[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.11.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Ambroz,J"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1993.11.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O (7. c4 $5 cxd4
$1 8. cxd5 exd5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nxd4 (10. Nbd2 $44) 10... Bc5 11. Be3 (11.
Nxc6 Bxc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nd2 (13. Nc3 d4) 13... Qb6 14. Qb3 Rae8 15. Qxb6 Bxb6
16. Bd3 Ng4 17. Nf3 Rxf3 $1 18. gxf3 Ne5 19. Be2 d4 20. Bd2 d3 21. Bd1 Nxf3+
22. Bxf3 Bxf3 23. Rfe1 Be2 24. Kg2 Re6 $19 25. f4 {Kupreichik,V-Dolmatov,S/
USSR (ch) 30/205/1980/0-1 (35)}) (11. Nb3 Bxf2+ $1 12. Kxf2 Ne4+ 13. Kf1 Qb6
$36) 11... Qb6 $1 12. Nxc6 Bxe3 13. fxe3 bxc6 14. Qd4 O-O 15. O-O Rae8 $17)
7... Qc7 (7... fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bc6 $5 (9... Qc7 10. f4 $5 Ne7 11. Nd2
g6 12. Nf3 Bg7 13. Qe1 $1 O-O 14. Qh4 Nf5 15. Qh3 Qb6 16. g4 Ne7 17. c4 $1 $14
{Rosentalis,E-Pahtz,T, Liechtenstein 1991}) 10. Bd3 (10. c4 Ne7 11. Bg5 $5 Qd7
(11... dxc4 12. Nd2 Qd5 13. Bh5+ Ng6 14. Qg4 Be7 $8 15. Bxg6+ (15. Bxe7 Kxe7
16. Nxc4 Qxg2+ $1) 15... hxg6 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Nxc4 $14 {Benjamin-Gulko,
Groningen 1993}) 12. Bg4 dxc4 13. Qxd7+ Bxd7 14. Nd2 $5 {Sveshnikov}) 10... Qd7
$5 {Ivanchuk,V-Short,N, Novi Sad ol 1990}) 8. c4 $5 (8. Re1 fxe5 9. Nxe5 (9.
dxe5 O-O-O 10. Bd3 Nh6 $1 11. Bg5 (11. Bxh6 gxh6 {<=>}) 11... Re8 12. Nbd2 Nf7
13. Bf4 $13 (13. Qe2 Nxg5 14. Nxg5 Be7 15. Ndf3 (15. Ngf3 g5 $132) 15... g6 16.
a3 c4 17. Bc2 Ref8 18. h4 Bc5 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. Ba4 h6 $17 21. Bxc6 hxg5 22.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 23. Nd4 Rxh4 24. Qd2 Bxd4 25. cxd4 {Boey-Lobron/Thessaloniki ol (5)/
1988/0-1 (33)})) 9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 O-O-O $5 11. Bf3 h6 12. c4 d4 13. b4 cxb4
14. Qxd4 Bc5 15. Qg4 Ne7 16. Nd2 h5 17. Qg5 Nf5 18. Nb3 Be7 19. Qg6 Kb8 20. Bg5
Bc8 $13 {Schwarzburger,L-Ruf,M, Deutschland 1987}) (8. Bf4 Nge7 $5 9. Bg3 Nf5
10. exf6 Nxg3 11. f7+ $1 Kxf7 12. fxg3 Ke8 $6 (12... Kg8 13. dxc5 (13. Ng5 Nd8
14. Bd3 Be7 15. Qh5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Qd6 17. Kh1 c4 18. Bc2 Nf7 19. Qh5 Qe7 20.
Nd2 Nd6 21. Rae1 Re8 22. Nf3 g6 23. Qe5 Nf7 24. Qc7 Bc6 25. Qf4 {Relange,
E-Meulders,R/Brussels zt (11)/1993/1-0 (34)}) 13... Bxc5+ 14. Kh1 Rf8 15. c4 d4
16. a3 $14 {Prie,E-Dimitrov,V/France-Bulgaria 49/(307)/1990/Line (16)}) 13. c4
$1 dxc4 14. d5 exd5 15. Qxd5 Qd6 16. Qe4+ Qe6 17. Qc2 Nb4 18. Qc1 Be7 19. Bxc4
Qh6 20. Qd1 Kd8 21. Nc3 Rf8 22. Re1 Rf6 23. Ne5 Bd6 24. Nf7+ Rxf7 25. Bxf7 {
Morawietz,D-Markmann,U/BL 88/89 Koblenz-Bochum [8]/1989/1-0 (29)}) 8... cxd4 (
8... dxc4 9. exf6 (9. dxc5 Nxe5 (9... Bxc5 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Bxc4) 10. Nxe5
Qxe5 11. Bh5+ (11. Bxc4 Bxc5 $15) 11... g6 12. Bf3 Qc7 $15) (9. d5 exd5 10.
Qxd5 (10. Nc3 $5) 10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 fxe5 12. Nc3 $44) 9... Nxf6 10. dxc5 (10.
Bxc4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bd6 (12... Bc5 13. Qh4 $14 {>< e6}) 13. h3 $10
) 10... Bxc5 11. Bxc4 (11. Nbd2 $5) 11... O-O-O $5 $132) (8... fxe5 9. dxe5 (9.
Nxe5 $5) (9. cxd5 Nxd4 10. Nc3 Nf6 (10... O-O-O $5) 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Nb5 Qb6
$15 13. Nbxd4 exd4 14. Ng5 Bd5) 9... Nxe5 10. cxd5) 9. cxd5 exd5 (9... Nxe5 10.
dxe6 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bxe6 12. Qxd4 $14 {>< f7}) 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 (10... Nxe5 11.
Nb5 (11. Nc3 $5) 11... Qc6 12. N1c3 (12. Qxd5 Qxd5 13. Nc7+ Kf7 14. Nxd5 Ne7
$10) 12... Ne7 13. f4 Qc5+ (13... Nf7 14. Be3 a6 15. Rc1 $5 (15. Nd4 $36) 15...
axb5 16. Nxb5 Qxb5 17. Bxb5 Bxb5 18. Re1 $36 {/\ Bc5}) 14. Kh1 Ng4 $2 {[#]} 15.
Ne4 $3 $18 dxe4 16. Nd6+) (10... fxe5 11. Nb5 Qb6 12. Qxd5 Nf6 13. Qb3 Bc5 (
13... a6 $4 14. Nd6+) (13... Na5 14. Qg3 Nc6 (14... Bxb5 $2 15. Qxe5+ Be7 16.
Bxb5+) 15. Be3 $36) 14. Be3 $5 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nd2 $140 a6 17. Nc4 Qxb5
$1 $8 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. Rfe1+ $13) 11. Qxd4 Qxe5 12. Qd1 Bc5 13.
Re1 (13. Bh5+ $5 Kf8 14. Re1 Qd6 15. Nc3 Bc6 16. Qb3 $44) 13... O-O-O $5 $13
14. Bf3 (14. Nc3 $5 Bd6 $140 15. g3 $1 $36) 14... Qd6 15. Nc3 Bc6 16. a3 (16.
Qb3) (16. Na4 Bb4 17. Re2 Ne7 18. a3 Ba5 $13) 16... Bb6 17. Ne2 g5 $5 18. Nd4
Bd7 19. Qd3 Ne7 20. Bd2 (20. b4 g4) 20... Bxd4 $1 21. Qxd4 (21. Bb4 Bxf2+ 22.
Kh1 Qb6 23. Rxe7 $44) 21... Nc6 22. Qc3 (22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Bxd5 Bf5 24. Bxc6
Rxd2 $15) 22... Kb8 23. Rad1 $44 {>< d5} Ne5 24. Bh5 d4 25. Qg3 Bc6 26. Bc3 {
[#]} Nf3+ $5 27. Bxf3 Qxg3 28. fxg3 dxc3 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. bxc3 Rxd1 31. Rxd1
Kc7 32. Rf1 Rf8 33. Rf5 Kd6 34. Kf2 Ke6 35. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 b6 4. Bb5+ $5 (4. Nf3) 4... Bd7 (4... c6 5. Ba4 Ba6 6.
c3 $14) 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 f6 8. O-O fxe5 9. dxe5 $6 (9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10.
dxe5 $14) 9... Qc7 10. Re1 Nh6 $1 (10... Nge7 $6 11. Na3 Nc8 $16 (11... a6 $2
12. Bxa6 $1 Rxa6 13. Nb5 $18)) 11. c4 d4 12. Na3 $6 (12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Nbd2
O-O-O (13... Bg7 14. Qe2 O-O $2 15. Qe4 $18) 14. a3 $14) 12... a6 13. Be4 O-O-O
$8 (13... Nf7 $2 14. Ng5 $1 $16) (13... Be7 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. b4 cxb4 16. Nb5
$1 $16) 14. Nc2 Nf7 15. Bf4 $6 (15. b4 cxb4 16. a3 $1 $44) 15... Be7 16. b4 g5
17. Bg3 g4 $2 (17... h5 $1 18. bxc5 bxc5 $1 (18... h4 19. cxb6 Qxb6 20. Rb1 $44
) 19. h3 Rdg8 $1 {/\ 20... g4 21. hg4 hg4 22. Nh2 Bh4!=/+}) 18. Nd2 Ncxe5 $6 (
18... h5 $13 {Rogers,I}) 19. a4 $1 (19. bxc5 Bxc5 20. Nb3 $14) 19... cxb4 (
19... a5 20. bxa5 bxa5 21. Rb1 $16 {->}) (19... d3 $142 $1 {Rogers} 20. Bxd3
Bc6 $13) 20. a5 $1 bxa5 21. Nxd4 $6 (21. c5 $1 Bb5 (21... Bxc5 22. Nc4 $18) 22.
Nb3 a4 23. Nxb4 $1 a5 (23... axb3 24. Nxa6 Bxa6 25. Rxa6 $16 {->}) 24. Nd3 Bxd3
25. Bxd3 axb3 26. Ba6+ Kd7 (26... Kb8 27. Rxe5 $1 $18) 27. Bb5+ Kc8 28. Qxb3
$16 {->}) 21... Bc5 $1 22. N4b3 $1 a4 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Bc2 a5 $2 (24... a3 25.
Ne4 Qc7 26. c5 Bc6 27. Nd6+ Nxd6 28. cxd6 Rxd6 29. Qe2 $18) (24... b3 25. Bxb3
(25. Ne4 $6 Qb4 $13) 25... axb3 26. Nxb3 $1 (26. Qxb3 Bc6) 26... Qxc4 $1 $8 (
26... Qc7 27. Rxa6 Bc6 28. Qa1 Bb7 29. Ra5 $16 {->}) 27. Bxe5 (27. Rc1 Bc6) (
27. Qb1 $5) 27... Nxe5 28. Rxe5 Ba4 29. Qe1 Qxb3 (29... Bxb3 30. Rc1 Bc2 31.
Re2 $1) 30. Rc5+ Kd7 31. Rb1 Qa2 $1 $8 {><e6} 32. Ra5 Qc2 $1 (32... Ke8 $2 33.
Rxa4 $1 $18) (32... Ke7 33. Qb4+ $18) (32... Rb8 33. Ra1 $16) 33. Rxa6 $16 {->}
) 25. Ne4 Qc7 26. Bxa4 Bc6 27. Qc2 Bb7 28. c5 $18 Rd5 (28... Kb8 29. Ng5 $18)
29. Bb3 Rhd8 30. Rac1 $1 (30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rac1 Qc6 $16) 30... Qc6 31. Ba4 Qc7
32. Nd6+ R8xd6 33. cxd6 Qxc2 34. Rxc2+ Kb8 35. Bb3 Rxd6 36. Rxe5 $1 (36. Rxe5
Rd1+ 37. Re1+) 1-0

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Knaak} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 (6. Be2) 6... f6
7. Bd3 (7. b4 fxe5 8. bxc5 (8. dxc5 Nf6 9. Bb5 e4) 8... e4 9. Ng5 Nf6 $15) 7...
Qc7 8. O-O O-O-O (8... fxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. dxe5 $16) 9. Bf4 c4 (
9... g5 $2 10. Bg3 g4 11. exf6 $16) 10. Bc2 h6 $1 11. h4 (11. Bg3 f5 (11... f5
{Knaak} 12. h4 Be8 13. Nbd2 Bh5 14. Bf4 Be7 15. Qb1 Rf8 {/\ Qd8, g7-g5})) 11...
Be8 $1 (11... f5 12. h5 $14) 12. b3 (12. Nbd2 Bh5 13. Qe1 f5 $15) (12. Bg3 $15
{Knaak}) 12... cxb3 13. Bxb3 Bh5 14. Nbd2 (14. Qd3 g5 15. Bg3 (15. hxg5 hxg5
16. Bg3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 (17. exf6 Qf7 18. Qxf3 Qh7 $19) 17... Qh7 $19) 15... f5
16. hxg5 Bxf3 $19) 14... fxe5 $2 (14... g5 $1 15. Bg3 (15. Be3 f5 $17) 15... f5
$17) 15. dxe5 Bc5 $15 16. Qb1 (16. Qe1 Nge7 17. Be3) 16... Nge7 17. c4 (17. Bh2
Rhf8 18. Bd1 $17) 17... Rhf8 18. Bh2 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Rxf3 $1 20. gxf3 Nd4 21. Kg2
(21. Bd1 {Knaak} dxc4 $19) 21... Nef5 22. Bg3 Qf7 $1 23. f4 (23. Bd1 Qg6) (23.
cxd5 {Knaak} Nxh4+ 24. Bxh4 Qxf3+ 25. Kh2 Qh5 26. Qe4 Nxb3 $19) 23... g5 24.
cxd5 gxf4 25. dxe6 (25. Bxf4 {Knaak} Nxh4+ $19) 25... Qh5 26. e7 Nxh4+ (26...
Nxh4+ 27. Bxh4 Qg4+ 28. Bg3 f3+ 29. Kh2 Qh5+ 30. Kg1 Ne2#) 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 (6... f6) 7. Na3
cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Nb4 10. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Bd2 Qa5 (11... Qb6 $1 12. Bxb4 (
12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Bb5 $10) 12... Qxb4+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ $10) 12. a3 $1 (12.
Bxb4 $5) 12... Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 f6 15. Rac1 Ne7 16. b4 Kd8 (16...
Nc6 17. b5 $5 Na5 18. Kc3 a6 19. a4 $14 {/\ Kb4}) 17. Bd3 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Nxc8 (
18... Kxc8) 19. g4 h6 $6 (19... Nb6 $1 20. b5 (20. exf6 gxf6 21. g5 Nc4+ {/\}
22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. gxf6 Bc6 $13) 20... Ke7 21. Rc1 $5) 20. Nh4 Ne7 21. f4 a6 (
21... fxe5 22. dxe5 $1 $14) 22. Rf1 Bb5 23. f5 $2 (23. exf6 gxf6 24. Re1 Rg8 $1
$132) (23. Re1 $14) 23... h5 $6 (23... Bxd3 $1 24. Kxd3 h5 25. Ng6 Rh6 26. Nf4
hxg4 (26... exf5 $5) 27. Nxe6+ Ke8 28. Nxg7+ Kf7 $15) 24. Ng6 $6 Nxg6 $2 (24...
Bxd3 $1) 25. exf6 $1 gxf6 26. fxg6 Ke7 $6 (26... Bxd3 27. Kxd3 Ke7 (27... hxg4
28. Rxf6 Ke7 29. g7 Rg8 30. Rg6 $18) 28. g5 fxg5 29. Rf7+ $18) 27. g5 $1 f5 (
27... Bxd3 28. gxf6+) 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. Rc1 Kd6 30. Ke3 Rg8 31. Kf4 b6 32. Rc3
Rxg6 33. Rh3 Rg8 34. Rxh5 Rc8 35. g6 Rc4 36. Rg5 $1 Rxd4+ 37. Ke3 (37. Kf3 $2
Rg4 $1) 37... Re4+ 38. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Mumbai Wealth op 3rd"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2018.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tukhaev, Adam"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.12.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Na3 $5 (6. a3 f6 $1 {
The new development in this line.} 7. Bd3 fxe5 8. dxe5 c4 9. Bc2 g6 10. Qe2 Bg7
11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nh6 (12... Nge7 13. h4 h6 14. O-O-O Bd7) (12... Bd7 13.
O-O-O O-O-O) 13. h4 Bd7 14. h5 O-O-O 15. O-O-O gxh5 16. Rxh5 Ng4 17. Bf4 Be8
18. Rxh7 Rxh7 19. Bxh7 Bh6 $11) 6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. Nc2 Rc8 9. Be2 ({
Another line is} 9. a3 Na5 (9... Qb3 10. Bd3 Na5 11. O-O Ba4 12. Nfe1) 10. b4
Nc4 $1 11. Bd3) 9... Nb4 10. Ne3 Bb5 11. O-O Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nc6 13. b3 Bb4 (
13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Qb5+ Rc6 16. Qxb7 Ne7 17. Qb8+ Rc8 18. Qb5+ Nc6 {
is not clear at all.}) 14. Bb2 (14. Nc2 Bc3 15. Rb1 Nb4 $11) (14. Rb1 $5) 14...
Qa6 $1 15. Qxa6 bxa6 16. Rfc1 Kd7 17. Rc2 Nge7 18. Rac1 h6 19. Kf1 Rb8 $1 {
Stepping aside with this rook and making place for the other.} 20. a3 Ba5 21.
b4 Bb6 22. Ke2 Rhc8 23. g3 Bd8 24. Rc5 $1 (24. Bc3 $2 a5 25. bxa5 Rb3 $19)
24... Bb6 {Black should play on} (24... Rb5 25. Ne1 (25. Bc3) 25... Bb6 26.
Rxb5 axb5 27. Kd3 a5 28. bxa5 Nxa5 29. N1c2 Nc4 30. Rb1 Ba5 31. Ba1 $13) (24...
Ng6 25. Ba1 ({alas I have been stuck with the piece sac.} 25. Nxd5 $6 exd5 26.
Rxd5+ Ke8 $17) (25. Ne1 $6 Be7 26. Nd3 Bxc5 27. Nxc5+ Kd8 $17) 25... Be7 26.
R5c3 a5 27. bxa5 Nxa5 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rxc8 Kxc8 30. Bc3 Nc6 31. Nc2 $11) 25.
R5c2 Bd8 26. Rc5 Bb6 27. R5c2 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "SRB Central-ch op-A 5th"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lukovic, Vladimir"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 {I have always thought that the French suits my style if I have any.}
2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 $6 {This may not be the best
after Black's last move.} (6. Bd3 $6 cxd4 7. cxd4 Qb6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Nxd4 (9.
Nbd2 Nxf3+ 10. Nxf3 Ne7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Qa4 Qa5 $15) 9... Qxd4 10.
Nc3 a6 11. Qe2 Rc8 $1 12. Kh1 Bc5 13. f4 Nh6 14. Bd2 Nf5 15. Rae1 (15. Rf3 h5)
15... h5 $17) (6. Be3 Nh6 7. Bd3 Ng4 8. O-O Nxe3 9. fxe3 g6 10. Nbd2 Bh6 $13) (
6. Be2 $142 Rc8 7. O-O a6 $5 8. Na3 (8. a3 h6 9. b4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Na7 11. Bb2
Bb5 {is the main idea.}) (8. Be3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nge7 10. Nc3 Nf5) (8. Kh1 h6 9.
h3 Qc7 $13) (8. b3 Nge7 9. Bb2 Ng6 10. Qd2 Be7) (8. g3) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Bxa3
10. bxa3 Na5 (10... Nge7 11. Rb1 Na5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Qg4 Nf5 $132)
11. Rb1 Bc6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. Qg4 Kf8 $132) 6... f6 $1 7. b4 (7. Bd3
Qc7 8. O-O O-O-O 9. Re1 h6 $1 10. b4 c4 11. Bc2 f5 $36) 7... fxe5 $1 8. dxe5 (
8. b5 Nxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Bf4 Nf6 11. Nbd2 Be7 $17 {was played in one of my
games.}) 8... Nh6 (8... Qc7 9. Bf4 Nh6 10. Bd3 Nf7 11. O-O c4 12. Bc2 Be7 13.
h4 O-O-O $17 {was the subject of another one.}) 9. Bd3 Nf7 10. Qe2 g5 $1 $146 {
After this White is in trouble.} 11. h4 gxh4 $2 {It is unbelievable that I
preferred this} ({to} 11... g4 12. Ng5 Ncxe5 13. Bxh7 Qf6 $17) 12. Bf4 c4 13.
Bc2 Be7 14. g3 $2 {After this Black will have a great pawn structure.} (14.
Nbd2 Qc7 (14... Rg8 15. Kf1 Rg4 16. Be3 Qc7 17. b5 Na5 18. Rb1 b6 19. Nd4 Rg7
20. f4 O-O-O 21. f5 Nxe5 22. fxe6 Rf8+ 23. Kg1 Be8 24. Bh6 $16) 15. Nxh4 O-O-O
16. Ndf3 $13) 14... hxg3 15. fxg3 Qb6 $1 16. Rxh7 Rxh7 17. Bxh7 O-O-O (17... a5
$2 18. Bg6 $1 axb4 19. Qh2 $1 $40) 18. Bg6 Nh8 $5 (18... Rf8 19. Nbd2 a5 $17)
19. Bh5 Be8 20. Bxe8 $6 ({I was expecting more.} 20. Bg4 Bf7 $17) 20... Rxe8
21. Qf2 Ng6 $6 (21... Qxf2+ {Strangely enough, I was not satisfied with.} 22.
Kxf2 Ng6 23. Nbd2 Rf8 24. Ke3 Bd8 25. Rh1 Bb6+ 26. Ke2 Nxf4+ 27. gxf4 Rxf4 28.
Rh8+ Kd7 29. Rh7+ Ne7 $19) 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Nbd2 b5 $2 {One mistake follows
the other. My pretext is that I thought that I was following the safest way to
cash in the point.} (23... Rf8 24. Ke2 Nxf4+ 25. gxf4 Rxf4 26. b5 Nd8 $19) (
23... Nxf4 24. gxf4 Rf8 25. Ke2 Rxf4 26. b5 Nd8 27. a4 Nf7 $19) 24. a4 (24. Ke2
Rf8) 24... bxa4 25. Rxa4 b5 (25... Kd7 26. b5 Nd8 27. Be3 Nf7 28. Bd4 $132 {
is not easy anymore.}) 26. Ra8+ Kd7 27. Rxe8 Kxe8 28. Nb1 $1 $132 Kd7 ({
I missed that} 28... d4 29. Na3 $1 Nxb4 30. Nxb5 $15) 29. Kd1 Bf8 (29... d4 30.
Na3 dxc3 31. Nxb5 Nxb4 32. Nxc3 Nd5 33. Ne2 $15) 30. Na3 Bg7 ({I was down when
I saw that even} 30... Nxf4 31. gxf4 Bh6 32. f5 exf5 33. Nxb5 Bf4 (33... Bg7
34. e6+ Kxe6 35. Nc7+ $11) 34. Nbd4 Nxe5 35. Nh4 $11 {gives only equality.})
31. Nxb5 Ncxe5 32. Nxe5+ Nxe5 $6 $11 ({I might have some academical chances
after} 32... Bxe5 33. Bxe5 Nxe5 34. Ke2 Nf7 $15) 33. Bxe5 $1 Bxe5 34. g4 Bf6
35. Nd4 {It is a draw after all.} e5 36. Nf5 d4 37. g5 (37. cxd4 exd4 38. g5
Bh8 39. g6 Kc6 40. g7 Bxg7 41. Nxg7 Kb5 42. Nf5 $11) ({There is no need for} 
37. Ng3 Ke6 {but still a draw.} 38. Ne4 Be7 39. g5 Kf5 40. Nd2 $11) 37... Bxg5
38. cxd4 Ke6 39. Ng7+ Kd5 ({After} 39... Kf6 40. dxe5+ $1 Kxg7 41. Kc2 $11 {
is the simplest draw.}) 40. dxe5 Kxe5 41. Kc2 Be7 42. b5 Kd5 43. Nf5 Kc5 44.
Ne3 Kxb5 45. Nxc4 Kxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kavala op 14th"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hadzimanolis, Antonios"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2005.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 f6 7. b4 fxe5 8. dxe5 ({
After} 8. b5 {I would have gone for Thomas' piece sac with.} Nxd4 $1 9. cxd4
exd4 $44) 8... Qc7 9. Bf4 Nh6 $2 {One move too early.} (9... c4 {is the move.})
10. Bd3 $2 (10. c4 $1 d4 11. b5 Ne7 12. Bd3 $16) 10... Nf7 11. O-O c4 12. Bc2
Be7 13. h4 O-O-O 14. Re1 Rdg8 $17 15. Ng5 {He tries to prevent black's
kingside attack but it is too late.} (15. Qc1 Bxh4 $1 16. Nxh4 g5 $17) 15...
Nxg5 16. hxg5 Qd8 17. Qg4 Rf8 18. g3 h6 19. g6 h5 20. Qh3 h4 $19 21. Qg4 hxg3
22. fxg3 $2 {This is losing on the spot.} (22. Bxg3 Bh4 $19) 22... Qb6+ 23. Be3
Nxe5 24. Bxb6 Nxg4 25. Bxa7 Rh3 $1 {Now it is over.} 26. Re2 d4 $1 {After this
the attack is terribly strong.} (26... Rfh8 27. Kf1 Rxg3 $19) 27. Bxd4 $2 (27.
Be4 d3 (27... Ne3 28. Nd2 (28. Rxe3 dxe3 29. Kg2 Rh5 30. Bxe3 Re5 31. Nd2 Rxe4
32. Nxe4 Bc6 $19) 28... Rxg3+ 29. Kh1 Ng4 $19) 28. Rb2 Bg5 $19) 27... Bc6 0-1

[Event "SLO-chT 09th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1999.11.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ljubljanski LSK"]
[BlackTeam "Tolmin AET"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Rc8 $5 {A rare move.} 10. O-O (10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Bc3 Na5 $5 $13) 10...
Qb6 11. g4 Nfe7 12. Nh4 (12. Nfe1 h5 13. gxh5 Nf5 14. Be3 f6 15. Nd3 Nxe3 16.
fxe3 fxe5 17. dxe5 Qc7 18. Rc1 Nxe5 19. Nd4 Nc6 20. Bg4 Rh6 $13) 12... Ng6 13.
Ng2 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Kh1 (15. f4 f5 (15... Bd6 16. f5 exf5 17. gxf5 Nge7
$13) 16. gxf5 (16. Nge3 Bg7) 16... exf5 17. Bf3 Nce7 18. Re1 Bg7 $15) (15. h4
$5 Bd6 16. Bh6 Bf8 $5 $13) 15... Bd6 (15... Bg7 $140 $1 16. f4 f5) 16. f4 (16.
Bh6 $5 Bf8 17. Be3 Bg7 $13) 16... Nce7 17. Qd3 f5 18. Nce3 {draw offer} fxg4
19. Nxg4 Nf5 $6 (19... O-O 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nf5 $17) 20. Nf6+ Ke7 $4 {
Walking into the only existing trap.} (20... Kd8 21. Rd1 Bc6 22. Bg4 Be7 23.
Bxf5 exf5 24. Nh5 Rf8 $13) 21. Qxf5 $1 exf5 (21... Qxd4 $6 22. Nxd5+ $5 (22.
Be3 $6 Qxf6 (22... Qxb2 23. Nxd5+ exd5 24. Qxd5 Bc6 25. Qg5+ $40) 23. Qxf6+
Kxf6 24. Bd4+ Kf7 25. Bxh8 Rxh8 $44) 22... Qxd5 23. Qxd5 (23. Qb1 $2 Nh4) 23...
exd5 24. f5 Ne5 25. Bg5+ $40) 22. Nxd5+ Kf7 (22... Kd8 $5 23. Nxb6 axb6) 23.
Nxb6 axb6 24. Bf3 Rhe8 $5 (24... Bc6 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 {looks more resilient.}) 25.
Bxb7 Rc2 26. a4 Ree2 27. Bf3 (27. Ne1 $5 Bc6+ (27... Rxh2+ 28. Kg1 Rxc1 29.
Rxc1 Rh4 30. Ng2) 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 $44) 27... Rf2 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. Bd5+ Be6 30.
Kg1 (30. Bxe6+ Kxe6 31. Kg1 Rf3 $1 $44) 30... Rc2 31. Bf3 Rc4 32. Be3 Rb4 33.
a5 $1 (33. d5 Bd7 $11) 33... bxa5 34. Rxa5 Rxb2 35. Ra6 $1 (35. Ra7+ Ne7 36. d5
(36. Bh5+ Kf6) 36... Bc8 $11) 35... Be7 36. Ra7 {The best black could get
after his early game blunder is this position.Instead of blundering,I had to
pull myself together.} Ra2 $4 (36... Bc4 $1 37. Bc6 (37. d5 Ke8 38. Rc7 Be2 39.
Bc1 Ra2 $14) 37... Ke6 38. Bd7+ Kd6) (36... Nf8 $5 {looks passive but does not
lose on the spot.} 37. d5 (37. Bh5+ Ng6 38. Nh4 Rb1+ 39. Kf2 Rb2+ 40. Kg3 Rb3)
37... Bd7 38. Bh5+ Kg8 39. Be8 Bxe8 40. Rxe7 Bf7 41. d6 Rb5 $16) 37. d5 (37. d5
Rxa7 38. dxe6+ Kxe6 39. Bxa7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Veliko Gradiste Silver Lake op-A"]
[Site "Veliko Gradiste"]
[Date "2015.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nestorovic, Lazar"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2015.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. dxc5 $5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 $6 ({
The theoretical line is} 7. b4 Bb6 8. b5 Na5 9. Bd3 Nc4 10. a4 Qc7 11. Qe2 a6
12. bxa6 Rxa6 13. O-O Ne7 14. Na3 Rxa4 15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. Rxa4 Bxa4 17. Bxc4 O-O
$11) 7... f6 8. Bf4 (8. exf6 Nxf6) (8. b4 Bb6 9. b5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 fxe5 11. Qh5+
Kf8 12. Qxe5 Nf6 13. O-O Kf7 $13) 8... fxe5 $6 ({There is nothing to be afraid
of} 8... g5 $1 9. Nxg5 fxg5 10. Qh5+ Kf8 11. Bxg5 Be7 $17) 9. Bxe5 (9. Nxe5 $2
Qf6 10. Nxd7 Bxf2+ $19) 9... Nxe5 $5 $146 (9... Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nbd2 Nxe5
12. Nxe5 Be8 $11) 10. Nxe5 Qf6 $2 {An empty move without threat} (10... Qg5 11.
Nxd7) (10... Nf6 $11) 11. Ng4 $2 ({since} 11. Qe2 $1 Bxf2+ $2 12. Kd1 $18 {
refutes the whole idea.}) 11... Qg5 12. h4 Qf4 $1 (12... Qh5 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14.
Nd2 Nf6 15. f3) 13. g3 Qd6 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. Nd2 $2 (15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Nd2 Qe5
$15) 15... Nxg4 16. Qxg4 O-O-O $2 {Not the safest side.} (16... e5 17. Qxg7
O-O-O 18. Bxh7 Qf8 $1 $19) (16... O-O 17. Qh5 Bxf2+ 18. Kd1 h6 19. Qg6 Qxg3 $19
) 17. O-O Rdf8 18. b4 Bb6 19. c4 Qxb4 (19... e5 20. Qe2 Bd4 21. cxd5 Bh3 22.
Ne4 Qxd5 $17) (19... h5 20. Qg5 dxc4 $17) 20. Qe2 (20. Nb3 $2 Rxf2 21. Rxf2 Rf8
22. Raf1 Rxf2 23. Rxf2 Qe1+ $19) 20... Kb8 21. Nf3 dxc4 22. Ne5 $1 Bc8 (22...
Bb5 23. Bxc4 Qc3 $1 24. Bxb5 Qxg3+ 25. Kh1 Qxh4+ 26. Kg2 Qg5+ 27. Ng4 Bc7 28.
Rab1 h5 29. Bc6 b6 30. Rb4 Rf4 31. Rxf4 Bxf4 32. Qxe6 Qxg4+ 33. Qxg4 hxg4 $17 {
and it is not clear if Black would win this position easily.}) 23. Nxc4 Bd4 24.
Rab1 Qc5 25. Nd2 $1 Qc7 26. Kh2 e5 27. Be4 $2 $138 (27. Nf3 Bb6 28. Nxe5 Rxf2+
29. Rxf2 Bxf2 30. Qxf2 Qxe5 $17) 27... Rf6 28. Bg2 Rhf8 29. Ne4 Rc6 30. Rfd1
$138 h6 $1 31. Rd3 g5 $19 {I have thought that the game was over with the h
line opening.} 32. h5 Rc2 $2 {An unnecessary finess.} (32... g4 33. Kg1 Rf5 $19
) 33. Rd2 Rxd2 34. Qxd2 Qf7 35. Kg1 Qxh5 (35... Be6 36. Qb4 Rd8 $17) 36. Qb4
Qf7 37. Qd6+ Ka8 38. g4 $2 (38. Rc1 $142 g4 39. Rc2 $132 {constructs a
defensive line.}) 38... h5 $1 39. gxh5 g4 $4 {This was the only game during
which I really felt my absence from chess for 7 months.} ({Something
unexplainable happened when I was analysing the line} 39... Bxf2+ 40. Nxf2
Qxf2+ 41. Kh1 (41. Kh2 Rf4) 41... Rf4 42. Bxb7+ Bxb7+ {and I have forgotten
that it is a check to White's king!}) 40. Rf1 Rh8 $2 $138 ({Missing another
simple win with} 40... g3 41. Nxg3 Bxf2+ 42. Kh1 Qf4 43. Rxf2 Qxf2 44. Qxe5 Rg8
$19) 41. h6 Qf4 42. Rd1 $138 g3 $4 {Basically blundering a piece.} (42... Bb6
$19) (42... Rxh6 43. Qd8 Kb8 $19) 43. Rxd4 $1 gxf2+ 44. Kf1 Rxh6 (44... Qe3 45.
Rd1) 45. Rc4 $4 {Lazar blundered badly in his time trouble.} (45. Qd8 exd4 46.
Qxc8+ Qb8 47. Qd7 $11) (45. Qc7 Rh1+) 45... Rh1+ $1 {Putting an end to Comedy
of Errors!} 46. Bxh1 Bh3+ 0-1

[Event "SLO-chT 12th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2002.11.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vrhnika"]
[BlackTeam "Ptuj"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 {If black wants to reach this
position he has a better way of doing it.} 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Bxh6 gxh6 (7... Qxb2
$2 8. Be3 Qxa1 9. Qc2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Ba3 12. Bb5+ $18 {is a well
known opening trap.}) 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. O-O Rc8 $5 {I have thought that it is a
useful move.} 10. Na3 {The most common type of move.} cxd4 11. cxd4 Qb4 $5 $146
{A very risky improvement attempt.} (11... Bg7 12. Rab1 O-O) 12. Qe3 (12. Qxb4
Nxb4 13. Rfc1 Rxc1+ (13... Kd8 $2 14. Rxc8+ Kxc8 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. Bxb5 $16 {
The possiblity of Be8 is annoying.}) 14. Rxc1 Kd8 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. Bxb5 a6 17.
a3 axb5 18. axb4 Bxb4 $17) (12. Qf4 $4 Qxb2 $19 {is adouble attack.}) 12... Ne7
$6 {Seemingly logical follow up based on tactics.} 13. Bd3 $2 Qxb2 {I was in
between two twin variants.} (13... Nf5 14. Qf4 (14. Qe2 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16.
Nb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5+ Ke7) (14. Bxf5 Qxb2 15. Rfb1 Qxa3 16. Rb3 Qa5 17. Bd3 Bc6
$13) 14... Qxb2 15. Nb5 {is a possible transposition to the game.}) 14. Nb5 Nf5
{The tactical point in blacks play.I have calculated certain lines already
during the earlier phases of the game.} 15. Qf4 $6 {Hrvoje enters the tactics
which are not bringing white on the top.} (15. Bxf5 Qxb5 16. Rab1 (16. Rfb1 Qa5
17. Bd3 Rc7) 16... Qa5 17. Bd3 Rc7) (15. Qe1 $142 Bxb5 (15... a6 16. Rb1 Qxa2
17. Na7 Rc7 18. Bxf5 b5 (18... exf5 19. e6 fxe6 20. Qe5 Qa5 21. Qxh8 b5 22.
Qxh7 Rxa7 23. Ne5) 19. Ra1 Qc4 20. Rxa6 $16) 16. Rb1 Qc3 17. Bxb5+ Kd8 18. Qd1
Rc7 $13) 15... Bxb5 16. Rab1 {The right rook!} (16. Rfb1 $2 Rc1+ 17. Rxc1 Bxd3
18. Rc8+ Kd7 19. Rac1 Bc4 $19) 16... Qxb1 $1 {The pseudo queen sac saves the
day for black at the end of the line.} 17. Bxb1 (17. Rxb1 $2 Bxd3 $19 {too
many pieces for black.}) 17... Bxf1 18. Kxf1 (18. Bxf5 $6 Bb5 $17) 18... Ne7
$15 {After some forced moves black is on the top.} 19. h4 {A regular move
white has to be practical he has to squeeze me on the kingside.} ({First of
all the entrance on f6 just loses tempi and does not win material.} 19. Qf6
Rc1+ (19... Rg8 20. Qf4) 20. Ne1 (20. Ke2 Rg8) 20... Rg8 21. Bxh7 Rg4 $17) (19.
Qe3 Bg7 20. Qa3 a6 21. Qb4 Rc7 22. Qb6 Kd7 23. Qd6+ Kc8 24. Bd3 Nc6 $15 {
and black consolidates.}) 19... Bg7 20. Nh2 $2 {Bringing the game into the
verge of an unexplainable exchange.} (20. h5 Nc6 (20... Rc7 21. Nh2 Nc6 22. Ng4
Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Rc1+ 24. Ke2 Rxb1 25. Qa4+ Kd8 26. Qxa7 Kc7 27. Qc5+ Kb8 28. Qe7)
(20... O-O 21. Qe3 (21. g4) (21. Nh2 Rc4 (21... f6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Qe3) 22.
Ng4 Kh8 23. Nxh6 f6 $17) 21... Rc4 22. Qd3 Rc1+ 23. Ke2 Rfc8 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25.
g4 Rh1 26. Qd3 Rcc1 27. Bc2 a6 28. Qb3 Nc6 $11) (20... Rc4 21. Bd3 Rc7 22. Bb5+
Nc6 23. Nh2 a6 24. Ba4 b5 25. Bd1 O-O 26. Ng4 Rfc8 27. Nxh6+ Bxh6 28. Qxh6 Nxd4
29. Qg5+ Kf8 $15) 21. Qe3 (21. g3 O-O) 21... Rc7 $15) 20... Ng6 21. Bxg6 (21.
Qe3 Nxh4 {And killing an attacker helps only black.}) 21... hxg6 $15 {Look at
this I am a pawn up,2Rs against queen though they need to be activated and
better piece ,say B vs N though it should be activated.The only counterchance
for black is around my weak f6 square.} 22. Ng4 h5 {Probably still ok.} 23.
Nf6+ Bxf6 {Quite practical.} (23... Kf8 24. Nd7+ Ke7 25. Nc5 Rc7 26. Qg5+ Ke8
27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Qxg6+ Kd8 29. Qxe6 Rd7 30. f4 $44) 24. exf6 Kd7 {Now
seemingly I was doing ok though the strenght of Pf6 should not be negelected.}
25. Qe3 $1 (25. Qd2 Rc4 26. Qa5 a6 27. Qb6 Kc8 28. Ke2 Re8 29. Kd3 e5 30. dxe5
Rxe5 31. Qd6 Re8 32. Qxd5 Rc7 33. Qg5 Rc6 $19) 25... Rhe8 26. Qa3 a6 27. Qb2
Rc7 28. Ke2 {Here we were both low on time and I have got worried about king's
entry.} b5 29. Ke3 Rc4 {King should not penetrate into my kningside.So I have
decided to eliminate Pf6 at any cost!} (29... Rec8 30. Qb4 Rc3+ 31. Kf4 R8c7
32. Kg5 Kc8 33. Kh6 Rc2 34. Kg7 Rxf2 35. a4 bxa4 36. Qb6 Rfc2 37. Qxa6+ Kb8 38.
Qxa4 $11) 30. Qa3 $1 Rc6 (30... Ra4 $2 31. Qc5) 31. Kf4 e5+ 32. dxe5 Rc4+ 33.
Kg3 $1 {To the right side.} (33. Kg5 Rxe5+ 34. Kh6 Re6 35. Kg7 Rcc6 $19) 33...
Rxe5 34. Qf8 $5 {Risky play.} (34. Qxa6 d4 35. Qa7+ $1 Ke6 36. Qe7+ Kf5 37.
Qxf7 Re6 38. Qg7 Rxf6 39. Qd7+ Ke4 40. Qe7+ Kf5 41. f4 Rc3+ 42. Kf2 Re3 43.
Qc5+ Ke6 44. g3 Rf5 45. Qxd4 Ree5 $11) 34... Ke6 35. Qe7+ Kf5 36. Qxf7 Re6 37.
Qd7 (37. f3 $6 {White had a trickier but bad alternative.} d4 $1 {and my d
pawn is still alive.} (37... Rcc6 $4 38. Qg8 Kxf6 (38... Rxf6 39. Qxd5#) 39.
Qf8+ Ke5 40. Qf4#)) 37... Kxf6 38. Qxd5 $11 {Now white is safe but the game
continues.} Rec6 39. a3 Ke7 {Black's king should pass to queenside to support
a potential passer there.} 40. f3 R4c5 41. Qd4 a5 42. Qe3+ $1 Kf7 43. Qd2 $1 {
Hrvoje rightfully stabilizes the queenside pawn structure.} (43. Qf4+ Ke6 44.
Qe3+ (44. Qh6 b4 45. Qxg6+ Kd7 46. Qf7+ Kc8 47. axb4 axb4 $44) 44... Re5 45.
Qh6 b4 46. Qxg6+ Kd5 47. Qd3+ Kc5 $44 {And my passer may be dangerous.}) 43...
a4 44. Qd3 (44. Qd7+ Kf6 45. Qd8+ Ke5 46. Qe7+ Kd4 47. Qe4+ Kc3 48. Qb1 $1 {
still it is a draw.}) 44... Ke7 45. Kh3 Re5 $1 {Finally some collaboration
might be attained between my rooks.} 46. Kg3 Rd6 47. Qc3 Ke6 48. Kf4 $6 (48.
Qc8+ Kd5 49. Qb8 Kc6 50. Qc8+ Kb6 51. Qb8+ $11) 48... Rf5+ 49. Ke4 Kd7 50. Qg7+
Kc6 51. Qg8 Kc5 52. Qc8+ Rc6 53. Qd7 Kb6 54. Qd8+ Kb7 55. Qd7+ Rc7 56. Qd6 Rfc5
$1 57. Kf4 {Human reaction white did not want to get some pawns.} (57. Qxg6
Rc4+ (57... b4 58. axb4 Rc4+ 59. Kd3 a3 60. b5 (60. Qxh5 Rc3+ 61. Ke2 Rc2+ 62.
Ke3 a2 $11) 60... Ra4) 58. Ke3 Rc3+ 59. Kd2 Rxa3 60. Qxh5 Rb3 61. Qd5+ Kb6 $13)
57... b4 $1 {The only idea.} 58. axb4 Rb5 59. Kg3 $1 {I did not see that.} g5 (
59... a3 $2 60. Qd3 $1 {is the trick.}) 60. hxg5 Rxg5+ 61. Kh3 (61. Kf4 $6 Rb5
62. Qd4 a3) 61... Rcg7 62. g4 hxg4+ 63. fxg4 a3 (63... Rxg4 64. Qd5+ $11 {
white equalizes like in the game.}) 64. b5 Rxg4 65. Qc6+ Kb8 66. Qd6+ Kc8 67.
Qc6+ Kd8 68. Qd6+ Ke8 69. Qe6+ Kf8 70. Qd6+ Kg8 71. Qxa3 R4g6 {Two rooks can
not checkmate white whose queen will come to help by pinning mechanism.} 72.
Qa8+ Kf7 73. Qb7+ Ke6 74. Qc6+ Kf7 (74... Ke5 75. Qc5+ {and we could walk the
whole e line and come back.}) 75. Qd7+ Kg8 76. Qe8+ Kh7 77. Qe4 $8 {Only move
but sufficient for a drawn game.} Kh8 78. Qe8+ Kh7 (78... Rg8 79. Qe5+ Kh7 80.
Qc7+ (80. Qe7+ $11) (80. Qe4 $4 Rh8 $1 $19 {This is the only trick in the
position.}) 80... Kh8 81. Qe5+ $11) 79. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[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 "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Rc8 7. O-O a6 $5 {
This is an interesting line.From time to time some really good players picked
it up.} 8. Na3 $6 {This is exactly what black was trying to prevent by his
last.} cxd4 9. cxd4 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Nge7 11. Rb1 Na5 12. h4 Bc6 13. Qd2 Nc4 $2 {
I should not have closed the c line.} (13... Ba4 $1 $15) 14. Qf4 Qd7 (14... h6
15. Bd3 Bb5 16. a4 $1 $16) (14... O-O 15. Bd3 $40) 15. Bd3 h6 16. Qg3 Kf8 {
The damage given by black's inexactitude on the 13th .Nc4 does bad for black
rather than any good.} 17. h5 Bb5 18. Nh4 Na5 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. Bd2 Nc4 21. Bb4
Kg8 22. Rb3 Nc6 23. Qf4 $2 {Never give that bishop.} (23. Bc3 Ne7 (23... Ra8 $2
24. f4 Ne7 25. f5 Nxf5 26. Nxf5 exf5 27. Qd3 $16) 24. Bb4 $11 (24. f4 Nf5))
23... Nxb4 24. axb4 Qe7 25. Rg3 Ra8 (25... Kh7 $2 26. Nf5 $1 $18) 26. a3 Kh7 (
26... Rxa3 $2 27. Rxa3 Nxa3 28. Ra1 Qg5 29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. Nf3 g4 31. Rxa3 gxf3
32. Ra8+ Kh7 33. Rxh8+ Kxh8 34. g4 $18) 27. Rc1 Rhg8 $2 {A very bad mistake.} (
27... Ra6 $1 28. Rcc3 Rha8 29. Qg4 (29. Rcf3 Rxa3 30. Qxf7 Ra1+ $19) 29... Qf8
30. Rcf3 Nd2 (30... Rxa3 $2 31. Ng6) 31. Rf4 Ne4 32. Ng6 Qe8 33. Rxe4 dxe4 34.
Ne7 Qf8 35. d5 exd5 36. Nxd5 Rxa3 37. Qxe4+ Kh8 $17) (27... Rxa3 $4 28. Nf5 $1
$18 (28. Ng6 $5 $18)) 28. Rcc3 g5 $8 29. hxg6+ fxg6 30. Nf3 Raf8 31. Qc1 Rf5
32. Rh3 g5 33. Nh2 $1 $16 {After this black has to give an exchange but I
somehow never get annoyed about it because of Nc4's strenght.} Rf4 34. Rcg3 Qf7
35. Ng4 Rg6 36. Rf3 Kg7 37. Nf6 Rgxf6 38. exf6+ Rxf6 $1 {This keeps a more
compact pawn structure.} (38... Qxf6 39. Rxf4 Qxf4 40. Qxf4 gxf4 41. Rf3 (41.
Kf1 Kg6 42. Ke2 $16) 41... Kg6 42. Rxf4 Nxa3 $16) 39. Rxf6 Qxf6 40. Qe1 g4 41.
Rd3 h5 42. g3 $2 {A weird mistake.} (42. Qe2 Qf5 $44) 42... e5 43. f3 gxf3 (
43... exd4 44. f4 (44. fxg4 $2 Ne5) 44... Ne3 45. Qc1 $11) 44. dxe5 Nxe5 45.
Rd1 $4 {He drifted away.} ({He should have taken the pawn without any
hesitation.} 45. Rxd5 $1 Ng4 46. Rd7+ Kf8 47. Rd2 Qb6+ 48. Kf1 Ne3+ 49. Kg1 $11
) (45. Rc3 Kg6 $5 $17 (45... Ng4 $2 46. Rc7+ Kg6 47. Qb1+ Qf5 48. Rg7+ Kxg7 49.
Qxf5 f2+ 50. Kh1 $8 $18 {The only move but sufficient.}) (45... h4 $6 46. Rc7+
$11)) 45... Ng4 $19 46. Qe8 Qb6+ 47. Kh1 Nf2+ 48. Kh2 Nxd1 49. Qe7+ Kg6 {
My king has to take a little promenade.} 50. Qe8+ Kf5 51. Qf7+ Ke4 52. Qf4+ Kd3
53. Qxf3+ Ne3 54. Qxh5 {I had to take a choice:} Qh6 $1 {I have preferred to
exchange queens.} (54... Qf6 $1 $19 {was leading to a checkmate.}) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.12.11"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Zude, Arno"]
[Black "Moreno Carnero, Javier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Katernberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Be2 Bd7
9. Rb1 Ne7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Re1 Nc8 12. Nf1 Nb6 13. Bf4 h6 14. h4 O-O-O 15. Bg3
Be7 16. N3d2 Rdg8 17. Bh5 g6 18. Bg4 h5 19. Bh3 g5 20. hxg5 Bxg5 21. Nf3 Bh6
22. Bh4 Ba4 23. Qe2 Nd7 24. Ne3 Kb8 25. Nd2 Nf8 26. Bf6 Rh7 27. Ndf1 Nc6 28.
Ng3 Bxe3 29. Qxe3 h4 30. Ne2 Nd7 31. Qf4 Nxf6 32. Qxf6 Rg6 33. Qf4 Bc2 34. Rbc1
Bd3 35. Qe3 Bxe2 36. Rxe2 Qd8 37. Kh2 Qg8 38. Rh1 Rg5 39. Qf4 Qg6 40. Rg1 a6
41. Qd2 Na5 42. Qc2 Qg8 43. Re3 Nb3 44. Rf3 Rh6 45. Rf4 Kc7 46. Qe2 Kd7 47. Qf3
Ke7 48. Rf6 Qg7 49. Rxh6 Qxh6 50. Qe3 Qh5 51. Rf1 Qg6 52. f4 $2 ({Untimely
activity. More prudent was Aktivität zum falschen Zeitpunkt. Vorsichtiger war.
} 52. Kh1) 52... Rg3 53. Rf3 $4 ({A decisive mistake. After Ein entscheidender
Fehlgriff. Nach} 53. Qf2 Qd3 54. f5 Nd2 55. Re1 Rxh3+ 56. gxh3 Nf3+ 57. Kg2 (
57. Kh1 $4 {is bad in view of ist schlecht wegen} Qxf5) 57... Nxe1+ 58. Qxe1 {
White has good drawing chances. hat Weiß gute Remischancen.}) {[%tqu "En",
"White's last move was a serious mistake. How would you prove it?","Try to
deflect the white queen.","Bring your knight into play!","b3d2","This
spectacular knight move decides the game for Black.",5,"De","Der letzte weiße
Zug war ein schwerer Fehler. Wie würden Sie dies nachweisen?","Versuchen Sie,
die weiße Dame abzulenken.","Bringen Sie Ihren Springer ins Spiel!","b3d2",
"Dieser originelle Springerzug entscheidet die Partie für Schwarz.",5]} 53...
Nd2 $1 {[%csl Gd2,Re3,Rf1,Rf3,Gg3,Gg6,Rh2] A remarkable refutation of White's
careless play. The knight move yields Black a decisive advantage. Eine
originelle Widerlegung des sorglosen weißen Spiels. Der Springerzug verschafft
Schwarz entscheidenden Vorteil.} 54. Qxd2 ({After Nach} 54. Rxg3 {the shortest
way to victory is lautet der kürzeste Gewinnweg} Nf1+ $1 ({the prosaic das
prosaische} 54... hxg3+ 55. Kh1 Qb1+ 56. Qg1 Qxb2 {is, of course, winning too
gewinnt natürlich ebenfalls}) 55. Kg1 Qb1 $3 {, and White suffers huge
material losses. und Weiß erleidet gewaltige Materialverluste.}) 54... Rxf3 55.
gxf3 Qg3+ 56. Kh1 Qxh3+ 57. Kg1 Qxf3 {The ending is absolutely hopeless for
White. Das Endspiel ist absolut hoffnungslos für Weiß.} 58. Kh2 Kf8 59. a4 b6
60. Qg2 Qxf4+ 61. Kh3 Qg3+ {The simplest way to the victory. The pawn ending
is elementary won for Black. Der einfachste Weg zum Sieg. Das Bauernendspiel
ist elementar für Schwarz gewonnen.} 62. Qxg3 hxg3 63. Kxg3 Kg7 64. Kf3 Kg6 65.
Kg4 f6 66. exf6 Kxf6 67. Kf4 e5+ 68. dxe5+ Ke6 69. Kf3 Kxe5 70. Ke3 d4+ 71.
cxd4+ Kd5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.29"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Ribshtein, Nati"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[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 "Tel Aviv Shlomo Har Zvi"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. b3
Nf5 9. Bb2 Be7 10. O-O Bd7 11. a3 h5 12. b4 a6 13. Qd2 Rg8 14. h4 $6 {A
dubious move, allowing Black to develop a dangerous attack on the kingside.
Ein zweifelhafter Zug, nach dem Schwarz zu gefährlichem Angriff am
Königsflügel kommt.} Nxh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. Bxh5 Rh8 17. Bg4 O-O-O 18. g3 Be7
19. Nc3 f5 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Rac1 Rdg8 22. Bf3 Kb8 23. Bxd5 $2 ({After this
mistake Black gets decisive advantage. Correct was Nach diesem Fehler erhält
Schwarz entscheidenden Vorteil. Korrekt war} 23. Na4 {, with some
counterchances. mit einigen Gegenchancen.}) 23... Nxd4 24. Qe3 exd5 25. Nxd5 (
25. Qxe7 {leads to a remarkable mate final: führt zu einem sehenswerten
Mattfinale:} Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Rh2+ 27. Kxf3 Bg4+ 28. Kf4 Rxf2+ 29. Rxf2 Qxf2#) {
[%tqu "En","How can Black conclude his attack?","Try to open the g1-a7
diagonal and deflect the enemy queen.","Sacrifice your knight!","d4e2","This
excellent move wins immediately.",5,"De","Wie kann Schwarz seinen Angriff
abschließen?","Versuchen Sie, die Diagonale g1-a7 freizulegen und die
feindliche Dame abzulenken.","Opfern Sie Ihren Springer!","d4e2","Dieser
ausgezeichnete Zug gewinnt sofort.",5]} 25... Ne2+ $1 {[%csl Re3,Rf2,Rg1,Rg3]
[%cal Gb6g1,Gg8g1] A decisive blow. Now the white king is doomed. Der
Entscheidungsschlag. Jetzt ist der weiße König verloren.} 26. Kg2 ({The knight
is invulnerable: Der Springer ist tabu:} 26. Qxe2 Rxg3#) 26... Qxe3 27. fxe3 ({
Or Oder} 27. Nxe3 Nxc1 {, winning. und gewinnt.}) 27... Rxg3+ (27... Rxg3+ {
, and White resigned in view of further material losses: und Weiß gab auf,
denn ihm stehen weitere Materialverluste ins Haus:} 28. Kf2 Rh2+ 29. Ke1 Nxc1)
0-1

[Event "Bermuda-B"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.02.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Paschall, William M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. Nc3
Bxe2 9. Nxe2 Ne7 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nf4 h5 12. Qd3 g6 13. Bd2 Nf5 14. Rfc1 Be7 15.
Rc2 Rd8 16. Ne2 Nb8 17. Ng3 Qa6 18. Qb3 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Nc6 20. Rf1 Rd7 21. Be3
Qb6 22. Qd3 Nb4 23. Rc8+ Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Qd2 Nc6 26. h3 Rh7 27. b3 Qa5
28. Qf2 Qc3 29. Rd1 Rh8 30. Ne1 Be7 31. Rc1 Qa5 32. Nd3 Qb5 33. Ne1 Rf8 34. Nf3
Qd3 35. Bh6 Rh8 36. Bg5 Bxg5 37. Nxg5 Rf8 38. Kh2 Qf5 39. Qd2 Rh8 40. Kg1 $1 {
[%csl Rf5][%cal Gc1f1,Gf1f5] An excellent move! White is threatening 41.Rf1,
winning the queen.} f6 {The only way to save the queen. Yet, the text move
allows White to realize a nice combination.} 41. exf6 Qxf6 {[%tqu "En",
"Black's king has got stuck in the centre - how to exploit this?","Use the
weakness of the e-file.","Use your knight for the decisive strike!","g5e6",
"This powerful blow spells a quick end for Black.",4]} 42. Nxe6 $1 {[%csl Re8,
Rf6][%cal Gc1e1,Ge1e8] Now Black is defenseless.} Kd7 {The only move. White
was threatening 43.Rf1 Qe7 44.Re1, winning the queen.} ({The knight is
invulnerable:} 42... Qxe6 43. Re1 {, winning.}) 43. Nc5+ $1 {The strongest
continuation.} Kc8 (43... Kc7 {is also strongly met by} 44. b4) 44. b4 $1 {
[%csl Rc6,Rc8][%cal Gc1c8] This eficient pawn advancement yields White a
decisive initiative.} b5 {White was threatening 45.b5.} 45. a4 $1 Kd8 (45...
bxa4 {loses after} 46. b5 Qxd4+ 47. Qxd4 Nxd4 48. Ne6+) 46. Kh2 $1 Re8 (46...
Nxd4 {falls short of} 47. Qxd4 Qxd4 48. Ne6+) 47. axb5 Ne7 (47... Qxd4 {
fails to} 48. Qg5+) 48. Ra1 Nf5 49. Qf4 Qb6 50. Ra6 $1 Qxb5 51. Rxa7 {Now mate
is inevitable.} Re7 52. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1998.07.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Rey, Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc3 Rc8 10. a3 a6 11. Be3 Be7 12. Bd3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 O-O 14. Ne2 Na5 15.
Nf4 g6 16. Qe2 Nb3 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. h4 {This is all very standard - White
wants to soften the g6-bulwark by a subsequent h4-h5. Unfortunately for White,
he cannot now keep his light-squared bishop on the board, which greatly
reduces White's attacking potential.} Bb5 $1 19. Qf2 ({Perhaps the more direct
approach -} 19. h5 $5 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 g5 21. Nh3 h6 22. Nh2 {would have been
better.} {Then, Black probably has to play} Qb5 23. Ng4 Kg7 {and now White can
enter wild complications after} 24. Rxf7+ Rxf7 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Qxh6+ Ke8 27.
Nxg5) 19... Bxd3 20. Nxd3 Na5 21. b4 Nc4 22. Ra1 a5 23. h5 Kg7 24. Nf4 g5 25.
Nxg5 $4 {This is too much; White had to play 25 Nd3.} Bxg5 26. Qg3 Qd8 $4 (
26... Kh6 $1 {would have won easily.}) 27. Nh3 h6 28. Rf6 $1 $18 Rg8 29. Nxg5
hxg5 30. Qxg5+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ Ke8 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 33. Rf1+ Ke8 34. Qxe6+ Qe7 35.
Qxc8+ 1-0

[Event "AUT-ch"]
[Site "Moesern"]
[Date "1997.08.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Brestian, Egon"]
[Black "Casagrande, Harald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Balinov,I"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 a5 (6... c4) (6... Bd7)
7. Bd3 (7. Be2 Nge7 8. O-O cxd4 9. cxd4 Nf5) 7... Bd7 (7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Nxd4
9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Bb5+ $18) 8. O-O Nh6 (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 {
-teoretische Stellung mit Unterschied,dass die Bauer auf a3 und a5 sind,  was
von Vorteil für Weiss ist.}) 9. dxc5 (9. Bxh6 $2 gxh6 {und dan Lg7,0-0
undf7-f6 mit gutem Spiel für Ssschwarz.} (9... Qxb2 $5)) 9... Bxc5 10. Bxh6 (
10. Nbd2 a4 (10... Ng4 11. Qe2 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Rb1 $13) 11. Rb1) 10...
gxh6 (10... Qxb2 11. Bxg7 Rg8 12. Nbd2 Rxg7 13. Rb1 Qxa3 14. Qc2 $14) 11. Nbd2
(11. Qc2 $1) 11... Qxb2 12. c4 (12. Rb1 Qxa3 (12... Qxc3 13. Rb3) 13. Qc2 Ba7 (
13... Bf8 $5 14. Rxb7 Bg7 15. Re1 a4) 14. Rxb7 Nd8 15. Rb2 $15) 12... Nxe5 13.
Rb1 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Qf6 (14... Qxa3 $5 15. cxd5 (15. Rxb7 Bc6 16. Rc7 Ba4 17.
Bc2 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Bd6 19. Rc6 dxc4 $17) 15... b6 $17) 15. cxd5 b6 (15... exd5
16. Rxb7 Bc6 17. Bb5 O-O 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Rb3 Rfe8 $17) 16. Qe2 Bc8 (16... Rd8
17. Rfd1 O-O $15) 17. Bb5+ (17. Rfe1 $1) 17... Kf8 18. Ne5 (18. Bc4 exd5 19.
Bxd5 Ra7 $15) 18... Rg8 19. Kh1 (19. Bc6 Ra7 20. Qb2 Qg5 21. dxe6 Bxe6 22. Rfd1
$15) 19... exd5 20. Rb3 Ra7 (20... Bf5 $5) 21. Rf3 Qh4 (21... Qg5 22. Rg3 Qe7
23. Rxg8+ Kxg8 24. Rd1 Qe6) (21... Qe6 $5) 22. Nxf7 Re7 23. Nd6+ Kg7 24. Qb2+ (
24. Rg3+ Kh8 25. Qe5+ Rgg7 $8 26. Qxd5 $16) 24... Bd4 25. Qc2 (25. Qb3 Be6 26.
Rg3+ Kh8 27. Rxg8+ Kxg8 28. f4 $13) 25... Be5 26. Rg3+ (26. g3 Qg4 27. Nf5+
Bxf5 28. Qxf5 Qxf5 29. Rxf5 Rd8 $15) 26... Bxg3 27. fxg3 Qg4 28. h3 (28. Qb2+
$1 d4 29. Bc4 Rf8 30. Rxf8 Kxf8 31. Qf2+ Kg7 32. Ne8+ Kg6 33. Qf6+ Kh5 34. Bf7+
Rxf7 35. Qxf7+ Kg5 (35... Qg6 36. Ng7+ Kg5 37. Qf4#) 36. h4+) 28... Qe6 29.
Qc3+ (29. Nf5+ Kh8 30. Nxe7 Qxe7 31. Qc6 $11) 29... Qe5 30. Rf7+ Kh8 31. Qc2
Qe1+ 32. Rf1 (32. Bf1 $5 Rxf7 33. Qb2+ $1 Rgg7 34. Nxf7+ Kg8 35. Nxh6+ Kh8 36.
Nf7+ $11) 32... Qxg3 33. Qb2+ (33. Nf7+ $1 Rxf7 (33... Kg7 34. Qb2+ $18) 34.
Rxf7 Qe1+ 35. Bf1 Qe4 36. Qb2+ d4 37. Qf2 Qe5 38. Bd3 $18) 33... Qg7 34. Qd2
Be6 35. Bd3 Rf8 36. Re1 Bd7 37. Rxe7 Qxe7 38. Qc3+ Qf6 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2000.03.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Miljanic, Boro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2000.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 (9... Be7 10. Bd3 $1) (9... a5 10. b5 a4 11. g4 Nfe7 12. Nc3 Nb8
13. Bd3 Nd7 14. O-O {/\Na4}) 10. h4 Be7 (10... h5 11. g3 Rc8 12. Qd2 Be7 13.
Bh3 $1) 11. h5 $1 {[%mdl 8]} (11. g4 Nh6 12. Rg1 f6 $1 $132) 11... Rc8 (11...
O-O 12. Bd3 Rfc8 13. Qd2) (11... O-O-O $5) 12. Qd2 (12. Bd3 $2 Ncxd4) 12... O-O
(12... a6 13. g4 Nh6 14. Rg1 $36) 13. Bd3 (13. h6 $6 Nxh6 14. Bd3 f5) 13...
Ncxd4 $6 (13... a6 14. Bc2 $1 {/\g4 gefolgt von Qd3} f6 $1 (14... Na7 15. Nc3
Qc6 (15... Nb5 16. Bxf5 $1) 16. g4 Nh6 (16... Nb5 17. gxf5 Nxc3 18. f6 $18) 17.
Qd3 $18) 15. g4 Nh6 16. exf6 (16. Qd3 $6 f5) 16... Rxf6 $1 (16... Bxf6 17. Qd3
$40) 17. Qd3 Rxf3 $1 18. Qxf3 Nxd4 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 $13) 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4
Qxd4 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qxd4 Rc1+ 18. Ke2 Rxh1 $13 19. Nd2 Bb5+ (19... Rxa1 20.
Qxa1) 20. Ke3 Bg5+ (20... Bd8 21. Rxh1 Bb6 22. Nb3 Bxd4+ 23. Nxd4 $14) 21. f4
Bxf4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... Bd8 22. Nb3 Bb6 23. Rxh1 (23. Nc5 Rxh5) 23...
Bxd4+ 24. Nxd4 $14) 22. Kxf4 Rh4+ 23. g4 $18 Rh3 24. Qc5 g5+ 25. hxg6+ Kg7 26.
Qxb5 Kh6 27. Qc5 1-0

[Event "DPMM 9899"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1999.01.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bangiev, Alexander J"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 Ng6 8. Nc2
Be7 9. O-O (9. Bd3 c4 10. Be2 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. b3 cxb3 13. axb3 O-O 14. O-O
h6 15. Bd3 {0-1 Adams,M-Nikolic,P/New York 1994/(66)}) 9... O-O 10. Rb1 a5 11.
Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb6 (12... Nb4 13. Nxb4 (13. a3 Nxc2 14. Qxc2 Qb6) 13... axb4
14. Ra1 $14) 13. a3 a4 14. Bd3 Na5 {/\Bb5} 15. Qe2 Nb3 {[%tqu "De","Weiß steht
am Königsflügel wesentlich aktiver. Wie soll es weiter gehen?","","","h2h4",
"Dieser aktive Bauernzug entspricht am besten der Anforderungen dieser
Stellung: der aktiven weißen Strategie am Königsflügel.",10]} 16. h4 {Dieser
aktive Bauernzug entspricht am besten den Anforderungen dieser Stellung: der
aktiven weißen Strategie am Königsflügel.} Rfc8 17. h5 Nf8 18. Nh2 {/\Ng4-f6
bzw. -h6} (18. Ng5 $6 Rc7) 18... Kh8 (18... Ra5 19. Ng4 (19. Qg4 Bb5 20. Bh6 g6
) 19... Bb5 20. Rfd1 (20. Nh6+ gxh6 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Bxh6 Ng6 $17) 20... Bxd3
21. Rxd3 $13) 19. Ng4 Be8 (19... Rc7 20. Qf3 Rac8 21. h6 $5 $36) 20. Rfd1 (20.
Qf3 Rc7 (20... Rxc2 $5 21. Bxc2 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Qxd4 23. Rfd1 Qc5 $44) 21. Rfd1 (
21. Nf6 $6 Bb5 $1) 21... Rac8 {-> ist Zugumstellung}) 20... Rc7 21. Qf3 (21.
Nf6 gxf6 22. Bh6 f5 23. Qe3 Nd7 $19) 21... Rac8 22. Nf6 $6 (22. Ne1 $5 Nxd4 $6
(22... h6 {Nikolic}) 23. Qf4 Bc5 24. h6 $40 Nf5 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. hxg7+ Kxg7
27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. Ne3 $14) 22... Bb5 (22... gxf6 $2 23. exf6 Bd8 24. Qf4 $1 Nd7
25. Qh6 $18) 23. Bxb5 (23. Ne1 $5 Bd8 $1 (23... Bxd3 24. Nxd3 gxf6 25. exf6 Bd8
26. Ne5 $40) (23... gxf6 24. exf6 Bd8 25. Qf4 Nd7 26. Qh6 Nxf6 27. Bg5 Bxd3 28.
Bxf6+ Bxf6 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. Rxd3 $40) 24. Qg4 {/\Bh6} gxf6 25. Bh6 Ng6 26.
hxg6 fxg6 27. Bxb5 Qxb5 28. Qxe6 {-> Text}) 23... Qxb5 24. Ne1 Bd8 $1 (24...
gxf6 $2 25. exf6 Bd8 26. Bh6 Nd7 27. Bg7+ Kg8 28. Qg4 $18) 25. Qg4 (25. Bh6
gxh6 26. Qg3 Ng6 27. hxg6 Bxf6 28. exf6 hxg6 29. Qh2 (29. Qf4 Kh7 30. Nf3 Qe8
$13) 29... Kh7 30. Nf3 h5 31. Qf4 $13) 25... gxf6 26. Bh6 Ng6 27. hxg6 fxg6 (
27... hxg6 28. Qh4 Kg8 29. exf6 $18) 28. Qxe6 Qc6 (28... Qd7 29. Qxd7 Rxd7 30.
Nf3 $13) 29. Qh3 $1 (29. Qxc6 $2 bxc6 30. Nf3 Kg8 $15) 29... Qd7 30. Qf3 $6 (
30. Qxd7 $142 Rxd7 31. Nf3) 30... Qe6 $1 31. Qf4 {/\Nf3} g5 $1 $36 (31... Rf7
32. Nf3) 32. Qh2 $5 (32. Qe3 Rc6 $15) 32... Rf7 (32... Rc6 $6 33. Qh5 $1 (33.
Nf3 $2 g4 $17) 33... fxe5 34. dxe5 Qxh6 $2 (34... g4 $5) 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Rxd5
$16) {[%tqu "De","Um den wichtigen Punkt e5 zu stärken und die Stellung zu
verbessern ist es nötig, den Springer auf e1 ins Spiel zu bringen, am besten
auf f3. Wie macht man das?","","","e5f6","Dieser einfache und logische Zug
soll den Punkt e5 für den Springer e1 freimachen.",6,"e1f3","",0]} 33. exf6 $5
(33. Nf3 $2 g4) 33... Bxf6 34. Nf3 Rg8 (34... Qf5 $5) 35. Qh5 $5 Bd8 $1 {
/\..Bb6 -> Punkt f2} 36. Re1 Qf5 37. Rbd1 {/\Re5} g4 $8 38. Qxf5 Rxf5 39. Ne5 (
39. Nh2 Bf6 40. Be3 h5 41. Nf1 h4 $36) 39... g3 $2 $138 (39... Bb6 40. Be3 h5
41. Re2 $13) 40. fxg3 Bb6 41. g4 $16 Nxd4 42. gxf5 Nxf5+ 43. Kh1 Nxh6 44. Rxd5
$18 Rg5 45. Rd3 Kg8 46. Re4 Bc7 47. Nf3 Rh5+ 48. Rh4 Rxh4+ 49. Nxh4 Be5 50.
Rd8+ Kf7 51. Rd7+ Ke6 52. Rxb7 {[%mdl 8704]} 1-0

[Event "Moscow3"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zaitsev, Igor A"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Be2 Bd7
9. O-O Ne7 10. Rb1 {Zaitsev} h6 (10... Qc7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 O-O-O 13. Nf4 Kb8
14. Nh5 Ka8 15. g4 Nc8 16. f4 Nb6 17. Qe1 $14 {Zaitsev,I-Vasiukov,E/URS(ch)/
1969/0,5/49/}) (10... Bb5 11. Ne1 Nb3 12. Nxb3 Ba4 13. Be3 Bxb3 14. Qd2 Nc6 15.
g3 Na5 16. Ng2 Ba4 17. Bh5 $14 {Sveshnikov,E-Ivkov,B/Sochi/1983/1:0/56/}) (
10... Rc8 11. g3 h6 12. Nh4 Bb5 13. Ra1 Nb3 14. Nxb3 Ba4 15. Be3 Qxb3 16. Qd2
Rc6 $1 17. Bd1 Qb5 18. Bg4 $14 {Sveshnikov,E-Gofstein,L/Rostov/1976/1:0/43/})
11. Qc2 $5 $146 (11. g3 O-O-O 12. Nh4 f5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bg4 e5 15. b3 cxb3
16. Nxb3 f5 17. Bh3 Ba4 18. Nxa5 Bxd1 19. Rxb6 axb6 20. Rxd1 bxa5 21. dxe5 $44
{Zaitsev,I-Farago,I/Szolnok/1975/1:0/46/}) (11. Re1 $5 {Sveshnikov}) 11...
O-O-O (11... Nb3 12. Nxb3 Ba4 13. Nfd2 (13. Be3 Bxb3 14. Qd2 $14) 13... Bxb3
14. Nxb3 cxb3 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Qf3 $14) 12. b3 cxb3 13. Nxb3 Ba4 14. Nfd2 Nec6 (
14... Qc7 $5 15. Qa2 Nxb3 16. Nxb3 Nf5 $14) 15. Qa2 Nxb3 16. Nxb3 Qc7 17. Be3
Kb8 (17... Na5 $6 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. c4 $16) 18. Nd2 f6 (18... Na5 $140 19. c4
dxc4 20. Nxc4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Bc6 $10) 19. f4 Be7 20. exf6 gxf6 $6 (20... Bxf6
21. Nf3 Rhf8 $14) 21. c4 $1 $16 Ka8 (21... dxc4 22. Qxc4 Qa5 23. Bf3 Ka8 24.
Qxe6 $16) 22. Bf3 Bd6 (22... dxc4 23. Qxc4 Qa5 24. Qxe6 Rhe8 25. Nc4 Qc7 26.
Qf7 $16) 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Bxd5 Rhe8 25. Nc4 Rb8 26. Rfc1 $6 (26. Qd2 $16)
26... Bxf4 27. Bxf4 Qxf4 28. Kh1 Red8 $6 (28... Ne7 29. Na5 (29. Bf3 Bc6) 29...
Nxd5 30. Qxd5 Red8 31. Qe6 Qxd4 $13) 29. Nb2 Qxd4 30. Bc4 Ne5 (30... b5 31. Bf1
Ne5 32. Nxa4 bxa4 33. g3 a5 34. Bg2+ Ka7 35. Rc7+ $18) 31. Nxa4 Ng4 32. h3 $1 (
32. Rf1 Qe5 33. g3 Qe4+ 34. Kg1 (34. Qg2 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Ne3+ $10) 34... Qd4+ (
34... Qe3+ 35. Rf2) 35. Kh1 Qe4+ $10) 32... Nf2+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+ 34. g3 (34. Kg1
Nxh3+ 35. Kh1 (35. gxh3 Rd2 36. Qxd2 Qxd2 37. Bf1 Rg8+ 38. Kh1 Qd5+ 39. Kh2
Qe5+ 40. Kh1 Qe4+ $19) 35... Nf2+ 36. Kg1 Nh3+ $10) 34... Ng4+ $5 35. hxg4 (35.
Kh1 $1 Qe4+ 36. Qg2 Nf2+ 37. Kh2 $18) 35... Rd2+ 36. Kh3 $1 Qf2 37. Qxd2 $8
Qxd2 38. Rd1 Qa5 39. Bd5 $1 $18 a6 (39... Qxa4 40. Bxb7+ Rxb7 41. Rd8+ Rb8 42.
Rbxb8#) 40. Nb6+ Ka7 41. Nc8+ Ka8 (41... Rxc8 42. Rxb7+ Ka8 43. Rb5+ $18) 42.
Nb6+ Ka7 43. Nd7 b5 (43... Rd8 44. Rxb7+ Ka8 45. Nb6+ $18) 44. Nxb8 Kxb8 45.
Rbc1 Qxa3 46. Rc6 $1 Qa4 47. Re1 Qd4 48. Re8+ Ka7 49. Re7+ Kb8 50. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.24"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Roca, Petronio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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 "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. Bd3 Nf5 8.
Bxf5 exf5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. a3 (10. O-O Be7 (10... h6 11. Ne1 Be7 12. f4 g5 13.
Nc2 Qb6 14. Qd3 O-O-O 15. Bd2 $14 {Zaitsev,I-Volke,K/Podolsk/1991/1:0/52/}) 11.
Ne1 Rc8 12. Nc2 O-O 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. f4 a6 15. Bd2 f6 $10 {Zaitsev,I-Moskalenko,
V/Moscow/1992/0,5/33/}) (10. Ne2 Be7 (10... Qb6 11. Nf4 h6 12. h4 g6 13. Kf1
Be7 14. g3 O-O-O 15. Kg2 Kb8 16. Rb1 $14 {Sax,Gy-Gurevich,M/GER/1993/0,5/22/})
11. h4 h6 12. Nf4 (12. h5 Qb6 13. Nf4 Rc8 14. a3 Na5 15. b4 Nc4 16. Rh3 a5 $17
{Kharlov,A-Kuporosov,V/Helsinki/1992/0:1/33/}) 12... Qb6 13. h5 Rc8 14. O-O O-O
15. Re1 Rc7 16. Re2 Rfc8 $10 {Keitlinghaus,L-Kuporosov,V/Lazne Bohdanec/1994/0,
5/48/}) 10... Be7 (10... Rc8 11. Qa4 Be7 12. h4 h6 13. b4 O-O 14. Ne2 Qb6 15.
Bd2 a6 16. O-O Na7 $15 {Edelman,D-Libeau/Muenster/1994/0:1/54/}) 11. h4 h6 12.
b4 $6 Qd7 13. Ne2 b5 $1 14. Nf4 a5 $5 (14... g6 15. Nd3 a5 16. Rb1 axb4 17.
axb4 Ra4 18. Bd2 $13) 15. bxa5 Nxa5 16. Nh5 Kf8 (16... g6 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18.
exf6 Nc4 19. O-O $36) 17. Rh3 f4 $1 (17... Nc4 18. Rg3 g6 (18... Rg8 19. Nxg7
Rxg7 20. Bxh6 $16) 19. Nf6 Bxf6 20. exf6 Qd8 21. Qb3 Qxf6 22. Qxb5 Kg7 23. Bf4
$36) 18. Rh1 Nc4 19. Nxf4 (19. Qb3 $5) 19... Nxa3 20. Bxa3 Rxa3 21. Rxa3 Bxa3
22. Qd3 b4 $1 $17 (22... Be7 23. Ke2 g6 24. Rc1 $132) 23. Nxe6+ Qxe6 24. Qb5 g6
25. Kf1 $6 (25. Ke2 Kg7 26. Rd1 Rc8 27. Kf1 $5) 25... Kg7 26. Kg1 Rc8 27. Kh2
Qc6 (27... Rc2 $5 28. Rf1 Qc6 $17) 28. Qe2 Qc2 29. Qa6 Qc6 30. Qe2 Qc4 31. Qe1
b3 $1 (31... Rc6 $5) 32. e6 Bd6+ 33. g3 Re8 34. Ne5 Rxe6 $1 (34... Bxe5 35.
exf7 Kxf7 36. dxe5 b2 $17) 35. Nxc4 Rxe1 36. Rxe1 dxc4 $19 37. Rb1 Ba3 38. d5
b2 39. d6 c3 40. d7 Be7 41. Re1 Bf6 0-1

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Cetinje"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Vasiljevic, Dragan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Be3 $5 {Kupreichik/} Qb6 6. Qd2 Nh6 $5
$146 (6... Bd7 7. Nf3 (7. dxc5 $5) 7... Rc8 (7... cxd4 8. Bxd4 $5 Nxd4 9. Nxd4
Ne7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nf3 $13) 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. Qg5 Nge7 $5 11. Nbd2
O-O 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Ng5 Rfe8 $1 $8 16. Qxf7+ Kh8
17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Ndf3 Qb5 $1 $10 {Kupreichik,V-Dolmatov,S Jug 1992 Inf 55/271/}
) 7. Bd3 Ng4 8. Nf3 Nxe3 9. fxe3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 $14 g6 $6 (11... f6
12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Qc2 h6 (13... g6 14. Nbd2 Kg7 (14... c4 15. Bxg6 $1 $18) 15.
dxc5 Qxc5 16. e4 $14) 14. Nbd2 Bd7 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. e4 $14) 12. Na3 Bd7 (12...
f6 13. e4 $1 fxe5 14. dxe5) (12... cxd4 13. exd4 Bxa3 14. bxa3 Kg7 15. Ng5 h6
16. Nh3 $16) 13. Nc2 f6 $6 (13... f5 $1) 14. e4 $1 c4 (14... fxe5 15. dxe5 Kg7
16. Ne3 $16) 15. exd5 $1 $16 exd5 (15... cxd3 16. dxc6 dxc2 17. cxd7 Qxb2 18.
Rac1 $18) 16. Be2 Bf5 (16... Be6 $5 17. Rae1 Rae8) 17. Ne3 Be4 18. exf6 Bxf6
19. Ng4 Bg7 (19... Rae8 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 21. Ng5 Qd8 22. Rxf6 Qxf6 23. Nxe4 Rxe4
24. Bf3 $18) 20. Ng5 Bf5 21. Ne3 Ne7 $8 22. Rae1 h6 23. Nxf5 Nxf5 24. Nh3 Rae8
$6 (24... Qd6 25. Nf4 g5 26. Nh5 $16) 25. Bf3 $18 Qd6 26. g3 (26. Nf4 Ne7 (
26... Nxd4 27. Bxd5+ Kh8 28. cxd4 $18) 27. g3 g5 28. Ne6 Rf6 29. Bh5 $18) 26...
Kh7 27. Nf4 Nh4 28. Bg2 Nxg2 29. Qxg2 g5 30. Nxd5 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Qc6 32. h3 Kh8
33. Nb4 Qd7 34. g4 Re6 35. Kg1 Qd6 36. Nd5 Qc6 37. Qf3 a5 38. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 $5 6. Na3 (6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4
Nf5 8. Bxf5 exf5 9. Nc3 Be6 (9... Bb4 $5 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Be6 12. Qd2 a5
$1 13. a4 h6 $10 {Sveshnikov,E-Chernin,A Sochi 1986/}) 10. Ne2 (10. h4 h6 11.
Bf4 Qb6 12. Qe2 a6 13. Rd1 O-O-O $10 {Edelman,D-Glek,I Philadelphia 1990 Inf
50/292/}) 10... Be7 11. h4 h6 12. Nf4 Rc8 13. Rh3 $14 {Nun,Ji-Zaichik,G
Polanica Zdroj 1989/}) (6. a3 Nf5 (6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Bb5 $1
Bd7 10. Ba4 Qb6 11. Ne2 $14 {Romanishin,O-Razuvaev,Y Moscow 1985/}) 7. b4 cxd4
8. cxd4 Qb6 9. Bb2 Be7 10. Bd3 a5 $1 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. b5 a4 $1 $13
{Sveshnikov,E-Moskalenko,V Norilsk 1987/}) 6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Nc2 Qb6 9.
Be2 (9. Bd3 $5 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Be7 11. h4 h5 12. g3 a5 13. Kg2 Bd7 14. Bxf5 exf5
15. Bg5 $14 {Malaniuk,V-Lputian,S SSSR 1986/}) 9... Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Be7 11. h4 h5
12. Rh3 (12. Bd3 g6 13. Rh3 Bd7 14. Kg1 Rc8 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Ng5 $14 {Antonio,
R-Temirbaev,S Kuala Lumpur 1993/}) (12. g3 Bd7 13. Kg2 Rc8 $10) 12... Bd7 13.
Rb1 Nb4 (13... Na5 14. Bg5 Bb5 15. b3 Bxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Qa6 $10) 14. Nxb4 Qxb4 15.
a3 Qb6 16. a4 Rc8 $10 (16... a5 $5) 17. Bd3 g6 (17... Nxd4 $2 18. Be3 Bc5 19.
b4 $18) 18. b3 a5 19. Bb2 Kf8 20. g3 Kg7 21. Kg2 Rb8 $1 22. Rh1 Rhc8 (22... Qd8
23. Qe2 $10) 23. Bc1 $5 Qd8 24. Qd2 Kg8 25. Qf4 $6 (25. Qe2 $5) 25... Rc3 $1
26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Bd2 Rcc8 28. Rhc1 b5 $17 29. axb5 Rxb5 30. Qh6 Bf8 31. Qe3
Rcb8 32. Ng5 (32. Qc3 Qb6 $17) 32... a4 $1 (32... Be6 $6 33. Nxe6 fxe6 34. Rc6
Qd7 35. Rbc1 $16) 33. e6 fxe6 34. Nxe6 f4 $1 35. Qd3 (35. Nxf4 Rxb3 36. Rxb3
Rxb3 37. Qe2 Bf5 $17) 35... f3+ $1 36. Kh2 Qf6 37. Nxf8 Rxf8 38. bxa4 (38. Bg5
Qe6 39. Kg1 Rxb3 40. Rxb3 axb3 $19) 38... Rxb1 39. Rxb1 $2 Kh7 $2 (39... Bf5
40. Qb5 Bxb1 41. Qxb1 Kh7 $19) 40. Rb7 Qe6 41. Kg1 Rf7 42. Qf1 $1 $10 (42. a5
$2 Qh3 43. Qf1 Qxf1+ 44. Kxf1 Bh3+ $19) 42... Bxa4 43. Rxf7+ Qxf7 44. Qa6 Bd7
45. Qd6 Bg4 46. Be3 Bd7 47. Qa3 Qe6 48. Qf8 Qf5 (48... Qh3 49. Qf7+ Kh8 50.
Qf8+ $10) 49. Qe7+ Kg8 50. Bh6 Qf7 51. Qa3 Qf5 52. Qe7 Qf7 53. Qa3 Qf5 54. Qe7
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Qb6 10. O-O Na5 (10... Rc8 11. g4 Nfe7 12. Nh4 Nb4 13. Nxb4 Qxb4 14.
f4 Nc6 (14... Bb5 15. Qd2 $1 Qa4 16. b3 Qa6 17. Bxb5+ Qxb5 18. f5 Nc6 19. Bb2
$14 {Sveshnikov,E-Ulibin,M/Rus/1992/}) 15. Be3 Be7 16. Ng2 $14 {Sveshnikov,
E-Gleizerov,E/RUS/1992/0:1/44/}) (10... a5 11. g4 Nfe7 12. Nh4 Ng6 13. Ng2 Be7
14. f4 O-O 15. Be3 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. h4 Bd6 18. h5 Nge7 19. Bd3 Rf7 $1 20.
Qe2 a4 21. Rab1 Raf8 $13 {Yagupov,I-Piskov,Y/Rostov/1993/}) 11. g4 Ne7 12. Nfe1
Bb5 13. Nd3 h5 $1 14. gxh5 (14. b4 Nac6 15. a4 Bc4 16. a5 Qc7 17. gxh5 Nf5 18.
Be3 Bb3 19. Qb1 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Qd8 $13 {Van der Werf,M-Hansen,L.B/Wijk aan Zee/
1993/}) 14... Nf5 15. Be3 Rc8 $1 {N/} (15... Nc4 16. a4 Ncxe3 17. fxe3 Bc4 18.
Nf4 Bb3 19. Bb5+ Kd8 20. Qe2 Bxc2 21. a5 $1 Qc7 22. Rfc1 $16 {Sveshnikov,
E-Dolmatov,S/URS/1992/0,5/53/}) 16. b4 Nc6 17. a4 Bc4 (17... Bxd3 18. Bxd3 Nxb4
$2 19. a5 Qc6 20. Nxb4 Bxb4 21. Rc1 Qd7 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Qa4+ $18) 18. Rb1
Qd8 $1 19. Nf4 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qh4 21. h3 Be7 22. Qg4 (22. Rb2 $6 Bg5 23. Qg4
Bxf4 24. Qxh4 Nxh4 25. Bxf4 Nf3+ $17) 22... Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rxc2 24. Rbc1 Qxg4+ (
24... Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Kd7 26. Nxd5 Qxg4+ 27. hxg4 exd5 28. gxf5 Rxh5 $13) 25.
hxg4 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Kd7 $15 28. Kf2 b6 (28... Bxb4 29. Rb1 a5 30.
Nd3 $10) 29. b5 Bd8 $6 (29... Ra8 $5) 30. e4 Bg5 31. Kf3 dxe4+ 32. Kxe4 Ra8 33.
Rf1 Ke8 34. Nh3 Be7 35. g5 $132 Rc8 (35... a6 36. h6 gxh6 37. gxh6 axb5 38. Nf4
$1 Rxa4+ 39. Kf3 Kf8 40. Rg1) 36. Kd3 (36. h6 $2 gxh6 37. gxh6 Rc4+ 38. Kf3 Rh4
$17) 36... Rd8+ 37. Ke4 Rc8 38. Kd4 Rd8+ 39. Kc4 Rc8+ 40. Kd3 Rd8+ 41. Ke4 Rc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Rilton Cup 35th"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2005.12.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 ({I was awaiting} 3. Nd2 {as Rozentalis usually uses
against the French.}) 3... c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 {Normally I play 5...Bd7
here, but I had prepared another variation to surprise my opponent with.} 6. a3
Nh6 {Probably this was the move that surprised my opponent mostly.} (6... c4 {
is usually played.}) 7. b4 cxd4 8. Bxh6 $6 {White takes the chance to exchange
the knight before it reaches f5. Black gets a bad pawn structure, but on the
other hand white gives away the pair of bishops. In my opinion that is more
than compensation for the structural weaknesses. Instead white should play} (8.
cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 Nh6 11. h3 (11. Rg1 $5) 11... f6 {With an
interesting game. This happened in Shirov-Berg in the rapid tournament Keres
Memorial in Tallin right after Rilton Cup. It was an interesting game which I
later on went on to win.}) 8... gxh6 9. cxd4 Bg7 (9... Bd7 {is a better move
order as it prevents} 10. Nc3 $2 {that will be met by} Nxb4 $1 11. axb4 Bxb4
12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Kd2 O-O {and black has a superior position.}) 10.
Nc3 O-O 11. Bb5 {White is playing creative. The idea is to exchange the bishop
against blacks knight on c6. If he manage to do this without allowing any
counterattack he will have nice control over the black squares.} a5 $1 {
A strong move breaking up the white queenside. An opening of the position will
also mean more space for the pair of bishops as will also growin strenght for
each exchange of pawns.} 12. bxa5 Qxa5 13. Qd2 Bd7 {Developing with tempo. Now
...Nxe5 is a threat winning a pawn and white must take on c6 not too loose
even more time.} 14. Bxc6 bxc6 $1 {Black takes back with the pawn, preparing ..
.c5 breaking up the white center. White gets a distant pawn on the a-file, but
that´s not at all important at this part of the game. The a3-pawn is a weak
one that will be dificult to hold.} 15. O-O c5 16. Qe3 Rfc8 $1 {Black remains
the tension in the center to keep the posibility of a later ...c4.} 17. Ne2 {
White is on the way with his knight over to the kingside creating an attack.}
Bb5 $1 {Pinning the white knight on e2. After exchangeing the bishop for the
knight black will have a small but clear advantage.} 18. dxc5 {Playing this
move my opponent offered a draw. But having a better position and no real risk
of loosing I naturally decided to play on.} Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Rxc5 20. Ne1 $1 {
Rozentalis understood the limitation of his position and choose to give up his
a3-pawn in order to build up a fortress with the knight on d3 and pawns on f4
and e5. Trying to protect the a3 would only cost him time and in the end it
would have gone lost nevertheless.} Rc3 21. Nd3 Qb5 22. Rfd1 Raxa3 ({An
interesting alternative was} 22... Bxe5 {to get rid of whites important
central pawn. But this also allows exchange of the light pieces, which is
favourable for white. Therefore I decided to keep the bishop and play with a
pawn up. A posible continuation is} 23. a4 Qc4 (23... Rxa4 $2 24. Rab1 Re4 25.
Qxe4 dxe4 26. Rxb5 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 exd3 28. Kf1 {gives white the advantage.}) 24.
Qxe5 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Qxd3 26. Qg3+ Qxg3 27. hxg3 Ra5 28. Kf1 {and white should
make a draw with precise play. The idea is to bring the king over to b4 and
the swing the rook over to the h-file, picking up the black h-pawns.}) 23. Rxa3
Rxa3 24. f4 Qc4 {Puts some pressure to the white position. NOw ...Rxd3
followed by ...Qxf4 is a threat.} 25. g3 Bf8 ({It was possibly better to start
with} 25... h5 {trying to provoce more weaknesses on the white kingside.}) 26.
Rd2 Ra1+ $2 {with this move black looses most of his advantage. Instead} (26...
Be7 {ahould be played with the idea ...h5 keeping a small advantage to black.})
({Not} 26... h5 $2 27. Qxh5 Rxd3 28. Qg5+ {with perpetual checks.}) 27. Kg2
Qe4+ {This move forces the game and leads to a drawish ending, but its no
longer so easy for black to find any good continuation.} 28. Qxe4 dxe4 29. Nb2
{The only move. The white knight gets a bit offside, but unfortunately black
has no good way to make use of it.} (29. Nf2 e3 {looses a piece.}) 29... Bc5
30. Re2 Rc1 ({After} 30... Ra2 {with the threat ...Bd4 there will follow} 31.
Kf1 {and black cannot make any progress.}) 31. Na4 Bd4 32. Rxe4 Rc2+ 33. Kf1 $1
(33. Kf3 {also leads to a draw, but this gives black unnecessary chanses.})
33... Rc4 {Its not possible to keep the white knight out from the game any
longer, therefore I decided to force the draw.} 34. Nc3 $1 Rxc3 35. Rxd4 Rc2 {
Here I offered a draw. White has a small structural advantage, but as his king
is cut off he doesn't have any realistic winning chanses.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[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 "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. b3
Nf5 9. Bb2 Be7 10. O-O Bd7 11. g4 (11. Bd3 g5 $5 (11... Nfxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13.
Qg4 Bc5 14. Qxg7 O-O-O $132) 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Na4 Qd8 $13) 11...
Nh4 (11... Nh6 12. h3 f6 {/\ Nf7<=>}) 12. Nxh4 (12. Nbd2 $6 Ng6) 12... Bxh4 13.
Na3 (13. f4 O-O 14. Kg2 f6 $13 15. Kh3 $5 g5 16. f5) 13... O-O (13... f6 14.
Kg2 $1 (14. f4 $2 fxe5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 $17) (14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Nc2 O-O $15)) 14.
f4 f6 15. Kg2 $1 fxe5 (15... g5 $5) 16. dxe5 (16. fxe5 $2 Rxf1 17. Bxf1 Nxe5 $1
$17) 16... Rf7 $1 17. Qd2 Raf8 18. Nc2 $2 (18. g5 Qb4 19. Qxb4 (19. Bc1 Qe4+
20. Bf3 Qxf4 21. Qxf4 Rxf4 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 $17) 19... Nxb4 20. Bc1 $8 d4 {/\ Nd5}
21. Bc4 $1 b5 (21... Bc6+ 22. Kh3 Bxg5 23. Bd2 $1 $18) (21... h6 22. Bd2 Nc6
23. g6 Rf5 24. Bd3 Be8 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 26. Nb5 Bxg6 27. Nd6 $16) (21... Nd5 22.
Bxd5 exd5 23. Nc2 $1 Bb5 24. Rf3 (24. Rd1 Be2 25. Rxd4 Bxg5 $13) 24... Be2 25.
Nxd4 (25. Rh3 Rxf4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 $44) 25... Bxf3+ 26. Nxf3 Rxf4 27. Bxf4 Rxf4
28. Rc1 $14) 22. Bxb5 (22. Nxb5 Nc2 23. Rb1 Bxg5 24. fxg5 (24. Nd6 Rxf4 25.
Bxf4 Bxf4 $44) 24... Rxf1 25. Bxf1 Ne1+ 26. Kg1 Nf3+ 27. Kh1 Bc6 28. Ba3 $1 (
28. Nxa7 Be4) 28... Rf5 29. Rc1 Nh4+ 30. Kg1 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Nxe5+ $44) 22... Bxb5
23. Nxb5 Nc2 24. Rb1 Bxg5 25. Nd6 Rxf4 26. Bxf4 Bxf4 27. Nc4 $14) 18... g5 19.
fxg5 $2 (19. f5 $8 exf5 20. Qxd5 Nd8 (20... Nb4 $2 21. Nxb4 Qxb4 22. Kg1 $1 Bc6
23. Qd4 Qxd4+ 24. Bxd4 $16) 21. Nd4 fxg4 22. Rxf7 Rxf7 23. Bc4 (23. Rf1 Bf2 $3
$17) 23... Ne6 24. Rf1 Bf2 $3 25. Rxf2 Bc6 26. Rxf7 Bxd5+ 27. Bxd5 Kxf7 28.
Bxe6+ Ke8 29. Bxg4 Qa5 $17) 19... Rf2+ 20. Kh3 (20. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 21. Kh3 Rxh2+ $1
22. Kxh2 Qf2+ 23. Kh1 Bg3 $19) (20. Kh1 $8 Be8 $1 21. Rxf2 Rxf2 22. Nd4 (22.
Rf1 Bg6 $19) (22. Bd4 Rxe2 $19) 22... Bg6 23. Nf5 (23. Qe3 Be4+ 24. Kg1 Rxe2
$19) 23... Bxf5 24. gxf5 Rxh2+ $1 25. Kxh2 Qf2+ 26. Kh1 Bg3 $19) 20... R8f3+
21. Bxf3 Rxd2 22. Kxh4 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 79th"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lalic, Susan"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 Ng6 8. Nc2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Kh8 11. Nd2 $6 Qb6 12. Rb1 f6 13. f4 Nh4 $1 $15 14. Nf3
Nxf3+ 15. Rxf3 fxe5 16. fxe5 Rxf3 17. Bxf3 Be8 {[ /\ Bg6 -/+ ]} 18. Bh5 cxd4
19. cxd4 Bxh5 20. Qxh5 Qa6 $1 $17 21. Rf1 $1 {[ The best practical chance,
White sacrifices two pawns and comes close to saving the game. 21.a3 Qd3 was
unpleasant ]} Qxa2 22. Qf7 Qxb2 23. Bg5 Qxc2 (23... Bxg5 $4 24. Qf8+ $18) 24.
Bxe7 Nxe7 25. Qxe7 Qc8 26. Rf7 {[#] [ The high point of White's counterplay,
but Black has an excellent riposte going passive with 26..Qg8 allows lines
like 27.Qxb7 a5 28.Rxg7! ]} Qc1+ $1 27. Kf2 Qc2+ 28. Kg3 (28. Ke1 Qe4+ 29. Kf2
h6 30. Rxg7 Rc8 $19) 28... Qg6+ {[ The rest is very easy ]} 29. Kh3 Qh6+ 30.
Kg4 Rg8 31. g3 a5 32. h4 Qg6+ 33. Kh3 b5 34. g4 h6 35. h5 Qd3+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37.
Kg3 Rc8 38. Rf3 Rc1 39. Qxe6 Qe1+ 40. Kh3 Qh1+ 41. Kg3 Rg1+ 42. Kf4 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Black "Kurtenkov, Atanas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Bb5 7. c4 Bxc4 8. Bxc4
Qb4+ 9. Nbd2 dxc4 10. a3 (10. O-O cxd4 $5 11. Nxd4 Ne7 12. Qe2 $142 (12. a3 Qc5
13. Ne4 Qxe5 14. Nb5 Nd5)) 10... Qb5 11. O-O Nc6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qe2 (13. Ne4
Nge7 14. Be3 Rd8 $8 15. Qe2 Bxe3 16. Nd6+ Rxd6 17. exd6 Bxf2+ $5 {1-0 Adams,
Mi-Illescas Cordoba,M/Las Palmas 60/266 1994} (17... Bc5 18. dxe7 Bxe7 19. Rac1
Bf6 20. Rxc4 O-O $14) (17... Bb6 18. dxe7 Kxe7 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. Rfd1 $14))
13... Nge7 14. Ne4 O-O 15. a4 (15. b4 Nd4) 15... Qa5 16. Qxc4 Bb6 17. Bd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1415"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2015.04.12"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Szelag, Marcin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Rostock"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. Bxh6
gxh6 9. cxd4 Bd7 10. Ra2 Rg8 11. g3 Rg4 12. Rd2 a5 13. b5 Re4+ 14. Be2 Qxb5 15.
O-O ({Nach} 15. Nc3 Qb6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nh4 Bxa3 {hat Schwarz die Qualität
weniger, aber einen gefährlichen Freibauern.}) 15... Qb6 16. Bd3 Rg4 17. Bxh7
a4 18. Bc2 Qa5 19. Ne1 Rg7 20. Ng2 $1 {Mit der Idee, den Springer nach h5 zu
bringen. Die schwarzen Bauern am Damenflügel sehen gefährlich aus, aber
Weiß gelingt es, am Königsflügel Gegenspiel zu bekommen.} b5 21. Nf4 b4 22.
Nh5 bxa3 $5 {Schwarz opfert die Qualität auf g7 und hofft auf die Kraft des
a-Freibauern.} 23. Nxa3 Bxa3 24. Nxg7+ Kd8 25. Rd3 $1 {Nachdem Weiß den
scheinbar passiven Springer überraschend schnell überraschend aktiv gestellt
hat, bringt er nun den weißen Turm ins Spiel. Und auch der wird überraschend
schnell überraschend stark.} Bf8 26. Rf3 $1 Bxg7 27. Rxf7 Bh8 ({Die Engines
schlagen hier} 27... Bxe5 {als Verbesserung vor. Aber auch dann steht Weiß
nach} 28. dxe5 Nxe5 29. Rf4 a3 30. Qh5 {deutlich besser.}) 28. Qg4 a3 {Der
a-Freibauer scheint nicht aufzuhalten zu sein. Aber Weiß verbindet seine
Drohungen am Königsflügel und am Zentrum mit einem Angriff auf den König.}
29. Rh7 a2 30. Qg8+ Kc7 31. Qxe6 Rd8 (31... a1=Q $4 32. Qxd7+ Kb6 33. Qb7#) 32.
Ra1 Nxd4 33. Qd6+ Kc8 34. Bd3 Nb5 35. Rc1+ Nc7 36. Rxd7 {Dieser Turm hat eine
bemerkenswerte Reise hinter sich: a2-d2-d3-f3-f7-h7.} Rxd7 37. Ba6+ Kb8 38.
Qxd7 Qxa6 39. Qxc7+ Ka8 40. Qd8+ {Schwarz gab auf. Nach 40...Kb7 41.Tc7+ Kb6
42.Dd6+ verliert er Haus und Hof.} 1-0

[Event "CHN-chT"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.08.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Liu, Qingnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chongqing"]
[BlackTeam "Tianjin"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O h5 $5 {This is a very aggressive approach
to the line, preventing 12.g4 and preparing g5 with attacking chances against
the king and of course pressure against d4.} 12. Qd3 g5 13. Rd1 g4 14. Ne1 f6
15. b5 Na5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. a4 a6 18. Na3 axb5 19. axb5 {This lays a very
subtle trap, as it invites Black to play a 'combination'. A combination that
has a magnificent refutation.} Nxd4 $2 {Black fails to see the refutation and
thinks he has caught Motylev offguard.} 20. Nc4 $3 {A fantastic refutation,
and it is hard to blame Liu for missing it.} ({The idea is that after} 20. Bxd4
Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Nb3 23. Rdd1 Nxa1 24. Rxa1 e5 $15 {Black is doing
much better with advancing pawn center and open lines for his pieces.}) 20...
Nxe2+ (20... dxc4 $2 21. Qg6+ Ke7 22. Ba3+ Kd8 23. Qxf6+) 21. Qxe2 dxc4 (21...
Bxb5 {is no better.} 22. Nxb6 Bxe2 23. Bxf6 Bxd1 24. Bxh8 Ra6 25. Nxd5 exd5 26.
Rxd1 $18 {and it is over.}) 22. Bxf6 Rf8 23. Bc3 Qxb5 24. Nc2 b6 25. Qe4 Ra7
26. Nd4 Qc5 27. Qg6+ Ke7 28. Ra4 {Pure cruelty. Not only does it threaten Bb4
winning the queen, but taking the rook leads to mate.} Rf6 (28... Bxa4 $2 29.
Qxe6+ Kd8 30. Nc6+ Kc7 31. Qd7#) 29. Nc6+ Qxc6 30. Bxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2015.12.12"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 ({Die Alternative ist} 
6. a3) 6... Nge7 (6... f6 7. O-O fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. c4 O-O-O 11.
cxd5 Qxe5 12. Nc3 exd5 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. Nxd5 $14 {1-0 (51) Shirov,A (2703)
-Bologan,V (2655) Poikovsky 2014}) 7. O-O Rc8 8. Na3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qb6 (9... Nf5
10. Nc2 Qb6 11. g4 Nfe7 12. Bd2 h5 13. h3 Ng6 14. b4 hxg4 15. hxg4 Nh4 16. Nxh4
Rxh4 17. Bg5 Rh8 18. b5 Na5 19. Rb1 Nc4 20. Kg2 Qa5 21. a4 Qxa4 22. Ra1 Qxb5
23. Rxa7 Qb6 24. Qa1 Qb3 25. Ne3 Nd2 26. Rc1 Be7 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Ra8 Kd7 29.
Bxe7 Kxe7 30. Qa5 Re8 31. Qc5+ {1-0 (31) Volokitin,A (2638)-Morozevich,A (2731)
Dubai 2014}) 10. Nc2 Nb4 {Ein bisher selten gespielter Zug an dieser Stelle.}
11. Ne3 Nf5 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Qb3 Be7 14. Bg5 {[#]} (14. a3 Nc6 15. Qxb6 axb6
16. b4 $14) 14... Nc2 {Das ist ein recht agiler Springer.} 15. Qxb6 axb6 16.
Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Rac1 Rc7 18. a3 Rhc8 {Nun droht Sxd4. Weiß gerät bald nach und
nach in die Defensive.} 19. Rcd1 b5 20. h4 b4 21. Ng5 (21. axb4 Nxb4 22. Ne1 {
enspricht nicht Shirovs Spielstil.}) 21... f4 22. Nxh7 bxa3 23. bxa3 Nxa3 24.
Ng5 {[#] Schwarz steht deutlich aktiver und der b-Bauer ist eine Macht.} Rc3
25. Bh5 Be6 26. g3 b5 {Der Bauer läuft nun einfach durch.} 27. gxf4 b4 28. f5
Bxf5 29. Bxf7 b3 30. Ra1 b2 31. Ra2 Rb3 (31... b1=Q {gewinnt natürlich auch:}
32. Rxb1 Bxb1 33. Rb2 Bf5 34. Rb7+ R3c7 $19) 32. Rxb2 (32. Bxd5 Rc1 $19) 32...
Rxb2 33. Bxd5 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. b3
$6 {8.Nc3} Nf5 9. Bb2 Bb4+ $1 10. Kf1 Be7 11. h4 (11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Na4 Qd8 13.
Rc1 O-O {/\ ...f6}) 11... Bd7 12. Nc3 (12. g4 Nh6 13. Rg1 f6 $13) 12... Ncxd4
13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 (14... Bc5 $2 15. e6 $1) 15. Bxd4 $6 {>= 15.Qxd4}
Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Rc1 Qa5 18. h5 $5 {18.Bg4} h6 19. Bg4 Be6 20. Rh3 O-O 21.
Kg1 Rac8 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. a4 Qb4 24. Rxc8 $6 (24. Rf3 $1 Rfd8 $1 $15) 24...
Rxc8 25. Re3 Rc3 $17 26. Qf3 d4 27. Rxc3 (27. Qg4 $2 dxe3 $1 28. Qxb4 Rc1+ 29.
Kh2 exf2 $19) 27... dxc3 $2 (27... Qxc3 28. Qxb7 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qxe5+ 30. Kg1
Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qxf2 $19) 28. Qd1 $2 (28. Qd3 Qc5 29. Qd8+ Kf7 30. Qd7+ Qe7 31.
Qc8 $10) 28... Qe4 29. g3 Qd5 {29...c2!} 30. Qc2 Qxe5 31. Kf1 Kf8 32. Qd3 Qc7
33. Qc2 Qa5 34. Ke1 a6 35. Qc1 Qe5+ 36. Qe3 Qxe3+ 37. fxe3 Kf7 38. Ke2 Kf6 39.
Kd3 Kf5 40. Kxc3 Ke4 41. Kd2 Kf3 42. Kd3 Kxg3 43. Ke4 Kg4 44. Ke5 Kxh5 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Black "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1989.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 $6 (9. Be3 $5 f6 $5 10. b5 $6 Nxe5 $5 11. dxe5 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Qxe3+
13. Qe2 Qc1+ 14. Qd1 Qe3+ $10 {remis Romanishin,O-Lputian,S/Erevan/1988/14/})
9... Be7 (9... Bd7 $5 10. Be2 (10. g4 Nh6 11. h3 f6 $13) 10... Rc8 $1 11. O-O
Na5 $1 $15) 10. Bd3 a5 (10... Bd7 $5 11. O-O $1 Nfxd4 (11... g5 12. Bxf5 exf5
13. Nc3 Be6 14. Na4 Qb5 15. Nc5 g4 16. Ne1 Bxc5 17. dxc5 $14) 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13.
Qg4 $16) 11. Bxf5 (11. b5 $5 Ncxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qg4 Nxb5 14. Qxg7 $13)
11... exf5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. b5 (13. Na4 Qb5 14. Nc3 $10) 13... a4 $1 14. O-O Nb8
(14... Na5 $5 15. Qxa4 O-O $146 {/\ ...Rfc8, ...Nc4}) 15. Bc1 Nd7 16. Rb1 $6 {
16.Lg5!?} O-O 17. Nxa4 Qa5 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 $2 (19. Bd2 $5 Qxa3 20. Bb4
Qa7 21. b6 Qxb6 22. Bxc5 Qc7 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 {bietet Chancen auf Ausgleich})
19... Bxc5 20. Qd3 (20. Bb2 Bxa3 21. Ra1 Qb4) (20. Nd4 Bxa3 21. Ra1 Qc3) 20...
d4 $1 21. Bb2 Rfd8 22. Bxd4 $2 {>= 22.Rfd1} Qa4 23. Rfd1 Rd5 24. Rd2 (24. Rbc1
Rad8 25. Rc4 Qxb5) 24... Rad8 25. Rbd1 h6 $1 (25... Bxd4 $2 26. Nxd4 Rxd4 $4
27. Qxd4 $18) 26. Qc3 Bxd4 $1 (26... Bxd4 {0-1 wegen} 27. Nxd4 Rxd4 28. Rxd4
Qxd1+ $1) 0-1

[Event "Kotov Memorial-04"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1985.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1985.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 a5 7. Bd3 Nge7 8. O-O (8.
dxc5 Qxc5 (8... Qc7 9. O-O $13) 9. b4 $1 $11) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Nf5 10. Bxf5
exf5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Na4 $1 Qb5 13. Be3 (13. b3 $5 Be7 (13... h6 $5) 14. Bg5 $1
$11) 13... Be7 14. Ne1 (14. Rc1 $5 O-O 15. Rc3 Rab8) 14... O-O 15. Nd3 Rac8 16.
Rc1 Na7 {J} (16... Rc7 17. Nac5 b6 $1 18. a4 $1) 17. Nac5 b6 18. a4 Qe8 19.
Nxe6 fxe6 (19... Rxc1 20. Qxc1 fxe6 21. Qc7 $4) 20. Qb3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Bd8 22.
h4 $18 (22. f4 Rf7 $11) 22... h6 (22... Bxh4 23. Qxb6 $1) 23. Nf4 g5 24. hxg5
hxg5 $13 25. Nxd5 exd5 (25... f4 26. Bxf4 gxf4 27. Nxf4 $18) 26. Qxd5+ Kg7 (
26... Qf7 27. e6 Qe7 28. Bxg5 {#}) 27. f4 $1 g4 (27... Qxa4 $18) 28. b3 $2 Rf7
29. Qa8 $18 Kg6 30. d5 Rh7 31. Qb8 $1 g3 32. Qd6+ Kg7 33. Bd4 Qh5 34. Qd7+ $5 (
34. e6+ $1 $18 Bf6 $1 35. Bxf6+ (35. Qe7+ Kg8 $1) 35... Kg6 $1 $18) 34... Kg6
35. Qe8+ Kh6 36. Qxd8 Qg4 (36... Qh2+ 37. Kf1 Qh1+ 38. Bg1) 37. Qf6+ $6 Kh5 38.
Qg5+ Qxg5 39. fxg5 Rd7 40. d6 Kxg5 41. Bxb6 Rb7 42. Bxa7 Rxa7 43. e6 Kf6 44. e7
1-0

[Event "Portoroz/Ljubljana"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1985.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Nge7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Be7 (9... Qb6 10. g4) 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O f6 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Nc3
Be8 $5 (13... Be6 14. Re1 Qd7 15. Qd3 $14) 14. Qd3 f4 15. e6 Bh5 (15... Qd6 16.
Nb5 Qb8 (16... Qxe6 17. Nc7 Qe4 18. Qb3 $36) 17. Qf5 Nxb4 18. Nc3 $1 Bg6 19.
Qg4 Nc2 20. Nxd5 $16) 16. Rfe1 (16. Rad1 Qd6 $1 17. Nb5 Qxe6 18. Nc7 Qe4 19.
Qb3 Rac8 20. Rfe1 Qf5 21. Qxd5+ Qxd5 22. Nxd5 $13) 16... a6 17. Qf5 Bxf3 18.
gxf3 Nxd4 19. Qd3 Nc6 20. Nxd5 Qe8 (20... Bd6 $5 21. Rad1 $16) 21. Rad1 Rd8 22.
Qe4 Qh5 23. Nxf4 Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rg1 Qb5 (26... Qh4 27. Nd5
Qxe4 28. fxe4 $16) 27. Ng6 $1 Re8 (27... hxg6 28. Qxg6 Bf8 29. Qf7+ Kh7 30.
Bxf6 $18) 28. Nxe7+ Nxe7 29. Bxf6 Ng6 30. Bd4 Qc6 31. Qxc6 bxc6 32. h4 (32. f4
Rxe6 33. f5 Re4) 32... Re7 (32... Rxe6 33. h5 Nh4 34. Rxg7+ Kf8 35. Rg3 Nf5 36.
Bc5+ $18) 33. Rg4 Rxe6 34. h5 Re1+ 35. Kg2 Ne5 36. Rg3 (36. Rg5 $2 Rg1+ $1 37.
Kxg1 Nxf3+) 36... g6 37. Bc3 1-0

[Event "GLC Masters"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Carlier, Bruno"]
[Black "Levitt, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1986.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O fxe5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. c4 Qxe5 11. Bf3 Bd6 12. g3 Qd4 13. cxd5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1
O-O-O 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nc3 Nf6 17. Be3 b6 18. a4 Bg4 19. Bxg4+ Nxg4 20. Bg5
Nf6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. f4 Rhe8 23. Kg2 c4 24. Kf3 f5 25. Nd5 Bc5 26. Rac1 Rd7
27. Rxc4 Red8 28. b4 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. g4 fxg4+ 32. Ke4 Rd4+
33. Rxd4 cxd4 34. Kxd4 h5 35. Ke4 h4 36. f5 a5 37. Kf4 g3 38. hxg3 hxg3 39.
Kxg3 Kd7 40. Kf4 Ke7 41. Ke5 Kf7 42. f6 Kf8 43. Ke6 Ke8 44. f7+ (44. Kd6 Kf7
45. Kc6 Kxf6 46. Kb6 Ke7 47. Kxa5 Kd7 48. Kb6 Kc8 $10) 44... Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Botvinnik-Levenfish +5-5=3"]
[Site "Moscow/ Leningrad"]
[Date "1937.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1937.10.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {The games 9-13 were played in Botvinniks birthplace Leningrad.} e6 2. d4
d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. O-O Bc5 7. Nbd2 Nge7 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Bf4
Ng6 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Bg3 Rc8 13. Re2 Ne7 14. Nbxd4 Nf5 15. Nxf5
gxf5 16. Bf4 Bb5 17. Rd2 Rc4 18. g3 Qe7 19. c3 Bd7 20. Rd3 Re4 21. a4 f6 22. a5
Bd8 23. Rd4 Qf7 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Nd2 e5 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Qxd7+
Kxd7 29. Be3 a6 30. b4 Be7 31. Rd1+ Kc6 32. h4 f4 33. gxf4 exf4 34. Bxf4 Rxh4
35. Bg3 Rg4 36. Kf1 e3 37. Rd3 exf2 38. Kxf2 f5 39. Rf3 Rc4 40. Be5 f4 41. Bxf4
Re4 42. Bd2 Bh4+ 43. Kf1 Re6 44. Rh3 Re4 45. Rf3 Re6 46. Rf5 Rf6 47. Rxf6+ Bxf6
48. Ke2 Kd5 49. Kd3 Bh4 50. Be3 Bf6 51. c4+ Kc6 52. Kc2 Bh4 53. Kb3 Bf6 54. Ka4
Bh4 55. b5+ axb5+ 56. cxb5+ Kd5 57. Bb6 Bf6 58. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Sportklub Hakoah Korner Memorial"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1928.03.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Kmoch"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1928.02.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Lachaga,M.A.:Wien 1928 des chachklubs Hakoah. S.30 [Kmoch]} e6 2. d4
d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 (5... Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Nc3 Nf5
9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Bc3 b5 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 b4 14. axb4 Qxb4 15.
Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qd2) 6. cxd4 Qb6 7. Nc3 Bd7 (7... Nge7 8. Bd3) 8. Be2
Nge7 9. O-O Nf5 (9... a6 10. Na4 Qa7 11. Be3) 10. Na4 Qa5 11. Bd2 Bb4 12. Bxb4
Qxb4 13. a3 Qe7 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Nc5 b6 (15... Be8) 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Bb5 $16
Nfe7 (17... Rfc8 18. Qd3 Rc7 19. g4 Nfe7 20. Rc3 $16) 18. Qd3 h6 19. Rc3 {#} a5
$2 (19... Qb7 20. Rfc1 Na5 21. Ba6 Qd7 22. b3 Nf5 23. Rc7 Qd8 24. R1c2 $16) 20.
Rfc1 $18 Rfc8 21. Qc2 1-0

[Event "Barcelona Casino 18th"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2013.10.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 {To be totally honest,
I knew that move exists but I had never studied it...} f6 $6 {I knew this
should be dubious and that 6...cxd4 followed by ...Qb6 should be critical, but
I decided to be creative!} 7. O-O fxe5 {Probably not the best.} 8. dxe5 ({After
} 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ne7 10. c4 {my position would just be quite dubious.})
8... Nh6 $1 {Actually a very good move, but that took me an amazing time to
play since it seems so suspicious!} 9. c4 (9. Bxh7 $2 Rxh7 10. Ng5 Rh8 11. Qh5+
Ke7 {does not work for White.}) (9. Ng5 Nxe5 10. Bxh7 Qf6 {is also quite good
for Black.}) 9... dxc4 $2 (9... d4 {had to be played, and after} 10. Bxh6 gxh6
11. Nfd2 Nxe5 12. Qh5+ Nf7 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Nbd2 {the position is not so clear
though I would prefer to be White.}) 10. Bxc4 $6 (10. Be4 $1 {with the idea}
Nf7 11. Na3 {would create quite serious problems.}) 10... Nf7 11. Re1 $6 (11.
Qe2 $14 {to put the rook on d1 was much more natural.}) 11... Be7 12. Bf4 $6 (
12. Nc3 {first was more precise.}) 12... Na5 (12... g5 $1 13. Bg3 h5 14. h3 Qb6
$1 {followed by ...0-0-0 would be very unclear.}) 13. Bd3 Bc6 14. Qe2 O-O (
14... g5 $1 15. Bg3 h5 16. h3 g4 $1 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. Nh2 Bh4 19. Qxg4 Bxg3 20.
Qxg3 Qe7 {followed by ...0-0-0 would be slightly unpleasant for White.}) 15.
Bg3 (15. Nbd2 $1 {was a better move, but I supposed we both missed that after}
g5 $6 {White should go} 16. Be3 $1 {with the idea of} g4 17. Nd4 $1 cxd4 18.
Qxg4+ Kh8 19. Qh5 $18) 15... Nh6 16. Nbd2 Bd5 17. Be4 Nc6 $6 (17... Nf5 18.
Rad1 Qb6 {keeping the knight on a5 would be much more clever. Black is a
little bit better.}) 18. Rad1 Nf5 19. Nc4 Ncd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Qd3 Bxe4 22.
Rxe4 Qd5 23. b3 b5 (23... Nb5 24. Qc2 Nd4 {could be a way to make a draw
though White can still play on with} 25. Qb1 $5) 24. Nd6 a5 25. Ree1 Rfb8 {
Willing to play ...b4 and ...a4 having the control of the b6-square after Nc4.}
(25... Rfd8 $142) 26. Rd2 Ra7 {Starting to get confused because I had little
time on my clock.} ({It's a good question why I finally changed my plan:} 26...
b4 $1 27. Nc4 a4 28. Bf4 axb3 29. axb3 Rd8 $5 $13 {[%csl Rb3] Of course I
would have given up the important c4 square here but I would have solved many
other problems, and my pieces would be very active.}) 27. f3 Rf8 28. Rdd1 Qc6
$6 (28... b4 {still had to be played.}) 29. Re4 (29. Rc1 $1 {would create
problems.}) 29... Rd8 30. Rc1 Nf5 $1 31. Qe2 (31. Qxb5 $2 Rxd6 32. Qb8+ Rd8 33.
Qxa7 Ra8 $19 {was probably what my opponent had missed when he went 30.Rc1.})
31... Nxg3 32. hxg3 Bxd6 33. exd6 Rxd6 34. Re5 Rc7 35. Kh2 h6 (35... Kf7 {
is more clever but anyway, everything is a draw: White simply has
compensations.} 36. Qe3 Rd5 37. Re1 Rxe5 38. Qxe5 $44) 36. f4 a4 37. bxa4 bxa4
38. Rc4 Kh8 39. Qe3 Qd7 40. Rexc5 Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O {Normally
Black wants to place his knight on f5, but if he does so right away, White can
capture on c5, after which Black has no targets in the centre to attack.
Therefore, Black usually waits for White's actions by playing some waiting
move like 7...Rc8 or prevents White from taking on c5 with 7...cxd4.} cxd4 8.
cxd4 a6 {This is a very rare continuation, the idea of which is not easy to
get (at least it wasn't easy for me): Black is preparing the a7-square for the
queen to withdraw to from b6 in case White attacks it with the knight from a4.
However, moves like these are played when there is some tension in the centre
and when Black is waiting for White's t take some action. Here are a couple of
games with the more standard 8...Nf5 and Qb6:} (8... Nf5 9. Nc3 (9. Na3 $5 Bxa3
10. bxa3 Qb6 11. Be3 $13) 9... Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Bd3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 f5 13.
exf6 (13. Ne2 Qb6 $132) 13... Bxf6 14. Qc2 h6 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. Rad1 g5 17. h3
Qg7 18. Bb1 Rad8 $11 {0-1 Sandipan,C (2579)-Ni Hua (2710)/Beijing 2008/CBM 126
Extra (37)}) (8... Qb6 9. Na3 Nf5 10. Nc2 h5 {Securing the f5 outpost for the
knight by preventing White's g2-g4.} 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 Be7 13. Ne3 $1 {Black's
kingside has become somewhat vulnerable after the advance of the h-pawn, so,
White is trying to open up the game there.} Nxe3 14. fxe3 a4 15. Rb1 axb3 16.
axb3 Ra2 17. Kh1 Nb4 18. Bc3 O-O 19. Ng1 h4 20. Nh3 Nc2 21. Bd2 Na3 22. Rc1 Rb2
23. b4 Bxb4 $4 (23... Bb5 $1 $15 {would prevent White's attack.}) 24. Bd3 $18
g6 25. Qg4 Kg7 26. Bxb4 Qxb4 27. Nf4 {1-0 Shirov,A (2726)-Kortschnoj,V (2601)/
Drammen Smartfish Masters (4) 2004 (27)}) 9. Nc3 ({Here,} 9. Na3 {[%cal Ya3c2]
is possible as well. In this case, the game would be similar to that after 8...
Qb6.}) 9... Nf5 10. Bg5 $5 {Strange as it may seem, White is provoking Black
to advance the b-pawn. In that case, the dark squares in the Black's camp will
be vulnerable and Black will not have any counterplay linked with the attack
of the b2-pawn along the b-file.} Qb6 11. Na4 Qa7 12. Be3 $1 $146 ({In the
preceding game, White tried} 12. Nc5 {,but didn't get an opening advantage:}
Bxc5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Bd3 h6 16. Bd2 O-O 17. b4 Rfd8 18. a3 Qc7 (
18... Ncd4 $1 $15 {[%cal Yd7b5]}) 19. g4 Nfe7 20. h4 Ng6 21. Re1 $44 {1-0
Podinic,V (2412)-Tasev,D (2134)/Obrenovac 2010/CBM 139 Extra (44)}) 12... b5 {
That was pretty much forced. Otherwise, White would bring the rook to c1 and
occupy the c5-spot.} 13. Nc3 Be7 14. Bd3 {[%cal Yc3e2,Ye2f4] Forcing Black to
exchange on e3 and preparing the e2-square for the queenside knight.} Nxe3 {
Once again, Black had not much choice.} (14... g6 {is not really playable,
given that Black's monarch will have to reside on the kingside.}) 15. fxe3 O-O
16. Ne2 f5 {While there is nothing particularly wrong with this move, it
allows White to steadily build up the attack.} ({I feel more comfortable with} 
16... f6 $5 {, which probably forces White to take on f6:} 17. exf6 Rxf6 18.
Nf4 Raf8 $11) ({Another reasonable alternative was} 16... Rac8 17. Nf4 Nb4 18.
Bb1 Qc7 19. Qd2 g6 $13) 17. h4 {White's plan is crystal clear: bring the
knights to f4 and g5 and strike with a g2-g4 breakthrough.} Be8 $2 {This is
definitely way off.} ({Black had to prevent White's direct attack by playing} 
17... Rac8 18. Nf4 Qb6 19. Kh2 ({Now} 19. g4 {does not work:} fxg4 20. Ng5 Bxg5
21. hxg5 Nxe5 $1) 19... g6 $13) 18. Nf4 Qd7 (18... Bf7 19. g4 g6 20. gxf5 gxf5
$14) 19. g4 $1 fxg4 $2 {This plays into White's hands, as Black has just
opened two additional diagonals, b1-h7 and d1-h5, for White's forces.} (19...
Bg6 {is not much better:} 20. h5 Bf7 21. gxf5 exf5 22. Kh2 $16 {[%cal Yf1g1]})
({Black has to play passively and more cautiously here:} 19... g6 $1 20. gxf5
gxf5 21. Kh2 $14 {although, White's advantage is undoubtful.}) 20. Ng5 Bxg5 (
20... Rxf4 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Rxf4 Bxg5 23. Rf8+ Kxh7 24. hxg5 $18) 21. hxg5 $16
{Black is suffering for free now. White is going to take back the pawn and
continue his attack on the kingside.} Nb4 22. Bb1 Bg6 $2 {Loses right away.} ({
Surprisingly, Black could still continue his resistance with} 22... g3 $1 23.
Qg4 Rc8 24. Qxg3 g6 (24... Nc2 25. Qh3 Bg6 26. Bxc2 Rxc2 27. Qxe6+ Qxe6 28.
Nxe6 $16) 25. Qh3 Bf7 26. a3 Nc2 27. Ra2 $16) 23. Nxg6 {Now it's over. If
Black takes the knight back, then there is no way to parry White's threats.}
Rxf1+ (23... hxg6 24. Bxg6 Nc6 25. Qxg4 Ne7 26. Bd3 Nf5 27. Bxf5 exf5 28. Qh5
g6 29. Qxg6+ Qg7 30. Qe6+ Qf7 31. Qd6 $18) 24. Qxf1 Qd8 25. a3 Nc6 26. Nf4 $18
{White is a piece up, so the game is over.} Qxg5 27. Kg2 Ne7 28. Bd3 Nf5 29.
Bxf5 Qxf5 30. Qd3 Qf7 31. Rf1 Rf8 32. Qd1 h5 33. Rf2 g5 34. Nd3 Qg6 35. Rxf8+
Kxf8 36. Nc5 Ke8 37. Qd3 Qf7 38. Qf1 Qg6 39. Qf6 Qc2+ 40. Kg3 Qe2 41. Qh8+ Ke7
42. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Pardubice KB Czech op"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2003.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2003.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 {It is one of the safest and
the most principal attempts to equalize in French defence with 3.e5.} 6. Nbd2
$5 {Rare, but interesting continuation. The main idea of this move is to force
black to define the pawn structure after Nb3. Other possibilities, which are
more popular:} (6. a3) (6. Bd3) (6. Be2) 6... a5 $6 {Probably it isn't the
most principal continuation on white's attempt to get the advantage. More
logiacal are the following options:} (6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. N2f3 Nxd4 9.
Nxd4 Bc5 10. Qg4 Ne7 11. Bd3 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. cxd4 Nf5 14. Be3 Nxe3 15.
fxe3 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Eingorn,V/Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92 no vc (60) with
strong drawish tendances.}) (6... Nh6 7. Nb3 $1 Ba4 8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. dxc5 Bxc5
10. Qd2 Bxb3 11. axb3 Nc6 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Ra4 $14 {1-0 Dvoirys,S-Eingorn,V/
Geneve 2001/EXT 2002 (25)}) (6... Bb5 {is untested by strong players.} 7. Bxb5+
(7. c4 $5) 7... Qxb5 8. a4 {[%cal Gd2b3]}) (6... Nc6 7. Nb3) 7. Bd3 Nc6 (7...
Bb5 $2 {is already parried by} 8. Qb3 c4 9. Nxc4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 $18) (7... cxd4
8. Nxd4 {[%cal Yd2f3]}) 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 $1 {preventing black's counterplay.
} (9. O-O f6 {attacking white's center.}) 9... Nge7 $6 {allowing white to get
a pair of bishops, eliminating the dark-sqaured one.} ({Better is} 9... a4 10.
b4 axb3 11. Nxb3 Be7 12. O-O $14 {[%cal Gc1e3]}) (9... f6 10. Nb3) 10. Nb3 a4
11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. O-O $16 {White can be very satisfied by the results of the
opening. He succeeded to build strong center, to get pair of bishops,
remaining black with passive light-squared one and with weaknesses of dark
squares in his camp.} Ng6 13. Be3 $1 Qe7 14. b4 $1 {[%cal Ge3c5]} axb3 ({
Black cannot play} 14... Ngxe5 {, in view of} 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bc5 Qf6 (16...
Qg5 17. f4) 17. Bd4 $18) 15. axb3 {White is going to occupy the a3-f8 diagonal
by his powerful dark-squared bishop.} O-O 16. b4 Rfc8 17. Bc5 Qe8 18. Qe3 {
White's domination is absolute. He has a big space advantage, pair of bishops,
his pieces are much more active. All these factors give white possibility to
start attack on the black monarch with following h2-h4-h5.} Nce7 19. Nd4 {
occupying an excelent position and covering the f5 square.} Rxa1 {Of course,
black started with the trades, as he suffers from a lack of space.} 20. Rxa1
Ra8 21. Re1 $6 {Better was immediate} (21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. h4 $16 {[%cal Gh4h5]
with big advantage.}) 21... Nc8 $1 {[%cal Gb7b6]} 22. b5 ({Deserves attention:
} 22. Nf3 Bb5 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Nd4) 22... b6 $1 23. Bb4 Na7 $1 {And now white
realizes, that he cannot save the b5 pawn...} 24. h4 $1 ({After} 24. Ra1 Nxb5
25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. Bxb5 Bxb5 27. h4 {white gets sufficient compensation, but it
isn't enough for an advantage.}) 24... Nxh4 $8 (24... Nxb5 25. h5 $40 {[%cal
Gh5h6]}) 25. Ra1 Qb8 {Black has to transfer his queen to b7, in order to play
Nc8.} 26. Bd6 (26. c4 $5) (26. Ra6 $5) 26... Qb7 27. Qc1 $1 {[%cal Gc1a3,Ga3a6]
} (27. c4 {[%cal Gc4c5] is still interesting.}) 27... Nc8 $8 28. Rxa8 Qxa8 29.
Qg5 {[%cal Gg5d8,Gg5h4] That's the point!} Nxd6 30. Qxh4 ({Doesn't promise
anything:} 30. exd6 Ng6 31. Bxg6 {, due to} f6 $3 (31... hxg6 32. Nc6 $1 Qe8 (
32... Bxc6 33. bxc6 f6 34. d7 $3 $18) 33. Ne7+ Kf8 34. Qh4 f6 35. Qh7 $16) 32.
Qe3 hxg6 (32... e5 33. Nb3 hxg6 34. Qxb6 $18) 33. Nxe6 Qa3 $1 {and black,
probably, will get a draw.}) 30... Nf5 31. Bxf5 $1 {Of course, white saves his
excellent knight.} exf5 32. Qe7 Qc8 $1 (32... Qe8 33. Qd6) 33. Nc6 $1 (33. Qd6
$4 Qxc3 $11) 33... h6 $1 34. Qd6 {[%cal Gc6e7]} Kh7 35. Qxd5 Qe8 (35... Be6 36.
Qd4) 36. c4 $16 {White is going to organize the passed "b" pawn.} Be6 37. Qd4
Qa8 $1 38. c5 {White organizes the passed pawn "b".} (38. Qxb6 Qa4 $3 {[%cal
Ga4d1,Gd1h5]} 39. Qd4 Bxc4 $11) 38... bxc5 39. Qxc5 Qa4 $1 40. f3 {closing the
h5-d1 diagonal.} Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Bd5 $1 {Black is activizing his pieces in order
to create the counterplay on the kingside and to find some perpetual check.}
42. Qd4 $6 (42. Nb4 $142 Qe1 43. Nd3 $16) 42... Qe1 $1 {[%cal Gd5e4] and now
it isn't so clear how to win this position.} 43. Nb4 (43. Qf4 g6 44. Nb4 Be4
$11) {[%tqu "En","Please find the best move for black.","","","d5e4","",10]}
43... Be4 $1 44. Nd3 {White tries to win the game at any price, going to the
QQ endgame without pawn!} (44. fxe4 Qh4+ 45. Kg1 Qe1+ $11) 44... Bxd3 45. Qxd3
Qxe5+ 46. Kh3 Qc5 47. Qd7 f4 $1 48. Kh2 (48. Qxf7 Qxb5 $11) 48... Qh5+ 49. Kg1
Qc5+ 50. Kf1 Qc4+ 51. Ke1 g6 (51... Qc1+ $11) 52. Qc6 Qd4 53. Ke2 Qe3+ 54. Kf1
Qd3+ 55. Kg1 Qd4+ 56. Kh2 Qd8 57. Qe4 $1 Qf6 $2 {The mistake white waited for!}
(57... Qh4+ 58. Kg1 Qf6 $11) 58. Qb4 $1 {[%cal Yb4e1,Gb5b6]} Qb6 $8 59. Qxf4
$16 Kg8 (59... Qxb5 {loses on the spot:} 60. Qxf7+ Kh8 61. Qxg6 $18) 60. Qe5 {
cutting the black monarch from the queenside.} Kf8 61. Kg3 f6 $1 62. Qe2 $1 {
not allowing the transfer of black K to the queenside.} Qd6+ 63. Kh3 h5 64. Qc4
Ke7 65. Qe4+ Kf7 66. Qb7+ Ke6 67. b6 {White succeeded to advance his passed
pawn "b", but black Q+K are too close to "b" line.} Qd7 68. Qa6 (68. Qa7 g5)
68... Kd6+ 69. Kh2 Qc6 70. Qa7 {White had possibility to go on the QQ endgame
with pawn up, but black's chances to get the draw are too high:} (70. Qd3+ Ke7
71. Qxg6 Qxb6 72. Qxh5 Qd4 {and with the right defence black will achieve a
draw.}) 70... Qc5 $2 (70... Qc4 $142) 71. Qb8+ $6 {missing a winning
continuation:} (71. f4 g5 (71... Qc4 72. b7 Qxf4+ 73. g3 Qd2+ 74. Kh3 $18) (
71... Qf2 72. Qc7+ Kd5 73. Qf7+ Kc6 74. Qxf6+ Kb7 75. Kh3 $18) 72. Qf7 $18)
71... Kd7 72. b7 $4 {missing something else...} (72. Qa7+ $142 Kd6 73. f4) {
[%tqu "En","Please find the best continuation for black.","","","c5c7","",10]}
72... Qc7+ $1 {Unpleasant surprise...} 73. Qxc7+ Kxc7 74. Kg3 {After a so good
position white had during the game, he has to find right moves to get the draw!
} Kxb7 (74... g5 $6 75. f4 Kxb7 76. fxg5 fxg5 77. Kf3 Kc6 78. Ke4 Kd6 79. Kf5
g4 80. Kg5 Ke5 $11) 75. Kh4 $1 Kc6 76. f4 $1 Kd5 77. f5 gxf5 78. Kxh5 Ke5 79.
Kg6 f4 80. Kg7 {The precisest one.} Kf5 81. Kf7 Kg5 82. Ke6 (82. Ke6 f5 83. Ke5
Kg4 84. Kf6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden ZMD op"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2004.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 {Uhlmann is one of the greatest experts of French defence.} 2. d4 d5
3. e5 {White's main idea of Advance variation is to get a space advantage,
while, black usually presses white's centre.} c5 {This continuation is more
popular than} (3... b6 {[%cal Yc8a6] 1-0 Erenburg,S-Deutsch,E/Tel Aviv 2002/
CBM 92/[Erenburg] (41)}) 4. c3 Nc6 {Another attempt to equalize is} (4... Qb6
5. Nf3 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Erenburg,S-Gunnarsson,J/Chech Open Pardubice 2003/
[Erenburg] (82)}) 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 {White's main idea is to catch some space
on the queenside, carrying out b2-b4.} c4 {Black prefers to close the game on
the queenside. Other options are:} (6... a5 {0-1 Erenburg,S-Shachar,E/Tel Aviv
2002/CBM 93/[Erenburg] (35)}) (6... Nh6 {0-1 Erenburg,S-Kortschnoj,V/Beer
Sheva 2004/[Erenburg] (40)}) 7. Nbd2 f6 {Black attacks white's centre. Other
theoretical lines are:} (7... Bd7) (7... Na5 {1-0 Erenburg,S-Sangma,R/Goa 2002/
CBM 91 ext/[Erenburg] (35)}) 8. Be2 fxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Bc5 11. O-O Ne7
12. b4 {In this way white gets a pair of bishops, but, black gets a superior
pawn structure as compensation for it.} cxb3 13. Nxb3 O-O 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 {
My opponent had this position twice in previous games.} 15. Qd3 (15. Qb3 Nf5
16. a4 Qc7 17. Ba3 Rf7 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. Bb2 Qc6 {and black's
position isn't worse. 0-1 Roos,J-Uhlmann,W/Germany 1998/GER-chT (43)}) (15. Qc2
d4 16. Bd3 Nf5 17. cxd4 Qxc2 18. Bxc2 Nxd4 19. Be4 Ne2+ 20. Kh1 Nc3 21. Bf3 $14
{and white's chances are obviously better. 1-0 Haba,P-Uhlmann,W/Wattens 1996/
EXT 2000 (51)}) 15... b6 $146 {I'm not sure black chose the best move. He had
the following possibilities:} (15... Qc7 16. Bg5 $1 Rf7 17. f4 Bd7 $6 18. Bh5
Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Rff8 20. Rab1 b6 21. c4 $1 {with complicated play in 1/2-1/2
Grischuk,A-Pelletier,Y/Biel 2001/CBM 85/[Pelletier] (61)}) ({After} 15... Bd7
16. a4 Be8 17. Ba3 Qc7 18. Qh3 $36 {white succeeds to develop the initiative.})
(15... Nf5 {can be met by} 16. g4 $1 $36) (15... Rf7 16. Be3 Qc7 17. f4 Bd7 $13
{with approximately equal chances.}) 16. a4 $1 {adding the option of occupying
the a3-f8 diagonal by the dark-squared bishop.} Rf7 {defending the knight and
preparing a transfer of knight to f5.} 17. Bh5 $1 {forcing black to play g7-g6,
that will weaken dark squares in black camp.} g6 ({In case of} 17... Rf5 18.
Ba3 Qc4 (18... Qc7 19. Bd6 $14) 19. Qxc4 dxc4 20. Bg4 $16 {and white's
position is better, thanks to an active pair of bishops.}) 18. Bg4 Nf5 19. Bg5
{White is going to occupy the f6 square by his dark-sqaured bishop, that will
give him good chances for an attack on black king.} Qc4 {Black improves the
position of his queen, that will help him to defend against white's attack on
the kingside.} 20. Qh3 {The decision to keep the queens on the board seems
very logical, but, maybe, white should have prefered the following possibility:
} (20. Qxc4 dxc4 21. Be2 $16 {and white gets an obvious advantage, thanks to
pair of bishops and weak black's queenside pawns.}) 20... h5 $1 {In this way,
black solves the problem of developing the light-squared bishop.} 21. Bxf5 exf5
$1 {Very strong move, which liberates the e6 square for the bishop.} ({Worse is
} 21... Rxf5 22. Bf6 $36) 22. Rfe1 $2 {After this inaccuracy, white throws
away his advantage.} ({Better was} 22. Rfd1 Qg4 (22... Be6 {black's position
becomes dangerous.} 23. Rd4 $16) 23. Qxg4 fxg4 24. Rxd5 Rd7 (24... Be6 25. Rd6
$16) 25. c4 $18) ({After} 22. e6 Bxe6 23. Rfe1 {black probably will neutralize
white's initiative.} Re8 {[%cal Yc4g4] threatening with Qg4.}) 22... Be6 23.
Bf6 {Otherwise, black could play Qg4, trading the queens.} Rc8 24. Qe3 $1 {
threatening with Qh6.} Kh7 25. Rec1 Rfc7 {After the inaccuracy on 22-nd move,
the position became unclear. White doesn't have any concrete initiative on the
kingside. Black's pieces are more active. But, we cannot evaluate the position
as worse for white, becuase every opening of the game will lead to troubles
for black monarch.} 26. h4 {Prophylactic move, which liberates the h2 square
for the king.} d4 $2 {It is terrible mistake to open up the game, when there
is so dangerous bishop on f6.} ({Much better was} 26... Qb3 27. Qg5 (27. a5
Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Qxc3 29. Qxc3 Rxc3 30. axb6 axb6 31. Ra7+ Kg8 $11) 27... Rxc3 28.
Rcb1 Qc4 29. Bg7 $1 Kxg7 30. Qf6+ Kh7 31. Qe7+ Kh6 $11) 27. cxd4 Qxc1+ 28. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 29. Kh2 $16 R1c3 ({More resistant was} 29... R1c7 $16) 30. Qd2 {
threatening with d4-d5.} Bd5 31. Qb2 $1 {[%mdl 2048] White threatens with Qb5,
thus, he forces black to play Rb3, that will discoordinate black's forces.} ({
It was not so late to make a mistake.} 31. e6 $2 R3c6 $1) 31... Rb3 $8 32. Qe2
$1 {[%cal Ye5e6][%mdl 2048] intending to advance the "e" pawn.} Rc6 ({In case
of} 32... f4 {white reacts with} 33. Qd2 $1 (33. e6 $4 Rc1 $19 34. e7 Rh3+ {
with mate.}) 33... f3 34. g4 hxg4 35. Qg5 Be6 36. Bd8 $18) 33. Be7 $1 {[%cal
Ge7d6,Ye5e6,Ye2a6][%mdl 2048] improving the location of dark-squared bishop,
transfering it to d6, afterware white's threats Qa6 and e6 will be unparried.}
(33. Qa6 $2 Rc7 34. Bd8 $4 Bc4 $19) 33... f4 {[%cal Yc6c1,Gb3h3,Yd5h1,Gc1h1]
building the mating construction of Rc1, Rh3+} ({Black doesn't survive after} 
33... Bc4 {as well:} 34. Qd2 Rd3 35. Qg5 $18) 34. Qd2 $1 $18 {[%mdl 2048]
After this exact move, black is hopeless.} f3 ({Doesn't change anything:} 34...
Rc7 35. Bd6 Rf7 36. Qe1 $1 {[%cal Ye5e6]} Be6 37. d5 $18) {[%tqu "En","Please
find the best move for white.","","","e7f8","",10]} 35. Bf8 $1 {[%mdl 2048]
Finally, white's forces are coordinated, that decises the result of the game.}
Kg8 36. Qh6 Rc7 ({After} 36... Kf7 {white wins easily:} 37. Qg7+ Ke6 38. Qg8+
$18) 37. Qxg6+ {Black resigned in view of the following variation:} (37. Qxg6+
Kxf8 38. Qd6+ Re7 39. Qd8+ Re8 40. Qxd5 $18 {and white's material advantage is
too big.}) 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Shachar, Ehud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 a5 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. Bc2 {
Quite a rare way to fight for the advantage.} ({White usually tries to get the
advantage after} 8. O-O {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Anand,V/New Delhi/Theran 2000/CBM 80/
[Ftacnik] (34)}) 8... h5 9. O-O Nh6 10. b3 {A good waiting move, as well as,
is moving away the pawn from its vulnerable b2 square.} (10. Ra2 Be7 11. Be3 {
See 0-1 Spassky,B-Kortschnoj,V/St Petersburg 1999/EXT 2000 (40)}) 10... Be7 (
10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Nf5 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Ne2 {[%cal Yc1g5,Ye2f4]
This position is exactly what white is striving to get.}) (10... Nf5 $6 11.
dxc5) 11. Ra2 {[%csl Ga2] The white rook would enter to the game after
exchange of light-squared bishop on the black knight on f5.} ({White tried} 11.
h4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. Bb2 Qd8 14. g3 b5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Mukhametov,
E-Kortschnoj,V/Baden 1997/EXT 99 (38)}) 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. Kh1 $1 $146
{[%mdl 8] White prepares Nc3, and waits for black's g5 as well.} (13. Be3 $6
Ng4) (13. Bxh6 $5 Rxh6 14. Qd2 Rh8 15. h4 $13 {1-0 Spassky,B-Kortschnoj,V/St
Petersburg 1999/EXT 2000 (40)}) ({White still cannot play Nc3 in view of:} 13.
Nc3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 (14. Nxd5 $4 Nxf3+) 14... Rxc3) 13... g5 {[%cal Gg5g4] Black
hasn't useful moves anymore, so he decides to play actively.} (13... Nf5 14.
Bxf5 exf5 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Ne2 {[%cal Yc1g5] and white keeps the control over
the black squares.}) (13... O-O $2 14. Bxh6) 14. Be3 $1 Nf5 $6 ({Relatively
better was} 14... g4 15. Ng1 $14 {with following Ne2.}) 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Nxg5
f4 $8 ({In case of} 16... Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qxd4 {[%tqu "En","Please find the way
to get winning position for white.","","","e5e6","",10]} 18. e6 $1 $18 {
[%cal Gd1d4,Gg5f6]} (18. Rd2 Qg4 {and black still keeps some chance.}) 18...
fxe6 (18... Qxd1 19. exd7+ Kxd7 20. Rxd1 $18) 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. Bf6 $18) 17.
Bxf4 Qxd4 18. Bd2 $6 {throws away the white's advantage.} ({White could get
the advantage after} 18. Qf3 $1 Bg4 19. Qg3 Rg8 20. h4 $16) (18. Qd2 {was
strong as well}) 18... Nxe5 19. Nf3 (19. Bc3 {didn't promise anything special}
Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Rg8 $11) 19... Nxf3 20. Qxf3 Qg4 (20... Bg4 $2 {allows tactical
resourse to white} 21. Bc3 $1) 21. Qd3 $8 {White hasn't another options:} (21.
Qxd5 $2 Bc6 {[%cal Rg4g2,Rc6g2]} 22. f3 Qxg2+ $17) (21. Qxg4 $2 hxg4 {[%csl
Gd7,Ge7,Rh1,Gh8]}) 21... Rg8 (21... Qe4 $6 22. Qxe4 dxe4 23. Bxa5 $14) 22. Rg1
$13 d4 $6 {[%cal Gd7c6]} (22... Rc5 {[%cal Gd7f5] deserved attention}) 23. f3
$1 {A strong move, which limites the possibilities of black's light-squared
bishop, when it comes to c6. After white neutralizes black's activity, he
starts to activize his pieces and to capture the material.} Qh4 ({In case of} 
23... Qg6 24. Qxd4 Bc5 25. Re1+ Kf8 (25... Kd8 26. Bxa5+ b6 27. Qh4+ Kc7 28.
Bb4 $18 {[%csl Gg2]}) (25... Be6 26. Qa4+ $18) 26. Bh6+ $1 $18) 24. Qh7 $1 {
the queen is penetrating to the black camp, which is unpleasant to opponent
camp.} Rg6 (24... Rf8 {leads to lost position for black.} 25. Bh6 Bd6 26. g3
Qf6 27. Qe4+ Kd8 28. Bxf8 Bc6 29. Bg7 $18) 25. Qh8+ $1 ({The mistake was to
play} 25. Bxa5 $2 Be6 $1 {[%cal Ge8d7]}) 25... Bf8 26. Bxa5 {[%cal Ga5b4]} Qf6
$8 27. Re2+ $16 Be6 28. Qxh5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] This position I saw in my
calculations from 23-rd move, and I didn't find anything dangerous for me...} (
{After the simple} 28. Qxf6 {white keeps the advantage.} Rxf6 29. Bb6 $16) {
[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for black.","","","c8c5","",10]} 28... Rc5 $19
{[%csl Ra5,Rh5] The blunder 28.Qxh5 allows black to win a piece, so the almost
winning position turned into an absolutely lost one.} (28... Rg5 $4 {This is
the only move I saw for black} 29. Rxe6+ $1 $18) 29. Qh3 Rxa5 {Black is a
piece up, white hasn't any compensation, so the rest was a matter of technic.}
30. f4 Qxf4 31. Qd3 Rh6 32. g3 Qf5 $1 33. Qxd4 Qf3+ 34. Rgg2 Rxh2+ $1 35. Kxh2
Rh5+ {The well-conducted game by white, except of one move, which cost for
white the whole point!} (35... Rh5+ 36. Kg1 Bc5 $19) 0-1

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosic, Dragan"]
[Black "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1994.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Be3 $5 (6. Be2) 6... Nf5 7.
Bd3 Nxe3 8. fxe3 Be7 9. O-O $5 (9. Qd2) 9... O-O 10. Nbd2 Bd7 11. a3 {/\ b4} (
11. Qe1 $142 {/\Qg3}) 11... c4 12. Bc2 b5 13. Qe1 a5 14. Qg3 b4 15. e4 (15.
axb4 axb4 16. e4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Qb6 $17) 15... bxc3 16. bxc3 a4 17. Rf2 Rb8 18.
Nf1 (18. exd5 exd5 19. Bxa4 Nxd4 $1 20. cxd4 (20. Nxd4 Bh4 $1) 20... Bxa4 $17)
(18. Qh3 $5 h6 19. exd5 exd5 20. Bf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 $13 {/\e6}) 18... Rb3 $1 19.
Bxb3 cxb3 20. Qg4 $1 (20. exd5 exd5 21. Ne3 Be6 {/\ Na5} 22. c4 dxc4 23. d5 Bc5
$19) 20... Na5 21. Ng3 Kh8 $1 (21... Nc4 22. Nh5 g6 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. exf6 Qxf6
25. exd5 $16) 22. Nh5 Rg8 23. exd5 $6 (23. h4 $142 $1 {/\Ng5}) 23... exd5 24.
e6 Bxe6 25. Ne5 Qe8 $17 26. Qe2 (26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. Nf7+ Qxf7 28. Rxf7 b2 {
/\ Ba3-+}) 26... Bd6 27. Qa6 Bxe5 28. Qxa5 Bd6 29. Qa6 Qd7 30. Nf4 h6 31. Nd3 (
31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. Raf1 Bxa3 33. Rf7 Be7 $19) 31... Rc8 32. Nb2 Rxc3 33. Nxa4 (
33. Qxa4 Qc7) 33... Rc2 34. Rb1 (34. Nc5 Qc7 $19) (34. Rxc2 bxc2 35. Nc5 Qc7
$19) 34... Bxh2+ $19 35. Kf1 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Qe7 37. Rxb3 Qh4+ 38. g3 Qxd4+ 39.
Kg2 Qd2+ 40. Kh1 Bf5 41. Nc3 Bxg3 42. Qa8+ Kh7 43. Qxd5 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv/Modiin"]
[Date "2000.12.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2000.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 48]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 {Nowdays
this move is not so popular and black usually opts for 6...Bd7 or for 6...a5.}
7. g3 Bd7 8. Bg2 Na5 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. O-O f5 $5 {I think this move has to be
made otherwise white has very unpleasent initiative on the kingside.} (10...
Qc7 11. Ne1 Nc8 12. f4 Nb6 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. Nc2 Kb8 15. Ne3 Be7 16. f5 $14 {
Danesis,O-Makka,I/4th Open 2000}) (10... h6 11. Rb1 (11. Qe2 O-O-O 12. Rb1 Kb8
13. Ne1 Nb3 14. Ndf3 Nxc1 15. Rxc1 Nf5 16. Rb1 $14 {Biolek,R-Hagara,E/Mipap
Cup 2000}) 11... Qc7 12. Re1 (12. Qc2 Nc8 13. Ne1 Nb6 14. Qd1 O-O-O 15. f4 f5
16. exf6 gxf6 17. Qe2 Bd6 18. Nef3 $14 {Ionnides,M-Naumkin,I/London Lloyds 1993
}) 12... Nc8 13. Nf1 Nb6 14. Ne3 O-O-O 15. Qe2 Be7 16. Nd2 Kb8 17. f4 Ka8 18.
Rf1 $14 {Havranek,M-Prandstetter,E/Decin op 1996}) (10... Nf5 11. Re1 Be7 12.
Rb1 h5 13. h4 Rc8 14. Bh3 g6 15. Qc2 Rc7 16. Nf1 Qb3 17. Qe2 Ba4 18. Bxf5 gxf5
19. Bg5 $14 {Nunn,J-Arkell,K/Isle of Man op 1994}) 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Nh4 $1
O-O-O (12... h5 $6 {[%csl Rh5]} 13. Bf3 e5 14. Bxh5+ Kd8 15. dxe5 fxe5 16. Bf3
$14) (12... Ng6 $2 13. Qh5 $16 {[%cal Gh5e8,Gh5h8]}) 13. Qh5 (13. f4 $6 e5 {
[%cal Gb6g1]} 14. fxe5 fxe5 15. Ndf3 Nb3 16. Rb1 Bg7 17. Bg5 Rhe8 $17) 13...
Be8 14. Qe2 Ng6 15. Ndf3 Bf7 (15... Nb3 16. Rb1 Nxc1 17. Rbxc1 Bf7 18. Qc2 Bg7
19. Rfe1 Rde8 $44) 16. Be3 Kb8 $5 {I wasn't sure if the king is very safe on
c8 (espacially if black decides to play e5 at some stage) and decided to
transfer it to safer shelter in the corner.} 17. Rfe1 Ka8 18. Bh3 {[%csl Re6]
[%cal Ge2c2,Ge1e2,Ga1e1,Ge3c1]} Bg7 19. Qc2 Rde8 20. Re2 Nc6 {The Knight has
nothing to do on a5.} 21. Rae1 Nxh4 22. Nxh4 Ne7 23. Bf4 (23. Bxe6 $6 Qxe6 (
23... Bxe6 $2 24. Bh6 Bxh6 25. Rxe6 Qd8 26. Qe2 Bf8 27. Nf5 $16 {[%cal Ge1e8]})
24. Bh6 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 Bxh6 $15) (23. Bc1 $5 $11) 23... Ng6 24. Ng2 (24. Nxg6
hxg6 25. Bg2 g5 26. Bc1 Bh5 27. Re3 f5 $15) 24... e5 25. Be3 e4 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "Israel"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Black "Krayz, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.08.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Be3 Qb6 (5... Nge7 $5 {Knaak} 6. Nf3 (
6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Qd2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc3 (9. Bxf5 exf5 $10) 9... Nxe3 10. fxe3
Bd7 11. Nge2 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O-O Nb4 14. Rhf1 Be7 15. Nf4 O-O-O 16. Kb1
Kb8 17. Ka1 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Rc8 $15 {Bobras,P-Socko,B/POL-chJ U20 (04) ;TD 94\01
1994/1/2-1/2 (78)}) (6. f4 $2 Nf5 7. Bf2 cxd4 8. Bxd4 $6 Nfxd4 (8... Qh4+ 9. g3
Nxg3 10. Bf2 Qxf4 $19 {/\ Qe4+}) 9. cxd4 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Bb4 $15 {0-1 Lang,
W-Heinz,W/PF-op Mehlingen ;GER 05 1992 (29)}) 6... Nf5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nxe3
9. fxe3 Nb4 10. Nc3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 Be7 12. h4 Bd7 13. O-O-O Rb8 14. e4 dxe4 {
1/2-1/2 Boensch,U-Chernin,A/Tilburg (02) ;CBM 44 1994}) 6. Qd2 Bd7 7. f4 $5 {
The main expert of this variation GM V.Kupreichik prefers 7.Nf3,but I think
that the move in the game has the full right to exsist.} (7. dxc5 $6 {Knaak}
Bxc5 8. Bxc5 Qxc5 9. Nf3 f6 (9... Nge7 {/\ Ng6=/+}) 10. b4 Qe7 11. exf6 Nxf6 (
11... Qxf6 $5) 12. b5 Na5 13. Qd4 $1 O-O 14. Nbd2 Kh8 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Bd3 b6
17. O-O Qc5 18. Nb3 $1 Nxb3 19. axb3 Qxd4 20. cxd4 $16 {1-0 Jonkman,H-Costello,
C/Leeuwarden op (02) ;TD 93\09 1993 (36)}) 7... Nh6 (7... Rc8 8. Nf3 f6 $5 9.
Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Na5 11. Nc3 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Rxc4 13. f5 $5 $36 {Gunnarsson,
J-Halldorsson,J/Hellir, Reykjavic ICL 1997 (24)}) 8. Nf3 Rc8 (8... cxd4 9. cxd4
Rc8 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Bd3 (11. h3 $5) 11... Bb4 12. h3 Nf5 13. Bf2 Nc4 14. Bxc4
Rxc4 15. O-O (15. g4 $5 Ne7 16. O-O Qa5 17. Rfd1 O-O 18. Qe3 $14 {Gunnarsson
Jon Viktor-Williams Simon/Olympiad (under 1995 (42)}) 15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 h5 $6
17. Nh4 $5 Nh6 18. Rab1 Qc7 19. Be1 Kd8 20. f5 $1 exf5 21. Qg5+ Kc8 22. Qxg7
$16 {Gunnarsson,J-Arnason,T/Reykjavik op (07) ;EXP 39 1994/1-0 (57)}) 9. h3 $5
{Sooner or later this move has to be played.} (9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4 11. Nc3
Na5 12. O-O $6 (12. h3 $5 $14) 12... Ng4 $1 13. h3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bxc3 15. bxc3
Nc4 $13 {Gunnarsson,J-Vidarsson,J/Hafnarfjordur open 1995/0-1 (49)}) 9... Nf5
10. Bf2 cxd4 ({Deserved attention immideate} 10... h5 $5 11. Be2 cxd4 12. cxd4
Na5 13. O-O Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 {winning a tempo comparing to variation which
occured in the game.}) 11. cxd4 h5 12. Nc3 Na5 13. Rc1 $1 Nc4 $6 (13... h4 $5
14. Bd3 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. O-O Be7 17. Rc2 O-O 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Nd1 $11)
14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. O-O Be7 ({Still} 15... h4 $5 {was in place.}) 16. g3 $1 $14 {
It's to early to play g4,because black king is in the center and it's very
usefull to prevent h4 in any case.} g6 17. Kg2 $1 {After g4 white king comes
to g3 defending the pawn.} Rc7 18. Rc2 Kf8 {It's to dangerous to castle and
black tries to bring his king to g7.} (18... O-O $6 19. g4 hxg4 20. hxg4 Nh6
21. Kg3 Kg7 22. Be3 Rh8 $8 23. Qc1 $1 $16 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gc2h2,Gf1h1,Gf4f5]}
(23. Rh1 $2 Nxg4 $1 24. Rxh8 Nxe3 $17)) 19. g4 Nh6 20. Kg3 Ke8 $6 {Strange
decision.It's true that black king woud'nt feel safe on g7,but it was
nessasary to play 20...Kg7.} 21. Be3 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Bf8 {Sad move to make,but
f5 was very unpleasent threat.} 22. Rfc1 Rc6 23. Ng5 Qd8 24. Na4 Rxc2 25. Qxc2
Be7 $6 (25... b6 26. Qb3 hxg4 27. hxg4 Bg7 28. Rc3 $1 Ng8 29. Qc2 $16 {[%csl
Ra7][%cal Gc3c7]}) 26. Nc5 $16 hxg4 27. hxg4 Bc8 $2 (27... Bc6) 28. Qa4+ Kf8
29. Qxa7 $18 {Now in addition to all positional pluses white has material
advantage!} Bxc5 30. Qxc5+ Kg7 31. Qc7 Qe8 32. Qa5 $1 {Black is completly tied
up and there is no reason to give him any counterchances.} Rf8 33. Bd2 Qd8 34.
Rc7 Re8 35. Bb4 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2005.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 {Nowdays players using
this variation prefer to play 6.a3.} (6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Qb6 8. O-O Nxd4 9.
Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3) (6. a3) 6... Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Qb6 10. O-O
Na5 {Intending to trade the lightsquared bishops on b5.} (10... Rc8 11. g4 Nfe7
12. Nh4 Nb4 13. Nxb4 Qxb4 14. f4 Nc6 (14... Bb5 15. Qd2 $1 Qa4 16. b3 Qa6 17.
Bxb5+ Qxb5 18. f5 Nc6 19. Bb2 $14 {Sveshnikov,E-Ulibin,M/Rus/1992/}) 15. Be3
Be7 16. Ng2 $14 {Sveshnikov,E-Gleizerov,E/RUS/1992}) (10... a5 11. g4 Nfe7 12.
Nh4 Ng6 13. Ng2 Be7 14. f4 O-O 15. Be3 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. h4 Bd6 18. h5 Nge7
19. Bd3 Rf7 $1 20. Qe2 a4 21. Rab1 Raf8 $13 {Yagupov,I-Piskov,Y/Rostov/1993/})
11. g4 (11. Ne3 $5) 11... Ne7 12. Nfe1 Bb5 13. Nd3 h5 $1 14. gxh5 (14. b4 Nac6
15. a4 Bc4 16. a5 Qc7 17. gxh5 Nf5 18. Be3 Bb3 (18... Rc8 19. Rc1 Qd8 20. Nf4
Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Qh4 22. a6 b6 23. Ne1 $16 {Stevic,H-Bukal,V/Pula 1996}) (18...
Qd8 $5 19. Nf4 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 a6 21. Rfb1 Na7 22. Na3 Nc6 23. Nc2 Na7 24. Na3
Nc6 25. Nc2 Na7 {1/2-1/2 Stevic,H-Dizdar,G/Porec 1998}) 19. Qb1 Bxc2 20. Qxc2
Qd8 21. Nc5 (21. Qa4 a6 22. b5 axb5 23. Qxb5 Qd7 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. Qxc5 Qe7 26.
Qc3 O-O $44 {Stevic,H-Suskovic,M/Zadar 1996}) 21... Bxc5 22. Qxc5 Rc8 23. Qb5
O-O 24. Rad1 Qe7 25. Kh1 Qh4 $17 {Van der Werf,M-Hansen,L/Wijk aan Zee 1993})
14... Nf5 15. Be3 Nc6 $1 {The knight is better placed on c6, attacking a pawn
on d4} (15... Nc4 16. a4 Ncxe3 17. fxe3 Bc4 18. Nf4 Bb3 19. Bb5+ Kd8 20. Qe2
Bxc2 21. a5 Qc7 22. Rfc1 Rc8 23. a6 b6 24. Ba4 $14 {Sveshnikov,E-Dolmatov,S/
Nabereznye Chelny 1988}) (15... Rc8 16. b3 (16. b4 Nc6 17. a4 Bc4 18. Rb1 Qd8
19. Nf4 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qh4 21. h3 Be7 22. Qg4 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rxc2 $15 {
Sveshnikov,E-Kiriakov,P/Elista 1994}) 16... Nc6 17. Rc1 Be7 18. Kh1 Ba6 19. Rg1
Rh7 20. Bg4 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Nd8 22. Qd2 $14 {Pioch,Z-Elwert,H/Norway 1994}) (
15... Qd8 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Rc1 Rxc2 $5 18. Qxc2 Nxd4 19. Qd1 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Qh4
21. Bg3 Qe4 22. Qc2 Nc6 $13 {Horvat,S-Pecnik,L/Pula 1999}) 16. a4 (16. Nc5 Bxe2
17. Qxe2 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 $17) 16... Bc4 17. b4 Qd8 $1 $36 {
Bringing the queen back to the kingside to attack white''s king which was
exposed by g4.} (17... Bb3 18. a5 Qd8 19. Nde1 Bxb4 20. Qb1 Bc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4
22. Nxb4 Qh4 $44 {Zenker,O-Lutzenberger,R/IECG email 2001}) 18. Bg4 Nxe3 19.
fxe3 Qg5 20. h3 Rxh5 21. Qf3 {It's obvious that black is doing fine, but
Shirov finds a way to decide the game in his favor in just 10 moves!} O-O-O $1
(21... Nd8 $15) 22. Qxf7 $2 {White doesn't feel the danger.} (22. Rad1 Rh6)
22... Rxh3 23. Qxe6+ (23. Nf2 Rg3+ 24. Kh2 Qh4+ 25. Bh3 Bxf1 26. Qxe6+ Kb8 27.
Rxf1 Rf3 28. Kg1 Qg5+ 29. Kh2 Nxb4 $19) 23... Kb8 24. Rxf8 Rg3+ (24... Rxf8 $2
25. Qd6+ Ka8 26. Qxf8+ $18) 25. Kf2 Rxg4 26. Qd6+ Ka8 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. Qd7 (
28. Nf4 Qh4+ 29. Kf3 Qg3#) 28... Rg2+ 29. Ke1 Qg3+ 30. Kd1 Qf3+ (30... Qf3+ 31.
Kc1 Rxc2+ 32. Kxc2 Qe2+ 33. Kc1 Qxe3+ 34. Kb1 Qxd3+ 35. Kc1 Qc3+ 36. Kb1 Qxb4+
37. Kc1 Qc3+ 38. Kb1 Nc6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[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. d4 {Kortschnoj} e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 (5... Qb6 6. a3
Bd7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Rc8) 6. a3 Rc8 {Kortschnoj} 7. Bd3 (7. b4 {Kortschnoj}
cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 {Transposing to the old main line 5...Qb6 6.a3 (Bd7 7.b4 cd4
8.cd4 Rc8).} 9. Be3 (9. Bb2 Na5 $1 10. Nbd2 Nc4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Rc1 c3 $44 {
Sax,G-Nogueiras,J/Wcht-Luzern/1989/1/2-1/2/ ;CBM 16}) 9... Nge7 $13 {Bezgodov,
A-Belozerov,A/St. Petersburg op/1994/0-1/ ;CBM 41 and Andrienko,A-Danielian,O/
Jurmala/1991/1/2-1/2/ ;CBM 24}) 7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. Bc2 g5 (9... Nxd4 $2
10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Nf3 Bxf2+ 12. Ke2 $16) 10. h3 Nxd4 $1 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Be3 (
12. Ne2 Bxf2+ 13. Kf1 f6 $1 $13 14. Ba4 fxe5 15. Bxd7+ $2 (15. Nbc3 Bc5 $13)
15... Kxd7 16. Qa4+ Rc6 17. g3 Ne7 18. Kg2 Nf5 19. Nbc3 Bxg3 $1 20. Nxg3 Nh4+
21. Kf1 Rf8+ 22. Ke1 Qf2+ 23. Kd1 Qxg3 (23... Rf3 $3 24. Nf1 Rd3+ 25. Bd2 Nf3
26. Kc2 Rd4 $19) 24. Qxa7 $13 {Sveshnikov,E-Chernin,A/URS-ch52 Riga/1985/}) (
12. Nf3 Bxf2+ 13. Ke2 Bg3 $8 {~/= Kortschnoj} 14. Rf1 Rxc2+ 15. Qxc2 Bb5+ $17)
12... Qxb2 {-/+ Kortschnoj} 13. Bb3 (13. O-O Bb6 14. Nd2 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 $17
) 13... Qxa1 14. O-O Ne7 15. Re1 (15. Nc2 $2 Qxe5 $19) 15... Nc6 (15... Qb2 $2
16. Re2) 16. Nxe6 $1 (16. Nc2 Qb2 17. Bxc5 Qxb3 $19 {-/+ Kortschnoj}) (16. Nf5
Nxe5 (16... d4 17. Ng7+ Kf8 18. Bxg5 Rg8 19. Bh6 $132) 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Bd4
Rc1 $1 19. Bxa1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 f6 $19) 16... Bxe3 $6 (16... Bxe6 17. Bxc5 b6 $17
) 17. Ng7+ Kf8 18. Qxd5 Nxe5 19. Rxe3 (19. Nh5 Qd4 $19) 19... Rc1+ (19... Qxb1+
$2 20. Kh2 Kxg7 21. Rxe5 $1 $40 (21. Qxe5+ Kh6 22. Rf3 Rhg8 $17)) 20. Kh2 Rxb1
21. Nh5 $2 (21. Rxe5 $1 Rxb3 (21... Rh1+ 22. Kg3 Rxh3+ 23. gxh3 Qg1+ 24. Kf3
Qh1+ 25. Ke2 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Bc6 27. Nf5 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 $13) (21... Kxg7 $2 22.
Qxf7+ Kh6 23. Qf6+ Kh5 24. Qxg5#) 22. Nf5 $1 (22. Qd6+ Kg8 23. Rxg5 h6 24. Ne6+
hxg5 25. Qf8+ Kh7 26. Qxf7+ Kh6 $19) 22... Rxh3+ 23. gxh3 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 f6 $15)
21... Rh1+ 22. Kg3 Rxh3+ {! Kortschnoj} 23. gxh3 Qg1+ 24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2
Bc6+ (25... Ng6 26. Nf6 Nf4+ 27. Kh2 Be6 $17) 26. Kg3 Nd7 {-/+ Kortschnoj} 27.
Bc2 (27. Kg4 h6 $17) 27... Rg8 28. Kg4 (28. Bxh7 $2 Rh8 $19) 28... h6 29. Bf5
Rg6 $1 30. h4 (30. Bxg6 $2 fxg6 31. Ng3 Nf6#) (30. f4 gxf4+ 31. Kxf4 Rg1 $19)
30... gxh4+ 31. Bxg6 fxg6 32. Nf4 Kf7 (32... Nf6+ 33. Kh3 g5 34. Ne6+ Kg8 35.
f4 Bd7 36. f5 $17) 33. Nd3 (33. Ne6 Nf6+ 34. Kxh4 g5+ 35. Kg3 Ne4+ 36. Kh2 Kxe6
37. f3 Kf5 38. fxe4+ Bxe4 $19) 33... g5 34. Kh3 (34. Kh5 Nf6+ 35. Kxh6 Ng4+ 36.
Kxg5 Nxe3 37. fxe3 h3 38. Ne5+ Ke6 39. Ng4 b5 40. Kh4 Bf3 41. Nh2 Bg2 $19)
34... Bd5 35. Ne5+ Nxe5 36. Rxe5 Be6+ 37. Kh2 Ke7 (37... Kf6 38. Rc5) 38. f4 (
38. Rc5 Kd6 $19) 38... Kf6 39. Rb5 (39. Rc5 gxf4 40. Rc7 f3 41. Kg1 Bd5 $19)
39... b6 40. fxg5+ hxg5 41. a4 Bd7 42. Rb4 Ke5 43. Rb1 (43. a5 b5 44. Rb2 g4
$19) 43... Bxa4 {-+ Kortschnoj} 44. Re1+ Kf6 45. Ra1 (45. Rc1 g4 46. Rc7 Bb5
47. Rxa7 g3+ 48. Kg2 (48. Kh3 Bf1+ 49. Kxh4 g2 $19) 48... Bc4 49. Rh7 Bd5+ 50.
Kh3 Be6+ 51. Kg2 Kg5 $19) 45... b5 46. Kh3 a5 47. Kg4 Kg6 (47... Kg6 48. Re1
Bb3 (48... b4 {Kortschnoj} 49. Re6+ Kf7 50. Ra6 Bd7+ 51. Kxg5 h3 $19) 49. Re5
Bd1+ 50. Kh3 b4 51. Rxa5 b3 $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.20"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 a5 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. O-O cxd4
9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nc3 Qb6 12. Qg4 (12. Kh1 Ne7 13. f4 d4 $1) 12...
g6 $146 {This novelty has not impressed the experts, black has fighting some
serious problems for the extra pawn.} 13. Be3 $1 Bc5 (13... Qd8 14. Nb5 h5 $2
15. Qxg6 $1 $18) (13... Qxb2 $2 14. Bd4 Qd2 15. Rfd1 Qh6 16. Nb5 Rc8 17. Nd6+
Bxd6 18. exd6 e5 (18... f6 19. Bb5 $1 $18) 19. Bb5 Nf6 20. Qe2 $18) 14. Na4 $6
(14. Qf4 $1 Rc8 (14... Ne7 15. Qf6 Rg8 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Rc2 $1 (
18. a4 Rd8 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. Bxb5+ Kf8)) (14... d4 15. b4 $3 dxe3 16. bxc5 Qxc5
17. Ne4 $18) 15. Na4 $1 Bxa4 (15... Bxe3 16. fxe3 Bxa4 17. Qxa4+ Kf8 18. Rxf7+
$1 Kxf7 19. Qd7+ Ne7 20. Rf1+ $18) 16. Qxa4+ Kd8 (16... Kf8 17. Rac1 $1 $18)
17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. b4 $14) 14... Bxa4 15. Qxa4+ Kf8 16. Bxc5+ (16. Qf4 Kg7 (
16... Bxe3 17. fxe3 Qc7 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. e4 $1) 17. Bxc5 (17. Rac1 Bxe3 18.
fxe3) 17... Qxc5 18. Rac1 Qb6 19. Rc2 $44) 16... Qxc5 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Qd7 $1 (
18. Rc2 Ne7 $1 19. Rfc1 Nc6 20. Bb5 Kg7 $11) 18... Rd8 $1 (18... Nh6 19. Rc7
Qxb2 20. Qe7+ (20. Qd6+ $5 Kg8 21. h3 $1) 20... Kg8 21. Qf6 Qxa3 $1 22. Rfc1
Rf8 23. h3 (23. Bb5 Ng4 24. Qg5 Qb2 $1) (23. Be2 Nf5) 23... Qxd3 24. Rc8 Qa3
25. R1c5 Qxc5 26. Rxc5 Nf5 $1 $13) 19. Qc7 Qxc7 20. Rxc7 Rb8 $1 {[%mdl 256]
Anand already sees the contours of counterplay, the position is practically
equal due to the precise defense.} (20... b6 21. Rfc1 Ne7 22. Rb7 Rc8 23. Rxc8+
Nxc8 24. h4 $1 $14) 21. Rfc1 Ne7 22. f4 Nc6 23. Rc5 (23. Bb5 Nd4 24. Bd3 Nc6
$11) 23... Kg7 (23... g5 24. Rb5 $1 (24. g3 gxf4 25. gxf4 Rg8+ 26. Kf2 Rg4 27.
Kf3 Rg7 $1 {f7-f6}) 24... Kg7 (24... Nd4 $6 25. Rxa5 gxf4 26. Ra7 Nc6 27. Raxb7
Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Nxe5 29. Rb8+ $1 Kg7 30. Rxh8 Kxh8 31. Bb5 $1 d4 32. a4 d3 33.
Kf2 Kg7 34. a5 $18) 25. g3 Rhc8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxb7 Nd4 28. Kf2 $14) 24. Rb5
g5 $1 25. g3 h5 $1 {The correct plan, white will have plenty of problems with
pawn structure on the kingside.} 26. Rbxb7 Rxb7 27. Rxb7 h4 28. Kg2 hxg3 (28...
Nd4 $5) 29. hxg3 gxf4 30. gxf4 Rh4 31. Kg3 Rh1 32. Kg2 (32. Bb5 Nd4 33. Be8 Kf8
$1 34. Bxf7 $2 Rh7 $19) (32. Rc7 Nd4 33. b4 Ra1 $1 34. Rc3 axb4 35. axb4 Ra2
$17) 32... Rh4 (32... Rd1 33. Bb5 Nd4 34. Be8) 33. Kg3 Rh1 34. Kg2 (34. Rb6 Nd4
35. b4 $140 $2 Ra1 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc3 Be7 (9... h5 $5) (9... Rc8 10. Be3 Be7 11. Bd3 g6 12. Rc1 O-O 13.
Bxf5 gxf5 14. Bh6 Re8 15. h4 Bxh4 16. Qd2 Be7 17. Qf4 $16 {Blatny,P-Ghinda,M/
Stara Zagora zt/1990/}) 10. g4 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Be3 O-O 13. f4 f6 14. exf6
(14. Qd2 fxe5 15. fxe5 Rxf1+ 16. Rxf1 h6 $10) 14... Bxf6 15. Rc1 g6 16. Qd2 Bg7
17. Bf3 Qa5 18. Bg2 Kh8 19. Kh1 Rac8 20. h3 Qb4 21. Rfd1 b6 22. Bf1 Na5 23. b3
Bc6 24. Ne4 Qe7 (24... Qxd2 25. Rxd2 $14) 25. Ng5 $6 (25. Nf2 $5 e5 26. fxe5
Bxe5 27. Rxc6 Nxc6 28. dxe5 Qxe5 $13) 25... e5 $1 26. Rxc6 (26. fxe5 $2 h6 $19)
(26. Nf3 exf4 27. Bxf4 Qe4 $19) 26... Nxc6 27. dxe5 Nxe5 (27... h6 28. Nf3 g5
$1 $17) 28. fxe5 h6 29. Ba6 Rcd8 $6 (29... Rce8 $5) 30. Bf4 Rde8 (30... hxg5
31. Bxg5 Qxe5 32. Bxd8 Rxd8 $10) 31. Bb5 hxg5 32. Bxe8 gxf4 33. Bxg6 Qh4 34.
Bf5 $5 (34. Qh2 Bxe5 35. Rxd5 Qe1+ 36. Qg1 Qe2 $40) 34... f3 (34... Qxh3+ 35.
Qh2 Qxh2+ 36. Kxh2 Bxe5 37. Rxd5 $14) 35. Qh2 Re8 36. e6 Kg8 37. g5 $1 Bf8 (
37... Qxg5 38. Rxd5 Qc1+ 39. Qg1 Qc6 40. Qg6 f2 $2 41. Qf7+ Kh8 42. Qh5+ Kg8
43. Bh7+ Kh8 44. Be4+ $18) 38. Qe5 Qf2 39. Rg1 Re7 40. Bg6 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Bb5 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. Nxb5 Qxb5 10. Qxd4 Nc6 (10... Bc5 11. Bxc4 Qb6 12. Qh4 Nc6 13. O-O a5 (
13... Nge7 14. b4 Bd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bb2 Ndf5 17. Qe4 O-O 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19.
Rd3 Rxd3 20. Bxd3 Ng6 {0-1 Menshikov,A-Davydov,S/Orsk/2000/ (42)}) 14. Qg3 g6
15. Ng5 Be7 16. b3 Qd4 17. Bf4 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qxe5 19. Bf4 Qg7 20. Bd2 Nf6 21.
Bc3 O-O 22. Rfe1 {1-0 Gunnarsson,J-Kjartansson,D/Reykjavik 1999/ (40)}) 11. Qf4
Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Bxc4 (13. Bxb4 Nxb4 14. O-O-O Nd5 15. Qxc4 a6 16. Kb1 Nge7
17. Qg4 Rc8 18. Bd3 Rc6 19. Nd2 O-O 20. Qe4 Ng6 21. g3 Rb6 {0-1 Fofanov,
I-Badmatsyrenov,O/Smolensk 2001/ (31)}) 13... Bxd2+ (13... Nge7 14. Bxb4 Nxb4
15. O-O Nbd5 16. Qe4 $14) 14. Qxd2 Qc5 (14... Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Rd8+ 16. Ke3 Nge7
17. Rhd1 $14) 15. Qc3 Nge7 (15... Na5 16. Rc1 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Qxc4 18. Rxc4 Ne7
19. Ke2 Nd5 20. Rhc1 Kd7 21. Ng5 $14) 16. b4 Qb6 (16... Nd5 17. Qb3 Qb6 18.
Bxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 O-O 20. O-O $16) 17. O-O O-O 18. Rad1 {White has more space
and great potential in active bishop.} Rad8 19. Bd3 h6 (19... Nd5 20. Qc4 Nce7
21. Rd2 Rd7 22. Rfd1 $14) 20. h4 Rd5 (20... Nd5 21. Qc4 f6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23.
Qe4 $14) 21. Be4 Rxd1 (21... Rdd8 $5) 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rd6 $1 Rc8 (23... Rxd6
24. exd6 Nd5 25. Qc4 Nf6 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Ne5 $16) 24. Qd3 a6 25. h5 Rd8 26.
Nh2 Nc8 (26... Rxd6 27. exd6 Nd5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Qxd5 $16) 27. Rd7 (27. Rxd8+
Qxd8 28. Qxd8+ Nxd8 29. Ng4 $14) 27... N8e7 28. Ng4 Rxd7 (28... Nd5 29. Nxh6+
$1 gxh6 30. Qg3+ Kf8 (30... Kh8 31. Rxf7 $18) 31. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 32. Qg6+ Kf8 (
32... Ke7 33. Qg7+ Ke8 34. Bg6#) 33. Qxh6+ Ke8 34. Qxe6+ Kf8 (34... Nde7 35.
Bg6+ $18) 35. Bxd5 Rxd5 36. Qxd5 Qd4 37. Qxd4 Nxd4 38. Kh2 $16) 29. Qxd7 Qd8 (
29... Kf8 30. g3 a5 31. bxa5 Qxa5 32. Bxc6 Nxc6 33. Qxb7 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 $16) 30.
Qxb7 Nxe5 31. Ne3 {The pawn assymetry helps the player with a bishop, Gelfand
faces serious problems.} (31. Nxe5 $2 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qxh5+ 33. Kg1 Qd1+ 34. Kh2
Qh5+ $11) 31... f5 (31... Nc4 32. Nxc4 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qxh5+ 34. Kg3 Qg5+ 35. Kf3
f5 36. Bd3 Qg4+ 37. Ke3 Nd5+ 38. Kd2 Qf4+ 39. Kc2 Qxf2+ 40. Kb3 Qg3 41. Nb2 $16
) 32. Bc2 Qd6 33. Bb3 (33. Qa8+ Kh7 (33... Kf7 34. Ba4 Nd5 35. Nxd5 exd5 36. f4
$16)) 33... f4 (33... Kh7 34. Qa8 Qb6 35. Qf8 Qd6 36. Qe8 $16) 34. Nc4 Nxc4 (
34... Qd3 35. Nxe5 Qxb3 36. Qa8+ (36. Qxe7 $2 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qxh5+ 38. Kg1 Qxe5
$11) 36... Kh7 37. Qxa6 Qd1+ 38. Qf1) 35. Bxc4 Qd1+ 36. Bf1 $1 Nf5 37. Qxa6 Nd4
(37... Kf7 38. Qe2 Qa4 39. Qf3 $18) 38. Qd3 Qa1 (38... Qxd3 39. Bxd3 $18) 39.
b5 {The b pawn can be stopped only at a great cost of freeing white pieces.} e5
(39... Qb2 40. a4 Kf7 41. a5 $18) 40. b6 f3 (40... Qb2 41. Qc4+ Kf8 42. Qc8+
$18) 41. gxf3 (41. b7 Ne2+ 42. Kh2 Qb2 43. Qxf3 $18) 41... Qb2 42. Qc4+ Kf8 (
42... Kh8 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. Bd3+ $18) 43. Qc5+ Kf7 44. Bc4+ Kf6 (44... Ke8 45.
Kg2 $18) 45. Qf8+ Kg5 46. Qxg7+ Kf5 47. Bd3+ (47. Qg6+ $1 $18) 47... Ke6 48.
Bc4+ Kf5 (48... Kd6 49. Qc7#) 49. Qg6+ (49. Qg6+ Kf4 50. Qg4#) 1-0

[Event "Berlin East DSV"]
[Site "Berlin East"]
[Date "1982.10.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Casper, Thomas"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1982.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 (7. g3 $5)
7... f6 $6 (7... Bd7) 8. Be2 (8. exf6 $6 Nxf6 9. b3 (9. g3 $10 {/\ Bg2 Uhlmann}
) 9... cxb3 10. Rb1 Bd6 11. Bd3 (11. Nxb3 Qc7 12. c4 O-O 13. c5 Bf4 14. Bd2 e5
$36) 11... O-O 12. O-O e5 $36) (8. g3 $5 fxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Bc5 (10...
Qc7 11. Nf3 Bc5 12. Bg2 Ne7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qe2 $14) 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qe2 Ne7
13. Bg2 Bd7 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Nf3 $14 {Honfi,K-Uhlmann,W/Solingen/1974/1:0 (39)
/}) (8. b3 $6 fxe5 9. bxc4 e4 10. Nh4 Nf6 11. g3 Be7 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Be2 O-O
14. O-O Na5 $1 $15 {Enders,P-Uhlmann,W/DDR-ch/1978/0:1/52)/}) 8... Qc7 (8...
Bd7 9. O-O O-O-O 10. b3 cxb3 11. Nxb3 Qc7 (11... Nge7 12. Rb1 Ng6 13. c4 dxc4
14. Bxc4 $16) 12. Rb1 Be8 13. Bf4 h6 14. c4 g5 15. Bd2 Bg6 16. cxd5 Rxd5 17.
Bc4 Bxb1 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Qxb1 $16 {Sveshnikov,E-Meshkov,Y/Podolsk/1990/1:0 /
35/}) (8... fxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 $5 (9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qc7 (10... Nh6 11. Nxc4 $1
dxc4 12. Bxh6 Bd7 $8 13. Bg5 Qxb2 14. O-O Qxc3 15. Bh5+ g6 16. Qb1 $3 $16 {
Paehtz,T-Uhlmann,W/Erfurt/1985/1:0/41/}) (10... Bc5 $5 11. O-O Nh6 {Paehtz})
11. Nf3 $5 (11. O-O $5 {- 8...Qc7})) 10. f4 $1 (10. O-O Bd6 11. Ndf3 O-O 12.
Qc2 Qc7 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Nxc6 Nxf4 15. Nce5 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Rf5 17. Bf1 Ng6 $15 {
Teske,H-Uhlmann,W/DDR-ch/1986/0:1/46/}) 10... Bd6 11. Bh5+ $1 (11. Ndf3 $14 {
/\ 0-0,Qc2,Kh1,Be3 Sveshnikov}) 11... g6 12. Bf3 O-O 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. g3 Bd7 15.
Nxd7 $1 $16 {Paehtz,T-Uhlmann,W/DDR-ch/1986/1:0/97/}) 9. O-O fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5
11. dxe5 Ne7 (11... Qxe5 12. Re1 Qd6 13. b3 cxb3 14. c4 Nf6 15. Qxb3 Be7 16.
cxd5 exd5 17. Bb5+ $16 {Casper,T-Knaak,R/DDR-ch/1981/}) 12. b3 cxb3 13. c4 $1
Qxe5 14. Rb1 Ng6 (14... Bd7 15. Bb2 $16 {/\ Bh5 Sveshnikov}) 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16.
Bc4 Qd6 17. Qxb3 Be7 18. Bb5+ $16 Bd7 (18... Kf7 19. Re1 a6 20. Ne4 Qd8 21. Bc4
$16) 19. Ne4 Qd5 20. Bxd7+ Qxd7 21. Rd1 Qc6 22. Qxb7 Qxb7 23. Rxb7 O-O 24. Bg5
$1 Bxg5 (24... Bxa3 $4 25. Rdd7 $18) 25. Nxg5 Rfb8 (25... h6 $2 26. Rdd7 $18)
26. Rdd7 Rxb7 27. Rxb7 Nf8 (27... h6 $2 28. Nxe6 Re8 $2 29. Rxg7+ $18) (27...
e5 $2 28. Ne6 $18) 28. g3 h6 (28... e5 29. Nf7 Ng6 30. h4 h5 (30... Rf8 31. Ng5
Ra8 32. Ne6 $18) 31. Ng5 Nf8 32. Re7 Ng6 33. Re6 $18) 29. Nf3 a5 (29... Ng6 30.
Nd4 (30. h4 Rf8 $1 31. Nd4 Rf7 32. Rb8+ Rf8 $16) 30... Nf8 31. Nc6 a5 32. a4
$18) 30. Ne5 (30. a4 $5) 30... a4 31. f4 g5 $2 (31... Nh7 32. Re7 Nf8 33. Kf2
Kh8 34. g4 Kg8 (34... Rb8 35. Ra7 Rb2+ 36. Kg3 Rb3+ 37. Kh4 Rxa3 38. Ra8 $18)
35. h4 Kh8 (35... Rb8 36. Ra7 Rb2+ 37. Kf3 Rb3+ 38. Ke4 Rxa3 39. Ra8 $18) 36.
h5 Kg8 37. Kg3 Kh8 38. Kh4 Kg8 39. g5 hxg5+ 40. fxg5 Kh8 41. h6 gxh6 42. g6 Kg8
43. Kh5 $18) (31... Kh7 $1 $16 {/\ Ng6}) 32. Ng4 $1 $18 gxf4 33. Nf6+ $1 (33.
Nxh6+ $2 Kh8 34. gxf4 Ng6 $132) 33... Kh8 34. gxf4 Rc8 35. Rf7 $1 Rd8 (35...
Rc3 36. Kf2 Rxa3 37. Rxf8+ Kg7 38. Nd7 Rd3 39. Rf7+ $1 $18) 36. Kf2 Rd3 37. Ke2
Rxa3 (37... Rd8 38. Kf3 Rd3+ 39. Kg4 Rd8 (39... Rxa3 40. Rxf8+ Kg7 41. Nd7 Rd3
42. Rf7+ $1 $18) 40. Kh5 Rd2 41. h4 Rd8 42. Kxh6 $18) 38. Rxf8+ Kg7 39. Nd7
Ra2+ 40. Ke3 Rxh2 41. Ra8 a3 42. Ne5 a2 43. Ra7+ $1 Kf8 44. Nf3 Rb2 45. Nd4 Ke8
46. Nxe6 h5 47. f5 Rb7 (47... h4 48. f6 Rb7 49. Rxb7 $18) 48. Rxa2 Ke7 49. Nd4
Kf6 50. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 02nd"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "1998.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Be3
Be7 9. Nc3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. a3 (12. e4 Nb4 $1 $11) 12... f5 $1
13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Qc2 (14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Rc2 Qe7 16. Qb1 g6 $11 {Keitlinghaus
2500-Glek 2565, Budapest 1998}) 14... h6 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Qe2 Be8 17. Bb1 Rc7
$1 18. e4 Bh5 19. e5 Bg5 20. Qd3 g6 21. Nxg5 (21. h3 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 (22. Qxg6+
Rg7 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Rxf3 Rxf3 25. gxf3 Be3+ 26. Kh1 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 (27. Qf6
Qe8 $1 28. Rxd4 Bxd4 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. f4 $11) 27... Bxd4 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Bf5
Qg5 $13) 22... Rxf3 23. Qxf3 Rf7 24. Qd3 Ne7 $11) 21... Qxg5 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23.
Rf1+ Rf7 24. h3 Rxf1+ 25. Qxf1+ Kg8 $11 26. Qf2 Qc1+ 27. Kh2 g5 28. Kg3 Ne7 29.
Bd3 Bg6 30. Bxg6 Nxg6 31. Kg4 (31. Nb5 $5 Qf4+ $5 32. Qxf4 Nxf4 $13) 31... Nf4
32. Kg3 h5 33. h4 $4 $138 (33. Kh2 $11) (33. Kh2) 33... Nd3 $19 34. Qf6 Qe1+
35. Kh2 Qxh4+ 36. Kg1 Qxd4+ 37. Kf1 Qf4+ 38. Qxf4 gxf4 0-1

[Event "Dov Porath Memorial"]
[Site "Givataim"]
[Date "1998.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 c4 7. Be2 $6 (7. g3 $5
Na5 8. Nbd2 Bc6 (8... Ne7 $5 9. h4 h6 10. Bh3 Nf5 11. h5 Be7 12. Kf1 Bb5 13.
Kg2 Qd7 14. Qe2 O-O-O $13 {0-1 Varga,Z-Bunzmann,D/FSGM June, Budapest HUN 1998
(38)}) 9. Nh4 $6 (9. Bg2 $5) 9... Qd7 10. Ng2 Ba4 11. Qe2 Bc2 12. Nxc4 $2 Nb3
13. Qxc2 Nxa1 14. Qb1 Nb3 15. Nce3 Ne7 16. Nf4 h5 17. Be2 g6 18. O-O Bh6 $15 {
0-1 Kristensen,B-Djurhuus,R/75th Ann., Asker NOR 1997 (37)}) (7. Bf4 $5 Nge7 $5
(7... Qb6 $143 8. Qc2 Na5 9. Nbd2 Nb3 10. Nxb3 Ba4 11. Nfd2 Ne7 12. Rc1 Nc6 13.
Qb1 Bxb3 14. Nxb3 Qxb3 15. Be2 Be7 16. O-O O-O-O 17. Rfe1 Na5 18. Bh5 $14 {
Ekstroem,R-Pcola,P/XVII Mitropa Cup, Montecatini Terme ITA 1997/1-0 (47)}) 8.
Be2 Ng6 9. Be3 Be7 10. g3 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. h4 $13 O-O 13. Ng5 h6 14. Qc2
Nce7 15. Bh5 Qe8 16. Nh3 e5 $1 $15 {1-0 Ofek,R-Alienkin,A/18-th Festival 1998 
(36)}) 7... Na5 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ga5b3]} 8. Nbd2 Ne7 {[%cal Ge7f5,Ge7g6]} (8...
Bc6 $5 9. O-O Qd7 10. g3 Ba4 11. Qe1 Be7 12. h4 O-O-O 13. Kg2 f5 14. Ng5 Bxg5
15. hxg5 Ne7 16. Rh1 f4 $1 $17 {0-1 Nunn,J-King,D/Iona Tech Masters, Kilkenny
IRL 1997 (29)}) (8... Qc7 9. O-O O-O-O 10. b3 cxb3 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bb2 Kb8 13.
Qb1 Ba4 14. Rc1 b5 15. Ne4 $44 {0-1 Genocchio,D-Iotti,P/It, Montecatini ITA
1998 (37)}) 9. Ng5 $5 $146 {/\Nh3,f4} (9. O-O $5 Qb6 10. Rb1 Nb3 $6 (10... Nf5
$5) 11. Bxc4 $1 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Nf5 (12... dxc4 13. Nxc4 $18 {[%csl Re8,Rf7,Rh8]
[%cal Gc4d6]}) 13. Bd3 $16 {Babula,P-Jarabek,V/CZE-chJM U16 1995/1-0 (56)})
9... Nf5 $1 $11 (9... Ng6 $6 10. Nh3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. f4 $14) 10. Nh3 Be7
11. O-O O-O 12. Rb1 $6 {/\Nf3,g4} (12. Kh1 $142 $11) 12... Qe8 $1 {[%csl Ra4]
[%cal Ge8a4]} 13. Qe1 (13. Nf3 $2 Ba4 14. Qd2 (14. Qe1 $4 Bc2 $19 {[%csl Rb1]
[%cal Ga5b3]}) 14... Nb3 (14... Qb5 $15 {[%csl Rb1][%cal Ge7a3]}) 15. Qf4 {
=/+/=}) 13... Ba4 14. Bd1 $5 (14. g4 $6 Nh4 15. f4 Bc2 16. Ra1 Ng6 $15 {
[%cal Ge7h4]}) 14... Bxd1 15. Qxd1 Nc6 $5 {/\b5,a5,b4;><e5,/\f6} 16. g4 Nh4 17.
f4 f6 $1 $15 {[%csl Re5] /\fe;f5} 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Qe1 $5 {[%csl Re6,Yf6,Yh4]
[%cal Ge1e6,Ge1h4,Gg4g5]} Bd8 $1 20. Kh1 $5 (20. b3 $143 cxb3 21. Rxb3 Na5 $15)
20... Rc8 $5 {[%csl Yc8,Rf4][%cal Gc7f7,Gc8c7,Gf7f4]} 21. Ra1 Rc7 $6 (21... Na5
$1 22. Qe2 $15 (22. Nf3 $2 Nb3 23. Rb1 Nxf3 24. Rxf3 Qg6 $17)) 22. Qg3 $5 {
/\Nf3;(22...h5 23.gh!?~~;22...Rcf7!? 23.Nf3 Nf3 24.Qf3~~=/+/=)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Athens Acropolis op-A 24th"]
[Site "Chalkida"]
[Date "2009.08.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Black "Nikolaidis, Ioannis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Grivas,E"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 ({A sub-line of the Advance
French. Usual is} 5... Qb6 {.}) 6. Be2 ({White's most frequently selected
choice but} 6. a3 {or}) (6. Bd3 {are also quite playable.}) 6... f6 (6... Nge7
{is Black's most frequent choice.}) 7. O-O cxd4 ({In my database there are 350
games with} 7... fxe5 {and only 102 with the text move. So, I presume that
this is not the 'most accurate' choice.}) 8. cxd4 fxe5 9. Nxe5 (9. dxe5 {
looks also good:} Bc5 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bd3 Nge7 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Nf4 Qb6 14. a3 a5
15. Rb1 g6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Bd2 O-O 19. Ng5 Qc6 20. Rxb4 Bxb4 21.
Bxb4 Rxf4 22. Bxe7 Qc3 23. g3 Ba4 24. Qe2 Bc2 25. Bxc2 Rd4 {1-0 Timman,J-Berg,
E Malmo 2001.}) 9... Bd6 (9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 Bc5 {as in Cubas,J-Mekhitarian,K
Sao Paulo 2007, is the alternative line.}) 10. Nxd7 $1 ({A good and not so
obvious novelty, as White exchanges his strong knight for the weak black
bishop.} 10. f4 Nge7 11. Nc3 {as in Oges,H-Fontaine,C France 2005, did not
offer any advantage.}) 10... Qxd7 11. Bh5+ g6 12. Bg4 {White straight away
goes for Black's weak spot on e6 - the one that was weakened by the exchange
of the white e5-knight for the bad black d7-bishop.} Nge7 13. Re1 Nf5 ({Or} 
13... Nd8 $6 14. Bh6 Nf5 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Nc3 $16 {.}) 14. Bxf5 gxf5 15. Qh5+
Qf7 $2 ({I think that Black should have opted for} 15... Kd8 $1 {here White
keeps the slightly better chances with} 16. Nc3 {but nothing is clear-cut yet.}
) 16. Rxe6+ Be7 17. Rh6 $1 {This is probably what Black missed.} Qxh5 18. Rxh5
Nxd4 19. Nc3 Rd8 (19... Nc2 20. Rb1 d4 21. Nd5 Bd6 22. Rxf5 $16 {.}) 20. Bf4
Ne6 ({Maybe Black should seek salvation in} 20... O-O 21. Rd1 Ne6 22. Bh6 d4
23. Bxf8 dxc3 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. bxc3 Nxf8 26. Rxf5 $16 {.}) 21. Rxf5 ({Also
good was} 21. Be5 O-O 22. Rh6 Ng5 23. Rd1 Nf7 24. Re6 $16 {.}) 21... Rf8 22.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Bd2 {White has won precious material and now the rest is a
matter of technique.} Kf7 24. Rd1 a6 (24... d4 25. Ne4 Rc8 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27.
Bxc1 $16 {.}) 25. Kf1 b5 26. Bc1 Nc7 (26... d4 27. Ne4 Rc8 28. Ke2 $16 {.}) 27.
Bf4 Ne6 28. Bc1 Nc7 29. Be3 b4 30. Ne2 Nb5 31. Nd4 Bf6 $6 ({A blunder in a
difficult position.} 31... Nxd4 32. Bxd4 {was the only way to continue the
game.}) 32. Nc6 (32. Nc6 {Black resigned due to} Rd7 33. Nxb4 Bxb2 34. Rxd5 {.}
) 1-0

[Event "Montecatini Terme op"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Guido, Flavio"]
[Black "Foisor, Ovidiu Doru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Guido,F"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Qb6 10. O-O Rc8 (10... Be7) 11. Bd3 $1 (11. g4) 11... a5 {/\ Nfd4} (
11... Nfxd4 $2 12. Nfxd4 Nxd4 13. Be3 Bc5 14. b4 $18) (11... Nb4 12. Nxb4 $14)
(11... Be7 12. g4 $14) 12. a3 a4 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Ne3 Qb5 15. b3 $1 axb3 (
15... Qxb3 16. Qxb3 axb3 17. Nxd5 $1 (17. Rb1 Be6 18. Rxb3 Rc7 19. Rb5 Rd7)
17... Be6 18. Nb6 Rd8 19. Bb2 (19. Rd1 $2 Bc5) 19... Ne7 20. Rfd1 Nd5 21. Nxd5
Bxd5 22. Rd3 {/\ Nd2+/-}) 16. Rb1 (16. a4 $2 b2 $1 $19) 16... Be6 17. Rxb3 (17.
Qxb3 Qxb3 18. Rxb3 Rc7) 17... Qa6 18. Bd2 $1 g5 $2 (18... Bxa3 $2 19. Qb1 g6
20. Nc2 $1 Be7 21. Qb2 $1 {/\ Ra1, ףa6, b7} O-O 22. Ra1 Qe2 23. Re3 Qc4 24.
Rc3 Qe2 25. Qxb7 $18) (18... Be7 19. Qb1 $16) (18... g6 19. Qb1 Rc7 20. Rb5 Rd7
21. Nc2 {/\ Qb3, Rfb1+/-}) 19. Nxg5 $1 Nxd4 20. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 (20... Nxb3 21.
Nxd5 $1 Qxe6 22. Bg5 $1 $18 {/\ Nc7}) 21. Qh5+ Kd7 (21... Kd8 22. Qh4+ $18) 22.
Qf7+ Be7 23. Nxd5 $3 Ne2+ (23... Nxb3 24. Qxe7+ Kc6 25. Nb4+) 24. Kh1 exd5 (
24... Ng3+ 25. hxg3 Qxf1+ 26. Kh2 exd5 27. Rxb7+ Rc7 28. e6+ $1 Kc8 29. Rxc7+
Kxc7 30. Qxe7+ Kb8 31. Qd6+ $18) 25. Bg5 $1 Rce8 (25... Rhe8 26. Qxd5+ Kc7 27.
Bxe7 Rxe7 28. Rxb7+ $1 Qxb7 29. Qd6#) (25... Ng3+ 26. hxg3 Qxf1+ 27. Kh2 Rce8
28. Qxd5+ Kc8 29. Rxb7 $18) 26. Rfb1 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Qb6 (9... Nb4 10. O-O Nxc2 11. Qxc2 Qb6 12. Qd3 h5 13. Bg5 Be7 14.
Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Rfc1 Rc8 16. Rxc8+ Bxc8 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Rc1 Nf5 19. Bd3 O-O 20.
h3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Fressinet,L-Nikolic,P/Kusadasi TUR 2006 (40)}) 10. h4 Na5 $5 {
TN} (10... Nb4 11. Nxb4 Qxb4+ 12. Kf1 Bb5 13. g4 Ne7 14. h5 Rc8 15. Kg2 Nc6 16.
Bxb5 Qxb5 17. h6 gxh6 18. Bxh6 Qxb2 19. Rb1 Qxa2 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Ng5 $36 {
1-0 Movsesian,S-Oms Pallise,J/Olite ESP 2006/The Week in Chess 618 (30)}) 11.
h5 h6 (11... Bb5 12. g4 Ne7 13. h6 $36) 12. O-O Bb5 13. Ne3 Nxe3 14. Bxe3 Be7
15. b3 (15. Ne1 $5 {[/\f2-f4-f5|^>>]}) 15... Nc6 16. Ne1 O-O 17. Bd3 (17. f4
Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Rac8 $132) 17... Rac8 18. Qe2 Bxd3 19. Nxd3 Qb5 $5 {[/\Nb4]} 20.
Rfe1 (20. a4 $6 Qxb3 21. Rab1 Qxa4 22. Rxb7 Qa6 $15) 20... Rc7 $5 (20... Nb4
21. Nxb4 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Bxb4 $15) 21. Rad1 Bb4 22. Nxb4 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Nxb4 24.
Rc1 $5 Rfc8 (24... Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Rc8 26. Ba3 $5 $13) 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Kf1 Kh7
{[/\29...g6]} (26... Nc2 $5 $15) 27. g4 Rc6 28. Ke1 g6 29. Kd1 $5 {[/\30.a3]}
Rc8 (29... Ra6 30. a4 Rc6 31. Bd2 Nc2 32. Be3 Nxe3+ 33. Rxe3 $11) 30. a3 Nc6
31. f3 gxh5 32. Rh2 $5 (32. gxh5 Rg8 33. Rh2 Rg3 34. Ke2 Na5 35. Kf2 Rg8 36. b4
Nc4 $15) 32... hxg4 33. fxg4 Na5 $5 34. Rxh6+ Kg7 35. Bg5 $1 $11 {[/\36.Rh5,37.
Bf6]} (35. Rh3 Nxb3 36. Bh6+ Kg6 37. Rxb3 Kxh6 38. Rxb7 Kg6 $15) 35... Nxb3 (
35... Rg8 36. Kc2 Kf8 37. Rh5 $11) 36. Rh5 Rg8 37. Be7 $1 Nxd4 (37... f6 38.
Bxf6+ (38. exf6+) 38... Kg6 39. Rg5+ Kf7 40. Rh5 $132) 38. Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2004.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2004.05.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Gonfreville"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 Ng6 8. h4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ (9... Bxa3 10. bxa3 h6 11. h5 Nge7 12. O-O Na5 13. Rb1 Bc6
14. Bd3 Nc4 15. Nh4 Qa5 16. Qg4 Kd7 17. Rb4 Rag8 18. f4 f5 19. exf6 gxf6 20.
Qe2 $36 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Graf,A/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (34)}) 10. Kf1 h6 11. Nc2 (
11. h5 Nf8 12. Rh3 f5 13. Rg3 Kf7 14. Nb5 Be8 15. Bf4 Kg8 16. a3 a6 17. axb4
axb5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Ne1 $16 {1-0 Schneider,D-Watson,J/Connecticut USA 2004/
The Week in Chess 493 (33)}) 11... Be7 12. Bd3 $5 (12. h5 Nf8 13. Rh3 Nh7 14.
Bd3 O-O 15. Rg3 Kh8 16. Bf4 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 $132 {Movsesian,S-Nikolic,Pr
Istanbul ol 2002 0-1(39)}) 12... O-O $5 {TN} (12... Nf8 13. Rh3 Qb6 14. Rg3 g6
15. Kg1 Rc8 16. b3 Nb4 17. Nxb4 Bxb4 18. Be3 Bb5 19. Bxb5+ Qxb5 {1/2-1/2
Ehlvest,J-Minasian,A/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 (57)} 20. a3 $5 $16) (12... Nxh4 13.
Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Qg4 $18) 13. Rh3 $5 (13. h5 Nh4 $5 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. Qg4 Bg5 16.
f4 (16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qxg5 hxg5 18. h6 f5 $132) 16... f5 $1 $132) 13... f5 14.
Rg3 (14. exf6 Rxf6 {(н/\15...Nf4<=>)} 15. Bxh6 $6 gxh6 (15... e5 $5) 16. Rg3
Kf7 17. Ne5+ Ncxe5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Qh5+ Kf8 20. Qxe5 Qb8 21. Qe3 Qf4 $15)
14... Kh7 $5 (14... Kf7 15. h5 Nh4 16. Ng1 $36) 15. h5 (15. Ng5+ hxg5 16. Qh5+
Kg8 17. Qxg6 {[#]} Qc8 $3 {(н/\18...Be8)} 18. Rxg5 (18. Qh5 Be8 19. Qe2 gxh4
$17) 18... Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Qd8 $1 20. Qg3 Qb6 21. h5 Rf7 $132) 15... Nh8 {
[텤h8-f7g5<=>;} (15... Nh4 16. Ng1 {(xNh4)}) 16. Ng1 Nf7 17. Nh3 (17. Qg4 Ng5
18. f4 Kh8 19. Qe2 Ne4 $17) 17... Bh4 $5 (17... Ng5 18. Nf4 Ne4 19. Rg6 $36)
18. Re3 (18. Rg6 Nh8 19. Rg4 Kg8 20. Rf4 Nf7 $132) 18... Ng5 19. Kg1 (19. Nf4
Ne4 20. Bxe4 (20. g3 Bg5 21. Ng6 Bxe3 22. Nxf8+ Qxf8 23. Bxe3 Rc8 $132) 20...
fxe4 $132) 19... Rc8 $5 20. Nf4 Ne4 $36 21. Re2 {[н/\22.Ng6]} Ne7 $5 (21... Rf7
22. Ng6 Bg5 23. Bxg5 $5 (23. f4 Be7 $13) 23... Qxg5 24. Re3 {(н/\25.f4)|^}) 22.
Qe1 $1 {[н/\23.g3,24.f3;xg3]} Bg5 23. f3 Bxf4 (23... Qb6 24. a4 $5 (24. fxe4
fxe4 $36) 24... a6 25. g3 $36) 24. Bxf4 Ng5 {[н/\25...Nc6,26...Be8<=>]} 25.
Bxg5 $6 (25. Qd2 Nc6 26. b4 $5 {н/\} Be8 27. b5 Na5 28. Bxg5 hxg5 29. g4 $13)
25... hxg5 26. f4 $1 gxf4 $6 (26... Be8 27. fxg5 Bxh5 28. Qh4 Kg6 29. g4 $1 $16
) (26... g4 $5 $15) 27. Qh4 Rh8 {(н/\28...Kh8)} (27... Be8 $5 {(Shirov,A)} 28.
Rf1 $5 (28. Rf2 $5 Nc6 29. Qxf4) 28... Nc6 29. Qxf4 Bxh5 $6 30. g4 $40) 28.
Qxf4 Kg8 29. g4 $1 $36 Qe8 30. Rg2 Bb5 31. Bxb5 Qxb5 32. Ne3 $138 (32. Qg5 $5
Qe8 33. Ne3 $40) 32... Qd3 $1 $132 33. Rf1 (33. h6 $2 Ng6 34. Qg5 f4 35. Nf5
exf5 36. Qxg6 Rxh6 $17) (33. gxf5 $5 Nxf5 34. Nxf5 Qxf5 35. Qxf5 exf5 36. Rg5
Rc2 (36... Rh6 37. Rxf5 Rc2 38. Re1 Re6 39. Rf2 $16) 37. e6 $1 Re2 (37... Rh6
38. Re1) 38. Rc1 $1 Rxe6 39. Rxf5 $14) 33... Rf8 34. gxf5 $5 (34. Qg5 $5 f4 (
34... Rh7 35. gxf5 Nxf5 36. Nxf5 exf5 37. e6) 35. Nc2 $14) 34... Nxf5 {[#]
Diagram} 35. Rxg7+ $5 Kxg7 $138 (35... Nxg7 36. Qxf8+ Kh7 37. Qf4 Rg8 38. Kf2
Nf5 39. Nxf5 exf5 $132) 36. Qg5+ Kf7 37. Nxf5 exf5 38. Rxf5+ Ke8 (38... Qxf5
39. Qxf5+ Ke7 40. Qg5+ $16) 39. Qg6+ Ke7 40. Qd6+ Ke8 41. Qe6+ (41. Qb8+ $142
$5 {(Shirov,A)} Ke7 42. Qxb7+ Ke6 43. Qc6+ Ke7 (43... Kxf5 44. Qg6+ $16) 44.
Qd6+ Ke8 45. Qb8+ Ke7 46. Qxa7+ Ke6 47. Qb6+ Ke7 48. Qd6+ Ke8 49. Qe6+ Kd8 50.
Qxd5+ Ke7 51. Qd6+ Ke8 52. Qg6+ Ke7 53. Rf7+ Rxf7 54. Qxd3 Rxh5 55. Qa3+ Ke8
56. Qa8+ Ke7 57. Qb7+ Kf8 $11 {(н/\58...Rff5,59...Rhg5...)}) 41... Kd8 42.
Qxd5+ $6 Ke8 43. Qe6+ Kd8 44. Qd6+ Ke8 45. Qb8+ Ke7 46. Qxb7+ Ke8 47. Qc6+ (47.
Qb8+ Ke7 48. Qxa7+ Ke6 $1 49. Qb6+ Kd5 $1 50. Qc5+ Ke4 51. Rxf8 Qd1+ 52. Kg2
Qd2+ 53. Kg3 (53. Rf2 Rg8+ $19) 53... Qg5+ $11) 47... Ke7 48. Qd6+ Ke8 49. Qg6+
Ke7 50. Rf7+ Rxf7 51. Qxd3 Rxh5 $1 $11 {[н/\52...Rff5]} 52. Qa3+ Ke8 53. Qa4+
Kf8 54. Qb4+ Kg8 $132 55. Qb8+ Kh7 56. Qb3 Rg5+ (56... Rg7+ 57. Kf2 Rh2+ 58.
Kf1 Rh1+ $11) 57. Kh2 Kg6 58. Qe6+ Kg7 59. d5 Rg6 60. Qe8 Rh6+ 61. Kg3 Rg6+ $11
62. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "BEL-ch"]
[Site "Charleroi"]
[Date "2001.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Meessen, Rudolf"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2001.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. g3 f6
$5 9. Bd3 (9. exf6 gxf6 10. h4 Rg8 11. h5 Nh8 12. Kg2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd6 14. Be3
Qc7 15. Rg1 O-O-O $132 {Balenovic,Z-Jostes,M/ Biel op 1998/ 1-0 (36)}) 9...
cxd4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (9... Qb6 10. h4 Be7 11. b3 O-O-O 12. h5 Ngxe5 13. dxe5
fxe5 14. Ng5 e4 15. Be2 $14 {Panbukchian,V-Dimitrov,V/ Sofia 1992/ 1-0 (32)})
10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Be2 (11. Bxg6+ hxg6 12. Nh4 Kf7 $132) (11. exf6 $5 gxf6 (11...
Nxd3 12. fxg7 (12. f7+ Kxf7 13. Qxd3 Bd6 $13) 12... Bxg7 13. Qxd3 $14) 12. Be2
Bg7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. h4 (14. Be3 f5 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. a3 Nc6 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Rc1
f4 19. Nc5 Bc8 {1/2-1/2 Jonkman,H-Goloshchapov,A/ Hoogeveen op 2001 (19)}) (14.
Re1 $5 {/\ Bf1-h3} Qe7 $1 {/\ Qf7, f5 >< f2} 15. Bf1 Qf7 16. Bg2 $5 Rad8 $5 {
/\ Bc8, e5} (16... e5 $2 17. a3 Nc6 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. Qxd5 $16) 17. Be3 Bc8 18.
Qd2 Nc6 (18... e5 $2 19. a3 Nc6 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Ng5 $18) 19. Rad1 Kh8 $5 20.
Qe2 Nge7 21. Bf4 Ng6 22. Bc1 Rfe8 23. Qb5 Qf8 24. a3 $14 {Jonkman,H-Gurevich,M/
Hoogeveen op 2001}) 14... Ne7 15. h5 Nf5 16. Bf4 Be8 17. g4 Nd6 18. Qb3 Nc6 19.
h6 Bh8 20. Bd3 Ne7 21. Qb4 Nec8 22. Rae1 Qd7 23. Kh2 a5 24. Qb3 b5 25. a4 bxa4
26. Qc2 Ra7 27. Re2 Qf7 28. Nh4 e5 29. dxe5 fxe5 30. Nxd5 Qxd5 31. Be3 e4 32.
Bxe4 Nxe4 33. Bxa7 Be5+ 34. Kg1 Bc6 35. f3 Nxa7 36. Rxe4 Qd6 37. Nf5 Bxe4 38.
Qxe4 Qe6 39. Qxa4 Nc8 40. Qxa5 Bxb2 {1/2-1/2 Jonkman,H-Bukal,V/ Saint Vincent
op 2002 (40)}) 11... fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bc5 {/\ 0-0 <=> >>} 14. a3 $6
(14. Nd2 O-O 15. Nf3 (15. a3) 15... Rc8 16. a3 $13 Nc2 $6 17. Rb1 Qb6 18. Bd3
Nd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Qh5 $40) 14... Nc6 15. Bh5+ $6 (15. Bf4 O-O 16. Nc3 g5 $5
$17 (16... Bd4 17. Bd3 $13)) 15... g6 16. Bh6 Qe7 (16... Qb6 $5 17. Nc3 (17.
Bg4 Nxe5 18. Nc3 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 Qxb2 $19) 17... gxh5 $17) 17. Qc1 gxh5 18. Bg5
Qf8 19. Bh6 Nd4 $1 20. Bxf8 Ne2+ 21. Kg2 Nxc1 22. Bg7 (22. Bxc5 Nb3 $19) 22...
Nb3 23. Bxh8 Nxa1 24. Nd2 Nc2 25. Rc1 Ne3+ 26. fxe3 Bxe3 $19 27. Rc2 Rc8 28.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Nf1 Bc1 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2000.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Psakhis} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {Psakhis: 'Sergey Movsesian likes this
variation and plays it with success.'} c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7.
Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Qb6 10. h4 (10. O-O {Psakhis} Rc8 11. g4 Nfe7 12.
Nfe1 h5 13. gxh5 Nf5 14. Be3 Na5 15. b3 Bb5 16. Nd3 Nc6 17. Rc1 a5 18. Nf4 Bxe2
19. Qxe2 Qd8 20. h3 $1 Qh4 21. Qg4 $14 {1-0 Grosar,A-Poldauf,D/AUT t-ch 9900
2000 (46)}) 10... f6 $5 {'N' Psakhis. TN Psakhis: 'Interesting novelty in well
known position.'} (10... Bb4+ 11. Kf1 h5 12. a3 Be7 13. b4 Rc8 14. g3 f6 15.
Bd3 fxe5 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. dxe5 $14 {1-0 Topalov,V-Nikolic,P/Monte Carlo 1997/
CBM 57 ext (33)}) ({but I am not sure that after} 10... Nb4 {Psakhis} 11. Nxb4
Qxb4+ 12. Kf1 Bb5 13. g4 Bxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Qc4+ {Black has too many problems, for
example} 15. Qd3 Ne7 16. h5 h6 17. Bd2 Rc8 18. a3 Kd7 19. Rac1 Qxd3+ 20. Kxd3
Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Nc6 $11 {1-0 Movsesian,S-Ulibin,M/CRO t-ch Pula 1999 (67)}) 11.
g4 {[#]} Nfxd4 $1 {'!?' Psakhis. Psakhis: 'Typical and strong knight
sacrifice- Black is getting few pawns and initiative instead of piece.'} (11...
Nfe7 12. exf6 gxf6 13. g5 Bg7 $13) 12. Ncxd4 (12. Nfxd4 Nxd4 (12... fxe5 $5)
13. Qxd4 Bc5 14. Qf4 fxe5 15. Qxe5 Bxf2+ 16. Kd1 O-O $13) 12... Nxe5 $5 (12...
Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc5 14. Qd3 (14. Qf4 Bxf2+ 15. Kf1 O-O 16. Kg2 Bc5 $13) 14...
Bxf2+ 15. Kf1 O-O (15... Bg3 16. Be3 Qxb2 $2 17. Bd4 $18) 16. Kg2 $14) (12...
Bb4+ $5 {Psakhis} 13. Kf1 Nxe5) 13. g5 (13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Nb3 Bd6 {(/\15...0-0
|^)}) (13. Rg1 $5 {/\} Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 e5 $6 (14... Bb4+ 15. Kf1 Bc5 16. Be3
Qxb2 $13) 15. Nf5 $14) 13... Bc5 $1 $44 {'<=>' Psakhis.} 14. O-O (14. gxf6 gxf6
15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Bh5+ Ke7 17. Bg5+ Kd6 $17) 14... Nxf3+ (14... O-O {Psakhis}
15. gxf6 gxf6 16. Bh6 Rf7 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Bh5 $18) 15. Nxf3 Qb4 $5 {[/\16...
Qg4->>>]} 16. Ne1 $5 {[/\17.Ng2] Psakhis: 'Offering already third pawn for a
piece, but'} (16. Kh1 Qg4 (16... Bc6 $5) 17. Rg1 Qh3+ 18. Nh2 Qxh4 $17) (16.
Be3 {Psakhis} Qg4+ 17. Kh1 Bd6 $5 {looks too dangerous for White.}) 16... Qxh4
17. Ng2 Qb4 18. Bd3 {[/\ 19.Qh5+<=>]} O-O-O 19. a3 Qb6 20. b4 {Psakhis:
'Movsesian tries to organize a counter-attack against the Black monarch.'} Bd4
21. Be3 Kb8 22. Qf3 (22. Qg4 Bxe3 23. fxe3 e5 24. Qh4 Rdf8 $13) 22... Bxe3 (
22... fxg5 {Psakhis} 23. Qg3+ Ka8 24. Bxg5 Rc8 $13) 23. fxe3 Rhf8 (23... Rdf8
$5 {/\24...h6<=>>>}) 24. Qg3+ $6 (24. Bxh7 Bb5 $5 25. Rf2 d4 $13) 24... e5 {
[/\25...d4, 25...h6]} 25. Bxh7 {Psakhis: 'Risky decision'} d4 $1 $36 {'!'
Psakhis. [/\26...Rh8, 26...Bb5] Psakhis: 'Mikhail Gurevich plays all game with
great energy!'} 26. Be4 (26. exd4 Rh8 $5 {(/\27...Rh3)} 27. g6 (27. Bf5 $2 Bxf5
28. Rxf5 Qxd4+ $19) 27... Bb5 28. Rf2 Rxd4 {(/\29...Rhd8->)}) 26... Rh8 27.
gxf6 {Psakhis: 'Open all lines , but White needs already good advice.'} (27.
exd4 $5 {Psakhis} Rh3 28. Qf2 Rdh8 29. Ne1 Qe6 $40 {[%csl Rg1] doesn't look
too good either}) 27... gxf6 28. Qf3 (28. exd4 Rh3 29. Qf2 Rdh8 $40) (28. Qg7
dxe3 29. Rae1 (29. Qxf6 e2+ 30. Rf2 Qd4 $19) 29... e2+ 30. Rf2 Rh1+ $1 31. Kxh1
Qxf2 $17) 28... Rdf8 29. exd4 Rh3 30. Qd1 f5 $17 31. Qd2 (31. Rf3 $5 {Psakhis}
Rh5 $17) 31... Rfh8 {'-+' Psakhis. Psakhis: 'It is became clear that finish of
the game is very close.'} 32. Nf4 $5 $138 {Psakhis: 'Desperate attempt to
change current of the game.'} (32. Bc2 Bc6 33. Bxf5 Rh2 $19) (32. Bxf5 Bxf5 33.
Rxf5 Rh1+ $19) (32. Bd5 Qd6 33. Bc4 {'!' Psakhis.} (33. dxe5 Qb6+ $19) (33. Nf4
$1 {Psakhis} Rg3+ $1 34. Bg2 Rg4 $19) 33... Bc6 34. d5 Bb5 $19) 32... fxe4 $1 (
32... exf4 33. Qxf4+ Ka8 34. Bg2 R3h4 $17) 33. Nxh3 Bxh3 $19 34. Qh2 (34. Rf2 {
Psakhis} e3 35. Qxe3 Qg6+) 34... Qxd4+ 35. Kh1 e3 {Psakhis: 'Great victory of
Gurevich.'} 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht Psakhis Hansen,LB} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3
{Hansen,LB: Movsesian has played this line before, but I still think the main
line 6. Be2 is better.} Nge7 (6... f6 {Hansen,LB} 7. b4 fxe5 8. b5 Nxd4 $5 (
8... Na5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nd2 Be8 13. O-O Rc8 14. a4 $13
{Prie,E-Bricard,E/Narbonne FRA-ch/1997/}) 9. Nxe5 $5 Nf5 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Nxg6
Nf6 12. Qh3 Rg8 13. Nxf8 Kxf8 $13 {Movsesian,S-Luther,T/Capelle la Grande/1998/
}) (6... c4 {Hansen,LB} 7. Be2 (7. g3 Na5 8. Nbd2 Bc6 9. Nh4 Qd7 10. Ng2 Ba4
11. Qe2 Bc2 12. Nxc4 $5 Nb3 $1 13. Qxc2 Nxa1 14. Qb1 Nb3 15. Nce3 Ne7 16. Nf4
h5 $15 {Kristensen,B-Djurhuus,R/Asker/1997/}) (7. Bf4 Qb6 8. Qc2 f6 9. Nbd2 g5
10. Bg3 g4 11. Nh4 fxe5 12. dxe5 O-O-O $13 {Hodgson,J-Shabalov,A/Winnipeg/1997/
}) 7... Na5 8. Nbd2 Bc6 9. O-O Qd7 10. g3 Ba4 11. Qe1 Be7 12. h4 O-O-O 13. Kg2
f5 $13 {Nunn,J-King,D/Kilkenny open/1997/}) (6... c4 $5 {Psakhis}) 7. b4 (7.
Bd3 {Hansen,LB} cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. Bc2 Nf5 10. Bxf5 exf5 11. Nc3 Be6 {1/2-1/2,
Bokan,D-Zueger,B/Cannes/1998/}) 7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 {Psakhis: Mikhail
Gurevich is a big expert in this line and he won many nice games here.} 9. Bb2
(9. Be3 $5 Nxe3 10. fxe3 f5 $6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. O-O Kh8 14. h3 Rc8
15. Ne2 Bg5 16. Qd2 Bh6 17. g4 g6 18. Rf2 Qe7 19. Raf1 $36 {1-0 Movsesian,
S-Gurevich,M/Open, Groningen NED (8) 1997 (55)}) (9. Nc3 {Psakhis} Be7 (9...
Rc8 10. Bb2 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Qxh4 12. Na2 Be7 13. Be2 f5 14. O-O O-O 15. f4 g5 $132
{1/2-1/2 Matkovic,T-Jurkovic,A/CRO-Cup 1996 (49)}) 10. Be2 (10. Bb2 Nh4 11.
Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Na4 b6 13. Ba6 O-O 14. O-O Be7 15. Rc1 Rb8 16. Bd3 f5 17. f4 $14
{1-0 Pirrot,D-Enders,P/BL 1995 (36)}) 10... Rc8 11. Qd2 h5 12. Bb2 a6 13. h3 g6
14. O-O g5 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Nh6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Malaniuk-Gurevich,M/Lvov sf
ch-USSR 1984 (44)}) 9... b5 $5 {Hansen,LB: Black initiates counterplay on the
Q-side.} (9... Rc8 {Psakhis} 10. Nbd2 Qb6 11. Nb3 a5 12. g4 Nh6 13. b5 a4 $1
14. bxc6 Bxc6 15. Bd3 axb3 16. h3 Ba4 17. O-O Ng8 $13 {0-1 Legky-Gurevich,M/
Lvov sf ch-USSR 1984 (39)}) 10. Nbd2 (10. Bxb5 $145 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxb5 12. Nc3
$13 Qb6 (12... Qb8 13. a4 Bc4 (13... Ba6 14. b5 Bd6 $13 15. Ne2 (15. O-O Nxd4
$13)) 14. b5) 13. Na4 $1 (13. a4 Bc4 14. Nxc4 Qxb4 $15 (14... dxc4)) 13... Qb8
14. Nc5 $14) (10. Nc3 {Psakhis} a6 11. Bd3 g6 12. O-O h5 13. Ne2 Be7 14. Bc3
Qb6 15. Nf4 Ng7 16. h4 a5 17. Qe2 $1 axb4 18. axb4 Rb8 19. Rfb1 O-O $11 {
1/2-1/2 Grosar,A-Hansen,L/Bled/Rogaska Slatina 1991 (31)}) 10... a5 11. Bxb5
axb4 12. a4 (12. axb4 {Psakhis} Nxe5 $5 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 $15 {[%csl Rb4,Rd4]})
12... Be7 13. O-O (13. Rc1 {Psakhis} Na5) 13... O-O 14. h3 Na5 15. Bd3 Rc8 16.
Qe2 Qb6 17. g4 Nh6 18. Bb1 $5 {TN N/} (18. Ne1 f6 $1 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Nef3 Nf7
21. h4 g6 22. Rae1 Bg7 $132 23. h5 gxh5 24. gxh5 Bxa4 25. Ne4 {1-0 Haba,
P-Jackelen,T/2.BLW9697 Porz II-Godesberg 1997 (47)} e5 $1 26. Nc5 Be8 27. dxe5
Qxc5 28. e6 Bxb2 29. Qxb2 Qc3 $19) 18... Rc7 $1 {With idea 19...Rfc8} (18...
Nc4 19. Qd3 $1 (19. Bc1 Na3 20. Bxa3 (20. Qd3 Nxb1 21. Nxb1 $132) 20... bxa3
21. Qd3 g6) (19. Bc1 {[%csl Rh6] Psakhis}) 19... g6 20. Bc1 $36) 19. Qd3 g6 20.
Nb3 $6 (20. Qe3 Kg7 21. Qf4 Rfc8 $132) 20... Nxb3 (20... Nc4 {Psakhis} 21. Bc1
Kg7 22. a5) 21. Qxb3 Ra8 $1 22. Qd1 {Hansen,LB: Intends to stabilize by Bc2-b3,
but this backfires.} (22. Rc1 Rca7 23. Qe3 Kg7 24. a5 Rxa5 25. Rxa5 Qxa5 $15) (
22. Bc2 {Hansen,LB} Qa5 23. Rfc1 $11) (22. Bc1 {Psakhis} Bf8 (22... Kg7 $5))
22... Kg7 $1 (22... Rca7 $5 23. Bc2 (23. Bc1 Rxa4 24. Rxa4 Bxa4 25. Qd2 Bf8 $17
) 23... b3 24. Bxb3 Bxa4 25. Rxa4 Rxa4 26. Bxa4 Qxb2 27. Qc2 $15) 23. Bc2 b3 $1
(23... Rca7 {Psakhis} 24. Bc1) 24. Bxb3 Bxa4 (24... Rb8 25. Nd2 (25. Ba3 $2
Bxa3 26. Rxa3 Qb4 27. Qa1 Rc3 $19) 25... Bb4 26. Nf3 Ba5 27. Ra3 Bxa4 28. Rxa4
Qxb3 29. Ba3 $11) 25. Qd3 $2 {Psakhis: Strange decision! Istead of slightly
worse ehding possible after} (25. Rxa4 Rxa4 26. Bxa4 Qxb2 $15 (26... Qxb2 {
Hansen,LB} 27. Qb3 Qxb3 28. Bxb3 Rc3 29. Bd1 Bd8 $15 {/\ Bb6,Ng8-e7-c6 >< d4}))
25... Bb5 {Psakhis: Not bad, but maybe even stronger was to play} (25... Bxb3
$1 26. Rxa8 Bc2 $1 (26... Bc4 27. Qd2 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Qb3 29. Qe2 Rc2 30. Rb8 $13
) 27. Qd2 (27. Qa3 $140 $2 {Psakhis} Bxa3 28. Bxa3 Ng8 $19) 27... Qxb2 $19) 26.
Qe3 Bxf1 27. Rxa8 Bxh3 $19 28. g5 (28. Nd2 {Psakhis} Bxg4 29. Qf4 Bf5 $19)
28... Nf5 29. Qd3 Bg4 (29... Rb7 $5 {Psakhis} 30. Nd2 Bxg5 31. Ba3 h6 $19) 30.
Nh2 (30. Ra6 {Psakhis} Qb8 {[%cal Gc7b7]}) 30... Be2 $6 (30... Bh5 $19) 31.
Qxe2 (31. Qh3 {Psakhis} Bxg5 (31... Qb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4d2]})) 31... Qxb3 32. Ng4
$5 Qb7 $138 (32... Bxg5 33. Nf6 Bxf6 34. exf6+ Kh6 35. Ra3 Qc2 36. Qg4 g5 37.
Rh3+ Kg6 $19) (32... Ng3 $1 {Psakhis Could make way to victory much shorter.}
33. Qd2 (33. fxg3 Rc2 34. Qe3 (34. Nf6 Qxg3+ 35. Kf1 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 (36. Ke1 Bb4+
37. Kd1 Rd2+ $19) 36... Qxg5+ 37. Kf1 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Rxe2 $19) 34... Qxb2 35. Nf2
Bxg5 $1 $19) (33. Nf6 Nxe2+ 34. Kh2 Bf8 35. Ne8+ Kh8 36. Nxc7 (36. Nf6 Qb4)
36... Nf4 $19 {[%cal Rb3h3]}) 33... Qf3 34. fxg3 Qxg4 $19) 33. Re8 Rc8 (33...
Bxg5 $1 {Psakhis} 34. Ba3 (34. Nf6 Rc8 $19) 34... h5 $19) 34. Nf6 Rxe8 35.
Nxe8+ Kf8 (35... Kh8 $142) 36. Nf6 Kg7 37. Ne8+ (37. Qc2 $142) 37... Kh8 38.
Nf6 h6 $1 $19 39. Qc2 (39. gxh6 Bxf6 40. exf6 Kh7 $19) (39. f4 {Psakhis} Qb3
40. Qf2 h5 $19) 39... hxg5 40. Qc3 Bxf6 41. exf6 {[#] Hecht:  A dominant black
knight and white pawn weaknesses. Black mobilizes his doubled g-pawns in order
to give his king some breathing room. [#] Hecht:  Dominanter schwarzer
Springer und weiße Bauernschwächen. Schwarz setzt geschickt seinen
g-Doppelbauern ein, um seinem König Luft zu verschaffen.} g4 42. Qc5 Qb8 $1 (
42... Qxb2 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Qxf7+ Kh6 $19) 43. Bc1 g5 $1 {Hansen,LB: Vacates
the white squares for the Black K.} (43... g3 $5 {Psakhis}) 44. Bxg5 Kh7 45.
Bc1 g3 46. Qc3 gxf2+ 47. Kg2 Qg3+ 48. Qxg3 Nxg3 49. Kxf2 Nh5 0-1

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 01st"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Na3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Nc2
Bd7 9. Bd3 Qb6 $5 {TN} (9... Nb4 10. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 13.
Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Ne7 15. Rhc1 h6 $11 {0-1 Blatny,P-Pomes,J Groningen op(8)
1990 (48)}) 10. O-O a5 $5 {[/\11...Nfxd4]} (10... Nfxd4 $2 11. Nfxd4 Nxd4 12.
Be3 Bc5 13. b4 $1 $18) 11. Bxf5 (11. Rb1 $5 Nfxd4 $2 12. Nfxd4 Nxd4 13. Be3 Bc5
14. b4 $1 axb4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Rxb4 $18) 11... exf5 12. Be3 $5 {[/
\Nf3-e1-d3-c5(f4)]} Nd8 $1 {[/\13...Ne6]} 13. Rb1 (13. Nfe1 $5 Bb5 14. Nd3 Qa6
15. Nce1 a4 (15... Ne6 16. a4 $5 $13) 16. f4 Ne6 17. Rf2 Be7 $13) 13... h6 14.
h4 Be7 15. h5 $6 Ne6 16. g3 g5 $15 17. hxg6 fxg6 {[/\18...g5,19...f4|^>>]} 18.
Nh2 Bb5 $6 (18... h5 19. f4 h4 20. g4 fxg4 21. Nxg4 O-O-O $36) 19. Re1 Qa6 20.
Rc1 h5 21. Na3 Bc6 $15 22. Qe2 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 g5 24. f4 g4 (24... h4 25. g4 gxf4
26. gxf5 fxe3 27. fxe6 O-O-O 28. Nc2 $15) 25. Nf1 Kd7 (25... h4 26. gxh4 Rxh4
27. Ng3 $132) 26. Rh2 b5 $5 {[/\27...b4,28...Bb5]} 27. Nc2 b4 28. Ne1 Bb5 29.
Bf2 $2 (29. Ng2 Bd3 30. Nh4 Rhc8 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Ng6 Ng7 $17) 29... h4 $19
30. Rd1 (30. Ne3 Nxd4 31. Rd1 Ne2+ 32. Kh1 (32. Kg2 h3+ 33. Kh1 d4 34. Nxf5
Bc6+ $19) 32... hxg3 $19) 30... Bxf1 31. Kxf1 hxg3 32. Bxg3 Rxh2 33. Bxh2 Rh8
34. Kg2 Rh3 35. Rd3 (35. Bg3 Bh4 36. Bxh4 Nxf4+ 37. Kf2 Rxh4 38. Kg3 Ng6 $19)
35... Bh4 $1 36. Rd1 (36. Rxh3 gxh3+ 37. Kf1 Bxe1 38. Kxe1 Nxd4 39. Kf2 Ne6 40.
Kg3 d4 41. Bg1 d3 42. Be3 Nc5 43. Kxh3 Ne4 $19) 36... Re3 37. Nd3 g3 38. Nc5+ (
38. Bg1 Rxd3 39. Rxd3 Nxf4+ $19) 38... Nxc5 39. Bg1 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Ghent op 20th"]
[Site "Ghent"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Blees, Albert"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Na3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Nc2
Bd7 9. Bd3 Qb6 10. Bxf5 (10. O-O a5 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. Be3 Nd8 13. Rb1 h6 14. h4
Be7 15. h5 Ne6 16. g3 g5 17. hxg6 fxg6 $15 {0-1 Jonkman,H-Gurevich,M
Vlissingen op(6) 1997 (39)}) 10... exf5 11. O-O h6 (11... Be7 12. Bg5 $13) 12.
a3 a5 13. Re1 (13. h4 Be7 14. g3 {(/\Kg2,Rh1)}) (13. Rb1 $5 {(/\14.b4<=><<)} a4
14. Ne3 Be6 15. b4 $13) 13... Be6 14. h4 Be7 15. g3 {[/\16.Kg2,17.Rh1]} Qd8 $1
{[/\16...g5]} (15... Rg8 $5 16. h5 (16. Kg2 g5 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Rh1 f4 $36)
16... g5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Bxh6 g5 19. Kg2 Rg6 20. Rh1 Kd7 $44) 16. h5 (16. Kg2
g5 17. Rh1 Kd7 $1 $36) 16... g5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Kg2 g5 19. Rh1 Kd7 $1 20. Qd3
Qb6 $1 {[/\21...Rag8,22...f4->]} 21. Bd2 f4 $1 22. gxf4 Raf8 $1 {[/\Be6-f5-e4]}
23. Nxg5 $5 (23. fxg5 Bf5 24. Qc3 Bxc2 25. Qxc2 Rxf3 $19) 23... hxg5 (23...
Bxg5 $5 24. fxg5 Bf5 25. Qc3 Be4+ 26. Kg1 Bxh1 27. Kxh1 hxg5+ 28. Kg2 Nxe5 $17)
24. Rxh8 {[#]} Bf5 $1 (24... Rxh8 25. f5 Bg8 26. b4 $1 $132) 25. e6+ $1 Kd6 $1
(25... Kxe6 $2 26. Rh6+ Kd7 27. Qc3 $13) (25... Kc7 26. Ne3 $1 Bxd3 27. Nxd5+
Kd6 28. Nxb6 Rxh8 29. d5 $5 $13) 26. Qg3 Rxh8 27. fxg5+ (27. Ne3 Kxe6 (27...
Bh3+ 28. Kg1 Kxe6 29. Re1 $36) 28. Re1 Be4+ 29. f3 Qxb2) 27... Kxe6 28. Re1+
Kd7 29. Ne3 Be6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 Nfe7 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Nd2 (12. Qc2 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14.
Nd2 Qc6 15. Nce4 Nc8 16. Nxc4 b5 17. Ne3 Qxc2 18. Nxc2 Bc6 19. f3 h5 (19... Nb6
20. Ne3 Na4 21. O-O-O O-O-O 22. Rhf1 Be7 $44 {0-1 Molander,R-Johannessen,L/
Stockholm SWE 2005/The Week in Chess 582 (42)}) 20. g5 Nb6 21. Kf2 Be7 22. h4
O-O 23. Ne3 Na4 24. Rab1 a5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E-Lopez Martinez,J/
Stepanakert 2005/CBM 110_02 (51)}) 12... Rc8 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. h4 (14. Qe2 Be7
15. Qe3 O-O 16. h4 f6 17. h5 Nh8 18. Rc2 Nc6 19. Na4 Qd8 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nc5
e5 $17 {0-1 Motylev,A-Ponomariov,R/Khanty Mansyisk RUS 2005/The Week in Chess
578 (38)}) 14... Be7 15. g5 O-O 16. Ne2 $5 {[/\17.h5]} (16. Rg1 Nxh4 17. Bd3 g6
18. Qg4 Nf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Qh4 Rfe8 21. Nxd5 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Qc6 23. Nxe7+
Rxe7 24. Bb2 Qc2 25. Rh1 f6 26. gxf6 Rf7 27. d5 Ba4 28. Kf1 {1/2-1/2 Potkin,
V-Hug,W/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096 (28)}) (16. h5 Nf4 $132) (16. Qg4 Bxb4 $5) 16...
Rfd8 $5 (16... Nc4 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. h5 Bc6 19. Rh3 Nh8 20. f4 $13) 17. h5 Nf8
18. Rg1 Rxc1 {[/\19...Nc6,20...a5<=><<]} (18... Nc4 19. Nxc4 (19. Rxc4 $2 dxc4
20. Ne4 Bc6 21. Nf6+ Kh8 $19) 19... dxc4 20. Qd2 Bc6 21. Nf4 $13) 19. Nxc1 $5 (
19. Qxc1 Rc8 20. Qd1 Nc4 $36) (19. Bxc1 Nc6 20. Nb3 a5 $36) 19... Nc6 (19...
Rc8 $5 {(/\20...Nc4;20...Nc6)}) 20. Rg4 $1 {(/\Nc1-b3-c5)} (20. Ncb3 a5 21. b5
a4 $1 22. bxc6 (22. Nc5 Nxd4 $1 23. Nxa4 Qa7 $17) 22... Bxc6 $36) 20... Rc8 21.
Ncb3 Nd8 $1 {[/\22...Bb5;} (21... a5 22. b5 a4 (22... Nd8 23. a4 $16) 23. Nc5
Na5 (23... Nxe5 24. Nxa4 $16) (23... Nxd4 24. Nxd7 Nxd7 25. Bxd4 $16) 24. Nxa4
$14) 22. Nc5 (22. Qe2 Rc2 23. Ba1 Ra2 $17) (22. Bd3 $5 Bb5 23. Bb1 Nc6 24. Qf3
{(/\25.g6<=>>>)}) 22... Bb5 23. Rg3 $6 (23. Bxb5 Qxb5 24. Qe2 Qc6 $15 {(/\25...
b6,26...Qc2|^<<)}) (23. Bg2 $5 Nc6 (23... a5 24. a4 Bc4 25. b5 $13) 24. g6 fxg6
25. hxg6 h6 26. Rg3 {(/\27.Qg4<=>>>)}) (23. Bh3 $5) 23... Bxf1 24. Kxf1 a5 $36
25. Bc3 axb4 26. axb4 Ra8 $15 27. Kg2 Qb5 {[/\28...Nc6,29...b6|^<<]} 28. Nd3 (
28. h6 g6 29. Qf1 Qxf1+ 30. Kxf1 b6 31. Nd3 Nc6 $36) 28... Nc6 (28... Bxg5 29.
Qg4 $40) 29. Qb1 Ra3 30. Bb2 Ra8 31. Nf3 $6 $138 (31. Bc3 Bd8 $1 $17 {(/
\Nc6-e7-f5,Bd8-b6)}) 31... Nxb4 $17 32. Nf4 {[/\33.g6|^]} Qc4 $1 {[/\33...Qc2]}
33. g6 Qc2 34. gxf7+ Kxf7 35. Qxc2 Nxc2 36. Nh2 Ra4 (36... b5 $19) 37. Rf3 $2
$138 Ne1+ 0-1

[Event "VAM Hoogeveen op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "1999.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bosch, Jeroen"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Qb6 10. O-O a5 11. h4 $5 {TN} (11. a4 Rc8 12. Bb5 Be7 13. g4 Nh4 14.
Nxh4 Bxh4 15. Be3 Be7 16. Kg2 O-O $132 {0-1 Walsh,C-Gurevich,M/Breda 1998/EXT
99 (27)}) (11. g4 {-56/286}) 11... Be7 12. g3 (12. h5 g6 $5 $132 {>>}) 12...
Nb4 $5 (12... O-O 13. h5 {/\14.g4|^>>}) 13. Na3 $6 (13. Nxb4 axb4 14. Bg5 (14.
Qd3 Ra5 {/\15...Bb5<=>}) 14... Bb5 15. Bxb5+ Qxb5 16. b3 (16. Bxe7 Nxe7 $13)
16... O-O 17. Qd2 $13) 13... Rc8 $5 14. Kg2 O-O 15. Bf4 $6 (15. g4 $5 Nxh4+ 16.
Nxh4 Bxh4 17. Rh1 (17. g5 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 (18. Rxc1 Bxg5 $17) 18... Qxd4 $17)
17... Be7 18. g5 $15 (18. Be3)) 15... f6 $5 $132 16. Qd2 (16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Ne5
(17. Be5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Be8 $17) 17... Be8 $17) 16... Be8 $1 $17 {[/\17...Bh5;
xd4]} 17. g4 fxe5 18. dxe5 Nxh4+ 19. Nxh4 Bxh4 20. Be3 (20. g5 Rd8 $5 {/\21...
d4,22...Bc6} (20... Bg6)) 20... Qd8 21. f4 Be7 (21... Bg6 $5 22. g5 Bf5 $17)
22. f5 Bc6 23. Kg1 Qd7 24. Bg5 (24. f6 gxf6 25. Bh6 fxe5 $19) 24... d4 (24...
Bc5+ 25. Kh2 exf5 26. gxf5 $17) 25. Bc4 Bd5 26. Bb5 Qc7 27. Bxe7 Qxe7 $17 28.
f6 $138 gxf6 29. exf6 Rxf6 $1 30. Qxd4 (30. Qg5+ Qg7 $1 31. Qxf6 Qxg4+ 32. Kf2
Rf8 $19) 30... Rh6 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hansen,LB} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3
(7. O-O {Hansen,LB}) 7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Nb4 (9... Qb6 {Hansen,LB} 10.
O-O Rc8 (10... Na5 11. g4 Ne7 12. Nfe1 Bb5 13. Nd3 h5 14. gxh5 Nf5 15. Be3 Rc8
$13 {Sveshnikov,E-Kiriakov,P/Elista/1994/}) 11. Bd3 Nb4 12. Nxb4 Bxb4 13. a3
Be7 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 O-O 17. Qd2 Rc4 18. Nf3 Rfc8 19. Rac1
Qc7 20. Rxc4 {1/2-1/2/Benjamin,J-Gulko,B/USA-ch/1994/}) (9... Qa5+ {Hansen,LB}
10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Bc3 Be7 12. Qd2 a5 13. O-O O-O 14. Kh1 $5 Kh8 $5 15. g4 Nh6 16.
Rg1 Ng8 17. g5 Bb4 $13 {Cifuentes Parada,R-Sokolov,I/NLD-ch/1994/}) 10. O-O (
10. Ne3 Nxe3 (10... Nh4 11. Nxh4 Qxh4 12. O-O Nc6 13. f4 Qd8 14. f5 Qb6 $132 {
Sax,Gy-Kindermann,S/Aruba (04) 1992 (37)}) (10... Rc8 11. O-O Qb6 12. Nxf5 exf5
13. Bd2 Be7 14. Qb3 Be6 $13 {Westerinen,H-Dreev,A/Helsinki op 1992/0-1 (81)})
11. fxe3 Rc8 (11... Be7 12. a3 {N} (12. O-O O-O 13. a3 (13. Bd2 Qb6 $2 (13...
a5 $1 $13) 14. a3 Nc6 15. b4 $1 $14 {Sax,Gy-Brenninkmeijer,J/Wijk 53/251 1992/
1/2-1/2 (49) |^<<}) 13... Nc6 14. Bd3 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bd2 Qe8 17. Bc3 Ne7
18. Qb3 Bc6 $10 {Westerinen,H-Jelen,I/Debrecen EU-tch(6) SLO-FIN 1992 (29)})
12... Nc6 13. b4 a6 14. Rb1 Na7 15. a4 Nc6 16. Bd2 a5 17. b5 Nb4 18. O-O O-O
$10 {Spassky,B-Kortchnoi,V/Beograd (m/18) 24/216 1977 (41)}) 12. O-O Be7 13.
Bd2 Qb6 14. Rf2 O-O 15. Bxb4 Qxb4 $15 {Zhuravlev,V-Ragozin,E/Leningrad-chT
1989/1/2-1/2 (61)}) (10. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Bd2 {N} (11. Kf1 $6 {N} Be7 12. Qb3 Bc6
13. Bd2 a5 $1 14. g3 a4 15. Qd3 Qb6 16. Bc3 O-O 17. Kg2 f6 $1 18. Rhe1 Be8 19.
exf6 Bxf6 20. Bf1 Bg6 $15 {Kholmov,R-Dizdar,G/Voskresensk 1990/1/2-1/2 (65)})
11... Qa5 (11... Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 O-O {1/2-1/2 Zaitsev,I-Gleizerov,E/Voskresensk
1993 1/2-1/2/Zaitsev,I-Gleizerov,E/Voskresensk/1993/} (12... Qb6 {Hansen,LB}
13. O-O Bb5 14. Bxb5+ Qxb5 15. Rfc1 $14 {Zaitsev,I-Zlochevskij,A/Moscow/1994/})
) 12. a3 (12. Bxb4 {- 41/306}) (12. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ (13... a5 $5 14.
a3 (14. Qxb4 axb4 15. Kd2 Ne7 16. Rhc1 Nc6 {Peng Xiaomin-Dreev,A/Luzern/1993/}
17. Bb5 Na5 18. Be2 Ke7 19. b3 Ra7 $15 {Peng Xiaomin-Dreev,A/Luzern WchT 
(CHN-RUS) (02) 1993/1/2-1/2 (53)}) 14... Qb6 $1 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfc1 (16. g4 $5
) 16... Rfc8 17. Bd3 Ne7 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. Rc1 Rxc1+ 20. Qxc1 h6 $15 {
Friedman,A-Dreev,A/New York op (02) 1991/0-1 (49)}) 14. Kxd2 Ne7 15. Rhc1 (15.
Ne1 Rc8 16. Bd3 Nc6 17. Ke3 Ke7 18. Rc1 f5 19. Nf3 Nb4 20. Bb1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1
Rc8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 {1/2-1/2 Gallinnis,N-Sieglen,J/BL 8788 Bochum-Sindelfingen 
[7] 1987}) (15. Rac1 Nc6 16. Ke3 (16. b4 a6 17. a3 f6 {1/2-1/2 Blasek,R-Zueger,
B/Gelsenkirchen 1991}) 16... f6 17. h4 Ke7 18. Bd3 h6 19. h5 Rhc8 20. g4 Nb4
21. Bb1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 $14 {Stein,B-Goetz,R/BL 8990 Dortmund-Munich 36 [4] 1990
(32)}) 15... f6 16. Rc5 Kd8 17. Bd3 Rc8 18. Rac1 Rxc5 19. Rxc5 Be8 20. Ne1 Nc6
$15 {Sieiro Gonzalez,L-Gurevich,M/La Habana 41/306 1986 (36)}) 12... Bxd2+ 13.
Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 f6 15. Rac1 Ne7 16. b4 Kd8 (16... Nc6 17. b5 $5 Na5 18. Kc3
a6 19. a4 $14 {/\ Kb4}) 17. Bd3 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Nxc8 (18... Kxc8) 19. g4 {
Anand,V-Gurevich,M/Manila izt 49/307 1990 (38)} Nb6 $1 20. b5 Ke7 21. Rc1 $5)
10... Nxc2 11. Qxc2 Qb6 (11... h5 $5 12. Bd2 (12. Qb3) (12. Bd3) 12... Be7 13.
Bd3 (13. Qb3 $2 g5 $1 $36) 13... Qb6 (13... g5 {>=} 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Qb3 $13)
14. Bxf5 Rc8 $1 (14... exf5 15. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qxd4 (16... O-O 17. Qd2
$16) 17. Rfd1 (17. Rac1 Qa4 $1 18. b3 Qc6 $13) 17... Qh4 (17... Qc4 18. Qxc4
dxc4 19. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 20. Rxd7+ Ke6 21. Rad1 $16) (17... Qb6 18. Rxd5 Be6 19.
Rd6 $16) 18. Qd2 $1 $44 {~/= Sveshnikov,E-Dreev,A/St.Petersburg (zt) 56/(285)
1993}) 15. Qb3 exf5 16. Qxd5 (16. Qxb6 $5 axb6 17. Rfc1 $10) 16... Be6 $44 {
Yagupov,I-Dreev,A/Rostov na Donu (op) 57/271 1993/1/2-1/2 (63)}) 12. Qd3 (12.
Rd1 Rc8 13. Qd2 Be7 14. a3 Ba4 15. Re1 O-O 16. Bd3 Kh8 17. Bxf5 exf5 $15 {
Mueller,S-Schaller,S/Dresden op 1992 (25)}) 12... Rc8 (12... h6 13. Bd2 Bb4 14.
Bxb4 Qxb4 15. a3 Qb6 16. Rac1 O-O 17. b4 Rfc8 18. Rc5 Qd8 19. Rfc1 b6 $15 {
Seret,JL-Vaisman,V/FRA-ch 1989/0-1 (51)}) (12... Be7 13. a4 (13. g4 Nh4 14.
Nxh4 Bxh4 15. f4 h6 16. Be3 Be7 17. f5 O-O-O $10 {Sveshnikov,E-Foisor,O/Oviedo
25' (03) 1993}) 13... O-O 14. a5 Qc7 15. Bd2 a6 16. Rfc1 Bc6 17. Qb3 $14 {
Sveshnikov,E-Nikolaev,S/Sibenik 52/(252) 1990}) (12... a6 13. Bd2 h5 $6 (13...
Be7 {>= Sveshnikov,E}) 14. a4 a5 15. Rfd1 Be7 16. h3 Rc8 17. Bc3 $1 h4 18. Qd2
$16 {Sveshnikov,E-Zlotnik,B/Moscow (op) 52/(252) 1991}) (12... h5 13. Bd2 Be7
14. a4 a5 15. Bc3 {Savko,A-Stavrinov,A/LAT-ch Riga 1993/1-0 (53)} g5 $5 $132) (
12... a6 {- 52/(252)}) (12... Be7 {- 52/(252)}) 13. Rd1 {>< Rd1} (13. Bd2 Bb4
$1 {Filipenko,A} (13... Be7 $6 14. g4 $1 $16) 14. Bf4 $6 (14. Bxb4 {>=} Qxb4
15. a3 Qb6) 14... a6 $1 15. a4 (15. Qb3 Ba5 $1) 15... Ne7 $5 (15... O-O $5) 16.
h4 Ba5 17. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 18. Bxc1 h6 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E-Dreev,A/Rostov na Donu
(op) 57/(271) 1993} (18... h6 19. b3 O-O 20. Bb2 $10)) (13. a4 $5 {N} Bb4 14.
h4 h6 $5 (14... Ne7 $6 15. Qe3 $140 $1 $16 Nf5 16. Qf4 Be7 17. g4 Nxh4 18. Nxh4
Bxh4 19. g5 $18) 15. h5 Ne7 16. Nd2 (16. Qe3 Nf5 17. Qf4 Be7 $1 {/\} 18. g4 Nh4
19. Nd2 Bg5 20. Qg3 Qxd4) 16... O-O 17. Nb3 f5 $8 (17... Nc6 $2 18. Qg3 Kh8 19.
Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qf4 Ne7 21. Qxh6+ Kg8 22. g4 $1 {/\ Bd3+-}) (17... f6 $6 18. Bf4
$140 $5 $16 fxe5 19. Bxe5 Nc6 20. Bxg7 $1 $18) 18. a5 Qd8 {Sveshnikov,
E-Rublevsky,S/Elista/1994/} 19. Bd2 $14 {Sveshnikov,E-Rublevsky,S/RUS ch 61/
271 1994 (42)}) (13. Bd2 {- 57/(271)}) (13. g4 $5 {Hansen,LB} Ne7 $13) 13... h6
{[%csl Rd4][%cal Yg7g5,Yg5g4] /\g7-g5-g4 ><d4} 14. h4 (14. g4 {Hansen,LB} Ne7
$13) (14. Bd2 {Hansen,LB} Be7 15. g4 Nh4 $13) 14... a6 {[%cal Yd7b5,Ya6f1] /
\15. - Bb5 16.Qb3 Qc6 /^a6-e2, <->c} 15. a4 Bb4 $15 16. h5 Ne7 $1 {[%csl Rb3,
Rc4][%cal Ye7c6,Yc6a5] /\Nc6-a5 ><c4, ><b3} 17. Qe3 Nc6 18. Bd3 Na5 19. Bb1 Be7
{[%csl Ra4][%cal Ya5b3] /\Nb3, קa4} 20. Ra2 Nb3 $17 21. Bd2 Nxd2 22. Nxd2 Qb4
23. a5 $6 (23. b3 Rc3 24. Bd3 $17) 23... Ba4 24. b3 Bb5 {>< c3} 25. f4 Rc3 26.
Qf2 Kd7 $1 $19 27. f5 Rhc8 28. f6 gxf6 29. exf6 Bd6 {[%cal Yc8g8,Yc3g3] /\Rg8
+ Rcg3} 30. Nf3 Rc1 31. Rad2 (31. Qd2 {Hansen,LB} Qc3 $19) 31... Qxb3 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[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. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 (7...
Nge7 8. Na3 Nf5 9. Nc2) 8. b3 Nf5 9. Bb2 Bb4+ (9... Be7 10. O-O O-O (10... Bd7
11. g4 (11. Kh1 Rc8 12. Nc3 a6 13. Na4 Qa7 $10 {Kurajica,B-Vukic,M/Borovo/1980/
}) 11... Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Na3 O-O (13... f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Nc2 O-O $15
{Atlas,V-Jurkovic,A/Genf op/1991/}) 14. f4 f6 $15 {Kupreichik,V-Hertneck,G/
Debrecen/1992/}) 11. Kh1 (11. Bd3 Kh8 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Nc3 Ncxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4
15. Qg4 $44 {Kupreichik,V-Thesing,M/Berlin Summer op/1992/}) 11... f6 12. g4
Nh6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. g5 Rxf3 15. Bxf3 Bxg5 $13 {Zhuravliov-Korsunsky/USSR/
1978/}) (9... Bd7 10. Kf1 (10. g4 Nfe7 11. Nc3 Ng6 12. Qd2 f6 13. Na4 Bb4 14.
Nxb6 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 axb6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. h4 $14 {Judasin,L-Illescas,M/Leon/
1993/}) 10... h5 11. h4 Be7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Na4 Qa7 14. Rc1 $14 {Tatai,S-Hort,V/
Las Palmas/1975/}) 10. Kf1 Be7 (10... h5 11. h4 (11. Nc3 {0,5/Pacl,V-Kratky/
CSR-chT/1992/}) (11. g3 Bd7 12. h4 f6 13. a3 Be7 14. Bc3 fxe5 15. dxe5 Bc5 $15
{Pacl,V-Vavra,P/CSR-chT/1992/}) 11... Bd7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Na4 Qa7 14. Rc1 Rc8
15. a3 Be7 16. b4 $14 {Aitken,J-Christoffel,M/Hastings/1945/}) (10... O-O 11.
Nc3 f6 12. Rc1 (12. Na4 Qd8 13. h4 fxe5 14. dxe5 Be7 15. Bd3 $14 {Galdunts,
S-Naroditsky,E/Moscow4/1991/}) 12... fxe5 13. dxe5 Bd7 14. Na4 Qd8 15. a3 Be7
16. g3 d4 17. Kg2 Qa5 18. Re1 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Bf3 Qf6 21. Nc5 (21. Rc7
Rad8 22. Rxb7 Bd6 23. Rxa7 $2 Nh4+ 24. gxh4 Bc6 $19 {Castro,O-Pazos,P/Medellin/
1987/}) 21... Bxc5 22. Rxc5 $44 {Castro,O-Arencibia,W/Medellin/1987/}) (10...
Bd7 11. g4 Nh6 12. Rg1 f6 13. a3 Be7 14. exf6 gxf6 15. h3 Nf7 16. Nc3 h5 $10 {
Zhuravlev,V-Ambarcumjan,A/URS-chT Podolsk/1990/}) 11. Nc3 (11. g4 Nh4 12. Nbd2
Ng6 $15 {Fletzer-Ivkov,B/Venezia/1966/}) (11. h4 Bd7 12. Nc3 Ncxd4 13. Nxd5
exd5 14. Nxd4 Bc5 (14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Rc1 Qa5 $10 {
Kosten,A-Lputian,S/Altensteig/1989/}) 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 16. Qxd5 O-O $15 {Rosen,
W-Schmidt,B/2.BLW/1991/}) 11... Qd8 (11... Ncxd4 $4 12. Na4 $18) (11... O-O 12.
Na4 Qa5 13. Bc3 Qd8 14. g3 f6 15. g4 Nh6 16. h3 fxe5 17. dxe5 a6 $15 {Zvara,
P-Rajnak,D/Praha ch-CS/1992/}) 12. g3 f6 13. Kg2 (13. exf6 Bxf6 $10) 13... fxe5
14. dxe5 O-O 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Bd3 Qe8 (16... Be8 17. Ne2 $14 {/\Ned4/Nf4 ><e6})
17. Ne2 Qf7 {/\Ne3+} 18. Rf1 Rad8 19. a3 {/\b3-b4-b5 + Ned4} g5 20. h3 Be8 {
/\Qg7,Bg6} 21. b4 a6 22. Qd2 h6 (22... Qg7 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 (23... exf5 24. Nfd4
$16) 24. Nfd4 $16) 23. Rce1 d4 24. Be4 (24. g4 $5 Nh4+ (24... Ng7 25. Nexd4
Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Rxd4 27. Bxd4 Qf3+ 28. Kh2 Bc6 29. Rg1 $16) 25. Nxh4 Nxe5 (25...
gxh4 26. f4 $16) 26. Nxd4 Nxd3 27. Qxd3 gxh4 28. Qe4 Bf6 $13) 24... d3 25. Nc1
(25. Bxd3 $2 Nxb4 26. axb4 Bc6 {/\Nh4+} 27. Neg1 Bb5 $17) 25... Nfd4 26. Re3 (
26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. Nxd3 Nf3 $17) 26... a5 27. Nxd4 Nxd4 28. Rxd3 $16 Nf5 29.
Rxd8 Bxd8 30. Bd4 (30. Ne2 $6 Bb6 {/\Ne3+}) (30. Nd3 $5 Bb5 31. Rc1 Bb6 (31...
Bxd3 $6 32. Qxd3 (32. Bxd3 Nxg3 33. fxg3 Qf3+ 34. Kh2 Qf2+ 35. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 36.
Kg1 Bb6 (36... Rxb2 37. Rc8 $18) 37. Rc8+ (37. bxa5 Be3 $13) 37... Kg7 (37...
Rf8+ 38. Rc5 $16) 38. Rc7+ Kg8 (38... Rf7+ 39. Rc5) 39. Rxb7 Be3 40. Bc1 $16)
32... Nh4+ 33. Kh1 Qxf2 34. Bd4 $16) 32. Nc5 $16) (30. Qxd8 $4 Ne3+ $19) 30...
Bb5 31. Re1 Bc7 {/\32..Nxd4 33.Qxd4 Bxe5} 32. Bc5 Rd8 33. Qc3 b6 34. Be3 axb4
35. Qxb4 (35. axb4 $5 Nxe3+ (35... Qd7 {פc1} 36. Nb3 $16) 36. Rxe3 Rd1 37. Nd3
$16) 35... Qd7 $44 {/\Bc6//\36..Nxe3 37.Rxe3 Bxe5} 36. Qb3 Bc6 37. Qc4 Bd5 $10
(37... Bxe4+ 38. Qxe4 Qd5 $10) 38. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 39. Qxd5 Rxd5 40. f4 Ra5 41. Bf2
gxf4 42. gxf4 Rxa3 43. Ne2 Ra2 44. Kf3 Kf7 $6 (44... Ra3+ 45. Kg2 Ra2 $10) 45.
Rc1 Ra3+ 46. Kg2 Ra7 47. Nc3 {/\Nb5} Bd8 48. Rd1 $14 Ra8 49. Rd7+ Kg6 50. Ne4
b5 51. Bc5 Ra2+ 52. Kf3 Nh4+ 53. Ke3 Nf5+ 54. Kf3 Bh4 55. Rb7 Rb2 56. Rb6 Rb3+
57. Ke2 Ng7 (57... Kf7 58. Nd6+ $14) 58. Bf8 Nh5 59. Rxe6+ Kf5 60. Rxh6 Nxf4+ (
60... Kxf4 61. Kd2 (61. Rxh5)) 61. Kd2 {Hansen,Cu} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.12"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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 "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 {Belov Knaak} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. h4
{Knaak: Nicht mit der Absicht, am Königsflügel anzugreifen. Vielmehr soll
Ne7-f5 mit g2-g4 beantwortet werden, ohne daß Nf5-h4 möglich ist.} (7. a3 Nf5 (
7... a6 8. b4 cxd4 9. cxd4 b5 10. O-O Nc8 11. Nbd2 a5 12. bxa5 Nxa5 13. Ne1 Nb6
14. Nb3 Nbc4 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Nc2 Be7 17. Qd3 O-O 18. Qg3 Rfc8 $15 {Hokkanen,
P-Knaak,R/Jyvaskyla op/1990/}) (7... c4 8. Bf4 Na5 9. Nbd2 Nc8 10. h4 Nb6 11.
h5 Ba4 12. Qb1 h6 13. Nh4 Qd7 14. Bg3 Bb3 15. f4 Qa4 16. Nxb3 Nxb3 17. Ra2
O-O-O 18. f5 $14 {Prie,E-Kosten,A/Paris/1991/}) 8. b4 (8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 Bb6
10. Bf4 Nce7 11. g4 Ng6 12. Bg5 Nfe7 13. Bd3 Qb8 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 $17 {Vatter,
H-Hertneck,G/BL 8788/}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 b5 10. Bb2 a5 11. bxa5 Nxa5 12. Bc3
Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. d5 Bc5 15. O-O O-O 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. d6 Bc6 18. Qf4 Ne3 19.
Rc1 Nd5 20. Qh4 Nxc3 21. Nxc3 Bxa3 22. Rcb1 h6 23. Qxc4 Bb2 {0-1 Schreiner,
R-Hertneck,G/Bad Worishofen open 1990}) (7. O-O {Belov} Ng6 8. Be3 cxd4 9. cxd4
Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bd3 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Qd3 g5
16. h3 Be7 $10 {Thipsay,P-Ravi,L/IND/1993/}) (7. Na3 {Belov} cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5
9. Nc2 Nb4 (9... Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Bc3 Be7 12. Qd2 a5 13. O-O O-O $10 {
Cifuentes Parada,R-Sosonko,G/NED-ch/1994/0:1/38/}) 10. O-O Nxc2 11. Qxc2 Qb6
12. Qd3 Rc8 13. a4 $5 (13. Bd2 Bb4 $1 14. Bf4 a6 15. a4 Ne7 16. h4 Ba5 17. Rfc1
Rxc1+ 18. Bxc1 h6 {Sveshnikov,E-Dreev,A/Rostov (op)/1993/0,5/19/}) 13... Bb4
14. h4 h6 15. h5 Ne7 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Nb3 f5 18. a5 Qd8 19. Bd2 Bxd2 20. Qxd2
$14 {Sveshnikov,E-Rublevsky,S/RUS-ch/1994/0,5/42/}) 7... cxd4 (7... Rc8 8. Na3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nf5 10. Nc2 Nb4 11. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Prie,E-Kosten,A/
Aix les Bains (5) 1991}) (7... Qc7 8. Na3 a6 9. Nc2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Na5 11. b3
Rc8 12. Ne3 Nec6 13. O-O Be7 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Bd3 $14 {Svesnikov,E-Saether/
Gausdal international/1992/}) (7... Qb6 8. dxc5 Qc7 9. b4 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5
11. O-O b6 12. g3 bxc5 13. Bf4 Qf6 14. Bg5 Qe5 15. Bf4 Qf6 16. Bg5 {1/2-1/2
Kamber,B-Zueger,B/SWZ-GP Suhr (2) 1992}) 8. cxd4 Qb6 {/\Nf5} (8... Nf5 $6 9. g4
$1 Nh6 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. g5 Qb6 12. Qd2 hxg5 13. hxg5 Na5 14. Nc3 O-O-O 15. g6
fxg6 16. Ng5 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. O-O-O Bb4 19. Nf7 $16 {Prie,E-Kindermann,S/
FRA-FRG/1990/}) 9. b3 (9. Na3 Nf5 10. Nc2 Rc8 (10... Nb4 {Belov} 11. Nxb4 Bxb4+
12. Kf1 $5) 11. g4 Nfe7 12. h5 h6 13. Kf1 Nb4 14. Na3 Nec6 15. b3 a5 16. Bb2
Na7 17. Kg2 Nb5 18. Nxb5 Bxb5 $15 {Reichman,A-Stone,R/New York op/1988/}) (9.
Nc3 {Belov} Nf5 10. Na4 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 $2 (11. Bd2 Bb4 12. Bc3 b5 13. a3 Bxc3+
14. Nxc3 b4 15. axb4 Qxb4 $10) 11... Ncxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxa4 $17)
9... Nf5 10. Bb2 Be7 (10... Bb4+ 11. Kf1 {/\g2-g4} (11. Kf1 {Belov} Be7 12. g3
f6)) 11. g4 (11. g3 {Belov} f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 $17) 11... Nh6 12. Rg1 f6 (12...
O-O $5) (12... O-O-O {Belov} 13. Qd2 Kb8 14. Nc3 Rc8 15. O-O-O Qa5 16. Kb1 Bb4
17. Rc1 $13) 13. exf6 (13. Nc3 {Belov} fxe5 14. dxe5 Nf7 $17) 13... gxf6 14.
Qd2 Nf7 $15 {/\0-0-0, עe1, פf3} 15. Nc3 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Kb8 17. Kb1 Nd6 {
/\Bd7-e8-g6} 18. h5 (18. Na4 {Belov} Qc7 (18... Ne4 19. Nxb6 Nxd2+ 20. Rxd2
axb6 $10) 19. Rc1 Ne4 20. Qe3 $13) 18... Ka8 {/\Ne4} (18... Ne4 $2 {Belov} 19.
Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qf4+ Ka8 21. Qxe4 $16) 19. Qe3 Qa5 20. Rc1 (20. Ne1 {Belov} e5 (
20... Rc8 21. Nc2 f5 22. f3) 21. Nc2 e4 22. f3 f5 23. fxe4 fxe4 24. Rdf1 $15)
20... Rc8 21. Rgd1 (21. g5 $6 Nf5) (21. Bd3 {Belov} Nb4 22. a3 Nxd3 23. Qxd3
Nb5 24. Nxb5 Bxb5 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Qxh7 Bxa3 $17) 21... Rhg8 22. Ne1 $6 (22.
Bd3 $15) 22... f5 $1 $17 23. Nc2 (23. f3 $2 fxg4 24. fxg4 Bg5 $19) (23. Nd3 {
Belov} fxg4 24. Rg1 Nf5 $19) 23... fxg4 {/\Bg5} 24. Rg1 Bg5 25. f4 Nf5 (25...
gxf3 26. Rxg5 fxe2 $17 (26... Rxg5 {Belov} 27. Qxg5 fxe2 28. Nxe2 Ne4 29. Qg7
$132)) 26. Qd2 Bf6 27. Rxg4 Ncxd4 $19 28. Nxd4 Bxd4 {/\Be3} 29. Qd3 Rgf8 {
/\Bh8,Nd4,e6-e5} (29... Rxg4 {Belov} 30. Bxg4 Bxc3 (30... Bh8 31. Bxf5 exf5 32.
Nxd5 Rxc1+ 33. Bxc1 $15) 31. Bxc3 Qa3 32. Bxf5 exf5 33. Bb2 $15) 30. Rg5 Bh8 (
30... Bf6 $5 {Belov}) 31. h6 (31. Bf3 {Belov} h6) 31... a6 {/\32..d4 33.Ne4 Bb5
} (31... Nd4 32. Rg7 $132) 32. Bg4 d4 33. Bxf5 (33. Ne4 {Belov} Rxc1+ 34. Bxc1
Qe1 35. Bxf5 exf5 36. Nc5 Bb5 37. Qf3 Bc6 $17) (33. Ne2 {Belov} Bb5 34. Qe4 d3
$19) 33... exf5 (33... dxc3 $1 34. Qxd7 (34. Bxe6 cxb2 $19) 34... exf5 $19) 34.
Nd1 Rxc1+ 35. Bxc1 Qb6 {קh6} 36. Bb2 (36. Qh3 {Belov} Bc6 37. Nf2 Be4+ $19)
36... Qxh6 37. a4 (37. Bxd4 $2 Qd6 $19) 37... Qe6 {/\Bc6,/\Qe4} 38. Rh5 h6 39.
Rh3 Bc6 40. Ka2 Bxa4 0-1

[Event "Donner Memorial-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Bxh6 (7. Kf1 Bd7
8. Na3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nf5 10. Nc2 h5 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. g3 $14 {Kupreichik,
V-Bagirov,V/USSR/1973/}) (7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Ng4 $17 {Schmidt,M-Kamp,C/2.BLW/
1990/}) (7. Na3 cxd4 8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. cxd4 Qxb2 10. Nb5 Qb4+ 11. Kf1 Qa5 $15 {
Kestler,H-Uhlmann,W/BL/1991/}) (7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 $17 {Busto,J-Zlotnik,B/
Oviedo op/1992/}) 7... gxh6 (7... Qxb2 8. Bc1 Qxa1 9. Qc2 cxd4 10. O-O Bd7 11.
Nfd2 dxc3 12. Nb3 Nb4 13. Nxa1 Nxc2 14. Nxc2 b5 15. Ba3 a5 $17 {Payne-Plesse/
BRD/1973/}) 8. Qd2 Bg7 (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Bd7 (9... Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O f6
12. Bb5 fxe5 13. Bxc6 exd4 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bxd5+ Kh8 16. Rfe1 $14 {Blaeser,
P-Prie,E/EU-chT Haifa/1989/}) 10. Nc3 Na5 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rac1 Nc4 13. Bxc4
Rxc4 14. Ne2 $14 {Kmoch,H-Muller,H/Wien/1928/}) 9. O-O O-O 10. Na3 cxd4 (10...
f6 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. b4 Qf8 14. Nc2 $14 {Kuprejchik,V-Huzman,A/
Sverdlovsk/1987/}) 11. cxd4 f6 (11... a6 12. Nc2 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Ne3 Bd7
15. Ng4 Rg6 16. Nge5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Rf8 $10 {Kleeschaetzky,
R-Flohr,M/Berlin Summer op/1993/}) 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. Nc2 Bd7 14. b4 (14. Ne3
Raf8 15. Ne5 (15. Rad1 Rf4 16. Nc2 Be8 $15 {Rohde,M-Oll,L/New York GP Qual/
1994/}) 15... Be8 $15 {Regenfelder,E-Dueckstein,A/Wien op/1990/}) 14... Raf8 (
14... Rff8 15. a4 a6 (15... Qd8 16. Ra3 Be8 17. b5 Na5 18. Ne5 $14 {Lein,
A-Ehlvest,J/New York op/1989/}) 16. Ra3 Be8 17. Re3 Ne7 $13 {Antonio,R-Lputian,
S/Shenzhen/1992/}) (14... a6 15. a4 Rxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Qxd4
Bxd4 19. Ra3 $14 {Adamson,R-Levitt,J/New York op/1994/}) 15. b5 Ne7 16. Ne5 Be8
17. a4 (17. g3 h5 (17... Nf5 18. f4 h5 19. a4 Kh8 20. Kh1 $13 {Benjamin,
J-Watson,J/Las Vegas op/1993/}) 18. a4 $10 {Kupreichik,V-Lautier,J/Belgrade
GMA-op/1988/}) 17... Ng6 (17... h5 18. Ra3 Ng6 19. Bxh5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rf5 21.
Bxe8 Rxe8 22. a5 Qc7 23. f4 $16 {Kupreichik,V-Giemsa,S/Badenweiler op/1990/}) (
17... Nf5 18. Rae1 Kh8 19. f4 Qd8 20. Ne3 $14 {Kosten,A-Brunner,L/Altensteig/
1989/}) 18. Ng4 (18. a5 Qc7 $15) 18... R6f7 (18... Rf4 19. g3 $14) 19. Nxh6+
Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Nf4 21. Bf3 Rg7 {/\Bg6, קd4 - /\Qd8, Rg6 ףh6} 22. g3 Qd8 (22...
Bg6 $5 23. Ra2 (23. Ne1 Qxd4 24. Rd1 Qxa4 $17) 23... Bxc2 24. Rxc2 Qxd4 25. Rd1
(25. Kh1 $2 Qd3) 25... Qxa4 26. Rcd2 Rg6 27. Qh4 Ne2+ $17) 23. Kh1 Rg6 24. Qh4
Qxh4 25. gxh4 Nd3 $17 26. Bg2 Nxf2+ 27. Kg1 Nh3+ 28. Kh1 Nf2+ 29. Kg1 Nh3+ 30.
Kh1 Nf4 31. Bf3 Rh6 32. Ne3 Rxh4 33. Rac1 {/\Rc7} Bg6 34. Rc7 Rh3 {/\ 35...Rf3
36.Rf3 Be4 -+} (34... Bd3 35. Rf2 $8 (35. Re1 Rh3 36. Bg4 Be4+ 37. Kg1 h5 38.
Bd1 Rh4 $19 {/\Nh3#}) 35... Nh3 36. Rg2+ Bg6 37. Bg4 $15) (34... Nd3 $5 35.
Nxd5 (35. Rxb7 Rxf3 (35... Rh3 36. Nxd5 Rfxf3 37. Ne7+ Kf7 38. Nxg6+ Kxg6 39.
Rg1+ Kh6 40. Rxa7 Nf4 $19) 36. Rxf3 Be4 37. Rbf7 (37. Rxa7 Bxf3+ 38. Kg1 Re4
$19) 37... Rf4 $19) 35... Be4 36. Ne7+ Kh8 37. Rc8 Rxc8 38. Nxc8 Rf4 39. Bxe4
Rxf1+ 40. Kg2 $15) 35. Ng4 $8 (35. Kg1 Nd3 $19) 35... Rxf3 $2 (35... Bd3 36.
Rf2) (35... Nd3 $2 36. Bg2 Rxf1+ 37. Bxf1 $13) 36. Rxf3 Be4 37. Nh6+ (37. Ne5
Ng6 $19) 37... Kh8 38. Nf7+ Kg8 39. Nh6+ Kh8 40. Nf7+ Kg8 (40... Rxf7 41. Rxf7
Bxf3+ 42. Kg1 Ne2+ 43. Kf2 Nxd4 44. Rxb7 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vlassov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Seferjan, Narek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Bb5 7. c4 dxc4 (7... Bxc4
8. Bxc4 dxc4 9. d5 (9. Nbd2 Qa6 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. N4f3 c3 13. Ne4
Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 cxb2 15. Bxb2 Na6 16. Rhd1 $44 {Svesnikov,E-Ehlvest,J/Leningrad/
1984/}) 9... exd5 (9... Ne7 10. dxe6 Qxe6 11. O-O h6 12. Nc3 a6 13. Re1 Qd7 $13
{Kamber,B-Trichkov,V/Praha/1991/}) 10. Qxd5 Ne7 11. Qxc4 Nd7 12. Nc3 Qc6 13.
O-O Nb6 14. Qe2 $14 {Langner,L-Kucera,P/Litomerice/1990/}) 8. d5 (8. Nc3 Nc6 (
8... Nd7 9. d5 O-O-O 10. Qc2 exd5 11. Nxd5 Qg6 12. Qxg6 hxg6 13. Bf4 $13 {
Backwinkel,P-Behrens,H/BL/1985/}) 9. d5 O-O-O 10. Qc2 exd5 $17 {Weidemann,
J-Gerstner,W/BL/1992/}) 8... exd5 9. Qxd5 Qc6 $6 (9... Ne7 10. Qe4 (10. Qd1
Nbc6 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. Bd2 Nd4 $15 {Pyhala,A-Sjodahl,P/Stockholm open/1990/})
10... Qc6 11. Nc3 (11. Qc2 Qg6 12. Qe2 Nbc6 13. Nc3 Ba6 14. Be3 Nf5 {Kharlov,
A-Svistunov,K/Pinsk/1993/}) 11... Qxe4+ 12. Nxe4 Ng6 13. Be3 Bc6 14. Nd6+ Bxd6
15. exd6 b5 16. Bxc5 Nd7 17. Be3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 a5 {0,5/Villarreal,H-Schweber,S/
Buenos Aires/1991/}) 10. Bxc4 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 $14 {>< Ng8} b5 12. Qe2 Ne7 13. Nc3
a6 14. O-O Nf5 $6 15. Ne4 {/\Nd6+} Be7 16. g4 $1 $16 Qg6 (16... Nd4 17. Nxd4
cxd4 18. Nd6+ $16) 17. Bg5 Nd4 (17... Bxg5 18. gxf5 $18) 18. Nxd4 Bxg5 19. Nd6+
Kf8 20. N4f5 (20. Qf3 $1 Ra7 21. Nc6 Nxc6 22. Qxc6 Qe6 23. f4 $16) 20... h5 21.
f4 Be7 22. g5 Bxd6 23. Nxd6 {/\h2-h4 + f4-f5} h4 24. Qg2 Ra7 25. f5 Qh5 26. g6
h3 27. Qg3 Nc6 28. Nxf7 $18 Rxf7 29. gxf7 Nd4 30. Rae1 Ne2+ 31. Rxe2 Qxe2 32.
e6 Qd2 33. Qf3 Qxb2 34. Rd1 Ke7 35. Qg3 {/\Qg5+} Qg2+ 36. Qxg2 hxg2 37. Rd7+
Kf6 38. Ra7 c4 39. e7 (39. e7 Kxf7 40. e8=Q+ Kxe8 41. Ra8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van der Werf, Mark"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 (7. O-O)
7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Qb6 $6 (9... Nb4 10. O-O Nxc2 11. Qxc2 h5 12. Bd2
Be7 13. Bd3 $14 {Sveshnikov-Dreev,St.Petersburg zt 1993}) (9... Qa5+ $6 10. Bd2
Qb6 11. Bc3 Nb4 12. Ne3 $1 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bb5 14. O-O Bxe2 15. Qxe2 $14 {
Mortensen-Heine Nielsen,Tonder (DK-ch)1993}) (9... h5 $5 10. O-O Be7 11. Ne3 g5
12. Nxf5 exf5 13. h4 g4 14. Ng5 Qb6 15. Be3 f4 16. Bxf4 Qxd4 17. Qc1 Rc8 18.
Rd1 Qb6 19. Qd2 Be6 $13 {Dolmatov-Hertneck,Tilburg 1992 rapid}) (9... Rc8 10.
O-O Qb6 11. Qd3 $6 (11. g4) 11... a6 $1 12. g4 Nfe7 13. Nfe1 Ng6 14. f4 $2 (14.
Qe3 Be7 15. f4 f6 $1 $132 {Knaak}) 14... Nxd4 $1 15. Nxd4 Bb5 16. Qb3 Qxd4+ 17.
Be3 Qxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Bc5 $17 {Galdunts-Knaak,Dortmund open 1992}) 10. O-O Na5 11.
g4 Ne7 12. Nfe1 Bb5 13. Nd3 h5 $5 14. b4 $5 $146 (14. gxh5 Nf5 15. Be3 Nc4 16.
a4 Ncxe3 17. fxe3 Bc4 18. Nf4 Bb3 19. Bb5+ Kd8 $13 {Sveshnikov-Dolmatov,
Naberezhnie Chelni 1988}) 14... Nac6 (14... Nc4 $2 15. a4 $16 {X Bb5}) 15. a4
Bc4 $1 16. a5 Qc7 (16... Qd8 $5 17. Nc5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qc7 19. a6 $1 b6 20. Nb7
$5 $13) 17. gxh5 Nf5 (17... Bb3 18. Be3 Nf5 (18... Nxd4 $6 19. Bxd4 Bxc2 20.
Qc1 $16)) 18. Be3 Bb3 19. Qb1 $1 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Qd8 21. Nc5 $2 (21. Qa4 $1 Nxe3
(21... Qd7 22. b5) 22. fxe3 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Qxe3 24. a6 $1 Qxe2 25. axb7 (25. Rae1
$6 Qxd3 (25... Qxh5 $6 26. Rf2 $1 $18) 26. axb7 Rb8 27. Qxc6+ Kd8 28. Rxf7 Be7
$1 29. Qxe6 (29. Rxe7 Qf3+ $10) 29... Rxb7 30. Qxd5+ Kc8 $1 $13) 25... Qe4+ 26.
Kg1 Qg4+ 27. Kf2 Qxd4+ (27... Qh4+ 28. Ke2 Qxh2+ 29. Rf2 Qxh5+ 30. Rf3 Rb8 31.
Qxc6+ Kd8 32. Rc1 $1 Qh2+ 33. Nf2 $18) 28. Ke2 (28. Kg3 $5 Rb8 (28... Qxd3+ 29.
Rf3 $18) (28... Qe3+ 29. Rf3 Qg5+ 30. Kf2 Qd2+ (30... Qh4+ 31. Kf1 $18) 31. Kf1
$18) 29. Qxc6+ Kd8 30. Rac1 $1 Qe3+ (30... Qxd3+ 31. Rf3 $18) 31. Rf3 Qg5+ 32.
Kf2 Qd2+ 33. Kf1 $18) 28... Qe4+ 29. Kd2 Bxb4+ $5 (29... Rb8 30. Qxc6+ Kd8 31.
Rxf7 $1 Bxb4+ 32. Nxb4 Qxb4+ 33. Kc2 $1 Qe4+ 34. Kb3 Qd3+ 35. Kb4 Qd4+ 36. Kb5
$1 Qb2+ 37. Kc5 Qc3+ 38. Kd6 $1 Qb4+ 39. Qc5 Rxb7 (39... Qxc5+ 40. Kxc5 $18)
40. Qxb4 Rxb4 41. Raxa7 $18) (29... Qg2+ 30. Rf2 (30. Kc3 $2 d4+ 31. Kb3 Rb8
$17) 30... Qg5+ 31. Kc2 Rb8 32. Qxc6+ Kd8 33. Rxf7 Be7 34. Nf4 $18) 30. Nxb4 (
30. Qxb4 $4 Qxd3+ $1 $19) (30. Kc2 $2 Qe2+ $19) 30... Qg2+ (30... Qd4+ $2 31.
Nd3 $18) 31. Kc3 $1 (31. Ke1 Qe4+ 32. Kd1 Qd4+ 33. Kc2 Qc4+ 34. Kd2 Rb8 $1 35.
Nxc6 Rxb7 $1 (35... Qxa4 36. Rxa4 Rxb7 37. Rh4 $1 $16) 36. Qxc4 (36. Nb4+ $2
Kf8 $36) 36... dxc4 37. Rg1 f6 $1 $14) 31... d4+ 32. Kd3 $1 (32. Kb3 Rb8 $1 33.
Qxc6+ (33. Nxc6 $6 Rxb7+ 34. Nb4+ Kf8 $40) 33... Qxc6 34. Nxc6 Rxb7+ 35. Kc4
Rxh5 $14) (32. Kc4 Qe2+ 33. Kb3 (33. Kc5 $2 Qxe5+ 34. Kxc6 $2 Rd8 $19) (33. Nd3
O-O $1 34. bxa8=Q (34. Qxc6 $2 Qc2+) 34... Nxe5+ 35. Kxd4 Qxd3+ 36. Kxe5 Rxa8
$132) 33... Qe3+ 34. Ka2 (34. Kb2 $2 Qc3+) 34... O-O $1 35. bxa8=Q (35. Qxc6
Rab8) 35... Nxb4+ 36. Qxb4 Qe2+ $1 37. Kb3 Qd3+ $132) 32... Qh3+ (32... O-O 33.
Qxc6 $1 Qh3+ 34. Rf3 $18) (32... Rb8 $5 33. Nxc6 Rxb7) 33. Kc4 $1 (33. Kd2 Qc3+
34. Kd1 (34. Ke2 Rb8 35. Nxc6 Qe3+) 34... Rb8 35. Qxc6+ (35. Nxc6 Qd3+) 35...
Qxc6 36. Nxc6 Rxb7 $14) (33. Ke2 Qxh5+) 33... Qc3+ 34. Kb5 {Is White really
winning in this crazy position?The analysis indicates so!} Rb8 35. Nxc6 Rxb7+
36. Ka6 Rb6+ (36... Qc5 37. Kxb7 $1 Qb6+ 38. Kc8 O-O+ 39. Kd7 $18) 37. Kxa7
Qxc6 (37... Rxc6 38. Rfc1 $18) (37... Qc5 38. Rfc1 $18) 38. Qxc6+ Rxc6 39. Kb7
$3 $18) 21... Bxc5 22. Qxc5 Rc8 23. Qb5 $6 (23. Rac1 a6 $1 (23... Ncxd4 $2 24.
Bb5+) 24. b5 axb5 (24... Ncxd4 $6 25. Qxc8 Nxe2+ 26. Kh1 Nxc1 27. Rxc1 O-O 28.
Qxd8 Rxd8 29. Rc7 $16) 25. Qxb5 (25. Bxb5 $2 Rxh5 {/\ Qh4}) 25... O-O $15)
23... O-O $17 {X d4;Kg1} 24. Rad1 Qe7 25. Kh1 Qh4 $1 {/\ Qe4;Nh4} 26. Bf3 $8
Ncxd4 27. Bxd4 Nxd4 28. Qd3 Rc4 $1 29. Rg1 Nf5 30. Qe2 Rfc8 31. Rg4 $138 Rxg4
32. Bxg4 Nh6 33. Bf3 $6 (33. h3 Rc4 $17) 33... Qxb4 $19 34. Rg1 Qf4 $6 $138 (
34... Qxa5 35. Qe3 Qc3 $1 $19) 35. Qe3 Qxe3 36. fxe3 Rc3 37. Rb1 Rxe3 38. Kg2
Ra3 39. Rxb7 Ra2+ 40. Kg3 Rxa5 $19 41. Bd1 (41. Rb8+ Kh7 42. Bd1 g5 $1 $19)
41... Kf8 42. Bc2 Ra3+ 43. Kf4 a5 44. Ra7 Rh3 45. Bd1 Rh4+ $1 46. Kg3 Re4 47.
Ra8+ Ke7 48. Ra7+ Kd8 49. Rxa5 Rxe5 50. Ra7 Re4 51. Kf3 Rc4 {/\ Rc7} 0-1

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Hug, Werner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 $5 6. Na3 (6. a3 a5 7. Bd3
cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nc3 g6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rc1 $14 {Masserey,Y-Hug,
W/Horgen SKA/1994/}) (6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Bxf5 exf5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Ne2
Be7 11. h4 h6 12. h5 Qb6 13. Nf4 Rc8 $13 {Kharlov,A-Kuporosov,V/Helsinki op/
1992/}) 6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Nc2 Nb4 $5 (8... Qb6 9. Be2 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Be7
11. h4 h5 $13 {Hansen,LB-Gdanski,J/Polanica Zdroj/1993/}) 9. Ne3 $5 Qc7 (9...
Nxe3 10. Bxe3 $14) 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. O-O Nc6 (13...
Be7 $5) 14. Re1 Be7 (14... h6 $5) 15. Bg5 $1 O-O 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rc1 $14 {
x d5,f5} Rac8 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. Qa3 Qe7 20. Qd3 Qd7 21. h3 h6 22. Qa3 Qe7 23. Qb3
Qd7 24. Rc3 $1 Na5 25. Qb4 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Nc6 27. Qa3 Rc8 28. Re3 b6 29. Rc3 Ne7
30. Ne1 $1 Rxc3 $6 (30... Ng6 $14 {Ng6-f8-e6}) 31. bxc3 $1 $16 f4 32. Qd6 $1
Qxd6 33. exd6 Nc6 34. Nd3 g5 35. d7 $1 a5 $8 (35... Kf8 36. Nb4 Nd8 37. Nxd5
$18) 36. c4 $1 dxc4 37. Ne5 Nd8 38. Nxc4 Kf8 39. Nxb6 Ke7 40. d5 Nb7 41. Kf1
Kd6 42. Nc4+ Kxd7 (42... Kxd5 $2 43. Nxa5 $18) 43. Ke2 Nc5 44. f3 Na6 45. Kd3
Nb4+ 46. Kd4 Nxa2 47. Nxa5 $16 Nb4 48. Nc4 f6 49. Nd2 Nc2+ 50. Kc5 Ne3 51. Ne4
f5 $6 (51... Nxg2 52. Nxf6+ Kd8 53. Ng4 Ne1 54. Ne5 $16) 52. Nf6+ Kd8 53. Ng8
h5 (53... Nxg2 54. Nxh6 $18) 54. Kc6 Nc4 $8 (54... Nxg2 $2 55. d6 g4 56. Nh6
$18) 55. Nh6 g4 56. d6 Ne5+ $8 57. Kd5 gxf3 $5 58. Kxe5 $3 fxg2 59. Ke6 $1 g1=Q
60. Nf7+ Kc8 61. d7+ Kb7 62. d8=Q $16 Qe3+ 63. Kd7 $1 Ka6 (63... Qxh3 $2 64.
Nd6+ Ka6 (64... Ka7 65. Qa5+ Kb8 66. Qb6+ $18) 65. Qa8+ Kb6 66. Qc6+ $18) 64.
Nd6 Qe2 65. Qa8+ Kb6 66. Qd5 $1 Ka6 67. Kc7 $1 Qe7+ 68. Kc6 Qe2 69. Qc4+ $18
Qxc4+ 70. Nxc4 f3 71. Nd2 f2 72. h4 $22 Ka5 73. Kc5 Ka4 74. Kd4 Kb4 75. Nf1 Kb3
76. Ke5 Kc2 77. Kxf5 Kd3 78. Kg5 Ke4 79. Kxh5 Kf5 80. Nd2 $22 (80. Nd2 Kf6 (
80... Kf4 81. Kg6 Ke3 82. Nf1+ Ke2 83. Nh2 $18) 81. Kg4 Kg6 82. Nf1 Kh6 83. Ng3
Kg6 84. Kf3 $18) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg zt"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Chekhov} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 (
7. O-O {Chekhov}) 7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Nb4 (9... Qb6 {Chekhov} 10. O-O
a5 (10... Rc8 11. g4 Nfe7 12. Nh4 Nb4 13. Nxb4 Qxb4 14. f4 Nc6 15. Be3 Be7 16.
Ng2 $14 {Sveshnikov,E-Ulibin/Podolsk/1992/}) (10... Na5 11. g4 Ne7 12. Nfe1 Bb5
13. Nd3 h5 14. b4 Nac6 15. a4 Bc4 16. a5 Qc7 17. gxh5 Nf5 18. Be3 Bb3 19. Qb1
Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Qd8 $13 {Van der Werf-Hansen,Cu/Wijk aan Zee op/1993/}) 11. g4
Nfe7 12. Nfe1 h5 $5 13. gxh5 Nf5 14. Be3 f6 15. Bd3 O-O-O $14 {Sveshnikov,
E-Razuvaev,Y/Moscow/1985/}) 10. O-O $5 $146 (10. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 $1 (
11... Qa5 $6 12. a3 $1 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 f6 15. Rac1 Ne7 16. b4 $14
{Anand-M.Gurevich,Manila izt 1990}) 12. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 13. Qd2 a5 $5 14. a3 Qb6 $1
15. O-O O-O 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 $10 {Friedman-Dreev,New York op 1991}) (10. Ne3 Rc8 (
10... Nxe3 {Chekhov} 11. fxe3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd2 Qb6 $6 (13... a5 $1 $13)
14. a3 Nc6 15. b4 $14 {Sax,Gy-Brenninkmejer,J/Wijk aan Zee/1992/}) 11. O-O Qb6
12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Qb3 Be6 15. a3 Nc6 16. Qxb6 axb6 $10 {
Westerinen-Dreev,Helsinki op 1992}) 10... Nxc2 11. Qxc2 h5 (11... Qb6 {Chekhov}
12. Qd3 a6 (12... Be7 13. a4 O-O 14. a5 Qc7 15. Bd2 a6 16. Rfc1 Bc6 17. Qb3 $14
{Sveshnikov,E-Nikolaev/Sibenik/1990/}) 13. Bd2 h5 $6 (13... Be7 $142) 14. a4 a5
15. Rfd1 Be7 16. h3 Rc8 17. Bc3 h4 18. Qd2 $16 {Sveshnikov,E-Zlotnik/Moscow/
1991/}) 12. Bd2 $1 Be7 $6 (12... Qb6 $5 13. Bc3 Bb5 $5 (13... Be7) 14. a4 $1
Bxe2 15. Qxe2 $14) (12... Rc8 13. Qb3 $14) 13. Bd3 $1 $14 Qb6 (13... g5 $6 14.
Bxf5 exf5 15. Rfc1 $16) (13... Rc8 {Chekhov} 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. Bxf5 exf5 $14) 14.
Bxf5 exf5 15. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 (15... Rc8 16. Qd2 Bb4 17. Qf4 $16) 16. Nxg5 Qxd4 (
16... Rc8 {Chekhov} 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Rac1 Kd7 $1 $14) 17. Rfd1 Qh4 (17... Qc4 $2
18. Qxc4 dxc4 19. Nxf7 $1) (17... Qf4 18. Nf3 $16) (17... Qb6 {Chekhov} 18.
Rxd5 Bc6 19. Rd6 $16) (17... Qb4 {Chekhov} 18. Rxd5 Qe7 19. Rad1 Bc6 20. Rd6
Qxg5 21. Rxc6 O-O 22. Rc7 $16) 18. Qd2 $1 $16 (18. Nf3 {Chekhov} Qe7 19. Rxd5
Be6 $10) 18... Qc4 (18... Be6 $2 19. f4 $1 $18 {/\ Qe3,g3,h3 X Qh4}) (18... Bc6
{Chekhov} 19. e6 f6 20. Nf7 O-O 21. Nd6 Rfd8 22. Nxf5 $16) (18... Rd8 {Chekhov}
19. f4 Bc6 20. Qe3 $1 $16) 19. Rac1 Qb5 (19... Qxa2 20. Rc7 $18 {->}) 20. a4 $1
Qb3 21. Rc3 Qb6 22. Qxd5 O-O $8 23. a5 $1 Qxb2 $8 24. Qf3 $1 $18 {/\ Rd7;Qh5}
g6 (24... Rfd8 25. Rcd3 $1 $18) (24... Be6 {Chekhov} 25. Qxh5 Rfd8 (25... Rfc8
26. Rh3) 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Rc7+ $18) 25. Rxd7 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8
27. Rd1 Rc1 28. Qd5 $1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qxe5 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qh8+ $1 Kxh8 32.
Nxf7+ Kg7 33. Nxe5 Kf6 34. f4 g5 35. Kf2 gxf4 36. Nd3 b5 37. Nxf4 h4 38. Ke3
Ke5 39. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen BSF"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Moskalenko} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 $5 6. Bd3 cxd4 7.
cxd4 Nf5 8. Be3 $5 {An interesting alternative to 8.Bf5.} (8. Bxf5 exf5 9. Nc3)
8... Be7 9. Nc3 (9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 f5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Qc2 h6
14. Ne2 Bd7 15. Nf4 $14 {Bellon,J-Moles,E/Groningen/1968/}) 9... g5 $5 (9... a6
$5 {Moskalenko}) 10. h3 a6 (10... h5 $2 {Moskalenko} 11. Qd2 Rg8 12. g4 hxg4
13. hxg4 Nh4 14. Nxh4 gxh4 15. f3 $16) 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rc1 (12. g4 $5 {
Moskalenko}) 12... Kf8 13. g4 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Kg7 15. Qh2 $6 (15. O-O $14) 15...
Bd7 16. Kf2 (16. h4 $5 {Moskalenko}) 16... f6 $1 $132 17. exf6+ Bxf6 18. Kg2
Qe7 19. Rcf1 Raf8 20. Rf2 Be8 21. Rhf1 Rhg8 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Nd2 Bg7 24. Rxf8
Rxf8 25. Rxf8+ Qxf8 $10 26. Nf3 Bf6 27. a3 Qe7 28. Bb1 (28. Qf2) 28... Kg8 29.
Qf2 Bg7 30. Qc2 Kf8 31. Na4 Na5 32. Nd2 Bxa4 33. Qxa4 Qc7 34. Qc2 Qxc2 35. Bxc2
e5 $1 36. dxe5 Bxe5 37. b4 $138 Nc6 (37... Nc4 $142 $1 $15 {Moskalenko}) 38.
Bb3 Bb2 39. Nb1 d4 40. exd4 Nxd4 41. Bd5 b6 42. Bb7 a5 43. bxa5 bxa5 44. a4 Nb3
45. Bd5 Nc5 46. Bc6 Ke7 47. Nd2 Kd6 48. Bb5 Kd5 49. Nc4 Bc3 50. Kf3 Ne6 (50...
Kd4 51. Ne3 $132) 51. Ne3+ Kc5 52. Ke4 Bd2 53. Nc4 Bc3 54. Ne3 Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Farum op"]
[Site "Farum"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Antonsen, Mikkel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 $5 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Be3 $5 (9. Bb2) 9... f6 $1 10. Bd3 $1 (10. b5 Nxe5 $1 11. dxe5 Nxe3 12.
fxe3 Qxe3+ 13. Qe2 (13. Be2 $6 Bc5 $36) 13... Qc1+ 14. Qd1 (14. Kf2 Bc5+ 15.
Kg3 fxe5 16. Qxe5 O-O $17 {Knaak}) 14... Qe3+ 15. Qe2 Qc1+ {1/2;Sax,G-Romero
Holmes,A/Wijk/1992/}) 10... Nxe3 (10... fxe5 $6 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. dxe5 $16 {
Knaak}) 11. fxe3 fxe5 (11... f5 $14 {Knaak}) (11... Bd7 {Knaak} 12. exf6 gxf6
13. Nc3 Bh6 14. Qe2 O-O 15. O-O $14) 12. b5 $1 e4 13. bxc6 Bd6 $146 (13... exd3
14. Ne5 bxc6 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qxh8 Qc7 18. O-O Qg7 19. Qh4 $18 {
Prie,E-de la Villa Garcia/Leon/1991/}) (13... Be7 $5 {Antonsen}) (13... exf3
14. cxb7 Bxb7 15. O-O fxg2 (15... Bd6 16. Rxf3 $16) 16. Kxg2 Be7 17. Nd2 $16)
14. O-O O-O $8 15. Ng5 $1 h6 $8 (15... exd3 $6 16. Qh5 $18) (15... Rxf1+ $2 16.
Bxf1 $18) 16. Rxf8+ Bxf8 17. Nxe4 $1 dxe4 18. Bxe4 bxc6 19. Nd2 $18 {X Kg8;e6;
c6} Ba6 20. Qg4 Qb2 21. Rd1 Qxa3 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Qg6 Kg8 24. Nf3 $1 Bd6 $5 $8
25. Qe6+ Kh8 (25... Kf8 26. Bg6 $18) 26. Nh4 $1 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 Be2 28. Ng6+ Kh7
29. Qf5 Kg8 30. Qe6+ Kh7 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Qg6 (32. Qg6 Qxe4 33. Qxe4 Bxd1 34.
Ng6+ Kh7 (34... Kg8 35. Qe6+ $18) 35. Ne5+ Kg8 (35... Kh8 36. Nf7+ $18) 36.
Qxc6 Rd8 (36... Rf8 37. Qc4+ Kh7 (37... Kh8 38. Ng6+ $18) 38. Qd3+ $18) 37.
Qc4+ Kh7 $8 38. Qd3+ Kg8 $8 39. Qxd1 Bxe5 40. Qb3+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Zaitsev, Igor A"]
[Black "Lempert, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 a5 $5 {An interesting
line,which in my opinion is underestimated by theory} 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. O-O cxd4 9.
cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nc3 (11. Qe2 Qb6 12. Nc3 Bc5 $1 13. Bd2 a4 $1 14.
Nb5 Ne7 15. Rac1 Bxb5 16. Bxb5+ Nc6 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Qg4 Bf8 $1 19. Rc2 c5
$17 {Halasz-Soreghy,J/corr/1970/}) 11... Ne7 (11... Rc8 12. Qe2 Ne7 13. Kh1 Qh4
$5 14. f4 Nf5 $1 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Nxd5 Bc5 17. Be3 O-O $14 {Velimirovic,
D-Ivkov,B/Titograd YU-ch/1965/}) (11... Qb6 12. Qg4 f5 13. exf6 $6 (13. Qg3 $44
) 13... Nxf6 14. Qg3 Be7 $1 15. Qxg7 Rg8 16. Qh6 Qd4 17. Rd1 Qg4 18. Bf1 Rg6
19. Qf4 Qh5 20. Be2 Qh3 21. Qf3 e5 $1 $17 {Steinberg,M-Shilov,Y/Kharkov/1967/})
(11... Nh6 12. Nb5 Qxe5 13. Re1 Qb8 14. Qf3 Bd6 15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. Bf4 Qe7 17.
Qg3 f6 {1/2;Zaitsev,I-Geller,E/Moskva/1982/}) 12. Nb5 (12. Qe2 Rc8 {->
Velimirovic-Ivkov,Titograd/1965/}) (12. Kh1 $5 {/\f4}) 12... Qxe5 13. Re1 Qb8
14. Qf3 Bxb5 $1 15. Bxb5+ Nc6 16. Qxd5 Qd6 $1 $146 (16... Bd6 $6 17. Bxc6+ bxc6
18. Qxc6+ Ke7 19. Bg5+ f6 20. Bh4 Re8 21. Rad1 Qc7 22. Qd5 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Kf8
24. Qh5 Be5 25. Qxh7 Kf7 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Rd3 $14 {Sattar,R-Rahman,T/Calcutta
op/1994/}) 17. Qc4 $1 (17. Qxd6 $2 Bxd6 $17) 17... Be7 (17... Qc5 18. Qa4) 18.
Bf4 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Bxc5 20. Rac1 Bd4 $1 21. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 22. Bxc6+ Ke7 23. Bxa8
Rxa8 $10 24. Be5 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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 {Belov Hecht Knaak} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 {Knaak: Es
gibt scheinbar nur wenige Spieler, auf die man sich so gut vorbereiten kann,
wie Evgeni Sveshnikov. Immer wieder spielt er Sizilianisch mit c3 und die
Vorstoßvariante im "Franzosen". Aber was nützt die leichte Vorbereitung, wenn
der Gegner die Feinheiten der Systeme besser beherrscht und zudem ständig
etwas Neues in petto hat. Schauen Sie sich den "Kampfrekord" des Russen in
Ihrer großen Datenbank an: im Spielerindex zu Sveshnikov gehen und auf den
bunten Button für Statistik klicken.} Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 (6... Rc8 {Belov} 7. O-O
Nge7 8. Na3 Nf5 9. Nc2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. g4 Nfe7 12. Nh4 Nb4 13. Nxb4 Qxb4
14. f4 Nc6 (14... Bb5 15. Qd2 Qa4 16. b3 Qa6 17. Bxb5+ Qxb5 18. f5 Nc6 19. Bb2
$16 {Sveshnikov,E-Gleizerov,E/RUS/1992/}) 15. Be3 Be7 16. Ng2 f6 $14 {
Sveshnikov,E-Ulibin,M/RUS/1992/0:1/44/}) 7. Na3 Nf5 (7... Ng6 8. h4 Be7 (8...
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bxa3 (9... Bb4+ 10. Kf1 O-O 11. h5 Nh8 12. h6 g6 13. Nc2 Be7 14.
Ne3 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Ng4 $14 {/~~ Levin,F-Nenashev,A Riga 1988}) 10. bxa3
h6 11. Rb1 b6 12. Bd2 f5 13. g3 O-O 14. O-O Be8 15. Bb4 Nge7 $13 {Castro,
O-Ostojic,P Budapest 1977}) 9. g3 (9. h5 $5) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O $1 11. h5
Nh8 12. Nc2 f6 $1 $15 {De la Villa Garcia,J-Kortschnoj,V Pamplona 1990}) 8. Nc2
Be7 (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb4 10. O-O (10. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 $1 (11... Qa5 $6
12. a3 $1 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 f6 15. Rac1 $14 {Anand,V-Gurevich,M/
Manila izt/1990}) 12. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 13. Qd2 a5 $5 14. a3 Qb6 $1 15. O-O O-O $10 {
Friedman,A-Dreev,A New York op 1991}) (10. Ne3 {Belov} Nxe3 11. fxe3 Be7 12.
O-O O-O 13. Bd2 Qb6 (13... a5 $32) 14. a3 Nc6 15. b4 $14 {Sax,
Gy-Brenninkmeijer,J/Wijk aan Zee/1992/0,5/49/}) 10... Nxc2 11. Qxc2 Qb6 12. Qd3
Rc8 13. Rd1 (13. Bd2 Bb4 $1 14. Bf4 $6 a6 $1 15. a4 Ne7 $5 (15... O-O) 16. h4
Ba5 17. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 18. Bxc1 h6 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E-Dreev,A Rostov na Donu
1993 57/(271)}) (13. a4 Bb4 14. h4 h6 15. h5 Ne7 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Nb3 f5 18. a5
Qd8 19. Bd2 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 $14 {Sveshnikov,E-Rublevsky,S RUS-ch Elista 1994})
13... h6 14. h4 a6 15. a4 Bb4 $15 {Campora,D-Dreev,A Biel 1995}) 9. O-O cxd4 (
9... O-O {Belov} 10. Ne3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qb6 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Qb3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Qxd4 15. Qxb7 Rfd8 16. Bf3 Rab8 17. Be3 Qxe5 18. Qxa7 Bd6 19. g3 Qxb2 $13 {
Margolin,B-Epelbaum,M/Alushta 3/1995/1:0/39/}) 10. cxd4 h5 (10... Nb4 {Belov}
11. Ne3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 a5 $14) 11. b4 {Knaak: Da ist die neue Idee. Weiß möchte
den lästigen Druck von d4 abschütteln - da g2-g4 verhindert ist, versucht er
den anderen Springer zu vertreiben.} (11. Ne3 $5 g5 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. h4 (13.
Bb5 h4 14. e6 fxe6 15. Re1 Bf6 16. Qe2 Kf7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Ne5+ Bxe5 19. Qxe5
h3 $17 {Gomez,P-Arcija,D Buenos Aires 1993}) 13... g4 14. Ng5 Qb6 15. Be3 f4 $1
16. Bxf4 Qxd4 $15 {Dolmatov,S-Hertneck,G Tilburg1.27 (15') 1992}) 11... Rc8 $6
{now white can a space advantage on the queen's side which will in about 25
moves decides the game! after 11...Nxb4 white is probably slightly better but
probably this is not the end of the world for black Knaak: Ich meine, der mit
10...h5 begonnene Spielplan verlangt andere Maßnahmen.} (11... Nxb4 12. Nxb4
Bxb4 13. Rb1 Be7 (13... Ba5 $5 {Belov} 14. Rxb7 Bb6 15. Bg5 Qc8 16. Ba6 $36) (
13... Qa5 14. Qb3 Be7 15. Qxb7 Rc8 16. Bb5 $36) 14. Rxb7 $14 {Xh5}) (11... b5
$5 {Knaak} 12. Bxb5 Nxe5 $13) (11... g5 $5 {Knaak}) 12. Rb1 a6 13. a4 $1 Qb6 ({
Knaak: Hier war die letzte Gelegenheit zu} 13... b5 $5 {Knaak} 14. axb5 axb5
15. Na3 Qb6 $13) 14. b5 axb5 15. Bxb5 (15. axb5 {Knaak} Na5 16. Ne3 (16. Bg5 {
Belov} Nc4 $10)) 15... Qc7 16. Ne3 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Na5 (17... O-O {Xh5} 18. Ng5
$5 g6 19. Be2 $5 {with the idea Bxh5}) 18. Bg5 $1 {after changing the black
bishops black's king becomes weaker Knaak: Nach dem Tausch der vier Läufer
verbleibt Schwarz völlig ohne Spiel, insbesonder d4 ist kaum angreifbar. Auf
dem Königsflügel erweist sich der Zug h7-h5 als fatal.} Bxb5 19. Rxb5 Nc4 (
19... f6 20. Bh4 $16 (20. Bf4 $16)) 20. h4 $1 b6 (20... f6 21. Qb1 $1 fxg5 22.
Rxb7 Qc6 (22... Qd8 23. Qg6+ Kf8 24. Nxg5 {with mate in two}) 23. Qg6+ Kd8 24.
Rxe7 $18) 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 (21... Kxe7 {Belov} 22. Ng5 g6 23. Qb3 Qc6 24. Qb4+ Ke8
25. Rb1 $16) 22. Ng5 $16 Ra8 {22... g6 with castle peobablt does not work
because after 0-0 white has g4! with attack} 23. Rb3 $1 {Xf7} (23. Qb3 $2 {
Belov} Nd2) (23. Qc2 {Belov} Qa3 $5 $132) 23... Ra7 (23... Rxa4 $2 24. Rf3 (24.
Rf3 {Belov} b5 25. Rxf7 $16)) (23... Qd7 24. Rf3 (24. Rb4) 24... Rf8) 24. Qc2
g6 (24... f6 $5) (24... Qd7 $5 {Belov} 25. Rf3 Rf8 26. Ra1 Ra5 $14) 25. Rf3 Rf8
(25... O-O $2 26. Rf6 $18 {g4 and h5 to come}) 26. Rb1 Qd7 27. Rb4 $1 (27. Nh7
$6 Qxa4 28. Qxa4+ Rxa4 29. Nxf8 Nd2 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Rxb6 Nxf3+ 32. gxf3 Kf7
33. Rb7+ Kf8 34. Rb6 $10) 27... Rc7 28. Rc3 (28. Nh7 Qe7 $8 (28... Nxe5 29. Rc3
Rxc3 30. Qxc3 Qc6 31. Qa3 $1 $18)) 28... Kd8 (28... Rh8 29. Rxb6 $18 (29. a5 {
Belov} bxa5 30. Rb8+ Rc8 31. Rcb3 $40)) 29. Nh7 $1 Rh8 30. Nf6 {the
penetration of the knight to f6 will decide the game} Qe7 31. Qb3 Rc6 (31...
Na5 32. Rxb6) 32. Rb5 Qc7 33. a5 $1 $18 Kc8 (33... Nxa5 34. Rxa5 $18 bxa5 (
34... Rxc3 35. Ra8+ Ke7 36. Rxh8 (36. Qb4+ $18 {Belov})) 35. Rxc6 Qxc6 36. Qb8+
Ke7 (36... Qc8 {Knaak} 37. Qd6+ (37. Qd6+ Qd7 38. Qxd7#)) 37. Qxh8 Qc1+ 38. Kh2
Qf4+ 39. Kh3 Qf5+ 40. Kg3 (40. Kg3 Qd3+ 41. f3 $18)) (33... bxa5 {Belov} 34.
Rb8+ Ke7 35. Rxh8 $18) 34. axb6 Qb7 35. Ne4 $1 dxe4 (35... Kb8 {Belov} 36. Nc5
Qe7 37. b7 $18) 36. Rxc4 Rxc4 37. Qxc4+ {[#]_|_ Hecht Mattangriff gegen
exponierten schwarzen K i.V mit o^} Kd7 38. Ra5 Rc8 (38... Qxb6 {Hecht} 39.
Qa4+ Ke7 40. Qa3+ Kd7 41. Ra7+ $18) 39. Qb5+ Qc6 (39... Kd8 {Belov} 40. Ra7 Qd5
41. Qxd5+ exd5 42. Rxf7 Rc1+ 43. Kh2 Rb1 44. b7 Rb6 45. e6 $18) 40. Ra7+ Kd8
41. Qxc6 Rxc6 (41... Rxc6 42. Ra8+ Kd7 (42... Rc8 43. b7) 43. b7 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 (9. Be3 f6 $5 10. Bd3 $1 (10. b5 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Nxe5 $1 12. dxe5
Qxe3+ 13. Qe2 (13. Be2 Bc5 $40) 13... Qc1+ 14. Qd1 Qe3+ 15. Qe2 Qc1+ 16. Qd1 {
1-2/1-2 Romero Holmes,A-De la Villa Garcia,J Leon 1995}) 10... Nxe3 (10... fxe5
$2 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. dxe5 $16) 11. fxe3 fxe5 (11... f5 $14) (11... Bd7 12. exf6
gxf6 13. Nc3 Bh6 14. Qe2 O-O 15. O-O $14 {Hansen,LB}) 12. b5 e4 13. bxc6 Bd6 (
13... exd3 $6 14. Ne5 bxc6 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qxh8 Qc7 18. O-O $16 {
Prie,E-De la Villa Garcia,J Leon 1991}) (13... exf3 14. cxb7 Bxb7 15. O-O fxg2
16. Kxg2 Be7 17. Nd2 $16 {Hansen,LB}) 14. O-O O-O 15. Ng5 $1 h6 $8 (15... exd3
16. Qh5 $18) 16. Rxf8+ Bxf8 17. Nxe4 $1 dxe4 18. Bxe4 bxc6 19. Nd2 $16 {
Xc6,e6,Kg8 Hansen,L.Bo-Antonsen,M Farum 1993 59/308 [Hansen,L.Bo]}) 9... Be7 (
9... a5 10. b5 a4 11. g4 Nfe7 12. Nc3 Nb8 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. O-O Ng6 15. Rc1 Be7
16. Nxa4 $14 {/~/= Sveshnikov,E-Bareev,E Moscow PCA-Intel qual 25' 1995}) 10.
h4 (10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O a5 12. b5 a4 13. Kh1 Na5 14. Nc3 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16.
Qd2 Bd7 17. Rab1 Qa5 18. d5 $36 {Short,N-Bareev,E CS Masters g25, Geneve SUI 
(1.1)}) (10. Bd3 a5 $5 (10... O-O 11. O-O f6 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Na4
Qd8 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 $16 {Sveshnikov,E-Paramos,R Oviedo 25' 1993}) 11.
Bxf5 (11. b5 Ncxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qg4 Nf5 $1 14. Bxf5 Qxb5 $1 15. Bd4 exf5
16. Qxg7 Rf8 17. Nc3 Qc4 18. Ne2 {Haba,P-Glek,I Stare Mesto 1992 56/(288)} Bd7
$1 19. Rc1 Qd3 $1 20. Rd1 Qb5 21. Nc3 Qc4 $1 $17) 11... exf5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. b5
a4 $1 14. O-O Nb8 15. Bc1 Nd7 16. Rb1 $6 (16. Ng5 $5) 16... O-O 17. Nxa4 Qa5
$15 {/-/+ Campora,D-Dokhoian,Y Wijk-B 1989}) 10... h5 11. Bd3 a5 12. Bxf5 exf5
13. Nc3 axb4 $6 {after 13...Be6 14.b5 we reach the variation as after 10.Bd3
immediately but it is clear that the moves h4-h5 are very muvh in white's
favour,but still it seems better than the game which gave black a very bad
position} 14. Nxd5 Qa5 (14... Qd8 15. Nxe7 Qxe7 16. d5 bxa3 17. O-O $1 $16) 15.
Nxe7 b3+ (15... bxa3+ $4 16. Nd2 Nxe7 17. Rxa3 $18) (15... Nxe7 16. O-O $16)
16. Nd2 Nxe7 17. Qxb3 (17. O-O $6 Be6 $8 18. Nxb3 $4 Qb6 $19) 17... Rh6 (17...
Be6 $5 18. Qxb7 Bd5 $44) 18. Bc3 Qd5 19. O-O Qxb3 (19... Rg6 20. f3) 20. Nxb3
Rc6 21. Bb4 $16 {black's opening ended with a big advantage for white one pawn
up for no compensation at all,to em it seems that the move 13...axb4 is the
reason for that} Nd5 22. Na5 $1 {white's knight is going to c4} Rc2 23. Rfc1
Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 b6 25. Nc4 Be6 26. Nd6+ Kd7 27. Kh2 Ra4 28. Rb1 g6 29. f3 f4 30.
Ne4 Bf5 31. Rb3 Kc6 (31... Bxe4 32. fxe4 Nxb4 33. axb4 $16 (33. Rxb4 Rxa3 34.
Rxb6 Ra4 $1 (34... Re3 $2 35. Rf6 Rxe4 36. Rxf7+ Ke8 37. Rf6 Rxd4 38. Rxg6 Rd2
39. Rg5 $1 (39. Kg1 Rd1+ 40. Kf2 Rh1) 39... f3 40. Kg1 $1 fxg2 41. Rxh5 $1 $18)
35. Rd6+ Ke7)) 32. Rb2 Ne3 (32... Bxe4 33. fxe4 Nxb4 34. axb4 $16 Ra3 35. Rf2)
33. Nc3 Ra7 34. Bf8 Ra8 35. Be7 Ra7 36. Bd8 Ra6 37. a4 {Xb6} Nd5 $2 {loses by
force by the ending becomes very difficult probably lost for black} 38. Nxd5 $1
Kxd5 39. Rxb6 Rxa4 40. Rd6+ Kc4 41. d5 $1 {the "e" pawn is going to e7} Ra8 42.
e6 fxe6 43. dxe6 Bxe6 44. Rxe6 Rxd8 45. Rxg6 Kd5 46. Rg5+ Ke6 47. Rxh5 Rg8 48.
Kg1 Kf7 49. Kh2 Ke6 50. Kh1 Kf6 51. Kg1 Rg7 52. Rh8 Kf5 53. Kh2 Rg6 54. h5 Rf6
55. Ra8 Rf7 56. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seul, Georg"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gurevich,M} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Nge7 (
6... f5 7. Nbd2 Bc5 (7... Nh6 8. Nb3 Nf7 9. Nbxd4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. c4 Nxd4
12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Nf3 b6 {1/2-1/2 Kindermann,S-Fargo,I Budapest 1987}) 8. Nb3
Bb6 9. Re1 Nge7 10. Bf1 O-O 11. Nbxd4 Ng6 12. c3 $14 {Stripunsky,A-Krivoshey,S
Mlada Boleslav op 1995}) (6... Bd7 7. Re1 h6 (7... Nge7 8. Bf4 Qb6 9. Nbd2 Na5
10. Rb1 Rc8 11. Qe2 Ng6 12. Bg3 Bb4 13. h4 Ne7 14. Bf4 Bxd2 15. Bxd2 Nc4 16.
Bc1 h6 17. b3 Na5 18. Ba3 $16 {Spraggett,K-Baragar,F Winnipeg zt 1986}) 8. a3
Bc5 9. Nbd2 Nge7 10. b4 Bb6 11. Nb3 a6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Qd2 f6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15.
Nbxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc6 17. Bf1 Rf7 18. c4 $1 dxc4 19. Nf3 $16 {Hodgson,
J-Morozevich,A Amsterdam Donner mem 1996}) (6... f6 7. Qe2 fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nf6 9.
Bg5 Nxe5 10. Qxe5 Bd6 11. Bb5+ Kf7 12. Qxd4 Qc7 13. Qh4 Qxc2 14. Nc3 Qg6 15.
Rad1 h6 16. f4 $1 $40 {Kogan,A-Terreaux,G Lenk op 1994}) 7. Bf4 Qb6 (7... Ng6
8. Bg3 Be7 (8... Qb6 9. Nbd2 Qxb2 10. Nb3 Be7 11. h4 O-O 12. h5 Nh8 13. Bf4 Qa3
14. h6 g6 15. Nbxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qb4 17. Be3 f6 18. Rb1 Qa4 19. exf6 Bxf6 20.
Nb5 $13 {Bator,R-Bareev,E Stockholm Rilton cup 1987}) 9. Nbd2 (9. Re1 {
Gurevich,M} O-O 10. Nbd2 f5 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Nh4 Qe8 14. f4 e5
$1 15. Qf3 e4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 f5 18. Qd3 Qf7 19. Re2 Be6 20. b3 Bd5 {
0-1 Hmadi, S-Poldauf, D/FSGM May Budapest HUN (10) 1996}) 9... f5 (9... O-O 10.
Nb3 f5 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Nfxd4 e5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. f4 e4 16. Bf2
a5 17. Nd4 Qd6 18. f5 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Be3 Qd7 21. Qh5 $36 {1/2-1/2
Hmadi, S-Proehl, H/FSGM May Budapest HUN (12) 1996 (42)}) 10. h3 O-O 11. Re1
Nh4 12. Bxh4 Bxh4 13. Nb3 Bd7 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Bb5 Rac8 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Nxd4
$14 {/+/- Hodgson,J-Ree,H Wijk 1986}) 8. Nbd2 Ng6 (8... Qxb2) 9. Bg3 Nb4 $1 {
exchanging the bishop on d3 is a good idea although white will manage to get
the d4 square,the bishop on g3 is not in the game and white will not have the
h4-h5 idea} (9... Bd7 10. a3 Be7 11. b4 f5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. b5 Na5 14. Nh4
O-O-O $17 {Varas,C-Kaminski,M Hamburg 1992}) (9... Qxb2 10. Nb3 (10. Rb1 {
Gurevich,M} Qxa2 (10... Qc3 11. h4 $5 $36) 11. Nb3 $36) 10... Bd7 11. h4 {
when white has good compensation for the pawns}) 10. Nb3 (10. Bxg6 {Gurevich,M}
fxg6 $5 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nfxd4 O-O $132) 10... Nxd3 {two bishops} 11. Qxd3 Bd7
12. Nfxd4 {white's idea is f4-f5 but it is very difficult to carry out this
plan, interesting was 12.Nbxd4 with h4 to follow,since now white's plan is not
clear} (12. Nbxd4 Be7 13. h4 $13) 12... Be7 13. f4 O-O 14. Kh1 Kh8 (14... f6 {
Gurevich,M} 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. c3 $13) 15. Be1 $6 {white playes very passive
and now first black is going to force white to play a4 just creating a
weakness,and after will break in the center with f6 when  the f4 pawn will be
black's target} (15. f5 $5 exf5 16. Nxf5 $2 (16. Qf3) 16... Bb5) 15... a5 $1 (
15... Qa6 $5 {Gurevich,M} 16. Qxa6 bxa6 $132) 16. a4 {Xa4} f6 $1 $15 {/-/+} 17.
exf6 Bxf6 {now the f4 becomes very weak while after g3 white's king becomes
very weak} 18. Bc3 Qc7 $1 $36 {white was threatening Qd2 winning the a5 pawn 
[><f4;/\19...b6]} 19. Qd2 b6 20. Rae1 (20. Ne2 {Gurevich,M} Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3
22. bxc3 Rac8 $17) 20... e5 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. g3 (22. Nb5 Bxb5 (22... Qc4 $1 {
Gurevich,M} 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Qd3 Bxc3 25. Nxc3 Qxd3 26. cxd3 Rf2 $17) 23.
axb5 (23. Bxe5 Qxe5 $1 24. axb5 Qxb2) 23... Bxc3 $17 {and the a pawn becomes a
very strong pass pawn}) 22... Bh3 $1 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 $19 {it is clear that with
such first rank and king white will not be able to survive} 24. Qe3 Qf7 (24...
Qc4 $1 $17 {/-+ black's position is very good but still it is necessary to
play the best moves white can not save the a4 pawn}) 25. Qe2 (25. Nd2 $1 $8 {
bringing the knight to defend}) 25... Qf6 {white pieces can not move} (25...
Qf2 {Gurevich,M} 26. Qxf2 Rxf2 27. Kg1 Rg2+ 28. Kh1 {(/\29.Re2)}) 26. Kg1 h6
27. Nb5 $2 {this try for some activity loses the game immediately,but any way
it seems that in this position only one result seems logical} Bxc3 28. Nxc3 Ne5
$1 $19 29. Nd4 {[#]} (29. Qxe5 Qf1+ 30. Rxf1 Rxf1#) (29. Rb1 Nf3+ 30. Kh1 d4
31. Ne4 Qc6 $19) 29... Nd3 $1 30. cxd3 Qxd4+ 31. Kh1 Rf2 32. Qe8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Katrineholm"]
[Site "Katrineholm"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ekstroem, Roland"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {King} c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Bd7 7. O-O cxd4
8. cxd4 Nge7 9. Nc3 Nf5 10. Na4 Qd8 11. Bf4 h6 12. g4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Qxh4 14. Rc1
Rc8 15. Be3 Qd8 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 h5 18. gxh5 Qh4 19. Kh1 Ne7 20. Rxc8+
Bxc8 21. Rg1 Nf5 22. Bg4 Bd7 23. Qd2 f6 24. Bf4 Kf7 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Bxf5 exf5
27. h6 {King: White is able to force an extremely favourable ending.} Rg8 28.
Rxg8 Kxg8 29. f3 Qh3 30. Qe2 Kf7 31. Kg1 a6 32. Qg2 Qxg2+ 33. Kxg2 {ungleiche
L; Baukastenspiel; Suche nach bester schwarzer Verteidigung; Analyse!} Bb5 {
weißer Plan bei passiver Verteidigung:} (33... Kg6 34. Kf2 Bc6 35. Ke3 Kh7 36.
Kd2 Kg6 37. Kc3 Kh7 38. Kb4 Kg6 39. Ka5 Kh7 40. b4 Kg6 41. a4 Kh7 42. b5 axb5
43. axb5 Bd7 44. Kb6 Kg6 45. Kc5 Be6 46. b6 Kh7 47. Kd6 Bg8 48. Kc7 $18) 34.
Kf2 Bc4 35. b3 Bd3 36. Ke3 Bf1 37. Kd2 {White threatens Kc3-b4-c5. The ending
must be winning.} Bg2 38. Ke2 (38. Kc3 Bxf3 39. Kb4 b6 40. Bc7 Kg6 $132) 38...
b5 39. Kf2 Bh3 40. Bd6 f4 $5 (40... Kg6 $5 41. Kg3 Bf1 42. Kf4 Bd3 43. Bf8 b4 (
43... a5 $5 {Analyse!}) 44. Bxb4 Bb1 45. a3 Bc2 46. Be7 Bxb3 47. h7 Kxh7 48.
Kxf5 $18) 41. Bxf4 Bf5 42. Ke2 a5 43. Kd2 a4 44. Kc3 Bb1 45. a3 Kg6 46. Kb4 Bc2
47. bxa4 bxa4 48. Kc5 Bb3 49. Kd6 Kf7 50. Bd2 Bc4 51. f4 f5 52. Ke5 Kg6 53. h7
Kxh7 54. Kxf5 Bd3+ 55. Ke6 Kg6 56. Kxd5 Kf5 57. Kd6 Ke4 58. Kc5 Be2 59. d5 Bg4
1-0

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8. Bf4
Ng6 9. Bg3 Qb6 10. b4 Bd7 11. Bd3 a5 12. b5 Nce7 13. Nbd2 Nf5 14. Qe2 a4 15. c4
Nxg3 16. hxg3 Be7 17. O-O O-O 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Nf1 dxc4 20. Rxc4 Rxc4 21. Bxc4
Rc8 22. Rd1 Be8 23. N1d2 Qc7 24. Bd3 Rd8 25. Be4 Bb4 26. Bd3 Rd5 27. Nf1 Bc5
28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Ne3 Qb6 31. Nxd5 Qxb5 32. Qd2 Qd7 33. Qd3 b5
34. Qe4 Qd8 35. e6 fxe6 36. Nf4 Qb6 37. Qa8 Qc6 38. Qd8 Qd7 39. Qa8 Qc6 40. Qd8
Qd7 41. Qa8 Bb6 42. Nxg6 Qd1+ 43. Kh2 Qd8 44. Qe4 Qf6 45. Nf4 Bxf2 46. Qa8 Kf7
47. Qb7+ Kf8 48. Qc8 e5 49. Nxe5 Bxg3+ 50. Kxg3 Qxe5 51. Kg4 Ke7 52. Kf3 g5 53.
Nd3 Qd5+ 54. Ke3 Bc6 (54... Qxa2 $5 55. Qc5+ $13) (54... Qe6+ 55. Qxe6+ Kxe6
56. Kd4 Kf5 $17) 55. Qc7+ Kf6 56. g3 Qe6+ 57. Kd4 Qe4+ 58. Kc5 Qc4+ 59. Kb6
Qxd3 60. Qxc6+ Kf5 61. Qxb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner Memorial-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3 Bd7
9. h4 h5 10. Bh3 Nh6 11. Rb1 Be7 12. O-O f5 13. Ng5 Nf7 14. Ndf3 Nxg5 15. Bxg5
Bxg5 16. Nxg5 g6 17. Bg2 Qd8 18. Nh3 Qe7 19. Qd2 O-O-O 20. Qg5 Qxg5 21. Nxg5
Rdf8 22. Rbe1 Nc6 23. Bf3 Nd8 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. e6 Rf6 26. exd7+ Kxd7 27. Re5
Rd6 28. Rfe1 Rf8 29. Re7+ Kc6 30. Nh3 Rf7 31. Re8 Kb5 32. Nf4 Ka4 33. R1e2 Nc6
34. Kf1 b5 35. Ke1 Kb3 36. Kd1 a5 37. Ne6 b4 38. axb4 axb4 39. Nc5+ Ka2 40. Kc1
Ra7 41. Rd2 Na5 42. Rb8 Nb3+ 43. Nxb3 cxb3 44. Re2 Ra4 45. Rc8 f4 46. gxf4 Rf6
47. Ree8 Raa6 48. f5 gxf5 49. Rc5 bxc3 50. Rxc3 Rfc6 51. Rb8 Rxc3+ 52. bxc3 f4
53. Rb7 Ra3 54. Rb8 Ka1 55. Rb7 b2+ 56. Rxb2 Rxc3+ 57. Rc2 Rxc2+ 58. Kxc2 Ka2
59. Kc3 Ka3 60. Kd3 Kb3 61. Ke2 Kc3 62. Kf3 Kxd4 63. Kxf4 Kc3 (63... Kc3 64.
Kg5 d4 65. f4 d3 66. f5 d2 67. f6 d1=Q 68. f7 Qd8+ 69. Kg6 Qf8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.12.14"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Boe Olsen, Mads"]
[Black "Werle, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Qd2 f6 7. f4 Nh6 8. Nf3 Bd7
9. Be2 Nf5 10. Bf2 cxd4 11. cxd4 fxe5 12. fxe5 Bb4 13. Nc3 O-O 14. O-O Rac8 15.
Rfc1 Na5 16. Rc2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. a3 Bf8 20. Nd1 Qb3 21.
Rxc4 Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Qxc4 23. h3 Bb5 24. Kh2 h6 25. g4 Ne7 26. Ne3 Qe2 27. Qxe2
Bxe2 28. Ng1 Bd3 29. Nd1 Nc6 30. Nc3 Be7 31. Nf3 Kf7 32. Be3 Na5 33. Kg3 Nb3
34. Nd2 Na1 35. Nf3 Nc2 36. Bd2 Bd8 37. Ne1 Nxe1 38. Bxe1 Bg5 39. Nd1 Bc1 40.
Kf2 Kg6 41. Bc3 Kg5 42. Kg3 Bf4+ 43. Kf3 Be4+ 44. Ke2 Bg2 45. Nf2 Bg3 46. Be1
Bxf2 47. Bd2+ Kh4 48. Kxf2 Bxh3 49. g5 hxg5 50. Bc1 Bf5 51. Bd2 g4 52. a4 g3+
53. Kg1 Kg4 54. Bb4 Kf3 55. a5 b6 56. axb6 axb6 57. Bd6 Ke3 58. Bc7 b5 {
Gewinnt mit Hilfe des Zugzwangs.} (58... Kxd4 59. Kg2 b5 60. Kxg3 g5 61. Z0 g4
$140 62. Z0 Kc4 63. Z0 d4 64. Z0 d3 {[%cal Rc4b3,Rb3c2] führte ebenfalls zum
Gewinn.}) 59. Bb6 Be4 60. b4 g5 61. Ba7 g4 62. Kf1 g2+ 63. Kg1 Kd3 64. Kf2 Kc3
65. Bc5 Kc4 66. Kg1 g3 {Zugzwang} (66... g3 67. Be7 Kxd4 68. Bd6 Kc3 69. Bc5
Bf5 $18 {nach Aufheben der Pattstellung.}) 0-1

[Event "Najdorf Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2001.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2001.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Na3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Ng6 10. Nc2 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Qe2 a5 13. h4 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15.
h5 Nge7 16. Bg5 Rae8 17. h6 Nf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Qd2 Re4 20. Rfe1 gxh6 21.
Bxh6 Rfe8 22. Re3 a4 23. Rb1 Qa5 24. Qe2 Qd8 25. Re1 Ne7 26. Nb4 Qb6 27. Qd2
Qd6 28. Bg5 Bg7 29. Rxe4 fxe4 30. Bf4 Qf6 31. Ne5 Be6 32. Bg5 Qf5 33. f3 exf3
34. Nxf3 Ng6 35. Nd3 Bf7 36. Rf1 Qg4 37. Nc5 b5 38. Qd3 h6 39. Be3 Nh4 40. Nxh4
Rxe3 41. Qf5 Qxh4 42. Qxf7+ Kh8 43. Qf4 Qxf4 44. Rxf4 Re2 45. Kf1 Rxb2 46. Ne6
Rxa2 47. Rf7 Bxd4 48. Nxd4 b4 49. Rf2 Rxf2+ 50. Kxf2 {[#] Schwarz gewinnt
wegen des zusätzlichen Bauernpärchens am Königsflügel. Der weiße König kann
sich eben nicht zerreißen.} Kg7 51. Ke3 {Der König geht...} (51. Nc2 b3 52. Na3
Kf6 53. Ke3 Kf5 54. Kf3 h5 55. Nb5 b2 56. Na3 d4 57. Nb1 h4 58. Na3 d3 59. Nb1
d2 60. Ke2 Kf4 61. Kxd2 Kg3 {... wäre die trübe Folge, wenn er bleibt.}) 51...
Kf6 52. Kd2 Kg5 53. Ne6+ Kg4 54. Nc5 a3 55. Kc2 Kg3 56. Kb3 Kxg2 57. Nd3 Kf3 ({
oder auch} 57... h5 58. Nf4+ Kf3 59. Nxh5 d4 $19) 58. Nxb4 h5 0-1

[Event "Boavista Masters"]
[Site "Porto"]
[Date "1999.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rocha, Sergio MC"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 Nfe7 11. Rg1 h5 12. h3 hxg4 13. hxg4 Rc8 14. Nc3 Na5 15.
Na4 Qc6 16. Nc5 Nc4 17. Qb3 b6 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Bc1 Ng6 20. Bd3 Nh4 21. Nxh4
Rxh4 22. Bg5 Rh3 23. Ke2 Qb5 24. Rh1 Rxh1 25. Rxh1 a5 26. Rh8 axb4 27. Bd2 Kd7
28. Bxb4 Bxb4 29. Rxc8 Kxc8 30. Qxb4 Qxb4 31. axb4 b5 32. f4 Kd7 33. f5 f6 34.
Bxc4 {[#]} dxc4 {Thema: Der gedeckte Freibauer hält remis gegen zwei
verbundene.} (34... bxc4 $2 35. b5 fxe5 36. dxe5 exf5 37. gxf5 d4 38. b6 Kc6
39. e6 Kd6 40. b7 Kc7 41. e7 $18) 35. d5 $1 (35. Kd2 exf5 36. gxf5 fxe5 37.
dxe5 Kc6 38. Ke3 Kd5 39. e6 Kd6 40. Kf4 Ke7 41. Ke4 g6 42. fxg6 Kxe6 $19) 35...
exd5 36. e6+ Ke7 37. Ke3 c3 38. Kd3 d4 39. Kc2 g5 40. Kd3 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Borge, Nikolaj"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Qd2 f6 8. Be2
fxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ne7 11. f4 Nf5 12. Bf2 h5 13. Na3 g6 14. O-O Qa5 15.
Nc2 Bb5 16. b4 Qa6 17. Bxb5+ Qxb5 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Rab1 Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Qd7 21.
Nd4 b6 22. Rfd1 Rc8 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Rd3 h4 25. Rc1 Qa4 26. Rh3 Qa3 27. Rd1
Rxc3 28. Rxh4 Rxh4 29. Qxh4 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Rc1 31. Qe1 Rxd1 32. Qxd1 {D-D:
verteilte Bauernmehrheiten; ab 44.Zug D+2 - D+2 und grober Fehler von Schwarz 
(46...e4?); ab 70.Zug D+g/h - D mit viel Leerlauf} Qe3 33. Qa4+ Kd8 34. h3 Qc1+
35. Kh2 Qc4 36. Qxa7 Qxf4+ 37. Kh1 Qxe5 38. Qxb6+ Ke7 39. Qb4+ Kf7 40. a4 d4
41. Qb7+ Kf6 42. Qd7 f4 43. a5 Qxa5 44. Qxd4+ e5 45. Qd6+ Kf5 46. Qd3+ e4 $2 (
46... Kf6 $10) 47. Qd7+ Kf6 (47... Ke5 48. Qg7+ Kd6 49. Qg6+ {xe4}) 48. Qd6+
Kf5 49. Qf8+ $1 Ke6 50. Qh6+ $1 (50. Qxf4 Qe1+ 51. Kh2 e3 $132) 50... Ke7 51.
Qg7+ Ke6 52. Qg6+ Kd7 53. Qxe4 Qg5 54. Kg1 Kd6 55. Kf1 Kd7 56. Ke2 Kd6 57. Kf1
Kc7 58. Qe2 Kd6 59. Qd2+ Ke6 60. g4 Kf7 61. Qd7+ Kg8 62. Qe6+ Kg7 63. Kg2 Qc5
64. h4 Qc2+ 65. Kf3 Qh2 66. Qd7+ Kg8 67. Qd5+ Kg7 (67... Kh7 68. Qe4+ Kg8 69.
Qe1 Kg7 70. Qf2 $18) 68. Qd4+ Kg8 69. Qf2 Qh1+ 70. Kxf4 Qc1+ 71. Kf5 Qc7 72.
Qa2+ Kh8 73. Qb2+ Kh7 74. Qe5 Qc8+ 75. Kg5 Qd8+ 76. Kh5 Qa8 77. Qe7+ Kh8 78.
Qf6+ Kh7 79. Qf5+ Kg7 80. Qe5+ Kh7 81. Qe7+ Kh8 82. Qf6+ Kh7 83. Qf7+ Kh8 84.
g5 Qa3 85. Qe8+ Kh7 86. Qd7+ (86. g6+ Kg7 87. Qf7+ Kh8 88. Qh7#) 86... Kh8 87.
Qc8+ Kg7 88. Qb7+ Kf8 89. Kg6 Qa2 90. Qg7+ Ke8 91. Qe5+ Kf8 92. Qf6+ Ke8 93. h5
Qc2+ 94. Kg7 Qc7+ 95. Kg8 Qc5 96. h6 Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.02.08"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 {Psakhis} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 {Dieser
Springer ist oft das schwarze Sorgenkind in der französischen Vorstoßvariante.
Wandert er über c8 nach b6, fehlt er am Königsflügel, geht er nach f5, wird er
mit Ld3 oder g4 befragt..} 7. Na3 {Meiner Meinung nach der stärkste Zug, da
der Springer von c2 den oft anfälligen Punkt d4 überdeckt.} cxd4 8. cxd4 Ng6 $5
(8... Nf5 9. Nc2 {ist die Hauptvariante; der weiße PLan besteht dann darin,
denn Sc2 im rechten Moment nach e3 zu ziehen, um den Sf5 zu befragen. Ich
wollte in dieser Partie einen anderen Aufbau testen.}) 9. h4 $1 {Der einzige
Zug, der Schwarz Probleme bereitet, da der Springer gleich wieder von g6
vertrieben wird, und der h-Bauer über h5 bis h6 durchzustoßen droht.} Bb4+ {
Das war meine Idee. Weiß verliert nun die Rochade, da auf Ld2 unangenehm Sf4
folgen würde. Allerdings ist es in diesem System keineswegs ungewöhnlich, dass
Weiß den Turm auf h1 läßt, und den König über f1 nach g2 entwickelt.} ({
White keeps some advantage after the bishop exchange -} 9... Bxa3 {Psakhis} 10.
bxa3 h6 11. h5 Nge7 12. O-O Na5 13. Rb1 $1 Bc6 14. Bd3 Nc4 15. Nh4 Qa5 16. Qg4
$36 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Graf,A/Bled olm 2002 (34)}) 10. Kf1 O-O ({Psakhis: Worth
of considering was} 10... h6 {'!?' Psakhis. Psakhis: 'with the possible
continuation'} 11. h5 (11. Nc2 {Psakhis} Be7 12. h5 Nf8 13. Rh3 Nh7 14. Bd3 O-O
15. Rg3 Kh8 16. Bf4 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 $132 {Movsesian,S-Nikolic,P/Istanbul olm
2000/EXT 2001/[Psakhis]/0-1 (39)}) 11... Nf8 {war die Alternative, wonach
allerdings der Bauer g7 schwach wird (Th3-g3).}) (10... h5 $6 11. Ng5) 11. h5
Nh8 $1 {Meine Mannschaftskameraden waren über diesen Aufbau nicht sehr
glücklich. Aber steht der Springer nicht nur vorübergehend schlecht, da er
nach f5 oder f6 wieder über f7 ins Spiel kommt? Das Motiv kam schon in
mehreren Vorgängerpartien vor.} 12. Bd3 {Nimmt sofort den Punkt h7 unter
Beschuss. Laut Fritz ist Weiß hier bereits deutlich im Vorteil, aber ich sehe
nicht recht, wieso (abgesehen davon, dass der Springer auf h8 im Moment sehr
schlecht steht).} ({Psakhis: In the case of} 12. h6 $5 g6 {Psakhis: 'the
position of black's knight is ridiculous, but he has good chances to improve
it after f6 and Nf7.'} 13. Nc2 Be7 14. Ne3 $1 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Ng4 Be7 $1 (
16... Nf7 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Be3 Nd6 (18... e5 19. dxe5 Ncxe5 20. Bd4 $16) 19.
Bg5 Qh8 20. Rc1 $16) 17. Be3 Nf7 {mit unklarer Stellung.}) 12... h6 {Psakhis:
'Hertneck assumes measures against a possible h5-h6.'  Einziger Zug, da die
Drohung Dc2 ansonsten tödlich wäre.} (12... f5 $2 13. exf6 Qxf6 (13... gxf6 14.
Bh6 Rf7 15. Rh3 Bf8 16. Rg3+ Bg7 17. Bd2 $18) 14. Bg5 Qf7 15. Qc2 $16) (12...
Be7 {Psakhis} 13. Rh3 f5 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bh7+ Kf7 $13 {Grosar,
A-Luciani,V/Verona op 1997/1/2-1/2 (67)}) 13. Qc2 $6 {Zwingt Schwarz zu seinem
Glück, denn f5 will er sowieso spielen. Doch auch nach anderen Zügen sehe ich
keinen Vorteil.} (13. Nc2 {wurde in einigen Vorgängerpartien gespielt} Be7 (
13... f5 14. Nxb4 Nxb4 15. Be2 Qb6 16. a3 Na6) 14. Bf4 Qb6 $13) (13. Rh3 f5 $13
) (13. g4 f6 $13) (13. Bxh6 $2 gxh6 14. Qc1 Kg7 15. Rh3 f5 $19) 13... f5 14.
Qe2 ({Am meisten hätte ich mich über exf6 gefreut:} 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Bh7+ Kf8
{und während der schwarze König völlig sicher steht sieht sich der weiße
Konterpart unangenehmem Druck auf der f-Linie ausgesetzt.}) 14... Be7 {Schwarz
kann offensichtlich mit dem Ergebnis der Eröffnung sehr zufrieden sein, da er
ein starkes Bauerngerüst im Zentrum und ansonsten kaum Schwächen hat.} 15. Nc2
a5 $5 {Etwas ungestüm. Bedächtiger war Le8 oder Sf7.} 16. Rg1 $1 Be8 $6 {
Eigentlich der französische Normalzug (der Läufer wird über den Königsflügel
aktiviert), doch hier stößt der Plan auf taktische Probleme.} (16... Nb4 $6 17.
Nxb4 axb4 18. g4 f4 19. Kg2) (16... Nf7 $5 17. g4 f4 $1 18. Bxf4 Ng5 19. Bxg5
Bxg5 {mit guter Kompensation auf der f-Linie für den geopferten Bauern.}) (
16... Qe8 $1 17. Nh2 Nb4 18. Nxb4 axb4 19. g4 f4) 17. g4 $1 f4 {Psakhis:
'Black doesn't want to open the g-line, but this move has and negative aspect
- his pawn on f4 becomes quite weak.'} ({Jetzt erst fiel mir auf, was ich mit
meinem letzten Zug angerichtet hatte, denn nach dem ursprünglich geplanten} 
17... fxg4 $2 18. Nh2 $1 {steht Schwarz in allen Varianten auf Verlust, z.B.}
Bh4 (18... Nf7 19. Qxg4 Ng5 20. Bxg5 Bxg5 21. Nf3 $16) (18... Bxh5 {Psakhis}
19. Nxg4 $40) 19. Nxg4 Nf7 20. Nxh6+ Nxh6 21. Bxh6 Rxf2+ 22. Qxf2 Bxf2 23.
Rxg7+ Kh8 24. Rg2 $1 $18) 18. Bd2 Nb4 $6 {Setzt die Expansion am Damenflügel
unbeirrt fort, denn schon wieder hatte ich den weißen Angriff am Königsflügel
unterschätzt.} (18... Nf7 $1 19. Kg2 (19. Bxf4 Ng5 $44) 19... Ng5 $13) 19. Nxb4
axb4 20. g5 $5 {'?!' Psakhis. Wieder das schärfste, aber es sprach nichts
dagegen, zunächst den König nach h1 zu überführen.} ({Psakhis: Interesting
will be to check the simple} 20. Kg2 {'!?' Psakhis.} Qb6 (20... Nf7 $5) 21. Kh1
(21. Rgc1 {(Psakhis) with a nice and stable position and serious chances for
an advanatage, thanks to the weakness of the f4-pawn.}) 21... Nf7 22. Bxf4 Ng5
23. Bxg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 hxg5 25. Rad1 Rf4 26. Bb1 $16) 20... Bxh5 $2 {Beißt in
den sauren Apfel, da die Folgen von hxg5 sehr schwer abzuschätzen waren.} ({
Der Normalzug war natürlich} 20... hxg5 {wonach folgende Abwicklung erzwungen
ist:} 21. Nxg5 Bxg5 22. Qg4 Bh6 (22... Nf7 23. Qxe6 (23. Bxf4 Qb6 $1 24. Bxg5
Nxe5 $1 $19) 23... Ra6 24. Qf5 Rh6 25. e6 $16) 23. Qxe6+ Nf7 {Diese Stellung
ist sicher nicht jedermanns Sache, aber Weiß scheint nicht mehr als Remis zu
haben, z.B.} 24. Bxf4 (24. Bxb4 Bd7 25. Qg6 Ng5 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 $17) (24. Qg6 $2
Ng5) 24... Qd7 (24... Bxf4 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Qh7#) 25. Bxh6 (25.
Qxd7 Bxd7 26. Bxh6 Nxh6 $17) 25... Qxe6 26. Rxg7+ Kh8 27. Rh7+ $11 {mit Remis
durch Dauerschach.}) 21. gxh6 {Genau diese Konstellation hatte ich eigentlich
noch vor ein paar Zügen für unmöglich gehalten. Weiß bekommt jetzt Spiel auf
der g-Linie und Schwarz steht bereits sehr kritisch.} g5 {mit der Idee Sg6-h4.
Mehr Halt hätte die Stellung nach g6 gehabt, aber dann bleibt der Springer
ewig auf h8 kleben.} (21... g6 22. Bc2 Kh7 23. Qd3 Kxh6 24. Rh1 $16) 22. h7+ $6
{Psakhis: 'Quite possible that this move is not the best one. Black would meet
serious problems after the immediate'  Zu voreilig. Fritz weist sowohl nach
Th1 als auch nach Dd1 größeren Vorteil für Weiß nach.} (22. Qd1 $1 {'>=!?'
Psakhis. Psakhis: 'and lose'} Ng6 (22... Qb6 $140 {Psakhis} 23. Nxg5 $1 Bxd1 $2
24. Bh7#) 23. Qb3 $1 Kf7 24. Bxb4 Bxf3 25. Bxg6+ Kxg6 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Qxf3
$16) (22. Rh1 Qe8 23. Qd1 $1 $16) 22... Kg7 23. Qd1 $1 {Droht den Sf3 zu
entfesseln. Vor allem aber droht jetzt sehr unangenehm Sxg5!} (23. Rh1 Bxf3 24.
Qxf3 Qb6 25. Qh5 Qxd4 26. Qh6+ Kf7 {und Weiß hat nur Dauerschach.}) 23... Bg6 {
'?!' Psakhis. Man beachte, dass Schwarz nur deswegen die Stellung am
Königsflügel noch zusammenhält, weil die Kavallerie auf h8 zum Eingreifen
bereitsteht,} (23... Ng6 $2 24. Nxg5 Bxd1 25. Nxe6+ $18) ({Psakhis: Being
fully aware of what is going to happen, I would recommend the following to
Black:} 23... Qb6 {'<=>!?' Psakhis. Psakhis: 'with a complicated game.'} 24.
Rc1 $1 Ng6 25. Bxg6 Kxg6 $13) (23... Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Qb6 25. Rc1 Nf7 26. Bxf4 Kh8
$1 27. Be3 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Rxf3 29. Bxb6 Rxd3 30. Be3 $16) 24. Qb3 $1 (24. Bxg6
Nxg6 25. Qb3 Rf5) 24... Be4 $1 25. Ke2 $1 {Deckt die Punkte f3 und d3 und
verbindet nebenbei noch die Türme.} (25. Be2 Ng6 26. Rc1 $1 {war die
Alternative}) 25... Bxf3+ {Den Läufer gab ich natürlich ungern her, aber ohne
Springer kann Weiß nicht mehr so gut auf den Punkt g5 spielen, und außerdem
wird sein Zentrum schwach.} (25... Nf7 26. Bxb4 Rh8 27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28. Bxe4 $1
dxe4 29. Nd2 $1 $16) 26. Kxf3 Qb6 27. a3 $6 {'?' Psakhis. Psakhis: 'Sandipan
wants to eliminate the main defender of black's king - the bishop e7, but this
right idea is poorly executed. A much stronger attempt could be the straight '
An sich keine schlechte Idee, doch Weiß konnte mit einem überraschenden Opfer
forciert ein besseres Endspiel erreichen:} (27. Bxb4 $3 {Psakhis: 'for example'
} Qxb4 (27... Bxb4 {Psakhis} 28. Rxg5+ Kf7 29. Rag1 Ke7 (29... Qxd4 30. Rg7+
Ke8 31. Rxb7 $18) 30. Rg8 Nf7 $8 31. Rxf8 Rxf8 32. Rg7 Qxd4 33. Bg6 $18) 28.
Rxg5+ Kf7 29. Qxb4 Bxb4 30. Rag1 {'+/-' Psakhis.} Ke7 31. a3 Ba5 32. Rg8 $1 {
Die Pointe. Schwarz bleibt nun auf seinem kläglichen Rappen h8 sitzen.} Rad8
33. b4 Bb6 34. R1g7+ Rf7 35. a4 {Der Gewinnplan besteht natürlich darin, einen
entfernten Freibauern auf der a-Linie zu bilden.} Rxg7 36. Rxg7+ Kf8 37. Rg4
Ke7 38. Rg7+ Kf8 39. Rxb7 Bxd4 40. Kxf4 Nf7 41. a5 Bxe5+ 42. Ke3 Nd6 43. Ra7
$16) 27... Qxd4 28. Bxb4 Nf7 $1 {Psakhis: 'Now both sides must be careful and
the white king became a target for Black's pieces.' Unvermutet geht Schwarz
zum Gegenangriff über.} ({natürlich nicht} 28... Bxb4 29. Rxg5+ Kf7 30. Rag1
$18) 29. Bxe7 Nxe5+ 30. Ke2 f3+ {Psakhis: 'Hertneck decided to play for a win,
instead move in the game, he could continue'} (30... Nxd3 {(Psakhis) with
almost force draw after} 31. Bxf8+ Rxf8 32. Qxd3 f3+ 33. Kd2 Qxb2+ 34. Ke3 Qe5+
35. Kd2 Qb2+ $11) 31. Kf1 (31. Kd2 $2 Qxf2+) 31... Qxd3+ $6 {In dieser wilden
Stellung stand ich vor einer schwierigen Entscheidung. Um meinem Gegner kein
Mattspiel zu geben, entschied ich mich für den Damentausch, besser war aber
mit Sxd3 selbst auf Matt zu spielen.} (31... Nxd3 $1 32. Bxf8+ Rxf8 33. Qc3 (
33. Qc2 {Vor diesem Zug hatte ich mich zu Unrecht gefürchtet.} Qc4 $1 (33...
Rc8 $5) 34. Qxc4 dxc4 35. Rxg5+ Kxh7 {mit zementiertem Springer d3.}) 33...
Qxc3 34. bxc3 Kxh7 35. Rxg5 {mit ähnlicher Stellung wie in der Partie, nur ist
die Bauernstruktur für Schwarz günstiger.}) 32. Qxd3 Nxd3 33. Rxg5+ (33. Rd1 {
Psakhis} Rfc8 34. Bxg5 $36) 33... Kxh7 34. Bxf8 Rxf8 {Psakhis: 'It is quite
difficult to estimate this complex ending.'} 35. Rd1 {Zeit für eine
Zwischenbilanz: Weiß steht besser, wenn es ihm gelingt, seine Türme zu
aktivieren. Genau dies muss Schwarz natürlich verhindern.} Kh6 ({
Wahrscheinlich war das Remis mit der folgenden Abwicklung leichter anzusteuern,
aber mir widerstrebte der Turmtausch.} 35... Nxb2 36. Rd4 Rf6 37. Rh4+ Rh6 38.
Rxh6+ Kxh6 39. Re5 Nc4 40. Rxe6+ Kg5 41. Re7 Kf4 42. Rxb7 Nxa3) (35... Rc8 $5
36. Rg3 Nxb2 37. Rb1 Rc3 {'!' Psakhis.} 38. Kg1 {'+/-!' Psakhis.}) 36. Rg3 Nc5
{Das Traumfeld für den Springer ist natürlich e4.} (36... Nxb2 $5 37. Rd4 Kh5
38. Rb4 Nc4 39. Rxb7 Kh6 40. Rbg7) 37. Rc1 {Nun kommt der Turm doch noch über
die c-Linie ins Spiel.} Ne4 38. Rg4 {Versucht, den König so lange wie möglich
auf der h-Linie abzuschneiden.} (38. Rh3+ Kg5 39. Rc7 b5 $13) 38... Kh5 39. Rg7
Ng5 $6 {Zeitnot. Nach dem einfachen b5 hätte Weiß dem b-Bauern länger
nachjagen müssen.} (39... b5 $1 40. Rcc7 (40. Rc6 Ng5 41. Ke1 Rf4 42. Rc8 Kh6)
40... Ng5 41. Ke1 Kg4 42. Rb7 Kf4 43. Rxb5 Rh8 44. Rb4+ Kf5 45. a4) 40. Rxb7
$16 Kg4 {Danach steht Schwarz bereit zu Th8 (mit Mattdrohung)} 41. Ke1 Kf4 $1 {
Schwarz steht zwar materiell auf Verlust (Springer gegen Turm), hat aber noch
Hoffnungen, dem weißen König zu Leibe zu rücken.} 42. a4 $1 {Äußerst
kaltblütig. Der Freibauer rennt sofort los, in der Hoffnung, dass sich der Ke1
selbst verteidigt.} (42. Rc2 Rh8 43. Kd2 Rh2 44. Kd3 e5 $13) 42... Rh8 43. a5 {
Scheinbar hat nun endlich das letzte Stündlein für Schwarz geschlagen, denn
der a-Bauer wird mit jedem Zug gefährlicher...} Ne4 44. Rf7+ Ke5 45. Kd1 Nxf2+
46. Kc2 Ne4 $1 (46... Rh2 47. b4 $1 Kd4 48. Kb3) 47. b4 $1 {setzt auf die
verbundenen Freibauern.} (47. Rxf3 Rh2+ 48. Kd1 Rh1+ 49. Kc2 Rh2+ {ergibt nur
Dauerschach.}) 47... f2 48. Kb2 (48. Kb3 $5) (48. a6 $2 Rc8+ 49. Kb2 Rxc1 50.
Kxc1 Nf6 $19) 48... Rb8 $1 {Ein wichtiger Zwischenzug, um dem König auf ein
schlechteres Feld zu treiben.} 49. Ka3 $6 (49. Kb3 Nd2+ 50. Ka4 f1=Q 51. Rcxf1
Nxf1 52. Rxf1 {und die weißen Freibauern sind gefährlicher als die schwrzen.})
49... Rg8 (49... d4 {war die Alternative}) 50. Rf3 $1 (50. a6 $2 Rg1 51. Kb2
Rxc1 52. Kxc1 Nf6 $19) 50... Rg1 51. Kb2 Kd6 {Wie durch ein Wunder erreicht
der schwarze König rechtzeitig das rettende Quadrat des Freibauern auf der
a-Linie.} (51... Rg2 52. Rf1 Kd6 53. b5 Rg8) 52. a6 (52. b5 $2 Nc5 $1 {mit der
Drohung Sd3+} 53. Rb1 Na4+ 54. Kc2 Nc3 $1 $17) 52... Rxc1 53. Kxc1 Kc7 54. Rf7+
$2 (54. a7 Kb7 55. Rf7+ Ka8 56. Kc2 f1=Q 57. Rxf1 Kxa7 58. Rf8 Kb6 {und Weiß
erreicht das in der Partie entstehende Endspiel mit Mehrtempo, auch wenn ich
nicht sehe, wie er im Gewinnsinne Vorteil daraus ziehen könnte.}) 54... Kb6 55.
a7 (55. b5 Nd6 $11) 55... f1=Q+ 56. Rxf1 Kxa7 {Schwarz kann mit der Abwicklung
zufrieden sein, denn nun ruhen die weißen Gewinnhoffnungen nur noch auf dem
Bauern b4.} 57. Kb2 Kb6 58. Rf8 Kb5 59. Ka3 {Die einzige Chance, auf Gewinn zu
spielen.} (59. Kb3 Nd2+ 60. Kc2 Ne4 61. Rb8+ Kc4 $11) 59... d4 $4 {Schade. Mit
diesem Zeitnotfehler wird die Partie doch noch zugunsten von Weiß entschieden.}
(59... e5 60. Rc8 Kb6 61. Kb3 $14) (59... Nd6 60. Kb3 e5 61. Ra8 Kb6 62. Kc3
$14) 60. Rf4 $18 {Diesen einfachen Zug hatte ich übersehen.} Nc3 61. Rxd4 e5
62. Rd3 Kc4 63. Rxc3+ {Ein netter Gag zum Abschluß.} Kxc3 64. b5 (64. b5 e4 65.
b6 e3 66. b7 e2 67. b8=Q e1=Q 68. Qb4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3 Bd7
9. Bh3 (9. h4 $5) 9... Ne7 10. O-O h6 11. Ne1 O-O-O 12. Ng2 Kb8 13. Rb1 Ka8 $5
(13... Qc7 14. Ne3 (14. Qf3 $6 Be8 $10) 14... f5 $1 (14... Nc8 $6 15. f4 g6 16.
f5 $5 gxf5 17. g4 fxg4 18. Nxg4 $44)) 14. Kh1 (14. Ne3 f5 $1 $10) (14. f4 g6 {
/\ 15... Nb3 16. Nb3 Ba4}) 14... Nec6 (14... Nb3 $2 15. Nxb3 Ba4 16. Qf3) 15.
f4 g6 16. Ne3 h5 $10 17. Rf2 Ne7 18. Nf3 $2 (18. Bg2 {/\ Bf3, h3, Rh2}) 18...
Nb3 19. Bd2 Nxd2 $5 (19... Nc6 20. Be1 {/\ Bf1, h3, Rh2}) 20. Rxd2 Nc6 21. b3
cxb3 22. Rxb3 Qc7 23. c4 Na5 24. Rc3 Nxc4 $1 (24... dxc4 25. d5 $44) 25. Nxc4
dxc4 26. d5 exd5 $1 27. Bxd7 $2 (27. Rxd5 Bb4 $1 28. axb4 Bxh3 29. Rxc4 $8 Qxc4
30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Qxd8+ Qc8 $17 {_|_}) 27... Qxd7 28. Rxc4 Bxa3 29. Qa1 Be7
30. Ra4 Bc5 $19 31. Qa2 d4 32. Nxd4 h4 33. Nf3 Qc6 34. Rxd8+ Rxd8 35. Qb3 h3
36. Ra1 Qe4 37. Rd1 Rxd1+ 38. Qxd1 a6 0-1

[Event "Horgen-B"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Qd2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Rc8 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Bd3 Nc4 11. Bxc4 Rxc4 {Black has been able to initiate play
on the c-file quite safely, in spite of the fact that his king is languishing
in the centre of the board, and none of his kingside pieces have been
developed. A typical case inte French Defence when the central pawns have been
locked together. In fact Kindermann does not get around to castling, but
instead exchanges queens when the king is perfectly placed in the centre of
the board.} 12. O-O Ne7 13. Rac1 Nf5 14. g4 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Be7 16. b3 Rc6 17.
Na4 Qb4 18. Rxc6 Bxc6 19. Qxb4 Bxb4 20. Rc1 Ke7 21. Nc5 Rc8 22. Nd3 Ba3 23. Rc3
a5 24. Kf2 Kd7 25. Ke2 h6 26. h4 Bb5 27. Rxc8 Kxc8 28. Kd2 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Podgorica"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Black "Maksimovic, Branimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 f6 7. Bd3 c4 8. Bc2 Bd7
9. O-O O-O-O 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Re1 Nge7 12. b3 cxb3 13. Nxb3 Ng6 14. Qe2 Be7 15.
a4 Rdf8 16. a5 Rf7 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Rhf8 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. exf6 Rxf6 21.
Nc5 Rxf3 22. gxf3 Rh8 23. f4 Qxf4 24. f3 e5 25. Nxd7 Kxd7 26. dxe5 Ke6 $1 {
The king is a superb blockader, but normally that only applies in the endgame.
Here Black's pieces are so well placed, and White's king also not particularly
secure, that the king is actually secure on e6.} 27. Qg2 g5 28. Ra2 Rf8 29.
Qh3+ Qf5 30. Qg4 Qxg4+ 31. fxg4 Rf4 32. Rb1 Rxg4+ 33. Kf2 Rh4 34. Kg3 Rc4 35.
Ra3 Nd8 36. a6 bxa6 37. Rxa6+ Nc6 38. Ra3 Nxe5 39. Rb7 Rg4+ 40. Kf2 Rh4 41. Kg2
Rg4+ 42. Kh1 Nf3 43. Ra1 Rc4 44. Ra3 Rg4 45. Rb1 Rc4 46. Kg2 Nd2 47. Rb7 Rg4+
48. Kf2 Rh4 49. Kg3 a5 50. Rxg7 Ne4+ 51. Kg2 Rf4 52. Rxa5 Rf2+ 53. Kg1 Rc2 54.
Rg8 Rc1+ 55. Kg2 Rc2+ 56. Kf3 Rxc3+ 57. Ke2 Rc2+ 58. Ke3 Rc3+ 59. Ke2 Rc2+ 60.
Ke3 Rc3+ 61. Ke2 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. h4 Be7 11. g4 Nh6 12. Rg1 {For the purpose of restricting
Black's play on all sides of the board, White has advanced the b-pawn, and now
the g-pawn. If you compare this position with Hodgson-Kindermann, for instance,
you will see that Black cannot gain play down the c-file with ...Na5-c4. (Yes,
I am aware that 12...Na5 is still possible in this position, but it loses its
effectiveness after 13 Nbd2).  However, the upshot of White's pawn advances on
the flanks is that his king must remain in the centre - feasible, for the
centre is blocked. Therefore, Black's next move must be strong: Belyavsky
challenges the pawn on e5.} f6 $1 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bd3 Nf7 15. Qe2 O-O-O 16.
Nc3 Kb8 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Na4 Qd8 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Nd6 21. g5 $1 {Seeking
to gain control over the e5 square.} Ka8 22. b5 Na5 23. gxf6 Qxf6 24. Ne5 Qe7 {
White's king was safe enough becuse the queen was by his side to protect him,
and Black's counterplay in the centre was cleverly restricted.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schlosser, Michael"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Nge7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Be7 10. Bd3 Qb6 {Durch Zugumstellung ist eine schon mehrmals
gespielte Stellung entstanden} 11. Nbd2 $2 (11. Bxf5 exf5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. O-O
O-O (13... g5 14. Na4 Qb5 15. Nc5 g4 16. Ne1 a5 17. a4 $1 Qxb4 18. Rb1 Bxc5 19.
Nd3 $16 {Goduns-Tabatadse, GMA-qual 1989}) 14. Qd3 Rac8 $10 {Gorelov-Yudasin,
Minsk 1985 i40(330)}) (11. O-O g5 (11... a5 $1 12. b5 Ncxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14.
Qg4 Nb3) 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Na4 Qb5 15. Nc5 g4 16. Ne1 Bxc5 17. dxc5
{war +/- in Fedorowicz-Dohojan, Wijk II 1989 i47/334}) 11... a5 $1 12. b5 Ncxd4
13. Nxd4 Nxd4 $19 14. a4 O-O (14... Bb4 $6 15. O-O Bxd2 $2 16. Qxd2 Nb3 17. Qg5
Nxa1 18. Ba3 $18) 15. Nc4 $5 dxc4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Be2 Qxe5 $6 (
18... Qb4+ $1 19. Qd2 Rfc8 20. Rc1 c3 21. Qxd7 Rd8 22. Qc7 Rac8 23. Qb6 c2+ 24.
Kf1 Qb1 25. Qe3 Rd1+ 26. Bxd1 cxd1=Q+ 27. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 28. Qe1 Rc1 $19) 19. O-O
Rfd8 20. Qc2 {Weiß gewinnt einen Bauern zurück und der Vorteil von Schwarz ist
dann schwer zu verwerten.} Rac8 21. Ra3 c3 22. Bf3 b6 23. Rc1 Rc5 24. Rxc3 Rdc8
25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Qd2 Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1 g6 (27... Kf8 $5 $17) 28. g3 Qd4 (28...
Qd6 $5 29. Bc6 Qc7 $17) 29. Bc6 $1 Bc8 30. Bf3 Bd7 31. Bc6 e5 32. Bxd7 Qxd7 33.
Qc6 Qd4 34. Qf6 $15 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qd5+ 36. Kg1 Qd4 37. Kg2 h5 38. h4 Kf8 39. Kg1
Ke8 40. Kg2 Qd5+ 41. Kg1 Qe6 42. Qh8+ Kd7 43. Qb8 Qd6 44. Qb7+ Ke6 45. Qc8+ Kd5
46. Qb7+ Ke6 47. Qc8+ Qd7 48. Qb8 Qd1+ 49. Kg2 Qd6 50. Qe8+ Kf6 51. Qh8+ Kf5
52. Qc8+ Qe6 53. Qd8 f6 54. Qc7 Qd5+ 55. Kh2 Qd4 56. Qc8+ Ke4 57. Qc6+ Kd3 58.
Qxf6 e4 59. Qf4 Kc2 60. Kg2 Kb2 61. Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc3 a6 $5 (9... Be7 10. g4 $1 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Be3 O-O 13. f4 f6
14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Rc1 g6 16. Qd2 Bg7 {+/=/= Nunn-Anand/Munich/1991}) 10. Be3
Be7 11. Bd3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 O-O 13. e4 Nb4 14. exd5 (14. Bb1 Bc6 $1 15. a3 dxe4)
14... exd5 $10 15. Bb1 Be6 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Nf4 g6 19. Qe3 Rae8 20.
Bc2 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ostrava"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Haba, Petr"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 (6. Be2) 6... a5 (6...
cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. Bxb5+ Qxb5 9. Nc3 Qa6 10. Ne2 $13 (10. Qb3 $6 Nc6 11. Nb5
$2 Bb4+ $1 12. Qxb4 Nxb4 13. Nc7+ Kf8 14. Nxa6 Nc2+ 15. Ke2 Nxa1 16. Nc5 b6 17.
Nb7 Nb3 $19 {Yagupov,I-Totsky,L/Orel/1994/})) (6... Bb5 7. c4 Bxc4 8. Bxc4 dxc4
9. d5 Ne7 10. d6 Nec6 11. Nbd2 Qa6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Re1 h6 14. Qe2 Na5 15. Ne4
Nb3 16. Rb1 O-O-O $13 {Formanek-Sahovic/Lone Pine/1976/}) 7. Bd3 (7. Be2 a4 8.
O-O Ne7 9. Qd3 Nbc6 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nf5 13. Nf1 Be7 $10 {
Mukhametov,E-Legky,N/Orel/1994/}) 7... Bb5 8. O-O Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nc6 10. dxc5
Bxc5 11. c4 Qa6 12. Nc3 $6 $146 (12. Nbd2 Nge7 $10 {Suetin-Lputian/SSSR/1978/})
12... dxc4 13. Qc2 {/\ 14.Ne4~/=} Nd4 $1 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Qa4+ (15. Bf4 Ne7
16. Ne2 Ba7) 15... Qc6 16. Nb5 Bxe5 17. Re1 Bb8 $8 18. Bg5 $1 (18. Re4 $6 Ne7
19. Rxc4 Qd7 20. Be3 O-O 21. Rd1 Nd5 $17) 18... Nf6 (18... h6 19. Bh4 $13) 19.
Rac1 O-O 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rxc4 Qd5 22. Nc7 $5 Bxc7 23. Rxc7 Qd2 (23... Rfc8
24. Rd7) 24. Rd1 $2 (24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Qe2 Qxe2 26. Rxe2 b5 $15) 24... Qxb2 $19
25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. g3 Rac8 27. Rdd7 Rxc7 28. Rxc7 Qxa3 29. Qd4 Qf3 30. Rc3 Qf5
31. Rc5 e5 32. Qd6 Kg7 33. Rxa5 Rc8 34. Rc5 Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Qb4 36. Rd5 Qe4+ 37.
Kh3 Rc2 38. Rd2 Rxd2 39. Qxd2 b5 0-1

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Podgorica"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karaklajic, Nikola"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O fxe5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. Re1 (10. c4 $1 {ist für Schwarz die Herausforderung; ein
Weg zu gleichem Spiel ist noch nicht bekannt, und darum ist 6...f6 von
zweifelhaftem Wert.}) 10... O-O-O 11. f4 Ne7 12. Nd2 Ng6 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Bd3
Rhf8 15. g3 Bc6 16. Qe2 Kb8 17. Be3 d4 18. cxd4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 cxd4 20. Bf2 Nxe5
21. Qe4 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 g5 23. Rxe6 gxf4 24. Qxh7 Rd7 25. Rae1 Bd8 26. Qd3 a6 27.
R6e4 Qa5 28. a3 fxg3 29. Bxg3+ Ka8 30. Re8 Rxe8 31. Rxe8 Ka7 32. b4 Qg5 33. Re5
Qg7 34. Re4 Bg5 35. Re8 Bf4 36. Kg2 Qf7 37. Re4 Be3 38. Re5 Qa2+ 39. Kh3 Qf7
40. Rc5 Qe6+ 41. Kg2 Rf7 42. Re5 Qc6+ 43. Qe4 Qc4 44. Rf5 Qe2+ 45. Kh3 Rh7+ 46.
Bh4 d3 47. Rd5 Qf1+ 48. Kg4 Rg7+ 49. Bg5 Qg1+ 50. Kf3 Rf7+ 51. Rf5 Rxf5+ 0-1

[Event "Sochi-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nun, Jiri"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Qb6 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Nbd2 $5 {N; Eine interessante Idee. Dieser Springer strebt aufs Feld
f3 statt wie üblich nach c3.} Ne7 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qa4 12. b3 Qa5 13. Bd2
Qd8 14. Re1 $146 h6 15. b4 $1 a6 16. a4 Nc6 17. Rb1 Be7 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5
Na5 20. Nd4 Nc4 (20... O-O $5 21. Qg4 (21. Re3 $5) 21... Bg5 22. f4 Be7 23. f5
Bg5 $13) 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Qg4 g6 23. Qe4 Bc8 24. b6 $1 $16 Qd5 25. Nb5 Qxe4
26. Rxe4 Ra2 27. Rxc4 Bd7 28. Bc1 $1 (28. Nc7+ Kf8 {/\ Kg7}) (28. Be3 Bxb5 29.
Rc8+ Bd8 30. Rxb5 Ra1+ 31. Rc1 Rxc1+ 32. Bxc1 Kd7) 28... O-O $2 (28... Bxb5 $8)
29. Nc3 $1 Rc2 30. Bxh6 Ra8 31. Rc7 Rd8 32. h3 Bc6 33. Rxe7 Rxc3 34. Bg5 $18
Rcd3 35. Rc7 Rd1+ 36. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 37. Kh2 Rd5 38. Bf6 g5 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40. Rh8+
Kg6 41. Rg8+ Kf5 42. Rxg5+ Kf4 43. f3 Rd2 44. Rg4+ Ke3 45. Kg3 Rxg2+ 46. Kxg2
Bxf3+ 47. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Stara Zagora zt-A"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Ghinda, Mihail Viorel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc3 Rc8 $1 {Ein nützlicher Abwartezug (9...Le7 10.g4!).} 10. Be3 ({RR} 
10. a3 a6 11. Be3 Be7 12. Bd3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 O-O 14. Rc1 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16.
Kh1 g6 17. Bb1 Bg7 18. Na4 Rc7 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Qa4 e5 21. Ba2 Kh8 22. dxe5 Nxe5
23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Nd3 Rxc1 {Nunn,J-Luther,T/Hastings 1994/CBM 45/[Knaak]/1/2-1/
2 (42)}) ({RR} 10. Kh1 Qb6 11. Na4 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Be1 h5 14. a3 g5 {
CBM 59-8.cxd4 Nf5 9.Nc3 Rc8/Opening 1997/CBM 59/[Hansen,Cu] (14)}) 10... Be7
11. Bd3 g6 $2 {>= 11...Sxe3} 12. Rc1 O-O ({RR} 12... Na5 13. b3 a6 14. g4 Nxe3
15. fxe3 h5 16. h3 Bb4 17. Ne2 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 hxg4 19. hxg4 Bb5 20. Bxb5+ axb5
21. e4 Be7 22. Qf4 Rh7 23. Kg2 b4 24. Neg1 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Qd5 26. Qf4 g5 27. Qe3
{Maggiolo,E-Fantini,D/Panamerican-ch 1996/EXT 97/1-0 (68)}) 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14.
Bh6 Re8 15. h4 $1 $16 Bxh4 16. Qd2 Be7 17. Qf4 Kh8 18. Ng5 Rf8 19. Qh4 $1 $18
Bxg5 20. Bxg5 f6 21. Bxf6+ Rxf6 22. exf6 Qg8 23. Nb5 Qg4 24. Qh2 f4 25. Nd6 Rf8
26. Qh6 Kg8 27. f7+ Rxf7 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Qxh7+ Ke8 30. Rc3 Kd8 31. Re1 a5 32.
Rf3 Kc7 33. Qh2 e5 34. dxe5 Nd4 35. Rxf4 Ne2+ 36. Rxe2 Qxe2 37. Qg3 Qxb2 38. e6
Bxe6 39. Rb4+ 1-0

[Event "Stara Zagora zt-A"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Moldovan, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Bxf5
exf5 9. O-O {In CBM15 habe ich eine für Weiß beeindruckende Partie mit 9.Sc3
Le6 10.h4 besprochen.} Be7 10. Nc3 g5 11. Ne1 f4 $2 {Die Verlockung für den
Lc8 war wohl zu groß.} (11... h5 $6 12. f4 $6 (12. h4 $1 gxh4 13. Be3 Be6 14.
Nd3 Qd7 15. Nf4 $16) 12... g4 $15) (11... Be6 $1 $10) 12. h4 h6 13. Qh5 $1 gxh4
(13... Nxd4 14. hxg5 Bxg5 15. Nf3 $1 $16 {>< d5,f4}) 14. Bxf4 $16 {Strategisch
ist die Partie entschieden.} Be6 15. Be3 Qd7 16. Nd3 Bg4 17. e6 $1 Bxe6 18. Bf4
O-O-O $6 19. Nb5 $18 a6 20. Ne5 Qe8 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 1-0

[Event "New York Manhattan"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Bxf5
exf5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. h4 h6 11. Be3 (11. Ne2) 11... Qb6 12. Qb3 $6 (12. Rb1)
12... Qxb3 13. axb3 Be7 $10 14. O-O Kd7 15. Rfc1 b6 16. Nb5 a6 17. Nd6 f6 18.
h5 Bxd6 19. exd6 Kxd6 20. Rc3 Rhc8 21. Rac1 Kd7 22. Bf4 Ne7 23. Rc7+ Kd8 24.
Bd6 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 Nc8 26. Bf4 Ra7 27. Rc3 Bf7 28. Nh4 Bxh5 29. Nxf5 Bg6 30. Ne3
Bf7 31. Nc2 Kd7 32. Nb4 Ne7 33. Bb8 Rb7 34. Bh2 a5 35. Nc2 Nc6 36. Rg3 g5 37.
Rf3 Ke6 38. Rc3 Kd7 39. Rf3 Ke7 40. Rc3 Be8 41. Ne3 Ke6 42. Ng4 Nxd4 43. Re3+
Kf7 44. Nxf6 Bb5 45. Nxd5 Rd7 46. Nc3 Bc6 47. f3 Nxb3 48. Ne4 Rd1+ 49. Kf2 Nd4
50. Nd6+ Kf8 51. Be5 Nc2 52. Rc3 Nb4 53. Kg3 Rd5 54. Nc4 Kf7 55. Bc7 Bb5 56.
Bxb6 Na2 57. Rc2 Nb4 58. Rc3 Na2 59. Rc2 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Prie, Eric"]
[Black "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Be3 $1 f6 10. Bd3 $1 {N} (10. b5 Nxe5 $1 11. dxe5 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Qxe3+
13. Qe2 Qc1+ 14. Qd1 {0,5-0,5/Romanishin-Lputian/Erevan/1988}) 10... Nxe3 (
10... fxe5 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. dxe5 $16) 11. fxe3 fxe5 $6 (11... f5 $14) (11...
Bd7 $5) 12. b5 $1 e4 (12... Na5 13. Nxe5 $16) 13. bxc6 exd3 14. Ne5 $16 bxc6
15. Qh5+ g6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qxh8 Qc7 (17... Qb2 18. O-O $18) 18. O-O Qg7 19.
Qh4 Ba6 20. Nd2 Be7 21. Qf4 Kd7 22. Nf3 Bd6 23. Ne5+ Kc7 24. Qf7+ Qxf7 25.
Rxf7+ Kb6 26. Rb1+ Ka5 27. Nxc6+ Ka4 28. Kf2 Bxa3 29. Ke1 Bc4 30. Rxa7+ Rxa7
31. Nxa7 Bd6 32. Nc8 Bc7 33. Nb6+ Ka3 34. Kd2 Ka2 35. Rb4 (35. Rb4 Ka3 36. Rxc4
dxc4 37. Nxc4+ Kb4 38. Ne5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Pinsk"]
[Site "Pinsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Svistunov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Bb5 7. c4 dxc4 (7... Bxc4
8. Bxc4 dxc4 9. Nbd2 $1 (9. d5 Ne7 10. d6 (10. Nc3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qxd5
Be7 13. O-O Nc6 14. e6 O-O 15. exf7+ Rxf7 16. Bg5 Qd8 $1 $10 {Sveshnikov})
10... Nec6 11. Nbd2 Qa6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Re1 h6 14. Qe2 Na5 15. Ne4 Nb3 16. Rb1
O-O-O $13 {Formanek-Sahovic/Lone Pine/1976/}) 9... Qa6 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. Nxd4
Bc5 12. N4f3 c3 13. Ne4 (13. bxc3 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Nd7 15. Ne4 {/\ Be3 Rb1 Rhd1+/
= Sveshnikov}) 13... Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 cxb2 15. Bxb2 $44 {Sveshnikov-Ehlvest/
Leningrad/1984/}) 8. d5 (8. Nc3 $2 Nc6 9. d5 O-O-O 10. Qc2 exd5 11. Qf5+ Kb8
12. Bg5 Nge7 13. Qxf7 Nd4 $17 {Weidemann,J-Gerstner,W/BL 9192/1991/}) 8... exd5
9. Qxd5 Ne7 10. Qe4 Qc6 11. Qc2 $6 $146 (11. Nc3 Qxe4+ 12. Nxe4 Ng6 13. Be3 Bc6
14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. exd6 b5 16. Bxc5 Nd7 17. Be3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 a5 {0.5-0.5/
Villarreal,H-Schweber,S/Buenos Aires/1991/}) 11... Qg6 $1 12. Qe2 Nbc6 13. Nc3
Ba6 14. Be3 Nf5 15. Rd1 (15. Nd5 O-O-O $17) 15... Ncd4 $2 (15... Rc8 $15) 16.
Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Rxd4 $14 Bc5 19. Rd5 Be7 20. g3 O-O 21. Bg2 Rad8
22. Be4 Qh6 23. O-O Rxd5 24. Bxd5 b5 25. Rd1 Qb6 $2 26. e6 $1 $16 fxe6 27.
Bxe6+ Kh8 28. Nd5 Qc5 29. Nxe7 Qxe7 30. Bxc4 Qf6 31. Bd5 b4 32. Qf3 bxa3 33.
bxa3 Rd8 34. Re1 Qxf3 35. Bxf3 g6 36. h4 Rd3 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Re7+ Kh6 39. Rxa7
Rxa3 40. Bb7 1-0

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1989.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Bd7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Rc8 9. Bb2 Na5 10. Nbd2 Nc4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Rc1 c3 13. Bxc3 {Indem Sax die
Türme auf dem Brett läßt, scheitert nun 13...Da6 14.Se4 Lc6 wegen 15.Lb2.
Nogueiras spielt rein positionell auf den weißen Feldern und dies reicht aus
um das Gleichgewicht zu bewahren.} (13. Rxc3 Rxc3 14. Bxc3 Qa6 15. Ne4 (15. d5
Ne7 $1 {i42/322}) 15... Bc6 16. Nfd2 $13 {i44/(320)}) 13... Ne7 14. O-O Nd5 15.
Ne4 Be7 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Nc5 Bc6 18. Bg5 Qd8 19. Qd2 Nc7 20. Qe3 b6 21. Ne4
1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Podgorica"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Maksimovic, Branimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. dxc5 $5 {So vermeidet man
theoretische Diskussionen und erreicht dennoch meistens eine gute Stellung.}
Bxc5 7. Qc2 Bd7 (7... Be7 8. Bf4 Bd7 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Be2 Rc8 11. O-O Nd4 12.
Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Bg3 Qb6 14. Nf3 Bb5 15. Bxb5+ Qxb5 16. Nd4 $14 {1-0 Mynar,
M-Citovsky,F/SVK-chT2 1995 (38)}) (7... a5 8. Bd3 Nge7 9. Bf4 (9. O-O Ng6 10.
Re1 Nce7 11. Be3 Bd7 12. a4 Rc8 13. Na3 O-O 14. Bb5 Bc6 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Nd4
Nh4 17. Bd3 Nhg6 18. g3 Rfd8 19. Qd1 Rb8 20. Nac2 $14 {1-0 Fabregas,A-Ruiz,JM/
ESP-chT ;EXT 90ch 1990 (41)}) 9... Ng6 10. Bg3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Nce7 12. Nbd2 a4 13.
h4 h5 14. O-O Nf5 $6 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. e6 $1 Qxg3 17. Qb5+ Ke7 18. Qxc5+ Qd6
19. Qd4 $16 {1-0 Fabregas,A-San Juan,JL/ESP-chT ;EXT 90ch 1990 (39)}) (7... Qc7
$1 {Damit wird sofort e5 aufs Korn genommen, eigentlich logisch.} 8. Bf4 Nge7
9. Bd3 (9. b4 $2 Bb6 10. b5 Nd4 11. Qd3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bd7 13. Bg3 Ba5 14. Be2
O-O 15. O-O Rac8 $15 {Rerabkova-Konecna/CZE-chJW Svetla 1994/0-1 (60)}) 9...
Ng6 {Weiß hatte keine Zeit für Qe2.} 10. Bxg6 fxg6 (10... hxg6 {/\ 0-0-0=}) 11.
O-O O-O 12. Bg3 Bd7 13. Nbd2 Rac8 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Rad1 $13 {1-0 Yee,P-Grubisic,
D/Philadelphia World op 1995 (24)}) 8. Bd3 f6 9. b4 (9. Bxh7 $6 Bxf2+ $1) 9...
Bxb4 $2 (9... Be7 10. Bxh7 fxe5 $14) 10. cxb4 fxe5 11. Qb2 $3 (11. Bxh7 e4 12.
Bg6+ Kf8 $13) 11... e4 $6 (11... Nf6 12. b5 $1 (12. Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 Qxf2+
14. Kxf2 Ng4+ $14) 12... e4 (12... Nd4 13. Nxe5 Bxb5 14. Bxb5+ Nxb5 15. O-O $18
) 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. Be2 exf3 15. Bxf3 {+/-/+-}) 12. Qxg7 $18 Nxb4 13. O-O Nxd3
14. Bg5 Qb2 15. Nc3 exf3 16. Qxh8 Kf8 17. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Anand Hansen,Cu} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O (6.
Bf4 {Hansen,Cu} Nd7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nbd2 Nc5 9. Nb3 $10 {Heyken-Luther BL 1990-91
}) 6... Ng6 $5 (6... Nec6 {/\ Nd7}) (6... Nec6 {Anand} 7. Re1 Nd7 8. Bf4) 7.
Re1 Nc6 8. a3 Bd7 9. b4 Qc7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. b5 $6 Na5 $17 12. Bg5 (12. Nxd4 {
Anand} Rc8 (12... Nc4)) 12... Nc4 (12... Bxg5 $1 {Anand more accurate} 13. Nxg5
Nc4 $19) 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. g3 (14. a4 {Hansen,Cu}) 14... Bxb5 15. h4 (15. Nbd2
$1 {Anand} Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bxd3 17. Qb4+ $44) 15... Rhc8 16. Nbd2 (16. h5 {
Hansen,Cu} Ngxe5 (16... Nf8 17. Nbd2 (17. h6 $5)) 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxc4 Qxe2
19. Bxe2 Ba4 $17) 16... Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Qc3 (18... h6 $2 19. h5 Nf8
20. Nxd4) 19. Qg5+ Kf8 20. h5 h6 21. Qg4 Ne7 22. Nxd4 Nc6 $5 (22... a6) 23. Nb5
Qxd3 24. Nd6 $132 Rc7 25. Rad1 Qa6 (25... Qc3 26. Re3 Qb2 {>< Pe5}) 26. Rxd5 $1
Rd8 $1 (26... exd5 $5 27. Nf5 (27. e6 $2 Ne5 $1 28. Rxe5 Qxd6 $19) 27... g6 $1
(27... f6 $6 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Re6 $1 Ne5 30. Qb4+ Kf7 31. Rxa6 $16) 28. hxg6
fxg6 29. Nxh6 $5 $13 (29. Qxg6 $6 Nxe5 $1 30. Qh5 Qf6 31. Rxe5 Qxe5 32. Qxh6+
Kg8 33. Qg6+ Rg7 34. Nxg7 Qxg7 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Qh3+ Qh7 $19) 29... Nd8 (29...
Ne7 $2 30. Qf4+ Kg7 (30... Ke8 31. Qf7+ Kd7 32. e6+ Kc6 33. Rc1+ Kb6 34. Rxc7)
31. Qf7+ Kxh6 (31... Kh8 32. Kg2) 32. Kg2 $18) (29... Nxe5 $2 30. Qf4+ $1 (30.
Rxe5 $2 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Qf6 $17) 30... Nf7 31. Qxc7 Nxh6 32. Qe7+ Kg8 33. Re6 Qd3
(33... Nf5 34. Qd7 $1 Qd3 35. Rxg6+ Kh8 36. Rg5 Rf8 37. Rh5+ Kg8 38. Qh7#) 34.
Qg5 Nf7 (34... Kg7 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Re7 $18) (34... Qf5 35. Rxg6+ Kf7 36. Rg7+
$18) 35. Rxg6+ Kf8 36. Rg8#) 30. e6 Re7 (30... Qd3 $6 31. Re3 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Qxe3
33. fxe3 Rac8 34. Qf4+ $16) 31. Qxg6 Rxe6 32. Qg8+ Ke7 33. Nf5+ $1 Kf6 (33...
Kd7 34. Qg7+ Kc8 35. Ne7+ Kb8 36. Rc1 $40) 34. Qf8+ Kg5 $13 (34... Nf7 35. Qg7+
Kxf5 36. Qxf7+ Rf6 37. Qh5#) 35. Nh4 $5 Rxe1+ 36. Kh2 {(/\ 37.f4)} Nf7 (36...
Re2 $2 37. Qg7+ Kh5 38. Kh3 Qd3 39. Qh8+ Kg5 40. f4#) (36... Qe6 37. f4+ Kh5
38. Qh8+ Qh6 $8 (38... Kg4 39. Qg7+ $18) 39. g4+ Kxh4 40. Qxh6+ Kxg4 41. Qh3+
Kxf4 42. Qg3+ Kf5 43. Qxe1 $14) 37. Qg7+ Kh5 38. Qxf7+ Kh6 39. Nf5+ Kg5 40. Nh4
Kh6 (40... Qe6 $6 41. f4+ Kh6 42. Nf5+ Qxf5 43. Qxf5 $14) (40... Re2 $2 41.
Qg7+ Kh5 42. Kh3 $18) 41. Nf5+ $10) (26... Nxe5 $19 {Hansen,Cu}) (26... Nxe5 $1
{Anand} 27. Rexe5 (27. Rdxe5 Qxd6) 27... exd5 28. Nf5 Qf6 $19) 27. Rdd1 Nxe5 $4
(27... Rcd7 28. f4 Qxa3 $13) (27... Rcd7 $19 {Hansen,Cu}) 28. Nf5 $1 (28. Nf5
Rxd1 29. Qxg7+ Ke8 30. Qg8+ Kd7 31. Rxd1+ Kc6 32. Rd6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Prague Bohemians-A"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nun, Jiri"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Nbd2 Nc6 $1 (9... Ne7 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 {Nun,Ji-Razuvaev,Y/Soci-A/
1989/CBM16(VC)}) 10. Nb3 Nge7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Rc1 Ng6 13. Nc5 $6 {Verliert
einen zweiten Bauern und dafür ist die Kompensation nicht ausreichend.} Bxc5
14. Bxc5 Ngxe5 15. Re1 Rc8 16. Ba3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Ne5 $1 18. Rxc7 Nxd3 19. Rxc8+
Bxc8 20. Rd1 Nf4 21. g3 Ng6 22. Rc1 Kd7 23. Ng5 f6 24. Nf7 Rg8 25. Bd6 e5 26.
f4 Ke6 27. Rc7 exf4 28. gxf4 d4 29. Kf2 Nh4 30. Re7+ Kd5 31. Bb4 Nf5 32. Rc7 a6
33. Ba5 Ke6 34. Bb4 b6 35. a4 Bd7 36. b3 Rc8 37. Rxc8 Bxc8 38. Nd8+ Kd7 39. Nf7
Bb7 0-1

[Event "Ostrava"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nun, Jiri"]
[Black "Bashkov, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Qb6 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Nbd2 {Patent von Nun.} Nc6 10. Nb3 Qc7 (10... Nge7 $1 11. Be3 Qc7 12.
Rc1 Ng6 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 Ngxe5 15. Re1 Rc8 16. Ba3 $6 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Ne5 $1
18. Rxc7 Nxd3 $17 {Nun,Ji-Schmittdiel,E/Prague Bohemians-A/1990}) 11. Bf4 Nge7
12. Rc1 Ng6 13. Bg3 Qb6 14. h4 $1 h5 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Bf4 $44 Be7 17. Be3 Qd8
18. Nc5 O-O 19. Nxb7 Qb8 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Rf5 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Bb5
24. Re1 Qe8 25. Qd2 Qe7 26. g3 g5 27. Bc5 Qd8 28. Qb4 Qe8 29. hxg5 Rxg5 30. Be7
Rg4 31. Qc5 Bd3 32. Qc6 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc3 Be7 $6 (9... Rc8) (9... a6 $5) 10. g4 $1 $14 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12.
Be3 O-O 13. f4 Be7 $2 (13... f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Rc1 g6 16. Qd2 Bg7 {
Nunn-Anand/Munich/1991/i51/260} 17. Na4 $1 $14 {Nunn}) 14. Bd3 f6 15. Qc2 $1 h6
(15... g6 $2 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kh8 18. Rf3 $18) 16. Qg2 $16 Be8 17. Rad1
fxe5 18. fxe5 Bf7 19. Rf3 Bg5 20. Bf2 $1 Kh8 21. Rf1 Bg8 22. Rxf8 Qxf8 23. h4
$18 Bd8 24. Be3 Qe7 25. g5 Bb6 26. Qf2 Bh7 27. g6 Bg8 28. Nb5 Rd8 29. Bg5 $1
Qd7 (29... hxg5 30. Qf3 $18) 30. Be3 Qe7 31. Bg5 Qd7 32. Qf4 $1 a6 33. Bf6 $1
gxf6 34. exf6 Bh7 35. g7+ (35. Qxh6 $18 {/\ 36.g7}) 35... Kg8 36. Qxh6 $2 (36.
f7+ $1 Kxg7 37. Qf6+ Kf8 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. f8=Q+ Rxf8 40. Qxf8#) 36... Bf5 $1
37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Qh5+ Kxf6 39. Qh6+ (39. Qg5+ Kf7 40. Bxf5 exf5 41. Rxf5+ Kg8
42. Qh5 Qxf5 43. Qxf5 axb5 $17) 39... Kf7 40. Bxf5 exf5 41. Nd6+ (41. Qh7 Rg8
42. Rxf5+ Ke7 43. Rf4 Qe6 $17) 41... Qxd6 42. Rxf5+ Ke7 43. Qg5+ Kd7 44. Rxd5
Bxd4+ 45. Kf1 Rg8 46. Qf5+ (46. Qf5+ Kc7 47. Rxd6 Kxd6 48. Qf8+ Ne7 49. Qf4+
Be5 50. Qb4+ Ke6 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Galdunts, Sergey"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Rc8 $5 (9... Nb4) 10. O-O Qb6 11. Qd3 $6 (11. Bd3 Nb4 (11... Nfxd4
$2 12. Nfxd4 Nxd4 13. Be3 Bc5 14. b4 $18) 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Nxb4 Bxb4 $10 {
Kindermann}) 11... a6 $1 $15 12. g4 Nfe7 13. Nfe1 (13. a4 $6 Na5 14. b4 Nc4 15.
Qb3 Nc6 16. Rb1 Be7 17. Rd1 O-O 18. Be3 Qd8 19. h3 b5 $17 {
Janovskij-Kindermann/Biel op/1991/i52/252}) 13... Ng6 14. f4 $2 (14. Qe3 Be7
15. f4 f6 $1) 14... Nxd4 $1 $19 15. Nxd4 Bb5 16. Qb3 Qxd4+ 17. Be3 Qxe3+ 18.
Qxe3 Bc5 19. Bxb5+ axb5 20. Qxc5 Rxc5 21. Nd3 Rc4 22. f5 Rxg4+ 23. Kh1 exf5 24.
Rxf5 O-O 25. Raf1 b6 26. a3 Re4 27. Rc1 Re3 28. Nb4 Ne7 29. Rg5 h6 30. Rh5 Kh7
31. Rc7 Kg6 32. Rh4 Rxe5 33. Nd3 Re3 34. Rd4 Kh7 35. Rb7 Rc8 36. Nb4 Re2 37.
Rd1 Rc4 38. Rg1 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.01.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Be3 $10 f6 $1 10. b5 Nxe5 $1 11. dxe5 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Qxe3+ 13. Qe2 Qc1+
14. Qd1 {1/4:1/4 Romanishin-Lputian/Erevan/1988} (14. Kf2 Bc5+ 15. Kg3 fxe5 16.
Qxe5 O-O $17) 14... Qe3+ 15. Qe2 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 cxd4 (6... Bb5 7. c4 $1)
7. cxd4 Bb5 8. O-O Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Qa6 10. Qxa6 $6 (10. Qd1 $10) 10... Nxa6 $15
11. a3 Ne7 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. b4 Nc7 14. Bd2 $6 (14. Be3 {/\ Nd2-b3-c5}) 14... a6
15. Rfc1 Be7 16. Kf1 O-O 17. Ke2 f6 18. Be3 Nb5 $1 19. exf6 (19. Nxb5 axb5 {
>< Pa3}) 19... gxf6 20. Kf1 Kf7 21. Na4 a5 22. Nc5 axb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 (23...
Nd6 $6 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Nxb7 $1 $10) 24. Rxa1 Nd6 $17 25. Nd3 Rc8 26. g4 b5 $6
(26... Nb5 $1 27. Nc5 b6 28. Nd3 Nxb4 29. Nxb4 Bxb4 30. Rb1 Rc4 31. Nd2 (31.
Bd2 Nxd4 $1 32. Bxb4 Nxf3 $19) 31... Bxd2 32. Rxb5 Ba5 $17) 27. g5 Nc4 28. gxf6
Bxf6 29. Ra6 $1 $132 {>< Pe6, Nc6} Kg6 30. Nde5+ Bxe5 31. dxe5 h6 (31... Kf5 $4
32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Nd4+ $18) 32. Bc5 Kf7 33. Nd4 Nxd4 34. Bxd4 Nd2+ 35. Ke2 Nb3
36. Be3 d4 $5 (36... h5 37. Kd3 (37. Ra3 Rc3 38. Ke1 d4 $1 $17 39. Bxd4 $2 Rc1+
40. Ke2 Nxd4+ $19) 37... d4 (37... Rc4 $2 38. Ra3 Rxb4 39. Kc3 $18) 38. Bxd4
Nxd4 39. Kxd4 Rc4+ 40. Kd3 Rxb4 $10) 37. Bxh6 Rc2+ 38. Kf3 Rc4 39. h4 d3 40. h5
d2 41. Ra7+ (41. Ke2 Rd4 (41... Re4+ 42. Be3 Rxe5 43. h6 $10) 42. Kd1 Rh4 43.
Ke2 $10) 41... Kg8 42. Ra8+ $4 (42. Ke2 $10) 42... Kh7 43. Bxd2 Nxd2+ 44. Ke3
Ne4 45. Re8 Ng5 46. f3 Rxb4 47. Rb8 Kg7 48. Kf2 Rf4 49. Rxb5 Rxf3+ 50. Ke2 Kh6
51. Rb6 Rf5 0-1

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moutousis, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 Bd7 6. a3 f6 7. Be2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nh6 9. O-O Nf7 $15 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bf4 O-O 12. b4 Rc8 13. Rc1 fxe5 14. dxe5 a6
15. Bg3 Nh6 16. Na4 Nf5 17. Nc5 $6 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 a5 $1 19. Qd2 (19. b5 Nxe5 $1
$17) 19... axb4 20. axb4 Qb6 $17 {<-> b4, g3} 21. Rcc1 Ncd4 (21... Nxb4 $4 22.
Rb1 $18) (21... Qxb4 $2 22. Qxb4 Nxb4 23. Rb1 {<-> b7}) 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Qxd4
Nxd4 24. Bd3 Bb5 25. Bxb5 Nxb5 26. f3 Nc3 27. Kf2 Rc4 28. Ke3 Ra8 29. Be1 Nb5
30. Rd1 Ra3+ 31. Kf2 Ra2+ 32. Kg3 Nd4 33. h3 (33. Rd2 Ra1 $19) 33... Nf5+ 0-1

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1996.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. O-O Bd7 7. Re1 h6 {
A thoughtless move. Black has to play f7-f6 one day but then there is a hole
on g6.} 8. a3 Bc5 9. Nbd2 Nge7 10. b4 $1 Bb6 11. Nb3 a6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Qd2 $6
(13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 $14) 13... f6 {After Black has made all his standard
moves he uses his last chance to play f6.} 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Nbxd4 Nxd4 16.
Nxd4 (16. Bxd4 $2 Rxf3 17. Bxb6 Rxd3 18. Bxd8 Rxd2 19. Bxe7 Rxc2 $17) 16... Nc6
17. Bf1 (17. Nf3 {immediatly? May be} Rxf3 $5 18. gxf3 Qh4 {(/\ 19...Bc7) is
very dangerous for White.} 19. Bf1 Rf8 20. Bg2 Rf5 $40) 17... Rf7 $2 (17... e5
$1 18. Nf3 Bg4 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Bxf3 21. gxf3 $10 {I'm not sure which
side can try for more.}) 18. c4 $1 $16 dxc4 19. Nf3 $1 (19. Bxc4 $4 Nxd4 20.
Bxd4 Bb5 $17) 19... Qe7 20. Bxc4 {[%csl Re6,Rg6][%cal Rb2h7] Black has to many
weaknesses now, White can easy defend f2.} Raf8 21. Rad1 Bc8 22. Bd5 Rd8 23.
Qc2 exd5 $6 (23... Rd6 24. Be4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bd7 $16) 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. b5 axb5
26. Qb3 Rf7 $6 (26... Re2 $6 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Qxd5+ Kf8 29. Qxb5 Bxf2+ 30. Kf1
Rc2 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qd3 Ra2 33. Qb3 Ra1+ 34. Kxf2 $18) (26... Be6 27. Qxb5
Ba7 {+/-/+-}) 27. Qxb5 Ba7 28. Rxd5 Re8 29. Rd1 Re6 30. Qc4 Rg6 31. Kh1 Be6 32.
Qe2 Bc5 33. Nh4 (33. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2c5,Rc2g6]}) 33... Rxf2 34. Qxf2 Bxf2 35.
Nxg6 Bc5 36. Nf4 Bg4 37. Rd5 b6 38. h3 Bc8 39. Nh5 g6 40. Nf6+ Kf7 41. Ne4 Ke6
42. Rd1 Be7 43. Re1 h5 44. a4 Kf7 45. Bf6 Bb4 46. Bc3 Be7 47. Rd1 Be6 48. Nd6+
Kg8 49. Re1 Bb3 50. Nc8 Bc5 51. Nxb6 Bxb6 52. Rb1 Bxa4 53. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Bad Endbach"]
[Site "Bad Endbach"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Kaminski, Marcin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Qd2 Bd7 7. Nf3
cxd4 (7... Nh6 $5 {Kortschnoj} 8. Bxh6 gxh6 $13) 8. cxd4 Rc8 9. Nc3 (9. a3 $2
Na5 10. Ra2 Qb3 11. Nc3 Rxc3 12. bxc3 Qb1+ 13. Qc1 Qxa2 $19 {0-1 Morris,
D-Schaffner,U/Bern op (09) ;EXP 21 1991 (25)}) 9... Na5 10. Bd3 Bb4 (10... Nc4
{Kortschnoj} 11. Bxc4 Rxc4 12. O-O Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 $10) 11. O-O
Ne7 12. Rab1 (12. Rfc1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Qa6 16. Rac1 O-O
17. Bg5 f6 $2 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Qg5+ Rg6 21. Qxe7 $18 {1-0 Bizat,
M-Alhadrani,H/Moscow olm (04) MNC-YEM ;EXP 44 1994 (29)}) 12... Nc4 13. Qe2 Qa5
14. Rfc1 h6 (14... Nxe3) 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 O-O (16... Nxe3 $6 17. Rxc8+ Nxc8
(17... Bxc8 {Kortschnoj} 18. Qxe3 Bd7 19. Rc1 $14) 18. Qxe3 $16 {[%cal Gb1c1,
Gc1c8]}) 17. Bxh6 $5 {Siehe Rausis-Piesina/Riga zt/1995} gxh6 18. Ng5 $3 {
Allein für den Mut!} Nxb2 $2 (18... hxg5 $142 $1 19. Qh5 f5 {...und es ist
kein Gewinn zu sehen (Tischbierek Schach 6/95). Recht hat er; selbst ein
Dauerschach ist nicht in Sicht. Weiß steht objektiv schlechter.} 20. exf6 (20.
Qxg5+ $6 Kf7 21. Qh5+ Kg7 $1 (21... Ng6 22. Qh7+ Ke8 23. Qxg6+ Kd8 (23... Rf7
24. Bxf5 $16) 24. Rbc1 $13) 22. Bxc4 Ng6 23. Rg3 Be8 $19) (20. Bxc4 $2 Rf7 $19
21. Rh3 Rg7 22. Be2) (20. Bxf5 $2 Rxf5 21. Rh3 Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ng8 23. Rh7 Rf7 $19
) (20. Be2 $2 Be8 (20... g4 $2 21. Qg5+ Kf7 22. Rh3 $1 Ke8 23. Rh7 $16) 21.
Qxg5+ Ng6 $19) 20... Rxf6 21. Qxg5+ Kf7 22. Qh5+ (22. Bxc4 $2 Rf5 $19) 22...
Kg7 (22... Kf8 23. Qg5 (23. Bxc4 Nf5 24. Bd3 Rxc3 25. bxc3) 23... Rf7 24. Bxc4
Qb6) 23. Bxc4 $5 {[%cal Gh5a5]} (23. Qg5+ Ng6 24. Bxg6 Rxg6 25. Qe7+ Kg8 26.
Qxd7 Qc7 27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28. b3 Nxa3 29. Rxc7 Nxb1 30. Rxb7 Nd2 $17) (23. Qh7+
Kf8 24. Qh8+ Ng8 $1 (24... Kf7 25. Qh7+ $10) 25. Bh7 (25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Rg3 Ke7
$17) 25... Ke7 26. Bxg8 Rcf8 $17) 23... Ng6 $15) 19. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 (19... Kg7 20.
Rh3 $1 (20. Rg3 hxg5 21. Qh5 f6 $1 {Kortschnoj: White has hardly more than a
draw}) 20... hxg5 (20... Nc4 21. Qh5 $18) (20... Rc3 21. Qd2 {/\ 22.Nxe6+, 23.
Qxh6+}) (20... Qc7 21. Qd2 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd2h6]}) 21. Qh5 f6 {Kortschnoj:
White has hardly more than a draw.} 22. Qh6+ Kf7 23. exf6 Ke8 24. Qxg5 (24.
fxe7 $2 Kxe7 25. Qxg5+ Kd6 26. Qe5+ Ke7 $10) (24. Qg7 Rf7 25. Bg6 Nxg6 26. Qxg6
Kd8 27. Qxf7 $16) 24... Nf5 (24... Nc6 25. f7+ Rxf7 26. Bg6 $18) 25. Bxf5 Kd8 (
25... exf5 26. Qg7 Kd8 27. Qxf8+ Kc7 28. Qxc8+ Kxc8 29. Rh8+ Kc7 30. f7 $18)
26. Qg7 $18) 20. Rh3 Bb5 {/\ 21.Qh5 Qd2-+} (20... hxg5 21. Bg8+ Kxg8 22. Qh5
$18) (20... Qc7 21. Qd2 $3 (21. Qxb2 hxg5 $1 22. Qd2 Rg8 $1 23. Bxg8+ (23. Bg6+
Kg7 24. Qxg5 Kf8 $17) 23... Kxg8 24. Qxg5+ Ng6 $13) 21... Nc4 22. Nxf7+ Rxf7
23. Qxh6 $18) 21. Qf3 $1 $18 (21. Qh5 $4 {Kortschnoj} Qd2 $19) 21... f6 (21...
Ng8 22. Rxh6 $1 $18) (21... f5 22. Rxh6 $18) 22. Rxh6 Rc3 (22... fxg5 23. Be4+
Kg7 24. Qh5 $18) (22... Kg7 {Kortschnoj} 23. Rxf6 $18) 23. Bf5+ Kg7 24. Rh7+
Kg8 25. Bxe6+ Rf7 26. Bxf7+ Kf8 27. Ne6# 1-0

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f5 $6 $14 {Schwarz legt
sich zu früh fest und kann nun nicht mehr mit f6 die Kette e5-d4-c3 angreifen.}
7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Nge7 9. b3 Nc8 10. Ba3 {In Französisch sieht man dieses
Abtauschmanöver sonst nur von Schwarz.} Bxa3 11. Nxa3 O-O 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Nc2
Be8 14. b4 a5 15. b5 Nd8 {Hier steht der N schlecht, aber die anderen Felder
sind nicht besser.} (15... N6a7 $2 16. Qxa5 $18) (15... Nb4 $2 16. Nce1 $18 {
/\ 17.a3}) (15... Nb8 16. Rfc1 Nd7 {aber nur ein N kann auf das gute Feld b6.})
16. Rfc1 Bh5 17. Nce1 g5 $2 {Ohne Chance auf Initiative oder gar Angriff am
Königsflügel schwächt Schwarz nur seine Position.} (17... Nb6 18. Rc3 Nf7 19.
Rac1 Rfd8 {und Schwarz kann sich zunächst verteidigen. Nach dem unumgänglichen
Tausch des Bh5 gegen den Nf3 wird Weiß vielleicht sogar - nach entsprechender
Vorbereitung - mit g2-g4 die schwarze Festung angreifen müssen, um den
weißfeldrigen Läufer zum Leben zu erwecken.}) 18. h3 $16 Qg7 19. Rc3 Bxf3 20.
Nxf3 h6 21. Rac1 Nb6 22. Nh2 $1 {/\ Nf1-g3-h5-f6} Kh8 23. Nf1 a4 24. a3 Rf7 (
24... f4 25. Nh2 {/\ Ng4-f6}) 25. Ng3 Qf8 26. Nh5 Re7 27. Nf6 Nd7 28. Nh5 Nb6
29. Rc7 Nc4 (29... Rxc7 30. Rxc7 Rc8 31. Rxc8 Nxc8 32. Qc2 Nb6 33. Qc7 $18) 30.
Rxe7 $1 (30. Qb4 Nc6 $1 31. Rxc6 (31. bxc6 Rxc7 32. cxb7 Rb8 $13) 31... bxc6
32. Bxc4 dxc4 33. bxc6) 30... Qxe7 (30... Nxd2 31. Rcc7 Ne4 32. f3 $18) 31.
Bxc4 dxc4 32. Rxc4 Qxa3 33. Rc7 Qf8 34. Qa2 {>< h7, e6} a3 35. Nf6 Nf7 36. Qxe6
a2 37. Qxf7 a1=Q+ 38. Kh2 Qxf7 39. Rxf7 b6 40. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc3 h5 $5 {N; /\ Be7, g7-g5} 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 (11. h4 Bxg5 12. hxg5
$15) 11... Qxe7 12. Qd2 g5 $1 $15 13. Nb5 g4 (13... Kf8 $5 14. Nxg5 (14. Qxg5
$6 Qxg5 15. Nxg5 a6 $17) 14... a6 15. Nc3 Nfxd4 (15... Ncxd4 16. Bd3 h4 17. h3
Rh5 18. f4 $13) 16. f4 Nf5 $13) 14. Ne1 Kf8 15. Nc2 a6 16. Nc3 Kg7 17. Qf4 f6
18. exf6+ Qxf6 19. Rad1 Raf8 20. f3 g3 $1 21. h3 (21. hxg3 Qg6 22. Qc7 Rf7 23.
Kf2 Bc8 24. Qf4 Nfxd4 $19) 21... Be8 (21... Qg6 $6 22. Qc7 Rf7 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24.
Qxa6 Rxb2 25. Bd3 $16) 22. b4 Bg6 23. b5 axb5 24. Bxb5 Rc8 25. Ne2 h4 26. Ne3
Nfe7 27. Qxf6+ Kxf6 $15 28. Rfe1 Kg5 29. Bd3 Bxd3 30. Rxd3 Nf5 31. Rb1 Rh7 32.
Nxf5 Kxf5 33. Rdb3 Kf6 34. Kf1 Ra8 35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. Rxb7 Rxa2 37. Rb1 Ra4 38.
Rd1 Kf5 39. Ke1 Rc4 40. Rd2 e5 41. dxe5 Kxe5 42. Rb2 Nb4 43. Kd2 d4 44. Rb3 Kd5
45. Nf4+ Kc5 46. Rb2 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.10"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[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"]

{Barrage 15'} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7.
Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 h5 $5 $146 {Die Idee war zu sehen in
Romero-Kortschnoj/Wijk-A/1992/CBM-28/VC in ähnlicher Stellung.} 10. O-O (10. h4
$5 Be7 11. g3 {/\ Kf1-g2}) 10... Be7 11. Ne3 $1 g5 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. h4 $1 g4
14. Ng5 Qb6 15. Be3 f4 $1 16. Bxf4 Qxd4 $15 17. Qc1 Rc8 18. Rd1 Qb6 19. Qd2 Be6
20. Nxe6 $6 (20. Kf1 {/\ f3}) 20... fxe6 21. Qd3 Kd7 $1 22. b4 $6 Nxb4 23. Qg3
Rc2 24. Kf1 Rhc8 25. a3 Rxe2 $1 $19 26. Kxe2 $6 (26. axb4 Qb5 27. Kg1 Rcc2 $19)
26... Qb5+ 27. Rd3 (27. Ke1 Nc2+ 28. Kd2 Nxa1 $19) 27... Bxh4 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kogan, Artur"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. O-O f6 7. Qe2 Qc7 8. Bf4
g5 9. Bg3 g4 10. Nh4 f5 11. Nd2 $6 (11. f3) 11... Bh6 12. Nxf5 $6 (12. f4 $13 {
Das ist nicht das, was Weiß haben möchte, aber spielbar.}) 12... exf5 13. e6
Qg7 $1 (13... f4 14. Bh4 $13) 14. Bxf5 Qg5 {[%cal Rg5f5,Rg5d2] Damit ist die
weiße Kombination eigentlich widerlegt.} 15. Be5 $5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Qf6 17. Qxf6
Nxf6 {Die Damen sind vom Brett und Weiß hat eine fast spielbare Stellung
erhalten.} 18. Nb3 O-O 19. Nxd4 Bg7 $1 20. Nb5 (20. c3 Ne4 21. Bxg4 Bxd4 22.
cxd4 Re8 $17) (20. Rad1 Ne8 21. Bxg4 Rf4 $19) 20... Ne8 21. Bxg4 a6 22. Nc3
Bxc3 23. bxc3 Nc7 24. Rad1 Re8 25. c4 $6 (25. Rfe1 Bxe6 26. Bxe6+ Nxe6 27. Rxd5
Nf4 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rg5+ Kf7 30. Kf1 Kf6 $17) 25... dxc4 26. Bh5 Rxe6 $19
27. Rd8+ Kg7 28. f4 Rh6 29. Re1 Ne6 30. Rd5 Nxf4 31. Re7+ Kf6 32. Rf7+ Ke6 33.
Rd8 Nxh5 34. Rff8 Nf6 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. Rxc8 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tan, Chengxuan"]
[Black "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Na3 Nf5 7. Nc2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Qb6 9. Be2 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Kg2 f6 14. f4 (14.
exf6 Bxf6 15. Be3 Qd8 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. b4 h6 18. Bd3 Rc8 19. f4 Be7 20. Rhf1 O-O
21. g5 Bd6 22. Qe2 Ne7 23. gxh6 Nf5 24. hxg7 Rf7 {0-1 (41) Hall,R-Perkins,A/
BCF-ch 1973}) 14... fxe5 15. fxe5 O-O 16. b3 Bd7 17. Be3 Ne7 18. Qd2 Bb5 19.
Rhf1 Ng6 20. Rxf8+ Rxf8 21. Rf1 Rc8 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Nb4 Qa5 24. Rd1 Be7 25.
Nd3 Nh4+ 26. Kg3 Rf8 27. Ne1 Qa6 28. Bg5 Bxg5 29. Qxg5 Ng6 30. Qd2 Qf1 31. h3
Nf4 32. Ng2 Ne2+ 33. Kh2 Qf2 34. Qe3 Qxe3 35. Nxe3 Rf2+ 36. Ng2 Kf7 37. Rd2 Kg6
38. a4 a5 39. Rb2 Kg5 40. Rc2 g6 41. Rb2 h5 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. b4 axb4 44. a5
Kf5 45. Rd2 Ke4 46. h4 b3 47. Rb2 Kxd4 48. Rxb3 Nf4 49. Kg3 Rxg2+ 50. Kxf4 Rg4+
51. Kf3 Kxe5 52. Rxb7 Rxh4 53. a6 Ra4 54. a7 Ra3+ 55. Kg2 h4 56. Rh7 h3+ 0-1

[Event "Linares zt"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Sharif, Mershad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 f6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nh6 9. O-O Nf7 {In CBM 29 lobte ich den schwarzen Spielplan sehr und versah
diese Stellung mit einem =/+. Das ist wohl übertrieben, denn Weiß muß nun
keineswegs 10.exf6 spielen.} 10. Re1 $1 (10. exf6 $6 Qxf6 (10... gxf6 $5) 11.
Be3 Bd6 12. Nc3 O-O {Daß ich hier Schwarz bevorzuge, ist vielleicht auch nur
subjektiv begründet.}) 10... Be7 (10... fxe5 11. dxe5 g6 {Das wäre der ideale
Aufbau für Schwarz, aber...} 12. Nc3 Bg7 (12... Qe7 13. Nb5) 13. Nxd5 $1 exd5
14. e6 O-O $14) (10... g6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Qb3 $13) 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Qc2 f5 13.
Nxd5 (13. Bxf5 exf5 14. e6 Bxe6 15. Rxe6 Qd7 16. Re2 Bf6 $10) 13... exd5 14. e6
Bxe6 15. Rxe6 g6 {Das Läuferpaar und die scheinbar etwas geschwächte schwarze
Bauernstellung scheinen den Anziehenden zu favorisieren. Er muß aber den Pd4
verteidigen, was eine Umgruppierung des Nf3 erschwert. Bleibt der N aber auf
f3 stehen, so droht Schwarz früher oder später einen N auf e4 zu plazieren.}
16. b4 (16. g4 $2 fxg4 17. Bxg6 gxf3 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 $19) 16... Qd7 17. Re1 Bf6
18. Bb2 Rfe8 19. b5 Na5 20. Qa4 (20. Nd2 {war die Möglichkeit zur
Umgruppierung, aber warum sollte Weiß eigentlich besser stehen?}) 20... b6 21.
Bc3 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qc7 23. Bd2 (23. Bxa5 bxa5 24. Qb3 Rd8 $10) 23... Nc4 (23...
Nd6 24. Bf4 (24. Re6 Kf7) (24. Bg5 Bxg5 25. Nxg5 Qc3 26. Qb4 Qxb4 27. axb4 Nac4
$10) 24... Qc3 25. Bxd6 Qxd3 $13) 24. Bc1 $6 (24. Bxc4 $5 Qxc4 (24... dxc4 $2
25. Re6 $16) 25. Qxc4 dxc4 26. Re6 Bg7 27. Rc6 Rd8 28. Rxc4 Nd6 29. Rb4 {
läßt sich der Mehrbauer kaum verwerten. Nach dem Textzug gewinnt Schwarz
Oberwasser.}) 24... Rc8 25. g3 Qd7 26. Qb4 Nfd6 {/\ Ne4-/+} 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28.
dxe5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxc1+ 30. Kg2 Rc5 $17 31. Qh4 {/\ Re7} Kf8 (31... Nc8 $2 32.
Bxf5 $1 gxf5 33. Qg5+ Qg7 (33... Kh8 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Rxf5 $18) 34. Qd8+ Kf7 (
34... Qf8 35. Re8 $18) 35. Qe8+ Kf6 36. Qe6+ Kg5 37. Qxf5+ Kh6 38. Qh5#) 32. a4
Nf7 33. Re1 d4 34. Kg1 (34. Qxh7 Rc3 35. Bf1 d3 36. Qxg6 d2 37. Rd1 Qd5+ 38.
Kg1 Rc1) 34... Rc3 35. Bf1 Qd6 36. Rd1 d3 37. Qf4 Qxf4 38. gxf4 Rc4 (38... Nd8
$5 {/\ Ne6xf4}) 39. Rxd3 Rxf4 (39... Rxa4 40. Rd7 Ke8 41. Rc7 h6 $17) 40. a5 $1
Ke7 41. Rc3 Rd4 42. axb6 axb6 43. Rc6 Rd6 44. Rc7+ Rd7 (44... Kf6 $1 {Es ist
unklar, warum Schwarz ins Remis einwilligt.}) 45. Rc6 Rd6 46. Rc7+ Rd7 $17
1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch17 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.10.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1949.10.16"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. b3
Nf5 9. Bb2 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 h5 11. Nc3 (11. h4 Bd7 12. Nc3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Rc8 14.
Rh3 Nce7 15. Qd2 Bb5 16. Ng1 Ng6 $40 {Aitken-Bondarevsky/USSR-Great Britain/
Radio-match 1946/0-1/34}) 11... Bxc3 (11... Ncxd4 $2 12. Na4 $18) (11... Bd7 $6
12. Na4 {/\ a3, b4+/-()}) 12. Bxc3 Bd7 13. Qd2 a5 {Mit dem Plan, den
weißfeldrigen Läufer abzutauschen.} (13... Nce7 14. Ba5 Qc6 15. Rc1 $18) 14. g3
(14. h4 $142) 14... h4 15. g4 Nfe7 16. h3 (16. Qg5 O-O-O $132 17. Qxg7 (17.
Nxh4 $6 f6 $1) 17... Ng6 (17... Rhg8 18. Qf6 Rxg4 19. Nxh4 $16) 18. Qf6 $16 (
18. Qxf7 Nce7 19. Rc1 $145 Kb8 20. h3 Rdf8 21. Qg7 Bb5 22. Ng1 Rhg8 23. Qh6 Rf7
24. Rh2 Rgf8 25. Qd2 Nc6 26. Bxb5 Qxb5+ 27. Ne2 Nf4 28. Qe3 Nd3 29. a4 Qa6 30.
Rc2 Rf3 31. Qd2 Nxf2 $40)) 16... f6 17. Kg2 Rf8 18. Bd3 $6 (18. exf6 $142 gxf6
(18... Rxf6 $2 19. Nxh4 {/\ f4}) 19. Nxh4 e5 20. Rad1 {~/=/+/=}) 18... fxe5 19.
Nxe5 (19. dxe5 Rxf3 20. Kxf3 d4 21. Bb2 Nxe5+ 22. Ke2 Nxd3 23. Kxd3 Bb5+ 24.
Kc2 Qc6+ $19) 19... Nxe5 20. dxe5 d4 $1 21. Bxd4 Bc6+ 22. Kg1 Qc7 $2 (22...
Qxd4 $3 23. Bg6+ Nxg6 24. Qxd4 Rf3 $1 $40 25. Re1 (25. Rc1 Nf4 $17) 25... Rd8
26. Qc4 Nf4 27. Rh2 Rd2 $17 (27... Rd2 $145 28. Ra1 Kd7 29. Kf1 Nxh3 30. Ke1
Rd5 31. Qe4 Rf4 32. Qh7 Rxe5+ 33. Kd2 Nxf2 34. Qxg7+ Kd6 35. Qh6 Rd4+ 36. Kc3
Rd3+ 37. Kb2 Re2+ 38. Ka3 b5 39. Qf4+ Kd7 40. Qf7+ Kd8 41. Qf8+ Kc7 42. Qf7+
Kb8 43. Qf8+ $19 Kb7 44. Qf7+)) 23. Rh2 $2 (23. Qe3 $10) 23... O-O-O 24. Bc4
Ng6 $2 (24... Qd7 $1 25. Rd1 Bf3 26. Qxa5 (26. Be2 $145 Bxe2 27. Qxe2 Nc6 28.
Qc4 Rf4 $19) (26. Qc3 $145 $1 Nc6 (26... Kb8 27. Ba7+ $18) 27. Rd2 Qf7 28. Be3
Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Rd8 30. Bb5 $13 Qg6) 26... Nc6 27. Qa8+ Kc7 28. Bb6+ Kxb6 29.
Rxd7 Rxa8 $19) 25. Qe3 (25. Qe3 Rxd4 26. Qxd4 Nxe5 27. Be2 Bf3 (27... Nf3+ 28.
Bxf3 Bxf3 $10) 28. Qe3 Bxe2 29. Rc1 Bc4 (29... Nf3+ 30. Kg2) 30. f4 $18)
1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch51"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.06.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hendriks, Willy"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1996.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Qb6 10. O-O a5 11. g4 Nfe7 12. Be3 $2 (12. Nh4 Ng6 13. Ng2 Be7 14.
f4 $13) 12... h5 $1 {Auf 12.Nfe1 wird 12...h5 sogar als Opfer gespielt, da muß
es hier erst recht gut sein.} 13. h3 Rc8 14. Bd3 hxg4 15. hxg4 Na7 16. Ng5 (16.
Nfe1 $5) 16... Bb5 17. Ne1 (17. Rb1 $5 {/\ f4}) 17... Nec6 {Der von Weiß
eingeschlagene Weg mit g4 macht es mehr oder weniger zwingend erforderlich,
f2-f4 folgen zu lassen; sonst können keine reellen Drohungen am Königsflügel
kreiert werden. Der folgende Damenzug verhindert den fP-Vorstoß natürlich für
längere Zeit.} 18. Qf3 $6 (18. f4 $6 Bxd3 (18... Nxd4 19. Bxb5+ Naxb5 20. a4
Bc5 21. axb5 f6) 19. Nxd3 Nxd4) 18... Nd8 19. Rd1 Be7 $17 20. Nh3 Ndc6 21. Bxb5
Nxb5 22. Nc2 a4 23. Nf4 g6 24. Ne2 Na5 25. Ne1 Rc4 26. b3 $6 {In seiner Not
versucht es Weiß mit Taktik, wird aber taktisch widerlegt.} axb3 27. axb3 Nxb3
28. Rb1 N3xd4 $1 29. Bxd4 Nxd4 30. Rxb6 Nxf3+ (30... Nxf3+ 31. Nxf3 Rxg4+ 32.
Ng3 Bc5 $19 {[%cal Rg4g3]}) 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9495"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nh6 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc3 Rc8 {Schwarz spielt nicht 9...Be7 wegen 10.g4+/=} 10. a3 a6 {
Noch ein Wartezug. Another waiting move.} 11. Be3 (11. Kh1 $5) 11... Be7 12.
Bd3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 O-O 14. Rc1 (14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 (15. Nxe4 Qb6 $15) 15... f5
16. exf6 Bxf6 $10 17. d5 $6 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qxb2 $1 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Rxc6
21. Ne4 Qxa1 22. Qxa1 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Rfc8 $17) 14... f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Kh1 g6
$1 17. Bb1 Bg7 18. Na4 Rc7 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Qa4 e5 $15 {^^} 21. Ba2 Kh8 22. dxe5
Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Nd3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qf6 26. Rg1 b5 $1 27. Qb4 (27. Qc2 $2
Bxh2 $1 $19) 27... Bd6 $1 (27... a5 28. Qe1 $10) 28. Qd4 Bf5 29. Qxf6+ Rxf6 30.
Nb4 Bxb4 31. axb4 Be4 32. Bb1 $8 Rf2 (32... Re6 $1 33. Bxe4 Rxe4 34. Ra1 Rxe3
35. Kg1 Re6 36. Kf2 Kg7 37. Rd1 Re4 38. Rxd5 Rxb4 $19) 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Ra1 $1
Rxb2 $2 (34... Re2 35. Kg1 Rxe3 36. Rxa6 Rb3 $17) 35. Kg1 $10 Rxb4 36. Rxa6
Rb1+ (36... Rb2 37. Re6 b4 38. Rxe4 b3 39. Rb4 Kg7 $15) 37. Kf2 b4 38. Re6 Kg7
39. Rxe4 Kf6 40. h3 b3 41. Rb4 Ke5 42. Rb7 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 {Vielleicht wird ja dieser Zug gespielt,
um nach 5.c3 die geliebten Theorievarianten zu haben. Das tritt aber praktisch
nie ein: wenn Weiß 4.Nf3 spielt, folgt 5.Bd3. Deshalb kann Schwarz auch gleich
4...cxd4 spielen und den Nb8 evtl. nach d7 entwickeln.} 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. O-O f6
7. Qe2 Qc7 8. Bf4 g5 9. Bg3 g4 10. Nh4 f5 11. f3 $1 Qg7 $6 (11... Nh6 {Weiß
muß dann nachweisen, daß er mehr als Kompensation für den Bauern hat.} 12. Nd2
(12. fxg4 Nxg4 13. h3 (13. Bb5) (13. Nxf5 exf5 14. e6 Bd6 15. Bxf5 Bxg3 16.
Qxg4 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Be5) 13... Ngxe5 14. Bb5 Bd6 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17.
Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Re1 O-O $17) 12... Bg7 13. fxg4 $6 (13. f4 $13) 13... Nxg4 14.
Ndf3 O-O 15. Bf4 Ngxe5 16. Kh1 Qe7 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxh4 $17 {0-1 Bryson,
D-Zueger,B/Manila olm 1992 (33)}) 12. fxg4 fxg4 {Die offene f-Linie arbeitet
zu weißen Gunsten.} 13. c4 $5 (13. Nd2) 13... dxc4 (13... dxc3 14. Nxc3 Bc5+
15. Kh1) 14. Bxc4 {Weiß beabsichtigt nicht den Bauern zurückzugewinnen und
vertraut voll auf den starken Pe5. Über d2 und e4 kann nun der Nb1
dorthingelangen.} Bd7 15. Nd2 O-O-O 16. Ne4 Kb8 17. Nf6 Nh6 18. a3 Bc5 $6 {
Der Läufer wird über b6 nach c7 gehen und beschleunigt nur den weißen Angriff
am Damenflügel.} (18... Bc8 19. b4 Ne7 $13) 19. Bd3 Ka8 20. Kh1 Bb6 21. b4 Bc8
22. Rac1 Ne7 $6 {Auf c6 hat der Springer b4 bedroht und somit a3-a4 verhindert.
} 23. a4 {Weiß ist jetzt einfach schneller.} Nef5 24. Nxf5 Nxf5 25. Bf4 h5 26.
a5 Bc7 27. Rc5 $1 b6 $6 (27... h4 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. Nd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5) 28. Be4+
$18 Kb8 (28... Bb7 29. Bxb7+ Kxb7 30. Qe4+ Kb8 31. a6 $18) 29. Qb5 Ne3 30. Rfc1
1-0

[Event "Altensteig-A"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1993.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc3 a6 (9... h5 10. Be3 $1 Be7 11. Bd3 Nxe3 12. fxe3) 10. Kh1 $5 {
Nützlicher Abwartezug. Usefull waiting move.} (10. Be3 Be7 11. Bd3 Nxe3 12.
fxe3 f5 $15) 10... h5 11. Bg5 (11. Be3 Be7 12. Bd3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Qb6 {/\ 0-0-0,
f7-f5}) 11... Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qd2 (13. Bd3 $6 Nfxd4 (13... Nh4 $5) 14.
Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxa6 Qb4 16. Bxb7 Ra7 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Qc5 $15) 13... Rg8 (
13... g5 $5) 14. b4 $1 (14. Bd3 Nh4 $1 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. f4 Nxd4 17. Bh7 Rh8
18. Qxd4 Rxh7 $17) 14... g5 (14... Nxb4 15. Rab1 Rb8 16. Nd1 Nc6 17. Ne3 $1 $44
) 15. b5 Nd8 $1 16. Ne1 (16. bxa6 bxa6 {/\ Nd8-c6}) 16... axb5 $1 17. Nxb5 Bxb5
18. Bxb5+ Kf8 19. Nc2 g4 20. Bd3 Qg5 $1 21. Qxg5 $1 Rxg5 22. f4 gxf3 23. gxf3
Nc6 24. f4 Rg6 $1 25. a3 (25. Bxf5 exf5 26. Ne3 Ne7 $10 {/\ Rg6-a6}) 25... Nce7
$1 26. Rab1 Ra7 27. Rb3 Rg4 $1 {>< f4} 28. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 9091 1st"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Ne2 $2 f6 6. f4 fxe5 7. dxe5 (7. fxe5
cxd4 8. cxd4 Qh4+ 9. g3 Qe4 $17) 7... Nh6 $17 8. Ng3 Bd7 9. Be2 Qb6 10. O-O
O-O-O 11. c4 $6 Nd4 12. f5 Nhxf5 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. cxd5 Ba4 15. b3 (15. Qxa4
Nxe2+ 16. Kh1 Nxc1 17. Rxc1 Rxd5 $19) 15... Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Bb5 17. Qf3 Bxf1 18.
Kxf1 Qb5+ 19. Kf2 Qb4 20. Be3 f4 $1 21. Qg4+ Rd7 22. Bxf4 h5 23. Qf3 Rf7 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Smikovski, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1996.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. Nc3
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. O-O a6 11. Qe2 Ne7 12. Kh1 Nc6 13. f4 Nb4 14. Rd1 Bc5 {
Mit 14...Nxd3 ist man auf der sicheren Seite und kann schon auf Vorteil
spielen.} 15. Bxa6 Qf2 16. Qxf2 Bxf2 $11 {Die Einschätzung = ist vielleicht
nicht korrekt; Weiß hat nämlich ein paar Probleme, sich richtigen
aufbauzubauen.} 17. Bb5 {Bisher wurde nur 17.Be2 gespielt.} Bc6 18. a4 $6 (18.
a3) 18... O-O 19. b3 $6 Rfc8 $17 (19... Bd4 20. Bb2 $13) 20. Bb2 (20. g3 Bd4 $1
21. Bb2 (21. Rxd4 Nc2 $19) 21... Bxb5 22. axb5 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Nd3 $19) 20... d4
$1 21. Bxc6 (21. Ne2 Bxb5 22. axb5 Rxa1 23. Bxa1 d3 $19) 21... dxc3 22. Bxb7
cxb2 23. Rab1 Rc1 $4 (23... Be3 {Danach hat Weiß schwer um Ausgleich zu
kämpfen.} 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. g3 (25. Rxb2 Bxf4 26. Re2 Nd5 $19) 25... Bc1 26.
Rbxc1 bxc1=Q 27. Rxc1 Kf8 {-/+/-+}) 24. Bxa8 $18 Be3 25. g3 Kf8 26. Kg2 Rc2+ (
26... Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Bc1 28. Be4 $18 {[%cal Ye4b1] Ich vermute, daß Schwarz
diese Deckung des Feldes b1 einfach übersehen hat.}) 27. Kh3 Ke7 28. Be4 Rc1
29. Bf3 Rc2 30. Be4 Rc1 31. Rh1 $1 Rxh1 32. Rxh1 Na2 33. Kg2 Nc3 34. Kf3 Bc1
35. Bd3 Kd7 36. f5 exf5 37. Bxf5+ Kc6 38. h4 Kd5 39. a5 Kxe5 40. Bd3 Kd4 41.
Bc2 Kc5 42. Re1 f6 43. a6 Kb6 44. Re6+ Ka7 45. Bd3 Nb5 46. Re4 Bd2 47. Rc4 Kb6
48. Ke2 Bc3 49. a7 $1 Kxa7 50. Rc5 b1=Q 51. Bxb1 Kb6 52. Rc8 Be5 53. Kf2 Nd4
54. Bxh7 f5 55. Rf8 Nxb3 56. Rxf5 Bb2 57. Rf8 Kc7 58. Rf7+ Kd6 59. Rb7 Bd4+ 60.
Kf3 Nc5 61. Rb6+ Ke7 62. Rb4 Bf6 63. Rc4 Nd7 64. Kg2 Kd6 65. Bf5 Ne5 66. Rc8
Nc6 67. Ra8 Nd4 68. Be4 Ne6 69. Kh3 Ke7 70. Bf5 Nd4 71. g4 Kf7 72. Be4 1-0

[Event "Sydney Mercantile"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Black "Gedevanishvili, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. h4 Bd7 (7... f6 $5)
8. h5 Na5 9. Nbd2 h6 {Man kann auf diesen Zug verzichten, denn h5-h6 ist keine
Drohung.} 10. g3 Ne7 11. Bh3 O-O-O 12. O-O $14 Kb8 13. Ne1 f5 14. exf6 gxf6 15.
Ng2 Ka8 16. Nf3 Nb3 17. Rb1 Nxc1 18. Qxc1 Bg7 19. Re1 Rhe8 20. Qc2 Qd6 21. b3
cxb3 22. Qxb3 Rb8 23. Nf4 Nc6 24. Bg2 Bf8 25. Qc2 e5 26. Ng6 Bg7 27. Qb3 e4 28.
Nfh4 Na5 29. Qb4 Qc7 30. Nf4 Bc6 31. Nhg6 Nc4 32. Re2 f5 33. Bh3 Qf7 34. a4 Bf8
35. Nxf8 Rxf8 36. a5 Rg8 37. Kh2 Rg5 38. Qc5 a6 39. Rb4 Rbg8 40. Rxc4 dxc4 41.
d5 Bd7 42. Rb2 Bb5 43. d6 Rd8 44. Rd2 Bc6 45. Rd4 e3 46. fxe3 Qg8 47. Nd5 Rxg3
48. Nc7+ Kb8 49. Nxa6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 9091 1st"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 Ng6 $5 8. h4
Be7 9. g3 (9. h5 $5) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O $1 11. h5 Nh8 12. Nc2 f6 $1 $15 13.
exf6 Bxf6 14. b3 Nf7 15. Bb2 Qa5+ 16. Qd2 $2 {>< d4, c-<-> _|_} (16. Kf1) 16...
Qxd2+ 17. Nxd2 Nd6 18. Bg4 Rfc8 19. O-O Rc7 20. Rfe1 Rac8 21. Kg2 (21. Bxe6+ $2
Bxe6 22. Rxe6 Nd8 23. Rxd6 Rxc2 $19) (21. Rxe6 $2 Nf7) 21... Kf7 22. Rad1 a5
23. Nf3 Ne7 24. Ne3 Ne4 25. Rc1 b5 26. Bh3 (26. a3 $5) 26... b4 27. Rxc7 Rxc7
28. a3 a4 $3 {Brillant! Schwarz etabliert einen P auf b3.} 29. bxa4 b3 $1 $17
30. a5 Nc6 $1 {Scheut auch die Fesselung nicht.} 31. Rc1 Ke7 32. a4 $6 (32. Nf1
Kd8 33. a6 Na5 34. Rxc7 Kxc7 35. N1d2 Nxd2 36. Nxd2 Nc4 37. Nxc4 dxc4 38. Kf3
Kb6 39. Bf1 Bb5 40. Bh3 Bc6+ 41. Ke3 Bd5) 32... Kd8 33. a6 Nb4 34. Rxc7 Kxc7
35. a7 Kb7 36. Ne1 Kxa7 37. f3 Ng5 38. Bg4 Ka6 39. Bc3 Bxa4 40. Nd1 Kb5 41. Kf2
Kc4 0-1

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Nge7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 b5 $5 10. Nc3 (10. Bxb5 $6 Nxe5 $17) 10... a6 (10... a5 $5 11. Nxb5
(11. bxa5 Rxa5 {/\ b4}) 11... axb4 12. a4 Na5 13. Rc1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15.
Rxc4 Bxb5 16. axb5 Qd5 $17) 11. Bd3 g6 12. O-O h5 13. Ne2 Be7 (13... a5 $5) 14.
Bc3 Qb6 15. Nf4 Ng7 16. h4 a5 17. Qe2 $1 axb4 18. axb4 Rb8 19. Rfb1 O-O $10 20.
Bc2 Qd8 21. g3 Rc8 22. Ra3 Na5 $1 23. Nd3 Nc4 24. Ra7 Rc7 25. Rba1 Qb8 26. Nc5
Bc6 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Bd2 Ra8 29. Qd1 Qb8 30. Bc3 Rxa1 31. Qxa1 Qa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O fxe5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bc6 10. c4 {N} (10. Bd3 Qd7 11. Bg5 Nh6 12. Nd2 Nf7 13. Bh4 Be7
14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. f4 O-O-O 16. Qe2 Kb8 17. Rae1 g6 $10 {Ivancuk-Short/Novi Sad
ol/1990/i50/293}) 10... Ne7 11. Bg4 Qd7 12. Nc3 dxc4 13. Qe2 Nf5 14. Qxc4 Nd4
15. a4 h5 16. Bh3 Qf7 17. f4 Rd8 18. Rf2 Nf5 19. Rd2 Be7 $5 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21.
Ne4 O-O 22. Nxc5 Bb6 23. a5 Bd5 24. Qc3 Bxc5+ 25. Qxc5 g5 $44 26. g3 g4 27. Bf1
(27. Bg2 Rd8 {>< Bc1}) 27... h4 28. Qf2 Qh5 29. Bg2 hxg3 30. hxg3 Bxg2 31. Qxg2
Rd8 $17 32. Bd2 Nd4 33. Bc3 Nf3+ 34. Kf2 Qh7 35. Rc1 Rd3 $5 (35... Qc7 36. Kf1
(36. b4 $2 Rd3 $19) (36. Qh1 $2 Qc5+ 37. Kg2 Qe3 38. Rc2 Qe4 $19) 36... Rd7 {
/\ Rh7,Rh2 /\ Qd8-/+}) 36. Qf1 (36. Qh1) 36... Rd7 $2 (36... Nxe5 $1 37. Bxe5
Rf3+ 38. Kg1 (38. Ke2 Qh2+ 39. Ke1 Rxf1+ 40. Kxf1 Qh1+ $19) 38... Rxg3+ 39. Kf2
Rf3+ 40. Kg1 Rxf1+ 41. Rxf1 g3 42. Kg2 Qh2+ 43. Kf3 g2 $19) 37. Qh1 Qf5 $2 (
37... Qg6 38. Bb4 $1 Rd8 39. Bd6) (37... Qd3 $1 38. Qh6 Nh4 $1 (38... Nxe5 $2
39. Qxe6+ $18) 39. Qg5+ Rg7 40. Qxh4 Qf3+ 41. Ke1 Qe4+ $10) 38. Qh6 Rh7 39. Qf6
Rh2+ 40. Ke3 Nh4 41. gxh4 $18 Rh3+ 42. Kd4 Qd3+ 43. Kc5 Qd5+ 44. Kb4 b6 45.
Qg6+ Kf8 46. axb6 axb6 47. Ka3 Qc4 48. Qc2 Qxf4 49. Rd1 Qf3 50. Rd8+ Ke7 51.
Qd2 1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Nh6 7. b3 cxd4
8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 Nfe7 11. Nc3 Ng6 12. Qd2 f6 13. Na4 Bb4 $5 14.
Nxb6 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 axb6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. h4 $14 h6 18. h5 Nf4 19. Bf1 (19.
Bd1 Nb4 20. Ne1 $14) 19... Rg8 20. Rh4 e5 21. dxe5 Rxg4 22. Rh2 $6 (22. exf6
Rxh4 23. Nxh4 Kf7 24. Bd3 Nxd3 25. Kxd3 d4 26. Bxd4 Nxd4 27. Kxd4 Kxf6 $14)
22... f5 $1 $13 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Ne6 25. Bxb6 $6 (25. Bb2 $13) 25... Rb4
$15 26. Bh3 $2 (26. Be3 f4 (26... Rxb3 27. Bxh6 Rb2+ 28. Kc3 $13) 27. Kc3 Re4
28. Bd2 Rxe5 $15) 26... Ng5 $5 (26... Rxb6 27. Bxf5 Nd4 $19) 27. Bc7 $5 Rh4 (
27... Rc8 $1 $19) (27... Nf3+ {Ftacnik} 28. Kc3 Re4 $5 29. Rg2 Ng5) 28. e6 $1
Nf3+ (28... Bxe6 {Ftacnik} 29. Bg2 Rxh2 30. Bxh2 $14) 29. Kc3 $5 Nxh2 (29...
Bxe6 $5 30. Bg3 Rc8+ (30... Rxh5 {Ftacnik} 31. Rhh1 $13) 31. Kb2 Rxh3 $1 32.
Rxh3 f4 33. Rhh1 fxg3 34. fxg3 d4 $15) 30. Bxf5 $1 $8 (30. exd7+ $2 {Ftacnik}
Kxd7 $19) 30... d4+ $6 (30... Bxe6 31. Bxe6 Ke7 32. Bg3 Rxh5 $17) 31. Kb2 Bc6
$2 (31... Bxe6) 32. Rg1 (32. Bg3 {Ftacnik} Nf3) 32... Ke7 33. Rg7+ Kf6 34. Rf7+
Kg5 35. e7 Re8 $2 (35... Rxh5 36. f4+ Kh4 37. Rf8 Be8 38. Bd7 $13) 36. Bg6 $1
Nf3 $6 (36... Bd7 37. Rf8 Rxe7 38. Bd8 $16) (36... Be4 {Ftacnik} 37. f4+ $1 $18
) 37. Rf5+ Kg4 38. Rf4+ Kh3 (38... Kg5 {Ftacnik} 39. Rxf3 Bxf3 40. Bxe8 Kf6 41.
Bd8 Re4 42. Bc6 Re2+ 43. Ka3 $18) 39. Rxf3+ $1 $18 Bxf3 40. Bxe8 Kg2 41. Bg6
Bc6 42. Bg3 Rg4 43. e8=Q Bxe8 44. Bxe8 Kf3 45. Kc2 Re4 46. Bg6 Re1 47. a4 Ke2
48. Bf5 Kf3 49. Kd3 Rd1+ 50. Kc4 Rh1 51. Kxd4 Rxh5 52. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "Graz zt"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Black "Zueger, Beat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. dxc5 $5 Bxc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. b5
Na5 9. Bd3 Rc8 (9... Nc4 $5 10. a4 Qc7 11. Qe2 a6 $5 12. bxa6 Rxa6 13. O-O Ne7
14. Na3 Rxa4 15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. Rxa4 Bxa4 17. Bxc4 O-O 18. Bd3 Ng6 {1/4:1/4
Kharlov,A-Dreev,A/USSR-ch/1991/} 19. h4 Bc6 20. h5 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qxe5 $1 22.
hxg6 Qg3+ 23. Kh1 Qh3+ $10 {Dreev}) 10. O-O Nc4 11. a4 Ne7 12. Re1 Ng6 13. Nbd2
(13. Ra2 h6 14. g3 O-O 15. h4 f5 16. h5 Nh8 17. Nh4 Be8 18. Bf4 a6 19. bxa6
bxa6 $10 {Brady,S-Hansen,LB/Debrecen EU-chT/1992/}) (13. Bg5 $5) 13... Na5 14.
Bb2 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Nf3 Qh5 18. h3 f6 $1 19. exf6 gxf6 20.
Rad1 e5 21. Nh2 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Be6 $15 23. Ng4 e4 $6 {>< d5} 24. Bb1 Nc4 25. Ba2
$1 f5 (25... Bxg4 26. hxg4 e3 27. Rxd5 $1 $13) (25... Nxb2 26. Rxb2 Rxc3 27.
Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 $10) 26. Ne3 $1 Nxb2 (26... Nxe3 27. fxe3 Rcd8
28. Kf1 f4 29. exf4 Rxf4+ 30. Ke1 $13) 27. Rxb2 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Rxc3 29. b6 $1
axb6 (29... a6 30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxe3 32. Rd7 Rf7 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Rc2
$13) (29... Rxe3 $2 30. bxa7 Ra3 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxa4 33. Rxb7 e3 34.
Rdd7 $18) 30. Rxb6 Bf7 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 $10 Rf7 33. Rbb5 Rxe3 34. Rxf5
Rxf5 35. Rxf5 Ra3 36. a5 e3 37. Kf1 Ra2 38. g4 (38. Re5 Rf2+ 39. Kg1 Ra2 $10)
38... Kg7 39. Rb5 e2+ (39... Kf6 40. h4 h6) 40. Ke1 Kg6 41. h4 Kf6 42. Rxb7 h6
$2 (42... Ke5 $1 43. Rxh7 Kf4 $10) 43. Rb6+ (43. Rb5 $1 {(.)} Ra4 44. g5+ Kg7
$1 (44... hxg5 45. hxg5+ Kg6 46. Kxe2 $18) 45. Rb7+ Kg8 $1 46. Ra7 $3 Rxh4 (
46... hxg5 47. hxg5 Rg4 48. a6 Rxg5 49. Rb7 $18) 47. a6 Ra4 48. gxh6 Kh8 49.
Kxe2 $18) 43... Ke5 $1 $10 44. Rxh6 Kf4 45. g5 Kf3 46. Rf6+ Ke3 47. Re6+ Kf3
48. g6 (48. a6 Ra1+ 49. Kd2 Rd1+ 50. Kc3 e1=Q+ 51. Rxe1 Rxe1 52. g6 Kg4 (52...
Re7 $2 53. h5 Rg7 54. a7 Rxa7 55. h6 $18) 53. a7 Re8 54. Kc4 Kxh4 55. Kc5 Kg5
56. Kb6 $10) 48... Rxa5 (48... Ra1+ $2 49. Kd2 Rd1+ 50. Kc2 e1=Q 51. Rxe1 Rxe1
52. h5 Rg1 53. a6 $18) 49. Kd2 (49. g7 Ra1+ 50. Kd2 Rd1+ 51. Kc3 Rg1 52. Kd2
Rd1+ $10) 49... Ra2+ 50. Kd3 Ra3+ 51. Kd2 Ra2+ 52. Kc3 Ra3+ 53. Kd4 Ra4+ 54.
Kd3 Ra3+ 55. Kd2 Ra2+ 56. Kc3 Ra3+ 57. Kd2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Grefe, John Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. g3 f6
$6 {Mit dem Tempoverlust 7...Bd7 ist f6 nicht so gut. Uhlmanns Idee war es
nach 7.g3 f6 8.ef6 Nf6 9.Bg2 Bd6 schnell zu e6-e5 zu kommen. Mit 7.Nbd2! wird
die Variante ausgeschaltet, denn 7...f6 8.Be2!} 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qe2 O-O-O (
10... Bd6 $5 11. Bh3 O-O 12. Bxe6+ Kh8 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 (13... Rae8 14. Bxe8 Rxe8
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. O-O) 14. O-O Rae8 15. Qd1 $13) 11. Bg2 Kb8 $6 {Zu langsam.}
12. O-O Bc8 13. b3 $1 cxb3 14. Rb1 $16 b2 15. Bxb2 Bd6 16. c4 Qa6 17. Rfc1 Rhe8
18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Qe3 Nb6 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Bd4 Nc4 23. Nxc4 dxc4
24. Ba1 Rd3 25. Qc5 Na5 26. e6 $1 Bxe6 (26... Nb3 27. Rxc4 Bxe6 28. Qc7+ Ka8
29. Rb4 $18) 27. Be5+ (27. Be5+ Ka8 28. Qxa5 $1 Qxa5 29. Bxb7#) 1-0

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. h4 Bd7 8. h5 f6 $1
9. Qe2 Na5 (9... fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bc5 $10) 10. Bf4 Nb3 11. Ra2 O-O-O
12. g4 Nh6 13. Bh3 Nf7 14. O-O g5 $1 15. Be3 Be7 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Ne5 Rhf8 18.
Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Qd6 21. Raa1 e5 22. Rae1 Bd8 $1 {/\ Bc7 >< h2}
23. f3 Bc7 24. Kh1 h6 25. Qf2 Bb6 26. Qh2 Re7 27. dxe5 Nxe5 28. Bxb6 axb6 29.
Re3 Re6 (29... Kc7 $1 30. Rfe1 Rfe8 $15) 30. Qe2 (30. Rfe1 $2 Nxf3) 30... Rff6
$4 (30... Re7 31. Re1 Rfe8 $15) 31. Re1 $18 Nd3 32. Rxe6 Qg3 33. Re8+ Kd7 34.
Bg2 (34. Qe7+ $1 Kc6 35. Qxf6+ Kb5 36. a4+ $1 Kxa4 37. Ra1+ Kb5 (37... Kb3 38.
Qxb6+ Kc2 39. Re2#) 38. Re2 Qxh3+ 39. Rh2 Nf2+ 40. Kg1 Qg3+ 41. Rg2 Nh3+ 42.
Kf1 $18) 34... Kc6 35. a4 b5 36. a5 b4 37. Re6+ Rxe6 38. Qxe6+ Kb5 39. Qb6+ Ka4
40. Rf1 Kb3 41. Qe3 Nxb2 42. cxb4+ Nd3 43. Qd2 Ka4 44. Ra1+ Kb5 45. a6 bxa6 46.
Ra5+ Kc6 47. Qe3 Qf2 48. Qxf2 Nxf2+ 49. Kg1 Nd3 50. f4 Nxf4 51. Bf3 c3 52. Rc5+
Kb6 53. Rxc3 Kb5 54. Ra3 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Friedman, Aviv"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Nb4 10. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 $1 {Anands Empfehlung} (11... Qa5 12.
a3 $1 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 {Anand-M.Gurevich/Manila izt/1990/CBM 19})
12. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 13. Qd2 a5 $5 {Eine neue Idee. Dreev läßt die Q auf dem Brett.}
14. a3 Qb6 $1 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfc1 (16. g4 $5) 16... Rfc8 17. Bd3 Ne7 18. Rxc8+
Rxc8 19. Rc1 Rxc1+ 20. Qxc1 h6 $15 21. Qc3 Ba4 22. Be2 Nc6 23. Kf1 Bb5 24. b3
a4 25. bxa4 Bxa4 26. Ke1 Qb1+ 27. Kd2 Qa2+ 28. Ke1 Qb1+ 29. Kd2 Bb5 30. Bxb5
Qxb5 31. Ke3 Qb1 32. Ke2 Qh1 33. Qb2 Qxg2 34. Qxb7 Nxd4+ 35. Nxd4 Qe4+ 36. Kf1
Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qe4+ 38. Kf1 Qd3+ 39. Kg2 Qxd4 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qc2+ g6 42. a4
Qxe5 43. a5 d4 44. a6 Qd5+ 45. f3 d3 46. Qc7 Kg7 47. Qc3+ e5 48. a7 d2 49. a8=Q
d1=Q 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thipsay, Praveen Mahadeo"]
[Black "Hmadi, Slaheddine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 f6 8. b4
fxe5 $5 (8... Be7 9. b5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 fxe5 11. Qh5+ Kf8 12. Qxe5 Bf6 {
Sveshnikov-Savon/Lvov/1978/i25/225} 13. Qg3 e5 14. O-O $14) 9. bxc5 e4 10. Bxe4
dxe4 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Qe2 O-O $10 13. O-O Ne5 14. Bf4 Nfg4 15. Qxe4 Rf5 16. Nh3
Bc6 17. Qd4 Qf6 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. f3 Rd8 20. Qe3 Rd3 21. Qe2 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3
Rdxf3 23. Nd2 Qg6+ 0-1

[Event "Voskresensk"]
[Site "Voskresensk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Nb4 10. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Kf1 $6 {N} (11. Bd2 Qb6 $1 {Anand} 12. Bxb4
Qxb4+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Ne7 $1 {/\ f6, Kd8, Be8-h5, Nc6 ><d4, e5 Zlotnik;
Siero-Gurevic,M/La Habana/1986 i41/306}) 11... Be7 12. Qb3 Bc6 13. Bd2 a5 $1
14. g3 a4 15. Qd3 Qb6 16. Bc3 O-O 17. Kg2 f6 $1 18. Rhe1 Be8 19. exf6 Bxf6 20.
Bf1 Bg6 $15 21. Qd2 Nd6 $6 22. Rxe6 Be4 23. Be2 Bf5 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Bb4 Qb6
26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Rd1 Be4 28. Kg1 h6 29. Ne1 Bg5 30. Qc3 Qf6 31. f4 Qf5 32. Bf3
Rc8 33. Qe3 Bf6 34. g4 Qd7 35. Be2 Re8 36. Qd2 Qd6 37. Nf3 Rc8 38. Qe3 Rc2 39.
Rd2 Rc1+ 40. Kf2 Qc7 41. Bd3 Bxd3 42. Rxd3 Rc2+ 43. Rd2 Rxd2+ 44. Qxd2 g5 45.
fxg5 hxg5 46. Qd3 Kg7 47. Qb5 Qc2+ 48. Qe2 Qb1 49. a3 Qc1 50. h3 Qb1 51. Kg3
Qe4 52. Qd2 Kg6 53. h4 gxh4+ 54. Nxh4+ Bxh4+ 55. Kxh4 Qe7+ 56. Kg3 Qe4 57. Qc3
Kg5 58. Qc1+ Kg6 59. Qd2 b6 60. Qc3 Kg5 61. Qc1+ Kg6 62. Qd2 b5 63. Qc3 Kg5 64.
Qc1+ Kg6 65. Qd2 Qb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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 e6 {Psakhis: 'Old love of Victor Kortchnoi.'} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6
5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3 Bd7 9. Bh3 ({In a recent game Grishuk
played against me} 9. h4 {followed by Bh3 what, in my opinion, looks more
reasonable.}) 9... Be7 {In fact, it is all theory - dozens of games started
from this position. Psakhis: 'Quite rare move.'} (9... Ne7 $5 {or}) (9... h6 $5
{are more common choice.}) 10. Rb1 {It does not look to be played on time.
Castling and then Ne1 looked more solid.} h5 {'!?' Psakhis.} 11. O-O (11. Nf1
$2 Bxa3) (11. Bg2 h4 12. h3 hxg3 13. fxg3 Nh6 14. g4 O-O-O 15. Nf1 Nb3 16. Bf4
f6 $13 {Etchegaray,P-Apicella,M/FRA-ch Nantes 1993/1-0 (71)}) 11... Bb5 $5 {
'N!?' Psakhis. In anticipation of coming Ne1 black is ready to answer Nb3!
Psakhis: 'Novelty in well known position. Black wants to stop b2-b3 and
preparing a typical manouevre Qc6 and Ba4.'} (11... g5 $5 12. Ne1 O-O-O 13. Bg2
Nh6 14. Qe2 Ba4 15. b4 cxb3 16. Nd3 g4 17. Re1 Kb8 $132 {0-1 Stilling,W-Van
Manen,G/corr 1990 (30)}) 12. a4 {Psakhis: 'Stops black's plan , but a4 pawn
became real target .'} Bc6 {But now after 13.Ne1 Nb3 14.Nb3 Bxa4 white will
lose a pawn!} 13. Re1 {It seems white is going to play Nf1 and then Bg5 giving
up pawn a4, but getting a strong attacking position on the right side of the
board. Because of that black begins a preemptive action.} g5 $5 14. Bf1 {
Everything is forced.} (14. g4 $2 {does not work due to} Nh6) 14... g4 15. Nh4
Bxh4 16. gxh4 Ne7 {There is a strong threat: Ne7-f5-h4. In order to stop it
white has to give up some material. And a lot!} 17. b4 ({Worth considering} 17.
Be2 $5 Nf5 $140 18. Nf1 Nxh4 19. Bg5 {[%csl Gg5] with compensation for the pawn
}) 17... cxb3 18. Bd3 (18. Nxb3 $2 Bxa4 19. Nxa5 Bxd1 20. Rxb6 axb6 21. Nxb7
Bf3 $19) 18... Ng6 ({I am not sure that after} 18... Bxa4 19. Ba3 Nec6 $5 {
[%cal Gb6d8] White have any compensation for material deficit.}) 19. Bxg6 fxg6
20. Nxb3 $1 {'!?' Psakhis. And here-there was no other move! But that weas
also taken into account by black! Psakhis: 'Beggining of interesting
combination.'} (20. Ba3 Bxa4 $17) 20... Bxa4 21. Qd3 {'!' Psakhis.} (21. Nxa5
Bxd1 22. Rxb6 axb6 23. Nxb7 Bf3 $19) 21... Bxb3 {But here there were already
other even more sharp possibilities. In full awareness black is going to give
up back a won piece in order to reduce tension of the position. Black could
play instead Psakhis: 'Most natural, but not the strongest move. After'} (21...
Nxb3 22. Qxg6+ Kd7 23. Qf7+ (23. Qg7+ Kc6 24. Qe7 Qd8 $1 {White needs good
advice, for example} 25. Qxe6+ Kc7 26. Ba3 Qd7 27. Bd6+ Kc8 28. Qxd5 Nd2 $19)
23... Kc6 (23... Kc8 $19) 24. Qxe6+ Kb5 25. Qxd5+ Ka6 {and having good nerves
one might say white's attack does not look destructive any more!}) 22. Qxg6+
Kd7 23. Qf7+ Kc8 {And now 23...Kc6 was also playable but as I have told I
would be now satisfied with a positional advantage.} 24. Ba3 {'!' Psakhis.} Qc6
(24... Rd8 25. Be7 $1) 25. Bb4 Bc2 $2 {'?!' Psakhis. Coming to this position I
was going to play here with the knight to c4 thus getting a clear positional
edge. All of a sudden I changed my mind having overestimated a strength of
black position with bishops of different colour. Psakhis: 'Both players were
already in severe time trouble which can explain possible mistakes. Black
could win quite easy in this moment - '} (25... Nc4 $1 26. Rxb3 Nd2 27. Rbb1
Qe8 28. Qg7 Qg8 29. Qe7 Rh7 $19) 26. Rb2 Bf5 27. Bxa5 b6 28. Bb4 Rh7 {Psakhis:
'It is not easy to evaulate this position.Black has better pawn structure, but
his king is not secure enough.'} (28... a5 29. Bf8 $5 Rh7 $140 30. Bg7) 29.
Qg8+ Kb7 30. Qg5 Rc8 $6 {Black is on the wrong track. He had to activate his
queen - Qc4-d3 in order, finally, to force white to exchange the queens. In
any case to weaken black king's protection is dubious.} (30... a5 31. Bc5 $1)
31. Ra1 {'<=>' Psakhis.} Qc4 32. Rba2 a5 $4 {Anything, but not this move!} (
32... Ra8 $5 {[%cal Ga7a5]}) 33. Bxa5 {'!' Psakhis.} bxa5 $6 {It would be more
prudent to make a draw by playing} (33... Ra8 34. Rb2 Rxa5 35. Rxa5 Qxc3 36.
Rab5 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Be4+ 38. Kg3 Qg1+ 39. Kf4 Rf7+ ({Let's point out that
inclusion of moves} 39... Rf7+ 40. Qf6 {still does not yield black chances to
win.})) 34. Rxa5 {The piece sacrifice is sufficient for white to make a draw.
But in a time trouble to defend black's position is quite a task. The end of
the game is spoiled by an eternal time trouble - a novelty introduced into the
chess life by Mr. Ilumshinov. Scoresheets of the game participants bear traces
of the time scramble as well.} Rhc7 35. R1a4 Qxc3 36. Rb5+ Kc6 37. Rc5+ Qxc5
38. dxc5 Kb5 39. Ra1 Rxc5 40. Qd2 Kc6 41. Kg2 Rb8 42. Qa2 Be4+ 43. Kg1 Rcb5 44.
Rc1+ Kd7 45. Qa3 R5b6 46. h3 gxh3 47. Kh2 Bf5 48. Qg3 Rb2 49. Qg7+ Ke8 50. Qg8+
Kd7 51. Qf7+ Kd8 52. Qg8+ Kd7 53. Qf7+ Kd8 54. Qf8+ Kd7 55. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS03 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Afek, Yochanan"]
[Black "Totsky, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 cxd4 $5 7. Nxd4 $2 (7.
cxd4 Bb5 8. Bxb5+ Qxb5 9. Nc3 Qc4 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Rc1 Nf5 $13) 7... Nc6 $15 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 (8... bxc6 $5) 9. b4 $2 (9. Bd3 $15) 9... Qc7 10. f4 Nh6 11. Bd3 a5
$1 (11... d4 $2 12. O-O dxc3 13. Nxc3 $10 Bxg2 $4 14. Kxg2 Qxc3 15. Bb5+ $18)
12. b5 (12. Bb2 d4 $17) 12... Bd7 13. a4 Bc5 $17 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Nd2 f6 16. Nb3
Bb6 17. Bd2 fxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 19. fxe5 Ng4 $19 20. Be2 Nxe5 21. Nd4 Rac8 22.
Rf1 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Ke2 e5 26. Nf3 Rxa4 27. Rxa4 Bxb5+ 28.
c4 Bxa4 29. cxd5 Bb5+ 30. Kd1 Bc7 31. Bc3 Bc4 32. d6 Bxd6 33. Bxa5 Bd5 34. Bc3
Bxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Kovacevic,Vl"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Ne7 $5 5. Nf3 (5. dxc5 $6 Nec6 6. Bf4 Nd7)
5... Nec6 (5... Nd7) 6. h4 $6 (6. Bd3 b6 7. Qe2 a5 {Ba6=}) 6... Nd7 7. h5 $6 (
7. g3 $1 {Bh3}) 7... f6 $1 $17 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. h6 g6 10. Bg5 Bd6 11. Be2 O-O
12. O-O cxd4 $1 (12... Qc7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. c4) 13. Nxd4 (13. cxd4 Qc7 14. Nc3
a6 {Ng4}) 13... Bd7 (13... a6 $5 {e5} 14. c4 Qb6 $17) 14. Nd2 Nxd4 (14... e5
15. Nb5 {c4}) 15. cxd4 Qb6 $2 (15... Qc7 $1 16. Rc1 (16. f4 Qb6 17. Nf3 Ne4 {
Bf4}) 16... Bc6 17. Bxf6 (17. Nf3 Ng4 {/\ 18...Bh2, 19.Kh1 Bg1!!, 20.Kg1 R f3,
21.g3 R g3}) 17... Rxf6 18. Nf3 (18. Rc3 Qb6) 18... Bf4 19. Rc3 g5 $40) 16. Nf3
Ne4 17. Be3 Qxb2 $6 (17... Rac8 18. Nd2 $1) 18. Rb1 Qxa2 19. Rxb7 $1 Rf7 (19...
Nc3 20. Rxd7 $3 Nxd1 (20... Rxf3 $2 21. Bxf3 Nxd1 22. Rxd1 Bf8 23. Bg4 {
R c1-c7+-}) 21. Rg7+ Kh8 22. Ng5 Nxe3 23. Rxh7+) 20. Bd3 Rb8 (20... Ba4 $2 21.
Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 (21... Bxd1 22. Rg7+ Kh8 23. Rxd1 Qb3 24. Be2 {/\ Ng5}) 22. Qc1 {
/\ Ne4, Ng5}) 21. Rxb8+ Bxb8 22. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Nc3 24. Qg4 $16 Qa4 25.
Qg5 Be8 26. Qd8 Qd7 27. Qb8 Qc6 (27... d4 $2 28. Bxd4) 28. Ra1 Rb7 29. Qd8 Qd7
30. Qxd7 $6 (30. Qa8) 30... Bxd7 31. Bxa7 Bb5 32. Bc5 $1 Rb8 (32... Bxd3 $2 33.
Ra8+ {/\ R f8#}) 33. Rc1 (33. Bxb5 Nxb5 34. Rb1 Rb7) 33... Bxd3 34. Rxc3 Rc8 $1
35. Rxd3 Rxc5 36. Ra3 g5 $2 (36... d4 $1 37. Rd3 (37. Ra8+ Kf7 38. Ra7+ Ke8 39.
Rxh7 $2 d3 40. Rh8+ Kd7 41. h7 d2 42. Rd8+ Kxd8 43. h8=Q+ Kd7 44. Qg7+ Kc6 $19)
(37. f4 g5 $3 38. Rg3 d3 $1) 37... Rd5 {g5=}) 37. Rg3 $1 $18 d4 38. Rxg5+ Kf8
39. Kf1 d3 40. Ke1 Rc2 41. f4 Re2+ 42. Kd1 Rf2 43. Rg4 Rf1+ 44. Kd2 Rh1 45. g3
$1 Rxh6 46. Rh4 Rg6 47. g4 Rg7 48. Kxd3 Ra7 49. Rh6 Ra4 50. Ke3 Ra3+ 51. Kf2
Ra4 52. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. c4 cxd4 8. cxd5
Qa5+ 9. Nbd2 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qc5 11. b4 Qb6 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Bb2 Bxb4 14. Rb1
fxe5 15. Ba3 a5 16. Bc1 Qc7 17. a3 Bc3 18. Ne4 Nce7 19. Qb3 Bc6 20. Bxe6+ Kb8
21. Nxc3 dxc3 22. Qxc3 Bd5 23. Qxc7+ Kxc7 24. Bb2 Nc6 25. Nxe5 Nge7 $1 (25...
Bxe6 $2) 26. Bh3 Rhg8 27. Rfc1 b5 28. Bc3 Kb6 29. Nd7+ Ka6 30. Nc5+ Kb6 31.
Nd7+ Ka6 32. Re1 g5 33. Nc5+ Kb6 34. Nd7+ Ka6 35. Nf6 Rg6 36. Bg4 Bc4 37. Ne4
Nd5 38. Bd2 Nf4 39. Be3 a4 $2 (39... Nd5 40. Bf5 Rg7 $14) 40. Nc5+ $18 1-0

[Event "Danzhou 3rd"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2012.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nge7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Bd3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Rc8 12. O-O Be7 13. Qe1 f5 14. exf6 Bxf6
15. Nc3 O-O 16. Na4 Qd8 17. Nc5 b6 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Ra2 Qd6 20. b5 Nd8 21. g4
g6 22. g5 Bg7 23. h4 e5 24. dxe5 Qe6 25. h5 gxh5 26. g6 h6 27. Rg2 Nb7 28. Qh4
Rc3 29. Qd4 $6 (29. Nd4 Rxf1+ 30. Bxf1 $11) 29... Rc5 $6 (29... Rxa3 30. Bc2
Nc5 $17) 30. Qh4 Rc3 31. Qd4 $6 Rc5 $6 32. Qh4 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {This is a specialty of Svidler's countryman, Grischuk,
who used it to beat Ivanchuk twice, among others. A good psychologycal
decision by Svidler to put Ivanchuk to the test once again.} c5 4. c3 Nc6 5.
Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O {This is how the game Grischuk-Ivanchuk had gone,
too. Ivanchuk does not seem to be the kind of player to let his defeats pass
without looking for improvements, so the theoretical duel is very much on...}
Ng6 (7... Nf5 {Grischuk,A (2746)-Ivanchuk,V (2768)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2011/CBM
145/[Marin,M] (1-0, 44)}) 8. g3 cxd4 (8... Be7 {Grischuk,A (2746)-Ivanchuk,V 
(2768)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2011/CBM 145/[Marin,M] (1-0, 35)}) 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6
Qxf6 (10... gxf6 $6 {weakens the kingside too much.} 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. h4 O-O 13.
Bd3 $14 {Cori Tello,J (2418)-Ostos,J (2316)/Havana 2009/CBM 130 Extra (1-0, 39)
}) 11. Bg5 $1 {An active move, gaining some time and inducing a small
weakening of the kingside.} Qf7 12. Be3 {[%cal Gf3g5]} h6 13. Nc3 Bd6 14. Nb5 {
This may look a bit like shadow boxing, but White's idea is revealed by the
next move.} (14. Ne1 {is too slow, allowing Black to get his king out of the
centre and obtain a normal regrouping.} O-O 15. Ng2 Rac8 16. Bh5 Qf6 17. Qg4
Nge7 18. Nh4 Be8 {After getting rid of his potentially bad bishop, Black is at
least not worse.} 19. Bxe8 Rcxe8 $11 {Gwaze,R (2402)-Pert,N (2501)/Halifax
2004/EXT 2005 (1/2, 44)}) 14... Bb8 15. Ne5 $1 $146 {A strong novelty, casting
serious doubts over Black's previous play. The main idea is to clear the g1-a7
diagonal, in order to allow Be3-c5.} (15. Rc1 {Jonkman,H (2491)-Firman,N (2494)
/Lvov 2001/CBM 087/[Psakhis] (0-1, 29): It is interesting that in his notes to
this game, the outstanding specialist in the French Lev Psakhis expresses his
amazement about the ease with which Black has equalised...}) 15... Ngxe5 {
There are several ways to take the pawn, but none of them solves the main
problem: the king's safety.} (15... Ncxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bc5 {leaves the
knight passive on g6.}) 16. dxe5 Nxe5 ({Or} 16... Bxe5 17. Bc5 {followed by
Nd6+ soon. If White manages to force the exchange of the e5-bishop for his
knight, the compensation would have a permanent character. Black would have
serious problems because of the chronic weakness of the dark squares, while
his king would lack a safe residence.}) 17. Bc5 Nc4 {Ivanchuk does his best to
avoid Nd6+, but this is one of those cases in which the remedy is even worse
than the initial problem.} 18. b3 $1 (18. Bxc4 $6 dxc4 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. Qxd6 {
is too simplistic to be good.} b6 21. Bb4 O-O-O $132 {White's king is also
insecure, because of the weakening g2-g3 move.}) 18... b6 {Kicking back
consequently...} 19. Bb4 a5 20. Bc3 $1 {Black has managed to drive the
molesting bishop away from the a3-f8 diagonal, but new and unsolvable problems
are awaiting him on the long dark diagonal.} Bxb5 (20... Ne5 21. f4 Ng6 22. f5
exf5 23. Bf3 Ne7 24. Bh5 $16 {creates similar problems.}) 21. Bh5 g6 22. Bxh8
$16 {White has won an exchange for a pawn. Things would not be that bad for
Black if he was not poorly coordinated and his king had some safe place to go
to.} gxh5 23. Re1 $5 {A hyper-accurate move. The threat is Qxd5} (23. bxc4 Bxc4
24. Re1 Bd6 25. Be5 $16) 23... Qf5 (23... Nd6 24. Qxd5 Ra7 25. Rxe6+ Re7 26.
Rae1 $18) 24. bxc4 Bxc4 25. Qd4 Bc7 26. Be5 O-O-O 27. Rac1 $18 {White has a
stable blockade in the centre and both Black's wings are vulnerable. The rest
is a matter of technique, as they say.} Rd7 28. a4 Qg4 29. Qe3 h4 30. Qxh6 hxg3
31. hxg3 Bd8 32. Bf4 Re7 33. Bg5 Kd7 34. Bxe7 Bxe7 35. Kg2 Bc5 36. f3 Qf5 37.
Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Bxh6 $5 {
Rarely played.} (7. cxd4 {is the main move.}) 7... gxh6 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Bd7
10. Be2 {White usually gets this position with an extra tempo (by playing 6.
Bd3).} Bg7 $6 $146 {Preparing short castling does not look like a good idea.} (
10... Rg8 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Nc3 Kb8 13. Rfd1 Be7 14. Rab1 Rg6 15. b4 Rdg8 16.
g3 h5 {0-1 Pimplis,E-Spirakopoulos,I/Athens 1994/EXT 2003 (35)}) 11. Nc3 {
Starting from this moment, White plays very logically, transferring the
required pieces to the kingside. Black's efforts to simplify will be of no use,
since White needs relatively few pieces to get decisive threats.} O-O 12. O-O
Ne7 13. Bd3 Kh8 14. Ne2 Bb5 15. Bxb5 Qxb5 16. Nf4 Ng6 17. Nh5 Rac8 18. Rac1 Qd7
19. h4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. g3 Rc6 22. Rxc6 Qxc6 23. Nh2 Ne7 24. Qf4 Nf5 25.
g4 Qc2 26. Nf3 Ne7 27. Qxf7 Qg6 28. Qxe7 Qxg4+ 29. Kh2 1-0

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {The Advance Variation, featuring the advantage that
Black cannot choose between several possible stuctures, has become quite
popular mainly due to the efforts of Grischuk and Svidler some years ago and
has more recently been adopted by Shirov.} c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 {
The standard reaction to Black's move order.} (6. a3 Nge7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Be3 g6 {Matovic,M (2236)-Atalik,S (2564) Novi Sad 2016 CBM 174 [Atalik,
S] (0-1, 37)}) 6... Nge7 7. h4 $5 {A relatively rare move, even though the
advance of the h-pawn forms part of White's global plan.} ({There has been a
lot of interest at the top level for} 7. O-O Ng6 (7... Rc8 8. Na3 {0-1 (33)
Shirov,A (2712)-Svane,R (2542) Germany 2015 CBM 170 [CB]}) (7... Nf5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Bd3 {1-0 (44) Grischuk,A (2746)-Ivanchuk,V (2768) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011
CBM 145 [Marin,M]}) 8. g3 Be7 (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 {1-0 (37) Svidler,P (2747)
-Ivanchuk,V (2757) London 2013 CBM 154 [Marin,M]}) 9. h4 cxd4 (9... O-O 10. h5
Nh8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Be7 13. b5 Na5 14. h6 {1-0 (35) Grischuk,A (2746)
-Ivanchuk,V (2768) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011 CBM 145 [Marin,M]}) 10. cxd4 O-O 11. h5
Nh8 12. h6 g6 13. Nc3 f6 {1-0 (34) Shirov,A (2686)-Akesson,R (2452) Stockholm
2016 CBM 172 Extra [Shirov,A]}) ({Statistically, the most frequent move is} 7.
Na3 {though, even though not so much at the top level. Here is just a recent
example:} cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Qb6 10. O-O Na5 11. b3 Bb5 12. Bd2 Nc6 13.
Rc1 Be7 14. Bc3 {Black has solved the problem of his "bad" bishop, but the
next move is asking for trouble.} O-O-O $2 (14... Rc8 $5) (14... a5 $5) 15. b4
{This is not that much an attack against the king as a way of taking advantage
of Black's piece congestion.} Kb8 16. Bxb5 Qxb5 17. a4 $1 Qb6 (17... Qxa4 18.
Ra1 Qb5 19. Na3 Qb6 20. b5 Na5 21. Qa4 $18) 18. Qd2 a6 {McShane,L (2652)
-Hawkins,J (2590) London 2016 (1/2-1/2, 69)} 19. b5 $18 {[%cal Gc3a5]}) 7...
Qb6 {The most flexible move, delaying the exchange on d4 and keeping open all
the options for the e7-knight.} (7... Nf5 8. g4 Nfe7 9. h5 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11.
dxc5 e5 12. g5 $36 {Sokolov,A (2521)-Prusikin,M (2528) Switzerland 2016 (1-0,
44)}) (7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 {may transpose though.} 9. b3 $6 {this seems too
slow.} (9. Na3 {transposes to the game}) (9. Nc3 {reaches a move repetition at
best:} Nf5 10. Na4 Qa5+ {[%cal Gc6d4,Gd7a4] Voss,A (1768)-Woltering,M (1727)
Germany 2010 (1-0, 46)} 11. Bd2 $2 Bb4 $17 {[%csl Gd4]}) 9... Nf5 10. Bb2 Be7
11. g4 Nh6 12. Rg1 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Qd2 Nf7 15. Nc3 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Kb8 17.
Kb1 Nd6 $11 {Polgar,J (2630)-Nikolic,P (2655) Moscow 1994 CBM 045 [Hansen,Cu] 
(0-1, 40)}) 8. Na3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb4 $146 {This new move obviously aims at
preventing Nc2, leaving the knight passive on a3 for a long time. But its main
drawback is releasing the pressure on b2.} (9... Nf5 {looks playable.} 10. Nc2
Nb4 (10... f6 $6 11. g4 Nfxd4 $6 12. Ncxd4 Nxe5 13. Rg1 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Bc5 15.
Rg2 O-O 16. Kf1 Rac8 17. b3 {Movsesian,S (2632)-Ni,H (2614) ICC INT 2006 (0-1,
50), didn't yield Black enough compensation for the piece.}) 11. Nxb4 Qxb4+ 12.
Kf1 Bb5 13. h5 h6 14. g4 Bxe2+ 15. Kxe2 Ne7 16. Qd3 Nc6 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. b4 a6
19. Rhb1 Be7 20. a4 {Movsesian,S (2653)-Wang,H (2717) Huaian 2016 (0-1, 32),
White has a space advantage all over the board, but after exchanging two minor
pieces Black should not be too worried.}) 10. h5 h6 ({Once again} 10... Nf5 {
looks premature:} 11. g4 Nh6 12. Rg1 $14) ({But there wasn't an immediate need
for preventing h5-h6 for instance:} 10... Rc8 11. h6 ({White could play as in
the game} 11. Kf1 $5 a6 12. Bd2 {and the threat h5-h6 could eventually become
real, inducing /...h7-h6 anyway.}) 11... gxh6 12. Bxh6 Bxh6 13. Rxh6 Nf5 14.
Rh5 Nc6 {[%csl Gb2,Gd4] But Caruana's move should not be criticised, as it is
a way of inviting White to reveal his cards without defining his own queenside
intentions yet.}) 11. Bd2 {Taking full advantage of the drawbacks of the
novelty.} a6 12. Bc3 {But this is slightly questionable, as the c3-square
could be used by the knight.} (12. Kf1 $5 Nec6 ({Under the given circumstances
the more modest} 12... Nbc6 {may be safer.} 13. Bc3 Na7 14. Qd2 Nec6 15. Rh3
$14) 13. Rh4 O-O-O 14. Nb1 $1 {[%cal Ga2a3]} Na7 (14... Na5 15. b3) 15. Nc3 $16
) 12... Nec6 13. Rh3 O-O-O 14. Kf1 ({Even though slightly less effective now,
the regrouping starting with} 14. Nb1 {deserves consideration.} Na7 15. a3 Nbc6
16. b4 Nb5 (16... Kb8 17. Bb2 f6 18. Nc3 $14 {[%cal Gc3a4]}) (16... f6 17. Bb2
fxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 $14 {[%cal Gh3b3,Gb1c3,Gc3a4]}) 17. Bb2 Be7 18. Kf1
Kb8 19. a4 {Otherwise it is hard to see how could White get things going.} Nc7
20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 Nxb5 22. Nc3 {with reasonable compensation for the pawn
due to the somewhat exposed black king.}) 14... Kb8 {A cunning move, preparing
...f7-f6.} ({But objectively the immediate break} 14... f6 {was better:} 15.
Nc2 Nxc2 16. Qxc2 {[%cal Gc2c8]} Kb8 (16... fxe5 17. Nxe5 $16 Nxe5 $2 18. Ba5+
$1 Qc6 19. Rc3 $18) 17. Qd2 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Gc3a5]
} Rc8 20. Bd4 Bc5 21. Rb3 Bb5 $11) 15. Qd2 $6 ({The last good moment for} 15.
Nb1 {with possible transposition to the similar line above.}) 15... f6 $1 $15 {
Everything was ready for this break. Suddenly, White's imperfect coordination
starts to tell.} 16. exf6 ({With the centre under tension} 16. Nb1 $2 {would
be just asking for trouble:} fxe5 17. a3 (17. dxe5 d4) 17... e4 18. Nh4 e5 $19
{[%csl Gd4,Gh3]}) (16. Nc2 {was not entirely satisfactory either:} Nxc2 17.
Qxc2 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bc5 20. Be1 Rc8 $36) 16... gxf6 17. Rg3 (17.
Nb1 e5 18. Rg3 Bf5 $17 {[%cal Gb4c2]}) 17... Be8 18. Nh4 ({This was the last
moment when White could think of redeploying his knight, even though this
would not have solved all the problems:} 18. Nb1 Na5 (18... Bxh5 19. a3 a5 20.
axb4 axb4 21. Na3 $5 $13) 19. Nh4 Bd6 20. Rg7 Nc4 $15) 18... Bd6 $6 {A curious
decision, allowing White to activate his rook on the seventh rank.} (18... e5
$1 19. dxe5 (19. Ng6 Bxg6 20. hxg6 Rg8 $15 {[%cal Ye5d4,Ge5e4,Gf6f5]}) 19... d4
20. Bxb4 Bxb4 21. Qd1 Nxe5 $15) 19. Rg7 e5 20. dxe5 {With the bishop hanging
Black does not have the intermediate ...d5-d4 anymore.} (20. Ng6 $5 Bxg6 21.
hxg6 exd4 22. Rd1 dxc3 23. bxc3 Qa5 24. Qb2 $13) 20... fxe5 21. Ng6 Bxg6 22.
hxg6 $13 {Things are still messy for White on the queenside but he has made
huge progress on the other wing.} e4 ({It looks wiser to take some measures
against the far advanced enemy forces:} 22... Rhf8 23. Rf7 (23. f3 $2 e4 $40)
23... Rxf7 24. gxf7 Qc7 25. Bh5 Qe7 26. g3 (26. Qxh6 $2 Qh4 27. Kg1 Bc5 28. Rf1
Nd3 $19) 26... Qe6 27. Kg2 Rf8 $13) 23. Rf7 Rhg8 $6 {The start of Black's
problems.} ({It was not too late for} 23... Rhf8 24. Qxh6 Rxf7 25. gxf7 Qc7 26.
Bf6 Rf8 27. Bh5 Ka7 28. Bg7 Rxf7 29. Bxf7 Qxf7 $44 {[%csl Ga2,Ga3]} 30. Qxd6
Qxg7 31. Rb1 Nd3 32. Qg3 Qf6 33. Nc2 d4 {Despite his missing exchange, Black
dominates the centre. The positon is unclear and chances are roughly equal.})
24. g7 {With such a far advanced pawn, sustained by the rook and bishop, White
is better already, even though the position remains messy.} Ka7 (24... d4 25.
Nc4 Qc5 (25... dxc3 26. bxc3) 26. Bxb4 Nxb4 27. Rc1 $16) 25. Qxh6 Nd3 $6 {
This makes White land up in an objectively hopeless position.} (25... Ne5 $5 {
Still offers some hope:} 26. Rf6 Nbd3 27. Bxd3 Nxd3 28. Nc2 Qc7 29. Nd4 Bf4 30.
Rxf4 Nxf4 31. g3 $16) 26. Bxd3 exd3 27. Re1 Bc5 28. Re6 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Ge6c6]
A tempting and not really bad move, but White does not need such
hyper-activity.} ({The simpler} 28. Qg6 {[%csl Gd3] eliminates the d3-pawn and
with it any source of black counterplay.}) 28... Rc8 (28... Ka8 $2 29. b4 $1
Bxb4 30. Rxc6 bxc6 31. Bxb4 Qxb4 32. Qxc6+ {mates}) 29. Qg5 $2 {The players
must have been in time trouble already. In such a chaotic position, though it
is basically winning for White. Mutual mistakes are very likely with little
time. The last move allows a nasty geometric trick.} (29. g3 $16 {[%cal Gf1g2]
would have spared back rank problems, making the trick ineffective:} Bxa3 30.
bxa3 Qb5 31. Bd2 Nd8 32. Qe3+ Ka8 33. Rb6 $18) 29... Bd4 $6 ({Missing} 29...
Bxa3 $1 30. bxa3 Qb5 {[%cal Gc6d8,Gd3d2] Suddenly the rooks are hanging.} 31.
Bd2 (31. a4 Qc4 $17) 31... Nd8 32. Qe3+ Ka8 33. Rb6 d4 $3 (33... Rc1+ $2 34.
Bxc1 d2+ 35. Rxb5 dxc1=Q+ 36. Qxc1) 34. Qxd4 Rc1+ $1 35. Bxc1 d2+ 36. Rxb5
dxc1=Q+ 37. Ke2 Nxf7 $17) 30. Re1 $2 (30. Qxd5 $1 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Rgd8 ({There
are some differences induced by} 31... Rcd8 32. Rd6 Rxd6 33. Qxd6 Qb2 34. g3
Qe2+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. f3 Qe2+ 37. Kh3 d2 38. Qxc6 $1 $18) 32. Rd7 (32. Rd6 Rxd6
33. Qxd6 Qb2 34. g3 Qe2+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. f3 Qe2+ 37. Kh3 d2 $13 {[%csl Gc6]})
32... Rxd7 33. Qxd7 Rd8 34. Rxc6 Rxd7 35. Rxb6 d2 36. Rb1 d1=Q+ 37. Rxd1 Rxd1+
38. Ke2 Rd8 39. Nc4 Rg8 40. f4 Rxg7 41. Kf3 Rc7 42. Ne3 Rxc3 43. g4 $18) (30.
Qd2 $5 $13) 30... Bxc3 $6 (30... Rxg7 $1 {Another combination which is far
from easy to see.} 31. Bxd4 (31. Rxg7 Rh8 $1 32. g3 Bxc3 33. bxc3 Rh1+ 34. Kg2
Rxe1 $19) 31... Rxg5 32. Bxb6+ Kxb6 33. Rd1 Ne5 $17) 31. bxc3 Qb2 32. Nb1 {
Finally thinking of this knight, true, not really voluntarily.} (32. Qc1 $13 {
looks safest}) 32... Rce8 33. Qd2 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1 d4 $1 {Quite a tricky move,
clearing not only the d5-square but also the whole fifth rank for a rapid
queen switch to h5.} (34... Qb5 35. c4 Qxc4 (35... dxc4 36. Nc3 $16) 36. Nd2
$13) 35. Nd2 $2 $19 (35. cxd4 Qb5 36. Kg1 (36. Nc3 Qh5 $1) 36... Qd5 $15) ({
In time trouble who would think of a prophylactic move like} 35. a4 $1 $13 {
[%csl Gb5]}) 35... dxc3 36. Nc4 {The knight which had waited so passively on
a3 for such a long time seems to have become the hero of the game. But not
after Black's brilliant answer (the only one not to lose!)} Re8 $3 (36... Qb4
37. Qe3+ Kb8 38. Qxd3 $18) 37. Rxb7+ (37. Qxe8 Qc1+ 38. Qe1 d2 39. Qxc1 dxc1=Q+
40. Ke2 c2 41. Ne3 Qb2 $19) (37. Nxb2 Rxe1+ 38. Kxe1 cxb2 39. g8=Q b1=Q+ 40.
Kd2 Qc2+ 41. Ke3 Qe2+ 42. Kf4 d2 $19) 37... Qxb7 38. Qxe8 Qb1+ 39. Qe1 c2 0-1

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lupu, Mircea Sergiu"]
[Black "Foisor, Ovidiu Doru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Nbd2 Qb6 10. Rb1 a5 11. Nb3 cxd4 12. Nfxd4 Qd8 13. f4 a4 14. Nd2 O-O 15.
Bd3 f6 16. Qh5 fxe5 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. fxe5 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Be8 20. Nf3 Nf8 21.
Qg4 Qd7 22. Nd4 Bg6 23. Bxg6 Nxg6 24. Nxe6 Re8 (24... Bh4 $142 25. Qf5 Re8) 25.
Qf5 $4 (25. Rf7 $142 $1 $18) 25... Bh4 26. Nd4 (26. Nc5 Qxf5 27. Rxf5 Nxe5 28.
Nxa4 Ng4 29. Bc5 (29. Bd2 Re2) 29... Re1+ 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Nxh2+ 32. Ke2
Kf7 33. Nb6 $16) 26... Nxe5 27. Qxd7 Nxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.14"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 ({It is curious that
there are many games which went} 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 Nge7 8. O-O {, reaching
the same position as after 9...Nfe7, but... with Black to move! This means
that Ivanchuk's 7...Nf5 is inaccurate, as it basically loses a tempo.}) 6...
Nge7 7. O-O Nf5 {Black has increased his pressure against d4 almost to the
maximum. He threatens ...cxd4 followed by ...Qb6, when the pawn would be in
real danger. White has nothing left apart from switching to one of
Nimzovitsch'' methods: clearing the d4-square for his pieces, aiming for a
dark-squared blockade.} 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd3 Nfe7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nb3 Bb6 12.
Re1 Qb8 $146 {Black's new target has become e5.} (12... Bc7 13. Bg5 Qb8 14. Nc5
Bc8 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 $14 {Schlawin,M (2302)-Visser,Y (2480)/
Germany 2006/EXT 2006 (0-1, 41)}) 13. Qe2 Bc7 14. Bxg6 {A forced exchange,
which, however, has the merit of increasing White's overall control on the
dark squares.} hxg6 {Threatening ...Rh5, which would endanger the e5-pawn.} (
14... fxg6 15. Nc5 Bc8 $6 16. Ng5 $36) 15. h4 Rh5 16. Bg5 {White has managed
to consolidate. In order to give meaning to his previous play, Black has to
simplify to a slightly worse ending.} Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Rxe5
f6 20. Re3 fxg5 21. hxg5 Rxg5 22. Nc5 $14 {Retrieving the pawn is a matter of
time, and Black's structure will remain weakened after that anyway.} O-O-O {
Ivanchuk continues simplifying up to a somewhat unpleasant, but basically
drawn double-rook ending. This should objectively be correct, but in a rapid
game holding a draw may be less easy than expected.} (22... e5 23. f4 (23. Nxb7
Bc6 {looks a bit messy.}) 23... Rh5 24. Rxe5+ Rxe5 25. fxe5 Ke7 26. Nb3 Bf5 27.
Nd4 Be4 $14) 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Rxe6 d4 $1 25. cxd4 Rxd4 26. Rae1 Rd7 27. g3 a6
28. R1e2 Rf7 29. Rc2+ Kd7 30. Rb6 Kd8 31. Kg2 Ra5 32. a3 g5 33. Rd6+ Ke7 34.
Rc7+ Kxd6 35. Rxf7 Rb5 36. b4 a5 37. bxa5 Ke6 38. Rxg7 Rxa5 39. Kh3 Kf6 40.
Rxb7 Rxa3 41. Kg4 Ra4+ 42. Kh5 g4 $2 {A fatal mistake.} (42... Ra2 $1 {should
draw.}) 43. Rb6+ $1 Kf5 44. Rb8 {Black will lose his pawn and the game.} 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Olanesti"]
[Date "2018.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Manea, Alexandru"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 {During the months preceding this game I had had some hard times in
rapid tournaments against Alexandru, scoring a modest 0,5 out of 3. In all the
games he played original dynamic chess so this time I decided to play as
"classically" as I could.} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 {
By far not Black's only move, but in my opinion the most principled one.
White's last move has weakened b3, making the break b2-b3 less favourable (and
soon even impossible!) than with the pawn on a2. This way, Black prepares a
reliable hideaway for his king on the queenside, taking the steam out of
White's attack on the kingside. True, Black will have to delay his thematic
pawn attack for a long while, until deep in the endgame, most likely, but he
can consider opening the opposite wing where the white king will soon get
castled.} 7. g3 {Since the d3-square is not available anymore, White develops
his bishop on a square where it will not stand in its colleagues' way.} Bd7 8.
Nbd2 Na5 {Immediately taking measures against b2-b3. The knight is not needed
on c6 in the near future, as d4 is as solid as a rock.} 9. Bg2 ({In principle} 
9. h4 {is more active, but at the same time it implies an early commitment.
Since a later f2-f4 can be met with ...h7/6-h5, White will need to play h4-h5,
resulting in the exposure of his king.} Ne7 (9... f5 {looks a bit premature.}
10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Bh3 $36 {Grischuk,A (2712)-Apicella,M (2501)
France 2003 CBM 095 [Psakhis,L] (1-0, 35)}) 10. Bh3 h6 ({Abstractly, the same
as in our main game, I still prefer the move order based on advancing the
h-pawn at an early stage, even though the commitment implied by h2-h4 allows
Black to switch to the main plan immediately:} 10... Qc7 11. O-O Nc8 12. Ne1 {
A similar manoeuvre was the reason for spending a waiting tempo on ...h7-h6 in
the main game. But now, after f2-f4 Black will dispose over the idea of
freezing the kingside with ...h7-h5.} Nb6 13. f4 g6 {In Lyell,M (2219)-Cobb,J 
(2423) Basingstoke 2012 (0-1, 52); the critical move would have been} 14. h5 {
preventing ...h7-h5, but Black seems to be doing well here, too;} O-O-O 15. Kh2
Be7 16. Ng2 Rdg8 {followed by ...Qd8 and White will soon have to count with ...
gxh5 or ...g6-g5.}) 11. O-O Qc7 12. h5 ({If} 12. Ne1 {Black can deviate from
the initial plan:} O-O-O 13. Ng2 Kb8 14. h5 Nc8 15. Ne3 Be7 16. Rb1 Nb6 17. Qe2
{Ni,H (2660)-Hossain,E (2496) Kolkata 2012 (½-½, 42)} Rdg8 18. Kh2 g6 $36)
12... O-O-O $1 {After White's last move, the knight should stay on e7 to
over-defend f5 and sustain ...g7-g6(5).} ({If} 12... Nc8 {White can start his
attack in an active way:} 13. Nh4 Be7 14. Qg4 $14 Bxh4 $6 15. Qxg7 Rf8 16. gxh4
$16 {Paehtz,E (2487)-Gomes,M (2387) Bhubaneswar 2013 (1-0, 33)}) 13. Nh4 g5 {
A well timed move, before White plays f2-f4.} 14. Ng2 (14. hxg6 {clears space
for Black's counterplay.} fxg6 15. Ng2 Nf5 16. g4 Ne7 17. f4 h5 {For reasons
connected with his king's safety White has to play} 18. g5 {when Black's
advantage may be rather symbolic, as staying prepared for a break with f4-f5
and building up a massive pawn queenside attack is not simple.}) 14... Bg7 $11
15. f4 ({It would have been safer to keep manoeuvring with} 15. Ne3 $11) 15...
f5 $15 16. g4 {Strategically ambitious but concretely unsound as the king
turns vulnerable.} Rhg8 17. Nf3 Nb3 18. Rb1 Nxc1 19. Qxc1 Rdf8 20. fxg5 hxg5
21. Qxg5 {Carlsen,M (2484)-Peng,Z (2419) Wijk aan Zee 2004 (1-0, 44)} fxg4 22.
Bxg4 Nf5 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Qg4 Qd8 $17 {After defending the rook, Black
threatens ...Bxe5 (or the simple ...Bh6) and will most likely retrieve the
h-pawn soon, retaining all the chances for an attack.}) 9... h6 {Since Black
will not castle during the next few moves, he could have delayed this typical
move, but without making a big difference, as play might have simply
transposed later. To tell the truth, when advancing my h6-pawn I was not sure
yet whether I would carry out the game regrouping at once or after ...0-0-0
and ...Kb8.} ({If} 9... Ne7 10. O-O {Black's most flexible move is 10...h6
anyway, as if} Qc7 11. Ne1 Nc8 12. f4 {would offer White attacking chances.})
10. O-O Ne7 11. Re1 ({If} 11. Ne1 {Black could already switch to} O-O-O 12. f4
Nf5 13. Ndf3 Nb3 14. Rb1 {Mendonca,M (2298)-Barata,A (2147) Vitoria 2013 (1-0,
44)} Kb8 15. g4 Ne7 16. Be3 f5 {Due to his problems with regrouping, partly a
consequence of ...c5-c4, White cannot keep the control on the kingside.}) 11...
Qc7 {Clearing the b6-square for the reserve knight.} 12. Rb1 Nc8 13. h4 {
Now that the knight has stepped farther from the f5-square this looks logical,
as a later blockade with ...h6-h5 may be less reliable.} ({If} 13. b3 cxb3 14.
Nxb3 Ba4 15. Nfd2 Nxb3 (15... Qxc3 {is also worth a try, but with incomplete
development I might have been reluctant to go pawn grabbing.}) 16. Nxb3 Nb6 {
After the exchange of one knight Black does not experience any coordination
problems anymore. All his minor pieces are perfectly placed for fighting
against the queenside weaknesses. Black would most likely proceed with ...
0-0-0, ...Kb8 and ...Rc8, but castling short remains an option in some cases,
as the g2-bishop cannot be inserted into the attack easily.}) 13... Nb6 14. Qe2
$146 {White probably wanted to provoke my ...Ba4 by turning the threat b2-b3
more realistic. The last move is a novelty strictly speaking, but there could
be a later transposition to a previous game.} ({The standard plan is} 14. Nf1
O-O-O 15. h5 {Strategically, the most consistent pawn setup.} Be7 16. Ne3 (16.
N3h2 {Piorun,K (2633)-Socko,M (2458) Katowice 2018 (1-0, 53)} Ba4 17. Qe2 Qd7
18. Ne3 Qe8 19. f4 g6 20. Bh3 Qg8 $11) 16... Rdg8 17. Ng4 Ba4 18. Qe2 Nd7 19.
Bf4 Kb8 20. Ne3 Nb6 21. Bh3 a6 22. Nd2 {½-½ Alvarez Pedraza,A (2526)
-Rakhmanov,A (2582) San Cristobal 2012} Rf8 $5 {This removes the rook from the
h3-bishop's range, preparing to harass the other bishop with ...g7-g5.} ({
But the immediate} 22... g5 $146 {is also possible.} 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Bxe6 g5
25. Bxg8 Rxg8 26. Qg4 Qd8 27. e6+ gxf4 28. Qxf4+ Ka7 {with reasonable, but not
threatening white compensation.}) 23. Ng2 {Clearing the bishop's retreat but
leaving c2 undefended.} (23. Kh2 g5 24. hxg6 fxg6 $17) (23. g4 {clears the
bishop's retreat but almost buries its colleague alive.} g6 $15) 23... Bc2 24.
Nxc4 Bxb1 25. Nxa5 Bh7 $15) 14... Ba4 {The queenside is frozen now and Black
can castle under conditions of absolute safety.} 15. Nf1 {Absolutely necessary
in order to prevent the bishop's activation with ...Bc2.} O-O-O 16. g4 $6 {
My opponent played this move relatively quickly (after just a bit more than a
minute), with the obvious intention of reaching an optically harmonious
regrouping with Ng3, in the spirit of the long Closed Ruy Lopez lines. But the
structure is different here and the French Defence has its specific subtleties.
After weakening the f4-square and depriving his minor pieces of the g4-square
White does not have the least chance for an advantage anymore.} ({The standard
regrouping would start with} 16. N1h2 Be7 17. Bf4 Rdg8 (17... Qd7 {[%cal Gd7e8,
Ge8g8,Gg8h7] followed by the queen transfer to h7 is also worth considering.})
18. Kh1 Kb8 19. Rg1 g5 $36 {Hughes,S (2287)-Maatman,N ICCF email 2012 (½-½,
36)}) 16... Be7 17. Ng3 Nd7 {This was also a quick decision, after just one
minute. It is the kind of move I was talking about in the introduction. It is
impossible to prove it right or wrong, but abstractly I felt the knight was
not needed on b6 anymore and decided I could use it for sustaining the break
with ...f7-f6 at a later stage.} ({I could have immediately prepared ...g7-g5,
which is the main plan after White's g3-g4:} 17... Rdg8 {I considered} 18. h5 {
to be best, explaning my game move and the plan of getting ready for ...f7-f6.
But a closer look shows Black is doing well here, too:} g5 19. hxg6 fxg6 {
Planning ...g6-g5 followed by ...Nd7-f8-g6.} 20. g5 Bd8 {Restoring the queen's
communication with the kingside.} 21. Bh3 Qf7 22. Be3 (22. gxh6 g5 $19 {
offers Black a virtually decisive attack.}) 22... h5 23. Nh4 Kb8 24. f4 Nc8 25.
Kh2 $15 {Engines are claiming a clear advantage for Black, but this is highly
exaggerated. Of course, White can do little other than sit and wait, but due
to the latent pressure on e6 and g6 and the virtual possibility of f4-f5,
Black also has problems creating an active plan.}) 18. Bh3 g6 {Black intends
preparing ...g5 quite comfortably.} ({I briefly considered the immediate} 18...
g5 {but rightly decided it would lead to unnecessary complications:} 19. hxg5
hxg5 20. Bxg5 Bxg5 (20... Nc5 {is an interesting alternative I overlooked
during the game. Black offers an interesting way of exchanging pieces and
defends the e7-bishop on the way.} 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. dxc5 {Otherwise ...Nd3-f4
could be troublesome.} Rxh3 23. Kg2 Rhh8 24. Nd4 Qxc5 {with interesting play.})
21. Nxg5 Rdg8 22. Qd2 Rxg5 23. Qxg5 Rxh3 24. Qg8+ Qd8 25. Qxf7 {I ended my
line here, fearing that with my queenside minor pieces out of play White would
have too much compensation for the piece. In fact, Black has good counterplay
after} Qh4 26. Kg2 Rh2+ 27. Kf3 Bc2 $13) ({I rejected} 18... Rdg8 {because of}
19. h5 {but} g5 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. g5 Nf8 {would lead to a familiar scenario.
If White manages to induce ...h6-h5 he will be basically out of trouble.} 22.
gxh6 $2 g5 $1) 19. Kg2 ({Now or slightly later White could block the kingside
with} 19. g5 h5 $15 {. But this is a much better situation for Black than
without the h4- and f7-pawns. His kingside is stable and he has reasonable
chances to launch his queenside attack with ...b7-b5 and ...a7-a5.}) 19... Rdg8
20. Rg1 Qd8 $6 {But this is asking too much from the position. From the
perspective of the structural changes likely to happen soon, the queen was
well placed on c7, so Black mainly loses two tempi.} ({Everything was ready for
} 20... g5 $17 {facing White with serious strategic problems and endangering
his king. If} 21. h5 Re8 22. Nh2 f6 23. exf6 Bxf6 $19 {the imminent ...e6-e5
is likely to decide the game soon. The h3-bishop is awfully passive and the
f4-square is weak.}) 21. h5 g5 22. Nh2 f6 {Better late than never.} 23. f4 $6 (
{A curious decision, acepting to give away the bishop pair. A better way was} 
23. exf6 Nxf6 24. f4 ({Against} 24. Qxe6+ {I planned} Bd7 25. Qe2 Re8 $17 {
with strong initiative and advance in development.}) 24... Nb3 25. Be3 Bd6 26.
fxg5 hxg5 {with complex play and balanced chances. White's piece placement is
anything but optimal, but the kingside structure may favour him in the long
run.}) 23... gxf4 24. Bxf4 fxe5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Qxe5 Bd7 {Black's position
is close to winning. White cannot stop ...e6-e5, the dark squares are weak and
his king is likely to get into danger.} 27. Rbf1 Nc6 28. Qf4 Rf8 29. Qe3 Bg5
30. Rxf8 Rxf8 31. Qe2 Qc7 {Admitting that the queen retreat was a mere waste
of time.} 32. Nf3 Bf4 33. Nf1 Rg8 $2 ({This only offers White a tempo for his
regrouping.} 33... e5 $19 {was much stronger}) 34. Ne3 Qd6 35. Kh1 e5 36. dxe5
Nxe5 37. Nd4 Kb8 38. Nef5 Qf6 39. Qg2 {White has managed to improve his piece
placement, but is still far from equality} Rd8 40. Rf1 Qg5 $2 ({With just a
few minutes to reach the control I feared that the initially planned} 40... Nd3
{would expose me to big risks after} 41. Rxf4 ({A few moves earlier, when
heading for this position, I had calculated only} 41. Qxd5 Bxf5 42. Qxf5 Qh4 {
with a huge attack.}) 41... Nxf4 42. Qg3 Qe5 {But White does not have enough
compensation for the exchange as for instance} 43. Nxh6 Re8 {unpinning the
knight, offers Black a decisive attack.}) 41. Ne2 Bxf5 42. gxf5 Qxg2+ 43. Bxg2
Bg5 44. Nf4 $5 ({My opponent suddenly starts playing for a win. He could have
maintained a stable equality with} 44. Nd4 Bf6 45. Ne6 Rd6) 44... Bxf4 45. Rxf4
Nd3 46. Rd4 Nxb2 47. Bxd5 {In view of the threat f5-f6 the endgame looks
dangerous for Black. But I had seen one move farther...} Rd6 $1 {Suddenly, the
f-pawn is controlled and the relative pin along the d-file is annoying.
Despite the 25 minutes spent on his next move White failed to find one of the
paths to safety.} 48. Kg2 b5 {Finally the long awaited queenside attack, under
different stuctural circumstances than usual, though.} 49. Be4 (49. Be6 Rxd4
50. cxd4 Kc7 51. f6 Kd6 52. d5 Nd3 53. Kf3 $11) 49... Kc7 50. Bc2 Rxd4 51. cxd4
Kd6 52. Kf3 a5 53. Be4 $2 {The decisive mistake. White wastes too much time.} (
53. f6 Ke6 (53... b4 54. axb4 axb4 55. d5 b3 $2 56. f7 Ke7 57. Bg6 $18) 54. d5+
Kxf6 55. Ke4 b4 (55... Nd3 56. Kd4 Nc1 57. a4 $11) 56. axb4 axb4 57. Kd4 $11)
53... b4 54. axb4 axb4 55. Ke3 b3 56. d5 (56. Kd2 Na4 {also wins}) 56... c3 57.
f6 Nc4+ {In view of 58...c2 White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.14"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 {
Unlike 7...Nf5, as played in the previous French game of the match, this does
not put pressure on d4. Black clears the e7-square for the bishop and prepares
to break up the enemy centre with ...f6. The presence of the knight on g6 is
obviously useful for this plan. Therefore, White immediately takes measures to
force it to retreat.} 8. g3 (8. Be3 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a3 a5 11. Bd3 {1/2
Kononenko,D (2449)-Sumets,A (2473)/Alushta 2003/CBM 096 ext}) 8... Be7 9. h4
O-O ({Knowing White's plan based on dxc5, it makes sense investigating} 9...
cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. h5 Nh8 12. h6 g6 13. Nbd2 ({Once the c3-square has been
cleared,} 13. Nc3 {looks logical, but the knight cannot get into the fight for
the critical dark squares easily.} f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Be3 Nf7 16. Nh2 Nd6 17.
g4 $6 Bg5 $36 {Lederer,Y (2300)-Psakhis,L (2575)/Kfar Sava 1993/EXT 2002 (0-1,
44)}) 13... f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Nb3 {We can see now the point behind Nbd2:
the exchange in the centre has ensured the knight's stability on b3. The
permanent threat of Nc5 is a bit annoying for Black.} Nf7 16. Nh2 (16. Bf4 $2
g5 {/\ Nh6 Hjartarson}) (16. Be3 Nd6 $15 {Hjartarson}) 16... Nd6 17. Bg4 Rc8 (
17... b6 $142 {Hjartarson}) 18. Nf3 $14 {Hjartarson,J (2535)-Kortschnoj,V 
(2615)/Amsterdam 1991/CBM 023 (1/2, 44)}) 10. h5 Nh8 11. dxc5 (11. h6 {is more
popular, but it makes sense to delay this thematic pawn advance.} g6 12. dxc5
f6 $5 (12... Bxc5 13. b4 Be7 14. b5 Na5 15. Be3 {Li,Z (1907)-Zhang Xiaowen 
(2389)/Hefei 2011/ (1-0, 56)}) 13. exf6 Bxc5 $1 14. Bg5 Nf7 $13 {Timman,J 
(2650)-Nikolic,P (2641)/Amsterdam 1999/CBM 073/[Psakhis] (1/2, 41)}) 11... Bxc5
(11... f6 $6 {does not work out well now, because of} 12. exf6 $16 {Zude,A 
(2395)-Ellers,H (2405)/Germany 1997/GER-chT (1-0, 27) , when the g7-pawn is
attacked, thus preventing ...Bxc5.}) 12. b4 $146 {Starting to fight for the
d4-square, although he will not get to occupy it.} (12. c4 {switching to play
on the light squares seems to offer Black counterchances:} f6 13. h6 g6 14.
cxd5 Nxe5 $13 {Timman,J (2650)-Ljubojevic,L (2570)/Amsterdam 1999/CBM 073/
[Psakhis] (1-0, 35)}) 12... Be7 13. b5 Na5 14. h6 f5 {In a wider sense, we can
claim that this is a novelty, too.} (14... g6 {transposes to the game Li,Z 
(1907)-Zhang Xiaowen (2389)/Hefei 2011/ (1-0, 56) above.}) 15. hxg7 Kxg7 $14 {
Black's kingside is weak and his pieces are displayed all over the board
without the needed harmony. Even though he is slightly underdeveloped, White
is in time to consolidate his advantage.} 16. Kg2 Ng6 17. Rh1 Rf7 18. Bh6+ Kh8
19. Nbd2 Qc7 20. Rc1 Rg8 21. c4 d4 22. Bd3 {So far, Grischuk has played very
well, but starting with this moment, the game goes Ivanchuk's way. Not until
the end, though...} ({Black is well regrouped on the kingside so that time had
come to switch to other parts of the board.} 22. Nb3 Nxb3 23. axb3 Qc5 24. Qxd4
Qxd4 25. Nxd4 Nxe5 26. c5 $16) 22... b6 23. Nxd4 Qxe5 24. N2f3 Qc7 25. Ng5 Bxg5
26. Bxg5 e5 $132 27. Qh5 (27. Nb3 Nxb3 28. axb3 Nf4+ $1 29. gxf4 exf4 30. Qh5
Rfg7 31. Kf1 Be8 $132) 27... Bc8 28. c5 $6 {This sacrifice is not entirely
sound, but this is not easy to prove in rapid games.} exd4 29. cxb6 Bb7+ $2 {
This intermediate check takes the essential b7-square from the queen.} (29...
Qxb6 $1 30. Rc6 Qb7 $1) 30. Kg1 $2 {[%csl Gh1]} (30. f3 $1 $16 Qxb6 $2 (30...
Qe5 31. bxa7 $16) 31. Rc6 Bxc6 32. Bf6+ $1) 30... Qe5 $17 {[%csl Gh1]} 31. Rc7
Rxc7 32. bxc7 Rg7 (32... Bxh1 $5 $17) 33. Rh2 $2 (33. c8=Q+ Bxc8 34. Bh6 $132)
33... Rxc7 $4 (33... f4 $1 $19) 34. Qxg6 $18 Rc1+ $6 {He had planned this one
move earlier already.} 35. Bxc1 1-0

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bujisho, Benjamin"]
[Black "Sumets, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Rc8 (6... Nge7 {La
grande ligne}) (6... Qb6) 7. O-O a6 {Le GMI avait déjà utilisé cette ligne
secondaire quelques semaines plus tôt а Sélestat} 8. a3 (8. Na3 cxd4 9. cxd4
Bxa3 {Lerch,P (2362)-Sumets,A (2587) Selestat op 19th 2012 (3) 0-1}) (8. Be3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nge7 10. Nc3 Nf5 11. Bd3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Be7 13. a3 O-O 14. Ne2 Na5
15. Nf4 Qb6 16. b4 Nc4 17. Qe2 Qd8 18. g3 a5 19. h4 axb4 20. axb4 g6 21. Rf2 f6
22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Raf1 Qe7 24. Kh2 Nd6 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Nf5 27. Bxf5 Rxf5
28. Qb2 Qg7 29. g4 Rff8 30. Ng2 Rxf2 31. Rxf2 Qe7 32. g5 Bb5 33. Nf4 Rf8 34.
Qd4 Bc4 35. e4 Qd7 36. Kg3 Rd8 37. Ng2 b5 {Areshchenko,A (2691)-Romanov,E 
(2595) St Petersburg 2012 1/2-1/2}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Nge7 10. Bd2 $146 (10.
Nc3 Nf5 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Qxh4 13. Be3 g5 14. Na4 h5 15. gxh5 Nxe5 16. Nb6
Nf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bd6 18. Re1 Qxh2+ 19. Kf1 Bb5+ 20. Re2 g4 21. Bg2 Rc6 22. Nxd5 f5
23. Qd2 Kf7 24. Bf4 Bxe2+ 25. Qxe2 Bxf4 26. Nxf4 Qxf4 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Re1 Qd6
29. Qxa6 Rxh5 30. Qa7+ Kf6 31. Qc5 Qxc5 32. dxc5 Rh1+ 33. Ke2 Rxe1+ 34. Kxe1
Ke5 35. b4 Kd4 36. a4 Kc4 37. a5 Kb5 38. Ke2 e5 39. Kd3 {1/2-1/2 (39) Xie Jun 
(2542)-Karpov,A (2696) Guanzhou 2000}) 10... Ng6 11. g3 Be7 12. h4 (12. Nc3 {
Le français aura des problèmes de développement de l'aile-dame dans la partie
et ce coup naturel Nc3 ne pouvait être mauvais} O-O 13. h4 $1 {[%csl Rg6][%cal
Gh4h5]}) 12... O-O (12... Na5 13. h5 Nf8 14. Nc3 Nc4) 13. h5 Nh8 {"Un fort
coup d'attaque!"} 14. Kg2 $14 f6 $1 {[%cal Gd7e8,Ge8h5] Attaque non seulement
le centre mais permet de recycler le Bd7} 15. Bf4 (15. Nc3) 15... Be8 16. Rh1
fxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 (17... Rxf4 $5 18. gxf4 Qb6 $44) 18. Bxe5 Nf7 $132 19. f4
Nxe5 20. fxe5 (20. dxe5) 20... Qb6 21. Ra2 Bb5 $32 (21... Rc4 {[%csl Rd4]}) 22.
b3 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 Qb5 24. a4 Qc6 25. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hendriks, Willy"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Bd3 (6. dxc5 Bxc5 (6... Ng4
7. Qa4 h5 8. h3 Nh6 9. b4 Bd7 10. Bb5 a5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qd1 Qb8 13. a3 f6
14. Bf4 Nf7 15. Bh2 Qd8 16. Qd4 f5 17. h4 g5 18. hxg5 Nxg5 19. Nbd2 Ne4 20. Bf4
axb4 21. cxb4 Ra4 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Nh4 Qa8 24. O-O Rg8 25. g3 Be7 26. Ng2 Rxa3
27. Ne3 h4 28. Rxa3 Qxa3 29. Ra1 Qb3 30. Ra8+ Kf7 31. Ra7 {Kupreichik,
V-Kaidanov,G/Lvov 1988/CBM 07/1/2-1/2 (46)}) 7. Bxh6 (7. b4 Bb6 8. b5 Na5 9.
Bxh6 gxh6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Qxh6 Qe7 12. Bd3 O-O-O 13. O-O Rdf8 14. Nbd2 Kb8 15.
a4 f6 16. c4 Bc8 17. Rfe1 fxe5 18. Rxe5 Qb4 19. Rf1 Bc7 20. Qe3 Bxe5 21. Qxe5+
Ka8 22. Rb1 Qa3 23. Qd4 dxc4 24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25. Qxc4 Qd6 26. Be4 Kb8 27. a5 Rf7
28. a6 Rc7 29. Qe2 Rd8 30. g3 Re7 31. Qe3 Qb6 32. Qf4+ e5 33. Nxe5 Qd6 34. axb7
Rxe5 35. bxc8=Q+ Rxc8 36. Bg2 Rf8 37. Qc1 Rxf2 38. Qc6 Rxg2+ 39. Qxg2 Qb6+ 40.
Qf2 Rxb5 41. Qxb6+ {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E-Cherniaev,A/RUS-Cup2 1996/EXP 56})
7... gxh6 8. Bd3 (8. b4 Bf8 9. b5 Ne7 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O Ng6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13.
c4 O-O 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nc3 d4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxe5 18. Rad1 Bg4 19. f3
Rad8 20. Nce2 Bc8 21. Nb3 Be6 22. Ned4 Bc4 23. Rfe1 Rd5 24. Nc2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1
Rc8 26. Nb4 Be6 27. Nd5 Kg7 28. f4 Bb8 29. g3 a6 30. bxa6 Ba7+ 31. Kf1 bxa6 32.
Rd2 a5 {Sveshnikov,E-Glek,I/Moscow7 op 1991/TD 91\03/1-0 (62)}) 8... f6 9. exf6
(9. b4 Bf8 10. b5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 fxe5 12. Qh5+ Kd7 13. Qxe5 Rg8 14. g3 Bd6 15.
Qe2 Qf6 16. O-O b6 17. a4 Bb7 18. a5 bxa5 19. Rxa5 Bc5 20. Ra4 Rg5 21. Rg4 Rxg4
22. Qxg4 Rf8 23. Qe2 e5 24. Nd2 e4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Qf3 28.
Qxf3 Rxf3 29. c4 Rc3 30. Rd1+ Kc7 31. Rd5 Rxc4 32. Rh5 Kb6 33. Rxh6+ Kxb5 {
0-1 Khalifman,A-Kaidanov,G/Moscow-B 1987/TD 87\01}) 9... Qxf6 10. O-O O-O 11.
Bc2 Rf7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Qe2 e5 15. Rad1 e4 16. Ne1 Raf8 17. Rxd5
Qxf2+ 18. Rxf2 Rxf2 19. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 20. Kf1 Bb6+ 21. Ke2 Bg4+ 22. Kd2 Rf2+ 23.
Kc1 Be3+ 24. Nd2 Re2 25. Bb3 Rxe1+ 26. Kc2 Bd1+ 27. Kb1 Bxb3# {0-1 Short,
N-Glek,I/EU-ch Rapid-30' Cap d`Agde 1996/EXP 55}) (6. Na3 Nf5 7. Nc2 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Be7 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 Rc8 12. Bd2 a5 13. a3 a4 14. Rg1 Nh4
15. Bd3 Ng6 16. Qe1 Qe8 17. Nb4 f6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Bb4 Kh8 21.
Qe3 Rg8 22. Bc2 Ra8 23. Ne1 e5 24. dxe5 Bxb4 25. axb4 Qxe5 26. Rxa4 Qxe3 27.
fxe3 Rxa4 28. Bxa4 Rb8 29. Nc2 Ne5 30. Rf1 Kg7 {Kuzmin,G-Savchenko,S/Pula PCA
op 1994/EXT 94op/0-1 (60)}) (6. Be2 Nf5 7. g4 Nh4 8. Nxh4 Qxh4 9. Be3 Bd7 10.
O-O Qd8 11. Nd2 Qb6 12. Rb1 cxd4 13. cxd4 a5 14. Kh1 a4 15. f4 h5 16. gxh5 Ne7
17. Bf2 Bb5 18. b3 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 a3 20. b4 Nf5 21. Rfc1 Be7 22. Nf1 Kd7 {
1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Glek,I/BL9394 1994/BL 90}) (6. a3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. b4 Bd7 9.
Bb2 Be7 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. O-O Be6 13. Nc3 Qd8 14. Qd2 g5 15. Nb5 h6
16. Bc3 a6 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. a4 f6 20. b5 Nd8 21. Bb4 Qd7 22. Qe2
Kf7 23. Nd2 axb5 24. axb5 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Kg6 26. Qd3 Nf7 27. Nb3 b6 28. Ra6 Rb8
29. h4 Qc7 30. h5+ Kg7 {Kamsky,G-Dokhoian,Y/Pavlodar 1987/EXT 87/0-1 (61)})
6... cxd4 (6... f6 7. O-O Nf7 8. Qe2 f5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. b5 Na5 12.
Nd4 O-O 13. Kh1 Kh8 14. Re1 Rg8 15. Na3 Qf8 16. Nac2 g5 17. Bd2 Nh6 18. Ne3 Bd7
19. c4 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 {0-1 Dekker,T-Crouch,C/NLD-ch op 1992/EXT 92ch (35)}) 7.
cxd4 Nf5 8. Be3 $5 (8. Bxf5 exf5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Ne2 (10. O-O Be7 11. Ne1 Rc8
12. Nc2 O-O 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. f4 a6 15. Bd2 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Kh1 Rfe8 18.
Rae1 Bf7 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Bxe1 Qe6 22. Bf2 h6 23. h4 Bh5 24.
Kg1 Kf7 25. Kf1 Ne7 26. Ne1 b5 27. Qd2 Nc6 28. a3 b4 29. axb4 Nxb4 30. Na4 Be7
31. Nc5 Bxc5 32. dxc5 Qe4 33. Bd4 {1/2-1/2 Zaitsev,I-Moskalenko,V/Moscow ZSKS
1992/CBM 30}) 10... h6 11. h4 Qa5+ {New, but I am not sure good move. White
king will fill very comfortably on f1, and queens also occupys square vey
usefull for knight.} (11... g6 12. Nf4 Be7 13. g3 Qb6 14. Kf1 Kd7 15. Kg2 Rag8
16. Nd3 Kc8 $13 {0-1 Zifroni,D-Soffer,R/Tel Aviv 1995 (50)}) (11... Be7 12. Nf4
Rc8 13. Bd2 O-O 14. a3 Na5 $13 15. Bb4 $6 Bxb4+ 16. axb4 Nc6 17. Qa4 Qb6 18. b5
Ne7 $15 {Bonsh-Vaganian, BL 1997}) 12. Kf1 Be7 13. Kg1 Rc8 14. Nf4 g6 15. a3
Qb6 {[%cal Ya7a5]} 16. b4 $5 a5 17. Rb1 axb4 18. axb4 Na7 (18... Nxb4 $2 19.
Bd2 Rc4 20. Nd3 $18) 19. b5 $1 Rc4 {It will be not easy for White to prove
advantage after risky} (19... Nxb5 $5 20. Qa4 Qa6 21. Qxb5+ Qxb5 22. Rxb5 Rxc1+
23. Kh2 Rxh1+ 24. Kxh1 g5 $1 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 g4 27. Nd2 Bxh4 28. g3 Bg5
29. Nc4 Ke7 30. Rb5 Rb8 $13) 20. Rh3 Rb4 (20... Nxb5 $5) 21. Rxb4 Bxb4 22. Rg3
Kd7 23. Nxe6 Kxe6 {Strange, but not very bad position for a K} 24. Bd2 Qxb5 ({
Deserves attention} 24... Be7 $5) 25. h5 Bxd2 $2 {Serious mistake. Why not} (
25... g5 $5 {and after} 26. Nxg5+ $5 hxg5 27. Rb3 Nc6 28. Bxb4 Qc4 29. Bc5 b5
30. Rb1 g4 31. Rc1 Qa4 $132 {everything is not so terrible.}) 26. Nxd2 g5 27.
Rb3 Qc6 28. Qb1 $16 {[%cal Rb3b6]} b5 29. Ra3 $1 Ra8 (29... Nc8 30. Nb3 f4 31.
Nc5+ Ke7 32. Ra6 $1 Nb6 33. Ra7+ Ke8 34. Qf5 Rf8 35. e6 $18) 30. Qa1 Qb7 (30...
Qb7 31. Nb3 Ke7 32. Nc5 Qc7 33. Ra6 Kf8 34. Rxh6 Rc8 35. Rf6 Kg8 36. Rxf5 Nc6
37. Rxg5+ Kh8 38. Nb3 Nd8 39. Nc5 Nc6 40. Rf5 Rg8 41. Qc1 {1-0 Adams,M-Lputian,
S/EU-chTM 1997/EXP 57/[ARM - ENG]}) 31. Nb3 {Pin and weak king almost deprive
Black chances for succesful defence.} Ke7 32. Nc5 Qc7 33. Ra6 $18 Kf8 34. Rxh6
Rc8 35. Rf6 Kg8 36. Rxf5 Nc6 37. Rxg5+ Kh8 38. Nb3 Nd8 39. Nc5 Nc6 40. Rf5 Rg8
41. Qc1 {1-0 Adams,M-Lputian,S/EU-chTM 1997/EXP 57/[Psakhis]}) 8... Be7 9. O-O
Bd7 10. Nc3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 f5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Ne5 $1 Ke7 (13... O-O 14. Qh5 g6
15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qxg6+ Bg7 17. Rxf8+ Qxf8 18. Rf1 Nxe5 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. dxe5
$18) 14. Ng4 $1 Nb4 15. Rc1 Bg5 16. Kh1 Be8 17. a3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bg6 19. Qd2
Rf8 20. Nb5 $1 {/\Qb4+} Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 a5 22. Ne5 Qb6 23. a4 Rc8 24. b4 Ra8 25.
Qc3 $1 $18 Be8 26. bxa5 Rxa5 (26... Qxa5 27. Qc5+ $18) 27. Qb4+ Kd8 28. Nf7+
Bxf7 29. Rxf7 Qxb5 30. Qd6+ (30. Qf8+ Qe8 31. Qd6+ Kc8 32. Qc7#) {[} 30... Ke8
31. Qf8# {]} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.02.02"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Muenchen Zugzwang"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{AUF FRANZÖSISCHEN ABWEGEN} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 {
Zwar laut Statistik eines der erfolgreichsten Systeme gegen die französische
Vorstoß-Variante, aber dennoch nicht so beliebt wie 5...Qb6.} 6. Be2 {Solider
und vermutlich auch besser als das ambitionierte, riskante} (6. a3) 6... cxd4 (
{Wesentlich häufiger - besonders bei den Topspielern - ist} 6... Nge7 {
anzutreffen. Dazu ein paar Beispiele:} 7. Na3 (7. O-O Nf5 (7... cxd4) (7... Rc8
) (7... Ng6 8. g3 Be7 9. h4 $5 $13) 8. dxc5 $1 Bxc5 9. Bd3 Nh4 (9... O-O $5)
10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Re1 Qb8 13. Qe2 Bc7 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Bg5 Bd8 $6 (
15... O-O $142) (15... Nxe5 $2 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxe5 f6 {wegen}
19. Re3 fxg5 20. Nc5 $1 $16) 16. Bxd8 (16. Nc5 $142 $1) 16... Qxd8 17. Nbd4
Nxd4 18. Nxd4 $14 {1-0 (48) Hracek,Z (2594)-Hertneck,G (2476) Germany 2017 CBM
177 [Meyer,CD]}) 7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 (8... Ng6 9. h4 $1 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Be7 11.
g3 O-O 12. h5 Nh8 13. Nc2 f6 14. Bf4 Nf7 15. Ne3 fxe5 16. dxe5 Ng5 17. h6 g6
18. Ng4 $2 (18. Bxg5 Bxg5 19. Ng4) 18... Ne4 (18... Nxf3 19. Bxf3 g5 $15) 19.
Nd2 $2 Nxf2 $1 20. Nxf2 g5 $17 {, dennoch 1-0 (105) in Movsesian,S (2635)
-Kindermann,S (2535), BL 2005/06, OSC Baden Baden - TV Tegernsee 2005}) 9. Nc2
Qb6 10. g4 (10. O-O Na5 11. b3 Bb5 12. Bd2 Nc6 $13 {/=, remis/69, McShane,L 
(2652) - Hawkins,J (2590), London 2016}) 10... Nfe7 11. O-O h5 12. g5 Nf5 13.
a3 Be7 14. b4 f6 $6 (14... O-O $142) 15. b5 Na5 16. Ne3 (16. Bd3 $142 $1 $14)
16... Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Bxb5 18. exf6 (18. Nh4 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qa6 20. Qc2 Qc6 21.
Qb1 $13) 18... gxf6 $13 {1-0 (41) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Sebenik,M (2562)
chess.com INT 2018}) 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. O-O Nf5 9. Nc3 a6 $5 (9... h5 10. Be3 $1
Be7 11. Bd3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 $14 g5 13. Nb5 $1 Qb6 14. Nxg5 Bxg5 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16.
Rxf7+ Kd8 17. Qf3 {, dennoch 0-1 (28), Van Haastert,E (2300)-Blees,A (2405),
Netherlands 1996}) 10. Kh1 $5 ({I} 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Na4 Qa7 12. Be3 b5 13. Nc3
Be7 14. Bd3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 O-O $13 {/=, 0-1 (35) Geivondian,A (2304)-Iljushin,A
(2515), Moscow 2015}) ({II} 10. Be3 Be7 11. Bd3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 O-O $13 {/=})
10... Be7 ({Zu dieser relativ seltenen Stellung ein paar andere Möglichkeiten:
I} 10... h5 11. Bg5 (11. Be3 $5 g6 12. Bd3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bg7 (13... Bh6 14. e4)
(13... Be7 $6 14. a3 O-O 15. e4) 14. e4) 11... Be7 12. Bxe7 (12. Be3) 12...
Qxe7 13. Qd2 Rg8 (13... g5 $6 14. Nxg5 Ncxd4 15. Rac1) 14. b4 $5 (14. Bd3 Ncxd4
15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxa6 Nf3 17. gxf3 Rxa6 $13) 14... g5 (14... Nxb4 15. Rab1 g5
(15... Rb8 16. Nd1 Nc6 17. Ne3 $1) 16. Nd1 Nc6 17. Ne3 $1 g4 18. Nxf5 exf5 19.
Ne1 b5 20. Nd3 $1 Nxd4 (20... Qg5 $2 21. Nf4) 21. Nf4 Nxe2 22. Qxe2 Be6 23. a4
$44) 15. b5 Nd8 $2 (15... axb5 $142 16. Nxb5 g4 17. Ne1 (17. Nc7+ $6 Kf8 18.
Nxa8 gxf3 19. Bxf3 Qd8 20. Bxh5 Qxa8 $15) 17... Kf8 18. Nc2 $13) 16. Ne1 axb5
$1 17. Nxb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5+ Kf8 19. Nc2 $16 {, dennoch ½-½ (28) Romanishin,O 
(2615)-Knaak,R (2525), Altensteig 1993,CBM 037}) ({II} 10... Rc8 11. Be3 (11.
g4 Nfe7 (11... Nh4) 12. Bd3 Na5 13. Rg1 Nec6 14. Rg3 $14 {, ½-½ (51) Vatter,
H (2320)-Kindermann,S (2520), Baden-Baden 1993}) 11... Be7 12. Bd3 Nxe3 13.
fxe3 Nb4 14. Bb1 O-O 15. a3 Nc6 16. Qd3 (16. e4 $142 dxe4 17. Bxe4 $14) 16...
g6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Na5 19. Qe3 Kg7 20. Ba2 Bb5 21. Rf2 Bc4 22. Bxc4 Nxc4
23. Qf4 $13 {/=, ½-½ (84) Nozdrachev,V (2465)-Volkov,S (2611), Cheboksary
2016}) 11. g4 (11. Bd3 $142 $5 $146 {+/=} g6 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. Bf4 Rg8 14. Rc1
Na5 $2 (14... Rc8) 15. Nxd5 $1 exd5 16. e6 Bxe6 17. Bc7 Qd7 18. Bxa5 $16 {
1-0 (37), Eshuis,H (2087)-Niewold,J (1903), ICCF email 2015}) 11... Nh4 12.
Nxh4 Bxh4 13. f4 ({Genauer war zweifellos} 13. Be3 {/\f4~~}) 13... Be7 ({
Hier kneift der ehemalige deutsche Nationapieler GM Stefan Kindermann (59), mit
} 13... Qb6 $142 $5 {hätte er die von seinem ukrainischen Gegner GM Zahar
Efimenko (33) bevorzugte ruhige Stellungsbehandlung durchkreuzen können:} 14.
Be3 Qxb2 15. Rc1 Be7 16. f5 Qa3 $13 {, und in dieser scharfen, unklaren Lage
wäre nach dem Bauernverlust Weiß unter Beweisdruck.}) 14. Be3 Rc8 (14... O-O
15. Bd3) 15. Rc1 Na5 (15... O-O 16. Bd3) 16. b3 $6 ({Alternativen: I} 16. f5
$142 $5 {nebst enormen, chancenreichen, aber am Brett undurchschaubaren
Verwicklungen. Hierzu ein paar Anregungen:} Bg5 (16... b5 17. a3 (17. f6 gxf6
18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bd3 Bg5 (19... Qe7 $143 20. Qf3 Bg7 21. Rce1) 20. Nxb5 (20.
Qf3 $143 O-O 21. Ne2 (21. Qh3 h6) 21... Nc4) 20... axb5 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Bxb5+
$44) 17... Bg5 $5 (17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 (18... Rxc4 19. Qf3 $14) 19. fxe6
fxe6 20. g5 Bc6+ 21. Kg1 g6 22. Qg4 Qd7 23. Qh3 (23. Rf4 Rf8) 23... Rc7 (23...
a5 24. d5 $1 Bxd5 25. Rcd1) 24. Rf2 a5 25. d5 Bxd5 26. Rd1 Qc6 27. Nxd5 exd5
28. Bd4 $14) 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. Bxb5+ Kf8 (20... Bd7 $2 21. Bxd7+
Kxd7 22. fxe6+ fxe6 (22... Kxe6 23. Qd3 $18) 23. Rf7+ Be7 (23... Ke8 24. Ra7
$18 Bxe3 25. Qf1) 24. Bg5 Re8 (24... Nc6 25. Bxe7 Nxe7 26. Qa4+ Kc8 27. Rf3 $18
) 25. b4 Nc6 26. b5 Na7 27. Qa4 Qb6 28. Qb4 Nc8 29. a4 $18) 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22.
Qa4 (22. Qe1 Nc4 23. b3 h5 $1 24. bxc4 hxg4 25. cxd5 g3 26. Kg1 Qh4 27. Qxg3
Qxd4+ 28. Qf2 (28. Rf2 Qxd5 29. Qd3 Qxd3 30. Bxd3 exf5 $11) 28... Qg4+ $1 29.
Qg2 (29. Kh1 Bb7 30. Bc6 Bxc6 31. dxc6 exf5 32. Qxf5 Qxf5 33. Rxf5 Ke7 34. Rf2
Ke6 35. Rc2 Kxe5 $11) 29... Qd4+ 30. Kh1 exf5 31. Rc1 Bb7 32. Bc6 Qe3 33. Rg1
Qxe5 34. Bxb7 (34. Qg3 Qe4+ 35. Qg2 Bxc6 36. dxc6 g6 37. Qxe4 fxe4 $11 38. c7
Ke7) 34... Rxh2+ $1 35. Qxh2 Qe4+ $11 {nebst Dauerschach} 36. Rg2 (36. Qg2 Qh4+
) 36... Qe1+ 37. Qg1 Qh4+ 38. Rh2 Qe4+) 22... Qd2 $1 23. b4 Qe3 $1 24. bxa5
Qe4+ 25. Kg1 Qxg4+ 26. Kf2 exf5 27. Qb4+ Kg8 28. Qc3 Qh4+ 29. Ke2 Be6 30. a6 g6
31. a7 Kg7 32. Bc6 Qe4+ 33. Kd2 Qg2+ 34. Ke1 Qe4+ 35. Kd1 Qb1+ 36. Ke2 Qe4+ 37.
Kf2 (37. Qe3 $4 Qc2+) 37... Qf4+ 38. Kg2 Qg4+ 39. Kh1 Qe2 40. Qf3 Qa6 41. a8=Q
Rxa8 42. Bxa8 Qxa8 $14) (16... O-O $2 17. f6 $1 gxf6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. g5 Bg7
20. Bd3 $40 {+-}) 17. Qd2 h6 18. f6 (18. b3 $14) 18... gxf6 19. Bxg5 fxg5 20.
Bd3 $14) ({II} 16. Rc2 Nc4 17. Bc1 O-O 18. Bd3 f6 $13 {/=}) 16... Bb4 (16...
O-O $13 {/=}) 17. Nb1 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 h5 $2 ({Ein leichtfertiges Bauernopfer,
das den Königsflügel nur schwächt. Indes war jetzt ein guter Zeitpunkt für
die Rochade:} 18... O-O $142 $13 {/=, und Schwarz steht keinesfalls schlechter,
z.B.} 19. Qd1 (19. f5 f6) 19... Nc6 20. a3 Be7 21. Bd3 f6) 19. gxh5 {"Geduldig
wie eine Boa" verleibt Weiß sich diesen Bauern ein.} Bb5 20. Bxb5+ axb5 21. f5
(21. a3 $142 Bf8 22. f5 $14) 21... exf5 $2 {Der vorentscheidende Fehler. Sehr
in Betracht kam hingegen} (21... Nc6 $142 $13 {/=, /\Qh4, z.B.} 22. fxe6 fxe6
23. Qc2 Qh4 24. Qg6+ Kd7 25. Rf7+ Ne7) 22. Rxf5 $16 {Mit seinem unrochierten
König sowie einer zerrütteten Bauernstruktur steht Schwarz hoffnungslos und
kann nur versuchen, im Trüben zu fischen.} Nc6 ({Das giftige} 22... g6 $5 {
bedarf allerdings gekonnter Behandlung:} 23. Bg5 $1 ({jedoch nicht:} 23. hxg6
$2 Rxh2+ $1 24. Kxh2 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 Qg4+ 26. Kf2 Qxf5+ 27. Ke2 Qg4+ 28. Kf2 Nc6
29. gxf7+ Kf8 30. Qg1 Qf5+ $11) (23. Rf6 $6 Rxh5) 23... Qd7 24. Rf2 $1 Rxh5 25.
e6 $1 fxe6 (25... Qxe6 $2 26. Re2 $18 Rxh2+ 27. Rxh2 Qe4+ 28. Rg2) 26. Qf4 {
Weiter kann folgen:} Nc6 27. Qf6 Qh7 28. Qxe6+ Be7 29. Bxe7 Nxe7 30. Nc3 Qh6
31. Re2 $1 $16 (31. Ne2 $143 Qd2 32. Qf7+ Kd8 33. Ng3 Qe1+ 34. Kg2 Nf5 $5 $132)
31... Qf8 32. Qc8+ Kf7 33. Rf2+ Rf5 34. Qxf8+ Kxf8 35. Rxf5+ Nxf5 36. Nxb5 {
und Weiß besitzt einen gesunden Mehrbauern in einem siegverheißenden
Springerendspiel.}) 23. Rg5 $1 Bf8 (23... Qd7 24. Qf1) 24. Nc3 b4 25. Ne2 $6 ({
Wiederholt bleiben in dieser Begegnung die interessantesten Varianten leider
hinter den Kulissen. Hier hätte Weiß viel energischer mit} 25. Nb5 $142 $1 {
fortsetzen sollen, z.B.:} Qd7 26. Qg1 $5 (26. Qc2 $5) (26. Bg1 $5) 26... Qh3
27. Nc7+ Kd7 28. Nxd5 Qf3+ 29. Qg2 Qd1+ 30. Bg1 Nxd4 31. a4 $1 Rh6 (31... bxa3
$2 32. Nc3 $1 $18 Qd3 33. Qxb7+ Kd8 34. Qd5+) 32. e6+ $3 Nxe6 (32... fxe6 33.
Ne3 $1 Qf3 34. Ng4 $18) (32... Rxe6 33. Nf4 $18) 33. Nc3 $1 Qc1 (33... bxc3 34.
Rd5+ $18) 34. Qxb7+ $18) 25... Qd7 $6 ({Zäher war} 25... f6 $5 {, z.B.} 26.
Rg2 $5 (26. exf6 Qxf6 27. Ng3 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Bd6 29. Rf5 Qg4 30. Bf4 $16) 26...
fxe5 27. dxe5 Rxh5 (27... Nxe5 $2 28. h6 $1 g6 29. Bd4 Bxh6 30. Qc2 Bg7 31. Nf4
$18) (27... d4 28. Bg5 Qd5 29. Nf4 Qe4 30. Qc2 d3 31. Qxd3 Qxd3 32. Nxd3 Rxh5
$16) 28. Qc2 Rxe5 29. Qg6+ Kd7 30. Qg4+ Kc7 31. Bf4 $16) 26. Nf4 (26. Qf1)
26... Nd8 (26... Rh6 27. Qd1 Ne7 28. Qf3 Ra6 29. Nd3 $18 Rxa2 (29... Rc6 30.
Nc5) 30. Nc5) 27. Rg2 Qf5 ({Oder} 27... Rh6 28. Qd1 Qf5 29. Qc2 Qxc2 30. Rxc2
$18 {mit technischer Gewinnstellung, z.B.} Nc6 31. Kg2 Be7 32. Kf3 Bg5 33. Kg4
Bxf4 34. Bxf4 Re6 35. Rc5 Nxd4 36. Rxd5 Nc6 37. h4) 28. Qc2 $1 ({Weiß sucht
die Vereinfachung durch Damentausch, während} 28. Qf1 $1 {mit Blickrichtung
nach b5 sich auch anbot.}) 28... Qxc2 29. Rxc2 $18 Nc6 30. Kg2 Be7 31. Nxd5 (
31. Kg3 $142 Bg5 32. Nxd5 Bxe3 33. Nxe3 Rxh5 34. Rd2) 31... Rxh5 32. Nf4 $6 ({
Der Ukrainer bleibt auf seinem weichen Kurs, während vorzugsweise} 32. Nxe7
$142 {und z.B.} Kxe7 33. Rc5 Rh8 34. Rb5 Ra8 35. Kf3 $1 {zielstrebiger wirkt:}
Rxa2 36. Rxb7+ Ke8 37. Ke4 Rxh2 38. Rc7 Rh4+ 39. Kd3 Nd8 40. d5 $18 {und
weiter z.B.} Rh5 41. Bd4 f6 (41... Rh3+ 42. Kc4) 42. Kc4 $1 fxe5 43. Bc5 Rh1
44. Re7+ Kf8 45. Kxb4 Rb1 46. Rd7+ Ke8 47. Rxg7) 32... Rf5 $6 ({Nach} 32... Rh4
$142 33. Ne2 f5 34. exf6 Bxf6 $16 {wäre der Kampf noch lange nicht
entschieden.}) 33. Ne2 Bh4 34. Ng3 Bxg3 35. hxg3 Rh5 36. Rc5 Kd8 37. Bd2 (37.
Rd5+ $142 Kc8 38. Bf4 $18 Rf5 (38... g5 39. g4 Rh4 40. Kg3 Rh1 41. Bxg5) 39.
Kf3 Rh5 40. Rc5) 37... Ke8 38. Rb5 (38. Be3 $142 Kd8 39. Rd5+ {mit Übergang
zur vorigen Variante}) 38... Nxd4 39. Rxb4 Nc6 40. Rxb7 Rxe5 41. Kf2 $16 Rd5
42. Be3 Rh5 43. Kg2 Re5 44. Kf3 f5 $6 45. Rxg7 Re4 46. Rc7 $18 Nb4 47. Rc4 Rxc4
48. bxc4 Kd7 49. a4 Nc6 50. Kf4 Ke6 51. Bd2 Ne5 52. a5 Nxc4 53. a6 Nb6 54. a7
Nd5+ 55. Kg5 Nc7 56. Ba5 Na8 57. Kg6 Ke5 58. Kf7 {- ein typischer Arbeitssieg
Efimenkos.} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1415"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.11.08"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 $5 {Die Vorstoß- oder Nimzowitsch-Variante war wohl
als kleine Überraschung gedacht, denn ansonsten pflegte der ukrainische
Großmeister, ausnahmslos mit 3.Nd2 oder 3.Nc3 fortzusetzen.} c5 4. c3 Nc6 5.
Nf3 Qb6 6. Na3 {Dies ist - an dieser Stelle - ein relativ wenig gebräuchlicher,
gediegener und nicht gerade erfolgreicher Zug. Weiß verzögert die Entwicklung
seines Königsläufers, plant das Manöver Nb1-a3-c2 und bereitet sich so auf
eine schnelle Öffnung am Damenflügel vor.} ({I} 6. a3 $5 {, um b4
vorzubereiten, ist ebenso logisch wie solide und scheint die beste Fortsetzung
für Weiß zu sein.}) ({II} 6. Be2 {Diese alte Fortsetzung (a la Nimzowitsch)
findet immer noch einige (auch prominente) Anhänger, doch die moderne
Entgegnung} Nh6 $1 {(nicht 6...cxd4) macht den Anziehenden das Leben schwer:}
7. Bxh6 (7. Na3 $2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bxa3 $1 9. bxa3 Nf5 10. Be3 Qa5+) (7. b3 cxd4
8. cxd4 Bb4+ $1 9. Kf1 $8 O-O $5 (9... Nf5)) 7... gxh6 8. Qd2 Bg7 9. O-O (9.
Na3 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. O-O f6 12. exf6 Rxf6) 9... O-O 10. Na3 cxd4 11. cxd4
f6 12. exf6 Rxf6) ({III Die riskante Gambit-Variante} 6. Bd3 {ist ein ganz
anderes Thema. Nach} cxd4 ({Schwarz muss sich nicht darauf einlassen und kann
gut} 6... Nh6 $5 {spielen:} 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. Nc3 Be6 {
/\h6 plus g5}) 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Nxd4 {probiert Weiß gerne den Patentzug von
IM Jiri Nun} 9. Nbd2 $5 $13) 6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 ({Ebenfalls zu beachten sind
} 7... Bb4+) ({und} 7... Bxa3) 8. Nc2 Nb4 $1 {Um das Abtauschmanöver Bc8-d7-b5
mit Beseitigung eines Hauptfeindes zu realisieren.} 9. Ne3 (9. Nxb4 $143 Bxb4+
10. Bd2 Ne7) 9... Bb5 {Theoretisch bestens geschult hat der lettischstämmige,
seit 2007 für den DSB spielberechtigte Großmeister Daniel Fridman bereits nach
wenigen Zügen eine völlig ausgeglichene Position erreicht.} 10. a3 ({Nicht
nachahmenswert ist Volokitins} 10. Bxb5+ {gegen den Französisch-Spezialisten
Georg Meier:} Qxb5 11. Qe2 a6 12. Qxb5+ axb5 13. Ke2 $6 (13. a3 $142 $11) 13...
Nxa2 14. Bd2 Ne7 (14... Ra6) 15. Nc2 Nc6 16. Na3 b4 17. Rxa2 bxa3 $6 (17... Kd7
$142 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. Raa1 Be7 20. Rhc1 f6 21. Nb5 Nc6 22. exf6 gxf6 $15) 18.
Rb1 {1/2-1/2 (39) Volokitin,A (2687)-Meier,G (2655) Haguenau 2013}) 10... Nc6
$146 ({Womöglich eine Neuerung und keineswegs schlechter als} 10... Bxf1 11.
Kxf1 (11. Nxf1 Qa6) 11... Nc6 12. g3 $13 {/=} a5 {1/2-1/2 (25) Zvjaginsev,V 
(2635)-Chernin,A (2605) Ohrid 2009} (12... Be7 {1/2-1/2 (34) Zvjaginsev,V 
(2659)-Shulman,Y (2565) Khanty Mansiysk 2005})) 11. Be2 a6 12. Bxb5 Qxb5 13.
Bd2 {Nun waren beide Parteien offenbar in Kampflaune und wollten die Damen auf
dem Brett behalten.} ({Oder auch} 13. Ng1 Nh6 14. Ne2 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rb1
Rae8 17. b4 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bb2 Qb6 20. Qd3 Nf7 {/\Nd6~~/=}) 13... a5 ({
Oder: I} 13... Qxb2 $6 14. Rb1 Qxa3 15. Rxb7) ({II} 13... Qd3 14. Qa4 h5 (14...
b5 15. Qc2 Qxc2 16. Nxc2 Rc8 17. Ke2 $13 {/=}) 15. Rc1 Qb5 (15... Nge7 16. Rc3
Qe4 (16... Qb5 17. Qxb5 axb5 18. Rb3) 17. O-O b5 18. Qc2 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20.
Rc7 $44) 16. Qxb5 axb5 $11) 14. Bc3 {In der für ihn typisch ruhigen und
geduldigen Weise versucht Efimenko, zunächst am Damenflügel ein Bollwerk zu
errichten, um dann seine Entwicklung mit Nf3-g1-e2 nebst 0-0 abzuschließen.} ({
Zu verflachend erscheint dagegen} 14. Qe2 Qxe2+ (14... Qxb2 $6 15. O-O Qb6 16.
Rfb1) 15. Kxe2) 14... Nge7 15. Ng1 Ng6 $6 {Der Auftakt zu einem fragwürdigen
Plan.} ({Überdies ist der Rappe auf g6 ungünstig platziert. Keinerlei Probleme
hätte Schwarz indes nach beispielsweise} 15... a4 16. Ne2 Na5 17. O-O Nb3 18.
Rb1 Nc6) 16. Ne2 f6 $6 {Stillhalten ist nicht Fridmans Sache, und er sucht die
üblichen Aktivitäten mit Hilfe des Hebels f6 (ähnlich der 6.Be2-Variante), was
hier aber eher kontraproduktiv ist!} (16... Be7 $142) (16... a4 $142) 17. exf6
(17. f4 $6 fxe5 (17... f5 $2 18. O-O Be7 19. g4 $1) 18. fxe5 Be7 19. O-O Bg5)
17... gxf6 18. O-O $14 Bh6 ({Vielleicht verdiente} 18... Bd6 {den Vorzug:} 19.
Ng3 O-O 20. Nh5 f5 21. Re1 Kh8 (21... Qb6 22. Nc2 Rae8 23. g3 Qc7 24. f4 $14)
22. g3 Rae8 23. f4 $14) 19. Ng4 Bg7 20. f4 O-O ({Falls} 20... f5 {, so} 21. Ne5
O-O $142 $14 (21... Ngxe5 $6 22. fxe5 Bh6 (22... O-O 23. Nf4 Rae8 24. Rf3) 23.
Bd2 Bxd2 24. Qxd2 $16)) 21. Ng3 $5 ({Der Hebel f5 nebst Schwächung der
schwarzen Bauernstruktur kommt freilich ebenso in Betracht:} 21. f5 $5 exf5 22.
Rxf5 {und nun z.B.} Nce7 (22... Rae8 23. Ng3 Nce7 24. Rf2 f5 25. Ne5 $14) 23.
Rf2 $1 Qd7 (23... h5 $5 24. Ne3 f5 25. g3 h4 $1 26. Ng2 hxg3 27. Nxg3 $14) 24.
Ng3 f5 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 $14) 21... f5 ({Jetzt wäre} 21... Rae8 $6 {
aber leichtfertig:} 22. f5 $1 Nge7 23. Qf3 Nxf5 24. Nxf5 exf5 25. Ne3 $1 Ne7
26. Nxf5 Nxf5 27. Qxf5 $16) 22. Ne5 Ngxe5 $2 {Ein schlechter Tausch: Der Ng6
wird zum Schutz seines Königs benötigt. Besser war:} ({I} 22... Ncxe5 23. fxe5
(23. dxe5 $143 Rfc8 24. Nh5 Rc4) 23... Bh6 (23... Rac8 24. Nh5 $14) (23... Qb6
24. Kh1 Qd8 25. Nh5 $14) (23... Kh8 24. Nh5 Bh6) 24. Nh5 Bg5 25. Bd2 f4 26. g3
$14) ({II} 22... Kh8 23. Nd7 Rfe8 24. Nh5 Re7 25. a4 Qa6 26. Nc5 Qa7 27. Re1
$14) 23. fxe5 Qb6 {Guter Rat ist jetzt teuer, wie auch Alternativen zeigen:} ({
I} 23... Kh8 24. Nh5 Bh6 (24... Ne7 25. Rf3 $16) (24... Rg8 25. Rf3 $16 Qb6 26.
Kh1 Qd8 27. Rh3) 25. Nf6 Be3+ (25... Rf7 26. Rf3) 26. Kh1 Rf7 27. Qh5 Rg7 28.
Ne8 Re7 29. Nd6 Qa6 30. Rf3 f4 31. g3 Qd3 32. Qh4 Rg7 33. Qxf4 Bxf4 34. Rxd3
$16) ({II} 23... Ne7 24. Nh5 Ng6 25. g4 $5 f4 (25... fxg4 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27.
exf6 $16) 26. Rf3 $1 $16 (26. g5 Rf5 27. Qg4 $14)) ({III} 23... Bh6 24. Nh5 Bg5
(24... Kh8 25. Nf6 $16) 25. Bd2 $1 Be7 26. Be3 Kh8 27. Rf3 $16) 24. Kh1 {
/\Nh5+/-} Kh8 ({I} 24... Ne7 25. Nh5 Ng6 (25... Kh8 26. Rf3 Ng6 27. Bd2 $1 Rf7
(27... Rfc8 28. Rb3 $1 Qa7 (28... Qxd4 $4 29. Nxg7) 29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30. Rg3 {
/\Qh5+/-}) 28. Bg5 Rc8 29. Rb3 Qa7 30. Nf6 Bxf6 31. Bxf6+ Kg8 32. Rg3 $16) 26.
g4 $1 f4 (26... fxg4 27. Qxg4 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Rf8 29. Nf6+ $16) 27. g5 Rf5 28.
Qg4 {und im Vergleich zur obigen Variante (23...Ne7/27.Qg4) mit wKg1/sQb5 hat
Weiß hier noch größeren Vorteil, z.B.} Qb5 (28... Kh8 29. Nf6 $16) 29. Rf3 (29.
Nxf4 $4 Raf8) 29... Kh8 (29... Raf8 30. h4) {oder auch} 30. Re1 (30. h4 Qe2 (
30... Raf8 31. Nf6 Bxf6 $2 32. exf6 $1 $18) 31. Re1 Qc2 32. Nf6 $16) 30... Rg8
31. Nf6 Bxf6 32. exf6 $16) ({II} 24... Qd8 25. Nh5 Kh8 26. Rf3 $16 Rg8 (26...
Bh6 27. Bd2) 27. Rh3) 25. Nh5 $16 {/\Rf3} Rg8 ({Nicht enden wollende
Verteidigungsprobleme zeigen auch die folgenden Abspiele: I} 25... Bh6 26. Nf6
Qc7 (26... Qd8 27. Qh5 Rxf6 28. exf6 Qxf6 29. Rae1 $16) 27. Bd2 Qg7 28. Rf3 $16
) ({II} 25... Ne7 26. Rf3 Rf7 27. Qd2 Qb5 (27... Ng6 28. g4 $16) 28. g4 b6 29.
g5 Ng6 30. Nf6 $18) ({III} 25... Qd8 26. Rf3 Bh6 27. Bd2 Bg5 28. Bxg5 Qxg5 29.
Rg3 Qh6 30. Nf6 $16) ({IV} 25... Rac8 26. Rf3 Qc7 27. Rh3 Qf7 28. Qd3 {/\Rf1+/-
}) 26. Rf3 $5 {Zwar plangemäß, aber verlockend war auch} (26. Nf4 $5 {, z.B.:}
Bh6 (26... Rge8 27. g4 $1 Ne7 (27... fxg4 $4 28. Qxg4) 28. Nh5 Rf8 29. g5 Ng6
30. Nf6 Rf7 31. Rf3 Rc8 32. Rh3 Bxf6 33. gxf6 $16 {/+-}) (26... Rae8 $4 27. Qh5
) 27. Nxe6 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Qxe6 29. Qf3 Rg4 (29... Rad8 30. Rad1 a4 31. Rd4 $1)
30. Rad1 Re4 31. g4 $1 Rxg4 (31... fxg4 32. Qf6+ $1 Qxf6 33. exf6 Kg8 34. Rxd5)
(31... f4 32. Qd3 $1) 32. Qxd5 Qxd5+ (32... Re8 33. Qxe6 Rxe6 34. Rd6 $1) 33.
Rxd5 $16) 26... Nd8 {Will ggf. via f7 seine Majestät unterstützen, doch dafür
war keine Zeit ...} (26... Qc7 {um die Dame heimzuholen, kann die aufkommende
Not auch nicht lindern, z.B.} 27. Rh3 Qf7 (27... Rac8 28. Be1 $1) 28. Be1 $1 {
/\Bh4! und Schwarz kann nur noch hinhaltenden Widerstand leisten:} Bf8 (28...
Bh6 29. Nf6 Rg6 30. Bd2 f4 31. g3 Nxd4 32. Bxf4 Nf5 33. Qh5 Rxf6 (33... Rf8
$143 34. Rf1 Rxf6 35. exf6 Bxf4 36. Qxf7 Rxf7 37. Rxf4) 34. exf6 Qxh5 35. Rxh5
Bxf4 36. gxf4 $16) 29. Nf6 Rg7 30. Qd2 Be7 31. Bh4 $40 {+/-/+-} {(} Bd8 32. Rc1
Rc8 33. Bg5 Be7 34. Rcc3 Rcg8 35. Rcg3 {)}) 27. g4 $3 {Wie ein Blitz aus
bewölktem Himmel. Plötzlich zeigt der Ukrainer seine taktische
Schlagfertigkeit.} (27. Be1 $6 Nc6 (27... Qxb2 $4 28. Rb3)) 27... fxg4 28. Rf4
$40 {+- Mit unwiderstehlichem Angriff} Qc7 ({Für die reumütige Rückkehr} 28...
Nc6 {war es definitiv zu spät:} 29. Rf7 Raf8 30. Rxg7 Rxg7 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32.
Qxg4+ Kh8 33. Qxe6 $18) 29. Rxg4 ({Schade! Dagegen hätte das zielstrebige} 29.
Be1 $142 $3 {die Gunst der Stunde genutzt und den "Schläfer" auf c3 zum
tödlichen Angreifer mutieren lassen:} Nf7 30. Bh4 Nh6 31. Nxg7 Rxg7 32. Rc1 Qd7
33. Bf6 $18) 29... Qf7 30. Rf4 Qg6 ({Falls} 30... Qe7 {, so kann} 31. Be1 $1 {
folgen, z.B.} Bh6 32. Bh4 Bg5 33. Bxg5 Qxg5 34. Qf3 Nc6 35. Nf6 {, und nach
der Infiltration des Springers ist Schwarz ohne echte Gegenwehr:} Rg6 36. Rf1
Qh6 37. Qf2 Rf8 38. Rh4 Qg7 39. Qf3 Rh6 40. Rxh6 Qxh6 41. Rg1 Ne7 42. Qg4 {
xe6+-}) 31. Qf3 {Dies wirft die vernichtende Drohung Rg1 plus Rxg7 auf, die
Schwarz zwar parieren kann, aber dafür andere Kröten schlucken muss.} Nc6 $2 {
Ratlos läuft Schwarz ins offene Messer.} ({Allein zu versuchen war noch} 31...
Bh6 32. Rf6 Qg5 {, wenngleich nach} 33. Qh3 $1 {/\Nf4 der Verteidiger für eine
verlorene Sache kämpft:} (33. Nf4 $143 {mit der Idee Bd2} Qg4 34. Qxg4 Rxg4 35.
Nxd5 $16) 33... Qe3 (33... Rc8 34. Nf4) (33... Bf8 34. Nf4) 34. Rf3 Qe2 (34...
Qg5 35. Nf6 Rg6 36. Raf1 $18) 35. Nf6 Rg6 36. Re1 Qc2 {, und nachdem die Dame
hinausgedrängt ist, widmet sich Weiß mit vereinten Kräften ihrem königlichen
Gemahl:} 37. Ng4 Bg5 (37... Bg7 38. Rf2 Qa4 39. Rg2 Qe8 40. Reg1 {/\Nf6+-}) 38.
Rf2 Qa4 39. Ref1 Nc6 (39... Be7 40. Rg2 Qe8 41. Rfg1 {/\Nf6+-}) 40. Rf7 h6 41.
Bd2 $1 Bxd2 42. Qd3 Rag8 (42... Rg7 43. Qxd2) 43. Nf6 $18 Rg1+ 44. Rxg1 Rxg1+
45. Kxg1 Qd1+ 46. Kg2) 32. Rg1 Qxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Bxe5+ 34. Ng3 Bxf4 35. Qxf4 $18 {
Der weiße Materialvorteil ist freilich viel zu groß, doch Fridman kämpft
vergeblich (für das Team) weiter ...} Raf8 36. Qh6 Re8 37. Qf6+ Rg7 38. Kf1 Kg8
39. Ke1 e5 40. Kd1 Rg6 41. Qf5 b5 42. dxe5 d4 43. Bd2 Rxe5 44. Qc8+ Kf7 45. Bf4
Rd5 46. Qh8 h5 47. Nxh5 Ne7 48. Qh7+ Ke8 49. Qxg6+ {Nach harmloser Eröffnung
folgte ein interessantes Mittelspiel mit einem rasanten Finale.} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.04.09"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Smerdon, David"]
[Black "Berelowitsch, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

{NEUER WEIN IN ALTEN SCHLÄUCHEN (Gambitvariante im Vorstoß-Franzosen auf dem
Prüfstand)} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 ({Ein paar interessante
Zugumstellungen und Nebenpfade nach} 4... Qb6 5. Nf3 {:} Bd7 (5... Nc6 6. Bd3 (
6. a3) 6... cxd4 (6... Nh6 {lautet die Empfehlung von GM Moskalenko}) 7. cxd4
Bd7 8. O-O {ist Zugumstellung zu unserer Hauptpartie}) 6. Bd3 cxd4 (6... Bb5 7.
dxc5 $1 Bxc5 8. b4 $1 $14) 7. Nxd4 $1 {Diese Blockade des Zentrums mit dem
Springer macht das weiße Spiel attraktiver.} (7. cxd4 {gibt Schwarz die 
(angenehme) Wahl zwischen} Nc6 ({oder dem geplanten und vereinfachenden} 7...
Bb5) {, z.B.} 8. O-O Nxd4 (8... Nh6 $5 {Schwarz kann auch gut ablehnen}) 9.
Nbd2 $5 $13 {, was wieder zur riskanten und zweischneidigen Gambit-Variante
wie in unserer Hauptpartie führt.}) 7... Nc6 (7... Bc5 8. O-O Bxd4 9. cxd4
Qxd4 10. Nc3 $1 a6 11. Re1 Bc6 12. Ne2 $1 Qxe5 $2 13. Ng3 $1 Qc7 14. Qg4 $40 {
1:0/29, Areshchenko,A (2714)-Rustemov,A (2538), Germany 2014, CBM 159 [Meyer,
CD]}) 8. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 9. O-O c5 10. c4 $5 Ne7 (10... d4) 11. Nc3 (11. cxd5)
11... Bc6 12. cxd5 exd5 (12... Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. e6) 13. e6 $1 fxe6 14.
Qh5+ Kd8 15. Bg5 $40 {1:0/25, Smerdon,D (2523)-Skalkotas,N (2212), Aghios
Kirykos 2015}) 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 $5 {/?!} ({Von manchen Experten als
fragwürdig bzw. gar als "bad line" eingestuft, da der Textzug den Auftakt zu
einem verwegenen Gambitspiel bildet. Werders australischer Großmeister David
Smerdon, bekannt als rauflustiger Taktiker und profunder Eröffnungskenner,
ist einer der ganz wenigen seiner Zunft, die dieses Risiko in einer
Turnierpartie eingehen. Seine Resultate gegen starke Gegnerschaft sind damit
allerdings durchwachsen. Ganz andere Themen ergeben sich nach dem populären} 
6. a3 f6 $5 (6... c4 $5) 7. Bd3) 6... cxd4 (6... Rc8 $143 7. dxc5 $1 Bxc5 8. b4
Bb6 9. Na3 a6 10. O-O f6 11. b5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. Qh5+ Kf8 14. Qxe5 $14 {
1:0/31, Smerdon,D (2508)-Williams,S (2449), Amsterdam 2014}) 7. cxd4 Qb6 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Nbd2 $5 {Statt 9.Nxd4 Qxd4 10.Nc3 (10.Re1) ist dies die "moderne"
Themastellung der alten Gambitvariante. Der Textzug gilt als Patent des
tschechischen IM Jiri Nun und wurde 1989 in die Meisterpraxis eingeführt. Ob
Weiß tatsächlich ausreichend Kompensation für den geopferten Bauern erhält,
scheint nach wie vor eine offene Frage zu sein. Verfolgen wir also in
gespannter Erwartung, welche Überraschungen das vorliegende
Aufeinandertreffen zweier versierter Taktiker für uns bereithält!} Ne7 {
Schwarz verfügt hier über eine Reihe von Fortsetzungen, die geläufigsten
sind 9...Nxf3+, 9...Nc6, 9...Ne7 und 9...Bc5. Zur letzteren drei
Smerdon-Beispiele sowie je eins zu 9...Nxf3+ und 9...Nc6:} ({I} 9... Bc5 $1 {
Sicherlich eine für Weiß problematische Variante. Welche Fortsetzung mag
Smerdon hiergegen ausgetüftelt haben? Seine vorliegenden Partien waren
jedenfalls keine Offenbarung.} 10. b4 (10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Nf3 Ne7 (11... h6 $143
12. a4 $5 a5 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Qb3 $5 $44) 12. Nxd4 (12. Rb1 Nc6 13. Bf4 a5 14.
a3 Bc5 $15) (12. Bxh7 Bxe5 $1 (12... Bxb2 13. Rb1 Rxh7 14. Rxb2 Qa6 15. Bg5 b6
16. Rc2 Ng6 (16... Ba4 $2 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Ng5 $1) 17. Rc7 $44) (12... Bb5 13.
Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nc6 15. Bf4 $13 {/=}) (12... Nc6 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Qxd4 Nxd4
15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Be3 $13 {/=}) 13. Nxe5 Rxh7 $15) 12... Qxd4 13. Re1 b6 (13...
Nc6 14. Be3 $5 Qxe5 15. Bc5 $44 {- remis/39, Smerdon,D (2521)-Timman,J (2584),
Helsingor 2013}) (13... Ng6 14. Be3 (14. Bxg6 Qxd1 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Rxd1 Rac8
$15) 14... Qxe5 (14... Qb4) 15. Qb3 (15. Bc5 Qxb2) 15... Qd6 16. Qxb7 O-O $15)
14. Be3 $2 (14. Rb1 Nc6 15. Be3 Qxe5 16. Bc5 Qf4 17. Ba3 Ne5 18. Be2 h5 $15)
14... Qxb2 15. Qg4 Ng6 16. Rab1 Qc3 $17 {0:1/29, Smerdon,D (2523)-Sadler,M 
(2646), England 2014}) (10. a3 Bb5 $15) (10. a4 a5 $15) 10... Nxf3+ 11. Nxf3
Qxb4 $15 12. Ng5 $6 (12. Rb1 Qa4 13. Qxa4 Bxa4 14. Rxb7 Ne7 $15) 12... Qa4 $1
13. Qh5 Nh6 14. Nxh7 (14. h3 g6 15. Qf3 (15. Qxh6 $4 Bf8) (15. Qe2 O-O 16. Qd2
(16. Nxh7 Kxh7 17. Qh5 {ist Zugumstellung zu 15.Qf3}) 16... Qb4 17. Nxh7 Qxd2
18. Nf6+ Kg7 19. Bxd2 Bc6 $17) 15... O-O 16. Nxh7 (16. Rb1 Nf5 17. Bxf5 exf5
18. Qxd5 b6 $17) 16... Kxh7 17. Qh5 Rh8 18. Bxh6 Bb5 19. Be3+ Kg8 20. Bxb5 Qxb5
21. Qf3 b6 $17) 14... Bb5 $1 (14... Rxh7 $143 15. Bxh7 Qg4 16. Qh3 Qxh3 17.
gxh3 Bc6 $15 {- 0:1/34, Smerdon,D (2421)-Zhao,Z (2461), Queenstown 2006}) 15.
Bxb5+ Qxb5 16. Ng5 O-O 17. Nf3 (17. Nxe6 $2 fxe6 18. Bxh6 Bxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Rxf2
20. Kxf2 Qb2+ 21. Kg3 Qxa1 $19) 17... Qd3 $1 18. Bxh6 Qh7 $17) ({II} 9... Nxf3+
10. Nxf3 h6 {An dieser Stelle wird alles Mögliche probiert. Auch hierzu ein
immer noch beachtliches Exempel zweier tschechischer Kombattanten:} 11. b4 $5
Ne7 (11... Bxb4 $6 12. Rb1 Qa5 13. Qb3 Bc5 14. Qxb7) 12. Be3 Qd8 13. b5 g6 14.
a4 $44 Bg7 (14... Nf5 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Qb3) 15. Qd2 g5 16. Qb4 Ng6 17. Bxg6
fxg6 18. h4 (18. Bc5 Kf7 19. Rfc1) 18... Bf8 $6 19. Qb1 $14 Kf7 20. hxg5 hxg5
21. Bxg5 $14 {- remis/43, Nun,J (2475)-Prandstetter,E (2415), Czechoslovakia
1989}) ({III} 9... Nc6 10. Nb3 Nge7 11. Be3 Qd8 (11... Qc7 12. Rc1 Ng6 13. Nc5
$44) 12. Nc5 Rb8 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. Bb5 $5 $44 {1-0 (39) - 1:0/39, Topalov,V 
(2752)-Morozevich,A (2770), Astana 2012}) 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qa4 12. b3 (12.
Bc2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qd8 (13... Qc7 14. Re1 Nc6) 14. Bg5 (14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh7 Nc6 16.
Nxf8 Kxf8 17. Re1) 14... h6 15. Be3 Nc6 16. a3 a5 17. Re1 Be7 18. Rc1 Rc8 $13 {
- remis/66, Smerdon,D (2508)-Peng,Z (2398), Amsterdam 2014}) 12... Qa5 13. Bd2
Qd8 14. Ng5 $6 ({Ungestüm, besser gefallen z.B.: I} 14. Re1 Nc6 15. a3 Be7 (
15... a5 $142 $15) 16. b4 Rc8 17. h4 Qb6 (17... h6) 18. Rc1 h6 19. Be3 Qd8 20.
Bb1 (20. h5 $13) 20... Bxh4 $4 (20... b5 $15) 21. b5 Na5 (21... Nb8 22. Rxc8
Bxc8 23. b6 axb6 24. Qa4+ Nc6 25. Qxh4 Qxh4 26. Nxh4 $16) 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Qa4
$18 d4 24. b6+ Qd7 (24... Nc6 25. Nxd4) 25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Bxd4 {- 1:0/34,
Smerdon,D (2523)-Zuther,T (2140), Erfurt 2013}) ({II} 14. b4 $5 {Einmal mehr
mag dieses Vorgehen am Damenflügel Weiß ausreichend Initiative geben. Dazu
ein paar Anregungen:} a6 (14... Rc8 15. Qe2 Nc6 (15... a6 16. a4) 16. Rab1 Be7
17. Rfc1 a6 18. a4 $44) 15. a4 Nc6 16. Rb1 Be7 17. Qe2 O-O 18. h4 $5 f5 (18...
Bxh4 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Na5 21. Nxh4 Qxh4 22. g3 Qd4 23. Rfc1 (23. Kg2 f5 (
23... g6 $6 24. Bb4) 24. Rh1 g6 25. Rh4 Qb6 $1 $15) 23... Rfc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8
25. Bxa5 Rxa5 26. Qc2 $11) 19. exf6 gxf6 $2 (19... Bxf6 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5
Ne7 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 $44) 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 Na5 22. Nd4 e5 23. Nf5 Kh8
24. Nxe7 Qxe7 25. Bb4 $16 {- 1:0/80, Nun,J (2362)-Migot,T (2229), Pardubice
2010 - ein Musterbeispiel des tschechischen Erfinders.}) 14... Nc6 15. f4 $146
{Möglicherweise eine Neuerung und ein Verbesserungsversuch gegenüber:} ({I} 
15. Re1 g6 $5 $15 {erscheint mir am besten} (15... Bb4 16. Bxh7 {Eine
waghalsige Operation, welche die Einsperrung des Läufers in Kauf nimmt.} g6
$15 (16... Bxd2 $143 17. Qxd2 g6 18. Qf4 Qe7 19. Rac1 O-O-O 20. b4 Kb8 21. a3
$13) 17. a3 $5 (17. h4 $2 Be7 18. h5 $2 Bxg5 19. hxg6 Bxd2 20. g7 Rg8 21. Bxg8
Qg5 22. Bh7 Qxg7 (22... Ne7 $142) 23. Qxd2 Qxh7 $19 {, dennoch 1:0/85, Pap,M 
(2469)-Kuljasevic,D (2527), Bosnjaci 2009}) 17... Be7 $142 (17... Bxd2 $6 18.
Qxd2 Qe7 19. Qf4 O-O-O (19... Nd4 $6 20. Rac1 Bb5 (20... Nxb3 $2 21. Rc3 Nd4
22. Rh3) 21. h4 Ne2+ 22. Rxe2 Bxe2 23. Rc3) 20. b4 $13) 18. Qg4 Qb6 19. Qh3 Rc8
$1 $15) (15... Be7 16. Qg4 $5 $13 {, z.B.} (16. Nxh7 g6) 16... h5 17. Qg3 h4
18. Qg4 Qb6 19. Rad1 Qd4 20. Bf4 {und Weiß mag ausreichend Kompensation haben.
}) {(} 16. a3 a5 {)}) ({II} 15. Qh5 g6 (15... Nxe5 $4 16. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 17. Qxe5
$16) 16. Qe2 Rc8 {und mindestens =/+}) 15... g6 $15 16. a3 Be7 17. Kh1 Nxe5 $2
{Haucht dem durch f4 geschwächten feindlichen Läufer wieder Leben ein.} (
17... a5 $142 $15) (17... O-O $142 $15) 18. Bc3 $1 ({Giftiger und auch
stärker als} 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. fxe5 Qd7 $142 (19... O-O $6 20. Bh6 Qc7 $1 (
20... Re8 $2 21. Bb5) 21. Bxf8 Bxf8 $15 {(} 22. Re1 Qc3 $5 {)}) 20. Bh6 O-O-O {
und ohne Ersatz für den Minusbauern kämpft Weiß mit dem Rücken an der Wand.
}) 18... Bf6 $6 ({Noch eine Ungenauigkeit des ukrainischen Großmeisters, die
auch den positionellen Vorteil vergibt. Eher in Betracht kam} 18... Bxg5 $142
$1 19. fxg5 Qc7 20. Rc1 O-O 21. Bb4 Qd8 $1 (21... Qxc1 $6 22. Qxc1 Nxd3 23. Qc3
Nxb4 24. Qxb4 Bc6 25. Qd4 (25. Qh4 $2 e5 26. Rf3 Bd7) 25... a6 26. Re1 $13) 22.
Bxf8 Qxf8 $15 {mit reichlich Ersatz für die geopferte Qualität}) 19. Bxe5 $1
Bxe5 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. fxe5+ Kg7 22. Qg4 $44 {Mehr konnte Weiß nach dem
Verlauf nicht erwarten. Die dunklen Felderschwächen im gegnerischen Lager,
die Angriffsmarken e6 und g6 sowie nicht zuletzt der passive "französische"
Läufer bieten ihm jetzt ausreichend Spiel. Überdies wird der schwarze
Mehrbauer im Hinblick auf den drohenden Plan h4-h5 bedeutungslos und Schwarz
muß sich schleunigst um Vereinfachung bemühen.} Rf8 (22... Rg8 $2 23. h4 (23.
Rf6)) 23. h4 $1 Qe7 24. h5 Rxf1+ (24... Be8 $2 25. Rxf8 Kxf8 26. Rf1+ Kg7 27.
Rf6) 25. Rxf1 Rf8 26. Rxf8 Kxf8 27. hxg6 h6 $5 (27... hxg6 28. Bxg6 Be8 $13 {/=
}) 28. g7+ $2 ({Ein Leichtsinnsfehler, nachdem Weiß am Ende der Abwicklung
schlicht einen Bauern einbüßt, während beispielsweise} 28. Qf4+ $142 Kg7 29.
b4 Be8 30. Qg4 $13 {/= eine gegebene Fortsetzung war.}) 28... Qxg7 29. Qb4+ Qe7
30. Qxb7 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Qd4+ 32. Kh1 Qh4+ 33. Kg1 Qd4+ 34. Kh1 Qa1+ $1 35. Kh2
Qxe5+ 36. g3 Ke8 37. Qa8+ Ke7 38. Qxa7 Qb2+ 39. Kh3 Qxb3 $17 {Womit ein ganz
neues Kapitel zum Thema Vorteilsverwertung mit Mehrbauer im Endspiel
aufgeschlagen wird.} 40. Qc5+ Kf7 41. Qd6 Ke8 42. Bg6+ Kd8 43. Kh4 ({Starke
Gegenwehr leistet auch} 43. Qf8+ Kc7 44. Qc5+ {, wonach Weiß jeweils den
Übergang ins Damenendspiel erzwingen kann, z.B.} Kb7 45. Be8 $5 Bxe8 (45...
Qa4 46. Qe7 Kc7 47. g4 Qc6 48. Bxd7 Qxd7 49. Qf8 Qd6 50. Qxh6 Qxa3+ 51. Kh4 $15
) 46. Qe7+ Kb6 47. Qxe8 Qe3 48. Qb8+ Ka6 49. Qa8+ Kb5 50. a4+ Kb4 51. Qa6 Qc5
52. a5 $15) 43... Qe3 ({Selbst in der häuslichen Analyse ist es schwer zu
beurteilen, ob die Vermeidung des Damentausches mittels} 43... Qc3 {die
bessere Wahl war, z.B.} 44. Kh5 Qd2 45. Qe5 Ke7 46. g4 $15) 44. Qf8+ $1 Kc7 45.
Qf4+ $1 {Nun jedoch bietet diese Transformation ins Läuferendspiel, so
scheint mir, dem Weißen die besten Rettungschancen.} Qxf4+ 46. gxf4 Kd8 $1 (
46... Kd6 $143 47. Kh5 Bb5 $5 48. Kxh6 d4 49. f5 $1 exf5 (49... e5 $4 50. f6
Bc4 51. Bd3 $1 $18) 50. Bxf5 $11) 47. Bc2 (47. Kh5 $4 Be8 $19) 47... Ke7 ({
Alternativen: I} 47... Bb5 {und nun z.B.:} 48. Kh5 (48. a4 $2 Be2 49. Bb3 (49.
f5 e5 $19) (49. a5 d4 $19) 49... Bf3 $1 (49... Kd7 $2 50. f5) 50. Kg3 Be4 51.
a5 Kc7 52. Bd1 Bf5 53. Kf2 d4 54. Bf3 Kb8 55. Be2 Ka7 $19) 48... Ke7 49. a4 (
49. f5 $2 e5 50. a4 Be8+ 51. Kg4 Kf6 $19) 49... Bc4 (49... Be2+ 50. Kxh6 Kf6
51. a5 d4 (51... Bc4 52. Kh5) 52. Bb3 Kf5 53. Kg7 Ba6 54. Kf7 $11) 50. Kxh6 Kf6
51. Kh5 d4 52. Kh4 Be2 53. Bb3 d3 54. Bc4 Bf1 55. Bb3 d2 56. Bd1 Kf5 57. Kg3
Ke4 58. Kf2 $1 ({oder auch} 58. f5 $1 exf5 59. Kf2) 58... Bc4 59. f5 $1 exf5 (
59... e5 60. a5 (60. f6) 60... Kd3 61. f6 e4 62. Be2+ Kc3 (62... Kc2 63. Bg4) (
62... Kd4 63. a6) 63. Bg4 Kd4 64. a6 e3+ 65. Kg3 e2 66. Bxe2 Bxe2 67. f7 d1=Q
68. f8=Q Qg1+ 69. Kh3 $11) 60. a5 $11 {und Weiß hat eine uneinnehmbare
Festung (=). Weiter kann z.B. folgen:} Bd3 61. Bb3 ({oder} 61. Bf3+ Kf4 62. Bd1
) 61... f4 62. Bd1 Bc4 63. Bc2+ Kd4 64. Kf3 Ke5 65. Bd1) ({II} 47... Be8 48. a4
Ke7 49. Kg4 d4 50. a5 Bb5 51. Kf3 d3 52. Bd1 h5 53. Kg3 Kd6 54. Bxh5 Kd5 55. f5
$1 exf5 (55... e5 $4 56. Kf2) 56. Kf4 Kd4 57. Kxf5 $11) 48. Kh5 Kf6 (48... Bb5
49. a4 Be2+ 50. Kxh6 Kf6 51. a5 {wie gehabt =}) 49. Kxh6 Bb5 50. a4 {[%emt 2:
42:20]} Bc4 {[%emt 2:44:22]} 51. Kh5 {[%emt 0:08:56]} Be2+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 52.
Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 53. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} d3 {[%emt 0:
00:17]} 54. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 55. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:24]}
d2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 56. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 57. Kg3 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 58. Kg4 $2 {[%emt 0:01:45]} ({Nach zäher
Verteidigung wirft GM Smerdon kurz vorm Remishafen die Partie einzügig weg.
Korrekt war} 58. f5 $1 {(oder erst Kf2)} exf5 (58... e5 59. f6 Bc4 60. a5 Kf5
61. Kf2 $11) 59. Kf2 $11 {und Weiß igelt sich wieder in seiner Festung ein})
58... Ke3 $19 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 59. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Be2 {[%emt 0:00:13]}
60. Bb3 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 61. a5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Kc3 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} 62. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 63. Bc2 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} Kxa5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} ({Nach} 63... Kxa5 {könnte noch folgen:} 64. Kf6
Kb4 65. Ke5 (65. Kxe6 Bc4+ 66. Ke5 Bb3) 65... Kc3 66. Ba4 Bd3 67. Bd1 Bc2 68.
Bg4 Bf5 69. Bf3 Kc2) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2015.12.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

{BLOCKADEN UND HEBEL} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} 6. a3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:55] "In the initial
stage both sides have several alternatives with independent ideas, but after a
few moves many different continuations will lead to the same position ...
there is hardly any theory on this line." (V. Moskalenko, 2008) Das zähe
Blockade-System im Vorstoß-Franzosen, bei der es weniger auf konkrete
Varianten als auf die Kenntnis von typischen Ideen und Plänen bzw. aufs
Stellungsverständnis ankommt. An der alten Auffassung, dass hiernach ein
schwieriger positioneller Kampf entsteht, bei dem die Chancen für Weiß als
etwas besser angesehen werden müssen, hat sich m. E. bis heute nichts
geändert.} ({Andere Fortsetzungen mit Rapport- bzw. Blübaum-Beteiligung: I} 
6... Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. cxd4 Bd7 10. Ra2 Rc8 11. Rc2 Bg7 12. Nc3
Nxd4 (12... O-O) 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxe5 15. Nce2 $14 {, 1-0 (40) Rapport,
R (2674)-Berg,E (2561) Malmo 2013}) ({II} 6... Nge7 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9.
Bxf5 exf5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. O-O h6 12. Na4 Qc7 (12... Qb5) 13. Ne1 Be7 14. Be3
O-O 15. Nd3 b6 16. Nc3 Na5 17. Nf4 Qd7 18. Qf3 Rfd8 $13 {/=, 1-0 (56) Rapport,
R (2577)-Bluebaum,M (2428) Sibenik 2012}) 7. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:35]} ({Die als
genauer geltende Zugfolge} 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Be2 {wird auch häufiger praktiziert
und führt nach} Bd7 9. Rb1 {zur nachstehenden Partie Rapport vs Apicella})
7... Na5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Be7 {[%emt 0:04:10]} ({
Der Textzug ist relativ selten anzutreffen, während} 8... Bd7 {die meist
übliche Wahl ist, z.B.:} 9. Rb1 (9. O-O Ne7 $13 (9... f6 $5 {Moskalenko}) 10.
Re1 Qc7 11. Rb1 Nc8 12. Nf1 Nb6 13. Bf4 Nb3 14. N3d2 Ba4 15. Nxb3 Bxb3 16. Qd2
Be7 17. Ng3 O-O-O 18. Nh5 g6 (18... Rhg8) 19. Nf6 $14 Nd7 20. Nxd7 $6 (20. Nxd5
$142 $1 exd5 21. e6 Bd6 22. exd7+ Qxd7 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Bf3 $14) 20... Qxd7 {
0-1 (51) Schroeder,J (2175)-Bluebaum,M (2320) playchess.com INT 2011}) 9... Ne7
10. b4 cxb3 11. Nxb3 Ba4 (11... Rc8 $142 $5 12. Nbd2 Qc6 $13 {remis/24m
Doroshenko,A (2362)-Galanov,S (2519) ICCF email 2012}) (11... Nxb3 $142 12.
Rxb3 Qc7 $13) 12. Nxa5 Bxd1 (12... Qxa5 $142 13. Qd3 Qc7 $13) 13. Rxb6 axb6 14.
Bb5+ Kd8 15. Nxb7+ Kc7 16. Kxd1 Kxb7 17. Ng5 Nc6 18. Nxf7 Rg8 19. a4 h6 $6 (
19... Be7 $14) 20. f4 $16 Be7 (20... g6 21. g4 Kc7 22. f5 gxf5 23. gxf5 exf5
24. e6 $1) 21. f5 exf5 22. Rf1 {1-0 (41) Rapport,R (2674)-Apicella,M (2532)
Haguenau 2013}) 9. O-O {[%emt 0:07:36]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:03:18]} (9... Bd7 10. Rb1
(10. Re1)) 10. Qe1 {[%emt 0:02:45] Leitet die Aktivierung seines
Königsläufers mittels Be2-d1-c2 ein.} ({Alternativen, z.B.: I} 10. b4 $5 cxb3
11. Rb1 $13) ({II} 10. Rb1 $5 Bd7 11. Re1 (11. b3 $5) 11... Nf5 12. Nf1 h6 13.
Ne3 O-O 14. h3 Nxe3 15. Bxe3 Qc7 16. Nd2 Nb3 17. Nxb3 Ba4 18. Bg4 Bxb3 19. Qe2
$13 {/=, ½-½ (30) Hughes,S (2345)-Szabo,V (2338) LSS email 2010}) 10... Nf5 {
[%emt 0:13:13]} 11. Bd1 Bd7 {[%emt 0:05:57]} 12. Bc2 {[%emt 0:02:06]} h6 {
[%emt 0:04:31]} 13. Kh1 {Weiß verabschiedet sich (zunächst) von einer
Öffnung des Damenflügels (b3 bzw. b4) und plant mit umständlichen Manövern
das Vorgehen seiner Königsflügelbauern (f4, g4). Nun wäre auch
beispielsweise} (13. Qd1 Rc8 14. Rb1 Bd8 15. b3 Nxb3 16. Nxb3 cxb3 17. Rxb3 Qc7
{nicht erstrebenswert für ihn.}) 13... Qc7 {[%emt 0:04:48]} (13... g5 14. g4
$13) 14. Ng1 {[%emt 0:05:12]} g5 $5 {[%emt 0:10:11]} ({Auch in Betracht kam
zunächst} 14... O-O-O $5 {plus gelegentliches ...g5. Weiß wird vermutlich
dann doch dazu übergehen, mittels b3 Aktivitäten zu entfalten.}) 15. g4 $5 {
[%emt 0:14:52]} Nh4 {[%emt 0:05:29]} 16. f4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} gxf4 $6 {
[%emt 0:10:01] Danach vermag Weiß die Initiative an sich zu reißen. Besser
war der Gegenhebel} (16... h5 $142 $1 17. fxg5 (17. gxh5 $143 g4) 17... hxg4
18. Rf4 Bxg5 19. Rxg4 Be7 20. Ndf3 Nxf3 21. Nxf3 O-O-O $13 {/=. Weiter könnte
folgen:} 22. Bg5 Bxg5 23. Rxg5 (23. Nxg5 $2 f5 $1) 23... Nc6 24. Qg3 Qb6 25.
Rb1 Rdf8 26. Rg7 f6 27. Nh4 Be8 28. b3 Qd8 {mit etwa gleichen Chancen}) 17.
Rxf4 {[%emt 0:11:11] Nun fällt die Verteidigung aufgrund der strukturellen
Mängel am Königsflügel bereits schwer.} f5 {[%emt 0:06:46] Um den Druck auf
der f-Linie abzuschütteln, indes begünstigen die resultierenden
Komplikationen eher den Gegner.} ({Andere Versuche: I} 17... Ng6 18. Rf1 $14 {
, z.B.} Rh7 19. Ne2 O-O-O 20. Nf4 Kb8 21. Nh5 $1 (21. Nxg6 $143 fxg6 22. Bxg6
Rg7 23. Bh5 Be8 $13)) ({II} 17... h5 18. g5 $1 Ng6 (18... Nf5 19. h4 $14) 19.
Rf3 Bc6 (19... Bxg5 $2 20. Nxc4 $1 Bh4 (20... dxc4 21. Bxg5 $16) 21. Bxg6 $1
Bxe1 22. Nd6+ Kf8 (22... Kd8 $4 23. Bg5+ f6 24. Bxf6#) 23. Rxf7+ Kg8 24. Bg5
$18 {, z.B.} Bd2 25. Bxd2 Nb3 26. Rd1 Rf8 (26... Nxd2 27. Rxd2 Rh6 28. Rg2) 27.
Bg5 Rxf7 28. Bxf7+ Kh7 29. Nf3) 20. Ne2 $14) 18. Ndf3 $1 {[%emt 0:07:35]} Nxf3
{[%emt 0:09:16]} (18... Ng6 $2 {erweist sich nach} 19. gxf5 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 {
als Bumerang:} O-O-O (20... exf5 $2 21. e6 Qxf4 22. exd7+ Kd8 23. Ne5) 21. Ne2
Rdg8 22. f6 Bd8 23. Be3 Be8 24. Nf4 $16 {(} Qb6 25. Rb1 Kb8 26. Qh4 Bf7 27. Qh3
{)}) 19. Nxf3 {[%emt 0:05:32] In allen Abspielen zeigt es sich nun, dass Weiß
hier die größeren Ressourcen hat.} fxg4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} ({Das verlockende} 
19... Bg5 $2 {ist vermutlich sogar fehlerhaft:} 20. Nxg5 $1 (20. gxf5 Bxf4 21.
Bxf4 O-O-O (21... exf5 $4 22. Qh4 $1 $18 Bc6 23. Rg1 Qe7 24. Bg5 hxg5 25. Qxh8+
Qf8 26. Qh5+ Qf7 27. Qxg5) 22. Qe3 $5 (22. f6) 22... Qb6 23. Rb1 exf5 24. Nh4
$14) 20... hxg5 21. Rxf5 $3 exf5 (21... O-O-O 22. Rxg5 Nb3 23. Bxb3 cxb3 24.
Rg7 $16) 22. Bxg5 Nb3 23. Rd1 Ba4 (23... Be6 24. gxf5) (23... Bc8 24. gxf5) 24.
Bxf5 {und für den geopferten Turm hat Weiß mit anhaltendem Druckspiel gegen
den in der Mitte feststeckenden König nebst drei Mehrbauern verheißungsvolle
Kompensation (+/-).}) 20. Nh4 $1 {[%emt 0:03:58]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:14:33]} 21.
Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 22. Rxg4 $6 {[%emt 0:03:51]} ({
Genauer war} 22. Nxe7+ $142 Rxe7 23. Qh4 {und wegen der Schwäche der
schwarzen Königsflügelbauern hat Weiß deutlichen Vorteil, z.B.} Ree8 24. Rb1
$1 Nb3 25. Be3 h5 (25... Rh8 26. Rxg4) 26. Rf7 $1 Rh8 27. Bg5 Rde8 28. Bf6 Rhg8
29. Rd1 Qb6 30. Bh7 Rgf8 31. Rxf8 Rxf8 32. Qxh5 $16) 22... Nb3 {[%emt 0:01:00]}
23. Bxb3 {[%emt 0:03:49]} cxb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 24. Bxh6 $14 {[%emt 0:00:23]
So hat der Anziehende zwar einen Bauern erobert, aber seine Vorteilsverwertung
außerordentlich erschwert.} ({Oder auch} 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Bxh6 $14) 24...
Be8 $6 {[%emt 0:05:49]} (24... Bb5 $142 25. Qe3 ({nicht} 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Bg5
Qg7) 25... Re8 26. Rag1 Bd8 27. Bg5 Bxg5 28. Rxg5 $14) 25. Qd2 $6 {[%emt 0:03:
27]} ({Hier war der Abtausch des schwarzfeldrigen Läufers wieder das gegebene
Mittel:} 25. Nxe7+ $142 Qxe7 26. Bg5 Qg7 27. Rg2 Rd7 28. Bf6 Qh6 29. Qg3 $16)
25... Bxg6 {[%emt 0:02:45]} (25... Bb5 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. Bg5 Qg7 28. Rag1 $14
{, z.B.} Rdh8 29. h4 Rh5 30. Rf4) 26. Rxg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rdh8 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 27. Rag1 {[%emt 0:04:04]} Bf8 $6 {[%emt 0:01:50]} (27... Bd8 $142 $5 28.
R1g2 (28. Rg7 Rxg7 29. Rxg7 Qc4 $14) 28... Qf7 29. Qf4 $14) 28. Bxf8 {[%emt 0:
14:11]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (28... Rxf8 $2 29. Rxe6 $18) 29. Bh6 $2 {[%emt 0:
00:18] Anstatt seinen Vorteil endgültig zu verdichten, greift der ungarische
Jungstar schwer daneben und gibt seinem Widersacher eine unverhoffte Chance.
Es musste} (29. Rf6 $142 $1 Rxh2+ (29... Qe8 $143 30. Rg7 $18) 30. Qxh2 Rxh2+
31. Kxh2 {mit großem Vorteil geschehen, z.B.} Qh5+ 32. Kg3 Qg5+ 33. Kf2 Qd2+
34. Kf3 Qd3+ (34... Qxb2 $143 35. Bh6 $1 Qxc3+ 36. Be3 $18) 35. Kg4 Qe2+ 36.
Rf3 {und höchstwahrscheinlich +- [} Kd7 (36... Qxb2 37. Kg5 Qc2 38. Kf6 b2 39.
Rff1 Kd7 40. Bd6) 37. a4 Qxb2 38. Kg5 Qc2 39. Rff1 b2 40. Kf6) 29... Rxh6 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} 30. Rxh6 {[%emt 0:03:06]} Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 31. Qg2 $14 {
[%emt 0:00:06] Auf ein Neues, aber nun sollte der weiße Mehrbauer kaum noch
ins Gewicht fallen.} (31. Qxh6 $2 Qf3+ 32. Rg2 Qf1+ 33. Rg1 Qf3+ $11) 31... Rh8
{[%emt 0:00:52]} 32. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 33. h3 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 34. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Ka7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 35.
Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:56]} a4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 36. Kg1 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:
00:57]} 37. Rf2 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Qh7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 38. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Qb1 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 39. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Qh7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 40. Qe3 {
[%emt 0:00:36]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} (40... Rh5 $142 41. c4 Rf5 42. cxd5 (42.
Rxf5 Qxf5 43. cxd5 Qc2+ 44. Kg3 Qxb2 $13 {/=}) 42... Rxf2+ 43. Qxf2 exd5 44.
Qe2 Qc2 45. Qg2 b5 46. e6 Qc7+ 47. Qg3 Qc2+ $11) 41. c4 $5 {[%emt 0:51:08]
Dieser Hebel stellt den letzten Gewinnversuch dar.} Re4 $6 {[%emt 0:18:53]} ({
Den Vorzug verdienten: I} 41... Qe4 $142 42. Qd2 Rh8 43. cxd5 exd5 $44 {, z.B.}
44. Qf4 (44. Rf4 Qb1 45. Rf2 Qe4 (45... Rg8)) 44... Qe1) ({II} 41... dxc4 $142
42. d5+ Ka6 43. Rf6 (43. d6 Re4 $132 {=, z.B.} 44. Qd2 (44. Qc3 Qh4 45. Qg3
Qxg3+ 46. Kxg3 Rxe5 47. Rd2 Rg5+ 48. Kf4 c3 $1 49. bxc3 Rd5 50. Rxd5 exd5 51.
d7 b2 52. d8=Q b1=Q 53. Qxd5 Qc1+ $11 {, xa3/xc3}) 44... Rh4 45. Rf3 (45. Qc3
Re4 46. Rd2 Qh4 47. d7 Qf4+ 48. Kg2 Qg5+) 45... Qe4 $11) 43... b6 44. Rxe6 Qc2+
45. Kg3 Qd3 $1 46. Rxb6+ Ka5 47. Qxd3 cxd3 48. Rf6 Re4 49. Rf2 Rxe5 50. Kf4
Rxd5 51. Ke3 Kb5 $11) 42. Qd2 $1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qc7 $2 {[%emt 0:03:28] der
partieentscheidende Fehler} ({Erforderlich war} 42... b6 $142 $8 {!} 43. cxd5 (
43. c5 Rh4 44. Qc3 (44. cxb6+ Ka6) 44... Kb7 45. cxb6 Qg7 $44 46. Rf1 Re4)
43... exd5 44. Qd3 Qh5 $44) 43. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 44.
Qb4 $16 {[%emt 0:00:00] /+-} Qc4 {[%emt 0:01:39] (?) Ein Fauxpas in
aussichtsloser Lage. Jetzt hätte} (44... b6 {auch nicht mehr gereicht:} 45.
Qxa4+ Kb7 46. Qb4 Qc4 47. Qxc4 dxc4 48. Rd2 Re3 49. Kg2 $18 (49. h4 $18)) 45.
Qa5+ $18 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (45. Qa5+ Qa6 46. Qxd5 Re2 47. Qc5+ Kb8 48. d5) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.11.20"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{HANDGEMENGE IN DER FRANZÖSISCHEN VORSTOSSVARIANTE} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5
4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 {Um b4 vorzubereiten, ist ebenso logisch wie solide
und scheint nach wie vor die beste Fortsetzung für Weiß zu sein.} (6. Na3 {
Diese Nebenvariante - wenn auch hier zu guter Letzt erfolgreich - ist nicht
unbedingt nachahmenswert:} cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. Nc2 Nb4 $1 9. Ne3 Bb5 10. a3 Nc6
$146 11. Be2 a6 12. Bxb5 Qxb5 13. Bd2 a5 14. Bc3 Nge7 15. Ng1 Ng6 $6 16. Ne2 f6
$6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. O-O $14 {1-0 (49) Efimenko,Z (2649)-Fridman,D (2635)
Germany 2014 CBM 164 [Meyer,CD]}) 6... Nh6 $5 {Laut Mega Database ist das
geplante ebenso dynamische wie typische Springermanöver Ng8-h6-f5 zwecks
Belagerung des Bauern d4 nach dem geläufigsten und zählebigen Blockadesystem
...c4 die zweithäufigste, indes erfolgreichste Fortsetzung. Theoretisch
bestens geschult verfügt GM Daniel Fridman, dreifacher deutscher Meister und
Nr. 8 der aktuellen Elo-Liste, über ein breites Eröffnungsrepertoire.
Vielleicht hatte Hracek bei seiner Vorbereitung jedoch auf das wagemutige 6...
f6 spekuliert? Siehe nachstehende Partie. Jedenfalls scheinen Fridmans
Erfahrungen mit der Französischen Vorstoßvariante alles andere als gut zu
sein.} ({Hierzu zwei Partien der Kontrahenten: I} 6... c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Rb1 (
8. Be2) (8. g3) 8... Bd7 9. Be2 Ne7 10. Nf1 (10. b4 $5) 10... Qb3 11. Bf4 Qxd1+
12. Bxd1 f6 13. h4 h5 14. Ng3 O-O-O 15. Bc2 {½-½ (15) Hracek,Z (2636)-Baklan,
V (2651) Calimanesti 2014}) ({II} 6... f6 7. Bd3 fxe5 8. dxe5 c4 9. Bc2 g6 10.
Qe2 Bg7 11. Be3 (11. h4) 11... Qc7 12. Bf4 (12. h4 $5 Bd7 (12... Nxe5 $6 13.
Nxe5 Bxe5 14. h5 Ne7 15. Nd2 Bg7 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Rxh8+ Bxh8 18. O-O-O) (12...
Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. h5 Nge7 15. Nd2) 13. Nbd2 O-O-O 14. O-O-O $13) 12... Nh6
13. O-O O-O 14. Bg3 Nf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rfe1 Raf8 18. Nf1 Qd8
19. Rad1 $13 {- 1-0 (42) Dzhumaev,M (2510)-Fridman,D (2639) Tromso 2014}) 7.
Bd3 ({Nicht die erste Wahl. Aus guten Gründen ist} 7. b4 $142 {die weitaus
beliebtere und gehaltvollere Hauptvariante:} cxd4 8. cxd4 (8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. cxd4
Bd7 10. Be2 (10. Ra2)) 8... Nf5 9. Bb2 {(oder 9.Be3) usw. mit zahlreichen
Beispielen aus der Meisterpraxis, aber das ist ein ganz anderes, komplexes
Thema.}) 7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. Nc3 Be6 {Mit dem
Eröffnungsverlauf kann der Nachziehende - einmal mehr - sehr zufrieden sein.
In dieser für Schwarz empfehlenswerten Variante hat Weiß einen relativ
harmlosen Weg einschlagen, seinen "Chefläufer" tauschen und dem Gegner eine
bequeme Stellung überlassen müssen.} 11. O-O Be7 12. Na4 Qd8 13. b4 {Rasche
Aktivität am Damenflügel ist gefragt, da Schwarz seine Expansion auf der
anderen Seite mittels ...g5 schon bald starten wird.} ({Andere Möglichkeiten,
z.B.: I} 13. Qd3 O-O (13... b6) 14. Bd2 (14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 d4 16. b4 ({
oder auch} 16. Rd1 Qa5 17. b4 Nxb4 18. Qd2 Nc6 19. Qxa5 Nxa5 20. Nxd4 Rfd8)
16... Qd5 17. Bb2 Rad8 $13 {/=}) 14... Qd7 15. Nc5 $6 (15. Bg5 $142 $1 $13 {/=}
) 15... Bxc5 16. dxc5 d4 $1 $15 {, dennoch bereits remis gegeben in der Partie
Motylev,A (2665) - Bartel,M (2631), Jerusalem 2015}) ({II} 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14.
dxc5 d4 (14... a5 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Re1 O-O 17. Nd4 a4 18. Qd3) 15. b4 Bc4 16.
Re1 d3 17. e6 fxe6 18. Bb2 O-O 19. Qc1 Bd5 20. Qc3 Qf6 21. Qd2 Qg6 22. Qxd3
Rad8 23. Rad1 a6 $13 {/=}) 13... b6 {Fridman möchte den Schimmel gar nicht
erst nach c5 lassen und schiebt vor einer kurzen Rochade noch den einen und
anderen nützlichen Zug ein.} 14. Be3 {Etwas überraschend, da der Läufer
hier ggf. à tempo durch die Bauernvorstöße ...g5/...f4 angerempelt werden
kann.} ({Zweckmäßiger erscheint mir} 14. Bd2 {, z.B.} Rc8 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Qb3
$13 {/= und weiter:} Qd7 (16... g5 $6 17. b5 $1 Na5 18. Bxa5 bxa5 19. Nc5 $14)
(16... h6 $5) 17. b5 Nb8 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 h6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. g3) 14...
Rc8 ({Räumt Weiß die Option ein, dem Bauernvormarsch g5/f4 mittels Ne1 plus
f2-f4 vorzubeugen. Hitzig wird das Gefecht nach sofortigem} 14... g5 $5 {
. Man sehe beispielsweise:} 15. Qd3 f4 (15... Rc8 16. Rfc1) 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. b5
Nd8 18. Bb4 Bf5 (18... g4 19. Ne1 (19. Bxe7 Bf5 20. Qd2 gxf3 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22.
Qxf4 Rg8 23. g3 Be4 24. Qh6 Rg6 (24... Qxb5 $2 25. Nc3 Qd7 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27.
Qxh7) 25. Qh5 Qe6 26. Rfc1 Rh6 27. Qg5 Rg6 (27... Qh3 $4 28. Qg8+ $18 Ke7 29.
Rc7+ Rd7 30. Qg5+ f6 31. Qg7+ Ke8 32. Rc8+ Rd8 33. Qg8+) 28. Qh5 Rh6 $11) 19...
Bf5 20. Qd2 Bg5 21. f3 h5 (21... Qxb5 $2 22. Nc3 Qd7 23. fxg4 Bxg4 24. Nf3) 22.
Nc3 $13) 19. Qb3 g4 20. e6 $5 fxe6 21. Ne5 Qb7 22. f3 g3 23. hxg3 fxg3 24. Qe3
$44) 15. Nb2 {Angesichts des gegnerischen Aufmarsches am Königsflügel agiert
Zbynek Hracek gelassen und wechselt seinen Randspringer via b2 nach d3.} ({
Wie zuvor erwähnt, kam statt des folgenden Textzuges} 15. Ne1 f6 (15... Qd7
16. Nd3 g5 17. f4) 16. f4 $13 {auch in Betracht.}) 15... g5 $5 {Endlich nehmen
die Kampfhandlungen konkrete Formen an.} 16. Nd3 $6 ({I Energisches Vorgehen
mittels} 16. b5 $142 {verdiente den Vorzug:} Na5 17. Bd2 O-O (17... Nc4 18. Nd3
g4 19. Nfe1 Nxa3 (19... Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Bg5 21. Nf4) 20. Qa4 Nc4 21. Bb4 $13 {/=}
) 18. Nd3 $13 {/=. Weiter könnte beispielsweise folgen:} f4 19. h4 (19. Bb4
Rc4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nb4 g4 22. Ne1 f6 23. g3 f3) 19... h6 20. Bxa5 bxa5 21.
Nc5 $5 g4 (21... Bxc5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Nd4 $44 Qc7 25. Re1 Kg7
26. Qh5 Qd8 27. Rac1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rh8 29. Nxe6+ fxe6 30. Rc7+ Qxc7 31. Qxg5+
Kf8 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Qg7 34. Qe8+ $11) 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Nh2 h5 24. Nxg4
$1 $11) ({II} 16. Kh1 $143 $6 f4 17. Bc1 $6 (17. Bd2) 17... Qd7 $17 {0-1 (41)
Terzi,A (1820)-Antipov,M (2208) Serpukhov 2009}) 16... f4 $15 17. Bc1 Qd7 18.
Bb2 Nd8 {Zuviel des Lavierens!} ({Nach} 18... O-O $142 19. Rc1 ({oder} 19. Qb3
Bf5) 19... Bf5 {ist Schwarz zweifellos im Vorteil.}) 19. Re1 Bf5 $6 {Fridman
wiegt sich offenbar allzu sehr in Sicherheit und ist unachtsam. Natürlich
möchte er noch Ne6 nachschieben und eine Wunschstellung einnehmen, doch
bietet er dem Gegner damit eine unverhoffte Chance, seine Kräfte merklich zu
aktivieren.} (19... O-O $142 20. h4 h6 $15) 20. e6 $1 {Werders tschechischer
Haudegen wird zu seinem Glück geradezu gezwungen und räumt mit einem
instruktiven Bauernopfer das Feld e5 für einen prächtigen Vorpostenspringer.}
Nxe6 21. Nfe5 $44 {Und schon "werden die Karten wieder neu gemischt", und -
wie sich gleich zeigt - gerät Fridman aus dem Konzept.} Qb7 22. h4 $5 {
Zwecks Lockerung der schwarzen Königsflügelbauern. Damit beginnt die
kritische und schwierigste Phase der Partie.} (22. b5 O-O 23. Nc6 {bot sich
auch an,} Bf6 24. Qb3 {und Weiß mag ausreichend Kompensation haben.}) 22... g4
$6 {Erst verliert Fridman den Faden und dann den Boden unter den Füßen. Nun
zerbröckelt die stolze Bauernfront, der unrochierte Monarch verbleibt in der
Mitte und es entwickelt sich ein wildes Handgemenge, bei dem die schwarze
Stellung freilich schwerer zu behandeln ist.} ({Interessante Alternativen: I} 
22... Rg8 23. b5 $1 (23. Qh5 Rg7 24. hxg5) 23... Kf8 (23... gxh4 24. Qh5) (
23... g4 24. Nc6 $1) 24. Rc1 (24. Qh5 Rg7) 24... Rxc1 25. Bxc1 f6 26. Ng4 Kg7
27. hxg5 fxg5 28. Nge5 Bd6 29. Nc6 Re8 30. Nde5 Qc8 31. Bb2 $13) ({II} 22... h6
$5 23. b5 (23. Qh5 Bf6 $13) 23... O-O 24. Nc6 Bf6 25. Ndb4 Qd7 26. Qb3 (26.
Nxd5 $6 Qxd5 27. Re5 Qxc6 $1 28. bxc6 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Rxc6 $15) 26... Nc7 27.
Nxa7 Rce8 28. Nac6 gxh4 29. Ne5 Bxe5 (29... Qxb5 $2 30. a4 $1 Qa5 31. Nbc6 Qa8
32. Ba3) 30. dxe5 $13) ({III} 22... O-O $5 23. b5 h6 (23... f6 $13) (23... Kh8
24. Nc6 $13) 24. Nc6 $13 {wie in voriger Variante}) 23. Nxg4 h5 24. Nge5 Be4
25. Rc1 Rxc1 $6 ({In dieser hochkomplizierten Lage war mit} 25... Rg8 $142 $1 {
- wie unsere Silikon-Freunde errechnen - der Laden gerade noch
zusammenzuhalten:} 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. f3 Bf5 28. Qb3 Bxh4 29. Re2 f6 30. Qxd5
fxe5 31. Nxe5 Rg5 32. Qd6 Bh3 33. Nc6 Rxg2+ 34. Rxg2 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Qd7 $11) 26.
Bxc1 Rg8 27. f3 Bxh4 (27... Bf5 28. Nxf4 Bxh4 29. Re2 f6 30. Nc4 $1 dxc4 (30...
Qd7 31. Ne3) 31. d5 $16) 28. fxe4 Bxe1 29. Nxe1 dxe4 30. d5 Rg5 31. Bb2 $6 ({
Hracek gibt seinen Vorteil wieder aus der Hand, der durch} 31. dxe6 $142 Rxe5
32. Bxf4 Rxe6 33. Nc2 $1 {festzuhalten war, z.B.} Qe7 (33... e3 34. Nxe3 Qe4
35. Bg5 $16) 34. Ne3 Qh4 35. g3 Rg6 36. Qa4+ Kd8 37. Ng2 Qe7 38. Qd1+ Qd7 39.
Qxh5 $16) 31... Nf8 $2 ({Ein böser Fehler, der zu Fridmans Glück nicht
geahndet wird. Eine ebenso kaltblütige wie gekonnte Verteidigung war dagegen} 
31... f6 $1 {mit der möglichen Transformation bis zu einem nahezu
ausgeglichenen Endspiel} 32. dxe6 (32. Nc6 Rf5) 32... fxe5 33. Qd6 f3 34. Bc1 (
34. Bxe5 Rg6 35. Bg3 Qc8) 34... Rg6 35. Qxe5 Qe7 36. Qxe4 Rxe6 37. Qa8+ Qd8 38.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 39. Nxf3 $14 {/=}) 32. Qd4 $5 {Gut, aber nicht zwingend.} ({Einer
Hinrichtung gleich käme} 32. Qc2 $142 $1 f5 (32... Rxe5 33. Bxe5 Qxd5 34. Qc8+
Ke7 35. Bxf4 $18) 33. d6 $18 {, z.B.} b5 (33... f3 34. Bc1 $1 Rg8 (34... Rg7
35. Bh6) 35. Qa2 Rg7 36. Bh6 Rh7 (36... Rf7 37. Bxf8 Rxf8 38. Qe6+ Kd8 39. b5)
37. Qg8) 34. Bc1 $1 ({Umständlicher ist} 34. Qc7 Rg7 $8 35. Qc3) 34... Nd7 (
34... e3 35. N1f3 Rg7 36. Qxf5) 35. Bxf4) 32... f6 33. Nc6 Qd7 (33... Qh7 34.
Qxf6 Rxd5 35. Qxf4 {(+-)}) 34. Qxe4+ Kf7 35. Qxf4 $2 {Kurz vor der
Zeitkontrolle verliert auch Hracek den Überblick und vergibt zum wiederholten
und letzten Mal eine durchschlagende Fortsetzung.} ({Nach} 35. Nd3 $142 $1 {
hätte die Verteidigung immer noch Schwierigkeiten, auf Dauer standzuhalten, z.
B.} Qf5 (35... Rxd5 $143 36. Nxf4 Rg5 37. Qf3 h4 (37... Qd6 38. Nxh5 Nd7 (38...
Nh7 39. Nf4) 39. Nf4 $18) 38. Nh5 ({oder auch} 38. Qb3+ Kg7 39. Nd4) 38... Qf5
39. Nd8+ Kg6 40. Nf4+ Kh7 41. Nh3 Rh5 42. Qe2 $1 $18) 36. Qxf4 ({oder auch} 36.
Qe7+ $5 Kg8 (36... Kg6 $143 37. Nce5+ fxe5 38. Nxe5+ Kh6 39. Nf7+ Kg6 40. Nxg5
Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Qxb2 42. d6 Nd7 (42... Qc3 43. Ne4 $18) 43. Nf3 $18) 37. Qxf6)
36... Qxf4 37. Nxf4 $16 {mit großem weißem Endspielvorteil.}) 35... Rf5 $14 {
Der dichte Pulverdampf hat sich verzogen und Schwarz scheint mit einem blauen
Auge davonzukommen.} 36. Qe3 {Ebenso mögen 36.Qh6, 36.Qc4 und Qd4 etwa
gleichwertige Kandidaten sein.} Rxd5 37. Nd4 Qe8 (37... Ng6) 38. Qxe8+ $6 (38.
Qf2 $14) 38... Kxe8 39. Kf2 $11 {Die Luft ist endgültig raus und die
Kombattanten treiben in den Remishafen.} Kd7 ({Oder auch} 39... Ne6 40. Nef3 (
40. Nxe6 Rd2+ 41. Ke3 Rxb2 42. Nd4 Kf7) 40... Kf7) 40. Nef3 Ne6 41. Ne2 Ke7 42.
Ke3 Rd8 43. Ng3 Rg8 44. Nxh5 Rxg2 45. Bxf6+ Kd6 46. Nd2 Kc6 47. a4 Rg4 48. Bc3
Rg5 49. b5+ Kb7 50. Nf4 Rg3+ 51. Kf2 Nxf4 52. Kxg3 Ne2+ 53. Kf3 Nxc3 54. Ke3
Nxa4 55. Kd4 Nc5 56. Kd5 Kc7 57. Nf3 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1314"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.02.09"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 $5 {Dieser frühe Damenzug erfolgt oft in
Verbindung mit der prinzipiellen positionellen Idee ...Bd7-b5.} ({Eine
messerscharfe und kritische Variante ist} 4... Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 f6 $5 (6...
c4 $5 {ist wiederum ein anderes Thema.}) {, z.B.} 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. Bf4 O-O-O 9.
Bg3 f5 (9... c4) 10. dxc5 (10. b4) 10... Bxc5 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. c4 (12. h4)
12... d4 $2 (12... dxc4 13. Nxc4 g5 $13) 13. h4 Nh6 14. c5 Kb8 15. b4 $16 {
Areshchenko,A (2708) - Topalov,V (2784) Kiev 2013; Weiß erlangte eine glatte
Gewinnstellung, verlor dann aber überraschend Kopf und Kragen, 0:1/48.}) 5. Nf3
Bd7 ({Keinerlei Probleme hatte Schwarz nach} 5... Nc6 6. a3 Nh6 $5 {in der
Partie Areshchenko,A (2709) - Romanov,E (2640), Legnica 2013:} 7. b4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 Nfe7 11. Nc3 Na5 $5 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Na4 Qc6 14. b5
Qc7 15. Rc1 Qd8 16. Nc5 Ng6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. h4 Be7 19. h5 Nf4 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8
21. Qc1 O-O $13 {/=, remis/41}) 6. Bd3 ({Provokanter als die gebräuchlicheren
Fortsetzungen 6.Be2 und 6.a3. Auch zu Letzterem hier ein Produkt unseres
ukrainischen Großmeisters:} 6. a3 Bb5 7. dxc5 $5 (7. c4 $5) 7... Bxc5 8. Bxb5+
Qxb5 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 Qd7 (10... Qc4) 11. O-O Ne7 12. a5 Bc7 13. Bf4 O-O 14.
Re1 Nbc6 15. Nbd2 Ng6 16. Bg3 Rae8 17. Nb3 f5 (17... a6) 18. exf6 Bxg3 (18...
Rxf6 19. Nc5 Qc8 $14) 19. hxg3 gxf6 $6 (19... Rxf6 20. Ra2 Qc7 21. Rae2 $14)
20. b5 (20. Nfd4 $1 Nxd4 (20... e5 $2 21. Nc5 Qc8 22. Nb5) 21. Qxd4 a6 22. Qb6
{/\Nc5+/-}) 20... Nce5 21. Nfd4 b6 $6 (21... Rc8 $5 22. Re3 (22. f4 Rxc3 23.
fxe5 fxe5 $44) 22... Rfe8 $14) 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra6 $16 Qd6 24. Nc6 Ra8 25.
Nbd4 Rxa6 26. bxa6 $18 Qd7 27. Nb4 Re8 28. f4 Nc4 29. Rxe6 {- 1:0, Areshchenko,
A (2709) - L'Ami,E (2634), Legnica 2013}) 6... cxd4 ({Ansonsten nimmt Weiß auf
c5: I} 6... Bb5 7. dxc5 $1 Bxc5 8. b4 $1 $14) ({II} 6... Nc6 7. dxc5 $1 Bxc5 (
7... Qc7 8. Qe2 (8. O-O Bxc5 (8... Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Qxe5 10. Re1 Qc7 11. b4 $14) 9.
b4 $14) 8... Bxc5 9. O-O Nge7 10. b4 Bb6 11. a4 $14) 8. O-O $14 {, z.B.} a5 9.
Nbd2 a4 10. b4 axb3 11. Nxb3 Ba3 12. Bxa3 Rxa3 13. Qc1 {/\Qg5}) 7. Nxd4 $1 {
Diese Blockade des Zentrums mit dem Springer macht das weiße Spiel attraktiver.
} ({Dagegen gibt} 7. cxd4 $6 {Schwarz die (angenehme) Wahl zwischen} Nc6 ({
oder dem geplanten und vereinfachenden} 7... Bb5) {, z.B.} 8. O-O Nxd4 (8...
Nh6 $5 {Schwarz kann auch gut ablehnen}) 9. Nbd2 $5 $13 {, was zur riskanten
und zweischneidigen Gambit-Variante im Vorstoß-Franzosen führt.}) 7... Bc5 $5 {
Damit geht Schwarz auf einen riskanten Bauernfang aus.} ({Auf das natürliche
und am häufigsten anzutreffende} 7... Nc6 {kann Weiß mit} 8. Nxc6 {"!, eine
klare Initiative" (Moskalenko) erlangen, z.B.:} bxc6 (8... Bxc6 9. Qe2 $1 Ne7 (
9... a6 10. a4 d4 (10... Qc7 11. O-O Ne7 12. Nd2 Ng6 13. Nf3 $14) 11. O-O Ne7
$6 (11... dxc3 12. Nxc3 Ne7 $14) 12. Nd2 Nd5 (12... Bd5 13. Ne4 $16) 13. Nc4
$16 {Hamdouchi,H (2613) - Vaisser,A (2544), Nancy 2013, 1:0/32}) 10. Nd2 Ng6
11. Nf3 Be7 12. O-O Bd7 (12... Qc7 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Rae1 O-O 15. Nd4 $14 {
Grischuk,A (2671) - Gurevich,M (2641), Wijk aan Zee 2002, remis/42}) 13. Re1
O-O 14. h4 Nxh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Qxh4 f6 $14 {
Grischuk/ECO(C5)}) 9. O-O Ne7 (9... f5 10. Nd2 $1 Ne7 (10... Nh6 11. Nf3 Nf7
12. Re1 $14) 11. Nf3 c5 {(~~ ECO/C5)} 12. Re1 a5 13. Rb1 $14 h6 (13... Rb8 14.
Be3 Qc7 15. h4 $14) 14. Be3 (14. b3 g5 15. a3 Bg7 16. b4 c4 17. Bc2 Qc7 18. b5
O-O 19. a4 Ng6 20. Ba3 Rf7 21. Bd6 Qb7 22. Nd4 Bf8 23. g4 Bxd6 24. exd6 Nf4 25.
gxf5 exf5 26. Qf3 Qb6 27. Ne2 Qxd6 28. Nxf4 gxf4 29. Rbd1 Kh8 30. Rxd5 Rg8+ 31.
Kf1 Qg6 32. Rde5 Bc8 33. Qxf4 Bb7 34. R1e3 Qg2+ 35. Ke2 Rf6 36. Rg3 Qh1 37.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Qxc4+ Kg7 39. Re3 {1-0 (39) Shabalov,A (2575)-Akobian,V (2533)
Denver 2003}) 14... Qc7 (14... Nc6 $2 15. Bxf5 $1 exf5 16. Qxd5 $40 O-O-O 17.
e6 Be8 18. Qxf5 Be7 19. b4 axb4 20. cxb4 Nd4 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Ne5 Rf8 23. Qe4
$16) (14... Ng6 $2 15. g4 $1 $16) 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. f4 $14) (9... c5 10. c4 $5
dxc4 $6 (10... d4) 11. Be4 Rd8 12. Nd2 Qa6 13. b3 $6 (13. Qe2 $142) 13... Bb5 (
13... cxb3 $13) 14. a4 c3 $4 (14... Bc6) 15. axb5 Qxa1 16. Bc6+ Ke7 17. Qc2 Qa5
18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Qxc3 f6 20. Bf4 Kf7 21. g3 f5 22. Ra1 Kg6 23. Nd6 Rxd6 24. Be8+
{- 1:0, Yu,Y (2688) - Zatonskih,A (2491), Caleta 2013}) 10. Nd2 Ng6 (10... c5
11. b3 Bb5 (11... Ng6) 12. c4 Ba6 (12... Bc6 $2 13. cxd5 exd5 (13... Nxd5 14.
Nc4) (13... Bxd5 14. Nc4) 14. e6 $1 fxe6 15. Re1 $16) 13. Re1 Nc6 14. cxd5 $1
Bxd3 15. dxc6 (15. Qf3 $142 exd5 16. e6 f6 17. Qxd3 $14) 15... Qxc6 16. Qg4 $13
{Kernazhitsky,L (2344) - Vusatiuk,A (2305), Kiev 2006, 1:0/32} (16. Nc4 $14))
11. Nf3 Be7 12. Re1 c5 (12... O-O 13. Ng5 (13. h4 $5 $14) 13... Bxg5 14. Bxg5
h6 $6 (14... Qxb2 $13) 15. Bc1 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Qc2 Be8 18. Be3 Qb8 19. Qb3
$16 {Ehlvest,J (2600) - Milov,V (2592), Santo Domingo 2003, remis/52}) 13. Rb1
Bb5 14. Bc2 a5 15. Ng5 $5 Rd8 16. b3 Rd7 17. Qf3 Bd8 18. Qh3 $36 {Ehlvest,J 
(2602) - Ibragimov,I (2587), Las Vegas 2003, 1:0/41}) 8. O-O $1 ({Das
überscharfe} 8. Qg4 $6 {gibt Schwarz mit} Ne7 $1 {die Gelegenheit, selber ein
Gambit anzubieten:} 9. Qxg7 Rg8) 8... Bxd4 9. cxd4 Qxd4 (9... Nc6 10. Be3 $5
Qxb2 11. Nd2 (11. Qg4) 11... Qa3 12. Qg4 Kf8 (12... g6 13. Nb3 $44) 13. Nb3 $44
(13. Qe2 $44)) 10. Nc3 $1 {Im Geiste der ursprünglichen Gambit-Variante (siehe
oben); angeblich fand der Zug erstmalig in der Begegnung Grischuk vs
Morozevich, FIDE World Cup 2011, Anwendung.} a6 {Vermeidet zwar Nb5, aber ein
Blick auf Alternativen ist auch interessant, z.B.:} ({I} 10... Qh4 11. g3 Qd8
12. Qg4 Kf8 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Bc5 Nbc6 15. Bd6 Kg8 16. b4 h5 17. Qf4 Ng6 18. Bxg6
fxg6 19. Ne2 g5 20. Qd2 a6 21. Rac1 g4 22. a4 Qe8 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Na5 25.
Rc7 Nc4 26. Qg5 b6 (26... Qd8 $2 27. Qxd8+ Rxd8 28. Be7 $16 {1:0/43, Ni,H 
(2673) - Zhou,W (2624), Danzhou 2012}) 27. Nd4 $13 {/=} (27. f3 $13 {/=})) ({II
} 10... Nc6 $5 11. Nb5 Qxe5 (11... Qb6 $2 12. Qh5 $1 (12. Be3 d4 13. Nd6+)
12... Kf8 13. Be3 d4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qh4) 12. Re1 (12. Qg4 h5 13. Qh4 (13.
Qa4 Qb8) 13... Qb8 14. Re1 Nge7 15. Bf4 e5 16. Rxe5 Nxe5 17. Qg5 O-O 18. Bxe5
f6 19. Qxh5 Qxe5 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Bf5+ Kg8 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Bf5+ $11) (12. Qa4
$6 Qb8 13. Qa3 (13. Qg4 Kf8 14. Bf4 Nf6) 13... Nge7 14. Nd6+ Kf8) 12... Qb8 13.
Qg4 Kf8 14. Bf4 e5 15. Qxd7 Nf6 $1 16. Bxe5 Nxd7 17. Bd6+ Kg8 18. Bxb8 Rxb8 19.
Rad1 Nf6 20. Nd6 $44 {und Weiß hat Kompensation für den geopferten Bauern,
mehr aber auch nicht.}) ({III} 10... Qxe5 $2 11. Re1 Qd6 12. Qg4 $1 Kf8 13. Bf4
Qb6 14. Qg3 Nc6 15. Bc7 Qxb2 (15... Qd4 16. Bd6+ Nge7 17. Bb5 Re8 18. Bxc6 Bxc6
19. Be5 Nf5 20. Bxd4 Nxg3 21. hxg3 a6 22. f4) 16. Rec1 Nf6 17. Rab1 Qd2 18.
Bd6+ Kg8 19. Bf4 Nh5 20. Bxd2 Nxg3 21. hxg3 $16 {/+-}) 11. Re1 Bc6 ({
Andernfalls könnte der Punkt d5 durchhängen, auf spektakuläre Weise etwa nach} 
11... Nc6 $2 12. Be3 Qb4 13. a3 (13. Bd2 $143 Qd4 $11) 13... Qxb2 14. Na4 Qxe5
15. Nb6 Rd8 16. Bc5 Qg5 17. f4 $1 Qh6 (17... Qxf4 18. Nxd5 Qb8 19. Qg4 $1 g6
20. Qf3 Bc8 21. Be4 Rd7 22. Rad1 $40 {+-}) 18. Nxd5 Nge7 19. Nc7+ Kf8 20. f5 e5
21. Bc4 Bxf5 22. Nd5 $40 {+/-}) 12. Ne2 $1 {Der Auftakt zu einem verblüffend
starken Springermanöver, der Schimmel kann nun je nach Bedarf zu den Feldern
f4, g3 oder d4 wechseln - alles nach bewährtem Muster des Vordenkers und
großen Spezialisten der Vorstoßvariante GM Alexander Grischuk, siehe
nachstehend.} Qxe5 $2 {Ein ebenso schwerer wie instruktiver Fehler, die
Annahme des zweiten Gambit-Bauern ist hier klar verfehlt, wie die vorliegende
Partie eindrücklich unter Beweis stellt. Die exponierte Stellung der dreisten
Dame und ihres unrochierten Königs wird - auch dank der jetzt halboffenen
e-Linie - weidlich ausgebeutet. Andere prüfenswerte Damenzüge:} ({I} 12... Qg4
{, und nun z.B.:} 13. h3 Qh5 14. Be3 $5 (14. Bf4 Bb5 15. Qb3 (15. Qc1 $5) 15...
Ne7 16. Bxb5+ axb5 17. Qxb5+ Nbc6 18. Qxb7 O-O $132 {, 1:0/56, Grischuk, A -
Morozevich, A, FIDE World Cup 2011}) 14... Ne7 (14... Qxe5 $2 15. Bd4 Qg5 16.
h4 Qh6 17. Ng3 Ne7 18. Nh5 Rg8 19. g4 $18) 15. Qd2 Nd7 $5 (15... Qxe5 $2 16.
Bf4 Qf6 17. Bg5 Qe5 18. Ng3 Qd6 (18... Qc7 19. Nh5 $1 $18) 19. Nh5 $1 $40 {+-}
O-O (19... Kf8 20. Nxg7 $1 (20. Bh6 $1) (20. Bf4 Qd8 (20... Qd7 21. Be5 $1 (21.
Bh6 $1)) 21. Bh6 $1)) 20. Bf6 $1 (20. Bh6 $1)) 16. f4 Bb5 $5 {Damit realisiert
Schwarz zwar ziemlich spät eine Kernidee der 4...Qb6-Variante, aber zum vollen
Ausgleich reicht es nicht mehr.} (16... O-O 17. Nd4) 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Nd4 $14)
({II} 12... Qh4 13. Nf4 Nd7 14. a4 a5 (14... Nh6 $6 15. g3 Qe7 (15... Qd8 16.
Nh5) 16. b3 {/\Ba3}) 15. Ra3 Rc8 16. Bb1 g6 17. Rh3 Qe7 18. b3 $14) ({III} 
12... Qb6 13. Be3 Qd8 (13... Qxb2 $2 14. a3 $1 Qxe5 15. Bd4 Qg5 16. h4 Qh6 17.
Ng3 Ne7 18. Nh5 Rg8 19. g4) (13... Qc7 $6 14. Bc5 $1 Ne7 15. Nd4) 14. Nd4 Nd7
15. f4 $36 {+/=}) 13. Ng3 $1 {Diese Demaskierung der Springer/-Turm-Batterie
eröffnet Weiß eine lukrative Aussicht auf die Angriffsfelder f5 und h5.} Qc7 ({
Oder: I} 13... Qf6 14. Nh5 $18) ({II} 13... Qd4 14. Nf5 Qf6 15. Qg4 g6 16. Bg5
gxf5 17. Bxf5 Qg7 (17... h5 18. Qf4) 18. Bxe6 $18) 14. Qg4 $1 g6 ({Falls} 14...
Kf8 {, so kann} 15. Nh5 g6 (15... f5 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Qxf5+ Qf7 18. Qc8+ Be8
19. Bf4 {/\Bd6(+)+-}) 16. Qd4 $1 {mit durchlagendem Effekt folgen:} e5 (16...
f6 17. Nf4 $1 Bd7 (17... e5 18. Ne6+ Kf7 19. Nxc7 exd4 20. Nxa8 $18) 18. Rxe6
Kg7 19. Nxd5 Qd8 20. Nb6 $18) 17. Rxe5 f6 (17... gxh5 18. Bh6+ $1 Nxh6 19. Qb4+
Kg7 20. Rg5+ Kf6 21. Qd4+ (21. Re1 $1 Kxg5 22. h4+ Kf6 23. Qd4+ Qe5 24. Qxe5#)
21... Ke7 22. Re1+ Kd7 23. Qxh8 $18) 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. Rae1 $40 {+-}) 15. Qd4 $1
f6 16. Rxe6+ $18 Kf7 17. Bf4 Qc8 {Angesichts des schwarzen
Entwicklungsrückstandes und der luftigen Königsstellung ist der Rest freilich
pure Agonie.} 18. Re3 (18. Rd6) 18... a5 (18... Qd7 19. Rae1 Bb5 20. Bxb5 Qxb5
21. Re8) 19. Rae1 Qd7 (19... Na6 20. Bg5 (20. Rf3 Nc7 21. Be5 Ne8 22. Qh4 Qe6
23. Bc3 Qd6 24. Bxg6+) 20... Qd8 21. h4 Nc7 (21... Nb4 22. Bf5 gxf5 23. Nxf5 h5
24. Re7+ Qxe7 25. Rxe7+ Kg6 26. Rg7+ Kxf5 27. Qf4+ Ke6 28. Qe3+ Kf5 29. f3 Rh6
30. g4+ hxg4 31. fxg4+ Kxg4 32. Qf4+ Kh5 33. Qf3#) 22. h5) 20. h4 (20. Bf5 gxf5
21. Nh5 Qd8 22. Rg3 Qf8 23. Qd3 Nd7 24. Qxf5 Re8 25. Rxe8 Kxe8 26. Ng7+ Kd8 27.
Ne6+) 20... Na6 21. h5 Nc7 22. Bxc7 Qxc7 23. Qg4 Kf8 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Bxg6 Rd8
26. Qd4 Rh6 27. Qc5+ Qd6 {Erlaubt einen neckischen Schluss.} 28. Re8+ $1 Bxe8
29. Rxe8+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2017.02.18"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Muenchen Zugzwang"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{GESCHEITERTER BEFREIUNGSVERSUCH (Dunkle Felderschwächen, guter Springer/
schlechter Läufer)} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 $5 {
Zwar eines der erfolgreichsten Systeme gegen die französische
Vorstoß-Variante, aber dennoch nicht so beliebt wie 5...Qb6. Während GM
Gerald Hertneck seit vielen Jahren Erfahrung mit der von ihm favorisierten
Französischen Verteidigung hat - auch speziell mit der 5...Bd7-Variante -,
wendet Zbynek Hracek erst in neuerer Zeit die Vorstoß-Variante an.} 6. Be2 {
Solider als das ambitionierte, aber auch riskante} (6. a3 $5 {, z.B.} Nge7 {
von Hertneck präferiert} (6... c4 {Die alte Blockadevariante ist ein anderes
Thema}) (6... f6 7. Bd3 Qc7 (7... fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 $13) 8. O-O O-O-O
$13 {mit spannendem Kampf}) 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. Bc2 Nf5 10. Bxf5 exf5
11. Nc3 Be6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Na4 Qb5 14. b4 a5 $13 {/=, 1:0/49 Mischustov,M 
(2353) - Hertneck,G (2492), Germany 2013}) 6... Nge7 7. O-O (7. Na3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nf5 (8... Ng6 9. h4 $1) 9. Nc2 Qb6 10. O-O Na5 11. b3 Bb5 12. Bd2 Nc6 $13
{/=, remis/69, McShane,L (2652) - Hawkins,J (2590), London 2016}) 7... Nf5 ({
Interessante Alternativen, z.B.: I} 7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. g4 Nh4
11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. f4 Be7 13. Be3 f6 $13) ({II} 7... Rc8 8. Na3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qb6
(9... Ng6 10. Nc2 Be7 11. g3 O-O 12. h4 f5 (12... f6 $142 13. h5 Nh8 14. h6 g6
15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Ne3 Nf7 17. Ng4 Bh8 18. Be3 $13) 13. Bg5 $6 (13. Bd2 $5)
13... Qb6 (13... Bxg5 14. Nxg5 Qb6 15. h5 Nh8 $13) 14. Bxe7 $6 (14. Bd2) 14...
Ncxe7 $6 (14... Ngxe7 $142) 15. Nce1 $5 Qxb2 $6 16. h5 Nh8 17. Nd3 Qa3 18. Nc5
Rc7 $2 (18... Rxc5 19. dxc5 Nf7 $16) 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Ng5 $18 {- 1:0/40, Haba,
P (2463) - Hertneck,G (2520),Germany 2013}) 10. Nc2 Nf5 $13) ({III} 7... Ng6 8.
g3 Be7 9. h4 $5 $13) 8. dxc5 $1 ({Meines Erachtens chancenreicher als} 8. Bd3 {
, z.B.} cxd4 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Re1 O-O $13 {/=}) 8... Bxc5 9. Bd3
Nh4 (9... O-O 10. Bxf5 {Der resultierende Bauerngewinn sollte Weiß bei
genauer Verteidigung wenig bis gar nichts bringen.} (10. Nbd2 $142 Bb6 11. Nb3
Nh4 $4 (11... h6 $142 12. a4 a6 13. Re1 $14) 12. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 13. Ng5+ Kg6 14.
Qg4 Nxe5 15. Qxh4 f5 16. Qg3 $6 (16. Nd4 $142 {, z.B.} Rh8 17. Qg3 Ng4 18. Ngf3
Kh7 19. Re1 e5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bg5 Qc8 22. Qxe5 $18) 16... Ng4 17. h3 $6 (17.
Nf3 $142 $16) 17... Bc7 18. Qd3 {und Weiß verlor gar am Ende noch - 0:1/32,
Volokitin,A (2638) - Potkin,V (2621), Dubai 2014}) 10... exf5 11. Qxd5 Bb6 12.
Bg5 (12. Re1 Be6 13. Qb5 Re8 14. Na3 Qd5 15. b3 h6 16. Qf1 Qa5 17. b4 Qa4 18.
Qb5 Qxb5 19. Nxb5 Re7 (19... Bd5 $142 20. Nd6 Re6 21. Bf4 g5 22. b5 Ne7 $11)
20. Nd6 Rd7 21. Bf4 g5 22. b5 Na5 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Nc4 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26.
h4 Bxb5 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Nxg5 $14 {- remis/49, Nyvlt,Z (2543) - Sergel,C 
(2499), ICCF email 2002}) 12... Qc7 13. Na3 Be6 14. Qd6 Qxd6 $6 (14... a6 $142
15. Nc2 h6 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. Qxc7 Bxc7 18. Rfe1 Rd5 $11) 15. exd6 h6 $2 (15...
Bc5 $142 {, z.B.} 16. Bf4 Rad8 17. Rfd1 Bxa3 18. bxa3 h6 19. h4 f6 20. h5 Bf7
21. d7 Be6 $11) 16. Be3 $16 {- 1:0/80, Shirov,A (2689) - Hübner,R (2588),
Puhajarve 2015}) 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Re1 Qb8 (12... Bc7 13. Bg5 Qc8 (
13... Qb8 14. Nc5 Bc8 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 $14) 14. Bxg6 fxg6
15. Rc1 (15. Nbd4) 15... O-O 16. c4 dxc4 17. Rxc4 Rf5 18. Bh4 a6 19. Bg3 $14 {
- 1:0/28, Stevic,H (2613) - Ulybin,M (2498), Sarajevo 2014}) 13. Qe2 Bc7 14.
Bxg6 ({Hier, wie auch zwei Züge später, verdient auch} 14. Nc5 $5 {Beachtung,
wie folgende Abspiele zeigen:} Qc8 (14... Bc8 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Bf4 O-O (16...
b6 17. Qb5) 17. Rac1 $5 $14) (14... Ngxe5 $2 15. Bb5 $1 Nxf3+ (15... a6 16.
Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxd7+ Nxd7 18. Nxe6 $1) 16. Qxf3 Bc8 (16... Qc8 17. Qxd5) (16...
Bxh2+ 17. Kf1 Bd6 18. Nxd7) 17. Na6 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Qd6 19. Nb4 O-O 20. Nd3 f6
21. Qh5 Be5 22. f4 $16) (14... Ncxe5 $2 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bb5 $1 $40) 15. Bxg6
hxg6 (15... fxg6 $2 16. c4 $1 dxc4 $4 17. Rd1 Nb8 18. Qxc4 $18) 16. b3 $14 (16.
Rd1 b5) (16. Bg5 Bb6 17. Nd3 Na5) 16... O-O 17. Bg5 Bb6 18. Nd3 $14) 14... hxg6
({Schlechter ist} 14... fxg6 $6 {, worauf z.B.} 15. Nc5 Qc8 (15... Bc8 $2 16.
Ng5 O-O (16... Bxe5 $2 17. f4 $1) 17. Ncxe6 Bxe6 18. Nxe6 Re8 19. Nxc7 Qxc7 20.
Bf4 $16) 16. c4 $5 $36 {mit weißer Initiaitve folgen könnte.}) 15. Bg5 ({
Auch in Betracht kamen z.B.: I} 15. h4 {In einer bekannten Vorgängerpartie
geschah weiter} Rh5 $6 (15... O-O $142) 16. Bg5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxe5
Qxe5 19. Rxe5 f6 20. Re3 fxg5 21. hxg5 Rxg5 22. Nc5 O-O-O 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24.
Rxe6 d4 $1 $14 {, doch zu böser Letzt scheiterte Schwarz bei seinen
Verteidigungsaufgaben - 1:0/44, Grischuk,A (2746) - Ivanchuk,V (2768),
Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) ({II} 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Rad1 $14) 15... Bd8 $6
{Angesichts seiner dunklen Felderschwächen macht Schwarz ein dubioses
Tauschangebot, ...} ({I Den Vorzug verdient beispielsweise} 15... O-O $142 16.
Nc5 Qc8 (16... Bc8 17. Rac1 $14) 17. Rac1 Bb6 18. Nd3 Na5 19. Nd4 $14) ({
II Freilich nicht} 15... Nxe5 $2 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxe5 f6 {wegen
} 19. Re3 fxg5 20. Nc5 $1 $16) 16. Bxd8 {...das Weiß aber nicht sofort
annehmen sollte. Der tschechische Großmeister und "Alt-Werderaner" spielt es
prosaisch, indes wäre das hochtaktische Vorgehen mittels} (16. Nc5 $142 $1 {
stärker gewesen. Man sehe die reizvollen Verwicklungen, z.B.:} Qc7 (16... Bxg5
17. Nxg5 Qc7 (17... Qd8 $2 18. Qe3 Rh5 19. h4 Na5 20. Qf4 Qe7 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22.
Rad1 O-O-O (22... Qe7 23. Rd3 Rh8 24. b3) 23. g3 Rf8 24. b3 Qe7 25. c4 $18) 18.
Rad1 Rh5 (18... Rf8 $2 19. c4 $1) (18... Rc8 19. g3 $5 (19. Qe3 $5) 19... Nb8 (
19... b6 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. c4 d4 22. a3 a5 23. Rd3 $16) 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 (20...
Qxd7 21. Ne4 $1 O-O 22. Qg4 Rfd8 (22... Rc4 23. b3 $18) (22... Rfe8 23. Nd6 $18
) 23. Ng5 $18) 21. Rd4 Nb6 22. Rf4 Rf8 23. Qd3 Qe7 (23... Nc4 $2 24. Nxe6 $1
$18) 24. h4 $16) 19. Qe3 $1 Nxe5 (19... Bc8 20. h3 b6 21. Nb3 Qe7 22. f4 $16)
20. Ncxe6 Bxe6 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 O-O-O (22... Kd7 23. Rde1 Re8 24. f4 $16)
23. f4 Bg4 (23... Rd6 24. Rde1 d4 25. Nxe6 Rxe5 26. fxe5 Rxe6 27. cxd4 Rc6) 24.
Rdxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 f6 26. Rc5+ Kb8 27. Ne4 $16) (16... Qc8 17. Bxd8 Nxd8 18.
Qe3 b6 19. Nb3 {/\Nbd4+/-}) 17. Rad1 Bxg5 (17... O-O 18. Bxd8 Raxd8 19. Qe3 $16
) (17... b5 $2 18. Rxd5 $3 exd5 19. e6 $40 {+-}) 18. Nxg5 $16 {. Die Aufgabe
des Nachziehenden, für seinen Monarchen eine geeignete Bleibe zu finden,
zieht sich wie ein roter Faden durch die Partie.}) 16... Qxd8 17. Nbd4 Nxd4 18.
Nxd4 $14 {Zweifellos haben die Tauschgeschäfte Weiß begünstigt, da der
verbliebene agile Springer dem "französischen" Läufer klar überlegen ist.
Zudem steht Schwarz wegen mangelnder Angriffs- und Hebelmöglichkeiten - trotz
halboffener h- und c-Linie - sowie einer Schwäche auf den dunklen Feldern
perspektivlos. Allerdings ist das Material reduziert, und - zwecks
Vergrößerung seines Vorteils - muß Weiß geduldig zu Werke gehen.} Qb6 $5 {
Peilt als relativ beste Lösung die lange Rochade an.} ({Schlechter erscheinen:
I} 18... Qh4 $6 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Qe3 Rh5 21. h4 Kf8 22. g3 Kg8 23. Ng5 $16 {
und der Turm ist auf h5 deplatziert.}) ({II} 18... O-O $6 19. Qe3 $40 {und mit
dem Plan Nf3-g5 ziehen Gewitterwolken am Königsflügel auf.}) 19. Qd2 O-O-O
20. a4 Kb8 21. h3 ({Eher in Betracht kam m. E.} 21. a5 {, z.B.} Qc5 22. a6 b6
23. Qf4 Qe7 24. h3 Rh4 (24... g5 $2 25. Qg3) 25. Qg3 Rc8 26. Re3) 21... Rc8 22.
a5 Qd8 23. Re3 Rc5 (23... a6) 24. Rf3 Rf8 25. b4 $6 {Im Folgenden vermag
Hracek keinen aktiven Plan zu entwickeln und beschränkt sich aufs Abwarten
bzw. Wahrung des Status quo. Leider verliert die Partie dadurch an Qualität,
um gegen Ende eine abrupte Wendung zu nehmen.} ({Ein prüfenswerter Versuch,
die weiße Stellung zu verstärken, bestand dagegen in} 25. a6 $142 b6 26. Qf4
$5 {, z.B.} Qe7 27. h4 Rc4 28. g3 Rcc8 29. Kg2 $16 {/\Rh1 plus h4-h5 und/oder
Qg5}) 25... Rc4 26. Re1 Qe7 27. Qf4 Be8 28. h4 Rh8 29. g3 Rh5 30. Qe3 g5 31.
hxg5 Rxg5 ({Ebenso behält Weiß nach} 31... Qxg5 32. Qxg5 Rxg5 {und z.B.} 33.
Rd3 Bd7 34. f4 Rh5 35. Kg2 Rc8 36. Rh1 Rxh1 37. Kxh1 Kc7 38. g4 Rh8+ 39. Kg2
Rh4 {nur noch ein minimales Plus.}) 32. Kg2 Rh5 33. Rh1 Rxh1 34. Kxh1 $14 {
/= Nach dem weiteren Turmtausch hat sich der weiße Vorteil nahezu
verflüchtigt.} f5 $4 {Des hinhaltenden Widerstands überdrüssig sowie auf
der Suche nach Gegenspiel wird Schwarz ungeduldig und verfällt plötzlich auf
eine "löchrige Kombination".} (34... a6 $142 $14 {/=}) 35. exf6 gxf6 36. Qxe6
Qxe6 37. Nxe6 d4 {Geleitet von dem Wunsch, die Diagonale c6-h1 für seinen
Läufer zu nutzen, als "Vater des Gedankens".} 38. Rf4 $1 {Der einzig
spielbare Zug ist gleichzeitig die Widerlegung.} ({I In eine böse Falle
tappen würde Weiß indes nach} 38. Nxd4 $4 Rxd4 $1 39. cxd4 $4 (39. Rxf6 Re4
40. f3 Re3 41. c4 $15) 39... Bc6 40. Kg2 f5 $8 $19 {! nebst baldigem Zugzwang
und Turmgewinn.}) ({II} 38. Rd3 $4 dxc3 39. Rd8+ Rc8 40. Rxc8+ Kxc8 $19 {, z.B.
} 41. Nd4 Bg6 42. Kg2 c2 43. Ne2 Kc7 {und der König stürzt sich auf die
gegnerischen Damenflügelbauern.}) 38... Bf7 $4 {Zeitnot? Jedenfalls wirft der
Münchener erst damit die Partie endgültig weg. Tatsächlich war er trotz des
verfehlten Befreiungsversuches keineswegs hoffnungslos verloren, wie folgende
kleine Endspielanalyse zeigt:} ({I} 38... Rxc3 $8 {und nun:} 39. Rxd4 ({
Nicht besser ist} 39. Nxd4 Rc4 40. f3 (40. Kg1 Kc8 41. Ne6 Rxf4 42. Nxf4 Bc6
$16) 40... Kc8 41. Ne6 Rxf4 42. Nxf4 Bf7 43. Ne2 $16) 39... Rc6 40. Nf4 (40.
Rd8+ Rc8 41. Rxc8+ Kxc8 42. Kg2 Kd7 43. Nc5+ Kd6 $1 44. Kf3 b6 45. axb6 axb6
46. Ne4+ Ke5 47. Ke3 f5 48. Nc3 Bc6 $16) 40... Bf7 41. Kg2 b6 42. axb6 Rxb6 43.
g4 Kc7 $16 {und in jedem Fall leistet die Verteidigung harten Widerstand}) ({
II Jedoch nicht} 38... Bc6+ $2 39. Kh2 Rxc3 40. Rxf6 $18) ({III Auch nicht} 
38... Bd7 $2 39. Nxd4 Rxc3 40. Rxf6 Rc4 41. Ne6 $1 Rxb4 (41... Bxe6 42. Rxe6
Rxb4 43. f4 $18) 42. Rf8+ Bc8 43. f4 $18) 39. Nxd4 Rxc3 40. Rxf6 $18 {Gegen
das weiße Freibauernduo ist kein Kraut gewachsen.} Bd5+ 41. Kh2 Rc4 42. Nb5
Rc8 43. g4 a6 44. Nd6 Rh8+ 45. Kg3 Kc7 46. Nf5 Rh1 47. Rd6 Rd1 48. Kf4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 {
An odd choice by Morozevich... which one should expect from him!} (7... Ne7 8.
Nd2 Nbc6 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. Qe2 (10. Nf3 h6 11. h4 d4 $6 {It seems a bit
premature at this point. Black is lagging behind in development.} 12. O-O dxc3
13. bxc3 Bc5 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Rb1 O-O-O 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Kb8 {Here White
could head for} 18. Rb2 (18. Be4 Na5 19. Nd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 (38) Nakamura,H 
(2580)-Volkov,S (2629) Tripoli 2004}) 18... Na5 19. Rfb1 b6 20. Be2 $1 {
[%cal Gf3d4,Ge2f3] with the idea of Nd4 and Bf3.} Bc6 $2 21. c4 $16) 10... Qc7
11. Nf3 h6 12. O-O g5 (12... Be7 13. Re1 $14 {1-0 (35) Vallejo Pons,F (2635)
-Rustemov,A (2597) Mondariz 2002}) 13. h3 Bg7 14. Re1 O-O-O 15. Be3 Kb8 $13 {
I propose the following as an alternative to the game 1-0 (74) Nakamura,H 
(2580)-Volkov,S (2629) Tripoli 2004.} 16. Bc5 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Rdxf8 18. b4 $13 (
18. Rac1 Rfg8 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qb6 21. Qe3 g4 22. h4 g3 $1 $132)) (7...
Nc6 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 (8... bxc6 {This is the main line} 9. O-O Ne7 (9... f5 $6 {
An anti-positional move which one has to overcome with positional manoeuvres}
10. Nd2 (10. c4 $6 {Shabalov's try is too drastic in this game} Ne7 $13 {
0-1 (42) Shabalov,A (2592)-Akobian,V (2547) Stratton Mountain 2003}) 10... Ne7
11. Nf3 c5 12. Re1 a5 13. Rb1 {Shabalov smoothly handles matters and in spite
of the spatial advantage Black has managed to achieve, development remains his
main handicap.} h6 14. b3 g5 15. a3 Bg7 16. b4 c4 17. Bc2 Qc7 18. b5 $36 {
1-0 (39) Shabalov,A (2575)-Akobian,V (2533) Denver 2003}) 10. Nd2 Ng6 11. Nf3
Be7 12. Re1 (12. Qe2 c5 13. c4 $6 {A move not in the spirit of the position}
dxc4 14. Be4 Bc6 15. Qxc4 O-O 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Re1 Rd5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (41) Potkin,V (2522)-Lastin,A (2632) Istanbul 2003}) 12... c5 (12...
O-O 13. h4 $1 $14 (13. Ng5 $5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 h6 (14... Qxb2 15. h4 $44) 15. Bc1
f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Qc2 Be8 18. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (52) Ehlvest,J (2600)-Milov,V 
(2592) Santo Domingo 2003. Despite the fact that Black succeeded in getting a
draw, White's advantage is indiputable.})) 13. Rb1 {Frees the bishop on c1.}
Bb5 14. Bc2 a5 15. Ng5 Rd8 16. b3 $13 {1-0 (41) Ehlvest,J (2602)-Ibragimov,I 
(2587) Las Vegas 2003} (16. Qh5 $5)) 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. Nd2 Ng6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. O-O
Qc7 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Rae1 O-O 15. Nd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 (42) Grischuk,A (2671)
-Gurevich,M (2641) Wijk aan Zee 2002}) 8. O-O (8. Qg4 $6 Ne7 $1 {In the spirit
of the French Defence, Black sacrifices a pawn for sake of his development.} 9.
Qxg7 (9. O-O Ng6 10. Nf3 Bb5 $1 11. Bxb5+ Qxb5 12. Nbd2 Nd7 13. c4 Qc6 14. b3
$11 {1/2-1/2 (23) Khairullin,I (2544)-Volkov,S (2623) Moscow 2008}) 9... Rg8
10. Qf6 Rxg2 11. Bxh7 Ng8 $1 {A move which only computers play! A fantastic
retreat!} (11... Bxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd4 13. Nc3 $13 {1-0 (28) Volokitin,A (2654)
-Volkov,S (2640) Dresden 2007}) 12. Qf3 (12. Qh8 $2 Bxd4 13. cxd4 (13. Bxg8 $4
Bxc3+ $19) 13... Qxd4 14. Be3 Qh4 15. Nc3 Nc6 $19) 12... Rg7 13. Bd3 (13. Bxg8
Bxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 $1 $17) 13... Bxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 {and Black has a clear
advantage!}) 8... Bxd4 9. cxd4 Qxd4 {Morozevich accepts the gambit...and the
challenge!} 10. Nc3 a6 11. Re1 Bc6 (11... Nc6 {After this both Ne2 and Be3 are
alternatives.} 12. Be3 Qb4 13. a3 (13. Bd2 Qd4 $11) 13... Qxb2 14. Na4 Qxe5 15.
Nb6 Rd8 16. Bc5 Qg5 17. f4 {and White's initiative is too dangerous. I believe
that Morozevich was right to continue solidly with his piece development. The
d5-square needs protection.}) 12. Ne2 Qg4 13. h3 Qh5 14. Bf4 Bb5 15. Qb3 (15.
Qc1 $1 Nc6 16. Ng3 Qh4 17. Be4 $1 h6 (17... dxe4 $4 18. Bg5 {The queen is
trapped.}) (17... Qd8 18. Bb1 Rc8 19. a4 Bc4 20. Ne4 $40) 18. Bxd5 {This is
the point! No one can blame Grischuk for not seeing this.} Nge7 (18... exd5 19.
Nf5 Qd8 20. Qc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3g7,Gc3g3]} Nge7 21. Nd6+ Kf8 22. a4 Bc4 23. b3 Qa5
24. Qf3 Nd4 25. Qh5 {with a crushing attack!}) 19. Be4 Nb4 (19... O-O $4 20. a4
{Traps the bishop}) 20. Be3 (20. Bxb7 $2 Nd3 $13) 20... Rc8 21. Qd1 Nbd5 22.
Bd2 $14) 15... Ne7 16. Bxb5+ axb5 17. Qxb5+ Nbc6 18. Qxb7 O-O (18... Rb8 19.
Qa6 O-O {seems better, as a result of White's misplaced queen.}) 19. Qb3 Rab8
20. Qc3 Rfc8 21. Qd2 h6 $44 22. Rac1 Qh4 23. b3 Nf5 24. g4 $5 Nfe7 25. Kg2 Ra8
$2 (25... Ng6 {seems more appealing.}) 26. Rc5 $1 {After this strong move
White starts to prove that he is a pawn up!} f5 27. gxf5 $6 (27. exf6 Qxf6 28.
Bg3 e5 29. b4 {looks like an easier solution.}) 27... Nxf5 28. Rec1 Nce7 29.
Rxc8+ Nxc8 30. Rc6 Qe7 31. Qc2 Qe8 32. a4 Qg6+ 33. Bg3 Nce7 34. Nf4 Qf7 35. Rc7
g5 36. Ne2 Rf8 37. a5 {White has carried off his plan and consolidates his
advantage on the queenside.} h5 $2 {Desperation?!} (37... d4 $1 38. Qd3 (38. a6
$2 Ne3+ 39. fxe3 d3 40. Qxd3 Qf1+ 41. Kh2 Rf2+ $11) 38... Qe8 {and Black can
put up a lengthy resistance!}) 38. Qd2 Qg6 39. a6 h4 40. Bh2 g4 41. Nf4 Qg5 42.
Qe2 $1 {Grischuk plays accurately!} Nh6 (42... g3 43. Qg4 $1 Qxg4 44. hxg4 $18
{[%csl Re7,Rf5][%cal Ga6a8]}) 43. Rxe7 gxh3+ 44. Kxh3 Qxe7 45. Ng6 Qb4 46. Nxf8
Kxf8 47. a7 Qa5 48. Bf4 Nf5 49. Qh5 {Finally White wins with a kingside
assault!} Kg7 50. Qg5+ Kh7 51. Qh5+ Kg7 52. Bg5 Qc3+ 53. Kg2 h3+ 54. Qxh3 Qc6
55. Bf6+ Kg6 56. Qg4+ {A great fight between two uncompromising leading
players!} 1-0

[Event "Budapest Hunguest Hotels"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2003.04.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Movsesian,S"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. O-O
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Ne7 {Quite a rare line in this position.Black is trying to get
the knights on c6 and d7, but it costs some time.} (9... Qa6 {is more usual})
10. Nc3 Nec6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Ne1 $5 {An interesting idea. White is moving the
knight to d3, where can control over c5 square. At the same time f2-f4 and
also Qe2-g4 become possible} Be7 13. Nd3 Qa6 $1 {Black's trying to pin the
knight and threatening Nc6-b4 with exchanges.} 14. Qd1 $1 (14. Rad1 Nb4) (14.
a3 O-O {and now after} 15. f4 {black has strong reply} Qc4 $1) 14... O-O-O $6 {
A very risky move. Black's king will not be safe at queen's side.} 15. a3 Kb8 (
{Berkes overlooked, that after} 15... Na5 {white has} 16. Nb4 $1 Qb6 17. Nbxd5
exd5 18. Nxd5 Qe6 19. Qc2+ Nc6 (19... Kb8 20. Qc7+ Ka8 21. Qxa5 $18) 20. Nxe7+
Qxe7 21. d5 Ndxe5 22. dxc6 Nxc6 23. Bxa7 $16) 16. b4 Qb6 17. Rb1 Ka8 18. Qd2 $2
{Allows black to free his pieces by a simple combination and reach an equal
position.} ({Much stronger was} 18. Qg4 $1) 18... Ndxe5 $1 19. Nxe5 (19. dxe5
d4 20. Na4 Qb5 21. Nac5 dxe3 22. Qxe3 Rd5 {with a good position for black})
19... Nxe5 20. dxe5 d4 21. Na4 Qb5 22. Bxd4 Qxa4 23. Qe3 Rd5 24. Rbc1 Qd7 25.
Bxa7 {Leades to a forced draw, but white has no better choice here.} Rd3 26.
Qb6 Bd8 27. Qc5 Rd5 28. Qe3 Rd3 29. Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.27"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Jedynak, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[Annotator "Movsesian,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Plock"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O fxe5 8. Nxe5 (
8. dxe5 $5 Qc7 9. Re1 O-O-O 10. Bd3 Nh6 11. Na3 $5 (11. Bg5 Re8 12. Nbd2 Nf7
13. Qe2 Nxg5 14. Nxg5 Be7 15. Ndf3 g6 $13 {Boey-Lobron, Salonika (ol) 88})
11... a6 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Bf4 Be7 14. Qd2 Ref8 15. Nc2 c4 16. Bf1 $13 {
Movsesian-Shirov, Germany 2000}) 8... Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. c4 Qxe5 11. Bf3
O-O-O 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Re1 Qd6 {White has here a choice of several
continuation, mostly connected with an idea not winning a pawn back and
continuing to play for initiative} 14. b4 $5 (14. Nc3 Nf6 15. b4 $5 (15. Nxd5
Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Bxd5 Bf5 18. Bf3 Bd6 19. Be3 $11 {Movsesian-Shirov,
Istanbul (ol) 2000}) 15... Bc6 16. bxc5 Qxc5 17. Bd2 Kb8 18. Rc1 $44 {
Timman-Nikolic, Netherlands 97}) (14. g3 $5 Nf6 15. Bf4 Qa6 16. Nc3 d4 17. Ne4
Nxe4 18. Rxe4 $44 {Sveshnikov-Vaisser, Sochi 84}) 14... Nf6 15. bxc5 Qxc5 16.
Be3 Qa5 17. Nd2 Kb8 (17... Bc6 18. a4 Bd6 19. Nb3 Qc7 20. g3 Rhe8 21. Rc1 Kb8
22. a5 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra7] Timman-Brynell, Germany 2001}) 18. Nb3 $6 (18. a4 $44
) 18... Qa4 $1 19. Rb1 Bf5 20. Rb2 Ba3 21. Rd2 Qd7 (21... Rhe8 22. Bxd5 Rxd5
23. Rxd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 $14) 22. Rd4 {[%cal Rd4a4]} Rhe8 23. Qd2 Bd6 24. Rd1 Be4
(24... Bg4 25. Bxg4 Nxg4 26. Bf4 $44) 25. Be2 Ng4 26. Bf4 $2 (26. Bxg4 $142
Qxg4 27. f3 Qh4 28. g3 Bxg3 29. fxe4 (29. hxg3 Qxg3+ 30. Qg2 Qxf3 31. Qxf3 Bxf3
$13) 29... Be5 30. exd5 (30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. exd5 Qg4+ $11) 30... Bxd4 31. Qxd4
Qxd4 32. Bxd4 $14) 26... Nxf2 $1 27. Nc5 Qf7 28. Bxd6+ Rxd6 29. Rf1 Qc7 $2 $138
(29... Rf6 $1 30. Rxf2 Rxf2 31. Nxe4 Rxe2 32. Qxe2 Qe6 $17) 30. Qb4 Rc8 31. Rc1
(31. Na6+ $2 Rxa6 32. Bxa6 Ng4 $17) 31... Ka8 (31... Rb6 32. Na6+ bxa6 33. Rxc7
Rxb4 34. Rxc8+ Kxc8 35. Rxb4 $18) (31... Qf7 $5) 32. Nb3 Nh3+ 33. gxh3 Rc6 34.
Rxc6 Qxc6 35. Bg4 Rb8 36. Nc5 h5 37. Bxh5 Qh6 38. Nxe4 Qxh5 (38... dxe4 39. Bg4
$18) 39. Ng3 Qf3 40. Qb3 1-0

[Event "SVK-ch"]
[Site "Kaskady"]
[Date "2002.07.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Tibensky, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Movsesian,S"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Psakhis. Bangiev} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 b6 4. c3 Qd7 5. h4 $5 {[%cal Rh4h5]
An interesting attempt. White is trying to make pawn structure on King's side
clear and develop his pieces according to that. Psakhis: 'Typical move, White
wants to gain more space on the king's side'  Bangiev: 'Ein sehr interessanter
Plan. Weiß bemüht sich die schwarze Stellung am Königsflügel unter Druck zu
setzen, d.h. möglichst mehr Raum zu gewinnen.'} Ba6 ({Other possibilities are} 
5... c5 6. h5 f5 7. Nd2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Ba6 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. Nf3 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Nh6
12. Nf4 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Nf7 14. Rh3 $16 {[%cal Rh3b3] Galdunts-Paris, St.
Ingbert 91}) (5... h5 $5 6. Be2 g6 7. Bg5 {[%cal Yg1h3,Yh3f4,Yb1d2,Yd2f3]} (7.
a4 {Psakhis} Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. a5 b5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Qd3 c5 12. Nf3 {1/2-1/2
De la Villa Garcia,J-Romero Holmes,A/Leon 1988 (12)})) 6. Bxa6 Nxa6 7. h5 {
I preferred not to kick black's knight from a6, as it has no better
perspectives than b8-c6 anyway.  Bangiev: 'Dieser Vorstoß stellt für viele
Varianten der französischen Verteidigung ein typisches Verfahren dar. Der
Bauer auf h5 soll die schwarze Stellung am Königsflügel stören, vor allem dass
es dem Schwarzen schwer fällt einen sicheren Vorposten auf f5 aufzubauen 
(sollte die Unterstützung durch h5 fehlen). Anderseits kann der Ph5 zum
Angriffsziel für Schwarz werden.'} (7. Qd3 {Psakhis} Nb8 8. h5 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5
10. b3 Nc6 11. Bf4 f6 12. Nf3 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16.
Nd2 Nf6 $11 {Haik-Nikolic,Z/Smederevska Palanka 1982/1/2-1/2 (79)}) 7... c5 8.
Ne2 f6 $6 {[%csl Re8] Black is trying to attack the centre hard, but the white
pieces are much better prepared to the opening of the position.  Bangiev: 'Ein
aktiver Zug, der allerdings das Feld e6 bzw. den Bauern auf e6 schwächt.'} (
8... Ne7 $142 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. Nf3 $14) ({Perhaps Black should have considered
simple} 8... Ne7 {[%cal Ge7c6] (Psakhis) and not to advance pawns in an area
where he is weaker}) 9. Bf4 {Bangiev: 'Weiß strebt danach, den Bauern auf e5
zu stützen, was die Bauernschwäche auf e6 zugleich befestigt. Dies stellt eine
typische Strategie für die Vorstoß-Variante dar.'} Ne7 (9... Nb8 $5 {[%cal
Gb8c6] Psakhis}) 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. Nf3 {Bangiev: 'Es ist dem Weißen gelungen den
Bauern auf e5 und damit den Raum b2-e5-h2 zu verstärken.'} Rc8 (11... O-O-O {
Psakhis} 12. Qd3 Kb7 $13 {looks little bit risky, but maybe not so bad - at
least black's monarch will feel himself in safe place}) 12. O-O (12. h6 {
gives nothing special, black can just ignore it.}) 12... Nab8 ({Worth
considering} 12... f5 $5 {(Psakhis) closing pawn's formation on the king's
side.}) 13. Re1 Be7 $2 {Leads to a very bad position for black.} (13... f5 {
was the best try still} 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Nf4 $16 {[%csl Re6]}) 14. exf6 {
Bangiev: 'Eine typische Wende der weißen Strategie in derartigen Positionen:
nach der Verstärkung der schwarzen Felder geht Weiß zum Angriff auf die weißen
Felder im Lager des Nachziehenden über. '} gxf6 (14... Bxf6 {Psakhis} 15. Bxb8
Rxb8 16. Nf4 {[%csl Re6]}) 15. Bxb8 $1 {Bangiev: 'Im Sinne der erwähnten
Strategie.'} Rxb8 (15... Nxb8 {Psakhis} 16. Nf4 Rc6 17. c4 $5) 16. Nf4 {
Psakhis: 'Now Black's pawn formation is seriously compromised on the kingside
and the centre of the board and he should have stuck to a passive defense'} Nd8
17. Qe2 Kf7 ({It's difficult to recommend to Black} 17... cxd4 {Psakhis} 18.
Nxd4 $1 (18. cxd4 {Psakhis} Bb4 $14) (18. Nxe6 {Psakhis} Nxe6 19. Qxe6 Qxe6 20.
Rxe6 dxc3 21. Rae1 Rb7 22. bxc3 Kf7 23. Nd4 $14) 18... e5 19. Qf3 $1 exf4 20.
Qxf4 $16 {with huge advantage for White}) 18. c4 $1 {[%csl Rd8,Re6][%cal Ra1d1]
Psakhis: 'Movsesian opens the game in the center and he has all the trumps in
his's hand.'  Bangiev: 'Das Feld d5 sowie e6 ist angegriffen.'} Bd6 19. Qd2 {
Bangiev: 'Der Springer auf f4 ist die Schlüsselfigur im weißen Angriffsplan.'}
Qc7 20. Nh3 {[%cal Rd2h6] The white knight opens the way for the queen, so
black's king will get no rest.} dxc4 21. Rad1 Rf8 22. Re4 {[%cal Re4g4]
Psakhis: 'White has long term compensation. Blacks P-structure has been
weakened and his development has been obstructed seriously. However white
needs to play very energeticly.'} Kg8 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Rg4+ Kf7 (24... Kh8 25.
Qh6 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Yf3h4,Yh3f4] with a mating attack}) 25. Qc2 Ke8 26. Rxc4 {
Black's position is in ruins} Qe7 27. b4 Bd6 28. Rcd4 Nb7 29. Nd2 $1 (29. Qc6+
$6 Qd7 30. Rxd6 Nxd6 31. Rxd6 Qxc6 32. Rxc6 {would be just an amnesty for
black.}) 29... Nd8 30. Qd3 Nb7 31. Ne4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.23"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Haimovich, Tal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[Annotator "Movsesian,S"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Herzliya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 (10... Be7 $6 11. h5 $5 (11. g4 Nh6 12. Rg1 f6 13.
exf6 gxf6 14. Bd3 Nf7 15. Qe2 O-O-O $13 {Svidler-Beliavsky, Novosibirsk 95})
11... Rc8 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bd3 $16 {Motylev-Miljanic, Bucharest 2000}) 11. g4
Nfe7 $5 $146 (11... Nh6 12. Rg1 Na5 $5 (12... Be7 13. Nc3 Qd8 14. Bd3 f6 15. g5
$14 {Kozak-Wegener, Elista (ol) 98}) 13. Nfd2 Be7 14. Bc3 Nc4 15. Nxc4 dxc4 16.
Nd2 O-O $13 {Kozak-Antonio, Las Vegas (wch) 99}) 12. Nc3 Na5 $1 (12... h5 $6
13. Na4 Qd8 14. gxh5 $14 {[%cal Ga4c5]}) 13. Na4 Qc6 14. Nc5 (14. b5 $2 Qc7 15.
Nc5 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. a4 Nd5 $17 {and black is "in control"}) 14... Nc4 15.
Bc1 h5 16. gxh5 Nf5 17. Bh3 Nh6 $6 {White almost never threats to take on f5,
as white squares will become very weak, so there was no serious reason to play
this move. Now white gets important tempi to re-group.} (17... b6 $5 {and
black shouldn't be worried about the future at all}) 18. O-O b6 19. Nd3 Qa4 20.
Qe2 a5 21. Bg5 Nxa3 22. bxa5 b5 $5 (22... bxa5 23. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Bb5 25.
Bxa3 Bxa3 26. Qa2 Bxd3 27. Qxa3 Qxa3 28. Rxa3 $14 {[%csl Re8,Rh6] and white
has a comfortable endgame}) 23. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 b4 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. dxc5
Qxa5 27. Qe3 Qa4 (27... O-O 28. Bxa3 bxa3 29. Rxa3 Qc7 30. Rc3 $16 {[%cal
Yf3d4,Ye3g5,Yc3g3]}) 28. Bxa3 bxa3 29. Rxa3 Qd1+ 30. Kg2 O-O 31. Rd3 Qb1 32.
Nd4 Ra8 $138 33. Rb3 Qd1 34. Nf3 $6 (34. c6 $1 Bxc6 35. Nxc6 Ra1 36. Ne7+ Kh8
37. Kg3 $1 $18) 34... Rc8 35. Rc3 Bb5 36. Rc1 Qd3 37. Qxd3 Bxd3 38. Nd4 Kf8 39.
f4 $1 Ng8 40. f5 exf5 41. Bxf5 Bxf5 42. Nxf5 Nh6 (42... Ne7 43. Nd6 Rc7 44. Ra1
Nc6 45. Ra8+ Ke7 46. Ne8 $1 $18) 43. Nd6 Rc6 44. Kf3 Ke7 45. Ke3 f6 (45... Ke6
46. Kd4 $22 $18 Ng4 47. Ne8 $1) 46. Kd4 Ng4 47. Nf5+ Kf8 48. e6 $1 Ne5 49. Kxd5
Rc8 50. e7+ 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2005.05.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Galstian, Beniamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2005.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 a5 7. Bd3 Bb5 8. Bxb5+
Qxb5 9. a4 Qb6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Na3 cxd4 12. Nb5 dxc3 13. bxc3 Nh6 14. Rb1 Qd8
15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. c4 Nb4 17. Qd4 Bg7 18. Qc5 Bf8 19. Qe3 Rc8 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21.
Qe4 Be7 22. Qg4 Kf8 23. Qe4 Kg7 24. Rb3 Rg8 25. Nfd4 Kh8 26. Kh1 Rc4 27. f4 Bc5
28. Rd3 Nb4 29. Rd2 Nc6 30. Nd6 Bxd6 31. Nxc6 Rxe4 32. Nxd8 Rxd8 33. exd6 Rxa4
34. f5 exf5 35. Kg1 Rd7 36. Rxf5 b6 37. Re5 Kg7 38. Re8 Rc4 39. Rd3 h5 40. Re1
Rc6 41. Red1 a4 42. Rd5 a3 43. R1d2 Rc5 44. Rxc5 bxc5 45. Ra2 Ra7 46. d7 Rxd7
47. Rxa3 Kf6 48. Rc3 Rc7 49. Kf2 Ke5 50. Ke3 c4 51. Kd2 Kd4 52. Ra3 Rb7 53. Kc2
Re7 54. Kd2 Re5 55. Rf3 f5 56. Rf4+ Kc5 57. Kc3 Re3+ 58. Kd2 Re5 59. Kc3 Kb5
60. Rxc4 Re3+ 61. Kd2 Rh3 $4 (61... Ra3 {kam so gut wie sicher.}) 62. Rf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.11.13"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "209"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 Ng6 8. h4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Be7 11. g3 O-O 12. h5 Nh8 13. Nc2 f6 14. Bf4 Nf7 15.
Ne3 fxe5 16. dxe5 Ng5 17. h6 g6 18. Ng4 Ne4 19. Nd2 Nxf2 20. Nxf2 g5 21. Bd3
Kh8 22. Qg4 Rf7 23. Be3 d4 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 25. Qxd4 Bc6 26. Qxd8+ Rxd8 27. Ke2
Rxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Rxd3 29. Ke2 Rxg3 30. Rag1 Bb5+ 31. Kf2 Rd3 32. Ne4 Bc6 33. Rg4
Kg8 34. Rc1 Kf7 35. Nxg5+ Kg6 36. Nxh7+ Kxh7 37. Rg7+ Kxh6 38. Rxe7 Bd5 39. Rc2
Kg6 40. a3 Rf3+ 41. Ke2 Rh3 42. Ke1 Rh1+ 43. Kd2 Rh2+ 44. Kc3 Rxc2+ 45. Kxc2
Kf5 46. Kd3 Kxe5 47. Rd7 Bc6 48. Rd8 a6 49. Kc4 Kf4 50. Kd4 e5+ 51. Kd3 Bb5+
52. Kd2 Ke4 53. b3 Bc6 54. Kc3 Ke3 55. Rd3+ Kf4 56. a4 Bf3 57. Rd7 Bc6 58. Rd6
Ke3 59. Kc4 e4 60. Kc3 Kf3 61. Kd4 Ke2 62. Rf6 Kd2 63. Rf2+ Kc1 64. Rh2 Kd1 65.
a5 Kc1 66. b4 Kd1 67. Rh3 Kc2 68. Rg3 Kb2 69. Rc3 Bb5 70. Re3 Bc6 71. Rg3 Kc2
72. b5 axb5 73. Rc3+ Kd2 74. a6 bxa6 75. Rxc6 e3 76. Rxa6 e2 77. Ra2+ Kd1 78.
Ra1+ Kd2 79. Ra2+ Kd1 80. Kd3 e1=N+ 81. Kc3 Nf3 82. Rf2 Ne5 83. Rf5 Ng4 84. Kd3
Ke1 85. Rxb5 Nf2+ 86. Ke3 Nd1+ 87. Kf3 Kd2 88. Rd5+ Kc2 89. Rd8 Nc3 90. Rd7 Nb5
91. Ke3 Nc3 92. Rc7 Kb3 93. Kd3 Na2 94. Rb7+ Nb4+ 95. Kd4 Ka3 96. Kc4 Na2 97.
Rb3+ Ka4 98. Rb8 Ka3 99. Rb6 Nc1 100. Rb7 {[%tqu "De","Finden Sie den einzigen
Remiszug!","","","c1a2","",2]} Na2 $1 (100... Ka2 $2 101. Kc3 Ne2+ 102. Kc2
Nd4+ 103. Kd3 Nb3 {Sonst wird das Roß von seinem Herrn getrennt, gejagt und
schließlich eingefangen:} (103... Nc6 104. Rc7 Ne5+ 105. Kd4 Ng6 106. Ke4 Kb3
107. Rg7 Nf8 108. Kf5 Kc4 109. Rf7 $18) 104. Rb5 Ka3 105. Kc3 $18) (100... Ne2
$2 101. Rb3+ Ka2 102. Re3 Nc1 103. Kc3 Nb3 104. Re5 Nc1 105. Re8 Kb1 106. Re1
$18) 101. Rb3+ Ka4 102. Rh3 Nb4 103. Rh8 Nc6 $4 (103... Na6 104. Ra8 Ka5 $11)
104. Ra8+ Na5+ 105. Kc5 $22 1-0

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Nesis,G/Sveshnikov,E"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 {Häufiger wird 2....d5 oder 2....Nf6 gespielt.} (2... d5 3.
exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6) (2... Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6) 3. d4
d5 4. e5 {[%mdl 4] So ist durch Zugumstellung aus der Sizilianischen eine
Französische Verteidigung entstanden.} Nc6 {Eine naheliegende Antwort. Zu
erwähnen ist auch die Idee von R.Wade, wonach Schwarz mittels Bc8-d7-b5 die
weissfeldrigen Läufer - noch vor der Entwicklung der Springer - abzutauschen
sucht:} (4... Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 ({zu beachten wäre hier das geschmeidige} 
6. a3 $5 {z.B.:} cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. Bxb5+ Qxb5 9. Nc3 Qa6 10. Ne2 {mit
gefährlicher weisser Initiative nach der Rochade.}) 6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8.
Nc3 ({oder} 8. Bxb5+ Qxb5 9. Nc3 Qa6 10. Ne2 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Ne7 {
mit einer festen, aber passiven Stellung.}) 8... Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bxe2
11. Qxe2 Qa6 {mit weiterer Postierung der Springer auf c6 und d7.}) 5. Nf3 {
Die beste Fortsetzung.} (5. f4 $143 {um dem Punkt e5 zusätzlichen Schutz zu
bieten, ist schwächer:} Qb6 6. Nf3 Nh6 $1 7. b3 (7. Kf2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 (8...
Ng4+ $143 9. Kg3 $11) 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Na4 Qa5 11. b3 Rc8 12. g4 Nfxd4 $5 13.
Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 b5 15. Bd2 Rc2 16. Ke3 Qc7 $17 17. Bd3 bxa4 $5 18. b4 $15 (
18. Bxc2 Bc5)) 7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Kf2 Nf5 10. Bb2 Ncxd4 $17) (5. Qg4
$143 {bringt Weiss auch nichts:} cxd4 6. cxd4 Qb6 7. Nf3 Nh6 $17 {mit
ausgezeichnetem Spiel für Schwarz.}) 5... Bd7 (5... Qb6 {ist die andere
Hauptfortsetzung:} 6. Bd3 $5 cxd4 ({schwächer ist} 6... Bd7 $143 {wegen} 7.
dxc5 $1 Bxc5 8. O-O f6 9. b4 Be7 10. Bf4 {mit starkem weissen Druck.}) 7. cxd4
Bd7 (7... Nxd4 $4 {ist eine bekannte Eröffnungsfalle:} 8. Nxd4 Qxd4 9. Bb5+ {
[%csl Rd4]})) 6. Bd3 $5 {Diese gambitartige Fortsetzung, nach einem englischen
Schachmeister Milner-Barry-Gambit genannt, ergibt unklares und verwickeltes
Spiel. Für rasche Entwicklung und Initiative opfert Weiss den Bauern d4.} cxd4
(6... Qb6 $6 {Sveshnikov} 7. dxc5 $1 Bxc5 8. O-O (8. b4 $5 Bxf2+ 9. Ke2 $44)
8... a5 9. a4 {/\ Na3}) 7. cxd4 Qb6 (7... Nb4 8. Be2 $16 {Sveshnikov}) 8. Nc3
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. O-O (10. Qe2 $5 {Sveshnikov}) 10... a6 ({Gefährlich ist} 
10... Qxe5 $5 11. Re1 Qd6 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qb6 $13 {mit
dauerhafter weisser Initiative, doch bei präzisem Spiel müsste Schwarz sich
verteidigen können}) 11. Qe2 Ne7 (11... g6 $5 {Sveshnikov}) (11... Qa7 {
Sveshnikov}) (11... Rc8 {Keres}) 12. Kh1 $1 ({Schwächer ist} 12. Rd1 $143 Nc6
13. Bxa6 Qxe5 14. Qxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxb7 Ra7 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Re1 f6 18. f4 Bc5+
19. Kh1 $19 {mit schwarzer Überlegenheit.}) 12... Nc6 13. f4 Nb4 ({Interessant
ist auch} 13... Bc5 14. a3 Na5) 14. Rd1 $1 Nxd3 15. Rxd3 Qc4 $6 ({Bessere
Chancen, das Spiel auszugleichen würde} 15... Qb6 $142 {bieten:} 16. Be3 Bc5
17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. f5 d4 $1 19. b4 Qc7 (19... Qxb4 20. Qg4 O-O 21. f6 g6 22. Qg5
Rfd8 23. Rxd4 Qf8 (23... Qxc3 24. Rad1 Qc5 25. Rd6 Kh8 26. Qh6 Rg8 27. Rxd7
Raf8 28. Qf4)) 20. Rad1) 16. b3 $1 ({Nach} 16. Be3 {wäre} Bb4 $1 $17 {am
stärksten.(Sveshnikov)} (16... Bc5 $15)) 16... Qc7 17. Bb2 Bc6 {N} (17... Rc8
18. f5 $1 $40 {Sveshnikov}) 18. Rc1 Rd8 ({Nach} 18... Be7 {setzt Weiss mit} 19.
f5 $1 $40 {ohne weiteres seinen Angriff fort.}) 19. Qf2 $1 Be7 (19... d4 20.
Ne2 $1 $14 {Sveshnikov}) 20. Ne2 O-O 21. Nd4 Qd7 22. f5 {Nach günstiger
Mobilmachung seiner Kräfte im Zentrum geht Weiss zum Angriff auf den
gegnerischen Königsflügel über.} exf5 (22... Bg5 23. f6 $16 {Sveshnikov}) 23.
Rg3 $1 {Weiss greift energisch an.} ({Die Fortsetzung} 23. Nxf5 d4 $1 24. Rxd4
Qe6 {hätte dem schwarzen Bc6 neues Leben eingeflößt.}) 23... g6 (23... Bh4 $2
24. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 25. Qxh4 $18 {[%cal Yh4f6,Rb2h8,Yd4c6,Ye5e6] Sveshnikov}) 24.
Qf4 $1 {Weiss droht mit dem Manöver Qh6 und R h3+-.} Rfe8 25. Nxf5 {[%csl Rf7]
[%cal Yf5h6] /\ Nh6} Bf8 26. Bd4 $1 {Eine kaltblütige Entscheidung. Weiss
lässt die Befreiung des schwarzen Bc6 nicht zu, sodass dieser bis zuletzt
nicht aus seinem Verlies herauskommt, d.h. für ihn keine aktive Teilnahme am
Spiel möglich ist.} Re6 ({Zu schweren Folgen würde der schwarze Versuch führen,
sich mittels} 26... f6 {zu entfesseln:} 27. exf6 Re4 (27... Qf7 $142 28. Nh6+
Bxh6 29. Qxh6 Re4 $16) 28. Ne7+ (28. Qf2 Rde8) 28... Kf7 29. Qg5 $5 (29. Qf2
$16) 29... Rxd4 30. Nxg6 Bd6 31. Ne5+ Bxe5 32. Qxe5 $18 {-> Sveshnikov}) 27.
Nh6+ Bxh6 ({Bei} 27... Kg7 {würde} 28. Rf1 $18 {den Kampf entscheiden.}) 28.
Qxh6 Rde8 29. Rf1 $18 Qc7 $6 (29... Rxe5 $2 30. Re3 f6 31. Bxe5 fxe5 32. Rxe5
$18 {Sveshnikov}) (29... Bb5 $142) 30. Rh3 f5 31. exf6 Qf7 ({Nichts hilft} 
31... Re1 32. Qxh7+ $1 Qxh7 33. f7+ Kf8 ({auf} 33... Qxf7 {ist ein pikantes
Mattfinale möglich:} 34. Rh8#) 34. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 35. Rxe1+ $18) 32. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Bayerischer SB Kongress-02 Meister"]
[Site "Nuremberg"]
[Date "1888.08.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "Nimzowitsch,A"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1888.08.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Nimzowitsch: Mein System} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6.
Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. Be2 Nge7 9. b3 Nf5 10. Bb2 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Be7 (11... O-O
$1 12. g4 Nh6 13. Rg1 f6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. g5 Rxf3 $1) 12. g3 a5 $2 13. a4 Rc8
14. Bb5 Nb4 15. Bxd7+ $2 (15. Nc3 $142 Bxb5+ 16. Nxb5 Nc2 17. Rc1 Nce3+ 18.
fxe3 Nxe3+ 19. Ke2 Nxd1 20. Rxc8+ Kd7 21. Rxh8 Nxb2 22. Rc1 {
Nimzowitsch-Tarrasch/San Sebastian/1912/1-0}) 15... Kxd7 16. Nc3 Nc6 17. Nb5
Na7 18. Nxa7 $2 (18. Qd3 Nxb5 19. axb5) 18... Qxa7 19. Qd3 Qa6 $1 20. Qxa6 bxa6
21. Kg2 Rc2 22. Bc1 Rb8 23. Rb1 Rc3 24. Bd2 Rcxb3 25. Rxb3 Rxb3 26. Bxa5 Rb2 (
26... Ra3 27. Rc1) 27. Bd2 (27. Rc1 Ne3+) 27... Bb4 28. Bf4 h6 29. g4 Ne7 30.
Ra1 Nc6 31. Bc1 Rc2 32. Ba3 Rc4 (32... Bxa3) 33. Bb2 Bc3 34. Bxc3 Rxc3 35. Rb1
Kc7 36. g5 Rc4 37. gxh6 gxh6 38. a5 Ra4 39. Kg3 Rxa5 40. Kg4 Ra3 41. Rd1 Rb3
42. h4 Ne7 43. Ne1 Nf5 44. Nd3 a5 45. Nc5 Rc3 46. Rb1 Nxd4 47. Na6+ Kd8 48.
Rb8+ Rc8 49. Rb7 Ke8 50. Nc7+ Kf8 51. Nb5 Nxb5 52. Rxb5 Ra8 53. f4 a4 54. Rb1
a3 55. f5 a2 56. Ra1 Ra4+ 57. Kh5 Kg7 58. fxe6 fxe6 59. Rg1+ Kh8 60. Ra1 Kh7
61. Rg1 a1=Q 62. Rg7+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Black "Smikovski, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 Nh6 11. h3 (11. Rg1 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Nc3 Nf7 14. Na4
Qd8 15. Nc5 b6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Rc1 Ncd8 18. h4 $16 {Vasiukov,E-Bukhman,E/St.
Petersburg/1994/1:0/30/}) 11... Rc8 (11... f6 12. Bd3 Nf7 13. Nbd2 fxe5 14.
dxe5 Be7 15. Rc1 Ng5 16. h4 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Nd4 18. Qe3 Nb5 19. Nf3 Qxe3+ 20.
fxe3 $16 {Sveshnikov,E-Lputian,S/Tilburg/1992/1:0/39/}) 12. Nc3 Na5 13. Na4 Qc6
14. Nc5 Nc4 15. Bc1 Be7 $2 (15... Ng8 16. Bd3 Bxc5 17. dxc5 b6 18. cxb6 Qxb6
19. O-O Ne7 20. Bxc4 $2 dxc4 21. Be3 Qb7 22. Bc5 h5 $17 {Haba,P-Dizdar,G/GER/
1991/0:1/40/}) 16. Bd3 b6 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 (17... Qxd7 18. O-O Ng8 19. Nd2 (19.
Qe2 h5 $132) 19... f6 20. Qe2 $16) 18. O-O Ng8 19. Nd2 $1 Bh4 (19... b5 20. Nb3
$16) (19... Nxd2 20. Bxd2 $16) 20. Qf3 Ne7 (20... f6 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. Be4 Qc7
23. Bf4 $18) 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. Be4 Nd5 23. Qxf7+ Be7 24. f4 (24. Qxg7 h5 25.
Bg5 $1 $16) 24... g6 $2 (24... Rcf8 25. Qh5 (25. Qxg7 $2 h5) 25... g6 26. Qh6
Rhg8 27. Kh2 $16) 25. b5 $1 Qxb5 26. f5 $18 gxf5 27. gxf5 Rhg8+ 28. Kh1 Qb3 29.
Bf3 (29. Qxe6+ Kc7 30. f6 Rg3 31. Qxd5 Rxh3+ 32. Kg1 Qg3+ 33. Bg2 Qh2+ 34. Kf2
Qg3+ 35. Ke2 Qd3+ 36. Ke1 Qc3+ (36... Re3+ 37. Kf2 Re2+ 38. Kg1 $18) 37. Bd2
Qxa1+ (37... Re3+ 38. Kf2 Qxd2+ 39. Kg1 $18) 38. Kf2 $18) 29... Rg3 (29... Qd3
30. Rf2 Qxd4 31. Qxe6+ Kc7 32. Qxd5 Qxf2 33. Be3 Qxe3 34. Qc6+ Kd8 35. Rd1+ Qd3
36. Rxd3+ cxd3 37. Qd5+ Kc7 38. f6 $18) 30. Qxe6+ Kc7 31. Qxd5 Rxh3+ 32. Kg2
Qd3 33. f6 (33. Bf4 $18) 33... Rxf3 34. Rxf3 Qe2+ 35. Kh3 Rg8 36. Qxg8 Qxf3+
37. Qg3 Qh5+ (37... Qh1+ 38. Kg4 Qe4+ 39. Bf4 $18) 38. Kg2 Qe2+ 39. Kg1 Qd1+
40. Kf2 Qc2+ (40... Qxd4+ 41. Be3 Qb2+ 42. Kf3) 41. Ke1 Qe4+ 42. Be3 Qh1+ 43.
Qg1 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2002.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2002.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 f6 8. Be2 fxe5
9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Bc5 11. O-O Ne7 12. Bh5+ $5 {Ein interessantes
Schachgebot. Weiß erzwingt damit eine Schwächung der gegnerischen schwarzen
Felder am Königsflügel, die er später ausnützen möchte.} g6 13. Bg4 h5 ({
Ich entschied, den Läufer von seinem aktiven Feld zu verjagen. Aber
selbstverständlich bildet auch dieser Vorstoss eine weitere Schwächung dieser
Seite. Gespielt wurden schon} 13... Bd7 14. Nf3 $14) ({und} 13... O-O 14. Nf3
Nf5 15. Qc2 $14 {(/\ Bg5).}) 14. Be2 (14. Bh3 $6 g5) 14... Bd7 15. Rb1 (15. b4
cxb3 16. Nxb3 Ba4 17. Rb1 Qc7 $13) 15... O-O $6 {[%csl Rd7]} ({Nach dieser
Ungenauigkeit kann sich Weiß erlauben, den Bauern f2 zu geben, um zentrale
Linien aufzumachen. Die folgenden Verwicklungen sind ihm günstig. Besser war
daher} 15... Nf5 16. b3 (16. b4 $6 Bf8) 16... cxb3 17. Nxb3 Ba4 18. Bg5 O-O {
mit einer komplizierten Stellung, in welcher ich aber das Gefühl habe, dass
Schwarz mehr aufpassen muss.}) 16. Nxc4 $1 dxc4 ({Im Fall vom sofortigen} 16...
Bxf2+ {geht für Weiß dann} 17. Kh1 Qc7 18. Bg5 $1 (18. Nd2 $5 Bb6 19. Nf3 $14)
18... Bb5 19. Nd6 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Bc5 21. Rf6 $40 {Nach der Öffnung der f-Linie
kann Weiß das schwache Feld f6 leichter besetzen.}) 17. Qxd7 Rad8 18. Qa4 Rxf2
({Es funktioniert kaum} 18... Bxf2+ 19. Kh1 Nc6 20. Bg5 Rd5 21. Qc2 $1 Nxe5 22.
Bxc4 $16) 19. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 20. Kh1 Qc6 ({Ich überlegte hier lange nach, um zu
bestimmen, welche Fortsetzung eigentlich die besten Remischancen verspricht.
Das Damenendspiel nach} 20... Be3 21. Bxc4 Bxc1 (21... Qc6 $2 22. Bxe6+) 22.
Rxc1 Nf5 23. Rd1 $6 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Ne3 25. Qd3 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 Qxb2 27. Qxe6+ Kh7
{hielt ich zwar für haltbar, aber dann störten mich Alternativen am 23.Zug wie
23.Qb3 mehr.}) 21. Qxc6 $5 ({Ich hatte mich auf die aggressivere Möglichkeit} 
21. Qc2 {konzentriert, obwohl der Damentausch aus praktischer Sicht besser ist.
Ich hatte dann vor, mittels} Nf5 {einen Bauern zu opfern, da} (21... Bh4 {
nicht haltbar ist:} 22. Bf3 Qc5 (22... Rf8 23. Bg5 $1 Rxf3 24. Bxe7 $18) 23. g3
Qxe5 (23... Rd3 24. Qe2 $18) (23... Rf8 24. Qe2 $18) 24. gxh4 Qe1+ 25. Kg2 Nf5
26. Bg5 Nxh4+ 27. Bxh4 (27. Kh3 $5 $18) 27... Rd2+ 28. Kh3 $18) {Nach} 22. Bg5
Rd7 23. Bxh5 gxh5 24. Qxf2 Qe4 25. Re1 Qg4 {[%csl Gf5,Gg4][%cal Gd7d1] besitzt
Schwarz dank seiner guten Figuren Kompensation. Ob genug, da kann ich keinen
definitiven Urteil fallen.}) 21... Nxc6 22. Bg5 Re8 $2 {[%csl Re8]} ({Der
Besitz des Läuferpaars sowie Schwächen im schwarzen Lager versprechen dem
Anziehenden Vorteil. Um diesen gering zu halten, musste Schwarz unbedingt
aktiv spielen. Nach dem geschehenen furchtbaren Zug wird er zur totalen
Passivität verurteilt. Richtig war} 22... Rd5 {[%csl Gd5]} 23. Rf1 Rxe5 24.
Bxc4 {, und nun} Na5 $1 (24... Bb6 25. Bf4) 25. Bf6 (25. Ba2 Re2) 25... Re3 26.
Bb5 Re1 27. Rxe1 Bxe1 28. Be8 Kh7 {[%csl Ge8,Gf6] mit nur kleinem
Endspielvorteil für Weiß.}) 23. Bf6 b5 ({Und hier war es vielleicht
hartnäckiger, den Bauern sofort zu geben, anstatt die Öffnung des Damenflügels
zu erlauben:} 23... Bb6 24. Bxc4 Bd8 25. Bxd8 (25. Rf1 Bxf6 26. Rxf6 Nxe5 27.
Rxe6 Rxe6 28. Bxe6+ Kg7 $14) 25... Nxd8 26. g3 Nc6 27. Re1 Kf7 28. Kg2 $16) 24.
b3 Na5 25. bxc4 ({Weiß hat mehrere gute Fortsetzungen, aber im Moment zeigt
der junge Spanier noch gute Technik.} 25. b4 Nb3 26. Rd1 Be3 (26... Rf8 27. g4
h4 28. g5) 27. Rd7 Nc1 28. Bd1 Nd3 29. Bc2 $16) 25... bxc4 26. Rd1 Bc5 27. g4
$1 hxg4 28. Rd7 (28. Bxg4 Be7 29. Bxe6+ Kf8 30. Rd7 {kommt aufs Gleiche.})
28... Kf8 29. Bxg4 Be7 $138 30. Rxa7 ({Nun fangen die Realisationprobleme
Vallejos. Er verpasste in diesem Augenblick} 30. Bxe6 Bxf6 31. Rf7+ Kg8 32.
Re7+ $1 {, was nach} Kf8 33. Rxe8+ Kxe8 34. exf6 {eine totale Gewinnstellung
herbeiführt.}) 30... Nc6 31. Rc7 Bxf6 32. exf6 Ne5 33. h3 ({Der Textzug
erleichterte mich, auch wenn mir ganz klar war, dass auch das Turmendspiel
verloren sein musste. Unangenehmer war natürlich etwas wie} 33. Bh3 g5 34. Rh7
g4 35. Bf1 Kg8 36. Rg7+ Kf8 37. Rg5 Nd3 38. Kg2 $18 {Der Läufer erweist sich
in solchen offenen Stellungen als eindeutig stärker als der Springer.}) 33...
Nxg4 34. hxg4 Ra8 (34... g5 35. Rh7 $18) 35. Rxc4 Rxa3 (35... g5 36. Rc7 Rxa3
37. Kg2 $18) 36. Rc7 ({Trotz Zeitnot gelang es mir festzustellen, dass die
Stellung nach} 36. g5 Ra5 37. Rc8+ (37. Rg4 Rf5 {und Schwarz scheint eine gute
Festung zu haben}) 37... Kf7 38. Rc7+ Kf8 39. c4 Rxg5 40. c5 Rf5 41. c6 Rxf6 (
41... Rc5 42. Rc8+ Kf7 43. c7 $18) 42. Rh7 Rf1+ 43. Kg2 Rc1 44. c7 Ke8 {
Remis ist. Wegen Zeitnot verstand ich aber nicht, dass Weiß hier in
Wirklichkeit gewinnen kann! Nämlich} 45. Kf3 Rc4 46. Ke3 g5 47. Kd3 Rc6 48. Ke4
Rc5 49. Kd4 Rc6 50. Ke5 g4 51. Kf4 Rc4+ 52. Kg3 e5 53. Rg7 $22 $18 {und nach
weiteren solchen Zugzwangsmannövern erobert Weiß beide gegnerischen Bauern und
nähert anschließend seinen König dem Bauern c7.}) 36... g5 37. Kg2 e5 (37...
Ra1 38. c4 Re1 39. c5 Re4 40. c6 Rxg4+ 41. Kf3 Rc4 42. Rc8+ Kf7 43. c7 $18) 38.
Kf3 Ra6 39. f7 Rf6+ 40. Ke4 Rf4+ 41. Kxe5 Kg7 {Die weiße Aufgabe ist nicht
mehr so einfach wie vor ca. 15 Zügen, denn nun muss er trotzdem lange
Varianten rechnen.} 42. c4 Rxg4 43. c5 Rc4 44. Kd6 $2 ({Und hier ist er schon,
der entscheidende zum Remis führende Fehler! Während der Partie konnte ich
mich überzeugen, dass auch} 44. Kd5 {wegen} Rc3 $1 {zum Remis führt. Gleich
sehen wir, warum es wichtig ist, den Turm auf der 3.Reihe aufzustellen.} 45.
Ra7 (45. c6 g4 46. Ke6 g3 47. Rc8 Re3+ $11) 45... g4 46. Ra4 g3 $11 {[%cal
Gc3g3] mit Ausgleich, da der schwarze Bauer vom Turm gedeckt ist, und so nach
einem Schachgebot auf g4 nicht fällt.}) ({Es gewann aber} 44. Ke6 $1 {(es
genügt auch 44.c6!, was zu denselben Varianten führt)} Rc1 (44... g4 45. Rc8) (
44... Rf4 45. c6) 45. c6 ({aber nicht} 45. Kf5 Rf1+ $1 46. Kxg5 Rxf7 $11) 45...
g4 46. Rc8 $1 Re1+ 47. Kd5 $1 ({Der König muss sich dem gegnerischen Turm
annähern, indem er die "Treppe d und e" benützt. Es geht nicht} 47. Kf5 Rf1+
48. Ke5 (48. Kg5 g3 49. f8=Q+ Rxf8 $11 50. Rxf8 $2 g2 $19) (48. Kxg4 Rxf7 49.
c7 Kf6 $11 {mit theoretischer Remisstellung!}) 48... g3 $5 49. f8=Q+ Rxf8 50.
Rxf8 g2 51. c7 g1=Q 52. c8=Q Qe3+ {und wegen des ständig hängenden Rf8 kann
Weiß dem Dauerschach nicht entkommen}) 47... Rd1+ 48. Ke4 Re1+ 49. Kd3 $18)
44... g4 45. Ra7 g3 46. Ra3 Rg4 ({Zur selben Stellung führt} 46... Rd4+ 47. Ke6
Re4+ 48. Kd5 Rg4 49. Rf3 Kf8 50. c6 g2 51. c7 Rd4+) 47. Rf3 ({Nach} 47. c6 g2
48. c7 g1=Q 49. f8=Q+ Kxf8 50. c8=Q+ Kg7 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gg1a7] ist es
lebenswichtig, dass die Qg1 das Feld a7 kontrolliert.} 51. Qd7+ Kg6 52. Qe8+
Kg7 $11) 47... Kf8 48. c6 g2 ({Es ging auch} 48... Rd4+ 49. Kc5 g2 50. Rg3 Rd2
51. c7 Kxf7 52. Kb6 Rb2+ 53. Kc6 Rc2+ 54. Kb7 Rb2+ 55. Kc8 Kf6 $11) 49. c7 Rd4+
50. Ke6 ({Es rettet Schwarz ein Abzugschach nach} 50. Kc5 $4 g1=Q 51. c8=Q+
Rd8+) 50... Re4+ 51. Kd5 Rd4+ 52. Ke6 Re4+ 53. Kd5 ({Und auch im Fall von} 53.
Kf6 {kommt Schwarz mit einer wundersamen Rettung vor:} Rc4 54. Re3 (54. Rg3
Rc6+ $11) 54... Rc6+ (54... Rf4+ $2 55. Ke6 $18) 55. Re6 g1=Q $1 {[%cal Yc6f6,
Yc6c8]} 56. Rxc6 Qd4+ $1) 53... Rd4+ 54. Ke5 Rc4 55. Rg3 Rxc7 56. Rxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2001.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 f6 8. Be2 fxe5
9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Bc5 {Dies ist Wolfgang Ulhmanns Lieblingswaffe gegen die
Vorstoss Variante.} 11. O-O Ne7 12. b4 cxb3 13. Nxb3 O-O 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Qd3
({Verbindet diesen Zug mit einer starken Neuerung. Als kritisch für die
Einschätzung der ganzen Variante galt} 15. Qc2 {, wie in Haba-Uhlmann, Wattens
1996}) 15... Qc7 ({Ich muss es zugeben, ich berücksichtigte die Antwort meines
Gegners nicht ernsthaft. Von den Alternativen scheint mir nur 15...Rf7 besser
zu sein:} 15... Bd7 $6 16. a4 Be8 17. Ba3 Qc7 18. Qh3 $36) (15... Nf5 $6 16. g4
$1 $36) (15... Rf7 $142 16. Be3 (16. a4 Qc7) 16... Qc7 17. f4 Bd7 $11 18. Bd1
$140 Rc8 19. Bc2 g6 20. Bd4 Nf5) 16. Bg5 $1 ({Nach dieser starken Neuerung
gelingt es dem Nachziehenden nicht mehr, das wünschenswerte Läufermannöver
"Bd7-e8-g6" zu verwirklichen. Der Ne7 steht nämlich im Weg, und falls er in
Richtung Königsflügel zieht, wird er von den gegnerischen Bauern belästigt.} 
16. f4 $6 Bd7 17. Be3 Be8 18. Bg4 Qc6 19. Rfc1 Bg6 20. Qd4 h5 21. Bh3 Bf5 $17 {
[%csl Re3,Ge7] Illijin-Huss, Biel open 2000}) 16... Rf7 (16... Nf5 17. g4 h6
18. Bd2 Ne7 19. f4 $16) (16... Ng6 17. f4 Bd7 18. h4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg6] /\ h5})
(16... h6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bd1 $5 $16 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gb1h7]}) 17. f4 Bd7 $6
({Nun dass f4 erfolgt ist, durfte der Springer nach f5. Denn ihm hilft das
Schach auf c5, einen aktiveren Posten zu besetzen:} 17... Nf5 18. g4 $140 (18.
Bh5 $5) 18... Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Ne3 20. Rf3 Nxg4 21. Qd4 Qxd4 22. cxd4 Rc7 {und
Schwarz ist in Ordnung.}) 18. Bh5 ({Besser war das prophylaktische} 18. Kh1 {
[%cal Rc5g1] , wonach Weiss eine unangenehme Initiative entfalten könnte.
Grischuk übersah, dass 18...g6 gar nicht erzwungen ist.}) 18... Qc5+ 19. Kh1 ({
Das Endspiel nach} 19. Qd4 Qxd4+ 20. cxd4 g6 {[%csl Rd4] ist ungefährlich.
Entweder behält Weiss das Läuferpaar aber muss nach 21...Nf5 den Bauern d4
ständig beschützen, oder er tauscht auf e7 ab, was ebensowenig verspricht.})
19... Rff8 20. Rab1 b6 ({Hätte ich die gegnerische Antwort gesehen, hätte ich} 
20... b5 {[%csl Gc4] wenigstens in Erwägung gezogen.}) 21. c4 $1 Nf5 $1 {
Zum Glück gibt es noch diese Antwort. Der Bg5 gerät in Bedrängnis.} 22. cxd5 h6
{[%csl Rg5]} 23. dxe6 ({Besser als} 23. Bg6 Qxd5 (23... hxg5 $2 24. dxe6) 24.
Qh3 Bc6) ({und} 23. Rfc1 $6 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. Rc7 Be6 26. Be7 Rfc8) 23...
Bxe6 24. Bg6 Qc4 ({Selbstverständlich funktionniert} 24... hxg5 $2 25. Qh3 {
nicht, aber leichter zum Ausgleich führte}) (24... Bc4 25. Qh3 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 (
26. Bxf5 Bc4) 26... Qe3 $1 27. Bxf5 Qxh3 28. Bxh3 hxg5 29. Be6+ Kh7 30. f5 Rae8
$11) ({Ebenfalls erwähnenswert ist} 24... Rac8 25. Qh3 Rc6 $13) 25. Qh3 (25.
Bxf5 Rxf5 $11) 25... Ne7 26. Bd3 Qa2 ({Meine erste Absicht} 26... Qd5 {war
besser:} 27. f5 (27. Qh4 $2 Nf5 28. Bxf5 Bxf5 {[%csl Rb1]}) 27... Nxf5 28. Bxf5
Bxf5 29. Rxf5 Rxf5 30. Qxf5 Rf8 $11 {Aber dann sah ich Gespenste auf g2...})
27. Qh5 (27. Qh4 $2 Nf5) (27. g4 Rad8 $1 $13 (27... Bd5+ $2 28. Kg1 hxg5 29.
Rf2 $18)) 27... Nf5 $2 ({Die simple Zugswiederholung} 27... Bf7 28. Qh3 Be6 {
entging mir völlig, aber sie war meine letzte Chance.}) 28. Bf6 $1 Bd5 ({
Weniger schnell gewinnt Weiss nach} 28... Ne3 29. Qg6 Qxg2+ 30. Qxg2 Nxg2 31.
Be4 {[%cal Gh1a8]} (31. Bxg7 Bd5 $1 32. Bc4 $8 Bxc4 33. Bxf8 Bxf1 34. Rxf1 Ne3
35. Rf3 Rxf8 $11) 31... Ne3 32. Rg1 $16) 29. Qg6 $2 $138 ({Wir übersahen beide
in beginnender Zeitnot den entscheidenden Schlag} 29. Rf3 $1 Bxf3 30. gxf3 $18
{[%csl Rf5][%cal Gh5g6]}) 29... Qxg2+ 30. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Ne3+ 32. Kh3 {
Alle andere Königszüge enthalten taktische Nachteile.} Nxf1 33. Be7 Rfe8 $6
$138 ({Zum Glück verliert der Textzug kein Material, aber Weiss erhält
trotzdem Möglichkeiten. Besser war} 33... Rf7 34. Bc4 Ne3 35. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $11)
34. Bb4 $6 ({Äusserst gefährlich sieht es aus nach} 34. Bh4 $5 Ne3 35. Re1 g5
36. Rxe3 gxh4 37. Kxh4 {[%csl Ge5,Gf4] , denn die zwei verbundenen Bauern
bilden eine schreckliche Macht.}) 34... Ne3 35. Re1 a5 36. Bd6 ({Nach} 36. Bc3
Rac8 37. Rxe3 Rxc3 38. Bh7+ Kxh7 39. Rxc3 b5 {wäre ein Remis zu erwarten.})
36... Rad8 37. Bg6 $2 ({Wieder konnte man zu einem ausgeglichen Turmendspiel
abwickeln:} 37. Bb5 Re6 38. Rxe3 Rdxd6 39. Bc4 $11) 37... Nc4 $2 (37... Re6 38.
f5 Nxf5 39. Bxf5 Rdxd6 40. Bxe6+ Rxe6 {gab ausgezeichnete Chancen auf Erfolg,
da der Bauer e5 zur Schwäche neigt.}) 38. Bxe8 Rxe8 39. Rd1 (39. Rc1 $11) 39...
Rd8 40. Rc1 $2 ({Etwas leichter zu halten wäre das Endspiel nach} 40. Rd3 Kf7
41. Kg4 Nxd6 42. exd6 Ke6 43. f5+ Ke5 {gewesen ... Nun rettet sich Weiss ganz
knapp.}) 40... Nxd6 41. exd6 Rxd6 42. Kg4 {[%csl Gg4] Der weisse König ist
aktiver als sein Widerpart, was die relative Bauernschwäche kompensiert.} Kf7 (
42... b5 43. Rc8+ Kf7 44. Rb8 Rd5 45. Rb7+ Kf6 46. Rb6+ {und schwarz kommt
nicht weiter.}) ({auch} 42... Rd3 43. Rb1 Rxa3 44. Rxb6 {gefolgt von Ra6 und
f5 bringt nichts besonders ein.}) 43. Kf5 Rd5+ ({Eine hübsche
Abtauschkombination konnte nach} 43... g6+ {geschehen:} 44. Ke5 Re6+ 45. Kd5 {
und falls} Kf6 {, dann} 46. Rc6 $1 Rxc6 47. Kxc6 Kf5 {mit Remis im kommenden
Damenendspiel.}) 44. Ke4 Rd2 (44... Rb5 45. Rc7+ Kg6 46. Rb7 $11) 45. Rc7+ Kg8
46. Rb7 $1 ({Die Aktivität des weissen Turmes verspricht genug Gegenspiel, um
den materiellen Rückstand zu kompensieren.} 46. h3 $6 Rh2 47. Rc3 a4 {hätte
ich viel lieber gesehen!}) 46... Rxh2 47. Rxb6 Rh3 48. f5 $1 Rxa3 49. Rb8+ Kf7
50. Rb7+ Kf6 51. Rb6+ Kf7 52. Rb7+ Kg8 53. Rb8+ Kh7 54. Rb7 Ra4+ 55. Ke5 Ra1 $6
$138 ({Weiss hätte sich nach} 55... Rg4 {noch genau verteidigen müssen.} 56.
Ra7 h5 (56... a4 57. f6 Rg6 58. fxg7 Rg4 59. Kf6 $11) 57. Rxa5 h4 58. Ra3 Kh6
59. Ra8 $1 {und wieder genügt der aktive weisse Turm zum Remis, z.B:} Rb4 60.
f6 ({vermutlich geht auch} 60. Ra6+ Kh5 61. Ra7 Rg4 (61... h3 62. Rxg7 Rh4 63.
Rh7+ $11) 62. Ra8 {usw}) 60... Rb5+ 61. Ke4 (61. Kf4 $2 g5+ 62. Kg4 Kg6 $19)
61... gxf6 62. Kf3 {mit einer theoretischen Remisstellung}) 56. Ra7 Kg8 57.
Ra8+ Kf7 58. Ra7+ Kg8 59. Ra8+ Kh7 60. Ra7 Kh8 ({Nichts bringt} 60... Re1+ 61.
Kd5 (61. Kf4 $11) 61... Kg8 62. Rxa5 Kf7 63. Ra6) 61. Ra8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SOCAR"]
[BlackTeam "Zuerich SG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. Bxh6
gxh6 9. cxd4 Bd7 10. Ra2 {Die neue Mode, seitdem Sveshnikov diesen Zug
mehrmals versucht hat. Aber Grischuk verbindet ihn hier mit einer anderen Idee.
} Rc8 11. Be2 ({Alle Partien wurden hier bisher mit} 11. Rc2 {gespielt, was
auch logisch ist, inwiefern Weiss seinen Springer nach c3 entwickeln möchte.})
11... Bg7 12. O-O ({Jetzt käme} 12. Rc2 {zu spät, da Weiss nach} O-O 13. Nc3 {
nicht mehr ziehen könnte. Schwarz würde nämlich über den typischen Schlag} Nxd4
$1 {verfügen, der ihm klaren Vorteil verschaffen würde:} 14. Qxd4 (14. Nxd4
Bxe5 15. Ndb5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 a6 $17) 14... Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxe5 16. Ncb5 a6 $17)
12... O-O {[%cal Gf7f6] Weiss hat also nicht vor, seinen Springer auf sein
aktivtes Feld zu entwickeln. Nun muss er aber den Vorstoss f6 entkräften,
daher...} 13. b5 Na5 (13... Ne7 14. a4 f6 $13 {[%cal Ga4a5] ist eine andere
Möglichkeit, aber ich entschied, den Vorstoss des a-Bauern nicht zuzulassen.})
14. a4 Rc7 ({Nun gibt es auf e5 nicht genug Druck, damit Weiss nach} 14... f6
15. Qd3 {Probleme bekommt.}) 15. Na3 {Dieser Springer entwickelt sich
schliesslich weder auf c3 noch auf d2, sondern zielt nach e3.} Rfc8 16. Nc2 Nb3
{Diese direkte Fortsetzung bringt nichts Konkretes. Es gab folgende
interessante Optionen:} (16... Be8 17. Ne3 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Ng4 Bg7 20.
Nge5 Nc4 $13 {Weiss hat das Feld e5 unter fester Kontrolle, aber Schwarz hat
aktives Spiel, wobei das Läuferpaar gewisse Perspektiven hat.}) (16... a6 $5)
17. Ne3 Rc3 ({Ich wollte den Ne3 nach} 17... Nc1 18. Ra1 a6 {nicht auf f6
zulassen. In der Tat sieht es nach} 19. Ng4 $1 axb5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6 bxa4
22. Qd2 Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 $44 {für den schwarzen König nicht unbedingt gut aus.})
18. Bd3 (18. Ng4 Qd8 $13) 18... Rxd3 19. Qxd3 Nc1 20. Qb1 Nxa2 21. Qxa2 h5 ({
Meine Angst vor Ng4 ist zu gross. Der Textzug schwächt zudem die
Königsstellung und löst das Problem gar nicht, da Weiss später g4 spielen wird.
Es sollte für die Initiative am Damenflügel gekämpft werden:} 21... Qa5 $1 {
[%cal Gd7b5]} 22. Rb1 a6 $13) 22. Qa3 a6 23. Rb1 Be8 (23... axb5 24. axb5 f6 $5
$13) 24. g4 f6 $2 ({Der Computer zeigt den richtigen Weg, der aber am Brett
mit ziemlich wenig Zeit nicht einfach zu entdecken war:} 24... axb5 25. axb5
Qd8 $1 26. gxh5 $140 f5 $132) 25. Qe7 fxe5 26. Nxe5 ({Ab jetzt wird die Partie
von beiderseitigen Zeitnotfehlern geprägt. Kräftiger war hier} 26. Ng5 $1 Bg6
27. Nxe6 Bf8 28. Nxf8 Rxf8 (28... Bxb1 $2 29. Ne6 $18) 29. Rb4 $16) 26... Kh8
$2 ({Schlecht war auch} 26... axb5 $2 27. a5 $1 Qa6 28. gxh5 Bxh5 29. Qg5 $16)
({Aber nach dem paradoxal besseren Zug} 26... Bxe5 $1 27. dxe5 {hätte der
Nachziehende trotz der Aufgabe des schwarzfeldrigen Läufers konkret Chancen
auf Remis erhalten:} d4 28. Qg5+ Bg6 29. gxh5 Qd8 30. Qxd8+ Rxd8 31. hxg6 dxe3
32. fxe3 Rd5 $1 {In diesem Turmendspiel könnte sich Schwarz retten.}) 27. Rd1
$2 ({Der Computer zeigt hier erbarmungslos} 27. a5 $1 Qxd4 28. Qxb7 Rd8 29.
bxa6 $18) 27... axb5 28. a5 Qd8 $2 ({Der Bauer e6 musste geschützt bleiben. Es
bleibt aber nach} 28... Qa6 29. Kh1 {[%cal Gd1g1] gefährlich.}) 29. Qxe6 hxg4
30. Nf5 (30. Nxd5) 30... Rc7 (30... Bf8 31. Re1 $16) 31. Re1 Bh5 32. Ng3 Be8
33. Nf5 Bh5 34. Nd6 Qf8 35. Qxd5 b4 36. Nxb7 Rc2 37. Rf1 Qg8 38. Qd7 ({
Prinzipiell wär der Damentausch für Schwarz günstig, aber in dieser genauen
Stellung hätte Weiss mittels} 38. Qxg8+ Kxg8 39. Rb1 Bxe5 40. dxe5 Bf7 41. Rxb4
Bd5 42. h3 $1 {Vorteil erhalten können.}) 38... b3 (38... Qe8 39. Qf5 $18) 39.
Nd6 Bxe5 40. dxe5 b2 41. Qb7 $1 Qa2 (41... Bg6 42. e6 $18) 42. Nf5 Qf7 (42...
Bf7 43. Qe7 $18) 43. a6 Bg6 (43... Qxf5 44. a7 Rc8 45. a8=Q Rxa8 46. Qxa8+ Kg7
47. Qb7+ Bf7 48. Qxb2 Bd5 49. Qe2 $18) 44. e6 Qc7 45. e7 h5 46. Qb5 1-0

[Event "Villa Martelli"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "1998.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ginzburg, Maximiliano"]
[Black "Rojas Keim, Luis Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Be3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Nc3 Qd8
15. Bc2 b6 16. Qd3 g6 17. Rad1 Bb7 18. Bb3 a5 19. b5 Ne7 20. e4 Qd7 21. e5 Bg7
22. Na4 Nc8 23. Bc2 Bh6 24. h4 Rb8 25. Ng5 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Bxg5 27. hxg5 Na7 28.
Rb1 Qc7 29. Bb3 Bc8 30. Nc3 Bd7 31. a4 Rf8 32. Qe3 Qd8 33. Bc2 Qe7 34. Ne2 Rc8
35. Bd3 Qa3 36. Rf1 Rf8 37. Rf6 $1 Qxa4 $2 {[%tqu "En","Can you find a winning
move for White?","You must attack swiftly while the Black pieces are away on
the Queenside.  Can you sacrifice something?","Sacrifice your bishop?","d3g6",
"",20]} 38. Bxg6 $1 Qd1+ (38... hxg6 39. Rxg6+ Kf7 40. Rf6+ Ke7 41. Rxf8 Kxf8
42. Qf4+ Kg8 43. g6 $18) 39. Kh2 hxg6 40. Rxg6+ Kf7 (40... Kh7 41. Rh6+ Kg7 42.
g6 $18) 41. Rf6+ Kg7 42. Rxf8 (42. Qh3 $1 Rh8 43. Rh6 $1 $18) 42... Kxf8 43.
Qf4+ Kg8 44. g6 Be8 45. Qh6 Bxg6 46. Qxg6+ Kh8 47. Qf6+ Kh7 48. Qf7+ Kh8 49.
Nf4 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Polgar,J"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ambroz} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O Qb6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. Bf4 (10. exf6 {Ambroz} Bxf6 11. b5 Na5 12. Be3 Qd8
13. Bd4 Nh6 $1 14. Bd3 O-O 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. a4 Be8
$5 {Liepold-Muehl,T/2BLS 8889}) 10... fxe5 (10... Nh6 {Ambroz} 11. c4 (11. h3
Nf7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Na3 O-O 15. Rc1 Rad8 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Rfd1
Nfe5 18. Nd4 Qb8 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. b5 Ne7 21. c4 dxc4 22. Nxc4 b6 23. Bf3 Nf5
24. Rd3 e5 $36 {Meyer,CD-Saacke,B/BL 8081}) 11... Nf7 12. cxd5 Ncxe5 13. a3
Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 e5 15. Be3 Qd8 16. Nc3 Nd6 17. Ne4 b6 18. Nc5 bxc5 19. bxc5 O-O
20. cxd6 Bxd6 21. Qd2 f5 22. Rfc1 e4 23. Be2 f4 24. Bc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 {
Mariotti,S-Kortschnoi,V/Thessaloniki ol (7)/1988/0.5 (40)}) 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12.
Bxe5 Nf6 (12... Bf6 {Ambroz} 13. Bd3 g6 14. Qe2 Kf7 15. Nd2 Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Ne7
17. Nf3 Rhf8 18. Qg5 {>< e5} Qd6 19. Qh6 Rh8 20. Qe3 Nc8 21. Ne5+ $16 {Thipsay,
P-Kopp,B London 89}) 13. a4 a5 (13... O-O {Ambroz} 14. a5 Qd8 15. Nd2 Be8 $5 {
/\ Nd7}) 14. bxa5 (14. b5 {Ambroz} O-O 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Bd3 Bd6 $5 $15 17. Nc4
$5 dxc4 18. Bxd6 cxd3 (18... Rfd8 19. Be7 (19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Be7 Nd5) 19...
cxd3 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Qxd3 Be8) 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Qxd3) 14... Rxa5 15. Nd2 O-O
16. Rb1 Qa7 17. Bb5 Bxb5 18. axb5 Ra2 19. Bd4 Qb8 20. Re1 (20. Qe2 $5 Ne4 (
20... e5 21. Bxe5 Rxd2 $2 (21... Bd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Qd3 (23. h3 Qf4 (23...
Ne4 $2 24. Nxe4) 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Nf3 Re8 26. Qb6 $14) 23... Ng4 $1) 22. Qe1)
21. Qg4 Ng5 (21... e5 22. Qe6+ Rf7 23. Nxe4 exd4 24. Qxd5 $16) 22. Be3 (22. h4
Rxd2 23. hxg5 Rf5 24. Rfe1 $13) 22... Rf5 23. Ra1 $13 (23. Ra1 $13 {Ambroz}
Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Qe8 $13)) 20... Qf4 21. Re2 (21. Nf3 {Ambroz >< e5} Ne4 22. Ra1 (
22. Re2) 22... Rxa1 (22... Rfa8 23. Rxa2 Rxa2 24. Qb1 $5 {/\ c4}) 23. Qxa1 Bf6
(23... Bd6 $5) 24. Qa7 $10) 21... Bd6 22. g3 (22. Nf3 {Ambroz} Rxe2 23. Qxe2
Ne4 $36 {/\ Ng5}) 22... Qf5 23. f4 {[#]} Qd3 $2 (23... g5 $5) (23... g5 $5 {
Ambroz >< Rb1} 24. fxg5 Ng4 25. Rc1 e5 $5 26. Qb3 $140 exd4 27. Qxa2 d3 28. Rg2
Ne3 $44) (23... Ng4 {Ambroz} 24. Qe1 $13) 24. Rf2 Rfa8 25. Qe1 Qf5 26. Rd1 Qg4
27. Kg2 (27. Bxf6 {Ambroz} gxf6 28. Ne4 dxe4 (28... Be7 $5) 29. Rxa2 Rxa2 (
29... Bc5+ 30. Rf2 Bxf2+ (30... Ra2 31. Rd4) 31. Kxf2 Qh5) 30. Rxd6 Qh5 $17)
27... Nh5 28. Kh1 Rc2 29. Qe2 (29. Ne4 $5 Rxf2 30. Nxf2 (30. Nxf2 {Ambroz} Qf5
31. Qe2 Nf6 32. Re1 $14)) 29... Qh3 30. Qe3 Nf6 31. Re1 {[#]} Bf8 (31... Raa2
$5 32. Qxe6+ (32. Bxf6 gxf6 $17) 32... Qxe6 33. Rxe6 Ba3 $15 (33... Bf8 {Ambroz
} 34. Ree2 Ne4 35. Rxe4 dxe4 36. Nxe4 Rxf2 37. Nxf2 Ra5 $1 $17 38. b6 (38. c4
Ra4) 38... Bc5 $19)) 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Ne4 $1 Raa2 (33... Rxf2 34. Nxf2 $16)
34. Nxf6+ Kh8 $2 (34... Kf7 35. Nxh7 $1) (34... Kg7 35. Ne8+ Kf7 36. f5 $18)
35. Qe5 $1 $18 Rxf2 36. Ng4+ Kg8 37. Qxe6+ (37. Qxe6+ Kh8 (37... Kg7 38. Qe5+
Kg8 39. Qxd5+ Kg7 40. Nxf2) 38. Qe5+ Kg8 39. Qxd5+ Kh8 40. Nxf2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Belgrade RAD 30"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1977.01.22"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Weinstein, Norman"]
[Black "Bukic, Enver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[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. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 $5 {[%cal Gd7b5]} 6. Be2 (6. a3
) 6... Bb5 7. O-O Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Qa6 (8... Nc6) (8... cxd4) 9. Qd1 Nc6 (9... Nd7
10. Be3) 10. b3 $6 $146 {Trop lent} (10. dxc5 Bxc5 {Ciocaltea,V-Portisch,L
Ploiesti 1957 (5) 1-0}) 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Rc8 12. a3 Nge7 13. Bb2 Nf5 14. Nc3
Be7 $11 15. Rc1 O-O 16. b4 Nb8 17. b5 Qa5 18. Qd3 g6 (18... Nd7 19. g4 Nh4) 19.
g4 Ng7 20. Ne2 Nd7 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Nb6 24. Ng5 Nc4 25. Qf3
Qe1+ 26. Kg2 Bxg5 27. Bxg5 Nd2 28. Bxd2 Qxd2 29. Qe3 Qd1 (29... Qxe3 $143 30.
fxe3 Kf8 31. Kf3 Ke7 32. e4 dxe4+ 33. Kxe4 {[%csl Ge4,Re7]}) 30. h3 h5 31. Kg3
Qc2 32. Nf4 Qc4 33. Kg2 Qxb5 34. gxh5 Nf5 35. Qc1 Qc4 36. Qxc4 dxc4 37. hxg6
Nxd4 $17 38. Kf1 fxg6 39. Nxg6 c3 (39... Kf7 $19) 40. Ke1 Nc2+ 41. Kd1 Nxa3 42.
Nf4 Kf7 43. Ne2 Nb5 44. h4 Kg6 45. h5+ $6 Kxh5 46. Nf4+ Kg5 47. Nxe6+ Kf5 48.
Nd8 b6 49. Nc6 Ke6 50. f4 a5 51. Nd8+ Kd7 52. Nf7 Nd4 53. Nd6 b5 54. Ne4 b4 55.
Nc5+ Kc6 56. e6 Nf5 0-1

[Event "United Insurance 5th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "2001.02.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 Qb6 8. Nc2
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nf5 10. O-O a5 11. Kh1 $5 (11. g4 Nfe7 12. Nh4 f6 13. exf6 gxf6
14. Be3 Nb4 15. Nxb4 axb4 16. Ng2 Ng6 17. f4 Bd6 18. f5 exf5 19. gxf5 Ne7 20.
Bh5+ Kd8 $132 {0-1 Hendriks,W-Barsov,A/NED t-ch 2000 (38)}) 11... h5 ({Mikhail
Gurevich, one of the leading expert in this line, tried} 11... Nb4 {but after}
12. Ne3 Rc8 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Bd2 Be7 15. a3 Nc6 16. Bc3 O-O 17. Qd2 Ra8 18.
Ne1 Rfb8 19. Nc2 g6 20. Ne3 Be6 21. f4 h5 $14 {0-1 Grischuk,A-Gurevich,M/
Esbjerg North Sea Cup 2000/CBM 78/ (30) White got an advantage.}) 12. b3 $146 {
[%mdl 4]} (12. Bg5 Rc8 13. Qd2 Be7 14. Rab1 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 Nce7 16. Bd3 Bb5 17.
Bxb5+ Qxb5 18. Ne3 Qe2 19. Nxf5 Nxf5 20. Kg1 Rc2 {1/2-1/2 Peng Xiaomin-Zhang
Zhong/Shenyag 1999 (20)}) 12... Be7 13. Bd3 Nh4 {Pawn on d4 is poisoned:} (
13... Nfxd4 $2 14. Ncxd4 Nxd4 15. Be3 Bc5 16. Rc1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc1c5,Re3b6]})
(13... Rc8 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Bg5 $36) 14. Ng5 ({Simple} 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. Be3
$14 {leads also to nice game.}) 14... a4 ({again it was too dangerous to take
pawn-} 14... Nxd4 $2 15. Nxf7 $1 Nxc2 (15... Kxf7 16. Nxd4) 16. Nxh8 Nxa1 17.
Qxh5+ Kd8 18. Bg5 $18) 15. Rb1 axb3 (15... Nf5 $5) 16. Rxb3 $5 Qd8 (16... Qc7)
17. Nh3 Rxa2 18. Rxb7 Na5 19. Rb2 Rxb2 20. Bxb2 $14 g5 {The text move is
artificial and throws Black into serious trouble. However, he has some
problems anyway} (20... Nc4 $142 $1 $14) 21. Ba3 $1 {There is no need for a
long cogitation here to perceive that the exchange of dark-squared bishops
will bring White large dividends: elimination of an important defender of
Black's king and control of the dark squares.} g4 (21... Bxa3 22. Nxa3 Nf5 23.
Bxf5 exf5 24. Qd2 Rg8 25. f4 $16) 22. Nf4 $16 {[%csl Re8,Rh5]} Nc6 ({Worth
considering} 22... Bg5 $5 23. Bc1 {[%cal Gf4h5]}) 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Qc1 Kf8 25.
Qe3 Kg7 26. f3 $1 {Ehlvest played very well this part of the game and Black
faced already big troubles.} Be8 27. Rb1 {Beggining of the cat-mouse game.} ({
White could win easy after} 27. fxg4 $5 hxg4 28. Qg3 Qg5 29. Nh3 Qh5 30. Rf4
$18) 27... Rh6 28. Ra1 Qd8 (28... gxf3 29. gxf3 {[%cal Ga1g1]}) 29. Ne2 (29.
fxg4 hxg4 30. Qg3 Qg5 31. Nh3 Nf5 (31... Qh5 32. Nf2 {[%csl Rg4]}) 32. Bxf5
Qxf5 33. Ne3 $16) 29... Ng6 30. Rf1 Nf8 (30... Qh4 31. g3) 31. fxg4 hxg4 32.
Qf4 Qh4 33. Qg3 $6 (33. Ne3 $142 $1 Ng6 34. Bxg6 (34. Qf6+ $5 Qxf6 35. exf6+)
34... Rxg6 35. h3 $18) 33... Qxg3 34. Nxg3 f6 $2 ({just after} 34... Rh4 $1 $16
{Black could hope for positive result.}) 35. Ne3 $1 fxe5 (35... Bg6 36. exf6+
Kf7 37. Nxg4 Rh4 38. Be2 $1 Nxd4 39. Ne5+ Kg8 40. Bg4 $18) 36. Nef5+ {Final
blow!} (36. Nef5+ exf5 37. Nxf5+ Kh7 38. Nxh6+ Bg6 39. Bxg6+ Nxg6 40. Nxg4 $18)
1-0

[Event "USA-CHN Summit"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2001.03.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.03.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 a5 $5 {Fashionable move}
({In the case of standart} 6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. Bxb5+ Qxb5 9. Nc3 Qa6 10.
Ne2 Ne7 11. O-O Nbc6 12. Nf4 Nf5 13. g4 Nfe7 14. Nh5 $36 {1-0 Thipsay,P-Pert,N/
BCF-ch Scarbouough 1999 (38) initiative belongs to White.}) 7. Be2 a4 {
Stronger than} (7... Bb5 8. c4 Bxc4 9. Bxc4 dxc4 10. d5 exd5 11. Qxd5 Ne7 12.
Qxc4 Qa6 13. Nbd2 Nbc6 14. O-O Qxc4 15. Nxc4 Nf5 16. a4 $16 {1-0 Garbisu,
U-Gamez,A/Pamplona-B 1997 (29)}) 8. O-O Nc6 9. dxc5 (9. Qd3 Rc8 10. Nbd2 cxd4
11. cxd4 Na7 $1 12. b4 Bb5 13. Qe3 Ne7 14. Bxb5+ Qxb5 15. g4 h5 16. h3 hxg4 17.
hxg4 Qc6 $17 {0-1 Kravtsov,S-Volkov,S/Tomsk op 1999 (33)}) 9... Bxc5 10. c4 $5
{[%cal Gb1c3]} (10. Nbd2 Na5 11. c4 Ne7 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Rb1 Qa7 14. Qd3 dxc4
15. Qe4 b5 16. Qg4 Nf5 17. Ne4 Nb3 $17 {0-1 Jap Tjoen San,L-Peng Zhaoqin/
NED-chW Rotterdam 2000/The Week in Chess 304 (45)}) 10... Nge7 ({Black's
position is not bad and after} 10... dxc4 11. Nc3 Nd4 12. Bxc4 Ne7 {for example
} 13. Bf4 Bc6 14. Ng5 Ng6 15. Bg3 h6 16. Nge4 O-O 17. Qg4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf5 19.
Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Bxe6 Nxg3 21. Qxg3 fxe6 {1/2-1/2 Vysochin,S-Moroz,A/
Ordzhonikidze zt 2000/ (21) but I like Kaidanov's move.}) 11. Nc3 Nd4 $1 12.
cxd5 $146 {New move doesn't changed estimation of position as more or less
equal,} (12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Videki,
S-Varga,P/Paks-9 GM 1999 (15)}) 12... Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Nxd5 ({In the case of} 
13... exd5 14. Bg5 Bc6 15. Bxe7 Bxe7 16. e6 $36 {white's initiative could
became dangerous.}) 14. Nxd5 (14. Rd1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bc6 $13) 14... exd5 15. Rd1
Bb5 16. Qe1 Bc4 ({worth considering} 16... d4 $5 17. Ng5 Bc4 {with promising
position for Black}) 17. Be3 $1 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qxe3 19. fxe3 O-O 20. Rd4 $5 {
[%cal Ge3e4]} Rfe8 21. Rc1 h6 (21... b5 $5 {was the chance to keep tension,
after move in the game Peng Xiaomin find the way for the further simplications.
}) 22. e4 $11 dxe4 23. Rcxc4 exf3 24. gxf3 Rxe5 25. Rxa4 Rxa4 {Interesting
from theoretical point of} (25... Rxa4 26. Rxa4 Rd5 27. Rb4 b5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-CHN Summit"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2001.03.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.03.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. a3 a5 (5... Bd7 6. b4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5
8. Bxb5+ Qxb5 9. Nc3 Qa6 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Nge2 Nd7 12. O-O Nf5 13. g4 Nxe3 14.
fxe3 Be7 {1/2-1/2 Afek,Y-Bruk,O/ISR t-ch 1999 (48)}) 6. Bd3 (6. a4 Nc6 7. Nf3
cxd4 8. cxd4 Nge7 9. Nc3 Nf5 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Be3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. g4 Nxe3
14. fxe3 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. g5 Be7 17. Rf2 Be8 18. Qf1 Nb4 19. h4 Bd6 20. Qh3
Rf5 {Sukiennik,M-Orzechowski,J/Krynica op 1998/0-1 (36)}) 6... Bd7 {[%mdl 4]}
7. Ne2 $146 {New move} (7. f4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11.
Nc3 Qb6 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. Qg4 Kf8 14. Rf1 Nh6 15. Qf3 d4 16. Ne4 Bc6 17. g4 Bd5
18. f5 exf5 19. gxf5 Ng8 20. Qg4 g6 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 {De Bortoli,P-Shalajevs,A/
Szombathely 1993/0-1 (34)}) ({After " normal "} 7. Nf3 Bb5 8. O-O Bxd3 9. Qxd3
Nc6 $13 {black's position is not bad.}) 7... Bb5 8. Bxb5+ Qxb5 9. O-O Nc6 10.
a4 Qb6 {I don't think that Black has any problems here - he managed to
exchange light-coloured bishops and it is difficult for White to organize
attack on the king's side.} 11. Na3 {[%cal Ga3b5]} cxd4 12. cxd4 Nge7 {[%cal
Ge7f5]} 13. Nb5 Nf5 14. g4 {Maybe too risky, but after} (14. Qb3 {[%cal Rb5d6]}
Bb4 {[%csl Rd4]} (14... Qd8 $5) 15. Rd1 O-O {Black is Ok}) 14... Nh4 15. Qb3
Qd8 $1 {[%cal Gh7h5]} 16. f4 {Continue to play in very aggressive style, worth
considering} (16. Ng3 $1 $13 {tring to stop h5}) 16... h5 $1 17. f5 ({It was
good time to think about} 17. h3 $5 hxg4 18. hxg4 $132 {with complicated game.}
) 17... hxg4 18. fxe6 fxe6 {[%cal Rh4f3]} 19. Qg3 $2 {Serious mistake.} (19.
Bg5 $5 {could be interesting chance for White, but I think that after simple}
Qd7 $5 $15 {black chances are better.} ({It is too dangerous for Black to take
bishop-} 19... Qxg5 20. Nc7+ Kd7 (20... Ke7 21. Nxd5+ $1) 21. Nxe6 $5 (21. Nxa8
Nf3+ 22. Rxf3 gxf3+ 23. Ng3 Bb4 $19) 21... Kxe6 22. Nf4+ (22. Qxb7 Nf3+ 23.
Rxf3 gxf3+ 24. Ng3 Nxd4 25. Qb6+ (25. Qxa8 Ne2+) 25... Kxe5 $19) 22... Qxf4 $1
23. Rxf4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 (24. Qb6+ Nc6) (24. Qxb7 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Nxf4 26. Qxa8 Nf3
27. Qc8+ Kxe5 $19 {[%csl Rh1]}) 24... Nf3+ 25. Kf1 Nxd4 26. Qb6+ $1 Nc6 27.
Qxb7 $16)) 19... Nf3+ 20. Rxf3 $8 {What else?} (20. Kf2 Rxh2+ 21. Ke3 Ncxe5 $1
{and Black wins in few moves.} 22. dxe5 Qg5+ 23. Qf4 (23. Kd3 Qg6+ 24. Kc3 Rxe2
) 23... Bc5+ 24. Ned4 Bxd4+ 25. Nxd4 Qxf4+ 26. Kxf4 Nxd4 $19) 20... gxf3 21.
Nf4 Kd7 $1 22. Nxe6 $1 {Last chance. Peng Xiaomin hopes to open position of
the black monarch.} (22. Ng6 Rh5) 22... Qh4 $1 $19 {Cool and strong answer.} (
22... Kxe6 $2 23. Qg4+ Kf7 24. Qf5+ Kg8 25. Qe6+ $11) 23. Ng5 (23. Nec7 Qxg3+
24. hxg3 Nxd4 $5 25. Nxa8 Nc2 $19 {[%cal Rc2a1,Rf8c5]}) 23... Nxd4 {Beggining
of the end.} ({Also was possible to play} 23... Qxg3+ $5 24. hxg3 Nxe5 $1 25.
dxe5 $140 Bc5+ $19) 24. e6+ Nxe6 25. Nxf3 (25. Qxh4 Rxh4 26. Nxe6 Kxe6 27. Nc7+
Ke5 28. Nxa8 Bc5+ 29. Kh1 Rg4 $19 {[%cal Rg4g1]}) 25... Qxg3+ 26. hxg3 Bd6 27.
Kg2 Rac8 {Good game for Gregory Kaidanov.} 0-1

[Event "Montreal 3rd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2002.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3
cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Qb6 10. O-O Rc8 (10... Be7 $5) (10... a5) (10... h5)
11. Kh1 $5 {Thank's to efforts of Grischuk, this move became very popular in
many lines of Advanced Variation} (11. g4 Nfe7 12. Nfe1 h5 13. gxh5 Nf5 14. Be3
Nb4 15. Nxb4 Bxb4 16. Nd3 Bf8 $13 {Perez,A-Medina,J/Camajuani 2000}) 11... Nb4
{Ftacnik: 'This kind of solution of the opening problems is not ideal, since
white has a very dangerous strategical plan at his disposal.'} (11... Na5 $5
12. Nfe1 $6 Bb5 13. Nd3 $6 Rxc2 $1 14. Qxc2 Nxd4 15. Qd1 Qa6 $19 {0-1 Borisek,
J-Ulibin,M/Bled op 2002 (28)}) 12. Nxb4 Qxb4 13. a4 a5 (13... Qa5 $142 $5 {
for example} 14. g4 Ne7 15. Bd2 Qd8 16. Ne1 Nc6 17. Nc2 Na5 18. Ne3 Be7 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Averjanov,A-Danin,A/Serpukhov op-A 2002 (34)}) 14. g4 Ne7 (14... Nh6 $5
{Ftacnik} 15. h3 $14) 15. Bd2 Qb6 (15... Qxb2 {Ftacnik} 16. Rb1 (16. Bxa5 {
Ftacnik} Nc6 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. a5 $14) 16... Qa2 17. Rxb7 Bxa4 18. Qa1 Qxa1 19.
Rxa1 Bc6 20. Ra7 a4 21. Bd1 $14) 16. b4 $1 axb4 17. a5 Qd8 $146 {Funny, but
just this move is a new one.} (17... Qc7 18. Bxb4 Ng6 19. Bd2 Be7 20. Qb3 O-O
21. Rfc1 Qb8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Rc1 $36 {Dvoirys,S-Gleizerov,E/Hoogeveen op
2000/ 1-0 (56)}) 18. Bxb4 {As result of opening Black should have stuck to a
passive defense} h5 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Barsov was unhappy about his
destiny, but this antipositional solution is only making matters worse. Dark
squares on the whole board were transfered into white's hands and the bishop
on d7 is permanently handicaped.'} (18... Nc6 {Ftacnik} 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Qb1
$1 f5 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Qxb7 Rb8 23. Qc7 Rb2 24. Bd1 $16) 19. g5 Nc6 20. Bxf8
Rxf8 $6 {The text move is artificial and throws Black into serious trouble.} ({
White's chances are better and after} 20... Kxf8 $5 {but in this case Black
have better chances for a stubborn defense.}) 21. Qd2 (21. a6 {Ftacnik} bxa6
22. Bxa6 Rb8 23. Qd2 $16) 21... Ra8 22. a6 $1 {Black's pieces are far away
from the queenside, so it's logical for White to attack exactly there} bxa6 23.
Bxa6 {[%csl Re8]} Rb8 (23... Nb8 {Ftacnik} 24. Bd3 $16) 24. Bd3 Qe7 (24... Nb4
{Ftacnik} 25. Rfb1 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Rxb1+ (26... g6 {Ftacnik} 27. Ra7 $16) 27.
Rxb1 Qc8 (27... g6 {Ftacnik} 28. Rb7 $16) 28. g6 f6 29. Qe3 $16) 25. Qe3 Kd8 {
[%mdl 256] '!?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Paradoxal decision, black monarch is
hurrying to safety on the open queenside! The main idea is naturally to give
own pieces some chance to achieve a semblance of some coordination. '} (25...
f6 {Ftacnik} 26. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 27. Bxb1 $16) 26. Rfc1 Kc7 27. Ra7+ $5 (27. Ra6 {
Ftacnik} Rfc8 28. g6 $16) 27... Rb7 28. Rxb7+ Kxb7 29. Bb5 {Formally Black has
material parity, but his pieces are useless and cannot safe their king.} Na7 (
29... Rc8 30. Qb3 Na5 31. Bc6+ Ka7 (31... Kc7 32. Bxd5+ Kd8 33. Qb6+ Ke8 34.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 35. Ba8 $5) 32. Qa4 Qd8 33. Rc5 Bxc6 34. Rxa5+ Kb7 $16) 30. Be2 Ka8
31. Ra1 Rb8 32. Ne1 $1 {[%cal Ge2h5,Ge1d3,Gd3c5] By relocating this knight to
the queenside, White greatly increases his advantage in force on that flank,
improving his chances for a successful attack there} g6 33. Nd3 Bb5 34. Nc5 $18
{[%csl Ga1,Ra8,Gc5] Now White have all the trumbs in one's hand and rest is
quite simple.} Bxe2 35. Qxe2 Rb6 36. Qa2 {Ftacnik: 'The defender is doomed, as
white pieces can maximize the pressure at no risk and cost.'} Qc7 37. h4 $5 {
White don't need to hurry.} Rb5 38. Qa6 Rb6 (38... Rb4 39. Kg2 Rxd4 40. Qb5 $18
) 39. Qa4 Qe7 (39... Rb8 $5 40. Kg2 Rc8 {could be better try.}) 40. Kg2 {
Zugzvang!} Qc7 (40... Rb2 41. Qc6+) 41. Qe8+ Rb8 (41... Qb8 42. Rxa7+ Kxa7 43.
Qa4+) 42. Na6 $1 {Ftacnik: 'The final combination is very nice, black king has
found no rest even on the square a8.'} Qc8 (42... Qd8 {Ftacnik} 43. Rb1 $3 Nb5
(43... Qxe8 {Ftacnik} 44. Nc7#) 44. Qc6+ Ka7 45. Nc7 $18) 43. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fernandez, Daniel"]
[Black "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 (4... Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4
8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Be3 ({Black did well after} 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O Rc8 {
for example:} 12. Qd2 h5 $5 13. Rd1 g5 $1 14. Nxg5 Ncxd4 15. Bd3 Nb3 16. Qf4
Nxa1 17. Bxa1 Rg8 18. h4 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Qd8 {0-1 Das,A-Garma,C/Calcutta
Goodricke op 2001/ (28)}) 9... Bd7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. O-O Nxe3 12. fxe3 Be7 13.
Nbd2 O-O 14. Nb3 Nb8 $1 {[%cal Gd7b5] Black equalize comfortably after this
strong move. Black's game is quite simple- he wants to exchange light squared
bishops and use open c line for active counter play.} (14... f5 15. exf6 Rxf6
16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. bxc5 Qc7 18. Ng5 h6 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Qh5 Be8 21. Qxh6 fxg5
22. Rf1 Qe7 23. Rf8+ Qxf8 24. Qh7# {1-0 Meyer-Junge,R/BL 1992 (24)}) (14... Nd8
15. Qe2 a6 16. Nc5 Bb5 17. Rac1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Rxc5 20. bxc5 Qc7
21. Rb1 $36 {1-0 Vardanian,H-Manukian,A/Batumi op 2001/Week in Chess 347 (36)})
(14... Qd8 $5 15. Nc5 b6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Bb5 Qb7 18. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Kindermann,
S-Huebner,R/BL 0001 2001/ (18)}) 15. Nc5 $6 (15. Qe2 {and just after} a6 16.
Nc5 {was musch stronger, because it will be not so easy for black to push away
white knight from c5}) 15... Bb5 16. h4 $146 (16. Rc1 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 a5 18. Rb1
axb4 19. Rxb4 Qc6 20. Rb5 b6 21. Na4 Nd7 22. Rfb1 Bd8 23. Nb2 Be7 24. Na4 Bd8
$11 {1/2-1/2 Ambroz,J-Meyer,P/BL 1991 (32)}) (16. Rb1 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qc6 18.
Rbc1 b6 19. b5 Qe8 20. Nb3 Qd7 21. a4 h6 22. Rf2 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 Rc8 24. Rc2 a6
25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Ne2 axb5 27. Qxb5 Qc6 28. Nf4 Bf8 {1/2-1/2 Kontic,D-Kosic,D/
SCG t-ch Herceg Novi 2005/}) 16... Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qc7 {[%cal Gb7b6]} 18. Rac1 b6
{0-1 Petrov,M-Minasian,A/EUR-ch Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 (40)}) 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nc6
7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Rc8 9. Be3 (9. Bb2 Na5 10. Nbd2 Nc4 11. Nxc4 dxc4 12. Rc1 a5
13. Nd2 axb4 14. Nxc4 Qd8 15. axb4 b5 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 Nf6 18. Bd3 Nd5
19. Rc5 O-O 20. Qd2 Qb6 21. O-O Rb8 $13 {0-1 Potze,R-Archangelsky,M/Hoogeveen
op 2002/The Week in Chess 415 (67)}) (9. Be2 a5 10. b5 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Rxc1 12.
Qxc1 Qxd4 13. Qc3 Bc5 14. O-O Qxc3 15. Nxc3 Bd4 16. Rac1 Bxe5 17. Na4 Ne7 18.
f4 Bd6 19. Kh1 Nf5 20. Nb6 Nd4 21. Bd3 Ke7 22. f5 Rd8 23. a4 exf5 24. Nxd5+ Kf8
25. Nb6 Be6 26. Bc4 Ke7 27. Rfe1 Kf6 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Rc8 Rxc8 30. Nxc8 Bb4
31. Rc1 e5 32. Nb6 Ke6 33. Rd1 Bc5 34. Nc4 b6 {0-1 Sanchez,R-Strikovic,A/Isla
de Tenerife op 1999/Ajelibre (34)}) 9... Nh6 10. Bd3 Ne7 $5 (10... Ng4 11. O-O
Be7 12. Ra2 (12. Qd2 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Nc3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 O-O 16. Rf2 Qc7 17.
Rc1 Ne7 18. Qc2 h6 19. Qb3 Kh8 20. Ne2 Qd6 21. Rcf1 Kg8 22. Ng3 Be8 23. Ne5 Nc6
24. Ng4 Be7 25. Bb1 Rxf2 26. Rxf2 Bg5 27. Qd3 g6 28. Bc2 Qe7 29. e4 h5 30. Ne3
h4 31. Ne2 Nxb4 32. axb4 dxe4 33. Qxe4 Bxe3 34. Qxe3 Rxc2 35. Rf4 h3 36. gxh3 {
1/2-1/2 Movsesian,S-Heberla,B/CZE t-ch 0304 2004/ChessBase (36)}) 12... O-O 13.
Bd2 f5 14. h3 Nh6 15. Bc3 Be8 16. Qd2 a6 17. Rb2 Qc7 18. a4 b5 19. axb5 axb5
20. Bxb5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bxb5 {1/2-1/2 Simacek,P-Szymanski,M/Trinec op 2004/
LesEchecs.com (56)}) 11. Qe2 (11. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 12. Qd2 {[%cal Gb1c3]}) (11. O-O
Nhf5 (11... Nef5 12. Qd2 Nxe3 13. fxe3 g6 14. Kh1 Qc7 15. Ra2 Ba4 16. e4 dxe4
17. Bxe4 Nf5 18. Qe1 Bh6 19. Nbd2 Qd7 20. d5 Ne3 21. Rg1 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23.
Rb2 Bc2 {0-1 Loginov,A-Rychagov,A/Moscow-ch 2000/CA (58)}) 12. g4 Nxe3 13. fxe3
g6 14. Ng5 Bh6 15. h4 O-O 16. Ra2 Bb5 17. Raf2 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Kg7
{0-1 Zhumabaev,R-Alavkin,A/Voronezh op 2004 (49)}) 11... Nef5 {As practice has
sufficiently shown, Black doesn't experience any serious problems in this line.
} 12. O-O Be7 13. h3 (13. Nbd2 $5) 13... Nxe3 (13... O-O $13) 14. fxe3 Nf5 (
14... O-O $5 15. g4 Qd8 $1 $13 {[%cal Gf7f6]}) 15. Kh2 (15. Qf2 Bb5 16. Bxb5+
Qxb5 17. g4 Nh6 18. Nbd2 O-O 19. e4 Qd3 20. Qe1 Rc2 21. Rd1 Qxa3 22. g5 dxe4
23. Qxe4 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Nf5 25. Kh2 Bxb4 26. Re2 Rd8 27. Qxb7 Rxd4 28. Rb1 Bf8
29. Rb3 Qc1 30. Nxd4 Qf4+ 31. Kh1 Nxd4 32. Ree3 Nxb3 33. Qxb3 Qxg5 34. Qc3 a5
35. Rf3 Qh5 36. Kg2 a4 37. Rd3 a3 38. Rd2 Qg5+ {0-1 Giaccio,A-Rodriguez,A/Mar
del Plata op 2001/The Week in Chess 336 (38)}) 15... h5 $5 (15... O-O 16. g4
$140 $6 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Bxh4 18. Nd2 Rc3 $5 19. Nf3 Be7 $15) 16. Nbd2 h4 {[%csl
Rg3]} 17. Rfc1 O-O 18. Qf2 a5 (18... Ng3 $5 19. Nf1 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nxh4
g5 22. Ng3 gxh4 23. Nxe4 $132 {[%csl Ge4,Rg8]}) 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Nxh4 axb4 21.
axb4 Qxb4 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 (22... Rxc8 $6 23. Nxf5) 23. Rd1 {Taking into account
the Black's king position, two White's knights have good chances against
Black's bishops} g6 (23... Qa4 $5 {[%cal Cd1b1,Ch4f5,Ga4c2,Oa4d1,Ga4a2]} 24.
Rc1 Qa2 $13) 24. Qg3 {[%cal Gh4g6]} Kg7 25. Ndf3 Qc3 26. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5,Gh4]
White keeps full control over the kingside but it is still not so easy to
create real threats.} Rh8 (26... b5 $5) 27. e6 $1 Qc6 (27... Qc2 $2 28. Rd2 $1
Qxd2 29. Nxf5+ Kf8 30. Nxe7 $1 $18) ({Another promising possibility was} 27...
f4 $5 28. Qxf4 (28. exf4 Qxg3+ 29. Kxg3 f6 30. Ngf3 Bd6) 28... f6 $13) 28.
Nxf5+ $1 gxf5 29. Nxf7+ Kh7 (29... Kf8 $2 30. Nxh8 Bd6 31. Ng6+ Ke8 32. Nf4 $18
) 30. Qe5 $1 Rg8 $8 31. Qxf5+ Kg7 (31... Rg6 $2 32. Qh5+ Kg7 33. Qh8#) 32. Ng5
Qc7+ $2 {[%csl Rd5] Black has obviously lost the thread.} (32... Qd6+ $142 $5
33. Kh1 Bxg5 34. Qxg5+ Kh7 35. Qh5+ Kg7 36. Qf7+ Kh8 $11) 33. Kh1 Bxg5 (33...
Kh6 34. Nf7+ Kg7 35. Ne5 $18) 34. Qxg5+ Kh8 35. Qxd5 {[%csl Gd4,Ge3,Ge6]
Clearing the path for the central pawns.} Rg6 36. Qh5+ Kg7 37. d5 $18 {White's
positional and material advantage is decisive.} Qc2 (37... Qg3 38. Qe2 b6 39.
e4 $18) 38. Qe5+ Kh7 39. Rg1 Qc4 40. e4 (40. e7 $5 Bd7 (40... Bxh3 41. Qh5+ Kg7
42. Qxg6+ Kxg6 43. e8=Q+) 41. e8=Q Bxe8 42. Qxe8 Qxd5 43. Qe7+ Rg7 44. e4 $18)
40... Qe2 (40... Bxe6 $5) 41. Qc7+ Rg7 42. Qxc8 Qxe4 43. Qf8 $1 {Avoiding trap:
} (43. d6 $143 $2 Rxg2 44. Rxg2 Qe1+ 45. Rg1 Qe4+ 46. Kh2 Qe5+ $11) 43... Qxd5
44. e7 Rg3 45. Kh2 (45. Qc8 $5) 45... Qe5 46. e8=Q Rxh3+ 47. Kxh3 Qg3+ {
Just final joke!} 48. Kxg3 1-0

[Event "Santiago Entel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Santiago de Chile"]
[Date "2005.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vasquez Schroder, Rodrigo Rafael"]
[Black "Rojas Keim, Luis Alberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CHI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 (6... Nh6 $5) ({or} 
6... Nge7) 7. O-O fxe5 8. Nxe5 ({Worth considering was} 8. dxe5 $5 {keeping
the knights on the board, for example} Qc7 9. c4 d4 10. Bf4 h6 11. Bd3 O-O-O
12. Nbd2 g5 13. Bg3 Be8 14. a3 Bh5 15. Qa4 Bg7 16. b4 g4 17. b5 gxf3 18. bxc6
b6 {1-0 Motylev,A-Guid,M/Wch students Argentina 1997 (26)}) 8... Nxe5 (8... Nf6
) 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. c4 (10. Re1 O-O-O 11. Bf4 Ne7 $13) (10. f4 $5 O-O-O (10...
Ne7 11. Nd2 Nf5 12. Nf3 h5 13. Bd3 g6 14. Qe1 Be7 15. Be3 O-O-O 16. Bf2 Kb8 17.
b4 Rc8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Shaw,J-Hebert,J/Yerevan olm 1996/ChessBase (38)}) 11. c4
Ne7 12. Nc3 Bc6 13. Bg4 Qd7 $13) (10. Bh5+ $5) 10... d4 (10... Ne7 11. Nc3 d4 (
11... Qxe5 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. Bg4 Qf6 14. Nb5 a6 15. Nd6+ Kc7 16. Qb3 Kxd6 17.
Qb6+ Nc6 18. cxd5 Kxd5 19. Bg5 Qxg5 20. Rad1+ Nd4 21. Bxe6+ {1-0 Dvoirys,
S-Naumkin,I/Cappelle la Grande op 2001/}) 12. Ne4 ({Worth considering was} 12.
Nb5 $5 {for example} Bxb5 13. cxb5 Qxe5 14. Re1 {with good chances for
initiative.}) 12... Qxe5 13. Re1 (13. Bf3 Nc6 14. Re1 Be7 15. Bg4 Qc7 16. Qf3
O-O-O 17. Qh3 e5 18. a3 h5 19. Bxd7+ Qxd7 20. Qd3 Rhf8 21. Bd2 $44 {Sandipan,
C-Alekseev,V/Senden op 2002/1-0 (51)}) 13... O-O-O 14. Bf3 $146 (14. Ng5 Qf6
15. Ne4 Qe5 16. Ng5 Qf6 17. Ne4 Qe5 {1/2-1/2 Shugalya,I-Raidna,R/corr 2002/
Telechess CBM 91 (17)}) 14... Re8 (14... Bc6 $5 15. Bd2 {[%cal Ge4g5]}) 15. b4
$1 {Milos managed to find a clue to the position!} cxb4 (15... Bc6 $2 16. bxc5
Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Qf6 18. Rxd4 $18) 16. a3 {Playing in gambit style, Milos got
dangerous initiative.} (16. c5 Nd5 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Rxe5 Bxe5 $132) 16... Nc6
17. axb4 ({It's quite possible, that} 17. c5 $5 {is even stronger than the
move in the game. A possible continuation is} Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. axb4 Qxb4
20. Ba3 Qb5 21. Bd6 $40 {[%csl Rc8,Gd6,Gf3]}) 17... Bxb4 18. Bd2 Bxd2 (18...
Be7 $5) 19. Qxd2 $36 {1/2-1/2 Milos,G-Rodriguez,A/Santos Mario Covas 2003/CBM
95/[Psakhis] (47)}) (10... Qxe5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Qc2 $44) 11. Bd3 $146 (11.
Re1 Ne7 (11... O-O-O 12. Bf3 h6 13. Bf4 g5 14. Bg3 Ne7 15. Nd2 Bg7 16. Ne4 Bxe5
17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. b4 cxb4 19. c5 Kb8 20. Nd6 Qf6 21. Nxb7 g4 22. Be4 Rdf8 23.
Qd2 Nd5 24. Na5 Kc7 25. c6 Bc8 26. Bxd5 exd5 {Morris,P-Webster,A/London NW
1990/ChessBase/1-0 (36)}) 12. Bg5 O-O-O 13. Bf3 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Nf5 16.
Nd2 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bg7 18. Qe2 h5 19. Ne4 Qxe5 20. Bxh5 d3 21. Qxd3 Bc6 22. Qe2
Qxe4 {0-1 Rehm,M-Levy,R/Dornbirn op 1988/ChessBase}) (11. Bf4 Ne7 (11... O-O-O
12. Nd2 Bc6 13. Bd3 {I don't like this move, and White had good reasons to
exchange the light-coloured bishops, playing} (13. Bf3 $5 {for example} Ne7 14.
Be4 Ng6 15. Bg3 $14) 13... g5 $5 14. Bg3 ({It will be interesting to check} 14.
Bxg5 $5 {with the possible continuation} Qg7 15. Qg4 $1 h6 (15... Be7 16. Ne4
Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Qxg5 18. Qxe6+ Kc7 19. f4 Qh6 20. Qg4 $36 {[%cal Gf1f3,Gf3b3]})
16. Qxe6+ Bd7 17. Bf6 Bxe6 18. Bxg7 Bxg7 19. f4 $44 {with good compensation
for the pawn.}) 14... h5 $1 15. h3 (15. h4 gxh4 16. Bxh4 Be7 {[%csl Rg1]})
15... g4 16. hxg4 $146 ({Black did very well after} 16. h4 Nh6 $1 {[%cal Gh6f5]
} 17. Ne4 Nf5 18. Ng5 Nxg3 $1 19. Nxe6 (19. fxg3 Qxe5 20. Qe1 $1) 19... Qxe5
20. Re1 Ne4 $1 21. Nxd8 Bd6 22. g3 Rxd8 $17 {0-1 Smeets,J-Rogers,I/NED t-ch
0001 2001 (38)}) 16... h4 $1 {Black sacrifices a pawn, but the attack, which
he gets more than compensates for the material deficit.} 17. Bh2 (17. Bf4 Bg7
$5 {[%cal Gd8f8]} (17... h3 18. Be4 hxg2 19. Kxg2 Ne7 20. Bg3 $13)) 17... h3
18. f4 {Jonkman takes too much risk - his kingside lacks protection and to
allow Black to creat serious threats on the king's side.} (18. gxh3 Rxh3 {
[%cal Gc7e5]} 19. Qe2 Bg7 20. f3 Ne7 $40 {[%cal Rd8h8]}) ({A safer move is} 18.
f3 $5 $13) 18... hxg2 19. Rf2 Qg7 $1 {0-1 Jonkman,H-Smeets,J/Groningen
Harmonie 2002/CBM 93/[Psakhis] (30) White should have stuck to a passive
defense}) 12. Nd2 Ng6 (12... Nf5 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Ne4 O-O (14... O-O-O $5) 15.
Qg4 $16 Kh8 (15... g6) 16. Qh3 $1 Qd8 17. Bd2 {[#C5 g4]} Be8 (17... g6 $5 18.
g4 Ng7 19. Nxc5 $140 Bxc5 20. Bxg6 h5) 18. g4 Nh4 19. f4 $18 Bg6 20. Be1 h6 21.
Bxh4 Bxh4 22. f5 $1 Bf7 (22... Bh7 23. Nxc5 $18) 23. fxe6 {1-0 Zaitsev,
I-Tarjan,J/Quito 1977/ChessBase} (23. fxe6 Bxe6 24. Rxf8+ {#C5 #CAh4})) 13. Bh5
Bc6 14. Bxg6+ hxg6 15. Bg3 Qf7 16. Re1 Qf5 17. Qb3 Be7 18. f3 O-O 19. Ne4 g5
20. h3 $14 {1-0 Cherniaev,A-Mostafavi,K/St-Jean op 2002 (36)}) 11... O-O-O (
11... Qxe5 12. Re1 Qf6 13. Nd2 $44 {[%cal Gd2e4]}) 12. f4 {[%csl Ge5]} Ne7 {
[%cal Ge7f5,Gf5e3]} 13. Nd2 (13. Na3 $5 Nf5 14. Nc2 {[%cal Ga2a3,Gb2b4]}) 13...
Nf5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Qe2 $14 {[%csl Ge4] White completed his development and
has some advantage now: more space and more active pieces.} Bc6 16. a3 $146 (
16. Bd2 h6 17. a3 g5 18. b4 gxf4 19. Bxf4 Ne3 20. Bxe3 dxe3 21. b5 Be8 22. Qxe3
Qxe5 23. Rae1 Bh4 24. Nxc5 Qd4 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Re4 Be7 27. Nxe6 Rxd3 28. Kh1
Bxa3 29. c5 Bxb5 {0-1 Camara,T-Sega,C/Sao Paulo Itau Cup 2001/}) 16... b6 17.
Bd2 {That natural move allows black to consolidate his position.} ({() In case
of the aggressive} 17. b4 $5 cxb4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Ba3 $1 {Vasquez could get
serious initiative, for example:} (19. c5 $143 Bxe4 (19... bxc5 20. g4 $5) 20.
Qxe4 Bxc5 21. Bc4 $132) 19... Bxa3 20. Rxa3 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Ne3 22. Rfa1 $40)
17... Qb7 18. Rae1 (18. b4 Ne3 19. Bxe3 dxe3 (19... Bxe4 20. Bd2 $14) 20. Nd6+
Bxd6 21. exd6 Rxd6 22. Qxe3 Bxg2) 18... Rd7 19. b4 $1 Ne3 $8 20. Bxe3 dxe3 (
20... Bxe4 21. Bd2 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 {[%cal Gf4f5]} g6 23. b5 $36 {[%cal Ga3a4,
Ga4a5]}) 21. Nd6+ ({A natural development of the initiative could have been
achieved by} 21. Qxe3 $142 $5 cxb4 (21... Rhd8 $5) 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. exd6 Rxd6
24. axb4 Bxg2 25. Rf2 $40 {[%cal Of2g2,Cb7d7,Cd6d3,Gc4c5]}) 21... Bxd6 22. exd6
Rxd6 23. Qxe3 Bxg2 24. Rf2 Bc6 ({Perhaps Black should have considered} 24...
Qd7 $5 {[%cal Od6d3,Cf2g2,Gg2a8]} 25. Rd2 Rd8 26. Kxg2 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Qxd3 28.
Qxe6+ Kb7 $13) 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Rb1 (26. Bf1 $5 $14 {[%cal Oe3c5,Gf1h3]})
26... Qc7 27. Rfb2 Rhd8 28. Bf1 (28. Rb8+ Qxb8 29. Rxb8+ Kxb8 30. Qxc5 Kb7 $15)
28... Qf7 $11 29. Qxc5 Qg6+ 30. Qg5 $6 ({Vasquez could make an easy draw after
} 30. Kf2 $5 Rd2+ 31. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 32. Ke1 Qxb1+ 33. Kxd2 $11 {and this is
already maximum what White can get.}) ({The text move is just weak - in case of
} 30. Qg5 e5 $1 $15 {Black's chances are higher already.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Villamayor, Buenaventura"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 {This variation went
out of fashion in recent practice.} 7. Be2 Bd7 8. O-O Na5 9. Nbd2 O-O-O (9...
Ne7 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. Re1 Nc8 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 Nb6 14. Bg4 Ba4 15. Qe2 O-O-O
16. Nf4 Re8 17. Nf1 Kb8 18. Nh5 $13 {0-1 Schelle,A-Stanec,N/Aschach op 1999 
(59)}) 10. Rb1 Kb8 (10... Ne7 $5) 11. Qc2 f6 12. Re1 Ne7 $146 (12... Be8 13. b4
cxb3 14. Nxb3 Ba4 15. Nfd2 fxe5 16. Qa2 Nxb3 17. Nxb3 Qc7 18. dxe5 Bxb3 19.
Qxb3 Bc5 20. Bg4 Re8 21. Bf3 Ne7 22. c4 Rhf8 23. Bg5 Bb6 24. cxd5 Nxd5 25. Bh4
Qc5 26. Rbc1 Qa5 27. Red1 {Stefansson,H-Socko,B/Cappelle le Grande op 1998/1/
2-1/2 (67)}) 13. exf6 gxf6 14. b3 $1 {Natural and good move.} cxb3 15. Nxb3
Nxb3 $6 ({After} 15... Ba4 $142 {white's task will be more difficult.}) 16.
Rxb3 Qc7 (16... Ba4 $2 17. Rxb6 Bxc2 18. Rxe6 $18) 17. Bb5 Nc6 18. c4 (18. Bxc6
Qxc6 (18... Bxc6 19. Rxe6 Ba4 20. Rxb7+ Qxb7 21. Qxa4 $16) 19. Bf4+ Ka8 20.
Reb1 Bc8 $13) 18... dxc4 $6 {Serious mistake} ({After} 18... Na5 $5 19. Rc3
dxc4 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Qe4 Re8 22. Qf4+ {White could pretend just for small
advanatge.}) 19. Qxc4 $36 {[%csl Rb8,Re6][%cal Gb3b8,Gc4c6]} Bd6 20. Bd2 Rhg8 (
{Unfortunately for Black doesn;t work} 20... Nxd4 $2 {because of} 21. Nxd4 $1 (
21. Qxd4 Bxb5 22. Qxf6 (22. Rxb5 $2 Bxh2+) 22... Bc6 $132) (21. Qxc7+ Bxc7 22.
Nxd4 Bxb5 23. Rxb5 Rxd4 24. Bc3 Rd7 $11) 21... Bxh2+ (21... Bxb5 22. Qxb5) 22.
Kh1 Bxb5 23. Qxb5 Rxd4 24. Ba5 b6 25. Bxb6 $1 axb6 26. Qa6 {with winning attack
} Rd6 27. Reb1 Qa7 28. Rxb6+ Rxb6 29. Rxb6+ Ka8 30. Qb5 $18) 21. Ba6 {
Unfortunately for Black, the residence of his monarch isn't safe, which White
proves energetically} b6 22. Qc1 {[%cal Gb3c3]} (22. Rc1 $5) 22... Bc8 23. Bxc8
Qxc8 (23... Qg7 $5 24. g3 Rxc8 25. Qb1 $14) 24. Rc3 Kb7 25. Qc2 $1 {[%cal
Ge1c1,Gc2e4] Formally Black has material parity, but his pieces are useless
and cannot safe their king.} Qd7 26. Qe4 Rge8 27. Rec1 Rc8 28. g3 e5 (28... f5
$142 29. Qe2 $36) 29. dxe5 (29. Qd5 $5) 29... Bxe5 30. Rd3 (30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31.
Qf3 $16) 30... Qe7 (30... Qg7 $142) 31. Nxe5 fxe5 32. Bb4 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Ge4]
[%cal Rc1c8,Rd3d7] Game is over, Black just can't protect anymore night on c6.}
Qf7 (32... Qc7 33. Rd6) 33. Rd6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 cxd4 ({with possible
continuation} 6... Bb5 7. c4 $5 Bxc4 8. Bxc4 dxc4 9. d5 $13 {leads to more
complicated game.}) 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. Bxb5+ Qxb5 9. Nc3 Qd7 (9... Qa6 {is more
natural, but I suspect that after} 10. Ne2 Ne7 11. O-O {white's chances are
slightly better, for example} Ng6 12. Be3 Be7 13. Ne1 O-O 14. f4 f5 15. Nd3 Nd7
16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Rfc8 18. b4 $14 {1-0 Markarov,A-Riazantsev,A/St.
Petersburg Chigorin mem 2000/ (40)}) 10. O-O (10. b4 Ne7 11. O-O Nf5 12. g4 Ne7
13. Ne1 h5 14. h3 hxg4 15. hxg4 Ng6 16. f4 Qe7 17. Nf3 Nc6 {1-0 Diaz Castro,
S-Tenorio,J/Sevilla op 2001/Ajelibre (27)}) 10... Nc6 11. b4 Nge7 12. Qd3 Nc8
$146 {Typical plan. Asrian brings knight to b6 and takes under control
weaknesses in white's camp} (12... h6 13. Be3 Nc8 14. Nd2 a6 15. f4 g6 16. g4
N6e7 17. Bf2 h5 18. h3 b5 19. Nb3 hxg4 20. hxg4 Nb6 {1-0 Vujic,M-Osman,M/
Bucharest Autumn Cup-IM 2000/ (38)}) 13. Bd2 a6 (13... Nb6 14. b5 Ne7 15. a4
Nc4 {was also possible}) 14. Na4 $5 {[%cal Ga4c5] Interesting pawn sacrifice!}
Nxe5 (14... b5 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 N8e7 {was another option, but Asrian
plays in most principal way.}) 15. Nxe5 ({After} 15. dxe5 Qxa4 16. Be3 $1 Ne7
17. Nd4 $44 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gf1c1] White could get long term compensation for
the pawn.}) 15... Qxa4 16. f4 $6 (16. Rac1 Bd6 17. Qg3 $36 {was, possibly
better alternative.}) 16... g6 {Most natural move, but after brave} (16... Nd6
$5 17. f5 f6 $1 {Black could get better chances, for example} (17... Nxf5 $2
18. Rxf5 exf5 19. Qxf5 $18 {[%csl Re8]}) 18. Ng4 Qb5 19. Qe3 Ne4 20. fxe6 Qb6
21. Nf2 Qxe6 22. Rae1 f5 $15) 17. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512] White can't waste time -
if Black manage to play Nd6, he,ll get just winning position} gxf5 18. Rxf5 $1
exf5 (18... Nd6 $5 19. Rf2 (19. Rxf7 $6 Nxf7 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Qf3+ Ke8 (21...
Ke7 22. Bg5+ Kd7 23. Qf7+ $18) 22. Qf6 Qd7 23. Qxh8 (23. Re1 Rg8 24. Rxe6+ Be7
25. b5 a5 $1 $19) 23... Qg7 $1 24. Qxg7 Bxg7 25. Be3 Rc8 $15) 19... Bg7 20. Qg3
$36 {leads to unclear complications}) 19. Qxf5 {White got finally strong
attack, but paid big price for it!} Nd6 ({After} 19... Be7 {White have draw at
least -} 20. Qxf7+ Kd8 21. Qxd5+ Kc7 22. Rc1+ Kb8 ({too dangerous} 22... Kb6
23. Bg5 $1 Qb5 $8 24. Qe6+ Ka7 25. Bxe7 $14) 23. Nc6+ $1 bxc6 24. Bf4+ Bd6 (
24... Kb7 $4 25. Qd7+ Kb6 26. Qc7+ Kb5 27. Qb7+) 25. Bxd6+ Nxd6 26. Qxd6+ Kb7
27. Qe7+ $11) 20. Qf6 Qc2 (20... Bg7 21. Qxg7 O-O-O 22. Bf4 $40 {[%csl Rc8]}) (
20... Rg8 $2 21. Re1 Rc8 22. Bf4 $1 $18) 21. Nxf7 $1 Nxf7 22. Re1+ Qe4 $8 23.
Rxe4+ ({Maybe White still could play} 23. Rxe4+ dxe4 24. Bg5 $1 Nxg5 (24... Bd6
25. Qe6+ Kf8 26. Bh6+ Nxh6 27. Qxd6+ Kg7 28. Qe5+) 25. Qxh8 {but, it looks,
that after} a5 $5 $13 {Black will get enough counterplay.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 13th"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2005.04.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2005.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. Be2 Na5
9. Rb1 Ne7 10. O-O h6 11. Re1 O-O-O {As practice has sufficiently shown, Black
doesn't experience any serious problems in this line.} (11... Qc7 $5 {[%cal
Ge7c8,Gc8b6,Gd7a4]} 12. Nf1 Nc8 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Bg3 Ba4 15. Qc1 O-O-O 16. h4
Bb3 17. N3d2 Ba2 18. Ra1 Bb3 19. h5 Be7 20. Ne3 Kb8 21. Rf1 Ka8 22. Qe1 Ba4 23.
Kh1 g6 $13 {0-1 Haba,P-Naumkin,I/Cappelle le Grande op 1998 (75)}) 12. Qc2 (12.
h4 $6 f5 (12... Kb8 13. h5 Qc7 (13... Ka8 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. Bd1 Nc8 16. Nf1 Nb6
17. Bf4 Ba4 18. Qc1 Bb3 19. N3d2 Bxd1 20. Qxd1 Qd7 21. Ne3 Rc8 22. Bg3 Be7 23.
Qg4 Rhg8 24. Bh4 Bxh4 25. Qxh4 Na4 26. f4 Rc6 $13 {Prie,E-Renet,O/Paris APSAP
1994/1-0 (54)}) 14. Qc2 Nc8 15. Nf1 Nb6 16. Bf4 Ba4 17. Qc1 Be7 18. Bg3 Bb3 19.
N3d2 Ba4 20. Bd1 Qd7 21. Bxa4 Qxa4 $11 {Marzolo,C-Masserey,Y/Cannes op 2000/
0-1 (60)}) 13. h5 $6 (13. exf6 gxf6 {/\Be8-g6}) (13. Nf1 g6 14. Be3 Kb8 $13)
13... g5 14. hxg6 Nxg6 15. b4 cxb3 16. c4 Nf4 (16... Ba4 17. cxd5 exd5 (17...
Rxd5 18. Nc4 $40) 18. Bd3) 17. Bf1 (17. c5 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Qb5 19. Nxb3 Nxb3 20.
Qxb5 Bxb5 21. Rxb3 Bc4 $15) 17... Ba4 18. c5 Qc7 19. Rb2 (19. Nh2) 19... Rg8
$17 {0-1 Shaked,T-Shulman,Y/Halle,W-ch 1995/ChessBase (43)}) (12. Nf1 Kb8 $146
(12... f5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Ng3 Be8 15. Nh4 Ng6 16. Bg4 $1 $36 f5 17. Ngxf5) (
12... Nb3 13. Be3 Ba4 14. Ng3 (14. N1d2 $5) (14. N3d2 Nf5 15. Bg4 Be7 16. Nxb3
Bxb3 17. Qd2 Nxe3 18. fxe3 a5 {1/2-1/2 Fressinet,L-Radjabov,T/WCh B18 Oropesa
del Mar 1999 (26)}) 14... Qc6 15. Bf1 Nc5 16. Qd2 Ne4 17. Qe2 $13) ({Deserves
attention} 12... Qb3 13. h4 Ba4 {with good game, for example} 14. Qxb3 Bxb3 15.
Ne3 Nf5 16. g4 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Bc2 18. Rbc1 Bh7 19. Nd2 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Beckemeyer,W-Reefschlaeger,H/BL 1986 (19)}) 13. Bf4 g5 $5 {Interesting move,but
} ({I would prefer} 13... Bb5 $5 {[%cal Gb6c6,Gb5a4]}) 14. Bg3 Nf5 15. Ne3 Ka8
(15... Nb3 $5) 16. Nd2 {[%cal Ge2h5]} Be7 (16... Nxg3 17. hxg3 $1 (17. fxg3 Bg7
18. Bh5 (18. Rf1 $6 Bxe5 $1) 18... f6 $1) 17... Bg7 18. Bh5 f6 $140 19. exf6
Bxf6 20. Ng4 Bg7 21. Nf3 $36 {[%csl Ge5]}) 17. Bh5 Rdf8 18. Nxf5 $1 exf5 19. f4
$14 {[%csl Ra5,Rd5,Gh5] 1-0 Prie,E-Mednis,E/Cannes Masters 2000/CBM 75/
[Psakhis,L] (39)}) 12... Kb8 13. Nf1 (13. Bd1 Rc8 (13... Nc8 $5) (13... Qc7 14.
Nf1 Nc8 15. Be3 Nb6 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov-Vaiser/Sochi 1985/ChessBase}) 14. Nf1 (
14. h3 Ng6 15. Nf1 Be7 16. Ng3 Rhe8 17. Nh5 Bf8 18. Qe2 Nb3 19. Be3 Ka8 20. g4
Ba4 21. Bc2 Qc6 22. Rf1 Na5 23. Nh2 $14 {1-0 Zhigalko,S-Spice,A/ECC t-ch Izmir
2004/ (29)}) 14... Nb3 15. Bf4 Ka8 16. Ng3 Ba4 17. Qe2 Qb5 (17... g6 18. Nf1 {
/\ Ne3-g4+/-}) 18. Nh5 Na5 19. Nd2 Rc7 20. g4 $1 Nc8 21. Bxa4 Qxa4 22. Nf1 Nb6
23. Bg3 $14 {1-0 Sveshnikov,E-Casper,T/Moscow II 1987(37) 1-0}) 13... Qb3 $1 {
A very natural and logical plan, which seems to promise Black a level game.} (
13... Nb3 14. Bf4 Ba4 15. Bd1 Qc6 16. Qe2 b5 17. Ne3 Nc8 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2
Bxd1 20. Rexd1 Nb6 21. Bg3 Be7 22. f4 g6 23. Qf2 h5 24. Bh4 Qd7 25. Bxe7 Qxe7
26. b3 cxb3 27. Rxb3 a6 28. a4 {Sirotine,K-Elizarov,D/RUS-ch B16 Dagomys 2004/
EXT 2005/1-0 (46)}) 14. Bd1 $146 ({White failed to get any advantage after} 14.
Qxb3 Nxb3 15. Bf4 Nc8 16. Ng3 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E-Nikolenko,O/Moscow ch-USSR
1991/ChessBase (16)}) (14. Qd2 Qa2 $5) 14... Qxc2 15. Bxc2 Nc8 {[%cal Gc8b6,
Gd7a4] White has got nothing from the opening: Black's pieces are well
developed and coordinated.} 16. a4 {[%csl Ra4]} Nb6 17. Ra1 Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c6,
Gc6a6]} 18. N3d2 Be7 19. f4 g6 20. Ne3 h5 21. g3 Rhg8 (21... Rc6 $142 $5) 22.
h3 Rc6 23. g4 Rh8 {Black lost two tempi, but it is not so important in a
closed position.} 24. Nf3 Rcc8 25. Ra2 hxg4 26. hxg4 Rh3 27. Kg2 Rch8 28. Nf1 (
28. f5 $5 gxf5 29. gxf5 R3h5 $5 30. f6 Bf8 $13) 28... Nb3 29. a5 $8 Nxc1 30.
Rxc1 Nc8 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Ga7a6,Gc8a7,Ga7c6]} 31. Ng3 a6 32. Raa1 (32. Ba4 Kc7
33. Bxd7 Kxd7 34. f5 gxf5 35. gxf5 exf5 $5 36. Nxf5 R3h5 $13) 32... Na7 33. Rh1
Rxh1 34. Nxh1 Nc6 {Black is increasing the pressure against the main target -
White's a5 pawn.} 35. Nf2 $5 {[%cal Gf2h3,Gh3g5]} Kc8 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gc8f8]}
(35... Bd8 36. Ba4 $1) 36. Nh3 Kd8 (36... Bd8 37. Nhg5 Rf8 38. Nh7) 37. Nhg5
Ke8 38. Kg3 Bd8 39. Ba4 Nb8 (39... Ke7 40. Nd2 $5 {[%cal Gb2b3]}) 40. b3 (40.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 41. f5 gxf5 42. gxf5 exf5 43. Kf4 Nb8 44. e6 fxe6 45. Nxe6 Nc6 $132)
40... cxb3 (40... Bxa4 $142 $5 41. Rxa4 (41. bxa4 Nc6) 41... cxb3 42. Nd2 $1
Rh1 43. Nxb3 Nc6 $15) 41. Bxb3 {[%cal Gf4f5]} (41. Bxd7+ $143 Nxd7 42. Nd2 b2)
41... Bc6 (41... Nc6 42. Ba4) 42. f5 $1 gxf5 43. gxf5 exf5 44. c4 (44. Kf4 $5 {
[%csl Gb3,Gf4,Gg5]}) 44... dxc4 45. Bxc4 {[%cal Og5f7,Cf7f6,Cf6g5,Rd4d5]} Bxf3
46. Nxf7 $6 (46. Nxf3 Nc6 47. Kf4 (47. d5 Nxe5 $5 48. Nxe5 Bc7 49. Kf4 Rh4+ 50.
Kxf5 (50. Kg5 Bxe5 $1) 50... Rh5+ 51. Ke4 Rxe5+ 52. Kf3 $11) 47... Nxa5 $13)
46... Rh1 $1 47. Rxh1 Bxh1 48. Nxd8 Kxd8 49. d5 Nd7 50. Kf4 Nc5 {Leads to a
quick draw.} ({Possibly Black should have preferred} 50... Be4 $5 {but after}
51. d6 $8 (51. e6 b5 $5 52. axb6 (52. Be2 Bxd5 53. exd7 Kxd7 54. Kxf5 Kd6 $19)
(52. Ba2 Nc5 53. d6 b4 $19) 52... Nxb6 53. Bxa6 Nxd5+ 54. Ke5 Nb4 55. Bf1 Ke7
56. Bh3 Nd3+ 57. Kd4 Kxe6 $19) 51... b5 52. Bf7 $1 Nb8 53. e6 Nc6 54. Kg5 Ne7
$1 55. Kf6 Nd5+ 56. Ke5 b4 57. Kd4 {I don't see how he can improve position.})
51. Kxf5 Ke7 52. Kf4 Bg2 53. Ke3 Ne4 54. Bb3 Ng5 55. Ba2 Nf7 56. Kd4 Bf3 57.
Bb1 Bg2 58. Bf5 Kd8 59. Bd3 $11 Bxd5 60. Kxd5 Nxe5 61. Kxe5 Kc7 62. Kd5 b6 63.
axb6+ Kxb6 64. Bxa6 Kxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SVK-ch"]
[Site "Kaskady"]
[Date "2002.07.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Priehoda, Vitezslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bangiev} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Nh6 7. b3 cxd4
8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 Bb4+ ({It is not clear if Black needs to give this check,
because f1 is just a good place for white's king, and his R could be active
from h1. Worth considering is} 9... Bd7 $5 {and after, for example} 10. g4 (10.
O-O h5 $5) (10. h4 h5) 10... Nfe7 11. Nc3 h5 12. Na4 Qd8 13. g5 Ng6 14. Qd2 Rc8
15. Rc1 Bb4 16. Bc3 Ba3 $11 {0-1 Kupreichik,V-Kortchnoi,V/Muenster op 1996 (67)
Black got good position}) 10. Kf1 Be7 (10... O-O $5 11. g4 Nh6 12. Rg1 f6 13.
exf6 Rxf6 14. g5 Rxf3 15. gxh6 Rf7 $15 {0-1 Shianovsky,V-Kosikov,A/Kyiv-ch
2002 (41)}) 11. h4 {Bangiev: 'Ein wichtiger Zug im Plan des Weißen: er
bereitet g4 vor.'} (11. g4 {Bangiev} Nh4) 11... Qd8 {I don't see something
wrong with position of black's queen on b6.  Bangiev: 'Dies ist gegen g4
gerichtet.'} (11... Bd7 12. g3 (12. Nc3 Ncxd4 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Rc1 Qa5 18. h5 h6 19. Bg4 Be6 20. Rh3 O-O 21. Kg1
Rac8 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. a4 Qb4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Re3 Rc3 26. Qf3 d4 {Kosten,
A-Lputian,S/Altensteig 1989/0-1 (44)}) (12. g4 {Bangiev}) 12... O-O-O 13. Nc3
Kb8 14. Na4 Qa5 15. a3 f6 16. b4 Qc7 17. Rc1 a6 18. Kg2 {1-0 Saint_Pierre,
B-Mahabir,H/Quebec-chJ 1996 (34)}) (11... h5 12. Nc3 (12. Bd3 {Bangiev} Nb4)
12... Bd7 $5 $13 (12... O-O 13. Bd3 f6 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Kg1 Be6 16. exf6 Bxf6
17. Ng5 $36 {0-1 Haag-Uhlmann,W/Balatonfured 1959 (49)}) 13. Na4 Qd8 14. g3 $5
Rc8 (14... O-O {Bangiev} 15. Kg2 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Nc5 $14) 15. Kg2 Nb4 16.
Nc3 g6 17. Qd2 Kf8 18. Rhc1 Kg7 19. Rab1 Na6 20. Bd3 Nh6 21. a3 Qb6 22. b4 Nc7
23. Qf4 $36 {1-0 Efimov,I-Nothnagel,H/Kecskemet 1990/(39)}) 12. h5 {Bangiev:
'Dies soll die Blockade auf h5 verhindern, den Vorstoß g4 ermöglichen.'} (12.
g4 $2 {Bangiev} Nxh4) 12... f6 {Bangiev: 'Schwarz möchte die f-Linie öffnen.
Man beachte den weißen König auf f1.'} 13. a3 {Bangiev: 'Offenbar steht der
Vorstoß g4 nicht mehr im Programm, sondern das Manöver Bd3 mit dem Ziel den
lästigen Springer f5 zu vertreiben bzw. zu tauschen. Der Grund dafür könnte z.
B. in den Ergebnissen der häuslichen Analyse zu sein. /\Bd3'} (13. g4 {Bangiev}
Nh6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Rg1 Nf7 $132) 13... fxe5 14. dxe5 O-O 15. Bd3 Bd7 16.
Nbd2 Qb6 {[%cal Ge7c5] Finally black's queen comes back and her position is ok,
nevertheless of losing two tempi. Bangiev: '/\Bc5'} 17. b4 {Bangiev: 'Schwarz
steht recht aktiv, soll die schwarzen Felder angreifen. Was ihm fehlt, das ist
die Möglichkeit den Läufer e7 aktiv ins Geschehen zu bringen.'} Ncd4 (17... a5
$5 18. b5 Ncd4 $132 19. a4 Bc5 $13) 18. Kg1 Nxf3+ (18... Bb5 $143 19. Bxb5 (19.
Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxb5 Nxb5 $11) (19. Nxd4 {Bangiev} Bxd3 20. N2b3 (20. N2f3 {
Bangiev} Be4) 20... Bc4 (20... Ba6 {Bangiev} 21. Qg4) 21. Rh3 $36) (19. Bxf5 {
Bangiev} Ne2+ 20. Kh2 Rxf5 $19) 19... Nxb5 20. Nb3 Rac8 21. Qd3 $14 {=}) 19.
Nxf3 a5 20. Nd4 {Bangiev: 'Ein Bauernopfer, für die Schwächung von Feldern e6
sowie f7 und die Verstärkung der Initiative des Anziehenden auf der Diagonale
a1-h8. Das Weiß unter eine Bedingung realisieren konnte, nämlich er sollte die
Initiative ergreifen, was momentan ist nicht der Fall ist.'} (20. Bxf5 {Bangiev
} Rxf5 21. Bd4 (21. Nd4 $6 {Bangiev} Rf7) 21... Qa6 $132) 20... axb4 21. Bxf5
exf5 (21... bxa3 $5 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Bc1 (23. h6 g6 $1) (23. Qd3+ {Bangiev}
Kg8 24. Bc3 Bg5 25. h6 Bxh6 26. Rxh6 $1 gxh6 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29.
Qg6+ Kh8 30. g3 $18 {/\Kg2}) 23... Ra4 24. Be3 Bc5 $132 {could be an good
choice, but text is stronger}) 22. axb4 (22. Qb3 Be6) 22... Qxb4 (22... Rxa1
$142 {Bangiev} 23. Qxa1 Bxb4 24. Qa2 $36) 23. Rb1 {'!?' Bangiev. Bangiev: 'Die
weißen Figuren wirken momentan auf der Diagonale a1-h8 gut zusammen. /\h6'} Ra2
24. Nc2 (24. Nxf5 $2 Bxf5 25. Qxd5+ Kh8 26. Qxa2 Bxb1 27. Qxb1 Bc5 $1 $19)
24... Qe4 {Bangiev: 'Die Initiative gehört offenbar dem Schwarzen.'} 25. h6 $5
Ba4 $1 (25... g6 $17) (25... f4 $5 26. hxg7 $140 Rf7) (25... g5 $5 {(Bangiev)
Weiß hatte hier nur die theoretischen Chancen den Bauern auf h6 auszunutzen, z.
B.} 26. Nd4 {/\e6} (26. Rh3 {Bangiev} Ba4) (26. Ne3 {Bangiev} Bc6) 26... Rc8 (
26... Ba4 {Bangiev} 27. Qc1 Qxe5 $6 28. Nc6) 27. Rh3 (27. e6 {Bangiev} Ba4 $17)
27... Ba4 28. Qd3 Bc2 (28... Rc2 {Bangiev} 29. Nxf5) 29. Qb5 Bxb1 30. Re3 Rxb2
$1 31. Qxb2 (31. Qd7 $2 {Bangiev} Rc1+ $19) 31... Qg4 32. Re1 Be4 $17) 26. hxg7
Rf7 $4 {[%mdl 8192] '?' Bangiev. Terrible mistake!  Bangiev: 'Ein Fehler kommt
bekanntlich selten allein.'} ({Black could win quite easy after simple} 26...
Rc8 $1 27. Qh5 (27. Rxh7 Kxh7 28. Qh5+ Kxg7 29. e6+ Rxb2 $1 30. Rxb2 Bxc2 31.
Qf7+ Kh6 $19) 27... f4 28. Qh3 Rc6 $19) 27. e6 $1 {'+/-!' Bangiev.} Rxg7 $2 {
One mistake always follows another!} (27... Qxe6 $8 {was enough to keep
balance, for example} 28. Qh5 h6 $8 29. Qxh6 Qxh6 30. Rxh6 Rxb2 $1 (30... Rxg7
{Bangiev} 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Re6 Kf7 33. Nd4 $16) 31. Rxb2 Bf6 $13) 28. Bxg7 $18
Qxc2 (28... Bc5 $5) 29. Qxc2 Rxc2 (29... Bxc2 30. Rxb7) 30. Rxb7 Bd6 31. Bb2 $1
Re2 32. g3 d4 33. Rh5 Bc6 34. Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2002.06.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Savic, Miodrag R"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2002.06.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sokolac"]
[BlackTeam "Kiseljak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 Nh6 {Smbat Lputian has a great experierence in this
sharp line.} 11. Rg1 (11. h3 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Nc3 a5 $6 14. b5 Na7 15. Rc1
Qd8 16. Bd3 Nf7 17. Qe2 Bh6 18. Rd1 $14 {1-0 Jonkman,H-Tiggelman,R/Vlissingen
op 2002/ (52)}) 11... f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Nc3 Nf7 {It is very difficult to
evaluate this position. White played the first part of the game very actively 
(maybe even too actively!) and got some advantage in space, but created many
pawn weaknesses.} 14. Na4 (14. b5 Ncd8 15. g5 fxg5 16. Nxg5 Rc8 17. h4 Nxg5 18.
hxg5 Bg7 19. Rg4 Nf7 20. Rc1 Qa5 21. Bd3 h5 {0-1 Bohak,I-Soederberg,K/
Henriksen mem 2000/ (30)}) ({One vy fresh example -} 14. Rc1 Bh6 15. Rc2 Ne7
16. h4 Bf4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Bauer,C/FRA-ch Val d'Isere 2002 (23)}) 14...
Qc7 15. Rc1 Qf4 16. Rc3 $146 {Funny, but just this move is a new one.In famous
game Short,N-Lputian,S/EU t-ch Batumi 1999/CBM 74/ 1/2-1/2 (70) White managed
to get some advantage after} (16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 (17. Rxc5 $5 Nd6 (17... e5
18. dxe5 (18. Rxd5 $4 Qe4+ $19) 18... Bxg4 19. Be2 fxe5 20. Qxd5 Rd8 21. Qc4
$36) 18. Bc1 Qe4+ 19. Be3 Qg6 20. Bd3 Qf7 $13) 17... Nce5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rg3
$14 {but Black could easy find an improvment, for example worth of serious
attention is 17...e5!}) 16... Ng5 {[%csl Rd4]} 17. b5 ({In case of} 17. Nxg5
fxg5 18. Qf3 Bg7 $15 {White has already big troubles with the protection of
the d4-pawn.}) 17... Na5 18. Nxg5 fxg5 19. Bc1 (19. Qf3 Bg7 20. Qxf4 gxf4 21.
Rc1 Nb3 22. Rd1 Rc8 $15) 19... Qxh2 20. Rgg3 Bd6 ({Perhaps Black should have
considered} 20... Nc4 $5 21. Bxg5 $140 Rg8 22. Bf4 Bxb5 $15) 21. Rh3 (21. Rg2
Qh1) 21... Qg1 {Black queen came very deeply into enemy's camp!} 22. Qe2 O-O {
Better later than never!} (22... b6 $2 {[%csl Ra4] lose by force after} 23. Be3
{[%csl Rg1]} Nc4 (23... Bf4 24. Bxf4 gxf4 25. Qe5 $18) 24. Rxc4 Bxb5 25. Rc8+
Rxc8 26. Qxb5+ Kd8 27. Nxb6 $5 axb6 28. Bxg5+ Be7 29. Qxb6+ Kd7 30. Qb7+ Rc7
31. Qb5+ Kd8 32. Qb8+ Kd7 33. Qxh8 $18) 23. Be3 Nc4 $8 (23... Bf4 24. Bxf4 gxf4
25. Nc5 $16) 24. Rxc4 $1 Bxb5 25. f3 ({After} 25. Nb2 dxc4 26. f4 $8 c3 $1 27.
Qxb5 Qxg4 $17 {advantage of Black is obvious}) 25... Bxc4 26. Bxg1 Bxe2 27.
Bxe2 Bxa3 28. Be3 $13 e5 29. dxe5 Rae8 30. Bc5 ({Worth considering} 30. Rh5 $5
{for example} Rxe5 (30... h6 31. Rxh6 Rxe5 32. Bd4 $16) 31. Bd4 Rfe8 32. Bxe5
Rxe5 33. Kd1 d4 $1 $14) 30... Bxc5 {Queek, but sharp and interesting game} (
30... Bxc5 31. Nxc5 Kg7 32. Bd3 h6 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes masters k.o."]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2000.02.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Prie, Eric"]
[Black "Mednis, Edmar John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.02.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Be2 Bd7
9. O-O h6 10. Rb1 Ne7 11. Re1 O-O-O (11... Qc7 $5 {[%cal Ge7c8,Gc8b6,Gd7a4]}
12. Nf1 Nc8 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Bg3 Ba4 15. Qc1 O-O-O 16. h4 Bb3 17. N3d2 Ba2 18.
Ra1 Bb3 19. h5 Be7 20. Ne3 Kb8 21. Rf1 Ka8 22. Qe1 Ba4 23. Kh1 g6 $13 {0-1
Haba,P-Naumkin,I/Cappelle le Grande op 1998 (75)}) 12. Nf1 (12. h4 Kb8 13. h5
Qc7 (13... Ka8 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. Bd1 Nc8 16. Nf1 Nb6 17. Bf4 Ba4 18. Qc1 Bb3 19.
N3d2 Bxd1 20. Qxd1 Qd7 21. Ne3 Rc8 22. Bg3 Be7 23. Qg4 Rhg8 24. Bh4 Bxh4 25.
Qxh4 Na4 26. f4 Rc6 $13 {Prie,E-Renet,O/Paris APSAP 1994/1-0 (54)}) 14. Qc2 Nc8
15. Nf1 Nb6 16. Bf4 Ba4 17. Qc1 Be7 18. Bg3 Bb3 19. N3d2 Ba4 20. Bd1 Qd7 21.
Bxa4 Qxa4 $11 {Marzolo,C-Masserey,Y/Cannes op 2000/0-1 (60)}) (12. Qc2 Kb8 13.
Bd1 Rc8 (13... Nc8 $5) 14. Nf1 Nb3 15. Bf4 Ka8 16. Ng3 Ba4 17. Qe2 Qb5 18. Nh5
Na5 19. Nd2 Rc7 20. g4 $1 Nc8 21. Bxa4 Qxa4 22. Nf1 Nb6 23. Bg3 $14 {1-0
Sveshnikov,E-Casper,T/Moscow II 1987/Inf 43 (38)}) 12... Kb8 $146 (12... Nb3
13. Be3 Ba4 14. N3d2 Nf5 15. Bg4 Be7 16. Nxb3 Bxb3 17. Qd2 Nxe3 18. fxe3 a5 {
1/2-1/2 Fressinet,L-Radjabov,T/WCh B18 Oropesa del Mar 1999 (26)}) ({Deserves
attention} 12... Qb3 13. h4 Ba4 {with good game, for example} 14. Qxb3 Bxb3 15.
Ne3 Nf5 16. g4 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Bc2 18. Rbc1 Bh7 19. Nd2 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Beckemeyer,W-Reefschlaeger,H/BL 1986 (19)}) 13. Bf4 g5 $5 {Interesting move,but
} ({I would prefer} 13... Bb5 $5 {[%cal Gb6c6,Gb5a4]}) 14. Bg3 Nf5 15. Ne3 Ka8
(15... Nb3 $5) 16. Nd2 {[%cal Ge2h5]} Be7 (16... Nxg3 17. hxg3 $1 (17. fxg3 Bg7
18. Bh5 (18. Rf1 $6 Bxe5 $1) 18... f6 $1) 17... Bg7 18. Bh5 f6 $140 19. exf6
Bxf6 20. Ng4 Bg7 21. Nf3 $36 {[%csl Ge5]}) 17. Bh5 Rdf8 18. Nxf5 $1 exf5 19. f4
$14 {[%csl Ra5,Rd5,Gh5]} Be6 20. Nf1 $5 {[%cal Gf1e3,Ge3f5,Ge3d5]} Qc6 21. Ne3
Qd7 22. Rf1 f6 (22... g4 {little bit premature-} 23. h3 $1 gxh3 24. gxh3 Rhg8
25. Kh2 $16 {leads to white's advantage}) 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Qe2 {[%cal Gb1e1]}
g4 ({Deserves attention} 24... Rh7 $5 25. Rbe1 Re7) 25. h3 gxh3 26. gxh3 Nc6
27. Kh2 Rhg8 28. Rg1 Rg7 29. Rbe1 {[%cal Re3c4,Re2e6]} Nd8 (29... Re7 $5) 30.
Nf1 {[%cal Gf1d2,Gd2f3,Gf3e5]} Bf7 31. Bxf7 Rgxf7 {With tough defence Mednis
managed to equalize chances} (31... Rfxf7 32. Qe8) 32. Nd2 Rg7 (32... Re7 33.
Qh5 {[%csl Rf5,Rh6]}) 33. Nf3 Rfg8 34. Bf2 (34. Bh4 $36) 34... Nf7 $6 {
Beggining of comedy of mistakes} ({After correct} 34... Rxg1 35. Rxg1 Rxg1 36.
Bxg1 Ne6 $11 {black's chances are not worse}) 35. Bh4 $2 ({Why not} 35. Qe6 $1
Qxe6 36. Rxe6 Rxg1 37. Bxg1 $16 {with clear advantage?}) 35... Bd8 $2 {Strange
move.} ({After} 35... Rxg1 36. Rxg1 Re8 37. Qc2 Bxh4 38. Nxh4 Nd6 $132 {
[%cal Gd6e4] Black doing well.}) 36. Rxg7 Rxg7 37. Ne5 $2 (37. Qe8 $16) 37...
Nxe5 38. fxe5 Bc7 $4 {It is really difficult to make comments to the last
moves.} (38... Bxh4 $19) 39. Kh1 Qe6 $13 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 a5 7. b3 {Quite rare
move. As usual White continue} (7. Be2 {for example} a4 8. O-O Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5
10. c4 Nge7 11. Nc3 Nd4 12. cxd5 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Rd1 Bb5
16. Qe1 Bc4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Peng Xiaomin-Kaidanov,G/USA-China Summit Seattle 2001/
CBM 82 (25)}) 7... Ne7 (7... Na6 8. Bd3 Ne7 9. O-O Rc8 10. Bc2 Nc6 11. Be3 Be7
12. Re1 h6 13. Nbd2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Na7 15. Ra2 Nc7 16. Nb1 Ncb5 {0-1 Vatter,
H-Eingorn,V/Bad Woerishofen op 1999 (39)}) 8. dxc5 $146 {It is not very often
is possible to make novelty on the 8th move nowdays!} ({After} 8. Be2 cxd4 9.
cxd4 Bb5 10. Bxb5+ Qxb5 11. Nc3 Qa6 12. a4 Nec6 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. O-O h6 15. Ba3
Bxa3 16. Rxa3 O-O 17. Ra1 Na6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V-Volkov,S/RUS t-ch St.
Petersburg 1999/CBM 71 (20) Black managed to equalize}) 8... Qxc5 9. c4 Qc7 10.
Nc3 ({Worth considering} 10. Bb2 $5 {[%cal Gb1d2]}) 10... Bc6 11. Bb2 Nd7 ({
In the case of} 11... a4 $5 12. cxd5 (12. Nb5 Bxb5 13. cxb5 axb3 $13) 12...
Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bb5+ Bc6 (14... Nc6 15. bxa4 $14) 15. Bxc6+ Nxc6 16. b4
$14 {white's chances are slightly better}) 12. cxd5 ({White could try to play} 
12. Nb5 Bxb5 13. cxb5 Ng6 14. Rc1 Bc5 $13 {[%cal Gc7d8,Gd8e7] and this
position is not easy to evaluate.} (14... Qb8 15. b6 $1)) 12... Nxd5 13. Nb5 (
13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bb5 Rd8 15. Rc1 Qb6 $11) 13... Qb6 14. Nbd4 $6 ({I would
prefer} 14. Bd4 $5 {and after} Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Rc1 $36 {Black stuck to
difficult defence}) 14... a4 $1 15. Bc4 ({After} 15. b4 {Black can sacrifice
piece -} Nxb4 $5 16. axb4 Bxb4+ (16... Bxf3 $5) 17. Ke2 (17. Nd2 a3 18. Nxc6
bxc6 19. Bc1 Qd4 $40 {[%csl Re1]}) 17... O-O $44 {and it will take long time
before white's king will get safe place.}) 15... axb3 16. O-O Nc5 17. Nxb3 (17.
Nxc6 bxc6 18. Nd2 Na4 $13) 17... Ba4 {[%cal Ra4d1]} 18. Nfd2 Nxb3 19. Nxb3 ({
After} 19. Bxb3 $5 Bxb3 20. Nxb3 Be7 $11 {Black has mostly symbolic character})
19... Rc8 20. Bxd5 $2 ({Black's chances are higher and after} 20. Bd4 Qc6 21.
Rc1 Bxa3 $5 22. Bb5 (22. Bxd5 Qxc1 23. Qxc1 Bxc1 24. Bxb7 Rb8 $17) 22... Bxb5
23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. Re1 c5 $15 {[%csl Gb5,Gd5] but text leads to big troubles
for White.}) 20... exd5 21. e6 Qxb3 (21... Bxb3 22. Qh5 Rc7 23. Rae1 $44) 22.
Qg4 fxe6 (22... Qxb2 $5 {could be reasonable alternative, for example} 23.
exf7+ (23. Qxa4+ b5 24. Qa6 Qc2 25. Qxb5+ Qc6) 23... Kxf7 24. Qxc8 Bc6 $17) (
22... f5 23. Qxf5 Qxb2 24. e7 Kxe7 25. Qxc8 $40) 23. Rab1 $2 (23. Qxe6+ $142
Kd8 24. Bf6+ gxf6 25. Qxf6+ Kc7 26. Qxh8 Qd3 $17) 23... d4 $1 24. Bxd4 Qd5 25.
Rfe1 (25. Bxg7 Rc4 $1 26. Qg3 (26. Qxc4 Qxc4 27. Bxh8 Bc6 $19) 26... Rg8 27.
Qb8+ Kf7 28. Rxb7+ (28. Qxb7+ Qxb7 29. Rxb7+ Be7 30. Be5 Bc6 $19) 28... Bd7 29.
Qa7 Ke8 $19) 25... Bd7 26. Re5 Qc4 (26... Qd6 $5) 27. Rbe1 Rc6 28. R5e4 Qd5 29.
Re5 (29. Be5 $142 $1 $17) 29... Qd6 30. h4 Kf7 31. Ba1 (31. Rg5 $5 e5 $1 32.
Qf3+ Kg8 33. Bxe5 Qe7) 31... h6 32. h5 (32. Rd1 $5 Qe7 33. h5) 32... Qxa3 $1
33. R5e3 Qb4 34. Qg6+ Kg8 $19 35. Rd1 (35. Be5 $5) 35... e5 36. Qd3 Rd6 37. Qe2
Bb5 38. Qf3 Qf4 39. Rxd6 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Qb6 10. O-O a5 11. b3 ({Alexander Grischuk - new guru in this line
- likes to play} 11. Kh1 $5 {for example} Nb4 (11... Rc8 12. b3 Nb4 13. Ne3
Nxe3 14. Bxe3 Be7 15. Ne1 Bb5 16. f4 f6 17. f5 O-O 18. a3 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Nc6 {
0-1 Hadzimanolis,A-Barsov,A/Ikaros op 2001/Ajelibre (54)}) 12. Ne3 Rc8 13. Nxf5
exf5 14. Bd2 Be7 15. a3 Nc6 16. Bc3 O-O $13 {0-1 Grischuk,A-Gurevich,M/Esbjerg
North Sea Cup 2000/CBM 78 (30)}) (11. g4 Nfe7 12. Nh4 Ng6 (12... f6 13. exf6
gxf6 14. Be3 Nb4 15. Nxb4 axb4 16. Ng2 Ng6 17. f4 Bd6 18. f5 exf5 19. gxf5 Ne7
20. Bh5+ $36 {0-1 Hendriks,W-Barsov,A/NED t-ch 2000 (38)}) 13. Ng2 Be7 14. f4
O-O 15. Be3 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Bd3 $6 Bd6 18. h4 Raf8 $132 {0-1 Benjamin,
J-Gulko,B/USA (ch) 1992/ (46)}) 11... Nb4 $146 (11... Rc8 12. Be3 (12. g4 $5
$32 Nh6 (12... Nfe7 13. Nfe1 $1) 13. h3) 12... Nb4 13. Nce1 Bb5 14. Rc1 Rxc1
15. Bxb5+ Qxb5 16. Qxc1 Nc6 $11 {Grinfeld,A-Scher/SUI-ch 1995/0-1 (36)}) 12.
Ne3 Be7 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. a3 Nc6 15. Bb2 {It's quite difficult question -
where to put bishop on b2 or e3} (15. Be3 $5) 15... O-O 16. Ne1 {[%cal Gf2f4]}
Rfc8 (16... Rac8 $5) 17. f4 Rc7 ({Worth considering} 17... a4 $5 {and after,
for example} 18. b4 Na5 19. bxa5 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qc3 $5 21. Rxb7 Rc7 {Black doing
well.}) 18. g3 {[%cal Ge1g2,Gg2e3,Gg3g4]} g6 (18... a4 $5 19. b4 Na5) 19. Ng2
Be6 20. Ne3 {[%cal Gg3g4]} h5 $5 21. h3 Kg7 {It's became quite clear, that
main fight will be on the king's side and both players finished massive
preparation.} 22. g4 {War begins!} (22. Bf3 Rd8) 22... hxg4 23. hxg4 fxg4 24.
Bxg4 ({I think that White rightly avoided the line} 24. f5 $6 Bg5 $1 25. f6+
$140 Kg8 26. Nxg4 Bxg4 27. Bxg4 Nxe5 $1) 24... Rh8 25. Rf3 {[%cal Gf3g3]} (25.
Bf3 Rd7 26. Qd3 f5 $5) 25... Bd8 {[%cal Gc6e7]} 26. Rg3 ({Unclear
complications starts after} 26. f5 $5 gxf5 27. Nxf5+ (27. Bxf5 Rh4 $5) 27...
Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Nxe5 $1 29. Rxe5 Qg6 30. Re2 f5 31. Rg2 fxg4 32. Rxg4 Bg5 33. Bc1
Rh5 $13) 26... Kf8 27. Qd3 Ne7 28. Rf1 a4 29. b4 Bxg4 30. Rxg4 Qe6 31. f5 $6 {
It is not easy to believe, but White can't safe the game after this move/} ({
Stronger was} 31. Rg3 $132 {with mutial chances}) 31... gxf5 32. Nxf5 Nxf5 33.
Rxf5 {What else?} ({White loses as well after} 33. Qxf5 Qh6 34. Qf4 Qh1+ 35.
Kf2 Qh2+ $19) 33... Rh5 $1 {Surely, Delchev missed this move, when he played
31.f5?} 34. Rff4 Bg5 $1 {Final blow!} 35. Qg3 Bxf4 36. Rg8+ Ke7 37. Qxf4 Qh6
0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2000.05.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Nb4 10. O-O Nxc2 11. Qxc2 Rc8 (11... Qb6 12. Qd3 Rc8 13. Rd1 h6 14.
h4 a6 15. a4 Bb4 16. h5 Ne7 17. Qe3 Nc6 18. Bd3 Na5 19. Bb1 Be7 $13 {0-1
Campora,D-Dreev,A/Biel 1995 (31)}) 12. Qd3 (12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Bd2
Ne7 15. Rfc1 Nc6 16. Rc3 {1/2-1/2 Grosa,A-Dizdar,G/SLO t-ch Bled 1996 (16)})
12... a6 {[%cal Gd7b5]} 13. a4 Bb4 14. Bg5 Qb6 15. h4 h6 {Movsesian has big
experience in this line} 16. Bd2 $146 ({One year ago he played} 16. Bf4 {
and won game very easily -} Be7 17. h5 Rc4 18. Qd1 Rb4 $6 19. Bd2 Nxd4 20. Bxb4
Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Qxb4 22. b3 O-O 23. Qd3 Bc5 24. Rac1 {+/- Movsesian,S-Dizdar,G/
Las Vegas 1999/1-0 (40) , but I am sure, he know where Black can improve.})
16... Qa5 {[%cal Gb4d2]} (16... Be7 $5) 17. Bf4 $1 Rg8 (17... O-O 18. g4 $36)
18. g3 (18. g4 Ne7) 18... Kd8 $1 {[%cal Gd8c7,Gc7b8,Gb8a8] Brilliant idea.
Morozevich conducts an artificial Q-side castling.} 19. Qd1 Kc7 20. Bd3 Kb6 $1
(20... Kb8 $2 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. e6+ $16 {[%cal Rf4b8]}) 21. Ne1 $5 {[%cal
Ge1c2]} g5 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Bc1 Ka7 {Black monarch found finally more or less
safe place.} 24. Nc2 Ka8 (24... Be7 25. Bd2 Qb6 26. b4 $36) 25. Kg2 $13 Rc4 {
[%mdl 512] Typical exchange sacrifice in Petrosian and Andersson's style} 26.
b3 (26. Bxc4 $6 dxc4 {[%cal Rd7c6] Was too dangerous for White}) 26... Rxd4 {
Brave, but surely not obligatory exchange sacrifice} (26... Rcc8 $5 $13 {
promised equal chances}) 27. Nxd4 Nxd4 28. Bh7 $1 Rc8 (28... Rg7 29. Qxd4 Rxh7
30. Be3 $18) 29. Bxg5 (29. Qxd4 Bc3) 29... Nc6 30. Rc1 d4 (30... Nxe5 31. Rxc8+
Bxc8 32. Qh5 $16) 31. Bf4 f5 $6 {Too optimistic, after} (31... Bc3 $142 $14 {
Black has some, but maybe not absolutely enough, compensation.}) 32. exf6 e5
33. Bh6 Qd5+ 34. f3 (34. Qf3 $2 Bh3+) 34... Qe6 35. Rh1 Qxf6 36. Qd3 (36. Be4
$5) 36... Rh8 37. Qg6 Qd8 38. Bg7 Re8 39. Qd3 Ba3 40. Ra1 Bb2 41. Rab1 $18 Nb4
42. Qe2 Bc3 43. Be4 Bc6 ({Deserves attention} 43... Be6 {[%cal Ge6b3]
attacking pawn b3}) 44. Bxc6 Nxc6 45. Qe4 Rg8 46. Bh6 Nb4 47. Rh5 (47. Qxe5 Re8
48. Bg5 $5 Qc8 49. Qf4) 47... Qd6 48. Rbh1 Qe6 49. Rxe5 (49. Qb1 $6 d3 $16 {
[%csl Rb1]}) 49... Qxb3 50. Rhh5 Qa2+ 51. Kh3 Qxa4 {Morozevich managed to win
pawn, but white pieces are too active.} 52. Bf4 Qc6 53. Qxc6 Nxc6 54. Rd5 Rg7
55. Rh6 a5 56. Bc1 Re7 57. Ba3 Re1 58. Rg6 Ka7 59. Bc5+ (59. f4 $5) 59... Ka6
60. Rgd6 Rd1 61. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4g8] Pawn start run to victory!} a4 62. g5 Bb2
(62... d3 63. Rxd3 Rxd3 64. Rxd3 Bh8 65. Bf8 $18) 63. g6 a3 64. Bxd4 $1 {
Final finesse!} Bxd4 65. Rxd4 Rxd4 (65... Rg1 66. Ra4+ $18) 66. Rxd4 Kb5 (66...
Nxd4 67. g7 a2 68. g8=Q a1=Q 69. Qa8+) 67. g7 Nxd4 (67... Ne7 68. Rd8) 68. g8=Q
Kb4 69. f4 b5 70. Qa2 Ka4 71. Qd2 Nb3 72. Qc2 Kb4 73. f5 Nd4 74. Qd2+ Kc4 75.
f6 b4 76. f7 Ne6 77. Qe2+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ghane Gardeh, Shojaat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nge7 (6... Nh6 7. Bd3
Ng4 8. O-O Nxe3 9. fxe3 g6 10. Na3 Bh6 11. Nc2 O-O 12. Qe1 Qe7 13. Qg3 f6 14.
exf6 Rxf6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Rxf1+ 17. Rxf1 Re8 18. c4 Bg7 19. Qg3 dxc4 20.
Bxc4 Bc6 21. Qg4 {Adell Corts,F-Romero Holmes,A/Cullera op 2001//1/2-1/2 (36)})
(6... b5 7. Bd3 c4 8. Bc2 Nge7 9. O-O Ng6 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 Be7 12. Ne1 O-O
13. f4 f5 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. Ndf3 h6 16. b4 a5 17. Bd2 axb4 18. cxb4 Nxb4 19. Bxb4
Bxb4 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Nd3 {Barreto,P-Santos,N/Amadora op 2003/1-0 (69)}) (6...
cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Nc3 Nf5 9. Bd3 Bb4 10. Rc1 Nxe3 11. fxe3 f5 12. exf6 Qxf6
13. O-O Qh6 14. e4 O-O 15. Kh1 Bd6 16. e5 Be7 17. Na4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Rxf1+ 19.
Bxf1 Bxa4 20. b3 Bg5 21. Rc3 Bc6 22. Rh3 Qg6 23. Bd3 Qe8 24. Bxh7+ Kf8 25. Qg4
Bh6 26. Rf3+ Ke7 27. Qxe6+ Kd8 28. Qd6+ {1-0 Golubovic,B-Vukelic,T/CRO-Cup
Rabac 2003/}) 7. Bd3 Qb6 $146 (7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Nb4 (8... Nf5 $5 9. Nc3) 9.
Be2 Nf5 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 Nc6 12. b4 O-O 13. b5 Na5 14. Nbd2 Rc8 15. Bd3 Rc3
16. Nb1 Rc8 17. a4 Nc4 18. Bc1 f6 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Nbd2 fxe5 21. dxe5 Be6 22.
Nb3 {Kupreichik,V-Schafer,M/Muenster 1995/ChessBase/0-1 (43)}) 8. dxc5 (8. Qd2
$5) 8... Qxb2 9. O-O Nf5 (9... Qxa1 10. Qc2 d4 $5 11. Bxd4 (11. Nxd4 Nd5 12.
Nb3 $140 Ncb4 (12... Nxe3 13. fxe3 Nb4 14. Qf2 $5 $132) 13. cxb4 Qxe5) 11...
Nd5 12. Bc4 $132) 10. Bxf5 $8 exf5 11. Nbd2 (11. Qb3 Qxa1 12. Nbd2 Na5 13. Qc2
Qxf1+ 14. Kxf1 Rc8 $13) 11... Qxc3 12. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Gb1b7] White's is ahead
in development, so his chances are higher.} d4 (12... Rb8 $5 13. Nb3 $44) 13.
Rxb7 $1 Bxc5 (13... dxe3 $2 14. Ne4 $18) (13... Bc8 $5 14. Rb3 Qxc5 15. Nxd4
Nxd4 16. Bxd4 $1 Qd5 (16... Qxd4 $2 17. Qf3 $18) 17. Nf3 Be7 $13) 14. Nb3 Bb6
15. Nbxd4 Nxd4 (15... Bxd4 16. Bxd4 $5 $36) 16. Rxd7 $5 {This looks tempting,
but might be not the best objectively.} ({I would prefer} 16. Nxd4 $5 Qc8 $140
17. Qf3 Bxd4 18. Rc1 $36 {with strong pressure.}) 16... Nxf3+ (16... Kxd7 $2
17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Ke8 19. Nxf5 Rd8 20. Nxg7+ Ke7 21. Qh5 $18) 17. Qxf3 O-O
(17... Kxd7 $2 18. Rd1+) 18. Qxf5 Rae8 (18... Bxe3 $142 19. fxe3 Qxe3+ 20. Kh1
Qe2 (20... Qc5 $5 {[%cal Cd7f7,Gc5c4]} 21. Rxf7 Rfe8 22. Rd7 Qxe5 23. Qf7+ Kh8
24. Rxa7 h6 $16) 21. Rxf7 $140 Qxf1+ 22. Qxf1 Rxf7) 19. Bxb6 {Unnecessary move,
which could spoil White's victory.} ({I would prefer} 19. Bf4 $5 $36 {[%csl
Ge5] protecting important pawn e5 with clear advantage.}) 19... axb6 (19...
Rxe5 $5 20. Qb1 axb6 21. Qxb6 Re1 22. Rd1 Re6 {with reasonable chances for a
draw.}) 20. f4 Ra8 21. Qb1 Qe3+ 22. Kh1 (22. Rf2 Rfd8) 22... Qe2 23. Rg1 Qxa2
$2 ({After} 23... Qf2 $1 $11 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Cg1f1,Cf1f2,Ga8a2] Black could
hold the position with accurate defence.}) 24. Qxb6 $16 Rab8 (24... Qa4 25. Rd4
) 25. Qd4 h6 26. h3 Qe6 27. Rf1 Rb3 $6 (27... Rb4 $5) ({The lesser evil for
Black was} 27... Qf5 $5 28. Qd3 Qxd3 29. Rxd3) 28. f5 {[%csl Ge5,Gf5]} Qa6 (
28... Qc6 $5) 29. Ra1 Qc6 ({Perhaps Black should have considered} 29... Qb5 $5
{[%cal Gb3b1]}) 30. Kh2 Rb2 31. Rg1 Rb4 (31... Rf2 $5 32. Rxf7 $140 Rxf5 $1)
32. Qxb4 Qxd7 33. Qe4 Qc7 34. Kh1 Re8 35. Re1 Qc3 {To be honest, don't know,
Why Black resigned here.} ({After} 35... Qc3 36. e6 $16 {his position is very
difficult, but maybe it was too early to stop resistance.}) 1-0

[Event "Elgoibar 07th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1997.11.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Black "Sion Castro, Marcelino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. O-O
Qb6 9. Qd2 Bg7 10. Na3 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Rae1 {Rare move, usually White
continue here} (12. Nc2 $5 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. b4 Raf8 (14... Ne7 15. Ne5 Rd8
16. b5 Ng6 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. f4 Rc7 19. g3 Rf8 20. Rad1 Ne7 21. Ne3 Kh8 22. Kh1
{1/2-1/2 Golod,V-Baklan,V/Berlin op 1997}) 15. b5 Ne7 16. Ne5 Be8 17. g3 h5 18.
a4 h4 19. Bd3 hxg3 20. hxg3 h5 21. Ne3 Bh6 22. a5 Qd8 23. f4 Kh8 24. Qh2 $16 {
1-0 Topalov,V-Bareev,E/Novgorod 1997 (36)}) (12. Rad1 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Nc2
Raf8 15. b4 a6 16. a4 Na7 17. a5 Qd6 18. Ne5 Bb5 19. Bxb5 Nxb5 $13 {0-1
Kovacocy,P-Polak,T/Hlohovec op 1995 (46)}) 12... f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 {[%csl Rd4,
Re6]} 14. Ne5 (14. Nc2 $5 $14) 14... Be8 {N/ New and maybe not the best move,
it,s will be very difficult for white to get something real after "normal"} (
14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Rf7 (15... Rf5 16. Bd3 $14) 16. Bd3 Rc8 $5 $13 {[%cal
Gc8c1]} (16... Kh8 17. Kh1 Raf8 18. f4 h5 19. g3 Bc6 20. Qf2 Qxf2 21. Rxf2 Rg8
22. Kg2 Bf8 23. Kh3 $14 {1-0 Pasalic,H-Luther,T/Guxhaven 1993 (62)})) 15. Nc2 (
15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. b3 Re8 $14) 15... Rf8 (15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rf5 17. Bd3 $36) (
15... Qxb2 $2 16. Rb1 Qxa2 17. Ra1 Qb3 18. Rfb1 $18) 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 (16... Bxc6
$5 17. Bg4 Bd7) 17. Bg4 Rf6 18. Nb4 (18. Re2) 18... Qb6 $2 {Allows little
nivce combination} (18... Qd6 $142 $5 19. Nd3 $140 Bb5) 19. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 20.
Nxd5 Qd6 21. Bxe6+ Qxe6 22. Nc7 Qc8 23. Nxa8 Qxa8 24. d5 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal
Rd5d8]} Qd8 25. Rd1 (25. d6 $5) 25... Qd6 26. Qe3 Bh5 27. Rd2 Be5 $5 28. Qxa7
$4 {Terrible mistake, after} (28. Qh3 $142 Bf7 29. Qg4+ Kh8 30. g3 $16 {or}) (
28. g3 {White,s chances clearly better}) 28... Bxh2+ $4 {Black has let it slip
away} (28... Qc7 $142 $1 {Would win game without big troubles, for example} 29.
g4 Qc1+ 30. Kg2 Qxd2 31. gxh5 Qxd5+ 32. f3 Qd2+ $19) 29. Kh1 Bf4 {[%cal Rd6e7]}
30. Qa8+ Kg7 (30... Qf8 $5 31. Qxf8+ Kxf8 32. Rd4 Bd6 33. Rh4 $16) 31. Qxb7+
Bf7 {[%csl Rh1]} 32. Rd3 (32. Rd1 Qe5 33. Kg1 Qh5) 32... Qe5 33. Qb4 Bg6 $6 {
Black had two good alternatives to this move} (33... Qh5+ 34. Kg1 Qh2+ 35. Kf1
Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Bh5+ 37. Rf3 Qc1 $5 $14) (33... Qe2 $1 34. Qd4+ (34. Qxf4 Qxd3 35.
Qe5+ Kg6) 34... Be5 35. Rg3+ $1 Kh8 36. Qc5 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qh5+ 38. Kg1 Qd1+ $11
(38... Bxg3 $4 39. Qf8+ Bg8 40. Qf6#)) 34. Rh3 Bf5 $2 (34... Qf5 $142 35. Qe1
Bf7 $14) 35. Rh4 Bg5 $6 {Sion Castro continue hunt for a rook, but this move
could meet easy refutation , from other point of view his position is bad any
case.} (35... Bc1 $5) 36. Qd4 $2 (36. f4 $142 $1 Qxd5 37. fxg5 hxg5 38. Qe7+
$18) 36... Bf6 (36... Kf6 $1) 37. Qxe5 Bxe5 38. Rb4 (38. Rb4 Kf6 39. a4 $18)
1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hoeksema, Hendrik Pieter"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Bc2
Qb6 9. Bxf5 exf5 {A typical pawn structure for this line. I think that black
has more chances to equalize the game than white to get any advantage.} 10. O-O
(10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne2 h6 12. h4 O-O-O 13. Kf1 Kb8 14. Kg1 Be7 15. Rb1 f4 16.
Nxf4 Bf5 17. Ra1 Be4 18. Ne2 f6 $1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Benjamin,J-Shaked,T/Kona 73/
313 1998/Inf 73 (43)}) 10... Be6 11. Nc3 h6 {[%cal Gg7g5]} (11... Be7 12. Na4
Qb5 13. Be3 b6 14. Ne1 g5 15. f4 g4 16. Nd3 Rc8 17. Nc3 Qa6 18. a4 Nb4 19. Nxb4
Bxb4 20. Nb5 Qa5 21. Qb3 a6 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. exd6 Rc4 24. Qd3 Qb4 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Magem Badals,J-Martinez Martin,D/ESP-ch Barcelona 2000/The Week in
Chess 302 (43)}) 12. Na4 Qb5 13. Ne1 g5 $146 (13... Be7 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Nd3 b6
16. Nc3 Qc4 17. Rc1 g5 18. f4 g4 $132 {1-0 Timman,J-Andersson,U/Malmoe 2000/
CBM 77/[Psakhis,L] (30)}) 14. f4 Rg8 15. Be3 gxf4 16. Bxf4 (16. Rxf4 $5 Be7 17.
Rf2) 16... O-O-O 17. a3 (17. Rc1 $142) 17... Rg4 18. Rc1 Kb8 19. h3 $6 {
Just provoces a profitable sacrifice.} ({In the case of} 19. Rf2 $1 $14) 19...
Qxf1+ $1 (19... Rg6 20. Rf3 {[%cal Gf3b3]}) 20. Kxf1 Rxf4+ 21. Kg1 Rxd4 22. Qb3
Rc4 $1 $36 {It is clear that Black got more than enough compensation for the
queen} 23. Rxc4 dxc4 24. Qg3 b5 $1 25. Nc3 Bc5+ $17 26. Kh2 (26. Kf1 Rd2 {
[%csl Rf1]}) 26... a6 (26... Rd2 $5 27. Qg8+ (27. Nxb5 Bf2) 27... Kb7 28. Nxb5
Nxe5 {[%csl Gc5,Gd2,Ge5,Ge6]} 29. Qg3 Rxb2 $17) 27. Nf3 (27. Qf4 $142 $1) 27...
Rd3 {[%cal Gc5a3]} 28. Ne2 $6 ({After the best} 28. Qh4 Bxa3 29. bxa3 Rxc3 30.
Qxh6 $17 {Black still must work well for a victory.}) 28... Rb3 29. Nf4 Rxb2
$19 {[%csl Gb5,Gc4]} 30. Qg8+ Kb7 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. Qxe6 c3 33. Ne1 (33. Qd5
Kb6) 33... Bd4 (33... Re2 34. Nd3 Bxa3 $19) 34. Nd3 $2 {A simple oversight,
but White's position was beyond rescue.} (34. Qxf5 $142 Bxe5+ 35. Kg1) 34...
Rd2 (34... Rd2 35. Nb4 Bxe5+ 36. Kg1 Rd1+ 37. Kf2 Nxb4 38. axb4 c2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.12.14"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luebeck"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Nc6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Rc8 9. Bb2 Na5 10. Nbd2 Nc4 11. Nxc4 (11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Rc1 c3 $5 13. Rxc3 Rxc3
14. Bxc3 Qa6 15. Ne4 Bc6 $44 {0-1 Shilin,D-Golovlev,N/UKR t-ch Alushta 2002 
(29)}) 11... dxc4 12. Rc1 a5 13. Nd2 axb4 14. Nxc4 Qd8 15. a4 $5 ({White
employed a different plan in the game} 15. axb4 Bxb4+ 16. Bc3 Bxc3+ 17. Rxc3
Kf8 18. Ra3 Bc6 19. Nd6 Ra8 $11 {Peng Xiaomin-Socko (Istanbul ol 2000) but
move in text is much stronger}) 15... Bc6 {[%csl Gd5]} (15... Be7 16. d5) (
15... Nh6 $5) 16. a5 $1 Be7 $146 (16... Nh6 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Bd3 $1 Qg5 $140 $2
19. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 (19... Qxg2 20. Rc7 Qxh1+ 21. Ke2 Qxd1+ 22. Kxd1 $18 {[%csl
Re8]}) 20. Qc2 $18) (16... Rc7 $2 17. Nd6+ $1 (17. Qb3 Qd5 18. f3 Nh6 19. Bd3 {
Fressinet-Shirov (Bordeaux 1999)}) 17... Bxd6 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. d5 $18 {
[%csl Gb2] >< Bg7}) 17. Nb6 (17. Qg4 $5) 17... Rc7 18. d5 $5 exd5 (18... Bxd5
$6 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bb5+ Kf8 22. Qxd5 $18) 19. Bd3 (19. Qg4 $5
$40 {[%csl Re8]}) 19... Bg5 (19... Nh6 20. O-O O-O 21. Bb1 $5 {[%cal Rd1d3]})
20. Rc2 Ne7 21. O-O (21. e6 $5 d4 (21... O-O 22. Be5 fxe6 23. Qg4 $16) 22.
exf7+ Kxf7 23. O-O $36) 21... Bh6 (21... Ng6 22. g3 $16 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 22. Bd4
$1 {White played opening beyond praise and his advantage is obvious now} (22.
e6 $5) 22... O-O 23. Qb1 $1 Re8 24. f4 {Fressinet systematically improves his
position, black is unable to defend both flanks} g6 (24... Ng6 25. g3 {[%csl
Rh6]}) 25. Qxb4 Bf8 26. Qe1 Nc8 27. Qg3 $18 {White has gained total control
over the position and only needs to find a plan of breaking through} Bg7 28. f5
Nxb6 29. axb6 Rc8 30. Rcf2 Bd7 31. Rf4 {Formally Black has material parity,
but his pieces are useless and cannot safe their king} (31. Kh1 $5) 31... Rc4 (
31... Bxe5 32. fxg6 Bxd4+ 33. Rxd4 fxg6 34. Bxg6 $1) (31... Bxf5 32. Bxf5 gxf5
33. Rxf5 Re6 34. Rxf7 Rg6 35. Qf4 $18) 32. fxg6 $6 (32. Bxc4 $142 $1 dxc4 33.
e6 $1 fxe6 (33... Bxd4+ 34. Rxd4 Qxb6 35. exf7+ Kxf7 36. Qf2 $1 $18) 34. f6 $1
$18) 32... fxg6 33. Bxc4 dxc4 34. Qf3 Be6 {Suddenly Black is back in the game!
White is still winning, but he has to be very careful} 35. Qf2 Qd5 36. Bc3 Qc6
37. h3 Bh6 38. Rf3 Rd8 39. Kh2 (39. Rf7 $5) 39... Bg7 40. Re1 Rd5 41. Bb4 (41.
Ra1 $5) 41... h5 (41... h6 $5) 42. Qg3 Qe8 43. Bd6 Kh7 44. Ref1 Rb5 45. Rf8 $1
Qc6 (45... Bxf8 46. Rxf8 Qd7 47. Rf6 Qe8 $5 (47... Bf5 48. e6 $18) 48. Bf8 $1
Kg8 49. Be7 $1 $18) 46. R1f6 $5 Bxf6 47. Rxf6 Qe8 $8 48. Rf8 (48. Bf8 $1 Kg8
49. Be7 $1 Bf7 50. e6 $18) 48... Qd7 49. Qg5 Rxb6 50. Rd8 $18 {This rook had a
splendid career in this game!} Rxd6 (50... Qf7 51. Bf8 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg5h6]})
51. exd6 Qf7 52. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.12.11"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Black "Poldauf, Dirk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Na3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Nc2
Qb6 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Kh1 (11. g4 Nfe7 12. Nfe1 h5 13. gxh5 Nf5 14.
Be3 Nb4 15. Nxb4 Bxb4 16. Nd3 Bf8 $146 17. Rc1 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Nxd4 $1 19. Bg4
Qb5 $1 20. Bxd4 Qxd3 21. Qf4 a6 22. Rc1 Bc6 23. Rc3 Qe4 24. Qxe4 dxe4 $13 {
Perez,A-Medina,J/Camajuani 78/(282) 2000/ChessBase}) (11. Rb1 a5 12. g4 Nfe7
13. Nfe1 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Kh1 Bg7 16. Be3 O-O 17. f4 Rce8 18. Nf3 Kh8 19.
Qe1 Nd8 20. Bd3 Bb5 21. Bxb5 Qxb5 {0-1 Mohamed,E-Dizdar,G/Dubai op 2004/ (27)})
(11. Qd3 a6 12. a4 Nb4 13. Nxb4 Bxb4 14. h4 h6 15. h5 Ne7 16. Bf4 Nc6 17. Rfc1
Ba5 18. Bd1 Ke7 19. Bg3 Qb4 20. Bh4+ Ke8 21. Ra3 Ne7 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Bxe7
Kxe7 24. Qb1 Qc4 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E-Dizdar,G/SLO t-ch Celje 2003/ (31)})
11... h5 $146 {This is a novelty, but a novelty of high quality.} (11... Nb4
12. Nxb4 Qxb4 13. a4 a5 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. g4 Ne7 16. b4 axb4 17. a5 Qc7 18. Bxb4
Ng6 19. Bd2 Be7 20. Qb3 O-O 21. Rfc1 Qb8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Rc1 f6 24. exf6 gxf6
25. a6 Qa8 26. Bh6 {Dvoirys,S-Gleizerov,E/Hoogeveen (open) 2000/ChessBase/
[Dvoirys,S]/1-0 (56)}) (11... Na5 12. g4 Ne7 13. Nfe1 Bb5 14. Nd3 h5 15. gxh5
Nf5 (15... Nac6 16. Be3 Nf5 17. Rg1 Qd8 (17... a5 18. Rc1 Qd8 (18... Ra8) 19.
Bg4 Nh6 20. Bf3 b6 21. Nf4 Ne7 22. Na3 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Bd7 24. Be2 Nhf5 {1-0
Agrest,E-Grant,A/Port Erin Monarch Assurance 2004/ (37)}) 18. Bg4 Nxe3 19. fxe3
Ba4 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. b3 Bb5 22. Nf4 Ne7 23. Qd2 Bd7 24. Nd3 Ng8 25. Be2 Bb5 26.
a4 Bd7 27. Rb1 Qd8 28. Nf4 Bc6 29. Ne1 Bd7 30. Nf3 {Hase,M-Raidna,R/corr
Champions League Qualifier 2002/ICCF Telechess CBM 103/1-0 (49)}) 16. Be3 g6
17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Rg1 Qc7 19. Nde1 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qh7 21. Nf3 g5 22. Rg2 Nh4 23.
Nxh4 Rxc2 24. Qb5+ Nc6 25. Nf3 Bh6 26. Bxg5 {Grischuk,A-Gulko,B/Esbjerg 2000/
ChessBase/[Grischuk,Psakhis]/1-0 (35)}) (11... a5 12. b3 Nb4 13. Nxb4 axb4 14.
g4 Ne7 15. Be3 h5 16. g5 Nf5 17. Qd2 g6 18. Rfc1 Ra8 19. Rc2 Be7 20. h4 O-O 21.
Rac1 {1/2-1/2 Cristian,S-Rodshtein,M/Canarias en Red prel 5th blitz 2004/EXT
2005}) 12. Bd2 Nd8 (12... Be7 $5) 13. a4 $5 {Schlosser prevents light-coloured
bishops exchange.Interesting idea , but} ({simple} 13. Bc3 {also worth
considering}) 13... Qxb2 (13... h4 14. b4 $1 $36) 14. Ne3 Qb6 (14... Nxe3 15.
fxe3 $1 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gf1f8]}) 15. a5 {White is ahead in development, so
his chances are higher.} Qc7 (15... Nxe3 16. fxe3 $1 (16. axb6 Nxd1 17. bxa7
Nxf2+ $1 (17... Ra8 18. Rfxd1 Nc6 19. Rdb1 Rxa7 20. Rxa7 Nxa7 21. Rxb7 $16) 18.
Kg1 (18. Rxf2 Ra8 {[%cal Gd8c6]}) 18... Ra8 19. Kxf2 Nc6 20. Rfb1 Rxa7 21. Rxa7
Nxa7 22. Rxb7 $44) 16... Qc7 17. Bd3 {with more than enough compensation}) 16.
Nxf5 exf5 17. Qb3 (17. a6 $5) 17... Bc6 (17... Qc2 $5 18. Qxd5 Qe4 19. Qxe4
fxe4 20. Ng5 $36) 18. a6 (18. Bd3 $5 g6 19. a6) 18... b6 ({It is not easy to
find already safe lines for black. After} 18... bxa6 19. Bxa6 Rb8 20. Qc2 {
[%cal Rc2c7,Gc2f5] white's advantage is obvious.}) 19. Rfc1 {Black's position
is not very pleasant, as he is behind in development and his king is weakened.}
Be7 (19... Qd7 $143 $2 20. e6 $1 Nxe6 (20... Qxe6 21. Bb5 $1 {[%cal Rc1e1]}) (
20... fxe6 21. Ne5 $18) 21. Ne5 Nxd4 22. Qe3 $18) 20. e6 $5 {[%csl Ge5] A
principled reply - frankly speaking, it was difficult to find other fruitful
ideas.} (20. Bd3 $5) (20. Bb5 O-O 21. Rc3 $16) 20... Bf6 $1 {[%csl Ge5]} (20...
Qd6 21. Ne5) (20... fxe6 21. Ne5 O-O 22. Bb5 Qd6 23. Bf4 $18) 21. Bb5 $1 fxe6 (
21... O-O 22. Bxc6 Nxc6 23. Qxd5 g6 24. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 25. Bxg5 $18) 22. Rxc6 $1
Nxc6 23. Rc1 {[%cal Rc1c7,Ob5c6,Rb5e8] A rather picturesque position.} O-O (
23... Qd7 24. Qa4) 24. Rxc6 {After this move there is no doubt of White's
overwhelming advantage.} (24. Qa4 $5) 24... Qf7 (24... Qxc6 $142 25. Bxc6 Rxc6
26. Qb5 Rfc8 {but I think that after , for example} 27. h4 $1 {white must win
game without too many troubles.}) 25. Qc2 (25. Rd6 $5 Rfd8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.
h4 $18) 25... Rxc6 26. Qxc6 {[%csl Ga6]} Qe7 (26... Rd8 27. h4 $1) 27. Qc1 {
Stops g5, but White could continue} (27. Bf4 Rd8 28. Qb7 Qb4 29. Bf1 $18 {
and I don't believe that Black can stop pawn a6}) 27... h4 28. h3 Rd8 29. Bf4 (
29. Kg1 $5) 29... Qb4 30. Qc6 Qe7 (30... Kh8 $5) 31. Qb7 {Black's position is
hopelessly passive} Qb4 32. Bf1 (32. Bd7 $5 Qe7 (32... Kh8 33. Bxe6 Qb1+ 34.
Kh2 Qe4 35. Be5 $1 Bxe5+ 36. dxe5 Qf4+ 37. Kh1 Qc1+ 38. Ng1 $18 {[%csl Ga6,Rh8]
}) 33. Bc6) 32... Bxd4 33. Bc7 {This move is hard to explain - what is White
actually trying to gain? After simple} (33. Nxd4 $1 Qxd4 34. Qc7 Qf6 35. Be5
Qf8 36. Qxa7 $18 {[%csl Ga6,Ge5] game would not continue for a long time.})
33... Rf8 (33... Bxf2 34. Bxd8 Qb1 35. Nd2 Qd1 36. Bg5 $18) 34. Qc6 (34. Qxa7
Bxf2 $140 35. Be5) 34... Bxf2 (34... Qb1 35. Kg1 Qb2 36. Nxd4 Qxd4 37. Qxe6+
Rf7 38. Be5 Qe4 39. Kh2 $1 $18 {[%cal Gf1b5,Gb5e8]}) 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Be5 {
Black can't find already good defense, white's attack is too strong.} Be3 $8
37. Bd6 (37. Qg6 $142 Qe7 38. Bd3 $18 {[%cal Gd3f5]}) 37... Qb1 (37... Qe4 38.
Qxe4 fxe4 39. Bxf8 exf3 40. Be7 $18) 38. Qxe3 {[%cal Od6f8,Cb1f1]} Qxf1+ 39.
Kh2 Rd8 (39... Rc8 40. Qe7 Rc1 41. Qxh4+ Kg8 42. Qe7 $18 {[%cal Oe7a7,Gd6e5,
Ge7f8]}) 40. Qe6 (40. Ng5 $1) 40... Qd3 (40... Qb5 41. Ng5 Qd7 42. Nf7+ Kh7 43.
Nxd8 Qxd8 44. Qxf5+) 41. Ng5 f4 42. Bxf4 $1 Rf8 43. Be5 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Nb4 10. O-O Nxc2 11. Qxc2 Rc8 {it is interesting to see game
between two big experts in advance variation of French defence.} (11... h5 12.
Bd2 Be7 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qxd4 17. Rfd1 Qh4 18.
Qd2 Qc4 19. Rac1 Qb5 $13 {Sveshnikov,E-Dreev,A/St.Petersburg zt 1993 /1-0 (39)}
) (11... Qb6 12. Qd3 a6 (12... Rc8 13. g4 $5 Ne7 14. Be3 h5 15. h3 hxg4 16.
hxg4 a6 17. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Bb5 19. Qd2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Nc6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Grosar,A-Drazic,S/Bratto 1997 (29)}) 13. a4 Rc8 14. Bd2 h5 15. Rfb1 Be7 16. b4
g5 $1 17. b5 g4 {0-1 Stoockalov,V-Hassan,S/Cairo 1998 (53)}) 12. Qd3 $146 ({
Deserves attention} 12. Qb3 $5 Qb6 (12... Bc6 $5) 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Bd2 Ne7 ({
Maybe stronger was} 14... Be7 $5 15. Rfc1 O-O {with more or less equal game.})
15. Rfb1 Nc6 16. b4 Be7 17. a4 O-O 18. a5 $1 $36 {Stevic,H-Dizdar,G/Makarska
1996/1-0 (40)}) 12... a6 {[%cal Gd7b5]} 13. a4 {White must prevent 13... Bb5,
but weakened pawn structure on the queen,s side.} (13. Qb3 Bc6) 13... Bb4 $5
14. Bg5 Qb6 {I think, that black equalized game.} 15. h4 h6 16. Bf4 Be7 (16...
O-O 17. g4 Ne7 18. h5) 17. h5 Rc4 {[%csl Rd4] Beggining of interesting plan,
but Dizdar could play and} (17... O-O $5) ({or} 17... Nh4 18. Nd2 Qb4 $13) 18.
Qd1 (18. a5 Qc7 {[%cal Gd7b5]}) 18... Rb4 19. Bd2 Nxd4 $1 {Force exchanged
sacrifice promiced to black full compensation.} (19... Rxb2 $143 20. Bc3 Rxe2
21. Qxe2 Bxa4 22. Rxa4 Qb3 23. Ra2 Qxc3 24. Qb2 $5 $16) 20. Bxb4 Nxf3+ (20...
Nxe2+ $5 21. Qxe2 Qxb4) 21. Bxf3 Qxb4 22. b3 O-O $44 {[%csl Rb3,Gb4,Re5,Ge7]}
23. Qd3 Bc5 ({Not bad and} 23... Bg5 $5 {[%cal Gg5c1]}) 24. Rac1 Bd4 25. Rfe1
Bb2 26. Rb1 Rc8 27. Re2 Bd4 ({Black has nothing to worry about after} 27... Bc1
$5 28. Qd1 (28. Rc2 $2 Qe1+) 28... Bf4 29. g3 Qc3 $1 {for example} 30. Bxd5
exd5 31. gxf4 Bg4 32. Re3 Bxd1 33. Rxc3 Rxc3 34. Rxd1 Rxb3 $11) 28. Rd1 Bc3 ({
After} 28... Ba7 $5 29. Rc2 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Bb8 {[%csl Re5] black is compleatly
OK.}) 29. Rc1 Qxb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Instead of this blunder, which decide
result of the game in few moves, Dizdar could play} (29... d4 $1 $44 {with
reasonable game.}) 30. Re3 d4 31. Qxd4 $1 Bxd4 32. Rxc8+ Bxc8 33. Rxb3 $18 Bxe5
34. Bxb7 Bxb7 (34... Bd7 $5 35. Rb4 a5 36. Rc4 Bf6 37. Bc6 $1 Bxc6 (37... Bc8
38. Be8 Bb7 39. Rc7 $18) 38. Rxc6 $18 {[%csl Gh5]}) 35. Rxb7 a5 36. Kf1 Kf8 37.
Ke2 g6 38. hxg6 fxg6 39. Kd3 h5 (39... Bd6 40. Kc4 Ke8 41. Kb5 Bb4 42. Rg7 $18)
40. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e6 {Van Wely lost so many games to Shirov in the Sicilian,
that correctly he decided to play a new opening} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5.
Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Qb6 10. g4 (10. O-O Na5 (
10... a5 11. g4 Nfe7 12. Nh4 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Be3 Nb4 15. Nxb4 axb4 16. Ng2
Ng6 17. f4 Bd6 18. f5 exf5 19. gxf5 Ne7 20. Bh5+ Kd8 {0-1 Hendriks,W-Barsov,A/
NED t-ch 2000 (38)}) 11. g4 Ne7 12. Nfe1 Bb5 13. Nd3 h5 14. gxh5 Nf5 15. Be3
Rc8 16. b3 Nc6 17. Rc1 a5 18. Qd2 Be7 19. Bg4 Qa6 20. Be2 a4 $44 {1/2-1/2
Bergstrom,R-Kiriakov,P/Port Erin op 2000/The Week in Chess 311 (44)}) 10...
Nfe7 11. O-O $146 {Brave Shirov doesn't worry too much about the pawn on g4} (
11. Rg1 Rc8 12. Rg3 Ng6 13. Kf1 Qc7 14. Bd3 Be7 15. g5 Nb4 16. Nxb4 Bxb4 17. a3
Bf8 18. h4 Ne7 19. Bf4 Qb6 20. Kg2 Nf5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. b4 $13 {1-0 Vetemaa,
J-Tuomala,T/Heart of Finland 1993 (48)}) 11... h5 12. h3 {It is very important
to keep the f5 square under control.} hxg4 13. hxg4 f6 (13... f5 $5 14. Ng5 $1
(14. g5 $6 Ng6 {[%csl Rg1]})) (13... Rc8 {Ftacnik} 14. b3 Qc7 15. Bd3 f6 $13)
14. Bd3 O-O-O {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The mere mortals would be scared to
death to play this risky move against very dangerous attacker.'} (14... fxe5 {
Ftacnik} 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nc6 17. Qe2 $13) 15. b4 $1 {Starting an attack
against the black king.} Nxd4 {'?' Ftacnik.} ({Worth of consideration was} 
15... f5 $5 {with big complications after, for example} 16. a4 (16. Ng5 Rh4)
16... fxg4 (16... Nxb4 $2 17. a5 $18) 17. Ng5 Nxd4 18. Be3 (18. a5 Qc7 19. Nxd4
Qxe5 $40 {[%csl Ge5,Rg1,Gh8]}) 18... Nf3+ (18... Nec6 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxg4
$18) 19. Nxf3 Qc7 $132) (15... Nxb4 $2 {Ftacnik} 16. Rb1 Ba4 17. a3 (17. Rxb4
Qxb4 18. Nxb4 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 $16) 17... Nxc2 18. Rxb6 Nxd4 19. Bc2 Nxf3+ 20.
Qxf3 Bxc2 21. Qc3+ Kb8 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Rxe6 $18) (15... fxe5 {Ftacnik} 16.
dxe5 (16. b5 e4 $1 17. bxc6 Nxc6 $17) 16... a6 17. a4 $40) (15... Be8 $1 {
Ftacnik}) 16. Ncxd4 fxe5 17. Qe2 $5 {'!' Ftacnik.} ({Less clear is} 17. Bd2
exd4 18. Rc1+ Kb8 (18... Nc6 19. b5) 19. Bf4+ e5 $8 (19... Ka8 20. Bc7 $18) 20.
Nxe5 Ka8 $132) (17. b5 {Ftacnik} Kb8 18. Qa4 $40) 17... e4 (17... exd4 18. Bf4
$1 Nc6 (18... a6 19. Rac1+ Nc6 20. Qe5 $18) 19. b5 $18 (19. b5 {Ftacnik} Nb4
20. Rfc1+ Bc5 21. Rxc5+ $1 Qxc5 22. Qe5 $18 (22. Rc1 Qxc1+ 23. Bxc1 $18))) 18.
Bf4 $1 {'Preventing the King's escape into the corner.'} Ng6 (18... exd3 19.
Rac1+ Nc6 20. Qe5 Be8 21. Qb8+ (21. b5 $5) 21... Kd7 22. Rxc6 $1 {wins
immediately} bxc6 23. Ne5+ Ke7 24. Bg5# $1) (18... Nc6 {Ftacnik} 19. Nxc6 Bxc6
20. b5 e5 (20... exd3 21. Qxe6+ Bd7 22. Rac1+ Bc5 23. Qxd5 $18) 21. bxc6 exf4
22. Rfc1 Bc5 23. Rab1 Qxc6 24. Ne5 (24. Ba6 Kb8 25. Rxb7+ Ka8 26. Qb5 Qxb5 27.
Rxb5 Bb6 28. Ne5 $14) 24... Qh6 (24... exd3 25. Qb2 $18) 25. Rxc5+ Kb8 26. Bxe4
$1 dxe4 27. Rxb7+ Kxb7 28. Qxe4+ $18) 19. Rac1+ (19. Rfc1+ $5) 19... Bc6 20.
Bg3 {Keeps black's king in the dangerous zone.} Bd6 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik:
'Relatively the best try in a very shaky position and Shirov truly fail to
choose the most crispy way of realizing his advantage.'} (20... exf3 $2 21.
Qxe6+ Rd7 22. Qe8+ Qd8 23. Rxc6+ $1 bxc6 24. Ba6+ {with quick mate.}) (20...
Bxb4 {Ftacnik} 21. Nxc6 (21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 Ne7 23. Qxe6+ Rd7 24. Nxc6 bxc6
25. Ne5 $18) 21... bxc6 22. Rxc6+ Qxc6 23. Ba6+ Kd7 24. Bb5 $18) 21. b5 $2 (21.
Bxe4 $1 dxe4 (21... Nf4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. Bd3 $18) 22. Nxc6 bxc6 (22... Bxg3
23. Qxe4 $18) 23. Qxe4 Ne7 24. Qxe6+ Rd7 25. Bxd6 Rh6 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Bxe7
$18) 21... Bxg3 22. fxg3 exf3 $2 (22... Ne5 $142 $1 23. Nxe5 (23. bxc6 Nxf3+
24. Rxf3 Qxd4+) (23. Kg2 $2 Nxd3) (23. Qe3 $2 Nxd3 24. bxc6 Nxc1 25. Rxc1 Rh6
$17) 23... Qxd4+ 24. Kg2 exd3 (24... Qxe5 25. bxc6) 25. Nxd3 Qe4+ 26. Qf3 $1 {
Ftacnik} (26. Qxe4 dxe4 27. Ne5 Rd5 {with reasonable counterplay} (27... Rd5
28. Ng6 Rd2+ 29. Kg1 Rhh2 30. Rf8+ $14)) 26... Rhf8 27. Nf4 (27. Qxe4 $2 dxe4
28. Rxf8 exd3+) 27... e5 28. Qxe4 dxe4 29. Ng6 Rd2+ 30. Kg1 Rf3 31. Rxf3 exf3
32. bxc6 e4 33. c7 $16) 23. Qe3 $1 Qc7 (23... e5 24. bxc6 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 exd4
26. Bxg6 $18) 24. Rxf3 Ne5 25. bxc6 $1 $18 {Ftacnik: 'Once again white is in
full control, black's king is the main reason for the defender's
insurmountable problems.'} Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 {[%csl Gc1,Rc7,Rc8,Gd3,Gd4,Gf3][%cal
Rc1c8]} Qe5 (26... b6 27. Nxe6 Qd6 28. Ba6+ Kb8 29. c7+) 27. cxb7+ Kxb7 28. Nc6
(28. Nc6 Qd6 29. Qe3) 1-0

[Event "Lost Boys"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1999.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. g3
Be7 9. h4 O-O 10. h5 Nh8 11. h6 (11. Bd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. h6 g6 14. Nc3
Nxd3 15. Qxd3 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Nh2 Qb6 18. Be3 Nf7 $13 {1-0 Seul,
G-Lutzenberger,R/Bad Woerishofen op 1999 (39)}) 11... g6 12. dxc5 f6 $146 (
12... Bxc5 $5 13. c4 f6 $1 (13... dxc4 14. Nc3 Be7 15. Ne4 g5 16. Bxg5 Bxg5 17.
Nfxg5 Nxe5 18. f4 $16 {1-0 Gdanski,J-Przewoznik,J/Czestochowa ch-PL 1992 (27)})
14. cxd5 Nxe5 15. Qb3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 e5 17. Nc3 Nf7 18. d6 Kh8 19. Qxb7 Rb8 (
19... Rc8 $1) 20. Qc7 Bxd6 21. Qxa7 $36 {1-0 Timman,J-Ljubojevic,L/Amsterdam
Lost Boys 1999 (35)}) 13. exf6 Bxc5 14. Bg5 $5 (14. c4 Qxf6 15. cxd5 Nd4 $132)
14... Nf7 15. Bh4 {[%csl Gf6,Rh4]} Qc7 {[%cal Gg6g5]} (15... Nxh6 $4 16. f7+
$18) 16. Qd2 Nce5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Rg6g5] White still manage to
keep pawn on f6, but Black has better development, active pieces and
reasonable compensation for the pawn.} 18. Kh2 (18. Re1 $2 g5 19. Bb5 (19. Bh5
Qxf6) 19... Qxf6 20. Bxd7 gxh4 21. Rxe6 Qf3 $1 $19) 18... Rae8 (18... g5 19. f4
$1) 19. Na3 (19. f4 Qc7 {[%csl Rh6]} 20. Bg5 e5 $1) 19... Bxa3 20. bxa3 {
[%csl Ra2,Ra3,Rc3]} Bc6 21. f4 Qd6 {[%csl Rh6]} 22. g4 $5 (22. Bg5 e5 $5) 22...
e5 (22... Nxh6 23. Bg3) 23. Bg3 $5 (23. g5 exf4 24. Bf3 Re3 {[%csl Ge3,Gf7,Rg5,
Rh2]}) 23... Qxf6 (23... e4 $5 24. g5 Qxa3 25. f5 $132 {leads to unclear
consequences}) 24. fxe5 Qe7 25. Bf3 Nxe5 26. Bxd5+ Bxd5 27. Qxd5+ Qe6 (27...
Nf7 $5 28. Rae1 Qd8) 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rf1+ Kg8 30. Qxe6+ Rxe6 {[%csl Ra2,Ra3,
Rc3,Rg4,Rh6]} 31. Bxe5 (31. g5 Nf7 32. Bf4 Re2+ 33. Kg3 Rxa2 34. Re1 Kf8) 31...
Rxe5 32. Kg3 Rc5 $11 {Black hasn,t serious troubles in rook ending.} 33. Rf3 g5
$1 34. a4 Rc6 35. Rf5 Rxc3+ 36. Kf2 Rc6 37. Rxg5+ Kh8 38. Ra5 Rxh6 39. Rxa7 Ra6
$1 40. Rxa6 bxa6 41. Ke3 (41. Ke3 Kg7 42. Kd4 Kg6 43. Ke4 $11 (43. Kc5 $2 Kg5
44. Kb6 Kxg4 45. Kxa6 h5 46. a5 h4 47. Kb7 h3 48. a6 h2 49. a7 h1=Q+ $19))
1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1999.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Bd7 5. d4 Nc6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 ({
Black could play also} 7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 {but after} 9. Nc3 Be7 10. g4 $1
Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Be3 O-O 13. f4 {white,s advantage is obvious}) 8. g3 $1 {
[%cal Gh2h4]} Be7 9. h4 O-O 10. h5 Nh8 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gf7f6,Gh8f7] Knight,s
position on h8 is really starnge, but Black hopes to bring him back to the
game after f6 and  Nf7} 11. dxc5 (11. h6 g6 12. dxc5 f6 13. exf6 Bxc5 14. Bg5
Nf7 15. Bh4 Qc7 16. Qd2 Nce5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Kh2 Rae8 19. Na3 Bxa3 20. bxa3
Bc6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Nikolic,P/Amsterdam Lost Boys 1999 (41)}) 11... Bxc5
(11... f6 $6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. c4 $1 d4 14. Bd3 Nf7 15. Nbd2 e5 16. Qe2 $16 {
1-0 Zude,A-Ellers,H/BL 1997 (27)}) 12. c4 {[%cal Gb1c3]} f6 $1 13. h6 g6 14.
cxd5 Nxe5 15. Qb3 $5 $146 {Possible improvment compare to} (15. Nxe5 fxe5 16.
Bc4 Qb6 17. dxe6 $6 {and now Black could seized initiative after} (17. Qe2 $5
$13) 17... Bxf2+ $1 (17... Bxe6 18. Bxe6+ Qxe6 19. Nc3 Nf7 $11 {1-0
Keitlinghaus,L-Kummerow/Recklinghausen 1997}) 18. Kg2 Bc6+ 19. Kh2 Rf3 20. e7+
Nf7 $17) 15... Nxf3+ (15... Qc7 16. dxe6 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 (17. Bxf3 $2 Qxg3+)
17... Bxe6 18. Nc3 $36) 16. Bxf3 e5 {[%cal Gh8f7,Gf7d6]} 17. Nc3 Nf7 {Black
position will be perfect, if knight will come to d6, but..} 18. d6 Kh8 (18...
Bc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Ne4 Bd4 (20... Bxd6 $2 21. Rd1 $16 {[%csl Gb3,Gd1,Rd6,
Ge4,Rf6,Rf7]}) 21. Qe6 $36) 19. Qxb7 Rb8 ({Stronger was} 19... Rc8 $1 {with
good game after} 20. Ne4 (20. Rd1 Nxd6 21. Qd5 Qb6) 20... Bc6 $13) 20. Qc7 Bxd6
$6 {Maybe it was the last moment when Ljubojevic could get even game, but
instead of taking pawn he had to play} (20... Bb6 21. Qxd8 Rfxd8 22. Rd1 Bd4 {
with complicated position.}) 21. Qxa7 Qe7 22. Rd1 f5 23. Be3 $1 (23. Nd5 $5)
23... f4 (23... Rxb2 24. Rxd6 $1 Nxd6 25. Rd1 {[%csl Rd6,Rd7][%cal Re3c5,Ra7a3]
}) 24. gxf4 Rxb2 ({After} 24... exf4 25. Bd4+ Be5 {Black lose immediately} (
25... Ne5 26. Bxe5+ Qxe5 27. Rd5 $1 $18) 26. Bg4 Rbd8 27. Bxd7 Rxd7 28. Qxd7 $1
Qxd7 29. Bxe5+ Nxe5 30. Rxd7 Nxd7 31. b4 $18 {[%csl Ga2,Gb4] and white must
win without any problems.}) 25. Rxd6 $1 {Decisive blow!} Nxd6 (25... Qxd6 26.
Rd1 Qb4 27. Rxd7 $18) 26. Rd1 {[%cal Re3c5]} Rf7 $8 (26... Rc2 27. Ne4 $5 exf4
28. Bc5 $18) 27. fxe5 (27. Bc5 $5) 27... Ne8 (27... Nc8 28. Qc7 $1 $18) (27...
Rxf3 28. exd6 Qf7 (28... Qxe3 29. Qa8+ $18 (29. fxe3 $4 Rg3+ 30. Kh1 (30. Kf1
$2 Bh3+ 31. Ke1 Rg1#) 30... Rh3+ $11)) 29. Qd4+ Kg8 30. Nd5 $18) 28. Nd5 $18
Qe6 ({Or} 28... Qf8 29. Qd4) 29. Nf4 Rxf4 (29... Rxa2 30. Qd4 Rxf4 31. Qxf4 $18
{[%cal Rf4f8,Rf3d5]}) 30. Bxf4 Bc6 31. Rd8 $1 {All game Timman plays with
great energy!} Rb7 (31... Bxf3 $2 32. Qg7#) 32. Bxc6 Rxa7 (32... Qg4+ 33. Bg3)
33. Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. Bxe8 Rxa2 35. e6 1-0

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Aalborg"]
[Date "2000.04.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 {Solid and strong system for Black} 9. b3 {I am not sure that b2 is a best
place for bishop ibn this line.Deserves attention} (9. Nc3 $142 Rc8 10. a3 Be7
11. g4 {with complications, for example} (11. Bf4 $5 g5 $1 12. Be3 g4 13. Ne1
h5 14. Nc2 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bd3 Nce7 17. Qd2 O-O 18. Bg5 Ng6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6
20. Rae1 Nfh4 21. Bxg6 Qxg6 22. Kh1 Rf5 23. Ne3 Rf7 24. Nc2 Rcf8 $36 {0-1
Kamsky,G-Kasparov,G/New York exh 1989 (107)}) 11... Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. f4 f6
14. g5 Ne7 15. Bd3 f5 16. Be3 Ng6 17. Kh1 h6 18. Rg1 hxg5 19. fxg5 Nxe5 20. Nb5
Nc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Nd6+ Kf8 23. d5 $16 {1-0 Garcia Fernandez,C-Del Rey,D/
Ibi 1996 (37)}) 9... Be7 (9... Rc8 10. Bb2 Qb6 11. Kh1 h5 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Na4
Qd8 14. a3 g5 $1 15. Ne1 g4 16. b4 Ncxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxa4 19. Qxa7
Qd7 20. Nd3 Bb5 21. Rac1 Bc4 22. Qd4 b5 $132 {1-0 Lie,K-Gausel,E/NOR t-ch 9900
2000/ (45)}) 10. Bb2 Qb6 {[%csl Rd4]} 11. g4 {Just weaken king's side} (11. Qd2
$5 {[%cal Gf1d1,Gb1c3] with idea 12.Rd1 was stronger}) 11... Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4
13. Na3 f6 (13... O-O 14. f4 f6 15. Kg2 fxe5 16. dxe5 Rf7 17. Qd2 Raf8 18. Nc2
g5 19. fxg5 Rf2+ 20. Kh3 R8f3+ 21. Bxf3 Rxd2 22. Kxh4 Rxc2 {0-1 Kupreichik,
V-Hertneck,G/Debrecen 1992/Inf 56 (22)}) 14. exf6 $146 (14. Nc2 fxe5 15. dxe5
O-O 16. Bd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Rf4 19. Rad1 Raf8 20. f3 Be7 $36 {
1/2-1/2 Sanchez Torrano-Cano,J/Once op 1993 (42)}) 14... Bxf6 {[%csl Rd4]} 15.
Nc2 O-O $36 {Black compleat development and got good and promising position}
16. f4 Be7 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Ge7d6]} 17. Ne3 Rf7 18. Kh1 Raf8 19. f5 (19. Qd2
Bb4 $1 {[%csl Rd4,Rf4]}) 19... Bg5 {[%csl Gg5]} 20. fxe6 Bxe6 {[%csl Re3][%cal
Gf7f2]} 21. Nf5 (21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Nc2 Rf2 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Rb6c7]}) 21... g6
22. h4 (22. Ng3 Be3 $5 {lost pawn d4}) 22... gxf5 ({Maybe} 22... Bxf5 $1 {
was even stronger, for example} 23. gxf5 (23. hxg5 Be4+ 24. Kg1 Qc7 $19) 23...
Bxh4 24. fxg6 hxg6 $19) 23. hxg5 Qd8 {Unfortunately for White, the residence
of her monarch isn't safe, which Hansen proves energetically} 24. Qd2 f4 (24...
fxg4 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Rg1 h5 $1 $19) 25. Bf3 (25. Ba3 $142 $1 Qxg5 $140 26.
Bxf8 Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Qg3+ 28. Kh1 Kxf8 29. Bf3 {[%cal Gd2h2]} Bxg4 $17) 25... Qxg5
26. Rae1 Rf6 $19 {Game is over, Black keeps and material and positional
advantage} 27. Rf2 Rh6+ 28. Kg1 Rff6 (28... Bxg4 $1 {wins immediately} 29. Rg2
(29. Bxg4 Rh4) 29... Rh1+ $1 30. Kxh1 Bxf3 31. Rf1 Kh8 $1 32. Rxf3 Qh5+ 33. Kg1
Qxf3 $19 {[%csl Rb2]}) 29. Rg2 Rh3 30. Qf2 Rfh6 31. Kf1 Bf7 {[%cal Rf7g6]} (
31... Nb4 $1 {[%cal Gb4d3,Gb4c2] was much stronger}) 32. Ke2 Re6+ 33. Kd2 Rxe1
34. Kxe1 Bg6 $6 {second mistake} (34... Qg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6b1] wins in few moves}
) 35. Rh2 Nb4 $2 {Third fault, which could change current of the game} (35...
Rxh2 36. Qxh2 Be4 37. Qe2) 36. Be2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] It looks that Mortensen
lost hope already, after} (36. Bxd5+ $1 Qxd5 37. Rxh3 $132 {game is unclear})
36... Re3 37. Kd1 f3 0-1

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kogan, Artur"]
[Black "Rajlich, Iweta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[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 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Bd3 {This rare in our days move was
very popular in the beggining of the centure.} cxd4 6. O-O f6 $6 {Dangerous
continuation, more solid} (6... Bc5 $5 {or}) (6... Nge7 $5) 7. Re1 ({White
keeps some initiative and after} 7. Qe2 fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nf6 9. Bf4 {for example.}
Bd6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Ndf3 Qe8 12. Bg3 Bd7 13. Nxc6 Bxg3 14. Ncxd4 Bd6 15. Rae1
Qh5 16. h3 Rae8 17. Ne5 $14 {1-0 Hodgson,J-Speelman,J/BCF-ch 1984/EXT 99 (42)})
({Also was tried} 7. Bb5 {but after} Bd7 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qxd4
fxe5 11. Qxe5 Nf6 12. Bf4 Bc5 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Qe2 e5 15. Bg3 Rae8 $11 {1-0 Gal,
J-Hochstrasser,M/Wch students Rotterdam 1998 (29) Black is Ok}) 7... fxe5 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 Ne7 $6 $146 ({Deserves attention} 9... Nf6 $5 {and after} 10.
Bb5+ Kf7 11. Qxd4 Bd6 12. Re1 Qc7 $5 {black,s position is not so bad} (12...
Ne4 $6 13. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Qf6 15. Nc3 Qe5 16. Qf3+ Ke7 17. Ne4 $16 {
Neelakantan,N-Koneru,H/Calcutta op 1999/1-0 (47)})) 10. Bg5 Qc7 (10... Qd6 $142
{could be an improvment.}) 11. Qe2 {[%csl Re8] Now it is difficult for Black
to fulfil development.} Nc6 12. Rxd5 g6 13. Na3 $5 {[%cal Ga3b5] Interesting
move, White is better and after} (13. Bf6 Bg7 (13... Qf4 14. Bxh8 Qc1+ 15. Qf1
Qxf1+ (15... Qxb2 16. Nc3 $5 Qxc3 17. Rb5 $16)) 14. Bxg7 Qxg7 15. Nd2 O-O $14 {
but Arthur Kogan wants more.}) 13... Bxa3 14. bxa3 O-O 15. Rb5 $36 {[%csl Gd3,
Gg5,Rg8][%cal Gh2h5]} a6 16. Rb3 Bd7 (16... e5 $5 $14 {with idea 17... Bf5 was
better try.}) 17. Be4 {[%cal Gb3g3]} Rae8 18. h4 b5 (18... e5 $5 {[%cal Gd7f5]}
) 19. Bh6 Rf6 20. h5 {Now white,s attack almost unstopable.} Qe5 21. Re1 Ne7
22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Qd2 Nf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Blunder in bad position.} (23... Qc5
$1 $16) 24. Bxf5 (24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Rf3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be3 $5 cxd4 (6... Nge7 $5 7.
dxc5 Ng6 8. Bd4 Qc7 9. Qe2 Nxd4 10. cxd4 b6 $5) 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Bd3 h6 $146 (
8... Nb4 9. O-O (9. Be2 $5) 9... Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Ng6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. h3 O-O 13.
a3 a6 14. b4 f6 15. Rfe1 fxe5 16. dxe5 Rxf3 17. gxf3 Nh4 18. Bf4 Bc6 19. Bg3
Qe8 20. Ne2 Bb5 21. Qe3 Nf5 22. Qf4 g5 23. Qd2 {Miletic,M-Le Blanc,G/Breton
1998/ChessBase/0-1 (45)}) 9. Nc3 $14 Nc8 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Gc8b6]} (9... Nb4 10.
Bb1 $5) 10. O-O a6 (10... Nb6 $5) 11. Nd2 $5 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Nb6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13.
f4 g6 {[%cal Gh6h5]} 14. g4 $1 {[%cal Gf4f5] Black's position is not very
pleasant, as he is behind in development and his King is not safe.} Ne7 $5 15.
Qe2 h5 16. h3 $1 (16. f5 exf5) 16... hxg4 (16... Na4 $5) 17. hxg4 {Sveshnikov
has accomplished his strategical plan and stands better} Nc6 18. Nf3 Nb4 19.
Bb1 Nc4 {Black wants to create some threats in the centre and on the queenside,
trying to prevent White's activity on the opposite flank.} 20. Kg2 {White
keeps full control over the kingside but it is still not so easy to create
real threats.} Be7 (20... Bh6 21. Rh1 Nxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Qe7 23. Rh3 $16 {[%cal
Gc1h1]} (23. f5 $5 Bxe3 24. Rxh8+ Qf8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Re1 $16)) 21. Rh1 Rg8
(21... Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Qb6 23. Rh8+ Bf8 24. Bc1 $16) 22. Bf2 (22. Rh7 $5) 22...
Nc6 23. Rh7 {[%csl Re8]} Qb6 (23... b5 $5) 24. Na4 (24. b3 Na3 25. Na4 Qd8)
24... Qb5 (24... Qb4 25. Nc5 $5 (25. b3 Nb6 26. Nc5 $1 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Bxc5 28.
Bxc5 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Qxc5 30. Qf2 $44)) 25. Nc5 $5 {This is a typical manoeuvre
in such positions: White wants to eliminate the only defender of week dark
squares in Black's camp.} (25. b3 $5 N4xe5 $140 26. Qxb5 axb5 27. Nxe5 bxa4 (
27... Nxe5 $2 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Nb6 $18) 28. Nxf7 $16) 25... Bxc5 (25... Qxb2
26. Qxb2 Nxb2 27. Nxb7 $5 $36) (25... Nxb2 26. Qxb5 axb5 27. Nxd7 Kxd7 28. Rxf7
{[%csl Rg6]}) 26. dxc5 Qxb2 (26... Nxb2 27. Qxb5 axb5 28. Ng5 Nd8 29. Rch1 $16)
27. Qxb2 Nxb2 28. Rch1 {[%cal Rh7h8] White's position is formidable despite
the fact he is a pawn down.} Ne7 (28... Na4 29. Ng5 Nd8 30. Rh8 Rf8 $8 31. R8h6
$5 {[%cal Gg5h7]}) 29. Ng5 Rf8 30. Rg7 $1 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Rh1h7] Black's
position is hopelessly passive now.} Bc6 31. Bd4 {[%csl Gd4]} Nc4 32. Rhh7 Kd7
33. Bxg6 (33. Nxf7 Rg8 $8 34. Bxg6 $1 $18) 33... Nxg6 34. Rxg6 {[%cal Og5e6,
Rh7d7]} Rcd8 35. Rgg7 (35. Nxf7 $18) 35... Kc8 36. Rxf7 (36. Nxf7 $5 {[%cal
Of7d8,Gg7c7]}) 36... Rxf7 37. Rxf7 {[%cal Gg5e6,Gf4f5]} Na3 38. Nf3 (38. Nxe6
$5 Rg8 39. Kg3 $18 (39. Rc7+ Kb8 40. Re7 Rxg4+ 41. Kf3 Rg8 42. f5 $18)) 38...
Nc2 39. Kg3 Bb5 {[%cal Gb5e2]} 40. Bf2 (40. f5 Be2 41. Bf2 d4) 40... Be2 41.
Rg7 Bd3 (41... d4 $5) 42. Nd4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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 "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Ekaterinburg Max Ven"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Be2 ({
Quite often White prefer to play} 8. g3 Bd7 9. h4 {grabbing space on the
kingside and his bishop is taking comfortable position on g2 or h3.}) 8... Bd7
9. O-O Ne7 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. Nh4 (11. Ne1 O-O-O 12. g3 Kb8 13. Ng2 f6 14. Nf3
Nec6 15. h4 fxe5 16. Bg5 Rc8 17. dxe5 Be8 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Bg6 20. Rbe1
Bc5 21. Qd1 Qb6 22. h5 Be4 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 {0-1 Ostrovskiy,A-Ljukin,S/
UKR-ch Simferopol 2003/ (63)}) (11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 O-O-O 13. Nf4 g6 14. Re1 Kb8
15. Bf1 Nb3 16. g3 Ba4 17. Ng2 Nc6 18. Qf3 Nca5 19. Nxb3 Nxb3 20. Be3 Be8 21.
Be2 Be7 22. Bd1 Qb6 23. Nf4 Rh7 24. Bc2 Ba4 25. Qd1 Rhh8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Cardelli,
G-Nill,J/corr 2003/Telechess CBM 101 (55)}) (11. Re1 Nc8 12. Nf1 Nb6 13. Bf4
Nb3 14. N3d2 (14. Ne3 O-O-O 15. g3 Bc6 16. Bf1 Kb8 17. h4 Ka8 18. h5 h6 19. Nh4
Be7 20. Neg2 Rdg8 21. Be3 g6 22. Kh1 Be8 23. Be2 g5 24. Nf3 Nd7 25. Nh2 f5 26.
exf6 Nxf6 $132 {0-1 Korneev,O-Pogorelov,R/Collado Villalba op 2000/The Week in
Chess 304 (79)}) 14... Na5 15. Ng3 Ba4 16. Qc1 O-O-O 17. Nh5 Kb8 18. Nf3 Bb3
19. Nd2 Ba4 20. Nf3 Bb3 21. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Ni Hua-Bareev,E/Beijing International
Kings Challenge 2003/}) 11... Ng6 {'N!?'} (11... O-O-O 12. Bh5 f5 13. exf6 gxf6
14. Re1 Kb8 15. Qf3 Bg7 16. Qg3 Qxg3 17. fxg3 e5 18. b4 cxb3 19. Nxb3 Nxb3 20.
Rxb3 Nc6 21. Bf3 e4 22. Be2 Na5 23. Rb1 Rc8 24. Bd2 Nc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Rb4 {
Leeuwestein,C-Pijl,R/The Climb 1997/ChessBase/0-1 (34)}) 12. Ndf3 {It seems
that this plan doesn't promise much.} ({Worth considering} 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13.
Nf3 Nb3 14. Bg5 $5 {[%csl Gg5] trying to exchange dark-squared bishops.}) 12...
Nxh4 13. Nxh4 Be7 14. Nf3 f5 {'!?'} 15. Bg5 (15. exf6 gxf6 16. Re1 O-O-O {
with nice game for Black}) 15... Bc6 16. g3 (16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qd2 Nb3 18. Qf4
(18. Qg5 Qxg5 19. Nxg5 Ke7 $11 (19... Nd2 $5 20. Nxe6 Kf7)) 18... h6 19. h4 g5
$5 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Nxg5 O-O-O $44) 16... O-O-O 17. Bxe7 (17. h4 $5 h6 $140
18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. h5 {[%cal Gf3h4]}) 17... Qxe7 {Black completed his
development and has some advantage now: more space and more active pieces.} 18.
Nh4 {'?!' White either underestimated the danger, or didn't see a decent
alternative.} ({Worth considering} 18. h4 $5) 18... g5 19. Ng2 f4 {'!'
Vaganian immediately takes the opportunity to grab space on the kingside.} 20.
Kh1 (20. gxf4 gxf4 21. Bg4 Rdf8 $36 {[%cal Gc6e8,Ge8g6]}) 20... Rdf8 21. Bh5 (
21. gxf4 $5) 21... Nb3 22. f3 Be8 {'!'} 23. Bxe8 Qxe8 {'-/+'} 24. gxf4 (24. Qe2
fxg3 25. hxg3 h5 $40) 24... gxf4 25. Rf2 {'?!'} ({Dvoirys could have offered a
tough resistance after} 25. Qe1 $142 $5 Rhg8 26. Rg1 {[%cal Gg2h4]}) 25... Rhg8
26. Qc2 (26. Ne1 Qh5 27. Qe2 Rg3 $1 28. Rg2 Rfg8 {[%cal Ch1g1,Ch2g3,Gg8g6]})
26... Rf5 {Black has got an excellent attacking chances while White still has
no real counterplay.} 27. Kg1 {'?!'} (27. Rg1 $8) 27... Rfg5 28. Rd1 (28. Kf1
Qh5) 28... Qh5 29. Kh1 Rf5 $5 $19 {[%cal Gg8g3]} 0-1

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Haba, Petr"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 f6 {This move got big
popularity in modern time. Another interesting move is solid} (6... c4 $5 {
which I prefer to make myself.}) 7. Bd3 Qc7 ({Deserves attention also} 7...
fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 g6 {and it is not easy for White to get an advantage,
for example} 10. O-O Qc7 11. f4 c4 12. Bc2 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 Ne7 14. Nd2 O-O-O 15.
b4 cxb3 16. Nxb3 Bb5 $13 {0-1 Afek,Y-Hebert,J/Paris op 1995 (24)}) 8. O-O c4 9.
Bc2 O-O-O 10. Re1 fxe5 (10... Nh6 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. exf6 Qf4 13. Nbd2 Bd6 14.
Qe2 Rdf8 15. Rad1 Qxf6 16. Ne5 Rhg8 17. g3 h5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Grosar,A-Furlan,M/
SLO-ch 1993 (37)}) (10... h6 11. b3 cxb3 12. Bxb3 g5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Bb2 Bd6
15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nd5 17. Nbd2 Rhf8 18. Ne4 g4 $132 {0-1 Arnhold,K-Kiseleva,
N/EuropapokalW 1998 (31)}) 11. Nxe5 $5 $146 ({Black has nothing to worry about
after} 11. dxe5 Bc5 12. Nbd2 Nh6 13. b4 Bb6 14. h3 Nf7 15. Qe2 Rdf8 16. Kh1 g5
17. a4 a5 $1 18. b5 Ne7 $15 {0-1 Alekseev,E-Ivanov,S/St.Petersburg-ch 1999 (48)
but it is not clear if move in the game is an improvment.}) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5
Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Ne7 15. Nd2 Nc6 $11 16. Nf3 Rdf8 17. Qe2 (17. Ba4 Rf4
(17... Na5 18. Nd4) 18. Bxc6 bxc6 $5 {[%cal Gc6c5]}) 17... h6 {[%cal Gg7g5]}
18. Nh4 $5 (18. b3 cxb3 19. Bxb3 Na5 {[%csl Rc3]}) 18... Be8 ({Maybe White is
slightly better after} 18... Ne7 19. Ng6 Nxg6 20. Bxg6 $14 {[%cal Ga1d1,Ge2g4]}
) 19. Qg4 Qe7 {[%cal Ge7g5]} (19... Qf7 $5) 20. Ng6 ({Or} 20. Bg6 Qg5 $1 21.
Qxg5 (21. Qxe6+ $4 Bd7 $19) (21. Qg3 Rf4 $1) 21... hxg5 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. Nf3
g4 $13 {with complicated ending.}) 20... Bxg6 21. Bxg6 h5 $1 $11 22. Qg3 (22.
Bxh5 $2 Rf5 {[%csl Re5,Rh5]}) 22... h4 23. Qg4 Rh6 24. Rae1 Kb8 25. h3 a6 26.
R1e2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.25"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {In this issue I commented just three games in the
advanced variation - but all three between great experts, so it is not a big
astonishment that all of them after complicated fight finished draw. But it's
funny that in all this games black had more chances for victory!} c5 4. c3 Qb6
5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 a5 7. Be2 a4 {A very fashionable line, in which Black had
quite easy life for a long time, but recently white came with few new
interesting ideas.} 8. O-O Nc6 9. Bd3 $1 Na5 ({It is quite dangerous to take
the pawn now -} 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. Qg4 Ne7
14. Be3 Qa5 15. Qg3 $44 {0-1 Grischuk,A-Gurevich,M/World Cup-qf Cannes playoff
2001/ (53) and White has chances on both flanks.}) 10. Bc2 Nc4 11. Ng5 $5 ({
Another interesting move here -} 11. Ra2 {with possible continuation} Ne7 12.
Re1 Bb5 (12... Nc6 13. Bxa4 N6xe5 14. Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. b3 Na5 16. b4 cxb4 17.
axb4 Ra7 18. Rxa5 Rxa5 19. bxa5 Qxb1 20. Qa4 Bd6 21. Bf4 $18 {1-0 Jonkman,
H-Peng Zhaoqin/Wijk aan Zee-B 2002/CBM 87 (26)}) 13. Nbd2 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Nc6 15.
Be3 Bc4 16. Ra1 Qxb2 17. Rb1 Qxc3 18. Rxb7 Ba6 19. Rc7 Rc8 20. Rxc6 Rxc6 21.
Bxa4 $36 {Grischuk,A-Gurevich,M/World Cup-qf Cannes playoff 2001/ (63)}) 11...
Be7 $5 $146 ({Sergei Volkov had already experience in this line , and game
continues} 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxb2 13. Qf3 Nh6 14. Nc3 Nc4 15. Rd1 Qc6 16.
Nxh7 Be7 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Nf6+ $36 {0-1 Sveshnikov,E-Volkov,S/Dubai op 2002 
(53) with strong initiative for white, and now he comes with interesting
novelty}) 12. Nxh7 g6 13. Ng5 Nh6 ({It is interesting why Black didn't play now
} 13... Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Qxb2 {and I didn't found something great for white, for
example} 15. Nd2 (15. Bd3 Qxa1 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. dxc5 Bc6 $19) 15... Nxa3 16.
Bd3 Qxc3 17. Nf3 c4) 14. Ra2 {[%csl Ra2]} (14. dxc5 Bxc5 {[%csl Rb2,Gc4,Gc5,
Rf2]}) 14... Nf5 15. Nf3 (15. Bxf5 $5 gxf5 16. Nf3) 15... cxd4 16. cxd4 Nh4 $1
{It is very understandable, that Black wants to eliminate the white knight on
f3.} 17. Ne1 ({In the case of} 17. Nxh4 Rxh4 18. f4 (18. g4 O-O-O) 18... f5 $5
19. Nc3 (19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Bxg6+ Ke7 $44) 19... Qa5 $44 {[%cal Gb7b5] Black
has good compensation for the pawn}) 17... Nf5 18. Nf3 Nh4 19. Ne1 Nf5 20. Bxf5
gxf5 21. Nf3 {[%cal Gc1g5] This is a kind of position which is still hard to
access precisely. White is a pawn up, but his pieces are very passive, and, I
think, Black can get good counterplay on lines b and g.} Rg8 $5 22. Nbd2 Bc6
23. Re1 ({Too dangerous were to take the knight -} 23. Nxc4 $2 dxc4 {[%csl Gc6,
Rd4]}) 23... Kd7 24. Nf1 Ra5 $5 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ga5b5] Good idea, Volkov
transposes his rook to b3.} (24... Rg7 {[%cal Ga8g8]}) 25. Ng3 Rb5 26. Nh5 Kc7
(26... Rb3 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. exf6 Kc8 $132) 27. Nf6 Rf8 28. Re2 Rb3 29. h4 $5 (
29. Bg5 Nxb2) 29... Rh8 30. h5 (30. Bg5 $5) 30... Rxf3 $1 31. gxf3 Bxf6 32.
exf6 Rxh5 {White's position looks terrible, his pawn structure is seriously
compromised but Shirov now plays his last trumb!} 33. Rxe6 $1 (33. Bf4+ Kc8 $17
{[%cal Rb6d8,Rd8h8]}) 33... fxe6 34. f7 Rh8 (34... Qb3 35. Qxb3 axb3 36. Ra1 (
36. f8=Q bxa2 $19) 36... Rh8 37. Bh6 Nxb2 38. Rb1) 35. Bh6 Kd7 $6 ({I have the
feeling that after} 35... e5 $142 $5 36. f8=Q (36. Qc2 $2 Bb5 $1 37. f8=Q Qg6+
$19) 36... Rxf8 37. Bxf8 Bb5 $36 {[%cal Rb6g6] it will be difficult for White
to keep the balance.}) 36. f8=Q Rxf8 37. Bxf8 Qd8 38. Bb4 Qg5+ $11 39. Kh2 Qh5+
40. Kg2 Qg6+ 41. Kh2 Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kozak, Alexander"]
[Black "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 (9. Be3 $5 Bd7 10. Bd3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Be7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qe1 f6 14.
Nc3 O-O 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Na4 Qd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Aldrovandi,C-Komarov,D/Reggio
Emilia 1999/CBM 69 (23)}) 9... Bd7 10. h4 (10. Ra2 Be7 11. h4 h5 12. Be2 Rc8
13. g3 Bxb4+ $1 14. Kf1 Be7 15. Kg2 g6 16. Qd3 a6 $17 {Grosar,A-Kovacevic,V/
Mitropa Cup Portoroz 1998/1/2-1/2 (60)}) (10. Bd3 Nfxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Nc3
Nc6 13. Na4 Qd8 14. O-O Be7 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. f4 $44 {García,
O-Elissalt,H/Havana Provincial 1999/0-1 (43)}) ({Sveshnikov, biggiest expert
in the advance variation, twice played in this position against Lputian} 10. g4
Nh6 11. h3 f6 12. Bd3 $5 (12. Nc3 fxe5 13. dxe5 Be7 14. Na4 Qd8 15. Rc1 O-O 16.
Nc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Nf7 18. Bg2 b6 19. Rc1 Ne7 $15 {0-1 Sveshnikov,E-Lputian,S/
Sochi m 1993 (32)}) 12... Nf7 (12... fxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nf7 15. O-O g5
16. Nc3 Bg7 17. Re1 O-O 18. Qd2 Nh8 19. Nd1 Rf3 20. Bd4 Qd8 {1/2-1/2 Hollrigl,
W-Van der Weide,K/Lichtenstein op 1999 (20)}) 13. Nbd2 fxe5 14. dxe5 Be7 15.
Rc1 Ng5 16. h4 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Nd4 18. Qe3 Nb5 19. Nf3 Qxe3+ 20. fxe3 $14 {
1-0 Sveshnikov,E-Lputian,S/Tilburg 1992 (39)}) 10... Rc8 (10... h5 $5) 11. g4
Nh6 12. Rg1 Na5 $1 $146 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga5c4] Improvment compare to} (12...
Be7 13. Nc3 Qd8 14. Bd3 f6 15. g5 Nf7 16. gxf6 gxf6 17. Qe2 $36 {1-0 Kozak,
A-Wagener,C/Elista ol 1998 (30)}) 13. Nfd2 ({Maybe stronger} 13. Nbd2 Be7 $13 {
with mutial chances}) 13... Be7 14. Bc3 Nc4 $1 ({After} 14... Nc6 15. Nf3 O-O
16. Bd3 $36 {white can pretend for an advantage.}) 15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. Nd2 O-O
17. g5 {White have pawn weaknesses around the board, but still hope for
successful attack.} ({Unfortunately ( for white)} 17. Nxc4 $2 Rxc4 $1 18. Bxc4
Qc7 $17 {leeds to black favour.}) 17... Nf5 18. Ne4 {[%cal Re4f6]} Kh8 19. Bh3
Rcd8 ({It was too lightly to take pawn, after} 19... Nxh4 $6 20. Qh5 Ng6 21.
Rh1 Nf4 $8 {White ,at least , have draw-} 22. Qxh7+ $5 Kxh7 23. Bf5+ Kg8 24.
Bh7+ $11) 20. Ra2 a5 $5 {Open second front on the queen side.} (20... Bc8 21.
Rd2) 21. Kf1 (21. bxa5 Qb3 22. Qxb3 cxb3 23. Rb2 Ba4 $36) 21... axb4 22. axb4
Bc8 23. Rd2 Qb5 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Gb7b6,Gc8b7]} 24. Qe2 b6 $17 {Black,s
advantage is obvious, white just can,t protect all weaknesses.} 25. Rg4 Bb7 26.
f3 Ra8 27. Kf2 Ra3 28. Bb2 $6 (28. Rc2 $8 $17) 28... Re3 29. Qf1 Qxb4 $19 {
[%csl Rb2,Gb4,Gb7,Rd2,Ge3,Rf1,Rf2,Gf5,Rg4,Rh3]} 30. Bc1 Rb3 {[%cal Gf5e3]} 31.
Rf4 Ne3 32. Qe2 Nd5 33. Rg4 Nc3 $1 34. Qf1 Nxe4+ 35. fxe4 Qc3 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.25"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 ({I have feeling that} 
6. a3 {produced bigger problems for black.}) 6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 $5 8. Bd3 $5
({According to all accounts Black is doing very well after} 8. Bxh6 Qxb2 $1 9.
Nbd2 gxh6 10. O-O Nxd4 $17) (8. Na3 Bxa3 9. bxa3 Nf5 10. Be3 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxa3
12. O-O O-O 13. g4 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bd7 $15 {0-1 Bravo Barranco,N-Barria,D/
Barbera op 2000/EXT 2003 (23)}) 8... Bd7 (8... Nf5 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. Nc3 Be6 11.
Ne2 h6 12. h4 O-O-O 13. Kf1 Kb8 14. Kg1 Be7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Benjamin,J-Shaked,T/
Kona 73/313 1998/Inf 73 (43)}) 9. Nc3 (9. Bc2 Nf5 10. Bxf5 exf5 11. Nc3 Be6 {
leads with transpositions of the moves to the previous line.}) 9... Nxd4 10.
O-O $146 (10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. O-O Ng4 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. Qxg4 Bxb5 14. Be3 Qa6 15.
Bxb5+ Qxb5 16. Rac1 g6 17. Qf4 Bg7 {1-0 Waldschmidt,G-Grewe,L/VL Gr2
Ruhrgebiet 1998/ (28)}) 10... Bc5 (10... Ng4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nb5 $1 Qb6 13.
Qxg4 Bxb5 14. Be3 $44) 11. a4 {[%csl Rb3] I don't like this move, which just
weakens the b3 square.} (11. Rb1 $5) (11. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 12. Rc1) 11... Qb3 ({
Black could play already} 11... Nb3 {for example} 12. a5 Nxa5 $8 (12... Qb4 $2
13. Na2 Qa4 14. Bc2 $18) 13. Na4 Bxa4 14. Qxa4+ Nc6 15. Bxh6 gxh6 $13) 12. Qd2
(12. Be3 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 f6 $17) 12... Nxf3+ 13.
gxf3 {Here White's pawn formation is seriously compromised on the kingside} Rc8
(13... O-O 14. Qe2) 14. Qe2 Nf5 15. Bc2 (15. Bxf5 exf5 {[%cal Gd5d4]} 16. Qd1
$1 Qb6 $5 (16... Qxd1 17. Rxd1 d4 18. Ne2 $15) 17. Nxd5 Qg6+ 18. Kh1 Bc6 19.
Be3 $1 $15) 15... Qc4 16. Bd3 Qb3 17. Bc2 Qc4 ({Worth considering} 17... Qb6 $5
18. Bxf5 $140 exf5 19. Nxd5 Qg6+ 20. Kh1 Bc6 $36) 18. Bd3 Qh4 $1 19. Bxf5 exf5
20. Nxd5 Bc6 21. Rd1 {[%csl Gd5]} (21. Nf4 g5 $5 22. Ng2 Qh5 23. Ne1 g4 $40)
21... Bxd5 $6 {Looks good, but} (21... Bxa4 22. b3 $1 Bc6 23. Be3 $44) ({
better chances for victory black could get after} 21... O-O $142 22. Be3 Rfd8
$5 23. Bxc5 Rxd5 $17 {and the white monarch is not protected well.}) 22. Rxd5
Bxf2+ 23. Kg2 (23. Qxf2 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Qg5+ 25. Kh1 Qxc1+ 26. Kg2 O-O $15)
23... Bb6 24. a5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qg5+ 26. Kh3 Qxc1 27. Qb5+ (27. axb6 $2 Qh6+ 28.
Kg2 Qg6+ $1 (28... Qxb6 29. e6 $1 fxe6 30. Qe5 O-O 31. Rd7 Rf7 32. Qb8+ Rf8 33.
Qe5 $11) 29. Kh3 Qxb6 30. e6 fxe6 31. Qe5 Qc6 $1) 27... Qc6 $8 28. axb6 axb6
29. Qxc6+ bxc6 30. Rd6 c5 31. Rxb6 Kd7 32. b4 $1 {Sergey Movsesian has as many
lives as a cat!} Re8 (32... c4 33. Rd6+ Ke7 34. Rc6) (32... cxb4 33. Kg3 $1 $15
) 33. bxc5 Rxe5 34. Rb7+ Ke6 35. Rb6+ Ke7 36. Rb7+ Kf6 37. Rb6+ Kg5 38. Rb7 Kf4
(38... Kg6 39. c6 Rc5 40. c7 Kf6 41. Kg3 $15) 39. Rxf7 g5 (39... Rxc5 $5 40.
Rxg7 Kxf3 41. Rg3+ (41. Rxh7 f4) 41... Ke4 42. Ra3) 40. c6 h5 (40... Kxf3 $2
41. c7 Rc5 $140 $2 42. Rxf5+ $18) 41. c7 Rc5 42. Kg2 Rc2+ 43. Kf1 g4 (43... h4
44. Ke1) 44. fxg4 (44. fxg4 hxg4 45. Ke1 Ke4 46. Kd1 Rc6 47. Kd2 f4 48. Re7+
$11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse"]
[Date "2005.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Black "Motwani, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.02.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Rc8 7. O-O a6 {A rare
but interesting and very tough line.} (7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. Nc3 Nge7 10.
Na4 Qd8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Nc5 Rc7 13. Bxe7 Bxe7 14. Rc1 O-O 15. a3 Na5 16. Nd2 b6
17. Na6 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Qc8 $11 {0-1 Webb,L-Pein,M/BCF t-ch 2000/ (40)}) 8. Be3 (
8. g3 h6 9. h4 Qc7 10. h5 Nge7 11. Re1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb6 13. g4 g6 14. hxg6
Nxg6 15. Nc3 Rg8 16. Kh1 Be7 17. Rg1 Bg5 18. Rb1 Qd8 19. Be3 f6 20. exf6 Qxf6
21. Qd2 Nce7 22. Nxg5 hxg5 {Grischuk,A-Bareev,E/EUR-Cup Halkidiki 2002/ 1/2-1/
2 (55)}) (8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nge7 (9... Qb6 10. Nb3 Nb4 11. Nc5 Bxc5 12. dxc5
Qxc5 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. b4 Qe7 15. a3 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Be3 e5 18. Bc5 Qe6 $132
{1/2-1/2 Petrenko,S-Zhukova,N/WchW KO Elista 2004/ (41)}) 10. Nb3 Ng6 11. Bd2
Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Re1 a5 14. Bd3 a4 15. Na1 Qb6 16. Bc3 Na5 17. h4 h6 18. h5
Nf4 19. Bb1 Nc4 20. g3 Nxh5 21. Kg2 f5 22. exf6 Nxf6 $14 {0-1 Jonkman,
H-Zhukova,N/Wijk aan Zee Corus-C 2005/The Week in Chess 533 (41)}) (8. Kh1 $5
$146 {A new move. I found that Grischuk likes to make this move almost in
every game in the advance variation.} Nge7 (8... cxd4 $5 {In the next game
between the same players Radjabov chooses a different plan:} 9. cxd4 Nge7 10.
Nc3 Ng6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Re1 Na5 14. Rc1 Nc4 15. Rc2 Nxe3 16. fxe3
b5 $13 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Radjabov,T/Dubai FIDE GP 2002/CBM 89/[Hecht] (58)}) 9.
dxc5 $1 Ng6 10. Be3 Ncxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. b4 Be7 13. Nd2 {Maybe White's
advantage is not big , but stable. He has a strong pawn's chain on the << and
active pieces.} Nc6 14. f4 Bf6 15. Rc1 O-O ({Worth considering was} 15... Ne7
$5 {with the idea} 16. g4 O-O {[%cal Gd8e8,Gd7b5]}) 16. Nf3 Re8 $6 ({I think
that Black had to play} 16... Ne7 $5 {with two possible continuations:} 17. Nd4
(17. a4 Qe8 $1) 17... Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Bb5 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. Qd3 Qd7 21. Rce1 Ra8
$13) 17. a4 $1 Qc7 (17... a5 18. b5 Ne7 19. Ne5 $5 {[%csl Rd7]}) 18. Bd3 g6 19.
b5 axb5 20. axb5 Ne7 21. Bd4 $36 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Radjabov,T/Dubai FIDE GP 2002/
CBM 89/[Psakhis] (33) It became clear that White seized an initiative}) (8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bf4 Nge7 10. Bd3 f5 11. exf6 (11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. Bg3 (12. Bg5 Qc7 {
[%csl Re5]}) 12... O-O 13. Nb3 Ba7 {[%csl Re5][%cal Rf5f4,Ga7b8]}) 11... gxf6
12. Nh4 (12. Nd4 Ng6 $5 13. Qh5 f5 (13... Kf7 $5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge6,Gf6]})) 12...
O-O 13. Qg4+ (13. Bh6 Rf7 14. Qh5 (14. Qg4+ Kh8 15. Qh5 Qg8 $13) 14... Ne5 15.
Be2 $13) 13... Kh8 14. Qh5 f5 15. b4 (15. Re1 Rg8 16. Bg5 (16. Nf3 Ng6 17. Bg5
(17. Ng5 Qe7) 17... Qf8 18. Nbd2 e5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5,Gf5]}) 16... Qf8 $132 {
[%cal Gf8g7,Ge6e5]}) 15... Bb6 16. Nd2 Bc7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Oll,L-Ivanchuk,V/
Polanica Zdroj 1998/CBM 67/[Psakhis,L] (25)}) (8. a3 cxd4 (8... Nh6 9. Kh1 Nf5
10. b4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Be7 12. Bb2 g5 $5 13. g4 Nh6 14. h3 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16.
Nbd2 Nf7 $13 {0-1 Thipsay,P-Ehlvest,J/Groningen op 1997 (35) 0-1}) 9. cxd4 Nge7
10. Nc3 Nf5 11. g4 (11. Be3 Be7 12. Bd3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 O-O 14. Rf2 f6 15. Qc2 f5
16. Kh1 Qe8 17. Rg1 Qh5 18. Be2 Qh6 $13 {[%cal Gh6e3] 0-1 Ivanovic,B-Bareev,E/
Moscow 1993 (35)}) 11... Nh4 12. Nxh4 Qxh4 13. Be3 g5 14. Na4 h5 $132 15. gxh5
Nxe5 ({Deserves attention} 15... f5 $5 16. exf6 $140 $6 Bd6 {[%csl Gd6,Gh4]})
16. Nb6 (16. dxe5 $2 Bxa4 {leads to black favour}) 16... Nf3+ $1 17. Bxf3 Bd6
$15 {1/2-1/2 Xie Jun-Karpov,A/Guanzhou m 2000/CBM 77/[Psakhis,L] (38)}) (8. b3
Nge7 9. Bb2 Nf5 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. Nxd4 Be7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Qd3
Nxd4 15. cxd4 Qa5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E-Epishin,V/Alekhin mem.op 1992 (41)}
) (8. Re1 Nge7 (8... Nh6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Qd2 Qb6 12. Bd3 Bf8 13.
Qe2 Bg7 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. Nb3) 9. a3 Ng6 10. b4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Be7 12. Qd3 O-O
13. Nc3 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 $11 {0-1 Grosar,K-Pitam,E/Dresden ztW 1998 (38)}) 8...
Qb6 $146 (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Nge7 10. Nc3 Nf5 11. Bd3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Be7 13. Rc1
O-O 14. Kh1 Kh8 15. Bb1 $14 {Thoren,P-Andraasson,I/SWE t-ch 0001 2001/ 1/2-1/2
(36)}) 9. dxc5 $5 Bxc5 {Avoiding the complications arising after} (9... Qxb2 $5
10. Nbd2 Qxc3 11. Rb1 $44 {with unclear game.}) 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Nbd2 f6 (
11... Qb6 12. Nb3 $14) 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. c4 $1 {A very strong move, which gives
White the edge.} Nxe5 (13... fxe5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qxd5 Nf6 16. Qd6 Rd8 17.
Rae1 (17. Qc5 $5) 17... Bc8 18. Qa3 $36) 14. cxd5 Nh6 (14... Ne7 $5 15. Nxe5
fxe5 16. Bd3 $5 O-O (16... exd5 17. Qh5+ $16) 17. d6 Nf5 18. Qe2 Qxd6 19. Rad1
$36) 15. dxe6 (15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Bh5+ g6 (16... Nf7 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qh5+)
17. Qd2 $5 Nf7 18. Bf3 $14) 15... Bxe6 16. Nbd4 {White is ahead in development,
so his chances are better.} Nf5 (16... O-O 17. Nxe5 fxe5 (17... Rfd8 18. Nef3
Nf5 19. Nxe6 $1 Rxd1 20. Bxd1 Qxe6 21. Bb3 Rc4 22. Rfe1 $16) 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19.
Bf3 $16) 17. Nxe6 ({Worth considering was} 17. Nxf5 $5 Bxf5 18. Nxe5 fxe5 19.
Qa4+ Bd7 (19... Qc6 20. Qb4 $36) 20. Qa3 {[%csl Re8] and playing for attack.})
17... Qxe6 18. Nxe5 {Despite the simplifications Black still did not solve all
problems.} fxe5 (18... Qxe5 $4 19. Re1 $18) 19. Bf3 (19. Rc1 $5 O-O (19... Rxc1
20. Qxc1 Nd6 21. Bd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1b3]}) 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Bf3 $14) 19... Rd8
20. Qb3 (20. Qa4+ b5 21. Qa3 Nd4 22. Be4 Rd6 {[%cal Ge8g8]} (22... Qd6 23. Qh3)
23. Rae1 $14) 20... Qxb3 21. axb3 Rd7 22. Rfe1 Re7 23. Bd5 $6 {This natural
move allows Black to consolidate his position.} ({After} 23. Ra5 $142 $1 Nd4
24. Bh5+ g6 25. Raxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5+ Kf7 27. Rd5 $1 Re8 28. Kf1 Nxb3 29. Bd1
$36 {[%csl Gd1,Gd5] white's chances are clearly better.}) 23... Kd8 24. Rac1
Rhe8 {Black has protected his only weakness and the game heads towards a
peaceful conclusion.} 25. Be4 g6 $11 26. b4 Nd4 27. g3 Rc7 28. Kg2 (28. Rc5 $5)
28... Re6 (28... Rxc1 $5 29. Rxc1 Re7 {[%cal Ge7c7]}) 29. Rc5 b6 30. Rxc7 Kxc7
31. Ra1 b5 32. Rc1+ Kb6 33. Rc8 Nc6 34. Rh8 Re7 ({I think that Motwani could
play for a win without any risk after} 34... Re7 35. Bxc6 Kxc6 36. Kf3 Kd5 {
with chances for some advantage in endgame.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1998.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3 f5 {
N/ It,s funny but this natural move never was played before.} (8... h6 9. Nh4
Bd7 10. Ng2 O-O-O 11. Ne3 Ne7 12. Qf3 (12. Bg2 g6 13. O-O h5 14. h3 Bh6 15. Rb1
Rdf8 16. f4 Bc6 17. Rf2 Qd8 18. Qe2 Ba4 $11 {0-1 Malaniuk,V-Prandstetter,E/
Erevan 1984 (57)}) 12... Nf5 13. Be2 Be7 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qg2 g5
17. Qf1 Qc7 18. f4 gxf4 19. Qxf4 h5 $44 {1-0 Malaniuk,V-Kuzmin,G/Nikolaev zt
1995 (45)}) (8... Bd7 $5 9. h4 h5 10. Bh3 Nh6 11. Nf1 Nb3 12. Rb1 Nxc1 13. Qxc1
O-O-O 14. Ne3 Kb8 15. O-O Be7 16. Ng2 g6 17. Nf4 Ba4 18. Qd2 Rh7 19. Rbe1 Rdh8
$11 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E-Balashov,Y/Novgorod op 1995 (31)}) 9. exf6 (9. Bg2
Nh6 $5 {[%cal Gh6f7]}) 9... Nxf6 10. Bh3 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gh3e6] Pawn on e6 is
only weakness in black,s camp} Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Bc7 {[%cal Yc8d7,Ya8e8]}
13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 ({Maybe stronger was} 14. Rxe5 $5 {but any case after}
Bd7 15. Qe2 Rae8 $13 {Black position is very stable}) 14... Nd7 {[%csl Rb3]
[%cal Yd7c5,Rb6f2]} 15. Nf3 Nb3 16. Be3 Ndc5 {[%csl Rd3]} 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. Bxc5
(18. Nd4 $5 Nxd4 19. Bxd4) 18... Qxc5 (18... Nxc5 19. Nd4 Qf7 20. f4 Nd3 21.
Rf1 $14) 19. Re3 Bd7 $11 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 b6 4. Nf3 Qd7 5. c4 $5 (5. Be2 Ba6 6. Bxa6 Nxa6 7. O-O
Ne7 8. Qe2 Nb8 9. Rd1 Nbc6 10. Nbd2 Nf5 11. Nf1 {1/2-1/2 Kuzmin,G-Vaganian,R/
Yerevan zt 1982}) (5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Ba6 7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8. O-O Ne7 9. Qe2 Nc7 10.
b3 Nc6 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rfc8 $144 {0-1 Dlauchy,
P-Portisch,F/Harkany Tenkes Kupa 2000/ (43)}) 5... Ne7 (5... Bb7 6. Nc3 Bb4 7.
cxd5 Bxd5 8. Be2 Ne7 9. O-O Bb7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nbc6 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bd3 h6
14. Bd2 g5 15. Qe2 Ng6 16. Rfd1 Rg8 17. Rab1 Nce7 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qc6 20.
Qxc6+ Nxc6 21. Be3 O-O-O {1/2-1/2 Zeller,F-Vaganian,R/BL 1995/ChessBase (45)})
(5... Bb4+ $5 {N} 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ba6 $5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bxa6
Nxa6 11. O-O (11. Qa4+ Qc6 12. Qxa6 Qxc3+ 13. Ke2 Qxa1 14. Qa4+ c6 15. Qb3 Nd5
$17) 11... Nb8 12. Qd3 Nbc6 13. c4 Qd7 14. Rd1 Rd8 15. Qe4 { >>g5, d5} Na5 16.
Qg4 (16. d5 Qa4 17. Bg5 Rxd5 $1 $17) 16... Nb3 $5 (16... O-O 17. Bh6 Ng6 18.
Bg5 Rc8 19. d5 $14) 17. Rb1 (17. Qxg7 Rg8 18. Qxh7 Nxa1 19. Ng5 Qc6 $17) 17...
Nxc1 18. Rbxc1 O-O 19. Ng5 f5 $5 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Qe4 (21. h4) 21... Ng6 22.
d5 (22. h4 $14 {~~ Kupreichik,V}) 22... Nf8 23. h4 Qa4 $1 $11 {Kupreichik,
V-Vaganian,R/Berlin 1991 /ChessBase}) 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Be3 (7. Bd3 Nbc6 8. Be3 Nb4
9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Ned5 11. O-O Be7 12. Bb5 c6 13. Ba4 Ba6 14. Ne2 O-O 15. a3
Nxe3 16. fxe3 Nd5 17. Qd2 b5 18. Bc2 c5 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Kh1 Bb7 21. dxc5 Bxc5
{Karklins,E-Kyaw,W/Chicago op 1996/EXT 2001/0-1 (42)}) (7. Be2 Nbc6 8. O-O dxc4
(8... Na5 9. c5 $5 Nec6 10. Be3) 9. Bxc4 Na5 $2 (9... O-O-O $1 10. Be3 Nf5 11.
d5 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Na5 13. Bb5 Qe7 $1 14. d6 cxd6 15. b4 $13) 10. Bb5 Bc6 11. Bd3
Nd5 12. Bd2 Be7 13. Ne4 (13. Rc1 $142 {#C5 #CDd5, #CCa5#A2}) 13... Bb4 (13...
Nb4 14. Bxb4 Bxb4 15. a3 Ba4 16. Bc2 $1 $16) 14. Rc1 Bb5 15. Bxb4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3
Nxb4 17. Qd2 Nd5 (17... Nxa2 18. Rc2 Nb3 19. Qe3 $16) 18. Qg5 Kf8 (18... O-O $2
19. Nf6+ Nxf6 20. exf6 g6 21. Qh6 $18) 19. Nc3 $1 $16 {1-0 Sax,G-Short,N/
London 1980/ChessBase/ (33)}) 7... h6 $146 (7... Nbc6 8. Rc1 O-O-O 9. cxd5 Nxd5
10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bc4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Rd7 13. Qe2 g5 14. h3 Rg8 15. a3 h5 16. Bd2
g4 17. Bxa5 gxf3 18. gxf3 Nxd4 19. Qe3 Nxf3 20. Be2 Nd4 21. Rh2 bxa5 22. f4 {
Opl,K-Jurek,J/AUT-chT 1991/0-1 (38)}) 8. Rc1 Nbc6 9. a3 dxc4 (9... O-O-O 10. c5
$1 bxc5 $140 11. Na4) 10. Bxc4 Nf5 11. Qe2 Nxe3 $6 (11... Be7 12. d5 exd5 13.
Nxd5) (11... Nce7 $5) 12. fxe3 Na5 13. Bb5 $1 {We can consider that the
opening result is very favourable for White.} c6 {Black's light-squared bishop
is very passive, which determines White's clear and stable advantage.} (13...
Bc6 14. b4 $5 Bxb5 15. Qxb5 Nc6 16. O-O $16) 14. Ba4 b5 15. Bc2 (15. Nxb5 cxb5
16. Bxb5 Bc6 $13) 15... Nc4 16. Bd3 Be7 17. O-O (17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Qxc4 $16)
17... O-O 18. Ne4 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Od3c4,Ge4f6]} a5 {A very slow approach, and
White gets a very strong initiative on the kingside, but it is a good question
whether Black already could find a better plan.} (18... c5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20.
dxc5 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qc7 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Rxc4 Qxe5 24. b4 $18) 19. Rf2 {
[%cal Od3c4,Gc1f1]} Ba6 20. h3 $1 {[%cal Gf3h2,Gh2g4] White finds the most
unpleasant moves. The position of the king is still the main problem for Black.
} a4 21. Nh2 f5 (21... c5 $142 $5 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. exf6 g6 24. Qg4 $1 (24. Ng4
h5 25. Nh6+ Kh8) 24... Nxe3 25. Qf4 Nd5 26. Qxh6 Nxf6 27. Rxf6 Qxd4+ 28. Rf2
$18 Qxd3 $140 29. Ng4 f6 30. Rd2 $1) 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Rxf6 gxf6
25. Ng4 {Volkov got a clear initiative on the kingside and Black finds himself
in deep trouble.} Kg7 (25... Qg7 26. Qf3 {[%cal Rf3f6,Rf3c6]}) 26. Nxf6 $1 $18
{[%mdl 128]} Kxf6 27. Rf1+ Ke7 (27... Kg7 28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. Rf6 Qg7 30. Qxe6 $18
) 28. Qh5 (28. Qg4 $5) (28. Qf3 $1 $18 Qd5 29. Qf6+ Kd6 30. Rf5 $1) 28... Qd5 (
28... Qe8 29. Bg6 Qg8 30. Qc5+) 29. Rf7+ Kd6 30. Qxh6 Re8 (30... Ne5 31. Qf4)
31. Qf4+ {This is the beginning of the end!} e5 32. Qh6+ Qe6 (32... Re6 33.
Qf8+) 33. Rf6 exd4 34. exd4 Bc8 35. Bf5 Nxb2 36. Bxe6 Bxe6 37. Rf8 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2002.08.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Bricard, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2002.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O Qb6 (7... fxe5
8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bc6 $5 $13 {is more popular in modern practice.}) 8. dxc5
({New guru in this line - Aleksander Grischuk - successfully played in this
position} 8. Na3 $5 fxe5 9. dxe5 Nh6 10. c4 $1 d4 11. Bd3 Nf7 12. Re1 Be7 13.
h4 O-O-O 14. Nc2 $14 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Kolev,A/Istanbul olm 2000/EXT 2001 (29)})
8... Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. c4 $146 {New move, White didn't get to many
achievments after} (10. exf6 Bxf6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Na3 Nge7 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Bc5
O-O 15. Rc1 a6 16. Nbd4 e5 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 $11 {Sepp,O-Kotovuori,O/Vantaa 1998/1/
2-1/2 (43)}) ({or} 10. Bf4 fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bf6 $5 13. Qe1 $5 Bxe5
14. Bh5+ Ke7 15. Qxe5 Nf6 16. Nd2 Rhc8 $11 {Otero,D-Vilela,J/Colon 76/(263)
1999 (23)}) 10... dxc4 ({Perhaps Black should have considered} 10... Nxe5 $5
11. cxd5 Qxb4) 11. Na3 $5 Nxe5 (11... c3 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bf4 $36 {looks too
dangerous for Black, who must suffer just for one pawn.}) 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13.
Nxc4 Qxb4 14. a4 {[%cal Gc1a3] Just wasting time} ({Worth considering} 14. Nxe5
$5 Nf6 15. Bd3 $44 {[%cal Ga1b1] and White has long term compensation. Blacks
P-structure has been weakened and his development has been obstructed
seriously.}) 14... Nf6 15. Nxe5 ({Maybe Degraeve overlooked that after} 15. Ba3
Qxa4 16. Qxa4 (16. Qd2 $142 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 Qc6 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Rg3 $36) 16...
Bxa4 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Rxa4 {Black have move} b5 $1) 15... Qd6 16. Nxd7 ({
Again after simple} 16. Bb2 $5 $44 {Black must play very carefully.}) 16...
Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Nxd7 18. Bb2 ({After} 18. Bb5 O-O-O 19. Bf4 Nc5 20. Rdc1 b6 $13 {
enough to mantain equality.}) 18... Bf6 19. Bb5 O-O-O ({Another good
possibility was} 19... Bxb2 20. Bxd7+ Ke7 21. Rab1 Be5 22. Rxb7 Rhb8 $11 {
with drawish ending.}) 20. Rac1+ Kb8 21. Bxd7 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Ba3 23. Bxe6 Rhe8
$11 {Ending is compleately equal, and game is very close to the end.} 24. Bd5
Re7 25. Rd3 b6 26. Kf1 Bc5 {Short, but interesting from theoretical point of
view game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Norilsk Nikel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 {It's always a pleasure to see
the duel between two great experts in this very popular line.} 6. Be2 Rc8 7.
O-O a6 8. g3 $146 {Deviating from the theory at very early stage.} (8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Bf4 Nge7 10. Bd3 f5 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Nh4 O-O 13. Qg4+ Kh8 14. Qh5 f5
15. b4 Bb6 16. Nd2 Bc7 17. Be3 e5 18. b5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Qe8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Oll,
L-Ivanchuk,V/Polanica Zdroj 1998/CBM 67/[Psakhis,L] (25)}) ({Worth considering
} 8. Na3 {and after for example} Nge7 9. dxc5 $1 Ng6 10. b4 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12.
Qd2 Ngxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. f4 Ng6 15. Nc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Erenburg,S-Psakhis,L/
ISR t-ch 2002 (15) White got a small advantage}) ({Grischuk had already
expierence in this line and twice he continued} 8. Kh1 cxd4 (8... Nge7 9. dxc5
Ng6 10. Be3 Ncxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. b4 Be7 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. f4 Bf6 15. Rc1 O-O
16. Nf3 $14 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Radjabov,T/Dubai FIDE GP 2002/CBM 89 (34)}) 9. cxd4
Nge7 10. Nc3 Ng6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Re1 Na5 14. Rc1 Nc4 15. Rc2 Nxe3
16. fxe3 b5 17. a3 $14 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Radjabov,T/Dubai FIDE GP 2002/CBM 89 
(59)}) 8... h6 9. h4 Qc7 10. h5 Nge7 11. Re1 {[%mdl 2048] Quite difficult
position to play for both sides -concrete plans are not existing and the
players must spent time for long manoeuvres.} cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb6 13. g4 ({
gives time for Black to finish development -} 13. Na3 Nf5 14. Nc2 Be7 $13)
13... g6 ({The move in the game is not bad at all, but also worth of
considering was the sharp} 13... f5 $5 14. exf6 (14. gxf5 Nxf5 {[%csl Rd4]})
14... gxf6 {[%cal Gh8g8] with a quite promising position for black.}) 14. hxg6
Nxg6 15. Nc3 Rg8 (15... h5 $5 16. gxh5 (16. g5 h4 $132) 16... Rxh5 $13) 16. Kh1
Be7 17. Rg1 (17. Na4 Qd8 {[%cal Ge7g5]}) 17... Bg5 (17... Rh8 $5 {[%cal Gh6h5]}
) 18. Rb1 ({Perhaps White should have considered} 18. Na4 Qa7 19. Nc5 $140 Nxd4
20. Nxd7 Nxf3 21. Bxg5 Nxg5 22. Nf6+ Kf8 $13) 18... Qd8 19. Be3 f6 $1 20. exf6
Qxf6 21. Qd2 (21. Na4 $5) 21... Nce7 ({Worth considering} 21... Nf4 $142 22.
Bf1 (22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. Bxf4 gxf4 {[%csl Rd4]}) 22... Rh8 $1 $36 {with very
complicated struggle with better prospects for Black}) 22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 (
23. Rg2 Nf4) 23... Qxf2 24. Rg2 $8 Rh8+ 25. Bh6 Rxh6+ $5 {Interesting exchange
sacrifice. Bareev eliminates the strong white bishop and wins the important
central pawn d4.} (25... Qf4 26. Rh2) 26. Qxh6 Qxd4 27. Rd1 Qf4 28. Rh2 (28. g5
$5 Bc6 (28... Kd8 29. Bd3 Be8) 29. Bh5 (29. Rf1 Qe5 30. Bh5 d4 $132) 29... Qf5
$13 {[%cal Gd5d4,Ge8d7] leads to very complicated game.}) 28... Bc6 29. Qxf4
Nxf4 $44 {[%csl Gc6,Gd5,Ge6,Gf4]} 30. Rh8+ Kf7 31. Rxc8 Nxc8 32. Kh2 e5 $15 {
It became clear that just Black can continue to play for a win.} 33. Kg3 $5 (
33. Bf3 $5) 33... d4 $1 34. Bc4+ Kf6 35. Ne2 Nd6 36. Nxf4 $1 {Inportant
resource! Sacrificing the knight for two pawns Grischuk is getting very good
chances for a draw.} exf4+ 37. Kxf4 Nxc4 38. b3 Ne3 39. g5+ Kg6 40. Rxd4 Nd5+
41. Ke5 Nc3 42. Rd2 Ne4 ({In the case of} 42... Kxg5 43. Rc2 Nd5 44. Rxc6 $1
bxc6 45. Kd6 $11 {leads to force draw.}) 43. Rd8 Nc3 (43... Nxg5 44. Rd6+ Kg7
45. Rxc6 bxc6 46. Kd6 $11) 44. a3 ({White could play already} 44. Rd6+ Kxg5 45.
Rxc6 $1 bxc6 46. Kd6 Nxa2 47. Kxc6 Kf6 48. Kb6 Nb4 49. Ka5 $11) 44... Kxg5 45.
Rg8+ Kh4 46. Rg1 {[%csl Rh4]} Ne2 47. Rg6 Nc1 48. b4 Nd3+ 49. Kd4 Nb2 50. Rxc6
$1 {Finally!} bxc6 51. Kc5 Kg5 52. Kxc6 Kf6 53. Kb7 Nc4 54. a4 a5 55. bxa5 (55.
b5 Nb2 56. Ka6 Nxa4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.11.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 ({After} 7.
cxd4 {Black can swap the light-squared bishops in a more comfortable situation
-} Bb5) 7... Ne7 ({More popular is} 7... Nc6 8. Nxc6 {or} bxc6 (8... Bxc6 {
Grischuk - M.Gurevich Wijk aan Zee 2002}) 9. O-O Ne7 10. Qe2 Ng6 11. Kh1 Be7
12. f4 O-O 13. Nd2 f5 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. Be3 c5 17. g3 Qb7 18. b4
cxb4 19. Bd4 e5 20. fxe5 Re8 21. Ng5 Nxe5 {1-0 Timman,J-De Jong,M/Amsterdam
ACT op 2004/ (25)}) 8. O-O ({Nakamura against Volkov in Tripoli opted for the
"symmetrical"} 8. Nd2 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gd2f3]} Nbc6 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. Qe2 Qc7
11. Nf3 h6 12. O-O g5 13. h3 Bg7 14. Re1 O-O-O 15. Be3 Kb8 16. Bd4 Nxd4 17.
Nxd4 h5 18. Rac1 g4 19. h4 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Qxe6 Bxh4 23. Qe5
Qxe5 24. Rxe5 g3 {1-0 Nakamura,H-Volkov,S/Wch KO Tripoli 2004/(73)}) 8... Nbc6
9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. Qe2 {The variation is perhaps not the most ambitious but a
very solid choice. White gets a small advantage in a safe position.} h6 $146 (
10... Qc7 11. f4 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 O-O 13. Nd2 f5 14. b4 Bb6 15. a4 a6 16. Nb3 Ne7
17. Bd2 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Be8 19. Be3 Bh5 20. Qf2 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 b6 22. a5 b5 23. h3
Qa7 24. Nc5 Rxc5 25. Qxc5 {1-0 Willemze,J-De Jong,M/Amsterdam ACT op 2004/(89)}
) ({In case of} 10... Be7 {Black should reckon with} 11. Qg4 {[%csl Rg7]}) (
10... g6 {was possible but h7-h6 is a useful advance moreover it allows Black
to keep the g7-g5 option.}) 11. b4 g6 12. Nd2 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gd2f3]} Bg7 13.
Nf3 Qc7 14. Re1 Ne7 ({I don't think this retreat is essential.} 14... O-O {
is more comprehensible.} 15. h4) 15. Be3 (15. b5 $5 {[%cal Cc7c3,Gc1a3]} Qxc3
16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Bb4 $44) 15... O-O (15... b6 16. Rac1 {[%cal Gc3c4] followed
by c3-c4 with White's edge}) (15... Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd2 {[%cal Oe3h6,
Re3d4]} Qg7 18. Bc5 $44) 16. Qd2 (16. Bc5 $5 Rfe8 17. Rac1 {with cler
advantage of white.}) 16... Kh7 17. Bc5 Rfe8 18. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5][%mdl 128]} ({
The "mellow"} 18. Rac1 {is good as well}) 18... Qd8 ({The immediate} 18... b6 {
was more to the point.} 19. Bd6 Qb7 20. h5 Nf5 21. hxg6+ fxg6 22. Bxf5 exf5 23.
Nd4 $16 {[%csl Rd7]}) 19. h5 b6 ({If} 19... Nf5 20. g4 Nh4 21. Nd4 {[%csl Gd4,
Yh4] and the difference in the knights' positions is a visible sign of White's
advantage}) 20. Bxe7 (20. Bd6 $5 Nf5 21. hxg6+ fxg6 22. Bxf5 $36) 20... Rxe7
21. Qf4 ({Watching this position on-line I couldn't understand why didn't
White play simply} 21. hxg6+ fxg6 22. Nh4 Be8 23. Qc2 {After} Kg8 24. Bxg6 Rc7
25. Nf3 Rac8 (25... Bxg6 26. Qxg6 Qe8 27. Qg4 $1 Rxc3 $140 28. Nd4 {[%csl Re6]}
) 26. Re3 $16 {Black would not have sufficient compensation for the pawn...})
21... Be8 22. Nd4 (22. Qg4 $5 Rc8 23. Rac1 {[%cal Gf3h4] and black needs good
advice!}) 22... Rc8 {Black is successfully defending his weakness on g6.
However, White can bring more resources.} 23. Re3 $16 Kh8 24. hxg6 Rxc3 (24...
fxg6 25. Rc1 {[%csl Re6,Rg6]}) 25. gxf7 Bxf7 26. b5 {[%cal Gd4c6]} ({But} 26.
Nb5 $5 Rc6 27. Nd6 {was obviously better as it would have stood closer to the
enemy king}) (26. Rh3 Qf8 $8 27. Nb5 Rc6 28. Nd6 $16) 26... Rec7 27. Nc6 (27.
Rh3 $5 Qf8 28. a4 {and Black can't organized any counter play.}) 27... Qf8 28.
Rf3 Qa3 {Zatonskih decides that it is better to die standing than to live on
your knees!} 29. Rd1 $2 ({Correct was} 29. Qh4 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Gh4d8]} Rd7 30.
Rd1 {with initiative}) 29... Bh5 30. Rh3 ({After} 30. g4 Rf7 31. Qg3 Rxf3 32.
Qxf3 Bg6 {[%csl Rd3] White loses the bishop due to the pin.}) 30... Rf7 ({
Simpler is White's task in case of} 30... Bxd1 31. Rxh6+ Bxh6 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33.
Qxe6+ {with perpetual , because black can't play} Rf7 34. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 35.
Qxf7+ Kh6 36. Ne7 $18) {Here Shabalov made the last mistake, which rewarded
Anna's resourcefulness} 31. Qg3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({White should have stuck to
the idea of taking on h6 -} 31. Qd2 $1 {[#]} Bxd1 32. Rxh6+ $1 Bxh6 ({or} 32...
Kg8 $2 33. Bh7+ Kh8 $1 ({Bad} 33... Kf8 34. Qg5 $1 Re7 (34... Bxh6 35. Qg8#)
35. Rf6+ Ke8 36. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 37. Qd8+ Kf7 38. Qg8#) 34. Bg6+ Kg8 35. Bxf7+
Kxf7 36. Qf4+ Kg8 37. Rxe6 $1 $18) 33. Qxh6+ Kg8 34. Qg6+ Kf8 35. Qh6+ {
and it will be correct time for draw proposal.}) 31... Bxd1 32. Nd8 $6 (32. Qg6
$142 $5 Rxd3 33. Qxf7 Be2 $5 34. Ne7 $140 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Rxh3+ 36. Kxh3 Qh1+ 37.
Kg3 Bxe5+ 38. f4 Bxf4+ 39. Qxf4 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Kg7 $19) 32... Re7 33. Qg6 (33.
Nc6 Bc2 $19) 33... Rxd3 34. Rxh6+ ({If} 34. Rxd3 Qc1 ({not} 34... Bc2 $4 35.
Qxg7+) 35. Kh2 Bc2 {winning}) 34... Bxh6 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. Nxe6 ({In the event
of} 36. Qg6+ Rg7 37. Qxe6+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ Rg6 39. Qd7+ Kh8 40. Nf7+ Kg8 {the
king escapes from checks.}) 36... Rxe6 ({After} 36... Kf7 $1 {Anna could win
quicker.}) 37. Qxe6+ Kf8 38. Qf6+ Ke8 39. Qe6+ Kf8 40. Qf6+ Ke8 41. Qg6+ ({
Nothing change and} 41. Qe6+ $5 Kd8 42. Qg8+ Kd7 43. Qf7+ Qe7 44. Qf5+ Qe6 {
- leads to the game with different move order.}) 41... Kd8 42. Qg8+ Kd7 43.
Qf7+ (43. e6+ Kd6) 43... Qe7 44. Qf5+ Qe6 45. Qxd3 Bh5 {It's clear that Black
must win this endgame without too many technical problems.} 46. Qh7+ Bf7 47. f4
Qg6 48. Qh3+ (48. Qxg6 Bxg6 49. g4 Bd3 $19) 48... Be6 49. Qa3 Qb1+ 50. Kf2 (50.
Kh2 Qh7+ 51. Kg3 Ke8 $19) 50... Ke8 51. Qd6 (51. Qxa7 Qxb5) 51... Qc2+ 52. Kg3
Qf5 53. Qc6+ (53. Qb8+ Bc8 $1) 53... Kf7 54. Qb7+ Kg6 55. Qxa7 Qg4+ 56. Kh2
Qxf4+ 57. Kh1 Qh4+ 58. Kg1 Qe1+ {[%csl Re5]} 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 {Not the hottest
theoretical line, but one that still presents Black with some problems to
solve.} c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Be2 Bd7 9. Rb1 Ne7 (9... f5 10. O-O Rc8 11. Re1 Nh6
12. Nf1 Nf7 13. Bf4 Be7 14. h4 Nb3 15. Ne3 Ba4 16. Bf1 h6 17. Bh2 g5 18. Nd2
Nxd2 19. Qxd2 g4 20. g3 h5 21. Bg2 Bc6 22. Kh1 Bf8 23. Bg1 Bh6 24. f4 {
Kassebaum,R-Lemanczyk,T/NRW-Liga I 1998/0-1 (40)}) (9... Be7 10. h4 f5 11. exf6
Nxf6 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Ndf3 Qd8 14. h5 Nc6 15. h6 g6 16. Qc2 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qe8
18. Bf3 Ba4 19. Qe2 Bd6 20. O-O Nd7 21. Nxd7 Bxd7 22. g3 Qf7 23. Bg4 Rae8 24.
Re1 {Bermejo,L-Perez Cameselle,F/San Sebastian op 2000/1-0 (37)}) 10. g3 $146 {
Strange enough, but this move is already a new one.} (10. Qc2 Ng6 11. g3 Be7
12. b3 cxb3 13. Nxb3 Ba4 14. Nfd2 Nxb3 15. Nxb3 O-O 16. Qa2 Qc7 17. Bd2 Bc6 18.
O-O b6 19. Rfe1 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. f4 Bd7 22. Rbc1 Qd6 23. Be3 Be7 24. a4 Qa3
{Spitz,P-Weisz,J/Paris op 1993/1-0 (44)}) (10. Nf1 f6 11. h4 h5 12. Bf4 O-O-O
13. Ne3 Be8 14. O-O Bg6 15. b4 cxb3 16. Rb2 Nf5 17. c4 Bxa3 18. c5 Qb4 19. Nxf5
Bxf5 20. Bd2 Qa4 21. Qa1 Nc4 $132 {0-1 Haba,P-Shulman,Y/Yerevan olm 1996 (118)}
) (10. O-O $5) 10... Nec6 ({I would prefer} 10... h6 11. h4 O-O-O $13 {with a
complicated position}) 11. O-O Be7 12. Re1 h6 13. h4 Qc7 14. Bf1 a6 (14...
O-O-O $5) 15. h5 b5 16. Nh2 {[%cal Gh2g4,Gg4e3,Gf2f5] White's position is more
elastic - he can either play in the centre (f2-f5) or go for the attack on the
queenside ( b3). Black's chances for initiative are very limited.} O-O-O 17. b3
$5 cxb3 18. Nxb3 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 Na5 20. Qd1 Nc4 21. Ng4 $1 {[%cal Gg4e3]} Qa5 ({
It was very dangerous to play} 21... Bxa3 22. Bxa3 Nxa3 23. Ra1 Nc4 24. Rxa6
$16) 22. Ne3 Bc6 ({It deserves attention} 22... Qxc3 {but any case white's
advantage is obvious after, for example} 23. a4 $1 Qa5 (23... b4 $2 24. Nxc4
dxc4 25. Re3 $18) (23... bxa4 24. Nxc4 dxc4 25. Re3 Qa5 26. Qf3 $18 {[%cal
Rf3b7,Rf3f7]}) 24. axb5 Bxb5 25. Re2 $5 $40 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Ge2c2]}) 23. Qf3 (
23. a4 $5 Nxe3 24. Bxe3 Qxa4 25. Qf3 $16) 23... Qxc3 24. Bb2 $1 {This strong
move decides the game to White's favour literally in few moves.} Nxb2 (24...
Qa5 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. Qxf7 $18) 25. Rec1 Qxd4 ({After} 25... Qxa3 26. Ra1 Nc4
27. Rxa3 Bxa3 28. Rc2 $18 {[%cal Re3c4,Gf3a3] White not only wins the queen
but continues the dangerous attack.}) 26. Rxc6+ Kd7 (26... Kb7 27. Rc2 Na4 28.
Qxf7 (28. Rc4 $5 Qxe5 29. Rxa4 Rhf8 30. Bxb5 axb5 31. Rxb5+ $18) 28... Rhe8 29.
Rxb5+ $1 axb5 30. Bxb5 $18) 27. Rxa6 Ke8 28. Bxb5+ Kf8 29. Rxe6 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rf8,Rh8] Final blow} Bxa3 30. Ra6 (30. Nf5 $5 Qc5 (30... Qe4 31. Qxa3+
Kg8 32. Ne7+ Kh7 33. Rxb2 Qe1+ 34. Kg2 fxe6 35. Bd3+ $18) 31. Rd6 $1 Rb8 32.
Rd7 $18) 30... Be7 31. Nf5 (31. Nf5 Qc5 32. Nxe7 Qxe7 33. Rxb2) 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 08th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2000.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.05.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Bc2
(8. Bxf5 exf5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Ne2 h6 {doesn't promice advantage to white -} 11.
h4 g6 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Rb1 a5 14. Kf1 Be7 15. Kg1 Kd7 16. a3 Qa6 17. Be3 a4 $11
{1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Vaganian,R/WchT Luzern 1997/CBM 62 (30)}) (8. Be3 Be7 9. Nc3
Nxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. a3 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Qc2 h6 15. Rad1 Rc8
16. Qe2 Be8 17. Bb1 Rc7 18. e4 Bh5 19. e5 Bg5 20. Qd3 g6 $132 {0-1 Jonkman,
H-Glek,I/Vlissingen op 1998/CBM 66 (38)}) 8... Qb6 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. Nc3 Be6 11.
O-O (11. Ne2 h6 12. h4 O-O-O 13. Kf1 Kb8 14. Kg1 Be7 15. Rb1 f4 $1 16. Nxf4 Bf5
17. Ra1 Be4 $44 {Benjamin,J-Shaked,T/Kona 73/313 1998/Inf 73/[Shaked,T]/1/2-1/
2 (43)}) 11... h6 12. Na4 $146 (12. h4 Be7 13. Ne2 O-O-O 14. Rb1 g5 15. hxg5
hxg5 16. Bxg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Rh5 18. f4 Rdh8 19. Nf3 Kb8 20. Kf2 Bd7 $16 {
Benjamin,J-Edelman,D/New York MCC 1992/1-0 (55)}) 12... Qb5 13. Ne1 {[%cal
Ge1d3,Gd3f4]} Be7 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Nd3 {[%cal Gd3f4,Gd3c5]} b6 16. Nc3 Qc4 {
Looks little bit risky but after} (16... Qa6 17. Nf4 {[%csl Rd5] pawn on d5 is
weak.}) 17. Rc1 g5 $5 18. f4 g4 (18... Nxd4 19. b3 $18) 19. a4 {[%cal Gc3b5]}
Nb4 $6 ({I didn;t found how White can get advantage after} 19... Nxd4 $5 {
for example} 20. Nb5 (20. Nb1 Nc2 21. Bf2 Qb3 $13) 20... Nxb5 (20... Nc2 21.
Bf2 $18 {[%csl Rc2]}) 21. Rxc4 dxc4 22. axb5 Rd8 23. Qa4 Rxd3 24. Kf2 Rd7 $13 {
with reasonable compensation for the queen.}) 20. Nf2 Qa6 $6 (20... Na2 $142 $5
21. Nxa2 Qxa2 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8) 21. Nb5 {[%csl Gb5]} Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Kd7 $2 {
Last mistake} (22... Qb7 $1 {was much stronger}) 23. Nxg4 $1 {Black queen is
far away from the kingside, so it's logical for White to attack there.} fxg4
24. f5 $18 {[%csl Rd7]} Rg8 (24... h5 25. fxe6+ fxe6 26. Rf7 $40) 25. fxe6+
fxe6 26. Bd2 $1 (26. Bxh6 $5) 26... Nc6 (26... h5 27. Bxb4 Bxb4 28. Qc2 $18 {
[%cal Rc2c7,Rc2h7]}) 27. Bxh6 Qc8 28. Rf7 Rh8 29. Nd6 Qg8 30. Bg7 (30. Bg7 Rh7
31. Qxg4 Nxd4 32. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 33. Bf6+ Kf8 34. Qxd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Na3 cxd4 7. cxd4
Nf5 8. Nc2 Qb6 (8... Nh4 9. Nxh4 Qxh4 10. Be2 Bd7 11. O-O f5 12. b4 Qd8 13. b5
Na5 14. Ne3 Be7 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Qe1 b6 17. f4 $14 {Motylev-Potkin, TCh-RUS,
Togliatti 2003.}) (8... Nb4 9. Be2 Nxc2+ 10. Qxc2 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Bb4 12. a3 Bxd2+
13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Bd7 15. Rac1 Ne7 16. h4 Nc6 17. h5 h6 18. Rh4 $14 {
Svidler-Luther, Bundesliga 2003.}) 9. Be2 ({Sveshnikov gives the following
game as examplary for White:} 9. Bd3 $1 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Be7 11. h4 h5 12. g3 a5
13. Kg2 Bd7 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 f4 17. Qf3 $1 $16 {
Malaniuk-Lputian, Kiev 1986.}) 9... Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Be7 11. g3 (11. h4 h5 12. Bd3
Bd7 13. Rh3 $5 Rc8 14. Kg1 a5 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Rg3 g6 17. Bg5 Qxb2 18. Nfe1
Qb6 19. Rb1 Qa6 20. Nd3 Bxg5 21. Nc5 Qc4 22. e6 Bxe6 23. Rxg5 Nd8 24. Na3 Qxa2
25. Qc1 O-O 26. Kf1 Re8 27. Ra1 Rxc5 28. dxc5 Qb3 {1/2-1/2 Szieberth,A-Farago,
I/Budapest-06 GM 2004/ChessBase}) 11... Bd7 (11... O-O 12. h4 Qd8 13. Ne3 Nxe3+
14. Bxe3 f6 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Rb1 Bd7 17. Kg2 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bf6 20.
f4 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Bb5 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Qd2 Rf7 24. Rhf1 Raf8 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26.
Rc1 {Angelopoulos,P-Spirakopoulos,I/Ambelokipi op-33 2001/ChessBase/0-1 (45)})
12. Bd2 $146 (12. b4 Nxb4 13. Rb1 Ba4 14. Bd3 Qc7 15. Rxb4 Bxb4 16. Qe2 Be7 17.
Kg2 Rc8 18. Ne3 Nxe3+ 19. Bxe3 O-O 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. Qh5 h6 22. Bxg5 Qc3 23. Bb1
Bc2 24. Be3 Qd3 25. Bxc2 Rxc2 26. Re1 Rxa2 {Quiñonero Simon,J-Grau Dominguez,E/
Equipos Autonomico 2000/ChessBase/0-1 (35)}) (12. b3 O-O 13. Kg2 f6 14. g4
Nfxd4 15. Ncxd4 fxe5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rf1 Bd6 18. Bb2 Qc7 {Djuric,P-Masic,P/
Yugoslavia 1996}) (12. Kg2 O-O (12... Rc8 13. h3 Nb4 14. Nxb4 Qxb4 15. a4 Qb6
16. h4 h5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bf4 Kf7 19. Bd3 Rc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. d5 exd5 22.
Qxd5+ Be6 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. axb5 Bd5 {0-1 Morris,P-Farago,I/Hastings II 1989/
ChessBase (42)}) 13. g4 Nh4+ 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. Be3 Rac8 16. Qd2 Be7 17. f4 f6
18. b3 fxe5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 Qxe3 22. Raf1 Rc8 23. Qd3 Qxe5
24. Rf2 Rc3 25. Qd2 Bc6 26. Bf3 Bd6 {Serrano Pozo,F-Mario,S/corr 1999/
ChessBase/0-1}) 12... O-O 13. h4 {[%cal Gg3g4]} (13. g4 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15.
Kg2 f6 $1) 13... f6 $1 {This is an good way to solve the opening problems} 14.
g4 Nfxd4 $5 (14... Nxh4 15. Rxh4 (15. Nxh4 fxe5 $44) 15... fxe5 {[%cal Oe7h4,
Ge5e4]} 16. Bg5 $5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 $44) 15. Ncxd4 fxe5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 $132 {
[%mdl 2560]} 17. Bc3 $5 Bd6 (17... e4 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 c5 (19... e5 $5)
20. Nb3 d4 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Bxd4 $14) (17... d4 18. Nxd4 (18. b3 $5 Bc5 $5
$132) 18... exd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Bxd4 c5 21. Be3 Bc6 $132) 18. Rh3 Rab8 ({
A very unusual position could have arisen after} 18... h5 $142 $5 19. gxh5 $140
e4 20. h6 $5 $132 (20. Bd4 c5) (20. Qd4 $2 e5 {[%cal Oe5d4,Rd7h3]})) 19. Bd3
Qc7 (19... e4 $5 20. Bxe4 e5 $44) 20. Ng5 h6 $5 (20... e4 21. Bxe4 (21. Nxe4
dxe4 22. Bxe4 Bc5 23. f3 e5 $13) 21... dxe4 22. Qd4 Bc8 (22... e5 23. Qc4+ Kh8
24. Qxe4 g6 25. h5 $40) 23. Rd1 h6 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 hxg5 26. hxg5 $36)
21. Bh7+ (21. Nh7 $6 Rf4 22. Bg6 Bc5 {looks rather artificial.}) 21... Kh8 22.
Qc2 (22. Bc2 $5 hxg5 $140 23. hxg5+ Kg8 24. g6 Bc5 25. f3 e4 26. Ke2 $132)
22... Rf4 ({Too dangerous is} 22... hxg5 23. hxg5 {- it looks like White has
at least perpetual check, but to be honest, I think that Black now can just
dream about this result.}) (22... e4 23. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 24. Qxe4 hxg5 25. hxg5+
Kg8 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. g6+ Ke8 28. Bxg7 $18) 23. Qg6 (23. Bg6 $6 hxg5 24. hxg5+
Kg8 25. Ke2 Qb6 26. f3 Bc8 $17) ({Worth considering} 23. Bg8 $5 e4 $5 (23...
Kxg8 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxg7+ Kd8 27. Nf7+ Rxf7 28. Qxf7 $36) 24.
Bxe6 Rbf8 25. Bd4 c5 $132 {with sharp and unclear game.}) 23... Rf6 $5 ({
Black could try} 23... Qb6 {but after for example} 24. Rf3 hxg5 25. Rxf4 (25.
Qh5 $6 Rxf3 26. Be4+ Kg8 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Bxf3 d4 $17) 25... gxf4 26. Qh5 d4
27. Bd2 Qxb2 28. Bg6+ Kg8 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qxg7+ Kd8 32. Ba5+ {
the initiative belongs to white.}) 24. Nf7+ (24. Qc2 Rbf8 25. Ne4 $5 dxe4 26.
Bxe4 Rf4 $36) 24... Rxf7 25. Qxf7 Kxh7 26. g5 (26. h5 $5) 26... Be8 (26... c5
$5 {[%cal Oc7f7,Rd7b5]} 27. Rf3 d4 $17) 27. g6+ Kh8 28. Qxc7 Bxc7 {White
manage to keep exhange , but Black's strong pawns in the center gives him, at
worst, sufficient compensation.} 29. h5 d4 30. Rf3 (30. Be1 e4 $1) 30... Kg8
31. Be1 c5 (31... Rxb2 32. Rb3 Rc2 (32... Rxb3 33. axb3 Bb6 34. f3 $132) 33.
Rb7 Bb6 34. a4 {I believe that Black's chances are higher, but it will be not
so easy to play this double-egged position .}) 32. Rc1 Bd6 (32... e4 $5) 33.
Rb3 $5 Rxb3 34. axb3 Bb5+ 35. Kg2 Kf8 ({Why not} 35... e4 $5 {[%csl Gc5,Gd4,
Ge4] with clear advantage.}) 36. f3 $1 Bd3 37. Bg3 Ke7 38. b4 $5 {open line
for the rook.} cxb4 (38... c4 39. Ra1 Bb8 40. Ra5 $1) 39. Rc8 {[%csl Rg7]} e4
$1 40. Rg8 $1 (40. fxe4 Bxe4+ 41. Kf2 Bxg3+ 42. Kxg3 d3 $17) 40... Bxg3 41.
Rxg7+ Kf8 42. Rf7+ Kg8 43. Kxg3 e3 {[%csl Gd4,Ge3,Gg6] It is very difficult to
evaluate this sharp endgame.} 44. Rd7 {Possibly wrong decision. Nakamura could
make a draw by playing} (44. Rxa7 $5 Bxg6 $5 45. Rd7 $1 (45. hxg6 $140 $2 d3
46. Rd7 d2 $19) 45... d3 46. Rd8+ Kg7 47. Rd7+ Kg8 (47... Kf6 48. hxg6 d2 49.
g7 e2 50. g8=Q e1=Q+ 51. Kg2 Qe2+ $11) 48. Rd8+ $11 {but he still tries to win
game.}) 44... e5 45. f4 (45. Rd8+ Kg7 46. Rd7+ Kf6 $1 47. Rd6+ Ke7) 45... exf4+
46. Kxf4 e2 47. Re7 (47. Rd8+ Kg7 48. Re8 Bb5 49. Re7+ Kf8 $19) 47... Kf8 48.
Re5 (48. g7+ Kxe7 49. g8=Q e1=Q 50. Qg7+ Kd6 $1 51. Qxd4+ Ke6 52. Qxd3 Qe5+ $19
) 48... a5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Unfortunately Ibragimov missed that after} 48...
Bb5 $1 49. Kf5 d3 50. Kf6 {he can continue} Ba4 $3 (50... d2 $2 51. g7+ Kg8 52.
Rxb5 $18) 51. Re7 e1=Q $1 52. Rxe1 d2 $19 {with an easy victory.}) 49. Kf3 a4
50. Kf2 a3 51. bxa3 b3 (51... bxa3 52. Ra5 $18) 52. g7+ $1 Kxg7 53. Re7+ Kf6
54. Rb7 Bc4 (54... Bc2 55. Kxe2 Kg5 56. Rb5+ Kg4 57. Kd2 $18) 55. Rb4 Bf7 (
55... b2 56. Rxb2 d3 57. a4 $1 (57. Rb6+ Kg5 58. Rd6 Kxh5 59. a4 $16) 57... Kg5
$140 58. Rb5+ $1 $18) 56. a4 (56. Kxe2 $5 Bxh5+ 57. Kd3 Bf7 58. Rxd4) 56... d3
57. a5 Bxh5 (57... Ke5 58. a6 Bxh5 59. Rb5+ Kd4 60. Rxh5 $18) 58. Ke1 (58. Rb6+
$2 Ke5 $1 59. Rb5+ Kd4 60. Rxh5 b2 61. Rb5 Kc3 62. a6 Kc2 $1 63. Rxb2+ $1 Kxb2
64. a7 d2 65. Kxe2 Kc2 66. a8=Q d1=Q+ 67. Kf2 $11) 58... Ke5 59. a6 $1 ({
White avoids the last trick:} 59. Rb5+ Kd4 60. Rxh5 b2 61. Rb5 Kc3 62. a6 Kc2
63. Rc5+ Kb3 64. Rb5+ Kc2 $11) 59... Bf3 $8 60. a7 h5 61. Rxb3 Kd4 62. Rb8 h4 (
62... Kc3 63. Rc8+ Kb4 64. a8=Q Bxa8 65. Rxa8 $18) 63. Rd8+ (63. Kd2 $5) 63...
Kc3 64. Rc8+ Kd4 65. Kd2 h3 66. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 {Khalifman choose French defence as a main weapon against 1.e4 and
with not so bad results-he played French 4 times against strongest players in
the world and made three draws and lost one.} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {All other
opponents of Alexander choose most dangerous move for Black , according to my
opinion, 3.Nc3} c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nh6 {Fashionabal line. Deserves
attention and 6.... c4, but this is already another story} 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 (
8. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 9. cxd4 {leads to interesting game, but Black doing more or
less Ok after} Bd7 10. Be2 Rc8 11. O-O Ne7 12. Bd3 Bg7 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. a4 a6
$13 {1-0 Motylev,A-San Segundo Carrillo,P/Ubeda op 2000 (37)}) 8... Nf5 9. Bb2
Be7 10. Bd3 ({Modest} 10. Be2 {is not too dangerous for Black -} Bd7 11. O-O
Rc8 12. Qd3 Na5 13. g4 Nh6 14. h3 Nc4 15. Bc1 a5 16. bxa5 Qxa5 17. Bd2 Nxd2 18.
Nbxd2 O-O 19. Nb3 Qa7 20. Nfd2 Rc7 21. f4 Rfc8 $15 {[%cal Gc7c3] Afek,
Y-Zielinska,M, Wijk aan Zee op, 1999}) 10... a5 $1 {Principal move, but it is
not clear if White can pretend for advantage after} (10... Bd7 11. Bxf5 exf5
12. O-O a5 $1 {for example} 13. Nc3 Be6 14. b5 a4 $1 15. bxc6 Qxb2 16. Qd3 Qb6
17. cxb7 Qxb7 18. Rfb1 Qd7 19. Rb5 O-O 20. Rab1 Rfc8 $15 {[%csl Ra3,Gc8] 0-1
Xia Yanchong-Nikulin,A/Winnipeg Oliver mem 2000/Ajelibre (26)}) 11. Bxf5 (11.
b5 $2 Ncxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. O-O a4 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. Nxa4 Qa5 16. Bxd4 Qxa4 17.
Qxa4 Rxa4 18. Bb6 f6 $36 {0-1 Leissner,J-Jankovskis,G/Koln 1993 (29)}) 11...
exf5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. b5 a4 14. bxc6 $146 {[%mdl 8] Novelty.Black equalized
easily after " normal" moves as} (14. O-O Na5 (14... Nb8 15. Bc1 Nd7 16. Rb1
O-O 17. Nxa4 Qa5 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Qd3 d4 $1 $15 {0-1 Campora,
D-Dokhoian,Y/Wijk-B 1989 (26)}) 15. Bc1 Nc4 16. Nxa4 Qxb5 17. Nc3 Qc6 18. Rb1
Bxa3 19. Bxa3 Nxa3 20. Rb3 O-O 21. Qd3 Nc4 22. h3 Rfc8 $15 {Vasiukov,
E-Moskalenko,V/Belgorod 1990/1/2-1/2 (61)}) ({or} 14. Rb1 Na5 15. Nxa4 Qxb5 16.
Bc3 Qc6 17. Bb4 Nc4 18. Nc5 Nxa3 19. Rb3 Nc4 20. O-O b6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Ng5
Bxb4 23. Rxb4 O-O $17 {0-1 Mitkovski,Z-Riemelmoser,O/Graz op-A 1997 (42), but,
unfortunately, for white, this move doesn't changed estimation of position as
nice for aBlack.}) 14... Qxb2 15. O-O (15. Nxa4 $5 {Was a interesting option.
Black had to play very carefully in this case -} Rxa4 16. cxb7 Qc3+ $1 (16...
O-O 17. O-O {[%cal Ra1b1,Rd1a4]}) (16... Bb4+ 17. axb4 Qxb4+ 18. Nd2 Rxa1 19.
Qxa1 Qxb7 20. Qa3 $1 $36 {[%csl Re8]}) 17. Nd2 (17. Ke2 $4 Qc4+ $19) 17... O-O
18. Rb1 {[%cal Rd1a4,Rb7b8]} Bb4 $1 19. Rxb4 (19. axb4 Ra2 {[%csl Re1]}) 19...
Rxb4 20. axb4 Qxd4 21. O-O Rb8 $11 {with equal chances}) 15... bxc6 $1 ({
It was possible and except sacrifice -} 15... Qxc3 16. cxb7 Rb8 17. Qxa4+ Bd7
18. Qa7 O-O $1 (18... Qc7 19. e6 $1 (19. Rfc1) (19. Rab1 Bc6 $19) 19... fxe6
20. Rab1 Bf6 (20... Bc6 21. Ne5 O-O $1 (21... Rxb7 22. Qa8+ Qd8 (22... Bd8 23.
Nxc6) 23. Qa6 $1 $16) 22. Nxc6 (22. Qa6 Bxb7 23. Qxe6+ Kh8) 22... Qxc6 23. a4
Bd6 24. a5 {[%csl Ga5,Gb7] and white pawns are very dangerous and I just don't
see how Black can stop them.}) 21. Rfc1 Qd6 22. a4 {again with many problems
for Black}) 19. Rfc1 Qb2 20. Rab1 Qa2 $1 (20... Qxa3 21. Qxa3 Bxa3 22. Rc3 $1
Be7 23. Rc7 Rfd8 24. e6 $1 fxe6 25. Ne5 $18 {[%csl Gb7,Gc7,Ge5]}) 21. Ra1 Qb2
$11) 16. Nxa4 Qb5 17. Nc3 Qc4 {Khalifman can be satisfied with the results of
sharp opening fight - two bishops promise to Black at least equal chances} 18.
Ne2 O-O (18... Rxa3 19. Nf4 Ra6 $1 $13 (19... Bd7 $2 20. e6 $1 Bxe6 21. Rxa3
Bxa3 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Ne5 $18)) 19. Rc1 Qa6 20. Rc3 Rfc8 $13 {[%cal Gc6c5]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Drammen Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen"]
[Date "2004.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4
Nge7 9. Na3 Nf5 10. Nc2 h5 (10... a5 11. g4 (11. Kh1 h5 12. Bg5 Rc8 13. Qd2 Be7
14. Bd3 $1 $146 Bxg5 (14... Ncxd4 15. Nfxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 (16... Nxc2 17.
Bd6 $1 Nxa1 18. Qg5 $18) 17. Qe3 Rxc2 18. Bxc2 Qxb2 19. Rab1 Qxc2 20. Qxd4 $16)
15. Qxg5 Nce7 (15... Ncxd4 $2 16. Ncxd4 Nxd4 17. Qe3 $18) (15... Qxb2 $2 16.
Rfb1 Qc3 17. Rb3 $18) (15... Qd8 16. Qf4 $14) 16. Bxf5 exf5 $1 (16... Nxf5 17.
Ne3 $14) 17. Ne3 Qh6 18. g3 $1 $14 {Diaz,J-Corrales,F/Cuba 2004/Inf 89/
[Corrales,F]}) 11... Nfe7 12. Nh4 Ng6 13. Ng2 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Kh1 Bg7 16.
f4 f5 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Be3 Rc8 19. b3 O-O 20. Bf3 Nce7 21. Qd2 Rf6 22. Nge1
Rfc6 23. Bd1 Rc3 24. Nf3 Bb5 25. Rf2 Bd3 {0-1 Howell,D-Rahman,Z/BCF-ch
Edinburgh 2003/ (43)}) (10... f6 11. Bd3 Nfe7 12. b4 Ng6 13. a3 Be7 14. b5 Na5
15. Rb1 Rc8 16. Re1 O-O 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Ne3 f5 19. Bd2 Qd8 20. Bb4 Bxb4 21.
Rxb4 b6 {1-0 Gonzalez,Y-Esquivel,L/Santa Clara Garcia mem-B 2004/ (50)}) 11. b3
(11. b4 Rc8 12. Rb1 a6 13. Be3 Na7 14. Qd2 Bb5 15. Bxb5+ Nxb5 16. Rb3 Qc6 17.
Na1 Be7 18. Ne1 Qc4 19. Nec2 Nc3 20. Re1 Ne4 21. Qc1 Nc3 22. Qd2 Ne4 23. Qc1
Nc3 24. Qd2 Ne4 25. Qc1 Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Movsesian,M-Rohan,M/CZE t-ch 1999/
ChessBase}) 11... a5 (11... Be7 12. Bb2 g5 13. Nfe1 g4 14. Rb1 a5 15. a3 Kf8
16. Bc3 Kg7 17. Qd2 Rh6 18. Bd3 Nh4 19. Qe3 f5 20. exf6+ Bxf6 21. Bd2 Rhh8 22.
Qg3 Ne7 23. Kh1 Nef5 24. Bxf5 Nxf5 25. Qf4 Bb5 26. Rg1 {Zhuravliov,V-Mortensen,
E/Debrecen EU-tch 1992/ChessBase/0-1 (67)}) (11... Rc8 12. Bb2 Nb4 13. Nxb4
Bxb4 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Qd3 a6 16. a4 Be7 17. Ba1 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8
20. Ne1 g6 21. Qc3 Bd7 22. Nd3 Bc6 23. a5 Qc7 24. Bb2 Bd8 25. b4 Bb5 26. Kf1 {
Nguyen Thi Dung Than-Le Thanh Huyen/Hanoi nat op W 2002//1/2-1/2 (66)}) 12. Bb2
Be7 13. Ne3 Nxe3 $146 (13... g6 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15. Qd2 Nd8 16. Bc3 Bb5 17. Bxb5+
Qxb5 18. Rfb1 Nc6 19. Ne1 Kd7 20. Nc2 Bb4 21. a4 Qb6 22. Bxb4 axb4 23. Rd1 Rag8
24. h3 Rg6 25. Rac1 Rhg8 26. Ne1 Qd8 27. Qd3 f4 28. Rc5 {Boukal,P-Vaculik,M/
CZE t-ch2 9900 1999/EXT 2001/1-0 (51)}) 14. fxe3 {[%cal Gf1f7]} a4 {Disturbing
White on the queen side.} 15. Rb1 {Shirov doesn't want to exchange too many
pieces.} axb3 16. axb3 Ra2 {Black's position is not bad, but what to do with
his king - there are no safe place for him on the board.} 17. Kh1 Nb4 (17...
O-O 18. Ne1 h4 19. Nd3 $36 {[%cal Gd3f4]}) 18. Bc3 O-O (18... Bb5 $5 $14) 19.
Ng1 $1 {[%cal Ge2h5]} h4 ({Worth considering} 19... Bb5 {with possible
continuation} 20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21. Bxb4 Bxb4 22. Qxh5 Qd3 {with some compensation
for the pawn.}) 20. Nh3 {[%cal Gh3f4]} Nc2 21. Bd2 Na3 {Consistent but
actually helpful for White.} ({For some reasons Kortschnoj avoids light
coloured bishops exchange - again after} 21... Bb5 $5 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Nf4 {
[%cal Gd1g4]} Bg5 $5 24. Qg4 Bxf4 25. Qxf4 Qd3 $132 {Black could get good
counter play.}) 22. Rc1 Rb2 23. b4 ({After the immediate} 23. Bd3 Qxb3 {
White can't send the queen to the kingside.}) ({To} 23. Bc3 {Black replies}
Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Bb5 {with an equal position}) 23... Bxb4 $2 {Kortschnoj clearly
overerestimates his chances} ({Last time Black could play} 23... Bb5 {trading
the light-squared bishops. Now Shirov starts direct attack on the black's
monarch.}) 24. Bd3 $3 {It's not so simple to defend against White's simple
threat 25.Qh5} ({In the case of} 24. Bxb4 Qxb4 25. Bd3 {doesn't work due to}
Qd2) 24... g6 ({The bishop is untouchable in view of the mating threats:} 24...
Rxd2 {loses to} 25. Qh5 f5 (25... g6 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 28. Ng5) (
25... Rxd3 26. Ng5 $18) 26. Ng5 Ra8 27. Qf7+ Kh8 28. Rf4) (24... f5 25. exf6 {
followed by Qh5 and Ng5 doesn't save either.}) ({It was too late to play} 24...
Bb5 {due} 25. Bxb4 Rxb4 (25... Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Qxb4 27. Ng5 g6 28. Rxf7 $1) 26.
Bh7+ $1 (26. Ng5 {wins too but it's far less spectacular}) 26... Kxh7 27. Qh5+
Kg8 28. Ng5 Bd3 29. Qxf7+ $1 Rxf7 30. Rc8+ {mating}) 25. Qg4 Kg7 ({To} 25...
Be8 26. Qxh4 {or} (26. Bxb4 Qxb4 27. Ng5 {decides})) (25... Rxd2 26. Bxg6 $1
fxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 28. Ng5 $18) 26. Bxb4 (26. Ng5 $5 Be8 (26... Bxd2 27. Qxh4
Rh8 28. Rxf7+ Kg8 29. Rf8+ $1 Kxf8 30. Qxh8+ Ke7 31. Qf6+ Ke8 32. Bxg6#) 27.
Bxb4 Qxb4 28. Bxg6 $1 {also wins quickly.}) 26... Qxb4 27. Nf4 {White's
threats are too strong, so Black resigns.} 1-0

[Event "Dallas UTD"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2004.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fernandez, Daniel"]
[Black "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.12.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O Qc7 8. Re1 (8.
Bf4 Nge7 (8... O-O-O 9. Bg3 f5 10. Na3 h6 11. Nb5 Qb6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b4 Be7
14. Bf4 Rf8 15. Be3 Qd8 16. Nxa7+ Nxa7 17. Bxa7 Qc7 18. Qd4 {1-0 Cherniaev,
A-Mason,D/BCF t-ch 0304 2004}) 9. Na3 (9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Nc3 Nxd3
12. Qxd3 Ng6 13. Bg3 Qc4 14. Qxc4 dxc4 15. d5 f5 16. h4 Bb4 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18.
Nb5 O-O-O 19. h5 f4 20. Bh2 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 a6 {1-0 Alekseev,E-Karasev,V/St
Petersburg-ch 2001/ (33)}) (9. Bg3 Nf5 10. exf6 Qb6 11. f7+ Kxf7 12. Qd2 cxd4
13. cxd4 Nfxd4 14. Nc3 Be7 15. Rfe1 Rhf8 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bg4 Rad8 18. Rad1
Bf6 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Nc6 21. Rxd5 Bc8 {0-1 Mennella,J-Pruess,D/USA op Los
Angeles 2003/ (64)}) 9... Ng6 10. Bg3 fxe5 11. Nb5 Qb6 12. dxe5 a6 13. Nd6+
Bxd6 14. exd6 Qxb2 15. Rb1 Qxc3 16. Rxb7 c4 17. h4 Rd8 18. h5 Nge5 19. Nxe5
Nxe5 20. Bh4 Rc8 {1-0 Ilfeld,E-Pruess,D/USA op Los Angeles 2003/T(24)}) 8...
O-O-O 9. Na3 (9. Bf4 Nge7 10. Qd2 (10. Bd3 c4 11. Bf1 Ng6 12. Bg3 f5 13. h4 Be7
14. b3 Na5 15. Nbd2 f4 16. Bh2 Rhf8 17. h5 Nh8 18. bxc4 dxc4 19. Qe2 Kb8 20.
Qe4 g5 21. g4 h6 22. Qh7 Rf7 {1/2-1/2 Kristjansson,S-Berg,E/Gausdal GM 2003/ 
(65)}) 10... Ng6 11. Bg3 f5 12. h4 f4 13. Bxf4 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Be7 15. Nbd2 Rdf8
16. Qg4 Qb6 17. c4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Rac1 Kd8 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Qg3 Be6 {
1-0 Jonkman,H-Michielsen,J/Hoogeveen op 2004/ (25)}) 9... fxe5 (9... a6 10.
dxc5 fxe5 11. b4 e4 12. Nd4 e5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Be3 Nf6 15. Rb1 Be7 16. b5
axb5 17. Nxb5 Qa5 18. Rb4 d4 19. Ra4 dxe3 20. Rxa5 Rxd1 21. Ra8+ Kd7 22. Rxd1+
Ke6 23. Rxh8 Bxc5 24. fxe3 {Erenburg,S-Zhukova,N/ACP preliminary2 2004/
ChessBase/1-0}) 10. Nb5 Qb6 11. dxe5 Nh6 $146 (11... a6 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. exd6
Nf6 14. Rb1 Ne4 15. Ng5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qxb1 17. Nf7 Qxa2 18. Nxh8 Rxh8 19. Bg4
d4 20. Qf3 Qd5 21. Qf7 Re8 22. Qxe8+ Bxe8 23. Bxe6+ Qxe6 24. Rxe6 Kd7 25. Re1
dxc3 26. Ba3 {Klings,P-Fischer,J/Oberliga Ost-B 1999/EXT 2002/0-1 (32)}) 12. b4
$5 {White open files on the queen-side, where he has more pieces for attack.} (
{Worthy of consideration and} 12. c4 $5) 12... cxb4 (12... c4 $2 13. a4 {
[%cal Ch6g4,Cg4f2,Rc1e3]} Ng4 (13... Nf5 14. g4 a6 15. gxf5 axb5 16. Be3 Qa6
17. axb5 Qxb5 18. Nd4 $1 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 $18) 14. Nfd4 Nxd4 15. Bxg4 Nxb5 16.
axb5 Bxb5 17. Be3 $16) (12... Nf5 $5 13. a4 $36) 13. Be3 Qa5 (13... Bc5 14.
Bxc5 Qxc5 15. cxb4 Qe7 (15... Qxb4 16. Rb1 {[%cal Ob1b4,Rb5d6]}) 16. Nbd4 $16)
14. cxb4 (14. Bg5 $5 Re8 (14... bxc3 15. Bxd8 Kxd8 16. Rc1 $16) 15. Bxh6 gxh6
16. c4 $5 a6 17. Nbd4 $40) 14... Bxb4 $8 15. Qb3 {[%cal Ch6f5,Cb4e1,Re1b1]} Nf5
$8 16. Nxa7+ $6 (16. Reb1 $142 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Be8 (17... a6 18. a3 $5 Be7 19.
Nd6+ Bxd6 20. exd6 {[%csl Rc8]}) 18. Nfd4 $40) 16... Kb8 $2 {I dare say this
is the major cause of Black's defeat.} (16... Nxa7 $142 17. Reb1 Nxe3 18. fxe3
Qa3 (18... Nc6 19. a3) 19. Qxb4 Qxb4 20. Rxb4 $14) 17. Reb1 Nxe3 18. Nxc6+ Bxc6
19. fxe3 (19. Nd4 $5 Ba4 20. Qxe3 Bc3 21. Nxe6 Rde8 22. Nc5 {with strong
attack.}) 19... Bc3 20. Nd4 $1 Bxd4 $6 {This exchange only consolidates
opponent's pawn chain} (20... Qc5 $142 21. Nxc6+ (21. Rc1 Bxd4 22. Rxc5 (22.
exd4 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 Qxe5 24. Rab1 Qc7 25. Bb5 Rd6 $1) 22... Bxc5 23. a4 $36)
21... Qxc6 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Rab1 {[%cal Rc1c3]} Rc7 $8 24. Kh1 $14) 21. exd4
Rhf8 $2 ({After correct} 21... Qd2 $1 22. Qd3 $5 (22. Qb6 Qxe2 23. Qxc6 Qe3+
24. Kh1 Qe1+ $1 25. Rxe1 bxc6 $14) 22... Qxd3 23. Bxd3 $14 {Black could
probably hold the position with accurate defence.}) 22. Qc2 (22. Qe3 $5) 22...
Qa4 $6 (22... Rc8 23. Bg4 $16) 23. Qc5 {[%csl Ra4,Rb8] White has got an
excellent attacking chances while Black still has no real counter play.} Rf4 {
Overlooking opponent's reply.} (23... Rc8 24. Rb4 Qa7 25. Rb6 $5 $18) 24. Rb4
$1 $18 Qa7 {A sad necessity - the Queen ends its tour on a rather poor place.}
25. Qxc6 Rxd4 26. Rb6 $1 Rb4 (26... Ka8 27. Qc7) 27. Bb5 $8 Ka8 28. Qc7 (28. a4
$5 {[%cal Ga4a6]}) 28... Rb8 29. Kh1 Rb2 (29... Qa5 30. Ra6+ $1 Qxa6 31. Bxa6
bxa6 32. h3) 30. a4 d4 31. a5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Feoktistov, Alexey A"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. O-O
Nf5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. g4 $5 (10. a3 Rc8 11. Bf4 g5 $1 12. Be3 g4 13. Ne1 h5 14.
Nc2 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bd3 Nce7 17. Qd2 O-O $15 {0-1 Kamsky,G-Kasparov,G/New
York exh 1989 (107)}) 10... Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. f4 {Quite rare move. As
usual white played in this position} (12. Be3 $5 {with possible continuation}
O-O 13. f4 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Rc1 g6 16. Qd2 Bg7 17. Bf3 Qa5 18. Bg2 Kh8 19.
Kh1 Rac8 20. h3 $14 {1-0 Nunn,J-Anand,V/Munchen 1991/Inf 51/ (40) but, to be
honest, I can't find any difference between this moves.}) 12... Be7 13. Be3 f6
$146 (13... Na5 14. Rc1 h5 15. gxh5 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Bc6
19. Nxe7 Qxe7 20. Qg4 Qe6 $1 {Malada,V-Zaja,I/Umag op 2000/ 0-1 (80)}) 14. Bd3
({I would prefer} 14. exf6 $5 Bxf6 15. Qd2 O-O 16. Rad1 {[%csl Gd4] with
chances fore some advantage.}) 14... fxe5 (14... O-O $142) 15. fxe5 Bg5 {
Risky move!} 16. Bf2 $6 {Why?} ({It will be not so easy to find satisfactory
defence for Black after natural and strong} 16. Qf3 $1 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Qh4 18.
Nb5 $40 {with strong attack.}) 16... O-O 17. Qc2 h6 $15 {[%csl Rd4,Rg4,Gg5]
Black managed to fulfil development and can pretend already for some advantage,
thanks to weak white's pawns.} 18. Kh1 Qe7 19. a3 (19. Bg1 $142) 19... Rf3 20.
Bg1 Raf8 21. Qe2 ({Worth considering} 21. Rxf3 $5 Rxf3 22. Rf1 Qf8 23. Qd1)
21... R3f4 {[%csl Rd4]} 22. Rad1 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Rxf1 24. Qxf1 Qf7 25. Qd1 ({
More chances for successful defence White could get after queens exchange -} 
25. Qxf7+ $142 Kxf7 26. Kg2 Na5 $5 $15 (26... Bc1 27. Nd1 Na5 $140 28. Be3))
25... Qf4 26. Nb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Blunder in already dangerouse position.} (26.
h3 $142 $5 Qg3 27. Bf1 {[%cal Gd1d3]}) 26... Nxe5 $1 {[%csl Rh1]} 27. dxe5 Bxb5
28. Bxa7 (28. Bxb5 $2 Qe4+) 28... Bxd3 29. Qxd3 Qc1+ (29... Qxe5 30. Bd4 Qf4
$19 {wins as easy as move in text.}) 30. Bg1 Qxb2 $19 {[%csl Ra3,Re5,Rh1]} 31.
Qg3 Qe2 32. Bf2 (32. h4 Qe4+ 33. Qg2 Qxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Bxh4) 32... Bh4 $1 {
Final blow.} 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 {Popular move in our days} (
5... Qb6) (5... Bd7 {could be reasonable alternatives}) 6. a3 Nf5 7. b4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O ({Deserves attention} 9... f6 {for example} 10. Bd3 fxe5
11. Bxf5 exf5 12. dxe5 O-O 13. O-O Be6 14. b5 Na5 15. Nd4 Qd7 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17.
Nc3 Rad8 $11 {0-1 Ancheyta,V-Aldama,D/Merida op 1999 (31)}) 10. Bd3 {I suppose,
what White managed to keep small opening advantage.} (10. Nbd2 f6 11. b5 Na5
12. Bd3 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Bd7 14. Bc3 Be8 15. Qa4 b6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sabol,M-Vanek,P/
CZE Extraliga 1999 (31)}) 10... a6 $146 (10... Bd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Nc3 Nh4 13.
Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Na4 f5 15. Nc5 Rc7 16. Bb5 Bc8 17. Rc1 $14 {Hartikainen,
M-Linqvist,G/Uusikaupunki 1996/1-0 (42)}) 11. O-O f6 ({In the case of} 11...
Nh4 12. Nbd2 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 $36 {white advantage is obvious.}) 12. Bxf5 $5 exf5
13. Nc3 f4 $5 14. Re1 Kh8 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Re2 (16. Na4 $5 $14) 16... f5 (16...
fxe5 $142 $5 17. dxe5 Qd7 $13 {[%cal Gd5d4] leads to rather unclear position})
17. Rc2 Rc8 (17... g5 $5 18. Ne2 Qd7) 18. Na4 b6 {[%csl Rb6,Rc6] Weaken queen,
s side, maybe stronger} (18... g5 $142 $5 {with some chances for active game.})
19. Rac1 Nb8 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. b5 $1 a5 (21... axb5 22. Qxb5 Bd7 23. Qb3 Bxa4
24. Qxa4 $18 {[%csl Rd5,Rf4]}) 22. Nc3 (22. Qc2 $5 {[%cal Gc2c7]}) 22... Be6
23. a4 g5 {Better later than never!} 24. Ba3 $1 Rg8 (24... g4 25. Ne1 {[%cal
Gc3e2]}) 25. Ne2 h6 26. Rc3 Qf8 27. h4 $1 {Brilliant move!} Rg7 (27... g4 28.
Nd2 f3 29. Nf4 $18) 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Nxg5 $1 {Final blow.} Rxg5 30. Nxf4 $18
Bg8 (30... Bd7 31. Bxe7 Qxe7 32. Qxd5 {[%cal Re5e6]}) 31. Rc7 (31. Rc7 Bxa3 32.
Qh3+) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.04"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[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 "England"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {New ( late ) love of Nigel Short-before he played,
and with success, 3.Nc3.} c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 (10. Nc3 Nfxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Qxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd5 Nc2+
14. Kd2 Rc8 15. Rc1 Nxa3 $1 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. Nxe6+ Bxe6 18. Bxa3 Rxc1 19. Kxc1
a5 {0-1 Donev,I-Gaertner,G/AUT t-ch Voralberg 1997 (42) leads to great game
for Black.}) 10... Nh6 (10... Nfe7 {could be valuble alternative, for example.}
11. Nc3 h5 12. Na4 Qd8 13. Nc5 Bc8 14. g5 b6 15. Na6 Nb8 16. Rc1 Bxa6 17. Bxa6
Nxa6 18. Qa4+ Qd7 19. Qxa6 Ng6 20. Rc3 Be7 21. O-O O-O {0-1 Flores,D-Vallejo
Pons,F/WCh B18 Oropesa del Mar 1999 (28)}) 11. Rg1 (11. h3 f6 12. Nc3 fxe5 13.
dxe5 Be7 14. Na4 Qd8 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Nf7 18. Bg2 b6 19. Rc1
Ne7 20. Qd2 Ng6 21. h4 Nh6 22. g5 Ng4 {0-1 Sveshnikov,E-Lputian,S/Sochi m 1993
(32)}) 11... f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Nc3 (13. g5 fxg5 14. Rxg5 Be7 15. Rg1 Nf5 16.
Nc3 Ncxd4 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Nxd4 Bf6 19. Qe2+ Kf7 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Qh5+ Bg6
22. Qxd5+ Kg7 23. Qd7+ Kf8 24. Qd2 Qe6+ 25. Be2 Rd8 26. Qf4 Kg7 27. Bxf6+ Qxf6
{Garbisu de Goni,U-Del Rio Angelis,S/ESP-ch Palencia 1999/1/2-1/2 (42)}) 13...
Nf7 14. Na4 Qc7 $146 {Improvment compare to} (14... Qd8 15. Nc5 b6 16. Nxd7
Qxd7 17. Rc1 Ncd8 18. h4 $1 Bd6 19. Rc3 b5 20. g5 fxg5 21. Nxg5 a6 22. Qc2 Nxg5
23. Rxg5 Qe7 {1-0 Vasiukov,E-Bukhman,E/S-Peterburg op 1994 (30)}) 15. Rc1 Qf4
16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 ({Deserves attention and} 17. Rxc5 $5 Nd6 (17... e5 18.
dxe5 (18. Rxd5 $4 Qe4+ $19) 18... Bxg4 19. Be2 fxe5 20. Qxd5 Rd8 21. Qc4 $36)
18. Bc1 Qe4+ 19. Be3 Qg6 20. Bd3 Qf7 $13) 17... Nce5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rg3 $1
$14 {[%csl Gb2,Gf1,Gg3] Finlally becames clear, what White kept opening
advantage.} a6 {[%cal Gd7b5]} 20. Be2 Bb5 21. Qd4 $1 Qxd4 22. Bxd4 {[%csl Gd4]
[%cal Rg4g5]} Rf8 23. g5 Bxe2 24. Kxe2 Nd7 25. gxf6 e5 26. Bb2 ({After simple} 
26. Bxe5 $1 Nxe5 27. Re3 Kd7 28. Rxe5 Rae8 29. f4 Rxf6 (29... Rxe5+ 30. fxe5
Ke6 (30... Re8 31. Rf1 Rxe5+ 32. Kd3 $18) 31. c6 $18) 30. Rxe8 Kxe8 31. Ke3 $16
{it is difficult to believe, that Black can save game.}) 26... Rxf6 27. Rg8+
Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rd1 d4 30. f4 $1 a5 $1 31. fxe5 axb4 32. axb4 Ra2 33.
Rd2 Nxe5 34. Bxd4 Rxd2+ 35. Kxd2 {[%mdl 4096]} Nf3+ 36. Kc3 (36. Ke3 Nxh2 37.
b5 Ke7 38. c6 bxc6 39. b6 Kd8 40. Be5 $2 Ng4+) 36... Ke7 ({Pawn on h2 is
poisoned-} 36... Nxh2 $2 37. b5 Ke8 38. c6 b6 (38... bxc6 39. b6 Kd7 40. Be5 $1
Kc8 41. Bxh2 $18) 39. Bxb6 $18) 37. h3 (37. b5 Kd7) 37... Ng5 38. h4 Nf3 39. h5
Nh4 40. Kd3 (40. Kc4 $5) 40... Nf5 41. Be5 Ke6 42. Ke4 Ne7 43. b5 Nc8 {[%cal
Gc8a7]} 44. Bb8 (44. c6 bxc6 (44... b6 $5) 45. bxc6 Ne7 46. c7 Kd7 47. Bh2)
44... Ne7 45. c6 bxc6 46. b6 Nd5 47. b7 Nf6+ 48. Kf3 (48. Kf4 Nxh5+ 49. Kf3 Nf6
$11) 48... Nd7 49. Bc7 Kf5 50. Bf4 c5 51. Bd6 c4 52. Ke3 Ke6 $1 (52... Kg5 53.
Kd4 Kxh5 54. Kxc4 $18) 53. Bg3 (53. b8=Q Nxb8 54. Bxb8 Kf5 55. h6 c3 56. Bd6 c2
57. Kd2 Ke6 58. Ba3 Kf7 59. Kxc2 Kg8 $11) 53... c3 $1 54. Be1 c2 55. Kd2 Kd5
56. Bg3 (56. Kxc2 Kc6 $11) 56... Kc6 57. b8=Q Nxb8 58. Bxb8 Kd5 $11 59. Kxc2
Ke4 {[%cal Rh7h6]} 60. h6 Kf5 61. Ba7 Kg6 62. Be3 Kf7 63. Kd3 Kg8 64. Ke4 Kf8
65. Kf5 Kf7 66. Bd4 Kg8 67. Kf6 Kf8 68. Bc5+ Kg8 69. Ke7 Kh8 70. Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Reefat, Bin Sattar"]
[Black "Yu, Shaoteng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. a3 cxd4 (6... a5 $5 7. Bd3
cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O Nxe3 12. fxe3 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6
14. Qc2 h6 15. Rf2 Bd7 $13 {0-1 Lykov,V-Nikitin,A/Krasnoiarsk op 1998 (35)}) 7.
cxd4 Nf5 8. Nc3 Bd7 (8... h5 9. Be3 Be7 10. Bd3 g5 11. h3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Rg8 13.
Bh7 Rh8 14. Bd3 Rg8 15. Bh7 Rh8 16. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Casper,T-Rosiak,A/
Karl-Marx-Stadt 1990 (16)}) (8... Be7 9. g4 Nh4 10. Nxh4 Bxh4 11. g5 Bxg5 12.
Rg1 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Qh4 14. Rg4 Qxh2 15. Rxg7 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qh6 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18.
Rg3 Qxc1+ 19. Ke2 Bd7 20. Qb4+ Ke8 21. Bxd7+ {1-0 Herrstrom,T-Åstrom,G/SWE
t-ch 0001 2001/SWE (21)}) 9. h4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (9. Be3 Be7 10. Bd3 Qa5 11.
O-O Nxe3 12. fxe3 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. b4 Qd8 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Bb1 Be8 17. Ne2
Qd6 18. Nf4 g6 19. Nd3 Ne7 20. Nde5 Bb5 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 a6 23. Rc2 Bxe5 {
Thompson,D-Noren,K/Detroit ch-MI 1991/Vaiser/1-0 (52)}) 9... h5 (9... Be7 $5)
10. Bg5 Be7 (10... Qb6 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Rc1 $36) 11. Bxe7 Ncxe7 12. Qd2 $14 {
[%csl Gd4,Ge5,Gf1] White's chances are better.He controles more space, and
white;s bishop much stronger than his black opponent.} Qb6 13. Be2 O-O-O (13...
O-O $5) 14. O-O Kb8 15. b4 $36 {[%csl Rb8][%cal Gf1b1,Ga3a4] Reefat slowly but
surely improve his position and black's main problem is lack of counterplay.}
Rc8 16. Rac1 Ng6 $5 (16... Rc7 17. Rc2 Rhc8 18. Rfc1 $14) 17. g3 f6 18. Bd3 $6
({I would prefer safe} 18. Rfd1 {and after , for example} fxe5 $140 19. Nxe5
Nxe5 20. Qf4 $14 {[%csl Rh5] Black doomed for long defence}) 18... Nxd4 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] Just lose knight without too much compensation.Black had to play} (
18... Ngxh4 $142 $1 19. gxh4 Nxd4 $132 {with complications}) 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20.
Ne2 $1 Qxe5 (20... Qg4 {lose as well -} 21. f3 Qh3 22. Bxg6 Bb5 23. Bd3 Bxd3
24. Qxd3 fxe5 25. Qg6 $1 $18) 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Bxg6 $18 Qd6 {[%cal Ge6e5]}
23. Rd1 Bd7 (23... f5 $5) 24. Nf4 Bc6 25. Qe2 $1 {Rest is simple - Black can;t
protect weak pawn;s} Rh6 (25... e5 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Bf7 $1 (27. Be4 $6 Bc4 $1)
) 26. Bf7 Ba4 27. Rd2 Qc7 28. Bxe6 g5 29. Nxd5 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 gxh4 31. Qe3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Be7 (9... Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Bc3 Be7 12. O-O a5 13. Ne3 Nxe3 14.
fxe3 O-O 15. Bd3 Nb4 16. Bb1 a4 17. a3 Nc6 18. Qe1 $14 {1-0 Galdunts,S-Bricard,
E/Bischwiller-A 1999/EXT 2001 (27)}) ({More popular than text} 9... Nb4 $5 {
with good chances for equalization. for example.} 10. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Bd2 Qb6
12. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Ne7 $1 15. Rac1 Nc6 16. Ke3 f6 17. Bb5
Nb4 18. a3 Bxb5 19. axb4 Kd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Popov,R-Morozevich,A/Krasnodar op
1997 (61)}) 10. O-O ({Worth considering} 10. g4 $5 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. O-O f5
13. f4 fxg4 14. Bxg4 O-O 15. b3 Rc8 16. Ne3 Qb6 17. Bb2 Ne7 18. Bh3 Rf7 19. Qh5
Ng6 20. f5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E-Karer,G/Nova Gorica op 1999 (41)}) 10...
g5 $146 {Risky but interesting move.} (10... f6 11. g4 Nh6 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13.
Qd2 $16) (10... Rc8 $5) (10... O-O $5) 11. g4 (11. Ne3 $5) 11... Ng7 {[%csl
Rg7]} (11... Nh6 $5 12. h3 f6 {[%cal Gh6f7]}) 12. b4 a6 13. Rb1 f5 $5 (13... h5
14. h3) 14. exf6 (14. gxf5 $2 Nxf5 $15) 14... Bxf6 15. a4 h6 (15... h5 $5 16.
h3 hxg4 17. hxg4 Ne7 18. b5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Bxb5 20. Rxb5 Qc7 $13) 16. Nce1 {
[%cal Ge1d3,Gd3e5,Gd3c5]} O-O 17. Be3 Be8 $1 {[%cal Ge8g6]} 18. Nd3 Bg6 19. Rb3
(19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Ne7 $13) 19... Qd6 20. Qd2 (20. Nc5 Rf7) 20... Be4 {
[%csl Rd4] Black got quite nice position.} 21. Nde5 $1 {Only move!} (21. Nc5
Bxf3 22. Bxf3 b6 {[%csl Rd4]}) 21... Rfc8 (21... Nxe5 $2 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Bc5
{[%cal Rc5f8]}) 22. Bd3 Rc7 23. Bb1 Bxb1 $6 ({It will be interesting to see
how Dvoirys will improve position after} 23... Rac8 $13) 24. Rfxb1 Bxe5 (24...
Rac8) 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Bc5 $1 Nxf3+ 27. Rxf3 Qd7 28. h4 {[%csl Gc5,Gf3,Rg7,
Rg8]} e5 (28... b6 $142 $1 29. Bd4 (29. Bxb6 Rc4 30. Bd4 $140 e5 $1) 29... e5
$5 30. Bxe5 Rc4 31. hxg5 Rxg4+ 32. Rg3 hxg5 33. Rbb3 $1 $16 {[%cal Gb3g3] This
rook lift allows White to create concrete threats in the near future.}) 29.
hxg5 hxg5 ({Maybe} 29... h5 $5 {could give more chances for Balck for
successful defense.}) 30. Qxg5 b6 (30... e4 31. Rf6 $5 Rc6 32. Rf5 d4 33. Re5 {
[%cal Re5e7,Ge5e4]} Re8 34. Bxd4 $18) 31. Bxb6 Rc4 32. Rg3 $18 {Black's
position is very bad, but possibly he resign little bit too early.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 Nfe7 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Nd2 ({Quite often White has used
another plan :} 12. Qc2 {but I have the feeling that after the almost forced}
Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Nd2 Qc6 15. Nce4 {Black could have received good chances
without too many problems, for example:} Nc8 (15... c3 16. Nd6+ Kd8 ({It will
be interesting to check in future} 16... Qxd6 17. exd6 cxd2+ 18. Qxd2 Nd5 {
[%csl Gd5] with some compensation for the queen}) 17. Nxf7+ (17. Qxc3 Qxh1+ 18.
Ke2 Nd5 $5 19. Qg3 Qxa1 20. Bxa1 Bxd6 21. exd6 Rc8 $36) 17... Ke8 18. Nd6+ Kd8
19. Nf7+ Ke8 20. Nd6+ {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E (2557)-Radjabov,T (2656)/Tallinn
Keres mem rap 2004/CBM 100/[Psakhis]}) (15... Nd5 16. Nxc4 Nb6 17. Ncd6+ Bxd6
18. Nxd6+ Ke7 19. Qxc6 Bxc6 20. Rg1 Nc8 21. d5 $5 (21. b5 Bd5 22. Rc1 Nxd6 23.
Rc7+ Kd8 24. exd6 Rc8 $44 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E (2561)-Potkin,V (2518)/RUS-ch
Krasnoyarsk 2003}) 21... Bxd5 22. Rc1 $36 {Black is stuck for passive defense
in the endgame.}) 16. Nxc4 b5 17. Ne3 Qxc2 18. Nxc2 Bc6 19. f3 Nb6 20. Ne3 Na4
21. O-O-O O-O-O 22. Rhf1 Be7 23. Kb1 Kb7 {0-1 Molander,R (2323)-Johannessen,L 
(2564)/Stockholm RC 2005/The Week in Chess 582 (42)}) 12... Rc8 13. Rc1 Ng6 {
[%mdl 4]} ({Worth considering and sharp:} 13... h5 $5 14. Rc2 Nc4 (14... Nac6
15. Na4 Qd8 16. Nc5) 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Nce4 Nd5 17. Nxc4 Rxc4 $5 18. Rxc4 a5
19. O-O (19. gxh5 axb4 20. a4 Qa6) 19... axb4 20. axb4 Qd8 $132 {1/2-1/2
Ivanchuk,V (2717)-Bareev,E (2707)/Dubai FIDE GP 2002/CBM 89/[Psakhis] (50)
with a crazy position.}) 14. Qe2 $146 {This new move can't change the
evaluation of the line as quite favorable for Black.} (14. h4 Be7 15. g5 (15.
h5 Nf4 16. Nf3 (16. Qf3 Bg5 17. Ne2 Rxc1+ 18. Nxc1 O-O $17 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,
A-Kruppa,Y/RUS Cup Elista 2000/CBM 79/[Psakhis,L] (28)}) 16... Nc4 17. Qb3 O-O
18. Na4 Bxa4 {0-1 Degraeve,J (2606)-Komarov,D (2556)/Marseille 2000/ChessBase})
15... O-O ({Black didn't equalize after} 15... h6 16. gxh6 Rxh6 17. h5 Nh4 (
17... Nf8 18. Rc2 Nc4 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20. Bc1 Rh8 21. Qg4 a5 22. b5 Rh7 23. Bg2
f5 24. exf6 gxf6 25. h6 a4 {1/2-1/2 Thipsay,P-Barua,D/IND-ch Calicut 2003/80)})
18. Qg4 Nf5 19. Bd3 Bf8 (19... Nxd4 20. Qxg7 Bf8 21. Qg8 $36) 20. Ne2 Nc4 $6 (
20... Nc6 21. Nf3 Nce7 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Bc1 Rh8 $14) 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. Bxf5
exf5 23. Qg2 $16 {1-0 Grischuk,A (2712)-Radjabov,T (2624)/Wijk aan Zee 2003 
(99)}) 16. Rg1 (16. Ne2 Rfd8 17. h5 Nf8 18. Rg1 Rxc1 19. Nxc1 Nc6 20. Rg4 Rc8
21. Ncb3 Nd8 22. Nc5 Bb5 23. Rg3 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 a5 25. Bc3 axb4 26. axb4 Ra8 27.
Kg2 Qb5 28. Nd3 Nc6 29. Qb1 Ra3 30. Bb2 {Shirov,A (2710)-Gurevich,M (2652)/WCC
Khanty Mansyisk 2005/ 0-1 (37)}) ({Interesting complications could have arisen
after} 16. h5 Nf4 17. h6 g6 {for example:} 18. Qf3 Qxd4 19. Nd1 (19. bxa5 Bxg5
$36) 19... Qxb2 $1 20. Nxb2 Rxc1+ 21. Nd1 Ba4 $1 22. Be2 (22. Qxf4 Bxd1 23. Ne4
Nb3 $19) 22... Nxe2 23. Kxe2 Nc6 $17) 16... Nxh4 {At least, a very brave move.}
17. Bd3 g6 (17... Ng6 18. Qg4 $13 {[%cal Gc3d5]}) 18. Qg4 Nf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20.
Qh4 Rfe8 21. Nxd5 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Qc6 {[%cal Rc6c1,Rc6d5]} 23. Nxe7+ $8 Rxe7
$132 {1/2-1/2 Potkin,V (2522)-Hug,W (2453)/EUR-ch Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/
[Psakhis] (28)}) (14. Bb5 Nc6 15. Nf3 Be7 16. h4 Ncxe5 17. dxe5 Bxb5 18. h5 Nf8
19. Nxb5 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Qxb5 21. Qc8+ Bd8 $17 {0-1 Alekseev,E-Ivanov,S/St
Petersburg-ch 2001/ (35)}) 14... Be7 15. Qe3 O-O (15... Nh4 $5) (15... Nc4 $5
16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. O-O O-O 18. f4 $132 {[%cal Rf4f5]}) 16. h4 f6 (16... Nxh4 $6
17. g5 Nf5 18. Qh3 h6 19. gxh6 $40) (16... Bxh4 17. Bd3 Be7 18. g5 $5 Nc4 19.
Bxc4 dxc4 20. Nce4 $36 {[%cal Re3h3,Od2c4,Re4f6]}) 17. h5 Nh8 18. Rc2 (18. h6
$5 g6 {[%cal Gh8f7]}) 18... Nc6 19. Na4 Qd8 {White has big advantage in space,
but how to use it?} 20. exf6 (20. h6 $5 g6 21. b5 Na5 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Bc3 Nf7
{and Black is doing fine.}) 20... Bxf6 21. Nc5 e5 $1 {Black exploits the
drawbacks of White's set-up very convincingly! Possibly, Motylev just missed
this move} ({but and after} 21... Nf7 {Black's position is solid as rock.}) 22.
Nxb7 $2 (22. dxe5 $142 Nxe5 $1 23. Nxb7 $140 (23. Bxe5 Bxe5 $40) 23... Rxc2 $1
24. Nxd8 Rxb2 {with numerous threats}) 22... exd4 $5 {Now Black obtains the
decisive advantage is all variations, but and} (22... Nxd4 $1 {could have been
a good alternative to the text, for example} 23. Rc3 (23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Nxd8
dxe3 25. Rxc8 exd2+ 26. Kxd2 Bxc8 $19) 23... Rxc3 24. Qxc3 (24. Nxd8 Rxe3+ 25.
fxe3 Nc2+) 24... Qb6 25. Nc5 Bxg4 $19) 23. Qf3 ({Maybe White had to try} 23.
Qb3 {and after} Qe7+ 24. Kd1 (24. Be2 d3 $5 25. Qxd5+ Nf7 26. Qxd3 Bxb2 27.
Rxb2 $140 Nxb4 $1 $19) 24... d3 (24... Bxg4+ $5 25. f3 Ne5) 25. Bxd3 Bxb2 26.
Qxd5+ Nf7 27. Rxb2 Bxg4+ 28. f3 Be6 {Black's advantage is obvious, but I
didn't found a forced win.}) 23... Qe7+ 24. Kd1 Ne5 (24... d3 $5 25. Bxd3 Bxb2
26. Qxd5+ Nf7 27. Rxb2 Be6 28. Bxh7+ $5 Kh8 29. Qg2 Qxb7 {and three white
pawns couldn't fully compensate the black knight and great attacking
possibilities.}) 25. Qxd5+ Be6 $19 (25... Nhf7 $5 26. Na5 Nxg4 $40) 26. Qd6 ({
Doesn't help and} 26. Qg2 Bxg4+ 27. Kc1 d3 $1 28. Rc5 Nc4 $1 $19) 26... Bxg4+
27. f3 Qxb7 $19 28. fxg4 Rxc2 29. Kxc2 Nhf7 30. Qe6 Qxh1 {The rest is simple.}
31. Bxd4 Qc6+ 32. Qxc6 Nxc6 33. Bc5 Rd8 34. Ne4 Bd4 35. Bc4 Bxc5 36. Nxc5 Rd4
37. Be6 Kf8 38. Kc3 Rd6 {A great game by Ruslan Ponomariov.} 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2001.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {Grischuk won many games recently in Advance variation,
but in this game he meets with one of the greatest expert of French defence.}
c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3 Be7 $146 {Quite rare move.
Much more popular than text} (8... Ne7 9. Nh4 h6 10. Ng2 Bd7 11. Ne3 O-O-O 12.
Qf3 Nf5 13. Be2 Be7 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qg2 g5 17. Qf1 Qc7 18. f4
gxf4 19. Qxf4 h5 $132 {1-0 Malaniuk,V-Kuzmin,G/Nikolaev zt 1995 (46) or}) (8...
Bd7) 9. h4 Bd7 10. Bh3 f5 $146 {Black as usual made this typical move after} (
10... O-O-O 11. O-O f5 {for example} 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Re1 e5 14. Bxd7+ Rxd7
15. dxe5 Bc5 16. Qe2 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Rg7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Sprinkhuizen,A-Hyldkrog,L/
cr 1989 (41)}) (10... h6 11. O-O g5 12. h5 O-O-O 13. Re1 Kb8 14. Rb1 Rh7 15.
Bg4 Rg7 16. Qe2 Ba4 17. Nf1 Re8 18. Ne3 Bd8 19. b4 f5 {0-1 Pirisi,G-Hausner,I/
Tatabanya 1984 (22)}) 11. exf6 ({In the case of} 11. Ng5 {Black has good reply}
Nh6 $5 {and doesn't work now} 12. Qh5+ $140 g6 $1 13. Qxh6 $2 Bf8 {[%csl Rh6]})
11... gxf6 12. O-O h5 {[%cal Gg8h6,Gh6g4] Preparing knight manoevre.} 13. Re1
Nh6 14. Nh2 O-O-O $1 {[%mdl 516] Kortschoj doesn;t care too much about h5
pawn- as a compensation Black will get open lines against white king.} 15. Qxh5
Rdg8 16. Qe2 (16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bxh6 f5 18. Qf7 Bxh4 $40) 16... f5 $1 {[%csl
Re5][%cal Gf5f4,Re7h4]} (16... e5 {leads to white's favour after possible} 17.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Nhf1 (18. dxe5 Rxg3+ 19. Kh1 Nf5 $1) 18... e4 $6 19. Ne3) 17.
Ndf3 Nb3 18. Bxh6 {Gives pawn back, but after} (18. Rb1 Nxc1 19. Rbxc1 f4 $44 {
black's initative is too strong, for example} 20. g4 $140 Nf5 $1) 18... Rxh6
19. Rad1 Bxh4 20. Nxh4 Rxh4 21. Bg2 {[%csl Rb3,Re5][%cal Gh2f3,Gf3e5]} Rh7 22.
Nf3 Na5 $1 {[%cal Ga5c6]} 23. Qd2 ({After} 23. Ne5 Be8 {[%cal Ge8h5] Black
doing well}) 23... Qd6 24. Ne5 Ba4 25. Rb1 Nc6 26. Qf4 Kc7 ({Worth considering
} 26... Bc2 $5 {with some chances for initiative.}) 27. Re2 $1 Nxe5 28. Qxe5
Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Kd6 (29... f4 30. Rxe6 fxg3 31. f4 $5) 30. Rbe1 Rh6 31. R5e2 f4 (
31... f4 32. gxf4 Rf8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {McShane} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 ({According
to theory just} 6. a3 {with the idea after} Bb5 {to play} 7. c4 $5 {promised
slightly better chances to white, but it looks that Nigel has another opinion.}
) 6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. Nc3 (8. O-O Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Qa6 {leads to equality})
8... Bxe2 ({Desserves attention} 8... Bb4 $5 {with possible continuation} 9.
O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Qa6 12. Qxa6 Nxa6 13. Rb1 b6 $11) 9. Nxe2 $1 {
[%cal Ge2f4,Gf4h5] Much stronger than} (9. Qxe2 Nc6 10. Be3 Nge7 $11) 9... Nc6
$6 ({In the case of} 9... Bb4+ $5 {White must continue just} 10. Kf1 $5 ({
because} 10. Bd2 Ne7 11. O-O Nbc6 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Be3 Be7 14. Rb1 O-O 15. b4
Rfc8 16. a3 Qd8 $11 {Thipsay,P-Johansen,D/Kuala Lumpur 1992/0-1 (45) is not
dangerous for Black})) 10. O-O O-O-O $146 {'?!' McShane. McShane: 'This
doesn't look right to me'} ({Brave decision, but after, for example} 10... Nge7
11. Ng3 {[%cal Gg3h5]} Rc8 (11... Ng6 {McShane} 12. Nh5 $1 {preventing Be7 is
maybe what black was afraid of.}) 12. Be3 g6 13. Bg5 Bg7 14. Qd2 $36 {
Nunn-Polgar,J/Monaco 1994/0-1 (41) white,s advantage is obvious.}) 11. Rb1 $1 {
[%csl Rc8][%cal Gb2b4,Ga2a4][%mdl 4] It is funny to see how easy and quickly
Short grabs initiative in his hands. McShane: 'faster than 11.a3'} Kb8 12. b4 {
McShane: 'the pawn is immune because a3 will pin an win the capturing piece'}
Rc8 13. Bd2 (13. b5 $2 Na5) 13... h6 14. a4 {'!' McShane.} (14. Qa4 $5 {
[%csl Rb6][%cal Rb4b5,Rd2a5]} Qa6 $1) (14. Qe1 Qb5 $1) 14... g5 (14... Nxb4 $2
{(McShane) now looks plausible, but} 15. a5 $1 Qb5 (15... Qxa5 16. Bxb4 Bxb4
17. Qb3 Rc4 18. Nd2 $18) 16. Bxb4 Bxb4 17. Qb3 Qxe2 (17... Rc4 18. Nd2) 18.
Qxb4 Qa6 19. Rfc1 {and black is in serious difficulties, for instance} Re8 20.
Qd6+ Qxd6 21. exd6 {and with Rc7 and Ne5 up his sleeve white can be very
confident}) (14... Bxb4 {McShane} 15. a5 Qb5 16. Bxb4 Nxb4 17. Qd2 Rc4 18. Rfc1
$18) 15. Bc3 Be7 {Pawn on b4 is poisoned-Black lose immediately and after} (
15... Nxb4 16. a5 $1 Qb5 (16... Qxa5 17. Bxb4 Bxb4 18. Qb3 $18 Rc4 $140 19. Nd2
$1) 17. Bxb4 Bxb4 18. Qb3 Qxe2 (18... g4 19. Nd2 Qxe2 20. Qxb4 Qa6 21. Nb3 $18)
19. Qxb4 Qa6 $8 20. Rfc1 $40) ({and in the case of} 15... Bxb4 16. a5 $1 Qxa5 (
16... Qb5 17. Bxb4 Nxb4 18. Qd2 (18. Qb3 $5) 18... Rc4 19. Rfc1 $18) 17. Qb3
$18) 16. Ne1 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge1c5] '!' McShane. Strong move, knight quickly
moves to c5 and Black needs now good advice. McShane: 'A clever manoeuvre,
avoiding harassment by g4 and heading somewhere useful'} f5 (16... f6 $5) 17.
Nd3 f4 18. Qd2 {McShane: 'Threatening b5 and Ba5, trapping the queen'} Nd8 19.
b5 {[%cal Rc3a5]} Qc7 20. Rfc1 Qd7 21. Bb4 $1 Rc4 (21... Bxb4 22. Qxb4 Ne7 23.
Nc5 Qe8 24. Na6+ $18) (21... b6 $142 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. a5 $40) 22. Nc5 $18
Rxc1+ (22... Bxc5 23. Bxc5 Ne7 24. Rxc4 dxc4 25. Bd6+ Ka8 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Rc1
$18 {[%csl Rd8]}) 23. Rxc1 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 {[%cal Rc5d6,Rc1c7]} b6 (24... Nf7 {
McShane} 25. Bxa7+ $1 Kxa7 26. Qa5+ Kb8 27. b6 {and Qa7 mate}) 25. Bd6+ Kb7 26.
Qb4 Rh7 27. a5 {McShane: 'When it comes, axb6 and Qb4-a4-a6 mate is
unstoppable.'} 1-0

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 ({After} 6. a3 {Black
can use few interesting lines, for example} a5 ({Worth considering and} 6...
Bb5 $5 7. c4 dxc4 $5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 O-O-O 10. d6 f6 11. Nxb5 Qxb5 12. Qc2
Nxe5 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Bxc4 Qc6 15. Bxe6+ Kb8 $132 {0-1 Motylev,A-Volkov,S/St.
Petersburg 1997/CBM 62 (37)}) 7. Be2 a4 8. O-O Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. c4 Nge7 11.
Nc3 Nd4 12. cxd5 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Rd1 Bb5 16. Qe1 Bc4 17.
Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qxe3 19. fxe3 O-O 20. Rd4 Rfe8 21. Rc1 h6 22. e4 dxe4 23.
Rcxc4 exf3 24. gxf3 Rxe5 25. Rxa4 Rxa4 {1/2-1/2 Peng Xiaomin-Kaidanov,G/
USA-China Summit Seattle 2001/CBM 82 (25)}) 6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. Nc3 Bxe2
9. Nxe2 Ne7 $1 {[%cal Ge7c6,Gb8d7] Best reply- knight goes to c6} (9... Nc6 $6
10. O-O O-O-O 11. Rb1 $1 Kb8 12. b4 Rc8 13. Bd2 h6 14. a4 g5 15. Bc3 Be7 16.
Ne1 f5 17. Nd3 f4 18. Qd2 $16 {1-0 Short,N-Ward,C/Isle of Man op 1999/CBM 74 
(27)}) (9... Bb4+ 10. Kf1 $1) 10. O-O Nec6 11. Rb1 a5 12. Qd2 $146 {[%cal
Gd2f4] Grischuk had already expierence in this line-last year he played} (12.
Be3 Nd7 13. h4 {but didn,t get any advantage after} Be7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxe7
Nxe7 16. Qd2 O-O 17. Rbc1 Rfc8 18. h5 Qb4 {Grischuk,A-Gurevich,M/Cannes World
Cup of Rapid Chess 2001/CBM 82/[Psakhis]/0-1 (56)}) 12... h6 13. h4 Nd7 14. Rd1
Qa6 {[%csl Ga6][%cal Ga6e2]} 15. a3 a4 {[%csl Gb3,Gc4][%cal Gc6a5]} 16. Nc3 Na5
17. Qf4 {White can't organize serious initiative on the king's side without
light coloured bishop} Nb3 18. Nd2 ({Worth considering} 18. Be3) 18... Nxc1 19.
Rbxc1 Be7 20. Qg4 g5 $5 21. Nf3 (21. h5 f5 $5 22. exf6 Nxf6 $132 {[%csl Re6,
Rh5]}) 21... Nb6 22. Rb1 Rc8 {Little bit slow} ({After natural} 22... h5 $142
$5 23. Qg3 gxh4 $5 (23... g4 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. hxg5 {[%csl Re8]}) 24. Nxh4 (24.
Qg7 Kd7 25. Qxf7 Raf8 26. Qg7 h3 $36) 24... Kd7 (24... Rc8 $5) 25. Qf4 Raf8 26.
Nf3 h4 {black position is very promising.}) 23. Qh5 $5 Kd7 (23... gxh4 $5 24.
Nxh4 Bxa3) 24. Qxf7 Rcf8 25. Qh5 Rf5 26. hxg5 Qa8 {[%cal Ga8h8]} 27. b3 $1 {
Opening second front on the <<} (27. Qg4 hxg5 {[%cal Gf5f4]} 28. g3 $6 Rhf8 $36
) 27... hxg5 28. Qg4 Qf8 (28... Rf4 29. Qg3) 29. bxa4 (29. Nxa4 $142 Nxa4 30.
bxa4 Qh6 31. Kf1 $8 Rf4 32. Qg3 $16) 29... Rf4 30. Qg3 Bd8 $1 {Possibly
Grischuk understimated this move.N b6 is protected and Black have enough time
to organize counterplay on the >>} 31. Ne2 ({White could try} 31. a5 {but after
} g4 $1 32. Ng5 $1 (32. Ne2 Rf5 33. Qxg4 Rg8 $40) 32... Bxg5 33. Rxb6 Bh4 $5
34. Rxb7+ Kc8 {he any case can't avoid draw-} 35. Rdb1 $3 Bxg3 36. Rb8+ Kc7 37.
R1b7+ Kc6 38. Rb6+ $11) 31... Re4 32. Nc3 Rf4 33. Ne2 Re4 34. Nc3 Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.04.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 (5... Bd7 $5) 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4
cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 {It looks that after this natural move White can't
pretend for real advantage} ({Worth consideration} 9. Be3 $5) 9... Bd7 10. g4 (
{After} 10. Be2 Rc8 11. O-O Be7 12. Kh1 O-O 13. Nc3 Na5 14. Na4 Bxa4 15. Qxa4
Nc4 16. Qb3 Nxb2 17. Qxb2 Rc7 $15 {0-1 Kalezic,B-Knezevic,B/YUG t-ch plof 1999
(33) white got less than nothing.}) 10... Nfe7 {Strongest continuation.} (10...
Nh6 11. h3 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Nc3 Bg7 14. Na4 Qd8 15. Nc5 {leads to nice
game for White, for example} Bc8 16. Bd3 O-O 17. Bc2 b6 18. Qd3 f5 19. Nb3 $36
{1-0 Savic,N-Miljanic,B/YUG t-ch Novi Sad 2000/ (41)}) 11. Nc3 Na5 {[%csl Rc4]
[%cal Ga8c8,Ga5c4,Gb6b2]} (11... Ng6 $5 12. Na4 Qd8 13. h4 h5 $5 14. g5 b6 15.
Bd3 Nf4 16. Ba6 Ne7 17. Nc3 Nf5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Nevednichy,V-Lputian,S/EUR-ch
Ohrid 2001/MAC (36)}) 12. Nd2 ({White tried also} 12. Na4 Qc6 13. b5 Qc7 14.
Nd2 {but without big success- after} Nc4 15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. Nc3 Nd5 17. Bg2 Nxc3
18. Bxc3 Bxb5 19. d5 exd5 20. Qxd5 Bc6 21. Qxc4 Rc8 $11 {Lindfeldt,J-Nielsen,P/
DEN-ch Nyborg 2001/ /1/2-1/2 (59) Black managed to get nice position.}) 12...
Rc8 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. Bb5 $146 {This new move doesn't change estimation of
position as nice for a Black.} (14. h4 Be7 15. h5 Nf4 16. Qf3 Bg5 17. Ne2 Rxc1+
18. Nxc1 O-O $17 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Kruppa,Y/RUS Cup Elista 2000/CBM 79/28)})
14... Nc6 (14... Bxb5 {was also possible, but after} 15. bxa5 (15. Nxb5 Nc6 $15
{[%csl Rb2]}) 15... Qxa5 16. Nb3 (16. Nxb5 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Qxb5 18. Qc8+ Ke7 19.
Bc3 f6 $1) 16... Qb6 17. Nxb5 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Qxb5 19. Qc8+ Ke7 20. a4 $5 Qxb3
21. Qc7+ $11 {White can give perpetual check}) 15. Nf3 Be7 $5 ({Again} 15...
Ncxe5 16. dxe5 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Qxb5 19. Qc8+ Ke7 {was little bit
premature- after} 20. Bd4 b6 $8 21. Be3 $44 {[%cal Gf3d4] White have enough
compensation for the pawn.}) 16. h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] It was good time to think
about defence} (16. Be2 $5 Nf4 17. Bf1 $13 {leads to complicated game with
mutual chances.}) 16... Ncxe5 $1 {Quick and painful ( for White ) refutation,}
17. dxe5 Bxb5 18. h5 $1 {Best practical chance,} (18. Nxb5 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Qxb5
20. Qc8+ Bd8 $19 {lose immediately.}) 18... Nf8 19. Nxb5 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Qxb5 21.
Qc8+ Bd8 22. Kd2 {[%cal Gh1c1]} Nd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7b6,Gb6c4]} 23. Nd4 Qa6 24. b5
(24. f4 Nb6 25. Qc3 Nc4+ 26. Kc1 Bb6 $19) 24... Qa5+ 25. Ke2 Nxe5 26. h6 {
[%cal Rb2h8]} ({After} 26. Qxb7 Qa4 $5 {[%csl Re2] it is not easy to protect
white monarch.}) 26... O-O {Better later than never!} ({Ivanov did,t fall into
trap-} 26... Nc4 27. hxg7 Qd2+ $2 (27... Rg8 $5) 28. Kf3 Rg8 {looks terrific,
but} 29. Nc6 $3 {leads to draw -} Qd3+ 30. Kf4 bxc6 31. Qxc6+ Ke7 32. Qb7+ Kd6
33. Qc6+ $11) 27. Bc3 (27. hxg7 Qd2+ 28. Kxd2 (28. Kf1 Re8 $19) 28... Bg5+ 29.
Ke2 Rxc8 30. Nxe6 $140 Rc2+ 31. Kf1 Rxb2 32. Nxg5 Rb1+ 33. Kg2 Rxh1 34. Kxh1
Nxg4 $19) 27... Qc7 (27... Qxa3 $5) 28. Qxc7 Bxc7 29. hxg7 Rc8 $19 {Black
managed to keep material advantatge and rest just matter of technique.} 30. Ba1
Bd6 31. g5 Ng6 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gd6e5]} 32. Nf3 Rc2+ 33. Kd3 Rxf2 34. Rc1 Nf4+
{Knight made a good job in this game.} 35. Ke3 Re2+ (35... Re2+ 36. Kd4 e5+ 37.
Kc3 Re3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Prague Sachinfo"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1999.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Nh6 8. Na3 {
White tryed many other moves in this position, but without big success-} (8. c4
cxd4 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nbd2 Nf5 11. Nb3 h5 {1/2-1/2 Dobosz,H-Kelecevic,N/
Goetzis IM 1997 (11)}) (8. b3 Nf5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Rc8 11. h3 Be7 12. a3 f6
13. b4 fxe5 14. dxe5 Ng3 15. Re1 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 a6 17. Nbd2 O-O 18. Rac1 Nb8
19. Nb3 Bb5 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. Rxe3 Rxc1+ 22. Nxc1 Rc8 {Banusz,V-Molnar,J/HUN
t-ch2 1998/1/2-1/2 (79)}) (8. dxc5 $5 Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. Bf4 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6
12. b5 Ne7 13. a4 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Piket,J/Donner mem-A 1994 (13)}) 8... cxd4
9. cxd4 $146 {Very strange, but this natural move is the new one!} (9. Bxh6
gxh6 10. cxd4 Qxb2 11. Nb5 Rc8 12. Ne1 a6 $17 {0-1 Hazsiyume,F-Alvarez,V/
Wch-jr g Buenos Aires 1993 (20)}) 9... Bxa3 ({Another way was} 9... Nf5 $5 10.
Nc2 Be7 $13 {with complicated position}) 10. Bxh6 Bf8 ({Interesting what
Movsesian had in mind if black will continue} 10... Bxb2 11. Rb1 (11. Bxg7 $5)
11... gxh6 12. Qd2 Nxd4) 11. Be3 Be7 12. Bd3 O-O-O $6 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Ga2a4,
Gb4b5,Gb2b5] Very controversial desition.It looks that it is easy for white to
organized attack on the queens side, than for black on the oppozite part of
the board.} ({Deserves attention} 12... Nb4 13. Bb1 a5 14. a3 Nc6 $13 {with
unclear consequences}) 13. Qe2 Kb8 (13... Nb4 14. Rfc1+ Kb8 15. Bb1 Bb5 16. Qd2
h6 $14) 14. a3 Rc8 15. b4 Ka8 (15... f5 $5 16. exf6 gxf6) 16. Rfc1 h6 17. Nd2 {
[%cal Gd2b3,Gb3c5]} f5 18. f4 (18. Nb3 $143 f4 19. Bxf4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 $13)
18... g5 19. Nb3 gxf4 20. Bf2 $1 Rcg8 21. Kh1 Qd8 22. Rc2 Rg4 23. b5 Nb8 ({
Why not} 23... Na5 $5) 24. Qf3 Rhg8 25. Bf1 Bh4 {[%csl Rb8,Rd7] It looks that
Rogers got real couterplay on the king,s side, but it is only illusion.} 26.
Nc5 Bxf2 27. Rxf2 Qh4 28. a4 {[%cal Ga4a6]} Rg3 29. Qxf4 R8g4 30. Qc1 $1 Ra3 ({
After} 30... Rxd4 31. Nxd7 Nxd7 32. Qc8+ Nb8 33. Rc2 $1 $18 {[%cal Ga1c1,Gc8b8]
white wins in few moves}) 31. Nxd7 $5 (31. Rc2 Rxa1 32. Qxa1 Bc8 (32... Rxd4 $2
33. g3 $1 Qg4 34. Be2 $18) 33. a5 $16) 31... Nxd7 ({Or} 31... Qxf2 32. Nb6+ $1
(32. Qc8 Qxg2+ $1 33. Bxg2 Rxa1+ $19) 32... axb6 33. Qxa3 Rf4 34. h3 $18 {
[%cal Ra4a5]}) 32. Rxf5 $1 {Final blow!} exf5 (32... Rxa1 {lose immediately
after} 33. Rf8+ $1 Nb8 34. Qxa1 Rxd4 35. Qc1 $18) 33. Qxa3 Rxd4 34. a5 $5 (34.
e6 Nb8 35. Qf8 Re4 36. Qxf5 $18) 34... Qf2 (34... Nb8 35. a6 bxa6 (35... b6 36.
Qd6 $18) 36. b6 axb6 37. Bxa6 $18) 35. a6 $18 Rf4 (35... bxa6 36. b6 $1 Rf4 (
36... Rd2 37. Qe7) 37. b7+ Kxb7 38. Qxa6+ Kc7 39. Qd6+ Kd8 40. Bb5 $18) 36.
axb7+ Kxb7 37. h3 $1 (37. Qa6+ Kb8 38. Qd6+ Kc8 39. Bd3 $18) 37... Qb6 38. Qe7
Qc7 39. e6 (39. e6 Nb6 40. Rxa7+) 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1998.11.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Zilberman, Yaacov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.11.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 {According to modern
theory slightly better then move in the text is} (6. a3 {and after} cxd4 (6...
Bb5 7. c4 $1) 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. Bxb5+ Qxb5 9. Nc3 $14 {black has not opportunity
to pin knight with 9....Bb4}) 6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. Bxb5+ {Clearly not the
best move in the position.White could get nice position, after} (8. Nc3 Bb4 9.
O-O Bxc3 10. Bxb5+ Qxb5 11. bxc3 {and it is not easy for Black to equalize,
for example} Ne7 12. a4 Qd7 13. Ba3 Nbc6 14. Qd3 $5 (14. a5 O-O 15. Qa4 Rfd8
16. Bc5 f6 17. Rfb1 Ng6 18. Bd6 Nce7 19. Qb4 Nc8 20. Bc5 Rb8 21. g3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Degraeve,J-Vaisser,A/FRA-ch Meribel 1998 (47)}) 14... Rc8 15. a5 f6 16.
exf6 gxf6 17. Nd2 Kf7 18. Nb3 $14 {1-0 Degraeve,J-Vaisser,A/FRA t-ch 1998 (41)}
) 8... Qxb5 9. a3 ({Black has nothing to worry about in the case of} 9. Nc3 Bb4
$1 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nc6 12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 Nge7 14. Kd3 f6 15. exf6
gxf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bosch,J-Psakhis,L/Hoogeveen op 1997 (40)}) 9... Nd7 10. Nc3
Qa6 11. Ne2 (11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Ne7 $11) 11... Ne7 12. O-O {In the
variation 6.a3 cd 7.cd Bb5 8.Bxb5 Qxb5 9.Nc3 Qa6 10.Ne2 Nd7 11.0-0 Ne7 is same
position White order to move and after 12.Ng3 there chances are slightly
higher.} Nf5 13. Ng3 ({Deserves attention} 13. g4 Ne7 14. Ng3 {with
complicated game.}) 13... Nxg3 14. fxg3 {[%cal Gf1f7]} ({After} 14. hxg3 {
position is more or less equal, but young Israeli chessplayer wants to get
more.He opens f line with the idea to organize preasure on the king,s side,
but, after exchange of light coloured bishops he hasn,t too many chances for
real attack.}) 14... h6 {Black has to prevent jump of the knight to g5. With
same point he could play} (14... Be7 {but after} 15. Bg5 $1 f6 16. exf6 gxf6
17. Bf4 $14 {white,s position is nice.}) 15. Nh4 Be7 16. Qg4 {It looks , that
White get strong initiative, but....} g5 $5 {showed that nothing is clear.} 17.
Rxf7 $6 {White have to sacrifice something, because} (17. Nf3 $4 h5 {lost
queen, but much stronger was to play}) (17. Qh5 $1 gxh4 18. Rxf7 Kd8 (18... Nb6
19. Qg6 $1 {[%cal Rf7e7]} Kd8 20. Rxe7 Qe2 21. Bg5 $1 hxg5 22. Qxe6 $18) 19.
Rxe7 $1 Kxe7 20. Bxh6 Rag8 (20... Rxh6 21. Qg5+ $1 Ke8 22. Qxh6 hxg3 23. Qh5+ {
and at least White has draw with perpetual check})) 17... Kxf7 18. Qh5+ Kg7 19.
Qg6+ Kf8 20. Bd2 ({Black,s queen keeps under the control f1 square and this is
very important in white will play} 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Rf1+ Qxf1+ 22. Kxf1 gxh4
$19 {with big material advantage}) (20. Nf5 exf5 21. e6 Rh7 $1 22. Qxh7 Qxe6
$19) 20... Rg8 21. Qh5 (21. Rf1+ Qxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Rxg6 $19) (21. Qxh6+ Ke8 (21...
Rg7 $2 22. Ng6+ Kg8 (22... Kf7 23. Nxe7 Rag8 24. Bb4 $18 {[%cal Ra1f1]}) 23.
Qh8+ Kf7 24. Qxa8 Kxg6 25. Qe8+ Kh7 26. Qxd7) 22. Ng6 Bf8 $19) 21... Rg7 $1 $19
{White has not enough compensation for the rook and game is over.} 22. Ng6+ Kg8
23. Qxh6 Qd3 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Bb4 Qh7 26. Qxg5+ Rg7 27. Qd2 Rc8 28. Bc3 Rf7
0-1

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 1st"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 (
8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. cxd4 Bd7 {Doesn;t promise something real, for example:} 10. Be2
Rc8 11. O-O Bg7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Ra2 f6 14. b5 Na5 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Ne5 Be8 17.
Qe3 Rf5 18. Bg4 Rg5 19. Nc6 Ra8 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Nb4 Bxb5 22. h4 Rg6 23. Bf5
Re8 {0-1 Bosch,J-Lputian,S/Wijk aan Zee-B 1999/CBM 69 (28)}) 8... Nf5 9. Bb2
Be7 10. h4 $1 {[%cal Gg2g4] Preparing g4} (10. Bd3 a5 $1 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. Nc3
Be6 13. b5 a4 14. bxc6 Qxb2 15. O-O bxc6 16. Nxa4 Qb5 17. Nc3 Qc4 18. Ne2 O-O
19. Rc1 Qa6 20. Rc3 Rfc8 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Khalifman,A/Linares 2000/CBM 75 (20)
}) (10. g4 Nh4 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. b5 Nb8 13. a4 O-O 14. Qb3 f6 15. exf6 Rxf6 16.
g5 Rf8 17. h4 a6 $132 {0-1 Borsos,B-Ivanov,O/Gyongyos op 1995 (54)}) 10... h5 {
Weaken >>, but it is good question if Black can ignore this threat -} ({
after for example} 10... Bd7 11. g4 Nh6 12. Rg1 O-O 13. Nc3 f6 14. Na4 Qd8 15.
exf6 Rxf6 16. g5 Rxf3 17. Qxf3 Nf5 18. Rg4 Ncxd4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Bxa4
21. Bd3 $16 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Johannessen,L/Reykjavik op 2000 (33) white'
chances are better.}) 11. Bd3 g6 (11... Bd7 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Nc3 Be6 14. O-O
O-O 15. Bc1 Rfc8 16. Ne2 a5 17. Rb1 axb4 18. axb4 Qb5 19. Bg5 Qa4 20. b5 $18 {
1-0 Tseitlin,M-Frolov,A/Leningrad 1985 (22)}) 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. Nc3 Rg8 14. O-O
$1 $146 {Improvement compare to} (14. Ng5 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd5 Nc2+ 17.
Kd2 exd5 18. Kxc2 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Rxg5 20. Bd4 Be6 21. g3 Kd7 $11 {Grischuk,
A-Sakaev,K/RUS t-ch Tomsk 2001/The Week in Chess 342/1/2-1/2 (50)}) 14... Rg4
15. Ne2 {[%cal Gg2g3,Ge2f4]} Bd7 ({In the case of} 15... Bxh4 $6 16. Nxh4 Rxh4
17. f3 $1 {[%csl Rh4] Black can't avoid material losses -} Nxe5 18. Qe1) (15...
f4 16. Qd2 {[%csl Rf4]}) 16. g3 O-O-O $6 ({Worth considering} 16... a5 $5 17.
Nf4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Bxa1 $36 {and White still keeps initiative, but
Black can hope for successful defence.}) 17. Bc1 Rdg8 {Cool move.} 18. Kh1 $1 (
18. Bg5 $6 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 (19. hxg5 h4 $1) 19... Nxd4 {much weaker}) 18... Kb8
19. Bf4 Ka8 20. Qd2 $16 {[%cal Gf4g5] Position of white's monarch is
absolutely safe now, and is ready to start activity on the <<} f6 (20... Nb8 $1
{[%cal Gd7b5]}) 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Rfc1 e5 {Desperation} (22... Rc8 23. Rc3) 23.
dxe5 Bxh4 24. Nxh4 Qxf2 (24... Rxh4+ 25. gxh4 Qxf2 26. Ng1 Qxh4+ 27. Qh2 $18)
25. Ng2 $18 h4 $8 26. Rf1 hxg3 (26... Qb6 27. Nxh4) 27. Rxf2 gxf2 28. e6 $1
Bxe6 (28... Rxg2 29. exd7) 29. Qe3 Bf7 (29... Rh8+ 30. Bh2 Re4 31. Qxf2 Ne5 32.
Nef4 Ng4 33. Qg3 $18) 30. Qxf2 d4 31. Rd1 (31. Rd1 Bd5 32. Ng3 Rh4+ 33. Kg1
Bxg2 34. Kxg2 Rgg4 35. Rxd4 Nxd4 36. Qxd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2001.09.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Black "Berelowitsch, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2001.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Be2 {Quite rare move, but
not bad.Much more popular in modern practice} (6. Bd3 {or}) (6. Na3) 6... Nf5 (
{I would prefer} 6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5) 7. dxc5 ({In the case of active} 7. g4
Nh4 8. Nxh4 Qxh4 9. Be3 Bd7 10. O-O {Black manage to equalise after} (10. Nd2
$5 cxd4 11. Nf3 Qd8 12. cxd4 h5 13. gxh5 Rxh5 14. h4 Ne7 15. Ng5 Rh8 16. Bd3
Nf5 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Qb3 $13 {1-0 Kupreichik,V-Moskalenko,V/Lvov 1988 (41)})
10... Qd8 $1 {[%cal Gd8b6]} 11. Nd2 Qb6 12. Rb1 cxd4 13. cxd4 a5 14. Kh1 a4 15.
f4 h5 16. gxh5 Ne7 17. Bf2 Bb5 18. b3 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 a3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Glek,
I/Deutschland 1994/Inf 60 (22)}) 7... Bxc5 8. O-O (8. b4 Bb6 9. b5 Na5 10. h4
Qc7 11. g4 Ne7 12. h5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Nd4 f6 $1 $15 {0-1 Leskovar,
M-Garcia Palermo,C/Alicante op. 1992 (36)}) 8... O-O 9. Bd3 h6 10. Nbd2 {
It looks that White got small advantage} Nh4 $146 (10... a5 11. Nb3 Ba7 12. a4
Qc7 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Re1 Rac8 15. Bf4 Nce7 16. Qd2 Ng6 17. Bxf5 Nxf4 18. Bc2 Ng6
19. Nbd4 Qb6 20. Bd3 f5 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Bxg6 Rxg6 23. Ne5 $16 {1-0 Kaiser,
W-Rej,D/FRG-chJ int 1980 (28)}) 11. b4 (11. Nxh4 Qxh4 12. Nf3 Qh5) 11... Bb6
12. b5 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Ne7 14. Bc2 Ng6 15. Qd3 Qc7 $2 {Serious mistake, maybe
Berelovich just missed next white's move.} ({After correct} 15... a6 $142 $1
16. bxa6 Rxa6 17. h4 Re8 $13 {it will be not so easy to evaluate position.})
16. Nh4 $1 {[%mdl 128] Unpleasant surprise!} Qxe5 $8 17. Ba3 Rd8 18. Nxg6 fxg6
19. Qxg6 Qf4 (19... Qf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Be7) 20. Qh7+ {Vysochin preferes
attack continuation to material advantage.} (20. Be7 $5 Bd7 21. Qh7+ Kf7 22.
Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Bg6+ Kf6 24. Bd3 $16) 20... Kf7 21. Rae1 {[%cal Re1e3]} e5 $8 (
21... Bc7 22. g3 Qf6 {Lose by force-} 23. Re3 {[%cal Rg1g2]} e5 24. Bg6+ $1 (
24. Kg2 e4 25. f3 Bf5) 24... Qxg6 25. Rf3+ Qf6 26. Rxf6+ Kxf6 27. f4 exf4 28.
Bc5 $18) 22. Kh1 (22. Qg6+ $5 Kg8 23. Be7 $16 {+-}) 22... Qf6 23. f4 $1 (23.
Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Qg6+ Kg8 25. Qh7+ $11) 23... e4 $8 24. f5 a6 25. Bb3 $2 {Strange
move! After} (25. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 26. Rxe4 $18) ({or simple} 25. Bd1 $1 $18 {
White could win just in few moves}) 25... axb5 26. Bc1 {[%cal Ge1e4]} (26. Bb4
e3 27. Bd1 $40) 26... Ra4 (26... Ke7 $142 $5) 27. Bxa4 bxa4 28. Be3 $6 ({
I don't believe that Black can organize serious resistance after natural} 28.
c4 $5 $16) 28... Bxe3 29. Rxe3 Qa6 30. Rd1 Qf6 31. Qg6+ $5 Qxg6 32. fxg6+ Ke7
$1 (32... Kxg6 $2 33. Rxe4 $16) 33. Rf1 Be6 34. Rb1 Rd7 35. Rb4 Bf5 36. Rxa4
Rc7 37. Rg3 Kf6 38. Kg1 Bxg6 {White keep advantage and in the ending, but
Berelovich manage to keep balance.} 39. Rd4 Bf7 40. Kf2 g5 41. Ke1 Ke5 42. Kd2
b5 43. Kc2 Be8 44. Re3 Rf7 45. a3 h5 46. Rd2 h4 47. Kb3 g4 48. Kb4 Rf6 49. Re1
g3 50. hxg3 hxg3 51. Red1 Bf7 52. Kxb5 Be8+ 53. Ka5 Bf7 54. Kb5 Be8+ 55. Ka5
Bf7 56. Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Borovikov, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8.
Bxf5 exf5 9. a3 Be6 10. Nc3 Rc8 (10... Be7 $5 11. h4 h6 12. b4 Qd7 13. Ne2 b5
14. Nf4 a5 15. bxa5 Nxa5 16. Nh5 Kf8 17. Rh3 f4 18. Rh1 Nc4 19. Nxf4 Nxa3 20.
Bxa3 Rxa3 21. Rxa3 Bxa3 22. Qd3 b4 23. Nxe6+ Qxe6 24. Qb5 g6 $17 {0-1 Onischuk,
A-Roca,P/Yerevan olm (Belov) 1996 (41)}) 11. Ne2 $5 $146 {Strong and natural
move, White brings night on the king,s side} ({RR} 11. Qa4 Be7 12. h4 h6 13. b4
O-O 14. Ne2 Qb6 15. Bd2 a6 16. O-O Na7 17. Qb3 Rc4 18. Qe3 Rfc8 19. Qf4 Qd8 20.
Ng3 Nb5 $15 {0-1 Edelman,D-Libeau,R/Muenster 1994 (54)}) 11... h6 {[%cal Gg7g5]
} 12. h4 g6 ({Worth considering} 12... a5 $5 {and black begins to play on the
queen side. But text is not bad either - black king will fill himself quite
comfortable in the center, or on g7}) 13. b4 Be7 14. Be3 Qb6 15. Rb1 Kd7 $6 {
Beggining of the wrong plan.} ({After} 15... Kf8 $5 {it will be difficult for
White to improve position.}) 16. O-O Qd8 17. Qd2 Qf8 {Quite strange idea.It,s
clear that White's monarch is protected much better than his black colleague.}
18. b5 Nd8 19. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 g5 (20... Bxa3 $142 21. Ra1 Bb4 22. Qc2 $16)
21. Qa5 f4 22. Rc7+ Ke8 23. b6 $1 {Refutation of the black's strategy.} Nc6 {
What else?} (23... axb6 24. Qb5+ Nc6 25. Rxb7 Bd7 26. Qxd5 {lose immidiately})
(23... a6 24. Qa4+ Nc6 25. Rxb7 Bd7 26. e6 $1 fxe6 27. Rxd7 $18) 24. Rxc6 {
Beggining of the end} bxc6 25. Qxa7 (25. bxa7 $2 Kd7 $17) 25... f5 $8 26. exf6
Qxf6 27. Bd2 (27. b7 Bd6 28. b8=Q+ Bxb8 29. Qxb8+ Kf7 30. Ne5+ Kg7 31. Qc7+ $18
) 27... g4 (27... Bd6 28. Bb4 $1 $18) 28. Ne5 g3 (28... Bc8 29. b7 Bxb7 30.
Qxb7 g3 31. Nxf4 gxf2+ 32. Kf1 $18) 29. Qa8+ Bd8 30. Qxc6+ Kf8 31. b7 gxf2+ 32.
Kf1 f3 33. Nxf3 {Ehlvest played well and won very convincingly.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bosch, Jeroen"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1999.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. Bxh6 {
Rather rare move doesn,t promise real chances for advantage. I would prefer} (
8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 {with possibel continuation} Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O f6 12.
Bxf5 exf5 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Na4 Qd8 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 $1 fxe5 17. b5 Na5 18.
Bxe5 $36 {1-0 Sveshnikov,E-Paramos,R/Oviedo 1993 (36)}) 8... gxh6 9. cxd4 Bd7
10. Be2 Rc8 11. O-O Bg7 {[%cal Gf7f6]} 12. Qd2 (12. b5 Ne7 13. a4 f6 14. Qd2
fxe5 15. Nxe5 Nf5 16. Bh5+ Ke7 17. Qb4+ Qd6 18. Qxd6+ Nxd6 $15 {0-1 Halwick,
F-Barlow,J/corr 1998 (40)}) 12... O-O 13. Ra2 $5 {Obligatory caution!} (13. Nc3
$6 Nxd4 $1 14. Nxd4 Bxe5 15. Rad1 Bxd4 16. Nxd5 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 exd5 18. Qxd5
Ba4 $15 {0-1 Fressinet,L-Kortchnoi,V/Cannes Generations 1996 (29) leads to
black,s advantage}) 13... f6 14. b5 Na5 {N/} ({Deserves attention} 14... Ne7
15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Nc3 Ng6 {with nice game, for example} 17. Na4 Qd6 18. Nc5 b6
19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. g3 Rf7 21. Qe3 Qd6 $13 {0-1 Bosboom-Barbero/Wijk II 1991 (61)
}) 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Qe3 Rf5 {Very provocative move!} 18. Bg4 (18.
Nc6 {looks strong, but Black is Ok after} Kf7 (18... Rxc6 19. bxc6 Qxc6 20. Rd2
$5 Nc4 $140 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Nc3 $16) 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. Bg4 Rf6 21. Re1 Bd7
$15 {[%csl Ga5,Rb1,Gc8,Rd4,Gg7]}) 18... Rg5 19. Nc6 $1 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Rg4e6,
Re3e6] From the first ( and maybe even second ) look Lputian has serious
troubles, but...} (19. f4 $4 Rxg4 $19) 19... Ra8 $1 20. Bxe6+ (20. Qxe6+ $143
$2 Bf7 21. Ne7+ Kf8 $19) (20. Nxa5 Rxg4 21. Nb3 (21. Nc6 Re4 $1 22. Ne7+ Kf8
23. Qg3 Bf6 $19) 21... Bxb5 $17) 20... Kh8 21. Nb4 $2 {First and already
decisive mistake! Bosch must continue} (21. Nxa5 Bxb5 $1 (21... Qxa5 22. f4 $1
Qb6 23. fxg5 Bd7 $1 (23... Bxd4 24. Rf8+ Kg7 25. Rg8#) 24. Rd2 Qxe6 25. Qxe6
Bxe6 26. gxh6 Bxh6 27. Re2 $18) 22. Re1 $1 (22. Nb3 $2 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Re8 $19) (
22. Rc1 Re8 23. Rc8 Rxc8 24. Bxc8 Bxd4 $1 25. Qe1 (25. Qd2 Be2 $3 {[%csl Ra5,
Rb1,Rc8]} 26. Qc2 Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 Bf3 $1 28. Bh3 Re5 $19) 25... Bd3 $1 26. Rd2
Re5 27. Qc1 Qxa5 $19) 22... Qxa5 (22... Re8 23. Nb3 Bd7 24. Nc5 Bxe6 25. Rae2
$1 $18) (22... Bxd4 23. Qf4) 23. f4 $13 {with unclear consequences.}) 21...
Bxb5 22. h4 (22. Re1 Re8 $1 {[%cal Re8e1,Rg7d4]}) 22... Rg6 $19 23. Bf5 (23.
Bxd5 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Bxd4 25. Qd3 Rf8 $19) 23... Re8 (23... Bxf1 $1 24. Kxf1 (24.
Bxg6 Qxg6 {[%cal Rg6b1]}) 24... Bxd4 $19) 24. Qf3 ({Even in the case of more
stubborn} 24. Qc1 $5 {Black easily wins after} Bxf1 (24... Nb3 25. Qd1 $1 (25.
Bxg6 Nxc1 26. Bxe8 Nxa2 27. Bxb5 Nxb4 $19)) 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Qxf1 Qxd4 $19)
24... Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Rd6 26. g4 Nc6 27. Re2 Rf8 28. Nxd5 $2 (28. Nxc6 bxc6 $19 {
[%csl Rd4]}) 28... Qxb1+ 0-1

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1999.01.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Barkhagen, Jonas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1999.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. dxc5 $6 {Rare and not good
move, according to theory only} (6. a3 $5 {keeps chances for advantage, for
example} Bb5 (6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. Bxb5+ Qxb5 9. Nc3 $14) 7. c4 Bxc4 8.
Bxc4 dxc4 9. d5 Ne7 $5 10. d6 Nec6 11. Nbd2 Qa6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Re1 g6 {
0-1 Krapivin,V-Haba,P/Pardubice op 1998 (58) with mutial chances}) 6... Bxc5 7.
Qc2 a5 (7... Bb5 8. b4 Be7 9. Be3 Qa6 $13) 8. a4 {[%csl Rb5] N/} (8. Bd3 Nc6 9.
O-O f6 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. Na3 g5 $1 12. Bg3 g4 13. Nd4 Nxe5 $17 {1/2-1/2
Polovodin-Panchenko/Vilnius 1970 (49)}) 8... Nc6 9. Bd3 f6 $1 10. Bf4 $6 {
[%mdl 8192]} ({Black have good compensation for the pawn after} 10. Bxh7 O-O-O
$5 ({Black have nothing to worry about and after} 10... Bxf2+ 11. Qxf2 Qxf2+
12. Kxf2 Rxh7) 11. Bxg8 Rdxg8 $44 {but move in text leads even to worse
consequences!}) (10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O e5 $36) 10... g5 $1 $17 {[%csl Re5]} 11.
Bg3 g4 12. Bxh7 $5 ({"Boring"} 12. Nfd2 Nxe5 13. Bxh7 Ne7 {[%csl Gb6,Gc5,Ge5,
Rh7] leads to clear Black,s advantage and Shulman trying to catch fish in
dirty water.}) 12... O-O-O $5 {Sensible reaction, less clear} (12... gxf3 13.
Qg6+ Kd8 14. Qg7 {with big complications, for example} (14. Bxg8 Qxb2 15. O-O
Ne7 $1 16. Qxf6 Rxg8 $19) 14... Rxh7 (14... Qxb2 15. O-O) 15. Qxg8+ Be8 16.
Qxh7 (16. b4 fxg2 17. Rg1 Rf7 18. bxc5 Qb2 $19) 16... Qxb2 17. O-O Qxa1 18.
exf6 $132) 13. b4 ({Immediately lost} 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 (14. Bxg8 Bxe5 15.
Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Bh7 Rxh7 17. Qxh7 Qxb2 $19) 14... Rxh7 $1 15. Qxh7 Qxb2 $19 {
[%csl Ra1]}) 13... gxf3 (13... axb4 14. a5 Qa7 15. Nfd2 fxe5 16. a6 $5 {
[%cal Rc2c8,Gh7d3,Gd3a6]}) 14. bxc5 fxg2 15. Rg1 Qxc5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bg6 (
17. Bd3 $5 $17) 17... e5 18. Nd2 e4 $5 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Rc6b4,Rb4d3]} 19. Rb1
Rdg8 (19... Nb4 20. Qb3 Nd3+ 21. Ke2) 20. Nb3 (20. Qb3 Nd8 21. Rxg2 Rxg6 22.
Bd6 Qxd6 23. Rxg6 Rxh2 $19) 20... Qe7 21. Nd4 Rxg6 $19 22. Qb3 Nxd4 ({Maybe
even simplier} 22... Be8 23. Nf5 Qd7 24. Nd6+ Kd8 $19) 23. Qxb7+ Kd8 24. cxd4 (
24. Qa8+ Bc8 25. Qxa5+ Ke8 26. cxd4 e3 $19) 24... Qa3 $1 25. Rxg2 Qc3+ 26. Kf1
Qd3+ 27. Kg1 Ke7 28. Kh1 (28. Bd6+ Kf7 29. Rxg6 Kxg6 30. Be5 Rg8 $1 $19 {
[%csl Rg1]}) 28... Rc8 (28... Kf7) 29. h4 Kf7 30. h5 Rh6 31. Kg1 Rxh5 32. Bh2
Qd2 (32... e3 $1) 33. Bc7 Qh6 34. Rh2 Rg8+ 35. Kh1 Rxh2+ 36. Bxh2 Qh3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Be7 10. Be2 Bd7 11. O-O h5 {Secure position of knight and preparing
active action on the king's side.} ({Worth consideration and modest} 11... a6 {
[%cal Gc6a7]} 12. Kh1 Na7 {preparing exchange light-colour bishops.} 13. Qd2
Bb5 14. Nc3 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Rc8 16. Nc3 Nb5 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. Rfc1 O-O 19. Bc3
Rc4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Zarkovic,D-Stankovic,J/YUG-ch G20 Tivat 2001/YUG (45)}) 12.
Qd2 {Sergey Dolmatov has great experience in ths line. One of his opponent
continue here} (12. b5 {but after} Na5 13. Nc3 a6 14. Na4 Qd8 15. bxa6 bxa6 16.
Bc3 Bb5 17. Rb1 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nc4 $15 {0-1 Kozak,A-Dolmatov,S/Elista 1997/CBM
59 (35) got less than nothing}) 12... g5 $1 {Typical idea: Black increase
preassure on d4 attacking white knight f3.} 13. Rd1 g4 14. Ne1 Rg8 15. Nc2 Bg5
16. Qd3 $146 {New move doesn't change estimation of position as good for Black.
} (16. Qe1 Rc8 17. Bc3 Nce7 18. a4 Nh4 19. Kh1 Nef5 20. Ra2 Qd8 21. b5 f6 22.
b6 a6 23. Ba5 fxe5 24. Bxa6 Nxg2 $132 {0-1 Relange-Berend/Brussels zt 1993 (34)
}) 16... Nce7 17. Nc3 Rc8 18. a4 Rc4 19. Nb5 (19. a5 Qc7 20. b5 $5) 19... a6 (
19... Bxb5 20. axb5 Ng6 21. g3 Qc7 $13) 20. Nc3 (20. Nba3 $5 {Possible to
recommend as possible improvement, for example} Rc8 21. b5 a5 22. Bc1 $1 $14)
20... Nc6 21. Na2 (21. a5 Qc7 22. Qxf5 $140 $2 exf5 23. Nxd5 Rxc2 $1 24. Nxc7+
Kd8 $19) 21... Rxc2 $1 {[%mdl 64]} 22. a5 $1 ({In the case of} 22. Qxc2 Ncxd4
23. Bxd4 Nxd4 24. Qd3 Nxe2+ 25. Qxe2 Bxa4 $17 {black's advantage is obvious.})
22... Rxe2 (22... Qa7 $5 23. Qxc2 Ncxd4 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 25. Qd3 Nxe2+ 26. Qxe2
$14) 23. axb6 Rxb2 24. Qc3 Re2 {Black got three pieces for a queen and it
looks that rest just question of technique, but Arbakov founds interesting
idea.} 25. b5 $1 axb5 (25... Ncxd4 26. bxa6 Rc2 27. Qa3 $1 $18) 26. Nc1 b4 (
26... Re4 27. Ra8+ Bd8 {also not so bad for Black}) 27. Ra8+ Bd8 28. Qa1 Rc2
29. Nb3 {[%cal Gb3c5]} g3 $1 (29... h4 30. Rc1 Rc4 $1 31. Rxc4 dxc4 32. Nc5 c3
$132) 30. hxg3 h4 {Open white's monarch residence and getting great chances
for strong arrack.} 31. Rc1 $1 {White can't tolerate any more black rook on
second rank.} Rxc1+ 32. Qxc1 hxg3 33. Nc5 Nfxd4 (33... Ncxd4 34. Rxd8+ Kxd8 35.
Nxb7+ Ke8 (35... Ke7 36. Qc5+) 36. Qc7 gxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Ke7 38. Nc5 $18) 34. Qb2
Rg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Terrible mistake!.} ({After correct} 34... Ke7 $1 35. f4
Rg4 36. Rxd8 Kxd8 37. Nxb7+ Ke7 $19 {Dolmatov could win this interesting and
complicated game.}) 35. f4 $1 Rg4 36. Nxb7 Rxf4 37. Nxd8 Nxd8 38. b7 $18 N4c6
$8 39. b8=Q Nxb8 40. Rxb8 Re4 41. Kf1 f6 (41... Rf4+ 42. Ke1 Re4+ 43. Kd2 Bc6
44. Qa1 {[%cal Ra1a5]}) 42. Qc1 (42. Qc1 fxe5 43. Qg5 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrov, Marian"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Be3 ({Black did well after} 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O Rc8 {for
example:} 12. Qd2 h5 $5 13. Rd1 g5 $1 14. Nxg5 Ncxd4 15. Bd3 Nb3 16. Qf4 Nxa1
17. Bxa1 Rg8 18. h4 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Qd8 {0-1 Das,A-Garma,C/Calcutta Goodricke op
2001/ (28)}) 9... Bd7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. O-O Nxe3 12. fxe3 Be7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14.
Nb3 Nb8 $1 {[%cal Gd7b5] Black equalize comfortably after this strong move.
Black's game is quite simple- he wants to exchange light squared bishops and
use open c line for active counter play.} (14... f5 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Nc5 Bxc5
17. bxc5 Qc7 18. Ng5 h6 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Qh5 Be8 21. Qxh6 fxg5 22. Rf1 Qe7 23.
Rf8+ Qxf8 24. Qh7# {1-0 Meyer-Junge,R/BL 1992 (24)}) (14... Nd8 15. Qe2 a6 16.
Nc5 Bb5 17. Rac1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Rxc5 20. bxc5 Qc7 21. Rb1 $36 {
1-0 Vardanian,H-Manukian,A/Batumi op 2001/Week in Chess 347 (36)}) (14... Qd8
$5 15. Nc5 b6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Bb5 Qb7 18. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Kindermann,S-Huebner,
R/BL 0001 2001/ (18)}) 15. Nc5 $6 (15. Qe2 {and just after} a6 16. Nc5 {
was musch stronger, because it will be not so easy for black to push away
white knight from c5}) 15... Bb5 16. h4 $146 (16. Rc1 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 a5 18. Rb1
axb4 19. Rxb4 Qc6 20. Rb5 b6 21. Na4 Nd7 22. Rfb1 Bd8 23. Nb2 Be7 24. Na4 Bd8
$11 {1/2-1/2 Ambroz,J-Meyer,P/BL 1991 (32)}) 16... Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qc7 {[%cal
Gb7b6]} 18. Rac1 b6 19. Na6 $6 {Mistake, but even after} (19. Nb3 Qd7 $36 {
[%cal Gd7a4] Black keeps initiative.}) 19... Qxc1 20. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 21. Kh2 h6 (
21... Nxa6 $5 22. Qxa6 Rc7 $17 {also looks quite promising.}) 22. Nxb8 Rxb8 23.
Qa6 Rc7 {[%cal Gb6b5]} 24. Qb5 Rd8 {Two rooks are stronger than queen, but
first Minasian needs to regroup his forces.} 25. Qa6 g6 26. Kg3 Kg7 27. Kg4 Rb8
{[%cal Gb6b5]} 28. Qb5 Rbc8 29. h5 (29. Qa6 $8 {[%cal Ga6a7]} h5+ 30. Kg3 (30.
Kf4 Rc2 31. g3 R8c7 $19)) 29... Rc2 $19 30. Ne1 (30. g3 R8c7 31. Qe8 R2c3 {
[%cal Gc3e3,Gc3a3]}) 30... gxh5+ $1 31. Kxh5 Rf2 32. Kg4 (32. Qd7 Rc1 33. Qxe7
Rxe1 34. Kg4 Rxe3 $19 {Lose as well}) 32... Rc3 33. Nd3 Rf5 (33... Rxg2+ $1 34.
Kf3 Rcc2 $19) 34. a4 (34. Nf4 Bg5 35. Nh5+ Kh7) 34... h5+ 35. Kh3 Bg5 {All
black pieces are active and his victory is now just question of time.g} 36. Ne1
Bxe3 37. Nf3 Bxd4 38. Qa6 Bxe5 39. Qxa7 Rfxf3+ $1 40. gxf3 Rc2 (40... Rc2 41.
Kh4 Kh6 {[%cal Rc2h2]}) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bangiev} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4
8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Be3 {'!?' Bangiev. Bangiev: 'Dies ist wesentlich besser 
(aktiver) als die Alternative 9.Bb2, da der mögliche Abtausch des Läufer e3
weissfeldrige Schwächen im Lager des Schwarzen verursachen sollte.'} (9. Bb2
Bd7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O h5 12. b5 Na5 13. Nc3 a6 14. Na4 Qd8 $11 {0-1 Kozak,
A-Dolmatov,S/Elista 1997/CBM 59 (35)}) 9... g6 10. Bd3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Bh6 (11...
Bg7 $5 {Bangiev} 12. Nc3 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 {/\f6}) 12. Qd2 $146 {A new move in a
well known position. The queen from d2 will protect the natural position of
white's knight on c3. Bangiev: 'Ein neuer Zug in dieser Stellung.'} (12. Qe2
Bd7 (12... O-O 13. O-O a5 14. b5 Ne7 15. a4 Nf5 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Nbd2 Be6 18.
Nb3 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 f4 20. Qe1 fxe3 21. Qh4 Bf8 {Chaika,O-Malahatko/Yalta 1996/
Inf 67/ 0-1 (40)}) (12... a5 {Bangiev} 13. b5 Ne7 14. Nc3 a4 15. O-O Bd7 16.
Rab1 O-O 17. Nd1 Rfc8 18. Nf2 Rc3 19. Ng4 Bg7 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6 Nc8 22.
Ne5 Qd6 23. Qe1 Rxa3 24. Qh4 Be8 25. Bxg6 {1-0 Lie,K-Djurhuus,R/Asker 2000/(25)
}) 13. O-O (13. Nbd2 a5 14. b5 Ne7 15. g4 a4 16. O-O O-O 17. h4 Rac8 $132 {
0-1 Ehlvest,J-Bhat,V/San Francisco Koltanowski mem 2000/The Week in Chess 320 
(27)}) (13. Nc3 Ne7 14. O-O Nf5 15. g4 Bxe3+ 16. Kh1 Bxd4 17. Nb5 Bxa1 18. gxf5
exf5 19. Nd6+ Kf8 20. Rxa1 {1-0 Thipsay,P-Neelotpal,D/Mumbai 2000/(29)}) 13...
O-O 14. Nc3 Rac8 15. Nd1 $1 {[%cal Gd1f2,Gf2g4]} f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. b5 Ne7
18. Nf2 Bg7 19. Ng4 Rff8 20. Nge5 Qd6 21. Qd2 $14 {Kozel,R-Koutsin,S/Minsk
1996/Inf 67/1-0 (40)}) 12... Bd7 (12... a5 {Bangiev} 13. b5 Ne7 14. Nc3 a4 15.
O-O O-O 16. Rab1 Bd7 17. Nd1 Rfc8 18. Nf2 Nf5 19. Ng4 Bg7 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21.
exf6 Nd6 22. Ne5) 13. Nc3 Ne7 {[%cal Ge7f5]} 14. g4 $1 {[%mdl 4] '!?' Bangiev.}
(14. O-O {Bangiev} Nf5 $132) 14... Bg7 (14... O-O 15. h4 $1 $40) (14... Rc8 $5
{Bangiev} 15. O-O $5 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Rxc3 17. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 $44) 15. O-O
Rc8 16. a4 $1 {'!?' Bangiev. Morozevich plays actively on the whole board. 
Bangiev: 'Weiss strebt danach, den Läufer d7, den Verteidiger der weissen
Felder, abzutauschen.'} (16. Rac1 O-O) 16... O-O (16... Qxb4 $2 17. Ne4 (17.
Nb5 {Bangiev} Qxd2 18. Nd6+ $16) 17... Qxd2 18. Nd6+ Kd8 19. Nxd2 $16 {[%csl
Gd6]}) 17. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Gb5d6] Bangiev: '/\Nb5'} Bxb5 $8 (17... f6 {Bangiev}
18. a5 $16) 18. axb5 {[%csl Ra7] Now the a7-pawn will produce headache for
Black for a long time.} f6 {'?!' Bangiev. Bangiev: 'Der Nachziehende möchte
sich mehr Spielraum verschaffen, hat aber nun die weissfeldrigen Schwächen auf
e6 und g6.'} (18... Rc7 {Bangiev} 19. Rf2 $14) 19. exf6 {'!' Bangiev.} Rxf6 20.
Kg2 Rcf8 21. Qc2 $5 {[%cal Gc2c5,Gh2h4]} Nc8 {Bangiev: '/\Nd6-c4'} 22. h4 $1 (
22. Qc5 Qd8) 22... Nd6 23. h5 (23. Qc5 $5) 23... Rc8 (23... gxh5 $142 24. Bxh7+
Kh8 25. g5 $1 Nf5 $1 (25... Nc4 26. Rae1) 26. Rae1 Kxh7 27. gxf6 Bxf6 $44) (
23... Nxb5 {Bangiev} 24. hxg6 hxg6 (24... h6 25. g5 hxg5 26. Nxg5) 25. Bxg6 (
25. g5 Rf5 $5 $14) 25... e5 26. Nxe5 Rxf1 27. Rxf1 Rxf1 28. Kxf1 Bxe5 29. Qf5
$1 $18) 24. Qe2 Qd8 $6 ({Again worth of consideration is} 24... gxh5 $5) (24...
gxh5 {Bangiev} 25. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h7,Rg5e6]} hxg4 26. Rxf6 Bxf6 27. Qxg4 $18)
25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Rxa7 $16 {Now white's advantage is obvious.} Qe7 (26... Qb6 {
Bangiev} 27. Raa1 Nc4 28. Nh4 $16) 27. Ne5 $1 Rxf1 28. Qxf1 (28. Nxg6 $6 Qg5
29. Kxf1 Ne4 {'!' Bangiev.} 30. Bxe4 dxe4 $132) 28... Bxe5 $6 (28... Qh4 {
[%cal Rc8f8]} 29. Qf2 $16) 29. dxe5 Ne4 30. Bxe4 dxe4 (30... Qh4 31. Qf4 Rf8 (
31... dxe4 32. Qxe4 $18) 32. Qg3 Qxg3+ 33. Kxg3 dxe4 34. Rxb7 Rf3+ 35. Kh4 Rxe3
36. b6 $18) 31. Qf6 $1 $18 Qxf6 32. exf6 Rc7 33. g5 Kf7 34. Kg3 {[%cal Gg3e5]}
e5 $8 35. b6 Rd7 36. Kg4 Ke6 37. Ra8 Kd6 38. Rg8 {A nice victory of Alexander
Morozevich.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Prokopchuk, Evgeny"]
[Black "Chigvintsev, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Nge7 6. Be2 Bd7 7. a3 {Rare move,
usually white continue} (7. O-O {or}) (7. Na3) 7... Rc8 {N/ Not the best move,
black hadn,t troubles after} (7... a5 $5 8. a4 (8. O-O Ng6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. Qe2
Qc7 11. g3 c4 12. Bc2 f6 13. h4 fxe5 14. h5 e4 15. hxg6 exf3 16. Qxf3 O-O-O 17.
gxh7 e5 $36 {0-1 Edelman-Gulko,B/Philadelphia 1988 (27)}) 8... Ng6 9. O-O Be7
10. Be3 b6 11. Ne1 O-O 12. f4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Nc3 Nh4 15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16.
Rxf3 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Guadalpi,C-Gervais,C/FRA t-ch 1999 (24)}) ({or} 7... a6 $5
8. b4 cxd4 9. cxd4 b5 {[%cal Ge7c8,Gc8b6,Gb6c4]} 10. O-O Nc8 11. Nbd2 a5 12.
bxa5 Nxa5 13. Ne1 Nb6 14. Nb3 Nbc4 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Nc2 Be7 17. Qd3 O-O 18.
Qg3 Rfc8 19. Bd3 g6 $13 {0-1 Hokkanen,P-Knaak,R/Heart of Finland 1994 (40)}) 8.
b4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Ng6 (9... Nf5 $5 {[%csl Rd4]}) 10. h4 {Typical reaction} Be7
11. g3 Qb6 12. Be3 f5 (12... f6 $5) 13. h5 Nf8 14. Nbd2 {[%cal Gd2b3,Gb3c5]
Results of opening are not very promising for black.They have no any
counterplay and must just wait white action.} Nd8 15. Nb3 Ba4 (15... Bb5 $142
$5) 16. Qd3 Bxb3 $6 ({Much stronger were to play} 16... a6 $5 $14 {[%cal Ga4b5]
with future exchange of light bishops}) 17. Qxb3 h6 18. Nd2 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Nc6
19. Qd3 Nd7 (19... a5 20. b5) 20. Rb1 O-O 21. f4 $16 Qd8 22. Kf2 {[%cal Gg3g4]}
Nb6 23. g4 $1 Rc7 24. Rbg1 {[%cal Gg4f5,Gg1g6]} Bh4+ 25. Kf1 Be7 26. gxf5 exf5
27. Rg6 {[%cal Gh1g1,Gg6h6]} Bxb4 {Desperation sacrifice, but black can,t wait
any more.} 28. axb4 Nxb4 29. Qb3 Rc1+ 30. Kg2 Rxh1 31. Kxh1 Qe7 32. Rd6 Nc6 33.
Bf3 Kh7 34. Bf2 $18 {White position is winning any way, but move in the game
is the precise one.} (34. Bxd5 Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Nxd5 36. Rxd5 Qg4+ 37. Kf2 Qh4+ 38.
Ke2 Qxh5+ 39. Nf3 $18) 34... Rc8 35. Bxd5 Nxd4 36. Qg3 (36. Bxd4 Qh4+ 37. Kg2
$18) 36... Ne2 37. Qe3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] It looks that opponents were in
terrible time troubles, white could easy win game after} (37. Qd3 $1 $18 {
now everything could changed very quickly}) 37... Rc1+ 38. Kg2 Rc2 $4 {[%mdl
8192] I even can,t comment this strange move, I suppose time shortage? Bad
luck for black, first time in the game they could get better chances, but....}
(38... Nxd5 39. Rxd5 Qf7 $1 40. Rc5 (40. Qxe2 Qxd5+) (40. Rb5 Qxh5 $19) 40...
Rxc5 41. Qxe2 Qd5+ 42. Nf3 Rc4 $19) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Belozerov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Bd7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Rc8 9. Be3 Nh6 10. Bd3 Ng4 11. O-O Be7 12. Nbd2 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Nb8 {[%cal Gd7b5]
} (13... f5 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Nb3 $5 (15. b5 Nxd4 16. exd4 Bxd4+ 17. Kh1 Bxa1
18. Qxa1 O-O 19. Qb1 h6 20. Re1 Qc5 21. a4 Be8 22. Ne5 Qc3 $15 {0-1 Sandipan,
C-Akopian,V/Calcutta Goodricke op 2000/The Week in Chess 276 (58)}) 15... O-O
16. Nc5 Qc7 17. Rc1 b6 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Bb5 $36 {1-0 Sikorova,O-Bashkite,V/
EUR-chW Warsaw 2001/The Week in Chess 338 (31)}) (13... O-O $5 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Nc5 Be8 16. Na4 Qd8 17. b5 Nb8 18. Ra2 Nd7 19. Raf2 Nb6 $11 {Miljanic,B-Antic,
D/Jugoslavija 1997/ (21)}) 14. Qb1 $146 {This move doesn't look too dangerous
for black} ({Worth considering} 14. a4 $5 {preventing bishop exchange.} Nc6 15.
b5 Nb4 16. Bb1 O-O 17. h4 Rc3 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nh7 Rxe3 20. Qg4 Nd3 21. Nxf8 Bxf8
22. Bxd3 Rxd3 23. Nf3 $14 {Motylev,A-Belozerov,A/RUS-ch J20 Ekaterinburg 1996/
1-0 (69)}) (14. Nb3 Ba4 15. Qb1 Bxb3 16. Qxb3 O-O 17. Qb1 g6 18. h4 a5 19. h5
Kg7 20. b5 a4 $132 {1-0 Shovunov,B-Poddubnyi,V/RUS-ch Elista 2001/ (58)}) 14...
Ba4 ({Why not} 14... Bb5 $142 15. e4 Nc6 $13 {with equal chances?}) 15. e4 Nc6
16. Qb2 a5 $6 {This move may look active, but it weakens Black's position
considerably, while not bringing any definite benefits.} (16... Bb5 $142 17.
Bxb5 Qxb5 18. Qb3 O-O $11) 17. exd5 exd5 18. b5 Nd8 $2 {It is not easy to
explain this move.Black should play} (18... Na7 $142 {attacking white pawn,
with rasonable chances, for example} 19. Rac1 O-O 20. Nb1 $140 Nxb5 21. Nc3
Bxa3) 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 O-O 21. Nb1 $1 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gb1c3] This move
is point of white's strategy.It is difficult already give good advice to Black.
} Ne6 22. Kh1 $16 (22. Nc3 $2 Nxd4 23. Nxd5 (23. Nxa4 Nxf3+ 24. Kh1 Qe3 $19)
23... Nxf3+ 24. Kh1 Qd8 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. gxf3 Rd8 $15) 22... Ng5 23. Nc3 Nxf3
(23... Qh6 $5 24. Ng1 $1 $18 (24. Nxa4 Nxf3 25. gxf3 Qe3 $13)) 24. Nxd5 Qd8 25.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. gxf3 {[%csl Ra4]} Qg5 27. Qc3 Qf4 28. Rf1 g6 29. Qc4 $18 {
White has both positional and material advantage, so the rest is pretty clear.}
Qe3 30. d5 Rd8 (30... Bd1 $142 $1 31. Qe4 Qxe4 32. fxe4 Bg4 33. Rc1 Re8 34. Kg2
Rxe5 35. h3 $18) 31. d6 Qxe5 (31... Re8 32. f4) 32. Qxa4 Rxd6 33. Qe4 Qc3 34.
Bc4 {Rest is simple} Kg7 35. Bd5 b6 36. a4 Rf6 37. Rd1 Kg8 38. Qd4 Qc2 39. Re1
Qf5 40. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Li, Shilong"]
[Black "Visser, Yge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Qb6 10. O-O Na5 11. g4 (11. Ne3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Be7 13. Ne1 (13. Bd2
O-O 14. b3 Bb5 $11) 13... O-O 14. Nd3 Rac8 (14... Bb5 $5 15. b3 Rac8 16. Bd2
$13) 15. b4 $5 Nc4 16. Nc5 Bxc5 $2 (16... Bc6 $13) 17. bxc5 Qa5 18. e4 $1 b6
19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Bg5 $1 bxc5 $15 {1-0 Gonzalez,Y (2487)-Foisor,O (2399)/
Balaguer 91/232 2004/ (30)}) (11. b3 Bb5 12. Bxb5+ Qxb5 13. Ne3 Nxe3 14. Bxe3
Nc6 (14... h6 15. Ne1 Nc6 16. Nd3 a5 17. Nf4 Ba3 18. Nh5 Rg8 19. Qf3 Qb4 20.
Rfd1 Qe7 21. Bc1 Bxc1 22. Raxc1 O-O-O 23. Rc5 Kb8 {1/2-1/2 Wang Hao (2519)
-Reefat,S (2484)/Asian-ch Hyderabad 2005/ (46)}) 15. Ng5 Be7 16. Nh3 O-O-O 17.
Qg4 Rdg8 18. Nf4 Kb8 19. Rfd1 Ba3 20. Bc1 Qa6 21. Nd3 h5 22. Qf4 g5 23. Qxf7
Nxd4 24. Bxa3 Qxa3 25. b4 $36 {0-1 Wang Hao (2457)-Potkin,V (2546)/Moscow
Aeroflot op A2 2005/ (41)}) 11... Ne7 12. Nfe1 h5 (12... Bb5 $5 13. Nd3 (13.
Bxb5+ Qxb5 14. f4 Qb6 15. Ne3 Nec6 16. Nf3 h5 17. b3 O-O-O 18. g5 g6 19. Bb2
Kb8 20. Bc3 Bb4 21. Bxb4 Qxb4 22. Qd3 Rc8 $13 {0-1 Liepold,S (2270)-Kindermann,
S (2525)/Furth Pyramiden Cup 1999 (42)}) 13... h5 14. b4 (14. gxh5 Nf5 15. Be3
Nc6 $5 (15... Nc4 16. a4 Ncxe3 17. fxe3 Bc4 18. Nf4 Bb3 19. Bb5+ Kd8 20. Qe2
Bxc2 21. a5 Qc7 22. Rfc1 Rc8 23. a6 b6 24. Ba4 $14 {Sveshnikov,E-Dolmatov,S/
Nabereznye Chelny 1988}) (15... Rc8 16. b4 (16. b3 Nc6 17. Rc1 a5 18. Qd2 Be7
19. Bg4 Qa6 20. Be2 a4 21. Kh1 axb3 22. axb3 Qa5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Bergstrom,R 
(2308)-Kiriakov,P (2525)/Port Erin op 2000/(44)}) 16... Nc6 17. a4 Bc4 18. Rb1
Qd8 19. Nf4 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qh4 21. h3 Be7 22. Qg4 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rxc2 $15 {
Sveshnikov,E-Kiriakov,P/Elista 1994}) (15... Qd8 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Rc1 Rxc2 $5
18. Qxc2 Nxd4 19. Qd1 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Qh4 21. Bg3 Qe4 22. Qc2 Nc6 $13 {Horvat,
S-Pecnik,L/Pula 1999}) 16. a4 (16. Nc5 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bxc5 19.
dxc5 Qxc5 $17) 16... Bc4 17. b4 Qd8 $5 $146 18. Bg4 (18. a5 $5) 18... Nxe3 (
18... Qh4 $5 19. h3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qg3+ 21. Kh1 Rxh5 22. Bxh5 Qxh3+ 23. Kg1 Qg3+
$11) 19. fxe3 (19. Nxe3 Nxd4 $17) 19... Qg5 20. h3 (20. Rf4 Rxh5 $17) 20...
Rxh5 21. Qf3 O-O-O $5 $15 {0-1 Shabalov,A (2593)-Shirov,A (2705)/Edmonton 2005
(30)}) 14... Nac6 15. a4 Bc4 16. a5 Qc7 17. gxh5 Nf5 (17... Bb3 18. Be3 Nxd4
19. Nxd4 Bxd1 20. Nb5 Qc2 21. Nd6+ Kd7 22. Rfxd1 Qxe2 23. Nxf7 Nf5 {0-1
Hendriks,W (2415)-Barsov,A (2530)/Genova op 2005/}) 18. Be3 Bb3 (18... Rc8 19.
Rc1 Qd8 20. Nf4 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Qh4 22. a6 b6 23. Ne1 $16 {Stevic,H-Bukal,V/Pula
1996}) (18... Qd8 $5 19. Nf4 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 a6 21. Rfb1 Na7 {Shirov,Finkel: '1/
2-1/2 Stevic,H-Dizdar,G/Porec 1998'} 22. Na3 Nc6 23. Nc2 Na7 24. Na3 Nc6 25.
Nc2 Na7 {1/2-1/2 Stevic,H-Dizdar,G/Porec 1998}) 19. Qb1 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Qd8 21.
Nc5 Bxc5 22. Qxc5 Rc8 23. Qb5 O-O 24. Rad1 Qe7 25. Kh1 Qh4 $17 {Van der Werf,
M-Hansen,L/Wijk aan Zee 1993}) 13. gxh5 Nf5 ({I don't see real reasons for
Black to avoid the natural move} 13... Bb5 {at least in the game 1/2-1/2
Shirov,A (2713)-Del Rio Angelis,S (2502)/Gibraltar Masters 2005 White didn't
get advantage after} 14. Bxb5+ Qxb5 15. Ne3 Nac6 16. b3 g6 17. Ng4 O-O-O 18. h6
Nf5 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Nf6 Rc7 21. Ne8 Rd7 22. Nf6 Rc7) 14. Bd2 $146 (14. b3 Bb5
15. Be3 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nc6 17. Rd1 Qd8 18. Ng2 Be7 19. Qg4 Qa5 20. Rd2 O-O-O 21.
a3 Kb8 22. b4 Qa4 23. Rb1 a6 24. Nf4 Ka8 25. Nd3 Rdg8 26. Qe2 g6 27. Nb2 gxh5+
28. Kh1 Qb5 {Yawgmoth (2457)-StarkL (2742)/Dos Hermanas Internet qualifier S18
2005/0-1 (59)}) 14... Nc4 15. Bc3 $5 (15. b3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Rc8 $15) 15... Nxb2
16. Bxb2 Qxb2 17. Rb1 Qxa2 18. Rxb7 Rc8 (18... a5 19. Bd3) 19. Bd3 Bc6 20. Rb1
Rxh5 (20... Ba4 $142 $5 21. Ra1 Qb3 22. Qe2 $1 $132 {[%cal Ra1a4]}) 21. Qxh5 (
21. Ra1 Rg5+ 22. Kh1 Qb2 23. f4 $5 Rg6 24. Rxa7 $13) 21... Qxb1 22. Bxf5 exf5
23. e6 $1 {The beggining of the attack. It is funny, that White hasn't too
many active pieces - just his queen and the supporting pawn e6 - but Black has
to work very hard to refute this attack.} Qb7 $2 ({I believe that} 23... g6 $5
{was the better move. The game could continue:} 24. exf7+ (24. Qh7 Qb7) 24...
Kxf7 25. Qh7+ Bg7 26. Nf3 $5 Qxc2 $8 27. Ne5+ Kf8 28. Nxg6+ Kf7 29. Ne5+ (29.
Ra1 $5) 29... Kf8 {and it looks that the best White can do now is to finish
game with perpetual check} 30. Ng6+ $11) 24. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Rf1e1]} g6 $8 25.
exf7+ Qxf7 (25... Kxf7 26. Ne5+ Kg8 27. Nxg6 Qg7 28. Kh1 $1 $40) 26. Re1+ Kd8 (
26... Be7 27. Qh6 Qf6 28. Ne5 Kd8 29. Qd2 $1 $40 {[%cal Rd2a5]}) 27. Qg5+ Be7 (
27... Kc7 28. Ne5) 28. Ne5 $5 (28. Qd2 $5 {[%cal Gc2b4]}) 28... Qf6 29. Qd2 {
White has strengthened himself on the dark squares.} Rc7 (29... Ba8 $5 30. Qa5+
Qb6 31. Qa4 (31. Nf7+ $5) 31... Bc6 {with some chances for defense.}) 30. Qa5
f4 31. Nb4 Bxb4 32. Qxb4 {[%csl Rc6,Rd8,Ge5]} Kc8 (32... Bb7 33. Ng4 $5) 33.
Ng4 ({A quite attractive alternative for White is} 33. Rc1 $5 $36) 33... Qf5
34. f3 Qd3 $2 (34... a6 $5 $14 {[%cal Gc6b5]}) 35. Ne5 Qf5 (35... Qb5 36. Nxc6
Qxc6 37. Qf8+ Kb7 38. Rb1+ $18) 36. Qd6 (36. Nxc6 $142 $1 Qg5+ 37. Kf1 Rxc6 38.
Qf8+ $18) 36... Bb5 (36... Qg5+ $8 37. Kh1 Qe7 38. Qxg6 $16) 37. Qxd5 $18 {
[%cal Od5a8,Rd5b5]} Bc6 38. Qg8+ Kb7 39. Qb3+ Kc8 40. d5 $1 Qg5+ (40... Bd7 41.
d6 $18) 41. Kh1 Qh4 42. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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 "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Nc6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Rc8 9. Bb2 Nh6 10. Bd3 ({Few years ago Kortchnoi continue} 10. Nc3 {nad after}
Na5 11. Na4 Qc6 12. Nc5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. O-O Qd5 15. Qe2 Bc6 16. Rfe1 Be7
17. Rac1 O-O 18. Ne4 Nf5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Kortchnoi,V-Iruzubieta,J/Oviedo 1992 (31)
got less than nothing}) 10... Na5 11. O-O (11. Nbd2 Nc4 12. Qb3 Nxb2 13. Qxb2
Bb5 14. Bxb5+ Qxb5 15. Rc1 Rxc1+ 16. Qxc1 Kd7 17. Nb3 b6 18. Qd1 Be7 $15 {
0-1 Predojevic,B-Harikrishna,P/Wch B12 Marina d'Or 1998 (33)}) 11... Nc4 12.
Bxc4 Rxc4 13. Nc3 Qa6 $146 {New and maybe not very strong move, Black
equalized easily after} (13... Be7 14. Nd2 Rc8 15. Na4 (15. Nb3 Bb5 $5 16. Nxb5
(16. Re1 Bc4 17. Nc5 Nf5 18. Qa4+ Rc6 $13)) 15... Qb5 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7
18. Qb3 Qb5 19. Rac1 Kd7 $11 {Chorfi,K-Low,P/Novi Sad olm 1990/0-1 (48)}) 14.
Rc1 Be7 15. Nd2 Rc8 ({It will be interesting to see white's reaction in the
case of brave} 15... Rxd4 $5 {It is not so easy to find refutation, for example
} 16. Ne2 (16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. Bxd4 Nf5 $1 $17) 16... Rg4 17. h3 Rh4 18. g3 $5 Ba4
(18... Rxh3 $2 19. Nf4 {[%csl Rh3]}) 19. Qe1 Bb5 $1 {and Black doing well.})
16. Nb3 b6 $6 ({Again} 16... O-O 17. Nc5 Qc6 18. Qd3 (18. b5 Qc7) 18... b6 $11
{looks reasonable for Black}) 17. b5 $1 Bxb5 $6 ({After correct} 17... Qb7 18.
a4 Nf5 {White could pretend just for small advantage}) 18. Nxb5 Rxc1 19. Nd6+
$1 Bxd6 20. Qxc1 Bb8 (20... Bf8 21. Qc6+ Kd8 22. Rc1 $18) 21. Qc6+ Ke7 22. Rc1
{[%csl Ra6,Re7][%cal Gc1c8]} Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Final mistake in already very
dangerous position.} ({Only chance to continue resistanse Kotsur could get
after} 22... Nf5 23. a4 $1 {[%cal Rb2a3]} f6 $8 {for example} 24. Ba3+ (24. Nc5
$2 Qc8) 24... Kf7 25. Qd7+ (25. g4 Ne7 26. Qd7 Re8 27. Rc6 $1 (27. exf6 $2 gxf6
(27... Qe2 28. Bxe7 Qxg4+ 29. Kf1 Qh3+ 30. Ke1 Qxb3 31. Bd8+ $18) 28. Rc6 Qe2
$1) 27... Qxa4 28. Qxe6+ Kg6 (28... Kf8 29. Bxe7+ Rxe7 30. Rc8+ Re8 31. exf6
gxf6 32. Qxf6+ Kg8 33. Qe6+ Kf8 34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Qd6+ Kg7) 29. exf6 Bxh2+ (
29... Qxc6 30. f7+ Qxe6 31. fxe8=Q+ Kf6 32. Bxe7+ Qxe7 33. Qxb8 Qe1+ 34. Kg2
Qe4+ 35. Kh3 $18 {[%cal Gb8g3]}) 30. Kxh2 Qxc6 31. f7+ Qxe6 32. fxe8=Q+ Qf7 33.
Qxf7+ Kxf7) 25... Kg6 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Qxe6 Qxa4 28. Rc6 Bd6 29. g4 Qxc6 30.
gxf5+ Kg7 31. Bxd6 {[%cal Rd6f8]} Rg8 $1 32. Kh1 $16) 23. a4 $1 f6 24. Ba3+ Kf7
25. Nc5 Qc8 26. Nb7 $1 {Final blow!} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 {It is possible to
see quite often this pretentious move in modern practice, but somehow I don't
like it too much.Black could easily get not bad position after for example} (
6... Nge7 $5 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 $13) 7. O-O Qb6 (7... fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9.
dxe5 Bc6 10. c4 $1 d4 11. Bd3 Qh4 12. Nd2 Nh6 13. h3 Be7 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Ne4
Rf7 16. Kh2 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Bd8 18. g3 Qe7 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. f4 $16 {1-0 Peng
Xiaomin-Martin,B/Istanbul olm 2000/ (38)}) 8. Na3 $5 {[%cal Ga3c2]} (8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. Bf4 fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bf6 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4
Qxd4 15. cxd4 Ne7 16. Nd2 a6 17. Nf3 Nc6 18. Rab1 Ke7 $11 {0-1 Grabarczyk,
B-Socko,B/POL-ch Polanica Zdroj 1999 (42)}) 8... fxe5 9. dxe5 Nh6 $146 {
[%cal Gh6f7]} (9... Nge7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Bd3 O-O-O 12. c4 $1 d4 13. Ng5 Ngxe5
14. Bxh7 Be7 15. Be4 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Rde8 17. b3 Qc7 18. Bf4 $16 {1-0 Weijers,
R-Weide,S/NED-ch B20 Hengelo 2000/Ajelibre (25)}) 10. c4 $1 d4 11. Bd3 Nf7 12.
Re1 Be7 {[%cal Gg7g5]} 13. h4 $1 {Prevents g5 for a long time} O-O-O (13... Nb4
$5) 14. Nc2 {[%cal Ga2a3,Gb2b4] Unfortunately for Black, the residence of his
monarch isn't safe, which White proves energetically} Rdg8 (14... h6 15. h5 (
15. Bg6 Rhf8)) 15. a3 g5 {Trying to open second front on the king's side.} 16.
hxg5 Nxg5 17. Bxg5 Bxg5 18. b4 {A typical move that should be played 'with the
hands'} Be7 ({Worth consideration} 18... Rg7 $142 19. Be4 Rhg8 20. g3 Bf4 $1
21. Kf1 $36 {with complicated position}) 19. Be4 cxb4 (19... Be8 20. Rb1) 20.
axb4 Nxb4 ({In the case of} 20... Bxb4 21. Nxb4 Qxb4 22. Nxd4 $16 {white's
advantage is obvious}) 21. Nxb4 Bxb4 22. c5 $5 Bxc5 ({Perhaps Black should
have considered} 22... Qc7 $5 23. Rxa7 (23. Qxd4 Bxc5) 23... Qxc5) 23. Rb1 Bb4
$2 {Serious mistake} ({after correct} 23... Bb5 $142 {White still has to work
hard, for instance:} 24. Bd3 a6 25. Bxb5 axb5 26. Qd3 b4) 24. Qc2+ Bc6 $6 {
A simple oversight, but Black's position was beyond rescue} (24... Kb8 25. Rxb4
$1 Qxb4 26. Rb1 Qc3 27. Rxb7+ Kc8 28. Qb1 Kd8 29. Qd1 Ba4 $1 (29... Kc8 30.
Rxa7 $18) 30. Qb1 $40 (30. Qxd4+ Qxd4 31. Nxd4 Bd7 32. Rxa7 $16)) (24... Kd8
25. Red1 $40 {[%cal Rd1d8,Rb1b7]}) 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rxb4 $1 Qxb4 27. Qxc6+ Kd8
(27... Kb8 28. Qe4 $1 {[%cal Re1b1]} Kc7 29. Rb1 Qc5 30. Qb7+ Kd8 31. Qb8+ Qc8
32. Qd6+ $18) 28. Rd1 Ke7 29. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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 "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 {It is interesting to see duel
of two big experts in advanced variation} 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 Ng6 ({It is not
easy for White to get advantage and after} 7... cxd4 $5 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Nb4
{with possible continuation} 10. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Kf1 Be7 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. g4 Nh4
14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. Be3 Bb5 16. g5 h6 $11 {but Nikolic is ready for more
complicated game.}) 8. h4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 h6 $5 (10... O-O 11. h5 Nh8
12. h6 g6 13. Nc2 Be7 14. Ne3 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Ng4 Be7 17. g3 Qb6 18. Bf4
Nf7 19. Kg2 Nd6 20. Nge5 $36 {Levin,F-Nenashev,A/Riga 1988/1/2-1/2 (85)}) (
10... Be7 11. g3 a6 12. h5 Nf8 13. h6 g6 14. Nc2 Na5 15. Nce1 Bb5 16. Nd3 Bxd3
17. Qxd3 Nd7 18. Kg2 Rc8 19. Bf4 O-O 20. b3 Nc6 21. a3 Na7 22. Qe3 Qb6 $13 {
Grabarczyk,B-Gradalski,P/POL t-ch Lubniewice 1998/1-0 (57)}) 11. Nc2 Be7 12. h5
Nf8 {[%cal Gf8h7,Gh7g5]} 13. Rh3 $146 ({Sveshnikov tried to open second front
with} 13. b4 {but after} Nh7 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Qe1 a6 17. a4 f5 18.
g3 Na7 19. Qd1 Qe8 20. Nce1 Ng5 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22. Qb3 b5 $1 23. axb5 Bxb5 $13 {
0-1 Sveshnikov-Gulko/Tashkent 1L 1984 (31) Black got great position}) 13... Nh7
14. Bd3 O-O 15. Rg3 {White's initiative just look very dangerous and Black
have all chances for successful defence.} Kh8 16. Bf4 f5 $1 {[%cal Gd7e8,Gh7g5]
} 17. exf6 (17. Rg6 Be8 18. Rxe6 Bxh5 {[%csl Re6]}) 17... Nxf6 {[%csl Rh5]} 18.
Ne5 ({It will be interesting to check} 18. Nh4 {but I belive that Black doing
well after} Be8 $1 19. Ng6+ Bxg6 20. Rxg6 (20. hxg6 Nh5 $1 21. Qxh5 Rxf4 $17 {
[%csl Rd4][%cal Gd8f8]}) 20... Bd6 21. Bxh6 $5 (21. Bxd6 Qxd6 $17 {[%cal Ge6e5,
Gc6e7]}) 21... gxh6 22. Qd2 (22. Rxh6+ Kg7 23. Qd2 Kf7) 22... Rf7 23. Rxh6+ Nh7
$15) 18... Nxe5 19. Bxe5 (19. dxe5 Ne4 $5 (19... Nxh5 20. Qxh5 Rxf4 21. Rxg7 $1
$18) 20. Rg4 Be8 $1) 19... Be8 20. Rh3 (20. Bg6 $5 Bd6 $13) 20... Bd6 $1 {
Nikolic successfully neutralized Black's slight initiative.} 21. Ne1 $2 (21.
Qe2 $142 $5 {with more or less balanced game}) 21... Bxe5 22. dxe5 Ne4 $6 ({
Strange! Why not} 22... Nxh5 $1 {and} 23. Rxh5 $140 $2 {lose immediately} (23.
Qg4 Nf4 24. Rg3 Qc7) {after} 23... Qb6 $19) 23. Nf3 Rf5 {[%csl Rh5]} ({Worth
attention} 23... Ng5 $5 24. Nxg5 Qxg5 $17) 24. Qe2 Rxh5 25. Rxh5 Bxh5 26. Bxe4
dxe4 27. Qxe4 Qb6 {[%csl Rf1,Gh5][%cal Gb6b2,Ga8f8]} 28. g4 (28. b3 Rf8) 28...
Be8 $1 {[%cal Ge8c6] Black bishop is much stronger than white's knight and
Movsesian can hope just for some tricks on the king's side} 29. Qf4 (29. Qd4
Qa6+ 30. Kg1 Qe2) 29... Qxb2 30. Re1 Kg8 (30... Bb5+ 31. Kg1 Qxa2 32. g5) 31.
g5 h5 32. Nh4 Qxa2 $19 33. Kg1 (33. g6 Qd5) 33... Qa4 34. Re4 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Bc6
36. Ng6 (36. Rc4 Rf8) 36... Re8 $1 37. Rd4 Qc2 (37... Qh1+ 38. Kg3 Qg2+ 39. Kh4
Kh7 $1 {wins as easy as a text}) 38. Nh8 (38. Nh4 Rf8 $19) 38... Kxh8 39. Qf7
Qf5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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 "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Rc8 7. O-O Nh6 (7... a6
$142 $5 8. a3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nge7 10. Nc3 Nf5 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Qxh4 13. Be3 g5
$5 14. Na4 h5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Xie Jun-Karpov,A/Guanzhou m 2000/CBM 77 (39)}) 8.
Na3 $146 (8. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 9. Qd2 cxd4 (9... Bg7 $5) 10. cxd4 Ne7 11. Nc3 a6 12.
Bd3 Ng6 13. Ne2 $36 {Topalov,V-Schmalfuss,K/Frankfurt simul 1997/1-0 (38)})
8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Bxa3 (9... Nf5 $5 10. Nc2 Nb4 11. Nxb4 Bxb4 12. a3 Be7 13. g4
Nh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. f4 $14 {0-1 Deegens,V-Andrews,T/Korinthos op 1998 (41)})
10. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 (10... Bf8 $5 11. Be3 Be7 $13) 11. bxa3 O-O 12. Qd2 $14 {
Here Black's pawn formation is seriously compromised on the kingside} Kg7 13.
Rac1 (13. Qf4 f5 $5) 13... Ne7 (13... f6 14. exf6+ Qxf6 15. Bb5 $1 $36) 14. h4
Rxc1 15. Rxc1 Qb6 16. Bd3 Rc8 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 18. Qf4 $16 Ng8 19. g4 Qd8 $6 {
The text move is artificial and throws Black into serious trouble. However, he
has serious problems anyway.} (19... Qb2 {was much stronger, but white's
advantage is obvious after, for example} 20. g5 h5 21. Bxh7 Qxa2 $1 (21... Kxh7
$2 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. g6 Qc1+ 24. Kg2 Qh6 25. Ng5 $18) 22. Bxg8 Kxg8 23. Qf6 {
[%csl Rg8]}) 20. g5 Qe7 (20... Qf8 21. gxh6+ Nxh6 22. Ng5 $18) (20... hxg5 21.
Nxg5 $18) 21. Qg4 $6 (21. Qf6+ $1 Kf8 (21... Nxf6 22. gxf6+ Qxf6 23. exf6+ Kxf6
24. Bxh7 $18) 22. Qh8 (22. Qxe7+ $5 Nxe7 23. gxh6) 22... Qxa3 23. Bxh7 Qxf3 24.
Qxg8+ Ke7 25. gxh6 $18) 21... Kh8 22. gxh6 Nxh6 23. Qf4 {[%csl Rc8,Rh6]
Formally Black has material parity, but his pieces are useless and cannot safe
their king.} Kg7 (23... Ng8 24. Ng5 f5 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Qb8 $16) 24. Qc1 (24.
Ng5 $5 Nf5 25. Qg4 {[%csl Rg7]}) 24... Bd7 25. Ng5 Nf5 $8 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Qc7
h6 28. e6 hxg5 $2 {Final mistake .Surely Black should have considered} (28...
fxe6 $8 29. Nf3 Kf6) 29. exd7 Qe1+ 30. Kg2 Qe4+ 31. Kh2 $1 Qxd4 (31... Qxh4+
32. Kg1 f4 33. Qe5+ Kg6 34. d8=Q Qg4+ 35. Kf1 Qd1+ 36. Qe1 $18) 32. Qg3 $18 f4
33. Qxg5+ Kh7 34. d8=Q (34. d8=Q Qxf2+ 35. Qg2) 1-0

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Afek, Yochanan"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nc8 {A rare, but not so bad move.} (8... Ng6 9. h4 Be7 10. g3 O-O 11. h5 Nh8
12. h6 (12. Nc2 f6 13. Bf4 Nf7 {1/2-1/2 Kobalia,M (2618)-Gleizerov,E (2539)/
Abu Dhabi op 2004}) 12... g6 13. Be3 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Nb1 Nf7 16. Nc3 Ng5
17. Bxg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. Bb5 e5 20. O-O Bh3 21. dxe5 Bxf1 {0-1 Zaitsev,
A (2355)-Gleizerov,E (2575)/Kaluga Tsiolkovsky mem op 2003/EXT 2005 (35)}) (
8... f6 9. O-O fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nc6 12. Nb5 a6 13. Bd3 g6 14. Qg4
Nxe5 15. Qg3 axb5 16. Qxe5 Rg8 17. Bxb5 Qb6 18. Bd3 Bg7 19. Qg3 e5 20. Be3 Qe6
21. Rac1 Rxa2 22. Qh4 e4 {0-1 Carlsen,M (2552)-Agdestein,S (2595)/NOR-ch Molde
2004 (38)}) (8... Rc8 9. Nc2 f6 (9... Ng6 10. h4 Nb4 11. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Kf1 Be7
13. g3 f5 14. h5 Nf8 15. Kg2 Rg8 16. Be3 Qb6 17. Qd3 a6 18. a4 h6 19. b4 Kf7
20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 Nh7 22. Qd2 Rc7 {1/2-1/2 Cherniaev,A (2504)-Lobron,E 
(2506)/Wijk aan Zee op 2003/ (32)}) 10. O-O Ng6 11. Bd3 fxe5 12. Bxg6+ hxg6 13.
dxe5 Be7 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Ncd4 g5 16. h3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qe8 18. Qg3 Qh5 19. Be3
Rc4 20. Rac1 Rfc8 21. b3 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Bd8 23. Bd2 Bb6 {1/2-1/2 Movsesian,S 
(2654)-Sakaev,K (2647)/EUR-ch Rapid Panormo 2002/ (34)}) ({The main move
according to theory is} 8... Nf5 $140 $5 {and after} 9. Nc2 {Black has a huge
choice.} Qb6 (9... Nb4 $5)) 9. Nc2 Be7 10. a3 $146 (10. O-O $5 a5 (10... Nb6
11. Bd3 h6 12. Nfe1 Qc7 13. f4 g6 14. Bd2 Nc4 15. Bc3 b5 16. b3 Na3 17. Nxa3
Bxa3 18. Nc2 Be7 19. Bb2 Qb6 20. Qe2 a6 21. Rac1 h5 22. g3 Kf8 23. Ne1 Kg7 24.
Nf3 Rac8 {Perpinya,L-Codina,J/Catalynia t-ch 1995/ChessBase/0-1 (38)}) 11. a4
N8a7 12. Bd3 h6 13. Nfe1 Qb6 14. Qg4 g6 15. h4 O-O-O 16. g3 Kb8 17. Qe2 Rc8 18.
Nf3 Qb3 19. Be3 Nb4 20. Nxb4 Bxb4 21. Rfb1 Be7 22. Nd2 Qb6 23. Qd1 Nc6 24. Bb5
Qd8 25. Nb3 {Rozentalis,E (2570)-Bischoff,K (2556)/BL 0001 2000/ 1/2-1/2 (32)})
(10. h4 Nb6 11. b3 Qc7 12. Ba3 Rc8 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. Bd3 Nb4 15. Nxb4 Qc3+ 16.
Ke2 Qxb4 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 h6 19. h5 Rc7 20. Rac1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22.
Rf1 Na8 23. Nh4 Nc7 24. Rc1 Ne8 {Goloshchapov,A (2545)-Schlosser,P (2470)/AUT
t-ch2 0102 2002/PG/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 10... a5 $1 {[%cal Ga5a4]} 11. b3 a4 12. b4
N6a7 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd7b5]} 13. h4 h6 (13... Bb5) 14. h5 Nb6 15. Rh3 Nb5 (
15... Bb5 $5 $13) 16. Ng1 {[%cal Gg1e2]} Rc8 17. Bd3 Nc3 18. Qg4 Bf8 19. Ne2
Ne4 20. f3 Ng5 (20... Nc3 $5) 21. Rg3 Nc4 22. Ra2 $1 (22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Qxg5
$140 hxg5 24. Rxg5 $2 Nb2 $1 25. Kd2 Nxd3 26. Kxd3 Bb5+ $19) 22... Qb6 23. Bxg5
hxg5 24. Qxg5 Bb5 ({Black was not expecting easy life after:} 24... Nxa3 $6 25.
Rxa3 (25. Nxa3 Qxb4+ 26. Kf2 Qb3 27. Bb1 Bxa3 28. Qxg7 Rxh5 29. Bg6 fxg6 30.
Rxa3 Qxa3 31. Qxg6+ Kd8 32. Qxh5 Rc2 $132) 25... Bxb4+ 26. Kf2 Bxa3 27. Qxg7
Rf8 28. Nxa3 Qb3 29. h6 $1 Qxa3 30. h7 $18) 25. f4 Be7 (25... Qa6 26. Nc3 $5)
26. Qxg7 Rxh5 27. f5 $5 ({Trying to avoid the complications arising after} 27.
Qg8+ Kd7 $1 (27... Bf8 28. f5 Rh1+ 29. Kf2 Nd2 $5 30. Rg7 $5 Rc7 31. Ne3 $1 $16
) 28. Qxf7 Rh1+ 29. Kf2 Rf8 30. Qg7 Nd2 31. Nc3 Bxd3 32. Rxd3 Ne4+ $132 {
White's king is weak and Black has great practical chances.}) 27... Rh1+ 28.
Kf2 Nd2 29. Qg8+ Kd7 (29... Bf8 30. Ne3 $5 (30. Rg7 Rc7 31. Ne3 {is also
possible.}) 30... Bxd3 31. Rxd2 Bxe2 32. fxe6 $1 Qxe6 33. Rxe2 $16) 30. Qxf7
Rf1+ $2 {Bischoff has to choose between several possibilities and the one he
picks is not the best!} ({Instead of the text move he could have played} 30...
Bxd3 $1 31. fxe6+ (31. Qxe6+ $2 Qxe6 32. fxe6+ Kc7 33. Rxd3 Ne4+ 34. Ke3 (34.
Kf3 $2 Rf1+ 35. Ke3 Bg5+ $19) 34... Bg5+ 35. Nf4 Rf1 $19) 31... Kc7 $3 32.
Qxe7+ Kb8 {and after the almost forcing line} 33. Rxd3 Rf1+ 34. Kg3 $8 (34. Ke3
$4 Nc4# $1) 34... Qb5 35. Rxd2 Rg8+ 36. Kh2 Rh8+ 37. Kg3 Rg8+ $11 {Black gives
perpechual check.}) 31. Ke3 Rxf5 (31... Bxd3 32. Qxe6+ Qxe6 33. fxe6+ Kxe6 34.
Kxd2 Be4 35. Ne3 Rf2 36. Ra1 $16) 32. Bxf5 Nc4+ $2 (32... Nf1+ $1 33. Kf2 $1 (
33. Kf4 Rf8 $1) 33... Nxg3 (33... Rf8 34. Qxf8 Bxf8 35. Rg6 $1 $18) 34. Nxg3
Rf8 {and possibly White's chances are better, but Black's initiative couldn't
be underestimated.}) 33. Kf2 Rf8 34. Qh7 $2 {With this move White could lose
the fruit of the efforts he has made. The right continuation was} (34. Qxf8
$142 $1 Bxf8 35. Rg6 $1 $18) 34... Rxf5+ 35. Rf3 Rxf3+ 36. gxf3 Nxe5 37. Nf4
Bc4 38. Ra1 Bb3 (38... Nc6 39. Ng6 $1) 39. Ne2 Nc4 (39... Bc4 $5) 40. Ne1 Qc7
$2 ({Black doesn't take a chance to put up resistance after} 40... Qd6 $142 $1
41. Nd3 Bc2 42. Nc5+ Kc7 $5 43. Qxc2 $140 $2 Qh2+ $19) 41. Rc1 b6 42. Nd3 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 09th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2001.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 {Quite risky move.I
would prefer} (6... Qb6 $5 {or}) (6... Nge7 $5) 7. O-O cxd4 {Rare move} ({
More common continuation is} 7... fxe5 {but after, for example} 8. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5
9. dxe5 Bc6 10. c4 $1 Ne7 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Bh5+ g6 13. Bf6 Rg8 14. Bf3 dxc4 15.
Bxc6 Nxc6 16. Na3 $36 {1/2-1/2 Keitlinghaus,L-Reefschlaeger,H/Bad Woerishofen
op 1997 (43) White's chances are better.}) 8. cxd4 fxe5 9. dxe5 ({Worth
considering and} 9. Nxe5 $5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Bc5 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. Qh5+
g6 14. Qh3 $36 {1-0 Dvoirys,S-Nygren,D/Skelleftea Solett op 2001/ (26) with
initiative.}) 9... Bc5 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bd3 $146 {Beggining of interesting and
dangerous for Black plan} ({Also possible} 11. Bg5 Nge7 12. Rc1 Ba7 13. Bd3 O-O
14. Na4 Qe8 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Rc8 17. Rc3 Qh5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Rxc8 Bxc8
20. Qe2 $14 {Peng Xiaomin-Mariano,N/Singapore Pools 1997/1-0 (66)}) 11... Nge7
12. Ne2 $1 {[%cal Ge2f4]} Rc8 ({Deserves attention} 12... Qc7 $5 {attacking e
pawn.}) 13. Nf4 Qb6 14. a3 a5 15. Rb1 g6 {Sad necessity! Too dangerous for
Black} (15... O-O 16. b4 $1 ({In the case of} 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Kg8 18.
Qh5 {Black still can organize successful resistance after} Rxf4 $1 (18... Rf5
19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ Ng8 21. Ng6+ $18) 19. Bxf4 Nd8 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Bd4
22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Qh8+ Ng8 24. Be3 {[%cal Gb1d1]} Ba4 $1 {[%cal Ga4d1]}) 16...
axb4 17. axb4 Nxb4 (17... Bxb4 18. Ng5 {[%csl Re6,Rg8,Rh7][%cal Gb1b6]}) 18.
Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Ng5+ Kg8 20. Qh5 Rxf4 $8 21. Bxf4 Be8 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Qh8+
Ng8 24. Nh7+ Kf7 25. Rb3 $40 {and rook join hunt for black monarch}) 16. b4 $1
axb4 17. axb4 Nxb4 (17... Bxb4 18. Ng5) 18. Bd2 {[%csl Re8][%cal Rb1b6]} O-O
19. Ng5 {[%csl Gd3,Gf4,Gg5,Rg8][%cal Rg5h7] Black's pieces are far away from
the kingside, so it's logical for White to attack exactly there!} Qc6 {What
else?} (19... h6 20. Nxg6 Nxg6 21. Bxg6 Rxf2 (21... Bb5 22. Qh5 $18) 22. Rxf2
Bxf2+ 23. Kh1 $18 {lose immediately}) 20. Rxb4 $1 Bxb4 21. Bxb4 Rxf4 22. Bxe7 {
White's material and positional advantage promise quick and easy victory} Qc3
23. g3 Ba4 24. Qe2 Bc2 25. Bxc2 Rd4 1-0

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Black "Visser, Yge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 h5 {A rare and, possibly, not the best move. Black hadn't any
reasons to produce weaknesses on the king's side.} (9... Rc8 10. Bd3 (10. Bd2
b5 11. Bxb5 Nxe5 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Ne3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bd6 15. Qa4 Qb6 16. Rc1
Rxc1+ 17. Bxc1 Qb7 18. b3 O-O 19. Ba3 Nb6 20. Qa5 Bxa3 21. Qxa3 Nc4 22. Qc1 Nd6
23. O-O Qb6 {1-0 Zvonitsky,V-Moskalenko,V/UKR-ch YM Kharkov 1984/UKR (62)})
10... Nb4 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. Na3 Be7 13. O-O g5 14. Ne1 Qb6 15. Qh5 Qxd4 16. Nf3
Qg4 17. Qh6 f4 18. Qg7 Rf8 19. Qxh7 Bf5 20. Qh6 Bd3 21. Re1 Be4 22. h3 Qe6 {
0-1 Brineva,E (2139)-Kobylkin,E (2398)/Poltavskaya 2005/EXT 2006 (35)}) (9...
Qa5+ $5) (9... Be7 $5) (9... a5) (9... Qb6 $5) (9... Nb4 $5) 10. h4 $146 {
[%csl Gg5]} (10. a3 Qb6 11. b4 Be7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Be3 Nd8 14. Qd2 Bb5 15. Rac1
Qa6 16. Bxb5+ Qxb5 17. Bg5 f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Bf4 Nd6 20. Bxd6 Bxd6 21. Ne3
Nc6 22. g3 Kf7 $13 {1-0 Armes,R (2175)-Cherniack,A (2289)/Boston 1997/USA (39)}
) 10... Qb6 11. O-O Rc8 (11... Be7 $5) 12. Bg5 ({I would prefer} 12. Rb1 $5 {
[%cal Gb2b4] protecting the b-pawn and preparing the typical move for this
line: b4 .}) 12... a5 $6 ({Interesting, white Visser didn't took the pawn -
after} 12... Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qxa2 {White can repeat moves} 14. Ra1 ({or to choose
} 14. Rxb7 Be7 {with reasonable compensation for the pawn, but Black's
position is not bad at all.} (14... Nd8 15. Bxd8 Qxc2 16. Qxc2 Rxc2 17. Bd3 Rc8
18. Ba5 $36)) 14... Qb3 15. Rb1) 13. Qd3 Na7 14. Ne3 $1 Bb5 15. Qb3 $14 {
Black has some problems with development and it is not easy to find a safe
place for his king.} Rc6 $6 (15... Nxe3 $142 $5) 16. Bxb5 Qxb5 17. Nxf5 exf5 (
17... Qxb3 $2 18. axb3 exf5 19. Rxa5 $18) 18. Qe3 $1 {Surely Jonkman doesn't
show any desire to exchange queens! Black's king got stuck in the centre and
the position of the knight on a7 is just ridiculous.} Re6 {The rook is
obviously misplaced there!} 19. Ne1 {[%cal Cb5b2,Ge1d3,Gd3f4]} (19. a4 $5) ({
Worth a consideration is:} 19. Qc1 $5 Nc6 $140 (19... Qd7 $5) 20. Qc2 g6 21.
Bf6 $18) 19... f6 $5 20. Bf4 Nc6 21. Nf3 Be7 22. a4 $1 Qb6 (22... Qa6 23. Qb3
Nb4 24. Rac1 $36) 23. Qd3 g6 $6 ({Black just missed a good chance for
successful defense. Good or bad, he must play} 23... O-O {keeping nice trick
in mind} 24. Qxf5 Nxe5 $1) 24. Qb5 $1 Qxb5 25. axb5 Nb4 26. Rxa5 Nd3 ({And
after} 26... Kf7 27. exf6 Bxf6 28. Ra7 Rb6 29. Rc1 {Black needs good advice.})
27. Ra8+ Bd8 28. Bd2 (28. g3 $5) 28... O-O ({Or} 28... fxe5 29. Ng5 Re7 30.
dxe5 O-O (30... Nxe5 31. Ba5 Kd7 32. Rd1 $18) 31. Ra3 Nxe5 32. Bb4 $18) 29. Rb8
{The rook is very active, and is a bone in Black's throat!} (29. Bc3 fxe5 30.
dxe5 Bb6 $1 $14) 29... b6 (29... fxe5 $142 30. dxe5 Nxe5 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxb7
$16) 30. Bc3 $1 fxe5 $6 (30... Be7 $16) 31. dxe5 $18 Bc7 (31... Be7 32. Rxf8+
Kxf8 33. Rd1 Nf4 34. Bd2 $1 $18) 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Rd1 Nxe5 34. Bxe5 (34. Bxe5
Bxe5 35. Re1 Bh2+ 36. Kxh2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires zt 2.5"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Black "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 Bb5 7. Bxb5+ Qxb5 8. a4
Qb6 (8... Qd7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Bb6 11. a5 Bc7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Re1 Nge7 14.
Bf4 O-O 15. Nbd2 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Nb3 Raf8 $13 {Savic,
N-Knezevic,B/YUG t-ch Novi Sad 2000 1/2-1/2 (47)}) 9. a5 (9. O-O Nc6 10. Na3
cxd4 (10... Nge7 $2 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Nb5 Nd8 13. Nd6+ Kd7 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Ng5
$16 {1-0 Vos,J-Visschedijk,G/NED-ch B14 Hengelo 2000/ (27)}) 11. cxd4 Nge7 $11)
9... Qb5 $146 {[%cal Gb5f1]} (9... Qc7 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. O-O c4 12. Ne1 Ne7 13.
f4 h5 14. Nc2 Nf5 15. Ne3 g6 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Nd2 Qc6 18. Qxc6 bxc6 19. b4
cxb3 20. Rb1 c5 $11 {Vedder-Weyerstrass/Interne Huizen 1989/0-1 (37)}) 10. Na3
{[%mdl 512] This is a very interesting pawn sacrifice, which allows White to
fight for an advantage.} (10. Qa4 Qxa4 11. Rxa4 c4 $5) 10... Qxa5 11. dxc5 Qxc5
12. O-O ({The line} 12. Be3 $5 Qc6 (12... Qc8 13. Nb5 a6 $140 $2 14. Bb6 $1 $18
) 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. Nab5 {looks dangerous, but after} Nc6 $1 {Black seems to be
OK.}) 12... Ne7 13. Be3 Qc8 $2 {This is a serious mistake.} ({Much more
stubborn would be} 13... Qc6 $5 14. Nd4 $140 Qd7 15. Nab5 Nec6 $13) 14. Qa4+ $5
{This is OK, but perhaps White had an even better move at his disposal.} ({
He could have also tried} 14. Nb5 $5 Nec6 15. Bb6 (15. c4 $5 dxc4 $140 16. Bb6
$1 Na6 17. Rxa6 $18 {[%csl Ga6,Gb5,Gb6]}) 15... Na6 16. Rxa6 bxa6 17. Nc7+ Kd7
(17... Ke7 18. Nxa8 axb6 19. Nxb6 Qb7 20. Nxd5+ $1 exd5 21. Qxd5 $40) 18. Nxa8
Qxa8 19. Be3 $16) 14... Nd7 15. c4 (15. Nb5 Nc6 $13) 15... dxc4 16. Nxc4 Nc6 (
16... Nd5 17. Rfc1 Qd8 18. Bxa7 $1 $16) 17. Rfd1 {There is no need for a long
cogitation here to perceive that the exchange of the knights will bring White
large dividend - elimination of an important defender of Black's queenside.} (
17. Na5 $5 Nxa5 18. Qxa5 $44 {[%cal Gf1c1]}) 17... Be7 18. Bg5 (18. Na5 O-O 19.
Rac1 Nb6 $13) 18... f6 $8 19. exf6 gxf6 $8 {This is already time for only
moves.} (19... Nxf6 $2 {would have lost on the spot:} 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nb6 $1
axb6 22. Qxa8 $18) 20. Bh6 ({Perhaps, better was} 20. Be3 $5 O-O $140 21. Nd6
Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Nde5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Rc1 Qe8 25. Qb3 $16 {[%cal Rb3e6,Rb3b7]})
20... Qc7 21. Qc2 (21. Nd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4e6,Gd4b5]} Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Bc5 23. Re4
Kf7 24. Rae1 $36 {[%csl Rf7]}) 21... Kf7 (21... O-O-O $5) 22. Na5 {White
misses the last chance to play for an advantage here.} ({He had to try} 22. Bf4
$1 Qxf4 (22... e5 23. Qf5 $1) 23. Rxd7 Rag8 24. Qb3 {[%cal Rb3f7,Gd7b7]}) 22...
Nde5 23. Nxe5+ Qxe5 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Re1 Qf5 26. Qxc6 Rac8 (26... Rac8 27. Qb7
$36) 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch 57th"]
[Site "Banja Koviljaca"]
[Date "2002.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Savic, Miodrag R"]
[Black "Kosic, Dragan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Bb5 7. c4 dxc4 8. d5
exd5 9. Qxd5 Ne7 10. Qe4 Bc6 ({According to theory} 10... Qg6 $5 {is the best
option, for example} 11. Qxg6 Nxg6 12. Na3 Ba6 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Nc6 15.
O-O b5 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 Kd7 18. a4 Rhb8 {Galdunts,S-Grabarczyk,B/
Oberliga Ost-B 2000/EXT 2002/1/2-1/2 (46)}) 11. Qxc4 Bd5 12. Qa4+ Nbc6 $146 (
12... Bc6 13. Qc2 Ng6 14. O-O Qc7 15. Re1 Be7 16. e6 f6 17. Nc3 a6 18. Ne4 Bd5
19. Be3 Bxe6 {1-0 Gomez Alvarez,F-Hermida Rivera,E /Asturias t-chB 2001/ (36)})
13. Nc3 Be6 (13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 $36 {[%csl Gf3]}) 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Nb5 Nf5
16. Bg5 Rd7 (16... Be7 17. Bxe7 Nfxe7 18. Rfc1 {[%cal Gc1c8,Gb5d6]}) 17. Rfd1 (
17. Bc4 $5) 17... a6 18. Na3 Nfd4 ({Black played the opening quite well and
after} 18... Qb4 $5 $11 {he could get a good position.}) 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bf1
h6 (20... Qc6 21. Qa5 $13 (21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Qxc6+ bxc6 23. Bxa6+ Kd7 24. Be3
Ra4 25. Be2 Be7 $15)) 21. Be3 Be7 $2 ({Again} 21... Qc6 $5 {was the best option
}) 22. Nc4 Qa7 (22... Qc7 23. Rac1 $36) 23. Qa5 ({It will be very difficult to
defence black's position after the simple} 23. Nd6+ $5 Kb8 (23... Bxd6 24. exd6
Rxd6 25. Rac1 $16) 24. Rac1 $16) 23... Kb8 24. Nb6 Rc7 (24... Rdd8 $8 {was the
last chance for resistance.}) 25. Rxd4 $1 cxd4 26. Bxd4 {[%csl Ra7] Playing
quite naturally White has reached a particularly good position} Rd8 27. Be3 (
27. Nd7+ Rdxd7 28. Bxa7+ Kxa7 29. b4 Rc2) 27... Rc6 28. b4 $1 Bg5 29. Bc5 $6 ({
I can't believe that Black would get chances for survival after} 29. Nd7+ $1
Rxd7 30. Bxa7+ Kxa7 31. b5 $18) 29... Rd2 {[%cal Gg5d8]} 30. Nd7+ Bxd7 31.
Bxa7+ Kxa7 32. b5 Rcc2 {White managed to win the queen, but he shouldn't
underestimate black's activity.} 33. b6+ (33. bxa6 b6 34. Qb4 Rxf2 35. Rb1 Be3
36. Kh1 Bc6 $11) 33... Kb8 34. Bxa6 (34. Qa3 $5) 34... bxa6 (34... Rxf2 $2 35.
Be2 $1 $18) 35. Qxa6 Rxa2 $1 {Now all problems are behind for Black!} 36. Qxa2
(36. Rxa2 Rd1+ 37. Qf1 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Be6 $15) 36... Rxa2 37. Rxa2 Be6 38. Rb2
Kb7 39. g3 Bd8 40. Kg2 Bxb6 41. Rc2 (41. Rc2 {Maybe Black could continue play
with} Bd4 42. f4 Kb6 43. Kf3 $15 {but surely, that draw is a most normal
result.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.02.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Burnett, Ronald"]
[Black "Hoang, Thanh Trang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. g3 Bd7 8. Bh3 (8.
h4 {promice more chances for advantage}) 8... Na5 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. O-O h6 11.
Re1 (11. Ne1 O-O-O 12. Ng2 Kb8 13. Rb1 Ka8 14. Kh1 Nec6 15. f4 g6 16. Ne3 h5
17. Rf2 Ne7 18. Nf3 Nb3 19. Bd2 Nxd2 20. Rxd2 Nc6 $11 {0-1 Lobron,E-Hjartarson,
J/Manila (izt) 1990/Inf 49 (38)}) 11... O-O-O 12. Rb1 Kb8 {Black can be happy
with results of opening} 13. Bg4 $146 (13. Nf1 Nec6 14. N3d2 Be7 15. Ne3 Bc8
16. Nc2 Nb3 17. Nxb3 Qxb3 18. Ne3 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Na5 20. f4 g6 21. Rf1 Nb3 {
1/2-1/2 Gunawan,R-Spassov,L/Surakarta/Denpasar 1982 (29)}) (13. b4 $2 cxb3 14.
Nxb3 Ba4 15. Nfd2 Nxb3 16. Nxb3 Nc6 $17 {[%cal Rc6a5] 0-1 Magari,R-Cugini,W/
Caorle op 1989 (35)}) (13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Nf1 Nb3 15. N3d2 Ba4 16. Nxb3 Qxb3 17.
Qxb3 Bxb3 18. Ne3 g5 19. f4 gxf4 20. gxf4 Rg8+ 21. Kf2 Ng6 {Petruccioli,
A-Ranieri,F/ITA-sf Saint Vincent 1999/1-0 (47)}) (13. Bg2 Rc8 14. h4 Qd8 15.
Bh3 Qe8 $1 16. Qe2 Ba4 17. Nf1 Bb3 18. Bf4 Qc6 $13 {Veroci,Z-Maric,A/Jajce w
1983/1/2-1/2 (42)}) 13... g6 {[%cal Ge7f5]} 14. h4 Nf5 15. Bh3 {[%cal Gf3h2,
Gh2g4] Prepares knight transferal to g4} Be7 16. Nh2 Rdg8 17. Ng4 Qd8 {[%cal
Gh6h5,Gg6g5] Playing quite naturally Black has reached a particularly good
position} 18. Kg2 Ka8 ({After} 18... h5 19. Nf6 $5 (19. Ne3 Nxe3+ 20. Rxe3 g5
$36) 19... Bxf6 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Nf3 $44 {White'll have enough compensation
for the pawn}) 19. Nf3 Nb3 20. Bf4 $6 {Just provokes Black for activity!} (20.
Be3 $5) 20... g5 $1 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Be3 Rh7 {[%cal Gg8h8]} 23. Rh1 Rgh8 24.
Qe2 (24. Nf6 $2 Bxf6 25. exf6 Nxe3+ 26. fxe3 g4 $19) 24... Qg8 $17 {Black
compleately overplayed oppenent and White now needs good advice} 25. Rh2 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] Allows simple combination} (25. Rbd1 Qg6) 25... Rxh3 $1 26. Rxh3
Rxh3 27. Bxg5 (27. Kxh3 Qh7+ 28. Kg2 Nxe3+ 29. Qxe3 Qxb1 $19 {lose as well})
27... Rh7 28. Nf6 (28. Bxe7 Qxg4) 28... Bxf6 29. Bxf6 Qg6 $19 {[%cal Rf5e3] It
was good moment for White to stop resistance, but Burnett fights another 17
moves.} 30. Rg1 Qg4 31. Kf1 (31. Rh1 Rxh1 32. Kxh1 Nc1) 31... Nc1 32. Qd1 Nd3 (
32... Rh2 $1) 33. Qe2 Ba4 34. Nh4 Qh3+ 35. Ng2 a6 (35... Nh6 $5 {[%cal Gh6g4]})
36. Qf3 Nxb2 37. Ke2 Bc2 38. Nf4 Qh2 39. Rc1 Be4 40. Qg4 Nd3 41. Rf1 Nxf4+ 42.
gxf4 (42. Qxf4 Bd3+) 42... Nh6 43. Qg5 Bd3+ 44. Ke1 Bxf1 (44... Qh3 $1 {
[%cal Rh3f3]}) 45. Bg7 Bd3 46. Bf8 f6 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires zt 2.5"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giaccio, Alfredo Gustavo"]
[Black "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. b5
Na5 9. Bd3 Ne7 10. O-O Rc8 {[%csl Rc3,Re5] This line does not look too
dangerous for Black, as White has created too many structural weaknesses. Of
course, White's initiative on the kingside is not to be underestimated.} (10...
Ng6 11. Re1 Rc8 12. a4 O-O 13. Ra2 Nc4 14. Na3 Nxa3 15. Bxa3 Bc5 16. Bc1 f6 17.
exf6 Qxf6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Rc2 Be8 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Rc4 22. Rce2 $36 {
Efimov,I-Iotti,P/Porto San Giorgio op 2000/ 1-0 (40)}) 11. Qe2 $146 (11. Re1 $5
Nc4 12. a4 Ng6 13. Ra2 h6 14. g3 O-O 15. h4 f5 16. h5 Nh8 17. Nh4 Be8 18. Bf4
a6 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. Be2 Qe7 {Brady,S-Hansen,L/Debrecen EU-tch 1992/0-1 (45)})
(11. a4 Nc4 12. Ra2 Qc7 13. Re2 Ng6 14. Rfe1 a6 15. bxa6 bxa6 16. h4 Qc5 17.
Ra2 Bc7 $13 {Meyer,C-Stolz,M/BL 1994/0-1 (55)}) 11... h6 ({Black could castle
here -} 11... O-O 12. Bxh7+ $2 {as the line} Kxh7 13. Ng5+ Kg6 14. Qd3+ Nf5 15.
g4 Rc4 $1 16. gxf5+ exf5 {[%cal Gc4g4] is not dangerous for him.}) 12. g3 Qc7
13. Kg2 Nc4 14. a4 Ng6 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gg6e5,Gc4e5]} 15. Re1 ({Taking on g6
does not yield White much:} 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Qc2 O-O (16... Kf7 $5) 17. Bxh6
$5 Rxf3 18. Kxf3 Nxe5+ 19. Kg2 gxh6 20. f4 Nf7 21. Qxg6+ Kf8 $15) 15... O-O 16.
Nbd2 Ba5 {[%cal Ga5c3]} 17. Bxc4 $2 {White misses his chance to sieze the
initiative.} ({He had to play} 17. Nxc4 $1 dxc4 18. Bxg6 fxg6 $1 (18... Bxc3 $2
19. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 (19... Kxh7 $2 20. Qc2+) 20. Bc2 $1 Bxa1 21. Qe4 g6 22. Bxh6
$18) 19. Qc2 $14 {[%cal Gc2g6,Gc1a3]}) 17... Bxc3 18. Ba3 (18. Ra3 Bxd2 19.
Nxd2 dxc4 20. Rc3 Qa5 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 a6 $5 $15 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Gd7c6]}
) (18. Rb1 dxc4 19. Ba3 Rfd8 20. Rec1 Bxd2 21. Bd6 Qa5 $1) 18... Bxa1 19. Bd6 (
19. Bxf8 Nxf8 20. Rxa1 dxc4 21. Rc1 Qa5 22. Rxc4 Rxc4 23. Qxc4 a6 $1 $17) 19...
Qa5 20. Rxa1 ({White's life won't be any easier after} 20. Bxf8 dxc4 (20...
Nxf8 21. Rxa1 dxc4 22. Nxc4 Qc3 (22... Bxb5 $5 23. Nxa5 Bxe2 24. Nxb7 Bxf3+ 25.
Kxf3 Ng6 $15) 23. Nb2 a6 $1 $36 {[%csl Ra1,Rb2]}) (20... Kxf8 $5) 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Rxa1 Bxb5 $1 $17) 20... dxc4 21. Bxf8 (21. Nxc4 Qc3 $19 {[%cal Rc3a1,Rc3c4]
} (21... Bxb5 $5)) 21... Kxf8 22. Nxc4 Bxb5 $1 {[%cal Ga5a1,Gb5e2] Black
obtains a winnning advantage using some simple geometrical motives.} 23. axb5 (
23. Nxa5 $5 Bxe2 24. Nxb7 (24. Nd4 Bc4 $1 {[%cal Gc4d5]}) 24... Bxf3+ 25. Kxf3
Nxe5+ $17 26. Ke4 $6 Rc4+ $1 27. Kxe5 $140 $2 Ke7 {[%cal Rf7f6]}) 23... Qxa1
24. Nd6 Rc7 $19 25. h4 Qa4 26. Qd3 Qc2 27. Qa3 Qc5 28. b6 $6 Qxa3 (28... Qxa3
29. bxc7 Ne7 $19) 0-1

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. Bxh6 (
8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Be3 f6 10. Bd3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 fxe5 12. b5 Nxd4 13. exd4 e4 $132 {
0-1 Otero,D-Nogueiras,J/Santa Clara-A 1999 (24)}) 8... gxh6 9. cxd4 Bd7 10. Be2
Rc8 11. O-O Ne7 $6 $146 {Novelty, but not the good one. To be honest, I don,t
understand why Black made this move.Knight had a good position on the c6,
attaking d4 pawn.} ({According to modern theory Black doing well after} 11...
Bg7 $142 $5 12. Qd2 O-O {for example} 13. Ra2 (13. Nc3 Nxd4 $1 14. Nxd4 Bxe5
15. Rad1 Bxd4 16. Nxd5 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 exd5 18. Qxd5 Ba4 19. Rdf1 Bc2 20. Kh1
Bg6 $17 {0-1 Fressinet,L-Kortchnoi,V/Cannes Generations 1996 (29)}) (13. Rd1 f6
14. b5 Na5 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Qb4 Nc4 17. a4 a5 18. Qb3 Rf4 19. Na3 Nd6 $17 {
Walsh,C-Harley,A/BCF t-ch 1997/1/2-1/2 (61)}) 13... f6 14. b5 Na5 15. exf6 Rxf6
16. Ne5 Be8 17. Qe3 Rf5 18. Bg4 Rg5 19. Nc6 Ra8 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 $132 {0-1 Bosch,
J-Lputian,S/Wijk aan Zee-B 1999 (28)}) 12. Bd3 Bg7 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. a4 {[%cal
Ga1a3,Gb1c3] Not bad move, but and} (14. Ra2 $5 {[%cal Ga2c2] deserves
attention} Ba4 15. b5 Bb3 16. Rb2 Bc4 17. Rc1 $16) 14... a6 15. Ra3 $1 O-O 16.
Nc3 {[%cal Gc3e2,Ge2f4,Gf4h5] White has a better pawn structure, which enables
him to try various plans here, while Black has to stay passive. Such positions
are very difficult to hold, but for a long time San Segundo defends well.} f6
$8 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Ne2 Qd6 {[%cal Ga6a5]} 19. Ne5 Rff8 20. f4 Be8 $1 {
[%cal Ge8g6] At least black king will be shaded, when bishop will come on g6}
21. Bb1 $5 {[%cal Ga3h3] Allow rook transference to the king's side.} Bg6 22.
Rh3 Rc7 23. Ng3 Rfc8 24. Nh5 Bxb1 25. Rxb1 Rc2 26. Qd1 Ng6 (26... Nf5 $5) 27.
Rg3 R2c3 $2 {Black position doesn't look great, but after} (27... Bxe5 $1 28.
fxe5 Qc7 {[%cal Gc2c1]} 29. Nf6+ Kh8 $13 {maybe he could keep resistance.}) 28.
Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Qg4 {[%csl Ge5,Gg4,Gh5]} Qb6 $6 (29... Bxe5 30. fxe5 Qc6 31. h3
$1 $16) 30. Nxg6 (30. a5 $1 Qxd4+ 31. Kh1 $18 {was easy}) 30... hxg6 31. Qxg6
Qxd4+ 32. Kh1 Rd3 (32... Rc6 33. b5 $1 axb5 34. axb5 Rd6 35. f5 $18) 33. h3 Qc3
(33... Rd1+ 34. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 35. Kh2 Qd4 36. Qxe6+ Kh7 37. Qf7 $18) 34. Kh2 $1
$18 {[%cal Rb1c1] Last finesse. Black couldn't stop next Rc1 killing move.} Kf8
35. Rc1 $1 Rxh3+ (35... Qxc1 36. Qxg7+ Ke8 37. Nf6+ Kd8 38. Qd7#) 36. gxh3 Qd2+
37. Qg2 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.09.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Bb5 7. b4 (7. c4 Bxc4 8.
Bxc4 dxc4 9. d5 Ne7 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. dxe6 Qxe6 12. O-O h6 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Nb5
O-O-O 15. Nxa7+ Nxa7 16. Qxa7 Nxe5 17. Qa8+ Kc7 18. Qa5+ Kc8 19. Qa8+) 7...
cxd4 8. Bxb5+ Qxb5 9. cxd4 a5 (9... Nd7 10. Nc3 Qc6 11. Bd2 Nb6 12. O-O Ne7 13.
b5 Qd7 14. Qb3 h5 15. a4 Nf5 16. a5 Nc4 17. Rfd1) (9... Nc6 10. Nc3 Qc4 11. Bb2
Nh6 12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Nxe2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Nf4 Rfc8) 10. Nc3 Qc6 (10... Qc4
11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Bd2) 11. Bd2 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Qa6 (13... Bxb4 14.
Qa8 Qc8 (14... Bxc3 15. Qxb8+ Kd7 16. Qf8) (14... Qc7 15. Nb5 Qc1+ 16. Ke2 Qc4+
17. Ke3 Qxb5 18. Qxb8+ Kd7 19. Rc1) 15. Nb5 (15. Nxd5 Bxd2+ (15... Qc1+ 16. Ke2
Qc4+ 17. Ke3 Qb3+ 18. Bc3 Be7 19. Qxb8+ Bd8 20. Nc7+ Kd7 21. Rc1 Bxc7 22. Qf8)
16. Kxd2 exd5 17. Rc1 Qd8 18. Qxb7 Ne7 19. Rc7 h6) 15... Kd7 (15... Bxd2+ 16.
Kxd2 Qd8 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Nxb7 Qe8 19. Nd6 Qd8 20. Rb1) (15... Qc1+ 16. Ke2
Qc4+ 17. Ke3) 16. O-O (16. Bxb4 Qc1+ 17. Ke2 Qc4+ 18. Ke3 Qxb5) 16... Be7 (
16... Bxd2 17. Nd6 Qc7 18. Nxf7) 17. Na7 Qc7 18. Rb1 b6 19. Rc1) 14. Qa4+ (14.
Qxa6 bxa6 (14... Nxa6 15. b5 Nc7 16. Ke2) 15. b5 Bb4 (15... axb5 16. Nxb5 Nc6
17. Ke2) 16. bxa6 Nxa6 17. Ke2) 14... Qxa4 (14... Nc6 15. b5 (15. Qxa6 bxa6 16.
b5 axb5 17. Nxb5) 15... Qxa4 16. Nxa4 Na7 17. Ke2) 15. Nxa4 b5 (15... Ne7 16.
b5 Nd7 17. Ke2) 16. Nc3 (16. Nc5 Ne7 17. Ke2 Nec6 18. Ra1 h6 (18... Be7 19. Ra8
Kd8 20. Bg5) 19. Ra8 Be7) 16... Bxb4 17. Nxb5 Be7 18. Ke2 Nh6 (18... Nc6 19.
Ra1) 19. Na7 (19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Rc1) 19... O-O (19... Kd7 20. Rb1 Na6 21. Rb7+
Nc7 22. Ba5 Bd8 23. Nd2 Nf5 24. Nb3) (19... Nf5 20. Rb1 Nd7 21. Rb7) 20. Rb1
Re8 21. g4 Bf8 (21... Nxg4 22. Rg1) (21... f5 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. g5) 22. h3 f5 (
22... Na6 23. Rb6) (22... Nd7 23. Rb7) 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24. Nh2 (24. gxf5 exf5 25.
Rb5 Rd8 26. Nh4) 24... fxg4 (24... Na6 25. Rb6 Nb4 26. Nb5) 25. Nxg4 Nd7 (25...
Kf7 26. Nf6 Rd8 (26... Re7 27. Nc8) 27. Rb7+ Kg6 28. h4 h5 29. Rb6 Kf5 30. Nxh5
Ke4 31. Nb5) 26. Rb7 h5 (26... Re7 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Nf6+) 27. Rxd7 hxg4 28.
hxg4 Rb8 29. Nc6 Rb2+ 30. Kf3 Ba3 31. g5 Rb6 32. Rc7 Bb2 33. Kg4 Ra6 34. g6 Ra1
(34... hxg6 35. Kg5) 35. Ne7+ Kh8 (35... Kg7 36. Nf5+) 36. Kg5 Rc1 (36... Bc1+
37. Kh5) 37. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires zt 2.5"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Salas Arros, Cristian Eduardo"]
[Black "Vasquez Schroder, Rodrigo Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. O-O f6 {This idea looks
risky, but it has some merits as Black immediately puts pressure on White's
stronghold on e5.} ({Usually Black plays} 6... Nge7 {here, for example:} 7. Bf4
Qb6 8. Nbd2 Ng6 9. Bg3 f5 10. Nb3 Bd7 11. Re1 Be7 12. a3 a5 13. a4 Nb4 14. h3
Nxd3 15. Qxd3 O-O 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Nfxd4 Rfc8 $11 {0-1 Gamback,B-Barbu,I/
Miercurea Ciuc 2000/ (66)}) 7. Qe2 (7. Bb5 $5 Bd7 8. Nxd4 (8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Qxd4
Qb6 10. Qf4 f5 11. c4 Ne7 12. Qe3 c5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Qd2 Be7 15. Nc3 Bc6 $13
{0-1 Stabenow,J-Schuehler/corr 1984 (36)}) 8... Nxd4 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qxd4
fxe5 11. Qxe5 Bd6 12. Qh5+ Qf7 13. Qxf7+ Kxf7 14. Nd2 Rc8 $11 {1-0 Stripunski,
A-Kuehn,M/Passau op 1997 (43)}) 7... Qc7 8. Bf4 g5 9. Bg3 g4 10. Nh4 fxe5 (
10... f5 11. Nd2 Bh6 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. e6 Qg7 14. Bxf5 Qg5 15. Be5 Nxe5 16.
Qxe5 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Nb3 O-O 19. Nxd4 Bg7 20. Nb5 Ne8 21. Bxg4 a6 22. Nc3
Bxc3 23. bxc3 Nc7 $15 {Kogan,A-Glek,I/Copenhagen op 1996/0-1 (36)}) 11. Qxg4 {
Of course, Black's king may not feel very safe, but thanks to his pawn mass in
the centre, Black can look into the future with optimism.} Bd6 $146 {[%csl Gd4,
Gd5,Ge5,Ge6,Re8]} ({Perhaps, even better here is} 11... Nf6 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Bb5
O-O 14. Nd2 e4 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nb3 e5 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. c3 dxc3 19. bxc3 Kh8
$17 {0-1 Kernazhitsky,L-Wiley,T/Olomouc Valoz Cup 2000/The Week in Chess 301 
(28)}) 12. Qh5+ Kf8 13. Ng6+ (13. Qf3+ Qf7) 13... hxg6 14. Qxh8 Qg7 15. Qxg7+ (
{Maybe White should have kept the queens on, but after} 15. Qh4 $5 Be7 16. Qg4
e4 17. Bb5 Nh6 18. Qf4+ Nf7 {[%cal Ge6e5] Black is doing well anyway.}) 15...
Kxg7 $44 16. Nd2 Bc5 $5 {[%cal Ge5e4]} 17. Nb3 (17. f3 Nge7 18. Rfe1 Kf6) 17...
Bb6 18. Rfe1 Kf6 19. Rad1 Nge7 {This position is very hard to assess, but I
believe that Black has sufficient compensation.} 20. a4 a6 21. a5 Ba7 22. f3
Bd7 23. Bf2 Rh8 24. g4 (24. h4 $5 Nf5) 24... g5 $1 25. Kg2 Bb8 26. Rh1 (26. Nc5
Bc8) 26... Nb4 27. Nc5 Bc6 28. h4 Nxd3 29. Nxd3 Ng6 30. h5 ({Perhaps better
was to play} 30. hxg5+ Kxg5 31. Rxh8 Nxh8 32. Rh1 Ng6 {[%cal Ge5e4] with a
very unclear outcome.}) 30... Nf8 31. Rhe1 Nd7 32. Rxe5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] This
is a sad blunder in the position, which was stilll rather unclear.} (32. Nb4
Bb5 {[%cal Gh8c8]}) 32... Nxe5 33. Bxd4 Bb5 $1 $19 0-1

[Event "YUG-ch 57th"]
[Site "Banja Koviljaca"]
[Date "2002.03.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Savic, Miodrag R"]
[Black "Antic, Dejan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. Qd2
Bd7 9. O-O Bg7 10. Na3 O-O 11. Nc2 cxd4 12. cxd4 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. b4 a6 {
As usual Black doesn't waste time for this move.} (14... Raf8 $5 15. b5 Ne7 16.
Ne5 Be8 {leads to interesting game, for example:} 17. a4 Ng6 (17... Nf5 18. a5
Qc7 $13 {0-1 Kiselev,G-Vysochin,S/Voronezh op 2001/ (28)}) 18. Ng4 R6f7 19. g3
h5 20. Nh6+ Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Nf4 $3 $36 {0-1 Kun,G-Szuk,B/Budapest-8 IM-B 2000/
The Week in Chess 301 (24)}) 15. a4 Rff8 16. Ra3 Be8 17. Re3 Ne7 18. a5 Qd6 19.
Bd3 Nc6 $146 {Funny enough, but just this move is a new one} (19... Nf5 $5 20.
Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Rfe1 Rf6 22. Ne5 Ba4 23. Rg3 Raf8 24. Nd3 Kh8 25. Ne3 h5 $132 {
Antonio,R-Lputian,S/Shenzhen 1992/0-1 (59)}) 20. Rfe1 Qf4 21. g3 ({Black
equalize after} 21. Rxe6 Qxd2 $5 (21... Bh5 22. Qxf4 Rxf4 23. R1e3 $5 Bxf3 24.
Rxf3 Rxf3 25. gxf3 Bf8 $5 (25... Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4 27. Rxh6 $14)) 22. Nxd2
Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Nf3 Bc3 25. Rb1 Bh5 $11) 21... Qf7 (21... Qg4 22. Kg2)
22. Bf1 ({White easy could get clear advantage after} 22. Ne5 $5 Bxe5 23. dxe5
$16 {[%cal Gf2f4] but for some reasons he will avoid this move for a long time.
}) 22... Bd7 23. Bg2 Qh5 (23... Rac8) 24. h3 ({Again} 24. Ne5 $5 {was a good
idea.}) 24... Rf7 25. Nh2 {Beginning of quite starnge manoeuvres, when White
doesn't want and Black just can't change the situation on the board.} (25. Ne5
$5 {again looks natural and strongr, but maybe, White just gave promise before
game never make this move?}) 25... Qg6 26. Nf3 Raf8 27. R1e2 h5 {[%cal Gg7h6]}
28. Rc3 Bf6 29. h4 $1 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gg2h3]} h6 30. Rb3 Be7 31. Nce1 $5 {
[%csl Re5][%cal Ge1d3]} Bd6 32. Ree3 Qg7 33. Re2 Rf6 34. Ne5 $1 {Finally!} Bxe5
35. dxe5 R6f7 (35... Rf5 36. f4) 36. Qe3 Rf5 37. f4 $16 {Savic has achieved
his strategic goal and Black should have stuck to a passive defense.} R5f7 38.
Nd3 Ne7 39. Nc5 Bc8 (39... Nf5 $5 40. Qf2 Qg6 $16) 40. Bh3 Rxf4 (40... Nf5 41.
Bxf5 Rxf5 42. Kh2 {[%csl Ra6,Rc8,Re6][%cal Gb4b5]}) 41. Bxe6+ Kh8 (41... Bxe6
42. Nxe6 Rf1+ 43. Kg2 $18) 42. Bxc8 Rf1+ 43. Kg2 Nxc8 44. Ne6 $18 d4 45. Qxd4
1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 15th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Qb6 10. O-O Rc8 (10... a5 $5) 11. Kh1 $146 {Grischuk already used
this plan few round early in the game against Gurevich} (11. a3 Na5 12. b4 Nc4
13. g4 Ne7 14. Ne3 a5 15. Ng5 Nc6 16. Nxc4 dxc4 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Bxc4 Nxe5 19.
dxe5 Qxc4 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Qxd7+ Be7 22. Qxb7 Rc7 23. Qf3+ Ke8 24. Rac1 {
1-0 Eder,J-Gasser,K/OST-chJ 1993 (24)}) (11. h4 h5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Qd2 Qa5 14.
Qd3 Bxg5 15. hxg5 Nb4 16. Nxb4 Qxb4 17. a3 Qb6 18. Rfc1 O-O 19. b4 a5 $11 {
Jonkman,H-Holzke,F/Muenster op 1999/0-1 (66)}) ({Deserves attention also} 11.
g4 $5 Nfe7 {for example} 12. Nh4 (12. Nfe1 h5 13. gxh5 Nf5 14. Be3 Na5 15. b3
Bb5 16. Nd3 Nc6 17. Rc1 a5 18. Nf4 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qd8 20. h3 $1 Qh4 21. Qg4 $14
{1-0 Grosar,A-Poldauf,D/AUT t-ch 9900 2000 (46)}) 12... Ng6 13. Ng2 f6 14. exf6
gxf6 15. Kh1 Bd6 16. f4 Nce7 17. Qd3 $36 {1-0 Sveshnikov,E-Atalik,S/SLO t-ch
Bled 1999/EXT 2000 (37)}) 11... Na5 12. g4 {Typical move in this line} Ne7 13.
Nfe1 Bb5 14. Nd3 $1 {Protects so important light-coloured bishop from exchange.
} h5 $5 15. gxh5 Nf5 16. Be3 g6 $6 ({It's looks that simple} 16... Nc4 $142 $13
{was stronger than optimictic move in the text}) 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Rg1 Qc7 19.
Nde1 {Brings knight to defence, after natural} (19. Rc1 $143 $6 Qh7 20. Rg2 {
Black could make draw immediately -} Nh4 21. Rg3 (21. Rg4 $2 Nf3 $1) 21... Nf5
$11) 19... Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qh7 21. Nf3 g5 (21... Nc6 22. Rg2 Qh5 $13) (21... Qh3
22. Nce1 Nc6 23. Qf1 $14 {[%cal Gf1g2]}) 22. Rg2 (22. Rac1 $5) 22... Nh4 {
It is very easy to get feeling that Gulko got enough compensation for the pawn,
bt it is only illusion!} (22... Rxc2 $2 23. Qxc2 Ng3+ 24. fxg3 $18 {[%cal
Yg2c2]}) 23. Nxh4 $6 ({After simple and strong} 23. Qb5+ $142 Nc6 24. Nxh4 (24.
Nxg5 $5) 24... gxh4 25. Ne1 $16 {White could keep solid advantage.}) 23... Rxc2
$1 24. Qb5+ Nc6 25. Nf3 $16 (25. Bxg5 a6 26. Qb6 Rc4 {[%csl Rd4]}) 25... Bh6 $1
26. Bxg5 a6 $6 $138 {Final mistake in time troubles, but and after best} (26...
Rf8 27. Qb3) (26... Rg8 27. Rag1 Qe4 {white's advantage is obvious after} 28.
Bxh6 Rxg2 (28... Qxf3 29. Qb3 Qe4 30. Qxc2 $1 Qxc2 31. Rxg8+ Kd7 32. R1g7+ Ne7
33. Rf7 $1 $18) 29. Kxg2 Qg4+ 30. Kf1 Qh3+ (30... Qxf3 31. Rg8+ Kf7 32. Qxb7+
$18) 31. Rg2 Qxh6 32. Ne1 $16) 27. Qb3 Bxg5 28. Nxg5 Qf5 (28... Nxd4 29. Qa4+
$18) 29. Nxe6 $1 $18 {Beggining of the end!} Ke7 30. Ng7 (30. Qxd5 $1) 30...
Qe4 31. Qxb7+ Kf8 32. Ne6+ (32. Qc8+ $18) 32... Ke8 33. Qc8+ Ke7 34. Qxh8 Rxf2
35. Qg7+ (35. Qg7+ Kxe6 36. Qg6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 15th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gurevich,M} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3
cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Qb6 {Mikhail Gurevich has huge experience in this
double-edged line} 10. O-O (10. h4 f6 11. g4 Nfxd4 12. Ncxd4 Nxe5 13. g5 Bc5
14. O-O Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 Qb4 16. Ne1 Qxh4 17. Ng2 Qb4 $132 {0-1 Movsesian,
S-Gurevich,M/Sarajevo 2000 (35)}) 10... a5 ({Black could play and} 10... Na5 {
with possible continuations} 11. g4 Ne7 12. Nfe1 h5 13. gxh5 Bb5 14. Nd3 Nf5
15. b4 Nc6 16. a4 Bc4 17. a5 Qd8 18. Be3 Qh4 $132 {1-0 Grosar,A-Dizdar,G/Nova
Gorica op 1997 (39)}) 11. Kh1 Nb4 $146 {'!?' Gurevich,M.} (11... Rc8 12. Rb1
Nb4 13. Nxb4 Bxb4 14. Qd3 Bf8 15. Bd2 Ne7 16. b4 a4 17. b5 Nf5 18. Bc3 Be7 19.
Qd2 Ra8 20. Bb4 O-O 21. a3 Rfc8 22. Rfc1 $16 {1-0 Goldenberg,D-Hum,P/Toronto
op 1998 (42)}) ({Deserves attention} 11... h5 $5 {with the idea to secure
position of strong knight on f5} 12. Bg5 Rc8 13. Qd2 Be7 14. Rab1 Bxg5 15. Qxg5
Nce7 16. Bd3 Bb5 17. Bxb5+ Qxb5 18. Ne3 Qe2 19. Nxf5 Nxf5 20. Kg1 Rc2 {1/2-1/2
Peng Xiaomin-Zhang Zhong/Shenyag 1999 (20)}) 12. Ne3 $1 (12. Nxb4 {Gurevich,M}
axb4 $5 {(/\ 13...Bb5)} 13. Qd3 Ra5 $1 $132) 12... Rc8 (12... Nxe3 13. fxe3 {
[%cal Gf1f7]}) (12... Bb5 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. a3 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nc6 16. e6 $16) (
12... Nxe3 $5 {Gurevich,M}) 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Bd2 {'!?' Gurevich,M.} Be7 (14...
Nc2 {Gurevich,M} 15. Rb1 Nxd4 $2 16. Be3 $18) (14... Bb5 $5 {Gurevich,M}) 15.
a3 Nc6 16. Bc3 (16. b4 $1 {Gurevich,M} axb4 17. axb4 $36 Bxb4 $2 18. Rb1 Qa5
19. Rxb4 $1 Nxb4 20. Qb3 $16) 16... O-O 17. Qd2 {'+/=' Gurevich,M. White can
be satisfied with results of opening - he has safe position on the queen side
and chances to organized serious pressure on the opposite side of the board.}
Ra8 $1 {[%cal Gf8b8,Gb7b5] '!?' Gurevich,M. Great idea! Gurevich uses the only
chance for real couterplay - he is ready to bring another rook to b8 and after
it push the b-pawn. Gurevich,M: '[/\ 18...Rfb8, 19...Qd8, b7-b5-b4 <=> <<]'}
18. Ne1 {'!' Gurevich,M. Gurevich,M: '[/\ f2-f4, N e1-c2-e3 |^]'} Rfb8 19. Nc2
(19. Nd3 Qd8 20. Nf4 Be6 $13 (20... Bg5 $5)) 19... g6 (19... Qd8 {Gurevich,M}
20. Ne3 Be6 21. f4 Qd7 22. g4 $40) 20. Ne3 (20. b4 $5 {Gurevich,M} axb4 21.
Nxb4 Nxb4 (21... Be6 22. Rfb1 Qc7 23. Bf3 $14) 22. Bxb4 $14) 20... Be6 21. f4 {
[%cal Gg2g4] Gurevich,M: '[/\22.g4 ->>>]'} h5 $5 {Stops, at least for some
time, g4} (21... Qd8 22. g4 fxg4 23. f5 $36 (23. f5 {Gurevich,M} gxf5 24. Nxf5
Bg5 $13)) 22. Qd1 {[%cal Re2h5] '!?' Gurevich,M. Gurevich,M: '[/\ 23.Bxh5]'} (
22. g3 Qd8 23. h3 b5 $132) (22. Bf3 $5 {Gurevich,M} Rd8 (22... Qd8 23. Qd1 $1
$16 {/\ 24.Bxh5, 24.Qb3}) 23. g3 $14) 22... Kg7 23. Bxh5 $2 {[%mdl 512] '(+)
?!' Gurevich,M. It is very difficult to refraine from such a promising
sacrifice when you are just 16 years old!} ({After " boring "} 23. Bf3 $5 Rd8 (
23... Qd8 $140 24. Qb3) 24. Qd3 {white's position is very comfortable}) (23.
Bf3 $14 {Gurevich,M}) 23... gxh5 24. Qxh5 Rh8 25. Nxf5+ Bxf5 26. Qxf5 Nxd4 $1
$19 {'!' Gurevich,M. Refutation of white's combination.} 27. Qd3 {'?' Gurevich,
M. Lose by force but and after} (27. e6 fxe6 28. Qg4+ (28. Bxd4+ Qxd4 29. Qxe6
Qe4 $1 {'=/+' Gurevich,M.} (29... Rae8 $15 {Gurevich,M})) 28... Kf7 29. f5
Rxh2+ $1 30. Kxh2 Rh8+ 31. Kg3 Bh4+ $1 32. Qxh4 Qc7+ 33. Qf4 Ne2+ $19) ({or} 
27. Qg4+ Kf8 28. f5 Rh4 $1 {'|^!' Gurevich,M.} 29. Qd1 (29. Qg3 Ne2) 29... Nb3
30. f6 Bc5 $19 {black position is just winning.}) 27... Rxh2+ $1 {Nice, but
not very difficult combination} 28. Kxh2 Rh8+ 29. Kg3 (29. Kg1 {Gurevich,M}
Nf3#) 29... Bh4+ 30. Kg4 (30. Kh2 Bf2+ 31. Qh3 Ne2 $19) (30. Kh3 Bf2+ 31. Kg4
Rh4+ 32. Kg5 Qd8#) 30... Qh6 {[%cal Rh6h5] '!' Gurevich,M. Great game of
Mikhail Gurevich} (30... Qh6 {Gurevich,M} 31. Bxd4 (31. g3 Qh5+ 32. Kh3 Bg5+
33. Kg2 Qh2#) 31... Qh5+ 32. Kh3 Bf2#) 0-1

[Event "Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. Qd2
Bg7 9. O-O Bd7 10. Na3 O-O 11. Nc2 cxd4 12. cxd4 f6 (12... f6) 13. exf6 Rxf6
14. b4 Rxf3 $146 {[%mdl 512] Interesting conception of Boris Spassky.He
sacrifices exchange for pawn and makes draw without big problems. As usual
Black continued} (14... Raf8 {and it is not easy for white to get any
advantage, for example} 15. b5 Na5 {[%cal Ga5c4]} (15... Nb8 $6 16. Ne5 Be8 17.
a4 Rf4 18. a5 Qd6 19. g3 Rxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxe5 21. Rad1 Bg6 22. Bg4 h5 23. Bxe6+
Kh8 24. f4 {1-0 Rabinovich-Carruez/Ponferrada 1992 (24)}) (15... Ne7 16. Ne5
Be8 17. g3 h5 18. Ne3 Nf5 19. Nxf5 Rxf5 20. f4 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Rxe5 22. Rxf8+
Kxf8 23. Qb4+ Kg8 24. Bd3 a5 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qe7+ Kg8 27. Qxe8+ Kg7 28. Qe7+
Kg8 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. Qe7+ {1/2-1/2 Santos,C-Arizmendi Martinez,J/Algavre 1998 
(30)}) 16. Ne5 Bxb5 17. Rab1 Bxe2 18. Rxb6 Bxf1 19. Rb1 Rxf2 20. Qxf2 Rxf2 21.
Kxf2 Ba6 22. Nb4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Bc4 {Jonkman,H-Tiggelman,R/Vlassingen op 1999/1/
2-1/2 (52)}) (14... a6 15. a4 Rff8 16. Ra3 Be8 17. Re3 Ne7 18. a5 Qd6 19. Bd3
Nf5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Rfe1 Rf6 22. Ne5 Ba4 23. Rg3 Raf8 {Antonio,R-Lputian,S/
Shenzhen 1992/0-1 (59)}) 15. Bxf3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Bxd4 {[%csl Gd4]}
18. Rac1 Bb6 {[%cal Gg8f6,Gg8d6] Black wants to bring king to the centre of
the board, to protect pawn on e6- only weakness in the black camp- and it is
very difficult to find way how white can break tough defence.} 19. g3 Kg7 20.
Rfe1 Kf6 21. Rc3 Rg8 22. Kg2 Bc6 23. Rc2 a6 24. Rce2 Bd7 25. Rc2 (25. h3 {
[%cal Gf3g4]}) 25... Bc6 26. Rce2 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Black "Iljin, Artem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Nc3
(8. Bxh6 Qxb2 9. Bxg7 Bxg7 10. Nbd2 Nxd4) 8... Nf5 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Bb4 11.
Bc3 b5 (11... a6 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 b5 14. g4 Nfe7 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. O-O h5
17. g5 Nf5 18. Qf4 Qb6 19. Rfd1 g6 20. h4 O-O-O 21. b4 Kb7 22. Na2 Rc8 23. Nc1
Rc7 {1-0 Babaeva,F-Gulyev,S/Baku Cup 1999/ChessBase (46)}) 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13.
Nxc3 b4 14. axb4 Qxb4 {A very natural and logical plan, which seems to promise
Black level play.} 15. O-O (15. Qa4 Bd7 (15... Qb6 16. b4 O-O 17. Qb5 Bd7 18.
Ra6 Qxb5 19. Bxb5 Nxb4 20. Ra4 Bxb5 21. Rxb4 Bc4 22. Kd2 Rfb8 23. Rhb1 Rxb4 24.
Rxb4 Ne7 25. Rb7 Ng6 26. h4 h6 27. g3 Kf8 28. Na4 Ba6 29. Rc7 Bb5 {Claverie,
R-Labollita,M/ARG-sf Buenos Aires 2001/ChessBase/0-1 (56)}) (15... Qxa4 16.
Rxa4 Bd7 17. g4 Nfe7 18. O-O O-O 19. Rfa1 Rfb8 $19) 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Kd2 (17.
O-O O-O 18. Rfc1 Rfb8 19. g4 Ne7 20. Kg2 h6 21. Kg3 Rb7 22. Bf1 Be8 23. Ra3
Nbc6 {0-1 Olsar,J-Prandstetter,E/Czech t-ch 1995/ChessBase (34)}) 17... Ke7 18.
g4 Nh6 19. Ne1 Rhb8 20. Ke3 f6 21. f4 fxe5 22. fxe5 Be8 {1/2-1/2 Nemec,
P-Prandstetter,E/CSR-ch Trnava 1980/ChessBase (37)}) (15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxc6 (16.
Qa4 $5 Qxb2 17. Nxd5 (17. Ra3 $5 Qc1+ (17... O-O 18. O-O {/\ 19.Rb1}) 18. Nd1 {
/\ 19.Rc3, c6<}) 17... exd5 (17... Nfxd4 $2 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Bxc6 Qxa4 20.
Nc7+ Kd8 21. Bxa4 Kxc7 22. Rc1+ Kd8 23. Rd1 $18) 18. O-O Nfxd4 19. Rfb1 Nxf3+
20. gxf3 Qc3 21. Rc1 Qb4 22. Bxc6 Qxa4 23. Rxa4 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 Ke7 {0-1
Kupreichik,V-Ulibin,M/Moscow 1989/ChessBase/ (60)}) 16... Bxc6 17. Qd2 O-O 18.
O-O Rfb8 19. Rfb1 (19. Rab1 Rb6 (19... a5 20. g4 Ne7 21. Ne1 Bb5 22. Nc2 Qb3
23. Rfe1 Bd7 24. f4 Rf8 25. Re3 Qb6 26. Ne1 f5 27. g5 Rfc8 28. Ne2 Bb5 29. Nc3
Be8 30. Nc2 Rc4 31. Rd3 Rac8 32. Na3 R4c7 33. Qf2 Rb8 {0-1 Thipsay,P-Khuzman,A/
Moscow Aeroflot-A 2004/ChessBase (57)}) 20. Rfc1 Rab8 21. Rc2 h6 22. g3 a5 23.
Kg2 a4 24. Ra1 Be8 25. h3 Bd7 26. Rac1 Rc6 27. g4 Ne7 28. Ra1 Rc4 29. Ra2 Qb6
30. Rc1 Rb4 31. Rca1 Ng6 32. Nd1 Bb5 {0-1 Shirov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Monte Carlo
Amber blind 2005/The Week in Chess 541 (52)}) (19. Ra2 a5 (19... Rb7 20. g4 Ne7
21. Kg2 Be8 22. h4 Nc8 23. Qf4 Qe7 24. Rfa1 Rab8 25. Nd1 Bb5 26. g5 Bc4 {
0-1 Veneman,H-Archangelsky,M/Hoogeveen op 2001/}) 20. g4 Ne7 21. Qf4 Bb5 22.
Nxb5 Rxb5 23. h4 Qb3 24. Rfa1 h6 25. Kg2 Qd3 26. h5 Nc6 27. Rc1 Ra6 {0-1
Collins,S-Stryjecki,M/Wch B20 Athens 2001/T}) 19... a5 (19... Rb7 20. g4 Ne7
21. Ne1 Ng6 22. Qe3 Qe7 23. f4 Bb5 24. Nf3 Nh4 25. Nd2 Qb4 26. Kf2 Bc6 27. Kg3
Qe7 28. Nd1 h6 {1-0 Kiselev,G-Drozdov,A/Voronezh op 1999/ChessBase (53)}) 20.
g4 Ne7 21. h4 Bd7 22. h5 Nc6 23. Qf4 Qe7 24. h6 f6 25. Re1 Rf8 26. Qg3 Rab8 27.
Ne2 Rb3 28. Ra3 Rxa3 29. bxa3 Qxa3 30. hxg7 Kxg7 {1-0 Rendle,T-Tiller,B/BCF
t-ch 0203 2003/(54)}) (15. Ra4 Qxb2 16. Nb5 O-O 17. O-O Bd7 18. Ra1 Nxe5 $1 19.
Rb1 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 $1 Qa2 21. Ra1 Qb2 22. Rb1 Qxb1 $3 23. Qxb1 Rab8 24. Qa1
Bxb5 25. Bxb5 Rxb5 {0-1 Sturm,M-Ellis,D/corr 1965/Megacorr (46)}) 15... O-O (
15... Nfxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bd3 {[%csl Gd3]} Bd7 18. Qg4 g6 19. Qg5 Nc6 20.
Bb5 Qxb2 21. Rfc1 O-O $132 {Kuzmin,G-Lempert,I/S-Peterburg 1993/ChessBase/1-0 
(42)}) 16. Nb5 $5 Rb8 $146 (16... Bd7 17. g4 (17. Nc7 Rad8 18. Na6 Qb6 19. Ra4
$5) 17... Nh6 (17... a6 18. gxf5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. f6 $140 Qxb2 $132) (
17... Nfe7 $5) 18. Qd3 Qe7 19. Qd2 (19. g5 $5) 19... Nxg4 20. Kh1 f6 21. h3 Nh6
22. Rg1 Kh8 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Rg2 Raf8 25. Rag1 Nf5 26. Bd3 Ng3+ 27. Rxg3 Rxf3
{0-1 Oestreich,R-Groenegres,W/OWL-ch Bad Oeynhausen 1964/EXT 2001 (34)}) 17. g4
Nfe7 (17... a6 $2 18. gxf5 axb5 19. f6 $1 gxf6 20. Kh1 $5 Ne7 (20... Qe7 21.
Qc1 $1) 21. exf6 Nf5 22. Qc1 Kh8 23. Bd3 $18) 18. Nxa7 Qxb2 (18... f6 $5 19.
exf6 Rxf6 20. Nxc6 Nxc6 $44) 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. Bd3 (20. Rb1 Qxb1 21. Qxb1 Rxb1
22. Rxb1 f6 $5) 20... Bd7 21. Rb1 Qa3 22. Ra1 (22. Qd2 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Rb8 24.
Rxb8+ Nxb8 $11) 22... Qe7 (22... Qb2 $5) 23. g5 f6 {Taking into account
White's reply. Maybe it's better to wait with this move.} (23... Nb4 $5) (23...
Rb7 $5 {[%cal Gf8b8]}) 24. gxf6 gxf6 25. Kh1 $1 fxe5 ({I believe that after} 
25... Kh8 {Black can hold the position without trouble.}) 26. Rg1+ Kh8 27. Bxh7
$1 {This trick is the only way to fight for an advantage.} Be8 (27... Qxh7 28.
Ng5 Qh4 29. Ra3 $1 {[%cal Cc6d4,Ga3h3]} Rf5 $5 (29... Nxd4 30. Rh3 Qxh3 31.
Nxh3 Nf3 32. Qc1 $18 {[%cal Oc1h6,Gc1c7]}) (29... Rg8 30. Rg4 $5 Qh5 31. Nf7+ (
31. Rh3 Qxh3 32. Nxh3 Nxd4 $16) 31... Kh7 32. Rg7+ Kxg7 33. Qxh5 Rb1+ 34. Kg2
Kf6+ 35. Kh3 $18) 30. Rh3 Qxh3 31. Nxh3 Rg8 32. dxe5 $16) 28. Bg6 $1 {White
got a clear initiative on the kingside and Black is in deep trouble.} Bxg6 (
28... exd4 29. Bxe8 Qxe8 30. Nxd4 Rg8 (30... Ne5 31. Ra3 $18) 31. Qf3 $1 $18) (
28... e4 29. Bxe8 Qxe8 30. Ra3 $3 (30. Qd2 Rb7 31. Nh4 $40) 30... exf3 31. Rxf3
Rxf3 32. Qxf3 Qe7 $8 33. Rg3 Rg8 (33... Rb1+ 34. Kg2) 34. Rh3+ Kg7 35. Qg4+ Kf8
36. Rf3+) 29. Rxg6 Qh7 (29... Rf5 30. Qd2 $5 Rxf3 31. Rh6+ Kg7 32. Rg1+ Kf8 33.
Qc1 $1 exd4 34. Rh8+ Kf7 35. Rh7+ Kf8 36. Rxe7 Nxe7 37. Qh6+ Ke8 38. Qh5+ Rf7
39. Rg7 $18) 30. Rg4 Qf5 $2 ({Black doesn't have a chance to put up a
resistance after} 30... Rf4 $142 $5 31. Ng5 (31. Nxe5 Rxg4 32. Qxg4 Nxe5 33.
dxe5 Rf8 $5 $14) 31... Qg6 32. dxe5 Rxg4 33. Qxg4 Rb1+ (33... Nxe5 34. Qf4 $1
Nd7 (34... Rb1+ 35. Kg2 $18) 35. Ra7 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 Rb4 $1 37. Qg3 $1 Nf8 38. h4
$18) 34. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 35. Kg2 Qg6 36. f4 $16) (30... Rf6 31. Rh4 Rh6 32. Ng5 Rxh4
33. Nxh7 Rxh7 34. Qf3 $1 $18) 31. Nh4 $18 Qxf2 (31... Qf6 32. Ng6+ Kg8 33.
Nxe5+ Kh8 34. Rh4+ $1) 32. Ng6+ Kh7 (32... Kg7 33. Nxe5+ Kf6 34. Rg6+) 33.
Nxf8+ Rxf8 34. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Qb6 (9... Nb4 10. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Bd2 Qa5 12. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 13. Qd2
Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Ne7 $1 $11 {N /\ f6, Kd8, Be8-h5, Nc6><d4, e5 Zlotnik,B} 15.
Rhc1 (15. h4 f6 (15... Nc6 16. h5 h6 17. Rh4 f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Ne1 e5 20.
Nc2 O-O-O 21. Re1 Bf5 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Kxd3 Rhg8 24. g3 Kd7 25. Kd2 Kd6 26. Re3
Rd7 27. Ra3 a6 28. Rf3 Ke6 29. Rb3 b5 30. Rc3 Rd6 31. Re3 Kd7 32. Rd3 Ke6 33.
Re3 Kd7 34. Rd3 Ke6 {1/2-1/2 Kamber-Zueger/Lugano 1989/ChessBase}) 16. h5 h6
17. Rh3 Rc8 18. Rg3 O-O $15) (15. Ne1 Rc8 16. Bd3 Nc6 17. Ke3 Ke7 18. Rc1 f5
19. Nf3 Nb4 20. Bb1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 {1/2-1/2 Gallinnis,
N-Sieglen,J/BL 1987/ChessBase}) (15. Rac1 Nc6 16. Ke3 (16. b4 a6 17. a3 f6 18.
Bd3 Ke7 19. h4 Be8 20. h5 fxe5 21. dxe5 h6 22. Rh4 Rf8 23. Rc2 Kd8 24. Ke3 Rc8
{0-1 Arbanas,J-Dizdar,G/CRO t-ch 1992/ChessBase (42)}) 16... f6 17. Bb5 (17. h4
Ke7 18. Bd3 h6 19. h5 Rhc8 20. g4 Nb4 21. Bb1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8
24. Nd2 Bd7 25. a3 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Stein,B-Goetz,R/BL 1990/ChessBase (31)}) 17...
Nb4 18. a3 Bxb5 19. axb4 Kd7 20. Rc3 Rhc8 21. Rhc1 Rxc3+ 22. Rxc3 Rf8 23. g3 h6
24. h4 Kd8 {1/2-1/2 Popov,R-Morozevich,A/Krasnodar op 1997/ChessBase (61)})
15... f6 $1 (15... Nc6 16. Rc3 Ke7 17. Bb5 f6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Re1 Rhb8 20.
Kc1 Rb4 21. Ree3 Rab8 22. Rb3 a5 23. Rxb4 Rxb4 24. Rb3 Ra4 25. a3 Bc8 26. Rc3
Rc4 27. Rxc4 dxc4 28. Kc2 Kd7 29. Kc3 Ba6 {1-0 Galyas,M-Stabolewski,A/Budapest
1993/ChessBase (41)}) 16. Rc5 (16. Rc7 $2 Bc6 {/\ Kd8-+}) (16. Rc3 $5) 16...
Kd8 17. Bd3 Rc8 18. Rac1 $6 (18. Rxc8+ Kxc8 19. Rc1+ Kd8 20. Ke3 $11) 18...
Rxc5 19. Rxc5 Be8 $15 {0-1 Sieiro_Gonzalez,L-Gurevich,M/La Habana 1986/ (36)})
10. h4 (10. g4 Nfe7 11. O-O $146 (11. Rg1 Rc8 12. Rg3 Ng6 13. Kf1 Qc7 14. Bd3
Be7 15. g5 Nb4 16. Nxb4 Bxb4 17. a3 Bf8 18. h4 Ne7 19. Bf4 Qb6 20. Kg2 Nf5 21.
Bxf5 exf5 22. b4 $13 {1-0 Vetemaa,J-Tuomala,T/Heart of Finland 1993 (48)}) (11.
Rg1) (11. Nh4 Nb4 12. Na3 Nec6 13. Be3 Be7 14. Ng2 f6 15. Nb5 fxe5 16. O-O O-O
17. dxe5 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. a3 Na6 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Ne3 Nxe5 22. Nd4 Nc5 23.
Ndf5 Bc6 24. Qd4 Ncd3 25. Bxd3 Nf3+ {0-1 Wemmers,X-Gurevich,M/BEL t-ch 0304
2004/The Week in Chess 482}) 11... h5 12. h3 {It is very important to keep the
square f5 under control. It's a point. White doesn't allow the enemy knight to
get to the square f5. Yes, Black gets the h-file but how to attack with only
one rook ?} hxg4 13. hxg4 f6 14. Bd3 O-O-O (14... fxe5 {Ftacnik} 15. Nxe5 Nxe5
16. dxe5 Nc6 17. Qe2 $13) (14... a5 $1 {#5Eb4}) 15. b4 $1 Nxd4 16. Ncxd4 fxe5
17. Qe2 $5 e4 18. Bf4 $1 {Preventing the King's escape into the corner.} Ng6
19. Rac1+ Bc6 {1-0 Shirov,A-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee-A 2001/CBM 81/[Psakhis] 
(27)}) (10. O-O Na5 (10... a5 11. Kh1 $5 (11. g4 Nfe7 12. Nh4 (12. Nfe1 {
and after h7-h5 he always took on h5. Sveshikov played this variation many
times but without great success. And until today, the main line here was 10.
0-0 without g2-g4.}) 12... Ng6 (12... f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Be3 Nb4 15. Nxb4
axb4 16. Ng2 Ng6 17. f4 Bd6 18. f5 exf5 19. gxf5 Ne7 20. Bh5+ Kd8 {0-1
Hendriks,W-Barsov,A/NED t-ch 2000 (38) '<=>' Psakhis.}) 13. Ng2 f6 (13... Be7
14. f4 O-O 15. Be3 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. h4 Bd6 18. h5 Nge7 19. Bd3 Rf7 $1 20.
Qe2 a4 21. Rab1 Raf8 $13 {Yagupov,I-Piskov,Y/Rostov/1993/}) 14. exf6 gxf6 15.
Kh1 Bg7 16. f4 f5 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Be3 Rc8 19. b3 O-O 20. Bf3 Nce7 21. Qd2 Rf6
22. Nge1 Rfc6 23. Bd1 Rc3 24. Nf3 Bb5 {0-1 Howell,D-Rahman,Z/BCF-ch Edinburgh
2003/ (43)}) 11... h5 ({Mikhail Gurevich, one of the leading experts in this
line, tried} 11... Nb4 {but after} 12. Ne3 Rc8 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Bd2 Be7 15. a3
Nc6 16. Bc3 O-O 17. Qd2 Ra8 18. Ne1 Rfb8 19. Nc2 g6 20. Ne3 Be6 21. f4 h5 $14 {
0-1 Grischuk,A-Gurevich,M/Esbjerg North Sea Cup 2000/CBM 78/ (30) White got an
advantage.}) 12. b3 $146 (12. Bg5 Rc8 13. Qd2 Be7 14. Rab1 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 Nce7
16. Bd3 Bb5 17. Bxb5+ Qxb5 18. Ne3 Qe2 19. Nxf5 Nxf5 20. Kg1 Rc2 {1/2-1/2 Peng
Xiaomin-Zhang Zhong/Shenyag 1999 (20)}) 12... Be7 13. Bd3 Nh4 {The pawn on d4
is poisoned:} (13... Nfxd4 $2 14. Ncxd4 Nxd4 15. Be3 Bc5 16. Rc1 $1 $18 {
[%cal Rc1c5,Re3b6]}) (13... Rc8 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Bg5 $36) 14. Ng5 ({The simple
} 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. Be3 $14 {also leads to a nice game.}) 14... a4 ({Again it
was too dangerous to take the pawn:} 14... Nxd4 $2 15. Nxf7 $1 Nxc2 (15... Kxf7
16. Nxd4) 16. Nxh8 Nxa1 17. Qxh5+ Kd8 18. Bg5 $18) 15. Rb1 axb3 (15... Nf5 $5)
16. Rxb3 $5 Qd8 (16... Qc7) 17. Nh3 Rxa2 18. Rxb7 Na5 19. Rb2 Rxb2 20. Bxb2 $14
{1-0 Ehlvest,J-Barsov,A/Dhaka 2001/CBM 82/[Psakhis] (35)}) (10... Rc8 11. g4
Nfe7 12. Nh4 Nb4 13. Nxb4 Qxb4 14. f4 Nc6 (14... Bb5 15. Qd2 $1 Qa4 16. b3 Qa6
17. Bxb5+ Qxb5 18. f5 Nc6 19. Bb2 $14 {Sveshnikov,E-Ulibin,M/Rus/1992/}) 15.
Be3 Be7 16. Ng2 $14 {Sveshnikov,E-Gleizerov,E/RUS/1992/0:1/44/}) 11. g4 Ne7 12.
Nfe1 Bb5 13. Nd3 h5 14. gxh5 (14. b4 Nac6 15. a4 Bc4 16. a5 Qc7 17. gxh5 Nf5
18. Be3 Bb3 19. Qb1 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Qd8 $13 {Van der Werf,M-Hansen,L.B/Wijk aan
Zee/1993/}) 14... Nf5 15. Be3 Rc8 (15... Nc4 16. a4 Ncxe3 17. fxe3 Bc4 18. Nf4
Bb3 19. Bb5+ Kd8 20. Qe2 Bxc2 21. a5 $1 Qc7 22. Rfc1 $16 {Sveshnikov,
E-Dolmatov,S/URS/1992/0,5/53/}) 16. b4 (16. b3 Nc6 17. Rc1 a5 18. Qd2 (18. Nf4
Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qd8 20. h3 $1 Qh4 21. Qg4 $14 {1-0 Grosar,A-Poldauf,D/AUT t-ch
9900 2000 (46)}) 18... Be7 19. Bg4 Qa6 20. Be2 a4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Bergstrom,
R-Kiriakov,P/Port Erin op 2000/ (43)}) 16... Nc6 17. a4 Bc4 (17... Bxd3 18.
Bxd3 Nxb4 $2 19. a5 Qc6 20. Nxb4 Bxb4 21. Rc1 Qd7 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Qa4+ $18)
18. Rb1 Qd8 $1 19. Nf4 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qh4 21. h3 Be7 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,
E-Kiriakov,P/RUS-ch Elista 1994/ChessBase/[Belov] (41)}) 10... Nb4 (10... Bb4+
11. Kf1 h5 12. a3 Be7 13. b4 Rc8 14. g3 f6 15. Bd3 fxe5 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. dxe5
d4 $13 {1-0 Topalov,V-Nikolic,P/Amber blind 1997 (33)}) (10... f6 $5 {An
interesting novelty in a well-known position.} 11. g4 {[#]} Nfxd4 $1 (11...
Nfe7 12. exf6 gxf6 13. g5 Bg7 $13) 12. Ncxd4 Nxe5 $5 {'[Black could have
inserted 12...Bb4+ 13.Kf1 Nxe5, but it looks like Mikhail thought that this
line favours White. It is hard to evaluate it straight away.]'} 13. g5 {
Black has good compensation for the knight. The position is very complicated.
Any outcome is possible in this encounter.} Bc5 $1 $44 14. O-O (14. gxf6 gxf6
15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Bh5+ Ke7 17. Bg5+ Kd6 $17) 14... Nxf3+ (14... O-O {Psakhis}
15. gxf6 gxf6 16. Bh6 Rf7 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Bh5 $18) 15. Nxf3 Qb4 $5 {[/\16...
Qg4->>>]} 16. Ne1 $5 {[/\17.Ng2] 'Offering already the third pawn for a piece,
but} Qxh4 17. Ng2 {The only way to protect the king.} Qb4 {'Black has three
pawns for the knight. Objectively speaking the game is about equal, but the
probability of the draw in such a sharp position is very low. Someone is bound
to fall !'} 18. Bd3 O-O-O 19. a3 {Shirov,A-Gurevich,M/ Prague 2002}) 11. Nxb4
Qxb4+ (11... Bxb4+ 12. Kf1 Bb5 (12... h5 $5 $146 {'N'} 13. a4 Rc8 14. g3 Be7 (
14... O-O $5 15. Bd3 Rc7 16. Kg2 Rfc8 17. Ng5 g6 $132) 15. Kg2 Rc7 $1 ({Maybe} 
15... a5 $5 {[%cal Ge8d8,Gd8c7,Gc7b8] was stronger planning to escape with the
K to the queenside.}) 16. a5 Qb4 17. b3 $6 Bb5 {Exchanging the light-squared
bishops greatly reduces White's attacking potential.} 18. Ba3 Bxe2 19. Qxe2
Qxb3 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. a6 $5 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Gurevich,M/Praha (m/1-rapid)
2002/ChessBase/[Psakhis] (43) '}) 13. g4 $5 $146 ({Or} 13. a3 Bf8 14. g4 Ne7
15. h5 Nc6 16. Bxb5 Qxb5+ 17. Qe2 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 f6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sedina,
E-Zueger,B/SUI t-ch 2000/}) 13... Nh6 (13... Ne7 14. a3 Qa6 15. Bxb5+ Qxb5+ 16.
Qe2 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 Ba5 18. h5 $14) (13... Bxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Qa6+ 15. Qd3 Qxd3+ 16.
Kxd3 Ne7 17. h5 h6 18. a3 Ba5 19. Be3 Kd7 20. Nh4 Rag8 21. Rag1 g5 22. Ng2 Nc6
23. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Movsesian,S-Berelovich,A/BL 0203 2003/ (41)}) 14. Bxh6 gxh6
(14... gxh6) 15. Qb3 (15. Bxb5+ $5 Qxb5+ 16. Qe2 $14) 15... Rg8 16. a3 Bxe2+
17. Kxe2 Qa6+ 18. Qd3 Be7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Pilaj,H-Moor,O/Leipzig 2002/ChessBase/})
12. Kf1 Bb5 13. g4 Bxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Ne7 $146 (14... Qc4+ $5 15. Qd3 Ne7 16. h5 h6
17. Bd2 Rc8 (17... Qxd3+ 18. Kxd3 Nc6 19. a3 Kd7 20. b4 b5 21. Rhb1 Be7 22. Bc3
a5 23. bxa5 Rhb8 24. Ne1 Nxa5 25. Bxa5 Rxa5 26. Nc2 f6 27. exf6 gxf6 {1/2-1/2
Fluvia,J-Lopez Martinez,J/Badalona 2005/ (36)}) 18. a3 Kd7 19. Rac1 Qxd3+ 20.
Kxd3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Nc6 22. Ng1 $1 {[%cal Gf2f4]} g6 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Ne2 g5
25. Rh1 Rg8 $14 {Movsesian,S-Ulibin,M/Hrvatska 1999/ChessBase/[Movsesian,S]/
1-0 (67)}) 15. h5 Nc6 16. Qd3 f6 (16... h6 17. a3 Qb6 18. b4 $36) 17. a3 Qb6 (
17... Qe7 $5 {[%cal Ge7d7]}) 18. exf6 gxf6 19. b4 (19. Re1 Na5 $1 {[%csl Rb3,
Rc4]}) 19... O-O-O 20. Be3 Kb8 (20... e5 $6 21. dxe5 d4 22. Bf4 $16) (20... h6
$5 21. Qg6 Be7 $1 (21... e5 22. dxe5 (22. Qxf6 $4 Nxd4+ $19) 22... Qb5+ 23. Kd2
fxe5 24. Qf5+ Kb8 25. Nxe5 Bg7 (25... Nxe5 26. Qxe5+ Bd6 27. Qd4 b6 28. Rac1
$16) 26. Nf7 $5) 22. Bxh6 $140 Nxd4+ 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 $132) 21. g5 $1 e5 $1 {
The most ambitious and principal continuation.} (21... fxg5 22. Nxg5 Bg7 23.
Nxe6 Rd7 24. b5 Nd8 25. Bf4+ Ka8 26. Nxg7 Rxg7 27. Be5) (21... Be7 $5 $13) 22.
dxe5 d4 23. Bd2 Nxe5 (23... fxe5 24. Rh4 $5 {[%cal Gh4e4]}) 24. Nxe5 (24. Bf4
Bd6) 24... fxe5 25. f3 e4 {Here Potkin begins to complicate the position at
his own risk.} ({Worth considering is the simple} 25... Be7 $5 {with good game.
}) 26. fxe4 Qe6 {Surely Black can claim some compensation for the sacrificed
pawn, but he needs to play against the weak position of white monarch.} 27.
Raf1 Qg4+ (27... Bg7 $5 28. Bf4+ Ka8 29. h6 Bf8 {[%cal Gf8e7,Gh8g8]}) 28. Qf3
d3+ {Perhaps this move is too ambitious.} (28... Qe6 $132) 29. Kf2 Qe6 {
Black has obviously lost the threat.} (29... Qd7 $5) 30. Qf6 $1 Bc5+ $4 {
[%mdl 8192]} (30... Qd7 $8 31. Qf5 $14 (31. Bf4+ Ka8 32. Qxh8 Bc5+ 33. bxc5
Rxh8 34. Ke3 Re8 $132)) 31. bxc5 (31. bxc5 Rhf8 32. Bf4+) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 (6. Be2) 6... a5 ({
In the case of the standard moves} 6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. Bxb5+ Qxb5 9. Nc3
Qa6 10. Ne2 $13 (10. Qb3 $6 Nc6 11. Nb5 $2 Bb4+ $1 12. Qxb4 Nxb4 13. Nc7+ Kf8
14. Nxa6 Nc2+ 15. Ke2 Nxa1 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nb7 Nb3 $19 {Yagupov,I-Totsky,L/Orel/
1994/}) 10... Ne7 11. O-O Nbc6 12. Nf4 Nf5 13. g4 Nfe7 14. Nh5 $36 {1-0
Thipsay,P-Pert,N/BCF-ch Scarbouough 1999 (38) the initiative belongs to White.}
) 7. c4 $5 {This move does not have a great reputation, but it is certainly
more dangerous than it seems.} (7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. N2f3 Nxd4 10. cxd4
a4 11. Qd3 Ne7 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Rb1 Na5 14. O-O Qa6 15. b4 axb3 16. Qxa6 bxa6
17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Rxb3 Bb5 19. Ra1 Be7 20. Bb4 f6 21. exf6 gxf6 {Ehlvest,
J-Vaisser,A/EUR-ch Ohrid 2001/The Week in Chess 344/1-0 (90)}) (7. Bd3 Bb5 8.
O-O (8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O Ne7 10. Bxb5+ Qxb5 11. a4 Qb6 12. Nbd2 Ng6 13. Nb3 Be7
14. Be3 Qc7 15. Nbd4 Nc6 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. Qe2 O-O 18. Bd4 f6 19. Rad1 Rac8 20.
exf6 Bxf6 21. Rfe1 e5 {1-0 Kupreichik,V-Senff,M/Bad Woerishofen op 2000/
ChessBase (38)}) (8. Bxb5+ Qxb5 9. a4 Qb6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Na3 cxd4 12. Nb5 dxc3
13. bxc3 Nh6 14. Rb1 Qd8 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. c4 Nb4 17. Qd4 Bg7 18. Qc5 Bf8 19.
Qe3 Rc8 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Qe4 Be7 {1/2-1/2 Minasian,A-Galstian,B/ARM-ch
Yerevan 2005/The Week in Chess 548 (61)}) 8... Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5
11. c4 Qa6 12. Nc3 $6 $146 dxc4 13. Qc2 {/\ 14.Ne4~/=} Nd4 $1 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15.
Qa4+ (15. Bf4 Ne7 16. Ne2 Ba7) 15... Qc6 16. Nb5 Bxe5 17. Re1 Bb8 $8 18. Bg5 $1
(18. Re4 $6 Ne7 19. Rxc4 Qd7 20. Be3 O-O 21. Rd1 Nd5 $17) 18... Nf6 (18... h6
19. Bh4 $13) 19. Rac1 O-O 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rxc4 Qd5 {0-1 Haba,P-Kortchnoi,V/
Ostrava 1994/ChessBase/[Knaak] (39)}) (7. Be2 a4 (7... Bb5 8. c4 Bxc4 9. Bxc4
dxc4 10. d5 exd5 11. Qxd5 Ne7 12. Qxc4 Qa6 13. Nbd2 (13. Qe4 Nd7 14. Nc3 h6 15.
Bf4 O-O-O 16. O-O-O g5 17. Bg3 Bg7 18. Rd6 Nc6 19. Rhd1 Rhe8 20. Qf5 Re7 21.
Nd5 Qc4+ 22. Kb1 Qb3 23. Rd3 Qb5 24. Nxe7+ Nxe7 25. Qxf7 c4 26. Rc3 g4 27. Nd4
Nxe5 28. Nxb5 Nxf7 29. Rxc4+ Nc6 30. Na7+ {1-0 Andruet,G-Villeneuve,A/Angers
1990/ChessBase}) 13... Nbc6 14. O-O Qxc4 15. Nxc4 Nf5 16. a4 $16 {1-0 Garbisu,
U-Gamez,A/Pamplona-B 1997 (29)}) 8. O-O Nc6 (8... Ne7 9. Qd3 Nbc6 10. Rd1 Rc8
11. Nbd2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nf5 13. Nf1 Be7 $11 {Mukhametov,E-Legky,N/Orel/1994/})
9. Bd3 (9. Qd3 Rc8 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Na7 $1 12. b4 Bb5 13. Qe3 Ne7 14.
Bxb5+ Qxb5 15. g4 h5 16. h3 hxg4 17. hxg4 Qc6 $17 {0-1 Kravtsov,S-Volkov,S/
Tomsk op 1999 (33)}) (9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. c4 $5 {[%cal Gb1c3]} (10. Nbd2 Na5 11.
c4 Ne7 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Rb1 Qa7 14. Qd3 dxc4 15. Qe4 b5 16. Qg4 Nf5 17. Ne4 Nb3
$17 {0-1 Jap Tjoen San,L-Peng Zhaoqin/NED-chW Rotterdam 2000/The Week in Chess
304 (45)}) 10... Nge7 ({Black's position is not bad and after} 10... dxc4 11.
Nc3 Nd4 12. Bxc4 Ne7 {for example} 13. Bf4 Bc6 14. Ng5 Ng6 15. Bg3 h6 16. Nge4
O-O 17. Qg4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Bxe6 Nxg3 21. Qxg3 fxe6 {
1/2-1/2 Vysochin,S-Moroz,A/Ordzhonikidze zt 2000/ (21) but I like Kaidanov's
move.}) (10... d4 11. Bd3 Nge7 12. Re1 Na5 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Rb1 Bc6 15. Ne4 Nb3
16. Bf4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Nc6 18. Nd2 Nca5 19. Re1 {1/2-1/2 Reshetnikov,A-Lysyj,I/
RUS-ch B18 Nojabrsk 2005/The Week in Chess 549}) 11. Nc3 Nd4 $1 12. cxd5 $146 {
This new move doesn't change the estimation of the position as more or less
equal,} (12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Videki,
S-Varga,P/Paks-9 GM 1999 (15)}) 12... Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Nxd5 ({In case of} 13...
exd5 14. Bg5 Bc6 15. Bxe7 Bxe7 16. e6 $36 {White's initiative could become
dangerous.}) 14. Nxd5 (14. Rd1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bc6 $13) 14... exd5 15. Rd1 Bb5
16. Qe1 Bc4 ({Worth considering was} 16... d4 $5 17. Ng5 Bc4 {with a promising
position for Black}) 17. Be3 $1 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qxe3 19. fxe3 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2
Peng Xiaomin-Kaidanov,G/USA-China Summit Seattle 2001/CBM 82/[Psakhis] (25)})
9... Na5 10. Bc2 Nc4 11. Ra2 (11. Ng5 $5 Be7 $5 12. Nxh7 g6 13. Ng5 Nh6 14. Ra2
Nf5 15. Nf3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nh4 17. Ne1 Nf5 {'~~' Psakhis. Psakhis: '1/2-1/2
Shirov,A-Volkov,S/EU-Cup Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92 (41)'} 18. Nf3 Nh4 19. Ne1 Nf5
$13 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Volkov,S/EU-Cup Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92 (41)}) 11... Ne7
12. Re1 (12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Bb5 14. Re1 Nc6 15. Be3 h6 16. Ra1 Qa7 17. dxc5
Bxc5 18. Bxc5 (18. Nd4 $5 {[%cal Gd1g4]}) 18... Qxc5 19. Qd2 O-O $13 {Afek,
Y-Legky,N/FRA t-ch 2003/CBM 94/[Psakhis]/0-1 (38)}) 12... Nc6 13. Kh1 $146 (13.
Bxa4 N6xe5 14. Bxd7+ (14. Bc2 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Be7 16. b3 Nd6 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18.
Be3 Qc6 19. Bd4 f6 20. Qh5+ Nf7 21. f4 g6 22. Qf3 O-O 23. Qg3 Rfe8 $13 {
Belikov,V-Legky,N/Sevastopol 1997/1/2-1/2 (50)}) 14... Nxd7 15. b3 Nd6 (15...
Na5 16. b4 cxb4 $2 (16... cxd4 $142 $1 17. Nxd4 Nc6) 17. axb4 Ra7 18. Rxa5 Rxa5
19. bxa5 Qxb1 20. Qa4 Bd6 21. Bf4 Qxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Bxf4 23. Qb4 Bc7 24. Nd3 f6
25. g3 Rf8 26. Nf4 {1-0 Jonkman,H-Peng Zhaoqin/Wijk aan Zee-B 2002/CBM 87/
[Psakhis] (26)}) 16. c4 dxc4 17. d5 Qxb3 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe6+ Kd8 20. Rc2
Ra6 21. Nc3 $36 {Grischuk,A-Gurevich,M/Cannes World Cup of Rapid Chess 2001/
CBM 82/[Hecht]/1-0 (86)}) 13... Be7 14. Nbd2 Nxd2 (14... Qa6 15. Nxc4 (15. Nf1
$5 {[%cal Gf1g3]}) 15... Qxc4 16. Ra1 Qb5 17. Rb1 $14) 15. Bxd2 cxd4 16. cxd4 (
{Worth considering was} 16. Nxd4 $5 Nxd4 $140 17. Be3 $36 {with a nice game})
16... O-O 17. Bc3 {[%csl Gc3]} (17. Be3 $5) 17... Qa7 {[%cal Gb7b4] A space
advantage gives White slightly better chances, nevertheless Black's position
is still fairly solid.} 18. h4 {The players have completed their development
and now White is rushing the attack.} (18. Qd3 g6 19. Qe3) 18... b5 19. Qd3 g6
20. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2h6]} Rfb8 21. Raa1 b4 22. axb4 Nxb4 (22... Bxb4 $2 23. Bxa4)
23. Bb1 {1-0 Charbonneau,P-Shulman,Y/Buenos Aires American Continental 2003/
CBM 97/[Psakhis] (44)}) 7... cxd4 (7... dxc4 8. d5 exd5 9. Qxd5 Be6 10. Qe4 Qc6
11. Nc3 Qxe4+ 12. Nxe4 h6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. a4 g5 15. h3 Rc8 16. Be2 Be7 17. O-O
f5 18. exf6 Ngxf6 19. Nfd2 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 O-O 21. Rfd1 Ne5 22. Nd6 Rc7 {Djokic,
V-Peric,S/Serbia 2nd league Pozarevac 2004/1-0 (58)}) (7... Bc6 $5) 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qxd4 $146 (9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Nge7 11. Re1 h6 12. Nbd2 g6 13. Nf1 Bg7
14. h3 Bf5 15. N1h2 a4 16. Ng4 Qb3 17. Qxb3 axb3 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf6+ Bxf6
20. exf6+ Kd7 21. Bf4 Rhe8 22. g4 Nd6 23. Bxh6 Nc4 {Bouvier,B-Legky,N/Sautron
op 2001/ChessBase/0-1 (33)}) 9... Bc5 (9... Qxd4 $5 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nb5 O-O-O
12. Bf4 f6 $13) 10. Qd2 Ne7 11. Nc3 a4 (11... O-O 12. Bd3 f6 (12... Bg4 13. Na4
Qc7 14. Nxc5 Bxf3 15. Qe3 $5 $36) 13. O-O fxe5 14. Nxe5 $14) 12. Bd3 Na6 {
[%cal Ga6c7] A strange development of the knight. Perhaps Black should have
considered} (12... Nbc6 $142 $5 13. O-O Bg4 $132 {[%csl Re5]}) 13. O-O Nc7 14.
Qd1 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gd3c2]} (14. Qc2 $5) 14... O-O 15. Bc2 Qa6 {Black
underestimates the danger.} (15... Qc6 $142 $5 {protecting the d5 pawn.}) (
15... f6 16. Bxa4) 16. Bg5 $36 {[%csl Gc2,Gg5] A very strong move, which gives
White an advantage.} ({Another promising possibility was} 16. Ng5 $5 h6 $140
17. Nge4 $1) 16... Bc6 (16... b5 17. Bxe7 (17. Rc1 $5) 17... Bxe7 18. Nxd5 Nxd5
19. Qxd5 Rfd8 20. Qe4) 17. Rc1 Ne6 (17... h6 18. Bxe7 Bxe7 19. Bxa4 $1 $16) 18.
Bxe7 Bxe7 19. Nxd5 Bc5 $6 {Obviously overlooking White's next move. More
tenacious was} ({The lesser evil for Black was} 19... Rfe8 $5) {[%tqu "En",
"Try to find nice idea for white/","","","c2h7","",15]} 20. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 64]
This nice move yields White a decisive advantage. Now Black is helpless
against the combined threats to his king and to the under-protected pieces on
c-file.} Kxh7 21. Rxc5 $1 Rfd8 (21... Nxc5 22. Ng5+ Kh6 $8 (22... Kg6 23. Qg4
$18) (22... Kg8 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Qh5#) 23. Qg4 $1 (23. Qd4 Qe2 (23... Kxg5 24.
Qf4+ Kh5 25. Qf5+ Kh6 26. Qh3+ Kg5 27. f4+ Kg6 28. Ne7#) (23... Qxf1+ 24. Kxf1
Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Kxg5 26. Qxc5 $18) 24. f3 $5 Ne4 $8 25. Nxe4 Bxd5 26. Nc3 Qc4
$132) 23... Qxf1+ $8 24. Kxf1 Bxd5 25. f4 Bc4+ (25... Rh8 26. f5 $18) 26. Kg1
$18) (21... Bxd5 22. Rxd5 $18) 22. Ng5+ $1 Kg8 (22... Nxg5 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24.
Ne7+ Kf8 25. Nf5 $18) 23. Qh5 (23. Ne7+ $5 Kf8 24. Qh5 Nxg5 25. Nf5 $18) 23...
Bxd5 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. Rxd5 $1 Nxg5 (26... Rxd5 27. Qf7+ Kh8 28.
Nxe6) 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Qxg5 {Black simply lost his pawns without getting
anything for them ! The rest is simple.} Qb6 29. Re1 Rf8 30. Qd2 Rd8 31. Qc3
1-0

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Antal, Gergely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 {As usual Black postpone this
exchange for some time.} 6. cxd4 Nh6 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. Be2 $146 {Passive move, I
would prefer} (8. Nc3 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gf1b5]}) 8... Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Na3 f6
11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Nc2 Bd7 (12... a6 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Rad1 Be8 15. Nb4 Nxb4 16.
Qxb4 Bh5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,L-Glek,I/Tilburg(3) 1994 (60)}) 13. b4 Be8 14. b5
Ne7 15. Ne3 $146 (15. Ne5 Ng6 16. Ng4 Qg5 17. g3 h5 18. f4 Nxf4 19. Rxf4 Rxf4
20. gxf4 Qg6 21. h3 hxg4 22. Bd3 Qf6 $15 {1-0 Kirichenko,V-Borejko,Y/Ukraine
1998 (37)}) 15... Ng6 16. a4 ({Unfortunately, White can't play} 16. g3 {
because of} Bxb5 $1) 16... Nf4 {Black got active and promising position and
it's White who must think already about equalization.} 17. Ne5 Qg5 18. Bf3 (18.
g3 $5 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 $15) 18... Bxe5 ({Worth considering
also} 18... Ng6 19. Nxg6 Bxg6 {[%csl Rd4,Gg7][%cal Gf8f4]}) 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20.
Re1 Qg7 21. g3 Nh3+ (21... Bg6 $5 22. Bg4 Kh8 $1 (22... h5 23. Ng2 $8 hxg4 24.
Nxf4) 23. gxf4 h5 $36) 22. Kg2 Ng5 23. Bg4 Bg6 {Black has already rich choice.}
(23... h5 $5 24. Bxh5 Bxh5 25. Qxh5 Nf3 {[%csl Gf3]} 26. Red1 d4 27. Ng4 Rad8
$17 {also leads to clear advantage of black}) 24. f4 (24. h4 Be4+ 25. Kf1 Bf3
$1) 24... Be4+ 25. Kg1 Rxf4 $5 {[%mdl 512] Brave decision. Black is getting
for rook few pawns and long terms attack against open white's king.} (25... h5
26. fxg5 hxg4 27. Qxg4 Rae8 $17 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Ge6]}) 26. gxf4 Nh3+ 27. Kf1
Nxf4 28. Ra2 $8 {Only move} (28. Bf3 Bd3+ 29. Re2 (29. Kf2 Nh3#) 29... Rf8 $19
{lose quickly.}) 28... Rf8 29. Rf2 $8 h5 $1 (29... d4 $5) ({or} 29... Bd3+ {
also were good alternatives.}) 30. Bf3 (30. Bxe6+ Nxe6 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8+ 32. Kg1
Qg7+ 33. Kf2 Qf6+ 34. Kg1 Nf4 $19) 30... Nh3 $1 ({I think that Black rightly
avoided the line} 30... Nd3 31. Rg2 Rxf3+ 32. Kg1 Bg6 33. Nf5 $5 exf5 (33...
Qc3 $5) 34. Qxf3 Nxe1 35. Qxd5+ $11) 31. Rg2 Ng5 {[%csl Ge4,Rf1,Gf8,Gg5][%cal
Rf8f1]} 32. Qa1 (32. Nf5 Bxf5 33. h4 Bg4 $19) 32... Rxf3+ 33. Kg1 Nh3+ {
Beggining of the end, but} (33... e5 $5 34. h4 Rxe3 $1 35. Rxg5 Rg3+ $19 {
also was good enough}) 34. Kh1 Rf7 35. Qc1 (35. Qxg7+ Rxg7 36. Rc1 h6 $1 $19 {
[%csl Ge4]}) 35... Nf4 $19 36. Reg1 Nxg2 (36... Kh8) 37. Nxg2 h6 (37... Qg4 $1)
38. Qd1 Rf2 39. h4 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 (6. Bd3 $5 cxd4 7. cxd4
Bd7 8. O-O (8. Bc2 $6 Nb4 $1 $15) 8... Nxd4 9. Nxd4 (9. Nbd2 $5 Ne7 10. Nxd4
Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qa4 12. b3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Re1 h6 15. b4 a6 16. a4 Nc6 17. Rb1
Be7 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Na5 20. Nd4 $146 {Nun,J-Razuvaev,Y/ Sochi 1989}) 9...
Qxd4 10. Nc3 a6 (10... Qxe5 11. Re1 Qd6 12. Nb5 Bxb5 (12... Qb6 $5 13. Be3 Qa5
14. Bd2 Qb6 {Sveshnikov}) 13. Bxb5+ Kd8 14. Qf3 $146) 11. Qe2 Ne7 (11... Bb4 $6
12. Rd1 Ne7 13. Bxa6 Qb6 14. Bd3 O-O 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh4 Nc6 18. f4
$36 {Rosenlalis-Neverov, Odessa 1989}) 12. Kh1 $1 Nc6 13. f4 Nb4 14. Rd1 Nxd3
15. Rxd3 {Sveshnikov-Razuvaev, Belgrade 1988} Qb6 16. Be3 Bc5 $146) (6. a3 c4
7. Nbd2 (7. g3 $5 Bd7 8. h4 Na5 9. Nbd2 Qc6 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nh3 Qa4 12. Qf3 Qc2
13. Nf4 Ne7 14. Ng2 Qh7 15. b4 $1 cxb3 16. Bd3 Qg8 17. Rb1 Ba4 $146 {
Sveshnikov-Eingorn, Sochi 1986}) 7... Na5 8. Be2 (8. b4 $6 cxb3 9. Rb1 Bd7 10.
c4 (10. Bd3 Ba4 11. c4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Rc8 14. Bxb3 Bxb3 15. Rxb3
Qa6 16. Bd2 h6 17. Qe2 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 b6 $15 {Emodi-Glek, Budapest (op), 1989})
10... Ne7 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd5 14. Rxb3 Qc7 15. Bxd5 Qa5+
16. Nd2 Qxd5 $15 {Knoppert-Farago, Dieren (op), 1988}) 8... Bd7 9. O-O Ne7 (
9... h6 $5 10. h4 Ne7 11. Re1 Nec6 12. g3 Be7 13. Bf1 O-O-O 14. Bh3 Kb8 15. Kg2
Ka8 16. Nf1 $6 Nb3 17. Rb1 Rdg8 $15 {Carlier-Farago, Amsterdam 2, 1987}) 10.
Re1 Qc6 11. Qc2 Nc8 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 Nb6 14. Nf4 O-O-O 15. Nh5 Qc7 16. a4 Bc6
17. Bd1 Kb8 18. Re3 Rc8 19. Rg3 g6 20. Nf6 Nd7 21. Nxd7+ Qxd7 $10 {
Sveshnikov-Eingorn, Palma 1989}) 6... Nh6 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. Qd2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O
10. Na3 cxd4 $1 11. cxd4 Bd7 12. Nc2 f6 (12... a5 $5) 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. b4 Raf8
(14... Rff8 15. a4 Qd8 16. Ra3 Be8 17. b5 Na5 18. Ne5 Bg6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. g3
$13 {Lein-Ehlvest, New York (op), 1989}) 15. b5 Ne7 16. Ne5 Be8 17. g3 (17. a4
Nf5 18. Rae1 Kh8 19. f4 Qd8 20. Ne3 Nd6 21. g3 {Kosten-Brunner, Altensteig 1989
} h5 $5 $13) 17... h5 18. a4 Nf5 $13 19. a5 Qc7 20. Rac1 Nd6 21. Ne3 Qe7 22.
Qb2 h4 23. Bd3 hxg3 24. hxg3 Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. b6 axb6 27. Qxb6 Qa3 28.
N3g4 Rxf2 29. Rxf2 Qxc1+ 30. Kg2 Rxf2+ 31. Nxf2 Qc8 32. Nfg4 Bh5 33. Ne3 Bh6
34. N3c4 e3 35. Qd6 e2 36. Kf2 Bf8 37. Qb6 Bg7 38. g4 Bxg4 39. Nxg4 Qxc4 40.
Qd8+ Kf7 41. Qd7+ Kg6 42. Qe8+ Kg5 43. Qe7+ Kg6 44. Qe8+ Kg5 45. Qe7+ Kxg4 46.
Qxg7+ Kf5 47. Qxh7+ Kf6 48. Qh4+ Kf7 49. Qh7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Black "Peng, Zhaoqin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. a3 a5 6. Nf3 Bd7 7. Be2 a4 ({In the
case of} 7... Bb5 8. c4 $1 Bxc4 9. Bxc4 dxc4 10. d5 {gives advantage to white,
for example} Ne7 11. dxe6 Qxe6 12. Nc3 Ng6 13. O-O Be7 14. Nd5 Na6 15. Qa4+ Kf8
16. Nxe7 Qxe7 17. Qxc4 $16 {1-0 Yoos,J-Hergott,D/CAN-ch Toronto 1996 (37)}) 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Bd3 ({Black got good game after} 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. c4 Nge7 $5 11. Nc3
Nd4 12. cxd5 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Rd1 Bb5 16. Qe1 Bc4 17. Be3
Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qxe3 19. fxe3 O-O 20. Rd4 Rfe8 21. Rc1 h6 22. e4 dxe4 23. Rcxc4
exf3 24. gxf3 Rxe5 25. Rxa4 Rxa4 {1/2-1/2 Peng Xiaomin-Kaidanov,G/USA-China
Summit Seattle 2001/CBM 82 (25)}) 9... Na5 10. Bc2 Nc4 {[%cal Rc4b2]} 11. Ra2 {
This move looks quite starange, but it is not clear that White can get enough
compensation for the pawn after} (11. Nbd2 Nxb2 12. Bxb2 Qxb2 {for example} 13.
c4 cxd4 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Re1 Bxa3 16. Rb1 Qc3 17. Rxb7 d3 18. e6 fxe6 19. Bxd3
Nf6 20. Ne5 O-O {0-1 Jonkman,H-Volkov,S/Korinthos op 2000/The Week in Chess
300 (34)}) 11... Ne7 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Bxa4 N6xe5 14. Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. b3 Na5 $146
{Attempt at improving famous game Grischuk,A-Gurevich,M/Cannes World Cup of
Rapid Chess 2001/CBM 82/[Hecht]/1-0 (86), which continues} (15... Nd6 16. c4 $1
dxc4 17. d5 Qxb3 18. dxe6 fxe6 (18... Qxa2 19. exd7+ (19. e7 Bxe7 20. Qxd6
O-O-O 21. Qxe7 Qxb1) 19... Kxd7 20. Ne5+ Kc7 21. Qd5 $5 $40) 19. Rxe6+ Kd8 20.
Rc2 $1 Ra6 21. Nc3 $16 {with great position for white}) 16. b4 cxb4 $2 {
Terrible mistake! Black hadn't too many reasons for panic- after correct} (
16... cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc6 {black's position still was not too bad, for example} (
17... Nc4 $6 18. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 19. Qxd5 Nce5 $5 20. Rxe5 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 $16) 18.
Nxe6 $5 fxe6 19. Rxe6+ Be7 20. Qxd5 O-O-O $132) 17. axb4 Ra7 18. Rxa5 (18. Ng5
$5 {was good enough -} Nc6 $140 $6 19. Qh5 $1 g6 20. Qf3 Rxa2 21. Qxf7+ Kd8 22.
Qxe6 Kc8 23. Nf7 $18 {but text even simplier}) 18... Rxa5 19. bxa5 Qxb1 20. Qa4
{[%csl Re8][%cal Ra4e8]} Bd6 (20... b5 $142 $5 21. axb6 Qxb6 22. Qa8+ Qd8 23.
Qxd5 Be7 $16 {+-}) (20... Be7 21. Ne5 $18) 21. Bf4 $1 $18 {Now game is over,
Black can't castle and pawn b7 is undefendable} Qxe1+ $8 22. Nxe1 Bxf4 23. Qb4
{[%csl Ga5,Rb7]} Bc7 24. Nd3 f6 (24... g6 25. h4 $5 (25. g3 $5) (25. Nc1 $5 {
[%cal Gc1b3]})) 25. g3 (25. Qxb7 Bxa5 26. Qc6 Ke7 27. Nc5 $18 {could be good
alternative to the text}) 25... Rf8 26. Nf4 (26. Nf4 Bxf4 27. gxf4 {[%csl Ga5]}
) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[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 Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Smolensk TsEM"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 a5 $5 {Strong move,
promised to black better chanses for equalization than} (6... Bb5 7. c4 $1) 7.
b3 ({Black has nothing to worry about and after} 7. Bd3 Bb5 8. O-O Bxd3 9. Qxd3
Nc6 {for example} 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nge7 12. Rd1 Nf5 13. Nf1 Be7 14. g4
Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 $11 {0-1 Van der Werf,M-Schwartzman,G/Wijk aan Zee op 1995 
(59)}) 7... Ne7 ({Also possible} 7... Na6 8. Bd3 Ne7 9. O-O Rc8 10. Bc2 Nc6 11.
Be3 Be7 12. Re1 h6 13. Nbd2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Na7 $13 {0-1 Vatter,H-Eingorn,V/Bad
Woerishofen op 1999 (39)}) ({or} 7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. Bb2 Nge7 10. Bd3 Rc8
11. O-O g6 12. Re1 Bh6 13. Bc2 O-O 14. Nc3 Na7 15. h4 Rc7 $11 {0-1 Plath,
O-Drewitz,H/LL Mecklenburg 1997 (91)}) 8. Be2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb5 {N/ Improvment
compare} (9... Nbc6 10. Nc3 Nf5 11. Na4 Qa7 12. Bb2 Be7 13. O-O h5 14. b4 $1 b5
15. Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Van Dijk,G-Weyerstrass/corr 1982 (50) with some advantage of
white.}) 10. Bxb5+ (10. O-O Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nbc6 $11) 10... Qxb5 11. Nc3 Qa6 12.
a4 {[%cal Gc3b5]} Nec6 13. Nb5 Qb6 $11 {Black could be satisfied with results
of opening. White cannot organized an attack without light bishop, knight on
b5 is strong, but can,t get any real support from other pieces.} 14. O-O h6 (
14... Be7 15. Bg5) 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 O-O 17. Ra1 Na6 $1 {[%cal Ga6c7]} 18.
Rc1 Nc7 19. Nc3 Rac8 20. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {According to my datebase it is already 6th game in
Advance variation between two great experts of French defence.} c5 4. c3 Bd7 5.
Nf3 Qb6 {[%cal Gd7b5] Mikhail Gurevich likes this line and plays it very
strongly.} 6. Bd3 {Grischuk choose in previous games or} (6. Be2) ({or} 6. a3)
6... cxd4 (6... Bb5 {is more common, maybe Gurevich didn't like sharp} 7. dxc5
Bxc5 8. b4 $5 {with big complications?}) 7. Nxd4 $5 {Rare and interesting move,
black has nothing to worry about after " normal "} (7. cxd4 Bb5) 7... Nc6 (7...
Ne7 8. O-O Nbc6 9. Nf3 Ng6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Re1 Be7 12. b4 a6 13. Bd2 O-O 14. h4
f5 15. h5 Nh8 16. a3 Nf7 17. Bf4 b5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Bxa6 d4 20. b5 Nb8 21. Nxd4
Nxa6 22. bxa6 {Blokhuis,J-De Jong,M/Amsterdam LB op 2001/The Week in Chess 354/
0-1 (48)}) 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 ({Worth considering} 8... bxc6 {but I suspect that
white's chances are slightly better and in this case, for example} 9. O-O Ne7
10. Kh1 a5 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. Qg4 h5 14. Qe4 Rd8 15. Nd2 Bc8 16. Nf3
$14 {0-1 Jonkman,H-Barsov,A/Wijk aan Zee-C 1997 (61)}) 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. Nd2 $146
{[%csl Gd4][%cal Gd2f3,Gf3d4] White knight soon will come to important d4
square and it is not easy for black to organaize any counterplay - white's
advantage maybe not big but very stable.} (10. O-O Ng6 11. Be3 Bc5 12. Bxc5
Qxc5 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Rd4 Rh5 16. Nd2 Ke7 17. Nf3 Rdh8 18. Re1 Qa5
19. a3 Qb6 20. h4 R5h6 21. g3 Rc8 22. Qd2 Rh5 23. Ng5 Bd7 24. Rb4 Qa6 {Beikert,
G-Hillermann,V/BL 1995/1-0 (36)}) 10... Ng6 11. Nf3 {[%csl Gd4]} Be7 12. O-O
Qc7 13. Bd2 $14 Bd7 14. Rae1 O-O 15. Nd4 Bc5 16. Qh5 Bxd4 17. cxd4 f5 ({After} 
17... Qb6 18. Re3 $1 (18. Bc3 $2 Bb5) 18... Qxd4 19. Rh3 h6 20. Bxh6 $18 {
wins immediately}) 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Bg5 Rf7 20. Bxg6 $1 (20. Re3 {[%cal Re3h3]
looks very promising for white, but after} Nf8 $8 21. Rh3 (21. Bxh7+ Nxh7 22.
Rh3 Qc2 $1) 21... g6 (21... h6 $2 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qxh6 $18) 22. Qh4 e5 $1 $13
{black's position is better than it looks}) 20... hxg6 21. Qxg6 Qb6 22. Rd1 $6
{Grischuk won theoretical duel and was very close to win and game} ({After
simple} 22. Re3 $142 $1 {it's will be very difficult to protect black king,
for example:} Qxd4 23. Rh3 Rf5 (23... Qe4 24. Qh5 $18) 24. Be3 Qf6 25. Qh7+ Kf7
26. g4 $1 Rf3 27. Qh5+ Kg8 (27... g6 28. Qh7+) 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Qxa8 Rxh3 30.
Qxb7 $18 {with decisive advantage.}) 22... Qxb2 23. Rd2 Qc3 24. h4 ({After
natural} 24. Rd3 {Black could solve all problems with} Qc2 $1 {[%cal Rd7b5,
Gc2g6]}) 24... Raf8 25. Rb1 b6 26. Rb3 Qa1+ 27. Rb1 Qc3 28. Rb3 Qa1+ 29. Kh2
Qe1 (29... e5 {[%cal Gd7f5]} 30. Qd6 $1 exd4 31. Qxd5 $16) 30. Rb1 {What else?
After} (30. f3 $2 Rf4 $1 {Black is getting winning attack -} 31. Qd3 $140 (31.
Bxf4 Qxh4+ 32. Kg1 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Rxf4 $19) 31... Rxh4+ 32. Bxh4 Qxh4+ 33. Kg1
Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Rf4) 30... Qe4 $8 31. Qxe4 dxe4 32. Kg3 Rc8 33. Rb3 ({Possibly
that} 33. Re1 Rc3+ 34. Re3 $14 {was slightly stronger than text}) 33... Rc4 34.
Bf4 Bc6 {[%cal Gc6d5]} 35. Be5 Bd5 36. Ra3 b5 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5]} 37. Rb2 (37. Bb8
$5 {was the last chance in the fight for advantage.}) 37... b4 38. Ra4 Rc3+ 39.
Kg4 (39. Kh2 e3 40. fxe3 Rxe3 41. Raxb4 Ra3 $11) 39... e3 $1 $11 40. fxe3 Rxe3
41. Raxb4 Kh7 42. Rb8 Re4+ $44 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepanakert-B"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nh6 ({Completely
different is the play after} 6... c4) 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4
({Otherwise after for example} 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. g4 {the knight
would get more active square to retreat -} Nh4) 10... Nfe7 ({Good alternative
to the text cculd be favorite move of Smbat Lputian} 10... Nh6 11. h3 (11. Rg1
f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Nc3 Nf7 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Rc1 Qf4 16. Rc3 Ng5 17. b5 Na5 18.
Nxg5 fxg5 19. Bc1 Qxh2 20. Rgg3 Bd6 $132 {Savic,M-Lputian,S/BIH t-ch Neum 2002/
(30)}) 11... Rc8 (11... f6 $13 {is possible as well}) 12. Nc3 Na5 13. Na4 Qc6
14. Nc5 Nc4 15. Bc1 b6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Bd3 Ng8 18. Qe2 Ne7 19. O-O h5 20. Bg5
Nc6 21. Kg2 b5 {Tochtenhagen,W-Meessen,R/NRW-Liga II 2003/EXT 2004 (40)}) 11.
Nc3 Na5 $5 {This move has become quite popular in the last couple of years.} ({
Worth considering also typical move} 11... h5 {with possible continuation} 12.
g5 Ng6 (12... Nf5 13. Na4 Qd8 14. Bd3 h4 15. Rc1 Be7 16. Rg1 g6 17. Bxf5 exf5
18. Nc5 Rb8 19. Qe2 $14 Be6 20. Qe3 Qb6 21. Qd3 Kf8 22. Bc3 Kg7 23. Nd2 a5 24.
b5 Na7 25. a4 Bxc5 26. dxc5 Qxc5 27. Ke2 Nc8 {1-0 Shirov,A (2690)-Kramnik,V 
(2740)/Amber blind 1997/ChessBase (45)}) (12... Na5 $5) 13. Na4 Qd8 14. Rc1 Be7
15. Rg1 O-O 16. h4 a5 17. b5 Na7 18. Qb3 Nc8 19. Bc3 Nxh4 20. Nxh4 Bxg5 21. Qd1
Bxc1 22. Qxh5 Be8 23. Bd3 f5 {1/2-1/2 Peng,X (2657)-Kortchnoi,V (2620)/Kolkata
2000/ChessBase}) (11... Qd8 12. h4 h5 13. Nb5 {[%csl Re8][%cal Rb5d6]} Nc8 14.
Ng5 $1 {Attacking the h5 pawn by the way} hxg4 15. Qxg4 Be7 16. Bc1 $5 {
This strange move is aimed at keeping the g-file open} ({In the event of} 16.
Rg1 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 (17. hxg5 {is contrary to White's plan}) 17... Qxg5 18. Rxg5
Kf8 {White's offensive would have come to an end}) 16... a6 17. Rg1 $5 f5 $1
18. exf6 Bxf6 {[#]} 19. Nh7 $1 {The attack is going on.} axb5 20. Qg6+ Ke7 $132
{1/2-1/2 Lastin,A-Malakhatko,V/St Petersburg 300 Years 2003/ (38)}) 12. Qc2 ({
White failed to get any advantage after} 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Rc1 {and Black has
nice choice between} {and} Ng6 $5 (13... h5 $5 14. Rc2 Nc4 (14... Nac6 15. Na4
Qd8 16. Nc5) 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Nce4 Nd5 17. Nxc4 Rxc4 $5 18. Rxc4 a5 {Funny
position. Black sacrifices an exchange and a pawn, his pieces are not
developed and it is not easy to prove white's advantage!} 19. O-O (19. gxh5
axb4 20. a4 Qa6) 19... axb4 20. axb4 Qd8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2717)
-Bareev,E (2707)/Dubai FIDE GP 2002/CBM 89/[Psakhis] (50) with very
complicated position.}) 14. h4 Be7 15. g5 (15. h5 Nf4 16. Qf3 Bg5 17. Ne2 Rxc1+
18. Nxc1 O-O $17 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Kruppa,Y/RUS Cup Elista 2000/CBM 79/
[Psakhis,L] (28)}) 15... O-O ({Black didn't equalized after} 15... h6 16. gxh6
Rxh6 17. h5 Nf8 18. Rc2 Nc4 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20. Bc1 Rh8 21. Qg4 a5 22. b5 Rh7 23.
Bg2 f5 24. exf6 gxf6 25. h6 a4 {1/2-1/2 Thipsay,P-Barua,D/IND-ch Calicut 2003/
80)}) 16. Rg1 ({In the case of} 16. Qg4 {[%cal Rh4h5] Black possibly will
sacrifice bishop -} Bxb4 $5 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Rb1 (18. Ba1 Nxe5 $132) 18...
Rxc3 19. Bxc3 Qxc3 20. h5 Ne7 $13 {with unclear position}) ({Interesting
complications could be raised after} 16. h5 Nf4 17. h6 g6 {for example:} 18.
Qf3 Qxd4 19. Nd1 (19. bxa5 Bxg5 $36) 19... Qxb2 $1 20. Nxb2 Rxc1+ 21. Nd1 Ba4
$1 $19) 16... Nxh4 17. Bd3 g6 (17... Ng6 18. Qg4 $13 {[%cal Gc3d5]}) 18. Qg4
Nf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Qh4 Rfe8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Potkin,V (2522)-Hug,W (2453)/
EUR-ch Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/[Psakhis] (28)}) 12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Nd2
Qc6 15. Nce4 Nc8 $146 ({Black experiences some difficulties after} 15... Nd5
16. Nxc4 Nb6 17. Ncd6+ Bxd6 18. Nxd6+ Ke7 19. Qxc6 Bxc6 20. O-O (20. Rg1 $5 Nc8
21. d5 (21. b5 Bd5 22. Rc1 Nxd6 23. Rc7+ Kd8 24. exd6 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Kxc8 26.
Bc3 Kd7 27. Bb4 Rc8 28. Kd2 Bc4 29. b6 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E (2561)-Potkin,V 
(2518)/RUS-ch Krasnoyarsk 2003/}) 21... Bxd5 22. Rc1 {black stuck for passive
defense in endgame.}) 20... h5 21. g5 Nc8 22. b5 Bd5 23. a4 Nxd6 24. Ba3 Rac8
25. Bxd6+ Kd7 26. Rfc1 g6 27. h4 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Klenburg,M (2420)
-Blauert,J (2350)/Internet playchess.com blitz 2005 (48)}) (15... c3 $5 {
This new move requires courage and accurate calculation, but after '} 16. Nd6+
(16. Qxc3 Nd5 17. Qxc6 Bxc6 {black can look to future with optimizm.}) 16...
Kd8 ({It will be interesting to check in future} 16... Qxd6 17. exd6 cxd2+ 18.
Qxd2 Nd5 {with some compensation for the queen}) 17. Nxf7+ (17. Qxc3 Qxh1+ 18.
Ke2 Nd5 19. Qg3 Qxa1 20. Bxa1 Bxd6 21. exd6 Rc8 $36) 17... Ke8 18. Nd6+ Kd8 19.
Nf7+ Ke8 20. Nd6+ {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E (2557)-Radjabov,T (2656)/Tallinn Keres
mem rap 2004/CBM 100/[Psakhis]}) 16. Nxc4 (16. Qxc4 $5 Nb6 17. Qxc6 Bxc6 18. f3
h5 $132) 16... b5 17. Ne3 Qxc2 18. Nxc2 Bc6 19. f3 h5 $1 (19... Nb6 $5 {
[%cal Gb6a4]}) 20. g5 (20. Ne3 hxg4 21. Nxg4 Nb6 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5]}) 20... Nb6
$44 {Black's position is very tough and Sveshnikov needs to invest a very big
effort to get something real.} 21. Kf2 Be7 22. h4 O-O 23. Ne3 Na4 24. Rab1 (24.
Bc1 Rfd8 25. Rd1 a5 $1) 24... a5 $5 {Having no desire for passive defense,
Black tries to break open the files on the queenside} 25. Ba1 axb4 26. Nf6+ $5
(26. axb4 $5 Nb6 $44) 26... Bxf6 $1 {Lopez Martinez managed to find a clue to
the position. After} (26... gxf6 27. gxf6 Bd8 28. Rbg1+ Kh7 29. Rg5 Rg8 $1 (
29... Kh6 30. Ng2 $1 {[%cal Rg2f4]} Bxf6 (30... Nc5 31. dxc5 (31. Nf4 Nd3+ $8
32. Nxd3 Rxa3 33. Rd1 $16) 31... Rxa3 32. Bb2 Rxf3+ 33. Ke2 {[%csl Rh6][%cal
Rb2c1]}) 31. exf6 Rg8 32. d5 $1 Bxd5 33. Nf4 Rxg5 34. hxg5+ Kxg5 35. Rxh5+ Kxf4
36. Be5#) 30. Rxh5+ Kg6 31. Rg5+ (31. Rg1+ $4 Kxh5 32. Rxg8 Bxf6 $1 33. Rxa8
Bxh4+ $19) 31... Kh7 32. axb4 $5 $44 {white's chances are slightly better.})
27. gxf6 (27. d5 $5 Bxd5 $140 28. gxf6 bxa3 29. Nxd5 exd5 30. Rxb5 Rfc8 $132)
27... bxa3 28. d5 Bd7 (28... a2 29. Rbg1) (28... Bxd5 $5) 29. f4 (29. dxe6 Bxe6
30. Rxb5 g6 $17) 29... g6 ({Also interesting was} 29... gxf6 $5 30. Rhg1+ Kh7
31. dxe6 fxe6 32. exf6 Nc5 33. Rg7+ Kh6 34. f5 $5 $132 {with very complicated
struggle.}) 30. dxe6 fxe6 (30... Bxe6 31. f5) 31. f5 {It looks like White has
managed to cause serious threats, but it is just an illusory thing.} exf5 32.
Nd5 Kf7 $6 (32... Nc5 $142 $1 $17) 33. Nc7 Ra7 (33... Nc5 $5 34. Nxa8 Rxa8 $17)
34. Rhc1 (34. Nxb5 $5) 34... Nb2 (34... b4 $2 35. Rxb4 Rc8 $6 36. e6+ $1 Bxe6
37. Nxe6 Rxc1 38. Ng5+ $18) (34... Rb8 35. e6+ Bxe6 36. Nxb5 Raa8 37. Rc7+ Kf8
38. Nxa3 $44) 35. Bxb2 axb2 36. Rxb2 Rc8 37. Rbc2 (37. Nxb5 $140 $5 Rxc1 38.
Nxa7 Rc7 $140 39. Nb5 Bxb5 40. Rxb5 Ke6 41. Kg3 Rc4 42. Rb8 $1 Re4 43. Re8+ Kf7
44. Re7+ Kf8 45. e6 f4+ 46. Kf3 Re5 $1 $11) 37... b4 $1 38. Rc5 b3 (38... Rb8
$1 {could be interesting alternative to the text, for example:} 39. Rd1 Ba4 40.
Rd6 b3 41. Nd5 Bd7 $1 42. Nc7 $1 Be8 $1 43. Nxe8 Ra2+ 44. Kg3 b2 45. e6+ Kf8
46. Rd1 Rxe8 47. Rb5 Rxe6 48. Rd7 f4+ 49. Kf3 Ra3+ 50. Kf2 $11) 39. e6+ $1 Bxe6
40. Nxe6 Rxc5 41. Nxc5 Rc7 (41... Ra2+ 42. Kf3 b2 43. Rb1 Kxf6 44. Nd3 $144)
42. Nxb3 Rxc1 43. Nxc1 Kxf6 44. Nd3 g5 $11 45. Kg3 f4+ 46. Kf3 gxh4 47. Kxf4 h3
48. Kg3 h2 49. Kxh2 h4 50. Kh3 Kf5 51. Kxh4 {Funny and interesting game!}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov Cup of Galychina"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2001.12.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Black "Firman, Nazar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.12.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. g3 (
8. Be3 Be7 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Re1 Rc8 14.
Rc1 Qe7 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qd2 Qb4 17. Rcd1 Rf7 $13 {0-1 Zaitsev,I-Kiriakov,P/
Moscow-9 cat.8 1996 (30)}) 8... cxd4 (8... Qb6 9. a3 c4 10. h4 h6 11. Nbd2 Na5
12. Re1 O-O-O 13. Rb1 f5 14. Bf1 Be7 15. Qc2 Nf8 16. b4 cxb3 17. Nxb3 Nxb3 18.
Rxb3 Ba4 19. Rxb6 Bxc2 20. Rb2 Ba4 21. Be3 Bc6 {1-0 Adams,M-Vaganian,R/Oviedo
blitz 1992 (32)}) (8... f6 $5 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. exf6 (11. Be2 fxe5
12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bc5 14. a3 Nc6 15. Bh5+ g6 16. Bh6 Qe7 {0-1 Meessen,
R-Gurevich,M/BEL-ch Charleroi 2001/}) 11... gxf6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. Nc3 O-O 14.
Re1 Qe7 15. Bf1 Qf7 16. Bg2 Rad8 17. Be3 Bc8 18. Qd2 Nc6 $11 {0-1 Jonkman,
H-Gurevich,M/Hoogeveen op 2001/The Week in Chess 363 (67)}) (8... f5 9. exf6
gxf6 10. Re1 Qb6 11. Bf1 O-O-O 12. Qc2 e5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. b4 Bd6 15. Na3 Kb8
16. Be3 d4 {German,S-Sobrero,S/Buenos Aires op 1995/1-0 (67)}) (8... Be7 $5 9.
h4 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. h5 Nh8 12. h6 g6 13. Nc3 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Be3 Nf7
16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Na4 Nd6 $13 {[%cal Gd6f5] 1/2-1/2 Edelstein,M-Conroy,M/corr
1997 (26)}) 9. cxd4 f6 $146 {Fresh idea, more common is} (9... Be7 10. h4 O-O
11. h5 Nh8 12. h6 g6 {[%cal Gf7f6] with unclear position}) 10. exf6 (10. Bd3
fxe5 11. Bxg6+ hxg6 12. dxe5 Be7 13. Qd3 O-O $132) 10... Qxf6 11. Bg5 Qf7 12.
Nc3 Bd6 {It looks that Black solved openings troubles} 13. Nb5 Bb8 14. Be3 h6
15. Rc1 O-O 16. a3 Qf6 17. b4 a6 18. Nc3 Ba7 {[%csl Rd4]} 19. b5 ({Worth
considering} 19. Na4 $5 {[%cal Ga4c5] and in the case of} Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxa4
21. Qxa4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Qd7 $13 {white's position is quite nice}) 19...
Na5 ({Black has nothing to worry about and after} 19... axb5 20. Nxb5 Bb8 $11)
20. a4 Bb8 (20... Rac8 21. Ne5 $5) 21. Ne1 $5 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Bd6 22. f4 {
[%cal Ge1f3,Gf3e5]} Rfc8 23. Nf3 Bb4 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 {Too optimistic move
} (25. fxe5 $142 Qe7 26. Na2 $11) 25... Qe7 26. Bd4 axb5 27. Nxb5 $4 {[%mdl
8192] Terrible mistake.Jonkman overlooked black responce.After correct} (27.
axb5 $5 Bxc3 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Bxc3 Bxb5 (29... Nc4 $5) 30. Bxb5 Qc5+ 31. Bd4
Qxb5 32. Qg4 $44 {White could get good compensation for rhe pawn}) 27... Rxc1
28. Qxc1 Bxb5 29. Bxb5 (29. Bxb5 Nb3 30. Qd1 Nxd4 31. Qxd4 $2 Bc5 {[%cal Rc5g1]
}) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.28"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Lyrberg, Patrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Stockholm Rockaden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nge7 7. Na3 Nf5 8. Nc2
Bd7 ({Worth consideration} 8... Qb6 {nad after for example} 9. Bd3 Nb4 10. Nxb4
Bxb4+ 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. O-O O-O {
1/2-1/2 Vasicek,M-Boukal,P/Czech t-ch 1995 (22) game is equal.}) 9. Bd3 Be7 10.
h4 (10. O-O O-O 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. f4 Be7 14. g5 g6 15. Be3 Qb6 16.
Rb1 a5 17. Rf2 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Zaichik,G-Kochyev,A/Moscow-B 1988 (17)}) 10... Qb6
$146 (10... Qa5+ 11. Kf1 Qb6 12. Rb1 h5 13. Kg1 a5 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Bg5 Nb4
16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Nxb4 axb4 18. Qb3 Rhc8 19. a3 Rc4 20. axb4 f4 21. Kh2 Qxb4
22. Qd3 g6 23. b3 Rc6 24. Ra1 Ra3 25. Rxa3 {Kerkmeester,H-Berend,F/Mondorf
1991/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 11. Kf1 $5 ({Black has nothing to worry about after} 11.
Bxf5 exf5 12. Ne3 Be6 $11) 11... a5 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. h5 f4 {[%cal Gd7f5]
Beginning of counterplay but it will be more difficult for white to prove
advantage after simple} (13... h6 $5) 14. Bxf4 {The text looks much more
energetic than} (14. b3 Bf5 {[%cal Gf5c2,Gc6d4]} 15. Nce1 (15. Bxf4 Bxc2 16.
Qxc2 Nxd4) 15... a4 $5 $13) 14... Qxb2 15. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3d5,Ga1b1]} Nb4 {
[%cal Gd7b5]} 16. Kg1 Rc8 (16... Nd3 17. Bg3) 17. Kh2 $1 ({It looks tempting
to harrass this knight with} 17. a3 {but} Nd3 $1 $17 {will follow}) 17... h6 (
17... Qxf2 18. Rf1 Qb2 19. a3 Nc2 20. Qd2 Qb3) 18. a3 Bg5 19. Kg3 $5 {Brave
decision!} (19. Bxg5 $5 hxg5 20. Kg3 (20. axb4 $4 Qxf2 $19) 20... g4 (20... Nc2
21. Qd2) 21. axb4 gxf3 22. Rb1 $36) 19... Bxf4+ 20. Kxf4 O-O (20... Na2 $5 {
[%cal Ga2c3]} 21. Qd2 (21. Qb1 Qxb1 22. Rhxb1 Nc3 23. Rxb7 $140 $4 Ne2#) 21...
Qxd2 22. Nxd2 Nc3 $13) 21. Kg3 {Very understandble move, but I didn,t found
how Lyrberg wanted to use strange position of white's monarch after} (21. axb4
Qxf2 22. Nxd5 (22. Rf1 $4 g5+ $1 23. hxg6 fxg6+ $19 {[%cal Rf8f4]}) {and} 22...
g5+ $140 {fails after} 23. hxg6 fxg6+ 24. Nf6+) 21... Nc6 (21... Nc2 {leads to
very unpleasant pin -} 22. Qd2 $16 (22. Nxd5 Nxa1 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Nxc8 Rxc8
25. Qxa1 $16)) 22. Qd3 (22. Qb1 $5 {Looks also good - after} Qxb1 23. Rhxb1 {
[%csl Rb7,Rd5] white's advantage in endgame is obvious}) 22... f5 23. exf6 {
Movsesian already had good choice,} (23. Nxd5 $5 f4+ 24. Nxf4 Bf5 25. Qc4+ $18
{wins without much troubles}) 23... Rxf6 24. Rhb1 {[%csl Rb2]} Rxf3+ $8 25.
gxf3 Qxd4 26. Qxd4 Nxd4 27. Rxb7 $18 {It is clear that ending is winning for
white quite easy.} Bc6 28. Rb6 Rf8 29. Rd1 Ne2+ 30. Kh2 Ba8 31. Nxd5 Bxd5 32.
Rxd5 Rxf3 33. Rd8+ Kh7 (33... Rf8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Ra6) 34. Rbb8 {[%cal
Rd8h8]} 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1998.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Rc8 7. O-O a6 $5 {
New fashionable plan, promised for Black stable and good position.} 8. dxc5 {
N New move didn't produced too many troubles for Ivanchuk, but Black did well
and after} (8. b3 Nge7 9. Bb2 Nf5 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. Nxd4 Be7 13.
Re1 O-O 14. Qd3 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Qa5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E-Epishin,V/Alekhin
mem.op 1992 (41)}) (8. Re1 Nge7 9. a3 Ng6 10. b4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Be7 12. Qd3 O-O
13. Nc3 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 $11 {0-1 Grosar,K-Pitam,E/Dresden ztW 1998 (38)}) (8.
a3 Nh6 9. Kh1 Nf5 10. b4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Be7 12. Bb2 g5 $5 13. g4 Nh6 14. h3 f6
15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nbd2 Nf7 $13 {0-1 Thipsay,P-Ehlvest,J/Groningen op 1997 (34)}
) 8... Bxc5 9. Bf4 Nge7 10. Bd3 f5 $5 11. exf6 (11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. Bg3 (12. Bg5
Qc7 {[%csl Re5]}) 12... O-O 13. Nb3 Ba7 {[%csl Re5][%cal Rf5f4,Ga7b8]}) 11...
gxf6 12. Nh4 (12. Nd4 Ng6 $5 13. Qh5 f5 (13... Kf7 $5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge6,Gf6]}))
12... O-O $1 {Brave and strong move! Whie can't organized serious threates on
the king,s side, and black,s majority in the centre on the board promised them
good middlegame.} 13. Qg4+ (13. Bh6 Rf7 14. Qh5 (14. Qg4+ Kh8 15. Qh5 Qg8 $13)
14... Ne5 15. Be2 $13) 13... Kh8 14. Qh5 f5 $8 15. b4 (15. Re1 Rg8 16. Bg5 (16.
Nf3 Ng6 17. Bg5 (17. Ng5 Qe7) 17... Qf8 18. Nbd2 e5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5,Gf5]}) 16...
Qf8 $132 {[%cal Gf8g7,Ge6e5]}) 15... Bb6 16. Nd2 Bc7 ({Ivanchuk avoids trap,
natural} 16... e5 $2 {lose immediately after} 17. Ndf3 $1 exf4 (17... Qe8 18.
Qxe8 Rcxe8 19. Nxe5 $18) 18. Ng5 Kg7 19. Qxh7+ Kf6 20. Qh6+ $18) 17. Be3 (17.
Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Ndf3 Rf6 $1 {[%cal Gc7f4,Gc8g8,Ge6e5]} 19. Ng5 h6) 17... e5 {
[%cal Re5e4,Rf5f4]} 18. b5 $5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Qe8 (19... f4 $6 20. Bc5 b6 21. Bd3
$1 e4 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Nxe4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rh8]}) 20. Qxe8 Rcxe8 {Black
position looks very nice, but Oll managed to keep equality.} 21. Nb3 f4 22. Bc5
b6 23. Ba3 {[%csl Ga3,Gb5]} Nb8 $5 24. Be2 {[%cal Re2h5]} Nbc6 (24... Be6 25.
Bb5 $11) 25. Bb5 Nb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.01.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Mher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2000.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Na3
Nf5 9. Nc2 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 {[%mdl 512] Quite a rare move, usually white continued}
(10. Kf1 {but Jonkman had already negative experience in this line} Be7 11. g4
Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Kg2 Be7 14. Rb1 a5 15. Be3 Bd7 16. a4 Rc8 17. Qd3 O-O 18.
f4 f6 19. h4 fxe5 20. fxe5 Nb4 21. Nxb4 Qxb4 22. Bd2 Qxa4 23. Ra1 Qc2 24. Rxa5
Bd8 $36 {0-1 Jonkman,H-Farago,I/Haarlem 1996 (44)}) 10... Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qxb2
12. O-O Qb6 {Surely White has enough compensation for a pawn, but it is good
question how to develop his initiative.} (12... Nfxd4 13. Nfxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4
Qxc2 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Rfc1 Qe4 18. Rc7+ Kxc7 19. Qc5+ Kd7 20.
Qd6+ Ke8 21. Rc1 Rd8 22. Qc7 Qb4 23. h3 Qb6 {0-1 Henry,T-Paci,C/FRA-chJ B20
Romans 1999 (23)}) 13. Bd3 (13. g4 Nfe7 14. Nfe1 Bd7 15. f4 h5 16. gxh5 Nf5 17.
Rd1 O-O-O 18. Ng2 f6 19. Nge3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 fxe5 21. fxe5 Qb2 22. Na3 a6 23.
Rd2 Qb6 24. Rb1 Qa7 25. Kh1 Be8 26. Bg4 Bxh5 27. Bxe6+ Kb8 {Deev,A-Neverovsky,
G/Podolsk 1990/1/2-1/2 (53)}) 13... Qd8 $5 $146 {[%cal Gg2g4,Gf5h4]} (13... O-O
14. g4 Nfe7 15. Qg5 Ng6 16. Qh5 Nce7 17. Nh4 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. g5 Rf4 20.
Nxg6 hxg6 21. Bxg6 Nxg6 22. Qxg6 Qd8 23. f3 e5 24. Ne3 exd4 25. Ng4 Bxg4 26.
fxg4 Rxg4+ 27. Kh1 Qe8 28. Qf5 Qe4+ 29. Qxe4 dxe4 {0-1 Kitto,F-Koenig,I/
Bournemouth 1939 (29)}) 14. Rab1 {Now it is not so easy for Black to complete
his development} O-O 15. Rfc1 h6 16. Qc3 Rb8 {[%cal Gc8d7]} 17. Na3 Nh4 $1 {
Avoiding the line} (17... Bd7 $6 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Nb5 $44) 18. Ne1 f6 19. g3
fxe5 20. dxe5 Qg5 {It looks that Black grab initiative, but everything is not
so simple} (20... Nf5 21. Nb5 a6 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 $44) 21.
Kh1 $5 Rxf2 22. gxh4 Qxh4 (22... Qf4 23. Ng2 Qf3 24. Rg1) 23. Ng2 Qg5 24. Rg1
Qxe5 {Black got already four pawns for the N, but in the middlegame very often
piece is more important} 25. Qc5 d4 (25... Qd4 $5 $15) 26. Qc4 Bd7 (26... b6 $6
27. Qxc6 Bb7 28. Qb5) 27. Rbe1 Qh5 28. Nb5 Ne5 ({Desreves attention} 28... Rb2
$5 {with possible continuation} 29. Nxd4 $140 Rb4 30. Nxc6 $1 Rxc4 31. Nxb8 Bb5
$5 $132 (31... Rd4 32. Nxd7 Rxd7 33. Bc4 $36)) 29. Qc5 Nxd3 $1 {[%mdl 64]} 30.
Qxh5 Rf5 31. Qe2 Nf2+ 32. Qxf2 Rxf2 33. Nxd4 Rxa2 (33... Rc8 $5 $132) 34. Nf4
g5 35. h4 {It looks that draw must be normal result of interesting game, but...
} Rf8 $6 (35... Ra4 {could secure Black from losing}) 36. Nfxe6 Rf6 {Second,
already serious inaccuracy. It is good question who is better after} (36...
Rff2 $1) 37. hxg5 Rff2 {Last mistake} (37... Rxe6 $1 38. gxh6+ (38. Nxe6 $4
Bc6+ $19) (38. Rxe6 Bxe6 39. Nxe6 hxg5 $11) 38... Kh8 39. Rxe6 Bxe6 40. Nxe6
Kh7 $11 {still could keep balance}) 38. gxh6+ Kh7 39. Rg5 Rh2+ 40. Kg1 Bxe6 41.
Rxe6 Rxh6 42. Re7+ Kh8 43. Nf5 $18 {[%csl Ge7,Gf5,Gg5][%cal Re7e8,Rg5g7] Black
is helpless against concerted attack of three white pieces.} Ra1+ (43... Rh3
44. Re8+ Kh7 45. Rg7#) 44. Kg2 Ra2+ 45. Kg3 (45. Kf3 $6 Rh3+ 46. Kg4 $140 $2
Rg2+) 45... Ra3+ 46. Kg4 Ra4+ 47. Kf3 Ra3+ 48. Ke4 $1 Ra4+ 49. Kd5 Ra5+ 50. Kc4
Rh4+ 51. Kd3 Rd5+ (51... Ra3+ 52. Kc2 Rh2+ 53. Kb1 Rb3+ 54. Kc1 Rc3+ 55. Kd1
Rc8 56. Rxb7 $18) 52. Ke3 Rh3+ 53. Kf4 Rd8 54. Rgg7 a5 55. Rgf7 Rh1 56. Ng3
Rh4+ 57. Kg5 Rh2 58. Nh5 Rg8+ (58... Rg2+ 59. Kh6 Rd6+ 60. Nf6) 59. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.01.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2000.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Bd7 7. Be2 Nh6 (7... f6
8. exf6 Nxf6 9. O-O Bd6 10. b4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qc7 12. g3 O-O 13. Bb2 Rae8 14.
Nc3 a6 15. Rc1 Qd8 16. Na4 Qe7 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 {1-0
Jelinek,M-Kovarik,J/Svetla nad Sazavou op-A 1999 (31)}) 8. b4 cxd4 9. b5 $146 {
Interesting new move, but real value of it we,ll know just in future.} (9. Bxh6
d3 $1 10. Bxd3 gxh6 11. O-O Bg7 {[%csl Re5]} 12. Re1 O-O 13. Ra2 (13. Nbd2 f6
14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Ra2 Kh8 16. c4 a5 17. b5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Nf3 Qf4 20.
Re3 dxc4 21. Bxh7 Bxb5 22. Bb1 Rad8 23. Rd2 c3 24. Qc2 Qf5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26.
Qc1 Qd5 27. Bc2 Rd7 $36 {Sveshnikov,E-Razuvaev,Y/Palma de Mallorca (GMA) 1989
0-1 (38)}) 13... Rac8 (13... f6 $5) 14. Nbd2 Ne7 15. c4 Qc7 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17.
Rc2 Qb8 18. Qb1 $1 $36 {Kholmov,R-Borges,M/Belgorod 1990/1-0 (56)}) (9. cxd4 $5
Nf5 10. Bb2) 9... Ne7 10. a4 dxc3 11. Nxc3 {[%csl Ga4,Gb5,Rd7,Rh6][%mdl 512]}
Ng6 12. O-O Ng4 {[%cal Gg4e5]} 13. a5 Qc7 14. Bb2 N4xe5 15. b6 {Shabalov
managed to organize strong attack despite serious material deficit} Nxf3+ 16.
Bxf3 axb6 17. Nxd5 {[%mdl 512]} (17. axb6 Qb8 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Qd4 $5) 17...
exd5 18. axb6 Qd8 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Bxd5 Be7 21. Qd4 Be6 ({I didn't found how
white successfully develop initiative after} 21... Bc6 {for example} 22. Bxc6+
(22. Ra1 Qb8 23. Bb3 Bf6 24. Qe3+ Ne7) 22... bxc6 23. Ra1 Qb8 24. Ra7 f6 25.
Ba3 Qd8 26. Qxd8+ Bxd8 {but Shabalov surely had something in mind}) 22. Bxe6
fxe6 23. Qxg7 Qd8 (23... Qd8 24. Ra1 $5 (24. Rc1 $5)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 33rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 f6 {Psakhis,L: 'This
move is very popular at the moment. Another interesting move is the solid} (
6... c4 $5 {which I prefer to play myself.'}) 7. Bd3 (7. b4 c4 (7... fxe5 8. b5
$5 (8. dxc5 {- 44/317} Nf6 9. Bb5 e4) (8. bxc5 e4 9. Ng5 Nf6 $15) 8... Na5 9.
Nxe5 Nf6 10. Bg5 $5 (10. Bd3 c4 $5 (10... Bd6 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qc2 Qe8 $5 13.
Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxh7+ Kg7 15. Bg6 Qe7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bd3 e5 $13)
) 10... Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nd2 $14) 8. Be2 Qc7 $13) 7... Qc7 (7... fxe5 {
also deserves attention:} 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ne7 (9... g6 {and it is not
easy for White to get an advantage, for example} 10. O-O Qc7 11. f4 c4 12. Bc2
Bc5+ 13. Kh1 Ne7 14. Nd2 O-O-O 15. b4 cxb3 16. Nxb3 Bb5 $13 {0-1 Afek,Y-Hebert,
J/Paris op 1995 (24)}) 10. O-O Qc7 $13) (7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Nh6 9. O-O Nf7 10.
Re1 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Qc2 f5 13. Nxd5 $5 exd5 14. e6 $14) 8. Bf4 (8. O-O
O-O-O (8... c4 9. Bc2 O-O-O (9... fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 O-O-O 12. Qe2 Nh6
13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Nd2 Bg7 15. Nf3 Rdf8 16. Rae1 Rf7 17. Nd4 Qd8 18. Qh5 Rf4 19.
g3 Rff8 20. Bd1 Re8 21. Bg4 Qb6 22. Re2 Re7 {1-0 Haba,P-Ganaus,H/St Poelten GM
2002/ (32)}) 10. Re1 Nge7 (10... fxe5 11. Nxe5 $5 $146 ({Black has nothing to
worry about after} 11. dxe5 Bc5 12. Nbd2 Nh6 13. b4 Bb6 14. h3 Nf7 15. Qe2 Rdf8
16. Kh1 g5 17. a4 a5 $1 18. b5 Ne7 $15 {0-1 Alekseev,E-Ivanov,S/St.
Petersburg-ch 1999 (48) but it is not clear if the move in the game is an
improvement.}) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Ne7 15. Nd2 Nc6
$11 16. Nf3 (16. Qg4 Rdg8 17. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Haba,P-Potkin,V/Pardubice Czech
Open 2002/The Week in Chess 403}) 16... Rdf8 17. Qe2 h6 {[%cal Gg7g5]} 18. Nh4
$5 (18. b3 cxb3 19. Bxb3 Na5 {[%csl Rc3]}) 18... Be8 ({Maybe White is slightly
better after} 18... Ne7 19. Ng6 Nxg6 20. Bxg6 $14 {[%cal Ga1d1,Ge2g4]}) 19. Qg4
Qe7 {[%cal Ge7g5]} (19... Qf7 $5) 20. Ng6 Bxg6 21. Bxg6 h5 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2
Haba,P-Ulibin,M/Koszalin-A 1999/CBM 73/[Psakhis,L] (25)}) (10... Nh6 11. Bxh6
gxh6 12. exf6 Qf4 13. Nbd2 Bd6 14. Qe2 Rdf8 15. Rad1 Qxf6 16. Ne5 Rhg8 17. g3
h5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Grosar,A-Furlan,M/SLO-ch 1993 (37)}) (10... h6 11. b3 cxb3 12.
Bxb3 g5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Bb2 Bd6 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nd5 17. Nbd2 Rhf8 18.
Ne4 g4 $132 {0-1 Arnhold,K-Kiseleva,N/EuropapokalW 1998 (31)}) 11. Nbd2 (11.
Qe2 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 Qxe5 14. Rxe5 Nc6 15. Re2 Bd6 16. Bg5 Rde8 17.
Nd2 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Rae1 Nd3 20. Rxe8+ Bxe8 21. Bxd3 cxd3 22. Be3 b6 23.
Rd1 {1/2-1/2 Shavtvaladze,N-Barsov,A/Ikaros op 2001/Ajelibre}) 11... fxe5 12.
dxe5 h6 13. Nf1 g5 14. h3 Bg7 15. Qe2 Rhf8 16. Ng3 Be8 17. Nd4 Bf7 18. Nb5 Qxe5
19. Nxa7+ Nxa7 20. Qxe5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Nac6 22. Re1 e5 23. Be3 d4 {0-1 Shanava,
K-Gaprindashvili,V/GEO-ch I Liga Tbilisi 2002/EXT 2004 (51)}) 9. Re1 (9. Qe2 h6
10. b4 c4 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nh4 Be8 13. f4 Be7 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Bxf5+ Kb8 16. Qg4
g5 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Bh5 19. Qg3 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Nge7 21. Nd2 Rdg8 22. Qe3
Nxf5 23. Rxf5 Qh7 {0-1 Grischuk,A-Short,N/Reykjavik op 2000/The Week in Chess
284 (32)}) 9... fxe5 (9... c4 10. Bf1 Nge7 11. Nbd2 fxe5 12. Ng5 exd4 13. Nf7
dxc3 14. bxc3 Ng6 15. Nxh8 Nxh8 16. Nf3 Nf7 17. g3 Be7 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4
Bf6 20. Bb2 Nd6 {0-1 Genin-Epishin/Leningrad 1980/ChessBase (49)}) (9... h6 10.
b4 c4 11. Bc2 f5 12. h4 Be8 13. Bf4 Bh5 14. Nbd2 g5 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Qh7
17. Kf1 Nce7 18. Qc1 Bh6 19. Bxh6 Nxh6 20. Ng5 Qg6 21. f4 Rdg8 22. Bd1 Nf7 23.
Ndf3 Bxf3 {0-1 Crut,A-Luther,T/FRA-ch National 1 Lille 2005/ (40)}) 10. dxe5
$146 c4 $5 {Psakhis,L: Black has nothing to worry about after} 11. Bc2 Bc5 12.
Nbd2 (12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Nh6 14. h3 Nf7 15. Qe2 g5 16. Nbd2 Rdg8 17. b3 h5
$132) 12... Nh6 {[><f2, e5]} 13. b4 Bb6 14. h3 Nf7 15. Qe2 Rdf8 $5 16. Kh1 (16.
b5 Ncxe5 $1) (16. a4 $5 a5 17. b5 Ncxe5 $1 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Bxf2+ 20. Kh1
Bxe1 21. Qxe1 e5 22. b6 $5 (22. Ba3 Rf6 23. Nf3 Bf5 $13 {עc8})) 16... g5 17.
a4 a5 18. b5 Ne7 $15 {0-1 Alekseev,E-Ivanov,S/Saint Petersburg 1999/ (48)
Psakhis,L: 'but it is not clear if move in the game is an improvment.'}) (8.
exf6 gxf6 9. O-O O-O-O 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Bd6 12. h3 Nge7 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14.
cxd4 e5 15. Ra2 Kb8 16. b5 e4 17. Rc2 Qb6 18. Be2 Rhg8 19. Kh1 Nf5 20. Nc3 Qxd4
21. Nxd5 Be6 22. Nf4 Qe5 {1/2-1/2 Andrejchuk,V-Kudin,V/UKR Juniors games boys
Evpatoria 2005 (45)}) 8... O-O-O (8... c4 9. Bc2 O-O-O 10. Nbd2 (10. Qc1 f5 11.
h4 Nh6 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. Nf1 Nf7 14. Ng5 Rdf8 15. Nh2 Nfd8 16. Nf1 g6 17. Nf3
Nf7 18. Ng5 Nfd8 19. Nf3 Nf7 {1/2-1/2 Vatter,H-Barsov,A/Untergrombach op 1995/
ChessBase}) 10... Be8 11. Qb1 Bh5 12. Bg3 Qf7 13. exf6 gxf6 14. O-O Bg6 15. b3
cxb3 16. Qxb3 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Nge7 18. Rab1 Nf5 19. Qa4 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Qd7 21. c4
Kb8 22. cxd5 exd5 {1-0 Giaccio,A-Soln,P/Elista ol 1998/ChessBase (63)}) (8...
Nge7 9. Bg3 Qb6 10. b3 cxd4 11. cxd4 f5 12. Be2 g6 13. Bf4 h6 14. h4 Rc8 15. b4
Nd8 16. O-O Nf7 17. Qd2 Qd8 18. Nc3 g5 19. hxg5 Ng6 20. Nb5 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 hxg5
22. Qg3 g4 {0-1 Thapa,K-Reefat,S/Dhaka GM 2004/ (39)}) 9. O-O c4 (9... g5 $2
10. Bg3 g4 11. exf6 $16) 10. Bc2 Qb6 $146 (10... h6 $5 11. Bg3 (11. h4 Be8 (
11... f5 12. h5 $14) 12. b3 (12. Nbd2 Bh5 13. Qe1 f5 $15) 12... cxb3 13. Bxb3
Bh5 14. Nbd2 (14. Qd3 g5 15. Bg3 (15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Bg3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 (17. exf6
Qf7 18. Qxf3 Qh7 $19) 17... Qh7 $19) 15... f5 16. hxg5 Bxf3 $19) 14... fxe5 (
14... g5 $1 15. Bg3 (15. Be3 f5 $17) 15... f5 $17) 15. dxe5 Bc5 16. Qb1 (16.
Qe1 Nge7 17. Be3) 16... Nge7 17. c4 (17. Bh2 Rhf8 18. Bd1 $17) 17... Rhf8 18.
Bh2 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Rxf3 $1 20. gxf3 Nd4 21. Kg2 Nef5 $36 {Adams,M-Epishin,V/
Tel Apel 1992}) (11. b3 g5 12. Be3 fxe5 13. bxc4 dxc4 14. Nbd2 Bg7 15. Rb1 Be8
16. Qe2 Nge7 17. Qxc4 Nd5 18. Ne4 exd4 19. cxd4 g4 {0-1 Valet,R-Pap,G/
Budapest-02 IMA 2005/ (32)}) 11... f5 12. h4 (12. Bf4 Be8 13. Ne1 g5 14. Bc1
Nge7 15. Nd2 Na5 16. Rb1 Nec6 17. b3 cxb3 18. Nxb3 Nxb3 19. Bxb3 Na5 20. a4 Kb8
21. Bd2 f4 22. Bc2 Nc4 23. Bc1 Qa5 {1/2-1/2 Chevaldonnet,F-Barsov,A/FRA t-ch2
0304 2003/ChessBase (46)}) 12... Be8 13. Nbd2 Bh5 14. Qb1 Nge7 15. b3 cxb3 16.
Bxb3 Na5 17. Rc1 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Nc6 19. Rab1 Na5 20. Qa2 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Nc4 {
0-1 Markgraf,A-Luther,T/Dresden ZMD-op 2003/ChessBase (70)}) 11. b3 cxb3 12.
Bxb3 g5 $1 13. Be3 g4 14. Ne1 {[%cal Ge1d3]} (14. Nfd2 {[%csl Rb1]}) 14... Na5
15. Bc2 f5 16. Nd3 Kb8 17. a4 $5 {[%cal Gb1a3]} (17. Nd2 $5 Rc8 18. Rb1 Qc7 19.
Nb3 {[%cal Gb3c5]}) 17... Rc8 18. Qe2 Qa6 19. Qe1 (19. Na3 $5 Rxc3 $140 $2 (
19... h5 $5) 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. axb5 Qxb5 22. Rfb1 $40 {[%csl Ga1,Gb1]}) 19... b6
(19... Nc4 $5 20. a5 $140 Bb5) 20. Na3 Bxa3 $1 (20... Nb3 $6 21. Ra2 (21. Bxb3
$5 Qxd3 22. Nb5) 21... Qxa4 (21... Bxa4 22. Nb1 $18) 22. Nc1 (22. Qb1 Rxc3 23.
Qb2 Qc6 24. Bxb3 Rxd3 25. Rc1 Qb7 26. Qc2 Bxa3 27. Rxa3 Bb5 28. Bxd5 $1 exd5
29. Rxd3 Bxd3 30. Qxd3 Ne7 (30... Qd7 31. e6 $1) 31. Bg5 $36) 22... Bxa3 23.
Nxb3 Bb5 24. Qa1 $18) 21. Rxa3 Ne7 22. Nb4 {White has seized space on the
queenside and is ready to play actively there, while Black has to develop his
play on the kingside.} Qb7 23. Bd3 Nc4 24. Bxc4 (24. Ra1 $5) 24... dxc4 25. a5
b5 26. a6 Qa8 {[%csl Ga8] It looks that Topalov has big problems as his queen
will now be temporarily out of play, but I don't see how White can use it to
his favour.} 27. Qe2 Nd5 28. Nxd5 $6 {A dubious decision allows Black to
activate his forces.} (28. Qb2 $140 $1 Nxb4 29. Qxb4 Qd5 (29... Qe4 $2 30. Qd6+
Rc7 31. d5 {/\B:a7}) 30. Qd6+ Qxd6 31. exd6 h5 32. Bf4 $14) 28... Qxd5 $36 {
[%mdl 32]} 29. f4 (29. f3 Rcg8 (29... h5 $5)) 29... h5 $1 {Black prepares his
own offensive on the kingside.} 30. Rb1 h4 31. Kf1 Bc6 $17 {[%csl Ra6,Gc6,Gd5]
[%cal Gh4h3]} 32. Bg1 Ka8 33. Rb4 Rb8 34. Ra2 Rb6 35. Ke1 h3 36. g3 Rc8 37. Be3
Bd7 $5 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gc8c6,Gd7c8] Topalov has improved the position of all
his pieces and is now ready for more active actions. Unfortunately White must
just sit and wait - he hasn't any counter-play.} 38. Ra5 Qh1+ 39. Kd2 Bc6 40.
Qf2 Bd5 41. Qg1 (41. Rbxb5 Rcb8 42. Rxb6 (42. Rb4 Rxb4 43. cxb4 Rxb4 $19) 42...
Rxb6 {[%cal Rb6b2]}) 41... Qe4 {White's position is hopelessly passive.} 42.
Kc1 (42. Rbxb5 Rcb8 $19) 42... Rcc6 $19 43. Qf2 (43. Raxb5 Rxb5 44. Rxb5 Rxa6
45. Kb2 Bc6 46. Rb4 Ba4 47. Qc1 $8 Bb3 48. Rxb3 cxb3 $19) 43... Rxa6 44. Raxb5
(44. Rbxb5 Rxa5 45. Rxa5 Rb6 46. Ra1 Rb3) 44... Ra1+ 45. Rb1 Rxb1+ 46. Rxb1 Ra6
47. Qd2 Qh1+ {Great positional achievement of Veselin Topalov.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup final 4th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2000.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 {Aggressive move.White got less then nothing after} (10.
h4 Rc8 11. g4 Nh6 12. Rg1 Na5 $1 13. Nfd2 Be7 14. Bc3 Nc4 15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. Nd2
O-O 17. g5 Nf5 $17 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rf5d4,Rf5h4] 0-1 Kozak,A-Antonio,R/
FIDE-Wch k.o. Las Vegas 1999/CBM 72 (35)}) ({or} 10. Nc3 $6 Ncxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4
12. Qxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd5 Nc2+ 14. Kd1 Rc8 15. Rc1 Ba4 16. Nc3 Rd8+ 17. Ke2 Nd4+
18. Ke1 Nc2+ 19. Ke2 Nd4+ {1/2-1/2 Rainfray,A-Kosten,A/Naujac sur Mer IM 2000/
(19)}) ({but worth consideration modest} 10. Be2) 10... Nfe7 (10... Nh6 {
was also possible -} 11. Rg1 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Nc3 Nf7 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Rc1
Qf4 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Nce5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rg3 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Short,
N-Lputian,S/EU t-ch Batumi 1999/CBM 74 (70)}) 11. Nc3 Na5 $5 {[%cal Ga5c4]
[%mdl 4] White got few weaknesses on the queen's side and Kruppa tries to
explore them.} (11... h5 12. g5 (12. Na4 $5) 12... Ng6 13. Na4 Qd8 14. Rc1 Be7
15. Rg1 O-O 16. h4 a5 17. b5 Na7 18. Qb3 Nc8 19. Bc3 Nxh4 $5 20. Nxh4 Bxg5 21.
Qd1 Bxc1 22. Qxh5 Be8 23. Bd3 f5 {1/2-1/2 Peng Xiaomin-Korchnoi,V/Calcutta
Goodricke op 2000/ (23)}) 12. Nd2 (12. Na4 Qc6 13. b5 Qc7 14. Bc3 Nc4 15. Qb3
b6 16. Nb2 Nxb2 17. Qxb2 Rc8 18. Rc1 Ng6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bardossi,J-Gyarmati,P/
HUN t-ch2 1999 (26)}) 12... Rc8 13. Rc1 $146 ({Black did very well after} 13.
Na4 Qc6 14. b5 Qc7 15. Rc1 Qd8 16. Bd3 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Ng6 18. Nf3 Nc4 19. Bxc4
dxc4 20. Qxc4 a6 21. Nc3 axb5 22. Qb3 Nf4 $36 {0-1 Relange,E-Antic,D/Sabac
1998 (53)}) 13... Ng6 14. h4 Be7 ({Worth consideration and double-egged piece
sacrifice.} 14... Qxd4 $5 15. bxa5 Nxe5 16. Be2 (16. Nb3 Qf4 $5 $44 {[%csl Re1]
}) 16... Qf4 $13 (16... Bc5 17. Rf1 Qf4 18. Nb3 Be7 $132)) 15. h5 Nf4 (15...
Nh4 $5) 16. Qf3 (16. Na4 $2 {leads to Black's advantage after} Rxc1 17. Qxc1 (
17. Bxc1 Qxd4 18. Bb2 Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 Qxd3 20. bxa5 Qb5 $1 {[%csl Ra4,Rb2]})
17... Bxa4 18. bxa5 Qxa5 19. Qc8+ Bd8 20. Qxb7 O-O $17) 16... Bg5 17. Ne2 Rxc1+
(17... Nxe2 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Qxe2 Nc6 20. Nf3 $14) 18. Nxc1 (18. Bxc1 $2 Nxe2
19. Qxe2 Nc6 $17 {[%csl Rd4]}) 18... O-O 19. h6 (19. Qc3 Nc4 $5 20. Nxc4 (20.
Bxc4 dxc4 21. Ne4 Bc6 $1) 20... dxc4 21. Qxc4 Rc8 22. Qb3 Qc6 $17) 19... g6 20.
Nd3 Nxd3+ (20... f6 21. Nxf4 fxe5 22. Nxd5 $1) 21. Bxd3 Nc6 (21... f5 $5 22.
gxf5 $140 (22. exf6 Nc6 $1) 22... Bxd2+ 23. Kxd2 Nc4+ 24. Bxc4 dxc4 $17 {
[%cal Rd7c6,Rf8f5]}) 22. Qg3 (22. Nb3 Nxb4 $1) {[%tqu "En","Try to find best
move for a Black","","","c6b4","",0]} 22... Nxd4 $6 {[%mdl 8192] Kruppa just
take wrong pawn! After simple} (22... Nxb4 $1 23. axb4 Qxb4 {Black could get
decisive advantage, for instance:} 24. Bc1 (24. f4 Qxb2) 24... Rc8 25. O-O Bxd2
26. Bxd2 Qxd2 $19) 23. f4 Be7 ({Second mistake .Why not?} 23... Bd8 $142 24.
Qf2 Nc6 $17) 24. Qf2 Nc6 25. Qxb6 axb6 26. g5 $1 $44 Na7 27. Ke2 Rc8 28. Rc1
Rxc1 (28... Rxc1 29. Bxc1 {[%cal Gd2f3,Gc1b2]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Guigonis, Dominique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Baburin.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4
8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 Be7 10. Be2 O-O ({According to modern theory black hasn't
any troubles after} 10... Bd7 $1 {for example} 11. O-O (11. Nc3 $6 Nfxd4 12.
Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd5 Nc2+ 15. Kd2 exd5 16. Kxc2 Rc8+ $15) 11... h5
$5 (11... O-O 12. Qd2 f6 13. Rd1 fxe5 14. dxe5 Be8 15. Nc3 Nh4 $36 {0-1 Egorov,
E-Gavrjushin,O/Perm 1997 (26)}) 12. b5 Na5 13. Nc3 a6 14. Na4 Qd8 15. bxa6 bxa6
16. Bc3 Bb5 17. Rb1 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nc4 $15 {0-1 Kozak,A-Dolmatov,S/RUS-ch m1-2
1997 (35)}) 11. Nc3 $6 {N/} (11. O-O a5 12. b5 a4 13. Kh1 Na5 14. Nc3 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Rab1 Qa5 18. d5 exd5 19. Qxd5 $14 {1-0 Short,
N-Bareev,E/Geneva PCA 1996 (34)}) 11... Nh4 $2 {It is strange that instead
this not very good move, black didn't take pawn on d4} (11... Nfxd4 $1 12. Nxd4
Qxd4 13. Qxd4 (13. b5 Qxd1+ 14. Nxd1 Na5) 13... Nxd4 14. Nxd5 Nc2+ 15. Kd2 exd5
16. Kxc2 Bf5+ 17. Bd3 Rac8+ 18. Kd2 Bg5+ 19. Ke2 Bxd3+ 20. Kxd3 Rc4 $15) 12.
Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Na4 Qd8 14. Nc5 $36 {@} f6 (14... b6 15. Nb3 {[%cal Ra1c1,Rc1c8]}
) 15. O-O fxe5 16. dxe5 b6 17. Nb3 $16 {[%csl Gd4,Rh4][%cal Ya1c1,Yc1c8,Ye2d3,
Yd1h5]} Bd7 18. Bd3 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Yd1h5]} Qe8 (18... Qg5 $2 19. g3 $18) (
18... Be8 19. Qg4 Qe7 20. b5 {[%cal Gb3d4]}) 19. Qg4 Be7 20. Rac1 a5 (20... Rc8
21. f4 {[%cal Rf1f3]}) 21. b5 Nd8 {Baburin: 'Black did not play the opening
well and allowed his opponnent to consolidate the space advantage which he
acquired with 3 e5. Here White has good attacking chances on both flanks and
enjoys a huge positional advantage. Yet he needs to increase it and his next
move is quite instructive in this respect:'} 22. Qh3 {'!?' Baburin. Baburin:
'White is probing the kingside. Now either way of defending the h7-square - 22.
..h6 or 22...g6 - will have its own drawbacks. Thus, White improves his
chances for a future attack.'} (22. Rc7 Nf7 {[%cal Ge7d8]}) 22... g6 ({After} 
22... h6 {Baburin} 23. a4 {White might be able to build up a battery on the
now weak b1-h7 diagonal by Bb1 and Qd3.}) 23. a4 {[%cal Rb2d4]} Nb7 24. Bd4 {
[%csl Rb6]} Bd8 (24... Rf4 25. Qe3 Bg5 26. Rc7 $18) 25. Qe3 $18 Qe7 26. Bxb6
Qb4 27. Bxd8 Qxb3 ({Slightly better was to play} 27... Rfxd8 28. Nd4 Nc5 {
but after, for example} 29. Nc6 Bxc6 30. Qxc5 $18 {black,s position is
desperate.}) ({The benefits of the move 22 Qh3 can be clearly seen after} 27...
Raxd8 {Baburin} 28. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 29. Rc7 $18) 28. Bf6 Rf7 29. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Be7 (9... Bd7 10. Be2 Rc8 11. O-O Be7 12. Qd2 h5 13. Rd1 g5 14. Nc3
g4 15. Ne1 Qd8 16. Nc2 Bg5 $132 {0-1 Grosar,A-Tukmakov,V/SLO t-ch Bled 2001 
(40)}) 10. h4 (10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O a5 12. b5 a4 13. Ra2 $1 $14 Na5 14. Nc3 g6
15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Bc1 $36 {1-0 Vallejo Pons,F-Hernandez ,G/Dos Hermanas op 2002
}) 10... a5 $146 {Very important novelty in well know position.} ({Black
didn't managet to equalize after} 10... h5 11. Bd3 g6 $5 (11... a5 12. Bxf5
exf5 13. Nc3 axb4 14. Nxd5 Qa5 15. Nxe7 b3+ 16. Nd2 Nxe7 17. Qxb3 $16 {
Sveshnikov,E-Bareev,E/RUS-ch Elista 1996 1-0 (56)}) 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. Nc3 Rg8
14. O-O $1 {Improvement compare to} (14. Ng5 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd5 Nc2+
17. Kd2 exd5 $11 {Grischuk,A-Sakaev,K/RUS t-ch Tomsk 2001}) 14... Rg4 15. Ne2
Bd7 16. g3 O-O-O 17. Bc1 $1 Rdg8 18. Kh1 $14 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Zhang Pengxiang/
CHN-RUS Summit Shanghai 2001/CBM 85 (31)}) (10... Bd7 11. g4 (11. h5 $5) 11...
Nh6 12. Rg1 f6 (12... O-O 13. Nc3 f6 14. Na4 Qd8 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. g5 Rxf3 17.
Qxf3 Nf5 18. Rg4 Ncxd4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Bxa4 21. Bd3 Qc7 22. Kf1 $1 $14 {
1-0 Grischuk,A-Johannessen,L/Reykjavik op 2000 (33)}) 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bd3 Nf7
15. Qe2 O-O-O 16. Nc3 Kb8 17. Rc1 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Beliavsky,A/
Novosibirsk 1995 (24)}) 11. b5 a4 $1 {Typical, but nice idea. Black free a5
square for the knight.} 12. g4 Nh6 13. Nc3 ({Worth considering} 13. Bc1 Na5 (
13... Na7 $5 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qxa4 Bd7 16. Nc3 Rc8 {looks quite good for black
}) 14. Bxh6 (14. Qxa4 Nxg4) 14... Nb3 $1 (14... gxh6 15. Qxa4) 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16.
Bf6 ({Black will have wnough compenstion for a pawn after} 16. Ra2 Rxg7 17. g5
Bd7 $44) 16... Nxa1 $5 (16... Bxf6 17. Ra2 (17. exf6 Nxa1 18. g5 Nb3 19. Qd3)
17... Be7 18. g5 Bd7 19. Qd3) 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 $13 {with little bit starnge, but
interesting position}) 13... Nxg4 $1 14. Nxa4 (14. Rg1 h5) 14... Qa5+ 15. Nd2 (
15. Nc3 $142 Qb6 $5 (15... Na7 16. h5) 16. Be2 Na5 $132) 15... Qxa4 ({Strange
that Sergei dolmatov didn't play} 15... Ncxe5 $142 $1 {and White must fight
for equality after almost force} 16. Rc1 (16. dxe5 Qxa4 17. Qxa4 Rxa4 $17)
16... Nd7 17. Qxg4 Qxa4 18. Qxg7 Bf6 $15) 16. Qxg4 Nxe5 17. Qxg7 Ng6 18. h5 $1
{Better a lean peace than a fat victory - after} (18. Bd3 Bf8 19. Qf6 Rg8 $15 {
[%cal Gf8g7] black's chances are better.After text black must agree to moves
repetitions.}) 18... Bf8 19. Qf6 Be7 $11 20. Qg7 Bf8 21. Qf6 Be7 22. Qg7 {
Short, but interesting game, quite important for theory.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Fide.com Cup"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.03.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2001.03.26"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 b6 ({"Normal" move here is} 3... c5 {but Nigel Short
preferes to get less known position.}) 4. c3 (4. Nh3 $5 Qd7 5. c3 Ne7 6. Nd2
Ba6 7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8. Nf4 g6 9. Nf3 Nb8 10. Nd3 Nbc6 11. O-O h6 12. h3 Bg7 13.
Nh2 h5 14. Bg5 Ng8 15. Qd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bangiev,A-Vaganian,R/Porz DPMM 2000/
EXT 2001 (69)}) 4... Qd7 5. Nd2 (5. Nf3 Ne7 6. Bd3 Ba6 7. O-O Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Nf5
9. Be3 c5 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Rfe1 Be7 12. Nf1 Rc8 13. Rad1 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nfxd4
15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qb5 $11 {0-1 Van Hul,C-Vaganian,R/Antwerpen op 1996 (59)
}) (5. a4 Ba6 $140 6. Bxa6 Nxa6 7. a5 $14) 5... c5 (5... Ba6 6. Bxa6 (6. Ne2 $5
) 6... Nxa6 7. Ne2 Ne7 8. O-O c5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Nf4 g6 11. c4 Nc7 12. cxd5 Nxd5
13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Bg5 Bg7 15. dxc5 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 bxc5 {1/2-1/2 Minasian,
A-Nalbandian,T/ARM-ch Yerevan 1999 (23)}) 6. Ndf3 Ba6 7. Ne2 ({Worth
considering} 7. Bxa6 $5 Nxa6 8. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2f4] with chances for small
advantage.Khalifman pretends for more.}) 7... Nc6 $146 (7... Ne7 8. g3 Nf5 9.
g4 Ne7 10. Nf4 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Qb5+ 12. Kg2 Nec6 13. h4 Nd7 14. b3 Be7 15. a4 Qa6
16. Ba3 cxd4 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. cxd4 Qa5 {1-0 Hautot,S-Vanparijs,P/BEL-chJ 1998
(22)}) 8. h4 O-O-O $5 9. a3 (9. Nf4 $5 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 {[%cal Gg2g3,Gf1g2]}) 9...
f6 $1 {Black got big advantage in development and Short correctly wants to
open game in the centre.} 10. b4 (10. Bf4 fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nf6 $132
{was safer for white.}) 10... fxe5 11. dxe5 Nh6 $1 {[%cal Gh6f7,Gh6f5,Gh6g4]
Typical manoevre in French.} 12. Bg5 Re8 13. bxc5 (13. Rb1 Bc4) 13... Bxc5 14.
Ned4 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Rhf8 (15... Nf7 $5 {was also not bad.}) 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17.
Qe2 Na5 $1 $15 {Its became clear that initiative belongs to Black.} 18. Nd2 (
18. Qa6+ Kb8 19. Rb1 Nc4) 18... Kb8 19. g3 Rc8 {[%csl Rc3]} 20. Kg2 Rfe8 21.
N4b3 (21. Rhb1 $5) 21... Nxb3 22. Nxb3 Qa4 $1 $36 {[%cal Ga4g4]} 23. Nxc5 Rxc5
{[%csl Rc3]} 24. Qe3 {[%cal Ge3h6]} h5 (24... Qc6 $5 25. Kh2 Rxc3 26. Qxh6 Rf3
{could be good alternative to the text/}) 25. Rhc1 Rec8 26. Qg5 (26. Kg1 Rc4
27. Qh6 Qd7 {[%cal Gd7f7]}) 26... Qe4+ 27. Kg1 Qg6 28. Qe3 (28. Qe7 $5 Rxc3 29.
Rxc3 Rxc3 30. a4 $132) 28... Rc4 {[%cal Gc4h4,Gc4e4] Short systematically
improve his position, and  White is unable to defend both flanks} 29. Rab1 (29.
Kh2 Re4 30. Qd2 Rg8 {[%cal Re4h4]}) 29... Re4 30. Qd2 (30. Qg5 Qxg5 31. hxg5
Rxe5) 30... Rxh4 31. Rb4 Rhc4 (31... Rg4 $5 {[%cal Rh5h4]}) 32. a4 h4 $19 {
Rest is quite simple:Black has and material and positional advantage, plus
white's king can't find secure place on the board.} 33. Kh2 hxg3+ 34. fxg3 Rg8
$5 (34... Rxb4 35. cxb4 Qh5+ 36. Kg2 Rxc1 37. Qxc1 Qe2+ 38. Kh3 Qxe5 $19 39.
Qc6 $140 Qc7 40. Qxe6 Qc8 $1) 35. Rg1 (35. Qe3 d4 $5) 35... Rxb4 (35... Qh5+ $1
36. Kg2 Qxe5 $19 {was even simplier way to victory.}) 36. cxb4 Qh5+ 37. Kg2
Qxe5 38. Qd3 Rg4 (38... h5 $5) 39. Rf1 Qe4+ 40. Qxe4 Rxe4 {White havn't any
chances to save this ending, but Khalifman continue for some time desperate
ressistance.} 41. Rh1 Rxb4 42. Rxh7 Rxa4 43. Kf3 e5 44. g4 e4+ 45. Kg3 (45. Kf4
e3+ 46. Kf3 Re4) 45... Ra3+ 46. Kf4 Rf3+ 47. Ke5 Rg3 48. Kxd5 Rxg4 0-1

[Event "ENG-CHN"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Black "McDonald, Neil R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.04.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc3 Rc8 ({Deserves attention also brave} 9... h5 $5 {for example} 10.
Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 (11. h4 Bxg5 12. hxg5 $15) 11... Qxe7 12. Qd2 g5 $1 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Romero Holmes,A-Kortchnoi,V/Wijk 1992 (46)}) 10. Kh1 (10. g4 Nh4 11.
Nxh4 Qxh4 12. Be3 f6 13. f4 Be7 14. Kg2 fxe5 15. fxe5 Rf8 16. Qd2 a6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Edelman,D-Kindermann,S/Muenster 1994 (48)}) (10. a3 a6 11. Be3 Be7 12.
Bd3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 O-O 14. Rc1 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Kh1 g6 $1 17. Bb1 Bg7 18.
Na4 Rc7 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Qa4 e5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Nunn,J-Luther,T/Hastings 1994 (42)
^^}) 10... Qb6 $5 {N/} (10... Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Be3 O-O 14. f4
f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Na4 Be7 17. Rc1 Na5 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 $11 {0-1 Rohl,J-Luther,
T/Capablanca-B1 1997 (48)}) 11. Na4 Qa5 $5 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Be1 {Why so passive
move? Natural} (13. Be3 $5 {was stronger.}) 13... h5 $1 14. a3 g5 $1 {[%csl
Ra4,Rd4] White pieces are not active, pawn on d4 weak, and this is a reason,
why Black have right for so big activity on the king side.} 15. Bc3 g4 16. Ne1
f6 $1 17. Bd3 (17. exf6 Qxf6) 17... fxe5 18. Bxf5 (18. dxe5 d4) 18... exf5 19.
dxe5 d4 20. Bb4 (20. Bd2 b5 21. Qe2 d3 $1 22. Nxd3 (22. Qe3 Bh6) 22... Nd4 23.
Qe3 Nc2 $19) 20... Nxb4 21. axb4 Bb5 22. Rg1 (22. Nd3 h4 (22... b6 $5) 23. Nac5
h3 $36) 22... b6 $5 23. Nc2 (23. Nd3 $5) 23... d3 24. Ne3 (24. Nc3 $2 dxc2 25.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 26. Nxb5 Bh6 27. Nd6 Rc7 28. e6 Rhh7 $19) (24. Na3 Bc6) 24... f4 25.
Nxg4 $6 {Desperation sucrifice.Stronger was cold blooded} (25. Nf5 Qd7 26. Nd6+
(26. e6 Qd5) 26... Bxd6 27. exd6 f3 $5 (27... Qxd6 28. Nc3 Bc6) 28. Re1+ (28.
gxf3 Qxd6 $17) 28... Kf8 29. Nc3) 25... hxg4 26. Qxg4 Rc7 $19 {Now game is
over. Black has and material advantage and decisive attack.} 27. h3 (27. Qg6+
Rf7 28. e6 $2 Rxh2+ $19) 27... Rh6 28. Nc3 Bc6 29. f3 Qh4 30. Qf5 Bd7 31. e6
Bxe6 32. Qb5+ Kf7 33. Rae1 Qg3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2004.05.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2004.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bd7 {[%cal Ga7a6,Gd7b5] Rare, but interesting move,
Black dreams to exchange bishops on the square b5} (3... c5 $5) (3... b6 $5) 4.
c3 (4. Nf3 a6 5. c4 $5 (5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. c3 Bb5 8. Qb3 Bxf1 9. Kxf1
Ra7 10. Nbd2 Nh6 11. g3 O-O 12. Kg2 Nd7 $13 {1-0 Chernuschevich,A-Bauer,C/FRA
Cup Clichy 2004/(50)}) 5... Ne7 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bc6 8. O-O Nd5 9. Ng5 Be7
10. Qh5 Bxg5 11. Bxg5 Qd7 12. Rac1 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Be4 14. Qe2 $36 {1-0 Erturan,
Y-Esen,B/EUR-ch Antalya 2004/ (32)}) 4... a6 5. Nd2 $146 (5. Bd3 Bb5 6. Bc2 c5
7. f4 Nh6 8. Nf3 a5 9. h3 Nc6 10. Kf2 Nf5 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. Be3 cxd4 13. Nxd4
Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Rc8 $11 {1-0 Florescu,C-Ionescu,C/Bucharest Rozelor Cupa 1999 
(36)}) (5. Be3 Bb5 6. Ne2 c5 7. a4 Bxe2 8. Bxe2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. O-O Qb6
11. Qd2 Na5 12. Ra2 Bb4 13. Nc3 Ne7 $13 {0-1 Garcia Castro,P-Perez Lopez,J/
ESP-ch Universitario 2002 (47)}) 5... Bb5 6. Bxb5+ axb5 {Black compleated his
plan, but I am not sure that he got already equal chances.} 7. Ne2 {[%cal
Ge2f4,Gf4h5] This Knight would like to occupy h5-square} Nd7 8. O-O h5 {
Black's main problem in this kind of positions - is lack of space.} (8... b4 9.
cxb4 Bxb4 10. Qb3 c5 11. Qg3 $14) 9. Nf4 g6 10. Nf3 Nb6 {Black has a very
solid position, but it's very difficult for him to get active counterplay.} (
10... Be7 $5 {[%cal Gg6g5]}) 11. h4 {White immediately takes this opportunity
to grab space on the kingside} Nh6 12. Nd3 Nf5 13. g3 ({Worth considering} 13.
Bg5 $5 {and White would like to exploit the weak dark sqares in his opponent's
camp}) 13... Be7 14. Bg5 {White exchanges dark-square Bishops, after which his
Knight will get very good forposts on f4 and g5.} Ra7 {[%csl Rb7]} (14... Bxg5
15. Nxg5 O-O 16. Qe2 $14 {[%csl Rg8]}) 15. Qc1 Kf8 16. Kg2 Kg7 {Black
desperately tries to cover the dark squares.} 17. Rh1 Nc4 18. Qf4 {[%csl Gd3]
White has got the advantage thanks to the strong center he succeeded to build
and to vulnerable position of black monarch.} Ra8 19. a3 b6 {[%cal Gc7c5]} 20.
Rae1 Rc8 (20... c5 $5) 21. g4 {[%mdl 128] White had many quiet moves at his
disposal but he decided the time has come to change the course of events.} hxg4
({Very dubious} 21... Nh6 $6 22. gxh5 ({also strong is} 22. Bf6+ Bxf6 23. exf6+
Kf8 24. g5 $16) 22... gxh5 23. Reg1 $16) 22. Qxg4 Kf8 {[%cal Gf8e8,Ge8d7]} (
22... Bxg5 23. Nxg5 Nh6 24. Qf4 Nf5 $13) 23. b3 {Interesting pawn sacrifice.
White tries to put the c4 knight offside and is ready to pay small price it.} (
23. h5 gxh5 24. Rxh5 Rg8 {[%cal Gg8g2]}) 23... Na5 ({In case of} 23... Nxa3 {
[%csl Ra3] it's very difficult to find a way back home for the a3 knight 
(thought it's difficult for White to win it, but White has another aim - the
king on g7).}) 24. Nf4 Rg8 (24... Ke8 $5 25. h5 gxh5 26. Rxh5 Rg8 $132) 25. Bf6
$1 {A very annoying move in such a position. Black's king is in great danger
and the very next move could be fatal for him.} Nxb3 (25... Bxf6 26. exf6 Qxf6
27. Ng5 {with unpleasant threats Nh7+ and Nxe6+.}) (25... Ke8 $5) 26. Ng5 {
[%csl Gf4,Gf6,Gg4,Gg5]} Ke8 $8 27. h5 (27. Nh7 $5 {[%csl Gf6]}) 27... gxh5 (
27... Bxf6 28. exf6 Kd7 (28... Qxf6 29. Ngxe6 $18) 29. hxg6 Qxf6 30. Rh7 Rg7
31. Rxg7 Qxg7 32. gxf7 $18) 28. Qxh5 Kd7 {King has to run away from the danger.
} 29. Nxd5 $1 {'This nice blow leads to a very unpleasant endgame for Black.'}
(29. Qxf7 Rxg5+ 30. Bxg5 Qg8 31. Qxe6+ Qxe6 32. Nxe6 Kxe6 33. Bxe7 Rg8+ $17)
29... exd5 30. Qxf7 Rxg5+ (30... Kc6 $5 31. Qe6+ Kb7 32. Qxf5 Nd2 {[%cal Gd2e4,
Gd2c4]}) 31. Bxg5 Kc6 $8 ({Now} 31... Qg8 {hasn't any sense due to} 32. Qxf5+)
32. Bxe7 Nxe7 (32... Qg8+ $5) 33. Rh7 Qg8+ 34. Rg7 Qxf7 35. Rxf7 {[%mdl 1024]}
Rg8+ (35... Kd7 $5) 36. Kf3 Ng6 {Formally speaking Black has even a material
advantage, but his pieces have very poor coordination and his b3 Knight stays
offside.} 37. Rh1 {[%cal Gh1h7]} Nd2+ 38. Ke2 Ne4 39. Rhh7 (39. Rh6 $5 Kb7 40.
Rhh7) 39... Rc8 $2 {Rustemov missed last chance:} (39... Nxc3+ $142 40. Kd3 b4
41. axb4 Na2 $1 42. Rxc7+ Kb5 {with small hopes for escape.}) 40. Rh6 Rg8 41.
f3 $18 Nxc3+ 42. Kd3 {[%csl Ge5,Gf3,Gf7,Gh6]} Nb1 {poor knight} 43. Rf6+ Kb7
44. Rhxg6 Re8 45. Rg7 Nxa3 46. Rff7 Rc8 47. e6 Kc6 48. e7 Re8 49. Rf8 Kd7 50.
Rxe8 Kxe8 51. f4 1-0

[Event "Griesheim GM 3rd"]
[Site "Griesheim"]
[Date "2003.02.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Galdunts, Sergey"]
[Black "Krivoshey, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.01.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Bb5 7. c4 dxc4 $5 {
Risky, but interesting move.As usual Black continue} (7... Bxc4 8. Bxc4 Qb4+ 9.
Nbd2 dxc4 10. a3 Qb5 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qd5 13. N4f3 Nd7 14. Nxc4 Rc8 15.
Ne3 Qe4 16. b4 Nh6 17. O-O Be7 18. Rd1 Nb6 19. Rd4 $14 {1-0 Hendriks,W-Lobron,
E/Amsterdam Lost Boys op 2002/ (31)}) 8. d5 (8. Nc3 cxd4 (8... Nc6 9. d5 O-O-O
10. d6 f6 $132) 9. Nxd4 Ba6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. f4 Nh6 12. Qc2 Bc5 13. O-O Nd7 14.
Ne4 O-O $13 {0-1 Yagupov,I-Rustemov,A/Moscow RUS t-ch 1994 (29)}) 8... exd5 9.
Qxd5 Ne7 10. Qe4 Bc6 $6 {This move is not the most accurate. I don't see to
many white's achievments after} (10... Qg6 $142 {for example:} 11. Qxg6 Nxg6
12. Na3 Ba6 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Nc6 15. O-O b5 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 Kd7
$13 {1/2-1/2 Galdunts,S-Grabarczyk,B/Oberliga Ost-B 2000/EXT 2002 (46)}) 11.
Qxc4 Bd5 12. Qa4+ Nbc6 13. Nc3 Be6 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Ne4 $5 $146 {Possible
improvment compare to} (15. Nb5 Nf5 16. Bg5 Rd7 17. Rfd1 a6 18. Na3 Qb4 $5 (
18... Nfd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bf1 h6 21. Be3 Be7 22. Nc4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Savic,
M-Kosic,D/YUG-ch Banja Koviljaca 2002/CBM 89/[Psakhis] (41)}) 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 $13
) 15... Nd5 ({Worth considering} 15... h6 $5 {[%csl Gg5] taking g5 square
under the control}) 16. Bg5 (16. Neg5 $5 $36) 16... Rd7 17. Bb5 h6 18. Bd2 Be7
19. Rac1 $5 {Galdunts has chosen the course of principle, but} (19. Bxc6 Qxc6 (
19... bxc6 20. Rfc1) 20. Qxa7 (20. Qxc6+ bxc6 21. Rfc1 Rb7 22. b3 $14 {[%csl
Rc5,Rc6]}) 20... b6 $14 {doesn't look bad either.}) (19. Rfc1 $5) 19... Rhd8 (
19... Nc7 $5 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. Nxc5 (22. b3 Bd5 23. Rfe1 Ne6 $13)
22... Bxc5 23. Rxc5 Bxa2 24. Ra1 Bd5 25. Rxa7 Rhd8 26. Be3 Nb5 $14) (19... a6
20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qxc6+ bxc6 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 $16) 20. b4 $1 {[%cal
Rc1c8,Rb5d7] Galdunts managed to find a clue to the position!} (20. Nxc5 Bxc5
21. Bxc6 Qxc6 (21... bxc6 22. Ba5 $18) 22. Qxc6+ bxc6 23. Rxc5 Kb7 $14) 20...
Nc7 $8 {It is difficult to find another move.} 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Qxc6 bxc6 23.
bxc5 {[%csl Gd6]} Bxa2 24. Nd6+ Kb8 ({Black needs good advice after} 24... Bxd6
25. exd6 Ne6 26. Ne5 $18) 25. Ba5 {White has great game taking into account
the his knight on d6 and Black's king position.} Bd5 26. Ra1 Ka8 $6 {It is
likely that this move makes life even harder for Black.} ({Good or bad, but he
must try} 26... Rf8 $5 {with possible continuation.} 27. Rfb1+ Ka8 28. e6 $1
Bxe6 (28... Nxe6 29. Ne5 Nxc5 30. Bb6 $1 $18) (28... Rxd6 29. cxd6 Bxd6 30. e7
Re8 31. Bb6 $1 Nb5 32. Rxb5 cxb5 33. Rxa7+ Kb8 34. Rd7 $18) 29. Ne5 Bxd6 30.
Nxd7 Bxd7 31. cxd6 Nd5 $16) 27. Bb6 $1 $18 Nb5 ({could promised better chances
for survival.} 27... Ne6 $5) 28. Bxd8 Bxd8 29. Rfd1 Bxf3 30. gxf3 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 (7...
Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 (8... Bxc6 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. Nd2 Ng6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. O-O Qc7 13.
Bd2 Bd7 14. Rae1 O-O 15. Nd4 Bc5 16. Qh5 Bxd4 17. cxd4 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Bg5
$36 {Grischuk,A-Gurevich,M/Wijk aan Zee-A 2002/CBM 87/[Psakhis,Grischuk]/1/2-1/
2 (42)}) 9. O-O f5 (9... Ne7 10. Nd2 Ng6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Re1 c5 13. Rb1 Bb5 14.
Bc2 a5 15. Ng5 Rd8 16. b3 Rd7 17. Qf3 Bd8 18. Qh3 Nf8 19. Bd2 h6 20. Nf3 $14 {
1-0 Ehlvest,J-Ibragimov,I/Las Vegas North American op 2003/ (41)}) 10. Nd2 Ne7
11. Nf3 c5 12. Re1 a5 13. Rb1 h6 14. b3 g5 15. a3 Bg7 16. b4 c4 17. Bc2 Qc7 18.
b5 O-O 19. a4 Ng6 20. Ba3 Rf7 21. Bd6 $36 {[%csl Gd6] 1-0 Shabalov,A-Akobian,V/
Denver Levy mem 2003/ (39)}) 8. Nd2 (8. O-O $5 Nbc6 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. Qe2 Qc7
11. f4 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 O-O 13. Nd2 f5 14. b4 Bb6 15. a4 a6 16. Nb3 Ne7 17. Bd2
Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Be8 19. Be3 $14 {1-0 Willemze,J-De Jong,M/Amsterdam ACT op 2004/
(90)}) 8... Nbc6 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. Nf3 $146 {According to my database, this
position appeared for the first time.} ({White tried few times} 10. Qe2 Qc7 11.
Nf3 h6 12. O-O g5 (12... Be7 13. Re1 a5 14. Bf4 a4 15. Qd2 Kd8 16. Bg3 Kc8 17.
b4 Kb8 18. Qf4 Be8 19. h4 $36 {Vallejo Pons,F-Rustemov,A/ESP t-ch Mondariz
2002//1-0 (35)}) 13. h3 Bg7 14. Re1 O-O-O 15. Be3 Kb8 16. Bd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 h5
18. Rac1 g4 19. h4 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Qxe6 Bxh4 $11 {Nakamura,
H-Volkov,S/Wch KO Tripoli 2004//1-0 (74)}) 10... h6 11. h4 d4 12. O-O $5 dxc3
13. bxc3 {[%cal Ga1b1,Gb1b7]} Bc5 (13... Qa5 $5) 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Rb1 {The
players have completed their development and now White is rushing to the
attack, nevertheless, the assessment of the position is not quite clear} O-O-O
{[%csl Rc8]} (15... Ne7 $5) 16. Be3 $5 Bxe3 (16... Nxe5 17. Bxc5 (17. Be4 Nxf3+
18. Qxf3 $36) 17... Nxd3 18. Bxa7 Nf4 19. Qb2 $16) 17. Qxe3 Kb8 (17... f5 $5 {
[%csl Ge4]}) 18. Be4 {[%csl Rb7]} (18. Rb2 $5 {[%cal Gf1b1]}) 18... Na5 19. Nd4
(19. Rb4 Bc6 20. Rfb1 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 b6 $14) 19... Nc4 (19... Qxe5 20. Rxb7+ $1
(20. Bxb7 $143 Qxe3 21. Be4+ Kc7 22. fxe3 f5 $13) 20... Nxb7 21. Rb1 Qc7 (21...
Be8 22. Rxb7+ Kc8 23. Rxa7 $18) 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qf4+ e5 24. Qxe5+ Kc8 25.
Rxb7 Kxb7 26. Qxg7 $18) 20. Qe1 (20. Qe2 $5) 20... Nb6 21. f4 Rc8 (21... g5 $5)
22. Rf3 f5 (22... g5 $5) 23. Bc2 (23. exf6 gxf6 $13) 23... Nd5 $132 24. Ne2 (
24. Bb3 Nxc3 25. Rb2 Qc5 26. Qe3) 24... g5 $1 {Immediately begins an offensive
against White's king.} 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. fxg5 Rh5 (26... Qxe5 $5 27. Qg3 f4 28.
Nxf4 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Nxc3 30. Re1 $13) 27. g6 Rch8 {Black has accomplished his
strategical plan and stands better} (27... Rg5 $5 {[%cal Gg5g2]}) (27... Rg8 $5
) 28. g7 $1 Rg8 (28... Qc5+ $142 $5 29. Nd4 Rg8 $17) 29. Bb3 Qxe5 (29... Rxg7
30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Nf4 $132 {[%csl Ge5]}) 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Qg3+ $6 {But this
is little bit too much - White takes too many risks in this game, trying to
win at any cost.} (31. Nf4 $1 Qc5+ 32. Qe3 Qxe3+ 33. Rxe3 Rg5 34. Nxe6 Bxe6 35.
Rxe6 R5xg7 36. Rb2 $11) 31... e5 32. Re3 f4 33. Nxf4 $1 exf4 34. Qxf4+ Kc8 ({
Volkov could try} 34... Ka8 $5 35. Qf8+ Bc8 {and things are not that simple
for White since he is walking in a very narrow path to equality:} 36. Re8 $1
Qc6 (36... Rh1+ $2 37. Kxh1 Qh5+ 38. Kg1 Qxe8 39. Qxe8 Rxe8 40. Rf1 $1 Be6 41.
Re1 $18) 37. Qxg8 Qc5+ 38. Kf1 Qf5+ 39. Ke2 Qc2+ 40. Ke3 Qxc3+ 41. Ke2 Qc2+ $11
) 35. Qf8+ Kc7 36. Qf4+ $11 Kc6 37. Qf6+ Kc7 38. Qf4+ Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.18"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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 "France"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 f6 $5 (6... c4) (6... a5)
(6... Nge7) 7. b4 c4 (7... fxe5 $5 8. b5 (8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 $1 (9... a5
10. b5 a4 11. c4 d4 12. Bd3 Qh4 13. Nd2 Nh6 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. O-O Be7 16. Be4 Bc8
17. Qc2 $16 {0-1 Rada,M-Gonzalez,I/ESP-ch B18 Formigal 2002 (39)}) 10. f4 Ne7
11. Bd3 g6 12. O-O O-O-O 13. bxc5 Nf5 14. Bxf5 Bxc5+ 15. Kh1 gxf5 $36 {0-1
Krajnc,A-Furlan,M/Bled op 1992 (22)}) 8... Nxd4 $1 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Bf4 Nf6 11.
Nbd2 Be7 12. g3 O-O 13. Bh3 Bxb5 14. Ng5 Bd6 15. Qb3 Bxf4 16. gxf4 Qa5 $132 {
0-1 Buchal,S-Luther,T/Groningen op 1998 (28)}) (7... cxd4 8. cxd4 fxe5 9. dxe5
Nh6 10. Bd3 Nf7 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. O-O g5 13. h3 h5 14. g4 hxg4 15. hxg4 Bg7 $132
{1-0 Shabalov,A-Kaufman,L/Portsmouth Millennium 2000 (37)}) 8. Bf4 Nge7 $146 (
8... Nh6 $5 9. exf6 gxf6 10. g3 Nf7 11. Bg2 Bg7 12. Be3 Ne7 13. Nh4 Ng6 14. Qh5
Nxh4 15. Qxh4 O-O 16. Nd2 Nd6 17. O-O Be8 18. Qg4 Qd7 19. Bh6 Nf5 20. Bxg7 Nxg7
21. a4 Bg6 22. Rfe1 Kh8 23. Nf1 {Sveshnikov,E-Razuvaev,Y/Sochi 1986/0-1 (61)})
9. Nbd2 Ng6 10. Bg3 fxe5 11. dxe5 b5 $5 (11... Be7 12. b5 Nb8 $13) 12. h4 Nge7
(12... Qb8 $5 {[%csl Re5]} 13. Qe2 (13. a4 $5)) 13. h5 a5 14. h6 {White takes
too much risk} (14. Bf4 $5 $13) 14... Ng6 (14... Nf5 $5 15. hxg7 (15. Bf4 Nxh6
16. Bxh6 gxh6) 15... Bxg7 {[%csl Re5]}) 15. Be2 gxh6 $1 {Entering
complications which favor black} 16. Nh4 (16. Rh5 {[%cal Rh5e5]}) 16... Ncxe5
$1 {Mchedlishvili doesn't afraid of ghosts!} 17. Bxe5 (17. Nxg6 Nxg6 $19) 17...
Nxe5 18. Bh5+ Ke7 {[%csl Ge5,Ge7] Unfortunately, White can't now to take
advantage of the fact that Black's king temporarily stuck in the  centre.} 19.
O-O Bg7 $19 {White has lost simply his pawns without getting anything for them!
} 20. Qe2 (20. Nhf3 Nd3) 20... Qb6 21. Kh1 Rhf8 22. Rad1 axb4 23. axb4 Nd3 {
[%csl Rc3][%cal Gd3f4]} 24. Ndf3 {White's position looks cheerless and he
sacrifices a piece, trying to improve the situation.} (24. f4 $5) 24... Nf4 $1
(24... Bxc3 25. Rxd3 cxd3 26. Qxd3 Rfc8 27. Qxh7+ Kd6 $19) 25. Qc2 Nxh5 26.
Qxh7 {An attempt to launch an attack, which is easily suppressed by black.} Be8
(26... Kd6 $5 {[%csl Gd6]}) 27. Rfe1 (27. g4 $142 Rh8 28. Ng6+ Bxg6 29. Qxg6
Bxc3 30. gxh5 Raf8 $19) 27... Kd8 28. g4 Rxf3 (28... Qxf2 29. gxh5 Rxf3) 29.
Rxd5+ (29. Nxf3 Qxf2 $19) 29... exd5 30. Qg8 Rf8 31. Qxd5+ Bd7 (31... Bd7 32.
Qxa8+ Kc7) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.19"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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 "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. Bf4 Qb6 8. Nbd2
$146 {Intersting pawn sacrifice .Apparently nobody has had the courage to play
the text before!} (8. exf6 gxf6 9. Qb3 Qxb3 10. axb3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nge7 12. Nc3
Nf5 13. Rd1 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Nxd6 15. Nb5 Nxb5 16. Bxb5 Nb4 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Kd2
Rhc8 19. Rc1 Rc6 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. Ra1 a5 22. Ne1 e5 {Siff,B-Torre,E/New York
op 1985/0-1 (46)}) (8. Qd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 g5 10. exf6 gxf4 11. f7+ Kxf7 12. Qxf4+
Nf6 13. O-O Bg7 14. Nc3 Rhf8 15. Na4 Qd8 16. Nc5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Westerinen,
H-Leer Salvesen,B/Gausdal IM-B 2001/ (31)}) 8... cxd4 (8... Qxb2 $5) 9. O-O g5
(9... Qxb2 10. Nb3 (10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Rb1 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Qxa2 13. Rxb7 $32)
10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 fxe5 12. Bxe5 dxc3 13. Bh5+ $40) (9... dxc3 10. bxc3 {
[%cal Ga1b1,Gc3c4]}) 10. Bg3 g4 $6 {Cowardice does not bring equality.! good
or bad, but, I think Spasov had to try sharp} (10... dxc3 $142 11. bxc3 g4 $13)
11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 f5 (12... Qxb2 13. Nb3) (12... Qxd4 13. Bxg4 fxe5 14.
Bh5+ Kd8 15. Qe2 $40) 13. Nb3 $36 Ne7 (13... Ba4 $5) (13... Bb5 14. Bxb5+ Qxb5
15. Rc1 $36) 14. Nc5 Ng6 (14... Nc6 $5 15. b4 $5) 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Qa4+ Kd8
17. f3 h5 18. Be1 $1 {[%cal Re1a5]} a5 (18... Qxb2 19. Rb1 $1 Qa3 20. Qxa3 Bxa3
21. Rxb7 $16) 19. Rc1 Bb4 ({Maybe Spasov could play} 19... Nxe5 $5 {not only
taking the pawn, but also bringing knight close to the king!?}) 20. Bf2 Nf4 (
20... Bd2 21. Rc5) 21. Bb5 Be7 22. Be3 Ng6 23. f4 $1 {[%cal Gc2c3,Gf1c1] Black
should have stuck to a passive defense} g3 24. hxg3 (24. h3 $5) 24... h4 25.
gxh4 Bxh4 26. Rf3 Ke7 $2 (26... Be7 $142 $16) 27. g3 $18 {[%csl Rh4]
Exploiting the main drawback of last move of black} Rag8 28. Kf2 Kf7 (28...
Bxg3+ 29. Rxg3 Rh2+ 30. Ke1 Rxb2 31. Qa3+ Rb4 32. Bd3 $18) 29. gxh4 Nxh4 30.
Be2 $5 Nxf3 (30... Rg2+ 31. Kf1) 31. Qd7+ Kg6 32. Rc7 Kh6 (32... Qxc7 33. Qxc7
Nh4 34. Qe7) 33. Kxf3 Kh5 34. Kf2+ (34. Qf7+) 34... Kh4 (34... Kh6 35. Rc1) 35.
Qh7+ $1 (35. Qd8+ $5 Rxd8 36. Rc1) (35. Qh7+ Rxh7 36. Rxh7# {and white rook
had a splendid career in this game}) 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.08"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Na3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Nc2
Nb4 {Although this reply has proved quite popular, I remain suspicious about
its value.Blck can get bigger hopes for equalization after} (8... Qa5+) (8...
Qb6) (8... Bd7) (8... Be7) 9. Be2 (9. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 10. Bd2 Qa5 11. Bd3 Bxd2+ 12.
Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ne7 14. Rhc1 Bd7 15. b4 Rc8 16. Rxc8+ Bxc8 17. Rc1 h6 18.
Ng1 Kd8 $14 {1-0 Stevic,H-Goric,E/Vukovar Slavonija Swiss 2001/The Week in
Chess 354 (68)}) 9... Nxc2+ 10. Qxc2 Qa5+ (10... Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2
$14) 11. Bd2 Bb4 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 $14 Bd7 15. b4 $146 (15.
Rac1 Ne7 16. h4 Nc6 17. h5 h6 18. Rh4 O-O 19. b4 Rac8 20. Bd3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Svidler,P-Luther,T/BL 0203 2003/The Week in Chess 427 (39)}) 15... O-O 16. b5
$5 f6 (16... Rac8 17. Rhc1) 17. Rhc1 Rfc8 (17... fxe5 18. dxe5 (18. Nxe5 $143
Be8 {[%csl Rd4]}) 18... Rac8 19. Bd3 $16) 18. Bd3 {This is a very typical
position. Maybe with correct play Black can hold it, but the defence is not
easy at all!} Ne7 19. a4 Rxc1 (19... Be8 20. Re1 $5) 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Ra1 $1 {
Surely White must keep rooks on the board} h6 (21... Ng6 22. g3) 22. h4 Rf8 23.
g4 $5 {[%cal Gg4g5]} Kf7 (23... fxe5 24. Nxe5 Be8 25. f3 $16) 24. g5 {Grischuk
plays very energetically} fxg5 (24... fxe5 25. Nxe5+ Ke8 26. Ke3 {also
difficult to recommend to Black}) 25. hxg5 Ke8 26. Ke3 hxg5 (26... Nf5+ 27.
Bxf5 (27. Ke2 $5) 27... Rxf5 28. Rh1 hxg5 29. Rg1 $36) 27. Nxg5 Nf5+ 28. Bxf5
Rxf5 29. Nh3 {[%cal Ga1g1,Gh3f4]} (29. f4 $5) 29... Rh5 30. Nf4 Rh7 31. Rg1 {
Black does not lose quickly, but the pathetic fate of his ligh-coloured bishop
does not allow doubts about the assessment of the position.} Ke7 (31... a6 32.
bxa6 bxa6 33. a5) 32. Nd3 b6 33. Nf4 Ke8 (33... Be8 $5) 34. Kf3 $1 {[%cal
Gf3g4,Gg4g5] White slowly but surely improve his position.} Ke7 35. Kg4 Rh6 36.
Rc1 Kd8 $8 37. Nh3 Be8 38. Ng5 Bh5+ (38... Kd7 $5) 39. Kg3 Be8 (39... Kd7 40.
f3) 40. f4 Rg6 (40... Kd7 41. Rc6 Rg6 42. a5 bxa5 43. Ra6 Kc8 $16) 41. Rh1 Kc7
42. Rh8 Bd7 43. Kg4 $18 {[%cal Gg4h5] Now White has a technically winning
position. Maybe Black could play longer and more stubborn than what Pert did,
but , I am afraid, with the same result.} Rh6 44. Ra8 $5 {It looks that} (44.
Rxh6 gxh6 45. Nf7 Be8 (45... a6 46. Nd6 $18) 46. Nxh6 a6 47. bxa6 Bxa4 48. f5
$18 {was enough for victory, but move in the game even stronger.}) 44... Kb7
45. Rg8 Rg6 46. Rf8 a5 $6 {Final mistake.} (46... Rh6 $142 $5 47. Rf7 Kc8 48.
Rxg7 Rh1) (46... a6 $6 47. Rf7) 47. Rh8 $1 {[%csl Ga4,Gb5][%cal Rg4h5]} Rh6 $8
48. Rxh6 gxh6 49. Nf7 Kc7 (49... Be8 50. Nd6+) 50. Nd6 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gg4h5,
Gh5h6,Gh6g7]} 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 a5 7. Be2 a4 {
Fashionable line in modern practice.} 8. O-O Nc6 9. Bd3 (9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. c4
Nge7 11. Nc3 Nd4 12. cxd5 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Rd1 Bb5 16. Qe1
Bc4 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qxe3 19. fxe3 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Peng Xiaomin-Kaidanov,
G/USA-China Summit Seattle 2001/CBM 82 (25)}) 9... Na5 10. Bc2 Nc4 11. Ra2 (11.
Ng5 $5 Be7 $5 12. Nxh7 g6 13. Ng5 Nh6 14. Ra2 Nf5 15. Nf3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nh4 17.
Ne1 Nf5 18. Nf3 Nh4 19. Ne1 Nf5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Volkov,S/EU-Cup
Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92 (41)}) 11... Ne7 12. Re1 (12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Bb5 14.
Re1 Nc6 15. Be3 h6 16. Ra1 Qa7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 (18. Nd4 $5 {[%cal Gd1g4]
}) 18... Qxc5 19. Qd2 O-O $13 {Afek,Y-Legky,N/FRA t-ch 2003/CBM 94/[Psakhis]/
0-1 (38)}) 12... Nc6 13. Kh1 $146 {New move} (13. Bxa4 N6xe5 14. Bxd7+ (14. Bc2
Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Be7 16. b3 Nd6 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Be3 Qc6 19. Bd4 f6 20. Qh5+ Nf7
21. f4 g6 22. Qf3 O-O 23. Qg3 Rfe8 $13 {Belikov,V-Legky,N/Sevastopol 1997/1/
2-1/2 (50)}) 14... Nxd7 15. b3 Nd6 (15... Na5 16. b4 cxb4 $2 (16... cxd4 $142
$1 17. Nxd4 Nc6) 17. axb4 Ra7 18. Rxa5 Rxa5 19. bxa5 Qxb1 20. Qa4 Bd6 21. Bf4
Qxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Bxf4 23. Qb4 Bc7 24. Nd3 f6 25. g3 Rf8 26. Nf4 {1-0 Jonkman,
H-Peng Zhaoqin/Wijk aan Zee-B 2002/CBM 87/[Psakhis] (26)}) 16. c4 dxc4 17. d5
Qxb3 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe6+ Kd8 20. Rc2 Ra6 21. Nc3 $36 {Grischuk,A-Gurevich,
M/Cannes World Cup of Rapid Chess 2001/CBM 82/[Hecht]/1-0 (86)}) 13... Be7 14.
Nbd2 Nxd2 (14... Qa6 15. Nxc4 (15. Nf1 $5 {[%cal Gf1g3]}) 15... Qxc4 16. Ra1
Qb5 17. Rb1 $14) 15. Bxd2 cxd4 16. cxd4 ({Worth considering} 16. Nxd4 $5 Nxd4
$140 17. Be3 $36 {with nice game}) 16... O-O 17. Bc3 {[%csl Gc3]} (17. Be3 $5)
17... Qa7 {[%cal Gb7b4] A space advantage gives White slightly better chances,
nevertheless Black's position is still fairly solid.} 18. h4 {The players have
completed their development and now White is rushing to the attack.} (18. Qd3
g6 19. Qe3) 18... b5 19. Qd3 g6 20. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2h6]} Rfb8 21. Raa1 b4 22.
axb4 Nxb4 (22... Bxb4 $2 23. Bxa4) 23. Bb1 Nc6 24. Qf4 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh4h5]}
Na5 25. Ng5 $1 (25. Nh2 Nb3 26. Ra2 Qc7 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 25... Rf8 26. h5 {
White has achieved his goal and creat serious threats against black monarch.}
Nb3 27. Ra2 f6 (27... Qb6 {[%cal Gb6d8]} 28. Qg4 {[%cal Rg5h7]}) 28. Nh3 (28.
exf6 Rxf6 29. Qh4 $16) 28... g5 29. Qg3 Kh8 (29... Qc7 $5 30. f4 $40) 30. exf6
Rxf6 (30... Bxf6 31. Nxg5 Bxd4 32. Nxh7 $18) 31. Nxg5 Qb8 (31... Rg8 32. Qe3 {
[%cal Gg5f3,Gf3e5]}) 32. Qe3 Bd6 {[%cal Gd6f4]} 33. g3 $1 $18 {White has lost
simply pawn without getting anything for it!} Qg8 34. Nxh7 Rf7 35. Ng5 Rf6 36.
Nf3 $6 {Charbonneau is trying to complicate the struggle although it is more
reasonable to simplify it, playing} (36. Bg6 $142 {for example} Rxg6 37. hxg6
Qxg6 38. Nf3 $18) 36... Qg4 {Suddenly Black is back in the game! White is
still winning, but he has to be very careful.} 37. Ne5 Qh3+ $2 {Terrible
mistake, after this move and no matter how long the rest seems, the game was
virtually decided here..} ({Bad or good, but Shulman had to play} 37... Bxe5 $5
{with possible continuation} 38. Qxe5 (38. dxe5 $2 Qxh5+ 39. Kg2 d4 $1 {
[%cal Rd7c6]} 40. Bxd4 Rh6 $40) 38... Qf3+ 39. Kh2 Qxf2+ 40. Kh3 Rg8 41. Bg6
$16) 38. Kg1 $18 Rg8 (38... Qxh5 39. Nxd7 Rf3 40. Bg6 $1) 39. Nf7+ $1 Kg7 (
39... Rxf7 40. Qh6+) 40. Nxd6 Qxh5 41. Qe5 Qg4 42. Be4 {[%cal Ge4g2] White has
both positional and material advantage, so the rest is pretty clear.} (42. Bc2
$5) 42... Rh8 (42... dxe4 43. Nxe4 Qf5 44. d5 {[%csl Gc3]}) 43. Bg2 Rh5 44. Qe2
Qxe2 45. Rxe2 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.05"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3 Bd7
9. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5] This move become very popular in modern practice.} (9. Bh3)
{Black have and other interesting options, for example} 9... f5 (9... Be7) (
9... Ne7) ({or, maybe most popular move} 9... O-O-O $5) 10. exf6 Nxf6 ({
Worth considering} 10... gxf6 $5 {and doesn't work} 11. Ne5 $2 fxe5 12. Qh5+
Ke7 13. Qg5+ Kf7 14. Nf3 Bg7 15. Nxe5+ Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Nf6 $19 {Korbut,
E-Novikova,A/RUS-ch G20 Vladimir 2002/The Week in Chess 384/0-1 (41)}) 11. Ne5
Bd6 12. Bh3 {[%csl Re6,Gh3] It's become quite clear, that White took
initiative in his hands.} Bxe5 $146 (12... Bc7 13. Qe2 Rf8 14. O-O O-O-O 15.
Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Rb1 Rde8 17. b3 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 cxb3 19. c4 $36 {Garcia,C-Rayo,M/
ESP-ch Almeria 1989/Vaiser/1-0 (39)}) (12... Bc8 13. h5 $36) 13. dxe5 Ng8 14.
Qg4 g6 {Unfortunately, Apicella can't protect king side without this move,
which produced many weak squares.} 15. O-O Ne7 16. Nf3 (16. Rb1 Rf8 17. Nf3
$140 $4 h5 $19) 16... Nb3 17. Be3 $1 {Surely, Grischuk doesn't want to
exchange dark-squared bishop} Qc7 18. Rad1 h6 ({Worth considering} 18... Nf5 $5
19. Bg5 Nc5 20. Bf6 Rg8 {[%cal Gc5e4]}) 19. h5 $1 g5 20. Nd4 {[%cal Gf2f4]
White is ready for active operations.} Nxd4 (20... Nc5 21. f4 $36) 21. cxd4
O-O-O 22. Bd2 {[%cal Gd2c3]} (22. b3 $5) 22... Nc6 (22... Qb6 23. Bc3) 23. Kh2
b5 24. f4 (24. Bc1 $5) 24... gxf4 $6 {And Black fails to find the better
continuation!} (24... Nxd4 $142 25. fxg5 Nb3 26. Bf4 hxg5 27. Qxg5 Nc5 $132)
25. Rxf4 {[%csl Rh6]} Qb6 (25... Rdg8 26. Qh4) 26. Rf6 {[%csl Rh6] Now Black
just can't protect any more weak h6 pawn.} (26. Bc3 a5) 26... b4 (26... Qxd4
27. Qxd4 Nxd4 28. Ba5 Nc6 29. Bxd8 Nxd8 30. Kg2 $16) 27. axb4 Nxb4 (27... Qxd4
28. Qxd4 Nxd4 29. Bxh6 Nc6 30. Bxe6 $16) 28. Bxh6 {Apicella has lost simply
his pawns without getting too much compensation for them!} (28. Qf3 $5 Nd3 29.
Bc3) 28... Nd3 29. Rd2 Nxb2 (29... Rdg8 30. Bg7 {[%cal Gh5h6]}) 30. Bg7 Rhe8
31. h6 {[%csl Gh6]} a5 32. h7 $18 {Rest is very simple} a4 33. Qf3 $1 Qb4 34.
Rf2 c3 35. Rf8 $1 {This rook had a splendid career in this game!} Qb3 1-0

[Event "Sao Paulo zt 2.4"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2003.09.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Teixeira, Ricardo da Silva"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.09.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Re1 (
8. g3 {[%cal Gh2h4]}) 8... Be7 9. Bd3 (9. Be3 O-O 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Qd2 cxd4 12.
cxd4 Rfc8 13. Nc3 Na5 14. Qe2 Nc4 15. Bc1 Bb4 16. Rb1 Qa5 17. Ng5 Bxc3 18. bxc3
Qxc3 19. Rxb7 Ncxe5 $132 {0-1 Tilak,S-Nenashev,A/Calcutta op 1996 (23)}) 9...
Qb6 $146 (9... cxd4 $142 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Bc2 (11. Nc3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13.
Nb5 Qb6 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Bd2 Qd8 $13 {Papapostolou,C-Raedeker,B/GER t-chS 2000/
EXT 2002/0-1 (39)}) 11... Nb4 12. Bb3 Qa6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Qd2 Qd3 15. Nc3 Qxd2
16. Bxd2 O-O 17. a3 Nc6 $11 {Gwaze,R-Rodgaard,J/Bled Olympiad 2002/1-0 (105)})
10. dxc5 $1 Bxc5 11. Qe2 {[%cal Gb2b4]} a5 12. h4 Ngxe5 ({It is not easy to
assess positions arising after} 12... O-O $5 13. h5 Ngxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
Qxe5 Bxf2+ 16. Kh1 Bxe1 17. Qxe1 f6) 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qxe5 Bxf2+ 15. Kh1 (15.
Kf1 $143 Bxe1 16. Qxe1 Bb5 $1) 15... Bxe1 16. Qxe1 O-O 17. Na3 Rfe8 18. Qe3 Qd8
$6 {As know how badly this move turned out for Black in this game, I dare
suggesting} (18... Qxe3 $142 19. Bxe3 e5 20. Nb5 Rec8 $13 {But, of course,
that would have been another game!}) 19. Qg3 {[%csl Gc1,Gd3,Gg3]} e5 20. Bh6 {
Black should have stuck to a passive defense} Qf6 (20... g6 21. Rf1 $36) 21.
Bg5 Qb6 22. Rf1 e4 $2 {A mistake after which black will find himself in very
big troubles} (22... Qxb2 $4 23. Bh6 (23. Bf6 g6 24. h5) 23... g6 24. Qf3 f5 $8
25. Qxd5+ Be6 26. Qxe5 Re7 27. Bc4 $18) ({Black should have preferred} 22... f5
$142 $8 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 Qxb2 $132) 23. Bf6 g6 24. Bd4 Qxb2 $2 (24... Qe6
$5 25. Rf6 (25. Be2 $36) 25... Qe7 26. Be2) 25. Qg5 (25. Qd6 $5 Be6 26. Bb5 $18
) 25... Re6 26. Qh6 f6 27. Rxf6 $18 Re7 28. Rxg6+ hxg6 29. Qh8+ (29. Qh8+ Kf7
30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. Qg8#) 1-0

[Event "Recklinghausen"]
[Site "Recklinghausen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Black "Kummerow, Heiko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. g3
Be7 9. h4 O-O {Possible move, but I prefer} (9... cxd4 $5 {for example,} 10.
cxd4 O-O 11. h5 Nh8 12. h6 g6 13. Nc3 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Be3 Nf7 16. Nh2 Nd6
$13 {0-1 Lederer,Y-Psakhis,L/Kfar-Saba 1993 (44)}) 10. h5 Nh8 11. h6 g6 12.
dxc5 $5 {Or 12.Be3 cd 13.cd f6} Bxc5 13. c4 f6 $1 {N/ Clearly stronger, than} (
13... dxc4 14. Nc3 Be7 15. Ne4 {[%csl Rc5,Rd6,Rf6,Rg5,Rh8]} g5 16. Bxg5 Bxg5
17. Nfxg5 Nxe5 18. f4 Nd3 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. Qxd3 $16 {1-0 Gdanski,J-Przewoznik,
J/POL-ch 1992/EXP 29 (26)}) 14. cxd5 (14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Nc3 (15. cxd5 Nd4 $1
16. Be3 $5 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Bxe3 18. fxe3 exd5 $15) 15... Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 $36)
14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Bc4 Qb6 $15 17. dxe6 $6 (17. Qe2 $1) 17... Bxe6 $2
{Why not} (17... Bxf2+ 18. Kg2 Bc6+ 19. Kh2 (19. Bd5 Bd4 $1 20. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 21.
Kh3 Rxf1 22. Qxf1 Rf8 $19) 19... Rf3 20. e7+ Nf7 {with big advantage!?}) 18.
Bxe6+ Qxe6 19. Nc3 Nf7 20. Ne4 (20. Qd5 $5) 20... Bd4 (20... Be7 $5) 21. Qg4
Qb6 $2 {After simple} (21... Qxg4 $1 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Nxg4 Rac8 $15 {Blacks
position is perfect.}) (21... Rae8 $5) 22. Bd2 $1 Rae8 (22... Rac8 23. Rac1
Rxc1 24. Rxc1 $36) 23. Rac1 Rd8 $6 24. Rc2 Kh8 25. Kg2 $16 {[%csl Rh8]} Rfe8
26. Qf3 $1 Rf8 (26... Qe6 27. Bg5 $1 Rc8 (27... Nxg5 28. Nxg5 Qd5 (28... e4 29.
Qf7 $1 (29. Qf8+ $5) 29... Qxf7 30. Nxf7+ Kg8 31. Nxd8 Rxd8 32. Rd1 $18) 29.
Nf7+ Kg8 30. Nxd8 Qxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Rxd8 32. Ke4 $18) 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Bf6+ Kg8
30. Bg7 $18) 27. Ba5 $1 $18 Qe6 28. Bxd8 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Gonfreville"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 (6. Be2) (6. Bd3 $5) 6...
Bb5 7. b4 (7. c4 $5 Bxc4 8. Bxc4 dxc4 9. d5) 7... cxd4 8. Bxb5+ $1 Qxb5 9. cxd4
Nd7 10. Nc3 Qc6 11. Na4 $5 {The future of this variation depends upon the
evaluation of this move.} ({White failed to get any advantage after} 11. Bb2
Nb6 12. Nd2 Ne7 13. O-O Nf5 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Ne2 Be7 $11 {[%csl Rb2] 0-1
Alekseev,E-Rustemov,A/Russia 2001/ (30)}) (11. Bd2 $5 Nb6 12. O-O Ne7 13. b5
Qc4 14. a4 Nf5 15. a5 Nd7 16. Ra4 $36 {1-0 Voelker,S-Taudte,S/BL2 0001 2001/
GER (42)}) 11... Ne7 $146 {Despite its obviousness, Black's last move looks
like a novelty} (11... Nb6 12. Nxb6 (12. Nc5 Nc4) 12... axb6 13. Bb2 Ne7 (13...
Nh6 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Rc3 Be7 16. Bc1 $5 $16) 14. O-O Nc8 15. Rc1 Qd7 16. Rc3 $16
{Torre,E-Bagamasbad,E/Greenhills op 1997/1-0 (58)}) 12. Be3 Nb6 (12... Nf5 $5)
13. Nxb6 Qxb6 14. O-O {This position doesn't look too dangerous for Black, but
Grischuk has some advantage in space and ready for active operations on both
flanks.} Nc6 (14... Nf5) (14... Qb5 $5 15. a4 $5 Qd7 16. b5 Nf5 17. Qd3 Be7 $13
(17... Nxe3 $6 18. fxe3 Be7)) 15. Ne1 $1 {[%cal Ge1d3,Gd1g4]} Be7 (15... a5 16.
Qa4 Be7 17. Nd3 O-O 18. b5 Na7 19. Rab1 $36) 16. Qg4 g6 17. Nd3 {Surely White
keep some advantage, but he needs to invest a very big effort to get something
real.} O-O (17... a5 $5 18. Nc5 $14) 18. Nc5 Qc7 (18... Bxc5 $2 19. bxc5 {
[%cal Ge3g5,Gg4h4]}) 19. Rac1 Rfc8 20. h4 $5 {Here Black should play very
accurately in order not to get the worst position.} (20. Rc3 $5 {[%cal Gf1c1]})
20... b6 21. Nd3 Qd7 22. h5 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gd3f4] Despite the reduced
material, White can still generate dangerous threats on the king's side} Bf8 (
22... a5 23. b5 Nd8 24. a4) 23. Nf4 Bg7 (23... b5 $5 {[%cal Ga7a5]} 24. Nd3 a5
25. Nc5 Qe8 $132) 24. h6 Bxh6 $2 {Important moment.I have feeling that better
chances for defense Black could keep} (24... Bh8 {[%csl Rh8]}) ({in the case of
} 24... Bf8 $5 25. Nh5 Be7 $13) 25. Nh5 $1 (25. Nxg6 $143 $6 fxg6 26. Bxh6 Ne7
$13) 25... Bg7 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Qh4 $40 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6]} Kg8 (27... h5 28.
Qf6+ Kh7 29. g4 Qe7 $1 30. Qf4 $1 (30. Rxc6 Qxf6 31. Rxc8 Qf3 $1 32. Rxa8 Qxg4+
$11) 30... g5 31. Qh2 h4 32. f4 $40) 28. Bg5 f5 (28... h5 29. Bf6 {[%cal Rg2g4,
Rc1c3]}) 29. exf6 Nd8 (29... e5 $5 30. f4 $5 e4 31. f5 $1) 30. Qh6 Rc4 $2 {
Last mistake.Saving himself from one threat, Black is under a new one.} ({
It is not easy to assess positions arising after} 30... b5 $142 {[%cal Gc8c4]
for example} 31. Rc5 $140 Rxc5 32. dxc5 Nc6) 31. Rxc4 dxc4 {[%tqu "En","How
white must play now?","","","d4d5","Final breakthrough!",10,"f1e1","",0]} 32.
d5 $1 {Final breakthrough!} (32. Re1 {[%cal Gd4d5]}) 32... a5 33. Re1 Ra7 34.
f7+ $1 (34. f7+ Nxf7 (34... Qxf7 35. Bxd8 exd5 36. Bxb6 $18) 35. dxe6 Nxh6 36.
exd7 Rxd7 37. Bxh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "NED-ch58"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2003.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Janssen, Ruud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 (6... Bb5 7. c4 $5)
7. cxd4 Bb5 8. Nc3 Bxe2 9. Nxe2 Nc6 (9... Ne7 10. O-O Nec6 11. Rb1 a5 12. Be3
Nd7 13. h4 Be7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Qd2 O-O 17. Rbc1 Rfc8 18. h5 Qb4
$13 {Grischuk,A-Gurevich,M/Cannes 2001/CBM 82/[Psakhis]/0-1 (56)}) 10. h4 $146
(10. O-O Nge7 11. Rb1 (11. Ng3 Rc8 12. Be3 g6 13. Bg5 Bg7 14. Qd2 h6 15. Bf6
Bxf6 16. exf6 Ng8 17. Rfe1 $36 {Nunn-Polgar,J/Monaco 1994/0-1 (41)}) 11... Ng6
12. h4 h5 13. b4 Qd8 14. b5 Na5 15. g3 Ne7 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Nf4 $36 {1/2-1/2
Sakaev,K-Anastasian,A/Dubai op 2003}) 10... a5 11. h5 h6 12. Kf1 a4 13. g3 a3
14. b3 Nge7 {[%cal Ge7c8,Gc8a7,Ga7b5] Black is trying to take advantage of
White's last move to occupy in future weak square  c3.} 15. Kg2 Nc8 16. g4 N8a7
17. Be3 Nb5 {All those moves were so typical, that I had big troubles to write
any comments to them!} 18. Rh3 Rc8 19. Ne1 {[%cal Gf2f4,Ge1d3]} Nb4 20. f4 Nc3
(20... Be7 21. f5 Qc6 {[%cal Gc6d7]} (21... Kd7 $5)) 21. Nxc3 Rxc3 22. f5 Be7
23. Qd2 ({The following does not give anything good to White} 23. Bxh6 $2 Rxh3
24. Bxg7 Rh4 $5 25. Bxh8 exf5 26. Nf3 Rxg4+ 27. Kf1 Qh6 $19) 23... Qc7 24. Bf4
Rc6 $2 {Playing pretty good and interesting chess up to here, Janssen did not
bear the pressure of the struggle.} (24... Rxh3 $140 $1 25. Rc1 (25. Kxh3 exf5
26. gxf5 Qd7 {[%cal Gd7h3]}) 25... Qd7 26. fxe6 Qxe6 27. Kxh3 g6 $5 $36 {
[%csl Rh3]}) 25. f6 $1 gxf6 26. exf6 Bd6 $8 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. Rc3 {[%csl Rh6]}
Kd7 $6 (28... Rg8 $140 $5 {[%cal Gg8g5]}) 29. Nf3 $36 {[%cal Gf3e5]} Rxc3 30.
Qxc3 Nc6 31. Qe3 (31. b4 $5) 31... Kc7 (31... Rg8 32. Kh3) (31... Qb4 32. Rc1 {
[%csl Rd7]}) 32. Kh3 Kb8 33. Rc1 Ka7 ({The following deserves consideration} 
33... Qb4 $5 34. Ne5 Nxe5 (34... Nxd4 35. Nxf7 $18) 35. Qxe5+ Ka7) 34. Ne5 $1 {
[%csl Ge5] White's advantage can be seen with the naked eye but it is
difficult to believe that Black will make just three moves up to end of the
game.} Nxe5 35. dxe5+ Qb6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... d4 36. exd6 dxe3 37. Kg3 $16)
36. Rc5 $1 Qb4 1-0

[Event "Groningen Harmonie"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2002.12.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O fxe5 8. Nxe5 (
{Worth considering} 8. dxe5 $5 {keeping knights on the board, for example} Qc7
9. c4 d4 10. Bf4 h6 11. Bd3 O-O-O 12. Nbd2 g5 13. Bg3 Be8 14. a3 Bh5 15. Qa4
Bg7 16. b4 g4 17. b5 gxf3 18. bxc6 b6 {1-0 Motylev,A-Guid,M/Wch students
Argentina 1997 (26)}) 8... Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. c4 (10. f4 $5 O-O-O 11. c4 Ne7
12. Nc3 Bc6 13. Bg4 Qd7 $13) (10. Bh5+ $5) 10... d4 11. Bf4 (11. Re1 $5) 11...
O-O-O 12. Nd2 Bc6 13. Bd3 {I don't like this move, and white had good reasons 
to exchange light-coloured bishops, playing} (13. Bf3 $5 {for example} Ne7 14.
Be4 Ng6 15. Bg3 $14) 13... g5 $5 14. Bg3 ({It will be interesting to check} 14.
Bxg5 $5 {with possible continuation} Qg7 15. Qg4 $1 h6 (15... Be7 16. Ne4 Bxe4
17. Bxe4 Qxg5 18. Qxe6+ Kc7 19. f4 Qh6 20. Qg4 $36 {[%cal Gf1f3,Gf3b3]}) 16.
Qxe6+ Bd7 17. Bf6 Bxe6 18. Bxg7 Bxg7 19. f4 $44 {with good compensation for
the pawn.}) 14... h5 $1 15. h3 (15. h4 gxh4 16. Bxh4 Be7 {[%csl Rg1]}) 15... g4
16. hxg4 $146 ({Black did very well after} 16. h4 Nh6 $1 {[%cal Gh6f5]} 17. Ne4
Nf5 18. Ng5 Nxg3 $1 19. Nxe6 (19. fxg3 Qxe5 20. Qe1 $1) 19... Qxe5 20. Re1 Ne4
$1 21. Nxd8 Bd6 22. g3 Rxd8 $17 {0-1 Smeets,J-Rogers,I/NED t-ch 0001 2001 (38)}
) 16... h4 $1 {Black sacrifice pawn, but the attack, which he gets, more than
compensates for the material deficit} 17. Bh2 (17. Bf4 Bg7 $5 {[%cal Gd8f8]} (
17... h3 18. Be4 hxg2 19. Kxg2 Ne7 20. Bg3 $13)) 17... h3 18. f4 {Jonkman
takes too much risk - his kingside lacks protection and to allow Black to
creat serious threats on the king's side.} (18. gxh3 Rxh3 {[%cal Gc7e5]} 19.
Qe2 Bg7 20. f3 Ne7 $40 {[%cal Rd8h8]}) ({Safer were to play} 18. f3 $5 $13)
18... hxg2 19. Rf2 Qg7 $1 {White should have stuck to a passive defense} 20.
Rxg2 ({It is not easy to recommend for White and} 20. Ne4 {-} Rxh2 $1 21. Kxh2
Qh7+ 22. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 23. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 24. Qf3 Qg6 $5 25. f5 Qg7 $17) (20. Qe2 Rh3
{[%cal Rh3e3]}) 20... Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qh6 (21... Nh6 22. g5 Nf5 $17) 22. Bg3 (22.
Nf1 Qh3+ 23. Kg1 Nh6 $19) 22... Qh3+ 23. Kf2 Nh6 {Black has now all the trumbs
in his hand!} 24. Be2 Be7 (24... Rg8 $5) 25. Ne4 (25. g5 Nf5 26. Qg1 Rdf8 $19)
25... Bh4 $19 {Black calmly brings more pieces into attack, making White's
survival impossible} 26. g5 (26. Bf3 Rdf8 $19) 26... Bxg3+ 27. Nxg3 Qh2+ 28.
Kf3 Nf5 ({Maybe} 28... Nf7 $1 {[%cal Rf7e5,Rf7g5] could win even easy!}) 29.
Nf1 (29. Qg1 Nxg3 30. Qxh2 Rxh2 $19) 29... Rh3+ 30. Ke4 d3 $1 (30... d3 31.
Qxd3 Qg2+ 32. Bf3 Rd4+ 33. Qxd4 Qxf3#) 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.02.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Afek, Yochanan"]
[Black "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Noyon"]
[BlackTeam "Drancy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. a3 a5 6. Nf3 Bd7 7. Be2 a4 {This line
bacome very popular in modern practice.} 8. O-O Nc6 9. Bd3 ({White get nothing
after} 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. c4 Nge7 11. Nc3 Nd4 $1 12. cxd5 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Nxd5 14.
Nxd5 exd5 15. Rd1 Bb5 16. Qe1 Bc4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Peng Xiaomin-Kaidanov,G/
USA-China Summit Seattle 2001/CBM 82 (25)}) 9... Na5 10. Bc2 Nc4 {[%csl Gc4]
[%cal Gc4b2]} 11. Ra2 {[%csl Ra2] This move looks quite strange, but it is not
bad.} (11. Ng5 $5 {leads to big and unclear complications after, for example}
Be7 $5 12. Nxh7 g6 13. Ng5 Nh6 14. Ra2 Nf5 15. Nf3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nh4 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Volkov,S/EU-Cup Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92 (41)}) 11... Ne7 12.
Nbd2 (12. Re1 Nc6 (12... Bb5 $5) 13. Bxa4 N6xe5 14. Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. b3 Nd6 16.
c4 $5 dxc4 17. d5 Qxb3 $132 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Gurevich,M/Cannes World Cup of
Rapid Chess 2001/CBM 82 (86)}) 12... Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Bb5 14. Re1 Nc6 15. Be3 h6
$5 $146 {Novelty.} ({White got clear edge after} 15... Bc4 16. Ra1 Qxb2 17. Rb1
Qxc3 18. Rxb7 Ba6 19. Rc7 Rc8 20. Rxc6 $1 Rxc6 21. Bxa4 Bb7 22. Qb1 $36 {
Grischuk,A-Gurevich,M/World Cup-qf Cannes playoff 2001/ 1-0 (63)}) 16. Ra1 Qa7
$5 {[%cal Gb7b6]} 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 {Worth consideration} (18. Nd4 $5 Nxd4
19. cxd4 Be7 20. Qg4 $36 {with some initiative.}) 18... Qxc5 19. Qd2 (19. Nd4
$5) 19... O-O 20. Rad1 Bc4 21. Bb1 {Afek just wasting time, he will get small,
but stable advantage after} (21. Re3 $5 f6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Rde1 $14) 21... f5
$5 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Nd4 ({Again} 23. Re3 $5 {was not a bad idea -} Raf8 $140
24. Qc2) 23... Re8 24. Re3 $6 {A mistake after which Afek will find himself in
trouble.} ({He could continue} 24. Qc2 $5 e5 $140 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Nf5 Qf8 27.
Ne3 $36 {with nice position}) 24... e5 {Without special effects, Black
obtained great position.} 25. Rde1 $6 (25. Qc2 $5) 25... e4 (25... Ref8 $142
$17) 26. f3 Ref8 $1 27. h3 ({There wasn't a rescue in} 27. Bc2 Ne5 28. Bxa4 Ng4
$1) 27... Nxd4 28. cxd4 Qd6 $17 {It is clear now that Black has an advantage
all around the board.} 29. Qf2 Rf4 (29... b5 $5) 30. Qg3 h5 $1 {Legky
systematically improves his position, and White hasn't already chances for
successful defense.} 31. Bc2 Qf6 (31... h4 32. Qf2 b5 {[%csl Rc4,Rf4]}) 32. Kh2
h4 33. Qf2 Qxd4 $19 {Black has both positional and material advantage, so the
rest is pretty clear.} 34. Bxa4 exf3 35. Rd1 (35. gxf3 Rxf3 36. Rxf3 Qxf2+ 37.
Rxf2 Rxf2+ 38. Kg1 Rxb2 $19) 35... fxg2 $5 36. Rxd4 Rxf2 37. Rxh4 Rxb2 38. Re1
(38. Re8 b5) 38... Rf1 0-1

[Event "Santiago Entel Cup"]
[Site "Santiago de Chile"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Black "Cubas, Jose Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2004.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. a3 (6. Bd3 $5) (6. Na3 $5)
6... c4 (6... a5 $5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 $13) 7. g3 Na5 8. Nbd2 Bd7 9. Bg2 (
9. Rb1 Nb3 10. Nxb3 Ba4 11. Nfd2 cxb3 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O Bb5 14. Re1 Bd3 15.
Ra1 Bc2 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Nf1 Na5 18. Ne3 $36 {Rodriguez Valencoso,J-Zucchelli,M/
Mislata op 1999//1/2-1/2 (48)}) (9. h4 Nc8 10. Ng5 Nb6 11. Qh5 Qe7 12. Be2 h6
13. Nh3 Ba4 14. Bd1 Bxd1 15. Qxd1 Qd7 16. a4 O-O-O 17. h5 Be7 18. O-O Rdg8 $132
{0-1 Formanek,E-Pert,N/Hastings Challengers 2003/(73)}) 9... Bc6 $5 $146 {
[%cal Gd8d7,Gc6a4]} (9... Nb3 10. Nxb3 Ba4 11. Nfd2 $5 Nc6 12. Qe2 cxb3 13. O-O
b5 14. f4 g6 15. g4 $36 {Rada Equiza,M-Gonzalez Diez,E/San Augustin op 2000//
1-0 (39)}) (9... Nc8 $5 {[%cal Gc8b6,Gd7a4]} 10. O-O Nb6 11. Ne1 Qc7 12. f4 h5
13. Nc2 O-O-O 14. Ne3 f5 {1/2-1/2 Peng Xiaomin-Zhang Zhong/Beijing Tan Chin
Nam Cup 2000/ (14)}) 10. O-O Qd7 11. Qe2 Ba4 12. h4 $5 {[%cal Gh4h5] Typical
idea for this variant: White is trying to get additional space on the king
side.} (12. Ne1 $5) 12... h6 13. h5 O-O-O 14. Nh4 {[%cal Gf2f5]} Nec6 (14...
Rg8 $5 15. f4 $140 g6 {[%cal Ge7f5]}) 15. f4 Bc2 {In my opinion Black has
solved all openings problems and has rather comfortable play here.} 16. Nxc4 $5
{Interesting exchange sacrifice.Other case white can't pretend for any
advantage} (16. Qg4 Ne7 {[%cal Gg7g6]}) 16... Nb3 $1 17. Be3 ({Worth
considering} 17. Qxc2 Nxa1 18. Qb1 Nb3 19. Nd2 Nxc1 20. Rxc1 Be7 21. Nhf3 Kb8
$132) 17... Nxa1 18. Rxa1 Bh7 19. Nd2 Be7 20. Nhf3 {[%cal Gc3c4,Gb2b4]} g6 $5 {
Black correctly starts counter play on the king side.} 21. b4 (21. hxg6 Bxg6
22. b4 Kb8 {[%cal Gg6f5,Gh6h5]}) 21... gxh5 22. Nb3 Rdg8 23. b5 Nd8 24. Kh2 Be4
(24... Rg7 $5 {[%cal Gh8g8]} 25. Nc5 Qc7) 25. Nbd2 Bf5 26. c4 h4 (26... Kb8 $5)
27. gxh4 Rxg2+ $6 {I dare say this is the major cause of Black's defeat.} (
27... Rg7 $142 {with possible continuation} 28. cxd5 Rhg8 29. Rg1 (29. Bh1 Rg3
$1) 29... exd5 $17) 28. Kxg2 Rg8+ 29. Kh2 Rg4 (29... Kb8 30. c5) 30. Rg1 (30.
h5 f6 $1 {[%cal Gd7e8]}) 30... Bxh4 (30... Rxg1 31. Kxg1 Bxa3 32. c5 Bb4 {
with sharp position, but, I beleive, Black keeps at least equal chances.}) 31.
Rxg4 Bxg4 32. Qg2 Bxf3 33. Nxf3 Be7 34. Qc2 dxc4 (34... Kb8 $5 35. f5 exf5 36.
cxd5 Qxd5 $13) 35. Qxc4+ {[%csl Rd8]} Qc7 36. Qb3 Bf8 (36... f6 $5) 37. a4 b6
38. d5 $1 Qb7 $6 {After this move there is no doubt of White's overwhelming
advantage.Maybe Black had to play} (38... exd5 $142 39. Qxd5 Qc2+ 40. Kh3 Qf5+
41. Kg2 Qc2+ 42. Nd2 Bb4 $14 {and Black has chances for successful defense.})
39. Qc2+ (39. d6 $5) 39... Kd7 ({Black could play} 39... Bc5 40. Bxc5 Qc7 {
but any case white's advantage is more than obvious}) 40. Qc6+ $5 {Nice idea,
bit I am not sure that White could win this endgame, in the case of perfect
play of his opponent.} (40. d6 $142 $1 {[%csl Gd6,Ge5]}) 40... Nxc6 41. dxc6+
Qxc6 42. bxc6+ Kxc6 43. Nd4+ Kd5 (43... Kd7 44. Kh3 $18) 44. Nb5 Ke4 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] Cubas lost will to ressistance and in a bad moment!} ({I didn't
found how white could win after} 44... a6 $142 {for example} 45. Nd6 $5 (45.
Nc7+ Kc6 $1 46. Nxa6 (46. Ne8 b5) 46... Kb7 {[%csl Ra6]}) (45. Nc3+ Kc4 46. Nd1
b5 {[%csl Gb5]}) 45... Bxd6 $1 46. exd6 Kxd6 47. Bxb6 e5 $1 48. f5 Ke7 49. Kg3
Kf6 50. Kg4 h5+ $11) 45. Bc1 a6 46. Nd6+ $1 $18 Kd3 (46... Kd5 $142 47. Nxf7 b5
48. axb5 axb5 49. Kg3 b4 50. Kg4 $18) 47. Nxf7 Be7 (47... b5 48. axb5 axb5 49.
Nd8 $18) 48. Nd6 {[%cal Gf4f5]} b5 49. axb5 axb5 50. Nxb5 Ke4 51. Kg3 h5 52.
Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O Qb6 $5 {
Interesting move} ({More common line is} 7... fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 {
in this ussue you can check possible continuation of the fight in the game
Jonkman,H-Sweets/Groningen Harmonie 2002}) 8. a3 (8. dxc5 $5 Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10.
c4 dxc4 (10... Nxe5 $5 11. cxd5 Qxb4 $13) 11. Na3 $1 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13.
Nxc4 Qxb4 14. a4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Degraeve,J-Bricard,E/FRA-ch Val d'Isere 2002/CBM
91 (26)}) ({According to all accounts White get nothing after} 8. b3 fxe5 9.
dxe5 Nh6 10. Bf4 Nf7 11. Re1 Be7 12. h4 O-O-O 13. c4 d4 14. Nbd2 Rdg8 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Jonkman,H-Janssen,R/NED-ch Leeuwarden 2002/The Week in Chess 398 (43)})
8... fxe5 9. dxe5 $5 $146 {[%cal Gb2b4]} ({White failed to get any advantage
after} 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ne7 $1 $11) 9... c4 $5 10. Nbd2 (10. b4 cxb3 11.
Be3 Qc7 12. Qxb3) 10... Na5 (10... Qc7 11. Re1) 11. Nd4 Bc5 12. N2f3 ({Worth
considering} 12. Rb1 $5 {preparing move b2-b4, for example} Ne7 (12... Bxd4 13.
cxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxc4 $1 Qxd1 15. Nd6+ $16) 13. b4 cxb3 14. N2xb3 $14) 12... Ne7
13. Qc2 (13. Be3 $5 O-O (13... Qxb2 $2 14. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 15. Bxc5 $16) 14. Qd2
Nf5 15. Nxf5 Rxf5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 $13) 13... O-O 14. Be3 Nf5 $5 15. Nxf5 Rxf5 {
[%csl Re5]} 16. g4 (16. Bd4 Nb3 {[%cal Gd7a4]}) (16. Bxc5 Qxc5) 16... Rxf3 $6 {
[%mdl 512] Appetite comes with eating, for some reasons Stellwagen avoids
simple} (16... Rff8 $5 {with possible contination} 17. Ng5 g6 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19.
Kg2 d4 $1 20. cxd4 Qxd4 $15) 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxf3 Nc6 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gd7e8,
Ge8g6,Gd5d4]} 19. Rae1 d4 ({It is easy to recommend knowing what happened in
the game} 19... Rf8 $5 20. Bg2 Rf4 21. h3 Qe7 {with some compensation for
exchange}) 20. cxd4 (20. b4 $5 cxb3 (20... Qb6 21. Be4 d3 22. Qd2 $16) 21. Qxb3
Nxe5 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. cxd4 Qxd4 24. Qg3 $1 Qxg4 25. Rxe5 Qxg3+ 26. hxg3 Rxb7
$16) 20... Nxd4 21. Qc3 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Bc6 23. Qe3 Qd5 24. f3 {Surely that
Black got some compensation for the exchange, but I don't see how he can
improve position} Rd8 (24... b6 25. Rd1 Qb5 26. Rf2 $16 {[%cal Gg1g3]}) 25.
Qxa7 $5 Qb5 26. Rf2 Rd3 27. Qb8+ Kf7 {Without special effects White obtained a
winning position} 28. h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Stellwagen has as many lives as a
cat! After} (28. Qh8 Qc5 29. Kg2 Kg6 30. h4 $18 {White could win without to
many troubles. Now game takes compleatly different direction}) {It is not a
bad move, but} 28... Qb6 $2 {[%cal Rb6f2,Rd3d8]} (28... Qa5 $1 29. Re4 Rd8 $1
$19 {wins at once!}) 29. Qh8 Rxf3 30. Ref1 $2 {It looks that Jonkman lost
interest to the game} ({I didn't find how Black could win in the case of} 30.
Ree2 $8 {for example} Qd4 (30... c3 $5) 31. Qxh7 Qxg4+ 32. Rg2 Qd4+ 33. Ref2
Qxe5 $13) 30... Qd4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rg1] Now game is over} 31. Qxh7 Qxg4+ 32. Kh2
(32. Rg2 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Qxg2+ $19) 32... Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Rxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 11th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.04.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 {This move becomes
very popular in modern practice, but I don't sure, that old} (6... c4 {is
weaker.}) 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 (8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. cxd4 Bd7 10. Be2 Rc8 11. O-O Bg7
12. Qd2 O-O 13. Ra2 f6 14. b5 Na5 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Qe3 Rf5 $132 {
0-1 Bosch,J-Lputian,S/Wijk aan Zee-B 1999/CBM 69 (28) leads to sharp and
complicated game.}) 8... Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 Nh6 (10... Nfe7 $5 11. Nc3 Na5
12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. h4 Be7 15. g5 h6 16. gxh6 Rxh6 17. h5 Nh4 18. Qg4
Nf5 19. Bd3 $14 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Radjabov,T/Wijk aan Zee-A 2003/}) 11. h3 (11.
Rg1 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Nc3 Nf7 14. Rc1 Bh6 15. Rc2 Ne7 16. h4 Bf4 17. Bd3 h6
18. Re2 Qc7 19. Qb3 Nd6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Bauer,C/FRA-ch Val d'Isere
2002/}) 11... Be7 ({Black could also play} 11... f6 12. Bd3 Nf7 {[%csl Re5]
putting pressure on the e5 point.}) ({Worth considering and} 11... Rc8 $5) 12.
Bd3 (12. Nc3 $5 O-O 13. Na4 Qd8 14. Nc5 Rb8 15. Bd3 Be8 16. Qb1 g6 17. Qc1 $36
{Haba,P-Koutsin,S/Wattens op 1999/EXT 2001/1-0 (42)}) 12... Rc8 13. Nbd2 $146 {
Novelty. After} (13. Qd2 Ng8 14. O-O f6 15. Re1 fxe5 16. dxe5 Nh6 17. Nd4 Nf7
18. Nxc6 Bxc6 {1-0 Merenkov,M-Podlesny,P/Moravia-ch 1996 (36) Black equalized
without problems.}) 13... Nb8 {[%cal Gd7b5]} (13... a5 $143 $2 14. b5 $16) (
13... Na5 $6 14. Rc1 $36) 14. Qe2 {Timman prevents the exchange of
light-coloured bishops.} a6 {Black is persistent!} 15. Nb1 $1 Nc6 ({After} 
15... Bb5 16. Bxb5+ axb5 17. Nc3 Rc4 18. Nd2 $1 {white's chances are clearly
better.}) 16. O-O O-O 17. Nc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3a4]} Nxd4 $2 {Brave, but wrong
decition. I agree that greedness is an integral quality of a strong player,
But at this moment Curt takes too big obligations!} ({Right was} 17... Qd8 {
for example} 18. Qe3 (18. Na4 $6 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bxa4) 18... f6 $1 19. exf6 Rxf6
20. g5 Rxf3 $1 21. Qxf3 Nxd4 (21... Bxg5 $5) 22. Qg2 Nhf5 {with some
compensation for exchange}) 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 128]
It's hard to believe that Hansen missed this move, but certainly he
underestimated it!} Bxf6 ({It is clear that Black can't play} 20... gxf6 21.
exf6 Bd6 22. Qd2 $18) 21. exf6 Bb5 {Finally, but the time has been missed
already!} ({But and in the case of} 21... e5 $5 22. Qxe5 (22. Bxe5 Rfe8 23. Qb2
$16) 22... Qxf6 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Bxf6 {White would keep solid advantage}) 22.
Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Qe3 {[%cal Re3g5] Simple and strong move, White calmly brings
more pieces into attack, making Black's survival impossible.} d4 $8 24. Bxd4
Rfd8 25. Rfd1 $6 {Probably, White could win much easy after} (25. Rac1 $1 {
for example} Rc6 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. fxg7 $18) 25... Rd5 {Suddenly White is back
in the game! Timman is still winning, but he has to be very careful.} 26. Bb2
$1 {Avoiding sly trap -} (26. fxg7 {allowed Black to play} Nxg4 $1 27. hxg4 Qd7
$1 {[%csl Rd4,Rg4][%cal Ge6e5,Gd7d1] and it is difficult already for White to
keep balance, for example:} 28. Rd2 e5 29. Bc3 Rxc3 $1 30. Rxd5 $2 Qxg4+ $19)
26... Rg5 (26... g5 27. Rxd5 Qxd5 28. Rc1 Rd8 29. Be5 $18) 27. Rac1 Re8 28. Qf4
(28. f4 Nxg4 29. hxg4 Rxg4+ 30. Kf2 Qf5) ({Worth considering simple} 28. Qd3 $5
{with big advantahe}) 28... Rg6 29. Rc5 Qe2 ({Or} 29... Qa4 30. Rd3 gxf6 31.
Bxf6 Nf5 32. Bb2 h5 33. Kf1 $18) 30. Rd2 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qf1 (31... gxf6 $2 32.
Rc1 $18 {[%csl Re1] lose immediately.}) (31... e5 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Qxe5 Qxe5+
34. Bxe5 gxf6 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Bd4 $18 {[%csl Rd4,Rd8]}) 32. Rh5 (32. fxg7 f5
33. Rc1 (33. g5 Nf7 34. h4 h6) 33... Qb5 34. gxf5 Nxf5 35. Qe5 $18 {was good
enough}) ({was , probably , the easiest way to the victory} 32. Qf3 $142 $5 $18
{[%csl Rf1][%cal Rd2d1]}) 32... Nf5 (32... Qb1 $142 $1 33. fxg7 $140 Nf5) 33.
Qf3 {Beggining of the end!} Nh6 ({Doesn't help and} 33... Qb1 34. Qe2 {[%csl
Rf5][%cal Gd2d1]}) 34. fxg7 f5 {Desperation!} 35. g5 {[%csl Rg6,Rh6]} Nf7 36.
Bf6 ({Missing a simple combination -} 36. Rxh7 $1 Kxh7 37. Qh5+ Nh6 38. g8=Q+
Rexg8 39. Rd7+) 36... Nxg5 37. Bxg5 h6 38. Rd1 Qb5 39. Bxh6 Qe5+ 40. Kh1 Qf6
41. Be3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Norilsk Nikel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Be7 (9... Bd7 $5 10. g4 Nh6 11. Rg1 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Nc3 Nf7 14.
Na4 Qc7 15. Rc1 Qf4 16. Rc3 Ng5 17. b5 Na5 18. Nxg5 fxg5 19. Bc1 Qxh2 20. Rgg3
Bd6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Savic,M-Lputian,S/BIH t-ch Neum 2002/CBM 90 (30)}) 10. Bd3 $5
({White failed to get any advantage after} 10. h4 a5 $5 11. b5 a4 $1 12. g4 Nh6
13. Nc3 Nxg4 14. Nxa4 Qa5+ 15. Nd2 Qxa4 16. Qxg4 Nxe5 17. Qxg7 Ng6 18. h5 Bf8
19. Qf6 Be7 20. Qg7 Bf8 21. Qf6 Be7 22. Qg7 {1/2-1/2 Sandipan,C-Dolmatov,S/
Moscow Aeroflot op 2002/CBM 88 (22)}) 10... Bd7 11. O-O $5 {The future of this
variation depends upon the evaluation of this position.} (11. Bxf5 exf5 12. O-O
Be6 13. Nc3 Qd8 14. Qd2 g5 $5 15. Nb5 h6 16. Bc3 a6 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Qxd6
19. a4 f6 $13 {Kamsky,G-Dokhoian,Y/Pavlodar 1987/0-1 (61)}) 11... Rc8 $146 ({
Black employed a different plan in the next game} 11... g6 12. Bc2 a5 13. b5 $5
Qxb5 14. Nc3 Qb6 15. Rb1 Na7 16. Na4 Qc7 17. Rc1 Bc6 18. Bd3 O-O 19. g4 Ng7 20.
Kg2 f5 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Ne5 Raf8 $132 {Erenburg,S-Stepashkin,E/RUS-ch B18
Kolontaevo 1998/1-0 (52)}) (11... Ncxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qg4) 12. Nbd2 {
[%cal Gd2b3,Gb3c5]} g5 {Dolmatov made very interesting and agressive moce,
nevertheless I believe that such opening strategy can be punished by energetic
play.} (12... a5 $5 13. b5 Ncxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qg4 Nf5 16. Bxf5 exf5 17.
Qxg7 Rf8 18. a4 $5 {[%csl Rd7]} (18. e6 $5)) 13. Nb3 h5 (13... g4 14. Ne1 h5
15. Nc2 $36 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gb3c5]}) 14. Rc1 g4 15. Ne1 a5 $8 16. Bxf5 $5 (16.
b5 Ncxd4) 16... exf5 17. Nd3 axb4 18. Nbc5 Be6 (18... bxa3 19. Bxa3 Nxd4 20.
Nf4 $5 (20. Nxd7 Kxd7 (20... Rxc1 21. Bxc1 Kxd7 22. Be3 {[%cal Re3b6]}) 21. Rb1
$40) 20... Bxc5 21. Nxd5 $16) 19. axb4 Qb5 (19... Nxb4 $4 20. Qb3 $18) 20. Nf4
{An optimal place for the knight} Rh6 (20... Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Qxb4 22. Bc3 $16)
21. Bc3 Bg5 {Black desperately tries to cover the dark squares.} (21... b6 22.
Ncd3 $5 $16) 22. Bd2 Bxf4 $8 (22... Nxd4 $2 23. Ncxe6 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 $18) 23.
Bxf4 Rg6 24. Be3 $5 $16 {[%cal Gc5d3,Gd3f4] Without "special effects" White
obtained a practically winning position.} Rg8 ({Perhaps Black should have
considered} 24... h4 $5) 25. Re1 Ne7 $6 26. Qd2 h4 (26... b6 27. Nb7 $1 {
[%csl Rd6]}) 27. Bg5 $1 h3 28. Bxe7 Kxe7 29. Qh6 (29. Nxe6 $142 $5 Rxc1 (29...
fxe6 30. Qh6 $18) 30. Rxc1 fxe6 (30... Kxe6 31. Qh6+ Rg6 32. Qf8 $18) 31. Qh6
$18) 29... Rc6 ({There wasn't a rescue in} 29... Qb6 30. Qh4+ Ke8 31. Nxe6 Rxc1
32. Rxc1 Qxe6 33. Rc7 $18) 30. Qf6+ Ke8 31. Ra1 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 {Shabalov. McShane} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6
6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 Be7 10. h4 $1 h5 (10... Bd7 11. g4 Nh6
12. Rg1 Na5 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Rxc8 Rxc8 16. Qb1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4
18. Bc3 Bc6 19. Ng5 $16 {1-0 Bangiev,A-Schuh,D/Travemunde op 2002 (27)}) 11.
Bd3 g6 {Shabalov: 'This was a "golden" game of the 2003 US Championship. 8
people were tied for first before the last round with +3 and a little drama in
a fight for $25,000 first prize was expected. However, 3 of 4 leading pairs
were out with the draws after only 15 minutes play. So, the winner of this
game was to become the new US champion. The young Armenian player, often
mistaken for his more titled compatriot Vladimir Akopian, is one of the finest
products of the late Armenian chess school. He had immigrated into the US less
than 2 years ago and already established himself of one of the most solid
players on the US chess scene. His participation in the US championship
decisive game is without any doubt a huge step forward in his career. His
black repertoire is quite expectedly includes Tarrash defence on 1.d4 and
French on 1.e4. However, I was able to find almost no games for him on the 3.
e5 French. So, instead of Akobian I had to spent a night before preparing for
Lputian and his favorite 9...Bd7. I also had to keep in mind that his most
recent game saw'} (11... a5 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Nc3 Be6 14. b5 a4 15. Qd3 (15.
O-O Na5 16. Qxa4 O-O 17. Rfc1 Nc4 18. Qb3 Qd8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Cubas,J-Marques,V/
Sao Jose de Rio Preto 2003/The Week in Chess 430 (29)}) 15... Na7 16. O-O Rc8
17. Bc1 Rc4 18. Ne2 $5 (18. Rd1 Nxb5 19. Ne2 Qc6 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Nc3 $15
{Grischuk,A-Lputian,S/Bled Olympiad 2002/0-1 (45)} 22. Nxc3 Rxc3 23. Qe2 g6 24.
Rd3 O-O 25. Rad1 Rc8 26. Rxc3 Qxc3 27. Qb5 Qb3 28. Rb1 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Qxb5 30.
Rxb5 Rc4 31. Rxb7 Rxd4 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Re7 Rxh4+ 34. Kg3 Re4 35. Rxe6 Kf7 36.
Rf6+ Ke7 37. Rxg6 Rg4+ 38. Rxg4 fxg4 39. Kf4 Kf7 40. f3 gxf3 41. Kxf3 Ke6 42.
Kf4 h4 43. Kg4 Kxe5 44. Kxh4 Kf4 45. g3+ Ke4 {0-1 Grischuk,A-Lputian,S/Bled
SLO 2002(45).}) 18... Qxb5 19. Bg5 Qb3 20. Qxb3 axb3 21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. Rfb1
Rhc8 23. Rxb3 $36 {1-0 Vysochin,S-Polivanov,A/St Petersburg Chigorin mem 2002 
(45)}) 12. Bxf5 {Shabalov: 'Akobian's choice is also very fashionable.'} gxf5
13. Nc3 Rg8 14. g3 $146 {'!?' Shabalov. This is a novelty, but the idea is
quite typical for this variation: White prepares to move his king to the g2
Shabalov: 'Here I decided to deviate from previous Grischuk games.'} (14. O-O
Rg4 15. Ne2 Bd7 (15... a5 {(Shabalov) !?}) 16. g3 O-O-O 17. Bc1 $1 Rdg8 18. Kh1
Kb8 (18... Nd8 {(Shabalov) !?}) 19. Bf4 Ka8 20. Qd2 $36 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Zhang
Pengxiang/CHN-RUS Summit Shanghai 2001/CBM 85/[Psakhis] (31)} f6 21. exf6 Bxf6
22. Rfc1 e5 23. dxe5 Bxh4 24. Nxh4 Qxf2 25. Ng2 h4 26. Rf1 hxg3 27. Rxf2 gxf2
28. e6 Bxe6 29. Qe3 Bf7 30. Qxf2 d4 31. Rd1 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Zhang Pengxiang/
Shanghai CHN 2001(31).}) ({While in the first game white's thoughts were
mostly about survival} 14. Ng5 {Shabalov} Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd5 Nc2+ 17.
Kd2 exd5 18. Kxc2 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Rxg5 20. Bd4 Be6 21. g3 Kd7 22. Be3 Rg4 23. Bf4
Rgg8 24. Kd3 Rgc8 25. Rac1 Rc4 26. Rxh5 a5 27. Rxc4 dxc4+ 28. Kc3 Kc6 29. a4
Rd8 30. b5+ Kc7 31. Kc2 Rd3 32. Bd2 b6 33. Rh4 Ra3 34. Kb2 Rb3+ 35. Kc2 Ra3 36.
Kb2 Rd3 37. Kc2 Bd5 38. Bc3 Be4 39. Kb2 Rd1 40. e6 fxe6 41. Be5+ Kd7 42. Rh7+
Ke8 43. Rh8+ Kf7 44. Rb8 Rd3 45. Bc3 Rf3 46. Rxb6 Rxf2+ 47. Ka3 Rf3 48. Kb2
Rf2+ 49. Ka3 Rf3 50. Kb2 Rf2+ {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Sakaev,K/Tomsk RUS 2001(50).}
) 14... Bd7 {'!' Shabalov. Shabalov: 'But my opponent was playing at blazing
speed up to this point, so I became suspicious...  Excellent reaction. Black
is trying to open the weakened white's queenside.'} 15. Bc1 {The ideo of this
move is clear: to get control over the g5-square Shabalov: 'White's intentions
are also pretty clear. They are leaving his queenside pawns defenseless and
ready to sacrifice them in order to keep his king safe and bring a knight on
f4. Which strategy is going to prevail?'} Rc8 16. Ne2 {McShane: 'White aims to
make use of the dark square weaknesses on the kingside, and in the meantime
Black is developing dangerous counterplay on the queenside. The position is
very unbalanced.'} a5 17. b5 $5 {[%mdl 512] Quite typical pawn sacrifice,
sometimes it is more dangerous for White to allow to his opponent to open the
game on the queen's side. But, to be honest, I think that Shabalov: 'There's
no way to justify white's strategy otherwise.'} (17. bxa5 Nxa5 18. Bg5 Bb5 (
18... Qb3 {(Shabalov) led to an endgame, therefore wasn't considered as an
option.}) 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Nf4 {is also worth considering}) 17... Qxb5 18. Bg5
{White is always happy to exchange dark-squared bishops in similiar pawn
structures.} a4 19. Rb1 {Shabalov: 'Again I saw no other option as 19...Qb3
threatened.'} ({I would prefer the modest and safe} 19. O-O $5 {with not bad
compensation for the pawn, but Shabalov doesn't like modest continuations.})
19... Qa5+ 20. Kf1 Bxa3 {So Black took a second pawn and it looks for me that
he is OK, but white's active light pieces can produce a lot of problems for
the Black monarch. McShane: 'A second pawn goes, but soon Black's queenside
pieces end up in a tangle.' Shabalov: 'No need to say what a computer thinks
about this position. But I remember that I felt pretty confident at this point
as Nf4 always promises white at least some counterplay.'} 21. Ra1 {'!'
Shabalov. Shabalov: 'A tricky move. a4 pawn is a way more important than b7.'}
(21. Kg2 b5) (21. Rxb7 {Shabalov} Nb4 22. Qd2 (22. Kg2 {Shabalov} Qa6) 22...
Rc4 23. Rb8+ (23. Kg2 {Shabalov} Qa8) 23... Bc8 24. Kg2 Qa7 $17) 21... Qb4 {
McShane: 'Unfortunately a4 was loose.' Shabalov: 'A tough move. It is hard to
say if it had to be preffered, but'} (21... Bb2 22. Rxa4 Qb5 {[%cal Gb5f1]
could be met by} 23. Kg2 $1 (23. Ra2 {Shabalov} Bxd4 24. Nfxd4 Nxd4 25. Qxd4
Qb1+ 26. Nc1 Rxg5 (26... Rxc1+ {Shabalov} 27. Kg2 Qxa2 28. Rxc1) 27. hxg5 Rxc1+
(27... Qxc1+ {Shabalov} 28. Kg2 Qxg5 {!?}) 28. Kg2 Rxh1 29. Ra8+ Bc8 30. Rxc8+
Kd7 31. Qc5 Qf1+ 32. Kf3 Qd3+ 33. Kg2 Qf1+ {In my opinion that was black's
only chance to survive in this game.}) 23... Nxe5 $140 (23... Nb4 $1) 24. Nxe5
Qxa4 25. Nxd7 $1 Qxd7 26. Qb3 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Re8] and b2-bishop is trapped.})
22. Nf4 {Shabalov: 'Now black is two pawns up, but his pieces are enormously
tangled on the queenside. Plus he really started falling behind on time at
this point.'} (22. Ne1 $5 {[%cal Ge1c2]}) 22... Rh8 23. Kg2 (23. Bf6 Rh6) 23...
b5 {[%csl Ga4,Gb5]} 24. Bf6 Rh6 25. Re1 {[%cal Ge1e3]} Qf8 {Shabalov: 'During
the game I thought this cannot be good, but amazingly enough it is also
computer's first choice.'} ({Worth considering was} 25... Na5 {[%cal Ga5c4]})
26. Qe2 Be7 $6 {Possibly first black's mistake} ({I am not sure that after} 
26... Na5 27. Ng5 Nb3 28. Rad1 Rc4 $1 {[%csl Rd4,Rh5] White will have enough
compensation for two pawns.} (28... Bc1 {Shabalov} 29. Nxh5 Qb4 {didn't come
yet. I can only hope I'll be dead by then.})) 27. Bg5 Rh8 28. Rec1 Rb8 (28...
Ba3 $5) 29. Rab1 {McShane: 'Black has kept his pawns, but it is difficult to
continue now. For example, 29...b4 30.Qa6! is very annoying.'} Bxg5 $2 {
Shabalov: 'An unfortunate exchange, but black can't keep his queen on f8
forever.'} (29... Na5 $5) ({Somehow i have feeling that it will be better for
Black to keep bishops on the board and from this point of view it will be
interesting to check} 29... Ba3 $5) 30. hxg5 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gg5g6] '+/-'
Shabalov. Now white's initiative more than compensates for the material deficit
} Qa3 {Shabalov: 'Many thought that was black's final mistake, but the
position is pretty tough to defend anyway.'} ({Better was} 30... Na5 {although
after} 31. g6 (31. Rc7 {Shabalov} Kd8 32. Ra7 Nc6 33. Ra6 $16) 31... Nc4 32.
Rh1 {White's attack is very dangerous.}) (30... b4 $2 {(Shabalov) allows white
queen too close} 31. Qa6 $16) 31. g6 $1 {McShane: 'Undermining Black's centre.'
} fxg6 (31... Rg8 32. Ng5) 32. Nxe6 $1 {'Possibly Black missed this blow in
his calculations! Shabalov: 'Black positions in center collapses.'} Bxe6 33.
Rxc6 Qe7 34. Rxb5 {Despite of his material advantage, Black can't hope for a
successful defence, there are too many White' pieces pointed at the black king.
} Kf7 35. Ng5+ $6 {'?' Shabalov. Shabalov: 'Stupid mistake that prolonged the
game for 25 moves.'} (35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Qa6 $1 $18 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gf3g5,
Gc6e6] wins immediately}) 35... Qxg5 36. Rc7+ {This rook had a splendid career
in this game!} Qe7 {McShane: 'Forced, as going to the back rank allows Rxb8+'}
37. Rxe7+ Kxe7 38. Rc5 {'!' Shabalov. Shabalov: 'At least some common sense
didn't leave me and white gets a passer before marching with his king all the
way to g7.'} Rhc8 39. Qa6 $18 Rxc5 40. Qa7+ Ke8 41. dxc5 {McShane: 'The dust
settles and White is winning.'} Rc8 42. Qxa4+ Bd7 43. Qd4 Be6 {Black is trying
to build a fortress, but his dark squares are too weak} (43... g5 $5) 44. f4 {
[%cal Gg2h3,Gh3h4,Gh4g5]} Ke7 45. Qb4 Rc6 46. Kh3 Bd7 47. Kh4 Kf7 48. Kg5 Ke7
49. Qb3 {Shabalov: 'It's better to grab d5 pawn before it started to move at
some unexpected moment.'} Re6 (49... Ke6 50. Kxg6) 50. Qxd5 {Rest is simple}
Bc6 51. Qa2 Bd7 52. Kh6 $1 {[%cal Gh6g7]} Be8 53. Kg7 Bd7 {Shabalov: 'It looks
like black managed to build some sort of a fortress, but white has a nice
final maneuvre.'} 54. Qh2 Rc6 55. Qh4+ Ke8 56. Qf6 $1 {Final blow! Shabalov:
'Not too complicated, but nevertheless a nice way to finish the tournament.'}
Rxf6 {Shabalov: 'Black cannot ignore this queen.'} (56... Be6 {Shabalov} 57.
Qf8+ Kd7 58. Kxg6 Ra6 59. Kxh5 Rc6 60. g4 fxg4 61. f5) 57. exf6 Be6 58. c6 g5 {
Shabalov: '!'} 59. fxg5 f4 60. g6 fxg3 61. f7+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal 4th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2003.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Qb6 10. O-O Rc8 11. Kh1 $5 (11. g4 Nfe7 12. b3 h5 13. h3 hxg4 14.
hxg4 Ng6 15. Be3 a5 16. Nce1 Ba3 17. Nd3 f6 18. Kg2 Kf7 19. Qd2 Qc7 20. Bf4 Qb6
21. Be3 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Rodchenkov,V-Danin,A/RUS-ch B20 Essentuki 2003/ (21)}) (
11. Qd3 h5 12. Bd2 a5 13. a4 Be7 14. Bc3 g5 $1 15. Rfb1 g4 16. Nfe1 f6 17. exf6
Bxf6 18. Rd1 Kf7 $36 {0-1 Stookalov,V-Savchenko,S/UKR t-ch Alushta 2000 (31)})
11... Na5 ({Worth considering} 11... Nb4 $5 12. Nxb4 Qxb4 13. a4 Qa5 $5 (13...
a5 $6 14. g4 Ne7 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. b4 $1 axb4 17. a5 Qd8 18. Bxb4 $16 {[%csl Re8,
Rh8] 1-0 Degraeve,J-Barsov,A/Montreal 2002/CBM 91 (43)}) 14. g4 Ne7 15. Bd2 Qd8
16. Ne1 Nc6 17. Nc2 Na5 18. Ne3 Be7 19. f4 O-O 20. f5 Nc6 21. Bc3 f6 $1 $13 {
with solid position.Move in the game leads to more complicated game.}) 12. g4 (
12. Nfe1 $2 Bb5 13. Nd3 Rxc2 $1 14. Qxc2 Nxd4 15. Qd1 Qa6 $19 {0-1 Borisek,
J-Ulibin,M/Bled op 2002/ (28)}) 12... Ne7 13. Nfe1 h5 $146 (13... Bb5 14. Nd3
h5 15. gxh5 Nf5 16. Be3 g6 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Rg1 Qc7 19. Nde1 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qh7
21. Nf3 g5 22. Rg2 $14 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Gulko,B/Esbjerg 2000}) 14. gxh5 $8 (14.
g5 $6) 14... Nf5 15. Bg4 $5 Nh6 ({Maybe Barsov could play} 15... Nc6 $5 16.
Bxf5 $140 exf5 17. Rg1 Be6 $13 {but move in the game is good enough.}) 16. Bh3
Nc6 ({I would prefer} 16... Bb5 $5 17. Rg1 Qa6 {[%cal Gb5e2] with active
possibilities.}) 17. b3 Kd8 {[%cal Gd8c7,Gc7b8]} 18. Ng2 Kc7 19. Nf4 {[%cal
Rf4d5]} (19. Bg5 $5) 19... Rd8 (19... Kb8 $1 20. Nxd5) 20. Rg1 Kb8 21. Bb2 {
[%csl Gd4,Gg1]} Ne7 {[%cal Ge7f5]} (21... Nb4 $5) 22. Ne3 (22. Ba3 Nef5 23.
Bxf8 Rhxf8 24. Rc1 $14 {also promised nice perspectives for white.}) 22... Nef5
23. Bc3 {[%cal Gd1d2,Gb3b4]} (23. Nxf5 $5 Nxf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Qf3 $14 (25.
Nxd5 $4 Bc6 $18)) 23... Rc8 24. Bb2 (24. Qd2 $5 Nh4 25. Rg3 N6f5) 24... Bb4 (
24... Rg8 $5) 25. Nxf5 Nxf5 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Rc1 {[%csl Rg7]} (27. Rxg7 $2 Qh6
$1) 27... Rcg8 (27... Rxc1 28. Bxc1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gc1e3]}) 28. Rg2 $1 {
[%cal Gf4d5]} Qh6 {This move may look active, but this is actually a mistake} (
{Worth considering} 28... Be6 $5 29. a3 Be7 30. Qf3 {[%cal Gc1g1] with very
complicated struggle with slightly better prospects for white.}) 29. Nxd5 $1
Bd2 30. Rc5 Bc6 31. f3 $2 {Charbonneau missed quite simple tactic -} (31. Rxc6
$142 $1 bxc6 (31... Qxc6 32. Ne7 Qh6 33. Nxg8 Rxg8 34. d5 $18) 32. Ne7 $18 {
[%csl Ge7][%cal Re7g8,Re7f5,Re7c6] could give white big advantage.}) 31... Bxd5
(31... Bg5 32. Nb4) (31... Rd8 32. Ne7 $18) 32. Rxd5 Bf4 33. Qe2 Qxh5 (33... g5
$5) 34. Rd7 Rc8 (34... Rh6 $5) 35. d5 {[%csl Gd5,Gd7,Ge5]} Ka8 36. d6 $6 {
During possible time trouble, White places himself under the beautiful shot!} (
36. e6 $5 fxe6 (36... Rc2 37. Qxc2 Qxf3 38. Kg1 Be3+ 39. Rf2 $16) 37. dxe6 {
[%csl Gb2]} Rc2 38. Qxc2 Qxf3 39. Bd4 Rxh2+ 40. Kg1 $18) 36... Rc2 $3 {
Seemingly, this move escaped Carbonneau attention.} (36... a6 $16) 37. Qxc2
Qxf3 38. Bd4 (38. Kg1 Be3+ 39. Rf2 Bxf2+ 40. Qxf2 Qd1+ 41. Kg2 Qg4+ $11) ({
To be honest I don't know what happens now - Maybe Barsov lost on time?! It
looks that he easily could make draw -} 38. Bd4 Rxh2+ 39. Kg1 Rxg2+ 40. Qxg2
Qd1+ 41. Qf1 Qxd4+ 42. Kg2 Qe4+ 43. Qf3 Qc2+ $11) 1-0

[Event "Montreal 4th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2003.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 $6 {I don't like this
move, because White can prepare and play the important move b2-b3 without any
problems. Black had in this moment many other moves with a better reputation,
for example:} (6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5) (6... Bb5) (6... Nc6) (6... a5 $5) 7.
Nbd2 Nc6 8. b3 $1 cxb3 9. Nxb3 Na5 10. Nxa5 Qxa5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Bd3 $36 {
[%csl Gd3,Re8] White's chances are clearly better now: his pawn structure is
stable and pieces are active.} h6 (12... Ne7 13. Qb3 Rc8 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Qxb6
axb6 16. Rb1 Rc6 17. Bb5 Nc8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. a4 b5 20. axb5 cxb5 21. Ra1 Be7
22. Bc1 Bd8 23. Ba3 Nb6 24. Bc5 Na4 25. Bb4 f6 26. Ke2 Kf7 27. Rhb1 {Antoli
Royo,J-Recuero Guerra,D/ESP-chJ Gran Canaria 2002/1-0 (56)}) 13. O-O Ne7 14.
Qe2 (14. Nh4 $5 g6 15. g3 Nc8 $6 16. Bxg6 $5 Bb5 17. Qg4 fxg6 18. Nxg6 Bxf1 19.
Qxe6+ Ne7 20. Nxh8 Bd3 21. Nf7 $40 {Motylev,A-Hort,W/Hoogoween op 2003}) 14...
Nc8 15. Be3 $146 (15. a4 Nb6 16. a5 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Qxc4 dxc4 19. Rfb1
Bc6 20. Ne1 Rc8 $13 {0-1 Karklins,A-Matanovic,A/Houston 1974 (38)}) 15... Nb6
16. Nd2 $5 (16. Rfc1 Nc4) 16... Bc6 $6 ({As know how badly this move turned
out for Black in this game, I dare suggesting} 16... Qxc3 $5 17. Rfc1 Qb2 18.
Rab1 Qxa3 $132) 17. f4 {[%cal Rf4f5]} g6 $8 18. Rfc1 Qd7 19. a4 $5 Nxa4 (19...
a5 20. c4 $5 dxc4 21. Nxc4 Nd5 22. Be4 $36) 20. c4 Nb2 ({It is not easy to
assess position arising after} 20... dxc4 $5 21. Nxc4 Bb4 22. Rcb1 Be7 $13) 21.
cxd5 exd5 $8 (21... Qxd5 $2 22. Be4 Bb5 23. Bxd5 Bxe2 24. Bxb7 $18) (21... Bxd5
$2 22. Bb5 Bc6 23. Ne4 $18) 22. Bb1 Bb5 23. Qf3 Nd3 (23... Bb4 $5 24. f5 $40)
24. Rc3 Rc8 (24... Nb4 25. f5) 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Qf1 $1 {A very annoying move!
} (26. Rxa7 $5) (26. Qxd5 a6 27. Ba2 $40) 26... Qc3 (26... Qf5 27. Rxa7) 27.
Rxa7 $18 {It seems that Black's position can no longer be saved.} Bb4 ({After} 
27... Be7 28. Rxb7 {further casualties are unavoidable.}) 28. Ra8+ Ke7 29. Rxh8
Nxe5 30. Qxb5 (30. Qe1 $18) 30... Qxe3+ 31. Kh1 Nc6 32. Nf1 1-0

[Event "Mario Covas 3rd"]
[Site "Santos"]
[Date "2003.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2003.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 {This interesting
move leads to complicated game , but in modern practice Black usually prefer} (
6... Nh6 $5) ({or} 6... Nge7) 7. O-O fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. c4 $5 {
[%cal Gb1c3]} (10. Re1 O-O-O 11. Bf4 Ne7 $13) 10... Ne7 (10... d4 11. Bf4 Ne7 (
11... O-O-O 12. Nd2 Bc6 $13) 12. Nd2 Ng6 13. Bh5 Bc6 14. Bxg6+ hxg6 15. Bg3 Qf7
16. Re1 Qf5 17. Qb3 Be7 18. f3 O-O 19. Ne4 g5 20. h3 $14 {1-0 Cherniaev,
A-Mostafavi,K/St-Jean op 2002 (36)}) 11. Nc3 d4 12. Ne4 ({Worth considering} 
12. Nb5 $5 {for example} Bxb5 13. cxb5 Qxe5 14. Re1 {with good chances for
initiative.}) 12... Qxe5 13. Re1 (13. Bf3 Nc6 14. Re1 Be7 15. Bg4 Qc7 16. Qf3
O-O-O 17. Qh3 e5 18. a3 h5 19. Bxd7+ Qxd7 20. Qd3 Rhf8 21. Bd2 $44 {Sandipan,
C-Alekseev,V/Senden op 2002/1-0 (51)}) 13... O-O-O 14. Bf3 $146 (14. Ng5 Qf6
15. Ne4 Qe5 16. Ng5 Qf6 17. Ne4 Qe5 {1/2-1/2 Shugalya,I-Raidna,R/corr 2002/
Telechess CBM 91 (17)}) 14... Re8 (14... Bc6 $5 15. Bd2 {[%cal Ge4g5]}) 15. b4
$1 {Milos managed to find a clue to the position!} cxb4 (15... Bc6 $2 16. bxc5
Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Qf6 18. Rxd4 $18) 16. a3 {Playing in gambit style, Milos got
dangerous initiative.} (16. c5 Nd5 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Rxe5 Bxe5 $132) 16... Nc6
17. axb4 ({It's quite possible, that} 17. c5 $5 {even stronger that move in
the game. Continuation could be} Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Ba3 Qb5
21. Bd6 $40 {[%csl Rc8,Gd6,Gf3]}) 17... Bxb4 18. Bd2 Bxd2 (18... Be7 $5) 19.
Qxd2 Kc7 (19... Ref8 $5 {[%cal Gf8f3]}) 20. Reb1 {[%csl Rc7]} ({I think that
White rightly avoided the line} 20. Ng3 Qf6 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Rxa7 $132) 20...
d3 (20... Ref8 21. Rb5 Qf4 22. Qb2 b6 23. c5 $40) 21. Nc3 ({This position
probably requires more active decisions:} 21. c5 $5 {[%cal Re4d6]} Ra8 (21...
Rd8 22. Rxa7 $1) 22. Qxd3 $40) 21... Rb8 (21... Qc5 22. Qxd3 Ne5 23. Rxb7+ Kc8
24. Qb1 $1 $18) 22. Nb5+ Kd8 23. Qxd3 Ke7 24. Qa3+ (24. Nxa7 $5) 24... Kf6 25.
Re1 Qf4 26. Qc3+ $2 {This move may look active, but this is actually a mistake!
} (26. Re4 $1 Qf5 (26... Qg5 27. h4 $1) 27. Nd6 Qg5 28. Rd4 $3 $18 {[%cal
Rd6e4]}) 26... Kf7 {White's chances are still better, although, the lion's
share of advantage had been already missed.} 27. g3 (27. Rad1 $5) 27... Qf6 28.
Nd6+ Kg8 29. Qa3 {It is very understandable that Milos want to keep queens on
the board, but simple} (29. Qxf6 gxf6 30. Bxc6 Bxc6 31. Rxe6 Kg7 32. Rxa7 Ra8
33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. Kf1 $16 {leads also to clear advantage of white.}) 29... Nd4
(29... Rf8 30. Bg2 Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 $44) 30. Be4 Bc6 31. Qxa7 Rd8 32. Bxc6 (32.
Qb6 Rxd6 $1 33. Ra8+ Kf7 34. Bxc6 (34. Rxh8 Nf3+ $1 $19) 34... Nf3+ 35. Kf1
Rxa8 36. Qxb7+ Qe7 37. Qxe7+ Kxe7 38. Bxf3 $11) 32... bxc6 {[%cal Rd4f3]} 33.
Reb1 $5 (33. Ne4 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Nxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Qd4 36. Qa6 $44) 33... h5 (33...
Rxd6 $2 34. Rb8+ Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Qxd8 36. Qb7 $16) 34. Ne4 Qf5 35. Rb7 Qg6 ({
Black should have preferred} 35... Nf3+ 36. Kh1 (36. Kg2 Nh4+ $1) 36... Qe5
$132 {with very complicated struggle}) 36. Rd7 ({Worth considering} 36. f4 $5
e5 (36... Nf3+ 37. Kh1 h4 $132) 37. Ng5 exf4 38. Qxd4 $1 Qxg5 39. Rxg7+ Qxg7
40. Qxd8+ Kh7 41. Qd3+ $36) 36... Nf3+ 37. Kg2 Rf8 (37... Rxd7 38. Qxd7 Nh4+
39. Kf1 Nf3 (39... Qxe4 $2 40. Qe8+ $18) 40. Qxc6 $16) 38. Qc5 $1 Kh7 (38...
Qxe4 $2 39. Qxf8+ $1 $18) 39. Raa7 Nh4+ 40. Kg1 Nf5 41. h4 (41. f4 $5 Rhg8 (
41... Kh6 42. Ng5 Rf6 43. Qxc6 $16) 42. Ng5+ Kh8 43. Nf7+ Kh7 (43... Rxf7 $5
44. Rxf7 Qg4) 44. Ne5 $40) 41... Rhg8 42. Ng5+ Kh8 43. Kg2 $2 {White cracks
under pressure!} (43. Rac7 $142 $5 Ra8 44. Rxc6 $18) 43... Rf6 44. Qxc6 $2 (44.
Rf7 $5 $36 {One mistake very often follows another.}) 44... Ne3+ $3 {Lucky
escape!} 45. fxe3 Qc2+ 46. Kh3 Qf5+ 47. Kh2 Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Satyapragyan, Swayangsu"]
[Black "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2003.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 a5 ({I like to play in
this position} 6... c4 {which leads to different kind of the game.}) 7. Bd3 Bd7
8. O-O cxd4 (8... a4 $5) 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nc3 Qxe5 {Although
this reply has proved quite popular, I remain suspicious about its value.} ({
I would prefer more cautious} 11... Qb6 $5 {with possible continuation.} 12.
Qe2 Ne7 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Nb5 Nxe5 15. Be3 Qd8 16. Rac1 Nc6 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Rfe1
Be7 $13 {0-1 Sandipan,C-Barua,D/Mumbai Commonwealth-ch 2003 (65)}) 12. Re1 Qd6
(12... Qb8 13. Nxd5 b6 14. Qb3 Bd6 15. Bb5 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bc7 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18.
Qb5+ Kd8 19. Bg5+ Nf6 20. Nxf6 Kc8 21. Ne8 Kb7 22. Nxc7 Qxc7 23. Rac1 Qb8 24.
Red1 Rc8 25. Rd7+ Rc7 {1-0 Keller,C-Lichenski,J/Val Thorens 2002 (25)}) 13. Qf3
(13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Qf3 Bd6 15. Qxd5 Bxb5 16. Qxb5+ Ke7 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. g3 a4 $13
{1/2-1/2 Gdanski,J-Bezold,M/BL2-O 1997 (25)}) 13... Nf6 14. Nb5 $5 $146 {
Despite its obviousness, White's last move looks like a novelty.} ({It's easy
to play with black pieces after} 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Be7 17. Qh5
Bf6 18. Rac1 g6 19. Qh6 $44 {0-1 Haimi,A-Hodokainen,J/Finland 1998 (23)}) 14...
Bxb5 15. Bxb5+ Kd8 16. Be3 {It looks that White got great compensation fo two
pawns.} e5 17. Bg5 h6 ({Difficult to recommend to Black and} 17... e4 {because
of} 18. Qb3 Rc8 19. Red1 $5 {and natural} Rc5 $8 {just lose after} 20. Rac1
Rxc1 21. Rxc1 $18 {with decisive attack}) 18. Bxf6+ gxf6 ({Difficult to
believe that Black can safe game after} 18... Qxf6 19. Qxd5+ Kc7 20. Rac1+ Kb8
21. Rxe5 $16) 19. Rad1 d4 20. Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Everything becomes clear -
White get big advantage after he managed to eliminate Black's most important
defender.} (20. Qxb7 $2 Rb8 $17) 20... Qxd4 21. Rd1 Qxd1+ ({Doesn't change
estimation of position and} 21... Kc7 $5 22. Rxd4 exd4 23. Qxf6 Bc5 24. Qxf7+
Kb6 25. Bd3 $16) 22. Qxd1+ Kc7 23. Qd7+ Kb6 24. Bc4 $16 {[%csl Ra8,Rb6,Gc4,Gd7,
Rh8]} h5 25. h4 $1 {White has gained total control over the position and only
needs to find a plan of breaking through.} Rh6 (25... a4 $5) 26. Qb5+ Kc7 27.
Bd5 {Formally Black has material parity, but his pieces are useless and cannot
safe king.} Rb8 28. Qxa5+ {Harvest time!} Kd7 29. Qb5+ (29. Bxf7 $5 Bd6 30. Qd5
Kc7 31. Bxh5 $1 $18) 29... Kc7 30. Qc4+ Kd8 31. Bxf7 Bd6 (31... Rc8 32. Qd5+
Kc7 33. Bxh5 $1) 32. Be6 (32. Qe6 $142 $5 Kc7 (32... Be7 33. Qd5+ Kc7 34. Qa5+
$1 b6 35. Qc3+ $18 {[%csl Rh6]}) 33. Be8 Rh7 (33... Rd8 34. Qf7+ Kb6 35. Qg7 {
[%csl Rh6]}) 34. Qc4+ Kb6 35. Qd3 $18 {[%cal Rd3d6,Rd3h7]}) 32... f5 $5 {
Sacrifising a pawn but hope to get some counterplay.} (32... Ke7 33. Qd5 Rd8
34. Bf5 $18) 33. Bxf5 Ke7 34. Be4 (34. Qb5 $5) 34... Rf6 35. b4 {[%cal Ga3a5]}
Rf4 36. f3 (36. g3 $5) 36... b5 37. Qc1 Rg8 38. Qc6 Rb8 $8 39. g3 Rff8 40. Kg2
$18 {[%csl Rb5,Re7,Rh5] Generally speaking White has a technically winning
position. Black maybe could play little bit longer? but he can't changed
already result.} Rf6 (40... Rfc8 41. Qd5 Rf8 42. Bd3) 41. Qd5 Rc8 42. Qxb5 Rc1
43. Qd3 Ra1 44. Qe3 (44. Qb3 $5 {[%cal Gb3g8]}) 44... Bc7 45. Qg5 (45. b5)
45... Rxa3 46. Kh3 Raa6 (46... Rb3 47. Bd5 Rxb4 48. Qg7+ $18) 47. b5 Rad6 (
47... Rab6 48. Bc6) 48. Qxe5+ Kf8 49. Qxh5 Bb6 50. Qh8+ (50. g4 {[%cal Gg4g5]})
50... Kf7 51. Bc6 Bd4 52. Qe8+ Kg7 53. Qe7+ Kg8 54. g4 $1 Rxc6 55. bxc6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,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 "England"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Bxf5
exf5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Ne2 h6 11. h4 Qa5+ {New, but I am not sure good move.
White king will fill very comfortably on f1, and queens also occupys square
vey usefull for knight.} (11... g6 12. Nf4 Be7 13. g3 Qb6 14. Kf1 Kd7 15. Kg2
Rag8 16. Nd3 Kc8 $13 {0-1 Zifroni,D-Soffer,R/Tel Aviv 1995 (50)}) (11... Be7
12. Nf4 Rc8 (12... Qb6 13. Kf1 O-O-O 14. h5 Kb8 15. Rh3 Rhe8 16. Rg3 Bf8 17.
Kg1 Rc8 18. Ne2 Rc7 19. Nc3 Rec8 20. Na4 Qb5 21. Bf4 b6 $11 {0-1 Hendriks,
W-Glek,I/NLD t-ch 1996 (40)}) 13. Bd2 O-O 14. a3 Na5 $13 15. Bb4 $6 Bxb4+ 16.
axb4 Nc6 17. Qa4 Qb6 18. b5 Ne7 $15 {Bonsh-Vaganian, BL 1997}) 12. Kf1 Be7 13.
Kg1 Rc8 14. Nf4 g6 15. a3 Qb6 {[%cal Ya7a5]} 16. b4 $5 a5 17. Rb1 axb4 18. axb4
Na7 (18... Nxb4 $2 19. Bd2 Rc4 20. Nd3 $18) 19. b5 $1 Rc4 {It will be not easy
for White to prove advantage after risky} (19... Nxb5 $5 20. Qa4 Qa6 21. Qxb5+
Qxb5 22. Rxb5 Rxc1+ 23. Kh2 Rxh1+ (23... Rc7 24. Rhb1 $5) 24. Kxh1 g5 $1 25.
Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 g4 27. Nd2 Bxh4 28. g3 Bg5 29. Nc4 Ke7 30. Rb5 Rb8 $13) 20.
Rh3 Rb4 (20... Nxb5 $5) 21. Rxb4 Bxb4 22. Rg3 Kd7 23. Nxe6 Kxe6 {Strange, but
not very bad position for a K} 24. Bd2 Qxb5 ({Deserves attention} 24... Be7 $5)
25. h5 Bxd2 $2 {Serious mistake. Why not} (25... g5 $5 {and after} 26. Nxg5+ $5
hxg5 27. Rb3 Nc6 28. Bxb4 Qc4 (28... Nxb4 29. Qb1 $16) 29. Bc5 b5 (29... f6 $5
30. exf6 b5) 30. Rb1 g4 31. Rc1 Qa4 $132 {everything is not so terrible.}) 26.
Nxd2 g5 27. Rb3 Qc6 28. Qb1 $16 {[%cal Rb3b6]} b5 29. Ra3 $1 Ra8 (29... Nc8 30.
Nb3 f4 31. Nc5+ Ke7 32. Ra6 $1 Nb6 33. Ra7+ Ke8 34. Qf5 Rf8 35. e6 $18) 30. Qa1
Qb7 31. Nb3 {Pin and weak king almost deprive Black chances for succesful
defence.} Ke7 32. Nc5 Qc7 33. Ra6 $18 Kf8 34. Rxh6 Rc8 35. Rf6 (35. Qa6 $1 {
Wins immediately, but any case Black,s position is desperate.}) 35... Kg8 36.
Rxf5 Nc6 37. Rxg5+ Kh8 38. Nb3 Nd8 39. Nc5 Nc6 40. Rf5 Rg8 41. Qc1 1-0

[Event "Olomouc After GP Mladi"]
[Site "Olomouc"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Biolek, Richard"]
[Black "Votava, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Petursson} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 Qb6 6. a3 a5 7. Bd3 Nh6
{N} (7... Bd7 $5) 8. O-O cxd4 9. cxd4 Nf5 10. Bxf5 (10. Nc3 $5 Nfxd4 11. Nxd4
Qxd4 (11... Nxd4 $2 12. Be3) 12. Re1 Qb6 (12... Be7 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. Qg4 g6 15.
Bh6 $36) 13. Qg4 Bd7 14. Bg5 $1 h5 (14... h6 $2 15. Nxd5 $1 exd5 16. e6 Bxe6
17. Rxe6+ fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Be7 19. Bxe7 $18) 15. Qg3 {(.)} Be7 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17.
Qxg7 Rg8 18. Qf6 Qxb2 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. Rab1 Qd4 (20... Qxa3 21. Bxb5+ Kf8 (
21... Nc6 $2 22. Bxc6+ bxc6 23. Rb7 Rf8 24. Reb1 $18) 22. Re3 Qa2 23. Bd3 $40 {
Yagupov,I}) 21. Bxb5+ Kf8 22. Bf1 $1 $44 {~/= Yagupov,I-Muchnik,L/Polanica
Zdroj 1993}) 10... exf5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. a4 $5 (12. Be3 Be7 13. Na4 Qb5 14. Rc1
O-O 15. Ne1 Rac8 16. Nd3 Rc7 17. Nac5 Rfc8 18. Rc3 Qb6 $11 {Bose,D-Popova,N/
WchJW-U16 Duisburg 1992/TD 92\06/0-1 (47)}) (12. Qd3 a4 13. Rd1 h6 14. Nh4 g6
15. g3 Be7 16. Ng2 Ra5 17. Rb1 Qb3 18. Nf4 b5 $13 {1-0 Korte,M-Sziraki,T/Eger
op 1991/EXT 91op2 (29)}) 12... h6 13. Nb5 Be7 14. Ne1 (14. b3 $5 O-O 15. Ba3)
14... O-O 15. Nd3 Na7 (15... Nb4 $5 {was stronger: the knight on d3 is more
dangerouse for Black than the knight on b5.}) 16. Nxa7 Qxa7 17. Be3 b6 18. Qh5
{[%cal Re3h6]} Qd7 $2 (18... Kh7 $1 $11) 19. Bxh6 $1 Rfc8 (19... gxh6 $2 20.
Qxh6 Rfc8 (20... f6 $1 {Petursson} 21. Nf4 (21. f4 $5 $44) (21. Rfe1 $5 $44)
21... Rf7 22. exf6 Rxf6 $1 (22... Bxf6 23. Rfe1 $1 Re8 24. Qg6+ Kf8 25. Ra3 $1
$18) 23. Ng6 Bd6 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Qh7+ Ke8 26. Qh8+ $11) 21. Nf4 {-Game}) 20.
Nf4 $1 gxh6 (20... Rc4 {Petursson} 21. Rad1 Rxa4 22. Rd3 Bf8 23. Rg3 $1 Rxd4
24. Bxg7 Bxg7 25. Qh6 Kf8 26. Qxg7+ Ke7 27. Qf6+ Kf8 28. Ng6+ Kg8 29. Qh8#) 21.
Qxh6 Qd8 {Sad reality.But} (21... Bf8 22. Qg5+ Kh8 (22... Kh7 23. Nh5) 23. Ra3
$1 Bxa3 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Nh5 f6 26. Nxf6+ Kf7 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Nxd7+ $18 {
is not better than move in text.}) 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kg7 24. f4 $18 Qe8
25. Rf3 (25. Qxf5 $18 {Petursson}) 25... Rc6 (25... Qf7 26. Rg3+ Kf8 27. Qh6+
Ke8 28. e6 Qf8 29. Qh7 $18) 26. Rg3+ Kh8 27. Rh3+ Kg7 28. Rg3+ Kh8 29. Rh3+ Kg7
30. Qxf5 Rh6 (30... Rg6 31. Qd3 Qc6 32. f5) 31. Rxh6 Kxh6 32. Qh3+ Kg7 33. f5
Bg5 34. Qg4 Kh6 35. Ra3 1-0

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2004.06.01"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Savic, Miodrag R"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.05.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sokolac"]
[BlackTeam "Prozor Rama"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Bd3 (
{As usual white prefer in this position to play} 8. g3 $5 {with possible
continuation} Be7 9. h4 cxd4 (9... O-O 10. h5 Nh8 11. h6 g6 12. dxc5 $5 f6 13.
c4 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 fxe5 15. cxd5 Bxc5 16. Nc3 Qb6 17. Ne4 Bd4 18. Bc4 exd5 19.
Bxd5+ Be6 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. Bxb3 Bxb3 22. axb3 Nf7 $11 {1-0 Jonkman,H-Bosman,M/
Utrecht-A 2001/ (50)}) 10. cxd4 O-O 11. h5 Nh8 12. h6 g6 13. Nc3 f6 14. exf6
Bxf6 15. Bf4 Nf7 16. Qd2 Kh8 17. Kg2 g5 18. Be3 Rg8 19. Rh1 Ne7 20. Rh5 Nf5 21.
Rah1 Be8 $13 {1-0 Zhigalko,S-Matlakov,M/Young Stars of the World Kirishi 2004/
(100)}) (8. Be3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bd3 Be8 12. a3 f6 13. exf6
Bxf6 14. Qc2 Be7 15. Qe2 h6 16. Nd2 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. Qxe6+ Bf7 19. Qe3 Bg5
20. Rad1 Qb6 $132 {1-0 Tischbierek,R-Kindermann,S/AUT t-ch 0304 2004/ (31)})
8... Rc8 9. a3 $146 {It seems this plan doesn't promise much.} (9. Be3 cxd4 10.
cxd4 Nb4 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Qd2 Rh5 14. g3 g5 15. g4 Rh3 16. Kg2 Rh6
17. a3 Nc6 $13 {1-0 Galan,A-Sustak,R/SVK t-ch2 1998 (39)}) 9... Be7 (9... Qb6
$5 10. dxc5 (10. Bc2 Qc7 {[%cal Rc7c2]}) 10... Bxc5 11. b4 Be7 12. Re1 Qc7 13.
Qe2 O-O $13) 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 f6 (11... Qb6 12. Nc3 (12. Bc2 Nh4 $1) 12...
Na5 $13 (12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nb5 $1 Qb6 15. Be3 Qd8 (15... Bc5 $2 16.
Nd6+ $18) 16. Nxa7 $36)) 12. Nc3 (12. exf6 $5) 12... fxe5 (12... f5 13. Nxd5
exd5 14. e6) 13. dxe5 O-O {Now we see, that black has succeeded to solve his
opening problems} 14. Bd2 (14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qd3 Rf5) 14... Be8 {Good
prophylactic move.} (14... Nf4 $5) (14... Nh4 $2 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. g3 Be7 17.
Qh5 g6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Bh6 $1 $18) 15. Rc1 Nf4 (
15... Nh4 16. Nxh4 Bxh4 17. g3 Be7 18. Qg4 $14) 16. Bxf4 Rxf4 {Black achieved
everything he wanted from the opening and all his pieces have occupied ideal
positions in this variation.} 17. Qc2 h6 $6 (17... Bh5 $142 $1 {[%csl Gh5]} 18.
Nd2 (18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Nd2 (19. Qd3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rh4 {[%csl Rh7]}) 19... Bc5
$17) (18. Ne2 Rf8 19. Nfd4 Qb6) 18... Bc5 $36) 18. Ne2 Rf8 19. Ng3 (19. Ned4 $5
) 19... Bd7 $2 {Drasko misses a wonderful opportunity of punishing White for
his carelessness.} (19... Rxf3 $1 20. gxf3 Bg5 $17 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rc8c1]})
20. Qd1 Qb6 21. Bb1 Bc5 (21... Qxb2 22. Qd3 Rxf3 $5 23. Qh7+ $1 (23. Qxf3 Bxa3)
23... Kf8 24. gxf3 Nxe5 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. Bg6 $1 $16) 22. Qc2
Ne7 $2 {Last mistake} ({Black should prefer instead} 22... Rxf3 $142 $1 23.
Qxc5 (23. gxf3 Nxe5 $1) 23... Qxc5 24. Rxc5 Rb3 $11 {with comfortable equality.
}) 23. b4 $1 {The fight has taken a favourable turn for White.} Bd4 (23... Be3
24. Qh7+ Kf7 25. Nh5 $1 Rxc1 (25... Bxf2+ 26. Kh1 Rg8 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Rf1 $18
{[%csl Gf1,Rf7,Gh5,Gh7] Transposes to the game}) 26. Qxg7+ Ke8 27. Nf6+ Rxf6
28. exf6 Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 Kd8 31. f7 $18) 24. Qh7+ Kf7 25. Nh5
Bxf2+ 26. Kh1 Rg8 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Rf1 $18 Qe3 (28... Nf5 29. Nf4 $18) 29. Qc2
$1 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nh6 7. O-O Nf5 8. Na3 (
8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. Nxd4 $5 Be7 11. Nf3 Be6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nbd2 Qc7
14. Re1 b5 $11 {0-1 Qin Kanying-Ulibin,M/Beijing op 1996 (52)}) (8. dxc5 $5
Bxc5 9. Bd3 Nh4 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Qe2 Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 g5 13. b4 Be7 14. a3 Qc7 15.
Re1 O-O-O 16. Bd2 Kb8 17. Rac1 $16 {1-0 Rozentalis,E-Zakharevich,I/St.
Petersburg Chigorin 1996 (26)}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Qb6 11. Be3
Nxe3 {N/ Black can and wait with this exchange, but Topalov don't want to be
in hurry with castle.} (11... O-O 12. Bd3 Rac8 13. g4 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Qd8 $13 {
1-0 Rosentalis,E-Zueger,B/Chiasso 1991 (33)}) 12. fxe3 Qd8 $5 (12... O-O 13.
Rb1 Qc7 14. Bd3) 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Rc1 (14. Rb1 Na5) ({Deserves attention} 14.
Qb1 $5 {[%cal Rd3h7,Rb1b7]} {but after} Rc7 (14... h6 15. e4 $5 (15. Qxb7 Rb8
16. Qa6 Rb6 17. Qa4 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 $1 Bxa4 19. Nxf7 Qe7 20. Nxh8 Qxa3 21. Bg6+
Kd7 $17)) 15. Bxh7 (15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Qe7 $13) 15... Qe7 16. Bd3 Qxa3 {
Black can get reasonable position.}) 14... Qe7 15. Rc5 O-O (15... b6 16. Rc3
O-O 17. Qc2) 16. Qb1 b6 17. Rc2 (17. Bxh7+ $6 Kh8 18. Rcc1 g6 (18... Qxa3 $5)
19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 Qh7 $15) 17... h6 18. Ba6 Rcd8 (18... Qxa3 $6 19. Bxc8
Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 Rxc8 21. Rfc1 $36 {[%cal Rc2c8]}) 19. Bb5 Na5 20. Rc7 a6 $1 21.
Rxd7 $6 {I suppose, that at that moment Shirov lost chances for advantage.
Stronger was to play} (21. Bxa6 $5 Qxa3 22. Qxb6 Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 $36 {[%csl Ra5]}
) 21... Rxd7 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Qxb6 Qb5 $1 24. Qxb5 (24. Rb1 Qd3 $1) 24... axb5
25. Rb1 Rc8 $44 26. Rxb5 Rc1+ 27. Kf2 Rc2+ 28. Kf1 {[%csl Ra2,Ra3,Re3] White
have to fight for a drawin spite of material advantage.} (28. Kg3 Nc4 29. Rc5
Rxa2 $15) 28... Nc4 29. Rb3 Rxa2 30. Rc3 g6 (30... Nxa3 $6 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Ra8
) 31. h4 Kg7 32. e4 $1 $11 dxe4 (32... Nxa3 33. exd5 exd5 34. Rc7 {[%cal Re5e6]
}) 33. Rxc4 exf3 34. gxf3 Rxa3 35. Kf2 Ra2+ 36. Kg3 Rd2 37. Ra4 g5 38. hxg5
hxg5 39. f4 Kg6 40. fxg5 Kxg5 41. Ra7 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santiago Entel Cup"]
[Site "Santiago de Chile"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rojas Keim, Luis Alberto"]
[Black "Arancibia Guzman, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O fxe5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. Re1 Ne7 (10... Bc6 11. Bg4 Qf7 12. a3 Ne7 13. Nd2 h5 14.
Be2 g5 15. b4 $36 {1-0 Rubio Doblas,F-Nava Baro,E/Equipos Preferente 1999 (29)}
) 11. Na3 $5 $146 (11. Bh5+ g6 12. Bg5 Bg7 13. Bf6 Kf7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qg4
Raf8 16. Qg5 Rf7 17. Nd2 Rhf8 18. Nf3 Bc8 19. Bg4 Rf4 20. Bh3 h6 21. Qg3 Rxf3
22. gxf3 g5 23. Kh1 Ng6 24. Bg4 b6 25. Re3 Rf4 {Westerinen,H-Becerra Rivero,J/
Benasque 1997 0-1 (35)}) (11. c4 d4 12. Bf4 h6 13. Nd2 O-O-O 14. Ne4 Nf5 15.
Bg4 g5 16. Bd2 Be7 17. b4 Rdg8 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Rb1 Kb8 20. Qb3 Bc8 21. Bb4
Bxb4 22. Qxb4 Ne7 23. Nc5 Ka8 24. Bxe6 b6 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 {Milnes-Corfield/corr
1992/1-0 (43)}) (11. Bf4 g6 12. Bd3 Bg7 13. g4 h6 14. Nd2 O-O-O 15. Qe2 g5 16.
Bg3 Be8 17. f4 gxf4 18. Bxf4 Bg6 19. Bxg6 Nxg6 $17 {0-1 Boey,J-Van Ketel,R/
Gent op 1994 (30)}) 11... a6 ({Worth considering} 11... O-O-O $5 12. Nb5 $140
Bxb5 13. Bxb5 c4 {and White can pretend just for small advantage.}) 12. c4 $1
d4 13. Bd3 O-O-O {I don't like this move, because queen side will not be safe
for black monarch's health!} (13... Nf5 $5 14. Bxf5 $140 (14. Bg5 $5) 14...
exf5 15. e6 Bc6 16. e7 (16. Bg5 Be7 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Qh4 h6 19. Bf6 Qd8 $1 20.
Bxe7 Qxe7 $15 {[%csl Ra3,Gc6]}) 16... Bxe7 17. Bg5 Be4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. f3 O-O
$132) 14. Nc2 Nc6 15. Qh5 {Strange move} (15. Bg5 $142 $5 Re8 16. Qh5 $14)
15... Be7 (15... g6 $5 16. Qe2 (16. Bxg6 Nxe5 $1 17. Be4 (17. Rxe5 Bd6 18. Rxc5
Qxc5 19. Qxc5+ Bxc5 20. Bd3 e5 $17) 17... Bd6 $132) 16... Bg7 17. Bf4 Rdf8 {
with nice position for Black}) 16. Bd2 g6 17. Qe2 g5 18. a3 h5 {Beggining of
counterplay on the king side.} 19. b4 g4 {The game scenario is clear now:
White is attacking on the queen side and Black is doing the same on the king's
side Who has an edge?} 20. b5 {It looks that White chances are clearly better
and black's king in serious danger.} Nb8 21. Rab1 Rdg8 22. Be4 {[%csl Gb1,Ge4]}
a5 {An optional alternative demonstrates that White's threats are serious:} (
22... h4 23. bxa6 bxa6 24. Rb7 Qxe5 25. Ra7 $1 {[%cal Re4b7]} Qd6 26. Nxd4 $1
cxd4 27. c5 $40) 23. b6 {[%csl Gb6]} Qd8 24. Bxa5 Nc6 (24... Bc6 $5) 25. Bd2 h4
26. a4 {[%cal Ra4a6]} Rh5 {[%csl Re5] Attacking pawn e5- only weakness in
white camp.} (26... g3 $5) 27. Bf4 Qf8 28. Qd2 Bg5 (28... Qf7 $5 {[%cal Gg8f8]}
) 29. Bxg5 Rgxg5 30. Rb5 $6 {Just losing time! After simple and logical} (30.
a5 Rxe5 31. a6 bxa6 32. b7+ Kb8 (32... Kc7 33. Bxc6 $18) 33. Rb6 $1 $16 {
I don't believe than black king will survive for a long time.}) 30... Rxe5 31.
Bxc6 (31. Ra5 $5 Nxa5 (31... Kb8 $2 32. Bxc6 Bxc6 33. Ra8+ Kxa8 34. Qa5+ $18)
32. Qxa5 Kd8 33. Bxb7 Rxe1+ 34. Nxe1 Ke7 $132) 31... Bxc6 32. Ra5 Qd6 (32...
Rxe1+ $142 33. Qxe1 Qh6 $1 $15 {[%csl Rc2,Gc6,Gh6]}) 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 $2 {[%mdl
16384] Black misses a wonderful opportunity of punishing White for his
carelessness. After} (33... Qxe5 34. Nxd4 $1 Qd6 $1 35. Nb3 Qxd2 36. Nxd2 Kd7
$13 {black's chances are not worse, thanks to active pieces.}) 34. Qh6 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rc8] Rojas immediately begins an offensive against Black's weak king.}
Rf5 $8 35. Ra8+ Kd7 36. Qh8 $6 {Cowardice does not win games!} ({White missed
a very good oportunity to win game quickly after} 36. Nxd4 $142 $1 cxd4 37.
Qg7+ Qe7 38. Qxd4+ Bd5 39. Rb8 Qd6 40. Qg7+ Qe7 41. cxd5 $1 $18) 36... Ke7 37.
Qxh4+ Rf6 38. Qxg4 Qf4 39. Qxf4 Rxf4 40. a5 $2 {Serious mistake!} (40. a5 d3
$132) (40. Kf1 $142 $1 d3 $140 41. Ne3 d2 42. Ke2 $18) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch G2"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 b6 4. Bb5+ c6 5. Ba4 b5 (5... Ba6 6. Ne2 Qh4 7. Be3 Ne7
8. Ng3 Ng6 9. Nd2 Nxe5 10. Nde4 dxe4 11. dxe5 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Qd2 Be7 14.
O-O-O O-O 15. c4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 c5 17. Bb5 a6 18. Ba4 Bd5 19. Nf5 exf5 20. Qxd5
Ra7 21. g3 Qh5 22. h4 Qg6 {1/2-1/2 Sepp,O-Tibensky,R/EUCup Gr3 Lubniewice 1994/
CBM 45}) 6. Bb3 c5 7. c3 Ne7 (7... Nc6 8. Nf3 Qb6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Nge7 11.
Nc3 Ba6 12. Be3 h6 13. Rc1 Na5 14. Bc2 Nec6 15. Nh4 Qd8 16. g3 Be7 17. Ng2 Nc4
18. Nf4 Bg5 19. b3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 b4 21. Nce2 Rc8 22. Bd3 {Olesen,M-Hove,E/
Copenhagen-ch 1996/EXP 51/0-1 (51)}) 8. Nf3 Nec6 9. O-O h6 $5 10. Be3 Nd7 11.
Nbd2 c4 (11... Bb7 $5 12. a4 b4) 12. Bc2 b4 13. Ba4 $5 Qc7 14. cxb4 (14. Rc1
Nb6) 14... Nxb4 15. a3 Nd3 (15... Nc6) 16. Qc2 (16. b4 Nb2 17. Qc2 Nxa4 18.
Qxa4 Be7 $13) 16... Ba6 (16... Rb8 17. b3) 17. b3 (17. Ne1 Qb7 18. b3 Rc8 $132)
17... Be7 (17... c3 $5 18. Nb1 Rc8 {[%cal Yd3b2]} 19. b4 $140 Nxb4 $1 20. axb4
Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Bxb4) 18. bxc4 dxc4 $13 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 $1 (19... Qxd7 $2 20. Nxc4
Rc8 21. Nfd2 $16) 20. d5 $6 (20. Qc3 $5 Rab8 21. Ra2 Rhc8 $15) 20... exd5 21.
Nd4 Kc8 22. f4 Rb8 $17 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rb8b2,Yc8b7,Yb7a8]} 23. Rab1 Rb6 24.
Kh1 (24. Nf5 Bc5) 24... Bc5 25. N2f3 Kb7 $1 26. e6 Ka8 27. f5 Rhb8 28. Rxb6
Rxb6 29. Qa4 f6 $5 (29... Qe7 $5) 30. h3 c3 $1 31. Qa5 Ne5 $6 {Stronger was} (
31... Nf2+ $1 32. Bxf2 (32. Rxf2 Rb1+) 32... Bxf1 33. Qxc3 Ba6 $19) 32. Re1 $2
(32. Rc1 $5 Nxf3 33. gxf3) 32... Nxf3 33. Nxf3 (33. gxf3 $2 Qg3 34. Qxc3 Qxh3+
35. Kg1 Bd6 $1 36. Qd2 Rb2 $1 37. Nc2 (37. Qxb2 Qg3+ 38. Kh1 Qh4+ $1 39. Kg1
Qxe1+ 40. Kg2 Qf1#) 37... Rxc2 38. Qxd5+ Bb7 $19) 33... Bxe3 34. Qxd5+ (34.
Rxe3 Rb1+) 34... Rb7 (34... Bb7 35. e7 $1 Bxd5 (35... Qxe7 $2 36. Qg8+ Bc8 37.
Qxc8+ Rb8 38. Qxc3 Re8 39. Nd4 $1 $18) 36. e8=Q+ Rb8 37. Qxe3 c2 $17) 35. Nd4
Qg3 36. Nf3 Qc7 (36... c2 37. e7) 37. Nd4 c2 $1 (37... Qe5 $5 38. Qc6 $1 (38.
Qxe5 fxe5 39. e7 Rxe7 40. Rxe3 exd4 41. Rxe7 c2 $19)) (37... Bxd4 $2 38. e7 $18
) 38. Nxc2 Bc5 $19 39. Nb4 (39. Nd4 Qd6 40. Qf3 $5 Qxd4 41. Rd1 Bd3 $1 42. Qxd3
(42. Rxd3 $2 Qg1#) 42... Qxd3 43. Rxd3 Kb8 $19) 39... Bxb4 40. axb4 Qe7 41. Rd1
Bb5 42. Qf3 Kb8 43. Qf4+ (43. Qd5 a6) 43... Rc7 44. Rd6 (44. Rc1 Kc8) 44... Kc8
45. Qd2 Rc4 46. Qd5 $6 Rc1+ 47. Kh2 Kc7 {[%csl Rd6]} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Stanec, Nikolaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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 "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 Qb6 6. Be2 Bd7 7. dxc5 $5 {Rare
and very interesting move.} (7. O-O Rc8 $5 (7... Nh6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10.
Bf4 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. b5 Ne7 13. a4 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Piket,J/Donner mem-A
1994}) 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 Bf8 10. Bd3 Nge7 11. Bf4 Ng6 12. Bg3 Be7 13. h4 f6
14. exf6 Bxf6 15. b5 Na5 16. h5 Ne7 17. a4 O-O $132 {0-1 Castro-Kortchnoi,V/
Linares i 1979 (44)}) 7... Bxc5 8. O-O a5 9. c4 $1 {[%cal Yb1c3] N/} (9. a4
Nge7 10. Bd3 Ng6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. h4 Qd8 13. h5 Nh4 14. Ng5 Nf5 15. Bxf5 exf5
16. e6 fxe6 17. Nxe6 Qe7 $17 {0-1 Quaderer-Al Affoo/Moscow olm 1994 (23)}) 9...
Nge7 (9... d4 10. Nbd2 Nge7 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. Re1 $14) 10. Nc3 Nd4 (10... d4 $5
11. Na4 (11. Ne4 Ng6) 11... Qa7 12. Nxc5 (12. b3 $5 b6) 12... Qxc5 13. b3 a4 $5
14. Bb2 Nf5 15. g4 $140 a3 $1 $13) (10... Bd4 $6 11. Nb5 Bxe5 12. Be3 Qd8 13.
Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Bc5 $16) 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ng5 {
[%cal Yg5e4]} (12. Bd3) 12... h6 13. Nge4 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bc6 16.
Nd6+ (16. Bf4 $5 Bxe4 (16... O-O $2 17. Rab1 Qa7 18. Nf6+ $2 gxf6 (18... Kh8
19. Qh5 $18) 19. Bxh6 f5 (19... Kh7 20. Qh5 Rh8 21. exf6 $18) 20. Qh5 Be7 21.
Rfe1 $1 Rfd8 22. Re3 $18) 17. Qxe4 Qc6 18. Qxc6+ bxc6 19. Rab1 $14 {[%cal
Rb1b7]}) 16... Bxd6 17. exd6 $14 {[%csl Gd6]} Qc5 18. Rd1 O-O 19. Be3 (19. Qg4
Qf5 20. Qg3 $36) 19... Qe5 (19... Qxc3 20. Bd4 Qa3 21. Rd3 (21. Qe5 f6 22.
Qxe6+ Rf7 $13) 21... Qxd6 22. Bxg7 Qxd3 (22... Bb5 23. Rxd6 Bxe2 24. Bxf8 Kxf8
25. Rc1 $16) 23. Qxd3 Kxg7 24. Rd1 $14) 20. c4 a4 21. Rab1 (21. Qg4 $5) 21...
a3 22. Qg4 h5 (22... f5 $5 23. Qd4 (23. Bf4 Qb2 $1 (23... fxg4 24. Bxe5 $16)
24. Qg3 Qxa2 25. Bxh6 Rf7) 23... Qxd4 24. Bxd4 $16) 23. Qg3 Qe4 (23... Qxg3 24.
hxg3 Rfd8 25. c5 Kf8 26. Rb6 $16 Bd5 27. Rd2 (27. Rxd5 exd5 28. Rxb7 Rdb8 29.
Rxb8+ Rxb8 30. c6 Ke8)) 24. Bh6 (24. Rbc1 $5 $16) (24. Bb6 $1) 24... Qh7 25.
Be3 Qc2 26. Bb6 $1 Qxa2 27. d7 Rad8 (27... Bxd7 28. Ra1 Qxc4 29. Rxd7 $16) (
27... Rfd8 28. Bd4 f6 29. Ra1 $1 Qxc4 30. Bxf6 Qg4 31. Qxg4 hxg4 32. Bxd8 Rxd8
33. Rxa3 $18) 28. Bc5 $1 (28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Qc7 $2 Rxd7) 28... Rxd7 $6 (28...
Bxd7 $1 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Ra1 Qb2 31. Rxa3 Bc6 $16) 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Qb8+ Ke7
31. Rxd7+ Bxd7 32. Rd1 (32. Rd1 Qxc4 33. Qd6+ Kf6 34. Qxd7 b5 35. Qd2 b4 36.
Rc1 Qe4 37. f3 Qe5 38. Rb1 $18) 1-0

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.11.02"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,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 "England"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Bxf5
exf5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Ne2 h6 11. h4 g6 $1 {Best, according to modern theory ,
move. Lputian tryed 11....Qa5, but without big success} (11... Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Be7
13. Kg1 Rc8 14. Nf4 g6 15. a3 Qb6 16. b4 a5 17. Rb1 axb4 18. axb4 Na7 19. b5
Rc4 20. Rh3 Rb4 21. Rxb4 Bxb4 22. Rg3 Kd7 23. Nxe6 Kxe6 24. Bd2 Qxb5 25. h5
Bxd2 26. Nxd2 {Adams,M-Lputian,S/EU-chTM 1997/EXP 571-0 (41)}) 12. Bd2 {
N/ Adams ( as and Vaganian) big expert in that line and he is trying to avoid
main line (12.Nf4) where White hadn,t big achievements last year.For example} (
12. Nf4 Qb6 13. g3 (13. a3 a5 14. O-O Be7 15. Be3 g5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. hxg5
hxg5 18. Nxg5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qxd4 $11 {Chuprov,A-Mesropov,K/RUS-chT 1993/EXT 97/
1/2-1/2 (47)}) (13. Kf1 O-O-O 14. Kg1 Kb8 15. Rh3 Rc8 16. Rg3 Rg8 17. a3 Na5
18. b4 Nc4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Bezman,O-Ovchinikova,J/RUS-sf Perm 1997 (35)}) 13...
Be7 14. Kf1 O-O-O (14... Kd7 15. Kg2 Rag8 16. Nd3 Kc8 17. Be3 f4 18. Nxf4 Qxb2
19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. a4 Qb6 $13 {0-1 Zifroni,D-Soffer,R/Tel Aviv 1995 (50)}) 15.
Kg2 Rdg8 16. Qd3 Qd8 17. Bd2 g5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rac1 Kb8 21.
Bc3 g4 $15 {0-1 Vatter,H-Poldauf,D/BL9394 1994/BL 90 (35)}) 12... Qb6 13. Rb1 {
[%cal Yb2b4]} a5 $1 14. Kf1 (14. a3 a4) 14... Be7 15. Kg1 Kd7 $1 {Natural and
strong move. King will fill very comfortable in the centre of the board.} 16.
a3 Qa6 (16... a4) 17. Be3 (17. b4 $5 axb4 18. axb4) 17... a4 18. Nf4 g5 $5 {
Interesting pawn sacrifice} 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Rxh8 Rxh8 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bxg5
{I think last chance to fight for advantage was to play} (22. Nxg5 Bxg5 23.
Bxg5 Qa7 24. Be3) 22... Bxg5 23. Nxg5 Rh4 $1 24. Nf3 Rg4 $44 {[%csl Gc6,Rd4,
Rg2,Gg4]} 25. b3 axb3 26. Rxb3 Kc8 27. Qc1 (27. Qd3 Qa4 $5 (27... Qc4 28. Rc3
$1 (28. Qxc4 $2 dxc4 29. Rc3 b5 30. a4 Nxd4 31. Nxd4 Rxd4 32. axb5 Kc7))) 27...
Qe2 28. Re3 Qb5 29. Qc2 Qb6 30. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Black "Dzhakaev, Dzhakay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Qb6 10. O-O a5 ({Worth considering} 10... Na5 $5 {[%cal Gd7b5] with
typical idea to exhange light-coloured bishops with possible continuation} 11.
g4 Ne7 12. Nfe1 Bb5 13. Nd3 h5 14. gxh5 Nf5 15. Be3 Rc8 16. b3 Nc6 17. Rc1 a5
18. Qd2 Be7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Bergstrom,R-Kiriakov,P/Port Erin op 2000/ (44)}) 11.
Kh1 (11. g4 Nfe7 12. Nh4 Ng6 13. Ng2 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Kh1 Bg7 16. f4 f5 17.
gxf5 exf5 18. Be3 Rc8 19. b3 O-O 20. Bf3 Nce7 $11 {0-1 Howell,D-Rahman,Z/
BCF-ch Edinburgh 2003/ (43)}) 11... Nb4 (11... h5 12. Bd3 Be7 13. Bxf5 exf5 14.
Bg5 Qxb2 15. Rb1 Qxa2 16. Rxb7 Nd8 $132 {Gwaze,R-Summerscale,A/BCF-ch Edinburgh
}) 12. Ne3 Be7 $5 {Possible improvement compare to the game Grischuk,
A-Gurevich,M/Esbjerg 2000 which continue} (12... Rc8 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Bd2 Be7
15. a3 Nc6 16. Bc3 O-O 17. Qd2 Ra8 $5 18. Ne1 Rfb8 19. Nc2 g6 20. Ne3 Be6 21.
f4 $14 {and Blacl lost a lot of time for rook moves.}) 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Bd2
O-O 15. a3 $5 $146 (15. Bc3 $143 Bb5 16. a3 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Nc6 18. e6 Bf6 19.
exf7+ Kxf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Predojevic,B-Galyas,M/Budapest-7 IM-A 2002/ (20)})
15... Nc6 16. Bc3 Rfb8 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 17. Qd2 Qd8 18. b3 Rc8 (18... b5 19. Bb2
b4 20. a4 {with stable advantage.}) 19. Bd3 ({The following deserves
consideration} 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 {[%cal Gb4b5]} b5 $5 21. Rfc1 $14) 19... g6
20. Rfe1 Be6 21. Reb1 (21. Qb2 $5 {[%cal Gc3d2]}) 21... Qf8 22. Bb2 (22. Qb2 $5
) 22... Qd8 23. Bc1 Bf8 {Maybe White has very small advantage, but he really
needs to invest a very big effort to get something real.} (23... f6 $13) 24. h4
$2 {[%mdl 8192] An attempt to launch an attack, which is easily suppressed by
black.} (24. Qb2 {[%cal Gc1g5]} h6) (24. Kg1 $5 {[%cal Gh2h4]}) 24... Nxd4 $1 {
Easy refutation!} 25. Ng5 $8 (25. Nxd4 $2 Qxh4+ 26. Kg1 Qxd4 $19) 25... h6 26.
Qb2 Bc5 (26... hxg5 $5 27. Qxd4 Bc5 28. Qb2 gxh4 $19) 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Rxa1
29. Rxa1 Bb6 {White has lost simply two pawns without getting anything for
them!} 30. Nh3 (30. Be3 $5 Nb3 $1 (30... hxg5 31. Bxd4 gxh4 {and black, winnng
two pawns, slowly and surely must win game.}) 31. Bxb6 (31. Qxb3 Bxe3 32. fxe3
hxg5 $19) 31... Qxb6 32. Nxe6 Nxa1 33. Nf4 Nb3 $1 34. Nxd5 (34. Qxb3 Rc1+ 35.
Kh2 Qxf2 36. Nh3 Qd4 $19) 34... Qd8 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Qxb3 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Qd4 $19
{[%cal Rd4h4,Rd4f2]}) 30... Qxh4 31. Be3 (31. Bf4 Nc6) 31... f4 $1 32. Bxd4 (
32. Bxf4 Bxh3 33. Bg3 Qh5) 32... f3 $19 {Rest is simple.} 33. Bxb6 Bxh3 34.
gxf3 Bg4+ (34... Bg4+ 35. Kg2 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Bxf3) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Hug, Werner"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 Nfe7 (10... Nh6 11. h3 Be7 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Nbd2 Nb8 14.
Qe2 a6 15. Nb1 $5 {[%cal Gb1c3]} Nc6 16. O-O O-O 17. Nc3 Nxd4 $6 18. Nxd4 Qxd4
19. Ne4 Qb6 20. Nf6+ $1 $40 {1-0 Timman,J-Hansen,C/Malmoe Sigeman & Co 2003 
(41)}) 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Rc1 Ng6 ({Also Black tried} 13... h5 $5 14.
Rc2 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Nce4 Nd5 17. Nxc4 Rxc4 $5 18. Rxc4 a5 19. O-O axb4
20. axb4 Qd8 $132 {with very complicated position.}) 14. h4 Be7 15. g5 O-O $5
$146 {Interesting novelty.} ({Black didn't equalized after} 15... h6 16. gxh6
Rxh6 17. h5 Nh4 18. Qg4 Nf5 19. Bd3 Bf8 20. Ne2 $14 {Grischuk,A-Radjabov,T/
Wijk aan Zee-A 2003/ (99)}) 16. Rg1 ({In the case of} 16. Qg4 {[%cal Rh4h5]
Black possibly will sacrifice bishop -} Bxb4 $5 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Rb1 (18. Ba1
Nxe5 $132) 18... Rxc3 19. Bxc3 Qxc3 20. h5 Ne7 $13 {with unclear position}) ({
Interesting complications could be raised after} 16. h5 Nf4 17. h6 g6 {for
example:} (17... Qxd4 18. hxg7 Qxe5+ (18... Rfd8 $5) 19. Nce4 $1 Qxb2 20.
gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 21. bxa5 dxe4 $132) 18. Qf3 Qxd4 19. Nd1 (19. bxa5 Bxg5 $36) 19...
Qxb2 $1 20. Nxb2 Rxc1+ 21. Nd1 Ba4 $1 22. Be2 (22. Qxf4 Bxd1 23. Ne4 Nb3 $19)
22... Nxe2 23. Kxe2 Nc6 $17) 16... Nxh4 {At least, very brave move.} 17. Bd3 ({
In the case of} 17. Qh5 {Black has nice choice between} Nf5 ({and} 17... Qxd4
18. Nd1 (18. bxa5 Qxe5+ 19. Kd1 d4 $36 20. Bd3 $142 $6 g6 $17) 18... Qxb2 (
18... Qf4 19. Rxc8 Nb3 $1 20. Nxb3 Nf3+ 21. Qxf3 $8 Qxf3 22. Rc7 $14) 19. Nxb2
Rxc1+ 20. Nd1 Ba4 $132) 18. Rh1 h6 19. gxh6 g6 20. Qg4 Kh7 $132) 17... g6 (
17... Ng6 18. Qg4 $13 {[%cal Gc3d5]}) 18. Qg4 Nf5 19. Bxf5 ({Black has nothing
to worry about and after} 19. Rh1 Nxd4 $5 (19... Qxd4 20. Bxf5 Qxe5+ 21. Be4 $8
dxe4 22. Qh3 h5 23. gxh6 Nc6 $132) 20. Qh3 h5 21. gxh6 Bg5 $132 {[%csl Gb6,Gd4,
Gg5]}) 19... exf5 20. Qh4 Rfe8 $5 {[%mdl 448]} (20... h5 21. Nxd5 Qe6 22. Nxe7+
Qxe7 23. bxa5 $18) 21. Nxd5 (21. Rh1 h5) ({It is not so easy correctly assess
positions araising after} 21. Rc2 $5 {for example} Rxc3 22. bxa5 (22. Bxc3 Nc6
$44) 22... Rxc2 23. axb6 Rxb2 24. bxa7 Be6 $5 $132 (24... Ra8 25. e6 $5 Bxe6
26. Qh2) (24... Ra2 25. Nb1 Ra8)) 21... Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Qc6 {[%cal Rc6c1,Rc6d5]}
23. Nxe7+ $8 Rxe7 24. Bb2 {What else -} (24. Kd1 Qc3 {gives at least equal
chances to Black.}) 24... Qc2 25. Rh1 f6 $1 26. gxf6 Rf7 {Black's position
looks terrible, but in reality, it is White who find himself in troubles!} 27.
d5 $8 {[%cal Ge5e6]} (27. bxa5 Qxb2 $19) 27... Ba4 $1 (27... Qxb2 $2 28. e6
Qc1+ 29. Ke2 Bb5+ 30. Kf3 Qxd2 31. exf7+ Kf8 32. bxa5 Qxd5+ (32... Qd3+ 33. Kf4
) 33. Kg3 Qd3+ 34. f3 Qd6+ 35. Qf4 $18) 28. Kf1 $8 ({At this moment opponets
made draw agreement, but it looks that Hug could continue game -} 28. Kf1 Qxd2
(28... Qd1+ $5 29. Kg2 Qxd2 30. Qd4 Qg5+ 31. Kh2 Nb3) 29. Qd4 Bb5+ 30. Kg2 Qg5+
31. Kh2 Nb3 $17 {with good chances for advantage}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nh6 7. O-O Nf5 8. Na3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Qb6 11. Be3 Nxe3 (11... O-O 12. Bd3 Rac8 13. g4 Nxe3
14. fxe3 Qd8 15. Qe1 f5 16. gxf5 exf5 17. Rb1 b6 18. Qg3 $14 {1-0 Rosentalis,
E-Zueger,B/Chiasso 1991 (33)}) 12. fxe3 Qd8 13. Qb1 (13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Rc1 Qe7
15. Rc5 O-O 16. Qb1 b6 17. Rc2 h6 18. Ba6 Rcd8 19. Bb5 Na5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,
A-Topalov,V/Dos Hermanas 1997/CBM 59/ (41)}) 13... b6 14. e4 O-O 15. Bd3 h6 (
15... dxe4 16. Bxe4 h6 $11) 16. exd5 exd5 17. h3 Qe7 18. Qb3 Na5 19. Qb4 $1 (
19. Qxd5 $2 Bc6 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21. exd6 Rad8 $15) 19... Qxb4 $2 (19... Nc6 $1 20.
Qxe7 $140 Nxe7 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Ba6 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bc6 $11) 20. axb4 Nc4 21. a4
$14 Rfc8 22. Rf2 Rc7 23. g4 Rac8 24. Re2 Re8 25. Nh4 {[%cal Yh4f5]} h5 (25...
f6 $5) 26. gxh5 $5 Bxh3 27. Bf5 Bxf5 28. Nxf5 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Re2g2]} Kh7 29.
Rf1 Re6 30. Rg2 f6 $2 (30... g6 $1 31. hxg6+ (31. Nh4 Ne3 32. Rxf7+ Rxf7 33.
hxg6+ Kg7 34. gxf7+ Nxg2) 31... Rxg6 $14 (31... fxg6 32. Rh2+ (32. Rf3 $4 gxf5
$19) 32... Kg8 33. Nh6+ Kg7 34. Ng4 $16)) 31. Rg6 $1 {[%cal Rf1f2,Rf2g2]} Nd2
32. Rf2 Ne4 33. Rfg2 $18 Ng5 $2 34. R2xg5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Be7 10. h4 a5 (10... h5 11. Bd3 g6 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. Nc3 Rg8 14. g3
Bd7 15. Bc1 Rc8 16. Ne2 a5 17. b5 $5 Qxb5 18. Bg5 a4 $132 {1-0 Shabalov,
A-Akobian,V/USA-ch Seattle 2003/CBM 93 (61)}) 11. b5 a4 12. g4 Nh6 13. Rg1 (13.
Nc3 Nxg4 14. Nxa4 Qa5+ 15. Nd2 Qxa4 16. Qxg4 Nxe5 17. Qxg7 Ng6 18. h5 Bf8 19.
Qf6 Be7 20. Qg7 Bf8 21. Qf6 Be7 22. Qg7 {1/2-1/2 Sandipan,C-Dolmatov,S/Moscow
Aeroflot op 2002/CBM 88 (22)}) (13. Bc1 $5) 13... Na5 14. Nc3 $6 $146 {I dare
say that this unlucky novelty is the major cause of White's defeat.} (14. Qxa4
$142 Bd7 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Qd1 Rfc8 17. Na4 Qd8 18. Nc5 Nc4 $132 {Lavrov,
M-Sambuev,B/Russian Cup Tomsk op 2003/1/2-1/2 (49)}) 14... Nb3 {[%csl Gb3]} 15.
Ra2 (15. Rb1 Qa5 {[%cal Ge7a3]}) 15... Qa5 {[%cal Ga5e1]} 16. Bd3 (16. Bh3 Bd7
17. g5 Nf5) 16... Bd7 {[%cal Ga8c8]} 17. Nd2 $6 (17. g5 Nf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19.
Qd3 Rc8 $36) (17. Qc2 Rc8 18. Kd1 Qa7 $5 {[%csl Rd4]}) 17... Nxd4 18. Nxd5 Bxb5
$5 ({Another promising possibility was} 18... exd5 19. Bxd4 Bxb5 $36) 19. Bc3 (
19. Nxe7 $142 Bxd3 20. Bxd4 Kxe7 21. Rb2 Qd5 $17 {[%csl Re1]}) 19... Qd8 20.
Nxe7 (20. Nb4 Bxd3 21. Nxd3 Nb5 $1) 20... Bxd3 21. Bb4 {This attempt meets the
tactical refutation.} ({The lesser evil for White was} 21. g5 $5 Nhf5 22. Nxf5
Nxf5 $19 {but any case black position is just winning.}) 21... Ng8 $1 22. Nxg8
Qd5 {[%cal Rd5e5,Rd5a2]} 23. Rg3 (23. Qa1 Qxe5+ 24. Kd1 Qe2+ 25. Kc1 Rc8+ 26.
Bc3 Qxf2 $19) 23... Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 a5 7. b3 (7. Bd3 Bb5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nc6 11. a4 Nge7 12. Na3 O-O 13. Nb5 Ng6 14. Qe2
Rae8 15. Kh1 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Bg5 Rf5 $36 {0-1 Bastian,H-Wiedenkeller,M/
OSW 0102 2002 (25)}) (7. Be2 a4 $5) 7... Na6 (7... Ne7 8. dxc5 $5 (8. Be2 cxd4
9. cxd4 Bb5 10. Bxb5+ Qxb5 11. Nc3 Qa6 12. a4 Nec6 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. O-O h6 15.
Ba3 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 O-O 17. Ra1 Na6 18. Rc1 Nc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V-Volkov,
S/RUS t-ch St.Petersburg 1999/CBM 71/[Psakhis,L] (20)}) 8... Qxc5 9. c4 Qc7 10.
Nc3 Bc6 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nb5 $14 {0-1 Delchev,A-Volkov,S/EUR-ch
Batumi 2002/CBM 90 (39)}) 8. Be3 Rc8 9. Bd3 Ne7 $146 (9... Nh6 10. Bxh6 gxh6
11. O-O Bg7 12. Ra2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb5 14. Rd2 O-O 15. Bxb5 Qxb5 16. Rd3 Rc1 $1
17. Qxc1 Qxd3 $13 {Sveshnikov,E-Volkov,S/RUS t-ch Togliatti 2003/The Week in
Chess/0-1 (39)}) 10. O-O (10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bc2 Qa6 $13) 10... Nf5 11. Bxf5
exf5 12. Re1 c4 $6 {Mistake! After} (12... Be6 $132 {it will be not so easy
for White to get real advantage.}) 13. bxc4 $1 Rxc4 14. e6 $1 {[%mdl 2176]
White is ideally developed, now it is time for action! White frees the e5
square for the knight.} (14. Nfd2 Rc8 15. c4 $140 $2 Qb2 $1) 14... Bxe6 15. Ne5
{[%csl Re8]} Rc7 16. Qa4+ (16. c4 f6 $1 17. Qh5+ Kd8 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Nd3 g6
$15) 16... Kd8 17. c4 $5 {It looks that in this moment Svidler overstimated
his chances.A natural development of the initiative can be achieved by} (17.
Nd2 $5 Rxc3 (17... f6 18. Rab1 Qd6 19. Nd3 Qxa3 20. Qb5 $40) 18. Ndf3 $1 $40 {
[%cal Ge3d2]}) 17... f6 18. c5 (18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Nc3 Bb3 20. d5 Bc5 $5 $132 (
20... Nc5 21. Qh4 $1 g5 $140 22. Bxg5 fxg5 23. Qxg5+ Kc8 24. Nc4 $5 $40)) 18...
Qb2 19. Nd3 Qxa1 20. Qxa5 Qa2 $6 {A critical position of the variation,since
it is the end of series of forced moves, but it looks, that Volkov made now
serious mistake.} ({In the case of} 20... f4 21. Nxf4 Bf7 22. Nd3 {or}) (20...
g5 21. Nc3 Qxe1+ (21... b6 22. Qxa6 Qxc3 23. cxb6 $16) 22. Nxe1 f4 23. Bd2 Ke8
24. Nd3 {[%cal Rd3b4] white's advantage is obvious, but Black could play}) (
20... Bc8 $5 {[%cal Rc8a6] (Svidler) with possible continuation} 21. Nd2 (21.
Nc3 b6 $1 22. cxb6 Qxc3 23. bxc7+ Qxc7) 21... b6 $1 (21... Qa2 22. Bf4 $18) 22.
cxb6 Qxa3 23. bxc7+ Nxc7 24. Qb6 Qa6 $13) 21. Bf4 Qc4 22. Nb4 {[%csl Gb4] An
optimal place for the knight} Ke8 $8 (22... Qxd4 23. Nxa6 Qxf4 24. g3 bxa6 25.
gxf4 Bf7 26. c6 $18) 23. Bxc7 (23. Nxa6 Re7 $1 24. Nc7+ Kf7 25. Bd6 Bd7 26.
Bxe7 Bxe7 27. Qb6 Bc6 $14) 23... Kf7 (23... Nxb4 24. axb4 Kf7 25. Qb6 Bc8 26.
Bf4 $40) 24. Qb6 Bc8 (24... Nxc7 25. Qxc7+ Be7 26. Qxb7 $18) 25. Nxa6 Qxa6 $6 (
{Maybe} 25... bxa6 $142 26. Qb4 $16 {was the better choice}) 26. Qxa6 bxa6 27.
Nc3 Be6 28. Rb1 $18 Be7 29. Rb7 {[%cal Rc7d6]} Re8 (29... Bc8 30. Ra7 Ke6 31.
Na4 $18) 30. f3 (30. f4 $5) 30... g5 31. Ra7 f4 32. Bd6 (32. Kf2 $5) 32... Kf8
33. Rxa6 Bxd6 34. Rxd6 Bf7 35. Nxd5 (35. Rxf6 $5 Re3 36. Nxd5 Rxa3 37. h4 $18)
(35. c6 $5 {[%csl Gc6]}) 35... Re1+ 36. Kf2 Rc1 (36... Ra1 37. Nxf6) 37. Ke2 (
37. Nxf6 $5 $18) 37... Rc2+ 38. Kd1 (38. Ke1 $142 $5 Rxg2 39. c6 Rc2 40. Rd8+
Kg7 41. c7 Bxd5 42. c8=Q Rxc8 43. Rxc8 Bxf3 44. a4 $18) 38... Rxg2 {Suddenly
Black is back in the game! White is still winning, but he has to be very
careful.} 39. c6 Bh5 $1 {Having obtained his chance, Volkov skilfully sharpens
the position.} 40. c7 Bxf3+ 41. Kc1 Rg1+ (41... Bg4 42. Nxf6) 42. Kd2 (42. Kb2
$5 Rg2+ 43. Kc3 Bg4 44. Nxf6 Bf5 45. Rd5 $1 $18) 42... Rg2+ 43. Ke1 Re2+ (43...
Bg4 $140 $5 44. Nxf6 Bh3 45. Nd7+ Ke7 46. c8=Q Kxd6 47. Qe8 $1 Rg1+ (47... f3
48. Ne5 f2+ 49. Ke2 $18) 48. Kf2 Rf1+ 49. Ke2 f3+ 50. Kd2 f2 (50... Bxd7 51.
Qe5+ Kc6 52. Qc5+ Kb7 53. Qb4+ $1 Ka7 54. Qe7 $18) 51. Ne5 Rd1+ $8 52. Ke3
f1=N+ 53. Ke2 Rxd4 54. Nf3 $18) 44. Kf1 Rc2 45. Rd8+ Kf7 46. c8=Q Rxc8 47. Rxc8
Bxd5 48. a4 $18 Ke6 49. a5 Kd7 50. Rc3 Bb7 (50... h5 51. a6 h4 52. a7 g4 53.
Rc5 Bb7 54. Rh5 $18) 51. Rb3 Ba6+ 52. Kf2 f5 53. Rb6 Bc8 54. d5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 b6 {Rare move} (3... c5 {leads to well known positions.
}) 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. Nc3 (5. Be3 Qd7 6. c4 Ba6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O Be7
10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bg5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kovacevic,B-Sedlak,N/Zadar
Christmas op 2003/The Week in Chess 476 (26)}) (5. Bd3 Ba6 6. O-O Bxd3 7. Qxd3
Nf5 8. a4 a5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Ne2 Nb4 11. Qd1 c5 12. c3 Nc6 13. Ng3 Be7 $13 {
0-1 Ustinov,G-Bronstein,D/Dnepropetrovsk USSRc 1970 (42)}) ({Worth considering
typical manouevre} 5. Bb5+ $5 c6 6. Ba4 {trying to keep important bishop from
exchange.}) 5... Ba6 6. Bxa6 $146 {Despite its obviousness, White's last move
looks like a novelty} (6. Nb5 Nc8 7. Ng5 h6 8. Qh5 g6 9. Qh3 Qd7 10. c4 Bxb5
11. cxb5 Bb4+ 12. Kd1 Bf8 13. Bd3 Bg7 14. Nf3 a6 15. a4 axb5 16. Bxb5 c6 17.
Bd3 $14 {Tseitlin,M-Shabalov,A/Podolsk 1989/0-1 (44)}) 6... Nxa6 7. O-O Qd7 8.
Ne2 $5 {[%cal Ge2f4,Gf4h5] White knight moves to the king side.} c5 9. dxc5 (9.
c3 $5) 9... bxc5 $6 {I don't like this natural move.} (9... Nxc5 $142 $5 10.
Ned4 Rc8 $13 {remind sicilian defense and leads to more or less balance
position}) 10. Ng3 Qb5 (10... Ng6 11. Nh5 $5 {[%csl Gh5]}) 11. b3 h6 (11... Nc6
$5) 12. c4 $1 Qb7 ({In the case of} 12... dxc4 13. Qe2 $36 {[%csl Ge4] White
gets important square e4.}) 13. Qe2 Rd8 14. Be3 (14. cxd5 $5 exd5 $140 15. e6
$36) 14... Nc6 (14... d4 15. Bd2 {[%cal Gf3e1,Ge1d3]}) 15. Rad1 d4 16. Bd2 Qc7
(16... Be7 17. Qe4 O-O 18. Nh5 $40) 17. Nh5 {White got some advantage from the
opening, thanks to active pieces.} Nab8 {[%cal Gb8d7,Gg7g6]} 18. Rfe1 Nd7 19.
Qe4 a5 (19... g6 20. Nf4 {[%cal Gh2h4]} (20. Nf6+ Nxf6 21. exf6 Bd6 22. h4 $13)
) 20. h4 $1 {White immediately takes this opportunity to grab space on the
kingside} Rb8 (20... a4 $5) 21. Qg4 Rh7 {[%csl Rh7]} ({Doesn't change
evaluation of position and} 21... g6 22. Nf6+ (22. Nf4 $5 Ndxe5 $140 $6 23.
Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe6 $1 Nxg4 25. Nxc7+ Kd7 26. Nd5 {[%cal Rf2f3,Gd2a5]}) 22...
Nxf6 23. exf6 h5 24. Qe4 $36) 22. Nf4 Kd8 23. Nd3 {[%csl Gd3] An optimal place
for the knight} Be7 (23... a4 24. Rb1) 24. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Ga2a3,Gb3b4]} Nb4 25.
Qe4 Rh8 26. a3 (26. Nc1 $5 {[%cal Ga2a3,Gc1d3]}) 26... Nxd3 (26... Nc2 $2 27.
Rec1 Nxa3 28. Ra1 Rxb3 29. Qa8+ Rb8 30. Qa6 $18) 27. Qxd3 Ke8 28. h5 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rb8,Re8,Rh8]} Rb7 29. Qe4 {White has got an excellent chances while
Black still has no real counter play.} Kf8 $2 {Terrible mistake, butb and after
} (29... Rb8 $16 {white's advantage is obvious.}) 30. Bxa5 $18 Qb8 31. b4 Rg8
32. bxc5 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Black "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Bxh6 (7. O-O $5
cxd4 8. Bxh6 (8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. g4 $1 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Be3 O-O
13. f4 $14) 8... d3 (8... gxh6 9. cxd4 Bg7 10. Nc3 $14) 9. Bxd3 gxh6 10. c4 $1
Nb4 11. Nc3 Bc6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Be4 $1 Nxc3 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. bxc3 Qxd1 16.
Rfxd1 $16 {1-0 Keitlinghaus,L-Videki,S/Budapest GM-4 1996 (40)}) 7... gxh6 8.
Qd2 (8. O-O cxd4 (8... Qb6 9. Qd2 Bg7 10. Na3 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Nc2 f6 13.
exf6 Rxf6 14. b4 $1 Raf8 15. b5 Ne7 16. Ne5 Be8 17. g3 $14 {1-0 Topalov,
V-Bareev,E/Novgorod 1997/CBM 60 (36)}) (8... Bg7 $5) 9. cxd4 Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O
11. Bb5 Ne7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Ne2 $14 {Keitlinghaus,L-Breutigam,M/BL9293 1993/
BL 90/1-0 (34)}) 8... Bg7 9. Na3 (9. dxc5 $6 Qc7 $1 10. O-O (10. c4 Nxe5 (10...
dxc4 11. Na3) 11. cxd5 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 (12. Bxf3 $2 Qe5+ {[%cal Re5b2]}) 12...
Qxc5 $17) 10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 $15) (9. O-O O-O 10. Na3 cxd4 11. cxd4 f6)
9... cxd4 10. cxd4 f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 $11 12. Nc2 O-O {[%csl Rd4][%cal Yd7e8,
Ye8h5]} 13. O-O Be8 14. b4 $1 Bh5 15. Rae1 (15. Rad1 $5 {[%cal Yb4b5]}) 15...
Qf4 (15... Bxf3 $6 16. Bxf3 Nxd4 $2 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxe6 $16)
16. Qxf4 Rxf4 17. b5 Nd8 (17... Bxf3 18. bxc6 (18. Bxf3 Nd8) 18... Be4 (18...
Bxe2 19. cxb7 Rb8 20. Rxe2 Rxb7 21. Rxe6 Rb2 22. Rc6 $1 Rxa2 23. Rb1 $14) 19.
Nb4 a5 20. cxb7 Rb8 21. Nc6 Rxb7 22. g3 Rf8 23. Bg4 $14) 18. Ne5 Rc8 $1 19. Nd3
(19. g3 $2 Rxc2 20. Bd3 Rc7 $3 21. gxf4 Bxe5 $19) (19. Bxh5 Rxc2) 19... Rf8 20.
Bxh5 (20. Ndb4 $6 Bg6) 20... Rxc2 21. Ne5 Rxa2 (21... Rf4 $5 $15) 22. Rc1 $5
Bxe5 (22... Rb2 23. Nd7 (23. Rc5 $5) 23... Bxd4 (23... Rfxf2 $5 24. Rxf2 Bxd4
25. Nf6+ Kf8 26. Ng4+ Ke7) 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 25. Rb1) 23. dxe5 Rb2 24. Rc5 Rb4 (
24... b6 25. Rc7 Rxb5 26. f4 $1 (26. Rxa7 Nc6) 26... a5 27. Rf3 {with more
then enough compensations for two pawns.}) 25. g3 Rf5 (25... b6 26. Rc7 Rxb5
27. Rxa7 Nc6 28. Rb7 Nxe5 29. Re1) (25... Rf5 26. Rc8 Rf8 (26... Rxh5 27. Rxd8+
Kf7 28. f4 $36 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Rf1c1,Rc1c7]}) 27. Rc5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Nge7 7. Bf4 Ng6 8. Bg3
Be7 9. a3 (9. Re1 Bd7 10. a3 (10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. a3 h5 12. h3 h4 13. Bh2 O-O 14.
b4 a6 15. Nb3 f5 {1/2-1/2 Kristiansen,E-Uhlmann,W/Polanica Zdroj 1975 (53)})
10... h5 11. h3 Nh4 12. Nbd2 Nf5 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Nb3 h4 15. Bh2 Qb6 {1-0
Kogan,A-Hirsch,A/Wien op 1995 (41)}) (9. Nbd2 Bd7 10. Nb3 Rc8 (10... Qb6 $5)
11. a3 a6 12. Re1 O-O 13. h4 Re8 14. h5 $14 {1-0 Seul,G-Schaaf,R/Bad Swesten
op 1997 (29)}) 9... O-O 10. Re1 (10. Bxg6 $6 fxg6 11. Nxd4 Qb6 $15) 10... f5 $1
11. h3 (11. exf6 gxf6 (11... Bxf6 $5) 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Nxd4 e5) 11... Bd7 (
11... Qb6 12. b4) 12. b4 (12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 Qb6 $15) 12... a5 13. b5 Na7 14.
a4 (14. c4 dxc3 15. Nxc3 Nc8 $17) 14... Bb4 15. Re2 (15. Nbd2 Nc8) 15... f4 16.
Bh2 Nh4 17. Nbd2 (17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. Nd2 Bc3 19. Ra2 Be8 20. Nf3 Qh6 $19) 17...
Bc3 18. Ra2 (18. Rb1 Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 Be8 20. Nd2 Bh5 21. f3 Nc8) 18... Nxf3+ 19.
Nxf3 Be8 (19... Nc8 20. Qc1) 20. Nd2 f3 $2 ({Stronger} 20... Bh5 $5 21. f3 Nc8
$17 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Rc8b6] with clear advandage in quite position.} (21... Qg5
22. Kh1)) 21. Nxf3 Bh5 22. Nd2 $1 {Of course! Julian uzes opportunitiy to
sacrifice exchange for  activization of all his pieces .} Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Qg5 24.
Nb3 (24. f4 $6 Rxf4 25. Bxf4 Qxf4 26. Qh5 g6 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29.
Nf3 Qf5 $19) 24... Rf7 25. g3 $5 $13 Nc8 26. h4 Qh6 27. f4 Ne7 {[%cal Ye7f5]}
28. Kg2 Nf5 29. Bxf5 Rxf5 30. Bg1 Qg6 31. Kh2 (31. Bxd4 $2 Bxd4 32. Nxd4 Rxf4)
31... Rf7 32. Nxd4 (32. Bxd4 Bxd4 33. Nxd4 Rc8 {[%csl Yc7][%cal Yf7c7,Yc7c3]})
32... Rc7 33. h5 Qf7 34. Qg4 (34. b6 Rc4 35. Nb5 Re4 36. Qd1 Re1 37. Qg4 Bxe5
$1 38. fxe5 $140 Qf1 39. Qxe6+ Kh8 $19) 34... Re8 35. Ne2 Rec8 36. Bd4 (36. Bb6
Rc4) 36... Bb4 (36... Bxd4 37. Nxd4 Re8 38. b6 Rc4 39. Nb5 Rec8 40. c3 $1 {
[%cal Rb5d6]}) 37. c3 Bc5 38. Bxc5 Rxc5 39. Nd4 Rxc3 $5 (39... Re8) 40. Nxe6 d4
$1 {[%cal Rf7a2]} 41. f5 d3 42. Kh3 R3c4 (42... Rc2 43. Ra1 (43. Ra3 Re8 44.
Ng5 Qd5 $19) 43... Re8 44. Rd1) 43. Qf3 (43. Nf4 Rxf4 (43... R8c5 44. Rd2 Rxe5
45. Rxd3 Qxf5 46. Rd8+ Kf7 47. Rd7+ Kf6 48. Qxf5+ Rxf5 49. Rxb7 Rxa4 $19) 44.
e6 Qxe6 45. fxe6 Rxg4 46. Kxg4 Kf8 47. Rd2 Rd8 48. Kf5 Ke7 $19) 43... g6 $5 (
43... Rc2 44. Ra1 Rf2 $1 45. Qxf2 Qxh5+ 46. Kg2 Rc2 47. Ra2 Rxf2+ 48. Rxf2 Qg4
$19) 44. g4 (44. Rd2 $5 Qxf5+ (44... gxf5 45. Ng5) 45. Qxf5 gxf5 46. Rxd3 Re8
47. Ng5 h6 48. Nf3 $17) 44... gxf5 45. gxf5 Kh8 46. Rg2 (46. Rd2 Rc1 47. Ng5 (
47. Rxd3 Rh1+ $1 48. Kg2 (48. Qxh1 Qxh5+ 49. Kg2 Rg8+) 48... Rxh5 49. Rd8+ Rxd8
50. Nxd8 Qa2+ 51. Kf1 Qb1+ 52. Kg2 Qh1+ 53. Kf2 Rh2+ 54. Ke3 Qe1+ 55. Kd4 Rd2+
$19) 47... Qg7 (47... Rh1+ 48. Kg2 Qxh5 49. Nf7+ $1 Kg8 50. Qxh5 Rxh5 51. Nd6
Rc2 $19) 48. Ne4 Rg8 $19) 46... d2 $1 47. Ng5 (47. Rxd2 Rc3 48. Rd3 Rxd3 49.
Qxd3 Qxh5+ 50. Kg2 Rg8+ $19) 47... Qe8 48. Qe2 Rd4 (48... Rd4 49. Rg1 Rc3+ 50.
Kh2 Rc1 51. Rd1 Rxd1 52. Qxd1 Qxe5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Bb5 7. c4 dxc4 $5 {
This move start to get some popularity just in last few years.After "normal"} (
7... Bxc4 8. Bxc4 dxc4 9. Nbd2 Qa6 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. N4f3 c3 13.
Ne4 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 cxb2 15. Bxb2 Na6 16. Rhd1 Ne7 17. Rac1 b6 18. Nd6+ $36 {
1-0 Sveshnikov,E-Ehlvest,J/Leningrad 1984 (41) White keeps  initiative.}) 8.
Nc3 Nc6 $5 (8... Ba6 9. d5 exd5 10. Qxd5 Ne7 11. Qe4 Qc6 12. Bxc4 Qxe4+ 13.
Nxe4 Ng6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. h4 $36 {1-0 Voigt,U-Wenzel,J/BL2 1997 (28)}) 9. d5 (
9. b3 $5 cxd4 10. Nxb5 Qxb5 11. Bxc4 Qb6 12. O-O Nge7 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. b4 Ng6
15. Qe2 a5 16. b5 Nb8 17. Rad1 $44 {0-1 Prie,E-Psakhis,L/Metz 1994 (39)}) 9...
O-O-O 10. d6 f6 11. Nxb5 (11. b3 $5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. Nxb5 Qxb5 14. Bxc4
Qd7 15. O-O Nf6 16. b4 Bxd6 17. Be3 e4 $132 {0-1 Tseitlin,M-Zifroni,D/Tel-Aviv
1996 (48)}) 11... Qxb5 12. Qc2 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Bxc4 Qc6 15. Bxe6+ Kb8
16. O-O Nf6 17. Be3 Bxd6 {White,s preasure enough to compensate pawn, but not
for more.} 18. Rac1 {Or} (18. Rfc1 e4 19. h3 Rhe8 20. Bc4 Nd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22.
Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 e3 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Bareev,E/Novgorod 1997/
CBM 60}) 18... e4 {[%cal Rd6h2]} 19. Bh3 {[%cal Yg2g3,Yh3g2]} (19. h3 $5 Rhe8 (
19... h5 20. b4) 20. Ba2) 19... Nd5 20. Qxe4 (20. Bxc5 Bf4 (20... Nf4 $5) 21.
Qxe4 (21. Bd4 Bxc1 22. Qxc6 bxc6 23. Rxc1 Nf6 $1) (21. Rcd1 e3 22. g3 $140 e2
$1) 21... Rhe8 22. Qb1 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Qf6 {[%cal Rd5f4]}) 20... Rhe8 $1 21. Qf3
(21. Qxh7 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Qc7 $36) 21... Nxe3 22. Qxc6 $2 (22. fxe3 Qc7 23. g3
Qe7 24. Rce1 $11) 22... Bxh2+ $1 {Unpleasant blow!} 23. Kh1 (23. Kxh2 $2 Nxf1+
24. Rxf1 bxc6 $19) 23... bxc6 24. fxe3 Bd6 $17 {[%csl Re3,Rh3]} 25. Rc3 (25.
Rf7 Re7 26. Rcf1 Rxf7 27. Rxf7 Be5) 25... Rf8 26. g4 Kc7 27. Rfc1 {[%cal Rb2b4]
} (27. Kg2 Be5 28. Rc2 c4 $5) 27... Rf2 {[%cal Rf2h2]} 28. R1c2 Rf3 29. Bg2 (
29. e4 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Be5 31. Rxc5 Bxb2 $19) 29... Rg3 {[%csl Rg4]} 30. Rc4 Rxe3
$19 31. Kg1 Rf8 32. Re4 Rd3 33. Bf1 Rd1 34. Rf2 Rxf2 35. Kxf2 Rb1 36. Re2 c4
37. a4 Bc5+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Meister, Jakob"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Be2 Nh6 7. O-O Nf5 8. b3 (8.
Na3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Qb6 11. Be3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Qd8 13. Rb1 Rb8 14.
Bd3 Qe7 15. Qb3 O-O 16. Nd2 Rfc8 17. Qd1 Be8 $11 {0-1 Kovarcik,T-Campos Moreno,
J/Banyoles op-A 2002/ (27)}) (8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bd3 Nh4 11. Bf4 Ng6
12. Bg3 O-O 13. Qe2 a6 14. Nbd2 f5 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Bxg6 Qxg6 17. a4 Qh5 $36 {
0-1 Gardner,R-Maduekwe,C/London Banwell Masters 2001/ (64)}) (8. Bd3 cxd4 9.
Bxf5 exf5 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Qd3 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Rc8 14. Qxa7 Bc5 15.
Qxb7 Qh4 16. Be3 Bc6 17. Qa6 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 d4 19. Re1 Bxg2 {1/2-1/2 Milman,
L-Becerra,J/Connecticut Foxwoods op 2004 (19)}) 8... Be7 (8... cxd4 9. Nxd4
Ncxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. g4 Nh4 13. Na3 h5 14. gxh5 Nf5 15. Nc2 Bb5
16. Rc1 Kd7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sarwat,W-Barsov,A/Cairo Golden Cleopatra op 2001/ (41)
}) 9. Na3 $146 (9. g4 Nh4 10. Nxh4 Bxh4 11. f4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb6 13. Be3 f5 14.
gxf5 exf5 15. Bf3 Ne7 16. Qd2 O-O-O 17. Nc3 Qe6 18. Qg2 Bc6 $14 {1-0 Bissieres,
M-Sime,D/Hyerois Glorney Cup 2001/ (44)}) (9. dxc5 $5 Bxc5 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11.
Nxa3 O-O 12. Bd3 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Qxh4 14. f4 a6 15. Nc2 f5 16. Qd2 $14 {Gouret,
T-Cooke,E/Budapest-9 IM-B 2001/1-0 (43)}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 h5 $5 11. Nc2 g5
$5 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gg5g4] Typial for this variation idea:Black preparing
g5-g4 and white after this must very carefully protect pawn d4.} 12. Bb2 g4 13.
Nfe1 Qb6 14. Qd3 {[%cal Ga1d1]} O-O-O (14... f6 $5) 15. Rd1 Rdg8 (15... f6 $5)
16. Ne3 $1 $14 {Good move, black has now not so easy choice: or black knight
takes on e3, opening important f5 line, or he must run away.} Nh4 (16... Nxe3
17. fxe3 {[%csl Rf7]}) 17. g3 (17. a3 $5 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. b4 Ng6 $13) 17...
Ng6 18. N1g2 Kb8 ({Possibly Black should have preferred} 18... Nb4 19. Qb1 Bb5
20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21. f4 $5 gxf3 22. Rxf3 h4 $132) 19. a3 a5 ({It is not easy to
assess positions arising after} 19... f6 $5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. b4 Nce7 $13) 20.
Rb1 $5 {[%cal Gb3b4]} Na7 {[%cal Gd7b5]} (20... f6 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Rfd1) 21.
a4 {[%csl Rb4]} Nc6 22. Bc3 {[%cal Ge3c2,Gb3b4]} f6 (22... Rc8 $5) 23. exf6
Bxf6 24. Rfd1 (24. Nc2 e5 $140 25. Nge3 Be6 26. b4 $5 $36) 24... Nb4 $5 25.
Bxb4 (25. Qd2 Rc8) 25... axb4 (25... Qxb4 26. Nc2 Qb6 27. Nge3 {[%cal Gb3b4]})
26. Ra1 {[%cal Ga4a6] Although the position is more or less balanced, White
seems to have the easier play.} (26. Rbc1 $5) 26... Ne7 27. a5 Qc7 28. a6 ({
Maybe Meister had to play} 28. Rdc1 $142 Nc6 29. Nc2 {[%cal Ga5a6] trying to
keep queens on the board.}) 28... Qc3 $1 29. Nc2 ({I think that White rightly
avoided the line} 29. Qb1 Bxd4 30. Ra2 Qc5 $132) 29... b5 ({Worse considering} 
29... Qxd3 $5 30. a7+ Ka8 31. Bxd3 Rc8 $15 {withe very good game for Black.})
30. Ra5 Ka7 31. Qxc3 bxc3 32. Bxb5 Kb6 $1 33. Bxd7 Kxa5 34. Bxe6 (34. Nf4 $5)
34... Rd8 35. Ra1+ Kb6 36. a7 $11 {The easiest way to the draw.} (36. Nf4 Ra8)
36... Ra8 37. Nf4 Rxa7 38. Rxa7 Kxa7 39. Ne2 Rb8 40. Nxc3 Rxb3 41. Nxd5 Nxd5
42. Bxd5 Rd3 43. Kf1 Rd2 44. Be4 (44. Be4 Bxd4 45. Nxd4 Rxd4 46. Bg6 Rd5 47.
Kg2 $11 {[%cal Gh2h3]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Bd7 ({Another possible continuation could be} 8... Nf5 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. Nc3 Be6
$13) 9. O-O {Dvoirys has chosen the course of principle and decided to
sacrifice pawn.} (9. Bc2 Nf5 10. Bxf5 exf5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. O-O (12. h4 h6 13.
h5 Be7 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. b3 O-O 16. Nf4 Na5 17. Rb1 Rc3 $36 {0-1 Masserey,
Y-Ekstroem,R/Zuerich Christmas op 2001/}) 12... h6 13. h4 Be7 14. Ne2 Kd7 $13 {
1-0 Anderson,R-Strugatsky,V/Chicago op 2003}) 9... Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nc3
a6 12. Qe2 {This is a new try, but as this game shows, Black has nothing to
fear here} (12. Bxh6 $6 gxh6 13. Kh1 Qxe5 $17) 12... Qg4 $146 (12... Ng4 13.
Bc2 h5 (13... Bc5 14. h3 Nxf2 15. Rxf2 f6 16. exf6 Qxf2+ 17. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 18.
Kxf2 gxf6 $132) 14. h3 Nh6 (14... Qxe5 15. hxg4 Qxe2 16. Nxe2 hxg4 $13) 15.
Qxh5 Rc8 16. Be3 Qc4 17. Rfd1 $36 {0-1 Schuchardt,G-Weise,M/Kassel op 1996 (27)
}) ({Worth consideration and} 12... Qh4 $5) 13. f3 (13. Bxh6 Qxe2 14. Nxe2 gxh6
15. Rac1 f6 $5 16. exf6 Bd6 $15) 13... Bc5+ 14. Kh1 (14. Be3 $142 $5 Bxe3+ 15.
Qxe3 Nf5 16. Qf2 $5 (16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Ne2 f6 $5 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Nd4 O-O 20.
f4 $15) 16... Qg5 17. f4 $44 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gc3e2]}) 14... Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 (
15... Qh5 $5) 16. Qe1 $6 {A mistake after which Dvoirys will find himself in
trouble} ({The lesser evil for White was} 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 {with some
compensation for the pawn.}) 16... Bc6 17. Bf4 O-O 18. Rc1 f5 $5 {[%cal Gc3a2,
Ga2b4,Gh6f7]} 19. Bxh6 ({White meets troubles and after} 19. Nxd5 Ng4 $1 {
[%csl Gc6]} 20. Qe2 Bf2 $1 21. Ne7+ Kf7 22. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 23. Qxf2 Kxe7 $17) 19...
Qxh6 20. Nxd5 Bxa3 $1 {Maybe this strong move Dvoirys missed in calculations!?}
21. Nf6+ (21. bxa3 Bxd5 22. Bc4 Rfd8) 21... gxf6 22. bxa3 fxe5 23. Qxe5 ({
There wasn't a rescue in} 23. Rc5 e4 $1 24. fxe4 Rad8 {with material and
positional advantage}) 23... Bxf3+ $1 {[%cal Gh6c1] Fnal blow!} 24. Kg1 Bd5 $19
(24... Rad8 $5) 25. Rcd1 (25. Rc7 $5 Rad8 $19 (25... Qf6 $143 $2 26. Rxf5 $1))
25... Rad8 26. Rf4 Be4 27. Be2 Rxd1+ (27... Qf6 $5) 28. Bxd1 Qf6 29. Qc5 Rd8
30. Bb3 Qb2 (30... Rd2 $5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Recklinghausen"]
[Site "Recklinghausen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maiwald, Jens Uwe"]
[Black "Kishnev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 cxd4 (6... Nge7 $5) 7.
cxd4 Nge7 8. Nc3 Nf5 9. O-O Be7 (9... Qb6 $5) 10. g4 $1 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12.
Be3 O-O 13. f4 f6 (13... h6 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. Kh1 Be7 16. f5 Bg5 17. f6 gxf6 18.
Bxg5 fxg5 19. Rf6 Kg7 20. Raf1 Ne7 21. h4 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Klimczok,K/Katowice
1993}) 14. Qd2 (14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Rc1 g6 16. Qd2 Bg7 17. Bf3 Qa5 18. Bg2 Kh8
19. Kh1 Rac8 20. h3 Qb4 21. Rfd1 b6 22. Bf1 Na5 23. b3 Bc6 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. Ng5
e5 26. Rxc6 Nxc6 27. dxe5 Nxe5 28. fxe5 h6 {Nunn,J-Anand,V/Munich 1991/CBM 23/
[Ftacnik]/1-0 (40)}) 14... h6 (14... fxe5 15. dxe5 (15. fxe5 h6 16. Rxf8+ Qxf8
17. Rf1 Qe7 18. Bd3 Rf8 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. Kg2 Be8 21. Ne2 Qb4 22. a3 Qxd2 23.
Bxd2 a6 24. Bc3 Kf8 25. Nc1 Bd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Madsen,P-Skomorokhin,R/Berliner
Sommer 1994/EXT 94op (40)}) 15... Be7 16. Rad1 Qa5 17. Bf3 $14 Bc5 $2 18. Nxd5
$1 Bxe3+ 19. Nxe3 $18 {1-0 Kostyra,S-Ujma,J/Wisla BES 1992/TD 92\04 (33)}) 15.
Rad1 a6 16. Bd3 Rc8 (16... fxe5 17. dxe5 $5 d4 $140 $2 18. Bxd4 $1 Nxd4 19. Bc4
Bb5 20. Qxd4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Rac8 23. Qe2 $16) 17. Bb1 {[%cal Rb1h7]
} Be8 18. exf6 Rxf6 (18... Qxf6 19. g5 Qf7 (19... hxg5 20. fxg5 Qe7 21. Qd3 g6
22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Qe2 $1 $16 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Re2g4]}) 20. gxh6 gxh6 21. f5 $1
$16) 19. g5 hxg5 (19... Rf7 20. Qc2 $5 Rf5 21. Qg2 $40) 20. fxg5 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1
e5 (21... Bh5 22. Qd3 g6 23. Rf6 $16) 22. Qg2 $1 (22. dxe5 $2 d4 23. Qd3 g6 24.
Qc4+ Kg7 25. Rd1 Bxg5 $1) 22... exd4 (22... Bf7 23. Bf5 exd4 24. g6 $1 $18) (
22... Nxd4 23. Qg4 {[%csl Rh4]}) 23. Qf3 $18 Bg6 (23... Qe7 24. Nxd5 Qf7 25.
Qe4 $18) 24. Bxg6 Ne5 25. Bf7+ Kf8 26. Qf5 dxe3 27. Bxd5+ Ke8 28. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 12th"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2004.05.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.04.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 (7. O-O Ng6
8. g3 {[%cal Gh2h4]}) 7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Qa5+ {At this moment Black
had a great choice of reasonable alternatives, for example:} (9... Nb4 10. O-O
(10. Ne3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Bd3 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16.
Bc3 Qb6 17. Rf2 Ne7 18. Qe2 Be8 19. Ne5 $36 {1-0 Dvoirys,S-Wempe,J/Dieren op
2002 (30)}) 10... Nxc2 11. Qxc2 Qb6 12. Qd3 a6 13. a4 Bb4 14. h4 a5 15. g3 h6
16. Kg2 O-O-O 17. Bd2 Kb8 18. Rfc1 Rc8 19. b3 Rhd8 20. Bf4 Ne7 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8
22. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Potkin,V-Berkes,F/Wch B20 Goa 2002/ (50)}) (9... Qb6 10. O-O
Rc8 (10... a5 11. Kh1 Nb4 12. Ne3 Be7 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Bd2 O-O 15. a3 Nc6 16.
Bc3 Rfb8 $5 17. Qd2 Qd8 18. b3 Rc8 19. Bd3 g6 20. Rfe1 Be6 21. Reb1 Qf8 22. Bb2
Qd8 23. Bc1 $14 {0-1 Cherniaev,A-Dzhakaev,D/EUR-ch Istanbul 2003/CBM 96 (34)})
11. Kh1 Na5 12. g4 Ne7 13. Nfe1 h5 14. gxh5 Nf5 15. Bg4 Nh6 16. Bh3 Nc6 17. b3
Kd8 18. Ng2 Kc7 19. Nf4 Rd8 20. Rg1 Kb8 21. Bb2 Ne7 22. Ne3 $14 {[%csl Gf4,Gh3]
1-0 Charbonneau,P-Barsov,A/Montreal 2003/CBM 97 (38)}) 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Bc3 a5
12. O-O Be7 13. a4 (13. a3 $5 O-O 14. Bd3 Kh8 15. Re1 Na7 16. a4 Nc6 17. Bb5
Be8 18. Qd2 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 Bd6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Timman,
J-Sokolov,I/Amsterdam (m/3) 1996/[Sokolov,I] (34)}) (13. Ne3 $5 Nxe3 14. fxe3
O-O 15. Bd3 Nb4 16. Bb1 a4 17. a3 Nc6 18. Qe1 Na5 19. Bb4 $1 Qd8 (19... Bxb4 $2
20. Bxh7+ $1 $18) 20. Bd3 Nc6 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Qg3 $14 {1-0 Galdunts,
S-Bricard,E/Bischwiller-A 1999/EXT 2001 (27)}) (13. Qd2 O-O 14. Ne3 Nxe3 15.
Qxe3 Nb4 16. Rfc1 Bb5 17. Bd1 Bc4 18. b3 Bb5 19. a3 Nc6 20. h4 Rfc8 21. g3 Rc7
22. Kg2 Rac8 23. Qd2 Qa6 $15 {[%cal Gb5d3] 0-1 Zlotnik,B-Romero Holmes,A/Villa
de Albox 2003/ (66)}) 13... O-O 14. Bb5 $146 (14. Na3 f6 (14... Rac8 $5) 15.
exf6 Rxf6 (15... Bxf6) 16. Nb5 Raf8 17. Qd2 Nd6 18. Rac1 Ne4 19. Qe3 Be8 $11 {
1-0 Rozentalis,E-King,D/Mondorf 1991 (37)}) 14... f6 {Black is ideally
developed, now it is time for action!} 15. g4 (15. exf6 Bxf6 $11) 15... Nh6 16.
exf6 Rxf6 {[%cal Gf6f1]} (16... gxf6 $5 {[%cal Gh6f7]}) 17. Ne5 ({Black doing
well after} 17. g5 Rxf3 18. Qxf3 Bxg5 $44) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rg6 $1 {
Seemingly, this move escaped Carlsen's attention. Now we see, that black has
succeeded to solve his opening problems and it's White, who must think about
defence now.} ({Weaker} 18... Bxb5 19. exf6 Bxf1 20. fxe7 Ba6 21. Qd2 {[%csl
Gc3,Ge7]}) 19. Bd4 $2 ({I think White should have taken his chances with} 19.
Bxd7 $5 {for example:} Nxg4 20. Bd4 (20. Kh1 Nxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Qxf2 22. Qf1 Qxc2
$19) 20... Qb3 21. Bxe6+ $1 Rxe6 22. Ne3 Qxd1 23. Raxd1 Nxe5 24. Nxd5 Nf3+ 25.
Kg2 Nxd4 26. Nxe7+ Rxe7 27. Rxd4 Rae8 $11) 19... Bc5 $1 20. Bxd7 (20. Bxc5 Qxc5
21. Bxd7 Nxg4 22. Bxe6+ Rxe6 23. Nd4 (23. Qxg4 Rg6 24. Qxg6 hxg6 25. Rac1 Rc8
$17) 23... Rxe5 24. Qxg4 Re4 $17) 20... Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Rxg4+ 22. Qxg4 (22. Kh1
Rxd4 23. Qc2 (23. Bxe6+ Kh8 $19) 23... Rf8 $19) 22... Nxg4 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24.
Rad1 Nxe5 $19 {Black's positional and material advantage is decisive.} 25. Bxd5
(25. Rfe1 Nc6) 25... Rf8 ({Maybe} 25... Qg6+ $5 26. Bg2 (26. Kh1 Rd8) 26... Nd3
$19 {[%cal Rd3f4] was better choice.}) 26. Ne6 (26. Rfe1 Ng6 {[%cal Gg6f4]})
26... Rf6 27. Rc1 Nc6 $1 28. b3 (28. Rc2 $5) 28... Ne7 29. Nc7 $8 h6 (29... h5
$5) 30. Be4 Rf8 (30... Rf4 $5) 31. Nb5 (31. Rc3) 31... Qe6 $1 32. Rc4 Ng6 33.
Nc7 $2 {Final mistake.} (33. Bxb7 $142 $5 Nf4 {[%csl Gf4]}) 33... Qg4+ 34. Kh1
(34. Bg2 Nf4 $19) 34... Qe2 {Further casualties are unavoidable because of
unstable position of White's king.} (34... Ne5 $1 35. Rg1 Qe2 36. Rd4 Rc8 $19)
35. Bg2 Rxf2 36. Rg1 (36. Rxf2 Qxf2 37. h3 Nf4) 36... Rxg2 $1 37. Rxg2 Qf1+ 38.
Rg1 Qf3+ 39. Rg2 Nf4 40. Rxf4 Qxf4 41. Rxg7 (41. Nb5 Qf1+ 42. Rg1 Qf3+ 43. Rg2
Qxb3) 41... Qc1+ $1 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nh6 $5 {[%cal Gh6f5]
This move become very popular in modern practice.} 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9.
Bb2 Be7 10. Bd3 a5 11. Qa4 $5 ({Black hadn't too many problems after natural} 
11. Bxf5 exf5 12. Nc3 Be6 {for example} 13. b5 a4 $1 14. O-O (14. bxc6 Qxb2 15.
Nxa4 Rxa4 16. cxb7 Qc3+ $1 (16... Rxa3 17. Rb1 Qc3+ 18. Kf1 $1 (18. Qd2 Kd7 19.
Qxc3 Rxc3 20. Kd2 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Rb8 22. f4 $13 {1-0 Hoellrigl,W-Tabernig,B/BL2
0304 2004 (43)}) 18... Kd7 19. b8=Q Rxb8 20. Rxb8 Bb4 $132) (16... Bb4+ 17.
axb4 Qxb4+ 18. Nd2 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Qxb7 20. Qa3 $1 $36 {[%csl Re8]}) 17. Nd2 (17.
Ke2 $4 Qc4+ $19) 17... O-O 18. Rb1 {[%cal Rd1a4,Rb7b8]} Bb4 $1 19. Rxb4 (19.
axb4 Ra2 {[%csl Re1]}) 19... Rxb4 20. axb4 Qxd4 21. O-O Rb8 $11 {with equal
chances}) 14... Nb8 15. Ne1 Nd7 16. Qf3 Qd8 17. Nd3 Nb6 18. Nc5 O-O 19. Bc1 Qc7
20. Be3 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 Nc4 $11 {0-1 Savic,M-Marzolo,C/Novi Sad-1 GM 2003/ (73)})
11... O-O 12. b5 f6 (12... Bd7 $5 13. g4 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. O-O f6 16. Ra2
Na7 $36 {0-1 Malysheva,P-Ivanov,S/Stockholm 2003 (27)}) 13. Bxf5 exf5 ({
White's chances are better and after sharp} 13... fxe5 $6 14. Bh3 e4 15. Nfd2
Ne5 16. dxe5 Qxf2+ 17. Kd1 e3 18. Qg4 Bd7 19. a4 $1 exd2 20. Bd4 h5 21. Qxe6+
$1 $18 {Vysochin,S-Sambuev,B/St Petersburg 300 Years 2003//1-0 (51)}) 14. O-O
Be6 $146 {According to my database, this position appeared for the first time}
({Black tried also} 14... fxe5 $5 15. dxe5 Be6 (15... Na7 $2 16. Nc3 Be6 17.
Nd4 Nc8 18. Rfd1 Bc5 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Nxd5 $18 {1-0 Abrahamyan,T-Sharavdorj,D/
USA op Los Angeles 2003/ (29)}) 16. Nbd2 Nb8 17. Bd4 Qd8 18. Nb3 Nd7 19. Rac1
Nb6 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21. Nbd4 Rfc8 $14 {1-0 Rainfray,A-Drozdovsky,Y/Wch Cannes
B14 1997 (40)}) 15. Nc3 (15. bxc6 Qxb2 16. Nbd2 b5 $1 $13) 15... Na7 ({In the
case of} 15... fxe5 16. dxe5 Bc5 17. Ne2 $5 $36 {[%csl Gd4,Gf4][%cal Ge2d4]
white knights will occupy soon all inportant squares in the centre of the
board.}) 16. Qb3 Rfd8 (16... Rad8 $5 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Re2 $14)
17. Rfe1 $1 {[%cal Ge1e7]} fxe5 18. Nxe5 $5 (18. Rxe5 Bf6 19. Nxd5 Bxe5 (19...
Rxd5 20. Rxd5 a4 21. Qa2 Kh8 22. Re1 $36) 20. Nxb6 Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Bxb3 22. Nxa8
Rxa8 $11) 18... Bf6 19. a4 {[%csl Ra7,Gc3,Ge5] White's chances are preferable,
thanks to a better pawn structure and active pieces.} Qxd4 {Looks like
desperation, but white's advantage is obvious and after} (19... Rac8 20. Rad1)
({or} 19... Nc8 $2 20. Ba3 $5 Qxd4 21. Rad1 $18) 20. Ne4 $1 Qxe4 $8 (20... Bxe5
21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Ng5 $1 Bxa1 23. Nxe6 $18) 21. Rxe4 fxe4 22. f3 $1 Re8 (22...
Rd6 $5) 23. fxe4 dxe4 24. Qg3 $16 {[%csl Gb2,Ge5,Gg3][%cal Ga1f1]} Bd5 (24...
Rad8 25. Rf1 Rd2 26. Bc3 $18) 25. Rd1 Rad8 (25... Ba2 $5 26. Rd6 $5) 26. Rf1 ({
White missed a very good oportunity to finish game immediately:} 26. Nc6 $142
$1 Bxb2 (26... bxc6 27. Bxf6 Rd7 28. bxc6 Nxc6 29. Rxd5 $18) 27. Nxd8 Be5 28.
Qe3 Rxd8 29. Rxd5 $1 Rxd5 30. Qb3 $18 {[%cal Rb3g8]}) 26... Bxe5 (26... Re6 27.
Rxf6 $1 Rxf6 28. Nc6 $18) 27. Bxe5 Rd7 (27... Re7 $2 28. Bf6) 28. Rd1 {[%cal
Rd1d5]} Ree7 {This attempt meets the tactical refutation.} ({But after} 28...
g6 {White also wins without any problems.} 29. Qg5 Rf8 (29... Re6 30. Bc3) 30.
g4 $1 Rf3 31. Bb2 $18 {[%cal Rg5e5]}) 29. Bxg7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 64] A glorious
finish of the white's strategy! Rest is simple.} Rxg7 30. Qb8+ Kf7 31. Rxd5
Rxd5 32. Qxb7+ Ke6 33. Qxg7 e3 34. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Cup 11th"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1980.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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 "Dinamo"]
[BlackTeam "Spartak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Ne7 (3... c5 {la ligne principale}) 4. Nf3 b6 5. c4 {
une variante trés rare} (5. c3 $142) 5... Bb7 6. Nc3 Qd7 $146 (6... Nbc6 7.
cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd3 Na5 12. Qe2 a6 13. Bf4
Bd5 14. Rfe1 b5 15. Nd2 c5 16. Qg4 g6 17. Ne4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nc6 19. Ng5 Nb4 20.
Bb1 h5 21. Qg3 {Kupreichik,V (2365)-Petrosian,T (2610)/Moscow 1979/MCD/1/2-1/2
(41)}) 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 c5 (8... Be7) (8... Nc6 9. O-O Ncb4 10. Bb5 c6 11.
Be2 Nc7 {[%cal Gb4d5]} 12. a3 Nbd5 13. Ne4 $14) 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 cxd4 11.
Nxd4 Nc6 12. Rb1 Bc5 $5 (12... Qd5 $5) 13. Be3 O-O-O (13... Bxd4 14. cxd4 Ne7
15. Qg4 O-O (15... h5 16. Qg5 h4 17. h3 Kf8 $13) 16. Bh6 Ng6) 14. Bb5 Bxd4 (
14... Qd5 $142 {[%cal Gd5g2,Gc6d4]}) 15. Bxd4 (15. cxd4 Qd5 16. Qg4 Nxd4 17.
Rfd1 h5 $1) 15... Qd5 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. f3 h5 18. a4 Kb7 (18... h4 $5 19. a5 h3
20. axb6 hxg2 21. Rf2 axb6 22. Rxb6 Kd7 $1 23. Rfb2 Qxf3 24. Qxf3 Bxf3 25. Rd6+
Ke7 26. Rxd8 (26. Rf2) 26... Rxd8 27. Bc5+ Ke8) 19. Qe2 Qa5 (19... Bxa4 20. Rb4
$1 (20. Ra1 Bb5) 20... b5 21. Ra1 $36) 20. Rb4 Rd5 $6 {Le plan des noirs de
doubler les R sur la colonne "d" parait trop lent} (20... g5 $5 21. Rfb1 Rhg8 (
21... h4) (21... g4 22. fxg4 (22. f4 h4)) 22. Bf2 g4 23. f4) 21. Rfb1 Rhd8 22.
h4 Ka8 23. Kh2 Bxa4 $2 24. Bxb6 $3 axb6 25. Rxb6 {[%cal Ge2a6]} Ka7 26. Rb7+
Ka8 27. Qb2 R8d7 28. Rxd7 Rb5 29. Qe2 Rxe5 30. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.11.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpatchev, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Shirazi, Kamran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 2. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
06:06]} (2... Nf6) (2... d5) 3. d4 {[%emt 0:01:38]} (3. Nf3 d5) 3... d5 {
[%emt 0:00:39] Retombe d'une sicilienne vers une française fermée} 4. e5 {
[%emt 0:00:26]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:
13]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:46]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:31] Sans surprise, le MI choisit
une ligne secondaire} (6... Nge7) (6... Qb6) 7. O-O {[%emt 0:06:21]} b4 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} (7... Qb6) 8. c4 $146 {[%emt 0:01:04]} ({RR} 8. cxb4 Nxb4 9.
dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 Nc6 11. b4 Bb6 12. Nc3 Nge7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Na4 Ng6 15. Nxb6
Qxb6 16. Qd2 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Nce7 18. h4 h6 19. h5 Nf8 20. Bd4 Qb7 21. Bc5 Be8
22. b5 Nh7 {Kharlov,A (2555)-Jensen,L (2205)/Stockholm 1992/TD/1-0 (42)}) ({RR
} 8. Be3 bxc3 9. bxc3 Nge7 10. dxc5 Ng6 11. Nbd2 Ngxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. c4 Bc6
14. Bd4 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rc8 18. Rfd1 Qd5 19. Qg3 Rg8
20. Be3 Qc6 21. Rac1 Be7 22. Rxc4 h5 {Cherniack,A (2284)-Kelleher,W (2408)/
Windsor Locks 2003/EXT 2005/0-1}) 8... cxd4 {[%emt 0:06:48]} 9. cxd5 {[%emt 0:
03:20]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:09:00]} (10. Nxd4 $1 Nxe5 11.
Re1 {[%csl Re8]}) 10... Bc5 {[%emt 0:17:38]} 11. Nb3 $14 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Bb6 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. Bg5 {[%emt 0:06:55]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:15:09]} 13. Bb5 {
[%emt 0:08:40]} h6 {[%emt 0:07:29]} 14. Bh4 {[%emt 0:05:44]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:
43]} 15. Re1 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:55]} (15... Rc8) 16. e6 $1 {
[%emt 0:05:29]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 17. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 18. Nbxd4 {[%emt 0:04:22][%csl Rc6,Re6]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:09:22]} 19. Nxd4
{[%emt 0:03:24]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 20. Rc1 $14 {[%emt 0:17:18]} Nf5 {
[%emt 0:04:22]} 21. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Nxh4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 22. Qg4 {
[%emt 0:05:26]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 23. Nxb4 {[%emt 0:03:45]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:
00:37]} 24. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 25. Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:02:
48]} (25. Nd3) 25... Qxc8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 26. h3 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Qc1+ {
[%emt 0:02:05]} 27. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 28. Nd3 {[%emt 0:
03:41]} (28. Nxd5 {[%cal Gg4f5]} Qxb2 $11) 28... Qd2 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 29. Qf3 {
[%emt 0:03:11]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 30. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:
39]} 31. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 32. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:39]}
Kf7 {[%emt 0:04:57]} 33. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d4 {[%emt 0:03:44]} 34. e5 {
[%emt 0:00:55]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:49][%cal Gd4d3]} 35. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nxa2
{[%emt 0:01:55]} 36. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:54]} 37. Kf3 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} Nc3 $2 $138 {[%emt 0:01:31]} (37... Kg6 $11 {[%cal Gg6f5]}) 38. bxc3 {
[%emt 0:01:36]} dxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 39. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} h5 {[%emt 0:03:
16]} 1-0

[Event "Sautron op 16th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2016.10.22"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Manea, Alexandru"]
[Black "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:15:13"]
[BlackClock "0:20:17"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:02:58]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 3. e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qb6 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} (4... Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5
Qc7 10. c4 d4 11. Re1 O-O-O $132) 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]}
6. a3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} (6... c4) (6... Bd7) 7. b4 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (8. cxd4 {
La grande ligne} Nf5) 8... gxh6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bd7 {
[%emt 0:09:42]} (9... Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Na4 $14) 10. Be2 {[%emt 0:03:27]} (
10. Ra2 $5 Rc8 11. Rc2) 10... Rg8 {[%emt 0:06:19]} (10... Rc8 11. O-O Bg7 12.
Qd3 f6 13. b5 Ne7 14. Nc3 {Degraeve,J (2465)-Bauer,C (2485) Montpellier 1993 1/
2}) 11. O-O {[%emt 0:01:18]} Rg4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:06][%csl Rd4]} 12. h3 {[%emt 0:
00:14]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 13. g3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 14.
Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 15. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 16. Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:07:55]} (16... a5 17. Nc3
Rc8 18. Ne2 Nc2 19. Ra2 axb4 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Ra7 Rb8 22. Rfa1 Na6 23. Rc1 Be7
24. Nf4 Nb4 25. Rca1 Na6 26. Rb1 Nb4 27. h4 Bc5 28. Ra5 b5 29. Kg2 Ke7 30. Be2
Bb6 31. Ra3 Nc2 32. Ra2 Nd4 33. Bg4 Nc6 34. Nd3 Bd4 35. f4 b4 36. Bd1 Bc3 37.
Ra6 Nd4 38. Nc5 Be8 39. Ra7+ Kf8 40. Ba4 Nb5 41. Bxb5 Rxb5 42. Rc7 Rxc5 43.
Rxc5 Ba4 44. Rc8+ Kg7 45. Rb8 Bc2 46. R1xb4 {Zherebukh,Y (2632)-Bartel,M (2677)
Lublin 2012 1-0 (66)}) 17. f4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} a5 $5 $146 {[%emt 0:06:05][%cal
Ga8a1]} (17... Ke7 18. Nd2 f6 19. exf6+ Bxf6 20. Rac1 a5 21. Rfe1 axb4 22. axb4
Ra3 23. Nf1 Kd6 24. Ne3 Nc6 25. Kg2 Nxb4 26. Rb1 Nd3 27. Re2 Bc6 28. Ng4 Bg7
29. Nf2 Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Bd4+ 31. Kg2 e5 32. Bf3 e4 33. Bg4 Bc5 34. Bf5 e3 35. Kf3
d4+ 36. Be4 Ra8 37. Rd1 Kc7 38. Rc2 Kd6 39. Re2 Bxe4+ 40. Kxe4 Re8+ 41. Kd3 Kd5
42. Ra1 h5 43. g4 Rf8 44. f5 Ke5 45. Rg2 h4 46. Ra5 b6 47. Ra7 {Zherebukh,Y 
(2623)-Malakhatko,V (2539) Minsk 2014 1-0 (62)}) 18. Nc3 {[%emt 0:10:34]} Ke7 {
[%emt 0:18:19]} 19. Rad1 {[%emt 0:42:26] La position est complexe et le
roumain a dépensé près de 45 mns sur cette position pour choisir un plan}
Nf5 $44 {[%emt 0:20:02][%csl Rg3]} 20. Rf3 {[%emt 0:01:50]} axb4 $1 {[%emt 0:
01:04]} 21. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 22. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:33]}
Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 23. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 24. Rxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 25. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} f6 {[%emt 0:04:
16]} (25... Ra7 26. b5 b6 27. Rd6 $36 {[%csl Gb5,Rb6]}) 26. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:06:
09]} Ra1+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. Kg2 {[%emt 0:02:34]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:07][%csl
Gg7]} 28. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:04][%cal Gc4c7]} exf4 {[%emt 0:03:44]} 29. gxf4 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} (29. Rc7+ Kf6) 29... Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 30. Be4 {[%emt 0:13:
30]} Rb2+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 31. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2014.06.03"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bischwiller"]
[BlackTeam "Chalonne"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Na3 {This is a very strange
move in an otherwise perfectly standard French Advance.} cxd4 {By far the most
logical way to answer. The point is that after the exchange of the c-pawns,
the knight would be far better placed on c3 than a3, or c2 as will take place.}
7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Nc2 {The move is consistent, but we can now see the problem
with Na3. The knight may be useful on c2, but it is also quite passive since
its role is essentially a defensive one that does nothing to fight for the
initiative.} Nf5 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. O-O a5 11. Kh1 Rc8 (11... Nfxd4 $2 {is not
possible and loses material.} 12. Ncxd4 Nxd4 13. Be3 {The point of Kh1 is
revealed. Without it, Black could now get off the hook with Nxf3 check, but
there is no check here to unpin the knight.} Bc5 14. Rc1 Bc6 (14... Rc8) 15.
Rxc5 Qxc5 16. Nxd4 {and White is up a piece.}) 12. a4 Be7 13. Bd2 {White is
goading Black into taking on d4.} O-O {Salgado is not interested though and
instead underestimates the danger of the alternative.} ({Now} 13... Nfxd4 {
is playable, but it leads to a double-edged position Black did not want to
venture into.} 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Nfxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Qg4 $1 {and White
recovers the pawn while stranding the Black king in the center.} Bxe3 18. Qxg7
Rf8 19. fxe3 Qxe3 20. Bxh7 {with a very unclear position.}) 14. g4 $1 {White
now has a strong attack} Nh6 15. Bxh6 $2 {A mistake. White had no reason to
hurry to play this, even if he wanted to give up a valuable attacking piece to
fracture Black's king position. The knight has nowhere to go at the moment.} (
15. Rg1 $1 {was stronger. It protects the g4 pawn and prepares all manner of
hardship for Black.} Qb3 {Now} 16. Bxh6 {is stronger since the rook is already
positioned on the g-file to followup with immediate action.} gxh6 17. g5 {
and things are looking bad for Black.}) 15... gxh6 16. Qd2 Kg7 17. g5 h5 18.
Qe2 Nb4 19. Nxb4 Qxb4 {Since Black is grasping at straws, lacking any concrete
way to generate counterplay, he depends very much on White cooperating with
him. Black is threatening to take on a4, but the real game is on the kingside.
He has more than one promising way to pursue the attack.} 20. b3 $2 {This was
not it though! Granted the pawn cannot be taken due to Qxb3 Rb1, but it allows
Black to penetrate on the c-file, a dream come true.} ({Instead, one way to
continue the attack might be} 20. Ne1 $1 {with the straightforward idea of
taking on h5 and shoving f5 down Black's throat. A sample continuation might
continue} Qxd4 21. f4 Rh8 {At some point this will be necessary since Qxh7
hitting on h7 cannot be stopped.} 22. Nc2 Qxb2 23. f5 {and White's attack is
very unpleasant.}) ({The alternate plan of attack might involve} 20. Rg1 $1 {
Obviously White is not really threatening g6. His plan is the rook lift with
Rg3-h3 and pile the pieces on the h-file. The other rook can join and add
threats via the g-file as it is.} Rh8 {Not only does this protect against any
immediate attacks on h7, but it also opens the way for the king to escape via
f8.} 21. Rg3 {and once more the initiative is clearly in White's hands.}) 20...
Rc3 $1 {Now the entire dynamic has changed, and it is Black who is better
since White still needs too much time for his attack to gather steam.} 21. Rfc1
Rfc8 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. Bc2 b5 $1 {preparing the way for the light squared
bishop.} 24. axb5 Qxb5 25. Qd1 a4 26. bxa4 $4 {White's position was already
coming apart at the seams, but this blunder ends it.} Qc4 27. Nd2 (27. Bb1 Rc1)
(27. Rc1 Bxa4 28. Bxa4 (28. Ne1 Qf1#) 28... Rxc1) 27... Qxd4 28. Bxh7 Rh3 29.
Bc2 Qxf2 30. Nf1 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.02.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Bd7 7. Be2 Nge7 ({
A more accurate way to reach the mainline is} 7... Nh6 {now the line played in
the game} 8. dxc5 $2 {doesn't work after} (8. Bxh6 Qxb2 $1) (8. b4 cxd4 9. cxd4
Nf5 {leads to the mainline as will be discussed below.}) 8... Bxc5 9. O-O Ng4
$17) 8. dxc5 $5 ({One of the popular mainlines in the French Advance is
reached after} 8. b4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nf5 {and now White has two common replies:}
10. Bb2 (10. Be3 f6) 10... Be7 {and Black is holding his own here in practice.}
(10... h5 $5) 11. O-O (11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 $15) (11. h4 O-O 12. g4 Nh6 13.
g5 Nf5 14. Nc3 Na5 $36) 11... h5 $1 $36 {[%cal Gg7g5] This type of game is
most probably what Wenjun was hoping to achieve.} 12. Qd2 g5 13. Rd1 Rc8 14.
Bc3 a6 15. Ne1 g4 (15... f6 $5 16. Nc2 fxe5 17. dxe5 g4 $15) 16. Nc2 Rg8 {
0-1 (36) Mokshanov,A (2470)-Yogesh,G (2269) Moscow 2016}) 8... Qxc5 $6 {
A natural reply, but one that allows White to easily apply pressure on Black's
position. Wenjun was most probably surprised by Yangyi's 8 dxc5 making it
difficult for her to find the best continuations over the board.} ({A better
reply is} 8... Qc7 {after which} 9. b4 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. O-O {leads to a
complex middlegame, where the player that's more familiar with correct plans
and ideas will likely succeed.}) 9. b4 $1 $146 ({The only move seen here
before was} 9. Be3 {when Black seizes the initiative after} Qa5 10. O-O Ng6 11.
Bd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Nf4 $15) 9... Qb6 10. c4 $1 {Yangyi follows up with
energetic moves, otherwise Black simply develops and attacks White's e5-pawn.}
Qc7 (10... dxc4 11. Nbd2 $1 Nd5 12. Nxc4 $36) 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bb2 {the
position has stabilised and White has an easier position to play owing to his
having more space.} Nf4 ({If Black continues normally, White maintains a nice
advantage in space but it's probably best to continue this way:} 12... Be7 13.
O-O O-O 14. Qd2 (14. Bd3 Rfd8 15. Qc2 g6 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Rac8 18. Rac1
Qb8 $11) (14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Rfd8 16. Qc2 a6 $11 (16... a5 $6 {doesn't
achieve much} 17. b5 Nb4 18. Qb2 Nd5 19. Bd4 $14 Nf4 20. a4 {with still a nice
space advantage.})) 14... Rfd8 15. Rc1 $5 a6 16. Nc3 Be8 $14 {but Black can
hold this with accurate play.}) 13. O-O Ne7 $6 {Black comes up with a creative
way to re-organize her pieces but it's also very risky as it neglects
development.} 14. Nc3 Neg6 $2 (14... Bc6 15. Nb5 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Bxb5 17. Qxb5+
Qd7 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. Ng5 {isn't what Black signed up for.}) (14... Nf5 $1 {
is probably the best way to justify Black's idea as it White has to be careful
to avoid tricky ideas.} 15. Rc1 (15. Nb5 Qc6 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Be7 $11)
15... Qb6 16. Qd2 (16. Na4 $4 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Bxa4) (16. g3 $2 Nh3+ 17. Kg2 Nxf2
$17) (16. Ne4 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Bb5) 16... Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Be7 18. Rfd1 Bc6 $14 {
White is objectively better, but Black still has chances to equalise if White
fails to strike at the right time.} 19. g4 $1 {the only way to maintain the
edge} Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nh4 21. Qe2 $14) 15. Rc1 $1 {Simple and good.} (15. g3 $142
$1 Nxe2+ (15... Nh3+ 16. Kg2 Nhf4+ {was Yangyi concerned with this idea? In
any case, let's check if Black has something real here:} 17. gxf4 Nxf4+ 18. Kh1
Bc6 19. b5 $1 (19. Qd2 {also works} Qxe5 20. b5 $1 $18) 19... Rd8 20. Qb3 Nxe2
21. bxc6 $18) 16. Qxe2 Bc6 (16... Be7 17. h4 $1 {a typical idea in the Advance
whenever there's a knight on g6.} h5 18. Rac1 Bc6 19. Nb5 Qb6 20. Nd6+ $16 Bxd6
21. exd6 Bb5 22. d7+ $1 Ke7 23. Qd2 Bxf1 24. Bd4 Qa6 25. Bc5+ Kd8 26. Rxf1 $18
{[%csl Rd8][%cal Gf3g5,Gd2g5,Gf1d1,Gd1d7]}) 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. Nfd4 $16 {
Unfortunately, Black cannot exploit the weakened light squares around the
white king.} Bd5 (18... Bxb5 19. Qxb5+ Qxb5 20. Nxb5 $16) 19. Rac1 $40 {
with a strong attack!}) 15... Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Qb6 (16... Bc6 17. Ne4 Qb6 18.
Nfd2 $16 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Gd2c4,Ge4d6,Gc4d6]}) 17. Rfd1 $16 {The turn of
events showed that Black's attempt to achieve counterplay through active piece
play has failed.} Be7 18. g3 $1 {restricting the knight on g6.} Bc6 19. Nd4 O-O
20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. h4 $1 {Black is strategically lost. White has all the play
on both sides of the board while Black has no counterplay. Yu Yangyi gives a
lesson in domination and technique for the rest of the game.} Rfd8 22. h5 Nf8
23. h6 g6 24. Ne4 Rd5 25. Qf3 Nd7 26. Nd6 Rf8 27. Rxd5 $1 {Perfect time to
change the structure.} exd5 (27... cxd5 28. Nc8 Qd8 29. Nxe7+ Qxe7 30. Rc7 $18)
28. Qg4 Qc7 ({If} 28... Nb8 {Yangyi was most probably planning} 29. Nf5 Bd8 (
29... Qc7 30. Nxe7+ Qxe7 31. Qd4 $18) 30. Re1 $18 {[%cal Ge5e6]} (30. e6 $5
fxe6 31. Nd4 $18)) 29. Qd4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gd4a7,Gd4g7] Just look at the
powerful queen!} Nb6 30. b5 {Black can already resign after this. Wenjun plays
a few more moves to see if there's any chance for White to go wrong but Yangyi
plays excellently till the end!} Nc4 31. e6 f6 32. Nxc4 dxc4 33. Qxc4 c5 34.
Rd1 Rd8 35. Rd7 $1 Rxd7 36. exd7+ Kf8 37. Qd5 $1 {Another dominating move!} Qb6
(37... c4 38. Bc3 $18 {[%csl Rd8,Rf8][%cal Gc3b4,Gd7d8,Gb4f8]}) 38. a4 {
Black cannot stop White's plan to march down the queenside pawns, thus, she
resigns. A powerful display by Yu Yangyi on how to exploit White's space
advantage in the Advance French.} 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 5th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. b5 $5 {
This move must have come as a surprise to the French opening expert.} ({
The main continuations here are} 8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. cxd4 ({Trying to reach the
game position with} 9. b5 {doesn't work due to} Ne7 $1 10. cxd4 Bd7 11. a4 Nf5
$15 {now the knight is better placed here than on a5.})) ({And} 8. cxd4 Nf5 9.
Be3 (9. Bb2)) 8... Na5 9. Bxh6 $1 $146 {A logical follow-up to the previous
move. The main idea of this novelty is to quickly eliminate Black's
counterplay which usually comes from his active pieces that exert pressure on
the centre, particularly d4.} gxh6 10. cxd4 {This position has actually
already occurred in one correspondence game.} Bd7 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. a4 $1 {
This is Vitiugov's team's improvement over the corr game. While the position
is still balanced, it seems easier to play for White in a practical game due
to his space and targets on the kingside.} (12. Rc1 $6 Bxa3 (12... Rxc1 $1 13.
Qxc1 Be7 14. a4 O-O $15) 13. Rxc8+ Bxc8 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. Qa4 Be7 16. O-O $44 {
0-1 (56) Kover,W (2229)-Rinaldi,C (2394) ICCF email 2007}) 12... Qc7 $6 {
Meier wants to give White some problems but he actually underestimates White's
resources.} ({Another possible continuation here is} 12... Bb4 13. Bd3 (13. Rc1
O-O $11) 13... Bc3 14. Rc1 Bxd4 15. Rxc8+ Bxc8 16. O-O $13) ({Another typical
French sequence is} 12... Bg7 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O f6 $6 {this doesn't work due
to lack of resources to fight for control over the key e5-square} 15. exf6 Bxf6
16. Ne5 Bxe5 (16... Be8 17. Ndf3 Nc4 18. Rc1 $16) 17. dxe5 Qd4 (17... Kh8 18.
Qg4 $1 Rg8 19. Qh4 $36) 18. Nf3 Qf4 19. Rc1 $14) 13. Bd3 ({If White respects
Black's idea too much, then Black can have an easy game after} 13. Be2 Qc2 ({Or
} 13... Bb4 14. O-O Qc2 $11) 14. O-O Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Be7 $11) 13... Qc3 {
This is the logical follow-up to the previous move.} 14. Ke2 $1 Be7 (14... Ba3
{will be met by} 15. Ra2 $1 {and White will take over the c-file. White can
eventually increase his advantage in the ending using his space and Black's
weaknesses.} Bb4 16. Rc2 Qa3 17. Rxc8+ Bxc8 18. Qc1 $1 Bd7 19. Qxa3 Bxa3 20.
Ra1 Bb4 21. Nf1 $14 (21. Rb1 Ba3 22. Nb3 Nxb3 23. Rxb3 Be7 24. Rc3 Bd8 25. Ke3
$14)) 15. Rc1 {Simple chess. White trades off Black's active pieces.} Qxc1 16.
Qxc1 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 $14 {Black's position is riddled with problems: he lacks
space, his knight on a5 is passively placed and he has kingside weaknesses.
His hope is to open up the position for his bishops and gain counterplay in
the future.} Bd8 (17... f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Ke7 21. f4 h5
22. Nf3 h6 23. g3 $16) 18. Nf1 {Vitiugov want to bring a knight to f6 via h5
and g3.} ({Another way to do it is to use the other knight:} 18. Ke3 Bb6 19.
Ng1 Ke7 20. Ne2 a6 $1 21. Ng3 (21. bxa6 $5 bxa6 22. Bxa6 Bxa4 23. Bd3 f6 24.
exf6+ Kxf6 25. f4 h5 26. Nf3 h6 27. Ne5 $14) 21... axb5 22. axb5 f6 23. exf6+
Kxf6 24. f4 $14) 18... Bb6 19. Rc3 Ke7 20. Ng3 a6 $1 21. Ke3 axb5 22. axb5 Nc4+
$2 ({It was better to be patient with} 22... Ra8 {but Meier most probably
didn't like his knight to be restricted again after} 23. Nd2 (23. Bxh7 Nc4+ 24.
Kf4 Bxb5 $17) 23... f6 24. exf6+ Kxf6 25. f4 Ke7 {and even though White may
still have an edge, Black has enough resources to hold with accurate play.})
23. Bxc4 Rc8 24. Nd2 Ba5 {This is the idea that Meier was counting on before
playing the knight to c4.} 25. Rc2 dxc4 {Unfortunately, he missed or
underestimated the strength of Vitiugov's next move:} 26. Nge4 $1 c3 (26...
Bxb5 27. Nd6 $18) (26... Bb4 27. Nb1 $1 Bxb5 28. Rb2 c3 29. Nbxc3 Bxc3 30. Rxb5
$18) 27. Nb1 $1 {White now wins a pawn for nothing.} Rg8 (27... Bb4 28. Nbxc3
Bxb5 (28... Kd8 29. Kd3 $18) 29. Rb2 $18) 28. Nbxc3 Rxg2 29. Nd6 $1 $18 {
Simple and effective. Vitiugov uses outposts to activate his knights and
create threats.} ({Another interesting way to convert the advantage is} 29. d5
$5 Bb6+ 30. Kf3 Rxh2 31. d6+ Kd8 32. Ra2 $1 {with a decisive attack against
the Black king.}) 29... Rxh2 (29... b6 30. Nce4 Rxh2 31. Nf6 $18 {[%csl Ra5,
Rd7,Re7][%cal Gc2c7,Rc7d7,Rd7e7]}) 30. Nxb7 Bb6 31. Nc5 h5 (31... Be8 32. Ra2
$18 {and the rook invasion will be decisive.}) 32. Nxd7 {White removes a
defender and goes to a simpler ending.} Kxd7 33. Ne4 h4 {Black doesn't have
any choice but to use his passed pawn as a distraction.} 34. Rc6 Bd8 35. Nc5+
Ke8 36. b6 Rh1 37. b7 h3 (37... Rb1 38. Rc8) 38. b8=Q {White wins the race.} h2
39. Rc8 {with mate coming in the next few moves, Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Lopota FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Lopota"]
[Date "2014.06.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Muminova, Nafisa"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nge7 ({Andere beliebte
Möglichkeiten sind} 6... Bd7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Rc8 9. Bb2 Na5 (9... Nh6 10.
Nc3 Nf5)) ({oder die Hauptvariante} 6... c4) 7. b4 ({Prinzipieller ist hier} 7.
dxc5 $5 Qxc5 {und nun war Weiß mit einer Reihe von Zügen erfolgreich} 8. Be3
(8. Bd3) (8. b4)) 7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Be3 ({Die Alternative war wieder} 9.
Bb2) 9... f6 $5 ({Oder} 9... Bd7 {z.B.:} 10. Bd3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 g6 12. Nc3 Nxb4
13. axb4 Bxb4 14. O-O Bxc3 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Ng5 O-O 17. Qg4 Bd2 18. Qh3 h5 19.
Rxc8 Bxc8 20. Qf3 Qd8 21. Nxf7 Bxe3+ 22. Kh1 Qh4 23. Bxg6 Bg5 24. Bh7+ {
1-0 (24) Caruana,F (2773)-Vallejo Pons,F (2697) Sao Paulo/Bilbao 2012}) 10. Bd3
({Besser ist} 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Bd3) 10... Nxe3 11. fxe3 fxe5 12. b5 Nxd4 13.
exd4 e4 14. O-O $2 {Das ist schon der Verlustzug. Wegen der Schwäche von d4
bricht die weiße Stellung nun sofort auseinander.} ({Richtig ist} 14. Bxe4
dxe4 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. O-O O-O-O (16... Rc8 $5) 17. Nc3 Bc5 18. Na4 Bxd4+ 19. Kh1
Qd6 20. Nf7 Qd5 21. Nxh8 Rxh8 22. Nc3 Bxc3 23. Qc2 Qd2 24. Rac1 Qxc2 25. Rxc2
Bxb5 26. Rf7 Rd8 27. Rxc3+ Bc6 28. Kg1 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Rd2+ 30. Ke1 Rxg2 31. Rg3
Be8 32. Rc3+ Bc6 33. Rg3 Be8 {1/2-1/2 (33) Potkin,V (2522)-Filippov,V (2627)
Togliatti 2003}) 14... exf3 15. Rf2 (15. Rxf3 $2 Qxd4+ $19 {und der Turm a1
fällt.}) 15... Be7 ({Verteidgt den Bauern d4.} 15... Qxd4 $4 16. Bg6+) 16. Nd2
Qxd4 17. Nxf3 Qe3 18. Kf1 O-O 19. Qb1 Qh6 ({Vielleicht noch besser in der
anderen Reihenfolge:} 19... Bc5 20. Raa2 Qh6 $19) 20. Qc2 Bd8 21. Ke1 {
Mysteriöse Königswanderung.} Bd7 22. Kd1 Rc8 23. Qb3 Bf6 24. Raa2 Rc1+ 25.
Ke2 d4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4 27. Bxh7+ Kxh7 28. Qd3+ Rf5 29. Rxf5 exf5 (29... exf5 30.
Qxd4 Bxb5+ 31. Kf2 Rf1+ 32. Kg3 Qg5+ 33. Kh3 Rf3+ 34. gxf3 Bf1+ 35. Rg2 Bxg2#)
0-1

[Event "Edmonton 11th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Wang, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. Bxh6 ({
"Mainstream" ist} 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2) 8... gxh6 9. cxd4 Bd7 10. Ra2 Rg8 {
Shirov hatte diese Variante schom mehrmals auf dem Brett.} 11. g3 (11. h3 h5
12. g3 h4 13. g4 Be7 14. Be2 f6 15. b5 Nd8 16. Qd3 Rg7 17. Nc3 Nf7 18. O-O h5
19. Na4 Qd8 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nc5 hxg4 22. hxg4 b6 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Kh1 Rc8
25. Rc2 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Nd6 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Ne4 29. Kg2 Nc5 30. Rh1 Qe7 31.
Qc1 Rh7 32. Qe3 Qg7 33. Rc1 Qf8 34. a4 Rf7 35. f3 Rf4 36. Rxc5 bxc5 37. a5 h3+
38. Kg3 h2 {0-1 (38) Shirov,A (2684)-Nakamura,H (2787) Zuerich 2016}) 11... Rg4
12. Rd2 Nxb4 (12... a5 13. b5 Re4+ 14. Be2 Qxb5 15. O-O Qb6 16. Bd3 Rg4 17.
Bxh7 a4 18. Bc2 Qa5 19. Ne1 Rg7 20. Ng2 b5 21. Nf4 b4 22. Nh5 bxa3 23. Nxa3
Bxa3 24. Nxg7+ Kd8 25. Rd3 Bf8 26. Rf3 Bxg7 27. Rxf7 Bh8 28. Qg4 a3 29. Rh7 a2
30. Qg8+ Kc7 31. Qxe6 Rd8 32. Ra1 Nxd4 33. Qd6+ Kc8 34. Bd3 Nb5 35. Rc1+ Nc7
36. Rxd7 Rxd7 37. Ba6+ Kb8 38. Qxd7 Qxa6 39. Qxc7+ Ka8 40. Qd8+ {1-0 (40)
Shirov,A (2691)-Szelag,M (2456) Germany 2015}) 13. axb4 Bxb4 {Immer noch alles
"Theorie". Schwarz hat das sicher so gegen den lettischen Spitzenspieler
vorbereitet.} 14. Bd3 {Shirovs Verbesserung.} (14. Be2 Bxd2+ 15. Nbxd2 Rxd4 $2
(15... Qb2 $11) 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. O-O a5 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Qa2 Qxe5 20. Nf3 Qe4
21. Bd1 a4 22. Re1 Qb4 23. Be2 Rc3 24. Qd2 Rb3 25. Qc1 a3 26. Ne5 a2 27. Kg2
Qc3 28. Qf4 f5 29. Bh5+ Kd8 30. Nf7+ Kc8 31. Nd6+ Kb8 32. Nb5+ e5 33. Rxe5 {
0-1 (33) Grischuk,A (2792)-Caruana,F (2791) Dubai 2014}) 14... Bb5 15. O-O Bxd2
16. Qxd2 Rc8 17. Na3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 a6 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. Qxh7 b5 (20... Qc3 21.
Rxb7 $18) 21. Kg2 {[#] Materiell ist die Partie ausgeglichen, aber dem
schwarzen Lager fehlt die Koordination - der Tg4 ist derzeit noch verprengt.
Vor allem steht aber der König unsicher. Der letzte weiße Zug stellt auch
eine Falle.} Qc3 $2 {Nun kann der Sa3 nicht mehr gedeckt werden, aber...} ({
Besser} 21... Qe7) 22. Rxb5 $1 Qxa3 (22... axb5 23. Nxb5 Qc2 24. Nd6+ Kd8 25.
Qxf7 $18 {mit den Drohungen Sb7# und Dxe6.}) 23. Rb7 Qf8 {Alles unter
Kontrolle?} 24. Qd3 {Schwarz kann fast nichts ziehen und es droht zum Beispiel
Dxa6 und Db5.} 1-0

[Event "Hasselbacken op"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2016.05.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Die Kommentare basieren auf Shirovs Bemerkungen in der Pressekonferenz nach
der Partie.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O
Ng6 8. g3 Be7 9. h4 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. h5 Nh8 12. h6 g6 {Mehr oder weniger
forciert das Sg6 hxg7 zu einer gefährlichen Schwächung der Königsstellung
geführt hätte.} 13. Nc3 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Bf4 Nf7 16. Qd2 g5 17. Be3 Kh8 ({
Shirov investierte hier annähernd 20 Minuten, er fürchtete zuerst} 17... Nxh6 {
bis er letztlich realisierte, dass er über einen wichtigen Trick verfügt:} 18.
Nxg5 $1 Nxd4 19. Nxe6 $1 {und nach} Nxe6 20. Bxh6 {ist das Material zwar
ausgeglichen, doch Weiß steht dank besserer Königsstellung gut}) 18. Kg2 Rg8
19. Rh1 Qe7 20. g4 Raf8 {möglicherweise nicht das Präziseste} (20... Nd6 $142)
({Falls} 20... Rad8 {mit der Idee Lc8 (um den d5 zu decken) und daraufhin ...
e5 durchzusetzen hatte Shirov} 21. Rae1 Bc8 22. Bd1 $1 {mit fiesen Abzügen
gegen die schwarze Dame, sollte Schwarz e5 spielen.}) 21. Rh3 Nd6 22. Bd3 Be8
23. Re1 Qd8 24. Ne5 Qc7 25. Rf3 $2 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Bxe5 27. Bxa7 {Shirov
erklärte, dass er hier zuversichtlich war, dass das Qualitätsopfer sehr stark
ist und er mit den konkreten Varianten zufrieden war.} (27. Rxf8 Rxf8 28. Bxg5
Nf7 29. Bh4 $1 {und falls} Bf4 $2 {ist} 30. Bf6+ Kg8 31. Bxh7+ $3 {Matt!} Kxh7
32. Qd3+ Kg8 (32... Kxh6 33. Rh1+) 33. h7#) 27... Rxf3 {mehr oder weniger
forciert} 28. Rxe5 $1 {dies war die weiße Idee: er plant nun das tödliche
versteckte Schach Ld4} Rf4 29. Rxe6 (29. Qxf4 {funktioniert nicht, da} gxf4 30.
Bd4 Rxg4+ {Schach ist}) 29... Bc6 ({Ideen mit} 29... b6 {funktionieren nicht,
da} 30. Qe2 {De5# droht} Ne4 31. Bxb6 {und der Läufer mit tödlichem Effekt am
Leben bleibt.}) ({sogar hier erlaubt} 29... Rxg4+ 30. Kf1 Bh5 {einen Zug wie}
31. Qe2 {nur um zu zeigen, wie groß die schwarzen Probleme sind. Nach} Rg1+ 32.
Kxg1 Bxe2 {wirft Weiß} 33. Bd4+ {ein und die Partie ist entschieden.}) 30. Qxf4
{Spektakulär und entscheidend} d4+ (30... gxf4 {ändert wenig} 31. Bd4+ Rg7 32.
hxg7+ Kg8 33. Rh6 $1 {droht Lxh7, also} Ne4 34. Nxe4 dxe4 35. Bc4+) 31. Kg1
gxf4 32. Bxd4+ Rg7 33. hxg7+ Kg8 34. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Karlsruhe Grenke op"]
[Site "Karlsruhe"]
[Date "2016.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Skembris,S"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The following game played in round 8 was the critical one for the final
tournament winner.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 {
Shirov's pet line against the French Defence.} f6 $5 {This is rare. More
common moves are 6...c4 ,6...Bd7, 6 ...a5.} (6... c4 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. b3 cxb3 9.
Nxb3 Na5 10. Nxa5 Qxa5 11. Bd2 Ne7 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh7 $16 Rxh7 15.
Bxh7 g6 16. h4 Bb5 17. h5 $18 {1-0 Shirov,A (2709)-Savchenko,B (2596)/St
Petersburg 2014/ CBM 162 Extra (33)}) (6... Bd7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Rc8 9. Bb2
Nh6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Na4 Qd8 12. Nc5 $14 {1-0 Shirov,A (2685)-Wegerle,J (2438)/
Germany 2014/ CBM 159 (40)}) (6... a5 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. O-O cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10.
Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nc3 Qb6 12. Qg4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A (2746)-Anand,V (2762)/New
Delhi/Teheran 2000/CBM 080/ [Ftacnik,L] (33)}) 7. b4 c4 $5 $132 {Both players
seem to be following their preparation.} (7... fxe5 8. bxc5 Qa5 9. Bd2 e4 10.
Ng5 Nf6 11. Be2 Be7 12. Bh5+ $2 (12. f3 $5 $44) 12... g6 $17 {0-1 Shirov,A 
(2675)-Dubov,D (2629)/ Moscow 2014/CBM 164 Extra (51)}) 8. Bf4 Nge7 $5 $146 {
Here Black tried a new interesting idea.} (8... a5 9. Nbd2 Nge7 10. h4 $132 {
with a double-edged game in Shirov's style.}) 9. h4 fxe5 $5 10. dxe5 (10. Nxe5
Nxe5 11. Bxe5 a5 12. Nd2 Nc6 $36 13. Bg3 $140 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Nxb4
16. cxb4 Bxb4 17. Be5 c3 18. Qa4+ Bd7 $1 $19 {This wins in a tactical way.} ({
The safer-looking} 18... Ke7 19. Bb5 $140 cxd2+ 20. Ke2 Qa5 21. Qxa5 Bxa5 22.
Ra1 b6 $15 {leads only to a small black plus.}) 19. Qa8+ Ke7 20. Qxh8 c2 $1 21.
Qxg7+ Ke8 $3 {The only move.} ({After} 21... Kd8 $4 22. Qg8+ Be8 23. Bf6+ {
White wins, eg} Be7 (23... Kc7 24. Qxh7+ Kb8 25. Qxc2 $18) 24. Bxe7+ Kd7 (24...
Kxe7 25. Qxh7+ $18 {X c2}) 25. Ba3 Qb1+ 26. Ke2 Qd1+ (26... c1=Q 27. Nxb1 $18)
27. Ke3 Qe1+ 28. Be2 Qxh1 $140 29. Bb5+ $18) 22. Qg8+ $140 Bf8 {and soon Black
will get a new queen. Of course, after} 23. Be2 c1=Q+ 24. Bd1 {Black has to
stop White from castling with} Bb5 $3 $19 (24... Qb4 25. O-O $132) 25. Bg7 $140
Qd6 26. Bxf8 Qxf8 27. Qxe6+ Qe7) (10. Bxe5 $5 $44) 10... a5 $1 {Now Black
starts to take control over the game.} 11. Nbd2 axb4 (11... Qa6 $5 $15 12. Nb3
$140 Nf5 13. g4 Nh6 14. Nfd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 b6) 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Ng6 14.
Bg3 Qc7 {This is a very critical moment.} 15. b5 $44 (15. Qa8 $6 b5 $1 16. h5
$140 Ngxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 $1 $17 18. Nf3 $140 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Qb7) (15. Qa4 $1
$132 b5 $140 (15... Kf7 16. Ng5+ Kg8 17. f4 $132 {X e5}) 16. Qxb5 Bd7 17. Qa6
Be7 $44 18. h5 (18. b5 Nb8 19. Qa4 O-O 20. Be2 Bc5 $44) 18... Ngxe5 19. h6 $1
$36 g5 $8 20. Be2 Bf6 $13) 15... Ncxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. b6 Qb8 18. Bxc4 $1 $44
Bd6 ({After} 18... dxc4 {White gets the better game. Let's look at some lines:}
19. O-O $1 $14 (19. Nxc4 $6 Nd3+ $132 20. Kd2 $1 (20. Ke2 Nf4+ 21. Kf3 e5 $15
22. Nxe5 $140 Qxe5 23. Re1 Qxe1 24. Qxe1+ Ne6) 20... Nf4 ({After} 20... e5 21.
Qa7 Bd6 22. Qxb8 Bxb8 23. Kxd3 Bf5+ 24. Ke3 {White is nearly winning}) 21. Qa7
Bd6 $8 22. Kc2 O-O $1 (22... e5 $2 23. Bxf4 Bf5+ 24. Kb2 $18 O-O (24... exf4
25. Rd1 $18 Bc7 $140 (25... Be5 26. Rd5 $18) 26. Qa5) 25. Rd1 $18) 23. Rd1 $140
Bc7 $1 24. Qa5 $11 (24. Ra1 $2 e5 $1 25. bxc7 $140 Qxc7 $19) 24... Bd8 25. Qa7
Bc7 $11) 19... Bd6 $140 20. Ne4 O-O 21. Rd1 Nf3+ 22. gxf3 Bxg3 23. fxg3 $1 {
X f4.} (23. Nxg3 $2 Qf4 $17) 23... Qe5 (23... Rxf3 $2 24. Rd8+ $18 Kf7 (24...
Rf8 25. Qd1 $18) 25. Rxc8 Rxg3+ 26. Kh2 Qxc8 27. Nd6+ $18) 24. Qa4 $14 Rxf3
$140 25. Qxc4 Rf8 (25... Rxg3+ 26. Nxg3 Qxg3+ 27. Kf1 Qh3+ 28. Ke2 $18) 26. Rd2
) 19. Bb5+ Bd7 20. Bxe5 {Maybe here Shirov overestimated his chances.} ({
A better try is} 20. Bxd7+ $1 Nxd7 (20... Kxd7 $2 21. c4 $18) 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22.
Qa8+ Qb8 23. Qa3 Kf7 (23... Qe5+ 24. Kd1 $14) 24. O-O Nxb6 $140 25. Rb1 $44)
20... Bxe5 21. Qa4 Bxb5 22. Qxb5+ Ke7 23. O-O Qd6 {The smoke has cleared and
now if White cannot do something against the position of the black king he
will have to defend an inferior game.} (23... Rc8 $5 {taking the c-file} 24. c4
$140 Qd6 (24... Bh2+ 25. Kh1 Bf4 26. Nf3 Rxc4 27. Re1 Qd6 28. g3 $44) 25. cxd5
$140 ({Of course with} 25. Re1 Rc5 {White can transpose to the game.}) 25...
Qxd5 $17) 24. c4 Rc8 25. Re1 $1 {The shaky position of the black king offers
White a lot of compensation.} Rc5 26. Qb1 {Enough to balance the position.} ({
More to my style would be} 26. Qb3 {where White could just offer the c-pawn
instead of the whole knight, to get compensation.} Bf4 $140 27. Nf3 Rxc4 28.
Qb2 d4 (28... Kf8 29. g3 $132) 29. Qb5 $44 {and the resulting position has a
lot of play for both sides.}) 26... Bc3 $1 {Very cool!} 27. Qxh7 {Typical
Shirov.} ({After} 27. Qc2 Bxd2 28. Qxd2 Rxc4 29. Qg5+ Kf8 {White stays a pawn
down without any serious threats.}) 27... Bxd2 28. Qxg7+ Kd8 29. Ra1 Qe7 30.
Qe5 $2 {Looks active but this is a mistake.} ({After} 30. Qh8+ $1 Kd7 31. Qa8
$44 {White still has compensation, eg} Kc6 32. Qc8+ Kxb6 33. Rb1+ Ka7 34. Rxb7+
Qxb7 35. Qxc5+ {with a likely draw.}) 30... Rxc4 $19 {Now with tactics Black
gains the time to consolidate his position.} 31. g3 Bc3 32. Ra8+ Kd7 33. Qe2
Bd4 34. Rb8 Kc6 35. h5 Kxb6 36. h6 Qc7 37. Rg8 Rc2 38. Qxe6+ Ka7 39. Qxd5 Bxf2+
40. Kf1 Bb6 {The time trouble is over and now it's the white king which cannot
avoid the mating threats.} 41. Rg7 Rf2+ {Nice game and a brave choice by the
young German!} 0-1

[Event "Balkaniad 17th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "1985.10.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ulker, Ates"]
[Black "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Skembris,S"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1985.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Qb6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Rc8 9. Bb2 Nxb4 $1 (9... Na5 10. Nbd2 Nc4 11. Nxc4 dxc4 12. Rc1 a5 13. Nd2 axb4
14. Nxc4 Rxc4 15. Bxc4 bxa3 16. Bc3 Qc6 17. Be2 Ne7 18. O-O Nd5 19. Ba5 Be7 20.
Rxc6 Bxc6 21. Qb3 O-O 22. Bb5 {1-0 (22) Tseitlin,M (2430)-Jussupow,A (2570)
Minsk/Riga 1984}) 10. axb4 Qxb4+ 11. Qd2 Rc2 12. Bc3 $2 (12. Ba3 Qxd2+ (12...
Qb3 13. Qe3 Bb4+ 14. Bxb4 (14. Nbd2 Rc3 15. Nxb3 Rxe3+ 16. Kd1 Rxb3 $17)) 13.
Nbxd2 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 Rc1+ 15. Ke2 Bb5+ (15... Ne7 16. Rxa7) (15... a6 16. Ke3
Ne7 17. Nb3 Rb1 18. Nfd2 $18) 16. Ke3) 12... Qb3 13. Bd3 $146 (13. Qe3 Nh6 14.
Nfd2 (14. Be2 Nf5 15. Qd3 Rc1+ 16. Bd1 Bb5 17. Qd2 (17. O-O Bxd3 18. Bxb3 Rxf1#
)) 14... Rc1+ {0-1 (14) Baxter,J-Sloma,S Canada 1957}) (13. Qd3 Rc1+ 14. Ke2
Bb5) 13... Rxd2 14. Nfxd2 Qb6 15. O-O (15. Ba5 Qb2) 15... Bb4 $15 16. Bxb4 Qxb4
17. Rxa7 Ne7 18. Ra8+ Nc8 19. Rc1 O-O 20. Nf3 Nb6 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. h4 h6 23.
Rc3 Bc6 24. Nbd2 Qa8 25. Rb3 Nc4 (25... h5) 26. Nxc4 dxc4 27. Bxc4 Qa4 $1 28.
Nd2 Qa1+ 29. Bf1 Qxd4 30. Nf3 Qa1 31. Re3 b5 32. Re1 Qc3 33. Re3 Qc5 34. Bd3 b4
35. Kh2 b3 36. Bb1 Bd5 37. Nd2 Qc1 38. Rd3 Kf8 39. f3 (39. Rd4) 39... Qe1 40.
Kh3 g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. g3 Kg7 $1 43. Kg4 Kh6 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Cala Galdana"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. dxc5 $5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 f6 8.
Qe2 (8. b4) (8. Bf4 fxe5 9. Nxe5 Qf6 10. Nxd7 (10. Qh5+ g6 $19) 10... Bxf2+ $1)
8... fxe5 9. Nxe5 (9. b4 $5 e4 10. bxc5 exf3 11. gxf3 $5 (11. Qxf3 Nf6 {
and both ...e5 and ...Ne5 are in the air.}) 11... Nf6) 9... Nxe5 10. Qxe5 Nf6
11. O-O (11. Be3) 11... O-O 12. Be3 {Here White offered a draw.} (12. Nd2 Qe7
13. Nf3 Bd6 $1) 12... Bb6 $1 13. Bd4 (13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Qe2 e5 $1) (13. c4)
13... Bc7 14. Qg5 (14. Qe2 Qb8 (14... e5 $5 15. Bxe5 Ng4 16. Bxc7 (16. Bg3 Bxg3
17. hxg3 Qg5 18. f3 Rae8 19. Qd2 Ne3 20. Re1 $2 (20. g4 h5) 20... Rxf3 $1 21.
gxf3 Qxg3+ 22. Kh1 Re5 $19) 16... Qxc7 17. g3 Rae8 {with a serious lead in
development and an attack}) 15. f4 (15. h3 e5) 15... Bxf4 16. g3 (16. Rxf4 Qxf4
17. Nd2 e5 $5) 16... Bd6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 $19) 14... h6 15. Qh4 e5 16. Bc5 e4 17.
Be2 (17. Bxf8 $2 Qxf8 18. Be2 g5) 17... Rf7 18. f4 $2 (18. Nd2) 18... Rc8 $1
19. Be3 Bb6 20. Qf2 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Bg4 $1 22. Bb5 (22. Nd2 d4 23. cxd4 Bxe2 (
23... Nd5 24. Qxe4 Re7 25. Bxg4) 24. Qxe2 Qxd4+ 25. Kh1 Rc2 $19) (22. Na3 d4 (
22... Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 e3 {same as the game except that Black
doesn't control b5 - but this means that} 25. Nb5 $1 {is possible - now or
later}) 23. cxd4 Nd5 24. Qxe4 Bxe2 (24... Re7 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Bxg4 Qxd4+ 27.
Rf2 $1 (27. Kh1 Rc5 $19 {xNa3})) 25. Qxe2 Nxf4 26. Qd2 Qxd4+ 27. Qxd4 Ne2+ 28.
Kh1 Rxf1+ (28... Nxd4) 29. Rxf1 Nxd4 {Black is better - but how much I'm not
sure}) 22... Qa5 23. Na3 a6 24. Be2 Bxe2 (24... d4 25. cxd4 Nd5 26. Qxe4 Re7
27. Qxe7 Nxe7 28. Bxg4) 25. Qxe2 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 e3 (26... d4 27. cxd4 Qxd4 28.
Rad1 Qb4 29. Nb1 $1) 27. Rad1 $2 (27. Rf3 Re8 (27... Ne4 28. Kg1 (28. Rxe3 Rxf4
) (28. h3 Rxf4 29. Qxe3 Qxe3 30. Rxe3 Rf2 $17) 28... Nd2 29. Rxe3 Re8 30. Re1
Rfe7)) 27... Ne4 $1 28. Rxd5 (28. Rd4 Nd2) 28... Nf2+ 29. Kg1 Rxf4 30. Rd4 $6 (
30. g3 Rcf8 $1) 30... Rxd4 31. cxd4 (31. Qxe3 Nh3+ $1 32. Kh1 Rf4) 31... Qxd4
32. Nc2 Qxb2 33. Qxe3 Rxc2 $19 {The resignation was slightly premature though
White is quite lost.} (33... Rxc2 34. Qe6+ Kh8 (34... Kh7 35. Qf5+ g6 36. Qf7+
Qg7 37. Qf3 Rxa2 38. Rxf2 $19) 35. Qf5 Rd2 $1 (35... Qxa2 $2 36. Re1) 36. Qf8+
Kh7 37. Qf5+ g6 38. Qf7+ Qg7 39. Qf4 Nh3+ $1 40. gxh3 Rxa2 {wins trivially.})
0-1

[Event "St Petersburg International Final"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1914.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Lasker"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.01.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tarrasch,S} e6 (1... c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3
Nc6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bf4 Ng6 9. Bg3 O-O 10. a3 Bd7 11. Nc3 Kh8 12. Qd2 Nd4 $1 13.
Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bxg6 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 fxg6 16. Qb4 Qc8 17. c3 a5 18. Qd4 Bb5 19.
Rfd1 a4 $11 {Lutz,C-Speelman,J/Katrineholm/1999/ This recent game indicates,
that even with an extra tempo (!) White's strategy is not too dangerous.}) 2.
d4 d5 3. e5 {Tarrasch,S: 'Diesen Zug mache ich nur der Abwechselung halber.
Ich halte das ganze System, das ursprünglich zu ihm gehört hat, nämlich die
Verteidigung des Pd4 durch c2-c3, nach wie vor für schlecht. Nur wenn man, wie
es zuerst Steinitz in mehreren Partien des Wiener Turniers1898 getan hat, den
Pc5 sofort schlägt, dann erhält man ein gleiches Spiel, mehr nicht. Man
vergleiche die Partie Niemzowitsch - Aljechin (Partie Nr. 13).'} c5 4. dxc5 {
Tarrasch, who usually played 3.Nd2 against the French (this move is named
after him), decides to experiment a bit. Presumably he was inspired by the
game Nimzowitsch-Alekhine from the preliminary tournament.} ({Currently the
Advance French is quiet popular, but with} 4. c3) 4... Nc6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3
f5 {Lasker wants to put his N to g6 without having to worry about Bxg6 as in
the above mentioned game. Tarrasch,S: 'Ein neuer Zug, der ebenso fein ist, wie
er schlecht aussieht. Der Sinn des Zuges ist: den Königsspringer, der nach g6
geht, vot dem Abtausch durch Bd3 zu schützen und so die Stärke und Schwäche
des weißen Spiels, den Pe5 viel wirksamer aufs Korn zu nejhmen als gewöhnlich.
Der nachteil des Zuges liegt natürlich auf der Hand, die Rückständigkeit des
Pe6.'} (6... Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Re1 Bd7 9. c3 Bb6 (9... a5 10. a4 Qb8 11. Qe2
Bb6 12. Na3 O-O 13. Nb5 Na7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Nxb5 16. axb5 b6 17. Nd4 f5
18. f4 Ne7 19. Qf2 Qd8 20. Re3 g6 21. Rh3 Rf7 22. Kh1 Kg7 23. Nf3 h6 24. Rg1 h5
25. Qg3 Qh8 26. Ng5 Rff8 27. Qh4 Ng8 28. c4 $1 $16 {Steinitz,W-Showalter,J/
Vienna/1898/}) 10. Na3 a6 11. Nc2 Bc7 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Ncd4 Rc8
15. Qd3 Bb6 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Be3 Qd8 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Nd4 $14 {/+/-,
Nimzowitsch,A-Alekhine,A/St. Petersburg/1914/ The text move is however
somewhat passive, it limits not only the Bd3, but also Black's pieces.}) ({
More contemporary and popular is the active approach} 6... f6 $5 7. Qe2 fxe5 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Qxe5 Nf6 $13 {<=>}) 7. c3 {Tarrasch,S: 'Droht durch Vorgehen des
b-Bauern den schwarzen Damenspringer vom Angriff auf den Pe5 zu entfernen und
schützt außerdem die weiße Dame, wenn sie nach e2 entwickelt ist, vor dm
Angriff durch diese Figur.'} (7. O-O Nge7 8. c3 O-O (8... a6 $5) 9. b4 Bb6 10.
b5 Na5 11. Nbd2 Bd7 12. Ba3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Bc5 14. Bb4 $14 Nc4 $2 15. Nxc4 dxc4
16. Bxc4 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 Rxc4 18. Rd2 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Nd5 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Ng5 Qe3
22. Nf3 Bxb5 23. Rd3 Qh6 24. Nd4 Nf4 25. Rf3 Be8 26. Rxf4 {1-0,Keres,P-Van
Doesburgh,G/Munich olm/1936/ This game shows it's important for Black to keep
his N on c6 and control the [+].}) 7... a6 {Lasker understands the danger of
b4-b5.} 8. Nbd2 Nge7 9. Nb3 Ba7 10. O-O {Tarrasch,S: 'Gewagt, denn Schwarz
konnte jetzt gleich einen dreifachenAngriff auf den Königsbauern richten.'} O-O
({It's too early to attack the e-pawn:} 10... Ng6 11. Re1 Bb8 12. Bg5 $5 (12.
Nbd4 {Tarrasch,S} Ncxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. f4 {mit Rückgewinn des
Springers bei sehr gutem Spiel für Weiß.}) 12... Qc7 13. Nbd4 $14 {/\} Ncxe5 $2
14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf4 (15. Bxf5 $16) 15... Nf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qxf4 17. Qxf4 Bxf4 18.
Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Bxf5 $16 {wins a pawn. Lasker rightly prefers to finish his
development.}) 11. Re1 Ng6 {Tarrasch,S: 'Jetzt droht der Pe5 durch Bb8 erobert
zu werden. Weiß hat nichts besserres als den Abtausch des Nc6. Dadurch aber
wird das schwarze Zentrum verstärkt und Schwarz erlangt ein gutes Spiel auf
dem Damenflügel. laskers Zug f7-f5 ist damit vollauf gerchtfertigt.'} 12. Nbd4
Bb8 13. Nxc6 (13. Ng5 $5 Qe8 14. f4 $14 {()}) 13... bxc6 14. Kh1 {Directed
against Nh4. Tarrasch,S: 'Weiß verhindert Nh4.'} a5 (14... Nh4 {Tarrasch,S} 15.
Bg5) 15. b3 c5 $11 {Black's position is active and flexible, he has solved the
opening problems and has at least equality. Both opponents proceed cautiously.}
16. Ba3 Qb6 17. Qd2 Bb7 18. Qg5 {[%cal Yh2h6] /\h4-h5-h6 Tarrasch,S: 'Damit
leitet Weiß einen nicht zu unterchätzenden Angriff ein; der h-Bauer soll bis
nach h6 vorgehen.'} Ba7 {Protects the c-pawn to chase away White's Q. Tarrasch,
S: 'Schwarz pariert geschickt, indem er nach Deckung seines c-Bauern die Dame
auf d8 opponiert.'} 19. h4 Qd8 20. Qg3 (20. Qxd8 $6 Rfxd8 $15 {favours Black
with his better pawn structure, White should keep the Q on board to retain
some active prospects.}) 20... Qe8 {Tarrasch,S: 'Um den vorgehenden h-Bauern
sofort anzugreifen.'} 21. Nh2 (21. h5 $142 Ne7 22. Qh4 $11) 21... Ne7 {Now
White's h-pawn is going nowhere and looks slightly silly. Tarrasch,S: 'Damit
wird das Vorgehen des Bauern überhaupt verhindert und nun geht es mit dem
Angriff icht mehr weiter.'} 22. f4 Rc8 ({Tarrasch,S: 'Wenn Schwarz dem Gegner
nachsetzt, bleibt es ohne Resultat.'} 22... Qg6 $5 23. Qg5 (23. Qh3 {Tarrasch,S
} Qh6 24. Rf1 Ng6 25. g3 d4+ 26. Nf3 Qh5 27. Qg2) 23... Qxg5 24. hxg5 Ng6 $15)
23. Nf3 Kh8 {any central advances are still premature, so Black first improves
his N. Tarrasch,S: 'Um den Springer günstiger zu postieren.'} (23... c4 {
Tarrasch,S} 24. bxc4 dxc4 25. Bc2 {würde für Schwarz nicht günstig sein. Weiß
würde die d-Linie besetzen, wo ohm bereits der Punkt d6 gehört.} (25. Be2)) 24.
Ng5 Ng8 $1 25. Be2 Qe7 26. Rad1 Rfd8 27. Rd2 Nh6 28. Red1 Qe8 29. Kh2 {
Tarrasch,S: 'Es geht weder bei Weiß noch bei Schwarz recht weiter. Die Partie
ist an einem toten Punkt angelangt.'} (29. c4 d4 30. Bf3 Bxf3 31. Nxf3 Ng4 $15)
29... Rc7 30. Kh3 Rdc8 31. Bb2 Bc6 32. Bf3 Rb8 {Both sides have improved their
pieces, but White can't and Black doesn't want to undertake any concrete
action. Lasker knew well enough he was slightly better, but at this moment in
the penultimate round he had a point lead over Capablanca, who was moreover
completely lost against Marshall. So a decision to avoid any risk is
understandable, as it should have clinched Lasker the tournament victory with
one round to go.} (32... a4 $5 $15 {/\} 33. b4 Bb5 $36) 33. Ba3 Ng8 34. Be2 Nh6
35. Qe1 Rd8 36. Qg3 Rb8 37. Qe1 Rd8 38. Qg3 Rb8 {There was no threefold
repetition rule in those days, otherwise one of the players could ghave
claimed a draw already here.} 39. Qe1 Rd8 {Tarrasch,S: 'Als remis abgebrochen;
ohne großes Risiko kann keiner von beiden etwas Entscheidendes unternehmen und
dann wird die Entscheidung gegen ihn fallen.'} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen m1"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2016.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.10.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {Hou Yifan was trailing by a point and decided to try
something new. However, she had never played the Advance French previously,
while Short has extensive experience with this opening since his junior years.}
({Earlier in the match the World Champion hasn't been too impressive with her
usual} 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 ({For} 
8... Be7 9. a3 $5 {see Kramnik-Meier, Baku olm 2016.} (9. g3 O-O 10. Bh3 {
Hou,Y (2649)-Korobov,A (2687) Bastia 2016} {This game was played after the
Hoogeveen match, here} b5 $132 {promises Black typical counterplay.})) 9. dxc5
Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bf2 Bxf2+ 12. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Ke7 14. a3 Nb6 15. Rhe1
Bd7 16. Ne2 Rag8 17. h4 h5 18. Ned4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Na4 20. b3 Nc5 21. Ke3 Rb8
22. Re2 f5 23. Kd2 Rhc8 24. Re3 Rc7 25. c3 g6 26. Bc2 Be8 27. Kc1 Bd7 $11 {
Hou,Y (2649)-Short,N (2670) Hoogeveen 2016}) 3... c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Qb6 6.
Bd3 {The 3.e5 experts prefer other moves.} ({Movsesian usually plays} 6. Be2
cxd4 (6... Bb5 7. c4 Bxc4 8. Bxc4 dxc4 9. d5 exd5 10. Qxd5 Ne7 11. Qxc4 Qb4+
12. Nbd2 $1 $14) ({However, Short would have possibly tranposed into the main
line with} 6... Nc6) 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. O-O Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Ne7 (9... Qa6 10. Qd1 Nc6
11. Be3 Nge7 12. Nc3 Nf5 13. g4 $1 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Be7 15. Ne2 h5 16. g5 g6 17.
Rf2 h4 18. Nf4 Bd8 19. Nd3 b6 20. Qe2 Ne7 21. e4 Rc8 22. a3 Qb7 23. Nd2 Rc2 24.
Qf3 Rh7 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Ne4 $36 {Rozentalis,E (2570)-Schmidt,W (2434)
Zakopane 2000}) 10. Nc3 Nec6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Ne1 Be7 13. Nd3 Qa6 14. Qd1 O-O-O
15. a3 Kb8 16. b4 Qb6 17. Rb1 Ka8 18. Qd2 (18. Qg4 $1 $14) 18... Ndxe5 19. Nxe5
Nxe5 20. dxe5 d4 21. Na4 Qb5 22. Bxd4 Qxa4 $11 {Movsesian,S (2659)-Berkes,F 
(2578) Budapest 2003/ For more details see the notes in CBM 095 by Movsesian.})
({Sveshnikov's favourite is} 6. a3 Bb5 (6... a5 $5) 7. b4 cxd4 8. Bxb5+ Qxb5 9.
cxd4 Nd7 10. Nc3 Qc6 11. Na4 a5 12. Bd2 axb4 13. axb4 Qa6 14. b5 Qxb5 15. Nc3
Rxa1 16. Nxb5 Rxd1+ 17. Kxd1 $44 Nb8 18. Ke2 Kd7 19. Rb1 Nc6 20. Na7 $1 $36 {
Sveshnikov,E (2557)-Grosar,A (2451) Celje 2003}) 6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 $5 {An
interesting choice, White wants some imbalance.} ({More usual is} 7. cxd4 Bb5 (
{Black still has} 7... Nc6 {This leads to positions from the main line with 4..
.Nc6.}) 8. O-O Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nc6 10. Nc3 (10. Na3 Nge7 11. Bd2 Nf5 12. Nc2 h5
13. a3 Be7 14. b4 Rc8 15. Rad1 a6 16. Bc1 Qb5 17. Qd2 a5 18. Ne3 g6 19. bxa5
Nxa5 20. Qa2 Nh4 21. Nxh4 Bxh4 22. Bd2 Nc6 $15 {Caruso,A (2256)-Rozentalis,E 
(2588) Cento 2011}) 10... Nge7 11. Be3 Ng6 (11... Nf5 12. Nxd5 $1) 12. h4 h5
13. g3 Qd8 14. a3 Qd7 15. b4 Nge7 16. Rac1 Nc8 17. Ne2 Be7 18. Bd2 a6 19. Nf4
g6 20. Ng2 N8a7 21. Bg5 $1 $14 {Perez Mitjans,O (2445)-Ramos Aldoradin,J (2126)
Madrid 2010}) 7... Nc6 {The most natural reaction.} (7... Bc5 8. O-O $5 (8. Qg4
Ne7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qf6 Rxg2 11. Bxh7 Ng8 $1 $36) 8... Bxd4 9. cxd4 Qxd4 10.
Nc3 a6 11. Re1 Bc6 12. Ne2 Qg4 (12... Qxe5 $2 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. Qg4 g6 15. Qd4 f6
16. Rxe6+ Kf7 17. Bf4 $40 {Areshchenko,A (2714)-Rustemov,A (2538) Germany 2014
See the notes to this game in CBM 159 by CD Meyer.}) 13. h3 Qh5 14. Bf4 Bb5 15.
Qb3 (15. Qc1 $1 Nc6 16. Ng3 Qh4 17. Be4 $1 h6 18. Bxd5 $36 {Moradiabadi}) 15...
Ne7 16. Bxb5+ axb5 17. Qxb5+ Nbc6 18. Qxb7 O-O 19. Qb3 Rab8 20. Qc3 Rfc8 21.
Qd2 h6 22. Rac1 Qh4 23. b3 Nf5 24. g4 Nfe7 25. Kg2 $14 {Grischuk,A (2746)
-Morozevich,A (2694) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011 See the notes to this game in CBM
145 by Moradiabadi.}) 8. Nxc6 {White is of course unwilling to lose time.} (8.
Nf3 $6 f6 9. Qe2 (9. exf6 Nxf6 $15) 9... fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxe5 Nf6 12.
O-O Bd6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. c4 e5 $1 $36 15. cxd5 $2 e4 $1 16. Bxe4 (16. Bc4 Ng4
$19 {[%csl Rf2,Rh2]}) 16... Rae8 17. Nc3 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qd4 19. Qe3 Rxe4 20.
Qxd4 Rxd4 21. Be3 Ra4 {0-1, Rindlisbacher,L (2334)-Del Rio de Angelis,S (2491)
Oslo 2012}) 8... bxc6 {Strengthens the centre.} (8... Bxc6 $6 9. Qe2 {makes
less sense:} a5 10. O-O Bc5 11. Nd2 a4 12. Nf3 h6 13. Bf4 Qa7 14. Rfd1 Ne7 15.
Bc2 Qa6 16. Qe1 Bb5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Be2 19. Rd4 Bc4 20. Rg4 g5 21. h4 Nf5
22. Qd2 Nxh4 23. Nxh4 gxh4 24. Rxh4 $16 {Hracek,Z (2594)-Drazic,S (2430)
Sibenik 2016}) 9. O-O (9. Nd2 Ne7 10. Nf3 c5 11. Qe2 Rb8 ({Black falls behind
in development -} 11... Nc6 $142 12. O-O Be7 $13) 12. b3 Nc6 13. O-O Qc7 14.
Bf4 g6 15. Bg3 Bg7 16. c4 d4 17. Rae1 a5 18. Nd2 a4 19. h4 axb3 20. axb3 Ne7
21. h5 Bc6 22. Bf4 O-O 23. Qg4 Nf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Qg3 $36 {Edouard,R (2652)
-Vaisser,A (2556) Pau 2012}) 9... Ne7 (9... f5 $6 {closes the b1-h7 diagonal,
but weakens e6 and loses the option to undermine the centre with f6. All in
all it seems strategically dubious:} 10. Nd2 (10. c4 Ne7 11. Nc3 Ng6 12. Be3 d4
13. Na4 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qxe5 15. Re1 Qf6 16. c5 Be7 17. Qb3 Bc8 18. f4 Bd8 19. Bc4
Kf7 20. Re2 Re8 21. Rae1 $44 {Shabalov,A (2592)-Akobian,V (2547) Stratton
Mountain 2003}) 10... Ne7 11. Nf3 c5 12. Re1 a5 13. Rb1 h6 14. b3 (14. h4 $5)
14... g5 15. a3 Bg7 16. b4 c4 17. Bc2 Qc7 $6 (17... axb4 18. axb4 $14) 18. b5
$1 O-O 19. a4 Ng6 20. Ba3 Rf7 21. Bd6 Qb7 22. Nd4 $16 {Shabalov,A (2575)
-Akobian,V (2533) Denver 2003}) ({Black develops his kingside first, but maybe
he can afford even} 9... c5 10. c4 d4 (10... dxc4 $6 11. Be4 Rd8 12. Nd2 Qa6
13. b3 Bb5 14. a4 c3 15. axb5 $1 Qxa1 16. Bc6+ Ke7 17. Qc2 Qa5 18. Nc4 Qc7 19.
Qxc3 f6 20. Bf4 Kf7 21. g3 f5 22. Ra1 $18 {Yu,Y (2688)-Zatonskih,A (2491)
Caleta 2013}) 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. Qe2 Ng6 13. h4 Bc6 14. g3 h5 15. a3 Qc7 16. Nf3
Qb7 17. Ng5 Be7 18. Bf4 Nxf4 19. gxf4 Bxg5 20. fxg5 Bf3 21. Qc2 O-O 22. Rfe1 a5
$15 {Bauduin,E (2270)-Sanchis,A (2252) France 2003}) 10. Qe2 (10. Nd2 {Black
can deploy his N as Nigel with} c5 $5 (10... Ng6 11. Nf3 {leads to a complex
fight, Black can't underestimate White's kingside attacking chances.} Be7 12.
Re1 (12. Qe2 c5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Be4 Bc6 15. Qxc4 O-O 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. b3 Rfd8
18. Re1 Rd5 19. Ba3 Rad8 20. Rac1 h6 21. h4 h5 22. Bb2 Qb7 23. Kf1 R8d7 24. Rc2
Rd3 $11 {Potkin,V (2522)-Lastin,A (2632) Istanbul 2003}) 12... a5 $5 (12... O-O
13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 h6 15. Bc1 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Qc2 Be8 18. Be3 Qb8 19.
Qb3 Bd7 20. Qxb8+ Rxb8 21. Bxa7 Rxb2 22. a4 $16 {Ehlvest,J (2600)-Milov,V 
(2592) Santo Domingo 2003}) (12... c5 13. Rb1 Bb5 14. Bc2 a5 15. Ng5 Rd8 16. b3
Rd7 17. Qf3 Bd8 18. Qh3 Nf8 {Ehlvest,J (2602)-Ibragimov,I (2587) Las Vegas 2003
} 19. c4 $1 $16) 13. Qe2 h6 14. g3 Bc5 15. Rb1 Qa7 16. Qc2 (16. h4 $5) 16...
O-O 17. Be3 Ne7 18. Qd2 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Qxe3 20. Rxe3 c5 21. b3 Bc6 22. Nd2 Rfd8
23. Ree1 Rab8 24. a3 Bb5 25. Bxb5 Rxb5 $15 {Kadric,D (2171)-Golubovic,B (2392)
Rijeka 2010}) 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Nf3 Be7 $13 {It's possibly a better choice, we
have already mentioned this position in the note to Edouard-Vaisser above.})
10... a5 (10... Ng6 11. Kh1 Be7 12. f4 O-O 13. Nd2 f5 (13... c5 14. Nf3 Rab8
$132 {[%cal Yd7b5]}) 14. exf6 Rxf6 (14... Bxf6 $5 $13) 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. Be3 c5
17. g3 Qb7 $2 (17... a5 $142) 18. b4 $1 cxb4 19. Bd4 e5 20. fxe5 Re8 21. Ng5
Nxe5 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Qh5 Bc6 24. Nxh7 Nxd3 25. Qg6+ Qg7 26. Nxf6+ {1-0,
Timman,J (2596)-De Jong,M (2319) Amsterdam 2004}) 11. Nd2 c5 12. c4 (12. Nf3 $5
) 12... Nc6 13. f4 $6 {This limits the Bc1. Even now piece play with} (13. Nf3
$13 {seems preferable.}) 13... g6 14. Kh1 Be7 (14... Bg7 $5 $15 {takes the
sting out of White's 16-th move.}) 15. b3 O-O 16. f5 $5 {[%mdl 64] Black has
finished his development and is solid on the kingside with active perspectives
on the opposite flank. This violent tactical try is a good chance to get
counterplay.} (16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qf3 (17. f5 Nd4 18. Qg4 Kh8 $17) 17... a4 $36
{/\} 18. Qxd5 Be6) (16. Nf3 Nb4 17. f5 exf5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 $5 (18... Nxd3 19.
Qxd3 Bb5 20. Qd1 Bxf1 21. Qxf1 $15 {/~~}) 19. Bc4 Be6 $15 {/-/+}) 16... exf5 (
16... Nd4 17. Qf2 Nxf5 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Nf3 d4 $5 (19... Kh8 20. Bg5 $44) 20.
Bh6 Kh8 21. Ng5 (21. Bxf8 Rxf8 $17) 21... Be8 $1 22. Qh4 (22. Qf3 Qc6 23. Bxf8
Qxf3 24. gxf3 Bxf8 25. Nh3 Bc6 26. Nf4 $13 {/=}) 22... Rg8 23. Nxf7+ Bxf7 24.
Qxe7 Rg6 $11) (16... gxf5 $6 17. cxd5 exd5 (17... Nd4 18. Nc4 $1 $36) {is a
typical computer idea, which a human GM would hardly consider. After} 18. Bb2
Nb4 19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 Qe6 21. Raf1 $36 {White simply has too much
kingside play.}) 17. cxd5 Nxe5 18. Nf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This is however a
serious mistake with irreparable consquences.} (18. Qxe5 $2 Bf6 19. Nc4 Qd8 $17
) ({The best was} 18. Nc4 $142 $1 Nxc4 19. Qxe7 Qd6 20. Qxd6 Nxd6 21. Bf4 Ne4
22. Rac1 $13 {White should have enough compensation for the pawn to hold the
balance.}) (18. Bb2 Nxd3 19. Nc4 Qb7 20. Qxd3 a4 21. Rfe1 Bd8 $13 {/=/+}) 18...
Nxd3 19. Qxe7 (19. Qxd3 Bb5 $19) 19... Bb5 {[%csl Gd3] Black has an extra pawn
and his powerful Nd3 will deal with White's remaining attacking ambitions.} 20.
Qh4 (20. Bg5 f6 (20... Rfd8 $5 21. a4 Rd7 22. Qf6 Rd6 $5 23. Qc3 Ba6 $19) 21.
Bh6 Rf7 22. Qe6 Qxe6 23. dxe6 Re7 $19) 20... f6 $5 21. Bd2 (21. Nd2 Rfe8 (21...
Qd6 22. Nc4) 22. Nc4 Qa6 $19 {[%cal Ye8e4]}) 21... Rad8 22. Bc3 Rxd5 $19 {
Black has both a material and a positional advantage - the game is decided.}
23. Qh6 Qc7 (23... f4 $1 {[%cal Rd5h5] wins immediately, the only way to save
the Q is} 24. g4 (24. Qh3 Rh5 25. Qg4 f5 $19) 24... fxg3 $19) 24. a4 Ba6 25.
Qe3 Qd7 $1 {[%mdl 128] White has saved her Q, but Short throws all his pieces
into the attack, ignoring trifles as the Pa5.} 26. Bxa5 Re8 27. Qg1 (27. Qh6 f4
$19) 27... Re2 $40 28. Bc3 Rd6 29. h3 Rc2 30. Ba5 Bb7 31. Qh2 f4 {[%cal Gb7h1,
Gc2h2,Gd7h3] Fantastic coordination!} 32. Qg1 Ne5 33. Ne1 (33. Nxe5 Qxh3+ 34.
Qh2 Bxg2+ 35. Kg1 Qe3+) 33... Rxg2 {Black is already spoiled for choice.} (
33... Bxg2+ 34. Nxg2 Rd3 $19) (33... Rd3 $19) 34. Nxg2 Qxh3+ 35. Qh2 Bxg2+ 36.
Kg1 Bxf1 (36... Bxf1 37. Qxh3 (37. Rxf1 Nf3+ 38. Rxf3 Rd1+ {forces mate}) 37...
Bxh3 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {The Advance French has been a topical line already
since the sharp polemic about its value between Nimzowitsch (a great
propagator of 3.e5) and Tarrasch (an equally adamant opponent). Nowadays the
system still has its fans even among the best. Grischuk plays it quite often,
even more so Movsesian, for whom it's the main weapon against the French
Defence. However, clearly the most committed contemporary GM is Sveshnikov -
not only does he have the most games with the system in MegaBase, but he has 
(just as Nimzowitsch in his days) more than once written about 3.e5 as almost
the refutation of 1...e6. Of course this is hardly the case, but advancing the
central pawn leads to a heavy positional struggle in a typical French position
with a closed centre.} c5 4. c3 Qb6 {In accordance with Nimzowitsch, Vitiugov
puts pressure on the base of the P-chain. However, modern chess is more
concrete and philosophical concepts are quite often simply a burden. Although
it's played less often, Black can adopt a different, but viable strategy with}
(4... Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 {After} 6. a3 {he has} ({In this case} 6. Be2 {is the
preferred move-order.}) 6... f6 $5 {, attacking the front P:} 7. Bd3 (7. b4
fxe5 8. b5 Nxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 $44 {[%csl Gc5,Gd4,Gd5,Ge6] is perhaps not so
clear, but in practice Black scores excellently with his threatening P[+].})
7... Qc7 8. Bf4 O-O-O 9. O-O c4 10. Bc2 Qb6 11. b3 cxb3 12. Bxb3 g5 13. Be3 g4
14. Ne1 Na5 15. Bc2 f5 16. Nd3 Kb8 17. a4 Rc8 18. Qe2 Qa6 19. Qe1 b6 20. Na3
Bxa3 21. Rxa3 Ne7 22. Nb4 Qb7 23. Bd3 Nc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. a5 b5 26. a6 Qa8
27. Qe2 Nd5 28. Nxd5 Qxd5 $36 {Van Wely,L (2655)-Topalov,V (2788)/Dortmund.
2005/ For more details see the notes by Psakhis in CBM 108.}) 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3
{[%csl Gb4][%cal Yb2b4] A favourite of both Grischuk and Svesnikov, the
text-move controls the b4-square in case Black takes on d4 and also aims for a
<< expansion (b4).} ({On the other hand, Movsesian mostly prefers the
developing} 6. Be2 cxd4 $142 (6... Nh6 7. Bxh6 gxh6 (7... Qxb2 $2 8. Be3 $1
Qxa1 9. Qc2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 $1 {and rescuing the trapped Q costs material after}
Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Ba3 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 14. O-O Qb2 15. Qa4+ b5 16. Qa6
$1 $18) 8. Qd2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Na3 Bd7 (10... cxd4 11. cxd4 f6 12. exf6 Rxf6
13. Nc2 a5 14. a4 Bd7 15. Bb5 Raf8 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Ne5 Rf4 18. Nd3 Rxd4 19.
Qe3 Be8 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Qxh6 Bg7 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 d4 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.
Kf2 Bc6 26. g4 $16 {Movsesian,S (2723)-Werle,J (2574)/Bundesliga 1011/2010/}) (
10... f6 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Nc2 Bd7 13. b4 cxd4 14. cxd4 a6 15. a4 Be8 16. b5
axb5 17. axb5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Ne7 19. Ne5 Ng6 20. Ng4 $16 {Movsesian,S (2721)
-Ponomariov,R (2744)/WCh 5' Moscow/2010/}) 11. Nc2 a5 12. Ne3 h5 13. Rad1 cxd4
14. cxd4 f6 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Ne5 Be8 17. f4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rf8 19. Kh1 Bh6 20.
g3 Bg6 21. Bd3 Rac8 22. Qe2 Rc7 23. Ng2 Rfc8 24. f5 $1 $36 {Movsesian,S (2723)
-Berg,E (2616)/Khanty Mansiysk olm/2010/}) 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Nc3 (8. Bxh6 $6 Qxb2
$1 $15 {doesn't work as above, here Black can free his Q in time.}) 8... Nf5 9.
Na4 Qa5+ 10. Kf1 $5 ({This is more enterprising than} 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Bc3 b5
12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 b4 14. axb4 Qxb4 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qd2 O-O
18. O-O Rfb8 19. Rab1 Rb6 20. Rfc1 Rab8 21. Rc2 h6 22. g3 a5 23. Kg2 a4 24. Ra1
Be8 25. h3 Bd7 26. Rac1 Rc6 27. g4 Ne7 $11 {Shirov,A (2713)-Ivanchuk,V (2711)/
Monte Carlo blindfold/2005/}) 10... b5 11. Nc3 b4 12. Nb1 Ba6 13. Be3 Be7 (
13... Bxe2+ $5 14. Kxe2 Be7 15. g4 Nh4 16. Nxh4 Bxh4 17. Qd3 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6
$15 {Simonovic,A (2422)-Stojanovic,M (2539)/Vrnjacka Banja/2006/}) 14. Nbd2 O-O
15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6+ 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. g4 Nxe3+ 19. Qxe3 a5 20. Kg2 Rfc8
$132 {Movsesian,S (2718)-Vitiugov,N (2689)/CZE-chT 0910/2010/}) 6... c4 {
[%csl Rb3] Releasing the [+] tension is certainly committal, but Black's most
usual reaction is strategically justified by White's previous move. By fixing
><b3 Black's K would like to feel more comfortable on the <<. However, in our
game king safety will prove to be only an illusion, so it's worth considering
alternatives already now:} (6... a5 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. O-O ({Even the restrained} 8.
Bc2 $5 {enables White to fight for an opening advantage.}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4
Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nc3 {leads to a position, in which the inserted moves
a3 and a5 increase White's -> chances:} Qb6 12. Qg4 g6 13. Be3 Bc5 {Shirov,A 
(2746)-Anand,V (2762)/FIDE WCh Tehran/2000/ For more details see notes by
Ftacnik in CBM 80.} 14. Qf4 $5 $44) ({More to the point seems to be} 6... Nh6
$5 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 Nfe7 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Qc2 (12. Nd2
Rc8 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. Qe2 Be7 15. Qe3 O-O 16. h4 f6 17. h5 Nh8 18. Rc2 Nc6 19.
Na4 Qd8 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nc5 e5 22. Nxb7 exd4 $17 {Motylev,A (2632)
-Ponomariov,R (2704)/WCup Khanty Mansiysk/2005/}) 12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14.
Nd2 Qc6 15. Nce4 Nc8 16. Nxc4 b5 17. Ne3 Qxc2 18. Nxc2 Bc6 19. f3 Nb6 20. Kf2
Be7 21. h4 Na4 $44 {Umansky,M (2664)-Timmerman,G (2696)/corr/2008/}) 7. Nbd2
Na5 8. g3 ({White used to play} 8. Be2 {much more often (for example this goes
for Sveshnikov's earlier games), but this is not the most active post for the
B:} Bd7 9. O-O Ne7 10. Rb1 (10. Re1 Nc8 {is similar and can transpose.}) 10...
Qc7 11. Re1 Nc8 12. Nf1 Nb6 13. Bf4 Nb3 14. Ng3 (14. N3d2 Na5 15. Ng3 Ba4 {
shows how the Be2 cramps White's Q, after} 16. Qc1 O-O-O 17. Nh5 Kb8 18. Nf3
Bb3 $1 $132 {White was already satisfied with} 19. Nd2 Ba4 20. Nf3 Bb3 21. Nd2
{1/2,Ni Hua (2533)-Bareev,E (2721)/Beijing/2003/}) 14... Ba4 15. Bf1 O-O-O 16.
Nh5 h6 17. Qe2 Na5 18. Qd2 Qc6 19. Re2 Qe8 20. g4 Be7 21. Rbe1 Qg8 22. Qc1 Qh7
23. Qb1 Qxb1 24. Rxb1 g6 25. Ng3 Bb3 26. Bh3 Na4 27. Rf1 b5 28. Be3 Nc6 29. Ne1
a5 30. f4 b4 $132 {/=/+,Zhigalko,S (2668)-Andreikin,D (2635)/Moscow/2010/})
8... Bd7 9. Bg2 {Simple development. White mostly strives to put his B on the
more active h3-square, moreover he can use the g2-square to transfer his N to
the ideal e3-square. However, even here Black is not without <=>:} (9. h4 O-O-O
(9... f5 10. exf6 Nxf6 $6 (10... gxf6 11. Bh3 O-O-O {-9...0-0-0}) 11. Ne5 Bd6
12. Bh3 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Ng8 14. Qg4 g6 15. O-O Ne7 16. Nf3 Nb3 17. Be3 Qc7 18.
Rad1 h6 {Grischuk,A (2712)-Apicella,M (2501)/FRA-chT/2003/} 19. Nd4 $5 Nxd4 20.
Bxd4 O-O-O 21. Rb1 {/\b3|^}) (9... Ne7 10. Bh3 (10. h5 h6 11. Nh4 O-O-O 12. Bh3
Kb8 13. O-O Rg8 14. Kh2 g5 $5 15. Ng2 Bg7 16. Ne3 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ng4 Bg7
19. Qe2 Nec6 20. Nf3 Nb3 21. Rb1 Be8 $1 $17 {Berbatov,K (2481)-Radulski,J 
(2592)/Albena/2010/}) 10... h6 11. O-O Nec6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Nf1 Nb3 14. Rb1
Nxc1 15. Qxc1 O-O-O 16. Ne3 Na5 17. Qd1 Bc6 18. h5 Kb8 19. Nh2 Bd7 20. Kh1 Bc8
21. Rg1 Nc6 22. f4 f6 23. Nf3 fxe5 24. fxe5 Rdf8 25. Qe2 Qd8 26. Ng2 Bg5 27.
Nfh4 Ne7 28. Rbf1 Rxf1 29. Rxf1 Rf8 30. Rf3 Qe8 $11 {Wohl,A (2452)-Eingorn,V 
(2595)/Bad Woerishofen/2006/}) 10. Bh3 f5 11. exf6 gxf6 12. O-O Nh6 13. Re1 Rg8
14. Rb1 (14. Nf1 $13) 14... e5 $1 15. Bxd7+ Rxd7 16. Nf1 (16. dxe5 $2 Rxg3+ $17
) (16. b3 $142 $5 $132) 16... e4 17. N3h2 {Vysochin,S (2599)-Ljukin,S (2365)/
Zaporozhye/2004/} Nf5 $15 {[%csl Rg3,Rh4] ׻}) ({Advancing the Ph2 made
White's >> vulenerable in some of the above lines, so he can try the immediate
} 9. Bh3 {However, here apart from the standard plan as e.g. in Wohl-Eingorn,
Black can also play} Be7 $5 (9... Ne7 10. O-O h6 11. Nh4 O-O-O 12. Ng2 g6 13.
Rb1 Qc7 14. Qf3 Rh7 15. b4 Nac6 16. Ne3 h5 17. Bg2 h4 18. Nexc4 $5 dxc4 19.
Nxc4 Nd5 20. Bg5 $44 {Gaujens,A (2565)-Proshkin,A/corr/2001/}) 10. O-O h5 11.
Qe2 (11. Bg2 Nh6 12. Rb1 O-O-O 13. Re1 Nf5 14. Bh3 (14. Nf1 $13) 14... g6 $6 (
14... g5 $1 $15) 15. Nf1 Rdg8 16. Bg5 Qd8 17. Qc1 Ba4 18. Re2 Kb8 19. Qf4 Ka8
20. Ne3 Rf8 21. Ng2 $14 {Sveshnikov,E (2536)-Rotoni,M (2133)/Cesenatico/2010/})
11... O-O-O 12. Ne1 g6 13. f4 Nh6 14. Ndf3 Nb3 15. Rb1 Nxc1 16. Rxc1 Rdg8 17.
Ng5 Qd8 18. Qd2 b5 19. Nc2 Kb8 20. Rb1 Qc7 21. Nb4 Ka8 22. Ra1 a5 23. Nc2 Rb8
24. Rfb1 Rb6 25. Bg2 Kb8 26. Bf3 $11 {1/2,Movsesian,S (2624)-Radjabov,T (2610)/
Sarajevo/2002/}) 9... O-O-O 10. O-O f5 $6 {[%mdl 32] Without the tactical
chances along the <->g as in Vysochin-Lukin above, this move seems too
ambitious and strategically dubious: Black will have too much trouble holding
together his [+] and taking care of the b3 break at the same time.} ({Possibly
the right way to go is the restrained} 10... h6 $142 $5 {, introduced by
Petrosian:} 11. Rb1 (11. h4 $5 {/\h5~~}) (11. Re1 Ne7 12. Nf1 (12. Rb1 $142 {
still allows White to fight for an edge}) 12... Nf5 13. Ne3 (13. g4 Ne7 14. Rb1
f5 $5 $132) 13... Nxe3 14. Rxe3 (14. Bxe3 Qxb2 15. Rb1 Qa2 $1 {/\} 16. Re2 Qxa3
17. Ra1 Qb3 $17) 14... Be7 15. Re1 Qb3 16. Qe2 Ba4 17. Be3 Kb8 (17... Qc2 $1
$15) 18. Rad1 Qc2 19. Rd2 Qf5 20. Rf1 g5 $5 21. h3 h5 22. Nh2 Rdg8 23. g4 Qg6
24. Bf3 (24. f4 $5 $132) 24... hxg4 25. Bxg4 Nc6 26. f3 (26. Kh1 $15 {/\f4})
26... Bd8 27. Bf2 Ne7 28. Re1 Rh6 29. Nf1 Rgh8 30. Bg3 Rxh3 $1 31. Bxh3 Rxh3
32. Qg2 Qh7 33. Ne3 Ng6 34. Ng4 Nf4 $19 {Clarke,P-Petrosian,T/Munich/1958/ A
nice display of refined strategy, crowned by a positional exchange sacrifice -
vintage Petrosian!}) 11... Ne7 12. Ne1 Kb8 (12... Nf5 $142 $5 $13) 13. Qf3 Be8
14. Nc2 Nb3 (14... Nf5 15. Ne3 $11 {/+/=}) 15. Nxb3 Qxb3 16. Na1 $1 Qa4 17. b3
cxb3 18. Nxb3 Nc6 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Bf1 Rc7 21. Bd3 Na5 22. Nxa5 Qxa5 23. c4 dxc4
24. Bxc4 Bc6 25. d5 $40 {Sedina,E (2345)-Cugini,W (2255)/Toscolano/1996/ A
model example, this time from White's point of view. Black didn't play ideally
and allowed a complete break in the [+] (b3,c4,d5).}) (10... Be7 11. h4 Kb8 12.
Rb1 Rc8 13. Qc2 Nh6 14. Bh3 Nf5 15. Re1 h6 16. h5 Rcg8 17. Nf1 g6 {1/2,
Kotrotsos,V (2323)-Rusev,K (2516)/Plovdiv/2008/} 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. N1h2 $13) (
10... Nh6 11. Rb1 Kb8 12. Qc2 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. b3 cxb3 15. Nxb3 Ba4 16.
Nfd2 Nf7 17. Qa2 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 Qc7 {1/2,Scetinin,A (2315)-Naumkin,I (2500)/
Cappelle la Grande/1995/} 19. Qe2 e5 20. c4 $1 $36) (10... Kb8 11. Re1 Ne7 12.
Nf1 Nb3 13. Rb1 Nc6 $6 14. Bf4 Ka8 15. N1d2 Nca5 16. Nxb3 Nxb3 17. Nd2 Ba4 18.
Nxb3 Bxb3 19. Qd2 h6 20. Re2 Be7 21. Rf1 Qc6 22. Be3 Rh7 23. f4 g6 24. g4 h5
25. f5 hxg4 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Bg5 $16 {Alexander,C-O'Kelly de Galway,A/
Hastings/1953/ is an example of what Black should avoid - exchanging the N
gave White a free hand on the >>.}) 11. exf6 ({Keeping the [+] closed limits
White's options:} 11. Rb1 Nh6 (11... h6 12. b3 cxb3 13. Nxb3 Ba4 14. Nfd2 Ne7
$13) 12. b3 Qc7 $6 (12... cxb3 $142) 13. Re1 (13. bxc4 $36) 13... Nf7 14. bxc4
Nxc4 15. Qb3 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 h6 17. Rec1 Kb8 18. c4 $16 {->,Bossio,D-Hughes,C/
corr/1995/}) 11... gxf6 12. Re1 (12. Rb1 Ne7 (12... Nb3 $2 13. Nxb3 cxb3 14.
Re1 Re8 15. Be3 Bh6 16. Nd2 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Ba4 18. Bxd5 $1 exd5 19. Qg4+ f5 20.
Qxf5+ {1-0,Veroci,Z (2290)-Laakmann,A (2160)/Buenos Aires olw/1978/} Kc7 21.
Rxe8 Bxe8 22. Qe5+ $18) 13. Re1 Ng6 (13... Nec6 14. Qc2 (14. b4 $5 $36) 14...
Bd6 15. b4 cxb3 16. Nxb3 Nxb3 17. Rxb3 Qc7 18. Bh6 Na5 19. Rbb1 Nc4 20. Qa2
Rhg8 21. Nd2 b5 22. a4 Qa5 23. Ra1 Rg6 24. Be3 Nxe3 25. Rxe3 bxa4 26. Rb1 Kc7
27. c4 $40 {Buckley,G (2417)-Wheeler,D (2239)/Telford/2005/}) 14. b3 cxb3 15.
Nxb3 Ba4 16. Nfd2 Kb8 17. Qc2 e5 18. Qa2 Qc7 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. c4 Bc6 21. Re3
exd4 22. Re6 Rd6 {Vihinen,T (2145)-Raaste,E (2340)/Jyvaskyla/1997/} 23. Nb3 Qc3
24. cxd5 Rxe6 25. Bd2 $1 Qd3 26. dxc6 $1 $40) 12... Bd6 $146 {A novelty, but
it doesn't solve Black's opening problems.} (12... Ne7 13. Rb1 $14 {transposes
to 12.Rb1}) (12... Bh6 13. Rb1 Nb3 $2 14. Nxb3 Qxb3 15. Qxb3 cxb3 16. Bxh6 Nxh6
17. Nd2 $16 {Septien Lopez,V (1876)-Gutierrez Garcia,J (1654)/Benidorm/2010/})
(12... Bg7 13. Rb1 Ne7 14. Qe2 (14. b4 $14) 14... Nec6 15. b4 cxb3 16. c4 Nxd4
$2 (16... Qa6 $1 $13) 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nxb3 Nxb3 20. Rxb3 Rde8
21. Be3 Qe5 22. Rc1+ Kd8 23. Rxb7 $18 {Pilz,D (2260)-Kranewitter,N (1925)/
Wattens/1993/}) (12... Nh6 13. Nf1 (13. Rb1 $5 $14) 13... Nf7 14. Bh3 Re8 15.
Ne3 Be7 (15... Bd6 $142 $13) 16. Ng2 Nb3 17. Rb1 Nxc1 18. Qxc1 Rhg8 19. Nf4 Bd8
{Nagy,E (2305)-Rezsek,G (2085)/HUN-chT/1994/} 20. b3 $1 cxb3 21. c4 $36) 13.
Bh3 Bc7 (13... Re8 14. Rb1 $14 {Black can't develop his Ng8 and} e5 $2 {
is premature:} 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Qa4+ Nc6 17. b3 $16 {/+-}) 14. Rb1 Kb8 (14...
Ne7 $142 15. b4 cxb3 16. Nxb3 Nxb3 17. Rxb3 Qc6 18. Bf1 $14) 15. b4 cxb3 16.
Nxb3 Ne7 (16... Ba4 17. Nfd2 (17. Nxa5 Bxd1 18. Rxb6 Bxb6 19. Bf4+ Ka8 20. Nxb7
$5 Bxf3 21. Nxd8 Bxd8 22. Bxe6 Ne7 23. Re3 $44 {|^ is interesting, but White
can do without complications.}) 17... e5 18. Qg4 $1 Nxb3 19. Nxb3 Bxb3 20. Qg7
Ne7 21. Qxe7 $36) (16... Nxb3 17. Qxb3 $1 (17. Rxb3 Ba4 18. Rxb6 Bxd1 19. Rxb7+
Kxb7 20. Rxd1 $14) 17... Qxb3 18. Rxb3 Re8 19. Rb2 $1 {[%csl Re6][%cal Rb2e2] /
\Rbe2+/-, ><e6}) 17. Nfd2 Qc6 (17... Nxb3 18. Nxb3 Bc8 19. Bd2 Qc6 20. Nc5 Nf5
(20... f5 21. Bg5 Rhe8 22. Bf1 $18) 21. Rxe6 $5 (21. Qf3 b6 22. Nxe6 $18) 21...
Bxe6 22. Rxb7+ Kc8 (22... Qxb7 23. Nxb7 Kxb7 24. Qb1+ Kc6 25. Bxf5 $18) 23.
Rxa7 Nxd4 (23... Bb6 24. Ra6 Ng7 25. Bf1 $5 Rd6 26. Bf4 $18) 24. cxd4 Bxh3 25.
Ra6 Bb6 26. Ba5 $18 Rd6 27. Rxb6 Qxb6 28. Bxb6 Rxb6 29. Qc2 Kb8 30. f3 $18) 18.
Nc5 $16 {White strengthens his position with natural moves.} Nf5 (18... f5 19.
Bf1 Bc8 20. Bb5 Qd6 21. Nf3 $18) 19. Ndb3 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 b6 21. a4 $5 {Swapping
the N for any of the B gives White an advantage, but Grischuk rightly senses
he can postpone this exchange and strengthen his position even without it.} (
21. Na6+ Kc8 22. Nxc7 Kxc7 23. a4 $40) (21. Nxd7+ Rxd7 22. a4 $16) 21... Bc8
22. a5 e5 {This is the only <=> Black has, otherwise he would be just overrun
by the <<->.} 23. axb6 axb6 (23... Bxb6 24. Bg2 $40 {/\} exd4 25. Bf4+ Ka8 26.
Qxb6 $1 $18) 24. Ba3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Grischuk, possibly in his habitual
time-pressure, loses control over the position and allows a tactical blow.} (
24. Qa2 Qa8 (24... Nxd4 25. cxd4 Bxh3 26. Bg5 $1 fxg5 (26... Bc8 27. Bxf6 Qxf6
28. Ra1 $18) 27. Na6+ Kb7 28. Rec1 $18) (24... Nh4 25. Bxc8 Nf3+ 26. Kh1 Rxc8 (
26... Nxe1 27. Bb7 $18) 27. Re3 Ng5 (27... e4 28. Qa6 $18 {[%cal Re3f3,Rc1f4] /
\Rf3, Bf4}) 28. Re2 {[%cal Ra2a6,Rc1g5,Re2b2] /\Reb2, Qa6, Bg5} Ne4 29. Nxe4
dxe4 30. d5 Qb7 (30... Qa8 31. Ra1 $1 Qxa2 32. Rexa2 Bd6 33. Ra8+ Kc7 34. R8a7+
Kd8 35. Be3 $18) (30... Qxc3 31. Be3 Kb7 32. Reb2 Ra8 33. Rxb6+ Bxb6 34. Rxb6+
Kc7 35. d6+ $18) 31. Be3 $18 {->} (31. Rxe4 $18)) 25. Qxa8+ (25. Qe2 $5) 25...
Kxa8 26. Ra1+ Kb8 27. Na6+ Bxa6 28. Rxa6 Kb7 29. Ra2 Ng7 (29... Ne7 30. dxe5
fxe5 31. Bg5 Rhe8 32. Bg2 e4 33. c4 $18) (29... Nd6 30. dxe5 fxe5 31. Rxe5 Ne4
32. Re7 $16) 30. Bh6 Rhg8 31. Rea1 $16) (24. Qa3 {is almost the same as 24.Qa2.
}) ({Possibly even more incisive is the quiet} 24. Bf1 $5 $40 {/\} exd4 25. Qa3
Rde8 (25... dxc3 26. Qxc3 Be5 27. Na6+ Kb7 28. Qa5 Bd4 29. Bf4 {[%cal Re1c1] /
\Rec1+-}) 26. Ra1 Bb7 27. Qa7+ Kc8 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Nxb7 Re1 (29... dxc3 30.
Bf4 $1 Bxf4 31. Ba6 $18) 30. Qa8+ Kd7 (30... Bb8 31. Bf4 Qxb7 32. Qxb7+ Kxb7
33. Rxe1 Bxf4 34. gxf4 dxc3 35. Bd3 $18) 31. Bd2 Rxa1 32. Qxa1 dxc3 33. Bxc3 {
/\} Qxb7 34. Bh3 $18) 24... Nh4 $1 25. Bg2 $1 {[] This calm move is the only
sensible continuation.} (25. Bxc8 $2 Nf3+ 26. Kh1 Kxc8 $17 {[%cal Rb6c5,Rf3d2,
Rf3e1]}) 25... Nxg2 26. Kxg2 Rde8 27. Na4 (27. Kg1 $5 exd4 28. cxd4 Rxe1+ 29.
Rxe1 $14) 27... exd4 28. Rxe8 $6 (28. Rec1 $5 d3 (28... Bf5 $2 29. cxd4 $18)
29. Nxb6 Bf5 $5 (29... Bxb6 30. Qxb6+ Qxb6 31. Rxb6+ Kc7 32. Rxf6 $36) 30.
Nxd5+ (30. Rd1 Bxb6 31. Qxb6+ Qxb6 32. Rxb6+ Kc7 33. Rxf6 Bg6 $14 {<=>}) 30...
Kc8 31. c4 d2 32. Rd1 Bxb1 33. Qxb1 Re1 $14) (28. cxd4 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 $14) 28...
Rxe8 29. cxd4 Re6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Vitiugov repays the favour.} (29... Bf5 {
was necessary:} 30. Rc1 Qe6 31. Qc3 Bh3+ 32. Kg1 Bf4 $5 33. Rb1 Bc7 $132 34.
Rc1 $11 (34. Nxb6 $4 Qe4 35. Nd7+ Kc8 $19) (34. Nc5 Qe2 35. Qa5 Qf1+ 36. Rxf1
bxa5 37. Rb1+ Kc8 38. Rc1 Kd8 39. Nb7+ Kd7 40. Nc5+ $11)) 30. Bc5 $18 {Now
Black has no <=> and as the Pb6 falls, his position collapses.} b5 (30... Kb7
31. Bxb6 $1 Bxb6 32. Nxb6 Qxb6 33. Qxd5+ $18) 31. Nc3 Ba6 32. Nxb5 Bxb5 33.
Qxb5+ Qxb5 34. Rxb5+ Kc8 35. Bf8 $1 {The final blow, Black will lose another P.
} (35. Ba3 $143 Ra6 $1) 35... Bb6 (35... Bd6 36. Rb6 $18 (36. Bh6 $18)) (35...
Re8 36. Ba3 (36. Bg7 $18) 36... Rd8 37. Be7 $18) 36. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Selestat op 19th"]
[Site "Selestat"]
[Date "2012.03.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lerch, Patrice"]
[Black "Sumets, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2012.03.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In third round I played against a not very young FM from France whom I had
never met before. According to Mega Base his main weapon against the French
defense was 1 e4 e6 2 Nf3 d5 3 e5 c5 4 b4. I have decided to comment this game
because of relatively good result that my opponent achieved in this tournament.
He won his last game against GM N Ninov and took 2 prize. So it appears that I
won the tournament due to this game.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5.
Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:11] I tried to avoid drawish lines as 6... Nge7
7 Na3 cd 8 cd Nf5 9 Nc2 Nb4 10 Nb4 Bb4 11 Bd2.} 7. O-O a6 $5 {A good line for
a player who likes sharp positions.} 8. Na3 $5 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Nge7
({After} 10... Na5 $5 {Black won 2 games, but perhaps this move is not so
strong.} 11. Rb1 Bc6 12. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:12] I would recommend a4} (12. a4 $5
Qd7 $6 (12... Ne7 13. Bd3 h6 14. h4 {transposition to the game Kononenko D -
Korobov A}) 13. Qd2 Nc4 14. Qg5 Kf8 15. Nd2) 12... h6 13. Ne1 (13. Nd2 Ne7 14.
Qg4 Kf8 {Zhigalko S - Zherebukh Y Aeroflot Open A 2012}) 13... Nc4 14. Qg4 Kf8)
11. Rb1 Na5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bd2 $5 $146 {During the game I underestimated this
move. Let's see White's others opportunities.} (13. a4 $1 {I consider this
move as the strongest in this position} O-O (13... Bc6 14. h4 $1 Nc4 15. h5 O-O
$2 {Kononenko D - Korobov A UKR-ch 2008} (15... Qd7 $6 16. Nh4 $1 O-O (16...
Bxa4 $2 17. Qg4 Kf8 (17... Kd8 18. Qxg7 Kc7 19. Bxh6) 18. f4 f5 19. exf6 gxf6
20. f5 e5 21. Ng6+ Nxg6 22. Qxg6 Qf7 23. Rxb7 $1 Qxb7 24. Qxf6+ Kg8 25. Rf3 Rh7
26. Bxh6 $18) 17. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 18. Qf3 {White's attack is very dangerous. For
example} Nd2 19. Qf6 Nxf1 20. Qxh6 Ng6 21. Rxf1 Qe7 22. hxg6 f6 23. Re1) 16.
Bc2 f5 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Qd3 $16 Kf8 19. Ne5 (19. Re1 $1) 19... Qc7 (19... Nxe5
$5 20. dxe5 Rf5 21. g4 Rf7 22. Qh7 Ke8 23. Ba3) 20. f4) (13... O-O) 14. Ba3 (
14. h4 $5) 14... Re8 (14... Bc6 15. Bc2 $1 Nc4 (15... Re8 16. Qd3 Ng6 17. h4
Nc4 18. Bc5 b6 19. h5 $6 (19. Bb4 $5 a5 20. h5 axb4 21. hxg6 f6 22. exf6 Qxf6
23. Rxb4 $14 {with better chances}) (19. Bd6 Bb7 20. h5 Nxd6 21. hxg6 Ne4 22.
gxf7+ Kxf7 23. Rb2 Rc3 24. Qe2 Qc7 25. Rfb1 $14) 19... bxc5 20. hxg6 f6 21.
exf6 Qxf6 22. dxc5 e5) 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bc1 Kh7 18. h4 Nf5 19. h5 Rg8 20. g3 $40
{with attack}) 15. Bc5 Rc6 16. Qd2 Nc8 17. Bc2 b6 18. Bb4 Nc4 19. Qd3 g6 {
Dimitrov P - Drashko Bled Open A 2008}) (13. Ne1 Bb5 $5 $146 (13... Bc6 14. Qg4
Kf8 15. h4 (15. Bd2 $6 Nc4 16. Bb4 a5 17. Bc5 $2 Nd2) (15. Nc2 Bb5) (15. Nf3 $5
Nc4 16. Rb3) 15... Qd7 16. h5 Bb5 {with a solid position Haznedaroglu K -
Berescu A Mediterranean open A 2008}) 14. Bxb5+ axb5 15. Rxb5 b6 16. Nc2 O-O
17. Ne3 Nc4 {Black should be OK}) (13. g3 {with a clear idea to play Nh4, Qg4
and f4} Bc6 (13... O-O $5 14. Nh4 Bb5 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Rxb5 b6 17. Qg4 Kh8 18.
f4 Qd7 19. Rb1 (19. Rxb6 Qa7) 19... Nc4) 14. Nh4 Nc4 15. Qg4 Kf8 16. f4 Bb5 17.
Rb3 Qb6 18. Nf3 Qc6) 13... Nec6 $6 {I was confused by the new move that I had
not considered as the best way. I can't recommend ...Nc6 at all.} (13... Bc6)
14. Ne1 {Too complicated.} (14. a4 $1 O-O 15. Qe2 {now I don't see a normal
plan} f6 {that was my idea} (15... Qe7 16. Rfc1) 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Rfc1 $16)
14... O-O 15. Bc2 $6 {A strange move. My opponent spent around 1 hour for this
move. So he had serious time troubles after 20 moves. Why not Qg4? It looks
more natural and strong.} (15. Qg4 $1 f5 16. exf6 Qxf6 (16... Rxf6 17. Nf3 e5
18. Qh5) 17. Nf3) 15... f6 16. f4 Rc7 17. g4 $2 {A premature move.} (17. Kh1 $5
Nc4 18. Bc1 {with the idea to play Rb3 and Rg3 or Rh3.}) 17... Nc4 (17... fxe5
$5 18. fxe5 (18. dxe5 Nc4 19. Bc1 Qe7 20. Qd3 g5 $1 21. Qg6+ Qg7) (18. Bxa5
Nxa5 19. dxe5 Rc3 {prevent Qd3}) 18... Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 Nc4 20. Bc1 Qh4) 18. Bc1
Be8 19. Rb3 Ne7 {I spent plenty of time for this move. So I had the same time
troubles as my opponent.} (19... fxe5 $1 20. dxe5 Qe7 21. Qd3 g5) (19... Qa8 $6
20. exf6 Rxf6 21. g5 hxg5 22. fxg5 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Qa7 24. g6 (24. Nf3 Bh5)
24... Nxd4 (24... Qxd4 $4 25. Qh5 Qe5 26. Bg5 Nd2+ 27. Kf2) 25. Qh5 Nxb3 26.
Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qxg7+ Kd8 29. Bg5+ Kc8 30. Qf8) 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Qe2
$6 (21. Nd3 b6 22. Ne5 Ba4 (22... Nxe5 $5 23. dxe5 Rf8) 23. Qd3 g6 24. Rc3)
21... Na5 22. Re3 $2 Bb5 $19 23. Bd3 Rxc1 {Black has one piece advantage and
game was continued only because of mutual time trouble.} 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Rxe6
Rxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. f5 Ng8 28. Nd3 Rc6 29. Qe2 Qb6 30. Rf4 Nc4 31. h4 Qd8
32. Qh2 Qe7 33. Rf3 Qe4 34. Qf4 Nf6 35. g5 Qxf4 36. Nxf4 Ne4 37. gxh6 Rxh6 38.
Nxd5 Rxh4 39. Nc7 Ncd2 0-1

[Event "Vaxjo Visma GM"]
[Site "Vaxjo"]
[Date "2014.06.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smerdon, David"]
[Black "Andersen, Mads"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Svane,R"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2014.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. g3
Be7 9. h4 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. h5 Nh8 12. Bf4 f6 13. Kg2 Be8 14. Rh1 Nf7 15.
Nc3 fxe5 16. dxe5 d4 17. Nb1 Nfxe5 $1 18. Bxe5 d3 {Das war seine Idee, die in
der Partie hervorragend funktionierte.} 19. Qxd3 (19. Bxg7 $1 {war der
richtige Zug. Nicht leicht zu verstehen, die Idee ist aber wohl, dass nach der
Partiefortsetzung jetzt der Bauer auf g7 fehlt.}) 19... Qxd3 20. Bxd3 Rxf3 $1
21. Kxf3 Nxe5+ 22. Ke2 Bc6 23. Nd2 Rd8 24. Be4 Bb4 $19 {Schwarz gewinnt das
Haus.} 25. Nf3 ({Nach} 25. Rhd1 {folgt} Bb5+ 26. Ke1 Nc4 $19) 25... Nxf3 26.
Kxf3 Rd3+ 27. Ke2 Bxe4 28. f3 Rd2+ 29. Ke3 Bc2 30. Rh4 Ba5 31. b4 Rd3+ 32. Ke2
Bb6 33. Rc1 Re3+ 34. Kd2 Ba4 35. Rc8+ Kf7 36. Rf4+ Ke7 37. Rg8 Ra3 38. Rxg7+
Kd6 39. Rf8 Be3+ 40. Ke1 Rxa2 41. Rxb7 Kc6 42. Rfb8 a6 43. Rxh7 Bf2+ 44. Kf1
Bb5+ 45. Rxb5 axb5 46. g4 Be3 47. Rf7 Kd5 48. Ke1 Kc4 49. f4 Kd3 50. Rd7+ Bd4
51. Kf1 Rf2+ 52. Kg1 Rxf4+ 53. Kh2 Rxg4 54. Kh3 Rg1 55. Kh4 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Nottingham International Masters"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1936.08.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "Van Reek,J"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Nearly 300 guests had visited the party garden at the home of Derbyshire on
the previous day. Euwe led with 6/7 halfway the tournament. Alekhine had only
scored 4 1/2 / 8. Now, the challenger had to prove himself against the world
champion.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 $5 cxd4 6. O-O f6 $5 {
The attack on the centre seems to be premature.} 7. Bb5 $1 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9.
Qxd4 fxe5 10. Qxe5 Nf6 11. Bf4 Bc5 12. Nc3 O-O {But Black has developed well.}
13. Bg3 Qe7 14. a3 a5 15. Rfe1 Ra7 $5 16. Na4 Rb7 17. Qc3 Ba7 $1 {Euwe gives a
pawn for active play.} 18. Qxa5 Ne4 19. Qa6 $6 Be8 $6 ({Black misses the
counteraction} 19... Bc8 20. Qxc6 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Rc7) 20. b4 g5 $6 {Euwe
weakens the kingside.} ({Better is} 20... Bh5 $1 {(Alekhine).}) 21. Nc5 $1 Bxc5
22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. Qe2 $6 Ne4 $6 ({Again} 23... Bh5 $1 {is better.}) 24. Qe3 Bg6
25. Ne5 $1 c5 $5 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. f3 Nxg3 28. hxg3 Kf7 29. a4 Ra8 30. Kf2 Rb2
31. Re2 c4 32. Rh1 $1 Kg8 $2 {Euwe blunders in a sharp position.} ({Correct is
} 32... Qf6 $1 33. Qc5 Kg8 34. Rhe1 Re8 {Alekhine regards} 35. a5 {as winning
for White, but} g4 {gives a proper answer.}) 33. Qe5 $1 Qa7+ $1 34. Kf1 Rb1+
35. Re1 Rxe1+ 36. Kxe1 Qg7 37. Qxe6+ Kf8 38. Qxd5 $1 Qc3+ 39. Kf2 $1 Re8 40. g4
$1 Qe3+ 41. Kg3 Qf4+ 42. Kh3 Re7 $1 43. Qc5 Qf6 44. g3 $1 (44. Re1 $4 Qh8+ 45.
Kg3 Qh4#) 44... Qh8+ 45. Kg2 Qc3 46. Rh7 $1 Qxc2+ 47. Kh3 Qe2 48. Rxe7 Qxe7 49.
Qxc4 Qe1 50. Qc5+ Kf7 51. Kg2 Qa1 52. Qc2 Kf6 53. Qb3 Ke5 54. Kf2 Kf6 55. Qb6+
Kg7 56. Qb4 Qh1 57. Qe1 Qh2+ 58. Ke3 Kh7 59. a5 Qa2 60. Qd2 Qa1 61. Ke2 Kh6 62.
f4 gxf4 63. gxf4 Qa4 64. Kf2 Kh7 65. g5 Qa3 66. Qd7+ Kh8 67. Qc8+ Kh7 68. Qc7+
Kh8 69. Ke2 Qa2+ 70. Ke3 Qb3+ 71. Kd4 Qb4+ 72. Kd5 Qb5+ 73. Kd4 Qa6 74. Qb6 Qc8
75. Qd6 Qc2 76. a6 Qd2+ 77. Ke5 Qc3+ 78. Ke6 Qc8+ 79. Ke7 Kh7 80. Qd7 Qc3 81.
Ke6+ 1-0

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Black "Wintzer, Joachim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Von Gleich,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Knaak} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 {Knaak: Die
alte Hauptvariante. Schwarz legt sich zu früh fest. Weiß kann mit der
offensichtlichen Schwäche b3 gut leben und hat gleich zwei Pläne: 1. Das sehr
langfristige Spiel. Alle eventuellen schwarzen Möglichkeiten auf dem Feld b3
oder mittels f7-f6 bzw. g7-g5 werden schon im voraus entschärft. Letztlich
kann Weiß auf seinen Raumvorteil bauen. 2. Das auch in dieser Partie zu
beobachtende Spiel am Damenflügel, welches bei genauem schwarzen Spiel nicht
durchschlagen sollte.} 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Be2 Bd7 9. O-O Ne7 10. Re1 h6 11. Qc2 (
11. Rb1 O-O-O 12. b4 cxb3 13. c4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4) 11... O-O-O 12.
a4 Be8 13. Qb1 Rg8 (13... f6 $5 14. b4 $2 (14. exf6 gxf6 15. Bf1 Bg6 16. Qa2
Nb3 17. a5 Qb5 18. Nxb3 Qxb3) 14... cxb3 15. c4 Bg6 16. Qb2 Bc2 17. c5 Qc7 (
17... Qb4 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Bf1 Nc4 20. Nxc4 dxc4 21. Bd2) 18. exf6 gxf6 19.
Bf1) 14. b4 cxb3 15. c4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Bc6 18. Re3 Bxf3 (18... Bd5
19. Rxb3 Qc7 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 $10) 19. Rxf3 Nc6 (19... Qxd4 20. Bb2 Qb6) 20. Rxf7
(20. Rxb3 Qxd4 21. Bf1 Bb4 22. Be3 Qxe5 23. Bxa7 (23. a5) 23... Bd6 24. g3 Nxa7
25. Rxb7 Qxa1 26. Qxa1 Kxb7 $17) 20... Nxd4 $2 (20... Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rd1+ 22.
Bf1 Qa6 23. h3 Qxf1+ 24. Kh2 Qd3 (24... Qc4 25. Qh7) 25. Rf3 Qxb1 26. Rxb1 b2 (
26... Ba3 27. Rfxb3 Rxc1 28. Rxc1+ Bxc1 29. Rc3+ Kb8 30. Rxc1 Rc8 31. Rd1 Rc4
32. Rd8+ Kc7 33. Rg8) 27. Rc3+ Kb8 28. Rxb2 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Ba3 30. Rbc2 Bxc1 31.
Rxc1 Rc8 {mit etwas besserem Turmendspiel für Schwarz!}) 21. Qe4 {[#]} Nc2 22.
Be3 Nxe3 23. a5 b2 (23... Qb4 24. fxe3) 24. Rb1 Qb4 25. fxe3 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Kxd7
27. Qd3+ Ke7 28. Rd1 (28. Rd1 Kf7 29. Qf5+ Ke7 30. Qxe6#) 1-0

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Luetke, Jens"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Von Gleich,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3 Ne7
9. Nh4 Nc8 10. f4 Nb6 11. Ng2 Ba4 12. Qf3 Qd7 13. Ne3 O-O-O 14. h4 f5 15. g4 g6
16. h5 Be7 17. Qh3 Rhf8 18. Be2 Kb8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qh6 Qe8 21. gxf5 gxf5 22.
Bh5 Qd7 23. Bg6 Qc8 24. Nf3 Be8 25. Bh7 Nb3 26. Rb1 Na4 27. Bd2 Qc6 28. Ng5 Bd7
29. Nc2 Bc8 30. Be3 a5 31. Bf2 b5 32. Qg7 Qb7 33. Rh6 b4 34. axb4 axb4 35. Nxe6
$2 (35. Nxb4 $1 Bxb4 36. Qxb7+ Kxb7 37. cxb4 Rde8 (37... Rfe8 38. Nf7) 38. Rg6
$1 $16) 35... bxc3 36. Nxf8 $6 (36. Nxd8 Rxd8 37. bxc3 Nxc3 38. Rb2 Na4 $1)
36... cxb2 37. Rg6 Bb4+ 38. Kf1 (38. Nxb4 Qxb4+ 39. Kf1 Nd2+) 38... Qxg7 39.
Rxg7 Bxf8 0-1

