[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Almasi,Z"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{The game was played at the Olympiad in round 3, Azerbaijan vs Hungary.} 1. e4
e6 {The first little surprise. In the last couple of years Teimour has played
the Berlin Defense mostly, but of course he has played the French a lot in the
past.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {The French was not in my vision at the preparation and
I tried to avoid Teimour's preparation. Likely I also had something up my
sleeve...} c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9.
Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 {The good old line. Here White has several options and
setups. Like putting the bishop on b3 and keeping up the pressure on e6 or
playing with Re1 or anything else with the power of surprise.} 11. Re1 Qc7 12.
Bf1 {I already played this line against Goganov in the Haaselbachen Open and I
managed to win the game. Of course since I played this game in May, I had done
some analysis. The other options are 12.Bd3, 12.Bb3 or 12.Qe2.} Bd6 {Because
neither of us had checked this line before the game,Teimour also was not sure
about his decision. 12...Be7 is more solid:} (12... Be7 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Bf4 Bd6
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Qg3 (17. c4 Bd7 18. h3 Rfd8 19. Qe3 h6 20. g3 b5
21. Bg2 Rac8 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Rc1 Qd6 24. a3 b4 25. axb4 Qxb4 26. b3 Be8 27.
Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Ra1 Rc3 29. Qf4 Qc5 30. Qd2 e5 31. Nf5 e4 32. Qd4 Qxd4 33. Nxd4
Rd3 34. Nf5 Bd7 35. Ne3 Rxb3 36. Rd1 Bb5 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Rb8 Rb1+ 39. Bf1 Bd3
40. Rxb1 Bxb1 41. Bc4 Kg8 42. Kg2 Nd7 43. g4 Ne5 44. Bd5 g6 45. Kg3 Kg7 46. Nc4
Ba2 47. Nxe5 Bxd5 48. Kf4 g5+ 49. Ke3 Kf6 50. Nd7+ Ke6 51. Nc5+ Kd6 52. Nxe4+
Ke5 53. Ng3 Be6 54. Nh5 f5 55. f4+ gxf4+ 56. Nxf4 fxg4 57. Nxe6 Kxe6 {1/2 (57)
Tomashevsky,E (2728)-Harikrishna,P (2753) Huai'an CHN 2016}) 17... Qxg3 {
1/2 (17) Baklan,V (2618)-Vitiugov,N (2728) Biel SUI 2016}) 13. g3 {I
remembered that something like Nf5 is good and is a possiblemove, but I could
not remember the games and the exact lines. That is why I chose the text and
not h3, because the bishop has a nice diagonal on h1-a8, which is not
aggressive, but very human and still has the opportunity to fight for an
advantage.} (13. Nf5 $5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 O-O (14... Kf8 15. Qd4 exf5 16. Qxf6 h6
17. Qd4 Bd6 18. Bc4 Bd7 19. b3 Qc5 20. Qh4 (20. Qd3 $5 b5 21. Ba3 bxc4 22. Bxc5
cxd3 23. Bxd6+ Kg8 24. c4 $14) 20... b5 21. Be3 Qc7 22. Bd5 Bc6 23. Rad1 Kg8
24. Qh5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 g6 26. Qd1 Bf8 27. Bd4 Rh7 28. Bf6 Qb6 29. Bd4 Qc6 30.
Bb2 f6 31. Rd8 Rxd8 32. Qxd8 Rf7 33. Re8 Qxc2 34. Ba3 b4 35. Bxb4 Qc1+ 36. Re1
Qc7 37. Qxc7 Rxc7 38. Re8 Rf7 39. Ra8 Kg7 40. Bxf8+ Rxf8 41. Rxa6 g5 42. b4 Rd8
43. b5 Rd2 44. b6 Rb2 45. g3 Kg6 46. Kg2 h5 47. a4 f4 48. gxf4 g4 49. a5 h4 50.
Ra8 Kf5 51. Rh8 h3+ 52. Kg3 Rb3+ 53. Kh2 Rb2 54. a6 Rxf2+ 55. Kg1 g3 56. Rxh3
Kg4 57. Rh8 Rb2 58. a7 Rb1+ 59. Kg2 Rb2+ 60. Kf1 g2+ 61. Kg1 Kg3 62. Rg8+ Kh3
63. a8=Q {1-0 (63) Shankland,S (2656)-Chandra,A (2477) Saint Louis USA 2016})
15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Bd3 (16. Qf3 Kxg7 17. Bh6+ Kg6 18. Bd3+ Rxd3 19. cxd3 Nh5 20.
Rac1 Qe7 21. Kxh2 Kxh6 22. Re5 f5 23. Kg1 Qb4 24. Rc7 Rb8 25. Qe3+ Kg6 26. Rec5
b6 27. Rc4 Qf8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Qxe6+ Kg5 30. Rxc8 Qb4 31. Rg8+ {1-0 (31) Xu
Huahua (2125)-Jiang,Z (1891) Zhongshan CHN 2013}) 16... Kxg7 17. Qd2 Bf4 (17...
Ng8 18. Qg5+ Kh8 19. f4 f6 20. Qh4 Qg7 (20... Bxf4 21. Bxf4 Qg7 22. Re3 e5 23.
Rg3 $40 Qf7) 21. Kxh2 Bd7 22. Re3 Qh6 23. Rh3 Qxh4 24. Rxh4 h6 25. Rh3 $16) 18.
Qxf4 Qxf4 19. Bxf4 Nd5 20. Bd2 f6 21. Re4 e5 22. Rh4 f5 23. f3 Nf6 24. Bc3 Bd7
25. Bxe5 Re8 26. Bxf6+ Kxf6 27. Rxh7 Bc6 28. Kg1 Rad8 29. Kf2 Bb5 30. Rd1 Rc8
31. Rd2 Bc6 32. Rh5 Bd7 33. Re2 Rxe2+ 34. Kxe2 Rg8 35. Kf2 Rg7 36. f4 Be6 37.
g3 {1-0 (37) Tomashevsky,E (2728)-Wang Hao (2717) Huai'an CHN 2016}) 13... O-O
14. Bg5 Be5 {Here Black already started to use his time and tried to find the
best way. This was a logical move, but there are a couple of lines, where
Black had to choose between a sharp or worse position, which is not a happy
thing to have to do in a team event.} 15. c3 {I was still in my book.} Nd5 (
15... h6 {was the critical line.} 16. Nf3 $1 Bxc3 17. Rc1 $1 hxg5 18. Rxc3 {
with an unclear position, but with a dangerous black king structure, and who
likes it when the opponent is attacking your king?!}) 16. Bg2 {This was the
first point when I spent more time on my position, because I wanted to find
the best move to get an advantage. I calcuated several lines, but after 40
minutes thinking decided to play Bg2 and not sacrifice any material without
seeing good compensation.} (16. c4 {was my first idea... which could be the
most logical reaction to ...Nd5:} Nf6 {this was my problem, where I did not
see how to continue. Now my knight does not have a safe place on d4 and ...Rd8
is threatening, followed by ...Bxb2. So I would give up too many squares with
16.c4.} (16... Bf6 17. cxd5 Bxg5 18. dxe6 {This is a clear pawn up for White,
Qb3 is coming}) (16... Nb6 $2 17. Nf3 $1) 17. Nf3 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Ba3 {Here maybe
I have compensation, but it is not neccessary to do this.}) (16. Nf3 Bf6 ({
but also possible is} 16... Bd6)) 16... h6 17. Bd2 Nf6 {This was too
circumspect! Black tries to defend against the white queen running to h5 or g4
and attacking the black king, but loses a tempo.} (17... Bxd4 18. cxd4 Bd7 {
could be a logical alternative, but you should see the point after} 19. Qg4 Bc6
$1 20. Bxh6 f5 21. Qg5 {The position is unclear, both sides have chances.}) (
17... b5 18. Qg4 $40 {followed by Qh4 or Qh5 in the event of ...Kh8.} Kh8 19.
Qh5) 18. Qf3 {I tried to develop my pieces and to protect against the black
plan of ...Bd7. Also putting some pressure on the h6-pawn in case Black would
like to exchange the d4-knight.} (18. Qe2 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Bd7) 18... Rd8 (18...
Bd6 {was an interesting alternative to help the bishop escape from e5 while
not blundering the h6-pawn:} 19. Rad1 {Probably White is little bit better,
with a nice playable position.} (19. Bxh6 $2 e5 20. Nf5 e4 (20... gxh6 21.
Nxh6+ Kg7 22. Nf5+ $11) 21. Rxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxg7 Bxf5 23. Bxf8 Bg6)) 19. Rac1 (
19. Nb3 {was an alternative with the idea of c4-Ba5 later and just to protect
against the black plans.}) 19... Nd5 {The knight move again. It was not easy
to develop the c8-bishop, that is why Teimour decided to close the long
diagonal and was trying to play ...b5 or ...Bd7.} 20. Qg4 $14 {But now the
black knight does not control the g4-square anymore, I have chances to put
pressure on the black king.} f5 $2 {This was too scary and the black position
becomes very weak.} (20... Bf6 {was the right move! The h6-pawn does not hang
because ...e5 is coming.}) 21. Qe2 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Qf7 {Now Black is completely
punctured on the black squares, and he has a big weakness on e6 and still
difficulties to develop his bishop. The only piece which holds the black
position together is the d5-knight, but not for long.} 23. Qe5 {Centralising
the queen is always a good idea..} Bd7 (23... b6 24. Rc6) {Now the time has
come.} 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Rc7 {Entering to the 7th rank, pinning the bishop and
causing trouble in the black position.} Re8 26. Qd6 Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 Qe6 28. Bb4
$1 {A very strong move, but here I almost missed my winning chances, because I
did not see what would happen after 28.Qxd7. But I triple checked and I found
the defence for Black, which was not difficult.} (28. Qxd7 Qxe1+ 29. Kg2 Qe4+
30. f3 Qxd4 $1 {of course not} (30... Qe2+ 31. Kh3 Qf1+ 32. Kh4 g5+ 33. Kh5
Qxf3+ 34. Kg6 {getting mated.})) 28... Qxd6 (28... Rd8 $2 29. Qe7 {winning a
piece.}) 29. Bxd6 {We have opposite coloured bishops, but the quality gap
between the pieces will decide the fate of the game.} Be8 (29... Rd8 30. Be7) (
29... Bc6 30. Be5) 30. Be5 g5 31. Rg7+ {A check to chase the black king to a
bad place.} Kf8 32. Rxb7 h5 33. b3 {To prepare for a5. To stabilise the black
a-pawn on a dark square and not let the e8-bishop get out into the game.} ({
I had an idea to close out the black rook, but after ...a5 it can escape:} 33.
Bb8 a5 34. b3 Ra6) (33. Bg7+ Kg8 34. Bh6 g4) 33... Rc8 34. Bg7+ Kg8 35. Bh6 g4
{Threatening ...Bb5.} 36. a4 $1 Rc6 37. Bf4 {White is a pawn up, has a safe
king and a great bishop. This should be enough to convert the position into a
full point.} Rc2 38. Re7 Bf7 39. Rb7 {I just did not want to decide on any
forced line before move 40.} (39. Ra7 Rb2 40. Rxa6 Rxb3 41. Ra8+ Kh7 42. a5 {
This was easily winning.}) 39... Rb2 40. Rb8+ Kh7 {I could completely close
out the light-squared bishop, and it was time to push my pawns.} 41. b4 (41.
Kf1 {Maybe could be better to run out with the king from the danger zone and
then pushing the pawns:} Rb1+ 42. Ke2 Rb2+ 43. Ke3) 41... Ra2 42. a5 {I know,
this looks ugly, but the black bishop can not get into the play.} (42. b5 $2
Rxa4 43. b6 Rb4 {and it's not easy to convert the pawn.}) 42... Ra1+ 43. Kg2
Rb1 44. Be5 $1 Be6 {He can not bring the bishop to g6, because he is always
geting mated on h8.} 45. Rb6 $1 Bf7 46. Rxa6 {I had to calculate the line
precisely to win the game.} Be8 {Of course. Finally the bishop comes out, but
not in time.} 47. Ra7+ Kh6 48. Rb7 $1 Ba4 49. Rb6+ Kh7 50. f4 $1 {An important
move! Black does not have mating threats any more.} h4 51. gxh4 {The only and
safest way.} (51. a6 h3+ 52. Kf2 Rb2+ 53. Ke1 Rb1+ (53... Rxh2 54. Rb7+ Kh6 55.
a7 Rh1+ 56. Kf2 $1 h2 57. Kg2 $1) 54. Kd2 Rb2+ 55. Kc1 Rxh2 $11 {and only
equality!!}) 51... Rb2+ 52. Kg1 Rb1+ 53. Kf2 Rb2+ 54. Ke1 Rb1+ 55. Kd2 Rb2+ 56.
Kc1 Rxh2 (56... Rc2+ {this could be a better try, but is also losing:} 57. Kb1
Rxh2 58. Rb8 Bc2+ 59. Kc1 Bd3 60. b5 g3 61. h5 Rxh5 62. a6 $18) 57. Rb8 Rc2+
58. Kb1 Kg6 {Otherwise h5 is coming and there is no defence against mate on h8.
} 59. a6 1-0

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. b3 (11. Nb5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Rc8) (11. c3)
11... O-O-O 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Qe2 h5 14. h3 (14. Nf3 Ng4 15. Rad1 Bd6 16. h3 Bc6
$1 17. Rfe1 (17. Rxd6 Qxd6 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Ne5 Rh4 $17) 17... Bc5 $13 18.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Bxe6+ $1 fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kb8 21. hxg4 {Yandemirov,V-Vainerman,A/
Lvov/1986/}) 14... Ng4 15. Nf3 Bd6 $6 (15... Bc6 $1 16. Rfd1 (16. Ne5 Nxe5 (
16... Ba3 $1 17. hxg4 $2 (17. Bxa3 $8 Nxe5 18. Rad1 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 $10) 17...
Bxb2 18. Nxf7 hxg4 19. Bxe6+ Kb8 $19) 17. Bxe5 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rad1 Qc5
20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 h4 $10 {Geller,E-Arkhipov,S/Moscow/1986/}
) 16... Bc5 17. Rxd8+ (17. hxg4 hxg4 18. Be5 $1 Rxd1+ {[#]} (18... gxf3 19.
Bxc7 fxe2 20. Rxd8+) 19. Qxd1 Qe7 (19... Bxf3 20. Bxc7 Bxd1 21. Bg3 $1 Rd8 22.
Bd3) (19... Qb6 20. Nd4 Qd8 21. Qxg4 Rh4 22. Nxc6 $1 Qh8 23. Qxe6+ $18) 20. Nh2
Qg5 $1 (20... Qh4 $2 21. Qxg4 $1) (20... Rxh2 21. Bxh2 Qh4 22. Qf1 g3) 21. Bg3
Rxh2 $1 22. Bxh2 (22. Kxh2 Qh6+ 23. Kg1 Bxg2 $19) 22... g3 23. Bxg3 Qxg3 24.
Qf1 Qf4 (24... b5 25. b4 Bb6 26. Be2 g5 27. Rc1 g4 28. c4 Qh4 29. Bxg4) 25. Rd1
Bd6 26. Rxd6 {Kopylov,I-Kahn,A/EU-ch (corr)/1989/91/}) 17... Qxd8 18. Rf1 (18.
hxg4 hxg4 19. Bxe6+ fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Bd7 $5 (20... Kb8 $5 21. Qxg4 Bxf3 $1 22.
Qxf3 Rf8 $1 $10 {(Glek 89)}) 21. Qc4 gxf3 22. Qxc5+ Bc6 23. Qd4 $2 (23. Qf5+ $1
Qd7 24. Qxd7+ Kxd7 25. g3 Rg8 $44 {(Glek 89)}) 23... Qxd4 24. Bxd4 fxg2 25. f3
Bxf3 26. Bxg7 Rh1+ 27. Kf2 Kd7 28. Rg1 $6 (28. Bd4 a6 29. Re1 $1 $15 {(Glek 89)
}) 28... Be4 $17 {(Glek 89)} 29. Bd4 a6 30. c3 Ke6 31. a4 Kf5 32. b4 Rh3 $1 33.
b5 $5 a5 34. Re1 Rd3 $1 35. Kg1 Rd2 36. Ra1 Kg4 $1 37. Bb6 Rd6 $1 $19 38. Bxa5
Rh6 39. Kf2 Rf6+ 40. Kg1 Rh6 41. Kf2 b6 $1 42. Re1 Rf6+ 43. Kg1 Kf3 $1 {
Lanka,Z-Glek,I/Moscow-ch/0:1/1989/}) 18... Rh6 19. Bb5 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qd6 21. g3
Nxf2 22. Rxf2 Rg6 23. Kf1 Rxg3 24. Qxh5 Bxf2 25. Be5 Rg1+ 26. Kxf2 Qc5+ 27. Kf3
Qxb5 28. c4 Qc6+ 29. Ke3 Re1+ 30. Kd2 Qe4 31. Qh8+ Kd7 32. Qb8 Qe3+ 33. Kc2
Qc1+ 34. Kd3 Re3+ 35. Kd4 Qc3+ 36. Kc5 b6+ {Matulovic,M-Marjanovic,S/JUG/1986/
0:1/40/}) 16. Rfe1 (16. Rfd1 Bc6 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. Ne5 Rh6 19. Nxg4 Rh4 20.
Bxg7 Bh2+ 21. Kf1 Bd6 22. f4 Rg8 23. Bxe6+ Kb8 24. Rxd6 Rxg7 25. Qe5 Rg8 26.
Bxf7 Rf8 27. Nf2 Rh2 28. Rad1 Rhh8 29. Bd5 Re8 30. Re6 Bxd5 31. Rxe8+ {Peptan,
C-Hagarova,Z/WchJW Bratislava/1993/}) 16... Bc6 17. Ne5 $6 (17. hxg4 $1 hxg4 (
17... Bxf3 18. Qxf3 hxg4 19. Qxg4 Bh2+ 20. Kf1 $18) 18. Ne5 g3 $1 (18... Rh5
19. Nxf7 Bh2+ 20. Kf1 Be5 21. Bxe6+ Kb8 22. Qxe5 $18) (18... Rh4 19. Nxf7) 19.
Bd4 (19. Qe3) 19... Bb4 (19... gxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Be8 21. Rad1 $18) (19... Rh2 20.
Nxc6 Qxc6 (20... Rdh8 $2 21. Bxe6+ $1 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Qd7 23. Qxd7+ Kxd7 24.
fxg3 Kxc6 (24... Bxg3 25. Ne5+ Kc7 26. Kf1 $18)) 21. Qf3 Qxf3 (21... Qc7 22.
Rad1 Rdh8 23. Kf1 $16) 22. gxf3 Rdh8 (22... g2 $5 23. Rad1 Bc7 $14) 23. fxg3
$18 Bxg3 24. Re2) 20. c3 Rxd4 21. cxd4 $18) 17... Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 $10 (18...
h4 $6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rad1 Qf4 21. Bb5 Bxb5 22. Qxb5 g5 23. Qa5 a6 24. Kf1
Rhg8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qc5+ Kb8 27. Qe5+ Qxe5) 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 h4 21.
Rae1 Rd4 22. Bd3 Rhd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. c3 Qc7 12. Qe2 O-O-O (12... Bd6 13. Nb5
Bxb5 14. Bxb5+ Ke7 15. g3 (15. h3 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Bf4) 15... h5 16. Bg5 h4 $1 17.
Bxh4 Rxh4 18. gxh4 Rh8 $44) 13. a4 Bd6 14. g3 h5 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. axb5 b6 $2 (
16... Kb8 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Bf4 Bd6 $14) 17. Ra4 Kb8 (17... h4 18. Qf3 $14 (18.
Bxe6+ fxe6 19. Rc4 Bc5 20. b4 (20. Bf4 e5 21. Bxe5 Rde8) 20... hxg3 21. bxc5
gxh2+ (21... g2 22. cxb6 gxf1=Q+ 23. Kxf1 axb6 24. Qxe6+ $18) 22. Kh1 bxc5 23.
Qxe6+ $13)) 18. Bg5 $16 h4 19. Bxh4 Qc5 (19... Rxh4 20. gxh4 Rh8 21. Rfa1 $18)
20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rfa1 Rd7 22. Qf3 $1 {PBc4-f1-g2+-} Rh5 23. Bd3 (23. Bf1 Qd5
24. Qxf6 Bc5) 23... Qd5 24. Be4 Qe5 25. Bc6 Rc7 26. Rd4 $1 {Mickey is usually
ruthlessly efficient in these positions but it's not a very difficult task.
White has all the trumps} Rh8 27. b4 Be7 28. Qd3 f5 29. Bg2 $1 1-0

[Event "Vojvodina-ch 5th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2014.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Liou, Yian"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 {After my experience with the Indian American, I
have decided to play as safe as possible against the Chinese American.} 4. Ngf3
{The principal move.} Nf6 5. exd5 Nxd5 $5 {A lame line} 6. Nb3 {Keres and
Ivkov made this line popular in 1950's.} cxd4 (6... Nd7 7. g3 Be7 8. dxc5 Nxc5
9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O $14) 7. Nbxd4 Qb6 $5 8. c3 (8. a3 {looks like being the
most critical move.} Be7 9. c4 Nf6 10. b4 a5 11. c5 Qd8 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+
Qxd7 14. Bb2 O-O 15. O-O axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Nc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 {
does not put a scare though.}) 8... Bc5 9. Bc4 $146 Nc6 10. Bxd5 Nxd4 (10...
exd5 11. Qe2+ Kf8 12. Be3 Bg4 13. O-O-O {is too risky for Black.}) 11. Nxd4 {
This is expected by the over solid kid from Bay area.} ({He could have tried} 
11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 exd5 14. O-O O-O 15. Rac1 Qd6 16. Rfe1 f6
17. h3 Bd7 $14) 11... Bxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. cxd4 exd5 14. Bf4 Bd7 15. Rc1 Bc6
16. Kd2 {Nothing to write home about!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 {A line usually chosen by Predrag.Alex also uses
it succesfully if he goes for the French.} 4. Ngf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Ne7
7. Qe2 Nbc6 8. a3 Ba7 {Delaying the castle.} 9. Nb3 (9. b4 Ng6 10. g3 O-O 11.
Bb2 f5 12. exf5 exf5 $40) 9... O-O 10. e5 Ng6 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Bd2 a5 $1 {
Not allowing any bind on d4.} 13. Bc3 g5 14. h3 a4 15. Nbd4 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4
17. Bxd4 Bd7 18. O-O {With a deadlock.} (18. O-O Rc8 19. f3 Be8 20. c3 Qd7 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Novi Sad TS 80th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2018.07.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Peng, Shunkai"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O (7. Qe2
Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 Qb4+ 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. O-O-O Bd7 {sounds solid.}) 7... Nf6
8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 $5 11. b3 a6 12. a4 (12. Bb2 $142 {
may turn out to win a tempo useful for the attack.} Qf4 13. g3 Qc7 14. Qe2 Be7
15. Rfe1 {No matter which move and move order is applied Black should only be
afraid of Nf5.} (15. Rad1 Rd8 16. Rfe1 Bc8 17. Bd3) 15... Qc5 16. Bd3 $1 O-O
17. Nf5 Bd8 18. Nxg7 $140 $2 (18. Bd4 Qa5) 18... Qg5 $1) 12... Rd8 13. Bb2 $146
(13. Ba3 Qf4 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. Bxe6 $2 Bc6) 13... Qf4 14. g3 Qc7 15. Qe2 Be7
16. Rad1 (16. Rfe1 Bc8 17. Bd3 $1 Rd7) 16... Bc8 (16... O-O $2 17. Nf5 $1) 17.
Nf3 O-O $11 18. Ne5 a5 (18... b6 $142) 19. Ng4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6
22. Bxf6 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 gxf6 24. Qg4+ Kf8 25. Qh4 Kg7 {Black can not avoid the
repetition.} (25... Qe5 $2 26. Qxh7 Bd7 27. Qd3 Qe1+ (27... Bc6 28. f3) 28. Qf1
) 26. Bd3 h6 27. Qg4+ Kf8 28. Qh4 Kg7 (28... Qe5 $2 29. Qxh6+ Ke7 30. Qe3) 29.
Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Super"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bd7 11. Bf4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Rc8 13. Be2 Bc5 (13...
Nd5) 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. c3 Ke7 16. a4 Nd5 $1 (16... a6) 17. Bg3 a5 18. Rfd1 g5 19.
Be5 $1 (19. Bf3 Nf4 20. Bxf4 gxf4 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Bf3 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Rxb3 24.
Rd2 Rhb8 25. Ra2 e5) 19... Rhd8 $1 (19... f6 $6 20. Bd4 $16) 20. Bf3 Rc4 $1 (
20... f6 21. Bd4) (20... Bc6 21. Nd4) 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 $1 (22. Bd4 Bxd4
23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Nxd4 Rc8 $36) 22... Rxa4 23. Re1 $1 (23. Rxa4 Bxa4 24. Rxd8
Bxd8 $15) (23. Rad1 Bg4 (23... Be6 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Nc5 Ra2 26. Nxb7 Bb6 27.
Bd6+ Kf6 28. Ba3) (23... Bc6 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Bd6+ (25. Nd4 Ra2) 25... Kf6)
24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Bd6+ (25. f3 Be6) (25. Re1 Be6 26. Nc5 Ra2 $13) 25... Kf6 26.
f3 Be6 27. Nc5 Bb6) 23... Be6 24. Rb5 Re4 25. Rf1 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 $8 Bxb3 27.
Rxb3 $1 Rxe5 28. Rxb7+ Rd7 (28... Ke8 29. Kg3 f5 30. h4 $1 h6 31. hxg5 hxg5 32.
Rh1 Rd3+ 33. Kf2 Rd2+ $11) 29. Rxd7+ Kxd7 30. Ra1 (30. b4 $4 Rf5+ 31. Ke2 Rxf1
32. Kxf1 a4 $19) 30... f5 (30... f5 31. b4 axb4 32. cxb4 Re4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2002.01.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Zifroni, Dov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.01.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
c4 Qc6 $1 $146 {[%csl Gg2][%mdl 8] Strange enough, but this logical
continuation is a novelty. Black's queen is placed much better on c6 than on
e5 or f5, where she is getting under attack of white pieces.} (8... Qf5 9. Qf3
(9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd4 Qg6 12. N2f3 Rd8 13. Bd3 Qh5 14. Re1 Qa5 15.
Qe2 (15. a3 $5) 15... Nb4 16. Bb1 Bd7 17. Bf4 Bc6 18. a3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Nc6 $11
{0-1 Hunt,H-Peng,Z/Leon 2001/EXT 2002 (40)}) 9... Qxf3 10. Nxf3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2
Bd7 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Bxb5 14. cxb5 Nc5 {[%csl Gd2,Gf1][%cal Gc5b3]} 15.
Bc4 Rc8 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gc5e4]} 16. Rc1 Nce4 17. Bd3 Kd7 18. Be3 Nd5 19. Ke2
Nxe3 20. Bxe4 Nd5 $11 {0-1 Vorobiov,E-Ivanov,S/Maikop 1998/CBM 66/[Hecht] (41)}
) (8... Qe5+ $6 9. Be2 Bd7 (9... Be7 $142) 10. O-O Be7 11. Nf3 Qb8 12. Bg5 {
[%cal Gg5h4,Gh4g3]} Bxb5 13. cxb5 Nc5 14. Qd4 Ncd7 15. Rfd1 O-O 16. Bd3 e5 17.
Qh4 Bd6 18. Bf5 $16 {1-0 Gasanov,E-Turkin,V/Voronezh 2001/EXT 2002 (32)}) 9. a3
$1 {[%csl Ga6] This is the only idea to fight for an advantage - to play
against black's knight on a6.} (9. Be2 $2 Qxg2 10. Bf3 Qg6 $17) (9. Nf3 $5)
9... Be7 10. b4 {[%csl Ga6]} O-O 11. Nd4 $2 {Missing the strong black
counterplay.} (11. Bb2 $142 e5 $1 (11... Rd8 12. Qc2 (12. Qf3 $5) 12... e5 $1
13. Nf3 (13. O-O-O $140 Ng4 $1 $17 {[%csl Gf2]}) (13. Bxe5 $2 Re8 $17 {[%cal
Ge8e1]}) 13... e4 14. Nfd4 Qe8 15. Be2 $14) 12. Qf3 (12. Bxe5 $2 Ng4 {[%csl
Ge1]}) 12... e4 (12... Bg4 13. Qxc6 bxc6 14. Nc3 Nc7 15. Nb3 $1 Ne6 16. f3 Bf5
17. O-O-O $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6]}) 13. Qc3 Bg4 $13) 11... Qd7 $1 (11... Qc7 12.
Bb2 $14) 12. N2f3 (12. Bb2 e5 13. N4f3 e4 14. Nd4 Nc7 $13 {[%cal Ga7a5,Gc7e6]})
12... e5 $2 {[%csl Ge1] Also very interesting, but unfortunately for black it
is the wrong idea.} ({Much better was the logical} 12... Rd8 $1 $32 {[%csl Ge1]
[%cal Gd7d1] Now white really is in big trouble, black has a clear development
advantage, even white's king is in danger. I managed to find the only way for
equality for white:} 13. Qc2 $8 (13. Bb2 $140 $2 {Here black has an unexpected
idea,using white king in the centre} Nxb4 $3 14. axb4 Bxb4+ 15. Ke2 e5 $1 {
[%csl Re2]} 16. Qb3 (16. Nxe5 Qe7 17. f4 Bg4+ $19) (16. Nc2 Qe7 $1 17. Qxd8+
Qxd8 18. Nxb4 Qb6 19. Bc3 Ne4 20. Be1 Nxf2 $1 $17) 16... Qe7 17. Nc2 Bc5 $17 {
[%csl Ge2][%cal Ge5e4]}) (13. Bf4 $2 {Zifroni} e5 $1 14. Bxe5 Nxb4 (14... Ng4
$5 $17) 15. axb4 Bxb4+ 16. Ke2 Ng4 $40 {fritz}) (13. Qb3 e5 14. Nb5 e4 15. Nfd4
Nc7 $36) 13... e5 14. Nb5 e4 15. Nfd4 Nc7 16. Be2 $11 {[%cal Ge1g1]}) 13. Nxe5
Qe8 (13... Re8 {Quite nice, but also not enough} 14. f4 $1 (14. Nxd7 $140 $4
Bxb4#) 14... Bd6 15. Be2 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Rxe5 17. O-O $16 {[%csl Ra6,Gc1,Ge2]})
14. f4 $1 Ng4 (14... Ne4 15. Qf3 $1 $16 (15. Bd3 $140 f6)) 15. Be2 Nxe5 16.
fxe5 Bh4+ 17. g3 Qxe5 $2 {This is already too much, black doesn't get enough
compensation and gets into a lost position.} (17... Bd8 $143 18. O-O (18. Bf4
g5 $1) (18. Nf3 Bh3 19. Qd4 Nc7 $44 {[%csl Ge1]}) 18... Bc7 (18... Qxe5 19. Bf4
$16) 19. Nf3 (19. e6 $5 Bxe6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Qc2 $14) 19... Bh3 20. Re1 Rd8
21. Qb3 (21. Qc2 Bxe5) 21... Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Bf4 Qf6 (23... Qd4+ 24. Qe3
$16) 24. Bf3 $16 {[%csl Gf3,Gf4]}) 18. gxh4 Bg4 19. Bb2 Rfe8 20. Qd2 $6 (20.
Qc2 $1 {wins easily} Qh5 (20... Bxe2 21. Nxe2 Qf4 {[%csl Ge1]} (21... Qh5 22.
Kf2) 22. Rg1 {[%csl Gg7]} f6 23. Rg3 Re7 {[%cal Ga8e8]} (23... Rad8 24. Rd1)
24. Qd2 Qxh4 25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. Kf1 Qxh2 27. Rg2 Qh1+ 28. Kf2 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 $18)
21. Rg1 (21. O-O-O $2 Bxe2 22. Rdg1 f6 $13) 21... Qxh4+ 22. Rg3 Rxe2+ 23. Nxe2
Re8 24. O-O-O Rxe2 25. Qd3 $18) 20... Bxe2 (20... Qh5 21. Rg1 Qxh4+ 22. Rg3 $18
) 21. Nxe2 Qe4 $1 {This is the difference compared with 20.Qc2. Now the black
queen has the important e4-square.} (21... Qh5 22. Rg1 Rad8 (22... Qxh4+ 23.
Kf1 Rad8) 23. Rxg7+ Kf8 24. Qc2 $18 {[%cal Gg7h7,Gh7h8]}) 22. O-O-O (22. Kf2
$143 Rad8 23. Nd4 Re6 $40) 22... Qxe2 23. Qd4 $1 Qe3+ (23... f6 24. Rhg1) 24.
Qxe3 Rxe3 25. Rhg1 $1 {[%csl Gg7] Black won back the piece, but his position
still remains difficult. White has a strong initiative even in the endgame.
And the difference between the black knight and the white bishop is going to
be a decisive factor.} g6 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7,Rh6]} 26. Rd7 {[%cal Gd7b7]} Rc8 27.
c5 b6 28. Rf1 {[%csl Gf7]} (28. Rxa7 bxc5 29. Rxa6 $6 (29. b5 $1 $16) 29...
cxb4+ 30. Kb1 bxa3 31. Rxa3 Re2 $132) (28. Rgd1 $1 bxc5 29. b5 Nb8 30. Rxa7 {
Looks like the best way}) 28... bxc5 29. b5 (29. Rfxf7 cxb4+ 30. Kd2 Rb3 31.
Be5 $1 $18 Nc5 $140 (31... Rd3+ $8 32. Kxd3 Nc5+ 33. Kd4 Nxd7 34. Rxd7 bxa3 35.
Rxa7) 32. Rg7+ Kf8 33. Bd6+ Ke8 34. Rde7+ {mating}) 29... Nc7 30. Rfxf7 (30.
Rdxf7 $143 Re1+ $1) 30... Ne6 31. Kd2 {Complicates the matters a little bit} ({
Another way:} 31. Rxh7 $1 Nd4 32. Rdg7+ Kf8 33. Rxa7 Kg8 34. Kb1 $1 $18) (31.
Bf6 $6 Rf3 $1) 31... Rb3 32. Be5 Rd8 (32... Nd4 $2 33. Rg7+ Kf8 34. Bd6+ Ke8
35. Rde7+) 33. a4 $1 {[%csl Ra7]} ({Nothing gives} 33. Rg7+ Nxg7 34. Rxd8+ Kf7
35. Rd7+ Ke6) 33... c4 34. Rxd8+ Kxf7 35. Rd7+ Ke8 36. Rxa7 Nc5 37. Kc2 $1 (37.
Bd4 $2 Rd3+) 37... h5 38. Bd4 (38. Rc7 $2 Nxa4 39. Rxc4 Rxb5 {[%csl Ge5]})
38... Nd3 39. Bc3 Nc5 (39... Ra3 40. b6 $18) (39... Nf4 40. Rc7 Rxc3+ 41. Kxc3
Nd5+ 42. Kxc4 Nxc7 43. b6 $18) 40. Rc7 $1 $18 Nxa4 41. Rxc4 Ra3 (41... Nxc3 42.
Kxb3 Nxb5 43. Kb4 Nd6 44. Rc6 Kd7 45. Kc5 Ne4+ 46. Kd5 $18 {[%csl Rg6]}) 42.
Bd4 Kf7 43. b6 (43. Rc6 Rh3) 43... Nxb6 44. Bxb6 Ra2+ 45. Kd3 Rxh2 46. Bd8 $1 {
Of course now it's easily winning for white} Rg2 47. Bg5 Kg7 48. Rc7+ Kf8 49.
Ke4 Re2+ 50. Kd5 $138 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 16th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2015.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Bartel,M"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 {First surprise. I have been playing French
Defence for all my life, but I had never played 3...c5 before this game.} 4.
Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 ({Another option is} 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 {which was lately tried in Naroditsky - Vitiugov, Gibraltar 2015,
but it can't offer White anything.}) 5... Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd7 ({Of course, the
main move is} 6... Qd6 {, but the move in the game also makes sense.}) 7. Nb3
Nc6 8. Nbxd4 ({Another, more aggressive, attempt is} 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 a6 10.
a4 {, but that's another story.}) 8... Nxd4 9. Nxd4 ({In his last game in that
line, David went for} 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 {, but couldn't win his game
versus Alexander Riazantsev. This time he tried a more aggressive path.}) 9...
a6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bf4 ({My preparation has finished here, as I only knew that
after} 11. Re1 Bc5 12. Be3 ({or} 12. c3 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7) 12... O-O {Black is
doing fine. The move played by David is much more concrete - White is trying
to place his bishop on e5, where it may become a very powerful piece. However,
at the same time, the black bishop on c5 won't be neutralised along the g1-a7
diagonal.}) 11... b5 12. Bb3 Bc5 13. Be5 Bb7 $2 {A horrible mistake! I thought
that the rook on a8 may be hanging in some lines, so it's better to play ...
Bb7 first... It's exactly the opposite - it's the black king which can be in
trouble!} ({Black was forced to play} 13... O-O {and now} 14. Bxf6 {would lead
to a worse game for White:} (14. c3 {is much better and after} Bb7 {we have
the position which appeared in the game.}) 14... gxf6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qf3 Bxd4
17. Qxa8 Rg8 $1) 14. c3 $2 ({White could have won the game on the spot by
playing} 14. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 15. Bxe6 $1 {This is what I saw, but I missed that
after} Qxd4 (15... fxe6 {is losing to} 16. Qh5+) 16. Qh5 O-O ({A more stubborn
move is} 16... Rf8 {, but after} 17. Rae1 (17. Bh3 $5) 17... Be7 18. Re3 $1 {
Black also has no hope.}) 17. Bf5 {White is winning.}) 14... O-O {Taking on f6
is never really possible, as the g-file would be much more useful for the
black pieces.} 15. Qe2 Qe7 {There were some threats of taking on e6 in the air,
so it was better to hide the queen.} 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Rfe1 {Pretty logical,
as the rook should join the game at some stage.} Ba8 $5 {I really like this
move, which is very practical - at many points Black can use - with tempo -
the b7-square to attack the g2-spot with the queen. It's never very pleasant,
so White has to keep taking it into account all the time. The only negative
result of it may be the hanging pawn on a6, but it's hard to exploit it.} ({
Another option was} 17... g6) 18. Rd3 {I expected David to play this, but it's
possible that it's a bit misplayed.} ({As the worst white piece is the bishop
from b3,} 18. Bc2 {was the move to think about. The most natural} Qb7 ({
probably better would be} 18... Bd6) 19. f3 Nd7 20. Bg3 {gives White better
chances, as Black - in order to weaken the white king - lost coordination of
its pieces.}) 18... g6 $1 {This is, of course, very typical, but played at
exactly the right moment. White can't make a use of the weakened dark squares,
while Black is about to play some active moves, such as ...Qb7 or even ...Ne4.}
19. Qd2 ({This move also came as expected, but maybe it was better to play the
simple} 19. h3 {, in order to take g4 under control. Probably, David still
wanted to mate me on the h-file and didn't want to block the h3-square by a
pawn, but it was a logical move. At the same time Black would be just fine -
there are many moves to think about, but maybe the smart} Rfe8 {is a nice idea
- just to prepare Nd7-e5 or something similar.}) 19... Ng4 {This is the
consequence of Qd2 - now the knight can make active attempts to fight for the
central squares.} 20. Bg3 ({The other option was} 20. Bf4 {and after several
forced moves:} e5 21. Bg5 Qb7 22. f3 exd4 23. cxd4 (23. Bxd8 $4 dxc3+) 23...
Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Qb6 25. Kh1 Bxd4 26. fxg4 {the game would be balanced.}) 20... e5
$1 {I don't know if David saw this strong move or maybe he saw it, but
underestimated it - but the fact is, that he has panicked here. Actually,
Black is not threatening to take on d4, as the queen is hanging, but both ...
Qb7 and ...Qf6 may be very unpleasant.} 21. Bd1 $2 {After this move I was
shocked, as I totally missed this idea, but... it's just a big mistake.} ({
David should have played} 21. h3 Qf6 22. hxg4 exd4 {and here White can go for
the interesting} 23. Qh6 (23. cxd4 Bxd4 {should be worse for White.}) 23...
Rfe8 $1 (23... dxc3 {is just bad because of} 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bh4 Bxf2+ 26.
Bxf2 cxb2 {, but you would have to be a computer to find best move for White
here which is...} 27. a3 $3) 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. cxd4 Bxd4 {with an equal game.}
) 21... Qf6 $1 {This simple move forces White to go into a worse position.} 22.
Bxg4 $2 ({Well, engines suggest the strange looking} 22. b4 $1 Bb6 23. h3 {
and claim that White is just slightly worse after} (23. Bxg4 exd4 24. h3 {
is possible as well}) 23... exd4 24. Bxg4 h5 25. Bf3 dxc3 26. Qxc3 Qxc3 27.
Rxc3 Rd2 {. This is true, but for a human it's hard to play such strange moves.
}) ({The immediate} 22. h3 {does not give much:} exd4 23. Bxg4 dxc3 24. Qxc3
Qxc3 25. Rxc3 Bb4 {- in this line we can see why b4 is so important.}) 22...
exd4 23. cxd4 $2 ({White should have tried} 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. Bxf4 dxc3 (24...
h5 $5 25. Bd1 dxc3 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. bxc3 $15) 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. bxc3 {, and
there are decent drawing chances.} f5 (26... Bd5 $2 27. Bc7 $1 Ra8 28. Re5) 27.
Bd1 Bd5 $15) 23... Rxd4 ({Much worse was} 23... Bxd4 $2 24. Rd1 Bb6 25. Rd6 {
with equal chances, but now Black is dominating thanks to his pair of powerful
bishops.}) 24. Qc3 Qb6 $6 ({I completely missed the fact that} 24... b4 $1 {
was much simpler:} 25. Qc2 (25. Qxc5 Rxd3 {should rather be hopeless}) 25...
Rxd3 26. Qxd3 Qxb2 27. Qxa6 Bd5 {and it is just about winning.}) 25. Rxd4 Bxd4
{Ok, now Black is much better anyway, but it's still not the end of the day
for White.} 26. Qc2 Qf6 27. b3 h5 28. Bd7 ({After the more passive} 28. Bh3 {
Black may try many moves, but I like} Rd8 {best, as it's very active. The idea
is to bring the rook into the game. After} 29. Bc7 {Black can play} Rd5 $1 {
and White can't take the bishop on a8, because of his problem with the 1st
rank:} 30. Re8+ Kh7 31. Rxa8 Bxf2+ $1) 28... Rd8 ({After executing this move,
I thought it was mistake. I considered} 28... h4 {to be stronger, as in the
very first moment after playing ...Rd8 I spotted this idea:} 29. Bc7 Qg5 30.
Bh3 Rc8 {. However, it turns out, that after} 31. Qc1 $1 {White may save the
game and I was right to play ...Rd8.}) 29. h4 ({This move means that White
loses his g2 pawn, but there was nothing better as after} 29. Bh3 {Black can
play many different moves, e.g.} b4 {with a total positional domination.})
29... Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Rxd7 {Now Black is a pawn up and the position must be just
winning, as White has also a very poor structure and the pawn on h4 is very
weak.} 31. Qe4 Rd8 32. Rc1 {After this move I panicked for a moment, as I
couldn't find any move to stop the white rook from penetrating the f-file.
After spending some time on cooling my head down, I realised that I have one
strong resource.} Bc3 $1 {That's it - the bishop can block the rook, so Black
is still winning. The threat is to play b5-b4.} 33. b4 Kh7 $1 {A prophylactic
move, with the idea to play ...Rd4.} 34. a3 Rd4 35. Qf3 Qxf3+ ({It was also
possible to play} 35... Rc4) 36. Kxf3 Rc4 37. Ke2 Kg8 {I think this is a nice
technical move, based on the fact that Kd3 is not possible yet.} ({There was
also an option to play} 37... g5 38. hxg5 Kg6 {, but I thought that it's
rather against endgame rules - 1st of all you shouldn't exchange too many
pawns and also I saw no reason to exchange the weak h4-pawn that early.}) 38.
Rc2 ({The trick is that after} 38. Kd3 {Black can play} Bxb4 $1 {winning a
second pawn.}) 38... Bd4 39. Rxc4 bxc4 40. Kf3 ({There was also an easy win
for Black after} 40. a4 Kf8 41. b5 axb5 42. axb5 Ke7) 40... f5 $1 {The last
precise move in the game - Black is stopping the white king from getting
active and can now do what he wants to, step by step making use of his extra
pawn.} 41. Bf4 Kf7 42. Bg5 Ke6 43. Ke2 Kd5 44. f3 Kc6 45. a4 Bc3 46. Be7 Kd7
47. Bc5 Bf6 48. Bf2 Be7 49. b5 ({There was also no hope after} 49. Be1 Kc6 50.
Kd1 g5 51. hxg5 Bxg5 {and sooner or later the black pawn would win the game.})
49... axb5 50. axb5 Kc7 51. Kd2 Bb4+ 52. Kc2 Kd6 53. Kb2 Kd5 54. Ka2 f4 {
I thought that this move was nice, as it limits the area for the white bishop
and may be useful in a pawn endgame.} 55. Kb2 Bc5 56. Be1 Bd4+ 57. Ka3 Kc5 58.
b6 (58. Ka4 {was losing in the same manner:} c3 59. Kb3 Kxb5 60. Bxc3 Bxc3 61.
Kxc3 Kc5) 58... Kxb6 59. Kb4 c3 60. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 61. Kxc3 Kc5 {With the black
pawn on f5 this endgame would be drawn after the move f4. But now it's easily
winning.} 62. Kd3 Kd5 63. Kc3 g5 {And Black can stop the white pawn (on g5),
while the h-pawn will be unstoppable.} 0-1

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Berelowitsch, Alexander"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Berelovich,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1
O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Qf3 Kxg7 17. Bh6+ Kg6 18. c3 Nd5 19. Bc1 $1 Bf4 $8 20.
Bxd5 Bxc1 21. Be4+ f5 22. Raxc1 fxe4 23. Rxe4 $44 Rd5 (23... e5 24. Qg3+ Kf6
25. f4 $40) (23... h5 $5 $13) 24. Rg4+ Rg5 25. Rxg5+ Kxg5 26. Rd1 (26. Qf8 b5
$1) (26. Re1 $5 $13) 26... Qf4 27. Qd3 e5 (27... Qxf2 28. Rf1 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 $40)
(27... b5 28. Qd8+ Qf6 29. Qb6 $13) 28. Qd8+ Qf6 29. f4+ exf4 (29... Kg6 30.
Qg8+ Kh6 31. fxe5 $13) 30. Rd5+ Kg6 31. Qe8+ (31. Rd6 Be6 32. Qxa8 Qh4+ $10)
31... Kh6 $2 (31... Kg7 32. Rd8 Kh6 $1 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Qxc8 Qh4+ 35. Kg1 (35.
Qh3 $2 Kg5 $1) 35... Qe1+ $10) 32. Qh5+ Kg7 33. Rg5+ Kf8 34. Qh4 $1 Qf7 $8 35.
Qh6+ Ke8 36. Rg7 Qf5 37. Rg8+ $138 (37. Qh4 Qe4 38. c4 $3 $36 (38. Qf6 Qe6 39.
Qxf4 Bd7 40. Qg5 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Rc8 42. Rxh7 Qe6 $10) (38. Rxh7 Qe5 $1 39. Rh5
Qe4 $1 40. Kh2 Kd7 $13)) 37... Kd7 38. Rg7+ Ke8 39. Rg8+ Kd7 40. Rf8 Qb1+ 41.
Kh2 Qg6 42. Qxf4 Ke7 43. Rh8 (43. g4 Qe6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.03.17"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Bindrich,F"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Remagen"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be2 c5
8. O-O cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 $6 (10... Bd7 $142 11. Bf3 O-O-O 12. Bf4
Ba4 $1 {leads to equality} (12... Ne8 13. c4 Bd6 14. Be3 Nc7 15. Rac1 Be5 16.
b4 Kb8 17. b5 Bc8 18. Nb3 $14 Ne8 19. Rfe1 $14 {1-0 Vescovi,G-Seirawan,Y/
Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (54)}) (12... Nd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Rfe1 Bc5 15. Nb3 Bb6
16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 $14) (12... Bc5 13. Rfd1 Bxd4 14. Rxd4 Bc6 15. Rxd8+ (15.
Rc4 Nd5 16. Bg3 f6) 15... Rxd8 16. Bxc6 (16. Be2 Be4 17. Rc1 Nd5 18. Bd2) 16...
bxc6 17. Kf1 Nd5 18. Bd2 $14) 13. Rfd1 Bc5 (13... Bd6 14. Nxe6) 14. Nb3 Bb6 15.
Be5 Bc6 (15... Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. Rxd8 Bxd8 19. Nc5+ $16) (
15... Rhg8 16. c4 $11) 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Kf1 $11 (17. c4 Bxf2+ $17)) (10... a6
11. Bf3 Bd6 12. Rd1 Bc7 13. Nb3 O-O 14. Bd2 e5 15. Ba5 Bxa5 16. Nxa5 e4 17. Be2
b6 18. Nc4 $14 {1-0 Melia,S-Tereladze,S/Tbilisi 2005/CBM 106 ext (85)}) 11. Nb3
Bd6 12. Bf3 Nd7 $2 {This is a serious mistake.} (12... Ke7 13. Be3 $14) (12...
e5 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bg5 $14) 13. Rd1 Bc7 (13... Ke7 14. Na5 (14. Be3 Ne5 15. Be2
b6 16. f4 Ng6 17. Bf3 Rb8 $14) 14... Rb8 15. Nc4 Bc7 16. Bd2 $1 Ne5 17. Bb4+
Ke8 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Rd3 $1 Bxb2 20. Rad1 Bf6 21. Bd6 Ra8 22. Bc7 Ke7 23. Rb1
h5 24. Bxb7 Bxb7 25. Rxb7 $16) 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Be2 Bd7 16. a4 $1 a6 (16... h5
17. h3 a6 18. Nc5 Bc6 19. b4 $14) 17. Nc5 Bc6 18. b4 $1 {It is impressive how
easily Black is losing in this well-known structure if he wastes too much time
(Bc5, Nf6-d7-e5)} (18. f4 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 $11) 18... O-O $6 {Black's
position is already bad. Over the board I could not believe that it was that
easy but at home it proved to be really bad for Black.} (18... Ke7 19. f4 Ng6
20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Bd5 23. c4 $18) (18... Bd5 $142 19. b5 $1 (
19. Rxd5 exd5 20. Nxb7 O-O 21. Nc5 Nc4 22. Bf3 Nxe3 23. fxe3 a5 $15) (19. a5
O-O (19... O-O-O) 20. f4 Ng6 21. c4 Bxf4 22. Bf2 Bc6 23. b5 axb5 24. cxb5 Bd5
25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Nxb7 $13) (19. f4 $5 Bc4 $1 (19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Nxb7
Rb8 (21... Ke7 22. Bc5+ Kf6 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 $16) 22. Rd4 $1 Bd5 23. Nc5
$16) (19... Ng6 20. g3 Ke7 21. c4 $18) 20. Kf2 (20. Bh5 g6 21. fxe5 gxh5 22.
Nxb7 Bxe5 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Rg8 25. g3 $14) 20... Bxe2 21. Kxe2 Nc4 22. a5
(22. Rd4 Nxe3 23. Kxe3 b6 24. Nd7 O-O-O $11) 22... Nd6 $14 (22... Rc8 23. Nxb7
(23. c3 Nxe3 24. Kxe3 Bb8 $11) 23... Rb8 24. Nc5 Nxe3 25. Kxe3 Rxb4 26. g3 Rb5
27. Nxa6 Bxa5 28. c4 Rb3+ 29. Rd3 Rxd3+ 30. Kxd3 Bd8 31. Nc5 O-O 32. Nd7 Re8
33. c5 Be7 34. Ra7 $18) 23. Rd3 $14) 19... O-O $1 (19... axb5 20. Bxb5+ Ke7 21.
c4 Bc6 22. f4 Ng4 (22... Bxb5 23. cxb5 $18) 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Rd7+ Kf6 25. Bd4+
e5 26. Rxc7 exd4 27. a5 Ne3 28. Rxc6+ Ke7 29. Nd3 $16) 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. Nxa6
Ba5 22. Bd2 Bxd2 23. Rxd2 Bc4 (23... Nc4 24. Rd4 Rxa6 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. Rxc4
$16) 24. Nc7 Rac8 25. Nb5 Bxe2 26. Rxe2 $14) 19. f4 Ng6 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5
$18 Rxa1 (21... Bd5 22. c4 Bxf4 23. Bf2 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 b6 25. Nd7 $18) 22. Rxa1
Bd5 23. c4 Nxf4 (23... Bxf4 24. Bf2 b6 25. Nd7 Ra8 26. Rxa8+ Bxa8 27. g3 Bd2
28. Nxb6 Bb7 29. c5 $18) 24. Bf1 Nxg2 (24... Rc8 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. Bf2 $18) (
24... b6 25. Nd7 Ra8 26. Rxa8+ Bxa8 27. Bxb6 Bxb6+ 28. Nxb6 Be4 29. Nd7 $18)
25. Bxg2 Bxc4 26. Nd7 Rd8 27. b6 Bd6 28. Bc5 f6 (28... Bf4 29. Bxb7 Bb5 30. Nf8
Rxf8 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Ra8+ Ke7 33. Bf3 $18) 29. Bxd6 Rxd7 30. Bc7 Bd5 31. Ra7
1-0

[Event "British CF-72 Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1985.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lane, Gary William"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1985.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. h3 Bh2+ 14. Kh1
Be5 15. Be3 O-O 16. a4 Rb8 17. a5 b5 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. Qe2 Bf4 20. Rfe1 Bxe3
21. Qxe3 Bb7 22. Nf3 Rc8 23. Rad1 h6 24. Rd3 Bd5 25. Rc3 Rc6 26. Rxc6 Qxc6 27.
Nd4 Bxg2+ 28. Kh2 Qe4 29. Nxe6 Qxe3 30. Rxe3 Bd5 31. Nd4 Rd8 32. Bxd5 Nxd5 33.
Ra3 Nb6 34. Rxa6 Nc4 35. b3 Rxd4 36. bxc4 (36. Ra4 Ne5 $19) 36... Rxc4 37. Ra2
g5 $1 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Kh2 Kg6 40. Kg3 Rc3+ 41. Kg2 Kh5 42. Rb2 f5 43. Kh2 Kh4
44. Rb3 Rxc2 45. Kg2 f4 46. Ra3 h5 47. Rb3 g4 48. hxg4 hxg4 49. Kg1 f3 50. Rb8
Rc1+ 51. Kh2 Rf1 52. Rh8+ Kg5 53. Rg8+ Kf5 54. Rf8+ Ke4 55. Re8+ Kd3 56. Kg3
Rg1+ 57. Kf4 Kd2 58. Re7 Re1 59. Ra7 Rg1 60. Re7 Re1 61. Ra7 Ke2 62. Ra2+ Kf1
63. Kg3 Kg1 64. Rb2 Kh1 65. Rb3 Rg1+ 66. Kf4 Kh2 67. Ra3 Kh3 68. Ra8 Rb1 69.
Ra2 Rb4+ 70. Ke3 Kg2 71. Rc2 g3 72. fxg3+ Kxg3 73. Rc8 Rb3+ 0-1

[Event "Bled 30th Anniversary"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1961.09.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. Bf4 Be7 13. Rfd1 (13. Rfe1
$5 $14) (13. Be2) 13... b5 14. Be2 Bb7 15. a4 b4 16. Nb3 Be4 17. Rac1 Nd5 18.
Be5 O-O 19. Rd4 Bg6 20. a5 Rfc8 21. Bc4 Bg5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. f4 Be7 24. Rxd5
f6 25. Rd7 Bf8 26. Bd4 Bxc2 27. Nd2 Bd3 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Kf2 h5 30. Rd5 Bg6
31. Rd7 Be8 32. Rb7 Bc6 33. Rb6 Bb5 34. g3 Kf7 35. h3 Rc2 36. Ke3 Rc1 37. Nf3
Rc7 38. Kf2 Rd7 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 Bc4 41. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Long Beach"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. b3 Qc7 12. Bb2 Bd6 13. Nf3 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7
15. Qe2 Nd5 16. g3 {Gulko said after the game that he was surprised by this
move.} (16. Be4 Nf4 17. Qe3 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rc8 19. Bxg7 $2 Rg8) 16... Nc3 17.
Bxc3 {A major concession by White, giving up a major weapon in the
fianchettoed bishop.} Qxc3 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 {Black stands better with a
useful bishop and a target at c2.} Rc8 {Here the players agreed a draw,
although in the Analysis room it was felt that Black had slightly the better
of it.} (19... O-O 20. Ng5 g6 21. Nxe6 $1 (21. Qh4 Qg7 $15) 21... Rfe8 (21...
Rae8 22. Qd4 Be5 23. Qxc3 Bxc3 24. Nxf8 Bxa1 25. Nxh7) 22. Qd5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1989.03.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bc5 {Bulletin: '12...Bd6'
} 13. c3 O-O 14. Bg5 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Nd5 16. Rac1 {'!' Bulletin. Bulletin: 'N'} (
16. Bxd5 {Tal,M-Kortschnoj,V/Brussels/1988/}) 16... Qb6 17. Qg4 {'!' Bulletin.}
f5 18. Qf3 {'!' Bulletin.} Qxd4 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Rc7 f4 21. Ree7 Bf5 22. Qc3 {
'!' Bulletin.} Qxc3 23. bxc3 Rae8 24. Rxg7+ Kh8 25. h4 {'?!' Bulletin.
Bulletin: '>= 25.h3 /\ f2-f3,Bg5-h4-f2-d4 (Seirawan)'} Bg6 26. f3 b5 27. Ra7
Re1+ 28. Kh2 Re6 29. Rgc7 Kg8 {'!' Bulletin.} 30. Bh6 {Bulletin: '/\ 31.
Bh6-g7-d4'} Rf5 31. Rg7+ Kh8 32. Bg5 Rf8 33. h5 Bb1 34. Rgd7 Kg8 35. Bh4 Re2
36. h6 Re6 37. Rg7+ Kh8 38. Bf2 Rxh6+ 39. Kg1 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1
O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Qe2 Kxg7 17. g3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 (18. Rg1 $2 Qc6+ 19. f3 Qc7
20. Bg5 Nh5 $19 {Dreev}) 18... b5 $2 (18... Bd7 $142 19. Bf4 Qc5 20. Be5 Bc6+
21. Kh2 Kg6 22. Bxf6 Kxf6 23. Rf1+ Kg6 24. Bxe6 Qh5+ 25. Qxh5+ Kxh5 26. Bxf7+
Kg5 27. Rad1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rf8 $10 {Dreev}) 19. Bf4 Bb7+ 20. Kh2 Qc5 21. Be5
Kg6 22. Bxf6 Kxf6 23. Rf1+ (23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kg7 25. Qe7+ $10 {Dreev})
23... Kg6 (23... Ke7 $2 24. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 25. Qxe6+ Kg7 26. Qf7+ Kh6 27. Qf6+
Kh5 28. Bf7+ Kg4 29. Qf4#) 24. Bxe6 (24. Rxf7 Rd2 $2 25. Qxd2 Qh5+ 26. Kg1 Qh1+
27. Kf2 Qh2+ 28. Ke1 Qxd2+ 29. Kxd2 Kxf7 $10) 24... Qh5+ (24... Qg5 25. Bxf7+
Kg7 26. Rf4 $1 (26. Rad1 Rac8 $1 $13) 26... Rd6 27. Be6 $1 (27. Rg4 Rh6+ 28.
Kg1 Rh1+ 29. Kf2 Rh2+ 30. Kf1 Rh1+ $10) 27... Qh6+ 28. Bh3 $18 {Dreev}) 25.
Qxh5+ Kxh5 26. Bxf7+ Kg5 27. Rad1 Be4 (27... Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rf8 29. Bd5 $1 $16 (
29. Rd7 Be4 30. c3 (30. Bb3 Bxc2 $1 $10) 30... Bf5 31. Ra7 Rd8 $10) 29... Rd8
30. Bf3 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 h5 32. Kg1 $1 h4 33. gxh4+ Kxh4 34. Kf2 $18) 28. c3 (28.
Bb3 $2 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rc8 30. c3 Rc6) 28... Rxd1 (28... Bc2 29. Rd4 $1 (29. Rde1
Rd2+ 30. Kg1 Rf8 31. Re5+ Kh6) 29... Rxd4 30. cxd4 Rd8 31. Rf4 $1 $16) 29. Rxd1
Rf8 30. Bd5 Rd8 31. Bb3 Rf8 (31... Rxd1 32. Bxd1 h5 33. Kg1 $1 $18) 32. Rd4 Bf3
33. Bd5 Bxd5 34. Rxd5+ Kg4 35. Kg2 Rf6 36. Rd4+ Kg5 37. Rd2 (37. a4 $2 bxa4 38.
Rxa4 Rb6 39. Rb4 (39. b4 Rc6 $10) 39... Rxb4 $1 40. cxb4 Kg4 41. Kf2 Kf5 42.
Kf3 h5 $10) 37... Kg4 38. c4 bxc4 39. Rd4+ Kf5 40. Rxc4 Rd6 41. Rf4+ Kg5 (41...
Ke5 $5) (41... Ke5 $5) 42. b3 Rd2+ 43. Rf2 Rd5 44. Kh3 Ra5 45. a4 Rd5 46. b4
Rd4 (46... Rd6 $5 47. Rc2 Kf5 $1) 47. Rb2 Rd6 48. b5 axb5 49. axb5 (49. Rxb5+
$2 Kg6 50. Rb3 (50. a5 Rd3 {/\ Ra3}) 50... Ra6 51. Ra3 Ra5 52. Kg4 h5+ 53. Kf4
Kf6 54. Ke4 Ke6 55. Kd4 Kd6 56. Kc4 Kc6 57. Kb4 Rg5 $10) 49... Rb6 50. Kg2 Kf6
51. Kf3 Ke7 52. Rb3 (52. Ke4 Kd7 53. Kd5 Rg6) 52... Kd7 (52... Kf7 $142 $1 53.
Kg4 Kg6 54. Rb4 Kg7 (54... Kf6 55. Rf4+ {/\ Rf5}) 55. Kg5 h6+ 56. Kf5 Kf7 57.
g4 Kf8 $1 58. Ke5 Ke7 59. Kd5 Kd7 60. Kc5 Rg6 $10) 53. Kg4 Rg6+ (53... Ke7 54.
Kg5 Kf7 55. Rf3+ Kg7 56. Rf5 $18 {Dreev}) 54. Kf5 (54. Kh5 $1 Kc7 (54... Rb6
$16) 55. b6+ Kb7 56. g4 {/\ Rf3-f7+- Dreev}) 54... Rg7 (54... Kc7 55. g4 $1)
55. g4 Kc7 (55... h6 $1 $16 {Dreev}) 56. b6+ Kb7 57. Kf4 (57. g5 $1 $18) (57.
g5 $1 $18) 57... Rg6 58. Rb5 h6 59. Kg3 Rc6 60. Kh4 Rc1 61. Rb3 Rd1 (61... Re1
$6 62. Rh3 Re5 63. Rh1 Kxb6 $1 (63... Re2) 64. Rf1 Kc7 65. Rf6 Kd7 66. Rxh6 Ke7
67. Rh5 $1 Re1 68. Rf5 Rh1+ $3 69. Kg5 Rh8 $10 70. Rf4 Rh7 $1 $8 71. Kg6 Rh4)
62. Rh3 Rd5 (62... Kxb6 $2 63. Kh5 Rd6 64. Re3 {/\ Re8-h8-h6+- Dreev}) 63. Rf3
Rd1 64. Rh3 Rd5 65. Rh1 Kxb6 (65... Rd2) 66. Rf1 Kc7 67. Rf6 Kd7 68. Rxh6 Ke7
69. Rh5 Rd8 70. Rf5 Rh8+ 71. Kg5 Rg8+ 72. Kf4 Rf8 73. Rxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 14th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2015.03.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2015.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 {Both Qd7 and
Qd8 are becoming more popular. Qd6 remains the mainline though.} 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 Nf6 9. Qe2 a6 10. a4 Be7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nbxd4 Bd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne5
Bd5 $6 (14... O-O $14) 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. c4 Nf6 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. g4 $1 {
Excellent! Black is so tied down that this type of attack is very dangerous
for him.} h6 19. h4 O-O {Castling into it looks like suicide, but what other
choice does Nepo have?} (19... h5 20. g5 Ng4 21. Nd7 $18) 20. g5 hxg5 21. hxg5
Nh7 22. Qh5 Bxg5 {Forced, White was threatening to break through with g6 and
its over.} (22... g6 23. Nxg6 fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Be5+ $18) 23. Bxg5 Nxg5
24. Rd7 $3 {Beautiful! The idea is that the knight on g5 is hanging as g7
would be checkmate in the case of f6.} (24. Qxg5 $2 f6 $11) 24... Ne4 25. Ra3
$1 {Swinging the other rook into the attack, ignoring the "threat" of Nf6!} Nf6
26. Qh4 (26. Qh1 $3 Nxd7 (26... Qxd7 27. Nxd7 Nxd7 28. Rh3 f5 29. Rh8+ Kf7 30.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Qxb7 {is the key difference. Here Black's queenside just
collapses.}) 27. Rh3 g6 28. Rh7 $1 {And the attack cannot be halted.}) 26...
Qxd7 (26... Nxd7 27. Rh3 {is very obviously checkmate next move.}) 27. Nxd7
Nxd7 28. Rh3 f6 29. Qe4 Rfe8 30. Qxb7 {White is winning, but he was unable to
convert his brilliant play.} Nc5 31. Qh1 Kf7 32. Rh7 f5 33. Qc6 Rac8 34. Qd6
Kg8 35. Qh2 Kf7 36. Qe5 Rg8 37. Rh3 Nd7 38. Qd4 Nc5 39. Qe5 Nd7 40. Qd4 Nc5 41.
Rg3 a5 42. Kg2 g5 43. Rh3 Kg6 44. Qd6 f4 45. Qd1 g4 46. Rh4 f3+ 47. Kg3 Ne4+
48. Kf4 Nf6 49. Kg3 Kf5 50. Qd4 e5 51. Qd3+ Kg5 52. Qe3+ Kf5 53. Qd3+ Kg5 54.
Qe3+ Kf5 55. Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lopota FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Lopota"]
[Date "2014.06.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Muminova, Nafisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Another game that showed the dangers of leaving your king in the center:} 1.
e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. e5 Bc5 12. O-O Bb6 13. Bd2 c5 14. c4 h6 15.
Rac1 a5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. e6 Bxe6 18. Bb5+ Kf8 19. Ne5 Nf5 20. Bc3 Qd6 21. Rfe1
Bc7 22. Qh5 Ne7 23. Bd7 $1 {The start of a powerful combination.} g6 $2 (23...
Bxd7 $4 24. Qxf7#) (23... Kg8 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Nc6 $1 Qxc6 26. Rxe7 Rf8 27.
Qg4 $1 $16) (23... Ra7 $1 {A very hard move to see. The point is that there
are many things that need defense on the 7th rank, the bishop on c7, the
knight on e7, the pawn on f7, and tactically this will make sense.} 24. Bxe6
Qxe6 25. Nd3 $14 {although White is still better.}) 24. Qf3 {The queen is
better placed on f3 than h5, but more importantly the opening of the bishop on
c3 is lethal.} Rh7 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Ng4 $1 {Oh, and the weakness on f6.} Qc6
27. Nf6 Rg7 28. Rxe7 Kxe7 29. Nxd5+ Kf8 30. Nxc7 {Black loses too much
material.} 1-0

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "195"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qf4 13. Qe2 Rd8 14. Rad1
Bd7 15. Bd3 Bc5 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Ne5 Be4 18. Rde1 Bf5 19. g3 Bxd3 20. Nxd3 Qf5
21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. c4 Ne8 23. Rd1 Qc6 24. Rd3 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 f6 26. Rd1 Rc8 27.
Qd7 Qxd7 28. Rxd7 Rc7 29. Rd8 Kf7 30. Ba3 e5 31. g4 g6 32. Kg2 h5 33. h3 a6 34.
Bb4 b5 35. cxb5 axb5 36. Rb8 Rc2 37. Rb7+ Kg8 38. Rb8 Kf7 39. Rb7+ Kg8 40. gxh5
gxh5 41. a4 bxa4 42. bxa4 Ra2 43. a5 Ra4 44. Kf3 f5 45. Ke2 Nf6 46. Kd1 Nd5 47.
Bd2 Ra2 48. Rb5 Nf4 49. Rxe5 Ra1+ 50. Kc2 Ra2+ 51. Kc3 Nxh3 52. Rxf5 Nxf2 53.
Bc1 Re2 54. Rxh5 Kf7 55. Kb3 Nd3 56. Ba3 Ne5 57. Rh7+ Ke6 58. Re7+ Kd5 59. a6
Rg2 60. Ka4 Nc4 61. a7 Rg8 62. Rb7 $2 (62. Rc7 $1 Nxa3 63. Kxa3 Kd6 64. Rg7 $1)
62... Ra8 63. Rb5+ Kc6 64. Bc5 Kc7 65. Rb4 Rg8 66. Rxc4 Kb7 67. Ka5 Rc8 68.
Rb4+ Ka8 69. Rb5 Re8 70. Bd4 Rc8 71. Rd5 Kb7 72. Bb6 Rg8 73. Kb5 Re8 74. a8=Q+
Kxa8 75. Kc6 $2 {The endgame tablebases tell us that the position is now a
draw.} (75. Rd7 {or}) (75. Bc5 {were required.}) 75... Re6+ 76. Kc7 Re7+ 77.
Kd6 Rh7 78. Kc6 Rh6+ 79. Kc7 Rh7+ 80. Kc8 Rh8+ $2 {Now White can win.} (80...
Rh5 $1 {is the move to draw.}) 81. Bd8 Rh7 82. Ra5+ Ra7 83. Rb5 Rb7 84. Rh5 Rf7
85. Ra5+ Ra7 86. Rb5 Rb7 87. Re5 Rh7 88. Re1 Rb7 89. Ra1+ Ra7 90. Rb1 Rb7 91.
Re1 Rh7 92. Re2 Rb7 93. Be7 $2 Rb8+ $2 (93... Rxe7 $1 $11) 94. Kc7 Rb7+ 95. Kc6
Ra7 96. Bd8 Rh7 97. Bc7 Rh6+ 98. Bd6 1-0

[Event "ENG-ch m"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Chandler,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Bd7 12. c3 Qc7 13. Bb3 O-O-O 14. Qe2
Bd6 15. h3 Kb8 16. a4 h6 17. Be3 Rhe8 18. Nf3 Bc6 19. a5 Nd7 20. Nd4 Be4 21.
Ba4 e5 22. Nc2 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Nb4 Bxb4 25. cxb4 Nf6 26. Rac1 Qa4 $2 (
26... Qb5 $8 {Speelman} 27. Qxb5 axb5 28. Bb6 Rd7 29. Rc5 Nd5 30. Rxb5 Nxb6 31.
Rxb6 Ka7 $14) 27. Qc4 Nd5 28. Bb6 Nxb6 29. Qc7+ Ka8 30. axb6 {/\ 31.Ra1, /\32.
Ra6 ba6 33.Qa7#  31.Re5} Qd7 (30... Rc8 31. Qxc8+ Rxc8 32. Rxc8#) 31. Rxe5 Rf8
32. b5 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen IM (Politiken Cup-05)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1983.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Lechtynsky, Jiri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1983.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 (11... Bd7 $142 {P 0-0-0}) 12.
Re1 (12. c3 Be7 13. Qf3 {P 14. f4}) 12... Bd6 13. Nf5 $1 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 O-O (
14... h5 15. Qf3 $1) 15. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 16. Qd4 $3 e5 $6 (16... Rd8 $2 17. Bh6+
$1 Kg6 (17... Kxh6 18. Qxf6+ Kh5 19. g4+ Kxg4 20. Re4+ Bf4 21. Rg1+) 18. Qh4
Qc5 19. c3 Qh5 20. Bc2+ Kxh6 21. Qxf6+ $18) (16... Bd6 $1 17. Bh6+ Kg6 18. c3 (
18. Qh4 Qc5 19. g4 Nxg4 $1) 18... Be7) 17. Qh4 Ng4 18. Bh6+ $1 Nxh6 19. Qg5+
Kh8 20. Qf6+ Kg8 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Qxh6 Be6 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Kxh2 Bxb3 25. axb3
(25. Re3 $2 Bxc2 26. Rc1 Qd8 $1) 25... e4+ 26. Kg1 Rfe8 $1 27. Ra4 $1 (27. Re3
Re6 28. Rg3+ Qxg3) 27... Rad8 (27... Re6 28. Qf5 Qxc2 29. Raxe4 Rxe4 30. Rxe4
Qxb2 31. Rh4 $1) 28. Rc4 Qd6 29. Qg5+ (29. Qxd6 $2 Rxd6 30. Rexe4 Rxe4 31. Rxe4
Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rd2 $10) 29... Qg6 30. Qf4 Re7 (30... f5 31. Rc7 {P e3}) 31. Rexe4
(31. Qxe4 Qxe4 32. Rexe4 Rd1+ $10) 31... Rxe4 32. Rxe4 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Qh5+ 34.
Kg3 Qg6+ 35. Kf3 (35. Qg4 Rb1 $10) 35... Qh5+ 36. Qg4+ Qxg4+ 37. Rxg4+ Kf8 38.
Rb4 Rd2 39. c4 b5 40. cxb5 a5 41. Ra4 (41. Ke3 Rc2 $2 (41... Rd5) 42. b6) 41...
Rd3+ 42. Ke4 Rxb3 43. Rxa5 Rxb2 44. Kd5 Rxf2 45. b6 $4 (45. g4 $1 f5 (45... Ke7
46. Kc6 Rc2+ 47. Kb7 Rc4 48. Ka7 Rxg4 49. b6 Ke6 50. b7 Rb4 (50... Rg8 51. Kb6
Rb8 52. Ra8) 51. Ra6+ Ke5 52. Rb6 Ra4+ 53. Kb8 Rg4 54. Rb5+ Ke6 55. Kc7 Rg8 56.
b8=Q Rxb8 57. Rxb8) 46. gxf5 Rxf5+ 47. Kc6) 45... Rf5+ 46. Kc6 Rxa5 47. b7 Ra6+
48. Kb5 Rg6 49. b8=Q+ Kg7 50. Qe5+ Kg8 51. Qe4 Re6 52. Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-03"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1955.09.18"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1955.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. b3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 (12... b5 $5) 13. Nf5
Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Nxg7 $16 Qe5 16. g3 Qxe2 17. Bxe2 Kxg7 18. Bb2 e5 19.
Kxh2 Re8 20. Rad1 Bg4 21. f3 Bf5 22. g4 Bxc2 23. Rd2 Rac8 24. Rc1 Bg6 25. Rxc8
Rxc8 26. Bxe5 h6 27. f4 Re8 28. Bb2 Re4 29. g5 Rxf4 30. Bxf6+ Kh7 31. Rd8 Bb1
32. Rh8+ Kg6 33. Rxh6+ Kf5 34. Kg3 Re4 35. Rh2 Re3+ 36. Kf2 Re4 37. Rh1 Rf4+
38. Kg3 Be4 39. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial-02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1971.11.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1971.11.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Bd7 7. Bg5 $1 Qa5+
(7... Qb6 8. Qe2 cxd4 9. O-O-O $36 {Tal}) 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 (9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10.
Qxd4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 (11. Qb4 $10) 11... Qxg5 12. Qa4+ b5 $1 13. Nxb5 Qe5+ 14.
Kf1 Ke7 $13 {Tal}) 9... Bb4 $6 {/\Bxc3?} (9... Be7 $142 10. Qd2 (10. Be3 Qc7
$10 {Uhlmann}) 10... Bxg5 (10... Nf6 11. O-O-O $14) 11. Qxg5 Nxd4 12. Bxd7+ $18
{(Tal 71)} Kxd7 13. Qxa5 Nxc2+ 14. Ke2 Nxa1 15. Qb5+ Kc7 16. Rd1 Nf6 17. Qc5+
Kb8 18. Qd6+ Kc8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Rc1+ Nc2 21. Rxc2+ Nc3+ 22. Rxc3#) 10. O-O $1
Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc3 {This optimistic pawn snatch results in weakening the dark
squares and in a lack of development.} (11... a6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Nxc6 Qxg5
14. Qd6 $1 Nh6 (14... Ne7 15. Rfd1 $1 Nxc6 16. Qd7+ Kf8 17. Qxb7 $18 {Tal}) 15.
f4 Nf5 16. Qc7 Qf6 17. Qxb7 O-O 18. Rf3 $16 {Uhlmann}) 12. Nf5 $3 {[#]} exf5 (
12... Qc5 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. Nxb7 Qxb5 15. Qxd7 Qxg5 16. Qxc6 {(Uhlmann 71)}) 13.
Re1+ Be6 14. Qd6 a6 (14... Nf6 15. Rad1 a6 (15... h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rxe6+ $1
fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kf8 19. Rd7 Qa1+ 20. Bf1 $18 {Uhlmann}) 16. Bd2 Qxc2 17. Bb4 Nd5
18. Rxe6+ fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kd8 20. Ba5+ b6 21. Bxb6#) 15. Bd2 $1 (15. Ba4 $6 b5
16. Bd2 Qc4 17. Bb3 Rd8 $1 18. Qc7 Rd7 $10 {Tal}) 15... Qxc2 16. Bb4 $1 (16.
Rac1 $2 Qxc1 $1 17. Rxc1 axb5 18. Rxc6 Rd8 $1 $17 {Tal}) 16... axb5 17. Qf8+
Kd7 18. Red1+ $1 (18. Rad1+ Kc7 19. Qxa8 Nf6 20. Bd6+ Kb6 21. Qxh8 Ne4 22. Bg3
$16) 18... Kc7 19. Qxa8 (19. Qxa8 Qa4 (19... Nf6 20. Qxh8 Ne4 21. Be1 $18 {Tal}
) 20. Bd6+ Kb6 21. Qf8 Qh4 22. Bc5+ Kc7 23. Rab1 b4 24. Bd6+ Kb6 25. Bxb4 Nge7
26. Bxe7+ Ka6 27. Qxh8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1989.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. b3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. Bb2 (13. Nf5 O-O
14. Nxg7 $6 Kxg7 (14... Bd4 15. Bh6 Bxa1 16. Rxa1 $40) 15. Bb2 Rg8 $1 $19 (
15... e5 $2 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. Bb2 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Bf4 19. Qh5 $40 {Geller,
E-Kindermann,S Dortmund-A 1989})) 13... O-O 14. Rad1 (14. Nf3 b5 15. Bd3 Bb7
16. Ng5 Qc6) (14. a4 $5) 14... b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Nf3 (16. Nxb5 $2 axb5 (16...
Qc6 $19) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Qh4 f5 20. Qf6+ $10) 16... Qf4 $5 17.
Ne5 (17. Be5 Qg4 18. h3 Qh5 19. Bxf6 Bxf3 (19... gxf6 20. Be4) 20. Qxf3 Qxf3
21. gxf3 gxf6 $15) (17. Qe5 Qxe5 18. Nxe5 Rfd8 19. a3 {P b4,c4=}) 17... Qg5 18.
g3 (18. Nf3 $5) 18... Rad8 19. a3 $2 (19. a4 bxa4 20. Bxa6 (20. Bc1 Qh5 21.
Qxh5 Nxh5 22. bxa4) 20... Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Bxf2+ $1 22. Kxf2 Qf5+ 23. Ke1 (23. Nf3
Ng4+ $19) (23. Kg1 Bxa6 24. Qxa6 Qxc2 $19) 23... Bxa6 24. Qxa6 Qxc2 25. Qe2
Qxb3 $40) (19. Bc1 Qh5 $8 20. Qxh5 Nxh5 $10) 19... Nd5 20. Bc1 (20. Be4 Nf4 21.
Qf3 Nh3+ 22. Kg2 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Nxf2 $19) 20... Qe7 21. Qe4 (21.
b4 Nc3 22. Qh5 (22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. bxc5 Qd5 26. f3
f6 $19) 22... g6 23. Nxg6 fxg6 24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25. bxc5 Nxd1 $19) (21. c4 Nc3 22.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qc2+ Ne4 $19) 21... f5 (21... g6 $5 22. Qe1 f6 23. Nf3 Nf4 24.
Bxf4 Bxf3 {P a3}) 22. Qe1 Ba8 $1 (22... Bxa3 23. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 24. Bxa3 Qxa3 25.
Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Qxc6 $10) 23. Be2 (23. c4 Nc3 $1 (23... Qb7 $1 $17) 24. Qxc3 Qb7
25. Be4 Qxe4 $19) (23. b4 Bd4 $1 24. Nf3 Bc3 25. Bd2 Rc8 $17) 23... Bxa3 24.
Bxa3 Qxa3 25. c4 Nf6 $6 (25... bxc4 26. Bxc4 (26. bxc4 Nc3 27. Rxd8 Nxe2+ 28.
Qxe2 Rxd8 $17) 26... Qd6 $17) 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Bxb5 Qxb3 29. Bc4
Qb7 30. f3 (30. Bxe6+ Kf8 31. f3 Qb6+ 32. Kg2 Qxe6 33. Ng6+ Kf7 $19) 30... Qb6+
31. Qf2 Qxf2+ 32. Rxf2 Bd5 33. Rd2 Rc8 34. Rd4 $6 (34. Be2 $15) 34... Kf8 35.
Kf2 Ke7 36. Bd3 (36. Bxd5 Rc2+ 37. Kg1 Nxd5 $17) 36... Ra8 $1 37. g4 $2 $138
Kd6 38. Nf7+ (38. f4 fxg4 $19) 38... Kc5 39. Rf4 (39. Ke3 e5 $1 40. Nxe5 Re8
41. f4 Nxg4+ $19) 39... fxg4 40. fxg4 Rf8 {41. e5 e5! -+; 41. g5 e5 42. f5
g6-+; 41.g5 xf7 42.gxf6 gxf6-+} 0-1

[Event "URS-ch44 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. b3 O-O (11... a6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Qf3 Qc7
14. Rfe1 b5 $6 (14... Bd6 $5) 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Qh3 g6 17. a4 $1 bxa4 18. Rxa4
Nh5 19. Nxe6 $18 {Stein-Uhlmann/Moscow/1967/}) 12. Bb2 Qf4 13. Qe2 $1 Qe4 14.
Qd2 $1 Rd8 15. Rfe1 Qh4 16. Rad1 $16 Bc5 17. Re5 Ng4 18. Rxc5 Qxh2+ 19. Kf1 e5
20. Qg5 Nf6 21. Bxf7+ Kh8 22. Rxe5 Bg4 23. f3 Rac8 24. Rd2 Rf8 25. Be6 Rce8 26.
Rde2 Qh1+ 27. Kf2 h5 28. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-10a playoff place 2+3"]
[Site "Varese"]
[Date "1976.10.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1976.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. b3 (11. Nb5 Qc6 $1 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bf4
a6 14. Nd4 Qc5 15. Nb3 Qc6 16. Nd4 Qc5 {Tal,M-Petrosian,T/URS1976/1/2-1/2/})
11... O-O 12. Bb2 Qf4 13. Nf3 $6 (13. Qe2 $1 $14) 13... b6 14. Be5 Qg4 15. Nd4
Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Bb7 17. Nb5 Bc5 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Rfc8 20. Rfd1 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Re1 a6 10. a4 (10. g3 Qc7 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nbxd4 O-O
14. Bf1 b5 15. Bg2 Bb7 16. c3 Rad8 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 {Ljubojevic,L-Speelman,J
Brussels 1988 1/2-1/2}) 10... Be7 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bd7 13. Bf4 Qxd4 14.
Nxd4 Rc8 15. Bb3 $14 {(Richmond 80)} Nh5 16. Be3 O-O 17. Nf3 Bc5 18. Ne5 Nf6
19. Rad1 Be8 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. c3 Bc6 22. f3 Rb8 23. Rd4 Be8 24. h4 Kf8 25. f4
a5 26. Nd3 Rcc8 27. f5 exf5 28. Re5 Rd8 29. Rxf5 Rxd4 30. cxd4 b6 31. Rf4 Rd8
32. Ne5 Nh5 33. Rf3 Rxd4 34. Bxf7 Nf6 35. Bxe8 Kxe8 36. Rb3 Re4 37. Nf3 Nd7 38.
Ng5 Rxh4 39. Re3+ Kf8 40. Ne6+ Kg8 41. Ng5 Kf8 42. Ne6+ Kf7 43. Nd8+ Kg8 44.
Re7 Nf8 45. Rb7 Rh6 46. Nf7 Re6 47. Ng5 Rd6 48. Rb8 h6 49. Ne4 Rd1+ 50. Kh2 Rd4
51. Nc3 Rh4+ 52. Kg1 Rb4 53. Nd5 Rxb2 54. Rxb6 Ra2 55. Nc3 Rc2 56. Nd5 Rc4 57.
Ra6 Rxa4 58. Ne7+ Kh7 59. Nc6 Ra1+ 60. Kh2 a4 61. Nd4 Nd7 62. Ra7 Nc5 63. Nf5
Kg6 64. g4 Ne6 65. Ra6 Kf7 66. Nd6+ Kf6 67. Nc4 Ke7 68. Ra7+ Kd8 69. Ne5 Nc7
70. Nf7+ Kd7 71. Ne5+ Kc8 72. Nc6 a3 73. Ne7+ Kd8 74. Nc6+ Kd7 75. Nd4 Kc8 76.
Kg3 Rd1 77. Nc2 Nb5 78. Ra5 Rc1 79. Nxa3 Rc3+ 80. Kh4 g5+ 81. Kh5 Rh3+ 82. Kg6
Nxa3 83. Kg7 Nb1 84. Ra6 Nd2 85. Rxh6 Rxh6 86. Kxh6 Nf3 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-02"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.09.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1952.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. Qe2 Bf6 10. Rd1 a6 11. Nbxd4 Bxd4 (11... Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Be3
$16) 12. Be3 Nge7 13. Bxd4 (13. Nxd4 $14) 13... Nxd4 14. Rxd4 Qc7 15. Rad1 $14
O-O 16. Qe5 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 $16 Ng6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. a4 e5 20. Rd6 Bf5 21. Bb3
Rac8 22. c3 Kh7 23. f3 Rc7 24. Kf2 g5 25. g4 Bc8 26. Rd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8 Kg6 28.
Rd6+ Kh7 29. Rd8 Kg6 30. Rd6+ Kh7 31. a5 g6 32. Bd5 Kg7 33. c4 e4 34. fxe4 Bxg4
35. b4 Bc8 36. c5 f5 37. Ke3 f4+ 38. Kf3 Kh6 39. Rd8 Bd7 40. Rh8+ Kg7 41. Rg8+
Kh6 42. Rh8+ Kg7 43. Rb8 Bc6 44. Bxc6 bxc6 45. Rb6 Rd7 46. Rxa6 Rd3+ 47. Ke2
Rh3 48. b5 Rxh2+ 49. Kd3 Rh3+ 50. Kd4 g4 51. Ra7+ Kf6 52. e5+ Kg5 53. bxc6 g3
54. c7 Rh8 55. Rb7 g2 56. Rb1 Kg4 57. a6 f3 58. a7 f2 59. a8=Q Rxa8 60. Rb8
Rxb8 61. cxb8=Q f1=Q 0-1

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e6 {[%emt 0:05:02]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Ngf3 {[%emt 0:00:16]}
cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 5. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Bc4 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 8. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. Nbxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 11. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:05:
41]} 13. c3 $146 {[%emt 0:22:51]} (13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16.
Qh4 Be7 17. Re3 f5 18. Qh5 Bc5 19. Qh6 f6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Rxe6 Bd4 22. Rae1
Be5 23. Bd3 f4 24. g3 Rad8 25. Qh4 Rd4 26. R1xe5 Rxd3 27. Re1 Rdd8 28. Re7 Qxc2
29. Qxf4 b5 30. Ra7 Rd1 31. Rxh7+ {1-0 (31) Zhou,Y (2469)-Knott,S (2318)
Torquay 2013}) 13... O-O {[%emt 0:01:03]} 14. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nd5 {
[%emt 0:12:32]} 15. Bc4 {[%emt 0:11:34]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:14:10]} 16. Bb3 {[%emt 0:
13:29]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 17. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 18.
Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxf3 {[%emt 0:05:17]} 19. Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rd8 {
[%emt 0:01:26]} 20. Bc2 {[%emt 0:04:18]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:08:38]} 21. Rad1 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 22. Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:47]} Be8 {[%emt 0:01:
55]} 23. h4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 24. g3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Bd6 {
[%emt 0:04:38]} 25. Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 26. Be4 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 27. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
28. a3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} b5 {[%emt 0:08:24]} 29. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} a5 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} 30. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} f5 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 31. Bf3 {[%emt 0:
00:36]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 32. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:03:38]} 33.
Ke1 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:03:39]} 34. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rc8 {
[%emt 0:01:32]} 35. Bb7 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 36. Bf3 {[%emt 0:
00:22]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:05:46]} 37. Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 38.
Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 39. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} e5 {[%emt 0:
02:44]} 40. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. hxg5+ {[%emt 0:00:34]}
hxg5 {[%emt 0:05:04]} 42. b4 {[%emt 0:07:15]} axb4 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 43. axb4 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 44. Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bh5+ {[%emt 0:04:
44] Wang Hao was able to obtain a slight edge with black straight out of the
opening as his pair of bishops was the only factor that mattered in the
position. He keps expanding and pushing for the win, but a clever resource by
Ivanchuk on move 44 allowed him to equalize the position. Wang Hao should've
looked for a way to secure the draw, but instead he kept pushing forward
without regard for his opponent's threats. Ivanchuk picked up a pawn and a
further blunder soon afterwards cost the Chinese player a full piece, after
which the game was over.} 45. Ke1 {[%emt 0:03:07]} f4 {[%emt 0:23:14]} 46. Na3
{[%emt 1:02:15]} Rc8 $6 {[%emt 0:01:16]} (46... e4 $142 47. Rd6+ Ke7 48. Nxb5
e3 49. fxe3 Bxe3 $132 {Ivanchuk}) 47. Rd6+ {[%emt 0:00:58]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:03]
} 48. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:03:00]} fxg3 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 49. fxg3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rf8
{[%emt 0:00:04]} 50. Rd7+ {[%emt 0:09:19]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 51. Rd2 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} Be3 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 52. Rd6+ {[%emt 0:13:38]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:01:
01]} 53. Bd7+ {[%emt 0:02:13]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 54. Bc6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 55. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg4 {[%emt 0:04:12]} 56. Bd7+ {
[%emt 0:01:48]} Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 57. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:
21]} 58. g4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bf2+ 59. Kf1 Kg3 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 60. Nd6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 1-0

[Event "October Revolution 50years"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1967.06.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1967.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 $6 (10... a6 $5 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Re1 Bd6 $13)
11. b3 a6 12. Bb2 O-O (12... b5 $6 13. Qf3 Rb8 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Qh3 $16 {
Ghizdavu-Padevsky,N/Varna/1973/ Inf 15/201/}) 13. Qf3 Qc7 14. Rfe1 b5 $6 (14...
Bd6 15. Qh3 $14) 15. Bd3 (15. Qxa8 $2 Bb7 16. Qxf8+ Bxf8 17. Bf1 Ng4 $17) 15...
Bb7 16. Qh3 g6 $6 (16... Rfe8 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 $16) 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 {
/\ 19.Ne6 fe 20.Qe6 Rf7 21.Bc4+-} Nh5 $2 (18... Nd5 $8 19. Nxe6 (19. Bxg6 fxg6
(19... hxg6 20. Nb5 $18) 20. Nxe6 Qd7 $13) 19... fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Rf7 21. Bxg6
hxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23. Rg4 Ke8 $13) 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qxe6+ $18 Rf7 21. Bc4 Qf4
22. Qxf7+ Qxf7 23. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.06"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 (5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7.
O-O) 5... Nf6 (5... Bc5 6. N2b3 Bb6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. exd5 $14) 6. exd5 Nxd5 7.
N2f3 Be7 (7... a6 $5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O Qc7 $13) 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. c4
N5f6 11. Bf4 $14 Nh5 12. Be3 g6 13. Re1 a6 14. Rc1 Re8 (14... e5 15. Ne2 f5 16.
c5 e4 17. Bc4+ Kg7 18. Bd4+ Nhf6 19. Ng5 Nxc5 20. Nf4 $44) 15. Bf1 Bf8 16. a3
b6 17. b4 Bb7 18. Nb3 Nhf6 (18... a5 19. c5 bxc5 20. bxc5 a4 21. Nbd2 $40 (21.
c6 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 axb3 $15)) 19. Bd4 (19. c5 bxc5 20. bxc5 Rc8) 19... a5 $6 (
19... Bc6 20. Bb2) (19... Bh6 $5 20. Rc2 e5 $1 $132) 20. c5 bxc5 21. bxc5 a4 (
21... Bc6 22. Ba1 {/\Nb-d4}) 22. Nbd2 (22. c6 $2 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 axb3 $15) 22...
Bc6 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Nd7 (24... Ra5 $2 25. Nc4) (24... Nd5 25. Ne4 f6 26.
Bd6 Bh6 27. Rc2 $16) 25. Bd6 Bxd6 26. cxd6 Bd5 27. Ne4 Nf6 28. Nxf6+ Qxf6 29.
d7 $16 Red8 30. Rc7 Qb2 (30... Qe7 $4 31. Qxd5 $18) (30... Qf4 31. Qc1 Qd6 32.
Bb5 Ra5 33. Rc8 $18) 31. Qc1 Qb6 (31... Qxc1 32. Rexc1 Kf8 33. Rc8 Ke7 34. Bb5
Bb7 35. Rxa8 Rxa8 36. Rc7 $16) 32. Qf4 Ra7 33. Rxa7 Qxa7 34. Bb5 $1 Qa5 35. Rb1
Qb6 $6 (35... Bb3 $5 36. Qf6 $16 (36. Bc6 Bd5 37. Qe5 $16)) 36. Rb4 Bc6 37.
Bxa4 Qc5 38. Rb8 $1 1-0

[Event "October Revolution 50years"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1967.06.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1967.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 (10... a6 11. Re1 Qc7 $13) 11. b3 (11. Nb5
Qc6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bf4 a6 14. Nd4 Qc5 15. Nb3 Qc6 $10 {Tal,M-Petrosian,T/URS/
1976/}) 11... O-O 12. Bb2 e5 $2 (12... Qf4 $6 13. Qe2 Qe4 14. Qd2 Rd8 15. Rfe1
Qh4 16. Rad1 $16 {Geller,E-Vaganian,R/URS/1976/ Inf 22/230/}) (12... Bd7 13.
Re1 Rfe8 $14 {Liberzon,V-Spassky,B/Baden/1980/}) 13. Nb5 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Bf5 15.
Rac1 (15. Rd2 a6 (15... Rfd8 16. Rad1 a6 $14) 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Bxc2 18.
Bxe5 $14) 15... Rfd8 16. Bxe5 (16. Rxd8+ $5 Rxd8 17. Bxe5 a6 (17... Rd2 18. Bf4
Rxc2 19. Rxc2 Bxc2 20. Nxa7 $16) 18. Nd4 Bg6 19. c3 $14) 16... Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1
Bxc2 18. Rc1 Bg6 $6 (18... Be4 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Bxd6 Rd8 $14) 19. Be2 Be4 20.
f3 Bd5 (20... Bc6 21. Nd4 Bd5 22. Nf5 Bd8 23. Bd4 $14) 21. Kf2 (21. Bxf6 $2
Bxf6 22. Nc7 Rc8 $10) 21... h6 22. Nd6 Bd8 (22... Bxd6 $5 23. Bxd6 Bc6 $14) 23.
Bd4 Nd7 24. Bc4 $1 $16 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 b6 26. Ke3 g6 27. Ke4 Be7 28. Rc8+ $18
Rxc8 29. Nxc8 f5+ 30. Kd5 Kf7 1-0

[Event "Piatigorsky Cup-01"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1963.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Benko, Pal C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Be7 $6 (11... Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 $13) (
11... e5 $2 12. Nf3 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bg4 14. Re1 Bxf3 15. Rxe5+ Be7 16. gxf3 b5
17. Bd3 h6 18. Bf4 $16) 12. c3 e5 $2 (12... O-O $142 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Bg5 $14 {
Peters,J-Berry,J/USA/1976/}) 13. Nf3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 e4 (14... b5 15. Bb3 e4 16.
Ne5 {Balashov-Levi/ URS/1974}) 15. Ne5 Rf8 (15... O-O $5 16. Bg5 Bf5 17. Nd7 (
17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nd7 Rfd8 19. Nb6 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 $14) 17... Nxd7 18. Bxe7
Rfe8 19. Bd6 $16) 16. Be3 $16 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Bd4 g6 19. b4 Rc8 20. Bb3
f5 21. Bg7 Rf6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 $18 23. Rac1 Rxc3 24. Bd5 b6 25. Bg8 Rxc1 26. Rxc1
Be5 27. Bc4 (27. Bxh7 $2 Kf7 $10) 27... Bd6 28. Rb1 (28. a3 $2 a5 $14) 28...
Bc8 29. a3 a5 30. bxa5 bxa5 31. a4 Bb4 32. Bb5+ Kd8 33. Rd1+ Kc7 34. Rc1+ Kd8
35. Rc6 Bb7 36. Re6 Be7 37. g3 Bc5 (37... Bd5 38. Ra6 Bb4 39. Ra7 $18) 38. Re8+
Kc7 39. Rh8 h5 40. Rh7+ Kb8 41. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Klinger, Josef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 $6 a6 11. Bf4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 b5 $6 (12... Be7 13.
Rfd1 b5 14. Be2 Bb7 $10 {Matanovic-Petrosian,T/Bled/1961/}) 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Nb3
Be7 15. c4 bxc4 16. Na5 Bd5 17. Nxc4 Bc5 18. Rac1 (18. a3 $5 a5 19. Nxa5 Rxa5
20. b4 Bxb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 $14) 18... O-O 19. a3 a5 20. Nxa5 Rxa5 21.
Bc7 Bxa3 22. Bxa5 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Bd4 24. Rfc1 g5 $1 25. Bc3 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Kg7 27.
Bf3 Bxf3 28. Rxf3 Rd8 29. g3 Rd7 30. Rfb3 Ne4 (30... Kg6 31. Rb7 Rd2 32. R1b2
Rd5 33. Ra7 Rf5 $10) 31. Rb4 Nc3 32. R1b3 Nd5 33. Rb7 Rxb7 $2 (33... Rd8 34.
Ra7 Kg6 35. Rbb7 Rf8 $10) 34. Rxb7 h6 35. Kg2 $14 Nf6 36. Kf3 Nd5 37. h3 Nf6
38. Ke3 Nd5+ 39. Kd4 Nf6 40. Ke5 Nd5 41. Ra7 Nf6 42. f4 g4 $1 43. h4 Nh5 44. f5
(44. Ra3 Kg6 $10) 44... exf5 45. Kxf5 Nxg3+ 46. Kxg4 Ne4 47. Ra4 Nf6+ 48. Kf5
Nd5 49. Rg4+ Kf8 50. Rg1 Ne7+ 51. Ke5 Ng6+ 52. Kf6 $10 Nxh4 53. Rg7 Ke8 54.
Rxf7 Nf3 55. Re7+ Kd8 56. Rh7 Nd4 57. Ke5 Nb5 58. Rxh6 Kd7 59. Rb6 Nc7 60. Rd6+
Ke7 61. Rd1 Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1
O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Qe2 Kxg7 17. g3 Bxg3 18. Rg1 $6 $146 ({in der Partie
Adams,M-Dreev,A/EU-chT 1992/EU-chT folgte:} 18. fxg3 b5 $2 19. Bf4 Bb7+ 20. Kh2
Qc5 21. Be5 Kg6 22. Bxf6 Kxf6 23. Rf1+ $1 Kg6 {und die weißen Chancen waren
vorzuziehen.}) 18... b5 $1 ({In den damaligen Anmerkungen zur erwähnten Partie
Adams -Dreev ist zu lesen, daß 18.Rg1 mit} 18... Qc6+ 19. f3 Qc7 20. Bg5 Nh5
$19 {(Dreev) wiederlegt wird. Doch gerade darauf mag der Anziehende gehofft
haben: Nach 20.Qh2!/\ Qh6,Rg3 (statt 20.Bg5) steht Weiß besser, z.B. 20...Kh8 
(20...Kf8 21.Bh6 nebst Rg3) 21.Bg5!}) 19. Rxg3+ Kh8 20. Bg5 Bb7+ 21. Kh2 (21.
Kg1 Ne4 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Rg2 (23. Rd3 Rg8+ 24. Kf1 Qh2 $19) 23... Nd2 (23...
Nc3 24. bxc3 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rg8+ 26. Kf1 Qh2 $17 {[%cal Yg8g1]}) 24. Rg3 Qf4 $1
$17 {/\Nf3}) 21... Ne4 22. Qe3 (22. Qf3 Qe5 23. Qxf7 Nxg5 (23... Rf8 $2 24. Bf4
$3 $16) 24. Qxb7 Rf8 {kann aus weißer Sicht nicht befriedigen.}) 22... Rg8 23.
Qd4+ (23. Bf4 Qe7 24. Qd4+ f6 $19) 23... e5 24. Qxe4 {es droht Bf6!} Rxg5 $1 {
natürlich wird der lästige Läufer vernichtet.} 25. Qh4 Rxg3 26. fxg3 Qc6 27.
Rg1 Qf3 28. Qg5 f6 29. Qh6 Rd8 30. Be6 Be4 31. Bg4 Qf2+ 32. Kh3 Rg8 33. Be6 Rg7
34. Qc1 Rg6 35. c4 Kg7 {gegen die Drohung Rh6 ist kein Kraut gewachsen.} 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Petursson} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 c4 $5 {Die Kortchnoi
Spezialvariante! Die Idee ist einfach: Schwarz bekommt mehr Raum am
Damenflügel und gleichzeitig engt er den Bf1 ein. Das kostet natürlich Zeit
und die Spannung im Zentrum ist aufgehoben. (der d4 Bauer ist nicht mehr
angegriffen). Der weiße Plan ist hier, die Spitze der schwarzen Bauernkette
durch b3 zu untergraben oder Druck (nachdem Abtausch ed5) gegen den d5 Bauern
zu organisieren.} 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O Bb4 7. c3 Ba5 8. Qc2 Nge7 9. b3 cxb3 10.
axb3 O-O 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. Ba3 Re8 13. e5 Bd7 14. h4 Rc8 15. h5 Nf4 16. g3 $2 (
16. Bxh7+ $142 Kh8 17. Nb1 $1 (17. Bb2 $2 Ne2+ 18. Kh2 Ncxd4) (17. Rae1 $2 Nxd4
18. Nxd4 Qg5) 17... Nxh5 (17... Nxg2 18. Kxg2 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Rxc2 20. Bxc2 $16)
(17... Bb6 18. Qd2 Nh3+ 19. gxh3 Kxh7 20. Qf4 $16) 18. g3 (18. Bc1 $1 $13 {
Petursson}) 18... Bb6 (18... g6 $2 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 Ng7 21. Ng5 $18) 19.
Bg6 $1 fxg6 20. Qxg6 $16 {Weiß gewinnt die geopferte Figur mit Zinsen zurück.})
16... Nxd4 $1 {[%cal Yc8c3,Ya5c3]} (16... Nh3+ $5 {Petursson with the same
idea, also came into consideration:} 17. Kg2 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxc3 19. Ra2 Bxd4
20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Qd3 Qb6 22. Kxh3 Bb5 $19) 17. Nxd4 Bxc3 $17 {[%cal Yc3a1,
Yc3d4]} 18. N4f3 (18. gxf4 {Petursson} Bxa1 19. Bxh7+ (19. Rxa1 Rxc2 20. Bxc2
Qh4 $19) 19... Kh8 20. Qd3 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Kxh7 $19) 18... Bxa1 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20.
Qd1 Nh3+ 21. Kg2 Kxh7 $19 22. Qxa1 Ng5 {Black is winning, as White has nothing
to show for the exchange and a pawn. Die taktische Operation, mit 16...Nd4!
begonnen, ist schließlich mit schwarzem Materialvorteil beendet. Der Rest ist
reine Technik, in der mein Mannschaftkollege (SG Zürich) keine blöse zeigte.}
23. Bc1 Bb5 24. Re1 d4 $1 {Räumt das Feld d5 für die Dame.} 25. Nxd4 Qd5+ 26.
Kh2 Red8 27. Bb2 Kg8 28. Qd1 f5 29. exf6 e5 30. Qg4 (30. Nxb5 Qxd2 31. Qxd2
Rxd2 $19) 30... exd4 $19 31. h6 gxh6 32. Re7 Rd7 33. Rg7+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Clarin GP final"]
[Site "Villa Gesell"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Black "Giaccio, Alfredo Gustavo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. O-O Nbc6 8.
a3 Ba7 9. b4 O-O 10. Bb2 Ng6 11. e5 Qc7 (11... f6 $1 12. exf6 gxf6 13. c4 $14)
(11... Nf4 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. Qd2 Nxd3 14. cxd3 $1 $16 {Die weißen Leichtfiguren
haben das ausgezeichneten Zentrumsfeld d4 zur Verfügung.}) 12. c4 Ncxe5 13.
Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Bxe5 Qd8 17. Nf3 $1 {Der weiße
Figurenangriff am Königsflügel wird immer gefährlicher. Jetzt droht Weiß mit
Ng5.} f6 18. cxd5 Qe8 $1 (18... Qxd5 19. Rad1 Qe4 20. Bd6 Rd8 21. Bc5 Rxd1 22.
Qe8+ Kh7 23. Rxd1 $16) (18... fxe5 19. Ng5 Rf5 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Qh8+ Ke7 22.
Qxg7+ Kd6) 19. Qxe8 Rxe8 {Um die weiße Initiative am Königsflügel zu
neutralisieren, erzwingt der Nachziehende den Damentausch. Doch das ändert an
der Stellungsbewertung nicht viel. Das resultierende Endspiel ist immer noch
schwer genug für Schwarz.} 20. Bd4 e5 $2 {Der Nachziehende opfert
unnötigerweise einen Bauer, weil er seine Bauernstruktur nicht durch exd5
verschlechtern möchte.} (20... Bxd4 $5 21. Nxd4 exd5 22. Rac1 $14) (20... exd5
$142 {Es ist klar, daß der weiße N im Vergleich zum schwarzen B ein Riese ist,
dennoch hat Schwarz seine Chancen - denn die Bauern sind auf beide Flügel
verteilt, und der schwarze König steht besser.} 21. Bxa7 Rxa7 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+
23. Rxe1 Kf7 24. Rc1 Bd7 $1 $14) 21. Bxa7 Rxa7 22. Rac1 $16 b5 {Die Idee des
Nachziehenden ist klar. Er will die Türme auf der d-Linie verdoppeln, den
Läufer auf b7 plazieren, um bequem den Pd5 zurück zu erobern.} (22... Rd8 23.
Rc7 Bg4 24. Rd1 e4 25. Rd4 $1 $16) 23. Rc6 (23. d6 Rd7 24. Rfd1 Red8 25. Rc6
Bb7 26. Rb6 Kf7 27. Ne1 $16) 23... Rd7 24. Rfc1 Bb7 25. Rb6 Ra8 (25... Bxd5 26.
Rxa6 Bxf3 27. gxf3) (25... Red8 26. Ne1 Bxd5 27. Rxa6 Bb3 $1 $11) 26. d6 Rad8
27. Ne1 Bd5 28. Rxa6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Rd1 Kf7 31. Nc2 Rc6 (31... Ke6 32.
Ne3 Be4 33. Rxd6+ Kxd6) 32. Rxd5 Rxc2 33. h4 $16 Ra2 34. Rxb5 Rxa3 35. h5 Kg8
36. Rb8+ Kh7 37. b5 Rb3 38. b6 g6 39. hxg6+ (39. g4) 39... Kxg6 40. b7 Kf5 41.
g4+ Ke4 42. Kg2 Rb1 43. g5 fxg5 44. Kg3 Rb2 45. Kg4 Rb1 46. Kxg5 Rg1+ 47. Kh4 (
47. Kf6 Rb1 48. Ke6) 47... Rb1 48. f4 Rh1+ 49. Kg3 Rg1+ 50. Kh4 Rh1+ 51. Kg5
Rg1+ 52. Kh5 Rh1+ 53. Kg4 Rg1+ 54. Kh3 Rg7 55. f5 Kf4 56. f6 Rf7 57. Kg2 e4 58.
Kf2 e3+ 59. Ke2 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skolernes Skakklub"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "1997.06.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. exd5 (7. O-O
Nf6 8. a3 $14) 7... exd5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1+ Be7 (9... Be6 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Be3
$14 {Rublevsky,S-Kiriakov,P/Moscow-chJ 1993/EXT 93ch (21)}) 10. Nf1 $5 (10. h3)
(10. Nb3 Bg4 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Be2 $14) 10... O-O 11. Ng3 {GM Adams hat eine
interessante Idee verwendet. Üblicherweise steht der Damenspringer auf b3, um
früher oder später den Isolani d5 zu blockieren. In der Partie hat er den
Damenspringer auf den Königsflügel überführt. So wird Bg4 entschärft, weil
nach h3 der Rückzugzug Bh5 (wegen Nh5) nicht möglich ist. Außerdem besitzt der
Anziehende gute Karten für einen Figurenangriff am Königsflügel.} Qd6 (11...
Qb6) 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 Rd8 14. Nh4 {[%csl Rf5]} (14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Qc5 $14
) 14... Bf8 15. Nhf5 Qc5 (15... Bxf5 16. Nxf5 Qc7 17. Qf3 $16) 16. Qf3 Ne4 17.
Be3 $1 (17. Nxe4 $2 dxe4 18. Nxh6+ (18. Qxe4 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qxf5 20. Bxf5 Rxd2
$19) 18... gxh6 19. Qg3+ Bg7 20. Rxe4 $17) 17... Qa5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 (
19. Qxe4 Rxd3 20. Nxh6+ gxh6 21. Qxd3 $13) 19... Ne5 20. Qe2 $16 (20. Qg3 Bxf5
21. Bxf5 Nc4 22. Be4 $16) 20... Qb4 {[%cal Yb4e4,Yb4b2]} 21. Bc1 (21. Bd4 $2
Rxd4 22. Nxd4 (22. c3 Rxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 Bxf5 $19) 22... Qxd4 23. Bxb7
Bxb7 24. Qxe5 Qb6 $13) (21. Ng3 $13) 21... Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Re8 23. Be4 Nc4 24. c3
Qb5 25. a4 Qc5 (25... Qb3 $5) 26. Bf4 g5 (26... Bd6 $2 27. Bxd6 Nxd6 28. Qf3
$16) (26... f5 27. b4 $1 Rxe4 (27... Qc8 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. Qxc4 $18) 28. Qxe4
fxe4 29. bxc5 Bxc5 30. Rxe4 $18) 27. b4 Qc8 28. Bg3 Bg7 29. Qc2 {Es ist sehr
lehrreich zu sehen, wie der ehemalige Spitzenspieler in dieser schweren
Stellung Gegenspiel am Damenflügel bekommen hat.} a5 $1 30. b5 Nb6 $1 31. Re3
Qc4 $1 32. Rae1 {[%cal Ye4h7]} Kh8 33. Bxb7 Rxe3 34. Rxe3 Rd8 35. h3 (35. Bf3
$16) 35... Nxa4 36. Re4 Qxb5 37. Rxa4 $2 (37. Bc7 $142 Rg8 (37... f5 38. Rxa4
Rd7 39. Bxa5 $18) 38. Rxa4 Qxb7 39. Bxa5 $16) 37... Qxb7 38. Rxa5 Qe7 $1 39.
Ra1 Rc8 40. Rb1 Bxc3 41. Kh2 Qe6 42. Rb8 Qc6 {In dieser Partie hat GM Adams in
der Eröffnung durch ein unübliches Springermanöver Vorteil bekommen. Später
überspielte er seinen Gegner und gewann im Mittelspiel einen Bauern. Leider
verpaßte er in Zeitnot einige gute Möglichkeiten und konnte seinen materiellen
Vorteil schließlich nicht realisieren.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harplinge"]
[Site "Harplinge"]
[Date "1998.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Emms, John M"]
[Black "Sjodahl, Pontus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O a6 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qc3 Bd7 11. Rd1 b5 12. Bb3 {Auf dem Brett entsteht
eine arttypische Stellung für den offenen Sizilianer, in der der weiße Bauer e
gegen den schwarzen d Bauer getauscht ist.} b4 $2 {Schwarz versucht die
lästige weiße Dame von der große Diagonale a1-h8 zu vertreiben, um seinen
Königsflügel entwickeln zu können. Leider ist das ein Fehlschlag der nur den
Damenflügel abschwächt und die Lage der weißen Dame sogar verbessert.} (12...
Rc8 $142 $14) 13. Qc4 Nf6 (13... Be7 14. Ba4 $1 Rc8 15. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 16. Nd4
$16 {[%cal Yd4c6,Yc4c6,Ya4c6]}) 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 {[%mdl 132]} 15. Bf4 Qb6 {
Weiß hat großen Entwicklungsvorsprung. Es ist daher nicht überraschend, das
die Partie nur noch ein paar Züge dauert.} (15... e5 16. Qxf7+ Kd8 17. Qxf6+
$18) {[%tqu "De","Wie soll der Anziehende seine Angriff fortsetzen?","","",
"d1d7","",4]} 16. Rxd7 $1 Kxd7 {[%tqu "De","Wie weiter?","","","a1d1","",2]}
17. Rd1+ {Bringt mit Tempo noch eine Figur ins Spiel.} Kc8 (17... Ke8 18. Ba4
Rc8 19. Nd4 $18 {[%cal Ya4c6,Yd4c6,Yc4c6] Der gefesselte Nc6 ist nicht mehr zu
retten.}) 18. Nd4 ({Nich von der Hand zu weisen war auch} 18. Ba4 Bc5 19. Bxc6
Qxc6 20. Be3 Ra7 $1 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Bxc5 Rc7 23. Bxb4 Rxc2 24. Bc3 $18) 18...
Kb7 {[%tqu "De","Der Schluß Akkord des weißes Angriffs!","","","d4e6","",6]}
19. Nxe6 $1 Re8 (19... fxe6 20. Rd7+ Kc8 21. Qxe6 $1 $18 {Das Abzugschach mit
dem weißem Turm ist tödlich.} (21. Rc7+ Qxc7 (21... Kd8 22. Rxc6 $18) 22. Bxc7
Kxc7 23. Ba4 $16)) 20. Rd7+ Kc8 21. Rxf7 Re7 22. Rxe7 Bxe7 23. Ba4 $1 Kb7 24.
Be3 $1 {Die arme schwarze Dame. Nach Qa5 bleibt der Nc6 ungedeckt.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup10"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1997.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Black "Nikitin, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.07.21"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 {Mit dieser Zug kann Schwarz
versuchen, die Vereinzelung seines d-Bauern zu vermeiden, doch er verliert
dabei Zeit und überläßt dem Gegner einen gewissen Entwicklungvorsprung.->uch
hat Schwarz hier einige Sorgen mit der Entwicklung seines Damenläufers, was
bei 4...ed5 nicht der Fall ist.} 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. O-O Ne7 8. Nb3 Qc7
9. Qe2 Ng6 10. Nbxd4 a6 {Kontrolliert das Feld b5 und bereitet für einen
späteren Zeitpunkt b7-b5 vor.} 11. Bb3 Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bg5 Bd6 14. Qd3 h6 {
Schwarz hat Entwicklungsnachteil (sein ganzer Damenflügel schläft!) und spielt
Züge die seine Königsstellung abschwächen. Es ist keine Überraschung, daß sich
diese Partie in eine Eröffnungskatastrophe umgewandelt.} (14... Bd7 15. Rad1 (
15. c3 Nc6 16. Rad1 Bc5 17. Nf5 Qb6 18. Ne3 $14) 15... Bc5 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Qc3
$14) (14... Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 (15... bxc6 16. Rad1 Bc5 17. Qc3 Qb6 18. Be3 Bxe3
19. Rxe3 $16) 16. Rad1 Bc7 $14) 15. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 (15... fxe6 16. Qxg6 Rxf3 17.
gxf3 hxg5 18. Bxe6+ Bxe6 19. Qxe6+ (19. Rxe6 Be7 $16 (19... Bxh2+ 20. Kg2 Nc6
21. Re8+ (21. Qxg5 $6 {ist deutlich schlechter} Be5 $14) 21... Rxe8 22. Qxe8+
Kh7 23. Rh1 $18)) 19... Kh7 20. Qf5+ g6 21. Qh3+ (21. Qxg5 $6 Nc6 $18) 21...
Kg7 22. Re8 $18) 16. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 {Jetzt sehen wir den Nachteil des h6 Zuges -
der Springer g6 ist ungedeckt.} 17. Qxg6 (17. Bxe6+ $142 $1 Kh8 (17... Kh7 18.
Nh4 $1 $18) 18. Qxg6 Nc6 19. Bf5 Rxf5 $16 20. Qxf5 Ne5 (20... hxg5 21. Nxg5 $18
) 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 $16) 17... Nc6 (17... Rxf3 $5) 18. Rd1 (18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Bd5
$16) 18... Ne5 (18... Rxf3 19. gxf3 Kh8 20. Bxh6 Bxh2+ 21. Kg2 gxh6 22. Qxh6+
Qh7 23. Qxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rd7+ Kg6 25. Kxh2 $18) 19. Qxe6+ $16 (19. Nxe5 $5 Bxe5
20. Rd7 Bxh2+ (20... Qxd7 21. Bxe6+ Qf7 22. Bxf7+ Rxf7 23. Bxh6 $16) 21. Kh1
Qxd7 22. Bxe6+ Qxe6 23. Qxe6+ Rf7 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Kxh2 $18) 19... Kh8 (19...
Kh7 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Rd7 $16) 20. Rxd6 Nxf3+ (20... Rfe8 21. Qd5 Nxf3+ 22.
gxf3 hxg5 23. Qd4 $1 {[%cal Yd4g7,Yd6d7]} Rad8 24. Rh6#) 21. gxf3 Rae8 22. Qg6
$1 Qa5 23. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 34th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1997.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kaminski, Marcin"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Qc7 8.
O-O dxe4 9. Nxe4 Be7 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Qe4 Bd7 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Rab1 Ne7 $1 {
[%cal Yd7c6,Yc6f3] Räumt das Feld c6 für den Bd7.} 14. Ne5 Bc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 {
Sogar nach dem Damentausch steht Weiß besser, wegen seinem Läuferpaarvorteil
und der Bauernmehrheit am Damenflügel.} 16. Qe2 O-O 17. c4 a5 18. Be4 Qa6 19.
Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ $6 {Warum freiwillig die einzige offene Linie aufgeben?} (
20. Bc7 $142 Rxd1+ (20... Rd4 21. Rxd4 Bxd4 22. Qd3 $16) 21. Rxd1 Nc6 (21...
Rc8 22. b3 a4 $16) 22. Rd7 $14) 20... Rxd8 21. b3 Nc6 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qb5 Qa8 (
23... Qxb5 24. cxb5 Nd4 25. Bc7 Ne2+ 26. Kf1 Rd2 27. Bxa5 (27. Bxb7 Nc3 28. Rc1
Bd4 $13) 27... Rxa2 28. Bxb7 Rxa5 29. Kxe2 Rxb5 $11) 24. Be3 Bd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd4
26. Re1 Qd8 27. g3 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Kalichkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Qe2 Nb4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Nb3 Be7 (11... Bb6 12. a3 (12. Bg5 Rc8
$1 $17) 12... Nc6 13. Bg5 $14) 12. O-O O-O 13. Bf4 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Qe8 15. Nbd4
Rac8 16. c4 $1 {[%csl Rd5] Nimmt das Felt d5 unter kontrolle.Weiß besitzt
Bauernmehrheit am Damenflügel.Sein Plan bestehet im Endspiel diese kleine
Vorteil zu benützen.} a6 17. Ne5 {Es droht 18.a3 Nc6 nebst 19.Ndc6 bc6 und den
schwarze Bauernstruktur am Damenflügel ist sehr schlecht.} Bc5 18. Nb3 Be7 19.
a3 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Na5 Qe4 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. f3 (23. Nxb7 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1
Rxc4 25. Rc1 (25. f3 Nc3 26. bxc3 Rxf4 27. Rd7 Kf8 $17) 25... Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1
Kf8 $11) (23. Be3 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. f3 $13) (23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 (23... Bxd8 24.
Nxb7 Bf6 25. f3 Bxb2 26. Rb1 Bd4+ 27. Kf1 $13) 24. Nxb7 Rd7 25. Na5 Bf6 $1 26.
g3 Bxb2 27. Rb1 Bxa3 28. f3 g5 $1 $17) 23... Nd6 24. Bxd6 (24. c5 Rxc5 25. Bxd6
Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Bxd6 27. Nxb7 Rd5 $11) 24... Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Bxd6 26. Rd1 (26. Nxb7
Be5 27. Rd1 Bxb2 $15) 26... Be5 27. b3 b6 {Dankbar seine Bauernmehrheit am
Damenflügel und die Beherrschung des einziges offenes Linie hat der
Anziehenden leichter aber fester Positionelle Vorteil. Es ist merkwürdig wie
der GM Rublevsky lehrreich diese kleine Vorteile in eines volles Punkt
umwandeltlt} 28. Nc6 $1 Bf6 29. Rd6 Kf8 30. a4 a5 {Jetzt ist den
Bauernstruktur am Damenflügel unbeweglich, das natürlich für den Springer
nützlich ist.} 31. Kf1 Ke8 32. h3 Rc7 $6 (32... Bb2 {/\Ba3} 33. Na7 Rb8 $14)
33. c5 $1 Be7 (33... bxc5 34. Nxa5 Ke7 35. Nc4 Rb7 36. Rb6 $16 {[%csl Gc4]
[%cal Yf1e2,Ye2d3]}) 34. cxb6 $1 Bxd6 (34... Rb7 $2 35. Nxa5 $18) 35. bxc7 Bxc7
36. b4 axb4 37. Nxb4 {Von den weißen Bauernmehrheit am Damenflügel ist nur
eine entfernte Freibauern gebliben.Wenn der Nachziehenden auch am Königsflügel
eine Freibauern bilden kann dann werden die Chancen ausgeglichen.
Selbstverständlich versucht der Weiße die Bauern am Königsflügel zu blockieren
oder vernichten.} Kd7 38. Ke2 Kd6 39. Kd3 e5 (39... Kc5 40. Na6+ Kc6 41. Nxc7
Kxc7 $18 {Und das Endspiel wegen den Entfernete Freibauern ist für Weiß
gewonnen.}) 40. Kc4 f5 41. Nd5 Bd8 {Auf keinen Fall darf der Nachziehenden die
Leichtfiguren tauschen!} 42. Ne3 g6 43. Nd5 Kc6 44. Ne3 Bc7 45. g4 $1 {So wird
das e4 Feld abgeschwächt.} fxg4 {[%csl Ge4]} (45... f4 46. Nd1 {[%cal Yd1e2,
Ye2f2,Yf2e4,Yd1c2,Yc2c3,Yc3e4]}) 46. Nxg4 h5 47. Ne3 Kd6 48. Kd3 Ke6 49. Ke4
Ba5 50. Nc4 Bc3 51. a5 Bb4 52. a6 Bc5 53. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "1998.04.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Borge, Nikolaj"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.04.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Petursson} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7.
O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 (11... Bd7 12. c3 Qc7
13. Qe2) 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. c3 Bd6 14. h3 (14. Nf5 Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 O-O-O) 14...
O-O-O 15. Qe2 (15. Qf3 h6 16. Be3 Kb8 17. a4 e5 18. Nc2 Bc6 19. Qe2 Nd5 20.
Rad1 Be7 (20... Nxe3 21. Nxe3) 21. Bc1 f6 (21... Bf6 22. Nb4 Nxb4 23. cxb4) 22.
Nd4 exd4 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Qxe7 dxc3 25. Rxd5 Bxd5 (25... Qxe7) 26. bxc3 (26.
Qb4 {-} Qc6) 26... Qxe7 (26... Qxc3 27. Bf4+ Ka8 28. Rc1) (26... Qc6 27. c4
Qxc4 28. Be3 Bc6 29. Qd6+ Ka8 30. Rd1 Rc8 31. Qd8 Bxa4 32. Qb6 {-}) 27. Rxe7 g5
28. Be3 f5 29. a5 f4 30. Bd4 Rg8 31. Rh7 g4 32. hxg4 Rxg4 33. Rg7 Rxg7 34. Bxg7
f3 35. gxf3 {1/2-1/2 Kosten,A-Speelman,J/England 1991}) 15... Kb8 16. a4 Rhg8
$1 {Bei den Rochaden auf verschiedenen Seiten ist es wichtig, wer zuerst den
Angriff gegen den gegnerischen König beginnt. Mit einigen aggressiven Zügen
erobert GM Hansen die Initiative am Königsflügel. In dieser Partie spielt
Schwarz energischer , als Akopian in seiner Partie gegen Adams.} (16... Bc8 17.
a5 Rhg8 18. Nf3 h6 19. Be3 Nd7 20. Ba4 Bc5 21. b4 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 g5 23. b5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Akopian,V/Chalkidiki 1992/CBM 32 (61)}) 17. Be3 g5 18. Ra2 $2 {
Es ist schwer zu verstehen was der Turm auf a2 macht?} g4 $17 19. h4 {
Selbstverständlich will der Anziehende keine Linie am Königsflügel öffnen.} g3
20. f3 e5 21. Nc2 Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. c4 Nh5 {Der Springer strebt nach f4.}
24. b4 Qe7 25. c5 Bc7 ({Gewinn auch.} 25... Nf4 $1 26. Bxf4 (26. Qc4 Qxh4 $19)
26... exf4 27. cxd6 Qxh4 28. Qd3 (28. Qxe6 Qh2+ 29. Kf1 Qh1+ 30. Ke2 Qxg2+ 31.
Kd1 Qxf3+ 32. Kc1 g2 $19) 28... Rg5 $1 $19) 26. Bg5 Rxg5 $1 27. hxg5 Nf4 28.
Qe4 (28. Qe3 Qxg5 29. b5 (29. Kf1 Rd3 30. Qg1 Rxf3+ 31. gxf3 g2+ 32. Kf2 Nh3+
33. Ke2 Nxg1+ 34. Rxg1 e4 $1 $19) (29. Na3 {Petursson} Rd3 30. Qe4 Qh4 $19)
29... Qh4 30. Nb4 Qh2+ 31. Kf1 Nh3 $19) 28... Rd2 (28... Qxg5 {Petursson} 29.
Ne3 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Ge3f1,Gf1h2]}) 0-1

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wang, Pin"]
[Black "Wu, Wenjin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. a3 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. e5 Nd7 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. c4 a5 15.
b5 (15. Qb3 axb4 (15... dxc4 16. Bxc4 axb4 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Ne4 $14) 16. cxd5
exd5 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18. Ne4 $11) (15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qb3 $14) 15... Nce5 16. Nxe5
Nxe5 17. Qc2 g6 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. cxd5 Rac8 $1 {Bevor der Nachziehende auf d5
zurück schlägt. Mit diesem wichtigen Zwischenzug errobert Schwarz die c-Linie..
} 20. Qb1 (20. Qb3 Rc3 $1 21. Qxc3 Nf3+ 22. Nxf3 Qxc3 23. dxe6 Bxe6 $15) 20...
exd5 21. Qb3 Be6 22. Bb1 Nc4 23. Qd3 Rfd8 24. Ba2 $2 (24. Nxc4 $142 dxc4 25.
Qe3 Bd5 $15) (24. a4 Bf5 25. Qe2 Bxb1 26. Rxb1 Nb6 $17) {[%tqu "De","Wie
bekommt Schwarz Materialvorteil?","","","e6f5","",3]} 24... Bf5 $1 $19 25. Qe2
{Der Springer d2 muß gedeckt werden.} Nxd2 26. Qxd2 Rc2 {[%cal Yc2a2,Yc2d2]}
27. Bxd5+ Kg7 28. Qf4 (28. Qd1 Rc5 $19) 28... Rxd5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1415"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2015.03.14"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dortmund Hansa"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
Nc3 Qd8 (8... Qd6 $5 {is probably the most fashionable move.}) 9. a3 Bd7 $6
$146 {The only way to avoid the annoying Qf3-move, but probably a wrong
novelty.} (9... Be7 10. Qf3 Nc5 (10... Nc7 11. Bd3 Ncd5 12. Nde4 $5 $146 O-O
13. O-O Nxc3 14. Nxc3 $14) (10... O-O $4 11. Bxa6 {1-0 (11) Carlsen,M (2881)
-Caruana,F (2791) NOR 2014}) 11. Nc4 (11. b4 $5) 11... Nd5 12. Bd2 O-O 13. b4
$14 {/\Rd1}) 10. Bxa6 $6 ({I was rather expecting} 10. Nc4 Bc6 11. Bf4 $1 {
after which it seems Black can't equalise:} (11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Ne5 Nb8 $132) (
11. Qe2 Be7 12. Ne5 Nc5 $132) 11... Be7 (11... Nd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Bxd5
14. b4 $14) 12. b4 (12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 14. Bxd6 O-O-O $132) 12... Nd5
13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bd3 $14) 10... bxa6 11. Qe2 Qc8 {The most logical move, but
maybe not the best one.} ({It seems that after the surprising computer
suggestion} 11... Qc7 $1 12. Qxa6 Be7 13. O-O O-O $132 {(/\...Bc6, ...Rab8/c8,
...e5); Black has excellent compensation.}) 12. O-O Be7 13. Rd1 (13. Nc4 Bb5
14. Nxb5 axb5 15. Ne5 O-O $11) (13. a4 O-O 14. Nc4 Nd5 $5 (14... Qc7 $5) 15.
Nxd5 (15. Bd2 Bc6 $132) 15... exd5 16. Qxe7 dxc4 $11) 13... O-O 14. Nb3 (14.
Nc4 Bb5 $11) 14... Re8 15. Be3 $6 {Too slow in my opinion. After this move
Black becomes a bit better, in my opinion.} (15. Bg5 Bc6 $5 (15... Nd5 $2 16.
Rxd5 $18) 16. Rd3 Qc7 $13) 15... e5 16. Bg5 (16. h3 h6 $132) 16... e4 $2 {
A terrible mistake, overestimating some ideas.} ({After} 16... Bg4 17. f3 Be6 {
Black would be a bit better.}) 17. h3 h6 18. Bf4 Bf5 $6 (18... Be6 {would have
been more solid.}) 19. Rd4 Bg6 20. Ra4 Nh5 $6 {Continuing in the same (wrong)
vein.} (20... Qf5 {was required, with the idea} 21. Be3 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23.
Rxa6 Qb7 {and at least some compensation.}) 21. Be3 Bf6 22. Qxa6 {Definitely
the simplest. Black is simply in big trouble, which is pretty well deserved
given the way I put my pieces on the other side of the board!} (22. g4 Bxc3 $1
({To be honest I thought} 22... Be5 {was also possible but missed} 23. Rc4 $1 {
followed by Nc5, taking all the "must-stay" squares off the black queen.}) 23.
Rc4 $1 (23. gxh5 $2 Be5 24. hxg6 Qxh3 $40) 23... Qe6 24. Rxc3 Nf6 25. Nd4 Qd7 {
is better for White, but not that clear; as ...h5 will come soon.}) 22... Bxc3
23. Qxc8 Raxc8 (23... Rexc8 24. bxc3 Rxc3 25. Rxa7 $1 Rxa7 26. Bxa7 Rxc2 27. a4
$16) 24. bxc3 Rxc3 25. Rxa7 f5 (25... Rxc2 26. a4 f5 27. Nd4 Rc4 28. g3 $16)
26. Nd4 $1 {A move I had completely missed.} Rec8 (26... f4 27. Ne2 $1 $18) 27.
Ne2 $2 {Overestimating the coming endgame.} (27. Bd2 R3c4 28. c3 {would be
clearly better for White, though after} f4 {with the idea of playing ...e3
Black keeps some drawing chances.}) 27... Rxc2 28. Nf4 Nxf4 29. Bxf4 Bh5 (29...
Bf7 30. h4 $16) 30. h4 R8c6 $1 (30... Rb2 31. Be5 $18) ({If I had not had this
...R2c6 option then I would have gone for} 30... g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Bxg5 R8c7
{exchanging a rook, but the position should be rather lost.}) 31. a4 Rg6 32.
Rc7 $6 {Making the Black's task easier.} (32. a5 Bf3 (32... e3 33. Bxe3 Rc4 34.
g3) 33. g3 Rcc6 $1 34. a6 Kh7 $1 35. Be5 $1 {The move I had missed, but Black
holds.} (35. Ra8 e3 36. fxe3 (36. Bxe3 $4 Rc4 $19) 36... h5 $11) 35... Rce6 $1
(35... Be2 36. h5 Rg5 37. Bxg7 $18) (35... h5 36. Bxg7 $18) 36. Bd4 (36. h5 Rg5
$11) 36... h5 $11) 32... Rxc7 33. Bxc7 Bf3 34. Bg3 Be2 (34... f4 $4 35. gxf3
fxg3 36. a5 $18) 35. a5 Ba6 36. Be5 Rc6 37. h5 Kf7 38. Bf4 g5 (38... Rc5 $5)
39. hxg6+ Kxg6 40. Ra3 (40. Kh2 Kf7 41. Kg3 Rg6+ $11) 40... h5 41. Rb3 Kf7 42.
Be3 (42. Rb8 Rc5 $11) 42... Rf6 43. Rc3 f4 44. Rc7+ Kg6 45. Bd2 (45. Bd4 Rd6
$11) 45... Rf7 {The simplest way.} 46. Rxf7 Kxf7 47. Bxf4 Ke6 48. Bh2 Kd7 49.
Bg3 Kc6 50. Kh2 Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.04.06"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Viernheim"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
Nc3 (8. c4 Qc6 (8... Qf5 $5 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Rd8 $13) 9. a3 (9. Nf3 Bb4+ 10.
Bd2 O-O 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. Be2 a6 13. Nc3 Qc7 $11) 9... Be7 10. b4 O-O 11. Bb2
Rd8 12. Qc2 (12. Nd4 Qc7 $132) 12... Nb8 $5 $13 {[%cal Ya7a5]} (12... e5 $5
$146)) (8. Nc4 $6 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bc5 $15) 8... Qd6 $5 (8... Qd8 9. a3 Be7 10.
Qf3 $36) 9. a3 {One of the critical moves.} (9. Qe2 Be7 (9... Bd7 $5 10. Nc4
Qc7 11. a3 {[%cal Ge2e5]}) 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Nb5 $5 Qd8 $1 $146 (11... Qc6 12.
Ne5 Qc5 13. a3 Nc7 14. b4 Qxb5 15. Qxb5+ Nxb5 16. Bxb5+ Nd7 17. Bb2 $36 {
½-½ (30) Fedorchuk,S (2633)-Edouard,R (2624) Linares 2017}) 12. g3 (12. Be3
$6 Nd5 13. Bxa7 O-O 14. Bd4 Nab4 15. a3 Bd7 16. Nc3 Nc6 $17) (12. Bf4 O-O $132)
12... Qd5 13. Rg1 O-O 14. Nc3 Bb4 15. Bd2 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Ne4 17. Ne3 Nxc3 18.
Nxd5 Nxe2 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Bxe2 Nc5 $11) (9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Bxd7+
Qxd7 12. Qe2 O-O $11) (9. Bc4 Be7 10. Qe2 (10. O-O $144 O-O 11. Qe2) 10... O-O
11. O-O Bd7 $146 (11... Rd8 $5 $146) 12. Nf3 Rfd8 13. Rd1 Qc7 {[%cal Ga8c8]}
14. Ne5 (14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. Qxa6 Rab8 $5 $44) 14... Be8 15. Bf4 Qb6 $11 {
[%cal Ga8c8]}) 9... Bd7 10. Qf3 (10. Nc4 Qxd1+ 11. Nxd1 Be7 12. Ne5 O-O $11 {
[%cal Yd7e8]}) (10. Qe2 Qc7 (10... Rd8 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Qe5 Bc5 13. Qg3 Qxg3 14.
hxg3 O-O $11) 11. Nc4 O-O-O {[%cal Gf6d5]} 12. Bg5 Bc6 $13) (10. Be2 Bc6 11.
O-O Rd8 12. Qe1 (12. Nf3 Qb8 $5 13. Qe1 Be7 14. Bb5 Bxb5 15. Nxb5 Nc5 $11) (12.
Nc4 Qc7 $132) 12... Be7 13. b4 Nb8 14. Nc4 (14. b5 Bd5 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Rd1 Qc7
$11) 14... Qc7 15. b5 Bd5 $132) 10... Bc6 11. Qe3 $5 {An idea found by David
Navara which I had no idea about at the moment of the game!} (11. Qg3 Qxg3 12.
hxg3 Nc7 13. Nc4 Ncd5 $11 {1-0 (38) Bok,B (2591)-Fridman,D (2627) Netherlands
2014}) 11... Nc7 $6 (11... Be7 $5 12. Nc4 (12. b4 Ng4 $5 $132) 12... Qc7 13.
Qg3 Qxg3 (13... Nd5 14. Nxd5 Qxg3 15. hxg3 Bxd5 16. Ne3 Bc6 $11) 14. hxg3 Nc5 (
14... Ne4 $5 15. Na5 Nxc3 16. Nxc6 Bf6 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. g4 Ne4 19. f3 Rc8 $1
$13 {1-0 (53) Navara,D (2737)-Svane,R (2552) Bremen 2016}) 15. Ne5 O-O $11) (
11... g6 $5 12. Nc4 Qe7 13. Ne5 Nc5 14. Be2 Bg7 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. O-O O-O $13)
(11... Qc7 $5) 12. Nc4 Qc5 13. Ne5 Ncd5 14. Qxc5 Bxc5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 $1
{White gets a slightly better ending.} Bd4 17. c3 Nb6 18. Nxb6 (18. cxd4 Nxa4 {
would be very solid for Black.}) 18... Bxb6 19. Ba6 (19. g3 {also lead to some
advantage; my idea was} Ng4 20. Bg2 O-O-O {but after} 21. O-O {it turns out}
Nxf2 $6 {doesn't work:} 22. Rxf2 Rd1+ 23. Bf1 $16) 19... Rd8 20. f3 (20. Bb7
Kd7 $1 21. Bf4 Ne4 $132) 20... Rd5 $6 {Going over-ambitious. I must say I
completely underestimated White's chances.} (20... Nd5 21. Ke2 Bc7 22. g3 h5
23. Bd3 h4 24. c4 Ne7 25. g4 $36) 21. Bd2 Re5+ 22. Kd1 $1 Nd5 $2 (22... Ke7 $14
) 23. f4 $1 {I had just blundered that move.} Rh5 (23... Re4 24. Bd3 Rxf4 25.
Bxf4 Nxf4 26. Be4 $16) 24. Be2 Rh6 25. Bf3 (25. g3 Ne3+ 26. Bxe3 Bxe3 27. Kc2
$14) 25... O-O 26. g3 Ne3+ 27. Ke2 (27. Bxe3 Bxe3 28. Ke2 Bb6 $14 29. Bxc6 $140
$6 e5 $132) 27... Nc4 28. Bc1 e5 $6 (28... Na5 29. Rb1 Nb3 30. Be3 $14) 29. Kd3
$1 {Another move I've blundered.} Na5 $6 (29... e4+ $1 30. Bxe4 Re8 {was the
best chance.}) 30. fxe5 Re6 31. Bf4 Bc7 $6 (31... h6 $1 {with the idea} 32. h4
Bc7 33. Rae1 Rd8+ 34. Kc2 Nc4 {kept some chances.}) 32. Rae1 h6 33. Bg4 $1 Re7
34. e6 Bxf4 35. gxf4 Rd8+ $6 (35... f5 36. Bh5 Nb7 {kept a few chances, again.}
) 36. Kc2 {After so many mistakes, obviously the game became hopeless!} Nc4 37.
exf7+ Kxf7 38. Rxe7+ Kxe7 39. Re1+ Kf6 40. Re6+ Kf7 41. f5 c5 42. Bh5+ Kf8 43.
Kb3 Nd6 44. Bg6 c4+ 45. Kb4 Rb8+ 46. Kc5 Nf7 47. Re2 Rc8+ 48. Kd5 Ng5 49. h4 (
49. Re3 {was simpler.}) 49... Nf3 50. Bh5 Nd2 (50... Nxh4 $6 51. Rh2 Nxf5 52.
Rf2 $18) 51. Kd6 Nb3 52. Kd7 Ra8 53. Kc6 Nc1 54. Re3 a5 55. Kb7 Rd8 56. Kc7 Ra8
57. Re4 Nd3 58. Rxc4 Nxb2 59. Re4 Nd3 60. c4 a4 61. Bg6 Ra7+ 62. Kb8 Rb7+ 63.
Kc8 Re7 64. Rd4 Nb4 65. Rd8+ Re8 66. Rxe8# 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 Nf6 ({I played} 9... Bd6 {once, unsucessfully.}) 10. Qa4 Qc7
11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O Be7 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 (14. Nc4 O-O 15. Bd2 {looked
to me like a more annoying plan.}) 14... O-O 15. Bd2 Qb6 $5 $146 (15... Rab8 $5
16. Qc2 f5 17. Nc3 Bd6 $1 {might have been a better idea. Black is doing very
fine here (...Nb4 comes next).}) 16. Qc2 f5 $6 (16... Rab8 $1 {first should be
more precise. I hesitated between both moves for a long time.}) 17. Nc3 f4 18.
Rae1 (18. Qe4 Rf7 $1 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Qxd5 Rd8 21. Qa5 Qxb2 22. Bc3 $11) 18...
Bf6 19. Re6 (19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. b3 f3 21. g3 {is another option. White is a bit
better in the long term.}) 19... Bxc3 $6 (19... Qc5 20. Qd3 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Bxc3
22. Qxc3 Qxc3 23. bxc3 c5 $11) 20. bxc3 $5 (20. Bxc3 f3 21. g3 Qc5 22. Rfe1
Nxc3 23. bxc3 {should also give White some chances.}) 20... f3 21. g3 Qd8 22.
Rfe1 (22. c4 Nc7 23. Re4 $1 Qd7 24. Rh4 {would be an improved version of the
game for White, though the rook is always strangely placed on h4.}) 22... Nc7
23. Re7 (23. Rxc6 $2 Qd7 24. Qe4 Qh3 $1 25. Qc4+ Rf7 26. Qf1 Qd7 $19) 23... Nd5
24. R7e6 Nc7 25. R6e4 $5 Qd7 26. Rh4 h6 27. h3 Rae8 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Be3 Nd5 {
The position is probably still equal but now it is a bit more pleasant for
Black.} 30. Bd4 $4 (30. Qd3 {should be played.}) 30... c5 $1 {A nice trick.}
31. Bxg7 (31. Bxc5 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Qb5 $1 {(threatening ...Rh1+)} 33. c4 Qxc5 34.
Qd2 Rd1 $19) (31. Rxh6 cxd4 $19) 31... Re1+ 32. Kh2 Ne3 $1 33. Qb3+ (33. Qg6
Nf1+ 34. Kg1 Nxg3+ 35. Kh2 Rh1+ $5 $19) 33... Kxg7 34. Qb8 Rh1+ $6 {I have to
admit I I though for a few minutes between winning the queen the way I did, or
just going ...Re2 with an even more winning position. But it seems I didn't
look in the right direction!} (34... Qxh3+ {would be a mate in 2!}) 35. Kxh1
Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Nf1+ 37. Kh1 Nxg3+ 38. Kh2 Qh1+ 39. Kxg3 Qg2+ 40. Kf4 Qh2+ 41.
Kxf3 Qxb8 0-1

[Event "Martinique op 5th"]
[Site "Le Lamentin"]
[Date "2016.04.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mista, Aleksander"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 $5 {A line I
like and have already played several times. The main difference with 6...Qd6
is that the bishop may sometimes be developed to d6 or c5.} 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3
Nf6 9. Nbxd4 (9. Qe2 a6 10. a4 Bd6 {is another line, and one of the big
differences with 6...Qd6.}) 9... Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bg5 {One of the critical
moves.} ({For example} 11. Bf4 b5 12. Bb3 Bc5 13. Be5 Bb7 14. c3 O-O {was no
problem for Black in the game 0-1 (63) Navara,D (2735)-Bartel,M (2631)
Jerusalem ISR 2015.}) 11... b5 $1 (11... Bc5 {is worse:} 12. c3 Qc7 13. Bd3 Be7
14. Qf3 O-O 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Bh4 $14 {1-0 (30) Karjakin,S (2762)-Socko,B (2599)
Berlin GER 2015}) 12. Bb3 (12. Be2 Bb7 {does not pose any problem.}) 12... Bb7
13. Re1 Ne4 $1 {The right way to avoid a sac on e6.} 14. Bh4 $6 {A mistake for
concrete reasons, but however the move that has been played twice in the two
games in the database.} (14. Bf4 $1 {is a better move.}) 14... g5 15. Bg3 Nxg3
$1 $146 ({Both Wang Hao and Nyzhnik had played} 15... Bg7 {that is
nevertheless fine for Black too. But after the text move Black is better!}) 16.
hxg3 O-O-O 17. c3 h5 $1 {An important move, otherwise White plays Qh5.} 18. a4
{The only way to create counterplay.} ({I had calculated} 18. Qe2 h4 19. Rad1
hxg3 20. Nxe6 Bc5 $1 {winning for Black.} ({Actually the engine gives} 20...
Bd6 {as even stronger. In both cases the idea is} 21. Nxd8 $2 Rh1+ $1 22. Kxh1
Qh3+ 23. Kg1 Qxg2#)) 18... h4 $1 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qg4 {The best defence, but
of course White is much worse.} (20. gxh4 Rxh4 21. Nf3 Qc6 $1 22. Qe2 Rg4 23.
Kf1 Bc5 {and Black wins.}) 20... hxg3 21. fxg3 Bc5 22. Rad1 (22. Re5 Qc6 23.
Qf3 Bb6 $19) 22... Qc6 23. Rd2 Rh6 $6 (23... Qc7 $1 {with the idea} 24. Bd1 Bd5
$1 {followed by ...f5 was stronger.}) 24. Bd1 $1 f5 $1 {The point.} 25. Qxg5 (
25. Qf3 Qd6 $19) 25... Rxd4 $1 26. cxd4 Bxd4+ 27. Re3 Qe4 $1 (27... Rg6 28. Qf4
e5 29. Qxf5+ Kb8 30. Qf8+ {is a draw:} Ka7 31. Qa3+ Kb6 32. b4 Qe4 33. Qa5+ Kc6
34. Bf3 Bxe3+ 35. Kf1 Qxf3+ 36. gxf3 Bxd2 37. Qa7 Bxb4 38. Qe3 $11) 28. Rde2 (
28. Qg8+ $4 Kc7 29. Rc2+ Bc6 $19) 28... Rh8 29. Bc2 Qe5 30. Bd3 $2 (30. Qf4 {
was necessary although after} Qxf4 (30... Qc5 $5) 31. gxf4 Rh4 {Black is
winning a pawn.}) 30... Kb8 31. Kf2 $2 {A bad move but the position was
probably lost.} (31. Qf4 $2 {is even worse:} Qxf4 32. gxf4 e5 $19) 31... Qd5
32. Kg1 (32. Ke1 Rh1+ 33. Kd2 Qd6 34. Re1 Bxe3+ 35. Qxe3 Qb4+ 36. Kd1 Qb3+ $19)
32... e5 $1 {Now it's all over.} 33. Bxf5 Rg8 34. Qh6 Rxg3 35. Kf2 Bxe3+ 36.
Rxe3 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 35th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2019.11.14"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.11.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novy Bor"]
[BlackTeam "Gent"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 Nf6 9. Bb5 $5 {A surprise to me in a line I've played many times.} a6 $6 {
This doesn't look like the correct reaction.} (9... Bd6 $5 10. Bg5 (10. Nbxd4
O-O) 10... O-O $5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nfxd4 Qc7 13. Qg4+ Kh8 14. Qh4 Be7 $13) (
9... Qc7 $5 10. Nbxd4 (10. Bxc6+ $5 Qxc6 $1 11. Nbxd4 Qb6 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Re1
O-O $11) 10... a6 11. Nxc6 axb5 12. Ncd4 Bd7 13. Qe2 b4 $13) 10. Ne5 Qd5 11.
Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qxd4 Bb7 $5 {This move has a hidden idea of ...Qxg2+ followed
by ...c5+.} 13. Nf3 $2 (13. Qf4 $1 Bd6 14. Re1 c5 15. f3 {with the idea of c4
was quite annoying.}) (13. f3 $5) 13... Qxd4 14. Nfxd4 c5 {Now Black's life is
easy.} 15. Nf3 (15. Ne2 Be4 16. c3 c4 $15) 15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 c4 17. Na5 Rc8
18. b3 cxb3 19. cxb3 Nd5 {Black is definitely more than fine - but White
remains very solid.} 20. Nc4 Bc5 (20... f6 $5 21. Bd2 Kf7 $15) 21. Bd2 Ke7 22.
Rfd1 Bd6 23. Rac1 Rhd8 24. Nxd6 Kxd6 25. Rc4 Rc6 26. Rh4 h6 27. Rg4 g5 (27...
Ke7 $5 28. Bb4+ (28. Rxg7 $4 Nc3 $19) 28... Kf6 $1 {would have been a good try
to win.}) 28. h4 f6 ({Again} 28... Ke7 $5 29. Bb4+ Kf6 $1 $15) 29. hxg5 hxg5
30. f4 gxf4 31. Bxf4+ e5 ({It was actually too early to make a draw. After} 
31... e5 32. Be3 Ke6 {White's position is unpleasant: he should defend the
queenside but also keep an eye on ...f5, ...f4.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 {More common is 5.exd5.} Nc6 (
5... Nf6 {is also possible.}) 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 {Black has got a strong
centre, but he is left with a passive light-squared bishop.} ({Even though So
needed to draw this game, he did not trade the light-squared bishops with} 7...
Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 {Apparently, he considered the theoretical position after}
9. c4 {as better for White.}) 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Qe2 {Preventing the normal
development of Black's kingside knight to f6.} Qc7 10. Nf3 dxe4 11. Qxe4 (11.
Bxe4 {is less aggressive and looks worse than the capture with the queen:} Nf6
12. O-O Rb8 13. Re1 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 f6 {covering the g5-square. Now it is not
that easy for White to develop an initiative without light-squared bishop.} 15.
b3 O-O 16. Bd2 c5 17. Rad1 Rf7 18. h3 Bf8 19. Bf4 e5 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. Bxe5 Qc8
22. Bxb8 Qxb8 23. Re2 Qb6 $13 {0-1 Timman,J (2569)-Kortschnoj,V (2561)/London
2009/CBM 131 Extra (59)}) 11... Nf6 12. Qh4 h6 {The present position is
similar in some sense to the Nimzowitsch variation of the Caro-Kann: Black's
king stays in both positions in the centre for a long time. To my mind, it
seems that Black is worse off in comparison to B17, since Black's
light-squared bishop is misplaced on d7 and the removal of White's d4- and
b7-pawns plays into White's hands, since it gives the first player more open
lines and diagonals.} (12... Rb8 13. O-O Nd5 (13... h6 14. b3 c5 15. Bb2 Bc6
16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Be4 $16 {1-0 Godena,M (2510)-Baumegger,S (2360)/Elista 1998/
CBM 066 ext (35)}) 14. Re1 Be7 (14... Nb4 15. Be4 h5 16. a3 Nd5 17. c4 $16) 15.
Qg4 g6 (15... O-O 16. Bh6 Bf6 17. Qe4 $16) 16. c4 f5 $2 (16... Nb4 17. Bb1 $16)
17. Bxf5 $1 Nf6 (17... gxf5 18. Qh5+) (17... exf5 18. Qd4 Rf8 19. cxd5) 18. Qf4
Qxf4 (18... Bd6 19. Qg5) 19. Bxf4 Rxb2 20. Bxe6 {1-0 Yudasin,L (2605)-Gulko,B 
(2635)/Biel 1993/CBM 037/[Ftacnik] (23)}) (12... O-O {is bad due to} 13. Bg5)
13. O-O c5 $146 {Preparing to transfer the light-squared bishop to the long
diagonal.} ({In previous game Black continued} 13... Rb8 $5 14. Bd2 {[%cal
Yd2c3]} Nd5 $6 (14... c5 $5 15. Bc3 Bc6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qxf6 Rg8 18. g3 Bxg3
19. hxg3 Rxg3+ 20. fxg3 Qxg3+ 21. Kh1 Qh3+ $11) 15. c4 Nf4 16. c5 $1 Nxd3 17.
cxd6 Qxd6 18. Rad1 Rb5 19. Bc3 O-O 20. Be5 $2 (20. Ne1 Rd5 21. Nxd3 Rxd3 22.
Bb4 $16) 20... Qd5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Ne1 Qg5 23. Qd4+ e5 24. Qxd3 Rd5 25. Qe2
Bg4 26. f3 Rxd1 27. Qxd1 Rd8 28. Qb3 Be6 29. Qc3 Kg8 30. Rf2 Qf4 31. b3 Rd1 32.
Re2 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,Y (2515)-Shulman,Y (2435)/Vladivostok 1994/CBM 043 ext})
14. Bg5 (14. b3 {is too slow:} Bc6) 14... Nd5 $6 (14... Ng4 $5 15. Qxg4 hxg5
16. g3 Be7 17. Nxg5 Rb8 18. Nf3 Bf6 $13) 15. Be4 {Threatening with c2-c4.} Rb8
16. c4 $2 (16. Rfe1 $1 {seems more natural and stronger:} Bc6 (16... Kf8 17.
Bxd5 exd5 18. Be7+ $16) (16... O-O 17. Bxh6 gxh6 (17... f5 18. Bxd5) 18. Qxh6
f5 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Ng5 Bc8 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Nxe6 $18) (16... Nf4 {is now met
by} 17. Rad1) 17. Rad1 O-O 18. c4 $14) (16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Rfe1+ {is refuted by}
Be6) 16... Nf4 17. Rfd1 (17. b3 $6) 17... Rxb2 18. Kf1 (18. Rxd6 {does not
work out:} Ne2+ 19. Kf1 Qxd6 20. Bf6 $1 Nd4 $1 21. Bxg7 Rg8 22. Qxh6 Nxf3 23.
gxf3 Rd2 (23... Rxg7 24. Qxg7 Qd2 $11) 24. Qh7 Rxg7 25. Qxg7 Qd4 26. Qxd4 Rxd4
$132) 18... Rf8 $1 (18... e5 19. Bf6 $3 Nxg2 20. Kxg2 gxf6 21. Qxf6 Rg8+ 22.
Kh1 $13) 19. Rxd6 {This gives White better practical chances.} (19. Bxf4 Bxf4
20. g3 Bd6 $15) 19... hxg5 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Qxg5 f5 $1 {Eliminating White's
active bishop and opening the f-file for the rook.} (21... Qd6 22. Qxg7 Re2 $1
23. Bh7 Qa6 24. Bd3 (24. Rb1 Qxc4 {[%cal Ye2e1]} 25. Kg1 Qd5 $19 {[%cal Ye8e7]}
) 24... Rxa2 25. Rb1 Qd6 26. Be4 $13) 22. Qxf4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Rf6 $6 {After a
series of precise moves, So failed to find} (23... Rf4 $1 24. Qa8+ (24. Qxf4
Qd3+ 25. Kg1 Rb1+ 26. Ne1 Rxa1 $17) 24... Ke7 25. Re1 Qd3+ 26. Kg1 Rb1 27.
Qxa7+ Kf6 28. Qxc5 Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 Qe2 $17) 24. Re1 Qb7 ({Fearless Fritz
suggests grabbing another pawn:} 24... Rxa2 25. Qh7 (25. Qa8+ Qd8 26. Qc6+ Kf7)
25... Kd8 26. Qb1 Qa4 27. Rd1+ Kc8 28. Qd3 Ra1 $11) 25. Qh7 Qf7 $11 {Black's
active pieces and slight material advantage compensate for his vulnerable king.
} 26. Qh8+ Qf8 27. Qh5+ Kd8 28. Qe5 Rb6 {Protecting the e6-pawn, which enables
the other rook to move along the f-file.} 29. Rd1+ Kc8 30. Qe4 Kc7 31. Qe3 Rf4
32. Qc3 Kc8 33. Qd3 Qe7 {Covering the d7-square.} 34. h4 {White does not have
too many useful moves, so Gadir decided to push his h-pawn to h5.} (34. Ne5 {
is met by} Rd4) 34... Rb7 {[%cal Yb7d7]} 35. Re1 Rb4 36. Kg1 Qd7 (36... Rbxc4
37. Ne5 $36) 37. Qa3 ({White could have equalised after} 37. Ne5 Qxd3 38. Nxd3
Rxh4 39. Nxb4 cxb4 $11 {, but, it was a must-win-game for Guseinov.}) 37... Kb7
38. Qe3 Qd6 39. Ne5 Qd4 $6 (39... Rxh4 40. Qg5 Rd4 41. Qxg7+ Ka6 $15) 40. Qg3 {
After both opponents had played according to the first line of Fritz for a
long time, Black blunders in the time trouble.} Qd2 $4 ({Black was still OK
after} 40... Rf5 $1 41. Qxg7+ Ka6 42. Qg3 Rb2 43. Nd3 Rb6 $11) 41. Nd3 $1 $18 {
Now Black's position collapses.} Rd4 {Everything else loses as well:} (41...
Rfxc4 42. Qxg7+ Ka6 43. Nxb4+ Rxb4 44. Rxe6+ Rb6 45. Re7 $18) (41... Rb6 42.
Qxf4 Qxd3 43. Rxe6 $18) 42. Qxg7+ Ka8 (42... Kc8 43. Qf8+) 43. Qf8+ Kb7 (43...
Rb8 44. Qf3+ Rb7 45. Rb1 {with inevitable mate.}) 44. Nxc5+ (44. Nxc5+ Kb6 (
44... Kc7 45. Na6+ $18) 45. Qb8+ Kxc5 46. Qc7#) 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 11th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2010.06.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 {Black
prevents White's normal development by attacking the knight in the centre and
keeping an eye on the g2-pawn.} ({Otherwise, in the event of} 6... Nxd5 {
, White completes his development quite comfortably and gets a slight
advantage:} 7. N2f3 Be7 8. Bc4 Qc7 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 O-O 12. Qe4
$14 {1-0 Timofeev,A (2661)-Ernst,S (2457)/Amsterdam 2005/CBM 107 ext (23)}) 7.
Nb5 {White has to play aggressively, since the normal} (7. N2f3 {does not
promise much:} Nc6 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. O-O
Bc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Godena,M (2537)-Caruana,F (2652)/Reggio Emilia 2010/CB01_2010
(35)}) 7... Na6 8. c4 Qc6 {Black is determined to prevent the development of
White's kingside. Other continuations have proved to be insufficient for
equality:} (8... Qf5 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd4 Qc5 12. N2b3 Qe5 13. Bf3
Qc7 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Be3 Rac8 16. Rac1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Howell,D (2593)-Ni Hua 
(2710)/Dresden 2008/CBM 128 (50)}) (8... Qe5+ 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Bxb5 11. cxb5
Nc5 12. Bf3 Rd8 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Qe2 Nd3 15. b3 Bc5 16. Bg5 O-O 17. Rad1 Nxf2
18. Rxf2 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Qc5+ 21. Be3 Qxb5 22. a4 Qa6 23. Qd6 $14
{1-0 Wells,P (2494)-Volkov,S (2625)/Port Erin 2004/CBM 102 ext (55)}) (8... Qd8
9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nb3 e5 12. Be3 b6 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Rad1 $14 {1-0
Ledger,A (2432)-Twyble,M (2231)/London 2001/EXT 2006 (24)}) 9. a3 {[%cal Yb2b4,
Yc1b2] White covers the b4-square and prepares the fianchetto of his
dark-squared bishop. Interestingly enough, in the preceding game Rublevsky
preferred} (9. Nf3 {, but after} Bb4+ 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. Be2 a6 13.
Nc3 Qc7 14. O-O b6 $6 {Black could have equalised with 14...Bd7:} (14... Bd7
15. Qb3 Nc6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 $11) 15. Qb3 {Now the b6 pawn is a weakness.} Nc6 16.
Rfd1 Rb8 (16... Na5 17. Qb4 Bb7 18. Qd6 $14 (18. Na4 Rab8)) (16... Bb7 17. Na4
b5 18. Nc5 Na5 19. Qb4 bxc4 (19... Nc6 20. Qc3 $14) 20. Nxb7 $14) 17. Rac1 Ne7
18. Qa3 $1 Ng6 19. Qd6 $14 {1-0 Rublevsky,S (2697)-Lysyj,I (2615)/Dagomys 2010/
CB14_2010 (39)}) 9... Be7 ({The alternative} 9... Nc7 {seems to be inferior,
since Black's knight on c7 is misplaced after} 10. Nc3 $1 Bd7 11. Nf3 {[%cal
Yf3e5]} Ne4 12. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 13. Be3 Bc6 14. h3 Rd8 15. Qxd8+ $1 Kxd8 16. O-O-O+
Kc8 (16... Bd7 17. Bd3 (17. Rxd7+ Kxd7 18. Bd3 Qxe3+ $11) 17... Qc6 18. Ne5 $14
) 17. Bd3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Bxf3 19. Bxa7 $16 {1-0 Godena,M (2537)-Zhou Weiqi 
(2433)/Moscow 2006/EXT 2007 (40)}) 10. b4 O-O 11. Bb2 (11. Qf3 {is met by} Nb8
$1 {[%cal Ya7a5] , and Black is just fine:} 12. Rb1 a5 13. bxa5 Qxf3 14. Nxf3
Rxa5 $11 {0-1 McShane,L (2615)-Ni Hua (2665)/London 2009/CB00_2010 (80)}) ({
Black seems to be Ok after} 11. Nd4 {as well:} Qd7 12. N2f3 $6 (12. Bb2 $5 e5
13. Nb5 Nc7 $11) 12... e5 $2 ({Better is} 12... Rd8 $1 13. Bb2 (13. Bf4 Nh5 {
[%cal Ye7f6]}) 13... Nxb4 $1 14. axb4 Bxb4+ 15. Ke2 e5 $40) 13. Nxe5 Qe8 14. f4
Ng4 15. Be2 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Bh4+ 17. g3 Qxe5 18. gxh4 Bg4 19. Bb2 $18 {1-0
Avrukh,B (2591)-Zifroni,D (2540)/Israel 2002/CBM 089 (50)}) 11... Rd8 12. Qc2 (
12. Qf3 Nb8 $1 13. Qc3 a5 14. Nd4 Qd7 15. b5 Qd6 $1 {[%cal Yb8d7,Yd7c5]} 16.
Be2 Nbd7 17. N4b3 a4 18. Ne4 Qf4 19. Nbd2 Nc5 $15 {0-1 Grekh,A (2362)-Vysochin,
S (2514)/Lipetsk 2008/CBM 125 Extra (32)}) 12... Nb8 $1 {This is the only good
square for the knight. Black is preparing the a7-a5 advance in order to
jeopardise White's pawns on the queenside.} 13. Nd4 {Driving away the queen
from the long diagonal, which enables White to complete the development of his
kingside.} (13. Nf3 {is not dangerous for Black, in view of} a5 14. Ne5 Qe4+
15. Qxe4 Nxe4 16. Nc7 Ra7 $11 {[%cal Yb7b6]}) 13... Qc7 14. Be2 a5 $1 $146 {
Riazantsev attacks White's pawns immediately, which forces White to give up on
the c5 outpost.} ({The ideal position for the queenside knight is the
c5-square. It is somewhat misplaced on c6 after} 14... Nc6 15. N4f3 $1 {
White has a space advantage, so he keeps as many pieces as possible on the
board.} e5 16. O-O (16. b5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4) 16... Bg4 $6 (16... Be6 17. b5
Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Nb3 $14) 17. Rfe1 Bh5 $2 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20.
Bxh5 $16 {1-0 Kolev,A (2571)-Antic,D (2503)/Plovdiv 2010/CB05_2010 (37)}) 15.
b5 {White was forced to weaken the dark squares on the queenside, since any
other continuation leads to Black's advantage:} (15. O-O axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17.
Rxa1 Bxb4 18. Nb5 Qf4 $17) (15. c5 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1+ 17. Bxa1 Nd5 18. O-O
Nxb4 19. Qb2 Bf6 20. Qxb4 Bxd4 $17) (15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. O-O Bd7 $15) 15... a4 $1
{[%cal Yb8d7,Yd7c5] Fixing White's a3-pawn and grabbing the b3-square.} 16. O-O
Nbd7 17. Rad1 Nc5 $11 {Black has solved all his opening problems. He has the
superior pawn structure and his pieces are more active than White's ones. In
fact, the only drawback in Black's position is his light-squared bishop. Thus,
in the long run White's position is somewhat dangerous, since once Black
develops his bishop, White will simply be worse.} 18. N4f3 $5 {[%cal Yf3e5,
Yf3g5] It is quite difficult to give concrete advice or to suggest a plan for
White, since Black does not have weaknesses at all. What seems to be a good
strategy is to keep all the pieces on the board and try to create some threats
on the kingside.} Nfd7 $1 {[%cal Yf7f6] Parrying White's threats. In addition,
Black intends to limit the possibilities of White's dark-squared bishop.} (
18... Bd7 {would be met by} 19. Ng5 {, which would force Black to weaken his
kingside.}) 19. Ne4 f6 $1 20. Rfe1 $6 {Allowing Black to exchange a couple of
knights and rooks. Since White has a space advantage, it is in his favour to
keep as many pieces as possible on the board, and keep the tension. From now
on, White's position could be characterised as an easy slide into a lot of
trouble. In fact, it is not easy to spot any obvious mistake, so Black should
be credited for gradually and consistently improving his position.} ({I'll
take a shot at suggesting that} 20. Nd4 {was better. Now it is not easy for
Black to exchange anything and complete the development.} g6 (20... Nxe4 $4 21.
Nxe6) (20... Nf8 {would have been an achievement for White, since this knight
is not going to substitute for its colleague on c5 soon.}) 21. f4 $13) 20...
Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Nc5 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qc2 $6 {Here White's queen is misplaced,
since it will be attacked by Black's light-squared bishop from g6.} (23. Qe3 {
was more to the point.} Bd7 {[%cal Yd7e8]} 24. h4 {and even though Black is
positionally better, White has some chance to develop an initiative on the
kingside.}) 23... Bd7 $15 {[%cal Yd7e8,Ye8g6] It is time to admit that Black's
strategy worked excellent! The development is pretty much completed and all
Black's pieces are more active than their counterparts.} 24. Bc3 {Transferring
the bishop to b4. White should seek the exchange of the knights, but it simply
does not work out. The more active attempts by White to complicate the game
are easily parried:} (24. Nd4 e5 $1 25. Nf5 $2 (25. Nf3 $142 $15) 25... Bxf5
26. Qxf5 Qd2 27. Qb1 Rd8 $15 28. Bf3 e4 29. Rd1 (29. Bxe4 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 Bc5 $19
) 29... Qa5 $17) (24. Rd1 Qc7 25. Nd4 Be8 $1 $15) (24. Nd2 Be8 $15) 24... Be8
25. Bb4 Bg6 26. Qb2 $6 {White's queen is simply misplaced on b2.} ({The least
of the evils} 26. Qc1 {was to admit the mistake made on the 23rd move.} Qc7 27.
Qe3 $15) 26... Qc7 27. Rd1 Rd8 {Now White has to give up on the d-file.} 28.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 $17 {Black's advantage has grown into an obvious one. Black's
active pieces and White's weaknesses on the kingside make White's position
very unpleasant.} 29. Qc3 ({Unfortunately for White, the trade of the queens
does not make his life any easier:} 29. Qd4 Qxd4 $1 30. Nxd4 Kf7 31. Bf3 Bd3
$17) 29... e5 30. Qe3 b6 31. h3 Bf8 {A good prophylactic move, the idea of
which is to keep the bishop protected. In addition, once White's knight
occupies the f5 spot, Black will not have to waste time on moving the bishop
away.} 32. Nh4 {[%cal Ye2f3] Preparing the long diagonal for the bishop.} Bf7 {
[%csl Rb5,Rc4]} 33. Nf5 ({The waiting strategy does not pay off either:} 33.
Nf3 Nb3 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 $17) 33... Be6 34. g4 Nb3 {Intending to occupy the
central d4-square.} ({Black could have deferred the decisive actions until
after the 40-th move by playing} 34... Kf7 $5 $17 {and gradually improving his
position.}) 35. Bxf8 Kxf8 36. Qe4 Nc5 $1 {Driving away the queen from its
active position.} 37. Qc6 Bxf5 38. gxf5 g6 39. fxg6 hxg6 40. Bf3 $2 {This is
too slow. White had to attack Black's pawns right away with} (40. h4 $1 Kg7 41.
h5 gxh5 42. Bxh5 e4 $17) 40... Kg7 41. Bd5 ({Now} 41. h4 {is too late:} f5 42.
h5 gxh5 43. Bxh5 Qg5+ 44. Qg2 Kf6 $17 {/-+}) 41... f5 $19 {White's position
has become lost. Black's plan is extremely simple: activate his knight and
then bring the queen into the attack on White's monarch. It should be noted
that the trade of the queens leads to a hopeless endgame for White.} 42. Kf1 (
42. Qa8 Qxa8 (42... Qf6 {is less convincing:} 43. Bc6 $1 e4 44. Qa7+ Kh6 45.
Qxb6 Qg5+ $11) 43. Bxa8 Kf6 $19) 42... e4 43. Ke2 Nb3 $1 {[%cal Yb3d4]} 44.
Qb7+ Kh6 45. Qf7 Qd6 {Now it is time for the queen to join the party!} 46. Qg8
Qf6 47. Qb8 Nc1+ 48. Kf1 Nd3 {That's it. White has no chance to neutralise
Black's activity. The rest needs no comment.} 49. h4 Qa1+ 50. Kg2 Ne1+ 51. Kg3
Qxa3+ 52. Kf4 Qc3 53. Qf8+ Kh5 54. f3 Ng2+ 55. Kg3 Qxf3+ 56. Kh2 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Podolsk"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. b3 (11. c3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14.
Bb3 (14. Bg5 Kh8 15. Rad1 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Bf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Nf3 b5 19. Rd4 Qc7
20. Bb3 Bb7 21. Rfd1 Bd5 22. Ne5 Qb7 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Ng4 Rac8 25. Ne3 Nf6 26.
Ng4 Nd5 27. Ne3 Nf6 28. Kg1 Kg8 29. Ng4 Nd5 30. Ne3 Nf6 31. Rd6 {Spasov,
V-Akopian,V/Debrecen EU-chT/1992/1-0/60/ TD 1992/12}) 14... b5 15. Bg5 Bb7 16.
Rad1 Ne4 17. Bc1 Rae8 18. a4 b4 19. cxb4 Bxb4 20. Be3 Qa5 21. Nf3 Nf6 22. Bd4
Qh5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qc4 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qxh3 26. Qg4+ Qxg4+ 27. fxg4 Rc8 28.
Rd7 Rfd8 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Rd1 Rc8 31. Kg2 {Xie Jun-Psakhis,L/Moscow Alekhine
op/1992/0-1/68/ CBM 33}) (11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Re1 Bd6 (12... Bd7 13. Bg5 O-O-O 14.
c3 Bd6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qh5 Rdf8 17. g3 Qc5 18. Bd1 Rhg8 19. Qxh7 f5 20. Bf3
Rh8 21. Qg7 f4 22. Nb3 Qc7 23. Re2 fxg3 24. fxg3 Rfg8 25. Qf6 Bxg3 26. hxg3
Qxg3+ 27. Rg2 Qh2+ 28. Kf2 Rxg2+ 29. Bxg2 Rg8 30. Rg1 Rg4 31. Qe7 {Kotronias,
V-Kramnik,V/Chalkidiki (04)/1992/0-1/40/ CBM 32}) 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 O-O 15.
Nxg7 Rd8 16. Qf3 Kxg7 17. g3 b5 18. Kxh2 (18. Bf4 Bb7 19. Bxc7 Bxf3+ 20. Kxh2
Ng4+ 21. Kg1 Rd2 22. Rf1 Rc8 {Ye Rongguang-Dolmatov,S/Moscow Alekhine op/1992/
0-1/}) 18... Bb7 19. Qf4 Qc6 20. Rg1 Rd1 21. Be3 Rxa1 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Qg5+ Kf8
24. Qc5+ Ke8 25. Qxc6+ Bxc6 26. Rxa1 Ng4+ 27. Kh3 Nxe3 28. fxe3 Rd8 29. a4 b4
30. Bc4 a5 31. Bb5 {Wolff,P-Gulko,B/USA-ch/1992/0-1/53/ TD 1992/ 05}) 11... Qc7
12. Bb2 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. a4 $6 (14. Qf3 $142) 14... e5 $1 15. Nf3 e4 16. Nd4
(16. Ng5 Be5 17. Ba3 b5 $1) 16... Bd7 17. Qe2 Rae8 18. Bc1 (18. Rad1 e3 19.
fxe3 Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Ne4 $19) 18... Qa5 $1 (18... Qc5 19. Ba3 $1 Qxd4 20. Rad1 $1)
19. Rd1 $1 Qe5 20. g3 Nh5 (20... Bxh3 $2 21. Bf4 Qc5 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Ne6 $1)
21. Qf1 Bc5 22. c3 (22. Be3 $2 Nxg3) 22... Kh8 (22... Nxg3 23. fxg3 Qxg3+ 24.
Qg2 Qxc3 25. Bb2 Qxh3 $13) (22... b5 $1) 23. Qg2 f5 24. Ne2 Bc6 25. Bf4 Nxf4
26. gxf4 Qc7 27. Bd5 Rf6 28. Kh1 Rg6 (28... Qb6 $5) 29. Qf1 Bd6 (29... Qb6 $2
30. Bf7) 30. Bxc6 Qxc6 31. c4 Qb6 32. Rd5 Qxb3 33. Nd4 Qc3 34. Rc1 Qd3 35. Qxd3
exd3 36. Rd1 d2 37. Nf3 Bxf4 38. Rxf5 Rf6 39. Rd5 h6 40. Nxd2 Re2 41. Kg1 Bg5
42. f3 Be3+ 43. Kh1 Rg6 44. Rd3 Bf4 45. Nf1 Reg2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nfxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Qf3 Bd6 14. h3
O-O-O 15. Bg5 Qc5 16. Be3 {In der Partie Kotronias - Kramnik, Gausdal Troll
Masters 1992 folgte 16.De3 16.-Dc7 17.Df3 mit Zugwiederholung.} Qe5 17. g3 Qe4
18. Rad1 $10 Bc6 19. Qxe4 Bxe4 20. Bg5 Bg6 21. c3 Bc5 22. Bf4 Rhe8 23. Be5 Bf8
24. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Fridman,D"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Likavsky,T} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd7 {
Likavsky,T: 'This move is gaining in popularity. The idea is to free the way
for the Bf8 to go to d6 or c5 or even b4, if we compare the main line here 6...
Qd6.'} ({And there is a difference with} 6... Qd8 {Likavsky,T} 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 Nf6 9. Nbxd4 Bc5 10. Nxc6 $1 {The black queen can not recapture on c6 from
d8. On the contrary from d7 yes! Please see the game Caruana-Shirov below
after 9.Nbxd4.}) ({It's quite possible, that Black wanted to get his opponent
out of his plan, which is:} 6... Qd6 {Likavsky,T} 7. Qe2 {Michael's favourite
move here.} Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Rf8b4] Now, if the black
queen were on d7, ...Bb4+ is strong.}) 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 Nf6 9. Qe2 {Likavsky,
T: 'Hoping I am not wrong White would like to take on d4 under better
circumstances.'} ({A more popular line is} 9. Nbxd4 Bc5 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Ne5
Qb6 $14 12. Qe2 O-O {, which was seen , in particluar, in the game
Antoms-Fridman, played in Riga three weeks later:} 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Nd3 Bd4 15.
Rad1 Qc6 16. Bb3 b5 17. Be7 Re8 18. Nb4 Qb6 19. Qe4 Bb7 20. Qxd4 Rxe7 21. Qd6
Qxd6 22. Rxd6 a5 $19 {0-1 (47) Antoms,G (2395)-Fridman,D (2660) Jurmala 2012})
(9. Bf4 {Likavsky,T; looks pretty harmless:} Bd6 $1 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 $11 11. Nbxd4
Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Ke7 16. c3 Rc5 17. Rd2 Rb8
{1/2 Movsesian,S (2723)-Vallejo Pons,F (2697)/Reggio Emilia 2011/CBM 140}) 9...
a6 10. a4 Bd6 11. Bg5 ({No particular dividends come from} 11. Rd1 {does not
achieve much:} e5 12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qe7 14. Nb3 {Likavsky,T:} e4 15. Bg5
Qe5 16. f4 exf3 17. Qxe5+ Bxe5 18. Re1 f2+ $1 19. Kxf2 O-O $1 20. h3 (20. Rxe5
$4 Ng4+) 20... Bxb2 $15 {0-1 Abergel,T (2504)-Cornette,M (2568)/Caen 2011/CBM
144 Extra (60)}) 11... O-O $146 ({The text tests the opponent's idea.
Previously, Black had played the more cautious} 11... Qc7) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13.
Nbxd4 ({There is no time for} 13. Rad1 {Likavsky,T} e5 $1 {[%csl Yc6,Yc8,Re4,
Rf5][%cal Yc6e7,Yc8f5,Gc4d3,Gf3h4,Gh4f5,Yf6f5] Black has sufficient resources
to cover the weakened light squares.}) 13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxh2+ ({A quieter
move is} 14... Qc7 {, not losing control of the square a3.} 15. Qg4+ {Likavsky,
T} (15. Rfd1 $5 {Likavsky,T} Bxh2+ $5 (15... Bd7) 16. Kh1 Bf4 17. Ra3 $44) (15.
Rad1 {Likavsky,T} Bd7 (15... Bxh2+ $5 16. Kh1 Bf4 {[%cal Gf4g5,Gf4h6,Gh6g7]})
16. Bxe6 (16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qh4 Rg8 $1 (17... Qxc4 $2 18. Qxf6+ Kg8 19. Nf3 {
[%cal Gd1d4,Gd1d6,Gd4g4]}) 18. Qxf6+ Rg7 19. Nf3 Bxa4 $11) 16... fxe6 17. Nxe6
Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Bxe6 19. Qxe6+ Rf7 20. g3 Qc8 $11) 15... Kh8 16. Qh4 (16. Nf3 Rg8
$1) 16... Qxc4 (16... Be7 $5) (16... Rg8 $2 17. Qxf6+ Rg7 18. Nf3 Qxc4 $2 19.
Qd8+ Rg8 20. Qxd6) 17. Qxf6+ Kg8 18. Qg5+ $11) 15. Kxh2 Qxd4 {[%cal Ya1a3,
Ya3h3,Ye2h5]} 16. Ra3 Kh8 ({The attempt to run the king towards the centre is
not convincing:} 16... Rd8 17. Kg1 f5 18. Rg3+ Kf8 19. Rd3 Qf6 20. Rfd1 Rxd3
21. Qxd3 e5 22. Qa3+ Kg8 23. Rd6 Be6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Qb3 {, regaining the
pawn, with the better piece position.}) ({Nor can Black reach an ending,
without spoiling his pawn position:} 16... Qe5+ 17. Rg3+ Kh8 18. Qg4 Qg5 19.
Qf3 Qf5 20. Qxf5 exf5 21. Rd1 $16) 17. Rg3 $1 Qh4+ $2 {Likavsky,T: 'A waste of
time. With a huge choice of moves it's not easy to find the right one.'} (17...
f5 18. Qh5 Qf6 ({The bishop is untouchable, both now and after} 18... f4 19.
Rg5) 19. Rh1 Rg8 20. Qxh7+ $1 Kxh7 21. Kg1+ Qh6 22. Rxh6+ Kxh6 23. Rxg8 b6 24.
Be2 e5 25. Bc4 $18) ({Correct is} 17... Qf4 {Likavsky,T} 18. Rd1 $1 (18. Qh5
Bd7 $1 19. Bd3 f5 20. Rh1 Rg8 21. Kg1 Rg7 22. Rxg7 Kxg7 23. Qxh7+ Kf6 $11)
18... Rg8 (18... e5 $5 19. Bxf7 Bf5) 19. Qe3 Qh4+ 20. Kg1 Rxg3 21. Qxg3 $2 Qxg3
22. fxg3 b6 23. Rd8+ Kg7 24. Be2 Bb7 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. Bxa6 $11) 18. Rh3 Qf4+
19. g3 Qe5 20. Qd2 Qg5 21. f4 (21. Qd6 {was more precise,} Qg7 $140 (21... Kg8
{Likavsky,T} 22. Rh4 (22. Kg2 $6 b5) (22. Rxh7 Bd7 $1 23. Rh4 Bc6) 22... e5 {
[%cal Gc8f5]}) 22. Bd3 f5 23. Kg2 $40) 21... Qg7 22. a5 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7] An
important move, otherwise Black can activate his pieces by means of 22...b5} e5
23. f5 Qg5 24. Qxg5 fxg5 25. g4 Bd7 26. Kg3 {Likavsky,T: 'Even in the endgame
White can attack the black king.'} Bc6 27. f6 ({After} 27. Rf2 Kg7 $8 28. f6+
Kg6 29. Rfh2 Kxf6 30. Rxh7 e4 {Black is out of danger.}) 27... Be4 28. Bd3 (28.
Rh5 Rac8 29. Bb3 Bg6 30. Rxg5 Rc5 $13) 28... Bxd3 29. cxd3 Rad8 {Likavsky,T:
'After the last sequence of moves it looks like Black is more or less ok, but
the further course of the game shows that he is not.'} 30. Kf2 Rd4 31. Rfh1
Rf4+ 32. Ke3 Rxf6 33. Rxh7+ Kg8 34. Rh8+ Kg7 35. R1h7+ Kg6 36. Rh6+ Kg7 {
A rare position for the rooks, in a practical game!} 37. R8h7+ Kg8 38. Rh8+ Kg7
39. R8h7+ Kg8 40. Rxf6 Kxh7 41. Ke4 {Likavsky,T: 'Black is very happy with
having exchanged one pair of rooks and the terrific f6P. And he is still a
pawn up. However, his problems are still very serious due to the colossal
activity of both white pieces.'} Kg7 42. Rd6 {A solid move. Before regaining
his pawn, White strengthens his position to the maximum.} ({If} 42. Rb6 Rd8 43.
Rxb7 Rd4+ 44. Kxe5 Rxg4 {Black obtains counterplay.} 45. d4 ({or} 45. b4 Rf4)
45... Rg1 46. d5 g4 47. b4 {(the threat was 47...g3 followed by 48...Ra1)} g3
48. Kf4 g2 49. Kf3 Kf6 $11) 42... Re8 43. Kf5 Re7 44. b4 ({But not} 44. Kxg5 $2
e4 $11) 44... Re8 45. Rd7 Rb8 46. Rd6 (46. Kxe5 b6 47. Rd5 ({Here} 47. b5 {
is not dangerous:} axb5 48. a6 Ra8 49. a7 b4 50. Kd4 b5 $11) 47... bxa5 48.
bxa5 Rb1 49. Kf5 Rf1+ 50. Kxg5 f6+ 51. Kh4 Ra1 {, and it is extremely
difficult to realise the extra pawn.}) 46... Re8 47. Rd7 Rb8 48. Rd5 b6 $2 {
Thinking he is transposing into the position from the previous note.} (48...
Re8 49. Rd6 Re7 {retains the status-quo. Possible then is} 50. Rb6 Rd7 51. Kxe5
Rxd3 52. Rxb7 Rf3 {, and Black retains chances of a satisfactory outcome.}) 49.
b5 $1 Ra8 50. axb6 a5 51. Kxe5 a4 52. Kd6 a3 53. Rxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. c3 Qc7 12. Qe2 O-O-O 13. a4 h5 (13...
Ng4 14. g3 h5 (14... a6 $2 15. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 16. Qxg4 h5 17. Qe2 h4 18. Bxe6 $16
{Podlesnik-Kallai,G/Sochi B/1989/}) 15. Bg5 (15. h3 Ne5 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxe5
Bxe5 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 h4 20. g4 Bh2+ $13 {Kudrin-Bonin/World op/1989/})
15... Re8 16. Nb5 Qc5 17. Bf4 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Rd8 19. b4 {Rachels,S-Rahman,Z/Los
Angeles US-op/1991/}) 14. Nb5 Bxb5 15. axb5 Ng4 16. g3 Bc5 17. Kg2 (17. Bg5 Rd7
18. Kg2 Bb6 19. Ra4 Qe5 20. Bf4 Qxe2 21. Bxe2 $14 {Wolff,P-Bonin,J/
Philadelphia op/1990/}) (17. b4 Bb6 18. Kg2 Qe5 19. h3 Qf5 20. hxg4 hxg4 21.
Bf4 g5 22. Qe5 {0,5/Hellers-Djurhuus/Oslo/1991/} Rh2+ $1 23. Kxh2 Qh7+ 24. Kg1
gxf4 $1 25. Rfd1 Rh8 26. Kf1 fxg3 27. Ke2 $13 {Djurhuus}) 17... Kb8 $6 (17...
Qe5 $5) 18. Ra4 Rhe8 (18... Qe5 $2 19. Bf4 $18) 19. h3 Nf6 (19... Ne5 20. Qxh5
$16) 20. Bg5 Rd7 21. Rfa1 Nd5 $2 (21... Bb6 $16) 22. Bxd5 (22. b6 Nxb6 (22...
Qc6 23. Kh2 a6 24. Bb5 $1) 23. Rxa7 $16) 22... Rxd5 23. Bf4 e5 (23... Bd6 24.
Rxa7 $18) 24. b4 Qd7 (24... Bb6 25. c4 Rd4 26. c5 $18) 25. Bg5 (25. bxc5 exf4
26. Rxa7 Rxe2 27. b6 f3+ $1 28. Kxf3 Qf5+ $19) 25... Bb6 26. c4 Rd3 27. c5 Qxb5
28. Kh2 (28. cxb6 $2 Rxg3+ 29. Kf1 Rg1+) 28... Bc7 29. Rxa7 Kc8 30. Ra8+ Bb8
31. Rd1 {Ftacnik,L} (31. Rd1 e4 32. Bf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Japfa Classic"]
[Site "Bali"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zaw, Win Lay"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1
O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Qf3 Kxg7 17. Bh6+ Kg6 18. Rad1 (18. c3) (18. c4) 18...
Rxd1 19. Rxd1 e5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] White must have been shocked to realize,
that he will have played the game of one move. Khalifman's opening novelty is
so strong, that the whole variation 15.Nxg7 will probably be put to rest by
white players.} (19... Bd7 20. Rd4 Qe5 21. Be3 Bc6 22. Rg4+ Nxg4 23. Qxg4+ Kf6
24. Qh4+ Kg7 25. Bd4 Kg8 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. c3 {1-0 Korneev,O-Vakhidov,T/Ubeda/
1997/ (36)}) (19... Be5 $142 20. Qe3 Ne4 $1 $13) (19... Qe5 20. Be3 Qh5 21.
Qxh5+ Kxh5 22. Kxh2 Ng4+ 23. Kg3 Nxe3 24. fxe3 {1-0 Ponomariov,R-Sadvakasov,D/
Lausanne/1999/ (54)}) 20. Kxh2 (20. c3 Ng4 21. Bf8 e4 22. Qe2 Bf5 $19) 20...
Ng4+ 21. Kg1 Kxh6 (21... Nxh6 22. Qg3+ Bg4 23. f3 Rd8 $17) (21... Kxh6 22. Qxf7
Qxf7 23. Bxf7 Bf5 24. Rd6+ Kg5 $19) 0-1

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Nf5 $6 Bxh2+ 14.
Kh1 O-O (14... Kf8 15. g3 (15. Nxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd2 h6) (15. Qd4 $5) 15... exf5
16. Bf4 Qc6+ 17. Kxh2 $14) 15. Nxg7 Rd8 (15... Kxg7 16. Qd4 $1 $14) 16. Qf3 (
16. Qe2 Kxg7 17. g3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 b5 (18... Bd7 19. Bf4 Qc5 20. Be5 Bc6+ 21.
Kh2 Kg6 22. Bxf6 Kxf6 23. Rf1+ Kg6 24. Bxe6 Qh5+ 25. Qxh5+ Kxh5 26. Bxf7+ Kg5
27. Rad1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rf8 $10 {Dreev}) 19. Bf4 Bb7+ 20. Kh2 Qc5 21. Be5 Kg6
22. Bxf6 Kxf6 23. Rf1+ Kg6 24. Bxe6 Qh5+ 25. Qxh5+ Kxh5 26. Bxf7+ Kg5 27. Rad1
$16 {Adams,M-Dreev,A/Debrecen EUchT/1992/}) 16... Kxg7 17. Bh6+ (17. g3 $6 b5
$1 18. Kxh2 (18. Bf4 $2 Bb7 19. Bxc7 Bxf3+ 20. Kxh2 Ng4+ 21. Kg1 Rd2 22. Rf1
Rc8 23. Ba5 $2 (23. Bb6 e5 {/\ Rc6-h6}) 23... Rc5 {0-1/Ye Jiangchuang-Dolmatov,
S/Moscow/1992/}) 18... Bb7 19. Qf4 Qc6 20. Rg1 Rd1 21. Be3 Rxa1 22. Qh6+ Kg8
23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. Qc5+ Ke8 25. Qxc6+ Bxc6 26. Rxa1 Ng4+ 27. Kh3 Nxe3 28. fxe3
Rd8 $15 {Wolff,P-Gulko,B/USA-ch Durango/1992/}) 17... Kg6 18. c3 Nd5 $1 (18...
Nh5 19. Re4 $1 Kxh6 20. Rh4 Qe5 $1 (20... Kg7 21. Qxh5 Bf4 $1 22. Qg4+ Kf8 23.
Qxf4 Qxf4 24. Rxf4 Bd7 $10)) (18... Rd5 19. Bc2+ Rf5 20. g4 $16) 19. Re4 (19.
g3 $5 Kxh6 20. Bxd5 Kg7 21. Be4 Bxg3 $15) 19... Kxh6 20. Rg4 $1 (20. Bxd5 Kg7
$1 (20... Rxd5 $4 21. Qf6+ Kh5 22. Rh4#)) 20... Nf4 $1 21. g3 (21. Kxh2 Ng6+
$19) 21... Rd3 $1 (21... Ng6 $2 22. Qf6) (21... Qc6 $6 22. Qxc6 bxc6 23. gxf4
$1) 22. Qxf4+ Qxf4 23. gxf4 $1 (23. Rxf4 Bxg3 24. fxg3 f5 $17) 23... Rh3 24.
Kg2 Rh5 25. Rh1 Bd7 $6 (25... e5 26. Rg5 Rxg5+ 27. fxg5+ Kxg5 28. Rxh2 $1 (28.
Kxh2 Bg4 $1 $19) 28... Kg6 29. Rh1 $17) 26. Rxh2 Bc6+ 27. Kg1 Rxh2 28. Kxh2 Rd8
29. f5 $1 exf5 30. Rd4 Re8 $5 (30... Rxd4 31. cxd4 Kg5 (31... Kg6 32. f4 $10)
32. Bxf7 Kf4 33. d5 Bb5 34. Be6 $1 Ke5 35. f4+ $10) 31. Bxf7 Re2 32. Kg3 Rxb2
33. Bd5 $1 Bxd5 34. Rxd5 Rxa2 35. Rxf5 Kg6 36. Rc5 Rb2 37. c4 h5 38. f3 $1 Rb4
39. Kf4 b6 40. Rc6+ Kf7 41. Ke5 $6 h4 42. Rh6 Rxc4 43. Rxb6 a5 44. Kf5 $1 a4
45. Rb7+ Ke8 46. Rh7 a3 47. Ra7 Rc3 48. Kg4 Kd8 49. Kxh4 Rxf3 50. Kg4 $10 Rb3
51. Kf4 Kc8 52. Ke4 Kb8 53. Ra4 Kb7 54. Kd4 Rh3 55. Kc5 Rh5+ 56. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 15th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2014.03.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2014.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1
O-O 15. Nxg7 {The final rounds at olympiads tend to be cursed for the Czech
players, but this is valid also on other occasions. Laznicka needed a draw to
qualify, but he has the soul of a fighter. The dramatic variation with the
sacrifice of the knight on g7 was much analysed, but White is not likely to
get any advantage.} Rd8 16. Qf3 Kxg7 17. Bh6+ Kg6 18. c3 (18. c4 Nh5 $1 19. Be3
f5 20. g4 Nf6 21. gxf5+ exf5 22. Qg2+ Ng4 23. f3 Bd7 $1 24. Bc2 Bg3 25. Qh3
Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Qf4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Zifroni,D-Peker,O/ISR t-ch 1996 (49)}) (18.
Rad1 $5 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Bd7 (19... Be5 $142 20. Qe3 Ne4 $1 $13) 20. Rd4 Qe5 21.
Be3 Bc6 $2 22. Rg4+ $1 Nxg4 23. Qxg4+ Kf6 24. Qh4+ Kg7 25. Bd4 $18 {Korneev,
O-Vakhidov/Ubeda op/1997/}) 18... Nh5 $1 {All the way up to this moment the
game pretty much plays itself. The real alternatives are beginning for White
only in connection with the 19th move.} (18... Nd5 $2 19. Rad1 $1 f5 20. Bc1 $1
Bd6 (20... Be5 21. c4 $18) 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 {1-0 (28) Adams,M-Dreev,A/
Wijk aan Zee A 1996 (28)}) 19. Be3 (19. Bc1 f5 (19... Bf4 $1 20. g4 Ng3+ $1 21.
fxg3 Bxc1 (21... Bxg3 $4 22. Bc2+ f5 23. gxf5+ $18) 22. Raxc1 b6 $1 (22... Bd7
23. Qe3 $1 $36 Bc6+ 24. Kh2 {/\ Bc2, Qg5} Qe7 (24... h6 $5 25. Bc2+ $140 Kg7
26. g5 h5) 25. Rf1 $1 Rd7 26. Rf2 $1 $16 {Supper-Wolna/corr 1996}) 23. Bc2+ (
23. Qe3 Bb7+ 24. Kh2 Qc5 $1 25. Qf4 Qg5 26. Bc2+ Kh6 27. Rcd1 Qxf4 28. gxf4 Bf3
$11 {1/2 (37) Solovjov,S (2456)-Ivanov,S (2574) St Petersburg 2005}) 23... Kg7
24. Be4 Ra7 (24... Rb8 25. Rf1 Qe7 $11 {Bowden,K-Levitt,J/England 1997
Bowden-Levitt, England 1997}) 25. Rc2 (25. Rcd1 Bb7 26. Kg2 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Qe5
28. Bxb7 Rxb7 29. Rd8 Rc7 30. Qa8 {1/2 (30) Sethuraman,S (2560)-Batchuluun,C 
(2517) Incheon 2013}) 25... Bb7 (25... Qe5 26. Rh2 h6 27. Rh5 f5 28. Qf2 Rf7
29. Bg2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hermansson,E-Barsov,A/Oxford GM-B 1998 (29)}) 26. Rh2 (26.
Rf2 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Qe7 {˝-˝ (31) Rogovoi,M-Biriukov,O/St.Petersburg Chigorin
1998 (31)}) 26... Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Qb7 $1 28. Rxh7+ Kg8 29. Qxb7 Rxb7 30. Rh2 Rd3
31. Kg2 Rd2+ (31... Rbd7 32. Re2 b5 33. Rh1 Rd2 34. Kf2 R7d3 35. Rhe1 {1/2-1/2
(39) McShane,L-Levitt,J/BCF t-ch 1998 (56)}) 32. Kh3 Rxh2+ 33. Kxh2 Rd7 34. Re2
Kg7 {1/2 (38) Brodsky,M (2530)-Glek,I (2566) Wijk aan Zee 1999}) 20. g4 (20.
Bxe6 Ng7 (20... Bf4 21. g4 fxg4 22. Qxg4+ Kh6 23. Bxc8 $18) 21. Bxc8 (21. Bb3
Bd6 22. g4 (22. Qh3 Bf4 $17) 22... f4 23. Qe4+ Kf6 $13) 21... Raxc8 22. g3 Bxg3
23. fxg3 Qc6 $11 {1/2 (41) Womacka,M (2493)-Harikrishna,P (2568) Pardubice 2002
}) 20... b5 (20... Bd7 $1 21. gxh5+ (21. gxf5+ exf5 22. Bf7+ Kg7 $5 23. Bh6+
Kh8 24. Qxh5 Bc6+ 25. f3 Qg3 26. Rf1 Rg8 $1 $19) (21. Bxe6 Bc6 22. Bxf5+ Kg7
23. Be4 Rf8 24. Qg2 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Nf6 26. Re6 Bf4 $17) (21. Qg2 Bf4 $5 22.
gxh5+ Kf6 $36) 21... Kg7 22. Qg2+ Kh8 $1 (22... Kf7 23. Qh3 Kf6 24. Bh6 Rg8 25.
Rad1 $36 {XKf6}) 23. Bg5 Be5 $1 24. Bxd8 Qxd8 $1 25. Rxe5 Bc6 26. Bd5 $8 Qh4+
27. Qh2 Bxd5+ 28. Rxd5 Qe4+ $11 {1/2 (31) Blehm,P (2420)-Ivanov,S (2515)
Krynica 1997}) (20... Nf4 21. gxf5+ exf5 22. Rg1+ Kf6 23. Kxh2 Ne2+ 24. Rg3
Nxg3 25. Bf4 $40) 21. gxh5+ Kg7 (21... Kf6 22. Qh3 $2 (22. Qe3 $1 $18) (22.
Qxa8 Bb7+ 23. Qxb7 Qxb7+ 24. Kxh2 $16) 22... Rg8 23. Qe3 Qd6 24. Qh6+ Kf7 25.
Qxh7+ Kf6 {1/2:1/2 Lukin-Kashtanov, St.Petersburg 1997}) 22. Qg2+ Kf7 23. Qh3 {
1-0 (32) Adams,M (2685)-McDonald,N (2500) England 1997}) (19. Re4 Kxh6 20. Rh4
Qe5 $5 (20... Kg7 21. Qxh5 Bf4 22. Qg4+ Kf8 23. Qxf4 Qxf4 24. Rxf4 Bd7 $11) 21.
Rxh2 (21. Qxf7 Rd7 (21... Qf5 22. Rxh5+ Qxh5 23. Qf6+ Qg6 24. Qh4+ Qh5 25. Qf6+
{1/2 (25) Geenen,M (2293)-Barsov,A (2526) France 2007}) (21... Bd7 22. Bd1 $1
Be8 23. Rxh5+ Qxh5 24. Qf8+ $18) 22. Qf8+ Qg7 23. Qf3 Qf7 24. Qg4 Qg6 25. Qh3
Bc7 $19 {0-1 (34) Berelowitsch,A (2468)-Barsov,A (2539) Dieren 1999}) (21. Bd1
Kg7 22. Rxh5 f5 23. Qh3 Bf4 24. Rxh7+ Kg8 25. Bb3 Rd7 $17) (21. g4 Kg7 (21...
Bd7 22. Qxf7 (22. Qh3 Bc6+ 23. f3 Qg3 24. Rxh5+ Kg7 25. Rxh7+ Kf8 26. Qh6+ Ke8
$1 27. Rxf7 $5 Bxf3+ 28. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 29. Kxh2 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Rd2 31. Qxe6+ Kd8 32.
Qg8+ Kc7 33. Qf7+ $17) 22... Be8 23. Rxh5+ $5 (23. Qf8+ Qg7 $2 (23... Kg5 $1)
24. g5+ Kxg5 25. Rxh5+ $18) 23... Qxh5 24. Qf8+ Kg5 25. Qe7+ Kxg4 26. Bxe6+ Kf3
27. Qxb7+ Kf4 $19) 22. Rxh5 Qf4 23. Qh3 Bd7 24. Rxh7+ Kf8 25. Rh8+ Ke7 26. Qh4+
f6 27. Rh7+ Kf8 28. Rh8+ $11) (21. Bc2 Bf4 22. g4 Kg7 23. Rxh5 Qf6 24. Rxh7+
Kf8 $19) 21... Bd7 22. Qxf7 Bc6 23. f4 Qf5 24. Qxf5 exf5 25. Bf7 Rd2 26. Bxh5
Rxg2 27. Be2+ Rxh2+ 28. Kxh2 $11 {1-0 (59) Luther,T (2547)-Schlecht,D (2348)
Boeblingen 2000}) 19... f5 (19... Bf4 20. g4 $36) (19... Nf6 $2 20. Bc2+ Kg7
21. Bh6+ $18) 20. g4 (20. g3 Bxg3 (20... b5 $5 21. Kxh2 Bb7 22. Qe2 Qc6 $40)
21. fxg3 b5 $17) 20... Nf6 (20... b5 21. gxh5+ Kg7 (21... Kf6 22. Bd4+ e5 23.
Kxh2 exd4+ 24. Kh3 $13) 22. Qg2+ Kh8 23. Bd4+ e5 24. Qxh2 $16) 21. gxf5+ (21.
Bc2 h5 22. gxf5+ exf5 23. Qg2+ Ng4 24. f3 Bg3 25. fxg4 hxg4 26. Bd4 Rxd4 27.
cxd4 Bd7 28. Kg1 Rh8 29. Re3 Rh3 30. Qd5 Bf2+ {0-1 (30) Sax,G (2576)-Tukmakov,
V (2604) Pula 2001}) 21... exf5 (21... Kf7 $6 22. fxe6+ Ke7 23. Bg5 $40) 22.
Rg1+ $6 $146 {[%mdl 4] The tension in the game culminates; White's novelty
will miss the point, especially the picture of the time consumed so far is
somewhat depressing as Laznicka was left with only 3 minutes on the clock. He
has most likely struggled to remember the details of the solution in a very
complex position. The previous games have featured only a check on the
g2-square.} (22. Qg2+ Ng4 23. f3 b5 $1 (23... Bg3 24. fxg4 f4 $5 25. Rg1 Bxg4
$13) 24. Bc2 (24. Bd4 Kg5 $1 (24... Bb7 25. Re6+ Kg5 26. Bf6+ Kf4 27. Re4+ $1
Bxe4 28. fxe4 Nxf6 29. Qxh2+) (24... h5 25. fxg4 Bb7 26. gxf5+ Kh6 27. Re4 Rg8
28. Qf3 Rg3 29. Be3+ Kg7 30. Bd4+ Kf8 31. Be3 {1/2 (31) Barua,D (2555)
-Harikrishna,P (2354) Udaipur 2000}) 25. Be3+ (25. Rad1 Bb7 26. Re6 Qg3) (25.
Be6 Bg3 26. Bxc8 Bxe1 27. Bxf5 Qh2+ 28. Qxh2 Nxh2 29. Be4 Bg3 $19 {1/2 (51)
Flores,D (2448)-Rodriguez Guerrero,E (2407) Santa Clara 2004}) 25... Kg6 $11)
24... Kf7 (24... Bg3 25. fxg4 Bb7 26. gxf5+ Kf7 27. Be4 $40) (24... Kf6 25.
Bd4+ Rxd4 26. cxd4 $36 Bb7 27. Bxf5 Nf2+ 28. Qxf2 Qf4 29. Bh3 Rg8 30. Re6+ Kf7
31. d5 Bxd5 32. Qa7+ Qc7 33. Qxc7+ Bxc7 34. Re3 Rg3 $11 {1/2 (36) Alarcon
Casellas,R (2398)-Hevia Alejano,C (2481) Havana 2010}) 25. Bb3+ Kg6 (25... Kg7
26. Bd4+ Kf8 $1) 26. Bc2 $11) 22... Bxg1 23. Rxg1+ Ng4 24. Qh3 (24. Rxg4+ fxg4
25. Bc2+ Kg7 (25... Kh5 26. Qe2 Qe5 $19) 26. Qe2 Be6 $19) (24. Bf4 Qe7 25. Bc2
Kg7 26. Qh3 h5 $19) 24... h5 (24... Qc6+ 25. f3 Kg7 26. Rg2 b6 (26... b5 27.
Qh4 Rd7 28. Qg5+ Qg6 29. Bd4+ Kf8 30. Bc5+ $11) 27. Qg3 Bb7 28. Qe5+ Qf6 29.
Rxg4+ fxg4 30. Bh6+ Kg6 31. Bc2+ Kf7 32. Bb3+ $11) 25. f3 {White might have
hoped to benefit from the immediate attack enabled by the exchange sacrifice.
Then reality took over and he discovered its charming refutation.} (25. Rxg4+
fxg4 26. Bc2+ Bf5 27. Bxf5+ Kg7 28. Qxh5 (28. Qf1 Qf7 $19) 28... Rd1+ 29. Kg2
Qc6+ $19) 25... Qe5 $1 {Lupulescu does not have to to strain himself any more
since in order to win he just needs a dose of modesty and good nerves. Black
will return the lion's share of his extra material, but a safe king and two
extra pawns will secure him an easy win.} 26. fxg4 (26. Bd4 Rxd4 27. cxd4 Qxd4
28. Qg2 Qe5 29. Rd1 Be6 30. Bxe6 Qxe6 31. fxg4 hxg4 $19) 26... fxg4 27. Bd4 (
27. Qf3 Bf5 28. Bd4 Qe4 $19) 27... Qe4+ 28. Rg2 (28. Kh2 Bf5 $19) 28... Bf5 29.
Qg3 (29. Qh4 Rxd4 30. cxd4 Rc8 $19) 29... Rxd4 $1 {After the elimination of
the dark-squared bishop White will be left without any pieces with which to
invade and Black's material superiority will easily decide.} (29... h4 30. Qxh4
Rxd4 31. cxd4 (31. Bc2 Rd3 32. Bxd3 Qxd3 33. Rxg4+ Bxg4 34. Qxg4+ Kf7 $19)
31... Rc8 32. Qh3 Qf4 $19) 30. cxd4 Qxd4 31. Kh2 Rd8 {Laznicka did not win in
the penultimate round and in the last game he simply tried too hard...} (31...
Rd8 32. Rf2 h4 33. Qxh4 Rh8 34. Bf7+ Kxf7 35. Rxf5+ Ke6 36. Rh5 g3+ 37. Kxg3
Qe3+ 38. Kh2 Qe2+ 39. Kg3 Rxh5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1
O-O (14... Kf8 15. g3 (15. Nxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd2 h6) (15. Qd4 $5) 15... exf5 16.
Bf4 Qc6+ 17. Kxh2 $14) 15. Nxg7 Rd8 (15... Kxg7 16. Qd4 $1 $14) 16. Qf3 (16.
Qe2 $1 Kxg7 17. g3 Bxg3 (17... b5 18. Kxh2 Bb7 19. Bg5 Qc6 20. Rg1 $16) 18.
fxg3 b5 19. Bf4 Bb7+ 20. Kh2 Qc5 21. Be5 $1 Kg6 $8 22. Bxf6 Kxf6 23. Rf1+ Kg6
24. Bxe6 $1 (24. Rxf7 Rd2 $1 25. Qxd2 Qh5+ 26. Kg1 Qh1+ 27. Kf2 Qg2+ 28. Ke1
Qxd2+ 29. Kxd2 Kxf7 $10) 24... Qh5+ $8 25. Qxh5+ Kxh5 26. Bxf7+ Kg5 27. Rad1
$14 {Adams,M-Dreev,A/Debrecen EUchT/1992/}) 16... Kxg7 17. Bh6+ (17. g3 b5 18.
Bf4 $6 (18. Kxh2 Bb7 19. Qf4 Qc6 20. Rg1 Rd1 $1 21. Be3 Rxa1 22. Qg5+ (22. Qh6+
Kg8 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. Qc5+ Ke8 25. Qxc6+ Bxc6 26. Rxa1 Ng4+ 27. Kh3 Nxe3 28.
fxe3 Rd8 $15 {Wolff,P-Gulko,B/USA-ch Durango/1992/}) 22... Kf8 23. Qc5+ Ke8 24.
Qxc6+ Bxc6 25. Rxa1 Ng4+ 26. Kh3 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Rd8 28. a4 Rd2 29. axb5 axb5 30.
Ra6 Bg2+ 31. Kg4 Rf2 $17 {Kotronias-Chernin/Munich op/1992}) 18... Bb7 19. Bxc7
Bxf3+ 20. Kxh2 Ng4+ 21. Kg1 Rd2 22. Rf1 Rc8 {0-1 Ye Rongguang-Dolmatov,S/
Moscow Alekhine op/1992/}) 17... Kg6 18. c3 (18. c4 $6 Nh5 $1 $8 19. Be3 f5 20.
g4 Nf6 21. gxf5+ exf5 22. Qg2+ Ng4 $1 23. f3 Bd7 24. Bc2 (24. fxg4 Bc6 25.
gxf5+ Kh5 $1 $19) 24... Bg3 $1 25. fxg4 Bc6 26. Bxf5+ Kg7 27. Be4 Bxe1 28. Bh6+
$5 Kxh6 $2 (28... Kg8) 29. Qh3+ $10 {= Gufeld,E-Ravi,L/Calcutta/1994/}) 18...
Nd5 (18... Nh5 $5 19. Re4 $1 Kxh6 20. Rh4 Qe5 $1 (20... Kg7 21. Qxh5 Bf4 $1 22.
Qg4+ Kf8 23. Qxf4 Qxf4 24. Rxf4 Bd7 $10)) (18... Rd5 19. Bc2+ Rf5 20. g4 $16)
19. Rad1 $1 $146 {Adams comes with extremely important novelty that changes
the evaluation of the whole line.} (19. Bc1 Bf4 20. Bxd5 $1 Bxc1 21. Be4+ f5
22. Raxc1 fxe4 23. Rxe4 Rd5 24. Rg4+ Rg5 25. Rxg5+ Kxg5 26. Rd1 $1 (26. Qf8 b5)
26... Qf4 27. Qd3 e5 $1 (27... b5 28. Qd8+ Qf6 29. Qc7) 28. Qd8+ Qf6 29. f4+ $8
(29. Qg8+ Kh6 $17) 29... exf4 30. Rd5+ $10 {Berelovich,A-Savchenko,S/Groningen
op/1993/ (36)}) (19. Re4 Kxh6 20. Rg4 $1 Nf4 $1 21. g3 (21. Kxh2 Ng6+ $19)
21... Rd3 $1 22. Qxf4+ Qxf4 23. gxf4 $1 (23. Rxf4 Bxg3 24. fxg3 f5 $17) 23...
Rh3 24. Kg2 Rh5 25. Rh1 Bd7 $6 (25... e5 26. Rg5 Rxg5+ 27. fxg5+ Kxg5 28. Rxh2
$1 Kg6 29. Rh1 $17) 26. Rxh2 Bc6+ 27. Kg1 Rxh2 28. Kxh2 Rd8 29. f5 $1 {1/2-1/2
Khalifman,A-Gulko,B/WchT Luzern/1993/ (56)}) (19. g3 $5 Kxh6 20. Bxd5 Kg7 21.
Be4 Bxg3 $15) 19... f5 (19... Kxh6 20. Rxd5 $1 Kg7 (20... Rxd5 21. Qf6+ Kh5 22.
Re4 Bg3 23. fxg3 Qxg3 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Re5+ $18) 21. Qg4+ Kf8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8
23. Kxh2 $14) (19... Bf4 $2 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. Qg4+ Kh6 22. Qh4+ Kg7 23. Rxd8
$18) 20. Bc1 Bd6 $6 {In effect the losing move, black had only chance to put
up a resistance with} (20... Be5 $5 21. Bxd5 (21. c4 Nb4 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Rxe5
Nd3 24. Qg3+ Kf7 25. Bg5 Nxf2+ 26. Kg1 Qd4 $15) 21... Rxd5 (21... exd5 22. Qe3
(22. Rxd5 $2 Rxd5 23. Qxd5 Bg7 24. Re8 Rb8 $17) 22... Bf6 (22... Bg7 23. Qg5+
Kf7 24. Bf4 $18) (22... Re8 23. Qh6+ Kf7 24. Qh5+ Kf8 25. Bh6+ Ke7 26. Rxd5)
23. Qh6+ Kf7 24. Bg5 Bg7 25. Qh5+ Kf8 26. Rxd5 $1 $18) 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. Qe3
Kf7 (23... Bf6 24. Qh6+ Kf7 25. Qh5+ $18) 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Be6 26. Be3
$14) (20... b5 21. g3 Bxg3 22. Rg1 $16) 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Bd7 (22... Be7
23. Bf4 $1 $18) (22... h6 23. Red1 Be6 (23... Be7 24. Bf4 $18) 24. Rxd6 Rxd6
25. Qg3+ $18) 23. Qh3 $1 {Black K is akwardly located on the g6, all four
white pieces are ideally coordinated in the attack.} Bf8 (23... h5 24. Qh4 Bf8
(24... Bc8 25. Qg5+ Kf7 26. Qxh5+ Kg8 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Bg5 Qh7+ 29. Qxh7+ Kxh7
30. Bxd8 $18) 25. Qg5+ Kh7 26. Qxh5+ Kg7 27. Bh6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Re7 $18)
24. Re3 Kg7 (24... f4 25. Qh5+ Kg7 26. Red3 $1 (26. Rg5+ Kf6 (26... Kh8 27. Qf7
$18) 27. Re4 Be8 28. Qh4 $18) 26... Kg8 27. Qd1 $18) (24... h6 25. Rg3+ Kh7 26.
Qh5 $18) 25. Rg3+ Kh8 (25... Kf7 26. Qxh7+ Ke6 27. Qxf5+ Ke7 28. Bg5+ Ke8 29.
Qg6#) (25... Kf6 26. Bg5+ Kf7 27. Qxh7+ Bg7 28. Bxd8 $18) 26. Qh4 {The triumph
of the attacking effort is clear, black struggles to avoid the mate.} Be6 (
26... Bg7 27. Bh6 $1 (27. Rxg7 Kxg7 28. Qe7+ Kg6 29. Rd6+ $18) 27... Rg8 28.
Bxg7+ Rxg7 29. Rxg7 Kxg7 30. Qe7+ $18) 27. Bf4 Be7 $6 (27... Rxd5 28. Bxc7 Bg7
29. Qe7 Rd7 30. Qxe6 Rxc7 31. Rf3 $18) 28. Bxc7 (28. Bxc7 Bxh4 29. Be5+) 1-0

[Event "Chalkidiki"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bg5 O-O-O 14. c3
(14. Qf3 Bd6 15. h3 Qc5 16. Qe3 (16. Be3 Qe5 17. g3 Qe4 18. Rad1 Bc6 19. Qxe4
Bxe4 20. Bg5 Bg6 $10 {Tiviakov,S-Kramnik,V/URS-ch58/1991/}) (16. Bxf6 gxf6 17.
Qxf6 Rhg8 $44) 16... Qc7 17. Qf3 Qc5 18. Qe3 {0,5-0,5/Kotronias,V-Kramnik,V/
Gausdal TM/1992/}) (14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qh5 Qc5 $10) 14... Bd6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16.
Qh5 Rdf8 17. g3 Qc5 18. Bd1 Rhg8 19. Qxh7 f5 20. Bf3 (20. Qh3 f4 21. Qg2 fxg3
22. hxg3 Qc7 {/\ Bxg3} (22... Bc6 23. Bf3 $13 (23. Nxc6 $2 Rxg3 $19))) 20...
Rh8 21. Qg7 f4 22. Nb3 $2 (22. Rad1 $5) 22... Qc7 23. Re2 fxg3 24. fxg3 Rfg8
25. Qf6 (25. Qxf7 Rf8 26. Qg7 Rhg8 27. Qh7 Bxg3 28. hxg3 Qxg3+ 29. Rg2 (29. Bg2
Rh8 $19) 29... Qxf3 30. Qxg8 $1 (30. Rxg8 Qf2+ 31. Kh1 Bc6+) 30... Qe3+ 31. Kh2
Rxg8 32. Rxg8+ Kc7 $17) 25... Bxg3 $1 26. hxg3 Qxg3+ 27. Rg2 (27. Bg2 Rh2 28.
Qf2 Qh3 29. Qc5+ Bc6 $19) 27... Qh2+ 28. Kf2 (28. Kf1 Rxg2 29. Bxg2 Rg8 30. Qf2
Bb5+ $19) 28... Rxg2+ 29. Bxg2 Rg8 30. Rg1 Rg4 31. Qe7 Rf4+ 32. Ke2 (32. Ke3
Qg3+ 33. Kd2 Qf2+ 34. Kc1 Qxg1+ $19) 32... Qxg1 (32... Bb5+ $6 33. c4 $1 Bxc4+
34. Kd2) 33. Bxb7+ Kc7 34. Bf3 Qb6 35. Nc5 Qd6 36. Qxd6+ Kxd6 37. b4 (37. Nxa6
Bb5+ 38. Ke3 Rxf3+ 39. Kxf3 Bxa6 $19) 37... Bb5+ 38. Ke3 Rc4 39. Nb7+ Kc7 40.
Kd2 Rf4 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 {Gagarin} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. O-O
Nbc6 8. c3 (8. Nb3 {Gagarin} Bd6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Bg5 dxe4 11. Bxe4 $14) 8... O-O
9. Qe2 Ng6 (9... Ba7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 Qc7 12. Bc2 d4 13. e5 Rd8 14. Bg5 Re8
15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Rad1 Bc5 18. h4 h6 19. h5 Nf8 20. Bh4 Be7 21.
Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Ng3 $14 {Conquest,S-Machulsky,A/Alma-Ata/1989/0-1 (38)}) 10. Nb3
dxe4 (10... Bd6 11. Bg5 Qc7 (11... f6 12. Be3 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. Rad1 $14 {
Kholmov/}) 12. exd5 exd5 13. h3 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Bxf4 15. Rad1 (15. Rfd1 $10 {
Gagarin Kholmov,R-Dolmatov,S/Volgodonsk/1983/1:0/39/}) 15... Be6 16. Nbd4 Rae8
17. Rfe1 g6 18. Qc2 Bc8 19. Bf1 Na5 20. g3 Bh6 21. Bg2 Nc4 22. Nh2 $14 {
Kholmov,R-Dolmatov,S/Volgodonsk/1983/1-0 (39)}) (10... Ba7 $5) 11. Bxe4 Bd6 12.
Be3 Qc7 (12... Nf4 $2 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qe4+ $16) 13. Rad1 Rd8 (
13... e5 $6 14. Rxd6 Qxd6 15. Bc5 Qc7 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Rd1 $14)
14. Qc4 $1 Bd7 (14... Nge7 $5) (14... Nce5 $6 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxc7 Bxc7 17.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Rd1 $16) 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Ng5 $1 Be7 (16... Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Be5
18. Qh4 $40) (16... Ne7 17. Qh4 Nf5 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Nd4 $16) 17. Nc5 (17. Qh4
{Gagarin} Bxg5 18. Bxg5 f6 $10) 17... Ne5 (17... Bxg5 18. Bxg5 $16) (17... Bxc5
18. Qh4 $1 b6 (18... Ne7 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ Ng8 21. Nh7+ Ke7 22. Bg5+ $18) (
18... Bxe3 19. fxe3 Ne5 (19... f6 20. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qf7#) 20.
Qh7+ Kf8 21. Qh8+ Ke7 22. Qh4 $3 Rh8 (22... f6 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Qh7+ Ke8 25.
Qg8+ Ke7 26. Qg7+ Ke8 27. Nh7 $18) (22... Kf8 23. Rxf7+ Nxf7 24. Rf1 $18) 23.
Nh7+ f6 (23... Ke8 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. Qxh8+ Ke7 26. Qxf6+ Ke8 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28.
Qxa8 $18) 24. Rxf6 $1 Rxh7 25. Qb4+ Kxf6 26. Rf1+ Nf3+ 27. Rxf3+ Kg5 28. Qe7+
Kg4 29. h3+ Rxh3 30. Rxh3 $16) 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ Ke7 21. Qxg7 Rf8 22. Ne4
$18) 18. Qh4 $1 (18. Qf4 Bxg5 (18... Bxc5 $6 19. Nxf7 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Bb5 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Nxd8 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Qxd8 24. Qxe5 $16) 19. Qxg5 Bb5 $13) 18...
Bxc5 (18... Bxg5 19. Bxg5 f6 20. Bxf6 $5 (20. Be3 Qc6 $13) (20. Ne4 $1 {Gagarin
} fxg5 21. Nxg5 Nf7 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. f4 $1 $40) 20... gxf6 21. Ne4 f5 22. Ng5
Bc6 23. Nxe6 Bxg2 $1 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qxd8+ Qxd8 26. Nxd8 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 $16)
19. Bd4 $1 Be8 (19... Bxd4 20. cxd4 Nc6 (20... Nc4 21. Rc1 $16 (21. Rc1 {
Gagarin} b5 22. b3 Qa5 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Qxa2 25. Rc3 $40)) 21. d5 exd5
22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Rfe1 Ne5 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxg7 $18) 20. Rfe1 Rd5 (20... Bxd4
21. cxd4 Nc4 (21... Rac8 {Gagarin} 22. f4 $1 (22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24.
Qxg7 Ng4 $1 25. Rxe6+ Kd7 26. Qe5 $5 Qxe5 $8 27. dxe5+ Kc7 28. Re7+ Kb6 $17)
22... Ba4 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. fxe5 Bxd1 25. Nxe6+ $1 fxe6 26. Rf1+ Ke8 $8 27.
Qxg6+ Kd7 28. Rf7+ Kc6 29. Qxe6+ Kb5 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 $16) 22. Rxe6 $18) 21. f4
Rad8 (21... Bxd4+ 22. cxd4 Nc6 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26.
Qxg7+ $18) 22. fxe5 R8d7 (22... Rxe5 23. Qh7+ (23. Rxe5 {Gagarin} Qxe5 24. Nxf7
$1 $18) 23... Kf8 24. Nxe6+ $1 Rxe6 (24... fxe6 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxg7+ Bf7 27.
Rxe5 $18) 25. Qxg7+ Ke7 26. Qf6+ Kd7 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Bxc5+ Kc8 29. Qxe6+ $18)
23. Kh1 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Qb6 (24... Qd8 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7 $18)
25. Re4 Rc7 (25... Qxb2 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Rf1 Ke7 (27... Qb5 28. Nxe6+ Ke7 29.
Qh4+ Kxe6 30. Rf6+ $1 $18) 28. Qh4 $1 Kd8 29. Nxe6+ Kc8 30. Nxg7 $18) 26. Rf1
Rcd7 27. Ref4 Rxd4 (27... f5 28. exf6 $18) 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Rxf7+
Kd8 (30... Bxf7 31. Rxf7#) 31. Qxe8+ $1 (31. Qxe8+ Kxe8 32. Rf8+ Ke7 33. R1f7#)
1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Qc7 (8... Bd6 9. Qe2 e5 (9... Ne7 10. Nf3 Ng6 11. e5 Bc7 12. O-O c5 13. c4
dxc4 14. Bxc4 O-O 15. Rd1 Qe8 16. Be3 Bb6 17. Bd3 Bc6 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. Bxc5 Nf4
20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qc2+ Kg8 22. Ng5 g6 23. Bxf8 Qxe5 24. Qxc6 $16 {Gavrilov,
A-Ivanov,V/Moscow/1989/}) 10. O-O Qe7 11. exd5 cxd5 12. c4 d4 13. Ne4 Bc7 14.
c5 Kf8 15. f4 Re8 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Rxf4 Nh6 19. Qf2 {1-0/Wolff,
P-Finegold,B/Saint John op-1/1988/}) 9. Qe2 Bd6 (9... Ne7 10. O-O (10. Nf3 Ng6
11. e5 Rb8 12. O-O Be7 13. Re1 c5 14. c4 O-O 15. h4 dxc4 16. Be4 Kh8 17. Bg5
Bb5 18. Qe3 Rfd8 19. h5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Nf8 21. Rad1 h6 22. Nf3 Nd7 23. Qf4 f5
24. Bc2 $15 {Tal,M-Kortchnoi,V/Moskva/1971/}) 10... Ng6 11. Nf3 Bd6 (11... Be7
12. c4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 f5 14. Bc2 e5 15. Ng5 h6 16. Qh5 Qd6 17. Ne4 Qe6 18. Rd1
Bc8 19. h3 Rf8 20. Ng3 Rf6 21. Re1 Kf8 22. Qe2 a5 23. Bd2 Rf7 24. Nh5 $13 {
Shamkovich,L-Vaganian,R/Dubna/1973/}) 12. Re1 Nf4 (12... Rb8 13. c4 O-O 14. e5
Bb4 15. Rd1 Rfe8 16. h4 h6 17. h5 Nf8 18. Nh2 Bc8 19. Ng4 Be7 20. b3 Qd8 21.
Nxh6+ gxh6 22. Qg4+ Bg5 23. f4 f5 24. Qg3 $16 {Tatai,S-Campos Lopez,M/Camaguey
II/1974/}) 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. c4 O-O 15. g3 Bh6 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Qc2 g6 18.
cxd5 Qxc2 19. Bxc2 exd5 20. Bb3 Be6 21. Nd4 {0,5/Zakharov-Petrosjan,T/URS-ch/
1976/}) 10. Nf3 dxe4 $6 (10... Ne7 11. O-O O-O 12. c4 $14) 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qh4
Rb8 (12... O-O 13. Bg5 Qa5+ 14. c3 $16) 13. O-O Nd5 (13... Rb4 14. c4 $16) 14.
Re1 Be7 (14... Nb4 15. Be4 h5 16. a3 Nd5 17. c4 $16) 15. Qg4 g6 (15... O-O 16.
Bh6 Bf6 17. Qe4 $1 (17. Ng5 $6 Bxb2 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Bxg7+ Bxg7 20. Qh4 Bxa1
$19) 17... Rfd8 18. Qxh7+ $16) 16. c4 f5 $2 (16... Nb4 17. Bb1 (17. Bf4 Bd6 18.
Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Be2 e5 20. Qe4 f6) 17... e5 18. Qg3 f6 19. a3 Na6 20. b4 $16) 17.
Bxf5 $1 Nf6 (17... gxf5 18. Qh5+ Kd8 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Ng5 $16) (17... exf5 18.
Qd4 Rf8 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Bg5 $18) 18. Qf4 Qxf4 (18... Bd6 19. Qg5 gxf5 20.
Qxf6 Rf8 21. Qh6 $18) 19. Bxf4 Rxb2 20. Bxe6 Bc5 $2 (20... Bxe6 21. Rxe6 Kd7
22. Ree1 $18) 21. Bxd7+ Kxd7 22. Ne5+ Kc8 23. Nd3 (23. Nd3 Rc2 24. Nxc5 Rxc4
25. Be3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-02"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1978.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 (4. Ngf3) 4... Qxd5 (4... exd5) 5. Ngf3
cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 (10... a6) 11.
c3 (11. b3 $1) 11... Bd7 12. Qf3 Qc7 13. Bb3 Bd6 14. h3 Be5 15. Bg5 (15. Re1 {
/\} Bxd4 $6 (15... O-O 16. Bg5 Bxd4 $5 (16... h6) (16... Rad8) 17. cxd4 Bc6 18.
Qd3 $14 (18. Qc3 $14)) 16. cxd4 Bc6 $2 17. d5 $1) 15... Bxd4 $5 16. cxd4 Bc6
17. Qe3 (17. Qc3 $2 Ne4 $1) 17... Nd5 18. Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Wereldschaaktoernooi"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1950.11.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1950.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. Qe2 (9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bf4 Bf6 12. c3 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4
14. cxd4 Ne7 15. Rfe1 b5 16. Bb3 Bb7 {Szabo-Stahlberg/Helsinki ol 1952/1/2-1/2}
) 9... Bf6 10. Rd1 Nge7 (10... a6 $2 11. Nbxd4 Bxd4 (11... Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4
13. Be3 $16) 12. Be3 Nge7 13. Bxd4 (13. Nxd4 $14) 13... Nxd4 14. Rxd4 Qc7 15.
Rad1 $14 O-O 16. Qe5 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 $16 {Stahlberg/Awerbach-Stahlberg/
Saltsjöbaden izt/1952}) 11. c3 (11. Nbxd4 Bxd4 12. Be3 e5 13. c3 Bg4) (11.
Nfxd4 $1 Bxd4 (11... Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Be3) 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qe3 $14)
11... a6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nfxd4 Qc7 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Bc5 Be7 16. Qe3 Bxc5 17.
Qxc5 Bd7 18. Qd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Modesto"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gulko} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Nxd5 7.
N2f3 Be7 (7... a6 $5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O Qc7 $13) 8. Bd3 (8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 b5 (
9... Bf6 10. O-O Nc6 (10... Bd7 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. Qxe5
Ne7 15. b3 {1/2-1/2 Jansa,V-Nogueiras,J/Andorra op (07)/1995}) 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Re1 Ba6 13. c3 Qb6 14. Qa4 Bd3 15. Nd2 Rfd8 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Rd1 Be2 18. Rd2
Bb5 19. Qc2 f5 20. c4 Nb4 21. Qb3 fxe4 22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Bxe4 Rac8 24. Rxd8+
Rxd8 25. Be3 {1-0 Yemelin,V-Nikitin,An/St.Petersburg Chigorin (02)/1995 (32)})
10. O-O a6 11. Qe2 Bf6 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. a4 b4 14. a5 Qc5 15. Bg5 Ra7 16. Bxf6
Nxf6 17. Nb3 Qe7 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Rd4 Rc8 $10 {Kengis,E-Gulko,B/
Riga/1995/}) (8. Be2 a6 $1 9. c4 Nf6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Re1 $2 (11. Qc2 $142 {/\}
e5 $6 12. Nf5) 11... e5 $1 $15 {0-1 Eingorn,V-Dreev,A/Luzern/1993 (29)}) (8.
Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. c3 Bf6 11. Re1 Nce7 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Qc2 Ng6
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. g3 f5 18. Bf1 Nf6 19. Bg2 {1/2-1/2 Eingorn,
V-Nogueiras,J/Capablanca mem-A (07)/1986 (39)}) 8... O-O (8... Nd7 9. O-O (9.
c4 N5f6 10. O-O a6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. b3 b6 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Bc2 O-O-O $5 15. a3
Bd6 16. b4 g5 17. c5 bxc5 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Rfc1 g4 20. Ng5 {0-1 Sherzer,
A-Remlinger,L/New York op (07)/1991 (56)}) 9... O-O 10. c4 N5f6 11. Bf4 $1 $14
{1-0 Spasov,V-Dreev,A/Moscow olm/1994 (38)}) 9. O-O Bf6 $6 {This move has one
flaw, since it doesn't continue with the development of pieces.} (9... b6) (
9... Nd7 $142 {Gulko}) 10. c4 Nb4 11. Be4 Qe7 12. a3 (12. Qe2 N8c6 13. Be3 Bd7
14. Rfd1 Nxd4 {Torre-Kortschnoj/Nice ol/1974/0,5-0,5}) 12... N4c6 13. Nxc6 Nxc6
14. Qc2 g6 15. Be3 Rd8 (15... a5 $1 {Gulko} 16. Rfd1 e5 $14) 16. Rad1 Rxd1 17.
Rxd1 a5 $2 {Overambitious, since black still has some way to go, before he has
all the pieces out.} (17... e5 18. b4 Bg4 19. Bc5 $14) 18. c5 a4 (18... e5 {
Gulko} 19. Rd6 $1) 19. Rd6 Bd7 20. h4 $1 Na5 (20... Ne5 21. Bg5 $1 Nxf3+ 22.
Bxf3 Bxg5 23. hxg5 Bc6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Qd2 $16) 21. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 (21... Bc6 {
Gulko} 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Bxc6 Nxc6 24. Rd7 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Rxb7 Rc8 $16)
22. hxg5 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Nxc6 24. Qd2 e5 (24... Rd8 25. Ne5 $1 Rxd6 26. cxd6 Qd8
27. Nxc6 bxc6 28. d7 $18) 25. Nh2 $1 {Very fine manouver, the N will be
extremely strong on f6.} Nd4 (25... Rd8 26. Ng4) 26. Ng4 Rd8 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28.
Qe3 $1 Nf5 (28... Rxd6 29. cxd6 Qxd6 $4 30. Ne8+ $18) (28... Nc6 29. Qh3) 29.
Rxd8 Qxd8 (29... Nxe3 30. Rg8#) 30. Qxe5 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qd4 32. Nh5+ $1 Kf8 33.
Qb8+ Ke7 34. Qxb7+ Kd8 35. Qb8+ Ke7 36. Nf6 Qh4+ 37. Kg1 Qxg5 38. Qe5+ Kd8 (
38... Kf8 39. Nd7+ Kg8 40. Qe8+ Kg7 41. Qf8#) 39. Qe8+ Kc7 40. Nd5+ Kb7 41.
Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.04"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Popovic, Petar"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia & Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. Qe2 Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 a6 (9... Be7) 10. O-O-O h6 $6 (10... b5 $5 11. Bd3 Be7 $1 (11...
Bb7) 12. Kb1 (12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qd5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Kb1 Qc5 $1 16. Be4
Ra7 17. Qd3 {Ivanov,VL-Zakharov,A/RUS/1994/} Rc7 18. Rhe1 g6 $15 {Ivanov,VL/})
12... e5 13. h3 Be6 14. Rhe1 Rc8 $1 {Smagin,S-Marjanovic,S/YUG/1994/0:1/43/}
15. Bh4 $1 Nd7 16. Bg3 $44 {Smagin/}) 11. Nbxd4 $1 hxg5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Rxd6
Bxd6 14. Bxe6 $16 Kd8 (14... Kf8 $5 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. Qc4 Bf4+ 17. Kb1 Ne7 18.
Qb4 $36) (14... Bxe6 $2 15. Qxe6+ Be7 16. Re1 $16) 15. Qd2 $1 Ne4 (15... Bxe6
16. Qxd6+ Bd7 17. Nxg5 $16) 16. Qd5 Bxe6 17. Qxe6 Re8 18. Qf7 Re7 19. Qf8+ Re8
20. Qxg7 Re7 21. Qg8+ (21. Qf8+ $5 Re8 22. Qf5 Bf4+ 23. Kb1 Nxf2 24. Rf1 Ne4
25. h4 Kc7 26. hxg5 $16) 21... Re8 22. Qg7 Re7 23. Qg8+ Re8 24. Qg6 Kc7 25. Re1
Bf4+ 26. Kb1 Rad8 27. a3 $1 Nc3+ 28. bxc3 Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 Rd1+ 30. Ka2 Rxe1 31.
h4 $1 $16 (31. g3 Bd2 32. Qd3 Bc1 $16) (31. h4 $1 Re2 (31... gxh4 $4 32. Qf7+
$18) 32. hxg5 $1 (32. Qf7+ $6 Kb6 33. g3 Rxc2+ 34. Kb1 Rc1+ 35. Kb2 Rf1 36.
gxf4 Rxf2+ 37. Kc1 gxh4 $16) 32... Rxf2 33. Qf7+ Kb6 34. g6 Be3 (34... Bg3 35.
Qb3+ Ka7 36. g7 Ne7 37. Qe6 $1 (37. g8=Q Nxg8 38. Qxg8 Rxc2+ 39. Kb3 Rxg2 $16)
37... Bh4 38. Qe4 $18) 35. Qe6 Bc5 36. g7 Rxc2+ 37. Kb3 Rxg2 38. g8=Q Rxg8 39.
Qxg8 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winterthur"]
[Site "Winterthur"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Kelecevic, Nedeljko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Gallagher,J"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {A couple of weeks ago in Biel I played 3. Nc3
against the same opponent, but didn't achieve very much from the opening. So
it was time for a change.} c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6
8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 {This is all very
well known, but it seems like a very risky line for Black to me. 12...Bd7 is
an alternative.} 13. Nf5 $1 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 Kf8 $2 {This has been played quite a
few times, but it seems to lose by force. 14...0-0 is the only chance, when 15.
Nxg7 gives white a strong attack.} 15. g3 exf5 {Speelman one beat Psakhis with
15...Bxg3, but it's completely unsound.} 16. Bf4 Qc6+ 17. Kxh2 Be6 18. Bd6+ $1
{18. Qd6+ gives white a good ending, but the text is even stronger.} Ke8 {[#]}
(18... Kg8 $2 19. Rxe6 $1) 19. c4 $3 {White plans to support the pride of his
position - the bishop on d6. Less good is 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Rxe6 Kf7 21. Re7+
Kg6, when Black has no problems.} Rd8 {The first new move of the game!
Adams-Pomes, Barcelona 1991, went:} (19... h5 20. c5 h4 21. f3 $1 (21. Ba4 $4
hxg3+ 22. Kxg3 f4+ $1 23. Kxf4 Rh4+ 24. Kg3 Rxa4) 21... Kd8 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23.
Rxe6 {with advantage to white.}) (19... Ne4 20. c5 Nxc5 {White has several
tempting continuations, one being:} (20... Nxd6 21. cxd6 $1 Kd7 22. Rc1 Qxd6
23. Qf3 {is crushing.}) 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Rc1 Qb6 23. Rc7 $1 Qxc7 $1 24. Kh1 {
and wins.}) 20. c5 b5 {Insufficient, but white was threatening 21. Ba4.} 21.
Bxe6 fxe6 {[#]} 22. Qb3 Kf7 (22... Nd5 {loses to:} 23. Rxe6+) (22... Qd5 23.
Rxe6+ Kd7 (23... Kf7 24. Rxf6+) 24. Re7+ {is also the end.}) 23. Rxe6 Kg6 {[#]}
24. Be7 $1 {24. g4 is interesting, but unnecessarily complicated.} Qc8 25. Bxd8
Rxd8 26. c6 Rd4 27. Rae1 h5 28. Qf3 h4 29. R1e5 hxg3+ 30. Kg2 $1 (30. fxg3 Qh8+
{is not as clear.}) (30. Kg2 $1 {A possible finish:} Kf7 (30... f4 31. Qh5#)
31. Qxf5 Rd8 32. Rxf6+ gxf6 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qe7+ Kg8 35. Qxf6) 1-0

[Event "Astana"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2827"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Re1 $5 $146 Be7 (8... Nc6 $5) 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 Nc6 11. Nxd4 O-O (11... e5
$5 $13) 12. Bf4 Qc5 13. Nxc6 $6 (13. Bd3 $1 {Kasparov,G.} Rd8 (13... Nb4 14.
Nb3 $16) (13... Nxd4 14. Rxd4 Bf6 15. Rc4 (15. Rd6 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Be5 17. Bxh7+
Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Bxe5 b6 $11) 15... Qd5 16. Qe2 b5 17. Rb4 (
17. Rc7 Bb7) 17... a6 18. Rd1 $16) (13... Bd7 14. Nb5 Nb4 15. Be3 Qc8 16. Rc4 (
16. Nxa7 Qb8) 16... Qd8 17. Rd4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 (18. Rxd3 Bxb5 19. Rxd8 Rfxd8 $14
) 18... Bxb5 19. Qxb5 $16) 14. Nxc6 (14. Nb5 a6 15. Nc7 Rb8) 14... Qxc6 15. Qe2
(15. Qh5 g6 (15... Rd5 16. Re5 g6 17. Qe2 Rxe5 18. Bxe5 Bd7 $14) 16. Qe2 (16.
Qh6 Bf6 17. Be5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 b6 19. Rh5 (19. Be4 Qd6) 19... Rxd3) 16... Bf6
17. Rc4 (17. Be5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Qd6 $11) 17... Qb6 18. Rb1 (18. Be5 Bxe5 19.
Qxe5 Bd7 $11) 18... Qa5 (18... e5 19. Bxe5 (19. Be3 Qd6 20. Qf3 $14) 19... Bxe5
20. Qxe5 Be6 21. Ra4 $16) 19. Bc7 Qxa2 20. Rd1 $40) 15... Bf6 16. Rc4 Qb6 17.
Rb1 $14 (17. c3 e5)) (13. Nb5 $6 a6 14. Be3 (14. Nc7 Rb8) 14... Qf5) 13... Qxc6
14. Bd3 (14. Qe2 a6) 14... b5 $1 15. a4 (15. c4 b4 16. Rd4 (16. Re1 Bb7 17. Be4
Qc8 18. Bxb7 Qxb7) 16... Bb7 17. Be4 Qc8 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Rd7 $140 Qe4 20.
Rxe7 Qxf4 $11 21. c5 $6 Qg5) 15... a6 (15... bxa4 16. Rexa4 (16. Rc4 Qb6) 16...
Bb7 17. Be4 $14) 16. Re3 Bb7 (16... Rd8 $5) (16... f5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8
Qxa8 19. Bxb5) 17. Be4 Qxe4 (17... Qc8 $1 18. Bxh7+ (18. Rc3 Bxe4 19. Rxc8
Raxc8 $11) 18... Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Rh3 f5 (20... f6 21. Qh7+ Kf7 22. Rg3
Ke8 (22... Rg8 23. Qg6+ Kf8 24. Bh6) 23. Rxg7 Qd7 24. h4 $40) 21. Qh7+ (21. Be5
Rf6 $17 (21... Bf6 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Bxf6 Kxf6 24. Rg3 Rg8 $17)) 21... Kf7 22.
Qh5+ Kg8 $11 (22... g6 23. Qh7+ Ke8 24. Qxg6+ Kd7 (24... Kd8 25. Bg5 $40) 25.
Rc3 $18)) (17... Qb6 {Kasparov,G} 18. a5 Qa7 19. Bxh7+ (19. Bd3 Qc5 (19... Rad8
20. Qh5 g6 21. Qh6) 20. Qg4 (20. Be5 g6) 20... Rad8 21. Be5 g6 $11) 19... Kxh7
20. Rh3+ Kg8 21. Qh5 f5 (21... f6 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Rg3 Rg8 24. Qg6+ Kf8 25. Bh6
Bd5 26. Bxg7+ Rxg7 27. Qh6 $16) 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Qh5+ Kg8 $11 (23... g6 24.
Qh7+ Ke8 25. Qxg6+ Kd7 26. Rd1+ Bd5 27. Re3 $40)) 18. Rxe4 Bxe4 19. Qe2 Bd5 $6
(19... Bg6 20. h4 Rac8 21. h5 (21. c3 Rfd8 22. axb5 Bd3 23. Qf3 Bxb5) 21...
Bxc2 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qxb5 Rfd8 24. Qb7 $36) (19... Bc6 20. axb5 axb5 $11) 20.
h4 $3 Rac8 (20... b4 21. Rd1 $1 (21. Bg5 f6 22. Be3 Rfc8 23. Bd4 Rc4 24. Rd1
Rac8 25. Rd2 b3) 21... Rfd8 (21... Bf6 22. Bd6 Rfc8 23. Bxb4 Rc4 24. c3 Rxh4
25. a5 $16 (25. f3 a5)) 22. Be5 (22. Bc7 Rdc8 (22... Rd7 23. Be5) 23. Rxd5 exd5
(23... Rxc7 $11) 24. Qxe7 Ra7) 22... Bf8 (22... f6 23. Bc7) 23. h5 f6 (23... h6
24. Qg4 Rac8 25. Rd3) 24. Bd4 h6 25. c4 bxc3 26. Bxc3 $14) 21. axb5 axb5 22.
Bg5 Bd6 (22... f6 23. Be3 b4 (23... Rf7 24. Ra7) (23... Bc5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25.
Ra7) 24. Ra7 Rf7 25. Qb5 $36) 23. Ra6 Bb8 (23... Bc4 24. Qe1 Bc5 25. b4) (23...
Bc5 $1 24. Qxb5 Bc4 25. Qa4 Bxa6 26. Qxa6 Ra8 (26... Bxf2+ $1 27. Kxf2 Rxc2+
28. Kf3 Rxb2 $14) 27. Qc6 Rfc8 28. Qd7 Bxf2+ $1 (28... h6 29. Bf4 Rd8 30. Qc6
Ra1+ 31. Kh2 Bxf2 32. b4 $36) 29. Kxf2 Rxc2+ 30. Kf3 Rxb2 $11) 24. Be7 Rfe8 25.
Bd6 Red8 (25... b4 26. b3 Bxd6 27. Rxd6 Red8 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Qb5) 26. Bxb8
Rxb8 27. Ra3 (27. Ra7 $1 b4 28. Qh5 Rf8 29. Qg5 Rbc8 30. h5 h6 31. Qd2 Rc4 $16)
27... Rb7 28. Rg3 f6 29. Rg4 Rc8 30. Rd4 (30. b3 f5) (30. h5 {Kasparov,G} h6
31. b3 b4 32. Qd2 Kh8 33. Rxb4 Rxc2 $11) 30... Rbc7 31. Qxb5 Rxc2 32. b4 h6 33.
Rg4 f5 34. Rg6 $6 Kh7 35. h5 R2c7 36. Qd3 Rb7 37. Qg3 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Rc4 39. b5
Rb4 40. Rxe6 Bxe6 $6 (40... Rg4 $1 41. Qe5 Bxe6 42. Qxe6 Rxb5 43. g3 Rg5 44.
Qe8 $1 Rb2 45. Kg2 Rb4 (45... Rc2 46. Qf7) (45... Rd2 46. Qf7) 46. Kh3 f4 47.
g4 f3 48. Qc8 $11) 41. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. Qe2 Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 a6 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Bd5 (14... O-O 15. h4 (15. Nf3) (15. Rhe1 Qxd4 $5 16. Bxh7+ Nxh7 17. Rxd4 Bxg5
18. f4 Bf6 19. Rdd1 g6 20. g4 Rac8 21. f5 exf5 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Qd3 Be4 24.
Rxe4 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Kh8 26. a3 {1/2-1/2 Sermek,D-Naumkin,I/Porto San Giorgio
1999}) 15... Bd5 16. Rhe1 Ra7 17. g4 Qc7 18. Be3 Rb7 19. g5 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4
21. Qg4 Bd5 22. h5 Qc4 23. b3 Qc8 24. Bc1 f5 25. Qe2 Bb4 26. Bd2 Bc5 27. Bc3
Be7 28. Nxe6 Be4 29. Bxg7 Re8 30. f3 Bb4 31. fxe4 Qxe6 32. c3 Rxg7 33. cxb4
fxe4 34. Qe3 Qf5 35. h6 Rf7 36. Rd4 Qg6 37. Kb2 Rf3 38. Qe2 Rf4 39. Qc2 Qf5 40.
Re2 Rc8 41. Qd2 Qe5 42. Ka3 a5 43. bxa5 e3 44. Rd8+ Rxd8 45. Qxd8+ Rf8 46. Qb6
Re8 47. Qf6 Qc7 48. Kb2 b4 49. a6 Qd7 50. Qf4 Qe7 51. Qc4+ Kh8 52. Qd4+ {
1-0 Adams,M-Buhmann,R/Luebeck GER 2003}) (14... Qc5 15. h4 $1 $146 {White
protects his bishop and also prepares pawns attack on the kingside, in case of
Black's short castle.} O-O 16. Rhe1 {with the threats 17.Nf5 and 17.Ne6.} Rfe8
(16... Rfd8 17. Nf5 exf5 18. Qxe7 Qxe7 19. Rxe7 Bxg2 20. Rg1 Kf8 21. Re5 Be4
22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rxe4 $16) 17. Nf3 {The knight goes to active
location on e5.} h6 18. Ne5 $1 {White plays Ne5 anyway, as the bishop
sacrifice is temprorar.} hxg5 19. hxg5 g6 20. gxf6 ({White doesn't have any
tactical decision:} 20. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 21. Qxe6+ Kg7 22. gxf6+ Bxf6 23. Qg4 g5) (
20. Bxg6 $2 fxg6 21. Qd3 Ne4 22. Rxe4 Rad8 23. Rd4 Qxe5) 20... Bxf6 21. f4 $1
$40 Rad8 ({after} 21... Bxe5 22. fxe5 {White will move his rook from e1 to f6
in order to attack black pawns f7 and g6, while black bishop will not be able
to come to the kingside and protect his king.}) 22. Qg4 Bg7 (22... Qf8 {
was more resistable, but White has a way to organize a decisive attack:} 23.
Rh1 Qg7 24. Rde1 Rd4 25. Nxg6 $1 fxg6 26. Bxg6 Rb4 27. Rh7 $18) 23. Nxf7 $1
Kxf7 ({Black looses also in case of} 23... Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Qf2 25. Nh6+ Kf8 26.
Rxe6 Rxe6 27. Rd8+ Ke7 28. Re8+ Kxe8 29. Qxe6+ Kd8 30. Nf7+ Kc7 31. Qd6+ {
with mate.}) 24. Bxg6+ Kf8 25. Rxd8 {and Black resigned, because after} Rxd8
26. Qxe6 {1-0 Rozentalis,E-Luther,T/Panormo 2001/CBM 84 ext/[Rozentalis] (26)
there is no defence from Qf7 or Qe8.}) (14... O-O) 15. Nf3 (15. Rhe1 Bxa2+ 16.
Kxa2 Qxd4 17. Kb1 Qc5 18. f4 h6 (18... O-O 19. f5 Rae8 20. h4 h6 (20... Bd8 21.
Qf3) 21. Be3 Qc6 (21... Qe5 22. Qf3) (21... Qc8 22. g4 Nd5 23. g5) 22. g4 exf5
23. Bxf5 (23. g5 Bc5) 23... Nd5) 19. Qf3 Rc8 (19... O-O 20. Bh4 (20. Re5 Qc7
21. Qh3 hxg5 22. fxg5 Qxe5 23. gxf6 g6 24. fxe7 Rfe8) 20... Rfd8 21. f5 exf5
22. Bf2 Qc7 23. Bxf5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 (24... Re8)) 20. Qh3 Rd8 (20... O-O 21.
Re5 Qb4 (21... Qc6 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qxh6 $18) 22. Bxh6 Nd5 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24.
Rexd5 exd5 (24... Bf6 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rg5+ Bxg5 27. fxg5 $18)) (20... Qc7
21. f5 e5 22. Bc1 e4) 21. f5 e5 22. Be3 Qc6 23. Bc1 Rd5 (23... e4 $1 24. Bxe4
Nxe4 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 (25... Bxd8 26. Qd3 O-O 27. Rxe4 Bf6 $11) 26. Qe3 Bd6 27.
Qxe4 (27. Qd4 Re8) 27... Qxe4 28. Rxe4 Bxh2 $17) 24. Re3 Qd6 (24... Bc5 25. Rg3
Kf8) 25. Rde1 Kf8 (25... O-O $5 26. Rg3 Rd8 27. Bxh6 (27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. Bxh6+
Kh8) 27... Bf8 28. Bg5 $13) 26. g4 Nh7 (26... Kg8 27. Qg3) 27. Qg3 e4 $138 (
27... Bg5 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Nf6 30. h3 Bxc1 31. Kxc1 Kg8 32. h4) 28. Rxe4
Qxg3 29. hxg3 Rd7 30. Bf4 Nf6 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Bd6 Ng8 33. c4 bxc4 34. Bxc4
Ke8 35. Bxe7 Nxe7 36. Bxa6 Kd7 37. Rd1+ Kc7 38. Bb5 Rd8 39. Rxd8 Kxd8 40. Kc2
Kc7 41. Kc3 f6 42. Be2 Kd6 (42... Nc6 43. Kc4 Kd6 44. b4 Ne5+ 45. Kb5 Nc6 46.
Bd1 Kc7 47. Kc5 Ne5 48. Be2) 43. Bf3 g6 44. fxg6 Nxg6 45. Kd4 Ne5 46. Bd1 Nc6+
47. Ke4 Ne7 48. Bb3 Kc5 49. Bf7 Kb4 50. Kd4 f5 (50... Kb5 51. b3 Kb4 52. Bc4
Nc6+ 53. Kd5 Ne5 54. Ke6 Nxg4 55. Kf5 Nf2 56. Bd5 Kc5 57. Bf3) 51. Ke5 fxg4 52.
Kf4 Nc8 (52... Nc6 53. Bg8) 53. Kxg4 Nd6 54. Be6 Ne4 55. Kf4 Nc5 (55... Nf2 56.
b3) 56. Kf5 Nd3 57. b3 (57. Kg6 Nxb2 58. Kxh6 Nd3 59. g4 Kc5 60. g5 Nf4 61. Bg4
Kd6 62. Kg7 Ke5 63. Kf7 Ke4 64. Be6 Ke5 65. Bd7 Kd6) 57... Kc3 (57... Nf2) 58.
Bc4 Nc5 $2 (58... Nf2 $142 59. Kg6 Ne4 60. g4 Nf2 61. Kf5 Kd4 62. Be6 (62. Kf4)
62... Kc3 63. Bf7 Kb4 64. Kf4 Nd3+ 65. Kg3 Ne5 66. Bc4 Kc3 $11) 59. g4 Kd4 (
59... Nd7) 60. b4 $2 (60. Kg6 $18) 60... Nb7 $2 (60... Ne4 61. Ba6 Nf2 62. Be2
Nh3 63. b5 Kc5 64. Ke4 Ng5+ 65. Kf4 Nh3+) 61. Ba6 Nd6+ 62. Kg6 $18 {1-0 Hansen,
S-Glek,I/Esbjerg 2002/[,Glek] (62)}) (15. h4 Bxa2+ 16. Kxa2 Qxd4 17. Kb1 Qc5
18. Be3 Qc7 19. h5 Rd8 20. Qf3 Nd5 21. Bd4 Qf4 22. Bxg7 Rg8 23. h6 Qxf3 24.
gxf3 f5 25. c4 Nf4 26. Bc2 bxc4 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Rd1 Kf7 29. Rd6 a5 30. Ba4
Bg5 31. Rc6 Nh5 32. Bc3 Bxh6 33. Rxc4 Ra8 34. Bc6 Rc8 35. Bxa5 Nf6 36. Bc3 Bg7
37. b3 h5 38. Be5 h4 39. b4 {1/2-1/2 Gershon,A-Bromann,T/Kavala 2003}) 15...
O-O (15... Qc6 16. Ne5 Qb7 17. f3 O-O 18. Rhe1 Rfc8 19. c3 Qc7 20. Bc2 b4 21.
Rxd5 exd5 22. Qd3 g6 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. Rxe7 Qxh2 25. fxg4 Qxg2 26. cxb4 Rc4 27.
a3 Rxg4 28. Be3 d4 29. Bxd4 Rd8 30. Bc3 Qa8 31. Qf1 {1-0 Shaw,J-Jepson,C/
Torshavn 2003/CBM 93 ext (31)}) 16. Ne5 $146 (16. h4 b4 17. Ne5 a5 18. Rh3 Rfd8
19. Rg3 Kf8 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. Bxh7 b3 22. c4 bxa2+ 23. Kxa2 Bb7 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8
25. Bh6 gxh6 26. Qh5 Qxb2+ 27. Kxb2 Ba3+ 28. Kxa3 Nxh5 29. Rg8+ Ke7 30. Rxd8
Kxd8 31. g4 f6 32. Nf7+ Ke7 33. gxh5 Kxf7 34. Ka4 f5 35. Kxa5 Bf3 36. Bg6+ Ke7
37. Kb6 Kd7 38. Kc5 Ke7 39. Kd4 Kf6 40. Be8 e5+ 41. Kc3 f4 42. c5 Ke6 43. Kb4
e4 44. Bc6 Ke5 45. Kc3 Bxh5 46. Ba4 e3 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Rustemov,A/
Mondariz 2002}) 16... b4 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 $6 (17... Qc7 $142 18. f4 (18. Bc4 Rad8)
18... a5 19. f5 $14) 18. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kf8 (19... Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8
21. Qxf7+ Kh7 22. Rd3 $18) 20. f4 $1 (20. Bd3 Qxe5 21. Qxe5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Bxg2
$15) (20. Ng4 Bc3 $1 21. Rxd5 $2 exd5 22. bxc3 bxc3 $19) 20... g6 (20... Bxe5
21. fxe5 Qc6 22. Bd3 (22. Rf1 Bxg2 23. Rf4 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Qd5 $13) 22... Bxg2
23. Qh5 $18) 21. Bxg6 $1 $40 (21. Qg4 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Qc7 $1 23. Bxg6 (23. Rf1
Kg7 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Rf6 Be4 $1) 23... fxg6 24. Qxb4+ (24. Qxg6 Qg7 $17) 24...
Kg7 $15) 21... fxg6 22. Nxg6+ Kg8 (22... Kf7 23. Qh5 Kg8 (23... Kg7 24. Rd3 $5
(24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Qc5 26. Rd3 Bxa2+ 27. Kxa2 Qa5+ 28. Kb1 Rxd3 29. cxd3 b3
30. Qg5+ Kh7 31. Qe7+ Kh8 32. Qf6+ Kh7) (24. Qg4 Kf7 (24... Qc5 25. Ne7+ Kf8 (
25... Kf7 26. Nxd5 exd5 27. Qe6+ Kg7 28. Rd3 $18) 26. Nxd5 exd5 (26... Rxd5 27.
Qxe6 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 $16) 27. Qf5 Rd6 28. g4 (28. Re6 Rxe6 29. Qxe6 Bd4) 28...
Qc8 29. Qh5 (29. Rxd5 Qxf5 30. Rxf5 Re8) 29... Bg7 (29... d4 30. g5 Bg7 31. f5
$40) 30. Rxd5 (30. Re2) 30... Rxd5 31. Qxd5 $16 Bxb2 32. Qd6+ Kg8 33. Re7 $18)
25. Ne5+ (25. f5 exf5 26. Qxf5 Be6 27. Qh5 Qxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Kxg6
30. Qe1 Rd8 31. a3 Bg4 32. Ka2 (32. Qg3 Kh5 33. Ka2 Be6+ 34. b3 $13) 32... bxa3
33. Kxa3) (25. h4 Qc6 26. Qh5) (25. Qh5 $1 {- 23.Qh5}) 25... Kf8 (25... Ke7 26.
Qg6 Bxe5 27. fxe5 Qc5) 26. Qg6 Qe7) (24. g4 $2 Rh8) 24... Ra7 25. g4 (25. Rg3
Be4) (25. Ne5 Kg8 26. Qg6+ Bg7) 25... Kg8 26. g5 Bg7 27. Qe2 Qc5 (27... Rad7
28. f5 (28. h4 Qc5) 28... exf5 29. Ne7+) 28. f5 (28. h4 Rad7 29. f5 exf5 30.
Ne7+ Kf8 31. Nxf5 Bf7 32. Rxd7 Rxd7) 28... exf5 29. Ne7+ Rxe7 (29... Kf8 $2 30.
Nxd5) 30. Qxe7 Qxe7 31. Rxe7 f4 32. Re1 Kf7 33. h4 $16) 24. f5 $1 (24. Rd3 Ra7
$11) (24. Qg4 Kf7 25. Qh5 $11) 24... e5 (24... exf5 25. Qxf5 Re8 (25... Qc6 26.
Qg4 Kf7 27. Ne5+ $18) 26. Rf1 $18) 25. g4 (25. Rd3 e4) 25... Qd7 (25... Rac8
26. g5 Rxc2 27. gxf6 Rxh2 28. f7+ Kxf7 (28... Kg7 29. Rxd5 Qxd5 30. Qxh2 Qd3+
31. Qc2 $18) 29. Nh4+ Ke7 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. Ng6+ Kf6 32. Qxh2 Qd3+ 33. Qc2 $18)
26. g5 (26. b3 Rac8 27. Nxe5 Qh7 (27... Qg7 28. Qg6 Qxg6 29. Nxg6 Bf3 30. Rd3
Rxd3 31. cxd3 Rd8 32. g5 Bc3 33. Re3 Bg4 34. h4 $13)) (26. Nxe5 $2 Bxe5 27.
Rxe5 Bxa2+ 28. Ka1 (28. Kxa2 Qa4+ 29. Kb1 Rxd1#) 28... Qxd1+ 29. Kxa2 Qd7 30.
Re6 Qa4+) 26... Qxf5 27. Nh4 Bf7 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Nxf5 Rxd1+ (29... Bxg5 $44)
30. Rxd1 Bxg5 31. Nd6+ Ke6 32. Ne4 Bf4 $44) 23. Qg4 Bg7 $6 (23... Kf7 24. Qh5 {
-22...Kf7}) (23... Ra7 24. Rxd5 $1 exd5 25. Ne7+ $18) 24. Rxd5 $1 $18 exd5 25.
Ne7+ Kf7 (25... Kh8 26. Re6 $18) (25... Kf8 26. Re6 $18) 26. Qh5+ (26. Nf5 Qf6
27. Nxg7 (27. Re7+ Kf8 28. Rxg7 Re8 29. Kc1 Qe6 $16)) 26... Kf8 27. Qh7 $1 Qxe7
(27... Kf7 28. Nf5 Qf6 (28... Qg6 29. Re7+) (28... Qf8 29. Nh6+ Kf6 30. Qf5#)
29. Re7+ Kf8 30. Rxg7 $18) 28. Rxe7 Kxe7 29. Qxg7+ Kd6 30. Qd4 Rab8 (30... a5
31. Qb6+ Ke7 32. f5 Re8 33. Kc1 Kd7 34. f6 $18) 31. Qf6+ Kc5 32. Qxa6 b3 $138
33. Qa5+ Kc6 34. Qc3+ Kd6 35. axb3 Re8 36. b4 Rbc8 37. Qd2 Re4 38. c3 Rce8 39.
Ka2 d4 40. cxd4 Re3 41. b5 Ra8+ 42. Kb1 Rb3 43. Qe2 Kd5 44. Qe5+ Kc4 45. Qc5+
1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 53rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2018.05.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Golubev,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 ({A more often used move is} 
5. Ngf3) 5... Nf6 6. Ngf3 Qxc5 (6... Bxc5 {is playable as well:} 7. Bd3 ({
another important line is} 7. Bc4 Qc6 $5) 7... O-O 8. Qe2 (8. O-O b6 9. Nb3 $5)
8... Nbd7 9. Ne4 b6 10. Nxc5 Qxc5 (10... Nxc5 $5) 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Bd4 Bb7 13.
O-O-O Nc5 $5 14. Be5 Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 (15. Qxd3 $11) 15... Qc4 $132 16. Nd4 Be4
$1 17. Re3 (17. Rg3 Qxe2 18. Nxe2 $11) 17... Qxa2 18. Bxf6 Bg6 $1 19. Ra3 Qd5
20. h4 $2 (20. Be5 f6 $1) 20... gxf6 21. h5 Qxd4 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Rah3 f5 $17
{Kasparov-Anand, Reggio Emilia 1991/92.}) 7. Bd3 $1 Nbd7 8. O-O Qc7 {Black is
extremely solid.} 9. Re1 $5 Be7 (9... Nc5 $5 10. Bb5+ $140 Bd7) 10. Ne4 b6 $5
11. Nxf6+ (11. g3 Bb7 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Bb5+ Bc6 15. Bxc6+ Qxc6
16. Ne5 Qb7 17. c4 O-O 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 $11 {Naiditsch-Svane, Basel 2015})
(11. Nd4 $5) 11... Nxf6 (11... Bxf6 12. Ng5 Nc5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15.
Qxd7+ Nxd7 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Bf4 {(Naiditsch-Zhao Jun, Danzhou 2014) was
marginally better for White.}) 12. Ne5 (12. Bd2 $5 O-O 13. Bc3 $11) 12... O-O
13. Qf3 ({More ambitious but no better objectively than} 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Qe2
$11) 13... Bd6 ({Even simpler than} 13... Bb7 14. Qh3 Rfd8 15. Bg5 Rd5 $1 16.
Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxh7+ (17. Ng4 Bxb2 $5) 17... Kf8 18. f4 Rd4 $44 {
Fridman-Bluebaum, ch-GER Verden an der Aller 2014.}) 14. Qg3 Bb7 15. Bh6 $2 {
A serious mistake.} ({The correct move was} 15. b3 $11) 15... Nh5 16. Qg5 f5 $1
17. Qxh5 Bxe5 18. Bc1 $17 {And White got a clearly worse position. Still,
Shankland almost allowed his opponent to escape in the further play.} Rf6 $5
19. Bf1 Rg6 $5 20. c3 Rd8 $6 21. Bg5 $1 Rd5 (21... Rf8 $1) 22. Rad1 b5 $5 23.
h4 (23. Rxd5 $5 Bxd5 24. g3 ({But} 24. Bxb5 {is riskier:} Bxg2 $1 25. Be8))
23... Bh2+ 24. Kh1 Bf4 (24... Bd6 $1 {is preferable}) 25. Kg1 $6 (25. Bxf4 Qxf4
26. Kg1 $1 $11) 25... a6 $6 26. a3 $6 ({Again missing a good opportunity:} 26.
Bxf4 Qxf4 27. b3 $1 $11 ({rather than} 27. Re3 $6 Qh6 28. Qxh6 Rxd1 $3)) 26...
Bxg5 (26... Bd6 $5) 27. hxg5 Qe7 28. Rd4 $6 ({White had to play} 28. Qh2) 28...
Rxd4 29. cxd4 Qd8 $1 {A precise move. Black obtains a big advantage again.} (
29... Rxg5 $2 {wouldn't work well because of} 30. Rxe6 $1 $11) 30. Qh2 Bd5 $1
$17 31. Rc1 ({If} 31. f4 h6 $1) 31... Rxg5 32. Qe5 h5 33. Rc3 Rg4 34. f3 Rg6
35. Qf4 h4 36. Kf2 Qf6 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Rc7 Rh6 $6 ({A strong hidden idea was} 
38... h3 $1 $19 39. gxh3 $140 e5 $3 40. Qxe5 (40. dxe5 Qb6+) 40... Qh4+ 41. Ke2
Re6) 39. Ke3 $6 h3 $1 40. gxh3 Rh4 41. Qe5 Qg5+ 42. Kf2 Qd2+ ({Playing for an
attack,} 42... Rh6 $1 {was more or less crushing, but this is a difficult move
to make.}) 43. Be2 Qxd4+ 44. Qxd4 Rxd4 $17 {Despite all omissions, Black has a
healthy extra pawn in the endgame.} 45. Ke3 Rh4 46. Bf1 Kg6 47. b4 ({A more
stubborn try would have been} 47. f4 $5) 47... f4+ 48. Kf2 Rh8 $1 49. Ra7 Ra8
50. Rc7 Kf6 51. Bd3 g5 52. Be2 Rb8 53. Bd3 Rb6 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Grivas,E"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd8 (6... Qd6 {
is more common, but Mikhail Gurevich likes to explore rare lines.}) 7. O-O Nc6
8. Nb3 a6 ({Black alternatives are: a)} 8... Bd7 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc6 11.
Qe3 Qc7 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. h3 $14 {Lipp,M-Bockius,A/Mainz 1995.}) ({
b)} 8... e5 $2 9. Re1 $1 f6 (9... Bd6 10. Nbxd4 Nge7 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. Qxd8+ Nxd8
13. Nxe5 $16 {Leick,C-Hemmerling,F/Germany 1992}) (9... Qe7 10. Nbxd4 Bg4 11.
Nxc6 bxc6 12. h3 Rd8 13. Qe2 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 $18 {Rezek,A-Kanceljak,D/Pula 2000})
10. Nfxd4 $16 {Fuentes,A-Carrion,W/Florida Valle 1993.}) ({c)} 8... Be7 9. Qe2
Nf6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 a6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bh4 (14. Re1 Kh8 15.
Rad1 b5 16. Bd3 $14 {Foerster,R-Schmehl,T/Bad Zwesten 2006}) 14... Ne8 15. Bxe7
Qxe7 16. Rd3 Nd6 17. Bb3 $14 {Purdy,C-Martelli,R/Siegen 1970.}) 9. Qe2 ({
Probably the most dangerous set-up for Black. White wishes to place his rook
on d1, pressing Black's queen along the d-file. Not much is offered by} 9.
Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 (10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 {Feher,G-Chernin,A/
Hungary 2003}) 10... Qc7 11. Qe2 Nf6 12. Nf3 (12. Bg5 Bd7 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. Rfe1
O-O-O $13 {1/2-1/2 Szuk,B-Beliavsky,A/Hungary 1997}) 12... Bd6 13. Re1 b5 14.
Bd3 Bb7 15. a4 b4 16. Ne5 O-O $11 {Ponomariov,R-Chernin,A/Bled 1999}) ({or} 9.
Bf4 Bd6 10. Qd2 Nge7 11. Nbxd4 Bxf4 12. Qxf4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Ng6 14. Qe3 Qe7 15.
Nb3 O-O 16. Rad1 Bd7 17. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu,L-Gurevich,M/Port Barcares
2005.}) 9... b5 $6 ({This early expansion cannot be good as it weakens Black's
queenside. Modest but sensible seems to be} 9... Bd6 10. Rd1 Nge7 11. Nbxd4
Nxd4 12. Rxd4 $1 $14 (12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. Bg5 $13 {Acs,P-Tolnai,T/Budapest 1996.})
) 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qc7 14. c3 Bc5 $6 ({Black
was not keen on} 14... O-O 15. a4 $1 b4 16. cxb4 Bxb4 17. Bg5 $16 {but
probably he could not afford anything different. Moving the same piece twice
before you complete your development is not advisable.}) 15. Bg5 $1 ({Now} 15.
a4 $6 {is not working:} Bxd4 16. cxd4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Bb7 $13 {.}) 15... Bb7 $6 (
{Maybe Black had to try} 15... Bxd4 16. cxd4 Nd5 (16... Bb7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18.
Be4 Rc8 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. d5 $16) 17. Rac1 Qd6 18. Bh4 $1 O-O 19. Bg3 $16 {
and hope.}) 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Be4 $1 {Exchanging Black's most dangerous piece
is a welcome strategy. At the same time white's rook route to the kingside 
(Rd3-g3/h3) is prepared.} Bxe4 ({If Black tries to castle queenside with} 17...
O-O-O {then} 18. b4 Bd6 (18... Bxd4 19. cxd4 Kb8 20. a4) 19. a4 $1 {will ruin
his defence.}) 18. Qxe4 O-O 19. Qh4 $1 Rfd8 ({Black is forced to give-up his
valuable f-pawn:} 19... f5 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Qf6+ Kg8 22. Rd3 f4 23. Rh3 $18) (
19... Be7 20. Rd3 f5 21. Qh6 Bd6 22. Rh3 $18 {.}) 20. Qxf6 $6 ({More precise
was} 20. Rd3 $1 Rd5 21. Rh3 h5 22. Qxf6 $18 {.}) 20... Bf8 21. Rd3 Bg7 22. Qg5
(22. Rg3 $2 Qxg3 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8 24. hxg3 Bxd4 25. cxd4 Rxd4 $11 {was too naive
for a player of Adams calibre.}) 22... Qe5 23. Qg4 Rd6 24. Rg3 Rc8 25. Qh4 Kh8
({Although Black faces too many problems (pawn down, weak king) he should put
up a more stubborn defence with} 25... Rd7 $5 26. a3 Kh8 $16 {.}) 26. Qe7 $1 {
White's queen penetration will prove decisive.} Qc5 ({I think that Black's
last chance was} 26... Qd5 27. Qxf7 Bxd4 28. cxd4 Qxd4 29. h3 Qxb2 30. Re1 $16
{.}) 27. Re1 ({Also good is} 27. Rd3 Bxd4 28. cxd4 Qc1+ 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Qf6+
Kg8 31. Qg5+ Kh8 32. Rd3 $16 {.}) 27... Rf8 $6 (27... Bxd4 {was forced:} 28.
cxd4 Qxd4 29. Qxf7 Qe5 30. Rge3 Qxb2 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Qxe6 $16 {.}) 28. Nxe6 (
{Although the text-move wins,} 28. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 29. Re3 {finishes the game in
style.}) 28... Qe5 (28... Rxe6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Qxg7# {.}) 29. Rge3 $1 {
A painful defeat for Gurevich as he had to pack and return back home. His
opening handling needs to be re-examined.} 1-0

[Event "Wch U20 53rd"]
[Site "Pune"]
[Date "2014.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Grover, Sahaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Grover,S"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the sixth round of the World junior. I was doing
about ok here and was pitted against one of the top stars.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd8 {A relatively newer idea, it's
seldom played and quite effective for 1 game purposes.} 7. O-O a6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9.
Qe2 $1 {I think Nbxd4 is more obvious, but White doesn't achieve much there.} (
9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 $1 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. g3 Ne7 $1 {The whole point
behind delaying ...Nf6, since now White doesn't have tricks like playing
Bg5-Bxf6, or Nf3-Ne5, I think Black is very happy here.}) 9... b5 {Black needs
to be precise here.} (9... Nf6 $2 10. Rd1 b5 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Qc7 13.
Bd3 Bc5 14. Rh4 {and White can generate an attack on the kingside.}) 10. Bd3
Nf6 (10... Bb7 {is also playable I think, but somehow I wasn't so sure about
this} 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Nf6 14. Bf4 Qxf4 15. Bxb5+ Ke7 16.
Bc6 Ng4 17. g3 Qxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Bxc6 20. Nxc6+ Ke8 {and although
this endgame looks very dynamic, Black should be able to hold the fort
together.}) 11. Rd1 Bd6 12. a4 $5 (12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Be4 $5 O-O 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15.
Nbxd4 Bd5 $11 {Usually in such structures White's light-coloured bishop poses
a lot of problems. with it having been traded-off, Black's completely fine
here.}) (12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. c3 Bb7 15. a4 b4 $11 {Black is active
enough here.}) 12... b4 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Nfxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 O-O 16. Bh4 $5 {
This was a new move, but it transposed to what I had prepared, White's main
threat is to take on e6 now.} (16. Nxe6 $2 fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Bf1 Qa5 $1
$19) 16... Kh8 17. Nf3 Qc7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bxh7 {I had this position at home
with my king on g8, here I thought for a while if I should go for it via f5,
but after a long thought I decided to go with what I had already seen.} Kxh7 (
19... f5 $5 20. Rd4 $1 (20. Ng5 $2 Qc6 21. f3 Bf4 22. Nh3 Bh6 $19) 20... Kxh7
21. Qd2 Be7 22. Rd7 Qb6 23. Rxe7 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rad8 $11 {and because of the d4
invasion, Black probably survives.}) 20. Qd3+ f5 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Bxf3
23. gxf3 a5 {This was where my preparation ended. I had concluded that this
position was about equal. White is a pawn up, but I think Black's pawn
structure is just too solid, so it should just be a draw.} 24. Rc1 Rfc8 ({
Had I seen one more move, I would have played} 24... Rg8+ {as it's precise} 25.
Kh1 (25. Kf1 Kg6 26. c4 (26. Rd4 Rh8 27. h4 Rad8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Ke2 Rd4 30.
Rh1 b3 $1 $11) 26... bxc3 27. bxc3 Rh8 28. Kg2 Kf6 29. c4 Rag8+ 30. Kh1 Rh4 $11
) 25... Rad8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 $11) 25. Rd3 (25. c4 bxc3 26. Rxc3 Rxc3 27. bxc3 Rc8
28. Ra6 Rxc3 29. Rxa5 Rxf3 $11) 25... Rc4 26. b3 Rh4 27. c4 bxc3 28. Rcxc3 {
Not much can go wrong for Black now.} (28. Rdxc3 Rb4 29. Rd3 Kg6 30. Rc7 Kf6
$11) 28... Rg8+ 29. Kf1 Rxh2 30. Rd7 Kg6 31. Ke2 f4 {It was not difficult to
find a couple of correct moves here.} 32. Rc5 Rb8 33. Rd3 (33. Rb5 Rxb5 34.
axb5 Rh5 35. Rb7 Rd5 36. b6 Kf6) 33... Rh5 34. Rxh5 Kxh5 35. Rc3 Kh4 {I
offered him a draw here, he accepted, as neither one of us had any improvement.
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Ne4 Be7 10. O-O (10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Bh6
Be7 14. a3 b6 15. Rd1 Qc7 $13 {Chernyshov,K-Kiriakov,P Orel 1992}) 10... Qc7
11. Ng3 $5 {TN} (11. Bc4 Nf4 12. Qe3 Ng6 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 b5 15. Bd3 Nb4 $132
{Smirin,I-Dreev,A Borzhomi jn 1988}) 11... Bd7 $5 {[/\12...0-0-0<=>>>]} 12. c4
$6 (12. Be4 Nf6 $13) (12. Nh5 $5 O-O-O $5 (12... g6 13. c4 $1 Ndb4 (13... Nf6
14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bd6 $36) 14. Ng7+ Kf8 15. Bh6 Kg8 16. Be4 $1 Bf6
17. Nh5 gxh5 18. a3 $36) 13. c4 (13. Nxg7 $2 h5 {(/\14...Rdg8->)}) 13... Nf6
14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nxf6 gxf6 17. Rad1 Qc7 $13) 12... Nf4 13. Bxf4
Qxf4 14. Be4 Qc7 (14... O-O $2 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qd3+ Kg8 17. Qxd7 $16) 15.
Rad1 Rd8 {[/\16...0-0]} (15... O-O-O 16. a3 {(/\b2-b4-b5-><<)}) 16. Bxc6 Bxc6
17. Qe5 $6 (17. Ne5 O-O 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Ne4 $10) (17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Ne5 O-O
19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Rd1 Be7 21. Qd3 g6 $10 22. Qd7 $4 Rd8 $19) 17... Qxe5 18.
Nxe5 (18. Rxd8+ $6 Kxd8 $1 19. Nxe5 Be8 20. Rd1+ Kc7 $17) 18... O-O 19. Nxc6
bxc6 $15 20. Ne4 f5 $1 {[/\Kg8-f7,e6-e5,Kf7-e6->]} 21. Nc3 (21. Nd2 $142 {
(/\Nd2-b3-d4<=>)}) 21... Kf7 22. Rxd8 $6 (22. Rfe1 Bb4 23. Kf1 Ke7 24. Ke2 Bxc3
25. bxc3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rb8 $15) 22... Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Kf6 $1 $17 {
[/\Kf6-e5-d4]} 25. Kf1 (25. f4 Bd6 26. g3 e5 27. fxe5+ Kxe5 28. Kf2 Kd4 $17)
25... Ke5 26. Ke2 Kd4 27. b3 Ba3 28. Kd2 Bb4+ 29. Ke2 Ba3 30. Kd2 g6 $5 31. f3
Bd6 32. h3 Bf4+ 33. Ke2 Bd6 34. Kd2 a5 35. Ke2 Bb4 36. g4 Be7 37. gxf5 gxf5 38.
Kd2 Bd6 39. Ke2 Bb4 $22 40. Nb2 Kc3 41. Nd3 (41. Na4+ Kc2 42. Ke3 e5 43. c5 Kb1
44. Kd3 Kxa2 45. Kc4 e4 $19) 41... Bd6 42. c5 (42. Ke3 e5 43. f4 exf4+ 44. Nxf4
Bxf4+ 45. Kxf4 Kb2 $19) 42... Bc7 43. f4 $142 $5 Kd4 44. a3 {/\45.b4} Bd8 $1 {
[/\45...Bf6]} (44... Ke4 45. b4 axb4 46. axb4 $15 Bxf4 $4 47. Nxf4 Kxf4 48. b5
$18) 45. a4 $5 (45. b4 axb4 46. axb4 Bf6 47. Kd2 (47. b5 cxb5 48. c6 Bd8 49.
Ne5 Bc7 $19 {(/\50...Kd5,51...Bxe5)}) 47... Kc4 48. Kc2 Bd4 49. Kd2 Bc3+ $19)
45... Be7 $1 $19 (45... Bf6 $6 46. b4 $132 axb4 47. a5 $18) 46. b4 axb4 47. a5
(47. Nxb4 Kxc5 48. Nd3+ Kd5 49. a5 Bd8 50. a6 Bb6 {(/\Kd5-c4-b5-a6)}) 47...
Bxc5 48. a6 b3 $1 49. Kd2 (49. Nxc5 Kxc5 50. a7 b2 51. a8=Q b1=Q 52. Qa7+ Kc4
$19) 49... Bb6 50. Ne5 Ke4 $1 51. Nxc6 Kxf4 52. Kc3 Kg3 (52... Kg3 53. a7 Bxa7
54. Nxa7 f4 55. Nc6 f3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Bad Woerishofen op 21st"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2005.03.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Levin, Felix"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. Bg5 (12. c3 O-O-O 13. Bg5 (
13. Qf3 Qc7 14. Bg5 Bd6 15. h3 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Be5 {Tiviakov- Vakhidov, United
Insurance 2003}) 13... Qc5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qf3 Qg5 {Tiviakov- Glek, Bastia
Rapid 2001}) 12... O-O-O 13. Re1 Qc5 (13... Qc7 14. Qe2 Bd6 15. h3 h6 (15...
Qc5 16. Qe3 h6 17. Bf4 {Tyomkin- BLuvshtein, Montreal 2004}) 16. Be3) 14. Bf4
Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. c3 Qf4 17. Qe2 h5 18. Rad1 (18. Qe5 $5 Qxe5 19. Rxe5)
18... Ng4 19. g3 Qc7 20. h3 (20. Qc4 Qxc4 21. Bxc4 {gefällt mir etwas besser})
20... Nf6 21. Qc4 Qxc4 22. Bxc4 Rhe8 23. f4 g6 24. Nf3 Re7 25. Ne5 Be8 26.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. Kf2 Rc7 28. Bb3 Nd7 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Nxe5 31. Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostov on Don"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. b3 Qc7 (11... Be7 12. Bb2 b5 (12... O-O
13. Qf3 Qc7 14. Rfe1 b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Qh3 $16 {Tal,M-Kortjnoj,V/Brussels 5'/
1987/}) 13. Qf3 Rb8 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Qh3 Nd5 16. Rad1 Qf4 17. g3 Qc7 18. Nxe6
fxe6 19. Bxg7 $16 {Ghizdavu,D-Padevsky,N/Varna/1973/}) (11... b5 12. Bd3 Bb7
13. Bb2 Be7 14. Qe2 O-O 15. c4 {0,5-0,5/Jansa,V-Fuchs,R/Kapfenberg EUchT/1970/}
) 12. Bb2 (12. Qe2 Bc5 (12... b5 13. Bd3 Bc5 14. Nf5 O-O 15. Nxg7 Kxg7 16. Bb2
Rg8 17. Be4 Ra7 18. Qh5 h6 $17 {Kaizauri,K-Ornstein,A/Eksjo/1981/}) (12... Bd6
13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Nxg7 Qe5 (15... Be5 16. Bh6 Bxa1 17. Rxa1 Qc5 18.
Rd1 b5 19. Be3 Qe5 20. f4 Ne4 21. fxe5 Ng3+ 22. Kh2 Nxe2 23. Bxe2 Kxg7 24. Bg5
$13 {Cseshkovsky,V-Stirenkov,V/USSR/1989/}) 16. g3 Qxa1 (16... Qxe2 17. Bxe2
Kxg7 18. Bb2 e5 19. Kxh2 $16 {Geller,E-Stahlberg,G/Goteborg izt/1955/}) 17. c3
b5 18. Bd3 Rd8 19. Be4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxc3 21. Nh5 Qd3 22. Qg4+ Qg6 23. Qh4 Bb7+
24. Kxh2 e5 $13 {Rubin,D-Glek,I/corr/1989/}) 13. Bb2 (13. Nf5 O-O 14. Nxg7 Kxg7
15. Bb2 e5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. Bb2 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Bf4 19. Qh5 h6 20. Rae1 Qd7 21.
Re3 Qg4 22. Qxg4+ Bxg4 23. Re4 {1-0/Geller,E-Kindermann,S/Dortmund A/1989/})
13... O-O 14. Rad1 b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Nf3 Qf4 17. Ne5 Qg5 18. g3 $13 {
Kotronias,V-Kindermann,S/Debrecen/1989/}) 12... Bd6 (12... Bd7 13. Qe2 O-O-O
14. Nf3 (14. Rad1 Bd6 15. h3 h5 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Ne5 Bd5 18. Bd3 $16 {Luecke,
N-Luther,T/Borsodtavho/1991/}) 14... h5 (14... Bc6 15. Ne5 Kb8 16. Qe3 Nd5 17.
Bxd5 Bxd5 18. c4 $16 {Tiviakov,S-Degerman,L/Gausdal AC/1993/}) 15. Rad1 Bc5 16.
Be5 Qc6 17. h3 Ne8 18. Bc3 f6 19. Ba5 $14 {Psakhis,L-Nikolic,P/Sochi/1982/}) (
12... Be7 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Rfe1 Re8 (14... Rb8 15. Rad1 Bb4 16. Nf5 exf5 17. Be5
Qb6 18. Bxb8 Bxe1 19. Rxe1 Ne4 $13 {Franzen,J-Akopian,V/Belgrad GMA op/1989/})
15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Bd3 Rad8 17. Qh3 Bb4 18. c3 Bd6 {Klundt,K-Markmann,U/BL/1989/}
) 13. Nf3 (13. h3 O-O 14. Re1 (14. a4 e5 15. Nf3 e4 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Qe2 Rae8
$15 {Tiviakov,S-Dreev,A/Podolsk/1992/}) 14... b5 15. Bf1 Rd8 16. Qe2 Bb7 17. c4
Bc5 $10 {Lobron,E-Petrosian,T/Plovdiv EuchT/1983/}) 13... b5 (13... O-O 14. Qe2
b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 (15... Nd5 $13 {Kaiszauri,K-Ornstein,A/Eksjo/1981/}) 16. h3 Nh5
(16... h6 17. Ne5 Rfd8 18. f4 Bc5+ 19. Kh2 Bd4 $10 {Tal,M-Hubner,R/Brussels 5'/
1987/}) 17. Bc1 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 $10 {Konikovski,J-Keitlinghaus,L/Dortmund B/
1988/}) 14. Bd3 Bb7 (14... O-O 15. Re1 Nd5 16. Be4 Bb7 17. Ng5 h6 $15 {Skrobek,
R-Ornstein,A/Pamporovo/1981/}) 15. Re1 (15. a4 O-O $10) (15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qe2
Rc8 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxc2 $17 {Georgadze,G-Henley,R/Tbilisi/1983/}) 15...
O-O 16. Ne5 Rad8 (16... Nd7 $2 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qg5+ Kh7 22. Re3 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 $18) 17. Qe2 {/\a2-a4} Nd5 18.
Qg4 f5 19. Qh4 Nb4 20. Re2 Nxd3 21. Nxd3 Be4 22. Rae1 (22. Rd1 $5 Bxd3 23. Rxd3
Be7 $10) 22... Rfe8 {><e6,/\e6-e5} (22... b4 $5) 23. Kh1 Qe7 (23... e5 $5 24.
Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. f3 Rd4 27. h3 (27. fxe4 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 fxe4 $15)
27... b4 $15) 24. Qh3 Qc7 25. Qh4 Qe7 26. Qh5 $6 (26. Qh3) 26... Qb7 27. f3
Bxd3 28. cxd3 Qf7 $15 (28... Qd5 $5) 29. Qh4 Bf8 30. Re3 Be7 (30... Rd5 $5 {
/\Qd7}) 31. Qf4 Bc5 $1 32. d4 Bd6 33. Qh4 Be7 34. Qf2 Bf6 $17 35. h3 (35. Rd3
Rd5 $17 {ץb2} (35... e5 $5)) (35. Rd1 Rd5 $17 {ץb2}) 35... Rxd4 (35... Bxd4
36. Bxd4 Rxd4 37. Qe2 $17) 36. f4 $8 Rd6 37. Bxf6 Qxf6 (37... gxf6 38. Qe2 $15)
38. Re5 Qd8 39. Qc5 Re7 40. Kh2 $2 (40. Qe3 {צe7}) 40... Rc7 41. Qe3 Rcc6 $1 {
<->c,<->d} 42. Re2 h6 43. Qf3 Qd7 {/\Rd4} 44. Qf2 Rd1 (44... Rd4 $2 45. Rxe6
$15) 45. Qe3 Rd3 (45... Kf7 $5 46. g4 $2 Rd3 47. Qf2 Kg8 $17 {עh2}) 46. Qf2
Kh7 47. Qf1 {/\Rxe6} Rd5 48. R5e3 Rd2 49. Qe1 (49. Rxd2 $5 Qxd2 50. Qf3 $17)
49... Rxe2 (49... Rcc2 50. Rxd2 Qxd2 (50... Rxd2 51. Rxe6 Rxa2 52. Qe5 $13) 51.
Qxd2 Rxd2 52. Rxe6 (52. a4 bxa4 53. bxa4 Rd6 $17) 52... Rxa2 53. Rb6 $15) (
49... Rd1 50. Qf2 $17 (50. Qh4 Qd4 {/\e6-e5} (50... Rcc1 51. Rxe6 Rh1+ 52. Kg3
Rc3+ 53. R6e3 $13) 51. Qf2 $1 $17)) 50. Rxe2 Qd4 51. Qf1 (51. Rxe6 $2 Qxf4+ 52.
g3 (52. Kh1 Rc1) 52... Rc2+ 53. Re2 Qe3 $19) 51... g5 $1 $19 52. Rf2 (52. g3
Kg6) 52... Kg6 (52... Qe3 $5 {/\Rc1} 53. Rf3 Qe4 {/\Rc2}) 53. g4 $2 fxg4 54.
hxg4 gxf4 55. Rxf4 Rc2+ 56. Kh3 Rc3+ 57. Kg2 Qd2+ 58. Rf2 Qd5+ (58... Qe3 59.
Rf6+ Kg5 $19) 59. Kh2 Qe5+ 60. Kh1 Qd5+ 61. Kh2 Qe5+ 62. Kh1 Re3 0-1

[Event "Brno-A"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd8 $5 (6... Qd6)
7. O-O a6 $146 (7... Ne7 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Ng6 10. Nfxd4 (10. Nbxd4 a6 11. Bxe6
$5 fxe6 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. Qxe6+ Qe7 $2 (13... Be7 14. Ng5 $40) 14. Qc8+ Qd8 15.
Qxb7 $16 {Forster,R-Vaganian,R/Biel Mixed/1994/}) 10... a6 11. f4 $5 Be7 12. f5
$6 exf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Rxf5 O-O $15 {Adams,M-Dreev,A/Dortmund/1994/}) (7...
Nc6 8. Nb3 Be7 $5 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Be3 Bf6 $5 12. c3 Ne7 13. Qh5
O-O 14. Rad1 $14 {Smyslov,V-Stahlberg,G/Helsinki ol/1952/}) 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Bd3
Nc6 10. Nbxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd6 $1 12. h3 Nf6 13. c3 O-O $10 14. Bg5 Nd5 15.
Bc2 (15. Qf3 $5) (15. Qh5 $5) 15... b5 16. Nf5 $5 Bh2+ (16... Bb7 17. Nxd6 Qxd6
$14) (16... exf5 $5 17. Qxd5 Be6 18. Qd2 (18. Qf3 b4 $132 (18... f4 $5)) 18...
f4 $5 $132) 17. Kh1 Bb7 18. Ng3 $1 (18. Nxg7 $2 Kxg7 19. Qh5 f5 20. Bh6+ Kh8
21. Bxf8 Rxf8 $17) 18... Bxg3 19. Qd3 f5 20. Qxg3 (20. fxg3 $6 h6 $15) 20... e5
$6 (20... Qxg3 21. fxg3 h6 $10) 21. Rad1 Kh8 22. Rfe1 $14 Rae8 23. Kg1 $6 (23.
f3 $14) 23... Qc6 $1 24. f3 f4 $2 (24... Qg6 25. Qh4 h6 26. Bc1 Nf6 $132) 25.
Qh4 h6 26. Rxd5 $1 Qb6+ (26... Qxd5 $2 27. Bxh6 $40) 27. Kh2 Bxd5 28. Be7 $1
Rf7 29. Rxe5 $36 {X Kh8} Qc6 30. Bd6 $1 Rg8 $2 (30... Rxe5 31. Bxe5 $36) 31.
Qh5 $1 $18 Qxd6 (31... Bxa2 $2 32. Qg6 $18) 32. Rxd5 Qe6 33. Re5 Qd6 (33... Qf6
34. Rf5 $18) 34. Qxf7 $138 (34. Qxf7 Qxe5 35. Qg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "DEN-ch playoff"]
[Site "Tonder"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rasmussen, Karsten"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. a4 $5 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 (12... Bd7 13. c3
Bd6 14. h3 O-O 15. Re1 Rac8 16. Bb3 e5 17. Nc2 Qb6 18. Ba2 Bb8 $36 {Zapata,
A-Chernin,A/Amsterdam OHRA/1987/}) 13. h3 O-O 14. Rd1 (14. Bg5 Ne4 $5 15. Be3
b6 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. c3 $14 {Zapata,A-Vilela,J/Camaguey/1987/}) 14... Bd7 $1 $10
(14... b6 $6 {X a6;b6} 15. Bg5 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Be5 17. Ra3 $1 Bb7 18. Re3 Bf4 19.
Bxf4 Qxf4 20. c3 Rfd8 21. Kg1 a5 22. Re1 $14 {Ljubojevic,L-Huebner,R/Wijk/1988/
}) 15. Bg5 Kh8 $1 16. Bd3 $6 {X Nd4} (16. c3 $10) 16... Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Bf4 18.
Bxf6 $6 (18. Bxf4 Qxf4 $15 19. Nf3 $140 Bc6 20. Ne5 Ne4 $1 21. Bxe4 Qxe5 $1 $17
) 18... gxf6 $17 {[+];^^} 19. Qh5 f5 20. Be2 Rg8 $1 {/\ Rg6;Rag8} 21. Qxf7 Rxg2
$1 (21... Raf8 22. Nxe6 $1 $13) 22. Qf6+ (22. Kxg2 $4 Bc6+ $19) 22... Rg7 23.
Bf3 Re8 24. Rg1 Be5 25. Qh4 Reg8 $2 (25... Qb6 $1 $19) 26. c3 $1 (26. Rxg7 $6
Bxg7 $1 {/\e5-+}) 26... Bxd4 $5 27. Qxd4 (27. cxd4 Bc6 $19 {X /^h1-a8}) 27...
e5 28. Qe3 f4 $6 (28... Bxa4 $142 $1 $19 {Rasmussen}) 29. Qd3 Bxh3 30. Bd5 Qd7
(30... Qd6 $5) 31. Rxg7 Rxg7 32. Rg1 Bf5 33. Qf3 $2 $138 (33. Rxg7 Kxg7 $17)
33... Bg6 $1 $19 {X Kh1} 34. Rd1 e4 $1 35. Qxf4 (35. Qg2 Bh5 $19) 35... Qh3+ (
35... Qh3+ 36. Qh2 Qf3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Forster, Richard"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik Donev} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4
Qd8 (6... Qd6 {main line} 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3) 7. O-O Ne7 $6 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Qe2
Ng6 10. Nbxd4 (10. Nfxd4 a6 11. f4 $5 (11. Bxe6 $6 {Donev} fxe6 12. Nxe6 Bxe6
13. Qxe6+ Be7 {Jetzt gibt es nicht Ng5}) 11... Be7 12. f5 $6 exf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5
14. Rxf5 O-O $15 {Adams,M-Dreev,A/Dortmund/1994/}) 10... a6 (10... Nc6 $5 {
Knaak}) (10... Be7 $142 {Donev}) 11. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 (12... Qe7 $2
13. Nc7+ $18 (13. Nc7+ {Donev} Kd7 14. Qxe7+ Bxe7 15. Nxa8 Kc6 (15... Bc5 16.
Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Kc6 18. Nd4+ $18) 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Nd4+ $18)) 13. Qxe6+ Qe7 $2
(13... Be7 14. Ng5 Nc6 (14... Ne5 15. Bf4 $18) (14... Qd7 {Donev} 15. Qf7+ Kd8
16. Be3 Kc8 17. Rad1 Qg4 (17... Qe8 18. Qe6+ Nd7 19. Bb6 $1 Bxg5 20. Qc4+ Nc5
21. Bxc5 Ne5 $13) 18. h3 $16) 15. Qf7+ Kd7 $8 16. Qf5+ (16. Qe6+ Ke8 17. Re1 $5
{Forster} (17. Qf7+ Kd7 $10)) 16... Ke8 17. Ne6 Qe5 (17... Qd7 $5) 18. Qxe5
Ncxe5 (18... Ngxe5 {Ftacnik} 19. Nc7+ Kf7 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 $14) 19. Nc7+ $13 {
Knaak}) (13... Ne7 {Donev} 14. Ng5 $16) 14. Qc8+ Qd8 (14... Kf7 $2 15. Ng5+ Kg8
$2 (15... Kf6 {Ftacnik} 16. Qc3+ Ne5 (16... Qe5 17. Qf3+ $18) 17. f4 Qc5+ 18.
Be3 Qxc3 19. fxe5+ Kxe5 20. bxc3 $18) 16. Qc4+ $18) 15. Qxb7 $16 {X Ke8} Nd7
16. Bg5 Rb8 $5 (16... Be7 17. Bxe7 (17. Rad1 {Donev} Bxg5 (17... Rb8 18. Qe4
$16) 18. Nxg5 Rb8 19. Rfe1+ Ne7 20. Qxa6 $18) 17... Nxe7 $8 18. Rad1 Rb8 19.
Qxa6 $16 (19. Qe4 $18 {Ftacnik})) 17. Qe4+ $1 (17. Qxa6) 17... Be7 18. Rad1 Qc7
(18... Rb4 19. c4) (18... O-O $2 19. Bxe7 (19. Qe6+ {Donev} Kh8 20. Rxd7 $18)
19... Nxe7 (19... Qxe7 20. Qxe7 Nxe7 21. Rxd7 $18) 20. Qe6+ $18) 19. Bxe7 Nxe7
20. Rfe1 Nf6 (20... Nc5 {Ftacnik} 21. Qc4 Rxb2 22. Re5 $1 Rb5 23. Rde1 $18) 21.
Qa4+ $1 Kf8 (21... Kf7 22. Ne5+ Kg8 23. Nd7 $1 $18 (23. Nd7 {Ftacnik} Nxd7 24.
Rxe7 Nb6 25. Qb3+ Qc4 26. Qxb6 $18)) 22. Ng5 $18 Qc6 (22... Kg8 {Donev} 23.
Qxa6 $18) 23. Qa3 Re8 24. Re6 (24. Ne6+ {Donev} Kf7 25. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 26. Rxe7+
$18) 24... Qb7 (24... Qb5 25. Rd8 $1 (25. Rde1 {Donev} Qxg5 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27.
Qxe7+ Kg8 28. Qd8+ Kf7 29. Qxh8 $18) 25... Qb7 (25... Rxd8 26. Qxe7+ $18) (
25... Qxg5 26. Qxe7+ $18) 26. Qd6 $1 Rxd8 27. Qxd8+ Ne8 28. Re3 g6 $8 29. Qd4
$18) 25. Qd6 $1 Qxb2 26. Rde1 Nfg8 (26... Nfd5 {Donev} 27. Qxd5 $1 Nxd5 28.
Rxe8#) 27. Qf4+ Nf6 28. Qc4 $1 Rc8 (28... h6 {Ftacnik} 29. Rb6 $1 $18) 29. Rc6
$1 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Cosma, Ioan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Knaak} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O
Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. b3 a6 (11... Be7 12. a4 a6 13.
Re1 Qc7 14. Qf3 O-O 15. Nf5 Bd8 16. Nxg7 $5 Kxg7 17. Bb2 Rg8 $1 18. g3 Be7 19.
Rad1 $44 {Tiviakov,S-Andersson,U/Haninge/1992/}) (11... h5 12. Nb5 Qe5 13. Qf3
Bxb5 14. Qxb7 Rb8 15. Bxb5+ Qxb5 16. Qxa7 Bc5 $17 {Yandemirov,V-Nenashev,A/
USSR-tm/1991/}) (11... Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. Bb2 a6 15. Rad1 Rad8 16.
Nf3 Be7 17. Ne5 Bb5 $1 $10 {Yudasin,L-Ehlvest,J/Moscow SU-ch/1988/} 18. f4) (
11... O-O-O $5 12. Bb2 Qf4 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. Rad1 e5 $1 15. g3 Qe4 16. Qxe4 Nxe4
17. Bd3 Ng5 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nc3 Bh3 $17 {Ristoja,T-Kekki,P/Helsinki/1989/}) 12.
Bb2 b5 (12... Qc7 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. Nf3 h5 15. Rad1 Bc5 16. Be5 Qc6 17. h3 Ne8
18. Bc3 f6 19. Ba5 Nc7 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Qc5 22. Bxc7 Kxc7 23. Qe3 Qe7 24.
Rfd1 Bc8 $14 {Psakhis,L-Nikolic,P/Sochi/1982/}) (12... Qf4 $5 {Knaak}) 13. Bd3
Be7 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Rad1 Rfd8 $2 (15... Qc7 $6 {Knaak} 16. Nf5 exf5 17. Qxe7
Rfe8 18. Qb4 Ng4 19. g3 $16) (15... Qc5 $14 {Knaak}) 16. Nxb5 $1 axb5 17. Bxf6
$1 (17. Bxh7+ $6 Nxh7 $1 18. Rxd6 Bxd6 $17) 17... Qb4 (17... gxf6 18. Bxh7+
Kxh7 19. Rxd6 Bxd6 20. Qd3+ $18) 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Bxb5 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Rxa2 21.
Qc5 $1 Qxc5 22. Rxd8+ Qf8 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Rc1 $18 Ke7 25. Kf1 $1 e5 26. Ke2
f5 27. Kd3 Ke6 28. Kc4 Ra8 29. b4 Rc8+ 30. Kb3 e4 31. c4 Rd8 32. c5 f4 33. c6
1-0

[Event "Malmo"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 (11. a4 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. h3 O-O
14. Rd1 Bd7 15. Bg5 Kh8 $13 {Rasmussen,K-Hansen,LB/Ry DK-ch play-off/1993/})
11... Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd7 $5 {Kramnik`s alternative to the complicated 12..Bd6.13.
Nf5!?} 13. Qf3 (13. Bg5 O-O-O 14. c3 Bd6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qh5 Rdf8 17. g3 Qc5
18. Bd1 Rhg8 $5 19. Qxh7 f5 $44 {Kotronias,V-Kramnik,V/Chalkidiki/1992/}) 13...
Bd6 14. h3 O-O-O 15. Bg5 Qc5 $1 16. Be3 (16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qxf6 Rhg8 $44) (16.
Qe3 Qc7 $1 17. Qf3 Qc5 18. Qe3 {1/2;Kotronias,V-Kramnik,V/Gausdal/1992/}) 16...
Qe5 $1 17. g3 Qe4 $10 18. Rad1 Bc6 19. Qxe4 Bxe4 20. Bg5 Bg6 21. c3 h6 (21...
Bc5 22. Bf4 Rhe8 23. Be5 Bf8 24. Bc4 {1/2;Tiviakov,S-Kramnik,V/URS-ch/1991/})
22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Bc2 Bxc2 24. Nxc2 f5 25. Rd3 f4 $1 26. gxf4 Bxf4 27. Red1 {
=/=/+} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women-Veterans"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1996.08.15"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O
Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. c3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. h3 h6 {
according to my data a novelty,13...0-0 is the move in this position white
then white may play 14.Bg5 but of course this should be "so" dangerous for
black} (13... O-O 14. Bg5 Ne4 $1 (14... b5 $6 15. Bd3 Bb7 $2 $18 16. Bxf6 gxf6
17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qh4 f5 19. Bxf5 $1 f6 (19... exf5 20. Qf6+ Kg8 21. Nxf5 Be5
22. Nh6#) 20. Nxe6 Qd7 21. Rad1 Rf7 22. Ng5 Bh2+ 23. Kh1 {1-0 Rogic,D-Psakhis,
L Zagreb zt 1993}) (14... Kh8 15. Rad1 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Bf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Nf3
b5 19. Rd4 Qc7 20. Bb3 Bb7 21. Rfd1 $14 {Spasov,V-Akopian,V Debrecen EU-chT/
1992}) 15. Qxe4 (15. Bh4 Nd2 $1 16. Qxd2 Qxc4 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 b5 19. a3
Bb7 20. Rae1 Rad8 $15 {Kosashvili,Y-Holzke,F Biel op 1989}) (15. Be3 b5 16. Bd3
Bb7 17. Qc2 Nf6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Be4 Bxe4 $1 (20... f5 $2 21. Bxb7
Qxb7 22. Qd2 $1 Qe4 (22... Kh7 23. Nxf5) 23. Qxh6 Qf4 24. Qxf4 Bxf4 25. a4 $18
{Elseth,R-Djurhuus,R NOR-ch Randaberg 1989}) 21. Qxe4 f5 22. Qf3 Rac8 23. Rad1
Be5 24. Rd3 Rcd8 25. Rfd1 Bg7 $10 {Bagirov,V-Djurasevic,B Oberhausen 1961})
15... Qxc4 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Bd7 18. Qe3 Rae8 19. f4 f6 20. b3 Qc8 21. c4
$10 {Palac,M-Keitlinghaus,L Prague Bohemians-A 1990}) 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. a4 (15.
g3 $5 {with the idea 15...g6 16.Bf4} e5 16. Bf4 Bxf5 17. Bxe5 Qe7 18. Rad1 {
with a bid mass,but this position can be very dangerous for black}) 15... g6
16. Nd4 Bg7 17. Bxe6 $4 {white feels he must some how exploit black's strange
13...h6 and decides to sacrifise but it is very strange since the defence for
black in this position is very easy} fxe6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kf8 20. b3
Qf7 $8 {maybe white had missed this move} 21. Qd6+ Kg8 {only 4 moves have
passed from white's sacrifise and already it is cleat the  game is over!} 22.
Re1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Qb4 Nf6 25. Bb2 Nd5 26. Qc5 Kh7 27. Re1 Rf8 28. Re2
Qf5 $6 (28... Nf4 $1 {when you are a piece up you can try to exchange some
pieces and win in the endgame or try to go for the attack and chackmate your
opponent} 29. Re7 Qxb3 (29... Nd3 30. Rxf7 Nxc5) 30. Qb4 (30. Qe5 Rf7) 30...
Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Nd3 (31... Ne2 $2 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Qe7+ Kg8 34. Qe6+ Kh7 (34...
Rf7 $2 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. c4+ Nd4 37. Qe5+) 35. Qe7+)) 29. Rd2 Nxc3 $1 30. Qxf5
Rxf5 31. Rd7 Kg8 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Bxc3+ {Hecht: Weiß stellt alle Bauern auf
L-Farbe und verliert durch Zugzwang. Besser wK auf d3/c3 und nur
K-Flügel-Bauern auf L-Farbe bringen. Dann warten. Gewinnplan für Schwarz ?
Analyse!} Kf7 34. Kf1 Rc5 35. Bd2 h5 36. Ke2 Rc2 37. a5 (37. Kd3 Rb2 (37... Ra2
$140 {Hecht} 38. h4 Ke6 39. Be3 Kd5 40. Kc3 Ra1 41. Kd3 {[#]} Rg1 42. g3 Rf1
43. Kc3 Ke4 44. Kc4 Kf3 45. Kc5 Rxf2 46. Bxf2 Kxf2 47. Kb6 Kxg3 48. Kxb7 $10)
38. Kc3 Rb1) 37... Ke6 38. b4 (38. Kd3 Ra2 {[%csl Ra5,Rf2]}) 38... Kd5 39. Kd3
Rb2 40. h4 Rb1 41. g3 Rb3+ 42. Bc3 Ra3 {[%csl Rb4,Rf2][%cal Yd5c4] Zugzwang!}
43. f3 Rb3 44. g4 Ra3 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. f4 Ra2 47. Bd2 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Hastings 0102 77th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2001.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 Bc5 10. Qa4 Ne7 11. exd5 exd5 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. c5 Bc7 14. O-O
O-O 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bf4 Re8 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Nd4 Rac8 19. Rae1 Qd7 20. h3 Ng6
21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Qxc6 Qxc6 23. Nxc6 Rc8 24. Nxa7 Rxc5 {[#] Verbundene
Freibauern mit kleiner Taktik. Später 3-2 Bauern am Königsflügel bei schlecht
postiertem schwarzen König.} 25. b4 Rc2 26. a4 d4 27. b5 Ne5 28. Rd1 d3 29. b6
Nd7 30. a5 Nc5 31. Nb5 Rb2 32. Nc7 Ra2 33. Rxd3 Rxa5 (33... Nxd3 34. b7 Rb2 35.
a6 Kf7 36. a7 (36. Ne8 {um den Springer zu behalten (FRITZ).}) 36... Rxb7 37.
a8=Q Rxc7 38. Qd5+ $18) 34. Rc3 (34. Rd5 Nb7 ({aber} 34... Ra1+ 35. Kh2 Nb7 36.
Rd7 Rb1 37. Nd5 Nc5 38. Rc7 Na6 $16 {ist durchaus nicht sonnenklar}) 35. Rxa5
Nxa5 {Das Springerendspiel dagegen bietet beste Gewinnaussichten.}) 34... Kf7
35. Nd5 (35. Kh2 $5 {[%cal Rc3c5]} Nb7 (35... Nd7 36. b7 Nb8 $13 (36... Ra7 37.
Nb5 $18)) 36. Ne8 Kxe8 37. Rc8+ Kf7 38. Rc7+ Kg6 39. Rxb7 Rb5 $16) 35... Ke6
36. Nf4+ Kd6 37. Nh5 Ne6 38. Rb3 Ra8 39. Ng3 Rb8 40. Nf5+ Kc5 41. Rc3+ Kxb6 42.
Re3 $1 {Gewinnt einen Bauern bei schlechter schwarzer Königsposition} Nf4 ({
denn} 42... Re8 43. Nd6 Re7 44. Nc8+ $18) 43. Nxg7 Rg8 44. Re7 Kc6 45. Kh2 Kd5
46. g3 Ng6 47. Ra7 Rf8 48. Kg2 Kd6 49. Nf5+ Ke5 50. Ne3 f5 (50... Rh8 51. Ng4+
{mit Gewinn des Bf6}) 51. Rxh7 $18 {Der Rest ist nicht mehr sonderlich
interessant.} f4 52. Ng4+ Ke6 53. Rh6 Kf7 54. Rh7+ Ke6 55. Rh6 Kf7 56. Rh5 Re8
57. Rh7+ Ke6 58. h4 Rb8 59. Kf3 Ra8 60. Rh6 Kf7 61. h5 Ra3+ 62. Kg2 f3+ 63. Kh2
Nf8 64. Rf6+ Ke7 65. Rf5 Ne6 66. Ne5 Ng7 67. Rf7+ Ke6 68. Rxg7 Kxe5 69. Rf7 Rd3
70. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9596 38th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1996.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1995.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. O-O a6 8.
Nb3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Bd6 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Ne7 13. a4 Bd7 14. Bd3
Bc6 15. Be4 Rc8 16. Rc4 Qa5 17. Bg5 Bxe4 18. Rxc8+ Nxc8 19. Qxe4 Qb4 20. Qxb4
Bxb4 21. Rd1 Ba5 22. Be3 Bb6 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 {[#] TS-TS: schlechte
schwarze Verteidigung bis Zug 30; ab Zug 40 schlechte weiße Spielführung bei 2
verbundenen Mehr(frei-)bauern} f6 (24... Na7 25. Rb4 $18) 25. h4 Ke7 26. Rg4 g6
27. Rc4 Kd7 28. Rf4 Rf8 $6 (28... Ke7 $142) 29. h5 Ne7 $2 (29... Ke7) 30. Ng5
$1 Rc8 31. Rxf6 gxh5 (31... Rxc2 32. h6 Nf5 33. Rf7+ $18) 32. c3 Rc4 33. Nxe6
Nd5 34. Rh6 b6 35. Nd4 Rxa4 36. Rxh7+ Kd6 37. Rh6+ Kd7 38. Rxh5 Nf4 39. Rh7+
Ke8 40. Rh6 $2 (40. g3 Nd3 41. f4 $18 {Idee: f4-f5-f6}) 40... b5 41. Rh8+ Kf7
42. Rh7+ Kg6 43. Re7 Nd3 44. Re2 b4 45. Rd2 bxc3 46. bxc3 (46. Rxd3 cxb2 47.
Rb3 Ra1+ $19) 46... Nc5 47. Rb2 Ne4 48. Ne2 a5 49. f3 Ra1+ 50. Kh2 Nc5 51. Rb5
Nd3 52. Kg3 Kf6 53. Rd5 (53. Nf4 Ne5 (53... Nc1 54. Kg4 a4 55. Rb6+ $16) 54.
Nd5+ Ke6 55. f4 $16) 53... Nb2 54. Nd4 a4 55. Rf5+ Ke7 56. Ra5 Rc1 57. Nb5 Ke6
58. Kf4 Kd5 59. Na3+ Kc6 60. Rb5 Nd3+ {z.B.} (60... Nd3+ 61. Ke3 Nc5 (61...
Rxc3 62. Nb1 Rc1 63. Rb8 Nc5 64. g4 $13) 62. Kd2 Rg1 $1 (62... Ra1 63. Nc2 Nb3+
64. Rxb3 axb3 65. Nd4+ Kd5 66. Nxb3 Ra2+ 67. Kd3 Rxg2 $10) 63. g4 $2 Rg2+ 64.
Kc1 Ra2 65. Rxc5+ Kxc5 66. Nc2 a3 67. Kb1 Rb2+ 68. Kc1 Rb3 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qe2 Nbd7 9. b3 Ng4 10. O-O Nde5 11. Be4 Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 Qh5 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. Rad1
Qg4 15. Qc4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 f6 17. h3 Qg6 18. Qc4 Bb6 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qe8
21. Ng5 Qe7 22. Ne4 Rd8 23. Rd4 Rxd4 24. exd4 b6 25. d5 Bb7 26. d6 Qd7 27. Rxf6
Bd5 28. Qd3 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Re8 30. Rf3 Qxd6 31. c4 Qd1+ 32. Rf1 Qd6 33. Qb7 Qe7
34. Qxe7 Rxe7 35. Kf2 Rf7+ 36. Ke2 Rxf1 37. Kxf1 {Thema: Entfernter Freibauer
i.V. mit Zugzwang} Kf7 38. Ke2 Kf6 39. Ke3 Ke5 40. b4 a5 41. a3 h5 42. h4 Kf5
43. Kd4 e5+ 44. Ke3 Ke6 45. Ke4 Kd6 46. Kf5 g6+ 47. Ke4 Ke6 48. c5 bxc5 49.
bxa5 Kd6 50. a6 Kc6 51. Kxe5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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 "Sankt Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
c4 Qf5 9. Qf3 Qxf3 10. Nxf3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Bxb5 14.
cxb5 Nc5 15. Bc4 Rc8 16. Rc1 Nce4 17. Bd3 Kd7 18. Be3 Nd5 19. Ke2 Nxe3 20. Bxe4
Nd5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Kd3 Kd6 23. Rhe1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Re8 {[#] Die Position ist
wegen des ideellen Mehrbauern besser für Schwarz. Wenn sich Weiß ruhig verhält
und sich keine Bauern- und Felderschwächen produziert, sollte er überleben
können.} 25. f3 $6 (25. a4 $5 Re4 26. b3) 25... f5 26. f4 h6 27. g3 (27. h4 $5)
27... g5 28. fxg5 (28. Rf1 $5 g4 29. Rc1) 28... hxg5 29. Rf1 Rf8 30. h4 f4 $1 {
[#] Unversehens gleitet die Partie in taktische Gewässer ab. Schwarz erhält
zwei vereinzelte Freibauern, die schneller sind.} 31. hxg5 (31. gxf4 Rxf4 32.
Rxf4 gxf4 33. h5 Ke6 $19) 31... fxg3 $1 32. Rg1 Rf3+ 33. Ke2 (33. Kd4 Rf4+ 34.
Ke3 Rg4 35. Kf3 Rxg5 36. Rxg3 Rxg3+ 37. Kxg3 Kc5 $19) 33... Rb3 34. g6 Ke6 35.
Rc1 Rxb2+ 36. Kf1 Kf6 37. Rc7 Kxg6 38. Rxb7 Kf5 39. Rxa7 d4 40. Rg7 d3 41. Ke1
g2 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Zakharov, Alexander S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. a4 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Bg5
Be7 15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. Bb3 Rfd8 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Rad1 Rcd8 20. Rxd7
Qxd7 21. g3 Nd5 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. c3 Qc7 24. Bc2 g6 25. h4 Qc5 26. Rd1 Rxd1+
27. Qxd1 {DL-DS: B-Majorität am Damenflügel, guter Läufer bei unsymmetrischer
B-Verteilung, Taktik} Nf5 (27... Nd5 28. h5 Kg7 29. Qd2 $14) (27... h5 $5 28.
Qd7 b6 {nebst a5, Kg7 und evtl Se7-d5-f6-g4}) 28. Qf3 Nd6 29. b4 Qe5 30. a5 {
[%csl Rb7]} Kg7 31. Kg2 h5 32. Qd3 {Plan: Lc2-d1-f3} Nb5 33. c4 Nd4 34. Qe4 Qd6
(34... Qxe4+ 35. Bxe4 Nc6 36. Bxc6 bxc6 37. b5 $18) 35. Ba4 b5 (35... Nc6 36.
Bxc6 bxc6 37. b5 cxb5 38. cxb5 axb5 39. Qb7 $18 {[%cal Ra5a8]}) 36. cxb5 axb5
37. a6 $1 Qb6 38. Bxb5 $1 $18 Nxb5 39. Qb7 Qd4 40. Qxb5 Qe4+ 41. Kg1 (41. Kh2
Qf3 42. Qc5 $18) 41... Qe1+ 42. Qf1 Qxb4 43. Qa1+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. N2f3 Nc6
8. Nb5 Bb4+ 9. c3 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Ba5 11. Nd6+ Ke7 12. Nxc8+ Raxc8 13. Bd3 Rhd8
14. Ke2 Ng4 15. Rd1 Bb6 16. Bg5+ f6 17. Bh4 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Be4 Nc4 20.
Rxd8 Rxd8 21. b3 Nd6 22. Bd3 g5 23. Bg3 h5 24. f3 h4 25. Be1 h3 26. gxh3 Rh8
27. h4 gxh4 28. Bf2 Rg8 29. Kf1 h3 30. Bg3 Rc8 31. c4 e5 32. Re1 Ke6 33. f4 Bd4
34. Bf2 Bxf2 35. Kxf2 Rg8 {Thema: scharfes Freibauerngefecht nach 20 Zügen.
Taktik.} 36. Bf1 Kf5 37. fxe5 Ne4+ 38. Ke3 Kxe5 39. Rd1 f5 40. Rd5+ Ke6 41.
Bxh3 Nd6 42. Rd2 Ke5 43. Bg2 b6 44. Bc6 Rh8 45. Kf3 Rh3+ 46. Kg2 Rh6 47. Rd5+
Kf4 48. b4 Rg6+ 49. Kf1 Ke3 50. c5 Nc4 51. Bd7 bxc5 52. bxc5 Rg7 53. c6 Ke4 54.
Rb5 Ne3+ 55. Ke1 f4 56. Rb4+ Kf3 57. Kd2 Rg2+ 58. Kd3 Rc2 59. Ra4 Rc1 60. Rxa7
Rd1+ 61. Kc3 Ke2 62. Rb7 Rd3+ 63. Kb4 f3 64. c7 f2 65. Bb5 f1=Q 66. Bxd3+ Kxd3
67. c8=Q Qb1+ 68. Ka3 Nc2+ 69. Ka4 Qxa2+ 70. Kb5 Nd4+ 71. Kb6 Qb3+ 72. Ka7 Qa2+
73. Kb8 Qxh2+ 74. Ka8 Qa2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Merida"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2000.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2000.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Bf4 Bd7 14.
Be2 Nd5 15. Bg3 h5 16. h3 h4 17. Bh2 O-O-O 18. Rfd1 Nb6 19. Na5 Bb4 20. Nc4
Nxc4 21. Bxc4 f6 22. c3 Ba5 23. Kf1 e5 24. f3 Bb6 25. Bg1 Bxg1 26. Kxg1 Ba4 27.
b3 Bc6 28. Kf2 Kc7 29. Bd3 Rd6 30. Be4 Bxe4 31. Rxd6 Kxd6 32. fxe4 Rc8 33. Rd1+
Ke6 34. Rd3 b5 35. g3 hxg3+ 36. Rxg3 g5 37. Rf3 b4 38. c4 Rh8 39. Ke3 Rh4 40.
Kd3 Rf4 41. Ke3 Kd6 42. Rf2 Ke6 43. Rf3 a6 44. Rf2 Rh4 45. Rf3 Rh7 46. Kd2 a5
47. Kc2 Rh8 48. Kd2 Rh6 49. Ke2 Rh7 50. Kd2 Rh8 51. Kc2 Rh6 52. Kd2 Kd6 53.
Rd3+ Kc6 54. Rf3 Kc5 55. Rd3 a4 56. Rd5+ Kc6 57. Rb5 Rxh3 58. Rxb4 axb3 59.
axb3 {[#] Freibauernrennen} Kc5 60. Rb8 g4 61. Rg8 Rg3 62. Ke2 Kd4 63. Kf2 Rf3+
64. Kg2 Rf4 65. Rd8+ Kxe4 66. Rd2 {mit der Idee unter Bauernopfer den
schwarzen Turm passiv zu stellen.} (66. c5 Rf3 67. b4 Rc3 68. Rc8 f5 69. b5 f4
70. b6 Rc2+ 71. Kf1 g3 72. b7 g2+ 73. Kg1 Kf3 $19) 66... Rf3 67. Rb2 Rc3 68. b4
Rxc4 69. b5 Rc7 70. b6 Rb7 71. Kg3 f5 (71... Kd5 72. Kxg4 Kc5 73. Kf5 Rxb6 74.
Rd2 {führt zur Blockade}) 72. Rb4+ Kd5 73. Rb5+ Ke6 74. Kh4 Kf6 75. Rb1 e4 76.
Rb5 e3 77. Kg3 Kg5 78. Kg2 e2 79. Kf2 Re7 80. Ke1 g3 81. Rb3 f4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mitenkov, Alexey"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bd7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Ne5 Qxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc5 14.
Rad1 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Ke7 16. f4 Rhd8 17. Rfd1 b5 18. Be2 Be8 19. c3 Rxd4 20. Rxd4
Nd5 21. Kf2 f6 22. Nf3 Nb6 23. g3 a6 24. Rd2 h6 25. Nd4 Nc4 26. Rc2 Bg6 27. f5
Bxf5 28. Nxf5+ exf5 29. b3 Nd6 30. c4 Ke6 31. Bd3 bxc4 32. bxc4 Ke5 33. Ke3 Rc5
34. Bf1 g5 35. Kd3 Ne4 36. a3 Ra5 37. Ra2 f4 38. gxf4+ gxf4 39. Bg2 f5 40. Bf3
Rc5 41. Re2 Ra5 42. Ra2 Ng5 43. Bd5 Ne4 44. Ra1 f3 45. Ke3 f2 46. Ke2 Nc3+ 47.
Kxf2 Nxd5 48. cxd5 Kxd5 {T-T Motive: passive wT+K, 1 schwarzer Mehrbauer, Raum}
49. Kf3 Ra4 50. Rd1+ Ke5 51. Rd3 h5 52. Re3+ Kf6 53. Rc3 Kg5 54. Kg3 a5 55. Rb3
Rc4 56. Rd3 a4 57. Kf3 h4 58. Kf2 Kg4 59. Rd8 Rc2+ 60. Kg1 Rc3 61. Kg2 h3+ 62.
Kf2 Rxa3 63. Rd4+ f4 64. Rd8 Ra2+ 65. Kg1 f3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch m3-4"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ivanov,Se"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.04.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 (5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7.
Bd3 O-O 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. b3 Ng4 $5 $146 10. O-O Nde5 11. Be4 Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 (12.
Bxf3 Qe5) 12... Qh5 13. Bf4 (13. h3 Nf6 14. Bb2 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 f6 16. Rad1 {
1/2-1/2 Svidler-Savchenko, Kazan 1995}) 13... Nf6 14. Rad1 Nxe4 (14... Qg4 15.
Qc4 $5 $13) 15. Qxe4 f6 16. Bd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 e5 18. Rfd1 Qf7 19. Nd2 Be6 20.
Nf1 Rac8 $11 {Rublevsky-Ivanov,S, Elista ch-RUS 1997 (rapid)}) 5... cxd4 6. Bc4
Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 13.
Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Qf3 Kxg7 17. Bh6+ Kg6 18. c3 (18. Rad1
$5 $146 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Bd7 (19... Be5 $142 20. Qe3 Ne4 $1 $13) 20. Rd4 Qe5 21.
Be3 Bc6 22. Rg4+ $1 Nxg4 23. Qxg4+ Kf6 24. Qh4+ Kg7 25. Bd4 $18 {O.Korneev -
Vahidov, Ubeda, 1997}) 18... Nh5 $1 $146 19. Be3 (19. Re4 Kxh6 20. Rh4 Qe5 $5 (
20... Kg7 21. Qxh5 Bf4 22. Qg4+ Kf8 23. Qxf4 Qxf4 24. Rxf4 Bd7 $11 {Dolmatov})
21. Bd1 (21. Rxh2 Bd7 22. Qxf7 (22. g4 $4 Bc6 $19) (22. Bd1 $4 Qe1#) (22. Bc2
Bc6 23. Qxf7 Rd7 24. Rxh5+ Qxh5+ $19) 22... Bc6 23. Qxe6+ (23. Bxe6 Rf8 24. Qe7
Rae8 $19) 23... Qxe6 24. Bxe6 Kg5 {with the idea Rd2 -+}) (21. g4 Kg7 (21...
Bd7 22. Qxf7 (22. Qxb7 Qd6 {with the idea Bc6 -+}) (22. Rxh5+ Qxh5 23. Qf6+ (
23. gxh5 Bc6 $19) 23... Qg6 24. g5+ Kh5 25. Bd1+ Kh4 26. Qd4+ Kxg5 $19) (22.
Qh3 Bc6+ 23. f3 Qg3 (23... Qf4) 24. Rxh5+ Kg7 25. Rxh7+ Kf8 26. Qh6+ Ke8 $1 27.
Rxf7 $5 (27. Rh8+ Kd7 28. Rd1+ Kc7 $19) 27... Bxf3+ 28. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 29. Kxh2
Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Rd2 31. Qxe6+ Kd8 32. Qg8+ Kc7 33. Qf7+ $17) 22... Be8 23. Rxh5+
$5 (23. Qf8+ Qg7 $2 (23... Kg5 $1) 24. g5+ Kxg5 25. Rxh5+ $18) 23... Qxh5 24.
Qf8+ Kg5 25. Qe7+ (25. gxh5 Bc6+ 26. Kxh2 Rxf8 $19) (25. Qg7+ Qg6) 25... Kxg4
26. Bxe6+ (26. Bd1+ Rxd1+) (26. Qxe6+ Kg5) 26... Kf3 27. Qxb7+ (27. Qf6+ Bf4+
$19) 27... Kf4 $19) 22. Rxh5 Qf4 23. Qh3 Bd7 (23... Qxf2 $2 24. Rxh7+ Kf8 25.
Rf1 $18) 24. Rxh7+ Kf8 25. Rh8+ Ke7 26. Qh4+ f6 (26... Kd6 27. Rxd8) 27. Rh7+ (
27. Qh7+ Kd6 $13) 27... Kf8 (27... Ke8 $4 28. Qh5+ Kf8 29. Qf7#) (27... Kd6 28.
Qxh2 $14) 28. Rh8+ $11) (21. Qxf7 Qf5 (21... Bd7 22. Bd1 $1 Be8 23. Rxh5+ Qxh5
24. Qf8+ $18) (21... Bf4 22. g4 $18) 22. Rxh5+ (22. Qe7 Qg5 23. Rxh5+ Kxh5 24.
Qxh7+ Qh6 25. Qf7+ Kg5 $19) 22... Qxh5 23. Qf6+ Qg6 24. Qxd8 Be5 $17) (21. Bc2
{(with the ideas Rh5, Qf6)} Bf4 22. g4 Kg7 23. Rxh5 Qf6 24. Rxh7+ Kf8 $19)
21... Kg7 (21... Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bf4 23. g3 $40) 22. Rxh5 (22. Qg4+ Kf8 23. Rxh5
f5 24. Qg5 Rd7) 22... f5 23. Qh3 (23. g3 Bxg3 $17) 23... Bf4 24. Rxh7+ Kg8 25.
Bb3 Rd7 $17) (19. Bc1 $5 f5 20. Bxe6 (20. g4 Bd7 (20... Nf6 21. Bxe6 $36) (
20... Ng7 21. gxf5+ Nxf5 22. Qg4+ $18) (20... Kg7 21. gxf5 $36) (20... Nf4 21.
gxf5+ exf5 22. Rg1+ Kf6 23. Kxh2 Ne2+ 24. Rg3 Nxg3 25. Bf4 $40) 21. gxh5+ (21.
gxf5+ exf5 22. Qg2+ Bg3) (21. Bxe6 Bc6 22. Bxf5+ Kg7 23. Be4 Rf8 24. Qg2 Bxe4
25. Rxe4 Nf6 26. Re6 Bf4 $17) (21. Qg2 Bf4 22. gxh5+ Kf6 $36) 21... Kg7 22.
Qg2+ Kh8 23. Bg5 (23. Qxh2 $4 Bc6+ 24. Kg1 Rg8+ $19) 23... Be5 $1 (23... Bc6 $4
24. Bf6+ $18) (23... Rf8 $2 24. Qxh2 $18) 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 $44 {with the ideas
Bc6, Rg8}) 20... Ng7 $5 (20... Bf4 21. g4 (21. Bxc8 Raxc8 22. Re6+ Kf7) 21...
fxg4 22. Qxg4+ Kh6 23. Bxc8 {with the idea Re6+ +-}) (20... Bxe6 21. Rxe6+ Nf6
22. g4 $1 (22. g3 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Qd7 $11 (23... Qc4 $5)) 22... Kg7 23. Bg5 (23.
Qxf5 Rd1+ 24. Kg2 Rg1+ 25. Kf3 Ng8 $13) 23... Rf8 24. Qxf5 (24. Bxf6+ Rxf6 25.
Rxf6 Kxf6 26. Qxf5+ Kg7 27. Rd1 Bd6 28. Qg5+ Kf7 29. Qd5+ (29. Qf5+ $11) 29...
Ke7 30. Re1+ Kd7 $13) 24... Ng8 25. Qe4 {(with the idea Qd4+)} h6 26. Be3 {
with the idea Bd4+ and attack}) 21. Bxc8 (21. Bb3 Bd6 (21... Be5 $2 22. Qe3 $1
$16) 22. g4 (22. Qe3 f4) (22. Qh3 Bf4) 22... f4 23. Qe4+ Kf6 $13) 21... Raxc8
22. g3 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Qc6 $11) 19... f5 $8 (19... Bf4 20. g4 $36) (19... e5 $2
20. Bc2+ f5 21. Qg4+ $18) (19... Nf6 $2 20. Bc2+ Kg7 21. Bh6+ $18) 20. g4 (20.
g3 Bxg3 (20... b5 $5 21. Kxh2 Bb7 22. Qe2 (22. Bf4 $5) 22... Qc6 $40) (20...
Bd7) 21. fxg3 b5 $17) 20... Nf6 (20... b5 21. gxh5+ Kg7 (21... Kf6 22. Bd4+ e5
23. Kxh2 exd4+ 24. Kh3 $13) 22. Qg2+ Kh8 23. Bd4+ e5 24. Qxh2 $16) (20... Bd7)
21. gxf5+ exf5 (21... Kf7 $6 22. fxe6+ Ke7 23. Bg5 $40) 22. Qg2+ (22. Rg1+ Bxg1
23. Rxg1+ Ng4 {(with the idea Qh2x)} 24. Rxg4+ (24. Qh3 Qc6+ 25. f3 Kg7 26. Rg2
b5 27. fxg4 Bb7 $19) 24... fxg4 25. Bc2+ Kg7 (25... Kh5) 26. Bd4+ Rxd4 $19)
22... Ng4 23. f3 Bd7 $6 (23... Bg3 24. fxg4 f4 $5 25. Rg1 Bxg4 $13) (23... b5
$1 24. Bc2 (24. Bd4 Kg5 $1 (24... Bb7 25. Re6+ Kg5 26. Bf6+ Kf4 27. Re4+ $1
Bxe4 (27... fxe4 28. Qxg4+ Ke3 29. Bg5+ Bf4 30. Qg1+ $18) 28. fxe4 {(with the
idea Rf1+ +-)} Nxf6 29. Qxh2+ {with the following Qc7 +-}) 25. Be3+ (25. Rad1
Bb7 26. Re6 Qg3) 25... Kg6 $11 (25... Bf4 $5) (25... f4 $5)) 24... Kf7 (24...
Bg3 25. fxg4 Bb7 26. gxf5+ Kf7 27. Be4 $40) (24... Kf6 25. Bd4+ Rxd4 26. cxd4
$36) 25. Bb3+ Kg6 (25... Kf8 $2 26. fxg4 Bb7 27. Bh6+ $18) (25... Kg7 26. Bd4+
(26. Bg5 $5) 26... Kf8 $1) 26. Bc2 $11) 24. Bd4 $1 (24. fxg4 $4 Bc6 25. gxf5+
Kh5 26. Bd1+ Rxd1 $19) (24. Bc2 {(with the idea Qg4)} Bg3 $1 25. fxg4 (25. Rg1
Nxe3 $19) 25... Bc6 26. Bxf5+ Kf7 27. Be4 (27. Be6+ $2 Kxe6 28. Bf4+ Kf7 29.
Bxc7 Bxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Bxc7 $19) 27... Bxe1 28. Rxe1 Bxe4 29. Rf1+ Kg8 30. Qxe4
Qc6 $17) (24. Bd5 {(with the idea fg4)} h5 $1 25. fxg4 hxg4 26. Qxh2 $4 Rh8 $19
) 24... Qg3 (24... Bc6 25. Re6+ $40) (24... Bg3 25. fxg4 $40 (25. Re7 $40)) (
24... h5 25. fxg4 hxg4 (25... Bc6 26. Re6+) 26. Qxh2 $18) (24... Kg5 25. Re7 $1
Qg3 26. fxg4 $1 Bc6 (26... Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Bd6 28. Rg7+ $16) (26... fxg4 27.
Qd5+ $18) 27. Rg7+ Kh6 28. g5+ Kh5 29. Bd1+ Kh4 30. Rxh7+ Kxg5 31. Rg7+ $18)
25. fxg4 Bc6 $2 (25... Qxg2+ $142 26. Kxg2 Bd6 27. Bc2 (27. Bd5 fxg4 28. Bxb7
Rab8 29. Be4+ Bf5 $13) 27... Kg5 $1 (27... h5 $2 28. gxf5+ Bxf5 29. Re6+ Kg5
30. Be3+ Kg4 31. Bd1+ Kh4 32. Rg6 $1 Bh3+ (32... Bxg6 33. Bf3 {with the
following Rh1x}) 33. Kf2 $18) (27... Re8 28. Kf3 $1 (28. Rf1 Re2+) (28. Bd3 h5)
28... Bc6+ 29. Kf2 Be4 $2 30. gxf5+ Kxf5 (30... Bxf5 31. Rg1+ $18) 31. Rxe4 $1
Rxe4 32. Kf3 Rae8 33. Re1 $18) 28. gxf5 Bxf5 29. Bxf5 (29. Be3+ Kg6) 29... Kxf5
30. Rf1+ Bf4 (30... Ke6 31. Rae1+ Kd5 32. Rf7 Kc6 33. Rxh7 $14) 31. Be3 (31.
Rae1 Rg8+ {and Rae8}) 31... Rg8+ 32. Kh1 Rg4 $11) 26. Re6+ (26. gxf5+ $2 Kg5
27. Re4 (27. Be3+ $2 Kh4) 27... Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Bxe4+ $17) 26... Kg5 27. Rxc6 (
27. Bf6+ Kxg4 28. Rxc6 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Rd2+ 30. Kf1 bxc6 $19) (27. Be3+ Kxg4)
27... bxc6 28. Qxh2 (28. Qxc6 $6 Rxd4 $1 29. cxd4 (29. Qxa8 Rxg4 $13) 29... Qh4
$40) 28... Qxh2+ (28... Qf3+ 29. Qg2 (29. Kg1 Qxg4+) 29... fxg4 30. Qxf3 gxf3
31. Rg1+ $16) 29. Kxh2 fxg4 (29... c5 30. Bxc5 Rd2+ 31. Kg3 (31. Kg1 Kxg4 $13)
31... Re8 (31... Rd3+ 32. Kf2 Rd2+ 33. Ke3 Rxb2 $16) 32. gxf5 (32. Bc4 fxg4 $13
) (32. Rd1 $1 Rxb2 33. Rd5 $18) 32... Ree2 (32... Rd3+ 33. Kf2 Rd2+ 34. Kg1 Re4
$13) 33. Kf3 $18) 30. Rf1 $1 Rf8 (30... Re8 $142 31. Kg3 $16) 31. Bf7 $1 $18
Rab8 32. Kg3 (32. b3 Rb7 33. Be3+ Kh4 34. Kg2 {with the following Rh1 +-})
32... Rxf7 $8 (32... Rxb2 $4 33. Be3#) (32... Rbe8 $4 33. Bf6+ Kh6 34. Rh1#)
33. Rxf7 Rxb2 34. a4 (34. Rxh7 Rxa2 35. Rc7 $18) 34... h5 (34... Ra2) 35. Be3+
Kg6 36. Rc7 Kf5 37. Rxc6 h4+ 38. Kxh4 Rh2+ 39. Kg3 Rh3+ 40. Kf2 Rh2+ 41. Kg1
1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ivanov,Se"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 (5... Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7.
Nxc6 Bxc6 (7... bxc6 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. Qe2 $1 Bd6 10. Nf3 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qh4
$14 {Yudasin - Gulko, Biel, 1993}) 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qxd1+ 11.
Kxd1 Rd8+ 12. Ke2 Rd4 13. Ng5 Rxc4 14. Be3 $44 {Yemelin - Y.Frolov, St.
Petersburg, 1994}) 6. exd5 (6. e5 Nfd7 7. N2f3 Nc6 8. Bb5 (8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd3
Ba6 $1) 8... Qc7 (8... Qb6 $5 9. O-O Bc5 10. Be3 O-O 11. Bd3 Ncxe5 12. Nxe5
Nxe5 13. b4 Bxd4 (13... Qxb4 $5 14. Rb1 Qa4 $17) 14. Bxd4 Qc7 15. Bxh7+ $13 {
Shovunov - A.Zaharov, Novgorod, 1995}) 9. O-O $5 Ncxe5 (9... a6 10. Nxc6 bxc6
11. Ba4 Be7 12. c3 O-O 13. Re1 a5 14. Bc2 $14 {Eingorn - S.Ivanov, Azov, 1991})
10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. Re1 Qf6 12. Nf3 $36 {Nikolenko - S.Ivanov, Lubniewice, 1994})
6... Qxd5 (6... Nxd5 7. N2f3 Be7 (7... Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. Bc4 b6
11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Rhe1 Qc8 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Nf5 exf5 15. Qxd5 Nc6 16. Ne5 Nxe5
17. Qxe5 g6 $11 {Kengis - Glek, Gedesburg, 1993}) 8. Bd3 $5 (8. Be2 a6 9. c4
Nf6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Re1 $6 e5 12. Nc2 O-O $15 {Eingorn - Dreev, Lucern, 1993})
(8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 b5 $5 10. O-O a6 11. Qe2 Bf6 12. Rd1 Qb6 $11 {Kengis - Gulko,
Riga, 1995}) 8... Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 N5f6 11. Bf4 $14 {V.Spasov - Dreev,
Moscow, 1994}) 7. N2f3 (7. Nb5 Na6 (7... Qd8 8. Nc4 Nd5 9. Ne3 Nc7 10. Bd2 Nxb5
11. Bxb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qg4 Nc6 14. O-O-O $32 {Adams - Levitt, Dublin,
1993}) 8. Be2 (8. c4 Qf5 $1 $132) (8. Nc3 Qe5+ 9. Be2 Bb4 $5 10. O-O Bxc3 11.
Nf3 Qd5 12. bxc3 O-O $13) (8. Nc4 $5 Qxd1+ (8... Bd7 $5 9. Qxd5 Nxd5 10. Nbd6+
Bxd6 11. Nxd6+ Ke7 12. Nxb7 Nab4 13. Kd1 (13. Kd2 Nf6 $5 $44) 13... Ba4 $36) 9.
Kxd1 Bc5 (9... Ng4 10. Ke2 Bc5 11. Ncd6+ Ke7 12. Ne4 Bd7 13. a4 Nf6 14. Nxc5
Nxc5 15. b3 $14) 10. f3 (10. Nbd6+ Ke7 $132) 10... O-O (10... Nd5 $5 {with the
idea Nac7}) 11. c3 Rd8+ 12. Kc2 Bd7 13. Na5 $2 (13. a4 $36 {with the idea b4,
Chertich}) 13... e5 $1 $17 {A.Delchev - Chertich, Beograd, 1996}) 8... Qxg2 (
8... Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 Qd8 11. Bf3 Nc5 12. Nb3 $14 {Yemelin - A.Zaharov,
St.Petersburg, 1996}) (8... Bd7 9. c4 $14) 9. Bf3 Qg5 (9... Qh3 10. Nc4 {
with the idea Ncd6}) 10. a4 (10. Qe2 Bd7 $1 11. Bxb7 (11. c4 Bc6) 11... Bxb5
12. c4 Rb8 13. cxb5 Rxb7 14. bxa6 Rd7 $13) 10... Qh4 (10... Qe5+ $6 11. Kf1 Nd5
(11... Bd7 12. Nc4 Bxb5 13. axb5 Qxb5 14. Qe2 Nc7 15. Ra5 $1 Qd7 16. Bxb7 Rb8
17. Ne5 $18) 12. Nc4 Qb8 13. Bg5 $5 $36 {Yemelin - S.Ivanov, St.Petersburg,
1994}) 11. Rg1 $5 (11. Qe2 Be7 12. Rg1 O-O $13 {with the idea Nd5}) 11... Bc5 (
11... Qxh2 $5) 12. Qe2 O-O 13. b3 Nb4 14. Nc4 a6 $13 {Yemelin - S.Ivanov, St.
Petersburg, 1996}) 7... a6 (7... Nc6 8. Nb5 (8. Nxc6 Qxc6 (8... bxc6 $11)) 8...
Bb4+ 9. c3 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Ba5 11. Nd6+ Ke7 12. Nxc8+ Raxc8 13. Bd3 Rhd8 14. Ke2
Ng4 15. Rd1 Bb6 16. Bg5+ f6 17. Bh4 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Be4 Nc4 20. Rxd8
Rxd8 21. b3 Nd6 22. Bd3 $11 {Yudasin - S.Ivanov, St.Petersburg, 1997}) (7...
Bc5 $5) 8. Bd3 (8. Be2 e5 9. Nb3 Qxd1+ 10. Bxd1 Nc6 11. O-O Bd6 12. c3 O-O 13.
Bc2 Bg4 14. Ng5 Rad8 15. Be3 $11 {Y.Kuang - S.Yu, Beijing, 1996}) 8... e5 $5 (
8... Nc6) 9. Qe2 $8 (9. Nb3 $2 e4 10. Qe2 Be6 $19) (9. c4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qd6 $15)
9... Bb4+ $5 (9... e4 10. Bc4 (10. O-O Be6 11. Nxe6 exd3 $1 $13) 10... Qd6 11.
c3 {with the idea Ng5 Xe4}) 10. c3 (10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Kxd2 $8 Nbd7 12. Nf5 Qa5+
13. c3 O-O $15 {(XKd2)}) 10... O-O 11. Bc4 $5 (11. Nxe5 Re8 (11... Qxg2)) (11.
cxb4 exd4 12. O-O Bg4 $15 {with the ideas Re8, Nc6}) (11. Nc2 Bc5 (11... Bd6 $5
) 12. Bc4 Qd6 13. Nxe5 Bxf2+ $1 14. Kxf2 Qxe5 $13) 11... Qd8 $5 (11... Qd6 12.
Nxe5 (12. Nb3 $1 Bc5 (12... e4 13. Ng5 Bc5 (13... Bg4 $6 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxg4
Nxc3 16. O-O $1 Nb5 17. Rd1 Qg6 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. Rd5 $16) 14.
Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 $16) (12... b5 $5 13. Bxf7+ $5 Rxf7 14. cxb4
Nc6 15. O-O Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Be3 e4 18. Qd2 Qxd2 19. Nfxd2 Nxb4 20. Nc5 $14)
13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Nxe5 $16) 12... b5 $2 (12... Qxd4 $142) 13. Bb3 Qxd4 14. O-O
$1 Bxc3 {Kveinys - S.Ivanov, Lubniewice, 1995} 15. Nxf7 $3 Rxf7 (15... Bb4 16.
Qf3 Qa7 17. Be3 Bb7 18. Nd6+ Kh8 19. Nxb7 $18) (15... Ba5 16. Qf3 (16. Qe7 Nbd7
) 16... Qa7 17. Be3 Bb7 18. Nd6+ Kh8 19. Nxb7 Bb6 $16) 16. Qe7 Bb4 17. Qxf7+
Kh8 18. Rd1 Qb6 19. Be3 Qa5 20. a3 $18) 12. Nxe5 Qxd4 13. O-O (13. Bd2 $5 Qd6
$5 (13... Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qc5 15. O-O Nc6 $6 16. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18.
Qe8+ Qf8 19. Bxf7+ $18) (13... Qe4 14. cxb4 (14. Qxe4 Nxe4 15. cxb4 $14) 14...
Qxg2 15. O-O-O $36) 14. cxb4 Nc6 15. Nxc6 (15. f4 Nd4 $36) 15... Qxc6 (15...
Re8 16. Be3 Qxc6 17. O-O Ng4 $132) 16. O-O Re8 17. Qd3 b5 18. Bb3 Bb7 19. f3
Rad8 20. Qc3 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Re2 $44) 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 (14. Nxf7 $5 Bb4 (14...
Rxf7 $2 15. Rd1 Qb6 (15... Qxd1+ 16. Qxd1 Ba5 17. Qb3 $18) 16. Qe7 $18) 15. Rd1
(15. Be3 Qh4 $8 16. g3 Qh5) 15... Qb6 (15... Qh4 $6 16. Bg5 Qh5 17. Qxh5 Nxh5
18. Nd6+ Kh8 19. Be7 $16) 16. Nd6+ Kh8 17. Qe7 Nbd7 $13) 14... Qc5 (14... Qxc3
$2 15. Bb2 Qb4 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qe8+ Qf8 19. Bxf7+ $18) 15. Qe3
(15. a4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 $11) (15. Bg5 Nbd7 (15... Nc6 $2 16. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 17.
Bxf6 $18) 16. Bxf6 (16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Qe6 Ne5) (16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 $11
18. Rad1 $140 Rae8) 16... Nxf6 17. Rad1 Bf5 {with the idea Rae8=}) 15... Qxe3 (
15... Nbd7 $2 16. Qxc5 Nxc5 17. Ba3 b6 18. Rab1 $16) (15... Qc7 $6 16. Ba3 Re8
17. Bd6 $1 Qxd6 18. Bxf7+ Kf8 19. Bxe8 Nxe8 (19... Kxe8 $2 20. Nc4+ Qe6 21. Nb6
$18) 20. Rad1 $40) 16. Bxe3 Nbd7 17. f4 (17. Bd4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Re8 19. Rfe1 Be6
$11) (17. Nf3 $5 b5 (17... Ne4 18. Bd4 Ndc5 19. Ne5 $5 $36) 18. Bb3 $1 (18. Be2
Bb7 19. a4 Nd5 20. Bd2 bxa4 21. Rxa4 Rfe8 22. Re1 Rac8 $11) 18... Bb7 19. c4
bxc4 (19... Bxf3 20. gxf3 Ne5 21. cxb5 Nxf3+ 22. Kg2 Nh4+ 23. Kh3 Nf5 24. b6
Nxe3 25. fxe3 Rab8 26. Rab1 $1 $14) 20. Bxc4 Rfc8 21. Rfc1 Bd5 22. Bf1 Rxc1 23.
Bxc1 a5 24. a4 $14 {Rozentalis - S.Ivanov, Krynica, 1997}) 17... Ne4 $1 (17...
Nxe5 $2 18. fxe5 Ng4 (18... Ne4 19. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 20. Rf1 $16) 19. Bc5 Nxe5 20.
Bb3 $1 (20. Bxf8 Nxc4 $44) (20. Bd5 Rd8) 20... Bd7 (20... Re8 21. Rae1 {
with the idea Bd6+-}) 21. Rae1 $16) 18. Rab1 (18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19. Bd5 Bc6 $11) (
18. Bd5 Ndf6 (18... Nxc3 19. Nxd7 $1 Nxd5 (19... Bxd7 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Bxa6
$16) 20. Nxf8 Nxe3 21. Rfe1 $16) (18... Nxe5 19. Bxe4 Nc4 20. Bc5 Re8 21. Rfe1
$36) 19. c4 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Rd8 $11) 18... Nxe5 (18... Nxc3 19. Rb3 (19. Nxd7
Bxd7 20. Rxb7 Bb5) 19... Nb5 (19... Ne4 20. Bd5 $5 Ndf6 21. Bxb7 Bxb7 22. Rxb7
$14) (19... b5 20. Bxf7+) (19... Nxe5 $5 20. fxe5 b5 21. Bd3 Nd5 22. Bc5 Re8
23. Bd6 Be6 $15) 20. a4 Nd6 21. Bd5 Nf6 22. Bf3 Be6 $11) 19. fxe5 Be6 $1 (19...
Nxc3 $2 20. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 21. Rf1 Bf5 22. Rxf5 Raf8 23. Bc5 g6 24. Rf3 $18) 20.
Bxe6 fxe6 $11 21. Rxb7 Nxc3 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. h3 (23. Rb2 Nd1 $11 (23... Rf5)
(23... Rd8)) 23... Rf5 (23... Nxa2 24. Bd2 {with the idea Rb2 XNa2}) 24. Kh2
Nxa2 25. Bc5 $1 {with the idea Bd6} (25. Bd2 Rf2 26. Rb2 Nb4) 25... Rxe5 (25...
Nc3 26. Rb8+ (26. Bd6) 26... Kf7 27. Rf8+ Kg6 28. Re8 $36) 26. Bd4 Rg5 27. Rb8+
(27. Rb2 Rd5 $8 (27... Nc1 $4 28. Be3 $18) 28. Rb8+ Kf7 29. Rb7+ Ke8 30. Bxg7
Rd7 31. Rb8+ Kf7 32. Bb2 $13) 27... Kf7 28. Rb7+ Kg8 29. Rb8+ Kf7 30. Rb7+ Kf8
31. Rb8+ Ke7 32. Rb7+ (32. Rb2 Rd5 33. Bxg7 Nc1) 32... Kf8 (32... Kd6 33. Bxg7
h5 34. Rb6+ (34. Bf8+ $5) 34... Kc5 35. Rxa6 Rxg7 36. Rxa2 $11) 33. Rb8+ Ke7
34. Rb7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 53rd"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Blehm, Pawel"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ivanov,Se"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.09.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bukowno Czarny Kon"]
[BlackTeam "Bielsko-Biala Wlokniarz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 (5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7.
Bd3 O-O 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. b3 Ng4 $5 10. O-O Nde5 11. Be4 Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 (12. Bxf3
Qe5) 12... Qh5 13. Bf4 (13. h3 Nf6 14. Bb2 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 f6 16. Rad1 {1/2:1/2
Svidler-Savchenko, Kazan 1995}) 13... Nf6 14. Rad1 Nxe4 (14... Qg4 15. Qc4 $5
$13) 15. Qxe4 f6 16. Bd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 e5 18. Rfd1 Qf7 19. Nd2 Be6 20. Nf1 Rac8
$11 {Rublevsky-Se.Ivanov, Russia(ch) 1997 (rapid)}) 5... cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O
Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 (11... Be7 12. c3 e5 13.
Nf3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 e4 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Be3 Bf5 17. h3 (17. Bb3 $142 Rac8 18. Nc4
$14 {Beliavsky}) 17... Rac8 18. Bb3 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Nd7 Rfd8 $11 {
Rublevsky - Beliavsky, Polanica Zdroj, 1996}) 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1
O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Qf3 (16. Nh5 $5 Rxd1 17. Nxf6+ Kh8 18. Rxd1 Be5 19. Bg5
Qe7 (19... h6 $2 20. Rd3 $1) 20. Ne4 f6 $13) 16... Kxg7 17. Bh6+ Kg6 18. c3 (
18. Rad1 $5 $146 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Bd7 (19... Be5 $142 20. Qe3 Ne4 $1 $13) 20. Rd4
Qe5 21. Be3 Bc6 $2 22. Rg4+ $1 Nxg4 23. Qxg4+ Kf6 24. Qh4+ Kg7 25. Bd4 $18 {
O.Korneev-Vakhidov, Ubeda (open) 1997}) 18... Nh5 $1 (18... Nd5 19. Rad1 $1 f5
20. Bc1 Bd6 (20... Be5 21. c4 $18) 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 $18 {Adams - Dreev,
Wijk aan Zee, 1996}) 19. Bc1 (19. Be3 {- Rublevsky - S.Ivanov, Elista, 1997}) (
19. Re4 Kxh6 20. Rh4 Qe5 $5) 19... f5 (19... Bf4 20. g4 Ng3+ 21. fxg3 Bxc1 22.
Raxc1 b6 $146 (22... Bd7 23. Qe3 Bc6+ 24. Kh2 Qe7 (24... h6 25. Bc2+ $140 Kg7
26. g5 h5 $132 {Wolna}) 25. Rf1 $40 {Supper - Wolna, corr., 1996/97}) 23. Bc2+
Kg7 24. Be4 Rb8 25. Rf1 Qe7 $11 {Bowden-Levitt, England 1997}) 20. g4 (20. Bxe6
Ng7 $1 21. Bxc8 (21. Bb3 Bd6 (21... Be5 $2 22. Qe3 $1 $16) 22. g4 (22. Qe3 f4)
(22. Qh3 Bf4 $17) 22... f4 23. Qe4+ Kf6 $13) 21... Raxc8 22. g3 Bxg3 23. fxg3
Qc6 $11) 20... Bd7 $1 $146 (20... b5 21. gxh5+ Kf6 (21... Kg7 22. Qg2+ Kf7 23.
Qh3 $1 {Adams - McDonald, England, 1997} Kf6 $140 24. Bh6 Bb7+ 25. f3 Re8 26.
Qxh2 $1 Bxf3+ 27. Kg1 Rg8+ 28. Kf1 Qxh2 29. Rxe6+ Kf7 30. Re2+ $18 {Adams}) 22.
Qh3 $2 (22. Qe3 $1 $18) (22. Qxa8 Bb7+ 23. Qxb7 Qxb7+ 24. Kxh2 $16) 22... Rg8
23. Qe3 Qd6 24. Qh6+ Kf7 25. Qxh7+ Kf6 {1/2:1/2 Lukin-Kashtanov, St.Petersburg
1997}) (20... Ng7 21. gxf5+ Nxf5 22. Qg4+ $18) (20... Kg7 21. gxf5 $5 $36) (
20... Nf6 21. Bxe6 (21. gxf5+ exf5 22. Qg2+ Ng4 23. f3 Qg3) 21... Kg7 $5 (21...
Bxe6 22. Rxe6 Kg7 (22... Kf7 23. Bg5 $1 $16) 23. Bg5 (23. Qxf5 Rd1+ 24. Kg2
Rg1+ 25. Kf3 Nxg4 $13) 23... Rf8 24. Qxf5 $5 (24. Bxf6+ Rxf6 25. Rxf6 Kxf6 26.
Qxf5+ Kg7 27. Rd1 Bd6 28. Qg5+ Kf7 29. Qd5+ (29. Qf5+ $11) 29... Ke7 30. Re1+
Kf8 $13) 24... Ng8 25. Qe4 $40 {(with the idea Qd4)}) 22. Qxf5 (22. Bh6+ $5) (
22. Bg5 $5) 22... Rf8 23. Bh6+ $1 Kxh6 24. g5+ Kg7 25. gxf6+ Kh8 $1 26. Rad1
$44 {Svidler}) 21. gxh5+ (21. gxf5+ exf5 22. Bf7+ (22. Qg2+ Bg3 {with the idea
Bc6}) (22. Re7 Bc6 $1 23. Bf7+ Kf6 24. Rxc7 Bxc7 25. Bxh5 Bxf3+ 26. Bxf3 $17)
22... Kg7 $5 (22... Kxf7 23. Qxh5+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Qf6+ $11) 23. Bh6+ Kh8
(23... Kxh6 $2 24. Qxh5+ Kg7 25. Qg5+ $18) 24. Qxh5 Bc6+ 25. f3 Qg3 26. Rf1 Rg8
$1 $19) (21. Bxe6 Bc6 22. Bxf5+ Kg7 23. Be4 Rf8 24. Qg2 (24. Qh3 Bxe4+ 25. Rxe4
Qc6 $19) 24... Bxe4 25. Rxe4 (25. Qxe4 Rae8 $1 $19) 25... Nf6 26. Re6 Bf4 $17)
(21. Qg2 Bf4 $5 22. gxh5+ Kf6 $36) 21... Kg7 (21... Kf6 $2 22. Qe3 $18) 22.
Qg2+ Kh8 $1 (22... Kf7 23. Qh3 Kf6 24. Bh6 Rg8 25. Rad1 $36 {XKf6}) 23. Bg5 (
23. Qxh2 $4 Bc6+ 24. Kg1 Rg8+ $19) 23... Be5 (23... Bc6 $4 24. Bf6+ $18) (23...
Rf8 $2 24. Qxh2 Bc6+ 25. Kg1 Qg7 26. Qg3 Rg8 27. Bf4 Qf6 28. Be5 $18) 24. Bxd8
Qxd8 $1 (24... Rxd8 $5 25. Rg1 $8 Bc6 26. f3 Qe7 27. Qh3 Rd3 $44) 25. Rxe5 (25.
Qh3 $2 Bc6+ 26. f3 Bxf3+ $1 27. Qxf3 Qh4+ 28. Kg1 Rg8+ 29. Kf1 Qh2 30. Qf2 Qh3+
31. Ke2 Rg2 $19) 25... Bc6 26. Bd5 $8 (26. f3 Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Rg8 28. Qxg8+ Kxg8
29. Rxe6 Kf8 $17) 26... Qh4+ (26... exd5 $6 27. Qg3 d4+ 28. Kh2 $16) 27. Qh2 (
27. Kg1 $6 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rg8 $15) 27... Bxd5+ 28. Rxd5 Qe4+ 29. Qg2 Qh4+ (29...
exd5 30. Qxe4 fxe4 (30... dxe4 31. Rd1 $36 {with the idea Rd7}) 31. Rd1 Rf8 (
31... Rd8 32. Rd4 {with the idea c4}) 32. Rxd5 Rxf2 33. h6 $5 $14) 30. Qh2 Qe4+
31. Qg2 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Jones,G"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{This game was played in the third round of the European Team Championships.
This year had a rather curious pairing system in place and so our prize for
losing to Greece in round two was the chess powerhouse Armenia! In fact during
the tournament we managed to play: Armenia, Israel, Czech Republic, Poland and
Ukraine all on 50%!} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 {I wasn't expecting the
French but luckily had done some work before the tournament and decided to try
out a new line.} 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 ({I'd only played the mainline} 5. exd5 {
in the past.}) 5... Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 Na6 8. Nc3 (8. c4 {is more common
but I couldn't find any way towards an advantage there.}) 8... Qd8 9. a3 $5 {
Every time I look at this variation I find it faintly ridiculous. After eight
moves White has developed just his knights, while the knight on d2 is
misplaced and will need to move again. However, Black too has just developed
his knights and the one on a6 is in a worse position than its corresponding
knight on d2. I think 9.a3 is a clever idea as both knight and bishop would
have liked to occupy b4.} Be7 10. Qf3 $5 {White's strategy is to play against
the c8-bishop and try to keep Black passively placed.} (10. Bc4 {has been the
main battleground in this line.}) 10... Nc5 {A natural move that I had
overlooked in my analysis and I was now on my own.} ({The computer suggests
sacrificing a pawn with} 10... Bd7 {when White can get away with grabbing the
pawn on b7 or playing more slowly.} 11. Qxb7 (11. Nc4 Bc6 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Bh6
Nh5 14. Qg4 {would still leave Black needing to play accurately to equalise.})
11... Nc5 12. Qf3 Rc8 13. Bb5 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Qd7 15. Nc3 {and it wasn't
entirely obvious to me that Black had sufficient play for the pawn.}) (10...
Nb8 $5 {was played in another recent GM encounter but feels a bit slow.} 11.
Nc4 Nc6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rd1 Bd7 14. Bd3 {and Black was very passively placed.
He tried a pawn sacrifice} b5 $5 {which really should have been taken} 15. Nxb5
$1 (15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qa5 17. O-O b4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qe4 (19. axb4 $1 {
was a stiffer test} Qc7 (19... Qxb4 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Rxd7 Qxb2 22. Ne4 $16)
20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qd3+ Kg8 22. Qxd7 Rfc8 {and Black has some play and can
hope to hold the draw}) 19... g6 20. axb4 Qc7 21. Qc4 Rfc8 {1/2-1/2 Dzhumaev,M
(2485)-Gupta,A (2640) Visakhapatnam 2011.})) 11. b4 $5 {A double-edged
decision. On the one hand White gains space and forces the knight to move
again, and of course the main strategy of preventing Black activating his
light squared bishop. However on the other hand I now have to be careful not
to allow Black strong counterplay with an ...a5 break.} (11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+
Qxd7 13. b4 {would also have been a little better for White but then at least
Black would have got rid of his problematic bishop.}) 11... Ncd7 12. Nc4 O-O
13. Bb2 ({During the game I was debating the merits of this and} 13. Bf4 {
but decided against the latter as I didn't want to face} e5 $1 (13... a5 $5 {
is also possible here.}) {when White does better in declining the pawn} 14. Be3
Nb6 15. Rd1 {when Black has good chances after both} Qc7 ({and} 15... Qe8 $5))
13... a5 $5 {After a long think Akopian comes up with this surprising
sacrifice, evidently a sign he didn't like his position if he continued
normally.} ({I was expecting something like} 13... a6 14. Bd3 Qc7 {preparing ..
.b7-b6 when I had planned} 15. Qg3 Qxg3 (15... Qc6 16. O-O b6 17. Be2 Bb7 18.
Rad1 $14) 16. hxg3 h6 (16... b5 17. Na5 Ne5 18. Be2 $14 {favours White as the
knight is useful on a5.}) 17. O-O $5 {when White has the slightly easier
position but Black is very solidly placed too.}) 14. Nxa5 Rxa5 {The logical
continuation of the previous move.} ({However, had he wanted to also play with
...Ne5 then it's more accurate to play it now as I have fewer squares
available to my queen.} 14... Ne5 15. Qe2 (15. Qf4 $6 {is no longer any good as
} Qc7 16. g3 b6 ({and} 16... Rxa5 $5 {both give Black good play.})) (15. Qg3 {
is possible however but the queen will be forced to move again after} Rxa5 16.
bxa5 Qxa5 17. Bb5 Bd6 18. Qh4 {when perhaps White is doing well but Black has
a lot of play for the exchange.}) (15. Qh3 {would not really make sense either
as Black hasn't yet given up the rook and so} Nd5 {gives him a reasonable
position.}) 15... Rxa5 (15... Ng6 16. g3 Nd5 17. O-O-O $1 $14 ({and not} 17.
Bg2 {allowing} Bf6 $11)) 16. bxa5 Qxa5 17. Qb5 Qc7 18. Be2 Bd7 19. Qb3 Neg4 $44
{and again Black has strong pressure for the exchange while my king is still
stuck in the centre.}) 15. bxa5 Ne5 16. Qf4 {Now, however, this square is
available and relatively safe.} ({With hindsight I think I would have plumped
for} 16. Qh3 {as then White would find it easier to complete his development.
A sample line could continue} Qxa5 17. Be2 Ne4 18. O-O Nd2 19. Rfd1 Nec4 20.
Ne4 $1 Nxe4 21. Bxc4 Qc5 22. Bd3 {White has mating threats of his own.} Qxf2+
23. Kh1 Qf5 24. Qxf5 exf5 25. Bd4 $14 {and White has managed to get the queens
off and still has a material advantage.}) 16... Qxa5 17. Qa4 (17. Be2 {might
have been a safer course but Black still has good compensation following} Ng6
18. Qc4 Bd7 19. O-O Bc6 $14 {but of course White should be a little better.})
17... Qb6 18. Nb5 {I had various ideas of playing Bd4 to block the queen out
of the game but then I cede control of e4 allowing Black dangerous threats.} (
18. Qb3 {was better but Black still has decent play} Qc6 19. Rd1 Bd7 20. Qa4 (
20. Ne2 Nc4 $44) 20... Qxa4 21. Nxa4 Bxa4 22. Bxe5 Bxc2 23. Rd2 Rc8 24. Bd3 Ba4
25. Bb2 $14 {and White has a small material advantage but Black is active and
solid so winning will be very difficult.}) 18... Neg4 {The wrong knight.} ({
Instead} 18... Nfg4 $1 19. Bd4 Qc6 {would have been given Black great play.}
20. O-O-O (20. f3 $2 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Qxf3 $19 {is far too dangerous.}) 20... Qe4
{and Black's pieces are starting to swarm in the centre of the board. The
immediate threat is ...Ng4xf2 and I would have done well to quell his
initiative.}) 19. Bd4 Qc6 20. Nc3 Qc7 21. Qc4 Qa5 22. Qa4 {Starting to get
short on time I decided to repeat once before trying to find a way to make
progress.} Bd8 $6 {Akopian starts to get too ambitious and misses my reply.} (
22... Qc7 {was of course better. I had been analysing} 23. h3 {two moves
before hand but hadn't come to a conclusion on the assessment following} (23.
Qc4 Qa5 24. Qb5 Qc7 25. Qb6 Qf4 26. Be2 $14 {is the computer's recommendation
when at least I've managed to develop my bishop and coordinated somewhat.})
23... Nxf2 $5 ({The sounder option looks to be} 23... e5 24. Nb5 Qc6 25. Ba7
Nh6 26. Qc4 Qa6 $13 {when yet another odd looking position is reached where
White's pieces are very misplaced.}) 24. Kxf2 {when both} Bc5 ({and} 24... Rd8
{looked very scary short on time.})) 23. Qb4 $1 {Taking some dark squares and
defending against the threat of ...e6-e5 as my knight is no longer attacked.}
Qg5 24. Bb5 {Developing my bishop and preventing ...Bd8-a5.} (24. h4 {felt
like a long term concession but was probably more accurate}) 24... b6 25. Bc6 {
I calculated the game continuation when I played this move and thought that
that should give me some small chances.} ({It's still too early to castle} 25.
O-O $2 Qf4 26. g3 Qh6 27. h4 e5 {when I would be forced to part with my dark
squared bishop with a pretty horrible position.}) (25. h4 Qf4 26. Ne2 Qb8 27.
f3 Nh6 28. g4 {is the computer's very dynamic way of playing but this wasn't
the safe path I was looking for!}) 25... Ba6 26. Qa4 {Perhaps an error but
it's understandable to want to exchange off some pieces here.} e5 27. Qxa6 exd4
28. Qb5 Qf4 29. Nd1 d3 $6 {Time trouble starts to rear its ugly head.} ({
Of course I looked at} 29... Nxh2 {but it felt strange and after} 30. g3 {
hoped White had a small something.}) (29... Qd6 $5 {is an interesting computer
suggestion but here too White should be a bit better following} 30. g3 {
so that I can castle.} d3 31. O-O $1) 30. cxd3 Bc7 31. g3 Qh6 32. Ra2 $1 {
A move I was proud of during the game. The rook comes to the king's assistance
along the second rank and can block any checks on the e file.} Ne5 33. d4 Neg4
34. h3 Nxf2 35. Nxf2 Bxg3 36. O-O $1 {Quite a pretty move. Castling gives my
king a bit more cover and is the correct move, I think this is the first time
I've been pleased with castling into the attack!} Qe3 37. Kg2 Bb8 38. Qd3 Qe6
39. Rc2 Nh5 40. Ng4 {Reaching the time control.} ({There was still time to go
wrong and my initial thought of} 40. Qf3 $4 {would have allowed Akopian to
turn the tables with} Qg6+ {picking up my stray rook.}) 40... Nf4+ 41. Rxf4
Bxf4 {Now I had some breathing space and could calmly consider how best to
convert my extra piece. I think my plan of targeting f7 is the easiest.} 42.
Qf3 Bb8 43. Bd5 Qe7 44. Re2 {Akopian resigned as he will be forced to give up
the bishop next move after 45.Ne5. A highly complex game and my opponent
should be praised for his very interesting exchange sacrifice. Thanks to my
win we managed to draw the match 2-2.} 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Bxc6 (7.
Nxc6 Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 Bc5 $5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. Qa4+ Qd7
13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. Ne4 Bb6 15. Bf4 Ne7 16. O-O-O+ Nd5 17. Nc3 Kc6 18. Nxd5 {
1/2-1/2 Glek,I-Yusupov,A Bundesliga 1991}) 7... bxc6 (7... Bxc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6
$10) 8. O-O (8. c4 Bd6 $10) 8... Bd6 9. Qe2 Qb8 $5 (9... Ne7 10. e5 Bc7 11.
N2b3 (11. b4 $2 Qb8) 11... Ng6 $132) 10. N4f3 $10 Ne7 11. e5 Bc7 12. b3 $2 (12.
Nb3 Qb5 $10) 12... Ng6 13. Re1 f6 $1 $15 14. Bb2 O-O 15. c4 Bb6 (15... Rf7 16.
Rac1 Bb6 $15) 16. Rac1 Qe8 (16... Nf4 17. Qf1 Qe8 18. c5 Bc7 19. g3 $13 Qg6
$140 20. Re3) (16... fxe5 17. c5 e4 18. cxb6 exf3 19. Nxf3 $44) (16... Rf7 $5 {
/\Qf8}) 17. c5 Bc7 18. Nf1 (18. Qe3 Qf7 19. Re2 {/\h4-h5} Rab8 {/\Rb4,Nf4} 20.
a3 Bc8 $5 {/\Ba6}) 18... Qf7 19. Qd2 $1 a5 $1 20. Bd4 $1 (20. a3 Rab8 21. b4
axb4 22. axb4 fxe5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxb4 $17) 20... Rab8
21. Rc3 Rb4 22. Rce3 Rxd4 $1 23. Qxd4 fxe5 24. Rxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 (25...
Qf6 $6 26. Nd2) 26. Rxe5 Qf4 27. Qb2 $2 (27. Qe3 $1 Qxe3 28. Rxe3 (28. Nxe3 $2
Rb8 $17 {><c5}) 28... Rb8 (28... Rf4 29. Nd2 Rd4 30. Nf3 Rd1+ 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 32.
Nxe1 Kf7 33. f4 Kf6 $132) 29. Nd2 Rb5 30. Rc3 Kf7 (30... a4 31. Nf3 axb3 32.
axb3 Kf8 (32... Kf7 33. Ne5+ Ke7 34. f4 $14) 33. Ne5 Be8 34. f4 $14) (30... e5
31. Nf3 d4 (31... e4 32. Ne5 $1 (32. Nd4 $2 Rb4 33. Nc2 d4 34. Nxb4 dxc3 35.
Nc2 Bg4 36. Ne3 Bd1 $19) 32... Be8 33. f3 d4 34. Rc4 d3 35. Rxe4 Rxc5 (35... d2
36. Rd4 Rxc5 37. Nc4 $16) 36. Nxd3 $16) 32. Rc1 d3 33. Nd2 $16) 31. f4 (31. Nf3
Kf6 32. Nd4 Rb4 $17) 31... Rb4 32. g3 g5 33. fxg5 e5 34. Nf3 Ke6 $44) 27... Qb4
28. Qc1 (28. Qc2 Qd4 29. Re2 e5 $17) 28... Qd4 29. Qe3 Qa1 $1 30. Qe2 (30. Rxe6
Bxe6 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Qxc6 Qd4 33. Ne3 Qd2 $19) 30... Bc8 $1 $17 31. Rg5 (31.
Re3 Qc1 $1 $17 (31... d4 $2 32. Re4 e5 $6 33. Qc4+ Kh8 34. Rxe5 d3 35. Qf7 $1
$18)) 31... Ba6 $1 32. Qxa6 Qf6 33. Qe2 (33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qe2 e5 35. Ng3 Kh8
$19) (33. h4 $2 Qxf2+ 34. Kh2 Qxh4+ $19) 33... Qxg5 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. g3 $2 (
35. Qxc6 $142 Qf4 (35... Qf5 36. f3 Rc8 37. Qd6 d4 38. Qxd4 Qxc5 39. Qxc5 Rxc5
40. Ne3 $15) 36. f3 Qd4+ 37. Kh1 Qd3 (37... Qf2 38. Qb5) 38. Kg1 h5 $17) 35...
Qf5 (35... Qf6 $1 36. Qxf6 Rxf6 37. Nd2 Re6 38. Kf1 Kg8 39. h4 h6 40. Nf3 Re4
41. Nd2 Rb4 $19) 36. Qe3 (36. Qxf5 Rxf5 37. Nd2 Kg8 38. Kf1 Re5 $19) 36... Rd8
(36... Qf6 $1 $19) 37. Nd2 d4 38. Qe7 Rf8 (38... Qd5 39. Ne4 $132 {/\Nd6}) 39.
f4 $1 (39. Ne4 Qf3 $19) 39... h6 $6 (39... Kg8 $1 40. Nf3 $140 Qb1+ $19) 40.
Nf3 Qb1+ 41. Kg2 Qc2+ (41... Qxa2+ 42. Kh3 Rg8 43. Nxd4 $36) 42. Kh3 Qf5+ 43.
Kg2 d3 44. Kf2 Rf7 (44... Kg8 45. Ke3 $1 $13) (44... Rf6 $5 45. Qe5 d2 (45...
Qd7 46. Qd4) 46. Qxf5 d1=N+ 47. Ke1 Rxf5 48. Kxd1 Rxc5 $17) 45. Qe5 $1 (45.
Qe8+ Kh7 46. Qe5 Qd7 47. Qd6 Qxd6 48. cxd6 Rd7 $19) 45... Qd7 $6 (45... d2 46.
Qxf5 d1=N+ (46... Rxf5 47. Nxd2 Rxc5 48. Ke3 $17) 47. Ke1 Rxf5 48. Kxd1 Rxc5
$17) 46. Qd6 $1 Qxd6 47. cxd6 Rd7 48. Ne5 d2 49. Ke2 d1=Q+ 50. Kxd1 Rxd6+ 51.
Ke2 (51. Kc2 Kg8 52. h4 $15) 51... Kg8 52. a4 (52. h4 $5) 52... g5 53. Ke3 Kg7
54. Nc4 $6 (54. Ke4 $142) 54... Rd5 55. Ne5 gxf4+ 56. Kxf4 Rd4+ $2 (56... Rc5
57. Nc4 Kf6 $17) 57. Kf5 Rb4 58. Nxc6 Rxb3 59. Nxa5 Rb4 60. Nc6 Rxa4 61. Ne5
Ra5 62. g4 Ra3 63. h4 Rh3 64. h5 Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Holon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Shulman Sutovskij} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+
bxc6 7. O-O (7. c3 Nf6 8. e5 Nd7 9. O-O Be7 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 a5 (10... c5
11. Re1 Qb6 12. Nb3 cxd4 13. Nbxd4 Bc5 14. Rb1 a5 15. Be3 O-O $10 {Lendvai,
N-Szabo,E/HUN-chT2 1993}) 11. Re1 Be7 12. Nf1 O-O 13. Ng3 Ba6 14. Be3 c5 $132 {
Rohde,M-Vaganian,R/New York GP Qual 1994}) 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 Rb8 (11... Bb7
$1) 12. Ng3 cxd4 $6 (12... Bb7) 13. Nxd4 $1 Qc7 14. Qg4 $1 $36 {Rohde,M-Gulko,
B/USA (ch) 48/381 1989}) 7... Nf6 8. e5 Nd7 9. dxc5 (9. c4 Be7 10. dxc5 Nxc5
11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Qg4 O-O 13. N2b3 Kh8 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Be3 Qb6 16. Rac1 Rac8
17. Rc2 Bxd4 18. c5 $5 Qd8 19. Qxd4 $14 {Kuzmin,G-Fish,G/Alushta 1993}) 9...
Bxc5 (9... Nxc5 10. Nd4 a5 $5 $44) 10. c4 a5 (10... O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nbd4
Qb6 $13) 11. Nb3 Ba6 (11... Be7 $142 12. Nbd4 Qb6) 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. Qd4 $1 Ne4
(13... Nd7 $2 14. Qg4 $16) 14. b3 O-O 15. Ba3 (15. Rd1 $140 dxc4 $1 16. bxc4 (
16. Ba3 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Nc3) 16... c5 $15) 15... c5 16. Qe3 (16. Bxc5 $6 Nxc5 17.
Qxc5 dxc4 18. bxc4 Rc8 19. Qd6 Bxc4 $15) 16... Rc8 (16... Qb6 $5) (16... Qc7 $5
17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Bb2 Qb6 $132) 17. Rfd1 (17. Rac1
Qc7 18. Ne1 f5 (18... Qxe5 $2 19. f3 Qg5 20. Qxg5 Nxg5 21. h4) 19. f3 d4 20.
Qd3 Qxe5 $5 $44) 17... Bb7 18. Ne1 d4 19. Qf4 (19. Qh3 $2 Nc3 20. Rd2 Qg5 $19)
19... f6 20. f3 (20. Nd3 $6 fxe5 21. Qxe5 Qe8 $1 {/\Rf5}) 20... Nc3 (20... fxe5
$6 21. Qxe5 Qh4 22. Nd3 $16) 21. Rd2 Qe8 22. Bxc5 $5 (22. Nd3 Qg6 $1 (22...
fxe5 23. Qxe5 Rf5 24. Qg3 e5 25. Bxc5 {Sutovskij} Rc6 26. Re1 Rg6 27. Rxe5 Qc8
28. Rxf5 Rxg3 29. Rf8+ $16) 23. Qg3 $140 Qxd3) 22... Rxc5 23. Qxd4 Ne4 $8 (
23... Na4 $6 24. exf6 e5 25. Qd7 Qxd7 26. Rxd7 Rf7 27. Rd8+ Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8
29. fxg7+ Kxg7 30. Nd3 Kf6 31. Re1 $1 $18) 24. fxe4 Rxe5 25. Re2 Qg6 26. Nd3
Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Bxe4 28. Nf4 Qf5 29. Re1 (29. Rf1 e5 30. Qe3 exf4 (30... Bb7 31.
Nd5 $14) 31. Rxf4 Qe5 32. Rxe4 Qa1+ 33. Qe1 Qxa2 34. Re8 Qa3 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36.
Qf7 Qc1+ $10) 29... Qxf4 30. Rxe4 (30. g3 Qf3 31. Rxe4 a4 $5 (31... e5 $6 32.
Qd5+ Kh8 33. c5 h6 34. c6 Rc8 35. Rxe5 Qc3 36. Qd7 Qxc6 37. Re8+ $1) 32. bxa4
$140 Rb8 $132) 30... Qc1+ 31. Kf2 a4 $1 (31... Qc2+ 32. Re2 Qf5+ 33. Ke3 {
/\Ke3-d2-c3+/-}) 32. Rxe6 (32. Re2 axb3 33. axb3 e5 34. Qd5+ Kh8 $10) 32...
axb3 33. axb3 Qc2+ 34. Re2 Qxb3 $10 35. Qd5+ Kh8 36. Qd6 Rc8 37. Qc7 Rg8 38. h3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Ikaros op 43th"]
[Site "Ikaros"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Nikolaidis, Ioannis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Kapnisis,Spyridon"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,90,5,53,41,41,18,36,53,48,48,14,8,3,13,13,40,11,19,28,41,41,62,-17,
-23,-45,23,14,177,189,189,-15,88,111,447,262,195,195,395,166,185,93,103,103,83,
79,79,71,104,104,95,52,107,52,74,74,68,79,79,85,71,54,64,65,54,74,75,75,138,
128,94,96,107,120,136,127,98,87,145,107,101,88,112,107,118,115,126,104,104,62,
256,176,38]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7.
O-O Nge7 {[#]} 8. a3 {Not the most popular move but a move that Kotronias has
trusted in another one of his games in the recent past.} (8. exd5 $5 {is more
common and usually leads to position with an isolated d5 pawn for Black.} exd5
(8... Qxd5 9. Ne4 $14) (8... Nxd5 9. Ne4 (9. Re1 O-O 10. Ne4 Be7 11. c3 Qc7 {
1/2 (42) Fernandez,D (2472)-Sedlak,N (2537) Paracin SRB 2015 looks quite
decent for black}) 9... Be7 (9... Ba7 10. c4 Nde7 (10... Ndb4 $6 11. Bb1 $16 {
[%csl Rb4][%cal Ya2a3]}) 11. Qe2 $14 {[%cal Yf1d1]} (11. Nfg5 $5)) 10. c4 Nf6
11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bg5 (12. Bd2 $5) 12... Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nd4 {1/2 (44) Pogonina,N 
(2499)-Zhukova,N (2466) Warsaw POL 2013 is fairly ok}) 9. Nb3 Bb6 (9... Bd6 10.
Re1 O-O 11. c3 $14 {1-0 (41) Adams,M (2697)-Akobian,V (2599) Wheeling USA 2010}
) 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 {1/2 (43) Adams,M (2733)-Grachev,B (2682) Muelheim GER
2011 is slightly better for White.}) (8. c3 Ba7 (8... O-O 9. exd5 exd5 10. Nb3
Bb6 11. Re1 {1/2 (42) Wang Puchen (2450)-Buchanan,W (2104) Glasgow SCO 2014})
9. exd5 exd5 {0-1 (36) Martirosyan,H (2607)-Ehlvest,J (2521) chess.com INT 2019
}) (8. Qe2 Nb4 $5 {1-0 (49) Mamedov,N (2602)-Mammadova,G (2360) Nakhchivan AZE
2018}) (8. Nb3 Ba7 9. exd5 exd5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 $14 {1/2 (43) Shevchenko,K
(2438)-Chigaev,M (2542) Voronezh RUS 2016}) 8... O-O 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Ng6 11.
e5 (11. exd5 exd5 12. c4 Nf4 {should be ok for black}) 11... Nf4 12. Nb3 (12.
g3 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Bd7 (13... f5 $5 {[%cal Yf5f4]}) 14. Nb3 d4 $5 $132 {In my
opinion, black should be prefered.}) 12... f6 $1 (12... Bd7 $6 {Slow
development of the queenside is not enough for black to equalize.} 13. Qd2 Nxd3
14. cxd3 Rc8 15. Rfe1 Qe7 16. Rac1 Rc7 17. a4 Rfc8 18. b5 Nb8 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 20.
Bd4 Bxd4 21. Nfxd4 {1-0 (65) Kotronias,V (2486)-Janjic,S (2155) Belgrade SRB
2019 is unpleasant for black}) 13. exf6 {[#]} e5 $3 {Very nice idea which
makes the game wild. Probably it was part of Nikolaidis's preparation although
I must say that he is fully capable of producing original ideas like this over
the board.} (13... gxf6 {is not bad either and gives Black interesting
counterchances.} 14. Re1 $6 (14. Nfd4 Ne5 $13) 14... e5 15. Bf1 Bg4 (15... Ne7
$5 {[%cal Ye7g6]}) 16. Bc1 Nxg2 $5 {1/2 (38) Azarov,S (2586)-Cordova,E (2570)
Saint Louis USA 2019 with a complicated battle}) 14. fxg7 $6 {This just looks
a bit too greedy to be good.} (14. Nxe5 {Eliminating the pawn on e5 should
have been White's first priority.} Qxf6 15. Nxc6 Qg5 $1 (15... Qxc6 16. Be5 $16
) 16. g3 Nh3+ (16... bxc6 17. Nc5 Nh3+ 18. Kg2 Nf4+ $11) (16... Bg4 $5 17. Ne7+
$1 Kh8 18. h4 $1 Qh5 19. Qd2 Be6 {[%cal Yh5f3]} 20. Qd1 (20. Bf5 Ne2+ 21. Kh2
Rxf5 $13) 20... Bg4 $11) 17. Kh1 (17. Kg2 $2 Nxf2 $17 {[%cal Yc8h3]}) 17...
Nxf2+ 18. Rxf2 Rxf2 {[#] It is quite probable that White calculated up to here
and considered the position to be very risky. A long forced line leads to a
draw} 19. Nxa7 $1 Bg4 20. Qe1 $1 Bf3+ 21. Kg1 Rg2+ 22. Kf1 Rf8 23. Qe6+ $1 Kh8
24. Qd6 $1 {[#]} Rg1+ $1 (24... Kg8 $2 25. Bxh7+ $18) (24... Re8 25. Qf4 $18)
25. Kf2 (25. Kxg1 Qe3+ 26. Kf1 Bg2+ 27. Kxg2 Qf3+ $11) 25... Rg2+ $11) 14...
Rf7 $1 15. c4 $2 (15. Na5 $5 {is not enough to equalize:} e4 $1 (15... Nxa5 16.
bxa5 e4 $1 17. Bxe4 Bg4 18. Bd3 Bb8 $5 $40 (18... Rc8 $5)) (15... Bg4 16. Nxc6
bxc6 17. Bxe5 Nxg2 18. Kxg2 Bxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Rxf3 20. Kxf3 $13) 16. Bxe4 Bg4 17.
Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bd3 Bb8 $40 (18... Nh3+ $5)) (15. Ne1 Qh4 $17) 15... Bg4 $6 {
Black has a lot of attractive moves which promise him a nice advantage but Bg4,
although perfectly logical, is not one of them} (15... Nxd3 $5 16. Qxd3 e4 17.
Qxd5 exf3 $17) (15... Be6 $5 16. Nc5 (16. cxd5 Bxd5 $19 {[%cal Yf4g2] White is
in no position to defend.}) 16... Bxc5 17. bxc5 e4 $17) (15... Rxg7 $6 16. Kh1
Rxg2 (16... Be6 {is probably preferable with Black having the better chances
in a very complicated battle.}) 17. cxd5 {is a total mess and obviously very
difficult to calculate and evaluate during the game} Bg4 (17... Qxd5 $6 18.
Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Kxg2 Nf4+ 21. Kg3 Ne2+ 22. Kh4 $14) 18. dxc6 (
18. Rg1 Rxg1+ 19. Qxg1 h5 $13) 18... Bxf3 (18... Nxd3 $5 19. Kxg2 e4 20. Rg1 $1
Kf8 $1 (20... Bxf3+ $2 21. Kf1+ Kf8 {[#]} 22. Nc5 $3 (22. Qd2 Qh4 23. Rg3 $1
Qxh2 24. Rg8+ $1 Kxg8 25. Qg5+ Kf7 26. Qg7+ $11) 22... Bxc5 (22... Bxd1 23.
Ne6+ Ke7 24. Nxd8 Nxb2 25. Rg7+ $1 Kf6 26. Rf7+ Kg6 27. Rd7 $16) 23. Qb3 $18)
21. Kf1 Bh3+ $1 22. Rg2 Qd5 $13) 19. Qxf3 Rxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qh4+ $11) (15... e4 $5
16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qxd8+ Nxd8 18. Ng5 Re7 $17) 16. cxd5 {[#]} Nh3+ $2 (16...
Nxg2 $1 17. Be4 Nh4 18. dxc6 Bxf3 19. Qxd8+ Rxd8 20. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 21. Kg2 Rd6 $1
{is unpleasant for White but probably defendable.}) (16... Nd4 17. Nbxd4 Bxd4
18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Be4 Qf6 $44 {[%cal Ya8e8,Yd4d3,Yf4g2] remains highly complex.
Black's attack against the white king is far from over.}) 17. Kh1 Bxf3 18. gxf3
Nd4 19. Bxd4 $6 (19. Nxd4 exd4 20. d6 $1 $18 {[%cal Yd3c4]}) 19... exd4 {[#]}
20. Qe2 $2 (20. d6 $1 {It was important for white to activate his
light-squared bishop} Rxg7 (20... Kxg7 21. Bc4 $1 Rf4 22. Be6 $18) (20... Rc8
21. Nc5 $1 $16) (20... Qxd6 $2 21. Bc4 Bb8 $2 (21... Qf4 22. Qe2 $18 {[%cal
Ye2e4]}) 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. f4 Qxf4 (23... Nxf4 24. Qxd4 $18) 24. Qh5+ $18 {
[%cal Yh5h3]}) 21. Bf5 $1 Qxd6 $5 (21... Nf4 22. Rg1 $16) 22. Bxh3 Bb8 23. f4
$1 Qxf4 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. Qh5 Qe4+ 26. f3 Qxe6 27. Rfe1 $16) (20. Nd2) 20... Nf4
21. Qe4 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Qxd5 23. Nd2 Rxg7 (23... Qf5 $5 $14) 24. Rg1 Rf8 25.
Rxg7+ (25. Rae1 $5) 25... Kxg7 26. Rg1+ Kh8 27. Rg4 (27. Ne4 $5) 27... Qf5 {[#]
} 28. Qxf5 $2 {The exchange of queens gives away most of White's advantage.
Keeping the queens on the board makes more sense since white can use all his
pieces for an attack against the black king while Black's bishop must be left
on a7 protecting d4.} (28. Re4 $1 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Yh1g2,Yg2f1]} Rg8 29. Nf1 {
[%cal Yf1g3]} Qb5 $1 30. Qd1 $1 Qc6 (30... a5 31. Qb1 axb4 32. axb4 Bc5 33. Rh4
$1 Rg7 34. Ng3 Qxb4 35. Qe4 Bf8 36. Qd5 {Black is under pressure}) 31. Re7 $16)
28... Rxf5 29. Kg2 a5 30. bxa5 Rxa5 31. Ne4 $6 (31. Re4 $5 Rxa3 32. Re8+ Kg7
33. Re7+ Kg6 34. Rxb7 $14) 31... Rd5 $1 32. Kf1 (32. Rh4 d3 33. Rxh7+ Kxh7 34.
Nf6+ Kg6 35. Nxd5 Kf5 $11) 32... d3 33. Ke1 Bd4 (33... Rf5 $5) 34. Kd2 Bg7 35.
f4 Ra5 36. Rg3 $6 {After this move White will be forced to exchange rooks
which will make Black's defense even easier. Objectively Black shouldn't have
serious problems to fully equalize either way.} (36. Kxd3 Rxa3+ 37. Ke2 b5 38.
Nd6 b4 39. f5 Ra6 $1 40. Rxb4 (40. Nf7+ Kg8 41. Nd8 b3 42. Ne6 Ra7 $11) 40...
Rxd6 41. Rb8+ Bf8 42. Rxf8+ Kg7 43. Rb8 Rh6 $11) 36... Rxa3 (36... Bh6 $5) 37.
Rxd3 Rxd3+ 38. Kxd3 b5 {The pawn on b5 creates enough counterplay so that
Black has no problem to secure the draw.} 39. Kc2 Bf8 40. Nc3 b4 41. Nd5 Kg7
42. f5 Kh6 43. f4 Bd6 44. h3 {[#]} Bxf4 $1 {Black finds the quickest way to
force the draw} 45. Nxf4 Kg5 $5 $11 (45... Kg5 46. Ng2 Kxf5 47. Kd3 (47. Kb3
Ke4 48. Kxb4 Kf3 $11) 47... b3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Kengis,E"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 (5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7.
O-O) 5... Nf6 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. N2f3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 (8. c3 $4 Nxc3 $1 9. bxc3 Bxc3+
10. Bd2 Bxd4 $19) 8... Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. Bc4 b6 $6 (10... Nb6 11. Be2 (11.
Bb3 e5 12. Nb5 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Nc6 14. c3 Rd8 $10) 11... Qf6) 11. O-O-O Bb7 12.
Rhe1 Qc8 (12... Qf6 13. Ne5 Qf4 14. Bxd5 Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Bxd5 (15... exd5 16.
Nf5 $16) 16. Nf5 exf5 (16... Bb7 $4 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Nxf7+ $1 Rxf7 19. Rd8+ $18
) 17. Rxd5 $16) 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Nf5 exf5 (14... Qb7 15. Nxg7 Kxg7 16. Qg5+
Kh8 17. Qf6+ Kg8 18. Re5 Rc8 19. Rdxd5 exd5 20. Rg5+ Kf8 21. Nd4) 15. Qxd5 Nc6
16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 g6 18. g3 $2 (18. Qd5 $1 $16 Rd8 19. Qxd8+ Qxd8 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. Re7) 18... Re8 19. Qxe8+ (19. Qxe8+ Qxe8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Rd7 Re2)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Blees, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. a3 Nge7 8.
O-O O-O 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Ng6 11. e5 {N} Nf4 $6 (11... f6 $1) 12. Nb3 Bd7 13.
Qd2 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Ne7 15. Bd4 $16 Bb8 16. a4 Nf5 17. Bc5 Re8 18. a5 f6 19. Rae1
fxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Rc8 22. Rfe1 Nh4 23. Bd4 Ng6 24. R5e2 Qh4 25. Be5
Bc6 26. Nc5 d4 27. Bg3 Qh5 28. Nxe6 Qd5 29. f3 Nf8 30. Re5 Qd7 31. Nc5 Qf7 32.
h4 Rxe5 33. Bxe5 Rd8 34. Qg5 Rd5 35. Qg3 Ng6 36. h5 Ne7 37. Qxg7+ Qxg7 38. Bxg7
Nf5 39. h6 Ne3 40. Ne4 Rb5 41. Rb1 Nf5 42. Bf6 Kf7 43. Bd8 Rd5 44. Bg5 Kg6 45.
Kf2 Nxh6 46. Bxh6 Kxh6 47. Nc5 Kg6 48. Re1 Kf7 49. Rh1 h5 50. Rh4 Bb5 51. Rf4+
Kg6 52. Re4 Kf7 53. Kg3 Bc6 54. Kh4 Rd8 55. Re5 Rg8 56. Rf5+ Ke7 57. Rg5 1-0

[Event "New York WFW"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Mednis, Edmar John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. Bg5 Qc7 $5 {
Auch 13...Qc5 14.Bf4 Bd6 ist gut.} 14. Qf3 Bd6 15. h3 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Be5 17. Rad1
{>= 17.c3} Bxd4 $1 18. Rxd4 Bc6 $15 19. Qc3 Rxd4 20. Qxd4 Rd8 21. Qh4 Qa5 22.
c3 Qf5 23. Bc1 $2 g5 $1 24. Bxg5 (24. Qxg5 Qxf2 25. Rg1 Rg8 26. Qe3 Rxg2 $19)
24... Rg8 25. f4 Ne4 $2 (25... h6 $1 26. Qxh6 (26. Re5 hxg5 27. Rxf5 gxh4 28.
Rxf6 Rxg2 29. Rxf7 Rg7+ 30. Kh2 Rxf7 31. Bxe6+ Rd7 $19) 26... Ne4 27. Bd1 (27.
Kh2 Nxg5 28. fxg5 Bxg2 $19) 27... f6 28. Bg4 (28. Bh4 Qxh3+ $3 29. gxh3 Nf2+
30. Kh2 Rg2#) 28... Nf2+ 29. Kg1 Nxg4 30. hxg4 Qxg4 $19) 26. Bd1 (26. Bd1 Nxg5
(26... f6 27. Bg4 fxg5 28. Bxf5 gxh4 29. Bxe4) 27. fxg5 Rxg5 28. Bg4 Qc2 (28...
Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 h5 30. Rd1 $1) 29. Re2 Qc1+ 30. Qe1 Qf4 31. Qf2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Argentina"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Black "Giaccio, Alfredo Gustavo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {King} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Nge7 8. c3 O-O 9. Qe2 Ng6 (9... Ba7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 Qc7 12. Bc2 d4 13. e5
Rd8 14. Bg5 Re8 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Rad1 Bc5 18. h4 h6 19. h5 Nf8
20. Bh4 Be7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Ng3 $14 {Conquest,S-Machulsky,A/Alma-Ata/1989/
0-1 (38)}) 10. Nb3 Bd6 (10... dxe4 11. Bxe4 Bd6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Rad1 Rd8 14.
Qc4 $1 Bd7 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Ng5 $1 Be7 17. Nc5 Ne5 18. Qh4 $1 Bxc5 19. Bd4 $1
Be8 20. Rfe1 Rd5 21. f4 Rad8 22. fxe5 R8d7 23. Kh1 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Qb6 25. Re4
Rc7 26. Rf1 Rcd7 27. Ref4 Rxd4 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Rxf7+ Kd8 31.
Qxe8+ $1 {1-0 Rozentalis,E-Nikolic,P/Moscow olm (04) LTU-BIH ;CBM 45 1994}) (
10... Ba7 $5) 11. Bg5 Qc7 (11... f6 12. Be3 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. Rad1 $14 {
Kholmov/}) 12. Rad1 (12. exd5 exd5 13. h3 (13. Bxg6 fxg6 $5 14. Qd3 Be6 15. Bh4
Kh8 16. Bg3 Bg4 $6 17. Qxd5 $1 Rad8 18. Nfd4 $1 Ne5 (18... Bxg3 19. fxg3 $16)
19. Ne6 Qf7 20. Nbd4 Rfe8 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Bxe6 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Qg5
Rde8 25. Qd5 $16 {1-0 Dudek,R-Mueller,O/BL2-S 9495 (38)}) 13... Nf4 14. Bxf4
Bxf4 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Nbd4 Rae8 17. Rfe1 g6 18. Qc2 Bc8 19. Bf1 Na5 20. g3 Bh6
21. Bg2 Nc4 22. Nh2 $14 {Kholmov,R-Dolmatov,S/Volgodonsk/1983/1-0 (39)}) 12...
h6 13. Be3 Nge7 14. Bb1 dxe4 15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bc2 e5 17. Bb6 Qb8 (17... Qxb6 18.
Rxd6 e4 19. Ne5 $16) 18. g3 Rf6 19. Nc5 e4 20. Nd4 Bc7 21. Bb3+ Kh7 22. Nxc6 (
22. Bxc7 Qxc7 {>< Nc5}) 22... Rxc6 23. Nd7 Bxd7 24. Rxd7 Bxb6 25. Rxe7 Rc7 $10
26. Re6 Rc6 {King: The light squares are often a problem for Black in this
particular variation of the Tarrasch Variation of the French Defence. White's
pieces fill the vacuum created by the advance of the e and f pawns.  However,
it seems that Black's defensive resources are sufficient, and White
overpresses, frustrated by his inability to breakthrough.} 27. Re7 (27. Rxc6
bxc6 {>< Pf2}) (27. Qh5 {King  Black hangs on if he plays accurately.} Rxe6 28.
Bxe6 (28. Qxf5+ Rg6 29. Rd1 Qc8 (29... Qc7 30. Bf7 Qc6 31. Bxg6+ Qxg6 32. Qxg6+
Kxg6 33. Rd6+) 30. Rd7 Kh8) 28... g6 29. Qe2 Qe5) 27... Rc7 28. Re5 $6 (28. Re6
$10) 28... Rxc3 29. Rxf5 Rxg3+ 30. Kh1 Rh3 31. f4 exf3 (31... Re3) 32. R5xf3
Rxf3 33. Rxf3 Qe8 34. Bc2+ Kh8 35. Qd3 Qg8 36. Qg6 Rc8 37. Be4 $4 (37. Qxb6
Rxc2 38. Qxb7 Qe6 39. Rg3 $10) 37... Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Kh1 {N; Der Bd6
hat nicht den Tempozug Bh2+.} (13. h3 O-O 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. c3 b5 $13) 13... O-O
14. Bg5 Nd7 15. c3 Ne5 $5 (15... b5 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Qh3 {/\ 18.Nxe6}) 16. Qh5
Ng6 17. Bc2 h6 18. Nf3 b5 19. Rad1 Bf4 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. Qe5 Qxe5 22. Nxe5 Bb7
23. f3 Rfd8 $10 24. Kg1 Rac8 25. a3 f6 26. Nd3 Nxd3 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Bxd3 Rd8
29. Rd1 Kf8 30. Be2 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 g5 32. g3 Ke7 33. Kf2 a5 34. f4 gxf4 35.
gxf4 Kd6 36. b4 axb4 37. cxb4 e5 38. Ke3 Bc6 39. Bh5 Bd7 40. Bf7 Bc6 41. h4 Ke7
42. Bb3 Kd6 43. Bd1 f5 44. Bc2 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 {>= 5.Ngf3} Bxc5 6.
Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. Ne4 b6 $1 10. Nxc5 Qxc5 $1 11. Be3 $6 (11.
O-O) 11... Qc7 12. Bd4 Bb7 13. O-O-O Nc5 $1 14. Be5 (14. Bxf6 Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3
Qf4+ 16. Kb1 Qxf6 {=/=/+}) 14... Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 $6 (15. Qxd3 Qc6 (15... Qc5 $2
16. Bd6 $18) 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nd4 $13) 15... Qc4 $1 16. Nd4 $6 (16. Kb1 $6 Be4
17. Re3 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nd5 $17) (16. Bxf6 Qf4+ 17. Kb1 Qxf6 {=/=/+
}) 16... Be4 (16... Qxa2 $5 {Ernst} 17. Bxf6 gxf6 $13 {17.-Da1+? 18.Kd2 Dxh1
19.Tg3 g6 20.Dh5 +-.}) 17. Re3 Qxa2 $1 (17... Qxe2 $6 18. Rxe2 Bxg2 $2 19. Rg1
$18) 18. Bxf6 (18. Rxe4 {Ernst} Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qxh1 21. Qg4 f6 22.
Nxe6 Rf7 23. Bxf6 Re8 $1 $19) 18... Bg6 $1 (18... Qa1+ $6 19. Kd2 Qxh1 20. Rxe4
gxf6 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qh4 $40) 19. Ra3 Qd5 20. h4 (20. Be5 f6 21. Bd6 $5 (21.
Bg3 {Ernst} Qxd4 22. Qxe6+ $10) 21... Rfc8 $1 (21... Qxd6 22. Qxe6+ Qxe6 23.
Nxe6 $10) (21... Rfe8 $2 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nc7 $16) 22. Qxe6+ (22. c3 Qxd4 23.
Qxe6+ Bf7 24. Qe7 Qxf2 $19) 22... Qxe6 23. Nxe6 Rxc2+ 24. Kd1 Rc6 $17) 20...
gxf6 21. h5 Qxd4 22. hxg6 hxg6 $17 23. Rah3 f5 24. Rh4 f4 $1 (24... Qf6 25. Qe3
Rfd8 26. Qh3 Kf8 27. Rh8+ Ke7 28. Qa3+ Kd7 29. Rd1+ Kc6 30. Qa4+ $18 Kc7 (30...
Kb7 $2 31. Rd7+ Rxd7 32. Qxd7+ Ka6 33. Rxa8 $18) 31. Rdxd8 $1 (31. Rd7+ Rxd7
32. Rxa8 Kd6 $13) 31... Rxd8 32. Qxa7+ Kc6 33. Rh3 $40) 25. Qf3 Rac8 26. Rxf4 (
26. Qh3 Qxf2 $1 27. Rh8+ Kg7 28. Rh7+ (28. Qh6+ {Ernst} Kf6 $19) 28... Kf6 29.
c3 Qe3+ $19) 26... Qc5 27. c3 Kg7 28. Rhh4 Qe5 29. g3 Qe1+ 30. Kc2 Rcd8 31. Rd4
Qe5 32. Rhf4 Qc7 33. Qe3 e5 $1 $19 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Re4 Rd5 36. g4 b5 37. g5
Qd6 38. f3 a5 39. Qe2 Qe6 40. Qh2 Qf5 41. Qg3 Qd7 42. Qe1 b4 43. cxb4 (43. Rxe5
{Ernst} Qa4+ 44. Kc1 bxc3 $1 45. bxc3 {45.Txd5? Da1+ und gewinnt die Dame.}
Qf4+ 46. Re3 Rd3 $19) 43... Qa4+ 44. b3 (44. Kc1 {Ernst} axb4 45. Rxe5 Rd6 $19)
(44. Kc3 {Ernst} Qc6+ 45. Rc4 axb4+ 46. Kxb4 Rb5+ 47. Kc3 Qxf3+ 48. Kc2 Qb3+
$19) 44... Qa2+ 45. Kc3 (45. Kc1 {Ernst} axb4 46. Qxb4 Qa1+ 47. Kc2 Qd1+ $19)
45... a4 $1 46. bxa4 Qa3+ 47. Kc2 Qxa4+ 48. Kc3 Qa3+ 49. Kc2 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. c3 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. Re1 b5
15. Bg5 Bb7 16. Bc2 Nd5 17. Qh5 $146 (17. Qg4 Rfe8 18. Qh4 g6 19. Be4 f5 20.
Bc2 e5 21. Ne2 Nb6 22. Rad1 Nc4 23. Bb3 Qc6 24. f3 Re6 $15 {Akopian,V-Levitt,J/
Groningen op/1990/}) 17... g6 18. Qh4 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Bf4 20. Be4 Rab8 21. Rad1
Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Nb6 $6 (22... Rfd8 $13) (22... Rfe8 $13) 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Nf3 $1
Nd5 25. Qh6 Rfd8 26. Rd4 $1 (26. Ng5 Nf6 $10) 26... Qe7 27. Rh4 Nf6 $6 (27...
f6 28. Nd4 Rb6 29. Rxe6 $5 (29. Rhe4 $14) 29... Rxe6 30. Nxe6 Qxe6 31. Qxh7+
Kf8 32. Qxg6 Qg8 33. Qf5 $14) 28. Ne5 {+/-/+-} Rd6 (28... Nh5 29. Rxh5 $1 gxh5
30. Nc6 Qc5 (30... Qh4 31. Re5 $18) 31. Re5 $1 Rd1+ (31... Qxc6 32. Rg5+ Kh8
33. Qf6#) 32. Kh2 Qd6 33. f4 $18) 29. Ng4 Rbd8 30. Nxf6+ Qxf6 31. Qxh7+ Kf8 32.
Qh6+ Kg8 33. Rf4 Qg7 34. Qg5 Rd2 35. Qe7 $5 Qf8 (35... R2d7 36. Qb4 Rd2 {+/-/+-
}) 36. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 $6 (36... Qxe7 37. Rxe7 Rf8 $16) 37. Qxe6+ $18 Kg7 38. Qe5+
Kg8 39. Rxf8+ Rxf8 40. Qg5 Rfxf2 41. Qxg6+ Kh8 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Qxa6 Rxb2 44.
a3 Kh7 45. Qc6 Rfc2 46. h4 Rc1+ 47. Kh2 Rbc2 48. Qxb5 Rxc3 49. a4 Rc4 50. Qh5+
Kg7 51. Qg5+ Kh7 52. a5 Rc7 53. a6 R1c6 54. Qe3 Rc4 55. Qd3+ Kg7 56. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Anand Kasparov} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3
Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qe2 Nbd7 $1 {Das Ergebnis von 3 Siegen aus 3 Partien sieht
man diesem Zug nicht an!} (8... Nc6 9. Ne4 Be7 10. O-O $14 {Anand}) 9. b3 (9.
Ne4 b6 $1 10. Nxc5 Qxc5 11. Be3 (11. O-O) 11... Qc7 12. Bd4 Bb7 13. O-O-O (13.
O-O $2 Ng4 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 $1 {Anand}) 13... Nc5 $1 14. Be5 (14. Bxf6 Nxd3+ 15.
Rxd3 Qf4+ 16. Kb1 Qxf6 {=/=/+}) 14... Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 Qc4 16. Nd4 Be4 $1 17. Re3
Qxa2 $1 18. Bxf6 Bg6 $1 19. Ra3 Qd5 20. h4 gxf6 21. h5 Qxd4 22. hxg6 hxg6 23.
Rah3 f5 24. Rh4 f4 25. Qf3 $2 (25. g3 $1 {Kasparov,G}) 25... Rac8 26. Rxf4 Qc5
27. c3 Kg7 $15 {0-1 Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Reggio Emilia 1991 (49)}) 9... a5 (9...
Bb4 10. Bb2 Qc5 11. c4 Ba3 12. Bd4 Qc7 13. O-O b6 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. Nfg5 Nxe4 16.
Bxe4 h6 $10 17. Qh5 $2 e5 $19 18. Bc3 Nf6 19. Qe2 hxg5 20. Bxe5 Qe7 {0-1
Svidler,P-Lamoureux,C/Groningen op (04) ;EXP 38 1993}) 10. Bb2 b6 11. O-O-O {
Das ist wohl doch zu optimistisch, immerhin hat Schwarz schon einen P auf a5.}
Bb7 12. Rhe1 a4 $15 13. Ne4 Qh5 14. Nfg5 Qh6 15. Kb1 axb3 16. axb3 (16. cxb3 $5
) 16... Ba3 17. Nxf6+ (17. Ba1 Bb4 $17) 17... Nxf6 18. Bxf6 $2 (18. Bxa3 $2
Rxa3 19. Nxe6 Rfa8 $1 $19) (18. f4 Bxb2 19. Kxb2 Ra5 $15) 18... Qxf6 $19 19.
Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Qh5 {Soweit nicht schlecht, droht immerhin matt in 2!} Qb2# 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sherzer, Alex"]
[Black "Remlinger, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 {, um die Variante 5.ed5 Qd5
zu vermeiden.} Nf6 (5... Nc6 {Wird häufiger gespielt, muß aber nicht besser
sein.} 6. Bb5 Bd7) (5... Qb6 $5 {Wurde nur einmal gespielt.} 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bb5
Bd6 $5 8. O-O (8. Qg4 $5) 8... Nge7 9. exd5 exd5 10. N2f3 O-O 11. Be3 $6 Nxd4
$1 12. Nxd4 a6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2 Qc7+ 15. Ng3 axb5 $17 {Sprenkle-Henley/
New York/1984/YB1}) 6. exd5 (6. e5 Nfd7 7. Bb5 (7. f4 $4 Nxe5)) 6... Nxd5 7.
N2f3 Be7 8. Bd3 (8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. c3 Bf6 11. Re1 Nce7 12. Bg5 Qc7 13.
Bd3 Bd7 14. Qc2 Ng6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 $13 {Eingorn-Nogueiras/Havana/1986/YB5}) 8...
Nd7 {N} (8... O-O 9. O-O Bf6 10. c4 Nb4 11. Be4 Qe7 12. Qe2 N8c6 13. Be3 Bd7
14. Rfd1 Nxd4 {Torre-Kortschnoj/Nice ol/1974/0,5-0,5}) 9. c4 N5f6 10. O-O a6
11. Qe2 Qc7 12. b3 b6 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Bc2 O-O-O $5 {Kaum zu glauben, daß das
gut ist, aber die Bb2 und Bc2 zielen zum anderen Flügel.} 15. a3 Bd6 16. b4 g5
17. c5 bxc5 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Rfc1 g4 20. Ng5 Rhg8 21. Nb5 axb5 22. Bxf6 Bxh2+
23. Kf1 Bf4 24. Be4 Ba6 25. Qc2 Bxg5 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 b4+
29. Kg1 b3 30. Qb1 Kb8 31. Bc2 g3 32. Bxb3 gxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Qf4+ 34. Kg1 Qe3+ 35.
Kh1 Qxb3 36. Qa1 Bf6 37. Qc1 Nd3 38. Qb1 Qxb1 39. Rxb1+ Bb2 40. a4 Kc7 41. g4
h6 42. a5 Kc6 43. Rf1 f6 44. Rf3 Kd6 45. Kh2 Ke7 46. Rh3 Bc1 47. Kg3 Kf7 48.
Kf3 Bb7+ 49. Kg3 Kg6 50. Kh4 Bg5+ 51. Kg3 e5 52. Kh2 e4 53. Kg1 e3 54. Rh2 Ba6
55. Rc2 Ne5 56. Rb2 e2 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-A"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Black "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Qe2 {Eine Spezialität von Zapata Zapata's special variation} Be7 10.
Bg5 O-O (10... e5 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Rfe1 e4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Bxf6 (14. Nfxd4 $4
Ng4 $19) 14... Bxf6 15. Qxe4 Be6 16. Nfxd4 Bd5 17. Qd3 Rad8 {+/=/~/=}) 11. Rfe1
a6 12. Rad1 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. c3 $1 Nd5 (14... Rfe8 15. Bb1 Qc7 16. Nbxd4 Nxd4
17. Nxd4 Rad8 18. Qd3 g6 19. Qh3 Nh5 20. Bh6 Bf6 21. Qg4 e5 $13 {Zapata,
A-Dolmatov,S/Tilburg 20'/1993/0.5-0.5 (52)}) 15. cxd4 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Be4
$14 Rad8 (17... Qc7 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. d5 Bxd5 (19... Bd7 $2 20. d6 Bxd6 21. Qd2
$18) 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Qxe7 Qxe7 22. Rxe7 Rfe8 $13) 18. Nc5 $1 Nxd4 (18... Bxc5
19. dxc5 $16) 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Nxb7 $16 Rd7 21. g3 Qc7 22. Ne5 Rd4 23. Nc6 Rc4
24. Nba5 Rc5 25. Qe3 Rh5 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. Nc6 Qf6 28. b4 g6 29. Bf3 Rf5 30.
Nd4 1-0

[Event "Terrassa"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Pomes Marcet, Juan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 (7.
Nxc6 {.. wird häufiger gespielt.}) 7... bxc6 $10 8. c4 dxe4 $6 (8... Nf6) 9.
Nxe4 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 $1 Nf6 11. O-O Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Be5 Bf6 15.
Nf3 Rfd8 16. a3 $16 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Nf6 18. b4 Qc7 19. Qe3 Be8 20. Rfd1 Rdb8 21.
Qc5 Qb7 22. Rab1 Rc8 23. Qe3 Qc7 24. Na4 Rab8 25. Nc5 Qb6 26. g4 h6 27. h4 Rd8
28. g5 hxg5 29. hxg5 Nh7 30. Kg2 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rd8 32. Rh1 Qc7 33. g6 Nf6 34.
Qh3 Kf8 35. Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7.
O-O a6 $5 {Die ersten Versuche mit diesem neuen Zug sind ermutigend. Schwarz
will schnell Qc7 spielen, ohne danach Bb5+ oder Nb5 fürchten zu müssen. Weiß
muß sich dann viel zeitiger entscheiden, wo der B hin soll.} 8. Nb3 Qc7 (8...
Nc6 {Ftacnik} 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Nf6) 9. Qxd4 $6 (9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Nbxd4 Ne7
11. Rd1 $1 Nbc6 {einziger Zug laut Dreev} (11... O-O $2 12. Bxe6 $1 {Dreev}) (
11... e5 $6 12. Nb3 $1 (12. Bxf7+ $5 Kxf7 13. Ng5+ Ke8 (13... Kg8 $2 14. Qf3
Qc4 15. Nde6 Bxe6 16. Rxd6 $18) 14. Nde6 Bxe6 15. Nxe6 Qc6 16. Nxg7+ Kf7 17.
Qh5+ Ng6 (17... Kxg7 18. Qh6+ $18) 18. Nf5 $13) 12... f6 (12... O-O $6 13. Qd3
$16) (12... b5 $6 13. Bd3 f5 14. Qd2 $1 $16) 13. Nbd2 $14) 12. Bg5 $6 (12. Nxc6
{Dreev} Nxc6 13. c3 $13) 12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 (13. Rxd4 Nf5 {Dreev}) 13... O-O (
13... Bxh2+ {Dreev erwähnt diesen Zug nicht einmal. Der weitere Rückstand in
der Entwicklung wiegt eben schwerer als ein relativ unwichtiger Bauer. Eine
direkte Widerlegung gibt es jedoch nicht.} 14. Kh1 Bd6 15. Nf3 $44 {/\ Rd2,
Rad1}) 14. Bxe6 $2 (14. h3 $10 {Dreev}) 14... fxe6 15. Nxe6 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Qe5
$1 17. Qxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxf8 Kxf8 19. Rd8+ Kf7 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Rh8 Rb8 $19 {
0-1 Zapata,A-Dreev,A/Wijk (C2.1) ;CBM 45 1995 (31)}) 9... Nc6 10. Qh4 {>< Qh4}
Bd6 (10... Be7 11. Bg5 $1 (11. Bf4 e5) (11. Qg3 Qxg3 12. hxg3 Nf6 {/\ Ng4, e5,
f6=/+}) (11. Qg4 Kf8 $13) 11... Nf6 $13) 11. Bd2 Nge7 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Rad1 $1 (
13. Bc3 e5 $8 14. Ng5 Nf5 $1 15. Bxf5 (15. Qc4 O-O $15) (15. Qh5 g6 $15) 15...
Bxf5 16. f4 Bxc2 17. Nxf7 $2 (17. fxe5 Be7 18. Qf4 (18. e6 f6 19. Nf7 O-O {
/\ Bg6xf7-/+}) 18... O-O $15) 17... Qxf7 18. fxe5 Be7 $1 19. Rxf7 Bxh4 20. Rxg7
O-O-O $19 {Pirrot,D-Knaak,R/BL 9495 (15) 1995/0-1 (37)}) (13. c4 Ne5) 13...
O-O-O (13... h6 $5 14. Rfe1 (14. c4 $6 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 $15) 14... O-O-O 15.
c4 $13) (13... f5 {Ftacnik} 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Qh6 O-O-O) 14. Ng5 Ng6 15. Qh3 Nge5
(15... Rdf8 16. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 17. Bxg6 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Rff8 19. Be4 $16) (15... e5
16. Qh5 Be8 17. Qe2 $14) 16. Be2 (16. Bxh7 {Ftacnik} Be8) 16... Be7 17. Bf4
Rhf8 18. Ne4 $14 (18. Nxh7 $2 Rh8 $19) (18. Qxh7 $2 Rh8 19. Qe4 (19. Qxg7 Rdg8
$19) 19... Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Nf3+ $19) 18... h6 19. Nec5 Rh8 (19... g5) 20. Qc3 Bf6
(20... g5 {Ftacnik} 21. Bg3 Bd6) 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Nbc5 $6 g5 $1 23. Bg3 (23.
Bxa6 $1 {Ftacnik} bxa6 (23... Bxc5 24. Nxc5 bxa6 25. Nxa6 Nf3+ 26. Qxf3 Qxf4
27. Qb3 Qe5 $13) 24. Nxa6 Qb6 (24... gxf4 25. Nxc7 Kxc7 26. a3 $16) 25. Bxe5
$18) 23... f5 24. Bxa6 (24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Kxd7 26. Rd1+ Kc8 27. Bxe5 (27.
Qb3 f4 $1 28. Qxe6+ Kb8 29. Bxf4 gxf4 $17) 27... Nxe5 28. Qxc7+ Kxc7 $15 (28...
Kxc7 {Ftacnik} 29. Nd2 $10)) 24... bxa6 25. Nxa6 (25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Nxe6 Bb4
$19) 25... Qa5 26. Rxd7 (26. Qxa5 Nxa5 27. Bxe5 fxe4 28. Bxh8 Rxh8 $13) (26.
Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Rxd7 Kxd7 (27... Qxc3 $4 28. Rc7#) 28. Rd1+ Ke8 29. Qxc6+ Kf7 $19
) 26... Rxd7 (26... Qxc3 $4 {Ftacnik} 27. Rc7#) 27. Bxe5 (27. Qxa5 Nxa5 28.
Bxe5 Rhd8 $17) 27... Qxc3 (27... Qxe5 {Ftacnik} 28. Qxc6+ Kd8) 28. Bxc3 fxe4
29. Bxh8 Kb7 30. Re1 Kxa6 $17 31. Bc3 Bb4 32. Bxb4 (32. g3 {Ftacnik} Bxc3 33.
bxc3 Rd2 34. Rxe4 e5) 32... Nxb4 33. g3 Nxc2 34. Rxe4 Nd4 35. Kg2 (35. f4 {
Ftacnik} g4 $19) 35... h5 36. h3 Kb5 37. Re5+ Rd5 38. Re3 (38. Rxd5+ {Ftacnik}
exd5 39. f4 g4 40. hxg4 hxg4 41. Kf2 Nf5) 38... e5 39. Rc3 (39. g4 {Ftacnik}
hxg4 40. hxg4 Ne6 $19) 39... g4 40. hxg4 hxg4 $19 41. Rc8 Nf3 42. Rg8 Rd4 43.
b3 Kb4 44. a4 Re4 45. Rg7 Ne1+ 46. Kf1 Nd3 47. Rg6 Re1+ 48. Kg2 Re2 49. Rxg4+
e4 50. Kg1 Nxf2 51. Kf1 (51. Rg8 {Ftacnik} e3 $19) 51... Ra2 (51... Nxg4 {
Ftacnik} 52. Kxe2 $13) 52. Rf4 Kc3 $1 53. a5 (53. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 54. Kxf2 Kd2 $19)
53... e3 54. b4 (54. Rf3 {Ftacnik} Kd3) 54... Nd3 55. Re4 (55. Rf3 {Ftacnik}
e2+) 55... Kd2 0-1

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 {Man hat es satt die
ausanalysierten Varianten nach 5.exd5 Qxd5 zu spielen. Obwohl es nur wenige
Vorgänger mit 5.Nxd4 gibt, finden sich hier gleich 4 Partien.} Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7
7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 {N; Diese Bauernstruktur ergibt
sich offenbar recht häufig nach 5.Nxd4. Weiß hat im Endspiel einen leichten
Vorteil.} Bb4+ 11. Ke2 Qa5 12. Be3 Be7 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Bxd2 Nf6 15. Nxf6+
Bxf6 16. Rab1 Bd4 17. Rhd1 O-O-O 18. b4 Rd7 19. a4 Rhd8 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. fxe3
Kc7 22. Rxd7+ Rxd7 23. a5 a6 24. b5 cxb5 25. cxb5 Kb7 26. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lyon zt"]
[Site "Lyon"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 dxe4 (9... Nf6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. e5 Ng8 12. O-O {Todorovic,
MG-Miljanic,B/Jug-ch/1990/1-0}) 10. Qa4 Qb6 11. Nxe4 Qb4+ (11... Bb4+ 12. Ke2
Be7 13. b3 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rad1 $14 {Kholmov,R-Gavrilov,A/
Moskva-ch/1988/1-0}) 12. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 13. Ke2 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Be3 $14 Rg8
16. Kf3 f5 17. h3 h5 18. Rad1 Ke7 19. a3 Bd6 20. Rd2 Rgd8 21. Rhd1 Bc7 22. Rxd8
Bxd8 23. Rd3 Rb8 24. b4 a5 25. Rb3 axb4 26. axb4 Bb6 27. Bxb6 Rxb6 $10 28. Ke3
e5 29. Kd3 Ke6 30. f4 $6 f6 31. Kc3 Rb8 32. b5 $2 {>< d5} cxb5 33. cxb5 Kd5 34.
Kb4 e4 35. Rc3 Kd4 36. Rc6 e3 37. Rd6+ Ke4 38. Re6+ Kd3 39. Rd6+ Kc2 40. Rc6+
Kd2 41. Rd6+ Ke1 42. Rxf6 e2 43. Rxf5 Re8 44. Rc5 Kd2 45. Rd5+ Kc2 0-1

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ye, Rongguang"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1
O-O $1 15. Nxg7 Rd8 $1 $146 16. Qf3 $6 (16. Qe2 $1 Kxg7 17. g3 Bxg3 (17... b5
18. Kxh2 Bb7 19. Bg5 Qc6 20. Rg1 $16) 18. fxg3 b5 19. Bf4 Bb7+ 20. Kh2 Qc5 21.
Be5 $1 Kg6 $8 {/\ 22...Qxe5 23.Qxe5 Ng4+} 22. Bxf6 Kxf6 23. Rf1+ (23. Bxe6 fxe6
24. Qxe6+ Kg7 25. Qe7+ Qxe7 26. Rxe7+ Kg6 27. Rxb7 Rac8 $10) 23... Kg6 (23...
Kg7 $2 24. Rxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qxe6+ Kg7 26. Qf7+ Kh6 27. Qf6+ Kh5 28. Bf7+ Kg4 29.
Qf4#) 24. Bxe6 $1 (24. Rxf7 Rd2 $1 25. Qxd2 Qh5+ 26. Kg1 Qh1+ 27. Kf2 Qg2+ 28.
Ke1 Qxd2+ 29. Kxd2 Kxf7 $10) 24... Qh5+ $8 (24... fxe6 $2 25. Qxe6+ Kg7 26.
Rf7+ $18) 25. Qxh5+ Kxh5 26. Bxf7+ Kg5 27. Rad1 $14 {Adams-Dreev/Debrecen/1992}
) 16... Kxg7 17. g3 b5 18. Bf4 $6 (18. Kxh2 Bb7 19. Qf4 Qc6 20. Rg1 Rd1 $1 21.
Be3 Rxa1 22. Qg5+ Kf8 23. Qc5+ Ke8 24. Qxc6+ Bxc6 25. Rxa1 Ng4+ 26. Kh3 Nxe3
27. fxe3 Rd8 28. a4 Rd2 (28... b4 29. Bc4 a5 30. Bb5 Rc8 $17 {Wolff-Gulko/
USA-ch/1992}) 29. axb5 axb5 30. Ra6 Bg2+ 31. Kg4 Rf2 $17 {Kotronias-Chernin/
Munich op/1992}) 18... Bb7 $19 19. Bxc7 Bxf3+ 20. Kxh2 Ng4+ 21. Kg1 Rd2 22. Rf1
Rc8 (22... Rc8 23. Bb6 (23. Bf4 Rc5 {/\ Rh5-h1#}) 23... e5 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch U20"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Belozerov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. O-O a6 8.
Nb3 Qc7 9. Qe2 {Die anderen Züge sind 9.Qxd4 und 9.Bd3.} Bd6 10. Nbxd4 Ne7 11.
Re1 (11. Bg5 Nbc6 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Rad1 O-O 14. c3 Ne7 $6 (14... e5 $6 15. Qd3
Bc5 16. Qe4 $16) (14... h6 $1 15. Bh4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 {+/=/=}) 15. Bd3 Ng6
16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qe4 $16 {1-0 Vuckovic, A-Machelett, H/GER-ch Binz 1995 (26)})
(11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Rad1 Nbc6 13. Bc3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Ng6 15. g3 O-O 16. Bd3 f6 17.
Qe3 Rae8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Valerga,D-Egger,F/Siembra Villa Ballester op 1996 (50)})
(11. Rd1 {! (Dreev)} Nbc6 12. Bg5 $6 (12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. b3 O-O-O
15. Bb2 e5 $10 {1/2-1/2 Emms,J-Hansen,LB/Copenhagen BSF 1995 (46)}) 12... Nxd4
13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Bxe6 $2 (14. h3 {= (Dreev)}) 14... fxe6 15. Nxe6 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1
Qe5 $17 {0-1 Zapata,A-Dreev,A/Wijk (C2.1) 1995 (31)}) 11... Nbc6 (11... O-O $2
12. Ng5 $1 h6 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Qxe6+ Ke8 16. Bxh6 $1 Rf6 17.
Qg8+ Kd7 18. Rxe7+ $1 $18 {1-0 Slobodjan,R-Kaminski,M/WchJM-U20 Halle 1995 (35)
}) 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. b3 (13. Qe4 {Preventing 13...0-0 because of 14.Ng5 (Liss)}
Bd7 (13... b5 $5 14. Bd5 $5 (14. Bb3 {/\} Bb7 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Ne7 17.
Bg5 $36) 14... Bd7 $8 15. c4 $5 $36 {Liss}) 14. b3 Na5 $6 {The beginning of a
dubious idea (Liss)} (14... O-O-O $1 15. Bb2 $13) 15. Be2 $1 Bc6 (15... O-O-O
16. Bb2 {and the Knight is misplaced on a5}) 16. Qh4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Be5 18. Rb1
Bf6 19. Qa4+ {1-0 Liss,E-Bykhovsky,Av/ISR-chT 1996 (38) Now white has strong
initiative (Liss)}) 13... Bb4 14. Bd2 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 O-O 16. a4 (16. Qe2 Bd7 17.
Rad1 Rad8 18. Bd3 Qf4 19. Be4 g6 20. c4 Qc7 21. h4 Ne7 22. Qe3 Bc6 23. Bxc6
Nxc6 24. h5 $14 {Faibisovich,V-Nikitin,An/St.Petersburg Chigorin 1995/1/2-1/2 
(61)}) 16... b6 $2 {>< Pa6 Ursache für alle späteren Übel.} (16... e5 17. Qg5
$1 Re8 18. Qh5 $14 {Fritz}) (16... Bd7 $1 17. Rad1 Rad8 {+/=/= Weiß steht ein
wenig besser, aber die schwarze Stellung macht einen soliden Eindruck.}) 17.
Rad1 Rd8 18. Qe2 Bb7 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21. Qxa6 Nb4 22. Qe2 Qxc2 23.
Qxc2 Nxc2 24. Rc1 $16 f6 25. Kf1 Nb4 26. Ke2 Nd3 27. Rc4 e5 28. g3 Nc5 29. Rb4
Rd6 30. Nd2 Nd7 31. Nc4 Rc6 32. Rb5 Kf7 33. Ke3 Ke6 34. f4 g6 35. fxe5 fxe5 36.
Kd3 Rc5 37. Rb4 Rc6 38. Kd2 Kd5 39. Ne3+ Ke6 40. Rb5 Nc5 41. Rb4 Nd7 42. Rh4
Nf6 43. Rc4 Rxc4 44. Nxc4 Nd7 45. b4 Kd5 46. Kd3 e4+ 47. Kc3 Kc6 48. Ne3 Ne5
49. h4 Nf3 50. Kc4 h5 51. b5+ Kd6 52. Nd5 Nd2+ 53. Kd4 Nf1 54. Nxb6 Nxg3 55.
Nc4+ Kc7 56. a5 Nf5+ 57. Kxe4 Nxh4 58. a6 Nf5 59. b6+ Kc6 60. a7 Kb7 61. Kd5
Ne7+ 62. Kc5 Ka8 63. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. O-O Ne7
$146 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Ng6 10. Nfxd4 (10. Nbxd4 a6 (10... Nc6 $5) 11. Bxe6 $5
fxe6 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. Qxe6+ Qe7 $2 (13... Be7 14. Ng5 Nc6 15. Qf7+ Kd7 16.
Qf5+ (16. Qe6+ Ke8 17. Qf7+ $10) 16... Ke8 17. Ne6 Qe5 $1 18. Qxe5 Ncxe5 19.
Nc7+ $13) 14. Qc8+ Qd8 15. Qxb7 Nd7 16. Bg5 Rb8 17. Qe4+ Be7 18. Rad1 Qc7 19.
Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Rfe1 Nf6 21. Qa4+ Kf8 22. Ng5 Qc6 23. Qa3 Re8 24. Re6 Qb7 25. Qd6
Qxb2 26. Rde1 Nfg8 27. Qf4+ Nf6 28. Qc4 Rc8 29. Rc6 {1-0/Forster,R-Vaganian,R/
Biel Mixed/1994/}) 10... a6 11. f4 Be7 12. f5 $6 (12. Bd3) 12... exf5 13. Nxf5
Bxf5 14. Rxf5 O-O 15. Nd4 (15. Be3 $5) 15... Nd7 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Kh1 Rae8 $17
18. Qf1 Ng4 19. Bg1 Bf6 20. c3 Ne3 21. Bxe3 Rxe3 22. Bb3 Rfe8 23. Rf3 R3e4 24.
Nf5 Ne5 $19 25. Rg3 Ng4 26. Rxg4 (26. h3 Rf4 27. Qb1 Nf2+ 28. Kg1 Qc5 $19)
26... Rxg4 27. Nh6+ gxh6 28. Qxf6 Rge4 29. Rg1 Re1 30. Qf2 Rxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Qe7
32. Bd5 Qe1+ 33. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 34. Kf2 Re7 35. c4 Kg7 36. b4 Kf6 37. Bf3 b6 38. a4
a5 39. bxa5 bxa5 40. c5 Re5 41. c6 Ke7 42. h4 Kd6 43. h5 Rc5 44. Ke3 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nfxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Bf4 Be7 (12... Rc8 $1 13.
Be2 (13. Bb3 Bc5 $10) 13... Nd5 $10) 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Be2 Rac8 15. c4 $14 {
Nach der harmlosen Spielweise Tals kann sich Weiß am Damenflügel leicht
etablieren. Schwarz hat im Zentrum nicht das entsprechende Gegenspiel.} Rfd8
16. b3 Rc5 17. Be3 Rcc8 18. Bf4 Rc5 19. Rfe1 Be8 20. Bf3 b6 21. h3 Rd7 22. a4
Rc8 23. Nb5 $16 a5 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. Bxd6 Bc6 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28.
Be7 Ne8 29. Rd1 Rc7 30. Ba3 f6 31. Rd8 Kf7 32. Rb8 Rc6 33. Bc1 Nd6 34. Be3 Nxc4
35. bxc4 Rxc4 36. Rb7+ Kg8 37. Rxb6 e5 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39. Rb7+ Kg8 40. Ra7 Rxa4
41. g3 Ra1+ 42. Kg2 a4 43. Bc5 Rc1 44. Bb4 Ra1 45. h4 h5 46. Kf3 Ra2 47. Ke3
Ra1 48. Ke4 Rd1 49. Bc5 Rc1 50. Kd5 Rd1+ 51. Ke6 Rc1 52. Be7 Rc4 53. Ra8+ Kh7
54. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Volgograd"]
[Site "Volgograd"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Volzhin, Alexander"]
[Black "Veresagin, Jurij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1
O-O 15. Nxg7 Kxg7 $2 (15... Rd8 $10) 16. Qd4 e5 (16... Bd6 17. Bh6+ $18) 17.
Qh4 Ng4 18. f3 $1 (18. Bh6+ Nxh6 19. Qg5+ Kh8 20. Qxh6 Be6 21. Qf6+ Kg8 22.
Kxh2 Bxb3 23. axb3 e4+ 24. Kg1 Rfe8 25. Ra4 $14 {Mortensen,E-Lechtynsky,J/
Copenhagen/1983/}) 18... Qd8 19. Bg5 $1 f6 20. Bc1 $1 b6 (20... Re8 21. fxg4
Bf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Rxe8 Qxe8 24. Re1 Qf8 25. Re4 $18) (20... f5 $2 21. Bg5
$18) (20... Bf4 21. Bxf4 Qd4 22. Bg3 Ne3 23. Qh2 (23. c3 {+/- (Geenen)} Qxh4+
24. Bxh4 Nf5 25. Bf2 Bd7 26. Bd5 $16) (23. Qxd4 {+/- (Geenen)} exd4 24. Bf2 Re8
25. c3 $18) 23... Qxb2 24. Rxe3 Qxa1+ 25. Re1 Qb2 26. Rxe5 $44 {Geenen,M-Van
Geldorp,M/Belgique/1990/}) 21. fxg4 Bf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Rad1 Qc7 24. g5 $1
Bf5 (24... Bb7 25. gxf6+ Rxf6 26. Qg5+ Rg6 27. Re7+ $18) 25. Qh6+ Kh8 26. gxf6
f3 27. Re7 $1 $18 fxg2+ 28. Kg1 Qc5+ 29. Kh2 g1=Q+ 30. Rxg1 Qd6+ 31. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 33rd"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Be7 12. c3 e5 {Critizised not only
in ECO. But Beliavsky, famous as a busy homeworker must have other opinion
about it.} 13. Nf3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 e4 (14... b5 15. Bb3 e4 16. Ne5 $16 {
Balashov-Levi/ URS/1974}) 15. Ne5 O-O $5 (15... Rf8 16. Be3 $16 Nd7 17. Nxd7
Bxd7 18. Bd4 g6 19. b4 Rc8 20. Bb3 f5 21. Bg7 Rf6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 $18 23. Rac1
Rxc3 24. Bd5 b6 25. Bg8 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Be5 27. Bc4 (27. Bxh7 $2 Kf7 $10) 27...
Bd6 28. Rb1 (28. a3 $2 a5 $14) 28... Bc8 29. a3 a5 30. bxa5 bxa5 31. a4 Bb4 32.
Bb5+ Kd8 33. Rd1+ Kc7 34. Rc1+ Kd8 35. Rc6 Bb7 36. Re6 Be7 37. g3 Bc5 38. Re8+
Kc7 39. Rh8 h5 40. Rh7+ Kb8 41. Rh8+ {1-0 Keres,P-Benko,P/Los Angeles 1963})
16. Be3 $1 (16. Bg5 {Here starts the old analysis:} Bf5 17. Nd7 (17. Bxf6 gxf6
18. Nd7 Rfd8 19. Nb6 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 $14 {I'm not sure that White has any
advantage.}) 17... Rfd8 $1 {is not easy to refute.} (17... Bxd7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6
19. Rxd7 b5 20. Bb3 (20. Bd5 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bxe4 Rd2 $44) 20... Rad8
21. Rad1 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 $16) (17... Nxd7 18. Bxe7 Rfe8 19. Bd6 $16 {Dolmatov}))
16... Bf5 17. h3 Rac8 18. Bb3 (18. Bb3 $140) 18... Be6 (18... h6 19. g4 Bh7 20.
h4 $16) 19. Bxe6 fxe6 $16 {I cannot believe that this position was part of the
preparation.} 20. Nd7 $6 (20. Bd4 {/\ 21.Re1}) 20... Rfd8 21. Nb6 $6 (21. Ne5
$14) 21... Rc6 22. c4 Rd3 23. Rxd3 exd3 24. Rd1 Bd8 25. Na4 Rxc4 26. Rxd3 Be7
27. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Terrassa"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Pomes Marcet, Juan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 {Vielleicht wird man
hier bald ?! setzen.} 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 Kf8 15. g3 $1 (15. Qd4 $1 h6 16. g3
{Beliavski-Hertneck/Munich/1991/CBM23/i51/269}) 15... exf5 16. Bf4 Qc6+ 17.
Kxh2 Be6 18. Bd6+ $1 (18. Qd6+ Qxd6 19. Bxd6+ Ke8 20. Rad1 $14) 18... Ke8 (
18... Kg8 $2 19. Rxe6 $1 $18) 19. c4 $1 {N} (19. Bxe6 $6 fxe6 20. Rxe6+ Kf7 21.
Re7+ Kg6 $15) (19. Qd4 Rd8 20. Rad1 h5 21. Kg1 $6 (21. Rd3 {/\ f3}) 21... h4
22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rxe6+ Kf7 $17 {Jansa-Hübner/BL9091/1990}) 19... h5 (19... Ne4
20. c5 $40) 20. c5 {/\ Ba4+-} h4 21. f3 $1 (21. Ba4 $6 hxg3+ 22. Kxg3 Nh5+ 23.
Kh4 Nf4+ 24. Kg5 $4 Nh3#) 21... Kd8 {Traurige Konsequenz} 22. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 23.
Rxe6 $16 Kc8 24. Qb3 hxg3+ 25. Kxg3 Qb5 26. Rae1 Qxb3 27. axb3 Nd5 28. Rg6 Rg8
29. Re5 Nf6 30. Re7 Ne8 31. Be5 a5 32. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.01.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1994.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. Qe2 Nc6 $1
$146 (7... Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 Qb4+ (9... a6 $6 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 (
11... Bd7 12. Kb1 Be7 13. Rhe1 $16 {Smagin}) 12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 O-O-O 14.
Bxb5 $3 axb5 $2 (14... Qb6 $8 15. Qc4+ Bc5 16. b4 axb5 17. Qxc5+ Qxc5 18. bxc5
Bxg2 19. Rhg1 Bd5 20. Nxb5 $14 {Smagin}) 15. Nxb5 Qb4 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Rd1+
Kc8 18. Rd4 Qa5 19. Qc4+ {1-0/Smagin,S-Levitt,J/Amantea/1993/}) 10. Bd2 Qb6 11.
O-O-O Bd7 12. Bg5 O-O-O 13. Nfxd4 Nb4 14. a3 Nbd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. f3 Bd6 17.
g3 $14 {Rozentalis,E-Glek,I/Antwerpen/1993/}) 8. Ne4 (8. Nb3 Be7) 8... Qc7 9.
O-O Nf6 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Rd1 Bc5 12. a3 (12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Nxd4
O-O-O 15. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 16. Qxd1 Qxc6 $15) 12... Bd7 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bb2 Ne5 $1 15.
Bb3 (15. Nxe5 $5 fxe5 16. c3 $44) 15... Bc6 16. Ne1 (16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Rg8
$17) 16... Rg8 $17 17. g3 (17. Bxd4 $6 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Rxg2+ $1 19. Nxg2 Nf3+ $19
) 17... O-O-O $6 (17... Rg4 $1 18. a4 d3 19. Rxd3 Rxb4 $17) 18. a4 Rg4 $10 (
18... a5 19. b5 Bd5 (19... Be8 $13) 20. Bxd4 Bxb3 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. cxb3 $13) (
18... d3 $6 19. cxd3 Nc4 (19... Ng6 20. Bxf6 Nf4 21. Qd2 $16) 20. d4 $1 (20.
Bxc4 Rxg3+ 21. Kf1 $8 Rg5 {/\ 22...Qxh2-+} 22. Bxe6+ fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kb8 24. Qh3
Rdg8 $19) 20... Nxb2 21. Qxb2 $16) (18... Ng6 $2 19. a5 Nf4 20. Qc4 Bd5 21. Qf1
$18) 19. a5 Re4 20. Qh5 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Nf3+ 22. Kf1 Nd2+ 23. Kg1 Nf3+ 24. Kf1
Nd2+ 25. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. c3 (13. Bg5 Qc5
14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qd3 $6 (16. Nf3 {Nogueiras/Garcia Gonzales})
16... Ng4 17. g3 e5 $15 {Belyavski-Nogueiras/Montpellier ct/1985}) 13... Qc7
14. Qe2 Bd6 15. h3 Kb8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 $6 Rhf8 18. Rad1 $2 g5 19. Qf3 Bh2+
20. Kh1 Bf4 $1 21. Bg3 e5 22. Nc2 (22. Bxf4 gxf4 23. Nc2 $17 {[+]}) 22... g4
23. Qe2 gxh3 24. gxh3 Rg8 25. Kh2 Rg5 26. Bxf7 e4 27. Rg1 Rf8 28. Qc4 Bc6 29.
Be6 Nh5 30. Nb4 Bxg3+ 31. fxg3 Rf2+ 32. Kh1 Nxg3+ 33. Rxg3 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qf3 Qc7 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. h3 (
14. Rad1 $5) 14... Rac8 (14... a5 $5 15. a4 Bc5 16. Rad1 Qb6 (16... e5 17. Nf5
Bxf5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qxf5 $14) 17. c3 Bc6 $1 18. Nxc6 Bxe3 $13) 15. Rad1 b5
16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. a3 b4 $5 {19.a4 Sd5!?} 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. c3 Be7
21. Be5 a5 22. Ra1 Ra8 $2 (22... a4 23. Bxa4 (23. Rxa4 Bxa4 24. Bxa4 Qxb2 25.
Bxe8 Nxe8 $11) 23... Bxa4 24. Rxa4 Qxb2 25. Ra7 (25. c4 $2 Nd7 $15) (25. Nc6
Qb7 $11) 25... Qxc3 26. Qxc3 (26. Re3 Qc5 $15) 26... Rxc3 27. Nxe6 (27. Nf5 Bc5
$15) 27... Rcc8 $11) 23. Bc2 Rac8 24. Re2 $16 Red8 25. Rae1 Be8 26. Qg3 Bb5 27.
Re4 Nh5 (27... g6 $5 28. Rh4 $40 (28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Rxe6 Rc6 $13)
) 28. Qe3 Bf6 $2 (28... g6 29. Nf5 $16) (28... Qb7 $142) 29. g4 $18 Be8 30.
gxh5 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxd4 32. cxd4 Rxc2 33. h6 Qd8 34. d5 Rxb2 35. dxe6 fxe6 36.
Rxe6 Bf7 37. Qe5 gxh6 38. Qxb2 Bxe6 39. Rxe6 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 20th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[Tiebreak "Sum of Buchholz"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,57,19,31,41,46,51,28,8,24,-2,16,16,15,9,-1,33,-12,-2,-10,14,15,4,1,
-30,-17,-28,-26,-26,-40,0,-16,3,-2,6,-42,1,1,-1,0,-13,-23,-23,-46,292,210,217,
222,216,227,237,237,243,243,274,306,374,423,377,362]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2
c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Ne7 10.
Nf3 Ng6 11. e5 $6 (11. O-O {is more flexible and brings White better results.
The latest example:} Bd6 12. Re1 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. g3 Bd6 15. exd5 cxd5 16.
Rac1 Rd8 17. c4 dxc4 18. Rxc4 Qb6 19. Ne5 $14 {1-0 (24) Kovalev,V (2687)
-Kuipers,S (2470) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 11... f6 $6 {Black unnecessarily weakens
the position of his king.} (11... c5 {is probably the simplest reaction.} 12.
c4 {was played in a number of games but Black seizes initiative in the centre:}
(12. c3 Be7 13. O-O f5 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Re1 e5 16. Nh4 e4 17. Qh5 Qe5 18. Be2
Qxh5 19. Bxh5 Rg8 $15 {1/2 (46) Naiditsch,A (2697)-Flom,G (2501) Brest 2018})
12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bc6 (13... Rb8 14. O-O Be7 15. b3 Bc6 16. Bb2 O-O 17. Ne1
Rfd8 18. f4 Nh4 $36 {0-1 (41) Papp,G (2581)-Vitiugov,N (2729) Karlsruhe 2017})
14. O-O Be7 (14... Rb8 15. Re1 Be7 16. b3 O-O 17. Ng5 $6 h6 18. Nh3 Qb7 19. Qg4
Rbd8 20. Bxe6 Nxe5 $1 21. Rxe5 Bf6 22. Bxh6 Bxe5 $19 {0-1 (25) Shanava,K (2516)
-Sutovsky,E (2622) Tbilisi 2016}) 15. Re1 O-O 16. Bd3 (16. Ng5 $6 h6 17. Nh3
Rad8 18. b3 Qxe5 $5 (18... Qb7 $5 19. f3 $140 Nxe5 $1 20. Qxe5 Bf6) 19. Qxe5
Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Rd1+ 21. Bf1 Bf6 22. Rxc5 Be4 23. Bb2 Rxa1 24. Bxa1 Bxa1 $15 {
1-0 (53) Van den Doel,E (2589)-Timman,J (2562) Amstelveen 2017}) 16... Rad8 17.
Be4 Qb7 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Bd2 Rd5 20. Qe4 Qa6 21. Bc3 Rfd8 $15 {1/2 (49) Jones,
G (2662)-Bartel,M (2613) Heraklio 2017}) (11... Rb8 {is possible, too:} 12. c3
(12. O-O Be7 13. Re1 (13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Bg5 c5 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17.
Rfd1 Bc6 $17 {0-1 (30) Shevchenko,K (2491)-Peralta,F (2565) La Roda 2017})
13... c5 14. c4 O-O 15. h4 $6 (15. Ng5 {0-1 (61) Diamant,A (2412)-Jorczik,J 
(2382) Dresden 2008} dxc4 $5 16. Bxc4 h6 $17) (15. b3 $15) 15... dxc4 $1 16.
Be4 Kh8 17. Bg5 Bb5 18. Qe3 Rfd8 19. h5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Nf8 21. Rad1 h6 22. Nf3
Nd7 $17 {0-1 (40) Tal,M-Kortschnoj,V Moscow 1971}) 12... Be7 13. h4 f6 14.
Bxg6+ hxg6 15. Bf4 f5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 c5 18. Rh3 Qa5 19. Qd2 Qa4 $13 {
1/2 (47) Malakhov,V (2691)-Gharamian,T (2626) Mali Losinj 2017}) ({Or just} 
11... Be7 12. h4 (12. O-O O-O $6 (12... c5 $142) 13. h4 f5 14. h5 Nh8 15. c4
Nf7 16. Bf4 g5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rac1 Qb6 20. Be3 Qa5 21. Nd4 $14
{1/2 (27) Magem Badals,J (2531)-Osmak,I (2410) Linares 2018}) 12... f6 13.
Bxg6+ hxg6 14. O-O (14. Bf4 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qa4 16. c4 Qxc4 17. Qxc4 dxc4 18. Bc3
c5 19. Nd2 Bc6 $17 {0-1 (48) Fluvia Poyatos,J (2507)-Peralta,F (2580)
Barcelona 2016}) 14... c5 15. Re1 Qb7 16. Rb1 Kf7 17. Bd2 Rae8 18. c4 d4 19. b4
cxb4 20. Bxb4 Bxb4 21. a3 {1/2 (58) Gadimbayli,A (2409)-Bajarani,U (2421) Baku
2019} Bc6 22. Rxb4 Qc7 23. Nxd4 Rxh4 $13) 12. Bxg6+ hxg6 13. O-O $1 $146 {
White's only chance is to complete development and try to attack Black's king.
In the following game Black managed to exchange queens and obtained an
excellent position:} (13. Qd3 $6 Kf7 14. Qd4 Qb6 15. Qf4 Qb4+ 16. Qxb4 Bxb4+
17. c3 Be7 18. Be3 g5 19. O-O-O g4 20. Nd2 fxe5 $17 {0-1 (42) Idani,P (2543)
-Lenderman,A (2600) Baku 2016}) 13... Kf7 14. c4 $1 {[%mdl 128]} Be7 (14... c5
{[%cal Yd7c6]} 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rd1 Be6 17. b4 $1 $36) 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. h4 d4
17. b4 $1 a5 (17... Qxb4 $6 18. Rab1 Qa4 19. Rb7 $40) (17... Bxb4 $6 18. Rfb1
Qa5 19. a3 Be7 20. Rb7 $40) 18. Rad1 $1 (18. bxa5 $143 $2 Qxa5 19. Nxd4 $140
Rxh4) 18... axb4 19. Rxd4 Rad8 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Be5 $1 fxe5 $2 {This capture
loses.} ({White keeps a strong attack after} 21... Kg7 22. Rf4 {etc.}) 22.
Nxe5+ Kg7 (22... Ke8 23. Qd3 $18) 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Qg4 $1 Rh6 25. Nxd7 Qc7 26.
Qxe6 Bxh4 27. g3 Qd8 28. Re1 Qg5 29. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 $1 {Das ist die richtige Spielweise. In der
Hauptalternative 3...Nf6 steht Weiß etwas angenehmer.} (3... Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5.
Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O $14 {
Die Stellung ist sicherlich spielbar, doch es ist klar, dass Weiß
strategischen Vorteil besitzt.}) 4. exd5 Qxd5 {Die Variante 4...exd5 scheint
sehr solide zu sein.} (4... exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 (5... a6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Ba7
8. Bd3 Qe7+ 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 $14) 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 Bg4 $132 {Schwarz hat eine gute Stellung.})
5. dxc5 $5 {Das ist eine relative neue Idee, die seit kurzem in die Praxis
eingeführt wurde. Seit Jahrzehnten hat man fast ausschließlich 5.Ngf3 gespielt.
} (5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 (10.
Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Bb3 Bc5 $11) 10... a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12.
Bb3 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Qf3 Kxg7 17. Bh6+ Kg6 $132 {
Mit langen Varianten, die bis zum Ende analysiert wurden, und das Ergebnis ist
ganz typisch - Remis.}) 5... Qxc5 {Unklar, warum man mit der Dame nehmen muss,
wenn man mit Bxc5 gleich auch noch den Läufer entwickelt.} (5... Bxc5 6. Ngf3
Nf6 7. Bc4 (7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. b3 Ng4 10. O-O Nde5 $11) 7... Qd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nd7 $11) 6. Ne4 {Das wurde bis jetzt nur
zwei Mal gespielt. Öfters sah man 6.Ngf3, was aber auch keinen Vorteil brachte.
} (6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Ne4 Qc7 $11) 6... Qb4+ {
Das sieht logisch aus, Schwarz zwingt den weißen Springer zurückzugehen.} 7.
Nc3 Nf6 8. a3 $5 {Neue Idee.} (8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. a3 Qd6 10. Nf3 Nc5 11. Bb5+ Bd7
12. Qe2 a6 13. Bc4 Qc7 14. O-O Bd6 $11 {Timofeev - Morozevich (Taganrog, 2011)}
) (8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nc5 12. a3 Qb6 13. Be3 Qc7 14.
Nb5 Qd8 15. Bf1 Bd7 16. Nbd4 Qc7 $11 {Gorbatov - Ni Hua (Moscow, 2012)}) 8...
Qa5 {Hier kann die Dame nicht nach d6 gehen.} (8... Qd6 9. Qxd6 Bxd6 10. Nb5 $1
Ke7 11. Nxd6 Kxd6 12. Bf4+ $16 {Den schwarzfeldrigen Läufer sollte Schwarz
niemals ohne Grund aufgeben.}) 9. Bd3 a6 {Das sieht wie Zeitverlust aus. Es
ist besser zuerst die Figuren zu entwickeln.} (9... Be7 10. Nf3 (10. Bf4 Nd5 $1
11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Qb6 14. Nxd5 exd5 $11 {Schwarz hat einen sehr
guten Isolani, weil er die Kontrolle über das Feld d4 hat.}) 10... Nc6 11. O-O
O-O $11) 10. Bf4 Nbd7 (10... e5 $5 11. Bd2 $1 (11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. Bd2
O-O-O $1 $11) 11... Nc6 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. O-O Bd6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 O-O 16.
Bc3 $14) 11. Nf3 Nh5 {Schwarz hat den richtigen Weg verloren. Er macht Züge
die keinen strategischen Sinn haben.} (11... Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 $14 {
Weiß steht besser, aber die Stellung ist immer noch durchaus spielbar.}) 12. b4
$1 {Weiß nimmt das Feld c5 unter Kontrolle und kann bei Gelegenheit mit seinen
Bauern weiter marschieren.} Qd8 13. Be3 Be7 (13... Qc7 14. Qd2 Be7 15. O-O Bf6
16. Nd4 $16) 14. O-O O-O 15. Ne4 {Nun will Weiß c4-c5 spielen.} a5 16. Rb1 $6 {
Es ist fraglich, ob die Aufgabe der a-Linie gut sein kann.} (16. Qd2 f5 17. Ng3
Nxg3 18. hxg3 $16) 16... axb4 17. axb4 Qc7 $2 {Wie kann man mit dem Springer
auf h5 spielen?} (17... Nhf6 $1 {Der Springer muss zurück!} 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $14
{und schon ist die Stellung fast ausgeglichen.}) 18. Nd4 (18. Qd2 $5 Nhf6 19.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. c4 $36) 18... g6 (18... Nf4 $5 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. Ned6
Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Ne5 22. Qd4 f6 $13) 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. c4 (20. Qd2 $5 f5 21. Bg5 $1
Ndf6 (21... fxe4 22. Bxe7 exd3 23. Bd6 $1 $18) 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24.
Ra1 $14) 20... f5 (20... Rd8 $5 21. Qc2 f5 22. Nec3 Nf4 23. Be2 $14 {und Weiß
hat auch Vorteil.}) 21. Nec3 (21. Ng3 $2 f4 22. Nxh5 fxe3 23. Ng3 exf2+ 24.
Rxf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Qf4+ 26. Kg1 Ra2 $17 {Plötzlich sind alle schwarzen Figuren
im Spiel.}) 21... b6 22. Be2 Ndf6 (22... Nhf6 23. Nd4 $1 Ne5 24. h3 $1 $14 {
/\f4-Nc6}) 23. Nd4 Bd7 (23... Bd6 $5 24. h3 Bh2+ 25. Kh1 Bf4 26. Nc6 Qc7 27.
Bxf4 Nxf4 28. Bf3 Bb7 29. Nb5 Qg7 30. Qd6 $14) 24. Bf3 Qc7 $5 {Schwarz steht
schon ziemlich schlecht.} (24... Ra7 25. c5 $1 f4 26. Bd2 e5 27. Ndb5 $18) 25.
Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Nf3 (26. Qf3 $5 Rd8 27. Rfc1 $16 {und Weiß steht eigentlich
schon auf Gewinn, obwohl er genau spielen muss.}) 26... Qxc4 27. Qd4 (27. Ne5
Qxc3 28. Nxd7 Rd8 29. Nxf6+ Nxf6 {Der furchtbare Springer kommt zurück und
Schwarz hat etwas Kompensation.} 30. Qa4 Nd5 $44) 27... Qxd4 28. Bxd4 Rc8 {
Der Springer kann immer noch nicht ins Spiel gebracht werden.} (28... Nf4 $5
29. Ne5 Be8 30. Bxb6 Rb8 31. Be3 Rxb4 (31... N4d5 32. Nxd5 Nxd5 33. Bc5 Bf6 34.
Rfe1 $18) 32. Bxf4 (32. Rxb4 Bxb4 33. Na2 Ne2+ 34. Kh1 Bd6 $14) 32... Rxf4 33.
Rb6 $16) 29. g3 $1 {Coole Entscheidung! Weiß braucht sich nicht zu beeilen, er
begrenzt den Springer h5 und bereitet sein Spiel vor.} b5 30. Ne5 Be8 31. Rfc1
$1 {Die Idee ein Paar Türme zu tauschen ist sehr stark - danach wird der
zweite weiße Turm auf die 7. oder 8. Reihe entscheidend eindringen.} g5 32. Kg2
Kf8 33. Ne2 Ra8 34. Bc5 {Die Stellung ist nun total verloren für Schwarz.} Nd7
35. Bxe7+ Kxe7 36. Nc6+ Kd6 37. Ned4 {Der Springer hat es bis zum Ende der
Partie nicht geschafft vom Brettrand wegzukommen.} 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 46th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2011.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Le Quang Liem"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2011.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This is the last and critical game of the tournament. Leading by one point
ahead of Ivanchuk, I only needed a draw to become the champion, while my
opponent had to win at all costs to win the tournament.} 1. e4 e6 $5 {I rarely
play the French Defence against 1.e4, but in this game I decided to surprise
my experienced opponent.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4
Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 {A well-known
position from the Tarrasch variation, with hundreds of game having been played.
} 12. Qe2 {A flexible developing move that keeps the option to play Bd3 if
necessary.} (12. Bb3 {is the main line according to theory.}) 12... Bd7 $6 {
An inaccuracy. In this line Black should perhaps opt for short castling. The
reason is that with the bishop still on c4, White may sacrifice on a6 in some
cases after Black castles long (see my notes below)} (12... Bd6 {is more
accurate, with the possible continuation} 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bd3 (14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Bd3 {is the same}) 14... Bxh2+ 15. Kf1 Bf4 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. g3 Rd8 18. Qe4
(18. c3 Bh6 19. Qh5 Bg7 $11) 18... f5 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21. gxf4 Kg7
{Black equalises.}) ({Also playable is} 12... Bc5 13. c3 h6) 13. Bg5 O-O-O 14.
Rad1 Bc5 {Black's position is more unpleasant than it may seem, so I started
spending lots of time to find a good plan.} (14... Bd6 {is a natural move
Black would want to play, but here White has a strong reply} 15. Bxa6 $1 {
and the bishop can not be taken, as after} bxa6 $2 16. Qxa6+ Kb8 17. Re3 {
White wins.}) ({Probably the best move is} 14... Bb4 $5 {with the idea of
provoking c3 in order to prevent White's rook transfer via the third rank.} 15.
c3 Bd6 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. Qxa6+ Kb8 18. c4 Bxh2+ 19. Kf1 (19. Kh1 Ng4 $1) 19...
Qb7 (19... Rc8) 20. Qxb7+ Kxb7 21. g3 h6 $11) (14... Kb8 {runs into the same
tactical motif} 15. Bxa6 $1 bxa6 16. Qxa6 Bc5 17. Rd3 $1 Nd5 (17... Qa7 18.
Nc6+ Bxc6 19. Bf4+ $18) 18. c4 Nb6 19. Nb3 Na4 20. Na5 $16 {White has a huge
advantage.}) 15. h3 $5 {A very solid and calm move. Now White is threatening
Bg5-h4-g3.} ({Of course White wants to play} 15. Bh4 {but at the moment it is
not that good because Black has a tactical resource} e5 16. Bg3 (16. Nf3 e4 17.
Ng5 e3 $1 {Black is absolutely fine}) (16. Qxe5 Bd6 17. Qe2 Bg4 18. f3 Rhe8 19.
Qd3 Rxe1+ 20. Bxe1 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Be5 22. Bf2 Bh5 23. Qf5+ Rd7 $11) 16... Bg4
17. Nf3 Rxd1 18. Qxd1 Rd8 19. Qe2 Bd6 {with equality.}) (15. g3 e5 $1 16. Bxf6
(16. Qxe5 Bd6 17. Qe2 Bg4 18. f3 Bxg3 $1 19. Bxf6 (19. hxg3 Rxd4) 19... gxf6
20. hxg3 Rxd4 21. Bxf7 Rhd8 22. Kg2 Qxf7 $11) 16... gxf6 17. Nb3 Ba7 18. Bxf7
Kb8 $44 {Black has good compensation for the pawn, thanks to his bishop pair
and the prospect of a kingside attack.}) 15... Kb8 (15... h6 16. Bh4 Bd6 {
is unplayable due to} 17. Bxa6 $1 g5 18. Rd3 $1 $16) ({The endgame arising
after} 15... Ba4 16. Bxe6+ fxe6 (16... Kb8 17. Qf3) 17. Nxe6 Rhe8 18. Nxc7 Rxe2
19. Rxd8+ Kxc7 20. Rxe2 Kxd8 {is slightly better for White.}) 16. Bh4 Ba4 $5 (
16... Bd6 {is once again met by} 17. Bxa6 $1 bxa6 18. Qxa6 $16 {Black is
helpless against multiple threats.}) (16... Bc8 17. c3 {White is better thanks
to his space advantage and active pieces.}) 17. Nf3 {The knight has to leave
the d-file.} (17. Bg3 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Rxd6 19. b3 Bc6 $11) 17... Rxd1 $5 {I
decided that Black has to simplify the position to keep the balance.} ({
I did not like} 17... Ka8 {because of} 18. Bd3 {White can later try to open
the queenside by advancing his a-and b-pawns. Also, he can place his knight on
e5 and bishop on g3 and create many threats. My pieces are less active.}) 18.
Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. b3 ({My computer still prefers White after} 20.
Bg3+ {but I think Black keeps decent drawing chances} Ka7 21. Bd3 h6 22. Ne5
Be8) 20... Be8 21. Qe5+ Qd6 {Step by ste, I managed to solve my problems. The
position is obviously equal now.} (21... Bd6 {also deserves attention} 22. Qg5
Bf8 23. Bg3+ Ka8 24. Qe5 h6) 22. Qg5 (22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qxf6 Qd1+ 24. Bf1 Qxc2
25. Ne1 (25. Nd4 Qe4) 25... Qf5 26. Qxf5 exf5 27. Bd3 Bd7 28. Nf3 h6 29. Ne5
Be6 30. Bc4 Kc7 31. Nxf7 Bxf7 32. Bxf7 Kd6 $11) 22... Ne4 23. Qxg7 Qd1+ 24. Kh2
Bd6+ $6 {In time trouble I went astray.} (24... Nxf2 $1 {would have made a
draw, for example} 25. Qe5+ (25. Bxf2 Bxf2 26. Qf8 Qd8) 25... Bd6 26. Qxd6+
Qxd6+ 27. Bg3 Kc7 28. Bxd6+ Kxd6 29. Kg3 Ne4+ 30. Kf4 Nc3 31. a4 f6 $11) 25.
Bg3 Nxg3 $2 ({It is still not too late to go for} 25... Nxf2 {, though White's
play is easier after} 26. Bxd6+ Qxd6+ 27. Kg1 Ne4 28. Bd3) 26. fxg3 $14 Bc6 {
I thought my powerful bishops might sufficiently compensate for the pawn.
Actually that is not true.} 27. Qxf7 Qxc2 (27... e5 $2 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. Qf8+
$18) 28. Qxe6 Kc7 29. Bd5 Bd7 $2 ({I missed my last chance} 29... Qf2 $1 30.
Qf7+ (30. Ne5 Bc5 31. Qf7+ (31. h4 Qg1+ 32. Kh3 h5 $1 {(This is what I really
missed in my calculation)}) 31... Qxf7 32. Bxf7 Kd6 $1 {with very good drawing
chances. The opposite-coloured bishop endgame is clearly drawish, although the
computer does not understand...}) 30... Kb6 31. Ne5 Qxf7 32. Nxf7 (32. Nc4+ Kc5
33. Bxf7 Bc7) 32... Bxd5 33. Nxd6 Kc5 34. Ne8 Be4 {Despite being two pawns
down, Black is saved by his active king and bishop. He will soon create a
passed pawn on the queenside.}) 30. Qe3 $1 Qxa2 31. Qc3+ Kb6 32. Nd2 $1 {
White is winning. His pieces coordinate very well, and his king is very safe.
Black's king is in real danger now.} Bc5 33. Ne4 Qa3 34. Bxb7 a5 35. Bd5 a4 36.
Qf6+ (36. Qe5 {wins even faster.}) 36... Kc7 37. bxa4 Ba7 38. Qe5+ Kd8 39. Nd6
Qe3 40. Nb7+ Kc8 41. Qh8+ Be8 42. Qxe8+ Qxe8 43. Nd6+ Kd8 44. Nxe8 Kxe8 45. a5
{White simply has too many pawns.} Ke7 46. h4 Kf6 47. Kh3 Kf5 48. Bb3 h6 49. a6
{I resigned. With this win Ivanchuk caught me up and won the tournament by tie
break. It was a pity for me that I made serious mistakes on move 25 and 29,
and that cost me the tournament. On the other hand, my opponent played very
well and kept his title convincingly.} 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Liss, Eran"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Liss,E"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. O-O a6 8.
Nb3 Qc7 9. Qe2 $6 (9. Qxd4 $1 $14 Nc6) 9... Bd6 10. Nbxd4 Ne7 {Black has
managed to trick white in the moves order so now he's got his Knight placed on
e7 instead of f6} 11. Re1 Nbc6 (11... O-O 12. Bd3 $14) 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Qe4 {
Preventing 13...0-0 because of 14.Ng5} Bd7 (13... b5 $5 14. Bd5 $5 (14. Bb3 {/\
} Bb7 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Ne7 17. Bg5 $36) 14... Bd7 $8 (14... Bb7 15. Nd4
Nxd4 16. Bxb7 Rb8 (16... Nxc2 17. Bxa8 Nxa1 18. Bd2 Nc2 19. Bc6+ $18) 17. Qxd4
Rxb7 18. Qxg7 $16) 15. c4 $5 $36) 14. b3 Na5 $6 {The beginning of a dubious
idea} (14... O-O-O $1 15. Bb2 $13) 15. Be2 $1 Bc6 (15... O-O-O 16. Bb2 {
and the Knight is misplaced on a5}) 16. Qh4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Be5 (17... Qxc2 $6
18. Qh5 $1 Qc3 19. Bd2 $1 Qxd2 20. Rad1 g6 21. Rxd2 gxh5 22. Rxd6 h4 (22... Ke7
23. Rb6 $16) 23. b4 $16) 18. Rb1 Bf6 (18... Qxc2 $2 19. Ba3 Bf6 20. Qa4+ Nc6
21. Rbc1 $18) 19. Qa4+ {Now white has strong initiative} Nc6 20. Bf4 Qb6 21.
Red1 O-O 22. Rd7 $2 {Giving black a chance to come back to the game.} (22. Rd6
$1 Rac8 (22... Be7 23. Rd7 Bc5 24. Rf1 $14) 23. Rbd1 $14) 22... Nd4 $1 {
and suddenly I realized that I can't take b7 because of 23.B:b7 Ne2+ 24.Kf1
Nc3! and black is winning} 23. Be3 $8 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Qb5 (24... Qc6 25. Qxc6
bxc6 $16) 25. Qxb5 axb5 26. Rxb7 Rxa2 27. Rc1 Bb2 28. Rd1 Bf6 29. Rc7 $1 $14 h6
30. Rdd7 Be5 (30... b4 {could give black good chances for a drow}) 31. Rc5 Bb8
32. Rc6 $1 g5 33. Rb7 $18 Bf4 34. Bxf4 gxf4 35. Rxb5 Rd8 36. Rc4 Rd2 37. Rbc5
Kg7 38. Kg2 $138 {And black lost on time, but the position is completely
winning for white} 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 03rd"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[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 "Sankt Petersburg FINEK"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow CSKA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qe2 Nbd7 9. b3 (9. Ne4 $13 {Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Reggio Emilia/1992/}) 9... Ng4
$1 (9... a5 10. Bb2 b6 11. O-O-O $40 {Rublevsky,S-Beliavsky,A/YUG-cht/1995/}) (
9... Bb4 10. Bb2 Qc5 11. c4 Ba3 12. Bd4 $13 {Svidler,P-Lamoureux,C/Groningen/
1993/}) 10. O-O (10. Ne4 Bb4+ 11. c3 (11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nexd2 Nge5 13. Be4
Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Qa5+ $10) 11... Nc5 $5 (11... Ba5 12. O-O f5 13. c4 Qc6 14. Ng3
$13) 12. Bc2 $1 (12. Bc4 Qxe4 13. cxb4 Qxe2+ 14. Bxe2 Ne4 15. h3 Ngf6 $132)
12... f5 $1 (12... Nxe4 $2 13. cxb4 $1 Ngxf2 $2 (13... Nc3 14. Qc4 $1 $14) (
13... f5 $14) 14. O-O $1 $16) 13. cxb4 fxe4 14. bxc5 (14. Nd2 $2 Nxf2 15. bxc5
Nxh1 16. Nxe4 Qd4 17. Rb1 Qg1+ 18. Kd2 Rd8+ 19. Nd6 Qxc5 $19) 14... exf3 15.
gxf3 Ne5 $1 (15... Qxf3 $2 16. Qxf3 Rxf3 17. Bd1 $1 $18) (15... Rxf3 $2 16. Be4
(16. Qe4 Nxf2 $1 17. Qxh7+ (17. Qxd5 exd5 18. Rf1 Nd3+ $17) 17... Kf8 18. Bb2
$8 Re3+ $1 19. Kxf2 Qf3+ 20. Kg1 Qg4+ 21. Kf1 $1 $10) 16... Qd4 17. Bxf3 Qxa1
18. O-O $40) 16. Be4 (16. Qe4 $6 Nxf3+ 17. Kf1 Qh5 18. h4 e5 19. Be3 Bf5 $40)
16... Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Rxf3 (17... Qe5 $6 18. Qd3 Qxa1 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. O-O Qf6
$5 21. Qh3 $1 e5 22. Bf5+ $1 (22. Qh5 Bg4 $1 $15) 22... Kg8 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24.
Qh5+ $1 g6 $8 25. Qh7+ $16) 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Be3 $10) 10... Nde5 $1 11. Be4 (
11. Nxe5 Qxe5 $1 $10 12. Qxg4 $140 $2 Qxa1 13. Qh5 f5 $17) 11... Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3
(12. gxf3 $2 Qe5 13. fxg4 Qxa1 $17) (12. Qxf3 Qe5 $1 $17) 12... Qh5 13. h3 (13.
Bb2 Nxh2 $1 $15) 13... Nf6 14. Bb2 (14. Bd3 b6 $15) 14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 f6 16.
Rad1 (16. Rad1 Qf7 $5 17. Nd4 e5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 (18... Be6 $6 19. Nd6 $1 Bxd6 20.
Rxd6 $14) 19. Qxf5 Rad8 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 (4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 cxd4 (5... dxe4 6. Nxe4
Bd7 7. Bg5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 cxd4 (8... a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. d5 Bxd5 11. O-O (11. Ne5
$5 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bxg2 13. Rg1 Bd6 14. Nxf7 $5 $13)) 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Bxc6 (10. Qd2
Nf6 11. O-O-O) 10... bxc6 (10... Bxc6 11. Nxc6 Qxg5 12. Qf3 $36) 11. Bxe7 Nxe7
12. O-O O-O 13. Nb3 $14) 6. O-O (6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 (7... bxc6) 8. Bxc6+
bxc6 9. c4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 (10. Qa4) 10... Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13.
Be3 Rg8 14. g3 $14)) 4... Qxd5 (4... exd5 {L'alternative est plus
positionnelle et rentre souvent dans des finales avec un avantage minime mais
durable.} 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 (6... Qe7 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Nb3 (
9. Ndf3) 9... Qxe2+ 10. Nxe2 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bc5 12. Nc3 (12. Bd2 Ne7 13. Nf4 O-O
{Karpov,A (2725)-Kortschnoj,V (2665) World Championship 29th 1978 (16) 1/2})
12... O-O-O $6 {Hort,V-Ivkov,B Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee 1970 (12) 1-0} (12... Ne7
13. Na4 Bd6 14. Be3 $14)) 7. dxc5 Nf6 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Be3 (9. Nf3) 9... Re8 10.
Nf3 a6 11. Bd3 Ba4 12. Nfd4 Nbd7 13. O-O-O Nxc5 14. Nf5 $13 {Rublevsky,S (2662)
-Bareev,E (2709) Fujitsu Siemens Masters rapid 2000 (13) 1/2}) 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6.
Bc4 Qd6 (6... Qd7 $5 {Une idée récente} 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 Nf6 9. Nbxd4 Bc5 10.
c3 O-O 11. Bg5 Ne4 {Bogut,Z (2441)-Tratar,M (2502) CRO-chT1B 21st 2012 (3.4) 1/
2}) (6... Qd8 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Qe2) 7. O-O (7. Qe2 $5) 7... Nf6 8. Nb3
Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 (10... Bd7) 11. Re1 {[%cal Gd4f5,Ge1e8]} (11. Bb3
Qc7 12. Re1) 11... Qc7 12. Qe2 (12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Nxg7
Rd8 $11) 12... Bd6 13. Bg5 (13. Nf5 $5 $146 {Le thème Nf5 est classique dans
cette variante mais personne ne semble l'avoir joué selon les bases.  Les
modules ne le proposent pas d'ailleurs probablement а cause de l'effet
d'horizon.} Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 O-O $8 (14... Bd6 $4 15. Nxg7+ Kf8 (15... Ke7 16.
Nf5+) 16. Bh6) 15. Nxg7 $1 {[%csl Rg8] L'idée sous-jacente а Nf5} Kxg7 16. Qe3
{[%cal Ge3h6,Gh6h2]} Ng8 $8 (16... Qxc4 $4 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. Qg5+ Kh8 19. Qxf6+)
17. Qd4+ {[%cal Gd4g7,Gd4c4]} f6 (17... e5 18. Qc3 {[%cal Gg2g3]} Be6 19. Kxh2
Bxc4 20. b3) 18. g3 {Les Blancs auront la paire de B pour un P} Bxg3 19. fxg3 {
[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge1e4,Ge4g4]} (19. Rg1 Qc6+) (19. Qg4+ Kh8 20. fxg3 e5) 19...
Qc6+ (19... Kh8 20. Bf4 $1 e5 21. Rxe5 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Gd4h8]}) (19... e5 20.
Qh4 Kh8 21. Bd3 Be6 {Les compensations des Blancs sont un peu insuffisantes}) (
19... Qxg3 20. Rg1) 20. Kg1 (20. Kh2 e5 21. Qh4) 20... e5 21. Qh4 Bf5 {[%cal
Gf5g6]} 22. Be3 Rad8 23. Re2 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge2h2]} (23. Bb3 Kh8 {Le
sacrifice doit être jouable car les Noirs doivent trouver les meilleurs coups
devant l'échiquier et la paire de B doit donner des compensations raisonnables
sans plus.})) 13... O-O (13... Bxh2+ $6 14. Kh1 Bd6 15. Bxe6 $1 {[%csl Re8]})
14. Nf3 (14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qh4 {[%cal Gh4h2,Gh4f6]} Be7 (16...
Qxc4 17. Qxf6+ Kg8 18. Re4) 17. Re3 $36 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge3h3]}) 14... b5 15.
Bd3 Bb7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Be4 Rfd8 $146 ({RR} 17... b4 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. h3 Bc8
20. Bd3 a5 21. Qe4 f5 22. Qh4 f6 23. Bc4 Kh8 24. b3 e5 25. Qh5 Qg7 26. Nh4 Bc5
27. Bf7 Qg3 28. Kh1 Bxf2 29. Nxf5 Rxd1 30. Nxg3 Rxe1+ 31. Kh2 Bg1+ 32. Kh1 {
Boskovic,D (2354)-Jeremic,V (2484)/Obrenovac 2002/0-1 (36)}) 18. Rad1 (18. Bxb7
Qxb7 19. Rad1 {[%cal Gd1d4,Gd4g4]}) 18... Rac8 19. c3 (19. Bd3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3
Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Be5 22. Qe4 Bxb2 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26.
Qg7+ Kd6 27. Be4+ (27. Bxb5+ Kc5 {[%csl Rd1]}) 27... Kc5 28. Qxc7+ Rxc7 29.
Rxd8 $13 {[%csl Rc2]}) 19... Bxe4 20. Qxe4 f5 (20... Qc4 21. Rd4 Qc5 (21...
Qxa2 $2 22. Qh4 {[%cal Gd4g4]}) 22. Qh4 {[%cal Gd4g4,Gh4f6]}) 21. Qh4 $14 {
[%cal Gf3g5]} Bf8 22. a4 Qe7 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Qh5 Qf6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ne5 {
[%csl Rf7]} Bg7 27. h3 {A part éviter un mat du couloir, l'idée de ce coup
m'échappe et il prive les Blancs de la possibilité de jouer Re3h3 ou Rg3} (27.
f4 $142 $5 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7,Rg8][%cal Ge1e3,Ge3g3,Ge3h3]}) 27... Qe7 28. Qf3 Qc7
29. Nd3 $8 {[%csl Gb4]} Qd6 30. Ra1 (30. Nb4) 30... Rd8 31. Ra8 Rxa8 32. Qxa8+
Bf8 33. Qf3 Qc7 34. g3 Bd6 {(=)} 35. Qe3 {Les Blancs sont un peu mieux et ils
refusent а juste titre la proposition.} Qd8 36. h4 $1 Bc7 37. Kg2 h6 (37...
Qd5+ 38. Qf3) 38. Qf3 (38. Nb4 Kg7 (38... f4 $5)) 38... Kg7 39. b3 Qd7 (39...
Qd6) 40. Nc5 Qd6 41. b4 Bd8 (41... Bb6 $11) 42. Nb7 Qc7 43. Nxd8 (43. c4 bxc4)
43... Qxd8 44. c4 $1 {[%csl Gb4]} bxc4 45. Qc3+ e5 (45... f6 46. Qxc4) 46. Qxc4
Qd2 $6 (46... Qa8+ 47. Kh2 (47. Kg1 Qa1+) 47... Qf3 48. Qc5 $14 {[%cal Gc5e5,
Gc5f2,Gb4b5]}) 47. b5 e4 48. Qc5 (48. b6 {Plus rapide} e3 49. Qf4 $18) 48... e3
49. Qe5+ Kh7 50. Qxf5+ Kg7 $2 (50... Kg8 51. b6 e2 52. b7 Qb4 53. Qc8+ Kg7 54.
b8=Q Qxb8 55. Qxb8 e1=Q) 51. Qe5+ Kg8 52. Qxe3 Qd5+ 53. Kh2 Qxb5 54. Qxh6 Qe2
55. Qg5+ Kh8 56. Qf6+ Kg8 57. Kg2 Qe4+ 58. Qf3 Qc4 59. Qh5 Qc6+ 60. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 ({As far as I understand, this move order
aims to avoid the variation} 4. exd5 Qxd5) 4... cxd4 {The French Defence
allows a wide range of interpretations. Personally, I play this opening for
the sake of getting an Isolani or a blocked centre, while the positions
without pawns in the centre are a bit boring to my taste.} ({Therefore, I
would choose either Korchnoi's and Uhlmann's old favourite} 4... Nc6 5. exd5
exd5) ({Or} 4... Nf6 {giving White a choice:} 5. exd5 ({Or else} 5. e5 Nfd7 6.
c3 Nc6) 5... exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7) 5. Nxd4 ({Once again avoiding} 5. exd5 Qxd5)
5... Nf6 6. exd5 ({This time it was White's choice whether to open the centre
or block it. Here is a recent example with} 6. e5 Nfd7 7. N2f3 Nc6 8. Bf4 Qb6
9. Rb1 h6 10. h4 g6 11. c3 Bg7 12. Bb5 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 14. Bxd7+ Bxd7 15. O-O
O-O-O $5 16. Re1 Kb8 $13 {Kobalia,M (2655)-Zatonskih,A (2471) Germany 2014 
(1-0, 41)}) 6... Qxd5 {Black has developed his queen to d5 anyway, but along
the way he has activated the white king's knight. There is little or no
strategic plot at all in this kind of position. Play is rather concrete and
White's main hope lies in obtaining some initiative or advance in development.
But in the event of simplifications, Black would be doing great.} 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
Nc3 Qd8 {Reminiscent of Black's queen retreat in the 3...Qd8 Scandinavian, as,
for instance, in Caruana-Carlsen, Tromso (ol) 2014.} 9. a3 Be7 10. Qf3 {
Both players are eager to develop the queens as soon as possible. Strictly
speaking, Black succeded in doing it first, but after the retreat to d8 he
actually conceded this moral victory to his opponent. The last move has two
possible purposes: slowing down Black's queenside development (...b7-b6 or ...
Bc8-d7) or else starting a kingside attack with Qh3/g3. White's intentions
regarding his d2-knight are clouded as yet clouded in mystery. It could move
to the left to put pressure on the black queenside or to the right, to sustain
the attacking operation.} (10. Bc4 {Delchev,A (2629)-Illescas Cordoba,M (2609)
Melilla 2011 CBM 146 [RR] (1-0, 51)}) 10... Nc7 (10... Nc5 11. b4 Ncd7 12. Nc4
{Jones,G (2635)-Akopian,V (2681) Porto Carras 2011 CBM 146 [Jones,G] (1-0, 44)}
) 11. Bd3 ({The main alternative is} 11. Nc4 {, allowing the development of
the other bishop.} Ncd5 12. Bd2 {, preparing long castling, may be a bit more
venomous:} (12. Be2 {does not seem to bother Black too much:} O-O 13. O-O b6
14. Nxd5 Nxd5 ({This is not a good moment for re-centralising the queen:} 14...
Qxd5 15. Rd1 $36) 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Qh3 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Qg3 Qxg3
20. hxg3 Red8 21. Rfe1 Bf6 22. c3 Ba6 $11 {Adams,M (2740)-Wan,Y (2512) Tromso
2013 (1/2-1/2, 39)}) 12... O-O 13. O-O-O {Even if the kingside attack fails,
the king's presence on the queenside may prove useful for sustaining the slow
advance of the pawn majority.} b6 14. Qg3 Qc7 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxc7 Nxc7 17.
Bb4 Bxb4 18. axb4 {After this exchange White finally has a small strategic
plus, at least on the left half of the board.} Nd5 19. b5 Rd8 20. g3 Bb7 21.
Bg2 Rac8 22. Rd4 Kf8 23. Rhd1 $14 {Black is in no imemdiate danger, but
White's position surely looks more active, Smeets,J (2620)-Tratar,M (2494)
Warsaw 2013 (1-0, 50)}) 11... Ncd5 {It is a good idea to clear matters in the
centre as soon as possible.} (11... O-O {is premature, offering White a good
orientation for his planning.} 12. O-O b6 13. Nde4 Ba6 14. Rd1 Bxd3 15. Rxd3
Qe8 {White is better coordinated and exerts some dangerous kingside pressure.
In Yilmazyerli,M (2413)-Drasko,M (2459) Zenica 2013 (1-0, 37) the most
promising continuation would have been} 16. Bf4 $5 {[%cal Ga1d1] planning to
complete the development and combine the pressure in the centre with creating
concrete kingside threats.}) 12. Nxd5 ({I would think that it would make sense
to avoid the queen exchange with} 12. Nde4 {The following game has to be taken
with a certain reserve, due to the huge rating gap between the opponents.} Nxc3
13. Nxc3 O-O 14. O-O Qa5 15. Bf4 Qh5 16. Be4 Qxf3 17. Bxf3 Nd7 18. Rfd1 $32 {
[%csl Ra8,Rb7,Rc8] Adams,M (2752)-Rendle,T (2384) England 2014 (1-0, 52)})
12... Qxd5 13. Qxd5 $146 ({Rather than avoiding simplifications,} 13. Ne4 {
would actually amplify them:} Bd7 {[%cal Gd7c6]} 14. Nxf6+ (14. O-O {would
avoid the queen exchange, but offer Black very active play:} Bc6 15. Re1 Rd8 {
[%cal Gd5d4]} 16. Bh6 $5 O-O 17. Bg5 Qxg5 18. Nxg5 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 $11) 14...
Bxf6 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. c3 O-O 17. Be3 Ba4 $1 {[%csl Gd1] Preventing White's
main plan: doubling rooks on the d-file and winning the Isolani.} 18. O-O Rfd8
19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Rac8 21. Rac1 Kf8 $11 {Ortiz Suarez,I (2592)-Nyzhnyk,I 
(2628) Arlington 2014 (1/2-1/2, 47)}) 13... Nxd5 ({With knights on board it
makes less sense playing with an isolani:} 13... exd5 14. Nb3 {In the absence
of queens, Black cannot create kingside counterplay, being confined to
defending in a very slightly worse position.}) 14. Nf3 Bf6 {Black's minor
piece pressure faces White with difficulties completing his queenside
development. The only way to solve the problem is to start the massive advance
of the pawns, but this will create some weaknesses, too.} 15. c4 {[%csl Rd4]}
Ne7 16. Rb1 (16. Be4 {does not prevent Black's queenside development at all:}
Bd7 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Be4 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Bc3+ 20. Ke2 Rxb1 21. Bxb1 f6 $5 $11 {
[%cal Ge6e5,Ge8f7,Gd7e6]}) 16... Bd7 17. b4 Bc6 18. Ke2 O-O-O {This is the
most effective way of occupying the only open file. The king can be a useful
defensive piece for the queenside minority.} 19. Be3 ({With his development
incomplete and the king relatively exposed in the centre, White does not get
much out of such active incursions as} 19. Ng5 {Black has several good
continuations, but the most active is} Nf5 $5 20. Nxf7 (20. Bxf5 $2 exf5 $17 {
[%cal Gh8e8]} 21. Nxf7 $2 Rhe8+ 22. Be3 Rd7 $19 {[%csl Rf7]}) 20... Rxd3 $1 21.
Kxd3 (21. Nxh8 Rc3 {[%csl Rb1,Rg2,Rh8][%cal Gc6e4]} 22. f3 Nd4+ 23. Kf1 Rxc4
$36) 21... Rf8 22. Ng5 Rd8+ 23. Ke2 Bxg2 24. Rg1 Nd4+ 25. Ke1 Nc2+ 26. Ke2 $11)
19... Bxf3+ 20. gxf3 Nc6 21. Be4 Nd4+ 22. Kf1 Be5 {To me, this came as a
slightly surprising manoeuvre, but the game proves there is nothing wrong with
it.} ({The bishop stands quite OK on f6 and I would have thought of
generalising the fight for the dark squares with} 22... g5 $5 {for instance}
23. Rg1 h6 24. f4 gxf4 25. Bxf4 Bg5 26. Be5 f6 27. Rxg5 fxg5 28. Bxh8 Rxh8 $13)
23. f4 ({White is more or less forced to expose the more advanced of his
doubled pawns, since after the developing} 23. Kg2 {Black could play} Ne2 {
[%csl Rf4]}) 23... Bb8 24. Rd1 Nf5 25. Ke2 {A wordless (and therefore
perfectly legal) draw offer, shortly earlier than the 30th move.} ({White
could have kept some tension with} 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Ke2 {
The higher mobility of his pawn majority is compensated for by the weakness of
the f4-pawn, though, making a draw the most probable result anyway.}) 25...
Nxe3 $11 26. fxe3 f5 27. Bc2 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. c5 b6 31.
cxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 {We will witness some
strange sort of metamorphosis of the structure in the opening: it starts as a
genuine French, but after the exchange on d4 it may well be a Paulsen Sicilian
in which Black has played ...d7-d5 early; and as happens many times in the
Paulsen, the later exchange on c6 will transpose to a typical French again!} 6.
Bb5 {A typical Sicilian reaction when ...d7-d5 arrives early. White tries to
induce some lack of harmony in Black's camp.} (6. Nxc6 bxc6 {looks like
throwing away a tempo if compared to the Paulsen, where the exchange on c6 is
usualy carried out after ...a7-a6. See for instance the Paulsen game
Leko-Svidler from this same tournament. And here is a recent example from
French territory:} 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 a5 11. a4 {
Relatively unexplored.} ({In some older games} 11. Qe2 a4 {was played, with a
good position for Black.}) 11... Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. Qe2 Ra8 14. Rad1 Qb6 15.
Kh1 Rad8 16. e5 Nd7 17. f4 c5 18. f5 exf5 19. Rxf5 c4 (19... Qe6 20. Rdf1 Rde8
{[%csl Re5][%cal Ge7d8,Gd8c7]}) 20. Rdf1 Rc8 21. Qf3 Qe6 $13 {Malakhov,V (2732)
-Wang Hao (2724)/Ningbo 2010/CBM 137 Extra (0-1, 35)}) 6... Bd7 7. Nxc6 (7.
Bxc6 bxc6 {Christiansen,L (2595)-Jussupow,A (2655)/Munich 1992/CBM 030/
[Jussupow] (1/2, 64)}) 7... bxc6 (7... Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 {Topalov,V 
(2796)-Kamsky,G (2725)/Sofia 2009/CBM 129/[Stohl] (1-0, 55)}) 8. Bd3 {Strictly
speaking, White has lost a tempo, but Black has spent it on ...Bc8-d7, which
does not really improve the bishop's placement. On the contrary, the bishop is
farther now from a6 and the knight will not have at its disposal the d7-square
in the event of ...Nf6, e4-e5. Therefore, Black will have to either develop
the knight to e7, or release the tension with ...dxe4. For the time being, he
can make some useful moves before taking a decision regarding the knight.} Bd6
9. Qe2 Qc7 ({To my taste, the most flexible continuation is} 9... Ne7 {After
all, the queen is supposed to be the last piece to be developed.} 10. Nf3 Ng6
11. O-O O-O 12. e5 Bc7 13. Ng5 (13. c4 Qe7 14. Bd2 f6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Rfe1 g5
{Tal,M-Kortschnoj,V/Moscow (blitz) 1972/EXT 2001 (1/2, 28)}) 13... Qe8 14. f4
f5 15. c4 Bb6+ 16. Kh1 Ne7 17. b3 a5 $13 {Fedorchuk,S (2635)-Vitiugov,N (2726)/
Germany 2012/CBM 148 (1/2, 22)}) 10. Nf3 dxe4 {The logical consequence of the
previous move.} (10... Ne7 11. e5 Bc5 {was never tried, but Black's regrouping
looks a bit unnatural.}) ({Preparing ...Ne7 with} 10... f6 {creates a serious
weakness. Would it not be simpler to play 9...Ne7?!} 11. c4 Ne7 12. O-O O-O 13.
Be3 (13. Re1 Rae8 14. e5 fxe5 15. Nxe5 $14 {Adla,D (2491)-Fernandez Romero,E 
(2396)/Zafra 2004/CBM 100 ext (1/2, 29)}) 13... Rae8 14. Rac1 Qb8 (14... dxe4
$5) 15. Rfd1 $14 {Baron Rodriguez,J (2419)-Fernandez Romero,E (2445)/Alcudia
2003/EXT 2005 (1/2, 47)}) 11. Qxe4 Nf6 (11... f5 $6 12. Qe2 {Evans,L (2405)
-Bennett,T (2270)/London 1978/MCD (1-0, 41)}) 12. Qh4 {At the cost of a
minimal structural concession, Black has managed to maintain the harmony of
his development, but faces a concrete problem: castling is not a good idea yet.
} h6 (12... O-O $2 13. Bg5 $18) (12... Rb8 {Yudasin,L (2605)-Gulko,B (2635)/
Biel 1993/CBM 037/[Ftacnik] (1-0, 23)}) 13. O-O c5 {Preparing ...Bc6, with the
hope that the threat ...Bxf3 will distract White's attention from the h6- and
f6-squares.} (13... O-O $2 14. Bxh6 $1 $18) (13... Rb8 14. Bd2 Nd5 $6 {This
loses too much time and allows White to develop his initiative.} (14... Rxb2
15. Bc3 $16) ({The constructive} 14... c5 $5 {[%cal Gd7c6] was playable, with
the possible nice variation:} 15. Bc3 Bc6 16. Bxf6 $140 gxf6 17. Qxf6 Rg8 {
[%cal Gd6h2]} 18. g3 Bxg3 $1 19. fxg3 Rxg3+ 20. Kh1 Rh3 $1 21. Kg1 Rg3+ $1 $11)
15. c4 Nf4 (15... Nb4 16. Be4 $16 {פb4, /\a3, b4} c5 17. Bc3 $1 $40 O-O 18.
Bf6 $1 Rfc8 19. Qg4 Bf8 20. Be5) 16. c5 Nxd3 17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. Rad1 Rb5 19. Bc3
O-O {Yakovich,Y (2515)-Shulman,Y (2435)/Vladivostok 1994/CBM 043 ext (1/2, 51)}
20. Ne5 Rd5 21. Nxd3 Rxd3 22. Bb4 Rxd1 (22... c5 23. Bxc5 $1) 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24.
Qa4 Ra8 25. Qb4 Rd5 26. Qb7 $16) 14. Nd2 $5 $146 {Removing the knight from the
exposed square in advance and hoping to cause some discomfort to the d6-bishop.
} (14. Bg5 {Guseinov,G (2625)-So,W (2640)/Khanty Mansiysk 2009/CBM 134/
[Erenburg] (1-0, 44)}) (14. Bd2 Bc6) 14... Nd5 {I did not find any concrete
problem with this move, but since Black will have to play ...Bf4 anyway, why
not do it right away?} (14... Bf4 15. Re1 (15. Nc4 Bxc1 16. Raxc1 O-O {In this
line, the knight stands well on f6, enjoying absolute stability and defending
the king's position.}) ({Maybe Morozevich felt uncomfortable about} 15. Ne4 {
, but after} Be5 {Black seems to be doing fine.}) 15... g5 $1 (15... O-O $6 16.
Ne4 Be5 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qe4 $16) 16. Qh3 g4 17. Qh4 Bg5 18. Qg3 Bf4 $11 {
Here, too, the knight is useful on f6, taking away the h5- and g4-suares from
the queen.}) 15. Nc4 Bf4 16. Re1 Rb8 17. Be4 {White intends to force Black to
take on c1, but the bishop will be exposed on e4.} ({A more flexible way to do
it was} 17. b3 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gc1b2]} Bxc1 18. Raxc1 O-O 19. Qe4 Nf6 20. Qe5
Qxe5 21. Rxe5 Rfc8 {[%cal Gg8f8,Gf8e7,Gg7g5] White's position looks more
active, but Black's kingside majority should not be underestimated.}) 17...
Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Nb6 $6 {I believe that only this move is wrong. Black takes his
knight too far from the kingside and in the end it will even be cut off from
the play with c2(-c3)-c4. Morozevich was probably irritated by the blocking
c4-knight, but since the dark-squared bishops have been exchanged, the
blockade is not that important. Besides, with a white knight on c4, there is
no way to drive the active black knight away from d5, so that the positional
factors compensate for each other.} (18... O-O {looks absolutely fine for
Black.}) 19. Ne3 O-O 20. b3 f5 {An ambitious plan, possibly intended from the
beginning of the knight manoeuvre. In the end, Black will be left with just
weaknesses.} 21. Bd3 (21. Bf3 e5 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5+ Kh7 24. f3 $14 {
is a pleasant alternative, but with the game continuation White is obviously
plaing against the b6-knight and does not intend to exchange it!}) 21... e5 22.
f3 Rbe8 23. Rcd1 Kh8 24. c3 {Maybe a bit hesitatant. WHite prepares the bishop
retreat to c2, but does not go all the way with his pawn.} ({Once again,
playing for the d5-square and against the hanging pawns was possible:} 24. Nc4
Bc6 25. Qg3 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 $14 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gc4d5]}) ({Or if he wanted to
play against the knight,} 24. c4 {looks more direct.}) 24... Rf6 (24... e4 25.
fxe4 fxe4 26. Bc2 $14 {with a nice blockade on e3.}) 25. Bc2 Be6 {Somehow,
Black does not find a proper way to regroup. His hanging pawns are more of a
weakness than a strength.} 26. Rd2 a5 27. c4 {Facing the positional threat ...
a5-a4, with pressure against b3, White finally decides to restrict the enemy
minor pieces.} Nc8 $6 {Black initiates a long manoeuvre aimed at installing
the knight on d4, but the temporary knight retreat allows an effective
tactical blow. The reader can find a similar situation in the game
Nisipeanu-Spasov from the comments to Karjakin-Ponomariov from this same
tournament.} (27... a4 28. g4 $5 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Yc2h7]}) 28. Bxf5 $1 Rxf5 (
28... Bxf5 29. Nd5 Qf7 30. Nxf6 Qxf6 31. Qxf6 gxf6 32. Rd5 $16) 29. Nxf5 Bxf5
30. Qh5 Rf8 31. Rd5 Kh7 32. Rdxe5 $16 {White has obtained a small material
advantage and activated his position even more.} Bg6 33. Qh4 Rd8 34. Qg3 Bf7
35. Qf4 Bg6 36. h4 Rd4 $2 {Allowing the start of a decisive attack.} 37. Qf8
Qd7 38. h5 Bf7 39. Qxc5 a4 40. Re7 Nxe7 41. Rxe7 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2001.04.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Levitt, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.04.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 Nf6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. e5 Ng8 (11... Ng4 12. Nf3 Be7 13. cxd5 {
and Black has to recapture with the e pawn because the knight on g4 is hangng.}
) 12. O-O Bc5 $6 (12... Ne7 13. Nf3 Nf5 {(or 13...Ng6) was more sensible.}) 13.
Rd1 $1 f5 (13... Ne7 14. Ne4 $1 {was the point of 13.Rd1}) 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Be3
$1 {Allowing the doubled pawns, as then I could put a knight on c5 and use the
e3-e4 push to play Rd1-d6 (after d5xe4) or prevent castling with Rd1-f1 (after
f5xe4).} (15. c5 Bc7 16. Nd4 {runs into} Bxe5 17. Nxc6 Ne7 $1) 15... Rb8 16.
Bc5 $1 {Ensuring I can cement my bishop on d6 and knight on d4.} Ne7 (16...
Bxc5 17. Nxc5 Qc8 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 {wins.}) 17. Bd6 Rc8 18. c5 $1 Bd8 19.
Qa6 $1 {Preventing a7-a5.} O-O 20. Nd4 f4 21. b4 {My plan is simply to get a
passed b-pawn and my opponents pieces are too tangled to create counterplay on
the kingside or deal with the pawn.} Rf7 22. a4 Nf5 23. Nxf5 Rxf5 24. b5 Rf7
25. b6 Qb7 26. Qxb7 Rxb7 27. a5 a6 {The queenside is blocked but the rook on
b7 now closely resembles a pawn and I just have to break through on the
kingside to win.} 28. Ra4 Bg5 29. h4 Bh6 30. Rd3 Kf7 31. g3 Rg8 32. gxf4 g6 33.
Rg3 Bf8 34. h5 Rg7 35. hxg6+ hxg6 36. Kg2 Rg8 37. Ra1 Bg7 38. Kf3 Rh8 39. Rag1
Rh6 40. f5 $1 exf5 41. e6+ $1 Kxe6 42. Bf4 g5 43. Rxg5 Bf6 44. Re1+ Kf7 45.
Rxf5 Rg6 46. Rxd5 $1 (46. Rxd5 cxd5 47. c6 Re7 48. Rxe7+ Bxe7 49. b7 Rg8 50. c7
{and promotes.}) 1-0

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Meier,Georg"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 $1 {Meiner Meinung nach der beste Zug.} 4. exd5
Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 {
Dies ist schon seit einer Ewigkeit die Hauptstellung nach 4...Dxd5 und mit der
Zeit hat Weiss mehr und mehr Schwierigkeiten bekommen eine Initiative zu
behaupten.} 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bf1 $5 {Akopian hat diesen Zug gegen mich ein Jahr
früher in die Praxis eingeführt. Der Läufer ist hier flexibler als auf b3. Es
gilt eine Reihe von Fallstricken zu vermeiden. Allerdings erweist sich die
Variante ohne Überrschungseffekt als harmlos.} (12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14.
Kh1 O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Qf3 Kxg7 17. Bh6+ Kg6 18. c3 {ist mittlerweile schon
bis zum Remis ausgearbeitet.}) 12... Be7 $1 {Scheinbar passiv, garantiert
dieser Zug Schwarz die Vollendung seiner Entwicklung.} (12... Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+
14. Kh1 O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 (15... Kxg7 16. Qd4 e5 17. Qh4 $40) 16. Bd3 $1 Kxg7
17. Qd2 $1 $40) (12... Bc5 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qh5 $16) 13. Qf3 O-O
14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rad1 Qc7 {Der weisse Entwicklungsvorsprung
verhilft Weiss zu keinem Angriff, da die schwarze Struktur keine Schwachpunkte
aufweist.} (16... Qb6 {kommt auch in Betracht}) 17. g4 $146 {Ich hatte die
Diagrammstellung bei der Vorbereitung ein paar Sekunden vor Augen, entschied
aber keine Zeit auf einen so "lächerlichen" Zug wie g2-g4 zu verbrauchen.} (17.
c4 Bd7 {Ein paar Tage nach der Textpartie versuchte sich Solak witzigerweise
am "Erfinder" von Lf1, allerdings ohne irgendeinen Druck entfalten zu können:}
18. Qg3 (18. h3 Rfd8 19. g4 Be8 (19... b5 $1 $132) 20. g5 Nd7 21. h4 Rac8 22.
Qe3 Nf8 23. h5 {1-0 (44) Akopian,V-Meier,G Istanbul 2012}) 18... Qxg3 19. hxg3
Rfc8 20. f3 Kf8 21. g4 h6 22. Kf2 b5 23. b3 bxc4 24. bxc4 Rc5 25. Nb3 Rc7 26.
Re5 Ba4 27. Ra5 Bxb3 28. axb3 Rb8 29. Rb1 Rcb7 30. Rxa6 Rxb3 31. Rxb3 Rxb3 32.
Ra8+ Ke7 33. Ra7+ Kf8 34. Ra8+ Ke7 35. Ra7+ Kf8 36. Ra8+ {1/2-1/2 (36) Solak,D
(2618)-Akopian,V (2681) Antalya 2013}) 17... Nd5 {Absolut naheliegend, wenn
Weiss schon auf c2-c4 verzichtet und stattdessen das Feld f4 schwächt.} (17...
h6 $2 18. h4 e5 19. g5) 18. Bd3 (18. c4 Nf4 $11) (18. Qg3 Nf4 19. Ne2 e5 $11)
18... b5 19. Qg3 Bb7 20. Qxc7 (20. Re5 g6 $15) 20... Nxc7 21. f3 {Die letzten
weissen Züge waren recht zusammenhanglos und ich spürte bereits dass ich
meinen Gegner nun überspielen können würde.} (21. c3 Rfd8 22. f4 $11) 21...
Rfd8 22. Be4 $6 (22. c3) 22... Bxe4 {Mein Gegner muss seine Stellung hier
überschätzt haben.} 23. fxe4 Ne8 $1 $15 {Der Springer wird von f6 die
exponierten weissen Bauern unter Beschuß nehmen, während die schwarzen Türme
auf den Linien c und d Druck ausüben und alle schwarzen Figuren so perfekt mit
der Bauernstruktur harmonieren.} 24. Kf2 (24. e5 $5) 24... Rac8 25. Ke3 h6 {
Beschränkt, wie in Nimzowitsch´s Lehre, die Beweglichkeit des Angriffsziels.}
26. Rd3 Nf6 27. h3 Rc4 $1 {Provoziert die Schwächung des Damenflügels.} 28. b3
Rc5 29. Ne2 Rdc8 30. c3 h5 {[%csl Rc3,Re4,Rg4,Rh3]} 31. Kf3 Re5 $6 {Schwarz
büßt an Flexibilität ein, alle Figuren standen bereits richtig. Da Weiss
bereits an die passive Verteidigung seiner zahlreichen Schwächen gebunden ist
sollte Schwarz endlich seinen König miteinbeziehen.} (31... Kf8 $1 32. Rd6 Re5
33. Rd4 Ke7 $17 {Der König verteidigt die d-Linie und es droht nun auch ein
Eindringen über die h-Linie.}) 32. Rd4 hxg4+ 33. hxg4 g5 $2 {Mein Gegner und
ich waren bereits knapp an Zeit und ich setzte schematisch fort, da uns beiden
offenbar entging...} 34. Rh1 ({...dass} 34. b4 $1 $11 {den schwarzen Re5
wirksam einkreist.}) 34... Kg7 35. Rh3 (35. b4) 35... a5 $1 {Jetzt ist wieder
alles in Ordung und Schwarz hat die Stellung fest im Griff.} 36. Rh1 Rec5 {
e5 ist einfach nicht das Feld für den Turm...} 37. Rd3 Kg6 38. Rh2 R5c7 39. Rh1
Nd7 {...sondern für den Springer!} 40. Rd4 Ne5+ 41. Kg3 {Schwarz hat seine
Figuren absolut optimal postiert, die weissen Schwächen sind fixiert und
anvisiert.} Rxc3+ {Effektvoll, aber unnötig.} (41... a4 $1 42. bxa4 bxa4 43.
Rxa4 Rd7 $19) 42. Nxc3 Rxc3+ 43. Kg2 Nxg4 (43... Rc2+ 44. Kg3 Rxa2 $17) 44. Rd8
Nf6 45. e5 Nd5 46. Rg8+ Kf5 {Die weisse Verteidigungsaufgabe erscheint nahezu
aussichtlos, da die schwarzen Figuren perfekt zusammenarbeiten und der weisse
König bereits in Gefahr ist.} 47. Rh7 $2 Ne3+ 48. Kf2 Ng4+ 49. Ke1 Nxe5 $19 50.
Rhg7 Ke4 51. Rb8 Ke3 52. Kf1 Rc2 53. Rxb5 Rf2+ 54. Ke1 Nd3+ 55. Kd1 Rd2# {
Damit gelang der deutschen Mannschaft ein 3-1 Sieg und Rehabilitierung für die
nur kurz zuvor erlittene Niederlage gegen die selbe Mannschaft bei der
Mannschafts-EM!} 0-1

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Black "Crut, Aurelien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 (5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. c3
Nf6 8. Qe2 Be7 (8... Qc7 9. O-O O-O $132) 9. O-O Qc7 10. Re1 b5 11. a4 b4 12.
c4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 h6 {Rozentalis,E (2622)-Naumkin,I (2445) Padova op-A 16th
2013 (6) 1-0} (13... Ng4 14. h3 Nd4 15. Qd1 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qh2+ 17. Kf1 Ne5 18.
Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Qxa8 O-O $44 {[%cal Gc8b7,Gb7g2]})) 5... exd5 6. c3 (6. dxc5 Bxc5
7. Nb3 (7. Bd3)) 6... Nc6 7. Bd3 (7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Nfd4 Nf6 10. Bg5
O-O 11. Be2 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. f3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qd6 16. g4 Re8 17.
Qc2 Qg3+ 18. Kf1 Qd6 19. Rd1 Bd7 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Nd4 Re7 22. Bd3 Rae8 23. Bf5
Bxd4 24. Bxd7 Re2 25. Qxe2 Rxe2 26. Kxe2 Bc5 27. Bf5 Kg7 28. Kd2 Qg3 29. Kc1
Qxg2 30. Rhf1 Be3+ 31. Kb1 c5 32. Rfe1 d4 33. Be4 a5 34. c4 Kf6 35. Rh1 Kg7 36.
Rhe1 Qh2 {Dvalishvili,P (2450)-Grachev,B (2668) Moscow 2010 0-1}) 7... cxd4 $1
(7... Nf6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nb3 $14) (7... c4) 8. Nxd4 {65} (8. cxd4
{[%csl Rd2]}) 8... Nxd4 9. cxd4 {[%csl Rd2] La structure est quasiment
symétrique et l'avantage d'ouverture des Blancs est trés faible.} Nf6 10. O-O
Be7 11. h3 (11. Re1 O-O 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 $11) 11... O-O 12. Re1 {62} Bd7
$146 (12... Bb4 13. a3 Ba5 14. b4 Bb6 15. Nf3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Be6
18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Qe2 Bd5 20. Re3 Rae8 21. Be7 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qxd4 23. Rd1 Qxe3
24. fxe3 Rxe7 25. Rd3 Rfe8 26. Kg2 Bxe3 27. f4 Bb6 28. Qg4 Re2+ 29. Kf3 g6 30.
Qd7 R2e7 31. Qa4 Re1 32. Qd7 Rd8 33. Qxd8+ Bxd8 34. Rxd8+ Kg7 35. Rd7 b5 36.
Ra7 Re6 37. Kf2 Kf6 38. Kf3 h5 39. h4 Rc6 40. Ke4 Ke6 41. Ra8 Rc4+ 42. Kd3 {
Siklosi,Z (2365)-Eingorn,V (2610) Austria 1998 0-1}) 13. Nf3 {61} Re8 14. Ne5
Qb6 $1 $11 15. Bg5 {[%csl Rd7]} Be6 16. b3 $6 {[%csl Ra3,Rb2,Rc3] un sérieux
affaiblissement des cases noires} Rac8 (16... a5 $5 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) 17. Rc1
Rxc1 (17... Ba3 $5 {[%csl Ga3] Profitant de l'affaiblissement b3} 18. Rxc8 Rxc8
19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Ng4 Kg7 {[%csl Ga3]} 21. Qf3 Qxd4 22. Qg3 Bxg4 23. Bf5 $1 Bd6
$1 24. Qxg4+ (24. Qxd6 Bxf5) 24... Qxg4 25. hxg4 Rc7) 18. Bxc1 Rc8 19. Bg5 h6
20. Bh4 Qc7 21. Qe2 Bb4 22. Rd1 Be7 23. Ng6 Bd8 24. Bg3 Qb6 25. Nf4 Be7 26. Kh2
$6 {Une perte de temps et le Kh2 n'est pas trés bien placé} Bd6 27. Bb1 Rc3
28. Kg1 {Reconnaissant que 26. Kh2 n'était pas très heureux} (28. Nxe6 Bxg3+
{[%csl Rh2]}) 28... Bd7 29. Qe1 Rc8 30. Qe3 {Les deux camps ont du mal à
progresser et la partie semble s'acheminer vers la nulle} Qc7 31. Qf3 Re8 32.
Nxd5 $2 {Après ce coup, les Noirs prennent l'avantage} (32. Ne2 Bxg3 33. Nxg3
{[%cal Gg3f5]}) 32... Nxd5 33. Qxd5 Bxg3 34. fxg3 Bc6 35. Qf5 Qxg3 $15 {
[%csl Gc6,Rd4,Rg2] La partie commence à mal tourner pour le GMI qui doit
probablement déjà envisager de proposer la nulle} 36. Qf2 Qxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Rd8
38. Bd3 Kf8 39. Bc4 Bd5 40. Bxd5 Rxd5 41. Ke3 Ke7 42. Rc1 Kd7 43. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Seniors 50"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2019.04.24"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.04.16"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{VON DER ERÖFFNUNG INS ENDSPIEL Strukturelle und sonstige Defizite 
(Bauerninseln), Endspieltechnik, Vorteilsverwertung} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2
c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 {
In diesem Tarrasch-Franzosen verfügt Schwarz über eine große Auswahl an
etwa gleichwertigen Fortsetzungen, wobei 9...Nf6/Bc5/Qa5 und der Textzug am
häufigsten anzutreffen sind.} dxe4 10. Nxe4 ({Eine zweischneidige, eher
dubiose Alternative ist m. E.} 10. Qa4 {, z.B.} f5 $5 11. Qxc6+ Kf7 12. O-O Nf6
13. Nb3 Rc8 14. Qa6 Be7 $5 15. Bf4 (15. Qxa7 $6 Rxc4) 15... Qb6) 10... Qxd1+ ({
Oder} 10... Bb4+ 11. Ke2 Qa5 12. Be3 Nf6 (12... Be7 $142) 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14.
Qd4 Qh5+ 15. f3 Qg6 16. Qe4 Ke7 (16... Qxg2+ 17. Bf2 Rc8 18. Rag1 Qh3 $13) 17.
g3 a5 18. Rhd1 Qxe4 19. fxe4 {und Weiß hat - ähnlich unserer Hauptpartie -
einen leichten Endspielvorteil - 1-0 (46), Shankland,S (2671)-Antipov,M (2580),
Biel 2017}) 11. Kxd1 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Be3 c5 ({Nach} 13... Rg8 14. g3 c5
15. Kc2 Kd7 16. Rad1+ Kc6 17. Rd3 Be7 18. Rhd1 Rgd8 19. Rxd8 {ist die schwarze
Stellung ebenso unbequem, aber durchaus haltbar:} Bxd8 (19... Rxd8 20. Rxd8
Bxd8 21. g4 a6 22. Kd3 Bc7 23. h3 Be5 24. b3 Bb2 $6 (24... f5 $142) 25. Ke4 Bc3
26. Bh6 Bd4 27. f4 Bb2 28. f5 $14 {1-0 (75) Guseinov,G (2634)-Socko,B (2599)
Berlin 2015}) 20. Rd3 f5 21. Ra3 a6 22. Ra4 Bb6 23. a3 f6 24. b4 Ra7 {1/2-1/2 
(35) Dochev,D (2399)-Argiroudis,S (2306) Rio Achaea 2018}) 14. Kc2 O-O-O 15.
Rhd1 Rg8 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Rd1+ Kc7 18. g3 {[#]} Rg4 $2 {(?)} ({Angesichts
seiner geschwächten Bauernstruktur unterschätzt Schwarz sträflich die
Gefahren - in diesem für ihn ohnehin undankbaren Endspieltyp - und er lässt
es an der nötigen Genauigkeit missen. Tatsächlich ist der Textzug ein
schwerer Fehler, während} 18... Bd6 $142 $1 {dem Weißen nur einen minimalen
Vorteil überlässt:} 19. Rd3 a6 $14 20. Ra3 Kb7 21. Bd2 f5) 19. Bf4+ $1 {
[#] Dieses überraschend starke Schachgebot bringt den Verteidiger arg in die
Bredouille.} e5 {Nimmt weitere Schwächen auf den hellen Feldern (d5, f5) in
Kauf.} ({I} 19... Kc6 $2 {lässt den weißen Turm peinlich in seine Stellung
eindringen:} 20. Rd8 Be7 (20... e5 21. Rc8+ Kd7 22. Rxf8 exf4 23. Rxf7+ $18) (
20... Bg7 21. Rc8+ Kb6 22. h3 Rg6 23. Be3 $18) 21. Rc8+ Kd7 22. Rc7+ Kd8 23.
Rxa7 $18) ({II} 19... Kc8 {Auch hiernach findet Weiß Wege ins gegnerische
Lager:} 20. Rd3 h5 ({Falls} 20... Be7 $2 21. Ra3 Kb7 {, so folgt} 22. Rb3+ Kc6
23. Rb8 {mit großem Vorteil. Weiter z.B.:} Bd6 (23... e5 24. h3 Rg6 (24... Rg7
25. Bh6 Rg6 26. Bd2 {ist Zugumstellung zum Text}) 25. Bd2 Rg7 (25... f5 26. Ra8
Kb7 27. Rh8 Rg7 28. Bh6 Rg6 29. Rxh7 $18) 26. Rc8+ Kb7 27. Rh8 {/\Bh6 plus
Rxh7+-}) 24. Bxd6 Kxd6 25. b3 Kc7 26. Ra8 Kb7 27. Rh8 Rg7 28. h4 {/\h5-h6,
Rg8-g7 plus ggf. a3, b4 usw. +-}) 21. h3 Rg6 $5 (21... Rg8 $143 22. Ra3 e5 23.
Be3 Kb7 24. Rd3 $1 Kc7 25. Rd5 Kc6 26. Rd8 Rh8 27. Rc8+ Kb7 28. Re8 Kc6 29. b3
$18 {und Schwarz gehen schnell die vernünftigen Züge aus.}) 22. a4 $1 {
[#] (Analyse) Eine ausgetüftelte Fortsetzung, da Alternativen im Gewinnsinne
nicht überzeugen können. Mit dem Aufzug seines a-Bauern, der ggf. bis nach
a6 vorstößt, verschafft Weiß sich zusätzliche Angriffsmotive, während
sein Gegner ohne wirksames Gegenspiel bleibt.} (22. Rb3 $143 e5 23. Bd2 (23.
Be3 $143 f5 24. Rb5 Rc6) 23... f5 24. Rf3 h4 $132) (22. Ra3 $143 Kb7 23. Rb3+
Kc6 24. Rb8 Bh6 $132) 22... Be7 (22... e5 23. Be3 h4 (23... f5 24. Rd5 f6 25.
Kd3 h4 26. gxh4 Rg1 27. f4 $1 Rg3 28. Ke2 exf4 29. Bxc5 Bxc5 30. Rxc5+ Kd7 31.
Rxf5 Rxh3 32. Rxf4 $18) 24. g4 f5 25. gxf5 Rf6 26. Rd5 Rxf5 27. f4 $1 Bh6 (
27... Rf6 28. Rxe5 $18) (27... f6 28. Kd3 $18) 28. Rxc5+ Kd7 29. a5 a6 30. b4
Bxf4 31. Bxf4 Rxf4 32. b5 $18) (22... a6 23. a5 (23. Bd6 $2 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 h4
25. g4 f5 26. gxf5 Rg2 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. Rxa6 Rxf2+ 29. Kb3 Rf3+ 30. Ka2 Kd7
31. a5 Rxh3 $14) 23... Rg8 (23... Be7 24. Bd6 $1 {geht über zur 22...Be7/23...
a6/24.Bd6!-Variante}) 24. Bd6 $1 {Der gut getimte Läufertausch, um mit dem
Turm an die zersplitterten schwarzen Bauern heranzukommen, ist hier ein
zentrales Motiv.} f5 (24... h4 25. g4) (24... Bxd6 25. Rxd6 $18 Rg5 26. h4 Rg4
27. b3) 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Rd6 Kb7 27. Rd7+ Kb8 28. h4 $18 f4 29. gxf4 Rg8 30.
Kd3 f5 31. Rd6 Rg4 32. Ke3) (22... f5 23. Rb3 Bh6 24. Bd6 $18) (22... h4 23.
gxh4 Rg2 24. Rf3 Kd7 25. h5 $18) 23. a5 Bd8 (23... a6 24. Bd6 $1 Bxd6 (24...
Bd8 25. Bxc5 Bxa5 26. Ra3 Bc7 27. Rxa6 $18) 25. Rxd6 f5 (25... h4 26. g4 f5 27.
gxf5 Rg2 28. fxe6 fxe6 (28... Rxf2+ 29. Rd2 Rxd2+ 30. Kxd2 fxe6 31. Ke3 $18)
29. Rxa6 Rxf2+ 30. Kb3 Rf3+ 31. Ka2 Kd7 (31... Rxh3 32. Rxe6 $18) 32. Rb6 $18))
24. a6 {[#] (Analyse)} Bb6 (24... Bc7 25. Be3 Bb6 26. b4 $1 $18 f5 (26... cxb4
$2 27. Bxb6 axb6 28. Rd8+ Kxd8 29. a7) 27. bxc5 Bc7 28. c6) 25. Kb3 $1 {
Der König greift entscheidend ein.} (25. Rd6 $143 e5 26. Be3 f5 27. Rd5 Bc7
28. Bxc5 Rxa6) 25... e5 26. Bd2 f5 27. Rd5 Re6 (27... Bc7 28. Bc3 Rb6+ 29. Kc2
f6 30. Rxc5 Rxa6 31. f4 $1 $18) 28. Bc3 f6 29. Ka4 Bd8 30. Ba5 $1 (30. Rxc5+
$143 Kb8) 30... Bb6 (30... Bxa5 31. Kxa5 {ist Zugumstellung zum Text}) 31. Kb5
Bxa5 32. Kxa5 Rc6 (32... h4 33. gxh4 f4 34. f3 $18) 33. h4 Kc7 34. b3 Kc8 35.
Kb5 Rb6+ 36. Kxc5 Rxa6 (36... Rxb3 37. Rd6 Rf3 38. Rxf6 Rxf2 39. Kd6 $18) 37.
b4 Ra2 (37... Kc7 38. b5 Re6 (38... Ra2 39. Rd6 Rxf2 40. Rxf6 Kd8 41. Ra6 $18)
39. Rd3 a6 (39... f4 40. gxf4 exf4 41. Rd5 $18) (39... Re7 40. Rf3 $18) 40. b6+
$1 Rxb6 (40... Kc8 41. Rd6 $18) 41. Rd7+ Kxd7 42. Kxb6 $18) 38. f4 $1 $18 Re2
39. fxe5 fxe5 40. Kd6) 20. h3 Rg8 21. Be3 {[#] Auch die anschließende
Stellungsbehandlung ist ein Paradebeispiel für exzellente Endspieltechnik.}
Bd6 $2 ({Zäheren Widerstand leistet} 21... Be7 $142 {, z.B.} 22. Rd5 $1 (22.
Rd3 a6 $5 23. Bd2 h5 24. Rf3 Kd6 25. Rf5 Rh8 26. Kd3 a5 27. Bxa5 Ke6 28. Ke4
Ra8 29. Bc3 h4 30. g4 Rxa2 31. Rh5 $16) 22... Kc6 (22... Rd8 $2 23. Rxd8 $1
Kxd8 24. g4 $1 {mit einem klar gewonnenem Läuferendspiel:} e4 25. Bf4 Kd7 26.
Kd2 Ke6 27. Bb8 $1 a6 28. Ke3 f5 29. Kf4 $1 $18 fxg4 30. hxg4 e3 31. fxe3) 23.
Kd3 $1 (23. g4 $143 a5 24. g5 (24. Kd3 Rb8 25. Bc1 a4) 24... Bd6 25. gxf6 Rg1
26. Rd1 Rg6 27. Kd3 Rxf6 28. Ke4 Rg6) 23... Rb8 24. Bc1 a5 25. Ke4 Rb4 26. b3
a4 27. Rd3 axb3 28. axb3 Rb8 29. Be3 Ra8 30. Kf5 Ra3 31. Rc3 Ra1 32. Rc1 Ra3
33. Rb1 Kd7 34. g4 Ke8 35. h4 Ra6 36. g5 $1 {[#] (Analyse) Nach diesem mit
langer Hand vorbereitetem Hebel bricht die schwarze Stellung unweigerlich
zusammen. Dafür sollen folgende Varianten als Beleg dienen.} Rb6 (36... Kf8
37. Rd1 $1 fxg5 (37... Rc6 38. Rd5 $18) (37... Rb6 38. Rd7 Rc6 (38... Re6 39.
Rd5) 39. gxf6 $18) 38. hxg5 Rb6 39. Rd3 Kg7 40. Bc1 $5 ({oder auch} 40. Kxe5 $5
Kg6 41. f4) 40... e4 (40... f6 41. Rd7 Kf8 42. Be3 Rc6 43. gxf6 Rxf6+ (43...
Bxf6 44. Bxc5+ Rxc5 45. Kxf6 $18 Ke8 (45... Rc6+ 46. Kxe5) 46. Rxh7) 44. Kxe5
$18) (40... Kf8 41. Kxe5) 41. Rg3 (41. Kxe4 $143 Kg6 42. f4 Re6+ 43. Kf3 f5 44.
Be3 Rc6 45. Rd5 Bd6 $16) 41... Re6 (41... Ra6 42. Kxe4 $18) 42. Bf4 Kg8 43. Re3
$18) 37. Ra1 $1 Rxb3 (37... fxg5 38. Ra8+ Bd8 (38... Kd7 39. Ra7+ Kd6 40. Rxe7
$18) 39. hxg5 $18 Rg6 40. Kxe5) 38. gxf6 Bd8 (38... Bd6 39. Ra8+) 39. Kxe5 Rb6
40. Kd5 Rxf6 41. Ra8 $18) 22. Rd5 Kc6 {[#]} 23. b4 $1 {Dank dieses gekonnten
Hebels optimiert Weiß seine Aktiva am Damenflügel.} cxb4 24. Ra5 {[#]} f5 $2
({Und hier konnte sich Schwarz hartnäckiger mit} 24... Ra8 $5 {verteidigen:}
25. Ra6+ (25. Rxa7 $2 Rxa7 26. Bxa7 Bc5 $1 $11 (26... e4 $11)) 25... Kc7 26.
Kb3 (26. Rxa7+ $2) 26... Be7 27. Ka4 {[#]  (Analyse) Ohne Unterstützung
seines Königs käme Weiß nicht weiter.} (27. g4 $2 Kb7 28. Ra5 a6 $11) 27...
f5 {und Weiß hat die angenehme Wahl zwischen diversen, sehr
erfolgversprechenden Fortsetzungen, insbesondere 28.Ra5, 28.c5 und 28.f4.
Hierzu ein kurzer Überblick:} (27... h5 28. g4 $1 (28. c5 $143 f5 29. Kxb4 h4)
28... hxg4 29. hxg4 Kd7 (29... Kb7 30. Kb5 e4 31. c5 $18) 30. c5 Rg8 (30... e4
31. Kxb4 $18) 31. Rxa7+ Ke6 32. Kb5 Rxg4 33. Ra8 e4 34. c6 $18) 28. Ra5 $5 (28.
f4 $5 exf4 (28... Kb7 29. Kb5 exf4 (29... e4 30. g4) 30. Bxf4 (30. gxf4) 30...
Re8 31. h4 (31. Be3 Bd8 32. Rxa7+ Kb8 33. Bc5 Bc7 34. Kxb4) 31... h5 32. Rh6
Rc8 33. Rh7 a6+ 34. Ka4 {/\Rxf7+-}) (28... e4 29. g4 Bh4 30. Rh6 Be1 31. Rf6 $1
Rf8 32. Rxf5 Bc3 33. g5 $18) (28... f6 29. c5 Bd8 30. Kxb4 Rb8+ 31. Kc4 Rb2 32.
Rxa7+ Kb8 33. c6 Re2 34. Ra3 Re1 35. Kd5 $18) 29. gxf4 $1 Bd6 (29... Bh4 30.
Kxb4 Be1+ 31. Ka4 Bg3 (31... Bh4 32. Bc5 f6 33. Rxa7+ $18) 32. Rf6 $18) (29...
h5 30. c5 (30. Rh6 $2 Rd8 $132) 30... Re8 31. Kb5 Rb8+ 32. Kc4 Kb7 33. Rh6 h4
34. Bd4 $18) 30. c5 Bf8 31. Kxb4 Re8 32. Bg1 $1 Re1 33. Rxa7+ Kc6 34. Rxf7 Be7
35. Bd4 Kd5 36. Bf2 Re4+ 37. Kb5 Ke6 38. Rxh7 Rxf4 39. Rh6+ Kf7 40. Bg3 $18) (
28. c5 $5 h5 29. Kxb4 h4 30. Kc4 Kb7 31. Kb5 Rb8 $5 $16 32. Ra3 Bf8 (32... Bd8
33. Kc4 Kc6 34. Rxa7 (34. Ra6+ Kb7 35. Rh6) 34... Rb1 35. Rxf7 hxg3 36. fxg3
Re1 37. Bf2 Re4+ (37... Rc1+ 38. Kb4 Rb1+ 39. Ka4 (39. Kc3 Rc1+ 40. Kb3 Rb1+
41. Kc2 Rh1 42. Rxf5 Rxh3 43. Kb3 Rh7 44. Kc4 $18) 39... Rb2 40. Rxf5 Kd5 41.
Ka3) 38. Kd3 Ra4 39. Rxf5 Kd5 40. h4 $18) 33. gxh4 Ka8+ 34. Kc4 f4 35. Bd2 Rc8
36. Ra5 Be7 37. h5 Rh8 (37... Bh4 38. f3 Bf2 39. Bb4 Rc6 40. Kb5 Rh6 41. Ra6
Rxh5 42. Rd6 Rh8 43. c6 {usw. +-}) 38. c6 $1 Rxh5 39. c7 Rh8 40. Rxe5 Bd6 41.
Rh5 $1 $18 Rc8 42. Ba5 Kb7 43. Rb5+ Kc6 44. h4 Kd7 45. h5) 28... f6 (28... Bd6
29. c5 Be7 30. Ra6 f6 31. Kxb4) 29. Ra6 h5 30. c5 h4 31. Kb5 hxg3 32. fxg3 Kd8
(32... Rb8+ 33. Kc4 Ra8 (33... Kd8 34. Rxa7) 34. h4) 33. h4 Ke8 34. c6 Rb8+ 35.
Kc4 $18) 25. Ra6+ Kd7 26. Rxa7+ Ke6 (26... Kc6 27. Rxf7 $18) 27. Ra6 Kd7 28. c5
$18 {[#]} Be7 (28... Bb8 29. Kb3 Rg6 30. Ra8 Bc7 31. Kxb4) 29. Kb3 f4 (29...
Rc8 30. Kxb4) 30. gxf4 exf4 31. c6+ Ke6 (31... Kc7 32. Bxf4+ Bd6 33. Ra7+ Kb6
34. Rxf7 Bxf4 35. Rxf4 Kxc6 36. Kxb4) 32. Bxf4 Kd5 (32... Rc8 33. c7+ Kd7 34.
Rh6) 33. c7 Bc5 34. Rf6 {- ein Lehrstück!} 1-0

[Event "Chicago op 19th"]
[Site "Wheeling"]
[Date "2010.05.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Minzer,C"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Típica partida del "Capablanca inglés" jugando contra el peón aislado. Ubica
sus piezas en el centro mientras, poco a poco, simplifica el juego dejando al
rival en una triste posición defensiva. Finalmente un grueso error de Akobian
dió por terminada la partida en forma inmediata.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {
Diagrama # El arma principal del Gran Maestro inglés para jugar contra la
Defensa Francesa es la Variante Tarrasch.} a6 {Una línea flexible, las negras
quieren tener controlado el punto b5 donde se ubica el alfil de casillas
blancas (Ab5) cuando queda el peón aislado. Por otra parte, en varias líneas
la casilla a7 puede ser útil para que alfil de casillas negras se refugie allí.
} 4. Ngf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Nge7 ({En las partidas de Adams
podemos encontrar el desarrollo del caballo por f6:} 7... Nf6 8. exd5 exd5 {
se establece el peón aislado pero pronto el negro cambiará su estructura} 9.
Nb3 Bb6 10. Re1+ Be6 11. c3 O-O 12. h3 Ne4 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Nbd4 Bg6 15. Nxc6
bxc6 16. Ne5 Bc7 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qa4 Qd6 20. Qxe4 $5 Rae8 21.
Qf3 Qh2+ 22. Kf1 f5 23. g3 $8 Qxh3+ 24. Qg2 Qg4 25. Bd4 $14 {y las blancas se
impusieron en un largo final, Adams,M-Gurevich,M/Dresden 2008}) 8. exd5 exd5 {
Diagrama # Gurevich decide jugar con el peón aislado.} ({En caso de capturar
de caballo la partida es muy diferente, veamos unos ejemplos:} 8... Nxd5 9. Ne4
{las blancas intentarán avanzar su mayoría del flanco dama} Be7 10. c4 Nf6 (
10... Ndb4 11. Bb1 a5 (11... f5 $6 12. a3 $1 fxe4 13. Bxe4 $16) 12. a3 Qxd1 13.
Rxd1 Na6 14. Be3 e5 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Rxd6 $16) 11. a3 (11. Qe2 $5 O-O (11...
Qc7 12. Rd1) 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bg5 $14) 11... Qc7 12. b4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bf6 14.
Ra2 $14 {las blancas han progresado en el flanco dama pero no alcanzó para
llegar a la victoria} Bd7 15. Be3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bf6 18. Qf3 Rd8 19.
f5 Qxc4 20. Rc2 Qb3 21. Bb6 Qxf3 22. Bxf3 Rc8 23. Rfc1 O-O 24. Bxb7 Rxc2 25.
Rxc2 Rb8 26. Rc7 Bd8 27. Rxd7 Bxb6+ 28. Kf1 a5 29. fxe6 {1/2-1/2 Anand,
V-Gurevich,M/Wijk aan Zee 1990}) 9. Nb3 Bd6 ({También puede ser la retirada
por la diagonal g1-a7:} 9... Bb6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 Bc7 12. h3 h6 13. c3 Re8 (
13... Qd6 14. Bc5 $5 Qf6 15. Nbd4 $14) 14. Qc2 Qd6 15. Rad1 Qf6 16. Nbd4 Bd7
17. Qd2 Ng6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bd4 Qd6 20. b4 $6 a5 (20... Bxh3 $5 21. gxh3 Nh4
$40) 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ {Anand, V-Topalov,V/
Wijk aan Zee 1999 1/2-1/2}) 10. Re1 O-O 11. c3 Bf5 $146 {La idea de cambiar
los alfiles blancos ya se había jugado con los dos peones de la columna h
avanzados:} (11... h6 12. h3 Bf5 13. Be3 Bxd3 (13... Re8 14. Bc5 $5 $14) 14.
Qxd3 Qc7 15. a4 (15. Bc5 $5 $14) 15... Rad8 16. a5 Qc8 17. Bb6 Bc7 18. Bxc7
Qxc7 {Tseshkovsky,V-Dolmatov,S/Frunze 1981/URS-ch y ahora se podría intentar}
19. Nc5 {para b2-b4} Nxa5 $140 $2 20. Rxa5 Qxa5 21. Nxb7 Qc7 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 23.
Qxa6 $16) 12. Bxf5 Nxf5 13. g3 Nfe7 14. Bg5 {Diagrama # Típico de Adams,
dirige la partida a la simplificación confiando en la presión que pueda
ejercer sobre el peón central de las negras.} h6 ({Jugar} 14... f6 {deja una
debilidad en e6, generalmente las negras juegan de esta forma cuando tienen su
alfil de casillas blancas y lo ubican en f7.}) 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Qd3 Qc7 17.
Re2 b5 18. Rae1 Qc4 19. Qd1 Ra7 20. a3 a5 21. Nbd4 Rb7 22. Ne5 {Sin variar la
estructura de peones Adams va ubicando sus piezas en forma activa.} Qc7 23. Qd3
Qb6 ({En caso de} 23... b4 24. cxb4 axb4 25. a4 {las blancas se quedan con un
peón pasado en la columna a.}) 24. b4 $1 {Diagrama # El momento oportuno para
ceder casillas débiles (c3-c4) pero fijar el pe} axb4 25. axb4 Qa6 26. h4 Qb6
27. h5 {Adams tampoco quiere perder el control en el flanco rey.} Rc8 $4 {
Diagrama # Un grave error en una posición sin buen contrajuego, las negras
quisieron presionar en la columna c pero se encontraron con:} 28. Nxf7 $1 {
Una secuencia directa que muestra la torre de c8, finalmente, indefensa. El
error de Akobian no da lugar a dudas, el triunfo blanco es claro.} Kxf7 29.
Rxe7+ Bxe7 30. Qf5+ Bf6 31. Qxc8 {Diagrama # No sólo se recupera la pieza
sacrificada, sino que también el rey negro queda debilitado. Se amenaza mate
en e8.} Re7 ({O} 31... Rb8 32. Qd7+ Kf8 33. Nc6 $18) 32. Rxe7+ Kxe7 33. Nf5+
Kf7 34. Qd7+ {Adams no da respiro.} Kg8 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qg6+ Kh8 {Diagrama #}
37. Nxg7 $1 Qa6 38. Nf5 Qa1+ 39. Kg2 Qxc3 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Qf7+ {Las negras
abandonan.} (41. Qf7+ {seguiría} Bg7 (41... Kh8 42. Nxh6) 42. Ne7 {amenazando
mate en g8.}) 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2017.02.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. exd5 exd5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Bg4 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. h3 Bh5 11. c3 Nge7 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Be2 Nc4
15. Bg5 f6 16. Bc1 O-O 17. Nfd4 Bf7 18. Bg4 Kh8 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. Bxe6 Rad8 21.
Nd4 Nc6 22. b3 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Na5 24. Bb2 Nc6 25. Bg4 Qa5 26. a3 Bb8 27. Qd3
Rfe8 28. b4 Qc7 29. g3 Ba7 30. h4 g6 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Bf3 Qd6 33. Kg2 Kg7 34.
Bc3 Rc8 35. Re1 Ne7 36. Bb2 {[#]} Rc4 37. Qe2 $2 {This throws away most of
White's advantage.} (37. h5 Nf5 38. Bg4 Nxd4 39. Re8 Bb6 40. Bh3 Nc6 41. hxg6
hxg6 42. Rg8+ Kxg8 43. Qxg6+ Kf8 44. Bxf6 {and mate follows.}) 37... Nf5 38.
Bg4 $1 {White's last resource to play for a win.} Bxd4 39. Bxf5 $2 (39. Bxd4 {
was a necessary intermediate nuance.}) 39... gxf5 $4 {This loses instantly.} (
39... Bxb2 40. Bd3 Rc1 41. Qe7+ Qxe7 42. Rxe7+ Kh6 43. Rxb7 Bxa3 44. Rb6 Kg7
45. Bxa6 Rb1 {would have led to a draw.}) 40. Qe8 $1 {Due to the awkward
position of Black's rook and bishop the check on e7 cannot be parried.} Bxb2
41. Re7+ Qxe7 (41... Kh6 42. Qf8+ Kh5 43. Rxh7+ Kg4 44. f3#) 42. Qxe7+ Kg6 43.
Qe8+ Kg7 44. Qd7+ Kg6 45. h5+ Kh6 46. Qxd5 Rc2 47. Qb3 Rd2 48. Qe3+ {wins the
rook.} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Akobian played one of the best games of his life to join Wesley So in
the first place. Yaroslav was a mere shadow of the person who had dismantled
Caruana's position the other day.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 {Akobian follows
Wesley So. This is how he handled this line against Zherebukh.} 4. exd5 Qxd5 5.
dxc5 Nf6 (5... Bxc5 {is how Wesley So played against Yaroslav} 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7.
Bc4 Qc6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. a4 b6 11. Nb3 Bb7 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Ncd7
14. Rd1 O-O 15. b5 Qc8 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. bxa6 Bxa6 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Nce4 20.
Bb2 Nc3 21. Bxc3 Qxc3 22. Rab1 Rac8 23. Bd3 Qc6 24. Qe1 Ra8 25. Rb4 Qc7 26. Rc4
Qa7 27. Rb1 Rfc8 28. Rcb4 Nd5 29. Rh4 h6 30. Qe4 Nf6 31. Qe3 $11) 6. Ngf3 Qxc5
{This is the 'Kramnik move' Varuzhan referred to.} 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O (8. Qe2
Qc7 9. Nb3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. a5 bxa5 14. Nfd4 Nc5 15.
Nxa5 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bb4 17. Bd2 Be4 18. Qe2 Bd6 19. Nb5 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Qb8 21.
Bg5 Be5 22. Ra4 a6 23. Na3 Bxb2 24. Bxf6 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Bxf6 26. Qe4 Qc7 27.
Nc6 Rfc8 28. Rc4 Qd6 29. Re3 Qd5 30. Qxd5 exd5 31. Ne7+ Bxe7 32. Rxc8+ Rxc8 33.
Rxe7 g6 34. Re3 Kg7 35. Rd3 Rc5 36. c3 a5 37. Kf3 h5 38. Ke3 h4 39. Kf4 f6 40.
Kg4 g5 41. f4 Kg6 42. fxg5 fxg5 43. Re3 a4 44. Rd3 Kf6 45. Rf3+ Kg6 46. Rd3 Kh6
47. Re3 Rc6 48. Rd3 Rf6 49. Rd4 Rf1 50. Nc2 Rg1+ 51. Kh3 Rg3+ 52. Kh2 Rxc3 53.
Rd2 a3 54. Nd4 Kg6 55. Ra2 g4 56. Nb5 Rc5 57. Nxa3 Ra5 58. Ra1 d4 59. Rg1 g3+
60. Kh3 Rxa3 61. Kxh4 Kf5 62. Kh3 Ke4 63. Re1+ Re3 {0-1 (63) Hou,Y (2635)
-Kramnik, V (2810) Medias 2016}) 8... Qc7 9. Qe2 (9. Nb3 Nc5 10. Bb5+ {is
Varuzhan's suggestion but after ...Bd7 it is nothing more than an even
position.}) 9... Nc5 {} 10. Bc4 (10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Ncxd7 12. Ne4 {
and calling it a day would have been my choice.}) 10... Bd6 11. b3 (11. a4 O-O
12. a5 e5 13. b4 Ne6 14. Bb2 Nf4 15. Qe3 Ng6 16. b5 Bf5 17. b6 axb6 18. axb6
Qc6 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Qb3 Rf8 21. Bb5 Qc5 22. Nc4 Be6 23. Qa3 Qxc4 {0-1 (23)
Sanal,V (2501)-Ganguly,S (2652) Berlin 2015}) 11... a6 $146 {Black is
threatening ...b5.} (11... O-O 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Ne5 Rad8 15. Ndf3
Nce4 16. a4 Bb4 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Nd3 Be7 19. Be5 Bd6 20. h4 Bxe5 21. Ndxe5 h6
{1/2-1/2 (21) Tan,J (2456)-Roberson,P (2388) Reading 2017}) 12. a4 {Somewhat
forced.} b6 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Rfd1 O-O {The position is balanced but Black is
much more comfortable and White must play accurately in order to maintain the
balance. However, Zherebukh decided to go all self-destructive in the next few
moves.} 15. Bxf6 $2 {After 35 minutes of thinking Zherebukh gives up his
valuable bishop!} (15. Qe3 Ncd7 (15... Rad8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qh6 {is probably
what Zherebukh was after.}) 16. h3 Rfd8 17. Bd3 {and White should be able to
hold this uncomfortable middlegame.}) 15... gxf6 16. Qe3 Bf4 $1 {Of course,
this move prevents the queen from landing on h6.} 17. Qc3 f5 (17... Nd7 {
with the threat of ...b5 and ...Ne5 is even stronger.}) 18. Bf1 Rac8 19. b4 $6
{Forcing the queen exchange while weakening the pawn structure for a worse
endgame. Even if this were somehow the best move on the board, it would not
make sense practically and alternatives would be sought.} Ne4 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21.
Nc4 Rb8 $1 {After a long think, Akobian finds this strong prophylactic move.}
22. Nxb6 Rxc2 23. Nd7 Rbc8 24. Bd3 Rb2 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Rd4 f5 (26... Rcc2 27.
Rf1 Rxf2 {would have won on the spot.}) 27. Rad1 exf3 {Akobian finds a nice
trick.} 28. Rxf4 Rd2 $1 {With this beautiful tactical trick, Akobian wins the
game and joins Wesley in the lead. In this game he was in complete control and
is now in hot pursuit of the coveted title.} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bakalarz, Mietek"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. Be2 e5 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. Rd1
Bc7 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Bb4 Re8 17. Bd6 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Bd7 19. Rad1 Bc6 20. Nd2 Rac8
21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Nc4 Ne4 23. f3 Nxd6 24. Nxd6 Ke7 25. Nxe8 Bxe8 26. Bd3 g6 27.
Re1 Kd6 28. Rd1 Ke6 29. Be4 Rc7 30. Ke2 f5 31. Bd5+ Ke7 32. c4 b5 33. b3 Bd7
34. Kd2 bxc4 35. Bxc4 a5 36. Ke3 Be6 37. Bxe6 Kxe6 38. Rd2 Rc3+ 39. Ke2 Rc1 40.
Rd1 Rc8 41. Kd2 e4 42. fxe4 fxe4 43. Re1 Ke5 44. Rf1 Kd4 45. Rf7 e3+ 46. Kd1 h5
47. Rd7+ Ke4 48. Re7+ Kd3 49. Rd7+ Kc3 50. Ke2 Kb2 51. Kxe3 Rc2 52. Kf3 Rc3+
53. Kf4 Rc2 54. Kg3 g5 55. Rd5 Rc3+ 56. Kf2 Rc2+ 57. Kf3 g4+ 58. Kg3 Rc3+ 59.
Kh4 Rc2 60. Rxa5 Rxg2 61. Kxh5 Rxh2+ 62. Kxg4 {Weiß steht auf Gewinn, aber die
Realisierung ist außerordentlich schwierig:} Rf2 63. Rf5 Rd2 64. Ra5 Rf2 65.
Kg3 Rf8 66. Ra4 Rf7 67. Ra8 Rf6 68. b4 Kc3 (68... Rb6 69. a3 Kb3 70. Kf4 Kc4
71. Ra5 Rf6+ 72. Ke3 Re6+ 73. Kd2 Rh6 74. b5 Kc5 75. a4 Kd4 76. Ke2 Re6+ 77.
Kf3 Rf6+ 78. Kg4 Kd5 79. Kg5 Rd6 80. Ra7 Kc5 81. Kf5 Rh6 82. Ra8 Rh5+ 83. Kg6
Rd5 84. Ra6 Rd7 85. Kf6 Rh7 86. Kf5 Rh5+ 87. Kg4 Re5 88. Kf4 Re1 89. b6 Kc6 90.
a5 Kb7 91. Ra7+ Kb8 92. Kf5 $18) 69. b5 Kb4 70. Ra6 Rf8 71. a4 Kc5 72. Kg4 Rf1
73. Kg5 Rf2 74. Rc6+ (74. b6 Kc6 75. a5 Kb7 76. Ra7+ Kb8 77. Kg6 Rf1 78. Re7
Ra1 79. Re5 Kb7 80. Kf7 Ka6 81. Ke8 Rd1 82. Re7 $18) 74... Kb4 75. Ra6 Kc5 76.
Kg6 Rf4 77. Kg7 Kd5 78. Kg6 Kc5 79. Kg5 Rf8 80. Rf6 Rg8+ 81. Kh4 Rh8+ 82. Kg3
Rg8+ 83. Kf3 Re8 84. Rc6+ Kb4 85. Ra6 Kc5 86. Kf4 Kd5 87. Kf3 Kc5 88. Rf6 Ra8
89. Rf4 Rh8 90. Ke3 Rh3+ 91. Ke4 Rh8 92. Kd3 Rh3+ 93. Ke4 Rh8 94. Rf6 Rh4+ 95.
Rf4 Rh8 {Weiß steht immer noch auf Gewinn, allerdings dürfte es ohnehin mit
der 50 Züge-Regel Schwierigkeiten geben.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Heringsdorf"]
[Date "2000.11.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Black "Sielecki, Christof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{An meinem Geburtstag läuft es bei der Deutschen Meisterschaft traditionell
sehr gut und der 30. bildete keine Ausnahme:} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4.
Ngf3 a6 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. O-O Qc7 9. c3 (9. a3 {ist die
andere Hauptvariante.}) (9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Bc4 Nf4 12. Qe3 Ng6 $11 {
0-1 Smirin,I-Dreev,A/Borzhomi 1988/EXT 88 (23)}) 9... Bd7 (9... O-O 10. e5 Ng4
11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Ng5+ Kg8 13. Qxg4 Qxe5 14. Nb3 Be7 15. f4 Qf5 16. Qxf5 exf5
17. Nf3 Be6 18. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Westerinen,H-Brunner,L/Solingen 1986/TD 86\01
(35)}) 10. exd5 $6 {etwas verfrüht. Weiß sollte zunächst weiter abwarten, z.B.}
(10. h3 Ne5 (10... Ba7 11. Re1 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nd5 13. c4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Qxf4 15.
c5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Baklan,V-Kiriakov,P/URS 1992/EXP 28 (58)}) (10... Nh5 $5) 11.
Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Nf3 Qh5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Be3 Be7 15. Rfe1 f5 16. c4 $14 {1-0 Adams,
M-Lund,D/Preston 1989/CBM 14 (30)}) (10. e5 Ng4 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Bf4 f6 $11 {
0-1 Espinosa,J-Sieiro Gonzalez,L/Villa Clara op 1995/EXT 95op2 (42)}) (10. a3
O-O-O 11. b4 Bd6 12. c4 $132 {0-1 Ravi,T-Ravi,L/IND-ch 1994/EXP 41 (34)}) 10...
Nxd5 11. Ne4 Be7 12. g3 $6 {verhindert Sf4, schwächt aber die weißen Felder um
den König zu sehr.} e5 13. Bc4 Nb6 (13... Be6 $2 14. Nfg5 $16) 14. Bb3 O-O $6 (
{Es war besser, mit} 14... h6 {Vorsichtsmaßnahmen zu ergreifen.}) 15. Nfg5 h6 (
{Natürlich nicht} 15... Be8 $2 16. Nxh7 Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Bh6 gxh6 (18...
Nd4 19. cxd4 gxh6 20. Qg6+ Kh8 21. Qxh6+ Kg8 22. Rac1 Bc6 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24.
Qxg5+ Kh8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Rfe1 $18) (18... Na5 19. Qg6 Bf6 20. Nxf6+ Kh8 21.
Qxg7#) 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Bc2 $18) (15... Bf5 16. g4
Bg6 17. h4 Na5 18. h5 Nxb3 19. axb3 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 $14) 16. Nxf7
Rxf7 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 (18... Kf8 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 {
ist Zugumstellung zur Partie.} ({Denn} 20... Ke8 $2 21. Rad1 {sieht sehr
gefährlich aus.})) 19. Bxh6 gxh6 {Schwarz läßt es sich zeigen.} (19... Rf8 {
kam auch in Betracht.}) 20. Qg6+ Kh8 (20... Kf8 $2 21. f4 $18) 21. Qxh6+ Kg8
22. Qg6+ Kh8 23. f4 $1 {[%mdl 128] Mit Dauerschach gebe ich mich nicht
zufrieden. Statt dessen sollen frische Kräfte wie der f-Bauer und die Türme
herangeführt werden.} Qd8 $2 ({In der abendlichen Analyse nach der Partie fand
Rainer Buhmann folgende Verteidigung:} 23... Rf8 $1 24. f5 (24. Ng5 $2 Bc5+ 25.
Kh1 Bf5 26. Qh5+ Kg8 $17) 24... Nd8 25. f6 $6 (25. Qh6+ $11) 25... Bc5+ 26.
Nxc5 Qxc5+ 27. Rf2 Rf7 $1 (27... Ne6 $2 28. Re1 Be8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Re4 $18)
28. Re1 Bc6 $1 {(Fritz 6)} ({In der Analyse hatten wir nur} 28... Rh7 $2 29.
Re4 {wonach Weiß starke Initiative behält.}) 29. Rd1 (29. Qh5+ Rh7 30. Qxe5
Qxe5 31. Rxe5 Nf7 $15 {/-/+}) 29... Nd7 30. Rdd2 Bd5 $15) (23... exf4 $2 24.
Rxf4 Ne5 (24... Qxf4 25. Qh5+ Kg7 26. gxf4 $18) 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Raf1 Nd5 27.
Rf7 $3 Nxf7 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Qh5+ Nh6 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Qh5+ Kg8
33. Qxd5+ $18) (23... Be8 $2 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. f5 Nd5 (25... Bf8 26. Nf6+ Kf7
27. Qh7+ Bg7 28. Nh5 Kf8 29. f6 $18) 26. f6 Bf8 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. Qh4+ Qh7 29.
Qxh7+ Kxh7 30. f7 Bd7 31. Rad1 $16) 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. fxe5 (25. fxe5 Nxe5 (25...
Be8 26. Rf4 Nxe5 27. Qe6+ Kh7 (27... Nf7 28. Qg6+ $18) 28. Qxe5 Nd7 29. Qd4 $18
) 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Rxf6 Qe7 28. Qg5+ Qg7 29. Qxe5 Re8 30. Qd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Psakhis} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 {Psakhis: 'It is not too difficult to
prepare to Piter Kiriakov-after 1.e4 he always plays Frence defence and in the
case of 3.Nd2 choose a6.'} 4. c3 c5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Be7 (8... Nb4 $5 {Psakhis} 9. Bb1 Be7 10. Ne5 Nf6 11. Ng5 O-O 12. O-O g6
13. Ngf3 Nc6 14. Bg5 Bd7 $13 {0-1 Smirin,I-Dolmatov,S/Klaipeda 1988 (42)}) 9.
O-O Nf6 {Psakhis: 'Just year ago Nigel played same line with opposite colour
and '} 10. a3 {'!' Psakhis.} (10. Be3 O-O 11. Nxf6+ (11. Ne5 {Psakhis} Bd7 12.
Qf3 Rc8 13. Rad1 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 f5 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bf4 Qd5 18.
Qe3 Bf6 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Be5 Bxe5 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Short,N/Elista ol 1998 (20)}
) 11... Bxf6 12. Be4 Ne7 13. Qb3 Nd5 14. Rac1 $14 {1-0 De la Paz,F-Hoffman,A/
Havana 1999/CBM 71 (40)}) 10... O-O 11. Be3 (11. Bc2 $5 {[%cal Gd1d3] Psakhis
could be interesting alternative, for example} Bd7 (11... Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bf6 13.
Be3 Ne7 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh7 Nf5 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Nxf8 Kxf8 18. Rc1 $18 {
Pallova,M-Wichmann,C/Dresden op 1992/0-1 (42)}) 12. Qd3 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 g6 14.
Bh6 Re8 15. h4 Qa5 16. Qf4 Red8 17. Rfe1 Be8 18. Bg5 Rac8 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Re5
Nd5 21. Qh6 f6 22. Re2 Qc7 23. Bb3 Bf7 24. g3 Qd6 25. Rae1 {Kristensen,
B-Danielsen,H/DEN-ch 1987/1-0 (53) with initiative.}) 11... Nd5 {'N' Psakhis.}
({White keep preasure afte} 11... Bd7 {Psakhis} 12. Rc1 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bf6 (
13... Rc8 14. b4 Bf6 15. Qb3 g6 16. h3 b6 17. d5 $1 $16 {1-0 Matanovic,
A-Mikhalchishin,A/YUG 1968 (28)}) 14. Rc3 Rc8 15. Qb1 g6 16. Rfc1 Bg7 17. g3
Kh8 18. b4 $14 {Djuric,S-Orlov,G/New York op 1990/1/2-1/2 (53)}) 12. Rc1 Qb6
13. Qc2 h6 14. Nc5 $14 {Psakhis: 'White chances are slightly better, but
position is complicated and Black can dream about initiative, after he,ll
finished development.'} Rd8 15. b4 Bd7 16. Bc4 Bf8 17. Qe4 Nce7 18. Ne5 Bb5 19.
Rfe1 (19. Qf3 {Psakhis} Nf5) 19... Bxc4 $6 (19... Nf5 $142) 20. Nxc4 Qa7 21.
Ne5 b6 $6 (21... Rac8 {Psakhis} 22. Qf3 Nf5 23. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 24. Nxe6 Kxe6 25.
Bg5+ Nde3 (25... Nfe3 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bxe3 Nxe3 28. Qxe3+ Kd7 29. Qe6+ Kc7
30. Rc1+ $18) 26. Bxe3 Rxc1 27. Qe4+ $18) 22. Qf3 $1 {Psakhis: 'Only chance to
fight for advantage.'} f6 ({White,s attack is too dangerous in the case of} 
22... bxc5 {Psakhis} 23. Qxf7+ Kh7 24. Bxh6 $1 {for example} Kxh6 25. Re4 Nf6 (
25... Nf4 26. Ng4+ Kh7 27. Nf6+ Kh6 28. Rxf4 $18) 26. Rc3 $1 Rxd4 27. Rh3+ Kg5
28. Nf3+ Kf5 29. Re5+ Kg4 30. Rh4#) 23. Nxe6 Rd6 (23... fxe5 {Psakhis} 24. Nxd8
Rxd8 25. dxe5 $16) 24. Qg4 $1 {[%mdl 128]} (24. Nxf8 $2 fxe5 25. dxe5 Rxf8 26.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 27. exd6 Nf5 $13 {'<=>' Psakhis.}) 24... f5 {'?!' Psakhis.} (24...
fxe5 25. dxe5 (25. Bxh6 $2 Qd7 26. Rxe5 Nf6 $17) 25... Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Rd7 27.
Rf3 {'!?' Psakhis.} ({nach} 27. Ng5 Rc7 {hat Weiß mindestens Dauerschach.} (
27... Re8 {Psakhis} 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Nf7+ Kh7 30. Ng5+ $11)) 27... g6 28. Qc4
$40 {denn} Rc8 $2 {scheitert an} 29. Qxc8 Nxc8 30. Rxf8+ Kh7 31. Rfxc8 $18) 25.
Qh5 g6 {'[]' Psakhis.} (25... Rxe6 $2 26. Qf7+ $18) 26. Nxg6 Rxe6 27. Nxf8 Rxf8
(27... Nf6 28. Qh4 Rxf8 29. Bxh6 $16) 28. Bxh6 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 {'+/-' Psakhis.
Psakhis: 'Now White,s advantage is obvious- he has three pawns for a piece,
strong bishop and black king needs protection.'} Rf7 30. Bg5 Qd7 31. Re5 Qd6 (
31... Nc6 $4 32. Qg6+ Kh8 33. Re6 Nxd4 34. Rd6 Rg7 35. Qh6+ $18) 32. Qf3 Rg7
33. h4 $1 Nf6 $6 34. Qb3+ {Psakhis: 'Slowly, but surely Short increase
preasure.'} Kh7 35. Qd3 (35. Re6 Qd5 36. Qxd5 Nfxd5 37. Bxe7 Rxe7 38. Rd6 $16)
35... Kg8 $2 (35... b5 $142 $16) 36. g3 $18 Ne4 (36... b5 {Psakhis} 37. Qb3+
Kh7 38. Re6 Qd5 39. Qxd5 Nfxd5 40. Rxa6 $18) 37. Bxe7 Rxe7 38. Rxf5 Qc6 39. Qf3
{'+-' Psakhis.} Qc1+ $6 (39... Qg6 {war zäher.}) 40. Kg2 Qh6 41. d5 Kg7 42. Rf4
$1 Nd6 (42... Nf6 43. d6 Rf7 44. d7 Rxd7 45. Rxf6 Qxf6 46. Qg4+ $18) 43. Rg4+
Kh8 44. Rg5 Rh7 (44... Rf7 45. Rh5 Rxf3 46. Rxh6+ Kg7 47. Rxd6 $18) 45. Qf4 (
45. Qf4 Rg7 (45... b5 46. Qe5+ Rg7 47. Rh5 $18) 46. Qf8+ Kh7 47. Rxg7+ Qxg7 48.
Qxd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Le Havre"]
[Site "Le Havre"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ligterink, Gert"]
[Black "Dueckstein, Andreas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Myers,D"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1977.03.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. exd5 axb5 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Qe2 Qc7 (10... Be7 11. c4 $1 O-O 12. b3 $14) 11. Nb3
Bd6 12. Rd1 Nd5 13. c4 bxc4 14. Qxc4 Ba6 15. Qd4 O-O 16. Re1 e5 17. Qh4 Bd3 18.
Bd2 h6 19. Qh5 Ra4 20. Nxe5 Nf6 21. Qh3 Bxe5 22. Qxd3 Bxh2+ 23. Kf1 Rd8 24. Qf3
Be5 25. Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-14c"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Myers,D"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1987.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
O-O Qc7 9. a3 Ba7 $5 (9... O-O) 10. exd5 (10. b4 Nd4) 10... Nxd5 $10 11. Ne4
O-O (11... Nf4 12. Bxf4 Qxf4 13. Rad1 Bb8 $5 {Gruenfeld} (13... O-O 14. Nd6 Rd8
15. Be4 Nd4 (15... Rxd6 $2 16. g3 $16) 16. Nxd4 Rxd6 17. g3 Qf6 18. Nf3 $14))
12. Ng3 g6 $6 (12... Nf4 13. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 14. Ng5+ Kg8 {Eingorn}) 13. Qe4 (13.
Bh6 $1 $36) 13... f5 $1 14. Qh4 f4 15. Ne4 Nd4 16. c4 $1 (16. Nxd4 Bxd4 $13)
16... Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Qe7 $8 18. Ng5 (18. Qh6 $1 Nf6 (18... Rf5 19. cxd5 e5 20.
d6 $18) 19. Bxf4 $16 {Gruenfeld}) 18... Nf6 19. Bxf4 Nh5 $44 20. Bg3 Bb8 21.
Ne4 $1 Qg7 (21... Qxh4 22. Bxh4 Rxf3 23. Bc2 $36 {Eingorn}) 22. c5 Nf4 23. Bc4
Kh8 24. Kh1 $6 (24. Ng5 $1 Qe7 25. Ne4 Qg7 $10 {Eingorn}) 24... Bd7 $17 {
Eingorn} 25. Rad1 Bc7 26. Ng5 Bc6 27. Bxe6 Rae8 28. Bg4 $6 (28. Rde1 $1) 28...
h5 29. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Bd8 $19 31. Be6 Bxg5 $4 (31... Bxf3+ 32. Kg1 Ng2 $19
{Eingorn}) 32. Qxg5 Nxe6 33. Rxe6 $18 Kh7 34. Be5 Qg8 35. Re7+ Rf7 36. Qf6
Bxf3+ 37. Kg1 Bd5 38. h4 $2 (38. Rxf7+ Bxf7 39. h4) 38... Rxe7 39. Qxe7+ Qf7
40. Qd8 g5 $8 41. Qxg5 Bb3 $2 (41... Qg6 $1 42. Kh2 $8 Qxg5 43. hxg5 Kg6 44. f4
Kf5 $10 {Eingorn}) 42. f4 Qg6 43. Bc3 (43. f5) 43... Bc4 (43... Qb1+ 44. Kf2
Qc2+ 45. Ke3 {Eingorn}) 44. Kh2 $2 (44. f5 Qxg5+ 45. hxg5 {Eingorn}) 44... Qc2+
45. Qg2 Qxg2+ 46. Kxg2 Kg6 47. Kf3 Kf5 $10 48. b4 Bd5+ 49. Ke3 Bc6 50. Bg7 Ke6
51. Kd4 Kf5 52. Bh6 Ke6 53. Bg5 Kf5 54. Kc4 Ke4 55. Kb3 Bd7 56. a4 Kd5 57. Be7
Ke6 58. Bf8 Kd5 59. Bd6 Ke4 60. b5 axb5 61. a5 Kd5 62. Kc3 Bc8 63. Bf8 Bd7 64.
Be7 Ke6 65. Bd6 Kd5 66. Bf8 Bg4 67. c6 Kxc6 68. Kd4 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Negi,P"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 {Possibly a surprise already. Radjabov played the French for a long
time in his youth, but we haven't seen him go for it much in recent years.} 2.
d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9.
Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 {The heavily theoretical position - and now
White has the first major diverging choices.} 12. Qe2 (12. Bb3 {was the
classical main line.} Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Qf3 Kxg7
17. Bh6+ Kg6 {is an insanely complicated line where the debate is still going
on - but players with White don't seem as confident anymore. The latest game
was:} 18. c3 Nh5 19. Be3 f5 20. g4 Nf6 21. gxf5+ exf5 22. Rg1+ Bxg1 23. Rxg1+
Ng4 $17 {0-1 (31) Laznicka,V (2681)-Lupulescu,C (2643) Yerevan 2014}) 12... Bc5
$5 (12... Bd6 {leads to much messier positions after} 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxf6 (14.
Bd3 {allows Black the extra option of ...Nd5 besides ...Bh2 as well.}) 14...
gxf6 15. Bd3 Bxh2+ $1 (15... f5 {seems safer, but I think White gets an easier
initiative here:} 16. Qh5 Be5 17. c3 Kh8 18. Re3 $14 (18. Nf3 Bg7 19. g4 Qf4
20. gxf5 $14 {1/2-1/2 (62) Kamsky,G (2741)-Lou,Y (2484) Tromso 2013})) 16. Kf1
(16. Kh1 Bf4 17. Qh5 f5 18. g4 Rd8 19. Nf3 Qc6 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Re7 {1/2-1/2 
(21) Fercec,N (2460)-Saric,A (2513) Pula 2012}) 16... Bf4 17. g3 Rd8 $1 18. c3
(18. Qe4 f5 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21. gxf4 Kg7 $11 {seems drawish}) 18...
Bh6 $1 19. Qh5 Bg7 20. Bxh7+ Kf8 $11 {1-0 (47) Giri,A (2552)-Wiedenkeller,M 
(2434) Ohrid 2009; and Black is extremely safe.}) 13. c3 b5 (13... h6 14. Nf5
$1 {is horribly dangerous for Black.} O-O (14... Kf8 15. Nd4 $14) 15. Nxh6+
gxh6 16. Bxh6 Be7 17. Rad1 Rd8 (17... e5 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Qxe5 $16 {1-0 (71)
Gyger,T (2396)-Volovici,D (2489) ICCF 2009}) 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Rd1 {White
gets a dangerous slow initiative.} Kh7 20. Bg5 Be7 21. Rd4 Kg8 22. Bh6 e5 23.
Qe3 Ng4 24. Qg3 Bf8 25. Rxg4+ Bxg4 26. Qxg4+ Kh8 27. Bg5 Bg7 28. h4 $18 {
1-0 (50) Siefring,C (2349)-Woznica,M (2261) ICCF 2010}) (13... O-O 14. Bg5 {
gives White a better version compared to 13...b5 and 14...0-0.}) 14. Bb3 (14.
Bd3 O-O 15. Bg5 Nd5 $1 {White wanted to avoid this move with Bb3.} 16. Qh5 g6
17. Qh4 Be7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. a4 b4 21. cxb4 Rd8 22. Be4 Rb8 23.
Nc2 Bb7 $11 {0-1 (51) Azarov,S (2603)-Fridman,D (2604) Riga 2014}) 14... O-O
15. Bg5 Bb7 (15... Nd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Rad1 {is slightly unpleasant for
Black.}) 16. Bxf6 (16. Rad1 Ne4 {doesn't seem too impressive for white.}) 16...
gxf6 17. Qh5 Bxd4 $146 {A novelty, but I am not sure if it was a prepared one.}
({The critical move seems to be} 17... Kh8 $1 {which leads to a pawn sacrifice
after} 18. Qh6 Rg8 19. Qxf6+ Rg7 20. g3 Be7 21. Qe5 Bd6 22. Qe2 (22. Qf6 Be7 {
was drawn in a correspondence game}) 22... Rag8 23. Kf1 {This is probably the
key position to analyse further. It's possible that Karjakin analysed it in
sufficient depth and felt White can try... but my impression is that Black
should just have excellent compensation after} Rg6 $44) 18. cxd4 Qf4 19. Re3
Be4 {Black manages to keep his kingside safe, but here White could get a one
sided edge.} 20. g3 (20. d5 $1 Bg6 (20... exd5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 {will be
suffering as well}) 21. Qe2 (21. Qf3 Qxf3 22. Rxf3 exd5 23. Bxd5 Rad8 24. Bb3
Rd2 $11) 21... exd5 22. Bxd5 Rad8 23. g3 $14 {It's clear that only White can
continue trying here, although Black is close to equality.}) 20... Qf5 21. Qxf5
(21. Qe2 Bd5 22. Bc2 Qh3 $11) 21... Bxf5 22. g4 Bg6 23. f4 f5 24. g5 {White
was obviously hoping to exploit the g6-bishop - but there doesn't seem to be
any easy way to punish Black for the temporary misplacement.} Kg7 (24... Rad8
25. d5 exd5 26. Rd1 d4 27. Red3 {and the bishop on g6 seems worrying here.})
25. Rd1 h6 26. gxh6+ Kxh6 27. Kf2 Kg7 28. d5 exd5 29. Rxd5 Rae8 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 {
White seems to have a more pleasant endgame, but it's possibly just a visual
edge. As we see in the game, Radjabov made a draw with surprising ease. Or
perhaps, it's only Magnus who can win such endgames.} 31. Bc2 Rh8 32. Kg3 Re8
$1 {The typical idea - it's hard to deal with such an active rook. White had
to try} 33. Rd2 Re3+ 34. Kf2 Rh3 {but now the rook is even more active.} 35.
Kg2 Re3 36. Kf2 Rh3 37. Ke1 Bh5 {There was no need to sacrifice the pawn.} (
37... Rh4 38. Rf2 Kf6 $1 {Black could have brought out his own king on time.}
39. Kd2 Ke6 40. Kc3 Kd5 41. Kb4 {was perhaps what Black was worried about -
but the black king's activity sems to give him enough counterplay} Kd4 $1) (
37... b4 {was perhaps the easiest. There is no easy way for White to improve.})
38. Bxf5 Re3+ 39. Kf1 b4 {It's hard to actually convert this extra pawn, but
there were definitely better tries...} 40. Bd3 (40. Kg2) (40. Bc8 Re4) 40...
Rf3+ 41. Kg2 Rxf4 42. Bxa6 f5 43. Rf2 Rg4+ 44. Kf1 Rh4 45. Be2 Bf7 46. Bd3 f4
47. a4 bxa3 48. bxa3 Rh3 49. Rd2 Be8 50. Ke1 Kf6 51. Kd1 Ke5 52. Re2+ Kd4 53.
Bf5 Ba4+ 54. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. b3 Be7 (11... Qc7) 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Qf3
Qc7 14. Rfe1 Bd6 (14... b5 $2 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Qh3 g6 (16... Bc8 $2 17. Nxb5 $1
axb5 18. Bxf6 g6 19. Be5 $16 {Tal,M-Korchnoi,V/Bruxelles/1987/0,5/64/}) 17. a4
$1 $16 {Stein,L-Uhlmann,W/Moscow/1967/1:0/23/}) 15. Qh3 Bd7 (15... Re8 16. Rad1
$14 (16. Nf3 e5 17. Qh4 Bf5)) 16. Nf3 (16. Bd3 $5) 16... e5 17. Qh4 b5 $6 (
17... Rae8 {/\Bf5/} 18. Bd3 h6 $13) 18. Bd3 Rfe8 19. c4 $1 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Bb5 (
20... h6 21. Rac1 Qb8 22. Re3 $36) 21. Rac1 Qb8 22. Qg5 $1 h6 23. Qf5 Bxc4 $2 (
23... Bd7 24. Qc2 (24. Qg6 Re7 $1 $14 (24... Be6 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Qf5 Nd7 27.
Nd4 $1 exd4 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Qxd7 Bxh2+ 31. Kh1 $16)) 24... Bb5
25. Nh4 $14) 24. Rxc4 e4 (24... Qb5 25. Nxe5 Re6 26. f4 $16) 25. Bxf6 exf3 26.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Bc3 (27. gxf3 gxf6 28. Rg4+ Kf8 29. Qxf6 Qe1+ 30. Kg2 Be5 31.
Qxh6+ Ke7 $13) 27... Qe2 (27... fxg2 28. Rg4 Bf8 29. Qf6 $18) 28. gxf3 Bf8 29.
Rc7 (29. Rg4 Qe7 $16) 29... Qe8 30. Qe4 $6 (30. Qd7 $142) 30... Qd8 31. Qf4 Qd5
32. Qe4 Qg5+ (32... Qd8 33. Qc4 Qe8 34. Qc6 $16) 33. Qg4 Qd5 34. Rd7 Qc6 35.
Bd4 Re8 (35... Qb5 36. Be3 $16 {/\Qd4/}) 36. Qf5 Re1+ (36... Re7 $142 37. Rd8
Re8 38. Rxe8 Qxe8 39. Be3 $14) 37. Kg2 Be7 $2 (37... Re7) 38. Be3 Bf6 39. Qd5
Qb5 (39... Qxd5 40. Rxd5 Bc3 41. Rd3 Bb4 42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. Ra8 a5 44. a3 Bc3 45.
Rc8 $16 {/\Rc5/}) 40. Qa8+ (40. Qxb5 axb5 41. a4 (41. Rb7 Ra1 42. Rxb5 Rxa2 43.
Rb8+ Kh7 44. b4 $16) 41... bxa4 42. bxa4 Ra1 43. Ra7 Bc3 44. Bb6 $18) 40... Kh7
41. Qe4+ Kg8 42. Rd3 a5 (42... g6 43. a4 Qb8 $16) 43. a4 Qa6 (43... Qb4 44.
Qxb4 axb4 45. Bc5 Bc3 46. a5 $18) 44. Qe8+ Kh7 45. Qb5 Qa8 46. Rd5 $18 Qc8 (
46... Bc3 47. Qd3+) 47. Qxa5 Rb1 48. Qb5 g6 49. Rd7 Kg8 50. Qd5 Qe8 51. Ra7 Kg7
52. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Black "Zaharov, Aleksandr E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. h3 Qc7 (11... Bd7 12. c3 O-O-O 13. Qe2
Qc7 14. Be3 e5 15. Nc2 Kb8 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Bb3 Bb5 18. Qe1 Bc4 19. Bg5 $14 {
Smagin,S-Danielian,O/Moscow/1992/1:0/43/}) 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. Rd1 h6 $1 (13... O-O
14. Bg5 $14) 14. a4 (14. Qf3 e5 (14... O-O $2 15. Bxh6) 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5
Bxf2+ 17. Qxf2 (17. Kxf2 Qxc4 18. Qxe5+ Kf8) 17... Qxc4 18. b3 Qb4 $1 19. Bb2
O-O (19... Ne4 $1 $10) 20. Bxe5 Ne4 21. Rd4 $1 $18) 14... O-O 15. Nb3 $2 (15.
b3 $6 e5 16. Nf3 e4 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Bb2 Rad8 $15) (15. c3 Bd7 $10) 15... Ba7
16. Bd2 Bd7 (16... Bb8 17. g3 e5 18. Bb4 $13) 17. Bd3 (17. Bb4 Rfc8 18. Bd3 Nd5
$17) (17. Bc3 Bb8 18. g3 e5 19. Kh2 Qc8 $17) 17... Qg3 $6 (17... Bb8 18. g3 e5
$17) 18. Na5 $1 e5 19. Ra3 Qh4 20. Be1 (20. Be3 $13) 20... Bxh3 $1 21. gxh3
Qg3+ 22. Kf1 Qxh3+ 23. Kg1 Qg3+ 24. Kf1 Qh4 $1 25. Kg2 $8 e4 26. Bc4 Nh5 27.
Bd2 e3 28. Bxe3 (28. fxe3 Qg5+ 29. Kf2 Qg3+ (29... b5 $1 $17) 30. Kf1 Nf4 31.
Qf2 $8 Qh3+ 32. Ke1 (32. Kg1 Qg4+ $19) 32... Ng2+ 33. Ke2 $13) 28... Bxe3 29.
fxe3 $8 Qg5+ 30. Kf2 Qh4+ (30... Qxa5 $2 31. Rd5 $18) (30... Nf6 $1 31. Nxb7 (
31. Qe1 b6 $1 $17 32. Nc6 Qh4+) 31... Ne4+ 32. Kf3 (32. Ke1 Qh4+ 33. Kf1 Ng3+
$19) 32... Qf5+ 33. Kg2 Qg6+ 34. Kf3 $8 (34. Kh2 Qg3+ 35. Kh1 Nf2+ $19) 34...
Rae8 35. Qg2 Ng5+ 36. Ke2 Re5 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mar del Plata Clarin Masters"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "1982.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1982.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. c3 Qc7 13. Qf3 (13. Bg5 Ne4
$2 (13... Bd6 $14) 14. Bh4 Qf4 15. g3 Qh6 16. Qe2 $16 {Ivanchuk,V-Glek,I/URS/
1988/1:0/34/}) 13... Bd6 14. h3 Bh2+ 15. Kh1 Be5 16. Be3 (16. Bg5 $6 Bxd4 17.
cxd4 Bc6 $10) 16... O-O (16... O-O-O $5) 17. a4 Rfd8 $2 (17... b6 18. Rfe1 Rae8
{/\Bc8-b7/}) 18. Rfe1 (18. a5 $5) 18... Be8 (18... b6 19. Re2 {/\Rae1+/-/}) 19.
a5 $1 h6 $2 (19... Nd5 20. Bg5 Nf6 (20... Rd7 21. Ba4) (20... Bf6 21. Bxd5 Bxg5
22. Bxb7) 21. Qe3 $16) 20. Nxe6 $1 $18 fxe6 21. Bb6 Qd6 22. Rad1 Nd5 23. c4 Bc6
24. cxd5 exd5 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Re2 Qf6 27. Qxf6 Bxf6 28. Red2 Bg5 29. Bxd5+
Kh8 30. Rd3 Bb5 31. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.12.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Libiszewski, Fabien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 {An unusal transposition to a Sicilian type of position.} Bd6 9. Qe2 Ne7
10. e5 Bc7 11. Nf3 Ng6 12. O-O O-O 13. Ng5 {There are also other ideas for
White, but theoretically Black is ok.} (13. c4 c5 14. Ng5 (14. h4 dxc4 15. Be4
Rb8 16. Ng5 $13 {1/2-1/2 (16) Meier,K-Sandstroem,L corr. 2014}) 14... Qe8 15.
f4 h6 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Bd2 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Ne7 19. Be3 Bb6 20. Rac1 Nd5 $13 {
1/2-1/2 (54) Ducarmon,Q (2479)-Peralta,F (2574) Barcelona 2014}) (13. b3 Qe7
14. c4 a5 15. Bd2 f6 (15... f5 $5 16. Rac1 Bb6 17. Rc2 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 h6 $13)
16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Rac1 g5 $2 (17... Bb8 18. Nh4 Qf7 19. f4 $36) 18. exf6 Qxf6
19. Bxg5 $18 {1-0 (23) Popovic,D (2537)-Arnaudov,G (2457) Golden Sands 2014})
13... Qe8 14. b3 {A new attempt, but it doesn't impress.} (14. f4 f5 (14... h6
15. Nf3 Bb6+ 16. Kh1 c5 17. c3 c4 18. Bc2 Ba4 19. b3 Bb5 20. a4 cxb3 21. axb5
bxc2 22. Ba3 Ne7 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Rc8 25. Bc5 Qd7 26. Rfc1 Rc7 27. Rxc2
Rb8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (33) Scheiblauer,H-Ihlenfeld,E corr. 1989}) 15. c4 (15. exf6
Rxf6 16. Bxg6 Qxg6 17. Nf3 c5 18. c3 Rb8 19. Ne5 Qe8 20. b3 Bb5 21. c4 Bxe5 22.
fxe5 Rxf1+ 23. Qxf1 dxc4 24. bxc4 Ba6 $15 {0-1 (90) Bajarani,U (2483)
-Istratescu,A (2656) Abu Dhabi 2014}) 15... Bb6+ 16. Kh1 Ne7 17. b3 a5 18. Bd2
a4 19. b4 c5 20. Rab1 Rb8 21. Rfc1 d4 22. a3 {1/2-1/2 (22) Fedorchuk,S (2635)
-Vitiugov,N (2726) Solingen 2012. The position is complicated.}) 14... h6 15.
Nf3 c5 16. Ba3 Bb6 17. Qd2 a5 18. Rfe1 Bc6 19. c3 Qd8 20. Rad1 {Black is doing
ok here.} Re8 21. Bb1 Re7 (21... Ra7 $1 $13 {Black has a harmonious game.}) 22.
Qe3 d4 23. cxd4 Rd7 24. Bb2 Nh4 $2 {Probably a blunder.} (24... a4 $5 25. Bc2
axb3 26. axb3 Rc8 {Black has compensation: his pieces are all in the right
places, for instance} 27. h3 cxd4 28. Nxd4 Nf8 29. Nxc6 Bxe3 30. Nxd8 Rxc2 31.
fxe3 Rxb2 32. Rxd7 Nxd7 $15) 25. Nxh4 Qxh4 26. dxc5 $18 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Bxg2 28.
Rd4 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 10th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2006.11.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 (
7... bxc6 8. Bd3 $14 {The bishop on d7 is too passive.}) 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 {
In this line White pretends only for a slight advantage, trying to make use of
the pawns majority on the queenside.} ({Another way of development is:} 9. O-O
Nf6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. b3 {This position is about equal.}) 9... dxe4 {This
continuation liquidates to an endgame which is slightly inferior for Black.} (
9... Nf6 10. Qa4 Qc7 11. exd5 exd5 12. O-O Be7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 O-O 15.
Bd2 Rab8 16. Rab1 Bb4 17. Bxb4 Rxb4 18. Qc2 {+/=/= 1/2-1/2 Delchev,A (2614)
-Vysochin,S (2583)/Tusnad 2005/CBM 106 ext (45)}) (9... Bc5 10. Qa4 Ne7 11.
exd5 exd5 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. c5 Bc7 14. O-O Qd7 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 O-O 17. Nd4
Ng6 18. Qg3 $14 {1-0 Vysochin,S (2579)-Kruppa,Y (2553)/Kiev 2005/CBM 104 ext 
(72)}) 10. Qa4 Qb6 ({Deserves further investigation the aggressive attempt:} 
10... f5 $5 11. Qxc6+ Kf7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Nb3 Bd6 14. h3 $6 (14. Be3 $5 Ng4 15.
h3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 {[%cal Gc6e4]}) 14... Rc8 15. Qb7+ Qc7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Erenburg,
S (2595)-Hug,W (2445)/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109}) 11. Nxe4 Qb4+ 12. Qxb4 Bxb4+
13. Bd2 Be7 $6 $146 {This is dubious. Avigdor Bykhovsky didn't want to
activate my king by exchange on d2. On the other hand, with the bishops on the
board Black will have serious problems to connect his rooks.} ({White keeps
only a slight edge after:} 13... Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Rad1 Ke7
17. Kc3 Rhg8 18. g3 $14 {1-0 Gofshtein,L (2513)-Zifroni,D (2542)/Israel 2003/
EXT 2004 (49)}) 14. O-O-O Nf6 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 {It is important for Black to
open the "g" file, to employ his kingside rook.} 16. Be3 $1 {Eyeing the Pa7.}
Rg8 17. g3 Rg4 18. f4 {It is necessary to keep black's rooks disconnected.} (
18. b3 $6 Re4 $1 {and black's rook becoming annoying.}) 18... a5 $6 {Losing
important tempi. It was necessary to create a counterplay on the kingside as
soon as possible.} (18... h5 19. Rd3 h4 20. Bf2 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. h3 Rg8 (
22... Rxg3 $2 23. Bxg3 hxg3 24. Rg1 (24. Kd2 $4 Bb6 $19 {[%cal Gg3g2]}) 24...
Bc7 25. f5 exf5 26. Kd2 f4 27. Ke2 $18 {Black's pawns are harmless.}) 23. g4
Bc7 24. f5 exf5 25. gxf5 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rh4]}) 19. Rd3 Rb8 20. Rhd1 Rb7 21. Kc2
a4 $2 {This is decisive mistake.} ({Necessary was} 21... h5 22. Bf2 (22. Rb3
Rxb3 23. Kxb3 h4 24. Bf2 e5 25. Ka4 Bd8 $132) (22. Bd2 a4 23. b3 axb3+ 24. Rxb3
Rxb3 25. Kxb3 {[%csl Ga2]} h4 26. Be1 e5 $132) 22... h4 23. h3 Rg8 24. g4 f5 {
Of course, Black is worse, but still live and kicking.}) 22. b3 $1 a3 (22...
axb3+ 23. Rxb3 Rxb3 24. Kxb3 $18 {[%csl Ga2] White's "a" pawn is unstoppable.})
23. c5 e5 24. Rc3 $6 ({More accurate would have been} 24. Kc3 {followed by 25.
b4 and 26.Kb3 +-.}) 24... Rb4 25. Bc1 Re4 26. h3 Rg8 27. f5 Rd4 $2 {This loses
without a fight.} (27... Re2+ 28. Rd2 Re1 29. b4 $18 {[%cal Gc3a3,Ga3a8]}) (
27... h5 $1 28. Bxa3 $140 $2 (28. Rd2 $1 Rg5 29. Rf2 {and White should win.})
28... Rg5 29. Rf3 Re2+ 30. Rd2 e4 $132) 28. Bxa3 Rxd1 29. Kxd1 {Black is pawn
down in a totally cramped position.} Kd7 30. Bc1 Kc7 31. Ke2 Ra8 32. a3 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Babaev, Rashad"]
[Black "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 (4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7.
dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O {mène а des positions trés techniques}) 4... cxd4 5. exd5 (5.
Nxd4 {Rozentalis,E (2586)-Malakhatko,V (2498) Athens Acropolis op 2003 (4) 1-0}
) 5... Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 (8. Re1 {[%cal Ge1e8]}) 8... Nc6 9.
Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 {la ligne principale} (10... Bd7 $5) (10... Be7 {
Le grand spécialiste de la francaise, le GMI Uhlman préférait cette ligne
secondaire} 11. b3 {Tal,M-Uhlmann,W Moscow 1967 1-0} (11. c3)) 11. a4 (11. Re1
Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 (12... Bd7 {Pavlov,S (2306)-Malakhatko,V (2543) Kiev-ch 2004 
(8) 0-1}) 13. Nf5 $1 {[%cal Gf5g7,Gd6h2] La ligne principale qui donne des
positions trés compliquées et avec des suites théoriques trés longues}) 11...
Qc7 12. b3 ({RR} 12. Bd3 Bc5 13. c3 Bd7 14. Bg5 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Nd5 16. Ra3 h6
17. Qh5 Nf4 18. Qh4 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Bxa4 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. d5 Bb5 22. Rdc3 Qxd5 23.
Rc5 Qd3 24. R5c3 Qf5 25. Be7 Bc6 26. Rg3 Rh7 {Sulskis,S (2485)-Atalik,S (2595)/
New York 1998/CBM 064/0-1 (45)}) 12... Be7 ({RR} 12... Bd6 {[%cal Gd6h2]} 13.
Nf3 Bd7 14. Bb2 Bc6 15. h3 O-O-O 16. Qe2 Nd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. c4 Bc6 19. Ne5
Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qa5 21. Qe3 f6 22. Bd4 Qf5 23. b4 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Bxe4 25. Bb6 Rd6
26. a5 Rc6 27. Rfc1 {Mas,H (2375)-Oskouev,A (2170)/Rasht 1998/EXT 2004/1-0 (65)
}) 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nf3 (14. Qf3) 14... b6 $146 (14... Rd8 {Ruxton,K (2325)
-Luther,T (2410) EU-ch U20 Arnhem 1989 0-1}) 15. Qe2 (15. Be5 $5 {Peut-être
une amélioration par rapport а 15.Qe2 qui ne semble pas trop poser de
problèmes aux noirs.} Qc5 (15... Qc6 $143 {[%cal Gc8b7,Gc6g2]} 16. Nd4 $1 Qc5
17. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Gf3a8]} Qxe5 18. Nc6 $1 {[%cal Gc6e5,Gc6e7]} Qd6 19. Nxe7+
Qxe7 20. Qxa8 $16) 16. a5 $1 {C'était l'idée de 15.Be5 pour attaquer la Q
noire avant que les noirs ne puissent coordonner les pièces а l'aile-dame avec
Bb7 et Rc8} (16. Bd4 Qc7 17. Qe2 Bb7 18. Rad1 Rfd8) 16... b5 (16... bxa5 17.
Qd4 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 {[%cal Ga1a5]} Bd8 19. Bc3 $44 (19. Rfd1)) 17. Bd4 {[%cal
Gd4b6]} Qh5 18. Be2 Bb7) 15... Bb7 16. Ne5 (16. Rad1 $5 Rfd8 17. Ng5 Qc6 $1 $11
{[%csl Rg2]} (17... Bd6 $143 18. Nxf7 $1 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Kxf7 20. Qxe6+ $36) 18.
Nf3 (18. Qf3)) 16... Nd5 (16... Rfd8 17. Nxf7 $2 Qc6 $1 (17... Kxf7 $2 18.
Qxe6+ $40)) 17. Qg4 $36 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gb2g7,Gg4g7]} Bf6 $1 {[%cal Gf6b2] La
position noire est trés solide} (17... f5 {[%csl Re6]}) 18. Rfe1 b5 19. Bd3 b4
{[%csl Rc3]} 20. Bd4 a5 $1 {[%cal Gb7a6]} 21. Rad1 Rfd8 22. Bc4 Ba6 23. Bxa6
Rxa6 24. Nc4 Raa8 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26. Qg5 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade RAD 30"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1977.01.26"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Weinstein, Norman"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1977.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 (5. dxc5) 5... Nf6 6. Bc4 Qd8
(6... Qd6 $5) 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 (9. Qe2 $5 {[%cal Gf1d1]} Qb6 10.
Rd1 (10. Bg5)) 9... Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. b3 $5 {Une variante tranquille mais
un peu trop lente et l'alternative Bf4 pose davantage de problèmes aux Noirs
pour égaliser} (11. c3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. Bb3 Nd5
16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Rad1 Ng6 18. Nf5 Bd7 19. Nd6 Re7 20. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 (20) Ivkov,
B-Bronstein,D Leningrad 1957}) (11. Bf4 $142 $1 $32 {[%csl Re8]} Be7 (11... Bd6
) 12. c3 O-O 13. Qf3 Qb6 14. Bb3 Bd7 15. Rad1 {Rublevsky,S (2565)-Thomsen,T 
(2195) Moscow ol (Men) 1994 (1.4) 1-0}) 11... Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Qe2 $146 (13.
Qf3 Qc7 14. Bd3 Rd8 15. Qh3 Rxd4 16. Bxd4 e5 17. Qg3 Bd6 18. Bb2 e4 19. f4 Qc5+
20. Kh1 Nh5 21. Qh4 Be7 22. Qe1 exd3 23. cxd3 Qd6 24. Be5 Qd8 25. f5 Nf6 26.
Rc1 Bd7 27. d4 Bc6 28. Qh4 Nd5 29. Qf2 f6 30. Bg3 Bb4 31. Qf3 Qd7 32. Be1 Ba3
33. Rd1 Re8 34. Bd2 Ne3 35. d5 Nxd1 36. dxc6 Qxd2 37. cxb7 Ne3 38. Qc6 Qxg2+
39. Qxg2 Nxg2 40. Kxg2 Rb8 41. Rf4 Rxb7 42. Ra4 Be7 {Timoscenko,G-Steinberg,M
Soviet Union 1966 0-1}) 13... Qc7 14. Rfe1 (14. Rfd1 e5) 14... b5 $1 15. Bd3
Re8 $1 {[%cal Ge8e6,Ge7f8]} 16. Nf3 Bb7 $132 17. Ne5 Bb4 18. Red1 Nd5 19. c4
bxc4 20. bxc4 Nf6 21. Rac1 (21. Rab1 {Aurait économisé un tempo par rapport
à 25.Rb1 joué dans la partie}) 21... Bc5 22. Bc2 Red8 23. h3 Rac8 24. Bc3 Ba8
25. Rb1 h6 26. Ng4 Nxg4 27. Qxg4 Bf8 $11 28. Bd3 Qc6 29. Bf1 Qa4 30. Qe2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 16th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2012.11.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. N4f3 Be7
8. Bc4 Qc5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nd7 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Qh4
Rd8 15. Bf4 Qc5 16. Be5 h6 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Nd4 Be8 {So weit so gut: Eduardas
behandelte die Eröffnung gewohnt anspruchslos, Schwarz steht bequem.} 19. Re3
$2 {Mit eindeutiger Absicht Matt zu setzte, aber der Schuss hätte nach hinten
gehen müssen.} (19. Rad1 Nd7 20. Qe4 g6 21. Bg3 Qb6 (21... Nf6 22. Qxb7 $16)
22. Nb3 $11) 19... Nd5 $2 {Tja, 2 Kandidatenzüge, eine 50:50-Chance also, und
falsch geraten! :)} (19... Nd7 {hätte Schwarz einen netten kleinen Vorteil
eingebracht:} 20. Qe4 g6 21. Nf3 (21. Bg3 Qb6 $1 (21... Nf6 $4 22. Nxe6 Qb6 (
22... Nxe4 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. Rxe7 Nxd3 25. cxd3 Bc6 $14) 23. Qh4 fxe6 24. Be5
$1 Rxd3 $8 25. cxd3 Kg7 26. Rh3 h5 27. g4 $1 Qb5 $8 28. Re1 $40) 22. Nb3 a5 23.
a4 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. Ree1 Qxb2 $17) (21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bc3 e5 23. Rg3 Qd6
$17) 21... Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qd5 $15) 20. Qe4 f5 $2 (20... g6 21. Rh3 Bg5 22. Nf3
Nf6 23. Qe2 Ng4 24. Nxg5 Nxe5 25. Ne4 Qe7 26. Rxh6 Nxd3 27. cxd3 Bc6 $14) 21.
Rg3 $3 $18 {Quasi mit dem f-Bauern in der Hand entdeckte ich mit Schrecken
diesen Killerzug, aber es gelang mir leider nicht, den Bauern unauffällig
zurückzustellen :)} (21. Nxf5 exf5 22. Qxf5 g6 23. Rg3 Qb6 $13) 21... g5 22.
Qe2 Bf7 23. Nxe6 $3 {Nicht der einzige, aber der sauberste und gleichzeitig
der schönste Weg zum Ziel.} Bxe6 24. Qh5 Nf4 25. Bxf4 Kg7 26. Re1 Bf7 27. Be5+
Qxe5 28. Rxe5 Bxh5 29. Rxe7+ Bf7 30. f4 $1 Kf6 31. Rxb7 gxf4 32. Rh3 h5 33. Rb4
Kg5 34. Rf3 Bxa2 35. b3 Rac8 36. Rbxf4 Rd5 37. Rxf5+ Rxf5 38. Rxf5+ Kh6 39. Rf7
Bb1 40. h4 Bxc2 41. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "Vikings GM 1st"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "1999.12.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 (6. e5 $5 Nfd7 7.
N2f3) 6... Qxd5 7. N2f3 Bc5 (7... a6 $5 8. Be2 e5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. O-O Bf5 11. c3
Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. c4 Qe6 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Vydeslaver,
A-Zifroni,D/ISR t-ch 1999 (32)}) 8. c4 $146 (8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 Ng4 10. c4 Qd8
11. Nc2 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Qb6 13. Qc1 Nc6 $17 {0-1 Hausmann,S-Lahlum,H/GER-chJ
1993 (26)}) (8. Be2 Nc6 9. c4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qa5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13.
Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 c5 $11 {Smagin,S-Ivanov,S/Russia (ch) 73/(319) 1998 /1/2-1/
2 (48)}) 8... Qd6 9. Be2 e5 10. Nb3 Bb4+ 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. O-O a5 13. a3 Be7 14.
Nb1 $1 {[%cal Gb1c3,Gc3b5,Gc3d5]} a4 $6 15. Nfd2 ({Why not} 15. Nc3 $5) 15...
Nc6 16. Nc3 {[%csl Ra4]} Nd4 17. Bd3 Qc6 18. Qe1 Qe6 19. Nde4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 {
[%mdl 512]} Qxc4 21. f4 $1 Ra5 ({It is not so easy to defend black position
after} 21... f5 22. Bd5 (22. Bb1 e4 $17) 22... Qc5 23. Kh1 $1 (23. Be3 Nc2 $1
24. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 25. Kh1 Nxe1 26. Raxe1 e4 $17) 23... exf4 (23... Nc2 24. Qxe5
Nxa1 25. Be3 (25. Qxg7 Rf8 26. Rd1 Nb3 $17) 25... Qd6 26. Qxg7 Rf8 27. Rxa1 $16
) 24. Qe5 $40 {with strong attack}) 22. Be3 f5 23. Bb1 Be6 (23... e4 {meets
refutation} 24. Nxe4 $1 {[%cal Ge1a5]}) 24. Ba2 Nb3 (24... Qc6 $5 25. Bxd4 exd4
26. Bxe6 dxc3 27. bxc3 $36 {[%csl Ge6]}) 25. Qg3 Bf6 (25... g5 $5) 26. Bb6 O-O
$2 {Starange move.Rowson defended quite well and after} (26... Ra6 $1 27. fxe5
Be7 28. Be3 O-O 29. Rac1 Qh4 $1 $11 {could equalized chances, but for some
reasons get panic}) 27. Bxb3 axb3 28. Bxa5 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Qxa5 30. fxe5 Bxe5 31.
Qe3 {Black hasn't enough compensation for the exchange and Sutovsky with
strong and energetic moves quickly decided game into his favour.} Bc4 32. Rf3
$1 Bb8 33. Qe7 Rf7 34. Qh4 Qc7 35. Re1 $18 Qc6 36. Re7 Rxe7 37. Qxe7 Qe6 38.
Re3 Qf6 39. Qe8+ Qf8 40. Qd7 Bf7 41. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sermek, Drazen"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Bd7 (11... Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Qf3
Bd6 14. h3 O-O-O 15. c3 h6 (15... Rhg8 16. a4 Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Be5 18. Qe3 Bd6 19.
Qf3 Be5 20. Qe3 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Bc6 22. Qf4 Qb6 23. Bc2 Rd7 24. a5 Qc5 25. Be3
Qh5 26. Kg1 Nd5 {0-1 Mihalichenko,B-Kobylkin,E/Kharkov Kaissa op 2003/ (44)})
16. a4 Kb8 17. Qe2 g5 18. Be3 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Bf4 20. Bxf4 gxf4 21. Qe5 Qxe5 22.
Rxe5 Bc6 $11 {0-1 Adams,M-Akopian,V/Wch Las Vegas 1999/ChessBase (65)}) 12. Be3
(12. h3 O-O-O 13. c3 Qc7 14. Qe2 Bc5 15. b4 Ba7 16. b5 e5 17. Nc2 axb5 18. Bxb5
Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Qb6+ 20. Nd4 exd4 21. Bxd7+ Rxd7 22. cxd4 Nd5 23. Qe4 Qg6 {
1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Huebner/Tilburg 1987/ChessBase}) (12. c3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Bd6 14.
Bg5 (14. h3 O-O 15. Bg5 {leads to a very complicated game, for example} Bh2+ (
15... Rac8 16. Bb3 Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Bf4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rad1 Rcd8 20. Qh5 f5 21.
Bc2 Kh8 22. Rd3 Bc6 23. Nxc6 Rxd3 24. Bxd3 Qxc6 25. Rd1 Rg8 26. Bf1 Qc7 {
1/2-1/2 Perez Candelario,M-Palacios Perez,M/ESP-ch op Ayamonte 2002/ (37)}) 16.
Kh1 Bf4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bd3 f5 19. Qh5 Bc6 $1 20. Bxf5 $6 exf5 21. Nxf5 Kh8
22. Qh4 Be5 23. f4 Qd7 24. Rxe5 f6 25. Rc5 Bxg2+ $1 26. Kxg2 b6 27. Ne7 Qxe7
28. Rh5 Rg8+ 29. Kf1 Qg7 {0-1 Vorobiov,E-Danielian,O/Moscow Goldberg 1998 (29)}
) 14... O-O 15. Bd3 {Interesting novelty in well known position. Black
successfully defended after} (15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bd3 (16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qh4 Rg8
18. Qxf6+ Rg7 19. Re4 Rag8 20. Nf3 Qc5 21. Bf1 Be7 $44 {0-1 Canda,D-Vilela,J/
Sagua la Grande 1989/ (28)}) 16... f5 17. Qh5 Kh8 18. Nf3 Be8 19. Qh4 Rg8 $13 {
Gruenfeld,Y-Bruk,O/Tel Aviv 1990/1-0 (53)}) ({or} 15. g3 Rae8 16. Bd3 Nd5 17.
Rad1 Be7 18. h4 Bc5 19. Bc2 f5 20. Qf3 h6 21. Bc1 Nf6 22. Bb3 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Kh8
$11 {0-1 Hjartarson,J-Nogueiras,J/Thessaloniki (ol) 1988/Inf 46 (50)}) 15...
Nd5 ({It is too dangerous for Black to take the pawn -} 15... Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bf4
17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qh5 (18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. g3 Bh6 20. Qh5 Kg7 21. Re4 $40) 18...
f5 $8 19. Nxf5 $1 exf5 20. Re7 $16) 16. Qh5 g6 (16... h6 $2 17. Bxh6) 17. Qh4
Bf4 $5 18. g3 {I have a feeling that after this move Black hasn't any problems.
} ({Perhaps Kotronias should have considered} 18. Be4 $142 $5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 $36
) 18... Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Rae8 {[%cal Ge6e5] 1/2-1/2 Kotronias,V-Nogueiras,J/
Montreal 2002/CBM 91/[Psakhis] (26)}) 12... Qc7 13. Bb3 Bd6 $146 {This is an
interesting way to solve the opening problems.} ({Before Black tried few times
} 13... O-O-O {but, unfortunately, without great results. For example:} 14. Qe2
(14. Qf3 e5 15. Ne2 Bg4 16. Qg3 h5 17. f3 Bf5 18. Nc3 Bg6 19. Qf2 Rd6 20. Rad1
Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Bb4 22. Bb6 Qe7 23. Na4 Bd6 24. Ba5 Kb8 25. Qd2 Bc7 26. Bb4 Qe8
27. Bd6 Qc6 28. Qb4 Nd7 {Foster,D-Smits,M/corr 1998/ChessBase/1/2-1/2} {RR} 29.
Bxc7+) 14... Bd6 (14... h5 15. h3 Bd6 16. a4 Bc6 17. Nb5 axb5 18. axb5 Be8 19.
Ra8+ Kd7 20. b6 Qc6 21. Ba4 Rxa8 22. Bxc6+ bxc6 23. Rd1 Nd5 24. c4 Ke7 25. cxd5
{1-0 Kujala,A-Raisa,U/FIN t-ch 1989/ChessBase (35)}) 15. h3 Rhg8 16. c4 g5 17.
c5 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 e5 19. c6 $1 exd4 20. cxd7+ Qxd7 21. Kxh2 dxe3 22. Qxe3 Qc7+
23. Kg1 Kb8 24. Rac1 Qf4 25. Qxf4+ gxf4 26. Re7 $16 {Vajda,L-Boldirev,A/WchJ
1993/ChessBase/1-0 (60)}) 14. h3 O-O 15. Bg5 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Bf4 (16... Be5 $5 17.
c3 h6) 17. Bxf6 (17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Kg1 $11) 17... gxf6 18. Qh5 Kh8 19. Rad1 Be8
$1 {[%cal Gf8g8,Gg8g7] Good prophylactic move.} 20. c3 (20. Qf3 Be5 21. c3 Rg8
$11) 20... Rg8 {[%csl Gg8,Rh1] White has got nothing from the opening: Black's
pieces are well developed and coordinated.} 21. Bc2 $6 {This pseudo-active
move creates just problems for White.} f5 22. Qh4 (22. Rd3 {[%cal Ge1d1]} Rg5
23. Qd1 $15) 22... Rg6 {[%cal Cg2g3,Cg3f4,Ge8d7,Ga8g8]} 23. Ne2 Be5 $36 {
Black has accomplished his strategical plan and stands better} 24. f3 $6 (24.
Nd4 $5 {[%csl Gc6]}) 24... Bc6 $17 {White's position is hopelessly passive} 25.
Rg1 Rag8 26. Qf2 Bh2 $5 27. Nd4 $2 {Bad move!} ({After stubborn} 27. Rge1 $142
Rxg2 $140 28. Qxg2 Rxg2 29. Kxg2 Be5 30. Rd3 $17 {White could still hope for
successful defence.}) 27... Bxg1 28. Rxg1 Bd7 $19 {[%cal Gc7f4]} 29. f4 Qb6 $1
{[%cal Rd7c6,Ob6b2,Gb6f2]} 30. Qe3 (30. Bd3 Bc6 31. Bf1 Rg3 $19) 30... Bc6 $1
31. Nxf5 (31. Qe5+ f6 32. Qxe6 Bxg2+ 33. Kh2 Qxb2 34. Qxf5 Qxc3 $19) 31... Qxe3
32. Nxe3 Rg3 {[%cal Rg3e3,Rg3h3]} 33. Bxh7 {Final joke!} 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas-B"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Fernandez Romero, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. b3 ({I would prefer} 11. c3 $5 {with
possible continuation} Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. Bxb5+ Ke7 15. g3 $14 {
with small but stable advantage}) 11... a6 ({Worth considering} 11... O-O-O 12.
Bb2 Qc7 13. Qe2 h5 $5 {with big complications and what is important, Black
didn't waste time for move a6}) 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Qe2 O-O-O (13... Bd6 $2 14. Nf5
$1 Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 O-O-O 16. Nxg7 Qf4 17. Nh5 Nxh5 18. Qxh5 $18 {1-0 Hermansson,
E-Djurhuus,R/SWE t-ch 0001 2000/ (45)}) 14. Rad1 h5 15. Nf3 Bd6 (15... Bc5 16.
Be5 (16. Ne5 $5 Ng4 $140 17. Nxg4 hxg4 18. Be5) 16... Qc6 17. h3 (17. Ng5 $5)
17... Ne8 18. Bc3 f6 19. Ba5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Nikolic,P/Sochi 1982 (42)})
16. h3 Bc6 17. Ne5 {It is quite clear that White got edge} Kb8 $146 (17... Bd5
18. Bd3 (18. Bxd5 exd5 $5 $13) 18... Ng4 (18... Kb8 $5) 19. Nxg4 (19. hxg4 hxg4
20. c4 Rh4 $1 $40) 19... hxg4 20. Qxg4 Kb8 21. f4 f5 22. Qe2 $16 {[%cal Gd3c4]
1-0 Luecke,N-Luther,T/Borsodtavho 1991 (34)}) 18. Rfe1 Bb4 (18... Bd5 $5) 19.
Rxd8+ $5 (19. Nxc6+ Qxc6 20. c3 Bd6 21. Bd3 $36 {[%cal Gc3c4]}) 19... Rxd8 20.
Rd1 Rxd1+ (20... Bd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. c4 $14) 21. Qxd1 {Despite
the reduced material, White can still generate dangerous threats.} Be4 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] This rather mechanical move is not accurate, and Black meets now
serious problems.} (21... Be8 $142 22. a4 $14 (22. Nd3 Bd6 $13)) 22. Nxf7 $1
Bxc2 $8 (22... Qxf7 23. Qd8+ Ka7 24. Bd4+ b6 25. Qxb6+ Ka8 26. Qxa6+ Kb8 27.
Be5+ $18) 23. Qxc2 Qxf7 24. Be5+ Ka7 {White's advantage can be seen with the
blind eye but it is difficult to believe that Black will managed to make only
two and a half moves before end of the game.} (24... Ka8 25. Bxa6 $1) 25. Bxa6
$1 {Final blow!} bxa6 (25... Kxa6 26. Qc4+ Ka5 27. Bc7+ b6 28. Qc6 $1 $18 {
[%cal Rc6b6,Rc6a4]}) 26. Qc8 {[%cal Re5d4]} Qe8 (26... Nd7 27. Qc7+ Ka8 28. Bd4
$18) 27. Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM sf"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1999.05.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O
Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+
14. Kh1 O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Qf3 Kxg7 17. Bh6+ Kg6 18. Rad1 $5 {Fresh idea in
a well known line. White tryed to get an advantage last years with} (18. c3 {
but it looks that black found almost by force a draw -} Nh5 19. Bc1 Bf4 20. g4
Ng3+ $1 21. fxg3 Bxc1 22. Raxc1 b6 23. Bc2+ Kg7 24. Be4 Ra7 25. Rc2 Bb7 26. Rh2
Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Qb7 28. Rxh7+ Kg8 29. Qxb7 Rxb7 30. Rh2 Rd3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Brodsky,
M-Glek,I/Wijk aan Zee-B 1999/CBM 69 (38)}) 18... Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Qe5 {N/} ({
In the first game where White played 18.Rad1 black made most natural move} 
19... Bd7 {but after} 20. Rd4 Qe5 21. Be3 Bc6 $6 22. Rg4+ $1 Nxg4 23. Qxg4+ Kf6
24. Qh4+ Kg7 25. Bd4 Kg8 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. c3 $16 {1-0 Korneev,O-Vakhidov,T/
Ubeda 1997/ (36) white's advantage is obvious.}) ({Deserves attention} 19...
Be5 20. Qe3 Ne4 $1 $13) 20. Be3 Qh5 {It is difficult to find another answer,
but now White get a clear and stable advantage in the ending.} 21. Qxh5+ Kxh5
22. Kxh2 Ng4+ 23. Kg3 Nxe3 24. fxe3 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8][%cal Rd1d8] Hecht: '[#]
Der weiße Vorteil gründet sich auf die aktivere Figurenstellung und den
abseits postierten schwarzen König.'} b5 (24... b6 25. Rd6 Rb8 26. Kf4 (26. Rd8
{Hecht} Ra8 27. Kf4 Kg6 $13 {[%cal Yc8b7]})) (24... Kg6 $5 {Hecht wobei
allerdings die Schwäche von h7 den Königsmarsch nach e7 problematisch
erscheinen läßt. Wenn Schwarz nach dem weiteren Kf6 und Ke7 den Bh7 einfach
opfert, mit dem Läufer auf c6 und dem Turm auf g8 erscheint, ohne den
Damenflügel mit dem Aufzug des b-Bauern zu schwächen, muß Weiß sicherlich
kräftig arbeiten, um seinen Materialvorteil zur Geltung zu bringen.}) 25. Kf4 {
[%cal Rf4e5]} f6 $8 {Hecht: 'schwächt Be6 und zwingt Schwarz danach praktisch
zu e5, wonach der bislang eingeschränkte Lb3 ein prächtiges Feld auf d5 findet.
Besser war wohl: '} (25... Bb7 26. Rd7 Bxg2 27. Rxf7 $16) (25... Kg6 $5 {Hecht}
) 26. e4 $1 {[%cal Ge4e5]} e5+ 27. Ke3 Bg4 (27... Ra7 $5) 28. Rd6 Kg5 29. Bd5
Ra7 30. Rb6 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Gb6,Gd5,Ge3,Rg5][%cal Gb2b3,Gc2c4]} Bc8 31. b3 $1 {
Hecht: 'Bereitet dem c-Bauern den Weg....'} Rc7 32. c4 bxc4 33. bxc4 h5 34. g3
$1 {Ponomariov shows good techniques!} f5 ({Why not} 34... Rc5 $5) 35. exf5
Bxf5 (35... Kxf5 $142 36. a4 $5 (36. Be4+ {Hecht} Kg5 37. Rg6#)) 36. Rxa6 Kg4
37. Kf2 Bd3 38. Ra5 $1 {[%cal Gd5e6,Gd5f3]} Kf5 (38... Bxc4 $2 39. Ra4 $18) (
38... Rd7 $2 {Hecht} 39. Be6+) 39. c5 Be4 (39... e4 {Hecht} 40. c6 Ke5 41. Ke3
Kd6 42. Bxe4 Bxe4 43. Kxe4 Rxc6 44. Rxh5 Rc2 (44... Ra6 $2 45. Rh6+) (44...
Rc4+ 45. Kf5 Ra4 46. Rh7 Rxa2 47. g4 $18) 45. Rh6+ Ke7 46. Ra6 $18 {beläßt
Schwarz dennoch einige kleine praktische Rettungschancen.}) 40. Bc4 {[%csl Rh5]
[%cal Gc4e2]} h4 $5 41. gxh4 Rh7 42. Ke3 Rxh4 43. Ra7 $18 Rh3+ 44. Kd2 Bc6 (
44... Rh2+ 45. Kc3 Rh3+ 46. Kb4 $18) 45. Ra6 Rh6 46. a4 Rh2+ (46... Ke4 47. Kc3
) 47. Kc3 Bf3 (47... Rh6 {Hecht} 48. Bb5 Rh3+ 49. Kb4 Rh4+ 50. Ka5 $18) 48. Rd6
{Hecht: '[#]'} Rh1 (48... Rh7 {Hecht} 49. c6 Rc7 50. Be6+ Kf4 51. Bd7 e4 52.
Kd4 $18 {verhindert e3 und droht Kd4-c5-b6}) 49. c6 Rh7 50. Rd7 Rh6 (50... Rh8
{Hecht} 51. c7 {[%cal Rd7d8]} Rc8 52. Ba6 $18) (50... Rh3 {Hecht} 51. Rf7+ Ke4
52. Bd3+ Ke3 53. Rxf3+ Kxf3 54. c7 Rh8 55. Bf5 e4 56. c8=Q Rxc8+ 57. Bxc8 e3
58. Ba6 $18) 51. Rf7+ Kg4 52. Rxf3 $1 Kxf3 53. Bd5+ (53. c7 $4 Rc6) 53... e4
54. c7 (54. c7 Rh8 55. Bb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-B"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2001.04.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Vega Holm, Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Bd7 {Sharp and complicated line, but
worth considering modest} (11... Qc7 $5 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. h3 O-O {with good
chances for equalization, for example} 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. c3 Ne5 16. Qh5 Ng6 17.
Bc2 b6 18. Be3 Bb7 19. Nf3 h6 20. Rfd1 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,
S-Ionov,S/EUR-ch Ohrid 2001/ (28)}) 12. c3 O-O-O (12... Qc7 13. Bg5 Bd6 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qh5 Qc5 16. Qf3 Qe5 17. g3 O-O-O 18. Rfe1 Qg5 19. Bc4 Qc5 20. Bf1
f5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kudrin,S-Menvielle Lacourrelle,A/Las Palmas op 1997 (52)}) 13.
Qe2 $5 (13. Qf3 e5 14. Nf5 Qc7 15. Bc2 h5 16. Bg5 Bc6 17. Qg3 Re8 18. Rfe1 Nh7
19. Bh4 g6 20. Ne3 Bh6 {Spoel-Van Mechelen/corr 1991/0-1 (65)}) (13. Re1 h5 14.
h3 Qc7 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Qc4 Nd5 17. Qxc7+ Nxc7 18. Be3 f6 19. Rad1 e5 20. Nf3
Be6 21. Bb6 Bxb3 22. axb3 Rd7 {1/2-1/2 Ivanovic,B-Vera,R/Berlin op 1988 (22)})
13... Qc7 14. a4 Bd6 15. h3 Rdg8 $146 {[%cal Gg7g5]} (15... Kb8 16. Rd1 Bh2+
17. Kh1 Bf4 18. Re1 Bxc1 19. Raxc1 Ne8 20. Bd1 Nd6 21. c4 e5 22. Nf3 f6 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Varga,Z-Lipka,J/Gyor jr 1991 (33)}) 16. Nf3 $1 Bc6 17. Re1 {[%cal
Gf3e5]} g5 18. Ne5 ({It's will be too risky for white to take pawn-} 18. Nxg5
Rg7 $44 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gh8g8]}) 18... Be4 $1 {Correct move as} (18... Bxe5
19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 g4 21. h4 (21. hxg4 Rxg4 22. Rg5 Rg8) 21... g3 22. f3 $1
{[%csl Gb3,Gc1] leads to white's favour thank's to pair of strong bishops}) 19.
Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 ({It is really difficult to estimate position in the case of
} 20. Qxe4 Bh2+ 21. Kf1 Nxf2 $1 22. Qf3 (22. Qc4 Qxc4+ 23. Bxc4 Nh1 $5) (22.
Kxf2 Qb6+) 22... g4 $132 {with wild complications.}) 20... Bc6 21. Bc2 h5 $5 {
Brave move, but black had nothing to worry about after simple} (21... Bh2+ $5
22. Kf1 (22. Kh1 Bf4 $15 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gh7h5]}) 22... Bf4 $13) 22. gxh5 g4
23. h6 $8 {[%csl Gh6]} g3 24. f3 Qe7 {[%cal Re7h4]} 25. Qc4 $8 (25. h7 Qh4 26.
hxg8=Q+ Rxg8 27. Qe3 $8 (27. Be3 Rh8 28. Kf1 Qh1+ 29. Bg1 Bc5 $19) 27... Rh8
28. Kf1 Qh1+ 29. Qg1 Bxf3 $1 $132) 25... Bc5+ 26. Kf1 (26. Be3 $2 Bxe3+ 27.
Rxe3 Qg5 $19) 26... b5 $2 {Black takes too much risk!} ({He should have
continue} 26... Bd5 $1 {and after almost force} 27. Qxd5 $5 (27. Qf4 Bd6 28.
Qd4 Bc5) 27... exd5 28. Rxe7 Bxe7 29. Bf4 $44 {White have enough compensation
for exchange, but not more.}) 27. Qf4 Bd6 28. Qd4 Bc5 29. Qe5 Bd6 30. Qh5 $1
Bd5 31. axb5 {It seems that Black's position can no longer be saved - there
are too many White' pieces pointed at the black king, who is almostl alone} Qa7
(31... Bc4+ 32. Kg1 Bxb5 33. Be3 $18) 32. Be3 Bc5 33. Rxa6 $18 Bxe3 34. Rxa7
Bc4+ 35. Re2 Bxa7 36. Qxf7 Be3 37. Bd3 (37. Be4 $5) 37... Bxd3 (37... Rf8 38.
Qe7 Re8 39. Qd6 $18) 38. Qxe6+ Kb8 39. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 7-8"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.15"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd8 (6... Qd6 {
is more common, but Mikhail Gurevich likes to explore rare lines.}) 7. O-O Nc6
8. Nb3 a6 9. Nbxd4 (9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Qd2 Nge7 11. Nbxd4 Bxf4 12. Qxf4 Nxd4 13.
Nxd4 Ng6 14. Qe3 Qe7 15. Nb3 O-O 16. Rad1 Bd7 17. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu,L 
(2670)-Gurevich,M (2630)/FRA t-ch 0405 2005}) 9... Nxd4 10. Nxd4 (10. Qxd4 Qxd4
11. Nxd4 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. a4 b4 14. c4 bxc3 15. bxc3 Nf6 16. c4 Nd7 17. Be3
Bc5 18. Rfd1 Rc8 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Bg5 h6 {0-1 Feher,G (2405)
-Chernin,A (2570)/HUN t-ch 0304 2003/EXT 2005 (55)}) 10... Bd6 {Black had a
quite big choice now, but, I think, White can keep a maybe small, but lasting
advantage in all lines. For example:} (10... Qc7 $5 11. Bb3 Bd6 12. h3 (12. Re1
Bxh2+ 13. Kh1 Be5 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Bxe6 Nf6 16. Bb3 O-O 17. Qf3 h5 18. Qf5
Rfe8 19. f3 a5 20. a4 Bg3 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Bd2 b6 23. Rf1 h4 24. c3 Qd7 25.
Qxd7 {Rublevsky,S (2650)-Beliavsky,A (2710)/Wch Groningen 1997/ChessBase/1/2-1/
2 (51)}) 12... Ne7 13. c3 O-O 14. Re1 (14. Qf3 Bd7 15. Bc2 Rad8 16. Bg5 f6 17.
Be3 Kh8 18. Bb3 Qc8 19. Rad1 e5 20. Nc2 Qc7 21. Rfe1 a5 22. a3 b5 {Andrejchuk,
V-Borsuk,K/UKR-ch B14 Kiev 2005/0-1 (57)}) (14. Qh5 e5 15. Nf3 Bf5 16. Ng5 Bg6
17. Qe2 Qc6 18. Re1 h6 19. Nf3 Rae8 20. Qc4 e4 21. Nd4 Qd7 22. Be3 b5 {1/2-1/2
Kovalevskaya,E (2470)-Zatonskih,A (2440)/Calvia Olympiad w 2004/ (45)}) 14...
b6 15. Qh5 Bb7 16. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 17. Nxe6 {Jansa,V-Thennhausen/Eupen active
1995/ChessBase/1-0 (33)}) ({or} 10... Nf6 11. Re1 (11. c3 Bc5 12. Be3 Qc7 13.
Bb3 O-O 14. Qf3 Bd7 15. Rfe1 Bd6 16. h3 e5 17. Nc2 Bc6 18. Qe2 h6 {1/2-1/2
Huebner,R-Petrosian,T/Bugojno 1982/ 1/2-1/2}) 11... Bc5 12. Be3 $5 $146 {
This move is clearly stronger than} (12. Nb3 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bb6 14. Be2 Ne4 15.
Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 e5 17. Na5 Ke7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rodriguez,A-Smyslov,V/San Martin
1993 (42)}) 12... O-O 13. Bb3 Qc7 14. c3 (14. Bg5 e5 $5 15. Nf3 Bg4 $11) 14...
Bd6 15. h3 b6 ({In case of} 15... e5 16. Nf3 Bf5 17. Bg5 $1 $14 {Black must
work very hard for equalization}) 16. Bg5 Bb7 17. Bc2 Bh2+ $6 (17... Nd5 $5 {
'Naiditsch'} 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh4 e5 20. Nf3 $14) (17... Be7 $142 $5) 18. Kh1 Bf4
({Again} 18... Nd5 $5 {is worth considering}) 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rxe6 $5 {
A strong and effective move, but} ({it looks that} 20. Qg4+ $142 $1 {will be
even stronger, for example} Bg5 (20... Kh8 21. Qh4) 21. Ne2 $1 {'+/-!'} (21. h4
Qf4 22. Qxf4 Bxf4 23. Be4 $14) (21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. h4 $16) 21... Kh8 22. f4 Bh6
23. Qh4 Kg7 24. Ng3 $16) 20... fxe6 21. Nxe6 Qe7 (21... Qd6 22. Qg4+ Bg5 23. h4
$16 {''+-''}) (21... Qe5 22. Qg4+ Bg5 23. f4) 22. Nxf4 {1-0 Naiditsch,A (2586)
-Huebner,R (2640)/GER-ch Saarbruecken 2002/CBM 93 (45) White advantage is
obvious, he has two pawns for the exchange and good attacking prospects
against Black's king}) ({worth consideration is} 10... Bc5) 11. Qg4 $146 {
It is interesting that this natural move was never seen in practice. Black
didn't complete his development yet and has some troubles to protect the
kingside.} (11. b3 Nf6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Nf3 Rd8 (14... b5 15. Bd3
Bb7 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. f4 Nb4 18. Ng4 Nxd3 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Qxd3 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Qf5
22. Qxd6 gxf6 {Fuentes,A-Giampa,A/Martinez I 1993/ChessBase/1-0 (25)}) 15. Qe2
b5 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. a4 b4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rac8 21. Re2 Bf8
22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Rae1 a5 {1/2-1/2 Tolnai,T (2500)-Chernin,A (2570)/HUN t-ch
0001 2001/Magyar Versenyek (36)}) (11. h3 Nf6 12. a4 O-O 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. b3 b6
15. Bb2 Bb7 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Qe2 Ne4 18. Bd3 Nc5 19. Bc4 Ne4 20. Bd3 Nc5 21.
Bc4 Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Vajda,L (2480)-Chernin,A (2610)/HUN t-ch 1998/ChessBase})
11... Nf6 12. Qh4 Qc7 (12... b5 $5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Re1 O-O 15. Bg5 h6 {leads
to a very complicated and unclear game.}) 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Bg5 O-O-O 15. Rad1
Be5 $6 ({It looks that after} 15... h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 {Gurevich could
successfully solve his opening problems.}) 16. f4 $1 {Simple and strong.} Bxd4+
({After} 16... Bd6 $5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qxf6 Bc5 19. c3 Bc6 {Black would keep
some compensation for a pawn, but White's chances are higher in any case.}) 17.
Rxd4 Bc6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qxf6 Rxd4 (19... Rhg8 $5) 20. Qxd4 Rg8 21. Rf2 $16
Qa5 {Gurevich doesn't take the chance to put up resistance after} (21... Rd8 $5
22. Qe3 Rd1+ 23. Rf1 Qd7 24. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 25. Kf2 Qh5) 22. Qe5 Qb6 $2 {A
terrible mistake.} ({After} 22... Qxe5 23. fxe5 Kd8 {White still must show
good technique.}) 23. Bxe6+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.04.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. Qe2 {
This move become very popular recently, but I am not sure that White can
pretend for any advantage if black will play opening in the best way.} Nc6 (
7... Nf6 {is a good alternative and after} 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 a6 10. O-O-O b5
11. Bd3 Be7 12. Kb1 e5 13. Rhe1 Bg4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qe4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Kf8 17.
c3 g6 18. cxd4 Kg7 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Be4 Ra7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Rozentalis,E-Khalifman,A/BL 0001 2001 (26) Black equalized}) 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. O-O
a6 $6 $146 {New and possible not the strongest move.} ({It is difficult to
prove any advantage of White after} 9... Nf6 10. Rd1 (10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Rd1
Bc5 12. a3 Bd7 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bb2 Ne5 15. Bb3 Bc6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Reinderman,
D-Schwartzman,G/Wijk-B 1994/ (25)}) 10... Be7 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 (11... O-O 12. Nxc6
bxc6 13. Bg5 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qd2 Rb8 16. b3 Qc7 17. Qd4 $14 {1-0 Sermek,
D-Khuzman,A/Dresden zt 1998 (34)}) 12. Rxd4 O-O 13. Bg5 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Nc3 15.
Qd3 Qxe7 16. Qxc3 Bd7 17. Rad1 Bc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Luther,T-De Jong,M/Groningen
op 1998 (35)}) 10. Rd1 Nf6 11. Nxd4 Bd7 (11... Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 e5
14. Qe4 $14 {Open character of the position in combination with bishop's pair
strongly favour white's chances.}) 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Bb3 h5 {
[%cal Ge5g4]} (14... O-O-O $5 $14) 15. h3 Bc5 16. f4 $1 {Black played opening
in very risky style and Potkin refute black's strategy with few strong moves.}
Qb6 (16... Nc6 17. Nf5 $5 $36 {looks very unpleasand for Black.}) 17. fxe5 (17.
Rd2 $5 {[%cal Ga1d1]}) 17... fxe5 18. c3 Rg8 {What else?} ({In the case of} 
18... exd4 19. cxd4 Bd6 20. d5 $1 $16 {I doubt, that black's king will survive.
}) 19. Bf2 ({Maybe} 19. Qxh5 $142 $1 {with possible continuation} exd4 (19...
Bc6 20. Bxe6 Rxg2+ 21. Kf1 $18) 20. cxd4 Qc6 21. Qe2 $18 {[%cal Rd4d5] wins
even easy than text.}) 19... exd4 20. cxd4 Be7 (20... Qc6 21. d5) 21. d5 $1 $16
Bc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Kh1 Bb5 (23... Qe7 24. Qxh5) 24. Qf3 (24. Qe4 $5) 24...
Rc8 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Bxe6 $18 {It is difficult to believe that White will
lose this game.} (26. Re1 $5) 26... Rf8 27. Qe4 (27. Qxb7 Rc7 28. Qe4 $18)
27... Rc7 28. Bd7+ $6 {I suspect that Potkin had severe time troubles,
othercase he will choose} (28. Rac1 $1 Qxc1 $8 29. Bb3+ Re7 30. Qg6+ Ref7 31.
Rxc1 $18) 28... Kf7 (28... Kd8 29. Rac1 Qxc1 30. Qh4+ $1) 29. Bxb5 ({Why not} 
29. Rd5 $1 Qb6 30. Qh7+ $18 {with mate in few moves!?}) 29... axb5 30. Rd5 Qc4
31. Qxc4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Unbelievable!} (31. Rd4 Qc5 (31... Qc2 32. Rd7+) 32.
Qh7+ {wins immediately -} Ke8 33. Re1+ Re7 34. Rxe7+ Qxe7 35. Re4 $18) 31...
bxc4 32. Rf1+ $2 (32. Rxh5 $18) 32... Ke6 33. Rxf8 Kxd5 34. Rf5+ Kc6 (34... Ke4
35. Rxh5) 35. Rxh5 b5 36. a4 $4 {Continue comedy of mistakes!.} b4 37. Kg1 $2 {
Last mistake} ({Correct} 37. Rf5 c3 38. bxc3 bxc3 39. Rf1 c2 40. Rc1 {leads to
complicated endgame.}) 37... c3 $19 {Now game is over!} 38. bxc3 bxc3 39. Rh6+
(39. Rf5 c2 40. Rf1 Rd7) 39... Kb7 40. Re6 c2 41. Re1 Rd7 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Black "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. b3 {Not the hottest theoretical line,
but one that still presents Black with a few problems to solve} (11. Re1 {
Was the fashion in the last 5-7 years.}) 11... Qc7 12. Bb2 Bd6 13. Nf3 O-O (
13... b5 $5 14. Bd3 Bb7 {could be better line for Black, for example} 15. Re1
O-O 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. Qg4 f5 19. Qh4 Nb4 20. Re2 Nxd3 21. Nxd3 Be4
$11 {0-1 Tiviakov,S-Psakhis,L/Rostov 1993 (62)}) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qd4 $36 f5
$146 (15... Be7 16. Qh4 Kh8 17. Bd3 f5 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Rg8 20. Qf6+ Rg7
21. Rad1 Bd7 22. Rfe1 Bc6 $13 {0-1 Estrada,N-Kecskes,G/Hungary 1993 (43)}) (
15... b5 16. Bd3 f5 17. Qh4 Qc3 18. Rad1 Bc5 19. Rfe1 Qg7 20. Bf1 Ra7 21. Ne5
f6 22. Rd3 $36 {Beshukov,S-Kelly,B/Hastings Challengers 2000/ 1/2-1/2 (68)})
16. Qh4 $14 {It looks for me, that white chances are slightly better in this
position,mostly because of unsecure position of the black king., but Black
keeps good chances for defense.} Re8 17. Qg5+ Kh8 18. Rad1 Bf8 (18... b5 $5 {
[%cal Gc8b7]}) 19. Rfe1 h6 ({Deserves attention} 19... b5 20. Bd5 Ra7 21. Qh5
Rd8 {with complicated game.}) 20. Qh5 Bg7 21. g4 $1 {[%mdl 128] Great move!
Black's pieces are far away from the kingside, so it's logical for White to
start attack as soon as possible .} fxg4 (21... Qf4 22. gxf5 Rg8 23. fxe6 Bxe6
24. Bxe6 Bc3+ 25. Kf1 Bxe1 26. Qxf7 Qxf7 27. Bxf7 Rg7 28. Rd7 $16) 22. Ne5 Rf8
23. Rd4 {This rook lift allows White to create concrete threats in the near
future.All white pieces are ready now to take part in attack.} b5 24. Bf1 Qxc2
25. Rf4 $1 {Nice finesse} (25. Rxg4 Qf5 {was not clear at all}) 25... Ra7 (
25... f5 {doesn,t work, because of} 26. Ng6+ Kh7 27. Nxf8+ Bxf8 28. Qf7+ Bg7
29. Rxg4 $1 fxg4 30. Bg2 Ra7 $8 31. Qxa7 $16) 26. Nxf7+ Kh7 27. Re3 {[%cal
Rf1d3]} (27. Ne5 $6 Rxf4 $1 28. Bd3+ Qxd3 29. Nxd3 Rf5 $132) 27... Rd7 (27...
Qc1 28. Ng5+ Kg8 (28... Kh8 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Qe8 $40) 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Nxe6
$16) 28. Ng5+ Kg8 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Ne4 Bg7 (30... Kh8 31. Qe8 Kg7 32. Qxe6
Rd1 (32... Rf7 33. Qe5+ Kg8 34. Rc3 Qb2 35. Nf6+ $18) 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Qg6+ Kh8
35. Qf7 Bg7 36. Nf6 $18) 31. Qe8+ (31. Qxg4 $5) 31... Kh7 32. Nc3 $1 {Decisive
move, now Black is desperate, dispite of small material advantage.} Rd2 (32...
b4 33. Qxc8 Rd1 34. Qxe6 bxc3 35. Kg2 $1 {[%cal Rf1d3]} Qg6 36. Bd3 Rxd3 37.
Qxg6+ Kxg6 38. Rxd3 $18) 33. Qxc8 b4 (33... Bd4 34. Qd7+ Kh8 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36.
Qe7+ Kh8 37. Rxe6 $18) 34. Qxe6 $18 Qg6 (34... bxc3 35. Bd3+ $1 Rxd3 36. Qf5+
$18) 35. Qxg6+ Kxg6 36. Na4 Rxa2 37. Re4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 5-8"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.14"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 (5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7.
Nxc6 Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4) 5... Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9.
Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Qf3 ({Another theoretical chapter opens
with} 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Nf5) 12... Bd6 13. Kh1 $5 (13. h3 O-O (13... Be5 14. c3
h6 ({In T.Ernst - Ornstein, Lulea 1980 Black chose} 14... Bd7 15. Bg5 Bxd4 16.
cxd4 Bc6 17. Qe3 Nd5 {but after} 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Rac1 Qd6 20. Bf4 Qd8 21. Qa3
Bc6 22. Bd6 {his king finally let him down.}) 15. Re1 O-O 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Re2
Rad8 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19. Bxh6 $1 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Bc6 21. Qe3 $1 gxh6 22. Qxh6 $40 {
1-0 Khalifman,A (2653)-Volkov,S (2622)/RUS-sf Kazan 2005/Chess Today/[Notkin] 
(57)}) 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. c3 Ne5 (15... b5 16. Rfe1 Bb7 17. Qh5 Nc5 18. Bc2 g6 19.
Qh4 Rfe8 20. Re3 Be7 (20... Bd5 21. Rae1 Qd7 22. b4 Na4 23. Nf3 Nb6 24. Bb3
Rac8 25. Bf6 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Be7) 21. Rae1 Rad8 22. b4 $1 Bxg5 (22... Na4 $2 23.
Nxe6 $18) 23. Qxg5 Rd5 $2 (23... Nd7 24. Bb3 $14 {|^}) 24. Nf5 $1 {1-0 Akopian,
V (2689)-Gonzalez Garcia,J (2443)/Tripoli (m/1)2004 '1-0}) 16. Qh5 Ng6 17. Bc2
Bh2+ (17... b6 18. Be3 Bb7 19. Nf3 h6 20. Rfd1 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Bxf4) 18. Kh1 Bf4
19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Nf3 Qc7 21. Rad1 b5 22. Rd4 Qe7 23. Ng5 h6 24. Nxf7 {1-0
Parligras,M (2560)-Almasi,I (2450)/Budapest Novotel Chess Festival 2004/})
13... Be5 (13... Bd7 14. Bg5 Be5 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bh4 O-O 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. c3
Rac8 19. h3 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Bc6 21. Qe3 Rxd4 22. Qxd4 Qd8 $4 (22... Rd8 23. Qe3
Qe7) 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 (23... gxf6 24. Qe3 Kh7) 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Rxe6 {1-0 Adams,
M (2720)-Bareev,E (2714)/Wijk aan Zee-A 2004/CBM 99/[Psakhis]}) (13... O-O 14.
Bg5 Nd7 (14... Be5 15. c3 b6 16. Qxa8 Bxd4 17. Qf3 Bb7 18. Qe2 Bc5 19. Bxf6
gxf6 20. Rad1) 15. c3 Ne5 16. Qh3 $5 (16. Qh5 $5 Ng6 17. Bc2 h6 18. Nf3 (18.
Bd2 Bf4 19. Rad1 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Nf4 21. Qh4 Bd7 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23. Nf3 Nd5 24.
Qg3 $14 {Rublevsky,S-Gouliev,N/FRA t-ch 2004/1-0 (46)}) (18. Be3 Nf4 19. Qf3
Nd5 20. Bd2 b5 21. Qe4 f5 22. Qe2 Rf6 23. Bb3 Qc5 24. Rad1) 18... b5 19. Rad1
Bf4 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. Qe5 Qxe5 22. Nxe5 Bb7 23. f3 Rfd8 $11 {Ivanchuk,V-Anand,
V/Reggio Emilia 1991//1/2-1/2 (44)}) 16... Ng6 17. Rad1 $5 $146 (17. Bc2 h6 18.
Be3 Nf4 19. Qf3 Bd7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Qe4 Ng6 22. Qg4 Nf4 23. Qh4 Bc8 $11 {
Vokarev,S-Biriukov,O/St Petersburg 300 Years 2003//1/2-1/2 (57)}) 17... b5 (
17... Nf4 $5 {is worth considering:} 18. Qh4 (18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. Bc2 g6 {
[%csl Gf4]}) 18... h6 19. Bc2 Ng6 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Be3 e5 $13) 18. Bc2 Bf4 (
18... Re8 $5) 19. Nf3 {[%cal Gf3g5]} (19. Bxg6 $6 hxg6 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Nc6
Qf6 $11) (19. Be4 Ra7 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Nc6 Rc7 23. Rd4 Qf5 $1)
19... e5 20. Qh5 Bb7 $8 21. Bxf4 $1 Bxf3 (21... exf4 $2 22. Ng5 h6 23. Nxf7 $18
) 22. Qxf3 Nxf4 23. g3 {[%csl Gc2,Rf4] 1-0 Ye Jiangchuan (2681)-Ni Hua (2587)/
FIDE-Wch k.o. Tripoli 2004/CBM 102/[Psakhis] (39)}) 14. Be3 (14. Rd1 Bd7 15.
Bg5 h5 $5 16. Qe2 O-O-O 17. h3 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Qc4+ Qc7 20. Re1 Qxc4 21.
Bxc4 Kc7 22. Rad1 Rhe8 $11 {Timofeev,A-Ionov,S RUS t-ch Sochi 2004}) (14. c3
Bd7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Bc6 18. Rac1 Qd6 $11) 14... Bd7 (14... O-O
15. c3 (15. Rad1 Rb8) 15... Bd7 16. Rae1 Rfe8 17. Qh3 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Bc6 19. Qh4
Bd5 20. Bg5 Nd7 21. Rc1 Qb6 22. Bc2 Nf8 23. b3 {1/2-1/2 Nunn,J (2615)-Kelly,B 
(2490)/Bunratty Masters 2005/}) 15. Qh3 $146 {It looks that this new move
can't promise any advantage to White.} (15. Rad1 h5 (15... O-O $5) 16. Qe2 (16.
Qh3 Ng4 17. f4 Bf6 18. Bg1 O-O-O $132 19. Qf3) 16... Bxh2 (16... O-O-O 17. f4
Bd6 18. Rd3 Kb8 19. Rc3 Qa5 20. Bc4 Nd5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Qf2 Rc8 23. Nb3 Qb5
24. Bc5 $36 {Stojanovic,D (2442)-Perunovic,M (2366)/Belgrade Trophy Obrenovac
2004/ /1-0 (69)}) 17. g3 (17. Nf5 Kf8 $1) (17. f4 Ng4) 17... e5 ({Worth
considering is} 17... Ng4 18. Bf4 e5) 18. Kxh2 (18. Bg5 Bg4 (18... h4 19. Kxh2
hxg3+ 20. Kg1 Bg4 21. f3 (21. Nf3 e4) 21... Rh2 22. fxg4 Rxe2 23. Nxe2 $16) 19.
Nf3 (19. f3 Bxg3 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. fxg4 O-O-O 22. Nf5 hxg4+ 23. Kg1 Qb6+ 24.
Qe3 Qxe3+ 25. Nxe3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bf4 27. Nf5 $16) 19... e4 20. Bxf6 Bxf3+ 21.
Qxf3 exf3 22. Bxg7 $18) 18... h4 19. Kg1 O-O-O (19... Kf8 $5 20. Nf3 Bg4 21.
Bg5 e4 22. Bf4 exf3 23. Qxa6 bxa6 24. Bxc7 h3 25. Kh2 Bf5 26. Bb6 $13) 20. Nf3
hxg3 21. Qc4 $5 (21. fxg3 e4 {Lastin-Bareev,E/RUS t-ch 2004}) 21... Bc6 (21...
gxf2+ 22. Bxf2 Bc6 (22... Qxc4 23. Bxc4 Bc6 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Bb6+ Ke7 26.
Nxe5) 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Qd3+ Kc8 25. Qf5+ Qd7 26. Qxd7+ Nxd7 27. Be1 f6 28.
Be6) 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. fxg3 e4 24. Nh4 Qxg3+ 25. Ng2 Nd5 26. Qc5 $1) 15...
O-O-O (15... Bf4 $5 16. Rad1) 16. Rad1 (16. c3 Bf4 $1) 16... Bxd4 $1 17. Rxd4 (
17. Bxd4 $2 e5 $19) 17... e5 18. Rxd7 $8 Qxd7 (18... Rxd7 19. Bxf7 $44) 19. Qg3
Qg4 $6 {I think that Evgeny mixed up something.} (19... Qd1 20. Kg1 {doesn't
change the character of position, but}) (19... Ng4 $5 20. Bb6 $140 Qb5 $5 21.
Qxg4+ Kb8 22. Kg1 Qxb6 23. Qxg7 Qc5 $5) ({and especially} 19... Nd5 $142 $5 20.
Qxg7 $140 f6 {would have promised a nice game for Black without real chances
for a defeat.}) 20. Qxe5 (20. Bxf7 Qxg3 21. hxg3 Rd6 {[%cal Gh8d8]}) 20... Rd1
21. Qc5+ Kd7 (21... Kb8 22. Qa7+ Kc8 23. Bc4 $5 $36) 22. Ba4+ $6 {This
unfortunate move leads to draw almost by force, but Sergei still could
continue the struggle - after} (22. Qc4 $142 Rxf1+ 23. Qxf1 $44 {[%csl Gb3,Ge3]
the strong white bishop's pair in combination with the vulnerable position of
Black's king fully compensate the small material deficit.}) 22... b5 23. Qa7+ (
23. Bxb5+ axb5 24. Qxb5+ Ke6 25. f3 Rxf1+ 26. Qxf1 Qa4 $17) 23... Ke8 24. Qa8+
Kd7 25. Qb7+ Ke8 26. Qc6+ $2 (26. Qa8+ $5 {leads to a draw.}) 26... Nd7 $1 27.
Qc8+ Ke7 28. Bc5+ Nxc5 29. Qxc5+ Kd8 $6 ({After} 29... Kf6 $1 30. Qc6+ Kf5 31.
Bxb5 axb5 32. Qxb5+ Kg6 $19 {Black could win the game easily, but a draw was
enough for Bareev to secure the victory in the match, and he doesn't want to
take any risk.}) 30. Qb6+ Kd7 31. Qb7+ Kd8 32. Qb8+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 (11. Re1 $5) (11. c3 $5) 11... Qc7
12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Kh1 $5 {Sergei Rublevsky successfully used this idea instead
of "normal"} (13. h3 {with possible continuation:} O-O (13... Bd7 14. Be3 O-O
15. Bg5 Be5 16. Rad1 h6 17. Bh4 Rad8 18. c3 Bc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bc2 Rd5 21.
Qe3 Bf4 22. Qe2 g5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Stellwagen,D-Werle,J/Groningen Harmonie 2002/
(26)}) 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. c3 Ne5 (15... b5 16. Rfe1 Bb7 17. Qh5 Nc5 18. Bc2 g6 19.
Qh4 Rfe8 20. Re3 Bd5 21. Rae1 Qd7 22. b4 Na4 23. Nf3 Nb6 24. Bb3 Rac8 25. Bf6
Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Be7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Asrian,K-Savchenko,S/EUR-ch Ohrid 2001/ (36)})
16. Qh5 Ng6 17. Bc2 b6 18. Be3 Bb7 19. Nf3 h6 $1 20. Rfd1 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 $15
{1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Ionov,S/EUR-ch Ohrid 2001/ (28)}) 13... Be5 {The future of
this variation depends upon the evaluation of this position.} ({The main move
is} 13... Bd7 {but lately Black has experienced problems in this line -} 14.
Bg5 Be5 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bh4 O-O 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. c3 Rac8 19. h3 Bxd4 20. Rxd4
Bc6 21. Qe3 $14 {1-0 Adams,M-Bareev,E/Wijk aan Zee-A 2004/CBM 99/[Psakhis] (25)
}) (13... O-O 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. c3 Ne5 16. Qh5 Ng6 17. Bc2 h6 18. Bd2 Bf4 19.
Rad1 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Nf4 21. Qh4 Bd7 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23. Nf3 $14 {1-0 Rublevsky,
S-Gouliev,N/FRA t-ch 2004 (46)}) 14. Be3 $146 (14. Rd1 Bd7 15. Bg5 h5 $5 16.
Qe2 O-O-O 17. h3 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Qc4+ Qc7 20. Re1 Qxc4 21. Bxc4 Kc7 22.
Rad1 Rhe8 $11 {Timofeev,A-Ionov,S RUS t-ch Sochi 2004}) 14... Bd7 (14... O-O
15. Rad1 Rb8 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) 15. Rad1 h5 $5 {[%cal Gf6g4] Sharp and
interesting move!} (15... O-O $5) 16. Qe2 (16. Qh3 Ng4 17. f4 Bf6 18. Bg1 O-O-O
$132 {[%cal Gg7g5]}) 16... Bxh2 {Beginning of big complications.} 17. g3 (17.
Nf5 Kf8 $1) (17. f4 Ng4) 17... e5 ({Worse considering} 17... Ng4 18. Bf4 e5)
18. Kxh2 (18. Bg5 h4 19. Kxh2 hxg3+ 20. Kg1 O-O-O $36) 18... h4 19. Kg1 (19.
Kg2 O-O-O 20. Qc4 (20. Nf3 Bg4 {[%cal Ge5e4]}) 20... Qxc4 21. Bxc4 h3+ 22. Kh1
exd4 23. Bxd4 Bc6+ 24. f3 Ng4 $5 $15) 19... O-O-O 20. Nf3 (20. Qc4 $5) 20...
hxg3 21. fxg3 $6 {White either underestimated the danger, or didn't see a
decent alternative.} ({I think that Lstin could get nice game after} 21. Qc4 $5
{for example} Bc6 (21... gxf2+ 22. Bxf2 Bc6 23. Rxd8+) 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. fxg3
(23. Kg2 $5) 23... e4 24. Nh4 Qxg3+ 25. Ng2 Nd5 26. Qc5 $1) 21... e4 22. Bf4 (
22. Qc4 Qxc4 23. Bxc4 exf3 $36) 22... exf3 23. Qf2 (23. Qxf3 Qc5+ 24. Be3 Qe7
$36) 23... Qc6 $1 {[%cal Gf6g4]} 24. Rd6 $2 {[%mdl 2112] White slips up in a
difficult position.} (24. Qxf3 $142 Ng4 $5) {[%tqu "En","Try to find strong
move for Black","","","f6g4","",10]} 24... Ng4 $1 25. Rxc6+ Bxc6 26. Bxf7 (26.
Qb6 f2+ $1 27. Rxf2 Rh1#) ({There wasn't a rescue in} 26. Qxf3 Bxf3 27. Rxf3
Rd1+ 28. Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Kd7 $19) 26... Nxf2 {After the storm Black had
decisive material advantage.} 27. Be6+ Bd7 28. Bxd7+ Rxd7 29. Kxf2 (29. Rxf2
Rd1+ 30. Rf1 Rh1+ $1) 29... Rh2+ 30. Kxf3 Rxc2 31. Re1 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 6th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2000.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. Qe2 Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 Qb4+ $6 {It is very strange that so big expert in French as
Alexey Dreev choose this suspisious line. Instead of move in text Black could
play for a draw -} (9... a6 $5 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4
Qd5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nxb5 Qxa2 16. Nc7+ Ke7 17. Qh5 Bh6+ 18. Qxh6 Qa1+ 19. Kd2
Qa5+ 20. Kc1 Qxc7 21. Rhe1 Bd5 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Qa5 {1/2-1/2 Oral,
T-Khuzman,A/EU t-ch Batumi 1999/CBM 74 (23)}) ({o to choose complicated
continuation} 9... Be7 $5 10. O-O-O e5 11. h3 a6 12. Rhe1 b5 13. Bd3 Be6 14.
Kb1 Rc8 15. Bh4 Nd7 16. Bg3 Bf6 17. Be4 Bc4 18. Qd2 O-O 19. c3 Nc5 20. Nxc5
Qxc5 21. Bxc6 dxc3 $1 $17 {0-1 Roiz,M-Holzke,F/Biel op 2000 (26).}) 10. Bd2 Qb6
11. O-O-O Be7 $146 {This novelty doesn't change estimation of position as
better for white} (11... Bd7 12. Bg5 O-O-O 13. Nfxd4 Nb4 (13... Na5 14. Nxa5
Qxa5 15. Bf4 Ne8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bxe6 Nf6 18. Rd3 Bb4 19. Rc3+ Bc5 20. Qe5
Bxe6 21. Rxc5+ {1-0 Anka,E-Almasi,I/Budapest GM 1994 (21)}) 14. a3 Nbd5 15.
Bxd5 exd5 16. f3 Bd6 17. g3 $14 {1-0 Rosentalis-Glek,I/Antwerpen op 1993 (37)})
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 O-O 14. Nbxd4 $14 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4,Gh4] White took back pawn
and keep initiative thank,s to better development and active pieces.} Bd7 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Ne5 {[%cal Gf2f4,Re5f7]} Nd5 {Piece sucrifice, but I am not sure
that Black had better choice} (16... Bxg2 17. Rhg1 {[%cal Gg1g8]}) (16... Qc5
17. f4 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Rac8 $140 (17... Rfc8 18. Nxf7 $1) 18. Bf2 $1 Qb4 19. c3
Qa4 20. Ng6 $1 fxg6 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Bxc8 Qe4 23. Rhe1 $18) (16... Rad8 17.
Ng6 $1) 17. Bxd5 $1 Bxh4 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nd7 Qa5 {What else, White easily
wins endgame, possible after} (19... Qxf2 20. Qxf2 Bxf2 21. Nxf8 Be3+ 22. Kb1
Kxf8 23. Rd7 $16) 20. Qc4 ({Much easy White cpild win after simple} 20. Nxf8 $5
{for example} Qxa2 $140 (20... Rxf8 21. Kb1 Rb8 22. Rd3 $18) 21. Qe4 $1 Bf6 22.
Nd7 Bxb2+ 23. Kd2 $18) 20... Rfd8 $1 21. Qxh4 Qxa2 22. Qe7 ({Deserves attention
} 22. Qd4 c5 23. Qd6 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qa4 25. Ke3 $5) 22... Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qxb2 24.
Ke3 $1 $16 {White king finally got safe position and white's victory now is
just question of time} a5 25. Rd4 {[%cal Rd7f6]} Re8 26. Qc5 e5 27. Ra4 Rad8
28. Rd1 Qb7 29. Qd6 Kh8 (29... Qb5 $5 30. Rg4 Kh8 31. Rh4 $16) 30. Rg4 Re6 31.
Qa3 Qa7+ (31... Rxd7 $4 32. Qf8+) 32. Ke2 f5 33. Rg3 Qa6+ (33... Rxd7 $2 34.
Qf8+ Kh7 35. Qxf5+ $18) 34. Qd3 Qb5 35. c4 Qb2+ 36. Rd2 e4 37. Qc3 (37. Qb3 $5)
37... Qxc3 38. Rxc3 f4 39. Ke1 (39. Nc5 f3+ $1 40. gxf3 exf3+ 41. Kxf3 Rf6+ 42.
Ke3 Rxd2 43. Kxd2 Rxf2+) 39... g5 40. Ra3 Re7 (40... e3 41. fxe3 Rxe3+ 42. Rxe3
fxe3 43. Rd3 a4 44. Nc5 $18) 41. Nc5 Rb8 42. Rb3 (42. Rxa5 $5) 42... Rxb3 43.
Nxb3 a4 44. Nc5 f3 45. g4 $1 $18 {Begging of the end - Black soon will lose
all pawns} e3 (45... a3 46. Rd8+ Kh7 47. Ra8) 46. Ra2 h5 (46... Re5 47. Nxa4
Re4 48. h3) 47. gxh5 g4 48. fxe3 Rxe3+ 49. Kf2 Rc3 50. Nxa4 Rxc4 51. Nb6 Rc1 (
51... Rc5 52. Kg3 Rxh5 53. Kxg4 $18) 52. Nd7 {[%cal Gd7e5]} Rh1 (52... Kg7 53.
Ne5 Kh6 54. Nxg4+ Kxh5 55. Kxf3) 53. Kg3 Rg1+ 54. Kh4 Rg2 55. Ra7 $1 Kg8 (55...
f2 56. Nf6 $18) 56. Nf6+ Kf8 57. Nxg4 {Knight worked very well in this game!}
f2 58. Ra1 c5 59. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Perez Candelario, Manuel"]
[Black "Ostenstad, Berge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 "Spain II"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 (10... Bd7 11. c3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Nb5
Bxb5 14. Bxb5+ Ke7 15. g3 $14 {[%csl Gb5,Gc1]}) 11. Bb3 (11. Re1 $5) 11... Qc7
12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Kh1 (13. h3 O-O 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. c3 b5 (15... Ne5 16. Qh5 Ng6
17. Bc2 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Bf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Nf3 Qc7 21. Rad1 b5 22. Rd4 Qe7 23.
Ng5 h6 24. Nxf7 {1-0 Parligras,M-Almasi,I/Budapest Novotel Chess Festival 2004/
LesEchecs}) 16. Rfe1 Bb7 17. Qh5 Nc5 18. Bc2 g6 19. Qh4 Rfe8 20. Re3 Be7 21.
Rae1 Rad8 22. b4 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Rd5 24. Nf5 $1 $40 {1-0 Akopian,V-Gonzalez
Garcia,J/Wch KO Tripoli 2004/(38)}) 13... O-O 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. c3 Ne5 16. Qh5 (
16. Qh3 $5 Ng6 17. Rad1 $5 $146 (17. Bc2 h6 18. Be3 Nf4 19. Qf3 Bd7 20. Rad1 (
20. Qe4 Ng6 21. Qg4 Nf4) 20... Rad8 21. Qe4 (21. Rfe1 Bc8 22. Bc1 Rfe8 (22...
b6 23. Nc6 $1 (23. Qe4 Ng6 24. Qg4 (24. Qc6 Bxh2) 24... Nf4 25. Re3 f5 (25...
f5 26. Qh4 e5)) 23... Bb7 24. Be4 $14 Bxc6 (24... f5 25. Ne7+) 25. Bxc6 $14 {
'#D2'}) 23. Re4 Ng6 (23... e5 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. h4 $1 $16) 24. Rde1 Be5 (24...
b6 25. Rg4 Ne5 26. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 27. Bxh6+ $1 Kxh6 28. Qf6+ Ng6 29. Re3 e5 30.
Re4 $18) (24... Bc5 25. Nb3 Bf8 26. h4) 25. Nb3 Bf6 $140 26. Bxh6) (21. Rd2 Bc8
22. Rfd1 Nd5 $11 23. Qe4 $140 f5 24. Nxe6 fxe4 25. Nxc7 Nxe3) 21... Ng6 22. Qg4
Nf4 23. Qh4 Bc8 $11 {Vokarev,S-Biriukov,O/St Petersburg 300 Years 2003//1/2-1/
2 (57)}) 17... b5 ({Worth considering} 17... Nf4 $5 18. Qh4 (18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19.
Bc2 g6 {[%csl Gf4]}) 18... h6 19. Bc2 Ng6 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Be3 e5 $13) 18. Bc2
Bf4 (18... Re8 $5) 19. Nf3 {[%cal Gf3g5] This is also a typical manoeuvre in
such positions.} (19. Bxg6 $6 hxg6 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Nc6 Qf6 $11) (19. Be4 Ra7
20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Nc6 Rc7 23. Rd4 Qf5 $1) 19... e5 20. Qh5 Bb7 $8
21. Bxf4 $1 Bxf3 (21... exf4 $2 22. Ng5 h6 23. Nxf7 $18) 22. Qxf3 Nxf4 23. g3 {
[%csl Gc2,Rf4] 1-0 Ye Jiangchuan-Ni Hua/FIDE-Wch k.o. Tripoli 2004/CBM 102/
[Psakhis] (38) In my opinion White has some advantage here; maybe small, but
lasting.}) 16... Ng6 17. Bc2 h6 (17... Re8 18. Rae1 Nf8 19. Nf5 Bf4 20. Nxg7
Re7 21. Bf6 Ng6 22. g3 Bd6 23. Qh6 Rd7 24. Ne8 Qc6+ 25. Be4 Bf8 26. Bg7 f5 27.
Nf6+ Kf7 28. Bxf8 {1-0 Timofeev,A-Berend,F/ECC t-ch Izmir 2004/}) 18. Be3 ({
White failed to get any advantage after} 18. Nf3 b5 19. Rad1 Bf4 20. Bxf4 Nxf4
21. Qe5 Qxe5 22. Nxe5 Bb7 23. f3 Rfd8 24. Kg1 Rac8 25. a3 f6 $11 {Ivanchuk,
V-Anand,V/Reggio Emilia 1991/1/2-1/2 (44)}) (18. Bd2 Bf4 19. Rad1 Bxd2 20. Rxd2
Nf4 21. Qh4 Bd7 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23. Nf3 Nd5 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. hxg3 b5 26. Ne5 $14
{1-0 Rublevsky,S-Guliev,N/FRA t-ch 2004/ChessBase (45)}) 18... Nf4 19. Qf3 Nd5
(19... Rb8 $6 $146 20. Rad1 $14 b5 $2 21. Nc6 Bb7 22. Bxf4 $1 Bxf4 23. Qd3 $18
g6 24. Nxb8 Rxb8 25. Rfe1 Qe7 26. Qh3 {1/2-1/2 Rogic,D-Kruppa,Y/EUR-ch Ohrid
2001/ (62)}) (19... b6 $2 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Qxa8 Bb7 22. Bh7+ $1 $18) 20. Bd2 (
20. Qe4 f5 21. Qd3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bxh2 23. e4 $36 Be5 $140 24. exf5 Bxd4 25.
fxe6) 20... b6 $146 {According to my database, this position appeared for the
first time} (20... b5 21. Qe4 f5 22. Qe2 Rf6 23. Bb3 Qc5 24. Rad1 Kh8 25. Bc1
Bd7 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Qf3 f4 28. Rfe1 Re8 $11 {Potkin,V-Rodriguez Guerrero,E/
Linares Anibal op 2002/ /1/2-1/2 (44)}) 21. Rad1 Bb7 {It seems that this
natural move is innacurate.} ({Worth considering} 21... Rb8 22. Qe4 $140 f5)
22. Qe4 Nf6 23. Qh4 Qe7 (23... Be7 24. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 25. Qxh6 Qe5 (25... Be4 $2
26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Bxe4 Nxe4 28. Qh5+ Kg7 29. Qg4+ Ng5 30. f4 $18) 26. Rd3 (26.
Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Qh6+ $11) 26... Ne4 $8 27. Re3 (27. Rh3 $2 Nxf2+ $1
28. Kg1 Nxh3+ 29. Qxh3 Qh8 $19) 27... Bg5 28. Qh5 $16) 24. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]
White is ideally developed, now it is time for action! Surely, this move
requires courage and accurate calculation.} (24. Rfe1 Nd5) 24... gxh6 25. Qxh6
{[%cal Rd1d3]} Ne4 (25... Be4 26. Qg5+ Bg6 (26... Kh7 27. Qh4+ Kg7 28. Bxe4 $18
) 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Rfe1 $16) 26. Bxe4 (26. f3 Qg5 27. Qxg5+ Nxg5
28. h4 Nh7 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Rxd6 $36) 26... Bxe4 27. Rfe1 Bh7 (27... f5 28. f3
) (27... Bg6 28. Nxe6 $1) 28. Re3 {First of all White has to include new
forces into offence.} (28. Nc6 Qd7 $1 (28... Qc7 29. Rd4 $1 Bf5 $8 (29... f6
30. Rxe6) 30. Qf6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd4h4]}) 29. Ne5 (29. Rd4 f6 $1) 29... Qe7 $11)
28... Rac8 {[%csl Rc6]} (28... Rfd8 29. Rh3 f6 30. Nc6 Qg7 31. Qe3 $1 $16) 29.
f4 $1 (29. Rh3 f6 30. Nxe6 Rf7 $1) 29... Kh8 $2 ({I think Black should have
taken his chances with} 29... Rfe8 $8 {for example} 30. Nxe6 $5 Qxe6 $1 (30...
fxe6 31. Rxd6 Rcd8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. h3 $40) 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Qxe6 (32. Qg5+
$5 $132) 32... fxe6 33. Rxd6 Rc4 $13 {with complicated endgame.}) 30. f5 $1 {
[%cal Of5e6,Rf5f6]} (30. Nf5 $5 exf5 31. Rxe7 Bxe7 32. Qxb6 $16) 30... Rg8 31.
Rh3 f6 32. Nxe6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rd1d6]} Be5 (32... Bc7 33. Rhd3 $5) 33. Rhd3
$18 {[%cal Rd3d7] The smoke has been cleared, White has material advantage and
manages to turn it quickly into a win.} Qb7 $8 {[%csl Rg2]} 34. R1d2 Rc7 35.
Rd8 (35. Nxc7 $5 $18) 35... Rcg7 36. Nxg7 Qxg7 37. Rxg8+ Qxg8 (37... Kxg8 38.
Rd8+) 38. Rd7 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 74th"]
[Site "Saarbruecken"]
[Date "2002.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd8 {This move
was quite popular 10 years ago, but nowadays it become rare guest in chess
practice} (6... Qd6 {is more common}) 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 Nf6 9. Nbxd4 ({It
looks that} 9. Qe2 $5 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nbxd4 {allows to white to keep small
advantage, for example} Qc7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Ne5 $14 {1-0
Strickert-Hunger/corr 1984 (34)}) 9... Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 (11. c3 Bc5 12.
Be3 Qc7 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Qf3 Bd7 15. Rfe1 Bd6 16. h3 e5 17. Nc2 Bc6 18. Qe2 h6 {
1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Petrosian,T/Bugojno i33 1982 (18)}) 11... Bc5 (11... Be7 12.
c3 Bd7 13. Qf3 Qb6 14. Bb3 Rc8 15. Be3 $36 {1-0 Damaso,R-Costa,G/Lisboa-op-11
1999 (48)}) 12. Be3 $5 $146 {This move is clearly stronger than} (12. Nb3 Qxd1
13. Rxd1 Bb6 14. Be2 Ne4 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 e5 17. Na5 Ke7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Rodriguez,A-Smyslov,V/San Martin 1993 (42)}) 12... O-O 13. Bb3 Qc7 14. c3 (14.
Bg5 e5 $5 15. Nf3 Bg4 $11) 14... Bd6 15. h3 b6 ({In the case of} 15... e5 16.
Nf3 Bf5 17. Bg5 $1 $14 {Black must work very hard for equalization}) 16. Bg5
Bb7 17. Bc2 Bh2+ $6 {Doctor Huebner takes too much risk - his kingside lacks
protection and to allow White to get here strong attack.} (17... Nd5 $5 18. Qh5
g6 19. Qh4 e5 20. Nf3 $14) (17... Be7 $142 $5) 18. Kh1 Bf4 ({Again} 18... Nd5
$5 {worth considering}) 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rxe6 $5 {Strong and effective move,
but} ({it looks that} 20. Qg4+ $142 $1 {will be even stronger, for example} Bg5
(20... Kh8 21. Qh4) 21. Ne2 $1 (21. h4 Qf4 22. Qxf4 Bxf4 23. Be4 $14) (21. Nxe6
fxe6 22. h4 $16) 21... Kh8 22. f4 Bh6 23. Qh4 Kg7 24. Ng3 $16) 20... fxe6 21.
Nxe6 Qe7 (21... Qd6 22. Qg4+ Bg5 23. h4 $16) (21... Qe5 22. Qg4+ Bg5 23. f4)
22. Nxf4 {White advantahe is obvious, he has two pawns for the exchange and
good attacking prospects against Black's king} Rad8 (22... Kh8 $142 $1 23. Qh5
Qf7) 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Qh4 Rg8 $8 {[%cal Rb7g2,Rg8g2]} 25. f3 $1 {After this
move Black can't find any defense against simple threat Ng6+} (25. Ng6+ $2 Rxg6
26. Bxg6 Rg8 $1) 25... Rg5 26. Ng6+ (26. Re1 $5 Qf7 (26... Re5 $2 27. Rxe5 $18)
27. Ne6 Rgd5 28. Nxd8 Rxd8 29. Bxh7 $1 $18 {wins even easy}) 26... Rxg6 27.
Bxg6 Qg7 (27... Rg8 28. Be4 $18) 28. Bf5 ({It is quite starnge that Naiditsch
didn't make simple move} 28. Bxh7 $5 {and after almost force} Qg5 (28... Rd2
29. Bc2+ Kg8 30. Bb3+ Kf8 31. Qb4+ $18) 29. Qxg5 fxg5 30. Bf5 Rd2 31. b3 $18 {
Black can simply resign}) 28... Rd2 29. Qg4 Bd5 (29... Rxb2 30. Rd1 $18 {
[%cal Rd1d7]}) 30. b3 Bf7 (30... b5 31. a4 $5) 31. c4 Qxg4 (31... h5 $5 32.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 33. a4 Rb2 34. Rb1 $18) 32. hxg4 a5 {[%cal Ga5a4]} 33. a4 $1 Kg7 (
33... Rb2 34. Rc1 $1 Rxb3 35. c5 bxc5 36. Rxc5 $18) 34. Rc1 {Everything become
clearly - after c5 White wins in few moves} Rb2 35. c5 bxc5 36. Rxc5 Rxb3 37.
Rxa5 $18 {Rest is simple} Bg6 38. Rb5 Ra3 39. a5 Ra2 40. Kh2 Kh6 41. Kg3 Ra4
42. Rc5 Ra2 43. Bc8 Ra3 44. a6 Bd3 45. Rc7 (45. Rc7 Bxa6 46. Bf5) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Borovikov, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Momot Alexander"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 {Adams use time from time
this modest variation.} Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qc6 (7... Qd8 $5) (7... Qh5 $5)
8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 a6 (9... Nbd7 10. Nb3 a6 11. Bg5 Bd6 12. Rfe1 Qc7 13. Rad1
Kh8 14. c3 b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Nbd4 Nc5 $11 {Greenidge,K-Montanez,R/Merida
Sub-zt-2.3.5 2001/Ajelibre/0-1 (44)}) 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. Rd1 $146 (12.
Nbd4 Qc7 13. Re1 Rd8 14. c3 h6 15. Bd2 Nc5 16. h3 b6 17. Bd3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 e5
19. Nb5 axb5 20. Qxb5 Ba6 21. Qb3 Bb7 22. Qa2 Bc5 23. Nxe5 Ne4 {0-1 Grant,
B-Wust,M/corr 1995 (23)}) 12... Nb6 ({Worth considering} 12... Qc7 $142 $5 13.
a5 $140 b5 $5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Bd3 (15. Bxa6 e5 $5 $44) 15... Bb7 $13) 13. Bd3
Nbd5 14. Na5 $1 {[%cal Ga5c4]} Qc7 15. Nc4 Be7 16. a5 $14 {White got without
big efforts nice and promising position} Bd7 {[%cal Gd7b5]} 17. Nce5 Nb4 18.
Nxd7 (18. Bf4 $5 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 $36 {was another interesting option.}) 18...
Nxd7 19. Bc4 (19. Be4 Nf6 20. Bg5 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 $14 {=}) 19... Bf6 (19... Rad8
$5) 20. g3 {Little bit slow} ({White could play} 20. c3 Nc6 21. Qe4 {[%cal
Gc1f4]} Nc5 22. Bf4 $5 {with small edge.}) 20... Ne5 (20... Rac8 $5 21. c3 Nc6
(21... Qxc4 $2 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxd7 Nc2 24. Ra2 $16) 22. Bf4 (22. Bd3 Nxa5
23. Bf4 e5 24. Bf5 exf4 25. Rxd7 Qb6 $132) 22... e5 23. Be3 Nxa5 24. Bd5 $44)
21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. c3 Nc6 {[%csl Ra5]} 23. Re1 Bf6 (23... Nxa5 24. Rxa5 Bxc3 $1
25. bxc3 Qxa5 26. Bd3 $5 Qxc3 27. Bb2 {[%csl Gb2,Gd3] leads to interesting
game, but couple of white bishops con produced real danger for black king}) 24.
Qh5 (24. Bd3 $5 Rfd8 (24... Nxa5 $4 25. Qh5 $18) 25. Be4 $14 {[%cal Ge2c4]})
24... e5 (24... Rad8 25. Bb3 (25. Be3 Nxa5 $1) 25... e5) 25. Qf5 $5 Be7 26. Bh6
$6 {Inaccuracy!} (26. Bf1 $142 $5 g6 27. Qe4 $14 {[%cal Gf1g2,Ge4c4]}) 26...
Rad8 {[%cal Gd8d6]} 27. Ba2 Rd6 28. Be3 Qxa5 $1 {Finally, Black even won a
pawn, but White keeps reasonable compensation for it.} 29. h4 $44 {[%csl Ga2]}
(29. Bxf7+ $2 Rxf7 $19) 29... Qc7 (29... Qb5 $142 $5 {[%cal Gb5d3]}) 30. Rad1
g6 31. Qf3 Bf6 (31... Kg7 $5 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 32. Rxd6 Qxd6 33. b4 $1 {[%cal
Re3c5]} (33. Rd1 Qe7 34. Bd5 Rd8 35. Rd2 $1 $36) 33... e4 34. Qxe4 Bxc3 35. Bc5
Qf6 (35... Qd2 36. Re2 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Rb8 $2 38. Qc4 $18) 36. Re3 $2 {Serious
mistake} ({After correct} 36. Re2 $1 Bd4 37. Bxf8 Kxf8 38. Bd5 $16 {Black is
in serious troubles.}) 36... Bd2 $2 {Borovikov just look for troubles! Instead
of this move he could continue} (36... Bd4 $1 {with possible continuation} 37.
Rf3 Qe5 38. Bd5 (38. Qxe5 Nxe5 39. Rb3 Rd8 $17) 38... Bxc5 39. bxc5 Qxe4 40.
Bxe4 Rc8 $17 {and a clear advantage in the endgame.}) 37. Re2 $1 (37. Rf3 Qa1+
38. Bb1 Rd8) 37... Rd8 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Qa1+ 38. Kg2 Qxa2 39. Bxf8 Kxf8
40. b5 $1 axb5 41. Qd3 b4 42. Rxd2 Qe6 $14) 38. Qe8+ $1 (38. Qe8+ Rxe8 39.
Rxe8+ Kg7 40. Bf8+ Kg8 41. Bh6#) 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv/Modiin"]
[Date "2000.12.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 Bc5 10. Qa4 Ne7 11. exd5 (11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nb3 (12. O-O O-O
13. b3 Re8 14. Bb2 Qb6 15. Nf3 Ng6 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Rad1 Re4 18. Qd7 Rd8 19.
Qf5 Re2 20. Bd4 Bxd4 {1/2-1/2 Vydeslaver,A-Komarov,D/Paris 1996/Inf 66 (20)})
12... Bb6 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Rfe1 Qd6 16. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,
E-Psakhis,L/Isle of Man op 1999 (16)}) 11... exd5 12. Nb3 (12. cxd5 Qxd5 13.
O-O O-O 14. Nf3 Rab8 15. Qc2 Nf5 16. b3 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Bb2 c5 19. Rad1
Rfd8 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Rd3 Rd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Breder,D-Luther,T/Pardubice Czech
op 2000/The Week in Chess 299 (37)}) 12... Bb6 13. c5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This
strong novelty changes the evaluation of the hole variation. According to
theory (and practice!) Black already equalized the position, but now I very
doubt about it.} (13. O-O O-O 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 dxc4 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Bxe7 Re8
18. Bc5 cxb3 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Qxb3 Qe6 {1/2-1/2 Kalezic,B-Komarov,D/Niksic
2000 (20)}) 13... Bc7 14. O-O O-O ({Worth of consideration is} 14... h6 15. Qg4
Be5) 15. Bg5 f6 {What else?} (15... Be5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qxc6 Rfd8 18. Rab1
$36 {leads to White's advantage.}) 16. Bf4 Be5 17. Rae1 Qc7 ({Possibly} 17...
Qb8 18. Nd4 Ng6 {was stronger than the text.} (18... Bxf4 19. Rxe7 Bxh2+ 20.
Kh1 Qf4 21. g3 $1 Bxg3 22. Rxg7+ $1 $18)) 18. Bd2 $6 {According to Mark
Tseitlin he had this position in the time of home preparation, but this move,
first which he made on the board, gives to Black chances for counterplay.} ({
Black will have big troubles after} 18. Bc1 $1 {for example} Qd7 (18... Bxh2+
19. Kh1 Nf5 20. g4 Ne7 21. Nd4 (21. Rxe7 Qxe7 22. Kxh2 f5 $1)) 19. f4 Bc7 20.
Nd4 $16 {[%csl Ga4,Rc6,Gd4,Ge1]}) (18. Nd4 Bxf4 19. Ne6 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Qb8 21.
Nxf8 Kxf8 22. f4 Bg3) 18... Bxh2+ $1 {Beggining of funny bishop dance} (18...
Qd7 19. f4 Bc7 20. Nd4 $16) 19. Kh1 Be5 20. f4 Nf5 $1 21. Rf3 ({It is not
clear, if White will get an advantage after} 21. Kg1 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Ng3 {with
possible continuation} 23. Rfe1 Rae8 24. Rxb2 (24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxb2 Qf7 26.
Qxc6 Qh5 27. Kf2 $8 Ne4+ 28. Kg1 (28. Ke3 $2 Nxd2+ (28... Nxc5+ $5 29. Kd4 Na4
$19) 29. Kxd2 Qe2+ 30. Kc1 Qe1+ 31. Kc2 Re2+ 32. Kd3 Re3+ 33. Kd4 Qc3+ 34. Kxd5
Rd3+ 35. Ke4 Qc4+ 36. Kf5 g6+ 37. Kg4 h5+ $19) 28... Qd1+ $11) 24... Ne2+ (
24... Qf7 25. Qxc6 Qh5 26. Re6 $5) 25. Kf1 Re4 26. Qa5 Qe5 $5) 21... Bxb2 22.
Rb1 Be5 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Qg4 (24. Na5 e4 25. Rb7 $140 $2 exf3 26. Rxc7 f2 $19)
24... g6 25. Na5 {A step in the falsely complex direction.} (25. Rbf1 $5 Qd7
26. Na5 Rf7 $5 $13 27. Nxc6 $140 $2 Qxc6 28. Rxf5 Qe6 $19) 25... e4 $1 26. Rb7
$2 {[%mdl 8192] A terrible mistake} (26. Rfb3 e3 $5) (26. Ra3 {[%cal Ga3a5]}
Rab8 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 $13 {leads to unclear position.}) 26... exf3 $1 27. Rxc7 f2
$19 28. Kh2 f1=Q 29. Qh3 Rf7 (29... h5 $5 30. Rxc6 Kh7 31. Rc7+ Kh8) 30. Rxf7
Kxf7 31. Qxh7+ Ng7 (31... Kf6 $5 32. Nxc6 Qf2 33. Bc3+ Kg5 $19) 32. Nb7 (32.
Nxc6 $5 Qf6) 32... Qf6 33. Nd6+ Ke6 $19 34. Kg1 (34. Bg5 Qxg5 35. Qxg7 Qf6) (
34. Qh3+ Nf5 35. Nxf5 Qxf5) 34... Rb8 35. Be1 Rb1 36. Qg8+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch 4th"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2003.03.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Black "Villamayor, Buenaventura"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 {Very popular move in modern practice.}
cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 ({I would prefer} 5... Nc6 $5 6. Bb5 Bd7 {with very good
chances for equalization, but move in the game leads , at least , to more
complicated game.}) 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. N2f3 Bb4+ (7... Be7 $5 8. Bd3 (8. g3 $5))
8. Bd2 Bxd2+ (8... O-O 9. Bc4 Bc5 10. c3 b6 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. O-O Bb7 13. Re1 $14
{1/2-1/2 Delgado,N-Vallejo Pons,F/Havana Capablanca-B 1999 (19)}) 9. Qxd2 O-O
10. c4 $146 {New move, but it doesn't look too dangerous for Black. Worth
consideration old and good move} (10. Bc4 $5 {with possible continuation} b6 (
10... Nb6 11. Be2 Qf6 12. Qe3 Nd5 13. Qe5 Qe7 14. O-O-O Nd7 15. Qg5 $14 {
Kengis,E-Glek,I/Zillertal op 1993/1-0 (63)}) 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Rhe1 Qc8 (12...
Qc7 $5) 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Nf5 $5 exf5 (14... Qc5 15. Ne7+ Qxe7 16. Qxd5 $14)
15. Qxd5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Kengis,E-Glek,I/Bonn 1993/[Kengis] (19)}) 10... Nb6 {
[%csl Rb6] Surely, it is not a best place for knight - do you remember Dr.
Tarrasch opinion about position of knight on b6!?} (10... Nf6 $5 {looks more
natural.}) 11. O-O-O (11. Be2 $5 {[%cal Ge1g1]}) 11... Qf6 12. Qe3 Bd7 {
[%cal Gf8c8]} 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Kb1 Be8 15. Be2 (15. f4 $5) (15. Bd3) 15... N8d7
{Finalised the development of all pieces} 16. Ndf3 ({It is not so easy
correctly evaluate position after} 16. f4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qe7 $13) 16... Qe7 17.
Nxd7 Bxd7 18. b3 f6 $1 {[%cal Ge6e5] It's became clear after this simple, but
strong move, that Black successfully solved all opening problems.} 19. Nd4 e5
20. Bf3 $5 Rc7 21. Rd2 Re8 (21... Qb4 $5 22. Nc2 Bf5 $13) 22. Nc2 f5 {Black's
position is quite nice, but he still has some problems with pssive position of
the knight.} 23. Rhd1 f4 $5 24. Qc3 (24. Qe4 Bc6) 24... e4 (24... Bf5 $5 {
[%cal Gb6d7]}) 25. Bh5 (25. Re2 Bf5) 25... Rf8 26. Re1 Bf5 (26... Qg5 $5 27.
Bd1 Qxg2 $13) 27. Ka1 e3 $6 {I don't like this move. Black has nothing to
worry about after} (27... Qg5 $5 28. Bd1 Qxg2 29. Nd4 Re7 $5) ({or} 27... Qh4
$5) 28. fxe3 ({Immediate was better option.} 28. Bf3 $5 $14) 28... Bxc2 29.
Rxc2 Nd5 $5 30. Qb2 (30. exf4 Nxc3 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Rxc3 Rxf4 $17) 30... Nxe3
31. Rce2 Qh4 $2 {Black rightly decided to improve position of his queen, but
this is the right quite poorly executed! Black could get nice position after} (
31... Qc5 32. Bf3 b5 $5 $15) 32. Bf3 Qxh2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Terrible blunder!} (
32... Re7 $1 $13 {still could keep balance on the board.}) 33. Qe5 $1 $18 {
[%cal Re5c7,Re2e3]} Qh4 (33... Rcf7 34. Rxe3 $18) 34. Qxc7 Qf6+ 35. Kb1 (35.
Rb2 $4 Nc2+) 1-0

[Event "Hamburg-ch int"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.05.29"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Lamprecht, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.05.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 128]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Qe2 {Rather dangerous line for black needs further
search and much better then it,s reputation} Be7 {Best move according to
modern theory, much weaker is} (9... Bd7 10. Rd1 O-O-O $2 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12.
Rxd4 Qc7 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Qe5 {1-0 Rozentalis-Shulman/Riga 1986 (14)}) 10. Bg5
a6 ({Unfortunately black can,t keep pawn-} 10... e5 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Rfe1 e4 13.
Bxc6 bxc6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qxe4 Be6 16. Nfxd4 Bd5 17. Qd3 $14 {and already
white had material advantage- 1/2-1/2 Zapata,A-Moran,A/New York op 1993 (33)})
11. Rfe1 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Rad1 O-O 14. c3 Ra7 $6 $146 {New and bad move.} ({
white,s chances are better and after} 14... Nd5 15. cxd4 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17.
Be4 Rad8 18. Nc5 $1 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Nxb7 Rd7 21. g3 Qc7 22. Ne5 $1 $16 {
1-0 Zapata,A-Lima,D/Capablanca mem-A 1994/ (30)}) ({but} 14... Rac8 $5 15. Bb1
Rfd8 16. Nbxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qc5 18. Be3 Qc7 19. a3 Nd5 20. Bc1 Bc5 {1/2-1/2
Ivanov,A-Gulko,B/Key West ch-USA 1994 (20)}) ({or} 14... Rfe8 $5 15. Bb1 Qc7
16. Nbxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Rad8 18. Qd3 g6 19. Qh3 Nh5 20. Bh6 Bf6 21. Qg4 e5 $15
{Zapata,A-Dolmatov,S/Tilburg 1993/1/2-1/2 (52) promiced not bad chances for
black.}) 15. Bb1 Nd5 ({Possibly stronger} 15... Rd8 {and after} 16. Nbxd4 Nxd4
17. Nxd4 (17. Rxd4 Bd5) 17... Qd5 {still not so easy to prove white advantage,
for example} 18. Nf3 Qc4 $8 (18... Qc6 19. Bxf6 Rxd1 (19... Bxf6 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8
21. Qd3 $18) 20. Bxe7 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1 $18) 19. Qe3 Bxf3 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $14 21.
Bxf6 $140 Qg4 $1 22. Qxf3 (22. g3 gxf6 $19) 22... Qxf3 23. gxf3 Bxf6 $15) 16.
Nbxd4 Bxg5 $2 {Another easy-minded move, much tougherwas to play} (16... Nxd4
$142 17. Rxd4 g6) 17. Nxg5 g6 $8 {Now Black needs good advice, white wins easy
after} (17... h6 18. Qc2 f5 (18... Nf6 19. Nh7 $1 Ng4 20. Nf3 $18) (18... g6
19. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 20. Qxg6+ Rg7 21. Qe8+ Qf8 22. Qxf8+ Kxf8 23. Nxe6+ $18 {
[%csl Rd5,Rg7]}) 19. Ngxe6 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 $18) 18. Qd3 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd3h3]}
({Deserves attention also} 18. Ndxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Qxe6 20. Nxe6 Nce7 21. Nxf8
Kxf8 22. Be4 $16) 18... Qe7 (18... Nf4 19. Qg3 Qb8 20. Qh4 $16) 19. Nxh7 $1 $18
{Final blow} Kxh7 (19... Re8 20. Nxe6 $1 Nf4 $1 (20... fxe6 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22.
Ng5 $18) 21. Qg3 Nxe6 (21... Nxg2 22. Bxg6 $1 (22. Rd7 $1) 22... Kh8 23. Bxf7
Qxf7 24. Nhg5 $18) 22. Rd7 {[%csl Rf6]} Kxh7 (22... Qxd7 23. Nf6+) 23. Bxg6+
Kg7 (23... fxg6 24. Rxe6 $1 Qxd7 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Rg6+ $18) 24.
Rxe7 Rxe7 (24... Nxe7 25. Rxe6) 25. Bf5+ Kf6 26. Be4 $18) 20. Nxe6 Nd8 (20...
fxe6 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Rxe6 $18) (20... Qxe6 $142 $8 21. Rxe6 Nf4
22. Qg3 Nxe6 (22... fxe6 23. Rd7+ Kg8 24. Qh4) 23. Rd7 $16 {[%cal Rg3g6]} (23.
Bxg6+ $5 fxg6 24. Qh3+)) 21. Nxf8+ Qxf8 22. Qd4 Ra8 23. Rd3 f6 (23... Kg8 24.
Rh3 f6 25. Bxg6 $18) 24. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Ordzhonikidze zt 1.9"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2000.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Berelowitsch, Alexander"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Re1 Bd6 13. h3 $5 {Maybe
this modest and not very popular move promises better chances for White than
the well known} (13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Qf3 Kxg7 17. Bh6+
Kg6 18. c3 Nh5 $1 19. Re4 $6 Kxh6 20. Rh4 Qe5 21. Qxf7 Rd7 22. Qf8+ Qg7 23. Qf3
Qf7 24. Qg4 Qg6 25. Qh3 Bc7 $19 {0-1 Berelovich,A-Barsov,A/Dieren op 1999 (34)}
) 13... O-O 14. Bg5 Bf4 (14... b5 $5 15. c3 Bb7 16. Bc2 Nd5 17. Qg4 Rfe8 18.
Qh4 g6 19. Be4 f5 $1 20. Bc2 e5 {Black got a good position in the game 1/2-1/2
Akopian,V-Levitt,J/Groningen op 1990 (30), but surely it is possible to find
an improvement for White.}) (14... Be5 15. c3 h6 16. Nf3 $1 Bxc3 17. Rc1 Qd7
18. Rxc3 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 hxg5 20. Nxg5 Bd7 21. Rc7 Bc6 22. Nxf7 Rxf7 23. Bxe6
Raf8 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Rd8+ Ne8 26. f4 $18 {1-0 Berelovich,A-Barsov,A/
Hoogeveen VAM op 1999 (40)}) 15. Bxf6 gxf6 {Here Black's pawn formation is
seriously compromised on the kingside} 16. Qh5 Kh8 17. Nf3 $1 (17. c3 Rg8 18.
Bd1 Bd7 19. Bf3 Rg6 20. Ne2 Be5 21. g3 Rag8 22. Kg2 f5 23. Rad1 Be8 24. Nd4 Bf6
$36 {1/2-1/2 Vorobiov,E-Lastin,A/RUS-Cup Tula 1999 (58)}) 17... Rg8 18. Re4 b5
19. Qh4 Bg5 20. Nxg5 Rxg5 21. Rg4 $1 Rxg4 22. hxg4 Qf4 (22... Qe7 23. c3 {
[%cal Rb3c2]} e5 $8 24. Bc2 e4 25. Re1 Bb7 26. f3 $16) 23. Rd1 Kg7 24. Qh2 $5 {
I was amazed to discover afterwards that all this is all known already and had
been played in tournament practice} (24. c3 Bb7 25. Bc2 Be4) 24... Qe4 $146 ({
The ending doesn't promise too many chances for defence for Black -} 24...
Qxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Ra7 26. Kg3 Rc7 27. c3 Bb7 28. f3 Bc8 29. Rd6 Kg6 30. Bc2+ Kg7
31. Be4 Ra7 32. Kf2 $16 {1-0 Korneev,O-Jove Rey,D/La Coruna op 2000 (38)}) 25.
Qg3 {[%cal Gg4g5]} Ra7 $6 ({It was almost obligatory to stop white's activity
with} 25... h6 $5 $14) 26. Rd8 Bd7 27. g5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg7]} Bc6 $2 (27... f5
28. Qh3 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qe5+ 30. g3 $18 {[%cal Rh3h6]}) (27... Qe5 $142 $1 28.
gxf6+ Kxf6 29. Qxe5+ Kxe5 30. Rh8 Bc6 31. Rxh7 Rd7) 28. gxf6+ $2 (28. Rg8+ Kxg8
29. gxf6+ Kf8 30. Qd6+ Ke8 31. Qb8+ Kd7 32. Qxa7+ Bb7 33. f3 Qe1+ $11) ({After
} 28. Rc8 $142 $1 $18 {Berelovich could win game quite easy, for example} Rd7
$140 $4 29. Rg8+ $1 Kxg8 30. gxf6+) 28... Kxf6 29. Qc3+ (29. Rg8 Qe1+ 30. Kh2
Qe5 $1 31. Qxe5+ Kxe5 $11) 29... Ke7 30. f3 Qf5 $6 (30... Qf4 $1 {was a better
chance for Black, but White keeps a clear advantage after} 31. Rd4 (31. Rc8 Rc7
32. Qc5+ (32. Rxc7+ Qxc7 $11) 32... Kd7 $11 {[%csl Gf4]}) 31... Qg5 32. Qb4+
Ke8 33. Rg4 $40) 31. Rg8 Rc7 (31... Rd7 32. Qxc6 Rd1+ 33. Kf2 $18) 32. Qb4+ Kd7
33. Qf8 $2 {The second time already White missed a forced victory -} (33. Qd4+
$5 Bd5 34. c4 $1 Rxc4 (34... bxc4 35. Ba4+ Ke7 36. Re8+ Kd6 37. Qb6+ $18) 35.
Bxc4 bxc4 36. Qa7+ $18 {with material and positional advantage.}) 33... Bb7 34.
Qe8+ Kd6 35. Qd8+ Kc6 (35... Rd7 $5 36. Qb6+ (36. Qb8+ Kc6) 36... Ke7 $11) 36.
Rg5 Qf4 37. Rg4 Qe3+ 38. Kh2 Kb6 $138 (38... Kb6 39. Qd6+ Bc6 40. a4 $13) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.03"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Oral, Tomas"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. Qe2 {
This rare move gain some popularity in modern practice. White temporary sac
pawn for quick development, but Black can get nice game without big troubles.}
Nf6 $5 {Alexander Huzman improves his own game- 1,5 year ago he played} (7...
Nc6 {and got unpleasand position after} 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. O-O Nf6 10. Rd1 Be7 11.
Nxd4 O-O 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qd2 Rb8 16. b3 $14 {
1-0 Sermek,D-Huzman,A/Dresden zt 1998 (34)}) 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 a6 10. O-O-O b5
11. Bd3 Bb7 $5 ({also possible} 11... Bd7 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Rhe1 Be7 14. Bh4 Qb4
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 O-O 17. Qxd4 Bc6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qxb4 Bxb4 20. c3 Be7
$11 {1/2-1/2 Roiz,M-Hari Krishna,P/Istambul ttJ 1998 (28)}) ({or} 11... Be7 $5
12. Kb1 ({Black has nothing to worry about after} 12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qd5
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Kb1 Qc5 16. Be4 Ra7 17. Bc6+ Kf8 18. Qe3 Kg8 19. Rd2 h5 20.
Be4 g6 21. Rhd1 Rc7 22. Qe2 Kg7 23. g3 h4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Dovliatov,S-Barsov,A/
Abudhabi Masters op 1999 (40)}) 12... Bb7 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 O-O 15. Rhe1
Qxd4 $5 16. Bxh7+ Nxh7 17. Rxd4 Bxg5 18. f4 Bf6 19. Rdd1 g6 $13 {1/2-1/2
Sermek,D-Naumkin,I/Porto San Giorgio op 1999 (26) with nutial chances}) 12.
Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qd5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 12] Strong novelty! After} (13... O-O-O
14. Bxb5 $1 axb5 15. Nxb5 Qb4 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Rd1+ Kc8 18. Rd4 Qa5 19. Qc4+
{1-0 Smagin,S-Levitt,J/Amantea 1993/Inf 58/ (19) White organized decisive
attack}) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nxb5 $5 {Leads to more or less force draw, but
White hadn,t big choice-black,s chances at least not worse after} (15. Kb1 Rd8
$1 (15... Qe5 16. Nxb5 Qxe2 17. Bxe2 Ke7 18. Nd4 Bxg2 19. Rhg1 $36) 16. Nxb5
Qxg2 17. Nc7+ Ke7 18. Rhg1 Qxh2) 15... Qxa2 $1 16. Nc7+ Ke7 17. Qh5 {[%tqu
"En","Try to find best move for Black","","","f8h6","",5]} Bh6+ $1 18. Qxh6
Qa1+ 19. Kd2 Qa5+ 20. Kc1 (20. Ke2 Qxc7 $15) 20... Qxc7 {Black could repeat
moves, but Huzman decides continue game, but just for few moves.} 21. Rhe1 Bd5
22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Kelly, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Re1 Be7 (8... Nc6 9. Ne4 Qd8 10. Bb5 (10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Bb5 Bc5 12. a3 Bd7 13.
b4 Bb6 14. Bf4 Ne7 15. Bd3 Bc6 $15 {1-0 Spasov,V-Hug,W/EUR-ch Istanbul 2003/ 
(45)}) 10... Bd7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. Nxf6
gxf6 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nxd4 Rad8 18. Nxc6+ Qxc6 19. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Kharlov,
A-Rustemov,A/Russia (ch) 86/(277) 2002/ (19)}) 9. Ne4 Nxe4 (9... Qc7 10. Qxd4
Nc6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Qe4 Nd4 13. Bd3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Bd7 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Rab1
O-O 17. Be5 $6 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Bc6 19. Qg3 Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Emms,J-Speelman,J/
London Simpsons 2003/The Week in Chess 460 (26)}) 10. Rxe4 Nc6 11. Bf4 $5 $146
{Interesting novelty.} ({The main move is} 11. Nxd4 {but lately White has
experienced problems in getting advantage in this line after} e5 $1 (11... O-O
12. Bf4 Qc5 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bd3 b5 15. a4 a6 16. Re3 $36 {Kasparov,G-Gelfand,
B/Astana 2001/[Kasparov,G,Gelfand,B]/1/2-1/2 (41)}) 12. Bf4 (12. Qf3 $5 Nxd4
13. Qxf7+ Kd8 14. Qxg7 Re8 15. Bf4 Bf6 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5+ Kc7 $15 {Braig,
F-Bibby,S/Bern op 1991/0-1 (40)}) 12... exf4 13. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 bxc6 15.
Rde1 Kf8 16. Rxe7 Be6 17. R1xe6 fxe6 18. Rc7 h5 $1 19. Kf1 Rh6 20. Ke2 Rf6 21.
Rxc6 Rd8 $13 {0-1 Efimenko,Z-Petrik,T/Cappelle la Grande op 2003/ (81)}) 11...
Qc5 12. Bd3 Bf6 13. a3 O-O (13... a5 $5) 14. b4 Qh5 $6 (14... Qb6 $5 15. b5 Ne7
) 15. b5 Ne7 16. Be5 $1 {[%csl Rh5]} Nd5 ({Is is quite possible that Black
should have preferred} 16... Bxe5 $5 17. Rxe5 Qh6 18. Nxd4 Ng6 $14) 17. Bxd4
Bxd4 (17... Be7 18. Qd2 $16) 18. Rxd4 Nf6 19. Qd2 (19. Qe2 $5 Qc5 $140 20. Qe5
$36) 19... a6 ({Worth considering} 19... b6 $5 20. Re1 (20. g4 Nxg4 21. Be4 Rb8
22. Rd8 Qc5 $1) (20. Rh4 Qc5) 20... Qc5 21. Qb4 Bb7 22. Ne5 $36 {with
complicated struggle with slightly better prospects for white.}) 20. b6 (20.
Rb1 $5 Bd7 21. Qe3 axb5 $140 22. Ne5 $16 {[%csl Rh5]}) 20... Qc5 21. Re1 (21.
Qb4 $5) 21... Qxb6 22. Ne5 {[%csl Gd2,Gd3,Gd4,Ge1,Ge5]} Nd5 $2 {Black slips up
in a difficult position.} (22... Qc5 23. Rh4 Qxa3 24. Ng4 $1 Qe7 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6
26. Bxh7+ Kh8 {looks extremely dangerous for black, but maybe, white can't win
by force.}) 23. Bxh7+ $3 {[%mdl 512] Exploiting the main drawback of 22...Nd5}
Kxh7 24. Rh4+ Kg8 25. Qd3 {White calmly brings more pieces into attack, making
Black's survival impossible.} g6 (25... Re8 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qh5 (27. Qh8+ Ke7
28. Qxg7 $18) 27... g6 28. Qh7 Ke7 29. Qxf7+ Kd8 30. c4 $18) (25... Rd8 26.
Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qh5 $1 Qc7 28. Rc4 $1 $18) 26. Qh3 Qa5 (26... Kg7 27. Rh7+ Kf6 28.
Nxg6 $1 $18) 27. Rh8+ Kg7 28. Qh6+ (28. Qh6+ Kf6 29. Ng4+ Ke7 30. Qxf8+ Kd7 31.
Ne5+ Kc7 32. Qd8+) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Skopje Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. c3 O-O-O 13. Qf3 $5 ({
Black easy equalize after} 13. Bg5 Qc5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qf3 Qg5 16. Rad1 Bc5
17. Bc2 f5 18. g3 Qg4 19. Qxg4 fxg4 20. Rfe1 h5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Glek,I/
Bastia Corsica Masters rapid 2001/ (34)}) 13... Qc7 14. Bg5 Bd6 15. h3 Rhg8 ({
Worth considering} 15... Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Be5 {with possible continuation} 17. Rfe1
h6 18. Bh4 Bf4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Re4 Be5 21. Rae1 Kb8 22. Qh5 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Bc6
{1/2-1/2 Agnos,D-Akopian,V/Ubeda op 1996 (29)}) 16. Rad1 h6 17. Bc1 $5 $146 ({
After} 17. Bh4 g5 $1 18. Qxf6 gxh4 19. Bc2 Bc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. f3 Qc5+ {
Nunn,J-Buhmann,R/BL 0102 2002/1/2-1/2 (57) Black has nothing to worry about.})
17... Kb8 ({It is interesting what Tiviakov had in mind if Black will play} 
17... Be5 $5 {[%cal Gg7g5] with possible continuation.} 18. Rfe1 g5 19. Qe2
Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Bf4 $11) 18. Rfe1 e5 $5 19. Nc2 {[%cal Gc2b4,Gb4d5,Gc2e3]} Bc6 ({
Maybe} 19... Bb5 20. Nb4 e4 $1 $132 {was better option.}) 20. Qf5 Bd7 21. Qd3
Bb5 22. Qe3 (22. c4 $6 Bc6) 22... Bc6 (22... g5 $5 {[%cal Gg5g4]} 23. a4 Bc6
24. Nb4 $13) 23. Nb4 $1 Bxb4 (23... Be4 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 $14
) 24. cxb4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 $36 {[%csl Gb3,Gc1][%cal Ga2a4,Gb4b5]} g5 26. a4 $1 {
Unfortunately for Black, the residence of her monarch isn't safe, which White
proves energetically.} Re8 27. b5 $5 axb5 28. axb5 Bxb5 29. Bd2 {[%cal Rd2b4,
Rb4d6] Huzman even won pawn, but now he faces serious threats.} Rd8 (29... Bc4
30. Rc1 Nd5 (30... b5 31. Bxc4 bxc4 32. b3 $16) 31. Qe4 (31. Rxc4 Nxe3 32. Rxc7
Kxc7 33. Bxe3 f5 $14) 31... Bxb3 32. Rxc7 Nxc7 33. Qf5 $16) 30. Ra1 {[%csl Rb8]
} Rd4 (30... b6 31. Bc3 Nd7 32. Bxf7 $18) 31. Ba5 ({White could play} 31. Bxf7
$5 Ne4 (31... Qxf7 $2 32. Qxe5+) 32. Bc3 Nxc3 33. bxc3 Ra4 34. Rb1 Bc6 $14 {
with advantage, but appetite comes with eating and Tiviakov pretends for more.}
) 31... Qd6 (31... b6 32. Bc3 Nd5 33. Qf3 e4 $8 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Qxe4 $16) 32.
Bxf7 Nd5 (32... Rd1+ $5 33. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 34. Kh2 Qd4 35. Bc3 $140 Qxe3 36. fxe3
Nd7 37. Be6 Kc7 $14) 33. Bxd5 $1 Qxd5 34. Bc3 {[%csl Rb8,Gc3]} Bc6 (34... Rd1+
35. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 36. Kh2 Qd5 37. Bxe5+ $16) 35. Qg3 $6 {I don't like this. Simple
} (35. f3 Rd1+ 36. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 37. Kh2 e4 $1 38. fxe4 Qd6+ 39. e5 Qd5 40. Qg3
Kc8 41. b4 $16 {promised a clear advantage to White.}) 35... Rf4 36. Ra5 (36.
f3 $5) 36... b5 $8 37. Kh2 Kb7 (37... h5 $142 $1 38. Qxg5 $140 (38. f3 g4)
38... Rxf2 39. Qxe5+ Qxe5+ 40. Bxe5+ Kc8 $11) 38. b4 Rc4 $6 {Serious mistake,
after} (38... h5 $142 $1 $11 {Black could get equal chances.}) 39. Bxe5 Rxb4
40. Ra3 Ra4 $2 {Second and already decisive mistake.} (40... Rb1 $142 $1 41.
Rd3 Qe4 $14) 41. Rd3 Qf7 42. Rd6 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Rg5,Rh6]} Ra2 43. Rf6 Qd5 44.
Rxh6 b4 45. Rd6 (45. Rf6 $5) 45... Qc5 (45... Qf7 46. Kg1 $5) 46. Bd4 Qf5 47.
Rf6 Qd5 48. Be5 $1 {[%cal Rg3g5]} Re2 $8 49. Rf5 Qc5 (49... b3 50. Rxg5 b2 51.
Bxb2 Qxg2+ 52. Qxg2 Bxg2 53. Kxg2 Rxb2 54. Rd5 $18) 50. Bb8 $1 {Beggining of
the end!} Qe7 51. Rxg5 {This rook had a splendid career in this game} Rxf2 (
51... Qd7 52. Ra5) 52. Qxf2 1-0

[Event "NED-ch60"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2005.09.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[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"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. Qe2 Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 Qb4+ (9... Be7 10. O-O-O e5 11. Bb5 Bg4 12. Qxe5 Qxe5 13. Nxe5
Bxd1 14. Nxc6 Be2 15. Nxe7+ Bxb5 16. Nf5 O-O 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nbxd4 Bd7 19.
Rd1 Bxf5 20. Nxf5 Rfd8 21. Nd4 Rac8 22. c3 Rc5 23. Kc2 Rg5 {1/2-1/2 Zaw Win
Lay-Villamayor,B/Asean GM Bangkok 2004/ChessBase (32)}) ({RR} 9... a6 $5) 10.
Bd2 Qb6 11. O-O-O Bd7 (11... Be7 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Be5 O-O 14. Nbxd4 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Nf4 16. Qe4 Ng6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. h4 Qc5 19. Nb3 Qxf2 20. h5 Qf5 21. Qe2
Bf6 22. Rdf1 Qe5 {1-0 Berg,E-Nygren,D/Stockholm RC 2005/ (60)}) 12. Bg5 (12.
Bf4 Bc5 13. Ne5 O-O 14. g4 Rfd8 15. Rhg1 Be8 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Be5 Be7 18. g5
Nd7 19. Bxd4 Rac8 20. Bd3 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Bxc5 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 {0-1 Koscielski,
J-Malakhatko,V/Bad Zwesten op 2005 (53)}) 12... Rc8 (12... h6 $5 13. Bxf6 gxf6
14. Nbxd4 O-O-O 15. Kb1 Bc5 16. Nb3 Be7 17. Rhe1 Kb8 18. Nfd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Ba4
20. Nb3 Qc7 $15 {Todorevic,G (2511)-Nogueiras,J (2545)/Dos Hermanas Internet
knockout 2005/1/2-1/2 (46)}) (12... Bc5 13. Kb1 $5 (13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Qxe5 Bd6
15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Bc5 17. Rhe1 O-O-O 18. f3 Rhe8 {1/2-1/2 Satyapragyan,
S-Lahno,K/Dubai op 2004/}) 13... O-O-O 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Bd6 16. Qe2 h6 (
16... e5) 17. Bd2 Bb4 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. Nxd4 Kb8 20. f4 Qc5 21. Nf3 Ng4 22. Rd4
Bc8 $11 {Adams,M-Akopian,V/Enghien-les-Bains 88/248 2003/ 1/2-1/2 (61)}) 13.
Nbxd4 {[%cal Cc6a5,Ca5c4,Gd4e6] This is a new try, but as this game shows,
Black has nothing to fear here} ({White played few times} 13. Nfxd4 $5 {
keeping control under c5 square and it is not easy for black to equalize game,
for example} Be7 14. Bxf6 $5 (14. Nb5 Nb4 15. Be3 Qc6 16. Na5 Qe4 17. Nxa7 Ra8
18. Bb5 O-O 19. Bxd7 Rxa7 20. f3 Nxa2+ 21. Kb1 Qb4 22. Nb3 b6 23. Rd4 Qc3 $132
{Ginsburg,G-Luther,T/BL2 0001 2001/0-1 (28)}) 14... Bxf6 ({Worth considering} 
14... gxf6 15. Bb5 $14) 15. Nb5 Be5 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Qc7 18. Rhd1 $36)
13... Be7 (13... Nxd4 $5 {is also possible, but after} 14. Rxd4 (14. Nxd4 Qc5
15. Bxf6 (15. Nxe6 $2 fxe6 16. Rxd7 Nxd7 $1 17. Qxe6+ Be7 18. f4 Kd8 $19) 15...
Qxc4 16. Qxc4 Rxc4 $15) 14... Bc5 15. Rd2 $14 {white keeps initiative: his
pieces are more active and king better protected.}) 14. Nxc6 (14. Nb5 $5 Nb4 $1
) 14... Bxc6 (14... bxc6 15. Ne5 $16) 15. Ne5 O-O ({Another promising
possibility was} 15... Ba4 $1 16. Rd2 (16. b3 O-O $1 17. Be3 $140 Ba3+ 18. Kb1
Bc5 $11) 16... O-O $11) 16. Nxf7 $6 {Looks tempting, but doesn't work properly!
} (16. f4 $5 {leads to balanced position.}) 16... Bd5 $1 (16... Rxf7 $2 17.
Qxe6 Rcf8 18. Qxe7 $18) 17. Ne5 $2 {Another step in wrong direction.} ({
After simple} 17. Bxd5 $140 $1 Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Rxf7 19. Bh4 Nb4 $1 20. Kb1 Nxc2
21. Qd3 $1 {white's position is very solid.}) 17... Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Qa6 19. Rd4
Rc5 (19... Bc5 20. Rh4 h6 $1 (20... Qxa2 $2 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Bxf6 Rc7 $8 23.
Qe5 $1 $18) 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 $15 {[%cal Gf6f2,Ga6a2]}) 20. Bd2 {[%tqu "En","What
will be your choice now?","","","e6e5","",10]} Qxa2 (20... e5 $1 {was very
strong move and White needs already good advice.After almost forced} 21. Bb4 (
21. Rh4 Qxa2 22. Na3 Rfc8 $19) 21... exd4 22. Qxe7 Rcc8 {Ernst could win game
at once. But move in the game also not bad.}) 21. Bb4 (21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. c3 (
22. Bb4 Ng8) 22... Rc7 $36 {[%cal Ce6e5,Ce5c7,Rb7b5]}) 21... Rd5 ({Funny move} 
21... Re5 $5 {could be interesting alternative to the text, for example} 22.
Nxe5 (22. Qxe5 $2 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Bxb4+ 24. c3 Qxh1 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. cxb4 (26.
Ne5 Bc5) 26... Qxg2 $17) 22... Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Bxb4+ 24. Rxb4 Qxh1 $15) 22. Qxe6+
Kh8 23. Qxe7 Rc8 $6 {Serious mistake!} ({It looks that Ernst could get clear
advanatage after} 23... Qa1+ $142 24. Kd2 Rxd4+ 25. Ke3 (25. Kc3 $2 Rxc4+ $1
26. Kb3 (26. Kxc4 Qa2+ 27. Kd3 Qd5+ 28. Ke2 Re8 $19) 26... Rxb4+) 25... Re4+ $1
26. Kd2 (26. Qxe4 Qxh1 27. Qxb7 Re8+ $19) 26... Rxe7 27. Rxa1 Rd8+ 28. Kc1 Re2
$17 {and White hasn't too many chances for survival.}) 24. Rxd5 $2 {Nijboer
has obviously lost the thread.} (24. Bc3 $142 $1 Rxd4 $8 (24... Qa1+ 25. Kd2
Rxd4+ 26. Bxd4 Qxh1 27. Nd6 $18) 25. Bxd4 Qxc4 26. Bc3 $16) 24... Nxd5 25. Qxb7
$4 {This terrible move reverses the outcome of the game.} (25. Qe6 $1 Qxc4 $8
26. Bc3 $8 Qf4+ 27. Bd2 (27. Kb1 Nxc3+ 28. bxc3 Rf8 $15 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3]}) 27...
Rxc2+ $1 28. Kb1 $8 (28. Kxc2 Qc4+ $19) 28... Rxb2+ $1 29. Ka1 Ra2+ $1 30. Kb1
Rb2+ $11 {This nice variation resembles famous game Steinitz-Fon Bardeleben
Hastings 1895. It will be nice end of interesting game.}) 25... Qxc4 26. Bc3 (
26. c3 Nxb4) 26... Nxc3 27. bxc3 Qf4+ $1 {Possibly Friso forget about this
check. Pity, but it is could happen with everyone!} (27... Qf4+ 28. Kb1 Rb8)
0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Varavin, Viktor"]
[Black "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. c3 {This interesting move became
very popular in modern practice} Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf6 $146 {New and
maybe not the best one move} (7... Nge7 8. O-O Ng6 9. a3 Be7 10. b4 O-O 11. Bb2
Nf4 12. Bc2 b6 13. e5 Bd7 14. g3 Ng6 15. Bd3 f6 16. Qe2 fxe5 17. dxe5 b5 18.
Rac1 Na7 19. Nd4 $16 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Nikolic,P/Amber rapid 1998 (46)}) (7...
Nb4 8. Be2 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Be7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Bf4 Nd5
14. Bg3 b5 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. Qf3 Bb7 18. Bd3 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 f6 20.
Qh5 h6 21. Qg6 fxe5 22. Qh7+ {Brunold,T-Kupper,P/Graechen op 1999/0-1 (32)}) ({
Black continued as usual in this position} 7... dxe4 $5 8. Nxe4 Be7 (8... Nb4
9. Bb1 Be7 10. Ne5 Nf6 11. Ng5 O-O 12. O-O g6 13. Ngf3 Nc6 14. Bg5 Bd7 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. Be4 Rb8 $1 17. Rc1 Ne7 $11 {0-1 Smirin,I-Dolmatov,S/Klaipeda 1988 (42)
}) 9. O-O Nf6 {with unclear game, for example} 10. a3 (10. Be3 O-O 11. Ne5 Bd7
12. Qf3 Rc8 13. Rad1 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 f5 $1 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bf4
Qd5 18. Qe3 Bf6 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Be5 Bxe5 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Short,N/Elista ol
1998 (20)}) 10... O-O 11. Be3 Nd5 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Qc2 h6 14. Nc5 Rd8 15. b4 Bd7
16. Bc4 Bf8 17. Qe4 Nce7 18. Ne5 Bb5 $13 {1-0 Short,N-Kiriakov,P/Isle of Man
op 1999/CBM 74 (45)}) 8. e5 Nd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Nb3 ({Also possible} 10. Re1 $5
{[%cal Gd2f1,Gf1g3]}) 10... a5 $5 {[%cal Ga5a3,Gb7b6,Gc8a6]} 11. a4 Nb4 ({
Deserves attention} 11... b6 $5 $13 {with the draem to exchange in future
light coloured bishops.}) 12. Bb1 b6 13. Re1 Ba6 14. Bd2 Rc8 15. Nc1 $14 Nf8 {
Too creative! It was not easy for White to organize real attack on the king
side after simple} (15... O-O $5) 16. Ra3 $1 {[%cal Ga3g3]} g5 $6 {[%csl Re8]
Continuation of the wrong plan The text move is artificial and throws Black
into serious trouble. It is clear that it is not Black who must play on this
side of the board!} 17. h3 h5 18. Rc3 $1 Rc4 (18... g4 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Nh2
Rxc3 21. bxc3 g3 22. fxg3 Nc6 23. Nf3 $16) 19. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2g3,Ge2c3]} Rg8 (
19... g4 20. hxg4 hxg4 21. Nh2 {[%csl Rg4]}) 20. Nh2 Qd7 21. Rg3 $16 {Black
has many weaknesses and now it is just question of time when White'll organize
decisive attack} Rc7 22. Nc3 {[%csl Gc3,Re8,Rg5,Rh5]} h4 23. Rf3 {[%cal Rh2g4,
Rg4f6]} Qc6 24. Ng4 Rg7 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. exf6 $1 {Even stronger, than} (26.
Rxf6 Bd3 27. Rh6 $16 {also with big advantage}) 26... Rg8 27. Rf5 $1 $18 {
[%cal Gf5g5] Final blow!} g4 28. hxg4 Kd8 (28... Nd7 29. Qf3 Kd8 30. Rh5) 29.
Rg5 (29. Rh5 $5) 29... Rxg5 30. Bxg5 Qc4 31. Bh6 $1 (31. Re3 $5 {[%csl Rd3]
[%cal Ge3h3]}) 31... Nd7 32. Bf4 Rc8 33. g5 {[%cal Gd1h5]} Nd3 34. Bxd3 Qxd3
35. Qh5 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 (10... Bd7 11. c3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Nb5
Bxb5 14. Bxb5+ Ke7 15. g3 $14 {[%csl Gb5,Gc1]}) 11. Bb3 (11. Re1 $5) 11... Qc7
12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Kh1 $5 (13. h3 O-O 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. c3 b5 16. Rfe1 Bb7 17. Qh5
Nc5 18. Bc2 g6 19. Qh4 Rfe8 20. Re3 Be7 21. Rae1 Rad8 22. b4 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Rd5
24. Nf5 $1 $40 {1-0 Akopian,V-Gonzalez Garcia,J/Wch KO Tripoli 2004/(38)})
13... O-O 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. c3 Ne5 16. Qh3 $5 (16. Qh5 $5 Ng6 17. Bc2 h6 18. Bd2
(18. Nf3 b5 19. Rad1 Bf4 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. Qe5 Qxe5 22. Nxe5 Bb7 23. f3 Rfd8
$11 {Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Reggio Emilia 1991//1/2-1/2 (44)}) 18... Bf4 19. Rad1
Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Nf4 21. Qh4 Bd7 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23. Nf3 Nd5 24. Qg3 $14 {Rublevsky,
S-Gouliev,N/FRA t-ch 2004/1-0 (46)}) 16... Ng6 17. Rad1 $5 $146 (17. Bc2 h6 18.
Be3 Nf4 19. Qf3 Bd7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Qe4 Ng6 22. Qg4 Nf4 23. Qh4 Bc8 $11 {
Vokarev,S-Biriukov,O/St Petersburg 300 Years 2003//1/2-1/2 (57)}) 17... b5 (
17... b6 $5) ({Worth considering} 17... Nf4 $5 18. Qh4 (18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. Bc2
g6 {[%csl Gf4]}) 18... h6 19. Bc2 Ng6 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Be3 e5 $13) 18. Bc2 Bf4
(18... Re8 $5) 19. Nf3 {[%cal Gf3g5] This is also a typical maneuver for such
positions.} (19. Bxg6 $6 hxg6 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Nc6 Qf6 $11) (19. Be4 Ra7 20.
Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Nc6 Rc7 23. Rd4 Qf5 $1) 19... e5 20. Qh5 Bb7 $8 21.
Bxf4 $1 Bxf3 (21... exf4 $2 22. Ng5 h6 23. Nxf7 $18) 22. Qxf3 Nxf4 23. g3 {
[%csl Gc2,Rf4] In my opinion White has some advantage here; maybe small, but
lasting.} Ng6 (23... Ne6 24. Rfe1 $5 $14) 24. Bb3 Rad8 25. h4 $36 Rfe8 (25...
h6 $5) 26. Rfe1 (26. h5 $5 Nf8) 26... Rxd1 27. Rxd1 e4 (27... Nf8 $5 $14) 28.
Qf5 {Despite numerous exchanges, White has maintained an edge.} Nf8 (28... Re7
29. Qd5 $36) 29. Re1 {[%csl Re4]} g6 (29... Qd7 $142 $5 30. Qd5 $5 Qxd5 31.
Bxd5 Rd8 32. c4 bxc4 33. Bxc4 Rd2 $14 {Of course an endgame is in White's
favour but Black will have good chances for succesful defence.}) 30. Qf6 {
[%cal Gh4h5] White succeeded to consolidate all his pieces and has strong
pressure in the center and king's side.} Qb7 31. Kg1 (31. h5 $5 $16 {[%cal
Rh5h6]} e3+ $140 32. Kh2) 31... Ne6 32. Rd1 {Despite the reduced material,
White can still generate dangerous threats.} (32. h5 $5) 32... e3 $6 {Black
slips up in a difficult position.} (32... Qe7 $142 33. Qxe7 Rxe7 34. Rd6 $36 {
[%csl Gb3,Gd6]}) 33. fxe3 Qe4 {This attempt meets the tactical refutation.} 34.
Rd7 $1 Qxe3+ (34... Rf8 35. Rxf7 Qxe3+ 36. Kh2 Rxf7 37. Bxe6 $18) 35. Kh2 Qe2+
36. Kh3 $18 Ng5+ 37. hxg5 $1 (37. Qxg5 $2 Qf1+ 38. Kg4 h5+ $19) 37... Qh5+ 38.
Kg2 Re2+ 39. Kf1 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kaminski, Marcin"]
[Black "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 {Rare and modest move doesn,t
promise any advantage to white, but even Kasparov the Great played it once!} ({
More common is} 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4) 5... Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 ({White
could play also} 7. Bc4 {but after , for example} Qd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Qc7 10.
Nb3 Bd6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Bd3 b6 13. Nbd4 a6 14. Rad1 Bb7 $11 {0-1 Li Ruofan-Yu
Shaoteng/Beijing op 1997 (34) Black is Ok}) 7... b6 (7... Nbd7 8. Qe2 b6 9. Ne4
Bb7 10. Nxc5 Qxc5 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bd4 Nc5 14. Be5 Qe7 15. Bc4 Ncd7
16. Bd4 Rac8 17. Bb3 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,Y-Speelman,J/Leeuwarden op 1997 (17)}) (
{Black did well and after} 7... O-O 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. Ne4 ({after} 9. Nb3 Qh5 10.
O-O b6 11. Bf4 Qg4 12. Bg3 Bb7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Qxe5 Rac8 {0-1 Mainka,R-Glek,I/
Bad Zwesten op 1999 (23) chances are approximately equal}) 9... b6 10. Nxc5
Qxc5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Bd4 Bb7 13. O-O-O Nc5 14. Be5 Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 Qc4 $1 {
0-1 Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Reggio Emilia 1991/Inf 53 (49) with complicated game})
8. Qe2 Bb7 9. b3 $146 {New move, doesn,t changed estimation position as equal.}
(9. Nb3 Nbd7 10. Bg5 (10. Bf4 a6 11. O-O-O Qh5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nd5 14. Bd2
O-O 15. c4 Ne7 $13 {Martinovic-Marjanovic/Yugoslavia Ch 1986/0-1 (35)}) 10...
h6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. O-O-O Qh5 13. Nbd4 Be7 14. Rhg1 Qa5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lastin,
A-Komarov,D/YUG t-ch 1999 (14)}) 9... Nc6 10. Bb2 O-O-O 11. Bc4 (11. O-O Nd4
12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Rad1 $13) (11. Ba6 $5) 11... Qf5 12. Bd3 Qh5 {Kruppa doesn,t
want to repeat moves- clear mark that white got nothing from opening.} 13. Ba6
Qg6 14. Bxb7+ Kxb7 15. O-O-O ({In the case of pawn sacrifice} 15. O-O Qxc2 16.
Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rac1 Qd3 $17 {white will not get reasonable compensation.}) 15...
Nb4 $1 16. Nc4 (16. Qc4 Rc8 $5 {[%cal Rc8c2]} 17. Ne5 $140 Qf5 18. g4 Nxg4 $1)
16... Qe4 $5 ({Much weaker was to continue} 16... Nxa2+ 17. Kb1 Nb4 18. Nfe5 {
[%csl Rf7]}) 17. Qxe4+ Nxe4 18. Bxg7 Nxf2 $1 19. Bxh8 Nxd1 20. Rxd1 {Kaminsky
decides to play ending N+N versus R+P} ({He could try} 20. a3 $5 {but after
almost force} Na2+ $1 21. Kb1 Nac3+ 22. Bxc3 Nxc3+ 23. Kb2 Nd1+ 24. Kc1 Nf2 25.
Rf1 b5 $1 26. b4 bxc4 27. bxc5 Ne4 28. Ne5 f5 $15 {it still will be not so
easy for White to make draw.}) 20... Nxa2+ 21. Kb2 Rxd1 22. Kxa2 Rf1 {[%cal
Gf1f2,Rf2c2,Rf2h2]} 23. Bc3 Rf2 24. Ne1 (24. b4 $5) 24... Re2 25. Kb2 (25. Ne5
$5 Bf2 26. N5d3) 25... b5 26. Na5+ (26. b4 $6 bxc4 (26... Bf2 27. Na5+ Kc7 28.
Nf3) 27. bxc5 Kc6 $17 {[%csl Rc5,Rg2,Rh2]}) 26... Kc7 27. b4 Bd6 28. Nb3 (28.
h3 Bg3) 28... a6 (28... Bxh2 $6 29. Nd4) 29. Nc1 $2 {Serious mistake. White
could keep balance if they will continue} (29. Nd4 $1 Rf2 (29... Re4 30. Nef3
e5 $140 31. Nf5) 30. Ndf3 {and maybe best what black could do is the move
repetition} Re2 $5 $11) 29... Re4 $1 {[%csl Rb4,Rh2] Now Kaminsky lose another
pawn and black,s wictory is just question of time} 30. Ncd3 Bxh2 31. Nc5 Re2
32. Nxa6+ Kc6 {[%cal Rh2g3]} 33. Nc5 Bg3 34. Ncd3 e5 35. Nf3 f6 $1 $19 {
[%csl Rg2,Gh7]} 36. Nde1 Kd5 {[%cal Re5e4]} 37. Kc1 e4 38. Nd4 Rxe1+ 39. Bxe1
Bxe1 40. Kd1 $2 {Desperation. White still could try to organise some small
resistance after} (40. Nxb5 Bxb4 $19 {[%cal Gf6f4,Gh7h3]}) 40... Kxd4 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Black "Biriukov, Oleg V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. b3 Qc7 12. Qe2 (12. Bb2 Bd6 13. Nf3 b5
14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Qe2 Nd5 16. Be4 O-O 17. g3 f5 18. Bd3 Rae8 19. Be5 Nc3 20. Qe3
Bxe5 21. Nxe5 f4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kholmov,R-Gretarsson,H/Pardubice op 1999 (66)})
12... Be7 {Modest move, most principal move in this position is, surely} (12...
Bc5 {and after for example} 13. Bb2 (13. Nf5 O-O 14. Nxg7 Kxg7 15. Bb2 {
1-0 Geller,E-Kindermann,S/Dortmund 1989 (23)} Rg8 $1 $13) 13... O-O 14. Nf3 b5
15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. a4 Bd4 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra7 Qb8 21.
Rfa1 Be4 22. Nf3 Bxd3 {1/2-1/2 Ochsner,T-Brinck Claussen,B/DEN t-ch 2000 (22)
Black doing well}) ({Deserves attention and} 12... Bd6 {with big and unclear
complications-} 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Nxg7 Be5 $1 16. Bh6 $1 Bxa1 17.
Rxa1 Qc5 $5 18. Rd1 b5 19. Be3 Qe5 20. f4 Ne4 $1 21. fxe5 Ng3+ 22. Kh2 Nxe2 23.
Bxe2 Kxg7 24. Bg5 f5 25. exf6+ Kg6 26. Bh4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Cseshkovsky,
V-Stirenkov,V/USSR i48 1989 (34)}) 13. a4 $146 (13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nf3 b5 15. Bd3
Nd5 16. Be5 Bd6 17. c4 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 bxc4 19. bxc4 Nf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zuidema,
C-Fuchs,R/Vrnjacka Banja zt 1967 (30)}) 13... O-O 14. Bb2 Rd8 15. Rad1 Bd6 16.
Nf3 Bd7 17. Rd4 $5 {This rook lift allows White to create concrete threats in
the near future} ({Black has nothing to worry about after} 17. Bxf6 gxf6) 17...
b5 $1 18. Bd3 (18. axb5 $6 axb5 19. Bxb5 Bxb5 (19... Ra2 $5) 20. Qxb5 Qxc2 $36)
18... e5 19. Rh4 Re8 20. axb5 Bxb5 $5 (20... axb5 21. Re1 Ra2 $6 22. Bxe5 $1
Bc6 23. Bxd6 (23. Bxh7+ $6 Nxh7 24. Qd3 Bxe5 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27.
Qxg7 Kd8 $1 28. Nxe5 Qxe5 $1) 23... Qxd6 24. Qd1 $16) 21. c4 Bc6 {[%csl Rb3]
[%cal Gc7b7]} 22. Qe3 Qb7 23. c5 Bc7 24. Bc4 {[%csl Gc4]} Re7 25. Rd1 Rae8 26.
Rh3 $1 {[%cal Gf3h4,Gh4f5] Prreparing so dangerous for black knight
activization.} h6 27. Nh4 Nd5 $6 ({Much stronger} 27... Rd7 $142 $5 28. Rxd7
Bxd7 29. Rg3 Qe4 $132) 28. Qg3 {[%cal Rh4f5] Black monarch now in serious
danger} (28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Nf5 Re6 30. Rg3 Rg6 31. Rxg6 fxg6 32. Nd6 Bxd6 33.
cxd6 Qxb3 34. Qxb3 Bxb3 $11) 28... Re6 $8 29. Qg4 Rf6 (29... Nf6 30. Qe2 Bb5 $1
31. Nf5 $36) 30. Rg3 g6 31. Nf5 Kh7 32. Nxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512] This knight
sacrifice is absolutely correct and it looks that White must win game just in
few moves.} Kxh6 33. Qh4+ Kg7 34. Rh3 g5 {What else?} (34... Rfe6 35. Qh7+ Kf8
36. Bxd5 Bxd5 37. Bc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1g5]} e4 (37... Ke7 38. Bg5+ Kd7 39. Rhd3 $18
) 38. Qh6+ Ke7 39. Qg5+ Kd7 40. Rxd5+ $16 {looks terrible}) (34... Rf5 {
also meet refutation} 35. g4 $1 Nf4 (35... Rf4 36. Bxd5 Rxg4+ (36... Bxd5 37.
Qh6+ Kf6 38. Qxf4+ $18) 37. Qxg4 Bxd5 38. Qh4 $18) 36. Qh6+ Kf6 37. Rg3 $5 $40
{with decisive attack}) 35. Qh7+ Kf8 {[%tqu "En","Try to find correct and nice
way to victory","","","b2a3","",0]} 36. Re1 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Terrible mistake!}
(36. Ba3 $3 {[%cal Ra3f8,Rd1d5] wins very quickly-} g4 (36... Nb4 37. Bxb4 Qxb4
38. Rh6 $1 $18) 37. Rxd5 Ke7 (37... gxh3 38. Rd7 $1) 38. Re3 $18) 36... Ree6 $1
(36... Qb4 $1) 37. Qd3 Nf4 $19 {Situation on the board changed completely just
in two moves} 38. Rh8+ Ke7 39. Qd2 Nxg2 $6 (39... Bb5 $1) 40. Bxe6 $2 (40. Rxe5
$1 Nf4 41. Bxe6 Nxe6 {was the last chance to organize some resistance} 42. Rxg5
$1 $17) 40... Nxe1 41. Bg4 Nf3+ 42. Bxf3 Bxf3 43. c6 Qxc6 44. Rc8 Qd7 45. Ba3+
Ke6 0-1

[Event "Athens Acropolis"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "2004.11.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schmaltz, Roland"]
[Black "Foisor, Ovidiu Doru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. Qe2 $5 Nf6
8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 Qb4+ (9... Be7 10. O-O-O e5 11. Bb5 Bg4 12. Qxe5 Qxe5 13.
Nxe5 Bxd1 14. Nxc6 Be2 15. Nxe7+ Bxb5 16. Nf5 O-O 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nbxd4 Bd7
19. Rd1 Bxf5 20. Nxf5 Rfd8 21. Nd4 Rac8 22. c3 Rc5 23. Kc2 Rg5 {1/2-1/2 Zaw
Win Lay-Villamayor,B/Asean GM Bangkok 2004/ChessBase (32)}) (9... a6 $5) 10.
Bd2 Qb6 11. O-O-O Bd7 (11... Be7 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Be5 O-O 14. Nbxd4 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Nf4 16. Qe4 Ng6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. h4 Qc5 19. Nb3 Qxf2 20. h5 Qf5 21. Qe2
Bf6 22. Rdf1 Qe5 {1-0 Berg,E-Nygren,D/Stockholm RC 2005/ (60)}) 12. Bg5 Rc8 $6
{I don't like this move.} (12... Bc5 $142 $5 {with possible continuation} 13.
Kb1 (13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Qxe5 Bd6 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Bc5 17. Rhe1 (17. f3 h6
18. Bh4 a6 19. Rhe1 O-O-O 20. Rd3 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 g5 22. Bg3 Bb5 23. Bxb5 Rxd4
24. Be5 Rf4 25. g3 Rf5 26. Bd3 Rxe5 {1/2-1/2 Deepan,C-Vakhidov,T/Pune op 2004/
The Week in Chess 514}) 17... O-O-O 18. f3 Rhe8 {1/2-1/2 Satyapragyan,S-Lahno,
K/Dubai op 2004/The Week in Chess 494}) 13... O-O-O 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Bd6
16. Qe2 h6 (16... Bc6 17. Rxd4 Bb4 18. Be3 Rxd4 19. Bxd4 Qc7 20. Bxa7 b6 21.
Ba6+ Kd8 22. Qc4 Bd6 23. Bb8 Qd7 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. f3 Ke7 {0-1 Vysochin,
S-Kobylkin,E/UKR-ch Kharkov 2004/ (76)}) 17. Bd2 Bb4 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. Nxd4 Kb8
20. f4 Qc5 21. Nf3 Ng4 22. Rd4 Bc8 23. Rhd1 Rxd4 24. Nxd4 e5 25. h3 exd4 26.
hxg4 Bxg4 27. Qxg4 {Adams,M-Akopian,V/Enghien-les-Bains 88/248 2003/ 1/2-1/2 
(61)}) 13. Nfxd4 Nxd4 $6 $146 {A new and rather provocative continuation which
is possible to evaluate as another step in the wrong direction.} (13... Be7
$142 14. Bxf6 $5 (14. Nb5 Nb4 15. Be3 Qc6 16. Na5 Qe4 17. Nxa7 Ra8 18. Bb5 O-O
19. Bxd7 Rxa7 20. f3 Nxa2+ 21. Kb1 Qb4 22. Nb3 b6 23. Rd4 Qc3 24. Bb5 Qc7 25.
Qc4 Qb8 26. Bd2 Nd5 27. Qe2 Rc8 28. Rc4 {Ginsburg,G-Luther,T/BL2 0001 2001/0-1}
) 14... Bxf6 15. Nb5 Be5 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Qc7 18. Rhd1 $36) 14. Rxd4 Bc5
{Now White could destroy his opponent's pawn structure and get the better
position without any counter-play for Black.} ({But and after more solid} 14...
Be7 15. Rhd1 Bc6 $8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 (16... gxf6 17. Qg4 Kf8 18. Qh3 $16 {[%csl
Rf8]}) 17. Bxe6 O-O (17... fxe6 18. Qxe6+ $18) 18. Bxc8 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Rxc8 20.
Nf5 $16 {white's advantahe is obvious}) 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nxc5 Rxc5 (16... Qxc5
17. Rhd1 b5 $8 18. Bb3 Rd8 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. Qh6 $18 {[%csl Re8][%cal Rd4d8]})
17. Rhd1 {Black king gets stuck in the centre for a long time , which gives
White an edge.} Bc6 (17... Ba4 18. Qf3 Ke7 (18... f5 19. Qa3 {[%csl Ra4][%cal
Gd4d8]}) 19. Qa3 Bb5 20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21. Rb4 Qc6 22. Rxb7+ $1 Qxb7 23. Qxc5+ $18)
18. Bxe6 $1 {Refuting his opponent's strategy in the most energetic way.} O-O
19. Bb3 $18 Rg5 (19... Re8 20. Qg4+ Rg5 21. Qf4 Bxg2 22. Rd7 $18 {[%csl Gb3,
Gd7]}) 20. Qe7 (20. f4 $142 $5 Rxg2 21. Qe7 {[%cal Rd4d8]} Kg7 22. Rd6 $18)
20... Qc5 $8 21. Qxf6 (21. Qxc5 Rxc5 22. Bd5 {also enough for victory, but why
white must exchange queens!? These simplifications could make Black's task
easier}) 21... Rxg2 22. Rf4 Qh5 $8 23. h4 a6 (23... Qg6 24. Qe7) 24. c3 Qg6 25.
Qe7 Kg7 (25... Qh6 26. Bxf7+ Kh8 27. Kb1 $1) 26. Qe5+ (26. Rd6 $5 Qh5 (26...
Rg1+ 27. Kd2) 27. Rdf6) 26... Kg8 (26... f6 27. Qe7+) 27. Bxf7+ $1 (27. Bxf7+
Rxf7 28. Rd8+) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O (7. Qe2
$5) 7... Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. b3 {I strongly believe,
that playing this move White can't pretend for real advantage.} (11. Re1 $5) (
11. Bb3 $5) 11... Qc7 12. Bb2 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. Nf3 ({Worth considering
profilactio move} 14. a4 $5 {but any case after for example} e5 (14... b6 15.
Qe2 Bb7 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. Nf3 Nh5 18. Rd4 Bc5 19. Rg4 g6 20. Ne5 Rad8 21. Rg5
$40 {1-0 Nisipeanu,L-Thessing,M/Deutschland 2000 (41)}) 15. Nf3 Bd7 16. Qe2
Rae8 17. Rad1 e4 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. Rfe1 e3 $5 20. fxe3 Bc5 21. Nf1 Ne4 22. Qg4 g6
$44 {1/2-1/2 Lukez,F-Ivanov,S/SWE t-ch 1999 (46) Black got comfortable
position.}) 14... b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Re1 Rfd8 {[%csl Gb7,Gd6,Gd8]} 17. Ne5 Ne4
$1 $146 {[%csl Gb7,Gd6,Gd8,Re5] Important novelty! Black achieved everything
he wanted from the opening and all his pieces have occupied ideal positions.} (
17... Bb4 18. Ng4 Ne4 $5 (18... Nd5 $5) 19. Nh6+ Kf8 20. Qg4 f5 21. Nxf5 exf5
22. Qxf5+ Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rxe4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Rac8 $14 {Antognini,
F-Malakhatko,V/Winterthur op 2003//0-1 (70)}) 18. Bxe4 (18. Qf3 Bxe5 19. Bxe5
Qxe5 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qc3 $15) 18... Bxe4 19. Qd4 (19. Rxe4 Bxe5 20. Qc1
Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Rd2 22. Rg4 e5 $5 $17) 19... Bxc2 20. Rac1 Ba3 $5 {Playing
naturally Filippov reached big advantage.} (20... f6 $5) 21. Nd7 Bxb2 22. Qxb2
(22. Nf6+ $2 gxf6 23. Qxb2 Rac8 24. Qxf6 Qc3 25. Re5 Qd2 $19) 22... Rac8 (22...
Rxd7 $5 23. Rxc2 Qd6 $17) 23. Ne5 Qc3 $1 24. Qxc3 (24. Qa3 a5 $5) 24... Rxc3
25. Re2 ({White should have preferred} 25. b4 $5) 25... Rdc8 26. Rd2 b4 $1 ({
I think that Black rightly avoided the line} 26... f6 $6 27. Nc4 $5 bxc4 28.
Rdxc2 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 c3 30. Kf1 {[%csl Rc3]}) 27. Re1 h5 28. h4 Bf5 29. Nc4 Rd3
30. Rxd3 Bxd3 31. Ne3 (31. Rd1 Bxc4 32. Rc1 Kf8 33. bxc4 Ke7 $19) 31... f6 32.
Rd1 Bb5 33. Rd4 Rc1+ (33... a5 $5) 34. Kh2 Ra1 35. Rxb4 Rxa2 36. Kg3 Rb2 $1 {
[%csl Rb4]} 37. Nd1 Rd2 38. Ne3 Rd3 39. Kf3 {Postny desperately tries to bring
king to the center of the board.} Kf7 40. Ke4 Rd2 (40... e5 41. f4 $5) 41. Kf3
e5 42. g4 hxg4+ 43. Nxg4 Ke6 (43... Be2+ 44. Ke3 (44. Kg3 Bxg4 45. Rxg4 Rd3+
$19) 44... Rb2 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ge2d1]}) 44. Ne3 f5 45. Kg2 f4 {The technical
part of the game was greatly conducted by Filippov.} (45... f4 46. Nc4 Rd4 47.
Kf3 Kf5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Pamplona 9899 9th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1998.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. b3 Qc7 12. Bb2 Bd6 13. h3 e5 {Maybe
little bit premature move, I would prefer simple} (13... O-O $5 {and after,
for example} 14. a4 e5 15. Nf3 e4 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Qe2 Rae8 18. Bc1 Qa5 19. Rd1
Qe5 20. g3 Nh5 $36 {Black got better chances in the game 0-1 Tiviakov,S-Dreev,
A/Podolsk 1992 (45)}) 14. Re1 O-O 15. Nf3 b5 16. Bf1 $5 {[%cal Ga2a4] N
Correct place for bishop, any case White haven,t  any chances on the king,s
side.} (16. Bd3 $6 Re8 17. Qe2 Bb7 18. Ng5 Qc6 19. f3 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Nh5 21.
Bxh7+ Kf8 22. Qe3 Ng3+ {0-1 Dessenne,F-Luco,A/Le Tonquet 1992 (22)}) 16... e4
17. Nd2 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Be5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 $11 {It is clear, that Black got equal
chances.} 20. a4 $1 {Only chance to fight for an advantage} Rb8 {Not a bad
move, but deserves attention also} (20... Bb7 $5 {for example} 21. axb5 axb5
22. c4 b4 $5 $13) 21. axb5 axb5 22. c4 $5 b4 $6 ({It is very difficult to
believe, that after} 22... bxc4 23. Nxc4 Qc7 $11 {White could get something
real, but maybe young spanish played didn,t want draw!?}) 23. Kg1 Rd8 24. Qe2
Bf5 25. Red1 Bg6 (25... Ra8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Qe3 Nd7 $140 $2 28. Nxe4) (25...
Re8 $142 $5 {[%cal Ge8e5]} 26. Qe3 h5) 26. Qe3 h5 27. Nf3 $1 {[%csl Gd4][%cal
Gf3d4]} Qe8 28. Nd4 {Situation on the board changed very quickly. White knight
occupied great position in the centre, pawn on b4 is weak. Xie Jun
demonstrates good technique and wins game.} h4 29. Be2 Rd7 30. Ra2 Rbd8 31.
Rad2 $16 {[%csl Rb4,Gc4,Gd4,Ge3]} Bh5 32. Bxh5 Nxh5 33. Nc2 $1 f5 34. Qg5 (34.
Nxb4 f4 35. Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 36. Qe1 $16) 34... Rxd2 35. Rxd2 Rxd2 36. Qxd2 Qa8 (
36... f4 $5) 37. c5 $5 Nf6 38. Qxb4 $18 {[%csl Gc5]} Qd5 39. Ne3 Qe5 40. Qc4+
Kh7 41. c6 f4 (41... Qa1+ 42. Nf1 Qa8 43. Qe6 $18) (41... Ne8 42. Qd5 $18) 42.
c7 $1 fxe3 43. fxe3 Nh5 (43... Qg3 44. c8=Q (44. Qc3 Nd5) (44. Qc1 Ng4 $1)
44... Qxe3+ 45. Kf1 Qf4+ 46. Ke2 $18) 44. c8=Q Ng3 45. Q8g8+ (45. Q8g8+ Kh6 46.
Qa6+ Kg5 47. Qd8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Bermuda m"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2000.02.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2000.02.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 (10... a6 $5) 11. c3 Qc7 ({Two days later
Yasser choose} 11... Be7 {and just after few moves game was finished} 12. Re1
O-O 13. Bb3 Bc6 14. Bg5 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Seirawan,Y/Bermuda m 2000 (14)}) 12.
Qe2 Bd6 {Leads to positions with slight but clear white's advantage} ({
Deserves attention} 12... a6 $5 {for example} 13. Bg5 O-O-O 14. Rad1 Bd6 15. h3
h6 16. Be3 Kb8 $13 {[%cal Gg7g4] with complicated game}) 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. Bxb5+
Ke7 15. g3 Rhd8 $5 (15... h5 $6 {looks better than it is in reality-} 16. h4 $1
{[%cal Gc1g5]} Ng4 17. Kg2 a6 18. Ba4 Rhc8 19. Bg5+ Kf8 20. Rad1 b5 21. Bc2 b4
22. Be4 $16 {1-0 Psakhis,L-Herzog,A/Wien (op) 1991/Inf 54 (31)}) (15... a6 16.
Ba4 Rhd8 17. Qf3 h6 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Bd4 e5 20. Be3 e4 21. Qe2 Kf8 22. Rad1 Be5
23. Bb3 $14 {1-0 Rosentalis,E-Djurhuus,R/Oslo 1992 (41)}) 16. Re1 (16. Ba4 h6
17. Bb3 Rac8 18. Bd2 Qc6 19. Rae1 Rc7 20. Bc1 Bc5 21. Qc2 Qf3 22. Qe2 Qc6 23.
Qe5 Bd6 24. Qf5 Bc5 $11 {Rasik,V-Jirovsky,M/Klatovy op-A 1999/1/2-1/2 (62)})
16... Kf8 $146 {This novelty doesn't changed character of position as
favourable for white.} (16... Rac8 17. Qf3 a6 18. Bf1 $1 Qc6 19. Qxc6 Rxc6 20.
Bg2 Rc7 21. Be3 $36 {Sokolov,A-Andersson,U/Clermont_Ferrand 1989/ 1-0 (81)}) (
16... h6 17. Qf3 Bc5 18. Bf1 Rd7 19. a4 a5 20. Bb5 Rd5 21. Bf4 Qb6 22. Re2 Rad8
23. Rae1 $36 {1/2-1/2 Jansa-Smagin/Trnava 1987 (28)}) 17. Qf3 {[%cal Gb5f1,
Gf1g2] Adams prepares bishop transferal to g2} Qe7 18. a4 {[%cal Ga4a6]} a5 19.
Be3 Nd5 20. Bd4 Bc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Even after the best} 20... Kg8 $142 {
[%cal Gd6c5] white's chances are better, but now Black just lose pawn}) 21.
Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Qh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5h7,Rc3c4]} b6 23. Qxh7 Nf6 24. Qc2 ({I think
that after} 24. Qh8+ $5 Ng8 (24... Ke7 25. Qxg7 Rg8 26. Rxe6+ $1 (26. Qh6 $2
Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Ng4+ 28. Kf3 Nxh6) 26... Kxe6 27. Re1+ $18) 25. Rad1 {game will
be much shorter than 65 moves}) 24... Rd5 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. Be2 $5 {[%cal
Ge2f3]} g6 27. Bf3 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 $16 {White needs to show good
technique to win this endgame.} e5 {Maybe it was slightly better not to move
this pawn.} 30. Qd3 Kg7 31. h3 Kf8 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. Qd3 Kf8 34. Bd1 $5 {
[%csl Rf7][%cal Gd1b3] Adams slowly but surely improves position.} Qc7 35. Bb3
Nd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7c5]} 36. Qe3 Kg7 37. Kh2 Nc5 38. Bc2 Qd6 39. h4 $1 {[%csl Rg7]
[%cal Gh4h5]} Kf8 40. Kg1 Kg7 41. h5 gxh5 42. Qg5+ Kf8 43. Qxh5 Ke7 44. Qh4+
Kf8 45. Qh8+ Ke7 46. Qh4+ Kf8 47. b4 $5 axb4 48. cxb4 Na6 49. Qc4 $1 {
Interesting idea.Adams sacrifice pawn back for increasing activity of his
pieces.} (49. b5 Nc5 $16) 49... Nxb4 $8 50. Bb3 Qe7 51. Kf1 {[%csl Rb4][%cal
Gf1e1,Ge1c3]} Kg7 52. Ke2 f5 $6 (52... Kf8 {was much tougher} 53. Kd2 $140 Qd7+
54. Kc3 Nc6) 53. Qg8+ Kf6 54. Qb8 {[%csl Rb6]} Qc5 $8 55. Qd8+ Kg6 56. Qe8+ Kg5
57. Qg8+ Kh6 58. Qe6+ ({Also possible} 58. Bf7 Qc2+ 59. Kf1 Qc1+ 60. Kg2 Qc6+
61. Kg1 Qf6 62. Qf8+ Kg5 63. Qxb4 Qxf7 64. Qxb6 $18) 58... Kg5 59. Qf7 {
[%cal Gf7g7] Adams managed to organize decisive attack even in endgame!} f4 60.
g4 $1 Qd6 (60... f3+ 61. Kxf3 Qc3+ 62. Kg2 Qc6+ 63. Kg3 Qc3+ 64. Kh2 $18) 61.
Qf5+ Kh6 62. g5+ Kh5 63. f3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb3f7]} (63. Bf7+ Kh4 64. f3 Kg3 65.
Be6 Kh2 $1) 63... Nd5 64. Qf7+ Kxg5 65. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bc5 (12... Bd6 13. h3 (
13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bd3 Nd5 15. g3 b5 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Be4 Rfe8 18. c3 Bf8 19. h4
Rac8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Morovic Fernandez,I-Matamoros Franco,C/Bled Olympiad 2002 
(22)}) 13... O-O 14. Bg5 Ne4 15. Qxe4 Qxc4 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 f6 18. b3 Qc3
19. Qd6 e5 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Qb6 Rf7 23. Rad1 Qc7 24. Qxc7 {
1/2-1/2 Manescu,T-Erdos,V/EUR t-ch B18 Balatonlelle 2003 (24)}) 13. c3 h6 (
13... O-O 14. Bg5 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Nd5 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Qg4 f5 18. Qf3 $14 {
1-0 Speelman,J-Nogueiras,J/Barcelona 1989/(39)}) 14. Bb3 $146 ({White failed
to get any advantage after} 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. h3 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Bc6 17. Qe5 Qd7
18. Bc4 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Solak,D-Benkovic,P/Lazarevac 1999 (35)}) 14... Bd7 15.
Be3 Bd6 (15... O-O 16. Rad1 Rad8 $11) 16. h3 Bh2+ (16... O-O $5) 17. Kh1 Bf4
18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Bxe6 $5 {[%mdl 512] Kotronias is trying to take an advantage
of the fact that Black's king temporarily stuck in the centre.} (19. Rad1 O-O
20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. Rxe3 Rac8 {with very small advantage of White.}) 19... fxe6
20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kf8 22. Re5 Qd2 $1 ({Too dangerous will be to play} 
22... Qxf2 {after} 23. Rf5 Qg3 24. Raf1 $1 {white's attack is too strong, for
example} Rh7 $8 25. R5f4 $1 h5 26. R1f3 Qg5 27. h4 $1 Qg6 (27... Qc5 28. Rxf6+
gxf6 29. Rxf6+ Kg7 30. Rg6+ $18) 28. Rxf6+ gxf6 29. Rxf6+ Qxf6 30. Qxf6+ Kg8
$16) 23. Qb3 (23. Qe7+ Kg8 24. Qe6+ $11) 23... Re8 (23... b5 24. a4 Qf4 $132)
24. Rxe8+ Kxe8 (24... Nxe8 $5) 25. Qxb7 Rf8 26. Qxg7 ({Worth considering} 26.
Qxa6 $5 Kf7 27. Qc4+ Kg6 28. b4 {[%csl Ga2,Gb4,Gc3] and White has three
protected pawns on the queen side.}) 26... Rf7 (26... Qxf2 $5 27. Qxh6 Kf7 $13)
27. Qg6 (27. Qg3 $5 Qxb2 28. Rd1 $132) 27... Kf8 (27... Qxf2 $5 28. Qxh6 Re7)
28. c4 (28. Kg1 $5 h5) 28... Qxf2 29. Rd1 Rg7 ({Possibly, Black could play} 
29... Qf4 $5 {with some chances for initiative.}) 30. Rd8+ Ke7 31. Qxg7+ Kxd8
32. Qxh6 Ne4 33. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 Bxc5 7. Ngf3 Nc6 8. a3
(8. c3 Qc7 9. O-O O-O 10. e5 Ng4 11. Nb3 Ba7 12. Ng5 f5 13. h3 Ngxe5 14. Bf4
Bb8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Forster,R-Dizdar,G/World t-ch Luzern 1997 (41)}) 8... Qc7 9.
O-O Ba7 (9... Bd7 $5 10. e5 (10. b4 Nd4) 10... Ng4 11. b4 Nd4 12. Qd1 Ba7 13.
Bb2 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Bb5 $1 $13 {0-1 Borge,N-Gurevitch,M/EU-Cup Eupen 1997 (41)})
10. b4 (10. exd5 $6 Nxd5 11. g3 O-O 12. c4 Nf6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nd4 $1 15.
Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qd3+ Kg8 18. Qxd4 e5 19. Qe4 Be6 $44 {0-1 Campora,
D-Dreev,A/Moskva (GMA) 1989/Inf 47 (27)}) 10... Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Ra2 $5 {
Maybe little improvment compare to N/} (12. Rb1 O-O 13. c4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 e5 15.
Be3 Rd8 16. Rbc1 Be6 17. Na5 Qb6 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Qe3 Rad8 $11 {0-1 Gofstein,
L-Psakhis,L/Hertzliya 1993 (41) because later white rook can come to c line
quicker then in this game}) 12... e5 13. c4 Bg4 14. Qe1 dxe4 ({Deserves
attention} 14... dxc4 $5 15. Nxc4 Rd8 16. Rc2 Be6 $13 (16... Bxf2+ 17. Rfxf2
Rxd3 18. Nb2 $1)) 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 {[%csl Gb4,Gc4]} Be6 (16... f5 $5 17.
Qd5 Qe7 18. h3 $140 Bh5 19. Bxf5 $2 Bf7 20. Qf3 Bxc4 {[%cal Rc4f1,Rc4a2]} 21.
Rc2) 17. Rc2 f5 18. Qe2 O-O (18... e4 $5 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Qxe4 Be5 (20... Qe5
21. Re2 $5 O-O 22. Qxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Bxc4 24. Rfe1 $16) 21. f4 (21. Re2 O-O
22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Bxc4 24. Rfe1 $16) 21... O-O 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. fxe5 $16)
19. c5 {Strong white pawns on the queen side is there only one hope in fight
for the advantage.} Kh8 20. Be3 {Surely, Brodsky wonts to exchange strong
black bishop.} Rad8 (20... Bxe3 21. fxe3 $5) 21. Bc4 $5 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Bxe3 23.
fxe3 Qd7 24. Rcc1 Qd3 $2 {Very serious mistake. White pawn majority on the
queen side will be there big trump in ending, Moskalenko had not bad pozision
in middlegame  and he had to continue something like} (24... Qa4 $11 {with
normal position.}) 25. Qxd3 Rxd3 26. Rcd1 $1 {Maybe Black overlook this strong
move, now white advantage is obvious.} Rxe3 (26... e4 27. Rxd3 exd3 28. Rd1 Rd8
29. Kf2 Kg8 30. Kf3 Kf7 31. e4 $16) (26... Rxa3 27. Rxf5 $1) 27. Rxf5 Kg8 (
27... Re1+ 28. Kf2 $1 Rxf5+ 29. Kxe1 Kg8 30. Rd8+ Rf8 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Ke2
Ke7 33. Ke3 Ke6 34. Ke4 $18) 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rd7 Rxa3 30. Rxb7 $16 Rc3 $8 (
30... Ra2 31. c6 Rc2 32. Rb6 Ke7 33. Rxa6 Kd6 34. b5 $18) 31. Kf2 {[%csl Gb7,
Rf8]} h5 (31... e4 32. Ke2 Rc2+ 33. Ke3 Rxg2 34. Kxe4 Rxh2 35. c6 $18) 32. Ke2
e4 33. Kd2 Rc4 (33... Rd3+ $5 34. Kc2 Rd4 35. Kc3 $140 Rd3+ 36. Kc4 Rd2 37. c6
$6 Rc2+ 38. Kd5 $2 e3 $17) 34. h4 $1 Kg8 35. Ke3 Kh7 36. Re7 $1 $18 a5 (36...
Rxb4 37. Rxe4 Rb3+ (37... Rb2 38. Rc4 $18) 38. Kd4 $18) 37. Rxe4 Rc3+ 38. Kd4
axb4 39. Re2 $1 {[%cal Ge2b2,Gb2b4]} g5 (39... Rg3 40. Rb2 (40. c6 Rc3 41. Kd5
b3 42. Rb2) 40... Rg4+ 41. Kd5 Rxh4 42. c6 $18) 40. hxg5 Kg6 41. Rb2 Kxg5 (
41... Rg3 42. Kc4 $18) 42. Rxb4 Rc2 43. g3 Rd2+ 44. Kc4 Rc2+ 45. Kd5 Rc3 (45...
Rd2+ 46. Rd4) 46. c6 Kf6 47. Rc4 (47. Rc4 Rxc4 48. Kxc4 Ke7 (48... Ke6 49. Kc5
Ke7 50. Kb6) 49. Kd5 Ke8 50. Ke6) 1-0

[Event "Montreal 3rd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2002.07.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Bd7 ({Cuban GM doesn't likes force
long lines, possible after} 11... Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Nf5) 12. c3 Qc7 13. Qe2
Bd6 14. Bg5 (14. h3 O-O 15. Bg5 {leads also to very complicated game, for
example} Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Bf4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bd3 f5 19. Qh5 Bc6 $1 20. Bxf5 $6
exf5 21. Nxf5 Kh8 22. Qh4 Be5 23. f4 Qd7 24. Rxe5 f6 25. Rc5 Bxg2+ $1 26. Kxg2
b6 27. Ne7 Qxe7 28. Rh5 Rg8+ 29. Kf1 Qg7 {0-1 Vorobiov,E-Danielian,O/Moscow
Goldberg 1998 (29)}) 14... O-O 15. Bd3 $146 {Interesting novelty in well known
position.Black successfully defended after} (15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bd3 (16. Qg4+
Kh8 17. Qh4 Rg8 18. Qxf6+ Rg7 19. Re4 Rag8 20. Nf3 Qc5 21. Bf1 Be7 $44 {
0-1 Canda,D-Vilela,J/Sagua la Grande 1989/ (28)}) 16... f5 17. Qh5 Kh8 18. Nf3
Be8 19. Qh4 Rg8 $13 {Gruenfeld,Y-Bruk,O/Tel Aviv 1990/1-0 (53)}) ({or} 15. g3
Rae8 16. Bd3 Nd5 17. Rad1 Be7 18. h4 Bc5 19. Bc2 f5 20. Qf3 h6 21. Bc1 Nf6 22.
Bb3 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Kh8 $11 {0-1 Hjartarson,J-Nogueiras,J/Thessaloniki (ol) 1988/
Inf 46 (50)}) 15... Nd5 ({Too dangerous for black to take pawn -} 15... Bxh2+
16. Kh1 Bf4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qh5 (18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. g3 Bh6 20. Qh5 Kg7 21. Re4
$40) 18... f5 $8 19. Nxf5 $1 exf5 20. Re7 $16) 16. Qh5 g6 (16... h6 $2 17. Bxh6
) 17. Qh4 Bf4 $5 18. g3 {I have feeling that after this move Black hasn't any
problems.} ({Perhaps Kotronias should have considered} 18. Be4 $142 $5 Bxg5 19.
Qxg5 $36) 18... Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Rae8 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 20. Be4 (20. Rad1 e5 21. Nf5
Nb6 $5 $13) 20... f6 21. Qh6 Ne7 22. h4 (22. Rad1 e5 23. Nc2 (23. Bc2 $5 Kh8
$13 (23... exd4 $2 24. Bb3+ Kh8 25. Rxe7 $1))) 22... e5 23. h5 $5 {Leads to
draw almost by force, but} ({I think that White rightly avoided the line} 23.
Nf3 Nf5 $15) 23... exd4 (23... Rf7 24. Bc2 $1 $13) 24. hxg6 Nxg6 25. Bxg6 hxg6
26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 (5. Nxd4 $5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7.
Nxc6 Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 $1 $14) 5... Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3
Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 (11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+
14. Kh1 O-O $132) 11... Qc7 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Kh1 $5 {An interesting idea: Adams
wants to keep the h3 square for the queen.} (13. h3 O-O 14. Bg5 Nd7 $13 {
is the main line}) 13... Bd7 (13... O-O $5 14. Bg5 Nd7 (14... Be5 15. c3 b6 16.
Qxa8 Bxd4 17. Qf3 Bb7 18. Qe2 Bc5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rad1 $16 {1-0 Mendoza,
R-Beltran,C/COL-ch Cali 2003/ (33)}) 15. c3 Ne5 16. Qh5 Ng6 17. Bc2 h6 18. Be3
Nf4 19. Qf3 Nd5 20. Bd2 b5 21. Qe4 f5 22. Qe2 Rf6 23. Bb3 Qc5 24. Rad1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Potkin,V-Rodriguez Guerrero,E/Linares Anibal op 2002/(44)}) 14. Bg5 Be5
15. Rad1 (15. c3 h6 16. Be3 O-O 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bc8 19. Bc2 b5 20. Qh3
b4 $1 $36 {0-1 Blehm,P-Kasimdzhanov,R/Wch B20 Zagan 1997 (48)}) 15... h6 16.
Bh4 O-O 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. c3 Rac8 $146 ({Worth considering} 18... Be8 $5 {
with the possible continuation} 19. Qe2 (19. Qh3 $5) 19... Bxd4 20. cxd4 Qf4
21. Bg3 Qg5 22. f4 Qf5 23. Bc2 Qd5 24. Bb3 Qf5 25. Bc2 Qd5 26. Bb3 Qf5 {
1/2-1/2 Asylguzhin,R-Sebenik,M/SLO t-ch Bled 2001 (26)}) 19. h3 (19. Qe2 $5)
19... Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Bc6 21. Qe3 $1 (21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qe3 Qe7 {with good
chances for equalization.}) 21... Rxd4 22. Qxd4 Qd8 $6 {A good idea - queens
exchange - but poor implementation.  The following should have been played:} (
22... Rd8 23. Qe3 Qe7 {leads with transposition of moves to the previous line.}
) 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This attempt meets a tactical refutation. Good
or bad, but Bareev had to play} (23... gxf6 24. Qe3 Kh7 $14) 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25.
Rxe6 $1 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.26"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Niksic Radonja"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. c3 (11. Re1 $5 {Is considered as a main
move in this important theorethical position}) ({Worth consideration and quite
rare} 11. Bd3 {- favorite move of Ruslan Ponomariov}) 11... Qc7 12. Bb3 (12.
Qe2 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. Bg5 Ne4 $1 15. Be3 b6 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Rad1 Bh2+ 18. Kh1
Bf4 19. Rfe1 Nf6 20. c4 Rfd8 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Nc2 {1/2-1/2 Liss,E-Zifroni,D/
ISR t-ch 1999 (22)}) 12... Bd6 13. Kh1 $146 {New move in well known position.}
({As usual White choose} 13. h3 {but in modern practice Black managed to
equalised after, for example} O-O 14. Bg5 (14. Re1 e5 15. Nc2 h6 16. Ne3 Re8
17. Nc4 Bf8 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Ne3 e4 20. Qe2 g6 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. hxg4 Qc8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Korneev,O-Danielian,O/Moscow op 1998 (44)}) 14... Ne4 15. Be3 Bh2+ 16.
Kh1 Bf4 17. Qf3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Nf6 19. f4 b5 20. Rae1 Re8 21. Qe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5
Bb7 23. f5 exf5 24. Rexf5 Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Huebner,R/NED-GER Vehlo
2000/ (57)}) 13... O-O 14. Bg5 Ne4 15. Bh4 e5 16. Nc2 {[%cal Gc2e3,Ge3d5]} Nc5
17. Bd5 Bf5 ({Much weaker is} 17... Na4 $6 18. Ne3 $1 Nxb2 $140 $2 19. Qc2 {
[%csl Rb2] and knight in danger.}) 18. Ne3 Bg6 ({In the case of} 18... Bd3 19.
Re1 e4 20. Nf5 {[%cal Gd1g4] White will get serious chances for attack.}) 19.
Nc4 Nd3 {[%csl Gd3]} (19... Be7 20. Bg3 {[%cal Gg3c7]}) 20. Qb3 (20. Nxd6 Qxd6
21. Bxb7 (21. Qf3 Rfe8) 21... Rab8 22. Qf3 Rfe8 $1 {[%cal Re5e4]} 23. Be4 Nxb2
$15) 20... Be7 21. Bg3 ({After} 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Qxb7 Qc5 $36 {[%csl Gc5,Gd3]
it is easy to see that Black has more than enough compensation fof a pawn.})
21... Rab8 22. Rad1 b5 23. Nxe5 $1 (23. Ne3 h5 $5 $15) 23... Nxe5 24. f4 Ng4 ({
Maybe} 24... Bd6 $5 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 $11 {was safer}) 25. f5 Bd6 {
[%tqu "En","Try to find strongest move for White","","","b3b4","",10]} 26. Bf3
$6 (26. fxg6 Bxg3 27. Rxf7 Rxf7 28. gxf7+ Kh8 29. hxg3 Qxg3 $36) ({In this
moment Rublevsky missed great chance. He could make great move} 26. Qb4 $1 {
[%cal Rg3c7] and capture initiative after possibel} Bxg3 (26... Bxb4 27. Bxc7
Bh5 28. Bxb8 Ne3 $5 29. Ba7 Nxd1 30. cxb4 $16) 27. Qxg4 Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Bxh2 29.
Rdf1 Kh8 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Rxf7 Qe5 (31... Qg3 32. Qf5 $18) 32. Qf3 Qd6 $14)
26... Bxg3 27. Bxg4 Bh5 (27... Bxf5 28. Bxf5 Bxh2 29. Rd7 Qe5 30. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7
31. Be6) 28. Bxh5 Bxh2 29. Qd5 (29. f6 g6 {[%csl Rf6]}) 29... Be5 30. Rfe1 Bf6
$15 {[%csl Gf6] Black is slightly better, although the coming simplification
does not appear to help matters and with stubborn defence Rublevsky managed to
save half of point.} 31. a3 Rbd8 32. Qe4 g6 33. Bf3 Kg7 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Rd1
Rxd1+ 36. Bxd1 Qg3 37. fxg6 hxg6 38. Bf3 Qf2 (38... Be5 39. Kg1) 39. Qe2 $8 (
39. Be2 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qd2 $17) 39... Qh4+ 40. Kg1 Qf4 41. Qd1 Qe3+ 42. Kf1 Kh6 (
42... Bh4 43. Qd4+ $11) 43. Qe1 Qd3+ 44. Kf2 {[%cal Ge1e3]} Kg7 45. Qd1 Qf5 46.
Ke2 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal 3rd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2002.07.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7.
O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 (10... Bd7 {went out of fashion
on last years.}) 11. Re1 Bd7 12. c3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Bd6 {Black keeps the
possibility of castling on either side.} 14. Bg5 ({Interesting line is} 14. h3
O-O 15. Bg5 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Bf4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bd3 f5 {and Black's bishops
compensate for the weakened king's pawn shield.}) 14... O-O-O {Black takes too
much risk - his queenside lacks protection and to allow White to seize
initiative here.} ({White's task will be more difficult after the brave} 14...
O-O {you can look game Kotronias,V-Nogueiras from the same tournament.}) ({
Too dangerous is} 14... Bxh2+ $2 15. Kh1 {and White's has too many threats: 16.
g3, sacrifices on e6 and Nf5.}) 15. h3 ({After} 15. Nf3 h6 16. Bh4 Bc6 17. Ne5
Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Rxe5 g5 20. Bg3 Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Emms,J-Danielian,O/
Cappelle la Grande 1994 (29) black easily got equal game}) 15... h6 16. Be3 Ne4
$146 (16... Kb8 17. a4 Bf4 {looks safer for Black}) (16... e5 17. Nb3 Bc6 {
can be also be recommended.}) 17. a4 e5 {'?!' Ftacnik. This was the main idea
behind Black's last move. Surely he hoped to advance the f-pawn after the
knight's retreat, but the typical and strong white answer changes the
character of the game.} (17... Rhe8 {Ftacnik} 18. Nf3 Nf6 19. a5 Nd5 20. Bxd5
exd5 21. Qd2 $14) 18. Nb5 $1 {[%mdl 640] Ftacnik: 'Grand and impressive piece
sacrifice, despite absent material white will enjoy an advantage due to the
much better piece coordination.'} (18. Nf3 $143 f5 $13) 18... axb5 (18... Qb8 {
Ftacnik} 19. Ba7 Qa8 20. Bb6 $18) 19. axb5 Bf5 (19... Be6 {gives White a clear
advantage after} 20. Bxe6+ fxe6 21. Ra4 $1 Nc5 22. Rc4 {[%cal Rb2b4]}) 20. Ra8+
(20. Bd3 $5 {[%cal Ga1a4] was good enough, but text is stronger.}) 20... Kd7
21. b6 {Black is loosing queen now without good compensation.} Qc6 22. Bb5 Rxa8
23. Bxc6+ bxc6 {Black got the rook and two minor pieces for the queen, but his
king is weak and in addition White's b-pawn is very strong.} 24. Qc4 Bg6 {
Ftacnik: 'The defender can be satisfied on purely material grounds, the rook
and two pieces for a queen is a lot of wood. Unfortunatelly his forces are not
working together in contrast to the white's efficiency.'} 25. Rd1 Rhd8 26. b7
$1 Rab8 27. Qa6 Ke7 28. Qxc6 ({Black would have more chances for survival after
} 28. Ba7 Nc5 $1 29. Qxc6 (29. Qc4 Bd3 $1) 29... Be4 30. Qxd6+ $1 Rxd6 31. Bxc5
Rxb7 32. Rxd6 Ke8 $16) 28... Rd7 29. Rxd6 {Last blow which crushes Black's
last hopes.} Nxd6 $8 (29... Rxd6 $2 30. Qc7+) (29... Rbxb7 30. Rxg6) 30. Bc5
Ke6 ({The pawn is untouchable because of} 30... Rbxb7 31. Bxd6+) 31. Bxd6 Be4
32. Qc5 $1 {Kotronias played all game beyond praise} (32. Qc5 Rxd6 33. Qc8+ $18
) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1
O-O $1 ({In the late 80s black ussualy continue} 14... Kf8 $6 {and after} 15.
g3 exf5 16. Bf4 Qc6+ 17. Kxh2 Be6 {white could choose between initiative in
middlegame-} 18. Bd6+ ({or nice ending} 18. Qd6+ Qxd6 19. Bxd6+ Ke8 20. Rad1
$14) 18... Ke8 19. c4 Rd8 20. c5 b5 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qb3 Kf7 23. Rxe6 $16 {
1-0 Gallagher,J-Kelecevic,N/Winterthur-A 1996 (30)}) 15. Nxg7 Rd8 $1 16. Qf3
Kxg7 17. Bh6+ Kg6 18. c3 $5 (18. c4 Nh5 $1 19. Be3 f5 20. g4 Nf6 21. gxf5+ exf5
22. Qg2+ Ng4 23. f3 Bd7 $1 24. Bc2 Bg3 25. Qh3 Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Qf4 $132 {1/2-1/2
Zifroni,D-Peker,O/ISR t-ch 1996 (49)}) 18... Nh5 $1 {Much stronger then} (18...
Nd5 $2 19. Rad1 f5 20. Bc1 $1 Bd6 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 {with winning attack}
Bd7 23. Qh3 Bf8 24. Re3 Kg7 25. Rg3+ Kh8 26. Qh4 Be6 27. Bf4 Be7 28. Bxc7 {
1-0 Adams,M-Dreev,A/Wijk aan Zee A 1996 (28)}) 19. Bc1 {More or less
obligatory move, white have not enough compensation for the piece after} (19.
Re4 Kxh6 20. Rh4 Qe5 $5 21. Rxh2 Bd7) 19... Bf4 $1 20. g4 Ng3+ $1 21. fxg3 Bxc1
(21... Bxg3 $4 22. Bc2+ f5 (22... Kg7 23. Bh6+ Kg8 24. Qf6 $18) 23. gxf5+ $18 {
ץg3, Kg6}) 22. Raxc1 b6 $1 {[%csl Gc5] It is very important to control c5
square, after} (22... Bd7 23. Qe3 $1 $36 {>> white,s attack not easy to
repulse, for example} Bc6+ 24. Kh2 {/\ Bc2, Qg5} Qe7 (24... h6 $5 25. Bc2+ $140
Kg7 26. g5 h5 {/\ h4<=>}) 25. Rf1 $1 Rd7 (25... h6 26. Rf5 Rd7 27. Rh5 Rh8 28.
Rf1 Qd8 29. Kg1 {/\ Bc2, g5}) 26. Rf2 $1 $16 {Supper-Wolna/corr 1996}) 23. Bc2+
(23. Qe3 Bb7+ 24. Kh2 Qc5 $1) 23... Kg7 24. Be4 Ra7 (24... Rb8 25. Rf1 Qe7 $11
{Bowden,K-Levitt,J/England 1997}) 25. Rc2 Bb7 (25... Qe5 26. Rh2 h6 27. Rh5 f5
28. Qf2 Rf7 29. Bg2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hermansson,E-Barsov,A/Oxford GM-B 1998 (29)})
26. Rh2 (26. Rf2 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Qe7 28. Re5 Qb7 29. Re4 Qe7 30. Re5 Qb7 31. Re4
Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Rogovoi,M-Biriukov,O/St.Petersburg Chigorin 1998 (31)}) 26... Bxe4
27. Qxe4 Qb7 $1 {Key move! After queen,s exchange Black have no troubles in
ending.} 28. Rxh7+ Kg8 29. Qxb7 Rxb7 30. Rh2 Rd3 31. Kg2 Rd2+ (31... Rbd7 32.
Re2 b5 33. Rh1 Rd2 34. Kf2 R7d3 35. Rhe1 Kg7 36. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 37. Re2 Rd3 38. Re3
Rd2+ 39. Re2 Rd3 $11 {1/2-1/2 McShane,L-Levitt,J/BCF t-ch 1998 (56)}) 32. Kh3
Rxh2+ 33. Kxh2 Rd7 34. Re2 Kg7 35. Kh3 b5 36. b3 Rc7 37. Re3 (37. Rc2 Kg6 38.
Kh4 Rc5 39. c4 e5 $11) 37... Kf6 38. Rf3+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 02nd"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2001.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Kh1 $5 {[%mdl 4]
Fresh and interesting idea.} ({Normal continuation in this position is} 13. h3
O-O 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. c3 Ne5 16. Qh5 Ng6 17. Be3 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Bf4 19. Nf3 Bxe3
20. fxe3 h6 21. Rad1 Bd7 $11 {1-0 Asrian,K-Harikrishna,P/Wch B20 Yerevan 2000/
(79) with more or less equal chances.Rublevsky prefers to see on h3 not pawn,
but queen or rook.}) 13... O-O 14. Bg5 ({After} 14. c3 $6 b5 $1 $11 {equalize
easily.}) 14... Nd7 15. c3 Ne5 ({In the case of} 15... b5 $2 16. Rad1 Nc5 17.
Bc2 Bb7 18. Qh3 $1 {looks good enough for white.}) 16. Qh5 (16. Qe4 $2 b5 $1)
16... Ng6 17. Bc2 ({Worth considering} 17. Rad1 $5 Bf4 $1 (17... h6 $2 18. Nxe6
$18) (17... Qc5 $6 18. Qg4 $1 $16) (17... b5 18. Bc2 {/\ f4}) 18. g3 $5 Bxg5
19. Qxg5 b5 20. f4 Bb7+ 21. Kg1 $13 {[%cal Gf4f5,Gb3f7,Gf1f7] and White can
get serious initiative, if he will manage to play f5 quickly.}) 17... b6 $146 {
Just this move is a new one, but, maybe, not the best.} (17... Qc5 18. Qg4 (18.
Nb3 $1) 18... Bd7 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Rfe1 Rae8 21. Qh5 Bf4 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Kg1
Rd8 24. Qa5 Bc8 25. Nf3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 $14 {Svidler,P-Ionov,S/St.Petersburg-ch
1996/1-0 (61)}) ({Black could try} 17... h6 $5 {and after} 18. Be3 $5 (18. Nf3
b5 19. Rad1 Bf4 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. Qe5 Qxe5 22. Nxe5 Bb7 23. f3 Rfd8 24. Kg1
Rac8 $11 {Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Reggio Emilia 1991/ /1/2-1/2 (44)}) 18... Nf4 19.
Qf3 (19. Qh4 Bd7 $1 $11 (19... Nd5 $5 20. Bd2 (20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qxh6 f6 $1)
20... Bf4 $11)) 19... Rb8 20. Rad1 Nd5 $5 {with chances for equalization.} (
20... Bd7 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22. Ne2 $1) (20... b5 $6 21. Nc6 Bb7 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23.
Qd3 g6 24. Nxb8 Rxb8 25. Rfe1 $16 {Rogic,D-Kruppa,Y/EUR-ch Ohrid 2001/ /1/2-1/
2 (62)})) 18. Rae1 {[%cal Re1e3,Re3h3] Simple and strong.Black can't allow
rooks lift to h3.} Bb7 (18... h6 $5) 19. Re3 Qc5 20. Qg4 {[%cal Ge3h3]} Be7 $2
{Lose quickly, but Black any case needs good advice.} ({Unfortunately (
forBlack!) doesn't work} 20... h5 21. Qxh5 $1 Bxg2+ $1 {because of cold} 22.
Kg1 $1 (22. Kxg2 Nf4+ 23. Bxf4 Qxh5 24. Bxd6 Qd5+ $19) 22... Bxf1 23. Kxf1 {
and white wins in few moves, for example} Rae8 24. Rh3 f5 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Nxf5
$1 exf5 27. Bb3+ $18) 21. Nxe6 $1 {Decisive blow!} fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Rf7 (22...
Kh8 {maybe was better alternative, but ending, which could be raised after} 23.
Bxe7 Bxg2+ $1 (23... Nxe7 24. Qxe7 $18) 24. Kxg2 Nf4+ 25. Kg1 Nxe6 26. Bxc5
Nxc5 27. Rfe1 $18 {doesn't promise black too many chances for survival.}) 23.
Bxg6 hxg6 24. Bxe7 $18 {Rest is simple} Qb5 (24... Qd5 25. Qxd5 (25. Qxg6 Rxf2
$1) 25... Bxd5 26. b3) 25. c4 $1 Qxb2 (25... Qf5 $142) 26. Qd7 {[%csl Rb7]} Rb8
27. Qc7 Re8 28. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 17th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2002.07.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2002.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. c3 Qc7 12. Bb3 ({I have the feeling ,
that just after} 12. Qe2 $5 {White can hope for some advantage.}) 12... Bd6 13.
h3 (13. Kh1 O-O 14. Bg5 Ne4 15. Bh4 e5 16. Nc2 Nc5 17. Bd5 Bf5 18. Ne3 Bg6 19.
Nc4 Nd3 $11 {Rublevsky,S-Khalifman,A/EU-Cup Neum 2000/CBM 80/[Psakhis]/1/2-1/2
(46)}) 13... Bh2+ ({Black did well and after} 13... O-O {for example} 14. Bg5 (
14. Re1 e5 15. Nc2 h6 16. Ne3 Re8 17. Nc4 Bf8 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Ne3 e4 20. Qe2 g6
$11 {1/2-1/2 Korneev,O-Danielian,O/Moscow op 1998 (44)}) ({worth considering
rare} 14. Qf3 $5 {at least keeping bishops on the board.}) 14... Ne4 15. Be3
Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Bf4 17. Qf3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Nf6 19. f4 b5 20. Rae1 Re8 21. Qe5 Qxe5
22. Rxe5 Bb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Huebner,R/NED-GER Vehlo 2000/The Week in
Chess 303 (57)}) 14. Kh1 Bf4 15. Ba4+ $146 {Novelty, but not a good one, but
after the normal} (15. Qf3 Bxc1 16. Raxc1 O-O 17. Rcd1 Bd7 $13 {black's
position is not bad.} (17... e5 18. Nc2 Bd7 19. Nb4 Rad8 20. Qe3 Rfe8 21. Rfe1
Bc8 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sorsak,J-Mokos,J/SVK-ch B16 1992 (44)}))
15... b5 (15... Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Nxd7 17. Qg4 Be5 $13) 16. Qf3 {Setting the board
on fire, but , maybe, modest} (16. Bc2 Bb7 $11 {was stronger}) 16... Bxc1 17.
Qxa8 O-O $1 {[%mdl 2048]} (17... Bxb2 $2 {lose after simple} 18. Bxb5+ axb5 19.
Nxb5 Qd7 20. Rab1 O-O 21. Rxb2 Bb7 22. Qa7 Qd3 23. Kg1 $18) 18. Qc6 ({Surely,
that Black hasn't any problems after} 18. Raxc1 Bb7 19. Qxf8+ Kxf8 $11 {
[%csl Gb7,Gc7]}) 18... Qxc6 19. Nxc6 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bxc3 ({Another promising
possibility was} 20... Ba3 $5 21. Bc2 Bb7 $44 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gf8c8,Gf6d5]})
21. Rbc1 b4 (21... Ne4 $5 22. Bc2 $140 Nd2 23. Rfd1 $2 Bb2 $1) 22. a3 $1 a5 $1
23. Rc2 ({Black pieces are very active after} 23. Nxa5 Ba6 24. axb4 Bxb4 25.
Nc4 Ne4 $36) 23... Bb7 ({Much weaker is} 23... Bd7 $6 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Bxd7
Nxd7 26. Nc6 Ra8 27. axb4 axb4 28. Rb1 $14 {and Black must fight for the draw.}
) 24. Nxa5 (24. axb4 axb4 25. Rb1 Bxc6 26. Bxc6 Rd8 $17) 24... Be4 25. Rcc1 Bd3
{Appetite comes with eating and Glek correctly avoids} (25... Ra8 $5 26. axb4
Bxb4 27. Bc6 (27. Nc6 Bd2) 27... Rxa5 28. Bxe4 Nxe4 29. Rc4 Nxf2+ 30. Rxf2 Ra1+
31. Kh2 Bd6+ 32. g3 Kf8 $15 {just with small advantage}) 26. Rfd1 (26. Rg1 Ne4)
26... Be2 ({Worth considering} 26... Ne4 $5 27. Kg1 Be2 28. axb4 Bxd1 29. Bc6
$1 Bxb4 30. Bxe4 Be2 {and I doubt that it will be easy for White to make draw.}
) 27. Rg1 Ne4 (27... Ra8 28. axb4 Bxb4 29. Nc6 Bd2 30. Ra1) 28. f3 Ng3+ $6 {
For some reasons Igor decided to finish game.After simple} (28... bxa3 $142 $1
29. fxe4 Bxa5 30. Ra1 Bb4 31. Rgb1 Bc5 $17 {black's advantage is obvious.}) (
28... Nf2+ 29. Kh2 Be5+ 30. g3 bxa3) 29. Kh2 Be5 30. axb4 Nf1+ {Knight made a
splendid career in this game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup-A (Women)"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Theissl Pokorna, Regina"]
[Black "Maric, Alisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wells} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O
Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd7 (12... Bd6 $5
13. Nf5 $13) 13. Qf3 Bd6 (13... O-O-O $6 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rad1 Qc5
17. Rd3 Kb8 18. Qg3+ Ka7 19. Qxg7 Nh5 20. Qe5 $18 {1-0 Beliavsky-Nogueiras/
Madrid active 1988 (33)}) 14. h3 O-O-O 15. c4 (15. Be3 Kb8 16. c4 Bc5 17. Bf4
Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Qe3 Bc8 21. Nf3 Rhf8 22. Qg5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1
Rg8 24. Qe3 Nd7 25. Ng5 Nf6 26. Qd4 $14 {Bojkovic,N-Maric,A/EU-CupW Halle 2000/
1/2-1/2 (47)}) (15. Bg5 $5 Qc5 16. Be3 Qe5 17. g3 Qe4 18. Rad1 Bc6 19. Qxe4
Bxe4 20. f3 Bd5 21. c4 Bc6 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Kg2 Be5 24. Re2 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 Rd8
26. Ba4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Barua,D-Harikrishna,P/Kelamabakkam 2000/ (47)}) 15... h6
$6 $146 (15... e5 $5 16. Nc2 (16. Nf5 Bb4 $13) 16... e4 17. Qe2 Qc5 18. Ne3 (
18. Be3 Qe5) 18... Bc7 19. Nf1 Qf5 20. Bc2 Rhe8 $132 {0-1 Vendrova,
R-Stavnichuk,A/Corr USSR t-ch 1994 (26)}) 16. Be3 e5 {'?' Wells.} 17. c5 $1 {
[%cal Rc1c8][%mdl 128]} Bf8 {The text move is artificial and throws Black into
serious trouble. Surely, he has some problems anyway, but} (17... exd4 $2 18.
cxd6 Qxd6 19. Rac1+ Bc6 20. Bf4 Qd7 21. Re7 $1 $18) (17... Bxc5 {was much
stronger, for example} 18. Ne6 (18. Rac1 exd4 19. Bxd4 (19. Bf4 Qc6 20. Qxc6+
Bxc6 21. Rxc5 Rhe8 $5 $15) (19. Rxc5 Qxc5 20. Rc1 Qxc1+ 21. Bxc1 Be6 $13) 19...
Bg4 (19... Bc6 20. Qf5+ Qd7 21. Qxd7+ Nxd7 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Rxc5 Rhe8 $11) 20.
Qc3 Rxd4 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Rxc5+ Kb8 23. hxg4 Rhd8 $11) (18. Nb5 $5 {Wells}
Bxb5 19. Bxc5 {[%cal Ya1c1,Yc1c8]}) 18... Bxe6 19. Bxe6+ fxe6 20. Bxc5 Kb8 (
20... Rd5 21. Ba7 $1 $36) 21. Rac1 Ka8 22. Qg3 $14) 18. c6 $1 {Wells: 'There
is no refusing white's offer. Black's queenside is broken up, and white's
seizure of the initiative is beyond doubt.'} bxc6 (18... Bxc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20.
Rac1 e4 21. Qe2 Kb7 22. Ba4 $16 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Rc1c6,Ra4c6]}) 19. Bc4 {
Wells: 'Adding insult to injury. White takes time out to create an ideal
square for the very knight which black so rashly attacked on move 16!'} Kb8 (
19... Bb4 20. Bxa6+ Kb8 21. Rec1 Nd5 (21... exd4 $140 22. Bf4 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6
24. Qb3+ $18) 22. Nc2 $16) (19... exd4 {Wells} 20. Bxa6+ Kb8 21. Bf4 Bd6 22.
Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Qb3+) 20. Nb3 $16 {[%csl Rb8] By relocating this knight to the
queenside, White greatly increases his advantage in force on that flank,
improving his chances for a successful attack there.} Bc8 21. Qe2 (21. Nc5 $5)
21... Nd5 (21... Bb4 22. Rec1 {[%cal Gc1c8]}) 22. Bc5 $1 f6 (22... Bxc5 23.
Nxc5 a5 (23... Nf4 24. Qe3) 24. Rac1 $36 (24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 $14)) 23. Bxa6
Bxa6 (23... Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Qb6 25. Rec1 $16) 24. Qxa6 Qb7 25. Qa4 {'+/-' Wells.}
Bxc5 {'?' Wells.} 26. Nxc5 Qb5 27. Qa3 {[%cal Re1e4,Re4a4]} Nb4 $2 28. Qxb4 1-0

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Salmensuu, Olli"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. Qe2 Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 a6 $1 {Much stronger than} (9... Be7 $6 10. O-O-O e5 11. Bb5 $1
{with strong initiative, for example} Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. h4 (13. Rhe1 $142)
13... O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nbxd4 c5 16. Qe4 $36 {1-0 Nadyrhanov,S-Kobylkin,E/
Krasnodar 1999 (31)}) 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bd3 Be7 ({In the case if Black pretend
just for a draw he can play} 11... Bb7 $5 12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qd5 $1 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nxb5 Qxa2 16. Nc7+ Ke7 17. Qh5 Bh6+ $1 18. Qxh6 Qa1+ 19. Kd2 Qa5+
$11 {1/2-1/2 Oral,T-Khuzman,A/EU t-ch Batumi 1999/ with moves repetition.}) 12.
Nfxd4 ({Just White can get troubles after} 12. Kb1 e5 (12... Bb7 $5 13. Nbxd4
Nxd4 14. Nxd4 O-O 15. Rhe1 Qxd4 16. Bxh7+ Nxh7 17. Rxd4 Bxg5 18. f4 Bf6 19.
Rdd1 g6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sermek,D-Naumkin,I/Porto San Giorgio op 1999 (26)}) 13. h3
Be6 14. Rhe1 Rc8 $1 15. Bh4 (15. Nxe5 $2 Qxe5 16. Qxe5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Nd7 $1 $19
) 15... Nd7 16. Bg3 Bf6 17. Bh2 g6 18. Nfd2 Bg7 19. Ne4 Qe7 $17 {0-1 Spiegel,
S-Hartmann,W/RH-chB Mainz 1996 (44)}) 12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qd5 $1 {[%mdl 4]} 14.
h4 ({Maybe} 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Kb1 {is stronger than move in the text but black
can be also satisfied with opening results after} (15. Be4 $2 Qxa2 16. Bxa8
$140 $4 Bg5+ $19) 15... Qc5 16. Be4 Ra7 17. Bc6+ Kf8 18. Qe3 Kg8 19. Rd2 h5 20.
Be4 g6 21. Rhd1 Rc7 22. Qe2 Kg7 23. g3 h4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Dovliatov,S-Barsov,A/
Abudhabi Masters op 1999 (40)}) 14... Qxa2 15. Nb3 $146 {This is a new try,
but as this game shows, White has nothing to feat here} (15. c3 Bd7 16. Bb1 Qc4
17. Rd3 Rd8 18. Rhd1 h6 19. Bd2 Nd5 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qe5 Bf6 {also doesn't look
too promising for White 1/2-1/2 Stevenson,J-Bryson,D/SCO-ch Edinburgh 1999/
SCO-CH (36)}) 15... Bd7 16. Rh3 Rc8 {[%cal Ra2b3]} 17. Bf5 {What else possible
to advice to white} (17. Nd2 {looks just terrible}) 17... h6 $5 (17... exf5 {
was also enough for victory, but Barsov doesn't want to give any chances to
his opponent}) 18. Re3 {Typical act of desperation, White could easy resign
now.} (18. Bf4 exf5 (18... Qa4 $5) 19. Bd6 Be6 $19) 18... hxg5 19. Bxe6 (19.
hxg5 Nd5 20. Rxd5 Bxg5 $19) 19... Bxe6 20. Rxe6 (20. hxg5 Bxb3 21. Rxe7+ Kf8
22. gxf6 gxf6 $1 $19) 20... fxe6 21. Qxe6 Rc7 22. hxg5 Qa4 (22... Nd7 $5 23.
Re1 Nf8 $19) 23. Rd4 (23. gxf6 Qf4+ 24. Kb1 Qxf6 $19) 23... Rh1+ 24. Kd2 Rc4
25. Rd3 Qb4+ 26. c3 Qxb3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Bd7 12. b3 {To be honest, I don't
understand, why to make this move now after 11.Re1 was played already.After 11.
b3 black must play very well to equalize chances, now his task is much easy.} (
{White did quite well after} 12. c3 {for example} Qc7 13. Qe2 (13. Bb3 O-O-O
14. Qe2 Bd6 15. h3 Kb8 16. a4 h6 17. Be3 Rhe8 18. Nf3 Bc6 19. a5 Nd7 20. Nd4
$14 {1-0 Adams,M-Speelman,J/England ch-m 1991/ (32)}) 13... Bd6 14. h3 O-O 15.
Bg5 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Bf4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bd3 f5 19. Qh5 Kh8 20. Nxf5 $1 exf5 21.
Re7 Qc6 22. Rxd7 $16 {1-0 Yemelin,V-Filippov,V/EUR-Cup Panormo 2001/ (48)})
12... O-O-O 13. Bb2 Qc7 14. Qe2 ({Worth considering} 14. Qf3 Bb4 15. Red1 e5
16. Ne2 Bg4 17. Qg3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Bd3 $14 {1-0
Miroshnichenko,E-Berelovich,A/UKR t-ch Alushta 1999 (37)}) 14... Bc5 $146 {
Interesting novelty.} ({In the case of} 14... Bd6 15. Nf3 Bc6 (15... h5 16. h3
Bc6 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Qf3 Qc7 20. Bxd5 Bh2+ 21. Kh1 Rxd5 22. g3 $18
{Maidla,V-Laakso,H/Vantaa 1994/1-0 (41)}) 16. Ne5 Kb8 17. Nxc6+ Qxc6 18. Rad1
Bc7 19. a4 $14 {Kapranov-Kalichkin,I/Kaluga op 1996/Vaiser/0-1 (48) White
managed to get some advantage.}) (14... Bb4 $5 15. Red1 Bc5 16. a4 h5 {1/2-1/2
Yurtaev,L-Luther,T/Copenhagen 1991 (25)}) 15. Rad1 Rhe8 16. h3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
Funny, but after this natural move White must desperately fight for survival!
Surely it was not easy to foresee black responce.} ({Correct} 16. Nf3 $1 {
leads after} Bc6 ({weaker is} 16... Ng4 {because of strong reply} 17. Be5 $1 (
17. Rf1 Bc6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bd6 $11) 17... Nxe5 (17... Qb6
18. Bg3) 18. Nxe5 Re7 19. Qg4 $14) 17. Ne5 Be4 $13 {to complicated position/})
{[%tqu "En","Can you find best move for Black?","","","b7b5","",10]} 16... b5
$1 $17 {That's it! Unfortunately for white he can't escape from heavy material
losses.} 17. Qf3 (17. Bd3 e5 {[%cal Re5e4]}) (17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Bxb5 Bxf2+ $1
19. Qxf2 Bxb5 $19) ({Maybe} 17. Bxb5 $142 $1 axb5 18. Nxb5 Qb6 19. c4 $17 {
was the best chance}) 17... Bxd4 $1 18. Bxd4 ({Black task could be even easy
after} 18. Qa8+ Qb8 19. Qxa6+ Qb7 20. Qxb7+ Kxb7 21. Rxd4 bxc4 22. Rxc4 Bc6 $17
) 18... Bc6 19. Qe3 (19. Qc3 e5 $1 20. Bxe5 $140 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Qxe5 $19) 19...
bxc4 20. Bb6 (20. bxc4 Bb7 {[%cal Gc7c6]}) 20... Rxd1 21. Bxc7 (21. Rxd1 {
meets tactical refutation -} Nd5 $1 22. Rxd5 exd5 $19) 21... Nd5 22. Qe2 Rxe1+
23. Qxe1 Nxc7 24. Qc3 {Queen+P is not enough for R+B+N, but black still must
play carefully} e5 ({It looks that} 24... f6 $5 $17 {was better move}) 25. Qxc4
Re6 26. Qc5 Rg6 27. g3 e4 28. Qf5+ Kb7 29. Qxf7 Rd6 {[%csl Rg1]} 30. Kf1 Rd7
31. Qf5 Nb5 {I suspect that some moves were missed, because after, for example}
(31... Nb5 32. Qc5 Rd1+ $5 33. Ke2 Rd5 34. Qe7+ Rd7 35. Qc5 Nd4+ 36. Ke3 $15 {
Black must hard try to win this game and surely it was not best time to resign}
) 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. Qe2 {
Fashionable and interesting move , deserves attention but doesn,t garantee
advantage for the White.} Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 Be7 {Stronger then} (9... h6 $6
10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Nbxd4 Qf4+ 13. Kb1 Be7 14. Rhe1 Nxd4 15. Rxd4
$36 {1-0 Weinzettl,E-Koutsin,S/Hollabrunn op 1998 (28)}) ({Black could try also
} 9... a6 10. O-O-O Qc7 $5 (10... b5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qd5
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Kb1 Qc5 16. Be4 Ra7 17. Bc6+ Ke7 18. Qe3 $40 {1-0 Lemmers,
O-Andreev,E/Wch students Rotterdam 1998 (29)}) 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Be7 13.
Rhe1 O-O 14. Nf5 Bb4 $1 15. Bxf6 Qf4+ 16. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 Larios Crespo,M-Pomes
Marcet,J/ESP-ch Linares 1998 (16)}) 10. O-O-O h6 (10... Nd5 11. Nbxd4 Bxg5+ 12.
Nxg5 Qf4+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Rxd2 Nxd4 15. Bxd5 h6 16. Rxd4 hxg5 17. Bf3 Rh4 18.
Rhd1 $14 {1-0 Lemmers,O-Koster,L/Nederland tt 1994 (41)}) 11. Nbxd4 $5 {
Interesting, but not obligatory sacrifice, white could continue simple} (11.
Bh4 Qf4+ ({dangerous for black} 11... a6 12. Bg3 Qd8 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Bd7 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bxe6 {1-0 Anka,E-Obers,F/Dieren op 1998 (16)}) 12. Kb1
Qe4 $14) 11... hxg5 12. Nxe6 (12. Nxc6 $2 Qf4+ $19) 12... Qb8 $5 ({Also
possible} 12... Bxe6 13. Rxd6 Bxc4 {but after} 14. Qe3 $5 {I prefer white
position.} (14. Qxc4 Bxd6 15. Re1+ Be7 16. Nxg5 O-O)) 13. Nexg5 (13. Nxg7+ $2
Kf8 14. Bb5 Bd6 $19) 13... Qf4+ (13... O-O $2 14. Bxf7+ Rxf7 15. Qc4 $18) 14.
Kb1 O-O {[%cal Gc8g4]} 15. g3 (15. h3 $5) 15... Qc7 (15... Qf5 16. h4 $44) 16.
Bxf7+ $5 {Luther will get clear advantage if he will be lucky enough to
finished development and white couldn't waist time.} Rxf7 17. Qc4 $2 {[%mdl
8192] Very strange mistake, I even can't understand what Tischbierek blunder,
but it must be something simple. He had take the rook.} (17. Nxf7 {and after}
Kxf7 18. Qc4+ Kg6 ({lost immediately} 18... Kf8 $2 19. Ng5 Bb4 $140 20. Rd8+ $1
Ke7 21. Rhd1 $18) (18... Ke8 $5 19. Ng5 Bb4 (19... Bd6 20. Rhe1+ Ne5 (20... Be5
21. Rxe5+ $1) 21. Qd3 $18 {[%cal Rf2f4,Rd3d6,Rd3g6]}) 20. Rhe1+ (20. c3 Bf5+
21. Ka1 Ba5 $17) 20... Bxe1 (20... Kf8 $2 21. Rd8+ $1 $18) 21. Rxe1+ Kf8 22.
Qc5+ Kg8 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Qh4+ Kg8 25. Qc4+ $11) 19. Rhe1 $5 (19. Qd3+ Kh6 $17)
19... Bg4 20. Nh4+ $5 (20. Qd3+ Kf7 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Nf7+ $11) (
20. Ne5+ $2 Qxe5 21. Rxe5 Nxe5) 20... Kh7 21. Qd3+ Kg8 (21... Kh8 22. Ng6+ Kg8
23. f3 $44) 22. Qc4+ $11) 17... Bf8 {Black has now big advantage, but, maybe,
Tischbierek could continue game with some practical chances, but he was so
dissapointed with his last move, that decided to resign.} 0-1

[Event "NED-chT 0102 playoff"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2002.05.09"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Hoffmann, Michael"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.05.09"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "ING/ESGOO Enschede"]
[BlackTeam "Hilversum HSG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. O-O Nbc6 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 d4 $146 {Novelty} (10... b5 11. Nb3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Ng6
13. g3 d4 14. Rfd1 e5 15. c3 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Qe7 $13 {Xie Jun-Zhukova,N/Shanghai
SUFE Cup rapid 2001/1/2-1/2 (38)}) ({Nikolic tried few times with success} 
10... Ng6 $5 {for example} 11. e5 (11. g3 d4 12. Ne1 e5 13. Qh5 Qd7 14. Ng2 Qg4
15. Qxg4 Bxg4 16. f4 Rfd8 17. f5 Nf8 18. Ne1 Nd7 19. Kg2 f6 20. h3 Bh5 21. g4
Bf7 {0-1 Frolov,A-Nikolic,P/Lyon Eurocup tt 1994 (50)}) 11... f6 12. Bxg6 hxg6
13. Nb3 Bd7 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. bxc5 Qe7 16. Qd2 Be8 17. Rfe1 Rd8 18. Re2 Bf7 19.
exf6 gxf6 20. Qh6 Be8 21. Nh4 Qf7 22. Rxe6 {1/2-1/2 Nedev,T-Nikolic,P/EU-Cup
Neum 2000/(22)}) 11. e5 Ng6 12. Re1 b5 13. g3 {I am not sure that White must
waste time for this move.} (13. Be4 $5 Bb7 14. Nb3 {[%csl Rd4] looks natural
and strong.}) 13... Bb7 (13... f5 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Be4 $36) 14. Qe2 Rc8 {
[%csl Re5][%cal Ga7b8]} 15. h4 Bb8 16. Be4 Qb6 ({Worth considering is another
queen move} 16... Qd7 $142 $5 {for example} 17. Nb3 Ncxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Nc5
Rxc5 20. bxc5 Bxe4 $1 (20... f5 $2 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. f4 Nf3+ 23. Kf2 Nxe1 24.
Qxe6+ $16) 21. Qxe4 f5 $44) 17. Nb3 Rfd8 ({Nikolic in reason doesn't play} 
17... Ngxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Nc5 $1) 18. Rad1 ({After} 18. Nc5 Ba8 19. Bxg6
hxg6 20. Rad1 {Black is getting good counterplay with} a5 $1) 18... Ngxe5 (
18... Bxe5 19. h5 $1 (19. Bxg6 $2 hxg6 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Qc6 $19) 19... d3
$8 20. cxd3 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Nge7 22. h6 $1 $36) 19. Nfxd4 Nc4 ({Black could
continue game by playing} 19... Ne7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Nc5 Qa8 {but maybe
Nicolic just missed simple white's combination}) 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Bxh7+ $1 {
This nice combination happen already many, many times in the last 100 years!}
Kxh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qg5+ Kh7 (24... Kf8 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Rxe6+
$1 fxe6 27. Qg7+ $11) 25. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aars get2net Cup GM"]
[Site "Aars"]
[Date "1999.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pedersen, Steffen"]
[Black "Ostenstad, Berge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. Qe2 {
Rather rare move.} Nc6 {I don,t see too many problems for Black after normal} (
7... Nf6 $5 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 a6 {for example} 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Kb1
Bb7 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 O-O 15. Rhe1 Qxd4 16. Bxh7+ Nxh7 17. Rxd4 Bxg5 18.
f4 Bf6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Sermek,D-Naumkin,I/Porto San Giorgio op 1999 (26)}) 8. Ne4
Qc7 9. O-O Nf6 10. Bg5 $146 {New interesting move. Black did well after} (10.
b3 Be7 11. Bb2 e5 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Nd2 h5 14. f4 Bg4 15. Qf2 O-O-O 16. Bxf7
exf4 17. Bc4 Bd6 {Anka,E-Almasi,I/HUN t-ch 1998/0-1 (40)}) ({or} 10. Rd1 Bd7 $5
{stronger than} (10... Be7 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Qd2 Rb8 16. b3 Qc7 17. Qd4 $14 {1-0 Sermek,D-Huzman,A/Dresden zt 1998 (34)}
) 11. Nxd4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc5 $5 14. Qxg7 O-O-O 15. Bf1 Bd6 16. h3
Bc6 17. Be3 Rhg8 18. Qc3 Rg6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Carlsson,P-Brinck Claussen,B/
Copenhagen op 1999 (34) with enough compensation for the pawn}) 10... Nxe4 11.
Qxe4 Bd6 ({leads to white advantage after} 11... Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxd4
Nxd4 14. Qxd4 O-O 15. Rad1 $36) 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. Nxd4 {Real pawn sacrifice,
but in the case of} (13. h3 e5 $17 {position of black is much better}) 13...
Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bd6 16. Rad1 Bc5 $5 ({Deserves attention and} 16...
Be7 {and it is not clear if White have enough compensation for the pawn}) 17.
Qh4 {[%cal Gd1d3,Gd3g3,Gg5f6]} Bxf2 $6 {Greediness!} (17... e5 $1 {was much
stronger}) 18. Qxf2 Qxc4 19. Bf6 $1 Qg4 {What else?} (19... gxf6 20. Rd4 $1
Qxd4 (20... Qb5 $2 21. Rg4+ (21. Qxf6 Qh5+ $1) 21... Qg5 22. Rxg5+ fxg5 23. Qf6
$18) 21. Qxd4 e5 (21... f5 22. Qf6 {[%cal Re1e3,Re3g3]}) 22. Qh4 $16 {looks
not very nice for Black.}) 20. Rd3 Qg6 $2 {One mistake foolows another. Black
could try to play} (20... g6 21. Rd4 $140 Qh5+ 22. Rh4 Qf5 23. Rf4 Qh5+ {or}) (
20... e5 21. Rg3 (21. Bxg7 $4 Qxg7 22. Rg3 Bg4 $19) 21... Qh5+ 22. Kg1 g6 23.
Rxe5 $40 {with some chances for defence.}) 21. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 22. Rg3 Rd8 (22...
b6 $142 $5) 23. Rf1 f5 24. Qf4 {[%csl Rc8,Rg7]} Bd7 25. Rd1 $1 Rac8 (25... Qxg3
26. Qxg3+ Kf7 27. Qc7 $18 (27. Qh4 $18)) 26. Rxg6+ hxg6 27. Qg5 Kf7 28. Kg1 $1
(28. Kg1 $22 b5 29. Qh4 Ke8 (29... a6 30. Rxd7+ Rxd7 31. Qh7+ $18) 30. Qh8+ Ke7
31. Qg7+ Ke8 32. Rxd7) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vokarev, Sergey"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 $6 (10. Nxd4 $1) 10... Bd7 (10... Qxd4 11. Nxd4
Bd7 12. Be2 Bc5 (12... Rc8 13. c4 Bd6 14. Rd1 Ke7 15. Be3 Rhd8 16. Rac1 b6 17.
Bf3 e5 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 e4 20. Be2 Rxc1 21. Bxc1 Rc8 22. Bg5 Rc5 23. Be3
Rc2 {1/2-1/2 Biriukov,O-Ionov,S/St.Petersburg Chigorin mem 2004/ChessBase (60)}
) 13. Nb3 Bd6 (13... Bb6 14. Bf3 Rc8 $1 (14... Bc6 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Nd2 O-O
17. Nc4 Bc7 18. Rd1 Rfd8 19. Bg5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Nd5 21. a3 Kf8 22. Bc1 Ke7 {
1-0 Gavrilov,A-Vaingorten,Y/St Petersburg WN 2001/The Week in Chess 344 (55)})
15. c3 Bc6 16. Bxc6+ Rxc6 17. Bf4 Ke7 18. Rad1 Ne4 $146 (18... Rd8 19. Rxd8
Kxd8 20. Rd1+ Ke7 $11) 19. Be5 f6 (19... Nxf2 $6 20. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 f6 22.
Bd4 Rd8 23. Ke2 (23. Bc5+ $2 Rxc5 24. Rxd8 Rf5+ $19) 23... b6 24. Ra1 $1 $14 {
Matulovic,M-Rustemov,A/Skopje 2001/ChessBase/ (28)}) 20. Bd4 Rd8 (20... e5 $6
21. Rfe1 $1 Nd6 22. f4 $16) 21. Rfe1 Ng5 $11) 14. c4 O-O-O 15. Be3 Kb8 16. Rfd1
Be5 17. Nd4 Rc8 18. a4 Rhd8 19. f4 Bc7 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. axb5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 $14
{1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Kasimdzhanov,R/Wijk aan Zee-B 1998/ChessBase (41)}) 11.
Rd1 (11. Bf4 $5) 11... Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Rc8 13. Be2 (13. Bb3 Bc5 14. c3 Ke7 15. h3
Rhd8 16. Be3 Be8 17. Kf1 Nd5 18. Nf5+ exf5 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxe3 21. fxe3
Rd8 22. c4 Bd7 23. b3 b6 24. Ke2 Be6 25. Bf3 Kf6 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Kxd1 g5 {
Seitler,A-Petrik,T/SVK t-ch1W 0304 2004/EXT 2005/0-1 (60)}) 13... Bc5 {Black
achieved everything he wanted from the opening.} 14. c4 O-O $146 (14... e5 15.
Nb3 Bb6 16. Bd2 Ne4 17. Be1 Be6 18. Rac1 O-O 19. Kf1 f5 20. Bb4 Rfd8 21. f3
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Nf6 23. Nd2 Bd4 24. h3 Kf7 25. f4 exf4 26. Nf3 Bc5 27. Ne5+ Ke7
28. Bxc5+ Rxc5 29. Nd3 {Bisco,I-Balogh,P/SVK-ch 1994/ChessBase/0-1 (42)}) 15.
Be3 (15. Bf4 $5 {[%csl Ge5]} Ba4 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Be5 $5 (17. Be3) 17... Nd7 (
17... Be8 18. Bf3) 18. Bg3 Nf6 $5 (18... Nf8 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. bxa4 Nd4 21. Bd3
$14) 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. bxa4 Ne4 21. Bg4 Kf7 $13) 15... b6 (15... e5 $5 16. Nc2
Rfd8 17. Bxc5 $140 Rxc5 18. b4 Rcc8 19. Ne3 Ba4 $1 $11 {[%cal Oa4d1,Gd8d1]})
16. Bf3 (16. Nc2 $5) 16... e5 17. Nc2 Be6 {Black completed his development and
has some advantage now: more space and more active pieces.} 18. b3 (18. Bxc5
Rxc5 19. b3 (19. Ne3 Bxc4 20. b4 Rcc8) 19... b5 $1) 18... Rfd8 (18... e4 19.
Be2 {[%cal Gc2d4]}) 19. h3 Kf8 20. Kf1 a5 (20... Bf5 $5 21. Bxc5+ bxc5 22. Ne3
Bd3+ 23. Be2 Be4 $15 {[%cal Gd8d4]}) 21. Ke1 Ke7 22. Bd2 {[%cal Gc2e3]} (22.
Bxc5+ $5 bxc5 23. Ne3 Rd4 24. Nc2 {could be interesting alternative to the
text.}) 22... e4 (22... Bf5 $5 23. Ne3 Be4 24. Bxe4 $140 (24. Ke2 Bd3+ 25. Ke1
Bd4) 24... Nxe4 25. Nd5+ Rxd5 $1 26. cxd5 Nxf2) 23. Be2 Nd7 {[%cal Gf7f5,Gd7e5]
Black has some advantage in the endgame, but he needs to invest a very big
effort to get something real.} 24. Bc3 (24. f3 $5) 24... f5 25. a3 Bd6 $5 {
[%cal Gd6e5,Gd7c5]} 26. Nd4 Be5 27. Rac1 g6 28. Nb5 (28. Rc2 $142 $5 {[%cal
Gc2d2]}) 28... Bxc3+ 29. Rxc3 Ne5 $15 {[%csl Ge5] Things have definitely gone
wrong for White who now needs just to fight for a draw} 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. b4 $6
{White probably counted on this move, but it has a serious flaw.} ({After
correct} 31. c5 $142 $5 {Vokarev would have all chances for successful defence,
for example:} bxc5 32. Rxc5 Nd3+ $140 33. Bxd3 Rxd3 34. b4 axb4 35. axb4 Rb3
36. Rc7+ Bd7 37. Nd4 $1 Rxb4 38. Nc6+ Kd6 39. Rxd7+ Kxc6 40. Rxh7 $11) 31...
axb4 32. axb4 Nc6 $1 {A concrete and good reaction, exploiting weaknesses of
White's queenside.} 33. c5 (33. Rb3 Rc8 $36) 33... Nxb4 (33... Rb8 $5) 34. c6 {
This looks tempting, but might be not the best objectively.} (34. cxb6 $5 Nd5
35. Rc6 Bd7 36. Nd4 $1 Rb8 $17) 34... Rc8 35. c7 $2 {This move isn't the most
stubborn though White's position is already lost anyway} (35. Nd4 $142 Rc7 $17)
35... Nd5 36. Rc2 Bd7 $19 37. Rb2 (37. Bc4 Nxc7) 37... Bxb5 38. Rxb5 Kd6 39.
Bc4 (39. g3 Rxc7 $19) 39... Nxc7 40. Rb3 (40. Rxb6+ $2 Kc5 41. Ba6 Ra8) 40...
Rb8 0-1

[Event "Chalapathi GM"]
[Site "Guntur"]
[Date "2000.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Prakash, GB."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2000.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qe2 (12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Nf5
Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 Kf8 $1 $132) 12... Bd6 (12... Bc5 13. c3 O-O 14. Bg5 Bxd4 15.
cxd4 Nd5 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Qg4 $1 f5 18. Qf3 Qxd4 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Rc7 $36 {
1-0 Speelman,J-Nogueiras,J/Barcelona 1989/Inf 47 (39)}) 13. Bg5 O-O {According
to theory this position is equal} 14. Bxf6 $146 ({In few games White tried} 14.
g3 {but after correct answer} Ne4 $1 {Black equalize easily, for example} 15.
Qxe4 Qxc4 16. Bf4 $5 (16. Rad1 h6 17. Nf3 Qxe4 18. Rxe4 Bc7 19. Be7 Re8 20. Bd6
Bd8 21. Re3 f6 22. c4 e5 23. Nd2 Bg4 $11 {Junior 6.0-Rebel_Tiger 12.0e/
Computers-ch Cadaques 2000/1/2-1/2 (107)}) 16... Bxf4 17. gxf4 Bd7 18. b3 Qc7
19. Rad1 Rae8 20. Qe5 Qb6 21. Qe3 Qc7 22. Qe5 Rc8 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Van der Wiel,J-Nogueiras,J/Rotterdam 1989/}) 14... gxf6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qh4
Be7 17. Bf1 (17. Nf3 Rg8 $13) 17... f5 18. Qh5 Bf6 $11 {Black hasn't problems
with pair of strong bishops.} 19. c3 Rg8 20. g3 b5 21. Bg2 Bb7 22. Rad1 b4 (
22... Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rad8 $11) (22... Rad8 $5 $11) 23. cxb4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qb7+ (
24... Rg4 $143 25. Nf3 Rxb4 26. b3 $14) 25. Nf3 Bxb2 26. Re2 Bf6 {[%cal Gb7g2,
Rb7b4]} 27. Red2 Rad8 28. a3 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Rg6 (29... Rg5 30. Qh6 Rg6 $13) 30.
Kf1 Qc6 31. Rd3 Qe4 ({Deserves attention} 31... a5 $5 32. bxa5 Qb5 33. Ne1 (33.
Ke2 Rg4 $1) 33... Qxa5) 32. Ne1 a5 33. bxa5 Qh1+ 34. Ke2 Qe4+ 35. Kd1 {Brave
Yurtaev playes for a victory, 35.Kf1 was safer} Qa4+ 36. Nc2 Qxa5 37. Qf3 Qb5 (
37... Rg8 $5 $11) 38. Ke1 Rg4 39. Kf1 Rc4 40. Nb4 Be7 41. Kg2 Bxb4 42. axb4
Rxb4 43. Qe3 Rg4 $2 {Prakash played quite well all game and after} (43... Qb7+
44. f3 Qe7 $15 {black's chances will be even slightly better}) 44. Rd8+ Kg7 (
44... Rg8 45. Qc3+ e5 46. Qc8 Rxd8 47. Qxd8+ Kg7 48. Qg5+ Kf8 49. Qxf5 Kg7 $11)
45. Qc3+ e5 (45... Kh6 46. Qf6+ Rg6 47. Qxf7 Qc6+ 48. Kh3 $14) 46. Qc8 Kh6 $4 {
[%mdl 8192] Terrible mistake!} (46... Qc4 $1 {still kept balance, for example}
47. Qxf5 (47. Rg8+ Kh6 48. Qf8+ Kh5 49. Rh8 Qe4+ 50. Kg1 Qb1+ $11) 47... Qe4+
48. Qxe4 Rxe4 $11) 47. Qxf5 $18 {[%csl Rh6]} Qc6+ (47... Qb7+ 48. f3) 48. f3
Rg5 (48... Rg7 49. Qxe5) 49. Qxf7 {Game is over} Qc2+ 50. Kf1 Qxh2 $6 (50...
Qb1+ 51. Ke2 Qc2+ 52. Rd2 $18) 51. Qf8+ Kh5 52. Qe8+ Rg6 (52... Kh6 53. Rd6+
Rg6 54. Rxg6+ hxg6 55. Qh8+ {[%cal Rh8h2]}) 53. Qxe5+ Kh6 (53... Rg5 54. g4+)
54. Qf4+ {White queen made a good job!} 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vovk, Andrey"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "257"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qe2 Nbd7 9. Nb3 (9. b3 Bb4 10. c4 Qh5 11. Bb2 b6 12. a3 Be7 13. O-O-O Bb7 14.
Kb1 Rfd8 15. Rhg1 g6 16. h3 Qa5 17. b4 Qa4 18. Rge1 a5 19. Bc2 Qc6 20. b5 Qc7
21. g4 Rac8 22. Qe3 Bf8 23. Ne5 Bg7 24. f4 Nc5 25. Ndf3 Be4 26. Bxe4 Nfxe4 27.
Nc6 Bxb2 28. Kxb2 Rd6 29. Nfd4 Qd7 30. Kc2 f5 31. Rg1 Qf7 32. Ne5 Qf8 33. Ndc6
a4 34. Rxd6 Nxd6 35. Rd1 Rc7 36. Qd4 Ndb7 37. g5 Nb3 38. Qb2 Qc5 {Mainka,R 
(2482)-Buhmann,R (2541) Germany 2008 1-0}) 9... Bb6 $146 (9... Bd6 10. Bg5 e5
11. Bc4 Qc6 12. Bb5 Qc7 13. O-O-O Nb6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nh4 Be6 16. Bd3 Kg7 17.
Bf5 Rac8 18. Kb1 Nc4 19. Rd3 e4 20. Rh3 Rh8 21. Qxe4 Be5 22. c3 Qb6 23. Qe2
Rhd8 24. Rd3 Rxd3 25. Bxd3 Nxb2 26. Nf5+ Kf8 27. Qxb2 Rxc3 28. Qa3+ Kg8 29.
Nh6+ Kg7 30. Nf5+ Kg8 31. Nh6+ Kg7 32. Nf5+ {1/2-1/2 (32) Ulibin,M (2511)
-Girinath,P (2404) Gurgon 2009}) 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Ng4 12. Qe2 Nge5 13.
O-O-O Nxd3+ 14. Rxd3 Qb5 15. Rhd1 a5 $1 16. Qe3 a4 17. Nbd4 Qb6 18. Nd2 a3 19.
b3 Nf6 20. Qe5 Ng4 21. Qe2 e5 $11 22. h3 Nxf2 23. Qxf2 exd4 24. Rxd4 Be6 25.
Ne4 Qc7 26. R1d3 (26. Ng5 $5 {[%cal Gg5e6,Gf2h4]}) 26... Qe5 27. Nd6 h5 28. Qe3
Qf6 29. Qf4 Qxf4+ 30. Rxf4 Rfd8 31. Rfd4 Rd7 32. c4 $14 {En cas d'échanges
des R, le P"a3" risque de tomber} Kh7 33. Kd2 Rc7 34. Kc3 g5 35. Kb4 $36 h4 36.
Re3 Kh6 37. Re5 (37. Nb5 Rc6 38. Rd6 $1) 37... b6 38. Ne4 Rg8 39. Rd6 Rg6 40.
Rxb6 g4 41. Rbb5 Bd7 42. Rh5+ Kg7 43. Rbg5 {Un coup naturel mais peut-être
pas le plus précis} (43. Rbe5 gxh3 44. gxh3 Bxh3 45. Rxh4) 43... f5 $1 44. Nd6
Rxg5 (44... g3 45. Nxf5+ Kf6 $132) 45. Rxg5+ Kf6 46. Rh5 g3 47. c5 $6 (47. Nb5
{[%cal Gb5a3,Gh5h4]} Rb7 48. Kc5 f4 49. Nd4 $18 (49. Rxh4 $2 Kg5 $1 {[%csl Gg3]
[%cal Gf4f3,Gg3g1]})) 47... Bc6 48. Rxf5+ Ke6 49. Rh5 Bxg2 $132 50. Rh6+ Kd5
51. Rh5+ Ke6 52. Rh6+ Kd5 53. Rh5+ Ke6 54. Rxh4 Bf3 55. Ne4 Rg7 56. Nxg3 Rxg3
57. Kxa3 Kd5 58. Kb4 Kc6 59. Rh6+ Kc7 60. Rh7+ Kc6 61. Rh6+ Kc7 62. Ka5 Be4 63.
Re6 Bb1 64. Re2 Rxh3 $13 {Avec la structure a2b3, le B est un peu meilleur que
les P mais la finale est complexe} 65. Rb2 Be4 66. Rd2 Kc6 67. Kb4 Bd3 68. Rf2
Rh4+ 69. Kc3 Bh7 70. Rg2 Kxc5 71. Rg5+ Kc6 72. Rg2 Be4 73. Re2 Kc5 74. Rd2 Rh3+
75. Kb2 Bh7 76. Rg2 Kd4 77. Rd2+ Bd3 78. Rg2 Rh4 79. Rf2 Rh1 80. Rg2 Be4 81.
Re2 Kd3 82. Rc2 Ke3 83. Rc1 Rh2+ 84. Ka3 Bd3 85. Rc3 Kd4 86. Rc1 Rg2 87. Rd1
Kc3 88. Rc1+ Bc2 89. Rh1 Rg6 90. Rh3+ Bd3 91. Rh4 Rf6 92. Rg4 Rh6 93. Rf4 Rh2
94. Rf3 Kd4 95. Rg3 Bb1 96. Rg4+ Kd5 97. Rg5+ Kd6 98. Rg1 Rxa2+ 99. Kb4 Be4
100. Rd1+ Bd5 101. Rd3 Rc2 102. Rc3 Rd2 103. Rh3 Rd4+ 104. Kc3 Rg4 105. Rh6+
Kc5 106. Rh3 Rg2 107. Re3 Rg1 108. Rh3 Rb1 109. Kc2 Be4+ 110. Kc3 Rc1+ 111. Kb2
Rc2+ 112. Ka3 Kd4 113. Kb4 Rc8 114. Rh4 Re8 115. Rh3 Rf8 116. Ka3 Bd3 117. Kb2
Rf2+ 118. Ka3 Rf8 119. Kb2 Rg8 120. Rh4+ Be4 121. Rh3 Bd5 122. Ka3 Be6 123. Rf3
Rg5 124. Kb2 Bf5 125. Ka3 Bd3 126. Kb2 Rg2+ 127. Ka3 Rg7 128. Kb2 Rg1 129. Rh3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Black "Rychagov, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 4. Ngf3 {[%emt 0:00:24]}
Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 5. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} (5. exd5 exd5 (5... Qxd5)) 5...
cxd4 {[%emt 0:06:32]} 6. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 7. Nxc6 {
[%emt 0:00:44]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 8. Bxc6+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 9. c4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Be7 $146 {[%emt 0:18:05]} (9... Nf6 10. Qa4 Qc7
11. exd5 exd5 12. O-O Be7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 Rab8 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Qg4 Bf6 17.
Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qf3 Rbd8 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Rfe8 21. Qc2 h6 22. Rad1 Qa5 23.
g3 g6 24. Qxc6 Qxa2 25. Ra1 Qxb3 26. Rxa7 Qe6 27. Qxe6 Rxe6 28. Rfa1 Red6 29.
Ra8 Rxa8 30. Rxa8+ Kg7 {1/2-1/2 (30) Naroditsky,D (2622)-Vitiugov,N (2735)
Caleta 2015}) 10. Qa4 {[%emt 0:03:11]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:
01:02]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:13:48]} 12. Rd1 {[%emt 0:28:37] Un coup de centralisation
joué après une lonue reflexion} Rb4 $132 {[%emt 0:13:50]} 13. Qc2 {[%emt 0:
02:36]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 14. b3 {[%emt 0:02:40]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:09:14]} 15.
Bb2 {[%emt 0:02:59]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:28]} 16. Rac1 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Qe8 {
[%emt 0:02:28] La position Noire est passive mais solide} 17. Qd3 {[%emt 0:09:
20]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:02:07]} (17... a5 $5 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) 18. e5 {[%emt 0:10:55]
Il vallait peut-être mieux laisser la tension centrale} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:05]}
19. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} a5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 20. Ba1 {[%emt 0:01:51]} a4 {
[%emt 0:02:29]} 21. bxa4 {[%emt 0:04:11]} Qa8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 22. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:05:44]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 23. cxd5 {[%emt 0:06:30]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 24. Qc6 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Ba3 $1 {[%emt 0:04:29]} 25. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:
37]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 26. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 27.
h4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 28. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 29. Rc7 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 30. Rd3 {[%emt 0:02:42]}
Ng6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 31. g3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 32. Rb3 {
[%emt 0:01:02]} Rba8 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 33. Rbb7 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:
01:55]} 34. Rxe7 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 35. Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 36. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} R2a4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 37.
Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Re4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 38. h5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:
00:54]} 39. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 40. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. g4 $1 {[%emt 0:06:27]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:15:27]} 42. g5 {
[%emt 0:04:46]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 43. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:
01:59]} 44. h6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} gxh6 {[%emt 0:05:32]} 45. Nxf7 $36 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} Rxe3+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 46. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:02]
} 47. Nxh6+ {[%emt 0:06:25]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 48. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Ke8
$1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 49. Rh7 {[%emt 0:01:47]} d4 $11 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 50. Kg3 {
[%emt 0:00:56]} dxe3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 51. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} e2+ {[%emt 0:00:
45]} 52. Kxe2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 53. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:10]}
Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 54. Rf7+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 55. Ra7 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 56. Nd7+ {[%emt 0:00:51]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:
33]} 57. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 58. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kd8
{[%emt 0:00:10]} 59. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 60. Ra6 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 61. Nf4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:03:
26]} 62. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 63. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]}
Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 64. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Re1+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 65. Kd5 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 66. Re6+ {[%emt 0:00:25]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 67. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 68. Rf4+ {[%emt 0:00:29]}
Kg5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 69. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 70. Ke5 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} Re1+ {[%emt 0:01:15]} 71. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:
34]} 72. Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 73. Rg2+ {[%emt 0:00:36]}
Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 74. Nf4 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Ra6+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 75. Ke5 {
[%emt 0:01:20]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 76. Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:
21]} 77. Rf2+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 78. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:52]}
Ra5 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 79. Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 80. Kf5 {
[%emt 0:01:29]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 81. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rf7+ {[%emt 0:00:
25]} 82. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 83. Rb6 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Kf7
{[%emt 0:01:02]} 84. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 85. Rb5 {
[%emt 0:06:45]} Rf7+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 86. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 87. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 88. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke7
{[%emt 0:00:35]} 89. Ke5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sautron op 16th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2016.10.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Stany, George Anthony"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:04:06"]
[BlackClock "0:03:30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:05:24]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 4. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:48]}
Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 5. Ngf3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 6. Bc4 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} Qd7 $5 {[%emt 0:00:39] Une idée récente} (6... Qd6 {La
grande ligne} 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 (10... Bd7) 11.
Re1 Qc7 12. Qe2 h6 13. g3 b5 14. Bb3 Bd6 15. a4 O-O 16. axb5 e5 17. Nc6 Bb7 18.
c4 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxc6 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. f3 e4 22. cxb5 Qc5+ 23. Qf2 Qb4 24.
Bc2 exf3 25. h3 Qxb5 26. Be3 Qh5 27. Qf1 Ng4 28. Qd3 g6 29. Bb3 Nxe3 30. Rxe3
Qg5 31. Kh2 f2 32. Re8 Qf6 33. Bc4 Qc6 {0-1 (33) Karjakin,S (2762)-Kovalenko,I
(2700) Berlin 2015}) (6... Qd8 {L'alternative pour ne pas gêner le Bc8 mais
qui parait trop lente} 7. O-O $32) 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:49]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:49]}
8. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:42][%cal Gb3d4,Gf3d4]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:44]} (8... e5 $6 9.
Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Re1 Bd6 11. f4 $40 {[%csl Re8]}) 9. Nbxd4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Nxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:43]} 10. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10][%cal Gc4b5]} a6 $8 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
11. Re1 {[%emt 0:03:24]} (11. Bg5) 11... Bc5 {[%emt 0:06:07] L'idée de la
variante Qd7 et le Bf8 n'est plus gêné par la Qd6} (11... Qc7 {[%cal Gc7c4,
Gc8d7] Probablement une simple transposition} 12. Qe2 Bd6 $5 {[%cal Gd6h2]} (
12... Bc5) 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bd3 $14 f5 {Sjugirov,S (2673)-Goganov,
A (2632) Moscow Aeroflot op-A 16th 2017 (7) 1/2}) 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:13:45]
Joué après une longue réflexion mais la position reste théorique} (12. c3)
12... Qc7 {[%emt 0:03:28][%cal Gc7c4]} 13. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} O-O {[%emt 0:
06:51]} 14. Bg5 {[%emt 0:26:50] Une position critique} (14. c3 e5 {[%cal Gc8g4]
} 15. Nc2 Bg4 $132 {Geske,J (2399)-Berelowitsch,A (2543) Erfurt op 24th 2014 
(8) 1/2}) (14. Qf3 $5 {[%cal Ga1d1] Une alternative intéressante mais jouée
dans un blitz} e5 15. Nf5 e4 16. Qg3 Qxg3 17. Nxg3 Bd6 18. Bd4 $36 {[%csl Re4]
[%cal Gd4f6,Gg3e4];Mamedov,R (2688)-Cuenca Jimenez,J (2492) EU-ch blitz
Tallinn 2016 (5) 1-0}) 14... e5 {[%emt 0:13:35]} 15. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bg4
$146 {[%emt 0:01:29]} (15... Ng4 16. Bh4 Qb6 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Nxe5 Rad8 19. Nd3
Bxb3 20. axb3 Qd6 21. Qf4 Qxf4 22. Nxf4 g5 23. h3 Nxf2 24. Bxf2 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2
gxf4 26. Ra4 Rd2+ 27. Re2 Rxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Re8+ 29. Kf3 Re3+ 30. Kf2 Re5 31. Rxf4
f5 32. Rc4 Re7 33. Rc5 Rf7 34. Kf3 Kg7 35. Kf4 Kg6 36. h4 Re7 37. Rxf5 Re2 38.
Rc5 Rxg2 39. b4 Re2 40. Rc7 b5 41. b3 Re6 42. c3 Kh6 43. c4 bxc4 44. bxc4 Rb6
45. b5 {Lambrechts,K (2255)-Geurink,J (2293) Groningen 2011 1-0}) 16. Bxf6 {
[%emt 0:07:43]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 17. Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:09:
23][%csl Rf2]} 18. Re2 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Rad8 $36 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 19. Qe4 {
[%emt 0:00:38]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 20. Qh4 {[%emt 0:06:13][%cal Gh4f6,Gh5g6]}
Bg6 {[%emt 0:03:22]} 21. Rae1 {[%emt 0:16:45][%csl Re1,Re2] Les R Blanches
sont assez passives} e4 $5 {[%emt 0:07:58]} 22. Nd2 {[%emt 0:03:02]} f5 {
[%emt 0:00:37] Les Noirs ont gagné de l'espace mais au détriment de
l'activité du Bg6} 23. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:20][%cal Gf5f4,
Gf4f3]} 24. Qg5 {[%emt 0:03:13][%cal Gg5g8,Gh2h4,Gh4h5]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:05:04]}
25. Ne3 {[%emt 0:02:06]} (25. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5]} Be7 $1 26. Qh6 Bf8 $36 {
[%csl Rh6]}) 25... Qe5 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 26. Nc4 {[%emt 0:03:25]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:
03:17]} 27. Qf4 {[%emt 0:03:03]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 28. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:26]}
b5 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 29. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 30. Ne3 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 31. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:01:
29]} 32. h4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} (32. c3 $1 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gf4e5] Coupant
l'échiquier en deux} Re8 33. Nc7 Re7 34. Ne6+ $5 fxe6 35. Qe5+ {[%cal Ge5c5,
Ge5g7]}) 32... h5 {[%emt 0:06:22]} 33. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} a5 {[%emt 0:07:37]}
34. c3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Re8 {[%emt 0:03:51]} 35. Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Re7 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 36. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} (36. Ne6+ fxe6 37. Qe5+) 36... Re8 {
[%emt 0:00:56]} 37. Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 38. Nd5 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd7 $5 {La
dernière mode} (6... Qd6 {La grande ligne} 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4
10. Nxd4 Be7 11. c3 Qc7 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Qf3 Bd7 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. h3 Rad8 16.
Bf4 Qb6 17. Re2 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rae1 Bc5 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Rxe8+ Bxe8
22. Qxd5 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. cxd4 Bc6 25. f3 Bd5 26. a3 f6 27. Kf2 Kf7 28.
h4 h5 29. g4 g6 30. gxh5 {1/2-1/2 (30) Karjakin,S (2760)-Nakamura,H (2776)
Zuerich 2015}) 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 Nf6 9. Qe2 $5 {Les Blancs veulent développer
une Rd1 pour reprendre le Pd4} (9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Qe2 $14) 9... a6
10. Bf4 $146 (10. a4 Be7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nbxd4 Bd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne5 Bd5
15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. c4 Nf6 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. g4 h6 19. h4 O-O 20. g5 hxg5 21. hxg5
Nh7 22. Qh5 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Nxg5 24. Rd7 Ne4 25. Ra3 Nf6 26. Qh4 Qxd7 27. Nxd7
Nxd7 28. Rh3 f6 29. Qe4 Rfe8 30. Qxb7 Nc5 31. Qh1 Kf7 32. Rh7 f5 33. Qc6 Rac8
34. Qd6 Kg8 35. Qh2 Kf7 36. Qe5 Rg8 37. Rh3 Nd7 38. Qd4 Nc5 39. Qe5 Nd7 {
Adhiban,B (2646)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2714) Moscow 2015 1/2-1/2}) 10... Bd6 11.
Bg3 O-O 12. Rad1 $32 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. c3 $1 Bxg3 15. fxg3 $5 (15. hxg3) 15...
Qd5 (15... Rfd8 {[%cal Gd7e7] Semble plus solide pour terminer le
développement}) 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Bb1 Qh5 $13 18. Qd2 $1 {Gagne un tempo
important} a5 19. Ne5 Ng4 (19... Bd5 {[%csl Rd4] Bloquant une case sensible})
20. Nxg4 Qxg4 21. Nc5 $16 Bc6 $2 22. Rf4 Qg5 23. Nxe6 $1 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solvay"]
[BlackTeam "Cajacanarias"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
Nc3 Qd8 9. a3 Be7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O Nc5 12. Qe2 a6 13. b4 Ncd7 14. Nf3 Qc7
15. Bd2 Re8 16. Bd3 b6 17. Ne4 Bb7 18. c4 Rac8 19. Rac1 h6 20. Rfd1 Red8 21.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. g3 Bf6 26. Be3 Rxd1+ 27.
Rxd1 Qxc4 28. Qb7 Rf8 29. Bxb6 Qb3 30. Rd7 Qxa3 31. Bc5 Re8 32. Rxf7 Rd8 33.
Rd7 Rxd7 34. Qxd7 Qa1+ 35. Kg2 Qa2 36. h4 Qd5+ 37. Qxd5 exd5 38. h5 Kf7 39. f4
Ke6 40. Kf3 Kd7 $2 (40... Kf7 41. Ke2 g6 $11) 41. Ke3 $18 Ke6 42. Bd4 Be7 43.
Bxg7 Bxb4 44. Bxh6 a5 45. Bg7 a4 46. g4 (46. Bd4 Kf7 47. g4) 46... a3 47. Kd3
Kf7 48. Be5 a2 49. Kc2 Bd6 50. Kb2 d4 51. Kxa2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad Women-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Black "Rajlich, Iweta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "Rajlich,I"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Poland (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bd7 $5 (10... Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Bf4 Rc8 13.
Bb3 $11) 11. Be2 $5 (11. Qh4 $5 Be7 (11... Bc6 $5) 12. Bf4 Qb4 13. b3 Nd5 14.
Bg5 Bc6 15. Rfe1 Qc5 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. h3 h6 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 Bxd5 20.
Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Qa4+ Bc6 22. Qxa7 Bxf3 23. Qa8+ Qd8 24. Qxd8+ Kxd8 25. gxf3 $16 {
[%mdl 4096] variation from Rybka 3 opening book by Jeroen Nooman}) (11. Bf4 $5
Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Rc8 13. Bb3 $11 {is the main line.}) 11... Qxd4 (11... Qc7 $6 12.
Bg5 $1 $36 {with advantage.}) 12. Nxd4 {[%mdl 4096]} Bc5 (12... O-O-O $5 {
GM Sulypa}) 13. Nb3 $1 (13. Rd1 Rc8 $11) 13... Bb6 (13... Be7 $5 14. Bf3 Rc8
15. Bxb7 Rxc2 16. Be3 Rxb2 17. Bxa7 $13) 14. Bf3 (14. a4 a6 $1 (14... Bc6 $6
15. a5 Bc7 16. Nd4 $14) (14... O-O $6 15. Bf3 Rac8 $2 (15... Bc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6
17. a5 $14) 16. a5 Bd8 17. Bxb7 $16 Rxc2 18. Be3 {and White will have a very
dangeous passed pawn.}) 15. Bf3 O-O-O $1 16. Re1 (16. a5 Ba7 17. Be3 $5) 16...
Kb8 17. a5 Ba7 18. Bf4+ {1/2-1/2 Nevednichy,V (2531)-Akopian,V (2713)/Crete
GRE 2007}) (14. Bf4 $5 Rc8 $5 $11) (14. c4 $5 Rc8 15. a4 a6 $11) 14... Rc8 15.
a4 Bc6 (15... Rxc2 $5 16. a5 Bc7 17. Bxb7 O-O 18. Be3 Bb8 $13) 16. a5 Bd8 (
16... Bc7 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Be3 $16) 17. Bxc6+ Rxc6 $11 18.
Nd4 (18. c3 a6 $11) 18... Rc5 $6 (18... Rc4 $1 $11 {Rybka 3:} 19. c3 (19. Nb5
$6 Rxc2 20. Nxa7 O-O $15) (19. Be3 a6 $11) 19... a6 20. Ra3 Rc7 21. Ra4 Rd7 22.
Nf3 O-O 23. Bf4 Nh5 24. Be3 Bc7 25. Re1 Nf6 26. h3 Rfd8 27. Bf4 h6 28. Bxc7 {
[%eval -4,23]}) 19. a6 $1 bxa6 $1 20. Rxa6 $14 {/= White has a passed c2 pawn
+ minority on queen side, but the black pieces will take active positions.} Bb6
21. c3 (21. Be3 $5 $14 {/=}) 21... O-O 22. Nc2 Nd5 23. Rd1 Rfc8 24. Ra1 R5c7 (
24... a5 $5) 25. Kf1 f5 $6 {A tactical blunder - after Nd4 (a move which I
saw! but I thought Kf7 was a comfortable defence) I have to take on d4, giving
up the important bishop.} (25... h6 $5) 26. Nd4 $1 Bxd4 $8 (26... Re8 $2 27.
Nxe6 $16) (26... Kf7 $2 27. Nxf5 $18) 27. Rxd4 $14 Rb7 28. Rda4 (28. Ke2 $5 $14
Kf7 29. Ra6 Rcc7 30. f3 $14) (28. f3 $5 $14) 28... Rcc7 29. Ke2 Kf7 30. R1a2 (
30. Ra6 $14 h6 31. h4 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Rd6 f4) 30... e5 (30... h6 {was
better:} 31. h4 g5 $11) (30... g5 $5) 31. Be3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. f3 $14)
31... Nb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Here I saw what I had missed!  :-( I offered a draw..
.} (31... Rxb2+ $1 32. Rxb2 Nxc3+ $19) 32. Rb4 $1 $16 {Not taken of course -
White is much better now.} Nc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Nc8 33. Rxb7 Rxb7 34. b4
$16) 33. Rxa7 $1 $18 Rxa7 34. Bxa7 Ke6 (34... Rxa7 $2 35. Rxc4 {leads to a
quite hopeless rook endgame.}) 35. Be3 (35. Bb8 Rc6 36. b3 $18) 35... f4 36.
Bc1 g5 37. Ra4 e4 {Played because of the opponent's time trouble.} (37... Kf5)
38. Ra6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. b3 $1 $18 Ne5 (38... Nd6 39. c4 $18) 39. Rxe4 $1
Kf5 40. f3 Rxc3 (40... Nxf3 41. gxf3 Rxc3 42. Rc4 Rxb3 43. h4 h6 44. Rc6 gxh4
45. Rc4 $18) 41. Rxe5+ $18) 38... Kf5 $36 {Black has almost full compensation
for the missing pawn!} 39. b3 f3+ $6 {Too early!!} (39... Ne5 $1 $44 40. Bd2
f3+ 41. gxf3 exf3+ 42. Ke1 Rd7 {with full compensation.}) 40. gxf3 exf3+ 41.
Kd1 $1 $14 (41. Kxf3 $2 Ne5+ 42. Ke2 (42. Kg2 Rxc3 $11) 42... Rxc3 $11) 41...
Ne5 42. Ra5 $1 Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move is losing.} (42... Ke6 $1 43. Bxg5
Rxc3 44. Rb5 $14 Ng4 45. Bh4 Nxh2 {Black has good chances to draw. The endgame
K+R+B & K+R is likely to occur.}) 43. Bxg5 $1 $18 Ng4 44. Bh4 $1 Rxc3 45. Ra4+
$2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. h3 $1 $18 Nh6 46. Ra4+ Kd5 (46... Kd3 47. Bf6 $18) 47.
Rb4 Nf5 48. Bf6 Rc6 49. Bb2 Rh6 50. Rf4 Nh4 51. Bc1 $18) 45... Kf5 $8 $16 46.
Bg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This would be a very good move if Black could not take the
dangerous b3-pawn.} (46. h3 $1 $16 Ne5 47. Rb4 {with serious advantage}) 46...
Rxb3 $1 {With the b3-pawn gone, the worst is over for Black.} 47. Rf4+ Kg5 $8
48. h4+ Kh5 $8 49. Rf5+ Kh6 $8 (49... Kg6 50. Rg5+ $18) 50. Bf4+ $2 (50. Kc2 $1
{would give some practical chances:} Rb4 $1 (50... Ra3 $2 51. Bf4+ Kg6 52. Rg5+
Kf6 53. Rxg4 Kf5 54. Bd6 Ra2+ 55. Kb3 Kxg4 (55... Rxf2 56. Rf4+ Ke6 57. Bc5 Rf1
58. Bd4 $1 $18) 56. Kxa2 Kxh4 57. Kb3 Kh3 58. Kc4 $18) (50... Rb6 $6 51. h5 Nf6
52. Bf4+ Kg7 53. Be5 Kf7 54. Rxf3 Ke7 55. Rxf6 Rxf6 56. Bxf6+ Kxf6 57. Kd3 Kg5
58. Ke4 Kxh5 59. f4 Kg6 $11) 51. Rxf3 $14 {/=} Kg6 52. Ra3 Nh6 {To make a draw
Black needs to exchange the knight for the bishop => if he can do so, Black
can even give up the h-pawn achieving a theoretical draw (rook + f-pawn +
h-pawn vs rook) draw. Exchanging rooks will also make an "easy draw" for Black.
}) 50... Kg6 $11 51. Rg5+ Kf6 52. Kc2 $11 (52. Rxg4 Kf5 {White missed this
black resource.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benasque op 25th "]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Babaev, Rashad"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2005.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O (7. Qe2
Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 {-->is a favourite line of Gm Eduard Rozentalis.}) 7...
Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 {Usually black doesn't face any problems
after that tackle.} ({In my home preparation I was concerned on:} 10. Nxd4 a6
11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Qf3 Bd6) 10... Qxd4 ({Another common line here is:} 10... Bd7
11. Be3) 11. Nxd4 Bd7 {[%cal Ge8c8,Ga8c8] A flexible continuation. Now black
may either castle or to put his rook at c8.} 12. Bb5 $6 {A very strange
decision. Usually black should work hard in order to swap the light-squared
bishops. More than that,white wastes an important time and allows black to
seize the initiative.} Bxb5 $1 {That move is much more ambitious than other
possibilities.} (12... Bc5 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 14. Rd1 Ke7 15. Nb3 Bb6 16. Bg5 Rhd8
{1/2-1/2 Tseshkovsky,V-Petrosian,T/Ordzhonikidze 1978/EXT 2001 (16)}) 13. Nxb5
Rc8 14. c3 $146 {White has to play very accurately in order to equalize.} (14.
Nxa7 Rxc2 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Rfc1 Rxb2 17. Rab1 Rxb1 18. Rxb1 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bc5
$15 {0-1 Dilme,E-Iglesias,J/Barcelona 2000/EXT 2001 (35)}) {I have decided not
to swap the bishops at this moment.} 14... a6 ({After} 14... Bc5 15. Be3 a6 16.
Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Nd4 {black's advantage is symbolic.} (17. Nd6+ $6 Ke7 18. Rfd1 b6
{[%csl Rd6]})) 15. Nd4 Bc5 {Creating the strategical threat of 16...Bxd4.} 16.
Nf3 {[%cal Gc3c4] That is probably the best choice-white intents to advance
his queen-side pawns by c3-c4 and b2-b3,taking control of ''d5'' square.} ({
The following alternatives are clearly favourable for black:} 16. Be3 Nd5 $15)
(16. Nb3 Bb6 $15 {[%csl Rb3]}) (16. Rd1 Ke7 17. Bg5 Rhd8 $15) 16... Ba7 {
[%cal Yc8c4]} ({Possible would be also:} 16... Ke7 17. Bg5 Rhd8 18. Rfd1 h6 19.
Bxf6+ Kxf6 20. Kf1 $15 {although white should hold this endgame by accurate
play.}) 17. Bf4 ({After} 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Ke7 $15 {black's pawn structure
would be better.}) 17... Nd5 {I tried to avoid the exchange of my knight.} (
17... Ke7 18. Bg5 Rhd8 19. Rfd1 $15) 18. Bd2 {That looks a bit passively,but
white has no better square for the bishop.} ({For instance,} 18. Be5 f6 19. Bd4
Bb8 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge6e5]} 20. Rfd1 Kf7 21. Rac1 Rhd8 $15 {[%cal Ge6e5] is
also in black's favour.}) 18... f6 (18... Ke7 $5 19. Rfc1 (19. Rac1 b5 $15)
19... Rhd8 20. c4 Nf6 21. Bb4+ Ke8 $15) 19. Rfc1 $1 {A correct idea-white's
queen-side rook should stay at a1 in order to push a2-a4 at some moment.} (19.
Rac1 b5 $15) 19... Kf7 ({Premature would be:} 19... b5 $6 20. a4 Bb6 21. axb5
axb5 22. b3 $11) 20. c4 Ne7 21. b3 e5 {Black has to play
energetically-otherwise white could consolidate and neutralize the pressure.} (
21... Rhd8 22. Kf1 $15) 22. Be3 $1 {A correct defensive idea-now the weakness
of white's pawn structure is less significant,since e6-e5 is already played,so
black's knight couldn't get the ''e5'' square.} (22. Be1 $6 e4 23. Nd2 f5 $36)
22... Bxe3 23. fxe3 Rhd8 24. Rd1 $2 {There was no reason to waste time for
that move,since black's rook couldn't penetrate anyway.} ({I would perefer:} 
24. Kf2 $142 Nc6 {[%cal Ge5e4,Gc6e5]} (24... b5 25. Ke2 bxc4 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27.
bxc4 $15) 25. e4 $15 {with good chances of equalization.} (25. Ke2 e4 26. Nd2
f5 27. g4 g6 $15)) 24... Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 b5 $1 {Breaking the solid pawns chain
and seizing the open file. Now white's problems are obvious.} 26. cxb5 ({
I can hardly recommend:} 26. Nd2 Rd8 27. Kf2 bxc4 28. bxc4 Rd3 29. Ke2 Ra3 30.
Ra1 Nf5 $17) 26... axb5 27. a4 $6 $138 {An additional impulsive decision which
leads to a loss of pawn.} ({I would perefer the ''waiting'' strategy:} 27. Kf2
$142 Ke6 28. e4 Ra8 29. Ra1 b4 30. Ne1 $17 {although black has a great
strategical advantage here.}) 27... Rc3 $1 28. a5 {Trying to make use of the
passed pawn.} ({Nothing changed:} 28. Rb1 bxa4 29. bxa4 Ra3 $17) 28... Rxb3 29.
Ra1 Nd5 {I have decided to stop the pawn with a knight.} ({The alternative was:
} 29... Rc3 $5 30. a6 Rc8 31. Ra5 b4 $17 {with an excellent winning chances.})
30. e4 $2 {A decisive mistake-now white couldn't exchange the queen-side pawns
without swapping the rook as well.} ({The last chance of surviving was:} 30. a6
$142 Nc7 31. a7 Na8 32. Rc1 Ra3 33. Rc5 b4 34. Rb5 Rxa7 35. Rxb4 $17 {with
some practical drawish chances,since all the pawns are at the king-side.})
30... Nc7 31. a6 ({White cannot avoid a loss of the pawn after:} 31. Rc1 Ne6
32. a6 Ra3 33. Rc6 Ke7 $19 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Ge7d7,Ge6c7]}) 31... Rb4 $6 ({
Much stronger was:} 31... Ke7 32. a7 Na8 $19) 32. a7 Ra4 {Swapping the rooks.
Next several moves are forced.} 33. Rxa4 bxa4 34. Kf2 a3 35. Nd2 a2 36. Nb3 Ke7
37. Ke2 Kd7 38. Kd3 Kc6 39. Kc2 Kb7 40. Kb2 Kxa7 41. Kxa2 $2 {That natural
move was played immediately by Rashad...} ({At the same time,white could
defend very resistantly after:} 41. Nc1 $1 {avoiding the zungzwang. Although
black's position should be winning,the following variations prove that his
task is not that easy:} Kb6 (41... Ne6 42. Nxa2 Nc5 43. Nc3 Nd3+ 44. Kb3 Ne1
45. g3 $17) 42. Nxa2 Ne6 43. Kc2 Nc5 44. Nc3 Ka5 45. Kd2 Kb4 46. Nd5+ Kc4 47.
Ne3+ Kd4 48. Nf5+ Kxe4 49. Nxg7 f5 50. Ke2 {and black should play very
accurately in order to convert the extra pawn to a full point.} (50. g3 $2 Nb3+
51. Ke1 Nd4 52. Kf2 Kd3 $19)) 41... Kb6 42. Kb2 (42. Ka3 Kb5 $19) 42... Nb5 $1
$19 {That is the point! Now white cannot avoid a loss of the second pawn.} 43.
h3 (43. Kc1 Nd6 44. Nd2 Kc5 $19 {[%cal Gc5d4]}) 43... h6 44. g3 Kc6 45. g4 ({or
} 45. h4 h5 $19) 45... g5 46. Kc1 (46. Kc2 Nd4+ 47. Nxd4+ (47. Kc3 Nxb3 48.
Kxb3 Kb5 49. Kc3 Kc5 $19) 47... exd4 48. Kd2 Kb5 $1 (48... Kd6 49. Ke2 Ke5 $2
50. Kd3 Kf4 51. Kxd4 Kg3 52. Kd5 $11) 49. Kd3 Kc5 $19) 46... Nd6 (46... Nd6 47.
Nd2 Kc5 $19) 0-1

[Event "North Sea Cup 16th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2001.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Rozentalis,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Psakhis} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7.
Qe2 {Psakhis: 'Rozentalis likes this move and he won already few games in this
line.'} Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 a6 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bd3 Be7 ({Worth considering} 
11... Bb7 $5 {Psakhis and after} 12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qd5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15.
Nxb5 Qxa2 16. Nc7+ Ke7 17. Qh5 Bh6+ $1 {Black easily equalize} 18. Qxh6 Qa1+
19. Kd2 Qa5+ 20. Kc1 Qxc7 21. Rhe1 Bd5 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Qa5 {1/2-1/2 Oral,
T-Khuzman,A/EU t-ch Batumi 1999/CBM 74 (23)}) 12. Kb1 {'!' Psakhis.} (12. Nbxd4
{Psakhis} Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qd5 $1 {[%cal Gd5g5,Gd5a2]} 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Kb1 Qc5
16. Be4 Rb8 17. Bc6+ Kf8 18. Qe3 Kg8 19. Qg3 e5 20. Be4 g6 21. h4 Kg7 22. h5
Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Oral,T-Zifroni,D/EUR-Cup Panormo 2001/The Week in Chess 360 
(28)}) 12... e5 (12... Bd7 $5 {Psakhis} 13. Rhe1 Rd8 14. h3 Bc8 15. Bh4 O-O 16.
c3 b4 17. Bg3 Qd7 18. cxd4 Qa7 19. Rc1 Bb7 20. Ne5 Qa8 $13 {0-1 Sermek,
D-Naumkin,I/P.S.Giorgio op 1998 (31)}) 13. Bxf6 $1 {'N!?' Psakhis. Novelty.
White defines the centre without any delay. Psakhis: 'Important novelty in
well known position, which, possibly will change evualation all line.'} (13.
Rhe1 Bg4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qe4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Kf8 $1 ({Smart move , as} 16...
O-O-O {gives White a strong attack after} 17. c4) 17. c3 $2 (17. f4 {White
should have played} exf4 18. Na5 Rc8 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxf4 $15 {with a
compensation for Black's extra pawn.}) 17... g6 18. cxd4 Kg7 $2 ({Black, in
his turn could have kept the pawn:} 18... exd4 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Na5 Ne7 $17 {
with excellent position.}) 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Be4 Ra7 22. Na5 $11
{Rozentalis - Khalifman, Bundesliga 2000/1 2001} (22. Na5 {Psakhis} Nc4 23.
Nxc4 bxc4 24. Re2 Rb8 25. Kc1 a5 26. Rd5 c3 {1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,E-Khalifman,A/
BL 0001 2001/Week In Chess 328 (26)})) (13. h3 {Psakhis} Be6 14. Rhe1 Rc8 15.
Bh4 Nd7 16. Bg3 Bf6 17. Be4 Bc4 18. Qd2 O-O 19. c3 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Bxc6
dxc3 22. Qxc3 b4 23. Qe3 Qxc6 24. Nxe5 Bxa2+ 25. Kxa2 Qa4+ 26. Kb1 b3 {0-1
Roiz,M-Holzke,F/Biel op 2000/The Week in Chess 300 (26)}) 13... gxf6 {'!?'
Psakhis.} ({Probably the best, as otherwise central pawns are fallen:} 13...
Bxf6 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 $16 {and Black can't castle:} O-O (15... Qc5 {
Psakhis} 16. Rhe1 $13 {with complicated game.White got great compensation for
the pawn after text.} (16. f4 $5)) (15... Qxd4 $4 16. Bxb5+ $18) (15... Qb6 16.
Nc6 $1 (16. f4 $5)) 16. Qe4) (13... Qxf6 14. Be4 $16 {and White wins the e5
pawn.}) 14. Nh4 {'©' Psakhis. The knight goes to f5. Black's centre is firmly
blocked on the light squares, black king is unsafe on both sides, and White
can attack the central pawns by c2-c3 or f2-f4.} h5 $6 (14... Be6 {I would
prefer} 15. Nf5 Qc7 {,though after} 16. f4 {White has an initiative.}) (14...
Qc7 {Psakhis}) (14... Ra7 $5 {Psakhis}) 15. Nf5 Qc7 (15... Bxf5 {Psakhis} 16.
Bxf5 $44 {[%csl Re8]}) 16. Be4 {[xc6,d4]} Ra7 17. f4 {'!' Psakhis. [xe5]
Psakhis: 'White increase preassure with every move and it is very difficult (
if possible!) to defend black's position'} Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Kf8 19. Rhf1 Rh6 20.
Be4 Nd8 ({It is not much better for black and} 20... Na5 {Psakhis} 21. Nxa5
Qxa5 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Rf5 $16) 21. Rf3 $16 {White has a lot of threats: c2-c3,
attacking the centre: Rh3, attacking the h5 pawn; or Rdf1, doubling the rooks
on the f-file. Black decides to sacrifice a pawn in an attempt to organezi a
counter-play:} a5 (21... Ne6 {Psakhis} 22. fxe5 (22. Qd2 $5) 22... fxe5 23.
Rdf1 Nf4 $140 24. Qd2 {[%cal Gf3f8,Gd2h6]}) 22. Qxb5 a4 23. Nd2 (23. Nc1 $5 {
[%cal Gc1d3] Psakhis also doesn't look too bad!}) 23... f5 (23... a3 {Black
sacrifices another pawn in order to activate his kingside rook, as White is
fine also after} 24. b3 {followed by Nc4.}) ({Possibly, that} 23... Ne6 $142 {
Psakhis was the best chance, but after} 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Rdf1 Ng5 26. Rf5 Rb6
27. Qd5 $16 {white'a advantage is obvious.}) 24. Bxf5 exf4 25. Nc4 {Psakhis:
'Black can't protect already and bad king and five! weak pawns and can dream
just about occasional tactical chance. '} Rb7 26. Qd5 Rc6 27. Bd3 $18 {White
has enough recourses to protect his king, as his pieces are well placed, while
all black pawns are weak and his position is lost.} ({Of course, White must be
careful:} 27. Qxd4 $2 Bf6) (27. Rxd4 $2 Rc5 28. Qe4 Bf6) 27... Ne6 (27... Bf6
$142 {Psakhis}) 28. Be4 {'!' Psakhis. winning an exchange.} (28. Na5 $2 {
Psakhis} Rxb2+ $1 29. Kxb2 Rb6+ 30. Kc1 Qc3 {[%cal Re7a3]} 31. Nc4 Bb4 $40)
28... Rcb6 (28... Rxc4 {Psakhis} 29. Qxb7 Rxc2 30. Qxc7 Rxc7 31. Bf5 $18) 29.
Nxb6 Rxb6 30. b3 (30. Qf5 $5 {[%cal Ge4d5] Psakhis}) 30... Bf6 31. g3 Qe7 32.
Qa8+ Kg7 33. gxf4 {'+-' Psakhis. Psakhis: 'Rest is simple.'} Nc5 (33... Nc7 {
looses also:} 34. Rg1+ Kh6 35. Qg8) 34. Rg1+ Kh6 35. Bf5 (35. Rfg3 $1 {Psakhis}
Nxe4 36. Rg8 $18 {[%cal Rg8h8]}) 35... axb3 36. cxb3 Nxb3 {'?' Psakhis.} 37.
Rxb3 Qc5 38. Bd3 Rxb3+ 39. axb3 Qb4 40. Qd5 Qc3 41. Be2 {Psakhis: 'Nice and
very important for theory game'} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.27"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Rozentalis,E"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Graz Merkur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. Qe2 Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 a6 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Kb1 Be7 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Qc5 15. h4 $1 $146 {White protects his bishop and also prepares pawns attack
on the kingside, in case of Black's short castle.} O-O 16. Rhe1 {with the
threats 17.Nf5 and 17.Ne6.} Rfe8 (16... Rfd8 17. Nf5 exf5 18. Qxe7 Qxe7 19.
Rxe7 Bxg2 20. Rg1 Kf8 21. Re5 Be4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rxe4 $16) 17.
Nf3 {The knight goes to active location on e5.} h6 18. Ne5 $1 {White plays Ne5
anyway, as the bishop sacrifice is temprorar.} hxg5 19. hxg5 g6 20. gxf6 ({
White doesn't have any tactical decision:} 20. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 21. Qxe6+ Kg7 22.
gxf6+ Bxf6 23. Qg4 g5) (20. Bxg6 $2 fxg6 21. Qd3 Ne4 22. Rxe4 Rad8 23. Rd4 Qxe5
) 20... Bxf6 21. f4 $1 $40 Rad8 ({after} 21... Bxe5 22. fxe5 {White will move
his rook from e1 to f6 in order to attack black pawns f7 and g6, while black
bishop will not be able to come to the kingside and protect his king.}) 22. Qg4
Bg7 (22... Qf8 {was more resistable, but White has a way to organize a
decisive attack:} 23. Rh1 Qg7 24. Rde1 Rd4 25. Nxg6 $1 fxg6 26. Bxg6 Rb4 27.
Rh7 $18) 23. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 ({Black looses also in case of} 23... Rxd3 24. Rxd3
Qf2 25. Nh6+ Kf8 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. Rd8+ Ke7 28. Re8+ Kxe8 29. Qxe6+ Kd8 30.
Nf7+ Kc7 31. Qd6+ {with mate.}) 24. Bxg6+ Kf8 25. Rxd8 {and Black resigned,
because after} Rxd8 26. Qxe6 {there is no defence from Qf7 or Qe8.} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.03.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 $5 {This move order already shows Gata's desire to obtain a fresh position
on the board.} ({The mainline usually starts first with taking back the
d4-pawn:} 8. Nb3 Nf6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 {theory branches
out here, and I will only examine a recent game from the solid bishop to f1
idea.} 12. Bf1 $5 {planning to bring the bishop later to the h1-a8 diagonal.} (
12. Qe2 {is the old mainline which is still very playable.}) (12. Bb3) 12...
Be7 {the more solid move} (12... Bd6 {is worse:} 13. g3 O-O 14. Bg5 Be5 15. c3
Nd5 16. Bg2 $14 {1-0 (59) Almasi,Z (2684)-Radjabov,T (2722) Baku 2016; is
easier to play for White in practice. For more ideas in the ensuing middlegame
check Almasi's annotations in his win in CBM 175.}) 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Bf4 Bd6 15.
Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Qg3 $1 {White has other possibilities here but I
believe this is the best way to fight for an edge. Black should objectively be
able to hold in the ending, but White can try to apply some pressure with his
queenside majority.} (17. c4) (17. Re3 $5) 17... Qxg3 18. hxg3 Bd7 19. Nf3 Rfd8
(19... Rfc8 20. Ne5 Be8 21. c4 Kf8 22. g4 h6 23. f4 Ke7 24. Be2 (24. g5 $6 hxg5
25. fxg5 Nd7) 24... Rd8 (24... Nd7 25. Nf3 $1 Nc5 26. Nd4 {[%cal Gb2b4]} a5 27.
Bf3 Rc7 28. f5 $36) 25. Bf3 Rab8 26. Kf2 Nd7 $11) 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Be2 Rac8 22.
Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. c4 Kf8 $11 {1-0 (58) Idani,P (2573)-Sargissian,G 
(2666) Dubai UAE 2017}) 8... Nf6 9. Nb3 a6 10. a4 {Stopping b5 expansion later,
but I don't think it causes Black any real problems. The last time this was
played by a GM was in 2001!} (10. Nbxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 {leads to the mainline
as mentioned earlier.}) 10... Be7 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. b3 (13. c3
Qc7 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. g3 b6 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Bc4 Nd5 19. Nf5 Bc5 20.
Be5 f6 21. Bd6 Rf7 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Rxe6 Qxe6 24. Bxd5 Qxf5 25. Bxa8 Be6 26.
Qe2 Rd7 27. Re1 Kf7 28. Be4 Qg4 29. Qxa6 Rd1 30. Qa7+ Ke8 31. Bc6+ Kd8 32. Qb6+
Kc8 33. Qb7+ Kd8 34. Rxd1+ Qxd1+ 35. Kg2 Bc4 36. Qb8+ {1-0 (36) Ivanov,A (2582)
-Formanek,E (2293) Philadelphia 2001}) 13... Rd8 14. Bb2 Qc5 $1 $146 {A
logical novelty, which was most probably created otb. It puts pressure on the
centre and prevents White's harmonious development with queen to e2, queenside
rook to d1.} (14... Qc7 15. Qe2 Nd5 16. Nf3 $1 Bf6 17. Be5 $1 Bxe5 18. Qxe5
Qxe5 19. Nxe5 Nf6 20. Rad1 Bd7 {1-0 (49) Tomescu,V (2450)-Luciani,V (2140)
Palermo 2000} 21. Be2 $1 (21. Rd6 $6 b5 $1) 21... Rac8 (21... Rab8 22. Bf3) 22.
Bf3 $14) (14... Qf4 $1 {with the same idea.}) 15. Qd3 h6 $1 {A useful,
prophylactic move.} (15... b6 $2 {gives White control and a long-term
advantage.} 16. Qf3 Rb8 17. Nc6 Bb7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qg3 $16) (15... Qc7 16.
Rad1) ({Var probably didn't like this due to the natural line} 15... e5 16. Ba3
Qc7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qe3 Re8 (18... Ng4 $1 {this is the only way to hold and
has to be foreseen before playing e6-e5} 19. Qe4 Nf6 $11) 19. Nf3 $1 e4 (19...
Ng4 20. Qe2 {The knight on g4 is unstable.}) 20. Ng5 $1 $16) 16. h3 Qc7 17. Qe2
Bb4 $1 {Actively getting out of the pin.} ({Black still cannot play} 17... b6
18. Nf5 $1 $16) (17... Bd7 18. Nf5 $16) 18. Red1 (18. c3 {is simply terrible
for White's harmony.} Bd6 $15) 18... Bd7 {Black has finished development and
has equalized.} (18... b6 $2 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qe4 $1 Ra7 22.
Qg6+ Kf8 23. Qxf6+ Ke8 24. Bxe6 Bxe6 25. Qxe6+ Qe7 26. Qg6+ $1 Kf8 (26... Qf7
27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Qxb6+) 27. Qxh6+ $18) 19. Rd3 $5 {Gata starts to show
aggressive intentions by introducing a rook-lift on the kingside.} (19. Nf3 {
was more circumspect.}) 19... e5 $1 {Var correctly reacts by starting play in
the centre even before White makes real threats around his king. This must
have been either missed or underestimated by Gata as the ensuing positions
require accuracy for him to even keep the balance.} 20. Nf3 e4 21. Bxf6 exd3
22. Bxd8 $4 {As the multiple-time US Champ remarked in the post-game interview:
"It just happened."} ({The only way to continue the fight in this complex
position is} 22. Qe4 $1 Qd6 $1 {now here are some sample lines to show the
resourcefulness and accuracy required from both players:} (22... dxc2 $4 23.
Qg6) (22... gxf6 $4 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Qxf6+ Kg8 27.
Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Qf6+ Kh7 29. Ng5#) (22... Bc6 23. Qg4 $1 (23. Qg6 Bf8 24. Bxd8
Rxd8 $19 25. Ne5 {is refuted by the simple} (25. cxd3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Qxc4) 25...
Bd5 $1) 23... Bf8 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Bxd3 $14) 23. Bxd8 dxc2 (23... d2 $5 24.
Nxd2 Rxd8 25. Nf3 $14) 24. Ne5 $5 (24. Qxc2 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Qe7 26. Bd5 $11) (24.
Bd3 Rxd8 25. Bxc2 (25. Qh7+ $6 Kf8 26. Bxc2 Qf6 27. Rd1 Ba5 $15 {Black has
better piece coordination.}) 25... Bc6 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qxg7 Bxf3
29. gxf3 Qf6 30. Qxf6+ Kxf6 $11) 24... Qd1+ 25. Kh2 Be6 $1 {Trading off an
attacking piece seems most logical and safest.} (25... Qxa1 26. Bxf7+ Kf8 27.
Qxb4#) (25... Bd6 $6 26. Bf6 Re8 $5 (26... Qxa1 27. Bxf7+ Kf8 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7
29. Qg6+ Kf8 30. Qxd6+ Kg7 31. Bd5 $1 $18) (26... Be6 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Qg6 Bf8
29. Ng4 $18) 27. Bxf7+ (27. Qg6 Bxe5+ 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Qxf7+ Kh7 30. Qg8+ Kg6
31. Bf7+ (31. Qf7+ Kh7 $11) 31... Kf6 (31... Kf5 32. Qxg7 Re6 33. Bxe6+ Bxe6
34. g4+ Ke4 35. Qxb7+ Kd3 (35... Kd4 36. Qb6+ Ke5 37. Qe3+ Kd6 38. Rc1 $18) 36.
Qxa6+) 32. Qf8 Qxa1 33. Bg8+ Kg5 34. Qxg7+ Kf5 35. Qxd7+ (35. Qf7+ Ke4 36. Qc4+
Qd4)) 27... Kf8 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qg6+ Kf8 30. Qxh6+ (30. Qxd6+ Qxd6) 30...
Ke7 31. Qh4+ Kf8 32. Qh6+ $11) 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Rxd1 cxd1=Q 28. Bf6 $1 Bf8 (
28... Bd6 29. Qxb7 $1 $18) 29. Qxb7 Qd2 $1 30. Qxa8 Qf4+ 31. Kg1 Qc1+ 32. Kh2
Qf4+ $11) 22... Qxc4 {Gata was only expecting a recapture on d8, and missed
this other forcing move which quickly decides the game in Black's favour. Thus,
White resigned.} (22... Rxd8 23. Bxd3 $14 {White is up material, but it won't
be easy to convert due to Black's bishop pair and strong dark-square control.})
{A possible continuation could've been:} 23. bxc4 (23. Qe5 Qc3 24. Bc7 dxc2 $19
) 23... dxe2 24. Bb6 Re8 25. Ne1 Bxa4 $18 ({or} 25... Bc3 26. Rc1 Bxa4) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Skoberne, Jure"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game occurred in the 3rd round of the strong European Championships in
which a top and very experienced British player suffered an upset at the hands
of one of the solid GMs in the field.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 $1 {This
move is still the best way to neutralise the Tarrasch Variation.} 4. exd5 Qxd5
5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3 Qxc5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Qc7 9. a4 ({In a later round of
the same event, interestingly, GM Skoberne played another French Tarrasch game:
} 9. Re1 Be7 10. Ne4 O-O 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Ne5 (12. Qe2 b6 13. Bg5 Bb7 14.
Rad1 (14. c3 h6 15. Bh4 Rad8 16. Rad1 Nh5 $1 $11) 14... Rad8 $11) 12... Bd6 13.
Bf4 g6 $5 $146 (13... b6 14. Qe2 (14. Qf3 Bb7 15. Qh3 g6 $11 {½-½ (30) Wei,Y
(2649)-Jianu,V (2588) Bazna 2014}) 14... Bb7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Bg5 Bxe5 17.
Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxe5 Ba6 $11) (13... Nd7 $4 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Bxh7+
) 14. Qe2 Nd7 {the main idea.} 15. Rad1 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18.
Rxe5 Rd8 {0-1 (97) Torosyan,N (2371)-Skoberne,J (2563) Batumi GEO 2018. Black
has equalised comfortably and even went on to outplay his opponent later.}) (9.
Qe2 {is the most commonly played move here} Nc5 10. Bb5+ (10. Bc4 Bd6 11. b3 a6
12. a4 b6 13. Bb2 Bb7 $11 {0-1 (28) Zherebukh,Y (2605)-Akobian,V (2645) Saint
Louis 2017}) 10... Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Ncxd7 12. Ne4 (12. c4 Be7 {practice shows
that Black has no problems.}) 12... Be7 {White couldn't pose any problems for
Black. The most recent game here even went in Black's favour:} 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6
14. c3 O-O 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 $11 {0-1 (48) Wacker,P (2301)
-Santos Latasa,J (2549) Cappelle-la-Grande 2018}) 9... Be7 ({Black also has no
problems with the other natural move} 9... Nc5 10. Bc4 (10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Nc4 a6
12. Bxd7+ Ncxd7 13. Qd4 Bc5 14. Bf4 Qc6 15. Qd3 O-O $11 {0-1 (63) Mannion,S 
(2320)-Roberson,P (2403) Douglas 2017}) 10... Be7 11. a5 (11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 b6
13. Qe2 Bb7 $11 {1-0 (53) Grigoriants,S (2568)-Roberson,P (2412) chess.com INT
2018}) 11... O-O 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Re1 Ncd7 15. Ndf3 Nxe5 16. Nxe5
Nd7 17. Bf4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bd6 19. Bd3 ({It's very possible that Mr. McShane
has prepared some improvement over his countryman's previous game in this
position such as:} 19. Bxd6 $5 $146 Qxd6 20. Red1 Qc5 (20... Qe7 21. a6 $1) (
20... Qc7 21. b4 $1 Bc6 $6 22. b5 $14) 21. c3 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Rc8 22. Rd4 {
White seems easier to play here, but still Black should be able to hold with
accurate play.}) 19... Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. Rxe5 Bc6 $11 {½-½ (77) Adams,M
(2744)-Lupulescu,C (2631) Reykjavik 2015. Black is fine here and the game was
eventually drawn.}) 10. Nb3 O-O 11. a5 Nd5 12. c3 N7f6 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Qe2 $5
$146 {Inviting Black to create an imbalance early in the middlegame.} ({
Previously tried in two games is} 14. Nbd4 Bd7 15. Ne5 (15. a6 Rab8 $1 16. Ne5
Bc5 $1 (16... Bd6 17. Nxd7 $1 (17. Qe2 {1-0 (47) Tiviakov,S (2668)-Popilski,G 
(2493) Douglas 2014}) 17... Qxd7 18. axb7 Rxb7 19. Qe2 $14) 17. axb7 (17. Nxd7
Rxd7) 17... Rxb7 18. Qe2 (18. Ndf3 Be8 19. Qe2 h6 $11) 18... Bxd4 19. cxd4 Be8
$11) 15... Be8 16. Qe2 a6 17. Bd2 Bd6 18. Ndf3 h6 19. g3 Nd7 $11 {0-1 (60)
Mannion,S (2326)-Huzman,A (2557) Caleta 2017}) ({When I first saw this game,
somehow my eye was drawn to the rook-lift idea as a result of a4-a5 and turns
out nobody has ever tried it!} 14. Ra4 $5 $146 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4,Gf4][%cal Ga4h4]}
Bd7 ({Safer is} 14... h6 15. Rc4 Qb8 (15... Qd7 16. Rd4 $1) 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Qe2
$13) 15. Rc4 $1 Qb8 {Now that Black's queen is worse, White rook can continue
on its journey.} 16. Rh4 h6 17. Ne5 $40 {with interesting attacking
possibilities.}) 14... Nf4 {Seeing that White will follow up with knight to e5
and maybe the rook lift(!?), Black goes for it.} (14... a6 {is also playable,
but it's probably not wise to give the bishop pair to a player who is
well-known as a good technical player and grinder.} 15. Ne5 (15. Ra4 $5 {
is possible once again.}) 15... Bd7 (15... Bd6 16. f4) 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. Ra4
$14) 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Nbd4 Bc5 17. g3 ({A more accurate move is} 17. Red1 $1 {
which prepares the knight move to e5.} Bd7 (17... a6 18. Ne5 $36 Bxd4 19. cxd4
Bd7 20. g3 Qh6 21. Rdc1 (21. Qf3 Rab8 22. Be4 Nxe4 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Nxd7 Ng5
25. Qe7 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Qxh2+ 27. Kxf3 Rxd7 28. Qxd7 Rf8+ 29. Ke4 Qxf2 30. Ke5 $11
) 21... Rac8 (21... Rab8 22. Rc7 Be8 23. Rd1 Nd5 24. Rc5 $14) 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 (
22... Bxc8 23. Qc2 $36) 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Be4 Rc7 25. d5 $1 $14) 18. Nb3 $1 Be7
19. Ne5 (19. a6 Qc7 $1) 19... a6 20. g3 Qh6 21. Qf3 $14 {Black's misplaced
queen on the kingside is a source of problems.}) 17... Qc7 18. Nb5 Qe7 19. Ne5
Rd5 $5 {Activating a piece with the use of tactical ideas.} ({If} 19... a6 {
Black probably didn't like the weakening of his queenside.} 20. Na3 {but Black
seems fine after the typical} (20. b4 $5 axb5 21. bxc5 Qxc5 22. Bxb5 Bd7 $11)
20... Nd7 $1 21. Nac4 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 f6 23. Nc4 e5 24. b4 Ba7 25. Nb6 Bxb6 26.
axb6 Be6 $11 {with equal chances for both sides.}) 20. Qc2 (20. b4 $2 Rxe5 $1
21. Qxe5 Bxf2+ 22. Kg2 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 Bd7 $17) 20... a6 21. Na3 Bd7 $1 {No fear,
the centralised rook is fine!} 22. b4 (22. Bc4 Rd6 (22... Rxe5 $5 23. Rxe5 Ng4
24. Re2 Qg5 $44) 23. b4 Ba7 $11) 22... Ba7 {Since White cannot exploit the
exposed positioning of the enemy rook while Black completes development, Black
has successfully equalised.} 23. Bf1 Be8 24. Bg2 Rdd8 25. Rad1 Rac8 {In fact,
it is now White who now has to be more careful to avoid being clearly worse.}
26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Nac4 $6 ({It was better to trade all the rooks} 27. Rd1 Rxd1+
$6 (27... Nd5 $1 $15) 28. Qxd1 {after which White's queenside won't be that
easy for Black to pressurise.}) 27... Nd5 $1 ({Quickly aiming at White's
queenside pawns is another way to develop the initiative.} 27... Qc7 $1 {
[%cal Rc7c3]} 28. Nd2 (28. Rd1 Nd5 $1) 28... Nd5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Nef3 (30.
Ndf3 $2 f6 31. Nd3 Bg6 $19) 30... Bc6 $17) 28. Nd3 Qc7 29. Ndb2 h5 $1 {A
strong move which aims to create a second weakness on the kingside.} 30. Bf3 (
30. h4 $2 Qxg3) 30... h4 31. Kg2 Bc6 32. Ne5 {This allows a tactic but it was
difficult to find another defence anyway.} Nxb4 $1 33. Qe2 Bxf3+ (33... Bb5 34.
Qe4 (34. c4 Be8 $19) 34... Rd2 35. Nd1 Nc2 $19) 34. Qxf3 Rd2 $6 ({It was
slightly better to bring the knight back closer to the centre and kingside.} 
34... Nd5 $1 35. c4 (35. Nbc4 f6) (35. Nec4 Nf6) (35. Nd1 Nf6) 35... Nf6) 35.
cxb4 Rxb2 36. Nd3 Rd2 37. gxh4 Qc6 (37... Qd8 38. Rd1 Rxd1 39. Qxd1 Qxh4 40.
Qf3 Qg5+ 41. Kf1 Qb5 $19) 38. Qxc6 bxc6 39. Nc5 Bxc5 40. bxc5 Ra2 41. Rb1 Rxa5
42. Rb6 Rxc5 43. Rxa6 g6 {Black has an overwhelmingly won rook ending due to
his extra pawn and weak enemy pawns. The rest was impressive technical play
from the Slovakian GM.} 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. Rc8 Kf6 46. Kg3 Rc4 47. Rc7 e5 48. Rc8
Kf5 49. Rh8 Rg4+ 50. Kh3 Kf4 $1 {Creating future mating threats as well.} 51.
Rc8 Kf3 52. Rxc6 Rf4 53. Rc2 e4 54. Rb2 f5 55. Ra2 Rg4 56. Rb2 Rg1 (56... g5
57. hxg5 Rxg5 58. Kh4 Rg2 {Winning the f2-pawn after which Black's pawns will
easily roll down.}) 57. Ra2 f4 58. Rb2 e3 59. fxe3 fxe3 60. Rb3 Kf2 61. Rb6 e2
62. Rf6+ Ke3 63. Re6+ Kd3 64. h5 gxh5 65. Rd6+ Kc4 66. Re6 e1=Q 67. Re4+ $5 {
A last, imaginative try for a draw.} Kd3 68. Rd4+ Kc2 69. Rc4+ Qc3+ {Seeing
that there's no more stalemate tricks left, White resigns. An impressive win
by GM Skoberne and an important win for the "French-Defenders" over the
"Tarrasch-grinders"!} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.21"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan Sebastian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belorechensk"]
[BlackTeam "Vaalerenga"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qf4 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. Rad1
e5 (14... b6 {0-1 (68) Prlac,V (2177)-Dizdarevic,E (2498) Sibenik 2010}) 15.
Nf3 e4 16. Ne5 Bb6 17. Rd6 Ne8 18. g3 Qf5 19. Rd5 Nf6 20. Rb5 Qh3 {[#] In
ausgeglichener Position entschließt sich Weiß, etwas Würze in die Partie zu
bringen.} 21. Nxf7 $6 Rxf7 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qxe4 Bd7 {Das schwarze Gegenspiel
findet vor allem auf der Diagonalen c6-g2 statt.} 24. Bxf7+ ({Nach} 24. Qd5
Raf8 25. Qh5 Qxh5 26. Rxh5 Bc6 27. Bxf7+ Rxf7 {ist das schwarze Läuferpaar
sehr stark.}) 24... Kxf7 25. Qxb7 {[#]} Re8 {droht Lxf2} 26. Qd5+ Kg6 27. Qd3+
Bf5 28. Rxf5 {Erzwungen.} (28. Qc3 Be4 {mit Matt}) 28... Qxf5 29. Qd1 {Zählen:
Schwarz hat eine Figur mehr. Und der weiße König steht viel anfälliger als
der schwarze.} h5 30. h4 Qe4 31. c4 Rd8 32. Qc1 Rd3 33. c5 Qd4 34. Qc2 (34.
cxb6 Rxg3+ 35. Kh2 Qxh4#) 34... Bxc5 35. Re1 Kg7 36. b4 Rxg3+ 37. Kf1 Qg4 38.
fxg3 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "World Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2009.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 ({Game 5 featured} 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 {
, here Topalov goes for the main alternative.}) 4... Qxd5 {Black doesn't want
to defend an isolated queen's P and strives for free development of his forces.
This line was highly popular in the 1980s, although it lost most of its appeal
towards the end of the 20-th century, when Black mostly turned to 3...Nf6.
Black's choice is still largely a matter of taste, the other main move} (4...
exd5 {is also far from refuted and objectively hardly any worse - Korchnoi
used it successfully in his 1974 match against Karpov.} 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7
7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Nfd4 Qd7 12. Qf3 g6 13.
Bh6 Ng4 14. Bf4 O-O 15. h3 Ngf6 16. c3 Rfe8 17. Rfd1 Bd8 18. Nc2 Bb6 19. Nbd4
Re7 20. Ne3 Rae8 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. hxg4 Qc8 $11 {1/2 Topalov,V (2455)-Fries
Nielsen,J (2415)/Copenhagen/1991/}) 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O ({A very
ambitious idea is} 7. Qe2 $5 {, after} Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 a6 10. O-O-O b5
11. Bd3 Be7 12. Rhe1 Bb7 (12... Bd7 $5) 13. Nfxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qd5 $6 (14...
Nd5 $14) (14... Bd5 $5) 15. Nf5 Qxa2 16. Qe5 $1 Qa1+ 17. Kd2 Qa5+ 18. c3 Ne4+
$2 (18... Kf8 $16) 19. Bxe4 Bxg5+ 20. Ke2 Bxe4 21. Nxg7+ Kf8 22. Qxg5 $18 {
Ganguly,S (2603)-Petrik,T (2487)/Dresden olm/2008/ Black was soon crushed.
However, Topalov is one point up with two games to go and doesn't need
double-edged positions with opposite-side castling.}) 7... Nf6 8. Re1 {This
idea gained it's share of attention after Kasparov used it against Gelfand in
Astana 2001.} ({However, the main line is still} 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.
Nxd4 {and now Moskalenko advocates Petrosian's simple developing move} Be7 $5 {
, which seems quite solid:} (10... a6 {and}) (10... Bd7 {occur far more often,
but are perhaps no better.}) 11. Be3 (11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qf4 13. Nf3 b6 14. Be5
Qg4 15. Nd4 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Bb7 17. Nb5 Bc5 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Rfc8 20. Rfd1
Kf8 $11 {1/2, Tal,M (2615)-Petrosian,T (2625)/Biel izt plof/1976/}) (11. Nb5
Qc6 (11... Qb8 $5 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Re1 a6 14. Nc3 b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Qe2 Qc7 17.
Rad1 Rfd8 $11 {Alonso Fernandez,M (2196)-Gavilan Diaz,M (2081)/Mondariz/2004/})
12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bf4 a6 14. Nd4 Qc5 15. Nb3 Qc6 16. Nd4 Qc5 $11 {1/2,Tal,M 
(2615)-Petrosian,T (2635)/Tbilisi/1976/}) (11. c3 O-O 12. Qf3 (12. Re1 {
can lead to the position from our game.}) 12... Qc7 13. Bb3 (13. Bd3 Bd7 14.
Bg5 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Rfe1 Rad8 $11 {1/2, Cooper,L (2313)-Lalic,B (2538)/
Bunratty/2009/}) 13... Bd7 14. Bg5 Rad8 (14... Nd5 $5 $11 {Illescas}) 15. Bh4
Bc8 16. Rfe1 a6 17. Rad1 Rfe8 18. Bc2 Nd5 19. Bg3 Bd6 20. Bb3 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Nf6
22. Nc2 $11 {1/2, Illescas Cordoba,M (2603)-Moskalenko,V (2569)/Barcelona/2008/
}) 11... O-O 12. Qf3 Qc7 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. h3 Rac8 15. Rad1 b5 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17.
Bf4 Qb6 18. a3 b4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. c3 Be7 21. Be5 a5 22. Ra1 {Onischuk,A 
(2610)-Gulko,B (2585)/New York op/1998/} a4 $11) 8... Be7 {Kamsky played this
quickly, just as in the above note Black strives first of all to safeguard his
K.} (8... Nc6 {is played more often, but it can lead to the same position
after both of White's main reactions:} 9. Nb3 {again gives Black a choice
between transposing to the game with} (9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 Be7 11. Nxd4 ({
Later White tried} 11. Bf4 {, but this is also far from convincing:} Qc5 12.
Bd3 Bf6 13. a3 O-O (13... a5 $5 14. Re1 O-O 15. Nd2 Be7 16. Nc4 Rd8 17. Bc7 Rd7
18. Bb6 Qg5 19. Qe2 a4 20. Rad1 Bf6 21. Qe4 g6 22. Nd2 Bd8 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. f4
Qc5 $17 {Marcotulli,G (2484)-Legemaat,G (2381)/corr/2004/}) 14. b4 Qb6 $1 (
14... Qh5 $6 15. b5 Ne7 16. Be5 Nd5 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Nf6 19. Qd2 a6 20.
b6 Qc5 21. Re1 Qxb6 22. Ne5 $40 Nd5 $2 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rh4+ Kg8 25. Qd3 g6
26. Qh3 Qa5 27. Rh8+ Kg7 28. Qh6+ {1-0, Hracek,Z (2584)-Kelly,B (2487)/ECC
Rethymnon/2003/}) 15. Re1 (15. b5 Ne7 16. Nxd4 Nd5 17. Be5 Rd8 $13 {/=/+})
15... Ne7 16. Qe2 Nd5 17. Qe4 g6 18. Be5 Rd8 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Qh4 Kg7 21. Rad1
a5 22. Bf1 axb4 23. axb4 h6 24. Ne5 Ra4 25. Rd3 Qxb4 26. Rf3 Qe7 $15 {
Marcotulli,G-Sandstroem,B/corr/2004/} (26... g5 27. Rg3 Qxe1 28. Rxg5+ hxg5 29.
Qxg5+ Kh7 30. Qh4+ $11)) {The principled continuation is} 11... e5 $142 $1 {
, the forced series of moves} (11... O-O 12. Bf4 Qc5 13. Bd3 $1 $14 {|^,
Kasparov} (13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bd3 b5 15. a4 a6 16. Re3 Bb7 17. Be4 {Kasparov,G 
(2835)-Gelfand,B (2712)/Astana/2001/} Qb6 (17... Qc8 $5 18. Rc3 Bxe4 19. Rxc8
Raxc8 $44) 18. a5 Qa7 $11)) 12. Bf4 (12. Qf3 Nxd4 13. Qxf7+ Kd8 14. Qxg7 Re8
$17) 12... exf4 13. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 bxc6 15. Rde1 Kf8 16. Rxe7 Be6 17.
R1xe6 fxe6 18. Rc7 (18. Rxe6 Re8 19. Rxc6 Re1+ 20. Bf1 Ke7 21. Rc7+ Kf6 22.
Rc6+ Kg5 $17 {Moreno Tejera,E (2360)-Matamoros Franco,C (2472)/Lorca/2003/})
18... h5 $1 {leads to a sharp _|_, in which even Black can have winning
chances, if White overdoes it:} 19. Kf1 Rh6 20. Rxc6 (20. Ke2 Rf6 21. Rxc6 Rd8
22. a4 Ke7 23. Ra6 Rd7 24. Bd3 f3+ 25. gxf3 Rf4 $15 {Efimenko,Z (2590)-Petrik,
T (2393)/Cappelle la Grande/2003/}) 20... Rd8 (20... Re8 21. Rc7 Re7 22. Rc8+
Re8 23. Rc7 Re7 24. Rc8+ {1/2, Kurnosov,I (2549)-Najer,E (2614)/Kazan/2005/})
21. Bd3 Ke7 22. Ra6 Rd7 23. h4 $1 {Oral,T} (23. Ra5 $6 h4 24. h3 g6 {[%cal
Yh6h5] /\Rh5=/+} 25. Ra6 g5 26. Ke2 Kf6 27. b3 Rh8 28. Bc4 Re7 29. Rc6 Rb8 30.
a4 Rb6 31. Rc8 e5 32. Rf8+ Kg6 33. Rg8+ Kf5 34. a5 Rd6 35. Rf8+ Rf6 $17 {
Oral,T (2565)-Wang Hao (2456)/Calvia olm/2004/}) 23... e5 (23... Rf6 24. Ra5 g6
25. Ke2 f3+ 26. gxf3 Rf4 27. Bxg6 Rxh4 28. Rxh5 $11) 24. Ra5 Kd6 25. Ke2 $13)
9... Be7 ({or sharper moves as} 9... Bd7 {or}) (9... a6)) 9. Nb3 {Just as on
move 7, Topalov makes the more restrained move and is simply content with
regaining the P.} (9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 Nc6 {-8...Nc6}) 9... Nc6 10. Nbxd4 Nxd4
(10... O-O 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Ne5 $36) 11. Nxd4 (11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 $11)
11... O-O 12. c3 Bd7 (12... e5 13. Nf3 Qxd1 (13... Qc7 {Ehlvest,J (2589)
-Lobron,E (2517)/Reykjavik/2002/} 14. Nxe5 $1 Bd6 15. Qd4 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 Rd8 17.
Qf4 Rd1+ 18. Bf1 Qc6 (18... Be6 19. Re1 $16) 19. c4 Be6 20. b3 $16) 14. Rxd1
Bg4 15. Re1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bd6 17. Be3 Rfc8 18. Bb3 a5 19. Rad1 Ra6 20. Kg2 h6
21. Bc2 $14 {[%csl Gc2,Ge3] Hotting,A (2479)-Bendig,F (2373)/corr/2004/ This
endgame is pleasant and riskless for White with his ^^, no wonder Kamsky
avoids it.}) (12... Qc7 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Bg5 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Qh5 Rae8 17.
Re3 g6 18. Qg5 Kg7 19. Rh3 Ng8 20. Qh4 h6 21. Nc2 e5 22. Rg3 Ne7 23. Ne3 Nf5
$11 {Minhazuddin,A (2339)-Panggabean,H (2254)/Kuala Lumpur/2008/}) 13. Qf3 (13.
Bg5 $2 Qc5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 $17 {Middelhoven,H-Marcus,J (2274)/Haarlem/2001/}) (
13. Bb3 Bc6 14. Bg5 {1/2, Adams,M (2715)-Seirawan,Y (2647)/Bermuda/2000/} Rfd8
$132) (13. Qe2 Rac8 14. Bb3 Qb6 15. Be3 Bc5 16. Bg5 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Qb5 18. Qe5
Qxe5 19. dxe5 Nd5 20. Rac1 Bc6 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 $11 {Arnason,J (2500)-Eingorn,V 
(2570)/Moscow/1990/}) 13... Qb6 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty,
which puts White's << under pressure and gives Black good <=>. Kamsky was
still playing quite fast, indicating that he was still following his
preparation.} (13... Qc7 14. Bd3 (14. Bb3 Bd6 15. h3 e5 16. Nc2 e4 17. Qe2 Qc5
18. Ne3 Rae8 19. Nf1 Qf5 $13 {/=/+,Cioara,A (2422)-Kruppa,Y (2538)/Bucharest/
2006/}) 14... Rfe8 (14... Bd6 15. g3 (15. h3 a6 16. Bg5 Be5 17. Qe3 Bh2+ 18.
Kh1 Nd5 19. Qe4 f5 20. Qe2 Rae8 21. g3 Bxg3 22. fxg3 Qxg3 23. Nf3 Qxh3+ $44 {
Horvath,T (2475)-Almasi,I (2370)/HUN-chT 9394/1994/}) 15... Be5 16. Nb5 Bxb5
17. Bxb5 Rfd8 18. Bf1 Nd5 19. Bd2 Bf6 20. Rad1 Qb6 21. Bc1 $14 {Ciornas,V 
(2357)-Saul,A (2100)/corr/2005/}) 15. Bg5 (15. Bf4 $5 Qb6 16. Re2 $14) 15...
Nd5 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Rad1 Ba4 18. Bc2 Bxc2 19. Nxc2 $11 {1/2, Sokolov,A (2595)
-Nogueiras Santiago,J (2560)/Brussels/1988/}) (13... Rac8 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Bb3
Bc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Qxc6 Rxc6 18. Rad1 Rcc8 19. Rd3 Rfd8 20. Red1 Rxd3 21.
Rxd3 Kf8 22. Kf1 Bc5 23. f3 Ke7 24. Ke2 $14 {Liberzon,V (2480)-Tatai,S (2385)/
EU-chT Haifa/1989/}) 14. Bb3 (14. Bf4 Qxb2 15. Rab1 Qa3 16. Rxb7 {seems
promising for White, but is in fact at best unclear after} Rac8 17. Bb3 Qc5
$132 (17... a5 $5 $11)) 14... a5 ({The text-move is more enterprising, than} 
14... Bc5 15. Bg5 (15. Be3 a5 {-14...a5}) 15... Bxd4 16. cxd4 Bc6 17. Qd3 Bb5 (
17... Nd5 18. Bc2 $36) (17... Qb5 $6 18. Qxb5 Bxb5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. d5 $36)
18. Qe3 Nd5 $11) 15. Be3 {[%cal Rd4e6]} (15. Nf5 $6 exf5 16. Rxe7 a4 17. Bc4
Rae8 $32 {is risky for White.}) 15... Bc5 16. Rad1 {[%mdl 576] Defensive moves
are fine for Black, therefore Topalov sacrifices a P and heads for immense
complications.} (16. Qe2 a4 17. Bc4 e5 18. Nc2 (18. Nf3 Bg4 $1 $36) 18... Rac8
$11) (16. Re2 $6 e5 (16... a4 17. Bc2 Nd5 18. Rd1 $13) 17. Nf5 e4 18. Qf4 Bxf5
19. Qxf5 Bxe3 20. fxe3 a4 $36) ({However, objectively the text-move is quite
risky and White still had} 16. Bg5 $5 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Bc6 18. Qd3 $11 {, which
is similar to 14...Bc5 and rather sterile.}) 16... a4 17. Bc2 (17. Bc4 $5 {
gives Black a choice:} {Black can also ignore the P, a fighting alternative is}
e5 $5 (17... Qxb2 18. Bh6 $5 Be7 (18... Bc6 19. Qg3 (19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Re2 Qb8
21. Bf4 Qb6 $13 {/=/+}) 19... Nh5 20. Qh4 Ra5 (20... Bxd4 21. cxd4 Ra5 22. Bc1
$36) 21. Re5 Qxc3 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Rxh5 Bxf2+ (23... gxh6 24. Bd3 $40) 24.
Kxf2 Rxh5 25. Qxh5 Qxc4 26. Qg5 Qxa2+ 27. Rd2 Qa1 28. Rd8 f5 29. Rd7 Qb2+ 30.
Ke1 Qb1+ 31. Kf2 Qb2+ $11) (18... Bd6 19. Bg5 (19. Rb1 Qa3 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21.
Rxb5 Nd5 $5 $15) 19... Rfc8 20. Rb1 Qa3 21. Bxf6 Rxc4 22. Qxb7 Rac8 23. Qxd7
R4c7 24. Qb5 gxf6 25. Qa6 $1 $11 {/+/=}) 19. Qg3 Nh5 20. Qf3 Nf6 $11 {with
repetition is probably the most prudent option.}) 18. Nf5 Bxf5 (18... e4 19.
Ne7+ Kh8 20. Qg3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Qxb2 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Rac8 $11) 19. Qxf5
Bxe3 20. Rxe3 e4 $13) 17... Qxb2 $1 {Consistently accepting the challenge.} (
17... Nd5 $143 18. Bc1 $14) (17... e5 $6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 (18... Bxe3 19. Qxe3 $36
{/\} Qxb2 $2 20. Rxd7 $1 Qxc2 (20... Nxd7 21. Qg5 g6 22. Qh6 gxf5 23. Bxf5 Nf6
24. Qg5+ $18) 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Rd2 $18) 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Bxf5 $14 {/=}) 18.
Bg5 Nd5 (18... Bxd4 $143 19. Rxd4 Nd5 (19... Qxc2 $2 20. Bxf6 Bc6 21. Rg4 Qg6 (
21... g6 22. Qe3 Qf5 23. Rf4 Qd5 24. Rf3 $1 $18) 22. Qf4 $1 $16) 20. Rd2 $44)
19. c4 Bxd4 ({Apart from the simple and straightforward text-move Black had
also the alternative} 19... g6 20. cxd5 Bxd4 21. Re2 (21. Rd2 Qc3 (21... Qxa2
22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Qe4 $132) 22. Qf4 Bg7 23. Qd6 Bc8 $5 $15) 21... Qc3 $5 (21...
Qb6 22. Rb1 Qc5 $5 (22... Qa6 23. Bd3 b5 24. Bh6 $13) 23. Bh6 (23. Rxb7 Bb5 $36
) 23... Rfd8 24. Rxb7 (24. Be4 $5) 24... exd5 25. Bxa4 Rab8 $1 $15) 22. dxe6
Bxe6 23. Be4 Ra5 $15) (19... Nb4 $6 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Re2 Nc2 22. Rxc2 $14) (
19... Nb6 20. Re2 Qb4 (20... Bxd4 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxb2 Bxb2 23. Be3 $16) 21.
Bf6 $44 (21. Bd3 $5 {/\} Bxd4 22. Qe4 $36)) 20. Qd3 (20. Re2 g6 {transposes
into the 19...g6 lines, as} (20... h6 $5 $15 {also seems playable}) (20... Qb6
21. Qd3 g6 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Nb6 24. Red2 Bc6 25. Bf6 $44) 21. Bxg6 $2 {
runs into} fxg6 22. Rxb2 Rxf3 23. Rxd4 Rf5 $19) 20... f5 $1 (20... g6 $143 $2
21. Qxd4 Qxd4 (21... Qxc2 22. Bh6 Qc3 23. Bxf8 $16) 22. Rxd4 Nb4 (22... Rfc8
23. Be4 $18) (22... Nb6 23. Rb1 $16) 23. Rxd7 Nxc2 24. Rc1 Nb4 (24... f6 25.
Bd2 $18) 25. Be7 $1 Nxa2 26. Rc2 $16 {traps the N and gives White a clear _|_
advantage due to Black's weak back rank. Shipov gives an unforced, but pretty
continuation} Rfc8 27. Rxa2 Rxc4 28. f3 b5 29. Rb7 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 Rb1 31. Bf6 h6
32. Rxa4 $1 $18) 21. Qxd4 Qxc2 22. cxd5 ({White wants to keep the tension,} 22.
Rd2 Qc3 23. cxd5 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 exd5 $15 {gives Black a healthy extra P and
winning chances.}) 22... Qxa2 {[%csl Ga4] Just as on move 17, Kamsky chooses a
risky, but consistent alternative, now Topalov must reckon with the Pa4. After
other moves White's initiative would fully compensate the missing P, even the
^- giving his attack an extra impulse.} 23. Qb6 (23. Qb4 Rae8 $5 (23... a3 $2
24. Rd2 $18) (23... Qb3 24. Qd6 Bb5 25. Rb1 Qd3 26. Red1 Qe2 27. Re1 $11) 24.
Qxb7 Rf7 $15) 23... a3 $5 (23... exd5 $2 24. Qxb7 $18 {[%csl Rd7] ץd7}) (23...
Qc4 24. Qd6 $132) (23... Rae8 {from the previous note is playable, but the
text-move is even more ambitious.}) 24. Be7 $1 {The best move, White's B joins
the fight against the Pa3.} (24. Qd6 Ba4 25. Qxe6+ Rf7 26. Ra1 Qc4 27. Be7 (27.
Rxa3 $2 Re8) 27... a2 28. d6 Qxe6 (28... Bb5 $15) 29. Rxe6 Bb5 30. Re5 Bc4 31.
d7 Rxe7 32. Rxe7 Kf8 $36 33. d8=Q+ Rxd8 34. Rxb7 Rd2 $36) (24. dxe6 Bc6 $15 (
24... Bxe6 25. Qxe6+ Qxe6 26. Rxe6 b5 27. Kf1 b4 28. Re3 {/\Rb3 and the
blockade holds.})) 24... Rfe8 25. Qd6 $6 (25. Qxb7 Ba4 26. Ra1 Qxd5 (26... Qb2
27. Qb4 $15 {is similar}) 27. Qxd5 exd5 28. Bxa3 $15 {leads to an _|_ White
should be able to hold in the long run. Instead Topalov plays vabanque.}) 25...
Ba4 $2 {An important moment. Kamsky, surprised by White's previous move, spent
about 30 minutes. He reacts badly and loses control, moreover getting into
time-trouble (which lead to more mistakes). Black had 2 better moves, which
would have given him an advantage:} (25... Kf7 26. Rxe6 (26. Qxd7 Rxe7 27.
dxe6+ Qxe6 $1 $19) (26. Bg5 Bb5 $17) 26... Qb3 27. Rde1 Qa4 $5 $17 (27... Qb5 {
allows White to bail out with} 28. Bf6 $1 Bxe6 29. dxe6+ Kxf6 (29... Kg6 30.
Qg3+ Kxf6 31. Qc3+ $11) 30. e7+ Kg5 $8 31. h4+ Kxh4 (31... Kh5 $2 32. Qg3 f4
33. Qf3+ $18) 32. Qg3+ Kh5 33. Qh2+ Kg6 34. Qd6+ $11)) (25... Bc8 26. Qc7 $1 (
26. dxe6 $2 Qc4 {is hopeless}) 26... Qb3 (26... Qb2 27. d6 a2 28. Ra1 $15) 27.
d6 a2 28. Ra1 (28. d7 $2 Bxd7 29. Qxd7 Qxd1 $1 $19) (28. Bf6 Bd7 $1 (28... gxf6
$2 29. d7 Bxd7 30. Rxd7 $18) 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qxd7+ Kg8 $17) 28... Qa4 (28...
Ra6 $5 {/\} 29. d7 Bxd7 30. Qxd7 Qa4 $17) 29. Re2 Qd4 30. Qc1 Bd7 31. Rexa2
Rxa2 32. Rxa2 Rc8 33. Qe1 b5 $17) 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Ra1 Qc4 28. Rec1 $6 {
Black was down to 8 minutes and Topalov wants to pursue his own ambitions.
Altough in the end this risky gamble pays off, the prudent choice was} (28.
Rxa3 Bb3 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Qxf5 Qxd5 $11) 28... Bc2 $1 {[%cal Rb7b4] /\b5-b4}
29. Qd7 $2 (29. Qe3 $142 f4 (29... a2 $2 30. d6 $16 {[%cal Rd6d7] /\d7}) 30.
Qc5 Qxc5 31. Bxc5 Be4 (31... a2 32. Rxc2 Re1+ 33. Rxe1 a1=Q 34. Rce2 $44) 32.
d6 (32. Rxa3 Bxd5 $15) 32... a2 33. d7 Red8 34. Bb6 Rxd7 35. Rxa2 Rf8 $15)
29... a2 30. d6 (30. Qxb7 Qe4 31. h4 Bb1 {/\} 32. Bg5 Qe5 33. Raxb1 Rab8 34.
Qxb8 Rxb8 35. Rxb8+ Qxb8 36. d6 h6 37. Bf4 Qb2 38. d7 Qd4 $19) 30... b5 31. Qb7
(31. Qc7 Qxc7 32. dxc7 Bb3 $19) 31... Reb8 $2 ({The wrong move-order, after} 
31... b4 $1 32. d7 Reb8 $19 {Black disarms White's o^ and wins.}) 32. Qc7 Rc8
$2 $138 {[%mdl 8192] The final mistake, which loses material, the game and the
whole match.} (32... Bd3 $1 33. Rxc4 bxc4 34. h4 (34. Qxb8+ Rxb8 35. h4 Rb1+
36. Kh2 Rxa1 37. d7 Rh1+ 38. Kg3 h6 39. d8=Q+ Kh7 40. Bf6 $1 gxf6 41. Qe7+ Kg6
42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ $11) 34... Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Rxa1 36. d7 Rh1+ 37. Kg3 Rg8 38.
d8=Q a1=Q 39. Qcb8 (39. Qxg8+ Kxg8 40. Qd8+ Kf7 41. Qf8+ Ke6 42. Qc8+ $1 Kxe7
43. Qc7+ Ke6 44. Qc6+ Ke5 45. Qc5+ $11) 39... f4+ $8 40. Kf3 Qd1+ 41. Kxf4 g5+
42. Bxg5 Rxh4+ 43. Bxh4 Qg4+ 44. Ke5 Qe4+ 45. Kd6 Qd4+ $11) 33. Qxc4 Rxc4 34.
d7 Bb1 (34... Rd4 35. d8=Q+ Rdxd8 36. Bxd8 Bb3 37. Be7 $18) ({Kamsky probably
overlooked} 34... b4 $2 35. Rxa2 $1 $18 (35. d8=Q+ $2 Rxd8 36. Bxd8 b3 $17))
35. Rd1 $1 $18 (35. Rxc4 bxc4 36. d8=Q+ Rxd8 37. Bxd8 c3 38. Kf1 c2 39. Bg5 {
also wins in the long run, but the text-move is even more incisive.}) 35... Kg8
36. d8=Q+ Rxd8 37. Bxd8 Bc2 38. Rdc1 b4 (38... Bb3 39. Rxc4 Bxc4 40. Ba5 $18)
39. Rxa2 b3 40. Ra8 Kf7 (40... b2 41. Bf6+ $18) 41. Rb8 Ke6 42. Re1+ Kd5 43.
Be7 Ra4 44. Bf8 Ra7 45. h4 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch KO"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.16"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.12.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 (4. exd5 {is played somewhat more often,
after} Qxd5 ({Although Korchnoi never lost after} 4... exd5 {against Karpov,
nowadays French fans prefer to avoid playing with the isolani.}) {the
independent continuation is} 5. dxc5 {and now:} (5. Ngf3 cxd4 {transposes to
the main line}) 5... Nf6 $5 ({Black has more often played} 5... Bxc5 6. Ngf3
Nf6 {More popular is immediately hitting the Q with} 7. Bc4 (7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qe2
Nbd7 9. b3 (9. Ne4 b6 10. Nxc5 Qxc5 (10... Nxc5 $13) 11. Be3 (11. O-O Bb7 $132)
11... Qc7 12. Bd4 Bb7 13. O-O-O Nc5 14. Be5 Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 Qc4 16. Nd4 Be4 17.
Re3 Qxa2 18. Bxf6 Bg6 19. Ra3 Qd5 $15 {Kasparov,G (2770)-Anand,V (2650) Reggio
Emilia 1992 Anand's only classical win with black against Kasparov was
annotated by Knaak in CBM 027.}) 9... Ng4 $5 (9... b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. O-O-O a5
12. Rhe1 $6 (12. a4 $14 {[%cal Yd2c4,Yg2g4]}) 12... a4 13. Ne4 Qh5 14. Nfg5 Qh6
15. Kb1 axb3 16. axb3 Ba3 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $132 18. Bxf6 $2 Qxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kh8
20. Qh5 Qb2# {Rublevsky,S (2595)-Beliavsky,A (2650) Novosibirsk 1995}) 10. O-O
Nde5 11. Be4 Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 Qh5 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. Rad1 Qg4 15. Qc4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4
f6 17. h3 Qg6 18. Qc4 Bb6 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qe8 21. Ng5 Qe7 22. Ne4 Rd8 23.
Rd4 Rxd4 24. exd4 b6 25. d5 Bb7 26. d6 {Rublevsky,S (2685)-Ivanov,S (2550) St
Petersburg 1998} Qf7 27. Ng5 Bd5 $1 $11) 7... Qc6 8. Qe2 (8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6
10. a4 b6 11. Nb3 Bb7 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 {Zherebukh,Y (2605)-So,W (2822) Saint
Louis 2017} 13. b3 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Gc4]}) 8... O-O 9. O-O (9. Nb3 Be7 (9... Bd6
$142 $5) 10. Bf4 $1 a6 11. O-O b5 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. a4 Nd5 14. Bg3 b4 15. a5 Qd8
16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Rfd1 Nd7 18. Nc4 Qc8 {Adams,M (2745)-Gupta,A (2626) Douglas
2016} 19. Nd6 $36 (19. Be4 $5)) 9... b6 ({More promising is} 9... a6 $5 {/\}
10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nb3 Bd6 $132 {[%cal Ye6e5]}) 10. Nb3 Bb7 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. b3
Nbd7 13. Bb2 Qh5 14. Ne5 Qxe2 15. Bxe2 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Ne4 18. f3
Nc5 19. Kf2 f6 20. Bc7 Rdc8 21. Bd6 Bd5 22. c4 Bc6 23. b4 {Bruzon Batista,L 
(2653)-Lenderman,A (2626) Saint Louis 2018 Black had to defend this unpleasant
endgame for a long time.}) ({Because of the problems, indicated above, Black
started paying more attention to} 5... Qxc5 {, the idea is to first hide the
exposed Q and flexibly develop the minor pieces:} 6. Ngf3 ({Interesting is} 6.
Ne4 $5 Qb4+ 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. a3 Qa5 9. Bd3 a6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Nh5 12. b4 Qd8
13. Be3 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Ne4 $14 {Karjakin,S (2769)-Giri,A (2714) Wijk aan
Zee 2012 For details see the notes to this game in CBM 147 by Kritz.}) 6... Nf6
7. Bd3 Be7 (7... Nbd7 8. O-O Qc7 $5 {is a viable and possibly more accurate
alternative, after} 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 {Black should gradually equalize.})
8. O-O Nbd7 9. a4 (9. Qe2 {Vitiugov recommends the immediate} Qc7 $142 $5 {
to take the sting out of Ne4.} (9... O-O 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 (11... Qh5
$5) 12. Qh4 $14)) 9... Qc7 (9... b6 10. a5 b5 $2 (10... O-O $142) (10... Bb7 $5
) 11. Nb3 Qh5 12. a6 $1 b4 13. Be2 Nb6 14. Ra5 Nbd5 15. Ng5 Qg6 16. Bd3 Qh5 17.
Bb5+ Kf8 18. Qxh5 Nxh5 19. Bc6 Rb8 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Be3 $16 {Adams,M (2751)
-Ju,W (2583) Caleta 2017 See the notes to this game in CBM 177 by Kr.Szabo.})
10. a5 (10. Nb3 b6 (10... O-O 11. a5 Nd5 12. c3 N7f6 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Nbd4 Bd7
15. a6 Rab8 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Qe2 bxa6 18. Bxa6 Be8 19. Ndf3 h6 20. Qc4 Qb6 21.
Qa2 $14 {Tiviakov,S (2668)-Popilski,G (2493) Douglas 2014}) 11. a5 Bb7 12. a6
Bd5 13. Nbd4 Rd8 14. Qe2 O-O 15. c4 Ba8 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Nfd4 $6 (17. Bc2 $13)
17... Nc5 18. Bc2 Nxa6 $1 19. Be3 $6 (19. Rxa6 Qb7 20. Nc6 Qxa6 $1 $15) 19...
Rd7 $17 {Kosteniuk,A (2543)-Ju,W (2568) WChW Khanty-Mansiysk 2018}) 10... Nc5
11. Bc4 O-O 12. Qe2 Rd8 (12... Bd7 $5) 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Ndf3 Nce4 15. Bf4 $6 (
15. Rd1 $142 $1 Bd7 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 $14 {/<=>}) 15... g5 $1 16. Bd3 gxf4 17. Bxe4
Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 f6 20. Nf3 e5 21. Rfd1 Be6 22. h3 Qc6 23. Qxc6 bxc6
$15 {Movsesian,S (2671)-Erdos,V (2624) Heraklio 2017}) 6. Ngf3 (6. Nb3 Qxd1+ 7.
Kxd1 Bd7 $1 $11 {[%cal Yd7a4]}) 6... Qxc5 {is a refined move-order, which
transposes into 5...Qxc5, while avoiding the line from Karjakin-Giri above.})
4... cxd4 5. exd5 ({Black must be well prepared also for} 5. Nxd4 {, when he
has two main moves:} {Black has also} Nf6 (5... Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Bd6 (8... Qc7 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. O-O Ng6 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. Re1 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4
14. g3 Bd6 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. c4 dxc4 18. Rxc4 Qb6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20.
Qxe5 O-O 21. a3 Rc8 22. Rd4 $14 Bc6 $2 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rg4 {1-0, Kovalev,V 
(2687)-Kuipers,S (2470) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 9. Qe2 {Aagaard prefers giving up
the idea to develop the N to f6 with} Ne7 $5 (9... Qc7 10. Nf3 dxe4 11. Qxe4
Nf6 12. Qh4 h6 (12... Rb8 $6 13. O-O Nd5 14. Re1 Be7 $2 15. Qg4 g6 16. c4 $1 f5
17. Bxf5 $1 Nf6 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. Bxf4 Rxb2 20. Bxe6 Bc5 21. Bxd7+ Kxd7 22. Ne5+
Kc8 23. Nd3 {1-0, Yudasin,L (2605)-Gulko,B (2635) Biel 1993}) 13. O-O c5 14.
Nd2 $1 Nd5 15. Nc4 Bf4 16. Re1 Rb8 17. Be4 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Nb6 $6 ({Marin's} 
18... O-O $142 {is at best only slightly better for White}) 19. Ne3 O-O 20. b3
f5 21. Bd3 e5 22. f3 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Re5,Rf5] Ponomariov,R (2741)-Morozevich,A 
(2748) Tashkent 2012 White is better, as Black's pawns are vulnerable.}) 10.
Nf3 Ng6 11. O-O O-O {, eading to a complex position with mutual chances:} 12.
e5 (12. c4 Qc7 13. Re1 (13. cxd5 cxd5 14. exd5 exd5 $132 {and Black has good
piece play to compensate the isolani.}) 13... dxc4 (13... e5 $5 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. exd5 f5 $44) 14. Bxc4 c5 $132 {[%cal Yg6e5,Yd7c6]}) 12... Bc7 13. Ng5 (13.
c4 $5 Qe7 14. Bd2 c5 $5 $13 (14... f6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Rfe1 g5 {Tal,
M-Kortschnoj,V Moscow blitz 1972} 17. h3 $1 $16)) 13... Qe8 14. f4 (14. b3 h6
15. Nf3 c5 16. Ba3 Bb6 17. Qd2 a5 18. Rfe1 Bc6 19. c3 Qd8 20. Rad1 Re8 21. Bb1
{Durarbayli,V (2621)-Libiszewski,F (2522) Doha 2014} Rc8 $13) 14... f5 ({Na} 
14... h6 15. Nf3 c5 16. c4 d4 $6 {Nielsen,H (2300)-Andersen,M (2459) Reykjavik
2015} 17. Nd2 $14 {alebo aj 17.b4!? viedlo k výhode bieleho.} (17. b4 $5)) 15.
c4 Bb6+ 16. Kh1 Ne7 17. b3 a5 18. Bd2 a4 (18... c5 $5 $132) 19. b4 c5 20. Rab1
Rb8 21. Rfc1 d4 22. a3 $13 {½, Fedorchuk,S (2635)-Vitiugov,N (2726) Germany
2012}) 6. exd5 {aand now:} (6. e5 Nfd7 7. N2f3 Nc6 8. Bb5 Qc7 9. O-O a6 $13 {
is at best unclear}) {Once Black is ready to take on d5 with the Q on move 4,
even now} 6... Qxd5 $5 {makes sense:} (6... Nxd5 {has long been considered
more comfortable for White, a recent example is} 7. Ne4 (7. N2f3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O
9. O-O Bf6 10. c4 Nb4 11. Be4 Qe7 12. a3 N4c6 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Qc2 g6 15. Be3
Rd8 16. Rad1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 a5 18. c5 $14 {Ivanov,A (2530)-Gulko,B (2620)
Modesto 1995}) 7... Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 (9... Nc6 $5 $14) 10. Qe2 Nc5 11.
Rd1 a6 12. Nf5 exf5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxd5 Qb6 15. a4 Be6 16. a5 Qc7 17. Bxe6
Rae8 18. Bxf7+ Qxf7 19. Qd3 f4 20. Ra4 g5 21. Re4 $16 {Kovalev,V (2664)-Gupta,
A (2588) Douglas 2018}) 7. Nb5 (7. N2f3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. Bb5+
Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. O-O Bc5 13. Qe2 O-O 14. c3 Rfe8 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3
Nb6 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Qe2 h6 $11 {Godena,M (2537)-Caruana,F (2652) Reggio
Emilia 2010}) {Recently Black tried} 7... Qd8 {and it's in the similar spirit
as the 5...Qxc5 line from the previous note - Black first resolves his Q and
only then worries about developing his minor pieces:} (7... Na6 8. Nc3 Qd6 ({
After} 8... Qd8 $5 9. a3 Be7 10. Qf3 {White does have an excellent score, but
objectively the position is not so clear after} Nc7 (10... Nc5) ({, or even} 
10... Nb8)) 9. a3 Bd7 10. Qe2 $5 (10. Qf3 Bc6 11. Qg3 Qxg3 12. hxg3 Nc7 13. Nc4
Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. c3 f6 $11 {½, Popovic,D (2521)-Predojevic,B (2652)
Bihac 2016}) (10. Nc4 Qxd1+ 11. Nxd1 Nc5 12. Nc3 Na4 13. Nxa4 Bxa4 14. b3 Bd7
15. Bb2 O-O-O 16. Bd3 Nd5 17. O-O-O f6 18. Be4 b6 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Rxd5 Be6
21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Nd2 Bd5 23. Nf3 Kc7 24. Rd1 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Bd6 $44 {Kovalev,
V (2655)-Nisipeanu,L (2672) Dortmund 2018}) 10... Be7 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Qe5 O-O
13. Bf4 {[%csl Ra6] and the offside Na6 causes problems:} Rfc8 (13... Qxe5+ 14.
Nxe5 Be8 15. Bxa6 $5 bxa6 16. O-O-O $14) 14. O-O-O Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Be8 16. Nd6
Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Nc5 18. Rd4 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Nb3+ 20. Kb1 Nxd4 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Nxc8
Rxc8 23. Bd3 Bc6 24. f3 $14 {Balogh,C (2632)-Petrik,T (2473) Czech Republic
2018 Black had to defend an unpleasant endgame.}) 8. Nc4 ({Too soft is} 8. Bd3
a6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. O-O Ne5 11. Be2 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Caruana,F (2808)
Paris blitz 2017} Bd7 $1 12. Nf3 Ng6 $13 {[%csl Rc3] /=/+}) (8. Nb3 Qxd1+ 9.
Kxd1 Na6 $1 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. Bxd6 Ne4 $11 {Ragger/ White can't
retain the ^^ and he gets nothing.}) 8... Nd5 9. Ne3 (9. Qh5 a6 (9... Be7 10.
Bd3) 10. Bg5 g6 11. Bxd8 gxh5 12. Nc7+ Kxd8 13. Nxa8 b5 14. Ncb6 {is complex,
but roughly equal after} Bc5 $13 (14... Nd7 $5 $13)) 9... a6 $5 ({This replace
the older move} 9... Nc7 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. a4 $36) 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Nd4 Nc6
12. Be3 (12. Be2 Bd6 {bude len prehodenie ťahov}) 12... Bd6 $1 (12... Qf6 13.
c3 (13. Qd2 $142 $1 $14 {[%cal Ye1c1] Ragger /\0-0-0}) 13... Bc5 14. Be2 Nxd4
15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. cxd4 Be6 18. Rc1 Kd7 19. Kd2 Rhc8 20. Bd3 Kd6
$11 {½, Schroeder,J (2552)-Van Kampen,R (2646) Germany 2018}) 13. Be2 (13. g3
$5 $146 O-O 14. Bg2 Ne5 15. O-O Bg4 16. f3 Bd7 $132 {Ragger}) 13... O-O 14. O-O
Re8 $5 ({Even more accurate than} 14... Qc7 15. g3 Bh3 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Bf3
Rad8 18. c3 Ne5 19. Bf4 Nc4 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Qc2 g6 22. Re2 Re5 $11 {/+/=,
Mammadzada,G (2392)-Cornette,D (2467) Stary Smokovec 2018}) 15. c3 Qc7 16. h3
Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Bf3 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. cxd4 {Ragger,M 
(2659)-Cornette,M (2602) Germany 2018} Be6 $11 {Although this branch leads to
a position with an isolani, which Black avoids in the ...Qxd5 lines, here the
burden of proof to get even a slight plus is on White.}) 5... Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd7 {
McShane returned to the French after a long break and started playing the
modern text-move. Black doesn't need d7 for the Bc8, which he can even
fianchetto after b5. The Q can move to c7, or stay on d7, leaving the /^a3-f8
free for the Bf8. Let's check the new developments after the recently standard
retreat} (6... Qd6 7. O-O (7. Qe2 Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 {is sharp, but after}
a6 $5 (9... Qb4+ 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. O-O-O Bd7 $132) 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bd3 Be7 {
Black has little to fear in the arising complications.}) 7... Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9.
Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 {and now:} {More flexible is the immediate} 11. Re1 {
, as the Bc4 can be used differently. After} (11. Bb3 {Therefore more popular
is} Qc7 (11... Bd7 12. c3 Qc7 (12... O-O-O 13. Qf3 Qc7 {also hasn't been fully
refuted.}) 13. Bg5 O-O-O {is recommended by Vitiugov in his 2012 book about
the French Defence. However, games like Svidler-Glek above have mostly
discouraged Black from branches with 0-0-0 in this line.} (13... h5 $6 14. Qf3
Bd6 15. h3 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Be5 17. Rfe1 O-O-O 18. Rad1 Rdg8 (18... Rde8 $5 $14)
19. Qe3 Bd6 20. Nf3 Bc5 21. Qd2 Ng4 22. Bf4 Nxf2+ 23. Kh2 Qd8 24. Re5 $40 {
Svidler,P (2630)-Glek,I (2635) Haifa 1996 For details see the notes in CBM 054.
})) 12. Qf3 ({White gets nothing in the tactical shootout after} 12. Re1 Bd6
13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 $1 16. Qf3 Kxg7 17. Bh6+ Kg6 18. c3 Nh5
19. Be3 (19. Bc1 Bf4 20. g4 Ng3+ 21. fxg3 Bxc1 22. Raxc1 b6 23. Bc2+ Kg7 24.
Be4 Ra7 25. Rc2 Bb7 26. Rh2 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Qb7 28. Rxh7+ Kg8 29. Qxb7 Rxb7 30.
Rh2 Rd3 31. Kg2 Rd2+ 32. Kh3 Rxh2+ 33. Kxh2 Rd7 34. Re2 Kg7 $44 {/=, Brodsky,M
(2530)-Glek,I (2566) Wijk aan Zee 1999}) 19... f5 20. g4 Nf6 21. gxf5+ exf5 22.
Qg2+ Ng4 23. f3 b5 24. Bc2 (24. Bd4 $2 Kg5 25. Be6 Bg3 26. Bxc8 Raxc8 27. fxg4
Bxe1 28. Rxe1 Qc6 29. gxf5+ Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Kxf5 {Petrov,M (2267)-Santos Ruiz,M
(2431) Porto Carras 2015}) 24... Kf6 25. Bd4+ Rxd4 26. cxd4 Bb7 27. Bxf5 Nf2+
$1 28. Qxf2 Qf4 29. Bh3 Bg3 30. Re6+ Kg7 31. Qe3 Bxf3+ 32. Kg1 Bh2+ 33. Kf1
Bg4+ 34. Kg2 Bxe6 35. Qxf4 Bxf4 36. Bxe6 Rf8 {½, Mosadeghpour,M (2535)-Xu,Y 
(2539) Qinhuangdao 2018}) 12... Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. Bg5 Nd7 (14... Bh2+ 15. Kh1
Be5 16. Rad1 h6 17. Bh4 Nd7 18. c3 Bf6 19. Bg3 Be5 20. Bc2 Nf6 21. Qd3 Bd7 $6 {
Nakamura,H (2781)-Lenderman,A (2565) Douglas 2017} (21... Bf4 $8 22. Ne2 e5 $14
) 22. Bh4 $1 $16 {/\} g5 23. f4 $1 Bxf4 24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25. Bg3 $18) 15. c3 Ne5
$5 16. Qh5 Ng6 17. Bc2 b6 18. Rad1 (18. Be4 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Rad1 Bf4 $11
(20... Qc7 $11)) 18... Bb7 19. Nf3 Qc5 20. Qg4 f5 $5 21. Qh5 Bf4 22. Nd4 Bd5
23. Rfe1 Rae8 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Bxf4 Bxg2 27. f3 Re2 28. Bc1 Qd5
29. c4 Qxc4 30. Nxe2 Qxe2 31. Rd8+ Nf8 32. Qxf5 Qe1+ 33. Kxg2 {½, Sobry,S 
(2157)-Arounopoulos,S (2345) email 2015} Qe2+ 34. Kg3 Qe1+ 35. Kg4 Qg1+ 36. Kh4
Qe1+ $11) 11... Qc7 {White is on a crossroads:} {Even more recent and
interesting is} 12. Bf1 $5 (12. Qe2 {Interesting and possibly the best is
Aagaard's prophylactic} h6 $5 (12... Bd6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bd3 $1 {
and contrary to lines with Bb3, the B effectively joins the attack after} Bxh2+
(15... f5 16. Qh5 $36) 16. Kf1 Bf4 17. Qh5 f5 18. Rad1 Be5 19. c3 f6 20. Bc2
Qf7 21. Qh3 a5 22. g4 fxg4 23. Qxg4+ Kh8 24. Nf3 Bc7 25. Ke2 e5 26. Qh4 Qe7 27.
Rh1 e4 28. Rd5 $1 $40 {Dolgov,I (2343)-Majer,D (2172) email 2011}) (12... Bc5
13. c3 O-O (13... h6 14. Nf5 Kf8 (14... O-O 15. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 16. Bxh6 $36) 15.
Nd4 $32 {[%csl Rf8,Rh8]}) 14. Bg5 b5 (14... Bxd4 15. cxd4 Nd5 16. Rac1 $14) 15.
Bd3 Nd5 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh4 Bb7 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 $14 {Wei,Y (2729)-So,W 
(2780) chess.com blitz INT 2018 This is pleasant for White, although in email
games the defence managed to hold.}) 13. h3 (13. b3 Bb4 $1 14. Bd2 Bxd2 15.
Qxd2 O-O $11) (13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Nf5 Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 O-O 16. Nxh6+ gxh6 17. Bc3 Nh7
18. Bd3 Bf4 19. Qg4+ Ng5 ({or} 19... Bg5 $5 {also holds})) ({The most played
move is} 13. g3 b5 14. Bd3 (14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Qxe6+ Be7 17. Bf4
Qd7 18. Qb3 Rd8 19. Re6 Kf8 20. Rae1 Bc5 21. Rxa6 Qd5 $15) 14... Bc5 15. Bf4
Qb6 16. Nb3 Bb7 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Be5 O-O $142 $5 (18... Qc6 19. f3 Qxf3 20.
Qxf3 Bxf3 21. a4 b4 22. Rf1 (22. a5 $5 $14 {[%cal Ya1a4,Ye5d6]}) 22... Be4 23.
Rxf6 Bxd3 24. Rf2 f6 25. cxd3 fxe5 26. Rc1 Rf8 $132 {Durarbayli,V (2620)
-Baryshpolets,A (2597) New York 2018}) 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qe3 Qd5 21. f3 Qxf3
22. Qxf3 Bxf3 23. Rf1 Bc6 24. Rxf6 Kg7 25. Rf4 f5 26. g4 Kf6 27. gxf5 e5 28.
Rh4 Kg5 29. Rh3 e4 30. Be2 Rxf5 31. Rd1 {½, Kunzelmann,F (2510)-Schulz,K 
(2369) email 2015} Raf8 $11) 13... Bc5 14. Nf5 {More circumspect is Aagaard's}
Kf8 $1 (14... O-O $6 15. Nxh6+ gxh6 16. Qf3 $1 (16. Bxh6 $2 Qg3 $1 $17) 16...
Be7 17. Bd3 Qc6 18. Re4 $1 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Qe8 20. Bxh6 Kh8 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22.
Qh5+ Kg7 23. Qh7+ Kf6 24. g4 $1 (24. Qh5 Kg7 25. Qh7+ Kf6 26. Qh5 {½, Jones,I
(2221)-Hughes,S (2273) email 2016}) 24... Ke5 25. Rd1 f5 26. Bf3 Qf6 (26... Kf6
27. g5+ Kxg5 28. Kh1 Kf6 29. Qh4+ Kf7 30. Qh5+ Kf6 31. h4 $1 $40) 27. Bg2 $1
$40 {is dangerous, according to the engine.}) 15. Ne3 b6 ({or} 15... b5 16. Bb3
Bb7 {[%cal Yg7g6,Yf8g7] , preparing artificial castling.})) 12... Bd6 (12...
Be7 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. c4 $14 {is
certainly playable for Black, but requires patient defence of a slightly worse
position.} (17. Qg3 $5)) {The more restrained move is} 13. g3 ({The aggressive
try is} 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 Kf8 $8 (14... O-O $2 15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Bd3 Kxg7
17. Qd2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd2h6] wins the piece back with a clear plus.}) 15. Qd4
exf5 16. Qxf6 h6 (16... h5 17. Qd4 $44) 17. Qd4 $44 {with good compensation,
but the position remains sharp and complex.}) 13... O-O 14. Bg5 Be5 15. c3 Nd5
(15... h6 16. Nf3 $5 Bxc3 17. Rc1 hxg5 18. Rxc3 $44 {Z.Almasi}) 16. Bg2 h6 17.
Bd2 Nf6 (17... Bxd4 $142) (17... Bd7 $5 {also gives good chances for equality.}
) 18. Qf3 Rd8 19. Rac1 (19. Nb3 a5 $5 $132) 19... Nd5 20. Qg4 f5 $2 (20... Bf6
{/\} 21. Bxh6 e5 22. Nf5 Ne7 23. Be4 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Nxf5 25. Qxf5 Qb6 $13) 21.
Qe2 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Qf7 23. Qe5 Bd7 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Rc7 $16 {Almasi,Z (2684)
-Radjabov,T (2722) Baku 2016 See the notes to this game in CBM 175 by Almasi.})
7. O-O (7. Nb3 Nc6 (7... Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Nf6 10. Nbxd4 a6 $2 (10...
O-O $14) 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 15. Nxe6 Qa5 {
Fernandez Barrera,V (2302)-Dvirnyy,D (2558) Linares 2017} 16. Qd2 $1 $18) 8.
Nbxd4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Bf4 ({We will consider} 10. O-O Qc7 {below}) 10...
Nf6 ({Artificial is} 10... Ne7 $6 11. Qd2 Ng6 12. O-O-O Bc5 13. Bg3 b5 14. Be2
O-O 15. Qc3 Qa7 16. Bf3 Bb7 17. Nxe6 fxe6 $1 18. Rd7 $16 {Adams,M (2709)
-Suarez Gomez,J (2486) Caleta 2018}) 11. O-O (11. a4 Bc5 12. Be5 O-O 13. c3 Qe7
14. O-O Rd8 15. Qf3 Bd6 16. Rae1 h6 17. Qg3 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qd6 19. Qe2 Bd7 20.
Bb3 Bc6 $11 {Teclaf,P (2373)-Szustakowski,A (2331) Katowice 2018}) 11... b5 12.
Bb3 Bc5 (12... Bb7 $6 13. Re1 Be7 (13... Bc5 $2 14. Nxe6 $18 {->}) 14. c3 (14.
Nxe6 $5 $44) 14... Nd5 $6 (14... Bd5 $1 $14) 15. Be5 O-O 16. Qg4 g6 17. Rad1
Rad8 18. h4 $1 Bd6 19. h5 Qe8 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Bf6 Be7 23. Qh4
Bxf6 24. Qxf6 Rd7 25. Nf5 $1 exf5 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Rd3 $18 {Adams,M (2703)
-McShane,L (2664) London 2018 As Adams didn't win this game, it was Luke who
in the end advanced into the finals.}) 13. Be5 Bb7 $2 (13... O-O $142 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Rfd1 Qb7 17. Qh4 Be7 18. Qh5 Rg8 19. g3 Bf8 20. Qh4 Be7
21. Qh5 {½, Plat,V (2510)-Vykouk,J (2424) Ostrava 2017}) 14. c3 $2 (14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Bxe6 $1 Qxd4 16. Qh5 Rf8 17. Rae1 Be7 18. Re3 $18 {->}) 14... O-O 15.
Qe2 Qe7 ({Also playable is} 15... Nd5 16. Qg4 g6 17. Rad1 Bd6 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19.
h4 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Qe7 21. Rde1 Qf6 22. g3 b4 $132 {Rogic,D (2543)-Buhmann,R 
(2615) Austria 2016 The extra tempo in comparison with Adams-McShane gave
Black counterplay.}) 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Rfe1 Ba8 18. Rd3 (18. Bc2 $5) 18... g6
19. Qd2 (19. h3 {is more circumspect}) 19... Ng4 20. Bg3 e5 21. Bd1 $6 (21. h3
$5) 21... Qf6 22. Bxg4 $2 (22. b4 Bb6 23. h3 {was necessary}) 22... exd4 23.
cxd4 Rxd4 $17 {Navara,D (2735)-Bartel,M (2631) Jerusalem 2015 See the notes to
this game in CBM 166 by Bartel.}) 7... Nc6 {With the Q on d6 Black plays 7...
Nf6 first, so as not to worry about the Ne4 sortie. Now Black can develop the
Ng8 differently.} 8. Nb3 a6 9. a4 {Prevents b5 and wants to regain the Pd4
after first connecting his rooks.} ({After} 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 (10. Qxd4
Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Nf6 12. Bf4 {is too soft, Black has a wider choice:} Bd7 $11 (
12... Bc5 {and}) (12... b5 $5 {are also good})) 10... Qc7 {the two main moves
are:} 11. Qe2 (11. Bb3 Bd6 12. Qh5 (12. h3 Ne7 {/\0-0= doesn't cause Black
problems, the Q sortie aims to complicate Black's development.}) 12... Nf6 13.
Qh4 Bd7 $1 14. Bg5 O-O-O {is one of the sub-lines, in which queenside castling
works well - due to the exposed Qh4:} 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rd3 ({Na} 
17. Qxf6 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Qf4 19. Qe7 Rhg8 20. Qc5+ Qc7 21. Qh5 {Ahmadzada,A 
(2340)-Bajarani,U (2451) Baku 2017} Bd6 $1 (21... Be5 22. Qxf7 Rg4 23. Nf3 Bxb2
24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Bxe6 Rg7 26. Qf8+ Qd8 27. Qb4 Qf6 28. Bxd7+ Rxd7 29. Re1 {
1-0 (29) Ahmadzada,A (2340)-Bajarani,U (2451) Baku 2017}) 22. Qxf7 Rdf8 $40 {/\
} 23. Nxe6 $2 Qc6) 17... Kb8 18. Rc3 (18. Rfd1 Be5 19. c3 Rdg8 20. Qh5 Rg5 21.
Qh3 Rgg8 (21... f5 $5 $15 {/\} 22. Nf3 Bc6) 22. Qh5 Rg5 23. Qh3 Rgg8 24. Qh5
Rg5 {½, Navara,D (2737)-Harikrishna,P (2737) Biel 2017}) 18... Qa5 19. Qxf6
Qg5 $1 20. Qxf7 Rhf8 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Qxe6 Bc5 23. Qe1 Rxf2 24. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 25.
Kxf2 Rd2+ 26. Kf3 Qxg2+ 27. Ke3 Qg5+ 28. Kf3 Qf5+ $11 {Cornette,D (2447)-Landa,
K (2613) Reykjavik 2018 Black has a perpetual.}) 11... Bd6 12. h3 (12. Nf5
Bxh2+ 13. Kh1 Be5 14. Re1 g6 $1 15. Qxe5 Qxe5 16. Rxe5 gxf5 {gives White some
compensation for the pawn, but it gradually evaporated after} 17. Bd2 Ne7 18.
Bc3 Rg8 19. Re3 b5 20. Bf1 Nd5 21. Rh3 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 Bd7 23. Rd1 Ra7 24. Be2
Ke7 25. Rd4 e5 26. Re3 Kf6 $17 {Plat,V (2522)-Bluebaum,M (2632) Minsk 2017}) (
12. Re1 Ne7 $1 13. h3 O-O 14. Nf3 Ng6 15. Bd3 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. Rad1 g6 18.
Ne5 Bh6 19. h4 Bg7 20. Qe4 b6 21. Qf4 Ra7 $11 {Huschenbeth,N (2541)-Shankland,
S (2638) Las Vegas 2015 Black has comfortable equality here}) 12... Ne7 13. Be3
O-O 14. Rad1 b5 15. Bb3 Ng6 16. c4 bxc4 17. Qxc4 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Qxc4 19. Bxc4 Bf4
20. Bxf4 {½, Adams,M (2706)-Howell,D (2687) Hull 2018} Nxf4 $11) 9... Nf6 ({
Maybe even here} 9... Bd6 $5 10. Nbxd4 Nge7 $132 {deserves more attention.})
10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Rd1 (11. Bg5 O-O {[%cal Ye6e5]} ({Interesting is also} 11...
Qc7 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Nbxd4 O-O ({or even} 13... O-O-O $5)) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13.
Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxh2+ ({Accepting the sacrifice is quite risky, Black has
more sedate alternatives} 14... Kh8 {or}) (14... Qc7 $5 $13 {We had a similar
position in the note to move 6, but there instead of a4 White has the more
useful move Re1.}) 15. Kxh2 Qxd4 16. Ra3 Kh8 17. Rg3 Qf4 (17... Qh4+ 18. Rh3
Qf4+ 19. g3 Qe5 20. Qd2 Qg5 21. f4 Qg7 22. a5 e5 23. f5 Qg5 24. Qxg5 fxg5 25.
g4 Bd7 26. Kg3 $44 {Adams,M (2724)-Fridman,D (2660) Caleta 2012 White retains
pressure even in the endgame, see the notes by Fridman in CBM 147.}) (17... b5
{Faerber,D (2321)-Schnider,G (2423) Innsbruck 2018} 18. Bd3 $1 f5 19. Qh5 $36)
18. Rd1 Rg8 (18... e5 19. Bxf7 Bf5 20. Bb3 $14 {[%csl Gh2,Rh8] and Black's K
is more vulnerable}) 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. Rxf3 (20. gxf3 $5) 20... b5 $5 ({Black
doesn't want to allow} 20... f5 21. a5) 21. axb5 axb5 22. Bf1 $1 Ra2 $6 (22...
f5 $142 $1 $14) 23. Rb3 Bb7 24. c4 $1 Bxg2 25. Bxg2 bxc4 26. Rb7 c3 27. Rxf7
cxb2 28. Be4 f5 29. Rdd7 Rb8 30. Rxh7+ Kg8 31. Rdg7+ Kf8 32. Bb1 $16 {Milde,L 
(2075)-Vujadinovic,M (1996) email 2013}) 11... e5 {[%cal Gc8h3] Opens the
diagonal for the Bc8. Postponing this move is dangerous,} (11... O-O 12. Nbxd4
Nxd4 $6 (12... e5 {transposes into the game}) 13. Rxd4 Qc7 14. Bg5 e5 15. Rh4
$1 $36) 12. Nbxd4 O-O ({After} 12... Nxd4 {White tried both recaptures:} {
Jones has already played the more ambitious} 13. Rxd4 (13. Nxd4 Qe7 (13... O-O
14. Nf5) 14. Nb3 e4 (14... h6 15. Qd3 Bb8 16. Be3 $36 {and}) (14... Bg4 15. f3
Bf5 16. Bg5 $14 {are both not ideal.}) 15. Bg5 Qe5 16. g3 $5 (16. f4 exf3 17.
Qxe5+ Bxe5 18. Re1 f2+ 19. Kxf2 O-O $11) 16... Qxg5 17. Rxd6 O-O 18. Qe3 Qe5 $5
{leads to a position, in which Black is close to equality.}) 13... Qe7 14. Rxd6
$1 ({Practically forced:} 14. Rd1 $6 e4 $15 {is excellent for Black.}) 14...
Qxd6 15. b3 $142 $1 (15. Nxe5 O-O 16. b3 (16. Bf4 Qd4) 16... Qc7 $13 {/=/+
gives Black chances to consolidate.}) 15... e4 16. Ba3 Qf4 {The most dangerous
is} 17. Qe1 $5 (17. Bb5+ $2 axb5 18. Qxb5+ Nd7 19. Qb4 Kd8 20. Qe7+ Kc7 21. Rd1
Ra6 $19 {Idani,P (2563)-Kobalia,M (2628) Moscow 2017}) (17. Re1 Be6 $142 $1 (
17... Bg4 $2 18. Bb5+ $1 (18. h3 $2 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20. gxf3 O-O-O 21. fxe4
Rd7 $13 {/=/+, Jones,G (2645)-Shimanov,A (2655) Tromsoe 2013}) 18... axb5 19.
Qxb5+ Kd8 (19... Nd7 20. Qxb7 $18) (19... Bd7 20. Qc5 $18) 20. Ne5 $40) 18.
Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qc4 Kf7 20. Bc1 Qd6 21. Ng5+ Kg6 22. h4 h5 $13 {/=/+, Melia,S 
(2393)-Kashlinskaya,A (2450) Wroclaw 2016}) 17... Be6 18. Qa5 {[%csl Re8]} Rd8
(18... Rc8 $2 19. Ne5 Ng4 20. Nxg4 Qxg4 21. Qb4 Rc7 22. Qd6 Rd7 23. Qb8+ Rd8
24. Qxb7 $18 {->, Lagunow,R (2403)-Jarmula,L (2504) Manavgat 2018}) {Here
White has at the very least an immediate draw with} 19. Qc5 ({I wouldn't be
surprised, if} 19. Re1 $5 $44 {promises even more}) 19... Nd5 20. Bxd5 Qf6 21.
Bc6+ bxc6 22. Qxc6+ Rd7 23. Qa8+ $11) 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bg5 Bc7 15. Bxf6 ({
The immediate swap was in my opinion unnecessary and} 15. h3 $5 {causes Black
more problems:} h6 (15... e4 16. Nd2 $1 (16. Nd4 Qd6 17. g3 Bb6 18. Bf4 Qe7 19.
Kh2 Rd8 20. c3 Bc7 21. Qe3 Bg4 22. Re1 Rac8 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. Bf1 Bh5 25. Bg2
Re8 $11 {/=/+, Daianu,C (2166)-Gavrilescu,D (2468) Arad 2018}) 16... Bf5 17.
Nf1 Bg6 18. Ne3 Bh5 $6 (18... Rad8 19. b3 $14 {is pleasant for White, but this
loses a tempo.}) 19. g4 Bg6 20. Bb3 Rac8 21. Rd2 Bb8 22. Rad1 (22. Qc4 $5)
22... Kh8 $2 ({Necessary was} 22... Qc7 $142) 23. Bh4 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bg3
h6 26. Kg2 Bxg3 27. fxg3 $16 {[%csl Gb3,Rg6][%cal Gd1d8] Rodshtein,M (2664)
-Edouard,R (2657) Germany 2013}) 16. Bxf6 $1 (16. Bh4 Nh5 $1 (16... e4 17. Nd4
$14) 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bd5 Nf4 19. Qxe5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxc2 $11 {neutralizes
White's pull.}) 16... Qxf6 17. Bd5 {resembles the game position, but White's
luft is more useful, than Black's:} Rb8 18. Ra3 Bf5 19. Rc3 $14 {and Black
must still tread with care.} (19. Nd2 $6 e4 $1 20. Nxe4 Qxb2 21. Re3 Rbd8 22.
c4 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 b6 $15 {Tate,A (2366)-Lupulescu,C (2620) Heraklio 2017}))
15... Qxf6 16. Bd5 Rb8 ({Interesting is also} 16... Bf5 $5 17. Bxb7 (17. Be4 $5
) 17... Rab8 18. Bxa6 (18. Qxa6 $5 {is more testing}) 18... Rxb2 19. Bd3 e4 $1
20. Bxe4 Re8 21. Qc4 Bxe4 22. Qxc7 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qxf3 24. Rd8 Qg4+ 25. Kf1 Qe2+
$11 {½, Nisipeanu,L (2683)-Svane,R (2583) Dresden 2017}) 17. h3 $146 {[%mdl 8]
} (17. Qc4 Qe7 18. Re1 Kh8 $1 (18... Bf5 $2 19. Nh4 Bg6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Qe4
Rfd8 22. Ra3 {[%csl Rc7,Gd5,Rf7]} Qc5 23. Rd1 Rd7 24. b4 Qe7 25. Rg3 Rd6 26. c4
$16 {Borisek,J (2552)-Bluebaum,M (2521) Meissen 2013}) 19. Rad1 b5 ({More
active is} 19... f5 $1 $11 {/\} 20. Nxe5 $2 Bxe5 21. f4 b5 $19) 20. axb5 axb5
21. Qd4 f6 22. Qh4 Bb7 ({If Black wanted to swap bishops, more accurate is} 
22... Be6) ({However, he could have also ignored the Bd5, interesting is} 22...
Rb6 $5 $13 {[%csl Gc7,Gc8]}) 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Qe4 Bb6 25. Rd5 $11 {/+/=,
Vykouk,J (2426)-Haba,P (2454) Ostrava 2018 Black is not without counterplay,
but he must tread with some care.}) 17... Qe7 18. Re1 Re8 19. Qc4 b5 20. axb5
Rxb5 $5 $132 {[%csl Gb5][%mdl 2048] The dynamic choice, activating the R -
Black hopes for active piece play.} (20... axb5 21. Qc3 ({or} 21. Qe4 $5 {
is slightly more comfortable for White.})) 21. Rad1 (21. Bc6 Rc5 {or}) (21. b3
Rd8 {is OK for Black.}) (21. Qd3 Rxb2 $5 ({Playable alternatives are} 21... g6
$13 {and}) (21... Rd8 22. c4 Rxb2 23. Qc3 Qb4 24. Qxb4 Rxb4 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26.
Rxe5 Kf8 {- Black should hold this slightly worse endgame.}) 22. Bb3 e4 23. Qc3
Rxb3 24. cxb3 (24. Qxb3 Be6 25. Rxe4 Bxb3 $11) 24... Bb7 $44 25. Rad1 {[%csl
Gb7,Gc7]}) 21... Rc5 $2 {An error with serious tactical consequences.} (21...
Rxb2 $142 {works fine:} 22. Nxe5 (22. Bc6 Be6 23. Qc3 Reb8 24. Bd7 Bxd7 25.
Qxc7 R2b7 $11) 22... Bxe5 23. f4 Rb4 24. Rxe5 Rxc4 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Bxc4 Kf8
$11) 22. Qd3 g6 ({Black can't take the move back,} 22... Rb5 {runs into} 23.
Nxe5 $1 Bxe5 24. Bc6 $18) 23. c4 $1 {[%cal Rb2b4]} a5 24. Qa3 {The Rc5 is
paralyzed and Pe5 is under strong pressure.} Bd6 $6 {[%mdl 64] The attempt to
free the R allows a pretty tactical blow.} ({More resilient was} 24... Kg7 {
, but after} 25. Nxe5 (25. Nd2 $5) 25... Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. Qxc5 Qxb2 28.
Qxa5 $16 {White has a healthy extra pawn and active pieces.}) 25. Bxf7+ $1 Qxf7
(25... Kxf7 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Ng5+ Kg8 28. Ne4 Qd4 29. Qxc5 $18 {is hopeless -
Black is a pawn down and more weaknesses will fall shortly.}) 26. Rxd6 Qxc4 (
26... Rxc4 27. Qxa5 $18 {[%csl Re5]}) 27. Nd2 Qb4 28. Qxb4 axb4 29. Ne4 {
A N fork will cost Black an exchange and further resistance is futile.} 1-0

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Svidler HarZvi} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4
Qd6 (6... Qd8 7. O-O a6 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nbxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd6 12.
h3 Nf6 13. c3 O-O 14. Bg5 Nd5 15. Bc2 b5 16. Nf5 Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Bb7 18. Ng3 Bxg3
19. Qd3 f5 20. Qxg3 e5 21. Rad1 Kh8 22. Rfe1 Rae8 $13 {Hracek,Z-Dreev,A/Brno/
1994/}) 7. O-O Nf6 (7... a6 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Nbxd4 Ne7 11. Rd1 Nbc6
12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. b3 O-O-O 15. Bb2 e5 16. c4 f6 17. a3 Rhe8 18. Be4
f5 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. c5 Bxc5 21. Nxe5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bxa3 23. f4 Bxb2 24. Qxb2
Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. h3 Qd5 $15 {Emms,J-Hansen,LB/Copenhagen
BSF/1995/}) 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 (10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12.
Bf4 Rc8 13. Be2 Bc5 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. c3 Ke7 16. a4 a6 17. a5 Ba7 18. Rfd1 Rhd8
19. Nd4 Be8 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Bf3 Nd5 22. Bg5+ f6 23. Bh4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Bc6 25.
Bg3 e5 26. Rd2 Nc7 $10 {Istratescu,A-Huzman,A/Biel op/1993/}) 10... a6 11. Bb3
Bd7 (11... Qc7 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Qf3 Kxg7
17. Bh6+ Kg6 18. c3 Nd5 19. Rad1 $1 f5 20. Bc1 $1 Bd6 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5
Bd7 23. Qh3 Bf8 24. Re3 Kg7 25. Rg3+ Kh8 26. Qh4 Be6 27. Bf4 Be7 28. Bxc7 {
1-0,Adams,M-Dreev,A/Wijk/1996/}) 12. c3 Qc7 13. Bg5 (13. Qf3 Bd6 14. h3 O-O-O
15. Bg5 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Be5 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Bh4 Bf4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Re4 Be5 21.
Rae1 Kb8 22. Qh5 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Bc6 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Qxf7 Qd2 26. Qxe6 Re8 27.
Qxe8+ Bxe8 28. Rxe8+ Ka7 29. Re7 {1/2,Agnos,D-Akopian,V/Ubeda op/1996/}) 13...
h5 $6 $146 {A slightly dubious novelty, after which Black will always miss one
tempo to achieve a good position. HarZvi: a new move according to my data,13...
Ne4 13...Bd6 and 13...0-0-0 have already been played.} (13... Ne4 $6 14. Bh4 (
14. Be3 Nf6 $1 $14) 14... Bd6 (14... Qf4 $2 15. g3 (15. Bg3 $6 Nxg3 16. fxg3 $5
Qe3+ 17. Kh1 Be7 18. Rxf7 $6 Kxf7 19. Nf5 Qg5 20. Qxd7 Qxf5 21. Re1 Kf8 22. g4
(22. Bxe6 Qf2 $1) 22... Qf4 $1 23. Qxe6 Bd6 $1 $19) 15... Qh6 16. Qe2 (16. Re1
$6 Nxf2 17. Kxf2 g5 $13) 16... Nd6 17. f4 (17. Qe5 $1 f6 $22 18. Nxe6 $3 fxe5
19. Nc7# {Glek/}) 17... Nb5 18. Nf5 Bc5+ (18... Qg6 19. Bc2 f6 $3 20. Nd6+ $6
Nxd6 21. Bxg6+ hxg6 $146) 19. Kg2 Qg6 20. Bc2 f6 21. Nxg7+ Qxg7 22. Qh5+ Qf7
23. Qxc5 Rc8 24. Qe3 O-O 25. Rad1 Bc6+ 26. Kg1 Bd5 27. f5 $18 {Ivanchuk,V-Glek,
I/Frunze/1988/}) (14... g5 {Svidler} 15. Qc2 $1 $16) 15. Qe2 (15. Qg4 Bxh2+ 16.
Kh1 Qf4 17. Qxg7 Qxh4 18. Qxh8+ Ke7 19. Nf3 Qh5 20. Qxa8 Bc7+ 21. Kg1 Nd2 22.
Rfd1 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Qh3 24. Rxd7+ Kxd7 25. Rd1+ Kc6 26. Ba4+ Kb6 27. Rd6+ Bxd6
28. Qd8+ Kc5 29. b4+ Kd5 30. c4+ Ke5 31. f4+ Ke4 32. Qxd6 Qg4+ 33. Kf1 Qh3+ 34.
Ke1 Qc3+ 35. Qd2 Qa1+ 36. Ke2 h5 37. Bc2# {Tairi,F-Akvist,H/Sverige/1990/1:0/})
15... Nc5 16. Nf5 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 O-O 18. Nxg7 Qe5 19. Qxe5 Bxe5 20. Nh5 Nxb3 21.
axb3 f5 22. Rfe1 Bh8 23. Rad1 Be8 24. Nf4 e5 25. Nd5 Bh5 26. Ne7+ Kf7 27. Rd7
Ke6 28. Rxb7 Rfb8 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Nc6 $36 {Wahls,M-Lautier,J/Biel-A/1990/}) (
13... O-O-O $142 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qh5 Be8 16. Rad1 Be7 17. Rfe1 Qc5 18. Qe2
Bd7 19. Bc2 Bd6 20. Be4 f5 21. Bf3 Qc7 22. h3 Kb8 23. Qc2 Rhg8 24. b4 Rc8 25.
b5 axb5 26. Qd3 Qxc3 27. Nxf5 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 exf5 29. Rxd6 Rc7 $15 {
Tzermiadianos,A-Kotronias,V/Ankara zt/1995/}) (13... Bd6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qh5
Qc5 16. Qf3 Qe5 17. g3 O-O-O 18. Rfe1 Qg5 19. Bc4 (19. Bc2 {Svidler} f5 20.
Rad1 Bc7 21. Re2 h5 22. Red2 h4 $13 {Emms,J-Akesson,R/Kobenhavn/1992/}) 19...
Kb8 20. Bf1 Rc8 21. Rad1 Bc5 22. h4 Qg6 23. Bd3 Qh6 24. Nb3 Ba4 25. Nxc5 Rxc5
26. b3 Bc6 27. Be4 $14 {Kudrin,S-Remlinger,L/Philadelphia opI/1992/}) 14. Qf3
Bd6 (14... Ng4 15. g3 {[%csl Re8] עe8 and Black will soon have big problems
with his K in the center.} (15. Bf4 $6 e5 16. Bg3 O-O-O {[%cal Rh5h4] /\h4}) (
15. g3 {Svidler} f6 16. Bxe6 fxg5 17. Qf7+ Kd8 18. Rad1 Bd6 (18... Ne5 19. Bxd7
$18) 19. Bxg4 hxg4 20. Ne6+ $18)) 15. h3 Bh2+ {A typical maneuver, Black has
more tactical chances with White's K on h1.} (15... O-O-O 16. Bxf6 (16. Rfe1 {
Svidler}) 16... gxf6 17. Qxf6 $16 {Black has no compensation due to White's
cenralized pieces.} (17. Qxf6 Rdg8 $146)) 16. Kh1 Be5 17. Rfe1 O-O-O {With the
K on opposite sides of the board a sharp position arises. White is better due
to his more active pieces.} (17... Bxd4 18. cxd4 Bc6 $2 {This but work without
the moves Rfe1,h5.} 19. d5 $18) (17... Ng4 {Svidler} 18. g3 Nxf2+ 19. Kg2 $1 h4
20. gxh4 $18) 18. Rad1 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4][%cal Ge1e4,Gd1d4] [+]} (18. Bc4 $5 {
Svidler} Bxd4 (18... Ng4 $6 19. Bxd8 Kxd8 20. Qxf7 Bxd4 21. hxg4 hxg4+ 22. Kg1
$16) 19. cxd4 Bc6 $13) 18... Rdg8 $6 {Plays with fire. This decentralizing
move puts Black's R out of play and his position on the brink of defeat. it
looks not natural to put your rooks on h8 and g8 I prefer the ones on d1 and
e1!!} (18... Kb8 $142 19. Qe3 Bd6 20. Nf3 Bc6 $5 {/\} 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Bf4
Bxf3 $1 23. Qxf3 Rhd8 $10) 19. Qe3 $1 {Attacks the Be5, but also eyes a7! a
very strong move,white queen will be able to penetrate via a7 while,the black
squares are in white's control,black's position is not easy} (19. Bc4 $2 {
Svidler} Ng4 $1 $17) 19... Bd6 (19... Ng4 $2 20. hxg4 hxg4+ 21. Kg1 $18) (19...
Bxd4 20. Qxd4 $16 {is a major positional concession.}) 20. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Re3a8,
Rd1d6,Rg5f4] /\Qa7,Rd6!,Bf4} Bc5 $8 (20... Bc6 21. Rxd6 Qxd6 22. Bf4 Qe7 (22...
Qd8 23. Qa7 Nd5 (23... g5 $1 24. Qb8+ Kd7 25. Ne5+ Ke7 26. Nxc6+ bxc6 27. Qb4+
Ke8 28. Ba4 $16) 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 (24... Qxd5 25. Qb8+ Kd7 26. Qc7+ Ke8 27. Bd6
$18) 25. Rd1 $1 g5 26. c4 gxf4 27. cxd5 $16) 23. Qa7 Rd8 (23... Bxf3 24. gxf3 (
24. Ba4 $1 $18 {Svidler}) 24... Rd8 25. Qb8+ Kd7 26. Ba4+ $1 b5 27. Bxb5+ $1
$18) 24. Ne5 $18 {->}) (20... Ng4 {Svidler} 21. Qd2 (21. hxg4 hxg4+ 22. Nh4 f6
23. Bxe6 fxg5 24. Qxg5 $13)) 21. Qd2 Ng4 $5 (21... Bc6 22. Bf4 Qb6 23. Ne5 $1
Rd8 24. Qe2 $16 {[%cal Re5f7,Re5c4,Rc4d6] /\Nf7,Nc4-d6} (24. Qc2 $16 {Svidler})
) 22. Bf4 $1 {Nevertheless. White starts a complicated combination, which in
the end gives him an advantage in all lines. this move requires a very deep
and accurate calculation} Nxf2+ (22... Qd8 23. Re5 $1 (23. hxg4 {Svidler} hxg4+
24. Nh2) 23... Nxf2+ {is only a transposition.} (23... Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Bc6 25.
Nxf7 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 $18) (23... Be7 24. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Re2c4] /\Qc4})) 23. Kh2
Qd8 (23... Qc6 24. Ne5 Ng4+ 25. hxg4 hxg4+ 26. Kg3 $18) 24. Re5 {all white
pieces are attacking} (24. Ne5 Ng4+ $5 {is weaker.}) 24... Bb6 (24... Ba7 25.
Qd6 $1 {[%cal Re5c5] /\Rc5+-} Bc6 $8 (25... Qc7 26. Rc5 Qxc5 27. Qxd7#) 26.
Bxe6+ fxe6 27. Qxe6+ Bd7 28. Qc4+ Qc7 29. Re8+ $1 $18) 25. Qd6 $1 {a critical
position,white is threatening Rc5 with Qb8 mate,there are three moves for
black Nxd1 as use played Bc7 which leaves to the same position as after Nxd1
and a third move Qc7 after it is not easy for white but still good} Nxd1 $2 (
25... Bc7 26. Rc5 Bc6 27. Rxc6 bxc6 (27... Qxd6 28. Rdxd6 bxc6 29. Rxc6 $18)
28. Qxc6 Nxd1 29. Ba4 $1 $18 {This line could also arise in the game.}) (25...
Bc6 26. Bxe6+ fxe6 27. Qxe6+ Bd7 28. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 29. Qxb6 Nd3 30. Rd5 $1 Qf7
$8 31. Rc5+ $1 Nxc5 32. Qxc5+ Kd8 33. Bg5+ $18) (25... Qc7 $142 $1 26. Rc5 $1
Bc6 $8 (26... Qxc5 27. Qb8#) 27. Bxe6+ (27. Rxc6 $2 bxc6 28. Bxe6+ Kb7 $1)
27... fxe6 $142 $1 (27... Kb8 28. Rxc6 $1 (28. Qd4 Nxd1 29. Bxc7+ Bxc7+ 30. Kg1
Rd8 31. Bd5 Bb6 $36) 28... bxc6 (28... Qxd6 29. Bxd6+ (29. Rcxd6 {HarZvi} Bc7
30. Rf1 Ne4 31. Bxf7 Rf8 32. Ne5 $1 {with a big advantage in the endgame for
white}) 29... Ka7 30. Rxb6 Nxd1 31. Bc5 fxe6 32. Rd6+ b6 33. Rd7+ Ka8 34. Bxb6
Nxb2 35. Ne5 $40 {with a mating attack.}) 29. Qb4 Qxf4+ (29... Ka7 $2 30. Rd7)
(29... Nxd1 $4 {HarZvi} 30. Qxb6+) (29... Ka8 {HarZvi} 30. Rd7 $1 $18) 30.
Qxf4+ Bc7 31. Rd6 $1 {again the only move since Ne5 is not good enough} (31.
Ne5 {HarZvi} Nxd1 32. Nd7+ Kb7 33. Nc5+ Kb6 34. Nd7+ Kb7 $10) 31... Nd3 (31...
fxe6 32. Kg1 $18) 32. Qxf7 (32. Qd4 Rd8 $132) 32... Bxd6+ 33. Kh1 $16 {[%csl
Ra6,Rb8,Rc6,Rg7,Rh5] ע,P Black's K and P are both very weak, his piece
coordination is bad. White has a big, nearly decisive advantage.}) 28. Qxe6+ (
28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. Qxe6+ Kb8 $1 (29... Kb7 $2 30. Rd7) 30. Bxc7+ Bxc7+ {only
transposes.} 31. Rd6 $2 Rd8) 28... Kb8 29. Bxc7+ Bxc7+ 30. Kg1 Nxd1 31. Rxc6 (
31. Nd4 Bb6 32. Qd6+ Ka7 33. Nxc6+ bxc6 34. Qd7+ Kb8 $1 $10) 31... bxc6 32.
Qb3+ (32. Nd4 Bb6 $1 33. Qb3 Ka7 $10) 32... Ka7 33. Qxd1 $14 {/+/- Black has
beaten off the first wave of the attack, but his weaknesses remain.}) 26. Rc5+
Bc6 $8 (26... Bxc5 27. Qb8#) 27. Rxc6+ bxc6 28. Qxc6+ Qc7 {28...Bc7 29.Nd4
transposes to 25...Bc7} (28... Bc7 29. Ba4 $1 (29. Nd4 $3 {HarZvi an
unbelieveable position with 2 rooks for a bishop black is completely hopeless})
(29. Bc4 $1 {Svidler} Kb8 (29... Qe7 30. Bxa6+ Kd8 31. Qa8+ Kd7 32. Bb5#) 30.
Qb6+ Kc8 (30... Ka8 31. Bxc7 Qc8 32. Bxa6 $18) 31. Bxa6+ Kd7 32. Bb5+ Ke7 (
32... Kc8 33. Qa6+ Kb8 34. Ne5 $1 Qd5 35. Bc6 $18) 33. Bxc7 Qd5 34. c4 Qf5 (
34... Qe4 35. Qc5+ Kf6 36. Qg5#) 35. Bd6+ $1 Kf6 36. Qd4+ $18) 29... Kb8 $8 (
29... e5 30. Qa8+ Bb8 31. Qxa6+ Kc7 32. Qc6#) 30. Qb6+ Kc8 31. Qxa6+ Kb8 32.
Ne5 $1 Qd6 33. Bc6 $18) 29. Bxc7 Bxc7+ {Black had to give his Q, but it's
insufficient to save the game.} 30. Kg1 Rd8 (30... Ne3 31. Qxa6+ (31. Ne5 {
HarZvi and the game is over}) 31... Kd7 32. Qd3+ Nd5 33. c4 $18) 31. Qxa6+ (31.
Ne5 {Svidler} Kb8 32. Nxf7 $18) 31... Kb8 32. Nd4 $18 {White's K is safe, his
attack will cost Black a lot of material. The game is over. the game is
finished the rest needs no explanations} Rd6 (32... Bd6 33. Nc6+ Kc7 34. Qa7+
Kxc6 35. Ba4+ Kd5 36. Qd4#) 33. Nc6+ Rxc6 34. Qxc6 {Having won the exchange,
White sets to win also the unlucky Nd1.} Rd8 35. Bc2 {[%cal Rc2e4] /\Be4} Rd6 (
35... Ne3 36. Be4 Nd5 37. c4 $18) 36. Qe8+ Rd8 (36... Bd8 {Svidler} 37. Bxd1
Rxd1+ 38. Kf2) 37. Qb5+ Kc8 (37... Ka7 38. Qa4+) 38. Qa6+ (38. Qa6+ Kb8 39. Be4
) 1-0

[Event "World Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2009.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {After getting nowhere against the Grünfeld, Topalov makes a change
already on move 1.} e6 {This is a much bigger surprise, as Kamsky has
previously never played the French Defence.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {Topalov fights
for the opening initiative and is not interested, what Kamsky has up his
sleeve against his usual aggressive choice} (3. Nc3) 3... c5 4. Ngf3 {Although
this is played quite often and can yet transpose into the main lines, the most
principled continuation is still} (4. exd5) 4... cxd4 ({One of Topalov's rare
outings with 3.Nd2 went} 4... Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 (5... Qxd5 $143 $6 6. Bc4 Qd8 7.
dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. O-O $14 Qc7 10. Ne4 Be7 11. b3 Bd7 12. Bb2 O-O-O 13.
Rad1 Qf4 14. Nd6+ $1 Bxd6 15. g3 Qg4 16. Rxd6 h5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe2 19.
Bxe2 $14 {/+/-, Deviatkin,A (2543)-Pogosian,G (2196)/Sochi/2008/}) 6. Bb5 Bd6
7. O-O cxd4 8. Nb3 Nge7 9. Bxc6+ $5 (9. Nbxd4 {leads to usual theoretical
positions.}) 9... bxc6 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Bf4 Nf5 12. Qa4 Qb6 (12... c5 $5 13.
Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qa3 Ba6 15. Rfe1 Rac8 $132) 13. Rfe1 (13. Bxd6 $142 Nxd6 14. Ne5
c5 15. Qc6 Qxc6 16. Nxc6 c4 17. Nbd4 Re8 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. Re5 Kf8 20. f3 a6 21.
Kf2 Nb5 22. Nxb5 axb5 23. c3 Ra6 24. Nd4 Rb8 25. Nc2 $36 {Degraeve,J (2523)
-Vaisser,A (2542)/FRA-ch Pau/2008/}) 13... c5 14. Rad1 Be6 15. Ng5 Rae8 16.
Bxd6 Nxd6 17. Qa5 Nb7 18. Qc3 h6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 $11 {Topalov,V (2769)
-Harikrishna,P (2668)/Bilbao/2007/ However, this was a rapid blindfold game.})
(4... dxe4 $6 5. Nxe4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 $32 {|^}) ({Topalov himself opted for the
rare} 4... a6 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 (6. Nb3 $142 Ba7 7. exd5 $14 {/<=>}) 6... Nc6
7. O-O Nge7 8. exd5 exd5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 Bc7 12. h3 h6 13. c3
Re8 14. Qc2 Qd6 15. Rad1 Qf6 16. Nbd4 Bd7 17. Qd2 Ng6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bd4 Qd6
20. b4 a5 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 $11 {Anand,V (2784)-Topalov,
V (2700)/Wijk aan Zee/1999/ and White's slight edge gradually evaporated.}) ({
Another alternative is} 4... Nf6 5. exd5 (5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 $13 {leads to
different lines - C05-6.}) 5... Nxd5 6. Nb3 cxd4 7. Nbxd4 Be7 8. g3 {This line
could arise also in the game after the possible 5...Nf6 - White has a slight
edge and Black has to defend with care.} (8. Bd3 $5)) 5. Nxd4 {Topalov avoids
a theoretical duel and leads to game to less trodden paths.} ({The more usual} 
5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O {was featured in Game 7.}) 5... Nc6 ({A
different, but viable approach, preferred by French connoisseurs Ni Hua and S.
Ivanov, is} 5... Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 $5 (6... Nxd5 7. N2f3 Be7 $14 {-4...Nf6}) 7.
N2f3 $5 (7. Nb5 Na6 8. c4 (8. Nc3 Qd8 9. a3 Be7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. O-O
a6 13. b4 Ncd7 14. Bb2 a5 (14... Qc7 $5 $132) 15. bxa5 Qxa5 16. Nb5 Nb6 17. Bc3
Qa4 18. Bb3 Qh4 19. Nc7 Rxa3 20. g3 Qg4 21. Qe3 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Nbd7 23. Nxe6 $36
{Timofeev,A (2657)-Ni Hua (2607)/Taiyuan/2006/}) (8. Be2 Qxg2 $5 (8... Bd7 9.
c4 Qxg2 10. Bf3 Qh3 11. Bxb7 Nb4 12. Ne4 Nd3+ 13. Ke2 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxc1+ 15.
Rxc1 Rb8 16. b3 Bc5 17. Nc7+ Ke7 18. Na6 Rb6 19. Nxc5 Qh5+ 20. f3 Qxc5 21. Qg1
Qe5 22. Qg3 $14 {Ni Hua (2703)-Lysyj,I (2595)/RUS-chT Dagomys/2008/}) 9. Bf3
Qg5 10. a4 Qh4 (10... Bc5 11. Nc4 Qh4 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Ne5 $6 (13. Rg1 $142 $13)
13... Nb4 14. Rg1 Nfd5 15. Bg5 Qxh2 16. Rg3 (16. Rh1 $17) 16... f6 17. c3 fxe5
18. cxb4 Qxf2+ 19. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 e4 $19 {Brandenburg,D (2340)-Erdos,V 
(2450)/EU-chJ Iraklion/2004/}) 11. Rg1 Bc5 (11... Qxh2 $5) 12. Qe2 O-O 13. b3
Nb4 14. Nc4 a6 15. Bg5 Qxh2 16. Rh1 Bxf2+ 17. Kf1 Qg3 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qxf2
Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 axb5 21. Rag1+ Kh8 22. Rh4 bxc4 23. Rgh1 {1/2, Yemelin,V (2460)
-Ivanov,S (2515)/St Petersburg/1996/}) 8... Qf5 (8... Qc6 9. a3 Be7 10. b4 O-O
11. Nd4 Qd7 12. Bb2 (12. N2f3 {Avrukh,B (2591)-Zifroni,D (2540)/ISR-chT/2002/}
Rd8 $1 13. Qc2 e5 14. Nb5 e4 $36 {Avrukh}) 12... e5 13. Nc2 $5 Qc7 14. Ne3 Rd8
15. Qc2 Nb8 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Ne4 h6 (17... g6 $142 $132) 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Rd1
Qe7 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Bf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Nc6 24. O-O $14 {Evans,G
(2252)-Petrov,M (2114)/corr/2003/}) 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O (10. Nf3 O-O 11. Nd6
Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Nxc8 Raxc8 14. Qc2 Nb4 15. Qb1 Bc5 16. O-O Nc6 17. Bc3
Rfd8 18. Qc2 Nb4 19. Qb1 Nc6 20. Qc2 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 $11 {Godena,M (2535)-Ni
Hua (2641)/Reggio Emilia/2008/}) 10... O-O 11. Nd4 Qc5 12. N2b3 Qe5 13. Bf3 Qc7
14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Be3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Nc5 17. Rfd1 Nxb3 18. axb3 b6 19. Nb5 Qb8 20.
Bd4 Bc6 21. Ra1 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 a5 23. Qe3 Bc5 $11 {Howell,D (2593)-Ni Hua (2710)
/Dresden olm/2008/}) 7... Nc6 (7... a6 8. Bd3 e5 9. Qe2 Bb4+ 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc4
Qd8 12. Nxe5 Qxd4 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qc5 15. Qe3 Qxe3 16. Bxe3 Nbd7 17. Nf3
$5 b5 18. Bb3 Bb7 19. c4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rfc8 21. Rfc1 Bd5 22. Bf1 Rxc1 23. Bxc1
a5 24. a4 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Gf1] _|_^^, Rozentalis,E (2645)-Ivanov,S (2530)/
Krynica/1997/}) (7... Bc5 8. Be2 (8. c4 $5) 8... Nc6 9. c4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qa5 11.
Nxc6 bxc6 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 c5 15. b4 Ke7 16. Ne5 Bb7 17.
Ke3 $14 Bxg2 $6 18. Rhg1 Be4 19. Rxg7 Bg6 20. Rg1 Nd7 21. R1xg6 Nxe5 22. Rh6
$16 {Smagin,S (2575)-Ivanov,S (2550)/RUS-ch St Petersburg/1998/}) 8. Nb5 (8.
Nxc6 $5) 8... Bb4+ 9. c3 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Ba5 11. Nd6+ Ke7 12. Nxc8+ Raxc8 13.
Bd3 Rhd8 14. Ke2 Ng4 15. Rd1 Bb6 16. Bg5+ f6 17. Bh4 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Be4
Nc4 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. b3 Nd6 22. Bd3 g5 23. Bg3 h5 $132 {Yudasin,L (2600)
-Ivanov,S (2515)/St Petersburg/1997/}) 6. Bb5 {This natural move is the best.}
({After} 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 {Black is doing fine. He has a
better version of a similar line from the Pauslen Sicilian and actually if
after} 9. Re1 {Black plays even the senseless} a6 $6 {, he gets a playable
theoretical position - B46.}) 6... Bd7 7. Nxc6 (7. Bxc6 Bxc6 (7... bxc6 $143 8.
O-O Bd6 9. Re1 Qb8 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Nf5 $1 Bxh2+ 12. Kh1 Kf8 13. Nf3 exf5 14.
Nxh2 Nf6 15. Nf3 Be6 16. Kg1 Qb4 17. Nd4 h6 18. b3 Re8 19. Bb2 Ne4 20. Qf3 $40
{Smirin,I (2673)-Dizdar,G (2542)/CRO-chT Sibenik/2005/}) 8. Nxc6 (8. O-O Bc5 $5
9. N2b3 Bd6 $13) 8... bxc6 {-7.Nc6}) 7... Bxc6 ({Here after} 7... bxc6 8. Bd3 {
the situation differs from the 6.Nc6 line, as Black's B is misplaced on d7 and
he has problems developing his N to the natural f6-square. A spectacular crush
was} Qc7 (8... Nf6 $6 9. e5 $16) (8... Bd6 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. e5 $36) (8... Bc8 $5
{, recommended by Gulko, is perhaps the best choice, but it's not easy to make
such a move!}) 9. Qe2 Bd6 (9... Ne7 10. c4 $5 $36 {Yudasin}) 10. Nf3 dxe4 11.
Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qh4 Rb8 (12... Nd5 $142 $1 $14) 13. O-O Nd5 14. Re1 $1 Be7 15. Qg4
g6 16. c4 f5 17. Bxf5 $3 Nf6 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. Bxf4 Rxb2 20. Bxe6 Bc5 21. Bxd7+
Kxd7 22. Ne5+ Kc8 23. Nd3 {1-0, Yudasin,L (2605)-Gulko,B (2635)/Biel izt/1993/}
) 8. Bxc6+ ({Too soft and sterile is} 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. exd5 Qxd5 11.
Bxc6+ Qxc6 12. Nf3 a6 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. c3 Qe4 15. Rfe1 Qxe2 16. Rxe2 Nd5 17. Rd1
Bxg5 18. Nxg5 O-O $11 {Narciso Dublan,M (2468)-Psakhis,L (2599)/Andorra/2000/})
8... bxc6 9. c4 $1 {White must act immediately, after} (9. O-O Nf6 $11 {
Black equalizes easily.}) 9... Bd6 {Another important moment. Kamsky chooses a
rare, but sound and logical developing move. However, Black has more than one
alternative:} (9... Nf6 10. Qa4 Qd7 $142 (10... Qc7 11. exd5 exd5 12. O-O Be7
13. Nf3 (13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nf3 O-O 15. Bd2 Bf6 16. Rac1 Bxb2 17. Rxc6 Qd7 {
1/2, Smirin,I (2649)-Ni Hua (2710)/ECC Kallithea/2008/}) 13... O-O 14. Bg5 Rab8
15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Qc2 h6 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Rfe1 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6] ׫, Zhang
Zhong (2632)-Villamayor,B (2469)/Manila/2008/}) 11. e5 Ng8 $1 12. O-O Ne7 13.
Nf3 c5 (13... dxc4 $5 {/\Nd5<=>}) 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. Rd1 d4 16. Qe4 Rb8 17. h4 Be7
18. h5 h6 19. Qg4 Kf8 20. b3 a5 21. Bf4 a4 22. Nd2 Kg8 23. Ne4 Kh7 24. Rd3 Rhg8
25. Rf3 Ra8 26. Re1 axb3 27. axb3 Qe8 28. Bg3 Ra7 29. Qf4 Rf8 30. Nf6+ gxf6 31.
exf6 Bd8 32. Qe4+ Kh8 33. Qf4 Kh7 34. Qe4+ Kh8 {1/2, Arizmendi Martinez,J 
(2478)-Karpov,A (2692)/Manises/2001/}) (9... Qa5 $5 {aims to prevent Qa4} 10.
Qb3 (10. exd5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. Nc4 Nf6 15.
Ke2 Bc5 16. Rd1+ Nd5 17. Be3 Rhc8 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Ne3 Rac8 $11 {Jurcik,M 
(2378)-Likavsky,T (2485)/Prievidza/2008/}) 10... Rd8 11. O-O Nf6 12. e5 Nd7 13.
Qg3 Qa6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nb3 g6 16. Bg5 Rc8 17. Rac1 Bg7 18. Qd3 Rc4 19. Rxc4
Qxc4 20. Rc1 Nxe5 21. Qe3 Qa6 22. Qc5 f6 23. Bh6 {1/2, Vachier Lagrave,M (2632)
-Malakhatko,V (2621)/Paris/2008/} Nd7 24. Qe3 O-O 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rc7 Rf7 27.
Rxa7 Qd6 $13) (9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 (10. Qa4 f5 $5 (10... Qb6 11. Nxe4 Qb4+ 12.
Qxb4 Bxb4+ 13. Bd2 $14) 11. Qxc6+ (11. f3 Qb6 $1 $17) 11... Kf7 12. O-O Nf6 13.
Nb3 Bd6 14. h3 Rc8 15. Qb7+ Qc7 $36 {1/2, Erenburg,S (2595)-Hug,W (2445)/
Gothenburg/2005/}) 10... Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Be3 Rg8 14. g3
c5 15. Kc2 Kd7 16. Rhd1+ Kc6 17. Rd3 Be7 18. Rad1 Rgd8 $11 {/+/= gives White a
long-term, but only very slight advantage - until now in all games with GM
opposition Black managed to hold the _|_.}) ({Lately Black has experienced
problems after} 9... Bc5 10. Qa4 {, but possibly the matters are not so
serious:} Ne7 11. exd5 exd5 12. Nb3 (12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. O-O O-O $11) 12... Bb6
13. c5 Bc7 14. O-O O-O 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bf4 Be5 17. Rae1 Bxb2 $5 (17... Ng6 18.
Bc1 Rc8 19. Qxa7 f5 20. f4 Bf6 21. Re6 Re8 22. Rfe1 Rxe6 23. Rxe6 Nf8 24. Re2
Rc7 25. Qa6 Re7 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Bd2 $36 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2681)-Stellwagen,
D (2616)/Paks/2008/}) 18. Bd6 Rf7 19. Bxe7 (19. Na5 Nf5 $132) 19... Rxe7 20.
Qxc6 Rc7 21. Qe6+ Kh8 22. Re2 Bc3 23. Rd1 d4 24. Qg4 Qd7 25. Qf3 Rac8 26. Re4 {
Krueger,H (2398)-Newman,N/corr/2003/} h6 $11) 10. cxd5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (10. Qa4
Qd7 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. O-O Ne7 15. Nf3 Rab8 16. b3
a5 17. Bd2 Bb4 18. Bf4 {Mahjoob,M (2335)-Ghane Gardeh,S (2315)/IRI-ch/2000/}
Rbc8 $11) 10... cxd5 11. exd5 exd5 12. O-O (12. Qa4+ Qd7 {could have
transposed into the previous example. Topalov keeps the queens on the board,
which allows White to exert somewhat more pressure.}) 12... Ne7 (12... Nf6 $2 {
is more active, but after} 13. Re1+ {Black will have problems with both his K
and activating his Rh8.}) 13. Nf3 (13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Nf3 {-10.Qa4
}) 13... O-O 14. Qd3 {[%mdl 32] Now playing Qa4 makes little sense and White
prefers to centralize his Q instead. The opening is over and both sides can be
more or less satisfied: Topalov, despite a surprise already on move 1, has
achieved a comfortable position, in which he can without any excessive risk
try to gain something more tangible, than a microscopic edge. On the other
hand, Kamsky has survived the opening without serious damage and with patient
he can hope to neutralize White's slight pull in the long run. The following
phase of the game is characterized by positional manoeuvring, when most of the
strategic battle takes place in the open [+]. While one can suggest
improvements for both sides on more than one moment, objectively the balance
of the position remains almost undisturbed, right up to the fateful mistake on
move 35.} Qd7 ({After} 14... Qb6 {Black has to reckon with} 15. Ng5 {, forcing
>> concessions. Kamsky's move is passive, but safe.}) 15. Rd1 (15. Ng5 $142 Qf5
$11) (15. Re1 $5 {is a plausible alternative - right now the Pd5 is reliably
defended later in the game White's R will occupy the open <-> anyway.} Qf5 16.
Qxf5 Nxf5 17. Bd2 $14 {/=}) 15... Rfd8 16. Be3 a5 {The P leaves a vulnerable
square and makes it more difficult for White to advance his <<P-majority.} (
16... Nf5 17. Bg5 $14 {/\} f6 $2 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. Bf4 $16) 17. g3 h6 {Both
sides need a luft for their K.} 18. Bb6 {Why force Black's R to occupy a more
active square?} (18. Bd4 $5) 18... Rdc8 (18... Re8 $5) 19. Bd4 Bc5 {A
debatable decision. Although the Bd4 targets Black's >>, at this moment it
still doesn't present any concrete danger.} (19... a4 {, fixing Pb2, was fully
playable.}) 20. Bc3 Bb4 21. Be5 (21. Rac1 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 a4 $132) 21... Bd6 (
21... Qg4 $5 {[%cal Yg4e4] Shipov, /\Qe4}) 22. Rd2 $5 ({After the natural} 22.
Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Nd4 a4 24. Rd2 Nc6 $5 $11 {/<=> White doesn't achieve much, so
Topalov prefers another central outpost for his N.}) 22... Bxe5 {Consistent.} (
22... Bb4 23. Re2 f6 24. a3 $5 Bc5 25. Bd4 $5 $36 {[%csl Re6] ><e6}) 23. Nxe5
Qd6 (23... Qb7 $5 24. Qf3 Rf8 {[%cal Ya8a6,Ya6e6,Ye6f6] /\Ra6-e6,f6<=>}) 24.
Re1 Rc7 (24... a4 25. Nc4 $5 Qf6 26. Nb6 Qxb6 27. Rxe7 $14) 25. Qf3 Rf8 26. Kg2
(26. h4 $1 {[%cal Yh4h5] /\h5()>>}) 26... Rb7 (26... g6 $5 27. h4 (27. Qf4 Nf5
28. Red1 d4 $13 {/\} 29. g4 Re7 $1 30. gxf5 Rxe5 31. Rxd4 Qc6+ 32. Qf3 Qxf3+
33. Kxf3 Rxf5+ $11) 27... h5 {[%cal Yg8g7,Yd6f6] /\Kg7,Qf6 slightly loosens
the >>, but prevents the cramping advance of the h-pawn. This will be
significant later on.}) 27. h4 $1 Qb4 28. Ree2 Qa4 $1 29. b3 Qb4 {Black has
forced an advance of the Pb2, but why give White a tempo to reposition his N?}
(29... Qb5 $142 $5 $11 {/+/=,/\a4}) 30. Nd3 (30. h5 Rc7 {is similar.}) 30...
Qd6 31. h5 Rc7 32. Nf4 d4 ({Less committal is} 32... Rd8 $5 {and White's edge
remains at best minimal.}) 33. Re4 Nc6 $8 (33... Nf5 $2 34. Ne2 $16) 34. Nd3 {
Solid, White blockades the P and can occupy the neighboring open files.} (34.
Ne2 $2 f5 35. Rf4 Ne5 $17) 34... Rd8 35. Rc2 {Natural, but here the R is
undefended.} (35. Qf4 Qd5 $1 $132 (35... Qxf4 36. Nxf4 $14)) (35. Rde2 $5)
35... Nb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Otherwise a sound positional move, this is a heavy
tactical mistake, which costs Black the game.} ({Waiting moves like} 35... Kh8
36. Rc4 $14 {allow White to retain his edge.}) (35... Ne5 $2 36. Nxe5 Rxc2 37.
Nxf7 Qd7 38. Nxd8 Qxd8 39. Qd3 $18) ({However, interesting was the concrete} 
35... f5 $5 36. Qxf5 (36. Ree2 Ne5 37. Nxe5 Rxc2 38. Nf7 (38. Rxc2 Qxe5 $11)
38... Qf6 39. Nxd8 (39. Nxh6+ Qxh6 40. Rxc2 d3 41. Rc5 d2 42. Rd5 Qf6 $36 {
[%csl Gd2]}) 39... Rxe2 40. Qxe2 Qxd8 $11) 36... Ne7 37. Re6 $8 Qxg3+ $8 38.
fxg3 Rxc2+ 39. Qf2 Rxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Nd5 41. Re5 Nb4 42. Nxb4 (42. Ke2 Nxa2 43.
Rxa5 Nc3+ $11) 42... axb4 43. Ra5 $1 d3 44. Ke1 d2+ 45. Kd1 Rd3 46. Ra4 (46. g4
Rg3 $11) 46... Rxg3 47. Rxb4 Rg1+ 48. Kxd2 Rg2+ 49. Kc3 Rxa2 $11 {and although
formally White is still better, it's hard to imagine Black can lose such a
simplified R_|_.}) 36. Nxb4 axb4 37. Rxd4 $1 Qf8 $6 (37... Qxd4 38. Rxc7 Qd5 {
was more tenacious, although here after} (38... Rf8 39. Qf5 $16 {/\Qc5 also
forces the Q-swap.}) 39. Rb7 Qxf3+ 40. Kxf3 $16 {/+- White has excellent
winning chances - the Ph5 plays an important positive role.}) (37... Rxc2 $2
38. Rxd6 Rxd6 39. Qa8+ Kh7 40. Qe4+ $18) 38. Rxd8 Qxd8 39. Rxc7 Qxc7 40. Qa8+
Kh7 41. Qe4+ Kg8 42. Qxb4 $18 {Black is 2P down and has no perpetual - the
result is a foregone conclusion.} Qc6+ 43. Kg1 Qc1+ 44. Kh2 Qc2 45. Qe1 (45.
Qb8+ Kh7 46. Qf4 Kg8 47. Qe3 $18 {is similar}) 45... Kf8 (45... Kh7 46. a4 $5
Qxb3 47. Qe4+ Kg8 48. Qa8+ Kh7 49. a5 {[%csl Ga5] and the o^ is unstoppable.})
46. a3 $1 Qb2 (46... Qxb3 47. Qb4+ $18) 47. Qb4+ Kg8 48. Kg2 Qe5 49. Qg4 Qb2 (
49... Qd5+ 50. Qf3 $18) 50. Qc8+ Kh7 51. Qc4 Qxa3 (51... Kg8 52. a4 $18) 52.
Qxf7 Qb4 53. Qc4 Qb7+ 54. Kg1 Qf3 55. g4 {[%cal Rb3b6] /\b4-b5-b6} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Ng6 11. e5 $5 (11. c4 d4 (11... dxc4 12. Nxc4 b5 13.
Nce5 Ncxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qg5 16. Bb2 Rd8 17. Qe2 e5 18. Kh1 Bg4 19. f3
Be6 20. Bc1 Qe7 21. Be3 Rd6 22. Rfc1 Rad8 23. Rc3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Bc4 25. Bf1 h6
26. h3 Be6 27. Rac1 Qh4 28. Qe1 Qh5 29. Qg3 {Ermenkov,N-Nikolic,P/TUN/1985/0,5/
29/}) 12. e5 Ncxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Qxe5 f6 17.
Qe4 e5 18. f4 f5 19. Qxe5 Re8 20. Qd5+ Qxd5 21. cxd5 Re2 22. Bc1 d3+ 23. Kh1 b5
24. Nf3 Bb7 25. Rd1 Bxd5 26. Rxd3 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Re1+ 28. Kg2 Rg1+ {
Sigurionsson,G-Korchnoi,V/Wijk aan Zee/1980/} 29. Kh3) 11... Nf4 (11... f6 12.
Bxg6 (12. exf6 gxf6 13. c4 Nf4 (13... d4 14. c5 e5 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. Ne4 $14)
14. Nb3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 b5 $15) 12... hxg6 13. Nb3 g5 14. h3 fxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxf2
16. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Qf6+ 18. Kg1 Nxe5 19. Qd4 Nc4 (19... Nd7 20. Re1 $13)
20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Bxf6 g4 22. hxg4 e5 $10) 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. Qd2 Nxd3 14. cxd3 f6
$5 (14... Ne7 15. Bd4 (15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Rxc8 Bxc8 17. Nc5 Ng6 18. Re1 Bb8 19.
Qe3 Re8 20. Bd4 Ne7 21. Bb2 Ng6 22. Bd4 Ne7 {Blauert,J-Grinfeld,A/Hamburg/1992/
}) 15... Bb8 16. a4 Nf5 17. Bc5 Re8 18. a5 f6 19. Rae1 fxe5 20. Nxe5 $16 {
Kengis,E-Lees,A/Vienna/1990/1:0/57/CBM-21/}) 15. Rac1 Rc8 (15... fxe5 16. Nxe5
Rf5 17. Qe2 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qh4 $6 (18... Bb5 19. Bd4 e5 20. Bxa7 Rxa7 21. Nd4 $1
$16) (18... Qg5 19. Bd4 Bb8 $6 (19... Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Rf6 21. Nf3 $14) (19... e5
20. Bxa7 Rxa7 21. Nc5 Bc8 (21... Bc6 22. f4 $1 Rxf4 (22... exf4 23. Qe6+ Kf8
24. Qd6+ $16) (22... Qe7 23. Rce1 b6 24. Nb3 e4 25. Nd4 Rf6 26. dxe4 dxe4 (
26... Qxe4 27. Qd2 Qg6 28. f5 $16) 27. Nxc6 Rxc6 28. Qxe4 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 Rc3 30.
a4 $14) 23. Ne6 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 $18) (21... Be8 22. f4 Qe7 (22... Rxf4 23. Ne6
Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 $18) 23. Rce1 $16) 22. d4 $1 $14 (22. Ne4 Qd8 23. Nd6 Qxd6 24.
Rxc8+ Rf8 $10)) 20. Nc5 Bc8 (20... Qf4 21. g3 Qxd4 22. Nxd7 $16) (20... Bxh2+
21. Kxh2 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 Rh5 23. Qxh5 Qxh5 24. Nxd7 $18) 21. Nxe6 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2
Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Rh5 24. f4 $18) 19. Rc7 Rd8 (19... Raf8 20. Rxd7 Rxf2 21. Rxg7+
Kh8 22. Rg4+ R2f6+ 23. Kh1 $18)) 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 $14 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5
19. Bxe5 Rxc5 20. bxc5 Bc6 21. Bd4 Qh4 22. f4 Rf7 23. Qe3 Qe7 $6 (23... Qh6 $32
24. Rf3 Bb5 $14 25. Rg3 $22 Qxf4 26. Rxg7+ Kf8 27. Rxf7+ Qxf7 $10) 24. Rf3 h6
$6 25. Rg3 Kh7 26. h3 Bd7 27. Kh2 Be8 {(.)/} 28. Qe2 $1 $18 Kg8 29. Qg4 Qd7 30.
Be5 $1 (30. Qg6 Rxf4 31. Qxg7+ Qxg7 32. Bxg7 $16) 30... Re7 31. Bf6 $1 Rf7 32.
Qg6 Kf8 33. Be5 Kg8 34. Qxh6 Qe7 35. Rg4 Bb5 36. Qg6 Be8 37. Rg5 Rxf4 38. Qxg7+
Qxg7 39. Rxg7+ Kf8 40. Rxb7 Ra4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Wan, Yunguo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qc6 8.
Qe2 a6 (8... O-O) ({and} 8... Nbd7 {are the other lines.}) 9. Nb3 ({Five years
ago} 9. b3 {was played between two top players in a blitz game} b5 10. Bd3 Bb7
11. a4 b4 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. O-O-O O-O 15. Nfe5 Nd5 (15... Nxe5 16.
Bxe5 Qe7 $11) 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Na5 Rfe8 (17... Bc8 {is too risky, as} 18. Qh5
g6 19. Qf3 $16 {with dangerous threats on the dark squares.}) 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 {
(Svidler-Grischuk, Almaty blitz 2008)} 19. Qe4 $1 g6 20. h4 $40 {with a strong
attack.}) 9... Bd6 10. Bg5 $146 {A logical novelty. Adams puts his last minor
piece on a good square.} (10. Nbd4 Qc7 {is the typical reaction.} (10... Qe4 $6
{Usually the centre is not the best place for the Q in the openings.} 11. Be3
Bd7 12. O-O-O Bf4 {(Happe-Abromeit, DESC email 2001)} 13. Bd3 $1 Bxe3+ 14. fxe3
Qg4 15. Ne5 Qxe2 16. Bxe2 $36 {with a very hopeful endgame for White.})) 10...
Nbd7 11. Nbd4 Qc7 $2 {A decisive mistake. Probably Black underestimates
White's tactical blow!} ({Black should try to simplify with} 11... Qe4 {
, as he has a development disadvantage.} 12. Be3 {The ambitious reply.} ({
In the event of} 12. O-O-O Qxe2 13. Bxe2 Bc5 {with a nearly equal endgame.})
12... b5 (12... O-O 13. O-O-O b5 14. Ng5 Qb7 15. Bb3 {with some initiative for
White.}) 13. Bd3 Qb7 14. a4 b4 {and Black lookes nicely placed.}) 12. Nxe6 $1 {
Of course! Adams immediately finds the brilliant crushing sacrifice!} fxe6 13.
Qxe6+ Be7 $6 (13... Kd8 {gives better practical chances} 14. O-O-O Bf4+ 15. Kb1
Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qc5 17. Nf7+ Kc7 18. Nxh8 Ne5 19. Rd5 $1 Bxe6 20. Rxc5+ Kd6 21.
Bxe6 ({or} 21. Rxe5 Bxc4 22. Rg5 Rxh8 23. Rxg7 $16) 21... Kxc5 22. Nf7 Nxf7 23.
Bxf7 $16 {and White is better, very near to winning.}) 14. Qf7+ Kd8 15. O-O-O
Rf8 16. Nd4 $1 {Another very smart attacking move.} Rxf7 17. Ne6+ Ke8 18. Nxc7+
Kf8 19. Bxf7 Ra7 20. Be6 b5 21. Nd5 Nb6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Bxc8 {Adams plays
the game confidently until the very end. A good achievement by him!} 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 (5. Ngf3 {is the another main
move.}) 5... Qxc5 (5... Bxc5) ({and} 5... Nf6 {are far popular lines.}) 6. Ngf3
Nf6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. a4 {Adams' favourite move.} (9. Qe2 {is the most
common continuation.}) 9... b6 $146 {The new move in the game.} ({A few month
ago Nisipeanu played} 9... Qc7 {against Adams,} 10. Nb3 O-O 11. a5 Ne5 12. Nxe5
Qxe5 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Bg5 Bd7 15. Nd4 Rad8 $11 {Adams-Nisipeanu, Baden Baden
2016, and a draw was soon agreed.}) 10. a5 b5 $2 {This is a mistake, because
the b5-pawn will be weak.} ({The natural} 10... O-O {was important,} 11. Nb3
Qc7 12. axb6 Nxb6 {with a balanced position.}) 11. Nb3 Qh5 (11... Qd5 12. a6
$16 {is also better for White.}) 12. a6 $1 $16 {A very nice positional move.
White has gained some space, moreover the b5-pawn becomes separated.} b4 (12...
O-O {could have been met by} 13. Nfd4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 b4 15. Bb5 $18 {followed
by Nc6 and Black is in big trouble.}) 13. Be2 ({The smart} 13. Ra5 $5) ({or} 
13. Re1 {was also strong.}) 13... Nb6 14. Ra5 $1 $18 {White activates his rook
on the 5th rank.} Nbd5 15. Ng5 {The most ambitious reply.} ({The developing} 
15. Bg5 $18 {was also fine.}) 15... Qg6 16. Bd3 (16. Re1 O-O 17. Bd3 $18 {
is also winning for White.}) 16... Qh5 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Qxh5 Nxh5 {At first it
is strange for White to exchange the Qs, because the black king couldn't
castle. On the other hand the endgame is also great for White.} 19. Bc6 Rb8 20.
Bxd5 exd5 21. Be3 $1 {The a7-pawn is also an unpleasant weakness for Black.}
Ra8 22. Nd4 Bd8 23. Rxd5 Bb6 (23... Bxa6 24. Ra1 Bc4 25. Rc5 $18 {is also
hopeless for Black.}) 24. Ne4 f5 25. Nxf5 Bxa6 26. Rfd1 g6 27. Bh6+ Kf7 28.
Ng5+ Kf6 29. Rd6+ $1 Kxf5 30. R1d5+ Kg4 31. h3+ Kf4 32. Nf3+ {and Black can't
avoid the mate!} 1-0

[Event "World Cities-ch KO"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2012.12.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2012.12.22"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hoogeveen"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{This, my game against E. Romanov from the Saratov (Russia) team from the
World Cities Championship in Al Ain (UAE), was probably the most important
game of the tournament (together with my last round game against N. Mamedov).
During the difficult match for our Hoogeveen team, J. Smeets lost a very good
position with an advantage. And with the draws on the first 2 boards, at some
point I would find myself in a must-win situation. Only the win in this game
would allow our team to go further because of the tie-break system when the
win on the higher board costs more than the loss on the lower board.} 1. e4 {
The team of Saratov is a very strong team, I played for it several times in
the Russian club championship before. I know all the players very well. E.
Romanov is a strong talented player who had several excellent results in 2012
in the Russian Grand Prix series of tournaments.} e6 {This move came as a
surprise for me. The main move of my opponent against 1.e4 is 1...e5. Probably,
he was too lazy to prepare deeply against all possible systems and lines I can
play in the Italian Game and Ruy Lopez. Of course, playing the French is much
easier regarding the preparation for the game, but my results against the
French Defence are good since I always play the variation with 3.Nd2 and have
life-long experience with it.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 {A very good
system against French with 3.Nd2. Black is able to equalise in all lines after
it.} 5. dxc5 ({Before I only played} 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 {but nowadays it is
very difficult to get the advantage there. The theory is plentiful and
sometimes it goes very deep. My task in the games that I play now is very
simple - to try to avoid deep theory, going for the complex types of positions
where I have more experience than my opponents and more chances to outplay
them in a long positional game.}) 5... Nf6 (5... Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 {is a more
common and more natural way to develop the pieces than the text when White can
choose between 2 possible moves:} 7. Bc4 {and 7.Bd3.}) 6. Ngf3 (6. Nb3 $5 {
is a worthy alternative to the text. White sticks to his extra c5-pawn. And it
is not easy for Black to recover it.}) 6... Qxc5 (6... Bxc5 {is a
transposition to the line beginning with 5...Bc5.}) 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9.
Qe2 Nbd7 {This type of pawn structure can often be seen in my games. Similar
positions arise also from the Caro-Kann and Sicilian with 2.c3. And although
the positions here are close to equality it doesn't mean that they are drawn.
All the pieces are still on board and White has good chances to develop an
initiative.} 10. c4 $146 {This move is new but natural. The point of it is to
take the control over the square d5. And with the queen on c5 (if Black plays
b7-b6 like in the game) White can play Nd2-e4, and after the exchange on e4
White would have a double attack on the h7-pawn and the rook on a8.} (10. Ne4
Qc7 11. Bg5 Re8 (11... b6 12. Nxf6+ (12. Rad1 Bb7 13. Bh4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 (14. Bg3
Qc6 15. Ne5 Qc8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bc4 a6 18. a3 b5 19. Ba2 Ne4 20. Nd7 Qc6 21.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. f3 Rfd8 23. c3 Qc5+ 24. Bf2 Qc7 25. Bd4 Nd5 26. Qf2 Rd7 27. Rfe1
Re8 28. Qh4 Qf4 29. Qh5 h6 30. Re4 Qg5 31. Qxg5 hxg5 32. Bf2 Red8 33. Red4 f6
34. a4 Kf7 35. axb5 axb5 36. R4d2 Rc8 37. Bb1 Ra8 38. h4 gxh4 39. Bxh4 Bc6 40.
Bf2 Rb7 41. Bc5 Rc8 42. Kf2 Be8 43. Bd4 b4 44. cxb4 Ba4 45. Re1 Rxb4 46. Be4
Rcc4 47. Bxd5 exd5 48. Bc3 Rb5 49. g4 Bb3 50. Rh1 Rb7 51. Rh8 Rc6 52. Kg3 Re6
53. Bd4 Bc4 54. Rdh2 Rb3 55. Bc3 d4 56. Bxd4 Rd3 57. Rd8 Bb5 58. Rc2 Rc6 59.
Rf2 Bc4 60. Rc2 Bd5 61. Rxc6 Rxf3+ 62. Kh2 Bxc6 63. Rd6 Ba4 64. Ra6 Bd7 65. Ra7
Ke8 66. g5 Rf4 67. Be3 Rb4 68. Ra8+ Kf7 69. Rf8+ Kg6 70. gxf6 Rxb2+ 71. Kg3 Rb3
{1/2-1/2 Yegiazarian,A-Lputian,S/Yerevan 1999/CBM 074 (71)}) 14... Qxc5 15. Ne5
Rad8 16. c4 g6 17. a3 a5 18. Qe3 Kg7 19. Bg5 Ng8 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Bc2 Bc6 22.
Qf4 f6 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. b4 e5 25. Qe4 axb4 26. axb4 Qc7 27. f4 Nc6 28. fxe5
Nxe5 29. Bb3 Qe7 30. Rd5 Rxd5 31. cxd5 Rc8 32. Qd4 Qd6 33. Ra1 Rc7 34. Kh1 h5
35. h3 Re7 36. Qf4 Rc7 37. Qd4 Nf7 38. Re1 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Balogh,C-Vitiugov,N/
Ningbo 2011/CBM 144 (38)}) 12... Nxf6 13. Ne5 (13. Rfe1) 13... Bb7 14. Rfe1
Rad8 15. Rad1 Rd6 (15... Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. g3 (17. Be4 Nf6 18. Bxb7 Qxb7
19. c4 h6 20. h3 Qc7 21. b4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Nc6 Qc7 25.
Qf3 Nd7 26. a4 Ne5 27. Nxe5 Qxe5 28. Qa8+ Kh7 29. Qxa7 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Qxb4 31.
Qxf7 Qxc4 32. Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Antoniewski,R-Petrik,T/Slovakia 2011/EXT 2012 (32)})
17... Nf6 18. c3 Ba8 19. Bb5 Qc5 20. a4 Ne4 21. Nd7 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Ng5 23. Rd3
a6 24. Bxa6 Qc6 25. f3 Qxa4 26. Rd4 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Qxd4+ 28. cxd4 Bxf3 29. Rc1
Ra8 30. Kf2 Bd5 31. Ke3 Kf8 32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Bxc8 g5 34. Ba6 Ke7 35. Bd3 h6
36. Be2 Kd6 37. Bd3 f6 38. Bc2 Bc6 39. Bb1 Bb5 40. Bc2 Kd5 41. Bb3+ Bc4 42. Bc2
f5 43. Bd1 f4+ 44. gxf4 gxf4+ 45. Kxf4 Kxd4 46. Kf3 e5 47. Kf2 Bf7 48. Be2 Bg6
49. Bb5 Bd3 50. Be8 Bc4 51. Bh5 e4 52. Ke1 Ke3 53. Bg4 Bb3 54. Be2 Be6 55. Bh5
Bd5 56. Bg6 Kf3 57. Kf1 Bc4+ 58. Ke1 e3 59. Be8 Kg2 60. h4 Kg3 61. h5 Kf4 62.
Bg6 Bd5 63. Ke2 Bf3+ 64. Kd3 e2 65. Kd2 Kg5 {0-1 Feher,G-Petrik,T/Hungary 2011/
EXT 2012 (65)}) (15... Qc5 16. c4 Rd6 17. a3 a5 18. Bd2 Rdd8 19. Bc3 Rfe8 20.
b4 Qc7 21. Qe3 axb4 22. axb4 Ra8 23. Qh3 Ra3 24. Bb2 Ra2 25. Bc3 Ra3 26. Bb2
Ra2 27. Bd4 Bxb4 28. Ng4 Be7 29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Qh6 Ra5 32. Bxh7+
Kh8 33. Bf5+ Kg8 34. Qh7+ {1-0 Fier,A-Boros,D/Teplice CZE 2012/The Week in
Chess 920 (34)}) 16. Bf4 Qc8 17. Ng4 {1/2-1/2 Kobalia,M-Vitiugov,N/Dagomys
2010/CBM 136 (17)}) 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Nf4 15. Qd2 Rxe7 16. Bf1
Nf8 17. c4 Bd7 18. Nd6 N4g6 19. Qb4 b6 20. Nd4 Rd8 21. a4 a5 22. Qa3 Be8 23.
N4b5 Qb8 24. b4 Bxb5 25. Nxb5 axb4 26. Qxb4 Red7 27. Rdc1 Ne5 28. h3 Nc6 29.
Qb3 Ng6 30. c5 Nge5 31. Qe3 bxc5 32. Rxc5 Rd5 33. Rac1 Na5 34. Rxd5 Rxd5 35.
Qc3 Nec6 36. g3 Qd8 37. Bg2 Rd1+ 38. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 39. Kh2 Qd7 40. Qc5 g6 41. Nd6
Qa7 42. Qxa7 Nxa7 43. Nb7 Nc4 44. g4 Kf8 45. Kg3 Ke7 46. f4 g5 47. fxg5 hxg5
48. Nc5 f5 49. Bb7 Na5 50. Ba8 Nc4 51. gxf5 exf5 52. Bd5 Ne5 53. Bb3 Nac6 54.
Nb7 {1/2-1/2 Zambrana,O-Panno,O/Vicente Lopez 2004/CBM 101 ext (54)}) 10... b6
(10... Qh5 $11 {is an equalising computer move. But in the practical game it
is not so easy to put your queen at the side of the board.}) 11. Ne4 Qc7 ({
Here again} 11... Qh5 $5 {would bring Black an equal position. For example,}
12. Bg5 (12. Ng3 Qc5 $11) 12... Bb7 13. Qc2 Bxe4 $1 14. Bxe4 Rac8 $11) 12.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 ({During the game both of us thought that it is not possible to
take on f6 with the bishop because it loses a pawn. But after} 12... Bxf6 $5
13. Qe4 g6 14. Qxa8 Bb7 15. Qxa7 (15. Bf4 Qc6 (15... e5 16. Qxa7 Ra8 17. Qxa8+
Bxa8 18. Bg3 $14) 16. Qxa7 Ra8 17. Qxa8+ Bxa8 $44) 15... Ra8 16. Qxa8+ Bxa8 $44
{Black has excellent compensation for the pawn since it is not easy for White
to finish his development. Taking on f6 with the bishop prevents the
development of the white bishop c1 to b2 where it can be very annoying.}) 13.
Ne5 (13. b3 Bb7 14. Ne5 {leads to the same position as 13.Ne5.}) 13... Bb7 14.
b3 (14. Bf4 $5 {deserved serious attention but I believed that the bishop is
better placed on b2 than on f4.}) 14... Nd7 ({After} 14... Rfd8 15. Bb2 $14 {
the typical position of this pawn structure is on the board. White has control
over the centre and with active bishops on b2 and d3 he has very good
attacking prospects. So Black decides to exchange the active knight on e5
immediately - a good decision.}) 15. Nxd7 ({It took some time for me to decide
whether to take on d7 or play} 15. Bb2 $5 {Both variations are similar, but
after 15.Bb2 Black has an additional possibility:} Nc5 (15... Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qc6
17. Qg4 f6 18. Bc3 (18. Bb2 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rd6 $14) 18... Rad8 19. Rad1 Rd6 20.
Rfe1 $14) 16. Bc2 f6 17. Qh5 Be4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Nd3 Nc5 $11 {which gives
Black equal play. So, the text move is better!}) 15... Qxd7 16. Bb2 {After the
exchange of the knights it is much more difficult to create a direct attack on
the black king. But besides the attack White has good prospects in the endings
as well, when the pawn majority on the queenside can become a very important
factor (as it happened in this game later).} Rfd8 ({The computer engine is not
afraid of weaknesses along the diagonal a1-h8 and suggests} 16... Rad8 17. Rad1
Qc6 18. Qg4 g6 $11 {with equal play. But for the human it is very difficult to
go for such weakening of the position.}) 17. Rad1 Qc6 18. Qg4 ({The computer
move} 18. f3 $14 {is good for White who stops playing for the attack but has
better prospects due to the pawn majority on the queenside.}) 18... Bf8 ({
As in the previous note, the computer-suggested} 18... g6 $11 {leads to
equality.}) 19. Rfe1 (19. Bf6 Rd7 20. Rfe1 {with better prospects for White
deserved attention.}) 19... Rd7 20. Be4 (20. Bf6 $5 $14) 20... Rxd1 21. Qxd1
Qc8 {Although the position has simplified and there are no longer chances for
White to create an attack on the black king, Black's problems are far from
over. After the inevitable simplifactions Black would face the task of
neutralising the white pawn majority on the queenside.} 22. h4 {A very
important move thanks to which White finally won the game. Advancing the pawn
so far is rather risky, the pawn on h5 can easily become a target for attack.
But if defended this pawn can also be strong, neutralising Black's pawn
majority on the kingside and in the centre. Comparing the pawn majorities on
different sides of the board, usually (of course, there are exceptions) the
side who has less pawns has the advantage. 3 pawns against 2 is better than 4
pawns against 3.} ({Other moves keep an advantage for White as well:} 22. Bxb7
Qxb7 23. Qd4 $5 $14) (22. h3 $14) 22... Bxe4 ({or} 22... Qc7 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24.
Qd4 $14 {with a plus for White.}) 23. Rxe4 Qe8 (23... Qd8 24. Rd4 Qf6 25. h5
$14 {is better for White, he also has the control over the d-file.} (25. g3 $14
)) 24. h5 (24. Rd4 {was possible, e.g.} Be7 25. Rd3 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Qxd8+
Bxd8 28. g3 $14 {and White is slightly better.}) 24... Rd8 25. Rd4 Rxd4 26.
Qxd4 h6 27. a3 {A very important move. Without wasting any time with the first
possibility White starts advancing the pawns on the queenside to try to use
his advantage on that part of the board.} Qe7 {Correctly played, Black has to
activate his queen attacking the pawn h5.} (27... f5 {is tempting, but after}
28. Qd1 ({or} 28. Qe5 a5 (28... Qxh5 29. Qxe6+ Qf7 $14) 29. Bd4 $14 {with a
plus}) 28... a5 (28... b5 29. cxb5 Qxb5 30. b4 $14) 29. Bc3 $1 Bxa3 30. Qd4 e5
31. Qxb6 Qxh5 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Qd7 $14 {White keeps the advantage.}) 28. b4 Qg5
29. Qd1 Qh4 {An unnecessary move, the first one in the wrong direction. It was
necessary to attack the white pawns on the queenside.} ({Black had 2
possibilities:} 29... Qf4 30. Qe2 (30. Qd3 Qg4 {><h5}) (30. Qc2 Qg4 {><h5})
30... Qf5 $11 {with equality. And if} (30... a5 $11) 31. g3 $140 {then,} Qb1+
32. Kg2 Qa2) ({and} 29... a5 30. c5 (30. Bd4 axb4 31. axb4 Bxb4 32. Bxb6 Be7
$11) 30... axb4 (30... bxc5 31. bxa5 c4 32. Bc3 Bxa3 33. a6 Bc5 34. Qf3 Qc1+
35. Kh2 Bxf2 36. Qxf2 Qxc3 37. a7 $11) 31. cxb6 Qa5 32. Qd8 bxa3 33. Bxa3 Qxa3
34. b7 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ $11 {with a draw.}) 30. Qe2 Bd6 $6 {If the previous
move of Black was rather normal, this move already is a serious inaccuracy.} (
30... Qf4 31. g3 Qf5 32. Kg2 Qg5 33. Bd4 Qc1 34. Qd3 Qg5 35. Qf3 $14 {is
similar to the game, White is better.}) ({But} 30... a5 $142 {was necessary.
After} 31. g3 Qg5 32. c5 axb4 33. cxb6 Bc5 34. Kg2 Bxb6 35. axb4 Qd5+ 36. Qf3
Qc4 $11 {Black would make a draw, although, of course, the game would not be
over even then.}) 31. g3 Qe7 (31... Qg5 32. Kg2 $14) 32. Qf3 (32. Qg4 {was
possible as well, e.g.} f6 33. Qe4 $14 {with advantage} ({or} 33. Kg2 $14) (33.
Bd4 $14)) 32... f5 {You see now that White has succeeded in pushing his pawn
to h5. It has become a strong pawn, fixing black pawns on g7 and h6. And later
the fate of the game was decided thanks to this h5-pawn.} (32... Qc7 33. Qe4
$14) 33. Bd4 (33. Qc6 $5) 33... Qc7 $2 {A decisive mistake. Black is no longer
able to save the game after it.} ({It was better to play} 33... Kf7 34. Qd3 (
34. Qc6 $5 e5 (34... Qc7 35. Qxc7+ Bxc7 36. f4 g6 37. hxg6+ Kxg6 38. a4 $16)
35. Bc3 $14 {deserves attention as well.} (35. Be3 f4 36. c5 Bxc5 37. Bxc5 bxc5
38. bxc5 fxg3 39. fxg3 Qg5 $14)) 34... Qc7 $14 {with a reasonable chance to
make a draw. Although White's advantage is unquestionable.}) 34. c5 $1 {
After this break-through White gets a passed pawn on the queenside.} bxc5 35.
bxc5 Bxc5 36. Qc3 Bb6 37. Qxc7 Bxc7 38. Bxa7 g6 {With the weak pawns on g7 and
h6 fixed by the pawn h5, Black has to spend time playing g7-g6 exchanging the
pawn on h5. But then the black king will be far away from the queenside. And
the white pawn on a3 will become very dangerous. Even with reduced material on
the board and the favourable colour of the a8-square it is not possible for
Black to save the game.} (38... Kf7 39. Be3 $18 {is similar to the game.}) 39.
hxg6 Kg7 (39... f4 $142 $5 {was better. After} 40. gxf4 Kg7 41. Be3 Kxg6 42. a4
{the position is on board that will be studied later after 39...Kg7}) 40. a4 $6
(40. Be3 $142 Kxg6 41. a4 $18 {was better, preventing Black from playing 40...
f4. Luckily, White's mistake doesn't spoil anything. White's position remains
winning.}) 40... Kxg6 $6 ({On the last move before the time-control Black
missed his last chance to complicate matters by} 40... f4 $142 $5 {. And
although White's task would be considerably more difficult than in the game,
with correct play, White wins in all lines as deep analysis of this position
demonstrates.} 41. gxf4 Kxg6 42. Be3 Ba5 43. Kf1 h5 (43... Kf5 44. Ke2 Ke4 45.
Bd2 Bd8 (45... Bxd2 46. Kxd2 $18) 46. a5 Kd5 47. a6 Kc6 48. Be3 h5 49. Kf3 $18)
44. Ke2 h4 45. Kf3 Kf5 46. Kg2 Ke4 (46... e5 47. fxe5 Kxe5 48. Kh3 Kd5 49. f3 (
49. Kxh4 $4 Be1 $11) 49... Kc4 50. Kxh4 $18 {Tablebases}) (46... Kg4 47. f3+
Kh5 48. Kh3 $22) 47. Kh3 Bd8 48. Bd2 Kd3 49. Bb4 Bb6 (49... Kc4 50. Be1 Bc7 51.
Kxh4 Bxf4 52. a5 Kb5 53. Kh5 Be5 54. Kg6 Bd4 55. f3 Kc6 56. Kf7 Kd7 57. Bg3 e5
58. Be1 Kd6 59. Kg6 Ke6 60. Bb4 Bf2 61. Bc3 Bc5 62. Kg5 Ba7 63. a6 Bc5 64. Kg4
Bb6 65. Be1 Be3 66. Kg3 Kd6 67. Bf2 Bf4+ 68. Kg4 Kc6 69. Kf5 $18) 50. f3 Ke3
51. a5 Ba7 52. Bd6 Kxf3 53. Bc7 Be3 54. Bb8 Ke4 55. a6 Bf2 56. Kg4 $18) 41. Be3
{Now White's win is relatively easy. He is ready to push his a4-pawn, playing
Bd2 and a5 (also Kg1-f1-e2 if necessary). And with the king on g6 protecting
the pawn h6, Black lacks time to bring his king to the queenside.} e5 ({After} 
41... Kf6 {the game could continue like this:} 42. Bxh6 e5 43. Bd2 e4 (43...
Ke6 44. a5 Kd7 45. Kg2 e4 46. Kh3 Bd8 47. a6 Kc6 48. Be3 $18) 44. a5 e3 45.
fxe3 Bxg3 46. a6 Bb8 47. Bc3+ Ke6 48. Bd4 Kd5 49. Bb6 Ke4 50. Kg2 $18 {with a
win for White.}) 42. Bd2 f4 ({After} 42... Kf6 43. a5 $18 {White's a5-pawn is
unstoppable. Black now has to sacrifice a pawn in order to gain time to bring
the king to the queenside.}) 43. gxf4 $18 Kf5 ({After} 43... exf4 44. Kg2 Kf5
45. Kf3 Ke6 46. Bxf4 Ba5 47. Kg4 Kd5 48. Bxh6 $18 {White wins according to
Tablebases. During the game I knew that this position is winning for White
since he can push his f-pawn to f6. The black king will be too far away,
having first to win the pawn on a4.}) 44. fxe5 Kxe5 45. a5 $1 ({The last
important move White had to make to win the game. It was still possible to
make a mistake.} 45. Bxh6 $2 Ke4 $8 $11 {is a draw according to the Tablebases.
} (45... Kd4 $8 $11 {Tablebases})) 45... Kd5 46. a6 Kc6 47. Be3 {Now with the
black king cut off from the a6-pawn, White has all the time in the world to
attack the pawn on h6 (h5), win it and start pushing its own f2-pawn. And it
is a theoretical win for White if he manages to put his pawn on f6 and the
king on g6.} h5 48. Kg2 Bd8 (48... h4 {loses after} 49. Kh3 Bg3 50. f3 Kc7 51.
Kg4 Kc6 52. Bg5 $5 Kb6 53. Bxh4 $18 {Tablebases}) 49. f4 Kc7 50. f5 {With the
White pawn on f5 now the rest is very easy!} Kb8 51. Kh3 Ka8 52. Bf2 Bf6 53.
Bh4 Bc3 54. Bg5 Ka7 55. Kh4 Kxa6 56. Kxh5 Kb7 57. Kg6 Kc6 58. Bh6 Kd7 59. Bg7
Bb4 60. f6 Ke6 61. f7 Bd6 62. Bh6 {The white king is going to g8, later the
black bishop will be pushed to the short diagonal h6-f8.} Bb4 63. Kg7 Kf5 64.
Kg8 Kg6 65. Bf8 Bc3 66. Ba3 Bg7 67. Bc1 $22 {I am very happy with this game
where I demonstrated good play in the middlegame and excellent technique in
the ending. And thanks to my win our Hoogeveen team advanced to the next round
to win the World Cities Championship at the end.} 1-0

[Event "Leiden op-A 9th"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2015.07.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Milov, Leonid"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2015.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 {For the 3rd time in July I had to play this
system in my game against the German GM L. Milov at the tournament in Leiden.}
4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 {In comparison with the line 5.f4 the text move is
relatively rarely played and doesn't have a reputation of being dangerous for
Black. But the variation has a considerable theoretical importance, since the
position after the move 7.Ned4 can appear from another system after a
completely different order of moves.} c5 6. Ne2 cxd4 (6... Nc6 7. c3 {is
another possibility for Black, leading the game to the structures more typical
for the 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 French but with the bishop on f1 instead of d3
which should favour Black. And the position which hsd arisen should be equal.})
7. Nexd4 {Another order of moves to arrive here - 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4
Nf6 6.e5 Nfd7 7.N2f3.} Nc6 8. Bf4 Be7 {My opponent plays this system regularly,
so during my preparation I had to spend a considerable amount of time on
analysing a lot of sharp position where Black plays g7-g5, which in itself is
a risky move, making it without preparation can be dangerous.} 9. c3 ({Other
lines that I had to analyse were} 9. Be2 g5 10. Bg3 Qb6 $13 {with an unclear
position}) ({and} 9. Bd3 g5 10. Bg3 Qb6 $15 {with a slightly better position
for Black since the bishop on e2 stands better than on d3.}) 9... g5 {When
playing similar structures Black has to be careful, if White finishes his
development he can stand much better because of the control over the centre,
the space advantage and the possibilities to develop the attack on the black
king. Also Bc8 is bad. So the easiest method for Black to equalise here is to
try to win the pawn on e5, playing 9...g5 immediately using the fact that
White has not finished the development yet. Since the move 9...g5 leads to a
forced draw it is necessary to look at other alternatives to the text.} (9...
Nc5 10. Bd3 (10. Nb3 O-O 11. Nxc5 Bxc5 12. Bd3 f6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Bg5 Qf7 15.
Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qe7 17. Qc2 h6 18. O-O-O e5 19. e4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Be6 21. Kb1
Rac8 22. Qa4 Rf4 23. Rhe1 Bf5 24. Ka1 Kh8 25. Qc2 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Rd8 27. Rde1
Qd6 28. Qe2 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Qd5 {1/2-1/2 Kunal,M-Grover,S/Puri 2010/CBM 138
Extra (29)}) (10. Be3 O-O 11. Be2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a5 13. O-O b6 14. Kh1 a4 15.
Qc2 Qc7 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Qe3 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. g4 b5 21. Nd2
h6 22. Ra1 Rc6 23. f4 Ne4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. f5 Bc5 26. g5 exf5 27. Rxf5 Bxd4
28. cxd4 Qd7 29. Rf6 Rc3 30. gxh6 Qxd4 31. Qg5 {1-0 Lanka,Z-Duppel,M/Germany
2011/EXT 2012 (31)}) (10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O f6 12. c4 fxe5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxe5
Nd7 15. Bg3 Qb6 16. Qc2 Bf6 17. Bd3 g6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bc7 Qxb2 20. Qxb2 Bxb2
21. Rab1 Bf6 22. Rfe1 Nc5 23. Bb5 Ba6 24. Bd6 Rfc8 25. Bxa6 Nxa6 26. Rxe6 Kf7
27. Ree1 Rc6 28. Ne5+ Bxe5 29. Bxe5 Rb6 30. Bd4 Rb4 31. Rbd1 Re8 32. Rxe8 Kxe8
33. Bxa7 Ke7 34. a3 Rb3 35. Ra1 Kd6 36. f4 Rb2 37. h3 Ke6 38. Rc1 Kd6 39. Bd4
Ra2 40. Rc3 Kd7 41. Be5 h5 42. Rg3 Nc5 43. Rxg6 Ne4 44. Ra6 Ke7 45. f5 Re2 46.
Ra7+ Ke8 47. f6 Re1+ 48. Kh2 Rf1 49. f7+ Rxf7 50. Rxf7 Kxf7 51. a4 Ke6 52. a5
Kxe5 53. a6 d4 54. a7 d3 55. a8=Q d2 56. Qd8 Kf4 57. Qd3 h4 58. Kg1 Ke5 59. Kf1
Kf4 60. Qf3+ Ke5 61. Ke2 Kd4 62. Qd3+ Ke5 63. Ke3 Ng3 64. Kxd2 Nf5 65. Ke2 Kf4
66. Qf3+ Kg5 67. Qg4+ Kf6 68. Kf3 Ke5 69. Qf4+ Ke6 70. Kg4 {1-0 Oral,
T-Kristjansson,S/Reykjavik ISL 2002/Inforbase 2011 (70)}) 10... Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3
Bd7 12. O-O a6 13. Rfe1 h6 14. b4 O-O 15. a4 Qe8 16. a5 Nd8 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Re3
Rc8 19. Ne1 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nd3 Nc6 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. Be5 Qc8 24. Bxf6
Rxf6 25. Ne5 Rc7 26. Qd3+ Kg8 27. Rg3 Be8 28. Re1 Qd8 29. Qd4 Qd6 30. h3 Rf5
31. Ree3 Kh7 32. Rgf3 Rxf3 33. Rxf3 Kg8 34. Rg3 Qe7 35. Qb6 Rc8 36. Re3 Bc6 37.
Qd4 Be8 38. Qb6 Bc6 39. Qd4 Ba4 40. Rf3 Qc7 41. Rg3 {1/2-1/2 Shvayger,
Y-Eingorn,V/Cappelle la Grande 2014/CBM 159 Extra (41)}) (9... O-O 10. Bd3 Nc5
11. Bc2 f5 12. h4 (12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Be3 $14) 12... Ne4 13. h5 Bd7 14. Qe2 Rc8
15. g3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qa5 17. O-O b5 18. a3 Qb6 19. Kg2 a5 20. f3 Ng5 21. Qe3
Bc5 22. Bxg5 Bxd4 23. Qd3 Bxe5 24. Rae1 Bf6 25. Be3 Qb7 26. Rd1 b4 27. Rfe1 Bb5
28. Qd2 bxc3 29. Qf2 cxb2 30. Bb1 Bc3 31. Rh1 Ba4 32. Rd3 e5 33. Bc5 d4 34.
Bxf8 Kxf8 35. Kh2 Bb5 36. Rdd1 Qf7 37. Kg2 Bc6 38. Rh4 Re8 39. Rf1 Kg8 40. Kh2
Qd7 41. g4 e4 42. fxe4 fxe4 43. g5 d3 44. Ba2+ Bd5 45. Bxd5+ Qxd5 46. Rxe4 Be5+
47. Kh3 b1=Q 48. Rxe5 Qxf1+ {0-1 Pedersen,B-Fredericia,L/Lyngby 1996/EXT 1999 
(48)}) ({And the move} 9... Qb6 $5 {I would recommend. After it, it is not so
clear how to get the advantage for White.} 10. Qc2 (10. Rb1) (10. Qc1) 10...
Nxd4 (10... h6) (10... Qc7) 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Bd3 h6 13. O-O Nc5 14. Bh7+ Kh8
15. Be3 Qc7 16. b4 Na4 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. Bb5 Nb6 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. a3 Nc4 21. Bf4
Rfc8 22. Qd1 Bd8 23. a4 a6 24. Re1 b6 25. Qc2 b5 26. h3 Bb6 27. Nf3 a5 28. bxa5
Rxa5 29. axb5 Rxb5 30. Qd3 Rb2 31. Nd4 Ba5 32. Qg3 Rcb8 33. Red1 Bc7 34. h4 Qe8
35. h5 Ra8 36. Rxa8 Qxa8 37. Re1 Qa2 38. Nxe6 fxe6 39. Bxh6 gxh6 40. Qg6 Nxe5
41. Qxh6+ Kg8 42. Qxe6+ Kh7 43. Qe7+ Kh6 44. Qxc7 Re2 45. Rxe2 Qxe2 46. Qd6+
Kxh5 47. Qxd5 Kg6 48. Qe6+ Kg5 49. Qe7+ Kf5 50. Qh7+ Ke6 51. Qg8+ Kd7 52. Qd5+
Ke7 53. Qd4 Ke6 54. Qe3 Qd1+ 55. Kh2 Kf5 56. f3 Kf6 57. Qd4 Qc2 58. Qf4+ Ke6
59. Qe4 Qxe4 60. fxe4 Nd3 61. Kg3 Ke5 62. Kf3 Ne1+ 63. Ke3 Nxg2+ 64. Kd3 Nf4+
65. Ke3 Ng2+ 66. Kd3 Nf4+ 67. Ke3 Ng2+ {1/2-1/2 Hiarcs 7.32-Fritz 5.32/
Level=Blitz:45'. 1999/Computer & Internet 2011 (67)}) 10. Nxg5 $146 {The move
10.Nxg5 was played instantly. Somehow this natural move had completely escaped
my attention during the preparation.} ({I spent all the time looking at the
move} 10. Bg3 {as my opponent played it several months ago. I was able to find
advantage for Black in all lines afterwards! For example,} h5 (10... Qc7 11. h3
Nc5 12. Be2 Ne4 13. Bh2 Qb6 14. Qb3 Bd7 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Nb5 O-O 17. O-O h5
18. Rfd1 g4 19. Nd2 g3 20. Nxe4 gxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Nxe5 22. Ng3 h4 23. Nh5 Rfc8 24.
Nd4 Ba4 25. Re1 Nc6 26. Nf3 Bc2 27. Kg1 Be4 28. a3 Kh8 29. Nh2 Rg8 30. Bf3 Bg6
31. Nf4 Bc2 32. Ng4 Bd6 33. Nh5 Rg5 34. Nhf6 Kg7 35. Bd1 Bg6 36. Nd7 Bc7 37. f4
Bxf4 38. Nxb6 Rd8 39. Kh1 Bg3 40. Re2 d4 41. cxd4 Bc7 42. Na4 Nxd4 43. Re3 Bf4
44. Re1 Bg3 45. Rg1 Bd3 46. Rc1 Bf4 47. Ra1 Nf5 48. Re1 Rd4 49. Kg1 Bg3 50. Nf2
Bxf2+ 51. Kxf2 Bb5 52. Nc3 Rd2+ 53. Be2 Bc6 54. Rg1 Ng3 55. Ke3 Rxe2+ 56. Nxe2
Re5+ 57. Kd4 Rxe2 58. b3 e5+ 59. Kc5 Bxg2 60. Rae1 Rxe1 61. Rxe1 Kf6 62. Rb1
Bxh3 63. Rb2 Bf1 64. Kb6 Be2 65. Rb1 h3 66. Rg1 h2 {0-1 Vendetta,
S-Lombard32F11,T/3m + 0s, rated 2008/Computer & Internet 2011 (66)}) 11. h4 (
11. h3 Nc5 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. b3 (13. O-O g4 14. hxg4 hxg4 15. Nh2 Bd7 16. Nxg4 (
16. Bc2 O-O-O $15) 16... Nxd4 17. cxd4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bb5 19. Qc3 Bxf1 20. Rxf1
Kd7 $17 (20... Bb4 21. Nf6+ Kd8 22. Qe3 Qb5 23. Ra1 Rc8 24. Qg5 Kc7 25. Qg7 Kb8
26. Qxf7 Qc4 27. Rf1 Rh1+ 28. Kxh1 Qxf1+ 29. Kh2 Rh8+ 30. Nh5 Qb1 31. Kh3 Qf5+
{0-1 Milov,L-Piorun,K/Deizisau GER 2015/The Week in Chess 1064 (31)})) 13...
Bd7 $15 (13... Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Bd7 15. O-O g4 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 (16... bxc6 17. hxg4
hxg4 18. Nh2 Rh5 19. Nxg4 O-O-O 20. Rfd1 Rg8 21. Qf3 Rgh8 22. Nh2 Qd8 23. Qxf7
R8h7 24. Qf3 Qh8 $19) 17. Nd4 Qa6 18. Qxa6 bxa6 19. Bf4 Rc8 20. Rac1 gxh3 21.
gxh3 Ba3 22. Rc2 Rg8+ 23. Kh2 Bc5 24. Rd1 Bb6 25. Bg3 a5 26. a4 $11) 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. O-O h4 16. Bh2 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 c5 18. Qe3 Rg8 19. Nd2 Bc6 20. c4 g4 $15)
11... g4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nd4 Qb6 14. b4 Ba6 $15 (14... Qc7 15. b5 cxb5 16.
Nxb5 Qa5 17. Qd4 Bc5 18. Qd2 Ba6 19. a4 Rc8 20. Bd3 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 Bb6 22. O-O
a6 23. Bxd7+ Kxd7 24. Rfb1 Rc7 25. Kh2 Kc8 26. Rb3 d4 27. Rc1 Rd8 28. Qb2 dxc3
29. Rbxc3 Rdd7 30. Rxc7+ Rxc7 31. Rb1 Rc6 32. Qa3 Bc5 33. Qd3 Qxa4 34. Qh7 Rb6
35. Qg8+ Kc7 36. Rc1 Qd4 37. Qxf7+ Kb8 38. Qxh5 a5 39. Qg6 Ba3 40. Qe8+ Ka7 41.
Rc8 Qe4 42. h5 Bb2 43. Rc5 Ka6 44. h6 Qb7 45. Qa4 {1-0 Tseitlin,M-Ponkratov,P/
St Petersburg 2014/EXT 2015 (45)}) 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. f4 (16. Qe2 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2
Rc8 18. Rhc1 Nb6 19. Nb3 Nc4 $15) 16... c5 17. b5 Qa3 18. Ne2 c4 19. O-O Nc5
20. f5 Ne4 $17) 10... Nxd4 $8 {Having encountered a surprise on move 10 I sank
into thinking. Of course, I saw that the game could finish immediately in a
draw, but this is not the result you are hoping to achieve playing against
weaker opponent even with Black. So I started to look for the possibilities to
continue the fight....} (10... Bxg5 $2 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ $18 {loses on
the spot.}) 11. Nxf7 $8 Nc2+ ({After the natural} 11... Kxf7 12. Qh5+ Kg8 13.
Qg4+ Kf7 14. Qh5+ $11 {the draw by repetition would be agreed.}) 12. Kd2 $8 (
12. Qxc2 {is not good for White, although with some compensation, it is not
fully enough.} Kxf7 $17) 12... Qb6 $6 ({And here I had to make the most
difficult decision of the game whether to accept the draw by} 12... Kxf7 13.
Qh5+ Kg8 14. Qg4+ Kf7 15. Qh5+ $11 {or continue fighting.... Objectively
speaking, the move chosen by me is incredibly risky but accepting a draw would
mean a loss of respect for myself, so I decided to play!}) 13. Kxc2 Qxf2+ (
13... Kxf7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Qe8+ $16 {is not good for Black at all.}) 14. Be2
Qxf4 $8 {Again the only move.} ({After} 14... Kxf7 15. Rf1 $18 Qxg2 16. Rg1 Qf2
17. Qf1 $18 {Black loses.}) 15. Nxh8 Qxe5 {Here again I spent considerable
amount of time choosing between the text and 15...Qf5 or 15...Qe4+.} (15...
Nxe5 16. Bb5+ $18) ({Although Black manages to win the trapped Nh8, White
keeps slightly better chances after} 15... Qf5+ 16. Bd3 Qxe5 17. Qg4 (17. Re1
Qxh8 18. Rxe6 Nf6 19. Re3 $14 (19. Re5 $14)) 17... Qxh8 18. Qxe6 $14 {and
because of the black king stuck in the centre, White is slightly better -
Black has to be extremely careful!} Ne5 $140 19. Bb5+ Kd8 20. Qxd5+ Kc7 21.
Rhf1 $16) (15... Qe4+ 16. Bd3 Qxe5 {- 15...Bf5 16.Bd3 Be5}) 16. Bh5+ Kf8 17.
Qg4 ({The position after} 17. Rf1+ Nf6 18. Qg4 Bd7 $13 {is very unclear, so it
is understandable for my opponent to force the exchange of the queens, going
into an ending.}) 17... Qf5+ ({There is nothing else.} 17... Nf6 18. Raf1 {
is not good for Black,.}) 18. Qxf5+ exf5 19. Rae1 {Besides the text move White
had several alternatives which would not change the outcome of the game - a
draw.} ({For example,} 19. Rad1 Nf6 20. Bf7 f4 21. Bxd5 Bf5+ 22. Kc1 Bc5 23. b4
Be3+ 24. Kb2 Ke7 25. Bxb7 (25. Nf7 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Be6 $17) 25... Rxh8 26. g3 Rb8
27. Bf3 Be6 28. gxf4 Bxf4 $11) (19. Rhe1 Nf6 20. Bf7 f4 $11) 19... Nf6 20. Bf7
Bd8 {Already short on time, I have decided to stick to the move I had selected
in the my earlier calculations.} ({But} 20... f4 $5 {deserved the most serious
attention as well. After} 21. Rhf1 (21. Be6 Bd8 22. g4 fxg3 23. hxg3 Kg7 24. g4
Kxh8 25. g5 Ng8 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Re8 Kg7 28. Rf1 Ne7 29. Rff8 Nc6 30. Rg8+ Kf7
31. Kd3 Rb8 $11) 21... Bd6 22. Be6 Bc7 23. g3 (23. Rf3 Kg7 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25.
Re6 Re8 26. Rxe8 Nxe8 27. Rf1 Bd6 28. Rd1 Nc7 29. c4 Kxh8 30. cxd5 Kg7 31. Kd3
Kf6 32. Ke4 Ne8 $15) 23... Kg7 24. gxf4 Kxh8 $11 {the position remains equal
although there Black can continue playing for a win. Too exhausted by the
previous course of the game requiring to calculate a lot, I missed this chance!
}) (20... Bc5 21. Rhf1 Kg7 22. Be6 Bxe6 23. Rxe6 Rxh8 24. Rxf5 Rf8 $14) 21.
Rhf1 Kg7 22. Be6 Bxe6 23. Rxe6 Kxh8 24. Rxf5 Kg7 {Now Black has no practical
chances to win, so I had no reason to reject the draw offer of my opponent on
the next move.} 25. h3 {And the draw was agreed here, bringing an end to a
very exciting game!} (25. g4 Nxg4 26. Rxd5 Kf7 27. Re1 Nf6 $11 {is equal as
well.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch29 playoff Gruenberg-Voigt +1-1=2"]
[Site "Berlin East"]
[Date "1980.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Black "Gruenberg, Hans Ulrich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Vogt,L"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1980.03.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. b3 {Ein guter Aufbau.} ({Auch} 11. Nb5 {
bringt leichten Vorteil.}) 11... O-O 12. Bb2 a6 13. Qf3 Qc7 14. a4 Bd7 15. Rfe1
Rfe8 16. h3 Rad8 17. Qc3 $5 Qb8 18. a5 Qc8 19. Qg3 Nh5 20. Qf3 Nf6 21. Re5 $6
h6 $1 22. Re2 Nh7 23. Bd3 Bf6 $11 24. h4 e5 $2 (24... Nf8 {war richtig.}) ({
bzw.} 24... Bxh4 $4 25. Qe4 {Nach dem Fehler e6-e5 können die weissen Figuren
spielen.}) 25. Nf5 Bc6 ({Der Figurengewinn} 25... e4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Bxe4
Bxb2 {gestattet Weiss heftigen Angriff nach} 28. Nd6) 26. Qg3 $2 {Abermals
wirkt sich die beiderseitige Zeitnot aus.} ({Sowohl} 26. Be4) ({als auch} 26.
Nxh6+ gxh6 27. Bxh7+ Kxh7 28. Qxf6 Rg8 29. f3 Qe6 30. Qxe6 fxe6 31. Kf2 e4 $1 {
bietet Weiss bessere Chancen.}) 26... Kh8 27. Ne3 (27. Bxe5 $2 Rxd3) 27... e4
28. Bxf6 Nxf6 29. Bc4 Bb5 30. Bxb5 axb5 31. Qf4 $2 ({Eine bessere Möglichkeit
bestand in} 31. c4 $1 bxc4 32. bxc4) 31... Qc3 32. Ree1 Rd2 33. g4 Kg8 34. a6
bxa6 35. Rxa6 Rd7 36. Rea1 Nd5 $1 37. Nxd5 Rxd5 38. Ra7 Rf8 39. Qxe4 Rd4 40.
Qe2 Qc8 41. f3 Qc5 42. Qf2 {Der Abgabezug. Weiss muss auf Gewinn spielen, aber
das ist bestimmt eine unangenehme Verpflichtung.} Qd5 43. Re1 h5 44. gxh5 (44.
g5 $5) 44... Rf4 45. h6 Rxf3 46. Rd7 Qf5 47. Qg2 g6 48. Rd2 Rc8 49. Qg5 Qxg5+ {
Das reicht zum Remis.} (49... Qh3 50. Rg2 Rxc2 $4 {wegen} 51. Re8+ Kh7 52. Rh8+
$1 Kxh8 53. Qe5+ f6 54. Qe8+ Kh7 55. Qxg6+ {und #}) 50. hxg5 Rg3+ 51. Rg2 Rxg2+
52. Kxg2 Rc5 53. Kf3 Rxg5 54. c4 bxc4 55. bxc4 Rc5 56. Rc1 Kh7 57. Ke4 Kxh6 58.
Kd4 Rc8 59. Ke5 Kg5 60. c5 f5 61. c6 Re8+ 62. Kd6 f4 63. c7 f3 64. c8=Q Rxc8
65. Rxc8 Kg4 (65... Kg4 66. Ke5 f2 67. Rf8 Kg3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Votava, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 Nf6 (9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 (10. Qa4 Qb6 11. Nxe4 Bb4+ (11... Qb4+
12. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 13. Ke2 $6 (13. Bd2) 13... Nf6 $10 {Kuijf,M-Lautier,J,Lyon zt
1990}) 12. Ke2 Be7 13. b3 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rad1 $14 {Kholmov,
R-Gavrilov,A,Moscow 1988}) 10... Bb4+ 11. Ke2 Qa5 12. Be3 Be7 13. Qd2 (13. Nd6+
) 13... Qxd2+ 14. Bxd2 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Rab1 Bd4 17. Rhd1 O-O-O 18. b4
Rd7 19. a4 Rhd8 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Kc7 22. Rxd7+ Rxd7 23. a5 a6 24. b5 cxb5
25. cxb5 Kb7 26. h4 {Van der Wiel,J-Ehlvest,J,Haninge 1990 O,5-O,5}) (9... Bc5
$5 10. cxd5 (10. Qa4 Ne7 $13) (10. O-O Nf6 $10) 10... cxd5 11. exd5 (11. Qa4+
Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. exd5 exd5 14. O-O Ne7 $1 $10) 11... Qxd5 (11... exd5 12.
O-O $14) 12. Qa4+ (12. O-O Nf6 $10) 12... Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. Ne4 Bb6 $1 15.
Bf4 (15. Ke2 Ne7 16. Rd1+ Nd5 $10) 15... Ne7 16. O-O-O+ Nd5 17. Nc3 Kc6 18.
Nxd5 {O,5-O,5 Glek,I-Yusupov,A BRD 1991}) 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. e5 Ng4 (11... Ng8 12.
O-O Ne7 (12... Rb8 13. a3 Ne7 14. Nf3 c5 15. Qc2 Nc6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bg5 Nd8
18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19. e6 fxe6 20. Ne5 Qb5 21. Qd1 g6 22. Qf3 Qb7 23. Rfe1 Bg7 24.
Nxg6 Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Nxh8+ $16 {Todorovic,MG-Miljanic,B,Jug-ch 1990})
13. Nf3 h5 14. Bg5 Nf5 15. Rac1 Rb8 16. Rfd1 Be7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Rd2 Rb7 19.
Ng5 O-O 20. Qc2 Nf5 21. Qd1 f6 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Ne4 Qe7 24. Ng3 Nxg3 25. hxg3
$13 {Nikolenko,O-Gyzinski,T,Wisla BES 1992}) 12. Nf3 Bc5 $6 (12... h5 13. O-O
Rb8 14. a3 Be7 15. b4 Rb7 16. Bf4 Nh6 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. c5 $14 {Tseitlin,
Ma-Vaganian,R,SSSR 1971}) 13. O-O O-O 14. h3 Nxf2 15. Rxf2 f6 16. Bf4 Qc7 17.
Qc2 $16 Qb6 18. Raf1 Rac8 19. Kh2 Bxf2 20. Rxf2 c5 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Ng5 g6 23.
Be5 Rxf2 24. Qxf2 Rf8 25. Qh4 (25. Qh4 h5 26. Ne4 $1) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Wolff,P"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Adams,M Ambroz Kortschnoj Wahls} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 c4 (4...
cxd4 5. Nxd4 (5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.
Nxd4 Bd7 {10...a6 is more combative, and is currently the more feared line by
White players.} 11. c3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Nb5 {This line has a reputation of
being slightly better for White.} Bxb5 14. Bxb5+ Ke7 15. g3 a5 $146 {I don't
think that this move will change this assessment of +/=.} 16. Qf3 Qb6 17. a4
Rhd8 18. Rd1 Bc5 19. Bd2 Rd5 20. Be1 Rad8 21. Rxd5 Rxd5 22. b4 axb4 23. cxb4
Bd4 24. Rc1 h5 25. Bc3 g5 26. Bxd4 Qxd4 {1/2-1/2, Ye Jiangchuan-Hug,W Biel izt
(3) 1993. It certainly seems that White could keep playing with 27.Rc7+.}) 5...
Nc6 6. Bb5 $5 {All the rage these days.} Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 (7... Bxc6 8. Bxc6+
bxc6 9. c4 Nf6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. e5 Ng4 12. Nf3 Bc5 $146 (12... h5 13. O-O Rb8
14. a3 Be7 15. b4 Rb7 16. Bf4 Nh6 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. c5 $16 {Cejtlin-Vaganian,
12/215 -- Check your ECO!}) 13. O-O O-O 14. h3 $16 {Kengis,E-Votava,J Prague 
(2) 1993}) 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Nf3 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qh4 Rb8 $146 (
12... Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qh5 14. Qxh5 Nxh5 15. O-O-O $16 {Adorjan-Webb, London 1975})
13. O-O Nd5 14. Re1 Be7 15. Qg4 g6 16. c4 f5 $2 17. Bxf5 $1 Nf6 (17... exf5 18.
Qd4 $16) (17... gxf5 18. Qh5+ Kd8 19. cxd5 $18) 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. Bxf4 Rxb2 20.
Bxe6 Bc5 21. Bxd7+ Kxd7 22. Ne5+ Kc8 23. Nd3 {1-0 Yudasin,L-Gulko,B Biel izt 
(11) 1993}) 5. g3 $5 {Adams is a marevellously talented player who maintains
his carousing lifestyle by a natrual ability to solve opening problems (with
White!) over the board. Hence the text, although 5.exd5 exd5 6.Be2 is still
doing well for White.} (5. exd5 {Wahls} exd5 6. b3 cxb3 7. Bb5+ $5 Bd7 (7...
Nc6 8. Ne5 bxc2 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. O-O Bd7 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Re1 Be6 13. Ndf3 Nf6
14. Ng5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Rc8 17. Nxc6 Qf6 18. d5 Bc5 19. Qxc2 Bd4 20.
Ba3 Bxa1 21. Qa4 Qc3 22. Re3 Qxc6 23. dxc6 Rc7 24. Bd6 {1-O Pukshansky,
M-Bodishko,corr 1980 !!!!}) 8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. axb3 Ngf6 (10... Nh6
11. Ba3 (11. Ra5 Nb6 12. Nf1 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 Nf5 14. c4 f6 15. c5 Nc8 16. Ne3
Nxe3 17. fxe3 $13 {Beljavsky,A-Nikolic,Pr Belgrade 1991}) 11... Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2
Bxa3 13. Rxa3 a6 (13... O-O) 14. Ra5 Nf6 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Rc5 {Tompa,J-Nikolic,
Pr Yugoslavija 1991} (16. f3 $1 Nf5 17. Kd3 Nd6 18. c3 $14)) 11. Nf1 (11. Ne5
Qe6 12. O-O Bd6 13. f4 O-O 14. c4 (14. Bb2 $5) 14... Bb4 $10 {Beljavsky,
A-Nikolic,Pr,Novi Sad 1990}) 11... Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Bb4 13. Bd2 (13. Ba3 $6 Bc3
14. Ra2 Ne4 15. Ne3 Ndf6 16. Rf1 b5 17. Kd3 b4 18. Bb2 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 Nc3 $13)
13... Bxd2 14. N3xd2 Nf8 15. g3 Ne6 16. c3 O-O 17. Ne3 a6 18. Kd3 Rfd8 19. f4 {
Die weiße Zentrumsüberlegenheit,sowie die Bauernmobilität am Königsflügel und
der Schwachpunkt d5 sichern dem Weißen klaren Vorteil in Beljavski,A-Gulko,B
Reykjavik 1991}) (5. Qe2 $1 $16 {Kortschnoj}) (5. Qe2 {Ambroz} Be7 6. g3 Nc6 7.
c3 Nf6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. a4 b4 $15 {Bode-Knaak, Lugano 1989}) 5... Nf6 (
5... Nc6 {Adams,M}) 6. e5 (6. exd5 {Adams,M} exd5 7. Bg2 $10) 6... Nfd7 7. a4
$5 (7. Bg2 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Nxc4 dxc4 10. Ng5 Nb6 11. Bxa8 Nxa8 12. Qf3 Qd5 $1
$17 {Adams}) 7... Nc6 8. Bg2 Be7 (8... Nb6 {Kortschnoj} 9. O-O Bd7 10. a5 Nc8
11. b3 c3 12. Nb1 Nxa5 13. Nxc3 Be7 $14) 9. O-O Nb6 (9... g5 {Ambroz} 10. c3 h5
11. b3 cxb3 (11... g4 12. Ne1 cxb3 13. Nxb3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Bd2 Qc7 (
15... Nb6 16. c4 Bb4 17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nc2 Qc3 20. Ra3 Qb2 21.
Qd3 $16) 16. a5 $14) 12. Nxb3 Nb6 13. Nfd2 a5 14. Qe2 $14 {/\ c3-c4}) 10. Re1 (
10. b3 $5 {Ambroz}) 10... a5 $6 (10... Bd7 $142 {Adams}) (10... Bd7 {Kortschnoj
} 11. a5 (11. c3 {Adams,M} Na5 {/\ Bc6, Qd7}) 11... Nc8 12. b3 (12. a6 b5 {><a6
}) 12... cxb3 13. Nxb3 $14) (10... Na5 $5 {Ambroz} 11. Nf1 $1 {/\ Bd2, ><a5} (
11. b3 $143 Bd7 $1)) 11. b3 cxb3 12. c3 $1 $14 O-O (12... Nc4 {Ambroz} 13. Qxb3
Nxd2 14. Nxd2) 13. Qxb3 Bd7 14. Ba3 (14. Rb1 {Adams,M} Nc8 15. Qxb7 $6 Rb8 16.
Qa6 Rxb1 17. Nxb1 Nb6 $15) 14... Rb8 15. Rab1 Nc8 16. Bxe7 (16. Bf1 $5 {Adams,M
}) 16... N8xe7 17. Rb2 Na7 (17... b5 $2 {Adams,M} 18. axb5 Na7 19. b6 $16) 18.
Qa3 Bc6 (18... b5 {Ambroz} 19. Reb1 Bc6 20. Bf1) 19. Reb1 Qc7 20. Bf1 (20. Qc5
{Adams,M} Nac8 {/\ b6}) (20. c4 {Adams,M} dxc4 21. Nxc4 (21. Qc5 b6 22. Rxb6
Rxb6 23. Rxb6 c3) 21... Be4 $1 22. Rc1 b5) 20... Rfd8 21. Nb3 $2 (21. Bd3) (21.
h4) (21. Bd3 $5 {Ambroz} Ng6 22. h4 Qe7 $5 (22... Qd7 23. Nb3 $1) 23. Qa2 $14)
(21. h4 {Adams,M}) (21. Bd3 {Adams,M}) 21... b6 22. Nbd2 (22. Nxa5 bxa5 23.
Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Rxb8+ Qxb8 25. Qxe7 Bxa4 26. Ng5 (26. Qa3 {Adams,M} Bd1) 26...
Be8 27. Bd3 g6 $17 {Adams}) 22... h6 23. h4 Ng6 (23... Be8 $142 {Adams,M}) 24.
Bd3 Nf8 25. Nf1 Be8 (25... Qd7 {Ambroz} 26. Rxb6 Rxb6 27. Rxb6 Bxa4 $2 28. Rd6)
26. Ne3 Qc6 27. Ra2 Rdc8 28. Rb3 Qc7 (28... b5 {Ambroz} 29. Qb2 $1 b4 30. cxb4
(30. c4 dxc4 31. Nxc4 Qc7 32. Ra1 $14) 30... Qc1+ 31. Kg2 axb4 32. Rxb4 Rxb4
33. Qxb4 $16) 29. Qb2 Rd8 (29... Nc6 $5 {Ambroz}) 30. Ng4 Nc8 31. Qd2 Ne7 32.
Nxh6+ $1 (32. h5 {Adams,M} Nf5) (32. Nf6+ {Adams,M} Kh8 (32... gxf6 33. exf6
$18) 33. Nxe8 Rxe8 $14) 32... gxh6 33. Qxh6 Nf5 34. Qg5+ (34. Bxf5 {Ambroz}
exf5 35. Qg5+ Kh8 36. Qxf5 $13) 34... Kh8 35. g4 (35. Qf6+ {Ambroz} Kg8 (35...
Ng7 $2 36. h5 $1 Nh7 37. Bxh7 Kxh7 38. h6 $18)) 35... f6 $1 (35... Ng7 {Ambroz}
36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Ng5 $18 {/\ Nh7}) (35... Nh7 {Ambroz} 36. Qf4 $16) 36. exf6 (
36. Qxf6+ {Ambroz} Qg7 37. Bxf5 Qxf6 38. exf6 exf5 39. g5 $13) 36... Nh7 37.
Qd2 Bh5 $1 (37... Nxf6 {Ambroz} 38. gxf5 Qg7+ 39. Qg5 $16) (37... Nd6 $143 {
Ambroz} 38. Qh6 $1) 38. gxh5 Rg8+ 39. Kf1 (39. Kh1 {Ambroz} Qf7 $1 40. Qf4 Qxh5
$44) 39... Rbf8 (39... Nxf6 {Ambroz} 40. Bxf5 exf5 41. Qh6+ Nh7 42. Ne5 $18)
40. Ne5 Rxf6 41. Ng6+ Rgxg6 (41... Kg7 $142 {Adams}) (41... Kg7 {Ambroz} 42.
Rab2 $1 $18 (42. Ke2 $16 {Adams,M}) 42... Ng3+ 43. Ke1 Nxh5 44. Rxb6) 42. hxg6
Qh2 43. Bxf5 Rxf5 44. c4 $2 (44. Qh6 $1 $18 {Kortschnoj} Qh1+ 45. Ke2 Qf3+ (
45... Qe4+ 46. Qe3 Qg4+ 47. f3) 46. Kd2 Qxf2+ 47. Kc1 Qe1+ (47... Qf1+ {
Kortschnoj} 48. Kb2 Rf2+ 49. Ka3 $18) 48. Kb2 Rf2+ 49. Ka3) (44. gxh7 {Ambroz}
Qh1+ 45. Ke2 Qf3+ 46. Ke1 Qh1+ $10) (44. Qe3 {Ambroz} Nf6 45. Qxe6 (45. Qh6+
Kg8) 45... Qh1+ 46. Ke2 Qf3+ 47. Ke1 Qh1+ (47... Ne4 $142 $5 48. Qe8+ $140 Kg7
49. Qd7+ Kxg6 50. Rxb6+ Kh5 51. Qh7+ Kg4 52. Rg6+ Kh3 53. Rg1 Qxc3+ $19) 48.
Ke2 Qf3+ $10) 44... Qh1+ 45. Ke2 Qxh4 46. Rg3 (46. Qe3 {Adams,M} Nf6 $40) 46...
Ng5 (46... Nf6 {Kortschnoj} 47. Qe3 Ne4 48. Rf3 (48. Rh3 {Ambroz}) 48... Qh5
$13) 47. Qe3 Qh5+ (47... Kg7 $142 $44 {Adams}) (47... Kg7 $142 {Adams,M} 48.
Rxg5 $10) 48. Kf1 Kg7 (48... dxc4 {Ambroz} 49. Kg2 $16) 49. cxd5 (49. Kg2 {
Ambroz} Ne4) 49... Nf3 50. Rxf3 Rxf3 51. Qe5+ (51. Qxe6 {Kortschnoj} Rf5 (51...
Qh1+ {Ambroz} 52. Ke2 Rf6) 52. Qe7+ Kxg6 53. Qe8+ $16) 51... Qxe5 52. dxe5 exd5
53. Rb2 Rf5 $2 54. Rxb6 Rxe5 55. Rb5 Kxg6 56. Rxa5 Re4 (56... Kf7 {Adams,M} 57.
Ra8 Ke7 58. a5 Kd6 59. a6 Kc7 60. Rd8 Kb6 61. Rd6+ Ka7 62. f3 $18) 57. f3 Rb4 (
57... Re3 {Adams,M} 58. Kf2 d4 59. Ra8 (59. Rd5 Rd3 60. Ke2 Re3+ 61. Kd2 Rxf3
62. Rxd4 Kf5) 59... Ra3 60. a5 d3 61. a6 d2 62. Ke2 Rxf3 63. a7 $18) 58. Ra8
Kf5 59. a5 Rb7 (59... Ke5 {Ambroz} 60. a6 Kd4 61. a7 Ra4 62. f4) 60. Ke2 Kf4
61. a6 Rf7 62. Rb8 $18 Re7+ 63. Kf2 Ke5 64. Rb4 1-0

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Skara"]
[Date "2002.07.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2002.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. dxc5 {Det är svårt att hävda att
man försöker få en akademisk fördel efter det här.} Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qe2 {
Vit satsar på snabb pjäsutveckling i centrum.} Nb4 {Svart försöker straffa
vits öppningsspel genom att sno löparparet.} ({Det var inget fel på det
traditionella:} 7... O-O) 8. O-O ({Att gå fram till e5 har spelats förut, men
det har sina risker:} 8. e5 Nd7 9. Nb3 Nxd3+ 10. cxd3 Be7 11. Nbd4 (11. h4 h6
12. Nfd4 Nc5 (12... a5 $1) 13. Rh3 {Adams - Botterill, England 1997. Vit
tillåter inte svart få ett normalt spel. Men det är ändå lika.}) 11... Nb8 12.
O-O Nc6 {Mrva - Fish, Bratislava 1993, ger svart enkelt spel.}) 8... Nxd3 9.
cxd3 O-O 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Bg5 dxe4 {Svart började bli orolig för e5 med av byte
av svartfältarna följt av spel med springare mot löpare.} (11... h6) 12. dxe4 {
[#]Det är ovanligt med den här typställningen i Franskt, men det händer
emellanåt. Det handlar om de lätta pjäserna här. Båda måste söka aktivitet
till varje pris.} Bd7 13. Rfd1 {Vi märker att vit var mer redo än svart för
typställningen. vit står nu lite bättre, mycket tack vare svarts traditionella
problem. Damen och vitfältaren.} Qe8 14. Nbd4 {Vit ville inte låta svart komma
undan med La4.} h6 15. Bh4 Nh5 $6 {Stellan spelar ett långsiktigt drag i en
ställning där han ligger efter i tid. Sådant är farligt. Emanuel visar nu hög
klass, och hittar en forcerad sekvens som vinner bonde.} 16. Ne5 $1 ({Även} 16.
Bxe7 Qxe7 {följt av} 17. e5 {och skapandet av ett guldfält på d6 var bra.})
16... Bxh4 17. Qxh5 Bf6 (17... Bd8 {Hade undvikt den lilla bomben vit nu låter
brisera.}) 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. e5 Be7 20. Nf5 Qe8 {[#]} 21. Nxh6+ gxh6 22. Rd3
Kg7 23. Rg3+ Bg5 24. h4 f6 25. exf6+ Rxf6 26. Qe2 ({Vit kunde lika gärna bytt
med en gång, men Emanuel vill först presentera lite problem för Stellan.} 26.
Qxe8) 26... Rf5 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Re3 Qb5 29. Rxe6 Qxe2 30. Rxe2 {[#]Stellan
fick som han ville. Slutspelet som följer är normalt vinst vid korrekt spel.}
Rc8 31. Rd1 Rc7 32. Kh2 Kg6 33. Kg3 Rcf7 34. f3 Rb5 35. Rd4 Ra5 36. b3 Raf5 {
Stellan gör vad han kan, men han kan inte förhindra vit från att sakta
förstärka sina pjäser. Den normala remiidén är att byta bönder på damflygeln,
vilket är i stort omöjligt här. men man bör åtminstone vara aktiv med bönderna,
eftersom passivitet förlorar.} 37. Ra4 b6 38. Rd4 R7f6 39. Rd7 a5 40. Re8 Rc5
41. Kg4 Rf4+ 42. Kh3 Rf6 43. Kg4 Rf4+ 44. Kg3 Rf6 45. Rg8+ Kh6 46. Kg4 Rf4+ 47.
Kh3 Rf6 48. Rgd8 Kg6 49. Rd6 Rcf5 50. Rxf6+ Rxf6 51. a4 Kh6 52. Rd5 Kg6 53. Rb5
Kh6 54. Kg4 Rf4+ 55. Kg3 Rf6 56. Kh3 Kg6 57. g3 Rxf3 58. Kg4 Rf6 59. Rxg5+ Kh6
{[#]Märkligt detta. I bulletin 10 talade vi lite om detta typslutpel och nu
har vi det här. Emanuel kommer in perfekt i ställningen. Svart har inget
aktivt torn och ej heller möjligheter att byta bönderna på damflygeln. Vit har
vinst. Vits vinstplan är att vinna damflygelbönderna.} 60. Rf5 Rd6 61. Kf4 Kg6
62. Ke4 Re6+ 63. Re5 Rd6 64. g4 Kf6 65. Rd5 Rc6 66. Rb5 Rd6 67. Rf5+ Kg6 68.
Ke5 Rc6 69. Kd4 Re6 70. Re5 Rf6 71. Kd5 Rf4 72. Kc6 Rxg4 73. Kxb6 Kf6 74. Rxa5
Ke6 75. Rb5 Kd7 76. Kb7 Rg7 77. Rb6 {Ett riktigt klassparti av Emanuel. Han
dominerade från början till slut utan att tappa uppmärksamhet!} 1-0

