[Event "URS-ch01 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1920.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[Annotator "Levenfish,G/Primel"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1920.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 {LEVENFISCH: "I arrived from Petrograd on the day before the first
round and was billeted in an unheated room of a military training hostel. For
our meals we were temporarily included amongst the military trainees. The
hunger and destruction caused by the intervention and the civil war could be
felt at every step, and the food was more than modest"} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4.
Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 (5... exf6 {l'alternative jouée régulièrement а
l'époque par TARTAKOWER} 6. Nf3 (6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 $1 {[%csl Rh7]}
Re8+ (8... g6 9. Ne2 Re8 10. h4 $40 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 9. Ne2 Kh8 {Forgacs,
L-Duras,O St Petersburg 1909 0-1}) 6... Bd6 {Teichmann,R-Tartakower,S Karlsbad
1911 (14) 1-0}) 6. Be3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bg6 8. Ne2 Na6 (8... e6) 9. Bxa6 Qa5+ 10. Qd2
(10. c3 Qxa6 11. Qb3 O-O-O) 10... Qxa6 11. O-O e6 12. Ng3 O-O-O $132 {[%cal
Gd8d2]} 13. Qc3 h5 $1 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gh5h4]} 14. Rfe1 Qa4 (14... h4 15. Nf1
h3 $36) 15. Re2 h4 16. Nf1 Qb5 (16... h3) 17. Qe1 h3 $36 18. g3 Bh5 19. Rd2
Qxb2 20. c4 Qa3 21. c5 Bg6 22. Qe2 Be4 23. f3 Bd5 24. Rb2 Bg7 25. Rab1 Rd7 26.
Nd2 f5 27. Kf2 f4 28. gxf4 Bf6 29. Ne4 Bxe4 30. fxe4 Rg8 31. Rb3 Rg2+ 32. Kf3
Qa5 33. Qd3 Qxa2 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Ga2g2]} (33... Qd8 34. Qa6 $1 {[%cal Gb3b8]
LEVENFISH} Qh8 (34... bxa6 35. Rb8+ Kc7 36. R1b7#)) 34. e5 Rg3+ $4 {L'anecdote
est celèbre et après 33. Qa2 LEVENFISH s'est levé pour marcher un peu. Il a
alors croisé ALEKHINE qui lui a dit: "Qg2 et mat?" Revenu s'assoir et
influencé par le futur Champion du Monde, LEVENFISH a lors joué а tempo Rg3} (
34... Bh4 $19 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Gg2g3,Ga2g2]}) (34... Rxh2 {[%cal Ga2g2]} 35.
Rg1) 35. hxg3 Qg2+ 36. Kg4 Rd8 37. Qh7 Rh8 38. Qxh8+ Bxh8 39. Rxb7 Qe2+ 40. Kh4
Qa6 41. Rb8+ Kc7 42. Bd2 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Be2 Qc7 (
7... e6 8. O-O Nd7 9. c4 Qc7 10. d5 O-O-O 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Qc1
Rhg8 $13 {Kavalek-Larsen/Solingen/1970}) 8. O-O Nd7 9. c4 {/\d5} O-O-O 10. Be3
$6 (10. d5 e5 11. Be3 Kb8 12. Nh4 (12. dxc6 Nc5) 12... Bg6 $13) (10. Qa4 Kb8
11. Be3) 10... e6 11. Qa4 Kb8 12. b4 (12. Rfd1 Bd6 13. d5 c5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15.
Rd2 e5 16. Rad1 Nb6 17. Qa5 Nc8 $15 {Martinovic-Ciric/Yugoslavia/1973}) 12...
Rg8 $1 13. Kh1 Be4 14. Ne1 Nb6 15. Qb3 e5 $1 $15 16. Rd1 exd4 17. Bxd4 Bxb4 $6
(17... c5 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxf6 Rxd1 20. Bxd1 (20. Qxd1 Qf4 $15) 20... Qf4 $15
) 18. f3 $6 (18. Qxb4 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 c5 20. Qd2 {Larsen/Kavalek} (20. Qxb6 $1
Bxg2+ 21. Nxg2 axb6 22. Rd5)) 18... Bg6 19. Nc2 Be7 20. c5 Nd5 21. Nb4 Nxb4 22.
Qxb4 Rd5 23. Bf2 Rh5 24. f4 Rf5 25. g3 Rd5 26. Rxd5 cxd5 27. Bf3 Rd8 $2 (27...
Be4) 28. Re1 (28. f5 $1 Bxf5 29. g4 $18 {/\30.Lg3}) 28... Bf8 $2 29. Qd4 $2 (
29. f5 $1) 29... Be4 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Qxf6 {Kavalek offered a draw.} Re8 32.
Bd4 Qd7 33. Rc1 $2 $138 (33. Be3 $142) 33... e3 $1 34. c6 bxc6 35. Kg1 e2 36.
Kf2 Bb4 37. Be5+ Kb7 38. Bc3 (38. Kxe2 $2 Qd2+) 38... Bc5+ 39. Kf3 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Cup 11th"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1980.05.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrushin, Alexander I"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1980.05.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Trud"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Army"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 {La variante Bronstein}
6. c3 Bf5 7. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2g3,Gg3f5]} e6 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5]} h5 10.
Be2 {[%csl Rh5]} Qa5 {[%cal Ga5h5]} 11. a3 $146 (11. b4 {Karaklajic,N-Bhend,E
Monte Carlo-C 1967 1-0}) 11... Nd7 12. b4 Qc7 13. Bxh5 Bxh5 14. Nxh5 O-O-O $32
15. g3 Qd6 16. Nf4 e5 17. Ng2 exd4 18. cxd4 Ne5 19. O-O Qd5 20. Nf4 Nf3+ 21.
Kh1 Qe4 22. Qe2 f5 $1 23. Qxe4 fxe4 24. Kg2 Be7 25. h5 Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen Open-03 (Politiken Cup-02)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1981.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Brinck Claussen, Bjorn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1981.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. g3 e6 $6
(7... Qd5) 8. Bg2 Nd7 9. O-O Nb6 $2 10. b3 Bg7 11. a4 a5 12. Ba3 Bg4 13. Qd2 f5
14. Rad1 h5 15. c4 h4 16. Rfe1 hxg3 17. hxg3 Bh6 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. d5 $1 cxd5 20.
cxd5 e5 21. Qb5 e4 22. Nd4 Bf8 23. Bxe4 $1 Bxa3 24. Bxf5+ Kf8 25. Bxg4 Nf6 26.
Bf3 Qc8 27. d6 Qh3 28. Qg5 Rh6 29. Nf5 Rg6 30. Qf4 Bc5 31. Bg2 Qh5 32. Rc1 Rg4
33. Qe5 Bd4 34. Nxd4 $2 (34. Qe7+ $142) 34... Qxe5 35. Rxe5 Rxd4 36. Bxb7 Rb8
37. Rb5 Rxd6 38. Rc2 $2 Rd3 39. Bc6 Rxb5 40. axb5 Rxb3 41. Ra2 Ng4 42. Kg2 Rb4
43. Bf3 Ne5 44. Rxa5 Rb2 45. g4 $2 (45. Be4 $142) 45... Kg7 46. g5 Nc4 47. Ra4
Nb6 48. Ra5 Nc4 49. Ra4 Nb6 50. Ra6 Rxb5 51. Kh3 Nd7 52. Rd6 Ne5 53. Be4 Rb3+
54. Kg2 Rc3 55. f3 Nc4 56. Rf6 Ne5 57. Kg3 Rc7 58. Kf4 Nd7 59. Rh6 Nf8 60. Ra6
Ne6+ 61. Kg4 Rc5 62. g6 Nc7 63. Rb6 Nd5 64. Bxd5 Rxd5 65. gxf7 Kxf7 66. f4 Ra5
67. Rh6 Rb5 68. Ra6 Rc5 69. Kf3 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RSFSR-ch"]
[Site "Kuibyshev"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Isupov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Ne2 Nd7 8.
Ng3 Bg6 9. h4 h5 10. Be2 Qa5 11. a3 $5 (11. b4 Qc7 12. Nxh5 a5 13. Nf4 axb4 14.
Nxg6 fxg6 15. cxb4 e5 $44 {Adorjan-Bellon 1978.}) 11... O-O-O 12. b4 Qc7 13.
Bxh5 f5 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. Bg5 $14 Re8 16. f4 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. Ne2 Nf6 19.
g3 Qd7 20. Qb3 Ng4 21. Rf1 e6 22. c4 Rh7 23. O-O-O Qc7 24. Kb1 b6 25. Ng1 c5
26. Nf3 cxd4 27. Nxd4 Kb8 28. Nf3 e5 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. Rfe1 Rhe7 31. fxe5 Rxe5
32. Rxe5 Qxe5 33. Qd3 Qe4 34. Kb2 Qxd3 35. Rxd3 Re4 36. Kc3 Rg4 37. Rf3 Kc7 38.
b5 Kb7 39. Kb4 Kc7 40. a4 Kb7 41. Re3 f4 42. Re7+ Kb8 43. Re4 g5 44. hxg5 Rxg3
45. Rxf4 Rxg5 46. a5 bxa5+ 47. Kxa5 Rg6 48. Rf8+ Kc7 49. Rf7+ Kb8 50. Rd7 Rh6
51. c5 Rh1 52. Kb4 Rc1 53. c6 Rc2 54. Rd1 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Taastrup"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Black "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Qc7
8. Be3 Nd7 9. c4 e6 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Qa4 Kb8 12. Kh1 c5 {Looks a bit dodgy.
12...f5!?} 13. Rad1 Bd6 14. h3 Bh5 15. b4 $1 cxb4 16. c5 Bf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18.
Qxb4 Rhg8 19. Rb1 Qe4 20. Rg1 a5 21. Qb5 Qd5 22. Bc4 Bxf3 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. c6
1-0

[Event "Moscow Veterans"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 (6. c3 Bf5 7.
Ne2 h5 8. Ng3 Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. Bf4 Qa5 11. Bd3 h4 12. Ne4 Nd7 13. O-O Qh5 $132
{Estrin-Stecko, USSR 1974}) 6... Bg4 (6... Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Qc7 9. Be3
e6 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. Kb1 O-O-O 12. c4 $14 {Raaste-Tseitlin, Lodz 1980}) 7. Bf4
(7. Be3 Na6 8. Bc4 e6 9. h3 Bh5 $13) (7. Be2 Qc7 8. Be3 (8. O-O Nd7 9. c4 O-O-O
10. h3 Bh5 11. Qa4 Kb8 12. Be3 e6 13. b4 f5 $13) 8... Nd7 9. Qd2 $14) 7... Qa5+
8. c3 Qf5 9. Bg3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Bh6 11. Bd3 Qe6+ 12. Kf1 Qh3+ 13. Kg1 Nd7 14.
Qb3 Nb6 15. Re1 e6 16. a4 O-O 17. Re4 Bg5 18. Qd1 f5 $2 (18... Qh5 19. Rg4 f5 (
19... Kh8 $5) 20. h4 $1 fxg4 21. fxg4 Qh6 22. hxg5 Qxg5 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 (23...
Kg7 24. Be5+ f6 25. f4 $18) 24. Bf5+ Kg8 25. Be5 f6 26. Bxe6+ Kg7 27. f4 Qg6
28. Bf5 Qe8 29. Rh7+ Kg8 30. Qb3+ Nd5 $8 31. Qxb7 $18) 19. Rh4 $1 Qxh4 (19...
Bxh4 20. Bf1 $18) 20. Bxh4 Bxh4 21. Kf1 Kh8 22. Rg1 Bf6 23. f4 Nd5 24. Qf3 Rad8
25. Bc4 Ne7 26. Qh5 Bg7 27. Qg5 Ng6 28. h4 Rg8 29. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 30. h5 $18 Nxf4
(30... Nf8 31. h6 Rd7 32. hxg7+ Rdxg7 33. Qf6 $18) 31. Qxf4 e5 $6 32. Qxf5 Rgf8
33. Qe6 Rde8 34. Qd7 Bh6 35. Rg3 Rd8 (35... e4 $8 36. Ke2 $18) 36. Qe6 Bf4 37.
Rg8+ $1 (37. Rg8+ Rxg8 38. Qf6+ Rg7 39. Qxd8+ Rg8 40. Qf6+ Rg7 41. h6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Valby K41"]
[Site "Valby"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 (5... exf6 $14)
6. c3 Bf5 {/\Nd7,Qc7,0-0-0} 7. Nf3 e6 8. g3 $5 {N} (8. Bd3) 8... Qb6 (8... Be4
{Ernst} 9. Bg2 h5 10. O-O f5 11. Re1 Be7 12. Bf1 c5 $1 $10 {Ernst - Sehner,
Kopenhagen (open) 1986.}) 9. Qe2 {><e4} Bd6 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Be3 Qc7 (11... Be4
$2 12. f3 Bg6 13. d5 $40) 12. Bg2 Nd7 13. O-O O-O-O $6 (13... O-O) 14. c4 {-><<
} c5 $8 (14... f5 15. c5 Be7 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bf4 Qa5 18. b4 Qxb4 19. Rab1 Qa5
20. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 21. Qb2 $18) 15. Rac1 Kb8 16. Rfd1 {<->d} cxd4 (16... f5 17.
b4 $36) 17. Bxd4 {/^b2-h8,e3-a7} Be5 (17... Bc5 $142) 18. Be3 f5 (18... Nc5 19.
Nxg6 hxg6 20. b4 $40) 19. f4 Bf6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. c5 $18 {/\c6} Be7 (21... Nf8
22. c6 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 b6 24. b4 $18) 22. c6 bxc6 23. Rxc6 Qa5 24. Ra6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op2"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Black "Orlov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Zagrebelny,S"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Nd7
$5 8. Bf4 (8. O-O Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Qc7) 8... Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Qa5+ 10. c3 O-O-O 11. O-O
Qh5 12. Rfe1 Rg8 13. Rad1 (13. Kh1 $5) 13... e6 14. Qe2 $6 (14. Bg3 f5 15. b4
$14) 14... Qg4 $1 15. Bg3 Bd6 16. Nh4 Bxg3 17. hxg3 h5 (17... f5 $1 $10) 18.
Qe3 Kb8 (18... Nb6 19. b3 Nd5 20. Qc1 f5 21. c4 Nf6 22. Qe3 $14) 19. Nf3 Ka8
20. c4 Nb6 21. b3 $14 Nc8 22. Qc3 Nd6 (22... Ne7 23. d5 $16) 23. Qc2 (23. d5 $2
Ne4 24. Qe3 cxd5 $17) 23... Nf5 (23... f5 24. d5 cxd5 25. cxd5 Rc8 26. Qd3 Ne4
$13) 24. Re4 Qg6 25. Qe2 c5 (25... Rd7 $32 {/\ Rgd8,><d4}) 26. Nh4 $1 Nxh4 27.
Rxh4 cxd4 28. Rhxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 $16 a6 30. Qd1 Qf5 31. b4 $6 (31. Rd8+ $5
Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Ka7 33. Qd4+ $16) 31... Rg4 $1 32. a3 (32. Rd8+ Ka7 33. c5 Rxb4
$2 (33... h4 34. Qd6 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 hxg3+ 36. Kh3 $1 $18) (33... Qe5 $8 34. Qd7
Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qxf2 36. Qc7 Rh4+ $10) 34. Qd6 a5 35. a4 $3 Qe5 36. Qf8 $18) 32...
Rxd4 $2 (32... Qe5 33. Rxg4 hxg4 $14) 33. Qxd4 Qg5 34. a4 f5 35. b5 axb5 36.
axb5 $18 b6 37. Kh2 Qc1 38. Qd8+ Kb7 39. Qd7+ Kb8 40. Qe8+ Kb7 41. Qxf7+ Kb8
42. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.06"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[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 "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "Russia II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {Blatny,P Ftacnik} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 (
5... exf6 $14 {Blatny,P}) 6. c3 Bf5 7. Nf3 Nd7 (7... e6 8. Bf4 Nd7 9. Be2 Nb6
10. O-O Nd5 11. Bg3 Bh6 12. c4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. d5 $16 {Boleslavsky,
I-Flohr,S/URS/1944/}) 8. g3 Nb6 $6 (8... Be4 $5 9. Bg2 e6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Re1
f5 $14) 9. Bg2 (9. Qe2 {Ftacnik} Qd7 10. Bg2 O-O-O 11. O-O Bh3 12. a4 Bxg2 13.
Kxg2 h5 14. a5 Nd5 15. a6 b6 16. c4 Nc7 17. Bf4 Ne6 18. Be3 Bh6 19. d5 cxd5 20.
cxd5 Qxd5 21. Bxh6 Nd4 22. Rac1+ Kb8 23. Bf4+ e5 24. Bxe5+ $16 {Liberzon,
V-Pasman,M/Beersheba/1982/1-0 (51)}) 9... Qd7 10. O-O (10. a4 {Ftacnik} Qe6+
11. Kf1 Qc4+ 12. Kg1 Qd3 13. Qxd3 Bxd3 14. a5 Nd5 15. Ne1 Ba6 16. Bf3 e6 17.
Bd2 f5 18. b3 Bg7 19. Rd1 Nf6 20. c4 Ne4 21. Be3 O-O 22. Nc2 Rfd8 23. Kg2 Rd7
24. Rhe1 $10 {Goetz,R-Derikum,A/BL 8889/1988/0.5 (27)}) 10... h5 $2 (10... Bh3
11. Bxh3 Qxh3 12. a4 Qd7 13. a5 Nc8 $14) 11. a4 $1 $16 Bh3 $2 (11... a5 $8 12.
Nh4 (12. Qb3 {Ftacnik} Ra6 13. Re1 Bh3 14. Bxh3 Qxh3 15. c4 $16) 12... Bg4 13.
Qb3 Nd5 14. Bd2 Bh6) (11... O-O-O {Blatny,P} 12. a5 {/\a6}) 12. Bxh3 (12. a5 {
Blatny,P} Bxg2 13. Kxg2 (13. axb6 $2 Bxf1 14. Rxa7 Rd8 15. Qxf1 Bh6 $17) 13...
Nd5 $13) 12... Qxh3 13. a5 Nc8 (13... Nd5 14. c4 (14. Qb3 {Blatny,P /\a6})
14... Nb4 (14... Nc7 {Ftacnik} 15. Bf4 $36 (15. Qb3 O-O-O $1)) 15. Qb3 e6 16.
Bd2 $18) 14. a6 b6 (14... Qd7 {Ftacnik} 15. axb7 Qxb7 16. Re1 $16) 15. d5 c5 (
15... Qd7 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. Qf3 $18) (15... cxd5 {Ftacnik} 16. Qxd5
Rb8 17. Qb7 $3 $18) 16. Re1 Qd7 (16... Nd6 17. Bf4 (17. b4 $5 $40 {Ftacnik})
17... O-O-O 18. b4 $1 $40) 17. Nh4 $5 (17. Bf4 $6 Bh6 18. Bxh6 Rxh6 19. Qd2 $16
) 17... Qg4 (17... Bh6 $2 18. Qxh5) (17... Nd6 18. Bf4 O-O-O 19. b4 $18 (19. b4
{Ftacnik} c4 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Nf5 Qc7 22. d6 exd6 23. Qd5 $18)) 18. Qc2 Qd7 (
18... Nd6 {Ftacnik} 19. Bf4 O-O-O 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Nf5 Rd7 22. Ra4 $16) 19.
Bf4 Bh6 (19... Nd6 {Ftacnik} 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Nf5 Qd7 22. Re2 O-O-O 23. Rae1
Re8 24. b4 $40) (19... Qxd5 $2 {Blatny,P} 20. Rad1 Qc6 21. Qd3 $18) 20. Ng6 $1
$18 Rg8 (20... fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kd8 (21... Kf8 22. Bxh6+ Rxh6 23. Qxh6+ $18) 22.
Bxh6 Qg4 (22... Nd6 {Blatny,P +/-/+- _|_}) 23. Qf7 $18 (23. Qxg4 hxg4 24. Bf4
Kd7 25. Re6 $18)) (20... Bxf4 {Ftacnik} 21. Nxh8 Bd6 22. Qh7 $18) 21. Nxe7 Nxe7
22. d6 (22. d6 {Ftacnik} Bxf4 23. Rxe7+ Qxe7 24. dxe7 $18 (24. dxe7 {Blatny,P}
Be5 25. f4 Bd6 (25... Bxf4 26. Qe4 $18) 26. Re1 $1 (26. Qa4+ Kxe7 27. Re1+ Kf8
28. Qc6 Rd8) 26... b5 $8 27. Qe4 Rc8 28. Qb7 $18)) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch U20"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Turov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. Bf3 e6 8.
Ne2 h5 9. O-O Nd7 10. c4 Qc7 11. Bf4 e5 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Ng3 O-O-O
15. Nxf5 fxg5 16. Be4 Nf6 17. Qc2 Bc5 18. Rab1 Rhf8 19. b4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bd4
21. c5 Kb8 22. Rbd1 Qh7 23. Nd6 Bxf2+ 24. Kh1 Qxe4 25. Nxe4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Be3
27. g3 g4 28. Kg2 Bd4 29. h3 gxh3+ 30. Kxh3 Rf3 31. Kh4 Re3 32. Nd6 a5 33. Rb1
axb4 34. Rxb4 Bxc5 35. Rxb7+ Ka8 36. Rd7 Bxd6 37. Rxd6 {[#] Nach Fall von a2
und h5 aktiver wK und g-Freibauer als Kompensation für die vereinzelten s
Freibauern; kein Zusammenspiel von sT und K.  Kleine taktische Raffinessen} Kb7
38. Rg6 Re2 39. Kxh5 Rxa2 40. Kg5 Re2 41. Kf5 c5 (41... Kb6 42. Re6 Kb5 43.
Rxe5+ $10) 42. g4 c4 43. Rh6 e4 44. Kf4 c3 45. Rh3 c2 46. Rc3 e3 47. Rc4 $1 (
47. g5 $2 Rg2 48. g6 e2 49. Rxc2 Rf2+ 50. Kg3 e1=Q 51. Rxf2 Qe3+ 52. Kg2 Qg5+
$19) 47... Kb6 48. Kf3 Kb5 49. Rc8 Rh2 50. Kxe3 Kb4 51. g5 Kb3 52. g6 (52. Ke4
Rh4+ 53. Kf5 (53. Kd5 Rg4 54. Rb8+ Kc3 55. Rc8+ Kd2 $19) 53... Rc4 $19) 52...
Rg2 53. Kd3 Kb2 (53... Rxg6 54. Rc3+ $10) 54. Rxc2+ Rxc2 55. Ke4 Kc3 56. Ke5
Rg2 57. Kf6 Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.30"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Spangenberg, Hugo"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Lempert,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "Canada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Qc7 $5 (6... Bf5)
7. g3 h5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. h3 (9. Bg2 Nd7 10. O-O h4 11. Qd3 hxg3 12. fxg3 e6 13.
Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nh4 f5 16. Rae1 O-O-O $13 {Bauer,T-Hickl,J/GER/1986/}
) 9... Bxf3 $6 (9... Be6 10. Bf4 (10. Bg2 Qd7 11. Bf4 Na6 12. Qe2 Bh6 13. Bxh6
Rxh6 $13) 10... Qd7) 10. Qxf3 h4 $6 (10... Bh6 $142 11. Bxh6 Rxh6 12. Bg2 (12.
h4 Nd7 13. Bg2 e6 14. O-O O-O-O 15. b4 f5 $132) 12... Nd7 13. O-O h4) 11. Bf4
Qa5 12. Bc4 hxg3 13. fxg3 Nd7 14. O-O-O $16 Nb6 15. Bb3 Qb5 $2 (15... e6 $16)
16. d5 $1 $18 cxd5 17. Bc7 Bh6+ 18. Kb1 Nc4 19. Rxd5 Qc6 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Ba5
e6 22. Rd4 Qc6 23. Qd1 f5 24. Re1 b6 25. Bb4 Bf8 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. g4 fxg4 28.
Qxg4 Rg8 29. Qh4 Ke8 30. Red1 Qc7 31. Qh7 Rf8 32. Qd3 Rc8 33. Qb5+ Qc6 34. Rd8+
1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9798 40th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Ne2 h5 {
[%csl Rd5,Rd6,Re5,Re6,Rf6][%cal Rh5h3,Rh3g2]} 8. Nf4 h4 9. Qf3 Nd7 10. g4 hxg3
11. hxg3 (11. fxg3 e5 12. g4 (12. Ng2 Be6 $11) 12... Bh7 13. Ne2 exd4 14. cxd4
Bb4+ 15. Kf2 Qe7 16. Bg2 O-O-O 17. a3 Bc5 18. Be3 Ne5 $40 {0-1 Bilek,
I-Bronstein,D/HUN-URS 1955}) 11... Rg8 (11... Bg4 12. Qg2 Ne5 13. Rxh8 Nf3+ 14.
Qxf3 Bxf3 $16) 12. Bh3 $14 Bxh3 13. Rxh3 Qa5 {/\0-0-0} 14. Rh5 e5 $5 15. Nd3 {
[%csl Yd1,Ye1,Ye2,Yf1][%cal Gh5a5,Gd3e5]} O-O-O 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. Qxf7 Bd6 18.
Be3 Rgf8 19. Qe6 Rfe8 $4 (19... Bc7 $142) (19... Rf6 20. Qc4 Rg6 21. O-O-O Nb6
22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. Nxe5) 20. Qxd6 Qa4 21. Qb4 (21. Rh4 e4 22. Nc5 $18) 21... Qc2
22. Rd1 (22. Qe4 $142 $5 Nf6 23. Qf5+ Kb8 24. Qxf6 Qxd3 25. Rxe5 Rh8 26. Bh6
$18) 22... Nf6 23. Rf5 Rh8 (23... e4 24. Rxf6 exd3 25. Qg4+ Kb8 26. Rd2 Qb1+
27. Qd1 Qxa2 28. Rxd3 $18) 24. Rd2 Qb1+ 25. Ke2 e4 (25... Nd5 26. Qg4 $18) 26.
Nc5 b6 27. Qa4 $1 bxc5 28. Qxc6+ (28. Rxf6 $4 Rxd2+ 29. Kxd2 Qd3+ 30. Kc1 Rh1+
31. Qd1 Rxd1#) 28... Kb8 29. Bf4+ 1-0

[Event "Alushta"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1999.03.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rogovski, Vladimir"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 {This line is a rare guest in
nowaday's tournament practice, but a clear-cut refutation is certainly not
demonstrated.} 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 (6. Bf4 Qb6 7. Nf3 {is the P sacrifice
variation here.}) 6... Bf5 7. Ne2 {/\ Ng3} Nd7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. h4 h5 {Black is
not afrais of losing this P, he wants to castle << and try to get some
tactical compensation.} 10. Be2 Qa5 11. b4 {This weakening move was provoked.}
Qc7 (11... Qb6 12. Be3 Bh6 13. Bxh6 Rxh6 14. O-O {This is the logical
continuation ignoring the grab of the P.} (14. Bxh5 $6 {allows Black to
organize good counterplay for the P.} O-O-O 15. Be2 Rhh8 16. h5 Bh7 17. O-O f5
18. Qc1 Qc7 19. Bd3 f6 20. Qc2 f4 21. Nf5 Kb8 22. Rae1 e5 $17 {
Golubev-Morozevich, Alushta 1994}) 14... O-O-O 15. a4 {White wants to attack
on the << instead of hunting useless pawns.} Qc7 16. b5 c5 {Black has to avoid
the opening of the lines on the <<.} 17. a5 e5 18. Bf3 f5 19. b6 $1 {and White
wants to open the lines against the enemy K!} axb6 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Qc1 f4 22.
dxe5 Qxe5 23. Re1 $18 {Liberzon-Christiansen, Hastings 1979}) 12. Bxh5 (12. Bd2
{is a useless move here.} O-O-O 13. Nxh5 e5 {This push in the [+] is Black's
main weapon here.} 14. Ng3 exd4 15. cxd4 Bd6 16. Qb3 f5 17. h5 Bh7 18. h6 {
The h P is nice, but Black gets the upper hand in the [+].} f4 19. Nh5 Be4 20.
Bf3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qb6 22. O-O Rxh6 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. Nxf4 Qxd4 $17 {
Matthias-Hickl, Lippstadt 1992}) (12. Nxh5 e5 ({Black can also try to attack
the weaknesses on the <<.} 12... a5 13. Nf4 (13. Rh3 $6 axb4 14. cxb4 e6 15. b5
{(Bellon-Larsen, Las Palmas 1976)} Bxh5 $1 16. Bxh5 Qa5+ $15 {Larsen}) 13... e5
({There is no time for} 13... axb4 14. Nxg6 (14. cxb4 $6 e5 $1 $13) 14... fxg6
15. Qd3 $1 bxc3 16. Qxg6+ Kd8 17. g3 e6 18. O-O $16 {Liberzon-Pasman, Israel
1984}) 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. bxa5 $142 $13 ({Now} 15. Qd3 {is not so effective, as
it was before.} O-O-O 16. bxa5 Qxa5 17. Bd2 f5 $44 {L.Hansen-Petersen, Aarhus
op 1990})) 13. Ng3 (13. Be3 O-O-O 14. O-O Be7 15. f4 Nb6 16. Rc1 Nd5 $17 {
Gipslis-Seirawan, St.John op 1988}) (13. a3 {- 12.a3}) 13... O-O-O 14. h5 Bh7
15. O-O $142 (15. Qb3 $6 {is adventureous, but not sound.} Nb6 16. b5 c5 17.
dxc5 Bxc5 18. a4 Rhg8 19. a5 Nd5 20. b6 axb6 21. a6 bxa6 22. Bxa6+ Kb8 23. Bc4
Nf4 $17 {Peters-Seirawan, USA-ch 1984}) 15... Bd6 16. Bg4 $1 {>< f5} (16. d5 f5
) 16... e4 17. Nf5 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Bf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. g3 Qc7 21. Re1 Rde8 22.
Kg2 $16 {Tarjan-Benjamin, USA-ch zt South Bend 1981}) (12. a3 {is an
interesting prophilactic move, for example:} O-O-O 13. Nxh5 e5 14. Ng3 Bd6 15.
h5 Bh7 16. Nf1 exd4 17. cxd4 Nb6 18. Ne3 Bf4 19. Bf3 $16 {Stefansson-P.
Johansson, Gausdal 1992}) 12... Bxh5 13. Nxh5 a5 (13... e5 {is the other
typical blow here.} 14. a3 {This idea works well in the practice!} (14. Qf3 {
looks frightening, but Black has to be brave in this line.} O-O-O 15. a3 exd4
16. cxd4 Qb6 17. Be3 Bxb4+ $1 18. axb4 Qxb4+ 19. Kf1 Qb5+ 20. Kg1 Rxh5 21. g3
a6 22. Kg2 Rf5 23. Qe4 Qd5 $17 {Schenkler-Metz, Berliner Sommer 1994}) 14...
O-O-O 15. Ng3 exd4 16. cxd4 Re8+ 17. Kf1 Nb6 18. Nf5 Nd5 19. Qf3 $16 {Ad.
Rodriguez-Semran, Abierto op 1994}) 14. Bf4 $5 (14. Qg4 axb4 15. cxb4 e6 16.
O-O O-O-O) 14... Qb6 $6 (14... e5 {was exciting, for example} 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6
16. Bxe5 Qd8 17. Qf3 {the pin is nasty, indeed!} Be7 (17... Bg7 18. bxa5 Rxa5
19. h5 $1 $44 {/\ h6}) 18. b5 cxb5 19. Qxb7 $44) 15. O-O Qb5 (15... axb4 16. c4
$1) 16. g4 axb4 17. cxb4 Ra3 $1 (17... Qxb4 18. Rb1) (17... Rg8 18. Ng3 e5 (
18... e6 19. a3) 19. Be3 Bxb4 20. Rb1) 18. Re1 Rg8 19. Kh2 $1 (19. Ng3 e6 20.
Re3 Rxe3 21. Bxe3 (21. fxe3 $2 e5) 21... Bd6 22. Ne4 (22. a3 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Nb6
$44) 22... Bxb4 23. Rb1 $13) 19... e6 20. Re3 Rxe3 (20... Bxb4 21. Rb1) 21.
fxe3 Qd5 $143 (21... e5 22. Bg3 $16) (21... Bxb4 $5 22. Rb1 Qa5 23. Kh3 $1) 22.
a3 $16 Be7 23. Kh3 $1 Qe4 {[#]} 24. Qh1 $2 {only this careless move brings the
disaster for White.} (24. Ng3 $1 {was required with the following variations:}
Qh7 ({On} 24... Qg6 25. h5 {is even stronger}) 25. h5 f5 (25... e5 $2 26. Nf5
$3 {this unexpected B sacrifice changes the course of the game. Now White will
attack the enemy K, while Black's heavy artillery is out of play because of
the magnificient N on f5.} exf4 27. exf4 Nb6 (27... Nf8 28. d5 $40) 28. Qd3 $1
Rh8 29. Re1 Nd5 30. Rxe7+ $1 Nxe7 31. Qe4 $18) (25... Nb6 26. e4 e5 27. Be3 Nc4
28. Bf2 $16) 26. gxf5 exf5 27. b5 $1 (27. Qf3 Nf6 28. b5 Ne4) 27... Nf6 (27...
cxb5 28. Rc1) 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Rb1 $16) 24... Qg6 25. Qf3 f5 {Now White's
position is falling apart.} 26. gxf5 (26. g5 $2 Rh8 $1 $17) (26. Rg1 Rh8 $1 $17
{/\ fxg4}) 26... Qxf5+ 27. Kh2 Rg4 $1 $17 (27... Bxh4 28. Rg1 $1 (28. e4 Qg6)
28... Rxg1 29. Kxg1 $11) 28. Ng3 Rxh4+ 29. Kg1 Qc2 30. Qf2 Qg6 {Here the white
K has serious problems, while his black colleague is in safety.} 31. Kg2 Nf6
32. Rh1 Rg4 33. Rh8+ Kd7 34. Kh1 (34. Rb8 Bd6 $1 35. Rxb7+ Kc8 $19) 34... Nd5
35. Ne2 Qe4+ 36. Kh2 Nxf4 37. exf4 Bd6 38. Kh3 Qf5 39. Ng3 $2 (39. Kh2 Qc2 40.
Kh3 Rxf4 $19) 39... Rh4+ $1 {This is a pretty discovered check!} (39... Rh4+ $1
40. Kxh4 Be7#) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.03.12"]
[Round "12.6"]
[White "Watson, William N"]
[Black "Pezerovic, Edin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 {This variation gives
rise to sharp, complex positions, usually with kings on the opposite sides.} 6.
c3 Bf5 7. Nf3 (7. Ne2 {is the sharp main line}) 7... e6 8. g3 {The B is a good
defender on g2, and Black has no real counterplay on the g <->.} Bd6 (8... Bg7)
(8... Qd5 $5) 9. Bg2 (9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Nh4 {White wants to make profit from the
vulnerable B on f5.} Bg6 11. Bg2 Qe7 $6 (11... Qc7 {is more to the point.}) 12.
O-O O-O-O 13. Re1 Rhe8 14. Be3 {Soon or later White will begin his march of
the << pawns.} Nb6 (14... Kb8 $6 15. b4 $1 {/\ b5 opening uo the lines and
especially the long /^ for the B.} f5 16. b5 c5 17. Qf3 $1 Nf6 18. Nxg6 hxg6
19. dxc5 Be5 20. Bg5 {1:0 Slobodjan-Doeres, Pyramiden Franken Cup 1998}) 15. c4
Bc7 16. Rad1 $14 {with prospects of an assault on the <<.}) 9... Nd7 (9... Be4
$2 {loses vital tempi.} 10. O-O Qe7 (10... Nd7 11. Re1 f5 $2 12. Ng5 $1 Bxg2
13. Qh5 $1 {1:0 Wells-Nestrovic, Harkany op 1994}) 11. Re1 f5 12. Nh4 $1 Rg8 (
12... Bxg2 $2 {is met by the zwischenzug} 13. Nxf5 $1 $18) 13. Bxe4 Qxh4 14.
Bxf5 Nd7 15. Bxe6 $1 {destroying Black's defensive line.} O-O-O (15... fxe6 16.
Rxe6+ Be7 17. Qe2 Kd8 18. Kh1 $18 {with three pawns for the piece and a
devastating ->.}) 16. Bxd7+ Rxd7 17. Qf3 $18 {A.Ivanov-Metrick, New York op
1997}) 10. Nh4 (10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. Bh6 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Bf8
15. Bxf8 Nxf8 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. b4 a5 18. a3 Kg7 19. f4 f5 {The B on g6 is
walled up.} 20. Bf3 $14 {Pribyl-Pezerovic, Bundesliga 1995}) (10. O-O Qc7 (
10... Bg4 11. Re1 Qa5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Rg8 14. b4 Qc7 15. Rb1 {The black K
cannot find a safe place on the board.} f5 16. c4 Rg6 17. c5 Be7 18. Bf4 $16 {
and Black is pushed to the wall, De Firmian-Henriksson, Rilton Cup op 1993.})
11. Re1 (11. Be3 Bg4 12. Qb3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 h5 14. c4 h4 15. c5 {just in time!
Otherwise the threat of taking on g3 would be fatal.} Be7 16. Qa4 $16 {
Arnason-Christiansen, Lone Pine 1980}) 11... O-O-O 12. b4 {/\ b5 opening up
the long /^.} (12. c4 c5) 12... e5 13. a4 h5 14. b5 c5 15. Nh4 Bg6 16. a5 {
/\ b6 opening lines against the K.} f5 17. Bg5 Rde8 18. b6 $1 $16 {
Gallagher-Lematschko, SWZ-chT 1991}) 10... Bg6 11. Bh6 (11. O-O O-O (11... Qc7
12. Re1 (12. c4 O-O 13. d5 Rfe8 14. f4 f5 15. b3 cxd5 16. cxd5 Be7 17. Be3 exd5
18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qxd5 Bc5 $11 {King-Pezerovic, Bundesliga 1995}) 12... O-O-O
13. b4 {is the standard << ->.} Nb6 14. Qf3 {The battery on the long /^ is
effective.} Be7 15. a4 Nd5 16. b5 f5 17. c4 Nb4 18. Qc3 $16 {Gallagher-Bex,
Ticino op 1990}) 12. c4 Re8 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 e5 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5
17. Nxg6 hxg6 {Black has built up a successful blockade on the dark squares.}
18. Qb3 Qe7 19. Rad1 Rac8 $11 {Seibold-Pezerovic, Obrliga Bayern 1997}) 11...
f5 (11... Qc7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. b4 (13. f4 f5 14. b4 {- 13.b4}) 13... f5 (13...
Kb8 14. Qe2 e5 15. b5 $36) 14. f4 (14. Qe2 f4 15. b5 c5) 14... Be7 15. Nf3 Bh5
$13) 12. O-O Nf6 $2 (12... Qc7 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. f4 (14. b4 f4) 14... Rhg8 15.
b4 Be7 16. Nf3 Bh5 $13) 13. Qb3 $1 $16 {Now Black has problems to defend >< b7.
} Rb8 (13... Qc7 $4 {loses outright:} 14. Bg7 $18) 14. Rfe1 ({Crisper was} 14.
Bg5 $1 Bh5 (14... h6 $4 15. Nxg6 $18) 15. Rfe1 h6 (15... Rg8 16. f4 $16) 16.
Rxe6+ $1 fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Qe7 18. Qxf6 $16) 14... Ng4 $1 (14... Rg8 15. Bg5 Bh5
16. f4 $16) 15. Bg7 $5 {White continues his -> at any rate.} (15. Bd2 $14 {
was the solid, positional choice.}) 15... Rg8 {[#]} 16. Rxe6+ $5 (16. Nxg6 hxg6
$1 (16... Rxg7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bc5 19. Rad1 Qc7 $14) 17. Rxe6+ $1 fxe6
18. Qxe6+ Qe7 19. Qxg8+ Kd7 {- 16.Rxe6}) (16. Be5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bc5 $13) 16...
Kd7 $6 (16... fxe6 17. Qxe6+ (17. Nxg6 $2 Rxg7 18. Qxe6+ Be7 $19) 17... Qe7 $1
18. Qxg8+ Kd7 19. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 20. Qh7 (20. Bf8 Rxf8 21. Qxg6 Rf6 22. Qg5 Qe2
23. Rf1 Be7 $15) 20... Qf7 $1 (20... Kc7 $2 21. h3) 21. h3 (21. f3 Nf6 22. Qh6
Ng8 $11) 21... Nf6 $1 (21... Nxf2 22. Kxf2 Rg8 23. Qh6 (23. d5 Rxg7 24. dxc6+
bxc6 25. Qh4 f4 26. gxf4 Qxf4+ 27. Qxf4 Bxf4 28. Rd1+ Kc7 $14 {and despite of
the ^- White retains the better chances because of his extra P.}) 23... Rxg7
24. Qe3 f4 25. gxf4 Qxf4+ (25... Bxf4 26. Qf3) 26. Qxf4 Bxf4 $14 {and the
position is far from a dead draw until the rooks are on the board.}) 22. Qh6
Ng8 23. Qh8 Ne7 24. Qh6 Ng8 $11) 17. Rxd6+ $1 Kxd6 18. Qa3+ Kc7 (18... Kd7 $2
19. Be5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 $40) 19. Re1 Re8 (19... Rxg7 $2 20. Re7+ $1 Kc8 21. Qc5
$1 (21. Bxc6 Rg8 $1 {This is an extremely cold-blooded defensive move! Other
tries fail to impress:} (21... Nf6 $2 22. Bb5 $18) (21... Qb6 22. Bd7+ Kd8 23.
Nxf5 Nf6 24. Re8+ $1 Kc7 25. Rxb8 Nxd7 26. Rxb7+ Kxb7 27. Nxg7 Qf6 28. Ne8 Qe6
29. Qb3+ $16) 22. Bd7+ (22. Qc5 Qb6) 22... Qxd7 $1 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24. Qxa7 Rge8
$13) 21... Nf6 (21... Rg8 $2 22. Nxf5 $18) 22. Nxf5 $1 Bxf5 (22... Nd7 $2 23.
Nd6+ Kc7 24. Nxb7 $1 $18) 23. Bxc6 $1 Qxe7 24. Qxe7 $16) (19... Rc8 $2 20. f3
Rxg7 21. fxg4 Kb8 (21... fxg4 22. Bxc6 $1 $18) 22. gxf5 $18) 20. Rd1 (20. Qa5+
$6 Kd7 $1 $15 {Other continuations are inferior:} (20... Kc8 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 (
21... Kxd8 $2 22. Rxe8+ Kxe8 23. h3 $18) 22. f3 Rg8 23. fxg4 Rxg7 24. gxf5 $16)
(20... b6 21. Qxa7+ Rb7 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. Qa6 $14)) 20... Qe7 $2 (20... Rg8 $1
{is a move which is not easy to find!} 21. Be5+ (21. Re1 Re8 $11) 21... Nxe5
22. Qa5+ Kc8 23. Qxe5 $44 {and White has already more than sufficient
compensation for the exchange.}) 21. Qa5+ $1 Kc8 (21... b6 22. Qxa7+ Rb7 23.
Qa4 $16) 22. Bf3 Nf6 23. Nxf5 Qe6 24. Ne3 Be4 (24... Ra8 25. d5 cxd5 26. Nxd5
$18) 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Be5 $18 {and White has a lot of pawns and an -> for the
exchange.} Nd6 27. Qxa7 Kd7 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. d5 c5 30. Nc4 Qa6 31. Qxc5 {
White has already four pawns for the exchange.} b5 32. Ne3 Qb6 33. Qb4 h5 34.
Qf4 Qg6 35. c4 bxc4 36. Nxc4 Rb4 37. Ne5+ Rxe5 38. Qxb4 Qc2 39. Qb7+ Kd8 40.
Qb6+ Kd7 41. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 60th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2003.04.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8.
Bf4 c5 (8... Na6 9. c3 Nc7 10. Qb3 Nd5 11. Bg3 Qb6 12. O-O Qxb3 13. axb3 Bh6
14. Rfe1 O-O 15. b4 a6 16. Nh4 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Rfd8 18. Nf3 Rd7 19. Nd2 Bxd2 20.
Rxd2 Kg7 21. Re2 h5 22. f3 Rh8 $13 {Hegde,R-Vasiukov,E/Coimbatore 1987/}) 9.
dxc5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (9. h3 Bh5 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Bb5+ Ke7 12. dxc5 Bxf3 13.
gxf3 Qc7 14. b4 Qe5+ 15. Kf1 Rd8 16. Qe1 Qf4 17. Qe4 Qxe4 18. fxe4 Rd4 19. a3
Bh6 20. Bd3 a5 21. bxa5 Ra8 22. Rb1 Rd7 23. Rb5 $18 {Carmel,E-Shrentzel,M/Tel
Aviv 1994/}) 9... Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. a3 Nc6 12. b4 Be7 13. c4 a5 14. b5
Nb8 15. Bc7 Nd7 16. h3 Bh5 17. Nd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (17. Bd6 $142 $5 $11) 17...
Bxe2 18. Kxe2 Bxa3 19. b6 Bc5 20. Nb3 Bb4 21. Rd4 Ne5 22. Rhd1 Nc6 23. R4d3 e5
24. f4 a4 25. Na1 O-O (25... Rg8 $5 26. g4 h5 $17) 26. Nc2 exf4 (26... Bc5 27.
Rd5 Ra5 28. Bd6 Bxd6 29. Rxd6 exf4 30. Rxf6 Re5+ 31. Kd2 $17) 27. Bxf4 Rfe8+
28. Kf1 Bc5 29. Rg3+ Kh8 30. Rd5 Re4 (30... Bxb6 $5) 31. Bh6 Bf8 32. Bxf8 Rxf8
33. Na3 $2 (33. Rc3 $142) 33... Rfe8 34. Kg1 Ne5 35. Rc3 h5 36. Ra5 h4 37. Rxa4
Rd8 38. Nc2 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Rd2 40. Kg1 $4 (40. Ra1 $142 Rxc4 (40... Ree2 41. Ne3
$1) 41. Rxc4 Nxc4 42. Ne1 $17) 40... Ree2 $19 41. Ne3 (41. Ra7 Rxg2+ 42. Kf1
Rdf2+ 43. Ke1 Rxc2 $19) 41... Re1+ (41... Re1+ 42. Nf1 Rdd1 $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Qd5 $5 (6... Bf5
{is more popular.} 7. Nf3 (7. Ne2 {is the sharp main line}) 7... e6 8. g3 {
The B is a good defender on g2, and Black has no real counterplay on the g <->.
} Bd6 (8... Bg7) (8... Qd5 $5) 9. Bg2 (9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Nh4 {White wants to make
profit from the vulnerable B on f5.} Bg6 11. Bg2 Qc7 {is more to the point.} (
11... Qe7 $6 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Re1 Rhe8 14. Be3 {Soon or later White will
begin his march of the << pawns.} Nb6 (14... Kb8 $6 15. b4 $1 {/\ b5 opening
uo the lines and especially the long /^ for the B.} f5 16. b5 c5 17. Qf3 $1 Nf6
18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. dxc5 Be5 20. Bg5 {1:0 Slobodjan-Doeres, Pyramiden Franken
Cup 1998}) 15. c4 Bc7 16. Rad1 $14 {with prospects of an assault on the <<.}))
9... Nd7 (9... Be4 $2 {loses vital tempi.} 10. O-O Qe7 (10... Nd7 11. Re1 f5 $2
12. Ng5 $1 Bxg2 13. Qh5 $1 {1:0 Wells-Nestrovic, Harkany op 1994}) 11. Re1 f5
12. Nh4 $1 Rg8 (12... Bxg2 $2 {is met by the zwischenzug} 13. Nxf5 $1 $18) 13.
Bxe4 Qxh4 14. Bxf5 Nd7 15. Bxe6 $1 {destroying Black's defensive line.} O-O-O (
15... fxe6 16. Rxe6+ Be7 17. Qe2 Kd8 18. Kh1 $18 {with three pawns for the
piece and a devastating ->.}) 16. Bxd7+ Rxd7 17. Qf3 $18 {A.Ivanov-Metrick,
New York op 1997}) 10. Nh4 (10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. Bh6 Rfe8
14. Rfe1 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Nxf8 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. b4 a5 18. a3 Kg7 19. f4 f5 {
The B on g6 is walled up.} 20. Bf3 $14 {Pribyl-Pezerovic, Bundesliga 1995}) (
10. O-O Qc7 (10... Bg4 11. Re1 Qa5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Rg8 14. b4 Qc7 15. Rb1
{The black K cannot find a safe place on the board.} f5 16. c4 Rg6 17. c5 Be7
18. Bf4 $16 {and Black is pushed to the wall, De Firmian-Henriksson, Rilton
Cup op 1993.}) 11. Re1 (11. Be3 Bg4 12. Qb3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 h5 14. c4 h4 15. c5 {
just in time! Otherwise the threat of taking on g3 would be fatal.} Be7 16. Qa4
$16 {Arnason-Christiansen, Lone Pine 1980}) 11... O-O-O 12. b4 {/\ b5 opening
up the long /^.} (12. c4 c5) 12... e5 13. a4 h5 14. b5 c5 15. Nh4 Bg6 16. a5 {
/\ b6 opening lines against the K.} f5 17. Bg5 Rde8 18. b6 $1 $16 {
Gallagher-Lematschko, SWZ-chT 1991}) 10... Bg6 11. Bh6 (11. O-O O-O (11... Qc7
12. Re1 (12. c4 O-O 13. d5 Rfe8 14. f4 f5 15. b3 cxd5 16. cxd5 Be7 17. Be3 exd5
18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qxd5 Bc5 $11 {King-Pezerovic, Bundesliga 1995}) 12... O-O-O
13. b4 {is the standard << ->.} Nb6 14. Qf3 {The battery on the long /^ is
effective.} Be7 15. a4 Nd5 16. b5 f5 17. c4 Nb4 18. Qc3 $16 {Gallagher-Bex,
Ticino op 1990}) 12. c4 Re8 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 e5 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5
17. Nxg6 hxg6 {Black has built up a successful blockade on the dark squares.}
18. Qb3 Qe7 19. Rad1 Rac8 $11 {Seibold-Pezerovic, Obrliga Bayern 1997}) 11...
Qc7 (11... f5 12. O-O Qc7 (12... Nf6 $2 13. Qb3 $1 $16 {Now Black has problems
to defend >< b7, W.Watson-Pezerovic, Germany 2000 CBM 76.}) 13. Re1 O-O-O 14.
f4 (14. b4 f4) 14... Rhg8 15. b4 Be7 16. Nf3 Bh5 $13) 12. O-O O-O-O 13. b4 (13.
f4 f5 14. b4 {- 13.b4}) 13... f5 (13... Kb8 14. Qe2 e5 15. b5 $36) 14. f4 (14.
Qe2 f4 15. b5 c5) 14... Be7 15. Nf3 Bh5 $13) 7. Ne2 (7. Qb3 {doesn't look very
aggressive.} e6 (7... Qe4+ {Now White will gain some tempi chasing the Q.} 8.
Ne2 (8. Be3 Bh6 9. Kd2 Qh4 $5 $132 (9... Bxe3+ 10. fxe3 $14 {Turov-Eliseev, St
Petersburg 1998})) 8... Nd7 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Ng3 Qg6 11. c4 f5 12. Bd3 Bg7 13.
O-O-O O-O 14. Qc2 $16 {Leonhardt-Nimzowitsch, Karlsbad 1907}) 8. Ne2 Qxb3 9.
axb3 Bd6 10. Ng3 Nd7 11. Be2 f5 $11 (11... Bc7 12. Bf3 Ke7 13. Bd2 $14 {
Leonhardt-Nimzowitsch, Karlsbad 1911})) (7. Be3 {White can wait with the
development of this B, it is not impressive on e3 either.} Bf5 (7... Rg8 {
This is not so necessary, there are no real threats on the g <->.} 8. Ne2 (8.
Nf3 Nd7 9. Qb3 {The exchange of Q helps Black.} (9. g3 Nb6 10. b3 Bg4 11. Bg2
e5 {Black has a dangerous counterplay in the [+].} (11... O-O-O $5) 12. dxe5
fxe5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15. Bd2 O-O-O 16. O-O f6 $15 {Ristic-Pasman,
Groningen 1977}) 9... Nb6 10. c4 Qh5 11. O-O-O Bh6 12. Re1 Be6 13. Qb4 O-O-O
14. b3 Rd7 $13 {Kagan-Basman, Birmingham 1977}) 8... Bg4 9. Qc2 (9. h3 Bxe2 10.
Qxe2 {^^} e6 11. Qd2 (11. O-O-O $6 {is too light-hearted.} Qxa2 12. Qh5 h6 $15
{Filipovic-Bukic, Banja Luka 1983}) 11... Nd7 12. c4 $14) 9... Bf5 10. Qd2 Na6
11. Ng3 Bg6 12. b4 e5 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 $16 {with a much better P structure,
Kudrin-Josenhans, Philadelphia 1992.}) 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. Nf4 Qd6 10. Bd3 Bg6 11.
Ne2 {This is not a very straightforward plan...} (11. Qb3 Nb6) 11... O-O-O 12.
O-O Ne5 $5 $132 {M.Pavlovic-Efimov, Lido Estensi 2003}) (7. Nf3 Bf5 (7... Bg4
8. Be2 $14) 8. Be3 Nd7 $13) (7. c4 $142 Qe4+ 8. Be3 {The black Q is only
developed piece in the black camp...} e5 9. Ne2 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 (10. Bd2 Na6 $13 {
Mack-McDonald Ross, Birmingham 2001}) 10... f5 $5 (10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 {^^}
Bf5 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. f3 $16 {Karatorossian,D-Pinto,M/Budapest 1997}) 11. Rg1 (
11. a3 $4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 f4) 11... Rg8 (11... f4 $2 12. Bd3 $16) 12. a3 Bxc3+
13. bxc3 Nd7 14. Bd3 Rxg2 15. Kd2 Rxg1 16. Qxg1 $14 {with a big lead of
development for White.}) 7... e5 $1 (7... Nd7 8. Nf4 Qa5 9. Bc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Bh6
11. O-O Bxf4 12. Bxf4 $16 {with an active ^^, Gaprindashvili-A.Grinfeld,
Tbilisi 1979.}) (7... Bf5 8. Nf4 Qd6 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Bc4 e6 11. Nh5 Nd7 12. Bf4
$14 {and White has won a lot of tempi chasing the black Q, L.Kovacs-Pinto,
Budapest 1997}) 8. Be3 (8. Qb3 {is too modest.} Qxb3 9. axb3 Be6 10. b4 Nd7 11.
Be3 a6 12. Ng3 {1/2-1/2 A.Sokolov-Seirawan, Rotterdam 1989}) 8... Be6 (8... Bg4
9. Qd2 Nd7 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Rg8 12. Qh5 $14 {Black has weaknesses on the
>>, and the ^^ may also work well, Tangelder-Wortel, Leiden 1998.}) 9. f4 $5 (
9. Qc2 Nd7 10. a3 {/\ 0-0-0} O-O-O 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. dxe5 Qxd1+ 13. Qxd1 Rxd1+
14. Kxd1 fxe5 {The _|_ cannot pose a serious problem for Black.} 15. Ng3 f5 16.
Bd3 e4 17. Be2 c5 18. Nh5 {1/2-1/2 Spassky-Seirawan, Barcelona 1989}) 9... Nd7
(9... e4 $5 {deserved attention as well.} 10. Ng3 (10. f5 Qxf5 11. Nf4 Bd6 12.
g3 Bxf4 13. Bxf4 Nd7 $44) (10. b3 f5 11. c4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Bc3 Rg8 $13)
10... f5 11. Qb3 (11. b3 Nd7 12. Bc4 Qd6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qh5+ Kd8) 11... Qxb3
12. axb3 Nd7 13. b4 Nb6 $11 {Now White cannot advance his pawns on the <<.})
10. dxe5 (10. Ng3 Bh6 $1 11. Qd2 exd4 12. Bxd4 O-O-O $132) 10... fxe5 11. Qxd5
Bxd5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Nf4 Be4 {White's P structure is a bit better, but the
active black pieces fully compensate this.} 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O (15. Bxa7 {
There is no time for hunting pawns.} Bh6 16. Rf1 $5 (16. O-O Rd2 $132) (16. Be3
Rhe8 17. O-O Bd3 $44) 16... Rhe8 17. Rd1 Bd3 $1 $44 {and the K feels himself
uncomfortably in the [+].}) 15... Bh6 16. Bd4 (16. Bxa7 Rd2 $44) 16... Rhe8 17.
Nh5 Bd3 18. Bxd3 Nxd3 19. Rxf7 {White has won a P, but his pieces lack harmony.
} (19. Bxa7 c5 $1 20. Rxf7 (20. Rf5 Re2 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Rxc5+ Kb8 23. Kh1
Rxb2 $44) 20... Be3+ 21. Kf1 Bc1 $132) 19... c5 $1 {The black pieces become
more and more active.} 20. Bf6 (20. Rxh7 Bc1 21. Bf2 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Nxf2 23. Kxf2
Rd2+ 24. Kf3 Rc2 25. Nf4 Rxc3+ 26. Kg4 Rg8+ 27. Kf5 Rf8+ 28. Kg5 Rc2 $132)
20... Rd5 (20... Rd7 21. Rxd7 Kxd7 $44) 21. Ng7 (21. g4 $5 Rg8 22. Ng3 Rd7 (
22... Rxg4 23. Rxh7 Bc1 24. b3 Rf4 25. c4 $14) 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24. h3 Ke6 25. Rf1
Nxb2 26. Nf5 Bf8 27. Be7 Nd3 $11) 21... Re2 22. Bh4 Nc1 (22... Bxg7 23. Rxg7
Rd7 $44 {and the penetration on the second rank is annoying.}) 23. Rf8+ Kd7 24.
Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas-B"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2005.04.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fernandez Romero, Ernesto"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 (6... Qd5 $5
7. c4 $142 (7. Qb3 {doesn't look very aggressive.} e6 (7... Qe4+ {Now White
will gain some tempi chasing the Q.} 8. Ne2 (8. Be3 Bh6 9. Kd2 Qh4 $5 $132 (
9... Bxe3+ 10. fxe3 $14 {Turov-Eliseev, St Petersburg 1998})) 8... Nd7 9. Be3
Nb6 10. Ng3 Qg6 11. c4 f5 12. Bd3 Bg7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Qc2 $16 {
Leonhardt-Nimzowitsch, Karlsbad 1907}) 8. Ne2 Qxb3 9. axb3 Bd6 10. Ng3 Nd7 11.
Be2 f5 $11 (11... Bc7 12. Bf3 Ke7 13. Bd2 $14 {Leonhardt-Nimzowitsch, Karlsbad
1911})) (7. Be3 {White can wait with the development of this B, it is not
impressive on e3 either.} Bf5 (7... Rg8 {This is not so necessary, there are
no real threats on the g <->.} 8. Ne2 (8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Qb3 {The exchange of Q
helps Black.} (9. g3 Nb6 10. b3 Bg4 11. Bg2 e5 {Black has a dangerous
counterplay in the [+].} (11... O-O-O $5) 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qxd5
Nxd5 15. Bd2 O-O-O 16. O-O f6 $15 {Ristic-Pasman, Groningen 1977}) 9... Nb6 10.
c4 Qh5 11. O-O-O Bh6 12. Re1 Be6 13. Qb4 O-O-O 14. b3 Rd7 $13 {Kagan-Basman,
Birmingham 1977}) 8... Bg4 9. Qc2 (9. h3 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 {^^} e6 11. Qd2 (11.
O-O-O $6 {is too light-hearted.} Qxa2 12. Qh5 h6 $15 {Filipovic-Bukic, Banja
Luka 1983}) 11... Nd7 12. c4 $14) 9... Bf5 10. Qd2 Na6 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. b4 e5
13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 $16 {with a much better P structure, Kudrin-Josenhans,
Philadelphia 1992.}) 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. Nf4 Qd6 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. Ne2 {This is not a
very straightforward plan...} (11. Qb3 Nb6) 11... O-O-O 12. O-O Ne5 $5 $132 {
M.Pavlovic-Efimov, Lido Estensi 2003}) (7. Nf3 Bf5 (7... Bg4 8. Be2 $14) 8. Be3
Nd7 $13) (7. Ne2 e5 $1 (7... Nd7 8. Nf4 Qa5 9. Bc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Bh6 11. O-O Bxf4
12. Bxf4 $16 {with an active ^^, Gaprindashvili-A.Grinfeld, Tbilisi 1979.}) (
7... Bf5 8. Nf4 Qd6 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Bc4 e6 11. Nh5 Nd7 12. Bf4 $14 {and White
has won a lot of tempi chasing the black Q, L.Kovacs-Pinto, Budapest 1997}) 8.
Be3 (8. Qb3 {is too modest.} Qxb3 9. axb3 Be6 10. b4 Nd7 11. Be3 a6 12. Ng3 {
1/2-1/2 A.Sokolov-Seirawan, Rotterdam 1989}) 8... Be6 (8... Bg4 9. Qd2 Nd7 10.
h3 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Rg8 12. Qh5 $14 {Black has weaknesses on the >>, and the ^^
may also work well, Tangelder-Wortel, Leiden 1998.}) 9. f4 $5 (9. Qc2 Nd7 10.
a3 {/\ 0-0-0} O-O-O 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. dxe5 Qxd1+ 13. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 14. Kxd1 fxe5 {
The _|_ cannot pose a serious problem for Black.} 15. Ng3 f5 16. Bd3 e4 17. Be2
c5 18. Nh5 {1/2-1/2 Spassky-Seirawan, Barcelona 1989}) 9... Nd7 (9... e4 $5 {
deserved attention as well.} 10. Ng3 (10. f5 Qxf5 11. Nf4 Bd6 12. g3 Bxf4 13.
Bxf4 Nd7 $44) (10. b3 f5 11. c4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Bc3 Rg8 $13) 10... f5 11.
Qb3 (11. b3 Nd7 12. Bc4 Qd6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qh5+ Kd8) 11... Qxb3 12. axb3 Nd7
13. b4 Nb6 $11 {Now White cannot advance his pawns on the <<.}) 10. dxe5 (10.
Ng3 Bh6 $1 11. Qd2 exd4 12. Bxd4 O-O-O $132) 10... fxe5 11. Qxd5 Bxd5 12. fxe5
Nxe5 13. Nf4 Be4 {White's P structure is a bit better, but the active black
pieces fully compensate this, Tiviakov-Nisipeanu, Tripoli 2004 CBM 102.}) 7...
Qe4+ 8. Be3 {The black Q is only developed piece in the black camp...} e5 9.
Ne2 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 (10. Bd2 Na6 $13 {Mack-McDonald Ross, Birmingham 2001}) 10...
f5 $5 (10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 {^^} Bf5 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. f3 $16 {
Karatorossian-Pinto, Budapest 1997}) 11. Rg1 (11. a3 $4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 f4)
11... Rg8 (11... f4 $2 12. Bd3 $16) 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. Bd3 Rxg2 15.
Kd2 Rxg1 16. Qxg1 $14 {with a big lead of development for White.}) 7. Nf3 (7.
Ne2 {is the sharp main line}) 7... Nd7 (7... e6 8. g3 {The B is a good
defender on g2, and Black has no real counterplay on the g <->.} Bd6 (8... Bg7)
(8... Qd5 $5) 9. Bg2 (9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Nh4 {White wants to make profit from the
vulnerable B on f5.} Bg6 11. Bg2 Qc7 {is more to the point.} (11... Qe7 $6 12.
O-O O-O-O 13. Re1 Rhe8 14. Be3 {Soon or later White will begin his march of
the << pawns.} Nb6 (14... Kb8 $6 15. b4 $1 {/\ b5 opening uo the lines and
especially the long /^ for the B.} f5 16. b5 c5 17. Qf3 $1 Nf6 18. Nxg6 hxg6
19. dxc5 Be5 20. Bg5 {1-0 Slobodjan-Doeres, Pyramiden Franken Cup 1998}) 15. c4
Bc7 16. Rad1 $14 {with prospects of an assault on the <<.})) 9... Nd7 (9... Be4
$2 {loses vital tempi.} 10. O-O Qe7 (10... Nd7 11. Re1 f5 $2 12. Ng5 $1 Bxg2
13. Qh5 $1 {1-0 Wells-Nestrovic, Harkany op 1994}) 11. Re1 f5 12. Nh4 $1 Rg8 (
12... Bxg2 $2 {is met by the zwischenzug} 13. Nxf5 $1 $18) 13. Bxe4 Qxh4 14.
Bxf5 Nd7 15. Bxe6 $1 {destroying Black's defensive line.} O-O-O (15... fxe6 16.
Rxe6+ Be7 17. Qe2 Kd8 18. Kh1 $18 {with three pawns for the piece and a
devastating ->.}) 16. Bxd7+ Rxd7 17. Qf3 $18 {A.Ivanov-Metrick, New York op
1997}) 10. Nh4 (10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. Bh6 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Bf8
15. Bxf8 Nxf8 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. b4 a5 18. a3 Kg7 19. f4 f5 {The B on g6 is
walled up.} 20. Bf3 $14 {Pribyl-Pezerovic, Bundesliga 1995}) (10. O-O Qc7 (
10... Bg4 11. Re1 Qa5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Rg8 14. b4 Qc7 15. Rb1 {The black K
cannot find a safe place on the board.} f5 16. c4 Rg6 17. c5 Be7 18. Bf4 $16 {
and Black is pushed to the wall, De Firmian-Henriksson, Rilton Cup op 1993.})
11. Re1 (11. Be3 Bg4 12. Qb3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 h5 14. c4 h4 15. c5 {just in time!
Otherwise the threat of taking on g3 would be fatal.} Be7 16. Qa4 $16 {
Arnason-Christiansen, Lone Pine 1980}) 11... O-O-O 12. b4 {/\ b5 opening up
the long /^.} (12. c4 c5) 12... e5 13. a4 h5 14. b5 c5 15. Nh4 Bg6 16. a5 {
/\ b6 opening lines against the K.} f5 17. Bg5 Rde8 18. b6 $1 $16 {
Gallagher-Lematschko, SWZ-chT 1991}) 10... Bg6 11. Bh6 (11. O-O O-O (11... Qc7
12. Re1 (12. c4 O-O 13. d5 Rfe8 14. f4 f5 15. b3 cxd5 16. cxd5 Be7 17. Be3 exd5
18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qxd5 Bc5 $11 {King-Pezerovic, Bundesliga 1995}) 12... O-O-O
13. b4 {is the standard << ->.} Nb6 14. Qf3 {The battery on the long /^ is
effective.} Be7 15. a4 Nd5 16. b5 f5 17. c4 Nb4 18. Qc3 $16 {Gallagher-Bex,
Ticino op 1990}) 12. c4 Re8 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 e5 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5
17. Nxg6 hxg6 {Black has built up a successful blockade on the dark squares.}
18. Qb3 Qe7 19. Rad1 Rac8 $11 {Seibold-Pezerovic, Obrliga Bayern 1997}) 11...
Qc7 (11... f5 12. O-O Qc7 (12... Nf6 $2 13. Qb3 $1 $16 {Now Black has problems
to defend >< b7, W.Watson-Pezerovic, Germany 2000 CBM 76.}) 13. Re1 O-O-O 14.
f4 (14. b4 f4) 14... Rhg8 15. b4 Be7 16. Nf3 Bh5 $13) 12. O-O O-O-O 13. b4 (13.
f4 f5 14. b4 {- 13.b4}) 13... f5 (13... Kb8 14. Qe2 e5 15. b5 $36) 14. f4 (14.
Qe2 f4 15. b5 c5) 14... Be7 15. Nf3 Bh5 $13) 8. g3 Nb6 {/\ Qd7, Bh3, 0-0-0} (
8... Qa5 9. Qe2 {/\ Bg2, 0-0} (9. Bg2 Qa6 {This is the point, Black is
fighting against 0-0.} 10. Bf1 (10. Nh4 $6 Bd3 11. b3 e5 $1 $132 (11... e6 {
is passive.} 12. c4 {(P.Popovic-Damljanovic, Novi Sad 1985)} Bg6 13. O-O O-O-O
14. Be3 $14)) (10. Be3 e6 11. Bf1 Qa5 12. Nh4 Be4 13. f3 Bg6 14. Be2 {Now
White's position is not so harmonious.} O-O-O 15. Kf2 Bd6 16. b4 Qc7 17. b5 c5
$13 {Y.Gruenfeld-Pasman, Israel 2003}) 10... Qa5 {is a repetition of moves.}
11. Qe2 Qd5 12. Bg2 Qe4 13. Be3 Qd3 14. Nh4 Qxe2+ 15. Kxe2 Bg4+ 16. f3 Be6 17.
f4 Nb6 18. f5 Bc4+ 19. Kf2 Bd5 20. b3 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 e6 22. Rhe1 $14 {and there
are defects in the black P structure, Luther-Bronstein, Gausdal 1994.}) 9...
O-O-O (9... Qd5 {see the aforementioned Luther-Bronstein game.}) 10. Bg2 Bg7
11. O-O Rhe8 {/\ e5} 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. a4 {/\ b4 advancing the pawns against the
black K.} e5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Qc4 {White's ^^ is strong, especially the
fianchettoed B.} Re6 16. b4 Qc7 17. a5 $36 {Arnason-Chandler, Brighton 1981}) (
8... Qb6 9. Qe2 (9. Bg2 Qa6 {- 8...Qa5}) 9... O-O-O 10. Bg2 Qb5 11. Qxb5 (11.
c4 $6 Qb4+ 12. Bd2 (12. Nd2 h5 $132) 12... Qxb2 {Black can bravely take the
"poisoned" pawn.} 13. O-O Qa3 14. Rfc1 e5 $15 {Timoscenko-Anic, Biel 1994})
11... cxb5 {The _|_ is a bit better for White because of the two doubled pawns.
} 12. a4 (12. Nh4 Bc2 13. Bd2 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. h4 (15. Ke2 Bh6 16. f4 $14)
15... Bh6 16. Bxh6 (16. f4 $5) 16... Rxh6 17. O-O-O Nb6 $14) 12... bxa4 13.
Rxa4 Kb8 14. Bf4+ $16 {Wells-Anic, Budapest 1993}) (8... Be4 $5 {/\ f5
strengthening the centralized B.} 9. Bg2 e6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Re1 f5 $14 {
Dolmatov}) 9. Bg2 (9. Nh4 $5 {disturbing Black's plan looks interesting.}) 9...
Qd7 10. O-O O-O-O (10... h5 $2 11. a4 $1 $16 {- Campora-Morozevich, Moscow ol
1994 CBM 45}) (10... Bh3 {It is logical to exchange the strong fianchettoed B.}
11. Bxh3 (11. a4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 h5 (12... Nd5 13. c4 Nc7 14. b4 {White comes
first on the <<.} a6 15. Bf4 Bg7 16. Qd2 O-O 17. a5 Rad8 18. Rad1 e6 19. Rfe1
$14 {Milovanovic-Campora, Tuzla 1983}) 13. h4 Bh6 14. c4 $1 (14. a5 Nd5 15. a6
b6 16. c4 Nc7 $13) 14... O-O-O 15. Qe2 Kb8 16. Bxh6 Rxh6 17. Rad1 Rg6 18. a5
Nc8 19. d5 $14 {and White grabs the |^ in the [+], Morovic Fernandez-Campora,
Ponferrada 1992.}) 11... Qxh3 12. a4 {/\ a5, c4-d5.} Qh5 (12... Qd7 13. a5 Nc8
$14) (12... Qf5 13. a5 Nd5 14. c4 Nc7 15. Bf4 Na6 16. d5 $14 {Glek-D.Roos,
Germany 1993}) (12... h5 13. a5 Nd5 14. Qb3 O-O-O 15. a6 {again White's ->
comes first.} b6 16. c4 Nc7 17. d5 c5 (17... cxd5 18. c5 b5 19. Nd4 $16) 18.
Bf4 $16 {Sherzer-Filipovich, Philadelphia 2003}) 13. a5 Nc4 (13... Nd5) 14. b3
Nd6 15. c4 e6 16. Ba3 {Black is deprived from long castles.} Rd8 17. a6 b6 18.
Qe2 Be7 19. Rfe1 $14 {P.Popovic-Korchnoi, Titograd 1984}) 11. a4 $1 Nd5 12. Bd2
(12. a5 h5) 12... e6 $2 (12... Bh3 $142 {is the logical continuation, the
fianchettoed B is strong in attack and defence as well.}) 13. Re1 $16 Kb8 14.
b4 {Now White has good attacking chances on the <<.} Bg4 15. Qb3 Nc7 16. Bf4
Bd6 (16... Ka8 17. b5 $40) 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nd2 e5 (18... Bf5 19. b5 $18) 19.
Ne4 Be6 (19... Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. b5 $1 $16) 20. Qb2 Qe7 21. b5 $1 {White
opens up lines and the long /^ for his ->.} cxb5 {[#]} 22. Nc5 $1 {This is the
point!} (22. axb5 b6 23. Nd2 h5 24. Ra4 h4 25. Rea1 hxg3 26. fxg3 exd4 27. Rxa7
Bd5 $132) 22... Bd5 (22... Bc8 {loses to} 23. axb5 b6 24. Qa3 $18) 23. axb5
Bxg2 24. Qa3 $1 {This is a very important intermediate move!} Kc8 25. Qxa7 $1 {
White continues his ->, the g2 B is not relevant.} Bd5 26. b6 Qd6 27. c4 $1 Bc6
28. d5 $1 Ne6 (28... Qxc5 29. bxc7 $18) 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. dxc6 Qxc6 31. Rad1
1-0

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Nf3 (7.
Ne2 {is the sharp main line}) 7... Nd7 (7... e6 8. g3 {The B is a good
defender on g2, and Black has no real counterplay on the g <->.} Bd6 (8... Bg7)
(8... Qd5 $5) 9. Bg2 (9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Nh4 {White wants to make profit from the
vulnerable B on f5.} Bg6 11. Bg2 Qc7 {is more to the point.} (11... Qe7 $6 12.
O-O O-O-O 13. Re1 Rhe8 14. Be3 {Soon or later White will begin his march of
the << pawns.} Nb6 (14... Kb8 $6 15. b4 $1 {/\ b5 opening uo the lines and
especially the long /^ for the B.} f5 16. b5 c5 17. Qf3 $1 Nf6 18. Nxg6 hxg6
19. dxc5 Be5 20. Bg5 {1-0 Slobodjan-Doeres, Pyramiden Franken Cup 1998}) 15. c4
Bc7 16. Rad1 $14 {with prospects of an assault on the <<.})) 9... Nd7 (9... Be4
$2 {loses vital tempi.} 10. O-O Qe7 (10... Nd7 11. Re1 f5 $2 12. Ng5 $1 Bxg2
13. Qh5 $1 {1-0 Wells-Nestrovic, Harkany op 1994}) 11. Re1 f5 12. Nh4 $1 Rg8 (
12... Bxg2 $2 {is met by the zwischenzug} 13. Nxf5 $1 $18) 13. Bxe4 Qxh4 14.
Bxf5 Nd7 15. Bxe6 $1 {destroying Black's defensive line.} O-O-O (15... fxe6 16.
Rxe6+ Be7 17. Qe2 Kd8 18. Kh1 $18 {with three pawns for the piece and a
devastating ->.}) 16. Bxd7+ Rxd7 17. Qf3 $18 {A.Ivanov-Metrick, New York op
1997}) 10. Nh4 (10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. Bh6 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Bf8
15. Bxf8 Nxf8 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. b4 a5 18. a3 Kg7 19. f4 f5 {The B on g6 is
walled up.} 20. Bf3 $14 {Pribyl-Pezerovic, Bundesliga 1995}) (10. O-O Qc7 (
10... Bg4 11. Re1 Qa5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Rg8 14. b4 Qc7 15. Rb1 {The black K
cannot find a safe place on the board.} f5 16. c4 Rg6 17. c5 Be7 18. Bf4 $16 {
and Black is pushed to the wall, De Firmian-Henriksson, Rilton Cup op 1993.})
11. Re1 (11. Be3 Bg4 12. Qb3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 h5 14. c4 h4 15. c5 {just in time!
Otherwise the threat of taking on g3 would be fatal.} Be7 16. Qa4 $16 {
Arnason-Christiansen, Lone Pine 1980}) 11... O-O-O 12. b4 {/\ b5 opening up
the long /^.} (12. c4 c5) 12... e5 13. a4 h5 14. b5 c5 15. Nh4 Bg6 16. a5 {
/\ b6 opening lines against the K.} f5 17. Bg5 Rde8 18. b6 $1 $16 {
Gallagher-Lematschko, SWZ-chT 1991}) 10... Bg6 11. Bh6 (11. O-O O-O (11... Qc7
12. Re1 (12. c4 O-O 13. d5 Rfe8 14. f4 f5 {The B is entombbed, but the N is
also pathetic on f5.} 15. b3 (15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Be3) 15... cxd5 16. cxd5 Be7
17. Be3 exd5 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qxd5 Bc5 $11 {King-Pezerovic, Bundesliga 1995})
12... O-O-O 13. b4 {is the standard << ->.} Nb6 14. Qf3 {The battery on the
long /^ is effective.} Be7 15. a4 Nd5 16. b5 f5 17. c4 Nb4 18. Qc3 $16 {
Gallagher-Bex, Ticino op 1990}) 12. c4 Re8 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 e5 15. f4 exf4
16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 {Black has built up a successful blockade on the
dark squares.} 18. Qb3 Qe7 19. Rad1 Rac8 $11 {Seibold-Pezerovic, Obrliga
Bayern 1997}) 11... Qc7 (11... f5 12. O-O Qc7 (12... Nf6 $2 13. Qb3 $1 $16 {
Now Black has problems to defend >< b7, W.Watson-Pezerovic, Germany 2000 CBM
76.}) 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. f4 (14. b4 f4) 14... Rhg8 15. b4 Be7 16. Nf3 Bh5 $13)
12. O-O O-O-O 13. b4 (13. f4 f5 14. b4 {- 13.b4}) 13... f5 (13... Kb8 14. Qe2
e5 15. b5 $36) 14. f4 (14. Qe2 f4 15. b5 c5) 14... Be7 15. Nf3 Bh5 $13) 8. Qb3
(8. g3 Nb6 {/\ Qd7, Bh3, 0-0-0} (8... Qa5 9. Qe2 {/\ Bg2, 0-0} (9. Bg2 Qa6 {
This is the point, Black is fighting against 0-0.} 10. Bf1 (10. Nh4 $6 Bd3 11.
b3 e5 $1 $132 (11... e6 {is passive.} 12. c4 {(P.Popovic-Damljanovic, Novi Sad
1985)} Bg6 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Be3 $14)) (10. Be3 e6 11. Bf1 Qa5 12. Nh4 Be4 13.
f3 Bg6 14. Be2 {Now White's position is not so harmonious.} O-O-O 15. Kf2 Bd6
16. b4 Qc7 17. b5 c5 $13 {Y.Gruenfeld-Pasman, Israel 2003}) 10... Qa5 {is a
repetition of moves.} 11. Qe2 Qd5 12. Bg2 Qe4 13. Be3 Qd3 14. Nh4 Qxe2+ 15.
Kxe2 Bg4+ 16. f3 Be6 17. f4 Nb6 18. f5 Bc4+ 19. Kf2 Bd5 20. b3 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 e6
22. Rhe1 $14 {and there are defects in the black P structure, Luther-Bronstein,
Gausdal 1994.}) 9... O-O-O (9... Qd5 {see the aforementioned Luther-Bronstein
game.}) 10. Bg2 Bg7 11. O-O Rhe8 {/\ e5} 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. a4 {/\ b4 advancing
the pawns against the black K.} e5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Qc4 {White's ^^ is strong,
especially the fianchettoed B.} Re6 16. b4 Qc7 17. a5 $36 {Arnason-Chandler,
Brighton 1981}) (8... Qb6 9. Qe2 (9. Bg2 Qa6 {- 8...Qa5}) 9... O-O-O 10. Bg2
Qb5 11. Qxb5 (11. c4 $6 Qb4+ 12. Bd2 (12. Nd2 h5 $132) 12... Qxb2 {Black can
bravely take the "poisoned" pawn.} 13. O-O Qa3 14. Rfc1 e5 $15 {
Timoshenko-Anic, Biel 1994}) 11... cxb5 {The _|_ is a bit better for White
because of the two doubled pawns.} 12. a4 (12. Nh4 Bc2 13. Bd2 Bg6 14. Nxg6
hxg6 15. h4 (15. Ke2 Bh6 16. f4 $14) 15... Bh6 16. Bxh6 (16. f4 $5) 16... Rxh6
17. O-O-O Nb6 $14) 12... bxa4 13. Rxa4 Kb8 14. Bf4+ $16 {Wells-Anic, Budapest
1993}) (8... Be4 $5 {/\ f5 strengthening the centralized B.} 9. Bg2 e6 10. O-O
Bg7 11. Re1 f5 $14 {Dolmatov}) 9. Bg2 (9. Nh4 $5 {disturbing Black's plan
looks interesting.}) 9... Qd7 10. O-O O-O-O (10... h5 $2 11. a4 $1 $16 {
- Campora-Morozevich, Moscow ol 1994 CBM 45}) (10... Bh3 {It is logical to
exchange the strong fianchettoed B.} 11. Bxh3 (11. a4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 h5 (12...
Nd5 13. c4 Nc7 14. b4 {White comes first on the <<.} a6 15. Bf4 Bg7 16. Qd2 O-O
17. a5 Rad8 18. Rad1 e6 19. Rfe1 $14 {Milovanovic-Campora, Tuzla 1983}) 13. h4
Bh6 14. c4 $1 (14. a5 Nd5 15. a6 b6 16. c4 Nc7 $13) 14... O-O-O 15. Qe2 Kb8 16.
Bxh6 Rxh6 17. Rad1 Rg6 18. a5 Nc8 19. d5 $14 {and White grabs the |^ in the [+]
, Morovic Fernandez-Campora, Ponferrada 1992.}) 11... Qxh3 12. a4 {/\ a5,
c4-d5.} Qh5 (12... Qd7 13. a5 Nc8 $14) (12... Qf5 13. a5 Nd5 14. c4 Nc7 15. Bf4
Na6 16. d5 $14 {Glek-D.Roos, Germany 1993}) (12... h5 13. a5 Nd5 14. Qb3 O-O-O
15. a6 {again White's -> comes first.} b6 16. c4 Nc7 17. d5 c5 (17... cxd5 18.
c5 b5 19. Nd4 $16) 18. Bf4 $16 {Sherzer-Filipovich, Philadelphia 2003}) 13. a5
Nc4 (13... Nd5) 14. b3 Nd6 15. c4 e6 16. Ba3 {Black is deprived from long
castles.} Rd8 17. a6 b6 18. Qe2 Be7 19. Rfe1 $14 {P.Popovic-Korchnoi, Titograd
1984}) 11. a4 $1 Nd5 12. Bd2 (12. a5 h5) 12... Bh3 $142 {is the logical
continuation, the fianchettoed B is strong in attack and defence as well.} (
12... e6 $2 13. Re1 $16 {Fernandez Romero-Campora, Dos Hermanas 2005 CBM 107}))
(8. Bf4) 8... Nb6 (8... Qb6 9. Bf4 {White has a slight egde in case of
exchange of queens.} e6 10. Nd2 {/\ Nc4}) 9. a4 $1 (9. Be2 h5 10. a4 $1 $14 (
10. Nh4 Bg4 $13 {Thielemann-Goldberg, Triesen 2000})) 9... a5 {This weakens
the N's position on b6.} 10. Be2 e6 11. Bf4 {The /^ h2-b8 is of great
importance.} Be4 12. Bg3 (12. Nd2 $16) 12... h5 13. O-O Be7 14. Rad1 Rg8 15.
Rfe1 {[#]} f5 $2 {This allows White to attack.} (15... Rg7 $1 {was a good
preparatory move against what happened in the game.} 16. Nd2 (16. h4 f5 17. Nd2
Bd5 18. c4 f4 $1 $40) (16. Nh4 f5 17. Be5 Rg4 18. Nf3 Rg6 $13) 16... Bxg2 $1
17. Bxh5 Bh3 (17... Bd5 18. c4 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 f5 (19... Bb4 20. Bf3) 20. Kf1 Bb4
21. Re5 Qf6 22. Bf3 f4 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Nb6 $18) 18. Ne4 $14) 16. Ne5 $1 h4
17. Bh5 hxg3 $2 {This founders on tactics.} ({Still} 17... Rg7 {was required!}
18. Qxe6 hxg3 19. Bxf7+ Kf8 20. Ng6+ Rxg6 21. Qxg6 gxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Bh4+ 23. g3
Qf6 $13) 18. Rxe4 $2 ({missing the win after} 18. Bxf7+ $1 Kf8 19. Bxg8 Bd5 20.
Qxb6 $1 $18) 18... gxf2+ $2 {giving back the favour...} (18... gxh2+ $1 {
and Black has still good practical chances in the sharp position.} 19. Kh1 Kf8
20. Bxf7 Rg7 21. Ree1 Qd5 22. Qxd5 exd5 23. Be6 Nxa4 24. Rd2 f4 25. Kxh2 Bd6
$13) 19. Kxf2 Qd5 20. Bxf7+ Kf8 21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Rf4 {Now White simply wins
material and the game.} Rh8 (22... Rg5 23. h4 Rg7 24. Be6 $18) 23. Rxf5 Kg7 24.
Ng6 Bh4+ 25. g3 Bf6 26. Nxh8 Rxh8 27. Bh5 Nxa4 28. Kg1 b5 29. Rdf1 Rh6 30. R1f2
$18 (30. g4 Nxb2 31. Kh1 $1 $18 (31. g5 Bxd4+ $1 32. cxd4 Rxh5 $13)) 30... b4
31. g4 bxc3 32. g5 Bxd4 33. gxh6+ Kxh6 34. bxc3 Nxc3 35. Bf3 a4 36. Kf1 Bxf2
37. Kxf2 Kg7 38. Rg5+ Kf6 39. Rg8 c5 40. Ra8 c4 41. Ke3 Ke5 42. Ra5 a3 43. h4
a2 44. h5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 {Nowadays this move is rarely to be
seen in top tournaments. The usual choice is between 4...Bf5 and 4...Nd7.} 5.
Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 {As far as I know 6.c3 is considered to be the more precise
move, not allowing Black to develop his bishop to g4 so easily.} (6. c3 Qd5 $5
7. Ne2 (7. Be3 {is more flexible, keeping an option of developing the knight
to e2 or f3 according to circumstances.}) 7... e5 8. Be3 Be6 9. f4 $5 Nd7 10.
dxe5 fxe5 11. Qxd5 Bxd5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Nf4 Be4 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O Bh6 16.
Bd4 Rhe8 17. Nh5 Bd3 18. Bxd3 Nxd3 19. Rxf7 c5 $1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S 
(2593)-Nisipeanu,L (2692)/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 (24)}) 6... Bg4 (6... Bf5 $6 7.
Bd3 Bg6 8. Bf4 Na6 9. c3 Nc7 10. O-O Bg7 11. Re1 $14 {1-0 Tiviakov,S (2674)
-Roelvaag,M (2196)/Helsingor 2009/CBM 131 Extra (60)}) 7. Be2 Qc7 {Nigel Short
had already played this position many years ago. The move in the text is aimed
at preventing the white bishop from being developed on f4, and at the same
time preparing queenside castling.} 8. Be3 (8. c4 e6 9. O-O Nd7 10. d5 $6 O-O-O
$1 11. dxe6 Ne5 12. Nd2 Bxe6 $15 {1-0 Chiburdanidze,M (2355)-Short,N (2510)/
Dortmund 1983/MCD (28)}) 8... Nd7 9. Nh4 {Normally White doesn't hurry with
this exchange.} ({One of the possible continuations is:} 9. Qd2 O-O-O 10. O-O-O
e6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qa5 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Kb8 {with
minimal advantage for White.}) 9... Bxe2 10. Qxe2 e6 11. O-O-O O-O-O {Black
has little to worry about, the position is about equal.} 12. c4 Qa5 {[%csl Ra2]
} (12... Be7 {followed by 13...f5 is a possible plan as well.}) 13. Kb1 Nb6 14.
Qc2 Qh5 15. g3 Bh6 {Exchanges normally favour the side with less space, so
these moves are understandable.} 16. f4 Kb8 17. Rd2 {Black's queen doesn't
have many squares, but White doesn't have the necessary pieces to put it in
danger.} Rd7 18. Rhd1 Rc8 19. Qc3 Bg7 {[%cal Gf6f5]} 20. f5 {Looks like the
only attempt to make some progress, but now Black can achieve the exchange of
bishops.} Rcd8 21. b3 Bh6 (21... e5 22. Kc1 (22. dxe5 $2 Qxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+
24. Kc2 fxe5 $15) 22... exd4 23. Rxd4 Bh6 24. Bxh6 Qxh6+ 25. Kc2 {would lead
to a very similar position to that which occurs in the game later.}) 22. Kc2
Nc8 23. Bxh6 Qxh6 24. Re1 (24. Qf3 e5 $11) 24... e5 25. Red1 exd4 (25... e4 $6
{is risky, as the e-pawn has many more chances of becoming a weakness, rather
than a powerful factor.} 26. Re1 Re7 27. Rf2 $14 {[%cal Gc3e3]}) 26. Rxd4 Rxd4
27. Rxd4 Qf8 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Nf3 Qe7 30. Qd4 Nd6 31. g4 Kc7 32. Kd3 b6 33.
Qe3 Qd7 {White doesn't have a clear plan of improvement, so Sergey decided not
to torture his opponent, even though I think a draw is a bit premature.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 98th"]
[Site "Sheffield"]
[Date "2011.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eggleston, David"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Martin,A"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2011.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 h5 $5 {Black
doesn't yet know the right square for the bishop on c8 and so makes an attempt
to turn the potentially weak pawn on h7 into a strength. Of course with any
normal plan White should be able to keep an edge, but Short seems happy to
play this idea against lower-rated opponents.} 7. Bc4 (7. Bf4 Nd7 8. Nf3 h4 9.
h3 Nb6 10. c4 Bf5 {is the same development plan as our featured game.} 11. Qb3
Bh6 12. Bxh6 Rxh6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qc7 {Grover,S (2485)-Short,N (2682)/
Gauteng 2011 and now White should simply settle for} 15. O-O O-O-O 16. Rfe1 {
with a slight advantage.}) (7. h4 $5 Bg4 8. Qc2 (8. Be2 Bxe2 9. Nxe2 Qd5 10.
Nf4 Qf5 11. Qd3 Qg4 12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Nxe2 Nd7 14. Be3 e6 15. O-O-O b5 16. Kb1
Bd6 17. g3 Ke7 18. Bf4 Nb6 19. Bxd6+ Kxd6 20. Nf4 Nd5 21. Nd3 Rhg8 22. Kc2 a5
23. a4 Ke7 24. Ra1 Rgd8 25. Nc5 b4 26. Rhd1 Rg8 27. c4 Nb6 28. b3 Rg4 29. Rd2
Nd7 30. Rad1 Ra7 31. Nd3 Rxd4 32. Nf4 Rxd2+ 33. Rxd2 Ne5 34. Nxh5 Nf3 35. Rd1
e5 36. Kb2 Ra8 37. Rd3 Nd4 38. g4 Rg8 39. f3 f5 40. g5 Rh8 41. Rxd4 Rxh5 42.
Rd3 Rxh4 43. c5 Rd4 {0-1 Manhardt,T (2136)-Lendwai,R (2369)/Austria 2011}) 8...
Qc7 9. Bc4 Nd7 10. f3 Nb6 11. fxg4 Nxc4 12. Qe2 Qg3+ 13. Kf1 hxg4 14. Qxc4 Rh5
15. Ne2 Rf5+ 16. Bf4 Qe3 17. d5 Bh6 18. g3 Bxf4 19. gxf4 Rxd5 20. Rg1 Qh3+ 21.
Kf2 Qf3+ 22. Ke1 O-O-O 23. Rf1 Qe3 24. f5 Qd2+ 25. Kf2 Rxf5+ 26. Kg2 Re5 27.
Rf2 {1-0 Rogule,L (2362)-Khurtsilava,I (2286)/Tbilisi 2011}) 7... Nd7 8. Ne2
Nb6 9. Bb3 Bf5 10. Nf4 (10. Bf4 h4 11. Qd2 Nd5 {shows just how quickly the
advantage can pass in a position like this and now White has to cede the
bishop pair on unfavourable terms.}) ({Meanwhile} 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Qf3 Qd7 12.
h3 O-O-O 13. a4 {leads to a similarly unbalenced position.}) 10... Qd7 11. h3
h4 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Be3 e5 {It looks like this thrust solves any Black
problems, but there might still be some difficulties with the pawn structure.}
14. Nh5 e4 (14... Be7 15. Ng7 Bg6 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. Rd1 $13) 15. Qe2 Qe7 16.
O-O-O Nd5 17. Nf4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Kb8 19. Rhf1 {Which is the stronger minor
piece: the bishop on f8 or the knight on f4? White looks a bit better here,
with the easy plan of doubling rooks on the f-file, although Black will always
have plenty of counterplay, perhaps with a plan of ...Rg8-g3.} Bc8 20. Kb1 f5
21. a3 (21. Qc4 $1 {might well put Black on the defensive:} Rh7 (21... Rd7 $1
22. d5 $1 c5 $16) 22. d5 c5 23. Rd2 $16) 21... Bh6 22. Qd2 Rhg8 23. Rf2 Be6 (
23... Rg3 24. Re1 Be6) 24. c4 c5 25. Nxe6 {Eggleston bites, but his position
is not that easy anymore.} ({After} 25. d5 Bd7 26. Rdf1 Bg7 {the dark-squared
bishop is massive.}) 25... fxe6 26. d5 Rg3 $1 27. Re2 f4 {The initiative has
now passed fully to Short and the best that White can do is to go for an
opposite-coloured bishop position a pawn down.} 28. d6 Qf8 29. d7 (29. Ba4 Rxe3
30. d7 Rd3 $17) 29... Rxe3 30. Bc2 (30. Rxe3 fxe3 31. Qe2 Qf2) 30... Rxe2 31.
Qxe2 e3 32. Qh5 Bg7 33. Be4 Qf6 34. Qe2 Kc7 35. Qc2 Qe5 (35... Rxd7 36. Rxd7+
Kxd7 37. Bxb7 (37. Bf3 Kc8) 37... Qxb2+ $1 38. Qxb2 Bxb2 39. Kc2 Bxa3 {also
looks winning and probably more quickly!}) 36. Bf3 Rxd7 37. Rxd7+ Kxd7 38. Qa4+
Ke7 39. Qc2 b6 40. Qe2 Qd4 41. Kc1 Kd6 42. Qc2 Kc7 43. a4 a6 44. Kb1 b5 $1 {
To win, Black must develop an attack on the white king.} 45. axb5 axb5 46. cxb5
Qb4 47. Be2 Kb6 48. Kc1 Bd4 49. Kb1 c4 50. Kc1 (50. Bxc4 Bxb2 51. Be2 Be5+ 52.
Kc1 Qe1+ 53. Bd1 {could keep the game going for quite some time.}) 50... Ka5
51. Kb1 Kxb5 52. b3 Qe1+ 53. Bd1 cxb3 54. Qxb3+ Kc5 55. Qa3+ Kd5 56. Qb3+ (56.
Qa8+ $1) 56... Ke5 57. Qb8+ Kf5 58. Qf8+ Bf6 59. Qc5+ Kg6 60. Qc2+ Kh6 61. Qe2
Qb4+ 62. Ka2 Qa5+ 63. Kb3 Qd5+ 64. Kc2 Qa2+ 65. Kd3 Qa6+ 66. Kc2 Qa4+ 67. Kd3
Qd4+ 68. Kc2 f3 $1 69. Qxf3 (69. Qb5 Qc3+ 70. Kb1 e2 71. Bxe2 fxg2 72. Qh5+ Kg7
73. Qg4+ Kf8 $19) 69... Qc3+ 70. Kb1 Qb2# {Both the top seeds really had to
work hard in the first round.} 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Bd3 Qxb2
8. Ne2 Qb4+ 9. c3 Qa5 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qb1 Bxd3 12. Qxb7 $1 Bg7 13. Qxa8 O-O 14.
Rfb1 Bxb1 15. Rxb1 Nd7 16. Qxc6 Qxa2 17. Rc1 Nb6 18. Nf4 Bh6 19. Qb7 Re8 20. h3
Bg5 21. c4 Nxc4 22. Qd5 Rc8 23. h4 Bxf4 24. Bxf4 Qe2 $2 (24... Qa6 25. Bh6 Nd6
$11) 25. Bh6 $18 f5 26. Qb7 Re8 27. Qb5 Rc8 28. d5 Qg4 29. Qd7 Ra8 30. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Rasht Khazar op 10th"]
[Site "Rasht"]
[Date "2012.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Golizadeh, Asghar"]
[Black "Babaev, Talyb"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2012.02.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Qc7
8. O-O Nd7 9. c4 O-O-O 10. Nh4 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 e6 12. Nf3 h5 13. Be3 Kb8 14. d5
e5 15. Rfd1 c5 16. Qc2 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. Nh4 Nb6 19. Rd3 Rg8 20. Rg3 Rg4
21. Nf5 Rhg6 22. b3 e4 $2 23. Re1 (23. Rxg4 $142 Rxg4 24. Re1 $18) 23... Qe5
24. Rxg4 Rxg4 25. f3 Rg5 26. Ng3 $2 (26. f4 $142 Qxf4 27. Rxe4 $18) 26... Qd4+
27. Qf2 exf3 28. Qxd4 cxd4 29. Re4 d3 30. Rd4 fxg2 31. Kxg2 Nd7 32. h4 Rg4 33.
Rxg4 hxg4 34. Nf1 $2 (34. Kf2 $142 $18) 34... f5 35. h5 f4 36. h6 Nf8 37. c5
Kc7 38. b4 f5 39. b5 b6 40. c6 Kd6 $2 41. Nd2 Kc7 42. Nc4 f3+ 43. Kg3 Nh7 44.
d6+ Kc8 45. a4 Nf6 46. a5 f4+ 47. Kxf4 f2 48. Nd2 bxa5 49. Kg3 $4 (49. Kf5 $18)
49... a4 50. Kxf2 a3 51. h7 Nxh7 52. b6 axb6 53. Nc4 d2 54. Nxb6+ Kb8 55. c7+
Ka7 56. Nc8+ Kb7 57. Ne7 d1=Q 58. c8=Q+ Kb6 59. Qc6+ Ka5 60. Qc5+ Ka4 61. Qc4+
Ka5 62. Qc5+ Ka4 63. Qc4+ Ka5 64. Nc6+ Kb6 65. Nd4 Qd2+ 66. Kg3 Qe3+ 67. Kxg4
Qg5+ 68. Kf3 Qf6+ 69. Ke3 Qe5+ 70. Kd3 Qxd6 71. Qb3+ Kc7 72. Kc4 Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Black "Turov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {01h30} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Qd5 7. c4
{Après 07 mns de réflexion sur ce coup et il ne s'agissait peut-être pas d'une
préparation} Qd6 (7... Qe4+ 8. Be3 e5 9. Ne2 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Bf5
12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Rc1 c5 14. f3 Qc6 15. Be2 O-O-O 16. d5 Qa6 17. Qb2 e4 18. f4
Rhg8 19. Rg1 Bg4 20. Bf1 f5 21. Rb1 Rg6 22. Qc2 Rdg8 23. Rb5 Kb8 24. Kd2 Qa3
25. Rb3 Qa5 26. Qb2 Rb6 27. Ke1 Bh5 28. Kf2 Bd1 29. Rxb6 Qxb6 30. Qd2 Bh5 31.
h3 Qg6 32. Ke1 Qb6 33. Be2 Bxe2 34. Qxe2 Qf6 35. Kf2 Qh4+ 36. Kf1 h5 37. Qe1 {
Bruzon Batista,L (2691)-Alvarez Pedraza,A (2557) Guarenas 2012 1-0 (68)}) 8.
Be3 {82} Bf5 {83} 9. Nf3 {76} Rg8 $146 {66 Les Noirs sont sortis de la
préparation} (9... Nd7 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Qc2 e6 12. Nd2 f5 13. f3 Bh5 14. O-O-O
Bg7 15. c5 Qc7 16. g4 f4 17. gxh5 fxe3 18. Nc4 Qf4 19. Nd6+ Ke7 20. Be2 b6 21.
Rhg1 Bf6 22. Kb1 Rab8 23. Ne4 Qf5 24. Bd3 Qxh5 25. Rg4 Bxd4 26. Bf1 bxc5 27. b3
Qf5 28. Rg3 Rhg8 29. Bh3 Qe5 30. f4 Qh5 31. Ng5 h6 32. Bg4 Qg6 33. Ne4 Nf6 34.
f5 Qxg4 35. Rxg4 Rxg4 36. Nxf6 Kxf6 37. fxe6 fxe6 38. Rf1+ Ke5 39. Qh7 {
Zimina,O (2346)-Khotenashvili,B (2470) Konya 2011 0-1}) 10. g3 Qb4+ 11. Qd2 Na6
12. Be2 O-O-O $132 13. O-O {61} Qxd2 {60} 14. Bxd2 e6 15. a3 {55} c5 {56} 16.
Bc3 (16. Be3) 16... Be7 17. Rad1 (17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. b4 Na4 $11) 17... Be4 18.
Rfe1 f5 19. Ne5 cxd4 20. Rxd4 f6 21. Nf3 {31} (21. Rxd8+ $5) 21... Nc5 22. b4
Nb3 23. Rdd1 e5 24. c5 Bc2 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Bc4 Bf8 27. Nh4 Nd4 28. f3 {
Un peu affaiblissant} Kc7 (28... Bh6 29. Kf2 Bg5 30. Ng2) 29. Kf2 Bh6 30. f4 {
03} Be4 {17} 31. Rd1 $14 Nc2 32. Rxd8 Kxd8 33. fxe5 (33. Be6 {[%csl Rf5]} exf4
34. Bxf6+) 33... Be3+ $1 34. Kf1 (34. Ke2) 34... Nxa3 35. Bg8 Nb5 36. Bb2 fxe5
37. Bxh7 {[%csl Gh2][%cal Gh2h8]} Bd4 38. Bxd4 Nxd4 39. g4 $1 Bd3+ 40. Kf2 Nc2
41. Bxf5 Nxb4 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Ga7a1]} 42. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 1415 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2015.02.15"]
[Round "6.156"]
[White "Eggleston, David"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean Pierre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Saunders,J"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2014.11.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cheddleton"]
[BlackTeam "Guildford"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 {The Caro-Kann line
for players who like a walk on the wild side. I think it might have been
Julian Hodgson who started playing this regularly with a view to roughing up
the opposition. I can't find any of his games on the database so maybe that
was only in weekenders. Or it's my faulty memory.} 6. c3 h5 {Nigel Short is
another fan of this line.} 7. Bc4 h4 $5 {A but unusual.} 8. Qb3 e6 9. Nf3 Nd7
10. O-O {If Black thought to put White off castling kingside by thrusting his
h-pawn through to h4, his plan hasn't worked.} Nb6 11. Be2 Qc7 12. c4 e5 13.
dxe5 (13. Qc2 {, to keep control of the b1-h7 diagonal, or 13.Re1 also look
pretty good for White. King safety is a major issue for Black.}) 13... fxe5 14.
a4 h3 15. g3 Bg4 16. Bg5 ({Stopping queenside castling.} 16. Re1 {is again a
very strong alternative, e.g.} O-O-O 17. Nxe5 $5 {, with a solid edge for
White.}) 16... Rh5 17. Qe3 Nd7 18. Rad1 f6 {[diag]} 19. Rxd7 $5 ({Pretty good
but the computer finds the still more powerful} 19. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 20. Bxf6 Bxe2
21. Qxe2 Rf5 22. Rfe1 $1 {when} Rxf6 {is answered by} 23. Qh5+ Qf7 24. Rxe5+
Be7 25. Qxh3 {and the tactics favour White.}) 19... Qxd7 20. Nxe5 $2 (20. Bxf6
{still seems to favour White.}) 20... fxe5 21. Qxe5+ Qe7 $1 ({The only try,
and it's very good:} 21... Kf7 22. Qf4+ {picks off the bishop and should win})
(21... Be7 22. Bxg4 {is hopeless.}) 22. Bxg4 Qxe5 $2 ({This leads to a very
unusual and attractive perpetual check pattern. Instead} 22... Rxg5 $1 23. Bh5+
Kd7 24. Rd1+ Kc8 {allows Black to escape the checks and win with his extra
material, e.g.} 25. Qf4 Re5 26. Bg4+ Kb8 27. Bxh3 a5 28. Rd7 Qc5 $1 {,etc,
when Black can eventually wriggle his way out of the bind and win.}) 23. Bxh5+
Kd7 24. Bg4+ Ke8 (24... Kd6 25. Bf4 Qxf4 26. gxf4 Kc5 {probably doesn't lose
for Black but is certainly no way to try for a win.}) 25. Bh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Skembris,S"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2016.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In 2009 I participated in a really nice tournament in Porto Mannu. There I
met some talented young players, among them Nils Grandelius. We played a few
blitz games and analysed together, and it was clear to me that Nils would soon
become a GM - and a strong one as well...} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4.
Nxe4 Nf6 $5 {This sharp line was for many years my favourite line in the
Caro-Kann. You can see some of my games and experiences with it in an article
I wrote in CBM 136.} 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 $5 {This leads to very complicated and
unbalanced positions.} (5... exf6 {is less ambitious, but keeps a more healthy
pawn stucture.}) 6. c3 $5 {This is the most flexible continuation. More about
the alternatives can be seen in my article in CBM 136.} Bf5 $5 ({After} 6...
Nd7 7. g3 (7. Bd3 $5 Nb6 8. Ne2 $14) 7... Nb6 8. Bg2 h5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. h3 $14 {
White has the better chances, eg} Be6 (10... Bf5 $5) 11. O-O Qd7 12. Kh2 O-O-O
13. a4 Bh6 (13... Nd5 $5) 14. a5 Nd5 $6 (14... Nc4 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. Nh4 $1 $14
) 15. c4 $16 {1-0 Wei,Y (2638)-Onischuk,V (2593)/Kocaeli 2014/CBM 162 Extra 
(35)}) 7. Nf3 Nd7 ({An interesting way is} 7... Qc7 $5 8. g3 $140 e5 9. Bg2 (9.
dxe5 fxe5 $132) 9... Nd7 10. O-O (10. Nh4 Be6 11. O-O (11. dxe5 O-O-O $5 $44 (
11... Nxe5 12. O-O Bd6 13. Qd4 $14)) 11... h5 $5 (11... O-O-O 12. Qh5)) 10...
h5 $5 {with chances for both sides.}) 8. g3 $1 {The fianchettoed bishop will
defend White's king position after castling kingside, as well as help in the
attack against the black king after castling queenside.} Qc7 ({An original
idea is} 8... Qa5 $5 9. Bg2 (9. Qe2 {X f1/a6} Nb6 10. Bg2 $140 Be6 $132) 9...
Qb5 (9... Qa6 $5) 10. Nh4 $6 (10. Qb3 $5 $36) 10... Bg6 $6 (10... Bd3 $5 $132)
11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qb3 $14 {0-1 Gopal,G (2597)-Short,N (2658)/Caleta 2011/CBM
141 (44)}) 9. Bg2 e6 {This natural move isolates the bishop on f5 from the
queenside, after which it will be dangerous for Black to castle queenside.} (
9... e5 $5 10. Nh4 $140 $5 Be6 11. Qh5 (11. O-O h5) 11... exd4 $36) 10. Nh4 $5
{This strong move (which I proposed in my article) makes the black position
very difficult, as soon it will be difficult to get any active counterplay.}
Bg6 11. Bf4 (11. O-O Bd6 (11... O-O-O 12. a4 $1 $40) 12. Qe2 f5 13. Bg5 $1 $16
O-O (13... f4 14. Qg4 $18) 14. Rfe1 $16 {Kukk,R (2565)-Cuno,T (2526) ICCF
email 2004 1/2-1/2 (40)}) 11... Bd6 ({The last chance to play actively was} 
11... e5 $5 12. Bd2 (12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Bg5 f6) 12... O-O-O) 12. Bxd6 (12. Bh6
$5 O-O-O 13. O-O Kb8 14. a4 $40) 12... Qxd6 13. O-O (13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. O-O Rhe8
15. Rfd1 $14) 13... f5 $146 {A novelty which does not change the evaluation of
the position. Black will have to defend passively for a long time.} (13... O-O
14. f4 f5 15. Bf3 Rad8 16. Qe2 h6 17. a4 $14) (13... O-O-O 14. f4 f5 15. Qe2
$14 (15. a4 $5)) 14. b4 $36 {Taking control of the dark squares.} (14. Qd2 O-O
15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. a4 $14) 14... Nf6 (14... O-O 15. Qd2 $14) 15. a4 a6 ({
Another try was} 15... f4 16. Re1 {although White keeps a plus.}) 16. Re1 (16.
Nf3 Bh5) 16... O-O 17. a5 {In my opinion it was better to keep the option to
play b5, especially since the black bishop cannot participate in the fight on
the queenside.} ({For example} 17. Rc1) ({or} 17. Qc1) 17... Rad8 18. Qc1 Kg7 {
Black cannot do much more than wait.} 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. Nd2 Qc7 21. Nc4 Rfe8 22.
Ra2 h6 23. Rae2 Bh5 24. Re3 Nf6 25. Ne5 Ng4 {The exchange of the knights makes
Black's defensive task a bit easier, but his position is still worse.} 26. Nxg4
Bxg4 27. Re5 Bh5 28. Bf1 {In order to improve his position White would have to
break the pawn structure, probably with g4.} ({A start in this direction could
be} 28. Qf4 $5 Qb8 $140 29. Kh1 Rd7 30. h3 {It could be a good start in this
direction.}) 28... Rd5 29. R5e3 Qe7 30. Bc4 Rdd8 31. Re5 Qg5 32. R1e3 ({After} 
32. f4 Qg4 33. Qe3 Qf3 {still nothing happens.}) 32... Bg6 33. Bb3 Rd6 34. h4
Qf6 35. Re1 Red8 36. Qf4 Bh5 37. Kh2 ({Here once more White had the chance to
prepare g4 with} 37. f3 $5) 37... Bg6 38. R1e3 h5 {I don't know if Black had
to play this unpositional move, as he completely gives up the control over the
black squares. Propably Li Chao wanted to meet the white plan with f3 and g4,
but to defend in this way he needs very good nerves!} 39. Re1 Bh7 40. Kg2 Qh6
41. Qg5+ (41. Qf3 $142) 41... Bg6 42. R5e3 R8d7 {After the black queen has
been blocked on the kingside White gets the chance to try an interesting idea.
He will use his king to attack the queenside pawns by going to b6, so Black
will be forced to reorganise his defensive setup.} 43. Kf1 Rd8 44. Ke2 R6d7 45.
Kd2 Rd6 46. Kc1 R6d7 47. Kb2 Rd6 48. Bc4 Re8 49. Kb3 Rd7 50. Bf1 $6 ({Here
after} 50. Qxh6+ $5 Kxh6 51. Be2 Kg7 52. Kc4 Rde7 53. Kc5 $16 {Black has a lot
of difficulties.}) 50... Qxg5 51. hxg5 Rh8 52. Bg2 (52. f4 h4 {and Black
breathes...}) 52... Rdd8 {Black goes on with the passive defence.} (52... h4 $5
) 53. Rh1 f6 54. gxf6+ {According to the engines' evaluation this offers White
a winning advantage.} (54. d5 $5 {gives good practical chances, for example}
fxg5 (54... e5 55. dxc6 bxc6 56. gxf6+ Kxf6 57. Bxc6 Rd2 58. f4 $14) (54...
cxd5 55. Rxe6 $16) 55. Rxe6 Bf7 56. Re7 Kf6 57. Rxb7 Rxd5 $1 58. Rxf7+ Kxf7 59.
Bxd5+ cxd5 60. b5 axb5 61. Kb4 $16) 54... Kxf6 55. Kc4 (55. Rh4 $5 $16) 55...
Ke7 56. Kc5 Bf7 57. Rh4 Kd7 58. Kb6 Kc8 59. Bf3 Kb8 60. Re1 Rh6 61. Re5 Rd6 62.
Kc5 Kc7 63. Re1 Rd8 64. c4 Rh7 65. Reh1 Rdh8 66. Rb1 Be8 67. Re1 Bd7 68. Re5
Rh6 69. d5 {Finally White tries to break the black position.} exd5 70. cxd5
cxd5 71. Bxd5 (71. Rxd5 $142) 71... b6+ 72. Kd4 ({After} 72. axb6+ Rxb6 {
Black can defend.}) 72... bxa5 73. bxa5 Rb8 74. Bc4 Rb2 75. Rc5+ (75. Ke3 $142
$5) 75... Kd6 76. Rd5+ Kc7 77. Rf4 $14 (77. f3 $5 Rg2 $140 78. Bd3 Rxg3 79. Ke3
Rg5 80. Kf4 $36) 77... Rc6 78. Rc5 $6 {Now eveything is clear and the position
is equal.} Rd2+ 79. Kc3 Rxc5 80. Kxd2 Rxa5 81. Bf7 Kd6 82. Rd4+ Ke7 83. Bxh5
Re5 84. g4 fxg4 85. Bxg4 Bxg4 86. Rxg4 a5 87. Kc3 Rf5 88. Ra4 Rxf2 89. Rxa5 $11
Rf3+ 90. Kb4 Rf4+ 91. Kb5 Rf5+ 92. Ka4 Rxa5+ 93. Kxa5 {It seems that White's
setup with g3 is the most critical one and Black needs to be very careful in
this line.} 1/2-1/2

