[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Arkhipov,S"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 $6 (6. c3) 6... Na5 $1
(6... g6 $2 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 $16) 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4
b5 9. Bb3 Be7 (9... c5 $1 10. Bd2 (10. c3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Be7 12. d4 Qc7 13. Na3
Rb8 $13) 10... Be7 11. Bxa5 Qxa5 12. a4 b4 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nc4 Qd8 15. Ne3 Nh7
$13) 10. d4 Qc7 11. Bd2 $1 Nd7 12. a4 (12. Bxa5 Qxa5 13. a4 b4 14. Nbd2 O-O 15.
Nc4 Qc7 $13) 12... Nxb3 13. cxb3 bxa4 $1 (13... Rb8 $6 14. axb5 cxb5 15. Nc3
$16) 14. Rxa4 O-O 15. Ba5 Qb7 16. Nbd2 c5 $1 $8 (16... Re8 $2 17. Nc4 Bf8 18.
Rb4 Qa6 19. Bc7 d5 20. Ra4 $16) 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Nc4 Be6 $1 $10
20. Qc2 (20. Nxe5 $4 Bxb3 $19) 20... f6 21. Ra3 Rf7 22. Rea1 Bf8 (22... Bf8 23.
Bc3 $1 Rb8 24. R1a2 Qb5 25. Qe2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRE-chT 32nd"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2003.07.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Managadze, Nikoloz"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.07.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 $5 {A very positional move.}
O-O 6. a3 d6 7. h3 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 {Black should not have any problems.} 9. O-O
Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 {He rightfully tries to exchange Ba2 which can
easily become a bad piece after} (11. exd5 $6 b6) 11... Nxd5 12. exd5 b6 {
c5 should be supported.} (12... b5 $6 13. b4 Nb7 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. Rb1 $14) 13.
c4 Qd7 14. Be3 Rae8 15. b4 Nb7 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Rb1 Bd8 $1 {Since the
alternatives are not that good I have decided to get my bishop out.} (17... f5
18. Bg5 e4 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Ng5 Nd8 21. dxe4 h6 22. Ne6 Nxe6 23. dxe6 $14) (
17... Nd8 18. Qb3) 18. Nd2 f5 19. f3 {He has to keep the game closed.} (19. f4
$6 Bf6 $36 (19... exf4 20. Bxf4 Bf6 21. Nf3 Nd8 $36)) 19... Ba5 20. Qc2 f4 21.
Bf2 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Nd8 ({No time to start an attack including Rf6-h6, his
attack may develop first down on b line.} 22... Rf6 $6 23. Kh2 Nd8 24. Rb8 Nf7
25. Rfb1 $40) 23. Rb8 Nf7 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Rb1 g5 $5 {I felt like doing
something for my pseudo advantage. If I would have just kept the statusquo we
would have a draw.} (25... Nh6 26. Qa5 Nf5 27. Qa6 Re7 (27... Rc8 28. Rb7 Rc7
29. Rb8+ Kf7 $11) 28. Rb8+ Kf7 29. Qc6 Qc7 30. Qa8 Kg6 31. Rh8 h6 32. Qg8 Kh5
33. Qf8 Rf7 $11) 26. Kh2 h5 27. g4 hxg4 (27... fxg3+ 28. Bxg3 Rf8 29. Qe2 $13 (
29. Kg2 Qf5 (29... g4 $6 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. f4 $14) 30. Qe3 Nh8 $11)) 28. hxg4
e4 $6 {Typical me! Now things are not that easy for black.} (28... Qa4 29. Qc3
Kg7 30. Kg2 Rh8 $11) 29. dxe4 Ne5 30. Qc3 Qa4 31. Kg2 $1 (31. Rb7 Qd1 32. Kg2
Qe2 33. Rb2 Qxc4 $15) 31... Re7 $2 {This is the result of a misappreciation
for the position.} ({I did not like both of the following lines for different
reasons.} 31... Qxc4 32. Qxc4 Nxc4 33. a4 $1 $14 (33. Rb7 Nxa3 34. Rxa7 Nc4 35.
Be1 Rb8 36. Bc3 Ne3+ 37. Kh2 Rb1 38. Ra8+ Kf7 39. Ra7+ Kg8 40. Ra8+ $11 (40.
Rg7+ $6 Kf8 41. Bf6 Rf1 $40))) 32. Qb2 Kg7 33. Rh1 $1 Qxc4 34. Rh5 $1 $16 {
Black's castle collapses due to his precarious king position.} Qd3 35. Rxg5+
Kf6 $6 ({The best under the circumstances looks like} 35... Kh6 36. Rxe5 $1 (
36. Rh5+ Kg6 37. Rh3 Rh7 38. Qb8 Rxh3 39. Qxd6+ Kh7 40. Qe7+ Kg6 41. Qe6+ Kh7
$11) 36... Rxe5 37. Qb8 Qa6 38. Qf8+ Kg6 39. Qg8+ Kh6 40. Qf7 $18) 36. Rf5+ Kg7
$2 {Mistake after mistake. I had to try to create some difficulties. However I
was calculating everything wrong.} (36... Kg6 37. Rxe5 Rxe5 38. Qb8 $1 (38.
Bxc5 $2 Rxe4 $3 39. fxe4 Qxe4+ 40. Kf2 dxc5 $132) 38... Qa6 39. Qg8+ Kh6 40.
Qf7 $18 {Again the same ugly position.}) 37. Rxe5 $1 {This wins much more
beautifully than cashing an invalid pawn.} (37. Rxf4 Rf7 38. Qc1 Nxf3 $140 39.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 40. Qf4+ $18) {This obviously loses.} 37... dxe5 ({the other
recapture could give him some slight headache.} 37... Rxe5 $142 $1 38. Bxc5 Kg6
39. Bxd6 (39. Qb8 dxc5 40. Qd6+ Kf7 41. Qxe5 Qe2+ 42. Kh3 Qxf3+ 43. Kh4 Qe3 44.
d6 $18) 39... Rxe4 $5 40. fxe4 Qg3+ 41. Kf1 Qf3+ 42. Kg1 Qg3+ 43. Kf1 Qf3+ 44.
Ke1 Qxe4+ 45. Kf2 $18 (45. Qe2 Qb1+ 46. Kf2 Qb6+ 47. Kf3 Qxd6 48. Qe6+ Qxe6 49.
dxe6 Kf6 50. Kxf4 Kxe6 51. Kg5 $18)) 38. Bxc5 $18 {Now it is a piece of cake.}
Re8 39. Qb7+ Kg8 40. Qd7 ({Also} 40. g5 Qe2+ 41. Bf2 $18 {wins without any
risk.}) 40... Qd2+ 41. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Berkeley East Bay CC"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Roussel Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 $5 Na5 {
I rely on this natural continuation.} (7... Be6 8. Nbd2 Qd7 9. c3 Rae8 10. a5
a6 $13 {is also played.}) 8. Ba2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 ({I think it is too early for} 
9... Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. b4 cxb4 12. cxb4 Nc6 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Nc3 $14) 10.
Nbd2 h6 $5 {Another way of reaching something similar is} (10... Be6 11. Nc4 h6
12. Ne3 $14) 11. h3 $6 {Difficult to understand what this move makes.} (11. Nc4
Be6 12. Ne3 Bxa2 13. Rxa2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nc4 f6 16. Nh4 Rf7 17. Qg4 Bf8
$1 {I am not particularly afraid of this type of positions unless he has some
immediate tactics.} 18. Nf5 (18. Bxh6 $2 f5 19. Nxf5 (19. Qg3 f4 20. Qg4 Nf6
21. Qg6 Nh7 $19) 19... Qf6 $19) 18... Kh8 $14) 11... Re8 12. Nc4 (12. Nf1 Bf8
13. Ng3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 $140 15. Qb3 $2 Be6 16. Qxb7 $2 Na5 17. Qa6 Bc8 18.
Qb5 Bd7 19. Qa6 Re6 20. Qxa5 Qxa5 21. Bxd5 Rd8 22. Bxe6 Bxe6 $19) 12... Be6 13.
Bd2 $5 {He goes for b4.} (13. Ne3 Bxa2 14. Rxa2 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nc4 f6 17.
Nh4 Qd7 18. Qf3 Bf8 $11) 13... Nh7 $5 ({I could have played} 13... Bf8 {
with some sang froid.} 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 d5 16. exd5 (16. b5 dxc4 17. bxc6
bxc6 (17... cxd3 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. cxb7 Rb8 20. Rb1 Qd7 21. Bc3 Rxb7 22. Rxb7
Qxb7 23. Qxd3) 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. dxc4 Nd7 $15) (16. Ncxe5 $2 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe4
18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Ng4 Qxd3 $17) 16... Bxd5 17. b5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nd4 19. Qd1 Qc7
20. Rc1 Bc5 $15) 14. Ne3 Bg5 $1 15. Nxg5 (15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nxg5 Nxg5 $13 {
is a dynamic position.}) 15... hxg5 (15... Bxa2 $6 16. Rxa2 (16. Nxh7 Be6)
16... Nxg5 17. Qg4 $36) 16. Nd5 {Passive!} (16. Bxe6 Rxe6 $13 (16... fxe6 17.
Qg4 Qf6 18. g3 Nd8 19. Nc4 Nf7 $13)) 16... Ne7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 $15
{The outcome of his unnecessary exchanges led to some position with black
having a somewhat better position.} 19. c4 $1 f6 $6 {Difficult to come up with
a plan since the position is in danger of getting locked!} ({I did not like} 
19... a5 $5 $15 {since I wanted to keep the position spmewhat more open.}) ({
I failed to appreciate} 19... f5 $142 $1 20. exf5 Qxf5 21. Qe2 Nf6 22. f3 Rad8
$1 23. a5 d5 $40) 20. b4 Nf8 21. Qg4 $1 $132 Qxg4 22. hxg4 Ne6 23. Reb1 Re7 24.
Be3 Rc8 25. g3 g6 26. Kf1 Rcc7 27. Ke2 {Draw offer.} Rh7 28. a5 Kf8 29. b5 Rcg7
30. a6 b6 31. Rh1 $11 {Deadlock!} Ke7 32. Kf3 Nd8 33. Kg2 Nf7 34. Rxh7 Rxh7 35.
Rh1 Rxh1 36. Kxh1 Ke6 (36... f5 $4 37. Bd2 $5 (37. gxf5 gxf5 38. exf5 g4 39.
Bd2 e4 40. dxe4 Ne5 41. Kg2 Nxc4 42. Bg5+ Kf7 43. f3 gxf3+ 44. Kxf3 Na3 45. g4
Nxb5 46. Bf4 $18) 37... fxe4 38. dxe4 $16) (36... d5 37. Bxc5+) (36... Kd7 37.
Kg2 Kc7 $11 (37... d5 $2 38. Bxc5 $18)) 37. Kg2 Kd7 {Now I have understood that
} (37... f5 $2 {is self dangerous.} 38. Bd2 $1 (38. gxf5+ gxf5 39. Kh3 Kf6 40.
exf5 Kxf5 41. f3 Nd8 42. g4+ Kf6 43. Kg3 Ne6 44. Kf2 Nf4 45. Bxf4 exf4 46. d4
$1 cxd4 47. Ke2 Ke6 48. Kd2 Kf6 $11) 38... fxe4 39. dxe4 $16) 38. Kf3 Nd8 39.
Ke2 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Star Palmyra op 2nd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2004.08.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sanduleac, Vasile"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {Moldavian chess. They like closed type of
positions.} Nf6 4. d3 {He never goes for lines like 4.Ng5 or 4.d4.} (4. Ng5 d5
5. exd5 b5 (5... Na5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 (6... c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 $13) 7. Qe2
Be7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 $44) 6. Bf1 Nd4 7. c3 Nxd5 $13) 4... h6 $5 {I have just
wanted not to give him his type of position. This interesting move was
championed by some Ukranians like GM Malaniuk and some other former Soviets
like GM Graf.} 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 $6 {Not the best.} ({There is almost only one
critical line which can threaten black by some Ruy Lopez type of setup.} 6. O-O
g6 7. d4 Qe7 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Qd8 $1 11. Bb3 (11. Bb5 exd4 $5 (
11... Bd7 $2 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxd1 16. Nxf6+
Bxf6 17. Rxd1 Bxe5 18. Bxh6) 12. cxd4 Ne7 $13) 11... Re8 12. a3 a5 13. Bc2 Bd7
14. Nf1 a4 15. Ng3 b5 16. Be3 Na5 $13 {Gavrikov-Eingorn,SSSR 1981.}) 6... g6 7.
d4 Bg7 {Now I do not need Qe7 anymore.} 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. O-O O-O
11. b4 $5 {The position is almost equal so I had to set up some positional
trick otherwise the equality is very nearby.} Re8 {my intention was not to go
for a bishops swap but rather Bf8 connected with a5.} 12. Qe2 a5 13. b5 $6 {
Noone should like this. Now he has some organic weaknesses in the queen's
flank.} (13. Bb2 $142 $5) 13... b6 14. Rd1 Bb7 15. f3 Qe7 16. a4 Red8 17. Ba3
Qe8 18. Nf1 (18. Nb3 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qe3 Kg7 $15) (18. Bb3 Rd7 19. Nc4
Rad8 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21. Rd1 Bf8 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 $15) 18... Bf8 $15 {
My whole plan worked like a Swiss clock so far. The little phalanx a4, b5 is
very vulnerable. Now it is more comprehensible why I did not exchange light
squared bishops.} 19. Qa2 Bxa3 20. Qxa3 {Draw offer.} Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 (21...
Qf8 22. Qxf8+ Kxf8 23. Ne3 Rc8 24. Kf2 c6 25. Ke2 Ke7 26. Rd2 cxb5 27. Bxb5
Rxc3 28. Nc4 Bc6 29. Nxb6 Bxb5+ 30. axb5 Rb3 $11 {leads nowhere.I should keep
queens not rooks.}) 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Ne3 Qf8 $1 {What did I say in the last
lines? Actually since his queen is also active I may go for this exchange. In
any case I will be slightly better.} (23... Qd2 24. Nf1 Qd7 {and I do not have
a point of entry for my queen.}) 24. Qa2 (24. Qxf8+ $6 Kxf8 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Ke2
h5 27. h4 Nd7 28. Bb3 Nc5 29. Bc2 Bc8 $17) 24... Kg7 $1 {In this position I
have made a long and unnecessary but correct calculation.} (24... Qc5 $6 25.
Bxf7+ Kg7 26. Kf2 Bxe4 27. Qc4 $1 Bc2 $2 28. Qxc5 bxc5 29. Nxc2 Kxf7 30. Ne3
Ke6 31. Ke2 $1 Nd5 32. Nxd5 Kxd5 33. Kd3 c4+ 34. Ke3 $18) 25. Kf2 Qe7 26. Ke2
h5 $1 $17 {Now he is in some paradoxal situation his king does not have a safe
place if he allows me with h5-h4 this will already be a concession.} 27. h4 $6
(27. Kf2 $142 h4 $17) 27... Nd7 28. g3 Nc5 $19 {Believe or not in my opinion
this is a lost position. Let us see the factors which makes white's game
untenable: 1) Pawn a4 needs constant protection. 2) Kingside is like a Swiss
Cheese a serious attack type of Qd7-h3 maybe organized towards that direction.
3) Black has no weaknesses whatsoever besides since white can not exchange
minor pieces in a proper way equality seems remote.} 29. Qc2 (29. Kf2 Bc8 30.
Kg1 g5 31. Nd5 Qd8 32. hxg5 Qxg5 33. Kh2 h4 34. Qg2 Qxg3+ 35. Qxg3+ hxg3+ 36.
Kxg3 Be6 $19) 29... Bc8 $1 30. Bd5 (30. Nd5 Qd7 31. Kf2 Qh3 32. Bf1 Qh2+ 33.
Bg2 Bh3 34. Ne3 g5 $1 (34... Ne6 $6 35. Qd1 Nf4 36. Qh1 Nd3+ 37. Ke2 Qxh1 38.
Bxh1 Nc5 39. Nd5 Nxa4 40. Kd2 Nb2 41. Nxc7 $13) (34... Bxg2 $5 35. Nxg2 Qh1 36.
Ne1 f5 37. exf5 e4 38. Qd1 (38. f6+ $2 Kxf6 39. Ng2 exf3 40. Kxf3 Qf1+ $19) (
38. Qd2 $2 Qh2+ 39. Ke3 Qxg3 40. Qd4+ Kh7 41. fxg6+ Kxg6 $19) 38... Nd3+ (38...
gxf5 $2 39. Qd8 $1 (39. Qd4+ $2 Kg6 40. Qd5 Nd3+ 41. Nxd3 Qxf3+ 42. Ke1 Qe3+
43. Kd1 Qxd3+ 44. Qxd3 exd3 45. Kd2 f4 46. gxf4 Kf5 $19) 39... Qh2+ 40. Kf1
Qxg3 41. Qe7+ Kg6 42. Qe8+ Kf6 43. Qxh5 $1 $132) 39. Ke2 Qh2+ 40. Ke3 Qg1+ 41.
Kd2 Nb2 42. Qe2 e3+ 43. Kc2 Qf2 $19) 35. hxg5 h4 36. gxh4 Be6 37. Kf1 Qxh4 38.
Ke2 Qxg5 $19) 30... g5 $1 {The final nail on his coffin.} 31. Ng2 $2 {This
hastens the end but anyway he is under serious attack.} (31. hxg5 Qxg5 32. Kf2
h4 33. gxh4 Qxh4+ 34. Ke2 Qh2+ 35. Kd1 Qxc2+ 36. Kxc2 Nxa4 37. Bc6 Be6 $19)
31... Bh3 32. Ke1 Bxg2 {Now the massacre starts.} (32... Qf6 33. Qd2 Nxa4 $19)
33. Qxg2 Nxa4 34. g4 (34. Qc2 Qa3 35. Kd2 gxh4 36. gxh4 Qa1) 34... Qa3 $1 {
The easiest to avoid queens exchange he has to lose the house which he did.}
35. Qe2 Qxc3+ 36. Kf1 hxg4 37. fxg4 Qh3+ 38. Ke1 gxh4 0-1

[Event "Mediterranean-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2006.02.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2006.02.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 d6 7. a3 Be6 8. Bxe6
fxe6 9. b4 Qd7 10. Be3 $5 b5 $1 11. a4 a6 12. c3 d5 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. Nbd2 $5 {
he just gives a pawn like that.} (14. Rc1 Bd6 15. Nbd2 d4 16. axb5 axb5 17.
cxd4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bf4 20. Bc5 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 Nxe4 22. Qe3 Nxc5
23. Rxc5 Qxd3 24. Qxe6+ $11) 14... d4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Bg5 Nxb4 17. Qb3 c5 18.
axb5 axb5 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Ndf3 $1 (20. f4 $2 Nh5 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. f5 Rde8 $17)
20... Nd7 {I wanted to play actively around this position.} 21. Bxe7 (21. Nxd7
Qxd7 22. Bd2 Nc6 23. Qxb5 Rxf3 $1 (23... Ne5 24. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Rxd7 $15)
24. gxf3 Ne5 25. Qxd7 Rxd7 26. Kg2 Nxd3 $17) 21... Qxe7 22. Ra7 Qd6 23. Nxd7
Rxd7 24. Ra5 h6 $5 {I was relying on the coming exchange sac a little bit too
much.} 25. Rxb5 Rxf3 26. gxf3 Rf7 27. Kg2 $1 (27. Qd1 Na2) 27... Rf6 (27... Qf4
28. Qd1 $1 (28. Qxe6 $2 Nxd3 (28... Qxf3+ 29. Kh2 Nxd3 30. Rb7 $11) 29. Rb7
Ne1+ $3 $19) 28... Na2 29. Rb2 Nc3 30. Qd2 Qxf3+ 31. Kh2 $13) 28. Rg1 Kh7 29.
Qd1 (29. Rb7 $2 Qa6) 29... Qa6 30. Rxc5 Nxd3 (30... Rg6+ $2 31. Kh1 Nxd3 32.
Rc2 Rxg1+ 33. Qxg1) 31. Rc2 Nf4+ 32. Kh2 Qd6 33. Rg4 $1 $11 {After a series of
forced moves we ended up in a dynamic equality.} d3 34. Rd2 Qe5 $5 (34... Ne2+
35. Rg3 Rxf3 36. Rxe2 Rxg3 37. fxg3 dxe2 38. Qxe2 $11) 35. Rg3 Qd6 36. Qa1 Rf7
37. Qc3 e5 38. Rg4 Rc7 39. Qb3 Rd7 40. Qb5 Rd8 41. Qa5 Rd7 42. Qb5 Rd8 43. Qa5
Rd7 44. Qb5 Rd8 {Before playing this I have written the move down and called
the arbiterfor the threefold repetition.Just like the day before Djuric who is
unable to keep the score down all his life tried to repeat his disgusting
behavior just like he did with Katia the day before.The day before they have
checked the moves.With me when arbiters came around he signed the scoresheets.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 {He goes for Guicio Piano.} Be7 5. O-O O-O
6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Na5 {In the spirit of Ruy Lopez.} ({I have seen that once Ivan
did against weaker opposition.} 7... b5 8. a4 b4 $13) 8. Bc2 c5 9. Nbd2 {
Keeping the game closed at least for a while.} (9. d4 cxd4 (9... Qc7 $5) 10.
cxd4 Nc6) 9... Nc6 {This is what Predrag does. The knight does not have much
to do on a5.} 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 h6 12. h3 (12. Ng3 Bf8 13. Nf5 $6 d5 $17)
12... Bf8 13. Ng3 {A typical position.} Be6 ({I can effort losing a move with.
} 13... Bd7 $5 14. Nh2 (14. d4 $6 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 d5 $1) 14... d5
15. Qf3 d4 16. Nf5 (16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 g6 $13) 16... Be6 $13) 14. d4 $1 {
This is the idea.} cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Nd7 $5 {I was
heading into this because of some bullshit tactical move Qh4.} (17... Rc8 18.
Bd3 (18. Bb3 $6 Bxb3 19. axb3 d5 20. e5 Bc5 21. Qd3 Ne4 $36) 18... d5 19. e5
Nd7 20. Nf5 (20. Qxa7 $6 Nc5) 20... Qb6 21. Be3 Qxd4 22. Bxd4 Nc5 23. Bb1 $13)
18. Bf4 Rc8 19. Bb3 Nc5 20. Bd5 Qh4 {This is what I was basing my counterplay,
but objectively black is worse.} 21. Bd2 $1 {An exact move.} (21. Be3 $2 Bxd5
22. Qxd5 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 $15) 21... Be7 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Bc3 Bf6 24. Qe3 (
24. Qxd6 $4 Red8 $19) 24... Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qf6 26. Qd2 $1 {White is taking over
the initiative by simple but strong moves.} ({Without queens black is not
afraid of anything.} 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. Rad1 Red8 28. f4 Kf7 29. f5 e5 $11)
26... Red8 ({The knight does not do much damage on c3 square.} 26... Na4 $5 27.
b3 Nc3 28. Rac1 Red8 $14) 27. Rac1 a5 28. b3 b6 29. Rc4 $14 {Blacks pawns are
much weaker than whites. I have to wait for the right moment to push d6-d5.}
Rc7 30. Rd4 Rcd7 31. b4 $1 {Keeping the initiative.} axb4 32. Qxb4 Ra8 33. Rd2
Qd8 34. Rb1 Ra6 35. Qb5 Qc7 36. Rbd1 Rd8 37. Qe2 Ra4 38. Rd4 Rxd4 39. Rxd4 Qe7
40. Qd2 Rd7 41. Rb4 Qd8 42. Qe2 {That is all white could do.} d5 $1 {Here we
go!} 43. exd5 exd5 44. Rd4 {The pawn should be blocked.} Qf6 45. Qe8+ Kh7 46.
Qe3 Qg6 47. Kh2 Qb1 $5 {I started to lick my chops around here. I could have
just waited but this is not my style.} 48. a4 Rf7 49. Rg4 {White is ready to
throw everything on blacks king.} (49. Rxd5 Qa2 50. Rd2 Qxa4 $11) (49. Ne2 Qc2
$11) 49... Qc2 50. Qd4 Qd3 $2 $138 {50...Qf2 the amount of material left over
the board makes black close to equality.} ({I had to go on in defensive style.
} 50... Qxf2 $1 51. Rxg7+ Kh8 52. Rg4+ Qxd4 53. Rxd4 Kg7 54. Ne2 (54. Rxd5 Nxa4
55. Nf5+ Kg6 56. g4 $14) 54... Rd7 55. Nf4 (55. Nc3 Kf7) 55... Kf6 56. Rxd5 Ra7
57. Ne2 Rxa4 $14) 51. Qe5 $16 {Black's shield is about to be broken.} Ne4 $2 {
A blunder!} (51... Qa6 52. Qxd5 (52. Nh5 Qb7 53. Nf4 Nd7 $1 54. Qxd5 Qxd5 55.
Nxd5 Rxf2 $11) (52. Nf5 Qa7) 52... Qb7 53. Qa2 Rd7 $16) 52. Nh5 $2 $138 {
He also errs in time trouble.} (52. Qe6 Ra7 53. Qg6+ (53. Nxe4 dxe4 54. Qxb6
$18 {is a technically won position.}) 53... Kh8 54. Nf5 $2 Nf6 55. Rg3 Qc2 56.
Nxg7 Qxg6 57. Rxg6 Kh7 58. Rxf6 Kxg7 59. Rxb6 Rxa4 60. Rd6 Rd4 $18 {is another
position of that kind.}) 52... g5 $2 {The quality of the moves dropped down
drastically because of lack of time for both sides.} (52... Ng5 53. Rf4 $16 (
53. h4 $2 Qh3+ $1 54. gxh3 Nf3+ 55. Kg2 Nxe5 $15)) 53. f3 $2 {In mutual time
trouble he makes a crucial mistake.} ({Once again} 53. Qe6 Rxf2 54. Qd7+ Kg6
55. Qg7+ Kf5 56. Qf7+ Ke5 57. Rxe4+ $18) 53... Nd2 54. Nf6+ Kg6 $2 {This is
really stupid.I had to go for the exchange sac which is optically only way to
continue the fight.} (54... Rxf6 $3 55. Qxf6 Nf1+ 56. Kg1 Ne3 57. Qf7+ (57. Qd4
Qf1+ 58. Kh2 Qe1 $1 $11 {Black has set up a drawing mechanism.}) 57... Kh8 58.
Qe8+ Kh7 59. Qd7+ Kg6 60. Qc6+ $11) 55. Nxd5 Nxf3+ 56. gxf3 Rxf3 57. Nf4+ $18 {
I have missed that!} Rxf4 58. Qxf4 Qe2+ 59. Kg1 {White wins with an extra rook.
} 1-0

[Event "Nezhmetdinov Memorial 35th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kalegin, Evgenij"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2013.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Some games are really tough to analyse. I really can not understand now how I
could have played that badly!} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 $5 5.
O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Qe7 (7... Bg4 $2 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Bxf7+ $18) 8. dxe5 $5 (8.
Re1 Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Qd8 $5 $14) 8... Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 $6 {A bad
decision after which to play for a win is getting more and more difficult.} (
9... Qxe5 10. Nd2 Bg7 11. Nf3 Qc5 12. Bd3 O-O $13) 10. Qe2 c6 $6 {This at
least weakens the d6-square.} (10... Bg7 11. b3 O-O 12. Ba3 c5 13. b4 Be6 14.
bxc5 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Rfd8 $44) (10... Bd7 $5 11. Na3 (11. f3 Nh5 12. Qf2 Qc5 $11)
11... O-O-O $132) 11. a4 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Be3 (13. Na3 Bg7 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15.
Qc4 $16 {is another way to get advantage of Black's play which is definitely
suspect!}) 13... h5 $2 {Neglecting the development for no reason at all.} (
13... Nh5 14. g3 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Ng7 16. Nd2 (16. Na3 Ne6 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. b4 Be7
19. a5 Kf8 $16) 16... Ne6 $16 {White is clearly better but Black does not lose
at once.}) 14. Na3 h4 $2 {At least I could have been consequent!} (14... Bh6
15. Bf2 (15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. Qe3 Rh8 17. Rfd1 Kf8 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qc5+ Kg7 20.
Rd6 Nd7 $1 21. Rxe6 Nxc5 22. Rxe5 Nxa4 23. Re7 b5 $132) 15... O-O 16. a5 $16)
15. Rfd1 Nh5 $4 {One final abuse on my position!} (15... Bxc4 16. Nxc4 (16.
Qxc4 Nd7) 16... Qe6 17. Rd2 Be7 18. Rad1 O-O 19. Nd6 $18 {is only technically
lost!}) 16. Nb5 $1 $18 Bxc4 (16... Nf4 17. Bxf4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Qc5+ 19. Qxc5
Bxc5+ 20. Kf1 cxb5 21. Bxe5 Rh5 22. Rd5 $1 $18 {is hopeless with two pawn down.
}) 17. Qxc4 Rd8 18. Nxa7 $1 Bh6 19. Bc5 $1 (19. Bb6 $2 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 O-O 21.
Bc5 Qg5 22. Bxf8 Qe3+ (22... Bxf8 $2 23. Qd3 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Bxa7 25. Qd8+ Qxd8
26. Rxd8+ Kg7 27. Rd7 $18) 23. Kh1 (23. Kf1 Bxf8 $44) 23... Bxf8 $44) 19... Qg5
(19... Qf6 20. Qb4 $18) (19... Qc7 20. a5 $18) 20. Nb5 $1 {The nice point is
that the knight sacrifices itself from the same point.} Rd2 21. Rxd2 Qxd2 22.
Nd6+ Kd8 23. Bb6+ $1 {Beautiful!} (23. Nxf7+ Kc7 24. Nxh8 $18 {does also win
since Black has no real threat!}) 23... Ke7 24. Qxf7+ Kxd6 25. Bc7+ (25. Bc7+
Kc5 26. b4#) 1-0

[Event "Recklinghausen"]
[Site "Recklinghausen"]
[Date "1998.07.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1998.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 6144]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7.
a4 Be6 8. a5 (8. Nbd2 Qd7 9. c3 Rfe8 10. Bb3 Bf8 11. a5 $1 {/\ 12. Ba4 h6 13.
a6} Bxb3 12. Qxb3 a6 $1 13. Nf1 d5 14. Bg5 dxe4 15. dxe4 Qe6 16. Qxe6 (16. Qxb7
$4 Ra7 $19) 16... Rxe6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Ne3 Re6 $1 (18... Rd6 $2 19. Nc4) 19.
Red1 Rd6 20. Nd5 Rc8 $11 {Grosar,A-Gostisa,L/Slovenija (ch) 1994/Inf 62 (20)})
8... a6 9. Nbd2 Qd7 10. c3 Rae8 11. Bb3 Bxb3 12. Qxb3 Nd8 $1 13. Nf1 Ne6 14.
Ng3 (14. Qxb7 $4 Nc5 15. Qb4 Nxd3 $19) 14... Nc5 15. Qd1 Qb5 16. c4 (16. d4 Nb3
{[%csl Ra5]}) 16... Qb3 17. Ra3 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Nfd7 19. Be3 Bf6 20. h3 (20. b4
$5 Ne6 21. Nh5 Be7 22. d4) 20... g6 21. Bh6 Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. b4 Ne6 24. d4
exd4 25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Ne5 27. Rb3 Re7 28. f4 Nc6 29. Rd5 Rfe8 30. Kh2 (
30. c5 dxc5 31. Rxc5 h5 32. h4 Rd7) (30. Kf2 h5 31. h4 Rxe4 $1 32. Nxe4 Rxe4
$17) 30... h5 $1 31. h4 Rxe4 $1 {Well-justified and timely carried out
exchange sacrifice: Black obtains a full compensation. However, the fight is
just blazing up.} 32. Nxe4 Rxe4 $44 33. c5 $1 Nd4 34. cxd6 cxd6 (34... Nxb3 $4
35. d7) 35. Rd3 Nf5 36. b5 Rxf4 37. g3 Rf2+ 38. Kg1 Rc2 (38... Rb2) 39. b6 Kf6
40. Ra3 Ke6 41. Rdd3 d5 42. Rdc3 Re2 43. Rc7 Nd6 44. Kf1 Re5 45. Ra1 d4 46. Re1
Ne4 47. Rxb7 Nxg3+ 48. Kf2 Ne4+ 49. Kg2 d3 50. Rb8 d2 51. Rd1 Rb5 52. Re8+ Kd5
53. Kf3 Rb3+ $2 (53... f5 54. Kf4 $140 Kc4 {and Black is clearly out of danger.
}) 54. Kf4 Rb4 $2 (54... f5 55. Rxe4 $5 fxe4 56. Rxd2+ Kc6 (56... Ke6 57. Kxe4
Rh3 58. Rb2 $18) 57. Rg2 Kb5 58. Rg5+ Ka4 59. Kxe4 Rb4+ 60. Kd5 Kxa5 61. Kc6+
$18) 55. Rd8+ $2 ({White missed} 55. Re5+ $18) 55... Kc6 56. Ke5 f6+ 57. Ke6 g5
58. Rc8+ Kb5 59. Kd5 Ka4 60. b7 Kxa5 61. Rc4 $2 (61. Ra1+ Ra4 62. b8=Q Rxa1 63.
Qc7+ $18 {was much simpler.}) 61... Rxc4 62. b8=Q Rc1 63. Kxe4 (63. Qd8+ Ka4
64. Kxe4 Rxd1 65. Kd3) 63... Rxd1 64. Kd3 gxh4 65. Kc2 Rc1+ 66. Kxd2 Rc4 67.
Kd3 Rb4 68. Qd6 Ka4 69. Qxa6+ Kb3 70. Qxf6 {The position is won for White. If
the draw was indeed agreed, it might have been the result of the lack of time
Whie had in disposal.} (70. Qxf6 h3 71. Qf7+ Kb2 72. Qxh5 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 3rd "]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Sermek, Drazen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Qe7 8. Re1 Bg7
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Nh7 (10... Qd8 {deserves attention:} 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nf1 Nh5
13. N3h2 Nf4 14. Ng3 c6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Bb3 Ne6 17. Be3 d5 18. Qd2 Kh7 19.
Rad1 Bb7 20. Qc2 f5 21. exf5 Nxf5 22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. Nf3 Qf6 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25.
Bc5 {Baciu Ionescu,O-Olarasu,G/ROM-chT 1994/EXT 94ch/0-1 (39)}) 11. Nf1 Ng5 12.
Bxg5 $5 ({An interesting concept. The standard continuation} 12. Nxg5 {leads
to a complex play:} hxg5 13. d5 Nd8 14. Bd3 (14. Bd2 f5 15. Be2 Qf6 16. f3 Nf7
17. Be3 g4 18. fxg4 Bh6 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Bxh6 Nxh6 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Bd3 Bxh3
23. gxh3 Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Rf2 25. Be4 Kh8 26. Re2 Rg8 27. Ne3 Rf6 28. Bg2 Qh4 {
Maric,M-Dabrowska,K/Jakarta iztW 1993/EXT 93/1-0 (40)}) 14... f5 15. g4 f4 16.
c4 c5 17. Bd2 b6 18. a3 Rf7 19. Bc2 Bf8 20. Nh2 Rh7 21. Kg2 Qc7 22. Ba4 Be7 23.
b4 Kg7 24. Qe2 Bb7 25. Nf3 Nf7 26. Rec1 Rah8 {Dolmatov,S-Timoshchenko,G/
URS-ch49 Frunze 1981/URS-ch/1/2-1/2 (45)}) (12. N1h2 {also deserves serious
attention:} Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Na5 (13... Kh7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qd5
Be6 17. Qxe5 Bxe5 18. Bd5 c6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Be3 c5 21. h4 Rad8 22. Rad1 b6
23. Rd2 Rd7 24. Red1 Rg7 25. g3 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Kg2 Rh8 28. f3 Bf4 29.
Bxf4 gxf4 30. Rxd6 Rxg3+ 31. Kf2 Rh3 32. Kg2 Rg3+ 33. Kf2 Rh3 34. Kg2 {1/2-1/2
Gavrilakis,N-Rubinetti,J/Luzern olm 1982/BIG 80}) 14. Bd3 c5 15. Be3 Kh7 16.
Qa4 b6 17. b4 Bd7 18. Qa3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nc6 20. d5 Nd4 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Ba6 b5
23. Rac1 Rab8 24. Rc7 Rfe8 25. Bb7 Qd8 26. Rec1 Rxe4 {Dolmatov,S-Beliavsky,A/
URS-FL Tashkent 1980/MCL 06/1-0 (77)}) 12... hxg5 13. Ne3 {Preventing ...g4
and intending to attack the weak g-pawn after Qd2 and Nd5.} (13. Qd2 {is met by
} g4) 13... Rb8 $6 {A dubious decision. Natural 13...Na5 was better.} 14. Qd2
b5 $2 {Another strange move. 14...Na5 was to be preferred.} 15. Bb3 Na5 ({
Better was} 15... Qd8 {, also after} 16. Rad1 {White has a large advantage.})
16. Nd5 {Winning the g-pawn.} Qd8 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxg5 Qxg5 19. Nxg5 c6 20.
f4 $1 {An important resource, which was, probably, overlooked by Black. After
this move Black has an unbearble position.} cxd5 (20... Bg7 {loses in view of}
21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Nxf7+ {The text move, however, also does not leave Black any
hope.}) 21. fxe5 Nxb3 22. axb3 dxe5 23. exd5 a6 24. Rad1 {The ending is lost.}
f6 25. Ne4 Rb6 26. d6 Bd7 27. g4 Kf7 28. g5 Bxh3 29. gxf6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup07"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1998.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kalashnikov, Konstantin"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 256]} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O h6 7.
Re1 d6 8. Bb3 Nh7 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gh7g5]} 9. Nbd2 Ng5 10. Nf1 {This attempt
does not lead to an opening edge. Black comfortably equalizes.} (10. Nxg5 Bxg5
11. Nc4 Be6 12. d4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 Qf6 15. Bd5 Ne7 16. Bb3 Ng6 17.
Qg4 Kh8 18. Qf5 $14 {1-0 Psakhis,L-Romanishin,O/Lvov 1984/Inf 37 (57)}) 10...
Bg4 11. Bxg5 Bxg5 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14. Qf3 Kh8 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. Nxg3
Ne7 17. Rad1 f5 $11 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. d4 exd4 21. Rxd4 Rae8 22.
Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Rf4 Be6 24. Bc2 (24. Re4 Bf7 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 $11) 24... Kg8 25.
Bg6 Re7 26. Ra4 a6 27. Re4 Kf8 28. Rf4+ Kg8 29. Re4 Kf8 30. Rf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eismont, Oleg"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Noyabrsk Yamal"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 h6 8. c3
Nh7 {The popularity of this variation increased after the game
Speelman-Malanjuk (Russia, 1994), where White had played 9.a5 and eventually
come to an advantage. 9. Nbd2 can be considered as an alternative to 9. a5.
Apparently, 9. d4, employed in this game, allows Black to get comfortable game,
since without completing develompent it is difficult for White to retain his
center.} 9. d4 Ng5 $1 10. Nxg5 Bxg5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 Bxc1 13. Qxc1 a5 $1 {
A pawn advancement which was foreordained to play an important role in the
further drift of affairs. Missing his chance to play a4-a5, White will have to
weaken his pawn structure in order to protect a pawn at a4. After the text
White's play on the kingside is frozen.} 14. f4 {This move is a prime cause of
White's difficulites. White did not get anything after the opening, but now
Black obtains a play against the pawn at e4.} Nd7 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. Bf3 Bd7 17.
Nd2 (17. b4 $2 axb4 18. cxb4 Qf6 $1 $17) 17... Qf6 18. g3 Rfe8 19. b3 Bc6 20.
Re2 Re7 21. Rae1 Qg6 22. Nf1 {White is deprived of any counterplay, while
Black can comfortably continue to strengthen his position. After Black doubles
his rooks, he will permanently threaten to explode White's redoubts by means
of breakthrhoughs b7-b5 or d6-d5} Rae8 23. f5 {After this move dark fields in
the centre are yawning. Black gains control over the point e5 and increases
pressure on White's weaknesses.} Qf6 24. h4 {[%csl Re4][%cal Ge8e4,Gc5e4,Gc6e4,
Gf6e5]} Qe5 25. Kh2 b5 $1 {Exchange on b5 forces White to play c4 and Black
will find his way to the square d4.} 26. axb5 Bxb5 27. c4 Bc6 28. Nd2 Qd4 29.
Bg2 Nd3 $1 {This move forces a liquidation into an endgame, in which White
will be incapable to protect all his weaknesses.} 30. Nf3 (30. Rf1 Ne5) 30...
Nxe1 31. Nxd4 Nxc2 32. Nxc6 Nb4 $1 {This is the best square for the Knight,
since it prevents transposing White's Rook to d5.} 33. Nxe7+ Rxe7 34. Rd2 Re5
35. g4 g5 $1 {Fixes all White's pawns at the light squares. The triumph of
Black's strategy!} 36. Kg3 Kg7 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Rd1 Na6 {Black retargets his
knight at the square c5. White's position is untenable.} 39. Re1 Nc5 40. Re3
Re8 41. Kf2 {Loses a pawn at b3.} (41. Bf3 Kf6 {and White is unable to prevent
march of Black's king.}) 41... Rb8 42. e5 dxe5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sermek, Drazen"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Osijek Forina-Mursa"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 $5 {This continuation,
popular in the line with 6...Be7, proves to be an interesting undertaking.
White's idea is to win the space at the queenside and then open up the game in
the centre.} g6 7. a5 Bg7 8. Re1 (8. c3 {/\Qb3 also deserves attention, since
after} d5 9. exd5 (9. Bb5 {is also quite strong}) 9... Nxd5 10. Qb3 {White is
clearly better.}) 8... O-O (8... d5 $2 9. exd5 (9. Bb5 $5) 9... Nxd5 10. Bb5
$16) 9. c3 Kh8 10. Qb3 (10. b4 {/\Qb3, /\b5 was an interesting alternative.})
10... Qe8 11. d4 {The pivotal link in White's plan.} Nd7 12. Bd5 $1 {
Threatening a5-a6.} Rb8 13. Qc4 f5 14. dxe5 Ndxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 $6 ({A
commital move. Black hopes to create threats against the enemy king. If this
fails, White retains the decisive advantage.} 15... dxe5 {was to be preferred,
although after} 16. a6 {White has better perspectives.}) 16. Qxc7 Bd7 ({
This is a mistake.} 16... Be6 {yielded Black some coumterchances:} 17. Qxd6
$140 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 fxe4 (18... Rd8 $5 19. Qxb7 Nd3) 19. Qxe4 Nd3 20. Qxe8 Rbxe8
) 17. Nd2 $1 ({A consistent and strong move.} 17. Qxd6 $2 {yields Black
excellent compensation after} Nd3 18. Rd1 fxe4 (18... Be5 19. Bf7 Rxf7 20. Qxd3
fxe4 $44) 19. Be3 Be5) 17... Qe7 18. Nc4 $1 {The strongest continuation,
signifying the total failure of Black's strategy.} Nd3 (18... Nxc4 19. Qxc4 $16
) 19. Re3 Nxf2 $2 ({A desperate attempt to complicate matters; yet, after} 
19... Nxc1 20. Rxc1 {White must win.}) 20. Qxd6 Qh4 21. Ne5 $1 {This decides
the game.} Qxh2+ $4 {A terrible blunder. However, all other continuations
would just prolong Black's agony.} 22. Kxh2 Bxe5+ 23. Qxe5+ {Now black king is
checked, hence 23.. .Ng4 is impossible.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vlassov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Apiko-Yakimanka"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 h6 8. a5 a6
9. c3 Nh7 10. d4 (10. Qb3 {is bound with another plan, which presupposes
obstaining from an advancement d3-d4 and pawn offencive at the Q-side. Game
Nevednichy,V-Ciolac,G, Rom-chT, 1994, saw} Ng5 (10... Kh8 11. Bxf7 Bg4 12. Nbd2
Bg5 13. Nxg5 Nxg5 14. f3 Bh3 15. Bh5 g6 16. Bg4 {1-0 (59), Shaked,T-Finegold,B,
Philadelphia World op, 1993)}) 11. Nbd2 Rb8 12. Qa2 Kh8 13. b4 Qe8 14. Nxg5
Bxg5 15. Nf1 Bxc1 16. Raxc1 Be6 17. Ne3 $14) (10. b4 Be6 $5) (10. Nbd2 Ng5 11.
h3 Bf6 12. Nf1 $14 {(Rabiega,R-Simic,D) deserves attenion as well.}) 10... Ng5
11. Nbd2 Bf6 $5 {A subtle move which forces White to defuse tension in the
center.} (11... Bg4 {is a good alternative for Black in this position (cf.
comments to the game Speelman,J - Malanjuk, V, CBM47, 1995).}) (11... Bg4 12.
Be2 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Nxe4 14. Bd3 Ng5 15. Bxg5 Bxg5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5
18. Rxe5 $11 {(J.Speelman)}) 12. d5 $6 {After this move Black inevitably takes
over an initiative.} (12. dxe5 {was played in Miljanic,B-Nestorovic,D, Cup
Yugoslavia (team), 1994). After} Nxf3+ (12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qb3 Qd7 $6
15. Nf1 h5 16. Ne3 $1 Nxe4 17. Nd5 $36 {Domont,A-Steflitsch,E, Cup European
Club, France, 1997)}) 13. Nxf3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Qb3 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17.
Re3 Qg6 18. Rd1 b5 19. axb6 Rb8 20. Rd2 Rxb6 21. Qd1 Be6 22. Bxe6 {draw was
agreed.}) 12... Ne7 13. b4 Ng6 14. g3 Nh3+ 15. Kf1 (15. Kg2 Be7 (15... Bg5 $5))
15... Be7 {Black prepares an advancement f7-f5 after which his initiative will
become menacing. White's play on the Q-side is overdue.} 16. Bd3 f5 17. exf5
Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Kg2 Qd7 $1 {[%csl Rf2,Rf3][%cal Ga8f8,Gf8f2,Gh3f2,Gg6f4,
Gg6h4] The most effective way to bring remaining resources into play.} 20. Ne4
Raf8 21. Re3 Bg5 $1 {Clearing the way to the point f2.} 22. Nfxg5 Nxg5 23. Ra2
(23. Qd2 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Rxf2+ 25. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Qf7+ 27. Ke3 Qxd5 $19)
23... Qf7 24. Qd2 Nh4+ $1 25. Kh1 (25. gxh4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Qg6+ 27. Kf1 Rxf2+
$19) 25... Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxf2 27. Qxf2 Qxd5 $1 (27... Qxf2 $2 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29.
Rxh4 Rf1+ 30. Kg2 Rxc1 31. Rc4) 28. Qe2 (28. Qxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rae2 Qd1+ 30. Re1
Qf3+ $19) 28... Qxe4+ $1 29. Kg1 Nf3+ 30. Kg2 Qc6 0-1

[Event "United Insurance 4th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "1999.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hossain, Enamul"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Kh8 8. a5
a6 9. c3 Ng8 10. d4 exd4 $5 ({An important alternative to the standard
continuations:} 10... Bg4 11. dxe5 (11. Be3 f5 12. exf5 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14.
Be2 Bxf5 15. Nc3 Nb4 16. Rc1 c6 17. Qa4 Nd3 18. Bxd3 Bxd3 19. Bd2 Bd6 20. Ne5 {
1/2-1/2 Degraeve,J-Bauer,C/Antwerp 1998/EXT 99 (25)}) 11... Nxe5 12. Be2 Bxf3
13. Bxf3 Bg5 14. Be2 Bxc1 15. Qxc1 f5 16. f4 Nc6 17. Nd2 Qd7 18. Bd3 fxe4 19.
Nxe4 Rae8 20. g3 {1/2-1/2 Vratonjic,S-Nestorovic,D/Nis 1994/EXT 97 (43)}) (
10... f5 11. dxe5 fxe4 (11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. Nd2 Bf6 16. Nb3 Bd3 17. Bxd3 Rxd3 18. Nc5 Rd5 19. Be3 Be7 20. b4 Bxc5 21.
Bxc5 Re8 {1-0 Pyhala,A-Koskinen,H/FIN-chT 1992/EXT 98 (55)}) 12. Rxe4 Bf5 13.
Re1 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Be3 Qe8 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Qb3 Bd6 18. Nf1 Qg6 19. Ng3
Bc2 20. Qxb7 h5 21. f3 h4 22. Nf1 Bf5 23. Qb3 {0-1 Vlassov,N-Kuzmin,G/St.
Petersburg 1995/CBM 46 ext (97)}) (10... Bf6 11. h3 g6 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4
Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Nf3 Bg7 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bg5 Qe8 19. Nxe5
Bxe5 20. Bf4 f6 21. Bxg8 Rxg8 22. Rxe5 {1/2-1/2 Pyhala,A-Salo,H/FIN-ch 1993/
EXT 98 (40)}) 11. Nxd4 ({If} 11. cxd4 $5 {then} f5 (11... Bg4 12. Be3) 12. e5
d5 13. Bd3 Be6) 11... Nxd4 12. cxd4 f5 13. f3 ({Or} 13. e5 d5 14. Bd3 Be6)
13... Bh4 14. Rf1 (14. Re2 $2 {fails to} fxe4 15. fxe4 $140 $4 Bg4) 14... Nh6
15. Nc3 fxe4 16. Bxh6 (16. fxe4 $5 {deserved attention:} Rxf1+ 17. Qxf1 Ng4 18.
g3 Bf6 $13) 16... gxh6 17. fxe4 Bd7 18. Kh1 $2 ({This move yields Black a
durable advantage. Better was} 18. Qe2 $1 {/\19.Rf8+ Qf8 20.Rf1; /\e4-e5})
18... Bf2 $1 19. Qd3 c6 20. b4 Qe7 21. Nd1 Bh4 22. Ne3 Bg5 23. Bb3 Rxf1+ 24.
Rxf1 Rf8 25. Nf5 $2 ({After this move White cannot effectively protect his
pawn weaknesses.} 25. Rf3 {was to be preferred.}) 25... Bxf5 26. exf5 d5 $1 {
[%csl Rb3,Rb4,Rd4][%cal Gg5f6,Gf6d4,Ge7b4] White's b4- and d4-pawns are
chronically weak, his bishop is very passive, whereas the black pieces are
ideally placed.} 27. Qc3 Re8 28. Bc2 Bf6 29. h3 h5 30. Bd1 h4 31. Bh5 Qe3 $1
32. Qc5 ({The ending, occuring after} 32. Qxe3 Rxe3 {is lost for White, as he
cannot protect his queenside pawns. The text move, however, does not allow
White to keep long resistance.}) 32... Re7 33. Qa7 Kg7 34. Qb8 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Eismont, Oleg"]
[Black "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 {This is the rarely
played line.} 7. Re1 Bg7 8. a5 O-O 9. Nc3 {White avoids an advancement c2-c3
and eventual d3-d4 standard for this opening, but does not achieve an opening
edge. Black starts an immediate action on the kingside.} Kh7 10. h3 Be6 11.
Bxe6 fxe6 12. Be3 Nh5 13. Ne2 d5 14. c3 $6 d4 15. Bd2 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Rxf3 $1 {
This exchange sacrifice provides Black with the lasting initiative.} 17. gxf3
Nd4 18. Nxd4 Qg5+ 19. Kh2 exd4 20. Bd2 Be5+ 21. Kh1 Qh4 $6 (21... Nf4 $1 {
This move promises more than the text:} 22. Bxf4 (22. Rg1 Qh4 23. Rg4 (23. Rg2
Nxh3) 23... Qxh3+ 24. Kg1 Ne2+ $1 25. Qxe2 Bh2+ 26. Kh1 Bg3+ $19) 22... Qxf4
23. Kg2 Qh2+ 24. Kf1 Qxh3+ 25. Ke2 Rf8 26. Kd2 Rxf3 27. Qe2 c5 $40) 22. Kg2 Bf4
23. Rh1 Qg5+ 24. Kf1 Bxd2 25. Rg1 {The Bishop at d2 cannot be saved.} Qf4 26.
Rg4 Qf7 27. Qxd2 Qxf3 28. Rc1 c6 (28... Qxh3+ $5 29. Rg2 Qh1+ 30. Rg1 Ng3+ 31.
fxg3 Rf8+ 32. Qf2 (32. Ke2 Qh2+) 32... Rxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Qh2+ 34. Rg2 Qh5 35.
Rxc7+ Kg8 36. Rxb7 Qxa5 {was probably the way to go. Now White gets
counterplay.}) 29. a6 Rf8 30. Kg1 (30. axb7 $4 Qxh3+ 31. Rg2 Ng3+ {and mate.})
30... Qxh3 31. Rg2 Nf4 32. Rg3 Qh5 33. axb7 Ne2+ 34. Kg2 Nxg3 35. fxg3 {
White left the worse behind himself but Black is certainly better.} Qb5 36. Rc4
Qxb7 (36... c5 37. b4) 37. Rxd4 e5 38. Rc4 Qf7 39. Qe2 Qf6 40. Ra4 Rf7 41. Ra6
Qe7 $6 (41... h5 $1 42. b4 h4 $40) 42. b4 (42. Rxc6) 42... Qb7 43. Qa2 Rd7 44.
Qc4 Rd6 (44... Rd6 45. Qc5 $1 Qxa6 46. Qxd6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hotel Agro GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bellini, Fabio"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 h6 8. Nbd2
(8. a5 a6 9. c3 Nh7 10. d4 (10. b4 Be6) (10. Nbd2 Ng5 11. h3 Bf6 12. Nf1) (10.
Qb3) 10... Ng5 11. Nbd2 Bf6 {Vlassov,N-Yandemirov,V/Maikop 1998/CBM 66 0-1 (30)
}) 8... Nh7 9. c3 Bg5 $6 {This continuation is apparently inferior to 9... Ng5,
since it will be difficult for Black to compensate for the absence of the
dark-squared Bishop.} 10. Nxg5 Nxg5 (10... Qxg5 11. Nf1 $14) 11. Nf1 Nh7 12. a5
a6 13. Ng3 Nf6 14. Qf3 Ne7 (14... Bg4 15. Qe3 Be6 (15... d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17.
Qc5 Be6 18. b4 $1 {/\b5, xe5}) 16. b4) 15. d4 Ng6 16. Nf5 d5 (16... Re8 $142)
17. Bxd5 (17. exd5 $6 e4 18. Qh3 Qd7 19. Nxh6+ gxh6 20. Qxh6 Qf5 $15) 17...
Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qxd5 20. f4 $1 (20. dxe5 Rfe8) 20... c5 (20...
Qxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Nh4+ 22. Kh1 (22. Kf2 Nxf5 23. fxe5 $14 (23. dxe5 Rad8)) 22...
Nxf5 23. fxe5 (23. Rxe5 $143 g6 24. b3 f6) 23... Rfe8 24. Ra4 (24. d5 $2 Rad8
25. c4 Nd4 $1 (25... c6 26. dxc6 bxc6 $15) 26. Re4 Nb3 27. Rb1 c6 $17 28. dxc6
$140 $2 Rd1+ 29. Kg2 bxc6 $19) 24... Ne7 (24... Rad8 25. Rb4) 25. b3 c6 26. Ra2
$14) 21. dxe5 Qxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Nh4+ 23. Kf2 Nxf5 24. Be3 Nxe3 25. Kxe3 {The rook
endgame looks promising for White whose King is much more active than its
counterpart. Besides, White enjoys a significant space advantage, and Black's
c5-pawn is a potential weakness.} Rfd8 26. Rad1 Rab8 (26... Kf8 27. Ke4 Ke7 28.
f5) (26... g6 27. f5 gxf5 28. Kf4 Kf8 29. Kxf5 Ke7 30. c4 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rg8 32.
Rd6 Rg5+ 33. Ke4 Rg6 (33... Rg4+ 34. Kd5) (33... Rg2 34. Rb6 Rxh2 35. Rxb7+ $18
) 34. Rxg6 fxg6 35. Kd5 g5 36. e6 $1 h5 37. Ke5 $18) 27. Ke4 Kf8 28. f5 Ke7 29.
Rd5 {[%csl Rc5]} Rxd5 30. Kxd5 Rc8 31. Rg1 $1 (31. Re4 g6 32. f6+ Kd7 33. e6+
Ke8 34. exf7+ Kxf7 35. Re7+ Kxf6 36. Rxb7 Kf5 37. Rb6 Re8 38. Rxa6 Re2 39. Ra8
Rxb2 (39... Rxh2 40. Rf8+ Kg4 41. a6) 40. a6 Ra2 41. a7 Kg4 42. Kxc5 h5 43. Kb6
Rb2+ 44. Kc7 Ra2 45. c4 Kh3 46. c5 Kxh2 47. c6 $18) 31... Rd8+ 32. Kxc5 Rd2 33.
Rxg7 Rxb2 34. e6 Rb5+ 35. Kd4 Rxf5 36. Rxf7+ Kxe6 37. Rxf5 Kxf5 38. Kc5 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Qe7 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Qxe5 (9... dxe5) 10. Nd2 (10. Qb3 $5 Qe7 11. Be3 Bg7 12. Nd2 O-O
13. Rae1 c6 14. a4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Bxh6 Qf5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Re3 $36 {
1/2-1/2 Rubery,M-Godena,M/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (32)}) 10... Be6 $2 {This
move runs against an energetic refutation.} (10... Bg7 {is a better try:} 11.
Nf3 Qc5 12. Qd4 (12. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Gipslis,A-Razuvaev,Y/Jurmala 1987/CBM 05 (12)
}) 12... Qxd4 13. cxd4 Nxe4 14. Re1 f5 15. Nd2 Kd8 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Rxe4 c6
18. d5 Bf5 19. Re1 Re8 20. Bf4 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Kd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Eingorn,
V-Vladimirov,E/Riga 1980/MCL (41)}) 11. Qa4+ $1 Nd7 {Forced.} (11... c6 $2 12.
Nf3 Qc5 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qb3 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Re6]}) (11... Bd7 12. Qb3 {
[%csl Rb7,Rf7]}) 12. Nf3 Qf6 (12... Qxe4 13. Re1 $40) 13. Be3 {Winning an
important tempo and creating a target for the attack. Black should prevent
Be3-d4.} c5 14. Bd5 $1 {[%mdl 4] After bishop exhange Black's king will have
to go to the Q-side, where White can quickly develop a strong initiative.} Bxd5
15. exd5 a6 16. Rfe1 O-O-O 17. c4 (17. b4 $5 Nb6 $140 18. Qb3 c4 19. Qc2 Nxd5
20. Bd4) 17... Bg7 (17... Qxb2 $2 {allows White to finish the game by a direct
attack:} 18. Rab1 Qf6 19. Rxb7 $1 Kxb7 20. Qc6+ Ka7 21. Rb1 {and mate is
inevitable.}) 18. Rab1 Rhe8 19. b4 {[%cal Yb1b7,Ye3c5]} Qc3 20. Rec1 $18 Rxe3 (
20... Qd3 21. Rb3 $40) 21. Rxc3 (21. fxe3 Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 {is also winning for
White, for example:} Qf4 23. b5 Nb6 24. Qa5 Nxc4 25. Qa4 axb5 26. Qxb5 Nb2 27.
Rc2 Qe4 28. Qb3) 21... Rxc3 22. Nd2 Nb6 23. Qd1 cxb4 (23... Nxc4 24. Ne4) 24.
Rxb4 Kc7 25. Qb1 Bd4 26. Ne4 Re8 (26... Rxc4 27. Rxc4+ Nxc4 28. Qd3) (26... Ra3
27. c5 $18) 27. Rxb6 $1 Rxe4 28. Rxb7+ Kd8 29. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Bc2
c5 9. a3 (9. d4 $5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. h3 Nb4 12. Bb3 a5 13. Nc3 $14 {
Dolmatov}) 9... Nc6 10. b4 a6 11. Nbd2 (11. h3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Re1 Bf6 $5
(13... Qc7 14. Bb2 $14) 14. bxc5 (14. Nfd2 $5) 14... Bf5 {0-1 Belikov,V-Smagin,
S/Kazan 1995/CBM 51/ (78)}) 11... Re8 (11... Qc7 12. h3 b5 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4
exd4 15. Bb2 Nd7 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bf6 18. Nb3 $16 {1-0 Dolmatov,S-Sideif
Sade,F/Tashkent 1980/MCL 06 (51)}) 12. Bb2 Bf8 13. Re1 Nh5 {Having in mind not
only Nf4, but also an advancement f7-f5. However now this manoeuvre does not
afford much for Black. Instead 13...b5, 13...Be6 or even 13...d5 was worth
attention.} 14. Nf1 g6 15. Ne3 Nf4 16. g3 Nh5 17. Kg2 Bg7 18. Bb3 $1 {[%cal
Gb3f7] Putting pressure on the square f7 and hampering f7-f5.} Bd7 19. h3 (19.
Nd5 $5) 19... Rf8 (19... Qc8 20. Ng5) 20. Nd5 Rc8 21. d4 {Opportunely played.
White is better prepared for the opening of the game.} exd4 22. cxd4 b5 23. g4
$1 c4 (23... Nf6 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. bxc5 dxc5 26. e5 Be7 (26... Bg7 27. dxc5
Na5 28. e6) 27. d5 $16) 24. gxh5 (24. Bc2 $6 Nf6) 24... cxb3 25. Qxb3 Kh8 {
Intending to open f-file and organize the counterplay against weakened White's
king. Yet the space advantage which White has gained allowed him to neutralize
Black's threats.} 26. Kh2 f5 27. hxg6 fxe4 (27... hxg6 28. Nf4 $16) 28. Rxe4
Bf5 29. Rh4 Bxg6 30. Nf4 Be4 (30... Bf5 31. Rg1 Nxd4 $140 $2 32. Rxg7 $18) 31.
Re1 Rxf4 {This exhange sacrifice amounts to a resignation, however Black's
position was already very difficult.} (31... Bf5 32. Rg1 (32. Qd5 $143 Ne7 (
32... Rc7 33. Ne6 $16) 33. Rxe7 $140 Qxe7 34. Qxf5 Qxh4 35. Nxh4 Rxf5 36. Nxf5
Rc2 $132) 32... Qe7 33. Nh5 Be6 34. d5 Be5+ 35. Nf4) 32. Rxf4 d5 33. Ne5 Nxe5
34. dxe5 Qg5 35. Qg3 Qh6 36. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Qe7 7. Re1 g6 8. d4 Bg7
9. d5 {A new move in this position, which eventually rerails the game into the
Kings-Indian. Black manages to come out of the opening with an excellent
counterplay.} (9. b4 a6 10. Bd5 Bd7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 b6 13. a4 Ng4 14. Bc1
Rd8 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Na5 17. Ba3 $16 {1-0 Tischbierek,R-Blatny,P/Bad
Worishofen open 1990 (39)}) (9. h3 Nh5 10. Na3 O-O 11. Nc2 Bd7 12. Ne3 Rae8 13.
Nd5 Qd8 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Re7 18. Bd5 Qc8 19.
Qb3 Bc6 20. Re3 Rfe8 21. Rae1 Qd7 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Qd5 Qb6 24. R1e2 Re6 25.
Rd2 g5 26. Bg3 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,Y-Mikhalchishin,A/URS-FL Kujbyshev 1986/MCL
05 (26)}) (9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. b3 O-O 12. Ba3 c5 13. Nd2 Rd8 $14 {
1-0 Minasian,A-Alvarez Ibarra,R/Oviedo rapid 1993 (36)}) 9... Nd8 10. Bf1 O-O
11. c4 Ne8 12. Nc3 f5 13. exf5 $5 gxf5 14. Nd2 (14. b4 a5 15. b5 e4) 14... c5
15. f4 Nf7 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nb3 Bd7 18. Kh1 b6 {In order to have a
possibility to enter the square d6 with a knight.} 19. Be3 Ned6 20. Nd2 Kh8 $1
{Black leaves g8-square free for his rook.} 21. a4 a5 22. Bf2 Rg8 23. Ra3 Rae8
24. Rb3 {White desperately tries to create counterplay, but Black easliy
averts all such attempts.} Qd8 25. Nf3 $6 e4 26. Bh4 (26. Ng1 f4 $17 (26... Ne5
$17)) 26... Bf6 27. Bxf6+ Qxf6 28. Ng1 Ne5 $1 {Black's initiative becomes
threatening.} 29. Rxb6 Qh4 $1 30. Nh3 ({The knight on d6 cannot be taken:} 30.
Rxd6 Ng4 31. Nh3 Qxh3 32. gxh3 Nf2#) 30... f4 $1 {[%cal Gh4h3,Gd7h3]} 31. Rxd6
(31. Nxf4 Ng4 (31... Qxf4 32. Rxd6 Ng4 $19) 32. Nh3 Qxh3 $19) 31... Bxh3 32.
Nxe4 (32. gxh3 Qg5 33. Rxh6+ Qxh6 $19) (32. Rxe4 Ng4 33. Re2 f3 34. gxf3 Rxe2
35. Qxe2 Bxf1 $19) 32... Bxg2+ $1 33. Bxg2 Ng4 34. h3 Rxe4 $1 35. Rf1 Re3 {
[%cal Ge3h3,Gh4h3]} 36. Qd2 Rxh3+ ({After} 36... Nf2+ {mate is also
inescapable:} 37. Qxf2 (37. Kg1 Rxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Qg3#) (37. Rxf2 Rxh3+ 38. Bxh3
Qxh3+ 39. Rh2 Qf1#) 37... Rxh3+ 38. Bxh3 Qxh3+ 39. Qh2 Qxf1+ 40. Qg1 Qxg1#) 37.
Kg1 Ne5 (37... Nf6 {would have forced mate on the next move.}) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.07"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 h6 8. Nbd2
Nh7 9. Nc4 Ng5 10. Nxg5 Bxg5 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Be6 (12... Bxf4 13. Rxf4 Ne5
(13... Qg5 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Rxf7 $1 $16 {1-0 Ageichenko,G-Kuzmina,
C/Moscow 1991/TD 91\03 (53)}) 14. Qf1 Be6 15. d4 $14 {0-1 Skribanek,L-Szell,L/
Boblingen 1985/MCD-op (47)}) 13. Ne3 $5 (13. d4 Bxf4 (13... d5 14. Ne3 Bxf4 15.
Rxf4 Ne7 16. Qh5 c6 17. Raf1 Qd7 18. e5 $40 {1-0 Titov,G-Yilmaz,T/Manila 1992/
TD 92\02 (53)}) 14. Rxf4 Qg5 15. Qf3 Ne7 16. h4 Qb5 $132 {0-1 Gelashvili,
T-Kobalija,M/Guarapuava 1995/JUN 95 (42)}) 13... Bxf4 14. Rxf4 Qg5 15. Rf3 h5
16. d4 Ne7 17. Qd3 c6 18. Bc2 {[%cal Gc2h7,Ge4e5] White carries into effect a
different setup as against the game Gelashvili-Kobalija.} Bg4 19. Nxg4 hxg4 20.
Rf2 g6 {21.e5 was threatening, but the text leads to a loss of a pawn.} (20...
Ng6 21. Qg3 Rad8 22. Raf1 {and Black is deprived of counterplay.}) 21. Qg3 $1
f5 (21... Rad8 22. Rf4 f5 23. exf5 Nxf5 (23... gxf5 24. Bxf5) 24. Qxg4 (24.
Rxg4 Nxg3 25. Rxg5 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Rf2) 24... Qxg4 25. Rxg4 $16) 22. Qxd6 fxe4 23.
Qe6+ Kg7 24. Rxf8 Rxf8 25. Qxe4 Nd5 26. Re1 Rf6 {Black's forces are well
placed and to make use of material advantage White needs to exchange some
pieces.} (26... g3 27. hxg3 Qxg3 28. Qe5+ $16) 27. g3 $5 b5 28. Qe5 Qd2 29. Qe2
Qg5 30. Bb3 Rf3 31. Bxd5 Qxd5 32. Qe7+ $1 (32. Qe5+ $143 Qxe5 33. Rxe5 Kh6)
32... Rf7 33. Qe5+ Qxe5 34. Rxe5 Rf3 {The rook endgame looks promising for
White due to manifold pawn weaknesses of his opponent, and yet an activity of
Black's rook and unfortunate position of White's king make an outcome of the
game unclear.} 35. Re7+ Kh6 36. Rxa7 Rd3 37. Rc7 Rd2 38. b4 Kg5 {Trying to
create threats to White's king.} 39. Rxc6 Kf5 40. Rb6 $1 {Forcing Black to
give up one more pawn.} Ke4 41. Rxg6 (41. Rxb5 $2 Kf3) 41... Kf3 {[%csl Rg1]}
42. Rf6+ Ke3 {Remaining Black's pieces are ideally situated, and in spite of 4
extra pawns White still has problems to prove his advantage! Yet, advancing
d-pawn, White manages to lead away Black's rook and enter his king into play.}
43. Rf4 Rd1+ 44. Rf1 Rd2 45. a3 Rc2 46. d5 $1 Rd2 (46... Rxc3 47. Rd1 Ke2 48.
Rd4 Ke3 49. Rxg4) 47. d6 $1 Rxd6 48. h3 $1 {Immediately using an opportunity
to free the king.} gxh3 49. Kh2 Rd5 50. Kxh3 Kd2 51. Rf3 Rh5+ (51... Ke2 52.
Kg4) 52. Kg4 Rh8 53. Rf5 Rb8 54. Rc5 Kd3 55. Kf5 Rf8+ 56. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM Pool A"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1999.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Qe7 8. Re1 Bg7
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 {The tabia of this variation.} Kh8 {The other options are:}
(10... Qd8 11. Bb3 (11. d5 Ne7 12. Nf1 Nh5 13. N3h2 Nf4 14. Ng3 {Baciu Ionescu,
O-Olarasu,G/ROM-chT 1994/EXT 94ch/0-1 (39)}) 11... Re8 12. a3 a5 13. Bc2 Bd7
14. Nf1 a4 15. Ng3 b5 16. Be3 Na5 17. Nd2 Nh7 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 c5 $132 {
0-1 Gavrikov,V-Eingorn,V/USSR 1981/Inf 31 (88)}) (10... Nh7 11. Nf1 Ng5 12.
N1h2 (12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. d5 Nd8 14. Bd3 f5 {1/2-1/2 Dolmatov,S-Timoshchenko,G/
Frunze 1981/URS-ch (45)}) 12... Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Kh7 (13... Na5 14. Bd3 c5 15.
Be3 Kh7 16. Qa4 b6 17. b4 {1-0 Dolmatov,S-Beliavsky,A/USSR 1980/Inf 30 (77)})
14. a4 f5 $36 {0-1 Ghinda,M-Beliavsky,A/Lvov 1981/Inf 32 (36)}) (10... Kh7 11.
Nf1 Nd8 12. Ng3 Ng8 13. Bd3 {1-0 Psakhis,L-Ney,I/Tallinn 1983/Inf 35 (39)}) (
10... Nd8 11. Nf1 c6 12. Ng3 Nh7 13. Be3 Qf6 14. d5 c5 15. Nh2 Qh4 16. Nf3 Qf6
{1/2-1/2 Bologan,V-Balashov,Y/Azov 1991/CBM 25 (45)}) 11. Nf1 exd4 $5 (11...
Bd7 12. Ng3 Rae8 13. a4 Nh7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Be3 $14 {1-0
Kosten,A-Astolfi,F/Toulouse 1990/EXT 97 (31)}) 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 d5 {
Black offers an interesting pawn sacrifice intended to destroy White's center.
Yet, in this game he did not succeed to justify his approach fully.} 14. exd5
Qd7 15. Qf3 Kh7 16. Bb3 a5 17. a3 Rd8 18. Ne3 Re8 19. Rd1 Ra6 20. Bc2 a4 21.
Bd2 b6 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc8b7,Gb7d5,Gd7d5,Gf6d5]} (21... Rd6 $2 22. Bb4) {
It sounds as if Black is about to seize the initiative after conquering
White's pawn at d5. But the following advancement of doomed pawn allows White
to retain the upper hand.} 22. d6 $1 cxd6 ({White also keeps an edge after} 
22... Qxd6 23. Bb4 {and 24.d5}) 23. d5 Qd8 (23... Bb7 24. Bc3 Ng8 25. Bd3 $36 {
[%cal Ya1c1,Ye3c4]}) 24. Bd3 Ra7 25. Rac1 Rae7 26. Bb4 {Black's forces are
tightened up. A liberation attempt fails:} Ne4 (26... Bb7 27. Bb5 Rf8 28. Bxa4)
27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. Rc6 $1 {[%csl Rd6]} (28. Qxf7 $6 R4e7 29. Qf3 Bxb2) (28. Nc4
$5) 28... Bb7 29. Rxd6 Qc7 {The rook on d6 seems to be in trouble, but White
has in disposal the forced combination which secures him a favourable endgame.}
30. Ng4 $1 {[%mdl 192]} Rxb4 {[%cal Gg4f6]} 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32. Rxf6 Bxd5 33.
Qxd5 Rf4 34. Qd6 $1 Qxd6 35. Rdxd6 Rxf6 36. Rxf6 Kg7 37. Rxb6 Re2 38. g4 {
Before creating a passed pawn at the Q-side White improves position of his
king and pawns at the opposite part of the chessboard.} Rd2 39. Kg2 Rd3 40. h4
Rd4 41. Kg3 Rd3+ 42. f3 Rd4 43. Kf2 Rd2+ 44. Ke3 Rh2 45. Rb4 Rg2 {Black cannot
allow his opponent to get a pair of passed pawns.} 46. Kd4 $1 Rc2 47. Rxa4 $1 {
The time has come.} (47. Kd3 Rf2 48. Kc3 Rxf3+ 49. Kc2 Rh3 50. Rxa4 Rxh4 $132)
47... Rxb2 48. Rb4 Rh2 49. a4 Rxh4 50. a5 h5 51. Kc5 Rh1 52. gxh5 gxh5 53. a6
Ra1 54. Kb6 Kg6 55. a7 f5 (55... Kg5 56. Rb5+ Kf4 57. Ra5 $18) 56. f4 $1 {
The necessary precision.} (56. Rb5 Rxa7 57. Kxa7 Kg5 58. Kb6 h4 59. Kc5 h3 60.
Kd4 Kf4) 56... h4 57. Rb5 h3 58. Ra5 Rb1+ 59. Kc5 (59. Kc5 h2 60. a8=Q h1=Q 61.
Qe8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "POL-ch"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2012.02.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Bartel,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Bartosz Socko is a good friend of me, but at the same time, one of the most
inconvenient opponents. I have lost many games (we are talking only about
classical time control) to him, winning only one - at the previous Polish
Championship. This time, I was supposed to play Black and as the statistics
say, before that game I had lost all my games vs. Bartosz with Black! The fact
that after a good start in the tournament (3,5/4) I had easily lost my game in
round 5 (vs Kamil Miton) and the next day I was supposed to play Bartosz,
wasn't really improving my situation...} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {I also
expected 3.Bb5 and then both Bxc6 and Ba4.} Nf6 4. d3 {One can say that it was
a pleasant surprise, as after 4.Ng5 Bartosz has a... 100% score (or almost) vs
such players as Naiditsch, Bacrot etc...! Of course, I was prepared, but would
it be enough for such a monster?!} Be7 5. Nbd2 {I don't think that this move
is correct - I'd prefer more natural 0-0 or c3 connected with Bb3.} O-O 6. O-O
d6 7. Bb3 (7. c3 {was much more logical, or}) (7. a4 {- both with the idea of
protecting the bishop on c4. The move in the game also protects the bishop,
but the way is a bit improper.}) 7... Na5 8. Ba4 c5 9. c3 Rb8 $1 {Maybe it is
not very difficult to play this move, but you can also miss it. The point is
that Black wants to play ...b5 and get a very Ruy Lopez-like structure, but
instead of the useless a6 he will have the useful Rb8 - which is helping to
play the move ...b4 then.} 10. d4 b5 11. Bc2 Qc7 12. d5 {A typical, normal
move. The position is very similar to a classical Chigorin variation, but
there are several significant differences - first of all White has played
d2-d3-d4, so he lost a tempo, secondly Black has played Rb8-b5 not a6-b5. So
Black is, at least, 2 tempi up in comparison to the classical position. Also
the position of the knight on d2 is not perfect - of course, it usually goes
there, but rather in a clarified situation, and here - it seems - nothing is
clear yet.} c4 $5 {An interesting attempt. Usually, with a rook on a8 and a
pawn on a6, this is a weak move, as after a2-a4, Black has problems with the
a-file. At this moment (with the knight on d2!) a4 is totally not working due
to ...b4 (thanks to the rook on b8). So, why not play c4, which is preparing
the c5-square for the knight from a5?} 13. h3 Nb7 14. Re1 ({Nothing was
offered by} 14. a4 a6 {and the b3-square seems to be very weak now.}) 14... Bd7
{Preparation of ...Nc5 and also - very popular in the so-called soviet chess
school - "connecting" the rooks. What that connection gives - no-one really
knows, apart of the fact that they are connected.} ({I didn't like the
immediate} 14... Nc5 {, because of} 15. b4 {(without the knight on c5 this
never works due to the hanging pawn on c3)} cxb3 16. axb3 a5 17. b4 {and the
knight can't really jump to a4. So, that's why I have played ...Bd7 - to
prepare the square a4 for the knight in that line.}) 15. Nf1 Nc5 16. g4 $2 {
This move is always a bit risky, as there are many ways for Black to get a
nice position. Apart from the move played in the game and the move suggested
in the comments you can also try something like ...h7-h5. I recommend you to
check the game Hou Yifan-Kosteniuk, Nalchik 2008, where in a similar position 
(white pawn on a3, black on a6, the black rook on a8) Black played ...h5 and
won convincingly.} ({Probably it was time to play} 16. b4 {and after} cxb3 17.
axb3 a5 18. Bd2 Rfc8 {it's clear that Black is very fine, thought White is ok
as well.}) 16... Nfxe4 $5 {Objectively, this move is not great, but I couldn't
stop my hands, when I realised that this may work. What's the point? The fact
that it will be difficult for White to coordinate his pieces. So, we can say
that this is a positional sacrifice for long term initiative. In practical
play - this is dangerous, but as it is with "fire on the board", dangerous for
both sides...} ({Objectively, it was better to play the much more "normal"} 
16... b4 {and begin an operation on the queenside. It's not easy to say if
Black is already better, but it seems so.}) 17. Bxe4 $2 {Not a big mistake,
but the alternative looked more natural.} ({After} 17. Rxe4 $1 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 f5
19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Ng3 Bc8 $1 ({worse is} 20... Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Qd7 22. Nfg5 Bxg5
23. Nxg5 Rf6 24. Qg4 {and White is better}) (20... Bxh3 $2 21. Nxe5) 21. a3 $1
Qd7 22. Qf1 {White should be better, although the position is very unclear.
However, there is no doubt that it was the path White should have chosen.})
17... Nxe4 18. Rxe4 f5 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Ng3 ({Worth considering was} 20. Rg4
Bxg4 21. hxg4 b4 {with a sharp, unclear position.}) 20... Qd7 $1 {Very
important move. Compare things to the position arising after 17.Rxe4. Then
there would be a bishop on e4 and Black wouldn't be able to play this move.
Now it's possible and strong - Black is still hoping to take on e4, but much
more important is the pawn on h3 - if it dissapears, than Black can have a new
target - the white king.} 21. Re1 (21. Nxf5 {was very risky:} Qxf5 22. Nd2 (22.
Re3 Bd8) 22... Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Bg5) ({, but it was possible to play} 21. Re3 {
though it looks very non-human - e3 should be the place for a bishop to
protect f2.}) 21... Bxh3 22. Nh2 {The threat was ...Bg4.} Rf6 $5 {There were
other moves, like ...Bh4 and ...Bd8, but this is the most logical - the target
is the king!} 23. Be3 {Objectively, a bit incorrect.} ({If White had played} 
23. Bg5 {nothing would stop me from} Rxf2 $5 {and with 3 pawns for a rook and
the pair of bishops Black would have a strong, long term initiative, e.g.} 24.
Kxf2 Bxg5 25. Kg1 Rf8 26. Ne4 Bd8 {and I think that in practical play Black's
position is more promising, as the white king is unprotected.}) 23... Rbf8 $6 (
23... Rg6 {was better, to have after} 24. Kh1 {the move} Bh4 {. Then there is
nothing else for White but} 25. Rg1 {and the position after} Bxg3 26. Rxg3 Rxg3
27. fxg3 Bf5 {is balanced (but I would prefer Black, as the white squares seem
to be dramatically weak).}) 24. a4 $2 {It seems logical, as White wants to
activate his rook from a1, but it is simply too slow.} ({More logical and
simply the strongest was} 24. Kh1 {. Now again, I probably would sacrifice:}
Rxf2 ({now} 24... Rg6 {is a bit too slow} 25. Rg1 Bh4 26. Ne4 Bf5 27. f3 $14)
25. Bxf2 Rxf2 26. Re2 Rf4 {, but it seems that with the king already on h1,
White is a bit better prepared for such a position as he was in the commentary
to 23.Bg5. Anyway, the position remains very unclear, with chances for both
sides.}) 24... Rg6 25. Qh5 $2 {White wanted to take the h4-square under
control, but this move is very unfortunate - first of all Black can take the
pawn, secondly - the queen is really bad placed on the h-file.} ({Now the move
} 25. Kh1 {was absolutely necessary. After} Bh4 ({during the game I was mostly
calculating:} 25... Bg4 26. Nxg4 Rxg4 27. Kg2 Qf5 {with serious pressure.}) 26.
Rg1 Bxg3 27. Rxg3 Rxg3 28. fxg3 Qf5 {Black should be a bit better.}) ({It's
also worth of mentioning that} 25. axb5 {was losing because of the elegant line
} Bh4 26. Rxa7 Bxg3 27. Rxd7 Bxf2+ 28. Kh1 Bg2#) 25... bxa4 {A very practical
decision - White is totally paralysed, so why not take a pawn?!} ({What was
possible later, at this moment would be premature:} 25... Bg4 26. Nxg4 Rxg4 27.
Qh3 h5 28. axb5 h4 29. Rxa7 Qf5 30. Kh2 hxg3+ 31. fxg3 Qc2+ 32. Qg2 Qh7+ 33.
Qh3 $11) 26. Ra2 {What else?!} ({Now and a move later the move} 26. Kh1 {
wasn't possible due to} Bg4 27. Nxg4 Rxg4 28. Kg2 Rh4 $19) 26... Bd8 $2 {
During and shortly after the game I was very proud of this move. The bishop is
Black's weakest piece and Black wants to exchange it for the very strong
bishop from e3, which is protecting the important f2-square. What can be more
logical?! Unfortunately, the whole plan is wrong, due to tactical tricks.} ({
For engines, and for humans also, a very clear win is on offer after} 26... Bg4
$1 27. Nxg4 Rxg4 28. Qh3 {and now the simple} h5 {with the idea ...h4 is
killing, as after} 29. Qxh5 Rh4 30. Qg6 Rf6 {with ...Qh3 to come is finishing
the game immediately.}) 27. Rea1 Bb6 $2 ({It was still posible to win after} 
27... Bg4 {but now lines would be a bit different:} 28. Nxg4 Rxg4 29. Qh3 h5
30. Rxa4 h4 31. Rxa7 Qf5 $19) 28. Bxb6 axb6 29. Rxa4 Qf7 {So, here is the key
position of the game. I was sure that Black is winning and... the game showed
me that I was right. Right, until I checked the game with... the audience! I
commented on the game to the spectators and my brother, who was among them,
showed me the correct line.} 30. Qe2 $4 ({White could have saved the game by} 
30. Qxh3 $1 Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 Rxg3 32. Qf1 {and now we have a dead drawn situation
as after each move with the queen, for example} Qc2 {what I had planned, White
can play} 33. Qxf8+ $1 {what my brother showed during analysis! Now , thanks
to the d5-pawn, White has a perpetual!} Kxf8 34. Rf1+ Ke7 35. Ra7+ Ke8 36. Ra8+
$11) 30... h5 $1 {This move was missed by my opponent.} ({Nothing would come of
} 30... b5 {(in order to protect c4 and take on d5 later on), because of} 31.
Ra8 Qxd5 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Qf3+ Qxf3 34. Nxf3 {and White is simply better.}) (
{Of course, also} 30... Qxd5 {was wrong, as White can play} 31. Qxc4) 31. Ra8 {
There was nothing better, but other lines were a bit more complicated.} ({
The crucial was} 31. Rxc4 Qxd5 32. Qe4 (32. Re4 h4) 32... Qd2 $1 {and White is
hopeless now} 33. Qxg6 (33. Nf3 Rxg3+) (33. Qe1 Rxg3+) 33... Qxf2+ 34. Kh1 Qg2#
) 31... h4 {The rest is simple - Black is simply a lot of material up.} 32.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Qf3 hxg3 34. fxg3 Qxf3 35. Nxf3 Rxg3+ 36. Kf2 Rg2+ 37. Ke3 Bg4 {
The simplest.} 38. Ra8+ Kf7 39. Ra7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Batumi FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2016.04.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Na3
{Diagramm [#] Ein Zug, der bislang kaum gespielt wurde.} Nd7 9. c3 Kh8 10. b4
Bf6 11. a5 a6 12. h3 b5 13. Ba2 (13. axb6 $1 cxb6 $16) 13... Re8 14. Nc2 Ne7
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qc8 18. d4 Ng6 19. g3 $2 {Diagramm [#]} (
19. Qg4 {war stärker. Nach dem Zug in der Partie ist der weiße Vorteil weg.})
19... exd4 20. cxd4 c5 21. h4 cxd4 22. Nxd4 Nge5 23. Rc1 Qb7 24. h5 h6 25. Bh4
Nc4 26. g4 Nde5 27. Rc3 Rac8 28. Qe2 d5 29. f4 Nc6 30. Nxc6 Qxc6 31. e5 d4 32.
Rd3 Ne3 33. Rxd4 Nc2 34. Rd6 Qc3 35. Red1 Qxb4 (35... Qh3 {Diagramm [#] War
vermutlich besser.}) 36. Bg3 Rc3 37. R1d3 Qxa5 38. f5 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 Rxd3 40.
Qxd3 Qa2 41. Qd2 b4 $2 {Diagramm [#] Das funktioniert am Ende nicht.} (41...
exf5 42. gxf5 Nb4 43. Qxa2 Nxa2 $14) 42. f6 $1 b3 43. f7 Rf8 44. Rd8 Qa3 45.
Bh4 {Erstaunlich, dass Weiß die Zeit für diesen Zug hat.} ({Oder} 45. Re8 $1
{und Schwarz hat keinen brauchbaren Zug mehr.} Qc5 46. Qd8) 45... b2 46. Bf6 $1
Ne3 47. Qxe3 $1 1-0

[Event "German Masters (Women) 2nd"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2016.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lubbe, Melanie"]
[Black "Kachiani Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2016.07.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 O-O 7. a5 a6 8. Re1
Kh8 9. c3 Ng8 10. d4 f5 11. dxe5 fxe4 12. Rxe4 Rxf3 13. gxf3 Nxe5 14. Bf1 Bf5
15. Re1 Qe8 16. Bf4 Qg6+ 17. Kh1 Nd3 18. Bxd3 Bxd3 19. Nd2 Rf8 20. Be3 Bc2 21.
Qe2 Bd3 22. Qd1 Bc2 {Diagramm [#]} 23. Qc1 {Die Computer halten die
Entscheidung von Weiß fürs Weiterspielen für richtig. In der praktischen
Partie dürfte das aber enorm schwierig sein: Die weiße Struktur ist schlecht,
die Koordination der Figuren ist schlecht, Schwarz hat das Läuferpaar.} c5 24.
Rg1 Qf5 25. Rg4 Nf6 26. Rg5 Qd3 {Diagramm [#]} 27. c4 (27. b4 {wäre wohl
unangenehmer für Schwarz gewesen.}) 27... h6 28. Ra3 Qh7 29. Rg1 Nd7 30. Qf1
Bf6 31. Ra2 Ne5 32. Qg2 g5 ({Schwarz verpasst} 32... Nxc4 33. Nxc4 Bb3 $15) 33.
Qg3 Qf5 34. b3 Nxf3 35. Rxc2 $2 {Diagramm [#]} (35. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 36. Nxf3 Be4 $11
) 35... Nxg1 36. Ra2 Ne2 {Diagramm [#] Das Ergebnis des weißen Fehlers:
Schwarz hat, bei sehr guter Stellung, einen Bauern mehr.} 37. Qxd6 $2 {Viel zu
optimistisch - die vielen Schwächen im weißen Lager hätten
Konsolidierungsbemühungen erfordert.} Rd8 38. Qxc5 Be5 {Jetzt droht Txd2 und
anschließend Matt durch Df3.} 39. Kg2 Nf4+ 40. Bxf4 {Diagramm [#]} Qxf4 $2 {
Wirft den Vorteil weg - den Punkt h2 kann Weiß leicht decken.} ({Nach} 40...
gxf4 {wäre es für den weißen König mit einem Male ganz eng geworden.}) 41.
Nf1 Bd4 42. Qe7 Rf8 43. Ne3 Rf7 44. Qe6 Rf6 45. Qc8+ Rf8 46. Qh3 $2 {Weiß
will diese Partie unbedingt gewinnen und bringt sich - gerade sämtlichen
schwarzen Drohungen glücklich entkommen - erneut in die Klemme, auch wenn
dieses Urteil objektiv noch nicht gerechtfertigt sein sollte.} (46. Qe6 $11)
46... Qe4+ 47. Kg1 Bxe3 {Diagramm [#]} 48. Re2 $2 (48. Qxe3 $1 Qb1+ 49. Kg2
Qxa2 {Lässt man hier die Computer nur kurz laufen, signalisieren sie klaren
Vorteil für Schwarz. Lässt man sie länger laufen, signalisieren sie
Ausgleich. Und in der Tat: Es ist nicht zu sehen, wie der schwarze König den
Dauerschachs entkommen könnte. Voraussetzung: Weiß findet immer den
richtigen Zug - das dürfte mit anstrengender Rechenarbeit verbunden sein.})
48... Qb1+ 49. Kg2 Bc5 50. Qxh6+ Qh7 {Mit der Mehrfigur ist nun alles klar
für Schwarz.} 51. Qe6 Qf5 52. Qxf5 Rxf5 53. Kg3 Kg7 54. Rd2 Kg6 55. f3 Be3 56.
Rd6+ Kh5 57. Rd7 Rxa5 58. Rh7+ Kg6 59. Re7 Bf4+ 60. Kg4 Ra2 61. Re6+ Kf7 62.
Rb6 Rxh2 63. Kf5 Re2 64. Rxb7+ Re7 65. Rb6 Re5+ 66. Kg4 Re6 67. Rb7+ Kf6 68. b4
Ke5 69. Kh5 Kd4 70. b5 Kxc4 71. bxa6 Rxa6 72. Rd7 Kc5 73. Kg4 Rd6 0-1

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 (6. h3 Na5 $5 (6...
h6 7. Re1 g5 $6 8. d4 $2 (8. Nh2 $142 $1 {/\Nc3-e2-g3 ><f5,h5,g4}) 8... exd4 9.
e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 O-O (11... Qd6 12. Qe2 g4 $132) 12. Qf3 Bd6 13.
Re1 Nd7 14. Qh5 Qf6 15. h4 Ne5 (15... Bf4) 16. hxg5 hxg5 $2 (16... Qf5 $5 17.
Rxe5 Bxe5 (17... Qxe5) 18. Bd3 Qg4 19. Qxg4 Bxg4 20. gxh6 Rae8 $15) 17. Bxg5
Qf5 18. Rxe5 Bxe5 $4 (18... Qxe5 19. Nd2 Qh8 20. Bh6 $1 Be5 $8 21. Re1 $1 Bg7
22. Re8 $3 Be6 23. Rxe6 $18) 19. Bd3 Bh2+ 20. Qxh2 {1-0 Fearnley,S-Bleicher,W/
Sydney op (07) ;EXT 92op 1992}) (6... Be6 7. Bb3 Qd7 8. Ng5 O-O 9. Nc3 Nd4 10.
Ne2 c5 11. f4 $1 Rad8 (11... Bxb3 $142 12. axb3 $14) 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Nxe6
fxe6 14. f5 d5 15. fxe6 Qxe6 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Rxf8+ Rxf8 18. Qg4 Qd6 19. Qe4
$16 {Sahetchian,A-Berg,R/Hastings Masters (07)/1995/}) 7. Bb3 Nxb3 (7... O-O 8.
c3 Nxb3 9. axb3 Re8 10. b4 h6 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Re1 c6 13. Nf1 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5
$10 {Franke,H-Armas,J/Berlin Neukoelln/1988/}) 8. axb3 O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. Nbd2
Ne8 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 $10 {Prueske,W-Wittig,W/Dortmund op 
(04)/1987/}) (6. a4 $5 O-O 7. c3 h6 8. Nbd2 Nh7 9. a5 a6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4
Ne5 12. Be2 c5 13. Nc2 d5 $13 {Wolter,K-Szell,L/Berliner Sommer (07)/1993/}) (
6. Be3 O-O 7. Nc3 Na5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 a6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Qd2 c5 $10 {
Armengaud,E-Hagopian/Massy op (09)/1993/}) 6... Na5 (6... O-O 7. Nbd2 Na5 8.
Nf1 $6 Nxc4 9. dxc4 Be6 10. b3 Nd7 11. Ng3 a5 12. a4 {Blanchard-Bouton,C/
Clichy op (08)/1991/} Nc5 $15) 7. Bd5 $6 (7. Bb3 $142) 7... O-O (7... c6 $6 8.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. b4 Bg4 10. Bd2 $1 $14) 8. a4 Nxd5 9. exd5 c5 $1 10. c3 b6 $15 (
10... c4 $6 11. Nfd2 $1 Qc7 $8 12. Na3 $1 cxd3 13. Nb5 Qd7 14. b4 $16) 11. h3
f5 $1 12. d4 (12. b4 Nb7 {/\Bf6}) 12... e4 13. Nfd2 c4 $1 14. Na3 Qc7 15. f3 (
15. Nb5 Qd7 16. Qe2 a6 17. Na3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 $15 19. Nxb5 $140 Qxb5 20. b4
Bb7 21. bxa5 Bxd5 $17) (15. Qe2 Bb7 $1 16. g4 (16. Naxc4 $2 Ba6 17. b3 Nxb3 $1
18. Nxb3 Bxc4 $19) 16... Bxd5 17. gxf5 Rxf5 18. Nxe4 Raf8 19. Nb5 Qc6 $1 $40)
15... Bh4 16. Re2 (16. Re3 Bg5 17. Re2 e3 18. Nf1 f4 $19) 16... Bb7 $1 17. fxe4
fxe4 18. Nxe4 (18. Rxe4 Bf2+ 19. Kh2 Bxd5 $19 {^^,/^a8-h1}) 18... Bxd5 $2 (
18... Nb3 $1 19. Nb5 (19. Rb1 Bxd5 20. Bg5 $140 $2 Bxe4 $19) 19... Qd7 20. Rb1
(20. Ra2 Bxd5 21. Bg5 (21. Nbxd6 Qc6 $1 {/\Be7-+}) 21... Bxg5 (21... Bxe4 $17)
22. Nxg5 a6 23. Na3 Qf5 $19) 20... Bxd5 21. Nbxd6 Qc6 $1 22. Qc2 h6 $1 {><g5} (
22... Be7 23. Nb5 a6 24. Na3 Rae8 25. Ng5 $8 g6 $1 (25... Bxg5 26. Bxg5 Be4 27.
Rxe4 Qxe4 28. Qxe4 Rxe4 29. Nxc4 h6 $1 30. Be3 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Nd2 Nxd2
33. Bxd2 Re2 34. Be1 Ra8 $15) 26. h4 Bd6 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Qf2 Qc7 (28... Nc5
$5) 29. Be3 Bg3 30. Qe2 Bxh4 31. Nf3 Bg3 $17) 23. g4 {/\Nf5} Bxe4 (23... Rad8
24. Nf5 Rfe8 25. Neg3) 24. Nxe4 Rae8 {(.)} 25. a5 Re6 $1 26. axb6 axb6 27. g5
$8 Kh8 $1 {/\Rfe8-+} 28. gxh6 Rg6+ $19) 19. Bg5 $1 $8 Bxe4 20. Bxh4 d5 21. Qe1
Qc6 22. Qg3 (22. Nc2 Qg6 23. Ne3 Nb3 24. Ra3 Bf3 25. Rf2 Rae8 $19) 22... a6 $6
(22... Qxa4 $142 $17) 23. Nc2 $1 Rae8 24. Nb4 $6 (24. Ne3 $142 Bd3 $15) 24...
Qc8 $1 {/\Re6-g6->} 25. Qd6 $2 (25. Nc2 Re6 26. Ne3 Rg6 27. Qh2 h5 $40) 25...
Re6 $1 26. Nxd5 Rfe8 $3 27. Ne7+ (27. Nxb6 Qb7 28. Qb4 (28. Qd7 Qxb6 29. Rf1
Bg6 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 $19) (28. Rxe4 Qxe4 $19) 28... Qxb6 29. Qxb6 Rxb6 30. d5 Rbb8
(30... Bg6 $2 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. Bd8 Rxb2 33. Bxa5 Rd2 34. Bb4 $10) 31. Rae1
Bg6 32. d6 Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Rb7 $19) 27... R8xe7 28. Bxe7 Rxd6 29. Bxd6 Qc6 30.
Ba3 h6 $1 31. Rf1 (31. Rae1 Bd5 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Bf8 Qg6 $1 (33... Bxg2 34.
R8e7 Bxh3 35. Rxg7+ Kh8 36. Rg3 $132) 34. R8e2 Qg3 35. Rf1 Nc6 $19) 31... Nb7
32. Rf4 Bd5 $19 {_|_} 33. Rf8+ (33. Rg4 Nd8 {/\Ne6;/\Nf7-+_|_}) 33... Kh7 34.
Re7 Qg6 $1 35. Rf2 Nd6 $1 36. Ra7 (36. Rd7 Ne4 $1 37. Rxd5 Nxf2 38. Kxf2 Qf7+
$19) 36... Ne4 37. Rf4 (37. Re2 Ng3 38. Re5 Qb1+ 39. Kf2 Qf1+ 40. Ke3 Qe1+ 41.
Kf4 Qf2+ 42. Kg4 Be6+ 43. Rxe6 h5+ 44. Kg5 Qf5+ 45. Kh4 Qf4#) 37... Ng3 38. Rf2
Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Nf1+ 40. Kg1 Ne3+ 41. Kh2 Qe1 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vlassov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 (3... d5 $5 {[+]}) 4. Nf3 (4. Nc3 {/\f4} Bc5 $10)
4... Be7 5. O-O O-O (5... d6 {/\Bg4,Qd7}) 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 (7. h3 {/\Nd2-f1-e3,
g3}) (7. c3 {Ruy Lopez structure}) 7... Be6 8. Nbd2 (8. Bxe6 fxe6 $10) 8... Re8
(8... Bxc4 9. Nxc4 {/\Ne3-f5 +/=}) 9. a5 {/\a6,><b5,c6,d5} a6 10. c3 (10. Bxe6
fxe6 11. Ng5 Qd7 {/\h6}) 10... Bf8 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. d4 exd4 (12... Re8 13. d5
Ne7 14. b4 Ng6 15. c4 $14 {/\Ra3 <->3}) 13. cxd4 Na7 $6 (13... Re8 {/\d5}) 14.
Ng5 Re7 15. e5 (15. Qf3 h6) 15... dxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 $2 (16... Qd5 $142 17. exf6
$140 (17. Ndf3 $5) 17... Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Qxg5 $10) 17. Qc2 $1 g6 18. Ndf3 Qe8 (
18... Bg7 19. e6 fxe6 20. Nxe6 $16) 19. Bf4 Nc6 (19... h6 20. Ne4) 20. e6 $1
fxe6 21. Bxc7 h6 (21... Rc8 22. Bd6 h6 23. Bxe7 Nxe7 24. Qe2 hxg5 25. Qxe6+ Kg7
26. Nxg5 Nc5 27. Qe5+ Kg8 28. Rac1 $18) 22. Ne4 Bg7 23. Nd6 Qf8 24. Nxb7 $18
Nb4 25. Qb3 Rf7 26. Bd6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 {The funny part
of this game is that in our match which would be decisive for all three medals,
this position also appeared on the second board.} 6. a4 {If I want to play the
line with 7.a4 after short castling I must do this.} Bg4 (6... O-O 7. Re1) 7.
c3 O-O 8. Re1 {meanwhile my team-mate Predojevic spent considerably more time
then me and decided to deviate from my game with} (8. Nbd2 {which is also
possible} Kh8 (8... a6 9. Re1 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ne4 Kh8 13. Ng3
Bg6 {Podgursky S 2260 - Andronescu M 2010, 13. 9.2008 II ROMGAZ Open} 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. Rxe5 c6 16. a5 $16) 9. a5 b6 10. axb6 $6 (10. b4 $5 bxa5 11. b5 $16)
10... axb6 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. b4 Nd8 13. h3 Be6 14. Bb2 Qb7 15. Re1 $6 (15. b5
Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Ne6 17. Ne3 Ra8 18. c4 {+/=/=}) 15... b5 16. Bb3 Bxb3 17. Qxb3
Ne6 18. g3 Kg8 19. Ra1 Ra8 20. Rxa8+ Qxa8 21. c4 Qb7 $11 {Predojevic B 2615 -
Bacrot E 2705, 23.10.2008 24th ECC}) 8... d5 {One should be very careful with
all these ...d5 moves.} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. h3 {Just to cut the bishop off from
the d5-square for a while.} Bh5 11. a5 a6 12. Nbd2 Kh8 (12... Nf4 13. Ne4 Bd6
14. Bxf4 exf4 15. d4 $14) 13. Ne4 f6 (13... b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Bb3 Bg6 {
1/2-1/2, Kurmann Oliver (SUI) 2417 - Burnier David (SUI) 2316, Lausanne 
(Switzerland) 2006.09.17} 16. Be3 h6 17. Nc5 Nd5 18. Nb7 Qd7 19. Bc5 $16) 14.
Qb3 $1 {Just few days ago, we were saying to our Qatarian students how
important it is to control the centre and that the best piece for the centre
is the knight. But in this specific position the knight doesn't have too many
choices.} Bxf3 (14... Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Ned2 $16) 15. Bxd5 (15. gxf3 Nf4
16. Bxf4 exf4 17. d4 Rb8 $13) 15... Bh5 16. Be3 {What I liked about this game
was that all the white pieces except the rooks combined with each other.} Rb8 (
16... f5 17. Nc5 f4 18. Nxb7 fxe3 19. Nxd8 exf2+ 20. Kh1 fxe1=Q+ 21. Rxe1 $18)
17. Bc5 Be8 (17... f5 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qa3 $1 $16) (17... Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Qd6 (
18... Nxa5 19. Qa2) 19. Nxb7 Rxb7 20. Qxb7 Qxd5 21. Qxa6 $16) 18. Qc4 {!} Bd6
19. d4 $1 f5 (19... Bg6 20. Nxd6 (20. b4 Ne7) 20... cxd6 21. Bb6 Qe7 22. Bxc6
Rfc8 23. d5 Be8 24. Qd3 bxc6 25. dxc6 Bxc6 26. Qxa6 {+/-/+/=}) 20. Nxd6 cxd6
21. Bb6 Qf6 22. dxe5 Nxe5 (22... dxe5 23. Bc7 Ra8 24. Qc5 e4 25. Bd6 $18) 23.
Qc7 (23. Qd4 Bc6 24. Bc7 Rbe8 25. Bxc6 Nxc6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. Bxd6 {+-/+/-})
23... Bc6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rad1 (25. f4 Ng6 26. Bd4 Qf7 27. Qxc6 Qb7 28. Qxb7
Rxb7 29. g3 $18) 25... Rfc8 26. Qxd6 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Nc4 {To be honest I missed
that after 25...Rfc8 Black will get this fork.} 28. Rd7 Nxb6 29. axb6 Rxb6 30.
Ree7 Rg8 {Here I had almost half an hour against 1 minute for Black. On the
other boards in the match we were doing not so well but still all fighting. So
I decided to take my time and do everything as accurately as possible. But it
is one thing is to decide and quite another to do it.} 31. Rb7 $4 {Played too
fast.} ({I should have considered} 31. b4 {as well. For Black it is still not
easy to make a useful move. The idea is to gain some extra tempi before
exchanging the rooks.} Rb5 32. Rc7 a5 33. bxa5 Rxa5 34. Rxc6 Ra1+ 35. Kh2 $18)
31... Rxb7 32. Rxb7 g6 $1 {It is important that the king escapes by the
shortest route. Also the pawn on f5 becomes protected.} 33. Ra7 {After the
game both my opponent and I said that} (33. Kf1 a5 34. Ke2 Re8+ 35. Kd3 {
would give a easy win for White,} Re1 $14 {but I am not so sure about this
anymore.}) 33... Rb8 34. Rxa6 Rxb2 35. Rxc6 Kg7 36. Rc7+ Kh6 $1 {This is
exactly the move I underestimated when I went for this. Now with an active
king Black has very good drawing chances.} 37. f4 (37. g3 Rc2 38. Kg2 g5 39.
Rc6+ Kg7 (39... Kh5 {?} 40. c4 (40. Kf3 g4+ 41. hxg4+ fxg4+ 42. Ke3 Kg5 43. Rc8
h5) 40... Rc1 41. c5 Rc2 42. Rc8 Kg6 43. c6 Kg7 44. c7 Rc3 45. Kf1 Rc2 46. f4
gxf4 47. gxf4 Kh6 (47... Rc6 48. Ke2 Rc4 49. Kd3 Rc6 50. Kd4 Rc1 51. Ke5 Rc5+
52. Ke6 h6 53. Kd6 $18) 48. Ke1 Kh5 49. Kd1 Rc6 50. Kd2 Kh4 51. Ke3 Kxh3 52.
Kd4 h5 53. Ke5 h4 54. Kxf5 $18) 40. h4 (40. Kf3 h5 41. Ke3 g4 42. h4 Kf7 43. c4
Ke7 44. Rh6 Rxc4 45. Rxh5 Kf6 $11) 40... g4 41. h5 (41. Kf1 h5 42. c4 Kf7 43.
Ke1 Ke7 $11) 41... Rc1 $11) 37... Rc2 38. g4 g5 (38... fxg4 39. hxg4 Re2 40.
Rc4 Rc2 41. Kf1 Rh2 42. Re4 Kg7 43. g5 h5 $11) 39. Rc6+ Kg7 40. gxf5 (40. fxg5
fxg4 41. h4 g3 42. h5 Re2 43. Rc7+ Kg8 44. c4 Re5 45. c5 Rxg5 46. c6 Rc5 47. h6
Kf8 48. Kg2 Rc3 $11) 40... gxf4 41. c4 Kf7 42. c5 Ke7 43. h4 (43. Re6+ Kf7 44.
c6 Rc5 45. Rh6 Kg7 46. Rd6 Rxf5 $11) 43... h5 44. Re6+ Kf7 45. c6 Rc5 46. Rh6
Kg7 47. Rg6+ Kf7 48. Kf2 f3 49. Rh6 Kg7 50. Rg6+ (50. Rd6 Rc3 51. Kg3 Kf7 52.
Rh6 Kg7 53. Re6 Kf7 54. Rd6 Kg7 $11) 50... Kf7 51. Rh6 Kg7 (51... Rxf5 52. c7
Rc5 53. Rh8 $18) 52. Rd6 Rxf5 53. Rd7+ (53. c7 Rc5 54. Rd7+ Kf6 55. Kxf3 Ke6
56. Rh7 Kd6 57. Ke4 Rxc7 58. Rxc7 Kxc7 59. Kf5 Kd8 60. Kg6 Ke8 61. Kxh5 Kf8 $11
) 53... Kf6 54. Rh7 {The last moves were played with seconds on my clock; all
the chances to get on the podium (should I win, the team would win) were lost
back on the 31st move.} Kg6 55. Rd7 Rc5 56. Rd6+ Kf5 57. Kxf3 Rc3+ 58. Ke2 Ke5
59. Rh6 Kd5 60. Kf2 Rxc6 61. Rxh5+ Ke4 62. Kg3 Rg6+ 63. Kh3 Kf4 64. Ra5 Rg3+
65. Kh2 Re3 66. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG Cup"]
[Site "Ulcinj"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pikula, Dejan"]
[Black "Petronic, Jovan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. c3
Qd7 9. Re1 Rfe8 10. Bxe6 fxe6 (10... Qxe6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Nd7
$11) 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bf8 13. e5 dxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5 (14... Ng4 $5) 15. Ne4
Nb6 16. Qe2 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Bf4 Nd5 19. Bg3 Rad8 20. Rec1 h6 21. a5 a6
22. Rc4 Qa7 23. Qh5 b5 24. Rc6 $2 (24. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 (24... gxf6 25. Qg6+ Bg7
26. exf6 $18) 25. exf6 c5 26. Rg4 Qf7 27. Qxh6 Rd4 28. fxg7 $1 Bxg7 $16) 24...
Qd4 25. Qg6 Kh8 26. Qg4 Qxb2 27. Rf1 Qd4 28. h3 b4 29. Rd1 Ne3 $5 30. Rxd4 Nxg4
31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. hxg4 $2 b3 $4 (32... Rd1+ $1 33. Kh2 $8 b3 34. Rxc7 b2 35.
Nc3 Bb4 $1 36. Nxd1 b1=Q $17) 33. Rc1 Rd4 (33... Bb4 $5) 34. f3 c5 35. Be1 c4
36. Bc3 Rd3 37. Bb2 Bb4 38. Rxc4 Bxa5 39. Rc6 Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Rb1 41. Rxa6 Bc7 42.
Rc6 Ba5 43. Bd4 Rd1 44. Ra6 Bc7 45. Bc3 Rc1 46. Rxe6 Ba5 47. Bxa5 b2 48. Nd2
1-0

[Event "World U20-ch22"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1983.08.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "D'Amore, Carlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "Bulletin/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1983.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 (4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6) 4... h6
({plus courant} 4... Bc5 5. c3 (5. Nc3)) 5. O-O d6 {[%cal Gg7g6,Gf8g7]} 6. c3
g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Bb3 {Gardant la paire de B après Na5 et donnant
un milleu de jeu assez proche des thèmes de l'ouverture Espagnole.} Nh5 {
[%csl Gf4]} (9... Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nf1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gf1e3,Gf1g3]} b5) 10.
Nf1 (10. Nc4 Kh7 11. d4 Bg4 12. d5 Nb8 13. h3 Bc8 14. Bc2) 10... Kh7 11. h3 Be6
(11... Na5 12. Bc2) 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. g3 {[%csl Gf4]} a5 $146 (13... Qe8 14.
N1h2 g5 15. h4 gxh4 16. Nxh4 Qf7 17. Ng4 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Nf3 Rg8 20. Kg2
Raf8 21. Rh1 Rg6 22. Qe2 Kg7 23. Bd2 Rh8 24. Rh3 Kf8 25. Rah1 Bg7 26. Be3 Ke7
27. b4 Kd7 28. a4 {Dobrovolsky,L (2345)-Banas,J (2380)/Stary Smokovec 1981/EXT
1998/1-0 (52)}) 14. Kg2 a4 $1 $132 15. N1h2 Nf6 16. d4 $6 {les pièces blanches
sont assez mal placées pour ouvrir au centre, en particulier le B} (16. Be3 {
[%cal Gb2b4]} Qe7 17. Ng4 Rf7 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Ga8f8]} 18. b4 Raf8 (18... axb3
$143 19. axb3 Raf8 20. Nd2) 19. Nd2) 16... exd4 17. cxd4 Qd7 (17... a3 $5 18.
b3 {[%csl Rb4,Rc3]} d5 $15) 18. Qd3 Nb4 $1 {[%csl Gb4]} 19. Qc3 Qb5 $36 20. Bd2
c5 $17 21. a3 {[%csl Rb3]} Nc6 22. Rac1 Rad8 23. Qc4 Qxc4 24. Rxc4 Nxe4 $1 (
24... b5 25. Rcc1) 25. dxc5 d5 26. Rxa4 Bxb2 27. Rb1 (27. Re2 {[%cal Gd2h6,
Ge2b2]} Bg7) 27... Bg7 28. Rb5 Rd7 29. Be1 Bc3 $6 (29... Rdf7 $1 {les blancs
sont quasiment en zugzwang} 30. h4 Kg8 31. Kg1 d4 {[%csl Gd4]} 32. h5 g5 33.
Kg2 (33. Rc4 Rxf3) 33... e5 34. Kg1 Nc3 35. Bxc3 dxc3 $40) 30. Rb1 (30. Rxe4
dxe4 31. Ng5+ hxg5 32. Bxc3 Rdf7 33. Ng4 {[%cal Gg4f2]}) 30... Nxc5 31. Rf4 $5
{29. Bc3?! a conduit а des simplifications qui facilitent la défense des
blancs même au détriment d'un affaiblissement de la structure des P} Rxf4 32.
gxf4 Bxe1 33. Nxe1 d4 34. Nhf3 Kg7 35. Nd2 Rf7 (35... Ne7) 36. Rb5 Rf5 37. Nb3
Nxb3 38. Rxb7+ Kf6 39. Rxb3 Rxf4 40. Nd3 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Gd3f4] Le N bloqueur
gagne un tempo} Rf5 41. Rb6 Ne7 42. Ra6 Nd5 {[%cal Gd5f4] menaçant d'échanger
le N bloqueur} 43. Kg3 Nc3 44. f3 Ne2+ 45. Kf2 Nf4 46. Nxf4 Rxf4 47. a4 Rf5 48.
a5 Rh5 {Pour essayer d'éloigner le K du centre et libérer l'avance du P "d"}
49. Kg3 Rd5 $1 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gd4d1]} 50. Kf2 d3 51. Ke1 Rf5 52. Kf2 Rh5 53.
Ra8 Rxh3 54. Ke3 Kg5 55. a6 d2 56. Rd8 $1 {Le coup sous enveloppe lors du
second ajournement} (56. Kxd2 $143 Rxf3 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Gh6h1]}) 56... Rh1 57.
Kxd2 Ra1 58. Ra8 Ra3 59. a7 h5 60. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch48 Final"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1980.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1980.12.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Bb3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 (7. exd5
Nxd5 8. h3 a5 $1 9. Ba4 Nd4 10. Nxe5 Nb6 11. c3 Nxa4 12. Qxa4 Ne2+ 13. Kh1 Bf6
$132 {Shirov,A-Mozetic,D/Tilburg/1993/1:0 (32)}) 7... dxe4 8. dxe4 Bc5 9. c3 a5
10. h3 (10. Ba4 $5) 10... Qe7 11. Qc2 (11. Nh4 {/\Qf3,Nf5/} Ng4 (11... Be6 $5)
12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Nf6 14. Re1) 11... Nh5 $1 12. Nc4 (12. Kh2 $5) 12... Qf6
13. Kh2 $6 (13. Bg5 $5 Qg6 14. Kh2 h6 15. Be3 $10) 13... Nf4 14. Be3 Nxg2 $1
15. Kxg2 (15. Bxc5 Qxf3 16. Bxf8 Nh4 17. Ne3 Qxh3+ 18. Kg1 Nf3#) 15... Bxh3+
16. Kxh3 (16. Kg3 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Qg6+ 18. Kh2 Qh5+ 19. Kg3 Ra6 $40) 16... Qxf3+
17. Kh2 Ra6 $3 18. Qd1 $8 (18. Bxc5 Nd4 {/\Rh6/}) 18... Qxe4 19. Rg1 (19. Bxc5
Nd4 20. Qh5 Nf3+ 21. Kg3 Rg6+ 22. Qxg6 Qxg6+ 23. Kxf3 Qc6+ 24. Kg3 Qxc5 $17)
19... Qh4+ $1 (19... Bxe3 20. Nxe3 Nd4 21. Rg4 $1 $13) 20. Kg2 Nd4 $1 21. cxd4
(21. Nxe5 Qe4+ $19) 21... exd4 $1 22. Bg5 (22. Bd2 Rg6+ 23. Kf1 Qh3+ 24. Ke2
d3+ $19) (22. Bc1 Rg6+ 23. Kf1 Qh3+ 24. Ke2 d3+ 25. Qxd3 Qxd3+ 26. Kxd3 Rxg1
$19) 22... Qxg5+ 23. Kf1 Qf5 $19 24. Bc2 $2 Qh3+ $2 (24... d3 $19) 25. Rg2 Rf6
26. Qd3 (26. Qg4 Qxg4 27. Rxg4 d3 $19) 26... Rf3 27. Qxh7+ (27. Qe4 d3 $1)
27... Qxh7 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Re1 $138 0-1

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Bd6
8. d4 (8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. d4 e4 $1) 8... Nxd4 $10 (8... exd4 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10.
Qxd4) 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Be3 (11. O-O $4 Bxh2+) 11... Qe7 12. O-O-O
Be5 13. Qc4 Qf6 14. Bd4 Be6 15. Qc3 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qg5+ 17. Kb1 Rad8 18. Qc3 c6
19. g3 Qb5 20. b3 a5 21. a4 Qb6 22. f4 Bg4 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Qb4 25. Rxd8
Rxd8 26. Rd1 Re8 27. Kb2 Qe7 28. Qc3 Qc7 29. Qd3 h6 30. Qd7 Qb8 31. Rd6 Rf8 32.
Rd4 Re8 33. Qf5 Rd8 34. Rd7 Rxd7 35. Qxd7 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:
21]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:20]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 6. a4 {
[%emt 0:02:22]} Na5 {[%emt 0:04:08]} (6... O-O 7. Re1 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. c3 a6
10. d4 Qc7 11. Na3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Rad8 16.
Qe2 Bg6 17. Nd2 Rd7 18. a5 Nh5 19. Nf1 Qd8 20. Be3 h6 21. Red1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1
Qc8 23. Qg4 Qxg4 24. hxg4 Nf6 25. f3 Rc8 26. Nd2 Kf8 27. Bb3 Nh7 28. Nc4 f6 29.
Rd7 Rb8 30. Nb6 Be8 31. Bd5 Ng5 32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33. Bxb7 Ne6 34. Bxa6 Nc7 35. Bb7
Bb5 36. Nd5 {Saric,I (2637)-Zhao,X (2567) Wijk aan Zee 2014 1-0}) 7. Ba2 {
[%emt 0:01:13]} Be6 $146 {[%emt 0:03:17]} (7... c5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10.
Bxd5 O-O 11. c3 Bf6 12. Bd2 Ne7 13. Bc4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. a5 Rb8 16. Re1 b5
17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Bb3 Qxd3 19. Bc2 Qd6 20. Qe2 Bb7 21. Rxa7 g6 22. Bh6 Rfe8 23.
Ng5 Nc8 24. Ra4 Qb6 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Qxb2 27. Qf3 Bg7 28. Bd5 Rf8 29. Bxg7
Kxg7 30. Qe3 f6 31. Rh4 h5 32. Qxc5 Qb6 33. Rc4 Qxc5 34. Rxc5 Nd6 35. Rc7+ Kh6
36. Rc6 Nf5 37. Be6 {Howell,D (2639)-Hebden,M (2555) Torquay 2013 1/2-1/2}) 8.
b4 {[%emt 0:13:55]} Bxa2 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 9. Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 10. c3 {[%emt 0:01:34]} a6 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 11. Re1 {[%emt 0:
04:48]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:37]} 12. Qb3 {[%emt 0:03:02]} Re8 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 13.
c4 {[%emt 0:05:02]} a5 {[%emt 0:10:26]} 14. b5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:
01:29][%csl Rb4] Black's offside knight on b4 was the bane of her existence,
as it was impossible to ever bring it back to the game. Mainly due to this she
was slowly crushed on the kingside where she was simply playing down a piece.}
15. Rd2 {[%emt 0:04:16]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:06:27]} 16. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} c5 {
[%emt 0:22:20]} 17. Qd1 {[%emt 0:07:18]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:06:26]} 18. Qe2 {[%emt 0:
02:48]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:06:04]} 19. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:04:42]} Qxg5 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
20. Rdd1 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 21. f4 {[%emt 0:08:31]} exf4 {
[%emt 0:00:56]} 22. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 23. Qd2 {
[%emt 0:00:23]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 24. Rf1 {[%emt 0:03:49]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:03:
12]} 25. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 26. Rf5 {[%emt 0:04:40]}
Qd4+ {[%emt 0:01:33]} 27. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 28. Rf3 {
[%emt 0:02:08]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 29. Ne2 {[%emt 0:04:56]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:
11]} 30. Rdf1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 31. Ng1 {[%emt 0:03:23]}
Qd4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 32. Ne2 {[%emt 0:06:49]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 33. Rg3 {
[%emt 0:00:26]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 34. Nf4 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Ree7 {[%emt 0:02:
41]} 35. h4 {[%emt 0:04:57]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 36. h5 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Re5 {
[%emt 0:01:45]} 37. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Qh4+ {[%emt 0:00:33]} 38. Rh3 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 39. Qf3 {[%emt 0:03:15]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:
25]} 40. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kh2 {[%emt 0:10:57]} Qg5
{[%emt 0:06:00]} 42. Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:14:06]} 43. Rg3 {
[%emt 0:05:39]} Qh4+ {[%emt 0:05:09]} 44. Kg1 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:
38]} 45. Qg4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Qg7 {[%emt 0:04:42]} 46. Qh4 {[%emt 0:02:29]}
Rde8 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 47. Qh3 {[%emt 0:05:07]} R5e7 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 48. Kh1 {
[%emt 0:01:18]} Qh6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 49. Qf5 {[%emt 0:03:06]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:
54]} 50. Qf6+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 51. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:43]}
Qe5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 52. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:03:58]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 53. Ne2 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 54. Qb7 {[%emt 0:01:20]} R6e7 {[%emt 0:00:
16]} 55. Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 56. Qxa5 {[%emt 0:00:25]}
Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 57. Qa7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Rxh5+ {[%emt 0:00:49]} 58. Kg1 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 59. Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:
21]} 60. d4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 61. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:47]}
Qxd4+ {[%emt 0:00:51]} 62. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 63. Nf5+
{[%emt 0:00:28]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 64. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:
12]} 65. Nxf7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 66. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Kg7
{[%emt 0:02:08]} 67. Re7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 68. Rc7 {
[%emt 0:00:29]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 69. c5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:
46]} 70. Nd6+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 71. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:31]}
Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 72. Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Ne2+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} 73. Kf2 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Re5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 74. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:04]} g3+ {[%emt 0:00:
11]} 75. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 76. cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:28]}
Nd4+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 77. Kxg3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 78. b6 {
[%emt 0:00:36]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 79. b7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Nf5+ {[%emt 0:00:
22]} 80. Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 81. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:11]}
1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 03rd"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Belikov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow CSKA"]
[BlackTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Bc2
c5 9. a3 (9. d4 $5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. h3 Nb4 12. Bb3 a5 13. Nc3 $14) 9...
Nc6 10. b4 a6 11. h3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Re1 Bf6 $5 (13... Qc7 14. Bb2 $14)
14. bxc5 (14. Nfd2 $5 $14) 14... Bf5 (14... Qa5 $6 15. Bg5 (15. Nfd2 $6 Nxc3
16. Nxc3 Qxc3 17. Nb3 Nd4 $15) 15... Qxc5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4
Qa5 $14) 15. Nfd2 Nf4 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Ne6 18. Be3 Bg5 (18... Qe7 19. d4
exd4 20. cxd4 Ncxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Rad8) 19. Nd2 Bxe3 20.
fxe3 $6 (20. Rxe3 Nxc5 21. Nc4 f6 $132) 20... Nxc5 21. Rc4 Nxd3 22. Qh5 (22.
Qe2 Nb2 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Rh4 f6 26. Ne4) 22... f5 $1 23. Rh4 h6
24. Bb3+ Kh8 $17 25. Nf3 Qe8 26. Qg5 Qe7 $2 (26... Rf6 $17) 27. Qxe7 (27. Rxh6+
gxh6 28. Qxh6+ Qh7 $19) 27... Nxe7 28. Bc4 Rad8 29. Rd1 (29. Ng5 $2 Ng6 30. Rh5
Rd7 $15) 29... e4 30. Bxd3 exf3 (30... exd3 31. Rd4 $10) 31. gxf3 Nc6 (31...
Nd5 $6 32. Bxa6 $5 bxa6 33. Rhd4) 32. Kf2 Rd5 33. Bc2 (33. Be2 Rc5 34. Rd7 Rxc3
35. Rxb7 Rxa3) 33... Rc5 34. c4 Na5 35. Bd3 Rfc8 $15 36. Rf4 g6 37. Rd4 (37. h4
$5 Rd8 38. Rd4) 37... R8c7 38. Kg3 $2 (38. Rg1 Nc6 (38... Kg7 $2 39. Rd6 $10)
39. Rd6 (39. Rxg6 Nxd4 40. exd4 R5c6 41. Rg1 f4 42. Rg4 $15) 39... Ne5) (38. f4
$5 Kg7 39. Kf3 $10) 38... Kg7 39. h4 Nc6 40. Rd6 Ne5 41. Be2 Re7 (41... Nxc4 $2
42. Bxc4 Rxc4 43. Rd7+ Kf8 44. R1d6 $10) 42. Rb6 $2 (42. Kf2 $5 Nxc4 43. Bxc4
Rxc4 44. Rd7 Rc7 45. Rxe7+ Rxe7 46. Rd6 $10) 42... Nf7 (42... Nxc4 $2 43. Bxc4
Rxc4 44. Rdd6 $10) 43. Kf2 Rce5 44. Rg1 (44. f4 $5 Rxe3 45. Bf3 Rxa3 46. Rxb7
Rxb7 47. Bxb7 $132) 44... g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Rb3 f4 47. e4 Rd7 $17 48. Rd1
Rxd1 49. Bxd1 Re7 50. Rd3 Ne5 51. Rd5 Kf6 52. c5 Rc7 53. Kg2 Nc4 54. Kf2 (54.
Rf5+ Kg6 55. Kf2 Ne3 $19) 54... Ne3 55. Rd6+ Ke5 56. Be2 Rxc5 57. Rb6 Rc7 58.
Rg6 Rh7 59. Rxg5+ Kd4 60. a4 Kc3 61. Kg1 Kd2 62. Bf1 Nxf1 63. Kxf1 Ke3 64. Kg2
Rc7 65. e5 Rc2+ 66. Kg1 Kxf3 67. Rg7 Rc1+ 68. Kh2 Re1 69. Rxb7 Rxe5 70. Rb6
Rh5+ 71. Kg1 Ra5 72. Rb3+ Kg4 73. Ra3 Rc5 74. a5 Rc1+ 75. Kf2 Rc2+ 76. Ke1 f3
77. Kd1 Rb2 78. Kc1 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Moscow-4teams"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.02.24"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1981.02.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union U26"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union Seniors"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Be6 8. Re1
Bxb3 9. Qxb3 Na5 10. Qd1 c5 11. b4 (11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nc3
Nc6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Rxe4 Qd5 $10) 11... Nc6 (11... cxb4 $5 12. cxb4 Nc6 13.
a3 a6 14. Bb2 $14) 12. b5 Nb8 13. c4 Nbd7 14. Nc3 Ne8 15. Nd5 Nc7 (15... f5 16.
exf5 Rxf5 17. Qe2 $14) 16. Ne3 g6 (16... a6 17. Qb3 $14) (16... Bg5 $5 17. Nxg5
Qxg5 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. f4 Nxd5 $10) 17. Bd2 Ne8 $2 (17... f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19.
Bc3 (19. Qb3 $2 e4 20. dxe4 fxe4 $19) 19... Qe8 $10) 18. Nd5 f5 19. exf5 gxf5
20. g3 Rf7 $6 (20... Nc7 $5 $14) 21. Bc3 Bf6 22. Nd2 Bg7 23. f4 Nc7 24. Nxc7
Qxc7 25. Qf3 $16 Raf8 26. Kh1 Kh8 27. Nf1 $1 exf4 28. Bxg7+ Rxg7 29. gxf4 $16 (
29. Qxf4 $2 Ne5 30. Rad1 Rg4 31. Qf2 $10) 29... Nf6 30. Ng3 Qd7 31. Rad1 {/\ d4
} Rfg8 (31... d5 32. Re5 $18) 32. d4 Rxg3 $5 33. hxg3 Ne4 34. Rg1 cxd4 35. Rg2
(35. Rxd4 $6 Qg7 36. Rxe4 fxe4 37. Qxe4 $16) 35... Qg7 36. Kg1 h6 37. Qd3 Nc3
38. Re1 (38. Rdd2 Ne4) 38... Qf6 (38... Ne4 39. g4 $16) 39. g4 $1 fxg4 (39...
Rxg4 40. Re8+ Kg7 41. Qf3 Kf7 42. Rb8 $18) 40. f5 Kh7 41. Re6 1-0

[Event "Baden"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Janetschek, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 d6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Be6 7. O-O (7. Bxe6
fxe6 8. Qb3 Qc8 9. O-O O-O $10) 7... O-O 8. Re1 a6 9. a4 $14 Qd7 10. a5 Rfe8
11. Qb3 (11. b4 $5) 11... Nd8 (11... Rab8 $32) 12. h3 (12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 d5
14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Ne5 $14) 12... Bf8 13. Qc2 g6 14. b4 Bh6 (14... Bg7 $32 15.
Bb2 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Ne6 $14) 15. Bb2 Nh5 (15... Nc6 $32) 16. d4 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 f6
18. Rad1 $16 Nf7 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. c4 Rad8 21. Qb3 Nh5 22. Nd5 Bg7 23. c5 Kf8 24.
cxd6 Nxd6 25. Nxf6 Nxf6 26. dxe5 Nfxe4 27. Rxe4 Qf5 28. Ree1 Nb5 29. Rxd8 Rxd8
30. e6 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hansen,Cu} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d5 7.
exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 (8. h3 $5) 8... Bg4 (8... Bf6 {Hansen,Cu} 9. Nbd2 (9. h3 Re8
10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Nc4 Nxc4 12. dxc4 e4 13. Qxd5 exf3 $10 {Groenegress,W-Seegers,
H/BL 8384 Muenster-Enger [7] 1983/0-1 (58)}) 9... Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Ne4 Nf4
12. Ng3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Rb8 (13... Ng6 14. Ba4 Qd7 15. Bd2 Be7 16. Bc3 f6 17. Nf5
Rfd8 18. Qg4 Bf8 19. Re4 Rab8 20. Bb3+ Kh8 21. Qxg6 {1-0 Degraeve,J.
M-Slobodjan,R/Montpellier 1993}) 14. Qe4 Ng6 15. c3 Bg5 16. Nf5 $16 {Beliavsky,
A-Agzamov,G/URS 31/(376) 1981}) 9. h3 (9. Nbd2 {Hansen,Cu} f6 10. h3 Bh5 11. c3
Kh8 12. Ne4 Qd7 $10 {Pikula,D-Petronijevic,Z/YUG-chT (Cetinje) 1993 (42)}) 9...
Bh5 (9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 (10... Nb6 11. Nc3 Bg5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Kh8
$10 {Armas,I-Garcia Palermo,C/BL 8990 Koblenz-Delmenhorst [1] 1990 (36)}) 11.
Qxd5 (11. Qd1 Bc5 (11... Nxb3 12. axb3 f6 (12... Bf6) 13. Nc3 Nb4 14. Be3 f5
15. Bd2 Nc6 16. Nb5 Bf6 17. Be3 Qd7 18. Na3 $10 {Kosten,A-Dreev,A/Reykjavik
Summit 1990/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 12. Nc3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bd4 14. Bd2 c6 15. Nxd5 cxd5
16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qc7 18. c4 {1/2-1/2 Gipslis,A-Van Riemsdijk,H/Groningen
op (08) 1990}) 11... Qxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxc2 13. Bd2 Nxa1 14. Rc1 {Hansen,Cu} Rad8
15. Nc3 c6 16. Bf3 Rxd3 17. Be3 Bb4 18. Be2 Rd7 19. Rxa1 Ba5 20. Na4 (20. Rd1
Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Rd8 22. Bc2 Bb6 23. Nb1 Bxe3 24. fxe3 g6 $15 {Dizdar,
S-Mikhalchishin,A/Zenica (01) 1989 (42)}) 20... b6 21. Rc1 Rd6 22. Kf1 $10 {
Fossan,E-Emms,J/Gausdal Troll (05) 1992/1/2-1/2 (63)}) 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxe5 Nxe5
12. Rxe5 c6 13. Qf3 (13. Bxd5 {Hansen,Cu} cxd5 14. Qf3 d4 15. Nd2 Bd6 16. Rd5
$5 f5 17. gxf5 Bf7 18. Rb5 a6 19. Rxb7 Be7 20. f6 Bxf6 21. Qg4 $16 {
Kudzin-Psachis/Graz/1981}) 13... Bf6 (13... Bd6 14. Re2 (14. Re1 $6 Kh8 15. Nc3
$2 Nxc3 16. bxc3 f5 17. g5 f4 18. h4 Bf5 19. Kh1 Qd7 20. Rg1 Rae8 21. Bb2 Re2
$1 $17) 14... Kh8 (14... f5 {Hansen,Cu} 15. Nc3 fxg4 16. Qxg4 {1/2-1/2 Pavlov,
Mirc-Chekhov,V/Halle (03) 1981}) (14... Qh4 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Nc3 Kh8 17. Qxd5
Rad8 18. Bg5 Qxh3 19. Qg2 $16 {Nunn,J-Fernandez Garcia,J/Lugano 35/411 1983 
(43)}) 15. Nc3 (15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Nc3 d4 17. Nb5 Bc5 18. Bf4 (18. Qxb7 a6 19.
Na3 f5 $17) 18... Qd7 19. a4 f5 20. g5 Bf7 21. b4 Bxb4 22. Rb1 Bd5 (22... a5 $2
23. Be5 Bc5 24. Nc7 $16) 23. Qh5 Bf7 24. Qf3 Bd5 {1/2-1/2 Melz,MA-Franzew,GN/
cr ch (15,SF) (FS 99/86) 1986}) 15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 f5 (16... Qh4 17. Bd2 f5
18. Rae1 $16 {Gipslis,A-Fernandez Garcia,J/Jurmala 36/(395) 1983}) 17. Qg2 $14)
14. Re2 Kh8 (14... Qd7 $5 15. Nd2 Rae8 16. Rxe8 Rxe8 17. Ne4 Bd4 $132) (14...
Re8 {Hansen,Cu} 15. Nd2 Rxe2 16. Qxe2 Bg5 $44 {Thomas,I-Hoiberg/Esbjerg II (10)
1988 (40)}) 15. Bxd5 cxd5 (15... Qxd5 16. Qxd5 cxd5 17. Nc3 Rfd8 $16) 16. Nc3
Bxc3 $14 17. bxc3 Rc8 (17... f5 $5 {Hansen,Cu} 18. Qg3 (18. g5 Rc8) 18... Rc8
19. Bd2 $14 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Ya1e1,Yd4h8]}) 18. Ba3 Re8 19. Rxe8+ (19. Rae1 $6
Rxe2 20. Rxe2 f6 $5 (20... Rxc3 $2 21. Qxd5 $16) (20... h6 21. Re5 Qa5 22. Bb4
Qxa2)) 19... Qxe8 20. Qxd5 Rxc3 (20... Qa4 $2 21. Qxb7 $16) 21. Bb4 Rxc2 22.
Re1 Qc8 23. Qxb7 h5 $8 (23... Bxd3 $6 24. Qxf7 Bg6 25. Qxa7 $16) 24. Qxc8+ Rxc8
25. d4 {[%cal Yd4d6]} hxg4 26. hxg4 f5 27. gxf5 (27. Re7 $6 fxg4 28. Rxa7 Rc4
29. Bc5 Be4 $132) (27. g5 $5) (27. d5 {Hansen,Cu} Rc4 $10 (27... fxg4 $2 28. d6
$16 (28. Be7 $5))) 27... Bxf5 28. Bc5 a5 29. Re7 $6 {[%cal Yc5d6,Yd6e5]} (29.
Kg2 $5 $16) 29... Rc6 30. Re5 (30. Ra7 Rg6+ 31. Kf1 Ra6 32. Rxa6 Bd3+ 33. Ke1
Bxa6 $10) 30... Bb1 31. a3 Kg8 32. f3 a4 33. Kf2 Rf6 34. Re8+ $2 (34. Ke3 $5
Ba2 35. d5 Kf7 36. f4 $16 (36. d6 $2 Re6 $10)) (34. d5 {Hansen,Cu} Rf5 35. Re8+
Kf7 (35... Kh7 $6 36. d6 $16) 36. Rf8+ (36. Rd8 Be4 37. Rf8+ Kg6 38. Rxf5 Bxf5
$10) 36... Kg6 $10) 34... Kf7 35. Re7+ Kg6 36. Ke3 (36. d5 {Hansen,Cu} Rf5 $10)
36... Ba2 {[%csl Gd5]} 37. Ra7 Bd5 38. f4 (38. Rxa4 Rxf3+ 39. Kd2 Kf5 $10)
38... Kf5 $14 39. Rxg7 Re6+ 40. Kd3 Kxf4 41. Rf7+ Kg4 42. Rd7 Bb3 43. Bb4 (43.
d5 Re5 44. Kd4 Rxd5+ 45. Rxd5 Bxd5 46. Kxd5 Kf5 $10) 43... Kf3 44. Rf7+ (44. d5
{Hansen,Cu} Re3+ 45. Kd4 $14) 44... Kg4 45. Rd7 Kf3 46. Rf7+ (46. d5 Re5 47. d6
Kf4 (47... Rd5+ $6 48. Kc3 Rd1 49. Re7 Kf4 50. d7 Kf5 51. Ba5 $18) 48. Rc7 Rd5+
49. Kc3 Rd1 $10) 46... Kg4 47. Rf8 Rh6 48. Ke4 Re6+ 49. Kd3 Rh6 50. Bc5 Rh3+
51. Ke4 Rh5 52. Rf4+ Kg3 53. Ke3 Rh6 54. Rf1 Kg4 55. Ke4 Re6+ 56. Kd3 Re8 57.
Kc3 Rb8 58. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d5 (6... d6 7. c3
Be6) 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3 (8. Re1 $5 Bg4 9. h3) 8... Bf6 (8... Re8 9. Re1 Bb4 $6
10. c3 Bf8 11. d4 e4 12. Ne5 Bf5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nd2 $14 {Stratil,P-Novik,M/
Bratislava/1992/}) 9. Re1 Be6 (9... Re8 10. Nbd2 Nb6 (10... Na5 11. Nc4 Nxc4
12. dxc4 $14) 11. Ne4 $14 {Titov,G-Mozetic,D/Vrnjacka Banja/1992/ Inf 56/(349)}
) 10. Nbd2 Nf4 $8 (10... h6 $6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Ng3 $16) 11. Ba4 (11. Nc4 Re8 (
11... Ng6 $5) 12. Ba4 $6 Bxc4 13. dxc4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Ne2+ 15. Kf1 Nxc1 16.
Raxc1 e4 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nd4 c5 $10) 11... Nd4 (11... Ng6 $5 12. Bxc6 bxc6
13. Ne4 Be7 $132) 12. Ne4 (12. Nxe5 $2 Bxe5 $1 (12... b5 13. Bb3 Bxb3 14. Nxb3
Nfe2+ 15. Rxe2 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Re8 17. d4 $16) (12... Bxh3 13. gxh3 Bxe5 14.
Rxe5 Qf6 15. Re3 $1 Qg5+ 16. Rg3 Nde2+ 17. Kh2) 13. Rxe5 Qf6 14. Re3 Qg6 $40)
12... Ng6 13. Nxd4 (13. Nc5 $6 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Bd5 $132) 13... exd4 14. Qh5 $14
Be7 15. Bg5 Bd5 (15... Qd5 $2 16. Bb3 $16) (15... f6 $5 16. Bd2 Bf7 17. Bb3 $14
) 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Re2 Bc6 $6 (17... b6 $32 18. Rae1 Ng6 $14) 18. Bb3 Nd5 19.
Qf5 (19. Qe5 $6 Re8 20. Qxd4 $2 Nf4 21. Qxd8 Nxe2+ $19) 19... h6 20. Rae1 a5
21. a4 b6 22. Nd2 Qd6 23. Nf3 Rad8 (23... Nf4 24. Re7 (24. Re5 $6 Ng6) 24...
Bxf3 (24... Ne6 25. R7xe6 fxe6 26. Rxe6 Rxf5 27. Rxd6+ $18) 25. Bxf7+ Kh8 26.
gxf3 $16) 24. Re5 (24. Nxd4 $2 Nf4) 24... Nb4 25. Qg4 Bd5 (25... Bd7 26. Qxd4
Qxd4 27. Nxd4 Bxh3 28. Nb5 $16) (25... Bb7 26. Nh4 $40) (25... Bxf3 26. Qxf3
Nc6 27. Rd5 Qf6 28. Rf5 $16) 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. Qxd4 $18 Qc6 28. Qe4 Qd7 29. b3
Qd6 30. Qc4 Nf6 31. Qb5 Nd5 32. Nh4 c6 33. Qc4 g6 34. Qg4 Qf6 35. Nf5 h5 36.
Qg3 Kh7 37. Ne3 Nb4 (37... Nb4 38. d4 Rxd4 $1 39. c3 Nd3 40. cxd4 Nxe1 41. Nc4
Nc2 42. Qc3 Nb4 43. Nxb6) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Mozetic, Dejan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
h3 a5 9. Ba4 Nd4 10. Nxe5 Nb6 (10... Bf6 11. Re1 Nb6 12. c3 Nxa4 13. Qxa4 Bxe5
14. Rxe5 Ne6 15. d4 $16 {Nevednichy,V - Yandemirov,V URS-ch 1991}) 11. c3 Nxa4
12. Qxa4 Ne2+ $1 13. Kh1 Bf6 14. d4 (14. Qe4 Nxc1 15. Rxc1 Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Qxd3
$15 17. Qxc7 (17. Na3 $142) 17... Ra6 $5 18. Na3 Bxh3 $3 19. gxh3 (19. Rd1
Bxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Rg6+ $19) 19... Qxh3+ 20. Qh2 Qf3+ 21. Qg2 Rh6+ 22. Kg1 Rg6 $19)
14... Bxh3 $3 15. gxh3 Qd5+ 16. Kh2 (16. f3 $2 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Ng3+ 18. Kg2 Nxf1
19. Qd4 Rfd8 20. Qf2 (20. Qxd5 Rxd5 $17) 20... Qd3 $17) 16... Bxe5+ 17. dxe5
Qxe5+ 18. Kh1 (18. f4 Qf5 $1 19. Qc4 (19. Nd2 Qg6 20. Ne4 Rae8 21. f5 (21. Ng5
h6 $15) 21... Rxe4 $1 22. fxg6 (22. Qxe4 $4 Qg3+ 23. Kh1 Qxh3#) 22... Rxa4 23.
b3 Re4 24. Ba3 hxg6 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 $15) 19... Rfe8 20. Bd2 Rad8 $44 21. Rf3 Qg6
22. Qc5 Nd4 $1 23. Rf2 Nc2 $19) 18... Qd5+ 19. Kh2 Ra6 (19... Qe5+ 20. Kh1 Qd5+
21. Kh2 $10) 20. Qd1 Qe5+ (20... Qf3 21. Bg5 $1 Rg6 22. Nd2 $16) 21. f4 (21.
Kh1 Qe4+ 22. f3 Qh4 $1 $17) 21... Qh5 22. Nd2 (22. Na3 Rd6 $40) 22... Rd8 $6 (
22... Rh6 $1 23. Rf3 Ng3 $3 24. Kxg3 Qxh3+ 25. Kf2 Qh2+ 26. Ke3 Rd8 $1 {/\Re6}
27. f5 (27. Qf1 Re6+ 28. Ne4 Qc2 $19) 27... Qe5+ 28. Kf2 Rh2+ 29. Kg1 Re2 30.
Kf1 Re8 $19) 23. Rf2 Rd3 (23... Nxf4 24. Qxh5 Nxh5 25. Nb3 $1 $16) 24. Qf1 Rh6
(24... Re6 25. Nf3 Nxc1 26. Rxc1 Ree3 27. Re1 $16) 25. Nf3 $16 g6 (25... Nxc1
26. Rxc1 Qf5 27. Ng1 $18) (25... Rd1 26. Rxe2 $18) 26. Qg2 Qd5 27. Ng5 $1 Qxg2+
28. Kxg2 $18 (28. Rxg2 $2 Nxc1 29. Rxc1 f6 $10) 28... f6 29. Rxe2 fxg5 30. fxg5
Rhxh3 31. Bf4 Rh4 32. Re4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 12th Group1"]
[Site "Kranevo"]
[Date "1996.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Black "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1996.10.13"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sofia Slavia"]
[BlackTeam "Salzburg Inter"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 a6 7. a5 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Re1 Bf6 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Ne4 Bxe4 12. dxe4 Nf4 (12... Nde7 13. Be3 Qxd1
14. Rexd1 Rfd8 $14) 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. e5 $1 Be7 15. Bd5 Qe8 16. e6 $1 f6 (16...
fxe6 $2 17. Rxe6 $18) 17. Qe2 Rd8 18. Qc4 Rd6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxf4 Rfd8 21.
c3 Qb5 22. b4 c5 23. h4 cxb4 24. cxb4 Qd5 25. g3 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Re1 Qd7
28. Qc4+ Kf8 (28... Kh8 29. Qf7 (29. Nd4) 29... Bf8) 29. Qe4 g6 30. h5 Kf7 31.
Re2 Bf8 32. Rd2 Qe7 33. Qc4+ Kg7 34. Rxd8 Qxd8 35. Nd4 Qd6 (35... Qe7 $142 $5
36. Ne6+ Kg8 (36... Kf7 37. Ng5+ Kg7 38. h6+ Kh8 39. Ne6 $16)) 36. Ne6+ $18 Kh8
37. hxg6 hxg6 38. Qh4+ Kg8 39. Qxf6 Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qd5+ 41. f3 Qd2+ 42. Kh3 Qh6+
43. Kg4 Qh5+ 44. Kf4 Bd6+ 45. Ke3 Qe5+ 46. Qxe5 Bxe5 47. Kd3 $1 (47. f4 Bc3 48.
Nc5 Bxb4 49. Nxb7 Kf7 $16) 47... Bxg3 48. Nd8 b6 49. axb6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch49 Semifinal"]
[Site "Saratov"]
[Date "1981.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timoscenko, Gennadij A"]
[Black "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Dorfman,J"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1981.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 {Beliavsky plan} 7.
d4 Qe7 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Nh5 {Razuvaev idea in Shakhm. Bul 1981/01.
} (10... Nh7 11. Nf1 Ng5 12. N1h2 $1 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Kh7 (13... Na5 14. Bd3 c5
15. Be3 Kh7 16. Qa4 $1 b6 17. b4 Bd7 18. Qa3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nc6 20. d5 Nd4 21.
Bxd4 exd4 {1-0 Dolmatov,S (2535)-Beliavsky,A (2590)/Tashkent 1980 (77)}) 14. a4
f5 $1 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. a5 fxe4 17. Nd2 e3 18. Rxe3 Bf5 19. a6 b6 {0-1 Ghinda,
M (2450)-Beliavsky,A (2620)/Lvov 1981 (36)}) 11. Nf1 Nf4 12. Ne3 Re8 13. Nd5 $1
Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bd7 15. Be3 exd4 16. cxd4 Nd8 17. Bb3 Kh7 18. Bc2 c5 19. Qd2 Nc6
20. Rad1 Rad8 21. b3 Bc8 22. d5 Nb8 {White want to play ..e4-e5.} 23. Nh2 Nd7
24. f4 b6 25. Bd3 Qf8 26. Nf3 Re7 27. Bf2 Rde8 28. Bb1 Rd8 29. Bh4 Bf6 {[#]}
30. e5 $1 dxe5 31. d6 Bxh4 32. dxe7 Bxe7 33. Qe2 c4 34. Qxc4 Bc5+ 35. Kh1 exf4
36. Qxf4 Bb7 37. Be4 Bxe4 38. Rxe4 f5 39. Re2 Nf6 {(time)} 1-0

[Event "Wch U20 41st"]
[Site "Goa"]
[Date "2002.12.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2002.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 ({Other theoretical line is} 4. d4) 4...
Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 (7. c3 Na5 8. Bb5 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 {
transforming to Ruy Lopez Defence.}) 7... Kh8 (7... Nd4 {See commented game 1/
2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Gelfand,B/Astana 2001/CBM 84/[Gelfand] (42)}) (7... h6 {
see 1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V-Fressinet,L/Cap d'Agde 2002/CBM 92 no vc (46)}) 8. c3 (
8. a5 $5 {see 1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V-Fressinet,L/Cap d'Agde 2002/CBM 92 no vc (24)}
) 8... Bg4 (8... Ng8 9. a5 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Johannessen,L/Bermuda 2002/CBM
88 (36)} (9. d4 {1/2-1/2 Felgaer,R-Hebden,M/Port Erin 2002/CBM 90 ext (21)}))
9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 (10. g4 $6 Nxg4 (10... Bg6 $5) 11. hxg4 Bxg4 $40) 10... d5
11. Bb3 $146 ({White tried to play} 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nf1 f6 (12... f5 $6 13.
Ng3 Bg6 (13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 $14) 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 $16 {0-1 Grosar,
A-Sokolov,I/Bled 1991/CBM 24 (30)}) 13. a5 Bc5 $6 (13... Bf7 $5) 14. Ng3 Bg6
15. Ne4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Rabiega,R-Penz,H/Austria 1998/CBM 63 ext (109)}) 11... a5
12. Qe2 {[%cal Yd2f1,Yf1g3]} Bg6 13. Nh4 {[%csl Gb3,Rg6]} Qd7 14. Nxg6+ hxg6
15. Nf1 Rad8 16. Qf3 (16. Bg5 {deserved attention.}) 16... d4 17. Rd1 Qd6 18.
h4 (18. Ng3 {is already met by} Nd7 {and white hasn't h3-h4.}) 18... Nh5 ({
After} 18... Nd7 {white replies} 19. h5 {with initiative.}) 19. Ng3 Qf6 {
Black is going to trade queens to minimize the danger for his king.} (19...
Nxg3 20. Qxg3 $14) (19... Nf4 20. Bxf4 (20. h5 $5) 20... exf4 21. Ne2 $14) 20.
Qxf6 $6 ({Better was} 20. Nf5 $1 Nf4 (20... Bc5 $4 21. Bg5 $1) (20... gxf5 21.
Qxh5+ Kg8 22. Bg5 Qd6 23. exf5 $16) 21. Nxe7 Nxe7 22. g3 $14) 20... Nxf6 (20...
Bxf6 21. Nxh5 gxh5 22. g3 $14 {White has a slight advantage thanks to a pair
of bishops.}) 21. Bg5 $14 Ng8 {[%cal Ye7f6,Yg8e7]} 22. Bc4 Bf6 23. f3 {[%cal
Yg1f2]} Nge7 24. Kf2 Kg8 25. Nf1 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Yf1h2,Yh2g4]} Rd6 (25... Bxg5
$5 26. hxg5 Nc8 $14) 26. Nh2 Nc8 27. Ng4 Nb6 28. Bb3 Nd7 ({Probably better was
} 28... Bxg5 29. hxg5 Rfd8 30. Rh1 Kf8 $1 (30... dxc3 {[%tqu "En","Please find
the winning continuation for white.","","","h1h8","",10]} 31. Rh8+ $3 Kxh8 32.
Bxf7 $18 {[%cal Ra1h1]})) 29. Ke2 Rd8 30. Bc4 Kf8 31. Nxf6 gxf6 32. Bd2 $16 {
White has a pair of bishops, and as well known R+B coordinate better than R+N,
so white's position is clearly better.} Ke7 {[%cal Gd7b6]} (32... Nb6 33. Bb3 (
33. Bb5) 33... dxc3 $6 34. bxc3 Rxd3 $4 35. Bh6+) 33. Be1 {defending the d3
pawn.} Rh8 34. Bf2 Nc5 35. g3 Ne6 36. Rh1 {White is going to play on two sides
in order to open the game, emphasizing his advantage of pair of bishops.
Therefore he needs two rooks on two sides.} Ncd8 37. Be1 Rb6 38. Ra2 Rd6 39.
Bd2 Nc6 {Black can only wait and see what white can come up with.} 40. f4 Nc5
41. Bd5 $1 dxc3 $6 (41... Ne6 {was more resistant.}) 42. bxc3 {After white
opens the "b" line, his position is just winning from the strategical point of
view.} Nd8 43. d4 $1 exd4 44. cxd4 Nce6 {From now on both players were in time
trouble.} 45. Bxa5 Nxd4+ 46. Ke3 c5 47. Rb1 $18 N4c6 48. Bb6 $6 {Not the best
decision.} ({The best continuation was} 48. Bc7 $1 Rd7 49. Bb6 Ne6 50. Bxc6
bxc6 51. f5 $18) (48. Bxd8+ {Strong enough as well}) 48... Ne6 49. Bxe6 (49. a5
$5) (49. Rab2 $5) 49... Kxe6 50. Bxc5 Rd7 51. Rb6 $6 (51. Rab2 $1 Rhd8 52. Rxb7
Rd3+ 53. Ke2 Rd2+ 54. Ke1 $18 {[%cal Gb1b6]}) 51... Rhd8 52. Rb3 $6 ({Better
was} 52. g4 $1 Rd3+ 53. Ke2) 52... f5 $1 53. a5 $6 ({After} 53. Bb6 $1 {
white kept the advantage:} Ra8 54. exf5+ Kxf5 55. Kf3 $16) 53... fxe4 54. Kxe4
Rd5 55. Bb6 R8d7 {Thanks to series of white's mistakes , black has got some
chances for the draw.} 56. a6 $2 {After the exchange of the pawns, position is
very close to draw. White has to continue} (56. g4 $142) 56... bxa6 57. Rxa6
f5+ 58. Ke3 Kf7 59. Ra2 Re7+ 60. Kf2 Re4 61. Be3 Na5 62. Rba3 Nc4 63. Ra7+ Ke6
64. R2a6+ Nd6 $2 {Probably my opponent overestimated his position and decided
to play for the win without a pawn.} ({While after} 64... Rd6 $1 $11 {black
achieves draw easily.}) 65. Rc7 Kf6 (65... Rd3 66. Bc1 $1) 66. Bc1 $1 {[%cal
Gc1b2]} Ke6 $2 (66... Re7 {was better.}) 67. Rg7 $1 $18 Rc4 (67... Kf6 68. Bb2+
) 68. Rxg6+ Kd7 69. Rg7+ Ke6 70. Rg6+ Ke7 {In this postion I has 4 ways of win
almost in one move, but unfortunately I was in time trouble and I chose the
continuation, which leads for the draw at the best case for me.} (70... Kd7 71.
Ra7+ Kc6 72. Ba3 $18) 71. Raxd6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (71. Be3 $18) (71. Ba3 $18) (
71. Ra7+ $18) (71. Rgxd6 Rc2+ 72. Kf3 Rxd6 73. Ba3 Rc3+ 74. Kg2 Rxa3 75. Rxa3
$18) 71... Rc2+ $1 {This is the move I've missed.} 72. Kf3 Rxd6 73. Rxd6 Kxd6
74. Be3 $11 Rc3 75. Kf2 Kd5 76. Kf3 {White has to play carefully not to lose
the game, his goal not to allow to black king to get in to e4.} Ke6 (76... Ra3
77. h5 $11) 77. Kf2 Rb3 78. Bd4 Kd5 79. Be5 $1 Rb7 (79... Ke4 80. h5) 80. Kf3
Rb1 81. Bg7 Ke6 82. h5 Rh1 83. h6 Rh2 84. Ke3 Kd5 85. Bf8 Ke6 86. Bg7 Kf7 87.
Kf3 Ra2 88. Be5 Kg6 89. Bg7 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2020.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Firouzja,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,79,19,38,25,16,14,23,25,0,4,0,9,2,19,14,20,-4,-5,-4,7,3,5,-26,17,18,
13,15,18,22,50,24,52,49,37,36,42,12,27,0,51,41,46,34,45,19,8,14,38,41,33,39,56,
49,22,20,102,38,31,21,86,66,89,54,193,193,187,215,255,255,325,359,343,360,375,
374,374,339,339,358,525,527]} 1. e4 {I had made two draws until this round, so
I really wanted to push for the win in this game.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.
Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {This is of course a slower move than 6.Re1, but it's
in order to prevent the Marshall.} (6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O {With my opponent
being a big expert of the Marshall, I thought this time I should avoid it.})
6... b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 $5 {These days, the c3 move in this position is
surprise to people, mainly because of the more fashionable 8.a3!? which I
played in the first round of this tournament against Ragger. But in the old
days 8.c3 used to be the main line.} O-O 9. h3 Na5 {Going for the Chigorin
setup. Two rounds after this game, Vitiugov played 9...h6!? against me.} 10.
Bc2 c5 11. d4 {So now we have the old Chigorin setup, but with one tempo down
for White (normally in the classical line his rook is on e1 already!) But I
thought in these closed positions the tempo wouldn't matter - and I was
probably right!} Qc7 12. d5 $1 {And now White should close the center because
there is no time anymore for the Nbd2/Re1/Nf1 manoeuvre.} (12. Nbd2 cxd4 13.
cxd4 Nc6 (13... exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. Re1 Bb7 {and this just a decent position
for Black because the white knight is still on d2 and not on g3!})) 12... Nc4
$5 {Pentala was trying to exploit that my knight wasn't already on d2, making .
..Nc4 impossible for Black here, but...} 13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 c4 $1 {Now we can
see that Black cannot really play the old 14...bxa4 15.bxa4 a5 plan because my
knight is sitting on b1 and can go to the b5 square via a3!} (14... bxa4 $2 15.
bxa4 a5 16. Na3 Ba6 17. Nb5 $16) 15. axb5 axb5 $2 {Its really hard to believe
that such a move can be mistake. But if you go deeper into the postion you
understand that Black should not really care about the pawns, and he has some
great square like c5 for his knight and can get excellent counterplay!} (15...
cxb3 $1 16. Bd3 (16. Bxb3 $2 Nxe4) 16... Nfd7 $1 {Probably the move that
Pentala missed during the game.} 17. Qxb3 Nc5 18. Qc2 f5 $13 {with a very
double-edged position!}) 16. Rxa8 Nxa8 17. bxc4 bxc4 (17... Qxc4 {Of course
now this looks really ugly for Black.} 18. Ba3 Re8 19. Bd3 Qc7 20. Bxb5 $18)
18. Ba3 $1 {So here I found a very nice setup for my pieces which you can see
in the game!} Nd7 {19.Nxe5 was the threat.} 19. Bb4 Nc5 20. Qe2 Nb6 21. Nbd2 {
This was the setup that I had in mind when I played 18.Ba3.} f5 $1 {The right
move. Otherwise Black will slowly lose the battle on the queenside.} 22. Rd1 {
The logic behind this move is simple of course: after ...fxe4/Nxe4 the pawn on
d5 will be well protected.} g6 23. Qe3 $1 {Very nice move.} f4 $2 {This move
just really questions the move 21...f5! The idea was to open up things on the
kingside and fight for some counterplay, but for some reason probably he
thought he was just worse after the exchanges in the center. But anyway Black
had to go for it!} (23... fxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Nd7 $14 {with idea
knight f6. White is still better, but Black is fighting.}) 24. Qe2 $16 {
From here I thought I was just winning because it's clear that White will win
the battle on the queenside.} Ba6 25. Ra1 Ra8 26. Qf1 $1 {Playing for the A
file} Qc8 ({Of course I was not scared of} 26... Nd3 {because the knight on d2
will be well blocking the pawn on d3!} 27. Bxd3 cxd3 28. Ra5 Nc4 29. Nxc4 Qxc4
30. Qa1 $18) 27. Ra5 Ncd7 (27... Nb3 28. Ra3 {and Black has to either go back
or exchange on d3 which does not improve his position at all.}) 28. Qa1 Bb5 29.
Nb1 g5 30. Rxa8 Nxa8 (30... Qxa8 {The endgame is of course completley winning
for White:} 31. Qxa8+ Nxa8 32. Na3 Ba6 33. Ba4 Nab6 34. Bb5 Bxb5 35. Nxb5 $18)
31. Qa7 {and the rest is just a matter of time. Black's pieces are all very
passive and he has lots of weaknesses.} Nc7 32. Na3 Ba6 33. Ba4 Nf6 34. Nxg5
Nfxd5 35. exd5 Bxg5 36. Bxd6 Nxd5 37. Bd7 $1 Qb7 38. Be6+ Kg7 39. Bxe5+ Bf6 40.
Qd4 {A very strong game from start to finish!} 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch 91st"]
[Site "Agen"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jolly, Jean Francois"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:25]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:02:03]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:08]} 6. Re1 {
[%emt 0:10:05]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:12:54]}
8. h3 {[%emt 0:09:59]} (8. Nbd2) 8... Nd7 $146 {[%emt 0:10:54]} (8... Ng8 9. d4
f5 10. dxe5 fxe4 11. Rxe4 Rxf3 12. gxf3 Bf5 13. Re1 Nxe5 14. Bf1 Qe8 15. f4
Qg6+ 16. Kh2 Bg4 17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Nf3+ 19. Kh1 Qh5 20. Kg2 Rf8 21. Qd3 Rf6
22. Qxf3 Rg6+ 23. Qg4 Rxg4+ 24. hxg4 Qd5+ {0-1 (24) Kuczynski,R (2483)
-Naiditsch,A (2639) Germany 2008}) 9. d4 {[%emt 0:04:32]} exd4 {[%emt 0:05:36]}
10. cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 11. Bb3 {[%emt 0:08:50]} d5 {
[%emt 0:05:57]} 12. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:10]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 13. Nxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 14. Nc5 {[%emt 0:06:54]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:04:
18]} 15. Bf4 $14 {[%emt 0:03:06] Les pièces Blanches sont très actives} Nd5 {
[%emt 0:06:39]} (15... Na5 $5 {L'échange des B doit favoriser les Noirs} 16.
Bc2 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Nd5) 16. Bg3 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:08:23]} 17. a3 {
[%emt 0:07:01]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 18. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:06:
41]} 19. Nxb7 {[%emt 0:06:43]} Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 20. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 21. Rc5 $1 {[%emt 0:06:24]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 22. Ba4 {
[%emt 0:01:06]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 23. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:31] After 23...Rxc6
White plays 24.Rxd5 and because of the back rank mate Black cannot take the
rook - White is winning.} 1-0

[Event "Rostock-10 GM Group"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "1984.08.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1984.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O (5. c3 $1 d6 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Qe7
8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Nh7 $1) 5... d6 6. c3 g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O
9. Bb3 a6 10. h3 d5 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bc2 Qe7 15. d4 Rad8
16. Qe2 dxe4 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Qxe4 Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astana"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2001.06.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Nd4 8. Nxd4
exd4 9. c3 (9. Nd2 Bg4 (9... d5 10. exd5 Bb4 11. Qf3) (9... Be6) 10. f3 (10.
Nf3 d5 11. exd5 Bb4) 10... Be6 11. Nb3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. c3
Bxd4+ 15. cxd4 c6 {Shipov,S. and Notkin,M.}) (9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. e5
dxe5 12. Rxe5 Qd7 13. Nd2 (13. Qe2 Rae8 14. Rxe6 Bb4) 13... Bd6 14. Re1 Rae8
$11) 9... dxc3 10. Nxc3 Be6 $146 (10... c6 11. Bb3 $1 (11. d4 d5 12. exd5 cxd5
13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Rxe7 Be6 $11) (11. Qb3 {Inf 61/}) 11... Be6 12.
d4 (12. Bc2 c5) 12... Bxb3 13. Qxb3 $14) 11. Bxe6 $6 (11. Qb3 $5 Bxc4 12. dxc4
$14) 11... fxe6 12. Qb3 Qd7 $1 (12... Qc8 $6 13. d4 c6 14. d5 cxd5 15. exd5 e5
16. Be3 a6 17. Rac1 Qd7 $11) (12... d5 $5 13. exd5 exd5 (13... Bc5 $2 14. dxe6
Bxf2+ (14... Qe7 15. Be3) 15. Kxf2 Qd4+ 16. Ke2 Qg4+ 17. Kd2 $18) (13... Ng4 $5
14. Qc4 $1 (14. d6 Qxd6 15. Qxe6+ Qxe6 16. Rxe6 Bd6 17. Ne4 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Be5
$11) 14... Bh4 (14... Nxf2 15. Rxe6) 15. Qxg4 Bxf2+ 16. Kh1 Bxe1 17. Qxe6+ $18)
14. Qxb7 (14. Bg5 Bc5 (14... c6 15. Qxb7 Bc5 (15... Bd6 16. Qxc6) 16. Qxc6
Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2) 15. Qxb7 (15. Re2 c6 16. Qxb7 Qd6 $44) 15... Rb8 16. Qc6 Bxf2+
17. Kxf2 Rb6 $15) 14... Qd7 $5 {- 12...Qd7 13.Qb7 d5} (14... Bc5 15. Qc6 $1 Qd6
(15... Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Ng4+ 17. Kg3) 16. Qxd6 cxd6 17. Nb5 $1 (17. h3 Ng4 (17...
Nd7 18. Re2 Ne5 19. d4 (19. Nxd5 Nxd3 20. Be3) 19... Bxd4 20. Nxd5 Nd3 21. Be3
$14) 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 d4 $44) (17. Rd1 Ng4 18. d4 Nxf2 19. dxc5 (19. Rd2
Bb6 20. a5 Rae8 $1 21. g3 Ng4 22. axb6 Re1+ 23. Kg2 Ne3+ 24. Kh3 Rf6 $19) 19...
Nxd1 20. Nxd1 Rae8 21. Be3 dxc5 $15) 17... Ng4 18. d4 Bb4 19. Re2 Rae8 20. Rxe8
Rxe8 21. Bf4 $16)) 13. Qxb7 $2 (13. d4 c6 14. d5 (14. Bg5 d5) 14... cxd5 (14...
exd5 15. exd5 Kh8 $11) 15. exd5 e5 16. Be3 a6 $11) 13... Ng4 (13... d5 $5 14.
exd5 (14. Bf4 Bc5 15. Re2 Bb6 (15... c6 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. Bg3 Bd4 18. Rc2) 16.
exd5 (16. a5 Rab8 17. Qa6 Bd4 $44) 16... Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5) 14... exd5 (14...
Nxd5 $5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bf4 Bc5 $44) 15. Bf4 Bc5 16. Re2 (16. Qxc7 Qxc7 17.
Bxc7 Ng4) 16... c6 17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. Bg3 Bd4 $44) 14. Nd1 (14. Re2 Ne5 (14...
Bh4 15. g3 Rfb8 16. Qa6 Bf6 {Shipov,S.+Notkin,M.}) 15. d4 (15. Qa6 c5) 15...
Rab8) (14. f3 Bh4 15. Re2 Ne5 16. d4 Rab8 17. Qa6 Rb6 18. Qa5 Nc6 19. Qh5 Bf6
20. e5 (20. d5 Nd4 21. Rf2 Nb3) 20... dxe5 21. dxe5 g6 22. Qh6 Bxe5 $15) 14...
Bf6 (14... Bh4 15. Rf1 Qf7 16. f3 Bf6 17. fxg4 Bd4+ 18. Nf2 Bxf2+ 19. Kh1 $11)
15. Qb3 (15. h3 Ne5 16. Qb3 Rab8 17. Qc2 c5 $44 (17... Qc6 $5)) 15... c5 (15...
Ne5 16. d4 $14) (15... Bd4 16. Be3 Be5 $1 (16... Nxe3 17. fxe3) (16... Rab8 17.
Qc2 Rxf2 18. Bxf2 Nxf2 19. Qc4 c5 20. Nxf2 Rxb2 21. Rf1 Qf7 22. Qxd4 cxd4 23.
Nd1 Qb7 24. Nxb2 Qxb2 25. Rab1 $18 {Shipov,S. and Notkin,M..}) 17. h3 Nxe3 18.
Rxe3 (18. fxe3 Qf7 $19) 18... Rab8 19. Qc2 c5 $15) 16. f4 $5 (16. h3 Ne5 17.
Qc2 Nc6 18. Be3 Rab8 $44) 16... Rab8 17. Qc2 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Qf7 (18... e5 19. f5
(19. h3 exf4 20. hxg4 Qxg4) (19. g3 $5 exf4 20. gxf4 Qe7 21. Qg2) 19... g6 20.
h3 gxf5 21. hxg4 fxe4 (21... fxg4 22. Qe2 (22. g3 Rf3 23. Kg2 Rbf8 (23... Qf7
24. Qc4 Qxc4 25. dxc4 Rbb3 26. Ra3 Rxg3+ 27. Kh2 $11) 24. Be3 Qe8 $40) 22...
Qe6 23. Be3 Qg6 24. Bxd4 (24. Nf2 g3 $13 (24... Rxb2 25. Qxg4 Rbxf2 (25... Bxe3
26. Qxg6+ hxg6 27. Nd1) 26. Qxg6+ hxg6 27. Bxf2 Bxa1 28. Bxc5 $11)) 24... cxd4
25. Nf2 $16) (21... f4 22. Qe2 (22. Nf2 Bxf2 (22... f3 $5) (22... Qe7 23. Nh3
Qh4 24. Rf1 f3 $40) 23. Qxf2 Qxg4 24. Rf1 f3 25. Be3 Kh8 $13) 22... Qe7 (22...
Rb3 23. Rf1) 23. g3 fxg3 (23... Rb3 24. Rf1) 24. Kg2 $16) 22. Qe2 (22. g3 Qxg4
23. Qg2 exd3) (22. Ne3 Qe7 23. g3 exd3) 22... exd3 23. Qxd3 Qxg4 24. Qh3 Qxh3+
25. gxh3 Rb3 26. Ra3 Rxa3 27. bxa3 $15 {/=}) (18... Qe7 19. g3 Qf7 20. h3 Qh5
21. Kg2) 19. h3 (19. Rf1 $6 Nxh2 20. Kxh2 Qh5+ 21. Kg3 g5 $19) 19... Qh5 20.
Rf1 (20. Qe2 Nf6 $17) 20... Qh4 $6 (20... g5 21. Qe2 (21. f5 exf5 22. exf5 Rbe8
$19) 21... Nf6 22. Qe1 g4 23. h4 (23. f5 gxh3 24. Qg3+ Kh8 25. Qxh3 exf5) 23...
c4 $5 $40 (23... d5 $5 $44) (23... g3 24. Qxg3+ Kh8 25. Be3 Rg8 26. Qh3 Qe2 27.
Qf3 Qxd3 28. Bxd4 Qxd4 29. Nf2)) 21. Qe2 h5 (21... Nf6 22. Kh2 Nh5 23. Rf3) (
21... Rf6 22. Qe1 Qxe1 (22... Qh5 23. Nc3) 23. Rxe1 Nf2+ 24. Nxf2 Bxf2 25. Rf1
Bd4 $15) 22. Ne3 $1 (22. Qe1 Qxe1 23. Rxe1 Nf6 $17) (22. Rf3 Ne5 23. Rf1 Qg3
$17) 22... Nxe3 23. Bxe3 Rxb2 24. Qf3 Bxe3 $6 (24... g5 $6 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. f5
g4 27. Qf4 e5 28. Qh6 (28. Qc1 Re2) 28... Rf6 (28... gxh3 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. g3)
29. Qc1) (24... Be5 $142 25. Qd1 $1 Qg3 26. Qf3 Qxf3 27. Rxf3 Bc3 28. Rc1 Bd2
$140 29. Bxd2 Rxd2 30. Rb1 $11) 25. Qxe3 Qf6 26. f5 (26. Qg3 $5 {Morozevich,A})
26... exf5 27. Rxf5 Re2 $1 (27... Qg6 28. Qf3 $14) 28. Rxf6 (28. Qc1 Qg6 $1 (
28... Qd4 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rb1 $1 Kg8 31. Qg5 $14) 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Qf1+
Qf6 31. Qxf6+ gxf6 32. Rb1 c4 33. dxc4 Rxe4 34. Rb7 a5 $11 {Shipov,S and
Notkin,M.}) (28. Qg1 Qe7) 28... Rxe3 29. Rxd6 Rf2 30. Rd5 h4 31. a5 Rg3 32. Rg1
Ra2 33. Rxc5 Rxd3 34. Rh5 Rg3 35. Rxh4 Rxa5 36. Kh2 Rg6 37. Rf4 Ra2 38. h4 Re2
39. Kh3 Re6 40. Ra1 R2xe4 41. Rxe4 Rxe4 42. Rxa7 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.06"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I think that this game was my best achievement in the World Cup. It is not so
often that you beat such a strong player with Black by a mating attack and
without him making an obvious mistake.  Ich denke, dass diese Partie meine
beste Leistung im World Cup war. Es kommt nicht oft vor, dass man einen derart
starken Spieler als Schwarzer bezwingt, mit einem Mattangriff und ohne dass er
einen offensichtlichen Fehler macht.} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 {So, no
Petroff today. Sergey had already played the Bishop's Opening once against me
in a rapid game in Nice in 2008. Also, kein Russisch heute. Die
Läufereröffnung hatte Sergey bereits einmal gegen mich gespielt, in einer
Schnellpartie in Nizza 2008.} Nc6 {I had played 3...c6 that time, as well as 3
times in in 2009 (including twice in Khanti Mansiysk). However, it is always
nice to change from time to time.  Damals hatte ich 3...c6 gezogen, ebenso wie
dreimal im Jahr 2009 (darnter zweimal in Khanti Mansiysk). Aber eine
Abwechslung von Zeit zu Zeit zu tut immer gut.} 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 (
6. Re1 d6 7. a4 {is another possibility. Morozevich played it against me in
Astana 2001. I had improved on that game and won against Sutovsky with White
in Dagomys 2006. ist eine weitere Möglichkeit. Morozevich spielte dies gegen
mich in Astana 2001. Zu dieser Partie hatte ich eine Verbesserung gefunden und
in Dagomys 2006 gegen Sutovsky mit Weiß gewonnen.}) 6... d5 {The most
straightforward system. Das gradlinigste System.} (6... d6 7. c3 {leads to a
slower game, similiar to the Ruy Lopez. führt zu langsamerem Spiel, ähnlich
wie im Spanier.}) 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3 ({The most challenging move is Der
kritischste Zug ist} 8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 {when Black has to choose beetween the
pawn sacrifice , wonach Schwarz sich entscheiden muss zwischen dem Bauernopfer}
Bh5 ({and und} 9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Qxd5 Qxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxc2 13. Rxe5 {
with an unclear position mit unklarer Stellung.}) 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12.
Rxe5 c6 13. Qf3 Bf6 (13... Bd6 $1 14. Re2 f5 (14... Kh8 {- 36/(395)}) 15. g5 f4
16. h4 Kh8 $13 {Kramnik,V}) 14. Re2 Kh8 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Nc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rc8
{1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2715)-Kasparov,G (2805)/Novgorod 1995/Inf 63/[Kramnik,V] 
(58)} 18. Bd2 $16 {Kramnik,V}) 8... a5 $1 {Black is chasing the Bb3, and
creating the eventual possibility for the R to enter into the game.  Schwarz
jagt den Bb3 und eröffnet sich die eventuelle Möglichkeit, den R ins Spiel zu
bringen.} 9. a4 (9. a3 a4 10. Ba2 Kh8 11. Re1 f6 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ndb4 14.
axb4 Qxd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G/New York PCA 1995 (41)}) (9. Ba4 {
allows erlaubt} Nd4 $1 10. Nxe5 Nb6 11. c3 Nxa4 12. Qxa4 Ne2+ 13. Kh1 Bf6 {
with a strong attack in Shirov,A-Mozetic,D,Tilburg, 1993. mit starkem Angriff
in Shirov,A-Mozetic,D,Tilburg, 1993.}) 9... Nd4 ({Another solid plan was
chosen by Alexander Onischuk twice. Ein anderer solider Plan wurde zweimal von
Alexander Onischuk gewählt.} 9... Be6 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Nbd2 Nf4 12. Bxe6 Nxe6
13. Nc4 Re8 14. Bd2 (14. Nfxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Nd4 16. Bf4 Qd6 17. c3 Bxe5 18.
Rxe5 Rxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. cxd4 Qxd4 {1/2-1/2 Kudrin,S-Onischuk,A/Stillwater
USA 2007 (41)}) 14... Nc5 15. Bc3 e4 16. Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Onischuk,A/
Sochi RUS 2007 (16)}) 10. Nxd4 (10. Nxe5 Nxb3 11. cxb3 Nb4 {gives Black more
than enough compensation for the pawn. gibt Schwarz mehr als genug
Kompensation für den Bauern.}) 10... exd4 11. Re1 {When my opponent made this
move I was not glad. I intended to meet 11.Nd2 with Ra6 followed by Rg6. At
first I thought that now Ra6 is not possible, as Black loses a piece, but then
I had an idea... Als mein Gegner diesen Zug machte, war ich nicht erfreut. Ich
hatte vor, 11.Nd2 mit Ra6 nebst Rg6 zu begegnen. Zuerst dachte ich, dass Ra6
jetzt nicht möglich sei, da Schwarz eine Figur verliert, doch dann kam mir
eine Idee...} (11. Nd2 Ra6 12. Nf3 (12. Qf3 Nb4) 12... Rg6 13. Ne5 Re6 14. Qh5
c6 {leads to an approximately equal game. führt zu ungefähr gleichem Spiel.})
11... Ra6 $3 {When I saw this move I immediately got excited. It would be a
shame to see such a move and not to make it! But fortunately, I found out that
this idea works! Als ich diesen Zug sah, wurde ich sofort aufgeregt. Es wäre
eine Schande, einen solchen Zug zu sehen, und ihn nicht zu machen! Aber zum
Glück stellte ich fest, dass diese Idee funktioniert!} (11... Be6 12. Na3 {
with a balanced game. mit ausgeglichenem Spiel.}) 12. Qh5 ({If White accepts
the piece sacrifice Falls Weiß das Figurenopfer} 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Rxe7 Rg6 {
then he would have a problem defending the g2-pawn: annimmt, dann hätte er ein
Problem, den g2-Bauern zu verteidigen:} 14. f3 (14. g4 $6 Qh5 $1 {I hoped I
would find this winning move, as originally I intended to play 14...f5: Ich
hoffte, ich würde diesen Gewinnzug finden, denn ursprünglich beabsichtigte ich
14...f5:} (14... f5 {when after worauf nach} 15. c4 $1 Qd6 16. Qe2 fxg4 17. h4
g3 (17... Be6 18. Bg5 h6 19. c5 Qd5 20. h5 Rxg5 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Rxe6 g3 23.
f4) 18. f3 Be6 ({Also possible is Ebenfalls möglich ist} 18... g2 19. Qe5 Qxe5
20. Rxe5 Rxf3 21. Bg5 Bd7 $13 {with an unclear game mit unklarem Spiel}) 19.
Bg5 h6 20. c5 Qd5 21. h5 Qxg5 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Qxe6+ {it is likely that the
game would end up in a draw. es wahrscheinlich ist, dass die Partie remis
enden würde.}) 15. Re4 (15. f3 f5) (15. Qf3 Bxg4 16. hxg4 Rxg4+ 17. Kf1 Rg1+
18. Kxg1 Qxf3) 15... Qxh3 16. g5 f5 17. Re5 f4 18. Qf1 Qh4 19. Qg2 Rf5 $19)
14... Bxh3 15. Re2 Qxf3 16. Qf1 {All white's moves are forced Alle weißen
Zügen sind erzwungen.} Bxg2 (16... Qh5 17. Bf4 Bxg2 18. Rxg2 Re8 19. Nd2 Re2
20. Rxg6 Qxg6+ 21. Kh1 Qh5+ 22. Kg1 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 $11) 17. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 18. Qxg2
Qd1+ $11 {with a perpetual check. As my opponent said in the press conference,
he saw this line, but decided to fight for more. A brave decision, but it
backfired in this game. mit ewigem Schach. Wie mein Gegner in der
Pressekonferenz sagte, sah er dieses Abspiel, beschloss aber, um mehr zu
kämpfen. Eine mutige Entscheidung, doch in dieser Partie ging sie nach hinten
los.}) ({Black would react in similiar fashion to the game after all other
replies. Nach allen anderen Erwiderungen würde Schwarz auf ähnliche Weise
reagieren wie in der Partie.} 12. Qf3 Re6 (12... Nb4 $5)) (12. Nd2 Rg6 13. Qf3
Nb4) (12. Na3 Rg6 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Bd2 Bb4 15. Bxb4 Nxb4 $15 {as shown by Yu.
Yakovic wie von Yu. Yakovic gezeigt.}) 12... Nb4 $6 {As soon as I made this
move, I regretted it. Sobald ich diesen Zug gemacht hatte, bereute ich es.} ({
Stronger was} 12... Bb4 $1 {continuing to ignore the hanging Nd5. When I was a
junior player, it was brought to my attention that it was Fischer's trademark
- to attack an opponent's piece instead of defending your own! , was weiter
den hängenden Nd5 ignoriert. Als ich ein Jugendspieler war, wies man mich
darauf hin, dass dies Fischers Markenzeichen war - eine gegnerische Figur
anzugreifen, statt die eigene zu verteidigen!} 13. Re2 (13. Bd2 Nf4 14. Qf3 Rf6
) 13... Re6 14. Rxe6 (14. Bg5 Rxe2 15. Bxd8 Re1+ 16. Kh2 Nf4) 14... Bxe6 15.
Nd2 Re8 $15) 13. Na3 ({In the event of Im Fall von} 13. Nd2 {I would have to
find hätte ich} Rh6 $5 {finden müssen:} ({Here Hier ist} 13... Rg6 14. Nf3 Be6
{is weaker because of schwächer wegen} 15. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 (15... fxe6 16. Ne5
Rgf6 17. Bg5) 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qg4 $14) (13... Be6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. Rxe6 fxe6
16. Qd1 Qd5 17. Ne4 Qc6 18. Bd2 $11) 14. Qxa5 $140 b6 15. Qa8 (15. Qe5 Nxc2 16.
Qxe7 Qxe7 17. Rxe7 Nxa1 $17) 15... Nc6 {with full compensation for the pawn.
The Qa8 really looks weird. mit voller Kompensation für den Bauern. Die Dame
Qa8 wirkt wirklich seltsam.}) 13... Rg6 {White has a few moves at his disposal,
but none of them gives him chances for an advantage. Moreover, he'll have to
be careful to equalise.  Weiß stehen eine Reihe von Zügen zur Verfügung, aber
keiner davon gibt ihm Chancen auf Vorteil. Mehr noch, er wird sich bemühen
müssen auszugleichen.} 14. Bf4 (14. Nb5 Be6 15. Rxe6 (15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qe2 Qd5
) 15... fxe6 16. Qe5 Kh8 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 e5 $17) (14. Bd2 b6 15. Re4 (
15. Nc4 Bb7) 15... Na6) (14. Nc4 Be6) 14... b6 {Played with the idea of
fianchettoing the B and bringing it into the attack. Mit der Idee, den B zu
fianchettieren und ihn in den Angriff einzuschalten.} (14... Be6 $5 {deserved
serious attention here as well, but I still didn't realise that it is a strong
idea. As it turned out, I played it in better circumstances. verdient auch
hier ernste Aufmerksamkeit, aber ich hatte noch immer nicht realisiert, dass
dies eine starke Idee ist. Wie sich herausstellte, spielte ich es unter
besseren Umständen.} 15. Bxe6 (15. Nc4 Bd5) 15... fxe6 16. Bg3 (16. Re4 Nd5)
16... Bd6 $15) 15. Qf3 {White is trying to prevent Bb7, but the B has another
way to join the game. Weiß versucht, Bb7 zu verhindern, aber der B hat noch
einen anderen Weg, ins Spiel einzugreifen.} (15. Nc4 Bb7 16. Bg3 Bd5 {and
strangely enough it is hard to find a good move for White. und seltsamerweise
fällt es schwer, einen guten Zug für Weiß zu finden.}) ({Probably better was
Vermutlich besser war} 15. Bg3 $1 Bd6 (15... Bb7 16. Nb5) ({or} 15... Be6 16.
Bxe6 fxe6) 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Re4 Qf6 {when it is easier to play for Black, but
probably he has no more than that. wonach die Stellung mit Schwarz leichter zu
spielen ist, aber womöglich hat er nicht mehr als das.}) 15... Be6 $1 {An
important idea. As White is forced to exchange Bs, Rf8 had get into attack.
Eine wichtige Idee. Da Weiß gezwungen ist, die B zu tauschen, wird der Rf8 in
den Angriff eingeschaltet.} (15... Bd7 16. Bxc7) 16. Bxe6 (16. Re2 {allows
erlaubt} Nxc2 $1 17. Bxe6 (17. Bxc2 Bd5 18. Qh5 Rxg2+ 19. Kf1 Rg6) 17... Nxa1
18. Bc4 c6 19. Be5 Bxa3 20. bxa3 b5 {and the N would get out from the corner. ,
und der N würde aus der Ecke entkommen.}) ({Too hazardous is Zu gefährlich ist
} 16. Rxe6 fxe6 17. Qe4 Na6 $1 {Shipov,S}) 16... fxe6 17. Qe4 Bd6 $1 {Black is
winning the fight for the key square f4. Then he intends to bring his N to
this square. Schwarz gewinnt den Kampf um das Schlüsselfeld f4. Danach
beabsichtigt er, seinen N hierhin zu überführen.} ({I don't see an advantage
for Black after Keinen Vorteil für Schwarz sehe ich nach} 17... Nd5 18. Be5 Bd6
19. Nc4 $1 Nf4 (19... Bxe5 20. Nxe5) 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Qc6 Qh4 22. Nxd6 Qxf2+
23. Kh1 cxd6 24. Rf1 Qxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 26. Kh2) 18. Bxd6 (18. Bd2 Nd5 19.
Nc4 (19. g3 Bf4) 19... Bf4 {and the N gets to f4. und der N gelangt nach f4.})
({Sergey had thought about the inventive Sergey hatte an dem kreativen} 18. Bc1
{but failed to find a defence after überlegt, vermochte aber keine
Verteidigung zu finden nach} Nd5 19. Nc4 Qf6 20. Re2 Bf4 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5
Qf3) ({Probably the best defence was Die beste Verteidigung war wahrscheinlich
} 18. Bg3 Qg5 19. h4 Qh5 {but Black's advantage is indisputable. , aber der
Vorteil von Schwarz steht außer Zweifel.}) (18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qh4) 18...
cxd6 19. Qxd4 ({More stubborn was Hartnäckiger war} 19. g3 {but after , aber
nach} e5 {White's position is in ruins. liegt die weiße Stellung in Trümmern.})
19... Qg5 {White is helpless. All the black pieces are attaching the
opponent's K (the N will join in soon via the d5-square) and nobody can help
it. Weiß ist hilflos. Alle schwarzen Figuren zielen auf den gegnerischen K 
(der N wird bald über das d5-Feld dazukommen), und niemand kann ihm helfen.}
20. g3 (20. Qe4 Nd5) (20. Qg4 Qf6 21. Qe2 Nd5) 20... Qf5 21. g4 (21. h4 e5 22.
Qe3 Nd5 23. Qe2 Nf4 {with a mating attack. mit Mattangriff.}) (21. Kh2 Nxc2 $1
22. Nxc2 Qxf2+ {transposes into a won R ending. leitet in ein gewonnenes
R-Endspiel über.}) 21... h5 ({According to engines, there was a stronger move:
Laut den Engines gab es einen stärkeren Zug:} 21... Nd5 22. Kh2 Qg5 {, but I
think that both moves are equally strong. , aber ich denke, dass beide Züge
gleich stark sind.}) 22. Re4 d5 23. Kh2 ({Or Oder} 23. Re5 Qf6 24. Qe3 hxg4 25.
h4 Qxh4 26. Rxe6 g3) 23... Qf3 ({Black could also finish the game with a
mating attack, but I went for the simplest solution. Schwarz konnte die Partie
auch mit einem Mattangriff beenden, aber ich wählte die einfachste Lösung.} 
23... Qg5) 24. Ree1 hxg4 25. Qe3 gxh3 26. Qxf3 Rxf3 27. Rg1 Rxf2+ 28. Kxh3 Rxg1
29. Rxg1 Nxc2 30. Nb5 Rf3+ 31. Kg4 Rxd3 32. Nd6 Ne3+ 33. Kf4 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schussler} e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 $5 (6...
g6) (6... g6 {Schussler} 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 d5 $10 10. Bb3 dxe4 11.
dxe4 Qxd1 12. Bxd1 Be6 {Grosar,A-Sermek,D, Ljublana Pirc 1993}) 7. Nbd2 (7. h4
$5) 7... Bg7 8. Bb3 O-O (8... Ne7 $5) 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Re1 Re8 $6 (10... b5 11.
Ne3 (11. Na3 a6 12. d4 Bxb3 13. axb3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 $14) 11... d5
12. Qc2 (12. a4 $6 dxe4 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. axb5 $6 exf3 15. bxc6 fxg2 $15 {xf4})
12... Qd7 $10) (10... Ne7 {Schussler} 11. d4 {+/-/+/=}) 11. h4 g4 (11... gxh4
$2 12. Nxh4 Nxe4 $2 13. Rxe4 d5 14. Rg4 $1 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bxg4 16. Qxg4 $16) 12.
Nh2 h5 (12... Qd7 13. Ne3 h5 14. Nhf1 {xf5} (14. Nhf1 {Schussler} d5 15. Ng3
$16)) 13. Bg5 $1 Qd7 (13... d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Nf1 $16) 14. Nf1 d5 $2 (14...
Nh7 15. Qd2 $1 (15. Ng3 Nxg5 16. hxg5 h4 17. Nh5 Qe7 $132) 15... f6 16. Bh6 $16
{/\ 17.Ng3, xh5,f5}) 15. Ncd2 $1 (15. exd5 $6 Nxd5 16. Ng3 f6 17. Bd2 Qf7 $13)
15... d4 (15... Nh7 16. Ng3 Nxg5 (16... f6 17. Be3 d4 18. cxd4 exd4 19. Bf4 $18
) 17. hxg5 h4 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Nh5 Bxb3 20. Qxb3 $16 {/\ Ne4}) 16. Ng3 dxc3 (
16... Nh7 17. Nxh5 f6 18. cxd4 $1 $18) 17. bxc3 Qxd3 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxh5 Bh8
(19... Bxh4 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21. Qxg4+ Rg6 22. Qxh4 Qxd2 23. Re3 Qd8 24. Qh2 $1
$16) 20. Re3 Qd7 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Rg3 Rad8 23. Qe2 $1 $18 (23. Rxg4+ $2 Kf8
24. Rg3 Qd7) 23... Kf8 24. Nf1 $1 Ke7 25. Rxg4 Rg8 (25... Kd7 {/\ Kc8}) 26.
Rxg8 Rxg8 27. Rb1 $1 Nd8 28. Nhg3 Kd7 29. Ne3 Bg7 30. Rd1+ Kc8 31. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Nuremberg LGA Cup 8th"]
[Site "Nuremberg"]
[Date "2011.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Renner, Christoph"]
[Black "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2011.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 (6. a3 O-O 7. h3 Be6
8. Nd5 {geschah in Rethy-Kieninger, München 1941.}) 6... Na5 7. Be3 ({In
Boskovic-Gustafsson, Gibraltar 2010, folgte} 7. Bb3 O-O ({Dies ist genauer als
} 7... Nxb3 8. axb3 O-O 9. d4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Re8 11. O-O a6 12. Re1 $14 {
Dobos-Toth, Ungarische Liga 1993}) 8. O-O c6 9. d4 Qc7 10. Be3 Re8 $11) 7...
Nxc4 8. dxc4 c6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Nh2 $6 {Zu direkt.} ({Eher am Platze war} 10. a4
a5 11. Rd1 O-O 12. O-O $11 {Grosar-Doric, Kroatische Liga 2007}) 10... Be6 11.
Ng4 Nd7 12. O-O h5 $5 {Schwarz bereitet die lange Rochade vor.} 13. Nh2 f6 14.
Rfd1 g6 15. a4 a5 16. b3 O-O-O {Nun ist schwer für Weiß, einem guten Plan zu
finden.} 17. Rd2 g5 18. f3 Rdg8 19. Nd1 f5 $2 {Ein dubioser Zug.} ({Philidor
und Morphy haben uns gelehrt} 19... Nf8 $5 20. Bf2 Ng6 {zu spielen, und zu
Recht, wie} 21. Ne3 Nf4 22. Qf1 Bf8 23. c3 g4 24. fxg4 Qh7 $17 {zeigt.}) 20.
exf5 Bxf5 21. Nf2 Nf6 22. Rf1 Bf8 23. Qd1 ({Möglich war} 23. Rdd1 g4 24. fxg4
hxg4 25. Nhxg4 Nxg4 26. Nxg4 Bxg4 27. hxg4 Qh7 28. g5 Qh2+ 29. Kf2 Qh4+ 30. Kg1
Be7 31. Rf5 Kb8 32. Qf3 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Rf8 34. Bf2 Rxf5 35. Qxf5 Qh5 36. Rd3 Rf8
37. Qh3 $11) 23... g4 24. fxg4 hxg4 25. hxg4 $4 ({Verschenkt die Partie,
während} 25. Nhxg4 Bxg4 26. Nxg4 Nxg4 27. hxg4 Qh7 28. Rf5 $11 {Ausgleich
ergab.}) 25... Qh7 26. Nh3 Nxg4 27. Nxg4 Rxg4 28. Qf3 Bd7 29. Bb6 Be7 30. c5 d5
31. Rdf2 Be6 ({Auch} 31... Rgg8 32. Qc3 Bxh3 33. Qxa5 Kd7 $19 {gewinnt.}) 32.
Qe3 ({Kaum besser wäre} 32. Kh1 e4 33. Qe3 Rxg2 34. Rxg2 Bxh3 $19) 32... Qxh3
33. Rf8+ Bxf8 34. Rxf8+ Kd7 0-1

[Event "LTU-ch"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "2002.05.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zapolskis, Antanas J"]
[Black "Sarakauskas, Gediminas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nd5 Kh8 10. Ne3 Nd4 11. g4 Bg6 12. c3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 c6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15.
gxf5 Ne8 16. Kh1 Bg5 17. Rg1 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Qf6 19. Qe3 g6 20. Qh6 Qg7 21. Qh4
Qf6 22. Qh6 Qg7 23. Qg5 Qf6 24. f4 Qxg5 25. fxg5 gxf5 26. exf5 d5 27. Bb3 f6
28. Rce1 Nd6 29. gxf6 Rae8 30. c4 dxc4 31. dxc4 Rxf6 32. c5 Nxf5 33. Rxe5 Ref8
34. Re4 Rg6 35. Rxg6 hxg6 36. Rb4 Re8 37. Bf7 Re1+ 38. Kh2 Re2+ 39. Kg1 Kg7 40.
Rxb7 Kf6 41. Bc4 Rc2 42. Bd3 Rxc5 43. Rxa7 Ke5 44. Kf2 Rd5 45. Ke2 Kf4 46. Kd2
Nd4 47. Kc3 Nb5+ 48. Bxb5 cxb5 49. a4 bxa4 50. Rxa4+ {[#] b-Freibauer vom
König unterstützt bei 1-1 am Königsflügel.} Ke5 51. Ra6 Rc5+ 52. Kb3 g5 53. Rh6
Kf4 54. Ka4 Rc1 55. b4 Rh1 56. Rh5 Kf5 57. Rh8 Kg6 58. b5 Kg7 59. Rc8 Rxh3 60.
b6 Rh1 61. b7 Ra1+ 62. Kb5 Rb1+ 63. Kc6 Kf6 64. b8=Q Rxb8 65. Rxb8 {Der
schwarze König steht zwar auf der Schokoladenseite, doch ist sein Bauer nicht
weit genug voran gekommen. Der Gewinn ist technisch einfach.} Ke5 66. Re8+ Kf4
67. Kd5 g4 68. Kd4 Kf3 69. Rf8+ (69. Kd3 $142) 69... Ke2 70. Rg8 Kf3 71. Kd3 $1
g3 72. Rf8+ (72. Rf8+ Kg2 73. Ke2 Kh2 74. Rh8+ Kg1 75. Kf3 g2 76. Rg8 Kh1 77.
Kf2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Clarin GP final"]
[Site "Villa Gesell"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Black "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1998.03.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3
Bf5 9. Re1 Bf6 10. Bb5 Re8 11. Nbd2 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ne4 Nb6 14. Qe2 Nd7
15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. d4 e4 17. Nh2 c5 18. Be3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qg6 20. Kh1 Nf6 21.
Qc4 Be6 22. Qxc7 Nd5 23. Qa5 f5 24. Qd2 Qf7 25. Bf4 Nxf4 26. Qxf4 Bxa2 27. Rec1
Bc4 28. Rc3 Rad8 29. Rac1 Bd3 30. Rc7 Qf6 31. Rb7 Rc8 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. d5 Qh6
34. Qxh6 gxh6 35. g4 f4 36. d6 Rd8 37. Rb6 e3 38. fxe3 fxe3 39. Kg1 Bb5 40. Nf3
Rf8 41. Kg2 e2 42. Ne1 Rf1 43. Rxb5 axb5 44. d7 Rf8 45. Nf3 Rd8 46. Kf2 Rxd7
47. Kxe2 Kg7 48. Ke3 h5 49. gxh5 Kh6 50. b4 Kxh5 51. Nd4 Rb7 52. Nf5 Rb6 53.
Kd4 (53. Kf4 {This allows the transition into a pawn ending with an extra
tempo: Erlaubt den Übergang ins Bauernendspiel mit Tempovorteil.} Rf6 54. Ke5
Rxf5+ 55. Kxf5 Kh4 56. Kf6 (56. Ke5 Kxh3 57. Kd5 h5 58. Kc5 h4 59. Kxb5 Kg3 60.
Ka6 h3 61. b5 h2 62. b6 h1=Q {White is short by a tempo. Weiß fehlt ein Tempo.}
) 56... Kxh3 57. Kg5 Kg3 $19) 53... Rc6 54. Ne3 Kh4 55. Kd5 Rc8 56. Nf5+ Kxh3
57. Nd6 Rd8 $1 {This leads to the exact transition as in the variation
sketched above. This is in any case simpler and clearer than ...Rb8, which
would also win. Führt zum exakt gleichen Übergang wie in der vorhin
skizzierten Variante. Das ist jedenfalls einfacher und klarer als Tb8,
wasebenfalls gewinnt.} (57... Rb8 58. Kc5 h5 59. Nxb5 h4 60. Nd4 Kg2 61. Ne2
Rf8 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh4h3,Rh3h2,Rh2h1]}) 58. Kc6 Rxd6+ 59. Kxd6 Kg4 60. Kc6 h5
61. Kxb5 h4 62. Ka6 h3 63. b5 h2 64. b6 h1=Q 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schmaltz, Roland"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[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 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bb3 O-O 6. c3 d5 7. Nbd2 Re8 8. O-O
Bf8 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe2 h6 12. Nf1 Bg6 13. Nh4 Bh7 14. Qf3 Na5 15.
Nf5 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 c6 18. b4 Re6 19. Bd2 g6 20. Qf3 Qd7 21. c4 a6
22. Ra5 Rd8 23. Bc3 dxe4 24. dxe4 Qd3 25. Qxd3 Rxd3 26. Nd2 Bd6 27. c5 Bc7 28.
Raa1 Nh5 29. g3 Re8 30. Nc4 f6 31. Rad1 Rdd8 32. Kf1 Ng7 33. Bd2 Rd4 34. Rc1 h5
35. Be3 Rdd8 36. Red1 Kf7 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Rh8 39. Kg2 Ne6 40. f3 Nd4 41.
Bxd4 exd4 42. Rh1 d3 43. Rcd1 Rxh1 44. Kxh1 Bf4 45. Kg2 d2 46. Kf2 Rh8 47. Nxd2
Rd8 48. Ke2 Rd4 49. Nb3 Rxb4 50. Rd3 Be5 51. Ke3 g5 52. Kd2 Bxb2 53. Na5 Ke7
54. Rb3 Rxb3 55. Nxb3 Kd7 56. Kd3 Kc7 57. Nd2 Be5 58. Nc4 Bg3 59. Kc3 Bf2 60.
Kb4 {[#] A combinatorial transition into a pawn ending, which is immediately
winning for Black due to his outside passed pawn and the blocked White
majority on the kingside. [#] Kombinatorischer Übergang ins Bauernendspiel,
das wegen des entfernten schwarzen c-Freibauern und der blockierten weißen
Mehrheit am Königsflügel sofort gewonnen ist.} a5+ $1 61. Nxa5 Bxc5+ 62. Kxc5
b6+ 63. Kb4 bxa5+ 64. Kxa5 Kd6 65. Kb6 Ke5 66. Kxc6 Kf4 (66... Kf4 67. Kd5 Kxf3
68. Ke6 Kxe4 69. Kxf6 Kf4 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 09th Group6"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "1993.09.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Horvath, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1993.09.17"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muenchen Bayern"]
[BlackTeam "Zalaegerszegi Csuti Antal SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 $5 (7. d4
Qe7 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. Re1 $14) 7... Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Bb3 Kh7 $6 $146 (9... Re8
10. h3 Be6 (10... d5 $6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. d4 $1 Nb6 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Rxe5
15. Rxe5 Bxe5 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. Qe3 $1 $16 {Judasin-Mikhalcisin, Lvov 1983, Inf.
32/410}) 11. Ba4 a6 $6 (11... Bd7 $13) 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Qb8
15. Qc2 Qb7 16. b3 $14 {Dolmatov-Lerner, SSSR (ch) 1980, Inf. 30/251}) (9... d5
$2 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 Re8 12. Ba4 $1 $16) 10. Nc4 Nh5 11. h3 Be6 (11... f5
$2 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Nfxe5 $18) 12. Ne3 $14 Qd7 (12... Bxb3 13. axb3 $16) 13.
Bc2 Ne7 14. d4 f6 15. c4 Nf4 16. Nd5 $1 $16 Nfxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Ba4 Qd8 19.
Bd2 a6 (19... Bd7 20. Bc2 Bf5 21. Bc3 $16) 20. Rc1 b5 $6 (20... Bd7 21. Bc2 b5
22. b3 $16) 21. Bb3 bxc4 22. Bxc4 Qb8 23. Ba5 $1 Nc8 24. Bb3 Nb6 25. Nh4 $1 Kg8
(25... Bd7 26. Qc2 $18) 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Qc2 $18 Rf7 28. Qxf5 exd4 29. Re6 Qd8
30. Bd1 Qd7 31. Be2 Kf8 32. Bd2 Re8 33. Bh5 Ree7 34. Rce1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2
c5 9. c3 Qc7 10. Na3 Nc6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Ng5 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. f4 Bg4 15. Nf3
exf4 16. Bxf4 Rae8 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. Qd2 Bd8 20. a5 Bxd5 21. exd5
Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Ne7 23. d4 cxd4 24. c4 Ng6 25. Bg3 Nh5 26. Bf2 d3 27. Kh1 Nhf4
28. b4 Qg4 29. Bg3 Qf5 30. Bb1 Bf6 31. Re3 Rc8 32. Bxf4 Qxf4 33. Qxd3 Kf8 34.
Ba2 Ne5 35. Qe4 $2 (35. Nxe5 Bxe5 36. g3 $15) 35... Qxe4 $19 36. Rxe4 Nd3 37.
b5 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. Bb3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Ng3 d5 12. Ba4 Nd7 13. b4 dxe4 14. dxe4 a5 15.
b5 Na7 16. Qe2 Nb6 17. Bb3 Qd7 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Nf1 Nc4 20. N3d2 Nd6 21. a4
Nac8 22. c4 c5 23. Ne3 Ne7 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. cxd5 Qd7 26. b6 Ra6 27. Ba3 Rc8 28.
Nb3 Rxb6 29. Nxc5 Qd8 30. Rec1 Bf8 31. Qe1 h5 32. h3 Bh6 33. Rc3 Rb4 34. Bxb4
axb4 {[%tqu "En","","","","c5b7","",10]} 35. Nxb7 $1 Nxb7 36. Rxc8 Qxc8 37.
Qxb4 Bf8 38. Qb2 Nc5 39. a5 Kh7 40. Qb1 h4 41. Qc1 Qa6 42. Qf1 Qa7 43. Qc4 Kg7
44. a6 Be7 45. Qc2 Bd6 46. Kh2 Be7 47. Ra2 Bd6 48. Qe2 Bb8 49. Qe3 Qb6 50. Qe2
Ba7 51. Qb2 $6 (51. Ra1 Qf6 52. f3 $16) 51... Qf6 $11 52. Qe2 Qf4+ 53. g3 Qf6
54. Kg2 hxg3 55. fxg3 Qb6 56. h4 Nd7 57. Qf3 Qg1+ 58. Kh3 Nf6 59. Rc2 Bc5 60.
Rd2 Qa1 61. Qd3 Qa4 62. Re2 Bd4 63. Re1 Qd7+ 64. Kg2 Qa4 65. Kh3 Bc5 66. g4 Qd7
67. Qf3 Nh5 68. Rd1 Nf4+ 69. Kg3 $6 (69. Kh2 g5 70. d6 $15) 69... Qa7 $6 (69...
Qa4 70. Rh1 Qxa6 $19) 70. Ra1 $17 Bd4 71. Rd1 Qxa6 72. g5 $2 (72. h5 f6 73.
hxg6 $17) 72... Qc8 $19 73. Rh1 Nh5+ 74. Kg2 Qc2+ 75. Kh3 Bf2 76. Rd1 Nf4+ 77.
Kh2 Bxh4+ 78. Kh1 Bg3 $1 79. Kg1 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Kh8 {
/\ Ng8, f5} 8. Nc3 (8. a5 a6 {otherwise a5-a6 is always hanging in the air.} 9.
Nc3 $5 (9. c3 Ng8 10. d4 {White has to react quickly in the [+].} (10. Qb3 f5
11. exf5 Rxf5 12. Nbd2 Nf6 13. Be6 Bxe6 14. Qxe6 Qd7 15. Qxd7 Nxd7 16. d4 exd4
17. Nxd4 Re5 $11 {Tkachiev-Fressinet, Cap d'Agde KO rapid 2002}) 10... f5 $1 {
This is Black's main weapon here.} (10... Bg4 {is not logical here, the pin is
not so important.} 11. d5 $1 (11. Be3 f5 {This Black's main threat in this
variation.} 12. exf5 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. Be2 Bxf5 15. Nc3 Nb4 16. Rc1 c6 17.
Qa4 Nd3 18. Bxd3 Bxd3 19. Bd2 Bd6 $11 {Degraeve-Ch Bauer, Antwerp 1998}) (11.
dxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bg5 $11 {Vratonjic-Nestorovic, Nis 1994}) 11...
Nb8 12. Bd3 $1 {Macieja} (12. Nbd2 $6 {allows} Bg5 {activating the passive B.}
13. h3 (13. Qb3 $2 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Bxc1 15. Raxc1 {The exchange of the
dark-squared B helped for Black.} Nd7 $1 16. Bf1 $11 (16. Qxb7 $2 Rb8 17. Qc6
Rxb2 $1 18. Qa4 Ngf6 19. Qa3 Qb8 $15 {Macieja-Johannessen, Bermuda-A 2002 84/
268})) (13. Bd3 Nd7 14. b4) 13... Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Nd7 16. b4 Ne7
$13 {Sermek-Mitkov, Pula zt 2000}) 12... Nd7 13. b4 $14 {and White grabs the
|^ on the <<, while Black's play on the >> looks rather slow.}) (10... exd4 {
Lukacs - Hossain-Ehlvest, Dhaka 1999 CBM 70}) (10... Bf6 {blocks the f P.} 11.
h3 g6 12. Be3 Bg7 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. Nbd2 Nd8 15. Qa2 Be6 16. b4 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 $14
{Kayumov-Coleman, ADCF Masters 2003}) 11. dxe5 fxe4 $1 (11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5
dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nd2 {and Black has problems with his
isolated P on e5.} Bf6 16. Nb3 (16. Ne4 $2 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Rd1+ 18. Bf1 Bg5 $15)
(16. Nf3 Rd7 17. Ng5 h6 18. Be6 (18. Ne6) 18... Bxg5 19. Bxf5 Bxc1 20. Raxc1
$14) 16... Ne7 (16... Bd3 17. Bxd3 Rxd3 18. Nc5 Rd5 19. Be3 $16 {
Pyhala-Koskinen, FIN 1992}) 17. Nc5 Rab8 $14) 12. Rxe4 Bf5 13. Re1 Nxe5 14.
Nxe5 dxe5 $13 {Macieja-Bauer, Rethymnon 2003 CBM 098}) 9... Ng8 {/\ f5, which
is the main idea of this variation.} (9... Be6 10. Nd5) (9... Bg4 10. h3) 10.
Nd5 f5 11. c3 Nf6 (11... fxe4 12. dxe4 Bg4 13. Be2 Nf6 {was also interesting.})
(11... Bf6 12. b4 (12. exf5 Bxf5 $13) 12... f4 {Now Black has good attacking
chances on the >>, if White will not react immediately.} 13. d4 g5 $5 (13...
Bg4 {attacking >< d4 comes into consideration.} 14. Bb2 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 exd4 16.
cxd4 Nxd4 (16... Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qc3 Nc6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. b5 Rxa5 21.
Rxa5 Nxa5 22. Qxa5 c6 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxf4 Nf6 $11) 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Rac1 c6
19. Nc3 Qh4 $13) 14. dxe5 (14. Nxf6 Qxf6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 {- 14.dxe5}) 14... Nxe5
15. Nxf6 Qxf6 16. Nxe5 dxe5 {White has the ^^, but the position is fairly
closed, and he has to defend against an -> on the >>.} 17. Bb2 Ne7 18. Qh5 Bd7
19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Bb3 Qg6 21. Qxg6 Nxg6 $11 {Even the _|_ is playable for
Black, Bauer-Hauchard, France 2003 CBM 095.}) 12. Ng5 Ng4 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 {
The exchange of the passive dark-squared B is not dangerous for Black.} 14.
exf5 Bxf5 15. Qb3 (15. f3 Nf6 $13 {Degraeve-Karpatchev, Montpellier op 2003})
15... Nd8 $13) (8. c3 Bg4 (8... Ng8) 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 {- Erenburg-Ganguly,
Wch U20 2002 CBM 91ext}) 8... Bg4 $6 {This idea is not easy to combine with 7..
.Kh8.} (8... Ng8 {Black follows the original plan.} 9. Nd5 (9. a5 a6 {- 8.a5})
9... f5 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nd2 Qg6 14. Bh4 Nf6 $13 {
Landa-Fressinet, playchess.com INT 2004}) 9. h3 Bh5 (9... Bxf3 {The exchange
of the light-squared B favours White.} 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Qd1 c6 12. Ne2 {
Now the d4 N has to abandon his central position.} Ne6 13. Ng3 g6 14. c3 Qc7
15. Bh6 $14 {Barua-Mohota, Pune 2004}) 10. Be3 Qd7 11. Nd5 Na5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]}
(11... Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Nb4 $5 13. Bb3 (13. Bxb7 Rab8) 13... f5 14. Nxe5 (14. exf5
Qxf5) 14... Qe8 15. Nf3 fxe4 16. dxe4 d5 $1 (16... Rxf3 {is brave!} 17. gxf3
Qg6+ 18. Kh1 (18. Kh2 d5 $5) 18... d5 $5 $14) (16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bf6 18. c3
Nc6 $44) 17. exd5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qg6+ 19. Kh1 Qf5 $44 {and White's P formation
is rather shattered.}) 12. Nxe5 $1 {This is the tactical refutation!} Qd8 (
12... dxe5 $2 13. Nxf6 Bxf6 14. Qxh5 Nxc4 15. dxc4 $16 {with a healthy P up
for White.}) 13. Qd2 (13. Nf3 Nxc4 14. dxc4 Nxe4 15. Nf4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Ng5 17.
Qxb7 $16) 13... b6 14. b4 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 Nxd5 16. exd5 f5 17. Bd4 Bh4 $2 {
overlooking the next blow.} (17... Bf6 $1 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 $14) 18. Qh6 $1 Bxf2+
19. Kxf2 Qh4+ 20. Ke3 Qxd4+ 21. Kxd4 gxh6 22. Re7 {Black has got back the P,
but the _|_ is very bad for him.} Rf7 (22... Rac8 23. Rf1 $16) 23. Rxf7 Bxf7
24. a5 Rc8 25. axb6 axb6 {[%mdl 4096]} 26. Rf1 $2 ({The penetration to the
seventh rank by} 26. Ra7 $1 {was the logical follow up.} Kg7 27. Na3 {/\ Nb5,
c4} Kf6 (27... Be8 28. Ke3 {/\ Kf4 defending the whole >>.} Kf6 29. Kf4 Bd7 30.
Nc4 {/\ Nb6} Be8 31. Ne3 Bg6 32. c4 $16 {/\ d4,c5}) 28. c4 $1 {and White
improves his position slowly but surely.} (28. Nb5 {allows Black at least to
liquidate to a R _|_.} Bxd5 $1 29. Kxd5 c6+ 30. Kxd6 cxb5 31. Rxh7 (31. Rc7 Rg8
32. Kc6 Rxg2 33. Kxb5 f4 $132) 31... Rxc2 32. Rxh6+ Kg5 33. Rh8 Kf4 34. Rg8 $16
) 28... Be8 29. Ke3 Bd7 30. Kf4 $16 {/\ Nc2-e3,d4,c5}) 26... Bg6 27. Ne3 {
White fights on the wrong side of the board. His real advantage is on the <<.}
Rf8 28. g4 (28. Rf4 Kg7 29. g3 Kf6 30. h4 (30. g4 Kg5 $1) 30... h5 {/\ Ra8})
28... f4 29. Rf3 (29. Nf5 $6 Bxf5 (29... h5 $5) 30. Rxf4 Kg7 31. Rxf5 Re8 $14)
29... h5 $1 {Black grabs the slightest possibility to create counterplay.} 30.
g5 (30. Ng2 hxg4 31. hxg4 $14) 30... h4 31. Ng2 Kg8 32. c4 (32. Rxf4 Rxf4+ (
32... Re8 33. Nxh4) 33. Nxf4 Bf5 34. Kc4 Bd7 $14 {avoiding the penetration on
the <<.}) 32... Rf5 $1 33. Nxh4 (33. Rxf4 Rxg5 34. Nxh4 {- 33.Nxh4}) 33... Rxg5
34. Rxf4 Rg3 35. Nxg6 (35. Rf3 Rg1) 35... hxg6 {The R _|_ gives good drawing
chances as a rule.} 36. h4 (36. Rg4 Rxh3 (36... Rxg4+ $2 37. hxg4 Kf7 38. g5 (
38. Kc3 Kf6) 38... Ke7 39. Kc3 Kd7 40. Kb3 $18) 37. Rxg6+ Kf7 38. Re6 Rh4+ 39.
Re4 Rh1 40. c5 bxc5+ 41. bxc5 dxc5+ 42. Kxc5 Rc1+ 43. Kb5 Rc3 44. d4 Rc1 45.
Re6 (45. Re5 Kf6) 45... Rd1 $11) (36. Re4 Kf7 37. Re3 Rg2 $11) 36... g5 $1 37.
hxg5 Rxg5 {If the pawns are on one flank, the drawing chances are much bigger.}
38. Kc3 {/\ Kb3-a4} (38. c5 $5 bxc5+ 39. bxc5 dxc5+ (39... Rg1 40. c6 $1) 40.
Kxc5 Rg3 $1 41. Rd4 Rg6 42. Ra4 Kf8 43. Ra7 Ke8 44. Rxc7 Kd8 $11 {with a
theoretical draw.}) 38... Rg1 $1 39. Kb3 Ra1 $1 {otherwise the penetration
Ka4-b5-c6 decides.} 40. c5 bxc5 41. bxc5 Rb1+ 42. Kc2 Rb5 43. cxd6 cxd6 44. d4
Rxd5 45. Kd3 Rh5 46. Kc4 Kg7 47. d5 Rh1 48. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 d5 $5 {
This move looks rather paradoxal, but after c2-c3 this freeing move gains some
strength.White has no natural development by Nc3 and >< d3 may become weak in
some cases.} (7... Na5 8. Bc2 c5 {is the "Closed Ruy Lopez" solution.}) (7...
h6 {and}) (7... Bg4 {are the other alternatives without any extravaganza.}) 8.
Qe2 (8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 (9. h3 {against Bg4, /\ Re1 >< e5.} Nb6 {clearing the
d <-> looks more to the point. At least Nd2-e4 cannot come so quickly.} (9...
Bf6 10. Nbd2 {The B can be hitted by Ne4.} Nf4 (10... Nce7 11. Ne4 Ng6 12. d4
exd4 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Qxd4 $14 {and the doubled pawns yield
White a slight edge in the _|_, Kuczynski-Romanishin, Dresden DSV 1988.}) 11.
Ne4 Qxd3 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Bxf4 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 exf4 15. Rfe1 {Black is a P up,
but look at those ugly pawns!} Bf5 16. Nd4 $14 {Nevednichy-Romanishin, Nis op
1996}) 10. Re1 Bf6 11. a4 a5 12. Be3 Bf5 13. Bxb6 cxb6 {Black's P structure is
again corrupted, but what a difference!} 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. Na3 Rad8 16. Qe2 Rfe8
$11 {Svetushkin-Kuzmin, Alushta 1999}) 9... Bg4 $142 (9... Bf6 10. Bc2 (10. Na3
{/\ Nc4 >< e5} Bg4 11. Nc4 Nb6 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ncxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5
Bxe5 16. Rxe5 Bxd3 17. Bg5 {White has the ^^, but his >> is weakened.} Qd6 18.
Re3 Qg6 19. Bf4 Bc4 20. Qf3 c6 $11 {Alekseev-Silivanov, RUS-Cup Togliatti 2001}
) 10... Bg4 (10... g6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Nbd2 Bf5 13. Ne4 Bg7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Ng3 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nb6 (17... Nf6 18. Ba4 $1 $16 {Yudasin-Romanishin,
SU-ch Simferopol 1988}) (17... f5 18. Bb3 $14) 18. Ne4 $14) 11. Nbd2 Re8 12.
Ne4 Bh5 (12... Rb8 $5 {against Ba4 and Nc5.}) 13. Bb3 b6 14. Ba4 $1 {This is
the hidden threat!} Re6 15. Ng3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 {The light-squared B is really
missing in this type of position.} Na5 17. Bd2 $16 {Gavrikov-Kupreichik, SU-ch
otbor 1977}) 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 c6 {White has won
the e P, but the position resembles a bit to the Ruy Lopez Marshall Attack.}
14. Qf3 Bd6 15. Re1 f5 16. g5 f4 (16... Bf7 $5) 17. h4 Qd7 {1/2:1/2
Palekha-Varavin, Sudak 2002}) (8. Nbd2 dxe4 {If Black has to take on e4, then
it is better to do it right now.} (8... a6 {Once more against Ba4.} 9. Qe2 dxe4
10. dxe4 {After giving up the tension in the [+] Black has some problems on
the light squares.} Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Nc4 (13. Nf1 Bg6 14. Ng3 Nh5
15. Nxh5 Bxh5 16. Bd5 Qe8 17. Re1 Bd6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Nxe5 Bxe2 20. Nxc6 Bd3
21. e5 Bc5 22. Be3 $14 {securing the extra P,Torre-Ivanchuk, Biel 1989.}) 13...
h6 14. Bc2 $14 {and the B on h5 is out of place, Kosten-Conquest, London 1989.}
) 9. dxe4 Bc5 (9... a6 10. Qe2 {- 8...a6}) 10. h3 (10. Qe2 {- 8.Qe2}) 10... Qe7
{This setup gives more chances for Black for equalization.} 11. Re1 (11. Nh4 g6
(11... Rd8 12. Qf3) 12. Qf3 Ne8 (12... Nh5 13. Nf5 $14 {Beshukov-Zarnicki,
Najdorf Festival op 1998}) 13. Qg3 Ng7 $13 {parrying the immediate threats.})
11... Be6 {Now both black bishops have reached their optimal positions.} 12.
Nf1 Rad8 13. Qc2 Nh5 {/\ Nf4} 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 Bb6 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Ne3 Nf4
$132 {Zapolskis-Mikhalchishin, EU-chT 1999}) 8... dxe4 (8... d4 $143 {allows
the typical reaction} 9. Ba4 {again.} Bg4 10. Bxc6 (10. Nbd2 dxc3 11. bxc3 $14
{Kudrin-Kuzmin, Kusadasi op 1990}) 10... bxc6 11. h3 $14) 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. Bg5 {
White wants to use the pin provoking some weakening moves on the >>.} (10. Ba4
{is not so effective here.} Qe7 11. b4 Bd6 12. Nbd2 a5 13. b5 {weakening
irreversibily >< c5.} Nb8 14. Nc4 Nbd7 15. Ne3 Nc5 16. Bc2 c6 $11 {
Mencinger-Mikhalchishin, SLO-chT Bled 1998}) (10. Nbd2 Nh5 {/\ Nf4} 11. Nc4 Bg4
12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Qf6 14. Ne1 {The N is rather useless here.} Rad8 15. f3
Be6 16. g3 a5 17. a4 Rd7 18. Nd3 b6 $15 {Galliamova-Romanishin, GMA op Moscow
1989}) 10... h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 {/\ Be6} 12. Nbd2 (12. Bd5 $5 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14.
Nbd2 $14 {with some play on the weakened light squares.}) 12... a6 13. Nc4 Be6
(13... g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Ne3 (15. Rad1 Nf4 16. Bxf4 gxf4) 15... Nxg3 16. hxg3
$14 {targeting >< d5 and f5.}) 14. Bc2 (14. Ne3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Bxb3 16. axb3 Qe6
$11 {and Black leaves the pin without any weakening move.}) 14... g5 15. Bg3
Bg4 (15... Nh5 16. Nfxe5 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxa2 19. Nc6 Qe6 20. Bd3
Qxc6 21. Rxa2 $14 {and the ^- may help White's |^ on the >>.}) 16. b4 (16. Ne3
$14) 16... b5 17. Ne3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Nh5 19. Bb3 Rad8 20. Bd5 Rd6 21. Qc5 Bxf3
22. Bxc6 {White allows Black to create some tactical counterchances on the >>.}
(22. gxf3 Nd8 $14) 22... Nf4 $1 {This is an original idea!} (22... Nxg3 23.
hxg3 Qf6) 23. gxf3 Qe6 $1 {/\ Qh3} 24. Bxf4 gxf4 $1 {opening up the g <->.} (
24... Rxc6 $2 {is out of question:} 25. Qxe5 gxf4 26. Qxf4 Kh7 27. Rac1 Qxa2
28. Kh1 $16) 25. Kh1 $2 ({The last chance to defend was} 25. Bxb5 $1 Qh3 $1 (
25... axb5 26. Rfd1 $1) 26. Qxd6 $1 {White sacrifices his Q, but the arising
position after} cxd6 27. Be2 Kh7 28. Kh1 {is a tough nut to crack.}) 25... Qh3
$1 {Now Black's -> is hard to parry.} (25... Rxc6 $4 26. Rg1+ $18) 26. Rg1+ Kh7
27. Rg2 (27. Bd7 Qxf3+ (27... Rxd7 $2 28. Qxf8 Qxf3+ 29. Rg2 Rd1+ $11 {leads
only to an immediate draw.}) 28. Rg2 {- 27.Rg2}) 27... Qxf3 ({or} 27... Rg8 28.
Rxg8 Kxg8 29. Rg1+ Kh7 $19) 28. Bd7 (28. Rag1 Rg8 $19) 28... Rg8 29. Bf5+ Kh8
30. Qxe5+ f6 31. Bg4 Qxg2+ $1 $19 {and the game is over.} 32. Kxg2 fxe5 33. Kh3
Rd3+ 34. f3 Rxc3 35. Rd1 Kg7 36. Kh4 Kf6 37. Kh5 Rg5+ 38. Kh4 Rc2 39. h3 Rxa2
40. Rc1 Ke7 41. Rxc7+ Kd6 42. Rh7 Rg6 43. Kh5 Rf6 44. Rd7+ Kc6 45. Rd5 a5 46.
bxa5 Rxa5 47. Rxe5 Ra8 48. Re7 b4 49. e5 Rff8 50. Kg6 b3 51. Bd7+ Kc5 52. Bf5
Ra6+ 53. e6 Rxf5 54. Kxf5 b2 55. Rb7 Rb6 56. Rxb6 Kxb6 57. e7 b1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.02.18"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Souleidis, Georgios"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bc2
c5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Nbd2 (10. h3 {This is a typical preparatory move in the Ruy
Lopez.} Qc7 $142 {against d4.} (10... h6 $6 {forgets about White's real threat.
} 11. d4 {White has to grab the |^ in the [+]. Here we see the idea of 10.h3,
there is no threat of Bg4.} cxd4 12. cxd4 b6 (12... Qb6 13. d5 Nb4 14. Ba4 Qa6
15. Re3 {defending >< d3.} b5 16. Bb3 {Now the has to retire.} Qb7 17. a3 Na6
18. Bc2 {/\ b4 killing the N on a6.} b4 {weakening the light squares, but
forced from strategical point of view.} 19. Nbd2 Bd7 20. Nf1 (20. Nb3 $5 {
Perhaps the N belongs to the <<.}) 20... Rac8 21. Bd2 Bd8 22. Ng3 Bb6 23. Re2
bxa3 24. bxa3 $14 {Kudrin-Finegold, Lloyds Bank op 1988}) 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. d5
Nb4 15. Bb1 {Now the position is similar to the Ruy Lopez Panov Attack.} Qd7
16. a3 Na6 17. b4 {Black's bishops and the a6 N are poorly placed.} Rfc8 18.
Bd2 Nc7 19. Bd3 (19. a4 $5 $14) 19... Ba6 20. Bxa6 Nxa6 21. Qe2 Qb7 22. Rec1
Nc7 $14 {Yudasin-Piket, ISR-NLD m rapid 1995}) 11. Nbd2 d5 (11... Be6 12. Bb3 (
12. Ng5 $5 Bd7 13. Nc4 h6 14. Nf3 Be6 15. Qe2 (15. a4 Nxe4 $1) 15... b5 $13)
12... h6 13. Nc4 Rad8 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. Ne3 d5 {Black grabs the |^ in the [+].}
16. Nf1 {White has made some sophisticated manoeuvres, while Black has
strengthened his position.} Bf8 17. Ba4 Bd6 18. Ng3 a6 19. Nh4 b5 20. Bc2 Bf8
21. Nhf5 Kh8 22. Qf3 Ng8 $13 {Sax-Beliavsky, Sarajevo, 1982}) 12. Nf1 dxe4 (
12... Rd8 {is met by} 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Qe2 {and White has some pressure
against >< e5.} Bf6 (14... f6 15. Ng3 Be6 {The B is undefended here, which
helps for the push d4.} 16. Qe4 g6 (16... Qd7 17. d4 $1 f5 18. Qe2 e4 19. Nxe4
$1 $16) 17. Bh6 $36) 15. Ng3 $14) 13. dxe4 Rd8 (13... Be6 14. Ne3 Rad8 15. Qe2
h6 16. Nf5) 14. Qe2 h6 15. Ne3 {White's real target is >< d5 now.} (15. Ng3 Be6
16. Nh4 c4 17. Ngf5 Bf8 18. Qf3 Nh7 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. Re3 {White cannot attack
only with pieces in this type of position.} g6 21. Rg3 Nf6 22. Nxg6+ {
Desperation, but White has forced himself into this situation.} fxg6 23. Qxg6
Qf7 $17 {Reyer-Von Buelow, Oberliga Nord 1998}) 15... Be6 16. Nh2 {/\ Nhg4} (
16. Nf5 Bf8) 16... c4 17. Nhg4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 (18. Nxg4 Rd7 $11) 18... Bg5 $5 (
18... Bc5 $6 19. Nd5 $1 {opening up the /^ for the "spanish" B.} (19. Nf5 f6)
19... Bxd5 20. exd5 Rxd5 21. g5 $1 (21. Qe4 {immediately is parried by} Rad8
22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. g5 (23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qxg7 Qb6) 23... Qb6 $132) 21... hxg5 22.
Qe4 $1 Qb6 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Bxg5+ Kd6 26. Qxa8 Bxf2+ 27. Kf1 Bxe1
28. Rxe1 $18) (18... Bf6 $5 19. Nf5 (19. Nxc4 $6 {runs into} Nd4 20. cxd4 Bxc4
$15) (19. Nd5 $6 {is now inferior due to} Bxd5 20. exd5 Ne7 $1) 19... b5 20.
Qf3 Bg5 $11) 19. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 20. Bxg5 (20. exd5 Rxd5 $1 (20... Bxc1 21. Raxc1
Rxd5 22. Qe4 $40) 21. Bxg5 hxg5 $13) 20... hxg5 21. exd5 Rxd5 22. Qe4 {
(Nikac-Bokan, JUG-chT Cetinje 1992)} Rd2 $1 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxa8
Qb6 26. Re3 Rd8 27. Qxd8+ Qxd8 28. Ba4 f6 $11) (10. a3 b5 (10... a5 11. a4 $1 {
gaining control over the light squares.}) 11. h3 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. d4 cxd4
14. cxd4 exd4 15. Nb3 Bxb3 (15... d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Nfxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qb7
19. Nf5 $36) 16. Bxb3 Qb6 {Black can hold his P for a while, and White has
compensation for it, but not more than that.} 17. Bf4 Nd7 (17... Rac8 18. Bd5 (
18. Rc1 Rfe8 19. Ng5 (19. Bd5 a6 $11) 19... Rf8 $11) 18... Rfe8 19. Bxc6 Rxc6
$11) 18. Bd5 $44 {Gomez Baillo-Morovic, Santiago zt 1989}) 10... Re8 (10... Bg4
$6 {In a d3 system this pinning move is not strong enough.} 11. h3 (11. Nf1 d5
12. exd5 (12. Ne3 Bh5) 12... Qxd5 13. Ne3 Bxf3 14. Nxd5 Bxd1 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16.
Bxd1 $14 {^^}) 11... Bh5 {The B is out of play on this /^.} (11... Be6 {
loses a tempo.}) (11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 {gives up the ^^.}) 12. Nf1 (12. g4 Bg6
13. Nh4 $14 {and the B is dead on g6.}) 12... Ne8 {This is a passive plan, but
the idea is to get rid of the bad dark-squared B.} (12... d5 13. g4 $5 (13. Ng3
) 13... dxe4 14. dxe4 Bg6 (14... Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Bg6 16. Ng3 Rfd8 17. Be3 $14)
15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Ng3 {>< f5.}) 13. Ng3 (13. g4 {White doesn't want to allow the
exchanges with a space advantage like that.} Bg6 14. Ng3 d5 (14... Nc7 {
/\ Ne6 fighting for the dark squares deserved attention.}) 15. Bb3 {Now White
activates his passive B on the a2-g8 /^.} d4 (15... Nc7 $2 16. exd5 Nxd5 17.
Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 $18) (15... dxe4 16. dxe4 $14) 16. Bd5 {Suddenly the B
became very powerful, Nevednichy-Negulescu, Iasi 1999 CBM 75.}) 13... Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 Bg5 {This is the main idea.} 15. Bb3 $14) (10... Be6 11. Nf1 (11. Ng5 Bg4
$13)) 11. h3 (11. Nf1 h6 12. a3 (12. Ng3 Bf8 13. Nf5 $6 {founders on the
central push.} d5 $17) 12... Bf8 13. b4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bb2 Nf4 $13 {
Ivanchuk-P.Nikolic, Monte Carlo 1996}) (11. a3 {/\ b4} Bf8 12. b4 g6 {Black
ignores White's efforts gaining space on the <<.} (12... a6 13. Bb2 Bg4 {
This pin is usually not dangerous.} 14. h3 Bh5 15. Qb1 Bg6 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4
cxd4 (17... cxb4 18. d5) 18. Nxd4 $14 {Kapengut-Arlandi, Reggio Emilia 1992})
13. Ba4 (13. b5 Na5 14. Nf1 $5 (14. d4 Bg7 15. Bb2 Qc7 $13)) 13... cxb4 (13...
d5 $6 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ne4 cxb4 16. axb4 {- 13..cxb4}) (13... Bd7 14. Nc4 cxb4
15. axb4 {- 13...cxb4}) 14. axb4 Bd7 (14... d5 $6 {opens the position for
White's favour.} 15. exd5 (15. b5) 15... Nxd5 16. Ne4 Bg7 17. b5 $16) 15. Nc4
h6 16. b5 (16. Be3 Ng4 $1 17. Bd2 (17. h3 Nxe3 18. Nxe3 Bg7 $13) 17... a6 18.
b5 Na7 (18... axb5 19. Bxb5 Qc7 20. Qe2 $14 {and Black has a slightly worse P
structure.}) 19. b6 Bxa4 20. Qxa4 Nc6 {Now the situation has been changed, and
Black has no real problems.} 21. Ne3 Nxe3 22. Bxe3 Qd7 (22... d5 $13) 23. Nd2
d5 $13 {Tiviakov-Bruzon Bautista, Mallorca 2004 CBM 104}) 16... Na5 17. Ne3 $14
{looked more forcing.}) 11... h6 12. Nf1 (12. a3 $5 {/\ b4}) 12... Bf8 13. Ne3
(13. d4 Qc7 (13... exd4 14. cxd4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 g6 {/\ Bg7 is the typical Ruy
Lopez solution.}) 14. d5 (14. Ne3 $6 exd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Qxd4
d5 $1 {This is the point!} 18. exd5 Rxe3 $1 $17 {Miljanic-Lazic, JUG-ch
Kladovo 1990}) 14... Ne7 $13 {with a complicated Ruy Lopez middlegame.}) (13.
N3h2 d5 {Black has to grab the |^ in the [+].} 14. Qf3 d4 15. Bb3 (15. Ng3 g6
16. Bb3 {Otherwise the B remains utterly passive.} Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. c4 Rb8
{/\ b5, Black has counterchances on the <<.} 19. Bd2 b5 20. cxb5 Rxb5 21. b3 a5
$13 {Yudasin-P.Nikolic, Tilburg 1993}) 15... Na5 16. Ba4 Bd7 17. Bxd7 {White
is happy to get rid of his bad B.} Nxd7 18. c4 a6 19. Ng3 b5 20. b3 g6 21. Ng4
Qh4 22. Bd2 Nc6 23. Rec1 Bg7 $13 {Nevednichy-Beliavsky, Herceg Novi 2001}) (13.
Ng3 d5 (13... Be6 {- Kobalija-Atalik, Istanbul 2003 CBM 96}) 14. exd5 Qxd5 15.
Bb3 Qd6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Be6 {The white N is too far from ><d5.} 18. Be3
Qc7 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Qe2 Rd8 21. Red1 Red6 {1/2-1/2 Gavrikov-Arlandi, Reggio
Emilia 1992}) 13... Be6 (13... g6 14. Bb3 (14. Nh2 {/\ Nhg4} Be6 15. Nhg4 Nd7 {
/\ h5 and the N has to retreat.} 16. Bb3 h5 17. Nh2 Nb6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Nd5
Bg7 20. Nf3 Re8 21. Nxb6 {White has to give up his stronghold on d5.} Qxb6 22.
Qe2 Qd8 {1/2-1/2 Volzhin-Malaniuk, Minsk 1997}) 14... Bg7 15. Nh2 Be6 16. Neg4
Nxg4 17. Nxg4 Kh7 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Bd2 Ne7 20. Bxe6 fxe6 $11 {strengthening the
[+] and opening the f <->, Kobalija-Onischuk, Biel 1997.}) 14. Nh2 d5 {Black
counterattack in the centre balances White's >> activity.} 15. Nhg4 d4 $5 (
15... Nxg4 $142 16. Nxg4 (16. hxg4 d4 17. Nf5 c4) 16... d4 17. Bb3 {White has
to exchange the passive light-squared B.} Bxb3 18. axb3 a5 19. Qf3 Re6 $13) 16.
Nf5 (16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Qf3 b5 $13) 16... b5 17. Qf3 (17. Bb3 $142
{activating the passive P.} Rc8 (17... c4 18. dxc4) (17... Bxf5 18. exf5 dxc3
19. bxc3) 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ng3 c4 20. dxc4 bxc4 21. Qf3 Kh7 $13 (21... Rb8 22.
Bxh6 $1)) 17... Nxg4 18. hxg4 (18. Qxg4 Kh7) 18... Qa5 $1 {Black's |^ in the 
[+] and the << is more important than White's >> activity.} 19. Bd2 (19. g5
dxc3 20. gxh6 g6 $17) 19... dxc3 20. bxc3 (20. Bxc3 Qd8) 20... Nd4 $1 {Now
Black grabs the |^.} 21. Qd1 Nxc2 22. Qxc2 Qa4 (22... c4 23. d4 Qc7 $15) (22...
b4 23. c4 Qc7 $15) 23. Qxa4 bxa4 24. Red1 (24. Be3 Rad8) 24... Red8 25. Be1 (
25. Be3 Rab8 $36) 25... Rd7 $15 {Black's ^^ will be important later, >< d3 is
also weak.} 26. Rd2 Rad8 27. Rad1 g6 (27... Bxf5 28. gxf5 Be7 29. Kf1 Bg5 30.
Rb2 c4 $15) 28. Ne3 Be7 29. f3 Bg5 30. Kf2 {[#]} c4 $2 {This allows White to
get rid of his weakness on d3.} (30... Rb7 31. Ke2 a3 $17 {and White is tied
up completely.}) 31. d4 $1 exd4 32. Rxd4 {suddenly Black has problems with his
weak pawns.} (32. cxd4 c3 33. Rc2 Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. Bxc3 Rd3 36. Bd2 {
and White holds.}) 32... Be7 (32... Kf8) 33. Ke2 Bc5 34. Rxd7 Rxd7 35. Rxd7
Bxd7 36. Nd5 (36. Nxc4 {also wins a P and the doubled a pawns are weak.} Be6
37. Kd3 Kg7 38. Bg3 f6 39. Bc7 h5 40. gxh5 gxh5 41. Ba5 $16) 36... Bb5 37. Bf2
Ba3 38. Bxa7 Bb2 39. Bd4 $6 (39. Ke3 $1 {bringing the K in the [+] would gain
more material.} a3 40. Kd4 $18) 39... a3 $1 {/\ Ba4-b3 with a serious
counterplay.} 40. Kd2 Ba4 $1 {/\ Bb3} (40... Kf8 41. Bc5+ Kg7 42. Ne3 $18) 41.
Bc5 (41. Ne3 Bb3 $1) 41... Kg7 42. Ne3 Kf6 (42... Bb3 43. Bxa3 $1 Bxa3 44. axb3
cxb3 45. Nc4 Bc5 46. Kc1 Kf6 47. Kb2 $18) 43. f4 $5 (43. Nxc4 Bb3 44. Nxa3 $1 (
44. Bxa3 Bxc4 45. Bxb2 Bxa2 $11) 44... Bxa2 (44... Bxa3 $2 45. Bd4+) 45. Nc2
$16 {and the b2 B can be exchanged.}) 43... Bc6 $1 (43... Bb3 44. e5+ Ke6 45.
axb3 cxb3 46. f5+ Kd7 47. Bxa3 Bxa3 48. Nc4 Bc5 49. Kc1 Kc6 50. Kb2 Kd5 51.
Kxb3 $18) 44. e5+ Ke6 45. g3 {[%mdl 4096]} (45. Bd6 {/\ f5} Be4 46. Nxc4 f6 (
46... Bxg2 47. f5+) 47. g3 fxe5 $14) 45... Ba4 $1 (45... Be4 46. Nxc4 Kd5 47.
Bxa3 Kxc4 48. Bxb2 {White can create too many passed pawns in the ^- _|_.} Bb1
(48... Bf3 49. f5 gxf5 (49... Bxg4 50. e6) 50. gxf5 Bg4 51. e6 fxe6 52. f6 Bh5
53. Ke3 $18) 49. a4 $1 Kb3 50. a5 $1 Kxb2 51. a6 Be4 52. a7 Kb3 53. f5 $18) 46.
Bf8 (46. Nxc4 {is met by the standard} Bb3 $1 (46... Kd5 $2 47. Nb6+ $18) 47.
Nxa3 Bxa3 48. Bxa3 Bxa2 49. Bf8 h5 50. gxh5 gxh5 51. Ke3 Kd5 $11 {and Black
can build up an impregnable blockade.}) 46... Bb3 $1 (46... h5 47. f5+ $1 Kxe5
(47... Kd7 48. e6+ $18) 48. Nxc4+ Ke4 49. Nd6+ Kf3 50. Nxf7 Bb3 51. fxg6 Bxa2
52. gxh5 Bd5 53. Bxa3 Bxa3 54. h6 Bf8 55. h7 Bg7 56. c4 $1 $18) 47. Nc2 (47.
f5+ Kd7 48. Bxa3 Bxa3 49. axb3 cxb3 {This o^ creates enough counterplay.} 50.
Nc4 (50. Kd3 Bc5 51. Nd1 gxf5 52. gxf5 h5) 50... Bc5 51. Kc1 $1 h5 $1 {
creating a new o^ on h5!} (51... Bf2 52. Nd6 (52. Kb2 Bxg3) 52... Ke7 53. Ne4)
52. gxh5 gxh5 53. Kb2 Bf2 54. Nd6 Bxg3 55. Nxf7 Ke7 56. e6 h4 57. Ng5 Bf4 58.
Nh3 Bd6 59. Kxb3 Kf6 60. Kc4 Ke5 $5 (60... Kxf5 61. Kd5 Be7 62. c4 Bf8 $1 63.
c5 $140 Bxc5 $11)) (47. axb3 cxb3 $1 (47... a2 48. Nc2 cxb3 49. Nd4+ Kd5 50.
Nxb3 Kc4 51. Kc2 Bxc3 52. Bg7 a1=Q $140 53. Nxa1 Bxa1 54. e6 $1 $18) 48. f5+
Kd7 49. Bxa3 Bxa3 {- 47.f5}) 47... Bxc2 48. Kxc2 h5 49. gxh5 gxh5 $11 {White's
pawns are on the colour of the B.} 50. Kd2 f6 (50... Kf5) 51. exf6 (51. Bg7
fxe5 52. Bxe5 Kf5) 51... Kxf6 52. Bb4 Kf5 53. Ke3 Bc1+ (53... Kg4 54. Ke4) 54.
Kd4 Kg4 55. Bd6 Bd2 56. f5 (56. Bxa3 Be1 57. f5 Kxf5 58. Bd6 Ke6 59. Bf4 h4 60.
gxh4 Bxh4 61. Kxc4 Bf6 62. a4 Bxc3 $11) 56... Kxf5 57. Bxa3 Ke6 58. Bc5 Be1 59.
a4 Bxg3 60. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien les Bains 4th"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "2001.04.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2001.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 {
Usually this move is not so effective in the open games when instead of d4 d3
comes.} (7... Na5 8. Bb5 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 c5 {transposes to the Ruy Lopez
giving Black enough counterplay.}) 8. Nbd2 d5 {This is a risky operation,
because Black has already lost a tempo.} 9. exd5 (9. Bb5 {is the other way to
put pressure on >< e5.} dxe4 {avoids the big pressure on >< e5, but gives up
the tension in the [+].} (9... Bc5 10. h3 Bh5 {(Milosevic-Boog, SWZ-chT 1991)}
11. exd5 Nxd5 $5 (11... Qxd5 12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. axb3 $16) 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Rxe5
(13. g4 {weakens the >> unnecessary, and therefore gives Black chances for an
->.} Nf4 $1 14. gxh5 Nxh3+ 15. Kh2 Nxf2 16. Qa4 Nxd3 17. Re2 Qd7 $44) 13... f5
14. Nf1 (14. Qa4 Bd6 15. Re1 Qf6 16. d4 Nf4 $40) 14... Qf6 15. Re1 $14) 10.
dxe4 (10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxe4 Nd7) 10... Nd7 11. Nc4 (11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nc4 $14)
11... Bf6 (11... Ncb8 $2 {This move is hard to praise.} 12. Ncxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxd8
Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Rxd8 15. fxg4 a6 16. Ba4 Nd7 17. Bxd7 (17. Bf4 Nc5 18. Bc2 Ne6
19. Be3 Bd6 {gets control over the vital >< f4.} 20. Rad1 Bf4 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 {
with an excellent N on f4.} 22. f3 $14 {Krys-Votava, CZE 1999}) 17... Rxd7 18.
Be3 {White is a healthy P up in the _|_.} Rad8 19. Kf1 $16) 12. Ne3 $14) 9...
Nxd5 10. h3 Bh5 {This P sacrifice leads to the critical position here.} (10...
Bxf3 11. Nxf3 $14 {is simply better because of the pressure on e5 and the ^^.})
11. Ne4 (11. g4 $5 {was the real question, for example:} Bg6 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13.
Rxe5 Nb6 (13... Nf4 $2 14. Qf3 Nxd3 15. Bxd3 Bxd3 16. Rd5 $18) 14. d4 (14. Re1
Nxc4 15. Nxc4 Bxd3 16. Rxe7 Bxc4 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Bf4 Rac8 $14) 14... Bd6 15.
Re1 Nxc4 (15... Qh4 16. Bf1 $16) 16. Nxc4 Qh4 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Qf3 $16 {
and it is hard to show anything real for the sacrificed P.}) 11... Nb6 (11...
Bg6 12. Bb5 {This is the main threat to attack >< e5.} (12. Ng3 Bf6) 12... Bd6
13. Bxc6 $1 (13. Nxd6 cxd6) (13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Nh4 a6 {(1/2-1/2
Emms-Rosentalis, Politiken Cup 1996)} 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. d4 exd4
19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. cxd4 Rfe8 21. Rac1 $14) 13... bxc6 14. c4 Bxe4 (14... Nf6 15.
Bg5 $14) 15. dxe4 $14 {with a better P structure for White.}) 12. Bb3 (12. Bb5
{is already met by the simple} f6) 12... Bg6 13. a4 $1 (13. Be3 Nd5) (13. Qe2
Qd7) 13... a5 (13... Re8 $6 {allows the advance on the <<.} 14. a5 Nd5 15. Ba4
$16) 14. Be3 Nd5 15. Bc4 Kh8 {Soon or later the f P will advance, so it is
logical to avoid the pin on the a2-g8 /^.} (15... Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Kh8 17. Bb5 f6
(17... f5 $6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Ned2 {leaves the >< e5 unprotected.} f4 20. Re1
$1 Bf6 21. Nc4 Qxd3 22. Ncxe5 $16) 18. Nh4 (18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nh4 Bf7 20. Nf5
Rb8 $1 21. Qg4 Rg8) 18... Bxe4 (18... Bf7 19. Nf5) 19. dxe4 $14 {with some
pressure on the light squares.}) 16. Qb3 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 f5 $2 {Black clearly
overestimates his chances.} ({The quiet} 17... Rb8 $11 {was required with
level chances.}) 18. Ned2 Bc5 (18... Qd6 19. Bd5 $16) 19. Rxe5 $2 {This is a
light-hearted positional exchange sacrifice. Both players fight for the |^ at
any cost, retreat is a shame?!} (19. Re2 $142 Qf6 $1 (19... Qd6 20. Bd5 Rae8
21. Rae1 {with a total pressure on >< e5.} Bh5 22. Bxc6 $16) (19... Bh5 20.
Qxb7 Rf6 21. Nxe5 $1 Bxe2 22. Qxc6 $1 $18) 20. d4 $1 {opening up the e <-> for
penetration.} (20. Qxb7 $2 {loses the Q after} Rfb8 21. Qxc7 Ra7 $17) ({
The "normal" continuation of the plan by} 20. Rae1 {is met by the pin after}
Bh5 21. Bd5 $5 (21. d4 e4 $1 22. dxc5 exf3 23. Nxf3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qg5+ 25. Kh1
Qh6 $11) 21... Rab8 22. Nc4 (22. Qb5 Bd6) 22... e4 23. dxe4 Bxf3 24. e5 $1 (24.
gxf3 Ne5 {ruining the shelter of the white K.}) 24... Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Bxd5 26.
Rxd5 b6 $11) 20... exd4 (20... Bxd4 $5 21. cxd4 e4 22. d5 exf3 23. Re6 $1 (23.
Nxf3 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 $11) 23... Qd8 24. Nxf3 $1 {and Black has to give up
the [+].} (24. dxc6 Qxd2 25. cxb7 Rab8 26. Qxf3 Qxb2 $11) 24... Nb4 25. Ne5 $16
{with a phantastic centralization of pieces.}) 21. Re6 $1 Qd8 22. Qxb7 {
Now the white pieces destroy the harmony of the black ones.} dxc3 23. bxc3 Ne7
24. Rae1 Rb8 25. Qa6 c6 26. Nb3 $16) 19... Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bh5 21. Qxb7 $5 (21.
Re1 Bd6 22. Ndf3 Rb8 $15) 21... Rb8 22. Qc6 Bd6 23. Ndf3 (23. Nd7 $6 Be8 $17)
23... Rxb2 24. Bb5 $6 {This allows Black to create an -> on the >> out of the
blue.} (24. d4 $142 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 $1 (25. Nxf3 Rf6) 25... Bxe5 26. dxe5 Qe7 27.
Re1 Rd8 (27... Rfb8 28. e6) 28. e6 $44 {and the strong o^ may save White's
skin.}) 24... Bxf3 $1 25. Nxf3 g5 $1 {[%mdl 128] This is a very strong move
indeed!} 26. Qc4 (26. Nd4 Qf6 $17) 26... Qf6 27. Re1 Rc2 28. d4 g4 $5 {Black
wants to continue the -> without hesitation.} (28... Bb4 {attacking >< c3 was
also promising, for example:} 29. Qxc7 (29. Re6 Qg7 30. Re3 g4 $17) (29. Re3 g4
$17) 29... Rxc3 30. Qe5 g4 $17) 29. Qd3 (29. Qb3 gxf3 $1 30. Qxc2 {- 29.Qd3})
29... gxf3 {This was the main idea to give back the exchange for ->.} 30. Qxc2
Qg5 31. Bf1 (31. g3 $2 Bxg3 $1 $19) 31... Rg8 32. Qc1 Qh4 33. Qd2 Bf4 $2 ({
missing the simple} 33... fxg2 34. Bxg2 Qxh3 35. f3 (35. f4 $2 Bxf4 $19) 35...
Qxf3 36. Re8 Qh5 $17) 34. Qa2 $1 Bd6 (34... fxg2 $6 35. Bxg2 Qg5 36. Qd5 Bd2
37. Re6 Bxc3 38. Re3 Bb4 39. Rg3 $14) 35. Re3 $2 {This is the final mistake.} (
35. Qf7 $1 {was enough for equality.} fxg2 (35... Qg5 36. Re8 $1) 36. Bxg2 Qg5
37. Qd5 Qd2 38. Qe6 Qg5 $11) 35... Qf4 $19 36. g3 {[#]} Rxg3+ $1 {This simple
tactical blow decides the fight.} 37. fxg3 Qxe3+ 38. Qf2 Qxc3 39. h4 c5 $1 40.
Bh3 cxd4 41. Bxf5 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 Qe3 43. Qc2 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 {/\ d6, g6 fianchettoing the B, but it
takes precious time.} 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Qe7 (7... Bg7 $2 8. dxe5 $18) 8.
Re1 (8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 (9... Qxe5 $5 {brings the Q early into action,
but if Black can finish his development he can put pressure on e4 and use the
long /^.} 10. Nd2 (10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Be3 Bg7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Rae1 c6 14. a4 Nxe4
15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Bxh6 Qf5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Re3 d5 19. Bd3 Qf6 $11 {
Rubery-Godena, Elista ol (Men) 1998}) 10... Bg7 (10... Be6 $2 11. Qa4+ $1 $16 {
Short-Fridman, FIDE-Wch k.o. 1999 CBM 72}) 11. Nf3 Qc5 12. Qd4 (12. Bd3 {
1/2:1/2 Gipslis-Razuvaev, Jurmala 1987}) 12... Qxd4 13. cxd4 Nxe4 14. Re1 f5
15. Nd2 Kd8 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Rxe4 c6 18. d5 Bf5 19. Re1 Re8 $11 {Eingorn-E.
Vladimirov, Riga 1980}) 10. Be3 $5 (10. Qe2 Bg7 (10... Bd7 $5 {is not so
useful here.} 11. a4 Bg7 12. b3 {/\ Ba3} Nh5 13. g3 O-O-O {Now the situation
has been changed and White will advance on the << with opposite castled kings.}
14. b4 Be6 15. Na3 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Qd7 17. Be3 Qd3 18. Qxd3 Rxd3 19. Rfc1 {
Black's light pieces are very badly placed, and the pressure on the d <-> can
easily be neutralized.} Kb8 20. Kf1 $14 {Diaz-Davies, Vrnjacka Banja 1988}) 11.
a4 $5 {- Movsesian-Akopian, FIDE-Wch k.o. CBM 72} (11. b3 O-O 12. Ba3 c5 13.
Bc1 {The best square for the B is on e3, but this manoeuvre takes time.} (13.
b4 $6 {ruins mostly his own P structure.} Bd7 (13... Be6 $5 14. bxc5 Bxc4 15.
Qxc4 Rfd8 16. f3 Qc7 17. Qb5 Bf8 $44 {M.Petrov-Yemelin, Bratislava 1993}) 14.
Nd2 Rfd8 15. bxc5 Bc6 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. f3 Bf8 18. Nf1 Qa5 19. Bb4 Bxc5+ $15 {
Rabiega-R.Mainka, Bremen 1998}) 13... Nh5 {/\ Nf4} 14. g3 Bh3 15. Re1 Kh7 {
/\ f5 in some cases.} 16. Na3 Rad8 17. Bd3 Qe8 18. Be3 b6 19. Rad1 f5 $132 {
Vallejo Poins-Lima, Leon 1996}) (11. f3 O-O 12. Be3 Nh5 13. Nd2 (13. Na3 $5) (
13. g3 $5) 13... Nf4 14. Qf2 Rd8 15. Nb3 b6 {The N on b3 has no perspectives.}
16. Rad1 Bb7 $13 {J.Nun-Malaniuk, Pardubice})) (10. Re1 Bg7 11. b3 O-O 12. Ba3
c5 13. Nd2 (13. b4 $2 {is again an anti-strategical move.} Rd8 14. Qc2 cxb4 15.
cxb4 Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Nc3 Rac8 $17 {Lutikov-Beliavsky, SU 1981})) (10. Qc2
Bg7 11. b3 O-O (11... Be6 12. Ba3 Qd7 13. Rd1 Qc6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. c4 Bf8 {
The exchange of the dark-squared B helps for Black.} 16. Bb2 Bg7 17. Nc3 O-O
18. Rd2 Rfd8 $11 {B.Ivanovic-Godena, Erevan 1996}) 12. Ba3 c5 {It is far from
easy to exploit the weakness of d5.} 13. Nd2 a6 (13... Nh5 $5) 14. Be2 b5 15.
Bb2 Bb7 16. a4 Bc6 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. Bf3 Nh7 19. g3 Ng5 $13 {B.
Ivanovic-Popovic, Vrsac 1987}) 10... Nxe4 $5 {Black takes up the gauntlet.} (
10... Bg7 $13) 11. Qa4+ (11. Bxf7+ $5 Qxf7 (11... Kxf7 12. Qd5+ Kg7 13. Qxe4
$14) 12. Qa4+ c6 (12... Bd7 {- 11.Qa4}) 13. Qxe4 Bg7 14. Bc5 Bf5 {Black's ^^
is of great importance.} 15. Qa4 Qd5 16. b4 Bd3 17. Re1 e4 $13) 11... Bd7 (
11... c6 12. Bd5 (12. Bxf7+ Qxf7 {- 11.Bxf7}) 12... Nd6 13. Bxc6+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+
Qxd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Rd1 Kc6 {This _|_ cannot be worse for Black at all.}
17. Na3 f5 18. f3 Be7 19. Re1 Bf6 $11) 12. Bxf7+ Qxf7 (12... Kxf7 13. Qxe4 Bc6
14. Qc4+ Qe6 15. Nd2 Bg7 $13 {and it is not so easy to blockade >< e4.}) 13.
Qxe4 O-O-O $1 {Development first!} 14. Qxe5 Bd6 $44 15. Qd4 Bc6 {Black is not
bothering himself with pawns. His ^^ in an open position is a real power.} (
15... Bb5 16. Qg4+ Bd7 17. Qe2) 16. Qg4+ (16. Qxa7 {is met by the aggressive}
Qd5 17. f3 Rhe8 18. Bd4 (18. Bf2 Qe5 19. g3 Qe2 {with penetration on the
second rank.}) 18... Re2 {Now the R penetrates on e2, White has problems with
his development.} 19. Na3 Rxb2 $13) 16... Kb8 17. Nd2 h5 18. Qc4 Qf5 {Black
has to avoid the exchange of queens in an attacking position like that.} 19.
Rfe1 g5 20. Nf1 h4 21. h3 g4 $1 $40 {otherwise White can consolidate his
position, Ovetchkin-Skatchkov, Krasnodar 2002 CBM 091.} (21... Rdg8 22. f3 $16)
) 8... Bg7 9. Nbd2 (9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 {- Karasev-Yemelin, St.
Petersburg-ch 2001 CBM 83}) (9. d5 {- Illescas-Efimov, Escaldes zt 1998 CBM 68}
) (9. h3 Nh5 $5 (9... O-O 10. Nbd2 {- 9.Nbd2}) 10. Na3 {/\ Nc2-e3-d5} O-O 11.
Nc2 Bd7 12. Ne3 Rae8 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. dxe5 {If White has to exchange his
important central P, he cannot stand better.} Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Nf4 Nxf4
17. Bxf4 Re7 18. Bd5 Qc8 $11 {Yakovich-Mikhalchishin, Kujbyshev 1986}) (9. b4
$5) 9... O-O 10. h3 {against Bg4} Bd7 (10... a6 11. Nf1 b5 12. Bb3 {Now it
really reminds me the Ruy Lopez.} (12. Bd3 Bb7) 12... Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. b3 (
14. d5 Nc4) 14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Nc6 16. Bb2 Bb7 17. Ng3 $5 {keeping the
tension in the [+] deserved serious attention.} (17. d5 Nb8 18. a4 bxa4 19.
Rxa4 Nbd7 20. N3d2 $5 {/\ Ne3 attacking with all forces the <<.} (20. N1d2 Nb6
21. Ra5 {The R is vulnerable here.} Qc7 22. b4 Nh5 {Now Black's counterplay on
the >> is effective.} 23. g3 Qd7 24. Kh2 Bc8 25. Ng1 Qe8 $15 {Bologan-Onischuk,
GER-chT 1996}))) (10... Kh8 11. Nf1 {- Sadvakasov-Bacrot, Lausanne YM Pool A
1999 CBM 71}) (10... Nd8 {This looks a bit passive.} 11. Nf1 c6 12. Ng3 {
The position resembles to the Ruy Lopez.} Nh7 13. Be3 Qf6 14. d5 {killing the
N on d5, and gaining space.} c5 {Now it is not easy for White to decide where
to play.} 15. b4 $1 $14 {is the clear-cut plan advancing on the <<.} (15. Nh2
Qh4 16. Nf3 Qf6 17. a4 (17. b4 $14) 17... h5 $5 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. b4 $14 (19. h4
$6 {is the wrong flank to begin an action.} Bg4 20. Ng5 f6 21. Nxh7 Kxh7 22. b4
{It's a bit late already, White has worsened the situation on the >>.} cxb4 23.
cxb4 Nf7 {/\ Bh6 to exchange the bad B, as in the King's Indian.} 24. Rac1 Bh6
$11 {Bologan-Balashov, Azov 1991})) (15. a4)) (10... Nh7 {/\ Ng5 putting
pressure on >< d4.} 11. Nf1 Ng5 12. Nxg5 {This seems to be the best reaction.}
(12. N1h2 {allows Black the favourable simplification.} Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Kh7 {
/\ f5 in case.} (13... Na5 14. Bd3 c5 15. Be3 Bd7 $142 (15... Kh7 $6 {forgets
about the <<.} 16. Qa4 $1 b6 17. b4 Bd7 18. Qa3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nc6 20. d5 $14 {
and the N cannot find his right place, Dolmatov-Beliavsky, SU-FL Tashkent 1980.
})) 14. a4 (14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 {solves the tension in the [+], and
Black can easily equalize.} 16. Qd5 Be6 17. Qxe5 Bxe5 18. Bd5 c6 19. Bxe6 fxe6
20. Be3 c5 21. h4 Rad8 $11 {Gavrilakis-Rubinetti, Luzern ol (Men) 1982}) 14...
f5 $13 {Ghinda-Beliavsky, Lvov 1981}) (12. Bxg5 $5 {- Tiviakov-Sermek, TCN Cup
3rd 1997 CBM 61}) 12... hxg5 13. d5 Nd8 14. Bd3 f5 15. g4 f4 16. c4 c5 {
Now the position is heavily blockaded, but White still has some chances on the
<<.} 17. Bd2 b6 18. a3 Rf7 19. Bc2 Bf8 20. Nh2 Rh7 21. Kg2 Qc7 22. Ba4 Be7 23.
b4 Kg7 24. Qe2 Bb7 25. Nf3 Nf7 $11 {Dolmatov-G.Timoshenko, SU-ch Frunze 1981})
(10... Qd8 {/\ 11...exd4 12.cxd4 d5! creating an isolated P on d4 and
blockading it by the N.} 11. Bb3 {avoiding the aforementioned operation.} (11.
d5 $6 Ne7 12. Nf1 Nh5 $132 {with good counterchances on the >> as in the
King's Indian.}) 11... Re8 12. a3 a5 $1 {Black wants to gain space on the <<.}
13. Bc2 Bd7 14. Nf1 a4 $1 15. Ng3 (15. Bxa4 $2 Nxd4 $1) 15... b5 16. Be3 Na5 {
blockading the entire <<.} 17. Nd2 Nh7 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 c5 $1 $13 {
Gavrikov-Eingorn, SU 1981}) 11. Nf1 Rae8 12. Ng3 Qd8 (12... Kh8 {Black is
making useful preparatory moves, but White's space advantage is still
important. The forthcoming manoeuvres lack the clear-cut plans.} 13. b4 {
is the other idea to gain space on the <<.} (13. a4 Qd8 14. a5 exd4 (14... Qc8
15. Qb3 $16 {with a space advantage on both flanks, Drabke-Godena, Saint
Vincent 2001.}) 15. cxd4 d5 16. exd5 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Ne7 18. Qb4 $14 {Fedorov-K.
Georgiev, Jahorina 2003}) (13. Bd2 Nh7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qb3 b6
17. a4 $14 {and White's bishops are more active, Nunn-Spassky, London 1982.})
13... a6 14. Rb1 (14. a3 $5) 14... Qd8 15. Qb3 Kg8 16. a4 Bc8 17. Bd2 Nh7 {
weakening the pressure on e4.} 18. Be3 $14 {Poluliakhov-Malaniuk, Novgorod 1999
}) (12... Kh7 13. a3 {/\ b4 advancing on the <<.} Ng8 {If Black cannot improve
his position, he has to worsen it?!} 14. b4 a6 15. Be3 Bc8 16. Qd2 Qf6 17. Be2
Rd8 18. Rad1 Rfe8 19. Qa2 $14 {Bologan-Bronstein, Oslo 1994}) (12... a6 13. Bb3
(13. a3 $5 $14) 13... Kh8 14. Bc2 Qd8 15. Be3 Ng8 16. Qd2 Qc8 17. Rad1 $14 {
and Black cannot attack White's [+], Bologan-Malaniuk, Calimanesti 1992.}) (
12... Nh7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. a4 Be6 16. Qb3 b6 17. a5 Qc5 18. Bxe6
Rxe6 19. Be3 $16 {Kosten,A-Orr,M/Edinburgh 1985}) 13. Bb3 {avoiding Black's
counterplay in the [+].} (13. a4 {is met by} exd4 (13... Kh7 {is too passive.}
14. a5 Qc8 15. Qb3 Re7 16. Kh2 b6 17. axb6 axb6 {(Forster-Godena, Switzerland
1999)} 18. Bd3 $14) 14. cxd4 d5 15. exd5 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Ne7 17. Qa5 Nfxd5 18.
Bxd5 b6 19. Bxf7+ (19. Qxa7 Nxd5) 19... Rxf7 20. Qc3 Be6 $44) (13. a3 {also
allows the freeing move} exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. exd5 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Ne7 17. Qa5
Nfxd5 18. Bxd5 b6 19. Qxa7 Nxd5 20. Qa6 {+/=/=}) 13... a6 $6 {This is too
passive.} (13... Nh7 $6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Be3 $16) (13... Kh7 {
/\ Ng8,f5}) 14. Bc2 {White wants to keep the tension in the [+].} (14. dxe5
Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 (15... Rxe5 16. Bf4 Ree8 17. Qd2 $14) 16. Be3 $14) 14... Nh7
15. Be3 h5 $2 {weakens the >>, especially >< g5.} (15... Kh8 16. Qd2 $16) (
15... Ng5 $142 $5) 16. Qd2 Qf6 17. Kh2 {against Bxh3.} Bc8 {Black cannot find
an active counterplay.} 18. Rad1 (18. a3 $5 {/\ b4 advancing on the <<.}) 18...
Kh8 19. Ne2 {overprotecting >< d4.} Qe7 20. Ng5 Nxg5 21. Bxg5 f6 {provoking a
new weakness.} (21... Bf6 22. Bxf6+ Qxf6 23. f4 $16 {and soon Black has to
give up his stronghold on e5.}) 22. Be3 f5 {otherwise f4 will come.} 23. Bg5
Bf6 (23... Qf7 24. Bb3 $16) 24. Bxf6+ Rxf6 25. f4 $1 {The white pieces are
more active, he has to open up the position.} Qg7 (25... exf4 $2 26. exf5 $18)
26. fxe5 dxe5 27. exf5 Bxf5 28. Bxf5 Rxf5 (28... gxf5 29. dxe5 Rxe5 30. Nf4 $16
{and the >> pawns are rather vulnerable.}) 29. Ng3 Rff8 30. d5 Nd8 (30... Ne7
31. Ne4 $16 {with an excellent blockading N in the [+].}) 31. Ne4 Rf4 (31...
Nf7 32. Qe3 Nd6 33. Nc5 $16 {>< e6}) 32. Qe3 Ref8 33. Nc5 $1 {White has a big
advantage on the <<.} e4 $6 (33... R4f5 {was more persistant.}) 34. Nxe4 $18 {
White is a healthy P up.} Qe5 35. g3 R4f7 (35... Rf3 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. d6 $18)
36. Kg2 Kg7 37. Qd2 c6 38. c4 cxd5 39. cxd5 h4 40. gxh4 Qh5 41. Qc3+ Kg8 42.
Qg3 Rf4 43. Rd2 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.04.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karasev, Vladimir I"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 {Black wants to fianchetto his
B by g6 and Bg7, but first he has to defend himself against Ng5.} 5. O-O d6 6.
c3 g6 7. d4 Qe7 8. Re1 (8. dxe5 Nxe5 (8... dxe5) 9. Nxe5 Qxe5 {- Short-Fridman,
FIDE-Wch k.o. Las Vegas 1999 CBM 72} (9... dxe5 {- Movsesian-Akopian, FIDE-Wch
k.o. g/25/10 Las Vegas 1999 CBM})) 8... Bg7 9. dxe5 (9. d5 {- Ilescas-Efimov,
Escaldes zt 1998 CBM 68}) (9. Nbd2 {wants to keep the tension in the [+].} O-O
10. h3 {against Bg4} a6 (10... Kh8 11. Nf1 {- Sadvakasov-Bacrot, Lausanne YM
Pool A 1999 CBM 71}) (10... Nd8 {This looks a bit passive.} 11. Nf1 c6 12. Ng3
{The position resembles to the Ruy Lopez.} Nh7 13. Be3 Qf6 14. d5 {killing the
N on d5, and gaining space.} c5 {Now it is not easy for White to decide where
to play.} 15. b4 $1 $14 {is the clear-cut plan advancing on the <<.} (15. Nh2
Qh4 16. Nf3 Qf6 17. a4 (17. b4 $14) 17... h5 $5 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. b4 $14 (19. h4
$6 {is the wrong flank to begin an action.} Bg4 20. Ng5 f6 21. Nxh7 Kxh7 22. b4
{It's a bit late already, White has worsened the situation on the >>.} cxb4 23.
cxb4 Nf7 {/\ Bh6 to exchange the bad B, as in the King's Indian.} 24. Rac1 Bh6
$11 {Bologan-Balashov, Azov 1991})) (15. a4 {- 15.Nh2})) (10... Nh7 {/\ Ng5
putting pressure on >< d4.} 11. Nf1 Ng5 12. Bxg5 $5 {- Tiviakov-Sermek, TCN
Cup 3rd 1997 CBM 61} (12. N1h2 {allows Black the favourable simplification.}
Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Kh7 {/\ f5 in case.} (13... Na5 14. Bd3 c5 15. Be3 Bd7 $142 (
15... Kh7 $6 {forgets about the <<.} 16. Qa4 $1 b6 17. b4 Bd7 18. Qa3 cxd4 19.
cxd4 Nc6 20. d5 $14 {and the N cannot find his right place, Dolmatov-Beliavsky,
SU-FL Tashkent 1980.})) 14. a4 (14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 {solves the
tension in the [+], and Black can easily equalize.} 16. Qd5 Be6 17. Qxe5 Bxe5
18. Bd5 c6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Be3 c5 21. h4 Rad8 $11 {Gavrilakis-Rubinetti,
Luzern ol (Men) 1982}) 14... f5 $13 {Ghinda-Beliavsky, Lvov 1981}) (12. Nxg5 {
This seems to be the best reaction.} hxg5 13. d5 Nd8 14. Bd3 f5 15. g4 f4 16.
c4 c5 {Now the position is heavily blockaded, but White still has some chances
on the <<.} 17. Bd2 b6 18. a3 Rf7 19. Bc2 Bf8 20. Nh2 Rh7 21. Kg2 Qc7 22. Ba4
Be7 23. b4 Kg7 24. Qe2 Bb7 25. Nf3 Nf7 $11 {Dolmatov-G.Timoshenko, SU-ch
Frunze 1981})) (10... Qd8 {/\ 11...exd4 12.cxd4 d5! creating an isolated P on
d4 and blockading it by the N.} 11. Bb3 {avoiding the aforementioned operation.
} (11. d5 $6 Ne7 12. Nf1 Nh5 $132 {with good counterchances on the >> as in
the King's Indian.}) 11... Re8 12. a3 a5 $1 {Black wants to gain space on the
<<.} 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. Nf1 a4 $1 15. Ng3 (15. Bxa4 $2 Nxd4 $1) 15... b5 16. Be3
Na5 {blockading the entire <<.} 17. Nd2 Nh7 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 c5 $1 $13 {
Gavrikov-Eingorn, SU 1981}) (10... Bd7 11. Nf1 Rae8 12. Ng3 Kh8 {Black is
making useful preparatory moves, but White's space advantage is still
important. The forthcoming manoeuvres lack the clear-cut plans.} 13. b4 a6 14.
Rb1 Qd8 15. Qb3 Kg8 16. a4 Bc8 17. Bd2 Nh7 18. Be3 h5 19. Qc2 Kh8 20. b5 axb5
21. axb5 Na5 22. Bd3 b6 $11 {Poluliakhov-Malaniuk, Novgorod 1999}) 11. Nf1 b5
12. Bb3 {Now it really reminds me the Ruy Lopez.} (12. Bd3 Bb7) 12... Na5 13.
Bc2 c5 14. b3 (14. d5 Nc4) 14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Nc6 16. Bb2 Bb7 17. d5 (17. Ng3
$5 {keeping the tension in the [+] deserved serious attention.}) 17... Nb8 18.
a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Nbd7 20. N1d2 (20. N3d2 $5 {/\ Ne3 attacking with all forces
the <<.}) 20... Nb6 21. Ra5 {The R is vulnerable here.} Qc7 22. b4 Nh5 {
Now Black's counterplay on the >> is effective.} 23. g3 Qd7 24. Kh2 Bc8 25. Ng1
Qe8 $15 {Bologan-Onischuk, GER-chT 1996}) (9. h3 Nh5 $5 (9... O-O 10. Nbd2 {
- 9.Nbd2}) 10. Na3 {/\ Nc2-e3-d5} O-O 11. Nc2 Bd7 12. Ne3 Rae8 13. Nd5 Qd8 14.
dxe5 {If White has to exchange his important central P, he cannot stand better.
} Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Re7 18. Bd5 Qc8 $11 {
Yakovich-Mikhalchishin, Kujbyshev 1986}) (9. b4 $5) 9... Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 {
This P structure offers Black more counterchances.} (10... dxe5 {may lead to a
slight advantage for White.} 11. b3 O-O 12. Ba3 c5 {>< d5 has to be occupied
by the N.} 13. Nd2 (13. Qe2 a6 14. Qe3 b6 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Bd3 Qc7
18. Nb1 Bf8 19. Qf3 Nh7 $11 {Werner-Godena, FRA-chT 1997}) 13... Rd8 14. Qc2 b6
15. Nf1 Bb7 16. f3 {/\ Ne3} Bc6 17. Ne3 $14 {Minasian-Alvarez, Oviedo rapid
1993}) 11. f4 (11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nf3 (12. h3 {This is very slow.} Bd7 13. Bd3
Rfe8 14. Nc4 Qe6 15. Bd2 Bc6 16. f3 d5 17. exd5 Qxd5 $15 {Sibilio-Godena,
ITA-ch48 Chianciano 1988}) 12... Qc5 13. Bb3 (13. e5 Ng4) 13... Re8 14. Be3 Qh5
$13 {with pressure on the e4 P, Bellini-Ciampi, Bratto op 1995.}) 11... Qc5+ $5
(11... Qe7 {was also sufficient, for example:} 12. Nd2 (12. e5 $5 dxe5 13. Rxe5
(13. fxe5 $2 Ng4 $17) 13... Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qe2 (15. Qb3 O-O-O 16. Rxe6
Rd1+ 17. Qxd1 Qxe6 $44) 15... O-O-O 16. Rxe6 {White has won the weak P, but
lost his lead of development.} Qd7 17. Re7 (17. Nd2 Rhe8 $44) 17... Qd1+ 18.
Qe1 Rhe8 $44) 12... O-O 13. Nf3 (13. e5 dxe5 14. Rxe5 Qd6) 13... Be6 $11) 12.
Qd4 Nd7 13. Qxc5 Nxc5 {This _|_ cannot pose any problem for Black.} 14. Be3 Na4
$5 (14... Nxe4 {was good and simple.} 15. Bf2 (15. Bd4 Bxd4+ 16. cxd4 f5 17.
Nc3 Kf8 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Bf5 20. Re3 Re8 21. Rae1 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 Rh7 $11)
15... f5 16. Nd2 Kf8 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Rxe4 Bf5 19. Re3 Bf6 20. Rae1 Rh7 21. h3
Re7 22. g4 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 Bd7 $11) 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Bxa4 (16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Re2
Rhe8 $15) 16... Bxa4 17. Bd4 {White has to liquidate Black's ^^.} (17. Nd2 O-O
$11) 17... O-O 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. c4 {White has some advantage in the [+], but
Black can easily put pressure on >< e4.} (19. Nd2 Rfe8 $11) 19... Rfe8 20. Nc3
Bc6 $11 21. b4 Rac8 {This is the passive defence.} (21... g5 $5 {aiming for
some active counterplay was interesting.} 22. b5 (22. g3 gxf4 23. gxf4 f5 $1
24. exf5 Kf6) 22... Bd7 23. Nd5 Rac8 24. f5 (24. g3 c6) 24... f6 25. Rad1 Re5
$11) 22. a4 Bd7 (22... g5 $5) 23. Rad1 Be6 24. c5 dxc5 25. bxc5 Red8 26. Nb5
Rxd1 27. Rxd1 {Hecht: '[#] Springereinsatz - Taktik!'} Bb3 (27... a6 28. Nd4
Bd7 29. a5 Re8 30. e5 f6 31. Re1 Kf7 {was also not that bad.}) (27... a6 $11 {
Hecht}) 28. Rd4 a5 (28... a6 29. Nc3 Be6 30. Kf2 b6 31. c6 $14 {with some
space advantage and an active R on the d <->.}) (28... a6 $142 {Hecht}) 29. Kf2
Kf8 30. Ke3 b6 31. c6 Be6 32. g4 $6 {'!?' Hecht. White pushes it too hard.} (
32. Na7 Re8 33. Nb5 Rc8 $11 {was a draw by repetition of moves.}) 32... Bxg4 $1
{Black takes up the gauntlet.} (32... f5 33. exf5 gxf5 34. g5 Kg7 35. h4 $14)
33. f5 gxf5 34. Kf4 $1 Be2 (34... Bh3 $5 {was also possible, for example:} 35.
exf5 Bg2 36. f6 Kg8 (36... Bxc6 $4 37. Na7 $18) (36... Re8 $2 37. Nxc7 $18) 37.
Rd2 Bf1 (37... Bh3 38. Na7 Re8 39. Rd3 Be6 40. Nb5 Rc8 $11) 38. Nc3 (38. Rd1
Bxb5 39. axb5 a4) (38. Nd4 Rd8) 38... Kh7) 35. Nc3 Bf1 36. exf5 Bg2 37. Nb5 {
This is the critical position.} Ke7 $2 {This is the decisive mistake. Hecht:
'Geht im Springerwirbel unter.'} (37... Re8 $1 {activating the passive R was
required.} 38. Nxc7 (38. f6 Bxc6 39. Nxc7 Rc8) (38. Rc4 Re7) 38... Rc8 39. Nb5
Rxc6 $15) (37... Re8 $1 {Hecht zum Vorteil für Schwarz.}) (37... Bxc6 $2 {Hecht
} 38. Na7 $18) 38. Rd7+ Kf6 39. Nxc7 {White has won the most important P.} Kg7
{'??' Hecht.} (39... Bxc6 {was the last chance to go for a R _|_, which can be
problematic in a practical game.} 40. Rd6+ Ke7 41. Rxc6 Kd7 42. Rxb6 Rxc7 43.
Rxh6 Rc4+ 44. Ke5 Rxa4 45. Kf6 (45. Rh7 {Hecht} Ke7 46. f6+ Ke8 47. Rh8+ Kd7
48. Rf8 Rh4 49. Rxf7+ Ke8 50. Re7+ Kf8 $11) 45... Rf4 46. Rh7) 40. Ne6+ Kf6 (
40... Kg8 {Hecht} 41. c7 Bb7 42. Nd8 Ba6 43. Nc6 $18) 41. Nd8 Bxc6 $4 (41...
Kg7 {Hecht} 42. Rxf7+ Kg8 43. c7 Bd5 44. Rd7 Bb3 45. Ne6 $18) 42. Rxf7# 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Bosman, Michiel"]
[Black "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Leerdams"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bc2
c5 9. a3 $5 (9. h3 Nc6 10. Re1 (10. d4 {is probably premature.} cxd4 11. cxd4
Qb6 12. d5 Nb4 13. Be3 Qa6 14. Nc3 Nxc2 {The exchange of the "Spanish" B is
good for Black.} 15. Qxc2 Bd7 16. a4 Rfc8 17. Qb3 Bd8 $11 {Dolmatov-Smejkal,
Hradec Kralove 1981}) 10... Re8 (10... b5 11. d4 exd4 {There is no need to
give up the [+] so early.} (11... Qc7) 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. a4 (13. Be3) 13... Nxc2
14. Qxc2 b4 (14... bxa4 $5) 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Bf4 Bb7 17. Nbd2 {>< c4} Re8 18.
Rad1 Qc8 19. Bh2 Bf8 20. e5 $14 {Nevednichy-Pasarelu, Bucharest 1992}) 11. Nbd2
(11. d4 h6 (11... cxd4 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Nxd4 d5 $5 {was the active plan.}) 12.
dxc5 dxc5 13. Nbd2 Qc7 14. Nc4 Be6 15. Ne3 Rad8 16. Qe2 Bf8 17. Nh2 c4 18. Qf3
b5 (18... Bc5 $5) 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Re6 21. Nf1 Bc5 22. Ne3 Ne7 23. Qf3 a6
{(Yudasin-P.Nikolic, New York 1994)} (23... a5 $5) 24. b4 $5 cxb3 25. axb3 b4
26. c4 Nc6 $132) 11... Bf8 12. a4 {fighting for the light squares.} (12. Nf1 $5
h6 (12... d5 13. Bg5) 13. Ng3 d5 (13... a6 14. d4) 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ba4 {
Here we see a significant difference to the Ruy Lopez!} Bd6 16. Ne4 (16. d4 $6
{It was better to keep the position closed worsening Black's P structure by
taking on c6.} exd4 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. cxd4 c4 19. Bb5 c3 20. Qb3 cxb2 21. Bxb2
Be6 $11 {Beshukov-Gutov, Moscow 1999}) (16. Nd2 Nb6 (16... Bd7 17. Nge4 Bf8 18.
Nc4 $14) 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qf3 $14) 16... Bf8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Ng3 $14 {
and Black's weaknesses on the << is hard to repare.}) 12... g6 (12... d5 13.
Bb3 $14) 13. Nf1 d5 {- Barua-Graf, Tripoli 2004 CBM 102}) 9... Nc6 10. b4 (10.
Re1 Be6 11. b4 a6 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bb2 Re8 14. h3 (14. d4 {attacking in the [+]
was critical.}) 14... d5 {Black wants to take over the [+], but White is
well-prepared.} 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Ne4 cxb4 17. cxb4 Qc7 18. Rc1 Rad8 19. Ba4
$14 {Kotsur-Senador, Tagaytay City 2004}) 10... a6 (10... Re8 11. b5 $5 (11.
Nbd2 Bf8 12. Re1 h6 13. b5 (13. Bb2 $5 {/\ d4}) 13... Na5 14. h3 g6 15. d4 Qc7
16. Bb2 Bg7 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. c4 Nh5 19. Bd3 Be6 20. Bc3 Red8 21. Qc2 Nf4 22.
Bf1 a6 $132 {Schmaltz-Zude, Bad Wiessee 2002}) 11... Na5 12. c4 a6 13. a4 b6
14. Nc3 $14 {because the N on a5 is really far from the events.}) (10... Bg4
11. h3 Bh5 {The B is not very effective here.} 12. b5 $5 {deserves attention
again.} (12. Nbd2 a6 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Bb2 d5 $13 {Beshukov-Yemelin, St
Petersburg 2001}) 12... Na5 13. c4 a6 14. a4 {/\ Nc3}) (10... Qc7 11. Re1 Bd7
12. Bb2 (12. Nbd2 $5) 12... b5 13. Bb3 a5 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. Bd5 Bd6 16. a4 {
(Gipslis-Faibisovich, Pardubice 1994)} b4 $5 $13) 11. Re1 (11. Nbd2 b5 (11...
Re8 12. Bb2 Bf8 13. Re1 $14 {Bauer-Hebden, Escaldes 1998 CBM 068}) (11... Qc7
12. h3 b5 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Bb2 d5 $5 {fighting back in the [+]
was better.} (15... Nd7 {is is simply too passive.} 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bf6
18. Nb3 $16 {Dolmatov-Sideif Sade, Tashkent 1980})) 12. Bb2 $5 (12. h3 $5) (12.
d4 {is not well-prepared yet.} cxb4 (12... c4 $6 13. d5 {gives White free
hands on both flanks.} Nb8 14. a4 Bb7 15. Re1 Nbd7 16. Nf1 Re8 17. h3 g6 18.
Ng3 {With a favourable Ruy Lopez Breyer for White.} Bf8 19. Be3 Bg7 20. Qd2 Rf8
21. Reb1 (21. Ra3 $5 {/\ Rea1}) 21... Ne8 22. Ra2 Nc7 23. Rba1 $14 {
Shahade-Barcenilla, New York 2000}) 13. cxb4 exd4 14. Bb2 Bg4 $1 {The same
idea as in the Spanish 9.d4 Bg4 variation.} 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nxd4 Nxd4
18. Bxd4 d5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Nb3 (20. f4 f5) 20... f5 21. f3 (21. exf6 Bxf6 $17 {
De la Paz-R.Hernandez, Havana 2004}) 21... Ng5 $1 $132)) (11. h3 d5 12. exd5
Nxd5 13. Re1 Bf6 $5 (13... Qc7 14. Bb2 $14) 14. bxc5 (14. Nfd2 $5 $14 {Dolmatov
}) 14... Bf5 {Dolmatov} (14... Qa5 $6 15. Bg5 (15. Nfd2 $6 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Qxc3
17. Nb3 Nd4 $15) 15... Qxc5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Qa5 $14) 15.
Nfd2 $14 {- Belikov-Smagin, Kazan 1995 CBM 051}) 11... b5 (11... d5 12. exd5
Nxd5 13. bxc5 (13. Bb2 Bg4 14. Nbd2 cxb4 15. axb4 Nf4 16. Re3 Bd6 17. Qf1 Rc8
18. Bb3 Bb8 19. Ne4 Be6 20. Ba4 b5 21. Bd1 a5 22. Nc5 axb4 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24.
cxb4 Nxb4 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Qxd3 {1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong-Bruzon Bautista,
Mallorca 2004 CBM 104}) 13... Bxc5 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Ba7 16. Qd3 $14 {
with a somewhat better isolated P structure.}) (11... Re8 12. h3 Bf8 13. Nbd2
h6 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Bb2 $14 {Tiviakov-Ernst, Dieren 2004}) 12. Bb2
(12. Bb3) 12... Bb7 {This is too early, Bg4 was always handy in case of d4.} (
12... Bg4 13. h3 (13. Bb3 d5 $13) 13... Bh5 14. Nbd2 d5) 13. Nbd2 Qd7 (13... d5
$5 {was again the main question.} 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nb3 (15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5
Bf6) 15... cxb4 16. axb4 Qc7) 14. d4 $14 c4 {Now White can get a huge space
advantage.} (14... cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Rac8 {led to a
slightly better version of the Ruy Lopez, but this was not so frightening.})
15. Nf1 (15. d5 $142 $1 {closing the [+] was required, the B on b2 can later
occupy the c1-h6 /^.} Na7 16. Nf1 $14) 15... Rfe8 {This allows again the
closing of the position.} (15... exd4 $5 {was critical.} 16. cxd4 (16. Nxd4
Nxd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Ne3 f5 20. f3 Ng5 (20... f4 $2 21. Nxd5 $1) 21.
Nxf5 (21. e6 $5) 21... Rxf5 22. e6 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Rxf3 24. exd7 Rf7 25. Bf5
Rxf5 26. Rxe7 Bc6 $11) 16... d5 17. Ne5 $1 (17. e5 Ne4 18. Ne3 f5 $13) 17...
Qd8 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. e5 Ne4 20. Ne3 $36) 16. Ng3 (16. d5 $14) 16... Bf8 17.
Bc1 (17. d5 $14) 17... g6 18. Bg5 Bg7 19. Qd2 (19. d5 Ne7 20. Qd2 a5 $14) 19...
a5 20. Rad1 $2 {This allows Black successfully open the position.} ({This was
the last time to close the [+] and gain a huge space advantage by} 20. d5)
20... axb4 $1 21. axb4 exd4 $1 22. cxd4 (22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Ra2 $132) 22...
Ra2 $1 {Here White can regret that he left the a file.} 23. d5 (23. Re2 $2 d5
$1 24. e5 (24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. e5 Bg7 {/\ Qe7}) 24... Ne4 $1 {is the typical
blow in the [+].} 25. Rxe4 $1 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 dxe4 27. Nxe4 Nxb4 $19) 23... Ne5
24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Bf4 (25. f4 Re8) 25... Re8 26. Qc1 Ng4 {Black has a Benoni
type of counterattack.} 27. f3 Ne5 28. Ne2 Rc8 {/\ Nd3} 29. Bb1 Rb2 (29... Ra4
{was also promising.} 30. Qd2 c3 $1 31. Nxc3 Nxf3+ 32. gxf3 Bxc3 $17) 30. Bd2
$2 {This blunder quickens the end.} (30. Nd4 Rxb4 31. Qc3 Ra4 $1 (31... Nd3 32.
Bxd3 Rb3 $1 33. Qa1 cxd3 34. Be3 Rc4 35. Rd2 Qd8 $15) 32. Bc2 b4 33. Bxa4 Qxa4
34. Qe3 Ra8 35. Bh6 Bh8 $17) 30... Nd3 $1 $19 31. Bxd3 cxd3 32. Nc3 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 {Black wants to play d6 and develop
his B to g7 after g6, but first he has to defend against Ng5.} 5. O-O d6 (5...
g6 6. d4 $1 {- Sorokin-Kobese, Linares Anibal op 7th 2000 CBM 75}) 6. Re1 (6.
Nc3 {- Beshukov-Ibragimov, RUS-ch KO Moscow 1999 CBM 75}) (6. c3 g6 7. d4 Qe7
8. dxe5 (8. Re1 Bg7 9. Nbd2 {- 6.Re1 g6 7.d4 Qe7 8.c3 Bg7 9.Nbd2}) 8... Nxe5 (
8... dxe5) 9. Nxe5 Qxe5 {- Short-Fridman, FIDE-Wch k.o. Las Vegas 1999 CBM 72}
(9... dxe5 {- Movsesian-Akopian, FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25/10 Las Vegas 1999 CBM 72}))
6... g6 7. d4 Bg4 (7... Qe7 8. dxe5 $5 (8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. dxe5 Nxe5 $1
(10... dxe5 $143 {Now the N on d5 is very strong, and the B on c4 is also on
the right /^.} 11. b4 O-O 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nd4
16. Qd3 $14 {Kogan-Svidler, Oakham 1992}) 11. Nxe5 dxe5 {Here Black can attack
the N via c7-c6.} 12. Qf3 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 O-O 14. a4 c6 15. Bc4 Qc7 16. b3 Re8
17. Ba3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Red1 Bf8 $11 {Sermek-Malaniuk, EUCup Gr5 Pula
1999}) (8. c3 Bg7 9. Nbd2 (9. d5 {- Illescas-Efimov, Escaldes zt 1998 CBM 68})
(9. b4 a6 10. Bd5 Nb8 $142 (10... Bd7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 $1 {/\ Bc5} b6 13.
a4 Ng4 14. Bc1 Rd8 (14... O-O {loses an exchange after} 15. b5 $1 axb5 16. Ba3
$16) 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Na5 17. Ba3 $16 {Tischbierek-Blatny, Bad Worishofen
1990}) 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bb3 {The position is a bit similar to the Ruy Lopez.}
O-O 13. Nbd2 Be6 14. Nc4 Nbd7 15. Na5 Rab8 16. a4 Rfc8 17. Ba3 Qe8 18. Nd2 $14
{Slobodjan-Godena, Arco 1998}) (9. h3 Nh5 $5 (9... O-O 10. Nbd2 {- 9.Nbd2}) 10.
Na3 {/\ Nc2-e3-d5} O-O 11. Nc2 Bd7 12. Ne3 Rae8 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Nf4 {White has made too many moves with this N.} Nxf4 17. Bxf4
Re7 18. Bd5 Qc8 $11 {Yakovich-Mikhalchishin, Kujbyshev 1986}) 9... O-O 10. h3
a6 (10... Kh8 11. Nf1 {- Sadvakasov-Bacrot, Lausanne YM Pool A 1999 CBM 71}) (
10... Nd8 11. Nf1 c6 12. Ng3 Nh7 13. Be3 Qf6 14. d5 {Now the N on d8 is killed.
} c5 15. b4 $14 {attacking the weakened << is a fresh idea.} (15. Nh2 Qh4 16.
Nf3 Qf6 17. a4 (17. b4 $14 {- 15.b4}) 17... h5 $5 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. b4 (19. h4 $6
{helps only Black's play on the >>.} Bg4 20. Ng5 f6 21. Nxh7 Kxh7 22. b4 cxb4
23. cxb4 Nf7 24. Rac1 Bh6 $11 {Bologan-Balashov, Azov 1991}))) (10... Nh7 {
/\ Ng5 putting pressure on d4.} 11. Nf1 Ng5 12. Bxg5 $5 {- Tiviakov-Sermek,
TCN Cup 3rd 1997 CBM 61} (12. N1h2 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Kh7 {/\ f5} (13... Na5 14.
Bd3 c5 15. Be3 Bd7 $142 {with a normal Ruy Lopez middlegame.} (15... Kh7 $6 {
allows White to grab the |^ on the <<:} 16. Qa4 $1 b6 17. b4 Bd7 18. Qa3 cxd4
19. cxd4 Nc6 20. d5 $14 {Dolmatov-Beliavsky, URS-FL Tashkent 1980})) 14. a4 (
14. dxe5 {solves unnecessarily the tension in the [+].} Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16.
Qd5 Be6 17. Qxe5 Bxe5 18. Bd5 c6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Be3 c5 21. h4 Rad8 $11 {
Gavrilakis-Rubinetti, Luzern ol (Men) 1982}) 14... f5 $13 {Ghinda-Beliavsky,
Lvov 1981}) (12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. d5 Nd8 14. Bd3 f5 15. g4 {closing the >>, after
which White gets free hand on the <<.} f4 16. c4 c5 17. Bd2 b6 18. a3 Rf7 19.
Bc2 Bf8 20. Nh2 Rh7 21. Kg2 Qc7 22. Ba4 Be7 23. b4 Kg7 24. Qe2 Bb7 25. Nf3 Nf7
{+/=/= Dolmatov-G.Timoschenko, URS-ch49 Frunze 1981})) (10... Qd8 {vacating
the e7 square for the N in case of d4-d5.} 11. Bb3 {The other threat was 11...
exd4 12.cxd4 d5!} (11. d5 $6 Ne7 12. Nf1 Nh5 $132) 11... Re8 12. a3 a5 $1 13.
Bc2 Bd7 14. Nf1 a4 $1 {Black wants to blockade the << and use the light
squares in the spirit of the Ruy Lopez Keres line.} 15. Ng3 (15. Bxa4 $2 Nxd4
$1) 15... b5 16. Be3 (16. Nh2 $5 {/\ f4}) 16... Na5 17. Nd2 Nh7 18. f4 exf4 19.
Bxf4 c5 $1 $13 {Gavrikov-Eingorn, SU 1981}) (10... Bd7 11. Nf1 Rae8 12. Ng3 Kh8
13. b4 a6 14. Rb1 (14. d5 $5) 14... Qd8 15. Qb3 Kg8 16. a4 Bc8 17. Bd2 Nh7 18.
Be3 h5 19. Qc2 Kh8 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 Na5 22. Bd3 b6 $11 {
Poluljahov-Malaniuk, Novgorod 1999}) 11. Nf1 b5 12. Bb3 (12. Bd3 Bb7) 12... Na5
13. Bc2 c5 14. b3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nc6 16. Bb2 Bb7 17. d5 Nb8 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4
Nbd7 20. N1d2 Nb6 21. Ra5 (21. Ra2 $5) 21... Qc7 22. b4 {White has some
advantage on the <<, but it's Black's turn to show his trumps on the other
flank!} Nh5 $1 23. g3 Qd7 24. Kh2 Bc8 25. Ng1 Qe8 $15 {/\ f5, Bologan-Onischuk,
Germany 1996 GER-chT.}) 8... dxe5 (8... Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Qxe5 (9... dxe5 10. b3 {
/\ Ba3}) 10. Nd2 $14) 9. b3 $1 {This is the main idea of the early exchenge on
e5.} Bg4 10. Bb5 {Ruy Lopez reminiscences again...} Qd6 11. Bxc6+ Qxc6 12. Nxe5
Bxd1 13. Nxc6 Bxc2 14. Bb2 Bg7 15. Na3 Bxb3 16. axb3 bxc6 17. Rac1 $14 {
V.Ivanov-Malaniuk, RUS-Cup Moscow RUS 2000}) (7... Bd7 8. Bb5 {Now we have got
a Ruy Lopez Steinitz with an extra h6 for Black.} Qe7 $142 (8... Bg7 $6 9. Bxc6
Bxc6 10. dxe5 $1 (10. Nc3 exd4 11. e5 dxe5 12. Rxe5+ Kf8) 10... Nxe4 (10...
dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Nxe5 $16 {loses simply material.}) 11. exd6 $16) (8...
Be7 $2 {is completely inconsistent.} 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nc3 exd4 11. Qxd4 Kf8 12.
Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 $16 {De la Paz-Rivera, CUB-ch sf 2000}) 9. d5 $14 {/\ Bxd7
and c4 with a good King's Indian for White, because of the exchange of the
light-squared B.}) (7... Nd7 $6 8. d5 $14 (8. dxe5 {allows Black to come out
of passivity.} Ndxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Bb3 Bg7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd2
Ng4 14. Bf4 Kh7 15. f3 Ne5 16. Rad1 Bxb3 17. axb3 f5 $13 {Perez-Vasquez,
Garcia mem Premier Santa Clara 1998})) 8. Bb5 (8. c3 Bg7 9. Bb5 {If this has
to be played anyway, then the game continuation seems to be better.} Nd7 (9...
Bd7 10. d5 $14 {leads again to a slightly better King's Indian structure for
White.} (10. Nbd2 O-O 11. a4 (11. h3 $2 Nxd4 $1 {is a typical blow.}))) 10.
Bxc6 bxc6 11. Be3 Qb8 12. b3 O-O 13. Nbd2 Qe8 14. h3 Be6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qe2
a5 17. a3 f5 {This is Black's only counterplay now.} 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Bf4 e4
20. Nd4 Bd5 21. Nxc6 Nc5 22. Nd4 Qg6 (22... Nd3) 23. Qe3 Nd3 24. Rf1 Kh7 $44 {
V.Ivanov-Loginov, RUS-Cup02 Moscow}) 8... Nd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nbd2 Bg7 11. h3
Be6 (11... Bxf3 $142 {Usually this exchange is favourable for White, but here
Black can open the long /^ for his B.} 12. Nxf3 exd4 $1 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. f4 c5
$1 15. Nf5 $5 gxf5 16. exf5 Qh4 17. Bd2 (17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Be3 Qg3 19. Qg4 Qxg4
20. hxg4 Kd7 $1) 17... Rg8 18. Qf3 O-O-O 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 dxe5 21. Qa8+
Kd7 22. Qd5+ Kc8 23. Qa8+ Kd7 24. Qd5+ Kc8 $11 {Makarichev-Nenashev, URS-ch58
Moscow 1991}) 12. Nb3 (12. Nf1 f6 $6 {This is very anti-positional.} (12... Nb6
) 13. Nh4 Bf7 14. f4 $16 {Stepovaia Dianchenko-Olarasu, Elista ol (Women) 1998}
) (12. dxe5 Nxe5 (12... dxe5 13. Qe2 {/\ Nc4 exploiting the weaknesses on the
<<.}) 13. Nd4 Qf6 14. Nf1 O-O 15. c3 c5 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 (16... fxe6 $5) 17. Ne3
c4 18. Nd5 Rfc8 19. Nf4 Qe8 20. Be3 a5 21. b3 Kh7 22. bxc4 Nxc4 23. Bd4 Ne5 24.
Nd5 Rab8 25. f4 $16 {Gipslis-Bogumil, Katowicze op 1993}) 12... exd4 13. Nbxd4
c5 {[#]} 14. Nf5 $1 {reminding Black, that his K is still in the [+].} gxf5 15.
exf5 Nf8 (15... Qe7 16. Qe2 $1 {emphasising the pressure on the e <->.} Ne5 17.
Nxe5 Bxe5 18. fxe6 fxe6 (18... Qxe6 19. Bf4 $1 $16) 19. c3 $16 {>< e6}) 16. c3
{This is a bit slow.} ({Crisper was} 16. Qd3 $1 Qd7 17. Qe4 $16) 16... Qd7 $1
17. Qd3 (17. Nh4 $5 $16 {deserved attention.}) 17... Qc6 $1 (17... O-O-O {
runs into} 18. fxe6 Nxe6 19. Qa6+ Kb8 20. Be3 $16) 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nh4 Bf6 (
19... O-O-O {is again risky in view of} 20. Ng6 Nxg6 21. Qxg6 e5 $1 22. b4 $1
$16) 20. Qf5 $5 {White's play is not energetic enough.} (20. Nf5 $1 {was still
enough for a significant advantage, for example:} Rg8 (20... O-O-O 21. Nxh6 Rd7
22. Ng4 $16) 21. g3 $16) 20... Bxh4 21. Qh5+ Kd7 22. Qxh4 Rg8 $1 23. Qe4 (23.
g4 $6 Ng6 $1 24. Qxh6 Qf3 25. Qh7+ Kc6 $1 $132) 23... Rg6 24. Qxc6+ Kxc6 {
The _|_ is only slightly worse for Black.} 25. Re4 Nd7 26. Rh4 Rh8 27. Kf1 Ne5
28. b3 h5 29. g3 Rf8 (29... Nf3 30. Ra4 Kb7 31. Bf4 $14) 30. Ke2 Rf5 31. Rf4 (
31. f4 $5 {is met by the positional piece sacrifice after} Rxg3 (31... Nd7 {
is clearly worse in view of} 32. g4 $16) 32. fxe5 Rxe5+ 33. Kd2 (33. Kf2 Rxc3
$44) 33... Rg2+ 34. Kd3 Rd5+ 35. Ke4 Rd1 $44) 31... Rgf6 32. Rxf5 exf5 $5 (
32... Rxf5 33. Be3 $142 (33. c4 Nf3) (33. f4 $5 Ng6 34. Kf3 (34. Be3 h4 35. g4
$2 Nxf4+ 36. Kf3 Rf8) 34... h4 $1 35. g4 Rf7 $11) 33... a6 (33... Kd5 $6 34.
Rd1+ Ke4 35. b4 $1 $16 {is a self-mate study.}) 34. c4 Nf3 35. g4 $14) 33. c4
Re6 34. Be3 {Black's pawns are in four islands, but even so he has good
defending chances.} Ng6 35. Rd1 f4 (35... h4 $14 {would have minimized the
demage.}) 36. gxf4 Nxf4+ 37. Kf3 Ng6 (37... Nxh3 $4 38. Kg3 {and the N is
trapped.}) 38. Rd5 Ne5+ 39. Ke2 Ng6 40. Rg5 h4 41. Rg4 a5 42. f4 Ne7 43. Rg5 d5
$6 {This only weakens Black's position.} (43... Rf6 44. Bd2 $16) 44. Kd3 Rd6 $2
(44... a4 {was the last chance to get rid of the weak P.} 45. Bf2 $16) 45. Re5
$1 $18 (45. Bf2 Rf6 46. Rg4 $16) 45... Ng6 46. cxd5+ Rxd5+ 47. Rxd5 Kxd5 48.
Bd2 {Now all the black pawns are on the colour of the B.} a4 49. bxa4 {White
has two passed pawns on both flanks, and the N is helpless against them.} c4+
50. Kc3 Ne7 51. a5 Kc5 52. Be3+ Kb5 53. a6 $1 Kxa6 54. Kxc4 {White's K is also
better, and his B is superior to the N.} Ka5 55. Bf2 Nf5 56. Kd5 Kb4 57. Ke5
Ne7 58. f5 c5 59. f6 Ng6+ 60. Kf5 Nh8 61. a3+ $1 Kxa3 62. Bxc5+ Kb3 63. Bf2 Kc4
64. Bxh4 Kd5 65. Bg3 Nf7 66. Bf4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 9-12"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.14"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Be6 8. Bc2
$143 {This modest retreat cannot be recommended from theoretical point of view.
} (8. Ba4 $143 {loses some tempi in order to transpose to a closed Ruy Lopez
type of position.} Bd7 $11 {Compare to the Ruy Lopez Accelerated Steinitz
Variation.} (8... Nd7 9. d4 exd4 (9... Bg4 {keeping the tension in the [+]
deserved attention.}) 10. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 11. Nxd4 c5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qb3 {
Black's P structure is a bit vulnerable.} (13. Nd2 Bg5 $11 (13... Nb6 14. Qe2 (
14. f4 d5) 14... a5 {Black ignores the fight for the [+].} 15. f4 a4 16. Nf3
Qc8 17. Be3 Qa6 {The _|_ looks OK for Black.} 18. Rae1 Qxe2 19. Rxe2 Nc4 20.
Bc1 Rab8 $11 {Tischbierek-Grivas, Dortmund 1990})) 13... Rf6 14. f4 $1 Rb8 $1 (
14... Qf8 15. Na3 Rb8 16. Qd1 Qc8 {Black cannot find a clear-cut plan.} 17. Nc4
Qb7 18. Re1 $14 {Yudasin-Klovans, Kostroma 1985}) 15. Qd1 c4 $5)) (8. Bxe6 $143
fxe6 {This P structure is not so bad for Black, he controls the [+] and the
semi-opened f <->.} 9. Re1 (9. Qb3 Qc8 10. Be3 b6 (10... Ng4) 11. Nbd2 Ng4 12.
Bg5 h6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 {1/2-1/2 I.Botvinnik-Dydyshko, Minsk 1988}) 9... Qd7 10.
Nbd2 Nh5 $5 {deserves attention.} (10... Rae8 {doesn't seem to be urgent here.}
11. a4 d5 (11... a5 12. Qb3 b6 13. Nc4 $14 {with some pressure on the light
squares.}) (11... Nh5 $5 12. Nc4 Nf4 13. b4 $14) 12. b4 Bd6 13. b5 Nd8 14. c4
Nf7 15. Bb2 $14 {I.Almasi-Golod, Internet 2000})) (8. Nbd2 Qd7 (8... Nd7 9. d4
Bxb3 10. Qxb3 {This reminds me to the 9...Be6 Ruy Lopez C92.} Qc8 11. Nc4 Bf6
12. Be3 Re8 13. Ncd2 (13. d5 Ne7 14. a4 $14) 13... Nf8 (13... Ne7 $5 {/\ Ng6
improving the bad N's position.}) 14. h3 a6 15. Rfc1 Qd7 16. d5 Ne7 17. c4 $14
{with good prospects on the <<,  Gipslis-Radulov, Albena 1983.}) (8... Bxb3 9.
Qxb3 $142 (9. axb3 {allows the freeing move} d5 10. Qc2 Re8 11. exd5 Qxd5 12.
Nc4 Rad8 $13 {Kim-Kharitonov, St Petersburg 1997}) 9... Rb8 (9... Qc8 10. Re1
Re8 11. Nf1 (11. Nc4 $5) (11. d4 $5) 11... Bf8 12. Ng3 Nd8 13. d4 {White gets
the upper hand in the [+].} g6 14. Be3 $16 {Smagin-Averbakh, Moscow 1982}) 10.
Re1 Nd7 11. Nc4 (11. Qc2 Bf6 12. Nf1 g6 (12... Nb6 {/\ d5}) 13. Bh6 Bg7 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15. d4 $14 {and again White comes first in the [+], Kengis-Klovans,
Riga 1981.}) (11. Nf1 {is a bit passive.} Nc5 $1 12. Qc2 d5 {This central push
solves Black's problems at once.} 13. Ne3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qd3 $11 {
Dolmatov-Klovans, Moscow 1981}) 11... h6 12. d4 Bf6 13. Be3 exd4 {giving up
the [+] is not a good strategy.} (13... Nb6 $5) 14. cxd4 Nb6 15. d5 $16 (15.
Ncd2 {again allows the freeing move} d5 $1 16. e5 Be7 17. a3 Qd7 $13 {
Dolmatov-Agdestein, Tilburg 1993})) 9. Re1 {- 8.Re1}) (8. Re1 Qd7 (8... Bxb3 9.
Qxb3 Na5 (9... Rb8 10. Nbd2 (10. a4 {against b5?} Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 d5 {
Here this push is not so effective because of} (12... h6 13. Ne3) 13. Bg5 dxe4
14. dxe4 h6 15. Rad1 $14 {Minasian-Klovans, Podolsk 1990})) 10. Qd1 c5 (10...
Re8 {is not consistant.} 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 a6 {is highly useless.} 13. Ng3
g6 14. d4 c6 15. h3 $14 {with an excellent Ruy Lopez type of position for
White, Kornev-Kholmov, Tula 2002.}) 11. b4 (11. d4 {is met by the counterblow
in the [+] :} exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nc3 Nc6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Rxe4
Qd5 $10) 11... Nc6 (11... cxb4 $5 12. cxb4 Nc6 13. a3 a6 14. Bb2 $14) 12. b5
$14 {Dolmatov-Vasiukov, Moscow 1981}) (8... a6 9. Nbd2 (9. h3 $6 {is not
important here.} Qd7 10. Nbd2 Rad8 11. d4 (11. Nc4) 11... Bxb3 (11... exd4 12.
cxd4 d5 13. e5 {is a favourable change in the central structure for White.})
12. Qxb3 Na5 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. d5 Nb8 15. c4 {and here the light-squared B is
missing for Black.} c6 16. Nf1 $14 {Psakhis-Geller, Riga 1985}) 9... Qd7 10.
Nc4 Rad8 11. Ne3 $14) (8... Nd7 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Bf6 {(Atlas-Dydyshko, Minsk
1987)} 11. d5 $14 {and Black cannot execute easily the freeing move c7-c6.}) 9.
Nbd2 (9. Ba4 $5 {provoking some "weakening moves" as in the Ruy Lopez} a6 10.
Nbd2 b5 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Nf1 Rfe8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. d4 $14 {
Ehlvest-Fridman, Liepaja 2001}) 9... Rfe8 (9... Rae8 {/\ Bd8, Ne7-g6, but this
looks a bit sophysticated.} 10. Ba4 (10. h3 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Na5 12. Qd1 Nc6 {
/\ d5} 13. Qb3 {1/2-1/2 Kudrin-Christiansen, Needham 2000}) (10. Nf1 a6 (10...
Bd8 $5) 11. Ng3 Bd8 12. Bc2 Qc8 (12... h6 13. d4 $14) 13. d4 Bg4 14. Be3 d5 15.
h3 exd4 16. cxd4 dxe4 17. hxg4 exf3 18. Bf5 {White's ^^ becomes dangerous in
the opened position.} Nd7 19. g5 $14 {Nunn-Geller, London 1982}) 10... a6 11.
d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 $14 {Yudasin} (12. cxd4 {allows the counterplay in the [+].}
b5 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nb3 d5 $13 {Yudasin-Murey, Moscow 1991})) (9...
Rad8 10. Ba4 a6 11. d4 b5 12. Bc2 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. d5 Na5 $142 (14... Nb8 15.
Nf1 c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Ng3 $14 {and the B is outplaced, Jakubiec-Balashov,
Wisla 1992.})) (9... a6 $5 {Yudasin} 10. Nf1 $14) 10. Ba4 a6 11. d4 b5 12. Bc2
Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. d5 Na5 15. a4 {The position is a bit similar to the 9.d4
Ruy Lopez.} c6 16. b4 Nc4 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. Bg5 $14 (19. a5 Red8
20. g4 Bg6 21. Bg5 h6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Ba4 $2 Qb7 $15 {Nevednichy-Schuh,
Manila 1992}) 19... h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. a5 Red8 22. Qe2 $14) 8... d5 {Black
grabs the |^ in the [+].} (8... Nd7 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 (10. cxd4 d5 $13) 10...
Nxd4 11. cxd4 Nb6 12. Nc3 c5 (12... d5 13. e5 $14) 13. d5 Bc8 14. f4 Bf6 15. e5
$5 $14 {Totsky-Golod, Moscow 1991}) 9. Nbd2 dxe4 (9... Re8 10. Re1 Bf8 11. h3
h6 12. Ba4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nd7 $1 {/\ Nc5, >< d3.} 14. Nf1 Qf6 $5 {/\ Rad8, Nc5}
(14... Na5 15. Ne3 c6 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. Ng4 $13 {Lutikov-Tuzovsky, Frunze 1973}))
10. dxe4 Nd7 (10... a5 {is not the most important here.} 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Rd1 f6
13. Nf1 Bc5 (13... Qe8 $5) 14. Be3 Bd6 {Black's plan clearly failed.} (14...
Bxe3 15. Nxe3 $14) 15. Nh4 Ne7 16. Ng3 $14 {Gorelov-Kalinski, Saratov 1981})
11. Qe2 Qe8 (11... Nb6 {against Nc4 was possible.}) 12. Nc4 {/\ Ne3-d5} f6 13.
Ne3 Qf7 14. Rd1 Rfd8 15. Nd5 Rac8 {looks a bit passive.} (15... Nb6 $142 $5 16.
Nxe7+ (16. c4 Bc5) 16... Nxe7 {and White's ^^ gives him a very small edge}) 16.
Be3 Bf8 (16... Bc5 $2 {is punished by the simple double -> after} 17. Bxc5 Nxc5
18. Qb5 b6 19. b4 a6 20. Qxc6 Rd6 21. Nxf6+ $18 {and the Q comes out of the
trap, Malakhov-Carlsen, Khanty Mansyisk 2005.}) 17. Rd2 a6 $6 {There is no
time for this move.} (17... Ne7 {improving the bad N's position was required.}
18. Nxe7+ Bxe7 19. Rad1 $14) 18. Rad1 Ncb8 {This looks rather awkward.} 19. h3
(19. Nh4 $5 {looked crisper.}) 19... Re8 {White has the control over the d <->.
} 20. b3 {/\ c4 with further advance on the <<.} c6 21. Nb6 $2 {This exchange
helps for the party lacking space.} (21. Nb4 a5 22. Nd3 Na6 $14) 21... Nxb6 22.
Bxb6 c5 $1 {and the b6 B is suddenly out of place.} 23. c4 (23. Bd3 Rc6 24. Ba7
Nd7 25. Bc4 $1 Rc7 $17) 23... Nc6 {The N comes back to the [+] with a great
effect.} 24. Qe3 Nd4 {Black controls now the [+].} 25. Bd3 Qh5 26. Be2 Qf7 27.
Ne1 Rc6 28. Ba5 b5 $17 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Bc3 Ra8 31. Nd3 Rca6 32. Nc1 Nxe2+ $6
{This exchange cannot be praized from strategical point of view. However Black
can simply do what he wants.} (32... Qg6 $5) 33. Qxe2 c4 $1 34. b4 (34. bxc4
Bxc4 35. Qe3 Ra3 $17) 34... Ra3 $1 35. Rc2 h6 36. Kh2 Kh7 37. Qd2 Qh5 38. f3
Be7 39. Ne2 Qg5 40. f4 $2 {This founders on a tactical blow.} (40. Qxg5 hxg5
41. Rdd2 R3a4 42. Rb2 Rd8 43. Rxd8 Bxd8 44. Bd2 Be7 $17) 40... exf4 41. Nxf4 {
[#]} Rxc3 $1 $19 {and White's position collapses.} 42. Rxc3 Bxb4 43. Nxe6 Qe5+
44. Kh1 Qxe6 45. Rb1 Bxc3 46. Qxc3 Qxe4 47. Rb2 Rd8 48. Kh2 Rd3 49. Qc2 c3 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.05"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 "Clichy"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Kh8 (7...
Nd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Nd2 $1 {- Macieja-Ivanchuk, FIDE World Cup-A 2002 CBM 92})
(7... Bg4 {- Fedorov-Potapov, RUS-chT 9th Ekaterinburg 2002 CBM 90}) (7... Be6
{- Mainka-Nenashev, Recklinhausser Schachtage 1998 CBM 67}) (7... h6 {/\
Nh7-Ng5 or Kh8, f5} 8. a5 {White wants to gain more space on the <<, although
it is hard to force a breakthrough there.} (8. Nbd2 Nh7 (8... Bg4 {In this P
structure this pin is useless.} 9. h3 Bh5 10. a5 {/\ a6} Nd4 11. g4 Nxf3+ 12.
Qxf3 Bg6 {The B is out of play here.} 13. a6 bxa6 14. Rxa6 $14 {
Karavaev-Yemelin, RUS-Team Smolensk 2000}) 9. c3 (9. Nf1 Ng5 10. Ne3 Nxf3+ 11.
Qxf3 Bg5 {This is the main idea, Black wants to exchange his passive B.} 12. c3
Kh8 13. Nf5 Bxc1 14. Raxc1 Qf6 15. Bd5 Be6 $11 {Bitman-Yandemirov, RUS Cup
Kstovo 1997}) 9... Bg5 10. Nxg5 Nxg5 (10... Qxg5 11. Nf1 $14 {^^}) 11. Nf1 Nh7
12. a5 a6 13. Ng3 Nf6 {Black has lost a lot of tempi in order to exchange his
passive B, and gave up the ^^.} 14. Qf3 $14 {Bellini-Acs, Hotel Agro, 1999 CBM
73}) (8. c3 Kh8 (8... Nh7 9. Be3 $5 (9. d4 Ng5 {Now Black can insert some
pressure on >< d4.} 10. Nxg5 Bxg5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 $11 {- Eismont-Yandemirov,
Russian Club Cup 1998 CBM 66}) 9... Kh8 10. a5 a6 {is the regular answer.} (
10... f5 {looks a bit premature:} 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. a6 b6 13. Bd5 Qe8 14. d4
Rd8 15. Nbd2 Nb8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bb7 $14 {Bosboom-Romanishin, Tilburg 1993}))
9. a5 a6 {- 8.a5}) 8... a6 9. c3 (9. Nbd2 Nh7 (9... Be6 10. c3 Nh7 11. Nf1 Bxc4
12. dxc4 {This P structure is somewhat better for White because of the
pressure on >< d5.} Ng5 13. Bxg5 Bxg5 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Ne3 $14 {
Barua-Gokhale, Goodricke 12th op 2001}) 10. Nf1 Ng5 11. Ne3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 {
This P structure is quite playable for Black.} 13. Nxg5 Bxg5 14. c3 Rb8 15. Qh5
{1/2:1/2 Anisimov-Yemelin, St.Petersburg-ch 2002}) 9... Nh7 {- Tkachiev,
V-Fressinet,L/Cap d'Agde 2002/CBM 92} (9... Kh8 10. Qb3 {This is another
benefit of a4-a5.} Qe8 {/\ Nh5, f5} 11. d4 Nh5 12. Nbd2 f5 13. dxe5 Nf4 $1 {
/\ Qg6} 14. exf5 (14. exd6 Qg6 15. g3 Bxd6 16. e5 Bc5 $44) 14... Bxf5 15. exd6
Qg6 16. g3 Bxd6 17. Nh4 Qh5 18. Bf1 Nd3 $44 {Sivokho-Yemelin, St.Petersburg-ch
2000})) 8. a5 (8. c3 Bg4 (8... Ng8) 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 {- Erenburg-Ganguly,
Wch U20 2002 CBM 91ext}) 8... a6 9. Nc3 $5 (9. c3 Ng8 10. d4 (10. Qb3 f5 11.
exf5 Rxf5 12. Nbd2 Nf6 13. Be6 Bxe6 14. Qxe6 Qd7 15. Qxd7 Nxd7 16. d4 exd4 17.
Nxd4 Re5 $11 {Tkachiev-Fressinet, Cap d'Agde KO rapid 2002}) 10... Bg4 (10...
exd4 {- Hossain-Ehlvest, Dhaka 1999 CBM 70}) 11. d5 (11. Be3 f5 12. exf5 exd4
13. cxd4 d5 14. Be2 Bxf5 15. Nc3 Nb4 16. Rc1 c6 17. Qa4 Nd3 18. Bxd3 Bxd3 19.
Bd2 Bd6 $11 {Degraeve-Ch Bauer, Antwerp 1998}) (11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 Bxf3 13.
Bxf3 Bg5 $11 {Vratonjic-Nestorovic, Nis 1994}) 11... Nb8 12. Nbd2 Bg5 13. h3 (
13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Bxc1 15. Raxc1 Nd7 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qc6 Rxb2 18. Qa4 Ngf6
19. Qa3 Qb8 20. h3 Re8 $11 {Macieja-Johannessen, Bermuda-A 2002}) 13... Bxf3
14. Nxf3 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Nd7 16. b4 Ne7 $13 {Sermek-Mitkov, Pula zt 2000}) 9...
Ng8 {/\ f5, which is the main idea of this variation.} (9... Be6 10. Nd5) (9...
Bg4 10. h3) 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 {White has to advance in the [+].} Bf6 (11...
fxe4 12. dxe4 Bg4 13. Be2 Nf6 {was also interesting.}) 12. b4 (12. exf5 Bxf5
$13) 12... f4 {Now Black has good attacking chances on the >>, if White will
not react immediately.} 13. d4 g5 $5 (13... Bg4 {attacking >< d4 comes into
consideration.} 14. Bb2 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 exd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 (16... Bxd4 17. Bxd4
Nxd4 18. Qc3 Nc6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. b5 Rxa5 21. Rxa5 Nxa5 22. Qxa5 c6 23. Qxd8
Rxd8 24. Nxf4 Nf6 $11) 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Rac1 c6 19. Nc3 Qh4 $13) 14. dxe5 (14.
Nxf6 Qxf6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 {- 14.dxe5}) 14... Nxe5 15. Nxf6 Qxf6 16. Nxe5 dxe5 {
White has the ^^, but the position is fairly closed, and he has to defend
against an -> on the >>.} 17. Bb2 Ne7 18. Qh5 Bd7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Bb3 Qg6 21.
Qxg6 Nxg6 $11 {Even the _|_ is playable for Black.} 22. f3 Bc8 23. Kf2 Kg7 24.
Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Bxd1 Kf6 27. Be2 Bd7 28. c4 Nf8 29. g3 Ne6 30. Bf1
c5 31. Bc3 Nd8 32. b5 Nf7 33. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch GpA"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bc2
c5 9. Re1 (9. a3 Nc6 10. b4 a6 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 {- Tiviakov-Werle,
Leeuwarden 2005 CBM 110}) 9... Re8 {The position resembles to the quiet d3 Ruy
Lopez system without a6 and b5.} (9... Nc6 {- Souleidis-Van den Doel,
Bundesliga 2005 CBM 112}) 10. d4 {White opens up the position, the tempi do
not count!} (10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. Nf1 {is the quiet Ruy Lopez manoeuvre.} h6 12. h3
{/\ d4 defending against Bg4 as in the Ruy Lopez main line.} (12. d4 exd4 13.
cxd4 {is certainly met by} Bg4 14. d5 Bxf3 (14... b5 $6 {allows White to
consolidate his position.} 15. N1d2 (15. Ng3 $5) 15... g6 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3
Bg7 18. Rb1 b4 19. b3 Nd7 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. Bd3 $16 {Nevednichy-Skembris, Bad
Woerishofen 2002}) 15. gxf3 $36 (15. Qxf3 Nxd5 16. Bd2 Nb4 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18.
Ne3 $44)) 12... b5 (12... Nc6 $5) 13. d4 Qc7 14. b3 g6 15. d5 $14 {is very
similar to the Closed Ruy Lopez middlegames.} (15. a4 {The opening of the
position before finishing the development is a double-edged operation.} bxa4
16. Rxa4 Bd7 17. Ra1 exd4 18. cxd4 Nc6 19. e5 (19. d5 Nb4 20. Bb2 Bg7 $13 {
looks better than the Ruy Lopez Zaitsev main line.}) 19... dxe5 20. dxe5 Nxe5
21. Bb2 $1 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Nh5 23. Be4 Rad8 24. Bd5 Bb5 $5 (24... Qf4 $11) 25.
g4 {missing the forceful} Rxe1 (25... Ng7 $2 {is too obedient!} 26. Ng3 Rxe1+
27. Rxe1 Ne8 $4 {This is the final blunder.} 28. Rxe8 $1 Rxe8 29. Qf6 {1-0
Malaniuk-Van der Sterren, Baku 1983}) 26. Rxe1 Qf4 $1 $15)) 10... exd4 11. cxd4
Bg4 $5 (11... Nc6 12. d5 Nb4 (12... Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Na3 $14 {is a better
P structure for White because of the strong d5 o^.}) 13. Ba4 Bd7 14. Bxd7 Nxd7
15. Na3 Bf6 16. Nc4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. a3 Na6 19. Bf4 $14) (11... cxd4 12.
Nxd4 $14) 12. d5 $6 (12. Ba4 $5 {deserved attention, here we see the
difference between this variation and the Ruy Lopez!} Nd7 (12... Bd7 13. Nc3
$14) 13. Nc3 $14) 12... Nd7 $1 {Now Black gets counterplay on the dark squares,
as in the 9.d4 Ruy Lopez.} 13. Nbd2 Bf6 14. Rb1 b5 15. h3 Bxf3 (15... Bh5 $5
16. g4 Bg6 17. b3 Rc8 {/\ c4}) 16. Nxf3 Nc4 17. Bd3 Rb8 {Black still has a
strong pressure against b2.} 18. a4 (18. Qe2 Qa5 $1 19. a4 (19. Bxc4 bxc4 20.
Qxc4 {White cannot accept the sacrifice because of} Ne5 $1 21. Qe2 Nxf3+ 22.
gxf3 Qxa2 $13) 19... a6 20. axb5 axb5 {- 18.a4}) 18... a6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qe2
Qa5 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Bf4 Be5 $1 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 {The _|_ with the
heavy pieces gives Black excellent drawing chances, as usual.} 25. Qxc4 (25.
Ra1 Qb5 26. f4 Ree8 27. Rac1 Qxb2 28. Rxc4 Qxe2 29. Rxe2 f5 30. e5 Rb1+ 31. Kf2
Rd1 32. exd6 Rxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Rxd5 $11) 25... f5 $1 (25... Rxb2 26. Red1 $14) 26.
Qc3 (26. f4 Rb4) 26... Qxc3 (26... Qa2 $5 27. Ra1 Qxb2 28. Qxb2 Rxb2 $11) 27.
bxc3 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096] The R _|_ is completely drawish, but
White slowly but surely worsens his own position.} (28... fxe4 29. c4) 29. Kf1
(29. Rb6 $1 Rc4 30. Rxd6 Rxc3 $11 {was the easiest draw.}) 29... Kf7 $1 (29...
Re5 30. c4 Re4 31. Rb6 Rxc4 32. Rxd6 Rd4 33. Rd7 h6 $11) 30. Rb7+ Kf6 31. Rd7
Ke5 {Now the black K became very active.} 32. Rxg7 Kxd5 33. Rxh7 $6 (33. g4 $1
{creating immediately a o^ was easier:} fxg4 (33... Kc4 34. f3) 34. hxg4 Kc4
35. f3 Re8 36. Rxh7 Kxc3 37. Kf2 $11) 33... Rc4 $1 {[#]} (33... Kc4 34. Rh6 d5
35. Rc6) 34. Rh5 $6 (34. Ke2 Rxc3 35. g4 Kd4 $5 (35... Ke4 36. f3+ Kf4 37. Rf7
Re3+ 38. Kd2 Kxf3 39. Rxf5+ $11) (35... fxg4 36. hxg4 Rc1 37. f4 c4 (37... Ke4
38. f5 Rc2+ 39. Ke1 Rg2 40. f6 Rg1+ 41. Kd2 Rg2+ $11 (41... Rxg4 $4 42. f7 Rg2+
(42... Rf4 43. Rh4) 43. Ke1 Rg1+ 44. Kf2 $18)) 38. Rd7 Rg1 39. g5 Ke6 40. Rc7
d5 41. Rc6+ Kf5 42. Kf3 Rf1+ 43. Ke3 $11) 36. g5 $1 Rc1 (36... Rc2+ $2 37. Kf3
Rc1 38. Kf4 c4 39. g6 Rg1 40. Kxf5 c3 41. Rc7 d5 42. h4 Kd3 43. h5 $18) 37. Rf7
$1 (37. Rd7 d5 38. g6 Rg1 39. g7 c4) (37. h4 Rg1) 37... Ke5 (37... Rg1 $2 38.
Rxf5 Ke4 (38... c4 39. Rf4+ $1 {/\ Rg4}) 39. Rf6 d5 40. f3+ Kd4 41. Rf4+ Ke5
42. Rg4 $18) 38. Re7+ Kd4 (38... Kf4 39. g6 Rg1 40. g7) 39. Rf7 $11) (34. g4 $1
{was again the clear-cut solution.} fxg4 35. Kg2 $1 $11) 34... Rxc3 35. Rxf5+
Ke4 36. Rf6 $1 (36. Rf8 $2 c4 $1 (36... d5 $2 37. Re8+ Kd3 (37... Kd4 38. h4 c4
39. h5) 38. g4 c4 39. g5 Rc1+ (39... Rb3 40. g6 Rb7 41. h4 c3 42. h5 c2 (42...
Rc7 $2 43. Re1 c2 44. h6 $18) 43. Rc8 Rg7 44. f4 Kd2 45. f5 $18) 40. Kg2 c3 41.
g6 c2 42. Rc8 $18) 37. Re8+ Kd4 $1 (37... Kd3 38. g4 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 c3 40. Rd8
$11) 38. g4 (38. h4 Rb3 39. h5 c3 40. Ke2 Rb2+ 41. Kd1 Rxf2 42. Rg8 d5 (42...
Rf4 43. Rg3) 43. Rg3 Kc4 44. h6 d4 $19) (38. Ke2 Rc2+ 39. Kf3 c3 40. Re4+ Kd3
41. Re3+ Kc4 42. Re4+ Kb3 43. Re8 Rd2 $19) 38... Rxh3 39. g5 Rh5 40. f4 c3 $19)
36... d5 {[#]} 37. h4 $2 {This is the final mistake, now in the P race Black
will be quicker.} (37. Re6+ Kd3 (37... Kd4 38. h4 $1 c4 39. h5 Rb3 (39... Rc1+
40. Re1) 40. h6 Rb7 41. g4 c3 (41... Kd3 42. g5 c3 43. Rc6 $1) 42. Ke2 Rb2+ 43.
Kf3 Rb7 44. g5 c2 45. Rc6 Rb3+ (45... Kd3 46. Rxc2 Kxc2 47. g6 $18) 46. Kg4 Rc3
47. h7 $18) 38. Re3+ $1 (38. g4 c4 39. g5 Rc1+ 40. Kg2 c3 41. g6 (41. Re3+ $2
Kd2 42. g6 Ra1 $1 (42... c2 $4 43. g7 Rg1+ 44. Kxg1 c1=Q+ 45. Kg2 Qc8 46. Rg3
Qg8 47. h4 $18) 43. g7 Ra8 $19) 41... Ra1 $1 (41... c2 42. Rc6 Ra1 43. f4 Ra6
44. g7 Rxc6 45. g8=Q c1=Q 46. Qxd5+ Ke2 (46... Ke3 47. Qe5+) 47. Qe4+ Kd1 48.
Qf3+ $11) 42. h4 (42. g7 Ra8 $1) 42... c2 43. Rc6 Ra4 $1 44. Rxc2 Kxc2 45. Kf3
(45. h5) 45... Ra7 46. h5 d4 47. h6 d3 48. g7 d2 $19) 38... Kc2 39. Re2+ Kb3
40. f4 $1 (40. Re8 d4) 40... d4 41. f5 Rc1+ 42. Kf2 d3 43. Rd2 c4 44. f6 Rc2
45. Ke3 Rc1 46. Rf2 Rc2 $11) (37. g4 $1 $11) 37... d4 $1 $19 {In the P race
not the quantity but the quality counts.} 38. h5 (38. f3+ Kd3 $1) 38... d3 $1
39. Ke1 Rc1+ 40. Kd2 Rc2+ 41. Kd1 (41. Ke1 c4 $19) 41... c4 42. h6 c3 43. Re6+
Kd5 44. Re5+ (44. h7 Ra2 $19) (44. Re3 Kc4 $19) 44... Kc4 45. Re4+ Kb3 46. Re3
(46. Rd4 Rxf2 47. Rxd3 Kb2 $19) 46... Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.23"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Istanbul"]
[BlackTeam "Asker"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Nd7 8. Bc2
{This looks a bit passive.} (8. d4 Bf6 (8... Na5 $143 $5 9. Bc2 c5 {is a
typical plan in the Ruy Lopez Chigorin Variation, but not here.} 10. Nbd2 $14 (
10. d5 {There is no need to hurry with this move.} b5 11. Nbd2 (11. b3 Nb6) (
11. a4 b4) 11... Nb6 12. b3 (12. b4 Nb7 13. a4 bxa4 14. Bxa4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 {
1/2:1/2 Nunn-Gligoric, Plovdid 1983}) 12... f5 $132)) (8... Nf6 $143 {is just
a loss of two tempi.} 9. Nbd2 Bg4 10. d5 Nb8 11. h3 Bc8 {Black is not
bothering himself with tempi.} 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Nf1 Ne8 14. Bc2 g6 15. Bh6 Ng7
16. g4 Nf6 17. Qd2 Kh8 18. Ng3 Ng8 19. Be3 b6 20. Kh2 Bd7 21. Rg1 $14 {
Minasian-Emms, Paris 1994}) (8... Nb6 9. h3 exd4 (9... Bf6 10. Re1 {- 8...Bf6}
(10. a4 a5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Na3 Bc6 15. Qc2 {
1/2-1/2 Mencinger-Mikhalchishin, Ljubljana 1995})) 10. cxd4 (10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11.
cxd4 d5 $11) 10... d5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Nc3 N4xd5 13. Re1 $14 {with a similar
position to the Petroff!}) 9. Re1 Nb6 (9... Re8 10. h3 a6 (10... Nf8 11. Ba4
Bd7 12. d5 Nb8 13. Bxd7 Nfxd7 14. c4 a5 15. Nc3 Na6 16. Rb1 g6 17. a3 $14 (17.
Qe2 Nac5 18. b3 Bg7 19. Qc2 c6 $13 {Bischoff-Smyslov, Luzern 1985})) 11. a4 Nf8
12. Na3 (12. a5 {gaining space on the << was the logical follow-up.}) 12... Bd7
13. Qd3 Ng6 14. Bd2 Qe7 15. Nc2 Qf8 16. a5 $14 {Savchenko-Shilin, Donetsk 2003}
) 10. h3 Re8 (10... exd4 $5 11. Nxd4 $1 (11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 (12. e5 {closing
the position is not advisable here.} Be7 13. Bc2 Nb4) 12... Nxd5 13. Nc3 Be6
14. Ne4 {with Petroff type of motifs.}) 11... Bd7 $5 (11... Nxd4 12. cxd4 d5
13. e5 Be7 14. Bc2 {taking control over the vital /^ b1-h7.} (14. Nc3 {allows}
Bf5 {activating the "bad" B.}) 14... f5 $5 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Nb3 $14) 12. Be3 Re8
13. Nd2) 11. a4 a5 12. d5 Ne7 {White cannot play forthe typical King's Indian
advance c4-c5 easily because of the insertion of a4-a5.} 13. Na3 Ng6 14. Be3 {
(Yudasin-Mikhalchishin, Minsk 1985)} Bd7 $5 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. axb5 Nf4 $13 {
Yudasin}) (8. Be3 Nc5 {This is White is waiting for.} (8... Bf6 9. d4 (9. Nbd2
Nc5 {Here this move is completely OK.} 10. Bc2 Ne6 11. h3 g6 12. b4 Bg7 13. Bb3
Kh8 14. a4 f5 $132 {Bologan-Gausel, Stavanger 1991}) 9... exd4 (9... Re8 10. d5
(10. Nbd2 exd4 11. cxd4 $14) 10... Ne7 11. c4 Ng6 12. Nc3 {Steering towards
Old-Indian setups.} Nh4 13. Ba4 $14 {Psakhis-Geller, SU-ch 1983}) (9... Na5 10.
Bc2 Nc4 11. Bc1 {At first sight it looks that Black has won some tempi, but
this manoeuvre brings no relief in the Ruy Lopez C91 either.} Re8 12. a4 (12.
d5 Nf8 13. Ba4 Re7 14. Bb5 Nb6 15. Re1 (15. a4 a6 16. Be2 a5 {and c4-c5 is not
so easy to execute, the dark squares are vulnerable.} 17. Be3 Ng6 18. Bxb6 cxb6
19. g3 Bh3 20. Re1 Rc7 21. Na3 $14 {Vasiukov-Geller, Moscow 1987}) 15... Ng6
16. Bf1 c6 17. c4 {looked more conequent.}) 12... a5 $5 (12... Nf8 13. b3 Nb6
14. a5 {gaining space on the <<.} Nbd7 15. Nbd2 Ng6 16. b4 a6 17. Nc4 $14 {
Pikula-Smagin, Biel 1996})) (9... Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qc2 $14 (12.
Nf1 {leaves >< e4 unattended.} exd4 13. Bxd4 Nde5 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Nf5 Nc6 $13 {
U.Nielsen-Gausel, Gausdal 1990})) 10. cxd4 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nc3 cxd4 {
(Kosten-Hebden, London 1989)} (12... Nc4 13. Nd5 $14) 13. Bxd4 $14) (8... Nf6 {
looks paradox at first glance, but d5 is a big threat because the e3 B blocks
the e <->.} 9. h3 (9. Re1 d5 10. Bg5 dxe4 11. dxe4 h6 12. Bh4 Qxd1 13. Bxd1 Nd7
14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Nbd2 f6 16. Nc4 a5 17. Ne3 Nc5 $11 {Lamoureux-Emms, Oakham
1994}) 9... d5 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Re1 a6 12. a3 Be6 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nc4 Nxe3 {
(Kramnik-Emms, Gausdal 1992)} 15. Nxe3 $14) 9. Bxc5 $1 {This is the main idea.}
(9. Bc2 Bg4 10. b4 Ne6 11. Bb3 Bg5 12. Bxe6 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 fxe6 14. Qg4 Bxe3 15.
fxe3 Rxf1+ 16. Kxf1 Qf6+ $11 {Dounia-Geller, La Valetta 1980}) 9... dxc5 10.
Bd5 Bd6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 {Tripled pawns are usually not healthy, but >< d3 is
also weak, plus there is the ^^.} 12. Nbd2 (12. h3 f5 $14 {Yakovich} (12... Rb8
$5 13. Nbd2 Ba6 14. Qc2 f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Rfe1 $16 {Yakovich-Geller, Sochi
1986})) 12... Ba6 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Rad1 Re6 15. Rfe1 Rg6 16. Nf1 Bc8 17. Ng3 Bg4
18. Re3 h5 19. h3 Bxh3 20. gxh3 h4 21. Kh2 hxg3+ 22. fxg3 Rh6 23. Rf1 $14 {
Kramnik-Meister, RUS-ch 1990}) (8. Re1 Bf6 9. Nbd2 (9. d4 {- 8.d4}) 9... Nc5
10. Bc2 Ne6 {Black is fighting for the dark squares, >< f4 is the target.} 11.
Nf1 Kh8 12. Ng3 g6 13. b4 a6 14. a3 Bg7 15. Bb2 (15. Bb3 $5) 15... Ng5 16. Nxg5
Qxg5 17. d4 f5 $13 {Gunnarsson-Gausel, Reykjavik 1998}) (8. Nbd2 Nc5 9. Bc2 Bf6
(9... Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 {Black is fighting against d4, but the B is not
well-placed here.} 11. Re1 Bf6 12. Nf1 d5 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. b4 dxe4 (14... Ne6
15. Bb3 $14) 15. dxe4 Ne6 16. a4 Re8 17. a5 a6 18. Ba4 $14 {Chandler-Geller,
Sochi 1982}) (9... f5 {is strongly countered by the central push} 10. d4 $1
Nxe4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Bxe4 d5 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Nxe5 Na5 $1 15. Qa4 dxe4 16.
Qxa5 c5 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Be3 $14) 10. Re1 {- 8.Re1} (10. Nc4 {runs into} d5
11. Ne3 Ne7 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 c6 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Be3 {
1/2-1/2 Ivanovic-Portisch, Manila 1990})) 8... Nb6 ({The main idea of White's
plan is that} 8... Nc5 $6 {is countered by} 9. d4 $14) 9. Re1 (9. d4 Bg4 $13)
9... f5 $132 {Here White can regret leaving the a2-g8 /^ deliberately.} 10. a4
(10. exf5 Bxf5 11. d4 {is the usual reaction in the [+].}) 10... f4 $5 {
Black's attacking chances on the >> are questionable.} (10... fxe4 $142 11.
dxe4 a5 {is a more reliable P structure for Black.} (11... Bg4 12. a5 Bxf3 13.
gxf3 Nd7 14. a6 $36) (11... Be6 $5 12. a5 Nc4 13. a6 b5 14. b3 Nb6 $13) 12. Be3
Bg4 13. Nbd2 Kh8 $13) 11. d4 (11. a5 Nd7) 11... Bg4 $6 {This allows the
further advance on the <<.} ({It was better to stop White by} 11... a5 $142 12.
Bb3+ Kh8 13. Na3 (13. h3 Qe8 $1 {/\ Qg6}) 13... Bg4 14. Nb5 Bf6 $13) 12. a5 Nd7
13. a6 $14 exd4 $1 14. axb7 (14. cxd4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rb8 16. axb7 {- 14.axb7})
14... Rb8 15. cxd4 (15. Ba4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nde5 $1 17. Kh1 d3 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19.
Qxd3 Ne5 $44) 15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 (16. Qd3 $6 Kh8 $1 (16... Rxb7 17. e5 $1 $18)
(16... Bh5 17. Qc4+ $18) 17. gxf3 (17. e5 g6) 17... Nb4 $13) 16... Bf6 {[#]} (
16... Rxb7 17. Bb3+ Kh8 18. Bd5 Rb6 19. Nc3 {was also better for White, the
light-squared B dominates the board.} Bh4 20. Rf1 Bf6 21. Ne2 $14) 17. e5 $1
dxe5 18. Qd3 {with a double threat of Qxh7 and Qc4.} Nxd4 19. Qxh7+ Kf7 20. Be4
(20. Qg6+ $142 Kg8 21. Bd3 $1 {was not so easy to find.} Nxf3+ 22. Kh1 Ng5 23.
Bc4+ Nf7 (23... Kh8 24. Qh5+ Nh7 25. Bd3 $18) 24. Ra3 $16) 20... Rh8 21. Qg6+
Ke7 22. Nc3 {It is probably early for a draw but the position is fairly
complicated.} (22. b3 $5 Rh6 23. Ba3+ c5 24. Qg4 Qh8 $132) (22. Nc3 Rh6 23. Qg4
Qh8 $132) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.30"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[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 "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Kh8 {
/\ Ng8, f5} (7... Nd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Nd2 $1 {- Macieja-Ivanchuk, FIDE World
Cup-A 2002 CBM 92}) (7... Bg4 {- Fedorov-Potapov, RUS-chT 9th Ekaterinburg
2002 CBM 90}) (7... Be6 {- Mainka-Nenashev, Recklinhausser Schachtage 1998 CBM
67}) (7... h6 {/\ Nh7-Ng5 or Kh8, f5} 8. a5 {White wants to gain more space on
the <<, although it is hard to force a breakthrough there.} (8. Nbd2 Nh7 (8...
Bg4 {In this P structure this pin is useless.} 9. h3 Bh5 10. a5 {/\ a6} Nd4 11.
g4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bg6 {The B is out of play here.} 13. a6 bxa6 14. Rxa6 $14 {
Karavaev-Yemelin, RUS-Team Smolensk 2000}) 9. c3 (9. Nf1 Ng5 10. Ne3 Nxf3+ 11.
Qxf3 Bg5 {This is the main idea, Black wants to exchange his passive B.} 12. c3
Kh8 13. Nf5 Bxc1 14. Raxc1 Qf6 15. Bd5 Be6 $11 {Bitman-Yandemirov, RUS Cup
Kstovo 1997}) 9... Bg5 10. Nxg5 Nxg5 (10... Qxg5 11. Nf1 $14 {^^}) 11. Nf1 Nh7
12. a5 a6 13. Ng3 Nf6 {Black has lost a lot of tempi in order to exchange his
passive B, and gave up the ^^.} 14. Qf3 $14 {Bellini-Acs, Hotel Agro, 1999 CBM
73}) (8. c3 Kh8 (8... Nh7 9. Be3 $5 (9. d4 Ng5 {Now Black can insert some
pressure on >< d4.} 10. Nxg5 Bxg5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 $11 {- Eismont-Yandemirov,
Russian Club Cup 1998 CBM 66}) 9... Kh8 10. a5 a6 {is the regular answer.} (
10... f5 {looks a bit premature:} 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. a6 b6 13. Bd5 Qe8 14. d4
Rd8 15. Nbd2 Nb8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bb7 $14 {Bosboom-Romanishin, Tilburg 1993}))
9. a5 a6 {- 8.a5}) 8... a6 9. c3 (9. Nbd2 Nh7 (9... Be6 10. c3 Nh7 11. Nf1 Bxc4
12. dxc4 {This P structure is somewhat better for White because of the
pressure on >< d5.} Ng5 13. Bxg5 Bxg5 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Ne3 $14 {
Barua-Gokhale, Goodricke 12th op 2001}) 10. Nf1 Ng5 11. Ne3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 {
This P structure is quite playable for Black.} 13. Nxg5 Bxg5 14. c3 Rb8 15. Qh5
{1/2:1/2 Anisimov-Yemelin, St.Petersburg-ch 2002}) 9... Nh7 {-
Tkachiev-Fressinet, Cap d'Agde 2002 CBM 92} (9... Kh8 10. Qb3 {This is another
benefit of a4-a5.} Qe8 {/\ Nh5, f5} 11. d4 Nh5 12. Nbd2 f5 13. dxe5 Nf4 $1 {
/\ Qg6} 14. exf5 (14. exd6 Qg6 15. g3 Bxd6 16. e5 Bc5 $44) 14... Bxf5 15. exd6
Qg6 16. g3 Bxd6 17. Nh4 Qh5 18. Bf1 Nd3 $44 {Sivokho-Yemelin, St.Petersburg-ch
2000})) 8. a5 (8. c3 Bg4 (8... Ng8) 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 {- Erenburg-Ganguly,
Wch U20 2002 CBM 91ext}) 8... a6 {otherwise a5-a6 is always hanging in the air.
} 9. c3 (9. Nc3 $5 Ng8 {/\ f5, which is the main idea of this variation.} (9...
Be6 10. Nd5) (9... Bg4 10. h3) 10. Nd5 f5 {- Bauer-Hauchard, France 2003 CBM 95
}) 9... Ng8 10. d4 {White has to react quickly in the [+].} (10. Qb3 f5 11.
exf5 Rxf5 12. Nbd2 Nf6 13. Be6 Bxe6 14. Qxe6 Qd7 15. Qxd7 Nxd7 16. d4 exd4 17.
Nxd4 Re5 $11 {Tkachiev-Fressinet, Cap d'Agde KO rapid 2002}) 10... f5 $1 {
This is Black's main weapon here.} (10... Bg4 {is not logical here, the pin is
not so important.} 11. d5 $1 (11. Be3 f5 12. exf5 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. Be2 Bxf5
15. Nc3 Nb4 16. Rc1 c6 17. Qa4 Nd3 18. Bxd3 Bxd3 19. Bd2 Bd6 $11 {Degraeve-Ch
Bauer, Antwerp 1998}) (11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bg5 $11 {
Vratonjic-Nestorovic, Nis 1994}) 11... Nb8 12. Bd3 $1 {Macieja} (12. Nbd2 $6
Bg5 13. h3 (13. Qb3 $2 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Bxc1 15. Raxc1 Nd7 $1 16. Bf1 $11 (16.
Qxb7 $2 Rb8 17. Qc6 Rxb2 $1 18. Qa4 Ngf6 19. Qa3 Qb8 $15 {Macieja-Johannessen,
Bermuda-A 2002 84/268})) (13. Bd3 Nd7 14. b4) 13... Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Bxc1 15. Rxc1
Nd7 16. b4 Ne7 $13 {Sermek-Mitkov, Pula zt 2000}) 12... Nd7 13. b4 $14 {
and White grabs the |^ on the <<, while Black's play on the >> looks rather
slow.}) (10... exd4 {- Hossain-Ehlvest, Dhaka 1999 CBM 70}) (10... Bf6 {
blocks the f P.} 11. h3 g6 12. Be3 Bg7 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. Nbd2 Nd8 15. Qa2 Be6 16.
b4 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 $14 {Kayumov-Coleman, ADCF Masters 2003}) 11. dxe5 fxe4 $1 (
11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nd2 {and Black has
problems with his isolated P on e5.} Bf6 16. Nb3 (16. Ne4 $2 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Rd1+
18. Bf1 Bg5 $15) (16. Nf3 Rd7 17. Ng5 h6 18. Be6 (18. Ne6) 18... Bxg5 19. Bxf5
Bxc1 20. Raxc1 $14) 16... Ne7 (16... Bd3 17. Bxd3 Rxd3 18. Nc5 Rd5 19. Be3 $16
{Pyhala,A-Koskinen,H/FIN 1992}) 17. Nc5 Rab8 $14) 12. Rxe4 Bf5 13. Re1 Nxe5 14.
Nxe5 dxe5 15. Qe2 (15. Be3 Nf6 (15... Qe8 $6 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Qb3 Bd6 18. Nf1
Qg6 $13 {Vlassov-G.Kuzmin, St Petersburg 1995}) (15... Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Nf6 17.
Nd2 (17. h3 Rad8 $11) 17... Ng4 $11) 16. Nd2 Ng4 $132) 15... Nf6 $1 {This is
the correct strategy. Black doesn't want to defend his weak isolated P
passively, but sacrificing it he gets a good piece play.} 16. Qxe5 (16. Bg5 $5
Ne4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bd5 Nxf2 19. Qxf2 Bxb1 20. Qe3 $14) 16... Ne4 $2 {
This is based on a miscalculation.} (16... Qd7 $1 {/\ Rae8 finishing the
development gave sufficient counterplay for the P in view of the undeveloped
white pieces.} 17. Bf4 Rae8 (17... Bd6 18. Qd4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 $14) 18. Nd2 Ba3
$1 19. Qxc7 Qxc7 20. Bxc7 Bxb2 $11) 17. Bh6 $1 {Now White can liquidate to a
somewhat better _|_.} Rf6 18. Bg5 $1 (18. Be3 Bd6 19. Qd5 (19. Qd4 Qe8) 19...
c6 20. Qd1 Qc7 $14) 18... Nxg5 19. Qxe7 Rg6 20. Qxd8+ (20. Qe3 $14) 20... Rxd8
21. Kf1 h5 ({Immediately} 21... Nf3 $1 {was more precise:} 22. gxf3 Bh3+ 23.
Ke2 Rgd6 $1 24. Bf7 R6d7 25. Ra4 Rxf7 26. Nd2 Rfd7 27. Ne4 Bf5 $14 {and Black
has excellent drawing chances.}) 22. h4 Nf3 23. gxf3 Bh3+ 24. Ke2 Re8+ (24...
Rgd6 $2 25. Bf7 R6d7 26. Bg6 $18 {Here is the difference!}) 25. Kd1 Rd6+ 26.
Nd2 Red8 27. Kc1 (27. Re2 $2 Bf1 $11) 27... Rxd2 28. Re8+ Kh7 (28... Rxe8 29.
Kxd2 Bg2 30. Re1 Rxe1 31. Kxe1 Bxf3 32. Kd2 g6 33. Ke3 Bc6 34. Kf4 $16) 29.
Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Ra4 {White brings the R on the 4-th rank. Black's main problem
is that many of his pawns are on the colour of the B.} Kg6 31. Rb4 Bc8 32. f4
$2 {White creates weaknesses in his own camp.} (32. Bb3 $1 $16 {was the best.})
32... Kf6 (32... Kf5 33. Be2 c6 34. Bf3 $16) 33. Be2 Rd5 (33... g6 34. Bf3 c6
35. Be4 $16) 34. Bf3 Rxa5 35. Bxb7 Ra1+ 36. Kd2 a5 37. Rb5 Bxb7 $6 {In most of
the cases liquidating to a R _|_ gives good chances for the defender.} ({
Here however keeping the active B by} 37... Bf5 $1 {was the persistant defence.
}) 38. Rxb7 Rh1 $2 (38... Rb1 $14 {looked more precise and the white K cannot
come quickly to the [+].}) 39. Rxc7 Rxh4 40. Ke3 Rh3+ 41. Ke4 Rh1 42. Rc6+ Kf7
43. Ra6 Rb1 (43... Ra1 {was again more persistant.}) 44. Rxa5 Rxb2 45. Rxh5 $18
Rxf2 46. Re5 {and the K is cut off the c o^.} Kf6 47. c4 Re2+ 48. Kd4 Rd2+ 49.
Ke3 Rd1 50. Rd5 Rc1 51. Kd3 g6 52. Rd4 {defending all the pawns and cutting
off the enemy K. The white K gets a free hand now.} Ke6 53. Kd2 Rg1 54. c5 Ra1
55. Kc3 Ke7 56. Kb4 Rb1+ 57. Ka5 Rc1 58. Kb6 Rc2 59. c6 Rc1 60. c7 Rb1+ 61. Kc5
1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Negulescu, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bc2
c5 9. Re1 Nc6 {The position resembles to the quiet d3 Ruy Lopez system without
a6 and b5.} 10. Nbd2 (10. h3 {This is a typical preparatory move in the Ruy
Lopez.} Qc7 $142 {against d4.} (10... h6 $6 {forgets about White's real threat.
} 11. d4 {White has to grab the |^ in the [+]. Here we see the idea of 10.h3,
there is no threat of Bg4.} cxd4 12. cxd4 b6 (12... Qb6 13. d5 Nb4 14. Ba4 Qa6
15. Re3 {defending >< d3.} b5 16. Bb3 {Now the has to retire.} Qb7 17. a3 Na6
18. Bc2 {/\ b4 killing the N on a6.} b4 {weakening the light squares, but
forced from strategical point of view.} 19. Nbd2 Bd7 20. Nf1 (20. Nb3 $5 {
Perhaps the N belongs to the <<.}) 20... Rac8 21. Bd2 Bd8 22. Ng3 Bb6 23. Re2
bxa3 24. bxa3 $14 {Kudrin-Finegold, Lloyds Bank op 1988}) 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. d5
Nb4 15. Bb1 {Now the position is similar to the Ruy Lopez Panov Attack.} Qd7
16. a3 Na6 17. b4 {Black's bishops and the a6 N are poorly placed.} Rfc8 18.
Bd2 Nc7 19. Bd3 (19. a4 $5 $14) 19... Ba6 20. Bxa6 Nxa6 21. Qe2 Qb7 22. Rec1
Nc7 $14 {Yudasin-Piket, ISR-NLD m rapid 1995}) (10... Re8 {prepares against
the push d4.} 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 h6 13. d4 Qc7 (13... exd4 14. cxd4 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 g6 {/\ Bg7}) 14. Ne3 $6 {The N is usually badly placed on e3 in the Ruy
Lopez.} (14. d5 Ne7 $13) 14... exd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 d5 $1
{This is the typical breakthrough in the [+].} 18. exd5 Rxe3 $1 $17 {
Miljanic-Lazic, JUG-ch Kladovo 1990}) 11. Nbd2 d5 (11... Be6 12. Bb3 h6 13. Nc4
Rad8 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. Ne3 d5 {Black grabs the |^ in the [+].} 16. Nf1 {White
has made some sophisticated manoeuvres, while Black has strengthened his
position.} Bf8 17. Ba4 Bd6 18. Ng3 a6 19. Nh4 b5 20. Bc2 Bf8 21. Nhf5 Kh8 22.
Qf3 Ng8 $13 {Sax-Beliavsky, Sarajevo, 1982}) 12. Nf1 dxe4 (12... Rd8 {is met by
} 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Qe2 {and White has some pressure against >< e5.} Bf6 (14...
f6 15. Ng3 Be6 {The B is undefended here, which helps for the push d4.} 16. Qe4
g6 (16... Qd7 17. d4 $1 f5 18. Qe2 e4 19. Nxe4 $1 $16) 17. Bh6 $36) 15. Ng3 $14
) 13. dxe4 Rd8 (13... Be6 14. Ne3 Rad8 15. Qe2 h6 16. Nf5) 14. Qe2 h6 15. Ne3 {
White's real target is >< d5 now.} (15. Ng3 Be6 16. Nh4 c4 17. Ngf5 Bf8 18. Qf3
Nh7 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. Re3 {White cannot attack only with pieces in this type of
position.} g6 21. Rg3 Nf6 22. Nxg6+ {Desperation, bur White has forced himself
into this situation.} fxg6 23. Qxg6 Qf7 $17 {Reyer-Von Buelow, Oberliga Nord
1998}) 15... Be6 16. Nh2 {/\ Nhg4} (16. Nf5 Bf8) 16... c4 17. Nhg4 Nxg4 18.
hxg4 (18. Nxg4 Rd7 $11) 18... Bg5 $5 (18... Bc5 $6 19. Nd5 $1 {opening up the /
^ for the "spanish" B.} (19. Nf5 f6) 19... Bxd5 20. exd5 Rxd5 21. g5 $1 (21.
Qe4 {immediately is parried by} Rad8 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. g5 (23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qxg7
Qb6) 23... Qb6 $132) 21... hxg5 22. Qe4 $1 Qb6 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25.
Bxg5+ Kd6 26. Qxa8 Bxf2+ 27. Kf1 Bxe1 28. Rxe1 $18) (18... Bf6 $5 19. Nf5 (19.
Nxc4 $6 {runs into} Nd4 20. cxd4 Bxc4 $15) (19. Nd5 $6 {is now inferior due to}
Bxd5 20. exd5 Ne7 $1) 19... b5 20. Qf3 Bg5 $11) 19. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 20. Bxg5 (20.
exd5 Rxd5 $1 (20... Bxc1 21. Raxc1 Rxd5 22. Qe4 $40) 21. Bxg5 hxg5 $13) 20...
hxg5 21. exd5 Rxd5 22. Qe4 {(Nikac-Bokan, JUG-chT Cetinje 1992)} Rd2 $1 23.
Qh7+ Kf8 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxa8 Qb6 26. Re3 Rd8 27. Qxd8+ Qxd8 28. Ba4 f6 $11) (
10. a3 b5 (10... a5 11. a4 $1) 11. h3 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4
exd4 15. Nb3 Bxb3 (15... d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Nfxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qb7 19. Nf5
$36) 16. Bxb3 Qb6 {Black can hold his P for a while, and White has
compensation for it, but not more than that.} 17. Bf4 Nd7 (17... Rac8 18. Bd5 (
18. Rc1 Rfe8 19. Ng5 (19. Bd5 a6 $11) 19... Rf8 $11) 18... Rfe8 19. Bxc6 Rxc6
$11) 18. Bd5 $44 {Gomez Baillo-Morovic, Santiago zt 1989}) 10... Bg4 $6 {
In a d3 system this pinning move is not strong enough.} (10... Be6 11. Nf1 (11.
Ng5 Bg4 $13)) (10... Re8 $11) 11. h3 (11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 (12. Ne3 Bh5) 12...
Qxd5 13. Ne3 Bxf3 14. Nxd5 Bxd1 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. Bxd1 $14 {^^}) 11... Bh5 {
The B is out of play on this /^.} (11... Be6 {loses a tempo.}) (11... Bxf3 12.
Qxf3 {gives up the ^^.}) 12. Nf1 (12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 $14 {and the B is dead on
g6.}) 12... Ne8 {This is a passive plan, but the idea is to get rid of the bad
dark-squared B.} (12... d5 13. g4 $5 (13. Ng3) 13... dxe4 14. dxe4 Bg6 (14...
Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Bg6 16. Ng3 Rfd8 17. Be3 $14) 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Ng3 {>< f5.}) 13.
g4 {White doesn't want to allow the exchanges with a space advantage like that.
} (13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bg5 {This is the main idea.} 15. Bb3 $14) 13... Bg6
14. Ng3 d5 (14... Nc7 {/\ Ne6 fighting for the dark squares deserved attention.
}) 15. Bb3 {Now White activates his passive B on the a2-g8 /^.} d4 (15... Nc7
$2 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 $18) (15... dxe4 16. dxe4 $14) 16. Bd5
{Suddenly the B became very powerful.} Bd6 (16... Qc7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 {
corrupting the P structure.} 18. Nf5 $16) 17. h4 h6 18. h5 Bh7 19. g5 {I am
not sure about this attacking plan, because it gives counterchances for Black.}
hxg5 20. Nxg5 Nf6 21. Nxh7 {Taking the awful B is not a strategical
achievement.} Kxh7 (21... Nxh7 22. Nf5 $16) 22. Bg5 Be7 23. Bxf6 {giving up
the ^^ is not necessary again.} Bxf6 24. Qf3 Kh8 $6 (24... Ne7 $1 {was the
good defence, for example:} 25. Nf5 Bg5 (25... Nxd5 26. exd5 Rh8) 26. Bxb7 Rb8)
25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. cxd4 (26. Nf5 Rb8 27. Rab1 Bg5) 26... cxd4 (26... Qxd4 27. h6
$1) 27. Rac1 {Suddenly the << becomes weak!} Rc8 28. Rc5 (28. b4 a5 $1) (28.
Rc2 Bg5 {controlling c1 and the other R cannot invade the c <->.}) 28... Qd6 (
28... Qb6 $6 29. Rec1 Qxb2 30. h6 Qd2 31. hxg7+ Bxg7 32. Qh5+ Qh6 33. Rxe5 $1
$16) 29. Rec1 Bg5 30. R1c2 Bf4 31. Nf5 Qf6 32. Qg4 g6 $2 {This founders on a
tactical motif.} (32... Rg8 {would have minimized the demage.} 33. Kh1 $14) 33.
hxg6 fxg6 {[#]} (33... Qxg6 34. Qxg6 fxg6 35. Ne7 $18) 34. Rxc6 $1 $18 {
[%mdl 64]} Rxc6 (34... Qxc6 35. Qh3+ $1 Kg8 36. Ne7+ $18) 35. Rxc6 gxf5 (35...
Qg5 36. Qxg5 Bxg5 37. Rxg6 $18) (35... Qxc6 36. Qh3+ Kg8 37. Ne7+ $18) 36. Rxf6
Rxf6 37. exf5 Bh6 38. Qe4 Bg7 39. Qa8+ Kh7 40. Qxa7 Rxf5 41. Qb7 Rf4 42. a4 e4
43. dxe4 d3 44. Qd5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch KO"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.12.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1999.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 {Black wants to fianchetto his
dark-squared B, but first he has to defend against Ng5. The idea is that in
case of 4...Be7 Black will play Re8 Bf8 and sometimes g6 and Bg7, so why not
doing this without losing a couple of tempi?} (4... Bc5 {or}) (4... Be7 {
are the two main lines.}) 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 {This is a bit slow, White has no
immediate threats in the [+].} (6. c3 {/\ d4 is the main line to grab the |^
in the [+].}) 6... g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. a4 {Securing the a2-g8 /^ for the B.} (8.
Be3 Na5 {Now the B cannot escape.} (8... O-O) 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Ba4 b5 11. Bb3 O-O
12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Nh2 Nh5 $5 {is against f2-f4.} (13... Ng8 {is a bit passive.}
14. f4 exf4 15. Rxf4 Nxb3 16. axb3 a6 17. Raf1 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Ne2 Qe7 20.
Bd4 Rxf4 (20... Bd7 $6 21. Bxg7 Qxg7 22. Nd4 Rff8 23. Qf2 Rxf4 24. Qxf4 {
The occupation of the f <-> is very important, as we will see it later.} c5 25.
Ndf3 Qe7 26. Qf7+ $3 $16 {A bold from the blue! White liquidates for a better
_|_, Klinova-Yudasina, ISR-ch 1994.}) 21. Rxf4 (21. Qxf4 Qxe2 22. Qf7 Qe7 23.
Bxg7 Bf5 24. Qxe7 Nxe7 25. Bc3 Nd5 $11) 21... Nf6 $11) 14. Rae1 (14. f4 $6 {
loses the ^^ in a rather open position.} exf4 15. Bxf4 Nxb3 16. axb3 Nxf4 17.
Qxf4 f5 $15) (14. Ng4 $2 f5 $1 {/\ f4}) 14... Nxb3 15. axb3 Be6 $13) (8. a3 {
is the solid way to secure the important /^ for the B.} O-O 9. Be3 Be6 (9...
Qe7 10. Re1 Kh7 11. Qd2 Nd8 {This is a somewhat sophisticated plan.} 12. d4 c6
13. dxe5 {To give up the [+] was not necessary.} dxe5 14. Rad1 b5 15. Ba2 Nb7
16. Qe2 Nc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Qd2 Ne8 19. Ne2 f5 $13 {Radosavljevic-Todorovic,
JUG-ch 1991}) 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Rae1 {It is not easy for White to open up the
position.} Bxc4 12. dxc4 Nd7 $11 {/\ f5}) 8... O-O 9. Re1 (9. Be3 Be6 10. Bxe6
{This exchange is not dangerous for Black, now he covers >< d5 and opens the f
<->.} (10. Qd2 Kh7) 10... fxe6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3
Qd7 15. Qd3 Kh7 $13 {Beshukov-Mulet, Katowicze op 1993}) 9... Kh7 (9... Be6 {
looks safe.}) 10. d4 {Soon or later White has to do something in the [+].} (10.
Be3 Be6) 10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Be6 (12... Ng4 $5 {was the other
real alternative.} 13. Qd1 Ne5 14. Bb3 (14. Bd5 c6 $11) 14... Be6 15. f4 (15.
Be3 Bxb3 16. cxb3 f5 $11) 15... Bxb3 16. cxb3 Nc6 $11) 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qc4 (
14. Qd3 Nh5 $13) 14... d5 {Changing the P structure in the [+].} 15. Qb3 b6 (
15... d4 $5 {gives up some light squares, but grabs the |^ in the [+].} 16. Ne2
e5 (16... Nxe4 17. Nf4 Nc5 18. Qg3 Qf6 19. b4 e5 20. Nxg6 Qxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kxg6
22. bxc5 c6 $11) 17. f3 (17. Qxb7 $6 {is overoptimistic in a passive position.}
Qd6 18. Qb3 (18. f4 Rfb8 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Qc6 Qxe4 $36) 18... Nxe4 $15) 17...
Rb8 18. Bd2 c5 {Black has already some space advantage.} 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Qc4
Nd7 $15 {and Black's << |^ becomes more and more real.}) 16. e5 $6 (16. exd5
exd5 17. Be3 c5 {gives also the P [+] for Black.}) 16... Nd7 17. f4 {Now
White's B becomes passive.} Qh4 {White has some problems with his development
as well.} 18. Rd1 {[#]} (18. Be3 Rxf4 $1 {and White's P [+] collapses.} 19.
Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Nb5 Bxe5 21. g3 Qf6 22. Rf1 Qg7 $17) 18... Nxe5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 64]
Now Black's -> against the undefended K will decide the battle.} (18... Rxf4 $5
{was the lesser evil for White:} 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Rf1 Qe3+ (20... Qxe5 21.
Rae1) 21. Kh1 Nxe5 22. Nb5 $15) 19. Nb5 (19. fxe5 $2 Qf2+ 20. Kh1 Bxe5 $19 {
and the mate is inevitable.}) 19... Nc6 20. Nxc7 Nd4 21. Qd3 Rac8 22. c3 Nb3
23. Nxe6 Nxa1 24. Nxf8+ Rxf8 {and White cannot catch the N.} 25. Be3 (25. Qxd5
Re8 26. Kh2 Nc2 $19) 25... Nb3 (25... Qg3 26. Rxa1 Re8 $19) 26. Qxd5 Nc5 27. a5
Re8 28. Bxc5 bxc5 29. Qxc5 Qxf4 30. Qxa7 Re2 31. Rf1 Qe4 32. Rf2 Re1+ 33. Rf1
Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Qb1+ 35. Kf2 Qxb2+ 36. Kg3 Qxc3+ 37. Kh2 Qd4 38. Qxd4 Bxd4 39.
Kg3 Kg7 40. Kf4 Kf6 41. g4 Ba7 42. a6 g5+ 43. Ke4 Ke6 44. h4 Bg1 45. h5 Ba7 0-1

[Event "George Marx Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Paks"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2004.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 a5 (7...
Kh8 {/\ Ng8, f5 but when the N leaves the [+] Black can be hit by d4.} 8. a5 {
White gains space on the << depriving Black from the typical "Spanish"
counterplay Na5 and c5.} (8. c3 Bg4 (8... Ng8) 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 {-
Erenburg-Ganguly, Wch U20 2002 CBM 91ext}) 8... a6 9. Nc3 $5 (9. c3 Ng8 {/\ f5}
10. d4 (10. Qb3 f5 11. exf5 Rxf5 12. Nbd2 Nf6 13. Be6 Bxe6 14. Qxe6 Qd7 15.
Qxd7 Nxd7 {in the _|_ the a5 P can already be vulnerable.} 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4
Re5 $11 {Tkachiev-Fressinet, Cap d'Agde KO rapid 2002}) 10... Bg4 (10... exd4 {
- Hossain-Ehlvest, Dhaka 1999 CBM 70}) 11. d5 (11. Be3 f5 12. exf5 exd4 13.
cxd4 d5 14. Be2 Bxf5 15. Nc3 Nb4 16. Rc1 c6 17. Qa4 Nd3 18. Bxd3 Bxd3 19. Bd2
Bd6 $11 {Degraeve-Ch Bauer, Antwerp 1998}) (11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3
Bg5 $11 {Vratonjic-Nestorovic, Nis 1994}) 11... Nb8 12. Nbd2 Bg5 {Black has to
activate his passive B as in the Old Indian.} 13. h3 (13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3
Bxc1 15. Raxc1 Nd7 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qc6 Rxb2 18. Qa4 Ngf6 19. Qa3 Qb8 20. h3
Re8 $11 {Macieja-Johannessen, Bermuda-A 2002}) 13... Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Bxc1 15.
Rxc1 {The exchange of the dark-squared B helps for Black.} Nd7 16. b4 Ne7 $13 {
Sermek-Mitkov, Pula zt 2000}) 9... Ng8 {/\ f5, which is the main idea of this
variation.} (9... Be6 10. Nd5) (9... Bg4 10. h3) 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 {White has
to advance in the [+].} Bf6 (11... fxe4 12. dxe4 Bg4 13. Be2 Nf6 {was also
interesting.}) 12. b4 (12. exf5 Bxf5 $13) 12... f4 {Now Black has good
attacking chances on the >>, if White will not react immediately.} 13. d4 g5 $5
(13... Bg4 {attacking >< d4 comes into consideration.} 14. Bb2 Bxf3 15. Qxf3
exd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 (16... Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qc3 Nc6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. b5
Rxa5 21. Rxa5 Nxa5 22. Qxa5 c6 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxf4 Nf6 $11) 17. Bxd4 Bxd4
18. Rac1 c6 19. Nc3 Qh4 $13) 14. dxe5 (14. Nxf6 Qxf6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 {- 14.dxe5})
14... Nxe5 15. Nxf6 Qxf6 16. Nxe5 dxe5 {White has the ^^, but the position is
fairly closed, and he has to defend against an -> on the >>.} 17. Bb2 Ne7 18.
Qh5 Bd7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Bb3 Qg6 21. Qxg6 Nxg6 $11 {Even the _|_ is playable
for Black, Bauer-Hauchard, France 2003 CBM 95}) (7... Nd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Nd2
$1 {- Macieja-Ivanchuk, FIDE World Cup-A 2002 CBM 92}) (7... Bg4 {-
Fedorov-Potapov, RUS-chT 9th Ekaterinburg 2002 CBM 90}) (7... Be6 {-
Mainka-Nenashev, Recklinhausser Schachtage 1998 CBM 67}) (7... h6 {- Kobalija-
Karjakin, FIDE-Wch k.o. 2004}) 8. c3 Nd7 {/\ Bf6, g6, Bg7 but this is a
time-consuming operation.} (8... Bg4 9. Nbd2 (9. h3 Be6 $142 (9... Bh5 $6 {
The B is clearly out of play here.} 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. Ng3 Bg6 13.
Qb3 Qc8 14. Nh4 Nd8 15. Bg5 $16 {Shaked-Rohwer, USA 1992})) 9... Nd7 10. h3 Be6
11. Qe2 Bf6 12. Nh2 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 {The exchange of the light-squared B favours
White.} Nc5 14. Be3 Ne6 15. Rad1 g6 16. Qc2 Bg7 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Nf3 $14 {
Speelman-Wells, Eastbourne 1990}) (8... Be6 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Bxe6 {The R has
left the f <->, so it is logical to take on e6.} fxe6 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. d4 exd4
$1 13. Nxd4 (13. cxd4 d5 {This is the typical counterblow in the [+].} 14. e5
Nh5 15. Qd1 (15. Qb5 Ra6 $5) 15... Rf8 16. g3 Qe8 $132) 13... Bf8 14. N2f3 $14
(14. Nf1 {is again met by the freeing move} d5 $1 15. e5 Ne4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17.
f3 Nc5 18. Qc2 Rab8 19. Be3 Nb3 20. Rad1 c5 $132 {Tischbierek-Erneste, Berlin
1992})) 9. Be3 (9. Nbd2 {immediately looks also logical.} Bf6 10. Nf1 Ne7 (
10... Re8 11. Ne3 Nb6 12. Bb3 Ne7 13. d4 {Black has wasted some time with his
sophysticated manoeuvres, now White takes control in the [+].} Ng6 14. Nc4 Nxc4
15. Bxc4 Be6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. d5 Re8 18. Qb3 Qc8 19. h3 $14 {Milliet-Anic,
FRA-chT France 2003}) 11. Ng3 Nb6 12. Bb3 h6 {(Anka-Anic, Bischwiller 1999)}
13. Be3 $14) 9... Bf6 (9... Kh8 $5 10. Nbd2 (10. d4 Nb6 11. Bb5 exd4 12. cxd4
f5 {This is Black's main counterstrike here.} 13. e5 f4 14. Bd2 Bg4 15. Bc3
dxe5 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. dxe5 Nd5 $13 {Benderac-Tisdall, Rethymnon 2003}) 10...
f5 11. exf5 Rxf5 12. Ne4 $14) 10. Nbd2 g6 (10... Ne7 11. Bb3 Nc5 12. Bc2 Ne6
13. d4 Ng6 {Black is very busy regrouping his knights.} 14. h3 (14. g3 Re8)
14... Nef4 15. Kh2 Qd7 16. Ng1 Ne6 17. d5 (17. Ndf3 exd4 $1 18. cxd4 d5 19. e5
Be7 20. Bf5 Bb4 21. Bd2 Qe7 22. Ne2 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Ra6 24. Rac1 c6 25. b3 Rb6
26. Bc2 Rb4 27. Rcd1 f5 $13 {Fedorov,A-Romanishin,O/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96})
17... Nef4 18. Nc4 Bg5 19. b4 axb4 20. cxb4 $14 {and White has the |^ on the
<<, while the >> looks defensible.}) 11. h3 Bg7 12. d4 $14 {Now White gets the
advantage in the [+].} exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 {/\ d5} 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Nf1 (15. Rc1
h6 16. Bf4 $14 {and Black has still problems with his development.}) 15... Nb6
16. Bb3 Be6 17. d5 Bd7 18. e5 $2 {This looks strong, but Black's positional Q
sacrifice changes the course of the game..} ({The quiet} 18. Re2 $14 {was
wiser.}) 18... dxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. f4 {[#]} Bxb2 $1 {Black gets a R a B and
a P and good piece play for the Q.} 21. Rxe8 Rfxe8 22. Rb1 Bg7 23. Rc1 Rac8 $15
24. Bh4 Bf5 (24... c6 $5 {opening up the position looks also tempting.} 25. d6
(25. dxc6 Rxc6 $15) 25... N6d5 $15) 25. Ng3 Bd3 26. Kh2 Re3 $2 {This overlooks
White's following plan.} (26... c5 $1 27. d6 $5 (27. dxc6 Rxc6 $13) 27... c4
28. Bxc4 Bxc4 29. d7 Nxd7 30. Qxd7 Rf8 31. Rd1 Bb3 $13) 27. d6 $1 cxd6 (27...
c5 $2 28. Qg4 $1 Rf8 29. Rxc5 $16) 28. Rxc8+ Nxc8 29. Qc1 Re8 30. Qc7 $1 {
This penetration is very unpleasant.} d5 31. Qxa5 (31. Qxb7 {was the other
serious alternative.} Nd6 (31... Bc4 32. Bxc4 dxc4 33. Qd7 Rf8 34. Bd8 $18) 32.
Qd7 Bf8 33. Bd8 $16) 31... Bf8 32. Qc7 Nd6 (32... b5 33. a5 Bc4 34. Bxc4 bxc4
35. a6 $1 $16) 33. Bf6 Bc4 (33... b5 $5 34. Ba1 $1 Bc4 35. Bxc4 bxc4 36. Qb6
Nc2 37. Be5 $16) 34. Bd1 $6 {This is passive.} (34. Bxc4 $142 {was the
straightforward method.} Rc8 (34... dxc4 35. Be5 $16) (34... Nxc4 35. Qxb7 $16)
35. Qd7 dxc4 36. Be5 Rc6 37. Ne2 $16) 34... Nc6 (34... Nd3 $5) 35. Qb6 Ba6 {
Now again Black has everything in order.} 36. Bb3 Nc4 37. Bxc4 dxc4 38. Ba1 Bg7
(38... Bb4 $1 $15 {/\ c3 looked better.}) 39. Bxg7 Kxg7 40. Qb2+ Kg8 $6 (40...
f6 41. Ne2 $11) 41. h4 $1 {/\ h5-h6} Re3 $2 {This is the second time when Re3
comes as a mistake!} (41... h5 $1 42. f5 Ne5 $11) 42. Qb6 (42. h5 $142 {
Black's K is not well-defended, his light pieces are on the other flank.} c3
43. Qc1 Rd3 44. Ne4 $16) 42... Re6 43. h5 $16 Kg7 (43... h6 44. Qb2 Kh7 45. Qd2
$16) 44. Qb2+ f6 45. Qd2 $1 Ne7 $2 (45... Re7 $16) 46. Qd7 Kf7 47. f5 $1 $18 {
Now White creates a dangerous o^ on the >>.} Re5 48. fxg6+ hxg6 49. h6 c3 50.
Qc7 b5 51. axb5 Bxb5 52. Qxc3 Kg8 53. Qf3 Nd5 54. Qb3 Kh7 55. Qxb5 Kxh6 56. Qd7
Ne7 57. Qb7 Nd5 (57... Nf5 58. Ne4 Re6 59. Qa8 $18) 58. Qb2 Ne3 59. Qd4 f5 60.
Kg1 Ng4 61. Qd2+ Kg7 62. Ne2 Re4 63. Nf4 Kf6 64. Qd8+ Kf7 65. g3 Nf6 66. Qc7+
Re7 67. Qc4+ Ke8 68. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.01.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Black "Kobese, Watu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 (4... Bc5 {and}) (4... Be7 {are better.
}) 5. O-O g6 (5... d6 $1 {/\ g6}) 6. d4 {White has to grab the |^ in the [+],
otherwise Black's fianchetto plan is hard to tackle.} Qe7 $6 (6... exd4 {
looks better, although still gives up the [+] and the opening of the position
helps for the better developed pieces.} 7. Nxd4 (7. Re1 Bg7 8. e5 Nh7 (8... Ng8
9. Bf4 $1 $36 (9. Nbd2 {looks a bit slow.} Nge7 10. Ne4 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12.
Qf3 f5 13. Ng5 d5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxe5+ Ne7 17. Nf3 Kf7 18.
Nxd4 Rd8 19. Nf3 Rd1+ 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1 g5 $11 {Topakian-Koenig, Biel op
1992})) 9. Nxd4 $1 (9. Bf4 Ng5 {/\ Ne6 and the N comes back in time.} 10. c3 (
10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Ne6 $11) 10... Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Qe4 {/\ Qxg6} Kh7
13. cxd4 d6 $11 {Tischbierek-Vogt, DDR-ch 33th Eilenburg 1984}) 9... O-O 10.
Nxc6 dxc6 (10... bxc6 11. Qd3 {/\ Qxg6} Qh4 (11... Kh8 12. Nc3 $32) 12. Nd2 $16
) 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nc3 Bf5 13. Bb3 $14 {because of the virtual P advantage.})
7... Bg7 (7... Bc5 8. Nxc6 dxc6 (8... bxc6 9. e5 $16) 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nc3
$142 (10. Be3 $6 {ruins his own P structure for the f <->, but it is not worth
of that.} Bxe3 11. fxe3 Ke7 12. Bxf7 Kxf7 13. e5 Re8 14. Rxf6+ Kg7 15. Rf3 Rxe5
16. Nc3 b5 17. Raf1 Be6 $11 {Lazic-Djuric, Novi Sad 1986}) (10. Bxf7 $6 {
gives Black time to organize an active counterplay.} Nxe4 11. Be3 (11. Bxg6
Nxf2 $1) 11... Bxe3 12. fxe3 Bf5 13. Bc4 (13. g4 Bxg4 14. Bxg6 Bh3 $1 $15)
13... Kd7 14. Nd2 Nd6 15. Bb3 Rae8 $132) 10... Ke7 (10... Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12.
Bf4 $14) 11. Bf4 $14 {This is a much better version of the Scotch 5.Nxc6 Qxf6
variation.}) 8. Nxc6 bxc6 (8... dxc6 $2 {loses already after} 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.
Bxf7 Nxe4 11. Bxg6 $18) 9. e5 (9. Nc3 {is the other alternative for claiming
an advantage.} O-O 10. e5 $1 (10. Bf4 {allows} d6 11. Qd2 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13.
Rad1 {1/2:1/2 Spasov-Nikolaidis, GRE-chT Poros 1998}) 10... Ne8 11. f4 d5 12.
Bd3 c5 $5 (12... Rb8 13. b3 Qe7 14. Be3 $14) 13. b3 $14) 9... Ng8 (9... Nh7 10.
f4 $14) 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Nc3 $14 {and White is better developed, and the [+]
belongs to him as well.}) 7. Nxe5 (7. d5 $1 {gains a huge space advantage.} Nb8
8. Re1 d6 (8... Bg7 {forgets about >< d6.} 9. d6 $1 {hindering Black's
development.} Qxd6 10. Qxd6 cxd6 11. Nc3 $14) 9. Bb5+ Nbd7 10. c4 $14 {with a
good version of the King's Indian for White.}) 7... Nxe5 8. dxe5 Qxe5 {Black
has serious problems with his development.} 9. Be3 (9. Nc3 $32 Bg7 10. Qe2 $1 (
10. Re1 O-O) 10... d6 11. f4 Qa5 12. e5 $36) 9... Bc5 (9... Bg7 10. Bd4 $40)
10. Qf3 (10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Qf3 Qe5 12. Nc3 d6 13. Nb5) 10... Bxe3 11. Qxe3 $1 (
11. fxe3 $5 Ke7 (11... Nxe4 $2 {loses material, and the K remains in the [+].}
12. Bxf7+ Ke7 13. Bxg6 Ng5 14. Qf4 d6 15. Nc3 $16) 12. Nc3 c6 13. Qf4 d6 {
and Black is not yet dead.}) 11... b5 (11... Qxb2 12. Nc3 $32) (11... g5 12.
Nc3 d6 13. f4 gxf4 14. Qxf4 $1 $16 {<-> f}) 12. Bd3 (12. Bb3 $5 {looks also
promising.} c5 {Black wants to catch the B.} 13. f4 Qe7 (13... Qxb2 14. Nc3 c4
15. Rab1 Qa3 16. Nxb5 $18) 14. e5 Bb7 (14... c4 15. Qf3 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Nd5 17.
Nc3 Bb7 18. Ne4 Qc6 19. Nd6+ Ke7 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21. Rad1 $18) 15. Nc3 c4 16.
Nxb5 Ng4 17. Qe2 (17. Qd4 $2 Qh4 $1 18. h3 Qg3 $19) 17... Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Qxb5 19.
Bxc4 Qc6 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qxg4 $44) 12... c5 13. Bxb5 $1 Rb8 (13... a6 14.
Bd3 $18) 14. Na3 (14. Nc3 a6 15. Bd3 Rxb2 16. Na4 $16) 14... O-O 15. f3 $18 {
and White is a healthy P up with a much better position.} d6 (15... Re8 16. b3
$18) (15... Qxb2 16. Qxc5 $18) 16. b3 Be6 17. Rfe1 Kg7 18. c3 d5 19. Qxc5 Rfc8
20. Qd4 Qd6 21. e5 Qxa3 22. exf6+ Kh7 23. Bd3 Qc5 (23... Qb2 24. Rac1 Qxa2 25.
b4 $18) 24. Rac1 Qxd4+ 25. cxd4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rb4 27. Rd1 Bf5 28. Be2 (28. Kf2
Bxd3 (28... Rxd4 29. Ke3 Rh4 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. h3 $18) 29. Rxd3 g5 30. Ke3 Kg6
31. Rc3 $18) 28... a5 29. g4 Bd7 30. Rd2 a4 31. Bd1 h5 32. g5 a3 33. Kf2 Bf5
34. Ke3 Rb6 35. Bc2 Rc6 36. Bxf5 gxf5 37. Kd3 Rc1 38. Rc2 Rd1+ 39. Ke3 f4+ 40.
Kxf4 Rxd4+ 41. Ke5 Rd1 42. Kf5 d4 43. Rc7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group2"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Potapov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Maykop Universitet"]
[BlackTeam "Surgut Yugra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Bg4 {
This is probably not the best strategy here. The pin is not so sffective, but
the B will be misplaced. There are many other plans, like:} (7... Nd4 {-
Morozevich-Gelfand, Astana 2001CBM 84}) (7... h6 {- Bellini-Acs, Hotel Agro GM
1999 CBM 73}) (7... Be6 {Mainka-Nenashev, Recklinhausser Schachtage 1998 CBM 67
}) (7... Kh8 {- Hossain-Ehlvest, United Insurance 4th 1999 CBM 70}) 8. h3 Bh5
9. c3 (9. g4 Bg6 10. Nc3 h6 11. Nh4 {is a straightforward plan against the
passive B, but} Kh8 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. gxf5 Nh7 {Black gets the pressure on the
weakened dark squares.} 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Bg5 16. Bh2 Bf6 17. Kh1 Be5 18.
Qh5 {1/2:1/2 Morozevich-Timman, Sarajevo 1999}) (9. Nbd2 $142 {is the most
flexible try.} Qd7 (9... d5 $6 {is now premeture in view of} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11.
g4 Bg6 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Nf4 14. Qf3 $16 {Laine-Tarakanov, Espoo 1994}) (
9... Nd4 $6 10. g4 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Bg6 12. h4 {The passive B on g6 remains the
target!} h6 13. Qg3 c6 14. Nf3 d5 15. Bb3 dxe4 16. Nxe5 Bd6 17. Bf4 Bxe5 18.
Bxe5 {^^} exd3 19. cxd3 Nd5 20. h5 Bh7 21. Re2 $16 {Sermek-Beliavsky, Bled op
1999}) 10. c3 $14) 9... d5 $5 {One can understand that Black doesn't want to
sit and wait until he will be pushed to the wall.} (9... Qd7 10. a5 {/\ a6} a6
11. Nbd2 Rfe8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Nh4 (14. Qb3 {is also rather strong
emphasyzing the pressure on the /^ a2-g8. Here we see the advantage of a4-a5,
there is no Na5!} Kh8 15. Nh4 Rab8 16. Bg5 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. Qa2 $16 {
Beshukov-Bryzgalin, RUS-Cup5 Ekaterinburg 1997}) 14... Kh8 15. Qf3 Rad8 16. Bg5
$14 {Sivokho-Skatchkov, St.Petersburg op 2001}) 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a5 (11. Nbd2
Nb6 $1 (11... Kh8 {is slower:} 12. Nf1 f6 13. a5 Bc5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Ne4 $14 {
Rabiega-Penz, AUT-chT 1997}) 12. Bb5 Nd7 13. a5 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. g4 ({
grabbing for pawns by} 15. Qa4 $2 {is unhealthy in view of} Nc5 $1 16. Qc4 (16.
Qxc6 f6 $17) 16... Nxd3 17. Re3 Bg6 18. Qxc6 Qd6 $17 {Dineley-Dutreeuw,
Istanbul ol (Men) 2000}) 15... Bg6 16. Nc4 f6 17. Nh4 $14) (11. g4 {wins the P,
but Black gets some counterplay because of his better development and the
weaknesses on the >>.} Bg6 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Nb6 14. Qf3 (14. Nd2 Bf6 $44)
14... Nxc4 {^^} 15. dxc4 Bd6 (15... f5 16. gxf5 Bd6 $44) 16. Re1 Qh4 17. Be3
Rae8 18. Nd2 c6 19. c5 Bc7 20. Bd4 f5 $44 {Kosintseva-Kostiuk, EU-ch U18 Girls
2000}) 11... Qd6 $5 (11... a6 12. g4 $5 {is now a better version than before,
because there is no Nb6!} (12. Nbd2 Nf4 13. Ne4 Kh8 14. Ng3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Ng6
16. Qg4 Qc8 17. Qxc8 Raxc8 18. Bd5 Rcd8 19. Be4 Rd7 20. Nf5 $14 {
Kanefschk-German, Mar del Plata op 1993}) 12... Bg6 13. Nxe5 ({or} 13. Qb3 Nf4
14. Bxf4 exf4 15. d4 (15. Qxb7 Qd6 16. Qb3 Bxd3 17. Bxd3 Qxd3 18. Nbd2 $14)
15... Qd6 16. Nbd2 $16) 13... Nxe5 14. Rxe5 $16) 12. Nbd2 (12. a6 b6 13. b4 $14
) 12... f5 {Black is not frightened of losing material.} 13. Qb3 $1 (13. a6)
13... Rad8 (13... Bf7 14. Qxb7 Rfb8 (14... a6 15. Qb3) 15. Qa6 Be6 16. Ne4 $1
fxe4 17. dxe4 $18) 14. Qxb7 {White has won a P, but he has to defend himself.
This proved to be a wise strategy against one of the best attacking player on
the world!} Kh8 15. Bb5 (15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxc7 {looks ugly, but how can Black
punish it?} Rfe8 (16... Bd6 17. Qb7 $16) 17. Qb7 $16) 15... Be8 16. Nc4 (16.
Qa6) 16... Qc5 {[#]} 17. b4 $2 {This is one move too early changing the course
of the game.} (17. Ba6 $1 Rb8 18. b4 $18 {was as good as winning.}) 17... Ncxb4
$1 18. cxb4 Qxb5 19. Qxa7 Bxb4 20. Rb1 e4 $1 $13 {Now the black pieces are
very active.} 21. Bg5 Qb8 22. Qxb8 Rxb8 23. dxe4 fxe4 24. Nfd2 Bg6 $6 {
Passively defending a weak P is not a good job for a proud B.} (24... h6 25.
Be3 Bb5 $13) 25. Rb3 $1 h6 (25... Ra8) 26. Be3 Nxe3 27. fxe3 $2 {Now the
situation changes again dramatically.} (27. Rexe3 Bf7 28. Rxe4 c5 $14 {and
although White is a P up, the ^^ is very active.}) 27... c5 $1 28. Ra1 Bf7 $1
$17 {If the knights are defending each other while the ^^ attacks them, the
position is usually very bad.} 29. a6 (29. Rbb1 Rbd8) 29... Ra8 30. Rbb1 Ra7 $1
31. Rc1 (31. Ra4 Rd8 32. Rb2 Be8 33. Raa2 Bb5 {and the o^ will soon fall.})
31... Bd5 32. Rc2 $2 {This loses the vital o^ without a fight.} (32. Ra4 {
was more persistant.} Rf6 33. Rca1 Bc6 $17) 32... Rf6 $19 33. Nb3 Raxa6 34. Rd1
Bf7 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Nbd2 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 Rd1 38. Rf8 Bxc4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ovetchkin, Roman"]
[Black "Skatchkov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 h6 {Black wants to fianchetto his
dark-squared B, but first he has to defend against Ng5.} 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7.
d4 Qe7 {Black has to keep his stronghold on e5.} 8. dxe5 (8. Re1 Bg7 9. dxe5 (
9. d5 {- Illescas-Efimov, Escaldes zt 1998 CBM 68}) (9. Nbd2 O-O {
Sadvakasov-Bacrot, Lausanne 1999 CBM 71}) 9... Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 {-
Karasev-Yemelin, St.Petersburg-ch 2001 CBM 83}) 8... Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 (9...
Qxe5 $5 {brings the Q early into action, but if Black can finish his
development he can put pressure on e4 and use the long /^.} 10. Nd2 (10. Qb3
Qe7 11. Be3 Bg7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Rae1 c6 14. a4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Bxh6 Qf5
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Re3 d5 19. Bd3 Qf6 $11 {Rubery-Godena, Elista ol (Men) 1998})
10... Bg7 (10... Be6 $2 11. Qa4+ $1 $16 {Short-Fridman, FIDE-Wch k.o. 1999 CBM
72}) 11. Nf3 Qc5 12. Qd4 (12. Bd3 {1/2:1/2 Gipslis-Razuvaev, Jurmala 1987})
12... Qxd4 13. cxd4 Nxe4 14. Re1 f5 15. Nd2 Kd8 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Rxe4 c6 18.
d5 Bf5 19. Re1 Re8 $11 {Eingorn-E.Vladimirov, Riga 1980}) 10. Be3 $5 (10. Qe2
Bg7 (10... Bd7 $5 {is not so useful here.} 11. a4 Bg7 12. b3 {/\ Ba3} Nh5 13.
g3 O-O-O {Now the situation has been changed and White will advance on the <<
with opposite castled kings.} 14. b4 Be6 15. Na3 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Qd7 17. Be3 Qd3
18. Qxd3 Rxd3 19. Rfc1 {Black's light pieces are very badly placed, and the
pressure on the d <-> can easily be neutralized.} Kb8 20. Kf1 $14 {Diaz-Davies,
Vrnjacka Banja 1988}) 11. a4 $5 {- Movsesian-Akopian, FIDE-Wch k.o. CBM 72} (
11. b3 O-O 12. Ba3 c5 13. Bc1 {The best square for the B is on e3, but this
manoeuvre takes time.} (13. b4 $6 {ruins mostly his own P structure.} Bd7 (
13... Be6 $5 14. bxc5 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Rfd8 16. f3 Qc7 17. Qb5 Bf8 $44 {M.
Petrov-Yemelin, Bratislava 1993}) 14. Nd2 Rfd8 15. bxc5 Bc6 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. f3
Bf8 18. Nf1 Qa5 19. Bb4 Bxc5+ $15 {Rabiega-R.Mainka, Bremen 1998}) 13... Nh5 {
/\ Nf4} 14. g3 Bh3 15. Re1 Kh7 {/\ f5 in some cases.} 16. Na3 Rad8 17. Bd3 Qe8
18. Be3 b6 19. Rad1 f5 $132 {Vallejo Poins-Lima, Leon 1996}) (11. f3 O-O 12.
Be3 Nh5 13. Nd2 (13. Na3 $5) (13. g3 $5) 13... Nf4 14. Qf2 Rd8 15. Nb3 b6 {
The N on b3 has no perspectives.} 16. Rad1 Bb7 $13 {J.Nun-Malaniuk, Pardubice})
) (10. Re1 Bg7 11. b3 O-O 12. Ba3 c5 13. Nd2 (13. b4 $2 {is again an
anti-strategical move.} Rd8 14. Qc2 cxb4 15. cxb4 Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Nc3
Rac8 $17 {Lutikov-Beliavsky, USSR 1981})) (10. Qc2 Bg7 11. b3 O-O (11... Be6
12. Ba3 Qd7 13. Rd1 Qc6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. c4 Bf8 {The exchange of the
dark-squared B helps for Black.} 16. Bb2 Bg7 17. Nc3 O-O 18. Rd2 Rfd8 $11 {
B.Ivanovic-Godena, Erevan 1996}) 12. Ba3 c5 {It is far from easy to exploit
the weakness of d5.} 13. Nd2 a6 (13... Nh5 $5) 14. Be2 b5 15. Bb2 Bb7 16. a4
Bc6 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. Bf3 Nh7 19. g3 Ng5 $13 {B.Ivanovic-Popovic, Vrsac 1987})
10... Nxe4 $5 {Black takes up the gauntlet.} (10... Bg7 $13) 11. Qa4+ (11.
Bxf7+ $5 Qxf7 (11... Kxf7 12. Qd5+ Kg7 13. Qxe4 $14) 12. Qa4+ c6 (12... Bd7 {
- 11.Qa4}) 13. Qxe4 Bg7 14. Bc5 Bf5 {Black's ^^ is of great importance.} 15.
Qa4 Qd5 16. b4 Bd3 17. Re1 e4 $13) 11... Bd7 (11... c6 12. Bd5 (12. Bxf7+ Qxf7
{- 11.Bxf7}) 12... Nd6 13. Bxc6+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Rd1 Kc6
{This _|_ cannot be worse for Black at all.} 17. Na3 f5 18. f3 Be7 19. Re1 Bf6
$11) 12. Bxf7+ Qxf7 (12... Kxf7 13. Qxe4 Bc6 14. Qc4+ Qe6 15. Nd2 Bg7 $13 {
and it is not so easy to blockade >< e4.}) 13. Qxe4 O-O-O $1 {Development
first!} 14. Qxe5 Bd6 $44 15. Qd4 Bc6 {Black is not bothering himself with
pawns. His ^^ in an open position is a real power.} (15... Bb5 16. Qg4+ Bd7 17.
Qe2) 16. Qg4+ (16. Qxa7 {is met by the aggressive} Qd5 17. f3 Rhe8 18. Bd4 (18.
Bf2 Qe5 19. g3 Qe2 {with penetration on the second rank.}) 18... Re2 {Now the
R penetrates on e2, White has problems with his development.} 19. Na3 Rxb2 $13)
16... Kb8 17. Nd2 h5 18. Qc4 Qf5 {Black has to avoid the exchange of queens in
an attacking position like that.} 19. Rfe1 g5 20. Nf1 h4 21. h3 g4 $1 {
otherwise White can consolidate his position.} (21... Rdg8 22. f3 $16) 22. hxg4
(22. Qxg4 $4 {founders on the witty} Rhg8 $1 $19) 22... Qh7 (22... Qg6 {
desrved attention as well:} 23. Nh2 h3 (23... Bd5 24. Qe2 h3 25. g3 Rde8 26.
Rad1) 24. g3 Rde8 $44 {with a strong pressure for the pawns, the opened long /
^ poses a lot of tactical threats.}) 23. Nh2 Rhg8 24. Bf4 (24. Rad1) 24... Bxf4
25. Qxf4 h3 26. g3 {The first wawe of -> is repelled, but Black has still
pressure on the long /^.} a6 27. Rad1 (27. Qf5 Qh6 28. Rad1) 27... Rc8 (27...
Qc2 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $44) 28. Rf1 Rge8 29. Qf5 Qg8 30. b3 Rf8 31. Qc5 Rfe8 32.
Qd4 Qg6 (32... Re2 $44 {The penetration was interesting again.}) 33. Qd2 b6 34.
f3 Kb7 35. Kf2 Re6 36. Qd3 Qf7 37. Rde1 Rd6 38. Qe3 Qd5 39. g5 Rg6 40. c4 Qa5
41. a4 Rd6 (41... Re8 $1 {was more precise:} 42. Qc1 Qc5+ 43. Re3 Rd6 $44) 42.
g4 (42. Ng4 Rd2+ 43. Kg1 Rg2+ 44. Kh1 Qf5 45. Qe5 Qc2 46. Ne3 Rh2+ 47. Kg1 Rg2+
$11 {with only a draw by perpetual checks.}) 42... Rdd8 43. Re2 (43. Kg1 Re8
44. Qf2 Qxg5 $44) 43... Re8 44. Qd4 (44. Qd2 Qc5+ 45. Kg3 Rcd8 $13) 44... Rxe2+
45. Kxe2 Qxg5 46. f4 $2 {This unnecessarily opens the long /^ and weakens the
>>.} (46. Rd1 $1 Re8+ 47. Kf2 (47. Kf1 Re3 $17) 47... Qh4+ 48. Kf1 Qg3 49. Qf2
Qf4 $17) 46... Qe7+ (46... Re8+ 47. Kd1 Qe7 48. Kc2 Rd8 $19 {was also tempting.
}) 47. Qe3 $1 Qa3 $1 $19 48. Kf2 Qb2+ 49. Qe2 Qxb3 50. f5 Qxa4 {White has lost
his <<. A race between the passed pawns begins.} 51. Kg3 Qb3+ 52. Kh4 Qc3 53.
g5 a5 54. f6 a4 (54... Rh8+ 55. Kg4 Bd7+ $19) 55. f7 Qh8+ $2 (55... Rh8+ 56.
Kg4 Bd7+ $19 {was the simple win.}) 56. Kg3 a3 57. Qf2 Qc3+ 58. Nf3 a2 59. f8=Q
a1=Q {This is a rare occasion with four queens on the board!} 60. g6 (60. Qxc8+
Kxc8 61. Rxa1 Qxa1 62. Kxh3 Qc3 $17 {and the B clearly dominates the N.}) 60...
Qf6 $2 (60... Rxf8 61. Rxa1 Rxf3+ $19) 61. Qxf6 (61. Qxc8+ $1 Kxc8 62. Rxa1
Qxa1 $17) 61... Qxf6 62. Nh4 Qxf2+ 63. Kxf2 h2 64. g7 h1=Q 65. g8=Q Qxh4+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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 "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bc2
c5 9. Re1 Nc6 {The position resembles to the quiet d3 Ruy Lopez system without
a6 and b5.} 10. Nbd2 (10. h3 {This is a typical preparatory move in the Ruy
Lopez.} Qc7 $142 {against d4.} (10... h6 $6 {forgets about White's real threat.
} 11. d4 {White has to grab the |^ in the [+]. Here we see the idea of 10.h3,
there is no threat of Bg4.} cxd4 12. cxd4 b6 (12... Qb6 13. d5 Nb4 14. Ba4 Qa6
15. Re3 {defending >< d3.} b5 16. Bb3 {Now the has to retire.} Qb7 17. a3 Na6
18. Bc2 {/\ b4 killing the N on a6.} b4 {weakening the light squares, but
forced from strategical point of view.} 19. Nbd2 Bd7 20. Nf1 (20. Nb3 $5 {
Perhaps the N belongs to the <<.}) 20... Rac8 21. Bd2 Bd8 22. Ng3 Bb6 23. Re2
bxa3 24. bxa3 $14 {Kudrin-Finegold, Lloyds Bank op 1988}) 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. d5
Nb4 15. Bb1 {Now the position is similar to the Ruy Lopez Panov Attack.} Qd7
16. a3 Na6 17. b4 {Black's bishops and the a6 N are poorly placed.} Rfc8 18.
Bd2 Nc7 19. Bd3 (19. a4 $5 $14) 19... Ba6 20. Bxa6 Nxa6 21. Qe2 Qb7 22. Rec1
Nc7 $14 {Yudasin-Piket, ISR-NLD m rapid 1995}) (10... Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1
(12. Nc4 h6 {against Bg5 Bxf6 and Ne3-d5} 13. Ne3 g6 14. Bb3 (14. Nh2 {/\ Nhg4}
Be6 15. Nhg4 Nd7 {/\ h5 and the N has to retreat.} 16. Bb3 h5 17. Nh2 Nb6 18.
Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Nd5 Bg7 20. Nf3 Re8 21. Nxb6 {White has to give up his
stronghold on d5.} Qxb6 22. Qe2 Qd8 {1/2-1/2 Volzhin-Malaniuk, Minsk 1997})
14... Bg7 15. Nh2 Be6 16. Neg4 Nxg4 17. Nxg4 Kh7 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Bd2 Ne7 20.
Bxe6 fxe6 $11 {strengthening the [+] and opening the f <->, Kobalija-Onischuk,
Biel 1997.}) 12... h6 13. d4 (13. Ng3 {- Kobalija-Atalik, Istanbul 2003 CBM 96}
) (13. N3h2 d5 {Black has to grab the |^ in the [+].} 14. Qf3 d4 15. Bb3 (15.
Ng3 g6 16. Bb3 {Otherwise the B remains utterly passive.} Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18.
c4 Rb8 {/\ b5, Black has counterchances on the <<.} 19. Bd2 b5 20. cxb5 Rxb5
21. b3 a5 $13 {Yudasin-P.Nikolic, Tilburg 1993}) 15... Na5 16. Ba4 Bd7 17. Bxd7
{White is happy to get rid of his bad B.} Nxd7 18. c4 a6 19. Ng3 b5 20. b3 g6
21. Ng4 Qh4 22. Bd2 Nc6 23. Rec1 Bg7 $13 {Nevednichy-Beliavsky, Herceg Novi
2001}) (13. Ng3 d5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Bb3 Qd6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Be6 {
The white N is too far from ><d5.} 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Qe2 Rd8 21.
Red1 Red6 {1/2-1/2 Gavrikov-Arlandi, Reggio Emilia 1992}) (13. Ne3 {- 12.Nc4})
13... Qc7 (13... exd4 14. cxd4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 g6 {/\ Bg7 is the typical Ruy
Lopez solution.}) 14. d5 (14. Ne3 $6 exd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Qxd4
d5 $1 {This is the point!} 18. exd5 Rxe3 $1 $17 {Miljanic-Lazic, JUG-ch
Kladovo 1990}) 14... Ne7 $13 {with a complicated Ruy Lopez middlegame.}) 11.
Nbd2 d5 (11... Be6 12. Bb3 h6 13. Nc4 Rad8 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. Ne3 d5 {Black
grabs the |^ in the [+].} 16. Nf1 {White has made some sophisticated
manoeuvres, while Black has strengthened his position.} Bf8 17. Ba4 Bd6 18. Ng3
a6 19. Nh4 b5 20. Bc2 Bf8 21. Nhf5 Kh8 22. Qf3 Ng8 $13 {Sax-Beliavsky,
Sarajevo, 1982}) 12. Nf1 dxe4 (12... Rd8 {is met by} 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Qe2 {
and White has some pressure against >< e5.} Bf6 (14... f6 15. Ng3 Be6 {The B
is undefended here, which helps for the push d4.} 16. Qe4 g6 (16... Qd7 17. d4
$1 f5 18. Qe2 e4 19. Nxe4 $1 $16) 17. Bh6 $36) 15. Ng3 $14) 13. dxe4 Rd8 (13...
Be6 14. Ne3 Rad8 15. Qe2 h6 16. Nf5) 14. Qe2 h6 15. Ne3 {White's real target
is >< d5 now.} (15. Ng3 Be6 16. Nh4 c4 17. Ngf5 Bf8 18. Qf3 Nh7 19. Qg4 Kh8 20.
Re3 {White cannot attack only with pieces in this type of position.} g6 21. Rg3
Nf6 22. Nxg6+ {Desperation, but White has forced himself into this situation.}
fxg6 23. Qxg6 Qf7 $17 {Reyer-Von Buelow, Oberliga Nord 1998}) 15... Be6 16. Nh2
{/\ Nhg4} (16. Nf5 Bf8) 16... c4 17. Nhg4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 (18. Nxg4 Rd7 $11)
18... Bg5 $5 (18... Bc5 $6 19. Nd5 $1 {opening up the /^ for the "spanish" B.}
(19. Nf5 f6) 19... Bxd5 20. exd5 Rxd5 21. g5 $1 (21. Qe4 {immediately is
parried by} Rad8 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. g5 (23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qxg7 Qb6) 23... Qb6 $132
) 21... hxg5 22. Qe4 $1 Qb6 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Bxg5+ Kd6 26. Qxa8
Bxf2+ 27. Kf1 Bxe1 28. Rxe1 $18) (18... Bf6 $5 19. Nf5 (19. Nxc4 $6 {runs into}
Nd4 20. cxd4 Bxc4 $15) (19. Nd5 $6 {is now inferior due to} Bxd5 20. exd5 Ne7
$1) 19... b5 20. Qf3 Bg5 $11) 19. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 20. Bxg5 (20. exd5 Rxd5 $1 (20...
Bxc1 21. Raxc1 Rxd5 22. Qe4 $40) 21. Bxg5 hxg5 $13) 20... hxg5 21. exd5 Rxd5
22. Qe4 {(Nikac-Bokan, JUG-chT Cetinje 1992)} Rd2 $1 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Qh8+ Ke7
25. Qxa8 Qb6 26. Re3 Rd8 27. Qxd8+ Qxd8 28. Ba4 f6 $11) (10. a3 b5 (10... a5
11. a4 $1) 11. h3 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Nb3 Bxb3 (
15... d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Nfxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qb7 19. Nf5 $36) 16. Bxb3 Qb6 {
Black can hold his P for a while, and White has compensation for it, but not
more than that.} 17. Bf4 Nd7 (17... Rac8 18. Bd5 (18. Rc1 Rfe8 19. Ng5 (19. Bd5
a6 $11) 19... Rf8 $11) 18... Rfe8 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 $11) 18. Bd5 $44 {Gomez
Baillo-Morovic, Santiago zt 1989}) 10... Re8 (10... Bg4 $6 {In a d3 system
this pinning move is not strong enough.} 11. h3 (11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 (12. Ne3
Bh5) 12... Qxd5 13. Ne3 Bxf3 14. Nxd5 Bxd1 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. Bxd1 $14 {^^})
11... Bh5 {The B is out of play on this /^.} (11... Be6 {loses a tempo.}) (
11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 {gives up the ^^.}) 12. Nf1 (12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 $14 {
and the B is dead on g6.}) 12... Ne8 {This is a passive plan, but the idea is
to get rid of the bad dark-squared B.} (12... d5 13. g4 $5 (13. Ng3) 13... dxe4
14. dxe4 Bg6 (14... Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Bg6 16. Ng3 Rfd8 17. Be3 $14) 15. Qe2 Qc7 16.
Ng3 {>< f5.}) 13. Ng3 (13. g4 {White doesn't want to allow the exchanges with
a space advantage like that.} Bg6 14. Ng3 d5 (14... Nc7 {/\ Ne6 fighting for
the dark squares deserved attention.}) 15. Bb3 {Now White activates his
passive B on the a2-g8 /^.} d4 (15... Nc7 $2 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18.
Rxe5 $18) (15... dxe4 16. dxe4 $14) 16. Bd5 {Suddenly the B became very
powerful, Nevednichy-Negulescu, Iasi 1999 CBM 75.}) 13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bg5 {
This is the main idea.} 15. Bb3 $14) (10... Be6 11. Nf1 (11. Ng5 Bg4 $13)) 11.
a3 (11. Nf1 h6 12. a3 (12. Ng3 Bf8 13. Nf5 $6 {founders on the central push.}
d5 $17) 12... Bf8 13. b4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bb2 Nf4 $13 {Ivanchuk-P.Nikolic,
Monte Carlo 1996}) 11... Bf8 12. b4 g6 {Black ignores White's efforts gaining
space on the <<.} (12... a6 13. Bb2 Bg4 {This pin is usually not dangerous.}
14. h3 Bh5 15. Qb1 Bg6 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 cxd4 (17... cxb4 18. d5) 18. Nxd4
$14 {Kapengut-Arlandi, Reggio Emilia 1992}) 13. Ba4 (13. b5 Na5 14. Nf1 $5 (14.
d4 Bg7 15. Bb2 Qc7 $13)) 13... cxb4 (13... d5 $6 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ne4 cxb4 16.
axb4 {- 13..cxb4}) (13... Bd7 14. Nc4 cxb4 15. axb4 {- 13...cxb4}) 14. axb4 Bd7
(14... d5 $6 {opens the position for White's favour.} 15. exd5 (15. b5) 15...
Nxd5 16. Ne4 Bg7 17. b5 $16) 15. Nc4 h6 16. Be3 (16. b5 Na5 17. Ne3 $14 {
looked more forcing.}) 16... Ng4 $1 17. Bd2 (17. h3 Nxe3 18. Nxe3 Bg7 $13)
17... a6 18. b5 Na7 (18... axb5 19. Bxb5 Qc7 20. Qe2 $14 {and Black has a
slightly worse P structure.}) 19. b6 Bxa4 20. Qxa4 Nc6 {Now the situation has
been changed, and Black has no real problems.} 21. Ne3 Nxe3 22. Bxe3 Qd7 (22...
d5 $13) 23. Nd2 d5 24. Nb3 Rad8 25. Bc5 (25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. Bxc5 Qe6 $11) 25...
dxe4 26. dxe4 Qc8 27. Red1 (27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Nc5 Rd2 $132) (27. h3 Bxc5 28.
Nxc5 Rd2 $132) 27... Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rd5 Bxc5 30. Nxc5 Rxd5 31. exd5 Ne7
32. d6 Qxc5 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. Qxe7 (34. dxe7 $6 Kf6 $15) (34. Qxe7 Qxc3 {
and the perpetual is inevitable.} 35. h3 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Qc1+ $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bc2
c5 {The position reminds me to a closed Ruy Lopez but without the "weakening
moves" a6 and b5.} 9. h3 Nc6 10. Re1 (10. d4 {is probably premature.} cxd4 11.
cxd4 Qb6 12. d5 Nb4 13. Be3 Qa6 14. Nc3 Nxc2 {The exchange of the "Spanish" B
is good for Black.} 15. Qxc2 Bd7 16. a4 Rfc8 17. Qb3 Bd8 $11 {Dolmatov-Smejkal,
Hradec Kralove 1981}) 10... Re8 (10... b5 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. a4 (13.
Be3) 13... Nxc2 14. Qxc2 b4 (14... bxa4 $5) 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Bf4 Bb7 17. Nbd2
{>< c4} Re8 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Bh2 Bf8 20. e5 $14 {Nevednichy-Pasarelu,
Bucharest 1992}) 11. Nbd2 (11. d4 h6 (11... cxd4 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Nxd4 d5 $5 {
was the active plan.}) 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Nbd2 Qc7 14. Nc4 Be6 15. Ne3 Rad8 16.
Qe2 Bf8 17. Nh2 c4 18. Qf3 b5 (18... Bc5 $5) 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Re6 21. Nf1
Bc5 22. Ne3 Ne7 23. Qf3 a6 {(Yudasin-P.Nikolic, New York 1994)} (23... a5 $5)
24. b4 $5 cxb3 25. axb3 b4 26. c4 Nc6 $132) 11... Bf8 12. a4 {fighting for the
light squares.} (12. Nf1 $5 h6 (12... d5 13. Bg5) 13. Ng3 d5 (13... a6 14. d4)
14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ba4 {Here we see a significant difference to the Ruy Lopez!}
Bd6 16. Ne4 (16. d4 $6 {It was better to keep the position closed worsening
Black's P structure by taking on c6.} exd4 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. cxd4 c4 19. Bb5
c3 20. Qb3 cxb2 21. Bxb2 Be6 $11 {Beshukov-Gutov, Moscow 1999}) (16. Nd2 Nb6 (
16... Bd7 17. Nge4 Bf8 18. Nc4 $14) 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qf3 $14) 16... Bf8 17.
Bxc6 bxc6 18. Ng3 $14 {and Black's weaknesses on the << is hard to repare.})
12... g6 (12... d5 13. Bb3 $14) 13. Nf1 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ng3 b6 16. Bb3 Bb7
17. Ne4 (17. Bg5 Qd7 (17... Be7 18. Bh6 $14) 18. Ne4 (18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Ne4 Bg7
20. Bf6 h6 21. Nh2 Qe6 $13) 18... Bg7 19. Nh2 Na5 20. Ba2 Kh8 $13) 17... Bg7
18. Bg5 Qd7 {Black has gradually built up a strong [+] and his pieces are
harmoniously posted.} 19. Qd2 $6 (19. Nh2 f5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Qd6 22. Nf3
Qxf6 23. Bxd5+ Kh8 24. Qd2 Rad8 25. c4 Re7 $11) 19... Re6 $1 20. a5 $5 (20. Bh6
f6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 $13) 20... Rae8 (20... Nxa5 $2 21. Rxa5 bxa5 22. Nxc5 $16) 21.
axb6 axb6 {White cannot make use of the opened a <->.} 22. Bh6 f6 23. Bc4 Kh8
24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qc2 f5 {Now Black advances in the [+], his prospects are
clearly better.} 26. Ned2 (26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Ng3 Rd8 $15) 26... Na5 27. Ba2
R6e7 28. Rad1 Qc6 (28... Nf4 $1 {was more precise.} 29. Re3 Qd6 $15) 29. Re2 $2
({missing} 29. Bxd5 $1 Qxd5 30. Re3 $11) 29... Nf4 {Now the N can join the ->
again.} 30. Re3 {[#]} g5 $1 {The signal for the -> on the >>. Black has a
strong [+] and active pieces, he has the right for the ->.} 31. Bb1 (31. Nc4
Nxc4 32. Bxc4 g4 $17) 31... Qf6 32. Nf1 Kh8 {One preparatory move too much.} ({
The straightforward} 32... Nxg2 $1 {was stronger} 33. Kxg2 g4 34. N1d2 gxf3+
35. Nxf3 e4 36. dxe4 Nc4 $19) 33. Ng3 Nc6 (33... Rf8 $15) 34. Rde1 Nd5 35. R3e2
Nf4 36. Re3 Nd8 37. Ba2 Nd5 $2 {This is an unnecessary retreat from the
excellent position.} (37... g4 $17) 38. R3e2 $2 ({missing again} 38. Bxd5 Bxd5
39. c4 Bb7 40. Qc3 Nf7 41. b4 $13 {with some counterplay.}) 38... Nf4 {The N
decides the battle the second times.} 39. Re3 g4 $1 $19 {and the -> finally
crashes through.} 40. hxg4 fxg4 41. Nd2 Nxg2 42. Nde4 Nxe1 43. Rxe1 Qg6 44. Qa4
Ne6 45. Nd6 Ra8 46. Qc4 Ng5 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[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 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Bxf7+ $2 {This is a very bad variation for
White.} (4. Qh5 $142 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 {Black takes up the gauntlet.} (5... Be7
$11) 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 {is the old main line which leads to
immense complications.} (8... Qf6 $6 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 (10... Bh6 {
helps only for White to finish his development after} 11. d3 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 Re8
{(Orev-Belchev, Bulgaria 1971 )} 13. Ne2 $1 $16) 11. Nxb6 $1 {is the precise
move order here.} (11. d4 Nxd4 12. Nf3 Bb7 $13 {- Sulskis-Motylev, Linares
2000 CBM 75}) (11. d3 Bb7 12. h4 $2 {is a complete misjudgement of the
position.} Ne7 $1 13. Bg5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Qxg5 15. hxg5 Bxd5 16. Nxb6 axb6 17.
Nf3 Nf7 $17 {Larsen-Zwaig, Costa Brava, 1976}) 11... axb6 12. d4 $1 {White has
to give back some material in order to finish his development.} (12. Qd3 {
is again too passive:} Bb7 13. Ne2 Bg7 14. Qh3 f4 15. d3 h5 16. Bd2 g5 17. f3
Nd4 {The Q is again outplaced.} 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. O-O-O Nf5 $44 {
Gdanski-Raetsky, Biel op 1994}) 12... Nxd4 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ (13... Bb7 {is
answered by the witty} 14. Qxd4 $1 exd4 15. Bg5 $16 {liquidating for a
favourable _|_ for White.} Qxg5 16. Nxg5 Bxg2 17. Rg1 Be4 18. O-O-O Bg7 19. c3
$16 {Sikora Lerch-Biolek, Moravia-chT 1997}) 14. Qxf3 Bb7 15. Qe3 Kc7 16. a4
$16 {/\ a5 Larsen}) 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Qf3 Nd4 $1 (
12... Bb7 13. d3 (13. Qd1 $6 {is rather passive:} Nd4 14. f3 Qg5 15. Kf1 f4 {
/\ N4f5} 16. c3 N4f5 17. Nh3 Qh5 18. Qe2 Nh4 19. Nf2 Nxf3 $1 $44 {
Chistiakov-Estrin, URS-ch Moscow 1955}) 13... Nd4 14. Qh3 {Here the Q at least
defends >< g2.} h5 $5 (14... f4 15. Bd2 g5 16. O-O-O {and the white K is in
safety.} h5 17. f3 $14 {Larsen}) (14... e4 15. Be3 exd3 16. O-O-O Nxc2 17.
Bxb6+ Ke8 18. Qxd3 (18. Nf3 $5 {Development first, Keres.}) 18... Bh6+ 19. Kb1
Be4 20. Bxc2 $1 Bxd3 21. Bxd3 Bg7 22. Bc5 Qe5 23. Ba3 Ne4 24. Nf3 Qa5 25. Rhe1
d5 {(Yudelovich-Poselnikov, corr 1974)} 26. Nd2 $1 Kf7 27. Nb3 $14 {with more
than enough compensation for the Q according to Lepeskin.}) 15. f3 f4 {The Q
is completely out of play.} 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. O-O-O N6f5 18. Re1 Kc7 19. Ne2
Nxb3+ 20. axb3 Qd6 21. Nc3 Nd4 22. Ne4 Ra8 23. Bc3 Bxe4 24. fxe4 f3 $1 25. Bxd4
Qb4 $40 {Kaidanov-Lputian, URS-FL Lvov 1987}) 13. Qa8 Kc7 {/\ Bb7} 14. Nf3 Bb7
15. Qa7 Bg7 16. Qa4 f4 17. d3 Re8 18. Qb4 {White has made too many moves with
his Q.} Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bxf3 20. Rg1 g5 $44 {Kleszczewski-Rizzitano,US op
Boston 1988}) 4... Kxf7 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Ng3 (6. Qf3+ $2 Kg8 7. Ng5 Qd7 8. Ne2 h6
$17 {Mieses-Teichman, London (m) 1895}) 6... Nc6 {Black has a wonderful [+],
nice development and an actice ^^. He can quickly solve the problem of his K
as well.} 7. d3 (7. Qf3+ $2 Kg8 8. N1e2 Bc5 9. O-O h5 $1 {/\ h4-h3} 10. Qc3 Bb6
11. d3 h4 12. Nh1 h3 13. g3 Qf6 $19 {Gomez Lucero-Guimard, Argentina 1936})
7... Be7 ({The more active} 7... Bc5 {was also tempting.} 8. Nf3 ({The
amateurish} 8. Qf3+ $2 {helps only for Black.} Kg8 9. Nh3 h6 10. O-O Nd4 11.
Qd1 Qf6 12. Nh5 Qf7 $17 {Gonzales-Najdorf, San Pablo 1947}) 8... Rf8 (8... Bg4
9. h3 Bxf3 {Black gives up his ^^ for nothing.} 10. Qxf3+ Kg8 11. Be3) 9. O-O (
9. Be3 Bd6 10. Ng5+ Kg8 11. Qh5 h6 $17 {Barber-Hausner, EUCup 17th Panormo 2001
}) 9... Kg8 $15 {and the K is already in safety.} (9... Bg4 $15)) 8. Nf3 Rf8 {
/\ Kg8 with an artificial castles.} 9. O-O Kg8 (9... Bg4 {is again premeture.}
10. Ng5+ (10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3+ Kg8 $13) 10... Bxg5 11. Qxg4 Bxc1 12. Raxc1 Kg8
$11) 10. h3 Qd6 (10... Bd6 $5 11. c3 Qe8 $15 {gives Black good attacking
chances because of his strong [+], ^^ and better development.}) 11. Re1 Bd7 (
11... Qg6 $5 12. Nxe5 (12. c4 $5 dxc4 13. dxc4 Qf7 {/\ Bh3}) 12... Nxe5 13.
Rxe5 Rxf2 14. Kxf2 Qf6+ 15. Qf3 Qxe5 16. Bf4 Qd4+ $15) 12. b3 Rae8 13. Bb2 Bf6
$15 14. Rb1 {It is already an achievement for White that he has survived the
opening!} g6 (14... Nd4 $5 15. Nxd4 (15. Bxd4 exd4 $15) 15... exd4 $15) 15. c4
{White has to change the P structure at any rate.} Bg7 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Ne4 {
Now at least the blockading N on e4 is a good defender.} Nd4 (17... Rd8 18. Qe2
Bf5 19. Rbd1 h6 $15) 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Rc1 {The knights have some chances
against the ^^ because of the good blockading squares.} Bc6 20. Qd2 Qd7 (20...
h6 $15) 21. Qg5 Rf5 22. Qg3 Re7 23. Rc2 Rf8 {Black has clearly lost the thread.
} 24. Rce2 Ree8 25. Nc5 {[#]} Qd6 $2 {This is the reat turning-point of the
game.} (25... Rxe2 $1 26. Rxe2 (26. Nxd7 Rxf3 $1 $19) 26... Qf5 $15 {was still
preferable for Black.}) 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Qxd6 cxd6 29. Nxb7 $16
{winning the P and the ^^ is not very active in the _|_, Black has to defend
his weak doubled pawns.} Bb5 30. Ne1 Bf8 (30... Be5 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. a4 $16) 31.
Kf1 Kf7 32. a4 Bd7 33. Nf3 Ke6 34. Nxd4+ Kd5 35. Nc2 Bg7 36. Na5 Bc3 37. Nc4
Kc5 38. Ke2 d5 39. Nd2 {White has consolidated his position with two extra
pawns.} a5 {blockading White's << P majority.} 40. Nf3 Kd6 41. Nfd4 Kc5 42. Ke3
Bb2 43. Ne2 Bf6 44. f4 $1 {It is time to march with the P majority on the >>.}
g5 45. g4 (45. d4+ Kd6 46. g4 $18 {was also good and simple.}) 45... gxf4+ 46.
Kxf4 h6 (46... d4 {gives up the vital e4 square.} 47. Ng3 Kd5 48. Ne4 $18) 47.
Kf3 Kd6 48. d4 Be8 49. Ne3 Bg6 50. Nf5+ $18 Kc6 51. Nxh6 Bc2 52. Kf4 Bxb3 53.
g5 {White's connected o^ come first.} Bh8 54. Nf7 Bg7 55. Ne5+ Kd6 56. Nc3
Bxe5+ 57. dxe5+ Ke6 58. g6 Bc2 59. Kg5 d4 60. Nb5 d3 61. g7 Kf7 62. Kh6 d2 63.
Nc3 Bf5 64. h4 Kg8 65. h5 Kf7 66. Kg5 Bc2 67. h6 Bxa4 68. e6+ Kg8 69. Ne4 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 h6 8. c3 (
8. Nbd2 Nh7 {/\ Ng5} (8... Bg4 {In this P structure this pin is useless.} 9. h3
Bh5 10. a5 {/\ a6} Nd4 11. g4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bg6 {The B is out of play here.}
13. a6 bxa6 14. Rxa6 $14 {Karavaev-Yemelin, RUS-Team Smolensk 2000}) 9. c3 (9.
Nf1 Ng5 10. Ne3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Bg5 {This is the main idea, Black wants to
exchange his passive B.} 12. c3 Kh8 13. Nf5 Bxc1 14. Raxc1 Qf6 15. Bd5 Be6 $11
{Bitman-Yandemirov, RUS Cup Kstovo 1997}) (9. a5 a6 10. Nf1 Ng5 11. Nxg5 Bxg5
12. Ne3 Be6 13. c3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Bxc4 15. dxc4 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 {The P
structure cannot be better for White.} 17. Rf3 Qf6 18. Rxf5 Qxf5 19. Be3 Kh8
20. h3 Rf8 $11 {Barua-Roktim, 2003}) 9... Bg5 (9... Ng5 10. Nxg5 (10. b4 a6 11.
a5) 10... Bxg5 11. Nf1 Na5 12. Ba2 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Be6 14. Bd5 $14 {fighting
against the outplaced N on a5, Gunnarsson-Pedersen, Budapest 2003.}) 10. Nxg5
Nxg5 (10... Qxg5 11. Nf1 $14 {^^}) 11. Nf1 Nh7 12. a5 a6 13. Ng3 Nf6 {Black
has lost a lot of tempi in order to exchange his passive B, and gave up the ^^.
} 14. Qf3 $14 {Bellini-Acs, Hotel Agro, 1999 CBM 73}) (8. a5 {White wants to
gain more space on the <<, although it is hard to force a breakthrough there.}
a6 9. Nbd2 (9. c3 Kh8 (9... Be6 10. Nbd2 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Re8 12. h3 Bf8 13. Ne3
d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nc4 Qf6 16. Qb3 Rab8 $11 (16... Bc5 17. Ncd2 $14 (17. Bd2
{(Delchev-Nyysti, EU-ch 4th Istanbul 2003)} Rab8 $13))) 10. Qb3 {This is
another benefit of a4-a5.} Qe8 {/\ Nh5, f5} 11. d4 Nh5 (11... Nh7 12. Be3 {
keeping the tension in the [+] looks logical.} (12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14.
Nd2 Bg5 15. Nf1 Bxc1 16. Raxc1 $14 {Berzinsh-Danailov, Pula op 17th 2003})
12... Ng5 13. Nbd2 $14) 12. Nbd2 f5 13. dxe5 Nf4 $1 {/\ Qg6} 14. exf5 (14. exd6
Qg6 15. g3 Bxd6 16. e5 Bc5 $44) 14... Bxf5 15. exd6 Qg6 16. g3 Bxd6 17. Nh4 Qh5
18. Bf1 Nd3 $44 {Sivokho-Yemelin, City-ch 2000}) 9... Nh7 (9... Be6 10. c3 Nh7
11. Nf1 Bxc4 12. dxc4 {This P structure is somewhat better for White because
of the pressure on >< d5.} Ng5 13. Bxg5 Bxg5 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Ne3
$14 {Barua-Gokhale, Goodricke 12th op 2001}) 10. Nf1 Ng5 11. Ne3 Be6 12. Bxe6
fxe6 {This P structure is quite playable for Black.} 13. Nxg5 Bxg5 14. c3 Rb8
15. Qh5 {1/2:1/2 Anisimov-Yemelin, St.Petersburg-ch 2002}) (8. h3 Nh7 9. Nc3
Ng5 10. Nh2 Kh8 {/\ f5} 11. Nd5 Be6 12. c3 Nh7 {/\ Bg5 exchanging the passive
dark-squared B.} 13. a5 Bg5 14. a6 b6 15. d4 Bxc1 16. Rxc1 Na5 17. Bf1 Ng5 18.
f3 f5 $132 {Vlassov-Kornev, RUS Cup 2003}) 8... Nh7 (8... Kh8 9. a5 a6 {- 8.a5}
) 9. a5 (9. Be3 $5 Kh8 10. a5 a6 {is the regular answer.} (10... f5 {looks a
bit premature:} 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. a6 b6 13. Bd5 Qe8 14. d4 Rd8 15. Nbd2 Nb8 16.
dxe5 dxe5 17. Bb7 $14 {Bosboom-Romanishin, Tilburg 1993})) (9. d4 Ng5 {Now
Black can insert some pressure on >< d4.} 10. Nxg5 Bxg5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 $11 {
- Eismont-Yandemirov, Russian Club Cup 1998 CBM 66}) (9. Nbd2 {- 8.Nbd2}) 9...
a6 10. Be3 (10. b4 Be6 $13) (10. Nbd2 Kh8 (10... Ng5 11. h3 $5 {/\ d4 looks
logical.} (11. Qb3 Rb8 $5 (11... Ne6) 12. d4 (12. Qa2 {/\ b4} Kh8 13. b4 Qe8
14. Nxg5 Bxg5 15. Nf1 Bxc1 16. Raxc1 Be6 17. Ne3 $14 {with some space
advantage for White.}) 12... Nxf3+ $5 (12... Bg4 13. d5 Nxf3+ $4 14. gxf3 $1
$18 {Malaniuk}) (12... Bd7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 {Now the passive B will
come back to fight.} 15. Nf1 Bc5 $1 {This is the best /^ for the B.} 16. Qc2
Bb5 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. b4 Ba7 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 c6 22. Nf5 Qc7
$14 {Speelman-Malaniuk, Kropotkin 1995}) 13. Nxf3 Bg4 14. d5 Bxf3 15. dxc6 bxc6
16. Qa4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 d5 18. Rxe5 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Qd1+ 20. Qf1 Qxf1+ 21. Kxf1 {
White's << pawns are on the colour of B, so Black's double pawns are not so
bad.} Bd6 $11 {Speelman}) (11. d4 {White has to prepare this advance in the [+]
.} Bg4 {Black inserts a big pressure on >< d4.} (11... Bf6 $5 {-
Vlassov-Yandemirov, Russian Club Cup Malkop 1998 CBM 66}) 12. Be2 Bxf3 $1 13.
Nxf3 Nxe4 14. Bd3 Ng5 15. Bxg5 Bxg5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Rxe5 $11)
11... Bf6 12. Nf1 $14 {Rabiega-Simic,}) 11. d4 Ng5 {1/2:1/2 Kogan-Smagin,
Montreal2 2000}) (10. Qb3 {is the other typical setup again.} Qe8 (10... Ng5
11. Nbd2 {- 10.Nbd2}) 11. d4 Ng5 12. Nbd2 $14 {Armas-Boudre, FRA-ch 1992}) (10.
d4 Ng5 11. Nbd2 {- 10.Nbd2 Ng5 11.d4}) 10... Ng5 (10... Kh8 {/\ f5} 11. Qb3 f5
(11... Ng5 12. Nbd2 {- 10...Ng5}) 12. exf5 Rxf5 13. Nbd2 Nf6 14. d4 d5 15. Bf1
Ng4 16. dxe5 Ncxe5 17. Bd4 Nxf3+ (17... Bd6 18. h3 $16 {Felgaer-Yandemirov,
Linares Anibal op 8th 2001}) 18. Nxf3 $14 {and White's pieces are better
developed in an open position.}) 11. Nbd2 Bg4 (11... Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 Be6 13.
Bxe6 fxe6 {As it was mentioned before, this P structure is not so bad for
Black, because he covers d5 and f5 and can organize some -> along the
semi-opened f <->.} 14. b4 (14. Qb3 Qd7 $11) 14... Bf6 (14... d5 {fighting
back in the [+] was also a tempting alternative.} 15. Qb3 Qd7 $11) 15. Qb3 Qd7
16. c4 {White wants to advance on the <<, while Black has counterchances on
the other flank.} Ne7 (16... Rf7 17. b5 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 {Here the N is more
useful than the passive B.} 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. Qb7 $14) 17. b5 g5 18. Rab1 (18.
h3 Bg7) 18... Bg7 19. Nd2 Ng6 $13 {Tkachiev-Fressinet, Cap d'Agde 2002 CBM 92})
(11... Kh8 {/\ f5} 12. Qb3 f5 13. exf5 Nxf3+ (13... Rxf5 14. Bd5 Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3
{- 13....Nf3}) 14. Nxf3 Rxf5 15. Bd5 Rf8 $1 {The R was vulnerable on f5.} 16.
Be4 Bf6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Ne7 19. d5 {(Nevedhichy-Tomescu, Romania 1997)}
Nf5 $1 (19... Bf5 20. Bd4 Rb8 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Nd4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 c6 24. dxc6
Nxc6 25. Qd5 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 $14 {Fedorov-Stevic, CRO-chT 2003}) 20. Bxf5 Bxf5
21. Nd4 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 $14 {Nevednichy}) 12. h3 Bh5 {The B is usually passive
here.} (12... Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4
Nxd4 18. Bxd4 {can only be slightly better for White.}) 13. Kh2 {/\ g4} Kh8 14.
g4 Nxf3+ (14... Bg6 15. Nh4 Nh7 16. Nf5 (16. Ng2 Bg5 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Ne5
19. Rf1) 16... Bg5 17. b4 Bxe3 18. fxe3 $14) 15. Qxf3 Bg6 16. Nf1 {/\ Ng3} Bg5
{Black wants to get rid of his passive B.} 17. Ng3 Bxe3 (17... f6 18. Nf5 Bf7
19. Bxf7 Rxf7 20. h4 Bxe3 21. fxe3 $14 {with some attacking chances.}) 18. fxe3
Ne7 19. Nf5 f6 20. Rf1 $14 Bf7 21. Bxf7 Rxf7 22. h4 d5 $2 {Black sacrifices a
P, but the idea is not completely sound.} (22... c6 {/\ d5} 23. Nxe7 Qxe7 (
23... Rxe7 24. g5 fxg5 25. hxg5 d5 26. gxh6 gxh6 27. exd5 cxd5 28. Qf6+ $16)
24. g5 $36) (22... Ng8 $142 $5 {/\ g6 to kick out the strong white N.} 23. Rf2
(23. h5 Ne7) 23... g6 $5 (23... Qd7 24. c4 Raf8 $14) 24. Ng3 f5 $5 25. exf5
Qxh4+ 26. Kg2 Raf8 27. Rh1 Qg5 $132) 23. exd5 $2 {Now Black is OK.} (23. Nxe7 {
would have won the d P after} Rxe7 24. exd5 Rd7 25. c4 (25. e4 c6 26. c4 {
- 25.c4}) 25... c6 $1 26. e4 (26. dxc6 bxc6 27. Qxc6 Rxd3 $132) 26... cxd5 27.
exd5 $16) 23... Qxd5 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 $11 {and the _|_ is simply equal.} 25. h5
Re8 26. Kg3 Kg8 27. d4 Rd7 28. c4 Nb4 29. d5 e4 30. Ra3 Nd3 31. Rb3 Nc5 32. Ra3
Nd3 33. Rb3 Nc5 34. Rc3 Nd3 35. Rb3 {and draw by repetition of moves.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup-A"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Macieja,B"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{That was a very important game - I had to win it to keep chances for
qualifying to the quarter-finals.} 1. e4 {Lukacs} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4.
d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 {I had already played 5 times that move, so
it was obvious for me that Ivanchuk had something prepared. Nevertheless, I
decided to check what it was and to try to refute it. Lukacs: 'against Na5
capturing the B. White also threatens to advance on the << in order to gain
space.'} Nd4 $5 {That move was successfully played in 1994 by ... my coach
Vitaly Tseshkovsky against Vladislav Nevednichy. In 2001 Morozevich quite
easily drew with Gelfand, but for some very strange reasons that move has been
played only in 2 more games! Lukacs: 'Black has a lot of adequate replies.'} (
7... Bg4 {(Lukacs) - Fedorov-Potapov, RUS-chT 9th Ekaterinburg 2002 CBM 90}) (
7... h6 {Lukacs} 8. a5 {- Tkachiev-Fressinet, Capd'Agde KO 2000 CBM 92} (8.
Nbd2 {(Lukacs) - Bellini-Acs, Hotel Agro GM 1999 CBM 73})) (7... Be6 {(Lukacs)
- Mainka-Nenashev, Recklinhausser Schachtage 1998 CBM 67}) (7... Kh8 {(Lukacs)
-Hossain-Ehlvest, United Insurence 4th 1999 CBM 70}) 8. Nxd4 exd4 {Lukacs:
'The position is very similar to the Ruy Lopez Bird Variation!'} 9. Nd2 $1 $146
{A logical move. Both Nevednichy and Gelfand tried} (9. c3 dxc3 10. Nxc3 c6 {
/\ d5} (10... Be6 {Lukacs} 11. Qb3 (11. Bxe6 {Lukacs} fxe6 12. Qb3 Qd7 $1 $13 {
Morozevich-Gelfand, Astana 2001 CBM 84}) 11... Bxc4 (11... Qd7 $6 {(Lukacs) is
not a correct P sacrifice:} 12. Qxb7 Rfb8 13. Qa6 Rb6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Qa5 $16
{Rabiega-Breutigam, GER-ch Altenkirchen, 2001}) (11... Qc8 {Lukacs} 12. d4 $14)
12. dxc4 $14 {with some pressure in the [+], especially on d5.} (12. Qxc4 {
Lukacs} c6)) 11. Bb3 $1 {is the quiet prophylactic move avoiding g6-d5.} (11.
d4 {(Lukacs) runs into the freeing move} d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14.
Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Rxe7 {^-} Be6 $11 {Nevednichy}) (11. Qb3 {Lukacs} Ng4 $5 {/\ Ne5}
12. d4 (12. h3 {Lukacs} Ne5 13. d4 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 $11) 12... Bh4 13. g3 Qf6 14.
Nd1 (14. Re2 $2 {(Lukacs) disturbs the harmony of the white pieces.} Qg6 $1 15.
Kh1 ({On} 15. f3 {Lukacs} Nxh2 $1 {comes with a devastating ->.}) 15... Bf6 16.
f3 (16. Qd1 {(Lukacs) is again met by the tactical blow} Nxh2 $1 17. Kxh2 Qh5+
18. Kg1 Bg4 $19) 16... Bxd4 $1 17. fxg4 Bxg4 18. Rg2 Bf3 19. Be2 Bxg2+ 20. Kxg2
Rae8 $1 $13 {Nevednichy-Tseshkovsky, Yugoslavia 1994}) 14... Qg6 15. Kh1 Bg5
16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. f3 $14 {Nevednichy}) 11... Be6 12. d4 {Now White's [+] is
impressive.} (12. Bc2 {Lukacs} c5) 12... Bxb3 13. Qxb3 $14 {Gelfand}) (9. h3 {
Lukacs} Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Rxe5 {Black's P structure is bad,
but White has problems with his development.} Qd7 13. Nd2 (13. Qe2 {Lukacs}
Rae8 14. Rxe6 Bb4) 13... Bd6 14. Re1 Rae8 $132) 9... Ng4 $6 {'!?' Lukacs.
Lukacs: 'This is a typical manoeuvre in the Ruy Lopez Bird Variation.'} ({
I think, better is} 9... Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 {with good chances for equalizing}
11. e5 dxe5 12. Rxe5 {is much better than before.} Bd6 (12... Qd6 {Lukacs} 13.
Qe2 Ng4 $2 14. Nc4 $18) 13. Rxe6 Qd7 14. Qe2 Nd5 (14... Rae8 {Lukacs} 15. Rxe8
Rxe8 16. Ne4 $16) 15. Nc4 Rae8 16. Re4 Nf6 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Qf1 $14 {and
White has time to finish his development.}) ({Even more precise is} 9... Bg4
10. f3 (10. Nf3 d5 $1 11. exd5 Bb4 $1 $11 12. Rf1 Nxd5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6
$11) 10... Be6 11. Nb3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. c3 Bxd4+ 15. cxd4 {
and Black has a firm blockade on d5.} c6 $44 {Shipov/Notkin}) (9... c6 {Lukacs}
10. Nf3 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Bb3 $14) 10. Nf3 Bh4 {That was the last black's
active move in the game! I should add, that 10...Bh4 was followed by draw
offer. '!' Lukacs. Lukacs: 'attacking the vulnerable >< f2.'} 11. Rf1 $1 {
Rook is better placed on f1 than e2, because doesn't disturb queen and also
there are quite realistic chances for opening f file.} c5 ({It wasn't possible
to play} 11... Bf6 {because of} 12. h3 Ne5 13. Nxd4 (13. Nxe5 {Lukacs} dxe5 14.
f4 $14) 13... Nxc4 14. dxc4 Re8 15. Re1 $16) (11... Be6 {Lukacs} 12. Bxe6 (12.
Bf4 {Lukacs} Bf6 $11) 12... fxe6 13. h3 Bxf2+ 14. Rxf2 Nxf2 15. Kxf2 $14) 12.
Nxh4 $2 {A serious positional mistake. A pair of bishops will be annihilated
very soon.} (12. h3 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qh5 Bf6 15. f4 {was leading to clear
advantage.}) 12... Qxh4 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Bg3 Qe7 15. b3 $1 {The only chance.} (
15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 Be6 $11) (15. Bd5 Be6 $11 (15... Bg4 {Lukacs
} 16. f3 (16. Qd2 {Lukacs} Be6 17. Rfe1 Rae8 18. c3 Nc6 (18... Nxd3 $2 {Lukacs}
19. Bxe6 Nxe1 20. Bd5 $16) 19. a5 $14) 16... Be6 17. Re1 Rae8 (17... Qd7 {
Lukacs} 18. c3 $14) 18. c3 dxc3 19. bxc3 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qf6 21. a5 $14)) 15...
Nxc4 {The was no need to hurry so much.} ({After} 15... Be6 {black would
easily hold the position.}) 16. bxc4 {Lukacs: 'This P structure doesn't yield
White anything real. The ^- however works for White.'} Bd7 $6 ({During the
game I was thinking about} 16... a5 $5 {with the idea of fixing a weak a4 pawn.
}) ({The simplest was} 16... f5 17. exf5 (17. f3 {Lukacs} f4) 17... Bxf5 18.
Re1 Qd7 $11) 17. a5 (17. f4 $2 {(Lukacs) is always answered by the blockading
move} f5) 17... Bc6 {A bishop doesn't have much to do on this square. Black is
playing too passive.} ({After} 17... b5 18. axb6 axb6 {I was going to play} 19.
Qb1 $1 $14) 18. Qg4 $14 {White's plan is to play f4-f5 and to start an attack
on the king's side, but there is one danger - if f4 is met by black's f5! the
evaluation of the whole position changes, because Bc6 is not any longer
passive and Bg3 not any longer active!} Rae8 {'=' Lukacs.} 19. Qf4 ({White
cannot play} 19. Rae1 {because of} f5) ({so it was worthy to play} 19. f3 $5 {
first.}) 19... Qe5 (19... Rd8 $11 {Lukacs}) 20. Qg4 (20. Qd2 Qe6 21. Rae1 $14 {
was also possible.}) 20... Qe6 21. h3 $6 {During the game I was proud of that
move (21...Qxg4 22.hxg4 would lead to a very difficult for black ending), but
the analyse shows, that I was wrong.} ({Correct was} 21. f3 $1 {taking into
control e1 square.}) 21... f6 $6 {Black misses his chance.} ({After} 21... f5
22. exf5 Rxf5 {position would equalize, because it would not be possible to
take a pawn} 23. Bxd6 $2 h5 24. Qg3 Qh6 $1 25. Qh2 h4 $17) (21... Qxg4 {Lukacs}
22. hxg4 Rd8 $11) 22. Qf4 Qe5 (22... Rd8 $11 {Lukacs}) 23. Qd2 Qe6 24. Qf4 Qe5
25. Qd2 Qe6 26. Bh2 $6 {As I could not play 26.f4 because of f5! I decided to
prepare the whole idea, by playing Bh2 and g4 first. But I completely forgot
about the possible counter play. Lukacs: 'So White wants to continue the fight.
'} ({I should have been played} 26. Rae1 $14) 26... Rf7 $6 {And again Ivanchuk
is choosing a passive continuation instead of} (26... f5 $1 27. exf5 Rxf5 28.
Rae1 Qg6 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Re1 (30. Bxd6 $2 Bxg2 $1 31. Kxg2 Qc6+ $17) 30...
Qg6 31. Bg3 Re5 $1 $11) (26... f5 $11 {(Lukacs) was again a safe continuation.}
) 27. Rae1 $14 {Now I am better again, because the counter play with f5 is not
possible any longer.} Qd7 28. g4 $1 {with the idea f4- f5 '!?' Lukacs. Lukacs:
'White wants to put his pawns on the light squares and fighting against the
freeing move f5.'} (28. f4 $2 f5 $15) 28... h5 {This move only helps me. '!?'
Lukacs.} ({It was very interesting to play} 28... g6 $5 {with the idea we have
already known} 29. f4 $2 f5 $17) 29. Qf4 $1 hxg4 30. hxg4 Re6 31. Bg3 $16 {
h file is now opened, but black cannot easily operate with rooks, because of a
weakness on d6. Lukacs: '[#]'} Qe8 {'?!' Lukacs: 'This is rather useless.'} (
31... g6 $1 {Lukacs} 32. Qh6 (32. Kg2 {Lukacs} f5 $1 $132) (32. Qd2 {Lukacs}
Rh7 $11) 32... Rg7 33. Kg2 f5 $1 $13) 32. Qd2 $1 {f4 followed by f5 is now a
big threat!} g6 33. f3 {Lukacs: 'Now the question is who will conquer the
opened h <->.'} ({Of course not} 33. f4 $2 {because of} f5 $17) 33... Rh7 34.
Kf2 {Black's position gets very tough.} Qf7 ({Black cannot fight for h file,
because he will loose d6 pawn, for instance} 34... Qd7 35. Rh1 Ree7 36. Rxh7
Rxh7 37. Qf4 $18) 35. Rh1 Qg7 ({The longest time black could hold the position
after} 35... g5 $16 {avoiding white's g5 and at the same time protecting f4
square.}) 36. Rxh7 Qxh7 37. Qc1 $1 {I want to play simply Rh1-Rh6-Qh1, but at
the same time my queen can come back to f4. Black's position is basically lost.
} Kf7 $6 {Ivanchuk got in panic} (37... g5 {was necessary.}) 38. Rh1 {Lukacs:
'White has now the |^ on the >>.'} Qg7 39. g5 $18 {There is nothing more to
add.} Ke8 40. Rh6 Kd7 {'?' Lukacs.} (40... Kf7 {Lukacs} 41. Kg2 (41. Qh1 {
Lukacs} Kg8) 41... Kg8 $14 {was still a persistant defence.}) 41. Qh1 {'+-'
Lukacs. Lukacs: 'and the penetration on the seventh rank decides the battle.'}
Re7 42. gxf6 Qxf6 43. Bh4 Qf4 44. Bxe7 Kxe7 45. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 19th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2018.06.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 $5 {An extravagant
move. Actually, in the lines with 3...Bc5 Black has also started playing ...
g7-g5 quite frequently.} ({4...h6 is usually meant to prevent Ng5 in order to
get the time for} 6... g6 {followed by ...Bg7 but in this game Black decided
the h-pawn should sustain the kingside expansion.}) 7. d4 {A principled move,
trying to take advantage of Black's delayed development. White has two main
alternatives:} (7. Re1 Bg7 8. d4 Bg4 (8... g4 $5 9. dxe5 Nd7 $1 10. Nd4 Ndxe5
$13 {with nice control on the dark squares.}) ({Even} 8... O-O {is possible:}
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Nbd2 Ne8 {Hurrying to increase the control over
f5.} 12. Nf1 Nd6 13. Bb3 Na5 14. Bc2 Be6 $13) 9. Bb5 Nd7 10. d5 Ne7 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qxf3 Ng6 {Had White had better development, he would have
been entitled to claim an advatage due to the weakness on f5. But the way it
was, in the game Black soon obtained a strng attack.} 14. Nd2 h5 15. Nf1 g4 16.
hxg4 hxg4 17. Qf5 Qxf5 18. exf5 Ne7 19. Ne3 Rh5 20. f6 Bxf6 21. Nxg4 Bg7 $17 {
Huschenbeth,N (2549)-Grandelius,N (2646) Batumi 2018 (0-1, 31)}) (7. Nbd2 Bg7
8. Bb3 O-O 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Re1 Re8 11. h4 {Gelfand,B (2690)-Bareev,E (2670)
Munich 1993 CBM 036 [Gelfand,B] (1-0, 31)}) 7... g4 ({The thematic reaction,
but even if White did not waste a tempo on neutral moves, Black can think of
maintaining the tension:} 7... Bg7 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11.
Re1 Bxe5 12. Rxe4 f6 13. f4 Bf5 14. Re1 gxf4 15. Bxf4 Nc6 {and Black's central
activity may compensate for the pawn weaknesses.}) 8. Nfd2 {White has a choice
about which central pawn to keep defended.} ({The alternative is} 8. Ne1 Bg7 (
8... exd4 9. cxd4 Nxe4 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 {offers White a strong initiative
for the pawn.} h5 12. Nd3 Qf6 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Re1+ Kd8 {Rabiega,R (2498)
-Rapport,R (2729) Germany 2016 (1-0, 39)} 15. d5 Ne5 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17. Qb3 $36)
({If Black is seduced by the e4-pawn he should take it at once with} 8... Nxe4
$5 {as this keeps the king better defended.}) 9. d5 Ne7 10. Bd3 Ng6 11. c4 h5
12. Nc3 Kf8 13. g3 Bh6 14. Be2 Kg7 15. Ng2 Bd7 16. Ne3 Qc8 17. Bd2 Rh7 18. Re1
h4 {Dolmatov,S (2515)-Vasiukov,E (2510) Moscow 1987 (1-0, 49) with interesting
play for both sides.}) 8... Bg7 ({Pawn grabbing was tested in a top level
blitz game. The refutation is not obvious and in the game Black did well out
of the opening:} 8... exd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Re1 Bg7 11. Nf1 Nc6 12. Nc3 Ne5 13.
Bb3 O-O 14. Ng3 Re8 15. Bf4 Nh7 16. Qd2 Ng5 $13 {Karjakin,S (2782)-Mamedyarov,
S (2808) Leuven (blitz) 0, 72)}) 9. f4 $5 $146 {A very resolute move, typical
of Bologan.} (9. Bb5 Bd7 10. d5 Ne7 11. c4 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Ba4 $13 {
Tischbierek,R (2434)-Schreiner,P (2480) Germany 2018 (1-0, 44)}) 9... exd4 {
A principled but risky move.} (9... gxf3 {makes little sense as it offers
White play along the f-file.} 10. Nxf3 $14 Nxe4 11. Nxe5 $5 (11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12.
Ng5+ Kg6 13. Nxe4 $14) 11... Nxe5 (11... dxe5 12. Rxf7 $40) 12. dxe5 O-O $14) (
9... O-O 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Be2 c6 13. c4 $14 {offers White a small
positional plus.}) 10. cxd4 Nxe4 {This typical dissolution of the centre will
run into White's strong reply on move 12.} ({But} 10... Nxd4 {is not without
risks either:} 11. e5 Nh5 12. Ne4 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bf5 14. Be3 Bxe5 15. Nbc3 O-O
16. Bd5 {and Black starts losing stability while his king is exposed.}) 11.
Nxe4 d5 12. f5 $1 {Possibly not noticed by Sutovsky in advance. The threat
f5-f6 is very unpleasant.} dxe4 (12... Bxd4+ 13. Kh1 dxe4 14. Qxg4 $16 {
With his move order, Black keeps ...Qxd4+ in reserve.}) 13. d5 (13. Qxg4 $2
Qxd4+ {No matter what he will do, White will not have the time to take on g7
as one of his pieces will be hanging:} 14. Rf2 (14. Kh1 Qxc4 {[%csl Gf1]})
14... Qxc4 15. Na3 Qd4 16. Nb5 e3 $5 17. Nxd4 exf2+ 18. Kxf2 Bxd4+ {with
material advantage to Black.}) 13... Ne5 14. Nc3 Qh4 $2 {This over optimistic
move with the board on fire and the king in the centre is the decisive mistake.
} (14... Nxc4 $6 15. Qa4+ Bd7 16. Qxc4 $16 {does not spare Black immediate
troubles either:} O-O 17. f6 $1 Bxf6 18. Nxe4 Bg7 19. Bxh6 Bxh6 20. Nf6+ Kg7 (
20... Kh8 21. Qe4) 21. Qd4 $18) (14... O-O $5 {was safest, although after} 15.
Be2 $14 {planning Nxe4 Black still is under big pressure.}) 15. Nxe4 {[%cal
Gf5f6] Good enough, but not the only move.} (15. f6 $1 Bxf6 (15... Bf8 16. Bf4
$18) 16. g3 Qh3 17. Rxf6 Nf3+ 18. Rxf3 gxf3 19. Bf1 $18) 15... g3 {There
hardly was anything better, but the last move leads to the queen being trapped.
} 16. hxg3 $1 Qxe4 17. Rf4 {The trap is closed now.} Qxf5 18. Rxf5 Bxf5 19.
Qa4+ Bd7 20. Bb5 $16 {White has a material advantage and the initiative.} c6 (
20... O-O-O 21. Bxd7+ Rxd7 22. Qxa7 $18) 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Be2 {After
weakening Black's queenside White should win without any special problems.} O-O
23. Bd2 c5 24. Qe4 Rae8 25. Bc3 Nc6 26. Qd5 Nd4 (26... Rxe2 27. Qxd7 Nd4 28.
Qxa7 $18) 27. Bf1 Be6 28. Qxc5 Rc8 29. Qxa7 Ra8 30. Qb7 Rfb8 31. Qe4 Ra4 32.
Rd1 Bf5 33. Qd5 Be6 34. Qd6 {Black created a series of one move threats
resulting in pawn losses and spoiled coordination.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 $5 {A comparatively
rare variation.} ({The main line goes} 6. Re1 d6 7. a4) 6... d6 {I may be
wrong, but after this slow move both players were on their own, without
previous home preparation.} ({The alternative is} 6... d5 {in the spirit of
the Marshall attack:} 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3 a5 9. a4 (9. a3 Nd4 {Radjabov,T (2740)
-Ponomariov,R (2733) Medias 2010 CBM 137 [Rogozenco,D] (½-½, 30)}) 9... Nd4 {
Karjakin,S (2723)-Gelfand,B (2758) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 CBM 134 [Gelfand,B] 
(0-1, 33)}) 7. c3 Be6 {A natural developing move, but in the long run the
bishop may be exposed to the threat d3-d4-d5.} ({Playing in the spirit of the
Chigorin Ruy Lopez looks entirely viable:} 7... Na5 8. Bc2 c5 9. d4 (9. h3 Nc6
10. Re1 Qc7 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Nf1 Nd7 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 d5 $132 {Bortnyk,O 
(2588)-Wang,H (2712) Abu Dhabi 2016 (0-1, 23)}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. d5
Nb4 12. Bb3 a5 13. a3 Na6 14. Bc2 Bd7 15. Bd2 a4 16. Re1 b5 $11 {Tiviakov,S 
(2639)-Nikolic,P (2601) Leiden 2015 (0-1, 48)}) 8. Re1 (8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. Qb3 Qc8
{stops the white initiative for instance} 10. Ng5 $6 Nd8) 8... Qd7 9. Nbd2 Rab8
$5 $146 {A mysterious move. At first I thought it was aimed at defending b7,
but it looks more probable that it was a way of preparing ..b7-b5 in one of
the lines below.} ({After the natural} 9... Rad8 {Black has to reckon with} 10.
d4 $146 exd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 ({The discussion about the b7-pawn does not make
sense. After} 11... Bxb3 12. Qxb3 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Rxe4 Qd5 {
with just some compensation, the rook is needed on d8, of course.}) 12. Ba4 $1
$14) (9... Bxb3 10. Qxb3 (10. axb3 a5 $5) 10... Nd8 $146 {[%cal Gc7c6,Gd8e6]
looks like the most flexible way of freeing Black's position. For instance} 11.
d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Nh5 14. g3 c6 {The control on the light squares
offers Black good manoeuvring possibilities.}) ({What is not very clear to me
is why did Black prefer the game move over} 9... a6 {with similar ideas.}) 10.
Bc2 (10. d4 {runs into} exd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. h3 (12. Ba4 b5 $1) 12... Bh5 {
and White does not have adequate ways of maintaining his central pawns intact.}
13. Qc2 (13. g4 Nxg4 14. hxg4 Qxg4+ 15. Kh1 Nxd4 16. Re3 Qf4 17. Kg2 Bg5 18.
Rd3 Qg4+ 19. Kf1 Qh3+ 20. Kg1 Bxd2 21. Nxd4 Qxd3 22. Qxd2 Qxe4 $19) 13... Na5
$11) (10. Nf1 {looks like a constructive alternative.}) 10... d5 $5 {Very
provocative and eventually successful!} 11. h3 ({I assume Carlsen considered
that after the imemdiate pawn grabbing} 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. Nxe5 ({Actually I
find Black's position a bit artificial after} 12. h3 Bd6 13. Nf1) 12... Nxe5
13. Rxe5 Bd6 14. Re1 Rbe8 {offers Black too much initiative, partly because of
the lack of defence of the g4-square. Here are a couple of lines sustaining
this point of view.} 15. Nf1 (15. Nc4 Qg4 $1 $19) 15... Qg4 16. Qxg4 Bxh2+ $1
17. Kh1 (17. Nxh2 Rxe1+ 18. Nf1 Nxg4 $19) (17. Kxh2 Nxg4+ 18. Kg3 Rxe1 $19)
17... Nxg4 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. f3 Bd6 20. fxg4 Re2 $44 21. Ba4 $3 {[%csl Gc6]} (
21. Bb3 Bc6 $1 22. d4 Be4 $1) 21... Rxg2 22. Ne3 Rh2+ 23. Kg1 Rh1+ 24. Kf2 Rh2+
{with a perpetual.}) 11... h6 {Preventing Ng5 and reckoning with the fact that
after h2-h3 Black gets attacking chances in another way than in the lines
above.} 12. exd5 {Picking up the gauntlet. Being a world champion creates
certain obligations.} Nxd5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Bd6 15. Re1 Bxh3 $1 {Due to
his advance in development, Black gets full compensation for the sacrifced
piece.} 16. gxh3 Qxh3 17. Nf1 {The most consistent move.} (17. Qf3 {would have
allowed (and forced!) a draw by perpetual:} Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Bg3+) (17. Nf3 $2 {
runs into problems:} Rbe8 18. Bd2 (18. d4 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Qxf3) (18. Rxe8 Rxe8
19. d4 Re6 $19 {[%cal Gf7f5,Ge6g6]}) 18... Rxe1+ 19. Bxe1 Nf4 $19) 17... Rbe8 {
Black's play flows naturally, in a similar way to the Marshall attack main
lines. For White, there are small choices on each step and the correct answer
is not always obvious. This slightly speaks against Carlsen's decision to
allow the sacrifice.} 18. d4 (18. Bb3 c6 19. Bd2 Re6 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Qe1 Rf6
22. Qe4 Kf7 $44) 18... f5 19. Bb3 c6 20. f4 Kh7 (20... g5 $5 {, immedoately
putting pressure on f4, may have been even stronger:} 21. Re2 ({The point is
that} 21. fxg5 $2 {clears the fourth rank for the rook:} Re4 $19) 21... Kg7 22.
Rf2 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. Rxf3 Re7 26. Rd1 h5 {Black has only
two pawns for the piece but the compact kingside mass is threatening.}) {
Black has a strong attack for the piece and White faces the threat on f4.
Carlsen decides on parrying it in a simplistic way.} 21. Bxd5 $2 {This bishop
was important because it now only was ready taking on d5 when really needed
but also defended the queen.} (21. Re2 $1 {was the only way of staying out of
troubles. Black would have retained compensation for the piece, even though
not necessarily entirely adequate.} Nxf4 (21... Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Rf6 23. Bxd5 cxd5
24. Nh2 Rg6+ 25. Kh1 Rg4 26. Bd2 Bxf4 27. Bxf4 Rxf4 28. Rf1 $44) (21... Qg4+
22. Rg2 $16 {[%cal Gb3d1]}) 22. Rh2 Qg4+ 23. Qxg4 fxg4 $44 {/+/=}) 21... cxd5
22. Re3 (22. Re2 {does not work anymore:} Qg4+ {[%csl Gd1]} 23. Kf2 g5 24. fxg5
Re4 $40) 22... Rxe3 23. Bxe3 g5 $19 {Being incompletely developed, White is
helpless now against the combined attack of Black's pieces and pawns.} 24. Kf2
(24. fxg5 f4 25. Qc2+ Rf5 {[%cal Gf4f3]} (25... Kh8 26. Qg6) 26. Bf2 f3 27. Be3
Kh8 28. c4 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 Qh4+ 30. Kg1 f2+ 31. Bxf2 Rxg5+) 24... gxf4 25. Qf3 (
25. Bd2 Qh4+ 26. Kf3 Rg8 $19) 25... fxe3+ 26. Nxe3 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Rg8 {Black is
attacking with equal material already.} 28. Qxf5+ Rg6 $1 ({The only way to
avoid the repetition. If} 28... Kh8 29. Qf6+ Rg7 30. Nf5 $11 {it is Black
already who needs to look for a perpetual.}) 29. Ke1 h5 $6 {This could have
spoiled the win, as it is by one tempo too slow.} ({Black should have unpinned
the rook at once. He would escape from perpetual with a curious manoeuvre:} 
29... Kg7 $1 30. Qd7+ Kh8 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qd7+ Rg7 33. Qf5+ Kh8 34. Qc8+ Rg8
$19) 30. Kd1 $2 ({Missing his chance with:} 30. Rd1 $1 {Good or bad, White
needs to complete his development. Even great players tend to forget simple
things under the pressure.} Kh6 31. Rd2 Rg1+ 32. Nf1 Qh4+ 33. Rf2 {and White
is entirely safe already.}) 30... Kh6 31. Nc2 h4 {The rest is agony. There is
no perpetual, the white king is in danger and the h-pawn unstoppable.} 32. Ne1
h3 33. Nf3 Qg2 34. Ne1 Qg4+ 35. Qxg4 Rxg4 36. Nf3 Rg1+ $5 (36... Rg1+ 37. Nxg1
h2) 0-1

[Event "Andorra op 26th"]
[Site "La Massana"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zambrana, Oswaldo"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 ({Zambrana had only
faced this variation in one published game before. It was the passive way he
treated the position that inspired me to choose this variation.} 6. c3 g6 7.
Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Bb3 a6 ({In fact, I was tempted to follow Malaniuk's
plan:} 9... Qe7 10. Nf1 Nd8 11. Ng3 Ne6 12. h3 Nh7 13. d4 Nhg5 14. Nxg5 hxg5
15. Bxe6 Bxe6 16. Qd2 g4 17. d5 Bd7 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Qg5 Qxg5 20. Bxg5 Bd7 21.
c4 f6 22. Bd2 a5 23. f3 Kf7 24. Rac1 b6 25. b3 Rh8 26. Kf2 f5 $15 {Dreev,A 
(2590)-Malaniuk,V (2540)/Moscow 1992/CBM 033 (0-1, 44)}) 10. h3 d5 11. a4 b6
12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nc4 Re8 $11 {Zambrana,O (2429)-Delchev,A (2637)/Balaguer
2006/CBM 113 ext (0-1, 55)}) 6... g6 {For decades, this has been cosnidered to
be an interesting way to avoid the symmetrical positions of the Giuoco
Pianissimo, in order to get chances for counterplay with Black.} 7. d4 Qe7 (
7... Bg4 {Barua,D (2494)-Vladimirov,E (2612)/Calcutta 2001/CBM 082/[Lukacs] 
(1-0, 66)}) (7... Bd7 $5 {, recommended by Lukacs, has never been tried, but
deserves serious attention, especially after the outcome of our main game...})
8. Nc3 $1 {A dangerous move, but not the most popular in this position.} ({
The slow approach fails to bother Black:} 8. c3 Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bd7 11.
Nf1 (11. a4 a6 12. a5 Rae8 13. Bf1 Qd8 (13... Nh5 $5) 14. Qb3 Qc8 (14... Bc8
15. dxe5 $5 {ץc8}) 15. d5 (15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 {/\Bc6}) 15... Ne7 16.
c4 Nh5 17. Qe3 Qb8 18. b4 c6 $13 {Nevednichy,V (2566)-Marin,M (2530)/Tusnad
2005/CBM 106 ext (1/2-1/2, 41)}) 11... Rae8 12. Ng3 {Both sides have completed
their first phase of mobilisation and now time has come for Black to find a
useful move.} a6 {is more useful for the time being.} (12... Kh8 $6 13. b4 a6
14. a4 $1 {Only this move can question Black's king retreat to the corner.} (
14. Rb1 $6 Qd8 15. Qb3 Kg8 16. a4 Bc8 17. Bd2 Nh7 18. Be3 h5 $132 {/\h4, ><e4
Poluljahov,A (2566)-Malaniuk,V (2552)/Novgorod 1999/CBM 069 ext (0-1, 61)})
14... exd4 15. cxd4 Nxb4 16. e5 Nfd5 17. Qb3 Be6 18. a5 dxe5 19. Ba3 (19. dxe5
Rb8 $5) 19... c5 (19... exd4 $5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Qa4 $1 Qd8 22. Bxb4 Rg8 23.
Bc5) 20. dxc5 $1 $16) 13. Bb3 (13. b4 {is inoffensive now because of} Qd8 14.
a4 exd4 $1) 13... Kh8 14. Bc2 Qd8 15. Be3 Ng8 16. Qd2 Qc8 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Nh2
Nce7 19. Qe2 Rde8 20. dxe5 (20. h4 exd4 21. cxd4 f5 $132) 20... dxe5 21. h4 Be6
22. h5 Rd8 23. Bb3 Kh7 24. Qc2 b6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. axb3 a5 28.
Nf3 Nc6 29. Kf1 Nf6 30. Ke2 Ng4 31. Bc1 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Rd8 33. Rh1 Rd7 34. Rh4
Nf6 35. hxg6+ $6 fxg6 36. Ng5+ Kg8 37. Ne6 h5 $15 {Bologan,V (2585)-Malaniuk,V
(2550)/Calimanesti 1992/EXT 98 (1/2-1/2, 54)}) 8... Bg7 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. dxe5
dxe5 (10... Nxe5 {may be the lesser evil, but still is unpleasant for Black.}
11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qf3 {this may be too slow.} (12. Bd2 $1 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 O-O 14.
Bb4 Re8 15. Re3 $1 c6 16. Bb3 $14 {Svidler}) 12... Nxd5 13. Bxd5 O-O 14. a4 c6
15. Bc4 Qc7 16. b3 Re8 17. Ba3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Red1 Bf8 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21.
Rd3 Rd6 22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. Rd1 Qe7 24. Qe3 h5 25. g3 Ke8 26. Rd3 a6 27. Qb6 Rc8
28. Kf1 Qc7 29. Qc5 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Sermek,D (2545)-Malaniuk,V (2525)/Pula 1999/
EXT 2000}) 11. b3 $1 $146 (11. b4 $6 {unnecessarily creates a weakness on b4
and obstructs the a3-f8 diagonal. The threat b5 is not so terrible for Black.}
O-O 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nd4 16. Qd3 Qd6 $13 17. f4
$6 Qxb4 18. Rab1 e4 19. Rxe4 Nf5 $36 {Kogan,A (2370)-Svidler,P (2465)/Oakham
1992/CBM 030 (0-1, 35)}) 11... O-O 12. Bb2 (12. Ba3 Re8 {was given as = by
Svidler and probably correctly. For the time being, the bishop is better
placed on the long diagonal, preventing Black from freeing himself. After the
game, my oponent showed me an interesting tactical possibility, which, however,
seems to lead to just unclear play:} 13. Ne7+ Nxe7 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Nxe5 (15.
Bxe7 Re8 16. Bb4 Bf8 17. Bc3 Bd6) 15... Bf8 (15... Nc6 16. Bxf7+ Kh8 17. Nxc6 (
17. Nxg6+ Kh7) 17... bxc6 18. Bxg6) 16. Nxf7 Rd2 17. Nd6+ Kh7 (17... Kg7 18. e5
$44 Nh5 $6 19. Ne8+ Kh7 20. Nxc7 Rb8 21. Rad1 $36) 18. Nxc8 {[%csl Gf8]} (18.
e5 Nf5 $1 {[%csl Ga3]}) 18... Rxc8 19. Bd3 Nc6 20. Bc1 Rxd3 21. cxd3 $13) 12...
Re8 {/\...Bg4} (12... Bg4 $6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nf4 $16
) 13. h3 Nh7 {I found no other way to fight for the central squares, because
my e5-pawn is under serious pressure. However, with the centre open, the
knight manoeuvre loses time and allows White increase his lead in development.}
14. Qd2 Ng5 15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. Ba3 $1 {/\17.Ne7+ Nxe7 18.Qxd8 Rxd8 19.Bxe7, 20.
Bxg5} (16. Rad1 {was another possible move order:} Nd4 17. c3 Ne6 18. Ba3 $14)
16... Be6 $2 (16... g4 $2 17. Rad1 {[%cal Gd5e7]} Qh4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. f3 $16)
({Black's best chance for survival was} 16... Bf8 $5 {although he would be far
from equality:} 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Rad1 Nd4 19. c3 Ne6 20. Qc1 c6 21. Nf4 Qe7
22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qe3 a6 25. Qg3 Rf4 26. Rd3 Rd8 (26... Raf8 27.
Re2) 27. Red1 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 $14 {/+/-. Quite an unpleasant ending for Black.})
17. Rad1 $16 Nd4 (17... Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Qc1 $16) 18. c3 Bxd5 $2 (18... c6
19. cxd4 cxd5 20. Bb5 Bd7 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. dxe5 $16) 19. exd5 $1 ({I
entertained myself calculating the following nice, but unnecessary variation:} 
19. Bxd5 $2 c6 (19... Nb5 20. Qc1 $16) 20. cxd4 cxd5 21. exd5 Qxd5 22. dxe5 (
22. Qxg5 Qa5) 22... Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Rxe5 (23... Bxe5 24. Rde2 f6 25. Bd6 Re6 26.
Bxe5 Rae8 27. Kh2 $16) 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. Rd7 Rc8 26. Rxb7 Rc2 27. Rxa7 Rxa2 28.
Bc5 Rb2 $1 $11) 19... Nf5 20. Bb5 $18 {I completely missed this simple move.
Black has a hard time finding a way to lose ONLY an exchange and keep all his
pawns.} Re7 21. Bxe7 ({In fact,} 21. Qxg5 {is also possible:} Rd7 22. Qg4 $1
Rxd5 23. Bc4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Nd6 25. Bxd6 cxd6 26. Qxg6 $18) 21... Qxe7 22. Bd3
Nd6 23. c4 b6 24. b4 Rd8 25. Qc2 Nb7 26. Qa4 a5 27. a3 Rb8 28. Qb5 Bf8 29. Rb1
Qd6 $2 ({I had in mind a "trap" like} 29... axb4 30. axb4 Qd6 31. c5 bxc5 32.
bxc5 Nxc5 33. Qxb8 Nxd3 {, when Black could play for a while. By refraining
from the exchange on b4, I made my opponent's task even easier.}) 30. c5 $1
bxc5 (30... Qxd5 31. Bc4 (31. Be4 Qe6 32. Bxb7 Rxb7 33. c6 Ra7 34. Rxe5 $18)
31... Qd4 (31... Qd8 32. Qc6 $18) 32. Rbd1 Qf4 33. Rd7 $18) 31. bxa5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 34th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2006.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 {This
slightly extravagant move is the introduction to one of White's main plans of
this line of the Italian Game. At first glance, it might seem that White
defends against an illusory threat (that of the advance of the enemy b-pawn)
and in doing so just weakens the b4-square. However, the whole plan is much
deeper than that, anticipating the long term evolution of the position. By
over-defending the e5-pawn, Black threatened to exchange the active white
bishop by means of ...Na5. One simple solution in the spirit of the d3-lines
of the Ruy Lopez would be to play 7.c3 and retreat the bishop to c2 (via b5-a4,
if attacked). However, this would not prevent in any way the black queen side
expansion. The text move not only aims to maintain the bishop on an active
diagonal, but also prepares in advance for some sort of total blockade on
light squares on the queen side.} Na5 8. Ba2 c5 {The point is that Black
hardly has another possibility of freeing his play than this typical manoeuvre.
} 9. Nc3 {The most direct attempt to take advantage of the relative weakness
of the d5-square.} ({After} 9. Nbd2 {the knight needs considerably more time
to get to d5. At the same time, the plan of opening the centre by means of c3
and d4 is not optimal, once the b4-square has been weakened.} Nc6 10. c3 Be6
11. Nc4 h6 12. h3 Re8 13. d4 $6 (13. Bd2 $11) 13... exd4 14. cxd4 d5 $1 15.
exd5 Bxd5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Ne3 Bxa2
21. Rxa2 Rd8 22. Qb1 Nd4 $15 {Black's pieces dominate the centre. 1/2-1/2
Garcia Fernandez,C (2358)-Delchev,A (2602)/La Roda 2004/CBM 099 ext (63)}) 9...
Nc6 10. Nd5 {Once again the most straightforward continuation.} (10. h3 Be6 11.
Bg5 Ne8 12. Be3 Bxa2 13. Rxa2 Nc7 14. Ra1 d5 $11 {Once Black has carried out
this thematical break, his spatial advantage compensates for the slight
weaknes of the light squares.} 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 f6 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Bc3
Rac8 19. Nd2 Bd6 {A questionable decision. It is not very clear that the
bishop stands better on c7.} (19... b6 $5) 20. Nc4 Bc7 21. Ne3 Qf7 22. Qf3 Rfd8
23. Qe4 Rd7 24. Qc4 $6 (24. a5 $5 {[%csl Yc6] With the bishop on c7, the
knight is hanging in view of the threat a6.}) 24... Qxc4 25. Nxc4 (25. dxc4 $5
{[%csl Yd5][%cal Rg2g4]}) 25... Kf7 $15 {0-1 Felgaer,R (2509)-Nikolic,P (2661)/
Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (54) After the exchange of queens, the weakness of the
light squares loses most of its significance, leaving Black with a comfortable
advantage of space.}) 10... Nxd5 11. Bxd5 $146 {A logical novelty. White does
not need to close his bishop by capturing with the pawn.} (11. exd5 Nd4 12. c3
Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 $11 {0-1 Cornette,M (2357)-Boudre,J (2339)/Cannes 2005/CBM 105
ext (40)}) 11... Be6 12. c3 {For the time being neither side is interested in
releasing the tension in the centre. The capture on e6 would strengthen
Black's control over the light squares while ...Bxd5 would leave the knight
without favourable squares for retreat after exd5. Therefore both players
calmly continue their development.} Qd7 13. Be3 Bxd5 $6 {But now Black loses
his temper.} ({Before exchanging on d5, he should have cleared the e7-square
for his knight with} 13... Bf6 {. White can try to continue inhibiting the
exchange with} 14. Nd2 {but then} Ne7 {seems to offer Black entirely adequate
play.} (14... Bxd5 $6 15. exd5 Ne7 16. Qf3 {followed by Ne4 looks disturbing
for Black.})) 14. exd5 Nd8 {Not a nice square for the knight.} 15. Qb3 Kh8 16.
Qb5 Qf5 ({Of course, after} 16... Qxb5 $6 17. axb5 {White would increase his
control over the light squares and get the a-file for his rooks, too.}) 17. Nd2
f6 18. d4 {Consequently played. Play on light squares frequently needs
complementary moves on dark squares. White opens the position in order to get
the fruits of his superior strategy so far.} a6 {Black does not enjoy too much
space and the queen's presence on b5 certainly agravates this problem, but
this last move weakens the b6-square in chronic way and offers White
additional ideas of increasing his activity.} 19. Qb3 cxd4 20. cxd4 (20. Bxd4
$5 {followed by Bb6, a5 and eventually c4-c5 is a serious alternative.}) 20...
Rb8 21. Rac1 Qd7 22. Nc4 Nf7 23. Nb6 Qe8 {White has reached a maximum of
activity but now starts playing less energetically.} 24. f3 {Adams was
obviously concerned about the possible advance of the black e-pawn, when his
double pawns would lose any dynamism.} ({However,} 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Rc2 {
looks like a simpler way to maintain the initiative. In spite of the fact that
Black gets the d6-square for his minor pieces, the d-pawn can cause him lots
of trouble, notto speak about the impossibility to fight for the control of
the only open file.}) 24... f5 25. Qc2 ({Again} 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. Rc2 {looks
preferable.}) 25... Bh4 26. Re2 f4 27. Bd2 (27. Bxf4 Qd8 $1) 27... Bd8 28. Nc4
b5 $132 {White has retreated completely and has lost all his advantage.} 29.
axb5 axb5 30. Na5 Bxa5 31. Bxa5 Qd7 32. Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 95th"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2008.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Horner, Jeff"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Martin,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bc2
c5 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Re1 Bf8 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 Nc6 {A position has been reached
which could easily have come from the Ruy Lopez, where Hebden is usually
completely at ease.} 13. Bb3 (13. h3 g6 14. a3 Bg7 15. b4 {is another approach,
which possibly puts a little more pressure on Black:} b6 16. Be3 cxb4 17. cxb4
d5 18. Qc1 dxe4 19. dxe4 Kh7 20. Ba4 Nd4 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Bxe8 Nxe8 23. Qf4
Qd7 24. e5 d3 25. Rad1 Ba6 26. Ne4 $16 {Kosten,A-Murey,J/France 1990}) 13... b5
(13... Na5 14. Ba4 Bd7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. c4 Nc6 18. a3 a5 19. Ne2
b6 20. Nc3 g6 21. Rf1 Nd4 22. Rb1 Qg4 23. Nxd4 Qxd1 24. Rfxd1 cxd4 25. Na2 Nd7
26. b4 a4 27. b5 f5 28. f3 {Torre,E-Quebec,D/Manila 1991} d5 $1 $15) 14. h3 a5
15. a4 b4 16. d4 {White's play has been slow and it is doubtful whether he can
put any pressure at all on Black, who has marshalled his forces appropriately.
The position is equal.} bxc3 17. bxc3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Ba6 {At the risk of baring
f5, a square Horner never gets to occupy.} 19. Be3 (19. Nf5 {could be answered
coolly by} exd4 20. N3xd4 Nb4 21. Re3 Rb8 {with good play for Black.}) 19...
Nb4 $1 20. Qd2 Bd3 $15 {It's still level, but there is something intimidating
about this bishop which starts to worry Horner.} 21. dxe5 (21. Rac1 $1 {
was playable:} Nxe4 (21... Bxe4 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxd8 Raxd8 25.
Bb6) (21... Rc8 $1 $11 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Bb6 Qa6) 22. Nxe4 Bxe4
23. Bg5 $1 hxg5 24. Rxe4 exd4 25. Nxg5 d5 26. Rxd4 $16) 21... dxe5 22. Qb2 Qb8
23. Rad1 Nxe4 {Why not?} 24. Bxf7+ $5 {There was no need for this, but perhaps
he could not resist the upcoming complications.} ({Instead} 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25.
Rd7 {was called for:} Bg6 (25... Kh8 $1 26. Bxf7 Nd3 27. Qxb8 Rexb8 28. Rd1 Nb2
$13) 26. Red1 e4 27. Nh4 Bh5 28. g4 Nd3 29. Qa2 $18) 24... Kxf7 25. Qb3+ Re6
26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Rd7+ Be7 28. Rxe7+ ({White should take his chances after} 28.
Bc5 Nc6 29. Rb7 Bc2 $1 30. Qb2 (30. Rxb8 Bxb3 31. Rxb3 Bxc5 $19) 30... Qc8 31.
Bxe7 Nb4 $3 32. Rxe5 Qxb7 33. Rxe6 Kxe6 34. Bxb4 axb4 35. Qxc2 {Of course,
only Black can win from here.}) 28... Kxe7 29. Bc5+ Kf6 30. Rxe4 Na6 $17 {
Black has survived the worst.} 31. Qc3 Nxc5 32. Qxc5 Qb1+ 33. Re1 Qb4 34. Qd5
Rae8 35. Nd2 e4 36. Rb1 Qxa4 37. g4 Kf7 $1 38. Nc4 Kg8 39. Ne5 Kh7 {The simple
idea of king safety is good enough to win.} 40. Nf7 Qc6 41. Qf5+ Kg8 42. g5 h5
0-1

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 g5 {The sharp modern
flank treatment of Italian set ups. Modern chess developed really great value
of such attacks, especially in Shakhriyar Mamedyarov's games.} 7. h3 {Trying
to open the h-file.} ({Another way is} 7. Nf1 g4 8. N3d2 (8. Ng1 Na5 9. Bb5+
Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Ng3 d5 12. N1e2 O-O-O 13. Qc2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nc4 15. b3
Nd6 16. f3 h5 17. Bg5 Qe6 18. O-O-O Be7 19. h4 gxh3 20. Rxh3 Rdg8 {with
balanced play, Rozentalis,E (2568)-Krishnater,K (2329) Irakleio GRE 2019}) 8...
Bg7 9. Ne3 h5 10. a4 Qe7 11. a5 a6 12. Ndf1 h4 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Nd8 16. Bxa6 O-O 17. Bc4 Ra8 18. h3 gxh3 19. gxh3 f5 20. Qd1 e4 21. Kd2 $2
(21. Qe2 $16) 21... Nf7 {Black got serious counterplay, Andriasian,Z (2600)
-Caruana,F (2828) chess.com INT 2019.}) 7... Bg7 ({Too early was} 7... Nh5 8.
g3 Nf6 9. Nf1 Bg7 10. Ne3 Ne7 11. Bb3 c6 12. h4 g4 13. Nh2 h5 14. f3 d5 15.
fxg4 hxg4 16. O-O Be6 17. Nhxg4 Nh5 18. Qf3 Qd6 19. c4 dxe4 20. dxe4 O-O-O 21.
Rd1 Qc5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nf2 {Black got no real compensation, Dominguez
Perez,L (2739)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) Saint Louis USA 2018.}) 8. Bb3 ({Another
option was} 8. Nf1 O-O 9. Ng3 Ne7 10. Bb3 c6 11. h4 g4 12. Nh2 d5 13. h5 Be6
14. O-O Qd7 15. f4 gxf3 16. Qxf3 Kh7 17. Nf5 dxe4 18. dxe4 Nxf5 19. exf5 Bxb3
20. axb3 Qd5 {with great centralization, Rozentalis,E (2503)-Christiansen,J 
(2515) Gothenburg SWE 2018}) 8... O-O 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. h4 ({This flank activity
should rather be prepared:} 10. Ne3 Be6 11. h4 g4 12. Nh2 h5 13. f3 d5 14. fxg4
hxg4 15. Nhxg4 Nxg4 16. Nxg4 f5 17. Nh6+ Kh7 18. Qh5 Qe8 19. Qxe8 Raxe8 20.
Nxf5 Nxf5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Rf1 c6 23. Be3 {Once more , Black got no real
compensation for the pawn, Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) Saint
Louis USA 2018.}) 10... g4 11. N3h2 d5 12. f3 $6 ({A risky strategy, much more
solid was} 12. Ng3 dxe4 13. Nxe4) 12... Ng6 ({It was possible to start a flank
operation immediately with} 12... gxf3 13. Qxf3 Ng6 14. g3 c5 15. exd5 e4 16.
dxe4 Ne5 17. Qe2 c4) 13. fxg4 ({Not bad was} 13. Nxg4 Nxg4 14. fxg4 dxe4 15.
dxe4) 13... Nxh4 14. g3 Ng6 15. Qe2 ({A very sympathic position for White
would have arisen after} 15. exd5 e4 16. d4 Ne7 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5) 15... a5
16. Bc2 d4 17. g5 ({Not better was the exchange in the center with} 17. cxd4
exd4 18. g5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 a4) 17... hxg5 18. Bxg5 a4 19. c4 Qd6 20. Nd2 {[#]}
Ra6 $5 {The classical transfer of the rook.} ({Here was another good option:} 
20... a3 21. bxa3 Qxa3) 21. Rb1 ({Better was} 21. a3) 21... Nh7 $1 {Exchanging
the important bishop.Then, with the bishop pair, Black will fight for the
control on the king's flank.} 22. Qh5 Nxg5 23. Qxg5 Qe7 $1 {A very smart
decision to swap queens.} ({Better than the sharp and speculative line} 23...
f5 24. Nhf3 Ne7 25. Qh4 Qf6 26. Ng5 Bh6) 24. Qxe7 ({Or} 24. Qh5 Rd8 25. Nhf3
Nf8 26. Nh4 Rdd6) 24... Nxe7 25. Nhf3 f5 26. Bd1 ({Slightly better was} 26. c5
fxe4 27. dxe4 Bf6) 26... Bd7 27. Nh4 {[#]} Bh6 ({A good option was} 27... Rh6)
28. exf5 ({Preferable was} 28. Rf1) 28... Nxf5 29. Ne4 Be3 $1 30. Be2 Rh6 31.
Rh2 Bc6 32. Rg2 Nd6 0-1

[Event "Shenzhen FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2011.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Yildiz Kadioglu, Betul Cemre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2011.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The first and most important problem is how to play against the World
Champion with Black? It is an important part of chess psychology as in womens
chess it is more important than knowledge of long lines. The preparation was
to play with Black very aggressively, not taking a step back! The motto was
RUSSIANS AND TURKS NEVER RETREAT! Geoffrey Borg, chief of FIDE Grand Prix gave
good advice, explaining, that Hou Yifan plays technical positions like a
computer! So, there is no other way of playing her, than to try be better
prepared in the opening and to conduct a very active strategy at every moment.
Betul, you have nothing to lose, every result is good; it's a great honour to
play the World Champion and every positive result will be a huge boost for you.
} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {Hou Yifan is by far the best female specialist
in the Spanish, but as she is was preparing for the the match for the World
Championship against Humpy Koneru, I recommended her to change it immediately!
and to be very careful not to show her preparation. So, she has chosen the so
called GIUOCO PIANO in recent competitions, where opening knowledge is not
that important. Events are slowly developing and there is no danger of meeting
any surprise opening preparation.} Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Bb3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. c3 Na5
8. Bc2 c5 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Re1 ({Somebody offered a change of direction here:} 
10. a3 $5 {preparing b2-b4, which in my opinion is worth trying.}) 10... Re8 {
Aleksander Beliavsky's favourite plan.} ({It is more common to protect the
e5-pawn differently, preparing for a central break. Betul has great practice
in similar structures, which she defended well including some moments against
such top players as Aleksandra Kosteniuk and Tatiana Kosintseva.} 10... Qc7)
11. Nf1 h6 12. h3 Bf8 {Now after the pre-prepared setup is completed, Black is
ready to counter in the centre with ...d6-d5.} 13. N3h2 $6 {To be honest -
this is a strange way to handle the classical Spanish position, but this move
has been used by such experts of these lines as GMs Yudasin and Nevednichy! To
move the knight from the centre is wrong, up to the moment, when the centre is
closed or defined, like in classic games of Fischer, who introduced this
knight manoeuvre to modern practice.} (13. Ng3 Be6 (13... g6 14. d4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bg7 18. Qd1 Be6 19. Be3 a6 20. Qd2 Rc8 21. f4
h5 22. f5 gxf5 23. exf5 Bd5 24. Bd4 h4 25. Nh1 Be4 {and Black is slightly
better, Nevednichy,V (2544)-Ivanovic,B (2439)/Petrovac 2004}) 14. d4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Nd7 18. Bf4 Rc8 19. Bb3 Nc5 20. Bd5 Qh4 21.
Bd2 Be7 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Bc3 Bf6 24. Qe3 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qf6 26. Qd2 Red8 27.
Rac1 a5 28. b3 b6 29. Rc4 Rc7 30. Rd4 Rcd7 31. b4 axb4 32. Qxb4 Ra8 {and Black
has some more weaknesses but can hold, Kobalia,M (2639)-Atalik,S (2568)/
Istanbul 2003}) (13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 cxd4 ({A very interesting option is to
counter White's central break with} 14... d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Ng3 (
17. a3 a5 18. Ng3 d4 19. Ne4 Nxe5 20. Nxd4 Bxh3 21. Be3 Bg4 22. f3 Bh5 23. Bf2
Bg6 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26. Ba4 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Qg5 {with
sufficient counterplay, Sermek,D (2490)-Stevic,H (2300)/Makarska 1995}) 17...
b6 18. Bd2 a5 19. Bc3 g6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Rb8 22. Qf3 Ne6 23. Rad1 Nxd4
24. Rxd4 Qc7 25. Bb3 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. Rxd5 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Be6 {The
position is equal, Caposciutti,M (2315)-Arlandi,E (2440)/Forli 1993}) 15. Nxd4
Bd7 (15... Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Bd7 17. Bf4 Bc6 18. Ng3 d5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4
21. Qxd8 Raxd8 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 g5 24. Be3 f5 25. Rd4 {with a better
endgame, Michiels,B (2459)-Denny,K (2316)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 16. Ng3 d5 17.
Nxc6 (17. Bf4 $142 Bb4 18. Re2 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Qf6 $11) 17... Bxc6
18. e5 Ne4 19. Bf4 $6 (19. Nxe4 {is slightly better:} dxe4 20. Bf4 g5 21. Bg3
Qxd1 22. Raxd1 Bg7 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 f5 $1 25. Re2 f4 26. Bh2 Rxe5 (26...
Rad8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8) 27. Rxe5 Bxe5 $15 {Nevednichy,V (2535)-Bruzon,L (2625)/
Benasque 2004}) 19... Qh4 20. Qf3 Ng5 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. Qd3 g6 23. f4 Qxf4 24.
Nh5 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 gxh5 $2 (25... Qg5 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Nxe8+ Rxe8 {promised
Black the retention of a serious initiative}) 26. Rf1 Bf2 27. Rxf2 Qxf2 28.
Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Bh7+ {White has a
perpetual and can continue his attack, Jonkman,H (2417)-Ris,R (2300)/Hoogeveen
2004}) (13. Ne3 Be6 14. Nh2 d5 15. Nhg4 d4 16. Nf5 b5 17. Qf3 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Qa5
19. Bd2 dxc3 20. bxc3 Nd4 21. Qd1 Nxc2 22. Qxc2 Qa4 23. Qxa4 bxa4 24. Red1 Red8
25. Be1 Rd7 26. Rd2 Rad8 27. Rad1 g6 28. Ne3 Be7 {Black has serious pressure
on d3,which allows him to hope for a win, Souleidis,G (2433)-Van den Doel,E 
(2571)/Koelln 2006}) 13... d5 ({It is possible to continue the improvement of
the pieces} 13... g6 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Qf3 Bg7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Ne7 18. Bxh6
Bxh6 19. Qxf6 Nxd5 20. Qf3 Nf4 21. Bb3 d5 22. Ng4 Bg7 23. Rad1 Qd6 24. h4 Rad8
25. g3 Ne6 26. Ne3 Nc7 27. h5 b5 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. a4 a6 30. axb5 axb5 {
with a very comfortable black play, Nepomniachtchi,I (2613)-Cebalo,M (2533)/
Biel 2007}) 14. exd5 {Generally in such situations it is better not to reduce
the pressure in the centre. So, all other moves look more logical.} (14. Qf3 d4
15. Bb3 $146 (15. Ng3 {is weaker:} g6 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. c4 Rb8 19.
Bd2 b5 20. cxb5 Rxb5 21. b3 a5 22. h4 h5 $15 {Yudasin,L (2605)-Nikolic,P (2625)
/Tilburg 1993}) 15... Na5 16. Ba4 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 $11 18. c4 $6 a6 19. Ng3 b5
20. b3 g6 21. Bd2 Nc6 22. Ng4 Qh4 $15 {0-1 Nevednichy,V (2563)-Beliavsky,A 
(2638)/Jugoslavija 2001}) (14. Ng4 d4 15. Bb3 Be6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. c4 Nxg4 18.
hxg4 Rg6 19. g3 a6 20. Nh2 Be7 21. f4 b5 22. b3 bxc4 23. bxc4 Rb8 24. f5 Rd6
25. Nf3 Qa5 26. a4 Bf6 27. Bd2 Qd8 28. Rb1 Nb4 {and Black controls the game,
Vratonjic,S (2447)-Popov,S (2477)/Mataruska Banja 2007}) 14... Nxd5 15. Qf3 Be6
({The aggressive approach with} 15... f5 {was a bit risky:} 16. Ng3 g6 17. h4
$1 h5 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Qd1 $1 Be6 21. Nf3 {and the weakness on g5
is very unpleasant.}) 16. Ng4 Qc7 (16... f6 {might be more solid:} 17. Bb3 Kh8)
17. Ng3 Rad8 (17... Nf4 {was too risky:} 18. Bxf4 (18. Nxe5 Nxh3+ 19. gxh3 Nxe5
) 18... exf4 19. Nh5 Bd6 20. d4 cxd4 21. Qd3) 18. Bd2 Nde7 ({Now} 18... Nf4 {
was possible:} 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Nh5 Bd6 21. Bb3 Kh8) 19. Nh5 Ng6 20. Qg3 Kh8 (
{It was possible to protect the f6-square more directly:} 20... Be7) 21. Rad1 (
{It was more logical to double on the e-file:} 21. Re2) 21... Bf5 ({The
possible, but risky pawn capture} 21... Bxa2 {was too complicated to calculate:
} 22. b3 Na5 23. c4 Nxb3 24. Bc3 Nd4 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Ra1 Qa5) 22. Qf3 Nh4 ({
It was better to return} 22... Be6) 23. Qg3 Ng6 24. Bc1 c4 25. Rd2 ({And now} 
25. Qf3 {was wrong:} Nh4 26. Qg3 cxd3) 25... cxd3 ({Now Black has a huge
advantage after} 25... Nf4 $1) 26. Bxd3 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 ({There were two
options which still kept Black's advantage:} 27... Nf4) (27... Qa5) 28. Qxd3
Rd8 29. Qe4 Qd7 30. Ne3 {Now the position is equal. But control over the
central file still gives Black some chances to play for an advantage.} Qe6 31.
b3 Nge7 32. Ng3 Nd5 33. Qc2 $2 ({White did not like to suffer without the
d-file after} 33. Nxd5 Qxd5) 33... Nxe3 $2 {An automatic exchange, but some
slight tactics would win a pawn:} (33... Nxc3 $1) 34. Bxe3 Qd5 35. Qf5 Qd7 ({
A clear advantage for Black followed} 35... g6 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Qh4 Qd3 38.
Bxh6 Qxc3) 36. Qh5 Kg8 37. Qf3 (37. Nf5 {was dangerous:} Kh7) 37... Qe6 38. Qe4
Qd5 39. Qg4 Qd7 40. Nf5 Kh7 41. Bc1 Qe6 (41... Qd3 {was very unpleasant}) 42.
Ne3 ({There was another slightly more technical retreat} 42. Ng3 {as White
would keep the option to come to the central square e4.}) 42... Qxg4 43. hxg4
Rd3 44. Bb2 Bc5 ({It was possible to try to bring the king closer to the
centre. The endgame is always slightly better for Black.} 44... Kg6) 45. Rd1
Rxd1+ 46. Nxd1 Kg6 (46... e4 {was very strong:} 47. c4 Kg6 48. Kf1 Nb4) 47. Kh2
f5 ({Once more} 47... e4) 48. Kg3 h5 49. gxf5+ Kxf5 50. b4 Bb6 ({Another
retreat was} 50... Be7) 51. Bc1 g5 ({A very good idea was to try to penetrate
the white position with the king:} 51... Ke4 52. Nb2 h4+ 53. Kxh4 Bxf2+) 52. a4
a6 (52... e4 {was still very good}) 53. a5 Ba7 (53... Bc7 {was better}) 54. f3
Ne7 55. Bd2 Nd5 (55... Kf6 {with the idea to place the knight on f5.}) 56. c4
Nf4 (56... Nf6 {was very good}) 57. c5 Bb8 (57... Nd3 {was still good:} 58.
Ne3+ Kf6 59. Nd5+ Ke6) 58. Kf2 Nd5 59. Ne3+ Nxe3 60. Kxe3 Bc7 ({In this bishop
ending it was still possible to try to win:} 60... g4 61. fxg4+ hxg4 62. Be1
Bc7 63. Bh4 e4) 61. Kd3 g4 62. fxg4+ Kxg4 ({There is practically no difference
after} 62... hxg4 {with equal play.}) 63. Be1 Kf5 64. Kc4 Ke4 $2 ({The wrong
direction, it was safer to be closer to her own pawns:} 64... Ke6) 65. c6 b6
66. axb6 Bxb6 67. b5 $2 {It is always dangerous to exchange such pawns, but
White desperately wanted to come with her king.} ({White could try to exploit
the winning chances which have suddenly appeared in a different way:} 67. Bf2
Bc7 68. Bg3 Bd8 ({Same is} 68... Bd6 {is the same:} 69. Bh2 h4 70. Bg1) 69. Kc5
Bc7 70. Bh2 h4 71. Bg1 Kf5 72. Bf2 {and the h4-pawn is in trouble.}) 67...
axb5+ 68. Kxb5 Bc7 69. Ba5 ({Tempting was either} 69. Ka6 Kd5 70. Kb7 Bd6 71.
c7 ({The oObvious deflection would be met by a sacrifice} 71. Bb4 Bb8 $1 {
transposing into a similar ending to that in the game.}) 71... Bxc7 72. Kxc7 e4
73. Bh4 e3 74. Kd7 Ke4 (74... e2 {lost:} 75. Bg3 Kd4 76. Ke6 Ke4 77. Kf6) 75.
Ke6 Kf4 76. Be1 Kg4 {and it's the same draw as in the game.}) 69... Bd6 70. Kb6
$6 ({The chances for a win were slim even after the correct king retreat} 70.
Kc4 Bb8 71. Bb6 Bd6 72. Kc3 ({Or} 72. Ba7 Kf4 73. Kd5 Bc7 74. Ke6 e4) 72... Kf4
{immediately trying to attack the pawn on g2.}) 70... Kd5 71. Bb4 Bb8 72. c7 ({
Or} 72. Kb7 e4) 72... Bxc7+ 73. Kxc7 e4 74. Kd7 Ke5 75. Be1 e3 76. Ke7 Kf4 77.
Kf6 Kg4 78. g3 ({Black threated to exchange White's last pawn:} 78. Ke5 h4 79.
Ke4 h3) 78... Kf3 79. Kg5 Ke2 $1 {Black has to control the g3-pawn and the f2-
and f1-squares.} 80. Bb4 Kf3 81. Kh4 Kg2 82. Be1 Kf1 83. Bc3 Kg2 84. Bb4 e2 85.
Bc3 Kf2 86. Bd2 Kg2 87. Be1 Kf1 88. Bd2 Kg2 89. Be1 Kf1 90. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.02.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Navara,D"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 {Black can afford this loss of time,
as White's last move gives her some time to complete the development. Black
prepares the fianchetto and needs to protect the g5-square.} 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6
7. Re1 Bg7 8. d4 Qe7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. b4 $5 {An enterprising idea. White
prepares her queenside play without any loss of time.} (10. h3 {is the most
common continuation.}) 10... exd4 {This is critical for the evaluation of 10.
b4.} 11. cxd4 Nd7 {This is a decent move, albeit not the only one.} (11... Nxb4
{could be met by} 12. e5 {or} (12. Qb3 {, possibly both in any order. Still,
the position would remain fairly unclear. In the latter case,} a5 {might be
the best way to neutralise the danger along the a3-f8 diagonal.})) 12. e5 dxe5
13. b5 Nd8 $2 {This unfortunate move leaves Black's pieces in disarray.} (13...
Na5 14. Bf1 b6 $11 {was to be preferred.}) 14. Qb3 $16 c5 $5 {This is a clever
attempt to confuse matters, but it cannot alter the evaluation.} (14... Re8 15.
Ba3 Qf6 16. Ne4 Qb6 17. dxe5 Nxe5 $2 18. Bc5 Qa5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Bd4 $18) 15.
bxc6 Nxc6 16. Ba3 Qd8 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. dxe5 Ndxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bd5 $16 {
White has achieved a clear advantage and went on to win the game.} Bf5 21. Ne4
Rd8 22. Rad1 b6 23. h3 Kh7 24. Kh1 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 f5 26. Bd5 h5 27. f4 Nd7 28.
Qd3 Bf6 29. Qa6 Kh6 30. Qxa7 Qb4 31. Bg8 Rxg8 32. Qxd7 Rd8 33. Qf7 Bh4 34. Rf1
Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Qxf4 36. Qf8+ Kg5 37. Qd8+ Kh6 38. Qh8+ Kg5 39. Qd8+ Kh6 40. Qxb6
Be7 41. Qd4 Qg3 42. a4 Qb3 43. Re1 Qb7 {Anna Muzychuk scored a decent 6.5
points. Still, the first women's prize deservedly went to Ju Wenjun, who
played a fantastic tournament despite her final round loss.} 1-0

[Event "Asia-chT 18th"]
[Site "Tabriz"]
[Date "2014.05.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Negi,P"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2014.05.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 {Popularly used to avoid the Petroff, but Wei Yi seems to like
switching between various non Spanish variations in order to avoid theoretical
lines...} Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 (3... c6 {is the obvious extra option allowed by this
move order, and while there is nothing objectively wrong with it, I felt more
like developing my pieces:)}) 4. Nf3 {This was rather surprising - if he
wanted to play the closed Italian then why not simply play from the 2.Nf3 move
order?} (4. Nc3 {is what I was expecting since he has played it before as well.
Now after} Na5 {Black manages to get the bishop pair, and we get a special
type of structure after dxc4, and a long strategic fight.}) 4... Be7 5. O-O O-O
6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Kh8 $5 (7... Na5 8. Ba2 c5 {is a more stable alternative, but
I was in the mood of something more enterprising. Besides, I wanted to test
him in more forcing variations...}) 8. Nc3 ({The inclusion of} 8. a5 a6 {
shouldn't make much difference.} 9. Nc3 {can still be met by} Bg4 10. h3 Bh5
11. Nd5 (11. g4 $2 Nxg4 $1 12. hxg4 Bxg4 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Nb1 f5 15. Bd5 fxe4
16. Bxe4 d5 17. Nbd2 dxe4 18. dxe4 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Qg4+ 20. Kf1 Rxf3 {0-1 (20)
Rendle,T (2400)-Tissir,M (2474) England 2011}) (11. Be3 Nd4 $1 {remains
similar to my game}) 11... Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxa5 $1 13. g4 Bg6 14. d4 f6 {an
interesting position. At first Black's position looks fine but perhaps White's
play could be improved upon in the following game:} 15. Nh4 Be8 16. Nf5 Nc6 17.
c3 Qd7 18. Be3 Nd8 19. Qd2 Bf7 20. c4 c6 21. Bxf7 Nxf7 $15 {1/2-1/2 (36)
Womacka,M (2427)-Nemcova,K (2261) Teplice 2012}) (8. c3 Ng8 9. d4 f5 $1 10.
dxe5 fxe4 11. Rxe4 Rxf3 $1 {is a rather famous line by now.} 12. gxf3 (12. Qxf3
d5 $1 $15) 12... Nxe5 13. Rxe5 dxe5 14. Qxd8 Bxd8 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17.
fxe4 Bg4 $11 {1/2-1/2 (21) Fedorchuk,S (2635)-Giri,A (2722) Germany 2012}) 8...
Bg4 $5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be3 ({During the game, I thought} 10. Bg5 $5 {might be an
interesting idea.} h6 (10... Nd7 11. Be3 $1 $14) 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. g4 Bg6 13.
Nd5 Nb8 {but maybe Black is doing quite alright.}) 10... Nd4 $5 $146 {A very
obvious novelty... my opponent responded rather quickly with} 11. g4 $2 {
I can't imagine what he expected me to play - since this just forces me to
sacrifice on g4.... after which he lapsed into nearly an hour's long period of
thought.} (11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 (12. Nb1 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 c6 $5 $11 {/\ d5...Bb4.
}) 12... Nxd5 (12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nd7 {seemed somewhat better during the game.
} 14. Nxe7 (14. Qe2 Bg5 $11) 14... Qxe7 15. Qg3 (15. Ba2 a5 $11) 15... a5 (
15... Rae8 16. f4 a5 17. Qf2 Qf6 18. g4 $14) 16. f4 {seems more pleasant for
White.}) 13. Bxd5 {was interesting... somehow during the preparation I had
under-estimated this, but I wasn't too sure about which setup to play here in
the game:} c6 14. Bb3 Bxf3 (14... Bf6 15. g4 {seems scary for Black}) 15. Qxf3
Bf6 {and Black has a solid position, but it's easy to realise during the game
that White's position is more pleasant.}) 11... Nxg4 $1 12. Nxd4 $5 {Of course
it's not a great move... but it's easier to play than the scary looking
positions after hxg4, especially against a prepared opponent.} (12. hxg4 Bxg4
13. Bxd4 exd4 {is of course the critical line, but it only begins to look
dangerous for White.} 14. Nb5 {basically, every move gives Black excellent
compensation.} (14. Nd5 Bg5 $1 $17) 14... d5 $5 (14... c5 $44) 15. exd5 Bc5 $36
) 12... Nxe3 13. Qxh5 Nxc4 (13... g6 {was a possible intermediate move, but I
didn't see the point.}) 14. dxc4 exd4 15. Ne2 Bf6 16. Rad1 Qe8 $5 (16... c5 {
I became worried that after} 17. Nf4 {and Nd5, White might suddenly get
excellent compensation.}) 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 {I thought getting rid of the knight
removes any chance of counterplay from his position... at the same time it
gives him better drawing chances with a passive setup as well. Objectively
perhaps ...Qxa4 was better, but it wasn't an easy decision in my opinion:} (
17... Qxa4 18. b3 Qd7 (18... Qa2 $5) 19. Nf3 g6 20. Qh6 $17) 18. Rxd4 Qxa4 19.
b3 Qa2 20. Qd5 $1 {White manages to get excellent counterplay with this and
create a mess.} ({I had expected} 20. Rd2 Rae8 21. Qd5 b6 {when I have an
excellent position.}) 20... Qxc2 21. Qxb7 Qc3 $1 {The computer isn't very
impressed, but practically, of course I had to go for the h3-pawn...} 22. Red1
Qxh3 23. Qxc7 Qg4+ {An annoying move in time pressure. Otherwise White would
have defended with R1d3-Rg3...} 24. Kf1 ({Amazingly enough, White could
actually defend with} 24. Kh1 $1 {since} f5 {there are better moves according
to the computer, but it doesn't seem as easy as I thought at all.} 25. Qxd6 {
doesn't promise Black all that much since it's impossible to lift the rook to
the kingside on time.}) 24... f5 $1 {Now this is strong. I felt White's
position wass absolutely collapsing... but it seems I under-estimated his
chances after the sacrifice of another pawn:} 25. e5 Qh3+ 26. Ke2 dxe5 27. Rd8
(27. Rg1 $1 {Amazingly, I didn't realise that the position is still insanely
complicated - rather than me being on the verge of winning:} Qh5+ 28. Ke1 Rg8
29. Rd7 Qh6 (29... Rac8 30. Rdxg7 $1 $16) 30. Kd1 {and even though Black is of
course better... it's a strangely complicated position.}) 27... Qg4+ (27...
Qxb3 {somehow I forgot about this move, but I am not sure if Black can win
after} 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Rd8 Qc2+ 30. Kf1 Qc1+ 31. Ke2 Kg8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33.
c5 {and the perpetual checks are always hanging in the air...}) 28. Kf1 (28.
Ke1 $5 {would have been a tougher defence. I wasn't yet sure of what to do
since ...h5 doesn't work as well here due to the e1-king defending the d1-rook
- thus allowing Rxa8.} Qe4+ (28... h5 29. Rxa8 Qe4+ 30. Kf1 Rxa8 31. Rd7 (31.
Rd8+ Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Kh7 33. Qg5 {not so easy to convert}) 31... Rg8 32. Rd5 {
with excellent chances to draw.}) 29. Kf1 h6 $5 {was my plan eventually, and
maybe it is even an excellent practical try since it's not easy to decide for
Black.} 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Rd5 (31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Kh7) 31... Re8 $17)
28... h5 $1 {Since Rxa8 isn't possible.} 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Rd3 $1 {Amazingly
he found this resource with almost no time on the clock.} (30. Rd8 Rxd8 31.
Qxd8+ Kh7 32. c5 {will just run into a mating net after} h4 33. c6 h3 34. c7 h2
35. Qd5 e4 36. c8=Q h1=Q#) 30... f4 {The only way.} 31. Qxe5 f3 32. Rd6 $1 {
Another amazing resource... at one point I had nearly an hour more, but my
time was fast approaching the last minutes as well.} (32. Qe3 Rf4 $1 {would
finish the game.}) 32... Kh7 {Again, the only way forward.} (32... Qg2+ 33. Ke1
Qg1+ 34. Kd2 Qxf2+ 35. Kc3 {Amazingly, there are no checks now, and it's
impossible to avoid a perpetual check.}) 33. Rd4 $1 {These only moves were
beginning to infuriate me... but after seeing my next moves I thought I had
finally found a win to finish things off:} Qg2+ (33... Qg6 34. Qe4 {is very
drawish.}) 34. Ke1 Qg6 $1 {Since Qe4 isn't possible here.} (34... Qg1+ 35. Kd2
Qxf2+ 36. Kc3 {is messy.}) 35. Rd7 {Another, seemingly, only move!} (35. Kd2
Re8 36. Qd5 Re2+ 37. Kc3 Rxf2 38. Rf4 $1 {is some insane computer defence, but
I wouldn't imagine any human considering this playable for White.}) 35... h4
36. Kd2 h3 {Things began to look smooth for me now, I really couldn't see any
counter for him...} 37. Rd6 Rf6 38. c5 $5 ({Unfortunately, I spent all my time
calculating} 38. Rxf6 Qxf6 39. Qh2 Qe6 $5 {and Black should be able to win
eventually.}) 38... Qh6+ 39. Kc2 {Now, with my clock running out, I panicked
and did not play the natural h2.} Qg6+ (39... h2 $1 {Alas, just one more
accurate move was required...the point is that after} 40. Rxf6 gxf6 41. Qc7+
Kg6 42. Qg3+ Kf5 43. Qxf3+ {White seems to get a lot of checks, but Black will
find a safe haven on the queenside:} Qf4 44. Qh5+ Ke6 45. Qe8+ Kd5 46. Qd7+
Kxc5 47. Qc8+ Kb6 48. Qe6+ Kc7 49. Qf7+ Kd6 50. Qf8+ Kc6 $1 51. Qe8+ Kb7 $19)
40. Kd2 {He returns the favour.} (40. Kb2 $1 {I just couldn't find a way to
continue.}) 40... Rf5 {I suddenly decided that I had excellent winning chances
in the endgame... but that is of course very hard to figure out with no time
left:} 41. Rxg6 Rxe5 42. Rg3 $1 Rh5 43. c6 h2 44. c7 Rc5 (44... h1=Q $1 {
would have led to a very exciting line, but I was too tired to calculate it
till the end:} 45. c8=Q Rd5+ 46. Ke3 Qe1+ 47. Kxf3 Qh1+ $1 {the move which I
obviously missed.} 48. Ke3 (48. Rg2 Qd1+ $1 49. Kf4 g5+ $1 50. Rxg5 Qd2+ $19)
48... Re5+ $1 49. Kd4 $1 Qe4+ 50. Kc3 Qe1+ 51. Kd4 Qxf2+ 52. Kxe5 Qxg3+ 53. Ke4
Qxb3 {this should be practically winning...}) 45. Rh3+ Kg6 46. Rxh2 Rxc7 47.
Rh3 Rf7 48. Kd3 $1 (48. Ke3 Rb7 $1 {would be suffering.}) 48... Rf4 49. Rh1 Rb4
50. Ra1 $1 {The simplest. It's impossible to win this position since my pieces
are too passive. The rest of the game was quite uneventful:} (50. Kc3 Re4 51.
Rh3 Rf4 {and I was hoping to gain a move like this, although the computer
isn't impressed at all.}) 50... Rxb3+ 51. Ke4 Rb7 52. Kxf3 Kf5 53. Ra5+ Ke6 54.
Kg4 Kd6 55. f4 Kc6 56. Ra1 Kb5 57. Rb1+ Kc6 58. Ra1 Kb6 59. Rb1+ Kc7 60. Ra1
Kb8 61. Kh5 Rb2 62. f5 Rg2 63. Ra6 Rh2+ 64. Kg5 Rg2+ 65. Kh5 Rf2 66. Kg5 Kb7
67. Rg6 Rg2+ 68. Kh5 Rh2+ 69. Kg5 Rg2+ 70. Kh5 Rh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad sim"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Annotator "Petronijevic,Zoran"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The simul master, Ragozin, was one of the best Sowiet players. He was
well-known as Botvinnik's second. At the time this simul was played,
Kortschnoj was at the beginning of his chess career.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bc4 Be7 {The Hungarian Defence gives Black a passive but firm play.} 4. O-O ({
Nowadays, the move} 4. d4 {is considered to be best.}) 4... Nf6 5. d4 ({
Interesting is} 5. d3 $5) 5... d6 $6 ({More accurate was} 5... exd4) 6. dxe5 $6
({Such imprecise moves are often played in the simuls. Preferable was} 6. d5 {
after which White has a slight edge.}) 6... Nxe5 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8. Qe2 ({
Interesting is} 8. Qxd8+ Bxd8 9. f3) 8... O-O ({Tempting is} 8... Qd4 $5 {
although after} 9. Nd2 Bg4 10. Qe1 O-O 11. h3 $14 {White has a slight edge.})
9. Rd1 Bd6 $6 ({Suspicous move which gives White a slight edge. Better was} 
9... Qe8 $5) 10. Bg5 ({Better was} 10. Nc3 $14) 10... Qe7 ({Preferable was} 
10... h6 11. Bh4 a5 {and Black isn't worse.}) 11. Nc3 c6 12. Rd3 ({Better was} 
12. Qf3 $14) 12... Be6 $2 {This move is a clear mistake.} ({Better was} 12...
b5 $1 13. Qd2 (13. Bxb5 cxb5 14. Qd1 Rd8 $11) 13... Bb4 14. Bb3 h6 15. Bxh6
Nxe4 16. Qe3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bc5 18. Bg5 Bxe3 19. Bxe7 Re8 20. fxe3 Rxe7 21. Rd8+
Kh7 22. Rad1 f6 23. R8d6 Bb7 $13) 13. Bxe6 $6 ({In his book, Kortschnoj gives} 
13. Rf3 {as a better move} Bg4 $2 ({In fact, this move loses. After a better} 
13... Rad8 $14 {White has only a slight edge.}) 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Rxf6 Bxe2 16.
Rxd6 $2 ({One more mistake in Kortschnoj's analysis. Better was} 16. Bxf7+ Rxf7
17. Rxd6 $18) 16... Bxc4 17. Rd7 {According to Kortschnoj, White is preferable.
However, this position is close to equal.}) ({Much better was} 13. Bxf6 gxf6
14. Rad1 $1 $16 {with a clear edge for White.}) 13... Qxe6 14. Rad1 $2 ({
White misses a very strong move} 14. Qf3 $1 Be7 15. Qf5 $16 {and White is
clearly better.}) 14... Rfd8 $2 ({Black also misses a better move} 14... Bc5 {
after which Black is only slightly worse.}) 15. Qf3 $1 {Very strong move which
gives White a clear edge.} Be7 16. Qf5 Qxf5 ({If Black tries} 16... h6 17. Qxe6
fxe6 18. Bh4 $16 {White will have a clear edge.}) 17. exf5 Kf8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6
19. Ne4 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 Ke7 ({Slightly preferable is} 20... Be7 21. g4 f6 22. Kg2
$16) 21. f3 $6 ({After the best} 21. g4 h6 22. Kg2 Bg5 23. Kf3 $16 {White has
a clear advantage.}) 21... b6 22. Kf2 (22. Rd6 {seems tempting.}) 22... Rd8 $2
{Objectively, this move should lose the game.} ({Better was} 22... Rc8 {
White has a clear edge, but it is the question if he can win.}) 23. Ke3 $2 ({
White can win in a forced way} 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. Nxf6 gxf6 25. Kg3 Ke7 26. Kh4
Kf8 27. Kh5 Kg7 28. c4 h6 29. b4 b5 30. cxb5 cxb5 31. h4 Kh7 32. Kg4 Kg7 33. f4
h5+ 34. Kf3 Kg8 35. Ke4 exf4 36. Kxf4 Kf8 37. Ke4 $18) 23... Rxd3+ 24. Kxd3 Kd7
({Better was} 24... g6 25. g4 Bh4 {Black is still suffering, but after a
proper play he should hold.}) 25. g4 ({Better was} 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. c4 Kd6
27. a3 Kc5 28. b4+ Kd6 $16) 25... h6 26. b4 ({Again, better is} 26. Nxf6+)
26... Be7 27. c3 f6 $2 ({Better was} 27... b5) 28. a4 b5 29. a5 $6 ({This move
leads to an even play. After a better} 29. axb5 cxb5 30. Ng3 {White is clearly
better. However, it is hard to say if he can win. Let's see a possible line:}
Kd6 31. Ke4 Bf8 32. Nh5 Kc6 33. h3 a6 34. f4 Kd6 35. h4 exf4 36. Nxf4 Be7 37.
Nh5 Bf8 38. Kd4 Kc6 39. Nf4 Bd6 40. Ne6 Be5+ 41. Kd3 Bg3 42. h5 Kd6 43. Nxg7
Kd5 {Black is a pawn down, but his active King gives him good drawing chances.}
) 29... c5 $11 30. bxc5 Kc6 31. h4 Bxc5 32. g5 hxg5 33. hxg5 Be7 34. g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bojkov, Dejan"]
[Black "Delorme, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 (4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5) 4... Be7 (4... Bc5
{Plus courant}) 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 (7. a4 h6 8. c3) 7... h6 (7... Na5 {
h6 est théoriquement moins bon que Na5}) 8. Nbd2 (8. Bb3 {[%cal Gb3c2] Evitant
Na5 pour garder la paire de B}) 8... Nh7 {[%cal Gh7g5]} (8... Na5 9. Bb5 a6 10.
Ba4 b5 11. Bc2 c5) 9. Bb3 (9. Nf1 Ng5 10. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3f5,Ge3d5]}) 9... Kh8 ({
RR} 9... Ng5 10. Nxg5 (10. h3) 10... Bxg5 11. Nc4 Be6 12. d4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc1
14. Rxc1 Qf6 15. Bd5 Ne7 16. Bb3 Ng6 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. Qf5 Qe7 19. Rcd1 Rad8 20.
g3 a5 21. Kg2 Qe8 22. dxe5 a4 23. Bc2 Nxe5 24. f4 {Psakhis,L (2535)-Romanishin,
O (2580)/Lvov 1984/MCL/1-0 (57)}) 10. d4 Ng5 11. Nxg5 $6 $146 ({RR} 11. dxe5 {
RR} Bg4 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Nc4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh3+ 15. Kg2 Qh4 16. e5 Nxf2 17.
Qd5 Be7 18. Be3 Rad8 19. Qb5 Nd3 20. Re2 Bg5 21. Rf1 Ne7 22. Qxb7 Bxe3 23. Rxe3
Nf4+ 24. Kg1 Ned5 25. Qxa7 Qg5+ 26. Kf2 {Braun,M (2325)-Tseshkovsky,V (2505)/
Baden-Baden 1988/TD/0-1}) (11. h3) 11... Bxg5 {[%csl Gg5]} 12. Nc4 Bxc1 $11 13.
Rxc1 Qf6 (13... Qg5 $142 {[%cal Gc8h3,Gg5g2]}) 14. Ne3 Ne7 15. dxe5 dxe5 16.
Qh5 c6 {[%csl Rd6] Controle "d5" mais au détriment de l'affaiblissement de la
case "d6"} 17. Rcd1 Ng6 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gg6f4]} 18. g3 Be6 $2 {Bizarement ce
coup naturel semble fautif а cause du clouage par Rd6} (18... Kh7) (18... a5)
19. Rd6 $1 {[%csl Re5,Rf6][%cal Ge1d1] Exploitant la petite imprécision du
16ème coup c6} Rad8 20. Red1 Kh7 21. Bxe6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 fxe6 23. Rd2 Qe7 24.
Qd1 Rf7 25. h4 $16 Nf8 26. Qh5 Ng6 27. Qd1 $138 Nf8 28. Nc4 Qc5 29. Nd6 Rd7 30.
Qf3 Ng6 $2 31. b4 (31. h5) 31... Qb6 32. h5 Nh8 33. Qg4 {[%csl Re6]} 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2010.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
h3 a5 9. a3 ({One of the most famous games of the recent years went} 9. a4 Nd4
10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Re1 Ra6 $1 12. Qh5 Nb4 13. Na3 Rg6 14. Bf4 b6 15. Qf3 Be6 16.
Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qe4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Qxd4 Qg5 20. g3 Qf5 21. g4 h5 {with a
decisive attack for Black. Karjakin,S (2723)-Gelfand,B (2758)/Khanty Mansiysk
2009}) 9... Nd4 10. Nxd4 ({Probably better is the previously played} 10. Ba2)
10... exd4 11. Re1 {White threatens to take on d5 and e7, but...} Ra6 $1 {
This is the manoeuvre from the above mentioned game of Boris Gelfand.
According to Radjabov he realized soon that Black has a comfortable play and
got disappointed with the opening outcome.} 12. Qf3 (12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Rxe7 Rg6
{leads to a forces draw:} 14. f3 Bxh3 15. Re2 Qxf3 16. Qf1 Bxg2 17. Rxg2 Rxg2+
18. Qxg2 Qd1+ 19. Qf1 Qg4+ 20. Qg2 Qd1+) ({After} 12. Qh5 {Black play
similarly to the game:} Re6) 12... Re6 13. Rxe6 Bxe6 14. Nd2 c6 15. Ne4 a4 16.
Bc4 b5 17. Ba2 {Black has a slight plus thanks to his space advantage.} Nc7 18.
Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Ng3 $1 {This manoeuvfre of the knight to f5 helps White to keep
the balance.} Qd5 {Otherwise White can develop an initiative on the kingside.}
20. Qxd5 cxd5 21. Bd2 Rc8 22. Rc1 {The only real weakness in the position is
the pawn on c2. But Black can attack it only once with the rook, therefore
White has no troubles to maintain equality.} g6 23. Ne2 f5 24. g3 Kf7 25. h4
Bf8 26. Kg2 h6 27. f4 Bg7 28. Ng1 Bf6 29. Nf3 Ke7 30. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 {Richard chooses a
somewhat risky, but less explored setup.} 7. Re1 ({More energetic is} 7. d4 $1
Qe7 (7... Bg7 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Nxe5 $16) 8. Re1 Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O
10. h3 Kh8 11. a4 Bd7 12. a5 a6 13. Bd3 Rae8 14. Nf1 $14 {Radjabov,T - Amin,B
Doha QAT 2016}) 7... Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. d4 {Now, when Black's development is
almost completed, this advance is less promising for White.} Nd7 $146 {
Transferring the knight to b6 is an interesting idea, but it yields White time
for consolidating the centre.} ({But} 9... Nxe4 $6 {is dubious:} 10. dxe5 Ng5
11. Bxg5 hxg5 12. e6 $16 {Andriasian,Z - Lomsadze,D Jermuk ARM 2012}) ({
However,} 9... exd4 {is safer:} 10. cxd4 d5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. Nc3 Nexd5 13. Ne5
c6 $11 {Antipov,M - Marholev,D Marianske Lazne CZE 2009}) 10. Na3 (10. Be3 $5 {
looked somewhat provocative, but inviting the knight to c4 is a typical idea
in the Ruy Lopez. The play might continue:} Nb6 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bc2 Nac4 13.
Bc1 exd4 14. cxd4 c5 15. b3 cxd4 (15... Na5 16. Be3 $14) 16. bxc4 d3 17. Qxd3
Bxa1 18. Nc3 $36 {and White's initiative more than compensates for the
exchange.}) 10... Nb6 11. Bb5 ({Another natural retreat -} 11. Bb3 Re8 {
would more or less force White to release the tension in the centre, and after}
12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Bf4 Re8 {Black is close to equalising.}) 11...
Bd7 12. Be3 $6 {Losing control over the e4-pawn could have invited some
troubles.} ({Instead, Hou Yifan should have played} 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5
14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Qb3 $14 {putting Black under some positional
pressure.}) 12... Kh7 $6 {Richard is returning the favour.} ({A stronger move
was} 12... f5 $1 13. Qb3+ Kh7 14. exf5 gxf5 15. dxe5 dxe5 {and the potential
play along the g-file might cause White definite problems.}) 13. dxe5 dxe5 14.
Nc4 Qe7 ({A more accurate try was} 14... Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Na5 16. Bd3 b6 17. Qe2
Qe7 $11) 15. a4 Rad8 16. Qe2 {In the resulting position with a symmetrical
pawn structure White's chances are preferable due to better coordination
between the pieces.} Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Qf6 18. Bxc6 {This ''greedy'' decision
changes the favourable course of game.} ({It was better to maintain the
tension by means of} 18. Qe2 a6 19. Bc4 Be6 20. b4 $14 {and Black is doomed to
a passive defence.}) 18... Qxc6 19. Qxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxa7 Rg8 $1 {It looks like
this strong move was underestimated by Hou Yifan. It turns out that Black is
able to push f7-f5 and activate both of his bishops.} 21. a5 (21. Bc5 b6 22.
Bb4 f5 23. a5 Bxe4 24. axb6 cxb6 25. Ra7 Rge8 26. c4 Kg8 27. Bc3 Bf6 $11) 21...
f5 22. exf5 gxf5 {Now most of Black's pieces are very active.} 23. Red1 $2 {
White cannot afford such a passive move.} ({In the event of} 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24.
Rxe5 Rxg2+ 25. Kf1 Rd2 26. Re7+ Kg8 27. Rxc7 Rg6 $11 {Black would obtain
enough counterplay for a draw, but White had no reason for rejecting it.})
23... Ra8 ({Another move which was good enough was} 23... Rxd1+ $1 24. Rxd1 Bf6
25. Ne1 Ra8 26. Bc5 Rxa5 $17 {achieving a big positional advantage.}) 24. Be3
f4 25. Bd2 {A sad necessity - this is the only way to avoid a loss of material.
} Bf6 $1 {Now Black's pieces are dominating over the board.} ({Richard
correctly rejected} 25... e4 26. Ne1 Be5 27. c4 $1 Bxb2 28. Bxf4 Bxa1 29. Rxa1
$15 {and Black's material advantage doesn't guarantee anything yet.}) 26. Ne1
Rg7 $2 {This inaccurate move could have spoiled all the advantage!} ({The
correct way was} 26... Bxg2 27. Nxg2 f3 28. Be3 Rxg2+ 29. Kh1 Kg6 30. Rg1 Rxg1+
31. Kxg1 Kf5 $17 {and the activity of Black's king might become a decisive
factor.}) 27. c4 Rag8 ({In comparison to the above-mentioned note, now it's
too late for} 27... Bxg2 28. Nxg2 f3 29. Kh1 Rxg2 30. Bc3 $1 Rag8 (30... Kg6
31. Rg1 Rxg1+ 32. Kxg1 e4 33. Bxf6 Kxf6 34. b4 Ke5 35. Rd1 $11) 31. b4 $1 Bh4
32. Bxe5 Bxf2 33. Rd7+ Kg6 34. Bxc7 Kf5 35. Rf7+ Ke4 36. Rf4+ Ke3 37. Ra3+ Ke2
38. Ra2+ Kf1 39. Ra1+ Be1 40. Rxf3+ Ke2 41. Rxe1+ Kxf3 42. Rc1 $11) 28. Kf1 $2
{A decisive mistake.} (28. a6 $1 {White has missed a golden opportunity of
activating the pieces and saving half a point:} Bxg2 29. Nxg2 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1
bxa6 31. Rxa6 Bh4 32. Bc3 Bxf2 33. Bxe5 Rg1+ 34. Rxg1 Rxg1+ 35. Kh2 f3 36. Rf6
$11) 28... Bxg2+ 29. Nxg2 f3 $1 ({Of course, not} 29... Rxg2 $2 30. Ke2 Bh4 31.
Rf1 {and White's king is extremely safe.}) 30. Be3 e4 $1 {The last precise
move.} (30... Rxg2 31. Ke1 Kg6 32. Kd2 e4 33. a6 bxa6 34. Rxa6 Rd8+ 35. Kc2
Rxd1 36. Kxd1 Kf7 {was also winning, but the text is more convincing.}) 31. Ra3
Be5 (31... Bxb2 {was also good enough:} 32. Rb3 Be5 33. Rxb7 Kh8 $19) 32. Rb3
c6 {GM Rapport reasonably doesn't hurry.} 33. Bd4 fxg2+ 34. Kg1 Rd8 $19 {
The rest is easy.} 35. Rbd3 Rgd7 36. Bxe5 Rxd3 37. Re1 Rg8 38. h4 Rh3 39. Bh2
Rxh4 40. Rd1 Rg7 41. b4 e3 42. fxe3 Rxc4 43. Be5 Rgg4 44. Bd6 h5 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d5 {This is the most
ambitious setup. Black doesn't fear exposing the Pe5 and aiming for active
piece play.} 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 (8. a4 {is another common continuation.}) 8...
Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nb6 {A typical approach - the Bc4 lacks good squares for retreat,
so mostly Black manages to exchange it.} 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ne4 Re8 ({
Akso good enough is} 12... f5 13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qd7 15. Bd2 (15. a4 a6 16.
Bxc6 bxc6 {Wei,Y - Vidit,S Abu Dhabi 2016 CBM 172 [Vidit,S]  was fine for Black
}) 15... a6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Qxc6 bxc6 $11 {Nepomniachtchi,I - Karjakin,S
Saint Louis 2017}) 13. Bg5 ({Black shouldn't face any problems also after} 13.
Ng3 Bg6 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Nh4 a6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. h4 Bf8 19. h5
Nd7 $11 {Eggleston,D - Postny,E Bad Wiessee 2013}) 13... f6 (13... Qd7 14. Ng3
{could have transposed to a position from the above-mentioned note.} Bg6) 14.
Be3 a6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ng3 {This seems too passive, even though it was
earlier played by a World Champion.} (16. g4 Bf7 17. c4 Bf8 18. Kh2 a5 19. Rg1
{led to double-edged play.}) 16... Bf7 $146 {This position has been tested a
few times on the top level. Seemingly, Black's pair of bishops more than
compensates for some structural drawbacks.} 17. c4 {This innovation doesn't
change the unfavourable character of play for White.} (17. d4 {Carlsen,M -
Aronian,L Leuven 2016,} {can be well met by} exd4 $1 18. Nxd4 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Nc4
20. Qc1 Qd5 $15 {and White is under definite pressure.}) 17... Bb4 $1 {
Interrupting the coordination between White's pieces.} 18. Re2 ({Hardly better
is} 18. Rf1 Bf8 19. b3 c5 20. Nh4 Nd7 $15) 18... Bf8 19. b3 c5 {Alexander is
reasonably focussed on neutralising any possible counterplay of his opponent.}
({Another promising way of handling the position was} 19... a5 $5 20. d4 e4 21.
Nd2 Bg6 $15 {Black has excellent attacking prospects on the kingside.}) 20. Qe1
(20. Nh4 a5 21. Ne4 Nd7 $15) 20... a5 {Now White is doomed to passive defence.}
21. Rd1 a4 22. Nd2 $6 {This is too passive.} ({After} 22. Ne4 Nd7 {White's
knight would be chased from the centre soon. However, it was still the better
way.}) 22... Qd7 23. Nb1 axb3 24. axb3 Bg6 25. f3 {Hikaru has managed to avoid
the loss of material, but this isn't the real achievement. Black has both the
pair of bishops and a big space advantage.} Rad8 26. Qf2 (26. Nc3 Qc6 27. Ra2
Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Bxd3 $17 {wouldn't yield Hikaru any compebsation for the pawn.})
26... Qc6 27. Red2 Nd7 {Alexander isn't in a hurry. He is intending to reach
the perfect setup and then push f6-f5.} 28. Nc3 h6 29. Kh1 Kh8 30. Nb5 Bh7 {
The last preparations.} 31. Ra2 f5 {Finally it comes!} 32. Bc1 Nf6 (32... Be7
$5 33. Ne2 Qb6 34. Bd2 Ra8 $17) 33. Nc3 $6 ({More to the point was} 33. f4 $1
e4 34. Qf1 exd3 35. Rad2 Ne4 36. Rxd3 Rxd3 37. Rxd3 $15 {, and White partly
manages to activate his pieces.}) 33... Qb7 34. Rb2 g5 {Black's expassion on
the kingside continues.} 35. Rb1 Qc6 36. Bb2 Kg8 37. Nf1 $2 {Suddenly this
natural move turns out a decisive mistake.} ({Had Hikaru played} 37. Ra1 Qb7
38. Qc2 $17 {his position would be very passive, but Black should still find a
way to breakthrough.}) 37... Nh5 $1 {That's the point! Black's knight enters
White's camp with great effect.} 38. Nd5 {This is temporary activity.} (38. Ne3
f4 39. Ned5 Qb7 40. Ne4 Bxe4 41. dxe4 c6 42. Nc3 Qxb3 $19) 38... Qd6 39. Ng3 c6
$1 40. Nc3 ({After} 40. Nxh5 cxd5 41. cxd5 f4 42. Rbc1 Bg6 43. g4 Bxh5 44. gxh5
Qxd5 45. Rc4 Qf7 $19 {White would have too many weaknesses, but maybe it still
was the most stubborn?}) 40... Nf4 {Now the Pd3 falls.} 41. Qf1 Nxd3 42. Nce2
Qe6 ({A more energetic move was} 42... e4 $1 43. fxe4 fxe4 44. Nf5 Qe6 45. g4
e3 $19) 43. Bc3 Rd6 44. Rd2 Red8 45. Rbd1 Bg6 46. Nc1 {Obviously, White cannot
deal with such a powerful Nd3 for too long.} Nxc1 47. Rxd6 Bxd6 48. Rxc1 Rb8 (
48... e4 {was also good enough:} 49. Qe1 e3 $19) 49. Ra1 {A desperate attempt
to complicate matters.} Rxb3 50. Ra8+ Rb8 51. Ra6 Bf8 52. Qe2 Bg7 {Alexander
prefers to cover the long diagonal.} ({Again, a simpler way was} 52... e4 $1
53. fxe4 f4 54. Nf1 Qxe4 $19) 53. Ra7 Re8 54. h4 gxh4 {Now there are 3 extra
pawns!} 55. Nf1 f4 56. Nd2 Re7 57. Rxe7 Qxe7 58. Ne4 {The perfect location of
White's knight makes Black's task much tougher.} Bf7 59. Kh2 h3 {GM Grischuk
gives up one of his extra pawns in order to leave the opponent's king exposed.}
60. gxh3 Qe6 61. Qg2 Kh7 62. Qc2 Kh8 63. Qb2 Kh7 64. Qc2 Qg6 65. Qe2 Be6 66.
Qf1 Bf5 67. Qe2 Qh5 68. Nf2 {Another blunder.} ({In the event of} 68. Qf1 Bxe4
69. fxe4 Qg6 70. Qd3 h5 71. Be1 Bf8 72. Bf2 {Black's position would still be
winning, but some technique is required.}) 68... Qh4 69. Ne4 ({Or} 69. Be1 Qg3+
70. Kh1 Bxh3 71. Qe4+ Kh8 $19) 69... Qxh3+ 70. Kg1 Qh5 {The rest is just na
agony.} 71. Be1 Bxe4 72. Qxe4+ Qg6+ 73. Kh2 Qxe4 74. fxe4 Kg6 75. Kh3 Kh5 76.
Bh4 f3 77. Bf2 Bf6 78. Be1 Bg5 79. Bf2 Be7 80. Be1 Bd8 81. Bg3 Kg5 82. Bxe5 Bf6
83. Bd6 f2 84. Kg2 Bd4 85. Kf1 Kg4 86. Ke2 h5 87. Kf1 h4 88. Bh2 h3 89. Ke2 Be3
0-1

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.02"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Black "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Sadorra, Julio"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uruguay"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 e5 $5 {This is the first time I moved my king's pawn to the 5th rank on
the first move. I sensed that even my opponent was a little surprised I moved
it one square farther because I've always played the French!} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4
Nf6 4. d3 h6 $5 {I chose this sideline as I saw my opponent doesn't have
experience against it and I like somewhat liked the arising King's Indian
middlegame structures.} ({The more popular and principled moves are bishop
moves:} 4... Bc5) ({And} 4... Be7) 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Qe7 8. dxe5 Nxe5 $1
{This is a typical idea which gets rid of the restricted knight on c6 and
allows Black to cover d5 later with c7-c6.} 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. b3 $5
{Creating problems before I can castle.} Nh5 {A logical response as it attacks
a square that his dark-square bishop will leave when it goes to a3.} ({After
the normal} 11... O-O 12. Ba3 c5 13. Nd2 Nh5 14. g3 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gf1d1,
Gf1e1,Gd2f1,Gf1e3,Ge3d5] I thought I may be able to achieve equality, but I
didn't like that I have a long-term weakness on d5.}) 12. g3 Bd7 {Introducing
the possibility to castle queenside.} ({The first move I considered of course
was} 12... Bh3 {but after} 13. Rd1 {I couldn't find a good way to get my king
safe apart from sac-ing the exchange:} O-O 14. Ba3 Qg5 (14... Qf6) (14... c5
15. Nd2 $14 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd2f1,Gf1e3,Ge3d5]}) 15. Bxf8 Nf4 16. Qe3 Bxf8 $16
{but I didn't think I have enough compensation as I have no real threats and
there isn't any clear way to break through his kingside.}) 13. Qe3 $6 (13. Ba3
Qg5 {[%cal Ge8c8]} (13... Qf6 14. Qe3) 14. Bc1 Qf6 {[%cal Ge8g8,Ge8c8] when I
will have solved the king safety problem.}) 13... Bh3 14. Rd1 $2 {Missing a
tactical detail.} (14. Re1 {was better, avoiding any tactics and keeping the
game tense.}) 14... O-O 15. Ba3 Rfd8 $1 {Underlining the drawback of rook to
d1--backrank weakness.} 16. Rd5 (16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $1 17. Qe2 (17. Nd2 Qxa3 $19)
17... Qg5 {Black has a decisive attack due to White's inability to develop.})
16... Rxd5 (16... Qf6 17. Nd2) 17. exd5 $6 {This simply gives me a clear
target.} ({More stubborn was} 17. Bxd5 Qd7 18. Nd2 {which will require
accuracy for Black to keep the pressure.} c6 (18... Rd8 {[%cal Rc7c6]} 19. Nf1
b5 (19... Nf6 20. Bc4) 20. b4 c6 21. Bb3) 19. Bc4 {[#] Here I found a small
tactic:} Nf4 $1 20. gxf4 (20. Nf1 b5) 20... exf4 21. Qxf4 Bxc3 22. Rd1 Rd8 $17)
17... Qd7 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Ne4 Nxd5 20. Qe2 Rd8 {I won a pawn for nothing.} 21.
Rd1 Nf4 {Here, I honestly thought White missed my move (which could very well
be true as he spent a long while for his next move) and that I was winning but
turns out that I had a blindspot!} ({Looking back, I think it was better to
play} 21... c6 $1 {to keep pieces and prepare f7-f5!} 22. f3 (22. Nc5 $2 Qe7) (
22. Qc2 Bg4) (22. Qd2 Qf5) 22... Qc7 $1 $17 (22... Kh7 $6 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. g4
{[%csl Rh3]}) 23. Qf2 (23. g4 Nf4) 23... b5 24. Be2 f5 $19 {with a winning
game.}) 22. Qd2 {After this, an ending ensues in which I had to overcome some
technical problems.} Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Rxd2 24. Nxd2 Ne6 25. f3 Ng5 (25... Bf5 $6
26. g4 Bc2 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Kf2) 26. Be7 Bf8 27. Bxg5 Bc5+ $1 {I had to
foresee this intermediate check before going for 25...Ng5} (27... hxg5 $2 28.
Ne4 Be7 $4 29. g4 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gg1f2,Gf2g3]}) 28. Kh1 hxg5 29. Ne4 Be3 30.
Nf6+ Kf8 31. g4 c6 32. Nd7+ Kg7 33. Nxe5 f6 {Right around here my opponent is
already in time trouble.} 34. Nd7 (34. Nd3 b5 35. Be6 Bf1) 34... Bd2 35. Nc5 f5
36. Be2 Bxc3 37. Nxb7 Kf6 {Activity is key in endings!} 38. Nd8 $2 {With
seconds to make move 40, my opponent was playing on natural instincts which is
going for material.} ({Better resistance could've been offered by} 38. Nc5 Bd4
$1 (38... Ke5 39. Nd3+ Kd4 40. Nf2 Ke3 41. Nxh3 Kxe2 42. Nxg5 Bf6 $1 43. Nh7
Be7 44. Kg2) 39. Nd3 Ke6 40. Bd1 Kd5 {planning to invade the queenside or
kingside after Be3, Kd4-c3.}) 38... Ke5 39. Nxc6+ Kf4 40. gxf5 $4 ({Better was
} 40. Kg1 {but I thought it leads to a technically winning ending after} Ke3
41. Bf1 Bxf1 42. Kxf1 Kxf3 43. gxf5 (43. Ne7 Kxg4 44. Nxg6 Kh3) 43... gxf5 44.
Nxa7 g4 {with the simple idea of creating a passed g-pawn. The bishop's power
is evident in such open positions.} (44... Be5 45. Nc6 Bxh2 46. Nd4+ Ke4 47.
Ne2 f4)) 40... Ke3 {Only here he realized that "Chess isn't checkers!"} 41. Kg1
Kxe2 42. fxg6 Ke1 {Preparing Bd2-e3, Kf1, Bg2 mate. With material down and no
counterplay, White resigned.} (42... Bd2 43. Nd4+) 0-1

[Event "Candidates m2"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Kh8 10. a4 $2 (10. h3 $142 $14) 10... f6 11. a5 Rb8 12. Nf1 Be6
13. Qa4 a6 14. Bxa6 Nxa5 15. Qxa5 Ra8 16. Qb5 Nb6 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Qb3 bxa6 19.
d4 e4 20. N3d2 f5 21. d5 Rb8 22. Qa2 Bf6 23. Rad1 Na4 24. Nc4 Bb5 25. Na5 Nxb2
26. Qxb2 Bxf1 27. Qa2 Bb5 28. c4 Bd7 29. Nc6 Bxc6 30. dxc6 Qe8 31. Qxa6 Bc3 32.
Rf1 f4 33. Ba7 Ra8 34. Qb7 f3 35. Qxc7 Be5 36. Qd7 Rxa7 0-1

[Event "Asian Continental op 18th"]
[Site "Xingtai"]
[Date "2019.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Sethuraman,SP"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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106,93,89,65,60,52,75,25,25,46,22,-36,-22,-33,-33,-42,-24,-24,-7,-9,0,-7,68,26,
22,34,30,44,37,29,52,4,31,4,67,51,57,52,149,151,132,120,116,137,134,126,128,
133,132,127,126,116,143,122,105,103,107,91,91,97,102,114,111,121,129,146,158,
162,194,212,219,220,197,197,241,243,244,244,246,251,241,241,241,253,425,438]
After making draws in the fourth and fifth round, it was nice to score a
victory in this game against my good friend Rinat.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4
{The popularity that Italian has gained over a short span of time is immense .
So many move orders ,so many subtle nuances makes this opening quite
interesting from both sides} Nf6 4. d3 Be7 {From time to time 4...Be7 is seen
on top level, but 4...Bc5 remains the main alternative.} 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6
7. a4 Kh8 {I didn't check this system before the game as it was hard to
predict what Rinat would play. But I had one recent game in mind, the win of
my compatriot Ganguly against Kazhgalaeyev from the World Team Cup, since I
was just playing the next board to them in the match India-Kazak..} 8. h3 {
I was hesitating whether to expand here with a5 immediately like in the below
mentioned game or to wait for some time, having options like b4-b5.} (8. a5 a6
9. Nc3 Ng8 10. Nd5 f5 11. h3 fxe4 12. dxe4 Nf6 13. c3 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nb8 15. Nd2
Nd7 16. Ne4 Nf6 17. Nxf6 Bxf6 18. Bd3 $14 {1-0 (38) Ganguly,S (2633)
-Kazhgaleyev,M (2587) Astana 2019}) 8... Ng8 9. Nc3 (9. a5) 9... f5 10. Nd5
fxe4 11. dxe4 Qd7 $5 {My opponent played this quite fast and later after that
game he said that he knew this idea of regrouping in such positions. But I
still believe that White has a good advantage thanks to his space and the
computers approve as well.} 12. a5 {Perhaps it was once again better to wait
without playing a5 keeping the choices flexible.} (12. b4 $142 Bd8 13. Ra3 $16)
12... a6 13. b4 Bd8 14. Ra3 $1 {Quite an important manoeuvre, keeping the
position intact and safe of any threats on the kingside if at all :)} Qe8 15.
Nh2 $6 {My idea was to change the rook on f8 with Rf3 or plan something with
Ng4 but it was not necessary to disturb the knight as it was nicely placed on
f3} (15. Bf1 {was quite natural and important to carry out c4 -Bd2-b5.} Qg6 (
15... Nce7 16. c4) 16. c4 $14 {as Bxh3 is not at all a threat, thanks to the
rook on a3 it is indirectly protected.}) 15... Be6 16. Bd2 (16. Bf1 {[%cal
Gc2c4] was still the way.}) 16... Nf6 {Black has now more or less equalised}
17. Nxf6 Bxf6 18. Bxe6 (18. Bd5 $142 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nd4 20. c3 Nb5 21. Ra2 $14)
18... Qxe6 19. Qb1 Rad8 20. Nf3 Be7 $6 (20... Nd4 21. Nxd4 exd4 {equalises})
21. Rd3 {Now I am back in control with the slightly more pleasant position.}
Qc4 (21... d5 $2 22. b5) 22. Qb3 d5 23. Rxd5 (23. b5 $1 {was a nice tactical
intermezzo which I missed, giving huge advantage.} axb5 24. Rxd5 Qxb3 25. cxb3
$16) 23... Qxb3 24. cxb3 Rxd5 25. exd5 Nxb4 26. Rxe5 Bd6 27. Rg5 $6 (27. Bxb4
Bxb4 28. Nd4 {During the game I hesitated to go for this as I felt the white
pawns are weak and with the bishop on the board he might have good counterplay,
but this was the way I should have preferred since the move I played in the
game was simply dubious, giving lots of chances compared to this one.}) 27...
h6 28. Rh5 Rd8 $2 {My opponent admitted that he completely overlooked Ng5
after which it's losing.} (28... Nd3 $132) 29. Ng5 Rd7 30. Ne4 $1 Nxd5 31. Rxd5
Bh2+ 32. Kxh2 Rxd5 33. b4 {The rest is simple} b6 34. Kg3 Kg8 35. Kf4 Kf7 36.
g4 Ke6 37. Ke3 g6 38. f4 bxa5 39. bxa5 c5 40. Bc3 c4 41. Nf2 Kf7 42. Ke4 Ke6
43. Be1 {Black is in kind of zugzwang now} h5 44. Bc3 h4 45. Be1 Rb5 46. Kd4
Rb1 47. Bd2 c3 48. Bxc3 Rf1 49. Ke3 Kd5 50. f5 gxf5 51. gxf5 Rc1 52. Ne4 Rh1
53. Ng5 Rc1 54. Bg7 1-0

[Event "Syre Memorial op 35th"]
[Site "Issy les Moulineaux"]
[Date "2012.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Black "Payen, Arnaud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[Annotator "Shchekachev,A/Payen,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2012.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4
Bg7 9. Nc3 (9. d5 Ne7 10. Nc3 {Tkachiev-Malaniuk}) 9... O-O 10. Bb5 Bg4 11.
Bxc6 bxc6 12. h3 Bc8 $146 (12... Bd7 13. Be3 {Kuczynski,R (2509)-Bartel,M 
(2434) Bydgoszcz op-A 2001 (6) 1/2}) 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Be3 (14. Bf4 $14 c5) 14...
Nb6 15. Qc1 Kh7 (15... g5 $5) 16. Ne2 f5 $1 17. e5 g5 18. Qxc6 f4 19. Bd2 Bd7
20. Qc1 Bf5 21. Bb4 (21. Nc3 d5) 21... Qd7 22. Nc3 Bxh3 $1 23. gxh3 Qxh3 24.
Qc2+ Kh8 25. Qe2 g4 26. Nh2 g3 $1 (26... f3 $2 27. Qf1 Qh5 28. Re4) 27. f3 $6 (
27. Nf3 Rg8 $1 {Shchekachev} (27... g2 28. Nh2 f3 29. Qe4 c5 $1 30. Ba5 (30.
Ba3 Rf5 31. Qg4) 30... cxd4 31. Qxd4 Rf5 (31... Bxe5 32. Rxe5 dxe5 33. Qxe5+
Kh7) 32. Bxb6 Bxe5 33. Rxe5 dxe5 34. Qd7 axb6 35. Ne4) 28. Qf1 (28. fxg3 Bf8
29. Qh2 Rxg3+ 30. Kh1 Rxf3) 28... g2 29. Qxg2 Bxe5) 27... Qxh2+ $2 {Une
mauvaise décision psychologique influençée par la suite de la partie qui me
semblait au moins égale et sans risque.J'ai sous-évalué mes chances d'attaque!}
(27... gxh2+ 28. Kh1 (28. Qxh2 Qxf3) 28... Rg8 $1 {La menace Fxe5 est très
forte!} 29. Qf1 Qf5 30. Qf2 a5 31. Ba3 dxe5 32. dxe5 Qh5) 28. Qxh2 gxh2+ 29.
Kh1 $1 (29. Kxh2 Rf5 {[%cal Rf5h5,Ra8g8]}) 29... a5 30. Ba3 Nc4 {La position
qui m'a tenté quand j'ai joué Dxh2} 31. Nd5 Nxa3 32. bxa3 dxe5 33. Nxc7 Rac8
34. Ne6 Rfe8 35. d5 $1 (35. Nxg7 Kxg7 36. dxe5 Rc3 $15) 35... Bf6 $6 {Une
descente progressive aux enfers dûe а un jeu passif.} (35... Rc3 $1 36. Nxf4
Rd8 37. Ng6+ Kh7 38. Nxe5 Rxd5 39. f4 Rd4 40. Rac1 $17) 36. Rac1 Bh4 37. Red1
Be7 $2 $138 {En zeitnot j'ai cru que j'avais de bonnes chances de nulle.Je
savais que j'allais devoir donner le cavalier.Mais ça reste un coup faible.} (
37... Rxc1 38. Rxc1 Bg3 39. Rd1 Kg8 40. Nc5 Rc8 41. Ne4 Kf8 42. d6 $13) 38.
Rxc8 Rxc8 39. d6 Bxd6 40. Rxd6 Rc3 41. Rd5 a4 $2 {Le premier coup après le
zeitnot est une faute!} (41... Rxa3 42. Rxe5 Rxa2 43. Nxf4 a4 44. Ng2 Rf2 45.
Re3 $16) 42. Rxe5 Rxa3 43. Re2 $1 $16 Rxf3 44. Kxh2 Rf1 $138 (44... Re3 45.
Rxe3 (45. Nxf4 Rxe2+ 46. Nxe2 Kg7 47. Nc3 a3 48. Nb1 Kf6 49. Nxa3 Ke5 50. Nb1)
45... fxe3 46. Nd4 Kg7 47. Kg3 Kf6 48. Kf4 h5 49. Kxe3 Ke5 (49... h4 50. Nb5
Ke5 51. Nc3 a3 52. Kf3 Kd4 53. Nb5+ Kc4 54. Nxa3+ Kc3 55. Nb1+) 50. Nb5) 45.
Kg2 Rc1 (45... f3+ 46. Kxf1 fxe2+ 47. Kxe2 Kh7 48. Nc5 a3 49. Na4 Kg6 50. Nc3
Kf5 51. Nb1 Ke4 52. Nxa3 Kd4 53. Nb1 $18) 46. Nxf4 Kg7 47. Kf3 Kf6 48. Nd5+ Kf5
49. Ne3+ Ke5 50. Rd2 Rc3 51. Rd5+ Ke6 52. Rh5 Ra3 53. Rxh6+ Ke5 54. Rh2 Kd4 55.
Rd2+ Rd3 $2 {Le dernier piège!} (55... Kc5 {[%cal Ra3c3,Rc5b4]}) 56. Ke2 $1 (
56. Rxd3+ $4 Kxd3 $11 57. Nd1 a3 $1 (57... Kc2 $2 58. Ke2 a3 59. Ke1 Kb1 60.
Nc3+ Kc2 61. Nb5 Kb2 62. Kd2 Kxa2 63. Kc2 Ka1 64. Nd4 $1 Ka2 65. Ne2 Ka1 66.
Nc1 $1 a2 67. Nb3# {Une jolie suite!}) 58. Kf2 (58. Kf4 Kc2 59. Ke4 Kxd1 60.
Kd3 Ke1 61. Kc3 Ke2 62. Kb3 Kd3 63. Kxa3 Kc3 $11) 58... Kd2 59. Ne3 Kc3 60. Ke2
Kb2 61. Kd2 Kxa2 62. Kc2 Ka1 $11 {Ici les blancs n'ont pas le temps d'éviter
le pat!}) 1-0

[Event "Kropotkin"]
[Site "Kropotkin"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 h6 8. c3
Nh7 9. a5 a6 10. Nbd2 Ng5 11. Qb3 (11. d4 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 $1 13. Nxf3 Nxe4 14.
Bd3 Ng5 15. Bxg5 Bxg5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Rxe5 $10) 11... Rb8 12.
d4 Bd7 (12... Nxf3+ $5 13. Nxf3 Bg4 14. d5 Bxf3 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Qa4 Bxe4 (
16... d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxa6) 17. Rxe4 d5 18. Rxe5 (18. Rg4 $2 f5) 18...
dxc4 19. Qxc4 Qd1+ 20. Qf1 Qxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Bd6 22. Re4 {During the game I
thought that Black should be alright here.}) (12... Bg4 13. d5 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3
$1 {Malaniuk}) 13. dxe5 $5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Nf1 Bc5 $1 16. Qc2 Bb5 $5 (
16... Bc6 17. Ng3 {The knight is okay here but would perhaps prefer to be
heading for h5.}) 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. b4 Ba7 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 c6
22. Nf5 Qc7 $14 23. a6 $5 {Creates some tactics but gives up a positional edge
on the queenside.} (23. h4 Ne6 24. a6 {so that there is never any pressure on
the e pawn.}) 23... bxa6 $5 (23... Ra8 24. a7 $5 Ne6) 24. Rxa6 (24. h4) 24...
Kh7 (24... Qb7 25. Rxc6 $5 (25. Raa1 $10) 25... g6 26. Nxh6+ Kg7 27. Rdd6 Rfc8
$1 {conceivably Rbc8} (27... Kxh6 28. Qd2 Kh5 $13) 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Ng4 {
and Black should be fine.}) 25. h4 Ne6 26. Rd6 Rb6 27. Rxb6 Qxb6 28. Qd2 Rd8
29. Rd7 Qb8 $1 30. g3 Qc8 31. Rd6 Qc7 32. Kf1 $2 (32. Kg2 {to support f4}) (32.
Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Qxd8 Nxd8 34. h5 $5 g6 35. hxg6+ fxg6 {The potentail outside
passed black h pawn gives counterplay.}) 32... h5 33. Rxd8 Qxd8 34. Qxd8 Nxd8
35. Ke2 Kg6 $4 {zeitnot} (35... g6 36. Ne3 Kg7 $10) 36. f4 exf4 $6 (36... Kf6
37. fxe5+ Kxe5 38. Nxg7 Kxe4 39. Nxh5) (36... f6 37. Nd6 Kh7 $1 {intending
Kh7-g8-f8-e7}) 37. gxf4 Kf6 38. Ke3 g6 $2 {This forces a lost position! He had
to try 38...Ne6 even if the pawn ending is bad. Then I would have had to
choose in bad time trouble.} (38... Ne6 39. Nd4 (39. Ng3 g6 40. f5 (40. e5+)
40... Nc7 (40... gxf5 41. exf5 Nc7 42. Ke4 Nd5 43. Nxh5+ Ke7 44. Kd4 $18) (
40... Ng7 41. Kf4 Ke7 42. Kg5 $18) 41. Kd4 gxf5 42. Nxh5+ Kg6 43. Nf4+ Kf6 44.
e5+ $6 (44. Ke3) 44... Kg7 45. c4 {And Black can force a draw with:} Ne6+ 46.
Nxe6+ fxe6 47. cxb5 cxb5 48. Kc5 f4 49. Kd4 Kh6 50. Ke4 Kh5 51. Kxf4 Kxh4 52.
Ke4 Kg4 53. Kd4 Kf5 54. Kc5 Kxe5 55. Kxb5 Kd4 (55... Kd6 56. Ka6 Kc7 $10) 56.
Kc6 e5 57. b5 e4 58. b6 e3 59. b7 e2 60. b8=Q e1=Q $10) 39... Nxd4 40. Kxd4 Ke6
41. Kc5) 39. Nd4 Ke7 40. e5 Kd7 41. f5 gxf5 42. Kf4 Ne6+ 43. Kxf5 Nc7 44. Kf6
$5 (44. Kg5 Nd5 45. Kxh5 Nxc3 46. Kh6) 44... Ke8 45. Nxc6 Nd5+ 46. Kg5 Nxc3 47.
Kxh5 Nd5 (47... Kd7 48. Kg5 Kxc6 49. h5 Nd5 (49... Ne4+ 50. Kf4 Nc5 51. bxc5 b4
52. Ke3 $1 $18) 50. h6 Ne7 51. h7 Ng6 52. e6 Nh8 53. exf7 Nxf7+ 54. Kf6 Nh8 55.
Kg7) 48. Kg5 Kf8 49. Kf5 Kg7 (49... Nc3 {Trying to reach a postion like the
game but with the knight defending the b  pawn from c3 or a3.} 50. Kf4 (50. h5
$5 Kg8 (50... Kg7 51. h6+ Kf8 (51... Kg8 52. Ne7+ Kf8 53. e6 fxe6+ 54. Kg6) 52.
Ne7 $1) 51. Ne7+ Kg7 52. h6+ Kxh6 53. Kf6 Kh5 54. Kxf7 Kg5 55. Nc6 $18) 50...
Kg7 51. Ke3 Kg6 52. Kd4 Nb1 53. Kc5 Nc3 54. Nd4 $18) 50. Ke4 Nc7 51. Kd4 f6 52.
Kc5 $1 (52. exf6+ Kxf6 53. Kc5 Kf5 54. Nd4+ Kf4 55. Nf3 Kxf3 56. h5 Ne6+ 57.
Kxb5 Kg4 58. h6 Nf8 59. Kc6 Kg5 60. b5 Kxh6 61. Kd6 $1 $18 (61. b6 $4 Ne6 $10))
52... fxe5 53. Nxe5 Kh6 54. Kc6 Ne6 55. Kxb5 Kh5 56. Nf3 Kg4 57. Kc6 Nd8+ 58.
Kd7 (58. Kd5) 58... Nf7 59. Ke6 Nd8+ 60. Kd5 (60. Kf6) (60. Kd5 Kxf3 61. h5 Nf7
62. b5 Kg4 63. b6 Kxh5 64. b7) 1-0

[Event "Match Tartakower-Reti +4-0=4"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1920.10.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Annotator "Tartakower/du Mont"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1920.10.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,61,-29,-24,0,0,4,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,87,94,79,91,85,90,84,56,102,104,108,
108,102,102,114,102,391,391,391,360,388,388,406,367,496,507,1706,1681,1583,
1582] C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack Sources:
Tartakower & du Mont, 500 Master Games of Chess, pp. 53-54; Tartakower, My
Best Games of Chess: 1905-1954 pp. 77-80. All comments are Tartakower's unless
otherwise noted. The well-known sacrifice at f-7 has won many games. The
combination in the following game contains some special finesses.A match
extending to 6 points took place between Réti and myself at Vienna in October,
1920. This amtch was won by me with 4 wins, no losses and 4 draws (i.e. 6
points to 2), and the events leading to it were quite intriguing.  Radiant
victor in the first great international tournament after the war, at Goeteborg
(Sweden) in 1920, Réti deemed he could, at length, take substantial revenge
against me since he had previously, in 1919, lost a short match (+3,-2,=5 in
my favor) and drawn a second one (+2, -2, =2).  How can one explain that, this
time, he had to see his hopes fly away and, once again, admit defeat -- and
this even without having succeeded in winning a single game? This enigma can
be solved by saying that (1) psychologically, one can never trust in the
appearances of chess form, which can change from one moment to another; and
that (2), technically, Réti was much less a match player, which requires a
steady and resolute temperament, and more a brilliant tournament player, in
which the theoretical investigation often procured him precious points.  Here,
then is the first game of our 1920 match:} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4.
Nc3 {Although this move, because of the following reply, is in bad odor with
omniscient theory, it is quite playable.} ({Another move that has "bad press,"
in a rather ill-deserved way, is} 4. Ng5 {Tartakower,S-Bogoljubow,E Bad
Homburg 1927 (1.2) 1-0 (emn Stumperzug! — a beginner's move — according to
Dr. Tarrasch's dogmatic assessment). In reality, the skirmishes it provokes
are still far from completely explored by theory, and I will return to it when
dealing with a later game.}) 4... Nxe4 5. Nxe4 ({After} 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Nxe4
d5 7. Neg5+ Kg8 {White's chances of getting anything out of the position are
negligible.}) 5... d5 6. Bd3 {Still retaining this most valuable bishop.} ({
Less good is} 6. Bb5 {because of 6....} dxe4 7. Nxe5 Qg5 {with many
possibilities such as} 8. Nxc6 ({or} 8. d4 Qxg2) 8... Qxb5 {with advantage to
Black.}) 6... dxe4 ({Better than complicating matters by} 6... f5 {although it
wins back the piece, because after} 7. Nc3 e4 8. Bb5 exf3 9. Qxf3 {, etc., the
disposition of White's forces is greatly superior.}) 7. Bxe4 Bd6 ({The logical
development. If} 7... Bc5 8. O-O f6 9. c3 O-O 10. Qc2 Kh8 {(Also to respond to
11.Bxh7 with 11....f5)} 11. d4 $1 {and White has the attack.}) 8. d4 ({White
must hasten to disturb the central zone for, if he still plays a waiting game
by} 8. O-O {there follows} Bg4 {with the threat of 9....f5, when Black has
seized the initiative.}) 8... exd4 ({Inferior is} 8... Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10.
Qxd4 O-O 11. Be3 Qe7 12. O-O-O Be5 13. Qd3 ({if} 13. Qc4 Qf6 {with
counter-attack}) 13... f5 14. Bd5+ Be6 15. Rhe1 Kh8 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Kb1 $1 ({
better than the precipitate continuation in Chigorin-Forgacs, Nuremberg 1906:} 
17. Bc5 Rfe8 18. Kb1 Qc6 {Chigorin,M-Forgacs,L DSB Kongress-15 Meisterturnier
1906 (10) 0-1 when Black wins a pawn.}) 17... Qf6 18. Qb3 {and White has
rather the better game. Therefore, the text move is superior to 8...Nxd4,
though the latter is recommended by many a theorist as leading to equality.})
9. Bxc6+ {This exchange is the only continuation that assures White the
domination of the center for some time. 9....} bxc6 10. Qxd4 {"Here I am, and
here I'll stay" would seem to be the white queen's motto.} ({If} 10. Nxd4 O-O {
and Black goes over to the attack.}) 10... O-O 11. O-O ({A more solid line than
} 11. Be3 {which would have, in view of castling queenside, ignored the danger
of the open b-file.}) 11... Bf5 ({Black can trouble his adversary more by} 
11... c5 12. Qc3 Bb7 $1 13. b3 Qd7 14. Bb2 f6 15. Rad1 Qf5 16. Qc4+ Kh8 17. Nh4
Qf4 ({if} 17... Qh5 18. h3 Rae8 19. Rde1 Bd5 20. Qg4 Qxg4 21. hxg4 Re4 22. f3
Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Bg3 24. Rd1 Bxb3 25. cxb3 Bxh4 26. Ba3 {and White regains his
pawn while maintaining a practically decisive advantage in the structure of
the queenside pawns.}) 18. Qxf4 Bxf4 19. Rd2 {and the activity of Black's two
bishops compensate somewhat for the weak points in his position.}) 12. b3 c5 ({
Liquidation of the position by} 12... Bxc2 13. Bb2 Qf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Bxf6 {
would hardly be desirable for Black.}) 13. Qc3 Qd7 14. Ba3 {The versatility of
this bishop (which seemed rather intended for development on the long a1-h8
diagonal), renders great service to White.} ({In fact,} 14. Bb2 {is useless
because of 14....} f6) 14... Qb5 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Ne5 {Taking possession of
the important strong post. 16....} Re6 {A trap (which hopes for 17.Qf3? Rae8
18.Qxf5 Bxe5 when Black wins) which, nevertheless, ensnares Black himself!} ({
Relatively best was} 16... Re7 17. Nc4 (17. Qf3 Rae8 18. Nd3 {achieves little})
17... Rae8 {and Black can still put up a fight.}) 17. Nxf7 {White has scarcely
entered (by means of the outpost maneuver of the previous move) the phase of
the real middlegame (for all the previous moves merely served to mobilize his
forces), when suddenly he wins a pawn in surprising fashion! Moral: you can
never sufficiently protect the ominous f7 square! 17....} ({Incidentally,
White avoids a trap:} 17. Qf3 {(attacking rook and bishop) 17....} Rae8 18.
Qxf5 Bxe5 {and the tables are turned.}) 17... Rae8 ({There is no satisfactory
move for, if} 17... Kxf7 18. Qf3 {this time genuinely attacking both the
queen's rook and queen's bishop.}) ({And, if} 17... Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Re8 19. Ng5
({better than} 19. Ne5 Bxc2 {though even then the continuation} 20. Qxc2 Bxe5
21. g3 Bd4 22. Qc4+ Qxc4 23. Rxe8+ Kf7 24. bxc4 Kxe8 25. Kg2 {would assure
White an advantage}) 19... h6 ({or} 19... Bxc2 20. Qc4+ {with sudden death for
Black}) 20. Nf3 {preserving his extra pawn, not to mention the compromised
position of Black's king.}) 18. Rxe6 Rxe6 19. Bb2 {cf. the note to White's
14th move. 19....} Bf8 ({(1) No move is adequate, to wit:} 19... Kxf7 20. Qxg7+
Ke8 21. Qg8+ Bf8 (21... Kd7 22. Qf7+) (21... Ke7 22. Qg5+ {followed by Qxf5})
22. Bg7 {and wins.}) ({(2)} 19... Rf6 20. Nh6+ $1 Kf8 21. Nxf5 {winning.}) ({
(3)} 19... Rg6 20. Ne5 $1 ({here} 20. Nh6+ gxh6 21. Qh8+ Kf7 22. Re1 Qd7 {
would lead only to a draw.}) 20... Rf6 ({or} 20... Bxe5 21. Qxe5 {dominating
the board}) 21. Nc4 {and White maintains both his material and positional
advantage.}) 20. Ng5 Rg6 21. Qf3 ({This confirms White's superiority because
all strategic points are under control, whereas neither} 21. Qe5 {(or 21.Qd2)}
Qd7) ({nor} 21. h4 Qc6 {would lead to much.}) 21... Qd7 {Warding off, at any
rate, the enemy attack on the f7 and f5 squares.} ({There is no saving the
game by} 21... Rxg5 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Qd8 h6 24. Qxf8+ Kh7 25. h4) ({Or by} 
21... c4 {(relatively best)} 22. a4 Qc5 ({or} 22... Qa5 23. Bc3) ({or} 22...
Qd7 23. Rd1 Rd6 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Qe2 cxb3) 23. g4 Qe7 24. Qd5+ Be6 25. Nxe6
Qxe6 26. Qxe6+ Rxe6 27. Bc3 Re2 28. Rc1 g6 29. Kf1 {etc.}) 22. Rd1 Rd6 23. Rxd6
Qxd6 ({Evidently not} 23... cxd6 24. Qd5+ {etc.}) ({nor} 23... Bxd6 24. Qd5+
Kf8 25. Qa8+ Ke7 ({or} 25... Qe8 26. Bxg7+) ({or} 25... Qc8 26. Nxh7+) 26. Bxg7
{and White's material advantage is decisive.}) 24. h4 h6 ({Not} 24... Bxc2 25.
Qb7 Kh8 26. Ne6 {and wins;}) ({nor} 24... Bg6 25. h5 Be8 26. Qe2 Bc6 27. Qc4+ (
{and not} 27. Qe6+ Qxe6 28. Nxe6 Be8 29. Nxc7 Bxh5 {=}) 27... Qd5 ({if} 27...
Bd5 28. Qd3) 28. Qxd5+ Bxd5 29. c4 {(preventing Black from undoubling his
pawns) 29....} Bc6 30. f3 Be7 31. Ne4 {and the ending is automatically won for
White.}) ({The lesser evil is, however,} 24... Qd7 {(so as to retain the good
observation post on f5), but, even then, the continuation} 25. Qe2 h6 26. Nf3
Bd6 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. Bxe5 ({if} 28. Qxe5 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Qd6) 28... Qe7 29. Qc4+
Kh7 30. Bg3 {would assure White, despite the bishops of opposite colors, the
domination of the field of battle.}) 25. Qxf5 hxg5 26. hxg5 Qd1+ 27. Kh2 Qh5+
28. Kg3 {Black's faint hope of obtaining perpetual check vanishes. 28....} Bd6+
29. Be5 Qe2 30. Bxd6 cxd6 31. g6 {Black resigns.} 1-0

[Event "NED-ch60"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2005.09.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Werle, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before the Dutch championship I was in a very good form, winning almost all
the tournaments where I was playing. And having prepared well for this
tournament I was hoping to win the championship. The reality came different, I
was getting winning positions only to draw them. Thus, I just gave 1,5 points
as a present to my opponents. This game against Jan Werle is my win from the
Championship. Who would have thought that I would win only 1 game?!} 1. e4 e5
2. Bc4 {Usually I make this move to avoid the Petroff Defence.} Nf6 3. d3 Nc6
4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 ({Later in the same Dutch championship Erik van
den Doel tried another approach, which also gave him slightly better chances:} 
6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bb5 a6 9. Ba4 c5 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13.
h3 Qc7 14. Ne3 Bf8 15. Nh2 Be6 16. Bb3 Na5 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Neg4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4
Nc6 20. Nf3 Qf7 21. Qg3 Be7 22. Be3 Qh5 23. d4 cxd4 24. cxd4 Bf6 25. Red1 exd4
26. Nxd4 Ne5 27. b3 Rac8 28. Rdc1 d5 29. exd5 exd5 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rf1 h6 32.
Bd2 Qg6 33. Qe3 Qd3 34. f4 Qxe3+ 35. Bxe3 Nf7 36. Rd1 Nd6 37. Nf3 Nf5 38. Bf2
Ne7 39. Kf1 Rc2 40. Rd2 Rxd2 41. Nxd2 Kf7 42. Ke2 Ke6 43. g4 g6 44. Bc5 Nc6 45.
Ke3 h5 46. Nf3 hxg4 47. hxg4 Bb2 48. Ne1 Bf6 49. Nd3 Bd8 50. Kf3 Bc7 51. Ke3
Bd8 52. Bd4 Be7 53. Bb2 Bd6 54. Ne1 Bc5+ 55. Kf3 Bd6 56. Nd3 Nb4 57. Nxb4 Bxb4
58. Be5 Be7 59. Ke3 Bc5+ 60. Kd3 Bb6 61. Bd4 Bc7 62. Be3 Bd8 63. Bd4 {1/2-1/2
Van den Doel,E-Werle,J/Leeuwarden NED 2005/CT-1773 (63)}) 6... d6 7. c3 Na5 8.
Bc2 c5 {This position took place in my 4 different games. In 2 I played 9.Re1,
in 2 other - 9.a3. Here White has several different approaches to choose from.}
9. a3 (9. Re1 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. a3 Bf8 12. b4 g6 (12... a6 13. Nf1 h6 14.
Ne3 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. d4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 e4 20.
Bf4 Bf5 21. Ba4 Bd7 22. Bb3 Qf5 23. Be5 Qg6 24. Re3 Be6 25. d5 Bg4 26. Qd4 f6
27. Bc7 Kh8 28. Rg3 Qh5 29. d6 Bd7 30. Qd5 Qxd5 31. Bxd5 Re5 32. Rd1 Rxd5 33.
Rxd5 Kg8 34. h4 Kf7 35. h5 Ke6 36. Rd4 Bc6 37. Re3 Kd7 38. f3 Re8 39. fxe4 Re5
40. g4 Rg5 41. Rg3 Re5 42. Kf2 Rxe4 43. Rxe4 Bxe4 44. Re3 Bd5 45. Rd3 Bxd6 46.
Rxd5 Kxc7 47. Kf3 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Granados Gomez,M/Sanxenxo 2004 (47)}) 13. Ba4
cxb4 14. axb4 Bd7 15. Nc4 h6 16. Be3 Ng4 17. Bd2 a6 18. b5 Na7 19. b6 Bxa4 20.
Qxa4 Nc6 21. Ne3 Nxe3 22. Bxe3 Qd7 23. Nd2 d5 24. Nb3 Rad8 25. Bc5 dxe4 26.
dxe4 Qc8 27. Red1 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rd5 Bxc5 30. Nxc5 Rxd5 31. exd5 Ne7
32. d6 Qxc5 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. Qxe7 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Bruzon Bautista,L/Calvia
2004 (34)}) 9... Nc6 10. b4 a6 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 Bf8 {With some transposition
we have reached the same position as in Tiviakov-Ernst from Dieren 2004.} 13.
Be3 $5 $146 ({Only this move is new. After} 13. Nbd2 h6 (13... d5 $5 {and}) (
13... b5 $5 {deserve serious attention.}) 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Bb2 Bd7
({or} 16... d5 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 $14 {with advantage for
White}) 17. Nxd4 $14 {White has received a small advantage which eventually I
converted into a full point. E.g.} a5 18. bxa5 Qxa5 $2 (18... Rxa5) 19. Nxc6
bxc6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nc4 Qc5 22. Qd3 $16 f5 (22... Kg7) 23. exf5 Bg7 24. f6
Bxf6 25. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 $18 Kf8 27. Nxf7 Bf5 28. Qxf5 Qxf5 29. Bxf5 Kxf7
30. Rc1 Ra5 31. g4 c5 32. a4 Rxa4 33. Rxc5 Rf4 34. Rc7+ Kf8 35. Kg2 Bh4 36. Rc2
Kg7 37. Re2 Rb4 38. Be4 Rb3 39. Rc2 Bg5 40. Rc6 Rb4 41. Bf5 Rb3 42. Bc2 Rb4 43.
Kg3 Bf4+ 44. Kh4 Bg5+ 45. Kh5 Rf4 46. h4 Bf6 47. Rc7+ Kf8 48. g5 hxg5 49. hxg5
Be5 50. Rc5 Rxf2 51. Rxe5 Rxc2 52. Kg6 Rg2 53. Ra5 Rg1 54. Ra8+ Ke7 55. Rg8 Rg2
56. Kh7 Ke6 57. g6 Kf5 58. Rf8+ Kg5 59. g7 Rh2+ 60. Kg8 Ra2 61. Rd8 Kg6 62.
Rd6+ Kg5 63. Re6 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Ernst,S/Dieren 2004/CBM 101 ext (63)}) (13.
Bg5 $5 {deserves serious attention. After the exchange on f6 the d5 square
will become weak and White can hope for the advantage because of the bad
bishop f8.}) 13... cxb4 $6 ({It is premature to exchange on b4, there was no
direct threat and Black should have played} 13... b5 $142 14. Nbd2 {etc}) 14.
axb4 b5 15. Nbd2 ({It is a pity but White can't play} 15. d4 $6 {immediately
since he is not fully developed. After} exd4 16. Nxd4 Bb7 17. Nd2 (17. Bg5 $6
h6 18. Bh4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 g5 20. Bg3 Bg7 {is bad for White}) 17... d5 $11 {
Black reaches equality.}) 15... Bb7 ({But} 15... a5 {can be met by} 16. d4 $14
{with the initiative in the center.}) 16. Bg5 h6 ({Here and 1 move later Black
should have considered seriously to play} 16... Be7 $5 {, followed by Nd7 or
Nh5, trying to exchange the bad bishop f8.}) 17. Bh4 Rc8 (17... Be7 $5 {
/\Nd7, /\Nh5}) 18. Nf1 (18. Nb3 $5 {deserved the most serious attention,
preventing once and forever the possible advance a6-a5. But during the game I
thought my knight will better be placed on e3, controlling the square d5. Well,
it is not easy during the game to take such decisions.}) 18... Nb8 19. Ra3 Nbd7
20. Ne3 Qc7 21. Bb3 g6 ({Black continues to play passively when he had an
excellent possibility to free himself and to exchange a couple of pawns.} 21...
a5 $142 {should have been preferred when after} 22. Rxa5 (22. bxa5 d5 23. Ra2
dxe4 24. dxe4 Bxe4 $13 {is unclear}) (22. Bxf6 axb4 $1) 22... Qxc3 23. Bxf6 ({
or} 23. Rxb5 Bc6 24. Ra5 Qxb4 25. Ra1 $14 {with slight advantage for White})
23... Nxf6 24. Rxb5 Bc6 25. Rb6 Nd7 26. Ra6 Qxb4 27. Bd5 $14 {White is only
marginally better.}) 22. Nh2 Bg7 ({Here} 22... a5 {is not as good as 1 move
before. For example,} 23. Nhg4 $5 (23. Rxa5 Qxc3) 23... axb4 24. cxb4 $16 {
with a huge advantage for White}) ({But another freeing move deserved serious
attention. After} 22... d5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 a5 26. Rxa5
Qxc3 27. Rxb5 Bxb4 28. Nf3 $14 {White has an extra pawn, but only is slightly
better.}) 23. Qf3 ({Preparing 24.Ng4, but immediate} 23. Nhg4 $5 {could have
been better, planning to meet} Nh5 $14 {by} 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Nf4 26. Ba2
$36 {with an advantage due to the pair of bishops.}) 23... d5 $8 ({Black has
to play energetically otherwise he is just positionally lost. After} 23... Rf8
24. Nhg4 Nxg4 25. hxg4 $16 {his position is very difficult.}) 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25.
Bxd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Qd6 $8 ({Again the only move. After} 26... e4 27. Rxe4 Rxe4
28. dxe4 $18 {White wins.}) 27. Rea1 ({White has no time for} 27. g4 {when
after} g5 28. Bg3 Nf6 $11 {Black is OK. White has to worsen the position of
the knight d7 first.}) 27... Nb8 28. g4 ({During the game I thought I have no
time for} 28. Nf1 $5 {since Black wins the piece after} f5 29. Nd2 f4 $140 {
, but White can just sacrifice the bishop with a strong attack after} (29... g5
30. Bg3 $18) 30. Ne4 Qf8 31. Qg4 g5 32. Bxg5 hxg5 33. Nxg5 $16) 28... g5 29.
Bg3 Red8 {Now Black wins the pawn d5 back, but his position remains
compromised. If White brings his knight to f5 it will be very difficult for
Black to save the position.} 30. Qe2 Qxd5 31. Rd1 Rc6 $138 ({If Black plays
passively he is just lost. May be} 31... e4 {loses as well, but it should have
been played. After} 32. d4 f5 (32... Nd7 33. Nf1 {/\Ne3-f5}) 33. gxf5 Qxf5 34.
Bxb8 Rxb8 35. Rxa6 Rbc8 36. Qe3 $16 {White has an extra pawn with advantage.})
32. Nf1 $16 {Now the transfer Ne3-f5 cannot be stopped.} Nd7 33. Ne3 Qe6 34.
Nf5 Bf8 $6 $138 ({This move loses.} 34... Re8 $16 {was necessary.}) 35. d4 $1 {
After this break in the center Black is not able to save the material.} exd4 ({
After} 35... Nb6 36. dxe5 Rxd1+ 37. Qxd1 Nc4 38. Ra1 $16 {White is 1 pawn up} (
{or} 38. Nd4 Qd5 39. Ra1 $16 {with advantage})) 36. Qxe6 fxe6 (36... Rxe6 {
loses after} 37. Rxd4 Rc6 $8 38. Rd3 $18 {followed by Ra1-d1}) 37. Nxd4 $18 Nf6
({other moves lose as well. E.g.} 37... Nb6 38. Rxa6 $18) (37... Rcc8 38. Nxe6
$18) (37... Rb6 38. Bc7 $18) 38. Rda1 $1 {The black pawns are under attack.}
Rcc8 ({or} 38... Rc4 39. Nxe6 $18 {winning} (39. Rxa6 $18)) 39. Nxe6 Rd3 40.
Rxa6 Rdxc3 ({Probably,} 40... Ne4 $142 $5 {was better, although White still
wins after} 41. Nxf8 ({or} 41. Be5 $18) 41... Rxf8 42. Be5 $18) 41. Nxg5 ({
It was also possible to exchange into a winning rook endgame with extra 2
pawns after} 41. Nxf8 Rxf8 42. Be5 Rf3 43. Rxf6 R8xf6 44. Bxf6 Rxf6 45. Ra8+
Kg7 46. Rb8 Rf3 47. Kg2 Rb3 48. Rxb5 $18 {_|_}) 41... R3c6 42. Ne6 ({Or} 42.
Rxc6 Rxc6 43. Nf3 Bxb4 44. Nd4 $18 {winning}) 42... Bxb4 (42... Rxa6 43. Rxa6
Bxb4 44. Rb6 $18) 43. Rxc6 (43. Nd4 $18) 43... Rxc6 44. Ra8+ Kh7 45. Ra7+ Kg8
46. Nd4 Rc5 (46... Rc1+ 47. Kg2 Bc5 48. Rc7 Ne4 49. Bf4 $18) 47. Nf5 (47. Rb7
$18) 47... h5 ({This move loses immediately. But even after the stronger} 47...
Bd2 $142 48. Bd6 Rc1+ 49. Kg2 $18 {the game would not last much.}) 48. Nh6+ Kh8
49. g5 1-0

[Event "Rheinland Pfalz op 4th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Dervishi, Erald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {The traditional Rheinland-Pfalz open, held regularly in Altenkirchen is
one of the most difficult tournament I have ever played in. Strong opposition
and 2 rounds each day (each round can last for more than 5 hours) require very
good concentration and excellent physical form not only to survive but also to
show a good result. I would like to annotate for the readers of CBM 2 of my
games from the most difficult day of the tournament, when I had to play 10,5
hours (with only a short break of 40 minutes to have lunch between the games).
My opponent in the morning round was a talented Albanian player, living in
Italy. Although no longer a chess professional, I remember him very well from
Italian tournaments. He is a very tough opponent to crack with either colour.}
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {I chose the Italian Game as frequently as the Ruy Lopez.
The Italian Game is an excellent opening, you don't have to prepare much.
Whoever plays better, wins. :-)} Nf6 4. d3 Be7 {A little more passive system
than the one with the development of the bishop to c5, but still very solid.
It is not so easy to get any advantage after it either.} 5. c3 (5. O-O O-O 6.
Re1 d6 7. a4 {is another very popular line, I have played it only once before.}
) 5... O-O (5... d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Qb3 {is very sharp, but White should be
better.}) 6. Bb3 d6 (6... d5 {is an alternative to the text.}) 7. O-O h6 {
Nowadays it is not the most popular continuation. 7...Na5 8.Bc2 c5 is the one
that being played most.} 8. Be3 $5 ({I like this move played by me for the 3rd
time. Although objectively, it is not the strongest move in the position, it
is moving away from all theoretical lines.} 8. h3 {is considered to be the
strongest move, giving White a small plus after} Nh7 9. d4 Ng5 (9... Bf6) 10.
Nxg5 Bxg5 11. f4 $14 {although I believe that White has too little here, and
since it is the main line, Black usually is well-prepared against it. Besides,
it has another drawback - 2 pair of pieces are exchanged, thus making it more
difficult to keep up the pressure.}) (8. Nbd2) ({and} 8. Re1 {are another
popular lines, although it is not clear how White can get advantage after both
of them.}) 8... d5 $1 ({8...d5 is the most natural and the strongest
continuation. The point is that the bishop on e3 is blocking the e-file
preventing the attack on the e5-pawn.} 8... Ng4 {is a good altenative to the
text which also should equalise.} 9. Nbd2 (9. Bc1) 9... Nxe3 (9... Nb8 {
is too artificial. E.g.} 10. d4 Nd7 11. Nc4 c6 12. Bc1 $5 $14 {1/2-1/2 (60)
Tiviakov,S-Iordachescu,V/Budva 2009 (60); with a small advantage for White.})
10. fxe3 Na5 (10... Kh8 11. Qe1 $14 (11. d4 $14)) 11. Bc2 c5 $11 {with equal
chances.}) (8... Kh8 9. Nbd2 Nh7 (9... Ng4) 10. d4 $14 {0-1 (53) Apurva,
A-Abhishek,K/Mumbai 2008/CBM 124 Extra (53)}) (8... Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 $14
{1/2-1/2 (78) Nimzo 3.5 P90-Hiarcs 6 P90/Testspiel 1997/Computer & Internet
2011 (78)}) 9. Nbd2 (9. exd5 $6 Nxd5 $15 {is not good for White.} 10. d4 (10.
Bc1 Bg4 (10... Bf5 11. Re1 Bf6 12. Na3 Nb6 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Qd7 15. Bb5
Rae8 {0-1 (54) Palanthor-referenceframe/Internet Chess Club 2000/Computer &
Internet 2011 (54)}) 11. Re1 Bf6 12. Na3 Nb6 13. Be3 Re8 {0-1 (64) Shredder 2.
0 P200 MMX-Fritz 5.0 P200 MMX/Level=120'/40+330'/110+30'. 1998/Computer &
Internet 2011 (64)}) 10... e4 11. Nfd2 f5 12. f3 {0-1 (60) Klement,L-Kociscak,
J/Sec u Chrudimi 2008/EXT 2009 (60)}) 9... a6 $146 ({Once and forever
preventing the possible move Ba4 attacking the knight on c6 and the pawn on e5.
} 9... d4 $6 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Bf4 $14 {gives White better chances, since the
centre is closed and White can develop a strong initiative, as my game against
Yurtaev demonstrates.} Nh5 12. Bg3 Bg4 (12... Na5 13. Qc2 (13. Be5 Nc6 14. Rc1
$14) (13. Bc2 c5 $11) 13... Nxg3 14. hxg3 $14) (12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 Na5 14. Qc2
c6 15. a3 $14 {/\Ba2}) 13. a3 (13. Bd5 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Nb4 15. Qb3 Nxd5 16. exd5
$13 {1-0 (75) Fritz 7-Fritz 7/Internet 2004/Computer & Internet 2011 (75)})
13... Kh8 14. Qc2 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Rfe1 $14 {0-1 (57) Tiviakov,S-Yurtaev,L/
Tashkent 2010 (57)}) (9... Re8 10. Ba4 (10. h3 $5) 10... Ng4 11. Qe2 (11. h3
Nxe3 12. fxe3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 f5 14. Nf2 $14) 11... Qd6 $13 {0-1 (89) newKnightx
1.75-ExChess 4.02/Computer chess game 2002/Computer & Internet 2011 (89)}) (
9... Be6 10. Ba4 $5 (10. h3 a6 {- 9...a6}) 10... d4 (10... Qd6 $5) 11. cxd4
exd4 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Na5 15. Nb3 c5 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Nxa5 Qxa5
18. Bb3 Qb6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 $13) (9... dxe4 10. dxe4 Ng4 11. Qe2 Nxe3 12. Qxe3
$11 {is close to equal, although White has reasonable chances to get a small
plus because of the 'bad' bishop on e7.} (12. fxe3 $5 {deserves attention.}))
10. h3 Be6 11. Bc2 ({This move is not forced, but I wanted to keep the
important 'Spanish' bishop.} 11. Re1 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 {was possible,
} (13. axb3 $5)) ({the same as} 11. Qe2 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bxb3 13. axb3) (11. Ba4
$5 {the loss of time to weaken the square c5 was interesting, but I rejected
it because of} b5 12. Bc2 {(><c5)} d4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Bf4 Nb4 $13 {followed
by c5 with unclear play.}) 11... Qd7 12. d4 $5 (12. Nb3 b6 13. Qe2 $13 {or}) (
12. Qe2 {immediately were interesting, but I already felt that the moment had
come to open the position in the centre. And the bishop on e3 has become
useful!}) 12... exd4 ({Other moves give White a small plus.} 12... Nxe4 13.
Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 $14 (14. Nxe5 $14)) ({or} 12... dxe4 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Nd5 15. Nxe4 Nxe3 16. Qxd7 Bxd7 17. fxe3 $14) 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 c5 (14...
Nxe4 {the exchanges in the centre don't equalise completely because White has
slightly more active pieces.} 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 $14) 15. Be5 ({White has
to keep his bishop. After} 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. exd5 Qxd5 (16... Bxd5 17. Ne4 Be7
18. Bb3 Rad8 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 $11) 17. Bb3 Qf5 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 $11 {
the position is equal.}) 15... Rad8 (15... Rfd8 $5 {giving more space for
Black was a good opportunity for Black. But it is never easy to decide where
to put the rooks!}) 16. Qf3 Qc6 ({or} 16... Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Qc6 $11 {with equal
chances}) 17. Rfe1 Nd7 $6 ({It was necessary to play} 17... Rfe8 $11 {keeping
the tension in the center with equal chances. The text move suddenly gives
White tactical possibilities (and this is what I was hoping for...).}) 18. Bxg7
$5 ({A beautiful move, but not the strongest one. It was better to play the
'normal'} 18. exd5 $142 {and as the following lines demonstrate White has an
advantage everywhere.} Bxd5 (18... Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxg7 (20. Bc7 Rc8 (
20... Rde8 21. Ne4 $16) 21. Rxe7 Rxc7 22. Bf5 Rd8 23. c4 Bc6 24. Rae1 $14)
20... Kxg7 21. Rxe7 {transfers us to the text position arisen in the game
after 18.Bg7.}) (18... Nxe5 $4 {loses after} 19. Qe4 $18) 19. Qd3 g6 $8 20. Bf4
Bh4 $1 (20... Bg5 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. Qg3 $16 Nf6 $140 23. Qxg5 Bxg2 (23... Nh7
24. Qg3 Bxg2 25. Rad1 Bd5 26. c4 Be6 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Rxe6 $18)
24. Bxg6 $16) (20... Rfe8 21. c4 Be6 (21... Bxg2 22. Qg3 $18 Bh1 (22... g5 23.
Be3 Bh1 24. f3 Bd6 25. Qf2 $18) 23. f3) 22. Qg3 $14) 21. Bxh6 (21. g3 Bg5 22.
Bxg5 hxg5 23. Qe3 Qf6 (23... Kg7 $14) 24. Rad1 $14) 21... Rfe8 22. Qf1 $1 (22.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Ba4 (23. Bb3 Bxg2 (23... c4 24. Bxc4 Bxg2 $44) 24. Bxf7+ (24.
Qc4 Qf6 25. Qxf7+ Qxf7 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Kxg2 Re2 $11 28. Rf1 g5 29. Nf3 Kg6
30. Nxh4+ Kxh6 31. Rd1 gxh4 32. Rxd7 Rxb2 $11) 24... Kxf7 25. Qc4+ Qe6 26. Kxg2
g5 $11) 23... b5 24. c4 Bxg2 25. cxb5 Qf6 26. Be3 axb5 27. Bxb5 Bxh3) 22... c4
(22... g5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qd3 Qxh6 25. Qxd5 $16) 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Be3 $14
{White has kept an extra pawn. And with careful play he should be able to
convert it into a sizeable advantage.}) 18... Kxg7 19. exd5 Qxd5 $2 ({Black is
afraid of going into the complications, but he can hold after the correct} 
19... Bxd5 20. Qg4+ ({Black is better after} 20. Qf5 Rg8 $1 {(probably, this
move was missed by my opponent)} (20... Bxg2 21. Qh7+ Kf6 22. Qxh6#) (20... Bg5
21. f4 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 (22. Qh7+ Kf6 23. Rf1 Rh8 24. Rxf4+ Ke7 25. Qf5 Qe6 $14)
22... Qf6 (22... Bxg2 $2 23. Re2 Bd5 24. c4 $18) 23. Bf5 $14) 21. Rxe7 Kf8 22.
Be4 (22. Re4 Nf6 $15) 22... Nf6 $1 23. Re1 (23. Re5 Rg5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Qf3
Qf6 $15) 23... Nxe4 24. R7xe4 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 b6 $15 {with an extra exchange.})
20... Bg5 (20... Kh8 21. Qf5 Nf6 22. Rxe7 Bxg2 23. Qf4 Nd5 24. Qe5+ Kg8 25.
Qg3+ Kh8 26. Qe5+ Kg8 $11) 21. h4 f5 (21... Nf6 22. Qg3 Nh5 23. Qe5+ Qf6 24.
hxg5 hxg5 $11) 22. Qg3 Qg6 23. hxg5 Qxg5 $11 {with an equal position.}) 20.
Qxd5 {Now the game goes into a unbalanced ending where White has several extra
pawns for the exchange.} Bxd5 21. Rxe7 Be6 22. Ne4 $1 Rh8 ({The only move.
Other moves lose...} 22... Rg8 $2 23. Rd1 b6 (23... c4 24. Nd6 Kf6 25. Rxe6+
Kxe6 26. Bf5+ Kf6 27. Bxd7 Rxd7 28. Ne4+ $18 Ke7 29. Rxd7+ Kxd7 30. Nf6+) 24.
Nd6 Kf6 25. Rxe6+ Kxe6 (25... fxe6 26. Nb7 $18) 26. Bb3+ Ke7 27. Nxf7 $18) (
22... b6 23. Re1 $5 (23. Rd1 Nf6 $140 24. Nxf6 Kxf6 25. Rb7 $16) 23... Rh8 24.
Nd6 Kf8 25. R7xe6 fxe6 26. Rxe6 $18) 23. Rd1 c4 $1 ({Strong defensive resource,
moving away the pawn from the square where it can be taken by the white knight.
} 23... Kf8 {loses after} 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Nxc5 Ke7 26. Nxb7 Rb8 27. Be4 Nf6
28. Bf3 Rhc8 (28... e5 29. Re1 $18) (28... Nd5 29. Re1 Rxb7 30. Bxd5 $18) 29.
Rd2 Rc7 30. Na5 $18) 24. Rd6 $5 ({I was not able to find the forced win here,
so I had to settle beween several promising possibilities. Other moves give
White less. E.g.} 24. Nd6 Kf6 25. Rxe6+ Kxe6 26. Nxb7 Rb8 27. Be4 $14) (24. Rd4
Kf8 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Rxc4 Ne5 27. Rb4 (27. Rc7 Rd7 28. Rc5 Rd5 $14) 27... b5
$14) 24... Kf8 $8 25. Rexe6 fxe6 26. Nc5 Ke7 27. Rxe6+ Kf7 28. Bg6+ Kg7 29.
Nxb7 Nf8 $8 ({Luckily, Black has this move at his disposal, otherwise he would
lose quickly.} 29... Rb8 30. Nd6 $18) 30. Re7+ Kf6 31. Nxd8 $6 ({I was being
givien big hopes for the ending where White has 3 extra pawns for the exchange.
Unfortunately, the black counterplay was underestimated by me. It was better
to go for another ending after} 31. Rf7+ Kxg6 32. Nxd8 Ne6 33. Re7 Nxd8 34. Re4
$16 {where White has 4 pawns for the knight. And with careful play White
should win here, although, he would have to overcome lot of technical
difficulties.}) 31... Kxe7 32. Nc6+ Kd6 33. Be4 Ne6 34. Na5 Kc5 (34... Rc8 {
was possible as well. Black keeps good drawing chances after} 35. Bf3 (35. g3
Nd8 $1 {leads only to a draw after} 36. Nb7+ (36. Kf1 $6 Rc5 37. Nb7+ Nxb7 38.
Bxb7 Ra5 39. a3 Kc5 $15) 36... Nxb7 37. Bxb7 Rb8 38. Bxa6 Kc5 39. b4+ cxb3 40.
axb3 Rxb3 41. c4 Kd4 $11) (35. Nb7+ Kc7 36. Bf5 Rb8 37. Bxe6 Rxb7 38. Bxc4 Rxb2
39. Bxa6 Rxa2 $11) 35... Nf4 36. g3 Nd3 (36... Nxh3+ 37. Kg2 Ng5 38. Be2 Kd5
39. Nxc4 Rxc4 40. Bxc4+ Kxc4 41. f4 Ne4 42. Kf3 $14) 37. Bb7 Rc7 38. Nxc4+ Kc5
(38... Rxc4 39. Bxa6 $16) 39. Bxa6 Ra7 40. b4+ Nxb4 41. cxb4+ Kxb4 42. Bc8 Kxc4
43. Be6+ Kd4 $14 {and although White has managed to keep 3 pawns for the
exchange his win here is questionable.}) 35. b4+ ({During the game I was
tempted by the idea to exchange the weak pawn on b2 and also to try to bring
the a5-knight into play. Other alternatives to the text move were} 35. h4 Nf4 (
35... Kb5 36. Nb7 Rb8 37. g3 Kb6 38. Bf3 a5 39. Nd6 Kc5 40. Ne4+ Kc6 41. Nd2+
Kc5 42. b3 cxb3 43. axb3 Rd8 44. Ne4+ Kb6 45. g4 Nf4 46. g5 hxg5 47. hxg5 Kc6
$14) 36. Kf1 Kb5 37. Nb7 Kb6 38. g3 (38. b4 cxb3 39. axb3 Rc8 40. c4 Re8 41.
Nd6 Rd8 42. c5+ Kc7 43. g3 Ne6 44. b4 Rb8 45. Bb7 Rxb7 46. Nxb7 Kxb7 47. Kg2
Kc6 48. f4 Kd5 $11) 38... Nd3 39. Bxd3 cxd3 40. Nd6 Kc6 41. Ne4 Rf8 42. c4 Rd8
43. Ke1 Rd4 44. Nd2 Rd7 $14) ({and} 35. g3 Kb5 36. Nc6 Nc5 (36... Kc5 37. f4 h5
38. h4 $16) 37. Nd4+ Kb6 38. Bd5 Na4 39. Bxc4 Nxb2 40. Bb3 a5 41. f4 a4 42. Bc2
Kc5 43. Kf2 Kc4 44. Ne2 Nd3+ 45. Ke3 Re8+ 46. Kd2 Nc5 47. g4 $14 {keeping
winnig chances in both lines.}) 35... cxb3 $8 36. axb3 Nf4 37. Kf1 (37. Bf3 {
allows Black to make a draw after} Rf8 $1 38. h4 (38. b4+ Kb5 39. g3 (39. h4 $2
Rc8 $15) 39... Nxh3+ 40. Kg2 Kb6 $11) 38... Nd5 39. Nb7+ Kc6 40. c4 Kxb7 41.
Bxd5+ Kc7 42. g4 Kd6 $11) 37... Re8 (37... Kb5 {was, probably, better. After}
38. Nc4 Rd8 39. Ne3 (39. Ke1 Kc5 40. Nd2 Re8 41. b4+ Kb5 42. g3 Nxh3 43. f4 $14
) 39... Rd2 40. g3 Nxh3 41. f4 $14 {Black keeps excellent drawing chances}) 38.
b4+ $2 ({A serious mistake just moves before the time-control on move 40. The
point of the position is that the king on c5 is blocking the c-file. And
moving the black king away from it exposes the weak c3-pawn. It was necessary
to play} 38. Bf3 {and after} Nd3 (38... Kd6 39. Nc4+ Kc5 40. h4 Rb8 41. Nd2 a5
42. g3 Nd3 43. Be2 Nc1 (43... Nb2 44. f4 $16) 44. Bc4 $16) 39. b4+ Kd6 (39...
Kb6 40. Nc4+ Ka7 41. Ne3 Rf8 42. Nd5 $16) 40. Nc4+ Ke6 41. Bg4+ Kf6 42. Ne3 $16
{White has not only managed to block the e-file but also bring the knight on
a5 into play!}) 38... Kb6 39. Nc4+ Ka7 40. Nd2 ({Other moves even pass the
advantage into Black's hands:} 40. f3 $2 Rc8 41. Ne5 Rxc3 $15) (40. Bf3 $2 Rc8
$17) 40... Rc8 (40... Rd8 {was good enough to equalise after} 41. Ke1 Re8 42.
g3 (42. Kd1 Rc8 43. Kc2 Rg8 44. g4 Nxh3 45. f3 Nf4 $11) 42... Nxh3 $11 {
and this is how Black should have played.}) 41. Nb1 $11 ({The knight is
situated too passively on b1. It was the moment to give up the h3-pawn,
activating pieces instead. After} 41. g3 Nxh3 42. Bf5 Rd8 43. Nc4 Ng5 44. f4
Nf7 45. Ke2 Nd6 46. Ne5 Kb6 47. Bd3 $14 {White keeps winning chances}) 41...
Re8 {After White's 41st move nobody has the advantage anymore.} (41... Rd8 42.
Bc2 (42. Ke1 Re8 43. f3 Nxg2+ $15) 42... Nd5 $11 {, threatening Nc3, was also
good for equality.}) 42. Bf5 ({When the time-control was over I sank into
thiought. But the advantage has already gone... So I had to try to find a way
to continue the fight since resigning myself to a draw would be very negative
for my chances of getting a high prize (thinking of tie-break by Buchholz).} 
42. Nd2 {- 40.Nd2}) (42. Bh7 Rd8 43. Bc2 Nd5 $11 {/\Nc3}) (42. f3 Rg8 43. g4
Nxh3 $11) 42... Rf8 (42... Re5 {was an alternative for the text. Black has not
just 1 way but several paths to a draw.} 43. Bg4 (43. Bc2 Re2 44. Na3 Rd2 $11)
43... h5 44. Bf3 Nd3 45. Be2 Nf4 46. Bd1 Nd3 47. Be2 Nf4 $11 48. Bc4 $6 h4 49.
Nd2 Rg5 $15) 43. Be4 ({or} 43. Bh7 Rd8 (43... Rf7 44. Be4 Re7 45. Nd2 Rd7 46.
Ke1 Re7 47. Kd1 Rc7 48. c4 Rg7 49. g3 Nxh3 50. Ke2 Kb6 51. Ke3 $14) 44. Bc2 Nd5
$11 {threatening Nc3 as we have already seen earlier.}) 43... Re8 44. Bf3 Nd3
45. Be2 Nf4 46. Bc4 Rd8 (46... Rc8 47. Be2 (47. Na3 Ng6 $15 {/\Ne5, xPc3}) (47.
Bb3 Nd3 48. g3 Nxb4) 47... Nd5 48. b5 Nxc3 49. Bg4 Rc4 50. Nxc3 Rxc3 51. bxa6
Kxa6 $11 {is a draw.}) 47. Bb3 Re8 48. Na3 $6 {Too risky... Objectively, White
had to resign himself to a draw. After the text move White loses the pawn b4,
thus, the game becomes double-edged with chances to win for both sides.} (48.
Bc2 Re2 49. Na3 Rd2 $11) 48... Nd3 49. g3 Rc8 50. Nb1 Nxb4 51. Ke2 Re8+ 52. Kd2
Rd8+ 53. Ke3 {Now all White's hopes lie whether he will be able to push his
kingside pawns as quickly as possible.} Nd3 ({After} 53... Nd5+ 54. Ke4 Nf6+
55. Kf5 {Black loses a lot of time.} Nd7 56. f4 Nb6 57. g4 $14) ({but} 53...
Re8+ 54. Kd2 (54. Kd4 Nc6+ 55. Kc5 Na5 56. Bd5 Nb7+ 57. Kd4 Nd6 58. g4 Nb5+ 59.
Kd3 Nc7 $13) 54... Rd8+ 55. Ke3 Re8+ $11 {would have forced a draw by
repetition.}) 54. f4 Nc5 55. Bc2 Kb6 ({Here again, by activating his rook,
Black would get sufficient counterplay:} 55... Re8+ 56. Kf3 Re1 57. g4 Rf1+ 58.
Kg3 Kb8 59. h4 Rg1+ 60. Kf3 Rf1+ $11 61. Ke3 Kc7 {But the desire to bring the
king into play was understandable.}) 56. g4 Kc6 57. h4 Kd5 (57... a5 58. g5
hxg5 59. hxg5 Re8+ 60. Kf3 a4 $11 {is also good enough for a draw.}) 58. Nd2 {
Played with the idea to exchange the knights, thus, activating the bishop on
c2, in order to help him push the kingside pawns.} (58. g5 hxg5 59. hxg5 Re8+
60. Kf3 a5 61. f5 a4 $11 {is equal.}) 58... a5 59. Nb3 Re8+ 60. Kf3 Nxb3 ({or} 
60... Ra8 61. Nxc5 Kxc5 62. Ba4 Rc8 63. Ke4 Kd6 64. Kd4 Rf8 65. Ke4 Rc8 $11 {
with a draw.}) 61. Bxb3+ Kd6 62. g5 hxg5 63. hxg5 (63. fxg5 $2 {could lose
because of the square e5 is available for the black king. E.g.} Rc8 64. c4 Ke5
$17) 63... Rc8 (63... Re1 64. f5 Rc1 65. Kf4 Rxc3 66. Bf7 Rc7 67. Bg8 Rc8 68.
Bf7 Rc7 $11 {is a draw as well.}) 64. c4 Rb8 (64... Ke7 65. Ba2 a4 66. f5 a3
$11) 65. Ba2 Rb2 66. c5+ Ke7 ({My opponent missed that} 66... Kxc5 67. g6 Rxa2
68. g7 Ra3+ 69. Kg2 Ra2+ $11 {is a draw. Or, maybe, my opponent was also
playing for a win here?!}) 67. Bd5 Rd2 (67... Rb5 68. f5 Rxc5 69. f6+ Kf8 70.
Ke4 Rc1 71. g6 Rg1 72. g7+ Rxg7 73. fxg7+ Kxg7 $11 {is a draw.}) 68. Ke4 a4 69.
c6 (69. f5 {looks promising, unfortunately the queen ending after} Rxd5 70.
Kxd5 a3 71. f6+ Kf7 72. c6 a2 73. c7 a1=Q 74. c8=Q Qh1+ 75. Kd4 (75. Kd6 Qh2+
76. Kc6 Qg2+ $11) 75... Qg1+ $11 {is drawish since White loses the g5-pawn.})
69... a3 $8 70. c7 $8 Kd7 71. g6 a2 (71... Rg2 72. f5 Kxc7 73. Kf4 Rf2+ 74. Ke5
Re2+ 75. Kf6 a2 76. Bxa2 Rxa2 77. g7 (77. Kg7 Kd6 78. f6 Rf2 79. f7 Ke7 $11)
77... Rg2 78. Kf7 Kd6 $11 {is a draw similar to the game continuation.}) 72.
Bxa2 Rxa2 73. f5 Rg2 (73... Kxc7 $4 {is a blunder. After} 74. f6 $18 {White
wins.}) 74. Ke5 Kxc7 75. Ke6 Re2+ ({As we shall see later it was a mistake to
move away the rook from the excellent defensive position on g2.} 75... Kc6 76.
Kf7 Kd6 77. g7 Ke5 $11) 76. Kf7 Kd6 77. f6 Ke5 $4 ({When everybody was already
thinking that this exciting game would end in a draw, my opponent falls into a
trap and loses....} 77... Rg2 $8 78. g7 Ke5 $11 {was the only way to make a
draw.}) 78. Kg7 $1 $18 {And now sudddenly Black is not able to cover the
f8-square stopping the promotion of the white f-(not g-!)pawn. White wins!} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9697"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 c6 6. d3 (6. Nxe5 d5 7. exd5
Bd6 8. Nf3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. h3 Re8+ 11. Be2 cxd5 12. d4 Qb6 13. O-O Bb8
14. Bb5 Rd8 15. Bf4 Qxd4 16. Bxb8 Rxb8 17. Bd3 Be6 18. Rab1 Qb6 19. Rfe1 {
1/2-1/2 Podlesnik,B-Polgar,S/Ljubljana (Slovenia) 1994}) 6... Qa5 $146 (6... b5
7. Bb3 Qa5 (7... Nxb3 8. axb3 d6 $11) (7... Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 a5 9. a3 d6 10. O-O
$14) 8. Bd2 (8. Nxe5 Nxb3 9. cxb3 b4 10. Nc4 Qd8 11. Ne2 d5 $44) 8... Qc7 9.
O-O b4 10. Ne2 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 g5 $5 $13 {0-1 Cillo,L-Vaida,L/WchJM-U10 1991 
(37)}) 7. Bd2 Bb4 8. Bb3 $6 (8. a3 $5 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 d6 (9... Be7 10. Nd5 Qd8
11. Nxe7 Qxe7 $14) (9... d5 10. exd5 Bg4 11. Qg3 $16) 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Bxc3 $14
) 8... Nxb3 9. axb3 Qc7 $11 10. O-O Be7 (10... d6 11. Nb5 cxb5 12. Bxb4 $14) (
10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 d6 $11) (10... Bc5 $11) 11. h3 O-O 12. Ne2 d5 13. Ng3 dxe4
14. dxe4 Re8 (14... Rd8 15. Qe2 $11) 15. Qe2 Bf8 16. Bc3 b6 17. Rfd1 Bb7 18. b4
(18. Qe3 c5 19. Rd2 a5 20. Rad1 b5 21. Qg5 h6 22. Qf5 Bc8 23. Bxe5 Bxf5 24.
Bxc7 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 $11) 18... a6 19. Ne1 c5 (19... Rad8 $5) 20. bxc5 Bxc5
21. Nd3 Bf8 (21... Bd4 $5 22. Bb4 (22. Bxd4 exd4 23. e5 Nd7 24. Nf5 Nxe5 25.
Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27. Nxd4 Rae8 $15) 22... a5 23. Ba3 b5 24. c3 Bb6 $15)
22. f3 a5 23. Qd2 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Gb6b5]} (23. Qf2 b5 24. Nf5 b4 25. Be1 Rad8
(25... Rac8 26. c3 b3 27. Bd2 $14) 26. Qg3 Kh8 27. c3 $13) 23... Re6 (23...
Rad8 $5) 24. Kh1 Rae8 25. Re1 (25. Nf5 Bxe4 $5 26. fxe4 Nxe4 27. Qe3 Nxc3 28.
bxc3 Qxc3 $15) 25... Qc8 (25... Nd7 $5) 26. Nf5 Nd7 27. Nf2 Nc5 (27... Rd8 28.
Red1 f6 29. Ng4 (29. Ne3 Rd6 30. Qe2 $11) 29... Ree8 $1 (29... Bc5 30. Nge3 g6
31. Nh6+ Kg7 32. Nd5 Bd4 (32... Rd6 33. Ng4 Qc6 34. Qh6+ Kh8 35. Ndxf6 $1 $18)
33. Bxd4 exd4 34. Ng4 Bxd5 35. exd5 Rd6 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Re1 $16) 30. Nge3 Nc5
31. Qe2 Rxd1+ 32. Nxd1 (32. Rxd1 Na4) 32... Rd8 $15) 28. Red1 Rg6 $6 29. Qe1 (
29. b4 axb4 30. Bxb4 Rc6 $11) 29... Na6 30. Ng4 Nb4 31. Rd2 Qc7 32. Qh4 (32.
Rad1 Bc8 33. Nge3 Na2 34. Nd5 Qc6 35. Re2 (35. Rd3 Ba6 36. R3d2 Nxc3 37. Nxc3
Bb4 38. Rd8 Bc8 (38... Rge6 39. Qg3 g6 40. R8d7 Kf8 41. Nh6 R6e7 42. Rxe7 Rxe7
43. Rd8+ Re8 44. Rxe8+ Qxe8 45. Nd5 Bc5 46. Ng4 h5 47. Qxe5 Qxe5 48. Nxe5 Bb5
$44 (48... Bd4 49. Nd7+ Ke8 50. N7xb6 $18)) 39. Qd2 h6 $11) 35... Nxc3 36. Qxc3
Qxc3 37. Nxc3 Rc6 $11) 32... Rge6 33. Rad1 Bc6 34. Qg3 h5 $5 (34... Kh8 35. Nd4
R6e7 36. Nxc6 Nxc6 37. Ne3 $16) 35. Nge3 $2 (35. Bxb4 axb4 36. Nge3 Ra8 37. Nd5
Qb7 38. Qg5 g6 39. Nfe3 $14) (35. Bxe5 $1 Rxe5 $8 36. Nf6+ (36. Nxe5 Qxe5 37.
Nh6+ Kh7 38. Qxe5 Rxe5 39. Nxf7 Re7 40. Nd8 Bb5 41. c3 Na6 42. Rd6 $16) 36...
Kh8 37. Nxe8 Bxe8 38. Rd8 Qc5 (38... Na6 39. R1d7 $18) 39. R1d5 $1 Nxd5 (39...
Rxd5 40. exd5 Qxc2 41. Rxe8 Qxf5 42. Rxf8+ Kh7 43. d6 $18) 40. Qxe5 Nc7 41.
Rxe8 Qxe5 42. Rxe5 f6 43. Re7 Bxe7 44. Nxe7 $16) 35... Na2 36. Qg5 $5 (36. Nd5
Bxd5 37. exd5 Rg6 (37... Nxc3 38. dxe6 Nxd1 39. Rd7 $18) 38. Qh4 Nxc3 39. bxc3
Qd8 (39... Qxc3 40. d6 Rf6 41. d7 Rd8 42. Nh6+ $1 gxh6 (42... Kh7 43. Nxf7) 43.
Qxf6 Qc7 44. Qf5 $18) 40. Qe4 Rf6 $132) 36... Nxc3 37. bxc3 g6 38. Nd5 Bxd5 $6
(38... Qb7 39. c4 a4 40. Rb1 (40. Nf6+ $2 Rxf6 41. Qxf6 gxf5 42. Qxf5 Qe7 (
42... Qa6 43. Rd8 Qxc4 44. Rxe8 Bxe8 45. Rd8 Qb5 46. Qc8 $16) (42... a3 43. Rd7
$18) 43. Qxh5 Qe6 44. Qg5+ Bg7 45. Rb1 (45. Rd8 Qxc4 46. Rxe8+ Bxe8 47. Rd8 Qe6
48. Ra8 f6 49. Qg6 Kf8 50. Qh7 Qd7 51. Kh2 Qb7 $17) 45... Qxc4 46. Rxb6 a3 47.
Rb1 a2 48. Ra1 Qc3 49. Rdd1 Qxc2 50. Qd2 Ba4 51. Qxc2 Bxc2 52. Rd2 Bb3 53.
Raxa2 Bxa2 54. Rxa2 $19) 40... Bc5 (40... Kh8 41. Rxb6 (41. Ng3 a3 42. Rxb6 a2
43. Rd1 Qa8 44. Ra1 Bxd5 $19) 41... Qa7 42. Rb1 a3 43. c3 (43. Nf6 a2 44. Ra1
Rb8 45. Rdd1 Rb2 $132) 43... Rc8 $5 $13 (43... a2 44. Ra1 $18) (43... Rb8 44.
Rxb8 Qxb8 45. Kh2 Be8 46. Nf6 a2 47. Rxa2 Qd8 48. Nh7 $8 Qxg5 49. Nxg5 Rc6 (
49... gxf5 50. Nxe6 fxe6 51. Ra8 $18) 50. Ra8 gxf5 51. Rxe8 Kg8 52. exf5 Rxc4
53. Ne4 $18)) 41. Ng3 Kf8 42. Nf6 Ra8 43. Qh6+ Ke7 44. Nd5+ Ke8 45. Qh8+ Bf8
46. Rxb6 Qc8 47. Nf6+ Ke7 48. Ng8+ Ke8 49. Rb1 a3 50. c3 $18) 39. exd5 Rd6 (
39... Qd8 40. Qxd8 Rxd8 41. dxe6 Rxd2 42. Nh6+ $1 Bxh6 43. Rxd2 Bf8 44. Rd8
fxe6 45. Rb8 $18) 40. Nxd6 Bxd6 41. Qf6 $6 (41. Qe3 $1 e4 (41... a4 42. Ra1 a3
43. c4 Ra8 (43... e4 44. Rd4 Bc5 45. Rxe4 Bxe3 46. Rxe8+ Kg7 47. Rxe3 Qxc4 48.
Rd3 a2 49. d6 Qxc2 50. Rdd1 $18) 44. Qb3 $16) 42. Rd4 Bf4 43. Rxe4 Bxe3 44.
Rxe8+ Kh7 45. d6 $1 Qxc3 46. Rxe3 Qxc2 47. Ree1 $18) 41... a4 42. g4 $2 (42.
Re2 $16) 42... h4 $2 (42... e4 43. gxh5 Be5 44. Qh4 exf3 45. hxg6 fxg6 46. Qg4
Qf7 47. Rf2 Rf8 48. Rd3 $18) (42... hxg4 $1 43. hxg4 (43. fxg4 e4 44. Qd4 b5
45. Re2 Qe7 (45... Bc5 46. d6 $1 $18 (46. Rxe4 Bxd4 47. Rxe8+ Kg7 48. Rxd4 Qxc3
$17)) 46. Qb6 (46. Rde1 Qh4 $1 $17) 46... Qf6 47. Qe3 Bc5 48. Qg3 Bd6 49. Qe3 (
49. Rf2 $4 Bxg3 50. Rxf6 e3 $19) 49... Bc5 $11) 43... e4 $1 44. f4 $5 (44. fxe4
Rxe4 45. Rf1 Rxg4 $44) 44... Bxf4 $4 (44... Qe7 $1 45. Qxe7 Rxe7 $44 46. Rd4 (
46. Rf1 f5 47. gxf5 gxf5 48. Rg2+ Kf7 49. Rfg1 $6 Bc5 (49... Bxf4 50. Rf2) 50.
Rg7+ Ke8 51. R1g5 Rxg7 52. Rxg7 e3 53. Rg1 a3 54. Kg2 Kd7 55. Kf3 Kd6 56. c4
Bd4 57. c3 Bxc3 $17) 46... a3 47. Ra4 f5 48. gxf5 gxf5 49. Rb1 e3 50. Kg1 e2
51. Ra8+ (51. Kf2 Bc5+ 52. Ke1 Kf7 53. Ra1 Re8 54. R4xa3 Bxa3 55. Rxa3 Ke7 56.
Kxe2 Kd6+ 57. Kd3 Kxd5 $11) 51... Kf7 52. Kf2 Bc5+ 53. Ke1 Re4 54. Ra1 $11) 45.
d6 $18) 43. Rg2 a3 (43... Qd8 44. Qxd8 Rxd8 45. g5 $16) 44. g5 Rd8 45. Re1 a2
46. Ra1 Ra8 47. Rg4 Bf8 (47... Be7 48. Qc6 Qd8 49. Rxh4 Rc8 50. Qb5 Rc5 51. Qf1
Ra5 52. Rg4 Qxd5 53. Qd3 $16) 48. Rxh4 $18 Bg7 49. Qc6 Qd8 (49... Qxc6 50. dxc6
$18) 50. d6 Rc8 51. Qd5 $1 (51. Qb7 Rxc3 52. Ra4 (52. Rxa2 Qxd6 53. Ra8+ Bf8
54. Rg4 Qd1+ 55. Rg1 Qxf3+ 56. Qxf3 Rxf3 $44) 52... Qxd6 53. Ra8+ Bf8 54. R8xa2
Qe6 55. Kg2 Qf5 56. h4 Rxc2+ 57. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 58. Kg3 e4 59. Ra8 exf3 60. Qb8
Qg2+ 61. Kf4 Qd2+ 62. Kxf3 $11) 51... Qxg5 52. Rg4 Qh6 53. d7 Rd8 (53... Qxh3+
54. Kg1 Rd8 55. Rxa2 {The Game}) 54. Rxa2 Qxh3+ 55. Kg1 Bf8 56. Rxg6+ $4 (56.
Ra8 $1 Rxd7 (56... Bc5+ 57. Qxc5 bxc5 58. Rxd8+ Kg7 59. Rg8+ Kxg8 60. d8=Q+ Kg7
61. Qd5 $18) 57. Qxd7 Qxf3 58. Rxf8+ (58. Qc8 $2 Qe3+ 59. Kf1 Qc1+ 60. Ke2
Qxc2+ 61. Ke3 Qc1+ 62. Kd3 Qd1+ 63. Kc4 Qe2+ 64. Kb3 (64. Kd5 Qb5+ 65. Ke4 Qe2+
$11) 64... Qd1+ $11) 58... Kxf8 59. Qd6+ Kg8 60. Qb8+ Kg7 61. Qxe5+ $18) 56...
Kh8 57. Rxb6 (57. Qxe5+ Kh7 58. Rxb6 Rxd7 $1 $19 59. Rb1 Rd2 60. Qe4+ Kh8 61.
Qe5+ Bg7 62. Ra8+ Kh7 63. Qe4+ f5 $19) 57... Rxd7 (57... Qg3+ 58. Kf1 Rxd7 (
58... Qh3+ 59. Kg1 (59. Ke1 $2 Rxd7 60. Qxe5+ Kh7 61. Qg5 (61. Qe4+ f5 $19)
61... Qh1+ $19)) 59. Qxd7 Qxf3+ 60. Ke1 Qe3+ 61. Kd1 Qxb6 (61... Qf3+ 62. Kc1
Qe3+ 63. Qd2 Qg1+ 64. Qd1 Qe3+ 65. Kb1 Qxb6+ 66. Rb2 Qc7 67. Qd5 $18) 62. Qxf7
Qg1+ 63. Kd2 Bh6+ 64. Kd3 Qe3+ 65. Kc4 Qe4+ 66. Kb5 $18) 58. Qxe5+ f6 $4 (58...
Kh7 $19) 59. Qxf6+ (59. Rxf6 Bc5+ $19) 59... Rg7+ 60. Kf2 Bc5+ 61. Ke2 Bxb6 $1
(61... Qg2+ $4 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Ga2a8]} 62. Kd3 Qf1+ 63. Kd2 Qf2+ 64. Kc1 Qe3+
65. Kb2 Bxb6 66. Ra8+ Kh7 67. Qf5+ $18) 62. Ra4 $1 {[%cal Ga4g4]} Qg2+ 63. Kd3
Qf1+ (63... Qf1+ $11 64. Kd2 Qf2+ 65. Kd1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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 "Canada"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

{Eugenio is a chess legend, and was one of World top players in 70s-80s,
playing in many tournaments with Karpov, Spassky, Korchnoi and others. Torre
played good on this Olympiad scoring positive score on a 1st board against
2570 opposition.} 1. e4 {Lukacs} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 {Torre shows respect
to his opponent and chooses a solid opening.} 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 {
Good alternative to the main 6.c3. hite can use c3 square for the knight b1,
and then N to d5.} d6 7. a4 {First of all it saves Bc4 from trade (Na5), also
it captures sapce on a queenside.} Be6 8. h3 {Novelty. Nc3 is coming and white
prevents Bg4 for that case. On 8.a5 black has a strong reply 8...b6! but
probably white can even play 8.Nc3 immediatly not afraiding of 8...Bg4.} (8. a5
b6 $1 (8... a6 9. h3 Qd7 10. Nc3 Rfe8 {'~~' Lukacs. Lukacs: 'deserved
attention.'} 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tyomkin,D-Lapshun,Y/
Kapuskasing CAN 2004/The Week in Chess 506 (25). (24)}) 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. d4
exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 d5 $1 {0-1 Lutz,C-Bacrot,E/Biel 2003/CBM 97 (22).
and black is just fine.}) (8. Nc3 $5 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 $14) (8.
Nbd2 {Lukacs} Qd7 (8... Bxc4 $6 {is strongly met by the unexpected} 9. dxc4 $1
{with a strong pressure on light squares.} Re8 10. Nf1 Bf8 11. Bg5 {The
exchange of the f6 N strengthens the pressure on the light squares.} h6 12.
Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Ne3 {(Adams-Onischuk, Tilburg 1997)} a5 $14 {/\ Nb8-d7,c6 Adams})
9. c3 $142 {Lukacs: '- 8.Nbd2'} (9. h3 $6 {is again not so important.} Rae8 $1
{/\ Bd8, Ne7-g6} 10. c3 Bd8 11. a5 Ne7 12. Qb3 c6 $15 {Landa-Ziatdinov,
Groningen 1994}) 9... Rad8 (9... d5 $6 {loses simply the e P.} 10. exd5 Nxd5
11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 $16) (9... Rfe8 10. b4 $142 {White wants to gain space
on the <<.} (10. Bb3 Bf8 11. a5 $1 Bxb3 12. Qxb3 a6 $1 {Black has to stop
White's advance on the <<.} 13. Nf1 d5 {After this freeing move Black can
solve his opening problems.} 14. Bg5 dxe4 15. dxe4 Qe6 16. Qxe6 Rxe6 17. Bxf6
Rxf6 {Here the B is not bad at all, a5 can be a target.} 18. Ne3 Re6 $1 $11 {
Grosar-Gostisa, SLO-ch 1994}) 10... Bf8 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. b5 Ne7 13. d4 $14 {
with |^ in the [+].}) 10. b4 $1 Qc8 (10... d5 $6 {is again premeture.} 11. exd5
Bxd5 (11... Nxd5 12. b5 Na5 13. Nxe5 $16) 12. b5 Na5 13. Nxe5 {and Black has
no real compensation for the P.} Qf5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. Ndxf3 Nb3 (
16... Nxc3 17. Bd2 Bb4 18. Rab1 $1 $18) 17. Rb1 Nc5 18. d4 Nxa4 19. c4 Ndc3 20.
Ra1 $16) (10... Rfe8 11. b5 Na5 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nf1 {The a5 N is pathetic.}
c6 14. Bd2 b6 15. Qb1 $14) 11. Bb2 g6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. b5 Nb8 14. d4 $14 {
and White comes first in the [+], Delchev-Beliavsky, Plovdiv 2003.}) 8... Qd7
9. Nc3 Na5 {Another experienced GM chose the same line against me in a later
round, but failed to equalize either.  Lukacs: 'Forcing White to leave c4 and
then exchanging the light-squared B.'} (9... Rad8 10. a5 a6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6
Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tyomkin,D-Mihalcisin,A/Mallorca (Spain)
2004 (23).}) (9... Bxc4 {Lukacs} 10. dxc4 $14 {helps again for White.}) 10. Ba2
$1 {Quite move but effective!} (10. Bd5 c5 $1 {[%cal Ga5c6]}) 10... Bxa2 (10...
c5 $5 {[%cal Ga5c6] to grab some space in the centre.}) 11. Rxa2 {White rook
looks bit strange on a2,on the other hand it will be easier to double rooks
later!} Nc6 12. Bg5 {Lukacs: '/\ Bxf6 emphasizing the pressure on the light
squares.'} Rae8 {[%cal Ge7d8] Black is planning to play on a kingside - the
idea is BxN BxN Nd5 Bd8 and both black rooks are on the kingside.} 13. a5 {
White must play on a queenside where has space advantage.} a6 14. Bxf6 {
This helps black to get a play on a kingside, but unfortunately no other
useful moves here for white - I need my knight to d5 then advancing pawns
there.} Bxf6 15. Nd5 {'+/=' Lukacs.} Bd8 16. b4 (16. c3 {Lukacs: falls into
the well-known motif} Nxa5 $1 17. Rxa5 c6 $132) 16... Re6 {Too ambitious.
Black should've played defense by:} (16... Ne7 17. Nxe7+ Bxe7 18. c3 $14) 17.
c4 Rg6 18. Kh1 f5 19. b5 {Action begins!} Nb8 $1 {[%cal Yb8a6,Yc7c6] This move
protects everything on a queenside, also black intends c7-c6.} 20. exf5 {
For about 20 minutes I was considering 20.d4, but failed to come to any
conclusion. 20.exf5 is safer but gives black a chance to equalize.} (20. d4 $1
exd4 (20... axb5 21. dxe5 bxc4 22. Nf4 $16) 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. Nxd4 Qf7 23. Rae2
$16) 20... Rxf5 $2 {Wrong piece! In concrete play 53 y.o. Torre fails to find
best moves. The difference is that after Qxf5 black can respond with e5-e4 on
white's d3-d4 break.} (20... Qxf5 $1 {[%cal Gd3d4,Ye5e4]} 21. b6 (21. Re4 c6 {
with counterplay.}) (21. bxa6 Nxa6 22. d4 e4 23. Nh2 c6 $13) 21... c6 22. Ne3
$14) 21. bxa6 Nxa6 22. d4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ye1e8] White opens files for his rooks.
} Rh5 {[%cal Rd7h3] Just a cheap threat.} 23. Ng1 $1 {Passive but very
effective!} Rh4 {This move loses a pawn, but black is in trouble anyhow.} 24.
dxe5 Nc5 (24... c6 25. Ne3 $16) (24... Rxc4 25. Qb3 $18) 25. Rae2 $18 {This
rook does a good job for white in this game!} Ne6 (25... c6 26. exd6 $1 $18)
26. Nf3 {Time to bring this knight back to the game - white dominates!} Rhh6
27. exd6 Qxd6 (27... cxd6 28. Ne5 $1 $18) 28. Rd2 $1 {Those short moves killed
black in this game!} Qf8 {In this position Torre offered me a draw, ex-FIDE
president Campomanes was there watching the game....} {[%tqu "En","Find the
tactical blow which kills black on a spot!","","","d5f4","'!'",10]} 29. Nf4 $1
{[%csl Rd8] This kills black on a spot. You can't win a chess game only with
short and quite moves!} Qxf4 30. Rxd8+ Nf8 (30... Nxd8 31. Qxd8+ Kf7 32. Qe8+
Kf6 33. Qe6#) 31. Qd5+ Kh8 32. Ree8 Rf6 33. Qe4 $1 {[%csl Rf8] Continuing the
strategy of simple but killing moves. Fritz shows 33.g3 as its first choice.}
Qc1+ (33... Kg8 34. Rxf8+ Rxf8 35. Qxf4 Rxd8 36. Qxc7 $18) 34. Kh2 Qa3 35. Qe3
{[%csl Rf8] "Short" move again!} Qb4 36. c5 {[%cal Rb4f8] '!' Lukacs. One more
short move forces the resignation.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[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 "Canada"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. h3
$1 {'Novelty. Nc3 is coming and white prevents Bg4 for that case. On 8.a5
black has a strong reply 8...b6! but probably white can even play 8.Nc3
immediatly not afraiding of 8...Bg4.'} (8. a5 b6 $1 (8... a6 9. h3 Qd7 10. Nc3
Rfe8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tyomkin,D-Lapshun,Y/
Kapuskasing CAN 2004/The Week in Chess 506 (25). (24)}) 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. d4
exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 d5 $1 {0-1 Lutz,C-Bacrot,E/Biel 2003/CBM 97 (22). 
(22) and black is just fine.}) (8. Nc3 $5 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 $14)
8... Qd7 9. Nc3 Rad8 $146 {Just a solid move, which doesn't really change the
valuation of this opening line.} (9... Na5 10. Ba2 $1 (10. Bd5 c5 $1) 10...
Bxa2 (10... c5 $5 {to grab some space in the centre.}) 11. Rxa2 Nc6 12. Bg5
Rae8 13. a5 a6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. b4 Re6 (16... Ne7 17. Nxe7+ Bxe7
18. c3 $14) 17. c4 Rg6 18. Kh1 f5 19. b5 {Action begins!} Nb8 $1 20. exf5 (20.
d4 $1 exd4 (20... axb5 21. dxe5 bxc4 22. Nf4 $16) 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. Nxd4 Qf7
23. Rae2 $16) 20... Rxf5 $2 (20... Qxf5 $1 21. b6 (21. Re4 c6 {with
counterplay.}) (21. bxa6 Nxa6 22. d4 e4 23. Nh2 c6 $13) 21... c6 22. Ne3 $14)
21. bxa6 Nxa6 22. d4 $1 $16 {1-0 Tyomkin,D-Torre,E/Mallorca (Spain) 2004 (36)})
10. a5 {following the plan.} (10. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. d4 exd4 (12...
Nbxd5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 $14) 13. Nxd4 Nbxd5 14. Qf3 c6 (14... Nb6 15. Bd3
c6 16. Bh6 $1 Rfe8 17. Bxg7 $1 $16) 15. Nf5 Rfe8 16. Bg5 $16 Qc7 17. Rad1 $16 {
black can hardly move, while white pieces dominate.}) 10... a6 {Useful move,
which prevents a5-a6.} (10... Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 (12... Bxd5 13.
exd5 Rfe8 (13... Rde8 14. Qf3 (14. b4 $14 {[%cal Gc1b2]}) 14... Bd8 15. Bd2 $14
{[%csl Rd4] pawn d4 of black is always a target.}) 14. Qf3 $14) 13. exd5 Bf5
14. Bb3 $5 $14 {[%cal Gb3a4]}) 11. Bg5 (11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nb4
(13... Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Qg4 Qxg4 16. hxg4 $14 {[%cal Ge1e4] with grievous
ending for black.}) 14. c4 c5 15. Ra3 $1 $14 {[%cal Gc1d2]}) 11... h6 $6 {
11...Ne8 is better way to fight for an equality.} (11... Ne8 $5 12. Nd5 (12.
Be3 $5) 12... Bxg5 13. Nxg5 h6 14. Nf3 f5 15. c3 $14) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5
Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Ne7 $6 {Risky move, which allows white to reach the advantage
after Bxp.} (14... Rb8 15. c3 Ne7 16. Bb3 $14 {[%cal Gd3d4]}) 15. Bb3 $6 {
Fishy decision. I should've tried Bxb7 in order to obtain any advantage.} (15.
Bxb7 $1 Qb5 16. Bd5 Qxb2 (16... Nxd5 17. c4 {I simply overlooked this
intermediate tactical blow....} Qxb2 18. cxd5 Rb8 19. Qc1 $16 {[%csl Rc7,Rf6]})
17. Bc4 $1 $14 {[%csl Ra6]}) 15... Rfe8 {black intends d6-d5.} 16. d4 exd4 17.
Nxd4 Ng6 {here black could've reached immediate balance by:} (17... c5 $1 18.
Ba4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Qd3 $11) 18. c3 d5 $1 {Thematic break in the centre,
which came as a suprise since I was sure that I control the centre!} 19. Bxd5 (
19. exd5 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Nf4 22. Qe5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxc7
Rd7 {then grabbing d4 with a dead draw.}) 19... c6 20. Bc4 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Qxd4
22. Qb3 Qd7 (22... Ne5 23. Bf1 Qd7 24. Rad1 Qe7 $11) 23. Rad1 (23. Rad1 Qc7 24.
Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qc3 {the position of dynamic balance. Both sides can't do much
here to play for a win.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia Chess Cup"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2016.04.01"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Vidit,S"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.03.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{China had been our main competitor in the Asian championship and needless to
say this was a very crucial match for the final standings.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 {The most direct and concrete attempt
to equalise against the Italian. The resulting position leads to the e5-point
becoming the main battlefield. Most of the following moves from both sides
either directly or indirectly influence control of the e5-point.} 7. exd5 Nxd5
{White already has a choice to make here. He has a wide variety of options at
his disposal, leading to various kinds of strategically complex, yet balanced
positions.} 8. Nbd2 (8. a4 {The space seizing move has been in fashion lately
in the Italian.} a6 (8... Nb6 9. Bb5 Bd6 (9... Ne7 10. a5 $14) 10. a5 Nd5 11.
a6 $14 {Demchenko,A (2596)-Jakovenko,D (2745), 2014}) (8... Nf6 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10.
Qe2 Qe7 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Be6 13. b4 Bd6 14. a5 f6 15. Be3 Nd8 16. Rfd1 Nf7
17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qc4 Qxc4 20. Nxc4 a6 {Shankland(2656)-Nakamura
(2814), Baku 2015, with a slight, but secure edge.}) 9. Nbd2 Kh8 $5) (8. Re1
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 Nb6 (10... Bb6 11. Ne4 f6 {is an additional option for
Black in this move order though}) 11. Bb5 Bd6 {would tranpose to the text.}) (
8. b4 Be7 9. Re1 (9. b5 Na5 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11. c4 Qd7 12. Bd2 e4 13. Bxa5 exf3
14. Qxf3 a6 $44) 9... Bf6 10. a4 a6 11. Nfd2 Bf5 12. Ne4 Be7 {leads to a
different kind of interesting position.}) (8. h3 Nb6 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Re1 Ne7 $1
{[%csl Rb5]} 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 (12. Nxd4 c5 13. Nf3 Bf5 $11) 12... c6 13.
Bd3 Bf5 $11) 8... Nb6 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Re1 (10. Ne4 Bf5 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bd2 Bg6
13. a4 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. a5 Nd5 16. Qa4 Qd7 $11 {Kryvoruchko,Y (2706)
-Tomashevsky,E (2714) Doha 2014}) 10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ne4 f5 13. Ng3 Bxf3
14. Qxf3 Qd7 15. a4 {Played after a long think. I already had a huge time
advantage. Also, maybe it is better to leave the queenside untouched.} a6 16.
Bxc6 bxc6 {White has managed to weaken Black's queenside pawn structure a bit,
but this has come at the cost of space in the centre and piece activity for
Black.} 17. c4 {Somehow I didn't like White mixing up a4 and c4. Maybe slow
regrouping with Nf1 Bd2 is the way to play the position} Rab8 $1 {The
appropriate place for the rook! I felt quite comfortable at this point.} 18. a5
Nc8 19. c5 Bxc5 20. Rxe5 Bd4 21. Re1 (21. Rxf5 {fails to} Ne7 22. Rf4 Ng6 $1
$17) 21... Nd6 {Black is in control. However, Black's position is not without
its weaknesses, especially the queenside pawn formation. In this position,
White needs to find the precise way to play against these pawn weaknesses.} 22.
Ne2 $6 {This move cramps White's position and uncoordinates his pieces.} (22.
Qd1 $142 $1 Rfe8 (22... Bxb2 23. Bxb2 Rxb2 24. Qc1 Rb5 25. Ne2 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6,
Rc7]}) (22... f4 23. Ne2 Bxb2 24. Bxb2 Rxb2 25. Nd4 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6,Rc7]}) 23.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Ne2 Bf6 25. Be3 Nb5 {with an interesting and complicated
position.}) 22... Rfe8 {The point. White's pieces get into a tangle now, but
his problems can be solved if the queen could somehow get to d1.} 23. Bf4 $2 {
I was very surprised to see this move. White loses a pawn for no compensation.}
(23. Rd1 Nb5 $15) (23. Rb1 $142 Nf7 24. Rd1 Bf6 25. d4 Qd5 $15 {[%csl Ra5]})
23... Bxb2 24. Rab1 Nb5 $1 {Black is just a pawn up and controls the important
squares. White is going nowhere in the pursuit to counter-attack against
Black's weak pawns.} 25. Ng3 Bc3 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Be3 g6 28. Qd1 {I thought
for more than half hour in this position. As Kramnik once said, if you think
for more than 20mins in a position you usually end up playing a bad move :)}
Bxa5 (28... f4 {doesn't work because of} 29. Qb3+) ({I was also considering} 
28... Qd5 29. Ne2 Bxa5 30. Ra1 Bb6 31. Bxb6 cxb6 32. Rxa6 {But this didn't
look that easy to convert}) 29. Ra1 Bb6 $2 {A bad move. Luckily it wasn't
punished.} (29... f4 $142 {I saw this but I misevaluated the position with} 30.
Bxf4 (30. Rxa5 fxe3 31. Qb3+ Qd5 32. Qxd5+ cxd5 $19) 30... Re1+ 31. Qxe1 Bxe1
32. Rxe1 Nc3 {but Black should be winning here as it isn't easy to stop the
a-pawn.}) 30. Bxb6 cxb6 31. Rxa6 f4 32. Ne2 (32. Nf1 Nd4 33. Rxb6 {The
position looks menacing, but amazingly, White still manages to hold this
position.} f3 34. Ng3 Ne2+ 35. Kh2 $1 fxg2 36. Qb3+) 32... f3 33. Nf4 $2 {
A terrible square for the knight. I wasn't sure how good Black's position is
after Ng3.} (33. Ng3 Nd4 (33... fxg2 34. Qb3+ Kh8 35. Qb2+ Qd4 36. Qxd4+ Nxd4
37. Rxb6 $11) 34. Rxb6 h5 {was my original plan. Although it looks a bit scary,
with a few accurate moves White holds the balance:} 35. Qb1 Ne2+ 36. Kh2 $1 $11
) 33... Nd4 34. Ra1 Rf8 {With the score of 3-1 we managed to defeat our main
rivals, China! After this we won all our remaining games and secured the gold
medal again after a wait of 7 years! :)} 0-1

[Event "NED-chT 0203"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2003.02.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Hendriks, Willy"]
[Black "Winants, Luc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2002.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nijmegen"]
[BlackTeam "VastNed Rotterdam"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 {[#] Le début de Philidor qui avait trouvé là une passerelle
entre les manuscrits du dix-septième siècle et les théories avancées dans son
"analyse du jeu des échecs" publiée en 1749. Nous y retrouvons la diagonale
italienne des Greco, Polerio et Salvio, mais aussi le concept qui consistait а
laisser le champ libre aux pions des ailes, pour assiéger ensuite celui du
centre, а e5, par les coups de béliers sur f4 ou d4 appuyé de c3.} Nf6 {
La défense berlinoise, ainsi nommée en hommage а Paul Rudolph von Bilguer,
dont le célèbre "handbuch" faisait alors autorité.} 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 {Voici
enfin le "giuoco Piano" ; il figure au répertoire de nombreux champions, dont
Karpov, Kasparov et Kramnik.} ({Les Blancs pourraient également opter pour} 4.
Nc3 {- la partie viennoise - dans le but et de contrôler d5 et d'avancer
ensuite vers f4. Une stratégie notamment adoptée par Bent Larsen depuis le
début des années soixante.}) 4... h6 (4... Bc5 {reviendrait а la partie
italienne}) ({et} 4... Be7 {а celle des deux Cavaliers. Le coup joué empêche
Ng5 et projette le développement du Fou en fianchetto : g6 puis Bg7.}) 5. c3 d6
6. Bb3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nf1 {Un regroupement thématique d'abord imaginé par
l'Américain Stanley, puis repris par William Steinitz : ce Cavalier se dirige
vers e3 ou g3. Le dispositif n'a pas l'air très menaçant au premier abord,
mais en y regardant de plus près, on s'aperçoit que le centre ne peut être
bousculé. Les Noirs pourraient certainement pousser d5 et provoquer le pion de
e4 en duel, mais les Blancs y répliqueraient toujours par Qe2, conservant le
statu quo, pour initier ensuite les hostilités а l'aile Roi. Il faut tenir
compte d'un assaut а la baïonnette, h3-g4 ou Ng3 suivi de h4-h5. Les Noirs
doivent éviter de roquer trop rapidement, pour ne pas jeter leur Roi dans la
gueule du loup.} Nh5 $5 {Une nouveauté conçue devant l'échiquier, justement
dans le but de contrecarrer les projets adverses.} ({Faute de connaissances
théoriques, je n'avais pas songé а} 8... d5 9. Qe2 Be6 10. Ng3 Qe7 {
(Gislplis-Eingorn, championnat d'URSS 1980) et les Noirs se préparent а roquer
du côté Dame...}) 9. Ng3 {Une faute de jugement me semble-t-il.} ({Il valait
mieux conduire ce Cavalier vers d5, via} 9. Ne3) 9... Nf4 10. Bxf4 exf4 11. Ne2
g5 {Les Blancs ont obtenu une majorité centrale, mais abandonné les deux Fous
а l'adversaire. De plus, le Ne2 ne dispose d'aucune case intéressante.} 12. d4
Qe7 {L'idée du grand roque m'était enfin venue а l'esprit.} 13. Qd3 Bd7 {
Le plan coule de source : Il faut assiéger e4 et tâcher de se débarrasser des
pions doublés (f7-f5).} 14. O-O-O ({Avancer le pion de b2 vers b5 ne donnait
pas un meilleur résultat. Supposons} 14. Bd5 O-O-O 15. b4 f5 16. b5 fxe4 17.
Bxe4 Na5 {et les Blancs éprouvent de grosses difficultés, suite au retard en
développement.}) 14... O-O-O 15. Nd2 Rhf8 16. Rhe1 f5 {Les Noirs se sont
emparés de l'initiative, mais il reste а trouver un emploi au Bg7, qui butte
devant la forteresse d4, soutenue de c3 et b2.} 17. Bd5 Rde8 18. Ng1 {En route
pour f3.} g4 {Maintient le Cavalier hors du jeu et dégage une nouvelle
diagonale, h6-c1.} 19. h3 h5 20. f3 Qg5 {[#] Vers e3, mais aussi d5 : les
Noirs menacent de prendre e4, puis d'avancer d6-d5 pour poster enfin la Tour
sur e3.} 21. exf5 {La pression était trop forte.} Re3 22. Rxe3 {Cette prise
ouvre les lignes au bénéfice des deux Fous.} ({Mais si} 22. Qc4 {alors} Rxf5
23. Ne4 (23. Be4 d5) 23... Qh6 {avec la menace Na5}) 22... fxe3 23. Ne4 Qxf5
24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Qxe3 $2 {Une faute et pourtant} (26. d5 {
se heurtait а} Bh6 $1) 26... Qe6 {[#] Trois menaces : Bh6, Qxa2 et d5.} 27. Kb1
d5 ({Mais pas} 27... gxf3 28. gxf3 Rxf3 {а cause de} 29. Nxd6+ $1 {et les
rôles seraient inversés.}) 28. Qg5 {Forcé.} dxe4 ({Non pas} 28... Bh6 29. Nc5)
29. Qxg7 {Toujours pas d'alternative :} ({sur} 29. d5 Bh6 {garde la pièce.})
29... Rg8 30. Qe5 Qxe5 31. dxe5 exf3 32. gxf3 gxf3 {Le complément des coups
précédents : le pion passé, ajouté а la maladresse du Cavalier, donne un
avantage décisif.} 33. e6 {Une dernière ressource.} (33. Nh3 {ne sauvait pas
les Blancs. Une variante :} Re8 34. Re1 Rh8 35. Nf2 Rh2 36. Nd1 Re2 37. Rf1
Be4+ 38. Ka1 f2 $1 39. Rxf2 Re1 40. Rd2 Bf3 {Les Noirs gagnent.}) 33... Rh8 $2
{Une faute qui permet aux Blancs de démontrer les inconvénients du Fou.} ({
Il fallait aussi éviter le mirage de} 33... Bb5 $2 34. Nxf3 Be2 35. Rg1 $1 $11)
({Cependant le gain s'obtenait aisément via} 33... f2 $1 34. Nh3 Bf3 $1 {
(je n'y avais pas pensé)} 35. Rc1 (35. Rf1 Bg2) 35... Be4+ 36. Ka1 Rf8 37. Rf1
({sur} 37. e7 f1=Q 38. e8=Q+ Rxe8 39. Rxf1 Bg2 {gagne encore du matériel.})
37... Bg2 38. Rxf2 Rd8 $1 {avec la menace du mat du couloir.}) 34. e7 b6 35.
Rd8+ $1 {Forcé, mais suffisant.} Rxd8 36. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 37. Nh3 {[#] Tout
simplement : le Bc6 ne réussira jamais а lever le blocus des cases noires,
dont f2, d2 et e1. Il suffit désormais de maintenir l'opposition en diagonale :
Si le Roi noir se dirige vers e3, via f4, les Blancs réagissent par Kd2, quand
le nombre de cases disponibles pour le Cavalier empêche tout zugzwang. Il y en
a six : h1, d1, h3, d3, g4 et e4. De même, si le Roi décide faire le tour par
g3 en direction de c1, les Blancs ripostent par Ke1, pour empêcher l'invasion
de la première traverse.} Bd5 38. a3 Kd7 39. Kc2 Ke6 ({Durant la partie je
jouais sous l'impression que le gain pouvait encore être démontré par la mise
en place d'un contre-pied en partant de l'aile Dame : Kc6-b5-a4-b3 suivi de la
poussée b5-b4. Vérification faite, il n'en est rien. Supposons :} 39... Kc6 40.
Kd3 Kb5 41. Nf2 Bc4+ 42. Ke3 Ka4 43. Kd2 (43. Kxf3 Kb3 44. Nd1 Bf7) 43... Kb3
44. Kc1 Be6 45. Ne4 Ka2 46. Nf2 Bf5 47. Nd1 Kb3 48. Nf2 a5 49. Nd1 {[#] Les
Noirs ont atteint le but fixé, mais la forteresse reste imprenable, car leur
Roi ne peut accéder а e3. Quelques tentatives :} a4 (49... b5 50. Nf2 b4 (50...
c5 51. Nh1 b4 52. cxb4 cxb4 53. axb4 axb4 54. Nf2 Kc4 55. Kd2 Kd4 56. Nh1 {
L'opposition des Rois sauve encore la nullité.}) 51. cxb4 (51. axb4 a4) 51...
axb4 52. axb4 Kxb4 53. Kd2 Kb3 54. Kc1 c5 55. Nd1 c4 56. Nf2 Bc2 57. Nh3 c3 58.
bxc3 Kxc3 59. Nf2 Ba4 (59... Bb3 60. Ne4+ Kd3 61. Nc5+) 60. Ng4 (60. Ne4+ Kd3
61. Nc5+ Ke3) 60... Bb3 (60... Kd3 61. Ne5+ {et prend le pion.}) 61. Nf2 $11)
50. Nf2 b5 51. Nd1 c6 52. Nf2 c5 53. Nd1 c4 $5 54. Nf2 b4 $5 55. axb4 a3 (55...
Bd7 56. Nd1 Bc6 57. Kb1) 56. bxa3 Kxc3 57. b5 Kd4 58. a4 (58. Nd1 Kd3 59. Nf2+
Ke2 60. Nd1 Ke1 61. b6 Be4 62. a4 c3 $19) 58... Ke3 59. Nd1+ Ke2 60. b6 Bc8 (
60... Be4 61. Nc3+) 61. Kc2 Ke1 62. a5 Bb7 63. Kc1 c3 64. a6 Bxa6 65. Kc2 Bc8
66. Ne3 f2 (66... Kf2 67. Ng4+ Kg3 68. Ne3 f2 69. Kxc3) 67. Kxc3 Ke2 68. Kd4
Bb7 69. Nf5 Kf3 70. Ne3 Be4 71. Nf1 Bc6 72. Ne3 {Les Noirs ne peuvent plus
progresser.}) 40. Kd3 {Les Blancs ne se doutent pas du danger.} (40. Kd2 {
était évidemment plus simple.}) 40... Kf5 {[#]} 41. Ke3 $2 {La faute décisive.}
({Il fallait jouer} 41. Nf2 Kf4 42. Kd2 Kg3 43. Ke1 $1 $11 {après quoi les
Noirs n'ont plus rien а essayer.}) 41... Kg4 42. Nf2+ Kg3 {En route pour
l'aile Dame !} 43. Nd3 a5 44. Nf2 a4 {Pour immobiliser la cible en b2.} 45. Nd3
Bb7 46. Nf2 Kg2 47. Ng4 Kf1 48. Kd2 ({Si} 48. Nf2 Ke1 {etc.}) ({ou} 48. Nh2+
Ke1 49. Nxf3+ Bxf3 50. Kxf3 Kd2 {et les pions tombent.}) 48... Ba8 {Zugzwang.}
49. Ne3+ Kg1 {Les Blancs abandonnent.} 0-1

