15... Qb7 $6 {Ebenfalls unnötig.
In der Partie hatte ich Sorge, dass nach Sb5 ...Lxb5 Lxb5 mein Angriff ins
Stocken gerät, da nun der Läufer auf a4 ein Zuhause findet. Allerdings darf
ich einerseits auch, mittels d5, im Zentrum spielen und andererseits ist ...a4
stark, wonach der Läufer nicht nach a4 gelangt und ich zudem zu a3 oder b3
komme. Außerdem verliert er mit dem Springer eine wesentliche Angriffsfigur.}
(15... O-O $142 16. Nb5 $6 (16. g4 $142 a4 17. Bd3 Rfb8 $13 (17... Rfc8 $13))
16... Bxb5 17. Bxb5 a4 $1 (17... Rfd8 18. Ba4 h6 (18... d5 $2 19. e5 Ne8 (19...
Qxe5 20. Bf4 Qf5 21. g4 $18) 20. g4 $40) 19. Bf4 (19. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 20. f4 (20.
g4 $2 d5 21. g5 dxe4 22. Qe3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rh1 hxg5 25. hxg5 Bd4 26.
Qxe4 g6 $19 {[%csl Ya4,Yf3,Yg5]}) 20... h5 21. Qe2 Qc5 22. g4 g6 $1 $11 (22...
hxg4 $6 23. Qxg4 Kh7 24. h5 Rac8 $36 {[%cal Gh5h6,Gf4f5,Ga4b3,Gh1g1]})) (19.
Bxh6 $2 gxh6 20. Qxh6 Nh7 $19 {[%cal Ge7f8,Gc7c5,Gc5e5]}) 19... Qb7 $132 {
[%cal Gd6d5]}) 18. Qxb4 {Das Bauernopfer anzunehmen, ist sehr riskant, aber
gewissermaßen auch alternativlos.} (18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxd6 (19. Qxb4 a3 20. b3
(20. bxa3 Rfc8 $17) 20... Rfc8 21. Qd2 Qc5 $19 {[%cal Rc5e5,Re5a1]}) 19... Qa5
20. e5 (20. Be2 $2 Rfc8 $19 {[%cal Rb4b3,Ra4a3]}) 20... Rfd8 21. Qc6 Bxe5 22.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Bxa4 Rb8 $17 {[%csl Rb2,Re5][%cal Rd8d4,Rd8f6]}) (18. g4 a3 19.
b3 d5 $17 {[%cal Rc7e5,Re5b2]}) 18... d5 (18... Rfb8 $5 19. Bxf6 (19. c4 d5 $1
20. Qc3 a3 21. e5 Nh5 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. b3 Ng3 24. Rh3 (24. Rhe1 dxc4 25. Qxc4
Rd8 $15) 24... Qc7 25. Rxg3 Rxb5 $15) 19... gxf6 20. c4 d5 21. Qc3 dxc4 22. Rd7
Qc5 23. Bxc4 Rb6 24. Rc1 Rab8 25. b3 axb3 26. Bxb3 Qa3 27. Rd3 Kg7 $13) 19. Qd4
(19. Qd2 dxe4 $17) 19... Rfc8 $17 {Weiß hat überhaupt keinen Angriff,
während Schwarz über die geöffnete b-Linie und das Zentrum einen gewaltigen
Angriff bekommt.}) 16. h5 $5 ({Wieder} 16. g4 $142 $5 $132) 16... a4 $2 {
Unfassbar unvorsichtig gegenüber der gegnerischen Idee. Was will der Gegner
wohl machen, wenn er h5 spielt?} (16... h6 $142 17. Bh4 $1 (17. Be3 $6 e5 18.
Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 d5 $132 {ähnlich zur Partie}) 17... a4 18. g4 a3 19. b3 Rc8
20. Bc4 Rc5 $132) 17. Be3 $2 {Zum Glück nicht h6 spielen.} (17. h6 g6 {
In der Partie hatte ich nur sehr oberflächlich abgeschätzt, dass nun der
Königsflügel geschlossen bleibt. Die konkrete Idee mit Df4/Dh4 war mir
entgangen.} 18. Qf4 e5 19. Qh4 Ng8 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Ne2 Nc8 22. Nc1 Be6 23.
Bd3 $14 {Vielleicht falle ich hier nicht gleich um, aber besonders schön ist
es auch nicht.}) 17... e5 ({Nach} 17... h6 18. g4 e5 $2 (18... Nh7 $142 $132)
19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. gxf5 $16 {hat Weiß die Möglichkeit, so wiederzuschlagen,
weshalb ich sofort ...e5 spielte.}) 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 h6 {Endlich!} 20. g4
{Endlich!} a3 $5 {Idealerweise wollte ich mit diesem Zug, dem weißen König
dauerhaft die Luft zum Atmen nehmen und auf c3 einen mächtigen Vorposten,
für z.B. meinen Springer, erlangen. Mein Gegner reagierte etwas
schablonenhaft, aber hätte mit konkretem Spiel durchaus auf Vorteil hoffen
können. Die Stellung ist unheimlich kompliziert, aber ich vermute (nach
einiger Analyse), dass ein Verstärkungszug, wie Tb8, der den b-Bauern von
hinten zuverlässig deckt und sich keine weitere Schwäche in Form eines
angreifbaren Königs (im Falle von 20...a3) oder wackeligen Zentrums (im Falle
von d5) macht, der stärkste Zug in der Stellung ist. Aus praktischer Sicht
bin ich mit meinem 20.Zug...a3 nicht ganz unzufrieden, obwohl die Partie nach
21.g5 auch hätte ganz anders laufen können.} (20... Qxf3 $4 21. Bg2 $18) (
20... b3 $5 21. cxb3 (21. g5 $2 bxa2+ 22. Kxa2 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Rb8 $40) 21...
axb3 22. a3 d5 $1 (22... Rc8 23. g5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Rxh5 25. Rxh5 Nxh5 26. Bxe7
Qxe7 27. Ba6 Rc2 (27... Rd8 28. Rh1 $18) 28. Qa5 $16) (22... Nh7 $4 23. Bc4 $18
) (22... O-O 23. g5 hxg5 24. h6 $1 $40 (24. Bxg5 Qxf3 25. Be2 Qxf5+ $17 {
Hier macht es sich bemerkbar, warum b3 von Vorteil sein kann.}) {und der
konkrete Versuch scheitert auch} 24... Qxf3 25. Be2 Qxf5+ (25... Qc6 {[%cal
Gc6c2]} 26. Rc1 $1 Qb7 27. hxg7 Rfc8 28. Bxg5 $18) 26. Bd3 e4 27. hxg7 Rfc8 28.
Bxg5 Nh7 (28... exd3 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Rdg1 $18) 29. Bxe7 exd3 30. Qxd3 $18)
23. Qd3 $3 {[%cal Gd3b5]} (23. g5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Rxh5 25. Bd3 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Nd7
27. Rh8+ Bf8 28. Qe1 f6 29. Bd2 Kf7 30. Qh1 Bc5 $132 {und Schwarz könnte
zumindest kämpfen}) (23. Qe2 $1 O-O 24. Qb5 $14 {[%cal Gd1c1,Gc1c6] Genau vor
solchen Szenarien hatte ich Angst: Weiß fängt plötzlich an, den b3-Bauern 
(und das Zentrum) anzugreifen.} (24. g5 Bxa3 $3 $13 {Das sind diese Art von
Opfern, die man zwar während der Partie durchaus sieht, aber absolut keine
Ahnung hat, ob sie funktionieren und sie daher verwirft. Zumindest ich, Tal
hätte dazu wahrscheinlich eine andere Meinung gehabt.})) 23... O-O 24. g5 (24.
Qb5 $14 {natürlich auch wieder möglich}) 24... hxg5 ({Hier geht nicht mal
mehr das "Tal-Opfer", weil Schwarz später nach Lc5 nicht mehr die Ressource ..
.Ta2! mit Angriff auf die Dame hat.} 24... Bxa3 25. bxa3 Rxa3 26. Bc5 $18) 25.
h6 {Ab hier wird es sehr computerisch, aber feststeht, dass Weiß (bei
unheimlich präzisen und genauen Spiel) eine starke Initiative hat.} Rfc8 26.
hxg7 Bxa3 27. Qb5 Qe7 (27... Rc2 28. Bc1 $18 (28. Qxb7 $4 Rxb2+ 29. Ka1 Ra2+
$11)) 28. Qxb3 Bc5 (28... Rcb8 29. Rh8+ Kxg7 30. Rxb8 $18) (28... Rab8 29. Bb5
Bxb2 30. Kxb2 d4 31. Rh8+ Kxg7 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Rc1 $16) (28... Bxb2 29. Rh8+
Kxg7 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Kxb2 $16) 29. Rc1 Bxe3 30. Rh8+ Kxg7 31. Rcxc8 Rxc8 32.
Rxc8 $16) (20... d5 $6 21. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Ge2b5]} (21. Qh2 $2 d4 22. Bc1 Ra5 $15
) 21... Ra5 22. g5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 $14 {[%cal Gh5h6,Ge2e5]}) (20... Rb8 $3 {
Multifunktional: verhindert De2/Db5, deckt den b-Bauern zuverlässig und hält
die Option offen, nach g5 mit dem Turm auf h5 zu schlagen.} 21. g5 (21. Bg2 $5
b3 22. cxb3 (22. axb3 axb3 23. f4 Ne4 24. Qd3 Nc3+ 25. Qxc3 Qxg2 26. cxb3 O-O
$15 {[%cal Gf8c8,Ge7f6,Ge5f4,Gg2a8,Gb8b1,Ga8a1,Gc8c1,Gf6b2]}) 22... axb3 23. a3
(23. f4 $5 Ne4 24. Qe2 bxa2+ 25. Ka1 O-O 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Bc1 Ng3 28. Bxb7
Nxe2 29. Rd7 Nxc1 30. Rxc1 Bg5 31. Rcc7 Bf6 $11 {[%cal Ge5e4]}) 23... O-O 24.
f4 (24. g5 hxg5 25. h6 (25. Bxg5 Rfc8 26. f4 Qb6 $13) 25... Rfc8 $13 {[%cal
Gc8c2]}) 24... e4 25. g5 Rfc8 26. Rc1 Ng4 27. Bd4 Qd5 28. Rhe1 Rc2 29. Rxc2
bxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Qb3+ 31. Kb1 d5 $13) 21... hxg5 22. Bxg5 b3 (22... Rxh5 23. Bc4
Rd8 24. Rxh5 Nxh5 25. Bd5 Qb5 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Bxe7 Kxe7 28. Qg5+ Kd7 29.
Qxh5 $14 {[%csl Gb1,Rd7]}) 23. cxb3 axb3 24. a3 Qxf3 (24... Rxh5 25. Rxh5 Nxh5
26. Bxe7 (26. Bc4 Bxg5 27. Qxg5 Qxf3 $19) 26... Qxe7 27. a4 $14 {Weiß behält
einen kleinen Vorteil, aber es ist noch lange nicht vorbei.}) 25. Bxf6 $1 Qxf5+
26. Ka1 Qxf6 27. Bc4 O-O 28. Rdf1 Qh6 29. Qd5 Kh8 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Qxf7 Bf6
32. Bxb3 e4 $132 {Schwarz sollte in der Lage sein, die Partie remis zu halten.}
) 21. b3 $2 (21. g5 $1 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Nd5 (22... axb2 $2 23. h6 Qd5 (23... Qc6
24. hxg7 Rxh1 25. Bxf6 Kd7 26. Bxe7 Kxe7 27. Qg5+ f6 28. g8=N+ $1 $18) (23...
gxh6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Qxd6 $18) 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Bxg5 26. hxg7 Rg8 27.
Rxd6 Ke7 28. Rb6 $18) (22... d5 23. Re1 $1 ({als Mensch braucht man nur} 23.
Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 $14 {zu sehen und weiß, alles andere im 23.
Zug ist Bonus}) 23... Nd7 24. h6 gxh6 25. Bxe7 Kxe7 26. f6+ $36 {[%csl Re7]})
23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 Bxg5 25. Rb5 Ke7 26. Rxb4 d5 27. c4 $14 {Vielleicht
hält Schwarz, vielleicht aber auch nicht.}) 21... d5 $5 22. Bg2 ({Ein großer
Unterschied ist nun, dass nach} 22. g5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Rxh5 24. Rxh5 Nxh5 25.
Bxe7 Kxe7 $17 {d6 nicht mehr mit Schach hängt.}) ({weiterhin habe ich auf
einmal nach zum Beispiel} 22. Qe2 Qc7 23. g5 Qc3 $1 {einzügige Mattdrohungen}
24. Bc1 hxg5 $17) 22... Rd8 $5 $15 {Mittlerweile habe ich alles bekommen, was
ich brauche um besser zu stehen: ein gut kontrolliertes Zentrum, einen
geschwächten gegnerischen König, während mein eigener recht sicher ist.Von
hier an geht es sehr schnell bergab für Weiß.} 23. f4 $6 ({Auch sonst ist
Weiß um seine Stellung schon nicht mehr zu beneiden:} 23. Qe2 Qc7 24. Bd2 O-O
25. g5 (25. Rc1 d4 $19 {[%cal Gf6d5,Ge7g5]}) 25... hxg5 26. h6 g6 27. fxg6 fxg6
$17 {[%cal Gg8h7,Ge7d6]}) 23... Ne4 $1 24. Bxe4 (24. Qd3 $4 Nc3+ 25. Ka1 e4 26.
Qd4 Bf6 $19) 24... dxe4 25. Qf2 $6 {Die Dame sollte zumindest den e4 angreifen
und g5 unterstützen, weshalb sie auf g2 am besten steht.} (25. Qg2 $142 exf4
26. Bxf4 O-O 27. g5 Bxg5 28. Bxg5 hxg5 29. Qxg5 Qb6 $1 $19 {Im höheren Sinne
ein technischer Sieg für Schwarz, da der weiße König zu schwach und der
e-Freibauer zu stark ist.}) 25... exf4 $1 26. Qxf4 O-O $19 {[%csl Ra3,Rb1,Rb4,
Gf7,Gg7,Gg8,Gh6][%cal Ra3b2,Rb4c3,Re7g5,Re7f6] Die Ungleichheit der
Königssicherheit macht den entscheidenden Unterschied!} 27. Bd4 Bg5 28. Qf2 (
28. Qe5 Bf6 29. Qc5 Rd5 30. Qa7 Qc6 31. c4 (31. Bxf6 Qxf6 $19) 31... bxc3 32.
Kc2 e3 33. Bxe3 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Qg2+ $19) 28... Qd5 $1 {[%cal Gd8d1] Winning by
pinning!} 29. Qe2 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 {Schwarz dominiert in Kombination von
Mattdrohungen und dem starken e-Freibauern komplett. Weiß hat überhaupt kein
Gegenspiel und warf deshalb das Handtuch. Eine sehr interessante Partie, die
nach dem kritischen Moment um Zug 20 ein überraschend schnelles Ende fand.}
0-1

[Event "Match/Nation U26 DDR-POL 19,5-20,5"]
[Site "Zinnowitz"]
[Date "1977.10.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Black "Bielczyk, Jacek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Vogt,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1977.09.28"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 11/1977 Seite 491} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6
6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 {Dies ist derzeit modern.} ({Der
Normalzug ist hier} 9... Be7) 10. Bxf6 (10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bd3 {ist eine andere
Methode.}) 10... gxf6 (10... Qxf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Ndxb5 {führt zu klarem
weißen Vorteil.}) 11. Kb1 ({Ein interessanter Zug ist auch} 11. f5 {,wonach es
zu folgender Variante kommen kann:} Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bh6+ 13. Kb1 Bf4 {nebst Le5
mit kompliziertem Spiel.}) 11... Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 Qc5 (13... O-O-O {
ist vorzuziehen.}) 14. Rhf1 O-O-O 15. f5 d5 $2 (15... Be7 {war geboten, obwohl
Weiß nach} 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Ne2 {nebst Nf4 einen kleinen Eröffnungsvorteil
behält.}) 16. exd5 exd5 {[#]} 17. Be4 $1 Bd6 ({Auch nach} 17... d4 18. Bxc6
Qxc6 19. Qd3 Qxg2 20. Rf4 {hat Schwarz erhebliche Schwierigkeiten.}) 18. Nxd5
Bxd5 {So gut wie erzwungen, da sonst 19.b4 eine recht gefährliche Drohung
darstellt.} 19. Bxd5 {wie schon in meiner ersten Partie mit Bielczyk haben wir
auch hier wieder ungleiche Läufer erreicht; diesmal aber mit Damen!} Bxh2 20.
Rf3 Be5 21. Rd3 Rd6 {Was sonst?} 22. Bxf7 Rhd8 23. Bd5 {Weiß möchte seine
Schwerfiguren für den Angriff behalten.} Kb8 24. g4 h6 25. Bh1 ({Mit} 25. b4 {
nebst Dxh6 konnte ich auch einen zweiten Bauern gewinnen, aber die
Partiefortsetzung gefiel mir noch besser.}) 25... Ka7 (25... Rxd3 $2 26. cxd3 {
öffnet auch noch die c-Linie für Weiss.}) 26. Qg2 Qc7 27. Rc1 Rd4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4
29. c3 Rd8 30. Qe4 {Schwarz kann nichts unternehmen, da er auf Matt steht.} Qb6
31. Bf3 a5 32. Rh1 b4 33. c4 b3 34. a3 a4 35. g5 Bxb2 {Verzweiflung!} ({
Natürlich scheiterte} 35... hxg5 {an} 36. Rh7+ Bc7 ({bzw.} 36... Ka6 37. c5 Qb5
38. Be2) 37. c5) 36. c5 Qb5 37. Kxb2 Re8 38. Qd4 Re2+ 39. Kb1 Re5 40. c6+ Ka6
41. c7 Re8 42. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Belgrade RAD 30"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1977.01.15"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Black "Weinstein, Norman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Weinstein,N"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1977.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. f5 $146 (13. g3
Be7 14. Ne2 Kb8 15. Ned4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bc8 17. Bg2 Bb7 18. Qe2 h5 19. c3 h4 20.
f5 e5 21. Nc2 hxg3 22. hxg3 Rxh1 23. Bxh1 Rg8 24. g4 Rh8 25. Bf3 Qc5 26. Ne3
Rh3 27. Nd5 {1/2-1/2 (27) Hlousek,Z (2380)-Mititelu,G (2400) Luhacovice 1971})
13... Kb7 $6 (13... Kb8 {inf 23/(412)}) 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. g3 h5 16. Bh3 Bh6 17.
Qg2 Ne5 18. Nd4 Rhe8 19. Nce2 Ng4 20. Qf3 e5 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Ne3 23. Qxh5
Nxd1 24. Rxd1 Bg5 25. Bf5 Rh8 26. Qf7+ Kb8 27. h4 Qf2 28. Nc3 Rhf8 29. Qd5 Be3
30. Qc6 Bd4 31. Nd5 Qe2 32. Rc1 Qc4 33. Qxa6 Rf7 34. b3 Qc5 35. c4 b4 36. Qb5+
Rb7 37. Qxc5 dxc5 38. h5 Rg8 39. g4 Rbg7 40. Nxf6 Rf8 41. Nd7+ Rxd7 42. Bxd7
Rf2 43. Rh1 Rb2+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 $5 {Nothing wrong with this system as such ( its
another fairly respectable way of contesting the e5 square ) but the weakness
of f7 should be constantly borne in mind.} 11. fxg5 {[%csl Ge5]} Ng4 12. Nxc6
Bxc6 13. Be2 Ne5 14. Kb1 Be7 15. Rhf1 $5 hxg5 16. Bg3 b5 $2 (16... Qa5 $5) 17.
Bxe5 $1 dxe5 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ye2h5,Yf1f7]} 18. Bh5 $1 {[%csl Rf7] A nice
tactic to emphasise thematic plusses.} Bf6 (18... Rxh5 19. Qe2 $16 {[%cal
Ge2h5,Gd1d8]}) 19. Qf2 Qe7 20. g4 $1 {[%csl Yh5] A great bishop. Can't move -
doesn't need to.} Rh6 21. h4 b4 22. hxg5 bxc3 23. Qb6 Bb5 24. gxh6 Kf8 25. Rf2
Kg8 26. Qd6 Rf8 27. h7+ Kxh7 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gurevich, Ilya"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Wolff,P"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 (11. f5 $5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bh6+ 13. Kb1
Bf4 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Ne2 Be5 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. Nf4 a5 18. g3 O-O 19. Bh3 $16
Rae8 20. Nd3 Bd4 21. Rhe1 b4 22. Nxb4 Bf2 23. Rf1 Bc5 24. Nd5 $18 {Hjartarson,
J-Kozul,Z Biel izt (6)}) 11... Qb6 12. Nxc6 $5 Bxc6 13. Qe1 {Usually the move
11.Kb1 introduces the Nf3,Pg3 setup versus this Rauzer. Young Ilya Gurevich's
idea is to draw the queen to the b6 square before trasposing back to the 11.
Nxc6 setup, so that it is placed more awkwardly.} Ra7 {White threatened 14.Nd5,
which is now met by 14...exd5 15.exd5+ Re7} 14. f5 $14 b4 15. Ne2 e5 (15...
Bxe4 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nf4 $16) 16. Ng3 h5 {To stop Nh5} 17. Be2 $1 Rh6 (17...
h4 18. Nh5 Be7 19. Qxh4) 18. Bc4 (18. Bxh5 $5 {This looks like a good pawn to
me!}) 18... a5 19. Nf1 Qc5 20. Ne3 $5 a4 $6 (20... Bxe4 21. Bd5 {White has
fantastic compensation, of course, but at least Black has a pawn for his
suffering. As the game goes, Black is simply positionally lost.}) 21. Bd5 Bb5
22. b3 Rh8 23. Bc4 axb3 24. cxb3 Bc6 25. Nd5 Qa5 26. Qf2 Be7 27. Rhe1 Rb7 28.
Nxf6+ $5 Bxf6 29. Rxd6 Qb6 $8 (29... Rb6 30. Rxf6 (30. Bd5 Bxd5 (30... Qb5 31.
Rxf6 $18) 31. Qxb6 Qxb6 32. Rxb6 {See the game}) 30... Bxe4+ 31. Rxe4 Rxf6 32.
Qf4 Kf8 33. Rxe5 Qd8 $16) 30. Qxb6 Rxb6 31. Bd5 (31. Rxf6 Bxe4+ 32. Rxe4 Rxf6
33. Rxe5+ Kd7 $132) 31... Bxd5 32. Rxb6 Bd8 $8 33. Rb8 Bc6 34. Rd1 Bd7 35. Rb7
Bc8 (35... Bc6 36. Rxd8+ Kxd8 37. Rb8+) 36. Rb8 Bd7 37. f6 $1 Rh6 $4 (37... Rg8
38. g3 (38. Rd5 Rxg2 (38... Rg5 39. Ra5 Bc6 40. Ra7 $18 {/\ Re7+}) 39. Rxe5+
Be6 40. Rxh5 Kd7 41. Rxb4 Bxf6 $132) 38... Rg4 (38... h4 39. Rd5 hxg3 40. hxg3
Rxg3 41. Rxe5+ Be6 42. Rxe6+ fxe6 43. f7+ Kxf7 44. Rxd8 $16) (38... Rg6 39. Rd6
$18 {/\ Ra6-a8}) 39. Rxb4 $16) 38. Rd6 Rh8 39. Ra6 Rh6 40. g3 Be6 41. Rd6 Bd7
42. Kc2 Rg6 43. Ra6 Be6 44. Raa8 Rxf6 45. Rxd8+ Ke7 46. Rd2 Rf1 47. Ra7+ Ke8
48. Rb7 f5 49. Rxb4 fxe4 50. Rb5 Kf7 51. Rxe5 Kf8 52. Rxe4 Bf5 53. Rde2 1-0

