[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. a3 $6 (6. Nf3) (6. Nb5 $5
Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O) (6. f4 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ba6 8. Ne2 c5 9. Qd2 Nbc6 10. O-O-O Qc7
11. g4 g6 12. Bg2 h5 13. h3 O-O-O 14. Bf3 Kb8 15. Ng3 Rc8 16. Ne2 hxg4 17. hxg4
Rxh1 18. Bxh1 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Rxd4 Nc6 22. Rd2 g5 23. f5
Nxe5 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. c3 Qd6 26. Rd4 Ng6 27. Kb1 Rh8 28. Rd1 Qe5 29. Qf1 Nf4
30. Re1 Qf6 31. a3 Qg6+ 32. Ka1 Qd3 33. Qxd3 Nxd3 34. Rf1 Ne5 35. Rg1 Rh4 36.
Ka2 Kc7 37. c4 Nxc4 38. Bf3 Rh2 39. Bg2 Kd6 {Makropoulou,M-Moutousis,K/Aegina
op/1994/0:1/39/}) 6... Bxc3 7. Bxc3 (7. bxc3 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Qg4 O-O 10.
Ne2 Qd7 11. Ng3 f5 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. O-O Re8 14. Rfe1 Nf5 15. Nh5 Rf7 16. Bf4
Nb8 17. Be5 Ref8 18. Rad1 Qa4 19. Rd3 Qxc2 20. Rf3 Nd7 21. Bxc7 Rc8 22. Bf4 Nf8
23. Be5 Ng6 24. Qg5 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 Qxc3 26. Rc1 Qxa3 27. h3 Qf8 28. Rc3 Nfe7 29.
Qg4 Nf5 30. Qg5 Qe8 31. Qc1 Nfe7 32. Bxg7 Qa4 {Kulaots,K-Psakhis,L/Biel op/
1995/0,5/48/EXP-48/}) 7... Ba6 $10 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Qg4 $6 (9. Ne2 $10) 9... Nf5
10. Ne2 h5 $1 11. Qf4 Qh4 12. Qd2 (12. Qxh4 Nxh4 13. O-O c5 $15) 12... c5 13.
g3 Qe7 (13... Qe4 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. Rhe1) 14. O-O-O Rc8 $1 (14... O-O-O $2 15.
dxc5 $1 Nxc5 (15... bxc5 16. Ba5 Rd7 17. Qc3 $132)) 15. Kb1 Nb8 16. h3 (16.
dxc5 bxc5 17. b3 Nc6 $17) 16... Nc6 17. g4 $1 (17. dxc5 bxc5 18. g4 Nh4 $17)
17... Nfxd4 (17... Nh4 18. Qe3 $1 $13) 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 (18... cxd4 19. f4 Qc5 20.
Nc1 {/\Nd3,e5}) 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. f4 Qc7 $15 21. gxh5 (21. g5 $1 Qc4 $15) 21...
Rxh5 22. Qe2 g6 23. Rxd4 Kf8 $17 24. c3 Kg7 25. Qf3 Rch8 26. Rd3 Qc4 27. Rd4
Qb5 28. Rd3 Rf5 (28... Qc5 29. Rd4 b5 30. Rd3 a5 31. Rd4 Qb6 {/\ Rc8-c4,b4})
29. Rd4 Qc5 30. Rg1 Qc7 31. Qd3 Rfh5 32. Rg3 Qc5 33. Ka2 b5 34. Rb4 a6 35. a4
$2 $138 bxa4 $1 36. Qxa6 (36. Rxa4 a5 $17) 36... Rxh3 37. Rxh3 Rxh3 38. Qxa4
Rh2 39. Qa3 Rf2 $1 40. Rd4 Qb5 41. Qb4 Qa6+ 42. Qa3 Qe2 43. Rb4 Rf1 44. Ra4 (
44. Rb8 Qc4+ $19) 44... Qd1 (44... Rc1 $1 45. Qe7 Ra1+ $3 46. Kxa1 Qd1+ 47. Ka2
Qxa4+ 48. Kb1 Qxf4 $19) 45. Qb4 (45. Ra8 Qa1+) 45... Qb1+ 46. Kb3 Rf2 47. Qa3
Kh7 $22 48. Ra8 Qc2+ 49. Kb4 $2 (49. Ka2 Rxf4 50. Qf8 Ra4+ 51. Rxa4 Qxa4+ 52.
Kb1 Qe4+ (52... Qd7 53. b4 g5 54. Qc5) (52... Qf4 $5 53. b4 g5 54. b5 g4 55. b6
g3 56. b7 g2 57. Qc5 d4 $19) 53. Ka2 Qf5 $19) 49... Qxb2+ 50. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 51.
Ka3 Rf2 52. Ra4 Kh6 53. Rd4 Kh5 0-1

[Event "Karditsa"]
[Site "Karditsa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vouldis, Angelos"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Nh3 {/\
Nf4-h5+/-} (7. Qg4 $1 Ng6 8. h4 h5 9. Qd1 $1 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12.
Ne2 Nb8 (12... c5 13. Ng3 $16) (12... Qc6 13. O-O $1 Kd7 14. f4 Raf8 15. f5
exf5 16. Qd3 Nb8 17. Rxf5 $16) (12... Ne7 13. Nf4 g6 (13... Qc6 $6 14. Rh3 $1
$16) 14. Bxe7 (14. Qd3 Nb8 15. Bf6 Rg8 16. f3 $14) 14... Qxe7 15. Qd3 Nb8 16.
c4 $1 $16) 13. Ng3 $6 (13. O-O $1 Ne7 14. Nf4 g6 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. c4 $1 $36)
13... Qc6 14. Qf3 $6 (14. O-O Qxc3 15. Nxh5 Rh7 $15) (14. Kd2 Qc4 15. Nxh5 Rh7
$13) 14... Nd7 15. Bd2 (15. O-O f6 $1 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Bxf6 Rf8 $1 18. Nxh5
Nxf6 19. Nxf6+ Ke7 $17) 15... Qa4 $1 16. Nxh5 Rh7 17. Rc1 c5 $17 18. Nf4 Nxh4
19. Qg4 Nf3+ 20. Ke2 Nfxe5 $1 21. Qg3 (21. dxe5 Qc4+ $19) 21... Qb5+ $1 (21...
Qc4+ 22. Nd3 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 Ng6 24. Rh7 cxd4 25. Rxg7 dxc3 26. Bg5 $44) 22. Nd3
Rxh1 23. Rxh1 Ng6 (23... Nxd3 24. cxd3 $36) 24. Rh7 $44 {Khalifman,A-Ehlvest,J/
EST/1994/}) 7... Ng6 8. a4 Ba6 (8... c5 9. a5 Ba6 $14 {Short/} (9... Ba6 10.
Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O $14)) 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O Nb8 11. Qg4 $6 (11. f4 $1 Qd7 (
11... Ne7 12. g4 $1 g6 13. f5 $1 gxf5 14. Bg5 Rg8 15. Kh1 $1 fxg4 16. Qxg4 h6
17. Bxe7 Rxg4 18. Bxd8 Kxd8 19. Rxf7 $16 {Nunn,J/}) 12. f5 $1 $16 exf5 13. Qh5
Nf8 $8 14. g4 g6 15. Qh6 (15. Qh4 $1 fxg4 16. Ng5 Ne6 17. Nxf7 $1 Rf8 18. Qxh7
$1 Rxf7 19. Qxg6 Nf8 20. Qh5 Nc6 21. Ba3 Nd8 22. e6 {/\ Rae1+-}) 15... Rg8 $1
16. Ba3 Nc6 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. gxf5 O-O-O 19. Kh1 $2 (19. Ng5 gxf5 $8 20. Kh1 $1
$16) 19... Ne7 20. f6 $8 Nf5 21. Qf4 Nxd4 $1 $17 22. cxd4 Qxh3 23. a5 b5 $1 (
23... Kb7 $2 24. axb6 axb6 25. e6 $1 Qxe6 26. Ra7+ $1 Kxa7 27. Qxc7+ Ka6 28.
Ra1+ Kb5 29. Rb1+ $10) 24. Rf3 Qe6 25. a6 $1 (25. Qd2 a6 $19) 25... c6 26. Qd2
Kb8 27. Qb4 Rfe8 $1 (27... Ka8 28. Qe7 $1) 28. Rc3 Ka8 29. Rb1 Rc8 $2 (29...
Rb8 $1 {/\ Rb6-+}) 30. Rc5 Qg4 31. Qc3 $1 Qe4+ 32. Kg1 Qg4+ 33. Kh1 Qd7 34. Rb3
h5 35. h3 Qf5 $6 36. Rxc6 Qf1+ 37. Kh2 Qf2+ {Nunn,J-Hansen,L/Lugano/1989/0,5/})
11... Nc6 12. Bg5 $2 (12. Nf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 Rg8 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. f4 $6 f5 $1 16.
Qh5+ (16. exf6 $2 gxf6 17. Rae1 O-O-O $1 $19 {Seirawan/}) 16... g6 17. Qh6 Qg7
18. Qh3 Na5 19. Bf6 Qf7 20. Qh6 c6 $1 21. Rf3 Rc8 22. h3 Nc4 $17 {Matanovic/}
23. Rd3 Kd7 24. g4 Kc7 25. Kf2 Kb7 26. Bh4 Ka6 $5 (26... a5 27. Ke2 Ka6) 27.
Ke2 c5 28. Ra2 Rc7 29. Qg5 h5 30. Rg3 hxg4 31. hxg4 Rh8 32. Rg2 Qe8 33. Bf2 Rh3
$6 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. dxc5 bxc5 36. Rg3 Rxg3 37. Qxg3 {Karpov,A-Seirawan,Y/Mar
del Plata/1982/0,5/81/}) (12. f4 h5 13. Qf3 Nge7) 12... Qd7 13. Nf4 Nxf4 14.
Bxf4 Rg8 15. Qh5 h6 $15 16. Bc1 Na5 17. Qe2 Nc4 18. f4 a5 $6 (18... O-O-O $1
19. g4 Rde8 20. f5 f6 $1 $17) 19. g4 $1 O-O-O 20. f5 Rde8 21. f6 g5 22. h4 Rg6
23. Rf3 (23. h5 Rgg8 24. Be3 Qc6 25. Rfb1 Kd7 $15) 23... gxh4 24. Rh3 Reg8 25.
Rxh4 Qc6 26. Kf2 (26. Bxh6 Nxe5 $1 (26... Rh8 27. Bg5 Rxh4 28. Bxh4 $44) 27.
Qxe5 (27. dxe5 Qxc3 28. Rf1 Qg3+ $19) 27... Rxg4+ 28. Rxg4 Rxg4+ 29. Kf2 Qxc3
30. Bf4 (30. Re1 Qh3 $19) 30... Rxf4+ 31. Qxf4 Qxa1 32. Qg4 (32. Qg5 Qxd4+ 33.
Kg2 Kd7 $19) 32... Kd7 $19) 26... b5 $17 27. Bxh6 bxa4 28. Bc1 Qe8 29. Kf3 Rh8
$1 {xRa1} 30. Qh2 Rxh4 31. Qxh4 a3 32. Bxa3 Rg8 33. Bc1 Rh8 $19 34. Bh6 Qg8 35.
g5 Qg6 36. Ra2 (36. Qf2 Qe4+ 37. Kg3 Ne3 38. Rxa5 (38. Qf3 Nf5+ 39. Kf2 Qh4+
40. Ke2 Nxh6 41. gxh6 Rxh6 42. Rxa5 Rg6 $19) 38... Nf5+ 39. Kh2 Nxh6 $19) 36...
Kd7 37. Qe1 Rb8 38. Kg2 a4 39. Qc1 a3 40. Rxa3 Rb2 41. Ra8 Rxc2+ 0-1

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Meulders} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Bg5 Qd7 7. Bb5
Nc6 (7... c6 8. Be2 (8. Bd3 Ba6 9. Nge2 h6 10. Bd2 (10. Qh3 $142 $5 Ne7 11.
Bxa6 $10 {(Tal)}) 10... Ne7 11. O-O c5 $10 {(Pachman 68)} 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ng3
(13. Bxa6 $5) 13... c4 14. Be2 Nbc6 15. f4 Nd4 $1 $15 {(Schwarz 67)} 16. b3
Nef5 17. bxc4 h5 18. Nxh5 Bc5 19. Kh1 Nxe2 20. Nxe2 O-O-O 21. Neg3 Rh6 22. h3
Bb7 23. Nxf5 exf5 24. Qe2 dxc4 25. Rad1 Qc6 $2 (25... Rdh8 $1 $17 {(Thomas)})
26. Ba5 Rd4 27. Rxd4 Bxd4 28. Rd1 Bb6 29. Bxb6 axb6 30. Rd6 Rxd6 31. exd6 g6
32. Ng3 b5 {Gurgenidze,B-Tal,M/Tbilisi 1956/1/2-1/2 (42)}) 8... Ba6 9. Nf3 Ne7
10. a4 Nf5 11. O-O Bxe2 12. Nxe2 c5 13. c3 Nc6 14. Qh3 Be7 15. Bd2 Bf8 16. g4
Nfe7 17. Ng5 h6 18. f4 g6 19. Nf3 c4 20. Ng3 O-O-O 21. Ng5 Ng8 22. f5 Bg7 23.
fxe6 {1-0 Cseshkovsky,V-Erendzhenov,S/RUS-ch Elista (09) ,CBM 50 1995}) 8. Nce2
(8. Nf3 a6 9. Ba4 Bb7 10. O-O h6 11. Qh3 Nge7 12. Ne2 Rg8 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14.
Rae1 Kb8 15. c3 Nc8 16. Bc1 a5 17. Bb5 N8a7 18. Bd3 Qc8 19. Nd2 Ba6 20. Bxa6
Qxa6 21. Kh1 Rd7 22. f4 g6 23. g4 Ne7 24. Ng3 c5 25. f5 cxd4 26. fxe6 fxe6 27.
cxd4 Nac6 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Hamdouchi,H/Biel izt (06) ,CBM 37 1993 (41)}) 8...
a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Qh4 Ne7 $5 {Alterman: Interesting
sacrifice. First of all Timman wants to fight, maybe because Alexey Shirov
likes to attack with the same style, but not to defend many moves without a
clear plan.  Meulders kommentiert deutsch. Eine interessante Idee: statt sich
nach etwa 12...Be7 mit einer etwas schlechteren Stellung zufrieden zu geben,
investiert Timman einen Bauern.} (12... Be7 $14) 13. Bxf6 Ng6 14. Qg5 gxf6 15.
Qxf6 Bh6 $1 {Verhindert 0-0-0 und droht Damengewinn mittels ...Rf8.} (15... Bg7
16. Qg5 $16) 16. Qf3 Qg7 17. Qg3 $6 (17. c3 $5 Bb7 18. Bc2 O-O-O 19. Qg4 Qf6
20. Nf3 Rhg8 21. Qh5 $1) 17... Bb7 18. Nf3 ({Nach} 18. Qd3 {kommt nicht} O-O-O
19. a4 {mit gefährlichem Angriff, sondern 18...0-0, und der schwarze König
kann sich auf h8 verstecken. Danach beginnt der Angriff auf der f-Linie.})
18... O-O-O 19. O-O Rhg8 {Alterman: Now Black has full compensation for the
pawn.} 20. c3 {Stützt das Zentrum und bereitet langfristig den Rückzug der
Dame nach einem eventuellen Schlagen auf h7 vor. So weit kommt es aber nicht.
Mehr Chancen bot wahrscheinlich das unmittelbare Vorgehen am Damenflügel. Eine
mögliche Variante wäre:} (20. a4 $1 {Meulders} Qf6 21. Qh3 {Es drohte Nf4} Bf4
22. axb5 axb5 23. c3 Rd7 24. Bc2 Rdg7 25. Ra7 Bd6 26. Rfa1 Nf4 27. Nxf4 Bxf4 (
27... Qxf4 28. Ne1 Kb8 29. R7a5 $18) 28. Ne1 Bd2 29. g3 Rf8 30. Nd3 $18) 20...
Qf6 21. Qh3 Bf8 22. Bc2 Bd6 23. Rae1 {Verfolgt einen falschen Plan: Angriff
auf e6. Noch immer war eine Aktion mit a4 nötig:} (23. a4 $1 {Meulders} b4 24.
Bd3 Rd7 25. Rae1 Rdg7 26. Kh1 Kb8 27. Qh6 Qf8 28. cxb4 Bxb4 29. Rc1 Bd6 30.
Bxg6 hxg6 31. Ne5 Rh8 32. Qe3 Rgh7 33. h3 Qf5 34. Kg1 $16) 23... Kb8 24. Ng3 {
Ein furchtbarer Fehler; Weiß hätte dem schwarzen Springer nie das Feld f4
überlassen dürfen.} (24. Qh6 {Meulders} Rd7 25. Ne5 Rdg7 26. Ng3 $16) 24... Nf4
25. Qh4 Qf8 {Plötzlich erweist es sich, daß die weiße "Madame" wie eine Ratte
in die Falle gegangen ist. Weiß verliert mindestens eine Figur. Shirov wählt
noch das Beste: 3 Bauern für einen Springer.} 26. Ng5 (26. Qxh7 $2 {Alterman:
is inferior since it leads to} Rh8 $19) (26. Ne5 $2 {Meulders} Be7 27. Qxh7 Rg7
28. Qh6 Bg5 $19) 26... Be7 27. Nxe6 Bxh4 28. Nxf8 Rdxf8 29. Bxh7 Rg7 30. Bc2 c5
31. Re3 (31. dxc5 $1 d4 32. Be4 (32. cxd4 Bxg2 33. Be4 Bxf1 34. Kxf1 $17) 32...
dxc3 33. bxc3 Bxe4 34. Rxe4 Rg5 $15) 31... cxd4 32. cxd4 Bd8 33. Re5 Bc8 34.
Rd1 Bg4 35. f3 Bd7 36. Kf2 {Hiernach geht es schnell zu Ende. Weiß hätte sich
passiv verhalten müssen. Eine Möglichkeit:} (36. Rd2 {Meulders} Ba5 37. Rf2 Kc7
38. Nh5 Nh3+ 39. Kf1 Nxf2 40. Nxg7 Ng4 41. Ne6+ Bxe6 42. Rxe6 Bb6 43. Bb3 Nf6 {
und obwohl es mindestens =+ steht, ist die Partie noch nicht vorbei.}) 36...
Rh8 37. Bf5 $2 $19 (37. Kg1 $142 Bh4 $17) 37... Rxh2 38. Bxd7 Rxd7 (38... Bh4
39. Ke3 Nxg2+ 40. Kd3 Bxg3 41. Re8+ Kc7 42. Bg4 $19) 39. Ke3 (39. Re8 $19)
39... Nxg2+ 40. Kd3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 $5 {I have noticed that my opponent
plays a rather toothless line against the Classical Winawer.} 5. Bd2 $6 {
If I know that this would be everyone's choice I would only play Classical
Winawer.} ({Of course} 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 $40 {is the
problem.}) 5... b6 $5 {This is what I have decided to play against IM Kanefsck
in Mar del Plata but Gustavo changed the move.} 6. Nce2 $5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ba6 8.
f4 c5 9. Nf3 Nbc6 10. O-O-O $2 {This type of mistake is very well known.} (10.
c3 O-O 11. Ng3 $11) 10... Bxe2 $1 {Black gets rid of his light squared bishop
and ready to roll queenside massive pawn avalanche.} 11. Bxe2 c4 $36 {That is
it! The advantage is on black side.} 12. g4 $6 {This is too much.} ({White has
to take precautions about black's attack. In my opinion he has to meet the
attack where it starts in other words queenside.} 12. Kb1 $142 b5 13. b3 $5)
12... b5 13. f5 exf5 14. gxf5 Nxf5 15. Kb1 $2 (15. Qf4 $142 g6) 15... O-O $17 {
Black is not only a pawn up but he is ready to break in the center.} 16. Rhg1 (
16. Qf4 Qd7 $1) 16... f6 17. Rg4 fxe5 18. dxe5 $2 {Mistake after mistake.} (18.
Nxe5 Qd6 19. Bf3 Rad8 $17) 18... d4 19. Rdg1 Qe7 20. Qf4 Rae8 $19 {Black is
close to win.Also the nature of the game for the coming moves which depends on
calculation suits me well.} 21. Rg5 (21. Qe4 Nxe5 $19) 21... Nxe5 $1 {This is
the trick!} 22. Nxd4 ({First rank weakness is acute.} 22. Rxf5 Rxf5 23. Qxf5
Nxf3 24. Bxc4+ bxc4 25. Qxf3 Qe1+ 26. Qd1 Qxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Re2 $19) 22... Ng6 $1
23. Nxf5 Nxf4 $1 (23... Qxe2 24. Qg3) 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Bg4 h5 $1 26. Bf5 (26.
Bf3 Ref7 $1 $19) 26... Ref7 27. Be4 Nh3 $1 (27... Ne6 $6 28. Rd5) 28. Bd5 Nxg1
29. Rxg1 Kh7 30. Bxf7 Rxf7 {A string of 10 consecutive forced moves. I have
foreseen everything.} 31. b3 c3 {Rook ending is really simple for black.} 32.
a3 Kh6 33. Rg3 Rf1+ 34. Ka2 Rf2 35. Rxc3 Rxh2 {My opponent who would make a GM
norm in case he wins accepted the defeat .} 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 (5. a3 Bf8 6. Bb5+ (6. Nf3 Ne7 7.
h4 h5 8. Bg5 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O Qd7 11. Qd3 Nb8 12. Ne2 Nbc6 $10 {
Sokolov,A-Portisch,L/Moscow/1990/0,5 (34) Inf 49/349/}) 6... c6 7. Ba4 Bd7 8.
Bb3 $1 Ne7 9. Nce2 c5 10. c3 Bb5 11. Bc2 Nbc6 12. h4 $1 $14 {Hodgson,
Ju-Johansen,P/Kuala Lumpur/1992/0,5 (62) Inf 54/269/}) 5... Bf8 6. a4 (6. Nh3
Ba6 7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8. Nf4 Nb4 $1 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. a3 Nbc6 $10 {Kovalev,A-Vaganian,
R/Tilburg/1992/1:0 (54) Inf 56/311/}) (6. Nf3 Qd7 7. Bb5 c6 8. Be2 Ba6 9. O-O
Ne7 10. Rd1 Nf5 11. a3 $14 {Mokry,K-Ravikumar,V/Dieren/1990/1:0 (39) Inf 50/
319/}) (6. h4 $5 h5 7. Qd1 c5 8. Bg5 Qd7 9. Bb5 Nc6 10. Nge2 a6 11. Bxc6 Qxc6
12. Nf4 $13 {Blatny,P-Psakhis,L/Amsterdam/1989/1:0 (40) Inf 48/400/}) (6. Qg3
Ne7 7. Bg5 Nf5 8. Bxd8 Nxg3 9. hxg3 Kxd8 10. O-O-O Be7 11. f4 $14 {Ljubojevic,
L-Portisch,L/Linares/1989/Inf 47/(364)/}) 6... Nc6 7. Bb5 (7. Nh3 Qd7 8. Bb5 a6
9. Bxc6 Qxc6 10. O-O a5 $1 11. Nf4 Ba6 $10 {Chesney-Gulko,B/Somerset/1986/0:1 
(41) Inf 42/357/}) 7... Bd7 $1 (7... Bb7 8. a5 $14) 8. Bg5 Nge7 9. Nf3 h6 10.
Qh3 (10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Rfe1 Qc7 $10) (10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3
Nf5 $13) 10... Nb4 11. Rc1 a6 (11... Bxb5 12. axb5 a6 13. bxa6 Rxa6 14. O-O $14
) 12. Be2 c5 13. O-O Qc7 14. dxc5 $8 bxc5 $13 15. Rfe1 {>< e5/} Rg8 16. Bd2
Nbc6 (16... g5 $6 17. Qh5 $16) (16... Ng6 $5 {/\ Nbc6/}) 17. Bd3 g6 18. b3 Bg7
19. Qg3 Nb4 (19... Nf5 $2 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. Bxh6 $16) 20. h4 Rb8 21. Bf1 Nf5
22. Qf4 Bf8 23. Nd1 $1 Bc8 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 $14 Nc6 (25... Bb7 26. Bxb4
cxb4 27. c3 $14) 26. Bd3 Nb4 27. Bf1 Nc6 28. Nh2 $1 {/\ Ng4/} h5 29. Nf3 Ne7
30. g3 $5 Nf5 31. Qe2 Bb7 32. Bg2 (32. Bh3 $5) 32... Be7 33. Bg5 a5 $6 (33...
Bf8 $5) 34. Bxe7 Kxe7 35. Ng5 {/\ Nh7-f6/} Rh8 36. Qd2 Qb6 37. Rb1 $1 Kf8 (
37... Qb4 38. c3) 38. Kh2 Kg7 39. Bh3 $5 {/\ Bf5/} d4 $5 (39... Ne7 $6 40. Qf4
$18) (39... Nh6 40. Qf4 Rbf8 $8 41. c3 $16) 40. Qf4 Qc6 41. Ne4 Qc7 (41... Ba8
42. Qg5 Rhd8 43. Nf6 $16) 42. Nd6 $1 Qe7 (42... Nxd6 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. exd6 Qxd6
(44... Qd7 45. Rxe6) 45. Bxe6 $1 $18) 43. Bxf5 gxf5 44. c3 $16 Bd5 45. b4 $1
dxc3 (45... axb4 46. cxb4 Rxb4 47. Rxb4 cxb4 48. Qxd4 Rb8 49. Nxf5+ $16) 46. b5
Kh7 47. Rbc1 Rhg8 48. f3 Rbd8 $1 49. Rxc3 f6 $132 50. Nc4 $8 Ra8 $6 (50... Bxc4
$5 51. Rxc4 Rd5 52. Rc2 Rgd8 $14) 51. exf6 $1 Qxf6 52. Qe5 $16 Qg6 53. Nd6 $1
Rg7 54. Rxc5 $6 (54. b6 $5) (54. Rg1 $5 $16) 54... Bxf3 55. b6 Qh6 {/\ Qd2/}
56. Rc2 f4 57. Rg1 $8 (57. gxf4 $4 Qg6 $19) 57... Qg6 58. Rd2 Rf8 59. Rb2 Qg4
60. b7 fxg3+ (60... Rb8 61. Qxf4 $18) 61. Qxg3 Rb8 62. Rb5 {/\ Rh5/} Rd7 63.
Rxa5 $1 Qxg3+ (63... Rxd6 $2 64. Rxh5+ $1 $18) 64. Rxg3 Bd5 $6 (64... Rxd6 65.
Rxf3 Rxb7 66. Rxh5+ Kg6 67. Rg5+ Kh6 $16) 65. Ra6 $1 Bxb7 66. Rb6 $18 Rc7 67.
a5 e5 68. Rb2 $1 (68. a6 $6 Rc2+ 69. Kg1 (69. Kh3 Bg2+ 70. Rxg2 Rc3+ $19) 69...
Rc1+ 70. Kf2 Rf8+ 71. Ke2 Bd5 $13) 68... Rd7 69. Ne4 Rd1 70. Rg1 Rd4 (70...
Rxg1 71. Kxg1 Rg8+ 72. Ng5+ $18) 71. Ng5+ Kh8 72. Nf7+ Kh7 73. Ng5+ Kh8 74. Nf3
Rf4 (74... Rd7 75. Nxe5) 75. Rb6 $1 Kh7 $8 76. Ng5+ Kh8 77. Nh3 $1 (77. Nh3 $1
Rxh4 78. Rh6#) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.02.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 {A new try for
me in the French Winawer. During the past year there has happend a lot in the
variation} (6... c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 {and especially the game
Karjakin-Jussupow has made the whole variation very critical for Black.}) 7.
Qg4 Ng6 8. h4 h5 9. Qd1 Ne7 $2 {After this move White gets a solid plus.
During the game I remembered the prepared} (9... Qd7 {but then I could not see
what to play against} 10. Be2 {threatening the pawn on h5. However, there is a
tactical defence after} Ba6 11. Bxh5 Qb5 $1 12. Be2 Qa5 {and Black wins back a
pawn either on c3 or h4. Anyway the white position is preferable after} 13.
Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Nf3 Qxc3+ 15. Bd2 Qc4 16. Qe2 {with a slight edge.}) 10. Bg5 $1 {
White will soone force the weakening ...g7-g6 and then the Bishop will become
very useful here.} Qd7 11. Be2 g6 12. a4 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Bf6 {[%csl Gf6]}
Rh7 $1 {Not a very funny move to play, but here it's absolutely necesary. In
case of} (14... Rg8 15. Qd2 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Yd2h6,Yh6h7] Black is in big
trouble.}) 15. Nf3 Ng8 $8 {Also necessary as to meet Ng5 with ...Nxf6.} 16. Qd3
Nb8 17. O-O Nc6 18. c4 $1 {Well timed. Black was just about to play ...Na5
taking control over the c4-square. Now White opens up the position to exploit
the black King.} Nxf6 {When the position opens up the black rook cannot stay
on h7 forever. White gets a very strong pawn on f6 now, but at least Black is
able to develop his pieces.} 19. exf6 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Rh8 {Activates the rook
and along the 8th rank.} ({In case of the immediate} 20... O-O-O 21. a5 {
will be quite annoying for Black.}) 21. Ne5 {White decides to exchange knights
and get a solid protection of the pawn on f6. However, entering a position
with only heavy pieces the drawing tendens get a lot bigger, so perhaps it was
better just to continue the pressure with} (21. Rfe1 {and it's not so easy to
see what Black should do.}) 21... Nxe5 22. dxe5 O-O-O {Finally "Boarding
Completed".} 23. a5 Qd5 24. Qe2 Qc6 ({Is was not at all bad to play} 24... b5
$5 {not to allow White opening the a-file. In the game Black is bound to
defence without any counterplay.}) 25. axb6 axb6 26. Qa6+ Qb7 27. Qa4 c5 {
A necessary weakening as} (27... Rd5 {looses after} 28. Qa8+ Qb8 29. Qc6 Rc5
30. Qf3 c6 31. Ra6 Rd8 32. Rfa1 Qxe5 33. Ra8+ Kd7 34. R1a7+ $18) 28. Qb5 Kc7
29. Ra3 Rd4 30. c3 ({In case of} 30. Rfa1 {Black has the tactical idea of} Rhd8
{to meet} 31. Ra7 {with} Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rxa1 {and if now capturing the queen
Black has a material advantage. After} 33. Rxa1 {White is still better, but
it's hard to find anything convincing if Black just holds on to waiting
strategy.}) 30... Rdd8 31. Rb1 Ra8 32. Rab3 Rhb8 ({It would have been better
to play} 32... Rab8 {[%cal Yh8d8] in order to place the other rook on d8.
Leaving the a-file is not a problem.}) 33. Qe2 Ra4 $6 {this only helps White
as Black's idea with ...Qa6 and ...Ra1 doesn't work.} (33... Qc6 34. c4 Rd8 {
can be met by} 35. Rxb6 $1 Qxb6 36. Rxb6 Kxb6 37. Qb2+ Ka7 38. Qa3+ Kb6 39.
Qb3+ Kc7 40. Qb5 {and the c5-pawn falls with a won position for White.}) ({
Instead Black should have tried} 33... Rd8 {and then just ...Rab8 and ...Qc6
to hold on and wait for White.}) 34. c4 Qa6 $2 (34... Raa8 {would have been
necessary.}) 35. Qd1 $1 {Now White enters on the d-file with a won position.}
Rd8 36. Rd3 Ra1 $1 {The best try, but not quite enough anyway.} 37. Rxd8 Rxb1
38. Qxb1 Kxd8 39. Qd3+ Ke8 ({Equally hopeless is} 39... Kc8 40. Qd6 {and there
is no way of protecting the f7-pawn.}) 40. Qd6 Qb7 41. Kh2 Qa7 42. f3 {An
important tempo in the upcomming queen endgame. Anyway White would still be
winning after} (42. Kg3 Qb7 43. Kf4 $2 (43. f3 $18 {leads to the game}) 43...
Qd7 {White is no longer winning after} 44. Qb8+ Qd8 45. Qxd8+ Kxd8 46. f3 Kc7
47. Ke3 b5 48. cxb5 Kb6 49. g4 Kxb5 50. gxh5 gxh5 51. f4 Kc6 52. Ke4 $1 {
and Black is in zugzwang.}) 42... Qb7 43. Kg3 Qa7 44. Kf4 Qd7 {Waiting
strategy doesn't work any longer as White is about to enter with the King on
the kingside to g7 via g5 and h6. Also g2-g4 is a threat.} 45. Qb8+ Qd8 46.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 47. g4 Kd7 48. g5 {A strange-looking move to me closing the
kingside, but here almost everything was wining for White. Now the idea is to
go around with the king to b5 and in the right moment push f5, queening one of
the kingside pawns.} Kc6 49. Ke3 {Waiting doesn't help as the Whitte king will
enter b5.} b5 50. cxb5+ Kxb5 51. f4 $1 {Now the black king is too far away to
stop the storming pawns.} Kc6 52. f5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 9th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2008.04.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 $5 {An interesting old line of the
Winawer. Black has a simple and positionally sound plan. The main idéa is to
exchange the light squared bishops with ...b6 and ...Ba6 as soon as possible
and after an exchange on c3 Black will get a nice square for his knight on c4.
The queen move to d7 is played in order to meet Qg4 with ...f5 protecting the
g7-pawn.} 5. a3 {This is the most common move in the position, but it also
fits Blacks plan perfectly as now the White pawn structure will be damaged and
the c4-square will be vulnerable. However White wil get a lot of activity and
will try to force matters before Black occupies the c4-square with his knight.}
({The main alternatives are} 5. Bd2 {to capture back with the bishop in the
event of an exchange on c3 and}) (5. Qg4 {immediately attacking the black
kingside without loosing any time.}) 5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 ({White also
has the solid option} 7. Bd3 {as was played in Swinkels,R-Berg,E/Maastricht
2008/[Berg,Emanuel]. White puts the bishop on d3 in order to capture back with
his c-pawn later on. There followed} Ba6 8. a4 Bxd3 9. cxd3 Nc6 10. Nf3 (10.
Ne2 {was an interesting alternative with the idea of playing Ng3-h5 or at some
point f4-f5.}) 10... Nge7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ba3 Rfc8 13. Qc2 Na5 14. Rfb1 Nb7 15.
Bb4 h6 {1-0 Swinkels,R-Berg,E/Maastricht 2008/[Berg,Emanuel] (40). with a
balanced position.}) 7... f5 8. Qg3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 {This move is almost always
played, but here too} (9. Bd3 {is a worthy alternative avoiding weakening the
c4-square.}) 9... Nxa6 10. Ne2 ({White can also try} 10. a4 $5 {in order to
open the a-file after} Nb8 11. a5 Nc6 12. axb6 cxb6 13. Nh3 $1 {Stronger than
13.Ne2. The knight is heading for f4, but from here it also prevents Black
from playing} Qf7 {as it will fall victim to} 14. Ng5 Qg6 15. Nxe6 $1 Qxe6 16.
Qxg7 {winning an exchange for White. Black has still got some counterplay but
after defending correctly White is simply winning, e g} Qg6 17. Qxh8 Qxg2 (
17... Nd8 18. e6 Nc6 19. h4 O-O-O 20. Bg5 $1 Qxe6+ 21. Kf1 Rd7 22. Rh3 $18) 18.
Rf1 O-O-O 19. Qxh7 Qe4+ 20. Be3 Qxc2 21. Rc1 Qd3 22. Rg1 Nge7 23. Rg7 $18) ({
White can get rid of his doubled c-pawn by playing} 10. Qd3 Nb8 11. c4 {
but Black will have good counterplay after} dxc4 12. Qxc4 Nc6 13. Nf3 Nge7 {
with pressure along the d-file.}) 10... O-O-O $1 (10... Nb8 $2 {was played in
0-1 Kosintseva,T-Berg,E/Moscow 2007/CBM 117/[Berg,E]. However, here White
could have improved with} 11. Nf4 $1 ({In the game there followed} 11. h4 $6 {
This is too slow and only gives extra time for Black to complete his knight
manoeuvre to c4.} Nc6 12. h5 O-O-O 13. Bg5 Rf8 14. Nf4 Nh6 $1 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16.
Qd3 Kb7 17. a4 Na5 18. Ke2 a6 19. Rhb1 Rhg8 {0-1 Kosintseva,T-Berg,E/Moscow
2007/CBM 117/[Berg,E] (33). Black has an excellent game with the better
prospects on both wings.}) 11... Nc6 $2 ({Necessary is the sad-looking} 11...
Kf7 {after which the black king will become very vulnerable and White's
position is clearly favourable.}) 12. Nxe6 $1 Qxe6 13. Qxg7 {The rook on h8
will be lost and Black simply doesn..t get enough counterplay for the exchange.
} O-O-O (13... Qg6 14. Qxh8 Nd8 (14... Qxg2 15. Rf1 O-O-O 16. Qxh7 Qe4+ 17. Be3
Qxc2 18. Rc1 Qd3 {is not enough. White continues with} 19. Rg1 Nge7 20. Rg7 {
with a won position allthogh some good technique might still be needed.}) 15.
e6 $1 {opens the way for the white queen to e5.}) 14. Qxh8 Qg6 15. O-O Rd7 (
15... Re8 16. h4 $1 {White threatens to play h5 and the queen wil escape via
g7.}) 16. Re1 $1 h5 17. e6 Rh7 18. e7 {Forced, but also winning for White. Now
the queen will get the square it needs on e5.}) 11. Nf4 ({Also interesting is} 
11. a4 Nb8 12. a5 Nc6 13. axb6 cxb6 (13... axb6 $2 14. Qd3 {gives White a
strong attack.}) 14. O-O Kb8 15. Bg5 Nge7 16. Rfb1 $40) 11... Nb8 12. O-O ({
White could also play} 12. h4 {with the idea} Nc6 13. Nh5 g6 (13... Qf7 $2 {
is bad in view of} 14. Qxg7 (14. Nxg7 $4 Rd7 $19) 14... Qxh5 15. Qxh8 Qg6 16.
Kf1 {followed by Rh3 and the white quen will soon get out. White has a clear
advantage.}) 14. Nf4 (14. Nf6 $2 Nxf6 15. exf6 e5 $1 {is good for Black.})
14... Nge7 15. h5 Rdg8 {Black is doing fine.}) ({More promising is} 12. a4 Nc6
13. a5 $1 {A strong exchange sacrifice invented by Judit Polgar. Now Black
comes under heavy pressure.} ({After} 13. Ba3 {Black had a good game after} Na5
14. Bb4 Nc4 15. a5 g6 16. Qg5 Re8 17. h4 Ne7 18. h5 Nc6 19. axb6 cxb6 20. hxg6
hxg6 21. Rh6 a5 22. Ba3 Nd8 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. Nh3 Qa4 {0-1 Hirneise,T-Brynell,
S/Copenhagen 2007/CBM 119 ext (50)}) 13... Nxa5 14. Rxa5 bxa5 15. O-O Kb8 16.
Ba3 Ne7 17. Bxe7 $1 {Removing the last minor piece from Black, which makes his
position very hard to defend.} Qxe7 18. Qd3 c6 19. Qa6 Ka8 $2 {After this
White gets a clear advantage. The alternative would be} (19... Rd7 {but here
too White will have a nice position after} 20. Nd3 Rb7 21. Nc5 Rb6 22. Qxa5 Ka8
23. Qa4 Rhb8 24. c4 $1 {with compensation for the exchange. The black position
is rather cramped. The rook on b6 must protect the c6-pawn and the queen
cannot leave the seventh rank as it would allow the queen sac on a7 followed
by Ra1+ and Rza6#.}) 20. Qxc6+ Qb7 21. Qxe6 $16 {1-0 Polgar,J-Adams,M/Haifa
1989/EU-chT (43)}) 12... Nc6 13. Re1 $2 {This move is played to prepare Nh5,
but it takes too long and allows Black excellent counterplay on the queenside.
Still interesting was} (13. a4 Na5 14. Ba3 Nc4 15. a5 $1 Nxa5 16. Bb4 Nc6 17.
c4 $5 {An interesting piece sacrifice.} (17. Qd3 {followed by Qa6+ also gives
White good attacking chances.}) 17... Nxb4 18. Rxa7 $13 {White has sacrificed
a lot of material, but Black is behind in development and White´s attack looks
very dangerous.}) ({White could also play} 13. Nh5 $5 {immediately as the trick
} Qf7 {doesn´t work after} ({Necessary is} 13... g6 14. Nf4 (14. Nf6 {loses a
pawn to} Nxf6 15. exf6 Rdf8 16. Re1 Rxf6 {and Black is doing fine. although
White seems to have enough compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 14... Nge7 {
White has got some play on the kingside but the excellent outpost on c4 for
Black's knight should secure him equality.}) 14. Qxg7 $4 Qxh5 15. Qxh8 Qf7 {
Threatening ...Nc6-e7-g6 winning the queen.} 16. Bg5 Nce7 17. Bf6 $1 {and the
queen escapes from the corner.} (17. Bxe7 {loses the queen after} Qxe7 18. f4
Rf8 19. Rf3 Nh6 $19 {and Black is winning.})) 13... Na5 14. Nh5 g6 (14... Qf7
$2 {doesn´t work here as after} 15. Qxg7 Qxh5 16. Qxh8 Qg6 17. Re3 {followed
by Rg3 or Rh3 the queen will get out with a clear advantage for White.}) 15.
Nf6 ({After} 15. Nf4 {I had planned to follow up with} Ne7 16. Qh4 Rdf8 $1 {
Preventing Qf6.} 17. Qh6 Rf7 18. a4 Ng8 19. Qh4 Rg7 {and Black has managed to
take control over his weakened black squares on the kingside.}) 15... Qf7 16.
h4 h6 17. Bf4 ({After} 17. a4 {Black wins a pawn with} Nxf6 18. exf6 Qxf6 $15 {
and has a slight edge.}) 17... Nc4 18. a4 a5 $1 {Blocking the queenside which
basically takes away all possible counterplay fo White. Black is already
slightly better.} 19. f3 $1 {White gives a square for his king on f2 that
might be useful if Black opens the h-file by playing ...g5 at some point.} (19.
Re2 $2 {is bad in view of} g5 $1 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Qxg5 ({After} 21. Bxg5 Nxf6
22. Bxf6 Rdg8 23. Qf3 Rh7 24. g3 Rg4 {Black is also winning, e g} 25. Rd1 Qh5
26. Qg2 Re4 $1 27. Ree1 Nd2 28. f4 Nf3+ 29. Kf2 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Nxe1 31. Kxe1
Qh1+ $18) 21... Nxf6 22. Qxf6 Qh5 $19) 19... Kb7 ({A very interesting option
was} 19... g5 $5 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Qxg5 (21. Bxg5 Nxf6 22. exf6 (22. Bxf6 Rdg8
23. Qf4 Qg6 24. Re2 Rh3 {gives Black a clear advantage.}) 22... Rdg8 23. f4 Nd2
{followed by ...Ne4 with an advantage to Black.}) 21... Rf8 $1 {Preparing ...
Nxf6} 22. Bg3 Nxf6 23. exf6 Rfg8 24. Qf4 Rh7 25. Bh4 Rgh8 26. g3 Qxf6 $1 {
with a clear edge for Black. White´s king's position looks terrible and Black
has a very strong knight on c4.}) 20. Re2 Qg7 (20... g5 $1 {gives plenty of
counterplay for the sacrificed pawn and good winning chances for Black.} 21.
hxg5 hxg5 22. Qxg5 (22. Bxg5 Nxf6 23. exf6 (23. Bxf6 Rdg8 24. Qf4 Rh7 25. Kf2
Qg6 26. Rg1 Qe8 27. Ra1 Nb2 $17) 23... Rdg8 24. Rae1 Rh5 25. f4 Nd6 26. Rxe6
Ne4 27. Re7 (27. R6xe4 dxe4 {is also preferable for Black. White has two pawns
for the exchange, but no real counterplay. The bishop on g5 is locked out by
his own pawns on f4 and f6 and the queenside pawns are rather weak.}) 27...
Qxf6 $1 28. Bxf6 Rxg3 {Black wins back the sacrificed pawn by Rxc3 next move
and has a clear advantage.}) 22... Rf8 $1 {A strong intermediate move
preparing ...Nxf6 which is now a serious threat.} 23. Bg3 (23. Qg3 Nxf6 24.
exf6 Rfg8 25. Qf2 Rh5 26. Ree1 (26. Rae1 $4 Qh7 $19) 26... Qxf6 27. Kf1 Qg6 $17
) 23... Nxf6 24. exf6 (24. Qxf6 $4 Qg8 $19) 24... Rfg8 25. Qf4 Rg6 26. Bh4 Rgh6
27. g3 Qxf6 $1 28. Rae1 Qg7 $17 {Black is clearly better.}) 21. Rae1 (21. Nh5
Qf7 22. Nf6 $11) (21. Kf2 $5) 21... Ne7 22. Rb1 $2 {This move allows Black a
strong exchange sacrifice.} ({Better was} 22. Nh5 $1 Qf7 23. Nf6 $11 {going
for the draw.}) ({Also} 22. Kf2 {seems to be a better way for White in order
to get quick counterplay on the h-file if Black opens the h-file. However the
Black position is still preferable after the strong exchange sacrifice} Rdg8 $1
23. Nxg8 Rxg8 24. Rh1 g5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Bc1 f4 27. Qg4 (27. Qh3 Nf5 {
[%csl Rc1,Gc4,Gf5] Black has full compensation for the sacrificed exchange.}
28. Qh7 Ng3 29. Rh6 Qxh7 30. Rxh7 Nxe2 31. Kxe2 b5 $1 32. axb5 a4 33. Rh6 a3
34. Bxa3 Nxa3 35. Rxe6 Nxb5 $17) 27... Nf5 $15) 22... Kc8 $2 {My idea with
this move was to play ...Rdf8 next without allowing Nd7 followed by Nc5+.
However White will not allow my rook manoeuvre to f7 as the game will show.
Therefore} (22... Rdg8 $1 {definitely should have been played and White is put
under pressure.} 23. Nxg8 Rxg8 24. Kf2 ({Stronger is} 24. Bc1 $1 {in order to
stop Black from playing ...f5-f4.} g5 25. Qh3 $1 Qg6 (25... Qf7 26. hxg5 hxg5
27. g4) 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. g4 (27. Rf2 f4 28. g4 fxg3 29. Qxg3 Nf5 30. Qh3 Qe8
31. Ra1 Rh8 $36 {gives Black a very strong initiative.}) 27... Qe8 {Black has
compensation for the exchange, but now that the knight on e7 doesn´t have a
possible square on f5 it's not that clear anymore.}) 24... g5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26.
Bd2 f4 27. Qh3 Nf5 {Black has a clear advantage as now White is unable to
control the h-file.} 28. Rh1 Ng3 29. Qxe6 $4 Nxh1+ 30. Kg1 Rd8 $1 31. Kxh1 Qh7+
32. Kg1 Qxc2 $19) 23. Kf2 Rdf8 {Now Black is about to play ...Rf7 with the
idea of ...Qf8 and ...Rg7 which might be unpleasent for White.} ({The last
chance for} 23... Rdg8 $5 {but here it's not that great anymore as the Black
king is slightly misplaced on c8 and White is rather well prepared for the ...
g5-break.} 24. Nxg8 Rxg8 25. Bc1 g5 $44 {Black has compensation for the
exchange, but White shoud be ok after} 26. f4 gxh4 $5 (26... g4 {blocks the
position completely and most likely leads to a draw.}) 27. Qxg7 Rxg7 28. Kf1 $1
{with the idea} Rg3 29. Rf2 {followed by Rf3 or 29...Rxc3 30.Rb3! and White is
fine.}) 24. Nh5 $1 {Forcing the draw. Any tries of White to continue the game
would only give Black time to improve his position.} Qh7 25. Nf6 Qg7 26. Nh5
Qf7 27. Nf6 Qg7 (27... Ng8 28. Rbe1 $11) ({Black could still play on with} 
27... Nc6 {but the position remains about equal.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.02.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 $5 {An interesting move that I have met
with White two times and lost both. Therefore I found it as a good test to try
the variation from the other side of the board. The main idea of this move is
to be able to meet Qg4 with ...f5 and to wait with the pawnbreak ...c5.} 5. a3
{Perhaps this is an unnecessary loss of tempi. The immediate} (5. Qg4 {is an
interesting alternative.}) 5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Yb8c6,Yc6a5,
Ya5c4,Rc8a6,Ra6f1] Black's plan is in principle very easy. The light squared
bishops should be exchanged and then the black knights should control the
light squares, especially c4.} 7. Qg4 f5 {One of the main ideas behind ....Qd7.
} 8. Qg3 {White keeps the queen on the g-file not to allow Black to develop
his kingside.} Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 {The first goal is now reached. The next step
is to transfer the knight from a6 to c4, which takes quite some time. However,
the position is rather closed and so losses of tempo is not that serious.
Black should mainly watch out for the pawn-break c3-c4 followed by d4-d5,
which at some point might be really dangerous.} 10. Ne2 {The Knight heads for
f4. An alternative is to play} ({An alternative is to play} 10. Qd3 Nb8 11. c4
{and at least White will get rid of his doubled c-pawn. The drawback is that
the pressure against g7 is gone and Black can develop his kingside with ...Ne7
alternatively start with ...Nc6.}) 10... Nb8 $1 {The Knight is now on the way
to c4 via c6 and a5.} 11. h4 $6 {White gains some space on the kingside,
hoping for counterplay there in exchange for the c4-aquare that now will be
totally controlled by Black.} ({A very interesting possibility was} 11. Nf4 $1
{with the idea Nxe6. It might follow} Nc6 (11... g6 {means a far too serious
weakness for Black after} 12. h4 {and is not worth thinking about.}) 12. Nxe6
Qxe6 13. Qxg7 {The rook on h8 will go lost, but what happens with the white
queen.} O-O-O (13... Qg6 14. Qxh8 Nd8 (14... Qxg2 15. Rf1 O-O-O 16. Qxh7 Qe4+
17. Be3 Qxc2 18. Rc1 Qd3 {gives Black some counterplay, but it's far from
enough as it's basically only one piece in the attack.}) 15. e6 $1 {and the
queen escapes to e5.}) 14. Qxh8 Qg6 15. O-O Rd7 (15... Re8 16. h4 $1 {White
now threatens h5 and the queen will come out via g7.}) 16. Re1 $1 h5 {
threatens ...Rh7 winning the queen.} 17. e6 Rh7 18. e7 {the only move, but
also a winning one. Now the queen gets out via e5 or the e7-pawn will queen.
With this variations in mind it seems as Black must find improvments earlier
and 11.Nf4 is definitely the critical test.}) 11... Nc6 {Now Black is on the
road again and regardless the development problems on the kingside he has a
very sound position.} 12. h5 O-O-O 13. Bg5 (13. h6 {is met by} gxh6 ({After} 
13... g6 $2 14. Bg5 Rf8 15. Nf4 {Black has big problems to develop his
kingside as White will always meet ...Nge7 with Bf6 followed by Nf4-h3-g5
winning the h7-pawn. Therefore Black must play on the queenside with} Na5 {
but at best he can count on a draw by closing blocking the queenside with ...
Nc4 and then just play waiting moves. However, White is most probably able to
create something. One interesting idea is to double the rooks on the e-file
and then play Bf6.}) 14. Bxh6 Nge7 {and Black gets some play along the g-file.}
) 13... Rf8 14. Nf4 ({Here} 14. h6 {is met by} Rf7) 14... Nh6 $1 {A strong
move. Black accepts a double h-pawn, but gets active counterplay on the g-file.
In case White doesn't take on h6 Black can just play ...Nf7 and after that the
pawnbreak h6 can always be met with g6 as the knight on f7 protects the
g5-aquare for the white knight.} 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qd3 Kb7 17. a4 ({During the
game I started to think about how to meet.} 17. Qb5 {Black wins a pawn after}
Nxe5 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 {but it's not at all that clear. The e6-pawn will become
weak and if it falls even other pawns will start falling. It might follow} 19.
O-O-O {and at least White has full compensation for the pawn. Of course, there
is no need to accept the pawn sacrifice, but in that case it is a point to
play Qb5 activating the queen and annoying the black king.}) 17... Na5 18. Ke2
({After} 18. Qb5 {Black can play} Qxb5 19. axb5 Re8 {followed by ...Re7, ...
Rc8 and ...c6 opening the c-file.}) 18... a6 $6 {An unnecessary weakening. My
idea was to stop Qb5, but there were no need for that as the endgame is good
for Black. Better was} (18... Rc8 $1 {with the idea ...c5 and the b6-pawn will
not be weak as in the game.}) 19. Rhb1 Rhg8 20. g3 Ka7 {The king must go away
from th b-file to make it possible to push ...c5, which also is the only try
Black has if he want to win the game. Otherwise the position is far too closed
to do anything constructive.} 21. Kf1 {White tries to put the king into safety,
but as far as the game opens up it will not go safe anywhere. However, there
might be useful having the e2-square for the queen.} ({In case of} 21. Rb4 {
thre is} c5 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Rbb1 Nc4 {with a clear advantage to Black. White
is unable to create any counterplay against the black king as the strong
knight on c4 keeps all the important key squares.}) 21... Rc8 22. Rb4 {This is
just helping Black and gives him some tempo. Anyway it is hard for White to
find a good way to continue.} c5 23. Rbb1 (23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Rbb1 Nc4 {doesn't
make it any better for White.}) 23... Rc6 24. dxc5 Rxc5 ({Also} 24... bxc5 {
was possible, but then Black will need to go back with the rook to c8 later on
loosing some time.}) 25. Qe3 Nc4 26. Qd4 a5 $1 {After having closed the
position on the queenside all White's chances of counterplay is gone. The sad
thing is that the knight on c4 now doesn't have any available square to go to
for the moment. It should not be a big problem though having it so actively
placed. White will also have a problem to control all the retreat squares for
the rest of the game as Black soon will start to build up an attack on the
kingside.} 27. Nd3 Rc6 28. Qf4 $2 {After this move the win is getting much
closer for Black. Now the white pieces are in the way for each other. Instead
White should wait and play} ({Instead White should continue} 28. Nf4 {
according to waiting-strategy, trying to hold the block as long as possible.
Black should be able to manouevre and get the knight out anyway, for instance}
Qc7 29. Re1 Rc8 {followed by ...Q7 with the threats of ...Na3 and ...Nb2. The
white position simply has too many weaknesses. However, this should have been
tried as here is still some good technice needed before having the point in
the hand.}) 28... Rg5 29. Kg2 Qg7 $1 ({Of course not} 29... Rxh5 30. Rh1 {
and White gets counterplay. The closing of the h-pawns clearly favours Black
and should be used in a better way.}) 30. Re1 Rg4 31. Qc1 Rc8 {Now ...Rg8 is a
threat with mating attack and White is lost.} 32. Qd1 f4 33. Qe2 (33. Qf3 Nd2 {
also wins for Black.}) 33... Rg8 $1 {No need to hurry taking on g3. Now it
might also be possible to take with the rook in some variations. In extreme
time trouble and lack of good moves White resigned.} (33... fxg3 34. f3 {
is unnecessary and White can hold on for a few extra moves.}) 0-1

[Event "Zagreb Tournament of the Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1965.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1965.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 (7...
Nf5 $6 8. Bd3 h5 9. Qh3 g5 10. g4 Nh4 11. gxh5 f5 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Qg4 Rg8 14.
f4 $16) 8. h4 h5 9. Qd1 $1 Ba6 (9... Nxh4 $2 10. g3 $1 Ng6 11. Rxh5 Rxh5 (11...
Kd7 12. Bd3 $16) 12. Qxh5 Ba6 13. Bg5 $16) 10. Bg5 Qd7 (10... f6 $5 11. exf6
gxf6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qd3 (13. Be3 Kf7 14. g4 Ne7 15. gxh5 Qg8 $13) 13... Kf7
14. Nh3 Nb8 $13 {/\Nd7}) (10... Qc8 11. Bxa6 (11. Be2 $5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 $14 {
/\Ng3}) 11... Nxa6 (11... Qxa6 $5) 12. Ne2 c5 13. Rh3 $1 (13. Ng3 cxd4 14. cxd4
Qc3+ 15. Kf1 Rc8 16. Rc1 Rc4 17. Be3 Nb8 $15) 13... Nb8 14. c4 $1 $16) (10...
Ne7 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ne2 Nb8 13. Nf4 g6 14. Bf6 Rg8 15. g4 $16 hxg4 16. Qxg4
Nd7 17. h5 $1 (17. Nxe6 $6 {Zuidema-Matanovic Belgrade 1964}) 17... Nxf6 18.
exf6 Nf5 19. Qg5 $1 $16) 11. Bxa6 (11. Be2 $6 Qc6 12. Bd2 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Ne7 14.
Ng3 g6 $13) 11... Nxa6 12. Ne2 Qc6 (12... Qa4 13. Rh3 $1) 13. O-O (13. Rh3 $2
Nb8 14. Rd3 Nd7 15. Ng3 f6 $1 $132 {ECO}) (13. f4 Ne7 (13... Kd7 14. Qd3 Nb8
15. f5 $16) (13... Nb8 14. O-O) 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. f5 $1 $16) 13... Nb8 $6 (
13... Ne7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. f4 $1 $16 {Suetin}) (13... Kd7 14. f4 (14. Qd3 Nb8
15. f4 $1 $14 {Suetin}) 14... Raf8 15. f5 exf5 16. Qd3 $14 Nb8 17. Ng3 $1) 14.
f4 Nd7 15. Qd3 $1 $16 Ndf8 (15... Qc4 16. Qxc4 dxc4 17. f5 exf5 $2 18. Rxf5 $16
O-O 19. Raf1 $16) 16. f5 $1 $16 {ECO} exf5 17. Rxf5 Ne6 (17... Rh7 18. Raf1 Nh8
) 18. Raf1 $16 {Pachman} Nxg5 19. hxg5 O-O-O (19... Rf8 20. Ng3 $1 h4 (20...
Ne7 21. R5f3 g6 22. Rf6 Qa4 23. e6) 21. Nh5 $16) (19... O-O 20. Ng3 h4 21. Nh5
$16) 20. Rxf7 Rdg8 21. Qf5+ Kb7 22. Qd7 Qc4 23. R1f2 Rd8 24. Qf5 Nh4 25. Qh3
Ng6 26. Rxg7 Rhg8 27. Rxg8 Rxg8 28. Qe6 Rg7 29. Qf6 Rg8 30. Qf7 $1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Chile"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 {Black's main
alternative to the ...c5 lines, the idea being to solve the Bc8 quandry.} 7.
Qg4 Ng6 8. a4 {A rare continuation though. 8.h4 is the usual path.} Ba6 9. Bxa6
Nxa6 10. h4 h5 11. Qe2 Nb8 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. a5 Nc6 14. axb6 cxb6 15. Qf3 {
By playing the queen to f3 instead of Nf3, White keeps the h5 pawn under fire,
making kingside castling impossible.} Nge7 16. Ne2 O-O-O {Very risky and
putting the king under fire.} (16... Na5 {was certainly worth consideration,
though if it does not work out, then something earlier will need to be found.}
17. O-O Nf5 18. Nf4 g6 19. Bf6 Rf8 {This may not look great for black, but the
alternative is queenside castling which came under heavy attack in the game.})
17. Nf4 g6 18. O-O Kb7 19. Rfb1 Rb8 {#} 20. c4 $1 Nxd4 ({The alternative} 20...
dxc4 {was no better.} 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Ne2 Rhc8 (22... Qd7 23. Nc3 Qxd4 $2 24.
Nb5 Qd7 25. Rxa7+) 23. Nc3 a6 24. d5 $1 Nxe5 25. Qe4 Qd6 26. Rxa6 $3 Kxa6 27.
Ra1+ Kb7 28. Ra7+ Kxa7 29. Nb5+ Ka6 30. Nxd6 $18) 21. Qa3 Nec6 22. c3 $1 Nf5
23. cxd5 exd5 24. Rb5 Ka8 25. Nxd5 Na5 26. Qb4 Qc6 {#} 27. Nxb6+ $3 {Kamsky
misses nothing in this game, and delivers surgically precise shots throughout.}
Rxb6 (27... axb6 28. Raxa5+ bxa5 29. Rxa5+ Qa6 30. Rxa6#) 28. Qxa5 Rb7 29. Rxb7
Qxb7 30. Bd8 Kb8 {#} 31. e6 $1 {Threatening Qe5+ winning the rook.} Re8 32.
Bc7+ $1 Kc8 (32... Qxc7 33. Qb5+ Qb7 34. Qxe8+) 33. exf7 Rf8 34. Re1 Rxf7 35.
Re8+ Kd7 36. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Chandler,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Nh3 $5 Ng6 8.
f4 $1 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Be2 $1 (10. Bd3 Qh4+ 11. g3 (11. Nf2 Nxf4) 11... Qxh3
12. Bf1 Qf5 13. Bd3 Qh3 14. Bf1 $10) 10... Qh4+ 11. Nf2 Nc6 (11... Nxf4 $2 12.
g3 Ng2+ 13. Kf1 $18) 12. g3 Qe7 13. h4 f5 14. h5 Nf8 15. a4 Na5 16. g4 fxg4 $6
(16... Bc6 17. Qd3 Qf7 18. Qh3 Rg8 $1 19. Bd3 g6 $13 {Rogers,I}) 17. Nxg4 Bc6
18. O-O $6 (18. Qd3 O-O-O 19. f5 $14) 18... O-O-O 19. Qe1 g6 20. h6 Nd7 21. Ne3
Rhf8 22. Qg3 Bb7 23. Ba3 Rf7 24. Qg5 $1 Qf8 $6 25. Rab1 $6 (25. c4 $1 dxc4 26.
d5 Qe7 27. Qxe7 Rxe7 28. d6 $16) 25... Kb8 26. dxc5 Nxc5 27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. Qg3
$2 (28. Ng4 Rf5 29. Qh4 $13) (28. Bg4 $5) 28... Qxh6 29. Rb5 Nc6 30. Rxc5 Qf8
31. Rb5 Qa3 $1 32. Ng4 $2 Nd4 $1 33. Bd3 Nxb5 34. axb5 Qxc3 35. Nf6 Rdf8 36.
Kh2 Ka8 37. Qf2 g5 $1 38. Rb1 (38. fxg5 Qxe5+) 38... Rxf6 {Time} (38... Rxf6
39. exf6 Rxf6 $19) 0-1

[Event "URS-ch44 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.12.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Nf5 $6 8.
Bd3 $16 h5 9. Qh3 c5 (9... g5 10. g4 Nh4 11. Nf3 (11. gxh5 f5 12. exf6 Qxf6 13.
Qg4 Rg8 14. f4 {Gligoric}) 11... Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 h4 13. Qe3 Rg8 14. f4 gxf4 15.
Qxf4 Ba6 16. Rf1 Qe7 17. a4 $1 {Matulovic-Krstev Zagreb 1961}) 10. Nf3 Qc7 11.
O-O Nc6 12. a4 cxd4 13. Bxf5 $1 exf5 14. Qg3 Kf8 15. Rd1 $1 $16 h4 16. Nxh4
Qxe5 17. Bf4 Qf6 18. Nf3 Qg6 19. Qxg6 fxg6 20. cxd4 Bd7 21. Re1 Re8 22. c4 dxc4
23. d5 Na5 24. Ne5 Rxe5 25. Bxe5 Kf7 26. Bxg7 Rc8 27. Bc3 Nb3 28. d6 Be6 29.
Rad1 Nc5 30. Bb4 Nd3 31. Re3 Nxb4 32. Rh3 Nd3 33. Rh7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "URS-ch44 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.11.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd2 $5 (6. Bd3) 6... Ba6 7.
Bxa6 Nxa6 8. O-O (8. a3 Bf8 9. Qe2 Nb8 10. Nd1 $5 {Pytel}) (8. Qe2) 8... Nb8 (
8... Bxc3 $5 9. Bxc3 Ne7 $14 {Geller}) (8... Bf8) (8... c6) 9. Ne2 $1 $14 {
Geller} Be7 $2 (9... Bxd2 10. Qxd2 $14 {Geller 76}) (9... Bf8) 10. Rc1 $1 $16 {
Geller} b5 {"Very weakening, but if c4 comes, White's attack would be very
hard to meet." (Hartston 78)} 11. Nf4 $1 h5 (11... Nh6 12. Nh5 Nf5 13. g4 $16 {
Geller}) 12. b3 (12. a4 $5 a6 (12... bxa4 13. c4 $1 $16 {Geller}) 13. axb5 axb5
14. Ra1 $16 {Geller}) 12... Ba3 13. Rb1 a5 $2 (13... Ne7 $2 14. b4) (13... Be7
$5) 14. c4 $1 $16 c6 (14... bxc4 $143 15. bxc4 dxc4 16. d5 (16. Qe2 Qc6 17. d5
exd5 18. Nd4 {(Hartston 78)}) 16... exd5 17. e6 $18 {(Geller 76)} fxe6 18. Ne5
{(Hartston 78)}) 15. c5 Bb4 16. Bc1 $1 a4 $1 17. Nd3 (17. a3 $5 Ba5 18. bxa4
bxa4 19. Qxa4 Qa7 20. Bd2 Bc7 21. Rxb8+ Qxb8 22. Qxc6+ Kf8 23. Ng5 $18 {
(Geller 76)}) 17... Ba5 18. bxa4 bxa4 19. Qxa4 $18 Qa7 20. Bg5 Bc7 (20... Qa6
21. Rb3 Ne7 22. Rfb1 Nd7 23. Ra3 $18 {(Geller 76)}) 21. Rxb8+ $1 Qxb8 (21...
Bxb8 22. Qxc6+ $18) 22. Qxc6+ Kf8 23. Nf4 {"For the exchange White has two
pawns and an enormous attack. The vulner- ability of e6 and g6 to knight
sacrifices makes the black position partic- ularly bad." (Hartston 78)} Ra7 (
23... Rxa2 $2 24. Nh4 Qe8 25. Qxc7 {Pytel}) (23... Ne7 $2 24. Nxe6+ (24. Bxe7+
Kxe7 25. Ng5 $18 {Geller}) 24... fxe6 25. Qxe6 Qe8 26. Nh4 $18 {Hartston}) 24.
Nh4 $1 Qe8 $6 (24... Ne7 25. Nxe6+ $1 fxe6 26. Qxe6 Bd8 27. Bxe7+ Bxe7 28. Ng6+
Ke8 29. Qc6+ Kd8 30. Nxh8 $18) 25. Qxe6 $1 $18 fxe6 26. Nhg6+ Qxg6 (26... Kf7
$2 27. Nxh8+ Kf8 28. Nfg6+ $18) 27. Nxg6+ Ke8 28. Nxh8 Ra4 29. Rd1 Ne7 30. Bxe7
Kxe7 31. Ng6+ Kf7 32. Nf4 (32. Nh4 $5 Bxe5 33. Nf3 Bf6 34. h4 Rxa2 35. Kf1 $18
{Geller}) 32... Bxe5 33. dxe5 Rxf4 34. Rc1 $1 Ke8 35. c6 Kd8 36. c7+ Kc8 37. g3
Ra4 (37... Rf5 38. f4 g5 39. a4 $1 gxf4 40. a5 fxg3 41. a6 $1 gxh2+ 42. Kh1 Rf2
43. Ra1 $18 {(Geller 76)}) 38. Rc6 Rxa2 39. Rxe6 g5 40. Rd6 Rd2 41. e6 Kxc7 42.
e7 (42. e7 Re2 43. Rxd5 Rxe7 44. Rxg5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Wellington m"]
[Site "Wellington"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1986.05.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd2 Bf8 7. Bb5 $5 (7. a4)
7... c6 8. Ba4 a5 9. a3 Ba6 10. Ne2 Ne7 11. O-O Bxe2 $5 (11... h5 12. Re1 Nf5
13. c3 Be7 14. Bc2) 12. Qxe2 b5 13. Bb3 a4 14. Ba2 Nc8 15. Ne1 Na6 16. Nd3 Nb6
17. Rae1 Nc4 18. Bc1 Qa7 19. c3 h5 $5 20. Bg5 c5 (20... Be7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22.
Bxc4 dxc4 23. Qf3 $36) 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Nxc5 (22. Nb4 $5 $14) 22... Bxc5 23.
Kh1 Kd7 $1 24. Bb1 Kc6 25. Bd3 Rab8 26. f4 g6 27. Rf3 Kb6 28. Bf6 Rhe8 29. Rb1
Ka5 $2 (29... Kc6 $13) 30. b4+ $1 axb3 31. Rxb3 Rec8 (31... Kb6 32. Bxc4 dxc4
33. Qxc4 $16) 32. Rf1 Be3 33. Ra1 Bxf4 (33... Nd2 34. Rb2 Nc4 35. Rb4 Bc5 36.
Rbb1) 34. a4 Qe3 (34... bxa4 35. Rxa4+ Kxa4 36. Qa2+ Na3 37. Qxa3#) 35. Rxb5+
$1 (35. axb5+ Kb6 36. Bxc4 dxc4 37. Qa2 $1 Ra8 (37... cxb3 38. Qa7+ Kxb5 39.
Qa6+ Kc5 40. Ra5+ Rb5 41. Qxb5#) 38. Ra3 $16) 35... Ka6 36. Bxc4 dxc4 37. Qb2
Bxe5 38. Qb4 Bc7 39. Bd4 Qf4 40. Bg1 Qe4 41. Rb1 Qd5 (41... Qc6 42. Rc5 Qe4 43.
Rxc7 $1 $18) 42. Bb6 Rxb6 43. Qa5+ Kb7 44. Rxb6+ Bxb6 45. Qxb6+ 1-0

[Event "Baden"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Nh3 Ng6 $1 (
7... Ba6 $6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Nf4 Ng6 10. Nh5 $1 $16 {ECO,Suetin}) 8. a4 (8. Nf4)
8... Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Nf4 Nxf4 11. Bxf4 Nb8 12. Qg4 Rg8 13. h4 Nc6 14. h5
Na5 15. Rh3 Kd7 16. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch47 Final"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Bb5+ c6 {
'!' ChessBase.} (7... Nbc6 $2 8. Qg4 $1) 8. Bd3 Ba6 9. Nh3 c5 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11.
O-O Rc8 12. a4 {'?' ChessBase.} (12. Nf4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nf5 $13 {(Vaganian)})
12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 {'!' ChessBase.} 14. Rb1 Nxc2 15. Bg5 Rc4 {'|^'
ChessBase.} 16. Rc1 Qc7 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Ng5 Nxd4 19. Rxc4 Qxc4 20. Re1 h6 21.
Qh5 Rf8 22. Nh7 Rc8 23. Qh4+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "URS-ch48 Final"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1980.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1980.12.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4
h5 9. Qd1 Ba6 (9... Nxh4 10. g3 Ng6 11. Rxh5 Rxh5 12. Qxh5 Ba6 13. Bg5 $16) 10.
Bxa6 (10. Bg5 f6 $2 (10... Qc8 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ne2 c5 13. Rh3 $1 Nb8 14. c4
$1 $16) (10... Ne7 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ne2 Nb8 13. Nf4 g6 14. Bf6 Rg8 15. g4 $16
{Zuidema-Matanovic,A/Belgrade/1964/}) (10... Qd7 11. Be2 $6 (11. Ne2 $1 $16)
11... Qc6) 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qd3 $18) 10... Nxa6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12.
Ne2 Qc6 (12... Qa4 13. Rh3 $1) 13. Rh3 (13. O-O Nb8 $6 14. f4) (13. f4 Ne7 14.
Bxe7 Kxe7 15. f5 $1 $16) 13... Kd7 (13... Nb8 14. Rd3 Nd7 15. Ng3 f6 $1 $132)
14. Qd3 Qc4 15. Kd2 Rhf8 (15... Raf8 16. Rg3 Nb8 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Rfg8 19.
Bg5 Nc6 20. Rf3 Rf8 21. Qxc4 $10 {Makarichev,S-Vaganian,R/URS-ch 1980}) 16. Rg3
Nb8 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Rg8 19. Bg5 Nc6 20. Rf3 Raf8 21. Qxc4 dxc4 22. Ke3
Rh8 23. Rd1 Ne7 24. Bxe7 Kxe7 25. d5 exd5 26. Rxd5 Ke6 27. Ke4 Rd8 28. Rd4 c5
29. Rxc4 Rd5 30. Ke3 Rxe5+ 31. Re4 Rxe4+ 32. Kxe4 Rd8 33. Rf5 Rd2 34. Re5+ Kf6
35. Rf5+ Kg6 36. Rf3 f6 37. a4 Kf7 38. a5 bxa5 39. Rf5 a4 40. Ke3 Rd6 41. Rxc5
Ra6 42. Rb5 a3 43. Rb1 a2 44. Ra1 Ra4 45. c4 Ke6 46. Kd4 Kd6 47. f3 Kc6 48. g4
g6 49. f4 f5 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1986.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Bg5 Qd7 7. f4 Nc6 8. Nf3 (
8. O-O-O Bb7 9. Nge2 Nge7 10. Ng3 h6 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. h4 Nf5 $5 $13) 8... Nge7
9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Bb5 c6 11. Bd3 h5 12. Qh3 Rh6 $1 13. O-O g6 14. b4 Nf5 15.
Rfb1 Be7 16. a4 Rb8 (16... Kf8 $5 17. a5 $6 c5 $1 18. axb6 cxb4 19. Na4 a5 $17)
17. Ne2 Kf8 18. c3 Kg7 19. a5 Qc7 20. Nd2 c5 21. axb6 axb6 22. Nf1 Bd7 23. Ne3
Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Rhh8 25. Rb2 Ra8 26. Rab1 $1 c4 (26... Bc6 $5 27. dxc5 bxc5 28.
b5 Bb7 $13) 27. Bc2 Ra3 28. Qf3 Qa7 29. Rf1 Ra2 30. Rxa2 Qxa2 31. Bb1 Qd2 32.
Ng3 h4 33. Rf2 Qc1+ 34. Rf1 Qd2 (34... Qb2 35. f5 $1 exf5 36. Nxf5+) 35. Rf2 (
35. Rf2 Qc1+ 36. Rf1 Qb2 37. f5 $1 gxf5 38. Nxf5+ exf5 39. Bxf5 Bxf5 40. Qxf5
Rf8 41. Qd7 $1 Bg5 42. e6 Qe2 43. Rxf7+ Rxf7 44. Qxf7+ Kh6 45. Qf8+ Kh5 46.
Qf7+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1985.01.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1985.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. a4 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Bg5
Nge7 9. Nd1 $6 h5 $1 10. Qf4 Ng6 11. Qg3 Be7 12. Bxe7 Ncxe7 13. Bd3 c5 14. c3
b5 $5 15. axb5 cxd4 16. Nf3 (16. cxd4 Qb6) 16... Qb8 17. O-O (17. cxd4 Bxb5 18.
Bc2 Bc4 $15) 17... h4 (17... Bxb5 $6 18. Bxb5+ Qxb5 19. Nxd4 $14) 18. Qg5 Bxb5
19. Bxb5+ Qxb5 20. Nxd4 Qd3 21. h3 (21. Ne3 h3 22. g3 Qe4 $19) 21... Qe4 22. f4
O-O 23. Rf3 Qe1+ 24. Rf1 Qe4 25. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT 07th Final"]
[Site "Skara"]
[Date "1980.01.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1980.01.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Qg4 f5 6. Qh5+ g6 (6... Qf7 7. Qxf7+
(7. Qf3 b6 8. a3 {Keres} Bf8 9. Nh3 c6 10. Bd2 Ba6 {Vitolinsh-Kapengut/1964/}
11. O-O-O $14) 7... Kxf7 8. Bd2 $14) 7. Qd1 (7. Qf3 b6 8. a3 Bf8 9. h4 h6 10.
Nh3 c5 11. Bb5 Nc6 12. Nf4 Nge7 13. Be3 cxd4 14. Bxd4 a6 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 16.
O-O-O Rg8 $13 {Watson}) 7... Bf8 8. Nf3 b6 9. Ne2 h6 10. h4 Qf7 11. Nf4 Ne7 12.
c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c6 14. Bd2 Na6 15. Qc2 Nc7 16. O-O-O Bd7 17. Kb1 O-O-O 18. Rc1
Kb7 19. Bb4 Rc8 20. Bd6 Ned5 21. Qd2 Be7 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Rhe1
Be6 25. Qb4 Bd8 26. Re3 g5 27. Ra3 Ka8 28. Qa4 Qb7 29. g3 f4 30. hxg5 hxg5 31.
gxf4 gxf4 32. Rac3 Rh3 33. a3 Bg4 34. Ne1 Rxc3 35. Rxc3 Bf5+ 36. Ka2 Bh4 37.
Nd3 Bxd3 38. Rxd3 Bxf2 39. Rh3 Qd7 40. Rh6 Kb7 41. Qc2 1-0

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qd7 7. a4 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. Qg4 f5 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qe2 Nb8 12. h4 (12. Nf3) 12... h6 13. Nh3 Ne7
14. Nf4 Nbc6 15. Ba3 (15. g4) 15... Rg8 16. Bb4 Kf7 {TN Vaganian} (16... Nxb4
17. cxb4 a5 {(Short)}) 17. O-O Nxb4 18. cxb4 Qc6 19. Ra3 Qc4 $10 20. Qxc4 (20.
Qd2 $5 c5 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. dxc5 Nc6 23. Re1 Qxc5 24. Rb3 $13 {(Short)}) 20...
dxc4 $15 {(Short)} 21. Rc3 Nd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. f4 c6 24. Kf2 a5 25. Rb1 b5 $1
26. axb5 cxb5 27. bxa5 Rxa5 28. Re3 Rb8 29. c3 Ra3 30. Rb2 Rb6 $6 31. Rb1 h5
32. Rb2 Ke7 33. Rb1 Kd7 34. Rb2 Ke8 35. Rb1 Ke7 36. Rb2 Kd7 37. Rb1 Rb7 38. Rb2
Kc6 39. Rg3 Rg7 40. Re3 Re7 41. Rg3 Re6 42. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1988.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. a4 $6 (7. Qg4
$1 f5 8. Qg3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Ne2 Nb8 11. Nf4 Nc6 12. Nxe6 $5 Qxe6 13. Qxg7
Qg6 14. Qxh8 O-O-O 15. Be3 Rd7 $6 (15... Re8 $6 16. h4 f4 17. h5 $13) (15... f4
$5 16. Bxf4 Re8 $1) 16. f4 $1 (16. c4 $5 dxc4 17. O-O-O h5 18. d5 Rh7 19. Qxh7
Qxh7 20. dxc6 {/+/-}) 16... Nd8 17. g4 Nf7 18. gxf5 Qg2 19. Rg1 Qxg1+ 20. Bxg1
Nxh8 $16) 7... Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Qd3 Nb8 10. Qg3 f5 {10...f6!? (11.Nf3 f5!)}
11. Ne2 $1 Nc6 12. Nf4 O-O-O $5 (12... g6 13. h4 Nge7 14. h5 $1) 13. a5 $5 Nxa5
14. Rxa5 bxa5 15. Nd3 $1 g6 $1 16. O-O Qb5 17. Nc5 Re8 18. h4 Ne7 19. Nxe6 Nc6
20. Nf4 $1 (20. Nc5 $2 Nxe5 $1) 20... Nd8 $6 (20... a4 $5 21. Qf3 Rd8 22. Ne6
Na5 23. Nxd8 (23. Ba3 $5) 23... Rxd8 24. Ba3 Nc4 25. Bc5 Nd2 $19) 21. Qf3 $1 c6
22. Ba3 Ne6 23. Nxe6 $1 Rxe6 24. Bc5 Kb7 25. Ra1 Rxe5 26. c4 $5 (26. dxe5 Qxc5
$10) 26... dxc4 (26... Qb2 $2 27. Qd1 $1) 27. Qc3 $6 (27. dxe5 $5 Qxc5 28. Qc3
$14) 27... Rxc5 28. dxc5 Re8 29. Rxa5 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Ka8 $1 31. Ra1 $1 (31. Qxc4
$2 Re4 $1 32. Qg8+ Qb8+ $1 $19) 31... Qb8+ 32. Kg1 Re4 33. f3 Qe5 34. Rxa7+ $1
Kxa7 35. Qa5+ Kb7 36. Qb6+ Kc8 37. Qxc6+ Kd8 38. fxe4 fxe4 39. Qb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad-ch04"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Ilya Leontievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 f6 $2 $146 (4... c5 {La grande ligne mais
la théorie de cette variante était peu développée а l'époque} 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6.
bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 $14) 5. Nf3 c5 $6 (5... Nc6 $142 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. O-O
Qd7 9. Ne2 O-O-O 10. c3 Be7 11. a4 Rf8 12. b4 Qd8 13. Nf4 Bd7 14. Qe2 f5 15.
Nd3 g5 16. Nc5 g4 17. Nd2 Bxc5 18. dxc5 f4 19. f3 h5 20. Nb3 g3 21. h3 Ne7 22.
b5 c6 23. Nd4 Qc7 24. a5 cxb5 25. a6 bxa6 26. Rxa6 Kb7 27. c6+ Bxc6 28. Qa2 Ra8
29. Nxe6 Qxe5 30. Nc5+ Kb8 31. Rxc6 Rd8 32. Qa6 {1-0 (32) Nenarokov,V-Alekhine,
A Moscow 1908}) 6. Bb5+ (6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 cxb4 8. Nb5 Nc6 9. axb4 Bc7 10. c3
Nge7 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 14. Bh6 Rf7 15. Qd2 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5
17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Nxc7 Qxc7 19. Qg5+ Kh8 20. Qh5 Be6 21. Rae1 e4 22. c4 Rf5 23.
Qe2 Qe5 24. Bc1 Qd6 25. cxd5 exd3 26. Bb2+ Kg8 27. Qg4+ Ng6 28. Rxe6 Qxd5 29.
Rxg6+ hxg6 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Qg7+ Ke8 32. Re1+ Kd8 33. Qe7+ Kc8 34. Rc1+ {
1-0 (34) Botvinnik,M-Ragozin,V Leningrad 1927}) 6... Kf8 (6... Bd7) 7. dxc5 Qa5
{[%cal Gb4c3,Ga5b5]} 8. Be2 fxe5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxd5 $1 {[%csl Rf8]} exd5 11.
c3 Bxc5 12. b4 Nxb4 13. cxb4 Bxb4 14. Rb1 Bf5 15. Rxb4 $1 Qxb4 16. Qxd5 Ne7 17.
Qxe5 $36 {[%csl Rf8]} Qe4 18. Qb2 Rc8 19. Bh6 $1 Rg8 $2 20. Qf6+ $1 Ke8 21.
Bb5+ $40 Rc6 (21... Bd7 22. Bxd7+ Kxd7 23. Ne5+ Ke8 24. Qf7+ Kd8 25. Rd1+ Kc7
26. Qxe7+) 22. Bxg7 Bd7 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Re1 Qc5 25. Bh6 Kd8 26. Bf8 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Bd2 b6 6. Bb5 c6 7. Ba4 a5 8. a3 Bxc3
$6 (8... Bf8 9. Nce2 Ba6 10. c3 Bb5 11. Bc2 Ne7 12. Nf3 c5 13. O-O Nbc6 14. Re1
a4 $14) 9. Bxc3 Ba6 10. Qg4 (10. Bd2 $5 Ne7 11. c3 Bd3 (11... O-O 12. Be3 Nf5
13. Bf4 $14) 12. Be3 $14) 10... f5 11. Qh5+ (11. Qg3 $5 Nh6 12. Bd2) 11... Qf7
12. Qf3 Ne7 13. Ne2 O-O 14. O-O Rc8 15. b4 (15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Nd7 17. Bb3
Bb5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Danielian, Oganes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. f4 (6. Nf3 $5 Ne7 7. h4 c5
8. h5 h6 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. c3 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Gulko,B/URS/1985/}) 6... c5 7. Nf3
Ne7 $6 (7... Nh6 $5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Be3 f6 $132) 8. Bb5+ $1 (8. Be3
Nf5 9. Bf2 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qe2 Nc7 $13) 8... Bd7 9. Bd3 Nbc6 10. Be3 c4
$6 (10... cxd4 $5 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. Bf2 (13. Ne2 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5
15. c3 O-O 16. O-O $14) 13... Bc5 $14) 11. Be2 Nf5 12. Bf2 h5 13. g3 Be7 (13...
b5 14. Nxb5 Nxe5 (14... Rb8 15. Nc3 Rxb2 16. O-O $16) 15. Nxe5 Bxb5 16. Bxh5
$16) 14. Qd2 (14. h3 $6 g5 $1 $132) 14... a6 (14... b5 $5) 15. h3 b5 16. Kf1
$16 f6 $1 $8 (16... Qb6 17. Kg2 O-O-O 18. g4 hxg4 19. hxg4 Nh6 20. Kg3 $1 $16)
17. Kg2 fxe5 18. fxe5 O-O 19. Raf1 (19. g4 $2 Nh6 20. Kg3 Qe8 $1 $40) 19... Be8
20. g4 $6 (20. Bd1 $1 Bg6 21. Ne2 $16) 20... Nh4+ $1 (20... Nh6 $2 21. Kg3 $1
$16) 21. Nxh4 $2 (21. Bxh4 Bxh4 22. Nxh4 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Qxh4 24. Rf4 $1 hxg4 25.
Bxg4 Qe7 26. Ne2 Bg6 27. Ng3 $14) 21... Rxf2+ $1 (21... Bxh4 $2 22. Be3 $1 $16)
22. Rxf2 Bg5 $1 (22... Bxh4 23. Rhf1 Bxf2 24. Rxf2 hxg4 25. Bxg4 $14) 23. Rf4 (
23. Qd1 $6 Bxh4 24. Rff1 Qb6 $44) 23... Bxf4 24. Qxf4 Qxh4 25. Rf1 Bg6 26. Bd1
(26. gxh5 Qxf4 27. Rxf4 Bxc2 28. Bg4 Nd8 $15 (28... Re8 29. Nxd5 $132)) 26...
hxg4 27. Bxg4 Qe7 28. Rf2 b4 (28... b4 29. axb4 Nxb4 30. Na4 Be4+ (30... Bxc2
31. Nc5 Nd3 32. Bxe6+ Qxe6 33. Nxe6 Nxf4+ 34. Nxf4 Be4+ 35. Kg3 $10) 31. Kg3
Nxc2 32. Nc5 Nxd4 33. Nxe4 dxe4 34. Qxe4 Rd8 35. h4 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. h4 Bxc3 (7...
Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. h5 h6 10. Qe2 Nb8 11. O-O-O $14 {Sigurjonsson,G-Matsumoto,
H/Buenos Aires/1978/}) 8. Bxc3 c5 9. Bd2 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qe2 Nc7 12. h5
h6 13. Be3 Nf5 14. dxc5 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qb5 16. a4 (16. cxb6 Qxb2 17. O-O Qxb6
18. Qa3 Nb5 19. Qb4 a5 20. Qa4 O-O 21. Rab1 Nc3 22. Rxb6 Nxa4 $10) 16... Qa5+ (
16... Qxb2 $2 17. O-O Qb4 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Qa3 $16) (16... Qxc5 17. Nd4 $14)
17. Qd2 (17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 bxc5 19. Rh4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. h4 (7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Ba4 Ba6 9. Ne2 Bb5 10. Bxb5 (10. Bb3 Bc4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Ng3 h6 13. O-O Ng6
14. Nh5 Qd5 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. b3 b5 17. bxc4 Qxc4 18. Qxc4 bxc4 19. a4 O-O-O 20.
a5 a6 21. Ra4 Nb8 22. Ba3 Rd5 23. Re1 Rb5 24. Kf1 Bxa3 25. Rxa3 {Kruppa,
Y-Moroz,A/URS-sf Ukraine-ch Kherson ;CBM 16 1989/1-0 (95)}) 10... cxb5 11. Qd3
Qd7 12. Bd2 Nbc6 13. Bb4 Nxb4 14. axb4 Rc8 15. O-O Nc6 16. c3 Nb8 17. Nd2 h5
18. f4 g6 19. Rf3 a6 20. Nf1 Kd8 21. Ne3 Rc7 {Mudelsee,M-Zimmerman,C/BL2-SW
8788 (1988) ;BL2 1988/0-1 (72)}) 7... h6 (7... h5 8. Bg5 (8. Ne2 Ba6 9. Nf4
Bxf1 10. Kxf1 Qc8 11. Kg1 Qa6 12. Ng5 g6 13. Qf3 Nbc6 14. Be3 Nd8 15. g4 hxg4
16. Qxg4 Qc4 17. c3 Qb3 18. Qe2 Bh6 19. Nf3 Ndc6 20. Ng2 Nf5 21. Bxh6 Rxh6 22.
Ne3 Nxe3 23. fxe3 {Van de Oudeweetering,A-Vogel,J/NLD-sf (06) ;EXT 94ch 1994/
0-1 (57)}) 8... Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O Qd7 11. Qd3 Nb8 12. Ne2 Nbc6 13. c4
dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nd5 15. Rac1 Nce7 16. Bxe7 Bxe7 17. Nc3 O-O-O 18. Nxd5 exd5 19.
Qa6+ Kb8 20. e6 Qc8 21. Qxc8+ Kxc8 22. exf7 {Sokolov,A-Portisch,L/Moscow
GMA-qual f (03) ;TD 90\03 1990/1/2-1/2 (34)}) (7... Qd7 8. h5 h6 9. Bb5 c6 10.
Ba4 Ba6 11. Ne2 Bb5 12. Bxb5 cxb5 13. Qd3 Nbc6 14. Bd2 Na5 15. Bb4 Nec6 16.
Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Rh4 b4 18. Rg4 bxa3 19. Qxa3 Rg8 20. b3 Qe7 21. Nc3 Rc8 22. Qxe7+
Kxe7 {Krakops,M-Repkova,E/Riga op ;EXT 95op 1995/1-0 (55)}) 8. h5 a5 9. Bb5+ c6
10. Ba4 Nd7 11. Ne2 b5 12. Bb3 c5 13. c3 Nc6 14. O-O Qc7 15. Re1 $6 (15. Nh2
$142 {Tischbierek} Be7 16. f4) 15... c4 16. Bc2 Nb6 17. Bf4 Be7 18. Bg3 Rb8 19.
Nh2 Qd8 20. Ng4 (20. f4 $142) 20... b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. cxb4 $6 Nxb4 23. Bb1
Bd7 24. b3 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. bxc4 Nxc4 27. Nc1 $2 (27. Nf4 $142 $15) 27...
Ba4 28. Qe2 Qa7 $1 29. Ne3 Qxd4 30. Nxc4 dxc4 31. Qf1 O-O 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 35th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2019.11.12"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Skytte, Rasmus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 "Gent"]
[BlackTeam "Aarhus Skolerne"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 $5 {An interesting line to force
Black to make a decision with his g7-pawn.} Bf8 $1 (5... Kf8 $6 {would be what
White wants, e.g.} 6. Bd2 Ne7 7. Nf3 c5 8. h4 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. h5 h6 11.
Qf4 Nb8 12. Ne2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qd7 15. N2f3 $16 {0-1 (67) Hansen,
E (2615)-Ehlvest,J (2521) chess.com 2019}) 6. Bg5 $5 {Forcing ...Qd7 isn't
very useful by itself, but White also temporarily prevents ...Ne7.} Qd7 (6...
Ne7 $6 7. Bxe7 {and Black has no good way to take back on e7, as} Qxe7 {
loses a pawn:} 8. Nxd5 $16) 7. O-O-O $5 {It is unusual to castle longside
against the Winawer, but White uses his lead in development.} Ba6 ({It would
make sense to play} 7... h6 {before White has time to go f4 and keep his
bishop on the d8-h4 diagonal.} 8. Be3 (8. Qh3 Ne7 {wouldn't be clear, as after}
9. Bxe7 Bxe7 {the g7-pawn is not hanging. This was played in Guliyev,N (2577)
-Marin,M (2572) Azerbaijan 2016, 1-0 (31).}) 8... Ba6 (8... Ne7 9. h4 Nbc6 10.
h5 Bb7 11. f4 O-O-O 12. Qf3 f5 13. Bf2 $14 {½-½ (31) Forcen Esteban,D (2561)
-Narciso Dublan,M (2482) Linares 2016}) 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Nb8 11. f4 Nc6 12.
Nf3 Bb4 13. Qd3 $6 (13. Nb1 $5) 13... Bxc3 {This exchange makes Black's
position much easier to play.} 14. Qxc3 f5 $6 (14... O-O-O 15. g4 h5 16. h3
hxg4 17. hxg4 Rxh1 18. Rxh1 Nh6 $11) 15. h3 O-O-O 16. b3 Nge7 17. Kb1 Kb7 18.
Bc1 a5 19. a4 Rc8 20. Ba3 Nb8 21. g4 $14 {1-0 (43) Vocaturo,D (2557)-Gonzalez,
J (2322) Spain 2016}) 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. f4 g6 $6 (9... Ne7 10. Qf3 O-O-O 11. Nge2
Kb7 12. Rhf1 Rc8 13. g4 g6 14. Kb1 $16 {1-0 (100) Shubin,K (2334)-Antipov,M 
(2589) St Petersburg 2018}) (9... c6 $1 {should be best for Black.} 10. Nf3 (
10. Qe2 Nc7 11. g4 $6 (11. Nf3 $5) 11... h5 $1 12. gxh5 f6 $1 13. Bh4 Qf7 14.
exf6 gxf6 15. f5 O-O-O 16. fxe6 Nxe6 {1/2-1/2 (16) Lanka,Z (2345)-Dizdar,G 
(2455) Jurmala 1983}) 10... h6 11. Bh4 h5 $5 12. Qg5 $6 (12. Qh3 $1 Nh6 13. Kb1
Nf5 14. Bf2 $14) 12... Ne7 13. Qg3 Nf5 $13 {1/2-1/2 (42) Vasiukov,E (2575)
-Andersson,U (2535) Wijk aan Zee 1973}) 10. Qe2 Nb4 11. Nf3 Be7 12. g4 O-O-O (
12... Bxg5 $6 13. fxg5 $1 {is what White would love to get: the f7-pawn is a
target and Black can never get a knight to f5.}) 13. Kb1 (13. f5 $5 exf5 14.
Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Ng5 Qe8 16. e6 {was a fun idea, but after} fxe6 17. Nxe6 Rd7 {
the position is quite unclear.}) 13... Kb8 14. Qf2 Nc6 15. Bh4 h6 (15... Bxh4
16. Nxh4 Nge7 {would have been solid for Black.}) 16. h3 ({I need to prepare
the move} 16. Bg3 {a little bit more, as playing it right away would allow} h5
$1 17. h3 Nh6 $13) 16... Na5 $6 {Definitely Black should have exchanged the
bishops on h4, as now he has problems to develop his pieces.} (16... Bxh4 17.
Nxh4 Nge7 18. Ng2 $14) 17. Bg3 Kb7 18. Rhf1 Nc4 19. b3 (19. Nd2 $5) 19... Na3+
20. Kb2 Qc6 (20... Nb5 21. Nxb5 (21. Nb1 $5 a5 22. c4 Na7 23. cxd5 Qxd5 24. Nc3
Qc6 25. Qe2 $16) 21... Qxb5 22. f5 $16) 21. Bh4 $5 {I'm back to h4 - as I now
want to target the a3-knight.} (21. f5 $5) 21... Nb5 (21... Bb4 22. Rd3 $1 {
and the a3-knight will be lost if Black wants to exhcange his dark-squared
bishop.}) 22. Nxb5 Qxb5 23. f5 Qa5 24. a4 g5 {Probably not a good move, but
without the dark-squared bishop Black has no hope to counter-attack, which is
the only way to justify helping White advance on the queenside as in the game.}
25. Bg3 Bb4 26. Qe3 exf5 27. gxf5 Ne7 28. Qd3 (28. c3 $2 Nxf5 $1 29. cxb4 Nxe3
30. bxa5 Rhf8 $1 {with the idea of ...f6 wouldn't be so clear.}) 28... Nc6 (
28... Nxf5 $6 29. Qxf5 Bc3+ 30. Kb1 b5 31. Be1 $18) 29. c3 Bf8 30. b4 $5 {
Not an obligation, as obviously things went wrong for Black strategically, but
I considered this move to be a win.} Bxb4 (30... Qxa4 31. Ra1 Nxb4 32. Qe2 $1
$18) 31. cxb4 Qxa4 32. Be1 Nxb4 33. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 34. Qb3 a5 35. e6 $1 f6 (35...
fxe6 36. Qxb4 axb4 37. f6 Rhf8 38. Ne5 $18) 36. Qxb4 axb4 37. Ne1 $1 {An
important move.} c5 38. Nd3 {White will play Rc1 next and start collecting
pawns.} 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cabrilo, Goran"]
[Black "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Ba4 Ba6 8. Nce2
Bb5 9. Bb3 c5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Nf3 Nge7 12. O-O Nf5 $5 (12... a5) 13. Re1 Be7 (
13... Nh4 $5) 14. Bc2 g6 15. Nf4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rc8 {/\ 17... Nfd4 18. Nd4 Nd4
19. Qd4 Rc2-/+} 17. Bxf5 $14 exf5 $6 (17... gxf5 18. Nh5 $14) 18. h4 $1 O-O (
18... Bxh4 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. Nxd5 $16) 19. g3 Qd7 $6 {/\ Nd8-e6} (19... Re8 20.
Nh3 {/\ Bg5+/=}) 20. e6 $1 $16 fxe6 21. h5 $1 Rf6 $8 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Nh3 {
/\ Bg5} Rff8 24. Bg5 Bd6 25. Nf4 Qf7 26. Rc1 (26. Nxe6 Rfe8 27. Nf4 Re4) (26.
Rxe6 Bxf4 27. Rf6 Qg7) (26. Kg2 $5 {/\ Rh1}) 26... Rfe8 27. Rc3 Na5 (27... e5
$2 28. dxe5 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 $18) 28. Rce3 $1 (28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rxe6 $2 Bxf4 30.
Re7 Qxe7 31. Bxe7 Rc1 $19) 28... Nc4 29. R3e2 Na5 30. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 (30... Bxe2
31. Nxf7 Bxd1 32. Nxd6 $18) 31. Rxe5 Bd7 $8 32. Kg2 $5 (32. Nxd5 $5 exd5 33.
Re7 Rxe7 34. Rxe7 Re8 $5 (34... Qf8 35. Rxd7 $18) 35. Rxf7 $16) 32... Nc4 33.
Rh1 $1 Qg7 34. Rh6 $18 Nxe5 35. dxe5 Kf7 (35... Qxe5 36. Rxg6+ {/\ Qh5+-}) 36.
Rxg6 Qxg6 37. Nxg6 Kxg6 38. Bf6 Rg8 39. Qd2 Kh7 40. Qb4 $1 Bc6 41. Qh4+ Kg6 42.
Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.20"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. Nf3 Ba6 7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8. Ne2
{As it always happens in this variation-knight goes to f4.} (8. Qe2 Nb8 9. Bg5
Qd7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nd1 h6 12. Bd2 Nge7 13. Ne3 Ng6 14. g3 Be7 $11 {Pulkkinen,
K-Karner,H/FIN-chT 1994/EXT 98}) (8. h4 Ne7 9. h5 h6 10. Qd3 Nb8 11. Qb5+ Qd7
12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. Ne2 c5 14. c3 {1/2-1/2 Martos Exposito,M-Castillo,S/
Barcelona 2000/CBM 77 ext (14)}) (8. Qd3 Nb8 9. Ne2 Qd7 (9... c5 10. c4 Ne7 11.
O-O Nbc6 12. Bg5 Rb8 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rfd1 $14 {Zhelnin,V-Skomorokhin,R/
Sumperk 1990/EXT 97}) 10. O-O Ne7 11. Ng3 h5 12. Bg5 Ng6 13. c4 c6 14. Rac1 $14
{Rytshagov,M-Kiik,K/Tallinn 2000/CBM 75 ext}) (8. O-O Ne7 9. Ne2 c5 10. Nf4 Qd7
11. c3 Nc6 12. b4 Nc7 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Nh5 $1 Na5 15. dxc5 $36 {Tischbierek,
R-Teske,H/Leipzig 1988/CBM 07}) 8... Qd7 9. O-O c6 (9... c5 10. c3 Ne7 11. Qd3
Nb8 12. Ng5 Ng6 $2 13. f4 $16 {Bakre,T-Gokhale,J/Calcutta 1996/CBM 50 ext}) 10.
Nf4 Be7 11. Qd3 Nc7 12. Bd2 (12. b3 h5 13. c4 O-O-O 14. Bb2 g5 15. Ne2 Nh6 16.
Rac1 Kb7 $13) 12... h5 13. Rac1 O-O-O 14. c4 Kb7 15. Rc3 {Increasing the
pressure over the c-file.} (15. c5 g5 16. Ne2 (16. cxb6 axb6 17. Ne2 g4 18. Ne1
f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 $132) 16... g4 17. Ne1 bxc5 18. dxc5 f6 $13) 15... dxc4 16.
Rxc4 Nd5 17. Rfc1 Rc8 18. b4 ({Another promising plan was} 18. Nxd5 $5 Qxd5 19.
Bb4 Bxb4 20. axb4 Ne7 21. Ng5 $14 {[%cal Gg5e4,Ge4d6]}) 18... Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Qd5
20. Nd2 (20. a4 Nh6 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. b5 c5 23. Qc3 Rcd8 24. a5 $36) 20... g5
21. Be3 Nh6 22. Ne4 Ng4 {[%cal Gg4e5]} 23. Qc2 (23. Nc3 Qd7 24. Qe4 f5 25. exf6
Nxf6 $13) 23... f5 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Nxf6 Bxf6 26. a4 $1 {Finally starting an
actions on the queenside.} (26. Qg6 $2 Qf5 27. Qxf5 (27. Qf7+ $4 {[%csl Rf7]}
Rc7) 27... exf5 28. f3 Rhe8 $15) 26... Rc7 27. b5 Rhc8 28. a5 $1 {Very strong
attacking move increasing the pressure on the position of black king.} (28. Qg6
Bd8 (28... Qf5 $2 29. bxc6+ Rxc6 30. Qf7+ R8c7 31. Qxc7+ Rxc7 32. Rxc7+ Ka6 33.
h3 $14) 29. Qxh5 (29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. bxc6+ Qxc6 32. Qxh5 Qxa4 33.
h3 a5 $15) 29... cxb5 30. Rxc7+ Rxc7 31. Rxc7+ Kxc7 (31... Bxc7 32. axb5 Qxb5
$13) 32. axb5 Qxb5 33. h4 $13) 28... bxa5 (28... Qxb5 $2 29. axb6 axb6 30. Rb1
Qd5 31. Rc5 Qd7 (31... Qd6 32. Rxb6+ Kxb6 33. Qb3+ Ka6 34. Qa4+ Kb7 35. Qb4+
Ka8 36. Ra5+ Ra7 37. Rxa7+ Kxa7 38. Qxd6 $18) 32. Rxb6+ Kxb6 33. Qb3+ Ka6 34.
Rc2 $18 {[%cal Gc2a2]}) 29. Rc5 Qd7 30. bxc6+ $2 {Losing all advantage. After
correct} (30. Rb1 $1 Ka8 (30... cxb5 31. Rcxb5+ Ka8 32. Qb3 Qe8 33. d5 $40) 31.
b6 Rb7 32. Rxa5 $36 {[%csl Rg5] black would have hard time defending this
position.}) 30... Rxc6 31. Qa4 Bd8 32. Rd1 (32. Bxg5 Bb6 33. Rxc6 Rxc6 34. Rd1
Qd5 35. Be3 $13) 32... Rd6 33. Qxd7+ Rxd7 34. Rb1+ Bb6 35. Rxa5 $6 ({More
logical looks} 35. Rxg5 Rd5 36. Rxd5 exd5 37. h3 Ka6 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 a4
$13 {with mutual chanses.}) 35... Rd5 36. Rxd5 exd5 37. Bxg5 a5 38. Kf1 (38.
Be3 Ka6 39. Kf1 a4 40. Ke2) 38... Ka6 39. Ke2 Rg8 40. h4 Bxd4 41. Kd3 $2 {
Painfull blunder leading to a lost position. After logical} (41. Rd1 Bb2 (41...
Re8+ 42. Kf3 Re4 43. Be3 Bxe3 44. fxe3 Rxh4 45. Rxd5 a4 46. e4 $11) 42. Rxd5 a4
43. Bd2 a3 44. Rxh5 Rxg2 45. Bb4 $11 {draw is inevitable.}) 41... Bxf2 $17 42.
Rf1 Bb6 43. Rf5 $6 d4 44. Rf6 Rc8 $1 {[%cal Ga5a1]} 45. Bd2 a4 46. g4 $2 (46.
Rf1 $5) 46... hxg4 47. Rg6 a3 $19 48. Rxg4 Kb5 49. h5 a2 50. Rg1 Ka4 51. h6 Kb3
52. h7 Rh8 53. Rg6 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Bermuda-B"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2002.01.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Vreugt, Dennis"]
[Black "Kallio, Heikki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. h4 $5 (6. Qg4 Qd7 7. Be3 Ba6
8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Nge2 Ne7 10. Ng3 g6 11. Bg5 Bg7 12. O-O h6 13. Bf6 $5 $36 {
Mnatsakanian,E-Shashin,B/Yerevan 1965/MCL}) (6. b4 $5 c5 7. Rb1 (7. bxc5 bxc5
8. Nf3 Ne7 9. dxc5 Nec6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Nb5 O-O $13 {Velimirovic,D-Dizdar,G/
Sarajevo 1984/MCD}) 7... Nc6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. bxc5 bxc5 10. Nf3 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4
12. Qxd4 Ne7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Qf4 Be7 15. Qg3 $14 {Timman,J-Spiridonov,N/Sochi
1973/MCL}) 6... Qd7 (6... h5 7. Nce2 Qd7 8. Ng3 g6 9. Nf3 c5 10. c3 Ba6 11.
Bxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O $14 {Minasian,A-Oganessiats,E/Yerevan 1996/CBM 52 ext}) (6...
Ne7 7. h5 h6 8. Nce2 Ba6 9. c3 c5 10. f4 Qd7 11. Nf3 Nbc6 12. g4 Na5 13. Ng3
Bxf1 14. Rxf1 $14 {Macieja,B-Shtyrenkov,V/Katowice 1993/EXT 98}) (6... Ba6 7.
Bxa6 Nxa6 8. h5 Qd7 9. Qe2 Nb8 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bf4 Ne7 12. Nd1 Qa4 13. b4 a6 14.
O-O $14 {Borkowski,F-Ostrowski,L/Gdynia 1986/EXT 2001}) 7. h5 h6 8. f4 $6 {
This move is just not in the place in the following position!} (8. Nf3 Ba6 9.
Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qd3 Nb8 11. Ne2 Ne7 12. Bd2 Nbc6 13. Nh4 Na5 14. Bxa5 bxa5 15. g4
$14 {Dolmatov,S-Alekseev,A/Naberezhnie Chelni 1988/TD}) (8. Nge2 Ba6 9. g4 c5
10. f4 Nc6 11. Bg2 Rc8 12. Be3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 $13 {Bitoon,R-Nadera,B/Manila
1997/EXT 98}) 8... c5 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. Be3 Nf5 11. Bf2 Nc6 $5 {Aiming for more
than equaity after} (11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 (12. Nb5 $6 Ne3 13. Bxe3 dxe3 14. Nbd4
Ba6 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Qd3 Nc5 $15) 12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15.
Qe2 Nc5 $11) 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bd3 cxd4 $6 {Permitting white to equalize, while
after} (13... Ncxd4 $1 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Ne2 Ne3 16. Bxe3 dxe3 17. Rh3 Bc5 $15
{black is clearly better.}) 14. Na4 $1 Rb8 15. Bxf5 b5 (15... exf5 $6 16. Nxd4
Nxd4 17. Qxd4 $14) 16. Nb6 $5 Rxb6 17. Bh3 Qc7 18. O-O Be7 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20.
Bxd4 Rc6 21. c3 $14 {Now white may look into the future with optimizm!} Bc5 22.
Bg4 O-O 23. Be2 f6 (23... Bd7 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Qd4 Rc8 26. Rad1 $14) 24. Bxc5
Rxc5 25. exf6 Rxf6 (25... gxf6) 26. Qd4 $1 Bd7 27. Rae1 Qd6 28. Bd3 $1 {
Bishop finally arrives to the place where it's supposed to be!} Rc8 29. Re5 a5
30. f5 (30. g3 $5) 30... Qc6 (30... Rb8 31. Rfe1 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. c4 $16)
31. fxe6 Rxf1+ 32. Bxf1 Bxe6 33. Bxb5 $5 $16 {[%csl Re6]} Qxb5 34. Rxe6 Rf8 $2
{After this move white easily wins the game.} ({Black had to try} 34... Qxb2 $1
35. Qxd5 (35. Re7 Qxc3 36. Rxg7+ Kh8 $11) 35... Kh8 36. Rxh6+ $5 gxh6 37. Qd4+
Kg8 38. Qg4+ Kf7 39. Qxc8 Qxa3 $14) 35. Re7 $18 Rf6 36. Kh2 Kh8 37. Qe5 Qf1 (
37... Qxb2 38. Re8+ Kh7 39. Qxd5 $18 {[%cal Gd5g8,Gd5e4]}) 38. Re8+ Rf8 (38...
Kh7 39. Qb8 Qf4+ 40. Qxf4 Rxf4 41. Re5 Rf2 42. Rxd5 $18) 39. Rxf8+ Qxf8 40. b4
a4 41. Qxd5 Qf4+ 42. g3 Qf2+ 43. Qg2 Qf5 44. Qe2 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2001.09.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Firman, Nazar"]
[Black "Nosenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. f4 Ne7 7. Be3 (7. Nf3 Qd7 8.
Bd3 Ba6 9. O-O Bxd3 10. Qxd3 h5 11. Nd1 Nf5 12. Ne3 $14 {Goliak-Ismanov/URS/
1958/}) 7... Nf5 (7... h5 8. Nf3 a5 (8... Qd7 9. Bf2 Nf5 (9... Ba6 10. Bxa6
Nxa6 11. Qe2 Nb8 12. g3 Nbc6 13. h3 Ng6 14. Be3 Nce7 15. O-O-O Nf5 $132 {
Lanc,A-Mokry,K/Trnava 1985/MCD}) 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd3 Nb8 13. Ne2
c5 14. b3 Nc6 15. c3 Rc8 $11 {Zuidema,C-Andersson,U/Wijk aan Zee 1973/MCD}) 9.
Be2 Ba6 10. O-O Nf5 11. Qd2 a4 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. Ng3 Nxg3 15. hxg3
g6 $13 {Candela Perez,J-Vaganian,R/Oviedo 1992/TD}) (7... Qd7 8. Nf3 Ba6 (8...
Nbc6 9. Bf2 Bb7 10. Bd3 $10 (10. Bb5 $5) 10... O-O-O 11. b4 f6 12. Ne2 Kb8 13.
c3 h6 14. h4 h5 15. Nc1 Nf5 16. Nb3 Nh6 17. a4 $16 {Kavalek,L-Bronstein,D/
Amsterdam 1968}) 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Nb8 11. O-O-O Nbc6 12. g4 O-O-O 13. Rhf1
h6 14. h4 g6 15. Qd3 Na5 16. Kb1 Kb8 17. Ne2 Rc8 $132 {Sharapov,E-Alekseev,V/
Alushta 1999/EXT 2000}) (7... Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Nf3 Nf5 10. Bf2 h5 11. Ne2 (
11. Qd3 Nb8 12. Nd1 c5 13. c3 c4 14. Qc2 Be7 15. Ne3 g6 16. g3 Nc6 17. h3 Kd7
18. Ke2 $14 {Diaz,J-Psakhis,L/Cienfuegos 1983/MCD}) 11... Qd7 12. Ng3 Be7 13.
Nxf5 exf5 14. Qd3 Nb8 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfe1 Nc6 17. c4 g6 $13 {Lanc,A-Tibensky,
R/Pila 1992/EXT 97}) 8. Bf2 c6 $6 {Slightly passive continuation.It looks more
loogical to secure position of the knight on f5 with h5:} (8... h5 9. g3 Ba6
10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qd3 Nb8 12. Nf3 Qd7 13. O-O-O c5 14. h3 Nc6 $13 {Berg,
G-Luchan,J/Nassau 1992/EXT 97}) 9. Nf3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. g4 Ne7 12. Qd3 Nc7
13. f5 $5 {Interesting decision leading to quiet unclear position.} exf5 (13...
h5 $5 14. fxe6 (14. f6 gxf6 15. exf6 Ng6 16. g5 Bd6 17. O-O-O Qd7 $132) 14...
fxe6 15. Rg1 hxg4 16. Rxg4 Qd7 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Ne2 $14) 14. gxf5 Qc8 (14...
Qd7 15. f6 (15. Nh4 g5 16. Nf3 Qxf5 17. Qxf5 Nxf5 18. Nxg5 Ne6 19. Nf3 O-O-O
$11) 15... gxf6 16. O-O-O $44) 15. f6 $1 gxf6 16. O-O-O Bh6+ 17. Kb1 f5 $2 {
An only chanse to call white's idea into question was} (17... fxe5 18. Nxe5 f6
19. Nf3 Qd7 20. Bh4 O-O 21. Rhg1+ Kh8 $13 {with complicated struggle.}) 18. Bh4
$1 Ng6 19. Bf6 Rg8 20. Rhg1 $1 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gf3h4,Gh4f5] Now black is
nearly parallised and white wins back a paw on e5.} Ne6 (20... Qe6 21. Nh4 f4
22. Nf5 Bf8 23. h4 $16) 21. Ne2 (21. Qxf5 Nef4 22. Qxc8+ Rxc8 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24.
Rxg5 $14) 21... Kd7 $5 {[%cal Gd7c7,Gc8d7]} 22. Qxf5 Kc7 23. Qh5 {[%csl Rh6,
Rh7]} Qf8 (23... Be3 24. Rg3 h6 25. Nh4 $14) 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. Bxg5 Rc8 26. Rdf1
$16 Kb8 27. Qxh7 {Some players would prefer} (27. Bf6 $5 h6 28. Rg3 c5 29. c3
cxd4 30. Nxd4 Nxd4 31. cxd4 $16) 27... Rg7 (27... Nxe5 $2 28. dxe5 Nxg5 29.
Rxg5 $1 Rxg5 30. Rxf7 $18 {[%cal Gf7b7]}) 28. Qh5 Qg8 29. h4 c5 30. Qf3 {
[%csl Rd5] Finding another weakness in black's camp.} (30. c3 $5) 30... Nxg5
31. hxg5 cxd4 32. Nxd4 {[%csl Rg7,Rg8]} Nxe5 33. Qf4 $5 (33. Qxd5 Rxg5 34.
Qxe5+ $1 Rxe5 35. Rxg8 Rxg8 36. Nc6+ $18) 33... f6 34. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Gg5f6]}
Rc4 35. Qh2 Kb7 (35... Rh7 36. gxf6 $18 {[%cal Gg1g8]}) 36. gxf6 Ng4 37. Ne5 $1
Rcc7 38. Rxg4 Rxg4 39. Nxg4 Qxg4 40. Qxc7+ Kxc7 41. f7 1-0

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2003.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. a4
$6 {[%csl Ra4] Saying that white lost the game because of this move would be
just a too strong statement, but I have no doubts that this move is less
accurate than 8.h4. The first of all, a tempo could very precious and secondly,
the white pawn on a4 is quite vulnerable, so I see no point in creating
another weakness at such an early stage.} (8. h4) 8... Ba6 (8... O-O 9. Nf3 Ba6
10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. h4 f5 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. h5 Ne7 14. h6 g6 15. O-O $14 {
Kovacevic,A-Kajganovic,M/Vrnjacka Banja 1998}) 9. Bxa6 (9. h4 h5 10. Qg3 Bxf1
11. Kxf1 Nc6 12. Ne2 Qd7 13. Nf4 Nce7 14. Nxg6 Nxg6 15. Bg5 c5 $13 {Wegener,
M-Hund,G/Dortmund 2001}) 9... Nxa6 10. Qe2 Nb8 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. h4 h5 13. Ng5 (
13. Bg5 Qd7 14. O-O Na5 15. Nd2 Ne7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nf3 O-O 18. Ng5 g6 $15 {
Zucchelli,M-Prang,E/Arco 1999}) 13... Nge7 14. Nh3 Ng6 15. Bg5 (15. g3 Na5 16.
O-O Nc4 17. f4 Ne7 $15) 15... Qd7 16. O-O Nce7 17. c4 (17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Ng5
Nf5 19. g3 a5 20. Rfd1 Qc6 $13) 17... Nf5 18. Rfd1 Nfxh4 19. cxd5 exd5 20. c4
$6 {White insists on keeping the bishop on the board, even though it's hardly
stronger than any of black knights. More logical was} (20. Bxh4 Nxh4 21. c4 Ng6
22. cxd5 Qxd5 23. a5 $44 {with good compensation for the pawn.}) 20... Nf5 21.
cxd5 Qxd5 22. Qc2 Qd7 23. Rac1 O-O 24. Qxc7 Qxa4 25. d5 $2 {I don't know
whether this move is a blunder or a result of a wrong evaluation of the
arising position (even though the first option seems to be more likely), but
in any case white finds himself in deep troubles after it.} (25. Ra1 Qb5 26.
Qb7 $1 {[%cal Gb7f3]} (26. Rxa7 Qe2 27. Rd2 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Rxa7 29. Qxa7 Nxd4 30.
Qxb6 Ne6 $15) 26... Rfe8 27. Rxa7 (27. Qf3 $6 Qd7 28. Qxh5 Nxd4 29. Be3 Rxe5
30. Ng5 Rd5 $17) 27... Rxa7 28. Qxa7 Qd5 $15) 25... Rac8 $1 $19 26. Qxc8 Rxc8
27. Rxc8+ Kh7 28. Rcc1 (28. Re1 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Qa1+ $19) 28... Nxe5 29. d6 f6 {
Black wants to take no chances. More accurate was} (29... a5 $1) 30. Bf4 Nd7
31. Ra1 Qc6 32. Rdc1 Nc5 33. Rxa7 Nxd6 34. Be3 Nf5 35. Bxc5 bxc5 36. Ra5 Nh4
37. Nf4 ({Unfortunately for white} 37. f3 {loses to} Nxf3+ 38. gxf3 Qc7 $19)
37... Qe4 38. Raxc5 Qxf4 39. R1c4 Nf3+ 40. gxf3 Qxf3 {The rest is a very easy
technical job.} 41. Rc3 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qg4+ 43. Kh2 g5 44. Re3 Kg6 45. Rc6 Qf4+
46. Kg1 g4 47. Rc8 h4 48. Rec3 Qd4 49. R8c4 Qd1+ 50. Kh2 Kg5 51. Rc5+ f5 52.
Rc1 Qf3 53. R5c2 Qd3 54. Rc3 Qd4 55. R3c2 Qe5+ 56. Kh1 Qe4+ 57. Kg1 h3 58. f4+
Qxf4 59. Rf1 Qe3+ 60. Kh2 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas-B"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2001.04.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Teran Alvarez, Ismael"]
[Black "Oms Pallisse, Josep"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. f4 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qd7 (7... Ba6
8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Qd3 Nb8 10. O-O h5 11. Ne2 Nbc6 12. b4 Qd7 13. Bd2 Nf5 14. Rfb1
$14 {Bjornsson,T-Arnason,J/Kopavogur 1994}) (7... h5 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Ba4 Ba6 10.
Ne2 Bb5 11. Bxb5 cxb5 12. Qd3 a6 13. Bd2 Nbc6 14. Bb4 Qd7 $13 {Bakre,T-Kruppa,
Y/White Nights Men 2000}) 8. Be3 a5 (8... Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Nb8 11.
O-O-O Nbc6 12. g4 O-O-O 13. Rhf1 h6 14. h4 g6 15. Qd3 $14 {Sharapov,E-Alekseev,
V/It 1999}) (8... Nf5 9. Bf2 h5 10. g3 Be7 11. Qd2 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. O-O-O
O-O-O 14. h3 $14 {Kemper,M-Prang,E/NRW-Cup Masters op 1997}) (8... h5 9. Bf2
Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qd3 Nb8 12. O-O-O Nbc6 13. h3 Ng6 $13 {Bednarska,
M-Koutsin,S/Police op 1993}) 9. Bf2 (9. Bd3 Ba6 10. O-O Nf5 11. Bf2 h5 12. Bxa6
Nxa6 13. Qd3 c5 14. Qb5 $11) 9... h5 {Securing squear f5 for the knight.} 10.
Bd3 Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 $14 Nf5 13. Ne2 (13. g3 $6 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
Nb5 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 Nc6 $13) 13... Nc6 (13... c5 14. c4 dxc4 15. Qxc4 b5 (15...
Nxd4 16. Nexd4 cxd4 17. Rac1 $5 $14) 16. Qc3 c4 17. a4 $14 {[%csl Rc4]}) 14.
Rac1 $1 {[%cal Gc2c4]} b5 $5 (14... Nce7 15. g3 c6 16. h3 $14 {[%cal Gg1g2,
Gg3g4]}) 15. g3 (15. Qxb5 $6 Nxe5 16. Qxd7+ Nxd7 17. c4 c6 18. Rc2 Bd6 $13)
15... a4 16. h3 Na5 17. Kg2 Nh6 (17... Nc4 18. Rb1 Be7 19. g4 Nh6 20. Kg3 c6
$13) 18. Rh1 f5 $5 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Nh4 f5 $4 (20... Nc4 $1 {[%cal Gc4d6,
Gd6e4]} 21. Rb1 (21. Ng6 Rg8 22. Nxf8 Kxf8 23. Qc3 Nd6 24. Qf3 Qf7 $132) 21...
Rg8 22. Rhe1 c6 23. Nc3 $5 $14 {[%csl Re6,Rh5][%cal Gd3e2]}) 21. Ng6 Rg8 22.
Ne5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rb5]} Qc8 23. Qxb5+ c6 24. Qd3 $1 {[%csl Rh5]} (24. Qxa4 $6
Nc4 25. Qxc6+ Qxc6 26. Nxc6 Nxb2 $16) 24... Nf7 (24... h4 25. Qf3 hxg3 26. Qh5+
Kd8 27. Bxg3 $18 {[%cal Gg2f2,Gg3h4]}) 25. Qf3 Nxe5 26. fxe5 h4 $6 (26... Rh8
$8 27. Nf4 Nc4 28. Nxh5 $18) 27. Qh5+ Kd8 28. Qf7 $1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mosquera, Miguel"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[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 "Columbia"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "COL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 $5 {Not a very popular
continuation, however quite poisonous one.} (5. a3) 5... Nf5 6. Bd3 Nc6 (6...
Nxd4 $2 7. Qg4 $1) 7. Nf3 h5 $6 {The Lithunian grandmaster is trying to
complicate the position hoping to outplay his less experienced opponent, but
white doesn't get confused and with very simple and logical moves manages to
sieze the initiative and get control of the game.} (7... f6 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne2
Bxd2 10. Qxd2 fxe5 11. dxe5 Bd7 12. Rfe1 Qe7 13. Nf4 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. g3
Qg5 16. Qe3 $14 {Friedrich,N-Maier,C/Germany 1995}) (7... O-O 8. Ne2 Nh4 9.
Nxh4 Qxh4 10. c3 Be7 11. Ng1 Bg5 12. Nf3 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qh5 14. O-O-O $14 {
Krabbe,W-Kirwald,F/corr 1998}) 8. Ne2 $1 $14 Be7 (8... Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Nh4 10.
Nxh4 Qxh4 11. c3 Bd7 12. g3 Qe7 13. h4 $14) 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. h4 {Sequring
square f4 for the knight and intending to trade the bishops on g5 later on.} b6
$6 {The bishop has absolutely nothing to do on a6, so it was better to develop
it on e6.} (10... Be6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Qd2 $14) 11. Nf4 Ba6 {
[%csl Ra6]} 12. c3 Qd7 13. Qc2 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Rde8 (14... Kb8 {[%cal Gc6d8,
Gd8e6,Gd8c8]}) 15. Rhe1 {Preparing an advance of the e-pawn.} Nd8 16. g3 Kb7
17. Re3 ({Serious attention deserved} 17. e6 $5 fxe6 18. Ne5 Qc8 19. Neg6 Rhg8
20. Nxe7 Rxe7 21. Nxd5 $16 {with formidable advantage.}) 17... Ne6 $6 {Giving
up a pawn is hardly a good idea, but the thing is black is deprived of any
counterplay so his desire to get some is understandable.} (17... g6 18. e6 Nxe6
19. Ne5 Qc8 20. Nxd5 $16) 18. Qxf5 Qa4 19. Nxd5 Qxa2 20. Nxe7 Rxe7 21. Qb1 Qc4
(21... Qb3 22. Qc2 Bc4 23. Be1 Rd8 24. Nd2 Qxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Bd5 26. f3 a5 27. Bf2
$16) 22. b3 Qc6 23. c4 Rd8 24. Bc3 $18 {[%cal Gd4d5] White is not just a pawn
up, but his pieces are perfectly placed in the center, which means he has the
decisive advantage.} Qe8 25. d5 Red7 26. Rde1 Nc5 27. Nd4 Ka8 28. Qa2 Bb7 29.
b4 Ne6 (29... Na6 30. e6 fxe6 31. Nxe6 $18) 30. dxe6 Rxd4 31. Bxd4 Rxd4 32.
exf7 Qxf7 33. e6 Qe7 34. Rd1 Re4 35. Rd7 Qxe6 36. Rd8+ Bc8 37. Rxc8+ Kb7 38.
Rxc7+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4
h5 9. Qd1 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Bg5 f6 {Quite agressive approach by black. In
my opinion this move promises black more counterchances than the solid 11...
Qd7, but it's most definitly the more risky one.} 12. Qd3 Kf7 13. Rh3 {This is
probably white's best shot, since other continuations don't seem to give white
any opening advantage.} (13. Qxa6 fxg5 14. hxg5 Qxg5 15. Kf1 Nh4 16. g3 Nf5 17.
Nf3 Qg4 18. Qd3 Raf8 19. Nh4 {1/2-1/2 Zuckerman,B-Byrne,R/New York 1965}) (13.
exf6 gxf6 14. Bd2 Nb8 15. Nf3 Qd6 16. O-O Nc6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Nce7 19.
Rfe1 $14 {Kaufman,L-Fritzinger,D/Aspen 1968}) (13. Nf3 Nb8 14. O-O Nc6 15. Rfe1
Qd7 16. Re3 Rae8 17. Rae1 Re7 $13 {Sokolov,A-Bauer,C/Switzerland 2002}) 13...
Nb8 (13... Qc8 $2 {Finkel,A} 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Rf3 f5 16. Rg3 c6 17. Nf3 Nc7
18. Bf4 $1 $18 {Nunn,J-De Jong,M/Leeuwarden 1995}) 14. exf6 $1 {In the latest
game played in this line white tried to challenge black's set up by 14.Kf1,
but it proved to be insufficeint.} (14. Kf1 $6 {[%cal Ga1e1]} Nd7 15. Re1 Qe7 (
{There was no point in taking on g5:} 15... fxg5 16. Rf3+ Nf4 17. hxg5 Qxg5 18.
g3 Kg8 19. Rxf4 Rf8 20. Nh3 Qe7 21. c4 h4 22. Kg2 $14) 16. Rf3 c5 17. c4 $5
cxd4 18. exf6 gxf6 19. cxd5 e5 $132 {Yagupov,I-Rustemov,A,2004}) (14. Rf3 Nd7
15. Nh3 Ndxe5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qe2 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Qd6 19. Kf1 e5 20. Be3 Rad8
$15 {Gongora,M-Schussler,H/Havana 1999}) 14... gxf6 15. Rf3 Nd7 16. Nh3 Qe7 17.
Kf1 $1 {[%cal Ga1e1] Bringing the rook to e1 is an important part of white's
plan.} (17. Nf4 $6 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 c5 19. Kf1 c4 20. Qd1 Rag8 21. a4 Rg4 $15 {
Naiditsch,A-Potkin,V/Istanbul 2003}) 17... e5 (17... Rag8 18. Re1 Ke8 19. Nf4
Nxf4 20. Bxf4 c6 (20... Nf8 $2 21. Qa6 c6 22. c4 Qd7 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Rc3 $18
{Kriventsov,S-Formanek,E/Penn State 2002}) 21. c4 $14 {Berndt,S-Mueller,K/
Germany 2000}) 18. Qb5 {White succeeded to score a very convincing win after
18.Qf5, but I doubt this move promises white any advantage.} (18. Qf5 $5 Rae8
$6 (18... Kg7 $5) 19. dxe5 Ngxe5 20. Re1 Qc5 21. Bxf6 Qb5+ 22. c4 Qxc4+ 23. Re2
$18 {Smikovski,I-Potkin,V/Togliatti 2003}) 18... e4 $1 19. Re1 ({Black would
get better chances after} 19. Qxd5+ $6 Qe6 20. Qxe6+ Kxe6 21. Re1 fxg5 22.
Nxg5+ Kd5 23. Rxe4 Raf8 $15 {and 3 pawns hardly compensate white for the lack
of the piece.}) 19... Qd6 (19... c5 $2 20. Qc6 $1 Qe6 21. Qc7 exf3 22. Rxe6
fxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Kxe6 24. Qc6+ Ke7 25. Nf4 $16) 20. Bf4 c6 $6 {Opening up the
seventh rank isn't a good idea since in some lines white queen may penitrate
to b7 and cause black troubles.} (20... Nxf4 $142 $5 21. Rxf4 Nf8 {[%csl Rf4]}
22. Qb3 Ne6 23. Rf5 c6 24. f3 e3 25. Rxe3 Rae8 $40 {[%cal Gd6h2,Ge6d4]}) 21.
Qa6 Nxf4 22. Rxf4 b5 $2 {Playing into white's hands.} (22... Qc7 $5 23. c4 Nf8
24. cxd5 cxd5 25. c4 (25. Qb5 Rd8 26. Qb3 Kg7 27. Re3 Ne6 28. Rexe4 Rhe8 29.
Qg3+ Kh7 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Qf3 $13) 25... Ng6 26. Rf5 Ne7 27. Rf4 Ng6 $11) 23.
a4 $1 bxa4 24. c4 $16 {All of a sudden white gets very dangerous initiative.}
Qb4 (24... Qc7) 25. Qxc6 Qxc4+ 26. Qxc4 dxc4 27. Ng5+ Kg6 28. Nxe4 Rab8 (28...
Rhe8 29. Ra1 Re6 30. Rxa4 Rae8 31. f3 Nb6 32. Ra5 {[%csl Gd5]} Rd8 33. g4 $16)
29. Rf3 $1 {[%csl Rg6] White continues his attack.} Rb2 $2 ({The last chance
to put up some resistance was} 29... Rb6 $8 {taking square d6 under control.})
30. Rg3+ Kh6 31. Nd6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.07.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Solovjov, Sergey"]
[Black "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1999.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Bg5 Qd7 7. Nf3 h6 (7... Ba6
$5 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. a3 h6 10. Qh4 $6 Ne7 11. Bxe7 Bxe7 12. Qg3 g6 13. h4 h5 14.
Qf4 c5 15. O-O Rc8 $36 {Ozola,A-Kausilaite,V/URS-chT 1975}) (7... h5 8. Qg3 Ne7
9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Nh4 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbc6 12. Ne2 g6 $13 {Egede Nissen,
H-Hjartarson,J/Troll Masters 1984}) (7... Nc6 8. a3 Bb7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bd2 O-O-O
11. h4 Nge7 12. O-O-O f5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Rde1 $14 {Tal,M-Padevsky,N/Moscow
1963}) 8. Be3 (8. Qh3 Nc6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. g4 a6 11. Be3 Nge7 12. Ne1 Na7 13.
f4 O-O-O 14. Bd3 $13 {Gross,S-Chernin,A/Feldbach op 1997}) (8. Bd2 Ba6 9. Bxa6
Nxa6 10. O-O Ne7 11. Nd1 Nf5 12. Ne3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 $36 {Rubinetti,J-Floridia,P/
Siegen olm 1970}) (8. Bh4 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O c6 11. Nd1 Nc7 12. Ne3 Rh7
13. c4 Ne7 14. Bxe7 Bxe7 15. Rac1 O-O-O $11 {Hazai,L-Dizdar,G/Tuzla 1983}) 8...
Ne7 9. Qh5 Ba6 10. g4 Bxf1 11. Rxf1 Nbc6 (11... g6 12. Qh4 Bg7 13. O-O-O Nbc6
14. h3 O-O-O $11) 12. O-O-O Na5 13. Kb1 Nec6 14. Nd2 {[%cal Gf2f5]} O-O-O 15.
f4 $6 ({It was nessasary to prepare the advance of the f-pawn by} 15. Qh3 $5 g6
16. Qg2 h5 17. h3 $13 {and only the to push it forward.}) 15... g6 16. Qh3 Bb4
(16... h5 $5 17. f5 Bb4 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. g5 Ne7 20. Rf6 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nf5 22.
Rxg6 Qb5+ $44 {[%csl Rb1]}) 17. Ne2 h5 18. c3 Be7 19. f5 $6 {It was better to
close the kingside with} (19. g5 $15) 19... hxg4 20. fxe6 Rxh3 (20... Qxe6 $6
21. Qg2 Rh7 22. Nf4 Qd7 23. Rg1 Bf8 24. Nf1 Nc4 25. Bc1 $44) 21. exd7+ Rxd7 22.
Bf4 Nd8 23. b4 Nac6 24. Bg3 Bg5 25. Nf4 Rh7 26. Nb3 Bxf4 $2 {A move,which is
not so easy to understand:black gives up the bishop in addition giving back
the pawn.After simple} (26... Ne7 $17 {white is in troubles.}) 27. Rxf4 Ne7 28.
Rxg4 Nf5 29. Rf4 Ne6 30. Rf2 Ng5 (30... Rh3 31. Rg1 Rd8 32. Kc2 Rdh8 33. Nd2 c6
34. Kd3 Kd7 35. a4 $13) 31. Nd2 Rh3 32. Rg1 Rd8 33. Bh4 $1 $11 {Now the worst
is over.} Rxh4 34. Rxg5 Rdh8 35. Nf1 Kd7 36. Ng3 Nh6 (36... Rxh2 37. Rxh2 Rxh2
38. Nxf5 gxf5 39. Rxf5 Ke7 40. b5 $5 $11) 37. Ne2 Nf5 38. Ng3 Nxg3 39. Rxg3 Ke7
40. Rgf3 R8h7 41. Rf6 Rxh2 42. Rxf7+ Rxf7 43. Rxh2 Ke6 44. Kc2 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mateo, Ramon"]
[Black "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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 "Dominican Rep"]
[BlackTeam "Uruguay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DOM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URU"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Kf8 (7...
Ng6 8. h4 h5 9. Qg3) 8. h4 c5 9. h5 h6 10. Rh3 Qc7 (10... Ba6 11. Bxa6 (11. Ne2
Qd7 12. Rf3 Nf5 13. Qf4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. c3 Na5 16. Rb1 Rc8 17. g4 $16 {
Bolado Saez,S-Garcia Carbo,M/Padron 2004}) 11... Nxa6 12. Qe2 Qc8 13. Bd2 cxd4
14. cxd4 Qc4 $11 {Pirttimaki,T-Hansen,C/Uzhgorod 1988}) 11. Bd2 $5 {Very good
and natural move which appears to be a novelty.} (11. Kd1 Nbc6 12. Qf4 Bd7 13.
Rf3 Be8 14. g4 cxd4 15. cxd4 b5 16. Bd3 Nd8 17. Ne2 $16 {Khlusevich,S-Sliwa,B/
Russia 1993}) (11. Rf3 cxd4 12. Qf4 Nf5 13. Ne2 Ba6 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. Bb2 Kg8
16. g4 Nh4 17. Rc3 $14 {Ginzburg,M-Rodriguez,A/Buenos Aires 1994}) (11. Qd1 Ba6
12. g4 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Nbc6 14. Kg2 Ke8 15. Ne2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Na5 $13 {Senff,
M-Bukal,V/Paks 1997}) 11... Ba6 ({Of course not} 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxc2 $4
13. Rc1 $18) 12. Rf3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Nbc6 $2 {A blunder which
could end the game right after the opening!} (14... Kg8) 15. Bb4 $2 {Amazingly
white misses the chance to win a pawn and most probably the game!} (15. Qxe6
Nd8 16. Qd6 Qxc2 17. Bb4 $18) 15... Kg8 {After this move thing "get back to
normal".} 16. Qf4 {After missing the chance to win after blck's blunder white
has got to win the game again!} Nf5 17. Ne2 a5 18. Bd6 (18. Bd2 Rf8 19. Rb1 Kh7
20. Rfb3 Rhg8 21. Rxb6 Nb4 22. Rb5 Qxc2 23. Rc1 Qd3 24. Rxa5 Nc2 $132) 18...
Qa7 19. g4 Nxd6 20. exd6 f6 $6 {Dubious decision after which white gets very
comfortable advantage due to the control over the very crucial square b5.} (
20... b5 $142 $5) 21. Rb1 Kf7 22. Nc3 Rhd8 23. Nb5 $16 Qd7 24. g5 hxg5 25. Qxg5
{[%cal Gh5h6]} Rh8 26. Qg6+ Kg8 27. Rg3 Rf8 28. c4 $6 (28. h6 Rf7 29. Nc7 Nxd4
30. Rxb6 $18) 28... dxc4 29. Rc1 Rh7 30. h6 Rf7 31. Rxc4 f5 (31... e5 32. d5
Nd8 33. a4 $18) 32. a4 $1 {Protecting the knight.} f4 33. Rg1 e5 34. d5 Qh3+
35. Ke1 Rxh6 36. Qg4 $2 (36. Qxh6 $1 Qxh6 37. dxc6 Qe6 38. Rc3 Rf8 39. d7 $18)
36... Qxg4 37. Rxg4 Na7 $2 {Losing on the spot, while ater correct} (37... Nb8
38. Rc8+ Rf8 39. Rc7 Rf7 $14 {the outcome of the game is far from being clear.}
) 38. Nxa7 $18 Rxd6 (38... Rxa7 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40. Rc7 Ra8 41. Rgxg7+ Kh8 42. d7
$18) 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40. Nc6 Rxd5 41. Re8 f3 42. Nxe5 Rf6 43. Re7 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 06th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2005.03.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.02.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 {Vaganian uses this solid, but
a very passive line occasionaly.} 6. Nf3 (6. Bb5+) (6. f4) 6... Ba6 7. Bxa6
Nxa6 8. Qd3 Nb8 9. Ne2 Ne7 (9... c5 10. c4 Ne7 11. O-O Nbc6 12. Bg5 Rb8 13.
dxc5 bxc5 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Nc3 $14 {Zhelnin,V-Skomorokhin,R/Sumperk 1990}) (
9... Qd7 10. O-O c5 11. c4 Ne7 12. Nf4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nec6 15. Nf3
g6 16. Bd2 $14 {Rigo,J-Zaja,I/Porto San Giorgio 2002}) 10. O-O Qd7 11. Bd2 {
White's plan in this line is to push c4 at some point. Black knight is usualy
heading for f5, so white prefers to keep the bishop on d2.} (11. Be3 Nbc6 12.
Rfc1 g6 (12... Na5 $6 13. b3 Nf5 14. Bd2 Nb7 15. c4 c6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rc2
$16 {Fogarasi,T-Kartarosian,O/Budapest 2004}) 13. h4 h5 14. c4 Bg7 15. Nf4 O-O
16. cxd5 $14 {Korneev,O-Johansen,D/Catalan Bay 2003}) (11. Ng3 h5 12. Bg5 Ng6
13. c4 c6 14. Rac1 h4 15. Ne2 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Be7 17. h3 $14 {Rytshagov,M-Kiik,K/
Tallinn 2000}) 11... Nbc6 12. Rfc1 g6 $5 13. c4 Bg7 14. c5 $14 {White keeps
better chances after the move in the game, but black's defensive task would've
been more difficul had white played} (14. Nf4 O-O (14... dxc4 15. Rxc4 Rd8 (
15... Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Rc2 Nd8 18. Rac1 c6 19. Bb4 $36) 16. Rac1 Nxe5 17.
dxe5 Qxd3 18. Nxd3 Rxd3 19. Rxc7 $16) 15. cxd5 exd5 (15... Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5
17. Qc4 $16 {[%csl Rc7]}) 16. b4 Nd8 17. b5 {[%cal Gd2b4]} Ne6 18. Rc2 $14)
14... O-O 15. b4 a6 16. Bg5 ({Nothing promises} 16. a4 {[%csl Rb4]} bxc5 17.
Rxc5 Rfb8 18. Rb1 Ra7 {[%cal Ga7b7]} 19. b5 axb5 20. Rcxb5 Rba8 21. Nc3 Nc8
$132) 16... b5 17. Bf6 Kh8 18. g4 $6 {This natural move proves to be
inaccuracy depriving white an advantage.} (18. Nf4 $5 Bxf6 19. exf6 Ng8 20. Ne5
Qe8 21. Qe3 a5 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Qe5 $36 {[%csl Rg8,Rh8]}) 18... Ng8 {Forcing
white to play g5.} 19. g5 a5 $5 20. Qxb5 Rfb8 21. Qd3 axb4 22. axb4 Nxb4 23.
Qd2 Nc6 24. Kg2 $6 (24. Qf4) 24... h5 $1 $11 {[%cal Gg8e7,Ge7f5]} 25. Qc3 Nge7
26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Ra1 Qc8 28. Bxe7 Nxe7 29. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manhattan March Int"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ady, Jonathan James"]
[Black "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1999.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4
h5 9. Qd1 Ba6 10. Bg5 (10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. a4 (11. Ne2 $5 Nxh4 12. Qd3 Nb8 13. c4
Ng6 14. Nc3 Qd7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bg5 Nc6 17. O-O-O $44 {Loskutov,O-Nenashev,A/
RUS-Cup1 Chigorin mem 1996 (43)}) 11... Nb8 12. a5 $6 Nc6 13. axb6 cxb6 14. Ne2
Na5 15. Ng3 Qc7 16. Ra3 Nc4 17. Rb3 a5 18. Kf1 a4 $15 {Van der Vorm,T-Rogers,I/
Biel op 1992 (42)}) 10... Qc8 (10... Qd7 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ne2 Qc6 13. O-O Kd7
(13... Nb8 14. f4 Nd7 15. Qd3 Ndf8 16. f5 exf5 17. Rxf5 $14 {Portisch,L-Ivkov,
B/Zagreb 1965 (29)}) 14. f4 Raf8 15. f5 exf5 16. Qd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Abramovic,
B-Vaganian,R/Moscow 1982} (16. Qd3 Nb8 17. Rxf5 f6 18. Qh3 Ke8 19. exf6 gxf6
20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 $14 {Abramovic,B-Lputian,S/Erevan 1982 (37)})) 11. Be2 $1
{[%csl Rh5]} (11. Bxa6 Qxa6 12. Ne2 Qc4 13. Rh3 c5 14. Qd2 Nc6 15. f4 Nge7 16.
Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qd3 Qxd3 18. cxd3 Kd7 $11 {Ortega,R-Fuchs,R/Rubinstein mem 1965})
11... c5 12. Rh3 $1 Nc6 $5 ({Also after} 12... Bxe2 $6 13. Nxe2 Nc6 14. Ng3 {
[%csl Rh5]} Rh7 15. Nxh5 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxg7+ Rxg7 18. Qxd4 Qxc2 19. h5
$16 {black has extremly dangerous position,but at least the material is
balnced!}) 13. Bxh5 Rxh5 $5 {The only chanse to get counterplay.} 14. Qxh5 cxd4
15. Ne2 ({Serious attention deserved} 15. Qh7 $5 Ncxe5 16. cxd4 Nd3+ $1 17. Kd2
$1 (17. Rxd3 Bxd3 18. Qg8+ Nf8 19. Bd2 Qxc2 20. Nf3 Qb2 21. Rc1 $13) 17... Nxf2
18. Qg8+ Nf8 19. Rf3 Ne4+ 20. Kc1 Qc7 21. Qxg7 Rc8 22. Ra2 $16 {with huge
advantage.}) 15... Ncxe5 16. cxd4 Nc6 17. O-O-O $5 (17. Rd1 $1 $16) 17... Qc7
18. Re3 (18. Nf4 $2 Nxf4 19. Qh8+ Kd7 20. Qxa8 Nxh3 21. gxh3 Nb8 $1 $19 {
[%csl Ra8][%cal Ga6b5,Gb5c6]}) 18... Rc8 19. Rd2 (19. Rxe6+ $6 fxe6 20. Qxg6+
Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Nf4 $14) 19... Nf8 20. Nf4 $6 {After this move white
still keeps very significient advantage,but he had even better opportunity:} (
20. Qh8 $1 Bxe2 (20... f6 21. Rxe6+ Kf7 22. Bf4 Qd7 23. Re3 Qf5 24. g4 $1 $18)
(20... Ne7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Qxg7 Qxh4 23. Ng3 $18) 21. Rexe2 Na5 22. Rd3 $1 {
[%csl Rc3]} Qc4 23. Kd1 g6 24. h5 $18 {with winning position.}) 20... Qd6 21.
Rd1 (21. Qh8 $1) 21... Ne7 22. Bxe7 Qxf4 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Qf3 $6 {The turning
point in the game:in the begining white wastes his advantage and then manages
to lose drawn position.} (24. Rd2 $5 $16) (24. Qh8+ $6 Ke7 25. Qxg7 Rxc2+ $1
26. Kxc2 Qxf2+ 27. Kb1 Qxe3 28. Qg5+ Qxg5 29. hxg5 $14) 24... Qxf3 {If the
previous move of white was inaccuracy this one is mistake after which white
finds himself on defensive and influensed by this blunder plays an endgame
very poorly.} 25. Rxf3 $2 (25. gxf3 Ke7 26. Rg1 g6 27. Kd2 Rc4 28. c3 Bb5 29.
Rg5 Kf6 $14) 25... Be2 $15 {[%cal Ge2d1,Ge2f3]} 26. Rdd3 (26. Re3 $5 Bxd1 27.
Kxd1 Rc4 28. Rd3 Ke7 29. g4 Kf6 $15) 26... Rc4 27. c3 $6 (27. Rfe3) 27... g6
28. Kb2 b5 29. Rde3 $2 (29. g4 Kg7 (29... a5 30. h5 Bxf3 31. Rxf3 gxh5 32. gxh5
b4 (32... Kg7 33. h6+ Kxh6 34. Rxf7 b4 $11) 33. h6 Kg8 34. h7+ $11) 30. Rfe3
Bxd3 31. Rxd3 a5 32. Kb3 f6 $15) 29... Bxf3 30. Rxf3 a5 31. Re3 $2 (31. Rd3)
31... b4 $17 {[%csl Rd4]} 32. cxb4 axb4 33. a4 Rxd4 34. a5 (34. g3 $5 $17)
34... Ke7 35. a6 Rxh4 36. Rh3 Rc4 37. Rh8 Rc7 $19 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 (7...
Kf8 8. Nh3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Nf4 $14) (7... Nf5 $6 8. Bd3 h5 9. Qh3 g5 10.
g4 {[%cal Gh3h8]} Nh4 11. gxh5 f5 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Qg4 Rg8 14. f4 $16 {
[%csl Rh4]}) 8. h4 h5 9. Qf3 {Modern theory recommends} (9. Qd1 $5 Ba6 (9...
Nxh4 $2 10. g3 $1 Ng6 11. Rxh5 Rxh5 (11... Kd7 12. Bd3 $16) 12. Qxh5 Ba6 13.
Bg5 $16) 10. Bg5 Qd7 (10... Ne7 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ne2 Nb8 13. Nf4 g6 14. Bf6
Rg8 15. g4 $16 hxg4 16. Qxg4 Nd7 17. Nxe6 $6 $13 {Zuidema-Matanovic Belgrade
1964}) 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ne2 Qc6 (12... Qa4 13. Rh3 $1) 13. O-O $14 {in both
cases with better play for white; Portisch,L-Ivkov,B/Zagreb 1965}) 9... Nxh4 (
9... Ba6 $6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. a4 Qc6 $6 (12... Nb8 13. Ne2 c5 14.
O-O cxd4 15. cxd4 Nc6 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Ng3 Na5 18. Nxh5 $16 {Minic-Bukic
Yugoslavia 1962}) 13. Ne2 Qc4 14. O-O c5 15. Rfd1 $16 {Ivkov,B-Byrne,R/La
Habana 1966}) 10. Qh3 Ng6 (10... Nf5 11. g4 Ne7 (11... Nh6 12. gxh5 Ba6 13.
Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qg4 Qd7 15. Qxg7 O-O-O $44 {Velimirovic,D-Matulovic,M/Belgrade
1963}) 12. Bg5 (12. gxh5 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qd3
Nb8 $15 {Parma,B-Ivkov,B/Zenica 1963}) 12... Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qd3 Nb8 15.
Rxh5 Rxh5 16. gxh5 Nbc6 17. Ne2 Kd7 $13 {Minic,D-Susic,I/Titograd 1965}) 11.
Be2 {[%cal Ge2h5] White's idea is to take on h5 with the bishop, but this plan
sems to be too slow an black manages to get sufficient counterchances in the
center.} (11. Bd3 Qd7 12. Qg3 Nc6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Qxg6+ Qf7 15. Qxf7+ Kxf7
16. g4 $1 $16 {Parma,B-Ivkov,B/Bled 1961}) (11. Be3 $5) 11... c5 12. Bxh5 Qc7
13. Qg3 (13. Ne2 Nc6 14. Be3 Ba6 15. Qf3 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Ncxe5 $1
$13) 13... Nc6 14. Rh2 $6 {Preparing retreat of the bishop.} Rxh5 $5 (14...
cxd4 $5 15. Bxg6 Rxh2 16. Qxh2 fxg6 17. Qh8+ Kd7 18. Qxg7+ Ne7 {[%cal Gc7c3]}
19. Ne2 Ba6 20. Bg5 Re8 $15) 15. Rxh5 cxd4 16. Nf3 Ba6 {All black piieces are
very well placed, which permits black to put a pressure on white pawns in the
center combining it with threats against white king.} (16... dxc3 17. Be3 Ba6
18. Rh7 $14) 17. Bg5 (17. cxd4 $2 Nb4 $1 {[%cal Gc7c3]} 18. axb4 Qc3+ 19. Nd2 (
19. Kd1 Rc8 $1 20. Ra2 Qc4 $1 $17) 19... Qxa1 20. Qa3 Qxa3 21. Bxa3 Rc8 $15) (
17. Bd2 $5) 17... Kd7 18. Rd1 (18. cxd4 $2 Nb4 $1 19. Rc1 Qc3+ 20. Kd1 Qc4 {
[%csl Ge2]}) 18... dxc3 19. Rxd5+ $5 {Forcing a draw.} (19. Rxd5+ exd5 20. Qh3+
Ke8 21. Rh8+ Nxh8 22. Qxh8+ Kd7 23. Qh3+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.04.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Praslov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Nf3 Ba6 7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8. O-O
Qd7 (8... Nb4 9. Ne1 Qd7 10. a3 Nc6 11. Be3 Nge7 12. Nd3 Nf5 13. Ne2 h5 14. Qf3
Be7 15. Rac1 Na5 $13 {Gruen,S-Siegel,G/Triberg 1991}) 9. Ne2 {Black managed to
get rid of his lightsuared bishop, which is one of black's main problems in
this structure, however he lost too much time to reach this goal.} (9. Bd2 Ne7
10. b3 Nf5 11. Ne2 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. c4 h5 14. Qf4 Be7 15. Rad1 d4 16. Ng3
g6 17. Ne4 Rc8 18. h3 $14 {Shaposhnikov,E-Slavina,I/St Petersburg 2002}) 9...
O-O-O {It's clear that black king has nothing to do on the kingside, because
white is ready to launch an attack on that part of the board.} (9... Ne7 10.
Bg5 Nf5 11. Ng3 h6 12. Bd2 O-O-O 13. a3 g6 14. h4 Be7 15. Bb4 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5
17. Ba5 Rdg8 18. c4 h5 19. Qf4 $14 {Christensen,S-Kiriakov,P/Copenhagen 2002})
10. a4 Ne7 11. b3 {[%cal Gc2c4] White's play is very logical. With his last
move he is preparing an advance of the c-pawn in order to open up a c-file.} h5
12. Qh3 Nf5 13. Bd2 Be7 14. c4 c6 $6 {Too passive. It was necessary to look
for counterplay with 14...d:c4} (14... dxc4 $1 15. bxc4 Qc6 16. Rfc1 Qe4 17.
Ng3 Nxg3 18. Qxg3 Qg4 $132 {and black is doing fine.}) 15. Ng5 $1 {[%csl Ra6]
[%cal Gh3d3] Bringing the queen to d3.} Rdf8 (15... Bb4 16. Bxb4 Nxb4 17. a5
Qe7 18. Qc3 $16) 16. Qd3 Kb7 17. Rfc1 dxc4 18. Rxc4 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Rc8 20. Nf4
Nc7 ({An attempt to win the bishop was doomed to failure.} 20... Rcf8 21. Rac1
f6 22. Rxc6 fxg5 23. Nxe6 Rc8 24. Qxa6+ $1 Kxa6 25. Nc5+ Ka5 26. Nxd7 $16) 21.
Qe4 Nd5 ({Black could've won an exchange, but it wouldn't solve his problems} 
21... f6 22. exf6 Nd6 23. Qd3 Nxc4 24. bxc4 gxf6 25. Bxf6 Rhf8 26. Be5 $16 {
and white's advantage is very siginificant due to fantastic position of the
pieces.}) 22. Nd3 h4 23. h3 Rh5 $6 {[%csl Rh5] Just helping white to carry out
his plan.} 24. Bd2 Rhh8 25. a5 Qe7 (25... Ra8 $5) 26. Bb4 Qe8 27. axb6 axb6 28.
Bd6 Ra8 29. Rac1 Nxd6 $2 {After this mistake white knight gets square e5,
which proves to be lethal for black who can't protect a pawn on c6.} (29... Rc8
30. Nb4 Nxb4 31. Rxb4 Nxd6 32. exd6 Qd7 (32... Rh5 33. Ra4 Qd8 34. Rca1 Qxd6
35. Ra7+ Kb8 36. d5 $1 Rxd5 (36... cxd5 37. Qe2 $1 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Ge2a6]}) (
36... Qxd5 37. Qb4 Qc5 38. Qf4+ $18 {[%cal Gf4f7]}) 37. Ra8+ Kc7 38. R1a7+ Kd8
39. Qxh4+ $18) 33. Qe5 Ra8 34. Qxg7 Rhg8 35. Qe5 $16) 30. exd6 $18 (30. exd6
Rc8 31. Ne5 {[%csl Rc6]}) 1-0

[Event "Oxford GM-A"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1998.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "McDonald, Neil R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nce2 $5 {Very solid
continuation hardly promising white any serious advantage after the opening.}
Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ba6 8. Nf3 ({More ambitious is} 8. h4 c5 9. h5 $5 h6 10. f4 cxd4
11. Nf3 Nbc6 12. Nexd4 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 Qd7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. g4 $14 {with
better chanses;Macieja,B-Matlak,M/Pardubice op 1994 (33)}) (8. f4 c5 9. c3 Nbc6
10. Nf3 Rc8 11. O-O-O (11. Ng3 Bxf1 12. Rxf1 cxd4 13. cxd4 g6 14. Kf2 h5 $11 {
Hort,V-Karlsson,L/Favorite 1980 (41)}) 11... Bxe2 12. Bxe2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4
14. Qxd4 O-O 15. Kb1 $13 {Al Modiahki,M-Vaisser,A/Benasque op 1997}) 8... c5 9.
g3 (9. c3 Nbc6 (9... O-O 10. Nf4 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Nbc6 12. h4 Ng6 13. Nd3 c4 14.
h5 Nh8 15. Nf4 $14 {Wahls,M-Jussupow,A/BL9192 1992}) 10. Nf4 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Ng6
12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. h4 Qe7 14. g3 cxd4 15. cxd4 $11 {Leko,P-Farago,I/HUN-ch 1993
(17)}) 9... Nbc6 10. c3 O-O (10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Nf5 12. Bh3 Bxe2 13. Kxe2 Nfe7
14. Rhc1 Qd7 15. Kf1 O-O 16. Kg1 $14 {Damjanovic,M-Huss,A/Bohemians 1988}) 11.
Bh3 Kh8 $5 (11... Rc8 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Na5 14. Rfe1 Nec6 15. b3 Bxe2 16.
Qxe2 Qe7 17. Rac1 Qa3 18. Rc2 h6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Fogarasi,T-Apicella,M/Paris op
1995}) 12. O-O f5 {Responsible decision:now the position is opened up and
white seems to be prepared for it slightly better.} 13. exf6 (13. Rfd1 $5 Bxe2
14. Qxe2 Qd7 15. Rac1 Rac8 (15... f4 $6 16. Ng5 $16) 16. Bg2 cxd4 (16... Rc7
17. c4 $5 $14) 17. cxd4 Rc7 18. Rc3 $14) 13... Rxf6 14. Ng5 {[%csl Re6][%cal
Gf2f4]} (14. Kg2 Qf8 $5 (14... Qd6 15. Rfe1 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18.
Nf4 $14) 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rh6 17. f4 Rd8 $132) 14... e5 $8 15. dxe5 Nxe5
16. f4 Nf7 (16... Nd3 $6 {[%csl Rd3]}) 17. Nxf7+ Rxf7 18. Rf2 $6 {Inaccuracy
permitting black to equalize too easily.After correct} (18. Rf3 $1 {[%cal
Gf3e3]} Qd6 19. Re3 Raf8 20. Re1 Nf5 21. Re5 d4 $5 (21... Bb7 22. Bg2 Re7 23.
Nc1 $1 $14) 22. cxd4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Be6 $14 {white keeps an edge.})
18... Qd6 {Black's plan is very simple and efficient:to double the rooks over
the f-file and to play g5.White can't do nothing to prevent it and all the
major pieces disappear from the board very quickly.} 19. Re1 Raf8 20. Nc1 g5 $1
$132 21. f5 $1 {Keeping the balance.} Nxf5 (21... h6 $5 22. Nd3 $1 (22. Re6 $2
Qxe6 23. fxe6 Rxf2 24. Qxf2 (24. Qe3 Rxb2 25. Qe5+ Kg8) 24... Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Kg7
$17 {[%csl Re6]}) 22... Nxf5 23. Ne5 Rf6 24. Ng4 R6f7 25. Ne5 $11) 22. Qxg5 Qg6
23. Qxg6 hxg6 $11 24. Bf1 {Another step to a draw.} Bxf1 25. Rfxf1 d4 26. cxd4
Nxd4 27. Rxf7 Rxf7 28. Kg2 c4 29. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien les Bains 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. h4 Ba6 8. Bxa6
(8. Bd3 $6 c5 9. h5 h6 10. a4 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbc6 12. Ba3 O-O 13. Nf3 Qc7 14.
O-O Na5 15. Rfe1 Nc4 $15 {Levchenkov,V-Moskalenko,V/EUCup Gr3 1994 (33)}) 8...
Nxa6 9. h5 h6 10. Qg4 (10. Qd3 Nb8 11. Nf3 Nbc6 (11... Qd7 12. Nh4 Qc6 13. Rh3
Qc4 14. Qg3 Rg8 15. Qf4 Nbc6 16. a4 Na5 17. Rf3 Kd7 $13 {Wildi,M-Sher,M/Geneve
op 1993 (36)}) 12. Nh4 Qd7 13. g4 O-O-O 14. f4 Rhg8 15. f5 f6 $5 $132 {Arnason,
J-Rohde,M/Beersheba 1987 (33)}) (10. Rh4 $5 c5 11. Nh3 Qc7 12. Bd2 cxd4 13.
cxd4 Qc4 14. Rf4 Rc8 15. Rc1 Nf5 16. c3 Nb8 17. Qf3 Rf8 $13 {Micic,
C-Timoshenko,G/Cheliabinsk 1989 (31)}) 10... Rg8 (10... Nf5 11. a4 (11. Nf3 Qd7
12. Nh4 Rg8 13. a4 O-O-O 14. Qe2 Kb7 15. Nxf5 exf5 $13 {Zavoronkov,V-Remmel,A/
EST-tt, Tallinn EST 1998 (37)}) 11... Qd7 12. Qe2 $6 Qc6 13. Qd2 Qc4 14. Ne2 c5
$15 {Kostro,J-Podolsky,H/Warsaw 1961 (35)}) 11. a4 $5 {White decides to get
rid of a weak a-pawn and to open another file for the rooks.This game is very
good example of an agressive style of Viorel Bologan.} (11. Qe2 Nb8 12. Nf3
Nbc6 13. g4 Qd7 14. Nh4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Spassky,B-Petrosian,T/Tilburg 1981}) 11...
Qd7 $6 ({Deserved attention} 11... c5 $5 12. Qe2 Nb8 13. a5 Nbc6 $132 {keeping
the diagonal a3-f8 closed.}) 12. Qe2 Nb8 13. a5 Nbc6 (13... Qc6 $5) 14. axb6
cxb6 15. Nf3 Na5 16. Nd2 Qc6 (16... O-O-O $5 17. Ba3 Nec6 18. Rh4 $1 {[%cal
Gc3c4]} Nb7 19. c4 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Kb8 21. Nb3 $14) 17. Rh3 Kd7 (17... Nc4 18.
Ba3) 18. Rf3 Rgf8 19. Ba3 Nc4 20. Qd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3h7]} a5 ({Too dangerous for
black is} 20... Nxa3 $6 21. Rxa3 {[%cal Gc3c4]} b5 (21... Kc7 $2 22. c4 Kb7 (
22... dxc4 23. Nxc4 Nf5 24. Nd6 $1 Nxd6 25. Rc3 $18) 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Qh7 $1
$16) 22. Nb3 Kc7 23. Nc5 a6 24. g4 g6 25. hxg6 $16 {and white's initiative is
extremly dangerous.}) 21. Nxc4 dxc4 $2 ({It was nesssary to take with the
queen:} 21... Qxc4 $1 22. Qh7 Rg8 23. g4 $1 (23. Rb1) 23... Rac8 24. Kd2 $5 (
24. Rb1 $5 Qa2 $5 (24... Qc6) 25. Rb3 a4 26. Rxf7 axb3 27. Rxe7+ Kc6 28. Rxe6+
Kb7 29. Qg6 $1 {[%csl Rb6]} Qxa3 30. Rxb6+ Ka7 31. Rxb3 Qa6 32. Qf7+ Ka8 33.
Qxd5+ Ka7 34. f4 $5 $40) 24... Ke8 25. Bd6 $1 a4 26. Rb1 Qc6 27. Qd3 $36 {
and white definitly has very unpleasent pressure,but black's position is
defendable.}) 22. Qh7 $16 {[%csl Rf7,Rg7]} Nf5 23. d5 $1 {Forcing the endgame
with much better chanse for white.} (23. Bxf8 $6 Qe4+ $1 24. Kd2 (24. Kf1 $2
Ne3+ $17) 24... Rxf8 25. Re1 Qg4 $132) (23. Rxf5 $2 Qe4+ 24. Kf1 Qxf5 25. Qxf5
exf5 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 $17) 23... Qxd5 $8 (23... Qa4 24. dxe6+ fxe6 25. Rd1+ Kc6
26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Qg6 $18) 24. Rd1 Qxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Rh8 26. Qxh8 Rxh8 27. g4 Nh4
28. Rxf7+ Kc6 29. Rxg7 Kd5 $6 ({More chanses of survival would leave} 29... Nf3
$5 30. Ke2 Nxe5 31. f4 Nd7 32. Re7 Nc5 33. Bxc5 (33. Kf3 $5) 33... Kxc5 34.
Rxe6 a4 35. Kf3 a3 36. Re1 b5 37. Ra1 $16) 30. Rf7 Rg8 (30... Kxe5 31. Be7 $1
$18) 31. f3 $18 {[%csl Rh4]} Nxf3 $5 {Disperation!} (31... Kxe5 32. Bc1 a4 33.
Ke2 Rh8 34. Bf4+ $18) 32. Rxf3 Rxg4 33. Rf6 Rg1+ 34. Kd2 Rg2+ 35. Kc1 Kxe5 36.
Rxh6 Rh2 37. Be7 $1 b5 38. Kb2 Kd5 39. Rh8 e5 40. h6 Ke6 41. h7 Kf7 42. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2003.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nce2 {Very solid
continuation hardly promising white any serious advantage after the opening.}
Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ba6 8. h4 (8. f4 c5 9. Nf3 (9. c3 Nf5 10. Nf3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Qxh4+
12. g3 Qe7 13. f5 Nc6 $13 {Bohm,H-Portisch,F/Wijk aan Zee 1985}) 9... Nbc6 10.
c3 Qd7 (10... Rc8 11. Ng3 (11. O-O-O Bxe2 12. Bxe2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4
O-O 15. Kb1 Nc6 16. Qe3 Na5 $13 {Al Modiahki,M-Vaisser,A/Benasque 1997}) 11...
Bxf1 12. Rxf1 cxd4 13. cxd4 g6 14. Kf2 h5 15. Rac1 h4 16. Ne2 Nf5 17. g4 hxg3+
18. hxg3 $14 {Hort,V-Karlsson,L/Hamburg 1980}) (10... O-O 11. Ng3 Bxf1 12. Rxf1
cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Kf2 b5 15. Rfc1 f6 $11 {Levin,D-McCambridge,V/Chicago
1990}) 11. g4 O-O-O 12. Ng3 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 f6 14. Kg2 Rhf8 15. Rhf1 fxe5 16.
Nxe5 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Nc6 $11 {Gufeld,E-Furman,S/Soviet Union 1967}) (8. Nf3 c5 9.
c3 Nbc6 (9... O-O 10. Nf4 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Nbc6 12. h4 Ng6 13. Nd3 c4 14. h5 Nh8
15. Nf4 Qe7 16. Re1 Rae8 17. Rh3 f6 $132 {Wahls,M-Jussupow,A/Germany 1991}) 10.
g3 (10. Nf4 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Ng6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. h4 Qe7 14. g3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qb4
16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. a3 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Farago,I/Hungary 1993}) 10... cxd4 (
10... O-O 11. Bh3 Rc8 (11... Ng6 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Qe7 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15.
Bf1 Na5 16. b3 $14 {Hamdouchi,H-Kovacevic,B/Cannes 1998}) (11... Kh8 $5 12. O-O
f5 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Ng5 e5 $132 {Hector,J-McDonald,N/Oxford 1998}) 12. O-O
cxd4 13. cxd4 Na5 14. Rfe1 Nec6 15. b3 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qe7 17. Rac1 Qa3 18. Rc2
h6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Fogarasi,T-Apicella,M/Paris 1995}) (10... Qd7 11. Bh3 Bxe2 12.
Qxe2 O-O 13. O-O Rac8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. c4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18.
Qd3 $14 {Fogarasi,T-Videki,S/Zalakaros 1997}) (10... Rc8 11. Nf4 Bxf1 12. Kxf1
O-O 13. Kg2 Nf5 14. h4 Qe7 15. a3 cxd4 16. cxd4 f6 17. Rae1 fxe5 18. dxe5 $14 {
Reeh,O-Rustemov,A/Hamburg 1999}) 11. cxd4 Nf5 12. Bh3 Bxe2 13. Kxe2 Nfe7 14.
Rhc1 Qd7 15. Kf1 O-O 16. Kg1 Rac8 17. b4 h6 18. Bf1 $14 {Damjanovic,M-Huss,A/
Prague 1988}) 8... Qd7 (8... c5 9. h5 $5 h6 10. f4 cxd4 11. Nf3 Nbc6 12. Nexd4
Bxf1 13. Rxf1 Qd7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. g4 g6 16. Rh1 $14 {Macieja,B-Matlak,M/
Pardubice 1994}) 9. h5 h6 10. f4 f5 {Temporarily closing the kingside, but
giving white a target to play against, since sooner or later white will be
able to transfer g4 getting dangerous initiative on the kingside.} (10... c5
11. Nf3 Nbc6 12. c3 Na5 13. b3 O-O 14. g4 Rfc8 15. Bh3 $36) 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Qe3
Qa4 (12... Rc8 {[%cal Gc7c5]} 13. O-O-O c5 14. Nc3 Bxf1 15. Rdxf1 a6 $13) 13.
c3 Nd7 14. b3 Qa3 15. Qc1 Qxc1+ $6 {Arising endgame is extremly unpleasent for
black who is deprived of any counterplay.} (15... Qa5) 16. Rxc1 $16 {[%cal
Gg2g3,Gf1h3,Gg3g4,Gh1g1]} c5 17. Kd2 Rfc8 18. g3 Rc7 19. Bh3 {[%cal Gg3g4]}
Rac8 (19... Rf8 20. g4 fxg4 21. Bxg4 Nf5 22. Nh4 Bxe2 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Kxe2
$16) 20. g4 {All is set up for this break so there is no reason to delay it no
more.} Bxe2 21. Kxe2 Rf8 22. Rhg1 fxg4 23. Rxg4 {[%csl Re6,Rg7]} Nf5 24. Rg6
cxd4 (24... Re8 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. Rcg1 Nf8 27. Rxh6 $5 Ne6 28. Ng5 $1 Nxf4+ 29.
Kf3 Rcc8 (29... gxh6 30. Ne6+ Kf7 31. Nxc7 Rc8 32. Kxf4 Rxc7 33. Kxf5 $18) 30.
Kxf4 gxh6 31. Ne4+ Kf8 32. Nd6 $18) 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 (25... exf5 26. Nxd4 Nc5 27.
Rcg1 $18 {[%cal Gb3b4,Gd4e6]}) 26. Nxd4 $18 Rxh5 (26... Rxf4 27. Nxe6 Nxe5 28.
Nxf4 $18) 27. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 28. Nxe6+ Kg6 29. Nxc7 Kf5 30. Rf1 Nc5 31. Nxd5 Rh3
32. Rf3 $1 Rh2+ 33. Ke3 h5 (33... Rxa2 34. b4 Nd7 35. Rh3 Kg6 36. Ne7+ $18) 34.
Rg3 h4 35. Rg5+ Ke6 36. Rg6+ Kf7 37. f5 1-0

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zontakh, Andrey"]
[Black "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. Nf3 Qd7 7. Bb5 c6 8. Ba4 Na6
(8... Ba6 9. Ne2 Bb5 (9... Ne7 10. c3 Bb5 11. Bc2 c5 12. O-O Nbc6 13. Re1 Bxe2
14. Rxe2 c4 15. Ng5 $36 {Rogers,I-Gausel,E/World Cities 1997 (28)}) (9... h5
10. O-O Nh6 11. Re1 Be7 12. c3 g6 13. Nf4 Nf5 14. Nh3 $14 {Chandler,M-Vaganian,
R/Dubai olm 1986}) 10. Bb3 c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. O-O Nge7 13. Re1 O-O-O (13... Nf5
14. g4 Nfe7 15. Ng3 c4 16. Bc2 Na5 17. Nh5 h6 18. Bf4 $14 {Miljanic,B-Nikolic,
Z/Vrnjacka Banja 1987}) (13... h5 14. Bg5 Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Nf5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17.
Ba4 a6 18. c4 $1 $14 {Oll,L-Epishin,V/URS-YM 1989 (38)}) 14. Bc2 Ng6 15. Ng3
Kb7 16. h4 h6 17. h5 Nge7 18. Be3 c4 19. Nh4 $36 {Chandler,M-Timman,J/OHRA 1987
}) (8... a5 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. c3 Bb5 11. Bc2 a4 12. O-O c5 13. Re1 Nc6 14. Nf4 h6
15. h4 $14 {Rodriguez,A-Gonzales,J/Bogota Lat Cup 1992}) 9. Ne2 Nc7 10. O-O Ba6
(10... Ne7 11. Ng3 Ba6 12. Re1 Ng6 13. c3 h6 14. Nh5 O-O-O $13 {Sievers,S-Bain,
D/Hamburg-chIJ 1987 (20)}) 11. c3 f5 12. Bc2 $5 {Deciding to play with closed
center.Nothing promised} (12. exf6 gxf6 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. Bf4 (14. Nf4 $6 Bd6
15. Nd3 Ne7 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Rhg8 $15) 14... Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Bc2 Ne7
17. a4 $13 {with unclear position.}) 12... h6 13. h4 g5 $6 {Very caregeous,but
not fully justified decision:black sacrifices a pawn hoping to get an
attacking chanses over the h-file,however white's defensive resourses prove to
be more than sufficient and black faces certain problems in developing the
initiative.} 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Nxg5 (15. Bxg5 $2 Qh7 16. Bh4 (16. Nh4 Qh5 $19 {
[%csl Re2,Rg5]}) 16... Be7 $1 (16... Ne7 17. g3 Ng6 18. Kg2 Qg8 19. Bg5 Qh7 20.
Bh4 $11 (20. Nh4 Qh5 $17)) 17. g3 Qg7 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Re1 (19. Kg2 Ng6 20.
Rh1 Bxe2 21. Rxh8+ Kd7 22. Rxa8 Bxd1 $19) 19... Qh7 20. Nh4 Ng6 21. Bd3 Nxh4
22. gxh4 Qxh4 23. Ng3 f4 $19) 15... Qg7 16. Bd3 $1 {Usefull move unpinning the
knight.} Bb7 $5 17. f4 Be7 18. Rf3 Nh6 19. Rh3 O-O-O 20. Ng3 (20. b4 $6 Nf7 $1
(20... Bxg5 $2 21. fxg5 Nf7 22. Rg3 Rh5 23. g6 Rdh8 24. Qa4 $1 Rh1+ 25. Kf2 $16
) 21. Rxh8 Rxh8 22. Nxf7 Qxf7 23. Be3 Qh5 $40) 20... c5 (20... Nf7 $6 21. Nh5
Qg6 22. Nxf7 Qxf7 23. Be2 Rdg8 24. Be3 $16 {[%cal Ge2f3,Gg1f2,Gd1h1]}) 21. Be3
Kb8 {Preparing Ng4} (21... Ng4 $2 22. Nxf5 $1 Nxe3 23. Nxg7 Nxd1 24. Rxd1 $18)
22. Be2 {[%csl Rg4]} Qf8 23. Nh5 $6 (23. dxc5 $1 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. b4 d4
26. cxd4 Rxd4 27. Qc1 $1 $16) 23... c4 $5 24. Bf2 $6 {Aimless move.Deserved
attention} (24. Kf2 $5 Bc6 25. Ke1 Be8 26. Kd2 {[%cal Ge2f3,Gd1e2,Ga1h1]} Bxg5
$6 27. fxg5 Ng4 28. Bxg4 fxg4 29. Qxg4 Rxh5 30. Rxh5 Bxh5 31. Qxh5 Qf5 32. Qe2
Rf8 33. Rh1 $16 {[%cal Gg2g3,Ge3f4]}) 24... Bc6 25. Bf3 Be8 26. Qe2 Ng4 $5 $132
{After this move the position becomes unclear and after few more moves both
sides decide not to take risks and to agree on a draw.} 27. Bxg4 (27. Ng3 Nxf2
28. Qxf2 (28. Kxf2 $6 Rxh3 29. gxh3 Qh6 $1 $36 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gh6h4,Ge7g5]})
28... Rg8 29. Nh7 Qg7 $44) 27... fxg4 28. Qxg4 Bxh5 29. Rxh5 Rxh5 30. Qxh5 Qxf4
$44 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Sanxenxo"]
[Date "2004.11.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.11.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 $5 {Playing against 13 years old boy
Gurevich is looking for less popular line hoping to force his opponent to be
on his own from the very beginning.} 5. a3 Bf8 6. Nf3 a5 (6... Qd7) 7. Bb5+ {
Opting for the most popular reply.} (7. h4 h6 (7... h5 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Ba4 Ba6
10. Ne2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 b5 12. Bb3 a4 13. Ba2 Nd7 14. c3 $14 {Shomoev,A-Vaganian,
R/Istanbul 2003}) 8. h5 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Rh4 Ne7 11. Rf4 Qd7 12. b3 c6 13.
a4 Nc8 14. Rg4 $14 {Yurtaev,L-Tulchinsky,M/Tomsk 1997}) (7. a4 Ne7 8. Bd3 Ba6
9. O-O Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbc6 (10... Nf5 11. Ne2 Be7 12. Ng3 g6 13. Nxf5 gxf5 14.
Bh6 Rg8 $13 {Jakovenko,D-Kosyrev,V/Internet 2004}) 11. Ne2 Nb4 12. Qd1 Nf5 13.
Ng3 g6 14. b3 Be7 15. c3 Na6 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Bh6 Rg8 $132 {Jakovenko,
D-Vaganian,R/Sochi 2004}) 7... c6 8. Ba4 Ba6 (8... b5 9. Bb3 Nd7 10. Ne2 c5 11.
c3 c4 12. Bc2 Ne7 13. Ng5 g6 14. Nf4 Nb6 15. h4 $16 {Labib,I-Mohamed,F/Cairo
1996}) 9. Ne2 Bxe2 {After trading the lightsqared bishop black intends to
close up the queenside putting all his pawns on the light squares.} (9... Ne7
10. c3 (10. O-O Nf5 11. Re1 b5 12. Bb3 c5 13. c3 Nc6 14. Bc2 g6 15. Bg5 Be7 16.
Bxe7 Qxe7 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Ned4 $16 {Fedorowicz,J-Zerm,A/
Philadelphia 1997}) 10... h6 11. h4 Bb5 12. Bc2 c5 13. g3 Qc8 14. O-O Nbc6 15.
Re1 $14 {Diaz,J-Nikolic,Z/Vrnjacka Banja 1988}) (9... Bb5 10. Bb3 Ne7 11. c3 c5
12. O-O Nbc6 13. Re1 Nf5 14. Bc2 $14 {Singer,C-Vogel,J/Krumbach 1991}) (9...
Qc7 10. c3 Ne7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Re1 h6 13. Nf4 g6 14. Be3 Bg7 15. Bc2 c5 16. Qd2
$14 {Leoncini,M-Turci,S/Forli 1993}) 10. Qxe2 b5 11. Bb3 a4 12. Ba2 Nd7 13. c3
Nb6 (13... h6 14. Bb1 Ne7 15. Bd3 Qc7 16. h4 Nb6 17. h5 Nc4 18. g3 Nc8 19. Kf1
N8b6 20. Kg2 $14 {Lutz,C-Fries Nielsen,J/Copenhagen 1995}) 14. Bb1 Nc4 {
It seems that white has an advantage, but the Norvegian prodigy didn't succeed
to find a key to the position.} 15. Ng5 {It's obvious that white should try to
break through on the kingisde, but it's easier said, than done since black's
position is very solid.} (15. Bd3 h5 16. O-O g6 17. Rb1 Be7 18. g3 Nh6 19. Kg2
Kd7 $13) 15... g6 16. Qf3 (16. f4 $6 h5 17. g3 Nh6 18. h3 Nf5 19. Rg1 c5 $15)
16... Qe7 17. Qg3 Kd7 18. h4 $6 h5 19. Nh3 Nh6 20. Bg5 (20. Bd3 Nf5 21. Bxf5
gxf5 22. Bg5 Qe8 23. Bf6 Rh6 24. Rb1 Be7 25. Bg5 Rh8 26. Nf4 Qg8 $132) 20...
Qe8 21. Ra2 $6 {[%csl Ra2] Such a move simply can't be correct, since the rook
is cut off the game on a2.} Be7 22. Nf4 $6 Kc7 23. Nd3 (23. Bd3 $5 {[%cal
Ge1d1,Gd1c2,Ga2a1]}) 23... Nf5 24. Qf4 Kb6 25. Rh3 Qd8 26. Nc5 {[%csl Rc5]} Qc7
27. Bxe7 Qxe7 $15 {Black's opening plan worked out just perfectly, however the
only possibility to play for a win is to push g5, which might not be enough
since white may easily protect the pawn on g2.} 28. Bd3 Rhg8 {[%cal Gg6g5]} 29.
Kf1 Rg7 30. Kg1 Kc7 $5 {[%csl Ga4] Black is getting ready for B:c4.} (30...
Rag8 $5 31. Bxc4 bxc4 32. Nxa4+ Kb5 33. Nc5 g5 34. a4+ Kb6 35. hxg5 Rxg5 36.
a5+ Ka7 $13) 31. Kf1 g5 (31... Rag8 32. Be2 (32. Bxc4 $6 bxc4 33. Nxa4 g5 34.
hxg5 Rxg5 35. Rh2 Rg4 $17 {[%csl Ra2,Rh2]}) 32... g5 33. hxg5 Rxg5 34. Bf3) 32.
hxg5 Rxg5 33. Be2 Rag8 34. Bf3 Rg4 ({May be black shouldn't force the matters
by} 34... h4 {[%cal Ge7f8,Gf8h6] followed by Qf8-h6 or Qf8-g7 with
considerable pressure.}) 35. Bxg4 Rxg4 36. Qc1 Rh4 37. Rxh4 Qxh4 38. Kg1 Qg4
39. Nd3 (39. f3 Qh4 40. b3 Ng3 41. Qe1 axb3 42. Nxb3 Qh1+ 43. Kf2 Qh4 $44)
39... Nh4 40. Ne1 Qe2 41. Nc2 Qg4 (41... Nd2 $5 42. Ne3 Ne4 43. Qf1 $140 (43.
Qc2 Qe1+ 44. Nf1 Ng6 $44) 43... Nxc3 $1 {[%csl Ra2]} 44. Ra1 Qxb2 $15) 42. Ne1
Qe2 43. Nc2 Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 {Black's idea is
to trade the lightsquared bishop, which is black's main problem in many lines
of french defense.} (6... c5 {is the main line.}) 7. Qg4 Ng6 (7... Nf5 $6 8.
Bd3 h5 9. Qh3 g5 10. g4 Nh4 11. gxh5 f5 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Qg4 Rg8 14. f4 $16)
8. h4 h5 9. Qd1 Ba6 (9... Nxh4 10. g3 Ng6 11. Rxh5 Rxh5 12. Qxh5 Ba6 13. Bg5
$16) 10. Bxa6 (10. Bg5 f6 $2 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qd3 $18) 10...
Nxa6 11. Bg5 (11. Nf3 Qd7 12. a4 Nb8 13. O-O Nc6 14. Bg5 Na5 15. Nd2 Ne7 16.
Bxe7 Qxe7 17. g3 g6 $10 {Pietzsch,W-Byrne,R/Sarajevo 3/229 1967}) (11. a4 Nb8
12. a5 Nc6 13. axb6 cxb6 14. Ne2 Na5 15. Ng3 Qc7 16. Ra3 Nc4 17. Rb3 a5 $17 {
Van der Vorm,T-Rogers,I/Biel op 1992}) 11... Qd7 (11... Ne7 12. Ne2 Nb8 13. Nf4
g6 14. Bf6 Rg8 15. g4 {+/- Zuidema-Matanovic/Beograd 1964}) (11... f6 $5 12.
Qd3 Kf7 13. Rh3 $5 (13. Qxa6 fxg5 14. hxg5 Qxg5 15. Kf1 Nh4 16. g3 Nf5 17. Nf3
Qg4 18. Qd3 Raf8 19. Nh4 {1/2-1/2 Zuckerman,B-Byrne,R/USA-ch (07) 1965}) 13...
Nb8 14. Rf3 Nd7 15. Nh3 $13) (11... Qc8 12. Ne2 c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. cxd4 Qc4
15. Ng3 Nb8 16. f4 $1 Ne7 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. f5 $16 {Renet,O-Apicella,M/Clichy
59/(332) 1993}) 12. Ne2 Qc6 $6 {This square belongs to the knight, so I don't
really like 12...Qc6, even though white seems to keep slightly better chances
also after other moves:} (12... Ne7 13. Nf4 g6 14. a4 (14. Bf6 Rg8 15. Nh3 Qc6
16. Qd2 Nf5 17. Ng5 Nb8 18. O-O $14 {Nunn,J-Gdanski,J/Bundesliga 1999-2000})
14... Nb8 15. Bf6 (15. a5 Qc6 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. f3 Nf8 18. Bf6 $14 {Skripchenko,
A-Mainka,G/GM 2000}) 15... Rh7 16. f3 Ng8 17. Bg5 Nc6 18. g4 Nce7 19. Qd3 Rh8
$14 {Shmuter,L-Bykhovsky,Av/Tel Aviv Czerniak/1996}) (12... Qa4 13. Rh3 Ne7 14.
Nf4 g6 15. Qd2 Kd7 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Rf3 Raf8 18. Nh3 c5 19. Ng5 $16 {Ivkov,
B-Byrne/Varna ol 1962}) (12... Nf8 13. Nf4 Qc6 14. Kd2 g6 15. g4 hxg4 16. h5
Kd7 17. Qxg4 Qc4 18. Rh3 Re8 19. Rah1 Kc8 $13 {Rodriguez,A-Ivkov/Cambados 1990
(33)}) 13. O-O (13. f4 Nb8 (13... Ne7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. f5 $1 $36 {Ginzburg,
M-Rodriguez,A/Clarin GP f 1998}) 14. O-O Nd7 15. Qd3 $1 Ndf8 16. f5 $14 {
Portisch,L-Ivkov,B/Zagreb/1965/}) (13. Rh3 Kd7 14. Qd3 Qc4 15. Kd2 Raf8 16. Rg3
Nb8 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Rfg8 19. Bg5 Nc6 20. Rf3 Rf8 21. Qxc4 dxc4 {=
Makarichev-Vaganjan,R/URS 1980}) 13... Ne7 (13... Kd7 14. f4 Raf8 15. f5 exf5
16. Qd3 $14 Nb8 17. Rxf5 $16 {Abramovic-Lputian,S/Erevan/1982/}) (13... Nf8 14.
Qd3 Nb8 $6 15. Qf3 $1 Nbd7 $6 16. a4 a5 17. Rfe1 Qc4 18. Ng3 g6 19. Nf1 Nh7 20.
Bd2 Qa6 21. Ne3 $16 {Sadvakasov,D-Zaja,I/Istanbul 2000}) (13... Nb8 14. f4 Nf8
(14... Nd7 15. Qd3 $1 Ndf8 16. f5 $1 exf5 17. Rxf5 Ne6 18. Raf1 $16 {Portisch,
L-Ivkov,B/Zagreb 1965}) 15. f5 Nbd7 16. Qd3 g6 17. fxg6 Nxg6 18. Nf4 $16 {
Giaccio,A-Madina,M/Clarin GP1 Boca Juniors 1997}) 14. Qd3 (14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. a4
Nb8 16. Qd2 Kf8 17. a5 Kg8 18. Rfe1 $14 {1-0 Groszpeter, A-Kelecevic,N/Lenk
2000 (30) Groszpeter,A-Kelecevic,N/12th Open 2000}) (14. Qd2 Qd7 $6 15. Qd3 Nb8
16. c4 Nbc6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nf4 Nd8 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Qf3 $16 {Dominguez,
L-Sequera Paolini,J/Valencia 2000}) 14... Nb8 (14... Qc4 15. Qf3 Nf5 16. Ng3 g6
17. Bf6 Rh7 18. a4 Nb8 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Qg3 $16 {Timman,J-Ivkov,B/Amsterdam
IBM (09) 1971}) 15. Ng3 Nd7 {Taking square f6 under control to be able to play
g6. Unfortunately for black the knight is very passive on d7, so white gets a
comfortable advantage.} (15... Qc4 $6 16. Qf3 Nbc6 (16... g6 17. Qf6 $18) 17.
Nxh5 Rh7 18. Nf4 $16) 16. Qf3 g6 17. a4 $1 {It's obvious that black will have
to castle queenside, so white forces black to push a5. Once black pawn is on
a5 there is no way for black knights to come to c4 or to prevent white from
playing c4, which means black is doomed to passivity.} a5 18. Rfd1 {Useful
prophilaxis. White's plan is to transfer c4, so he protects a pawn on d4 just
in case...} Nf5 19. Ra3 {[%cal Gc3c4] White isn't concerned with 19...N:g3
otherwise he would've played} (19. Nf1 {deviating from exchange of the knights.
}) 19... Ra7 {[%csl Gc7] Protecting a pawn on c7 since white was threatening
to push c4.} (19... Nxg3 20. fxg3 $1 {Opening up f-file is very important.} Rh7
21. Rf1 Nb8 22. Qf6 Qd7 23. c4 $1 Nc6 (23... dxc4 $2 24. d5 $18 exd5 $140 25.
e6 Qxe6 (25... fxe6 26. Qf8#) 26. Qd8#) 24. cxd5 Qxd5 25. Rd1 $1 Qd8 26. Qf4
Qd5 27. Rf3 Qc4 28. Qf6 $16) (19... Qc4 20. Nf1 c5 21. Ne3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 cxd4
23. exd4 Rh7 24. Kh2 Kf8 25. Rf1 Kg8 26. Rf2 Rc8 $16) 20. Nf1 Nf8 21. Bc1 $5
Nh7 {[%csl Rh7] The knight is better placed on d7, so deserved attention} (
21... Nd7 {followed by ke8-d8-c8-b7.}) 22. g3 Kd7 $6 23. Ne3 $1 $16 {Black
can't prevent c4.} Kc8 24. c4 $1 Nxe3 25. Bxe3 Qd7 (25... f6 $6 26. exf6 (26.
Rc3 $5) 26... Rf8 27. Bg5 Qxc4 28. Re1 Qxc2 29. Rxe6 Nxg5 30. hxg5 Qc1+ 31. Kg2
Qxg5 32. Rae3 $18) 26. cxd5 exd5 27. c4 $1 {Pay attention that the knight on
h7 is out of play, so it's really easy or white to attack.} Rd8 (27... dxc4 28.
d5 Re8 29. Bf4 Qg4 30. Qxg4+ hxg4 31. Rc3 Nf8 32. Rxc4 $16) 28. Rc1 dxc4 29.
Rxc4 (29. Rac3 $5) 29... Qd5 30. Qe2 Rb7 31. Rb3 Qe6 32. Qc2 $1 {White's
intention is to push e6 in order to put additional pressure on c7 by Bf4.} Kb8
33. Rc6 Qd5 34. e6 $5 $18 {[%csl Rb6,Rc7][%cal Ge3f4]} (34. Rb5 Qf3 35. Rc3 Qg4
36. d5 $18) 34... fxe6 35. Bf4 Ka8 (35... Rd7 36. Rcxb6 Rxb6 37. Rxb6+ Kc8 38.
Rb5 $18) 36. Bxc7 Rc8 37. Rb5 Qd7 38. Rxa5+ $1 (38. Rxa5+ bxa5 39. Ra6+ Ra7 40.
Rxa7+ Kxa7 41. Qc5+ Kb7 42. Qb6+ Ka8 43. Qa6#) 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2 49th"]
[Site "Sant Lluis"]
[Date "2005.09.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.08.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. f4 Ba6 7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8. f5 $1
{The most radical way to meet black's set up. White strives fro immediate
attack on the kingside.} (8. Qd3 Nb8 9. Nce2 (9. Nf3 Qd7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O-O
Nge7 12. g4 g6 13. Nh4 h5 14. h3 Na5 15. f5 $16 {Schoellmann,J-De Francesco,K/
Bayern 1995}) 9... Ne7 10. Nf3 Nbc6 11. Bd2 Qd7 12. Ng3 h5 13. Nf1 Nf5 14. Ne3
Nxe3 15. Bxe3 g6 16. g3 $11 {McCurdy,G-Bilyap,S/Lugano 1968}) (8. Nf3 Ne7 9.
Qe2 Nb8 10. Be3 h5 11. O-O-O Nbc6 12. Bf2 Nf5 13. g3 Qd7 14. h3 O-O-O 15. g4
hxg4 16. hxg4 Rxh1 17. Rxh1 Nh6 18. Nd2 Kb8 $13 {Schmidt Schaeffer,S-Phildius,
B/Munich 1993}) 8... Qd7 (8... exf5 9. Qd3 Nb8 10. Qxf5 Qh4+ 11. g3 Ne7 (11...
Qxd4 $2 12. Qc8+ Ke7 13. Qb7 $18) 12. Qf2 $14) 9. fxe6 fxe6 10. Qd3 Nb8 11. Nf3
Nc6 (11... Ne7 12. O-O Nf5 13. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Gg5e6]} Nxd4 14. Nf7 Bc5 (14...
Rg8 15. Qxh7 $18) 15. Nxh8 $18) 12. Ng5 $1 $16 {Very natural and strong move!
Black's got a tough chice to make: it's either to give up a pawn on h7 or to
get stuck in the center with the king.} (12. Bg5 Nge7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Nh4 Qe8
15. Ne2 Qh5 16. Nf3 h6 17. Nf4 Qg4 18. h3 Qf5 $11 {Moskovets,K-Rusov,V/St
Petersburg 2001}) 12... O-O-O {Black chooses to give up some material, but to
bring the king to safety.} (12... g6 13. O-O Nge7 14. Rf6 Nd8 15. Ne2 h6 16.
Nh3 Bg7 17. Rf1 g5 18. Ng3 $16) 13. Nxh7 Nge7 14. Bg5 (14. Ng5 Nf5 15. Nf3 Be7
16. Ne2 g5 17. g4 Nh4 18. Nxh4 gxh4 19. Bd2 $16) 14... Re8 15. g4 $1 {[%csl
Gf5] Depriving the knight an only good square!} Rxh7 $8 (15... Na5 16. O-O-O
Nc4 17. h4 $16) 16. Qxh7 Nxd4 17. Rf1 Ndc6 (17... c5 18. O-O-O Nec6 19. Rde1
$18 {[%cal Gh7g6,Gf1f7,Gh2h6]}) 18. Bf4 Na5 19. Bg3 $2 {Careless move after
which white has to win the game for the second time!} ({After correct} 19. b3
Nec6 20. Ne2 $18 {black has to be very creativ to get any counterplay.}) 19...
Nc4 20. Qd3 $5 (20. O-O-O $2 Ne3) 20... Nc6 $5 ({It was possible to take on b2,
even though it led to a dangerous position:} 20... Nxb2 21. Qa6+ Kb8 22. Rf7 (
22. Nb5 Nc6 $132) 22... Qc6 23. Nb5 Qxc2 (23... Qb7 $2 24. Qxb7+ Kxb7 25. Nd6+
cxd6 26. exd6 $18) 24. Qxa7+ Kc8 25. Rf3 $40) 21. b3 N4xe5 22. Qa6+ Kb8 23. Nb5
Bd6 24. Qa4 {[%csl Gg4]} (24. O-O-O Nxg4 $13) 24... Kb7 25. O-O-O a6 26. Nxd6+
cxd6 27. Qf4 $16 {White managed to consolidate the position. His winning plan
is perfectly simple: first of all he has to trade queens to deprive black an
attacking chances on the queenside. then he should trade the rooks, followed
by promotion of the pawn!} Rc8 28. Kb1 Qc7 29. Rf2 Na7 {[%cal Ga7b5,Gb5c3]} 30.
a4 Qc5 $6 (30... Nac6 $5) 31. Qd4 Nac6 $6 (31... Qc7) 32. Qxc5 bxc5 33. g5 Kc7
(33... d4 34. h4 Rh8 35. Rdf1 c4 36. Rf8 $16) 34. Rdf1 Re8 (34... Kd7 35. Rf8
Re8 36. h4 g6 37. R1f6 Ng4 38. Rxe8 Nxf6 39. Ra8 $18) 35. Rf8 Re7 36. h4 g6 37.
Rg8 Rh7 38. Rff8 Ne7 39. Rh8 Rg7 (39... Rxh8 40. Rxh8 Nf5 41. Bxe5 dxe5 42. Rh6
$1 Ne7 43. h5 $18) 40. Ra8 N5c6 41. a5 Nxa5 42. Ra7+ Nb7 (42... Kb6 43. Rd7 $18
) 43. Bxd6+ $1 Kb6 44. Bxe7 Kxa7 45. Bf8 Rf7 46. h5 gxh5 47. g6 Rf1+ 48. Kb2
1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2002.03.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Black "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Ba4 a5 (7... Bd7
8. Nf3 Ne7 9. Nd1 h5 10. Qf4 Ng6 11. Qe3 c5 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. c3 Nc6 14. O-O
$14 {Solomon,S-Johansen,D/Melbourne 1990/EXT 97}) (7... Ne7 8. Nh3 h5 9. Qd1
Nf5 10. Ne2 Be7 11. Ng3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Ba6 13. g4 hxg4 14. Qxg4 $36 {Anka,
E-Varga,Z/Budapest 1989/TD}) 8. a3 Ba6 (8... Bd7 9. Nce2 c5 10. Bb3 c4 11. Ba2
b5 12. Bb1 Na6 13. Nh3 b4 14. O-O bxa3 15. Rxa3 $14 {Klip,H-Vallejo Pons,F/
Mondariz 1996/EXT}) (8... Ne7 9. Nce2 Ba6 10. c3 Nd7 11. Nh3 Qc7 12. O-O Nf5
13. Re1 h6 14. Nef4 $14 {David,A-Conquest,S/Amsterdam 1996/EXT 97}) 9. Nce2 (9.
Nge2 h5 10. Qf4 Ne7 11. Nd1 Bb5 12. Bxb5 cxb5 13. O-O Qd7 14. Qf3 Nbc6 15. c3
Nf5 16. Qd3 $14 {Kuczynski,R-Koutsin,S/Katowice 1993/EXT 98}) 9... Bb5 (9...
Bc4 10. c3 Bd3 11. Nf4 Bf5 12. Qe2 h6 13. h4 b5 14. Bd1 a4 15. g4 Be4 16. Rh3
$36 {Pikula,D-Huss,A/Biel 1997/CBM 60 ext}) (9... b5 10. Bb3 c5 11. c3 Nc6 12.
Nf3 g6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Be3 $14 {Vogt,L-Huss,A/SWZ 1993/TD}) 10. Bxb5 cxb5 11.
Nf3 {White's play in this game is very simple and logical. I guess it's not so
easy for black to find counter-play in this particular variation.} (11. Bg5 Qd7
12. c3 Nc6 13. Nf3 h6 14. Bd2 Nge7 15. Ng3 g6 16. h4 h5 17. Qh3 O-O-O $132 {
Middelburg,T-Vogel,J/Enschede 1998/CBM 62 ext}) 11... Nc6 12. O-O Qd7 13. b3
Nge7 14. Bd2 Ng6 $6 (14... Nf5 $5) 15. Ng3 f5 $6 {It's hard to come up with
something else, but this one leads to extremly dangerous position for black,
so may be blak shoul refrain from opening up a position in the center.} (15...
Be7 $6 16. h4 O-O 17. h5 Nh8 18. Bh6 $18) 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Rfe1 {[%csl Re6,
Rf6]} Kf7 (17... e5 18. Qh5 Bd6 19. Nf5 $36) 18. Nh5 Bd6 19. c4 $1 bxc4 20.
bxc4 Nce7 $2 {Permitting nice combination.} (20... Be7 21. Nf4 Nxf4 22. Qxf4
Rag8 $14) 21. Bg5 $1 f5 $8 (21... fxg5 22. Nxg5+ Kf8 23. Nxe6+ Kf7 24. Ng5+ Ke8
25. Nf6+ $18) 22. Qh3 h6 $6 (22... dxc4 23. Bf6 Rhc8 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. Ng7 Nf8
26. N7xe6 $16) 23. Bxh6 $1 $18 {[%cal Gf3g5]} Rxh6 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. Nf6+ Kg7
26. Nxd7 Rxh3 27. Nxh3 {White's material advantage is just too big to continue
the struggle!} (27. gxh3 $5) 27... dxc4 28. Nxb6 Ra6 29. Nxc4 Kf6 30. Rab1 Bc7
31. Rb5 a4 32. Ne5 Rd6 33. Nxg6 Nxg6 34. Rd1 1-0

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Zugic, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Nf3 Qd7 7. Bd3 $5 {Not a
very popular plan in this position. In most of the cases white opts for} (7.
Bb5 c6 8. Ba4 a5 9. Bb3 {keeping the lightsquared bishops on the board.}) 7...
Ba6 (7... Nc6 8. a3 Bb7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. h4 h5 12. Qg3 $14 {Sax,
G-Bronstein,D/Budapest 1977}) 8. O-O (8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O (9. a3 Ne7 10. O-O c5
11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rd1 Nf5 13. Ne4 Rb8 14. Bg5 Qb5 $13 {Thijs,L-Janssen,R/
Lommel 2000}) 9... Ne7 10. Nd1 Nf5 11. Ne3 h6 12. Qh3 Be7 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. e6
Qxe6 15. Re1 Qd6 16. Qxf5 $14 {Tseshkovsky,V-Ravikumar,V/Calcutta 1986}) 8...
Ne7 9. Ne2 {White is making very natural moves not revealing his plans for the
middlegame. The knight is well placed on e2 regardless of black's decision
where to put his king. In case black opts for the kingside castle the knight
could be quickly transferred to h5, while in case of the queenside castle this
move proves to be very useful as white intends to double the rooks over the
c-file.} (9. Bg5 Bxd3 10. cxd3 Ng6 11. Rac1 h6 12. Be3 h5 13. Qh3 Nc6 14. a3
Nce7 $13 {Rogovski,V-Nosenko,A/Alushta 1999}) 9... Bxd3 (9... Nf5 10. Bxa6 Nxa6
11. Ng3 g6 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Qh3 O-O-O 14. Bg5 Be7 15. e6 $1 fxe6 16. Ne5 Qe8
17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nc6 $16 {Rohit,G-Lemos,D/Belfort 2005}) 10. cxd3 Nbc6 11. Bd2
O-O-O $6 {Very brave, but hardly a wise solution. Black king won't be safe on
the queenside.} (11... Nf5 12. Rac1 g6 13. Qh3 h5 14. Rc2 Rc8 15. Rfc1 Nce7 16.
Bg5 Bg7 17. Bf6 O-O 18. Ng5 $40) (11... Ng6 12. Rac1 Be7 13. Rc2 Bd8 14. Rfc1
Nce7 15. Ng3 $14) 12. b4 $1 Kb7 13. b5 Nb8 14. a4 $36 {[%csl Rb7,Rb8,Rd7,Rf8,
Rh8] A brief look at the position of the pieces is enough to figure out that
black's opening plan had failed!} f5 $6 {There is an old rule saying that one
shouldn't open up the position when opponent enjoys an advantage in
development!} (14... h5 $5 15. Qf4 Nf5 16. Ng3 (16. Rfb1 f6 17. Bc3 g5 18. Qc1
g4 19. Nd2 h4 $132) 16... g6 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Qh4 Be7 19. Bg5 $14) 15. exf6 (
15. Qg3 $5 {[%cal Gf1b1,Ga4a5]}) 15... gxf6 16. Rfe1 $1 {[%csl Re6] Black just
can't protect a pawn on e6.} Rg8 (16... Nf5 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Re8) 17. Qh3
Nf5 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Re8 20. Re2 {[%cal Ga1e1]} Bd6 (20... Rg7 21. Rae1
Rge7 22. Bb4 $16) 21. Rae1 a6 22. Rxe6 axb5 23. axb5 Qxb5 24. Qxh7 Rh8 25. Qf5
$1 {As long as the pawn on f6 is ''alive'' black may hope for successfull
defense, but once it's gone the game is pretty much over since he is helpless
to stop a march of a g-pawn.} Rxe6 26. Qxe6 Rf8 $6 (26... Nd7 27. Nh4 Ba3 28.
Nf5 Qc6 29. Qf7 $16) 27. Bh6 Rc8 28. Qxf6 $18 Qxd3 29. Qf7 Qc4 30. Rc1 Qb5 31.
g4 {[%cal Gg4g8]} 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 07th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1999.06.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nce2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 c5 (7...
Ba6 8. f4 (8. h4 c5 9. h5 h6 10. f4 cxd4 11. Nf3 Nbc6 12. Nexd4 Bxf1 13. Rxf1
Qd7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. g4 $14 {Macieja,B-Matlak,M/Pardubice op 1994}) (8. Nf3
c5 9. c3 O-O (9... Nbc6 10. Nf4 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Ng6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 $11 {Leko,
P-Farago,I/HUN-ch 1993}) 10. Nf4 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Nbc6 12. h4 Ng6 13. Nd3 c4 14.
h5 Nh8 15. Nf4 Qe7 16. Re1 $14 {Wahls,M-Jussupow,A/BL9192}) 8... c5 9. Nf3 Nbc6
10. c3 Rc8 (10... O-O 11. Ng3 Bxf1 12. Rxf1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Kf2 b5 $132 {
Levin,D-McCambridge,V/Chicago op 1990}) 11. g3 $6 (11. Ng3 Bxf1 12. Rxf1 cxd4
13. cxd4 g6 14. Kf2 h5 15. Rac1 h4 16. Ne2 Nf5 17. g4 $14 {Hort,V-Karlsson,L/
Favorite 1980}) 11... Qc7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. b3 Qa5 14. Bh3 h6 15. Kf2 O-O 16.
Rhe1 d4 $1 $36 {Holzmann,H-Portisch,F/Linz 1993}) 8. Nf3 Ba6 9. g3 Nbc6 10. c3
Rc8 (10... O-O 11. Bh3 Rc8 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Na5 14. Rfe1 Nec6 15. b3 Bxe2
$11 {Fogarasi,T-Apicella,M/Paris op 1995}) (10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Nf5 12. Bh3
Bxe2 13. Kxe2 Nfe7 14. Rhc1 Qd7 15. Kf1 O-O 16. Kg1 $14 {Damjanovic,M-Huss,A/
Bohemians 1988}) 11. Bh3 $5 (11. Nf4 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 cxd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14. Kg2
Qd7 $11) 11... Na5 $5 12. O-O (12. b3 $5) 12... cxd4 13. Nfxd4 $1 ({Nothing
promises} 13. cxd4 Nc4 14. Qb4 O-O $5 (14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe2 16. Rfe1 a5 $1
(16... Bh5 17. Qa4+ Kf8 18. Qxa7 $14) 17. Nxf7 $1 (17. Qd2 Bh5 $17) 17... Kxf7
18. Qd2 Ba6 19. Bxe6+ Ke8 20. Bxc8 Bxc8 $13)) 13... Nc4 14. Qd3 b5 {[%csl Ra6]}
15. Nf4 O-O ({It was to dangerous to take the pawn:} 15... Nxe5 $6 16. Qe2 {
[%csl Re6]} Nc4 17. Nfxe6 fxe6 18. Nxe6 Qd6 19. Nxg7+ Kf7 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Nh5
$14 {and white has dangerous initiative.}) 16. Qe2 Nc6 17. Nd3 ({Deserved
attention} 17. Nxc6 $5 Rxc6 18. b3 Na5 19. b4 $1 (19. Rfc1 $5 Qc7 (19... b4 $6
20. Qd2 Rxc3 21. Rxc3 bxc3 22. Qxc3 d4 23. Qc5 $1 $14) 20. Qe3 (20. b4 Rxc3 $1)
20... Rc8 21. Nd3 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Qxc3 23. Rc1 d4 24. Qe4 Qxc1+ 25. Nxc1 Rxc1+
26. Bf1 Nc6 $13) 19... Nb7 20. Qe3 Qc7 21. Rac1 Rc8 22. Ne2 $14) 17... Qb6 18.
Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Nb4 $6 {Extremly strange decision to exchange the knight on the
bishop a6,which was compleatly out of play.} (19. Rad1 Bb7 20. b3 Na5 21. b4
Nc4 22. Nc5 Ra8 23. f4 $36 {[%cal Gf4f5,Gd1d4,Gd4h4,Ge2h5]}) 19... Rc7 20. Nxa6
$6 Qxa6 $11 21. a4 Qb6 22. axb5 Qxb5 23. Rfb1 Qb3 $5 $15 {[%csl Rb2] White
pawn on b2 is serious weakness and black starts move by move to put a pressure.
} 24. Bg4 Rb8 25. Qe1 Nxb2 26. Bd1 Qc4 27. Qd2 Rcb7 28. Be2 Qc5 29. Qd4 Qxd4 ({
Another possibility was} 29... Qc7 $5 $17) 30. cxd4 g6 {[%csl Rd4]} ({It was
more accurate to play} 30... g5 $5 {immideatly.}) 31. Ra6 Rb4 32. Rxa7 Rxd4 33.
Rc1 Ra4 34. Rd7 Re4 35. Rcc7 Rf8 36. Rc2 Na4 37. Bb5 $6 {Despite lack of the
pawn white has very good chanses to save the game thanks to strong rooks on
the 7th rank and bad position of the black knight on a4,but for the second
tine in this game white makes wrong exchange!} (37. f4 $5 Rb4 38. Kf2 Rbb8 39.
Ra7 Nb6 40. Rcc7 $15) 37... Rb4 38. Bxa4 Rxa4 39. Kg2 $2 ({It was nessasary to
play} 39. f4 h6 40. Kg2 g5 41. Kf3 Kg7 42. f5 $1 exf5 43. Rxd5 Re4 44. Rc7 h5
45. h3 $15) 39... g5 $1 40. f3 Kg7 41. g4 h5 42. gxh5 Kh6 43. Rcc7 Rf4 44. Kg3
Kxh5 45. h4 Rf5 $1 $19 46. hxg5 Rxg5+ 47. Kf4 Rf5+ 48. Kg3 Rg8+ 49. Kf2 Kg6 50.
Rc1 (50. Kg3 Rg7 51. f4 Kh5+ 52. Kf3 Rg4 $1 $19) 50... Ra8 51. Rg1+ Kh6 52. Rg3
(52. Rh1+ Kg5 53. Kg3 Ra3 54. Rf1 Kg6 $19) 52... Ra2+ 53. Kf1 Rh5 0-1

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Alonso, Salvador"]
[Black "Gomez Baillo, Jorge H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8432]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. h4 Ba6 $5 (5... Qd7 6.
h5 (6. Qg4 $5 f5 7. Qh5+ Qf7 8. Qxf7+ Kxf7 9. Bd2 c6 10. Nce2 Bf8 11. Nh3 $14 {
Ninov,N-Pacheco,E/WchJM-U26 1990 (27)}) 6... h6 (6... Nc6 7. a3 Bf8 8. f4 $6
Bb7 9. g4 O-O-O 10. Nce2 Kb8 11. Bh3 f6 $132 {Rantanen,Y-Dizdar,G/Belgrade GMA
1988 (39)}) 7. Qg4 Bf8 8. Bb5 (8. Nf3 Bb7 9. Nh4 Nc6 10. a3 O-O-O 11. b4 Nge7
12. Bd3 Kb8 13. Ne2 $14 {Stefansson,H-Sjodell,U/Peer Gynt 1990 (35)}) 8... c6
9. Ba4 Ba6 10. Nce2 Bb5 11. Bxb5 cxb5 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Rh3 Nge7 14. Qf4 g5 15.
hxg6 $14 {Jonsson,H-Cobb,J/Lloyds Bank op 1994 (35)}) 6. Qg4 (6. Bxa6 Nxa6 7.
Qd3 Qc8 8. h5 Ne7 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 h6 11. Ne2 $14) 6... Bf8 7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8.
Nh3 Nb4 $5 9. Bg5 Qd7 (9... f6 $2 10. Qxe6+ Be7 11. O-O-O fxg5 12. Nxg5 Nh6 13.
a3 $18 {[%csl Rc6]}) 10. O-O-O $14 h6 $5 {Divorcing the bishop from g5 where
it disturbs the normal development of black pieces.} 11. Be3 h5 {Otherwise
white would play h5 himself.} 12. Qe2 Ne7 13. Nf4 g6 14. a3 Nbc6 15. g4 {
Serious attention deserved} (15. f3 $5 Nf5 16. Bf2 Bh6 17. Qd2 Na5 18. Nce2 Nc4
19. Qc3 $14 {[%cal Gg2g4]}) 15... Bh6 (15... hxg4 16. Qxg4 Bh6 (16... Nf5 17.
h5 gxh5 18. Nxh5 O-O-O 19. Nf6 $18) 17. h5 O-O-O 18. hxg6 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 Nxg6
20. Bg5 $14) 16. gxh5 Bxf4 17. Bxf4 Rxh5 18. Qg4 O-O-O 19. Ne2 Kb7 (19... Nf5
20. Bg5 Rdh8 21. Ng3 R5h7 22. Bf6 Re8 23. h5 $14) 20. Ng3 Rhh8 21. Bg5 Rc8 22.
h5 gxh5 23. Nxh5 Nf5 24. Nf6 Qd8 25. c3 $5 {Nothing special promises} (25. Rxh8
Qxh8 26. Nxd5 Nfxd4 27. Ne7 Nxe7 28. Bxe7 Nc6 29. Bf6 $14) 25... Nce7 26. Qf3
$5 {Preparing to take on h8 and then to take control over the h-file by Rh1.}
c5 $132 27. dxc5 $5 (27. Rxh8 Qxh8 28. Rh1 Qg7 $1 $17 {[%csl Rd4,Rg5]}) 27...
Rxh1 $1 (27... Rxc5 $2 28. Ne4 $1 Rc8 29. Nd6+ $1 Nxd6 30. Rxh8 Qxh8 31. exd6
Nf5 32. d7 $18) 28. Qxh1 Rxc5 29. Qh7 Qc8 $1 $11 {[%cal Gd5d4,Gc8c3] Black is
just on time to create a counterplay on the queenside.} 30. Qxf7 Rxc3+ 31. Kb1
$5 (31. bxc3 Qxc3+ 32. Kb1 Qb3+ 33. Kc1 Qc3+ $11) 31... Qc4 $8 32. Nxd5 $6 {
White overestimates his chanses and doesn't feel the danger.} (32. Qxe6 $142 $5
Rxa3 $1 33. Qd7+ Ka6 34. bxa3 Qb3+ 35. Kc1 Qc3+ $11) 32... exd5 33. Bxe7 $4 {
It still wasn't too late to take on c3.} (33. bxc3 Qb3+ 34. Kc1 Qxc3+ 35. Kb1
Qb3+ 36. Kc1 Qxa3+ (36... Qc3+ $11) 37. Kb1 Qb3+ 38. Kc1 Qc3+ 39. Kb1 Qxe5 $15)
33... Qe4+ $1 {Important intermediate check.} 34. Ka1 Rc7 $19 {[%cal Gc7f7]}
35. Qxd5+ {White has no other choice,but to enter the endgame,which doesn't
promise any chanses of survival.} Qxd5 36. Rxd5 Rxe7 37. f4 Kc6 38. Rd8 Kc5 39.
Kb1 Nd4 40. Rf8 Kd5 41. f5 Kxe5 42. f6 Rd7 0-1

[Event "Nordic-ch VISA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1997.10.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Bd2 Bf8 (5... Qd7 $6 6. Bb5 $5 c6 7.
Ba4 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 a5 9. a3 Ba6 10. Ne2 Bb5 11. Bxb5 cxb5 12. Nf4 $36 {
Kindermann,S-Gallus,G/Munich op9192 1992 (16)}) 6. Qh5 (6. h4 $5 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6
8. Bg5 (8. Bb5 $5 Bd7 9. a4 Nge7 10. Ne2 a6 11. Bxc6 Nxc6 12. h5 f6 $132 {
Hodgson,J-Lund,D/Preston 1989 (40)}) 8... f6 $6 9. exf6 gxf6 $2 (9... Nxf6 $14)
10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne5 $1 $16 {Borst-Dutreeuw,M/Antwerpen op 1994 
(19)}) (6. f4 Qd7 7. Bd3 Ba6 8. Qe2 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nc6 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. a3 Kb7
$13 {Azadmanesh,M-Izoria,Z/EuYouth U14 Boys, Tallinn EST 1997 (17)}) (6. Nf3
Ne7 7. Be2 (7. h4 $5 h5 (7... Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Qe2 $36) (7... Qd7 8. h5 h6
$14 {()}) 8. Bg5 {/\ Ne2-g3 ><h5, <->f} Qd7 9. Bb5 c6 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. Ne2 c5 $5
(11... Nf5 12. Ng3 $1 $36) 12. dxc5 $6 (12. c3 {>=} Bxd3 13. Qxd3 c4 $5) 12...
bxc5 13. Bxe7 (13. c4 $2 dxc4 {/\ Nd5}) 13... Bxe7 14. c4 dxc4 $1 $13 {van der
Wiel,J-Portisch,L/Tilburg 1988 (43)}) (7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 Ba6 9. Ne2 Bb5 $5 $13)
7... Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O c5 10. Nb5 Nc6 11. c4 $1 dxc4 12. Qa4 $1 $16 {
Wedberg,T-Ornstein,A/Sverige 1981 (30)}) (6. a4 $5 a5 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Nf3 Qd7 9.
Bb5 c6 10. Be2 Ba6 11. O-O Nf5 $11 {Sieiro Gonzalez,L-Arencibia,W/Sagua la
Grande 1989 (35)}) (6. Bb5+ $5 Bd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Bg5 Qb8
11. Nb5 Ng6 12. c4 $1 dxc4 13. Be4 a6 14. d5 $1 $40 {Rechlis,G-Gofshtein,L/
ISR-chT (ASA-Bikurei) 1996 (34)}) 6... Ba6 {Solving the problem of
lightsquared bishop,but paying quiet high price:white gets a big advantage in
development and seizes the initiative.} 7. Nh3 Bxf1 8. Rxf1 Qd7 9. f4 g6 10.
Qe2 Ne7 ({Deserved attention} 10... h5 $5 {not permitting white to transfer g4
and f5 so easily.For example:} 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Be1 Nge7 13. Ng5 Nf5 14. Bf2
Be7 15. g3 $14) 11. g4 $2 {Too hasty desicion which could cause white a lot of
troubles.} (11. Ng5 $5 $14) 11... Nbc6 $5 (11... h5 12. f5 $6 (12. g5 $5 $11)
12... exf5 13. gxh5 Nbc6 $1 (13... Rxh5 $6 14. Nf4 Rh8 15. e6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 $36
) 14. Nf4 Nxd4 15. Qd3 c5 16. Be3 g5 17. Bxd4 gxf4 18. Bg1 Rxh5 19. O-O-O O-O-O
$17) 12. Be3 h5 $1 $15 13. f5 $6 gxf5 $2 (13... exf5 $1 14. gxh5 Rxh5 15. Nf4
Rh8 16. O-O-O O-O-O $17) 14. gxh5 $14 {After mutual mistakes the game finaly
enters the middlegame and we can make some conclusions.White has a passed pawn
on h file and his minor pieces are better placed and these facts make his
chances preferable.} Bh6 $6 (14... O-O-O $5 15. O-O-O Ng8 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Bxe7
Qxe7 18. Nf4 $14) 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Rg1 $1 {Taking controle
over the g-file} Kb7 18. Rg7 Rdh8 19. Nf4 R6h7 20. Rg5 $1 {Correct desicion:
black has no space for his pieces that's why there is no reason for any
changes.} Nd8 (20... Na5 21. b3 c5 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Nb5 Nac6 24. c4 $1 $36)
21. b3 Rf8 22. Rdg1 Nec6 23. Qe3 Qe7 24. Kb2 Qb4 {Trying to create some
counterplay,but white easily defendes.} 25. Nce2 Na5 26. Qd3 $16 Qe7 27. Rg7
Rxg7 (27... Rfh8 28. Ng6 $1 {[%cal Gg7e7]} Nc4+ $8 29. bxc4 $1 (29. Qxc4 Qe8 $1
30. Rxh7 Rxh7 31. Qc3 fxg6 32. hxg6 Rxh2 33. Nf4 $16) 29... Qb4+ 30. Qb3 Qxb3+
31. axb3 fxg6 32. Rxh7 Rxh7 33. hxg6 Rg7 34. cxd5 exd5 35. Nf4 $18) 28. Rxg7
Rh8 29. Qg3 Qb4 30. c3 Qf8 31. Qg5 $1 c5 32. Qf6 Ka6 33. h6 cxd4 (33... Nac6
34. a3 $5 Nb8 35. h7 Nd7 36. Qg5 f6 37. Qg6 $18) 34. Nxd4 Nac6 35. Nc2 Qc5 36.
Nd3 Qf8 37. h7 Ne7 (37... Nb8 38. Qg5 $1 $18) 38. Ndb4+ Kb7 39. Rg8 $1 Rxg8 (
39... Nxg8 40. Qxh8 $18) 40. Qxe7+ Kc8 (40... Qxe7 41. hxg8=Q $18) 41. hxg8=Q
1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Danielian, Oganes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. h4 $5 (7. Bb5+ $6
c6 8. Ba4 Ba6 9. Ne2 Bb5 10. Bxb5 (10. Bb3 Bc4 $1) 10... cxb5 11. Qd3 Qd7 12.
Bd2 Nbc6 $132 {Mudelsee,M-Zimmerman,C/BL2-SW 8788 (1988) ;BL2 1988/0-1 (72)})
7... h5 (7... h6 8. h5 (8. Bf4 $5 a5 9. Nb5 Ba6 10. h5 Nc8 11. Bd3 c6 12. Nc3
Bxd3 13. Qxd3 a4 14. g4 $14 {[%csl Rb8,Rc8] Ernst,T-Renman,N/op, Norrkoping
SWE 1996 (54)}) 8... a5 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Ba4 Nd7 11. Ne2 b5 12. Bb3 c5 13. c3 Nc6
14. O-O Qc7 15. Re1 $6 (15. Nh2 $142 Be7 16. f4) 15... c4 16. Bc2 Nb6 $13 {
Kasparov,G-Ivanchuk,V/Horgen 1995 (31)}) (7... Qd7 8. h5 (8. Bb5 $5 c6 9. Ba4
a5 10. h5 h6 11. Ne2 Ba6 12. c3 Qc7 13. O-O $36) 8... h6 9. Bb5 $1 c6 10. Ba4
Ba6 11. Ne2 Bb5 12. Bxb5 cxb5 13. Qd3 $14 {Krakops,M-Repkova,E/Riga op ;EXT
95op 1995/1-0 (55)}) (7... c5 $6 8. h5 $5 h6 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. c3 Nec6 11. b4 Be7
12. Rh3 Qc7 13. Nf4 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Gulko,B/USSR 1985 (35)}) 8. Bg5 (8. Ne2 $6
Ba6 9. Nf4 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 Qc8 11. Kg1 Qa6 12. Ng5 g6 13. Qf3 Nbc6 14. Be3 Nd8 $1
$132 {Van De Oudeweetering Arth-Vogel Jaap/Ch Netherlands selec 1994/0-1 (57)})
8... Qd7 (8... Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O $1 (10. Qd3 Nb8 11. O-O-O Qd7 12. Ne2
Nbc6 {/\ 0-0-0=}) 10... Qd7 11. Qd3 $1 (11. Ne2 $5 Nb8 12. Nf4 (12. Ng3 Nbc6
13. Nh2 g6 14. Bf6 Rg8) 12... Nbc6 13. Nh2 Nf5 14. c3 Be7 $8 (14... g6 $2 15.
g4 $1 $18) 15. Nxh5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 O-O-O $44) 11... Nb8 12. Ne2 Nbc6 13. c4 $5
dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nd5 15. Rac1 $36 {Sokolov,A-Portisch,L/Moskva (GMA) 1990 (34)})
9. Bb5 c6 10. Ba4 (10. Bd3 $6 Ba6 $10) 10... Ba6 11. Ne2 Nf5 $6 {This move is
deprived of any logic.Nessasery was} (11... Bb5 $1 12. Bb3 $5 (12. Bxb5 cxb5
13. Ng3 Qc7 $5 (13... Nbc6 $6 14. c3 $14 {[%csl Re7,Rh5]}) 14. c3 Nd7 15. Nd2
g6 16. Qf3 $14) 12... Bc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. b3 cxb3 15. c4 $1 b2 16. Rb1 Nf5
17. Qb3 $36 {in both cases with playable position.}) 12. c3 $1 {Keeping the
bishops on the board.} Bb5 13. Bc2 Ne7 $6 (13... c5 $5 14. O-O Nc6 15. Re1 Bxe2
16. Qxe2 c4 $6 17. Bxf5 $1 exf5 18. e6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Qxe6 20. Rxe6+ Kd7 21.
Rae1 $18 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5,Rg7][%cal Ge6g6,Gf3e5,Ge1e6]}) 14. a4 Ba6 15. b4 $16
Qc8 (15... c5 16. O-O Qc7 17. Re1 $16) 16. O-O Nd7 17. Re1 g6 18. Nf4 Bg7 19.
Qb1 $1 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gb4b5]} Rg8 (19... Bb7 20. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 21. Bxe7 $1 (
21. Nxg6 Nf5 $1 22. Nxh8 Bxh8 23. Nh2 Kf7 24. Qd1 Kg6 $14) 21... Kxe7 22. Nxg6+
(22. Qxg6 Qg8 $13) 22... Kd8 23. Nxh8 Bxh8 24. Ng5 $18) 20. b5 Bb7 21. Bd3 a6
22. Qb2 Bf8 23. Nd2 $1 {Despite of the fact that there is a material balance
on the board and not a single pawn has been changed black's position is
hopeless:all his pieces occupy 7th and 8th ranks and there is no way to
improve the position.} c5 $5 {Prefering to fall in the battle and not to wait
for inevitable finish!} 24. bxa6 Bxa6 25. Bxa6 Qxa6 26. c4 $1 dxc4 27. Ne4 $1 {
[%csl Rd6,Rf6][%cal Gd4d5]} Nf5 28. d5 Nd4 (28... Bg7 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Nxe6
Bxe5 31. Nf6+ $1 $18) 29. Qc3 $5 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gc3h3]} Be7 (29... Qa5 30.
Qh3 $1 Nc2 31. dxe6 $18) 30. dxe6 fxe6 31. Nd6+ $18 Bxd6 (31... Kd8 32. Qxd4 $1
Bxg5 (32... cxd4 33. Nxe6#) 33. Nxe6+ Ke7 34. Nc8+ $1 $18) (31... Kf8 32. Bh6+
$18) 32. exd6 e5 33. Nd5 Kf8 34. Nc7 Qa5 35. Bh6+ Kf7 36. Qxc4+ Kf6 37. Nd5+
1-0

[Event "Sao Paulo zt 2.4"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2003.09.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.09.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4
h5 9. Qg3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Ne2 Qd7 (11... Nb8 12. Bg5 (12. f4 Qd7 13. O-O
Nc6 14. f5 exf5 15. Qg5 Qe7 16. Rxf5 Qxg5 17. Bxg5 Nge7 18. Rf3 O-O 19. Raf1
$14 {Bluvshtein,M-Vaingorten,Y/Toronto 2000}) 12... Qd7 13. Qf3 Qa4 14. Ng3
Qxc2 15. Rc1 Qb2 16. Nxh5 Kf8 17. Rh3 Nd7 18. Rd1 c5 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. h5 $13 {
Bogdanovic,R-Matulovic,M/Sombor 1957}) (11... c5 12. Nf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 Kf8 14.
Bg5 Qd7 15. O-O Rc8 16. f4 Nb8 17. Rad1 $16 {Fischer,R-Hoppe,R/Davis 1964}) 12.
Nf4 {Black knight on g6 is very important defender, so trading it makes a lot
of sense.} (12. a4 c5 (12... O-O-O 13. Qd3 (13. Bg5 Rdf8 14. Qd3 Nb8 15. a5 b5
16. a6 c6 17. O-O Qe8 18. c4 $36 {Kos,T-Sher,M/Ljubljana 1997}) 13... Nb8 14.
a5 b5 15. a6 c6 16. Ba3 (16. g3 Qe8 17. Ra5 Nd7 18. Ba3 Nb6 19. Bc5 Nc4 20. Ra2
Kb8 21. Nc1 f6 22. f4 Ne7 $13 {Bills,W-Formanek,E/Aspen 1968}) 16... Nxa6 17.
Bd6 Nb8 18. Nc1 Qb7 19. Nb3 Nd7 20. Ra2 $16 {1-0 Bjork,C-Formanek,E/London
1979 (27)}) 13. O-O Rc8 14. Nf4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 Kf8 16. Qd3 Nb8 17. a5 b5 18. Bc1
cxd4 19. Ba3+ Kg8 20. cxd4 $14 {Dominguez,L-Medina,J/Matanzas 1998}) (12. Bg5
Qa4 (12... c5 13. O-O Rc8 (13... Nb8 14. f4 Nc6 15. f5 exf5 16. Qf3 Rc8 17.
Rae1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nd8 $15 {Hvorostinin,G-Moskalenko,V/Yalta 1996}) 14. f4 cxd4
15. f5 exf5 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Nxf5 O-O 18. Qf3 $40 {Wesely,H-Sieber,H/DDR-ch
M768 corr 1984}) 13. Qd3 c5 14. O-O Ne7 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Rac1 Nb8 17. Qg3 g6
18. Rfd1 Nc6 19. Qf3 Rhf8 $13 {De Bie,H-Witt,R/Holland 1996}) 12... Nxf4 13.
Bxf4 Rg8 {This is a new move, but it doesn't seem to change the evaluation of
the position as quite dangerous for black.} (13... Kf8 14. a4 Nb8 15. Qf3 (15.
Bc1 Nc6 16. Rh3 Rc8 17. Qg5 Ne7 18. a5 Kg8 19. axb6 cxb6 20. g4 g6 21. Ba3 hxg4
22. Qxg4 Rh5 23. Bc1 Nf5 $15 {De Firmian,N-Rohde,M/San Francisco 1987}) 15...
Nc6 16. Bg5 Ne7 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. O-O c5 19. a5 b5 20. a6 $16 {Velikhanli,
F-Moskalenko,V/Halkida 1996}) 14. Qg5 Qa4 (14... g6 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6]} 15. a4 (
15. g4 $6 hxg4 16. h5 Qa4 17. Kd2 c5 18. h6 cxd4 19. h7 dxc3+ 20. Kc1 Rh8 21.
Qf6 Nb4 $1 $19) 15... c5 16. O-O Rc8 17. a5 $14) 15. Qxh5 Qxc2 16. O-O Qxc3 {
Black understands that his position is very dangerous and decides to takes a
pawn not to sffer for free.} (16... Qf5 17. Bg5 (17. Qxf5 exf5 18. Rac1 c6 19.
c4 Nc7 $13) 17... Nb8 18. Rae1 Nc6 19. Re3 Ne7 20. Qd1 $36) 17. Be3 Qc6 $2 {
Very unfortunate decision after which white's initiative becomes too strong
too handle. The only chance to put up some resistance was by bringing the
queen to the kingside.} (17... Qd3 $1) 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. Bg5 Qa4 {[%cal Ge8d7]}
(19... c5 20. Qh7 Kf8 21. Rc3 c4 22. Rg3 $16 {[%csl Rg7]}) 20. Rfd1 {[%cal
Gd1d3,Gd3f3] White's plan is very simple and efficient.} (20. Qh7 $6 Kd7) 20...
c5 21. Rd3 $16 Rc8 22. Rf3 Rf8 (22... Rc7 23. Qh7 Kf8 24. h5 Qxd4 25. h6 Qxe5
26. Bf4 Qe4 27. Bd6+ $18) 23. Qh7 Qxd4 (23... Nb8 24. Qxg7 Nd7 25. Rd3 $1 $16 {
[%cal Gh4h8]}) 24. Qxg7 Nc7 {[%csl Re6]} (24... Nb8 25. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 26. Qg8+
Rf8 27. Qxe6#) 25. h5 Kd7 26. h6 Kc6 27. h7 $18 Qb2 (27... Qe4 28. Rh3 Rh8 29.
Bf6 Qf4 30. Rf1 $18) 28. Rh3 Rh8 29. Rf1 c4 30. Bf6 c3 31. Qg5 d4 32. Bxh8 Rxh8
33. Qf6 c2 34. Qxh8 c1=Q 35. Qf6 Nd5 (35... Qxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Qb1+ 37. Ke2 Qc2+
38. Kf3 Qd3+ 39. Kg4 Qe4+ 40. Kg5 $18) 36. h8=Q Qxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Qb1+ 38. Ke2 d3+
39. Rxd3 Qc2+ 40. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 6th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2004.04.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Black "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. Nf3 c6 7. b4 {It's
interesting that being on the white side of this line Kruppa opted for 7.g3
and managed to get very comfortable advantage.} (7. g3 Ba6 8. Ne2 Qd7 9. Bh3
Ne7 10. O-O Ng6 11. Re1 Be7 12. Bg2 $14 {Kruppa,Y-Alekseev,V/St Petersburg 1996
}) 7... Ne7 8. Bd3 c5 (8... Ba6 9. b5 cxb5 (9... Bxb5 10. Nxb5 cxb5 11. Bxb5+
Nec6 12. h4 a6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Qe2 b5 15. c3 $16 {Polzin,R-Tischbierek,R/
Austria 2002}) 10. Nxb5 Nec6 11. a4 h6 12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Rxa3 O-O 14. O-O Nd7
15. Re1 Qe7 16. Nd6 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 $14 {Pozdniakov,S-Raaste,E/St Petersburg 1996
}) 9. bxc5 bxc5 10. dxc5 Nec6 11. O-O Bxc5 (11... Nd7 12. Bg5 Qa5 13. Nb5 Nxc5
14. c4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Ba6 16. Rab1 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Rc8 18. Rfd1 $16) 12. Bg5 Be7 (
12... Qa5) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nb5 O-O 15. c4 $1 dxc4 $6 {Careless move after
which black's position deteriorates very fast. It was necessary to try} (15...
a6 $142 16. Nd6 (16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nc3 Be6 18. Qd2 Nd7 19. Rfe1 $14) 16... Nxe5
17. Nxc8 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Rxc8 19. cxd5 Nd7 (19... exd5 $2 20. Qf5 $18) 20. Rfe1
Nc5 21. dxe6 $14) 16. Be4 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra8,Rb8,Rc6,Rc8]} a6 (16... Ba6 17. Qa4
Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Rc8 19. Rfc1 $16) 17. Nd6 Ra7 18. Nxc4 a5 {[%cal Gc8a6]} 19. Qc2
f5 (19... h6 20. Nd6 Rc7 21. Rfc1 $18) 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Nb6 Rc7 22. Rfe1 f5 $2
(22... Qf7) 23. Nxc8 Rfxc8 24. Bxf5 $1 $18 Nd4 25. Nxd4 $5 (25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26.
Qb2 $18) 25... Rxc2 26. Bxe6+ Kh8 27. Bxc8 Ra2 28. Rac1 Qf8 29. Bf5 Nd7 30. Ne6
Qb8 31. Red1 Qe8 32. h4 Re2 33. Rc7 Rxe6 34. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Pula zt 1.2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.04.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Zaja, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. h4 Ba6 $5 {Very tricky
variation,which pays off just perfectly n the game!} (6... h5 $5 7. Qd1 c5 8.
Bg5 Qd7 9. Bb5 Nc6 10. Nge2 a6 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. Nf4 cxd4 13. Nce2 Qc7 14. Nd3
$14 {Blatny,P-Psakhis,L/OHRA-B 1989}) 7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8. h5 $5 {Getting some
space on the kingside and intending in the future to push the pawn to h6.} (8.
Qe2 Nb8 9. Bg5 Qd7 10. h5 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. h6 gxh6 13. Bh4 Nc6 $15 {
Luther,T-Vaganian,R/BL9596}) 8... Nb4 9. Qe2 c5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. dxc5 bxc5 ({
Worse is} 11... Bxc5 12. h6 Nxh6 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Rxh6 Qd7 15. O-O-O $14 {
and white has some pressure.}) 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. O-O h6 14. Bf4 Nge7 15. Nb5 $5 (
{Another option was} 15. Rad1 $5 Nc8 16. Ne4 Qb7 17. Ng3 (17. Nd6+ Nxd6 18.
exd6 O-O-O $15 {[%csl Rd6]}) 17... Be7 18. c4 $14 {with slightly better
prospects.}) 15... Nc8 16. c4 d4 17. Rad1 Qb7 18. Qe4 (18. a3 a6 19. Nd6+ Nxd6
20. exd6 Rd8 21. b4 Bxd6 (21... cxb4 $6 22. c5 $1 $36 {[%csl Rf8,Rh8]}) 22.
Bxd6 Rxd6 23. bxc5 Rd7 24. Qe4 $14) 18... a6 19. Nd6+ $2 {Probably white just
missed 20th move of black.After logical} (19. Na3 Rb8 20. b3 Be7 21. Nc2 O-O
22. Rd3 $14 {he would keep better chanses.}) 19... Nxd6 20. exd6 O-O-O $1 $17
21. a3 (21. Be5 $5) 21... Bxd6 22. b4 Na5 $1 23. Qd3 $2 {Despiration!But also
after} (23. Qxb7+ Nxb7 24. Bxd6 Rxd6 (24... Nxd6 25. bxc5 Nxc4 26. Rxd4 Rxd4
27. Nxd4 Rd8 $17) 25. bxc5 Nxc5 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Nxd4 Rd8 28. Nf3 Rd3 $17 {
[%csl Ra3,Rc4] it's hard to believe that white would manage to hold the
arising endgame.}) 23... Bxf4 24. bxa5 Bc7 $19 25. Rb1 Qc6 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. Rb6
Qa8 28. Rfb1 Bc7 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[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 {Gurevich,M} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. Nf3 Qd7 7. Bb5
c6 8. Ba4 Ba6 9. Ne2 Bb5 10. Bb3 c5 (10... a5 $6 11. c3 a4 12. Bc2 c5 13. O-O
Nc6 14. Re1 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 cxd4 16. cxd4 $16 {Gallagher,J-Peric,S/Geneve op
1994 (37)}) 11. c3 Nc6 12. O-O Nge7 13. Re1 (13. Bc2 a5 $6 14. Re1 a4 15. Nf4
g6 16. h4 h5 17. Be3 c4 18. Ng5 $36 {[%cal Gg2g4] Polgar,S-Molnar,V/Rimavska
Sobota 1991 (23)}) 13... Bxe2 {TN} (13... Rc8 14. Ng3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 $5 (15.
cxd4 $14) 15... Nxd4 16. cxd4 Nc6 17. Nh5 Na5 18. Ba2 Qc6 $6 19. Qg4 $16 {
Nolan,G-Buchanan,W/ch-SCO, Aviemore 1997 (35)}) (13... h5 $6 14. Bg5 Bxe2 15.
Rxe2 Nf5 16. dxc5 $1 Bxc5 17. Ba4 a6 18. c4 $1 $16 {Oll,L-Epishin,V/URS-YM
Tbilisi 1989 (38)}) (13... Nf5 14. g4 $6 Nfe7 15. Ng3 c4 16. Bc2 Na5 17. Nh5 h6
18. Bf4 O-O-O $132 {Miljanic,B-Nikolic,Z/Vrnjacka Banja 1987/0-1 (57)}) (13...
O-O-O $5 14. Bc2 Ng6 15. Ng3 Kb7 16. h4 h6 17. h5 Nge7 18. Be3 (18. dxc5 bxc5
19. Be3 Nc8 $13) 18... c4 19. Nh4 $6 (19. a4 Ba6 20. Nh2 $14) 19... Rg8 $13 {
Chandler,M-Timman,J/Amsterdam 1987/1-0 (53)} 20. Qg4 {Gurevich,M} Na5 21. f4 f5
$132 {0-1 Nattkamper,S-Van Wedel,B/corr 1991 (34)}) 14. Rxe2 (14. Qxe2 {
Gurevich,M} cxd4 15. cxd4 Nf5 16. Be3 a6 $13) 14... c4 15. Bc2 b5 (15... h6 $5
16. Nd2 Na5 17. Nf1 g6 18. Ne3 Bg7 19. g3 O-O-O $13 {Lampen,T-Tolonen,L/Espoo
1996 (50)}) 16. Re3 (16. b3 $5 {Gurevich,M} cxb3 17. Bxb3 Na5 18. a4 $36) 16...
h6 $1 {Necessarily profilactics against Ng5.} (16... Nf5 $6 {Gurevich,M} 17.
Bxf5 exf5 18. a4 $1 b4 19. b3 Na5 20. e6 $1 $40) 17. Nd2 Nc8 (17... Nf5 {
Gurevich,M} 18. Rh3 Be7 19. Nf3 Bd8 20. g4 $36) 18. Qg4 $36 {The plans of both
sides are clear:white will try to create play on the kingside,while black will
search for the counterplay on the queenside,but white pieces are better placed
for forthcoming actions so his prospects are better.} Nb6 19. Rf3 Qe7 $6 (19...
a5 $5) (19... O-O-O {Gurevich,M} 20. Qf4 f5 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Qxf6 Be7 23. Qf7
$16) 20. a4 $1 {Using inaccuracy of black on previous move white opens a-file
for his pieces.} h5 (20... b4 21. a5 Nd7 22. Ba4 Rc8 23. Nf1 $14 {[%cal Gf1g3,
Gg3h5]}) (20... bxa4 {Gurevich,M} 21. Rxa4 Nxa4 (21... g6 $2 22. Rxf7 $1 Qxf7 (
22... Kxf7 23. Qxg6#) 23. Bxg6 $18) 22. Bxa4 Qd7 (22... Rc8 23. b3 $36) 23. Qf4
Rc8 24. b3 $40) 21. Qg3 bxa4 $5 22. h4 $1 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gf3f4,Gd2f3,Gf3g5]}
Qd7 {[%cal Gc6e7,Ge7f5,Gg7g6]} 23. Rf4 {With idea Nd2-f3-g5} Ne7 24. Qf3 (24.
Nf3 $5 Nf5 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. e6 $1 (26. Bd2 O-O-O $15 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gd8e8,
Gg7g6]}) 26... Qxe6 27. Bd2 $44 {[%cal Ga1e1]}) 24... Nc6 25. Qg3 Ne7 26. Qf3
Nc6 (26... Ng6 $6 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Qg3 Rh6 29. Nf1 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg6][%cal
Gf4f3]}) 27. Rxa4 $5 {Avoiding the repeation of the moves after 27.Qg3} g6 {
Deciding to take the other rook.Too dangerous was} (27... Nxa4 $6 28. Bxa4 Rc8
(28... Be7 $2 29. Nxc4 $1 $18) 29. b3 cxb3 30. Nxb3 (30. c4 $5) 30... Qc7 (
30... g6 {Gurevich,M} 31. Na5 Bh6 $13) 31. c4 $1 dxc4 32. Na5 $1 Qxa5 33. Bxc6+
Kd8 34. Rxf7 $18) 28. Ra1 Bh6 29. Rf6 Bg7 30. b3 $1 $44 (30. Rf4 {Gurevich,M}
Bh6 $11) 30... cxb3 $1 (30... Bxf6 $6 31. Qxf6 Rg8 32. bxc4 dxc4 (32... Nxc4
33. Nxc4 dxc4 34. Ba4 Rc8 35. Ba3 $16) 33. Ne4 Nd5 34. Qf3 $16) 31. Nxb3 Bxf6
32. Nc5 $5 (32. Qxf6 $5 $44 {Gurevich,M} Rg8 33. Bg5 $44 (33. Ba3 Qd8 34. Qf4
g5 $132)) 32... Qd8 33. exf6 Nd7 {[#]} (33... Qd6 $5 34. Bf4 (34. Ba3 $6 Nc4)
34... e5 35. Re1 $1 O-O-O $1 (35... O-O 36. Bxe5 Nxe5 37. Rxe5 Rae8 38. Bxg6 $1
$16) 36. Qh3+ Nd7 $8 37. Bxe5 Ncxe5 38. Rxe5 Kb8 39. Nxd7+ Rxd7 40. Bb3 $14)
34. Nxe6 $1 (34. Ba4 {Gurevich,M} Rc8 35. Bxc6 Rxc6 36. Rxa7 Nxc5 37. Re7+ Kf8
38. Ba3 $1 Ra6 39. Bxc5 Kg8 $13) 34... fxe6 35. Bxg6+ Kf8 36. Ba3+ Kg8 37. Qg3
Qxf6 38. Re1 {Increasing the pressure.Deserved attention} (38. Be8+ $5 Qg7 (
38... Kh7 $5 39. Bxd7 Nd8 40. Bd6 Rg8 41. Qd3+ Qg6 42. Qf3 Qg4 43. Qd3+ Qg6 44.
Qf1 $14) 39. Bxd7 Qxg3 (39... Nd8 {Gurevich,M} 40. Qxg7+ Kxg7 41. Bd6 Rh7 $13)
40. Bxe6+ Kg7 41. fxg3 Rad8 42. Bc5 $14) 38... Qg7 $2 (38... Nf8 $1 39. Be8+
Qg7 40. Qxg7+ Kxg7 41. Bxc6 Rc8 42. Bxf8+ (42. Bb5 {Gurevich,M} Rxc3 43. Bc5 a5
44. Ra1 Ng6 45. Rxa5 Nxh4 $15) 42... Rhxf8 43. Rxe6 $11 (43. Rxe6 Rf6 44. Bxd5
(44. Re7+ Kf8 $17) 44... Rxe6 45. Bxe6 Rxc3 $17)) 39. Rxe6 Rc8 40. Qd6 $1 $18
Rh6 $8 (40... Nb6 $2 41. Bd3 $1 $18 (41. Qxc6 {Gurevich,M} Rxc6 42. Re8+ Qf8
43. Rxf8+ Kg7 $13)) (40... Nf8 {Gurevich,M} 41. Qxd5 Nxg6 (41... Nxe6 42. Qxe6+
$18) (41... Qd7 42. Rd6+ $18) 42. Rxg6+ Kh7 43. Qxh5+ $18) 41. Bc1 Kh8 (41...
Nf8 {Gurevich,M} 42. Bxh6 Qxh6 43. Bf7+ $18) 42. Bxh6 Qxh6 43. Be8 $2 ({
Step in the wrong direction after fantasticaly played previous part of the
game.Simple} 43. Bf5 $1 Qc1+ 44. Kh2 Nce5 45. Rh6+ Kg8 (45... Kg7 46. Qe7+ $1
Kxh6 47. Qh7#) 46. Qe6+ Nf7 $8 (46... Kf8 47. Rh8+ Kg7 48. Rh7+ Kf8 49. Qe7+
Kg8 50. Qg7#) 47. Rg6+ (47. Rh7 $2 Qf4+ 48. Kh3 Rxc3+ 49. g3 Rxg3+ 50. fxg3
Qf1+ $11) 47... Kf8 48. Qxd7 Qf4+ 49. Rg3 Rxc3 50. Qxd5 Qxh4+ 51. Bh3 $18 {
would give white exellent wining chanses.}) (43. Qxd7 {Gurevich,M} Qc1+ 44. Kh2
Qf4+ $11) (43. Bd3 {Gurevich,M} Qc1+ 44. Kh2 Nf8 (44... Nce5 45. dxe5 Qf4+ 46.
Kg1 Qc1+ 47. Bf1 $18) 45. Rh6+ Kg8 46. Qf6 $18) 43... Qc1+ 44. Kh2 Nce5 $3 $11
45. Rh6+ (45. dxe5 Qf4+ 46. g3 (46. Kh3 $2 Rxc3+ 47. g3 Qf5+ 48. Kg2 Qf3+ $19)
46... Qxf2+ 47. Kh3 Qf1+ $11) 45... Kg8 (45... Kg7) 46. Rg6+ (46. Qxd5+ Kg7 47.
Rg6+ Nxg6 48. Qxd7+ Kh6 49. Qxc8 Qf4+ $11) 46... Kh8 $1 47. dxe5 (47. Rg5 {
Gurevich,M} Ng4+ (47... Qf4+ 48. Kh3 Rxc3+ 49. g3 Qf6 50. dxe5 $18) (47... Rxe8
48. Qh6#) 48. Rxg4 hxg4 49. Bxd7 $18) 47... Qf4+ 48. Rg3 (48. Kh3 {Gurevich,M}
Qf5+ (48... Rxc3+ 49. f3 Qf5+ 50. Kg3) 49. Kg3 Rxe8 50. Rg5 Rg8 51. Qh6+ Qh7
$13) 48... Nxe5 49. Kh3 (49. Bxh5 {Gurevich,M} Nf3+ $19) 49... Qf5+ (49... Rxe8
$6 50. Rg5 $1 Kh7 51. Rxh5+ Kg7 52. Rg5+ Kf7 53. Qh6 $18) (49... Rc4 $2 {
Gurevich,M} 50. Qd8 $1 Qf5+ 51. Kh2 $16) (49... Nd3 {Gurevich,M} 50. Qg6 Nxf2+
51. Kh2 Ng4+ 52. Kh3 Nf2+ $11) 50. Kh2 Qf4 $1 (50... Ng4+ {Gurevich,M} 51. Rxg4
$18) 51. Kh3 Qf5+ 52. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Finkel,A} {Oratovsky,M} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6.
Bg5 Qd7 7. Bb5 Nc6 (7... c6 8. Be2 Ba6 9. Nf3 $5 (9. f4 $6 Ne7 10. Bxa6 Nxa6
11. Qe2 Nc7 12. Nf3 Ng6 13. Nh4 Be7 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11 {Moreno,
J-Panno,O/Open, Buenos Aires ARG 1997 (18)}) 9... Ne7 10. a4 Nf5 11. O-O Bxe2
12. Nxe2 c5 13. c3 Nc6 14. Qh3 $1 $36 {Cseshkovsky,V-Erendzhenov,S/RUS-ch
Elista (09) ,CBM 50 1995 (22)}) 8. Nf3 (8. Nce2 Bb7 (8... a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3
f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Qh4 Ne7 $5 {Meulders kommentiert deutsch. Eine
interessante Idee: statt sich nach etwa 12...Be7 mit einer etwas schlechteren
Stellung zufrieden zu geben, investiert Timman einen Bauern.} (12... Be7 $14)
13. Bxf6 Ng6 14. Qg5 gxf6 15. Qxf6 Bh6 $1 {Verhindert 0-0-0 und droht
Damengewinn mittels ...Rf8.} (15... Bg7 16. Qg5 $16) 16. Qf3 Qg7 17. Qg3 $6 (
17. c3 $5 Bb7 18. Bc2 O-O-O 19. Qg4 Qf6 20. Nf3 Rhg8 21. Qh5 $1 $14) 17... Bb7
18. Nf3 O-O-O $36 {Shirov,A-Timman,J/Koop Tjuchem Groningen 1996 (39)}) 9. c3
a6 10. Bd3 (10. Ba4 $5 $14) 10... f6 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bh4 O-O-O 13. O-O-O Kb8
14. Nf4 Bc8 15. Kb1 e5 $13 {McGettigan,A-Bronstein,D/London Lloyds 1992 (51)})
8... h6 (8... a6 9. Be2 (9. Ba4 Bb7 10. O-O h6 11. Qh3 $5 Nge7 12. Ne2 Rg8 13.
Bd2 O-O-O 14. Rae1 Kb8 $5 $13 {Topalov,V-Hamdouchi,H/Biel izt 1993 (40)}) 9...
Nb4 $5 10. Rc1 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. O-O Ne7 13. Rfd1 Nf5 14. Bf1 h6 15. Bd2 $36
{Milos,G-Panno,O/Buenos Aires 1992/1-0 (52)}) 9. Bd2 $5 (9. Be3 $5 Nge7 10. O-O
Bb7 11. Qh5 a6 12. Be2 Nf5 13. g4 $1 $14 {Sax,G-Hodgson,J/Bruxelles 1985 (17)})
9... Bb7 10. O-O a6 11. Ba4 Nge7 12. Ne2 g6 {Serious alternative was} (12...
O-O-O $5 13. c3 f5 $6 14. exf6 $1 (14. Qg3 {[%cal Gh2h4,Gh4h5]} g5 15. h4 f4 (
15... g4 16. Ne1 {[%cal Ge1d3,Ge2f4]} Kb8 17. Nd3 a5 {[%cal Gb7a6]} 18. Bb5 Qc8
19. Ndf4 Na7 20. Bd3 $14 {[%csl Re6]} Ba6 21. Bxa6 Qxa6 22. c4 $5 (22. Nxe6 $6
Qxe2 23. Nxd8 Qxd2 $132) (22. b3 $5 $14 {[%cal Gc3c4]}) 22... Qxc4 23. Qc3 Qxc3
24. bxc3 $16 {[%csl Re6]}) 16. Qg4 Nf5 (16... Rg8 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Bh6
19. Bxf4 Nf5 (19... Rdf8 20. Bd2 $16 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 20. Bd2 Qe7 21. f4 $16)
17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 (18. Qxg5 $4 Qh7 $1 $19) 18... Rh4 19. Qf3 Be7 20. Nh3
$16) 14... gxf6 15. Nf4 e5 (15... b5 16. Bc2 e5 17. Qxd7+ Rxd7 18. Ne6 e4 19.
Nh4 $16 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6][%cal Gf2f3]}) (15... Nf5 16. Rae1 $1 Re8 {[%tqu "En",
"","","","g4g6","",5,"f4e6","",0]} 17. Qg6 $1 (17. Nxe6 $6 Ng7 18. Nxg7 Qxg4
$15) 17... Bg7 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Qxf5 $16) 16. Qxd7+ Rxd7 17. dxe5 fxe5 18.
Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Ng6 Rg8 20. Ngxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 d4 22. g3 Rd8 23. cxd4 Rxd4 24.
Bc3 $16) 13. c3 $14 Nf5 14. h4 h5 15. Qf4 Bh6 16. Ng5 $1 (16. Qh2 $5 Bxd2 (
16... Bg7 17. Bg5 $16) 17. Nxd2 O-O-O 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. Qf4 $14 {[%cal Ge2g3]})
16... O-O-O 17. Rfe1 (17. Ng3 $5) 17... Kb8 18. Ng3 $1 {Inviting black to open
f-file.} Qe7 (18... Nxg3 19. fxg3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge1f1]}) 19. Nxf5 $1
gxf5 (19... exf5 {[%cal Gd8c8,Gc6d8,Gd8e6]} 20. Qg3 Rc8 21. e6 f6 $8 22. Nf3
Bxd2 23. Nxd2 Rhg8 24. Re2 $16 {[%cal Ga1e1]}) 20. g3 Na7 21. Rad1 (21. Bc2 $5
a5 22. Bd3 $16 {[%csl Rb7]}) 21... a5 22. Qf3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gf3h5]
White's play till one moment is simply perfect!} Rdg8 (22... Bg7 $6 23. Nh3 $1
$16) 23. Qxh5 Rg6 (23... Bxg5 $2 24. Bxg5 Rxh5 25. Bxe7 f4 26. Bg5 $18) 24. Qf3
c5 25. Bf4 Ka8 26. Bc2 (26. Qe2 $5 {[%csl Rb7]}) 26... Nc6 27. a3 Rc8 28. Bb1
$6 {Losing a control for a while.Very promising possibility was} (28. Bd3 $16 {
[%csl Rb7][%cal Gf3e3,Gg1g2,Ge1h1]} cxd4 29. cxd4 Nxd4 $6 30. Qe3 Nc2 31. Bxc2
Rxc2 32. Qxb6 $18) 28... Ba6 29. Kg2 Bc4 30. Qe3 $6 Bb3 31. Rd2 a4 32. Bd3 Na5
33. Qf3 {Admitting mistake!} Ka7 34. Rh1 cxd4 35. cxd4 Nc4 36. Re2 Rh8 37. Bc2
$1 {Good positional decision.} Na5 (37... Bxc2 38. Rxc2 Qd7 39. Nh3 {[%cal
Gf4g5,Gh3f4]} Bxf4 40. Nxf4 Rg4 41. b3 $16) 38. Bxb3 Nxb3 39. Qd3 Rc8 40. Rc2
Rxc2 41. Qxc2 Kb7 42. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d3,Gd3c3]} Rg8 43. Rd3 Rc8 44. Qd1 $1 {
[%cal Gg5f7]} (44. Rc3 $5 Rxc3 45. Qxc3 $16 {[%cal Gg5h3,Rg5f7]}) 44... f6 45.
exf6 $1 (45. Nxe6 $6 Qxe6 46. Bxh6 fxe5 47. Bg5 (47. Bg7 e4 48. Re3 f4 49. gxf4
Qe7 $132) 47... exd4 48. h5 $16) (45. Nf7 $5 Qxf7 46. Bxh6 fxe5 47. dxe5 $16)
45... Qxf6 46. Re3 $1 Rc6 (46... Bxg5 47. Bxg5 Qxd4 48. Qxd4 Nxd4 49. Bf6 $16 {
[%csl Re6]}) 47. Re5 Qg6 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gh6g7]} 48. Re2 Bxg5 (48... Bg7 49.
Be5 $16) 49. Bxg5 Rc4 50. Be3 f4 $1 {Hoping to find some chanses aginst white
king.} 51. Bxf4 Nxd4 52. Re5 Nf5 53. h5 Qg7 54. Rxe6 $1 $18 {Not being afraid
of the ghosts.} Rxf4 55. Qxd5+ Ka7 56. Rg6 $1 Rxf2+ $8 57. Kxf2 Qxb2+ 58. Kf3 (
58. Kg1 Qb1+ 59. Kh2 Qc2+ 60. Kh3 Qc8 61. Rc6 $18) 58... Qb3+ 59. Ke4 $4 {
Spoiling such a nice game in one move!After} (59. Qxb3 Nd4+ (59... axb3 60. Rg4
$18 {[%cal Gg4b4]}) 60. Ke4 axb3 61. Rf6 b2 62. Rf1 $18 {black can resign.})
59... Nxg3+ 60. Rxg3 $6 (60. Ke5 Nxh5 (60... Qxd5+ 61. Kxd5 Nxh5 62. Ke5 $18 {
[%csl Rh5][%cal Gg6g5]}) 61. Qc6 $40 (61. Qxb3 axb3 62. Rg2 Kb7 63. Rb2 Ng7 64.
Rxb3 Ne8 $16)) 60... Qxg3 61. Qd7+ Kb8 62. Qe8+ Kb7 63. Qe7+ Ka6 $11 64. Kf5
Qf3+ 65. Kg6 Qd3+ 66. Kg7 Qc3+ 67. Kf7 Qf3+ 68. Kg6 Qd3+ 69. Kh6 Qd2+ 70. Kg7
Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 6th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1998.01.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Black "Levacic, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Nh3 {/\
Nf4-h5+/-} (7. Qg4 $5 Ng6 8. h4 h5 9. Qd1 $1 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Bg5 $36 {
Khalifman,A-Ehlvest,J/EST/1994/ (23)}) 7... Ng6 (7... Ba6 $6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9.
Nf4 Ng6 10. Nh5 $1 $16 {ECO,Suetin}) 8. a4 (8. Nf4) (8. Bd3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6
10. O-O Nb8 11. a4 Nc6 12. Qd3 Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Gomez Baillo,J-Soppe,G/Salta ARG
ch 1987}) 8... c5 (8... Ba6 $6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O (10. Nf4 Nxf4 11. Bxf4 Nb8
12. Qg4 Rg8 13. h4 Nc6 14. h5 Na5 15. Rh3 Kd7 16. Kf1 {1/2-1/2 Spassky,
B-Vaganian,R/Baden 1980}) 10... Nb8 11. f4 (11. Qg4 $6 Nc6 12. Bg5 $2 (12. Nf4
Nxf4 13. Bxf4 Rg8 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. f4 $6 f5 $1 16. Qh5+ g6 $15 {Karpov,
A-Seirawan,Y/Mar del Plata/1982/0,5/81/ (36)}) (12. f4 h5 13. Qf3 Nge7) 12...
Qd7 13. Nf4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 Rg8 15. Qh5 h6 $15 {Vouldis,A-Nenashev,A/Karditsa
1996 (41)}) 11... Qd7 (11... Ne7 12. g4 $1 g6 (12... h5 13. f5 $1 hxg4 14. fxe6
gxh3 15. Rxf7 $1 {/\ Qg4, Bg5+-}) 13. f5 $1 gxf5 14. Bg5 Rg8 15. Kh1 $1 fxg4
16. Qxg4 h6 (16... Qd7 17. Qh5 Ng6 18. Rf3 {/\ Raf1+-}) 17. Bxe7 Rxg4 18. Bxd8
Kxd8 19. Rxf7 $16 {Nunn,J}) 12. f5 $1 $36 exf5 13. Qh5 Nf8 $8 14. g4 g6 15. Qh6
Rg8 $1 16. Ba3 Nc6 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. gxf5 $16 {Nunn,J-Hansen,L/Lugano 1989 (37)
}) 9. a5 (9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 Nc6 $10) 9... Ba6 10. axb6 (10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O
$14) 10... Qxb6 11. Bxa6 (11. dxc5 Qc6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. O-O Nxc5 14. Be3 Ne4
$15) 11... Nxa6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qg4 $6 (13. Qe2 Nb8 14. Ba3 Nd7 15. c4) 13...
Rac8 14. Ng5 cxd4 15. Ba3 Rfd8 16. cxd4 h6 17. Nf3 Rxc2 18. h4 Rd7 19. h5 Ne7
20. Rfb1 Qc6 21. Nh4 Qc4 22. Bc1 Kh7 23. Be3 Rc7 24. Kh2 Nc5 $2 {Painfull
blunder which turns black's position into ruins.After correct} (24... Nb4 $1 {
black's advantage is huge.}) 25. Rb8 Nd7 26. Re8 Nxe5 (26... Ng8 $2 27. Bxh6 $1
$18) (26... Nc6 $2 27. Qg6+ $3 fxg6 28. hxg6#) (26... Nb6 27. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 28.
Ra3 $1 (28. Rf8 $2 Rxf2) 28... Rc3 29. Rf8 $1 $18) 27. Qf4 N7c6 28. Qg3 $1 $18
{[%csl Rh7][%cal Gg3c7,Gg3g6,Gg3h4]} (28. dxe5 $6 Qxf4+ 29. Bxf4 Rxf2 30. Nf3
Rb2 $1 $14) 28... Nxd4 29. Qxe5 Nc6 (29... Ne2 30. Ng6 $1 fxg6 31. hxg6+ Kxg6
32. Rxe6+ Kh7 33. Qf5+ Kg8 34. Re8#) 30. Qg3 Ne5 (30... Ne7 31. Bf4 Rb7 32. Be5
f6 33. Qg6+ $1 Nxg6 34. hxg6#) 31. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Premier 33rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vazquez Igarza, Renier"]
[Black "Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 3104]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Bd2 b6 6. Bb5 c6 7. Ba4
a5 8. a3 Bf8 9. Nce2 b5 (9... Ba6 10. c3 Bb5 (10... Ne7 11. Nf3 Bd3 $5 (11...
Nf5 12. O-O Be7 13. Re1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Na6 15. Bc2 Nc7 16. a4 $14 {Nunn,
J-Huebner,R/OHRA-A 1986 (31)}) 12. Nf4 Bg6 13. O-O b5 14. Bb3 a4 15. Ba2 Nc8
16. Ne1 $14 {Holzhaeuer,M-Rentschler,J/OLWuert 1990/1-0 (51)}) 11. Bc2 a4 (
11... c5 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. O-O Nge7 14. Re1 Nc8 15. Nf4 g6 16. Be3 $14 {
Kindermann,S-Sahovic,D/Biel op 1990 (33)}) 12. Nf3 c5 13. dxc5 $5 (13. O-O Nc6
14. Re1 Na5 15. Nf4 $5 (15. Be3 $5 Nc4 16. Nd2 Nxd2 (16... Nxe3 $5) 17. Qxd2
Bxe2 18. Qxe2 c4 19. g4 $14 {Jonsson,B-Bergsson,S/Reykjavik op 1993 (34)})
15... O-O-O 16. Be3 Nc4 17. Nd2 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 g6 19. Qf3 Kb8 20. Ree1 $36 {
Iruzubieta,J-Topalov,V/Elgoibar 1991 (47)}) 13... bxc5 14. O-O Nc6 15. Re1 Na5
16. Nf4 Ne7 17. Ng5 $36 {Reyes,J-Sahovic,D/Vrnjacka Banja 1989 (35)}) (9... Na6
$5 10. c3 Nc7 11. Nf3 Ba6 12. Bc2 Ne7 13. O-O a4 14. Re1 $14 {Mifsud,
T-Temirbaev,S/Moscow olm 1994/0-1 (61)}) 10. Bb3 c5 11. dxc5 {More ambitious is
} (11. c3 $5 Nc6 12. f4 f5 13. Nf3 Nh6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Ned4 Ba6 16. Be3 $14 {
with better chanses;Rodriguez,A-Gonzales,J/Capablanca mem-A 1992 (41)}) 11...
Nc6 12. Nf3 Bxc5 13. O-O Nge7 14. Nf4 (14. Bc3 $6 O-O 15. Ned4 Ba6 16. Re1 Qa7
17. Kh1 $6 Qb6 $17 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gb5b4] Happel,H-Monte,P/Guernsey op 1988 
(53)}) (14. c3 $5 Ng6 15. Bf4 Qc7 16. Re1 Nxf4 (16... Ba6 17. Bg3 Ngxe5 $6 18.
Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Nd4 Bd6 20. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Qh5+ $16) 17. Nxf4 g6
18. Qd2 O-O 19. Nd3 $14) 14... O-O 15. Re1 Qa7 {[%cal Ga7f2]} (15... Ba6 $5)
16. Nd3 Bb6 17. Ba2 $6 ({Deserved attention} 17. c3 $5 {transfering the bishop
to c2}) 17... b4 $5 (17... Ba6 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 {[%csl Ra6]}) 18. axb4 axb4
19. Bb3 Ba6 (19... Qxa1 $6 20. Qxa1 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Ba5 22. Ra4 $16 {[%csl Rb4]})
20. Be3 $5 {White understands that he does'nt stand better and tries to
simplify the position.} Bxe3 (20... Nf5 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. Nf4) 21. Rxe3 Nf5 22.
Re1 Qb6 $15 23. Nf4 Bc4 $6 {After this move black loses the advantage.It was
better to keep the pressure with} (23... Rfc8 $5 24. Qd2 Ncd4 25. Nxd4 Qxd4 26.
Nd3 Bc4 $15) 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. Qe2 Qc5 27. Qe4 Ra5 $5 {[%csl Re5]
} (27... Ra2 $5 28. g4 Nfe7 29. Ng5 Ng6 $5 (29... g6 $6 30. Nfxe6 $1 fxe6 31.
Qf4 Nd8 32. Qf6 Qc7 (32... Ra6 $6 33. Rd1 Nec6 34. Nxh7 $1 $18) 33. Rd1 $1 (33.
Nxe6 Nxe6 34. Qxe6+ Kf8 35. Qf6+ $36) 33... Nd5 (33... Ra6 34. Rxd8+ $1 Qxd8
35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Qxh7#) 34. Nxe6 $1 Nxf6 35. Nxc7 Nxg4 36. Rxd8+ $16) 30. Nxg6
hxg6 31. Qf3 Qe7 32. Nxf7 Nd4 33. Qe4 Nxc2 34. Qxc2 Qxf7 35. Qxc4 Rxb2 36. Qd4
$11) 28. g4 Nfe7 29. h4 (29. Ng5 $5) 29... h6 {Preventing Ng5.} 30. g5 $36 hxg5
31. Nxg5 g6 32. Nf3 b3 33. h5 $5 gxh5 (33... bxc2 $2 34. hxg6 Nxe5 $8 35. gxf7+
Nxf7 36. Nxe6 Qf5 37. Qxf5 Nxf5 38. Rc1 $16) 34. Nxh5 Ng6 $1 35. cxb3 (35. Nf6+
Kg7 36. Ne8+ Kf8 37. Nf6 $13) 35... Ncxe5 36. Nxe5 Qxe5 37. Qxe5 Nxe5 38. Re3
$1 {Accurate move securing a draw.} Nd3 (38... Kf8 $5 39. Nf6 Ke7 (39... cxb3
$2 40. Rxe5) 40. Ne4 f5 41. Nd2 cxb3 42. Rxb3 $11) 39. bxc4 Nxb2 40. Nf6+ Kg7
41. Ne8+ Kf8 42. Nd6 Ke7 43. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kalichkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Bg5 Qd7 7. h4 h5 (7... h6
8. Bf4 (8. Bd2 h5 9. Qf4 Nc6 10. a3 Bb7 11. Nf3 O-O-O 12. Bd3 f6 13. O-O Be7
14. Rfe1 Nh6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bg6 Rdf8 17. Qxh6 Rxh6 18. Bxh6 Rd8 19. Bf7 e5
20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Kb8 23. Be6 Qd6 24. Rae1 Bf6 25. Rf5 Bxc3
26. bxc3 Qxa3 27. Bg7 Re8 28. c4 dxc4 29. Rxh5 Bc8 30. Ra1 Qe7 31. Bxc8 Qxg7 {
0-1 Liberzon,V-Odendahl,S/Lone Pine op 1980}) (8. Be3 h5 9. Qf3 Ba6 10. Bxa6
Nxa6 11. Qe2 Nb8 12. Nh3 Nc6 13. Nf4 g6 14. f3 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Kb8 16. g4 Na5
17. Nd3 Rc8 18. Qf2 Nc4 19. Kb1 c5 20. Bc1 cxd4 21. Qxd4 Na3+ 22. bxa3 Rc4 23.
Qxc4 dxc4 24. Nb4 Qe8 25. Rd8+ Qxd8 26. Nc6+ Kc7 27. Nxd8 Kxd8 28. Rd1+ Kc8 29.
Rd4 hxg4 30. Rxg4 Ne7 31. Rxc4+ Kb7 32. Rd4 Kc8 33. Bg5 Nc6 34. Rc4 Kd7 35. Ne4
Bxa3 36. Bf6 Rc8 37. Rc3 Be7 38. f4 {1/2-1/2 Burmeister,R-Wolf,A/OLO-B 1994})
8... h5 (8... Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. O-O Nf5 12. a3 Nb8 13. h5 Nc6
14. Rfd1 Rg8 15. Kh2 O-O-O 16. b4 Be7 17. Qh3 g5 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. g4 Ng7 20.
Bxh6 Rh8 21. b5 Na5 22. Rh1 Rh7 23. Kg2 Rdh8 24. g5 Nf5 25. a4 Nc4 26. Ne2 Bxg5
27. Nxg5 Rxh6 28. Qc3 Qe7 29. Nf3 Qh7 30. Rxh6 Qxh6 31. Neg1 Qf4 32. Kf1 g5 33.
a5 bxa5 34. Rxa5 Nxa5 35. Qxa5 Kb8 {0-1 Computer "Hiarcs"-Van Der Wiel John T
H/Tournament (computers), Hague (Netherla 1995}) 9. Qf3 Ne7 10. g3 Nf5 11.
O-O-O Nc6 12. Nge2 Ba6 13. Bh3 Nce7 14. Rhe1 g6 15. Bg5 Bh6 16. Bxh6 Rxh6 17.
Kb1 O-O-O 18. Nf4 Kb8 19. Bg2 Rhh8 20. Nce2 Rc8 21. Nc1 Rhd8 22. Nfe2 c6 23.
Nf4 Rc7 24. Nb3 Qc8 25. Nh3 Rf8 26. c3 Bb5 27. Rd2 Qa6 {1/2-1/2 Computer
"Quest"-Van Der Wiel John T H/It "Aegon", Hague (Netherlands) 1996}) (7... Ba6
8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. h5 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. Nf3 Nc7 12. O-O Ne7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. b3
Qd7 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Ne2 Be7 17. Qxg7 O-O-O 18. c4 Rdf8 19. Ng3 Qe8 20. Qg4
Rhg8 21. Qf4 f5 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Rad1 Bd4 24. Qd6 Rxf3 25. gxf3 Qxh5 26. Qf8+
Rxf8 27. Nxh5 Na6 28. Kg2 Nb4 29. a3 Nc6 30. Ng3 dxc4 31. bxc4 Ne5 32. Rfe1 Rf6
33. Rxd4 {1-0 Hazai,L-Vilela,J/Halle 1981}) 8. Qd1 (8. Qf3 $5 Ne7 9. Nh3 Nf5
10. O-O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Nf4 g6 13. Nfxd5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Bg7 15. Nxb6 {
1-0 Klovan,Y-Lputian,S/Daugavpils URS sf 1978}) 8... a6 9. Nh3 $5 (9. Nf3 c5
10. Be2 $6 Nh6 11. O-O Nf5 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Bd3 Ncxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 $17 {
Sergeeva,M-Kalichkin,I/1/2 final Russia Cup, Perm RUS 1997 (35)}) 9... c5 10.
Ne2 cxd4 (10... Nc6 $5 11. c3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Be7 14. g3 Nh6 15. Bg2
$14) 11. Nxd4 Ne7 (11... Qc7 $5 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Nf3 (13. Bd3 Bb4+ $1) 13... Bb7
14. Bd3 Nc5 15. O-O Rc8 $13) 12. Bd3 Nec6 (12... Nbc6 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. Qe2 Nb4
15. Nf4 Bb7 16. O-O $14) 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. O-O Nxe5 {Extremly dangerous dicision
to take a pawn when queen remains only developed piece.Much safer was to play
14...Nd7 with complicated position while white still keeps an upper hand} 15.
Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Re1 Qd6 {May be it was better to take on b2,but it's not the
most desired move to play in the game} 17. c4 $1 $36 Bb7 (17... dxc4 18. Qf3 $1
Ra7 (18... cxd3 19. Qxa8 e5 20. Rad1 f6 21. Qe4 $1 fxg5 22. Rxd3 $18) 19. Bxc4
Bb7 20. Qf5 $1 Qc6 21. Rxe6+ $1 fxe6 22. Qg6+ Kd7 23. Rd1+ Bd6 24. Qxg7+ $18)
18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Nf4 Be7 (19... Bc6 20. Bg6 $3 Qxd1 21. Raxd1 fxg6 22. Nxg6
$18) (19... Nc6 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Be4 Qd7 22. Rc1 Bc5 23. b4 $1 $18) 20. Nxd5
Qxd5 (20... Bxg5 $5 21. Bg6 $5 (21. Be4 $6 Bxh4 (21... Ra7 22. hxg5 exd5 23.
Bxd5+ Kf8 24. g6 $1 $16) 22. Nf6+ Ke7 23. Qxd6+ Kxd6 24. Rad1+ Ke7 25. Bxa8
Bxf6 $13) 21... Bd8 $1 (21... Kf8 22. Bxf7 $1 Kxf7 23. Qf3+ Kg8 (23... Kg6 24.
Nc7 $1 Qxc7 25. Qe4+ $1 Kh6 26. hxg5+ Kxg5 27. Qxa8 $18)) 22. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 23.
Qf3+ Kg8 24. Nf4 $1 Qc6 (24... Qf8 25. Rxe6 $1 Ra7 26. Rae1 $18) 25. Qb3 $1 $40
) 21. Bf4 $2 {After this move white finds himself introuble.Better was 21.Rc1!
Nd7 22.Be4 Qd1 23.Red1 Rd8 24.Be7 Ke7 25.Rc7 with very promising ending} Nd7 $5
(21... O-O $5 22. Re5 Qd7 23. Qe2 g6 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Rxh5 $1 Nc6 (25... gxh5
26. Qxh5 Qxd3 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Be5 f6 29. Qe8+ $18) 26. Bc2 (26. Qg4 $2 e5)
26... Qc8 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 $13) 22. Be4 Qxd1 23. Rexd1 Rc8 24. Bb7 Rc4 25. Be3 a5
$2 (25... Nc5 $1 26. Rac1 (26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Rac1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 a5 $17) 26...
Rb4 (26... Rxc1 $5) 27. Bc6+ Kf8 28. Bd4 Bf6 $17) 26. Ba6 Rb4 27. a3 $1 $16
Rxb2 28. Bd4 Rc2 (28... Rb3 29. Bc4 Rxa3 30. Bb5 Rxa1 31. Bxa1 Bxh4 32. Rxd7
$18) 29. Bb5 Rc7 30. Bxg7 Rh7 31. Be5 $18 Ra7 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Rd1 Bxa3 34.
Rxd7 Kf8 35. Rd8+ {[Inspite of numerous mistakes extremly interesting game]}
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4
h5 9. Qd1 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Bg5 f6 {Interesting continuation leading to
more lively struggle, than solid} (11... Qd7) 12. Qd3 Kf7 13. Rh3 {This is
probably white's best shot, since other continuations don't promise white any
opening advantage.} (13. Qxa6 fxg5 14. hxg5 Qxg5 15. Kf1 Nh4 16. g3 Nf5 17. Nf3
Qg4 18. Qd3 Raf8 19. Nh4 {1/2-1/2 Zuckerman,B-Byrne,R/New York 1965}) (13. exf6
gxf6 14. Bd2 Nb8 15. Nf3 Qd6 16. O-O Nc6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Nce7 19. Rfe1 $14
{Kaufman,L-Fritzinger,D/Aspen 1968}) (13. Nf3 Nb8 14. O-O Nc6 15. Rfe1 Qd7 16.
Re3 Rae8 17. Rae1 Re7 $13 {Sokolov,A-Bauer,C/Switzerland 2002}) 13... Nb8 (
13... Qc8 $2 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Rf3 f5 16. Rg3 c6 17. Nf3 Nc7 18. Bf4 $1 $18 {
Nunn,J-De Jong,M/Leeuwarden 1995}) 14. Kf1 $6 {[%cal Ga1e1] This natural move
proves to be too slow.} (14. Rf3 Nd7 15. exf6 (15. Nh3 Ndxe5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17.
Qe2 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Qd6 19. Kf1 e5 20. Be3 Rad8 $15 {Gongora,M-Schussler,H/
Havana 1999}) 15... gxf6 16. Nh3 Qe7 17. Kf1 (17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 c5 19. Kf1
c4 20. Qd1 Rag8 21. a4 Rg4 $15 {Naiditsch,A-Potkin,V/Istanbul 2003}) 17... Rag8
18. Re1 Ke8 19. Nf4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 c6 21. c4 $14 {Berndt,S-Mueller,K/Germany
2000}) 14... Nd7 15. Re1 Qe7 ({There was no point in taking on g5:} 15... fxg5
16. Rf3+ Nf4 17. hxg5 Qxg5 18. g3 Kg8 19. Rxf4 Rf8 20. Nh3 Qe7 21. c4 h4 22.
Kg2 $14 {abd white gets an upper hand.}) 16. Rf3 c5 17. c4 $5 {Otherwise black
would've pushed c4.} (17. Nh3 c4 18. Qe2 Rae8 19. a4 Qd8 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Bc1
(21. Nf4 Ngf8 22. Nh3 Ng6) 21... e5 $132) 17... cxd4 18. exf6 gxf6 19. cxd5 e5
20. c3 {Black's center is just too strong, so white's ply is pretty forced.}
dxc3 21. Qxc3 Rac8 22. Qd3 Kg7 23. Bd2 Nc5 24. Qf5 Nxh4 25. Rg3+ Kf7 26. Qh3
Ng6 27. Qf5 Rcg8 $5 {Desperate attempt to fight for a win. It was safer to
repeat the moves by 27....Nh4} (27... Nh4 $11) 28. Nf3 Qd7 29. Rxe5 {Other
moves are clearly in black's favor.} (29. Ng5+ $2 Ke7 30. Ne6 Nh4 31. Qh3 Rxg3
32. Qxg3 Nf5 33. Qg6 Nxe6 34. dxe6 Qxe6 $17) (29. Nxe5+ $6 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Rxg3
31. fxg3 Qxf5+ 32. Rxf5 Ne4 33. Be1 Kg6 34. Rf3 Rd8 $17) 29... Qxf5 30. Rxf5
Ne7 31. Ne5+ Ke8 32. Rxg8+ Rxg8 33. Rxf6 Ne4 34. Re6 Nxd2+ 35. Ke1 Nb1 (35...
Nb1 36. d6 Rg7 37. Nc6 Nxa3 38. dxe7 Nc4 39. Rh6 (39. Re4 Nd6 40. Rd4 Rg6 $11)
39... Rg8 40. Rxh5 Nd6 41. Nxa7 Rxg2 42. Nc6 Kd7 43. Rh6 Rg8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Reykjavik Hellir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4
h5 9. Qg3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qd3 (11. Ne2 Qd7 (11... Nb8 12. Bg5 (12. f4 Qd7
13. O-O Nc6 14. f5 exf5 15. Qg5 Qe7 16. Rxf5 Qxg5 17. Bxg5 Nge7 18. Rf3 O-O 19.
Raf1 $14 {Bluvshtein,M-Vaingorten,Y/Toronto 2000}) 12... Qd7 13. Qf3 Qa4 14.
Ng3 Qxc2 15. Rc1 Qb2 16. Nxh5 Kf8 17. Rh3 Nd7 18. Rd1 c5 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. h5
$13 {Bogdanovic,R-Matulovic,M/Sombor 1957}) (11... c5 12. Nf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 Kf8
14. Bg5 Qd7 15. O-O Rc8 16. f4 Nb8 17. Rad1 $16 {Fischer,R-Hoppe,R/Davis 1964})
12. Nf4 (12. a4 c5 (12... O-O-O 13. Qd3 (13. Bg5 Rdf8 14. Qd3 Nb8 15. a5 b5 16.
a6 c6 17. O-O Qe8 18. c4 $36 {Kos,T-Sher,M/Ljubljana 1997}) 13... Nb8 14. a5 b5
15. a6 c6 16. Ba3 Nxa6 17. Bd6 Nb8 18. Nc1 Qb7 19. Nb3 Nd7 20. Ra2 $16 {
1-0 Bjork,C-Formanek,E/London 1979 (27)}) 13. O-O Rc8 14. Nf4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 Kf8
16. Qd3 Nb8 17. a5 b5 18. Bc1 cxd4 19. Ba3+ Kg8 20. cxd4 $14 {Dominguez,
L-Medina,J/Matanzas 1998}) (12. Bg5 Qa4 (12... c5 13. O-O Nb8 14. f4 Nc6 15. f5
exf5 16. Qf3 Rc8 17. Rae1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nd8 $15 {Hvorostinin,G-Moskalenko,V/
Yalta 1996}) 13. Qd3 c5 14. O-O Ne7 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Rac1 Nb8 17. Qg3 g6 18.
Rfd1 Nc6 19. Qf3 Rhf8 $13 {De Bie,H-Witt,R/Holland 1996}) 12... Nxf4 13. Bxf4
Rg8 (13... Kf8 14. a4 Nb8 15. Bc1 Nc6 16. Rh3 Rc8 17. Qg5 Ne7 18. a5 Kg8 19.
axb6 cxb6 20. g4 g6 21. Ba3 hxg4 22. Qxg4 Rh5 23. Bc1 Nf5 $15 {De Firmian,
N-Rohde,M/San Francisco 1987}) 14. Qg5 Qa4 15. Qxh5 Qxc2 16. O-O $36 {Leitao,
R-Granda Zuniga,J/Sao Paulo 2003}) 11... Nb8 12. Bg5 Qc8 (12... Qd7 13. Ne2 (
13. a4 Nc6 14. Ne2 Na5 15. O-O Nc4 16. Ng3 Ne7 17. Qe2 g6 18. Bf6 Rg8 19. Ne4
dxe4 20. Qxc4 $16 {Cooper,J-Bonin,J/Philadelphia 1986}) 13... Nc6 14. Ng3 (14.
f3 Nge7 15. g4 O-O-O 16. Ng3 hxg4 17. fxg4 Rdf8 18. Nh5 Rhg8 19. O-O Na5 20.
Qh7 $16 {Schoene,A-Von Rothkirch,M/Berlin West 1987}) 14... Nge7 15. Qf3 g6 16.
O-O O-O-O 17. a4 Rh7 18. a5 Nxa5 19. Rxa5 bxa5 20. Qd3 Re8 21. Qa6+ Kd8 22. Rb1
$44 {Petrushin,A-Vaisser,A/Volgodonsk 1983}) 13. Ne2 Qa6 14. Qf3 Nd7 15. O-O ({
Nothing promised} 15. Ng3 $6 Qc4 16. Rh3 f6 (16... Rh7 17. Nxh5 c5 18. Nf4 Nxf4
19. Qxf4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qxc2 21. Rc1 $14) 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bd2 (18. Bxf6 $2
Nxf6 19. Qxf6 Qxc3+ 20. Ke2 Nf4+ 21. Qxf4 Qxa1 $15) 18... O-O-O 19. Nxh5 e5 $36
{and black gets very strong counterplay.}) 15... f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Nf4 Nxf4
18. Bxf4 O-O-O {'?!' The king is extremly vulnerable on the queenside, so it
was safer to keep it in the center by} (18... Qc4 $5 19. Rae1 Kf7 20. Re3 c5
21. Rfe1 Rae8 22. Qd1 $14) 19. a4 {'!' Opening up an a-file for the white
rooks.} Qc4 (19... Qa5 20. c4 c6 21. cxd5 Qxd5 22. Qe2 $14 {[%cal Ga4a5,Gc2c4]}
) 20. a5 Kb7 21. Rfb1 e5 ({An attempt to keep square b4 under control wouldn't
help black:} 21... c5 $5 {[%csl Gb4]} 22. dxc5 Qxc5 (22... Nxc5 $2 23. axb6
axb6 24. Rb4 $18) 23. Rb3 $40 {[%cal Gc3c4] and c4 is about to follow.}) 22.
Rb4 Qc6 23. Bg3 {'+/-'} Rhg8 24. axb6 cxb6 (24... axb6 25. c4 $1 dxc4 $140 $2
26. Ra7+ $18) 25. Qd3 {'!?'} (25. c4 $16) 25... Nb8 ({An alternative} 25... Ra8
26. Qa6+ Kb8 27. c4 $40 {[%csl Ra8,Rb8] was hardly any better.}) 26. dxe5 fxe5
27. Bxe5 d4 (27... Qg6 28. Bg3 Qxd3 29. cxd3 Nc6 30. Rf4 $16) 28. Qh7+ Nd7 29.
g3 dxc3 30. Rd4 {'+-' Black's position is about to crack.} Kc8 31. Bf4 Rh8 32.
Qf7 Nc5 (32... Rhf8 33. Rc4 Rxf7 34. Rxc6+ Kb7 35. Rc7+ $18) 33. Rxa7 Ne6 34.
Ra8+ {'!' Little combination for the conclusion.} Qxa8 35. Qxe6+ Kb7 36. Qe4+
1-0

[Event "Clarin GP final"]
[Site "Villa Gesell"]
[Date "1998.03.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ginzburg, Maximiliano"]
[Black "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1998.03.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 (7...
Nf5 $6 8. Bd3 h5 9. Qh3 g5 10. g4 Nh4 11. gxh5 f5 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Qg4 Rg8 14.
f4 $16) 8. h4 h5 9. Qd1 Ba6 (9... Nxh4 10. g3 Ng6 11. Rxh5 Rxh5 12. Qxh5 Ba6
13. Bg5 $16) 10. Bxa6 (10. Bg5 f6 $2 (10... Qc8 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ne2 c5 13.
Rh3 $1 Nb8 14. c4 $1 $16) (10... Ne7 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ne2 Nb8 13. Nf4 g6 14.
Bf6 Rg8 15. g4 $16 {Zuidema-Matanovic,A/Belgrade/1964/} (15. g4 $16 hxg4 16.
Qxg4 Nd7 17. h5 $1 Nxf6 18. exf6 Nf5 19. Qg5 $1 $16)) (10... Qd7 11. Be2 $6 (
11. Ne2 $1 $16) 11... Qc6 (11... Qc6 12. Bd2 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Ne7 14. Ng3 g6 $13))
11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qd3 $18 (13. Qd3 Kf7 14. Nh3 Nb8 $13 {/\Nd7}))
10... Nxa6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Ne2 Qc6 (12... Qa4 13. Rh3 $1) (12... c5) 13. f4 $5
(13. O-O Nb8 $6 (13... Kd7 14. f4 Raf8 15. f5 exf5 16. Qd3 Nb8 17. Rxf5 (17.
Ng3 $1) 17... f6 18. Qh3 Ke7 19. exf6+ gxf6 20. Re1 Kd8 21. Nf4 Nxf4 22. Bxf4
Rf7 23. Qf3 {1-0 Abramovic,B-Sahovic,D/Bor 1983}) (13... Ne7 14. Bxe7 (14. Qd3
Qc4 15. Qf3 Nf5 16. Ng3 g6 17. Bf6 Rh7 18. a4 Nb8 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Qg3 $16 {
Timman,J-Ivkov,B/Amsterdam IBM 1971/1-0 (54) ECO}) 14... Kxe7 15. f4 $1 $16 {
Suetin}) 14. f4 Nd7 (14... Nf8 15. f5 Nbd7 16. Qd3 g6 17. fxg6 Nxg6 18. Nf4 $16
{Giaccio,A-Madina,M/Clarin GP 1997 (24)}) 15. Qd3 $1 Ndf8 (15... Qc4 16. Qxc4
dxc4 17. f5 exf5 $2 18. Rxf5 $16 O-O 19. Raf1 $16) 16. f5 $1 exf5 17. Rxf5 Ne6
(17... Rh7 18. Raf1 Nh8) 18. Raf1 $16 {Portisch,L-Ivkov,B/Zagreb 1965 (29)
Pachman}) 13... Ne7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. f5 $1 $36 {[%cal Ge1g1,Gh1f1,Ge2f4]} Rag8
(15... exf5 $2 16. Qd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3a6,Gd3f5]} Nb8 17. Qxf5 Qd7 18. Qg5+ Kf8
19. O-O $16) 16. Qd3 (16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Qd3 Nb8 18. Nf4 $5 Kd8 19. Kd2 Nd7 20.
Qg6 $1 $14) 16... Nb8 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qg6 $6 {After this careless move black
easily equalizes the position.} (18. Nf4 $5) 18... Qe8 $1 19. Nf4 Rh6 $5 20.
Qg3 (20. Qg5+ $5 Kd7 21. Rf1 Nc6 22. Kd2 $1 Na5 $132) 20... Nc6 21. O-O Kd8 22.
Nh3 $6 {The knight is perfectly placed on f4 so there was no reason to
transfer it to g5 losing two tempi.} (22. Rf2 $5 Ne7 23. Raf1 {would promise
white slightly better chanses.}) 22... Ne7 23. Ng5 Nf5 $13 24. Qd3 {[%csl Rf5]
[%cal Gg5e6]} Rf8 25. g3 Qc6 26. Rf3 $1 {Defending the pawns on g3 and c3 by
this releasing the queen.} Kc8 27. Raf1 g6 28. Qa6+ Kb8 29. a4 Re8 $1 30. Rb1
Rhh8 31. a5 Re7 $1 32. Rb4 Rc8 33. Qd3 Ka8 34. a6 $6 {Passing the initiative
into black's hands.Better was} (34. Rf1 $5 {with balanced position.}) 34... Qd7
35. Qb5 Qxb5 36. Rxb5 c6 $5 37. Rb4 c5 $15 38. dxc5 Rxc5 $1 {[%csl Ra6]} (38...
bxc5 39. Rb5 $1 (39. Rb7 $6 Rxb7 40. axb7+ Kxb7 41. Nxe6 a5 42. Nf4 Ne7 43. c4
dxc4 44. Ra3 Ra8 $17) 39... Rc6 40. Ra5 Re8 41. c4 $1 Nd4 42. Rf2 $132) 39. Nh3
$1 {/\Nf4} Ra5 40. Nf4 Rxa6 41. Nxg6 Rg7 42. Nf4 Nxh4 43. Rd3 Nf5 44. Nxe6 Ra1+
(44... Rxg3+ $2 45. Rxg3 Nxg3 46. Nc7+ Kb7 47. Nxa6 $18) 45. Kf2 Re7 46. Nd4 $1
$11 {White defends very accurately.} (46. Nf4 $5 Rxe5 47. Nxd5 Kb7 $15) 46...
Rxe5 47. Nf3 Re7 48. Rxd5 Rf1+ $1 49. Kxf1 Ne3+ 50. Kf2 Nxd5 51. Rb5 Nf6 52.
Nd4 Rc7 53. Rf5 Ng4+ 54. Ke2 Rxc3 55. Rxh5 a5 (55... Rxg3 56. Rh8+ (56. Rg5
Re3+ 57. Kd2 Re4 58. Rg8+ Kb7 59. Rg7+ Ka6 60. Nc6 $11) 56... Kb7 57. Rh7+ Ka6
58. Nc6 $11) 56. Rh7 a4 57. Kd2 Rc4 58. Nb5 Kb8 59. Rh8+ Rc8 60. Rxc8+ Kxc8 61.
Kc3 Ne3 62. Nd4 Kd7 63. Kb4 b5 $1 64. c3 Nd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dolezal, Cristian"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 b6 {Kaidanov doesn't want to
test white's theoretical knowladge so he opts for solid set up demanding from
both sides long-term strategical thinking.} 6. Nf3 (6. Nb5 $5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O
) (6. f4 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ba6 8. Ne2 c5 9. Qd2 Nbc6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 g6 12. Bg2
h5 13. h3 O-O-O $132 {Makropoulou,M-Moutousis,K/Aegina op/1994}) (6. a3) 6...
c5 7. Nb5 (7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 a5 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. O-O Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nf5 12. Qb5+
Nd7 13. b4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 O-O $11 {Ballester,A-Laurain,D/France
2000}) 7... Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 O-O 9. c3 (9. Nd6 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Ng5 Nf5 12.
Nxf5 exf5 13. f4 Nc7 14. O-O Qd7 15. a4 Ne6 16. Nf3 Rac8 $11 {De Dovitiis,
A-Rojas,L/Villa del Parque 1998}) 9... Ba6 (9... f6 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Bd3 Ba6
12. a4 c4 13. Bc2 Bxb5 14. axb5 Qe8 15. O-O Nd7 16. Rfe1 Nc8 17. Qg5 $13 {
De la Riva Aguado,O-Grabowski,A/Odessa 1990}) 10. Be2 (10. a4 Nbc6 11. b4 f6
12. exf6 Rxf6 13. Be2 Ng6 14. O-O Qe7 15. Rab1 Raf8 $17 {Alexikov,A-Eschenko,V/
Polanica Zdroj 1998}) 10... Nbc6 {It's pretty obvious that black is doing ok
after the opening.} (10... Qd7 11. Nd6 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nc8 13. Nxc8 Rxc8 14. O-O
Nc6 15. Rfc1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Na5 $11 {Tringov,G-Uhlmann,W/Sinaia 1964}) 11. O-O
Ng6 12. Qe3 Qe7 13. g3 {Taking square f4 under control, but weakening the
position of the knight on f3 which proves to be crucial.} f6 14. Rfe1 Rad8 $5 (
14... fxe5 15. Nxe5 Ngxe5 16. dxe5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Qc7) 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. dxc5
bxc5 17. Qxc5 e5 18. Rad1 Nge7 {White pieces desperately lack coordination so
black is in no hurry to start an attack.} 19. Nh4 (19. Rf1 Rc8 20. Rxd5 Nb8 21.
Qd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Bxb5 23. Bxb5 Rxf3 $17) 19... g5 20. Ng2 Kh8 21. a4 (21. Nxa7
$6 Nd4 22. cxd4 (22. Bxa6 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Qh6 24. h4 Qe6 25. Nf4 gxf4 26. Bf1 Nxe1
27. Rxe1 fxg3 $19) 22... Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Bxe2 24. Qxe7 (24. Rc1 Bf3 25. Rg1 Nf5
$19) 24... Rde8 25. Qxg5 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 Qf1+ 27. Rxf1 Rxf1#) 21... d4 $1 $44 {
[%csl Rf2] Signal for the attack.} 22. cxd4 (22. f3 $5) 22... exd4 (22... Qxf2+
$5 23. Kh1 exd4 24. Bd3 Qf6 $15) 23. h4 $6 (23. f4 $13) 23... gxh4 24. Nxh4 Rg8
$40 25. Ng2 Bb7 26. Qh5 a6 27. Na3 Ne5 28. Qh4 Qc6 $17 (28... Qc6 29. Qh3 N7g6)
0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Zaja, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 (7...
Nf5 $6 8. Bd3 h5 9. Qh3 g5 10. g4 Nh4 11. gxh5 f5 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Qg4 Rg8 14.
f4 $16) 8. h4 h5 9. Qd1 Ba6 (9... Nxh4 10. g3 Ng6 11. Rxh5 Rxh5 12. Qxh5 Ba6
13. Bg5 $16) 10. Bxa6 (10. Bg5 f6 $2 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qd3 $18)
10... Nxa6 11. Bg5 (11. a4 Nb8 12. a5 Nc6 13. axb6 cxb6 14. Ne2 Na5 15. Ng3 Qc7
16. Ra3 Nc4 17. Rb3 a5 $17 {Van der Worm,T-Rogers,I/Biel op/1992/}) (11. Nf3
Qd7 12. a4 Nb8 13. O-O Nc6 14. Bg5 Na5 15. Nd2 Ne7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. g3 g6 $15
{Pietzsch,W-Byrne,R/Sarajevo/1967/}) 11... Qd7 (11... Qc8 12. Ne2 c5 13. O-O
cxd4 14. cxd4 Qc4 15. Ng3 Nb8 16. f4 Ne7 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. f5 {Renet,
O-Apicella/Clichy/1993/}) 12. Ne2 Qc6 (12... Qa4 13. Rh3 $1 (13. Rh3 Ne7 14.
Nf4 g6 15. Qd2 Kd7 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Rf3 Raf8 18. Nh3 c5 19. Ng5 $16 {Ivkov,
B-Byrne,R/Varna ol/1962/})) (12... c5) (12... Nb8 13. Ng3 Qc6 14. Qf3 $6 Nd7
15. Bd2 Qa4 16. Nxh5 Rh7 $1 17. Rc1 (17. Kd1 c5 $40) 17... c5 $15 {Khalifman,
A-Ehlvest,J/Keres mem 1993}) (12... Ne7 13. Nf4 O-O-O (13... g6 14. Bf6 (14. a4
Nb8 15. a5 Qc6 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. f3 Nf8 18. Bf6 $14 {Skripchenko,A-Mainka,G/GM
2000}) 14... Rg8 15. Nh3 Qc6 16. Qd2 Nf5 17. Ng5 Nb8 18. O-O $14 {Nunn,
J-Gdanski,J/Bundesliga 1999-2000}) 14. Nxh5 $16 {Dolmatov,S-Panno,O/Palma de
Mallorca/1989/}) (12... Nf8 13. Nf4 Qc6 14. Kd2 g6 15. g4 hxg4 16. h5 Kd7 17.
Qxg4 Qc4 18. Rh3 Re8 19. Rah1 Kc8 $10 {Rodriguez,A-Ivkov,B/Cambados/1990/}) 13.
O-O (13. f4 $5 Ne7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. f5 $1 $36 {[%cal Ge1g1,Gh1f1,Ge2f4]
Ginzburg,M-Rodriguez,A/Clarin GP f 1998}) 13... Nf8 {In this game black's
manouvres with his knights are not very impressive and white manages with
accurate and strong play to get the decisive advantage very quickly.} (13...
Ne7 14. Bxe7 (14. Qd2) 14... Kxe7 15. a4 Nb8 16. Qd2 Kf8 17. a5 Kg8 18. Rfe1
$14 {Groszpeter,A-Kelecevic,N/12th Open 2000}) (13... Nb8 14. f4 Nf8 (14... Nd7
15. Qd3 $1 Ndf8 16. f5 $1 exf5 17. Rxf5 Ne6 18. Raf1 $16 {Portisch,L-Ivkov,B/
Zagreb 1965 (29) Pachman}) 15. f5 Nbd7 16. Qd3 g6 17. fxg6 Nxg6 18. Nf4 $16 {
Giaccio,A-Madina,M/Clarin GP1 Boca Juniors 1997}) (13... Kd7 14. f4 Raf8 15. f5
exf5 16. Qd3 Nb8 17. Rxf5 $16 {Abramovic-Lputian,S/Erevan/1982/}) 14. Qd3 Nb8
$6 (14... Qa4) 15. Qf3 $1 {[%csl Rf7]} Nbd7 $6 16. a4 a5 17. Rfe1 Qc4 18. Ng3
g6 19. Nf1 Nh7 20. Bd2 Qa6 21. Ne3 $16 {[%cal Gc3c4] Black can't prevent c4
and his position becomes hopeless in a few moves.} Nhf8 (21... c5 22. Nxd5 $1 (
22. Rab1 $5) 22... exd5 23. Qxd5 Nhf8 (23... O-O-O 24. Qxf7 $18 {[%cal Ge5e7]})
24. Qd6 $16 {[%cal Gd2g5,Gd4d5,Ge5e6]}) 22. c4 $1 dxc4 23. Nxc4 O-O-O 24. Na3
Nb8 25. Nb5 $1 Rd7 {[%csl Rf7]} 26. c4 Qb7 27. Qb3 {[%csl Rb7,Rb8,Rf8,Rh8]} Nh7
28. Rac1 Nc6 (28... Rhd8 29. Be3 (29. d5 Na6) 29... Nc6 30. d5 Nb4 31. c5 $16)
29. d5 Nd8 30. Be3 Kb8 31. Qc3 Re8 (31... exd5 32. e6 $18 {[%cal Gc3h8,Ge6d7]})
32. c5 $1 exd5 33. cxb6 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Ne2 Nb8 11. Nf4 (11. h4 $5 Nc6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bc1 Qf7 14.
Nf4 Nge7 15. h5 Na5 16. a4 Kd7 17. Ba3 $36 {Kamsky,G-Seirawan,Y/Tilburg 1990})
11... Kf7 (11... Nc6 12. Nxe6 (12. O-O g6 13. a4 Qf7 14. c4 O-O-O 15. cxd5 exd5
16. a5 $36 {Landenbergue,C-Uhlmann,F/SWZ-chT 1993}) (12. h4 O-O-O 13. Nh5 Qf7
14. Nf4 Nge7 15. a4 Na5 16. Nd3 Nec6 $132 {Hartikainen,M-Lindstedt,J/FIN-ch
1993}) 12... Qxe6 13. Qxg7 Qg6 14. Qxh8 O-O-O (14... Nd8 15. e6 Nf7 16. exf7+
Kxf7 17. O-O Re8 18. Bg5 $1 Nh6 19. Qf6+ $18) 15. Be3 (15. O-O Re8 16. h4 $1
Nd8 {[%cal Gd8f7]} 17. e6 $1 $16 {Psakhis,L-Krays,A/Rishon Le Zion 9798}) (15.
Kf1 $5 Rd7 16. h4 Rg7 17. g4 Nd8 18. Rg1 fxg4 19. h5 $16 {Callaghan,R-Blechar,
M/cr 1985}) (15. Bd2 f4 (15... Rd7 16. O-O-O h5 17. g4 fxg4 18. f4 Nce7 19. e6
Rd8 20. f5 $16 {Krakops,M-Del Rio Angelis,G/EU-chJM U20 1996}) 16. O-O-O Na5
17. c4 Nxc4 18. Bxf4 Re8 19. Rd3 Qxg2 $132 {Joachim,S-Behrens,H/OL-NW9798})
15... Rd7 16. c4 (16. O-O-O f4 $1 17. Bxf4 h6 18. h4 Rh7 19. h5 Qf7 $19 20. e6
$140 Qxf4+) 16... f4 17. cxd5 Rxd5 18. O-O-O fxe3 19. fxe3 Kb7 20. Rhf1 Qg5 $13
{Jacoby,F-Lieb,H/BL2-N 1993}) (11... g6 $6 12. h4 $1 Ne7 13. h5 Rg8 14. hxg6
hxg6 15. Qg5 Nbc6 16. Qf6 O-O-O 17. Nxe6 $16 {Debbage,I-Roberts,M/Smith &
Williamson 1998}) 12. Qf3 $5 (12. h4 Ne7 13. h5 Rf8 14. Nh3 Nbc6 15. Bg5 h6 16.
Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Nf4 Rac8 18. O-O Kg8 $132 {Spacek,L-Juricek,S/Vsetin op 1997})
12... Ne7 13. Qh5+ ({Serious attention deserved} 13. c4 c6 (13... Nbc6 14. cxd5
Nxd5 15. c3 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Qd5 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. O-O $14) 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qh5+
Kg8 16. a4 Nbc6 17. c3 Na5 18. Ba3 Nc4 19. O-O $13 {with extremly complicated
position.}) 13... Kg8 14. Rg1 $6 {Trying to break the position of black pieces
with streightforward actions.} Nbc6 15. g4 Rf8 16. a4 (16. gxf5 Nxf5 17. Qg4
Nce7 18. a4 $13) 16... Ng6 $1 $132 {Strong continuation permitting black to
sieze the initiative.} 17. Nxg6 (17. gxf5 Rxf5 18. Qg4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Qf7 20.
Be3 Ne7 $15 {[%cal Gh7h6,Gg8h7,Gh8f8]}) 17... hxg6 18. Qxg6 Rxh2 19. Bf4 Rh3 (
19... Rh4) 20. Kd2 Qf7 $5 ({Even better was} 20... Na5 $1 21. Rg3 (21. Rh1 $6
Nc4+ 22. Ke2 fxg4 $1 (22... Rxc3 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Qh5+ $11) 23. Qxg4 Rxc3 24.
Qh4 Rxc2+ 25. Kd1 Rb2 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Qh5+ g6 28. Qh7+ Ke8 29. Qxg6+ Qf7 $19)
21... Nc4+ 22. Ke2 Rxg3 23. fxg3 Qf7 24. gxf5 Qxf5 25. Qxf5 Rxf5 $15 {in both
cases with better prospects for black.}) 21. gxf5 Qxg6 {[%cal Gf8f4]} 22. Rxg6
Rxf5 23. Be3 Kf7 24. Rag1 Rh7 25. c4 (25. c4 dxc4 (25... Ne7 26. cxd5 $1 Nxg6
27. dxe6+ Kxe6 28. Rxg6+ Kd7 29. Kd3 $13) 26. Kc3 Na5 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wohl, Aleksandar H"]
[Black "Karatorossian, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Bd2 Qd7 6. Bb5 {An interesting idea,
developed recently by Short and Chandler. The aim is to cross Black's plan of
exchanging white-squared bishops by hiding the bishop on a4. Although White
loses time, this plan is not easy to meet.} c6 7. Ba4 a5 8. a3 Bf8 {Some other
games have continued 8...Bxc3 9 Bxc3 Ba6 10 Bd2 with the idea of c3, Ne2 and
Bc2 retrieving the white-squared bishop from its offside position.} 9. Nce2 {
After c3,Bc2,Nf3 and 0-0 White's development proceeds smoothly, he has avoided
the exchange of bishops and his centre is intact. Although Bb5-a4-c2 may
appear to lose time Black has played ...Bb4-f8 which is just as bad.} Ba6 (9...
Ne7 10. Nf3 Na6 11. c3 Nc7 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bc2 a4 14. Re1 Bb5 15. Ng3 (15. Nf4
g6 16. Ne2 h6 17. Bf4 c5 $13 {Mifsud,T-Temirbaev,S/Moscow olm 1994/EXP 44})
15... h6 16. Nh5 Kd8 17. Nh4 Kc8 18. f4 Kb7 19. g4 $36 {Voitsekhovsky,
S-Temirbaev,S/RUS-Cup10 1997}) 10. c3 Ne7 (10... Bb5 11. Bc2 c5 (11... a4 12.
Nf3 c5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Re1 Na5 15. Be3 Nc4 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 $14 {Jonsson,
B-Bergsson,S/Reykjavik op 1993}) 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. O-O Nge7 14. Re1 Nc8 15. Nf4
g6 16. Be3 $14 {Kindermann,S-Sahovic,D/Biel op 1990}) 11. Nf3 (11. Bc2 c5 12.
f4 h5 13. Nf3 Nbc6 14. Be3 Nf5 15. Qd2 g6 16. g3 Rc8 $13 {Grund,H-Doettling,F/
Bodensee Cup 1995}) 11... h6 (11... Qb7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Re1 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. b4 Nc6 16. Be3 Bb5 $13 {Smikovski,I-Danielian,O/Moscow-A 1996}) (11... Nf5
12. O-O Be7 13. Re1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Na6 15. Bc2 Nc7 16. a4 $14 {Nunn,J-Huebner,R/
OHRA-A 1986 (31)}) (11... Bb5 12. Bc2 a4 13. O-O c5 14. Be3 Nec6 15. Re1 Na5
16. Nf4 Nc4 17. Rb1 $14 {Roth,P-Topakian,R/AUT-chT9697}) 12. Bc2 c5 13. O-O
Nbc6 14. Re1 g6 15. b4 $5 $14 {White has some advantage in space so his
chanses are slightly better.} (15. dxc5 bxc5 16. b4 Bg7 17. Ba4 Rb8 18. bxc5
Bb5 $13) 15... Bg7 16. Ng3 (16. Nf4 $5) 16... cxd4 17. cxd4 Bc4 18. b5 $6 ({
Better was} 18. Rb1 $5 axb4 19. axb4 b5 20. Be3 h5 21. h4 O-O 22. Ng5 $36 {
with dangerous initiative.}) 18... Bxb5 19. Rb1 Bc4 20. Rxb6 O-O 21. Qc1 $6 {
Preparing the sacrifice of the rook!} Qa7 22. Bxh6 $2 {And now commiting the
suicide!Black easily defends and remains with a rook up.} (22. Qb2 Nb4 23. Rd6
Nxc2 24. Qxc2 Rfc8 $15 {[%cal Ge7c6,Gg7f8]}) 22... Qxb6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nh5+
gxh5 25. Qg5+ Ng6 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Bxg6 Qd8 $1 $19 (27... fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8
29. Qh6+ $11) 28. Bh7+ Kxh7 29. Ng5+ Kg8 30. Qh6 Bd3 $1 {[%csl Gh7]} 31. Re3
Qb6 $1 32. h3 h4 33. Qxh4 Bg6 34. Qh6 Nxd4 35. Nh7 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Bxh7 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Black "Alekseev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. Nf3 c6 7. g3 Ba6 8. Ne2 Qd7
9. Bh3 Ne7 10. O-O Ng6 11. Re1 Be7 12. Bg2 c5 13. h4 h5 14. c3 Nc6 15. b4 c4
16. Ng5 Bf8 17. Kh2 Nge7 18. Nf4 g6 19. Bh3 Nd8 20. a4 b5 21. Qf3 Qc6 22. axb5
Bxb5 {[#]} 23. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 (23... Nxf7 24. Bxe6 Nd8 25. Nxg6 Qxe6 26. Nxh8 $18
) 24. Nxe6+ Ke8 (24... Nf5 25. Nxd8+ Rxd8 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Qxf5+ Ke8 28. e6
$18) 25. Qf6 Rg8 26. Bg5 Nxe6 (26... Qb7 27. Nc5 Qb8 28. Qd6 Rg7 29. Bd7+ Bxd7
30. Qxd7+ Kf7 31. Bxe7 Bxe7 32. Qxd5+ $18) 27. Bxe6 Rg7 28. Re3 (28. Bh6 Ng8
29. Bxg8 Rxg8 30. e6 Qc7 31. Bxf8 Rxf8 32. Qxg6+ $18) 28... Ng8 (28... a6 29.
Rf3 $18) 29. Bxg8 Rxg8 (29... Qxf6 30. exf6+ $18) 30. e6 Rg7 (30... Qc7 31. e7
$18) 31. Bh6 (31. Bh6 Qc7 32. e7 $18) 1-0

[Event "URS-ch45 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1977.12.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 (5... Kf8 6. Nh3 c5 7. a3
Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Ba6 10. Bd3 $16 {(Matanovic)}) 6. Nf3 (6. Nh3 $5) 6...
Qd7 7. a4 {?! Tal} Nc6 (7... Ba6 $6 8. Nb5 c6 9. Nd6+ $16 {(Petrosian)}) (7...
c6 8. a5 $1 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. axb6 axb6 11. O-O Kd8 12. Bd2 Kc7 13. Na4 g6
14. c4 $1 {Lombardy-Strauss 1964}) 8. Bd2 $6 (8. Be2 Nb4 $5 {(Tal 77)}) (8. Bb5
$6 a6 9. Be2 Nb4 10. Bd1) (8. Nb5 Nb4 9. Na3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. b3 $5) 8...
Nge7 (8... Nb4 9. Rc1 $16 {(Petrosian)}) 9. Be2 $6 (9. Nd1) (9. Ne2) 9... Nf5
$1 $10 10. O-O h5 11. Qf4 g6 $1 $15 (11... g5 $6 12. Qxg5 (12. Nxg5 Ncxd4 13.
Bd3 $13 {Tal}) 12... Bh6 13. Qxh5 {(Petrosian)}) 12. Bb5 Bh6 (12... a6 $5 13.
Bxc6 Qxc6 $15 {(Tal 77)} 14. Rac1 Bh6 15. Ng5 Qc4 $17) 13. Ng5 Nfxd4 (13... a6
$5) 14. Rad1 $1 (14. Nxd5 $5 exd5 15. e6 $1 Nxe6 $1 16. Bxc6 Nxf4 17. Bxd7+
Kxd7 $1 {(Tal)}) 14... Kf8 $2 $16 (14... O-O 15. Qxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17.
Nxe6 $1 fxe6 (17... Bxd2 18. Nxf8 $14 {(Tal 77)}) 18. Bxh6 Nxc2 $13 {
(Petrosian)}) (14... a6 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 16. Qf6 O-O 17. Nf3 $13 {(Petrosian)}) (
14... Bb7 $5 15. Qxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Nxf7 Bxd2 $10) 15. Bxc6 $1 (15.
Nce4 $2 dxe4 $1 16. Bb4+ Nxb4 $19 {(Tal 77)}) 15... Nxc6 16. Nce4 $1 $16 {
(Tal 77)} Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Ba6 18. Rfe1 Kg8 19. b4 $1 Bc4 (19... b5 20. c4 $1 {
(Tal 77)}) 20. b5 Nd8 21. Bb4 Qe8 22. Re4 {! Matanovic, Tal; ?!(Petrosian} (22.
Qxc4 dxc4 23. Ne4 Kg7 24. Nf6 c5 $3 25. Nxe8+ Rxe8 26. Bc3 a6 {Tal}) 22... Bxb5
$1 (22... Ba2 $5 23. Re3 Bc4 24. Qxc4 $5 (24. h4 $5 Ba2 25. Rg3 $16 {(Tal 77)})
24... dxc4 25. Ne4 $16 {(Tal 77)}) (22... dxe4 $2 23. Nxe4 $18) 23. axb5 dxe4
24. c4 $1 (24. Nxe4 Qxb5 $13 {(Petrosian)}) 24... c5 25. Nxe4 Qf8 (25... cxb4
26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Nxe8+ $18 {(Tal 77)}) 26. Nf6+ $6 (26. Bc3 $1 Qh6 27. Ng5 $18
{(Tal 77)}) 26... Kg7 27. Bc3 (27. Be1 $1 Nb7 28. Nd7 $1 $18 {(Petrosian)})
27... Nb7 28. Qf3 $1 (28. Rd7 Rd8 $1 29. Rxb7 $2 Rd1+ {(Petrosian)}) 28... Na5
(28... Rd8 $2 29. Nd7 $1 {(Tal)}) 29. Rd7 Rd8 (29... Nxc4 30. Ne4 $18 {(Tal 77)
}) 30. Rxa7 (30. Nxh5+ $5 Kg8 $13) 30... Nxc4 31. h4 Ra8 32. Nxh5+ $2 (32. Rb7
$1 {Zugzwang!} Rb8 (32... Ra3 33. Ne4 Rxc3 34. Qf6+ $18 {(Tal 77)} Kg8 35. Nxc3
) 33. Nd7 $18 {(Tal 77)}) 32... gxh5 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Qg5+ Kh7 35. Qxh5+ Kg8
36. Qg5+ Kh7 37. Qh5+ Kg8 38. Qg4+ Kh7 39. Qe4+ Kg7 40. Qg4+ Kh7 41. Qe4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner Memorial-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. a4 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. Qd3 $6 (9. Qg4 f5 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qe2 Nb8 12. h4 h6 13. Nh3 Nc6 14. Nf4
Nge7 15. g4 $1 O-O-O 16. gxf5 gxf5 17. Ba3 Rdg8 18. Nh5 Na5 19. Bb4 $14 {
Timman,J-Planinc/Banja Luka/1974/}) 9... Nb8 10. Ne2 (10. h4 Nc6 11. Nf3) 10...
Ne7 11. Nf4 g6 12. h4 Nbc6 13. h5 g5 $1 (13... O-O-O 14. Rb1 $13) 14. Ne2 h6
15. Ba3 $6 (15. f4 $5 gxf4 (15... g4 16. Rh4) 16. Nxf4 $13) 15... Na5 16. O-O
Nc4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. f4 gxf4 19. Nxf4 Qg5 20. Rf2 $6 (20. Rf3 O-O-O 21. Raf1)
20... Rg8 21. Raf1 O-O-O $17 22. Rf3 (22. Nh3 Qxh5 23. Rxf7 Rg4 $17) 22... Rg7
23. R1f2 Rdg8 24. Qf1 a5 $1 {xa4} 25. Qe1 Kb7 26. Qf1 Qh4 27. Rh3 Qe7 28. Qc1
Rg4 29. Nd3 Qf8 30. Rhf3 Qg7 31. Ne1 Re4 32. Nd3 (32. Rxf7 Qg5 33. Nd3 Qxh5 $17
) 32... Rh4 33. Ne1 (33. Rxf7 Qg3 $40) 33... Rf8 34. Rf6 Qg3 35. Nf3 Rxh5 36.
Rxh6 Rh8 $1 37. Rxh5 Rxh5 38. Rf1 Qg6 39. Kf2 f6 $1 40. exf6 Qxf6 41. Kg1 Qh8
$1 42. Re1 Nd6 43. Kf1 Ne4 44. Qe3 Qe8 $1 {xa4} 45. Nd2 Nxd2+ 46. Qxd2 Qxa4 47.
Rxe6 Qa1+ 48. Kf2 (48. Re1 Rh1+ 49. Kf2 Rxe1 50. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 51. Kxe1 a4 52. Kd2
Kc6 $19) 48... Rh1 49. Qg5 Rf1+ 50. Kg3 Qxc3+ 51. Qe3 Qxc2 52. Re5 Rd1 $1 (
52... Rd1 $1 53. Qf3 (53. Kh2 Qh7+ 54. Kg3 (54. Qh3 Qxh3+ 55. gxh3 Rxd4 $19)
54... Rd3 $19) 53... Rd3 54. Re3 Rxd4 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final play-off"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1996.11.25"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Budapest Honved"]
[BlackTeam "Yerevan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Nf3
$146 (7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O a6 (9... Nge7 $6 10. Nb5 Ng6 11. c3 c4 12.
Bxg6 hxg6 13. Bg5 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Bf4 (15. Bxf6 $142 $5 Qxf6 16. Nc7+ Kd8
17. Nxa8 Kc8 18. b3 $16) 15... Rc8 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Kf7 $15 {De Firmian,
N-Bronstein,D/Oviedo (rapid) 1993/0-1}) 10. Bf4 (10. dxc5 bxc5 11. b3 Nge7 12.
Re1 Ng6 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Qe2 Nb8 15. Nb2 Be7 16. Bd2 Bc6 17. c4 d4 18. b4 $14 {
Knaak,R-Portisch,L/Dresden 1995/1/2-1/2}) (10. Re1 Nge7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 cxd4
13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qg4 Qg5 17. Qe2 (17. Qxg5 hxg5 18.
Ne2 Bc5 19. c3 $14) 17... Bc5 18. Bxa6 O-O 19. Bb5 Bb7 20. Na4 $1 $16 {Mainka,
R-Vaganian,R/Porz ;CBM 31 1992/1/2-1/2 (70)}) 10... Nge7 11. Re1 Nxd4 12. Nxd4
cxd4 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. b4 b5 15. Ng3 g6 16. Nf1 Bg7 17. Nd2 f6 18. Nf3 fxe5 19.
Nxe5 O-O 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Qe2 $14 {[%csl Ge6] Yagupov,I-Vaganian,R/Moscow 25'
;1992/1-0 (58)}) 7... Bxb5 (7... c5 8. Be3 (8. Bd3 Nc6 {-7.Bd3}) 8... Bxb5 9.
Nxb5 Qd7 10. Qe2 c4 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. O-O Nge7 $10) 8. Nxb5 Qd7 9. Qd3 Ne7 (9...
c5 $5 10. c4 $6 (10. b3 $142 a6 11. Nc3 Nc6 $13) (10. Nc3 Nc6 {Black gained a
tempo compared to the game.}) 10... dxc4 $140 $6 (10... a6 $142 11. Nc3 dxc4
12. Qxc4 b5 $15) 11. Qe4 $1 Nc6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Be3 (13. Bg5 Nge7 14. Bxe7 (
14. Rd1 Nd5 15. Qxc4 Rc8 $15) 14... Bxe7 15. Rd1 Qb7 16. Rd6 (16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17.
exd6 O-O 18. Ng5 $140 g6 19. Qh4 f6 $17) 16... Rc8 17. Nxa7 Qxa7 18. Rxc6 Qa5+
19. Ke2 Qa8 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. Rc1 b5 22. Nd4 (22. a4 Qa6 $14) 22... Qa6 (22...
Qd7 $4 23. Qa8+ Bd8 24. Rd1 $1 $18) 23. Qc6+ (23. Nc6 Bc5 $15) 23... Qxc6 24.
Nxc6 Kd7 25. Nxe7 Kxe7 26. a4 Rb8 27. axb5 Rxb5 28. Rxc4 $10) 13... Bxe3 14.
Nd6+ Ke7 15. fxe3 $16) 10. O-O a6 11. Nc3 c5 12. Be3 Nf5 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. c3 Be7
15. Rad1 O-O 16. Bc1 f6 (16... c4 $142 17. Qc2 b5 $132) 17. exf6 (17. g4 $2 c4
(17... fxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nh4 20. f4 $36) 18. Qc2 Nh6 19. Bxh6 gxh6
20. exf6 Rxf6 $17 {[%csl Gf3,Gg4][%cal Ge7d6,Gd6h2,Ga8f8,Gf6g6,Gg6g4]}) 17...
Bxf6 18. Rfe1 cxd4 19. Nexd4 Ncxd4 20. cxd4 $16 {It looks like it should be a
good position for black since he got rid of his "bad white - colour bishop",
but without this bishop the e6 pawn is very weak.} Nd6 21. Ne5 Qb5 $6 (21...
Qc7 $142 22. Ng4 $16) 22. Qxb5 Nxb5 23. Nd7 Rfe8 24. Nxb6 Rad8 25. Be3 Kf7 26.
Na4 (26. a4 Rd6 (26... Nd6 27. Bf4 $18) 27. axb5 (27. Nxd5 Rxd5 28. axb5 Rxb5
29. Re2 Reb8 $44) (27. a5 Rc6 $10) 27... Rxb6 28. bxa6 Rxa6 29. Bf4 Ra2 30. b4
Rb2 31. Rb1 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Bxd4 33. Bc7 Rc8 $15) 26... Rc8 27. Nc5 a5 (27...
Nxd4 28. Nxa6 (28. Bxd4 Bxd4 29. Ne4 (29. Rxd4 Rxc5 $15) 29... Be5 30. Ng5+ Kf6
31. Nxh7+ Kf5 $13) 28... Nc2 29. Re2 Nxe3 30. fxe3 $16) 28. a4 $2 (28. b4 $142
$16) 28... Nd6 (28... Nxd4 $142 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxc5 $15) 29. g4 Nc4 30.
b3 Nxe3 31. fxe3 e5 32. Nb7 Be7 $138 (32... Be7 33. Nxa5 Bb4 (33... Rc7 34. Rc1
$18) 34. Rf1+ Ke6 35. Nb7 Rc7 36. Nc5+ Bxc5 37. dxc5 Rxc5 38. Rc1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Martigny op"]
[Site "Martigny"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Huss, Andreas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Golubev,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Bb7 $5 (8... Nc6 9. Nh3 Bb7 $14) 9. Nh3 Nc6 10. Nf4 (10. Bb5 $13) 10... O-O-O
11. a4 Na5 12. Ba3 Nc4 13. Bxc4 $5 {N/} (13. Bd3 $13) 13... dxc4 14. a5 Ne7 $1
(14... g6 $14) 15. Qxg7 (15. axb6 axb6 16. Bxe7 $5 Qxe7 17. O-O Rhg8 18. Ra4 $5
(18. Ra7 Qf7 19. h4 g6 20. Rfa1 h6 $132)) 15... Nd5 $1 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. Nxd5
Bxd5 18. axb6 axb6 19. f3 Ra8 20. Kf2 Ra4 21. Bb2 Rha8 22. Rxa4 Rxa4 23. Ra1
Rxa1 24. Bxa1 Bc6 25. Ke2 Ba4 26. Kd1 Kc6 27. Bb2 Kd5 28. Bc1 c5 29. dxc5 Kxc5
30. Bf4 Kd5 31. Kd2 Kc6 32. h4 Kd7 $10 33. Be3 b5 34. Bc5 Ke8 35. h5 Kf7 36. g4
fxg4 37. fxg4 Kg8 38. g5 Kf7 39. Bb6 Kg8 40. Bd8 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rakvere Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Rakvere"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4
h5 9. Qd1 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Bg5 (11. a4 Nb8 12. a5 Nc6 13. axb6 cxb6 14.
Ne2 Na5 15. Ng3 Qc7 16. Ra3 Nc4 17. Rb3 a5 $17 {Van der Worm,T-Rogers,I/Biel
op/1992/}) (11. Nf3 Qd7 12. a4 Nb8 13. O-O Nc6 14. Bg5 Na5 15. Nd2 Ne7 16. Bxe7
Qxe7 17. g3 g6 $15 {Pietzsch,W-Byrne,R/Sarajevo/1967/}) 11... Qd7 (11... Qc8
12. Ne2 c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. cxd4 Qc4 15. Ng3 Nb8 16. f4 Ne7 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18.
f5 {Renet,O-Apicella/Clichy/1993/}) 12. Ne2 Nb8 (12... Ne7 13. Nf4 (13. O-O
O-O-O 14. Nf4 Rdf8 15. Qd3 Nb8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qg3 Nc6 {0,5/Parma,
B-Gunsberger/Hamburg EUchT/1965/}) 13... O-O-O 14. Nxh5 $16 {Dolmatov,S-Panno,
O/Palma de Mallorca/1989/}) (12... Nf8 13. Nf4 Qc6 14. Kd2 g6 15. g4 hxg4 16.
h5 Kd7 17. Qxg4 Qc4 18. Rh3 Re8 19. Rah1 Kc8 $10 {Rodriguez,A-Ivkov,B/Cambados/
1990/}) (12... Qc6 13. O-O (13. f4 Nb8 14. O-O Nd7 15. Qd3 Ndf8 16. f5 {
Portisch,L-Ivkov,B/Zagreb/1965/}) 13... Kd7 14. f4 Raf8 15. f5 exf5 16. Qd3 Nb8
17. Rxf5 $16 {Abramovic-Lputian,S/Erevan/1982/}) (12... Qa4 13. Rh3 Ne7 14. Nf4
g6 15. Qd2 Kd7 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Rf3 Raf8 18. Nh3 c5 19. Ng5 $16 {Ivkov,
B-Byrne,R/Varna ol/1962/}) 13. Ng3 Qc6 14. Qf3 $6 (14. O-O $5 {/\Nxh5}) (14.
Kd2 $5 {/\Nxh5}) 14... Nd7 15. Bd2 Qa4 16. Nxh5 Rh7 $1 {קc2,קh4} 17. Rc1 (17.
Kd1 c5 $40) 17... c5 $15 18. Nf4 Nxh4 19. Qg4 Nf3+ 20. Ke2 Nfxe5 $1 21. Qg3 (
21. dxe5 Qc4+ $19) 21... Qb5+ (21... Qc4+ 22. Nd3 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 Ng6 24. Rh7
cxd4 $15) 22. Nd3 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 Ng6 24. Rh7 Nf6 25. a4 $1 $8 (25. Rxg7 Nh5 $17)
25... Qc4 (25... Qxa4 $5 26. Rxg7 Nh5 27. Rg8+ Kd7 28. Qf3 Rxg8 29. Qxf7+ Ne7
30. Ne5+ Kd8 31. Qxe6 $44 {/\Nf7+} (31. Qxh5 Qxc2 $17) 31... Qe8 32. Nf7+ Kc7
33. Qe5+ Kd7 34. Qxh5 $15) 26. Rxg7 Nh5 27. Qc7 Nxg7 28. Qc6+ Ke7 29. Bg5+ f6
30. Qb7+ Kf8 31. Qxa8+ Kf7 32. Qxa7+ Ne7 33. Kd1 {/\Qxb6//\Nxe5} cxd4 (33...
cxd4 34. cxd4 $10 (34. Ne5+ $6 fxe5 35. Qxe7+ Kg8 36. Bf6 Qf1+ 37. Kd2 Qxf2+
38. Kc1 Qg1+ 39. Kb2 dxc3+ 40. Ka2 Qxg2 41. Bxg7 Qxg7 42. Qxe6+ Qf7 43. Qxe5
$15)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar Memorial"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 b6 6. Qg4 (6. Nce2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2
Ba6 (7... O-O 8. f4 c5 9. c3 Ba6 10. Nf3 Nbc6 11. Ng3 Bxf1 12. Rxf1 f6 13. Kf2
fxe5 14. fxe5 Ng6 15. Kg1 Qe7 16. Rf2 Nh4 $10 {Marjanovic,S-Psakhis,L/Bor/1985/
}) 8. f4 (8. Nf3 c5 (8... Qd7 9. h4 c5 10. c3 Nbc6 11. Nf4 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 a5 {
Spiriev,F-Portisch,F/Budapest/1989/}) 9. c3 O-O 10. Nf4 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Nbc6 $10
{Wahls,M-Yusupov,A/BL/1992/}) 8... Nf5 9. O-O-O c5 $10 {Dubinin,P-Sokolski,A/
corr/1966/}) (6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O (7... a6 8. Na3 a5 9. Nb5 O-O 10. Nf3
Ba6 11. Bd3 c5 12. b3 Nbc6 13. O-O Bxb5 14. Bxb5 Nxd4 $10 {Ljubojevic,
L-Seirawan,Y/Mar del Plata/1981}) (7... Ba6 8. Qc3 Bxb5 9. Bxb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Nd7
11. Qd2 O-O 12. f4 c5 13. c3 f5 14. Nf3 $14 {Ciocaltea,V-Voiculescu,P/Romania/
1969/}) 8. f4 Ba6 9. Nf3 Qd7 10. Nc3 Bxf1 11. Rxf1 c5 12. O-O-O Nbc6 13. g4 $14
{Watson,W-Mc Donald,N/London/1987/}) (6. Nf3 Ba6 7. Ne2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Qd7 (8...
c5 9. c3 Nbc6 10. g3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nf5 $10 {Damjanovic,M-Huss,A/Prague
Bohemians/1988/}) 9. g3 c5 10. c3 Nbc6 $10 {Sax,Gy-Vaiser,A/Szirak/1985/}) (6.
h4 Nf5 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bd3 Ba6 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. Ne2 $13 {Hebden,M-Arkell,K/London
WFW/1988/}) (6. f4 Ba6 (6... Bxc3 7. Bxc3 a5 8. Qd2 Qd7 9. Qf2 Ba6 10. Nf3 Bxf1
11. Rxf1 Nbc6 $10 {Karolyi,T-Lamoureux,C/Oakham/1993/}) 7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8. Qe2 Nb8
9. Nf3 Nbc6 10. O-O-O h5 11. g3 Nf5 12. Qd3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 a5 14. a3 $10 {
Mikhalchishin,A-Eingorn,V/EU-Cup/1984/}) (6. Bb5+ c6 7. Ba4 O-O 8. Nce2 Bxd2+
9. Qxd2 f6 10. Nf3 Ng6 $10 {Berthelot,Y-Luce,S/french tt/1991/}) (6. Nh3 Nf5 7.
g4 Ne7 8. Nf4 c5 9. Nb5 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. c3 Nbc6 $13 {Pichler,J-Zlotnik,
B/Moscow II/1990/}) 6... Ng6 (6... Nf5 7. Bd3 (7. Nge2 h5 8. Qf4 Be7 9. h4 Nxh4
10. O-O-O Nc6 11. g4 $13 {Mirumian,A/Baklan,V/URS-chJ/1992/}) 7... h5 8. Qf4
Qh4 9. Qxh4 Nxh4 10. g3 Nf5 11. Nb5 (11. Nge2 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ba6 $10 {Seils,
J-Stolz,M/2.BLN/1992/}) 11... Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Kd7 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. h4 $14 {
Cladouras,P-Stolz,M/2.BLN/1992/}) (6... O-O 7. Nf3 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Rd1 Bxc3
10. bxc3 Qd7 $15 {Timman,J-Hubner,R/Linares/1985/}) 7. h4 h5 8. Qg3 Ba6 (8...
Be7 9. Nf3 $14) 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Nf3 (10. Qd3 Qc8 (10... Nb8 $4 11. Qb5+) 11.
Nf3 $13) 10... Be7 (10... Qd7 $5 {/\0-0-0//\c5}) 11. Bg5 Nb4 12. O-O-O Nc6 (
12... Qd7 $5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 $10) 13. Ne2 Qd7 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Rh3 (15. Bxe7 $6
Ncxe7 {/\Nf5}) 15... Kb7 16. Bd2 {/\17.Nf4 Nxf4 18.Qxf4 + Rg3 ><g7} Rdg8 17.
Ng5 (17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 f6 $132) 17... Bd8 (17... Nd8 $2 18. Nxf7 $18) 18.
f4 Rf8 {/\Nce7-f5} 19. Qd3 Nge7 (19... Nce7 $5 20. Ng3 f6 $132) 20. Ng3 g6 (
20... f6 21. Nf3 $14 {ץd8}) 21. Nf3 Nf5 22. Nxf5 exf5 {/\Be7,Nc6-d8-e6} 23. c4
Be7 24. Rc1 Rd8 (24... Nd8 25. Ng1 Ne6 26. Ne2 $14) 25. c5 bxc5 (25... Rc8 $5 {
/\Nd8,c7-c6,Ne6}) 26. dxc5 Rb8 27. Ka1 Ka8 28. Rhh1 Rhd8 29. Rhd1 d4 (29... Rb7
30. Be1 $14) 30. Rc4 Qd5 {/\Qe4} 31. Re1 Qe6 (31... Bxc5 $2 32. Rec1 Nb4 33.
Bxb4 Bxb4 34. Rxd4 $18) 32. b4 {/\a2-a4,b4-b5 +-} Qc8 33. Nxd4 {/\Qf3 +-} (33.
a4 Qa6 $132) 33... Rxd4 (33... Bxh4 34. Qf3 Qb7 (34... Bxe1 35. Qxc6+ Qb7 36.
Qxb7+ Kxb7 37. Bxe1 $18) 35. Nxc6 Rxd2 36. Rf1 Re8 37. Rc3 {/\Ra3} Re6 38. b5
Rxc6 39. Qxc6 Qxc6 40. bxc6 Rxg2 41. Rb1 $18) 34. Rxd4 Nxd4 35. Qxd4 Qd8 (35...
Bxh4 36. Rd1 Qe6 $13) 36. Qxd8 Rxd8 37. Bc3 Bxh4 38. Re3 Bf2 (38... a6 {
/\Kb7-c6} 39. e6 $16) 39. Rf3 Bd4 40. Kb2 Kb7 41. Rd3 $1 Bxc3+ 42. Kxc3 Rg8 (
42... Rxd3+ 43. Kxd3 $18) 43. b5 g5 44. a4 gxf4 45. Rd7 f3 $6 (45... Rxg2 $5
46. Rxf7 Re2 47. Rxf5 {/\Kd4-d5} (47. Kd4 Rd2+ $1 (47... f3 48. Rxf5 f2 {
-> 47.Rxf5}) 48. Kc4 f3 49. Rxf5 f2 50. a5 (50. e6 a6 $1 $10 (50... h4 $2 51.
a5 $18 {/\c6+})) 50... Kc8 $1 51. e6 Kd8 $13) 47... a6 (47... f3 48. Kd4 (48.
a5 {/\c6+} Kc8) (48. Rxh5 f2 49. Rf5 Rxe5 $10) 48... f2 49. a5 {/\c6+} Kc8 50.
Kd5 $1 (50. c6 Kd8 51. Kd5 Ke7 $13) 50... h4 51. Ke6 $18 {/\Rf8+}) (47... Re4
48. a5 {/\c6+} (48. Kb3 a6 $10 {-> 47..a6}) (48. Kd3 Rxa4 49. e6 Ra3+ 50. Kd4
Re3 51. Re5 (51. Kd5 f3 $10) 51... Rxe5 52. Kxe5 f3 53. e7 f2 54. e8=Q f1=Q 55.
c6+ Kb6 56. Qb8+ Kc5 57. Qxa7+ Kxb5 $10) 48... a6 49. b6 {/\Rf7} cxb6 50. axb6)
48. Kd4 $1 (48. Rxh5 Re4 $1 (48... axb5 49. axb5 f3 50. Rf5 f2 51. Kd4 $18 {
/\Kd5}) 49. Kb3 (49. Kd3 Rxa4 50. e6 (50. bxa6+ Rxa6 51. Ke4 Ra4+ $10) 50...
axb5 51. e7 Ra8 $15) 49... f3 50. Rf5 f2 $10) 48... Ra2 (48... axb5 49. axb5 h4
50. Rxf4 h3 51. Rh4 h2 52. Kd5 Rd2+ 53. Ke6 Rc2 54. Kf6 Rxc5 55. Rxh2 Rxb5 56.
e6 $18) 49. bxa6+ Kc6 (49... Kxa6 50. e6 Rxa4+ (50... Re2 51. Re5 $1 f3 52. e7
Rxe5 53. Kxe5 f2 54. e8=Q f1=Q 55. Qa8#) 51. Kd5 $18 {עa6}) 50. Rf6+ Kd7 51.
Kc4 Rxa4+ 52. Kb5 Ra1 53. Rxf4 $18) (45... Rg3+ 46. Kc4 $1 (46. Kd4 Rxg2 47.
Rxf7 Rd2+ 48. Kc4 f3 49. Rxf5 f2 50. a5 Kc8 51. e6 Kd8 52. b6 cxb6 53. cxb6
axb6 54. axb6 Ke7 $10) 46... Rxg2 (46... Re3 47. Kd4 (47. Kd5 $4 Rd3+) (47.
Rxf7 Rxe5 48. a5 $16 {/\c6+}) 47... Re4+ 48. Kd5 Rxa4 49. Rxf7 $16) 47. Rxf7
Rg5 48. Kd3 $16 (48. e6 $2 f3 49. Kd3 (49. e7 $2 f2 50. e8=Q f1=Q+) 49... Rg6
$13)) 46. gxf3 h4 47. Rxf7 Rh8 48. e6 h3 49. a5 h2 50. c6+ {Hansen,Cu} (50. c6+
Kc8 51. e7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.03.12"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luebeck"]
[BlackTeam "Koenig Plauen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4
h5 9. Qd1 Ba6 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ne2 Ne7 13. Nf4 g6 {In CBM 53 I
gave a opening survey of the line beginning with 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 which through
the following moves 11.Bg5 Qd7 leads to the game continuation. In that survey
my main line continued with the game Schmuter-Bykhovsky given below:} 14. Bf6 (
14. a4 Nb8 15. Bf6 Rh7 16. f3 Ng8 17. Bg5 Nc6 18. g4 Nce7 19. Qd3 Rh8 $14 {
Shmuter,L-Bykhovsky,Av/Tel Aviv Czerniak Mem/1996/}) 14... Rg8 {What black
rearly does in this game is to show what his ideal piece-setup is: Qc6, Nf5,
Nd7 and if neccesary Rg8. However I think whites best setup to counter that
idea still needs to be found. In my opinion he should show some interest in
the white squares - like Shmuter did with a3-a4 and f2-f3+g2-g4. In this line
both Ks are for the moment safe because of the closed nature of the positions,
but in the long term that may not be so depending on how ambitious the two
players are. The positionally desirable P-breaks g2-g4 and c7-c5 will always
make it much more difficult for the own K to find a safe heaven.} 15. Nh3 $6 (
15. Rh3 $5) 15... Qc6 $1 {Good timing since white can not defend in the ideal
way which would have been - in my opinion - Rh1-h3} 16. Qd2 Nf5 17. Ng5 Nb8 {
[%cal Yb8d7,Yd7f6]} 18. O-O Nd7 19. Rfe1 {[%csl Gf5] White is taking
counter-measures against Nd7xf6 since his R would be well placed on e1 after
the opening of the e-<->. But it is clear that the positional plan f2-f3 and
g2-g4 has been neglected and that white is now forced to fight his way through
on the K-side with peacepower only. In that respect Nf5 is a very good
defender.} Qc4 20. Rab1 c5 21. Nf3 Rc8 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3,Re8,Rg8] Positionally
black is standing very well. The problem is his K and the developement of Rg8}
22. Bg5 Nb8 23. Bf6 {A silent draw-offer ?} Nc6 $1 {[%cal Rc5d4] Black is now
ready to complete the developement of his heavy pieces with Ke8-d7} 24. dxc5 {
It is normal for white to try and open the position, but it is very hard to
achieve the breakthrough c3-c4} Qxc5 25. Qd3 Nb8 {[%cal Rc5c3]} (25... Na5 26.
Qa6 $5) 26. Rb3 Qc4 27. Qd2 Nc6 28. Reb1 Rc7 $1 $17 {[%cal Ye8d7,Yd7c8,Yc8b7,
Yb7a8] Blacks K is now ready to run into safety on the Q-side at the same time
giving Rg8 room for manouvering} 29. Qe1 Na5 30. Rb5 Kd7 31. Qd1 Rgc8 32. Bg5
Ke8 33. R1b2 Rc5 34. Rxc5 Qxc5 35. Nd4 Nxd4 36. cxd4 Qxa3 37. Rb1 Qc3 {[%cal
Ye8d7,Yd7c7,Yc7b7]} 38. Kh2 Rc4 39. Be3 Qxc2 40. Qe1 Nb3 {White never managed
to use the weakneses on blacks dark squares.} 0-1

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Be7 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Ba4 Bd7 8. Nce2
c5 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. Nf3 Na5 11. Ba2 Bb5 12. O-O h5 13. c3 Qd7 14. Bg5 h4 15. Re1
c4 16. Nf4 Ba4 17. Qe2 O-O-O 18. g3 hxg3 19. fxg3 Bb3 20. Bxb3 Nxb3 21. Rad1
Re8 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. h4 Nh6 24. Kg2 Nf5 25. Rh1 Na5 26. Kf2 Nc6 27. Ng5 Nd8
28. b3 cxb3 29. c4 dxc4 30. Qxc4+ Kb8 31. Qxb3 Nc6 32. Nf3 Rd8 33. Qb2 Qb7 34.
d5 exd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. Nxd5 Ncd4 37. Nxd4 Qxd5 38. Rd1 Ka8 39. Qc3 Qe4 40.
Nxf5 Qxf5+ 41. Qf3+ Qxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Rb8 43. Rd7 Rb7 44. Rd8+ Rb8 45. Rxb8+ Kxb8
{Der potentielle weiße entfernte Freibauer auf der h-Linie bindet den
schwarzen König. Dadurch hat der weiße König Zeit, am Damenflügel aufzuräumen
und zurück zu kehren.} 46. h5 Kc7 47. g4 Kd7 48. g5 Ke7 49. Ke4 (49. Ke4 f6 (
49... b5 50. Kd5 a5 51. Kc5 b4 52. axb4 axb4 53. Kxb4 Kf8 54. Kc5 Ke7 55. h6
gxh6 56. gxh6 Kf8 57. Kd6 Kg8 58. Ke7 $18) 50. h6 gxh6 51. gxh6 Kf7 52. e6+ $18
) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Villamayor, Buenaventura"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4
h5 9. Qg3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. a4 Nb8 12. a5 Nc6 13. a6 Nce7 14. Bg5 Nf5 15.
Qd3 Qd7 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. g3 c5 18. O-O cxd4 19. cxd4 Rc4 20. c3 Qc6 21. Ra3 Nge7
22. Qf3 Ra4 23. Rfa1 Rxa3 24. Rxa3 Qc4 25. Nf4 g6 26. Bf6 Rg8 27. Nh3 Nc6 28.
Ng5 b5 29. Ra1 b4 30. cxb4 Nfxd4 31. Qd1 Ne2+ 32. Kg2 Nc3 33. Qc1 d4 34. Kh2
Qxb4 35. Ne4 Kd7 36. Nxc3 Qxc3 37. Qxc3 dxc3 38. Rc1 Rb8 39. Rxc3 Rb6 40. Ra3
Nb4 41. Rb3 Nd5 42. Ra3 Kc6 43. Bg5 Kd7 44. Kg2 Rc6 45. Rf3 Ke8 46. Rb3 Rb6 47.
Rxb6 Nxb6 {[#] Die Kraft des Läufers (Springerbeherrschung)} 48. Be3 Nc8 49.
Kf3 Kd7 50. Kf4 Ne7 (50... Kc6 51. Kg5 Kd5 (51... Kd7 52. Kf6 Ke8 53. Bc5 $18 {
[%csl Ga7,Gb6,Gd6,Ge7]}) 52. Kf6 Ke4 53. Kxf7 Kxe5 54. Kxg6 $18) 51. Bxa7 Nd5+
52. Kg5 Nb4 53. Bc5 Nxa6 54. Bd6 {[%csl Gb4,Gb8,Gc5,Gc7]} 1-0

[Event "Winterthur"]
[Site "Winterthur"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Huss, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Bd2 Bxc3 {Even though it is hard to
justify such a loss of time, this swop is based on the underlying strategic
idea that White s Bc3 may become a potential target after the advance b6-c5.}
6. Bxc3 b6 7. a4 $5 {This move is aimed at provoking Black s reply, after
which his pawns on the Q-side will be fixed on black squares, thus making them
targets for Bc3 and less mobile at the same time.} (7. Nf3 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9.
Qe2 Nb8 10. O-O Ne7 11. a4 a5 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 c5 14. Rfd1 Na6 15. c4 $14 {
Stean,M-Blau,M/Bath tm 1973}) 7... a5 (7... Ba6 $142 8. Ne2 $6 {White s 7th
move is totally pointless if he continues as in this game.} (8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. a5
$1 {Preventing the advance c7-c5. In this type of closed French Winawer, it is
normally to Black s benefit to keep the position closed for as long as
possible, for he is usually lagging behind in development and needs time
before he can start advancing. Some of the games of Tigran Petrosian in this
opening are particulary instructive in this respect, e.g. Olafsson-Petrosian,
Bled 1961.} Nb8 (9... b5 $6 10. b4 $1 Ne7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Qg4 $16) (9... Ne7
10. axb6 axb6 11. Qd3 b5 12. Nf3 $14) 10. axb6 cxb6 11. Qg4 f5 12. Qg3 $14)
8... Ne7 9. h4 (9. a5 $142 $14) 9... h6 10. Rh3 $2 (10. a5 $13) (10. Nf4 $13)
10... c5 $15 {Micheli Carlo-Illi HJ/ Zurich (op) 1989}) 8. Nh3 $1 $146 (8. Bb5
c6 9. Bd3 {This manoeuvre loses some time, since the B s can be swopped off
anyway on a6 as in the game, leaving the Na6 rather badly placed.} Ba6 10. Qg4
(10. Nh3 $14) 10... f5 (10... Kf8 $5) 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Nf3 Bxd3 (
13... Bxd3 14. cxd3 $1 $14 {xe5}) (13... Ne4 14. Qe3 Bxd3 15. cxd3 Nd6 $10) 14.
Qxd3 Qe8 15. O-O Nbd7 16. Rae1 Ne4 17. Nd2 Nd6 18. Re2 $14 {Elseth,R-Ostenstad,
B/Eu-Cup/1991}) 8... Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Nf4 g6 (10... Ne7 $2 11. Nh5 $16) 11.
b3 Ne7 12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 $1 Nxc5 {xb6} (13... bxc5 $2 14. Bxa5 Nc6 15. Qe1 $1
$18) 14. Bb2 Rd8 15. Qf3 (15. Qg4 $1 $16) 15... O-O 16. Rfd1 $6 {One of the
most common problems confronting chessplayers, is how to manoeuvre the two
rooks on the first rank. In this case White takes the wrong decision. The KR
should be placed on e1, where it acts as a deterrent to the advance of Black s
fP, which he managed to carry out rather successfully in the game.} (16. Rad1
$1 Nc6 17. Rfe1 d4 $6 18. Qg3 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Nd3 $16) 16... Nc6 17. Qg4
$6 (17. Qg3 $142 $14) 17... d4 18. Qg3 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 (19... e5 $5 20. Nd3
Nxd3 (20... Ne4 $6 21. Nxe5 $1 Qe6 22. Qh4 Qxe5 23. Re1 Rde8 (23... Qxf6 $2 24.
Rxe4 Qxh4 25. Rxh4 d3 26. Rc4 $18) 24. f3 Qxf6 25. Rxe4 Qxh4 26. Rxh4 Re2 27.
Bxd4 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxc2 29. Rad1 $16) 21. Qxd3 Rxf6 22. Rd2 $14) 20. Nd3 Qf7 $4
{After having defended very resourcefully in a difficult position, Black makes
an inocuous-looking move, which amazingly, seems to lose by force, due to a
hidden tactical finesse.} (20... Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Qd5 22. f3 $14) 21. Ne5 $18 Nxe5
22. Qxe5 Rf5 (22... Rd5 23. Qb8+ $18) 23. Rxd4 $1 Rf8 (23... Rxe5 24. Rxd8+ Kg7
25. Bxe5+ $18) 24. Rf4 $1 (24. Rd7 $4 Qxd7 25. Qh8+ Kf7 $19) 24... Rxe5 25.
Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Bxe5 Rd7 27. Bf4 Na6 28. Kf1 Nb4 29. c3 Nd3 30. Rd1 e5 31. Be3 e4
32. f3 Rc7 33. c4 Nc5 34. Rd8+ Kf7 35. Rh8 $1 Ke6 (35... Kg7 36. Bd4+ $18) 36.
Rb8 Rc6 37. Bxc5 bxc5 38. Re8+ Kd6 39. Rxe4 Rb6 40. Re3 h5 41. h4 Rb7 42. Kf2
Rf7 43. Rd3+ Kc6 44. Ke3 Re7+ 45. Kf4 Re2 46. g4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch09 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.12.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1934.12.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 (4... c5) 5. Bd2 O-O 6. a3 (6. Bd3 Nd7
7. Qh5 f5 8. Nf3 Re8 $6 (8... c5) 9. g4 $1 Nf8 10. Rg1 a6 11. O-O-O c5 12. gxf5
exf5 13. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 14. Bh6+ Kg8 (14... Kh8 15. Qf7 $1) 15. Nxd5 $1 Qxd5 (
15... Nxd5 16. Rg1+ Ng6 17. Rxg6+ hxg6 18. Qxg6+) 16. Qxe8 Qf7 17. Bc4 $1 Be6
18. Qxa8 Bxc4 19. Ng5 $1 {1-0 Limpert-Schmidt/Dresden/1989}) (6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5
Nbc6 8. Bd3 Ng6 9. Bxg6 fxg6 (9... hxg6 $6 10. Na4 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qc7 12. Qc3
$16) 10. Na4 Rf4 $1 $36 {Ljubojevic-Anand/Roquebrune/1992}) 6... Ba5 7. Bd3 Nd7
8. Nf3 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qe2 Re8 $6 11. g4 $1 c5 (11... Nxg4 $2 12. Bxh7+
Kxh7 13. Ng5+) (11... e5 $1 12. Nxe5 Nc6) 12. g5 Nh5 (12... cxd4 13. gxf6 dxc3
14. f7+ $1 Kxf7 15. Ng5+ Kf8 16. Nxh7+ Kg8 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. Rg1+ $18) 13. Ne5
g6 14. dxc5 Nf5 15. O-O-O $1 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qxg5+ 17. Kb1 Nf4 18. Qf3 Nxd3 19.
Qxd3 b6 20. Rhg1 Qe7 21. c6 $1 a5 22. Qf3 {/\Ng6} Qh4 23. Rg4 Qh5 24. Rdg1 {
/\Ng6, hg Rg6} Kf8 25. Qf4 $1 (25. Rxg6 Qxf3 26. Rf6+ Ke7 27. Rf7+ Kd6 28. Nxf3
$16) 25... Ra7 26. Rg5 Qh3 {[#]} (26... Qh4 $2 27. Rxf5+ $18) (26... Qh6 $2 27.
Rxf5+ $18) 27. Nxg6+ hxg6 28. Rxg6 {/\29.Rg8 Ke7 30.Re8 Ke8 31.Rg8, 31.Rc8} Qh7
(28... Ba6 29. Rg8+ Ke7 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Qb8+) 29. Qg5 $1 e5 30. Bxe5 $1 Be6
(30... Rxe5 31. Qd8+ Re8 (31... Kf7 32. Rf6#) 32. Rg8+ Qxg8 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34.
Qxe8+ Kg7 35. Qxc8 $18) 31. Qf6+ Bf7 32. Rg8+ $1 Qxg8 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. Qh8#
1-0

[Event "Cannes team g/60"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qd7 7. Nh3 (7. Qg4 $1
) 7... Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Nf4 $6 {N} (9. Qg4 f5 $13) 9... O-O-O 10. a4 Ne7 11.
Qd3 Nb8 12. a5 Nec6 13. axb6 cxb6 14. O-O Na5 15. Nh5 Rhg8 $1 16. Qg3 (16. Qxh7
$2 Rh8 $19) 16... Nbc6 $15 17. Nxg7 Ne7 18. Bh6 Nf5 19. Nxf5 Rxg3 20. Nd6+ Qxd6
(20... Kb8 $2 21. fxg3 $1 f5 22. exf6 $1 Qxd6 23. Bf4 $18) 21. exd6 Rg6 22. Bf4
Kb7 23. Be5 Nc4 24. f4 f5 $1 (24... f6 25. f5 exf5 26. Bg3 $16) (24... Nxd6 25.
Bxd6 Rxd6 26. f5 $13) 25. g3 a5 26. Kf2 $6 Nd2 $1 27. Rfd1 Ne4+ 28. Ke3 Rh6 29.
c4 dxc4 30. d5 Nxd6 31. dxe6 Rxe6 32. Kf3 Nf7 33. Rxd8 Nxd8 34. g4 fxg4+ 35.
Kxg4 Nc6 36. Bh8 Re8 37. Bf6 Re2 38. c3 Rxh2 39. f5 Rf2 40. Re1 h5+ 41. Kg5 h4
42. Kg4 h3 43. Bh4 Rd2 44. Kxh3 a4 45. f6 Nd8 46. f7 Nxf7 47. Re7+ Ka6 48. Rxf7
a3 49. Rf8 Rd7 50. Rf1 Ka5 51. Kg4 Ka4 52. Kf5 a2 53. Ke6 Ra7 54. Kd5 Kb3 55.
Bf6 a1=Q 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.09.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Qg4 f5 6. Qg3 b6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Ne2 Nb8 11. h4 (11. Nf4 $1 {/\ 12.Ne6}) 11... Nc6 12. Bg5
h6 13. Bc1 Qf7 14. Nf4 Nge7 15. h5 Na5 16. a4 Kd7 17. Ba3 Rhc8 18. Rh3 c5 19.
Qd3 Nc4 20. Rg3 Rc7 21. Bc1 Ke8 $2 22. Kf1 $2 (22. Rxg7 Qxg7 23. Nxe6 $18)
22... Rac8 23. Kg1 Rc6 24. Rb1 R8c7 25. Qe2 Kd8 26. dxc5 bxc5 27. Rb8+ Rc8 28.
Rb5 Ke8 29. Be3 Kf8 30. Bc1 Rb6 31. Ng6+ Ke8 32. Nh8 {1.40-1.51} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneve"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1990.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Nf3 b6 6. h4 Ne7 7. h5 h6 8. Bd2 Bxc3
$1 {Rogers wartet nicht auf a3 oder Se2.} 9. bxc3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. a4 Nb8
12. Nh4 (12. a5 $5) 12... Nbc6 13. Qg4 Rg8 14. Qe2 O-O-O 15. O-O Na5 $15 16.
Bc1 Kb7 17. Ba3 Nec6 $1 {>< Ba3} 18. f4 g6 $1 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Nf3 Nc4 21. Nh2
Qf7 22. Ng4 Rh8 23. Nf6 h5 24. Rf3 Nb8 25. Bc1 Nd7 26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. Qd3 Qh7
28. Rg3 Rg8 29. Rg5 Rf7 30. Bd2 Rf5 31. Rf1 Qd7 32. Ra1 Rxg5 33. fxg5 Rf8 34.
g3 Qf7 35. Bf4 h4 36. Kg2 hxg3 37. Rf1 Rh8 38. Bxg3 Qh7 39. Rf6 Nb2 40. Qf3
Qh1+ 41. Kf2 Qc1 42. Rxe6 Nd1+ 43. Kf1 Rh1+ 44. Qxh1 Ne3+ 45. Ke2 Qxh1 46. Kxe3
Qh3 47. Rxg6 Qxg3+ 48. Kd2 Qf4+ 49. Kd1 Qe3 0-1

[Event "Dresden Uhlmann"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. O-O $14 a6 10. dxc5 (10. Re1 Nge7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxd4
14. Nxd4 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qg4 Qg5 17. Qe2 Bc5 18. Bxa6 O-O 19. Bb5 Bb7 20.
Na4 d4 21. g3 d3 22. Qxd3 Rfd8 23. Nxc5 Rxd3 24. Nxd3 Qg4 25. Re3 Qd4 26. a4 g5
27. c3 Qd5 28. f3 $44 {Mainka,R-Vaganian,R/Porz (07) ;CBM 31 1992/1/2-1/2 (70)}
) 10... bxc5 (10... Bxc5 11. b4 $16) 11. b3 {/\ Na4, c4} Nge7 12. Re1 Ng6 13.
Na4 Qc7 14. Qe2 $1 {>< Pa6} Nb8 15. Nb2 Be7 16. Bd2 (16. h4 $6 Bxh4 $1 $15)
16... Bc6 17. c4 d4 18. b4 (18. Be4 $5 $14) 18... Nd7 19. b5 Bxf3 $1 (19... Bb7
20. a4 $14) 20. Qxf3 Rb8 (20... O-O $6 21. Qh5 Ndxe5 22. Rxe5 Qxe5 23. Bxg6 $16
) 21. Bxg6 (21. Qg3 Bh4 $1) 21... hxg6 22. a4 O-O $1 $14 (22... Nxe5 $2 23.
Rxe5 Bf6 (23... Qxe5 24. Bf4 $18) 24. Nd3 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 $16) (22... Rh5 $6 23.
Nd3 $16) 23. Nd3 (23. Qe2 $5) 23... Rfc8 24. Qe2 Qb7 (24... Ra8 $5) 25. Nc1 $1
Ra8 26. Nb3 axb5 27. axb5 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Ra8 29. Na5 $16 Qc7 30. f4 Bf8 31. Qe4
(31. h4 $5 {/\ Ra1-a3-h3, h4-h5}) 31... Nb6 32. Ra3 Qd7 {/\ 33...Rxa5} 33. Qe2
{/\ 34.h4} Be7 $1 34. g4 $6 f6 35. Rh3 fxe5 36. Qxe5 (36. fxe5 $2 Bg5 $1 $17)
36... d3 $5 37. Qe4 e5 $1 (37... Rxa5 $2 38. Bxa5 d2 39. Bxd2 Qxd2 40. Qxe6+
Kf8 41. Rh8#) 38. f5 $4 (38. fxe5 Rxa5 39. Bxa5 d2 40. Bxd2 Qxd2 $10) (38. Qxg6
$1 $16 Rxa5 (38... Qd4+ 39. Kg2) 39. Bxa5 d2 (39... Qd4+ 40. Kf1 Qxf4+ 41. Kg2
$18) 40. Bxd2 $18) 38... gxf5 39. gxf5 Qd4+ $5 (39... Rxa5 40. Bxa5 d2 41. Bxd2
Qxd2 42. Qxe5 $13) 40. Qxd4 cxd4 41. Rxd3 e4 42. Rb3 (42. Rxd4 $5 Bc5 43. Be3
Bxd4 (43... Kf7 $5 44. Rxe4 Bxe3+ 45. Rxe3 Rxa5 $13) 44. Bxd4 Rxa5 (44... Nxc4
45. Nxc4 Ra4 46. Kf2 Rxc4 47. Ke3 $10) 45. Bxb6 Ra4 46. c5 Rb4 47. c6 Rxb5 48.
c7 Rb1+ 49. Kf2 Rc1 50. Ke3 Rc4 $10) 42... d3 $15 (42... e3 43. Be1 $13) 43.
Kg2 Kf7 44. Rb1 Bc5 45. Nb3 Nxc4 46. Nxc5 Nxd2 47. Rb4 $1 Ra2 48. Kh3 Nc4 $1
49. Nxe4 (49. Rxc4 $2 d2 50. Rd4 e3 $19) 49... d2 50. Nxd2 (50. Nf2 Ra3+ $1 51.
Kh4 Rf3 52. Nd1 Rf1 (52... Ne3 $2 53. b6 Nxd1 54. b7 Nf2 55. b8=Q d1=Q 56. Rb7+
Kf6 57. Qf8+ Ke5 58. Re7+ Kf4 59. Qb8+ $18) 53. Rxc4 Rxd1 54. Rd4 $10) 50...
Nxd2 51. b6 (51. b6 Ra8 52. b7 Rb8 53. Kg3 Kf6 (53... Nf1+ 54. Kf2 Nxh2 55. Kg2
Ng4 56. Rxg4 Rxb7 $10) 54. Kf4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kovalev, Andrei"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Kovalev,A"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Nh3 $6 Ba6 7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8.
Nf4 Nb4 $1 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. a3 Nbc6 11. Be3 Nf5 12. O-O-O Be7 13. g4 Nxe3 14.
fxe3 Na5 (14... O-O 15. h4 $1 $36) 15. Rhf1 $2 (15. Rdf1 O-O 16. h4 $13) 15...
O-O 16. Rf3 c5 $1 17. Nh5 b5 $2 (17... Nc4 $17) 18. dxc5 Nc4 19. e4 Nxe5 (19...
d4 20. Nxb5 Nxe5 21. Rxd4 Qa5 22. b4 $1 $16) 20. exd5 Nxf3 21. Qxf3 Bxc5 (21...
exd5 22. Nxd5 Bg5+ 23. Kb1 Kh8 (23... Qc8 24. Qc3 $18) 24. Nb6 $16) (21... g6
$5 22. dxe6 Qc8 23. Nd5 $1 Bg5+ 24. Kb1 gxh5 25. e7 Re8 26. gxh5 Qxc5 (26...
Bxe7 27. Rg1+ Kf8 28. Qc3 $18) (26... h6 27. h4 $1 Bxh4 28. Rg1+ Bg5 29. Nf6+
Kh8 30. Qc3 $18) 27. Qf5 $1 Bxe7 28. Nf6+ $18) 22. Ne4 $1 Be7 23. Qc3 e5 $2 (
23... Bg5+ 24. Kb1 e5 25. Qxe5 f6 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. d6 $16) 24. Qxe5 f6 25. Qe6+
Rf7 26. d6 Bf8 27. Rf1 Qd7 $8 28. Nhxf6+ gxf6 29. Nxf6+ Kh8 (29... Kg7 30. Nxd7
$5 Rxf1+ 31. Kd2 $18) 30. Qxd7 Rxd7 31. Nxd7 $18 Bxd6 32. Rf5 $1 a6 33. Ne5 Kg7
34. Kd2 Rd8 35. Ke3 Bc5+ 36. Ke2 Re8 37. Kf1 $1 (37. Kf3 Bd4 38. Nd3 Re3+ $132)
37... Bd6 38. Nf3 Re4 39. h3 h6 40. Rd5 Bf4 41. Rd1 $1 (41. Rd4 $2 Rxd4 42.
Nxd4 Bc1 $132) 41... h5 $6 42. gxh5 Kh6 43. Re1 Rc4 44. c3 Kxh5 45. Ke2 Rc8 46.
Kd3 Rd8+ 47. Nd4 Kh4 48. Re4 Kg3 49. Re6 a5 50. Rb6 b4 51. axb4 axb4 52. Rxb4
Kxh3 53. Rb7 Be5 54. b4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.07.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Black "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 {Das ist eine eher seltene Variante, die
für Schwarz nicht empfehlenswert ist. Weiß kann auf mehrere Arten in Vorteil
kommen.} 5. Qg4 (5. a3 {ist eine gute Alternative} Bf8 6. f4 Qd7 (6... Ba6 $2
7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8. f5 $1 exf5 (8... Qd7 9. fxe6 fxe6 10. Qd3 Nb8 11. Nf3 $14) 9.
Qd3 Nb8 10. Qxf5 $14) 7. Nf3 Ba6 8. Bxa6 (8. Bd3 $5) 8... Nxa6 9. Qd3 Nb8 10.
O-O $14) 5... Bf8 6. h4 $5 {Ein selten gespielter Zug, aber trotzdem giftig.
Weiß beabsichtigt mittels h5 und dann evtl. h6 den schwarzen Königsflügel zu
schwächen.} (6. Nf3 {ist die "klassische Fortsetzung} Ba6 7. Bd3 Qd7 8. O-O
Bxd3 9. cxd3 Ne7 10. Bd2 $14) 6... Qd7 7. h5 Ba6 8. Bxa6 (8. Bd3 $5 {
Vielleicht wäre das eher im Sinne der Stellung gewesen. Grundsätzlich ist es
natürlich besser, die Läufer auf d3 zu tauschen, um die Bauernstruktur zu
verbessern und die c-Linie zu öffnen, aber andererseits will man immer Zeit
gewinnen, indem man den gegnerischen Springer auf a6 rauslockt und dann mit
der Dame angreift.} c5 (8... Bxd3 9. cxd3 Nc6 10. Be3 (10. Nf3 Nb4 $132) 10...
Nb4 11. O-O-O $14) 9. Nf3 Bxd3 {man kann die Spannung nicht ewig halten, da
der Springer b8 entwickelt werden muss} 10. cxd3 Nc6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. O-O Nb4
(12... d4 13. Ne4 Nb4 14. Rd1 $16) 13. d4 Nc2 14. Rb1 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16.
Ne2 $14) 8... Nxa6 9. Qe2 (9. Be3 $5 Ne7 (9... Nb4 10. O-O-O Ne7 11. Nge2 Nf5
12. Ng3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 $14) 10. Nge2 Nf5 11. Ng3 Nxg3 (11... Nxe3 12. fxe3 f5
13. exf6 gxf6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 $16) 12. Qxg3 Nb4 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Bg5
$14) 9... Nb8 10. h6 $5 {Ich bin nicht sicher, dass das die beste Lösung des
Problems ist. Man hätte versuchen können, die Stellung mit normalen Mitteln zu
behandeln:} (10. Be3 c5 (10... Nc6 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. f4 Nh6 13. g4 $16) 11.
f4 Nc6 (11... cxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. Nf3 Nge7 14. O-O-O Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc6 16.
Ncb5 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc5 18. Qg4 $14) 12. O-O-O (12. Nf3 Nh6 13. O-O-O Nf5 14.
Bf2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Ncxd4 16. Bxd4 Ng3 $17) 12... cxd4 (12... Nh6 13. g4 cxd4 14.
Bxd4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 $14) (12... Nge7 $2 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bxc5 $16) 13. Bxd4
Nxd4 14. Rxd4 Ne7 15. g4 (15. Nf3 $2 Nf5 16. Rd3 Ng3 $17) 15... Nc6 16. Rd1 Bb4
17. Rh3 $14) 10... Nxh6 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. O-O-O Rg8 13. g3 Nc6 14. Qd3 $6 {
Die Idee von Weiß in dieser Stellung ist es, den Springer g1 nach f6 zu
überführen. Die Route ist e2-f4-h5-f6. Deswegen wollte ich das Feld e2 für den
Springer räumen. Aber wenn man davon ausgeht, dass der h7-Bauer nicht hängt,
wäre ein anderes Feld für die Dame besser gewesen, denn so gewinnt Schwarz
später ein wichtiges Tempo mit Nb4.} (14. Qf3 O-O-O 15. Nge2 $44) 14... O-O-O
15. Nf3 (15. Qxh7 Rg6 $1 {Das habe ich bei der Berechnung der Varianten
übersehen.} 16. Nf3 Bg7 17. Nh4 Rh8 18. Qxh8+ Bxh8 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. Rxh6 Qe8
$17) (15. Nge2 {stolpert nun in} f6 $1 16. exf6 Rg6 17. Qf3 Qf7 $15) 15... Rg6
(15... f6 16. exf6 Qf7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 $16) 16. Ne2 {Dann versucht eben
der anderer Springer nach f6 durchzudringen.} Nb4 $1 {Schwarz startet einen
gefährlichen Gegenangriff} 17. Qb3 c5 18. a3 (18. dxc5 bxc5 19. a3 c4 20. Qe3
Nc6 $15) 18... c4 19. Qe3 Nc6 20. Nf4 Rg4 21. Nh5 Re4 (21... Be7 22. Qxh6 c3
23. bxc3 Bxa3+ 24. Kd2 Na5 25. Nf6 Nc4+ 26. Ke2 Qb5 27. Nxg4 Nxe5+ 28. Rd3 (28.
Ke3 Nxg4+ $19) 28... Nxd3 (28... Nxg4 29. Qg7 f5 30. Rxh7 $18) 29. cxd3 Qb2+
30. Qd2 $18) 22. Qc3 Be7 23. Nf6 Bxf6 24. exf6 {Während der Partie hatte ich
das Gefühl, dass der schwarze Angriff nur eine Illusion ist, in Wirklichkeit
ist es nicht so.} b5 25. Rxh6 a5 26. Ne5 (26. Rxh7 $6 {sieht sehr gefährlich
aus, selbst wenn das geht, während der Partie traut man sich so was nicht.} b4
27. axb4 axb4 28. Qd2 Qa7 29. Kb1 Rd7 $1 $19 {/\ Qa6-Ra7}) 26... Nxe5 (26... b4
27. axb4 axb4 28. Nxd7 bxc3 29. Nc5 cxb2+ (29... Rxd4 30. Rxd4 cxb2+) 30. Kxb2
Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Nxd4 32. Rxh7 Rf8 33. g4 $14) 27. dxe5 Qa7 $1 28. Rxh7 b4 29. Qf3
$2 {Totaler Unsinn. Man musste sich mit Remis zufrieden geben. Ich wollte aber
immer noch gewinnen, wobei in der Stellung für Weiß nichts mehr drin ist.} (29.
axb4 axb4 30. Qxb4 $1 {sichert das Remis} Qa1+ (30... Rxe5 31. Qa3 $1 Qxa3 32.
bxa3 Rd7 33. g4 $16) 31. Kd2 Rd4+ 32. Kc3 (32. Ke3 Re4+ 33. Kf3 (33. Kd2 $11)
33... Qxd1+ 34. Kg2 Re1 (34... Qd4 $4 35. Rxf7 Rd7 36. Qf8+ Kc7 37. Qd6+ $18)
35. Qc5+ (35. Rxf7 Rg1+ 36. Kh2 Rh8+ $19) 35... Kb8 36. Qb6+ Kc8 37. Qc6+ $11)
32... Qxd1 33. Qc5+ Kb8 (33... Kb7 34. Rxf7+ Ka6 35. Ra7#) 34. Qb6+ (34. Qxd4
$2 Qe1+ 35. Qd2 d4+ $19) 34... Kc8 35. Qc6+ Kb8 36. Qb6+ $11) 29... Rxe5 30.
Rh5 $4 {Ein unglaublicher Fehler der die Partie endgültig verliert.} (30. g4 $5
bxa3 31. Qxa3 Re2 $15 (31... Qxf2 $2 32. Qxa5 Qxf6 33. Qa8+ Kd7 (33... Kc7 34.
Rxf7+ Qxf7 35. Qa7+ $18) 34. Qb7+ Ke8 35. Rdh1 $16)) 30... Rxh5 31. Qxh5 bxa3
32. bxa3 Rd7 $19 {Der weiße König ist so schwach, dass es eindeutig vorbei ist.
} 33. Qf3 Qc5 34. Kb2 c3+ 35. Ka2 Rb7 0-1

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 {Eine seltene Variante, die vor einiger
Zeit populär war, dann aber wieder in der Versenkung verschwand.} 5. a3 Bxc3+ (
5... Bf8 {ist eindeutig keine gute Alternative. Weiß hat viele Spielweisen,
eine der solidesten ist 6.Bb5+.} 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Ba4 Ba6 8. Nce2 $1 Bb5 9. Bb3 c5
10. c3 $14 {Toth - Johansen (Sydney, 2007)}) 6. bxc3 Ne7 (6... Ba6 {Der
Versuch die Läufer gleich zu tauschen endet sehr schlecht:} 7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8. Qg4
$1 {Es ist wichtig, die Schwächung der schwarzen Felder zu provozieren:} g6 9.
Qe2 Nb8 10. c4 $16 {Die einzige weiße Schwäche - der Doppelbauer -
verschwindet und Schwarz hat nichts außer Schwierigkeiten.}) 7. Qg4 Ng6 (7...
Nf5 8. Bd3 h5 9. Qf3 c5 10. Ne2 {Weiß hatte eine überragende Stellung in El
Taher - Al Hadarani (Dubai, 2005).}) 8. h4 h5 {Soweit sind die Züge für beide
Seiten mehr oder weniger erzwungen gewesen. Nun hat Weiß die Wahl.} 9. Qd1 (9.
Qg3 $5 {ist ebenfalls gut spielbar.} Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qd3 Nb8 12. Bg5 {
Weiß gewinnt Zeit für die Entwicklung. Seine eigentliche Idee ist es, Ne2-Ng3
zu spielen und dann den Bauern h5 anzugreifen.} Qc8 13. Ne2 Qa6 14. Qf3 $1 {
Die Damen darf man auf keinen Fall tauschen.} Nd7 15. O-O $16 {Shirov -
Kristjansson (Izmir, 2004)}) 9... Ba6 $2 {Ein schlechter Zug. Details spielen
eine große Rolle in solchen riskanten Varianten. Man muss 9....Qd7 spielen.} (
9... Qd7 10. Bg5 (10. Bd3 Ba6 11. Ne2 Bxd3 12. cxd3 {Landa - Bauer (Ajaccio,
2007)} Ne7 $1 13. Ng3 g6 14. Bg5 Nbc6 $132 {Weiß muss erst noch zeigen, dass
er die Schwäche der schwarzen Felder ausnutzen kann.}) 10... Qc6 11. Qd2 Ba6
12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Ne2 Nb8 14. f4 Nd7 15. Qd3 Ngf8 16. f5 f6 17. fxe6 Nxe6 18.
exf6 gxf6 19. Bd2 $14 {Kritz - Bauer (Differdange, 2008)}) 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11.
Bg5 Qd7 12. Ne2 Qa4 (12... Qc6 13. O-O Ne7 14. Qd3 Nb8 15. Ng3 Nd7 16. Qf3 g6
17. a4 $14 {Spraggett - Rodriguez (Buenos Aires, 2005)}) 13. O-O $2 {Alle
haben bislang so gespielt, doch der Zug vergibt den Vorteil. Weiß hat zwei
bessere Fortsetzungen.} (13. Ng3 Qc4 14. Qf3 $1 c5 15. Rd1 Nc7 16. Nxh5 Rh7 17.
Ng3 Nb5 18. h5 Ne7 19. Ne2 Nxa3 20. O-O $36 {Offensichtlich hat Weiß eine
starke Initiative am Königsflügel.}) (13. Rh3 Ne7 14. Nf4 g6 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16.
Rf3 $14 {mit der Idee Nh3-Ng5.}) 13... Ne7 14. Nf4 (14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Nf4 Rac8
{Weiß kann nicht mal auf h5 nehmen, weil der Bauer h4 verloren geht. Man muss
festhalten, dass der Turm auf f1 schlechter steht als auf der h-Linie.} 16. Qd3
c5 $132 {Ramirez - Kelly (Bled, 2002)}) (14. Ng3 g6 15. Qf3 Rh7 16. Rac1 {
Wenn Weiß solche Züge machen muss, dann ist wohl alles klar.} Rc8 17. Rfd1 Nb8
18. Nf1 Nbc6 19. Ne3 Na5 $15 {Zhigalko - Kelly (Rethymnon, 2003)}) 14... g6 15.
Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Nh3 {Die Idee, den Springer nach g5 zu stellen ist gut, doch der
Springer alleine macht es nicht. Den Turm müsste man nach f3 stellen, aber das
schafft man jetzt zeitlich nicht mehr.} Raf8 17. Ng5 {Beide Seiten können
nicht mehr viel machen.} Nb8 18. Re1 (18. Qf3 $2 Qxc2 19. Qf6+ Kd7 $15 {
und es droht Qf5.}) 18... Nc6 {Richtige Entscheidung, der Springer reitet nach.
.. f5! Nicht nach c4.} 19. Re3 Ke8 20. Rf3 Ne7 21. Rf6 Nf5 22. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 16th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2015.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Bd3 Ba6 {After
the development of the white bishop, Black has no reason to refrain from this
thematic move.} ({In a game played next to me between two of my team mates
just a few weeks later, Black delayed ...Ba6 for too long:} 7... Qd7 8. b4 c6
9. Rb1 Ba6 10. b5 cxb5 11. Nxb5 Bxb5 12. Bxb5 Nec6 13. a4 a6 14. Bd3 Nb4 15.
Be2 Qc7 16. O-O Nd7 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. Bd3 Be7 19. Qe2 Qa7 20. c4 $16 {Miron,L 
(2486)-Georgescu,T (2477) Calimanesti 2015 (1-0, 30)}) 8. Nb5 $5 {The opening
has barely started yet, but from this moment we both spent big amounts of time
on each move, leading us close to mutual time trouble around move 15!} (8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. Qd3 Nb8 10. O-O c5 {does not face Black with special problems.}) ({
A critical line is} 8. O-O $5 {avoiding the loss of time.} Bxd3 9. cxd3 Nf5 10.
Ne2 Qd7 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Rc1 O-O-O 13. Rc3 Kb7 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Rc1 Nb8 16. b4 {
Brkic,A (2530)-Andreikin,D (2604) Gaziantep 2008 (1-0, 43)}) 8... Nc8 $146 {
While chatting with my team mates about their game quoted above, GM Alin
Berescu approached remarking "Tibi (Georgescu) did not know 8...Nc8." I
thought there was some theory behind it, but when checking again I found out
that he must have referred to my game with Alekseev.} ({Another possible
strategy is giving up the idea of exchanging the bishops with} 8... Qd7 9. Qe2
Bb7 10. a4 Nbc6 11. c3 Na5 $13 {Pruess,D (2408)-Gulko,B (2576) Stillwater 2007
(0-1, 70)}) ({During the game I was not too enthusiastic about} 8... Nf5 9. g4
Ne7) ({and} 8... Ng6 9. h4) 9. O-O ({When playing my previous move, I was
slightly worried by} 9. Ng5 Qd7 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qf3 {, possibly followed by a
sacrifice on f7, but it seems that Black should be doing fine:} Bg7 (11... h6
$2 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bxg6+ Kd8 14. Qf6+ Ne7 15. a4 Rg8 16. Bh7 $18) 12. h4 (12.
Qxf7+ Qxf7 13. Nxf7 Bxb5 $15) 12... h6 13. Qxf7+ Qxf7 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 (14... Bxb5
15. Bxg6 O-O 16. Nxh6+ $16) 15. Nxc7 Bxd3 16. cxd3 Nc6 17. Nxa8 Nxd4 $13) 9...
Qd7 10. Nc3 {Played with the hope that my knight would be misplaced on c8.} ({
I considered the main line to be} 10. Qe2 c6 11. Nc7+ Qxc7 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13.
Qxa6 b5 14. a4 b4 {with normal play for both sides.}) ({It is not clear
whether White can achieve much with} 10. a4 c6 11. Nc3 (11. Na3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3
a5 13. Bd2 Na6 $132) 11... Bxd3 12. Qxd3 c5 {The advance of the a-pawn has
just created some queenside weaknesses.}) 10... Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c5 12. Ne2 c4 $5
{I decided to prove that the move ...Nc8 was useful by bringing the knight one
step closer to b6. Normally, Black would need to think twice before blocking
the queenside, but in the game he actually is two tempi up due to Nc3-b5-c3.} (
{I rejected} 12... Ne7 {because of} 13. c4 {In my analysis of the line with 8.
Bxa6 quoted above, Black does not waste a tempo with ...Qd7, while here he
faces the danger of staying underdeveloped.}) 13. Qd1 b5 {[%cal Gc8b6]} 14. Ng3
h6 {I was mainly concerned about keeping the dark squares well defended and am
still convinced that my last move is the best way to keep things under control
on the kingside.} (14... g6 15. Bg5 {is annoying.}) ({Castling right under the
fire did not appeal me, either:} 14... Be7 15. Nh5 O-O (15... g6 16. Nf6+ Bxf6
17. exf6 Qd8 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 Nd6 20. Ne5 g5 21. Bg3 $36 {[%csl Ge8]}) 16.
Ng5 g6 17. Qg4 (17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. exf6 Qd8 {[%csl Gf6]} 19. Qf3 $6 Nd7) 17...
f5 {[%cal Gd7h7]} 18. Qg3 (18. exf6 gxh5) 18... Nc6 (18... gxh5 19. Nxe6+) 19.
Be3 Nb6 20. Nf4 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 {[%cal Gf4h5]} Kh8 22. h4 $36) 15. Nh5 Nc6 16.
Be3 Nb6 17. Qe2 O-O-O $6 {The plan of hiding the king on the queenside is
correct, but the rook belongs on a8.} (17... a5 $5 18. Nh4 (18. b3 a4 19. b4
O-O-O {is safe enough for Black, who can later think of preparing either ...
g7-g6 or ...f7-f6.}) 18... Kd8 19. f4 Be7 20. Nf3 Rg8 21. b3 Kc7 22. Rfb1 a4
23. bxa4 Nxa4 24. Qe1 (24. Rxb5 $2 Nc3) 24... Kb6 $13) 18. b3 Kb8 19. Rfb1 Ka8
{This is the position I had in mind. It is playable for Black despite the
engines' scepticism, but the whole plan is less ambitious and more
time-consuming than that recommended above.} 20. Nd2 {It is not simple for
White to find a way of opening the queenside. His last move increses the
pressure on c4, making the thematic piece sacrifice Nxc4 a threatening
possibility.} (20. a4 bxa4 21. bxa4 (21. bxc4 Nxc4 22. Nd2 N6a5) 21... Qc7 22.
a5 Nd7 23. a6 Rb8 {would allow Black to gradually neutralise White's
initiative. In the long run, the a6-pawn could turn into a weakness.}) 20...
Na5 21. Qe1 Qc6 $6 {This looks like a nice square for the queen, but after
playing the last move I became unhappy that I deprived my knight from a vital
retreat.} (21... Rb8 22. Nf3 ({My worries connected with} 22. Ne4 {were not
justified:} Nxb3 $1 23. cxb3 dxe4 $13) (22. a4 b4 {does not improve White's
queenside position.}) 22... Nc6 23. Bd2 g6 24. Nf6 Qc7 $13) 22. Nf3 Nb7 23. Bd2
({The plan based on} 23. a4 {would have been more effective once the knight
was confined to retreat to the unappealing b7-square:} bxa4 24. bxa4 Rb8 25.
Bd2 $36) 23... Rb8 $6 ({I cannot explain the chosen move order, even though I
was approaching time trouble. A better move would have been} 23... g6 24. Nf6
Be7 {transposing to the game after} 25. Bb4 Bxf6) 24. Bb4 g6 25. Nf6 $6 {
Returning the favour.} (25. Bxf8 $1 Rhxf8 26. Nf6 Rfc8 27. Qd2 h5 28. Ng5 $36)
25... Bg7 26. a4 {My opponent did not find any way to improve his position any
more and decided to start concrete action.} (26. Ng4 $5) 26... bxa4 27. bxa4
Bxf6 {According to a friend of mine who happened to witness this moment of the
game, my opponent displayed surprise when I played this. Suddenly, the
b7-knight gets the d6-square.} 28. exf6 Nd7 29. Be7 (29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. Qxe5 Nd8
{[%cal Gd8c6]} 31. h4 Rb7 32. Bc5 Qc7 33. Qxc7 Rxc7 34. a5 Nc6 $132) 29... Nd6
30. Qa5 (30. Ne5 Nxe5 31. dxe5 Nf5 $132 {Since g2-g4 would weaken the king too
much, Black would get the time to consolidate the knight with ...h6-h5}) 30...
Ne4 (30... Rxb1+ 31. Rxb1 Ne4 $11 {might have been simpler.}) 31. Rb5 Rhc8 (
31... Rb6 $5) 32. Rab1 {Black has considerably activated his position, while
White's queenside pressure is not too threatening.} Rxb5 $6 ({I rejected} 32...
Qc7 $1 {on account of} 33. Qxc7 Rxc7 34. Rxb8+ Nxb8 35. Ne5 {With more time on
the clock, I might have spotted:} Nc6 $1 36. Nxf7 Nxf6 $1 (36... Nxe7 37. fxe7
Rxe7 38. Nxh6 $14) 37. Bxf6 Rxf7 38. Bh8 Rb7 39. Re1 Nb4 40. Rxe6 (40. c3 Nd3
$19 {[%cal Gb1g1,Gb7b3]}) 40... Nxc2 $36 {[%csl Gc4]}) 33. axb5 Qb6 34. Qa3 c3
35. Ra1 {The position has stabilised and I became very optimistic. I knew that
I was out of danger if I just played neutral moves, but I needed two wins in
the final two rounds to reach the qualifying +4 score. In fact, the position
is about equal after my missed chance on move 32.} g5 $36 36. h3 h5 37. g4 hxg4
38. hxg4 e5 $2 {Unwisely forcing matters with little time on the clock. It
would have been more practical to make triangulate with the king and examine
the position after reaching the time control.} (38... Nd2 {looks tempting, but
White can defend:} 39. Nxd2 cxd2 40. Qd3 (40. c3 e5) 40... Qc7 41. Qxd2 Rh8 42.
Ra3 Qh2+ 43. Kf1 Qh1+ (43... Nb6 44. Rxa7+ Kxa7 45. Qa5+ Kb7 46. Qa6+ Kc7 47.
Qa7+ Kc8 48. Qxb6 Qh1+ 49. Ke2 Qe4+ 50. Kd2 Qf4+ 51. Ke2 {The king cannot go
to c3 due to ...Qc7+ exchanging queens.} Qxg4+ 52. Kd2 Qf4+ 53. Ke2 $11 {
White's threats are so strong that Black has to accept the draw by perpetual.})
44. Ke2 Qe4+ 45. Qe3 Qxc2+ 46. Qd2 Qe4+ 47. Qe3 Qxg4+ 48. Kd2 Qf4 49. Qxf4 gxf4
50. Bc5 $132) 39. Qa6 $1 $14 Qxa6 40. Rxa6 Nd2 $2 {Another over-optimistic
move, making things even worse. I had lost objectivity to such an extent that
when I went out to smoke I was telling to myself that I should calm down and
convert my advantage with the maximum of accuracy!! With the cigarette burned
halfway down, I started realising that I might be just lost.} (40... exd4 41.
Nxd4 Ne5 $14 {/+/-}) 41. Nxe5 Nxe5 42. dxe5 Nf3+ 43. Kf1 $1 (43. Kg2 Nxe5 44.
Rd6 Nd3 $1 45. Kf3 Nb4 46. Ke2 $14) 43... Nxe5 {Initially I was relying on the
force of my d- and c-pawns, but overlooked the next move.} 44. Rd6 $18 Nxg4 45.
Rxd5 Rc4 (45... Rg8 {might have prolonged the agony.}) 46. Rxg5 Kb7 47. Kg2 Kb6
48. Kg3 Nh6 49. Bf8 {The knight is trapped :(} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.08"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Guliyev, Namig"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 "Azerbaijan II"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:03:32] Mihail,Marin} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e5 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:00] I analysed this old-fashioned variation,
once favoured by Botvinnik, Korchnoi, Petrosian, in my article for CBM 159.} 5.
Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} 7. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:15]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 8. Qh3 $5 {[%emt 0:02:34]
Taking me out of book. I thought it was a novelty but later discovered there
were a few games with it already.} ({In my article I examined only the main
continuation} 8. Be3 {Fernandez Barrera,V-Marin,M Benasque 2012 [Marin] (0-1,
42)}) 8... Ne7 {[%emt 0:17:12] It took me 17 minutes to decide upon the move
order.} ({A few moves later I regretted I didn't play} 8... Ba6 {but without
really making too much out of it, since I did not perceive all the subtleties.
My move seems to be more accurate.} 9. Nge2 $1 {Leaving the a6-bishop somewhat
out of place.} (9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. f4 Ne7 11. Bxe7 Bxe7 {transposes to a line
given below.}) 9... Nc6 ({The main thing is that} 9... c5 {, which is the
thematic continuation, fails to bother White by just one tempo, wasted on ...
Bc8-a6.} 10. Be3 {[%cal Gg2g4,Gf2f4]} c4 11. f4 Ne7 12. g4 b5 13. Ng3 b4 14.
Nce2 {White has regrouped harmoniously and his attack looks more realistic
than Black's:} Nbc6 15. f5 O-O-O 16. Nf4 $36) 10. g4 g6 11. Be3 Bg7 12. f4 Nge7
13. Ng3 Bxf1 14. Rhxf1 f6 15. f5 {Zuttioni,F (2145)-Tratar,M (2479) Trieste
2015 (0-1, 43), with some initiative.}) (8... Nc6 9. f4 Bb7 {is solid but a
bit passive. In an old game Black was well off coming out of the opening,
though:} 10. Nf3 Nge7 {[%csl Rf4,Gh8][%cal Ge7g6,Yh6g5]} 11. Bxe7 Bxe7 12. Qg3
Bf8 13. h4 h5 14. Ng5 g6 15. Qh3 O-O-O 16. g4 hxg4 17. Qxg4 Rh6 18. Bb5 Bb4 19.
Ne2 Rdh8 $13 {Vitolinsh,A (2470)-Moskovich,M Riga 1982 (1-0, 51)}) 9. Bxe7 {
[%emt 0:07:37]} ({The plan based on} 9. Nge2 {fails by one tempo now:} c5 10.
Be3 c4 11. f4 b5 $36 {and there is no time for g2-g4, Ng3 and Nce2.}) (9. f4
Ng6 $1 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Gh6g5]} 10. Bh4 Nxf4) 9... Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 10. f4
{[%emt 0:00:03]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:06:21]} 11. Nf3 $1 {[%emt 0:05:56] White forces
Black into helping him with speeding up development. But this is not telling
over the general evaluation as we will see.} ({The knight does not stand badly
after} 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Nf3 O-O-O 13. g4 c5 (13... Kb8 {is a bit slow} 14. Kb1
c5 15. f5 Rc8 16. Rhf1 Bg5 17. Qg3 Be3 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. g5 Nc7 20. fxe6 $14 {
½-½ (20) Arnason,J (2505)-Karlsson,L (2500) Esbjerg 1984} fxe6 21. gxh6 Rxh6
22. Ne4) 14. f5 (14. dxc5 bxc5 $15 {[%csl Yc5,Yd5][%cal Ga6b4,Gb4c6,Gc8b8,
Gb8a8]}) 14... c4 15. Rhf1 b5 $36 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gb5b4,Ga6c7,Gc7b5]}) 11...
Bxf1 {[%emt 0:07:08]} 12. Rhxf1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} ({
Unfortunately} 12... c5 $2 {allows} 13. f5 $1 {[%csl Rd5]} Nc6 14. Qg3 Bf8 15.
fxe6 fxe6 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Qg6+ $36) 13. g4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:
00:12]} 14. f5 $146 {[%emt 0:02:41] An active but also committal plan.} (14.
Qg2 {is the start of a harmonious but slow regouping.} Na5 15. Qe2 Kb8 16. Nd2
Rc8 17. Kb1 c5 (17... h5 $5 18. gxh5 Bb4 {and White cannot keep his h5-pawn
and prevent his queenside structure being spoiled at the same time.}) 18. dxc5
{½-½ (23) Das,S (2204)-Rahman,Z (2548) New Delhi 2010} bxc5 $13) 14... Na5 {
[%emt 0:07:48]} ({After eight minutes I refrained from} 14... h5 $5 {which
looks entirely OK to me now. My main line went} 15. g5 (15. Rg1 g6 $5) (15.
gxh5 exf5 {[%cal Gg7g6]} 16. Qg2 Bf8 17. Ne2 Rxh5 18. Nf4 Rh6 $13) (15. fxe6
Qxe6 16. Rg1 f6 $15) 15... exf5 16. g6 $1 fxg6 17. Rg1 Rh6 18. Ne2 {and now I
didn't find} f4 $5 19. Nxf4 (19. Qxd7+ $2 Kxd7 20. Nxf4 $2 Rf8 {[%csl Rf3,Rf4]}
) 19... Qxh3 20. Nxh3 Rf8 21. Nfg5 Nd8 22. Rdf1 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Kd7 24. Kd2 Rh8
{White has compensation for the pawn but not more.}) 15. Kb1 {[%emt 0:03:37]}
c5 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 16. Qh5 {[%emt 0:08:25]} Rhf8 {[%emt 0:03:41]} 17. b3 {
[%emt 0:10:13]} ({If} 17. Ne2 Nc4 {the threat ...Ne3 would be annoying. For
instance after} 18. Rd3 $2 Qb5 19. b3 (19. Rb3 Nd2+ $1 20. Nxd2 Qxe2 $19 {
[%csl Rd2,Rf1,Yh5]}) 19... Na3+ 20. Kc1 c4 21. Re3 {[%csl Ge2]} (21. Rd2 cxb3
22. axb3 Kb7 $19 {[%cal Gd8c8]}) 21... cxb3 22. axb3 Kb8 $40 {[%cal Gd8c8]})
17... Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 18. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Kb8 $6 {[%emt 0:08:08]} ({
The only alternative I considered to this somewhat passive move was} 18... cxd4
19. Nexd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bc5 21. f6 gxf6 22. Rxf6 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Qc7 {followed
by ...Kc8, ...Rc8, ...Qc3 with reasonable counterplay. I eventually decided to
start with the king move, missing White's simple plan.}) ({Curiously, I did
not calculate} 18... c4 $1 {which I actually saw in a flash:} 19. fxe6 (19.
bxc4 Na5 $1 $15) (19. f6 gxf6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Qxh6 Be7 $132) (19. Nf4 Kb7 {
[%csl Rf4][%cal Gf5e6,Gf7e6] and White is stuck with his kingside play.}) 19...
fxe6 20. Qg6 Ba3 $1 $132 {This is the point. Unlike in the game, the bishop
has a perfect way of clearing the seventh rank. Suddenly, it is mainly Black
who benefits from the opening of the f-file since Nf4 is not possible and the
f3-knight is slightly hanging, too.}) 19. fxe6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:
05:46]} 20. Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} cxd4 $4 {[%emt 0:10:40] But this is a
horrible case of blindness. Amusingly, I spent more than ten minutes on this
move.} ({True, spotting the merits of the engines' suggestion} 20... Qc8 $3 {
is anything but easy.} 21. Qxg7 Rg8 22. Qxh6 Rxg4 $44 {The main point behind
the curious queen retreat is revealed after} 23. Qh3 Re4 24. Ng3 $6 Re3 (24...
cxd4 $5 25. Nxe4 dxe4 $44) 25. Qh6 cxd4 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 $1 27. Rxd4 (27. Qxe3
Qxc2+ 28. Ka1 Qxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Nc2+) 27... Qc3 $19 {[%cal Ge7a3]}) ({But even now
} 20... c4 {remained a reasonable continuation.} 21. Qxg7 h5 22. gxh5 (22. g5
Rh8 $1 {Threatening ...Rdg8 with perpetual pursuing of the queen.} 23. c3 cxb3
24. axb3 Na5 25. Nd2 Rdg8 26. Qf7 Rf8 27. Qg6 Rfg8 $11 28. Qc2 Bxg5 $15 {
[%csl Gb3,Gc4,Gd2]}) 22... Rg8 23. Qh6 Rh8 24. Qe3 Rxh5 $14) 21. Nexd4 {
[%emt 0:01:48] Somehow I hadn't noticed that I was going to lose the e6-pawn.}
Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 22. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rde8 {[%emt 0:13:06]} 23. Nxe6
{[%emt 0:07:10]} Rxf1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 24. Rxf1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:
02:01]} 25. Rd1 {[%emt 0:12:56]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 26. c4 {[%emt 0:07:29]}
Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} (26... dxc4 27. Nd4 Qd7 28. Nc6+) 27. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:47]
} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:08:12]} 29. Nd4 {
[%emt 0:01:14]} Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:01:
13]} 31. d6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 16th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2015.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Firat, Burak"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. f4 {Out of book already. I
had not examined this move in my article, possibly considering that White does
not achieve much by restricting his dark-squared bishop.} ({I had only quoted} 
6. Nf3 {, leading by transposition to a very interesting game:} Bxc3 7. Bxc3 a5
8. h4 Qd7 9. h5 h6 10. Bd2 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O a4 13. Nh4 c5 14. Qg4 Rg8
15. c3 Nc7 16. Be3 c4 17. a3 O-O-O 18. Rae1 Nf5 19. Qh3 g5 20. hxg6 fxg6 21.
Nf3 g5 22. g4 h5 $1 $36 {1/2-1/2 (51) Geller,E (2575)-Seirawan,Y (2575) London
1982}) ({I must confess that I had spent some time on my fifth move, even
though I was sure it would transpose to Seirawan's game. The fact is that in
one of Yasser's pet lines, 4...Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6, 7.Qg4 is dangerous
for if 7...0-0 8.Bg5 Qd7 9.Bd3 Ba6?! 10.Bxh7!+ Kxh7 11.Qh4+. But then I
realised that in the current position my bishop is still on the board,
defending the e7-knight, so} 6. Qg4 {can be comfortably answered with} O-O 7.
Bg5 Qd7 8. Bd3 Ba6 $15) 6... Bxc3 {Following Yasser's plan.} ({I did not want
to rush in with} 6... Ba6 {, hoping that White will first lose a tempo with
his bishop. Anyway, this is playable, but I am slightly worried by the course
of the following game:} 7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8. Qe2 (8. Nce2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 c5 10. Nf3
Nb4 {looks acceptable for Black.}) 8... Nb8 9. Nf3 Nbc6 10. O-O-O h5 11. g3 Nf5
12. Qd3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 a5 14. a3 Qd7 15. Rhg1 a4 16. h3 {[%cal Gg3g4]} h4 $6 17.
g4 Ng3 18. Be1 Ne4 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Bxd2 Ne7 {1/2-1/2 (57) Mikhalchishin,
A-Eingorn,V Moscow 1984} 21. f5 exf5 22. Bg5 $36) 7. Bxc3 a5 {As usual in the
blocked French, every player has a wide choice on every step, which makes
these lines so complex. With my last move I obviously played against the
c3-bishop, preventing its activation along the a3-f8 diagonal.} ({I rejected} 
7... c5 {on account of} 8. Bb5+ {forcing me to give up the ...Ba6 plan. But it
seems that this would have been not a bad choice:} Bd7 9. Bd3 (9. Be2 Nf5 {
[%cal Gf5e3]} 10. Qd3 a6 {[%cal Gd7b5]} 11. a4 c4 12. Qf3 Nc6 {[%csl Gd4]} 13.
Qf2 b5 14. Nf3 b4 15. Bd2 h5 {Possibly followed by long castling, a plan I
used in my game with Alekseev annotated for this same CBM issue.}) 9... Nbc6
10. Nf3 c4 (10... Nf5 $2 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. dxc5 $16) 11. Be2 b5 {With a
similar plan as exposed in the previous comment.}) ({I also discarded} 7... Ba6
{because of} 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Qd3 Nb8 10. Bb4 {Engines are enthusiastic about}
c5 11. dxc5 Nd7 12. cxb6 Qxb6 13. c3 {when every reasonable move is evaluated
as leading to dead equality. I am not so sure about Black's compensation for
the pawn, though.}) 8. g3 $5 $146 {Preparing to avoid the bishop exchange.} (8.
Qd2 Qd7 9. Qf2 Ba6 10. Nf3 Bxf1 11. Rxf1 Nbc6 12. O-O-O {Karolyi,T (2370)
-Lamoureux,C (2345) Oakham 1993 (1/2-1/2, 46)} O-O-O 13. g4 h5 14. h3 hxg4 15.
hxg4 f5 $5 {This method can be used mainly because the light-squared bishops
are off the board.} 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Rde1 Rdg8 18. Rg1 Kb7 19. Kb1 (19. Qe2
Qd6 20. Bd2 Ng6 21. Qxe6 Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Nh4 23. Nxh4 Nxd4 {[%cal Ge6f6,Gd4e2]})
19... Rg6 $132 20. g5 $140 Nf5) 8... h5 ({Now that White has wastd a tempo
with g2-g3, I could have safely played} 8... Ba6 {for instance:} 9. Bh3 c5 10.
Nf3 Nbc6 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. O-O-O (12. f5 Nxf5 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. dxc5 d4 15. Nxd4
Rd8 $15) 12... c4 13. g4 b5 14. Qe3 b4 15. Be1 a4 {Surprisingly (at least for
me), Black's pawn attack is quite dangerous.} 16. Kb1 b3 17. f5 bxc2+ 18. Kxc2
exf5 19. gxf5 Bc8 20. Nh4 a3 21. bxa3 Qa7 $36) 9. Nf3 Qd7 ({Once again} 9...
Ba6 {was an issue:} 10. Bh3 (10. Bg2 {keeps the possibility of the thematic
pawn attack, but the bishop is not too active on g2.} c5 11. Qd2 Nbc6 12. O-O-O
c4 13. h3 b5 14. Qe3 b4 15. Be1 a4 16. g4 Qb6 {Black is well ahead with his
attack, since} 17. f5 {looks premature:} a3 18. b3 cxb3 19. cxb3 hxg4 20. hxg4
Rxh1 21. Bxh1 exf5 22. gxf5 Nxf5 $17) 10... c5 11. Qd2 Nbc6 12. O-O-O c4 13.
Ng5 g6 14. g4 hxg4 15. Bxg4 b5 16. Qg2 b4 17. Be1 b3 18. a3 bxc2 19. Qxc2 Qb6
20. Bf2 Bb5 21. h4 (21. Rd2 Rb8 22. Kb1 Nb4 23. axb4 axb4 $40) 21... Rb8 22.
Rd2 c3 $1 23. Qxc3 Nb4 $1 24. Kb1 Nd3 25. h5 Rc8 {The queen is trapped.} 26.
Rxd3 (26. Qb3 a4 27. Qd1 Rc1+ 28. Qxc1 Nxc1 29. Kxc1 Qa6 $40 {[%cal Gb5d3]})
26... Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Kf8 $13) 10. Qd2 Ba6 11. Bh3 {Now that the a5-pawn is
under pressure, I could not think of ...c7-c5 anymore.} ({It would have made
sense to keep the path free for the h-pawn with:} 11. Bg2 Nbc6 12. O-O-O O-O-O
13. Nh4 (13. h3 {is premature:} Nf5 14. Qf2 h4 $1) 13... Kb8 14. h3 f5 15. Kb1
(15. exf6 gxf6 16. Rhe1 Rde8 17. Kb1 f5 {[%cal Ge7c8,Gc8d6]}) 15... Rdg8 16.
Nf3 Nd8 17. Rhg1 {with chances for setting up some strategic pressure.}) 11...
g6 {Immediately after playing this consolidating move I was slightly unhappy
about having weakened the dark squares so soon.} (11... Nbc6 12. Ng5 Nf5 13.
O-O-O O-O-O $11) 12. Qf2 Nbc6 13. g4 {This move surprised me, as now Black is
absolved from kingside worries.} (13. O-O-O b5 14. Kb1 b4 15. Be1 a4) (13. Bg2
Nf5 14. h3 h4) 13... hxg4 14. Bxg4 O-O-O 15. h4 Ng8 ({Black would have no
problems after} 15... Nf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 {Schlechter,C-Lasker,E World
Championship 10th 1910 (1) 1/2 or even 16...exf5, but I wanted more. The
knight regrouping started by the last move was inspired by the classical game})
16. O-O-O Nh6 17. Bh3 Ne7 18. Bg2 $6 {Obviously overlooking my plan.} (18. Kb1
$5) 18... Nef5 19. Bh3 Ng7 20. Nh2 $6 {Another loss of time but, if truth be
said, there is not much White can do anyway.} Nhf5 21. Nf3 (21. Ng4 Qa4 22. Kb1
Rxh4 23. Nf6 Rdh8 $17) 21... Kb7 {I wanted to defend my bishop for setting up
such a threat: ...Qb5 and if Qe2 then ...Qa4.} ({But I knew that the king is
exposed on the long diagonal and wondered whether} 21... Kb8 {wouldn't have
been safer.}) 22. Kb1 {Defending the a2-pawn and crossing my secret plan.} Qe7
({If} 22... Qb5 23. Bf1 Qa4 {White can now avoid the bishop exchange with} 24.
Bh3) 23. Bg2 Rc8 24. b3 {This is an open invitation to trouble. After the
weakening of the queenside, Black can think of ...c7-c5. It would have been
wiser to keep to the neutral, half-waiting policy with} (24. Ng5 $5 {or}) (24.
Rh3 $5) 24... Kb8 {Too slow.} (24... c5 $1 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. Bd4 Nxd4 27. Nxd4
Nf5 $15) 25. Bb2 c5 $6 {"Better late than never" does not apply here, as after
having cleared the path for the c-pawn White can get counterplay.} (25... a4 $5
$15) 26. Ba3 Qc7 27. c4 dxc4 28. bxc4 ({We were both getting short of time and
I was a bit worried by} 28. dxc5 {, but it seems that Black can stay in
control with:} cxb3 29. axb3 Bb7 30. Rc1 (30. cxb6 $2 Be4+ 31. Ka1 Qc3+ 32. Qb2
Qxb2+ 33. Bxb2 Ne3 $19) 30... Be4+ 31. Ka1 b5) 28... Bxc4 29. dxc5 b5 $6 {
The idea to keep the queenside blocked is correct, but the last move is
premature.} (29... Bd5 $1 30. Ka1 (30. cxb6 Qc3 31. Bb2 Qe3 $17) 30... b5 $5 {
Now this is playable for Black.} 31. Rb1 Qb7 (31... b4 $2 32. Bxb4 axb4 33.
Rxb4+ Ka8 34. Ra4+ $18) 32. Rxb5 $1 Qxb5 33. Rb1 Qxb1+ 34. Kxb1 $13 {It is
hard to say which king is more exposed. Strategically Black is doing fine, and
the material is about equal, but the queen is always dangerous....} Rc7 $5 (
34... Rhd8 35. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2e4,Gd2c4,Gd2b3]}) 35. Nd2 Rxh4 $132) 30. Rd6 $2 ({
Missing} 30. c6 $1 Bd5 31. Ng5 $36) 30... b4 {This should have sealed Black's
advantage, but the mutual time trouble goes on.} 31. Rb6+ (31. c6 Qa7 32. Qxa7+
Kxa7 33. Bb2 Bd5 34. Rxd5 $5 exd5 35. Ng5 Ne6 36. Bxd5 Nxf4 $17) 31... Ka7 $19
32. Nd4 Qxc5 33. Rb7+ Ka6 34. Bb2 {I had the distinct feeling that I was
winning, but could not see clearly how. The most painful thing is that the key
move is of the kind I am always preaching in articles and training: bring the
last piece into play. I believe that by this time I could not see the whole
board clearly and, possibly, forgot that there was a rook on h8...} Nxd4 $6 (
34... Rhd8 $1 $19 35. Rd1 Nxd4 36. Rxd4 (36. Bxd4 Bd3+) 36... Bd3+ 37. Ka1 Qc1+
38. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 39. Kb2 Rb1#) 35. Qxd4 (35. Bxd4 Bd3+ 36. Kb2 Qc2+ 37. Qxc2
Rxc2+ 38. Ka1 Rxg2 39. Rb6+ Ka7) 35... Bd5 $2 (35... Nf5 36. Qxc5 Rxc5 $17) (
35... Rhd8 36. Qxc5 Rxc5 37. Rxf7 Nf5 $17) 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. Qxc5 Rxc5 38. Rxf7
Nh5 39. Rg1 Rc6 40. f5 gxf5 {The time trouble was over and I went out for a
cigarette, asking myself what I could do after 41.e6. While smoking I managed
to find a defence against the move actually played in the game. After the game
was over, my room mate Alexandru Barnaure shook his head in sincere disbelief:
"Oh, no, how could you turn a +8 position into a -2?" A typical comment for
young generations, which does not reveal anything actually about the position.
40 years ago, my first trainer Micrea Pavlov would have shouted at me that he
had taught me to bring all the pieces into play, and I would have most likely
understood that immediately.} 41. Rxf5 $6 (41. e6 $18 {would have soon won the
knight under much better circumstances.}) 41... Rh7 42. Rgg5 Ng7 $1 43. Rf7
Rxh4 44. Rfxg7 Re4 45. Rg1 d4 {The clue to my dfeensive plan. The d4-pawn will
fall, due to the weakness of the white king. Black will have little trouble
defending.} 46. Rd7 Rxe5 47. Bxd4 Rh5 48. Rg2 Kb5 49. Rdg7 Ka4 {The king is
safe here, while the white one is not.} 50. R7g5 Rxg5 51. Rxg5 Rd6 52. Be3 Re6
53. Bd2 Rd6 54. Kc2 Rc6+ 55. Kb2 Rd6 56. Bc1 Rf6 57. Rc5 Rf2+ 58. Rc2 {Strange.
Possibly, my opponent, too, did not see the board clearly: the a8-corner is of
light colour.} Rxc2+ 59. Kxc2 Kb5 60. Kd3 a4 61. Kd4 Ka6 62. Kc5 Kb7 63. Kb5 b3
64. axb3 ({By now, he must have understood: even after winning both pawns with
} 64. a3 {White cannot win.}) 64... axb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Andorra op 30th"]
[Site "La Massana"]
[Date "2012.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 {Not a very topical variation, at least
not in the year of grace 2012. But in the past it has been an occasional
weapon of Botvinnik, Petrosian and Korchnoi.} 5. a3 Bf8 {When showing the game
to my son and nephew, I had some problems explaining to them how come after 5
moves all my pieces were on their initial squares still. I must confess that I
cannot explain to myself, either, but somehow it works!} 6. Nf3 ({I was
encouraged to choose this line against Negi after I saw the following game he
had played 5 years earlier:} 6. b4 {Almost surely, not the refutation of the
French.} c5 7. Rb1 Nc6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Nge2 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.
Ne2 Ne7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Bb2 Nc6 {Negi,P (2538)-Van Haastert,E (2391)/Wijk aan
Zee 2007/CBM 116 ext (1/2, 19). In our game, my opponent was slightly more
patient and played b2-b4 four moves later.}) 6... Ne7 7. h4 ({Here, too, the
advance of the b-pawn looks premature. In the following game, the most
brilliant attacking player ever was left in a slightly inferior position after:
} 7. b4 c5 8. Bg5 a6 9. bxc5 bxc5 10. dxc5 h6 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Qe2
Nxc5 {Tal,M (2620)-Dizdar,G (2455)/Jurmala 1983/MCD (1/2, 28). White has
little to show for his ruined structure.}) 7... h6 {There are two difficult
choices to make on every step in these blocked positions. First, you have to
feel on which wing you should play at that moment. Secondly, you have to
decide precisely what to do on that wing.} ({I am almost certain that I would
never give up the control of the g5-square with} 7... h5 8. Bg5 Ba6 9. Bxa6
Nxa6 10. O-O Qd7 11. Qd3 Nb8 12. Ne2 Nbc6 13. c4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nd5 15. Rac1 $14
{Sokolov,A (2585)-Portisch,L (2605)/Moscow 1990/TD (1/2, 34). Because of the
g5-bishop, Black has problems maintaining the absolute control over the
d5-square.}) (7... c5 {looks a bit premature and has rarely been seen in
practice.} 8. Ne2 {This does not look too frightening.} ({I would be more
worried about} 8. Bg5 $5 {/\Nb5}) 8... Ba6 9. c3 {Dolmatov,S-Gulko,B/URS 1985/
[Dolmatov,S] (1-0, 36)}) 8. b4 $146 {Finally my opponent's favourite move.} ({
The most logical move is} 8. h5 {, but after} a5 {the then strongest player in
the world could not find adequate antidotes to Black's queenside attack:} 9.
Bb5+ c6 10. Ba4 Nd7 11. Ne2 b5 12. Bb3 c5 13. c3 Nc6 14. O-O Qc7 15. Re1 c4 16.
Bc2 Nb6 $36 {Kasparov,G (2795)-Ivanchuk,V (2740)/Horgen 1995/CBM 050/[Donev] 
(0-1, 31); with a gradual queenside crush.}) 8... c5 9. Bd3 {I am not sure
whether combining developing moves with radical pawn advances can be good. On
my (and my family's) way back to Romania, I met Negi in the Munich airport,
and we exchanged a few impressions about our game. He was definitely
dissatisfied with his opening play!} (9. bxc5 bxc5 10. Nb5 Nf5 {><d4} 11. dxc5
Bxc5 12. c4 Bb7 $132) 9... Nec6 {Although White is better developed, he has
some problems keeping his structure together.} 10. b5 (10. O-O Nxd4 11. Nxd4
cxd4 {קh4} 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Qxd4 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Nc6 $132) (10. h5 Nxd4 11. Nxd4
cxd4 12. Ne2 a5 13. b5 Bc5 14. Bb2 Qg5 $36) 10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne2 {
And once again all my remaining pieces are on their initial squares!!} a6 $1 {
There may be more than one way to reach a good position, but I think that my
move is the least committal one. I will surely need some space for my
queenside minor pieces, so why not start with solving this problem?} (12... Nd7
13. f4 Nc5 14. Nxd4) (12... Qc7 13. f4 a6 14. Bb2 {ףc7}) 13. Bb2 (13. Nxd4 Qc7
$1) (13. bxa6 Bxa6 $15) 13... axb5 14. Bxb5+ (14. Nxd4 b4) 14... Bd7 15. Nxd4 (
15. Bd3 $5 Nc6 16. f4 Bc5 17. h5 $44) 15... Bc5 $6 ({The only explanation I
can find for refraining from} 15... Bxb5 16. Nxb5 {is that I failed to spot
the idea of} Ra4 $17 {in time.}) 16. Bd3 $1 {Of course.} Bxd4 (16... O-O $5)
17. Bxd4 Nc6 18. Bb2 Ra4 {[%cal Ga4h4] Even now, this move is strong, but
White has his bishop pair to compensate for the pawn weaknesses.} 19. c4 (19.
Qh5 g6 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kf8 22. Rh3 Rf4 $1 23. Bc1 Nxe5 $5) 19... dxc4 {
Embarking on a risky business. I noticed that Julio Granda was looking at the
position with certain interest and I could not refrain from aiming for
spectacular play.} (19... Ne7 $13 {[%cal Gd7c6] would have been safer.}) 20.
Bc2 $1 ({OK, I must admit that I was slightly hoping for} 20. Qxa4 Nxe5 21. Qc2
Nxd3+ 22. Kf1 O-O $17) 20... Ra5 21. Qg4 {This came as a nasty surprize.
Usually, the queen arrives on this square in the early phase of the opening.
Having avoided it earlier, I completely forgot about this possibility.} Kf8 $6
{A poor choice.} (21... O-O {was entirely playable:} 22. Qe4 g6 23. h5 {
For some reasons, I stopped my calculation here, but with the white king in
the centre there is a lot of play left:} Qg5 24. hxg6 Nxe5 25. gxf7+ Rxf7 $13)
({Even} 21... g6 $5 {deserves being mentioned, since} 22. Bxg6 $2 {does not
work on account of} Rg8) 22. O-O $1 $36 Ne7 (22... Nxe5 23. Qg3 f6 24. Rad1 $40
{Despite his two extra pawns, Black has serious problems of coordination.}) 23.
Bc3 Rd5 24. Be4 Bc6 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 {At this moment, I was still hoping to get a
comfortable ending with a pawn for the exchange, but my opponent's play in the
next phase of the game deserves the highest praise.} 26. Rfd1 Nc6 (26... Kg8
27. Qxc4 $1) (26... Qc7 $5 $14) 27. Rxd5 $1 $40 {Eliminating the main defender
of the light squares.} exd5 (27... Qxd5 28. Rd1 Qb5 29. Rd6 $18 {followed by
Qe4}) 28. Rd1 h5 29. Qf3 Rh6 {A somewhat artificial way of developing, which
does not solve all the problems.} 30. Rxd5 Qe7 31. Rb5 Kg8 32. Rxb6 Qxa3 33.
Rb7 Qf8 34. Rc7 Qe8 35. Qf5 Re6 36. Qxh5 $5 (36. f4 g6 37. Qe4 Ne7 $14) 36...
Nxe5 $138 37. Qf5 $138 Nc6 (37... f6 $5 $16) 38. h5 Rd6 39. Qg4 $18 Ne5 40. Qg3
Rd5 41. h6 $1 (41. f4 $2 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 Rd3 43. Qg5 (43. Qe1 Ng4+) 43... Nf3+ 44.
gxf3 Qe2+ 45. Qg2 Qxg2+ 46. Kxg2 Rxc3) 41... Ng6 (41... g6 42. h7+ Kxh7 43.
Qh3+ Kg7 (43... Kg8 44. Rc8) 44. f4 $18) 42. Qxg6 $1 {Oops! I had not seen
this one.} ({I was counting on} 42. hxg7 Rd3 43. Qg4 Rxc3 44. Rc8 Qxc8 45.
Qxc8+ Kxg7 $14 {with chances to hold. My plan would be to abandon the c-pawn
and bring the rook back to, say e6. White has to avoid the exchange of his
pawns for the knight, which would lead to a simple draw.}) (42. Qxg6 fxg6 43.
Rxg7+ Kf8 44. Bb4+) 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 50th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 {For general information about this
old-fashioned system kindly check my article published with CBM 159.} 5. a3 ({
The main alternative is} 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Bg5 Qd7 7. O-O-O h6 8. Qh3 Ne7 9. Bxe7
Bxe7 10. f4 Ba6 11. Nf3 Bxf1 12. Rhxf1 Nc6 13. g4 O-O-O 14. f5 Na5 15. Kb1 c5 {
Guliyev,N (2577)-Marin,M (2572) Baku 2016 CBM 175 [Marin,M] (1-0, 31), with
excellent play for Black who ruined his position slightly later.}) 5... Bf8 6.
Bb5+ {To me this looks slightly premature.} (6. Nf3 Ne7 7. h4 (7. Bd3 Ba6 8.
Nb5 Nc8 {Alekseev,E (2677)-Marin,M (2603) Jerusalem 2015 CBM 166 [Marin,M] 
(1-0, 49), with complicated play. Black lost only after forcing matters in a
roughly equal position.}) 7... h6 8. h5 ({White soon saw his structure ruined
after} 8. b4 c5 {Negi,P (2661)-Marin,M (2548) La Massana 2012 CBM 149 Extra 
[Marin,M] (1-0, 42)}) 8... a5 $6 ({Now I know this is a weakening and a loss
of time and would prefer} 8... c5 9. Ne2 Ba6 {Dolmatov,S (2520)-Gulko,B (2515)
Volgograd 1985 (1-0, 36)}) 9. Nb5 $1 $146 Ba6 10. c4 dxc4 (10... Qd7 11. Qa4
Nbc6 12. b3 $14) 11. Qa4 Nd7 (11... Nbc6 12. Bxc4 Qd7 {offers better chances
for a decent game}) 12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Ne2 $36 {
Svetushkin,D (2562)-Marin,M (2549) Calimanesti Caciulata 2016 (1-0, 37)}) 6...
c6 7. Ba4 a5 $6 {Even though a popular move, I would extend my previously
expressed criticism to this one, too.} (7... Bd7 {looks like a better way of
taking advantage of the unnatural bishop's development.} 8. Nf3 c5 9. Bb3 Ne7
10. Ne2 Bb5 (10... c4 $5 11. Ba2 Nbc6 {[%cal Gb6b5,Ga7a5,Ge7c8,Gc8b6]}) 11. c3
Nbc6 {Lopez Martinez,J (2528)-Gonzalez Rodriguez,J (2422) Barcelona 2011 
(½-½, 66), with normal French play.}) 8. Nce2 ({Deviating from his own
previous game:} 8. Nf3 Ba6 9. Ne2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 b5 11. Bb3 a4 12. Ba2 Be7 ({
Actually Black's play was more inspired in the following game:} 12... Nd7 13.
c3 Nb6 14. Bb1 Nc4 15. Ng5 g6 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. Qg3 Kd7 18. h4 h5 19. Nh3 Nh6 20.
Bg5 Qe8 21. Ra2 Be7 22. Nf4 Kc7 23. Nd3 Nf5 24. Qf4 Kb6 {Carlsen,M (2581)
-Gurevich,M (2644) Sanxenxo 2004 CBM 105 [Finkel,A] (1/2-1/2, 43)}) 13. c3 h5
14. Bb1 Nh6 15. h3 Kd7 16. Bf4 Kc7 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. O-O-O Nb6 19. Kb1 Nc4 20.
Bc1 g6 21. g4 $14 {Morozevich,A (2683)-Glek,I (2404) Cheboksary 2016 (1-0, 36)
with some chances for taking over the initiative. In both games a blocked
queenside meant a safe place for the king.}) 8... Ba6 9. c3 Bb5 {Trying to
gain queenside space.} 10. Bc2 ({Actually} 10. Bxb5 {makes some sense.} cxb5 {
The best Black could achieve is blocking the queenside with ...a5-a4, without
the possiblity of later breaking with ...c5. This would leave White some
freedom in building up his kingside play.} 11. Qd3 Qd7 12. h4 h5 {[%csl Gg5]} (
12... a4 $5 {is less committal.} 13. h5 h6 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. Nh4 Na5 16. f4 Ne7
17. g4 Nec6 18. f5 Be7 19. Ng2 exf5 20. gxf5 Nc4 21. O-O O-O-O {White's space
advantage is optically impressive but he has some queenside worries and his
king is not completely safe. This makes the position double-edged.} 22. Nef4
Bg5 $11) 13. Nf3 a4 14. Rh3 Nc6 15. Ng5 (15. Qxb5 Nxe5 $11 16. Qxb6 $2 Nc4 $19)
15... Nh6 16. Nh7 Nf5 17. Nxf8 Rxf8 18. Bg5 Na5 19. O-O-O $6 {White should
have provoked ...g7-g6 so as to forget about the threat ...f7-f6.} (19. Ng3 g6
20. Ne2 $14 {[%cal Gf2f3]}) (19. Qf3 g6 20. Nf4 Qc6 21. Qe2 Kd7 22. f3 $14)
19... Qc6 (19... f6 $1 20. Bf4 O-O-O $11) 20. Kb1 Kd7 21. f3 Qc4 22. g4 $36 {
Zawadzki,S (2403)-Szwed,J (2364) Chotowa 2007 (1-0, 55)}) 10... a4 11. h4 {
The move order is not always important, as transpositions are possible. Here
are just a few examples in which White played differently at this point in the
game.} (11. Nf3 h6 (11... c5 12. O-O Ne7 13. Re1 Ng6 {Black starts losing too
much time.} 14. g3 Nc6 15. h4 Qd7 16. Kg2 Na5 17. h5 Ne7 {Stojanovski,D (2437)
-Nikoloski,K (2142) Struga 2010 (1-0, 39)} 18. h6 $14) (11... Qd7 {wastes a
tempo by developing the queen too early.} 12. O-O c5 13. Re1 Nc6 14. Ng3 g6 $6
15. h4 Na5 16. h5 Nc4 17. Nd2 Ne7 18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. Bg5 $36 {Vehi Bach,V (2400)
-Vogel,J (2315) Groningen 1990 (1-0, 37)}) 12. O-O c5 13. Be3 ({This looks too
slow. The critical plan is as above:} 13. Re1 Nc6 14. Ng3 {[%cal Gg3h5]} g6 $6
15. h4 $36) 13... Nc6 14. Ne1 cxd4 $6 {Black should not have hurried opening
the c-file and helping White to clear the c3-square.} (14... Nge7 15. dxc5 bxc5
16. Bxc5 Nxe5 $13) 15. cxd4 Qd7 (15... Nge7 $5) 16. Nd3 Na5 17. Nc3 Nc4 18. h4
Ne7 19. h5 (19. Bc1 Nf5 20. Nf4 $14) 19... Nf5 20. Qe1 Be7 21. g4 Nfxe3 22.
fxe3 Bg5 23. Rf3 Bc6 24. Qf2 f6 $13 {Arizmendi Martinez,J (2440)-Gonzalez
Rodriguez,J (2385) Valencia 1998 (1/2-1/2, 51)}) 11... c5 12. Nf3 Qd7 13. h5
Nh6 $6 {I do not see any idea behind this move.} ({Since White has deprived
his knights of the h5-square Black could continue as above:} 13... Nc6 14. O-O
Na5 15. Re1 h6 16. Ng3 Ne7 $11) 14. O-O Nc6 ({Black is not in time to block
the queenside with} 14... Bxe2 $2 15. Qxe2 c4 {due to} 16. Ng5 g6 17. g4 Nc6
18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Kg2 Na5 20. Be3 Nb3 21. Rae1 O-O-O 22. Rh1 Bg7 23. Rh3 $18 {
Just one of the lines where it can be felt that the knight stands awful on h6.}
) 15. Re1 Bxe2 $6 {In connection with the next move, a curious decision.} ({But
} 15... Na5 16. Bg5 {does not look too much more promising for Black:} Be7 ({
Actually admitting that Black has lost two tempi by playing} 16... Ng8 {
[%cal Gf8e7] makes some sense.}) 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Nf4 Kd8 19. Rb1 $16 {
[%csl Rd8,Rh6,Gh7][%cal Gb2b3,Gf3g5]}) 16. Rxe2 c4 17. Bxa4 $18 {White has won
an important pawn and retains the better position.} g6 18. Nh2 gxh5 19. Re3 Nf5
20. Rh3 h4 21. Bg5 Be7 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Ng4 Kd8 24. Nf6 Qb7 25. Bc2 Nce7 26.
Qh5 Rf8 27. Nxh7 Kc7 28. Nxf8 Rxf8 {This would have been a good moment for
resigning. Vaganian's hopes to set up a fortress are very utopian.} 29. a4 Kb8
30. Rb1 Qc8 31. b3 cxb3 32. Rxb3 Nxd4 33. Rxb6+ Ka7 34. Rb2 Nxc2 35. Rxc2 Nf5
36. Rb2 Qc7 37. Qe2 Rb8 38. Rxb8 Qxb8 39. Rd3 Qb3 40. Rd1 Qxc3 41. Qb5 Qc7 42.
a5 Ne7 43. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Lund CellaVision Cup"]
[Site "Lund"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Popilski, Gil"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:05:38"]
[BlackClock "0:02:09"]

{[%evp 0,100,27,-4,36,52,59,72,43,19,89,54,54,46,62,41,41,20,41,21,16,-10,3,
-19,-14,-40,-13,-42,-35,-25,-21,-16,7,2,12,-4,11,5,18,17,18,12,44,21,38,11,17,
-17,-5,-55,-55,-51,-47,-47,-41,-53,-33,-56,-50,-135,-33,-157,-101,-280,-195,
-202,-66,-59,-49,-24,-19,-19,2,2,18,79,-11,-13,7,-27,14,-26,66,0,-43,-43,-24,
-130,-154,-147,-110,-107,-110,-444,-444,-430,-498,-498,-498,-537,-537,-554,
-537]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 {I have examined this variation
in my article on the CBM 159 DVD.} 5. Nf3 $5 {White intends to avoid early
commitments.} ({The main lines are:} 5. Qg4 Bf8 {and}) (5. a3 Bf8) 5... Ne7 {
Now that Qg4 is not possible anymore, Black does not need to keep the
possibility of ...Bf8.} 6. Bd3 {But White is not forced already to waste a
tempo with a2-a3, which would also deprive the queen's bishop of the a3-square.
} (6. a3 $6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Qd3 (9. O-O c5 {is also
comfortable for Black.}) 9... Nb8 10. O-O (10. c4 c5 $5 $146 11. dxc5 bxc5 12.
O-O Nbc6 $11) 10... c5 11. a4 Nd7 12. Ba3 Rc8 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. a5 h6 15. Qe2
Re8 16. h4 Nc6 17. axb6 axb6 18. Bc1 f6 19. exf6 {½-½ Geller,E-Spassky,B
Sukhumi 1968} Qxf6 $11 {/=/+}) 6... Ba6 7. O-O Bxd3 {I spent 11 minutes on
this move.} ({I was not too keep to strengthen White's centre with} 7... Bxc3
8. bxc3 Bxd3 9. cxd3 {possibly followed by c3-c4. A classical game went} Nd7
10. Re1 h6 11. Nh4 g6 12. Ba3 c5 13. Qg4 (13. c4 $1 $14 {is the kind of move
that was worrying me.}) 13... Qc8 14. dxc5 Qa6 15. c6 Nxc6 16. Bd6 Qxd3 {
with excellent compensation for the pawn in De Firmian,N (2475)-Kogan,B
Greenville 1983 (1-0, 38)}) 8. Qxd3 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 (9. bxc3 {makes less sense
now:} Qc8 $1 10. c4 (10. Ba3 Qa6 {is also comfortable for Black.}) 10... Qa6
11. Nd2 Nbc6 12. a4 Na5 {with goodcounterplay o light squares.}) 9... Nbc6 $5 (
9... Nd7 10. Qd3 c5 {looks more in the spirit of the French Defence, but I
wanted to keep the possibility of castling long if things turned dangerous on
the other wing.}) 10. Ng5 {Played after 15 minutes. My opponent obviously
wanted to take measures against my castling short.} (10. b4 Qd7 11. a4 O-O {
is fine for Black, as White has just spent two queenside tempi, weakening his
light squares in the process.}) 10... h6 11. Nh3 Qd7 12. Qd3 O-O-O {Switching
to the scenario from the aforementioned game: White will attack on the
queenside and Black on the opposite wing, a bit contrary to the basic French
principles.} 13. Qa6+ Kb8 14. c3 f6 $5 {I wanted to provoke f2-f4 before
blocking the kingside, as after} (14... f5 15. Nf4 g5 $6 16. Nh5 {White
suddenly has pressure on both wings.}) 15. f4 (15. exf6 gxf6 $17 {would not
only clear the g-file for Black's rooks, but also offer the enemy knights the
d6 (and sometimes e4) square.}) 15... f5 {Going straight for the kingside
attacking plan and turning things double-edged.} (15... h5 16. b4 Nf5 {reaches
a nice kingside fortress, but without any possibilities of developing the
counterplay, while White could continue his attack with} 17. a4) (15... Na5 $5
{was a moe flexible alternative, though. Before defiing his kingside
intentiones Black puts an end to White's attacking plans.} 16. b3 (16. b4 Nc4 {
is strategically awfull for White.}) 16... h5 17. Bd2 Nf5 {with balanced play.}
) 16. Be3 Rdg8 $1 {[%cal Gc6d8,Gd8f7,Gg7g5] The start of a perfect regrouping,
based on ...Nd8-f7 and ...g7-g5.} 17. Rf3 {My opponent perfectly understood
that he has to combine attacking with prophylaxis.} (17. a4 {runs into} Na5 {
with even bigger effect than above, as b3 is weak.}) (17. b4 {is too slow, as
b4-b5 is not a threat yet in view of ...Na5. Therefore Black can speed up his
attack with} g5 $5 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Ng6 {with excellent attacking
chances, as the queen will join the battle along the seventh rank soon.}) 17...
Nd8 18. Rg3 {Continuing to fight against ...g7-g5.} ({The standard plan} 18. a4
Nf7 19. a5 {offers little as after} g5 20. axb6 cxb6 {possibly followed by ...
Nc8 White does not have enough resources to create queenside threats.}) 18...
Nf7 19. b3 {Since the advance of the a-pawn is not dangerous, White decides to
gain space in the centre.} g6 {Preparing to double rooks on the g-file. I
invested some time into calculating} (19... g5 $6 20. fxg5 hxg5 21. Nxg5 f4 22.
Bxf4 (22. Nxf7 $6 fxg3 23. Nxh8 Nf5 24. Bf4 gxh2+ 25. Kh1 Nh4 26. g3 Nf5 $15 {
is promising for Black, who will retrieve the knight at his leisure,
maintaining attacking chances.}) 22... Nf5 23. Nxf7 Nxg3 24. Nxh8 {I needed
some time to notice that} Ne2+ $2 {is impossible due to} 25. Qxe2 {. But I
also kept this type of line in reserve for the moment White plays c3-c4.}) 20.
Rd1 {White plays very carefully.} ({Against} 20. c4 {I was ready to "lose a
tempo" with} dxc4 21. bxc4 g5 {when apart from the detail mentioned above, d4
would be hanging.}) 20... Rg7 21. c4 Rhg8 22. Kh1 {Another prophylactic move,
the idea behind which will be revealed below. White mainly clear the g1-square
for the knight.} ({If} 22. c5 g5 23. b4 Nc6 24. Rb1 Qc8 25. Qa4 Qb7 {Planning
to secure the ueenside with ...b6-b5.} 26. b5 Na5 {things remain stable on the
queenside.}) 22... g5 23. Rc1 $6 ({Aiming at adding force to c4-c5, but safer
was} 23. c5) 23... g4 $1 {A paradoxical decision. Black blocks the kingside in
order to play ...h5-h4-h3 with gain of time, based on the fact that he can
open the long diagonal with ...dxc3. But the move order is quite important.}
24. Ng1 ({The point behind Kg1-h1 is that after} 24. Nf2 h5 25. Bd2 h4 26. Rd3
{Black manages to open a kingside file with} g3) 24... h5 25. Bd2 h4 ({I had
considered} 25... dxc4 26. bxc4 Qxd4 {and rightly decided it would offer White
too much play:} 27. Ra3 Qxd2 (27... Nc8 28. Be3 Qe4 29. c5 {offers White a
strong attack.}) 28. Qxa7+ Kc8 {I was not too keen to play this position and
White, indeed, has} 29. Qa8+ Kd7 30. Qa4+ $1 {planning Rd1, when the only way
to stay in the game is} b5 31. Qxb5+ c6 {with unclear play.}) 26. Rd3 dxc4 ({
I was afraid that after} 26... h3 27. c5 {White might well be able to defend.})
27. bxc4 h3 28. Ne2 {Relatively best.} ({If} 28. g3 {I intended to play} c5 (
28... Qc6+ 29. d5 Qa8 30. Qb5 Rd8 $19 {is in fact even stronger.}) 29. d5 exd5
30. cxd5 Nxd5 $17 {Due to his exposed king White cannot prove any compensation
for the pawn.}) 28... hxg2+ 29. Kg1 Nd8 $5 {Starting to clear the seventh rank
in order to allow the queen joining the battle.} 30. Rd1 Rh7 31. Be1 Rgh8 32.
Bg3 c6 $6 {This over-cautious move, taking measures against d4-d5 but
weakening the king's residence, offers White chances to stay in the game.} ({
Shirov suggested} 32... Nb7 33. Ra3 Nc8 $15 {followed by an attack along the
h-file.}) (32... Nec6 {, threatening ...Nb4, might have been an even better
move order:} 33. Ra3 {Principled but wrong.} (33. a3 {is met with} Nb7 {
since d4-d5 runs into ...Nc5 and if} 34. Kxg2 Nca5 {with initiative on both
wings.}) 33... Rxh2 $1 {This orks because the rook on d1 is undefended.} 34.
Bxh2 Qh7 35. Bg3 Qh1+ 36. Kf2 Qxd1 $19) 33. Kxg2 Ng6 34. d5 $1 {Due to the
threat ...Nh4 White cannot aste time before launching his counterplay.} cxd5
35. cxd5 exd5 36. Rxd5 Qc6 37. Kg1 Nb7 38. Qd3 (38. Rd6 Nxd6 39. Rxd6 Qe8 {
does not offer White adequate compensation for the exchange as the rooks
provide the queenside with enough defence. For instance} 40. Nd4 Rc7 {
defending c6 and preparing to attack along the c-file.}) 38... Nh4 39. Bxh4
Rxh4 40. Rc1 Nc5 41. Rd8+ Kb7 42. Rxh8 Rxh8 {Black's position is pleasant as
his king is much safer than White's. But the strong passed pawn on e5 offers
White chances to maintain the equality. My opponent was already living out of
the half minute increment for several moves and now commits the decisive
mistake.} 43. Qxf5 $2 (43. Qe3 $2 {is also bad due to} Qh6 44. Qf2 Ne4 45. Qg2
Rd8 {with a decisive attack.}) ({The only way to maintain approximate equality
was} 43. Qd2 Ne4 (43... Qh6 {is met with} 44. Ng3) 44. Qd3 {Black has no easy
way to make progress. He could repeat moves, of course, or else alow hite
delivering perpetual check after} Qh6 45. Qd7+ {but little more than that.})
43... Qf3 $1 {The decisive intrusion.} 44. Rxc5 {There isn't anything better
as if, for instance} (44. Rc2 Ka6 $1 {suggested by my wife, Black could insert
his attack into the attack without allowing a perpetual.}) 44... bxc5 45. Qd7+
Ka8 46. Nc3 {This loses the knight without reaching a perpetual.} ({But} 46.
Qd2 c4 {does not offer saving chances, either.}) 46... Qe3+ 47. Kh1 Qf3+ 48.
Kg1 Qxc3 $1 ({I assumed that the ending resulting after} 48... g3 49. Qd5+ Qxd5
50. Nxd5 gxh2+ 51. Kh1 Kb7 {should be won, but it is not too technical to
switch to such positions where everything may deepnd on one tempo.}) 49. Qc6+
Kb8 50. Qd6+ Kb7 (50... Kb7 {The point is that the white queen cannot keep
both f6 and d5 uder control while checking:} 51. Qd7+ (51. Qe7+ Ka8 {and there
is no check on d5.}) 51... Kb6 $1 {and in the absence of Qf6+, which would win
the rook, the king cn safely advance to, say, e3.}) 0-1

[Event "BRA-ch 81st"]
[Site "Joao Pessoa"]
[Date "2015.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Black "Jatoba de Oliveira Reis, Paulo Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4
h5 9. Qd1 Qd7 10. Be2 $1 {I think this is a very good line for White, as some
recent games have shown.} Ba6 (10... Qc6 {was played against me in 2012} 11.
Rh3 Ba6 12. Bxh5 {I think Black is in trouble already} Nxh4 13. Bg5 $1 Ng6 (
13... Nxg2+ $2 14. Kd2 $18 {White's king is safe on d2 and Black has a number
of problems to solve - to begin with, the trapped knight on g2.}) 14. Kd2 $1
Rf8 15. Qg4 Qd7 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Bh4 $6 (17. Rh7 $1 Rxf2+ 18. Ke3 Rf5 {
White is winning in many ways here, but the most elegant one is clearly:} 19.
Bd8 $3 (19. Bf6 $2 Qc6 $1 $132 20. Qxg6+ Kd7 {and it gets very dangerous for
White}) 19... Qf7 (19... Kxd8 20. Rh8+ Ke7 21. Qxg6 $18) 20. Bf6 $1 Rxf6 21.
exf6 Qxf6 22. Rh8+ Kd7 23. Nf3 $18) (17. Nf3 {is also very good, played in
2015 by another Brazilian grandmaster} Qf7 18. Rh7 Nd7 $2 19. Rxg7 $1 $18 Qf5
20. Re7+ Kd8 21. Rf7+ {1-0 (21) Matsuura,E (2494)-Rodriguez Vila,A (2469)
Florianopolis 2015}) 17... Nc6 $1 18. Qxg6+ Qf7 19. Qg4 Qf4+ 20. Qxf4 Rxf4 21.
Bg3 $14 {1/2-1/2 (29) Mekhitarian,K (2531)-Roselli Mailhe,B (2443) Santos 2012}
) 11. Bxh5 Qb5 12. Nh3 Nxh4 $2 (12... Nc6 $5 {is a better move} 13. Ng5 $5 $40
{and the position remains very complex} (13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Qd3 Rxh4 15. Qxb5
Bxb5 16. a4 Bc4 17. Bg5 Rh8 18. Kd2 $13 {1-0 (51) Van Kampen,R (2607)-Adams,M 
(2753) Hoogeveen 2013})) 13. Kd2 $1 $146 {a similar idea from the 10...Qc6
variation, Ng5 is a serious threat.} (13. Ng5 $2 g6 $1 {and White is the one
losing now, because of ...Nf3+! after the bishop moves.} 14. Bg4 Nf3+ $1 $19)
13... Ng6 $2 {It was hard to give any better advice, but this loses by force.}
(13... Nxg2 14. Bxf7+ $18) (13... Nd7 14. Ng5 g6 15. a4 $1 Qa5 16. Rxh4 gxh5
17. Qf3 O-O-O 18. Nxf7 Rdf8 19. Ba3 c5 20. Rf4 Rhg8 21. Qxh5 $18) (13... g6 14.
Be2 Qxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Bxe2 16. Kxe2 {is an excellent endgame for White because of
the weak dark squares and the better play on the h-file.} Nf5 17. g4 Ne7 18.
Be3 $16 {1-0 (21) Canizares Cuadra,P (2159)-Baigorri Navarro,F (2132) ICCF
2012, followed by Ng5, and it's very hard to give any advice for Black, since
the f7-pawn is a serious problem as well.}) 14. Ng5 Nc6 15. a4 $1 {So Black
doesn't have time for Na5-Nc4.} (15. Bxg6 $4 {would waste all White's advantage
} Rxh1 {there's a mate on e2!} 16. Qf3 O-O-O $19) (15. Nxe6 $6 fxe6 16. Bxg6+
Kd7 $44 {when everything remains far from clear.}) 15... Qc4 (15... Qa5 $2 16.
Bxg6 Rxh1 {now there is an easy win for White} 17. Bxf7+ Kd8 18. Qxh1 $18) 16.
Bxg6 Rxh1 17. Bxf7+ Kd8 18. Qf3 $1 $18 {Bxe6 is the strongest threat now,
Black doesn't have time to hide his king.} Na5 (18... Nxd4 19. Nxe6+ Nxe6 20.
Bxe6 Qc6 (20... c6 21. Ba3 $1 $18) 21. Ba3 $1 Qxe6 22. Qf8+ Qe8 (22... Kd7 23.
Qxg7+ Kc6 24. Rxh1 $18) 23. Rxh1 $18) (18... Qf1 {leads to nothing} 19. Nxe6+
Kc8 20. Bb2 $18) (18... Kc8 19. Bxe6+ Kb7 20. Bxd5 $18) 19. Bxe6 Rd1+ 20. Qxd1
(20. Kxd1 $4 {never too late to go wrong} Qf1+ 21. Kd2 Nc4# {mate!}) 20... Nb3+
21. Ke3 (21. cxb3 {once again running into:} Qd3+ 22. Ke1 Qf1+ 23. Kd2 Qxf2+
24. Qe2 Qxe2#) 21... Qxc3+ 22. Kf4 {Now the white king is totally safe and Qh5
is a monster threat.} Nxa1 (22... Nxd4 23. Be3 Ne2+ 24. Kg4 $18) 23. Qh5 $1
Qxd4+ 24. Kg3 Qxe5+ 25. Bf4 Qc3+ 26. Nf3 {Followed by Bg5.} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1314"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.04.06"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Markgraf, Alexander"]
[Black "Beikert, Guenther"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Viernheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 $5 ({I} 4... c5 $142 {gilt nach wie vor
als flexibelste und beste Erwiderung in der Französischen Nimzowitsch/
Winawer-Variante und wird mit Abstand am meisten gewählt:} 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3
Ne7 (6... Qc7) (6... Qa5 $1 7. Bd2 Qa4 $5 {Moskalenko}) (6... Nc6)) ({II} 4...
b6 {"!? is a typical plan in the Winawer with a couple of strategic ideas; it
is based on trying to exchange the light-squared bishops by ...Ba6, thereby
reducing White`s initiative, or else playing in Petrosian`s fianchetto style
with ...Bb7/...Nc6/...Qd7 followed by queenside castling. In both cases the
position remains very closed." (aus Viktor Moskalenkos Repertoirebuch "The
Flexible French", New in Chess 2008)} 5. Qg4 (5. a3 Bxc3+ (5... Bf8 $5) (5...
Be7) 6. bxc3 Qd7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3 {führt unter Zugumstellung zum Text}) 5...
Bf8 $5 {zeigt einen wesentlichen Unterschied zur Partiefortsetzung}) 5. Qg4 {
"?!" lt. GM Leonid Kritz. Der ehemalige Bundesligaspieler von Werder Bremen
hat zum Winawer-Komplex im ChessBase Magazin ein paar interessante Analysen
veröffentlicht. "Das ist nicht die richtige Zugfolge! Weiß sollte zuerst a3
spielen.} (5. a3 Bf8 (5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3 $14) 6. Nf3 $1 {
In diesem Fall hat die Dame natürlich nichts auf g4 zu suchen."} {CDM: 6...} b6
7. Bb5 c6 8. Ba4 $14) 5... f5 (5... Bf8 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bb5 c6 8. Be2 $14) 6. Qg3
b6 7. a3 $5 ({Die von der ECO/C5 als vorteilhaft für Weiß empfohlene
Hauptvariante mit 7.Nh3 bewertet Kritz im CBM nach der folgenden Zugfolge
anders: "} 7. Nh3 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Nf4 Bf8 {Es droht unangenehm ...Nb4, so
ist a3 fast erzwungen.} ({CDM:} 9... O-O-O 10. h4 g6 11. Bd2 Ne7 12. O-O-O c5
13. Nce2 $16 {Almasi - K. Müller, Österreich 2001, ECO/C5}) 10. a3 c6 11. Nce2
Nc7 $11 {Schwarz hat eine solide Stellung ohne schlechten französischen Läufer
und man kann wohl sagen, dass er praktisch ausgeglichen hat." CDM: Dieser
Einschätzung von Kritz vermag ich mich aber nicht anzuschließen und meine -
ähnlich der ECO - dass Weiß nach 7.Nh3!? doch die besseren Aussichten hat -
insbesondere im Spiel gegen den latent gefährdeten schwarzen König. Auf 11...
Nc7 könnte beispielsweise folgen:} 12. O-O $5 (12. b3 $5 O-O-O 13. c4 Ne7 14.
O-O Rg8 15. a4 Qe8 16. Qh3 h6 $2 (16... g5 $142 17. Nh5 g4 18. Qh4 Ng6 19. Qg3
Be7 20. Bf4 $14) 17. a5 $16 {, dennoch überraschend 0:1/60 in Caruana,F (2662)
-Stupak,K (2451), Ohrid 2009}) (12. a4 $5 c5 (12... O-O-O 13. a5) 13. Be3 $14)
12... Ne7 (12... c5 13. Be3 c4 14. b3) (12... Kf7 $6 13. a4 Ne7 14. a5) 13. Rd1
h6 (13... c5 $2 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b4) (13... O-O-O 14. a4) 14. h4 O-O-O 15. h5
Qe8 16. a4 Rg8 17. a5 g5 18. hxg6 Nxg6 19. Qb3 Nxf4 20. Nxf4 Kb7 21. Rd3 $14)
7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. a4 {Weitaus häufiger ist die
erfolgreiche Alternative 10.Ne2 anzutreffen. Dazu auszugsweise Leonid Kritz im
ChessBase Magazin 152:} ({"} 10. Ne2 Kf7 $1 11. a4 $1 {Das ist die richtige
Zugfolge - man darf Schwarz nicht erlauben, die Dame nach a4 zu stellen.} Ne7 {
Was immer Schwarz macht, das Spiel verläuft ungefähr gleich - Weiß rollt
seinen h-Bauer auf, schwächt die schwarze Stellung am Königsflügel, aktiviert
seinen Läufer über a3, und versucht dann irgendwie, die schwarze Festung zu
knacken.} (11... c5 12. Qd3 Qc8 13. Ba3 Ne7 14. h4 Nc6 15. Qf3 Rf8 16. h5 $14 {
Vitiugov,N (2608)-Ulibin,M (2514)/Biel 2007, 1-0(37)/CBM 119 ext}) (11... Nb8
12. h4 Ne7 13. h5 h6 14. Nf4 $14 {Korneev,O (2606)-Dizdar,G (2541)/Austria
2007/EXT 2008, 1-0(48)}) 12. h4 $14 {Eggleston,D (2327)-Redmond,J (2246)
Dublin 2012, 1-0 (45)"}) 10... O-O-O $2 {Schickt den König ins feindliche
Feuer. Bessere Alternativen:} ({I} 10... Nb8 $5 11. a5 Nc6 12. axb6 cxb6 13.
Ne2 Qf7 $142 (13... O-O-O $2 14. O-O Kb7 15. Nf4 $16 Na5 16. Rxa5 $1 {Im
vorliegenden Stellungstyp mit heterogenen Rochaden ist dieses starke
Qualitätsopfer zwecks Öffnung der b-Linie und Schwächung der schwarzen
Bauernstruktur häufiger zu sehen, so auch in der folgenden Analyse unserer
Hauptpartie.} bxa5 17. Nd3 (17. Ba3) 17... Rc8 18. Ba3 Ka8 19. Nc5 Qf7 20. c4
Ne7 21. cxd5 exd5 (21... Nxd5 22. c4 Ne7 23. f4 Nc6 24. Qf3) 22. e6 $18 Qe8 23.
Qxg7 Rg8 24. Qe5 Qb5 25. g3 h5 26. Qf6 Rge8 27. Nd3 Nc6 28. Bc5 h4 29. Qxf5 Qc4
30. Qf7 hxg3 31. hxg3 Qa6 32. Nf4 Rh8 33. Re1 {- 1:0, Paaren,H (2493) -
Novikovas,V (2511), ICCF corr 1999}) 14. h4 Na5 $13 (14... Nge7 $13)) ({II} 
10... Kf7 $5 11. Nh3 ({oder - vielleicht besser -} 11. Ne2 {wie oben unter 10.
Ne2} Ne7 12. h4) 11... Ne7 12. Ng5+ Kg8 13. h4 h6 14. Nh3 Kh7 $13 {Horvath,A 
(2436) - Zaja,I (2475), Austria 2006, remis/41}) 11. Ne2 Kb7 ({Oder} 11... Nb8
12. a5 {und nun z.B.:} b5 (12... Nc6 13. axb6 cxb6 (13... axb6 14. Bg5 Re8 15.
Qd3 Nb8 16. O-O $16) 14. O-O h6 (14... Na5 {provoziert das chancenreiche
Qualitätsopfer:} 15. Rxa5 $1 bxa5 16. Ba3 Kb8 17. Nf4 $16) 15. Qd3 Nge7 (15...
g5 16. c4 $1) 16. Ba3 {/\Rfb1 etc. +/-}) (12... Kb7 13. axb6 axb6 14. O-O h6
15. h4 g5 (15... Ne7 16. Qxg7 Rdg8 17. Qf7 $16) 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Re8 (
17... Qh7 18. f4) 18. Nf4 $16) 13. a6 $1 Qf7 14. Ba3 Nd7 15. Rb1 c6 16. c4 $1
dxc4 17. Qf3 Nb8 18. Nc3 $1 (18. Bd6 $143 $6 Rxd6 19. exd6 $14 {Areshchenko,A 
(2650) - Razin,V (2270), Alushta 2008, 1:0/35}) 18... Qc7 (18... Nh6 $143 19.
Nxb5 $1 $40 {+-}) (18... Kd7 $143 19. Bd6 $18) 19. O-O Ne7 20. Nxb5 $1 cxb5 21.
Rxb5 $40 {+-} Nd5 22. Rc5 Nc6 23. Rb1) 12. Nf4 Nb8 {Schwarz steht eine schwere
Verteidigung bevor. Ebenso unerquickliche Alternativen sind:} ({I} 12... c5 13.
O-O (13. Ba3 $16) 13... c4 14. Ba3 $16 g6 $2 15. Qh4 h5 16. Nxe6 Re8 17. Nf4
Qxa4 18. Nxd5 Qxc2 19. Bd6 Nb8 20. Qg5 Nh6 21. Qf6 {- 1:0, Tolush,A - Zilber,I,
Leningrad 1957}) ({II} 12... Qf7 13. a5 $16) ({III} 12... g6 13. Qh4 $1 Ne7 14.
Qf6 $16 {Skolarski,H (2257) - Steinbrecht,R (2216), Germany 2003, remis/43}) ({
IV} 12... Nh6 13. Nh5 (13. a5 $16) 13... Nf7 14. Qxg7 (14. O-O) 14... Rdg8 15.
Qf6 Rg6 16. Qh4 c5 17. Nf4 (17. Qh3 Qc8 18. O-O) 17... Rh6 $2 (17... Rg4 18.
Qh3 Rc8) 18. Qg3 $18 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rc8 20. c3 Rc4 21. h4 Nc7 22. h5 Rxa4 23.
Rxa4 Qxa4 24. Qg7 Qd7 25. Ne2 Ne8 26. Qf8 {- 1:0, Tolush,A - Sakharov,Y, USSR
1958}) 13. a5 $16 Nc6 14. axb6 axb6 15. O-O {Nun kann Weiß sein Angriffsspiel
auf der offenen a- und b-Linie druckvoll mit der Idee des Hebels c4 verbinden.}
g6 ({Oder: I} 15... Nh6 16. Nd3 Ra8 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qh3 Qg7 (18... Na7 19.
Qxh6 Nb5 20. Nf4 $16) 19. Nf4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Qf7 (20... Re8 $2 21. Qd3 $1 Nb8
22. Nh5 $40 {+-}) (20... Nd8 $2 21. Qd3 $1 $18) 21. Qxh6 $16) ({II} 15... Rb8
16. h3 g6 17. c4 $1 $16 Nge7 (17... dxc4 $4 18. Qa3 Kc8 (18... Na5 19. Bd2 Ra8
20. Rfb1) 19. Qa6+ Rb7 20. Qxc4) 18. c5 Ra8 (18... bxc5 $4 19. Nd3) 19. Rb1)
16. Qd3 $1 ({In Betracht kam auch} 16. Bd2 $1 {, z.B.} Nge7 17. Qh4 Rde8 18.
Rfb1 Na7 (18... Nb8 19. Qg3 {/\Qd3->}) 19. Nd3 Nb5 20. Bg5 Nc8 21. Qh3 Rhg8 22.
Nb4 Nca7 23. Qd3 Ra8 24. c4 dxc4 25. Qxc4 Qxd4 (25... Nxd4 26. Qa6+ Kb8 27. Be3
$1 $18) 26. Rxa7+ $1 $18 {und Weiß gewinnt (} Rxa7 27. Qc6+ Kc8 (27... Kb8 28.
Qxb5 $18) 28. Qxe6+ Kb7 29. Qc6+ Kc8 30. Qxb5 Ra1 31. Nd3 $18 {)}) 16... Na5 {
Eine trügerische Absicherung der a-Linie, aber guter Rat ist ohnehin schon
teuer. Auch die folgenden Alternativen zeigen, welch treffliche
Angriffschancen Weiß besitzt:} ({I} 16... Ra8 17. Rxa8 Kxa8 18. Qa6+ Kb8 (18...
Na7 19. Bd2 Ne7 (19... Qc8 20. Qa3 $1 (20. Qxc8+ Nxc8 21. Nxe6) 20... Nh6 21.
Ra1 Qb7 22. Nxe6 $18) 20. Ra1 Nec6 21. c4 dxc4 22. Bc3 Rb8 23. Qxc4 Nd8 24. d5
$1 exd5 25. Nxd5 Rb7 26. Nf4 {/\e6+-}) 19. Ba3 Nh6 20. Ra1 Qc8 21. Qa4 $1 Qb7 (
21... Na5 22. Bb4 $18) (21... Qd7 22. Be7 $18) (21... Nd8 22. Bf8 $18) 22. Nxe6
$18) ({II} 16... Nb8 17. c4 $1 g5 (17... dxc4 18. Qxc4 Qxd4 19. Qa2 Re8 20. Re1
Nh6 21. Qa8+ Kc8 22. Ra7 Kd7 23. c3 Qc4 24. Qb7 Rc8 25. Rd1+ Ke7 26. Qxb6 Rhd8
27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rxc7+ Ke8 29. h3 $18) 18. Nxd5 $5 exd5 19. Bxg5 Ne7 (19...
Re8 20. cxd5 Qxd5 21. Rfe1 Ne7 22. c4 Qd7 23. e6 Qd6 24. c5 Qd5 25. cxb6 cxb6
26. Qa3 $18) 20. Qa3 Nec6 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. c5 Na5 (22... Kc8 23. Rfb1) 23.
Rfb1 Nc4 (23... Nbc6 24. Qa4 Ra8 25. Qb5) 24. Qa2 $40 {+/-/+-}) 17. Qh3 $6 {
Ein inkonsequenter Schwenk zurück zum anderen Flügel.} ({Dies ist die erste
Gelegenheit, die Weiß zu dem hier typischen, verheißungsvollen Qualitätsopfer
verpasst:} 17. Rxa5 $142 $1 bxa5 18. c4 $1 dxc4 (18... g5 19. Qb3+ Kc8 20. Nd3
$16 {/+-, da u. a.} dxc4 21. Qxc4 Qd5 {an} 22. Qa6+ Qb7 23. Qxe6+ {usw. +-
scheitert}) 19. Qxc4 Qxd4 20. Qb3+ Qb6 21. Nxe6 Ne7 22. Nxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qf7 Nc6
24. e6 $16 {/+-}) 17... Ne7 $2 {Dieser Entwicklungszug ist zwar naheliegend,
lässt aber den anderen Flügel dabei außer Acht.} (17... Qe8 $142 $5 18. Rxa5 $5
bxa5 19. Bd2 Rb8 20. c4 dxc4 (20... g5 $143 21. Nd3 dxc4 22. Nc5+ Kc8 23. Bxg5)
21. Qa3 Ne7 $1 22. Nxe6 Nd5 23. Nc5+ Kc8 24. Qxa5 Qc6 $14 {Die schwarze Dame
und ihr Springer halten den Laden noch zusammen.}) 18. Nd3 $2 ({Auch jetzt war
das Qualitätsopfer} 18. Rxa5 $1 bxa5 19. Nd3 $40 {+- durchschlagend, z.B.} Qb5
20. Nc5+ Kb8 21. Bg5 Rde8 22. Bf6 Rhf8 23. Nxe6) 18... Ra8 $13 {/= Wonach die
Karten wieder neu gemischt werden.} ({Oder} 18... Nec6 19. Bg5 Ra8 {mit
Zugumstellung zur Partie}) 19. Bg5 Nec6 20. Rfb1 Qf7 21. Nc5+ Kc8 22. Nb3 Kb7
23. Nc5+ Kb8 24. Bf6 Rg8 25. Ra4 Nc4 26. Rxc4 $2 {Weiß verliert die Geduld und
rechnet ungenau. Kurioserweise ist das an sich thematische Qualitätsopfer an
dieser Stelle verfehlt, da der Gegner über eine starke Verteidigungsressource
verfügt!} (26. Rxa8+ $142 Kxa8 27. Nd3 $13) 26... dxc4 27. Qf3 ({Auch} 27. d5 {
schlägt jetzt fehl:} Ra5 $1 28. dxe6 (28. Nxe6 Rxd5 29. Ng5 Qd7 $19) 28... Qe8
29. Nd7+ Kc8 $19) 27... Na5 $4 ({Erstmalig lässt Schwarz eine unverhoffte,
dicke Chance aus und läuft stattdessen ins offene Messer. Erforderlich war
dagegen} 27... Qe8 $8 {! mit großem Vorteil:} 28. d5 (28. Nxe6 Qxe6 29. d5 Nxe5
30. dxe6 Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 c5 $17) 28... exd5 29. Qxd5 Kc8 30. Ne6 (30. e6 Ra5 31.
Qd7+ Qxd7 32. exd7+ Kb8 33. Ne6 Rd5 34. d8=Q+ Nxd8 35. Nxd8 Rgxd8 36. Bxd8 Rxd8
$17) 30... Qd7 31. Qxc4 Re8 32. Ng7 Rxe5 $1 33. Bxe5 Nxe5 $17) 28. d5 $1 $16 {
Nun erhält der Anziehende mit diesem Bauerndurchbruch das erhoffte
Angriffsspiel.} exd5 $2 ({Schwarz bricht unter dem Druck sofort zusammen.
Zäher war} 28... Re8 {, z.B.} 29. d6 Ka7 30. Rb5 cxd6 31. exd6 Rac8 32. Na4 Qd7
{, worauf noch die folgende gefällige Kombination mit der Pointe eines
Abzugsangriffs gefunden werden muss:} (32... Qxf6 $2 33. d7 $18) 33. Rxb6 $3
Qxa4 34. Qe3 f4 35. Qd4 Nc6 $5 (35... Qa3 $143 36. Rb3+ Qc5 37. Rb5 $1 Qxd4 38.
Bxd4+ Ka6 39. Rb6+ Ka7 40. d7 Red8 41. dxc8=Q Rxc8 42. f3 $18) 36. Rxc6+ Ka8
37. Rxc8+ Rxc8 38. f3 Qd7 39. Bg5 Kb7 40. Bxf4 $16) 29. e6 Qe8 30. Nd7+ {
Wonach der Verteidiger für eine verlorene Sache kämpft, egal wohin sich sein
König wendet.} Ka7 ({Oder: I} 30... Kb7 31. Qxd5+ Nc6 32. Nc5+ Kc8 33. e7 $1
Ra5 34. Qe6+ Kb8 35. Bd4 $1 Rg7 (35... Ka7 36. Nd7 Nxd4 37. cxd4 Qc8 38. Re1
Ra6 39. g3 $18) 36. Nd7+ Kb7 37. Bxg7 Qxe7 38. Qxe7 Nxe7 39. Ne5 $18) ({II} 
30... Kc8 31. Qxd5 Ra7 32. Bd4 $1 $18 {mit der unparierbaren Doppeldrohung
Bxb6 und Nf6. Man sehe beispielsweise:} Rb7 (32... Qd8 33. Bxb6 $1 cxb6 34.
Nxb6+ Kc7 35. Qe5+ Kc6 (35... Qd6 36. Nd5+ Kc6 37. Rb6+ Kc5 38. Qxd6#) 36. e7
$1 Rxe7 (36... Qxe7 37. Qd5+ Kc7 38. Qxg8) 37. Qb5+ Kb7 38. Nd5+ Kc8 39. Nxe7+
Qxe7 40. Qb8+ Kd7 41. Qxg8) 33. Nf6 Qd8 34. Nxg8 (34. Qd7+) 34... Qxd5 35. Ne7+
Kd8 36. Nxd5) 31. Qxd5 $18 Qc8 ({Falls} 31... c6 {, so folgt} 32. Qd4 c5 33.
Qd6 Rb8 34. Rxb6 {nebst Mattsetzung}) 32. Bd4 ({Oder auch} 32. Ra1 c6 (32...
Qa6 33. Bd4) 33. Rxa5+ Kb7 34. Qd4) 32... Qa6 (32... Rb8 33. Ra1 Qa6 34. Rxa5)
33. Nxb6 $1 {und nach diesem Einschlag gab Schwarz auf.} ({Das wuchtige Ende} 
33. Nxb6 cxb6 34. Rxb6 Rac8 (34... Qxb6 35. Qxa5+ {.}) 35. Rb7+ Ka8 36. Ra7+
Kb8 37. Qa8# {wollte er sich nicht mehr zeigen lassen. IM Alexander Markgraf
war mit drei Siegen Werder Bremens Mann des Bundesliga-Saisonfinales in
Eppingen.}) 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen BSF"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Moskalenko,V"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4
h5 9. Qg3 Ba6 10. Ne2 (10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Ne2 c5 12. Bg5 Qc8 $5 {N/} 13. O-O
cxd4 14. cxd4 Qxc2 15. Qf3 Qe4 16. Qxe4 dxe4 17. Nc3 Nc7 18. Nxe4 O-O 19. f4 (
19. g4 $5) 19... Nd5 20. f5 exf5 21. Rxf5 Rac8 22. Raf1 Rc4 23. Nd6 Rxd4 24.
Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Rxf7 Rd1+ 26. Kf2 Nxe5 27. Rxa7 Ng4+ 28. Kf3 Nc3 $1 {Retinsky,
V-Moskalenko,V/Alushta/1995/}) 10... Kf8 $5 {N/} (10... c5 $5) 11. a4 Nc6 $5
12. Nf4 Bxf1 $1 13. Nxg6+ fxg6 14. Kxf1 (14. Ba3+ $6 Kg8 15. Qxg6 Rh6 $1 $19) (
14. Qxg6 $2 Ne7 $1 15. Qxe6 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bf3 $1 {/\Bg4-+/}) 14... Qe8 $13 15.
Qd3 Kg8 16. c4 (16. Rh3 $5) 16... dxc4 17. Qxc4 Rd8 18. c3 Kh7 (18... Nxe5 $5
19. Qxc7 Nd3 $13) 19. Rh3 Rf8 20. Bg5 Rd5 $15 21. Kg1 Na5 22. Qa6 $1 (22. Qa6
Qd7 $5 {/\c5=/+/}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Polzin, Rainer"]
[Black "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin SF"]
[BlackTeam "Stockholm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. Nf3 Qd7 7. Bb5 c6 8. Ba4 a5
9. O-O Ne7 10. Ne2 b5 11. Bb3 c5 12. dxc5 Na6 13. c3 Nxc5 14. Bc2 Nc6 15. Ng3
Ba6 16. b4 Na4 17. Qd3 Nb6 18. Nh5 Qc7 19. Bg5 Kd7 20. Qe2 Kc8 21. a4 Nc4 22.
axb5 Bxb5 23. Bd3 a4 24. Bf4 Kb7 25. Ra2 g6 26. Nf6 Bg7 27. Bg3 h6 28. Rfa1
Bxf6 29. exf6 Qb6 30. Qd1 Rhd8 31. Qc1 g5 32. Ne1 e5 33. Bf1 e4 34. Nc2 Rd7 35.
Qd1 d4 36. cxd4 Nxd4 37. Qg4 Qe6 38. Qxe6 Nxe6 39. Ne3 Rd3 40. Bxd3 exd3 41.
Nf5 h5 42. f3 Rd8 43. Be1 d2 44. Bxd2 Nxd2 45. Nh6 Nc4 46. Nxf7 Rf8 47. Re1 Bd7
48. Ne5 Nxe5 49. Rxe5 Rxf6 50. Rd2 Rf7 51. Rd6 g4 52. Rdxe6 Bxe6 53. Rxe6 gxf3
54. b5 Rf8 55. gxf3 a3 56. Kf2 a2 57. Re1 Kb6 58. Ra1 Ra8 59. Kg3 Kxb5 60. f4
Kc4 61. f5 Kb3 62. Kf4 $2 {Der schwarze h-Bauer musste unbedingt vertilgt
werden:} (62. Kh4 Ra5 63. Kxh5 Rxf5+ 64. Kg6 Rf4 65. Kg5 Ra4 66. h4 $11) 62...
Kb2 63. Rxa2+ (63. Rf1 a1=Q 64. Rxa1 Rxa1 65. Kg5 Rf1 66. Kxh5 Kc3 67. Kg6 Kd4
68. h4 Ke5 69. h5 Rg1+ 70. Kf7 Kxf5 71. h6 Ra1 72. h7 Ra7+ 73. Kg8 Kg6 74.
h8=N+ Kf6 $19) 63... Rxa2 64. h4 Kc3 65. Ke5 (65. f6 Kd4 $19) 65... Re2+ (65...
Re2+ 66. Kf4 (66. Kd6 Re4 $19) (66. Kf6 Kd4 67. Kg6 Rg2+ 68. Kxh5 Ke5 $19)
66... Kd4 67. f6 Rf2+ 68. Kg5 Ke5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Black "Kelly, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy III"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Nh3 Ng6 8. Qh5
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O Qd7 11. f4 O-O-O 12. a4 Nb8 13. f5 Ne7 14. fxe6 fxe6
15. Ba3 Nf5 16. Nf4 Rde8 17. Qf3 g6 18. a5 Nc6 19. axb6 cxb6 20. g4 Nfe7 21.
Qe2 Kb8 22. Rfb1 Nc8 23. Nd3 Na5 24. Rf1 Nc4 25. Bc1 Ne7 26. Bh6 Ng8 27. Bf8 h5
28. Bd6+ Nxd6 29. exd6 Qxd6 30. Ne5 Rh7 31. Qd3 Ne7 32. Nf7 Qc6 33. Qg3+ Ka8
34. Rxa7+ Kxa7 35. Ra1+ Kb7 36. Nd6+ Kc7 37. Nxe8+ Kd8 38. Nf6 Rf7 39. g5 Nc8
40. Qd3 Rg7 41. Re1 Na7 42. Qg3 Nc8 43. Kg2 Rc7 44. Re3 Ne7 45. Qe1 Qa4 46. Qb1
Rc6 47. Qb3 Qxb3 48. cxb3 Nf5 49. Rd3 b5 50. Ng8 Ra6 51. Nh6 Ke7 52. Nxf5+ exf5
53. Kg3 Re6 54. Kf3 Re4 55. h3 Ke6 56. Rd1 f4 57. c4 bxc4 58. bxc4 Kf5 59. cxd5
Re3+ 60. Kf2 Kxg5 61. Rg1+ Kf6 62. h4 Rd3 63. Rg5 Rxd4 64. Kf3 Rc4 65. d6 Rd4
66. d7 Rxd7 67. Kxf4 {[%tqu "En","How did Black break into White's fortress?",
"","","d7d1","",5,"De","Wie brach Schwarz in die weiße Festung ein?","","",
"d7d1","",5]} Rd1 $1 (67... Rd3 $2 68. Rf5+ Kg7 69. Ra5 Rh3 70. Ra4 Rxh4+ 71.
Kg5 $11) (67... Rd2 $2 68. Kg3 $11) 68. Rg2 (68. Ra5 Rg1 $19) 68... Rd4+ 69.
Kg3 Rg4+ 70. Kh3 Rxg2 71. Kxg2 Ke5 (71... Ke5 72. Kf3 Kf5 73. Kg3 Ke4 $19 {
[%cal Ge4h4]}) 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-11b"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1979.09.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harandi, Khosro"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Myers,D"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1979.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nf3 Qd7 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
a5 (8... Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qd3 (10. O-O $6 c5 11. a4 {Surakov-Borisenko
USSR 1956}) (10. Qe2 $5 Nb8 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 c5 13. Bb2 Nbc6) 10... Nb8 11.
b4 Qc6 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. O-O a6 14. a4 Qb7 15. f4 h5 16. Nf3 Nf5 $10 {
Klovan-Katalimov USSR 1963}) 9. a4 Nf5 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 h5 $10
13. Bd2 c5 $5 (13... Nc6) 14. dxc5 $1 bxc5 15. Qb5 $1 c4 (15... Qxb5 16. axb5
$16 {Vaganian}) 16. Bxa5 Nc6 17. Bb6 $6 (17. Bc3) 17... O-O $44 18. Qc5 Rfc8
19. Qa3 d4 20. Rfe1 Qd5 21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. Bxc5 Rcb8 23. Reb1 Ra5 $17 {Vaganian}
24. Bd6 Nxd6 25. exd6 Rd5 26. Nd2 Na5 27. b4 cxb3 28. Nxb3 (28. cxb3 Rb4 $17)
28... d3 $1 29. Rc1 $8 Nxb3 30. cxb3 Rxb3 31. a5 Rb8 32. a6 Rxd6 33. a7 Ra8 34.
Rcb1 Kh7 35. Kf1 Rd7 36. Rd1 e5 37. f3 h4 $17 38. Ra3 Rdxa7 39. Raxd3 Ra2 40.
Re3 f6 41. Rde1 Kg6 (41... h3 42. R3e2 Rxe2 43. Rxe2 Ra1+ 44. Kf2 Rh1 45. Kg3
$15 {Vaganian}) 42. R3e2 Kf5 43. Kg1 Rxe2 44. Rxe2 Ra1+ (44... Ra4 $1 45. Kf2
g5 46. g4+ (46. Rb2 g4 $1 47. fxg4+ (47. Rc2 gxf3 48. gxf3 Kf4 $19 {Kasparov})
47... Kxg4 48. Rb6 Ra2+ 49. Kg1 f5 50. Rg6+ Kf4 51. Rh6 Ke3 52. h3 e4 53. Rxh4
f4 54. Rh8 Ra1+ 55. Kh2 Kf2 56. Rf8 (56. Re8 f3 57. Rxe4 (57. gxf3 e3 $19)
57... Rh1+ $1 $19 58. Kxh1 fxg2+ 59. Kh2 g1=Q# {Vaganian}) 56... f3 57. h4 Rg1
58. gxf3 Rg2+ 59. Kh1 e3 $1 60. Re8 Rg3 61. Kh2 Rxf3) (46. h3 Kf4 47. Rb2 f5
48. Re2 e4 49. fxe4 fxe4 $19 {Kasparov}) 46... hxg3+ $1 (46... Kf4 $2 47. h3
$10) 47. hxg3 (47. Kxg3 g4 $19) 47... g4 48. fxg4+ (48. Rb2 Kg5 $1 (48... Ra3
$2 49. fxg4+ Kxg4 50. Rb4+ $10) 49. Re2 gxf3 50. Kxf3 Ra5 $1 $19 {Kasparov} 51.
Re4 f5 52. Rh4 Ra3+ (52... e4+ 53. Kf2 Ra2+ 54. Kf1 Kf6 55. Rh5 Rb2 56. Kg1 e3
57. Kf1 Rf2+ 58. Kg1 Ke5 59. g4 (59. Rh4 f4 60. gxf4+ Ke4 $19 {Kasparov}) 59...
Ke4 60. Rxf5 Rxf5 61. gxf5 Kd3 $19 {Kasparov}) 53. Kf2 f4 54. Rh3 $8 Ra2+ 55.
Kf3 e4+ 56. Kxe4 Kg4 $19 {Kasparov}) 48... Kxg4 49. Kg2 Rc4 $1 50. Rf2 (50. Kf2
Kh3 $1 $19) 50... f5 51. Re2 Rc5 $1 {zugzwang} 52. Rb2 (52. Kf2 Kh3 $19) (52.
Re1 Rc2+ $19) 52... Rc3 $19 {Kasparov}) 45. Kf2 g5 $19 46. Rb2 (46. g4+ hxg3+ (
46... Kf4 $2 47. h3 $10) 47. hxg3 (47. Kxg3 g4 $19 {Vaganian}) 47... g4 48.
fxg4+ Kxg4 49. Re4+ Kg5 50. Re2 Ra4 51. Kf3 Ra5 $1 52. Re4 f5 53. Rh4 (53. Rb4
e4+ 54. Ke3 (54. Kg2 Ra2+ 55. Kh3 e3 $19) 54... Ra3+ 55. Kf2 Ra2+ 56. Ke3 (56.
Kf1 Kg4 57. Rb3 Rd2 58. Kg1 Rd3 $19) 56... Kg4 $1 57. Rb8 Kh3 58. Rb5 Ra3+ 59.
Ke2 Rf3 60. Kd2 Kh2 (60... Kg2 61. Ke2 Kg1 62. Ra5 Rf2+ 63. Ke3 Kg2 64. Rb5
Rf3+ 65. Kd2 Kh2 $18 {Kopaev}) 61. Ke2 Kg2 62. Ke1 (62. Kd2 Kf2 63. Kd1 Rd3+ (
63... e3 $19) 64. Kc2 Rxg3 65. Rxf5+ Ke2 $19 {Kasparov}) 62... Rf2 63. Kd1 Kf1
64. Ra5 e3 $19 {Kopaev}) 53... Ra3+ (53... e4+ 54. Kf2 Ra2+ 55. Kf1 Kf6 56. Rh5
Rb2 57. Kg1 e3 58. Kf1 Rf2+ 59. Kg1 Ke5 60. g4 (60. Rh4 f4 61. gxf4+ Ke4 $19)
60... Ke4 61. Rxf5 Rxf5 62. gxf5 Kd3 $19 {Kasparov}) 54. Kf2 f4 55. Rh3 $8 Ra2+
56. Kf3 e4+ 57. Kxe4 Kg4 $19 {Kasparov}) 46... g4 $1 47. fxg4+ (47. Rc2 gxf3
48. gxf3 Kf4 $19 {/\ f5, h3, Ra1 Kasparov}) 47... Kxg4 48. Rb6 Ra2+ 49. Kg1 f5
50. Rg6+ Kf4 51. Rh6 Ke3 52. h3 e4 53. Rxh4 f4 54. Rh8 Ra1+ 55. Kh2 Kf2 56. Rf8
(56. Re8 f3 57. Rxe4 (57. gxf3 e3 $19) 57... Rh1+ $1 $19) 56... f3 57. h4 Rg1
58. gxf3 Rg2+ 59. Kh1 e3 $1 60. Re8 Rg3 61. Kh2 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kalegin, Evgenij"]
[Black "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Ba4 b5 (7... Ne7
) (7... a5) 8. Bb3 b4 9. Nce2 a5 10. c3 (10. a4 bxa3 11. Rxa3 h5 12. Qg3 h4 13.
Qg4 Nh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Ra2 Rg6 $13 {Polgar,S-Chernin,A/Vienna/1996/0,5/40/})
10... a4 11. Bc2 a3 12. Nh3 (12. b3 bxc3 13. Nxc3 Na6 {/\Nb4,Ba6|^/}) 12...
axb2 13. Bxb2 Ba6 14. Nhf4 (14. O-O h5 (14... Nh6 15. Qf3 Nd7 16. Rfe1 $14) 15.
Qf3 g5 16. Qe3 g4 17. Nhf4 Bh6 18. Bd3 $14) 14... Nh6 15. Qf3 (15. Qg3 $5 Nf5
16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Qe3 Be7 $13) 15... Qg5 $5 16. O-O Qg4 17. Qe3 (17. Qxg4 Nxg4
18. Rfc1 Bb5 $10) 17... Nf5 18. Qd2 Bxe2 (18... Nh4 19. f3 Qg5 20. g3 $14) 19.
Bxf5 (19. Nxe2 $2 Nh4 20. Ng3 Qf3 $1 $17) 19... Qxf5 20. Nxe2 Na6 21. f4 Be7
22. Ng3 Qg4 23. f5 Bg5 24. Qe1 (24. Qd3 O-O 25. Rf3 c5 $36) 24... bxc3 25. Qxc3
(25. Bxc3 c5) 25... O-O 26. h3 (26. Qxc6 Rfc8 27. Qa4 (27. Qd7 Rc2 $44) 27...
Nc5 28. Qd1 Be3+ 29. Kh1 Qxd1 30. Rfxd1 Na4 $44) 26... Qh4 27. Ba3 c5 (27...
Rfc8 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Bd6 $14) 28. Bxc5 (28. dxc5 Qc4 (28... d4 29. Qf3 Be3+
30. Kh1 Nc7 31. Bc1 $16) 29. Qxc4 dxc4 30. Ne4 Be3+ 31. Kh1 exf5 32. Rxf5 Nc7
33. Bb2 Ne6 $10) 28... Nxc5 29. dxc5 Qc4 (29... Qc4 30. Qxc4 dxc4 31. Ne4 Be3+
32. Kh1 Rfc8 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "OHRA-A"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1986.12.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Nunn,J"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1986.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Bd2 b6 6. Bb5 {An interesting idea,
developed recently by Short, Chandler and myself. The aim is to cross Black's
plan of exchanging white-squared bishops by hiding the bishop on a4. Although
White loses time, this plan is not easy to meet.} c6 7. Ba4 a5 8. a3 Bf8 ({
Some other games have continued} 8... Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ba6 10. Bd2 {with the idea
of c3, Ne2 and Bc2 retrieving the white-squared bishop from its offside
position.}) 9. Nce2 {After c3, Bc2, Nf3 and 0-0 White's development proceeds
smoothly, he has avoided the exchange of bishops and his centre is intact.
Although Bb5-a4-c2 may appear to lose time Black has played ...Bb4-f8 which is
just as bad.} Ba6 10. c3 Ne7 11. Nf3 Nf5 12. O-O Be7 13. Re1 Bxe2 {If Black
doesn't exchange White will play Nf4 and Black's bishop on a6 will be
ineffective.} 14. Qxe2 Na6 15. Bc2 Nc7 {This position is very unpleasant for
Black. He has no active plan while White can aim to drive Black's knight away
by g4 and increase his space advantage. Moreover Black lacks a safe spot for
his king.} 16. a4 {A useful move which not only prevents Black sealing the
queenside by ...a4, but also gives White the chance to attack on the queenside
later by b4.} ({However the more direct} 16. g4 Nh6 17. Ng5 {was just as good.}
) 16... g6 17. Rad1 ({White has lost his chance to play} 17. g4 $6 {because
after} Nh4 18. Nxh4 Bxh4 19. g5 h6 {he can no longer play Qh5. Therefore White
must continue more slowly.}) 17... h5 {Black still has no active play, so
White can afford the time to prepare g4 by g3 and h3. Black's main objective
is to connect his rooks, for otherwise White's kingside pawn advance will lead
to him controlling the h-file.} 18. g3 Kf8 19. Kg2 Kg7 20. h3 Rag8 21. Rh1 Qd8
{Black must make sure that White's g4 can be met by ...hxg4 followed by ...
Nh4+ hence this extra guard on the d8-h4 diagonal which prevents White
trapping a bishop on h4 by Nxh4 and hxg5.} 22. b4 {Now White opens the second
front.} (22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Nh4+ 24. Nxh4 Rxh4 25. Rxh4 Bxh4) 22... Qa8 {
This is designed to hold the queenside together, but without the queen on the
d8-h4 diagonal White can play g4.} ({Black would like to remove his king from
the g-file by} 22... Kf8 {, but now} 23. bxa5 bxa5 24. Rb1 $18 {[%csl Ya5,Yc6]
would give him too many problems with his king and the weak pawns at a5 and c6.
}) 23. g4 Nh6 24. Ng5 {This should be good enough to win.} ({But the more solid
} 24. Ne1 $142 {[%cal Ye1d3] followed by Nd3 was even better, since on d3 the
knight can also influence the queenside.}) 24... b5 25. bxa5 Qxa5 26. axb5 Nxb5
27. c4 $4 {A blunder in a winning position.} ({The simple} 27. Ra1 Qc7 28. Qf3
$1 {defends c3 and threatens to take on h5. If then} (28. gxh5 Qd8 (28... Nxc3
{[%cal Re7g5]} 29. Qf3 Ne4 30. Bxe4 (30. Nxe4 Nf5 31. h6+ Kh7 32. Ng5+ Bxg5 33.
Bxg5 Nxd4 34. Qf6 $1 Nxc2 $2 35. Ra8 $18 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ya8f8]}) 30... dxe4
31. Qxf7+ Nxf7 32. Nxe6+ Kh7 33. Nxc7 gxh5+ 34. Kf1 Rg6 35. Ra7 $18) 29. h4 Nf5
30. hxg6 $18) 28... c5 {the reply} 29. Ba4 Rb8 30. Bxb5 Rxb5 31. Qxf7+ $1 {
nets two pawns.} Nxf7 32. Nxe6+ $18) 27... Nxd4 28. Nxe6+ Nxe6 {An unfortunate
tactical point for White.} (28... fxe6 $2 {would have lost to} 29. Qd3 $18 {
, but Black is quick to exploit the knight fork at f4.}) 29. Bxa5 Nf4+ 30. Kf3
Nxe2 31. Kxe2 hxg4 32. hxg4 ({After} 32. hxg4 Nxg4 33. cxd5 cxd5 34. Rxh8 Rxh8
35. Rxd5 $11 {the position is quite drawn.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade RAD 30"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1977.01.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Black "Portisch, Ferenc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 b6 {[%cal Gc8a6]} (5... c5 {
La grande ligne}) 6. Qg4 Nf5 7. Nf3 Ba6 (7... h5 $5) 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O-O $146
(9. Qf4 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. g4 Ne7 12. h4 O-O 13. h5 f5 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Qg3
Nc6 16. O-O-O Qc7 17. Ng5 Qxg3 18. fxg3 Nd4 19. Bf4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Ne2+ 21. Kd2
Nxf4 22. gxf4 Nc7 23. Nh3 Rb8 {Tseshkovsky,V (2550)-Petrosian,T (2635) Moscow
1976 0-1}) 9... Qd7 10. Ne2 O-O-O (10... Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 c5 12. f4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4
cxd4 14. Nf3) 11. Qf4 {[%cal Gg2g4]} f6 12. h4 (12. g4 $2 g5 {[%csl Rf4]})
12... h5 13. Kb1 Be7 14. Ng3 Nxg3 15. Qxg3 Rdg8 16. Rhe1 $14 c6 17. Qg6 $1 {
[%csl Rg8,Rh8]} Nc7 18. Qd3 Kb7 19. Re2 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Bf4 f5 22. Bg5 $1
Rb8 23. c4 (23. Bxe7 Qxe7 {[%csl Gg5]}) 23... a6 24. cxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxe7 Qxe7
26. Ng5 {[%cal Gg5e6]} Rhd8 {Pare la menace Ne6 gagnant un P mais la position
Noire est inférieure} 27. Red2 Ka7 28. Qf3 Rb6 29. Ka1 (29. Nxe6 $6 Rxe6 30.
Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxe5) 29... g6 30. a3 {[%csl Ga1]} Rdb8 31. Qe2 Qb7 {
[%csl Rb2]} 32. Nxe6 Nc3 $1 33. Nxc5 Qc6 34. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Ge3a7,Ge3c3] Un
fort coup qui défend tout en visant le K noir et le GMI expérimenté ne se
laisse pas déstabiliser par le sacrifice Nc3} Nxd1 35. Rxd1 Ka8 36. Nd7 $2 (
36. b4 $142 a5 37. Nd7 {Et les Noirs ont moins de contre-jeu que dans la
partie.}) 36... Rxb2 37. Nxb8 Rxb8 $2 $138 (37... Qc2 $19 {[%cal Gb2a2]}) 38.
Qf3 Qxf3 39. gxf3 f4 $1 {[%csl Rf3]} 40. Rd6 Re8 41. Rxa6+ Kb7 42. Rxg6 Rxe5
43. Rf6 Re2 44. Rxf4 {Une phase de simplification qui favorise les Noirs} Rxf2
{[%csl Ra1,Gf2,Rf4] Les Blancs ont gagné du matériel mais le K Blanc est
coupé} 45. Rf5 Rd2 46. Rxh5 Rd3 47. Kb2 Rxf3 48. a4 {Une finale assez rare et
le gain n'est pas si facile à réaliser: - Les Blancs ont non seulement deux
P isolés mais ils sont placés sur des colonnes "a" et "h" - Le K Blanc est
coupé alors que celui des Noirs peut monter attaquer le P"a" - La R Blanche
est mal placée.} Rf4 49. Kb3 Ka6 $1 {Le P passé est bloqué et les Blancs
vont avoir du mal pour progresser.} 50. a5 Re4 51. Kc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3g3] Le K
Blanc va tenter de passer par l'aile-roi} Rf4 52. Kd3 Rg4 53. Ke3 Rc4 54. Kf3
Rc3+ 55. Ke4 $1 Rc4+ 56. Kd5 Rg4 57. Ke6 {Le K est passé!} Rc4 58. Rh8 Kb7 (
58... Kxa5 59. h5 Kb5 60. h6 Kc5 61. Ke5 {[%csl Rc5,Ge5]} Rh4 62. h7 $18 {
[%cal Gh8c8]}) 59. Rh7+ Ka6 60. h5 Rc5 61. h6 Rc6+ 62. Kd7 Rf6 63. Rh8 Kb7 64.
Ke7 Rc6 65. Kd7 (65. h7 {Plus naturel} Rh6 66. a6+ $1 Ka7 67. Kf7 Rh2 {[%cal
Gh2f2] et le K Blanc sera bombardé d'échec}) 65... Rg6 66. Rh7 Ka6 67. Kd8
Rg8+ 68. Ke7 Rg6 69. Kf7 Rc6 70. Rh8 Kb7 71. Rh7 Ka6 72. Ke8 Rg6 73. Kd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Rishon Le Ziyyon 9798"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Krayz, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.12.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qd7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Ne2 Nb8 (10... Kf7 11. a4 c5 12. Qd3 Qc8 13. Ba3 Ne7 14.
O-O) 11. Nf4 Nc6 (11... g6 $6 12. h4 $1) 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Qxg7 O-O-O (13...
Qg6 14. Qxh8 Nd8 (14... Qxg2 $2 15. Rf1 O-O-O 16. Qxh7 $16 {
Gaprindashvili-Ranniku USSR 1968}) (14... Ke7 15. h4 Ke6 16. h5 Qxg2 17. Rh4 $1
f4 $5 18. Qxh7 Qg1+ 19. Ke2 f3+ 20. Kxf3 Rf8+ 21. Rf4 Rxf4+ 22. Bxf4 $1 Qxa1
23. Qxg8+) 15. e6 Nf7 16. exf7+ Kxf7 17. O-O Re8 18. Bg5 $1 Nh6 19. Qf6+ $18)
14. Qxh8 Qg6 15. O-O (15. Kf1 $5 Rd7 16. h4 Rg7 (16... h5 17. Rh3) 17. g4 Nd8 (
17... Qxg4 18. Bg5) 18. Rg1 fxg4 19. h5 Qf7 20. Rg3 h6 21. e6 Nxe6 22. Bd2 Kd7
23. Re1 Nf6 24. Qxh6 Nxh5 (24... Ne4 25. Rxe4 dxe4 26. d5) 25. Rge3 Nhf4 26.
Rxe6 Nxe6 27. Rxe6 Rh7 28. Rf6 {1-0 Callaghan,R-Blechar,M/cr 1985}) (15. Be3
Rd7 $1 16. O-O-O (16. h4 h5 17. Rh3 f4 $1 18. Bxf4 Rh7 19. Rg3 Qe4+ 20. Re3
Qxe3+ $17) (16. Bh6 Nd8 $1 $19) (16. e6 Rd8 $1 17. Bg5 Qxg5 18. Qxh7 Qxg2 19.
O-O-O Nge7 $17) 16... f4 (16... h5 17. g4 $1 Rh7 (17... fxg4 18. f4 Nce7 19. e6
Qxe6 20. Rde1 $18) (17... hxg4 18. Qh4) (17... Qxg4 $2 18. Rdg1) 18. gxf5) (
16... h6 17. h4 h5 18. g4 hxg4 (18... fxg4 19. f4 $1) 19. h5 $16) 17. Bxf4 (17.
e6 $2 Rd8 (17... Rg7 18. Bxf4 h6 19. h4 Rh7 20. h5 $16) 18. Bxf4 Nf6 $19) 17...
h6 18. h4 (18. Rd3 Rh7 19. Rg3 Qxg3 20. Qxh7 Qxf4+) 18... Rh7 19. h5 Qf7 $19
20. e6 $140 Qxf4+) 15... Re8 {N/} (15... Rd7 16. Re1 Rg7 (16... h5 17. e6 Rh7
18. e7) 17. g3 h5 (17... Kb7 18. h4 f4 (18... Nf6 19. exf6 Rg8 20. Qxg8 Qxg8
21. Re7 Nxe7 22. fxe7 Qe6 23. Bg5 Qe4 (23... c5 24. Kf1 Qd7 25. Re1 Qe8 26. Re5
) 24. Rf1 (24. Kf1)) 19. Bxf4 h5 20. e6 Rh7 21. e7 Ngxe7 22. Qf8 Rg7 (22... Nf5
23. Bg5 Rf7 24. Qe8 Nd6 25. Qe6 Qxc2 26. Be3) 23. Re6 (23. Bg5 Rf7 24. Qe8 Qf5
25. Re2 Qf3 26. Rae1 Rf8 27. Qd7 Nc8) 23... Qg4 24. Rae1 Rg8 25. Qf7 Rg7 26.
Qf8 Nf5 27. Bg5 Rxg5 28. hxg5 h4 29. Rxc6 hxg3 30. f3 Qxg5 31. Qe8 Qh4 32. Re2
Qf4 33. Rf6 Qc1+ 34. Re1 Qg5 35. Rxf5 Qxf5 36. Qe6 Qh5 37. Qe2 Qh4 38. Qg2 a5
39. Rf1 Qg5 40. Re1 {1-0 Watts,D-Bowden,K/BCF-ch Southampton 1986}) 18. e6 Kd8
(18... Rh7 19. e7) 19. c4 (19. e7+ Ke8 (19... Ncxe7 20. Bf4) 20. Bf4 Rh7 21.
Re6 Qf7 22. Qxh7 Qxh7 23. Rxc6) 19... Rh7 (19... Nxd4 20. e7+ Ke8 21. Bb2 Nf3+
22. Kh1 d4) 20. e7+ Ke8 21. Re6 Qf7 22. Qxh7 Qxh7 23. Rxc6 Qxe7 24. Bd2 Qd7 25.
Re1+ Kf7 26. cxd5 Qxd5 27. Rxc7+ Kg6 28. h4 f4 29. Re5 {1-0 Wilms,W-Dezutter,J/
cr 1994}) (15... h5 16. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d3,Gd3g3]} Rd7 17. Rd3 Rh7 18. Rg3 Qxg3
19. Qxh7 Qxc3 20. Qxg8+ Kb7 21. Bb2 Qxb2 22. Rf1 Qxd4 23. e6 $16 {1-0 Cruz,
D-Vallejo,P/Spain-ch jr 1995 (46)}) 16. h4 $1 Nd8 {[%cal Gd8f7]} 17. e6 $1 Rxe6
(17... Nf6 $142 $1 18. h5 Nxh5 19. Qe5 Nxe6 $1 (19... Rg8 20. Qxd5) 20. Qxd5 (
20. Re1 $4 Neg7 $19) 20... Nhf4 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 22. Qa8+ Kd7 23. Qf3 Ne2+ 24. Kh1
Re4 25. g3 f4 26. g4 $5 $16 (26. Rfe1 fxg3 27. Rxe2 Qh6+ 28. Kg2 Qh2+ 29. Kf1
g2+ 30. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Rxe2 32. Rc1 $14)) 18. h5 $1 (18. Bd2 Re2 19. h5
Qf7 20. Rad1 $16) 18... Qf7 (18... Qg4 19. Qxh7 Nf6 20. Qg6) 19. Bg5 Re8 20.
Bxd8 Rxd8 (20... Kxd8 21. Rae1 $18) 21. Qe5 Qxh5 22. Rfe1 Nh6 23. Qf4 Rd7 24.
Re6 (24. Re6 Nf7 25. Rae1 Nd6 26. Qe5 $18 (26. Rf6 $5)) 1-0

[Event "Benasque"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Martin Gonzalez, Angel"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 b6 6. Qg4 Nf5 (6... O-O $5 7. Bd3
(7. Nf3 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Rd1 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qd7 11. h4 Qa4 12. Rc1 Nf5 13. h5
Nc5 $1 $13 14. Nh4 Ne4 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. Qxf5 Qc6 17. h6 g6 18. Qf4 f6 19. f3
Nxc3 20. Qe3 Nb5 21. O-O Qc4 22. c3 Rae8 23. f4 f5 24. Qf3 c6 25. Ra1 Qa4 26.
a3 Nc7 27. Rfb1 Ne6 28. Qd3 Rd8 29. Rb4 Qa5 30. Be3 Rf7 {Timman,J-Huebner,R/
Linares/1985/}) 7... Ba6 8. Bh6 Ng6 9. Bxg6 fxg6 $1 (9... hxg6 10. Bg5 $16) 10.
Be3 (10. Qxe6+ $2 Kh8 11. Be3 Re8 $1 $19) 10... Qd7 11. h4 Rf5 12. Nf3 Qa4 13.
Kd2 Nc6 14. h5 g5 15. Bxg5 Raf8 16. a3 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Nxe5 $1 18. Qh4 Nxf3+ {
Santo Roman,M-Lamouteux,O/Nice/1994/}) (6... Ng6 $6 {N/} 7. h4 h5 8. Qg3 Ba6 9.
Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Nf3 Be7 (10... c5 $6 11. Nb5) 11. Bg5 (11. Ng5 $14 Bxg5 12. hxg5)
11... Nb4 12. O-O-O Nc6 (12... Qd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ng5 $36) 13. Ne2 (13. Bxe7
$6 Ncxe7) 13... Qd7 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Rh3 $1 Kb7 16. Bd2 Rdg8 17. Ng5 Bd8 (
17... Bxg5 18. hxg5 $14) 18. f4 Rf8 19. Qd3 Nge7 20. Ng3 g6 21. Nf3 Nf5 22.
Nxf5 exf5 23. c4 $1 Be7 24. Rc1 Rd8 25. c5 bxc5 26. dxc5 Rb8 27. Ka1 Ka8 28.
Rhh1 Rhd8 29. Rhd1 d4 30. Rc4 Qd5 $14 {Sokolov,I-Farago,I/YUG/1993/1:0/50/ Inf
58/323/}) 7. Bd3 (7. Nge2 h5 8. Qf4 Be7 9. h4 Nxh4 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. g4 Ng6 12.
Qe3 hxg4 13. Rxh8+ $1 Nxh8 14. Nf4 Bg5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Rh1 Bh6 17. Rxh6 gxh6
18. Nfxd5 exd5 19. Qxh6 Nxd4 20. Qxh8+ Kd7 21. Qh5 Qg8 22. Be3 Ne6 23. Bf5 Qg7
24. Bxg4 Rh8 25. Qf5 Ke7 26. Ne2 Bc8 27. Ng3 Qg6 28. Qf3 Bb7 29. c4 d4 30. Nf5+
Kd8 31. Qxb7 Qxg4 32. Qa8+ Kd7 33. Qd5+ Ke8 34. Qc6+ Kd8 35. Qa8+ Kd7 36. Qd5+
{Mirumian,A-Baklan,V/Yurmala/1992/0,5/36/}) (7. Nf3 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Qf4 c5
10. dxc5 bxc5 11. g4 Ne7 12. h4 O-O 13. h5 f5 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Qg3 Nc6 16.
O-O-O Qc7 17. Ng5 Qxg3 18. fxg3 Nd4 19. Bf4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Ne2+ 21. Kd2 Nxf4 22.
gxf4 Nc7 23. Nh3 Rb8 24. Rb1 Rff8 25. a4 h6 26. Rhg1 Kf7 27. g5 hxg5 28. fxg5
Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Ke7 $19 {Cseshkovsky,V-Petrosian,T/URS-ch/1976/0:1/1976/} 30. Kd3
c4+) 7... h5 8. Qf4 g5 {N/} (8... Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qh4 10. Qd2 Ba6 11. Bxf5 exf5
12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nh3 Nd8 14. Nf4 Ne6 15. g3 (15. Nxd5 Bb7 16. Ne3 f4 17. Nf5
Qg4 18. d5 Qxf5 19. dxe6 Qxe6 $13) 15... Qd8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bb4 Rc8 (17...
g5 $5) 18. Qe3 Qd7 19. Ba3 Kf7 20. Rd2 Qa4 21. Kb1 Bc4 22. h4 b5 23. Qc3 c5 24.
dxc5 a5 25. Qd4 Rhd8 26. Rhd1 Bxa2+ 27. Kxa2 b4 28. c3 Rb8 29. c6 Qxc6 30. cxb4
axb4 31. Bxb4 Qa4+ 32. Ba3 Qb3+ 33. Ka1 {Landa,K-Moskalenko,V/Nojabrsk/1995/1:
0/64/}) (8... Qh4 9. Qxh4 Nxh4 10. g3 Nf5 11. Nb5 (11. Nge2 $10) 11... Bxd2+
12. Kxd2 Na6 13. Ne2 c6 14. Bxf5 cxb5 15. Bd3 Nc7 16. h3 Ke7 17. g4 b4 18. f4
g6 19. Ng3 hxg4 20. hxg4 Bd7 21. Ke3 Bb5 22. f5 gxf5 23. gxf5 Rag8 24. f6+ Kd7
25. Ne2 a5 26. Rag1 Bxd3 27. Kxd3 Nb5 28. Rxg8 Rxg8 29. Rh7 Ke8 {Leko,P-Panno,
O/ARG/1994/}) 9. Qxg5 Qxg5 10. Bxg5 Nxd4 11. O-O-O Be7 $5 (11... Bxc3 12. bxc3
Ndc6 13. f4 Bb7 14. Nf3 Nd7 $14) 12. h4 (12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Nge2 Nxe2+ 14. Bxe2
Ba6 $10) 12... c5 13. Nge2 (13. f4 Ba6) 13... Nxe2+ 14. Bxe2 a6 (14... Nc6 15.
Nb5) (14... Kd7 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. f4 Ba6 $13) 15. f4 Nc6 16. Bf3 $5 Nd4 17.
Rxd4 $1 (17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nxd5+ Kf8 20. Nxb6 Rb8 21. Nxc8 Rxc8
22. Rd2 Ke7 $15) 17... cxd4 18. Ne2 Bd7 19. Nxd4 (19. Ng3 Bxg5 20. hxg5 h4 21.
Ne2 Ke7 22. Nxd4 Rac8 23. Kd2 $146) 19... Rc8 20. Kd2 Bc5 $5 21. Ne2 (21. Bf6
$5) 21... d4 $1 22. Ng3 (22. Bb7 $6 Rb8 23. Bxa6 b5 24. a4 bxa4 $17) (22. Bf6
$1 Rg8 23. Bxh5 Rxg2 24. Bf3 Bb4+ 25. Kc1 (25. Kd1 Ba4 (25... Rf2 26. Be4 (26.
h5 d3 $1) (26. Bb7 Bb5 $1 (26... Rxe2 $2 27. Kxe2 Rxc2+ 28. Kf3) 27. Bxc8 Bxe2+
28. Kc1 d3 29. cxd3 (29. c3 Bf3 30. Rg1 Bc5 31. Rg8+ Bf8 32. Rg1 d2+ $19) 29...
Bxd3 30. a3 (30. Bb7 Rc2+ 31. Kd1 (31. Kb1 Bd2 $19) 31... Rxb2 $19) 30... Bd2+
31. Kd1 Bxf4 32. Rg1 Rd2+ 33. Ke1 Re2+ 34. Kd1 $10) 26... Bb5 $1 (26... Bc6 $2
27. Bxc6+ Rxc6 28. h5 Rxe2 29. Kxe2 Rxc2+ 30. Kf3 $18) 27. Bd3 Bxd3 28. cxd3
Rf3 29. Nc1 Be7 $17) 26. Bxg2 (26. b3 Rf2) 26... Bxc2+ 27. Kc1 Be4+ 28. Nc3
Bxg2 29. Rg1 dxc3 30. Rxg2 cxb2+ 31. Kxb2 $16) 25... Rf2 26. Nxd4 (26. h5 d3)
26... Bc5 27. Rg1 Rxc2+ (27... Kf8 28. Bg7+ Ke7 29. Bf6+ Kf8 $10) 28. Nxc2 (28.
Kxc2 $2 Bxd4+ 29. Kd2 Bxg1 30. h5 Bh2 31. Ke3 Rc4 $19) 28... Bxg1 29. Kd2 (29.
h5 Be3+ $1) 29... Bh2 30. Bg5 $13) 22... Bb4+ 23. Kd1 Ba4 $1 24. b3 Bc6 25. Be2
(25. Bxh5 Bxg2 26. Rg1 Bb7 (26... Rxh5 27. Rxg2 Rh7 28. Ne4 $16)) 25... Be7 (
25... Bxg2 26. Rg1 Bb7 27. Nxh5) 26. Rh2 (26. Rg1 $5 Bxg5 27. fxg5) 26... Bxg5
27. hxg5 (27. fxg5 Ke7 28. Bxa6 (28. Nxh5 Be4 29. Nf6 Bxc2+ 30. Kd2 d3 31. Bxd3
Rhd8 32. Rh3 Bxd3 33. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 34. Kxd3 Rc5 $17) (28. Bxh5 Bd7 (28... Bb7 29.
Bf3 $1) 29. Be2 Rc5 30. Bxa6 Rxe5 $17) 28... Ra8 29. Be2 Rxa2 (29... Ra5 30.
Nxh5 (30. Bxh5) 30... Rxe5 31. g4 b5 $5 $13) 30. Bxh5 Ra5 $17) 27... h4 28. Nh5
Ke7 29. Nf6 (29. Bxa6 Ra8 30. Be2 Rxa2 31. Nf6 Ra1+ 32. Kd2 Rg1) 29... Bb5 $1
30. Bf3 (30. Bxb5 $5 axb5 31. Kd2 Ra8 32. Kd3 Rxa2 33. g3 h3 $1 $17) 30... Rc3
31. Be4 (31. Ne4 Re3 32. Nd6 h3 $1) 31... Re3 32. a4 Bf1 $1 33. Rh1 (33. Kd2
Re2+ 34. Kd1 Rf2 $19) 33... Rxe4 $1 34. Nxe4 $6 (34. Rxf1 Re3 35. Rh1 h3 $17)
34... Bxg2 35. Re1 h3 $19 36. Ng3 h2 37. Nh1 Rh4 38. Kd2 Rxf4 39. Kd3 Kf8 $1
40. b4 Kg7 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT 9192"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "1992.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Seret, Jean Luc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belfort"]
[BlackTeam "Rouen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 {[%cal Gc8a6]} 7.
Qg4 Kf8 (7... Ng6 8. h4 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gh4h5]} h5 9. Qd1 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6
11. Bg5 $14 {Ivkov,B-Byrne,R Varna ol (Men) fin-A 1962 (11) 1-0}) 8. a4 (8. Nh3
) (8. h4) ({RR} 8. Nf3 h6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13.
c4 d4 14. Rb1 Qd7 15. Bd2 Qc6 16. c3 d3 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. Be3 Kg8 19. Ne1 Kh7
20. Nxd3 Rd7 21. Nf4 Rb8 22. Rbc1 Rxd1+ {Dominguez,L (2647)-Nogueiras Santiago,
J (2556)/Santa Clara 2006/CBM 111 ext/1-0 (49)}) 8... Ba6 (8... c5) 9. Bxa6
Nxa6 10. Ne2 Nb8 $5 $146 {le Na6 étant mal placé, cette nouveauté parait trés
logique} ({RR} 10... Nf5 11. O-O h5 12. Qf3 Nb8 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Qd7 15.
Ba3+ Kg8 16. Rf2 g6 17. Raf1 Rh7 18. g4 Qxa4 19. gxh5 gxh5 20. Bc1 Qe8 21. Qg3+
Kh8 22. Qh4 Nd7 23. Rf3 a5 24. Bg5 Nf8 25. Bf6+ {Degerman,L (2415)-Psakhis,L 
(2575)/Vienna 1991/EXT 2000/1-0 (33)}) 11. h4 $1 {[%cal Gh1h3,Gh3f3] Ce plan
de développement de la Rh1 est également assez thématique dans ce genre de
structure.} c5 12. h5 h6 13. Rh3 Nbc6 14. Rf3 {[%csl Re6,Rf7,Rf8]} Nf5 $132 15.
Qf4 Qe7 {[%csl Rf5]} (15... Qh4 $142 16. g4 Qh1+ 17. Kd2 Na5 18. gxf5 Nc4+ 19.
Kd3 Qd1+ 20. Bd2 Nb2+ {[%csl Rd3] Apicella}) 16. Kf1 Kg8 {[%cal Gg8h7]} 17. g4
Nh4 {Le N fait de l'équilibrisme car la Qe7 a pris sa case de repli} 18. Rh3 g5
19. hxg6 fxg6 20. g5 hxg5 21. Qxg5 Kf7 22. Qg4 Nf5 23. Nf4 g5 $13 24. Nxd5 $1
Qd8 25. Ne3 (25. Nf6 {[%csl Rf7,Rg5][%cal Gc1g5]}) 25... Rxh3 26. Qxh3 Qh8 27.
Qf3 Nce7 28. d5 g4 29. dxe6+ (29. Nxg4 exd5) 29... Kxe6 30. Qg2 $6 (30. Nxg4
Qh4 31. Qxa8 Qh3+ 32. Qg2 Qxc3 $13) 30... Nxe3+ 31. Bxe3 Qh3 $132 32. Qxh3 gxh3
33. Bf4 Nd5 (33... Rg8 $17 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Gh3h2,Gh2h1]}) 34. Bh2 Rf8 35. Ke2
Nxc3+ 36. Ke3 Nd5+ 37. Ke2 Rg8 {[%cal Gg8g2]} 38. Bg3 Rg4 39. a5 b5 (39... Rc4
$36 {[%csl Rc2,Re2]}) 40. Rh1 Rc4 41. Rxh3 Rxc2+ 42. Kd3 Rc3+ 43. Kd2 c4 44.
Rh6+ Kf5 45. Rd6 Rd3+ 46. Kc1 Nb4 47. Rf6+ Kg5 48. Bf4+ Kg4 49. e6 $1 Nd5 50.
Rf7 b4 51. Be5 b3 52. Rd7 c3 53. Bxc3 $1 Rxc3+ 54. Kb2 Rc5 55. e7 Nxe7 56. Rxe7
Rxa5 57. Kxb3 Rf5 58. Rxa7 Rxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Richardson UTD schev"]
[Site "Richardson"]
[Date "2012.03.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2012.03.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Grandmasters"]
[BlackTeam "Dallas UT"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 {It's possible
that Sadorra tried to deviate from normal lines after seeing the huge
theoretical struggle in Robson-Holt. This line is not all that bad, but it
doesn't score as well as c5.} 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. Bg5 Qd7 9. h4 h5 10. Qf3 c5 11. Ne2
Qa4 12. Ng3 cxd4 13. Nxh5 O-O $6 {A suicidal move played in the finest spirit
of the French. However, it may have been too much at this point. Robson has a
couple of ways to try to force his attack through.} (13... Kf8 $5) 14. Nf6+ $5
{Exciting, but maybe not best.} (14. Nxg7 $5 Qxc2 (14... Kxg7 15. Qf6+ Kh7 16.
h5 {is forced mate in a few moves.}) 15. cxd4 $1 Kxg7 16. h5 $1 $16) 14... gxf6
15. Bxf6 Qxc2 16. h5 Nd7 (16... d3 $5 {is a fantastic way of creating
counterplay. The pawn is threatening to queen, so it must be stopped.} 17. Bxd3
Qxc3+ 18. Ke2 Qb2+ 19. Ke1 Qxa1+ 20. Kd2 $1 (20. Ke2 $4 Qxh1 21. Qg4 Qxh5 $1
$19) 20... Qb2+ $11 {with a perpetual} (20... Qxh1 $2 21. Qg4 $1 $18 {and
surprisingly, White's attack is crushing.})) 17. hxg6 Nxf6 18. exf6 (18. g7 $5
Ne4 19. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 $13) 18... fxg6 19. cxd4 Rxf6 $2 {A fatal mistake, based
on a miscalculation no doubt.} (19... Bd7 $5 $13 {Keeps things interesting.})
20. Qxf6 Qc3+ 21. Ke2 Ba6+ 22. Kd1 Qxa1+ 23. Kd2 Qb2+ 24. Ke3 Qxa3+ 25. Kf4 e5+
26. dxe5 Qc1+ 27. Kg3 Qc3+ 28. Bd3 $1 {Most precise. A very cold blooded game
by Ray who showed why his calculations allowed him to take first place at this
strong event.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 17th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2013.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 {a rare move, at
least when compared to the mainline 6... c5. The idea of this move is not only
to avoid theory, but also to exchange the light squared bishops as soon as
possible, something that is very desirable for Black. In exchange White has a
few moves where he does not have to worry about the pressure on the center.} 7.
Qg4 Ng6 8. h4 h5 {Black has no choice in this matter, he must weaken the
kingside one way or the other. This has been known to be the 'least bad' way.}
9. Qd1 (9. Qg3 {is also possible, but does not score nearly as well as Qd1.})
9... Qd7 (9... Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Ne2 {scores well for white.})
10. Be2 Ba6 11. Bxh5 {White accepts Black's gambit. Essentially White wins a
pawn quickly but it won't be so easy to untangle his position.} Qb5 12. Nh3 $5
{Quesada had already attempted this before.} Nc6 $6 {Not the best} (12... Nxh4
$2 13. Kd2 $1 {and Black is in trouble. Why? Well, there are some tactical
reasons Black's knight doesn't want to be on h4, as well as the current threat
of Ng5.}) (12... Qc4 13. Bxg6 (13. Kd2 c5 {isn't such a bright idea anymore.})
13... fxg6 14. Qd3 Rxh4 {and though White may be better in this position, he
is not as much better as he was in the game.}) 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Qd3 (14. g3 {
keeping the pawn, was logical and possible.}) 14... Rxh4 15. Qxb5 Bxb5 16. a4
Bc4 17. Bg5 Rh8 18. Kd2 a5 $2 (18... Kf7 19. Nf4 Raf8 20. Rhe1 Ba6 {with the
idea of Na5-c4 was much better.}) 19. Nf4 Kf7 {White still holds an edge
because Black's pawns are not easy to hold. White initiates a rook lift to
make Black's king uncomfortable. Notice how his bishop on c4, though
technically not a bad piece, does not really do anything in the fight.} 20.
Rhe1 Raf8 21. Re3 Ke8 22. Rf3 Rh2 $6 (22... Kd7 23. Nxg6 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Rh2 25.
Nf8+ $16) 23. Ke3 {Black's defenseless against White's multiple threats, so he
desperately sacrifices a piece.} Nxe5 24. dxe5 Rf5 25. Rh3 Rxe5+ 26. Kd2 Rxh3
27. Nxh3 Re2+ 28. Kd1 Re4 29. Kd2 Re2+ 30. Kd1 Re4 31. Be3 e5 32. Ng5 Rh4 33.
Kc1 d4 34. Bd2 dxc3 35. Bxc3 Rg4 36. Nf3 Rxg2 37. Nxe5 Bd5 38. Bd4 {The dust
has settled, Black has run out of checks and the game is basically over as
Black's two pawns come nowhere close to compensating for a piece.} Ke7 39. Kb2
Kd6 40. Nd3 Rg4 41. Be5+ Kc6 42. Bxg7 Kb7 43. Bc3 Kc8 44. Ne5 Rg2 45. Bd4 Kb7
46. Be3 Be4 47. Rd1 Bf5 48. Rd4 Rh2 49. Nf3 Rh7 50. Bf4 Re7 51. Nh4 {A clean
game by Van Kampen who was aided by Adams rather mediocre play.} 1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Romero Holmes"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Bg5 Qd7 7. f4 Ba6 8. Nf3
Bxf1 9. Rxf1 Nc6 10. O-O-O Nge7 11. Qh5 (11. Qh3 $1) 11... h6 $1 {/\ Ng6} 12.
Bxe7 Bxe7 13. Ne1 g6 14. Qf3 h5 15. g3 O-O-O 16. Ng2 Kb8 (16... Na5 $5 {/\ c5})
17. Ne3 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Ne2 Ne7 20. Kb1 Nf5 21. c3 c5 22. Nc2 c4 23. Ng1
g5 $6 24. fxg5 Bxg5 25. Nh3 Bh6 26. Rde1 Qf7 27. Nf4 Bxf4 28. Qxf4+ Kb7 29. Ne3
Rhf8 30. Nxf5 Qxf5+ 31. Qxf5 Rxf5 32. Rxf5 exf5 33. Re5 Rf8 34. a4 $1 (34. Rxd5
f4 35. gxf4 Rxf4 36. Rxh5 Rf1+ 37. Kc2 Rf2+ 38. Kc1 Rf1+ 39. Kd2 Rf2+ 40. Ke3
Rxb2 $13) 34... Kc6 35. Re6+ Kd7 36. Rh6 f4 37. gxf4 Rf5 38. Ka2 a5 39. Ka3 Kc7
40. Ka2 Kb7 41. Kb1 Kc7 42. Kc2 Rxf4 43. Rxh5 Rf2+ 44. Kb1 Kc6 45. Rh6+ Kc7 46.
h4 Rh2 47. h5 Kb7 48. Rh8 Rh1+ 49. Ka2 b5 50. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "WchT Students 03th final A"]
[Site "Uppsala"]
[Date "1956.04.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[Annotator "Sajtar,J/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1956.04.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 {Le yougoslave n'était pas en forme dans ce Championnat où il n'a
réalisé que le score de 2,5/7 au premier échiquier.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4
4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Nf3 Qd7 7. a3 Ba6 $6 (7... Nc6) (7... Ne7 8. b4 c6 {
Bogdanovic,R (2420)-Petrosian,T (2645) Sarajevo 15th 1972 (8) 0-1}) 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. O-O Ne7 $11 (9... c5) 10. Ne2 (10. Nh4) 10... Nb8 (10... Ng6) 11. Bg5
Nbc6 12. b3 Nf5 13. Ng3 h6 $17 14. Bd2 g6 15. Qf4 Be7 16. Rfd1 g5 17. Qg4 Nxg3
18. Qxg3 O-O-O 19. Bb4 f5 $1 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Rac1 h5 22. c4 g4 23. Ne5 Bxe5
24. dxe5 d4 $1 $36 25. Qf4 (25. Bd2 {[%cal Gb3b4]} d3 {[%cal Gc6d4,Gd4e2]} 26.
Be3) 25... a5 26. Bd2 (26. Bc3 Qh7) 26... Qh7 $1 27. Re1 Rhf8 28. Qg3 d3 29. c5
b5 $1 30. Qe3 Rd5 31. Bc3 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Bd2 Qf5 34. Rf1 Rxe5 35. Qh6 Kb7
36. Rc4 Rf7 37. Bxb4 Re2 38. Bd2 e5 39. Be3 d2 40. Ra4 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-13c"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1985.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1985.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Nh3 Ne7 7. Bg5 Nbc6 8. Bb5
Bd7 9. O-O (9. O-O-O) 9... h6 10. Be3 Nb4 11. a3 Bxb5 $1 (11... Nxc2 12. Rac1
Nxe3 13. fxe3 Nf5 14. Qf3 $1 $16) 12. Nxb5 Nbc6 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. Qe2 a6 (14...
Nf5 $2 15. c4 $1 $16) 15. Nc3 Nf5 $10 16. Rad1 Be7 17. g4 $6 (17. Qg4 $142 $1 {
Vaganian}) 17... Nxe3 18. fxe3 O-O 19. Rf3 Bg5 $1 20. Ng2 Na5 $1 $17 21. Rdf1
c5 22. h4 Be7 23. Qf2 Nc4 24. Rxf7 Nxe3 25. Nxe3 cxd4 26. Ncxd5 exd5 27. Rxf8+
Bxf8 28. Qf5 Qxf5 29. Nxf5 Re8 30. Re1 d3 31. cxd3 g6 32. Ng3 Bc5+ 33. Kg2 Bd4
34. e6 Bxb2 35. h5 Kg7 36. Rb1 Bxa3 37. Rxb6 a5 38. hxg6 Kxg6 39. Nh5 Kg5 40.
Kg3 Rf8 41. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 (4... c5 {is the more usual move, but
after} 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 {Black anyway plays} Ne7 {transposing into the main
lines. But Atalik has something different on his mind.}) 5. a3 {The main move.
Another often played alternative, which has already occurred in Atalik's
practice, is} (5. Bd2 b6 6. Nce2 (6. Qg4 $142) 6... Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ba6 8. f4 c5
9. Nf3 Nbc6 10. O-O-O Bxe2 11. Bxe2 c4 12. g4 b5 $36 13. f5 exf5 14. gxf5 Nxf5
15. Kb1 O-O 16. Rhg1 f6 17. Rg4 fxe5 18. dxe5 d4 19. Rdg1 Qe7 20. Qf4 Rae8 $17
{Bartel,M-Atalik,S/EU-ch Istanbul/2003/}) (5. Qg4 c5 (5... Nf5 6. Bd3 h5 7. Qf4
Nc6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. a3 a6 (9... g5 $142 $5 10. Nxg5 Ncxd4 $14 {/<=>}) 10. h4 b6
11. Bd2 Qd7 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. g4 hxg4 14. Qxg4 Rg8 15. h5 O-O-O 16. Ne2 Kb8 17.
Rdg1 Ka7 18. Rh2 a5 19. Qf4 Ba6 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Ng3 Bc8 22. Rhg2 $16 {
Jansa,V-Uhlmann,W/Bad Liebenstein/1963/}) 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 {-C18}) 5...
Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 $5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Yc8a6] /\Ba6,><c4 A very demanding line.
Black sets himself positional goals (exchanging the bad Bc8, play on light
squares) before finishing his development. A single inaccuracy may cost him
dearly and White's attack will be too strong.} (6... c5 {-C18}) 7. Qg4 {
Black's setup is not easy to crack, so an energetic reaction is in demand.
This active sortie is played more often, than all the other alternatives
together.} (7. Nh3 $5 {[%cal Rh3f4,Rf4h5] /\Nf4-h5|^} Ng6 8. a4 Ba6 9. Bxa6
Nxa6 10. O-O Nb8 11. f4 $1 Ne7 12. g4 Qd7 13. f5 $5 exf5 14. Qf3 g6 15. Bg5 $44
{~~}) (7. a4 Ba6 $132) (7. Nf3 Ba6 $13) 7... Ng6 {Black has postponed any [+]
<=> for the time being, so he can't ignore the direct attack on g7 as in some
C18 lines, or even castle short immediately, as this gives White's -> a direct
target.} (7... O-O $2 8. Bg5 {[%cal Rg5f6] /\Bf6} Qd7 9. Bd3 (9. h4 Nf5 10. Nf3
c5 11. Bf6 Kh8 12. Ng5 $1 gxf6 13. exf6 h6 14. Qh5 cxd4 15. Bd3 Qc7 16. O-O Qd8
17. Nxf7+ Rxf7 18. Qxf7 Qg8 19. Qh5 Nd7 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. f7 Qg7 22. Rfe1 Nf8
23. Re8 Bb7 24. Rae1 d3 25. R1e6 Kh7 26. Qxf5+ Kh8 27. cxd3 Bc8 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8
29. Qf6+ {1-0,Klovsky,R-Nei,I/Riga/1968/}) (9. h4 {alebo}) 9... Ng6 10. h4 f5
11. exf6 e5 12. Qxd7 Nxd7 13. fxg7 Kxg7 14. Ne2 h6 15. Bd2 $16 {Taimanov,
M-Katetov,M/Leningrad/1946/}) (7... Nf5 8. Bd3 h5 9. Qh3 $36 {[%csl Rg5,Rh5]
׻ is not ideal either, White has forced a serious weakening of the >> and
compared with the game, Ba6 is still impossible and his attacking chances are
more real.}) ({Playable is} 7... Kf8 8. a4 $14 (8. Nh3 $5 Ng6 9. a4 $36 {
Cutting off the Rh8 is a usual thing in this line (see Black's move 10),
nevertheless it requires strong nerves. After all, Black will pay for his
offside R in the end.})) 8. h4 {The most consistent continuation.} (8. Bd3 Ba6
{is too meek}) ({Yudasin's idea} 8. g3 Ba6 9. Bg2 {seems rather artificial,
Black gets sufficient <=> after the natural} c5 (9... Nc6 10. h4 h5 11. Qd1
Nge7 12. Nh3 Qd7 13. Nf4 g6 14. Nd3 Nf5 15. O-O Nce7 16. a4 Rc8 17. Bg5 Bxd3 {
Yudasin,L-Bykhovsky,A/Beersheba/1996/} 18. cxd3 $16) 10. h4 h5 (10... Qc7 $2
11. h5 $1 cxd4 12. hxg6 $1 Qxc3+ 13. Kd1 Qxa1 14. Rxh7 $40) 11. Qd1 Qc7 $13)
8... h5 9. Qg3 {White has 2 other moves:} (9. Qd1 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Bg5 f6
$142 $1 (11... Qd7 12. Ne2 Ne7 (12... Qc6 13. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4f5,Rd1d3] /\f5,
Qd3 is dangerous for Black, he has no good way to stop this break:} Nb8 14. O-O
Nd7 15. Qd3 Qc4 16. Qxc4 dxc4 17. f5 exf5 18. Rxf5 O-O 19. Raf1 Rae8 20. Ng3 f6
21. exf6 gxf6 22. Bh6 $16 {Macieja,B-Grabarczyk,B/POL-ch Polanica Zdroj/1999/})
13. Nf4 g6 14. Qd3 (14. a4 $5 $36 {()}) 14... Nb8 (14... Qa4 $5 $14) 15. Bf6 (
15. c4 $36) 15... Rg8 16. f3 $14 {|^ Dolmatov}) 12. Qd3 Kf7 13. Rh3 Nb8 14.
exf6 gxf6 15. Rf3 Nd7 16. Nh3 Qe7 17. Nf4 (17. Kf1 e5 $1 18. Qf5 {Smikovski,
I-Potkin,V/RUS-chT Togliatti/2003/} Kg7 $1 $15) 17... Nxf4 (17... Rag8 $132)
18. Bxf4 c5 19. Kf1 c4 20. Qd1 Rag8 21. a4 Rg4 22. g3 a6 23. Rb1 Rc8 24. Re3
Rc6 25. f3 Rg8 $13 {Naiditsch,A-Potkin,V/EU-ch Istanbul/2003/}) (9. Qf3 Nxh4 $5
10. Qh3 Nf5 11. g4 Ne7 12. gxh5 (12. Bg5 Ba6 $13) 12... Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14.
Qg4 Nf5 $13) 9... Ba6 10. Ne2 ({The other move is} 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Ne2 $142 (
11. Bg5 Qd7 $13 {is similar to the above note with 9.Qd1. The difference in
the position of White's Q seems in Black's favour-the Ph5 is not under
pressure, Rh3-f3 is stopped for a long time, while Black's <=> with Qa4 is
more effective.} (11... f6 $2 12. Bxf6 $18)) 11... Qd7 (11... c5 12. Nf4 Nxf4
13. Bxf4 Kf8 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. O-O Rc8 (15... Qa4 $142 $5) 16. f4 Nb8 17. Rad1
cxd4 18. cxd4 Nc6 19. c4 $1 $40 {Fischer,R-Hoppe,R/Davis sim/1964/}) (11... Nb8
12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Qf3 Qa4 14. Ng3 Qxc2 15. Rc1 Qb2 16. Nxh5 Kf8 17. Rh3 Nd7 18.
Rd1 c5 19. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 20. h5 $16 {Bogdanovic,R-Matulovic,M/YUG-ch/1957/}) 12.
Nf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 Kf8 $5 14. a4 Nb8 $14 {Although White is probably somewhat
better due to Black's problems with connecting his R, it's not easy to break
through with only one pair of minor pieces on the board.}) 10... Rh7 $5 (10...
Nc6 $2 11. Nf4 Bxf1 12. Nxg6 $16) ({Black was successful with} 10... Kf8 11. a4
Nc6 {but it seems suspicious after the more natural} 12. Bg5 $142 (12. Nf4 $6
Bxf1 13. Nxg6+ fxg6 14. Kxf1 Qe8 15. Qd3 Kg8 16. c4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Rd8 18. c3
Kh7 19. Rh3 Rf8 20. Bg5 Rd5 21. Kg1 Na5 22. Qa6 {1/2,Leko,P-Moskalenko,V/
Copenhagen/1995/} Qd7 $15) 12... Qd7 13. Qf3 {[%cal Re2g3,Rg3h5] /\Ng3-h5+/-})
(10... Qc8 {and the somewhat better}) (10... Qd7 $5 {in comparison with the 10.
Ba6 lines give White the extra option} 11. Nf4 (11. a4 $5) 11... Nxf4 12. Bxf4
Kf8 13. Bd3 $1 $14 {Black will achieve the desired exchange of B only by
improving White's P-structure, he must prepare for a long siege of his passive
position.}) (10... Rg8 $6 {has similar ideas as the text-move, but it runs into
} 11. Qf3 $1 {and Black either gives a pawn, or will suffer horribly after}
Nxh4 12. Qxh5 $16) ({In this line due to his lacking development Black tries
to keep the position closed as long as possible. In spite of this interesting
is the yet untested, but otherwise typical French move} 10... c5 $5 {[%cal
Gc8c1] <=><->c Critical is probably} 11. Nf4 (11. dxc5 $6 Qc7 $1 $15) 11...
Nxf4 12. Bxf4 {and once again Black must decide, whiat to do with the
vulnerable Pg7. The committal text prophylactically protects the P, on the
other hand it misplaces the R.}) (10... Kd7 {[%cal Yd7c8,Yc8b7] /\Kc8-b7} 11.
Qf3 $1 {/\Ng3,Bg5+/-}) 11. Bg5 {White plays a natural developing move with
tempo.} ({However, interesting was also the more refined} 11. a4 {the Bc1 may
find it's place also on the other /^} Qc8 $5 (11... Nc6 $143 $6 12. Nf4 Bxf1
13. Nxg6 Ba6 14. Ba3 $1 {[%cal Rg6f8] /\Nf8} Rh6 15. Nf4 g6 16. Nh3 Na5 17. Bc1
Rh8 18. Bg5 Qc8 19. Qf4 Rg8 20. Qf6 Qd7 21. f3 Rc8 22. g4 c5 23. gxh5 gxh5 24.
Nf4 $16 {Wu Wenjin-Graf,A/Shenyang/1999/}) 12. a5 (12. Ba3 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14.
Qe3 Nd7 15. f4 Qc6 16. Qd2 Rh8 17. g3 Ne7 18. Bh3 Nb6 19. Kf2 g6 20. Qe3 Rc8
21. Rhe1 Nc4 22. Qc1 Nf5 $17 {Olivera,A-Byrne,R/Buenos Aires/1964/}) 12... Nc6
13. axb6 cxb6 14. Ba3 $13) (11. Nf4 {is not too effective anymore now:} Nxf4
12. Bxf4 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Nc6 14. Qd3 Rh8 15. c4 $6 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd5 17. Qxd5
exd5 18. c3 Na5 19. Rh3 Kd7 20. Rg3 Rh7 21. Rd1 Ke6 22. Rg5 Rc8 23. Ke2 c5 $36
{Pecnik,L-Potkin,V/EU-chJ U18/2000/}) 11... Qd7 {The previous note shows Black
should probably have tried to undermine White's [+] with} (11... Qc8 $142 $1 {
The position is not clear at all, in any case the plan from the game is not
effective anymore:} 12. Qf3 (12. a4 c5 13. a5 Nc6 14. axb6 axb6 $36) 12... c5
13. Ng3 $6 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 (14. Kxf1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qc4+ $17) 14... cxd4 15. cxd4
Qc4 $15) 12. Qf3 $146 {[%mdl 8] Shirov plays the most direct move. The
prophylactic} (12. a4 {would enable Black to return to the idea from the
previous note even with a tempo less:} Qc8 $5 (12... c5 13. a5 $36) (12... Nc6
13. Qf3 $14) 13. a5 Nc6 $13) 12... Qa4 $2 {A typical and very natural move,
who could suppose the Q will soon be direly missed in the defence.} ({
Necessary was} 12... c5 $142 $1 13. Ng3 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Qb5+ (14... Nc6 $6 15.
Rd1 {[%csl Rh5] ><h5}) 15. Kg1 Nc6 $132 {with a really messy position.} (15...
Qb2 $2 16. Nf5 $3 $18)) 13. Ng3 $1 {White must be consistent.} Bxf1 (13... Qxc2
14. Bxa6 {is also dangerous for Black, his N is misplaced on a6 and he will
have serious problems with his Ke8 and his passive R.} (14. c4 $2 Nc6 $36 {><d4
}) 14... Nxa6 15. Rc1 Qb3 16. Nxh5 Qxa3 17. O-O $44 {[%csl Ra6] |^,פa6}) 14.
Kxf1 c5 $2 {Now Shirov uncorks a brilliant tactical blow.} ({Now matter how
unpleasant, Black should have gone for} 14... Qxc2 15. Nxh5 {[%cal Rh5g7,Rf3f6]
/\Ng7!,Qf6 Black's greatest problem are his uncoordinated major pieces, as
mentioned already above.} Qb2 $142 $5 (15... Nd7 16. g4 $1 $16 {[%cal Yf1g2] /
\Kg2} (16. Ng3 $2 f6 $1 17. Rc1 (17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bxf6 Rf7 19. Nh5 Nxf6 20.
Nxf6+ Ke7 $19) 17... Qb2 18. Qd3 Ngf8 19. exf6 gxf6 $15)) (15... Nc6 16. g4 $1
$36 (16. Ng3 Qb2 17. Re1 Qxa3 18. h5 Nf8 19. h6 $44)) (15... Qf5 16. Qxf5 exf5
17. Ng3 f4 18. Nf5 $16 {[%csl Rf4] /\h5,Ke2,><f4}) 16. Re1 Nc6 {is possibly
the most testing, but even here White has a pleasant choice, he can either
protect his P, or play for the attack:} 17. Ng3 (17. Bc1 $14) 17... Qxa3 18. h5
$44) 15. Nf5 $3 {[%mdl 640] A beautiful sacrifice, Shirov hardly could have
calculated all to the end and had to rely at least partly on his intuition and
fantasy. It didn't let him down-White gets a very strong, possibly even
decisive attack. At least even after analysis I can't find any plausible
defence, in the game the defender's task is much more difficult.} (15. Nxh5
$143 $2 Nc6 $1 {and White's [+] crumbles, while} (15... cxd4 $2 16. Nxg7+ $1
Rxg7 17. Qf6 $18) 16. Bh6 {leads nowhere after} Rxh6 17. Nxg7+ Kd7 $1 18. Qxf7+
Nge7 $17) 15... Qc4+ (15... exf5 16. Qxd5 {[%cal Rd5a8,Rd5d8] /\Qd8#,Qa8} Nc6
$8 17. e6 Kf8 (17... fxe6 $2 18. Qxe6+ $18 {[%cal Ra1e1] /\Re1}) (17... Qa6+
18. Kg1 Qc8 {only transposes}) 18. exf7 Qa6+ {[%csl Gf7]} ({The Pf7 is a thorn
in Black's flesh:} 18... Nh8 $2 19. Qd6+ Kxf7 20. d5 {/\Qe6#,dc6}) 19. Kg1 Qc8
(19... Qb7 20. Re1 Rb8 21. Qd6+ Nce7 (21... Kxf7 22. Qe6+ $18) 22. d5 $1 {
[%cal Rd6e6,Rd5d6] /\Qe6,d6+-}) 20. Re1 Nce7 (20... Nge7 21. Qd6 Qd8 22. Qe6
$18 {/\d5-d6}) 21. Qd6 Qd8 22. Qe6 {[%cal Rd4d5] /\d5} Qc7 23. Rh3 Rd8 (23...
f4 24. Rf3 $5 (24. Rd3 Rd8 (24... c4 25. d5 $1 cxd3 26. d6 $18) 25. dxc5 Rxd3
26. cxd3 (26. cxb6 Qd7 27. bxa7 Qxe6 28. a8=Q+ Qc8 $14) 26... bxc5 27. Qe4 Rh6
$1 $14) (24. dxc5 Rd8 (24... bxc5 25. Rd3 Rd8 26. Red1 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 $18) 25.
cxb6 axb6 26. Rd3 Rxd3 27. cxd3 {[%cal Rd3d5] /\d4-d5+-}) 24... Rd8 25. Rxf4
Qd7 (25... Rd6 26. Qxe7+ $18) 26. Qe4 {[%cal Rf4f3,Rf3e3] /\Rf3-e3+-}) 24. Rhe3
Rd7 25. d5 $16 {/+- Black is completely tied up and White can regain the
sacrificed material at his leasure after first improving his position with c4,
a4,Kf1 etc.}) ({Black must accept the gift, letting the N enter via d6 is
hopeless:} 15... Kd7 16. Nd6 f6 17. c4 $1 (17. Qd3 Nf8 $16) 17... fxe5 18. dxe5
Nxe5 19. Qf8 $40 {+-}) 16. Kg1 exf5 17. Qxf5 Nd7 $8 (17... Nc6 $2 18. e6 $18)
18. e6 Nf6 19. Re1 $1 {White has time for this quiet move.} (19. Bxf6 $2 gxf6
20. Qxf6 Qxc3 $1 {prevents Re1} (20... Ne7 $143 $6 21. Re1 $36) 21. exf7+ (21.
Kh2 Qxd4 22. exf7+ Rxf7 {only transposes}) 21... Rxf7 22. Qc6+ Ke7 23. Kh2 Qxd4
$1 24. Rhe1+ Ne5 25. Qxa8 Qxh4+ $11) 19... Qxc3 ({Somewhat better, although
probably insufficient was} 19... Nf8 $142 $5 20. Rh3 $142 $1 (20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
e7 (21. Qxf6 $2 fxe6 22. Rxe6+ Kd7 23. Rd6+ Kc7 $17) 21... Ng6 22. Qxf6 $6 (22.
Rh3 $142 $1 {still leads to the main line}) 22... cxd4 (22... Kd7 $5 {is
similar, as} 23. Qf5+ Ke8 24. Rh3 cxd4 {transposes}) 23. Rh3 Kd7 $1 {[%cal
Ra8e8] /\Re8} (23... Rc8 24. Rg3 Qc6 25. Rxg6 Qxf6 26. Rg8+ Kd7 27. Rxc8 Qxe7
28. Rxe7+ $16) (23... dxc3 24. Rg3 $18 {[%cal Rg3g6] /\Rg6}) 24. Qf5+ Ke8 25.
Qf6 (25. Rg3 Qc6 $13 {/=/+}) 25... Kd7 $11) 20... cxd4 {[%cal Rc4c6,Rc7c8] /
\Qc8,Qc6} (20... fxe6 21. Rxe6+ $1 Nxe6 (21... Kf7 22. Bxf6 Nxe6 23. Bxg7+ $1
Kxg7 24. Rg3+ Kh8 25. Qxe6 $18) 22. Qxe6+ Kf8 (22... Kd8 23. Qg8+ $18) 23. Bxf6
gxf6 24. Qxf6+ $18) 21. Bxf6 (21. Rf3 $2 Qc6 $1 $17) 21... gxf6 22. e7 Ng6 23.
Rg3 Rh8 (23... Rh6 $2 24. Qxf6 {[%cal Rf6g7] /\Qg7+-}) 24. Qxf6 Rg8 25. Rf3
$142 $1 (25. f4 Rc8 26. f5 Qc6 $1 (26... Rc6 27. Re6 $1 $18) 27. Qg5 $5 (27.
Qxd4 Qc5 $132) (27. Rxg6 fxg6 28. Re6 Qxc3 29. fxg6 Kd7 30. e8=Q+ Rcxe8 31.
Qf7+ Kd8 32. Qf6+ $11) (27. Re6 $2 fxe6 28. fxg6 Kd7 $19) 27... dxc3 (27... Qc5
28. fxg6 Rxg6 29. Qxh5 Rxg3 30. Qh8+ $18) 28. fxg6 Rxg6 29. Qxh5 Re6 30. Re5 $5
$40) 25... Nh8 {[%csl Rh8] First the Rh7, now the Nh8 are tragic pieces...} 26.
Rf5 $1 Rc8 (26... Qxc3 27. Rd1 Qxc2 28. Rxd5 $1 Qxd1+ 29. Kh2 $18) 27. Re6 $3
Kd7 (27... fxe6 28. Qxe6 dxc3 29. Qxg8+ Kxe7 30. Qg7+ Kd6 31. Rxh5 Qf4 32. Rh6+
$18) 28. Rd6+ Kc7 29. cxd4 $40 (29. Qe5 $5)) (19... Kf8 $2 20. exf7 Kxf7 21.
Qe6+ Kf8 22. Qc6 $1 $18) 20. exf7+ Kxf7 (20... Kf8 {loses a piece after} 21.
Re8+ $1 Rxe8 (21... Nxe8 22. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 23. Qxg6+ $18) 22. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 23.
Qxg6+ {[%cal Rg5f6] /\Bf6+-}) 21. Qe6+ Kf8 22. Rh3 $18 {The last passive piece
joins the attack and decides the game.} Qxd4 (22... Qxc2 23. Rf3 cxd4 (23...
Nh8 24. Qxd5 Re8 25. Qd6+ $18) 24. Qd6+ $142 $1 (24. Bxf6 $2 gxf6 25. Rxf6+ Kg7
26. Qf7+ (26. Rf7+ $2 Kh6 $19 {and there is no mate from e3.}) 26... Kh8 27.
Re8+ Rxe8 28. Qxe8+ Kg7 29. Qf7+ Kh6 30. Qf8+ $11) 24... Kg8 25. Bxf6 {[%cal
Rd6d5] /\Qd5} {Aj po najlepsom} gxf6 (25... Rf8 26. Bxd4 Rxf3 27. Qxd5+ $1 Rf7
28. Re8+ Nf8 29. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 30. Qd8#) 26. Qxd5+ Rf7 27. Qxa8+ Kg7 28. Qe4
$18 {All these lines show how helpless Black's R are.}) 23. Rf3 Nxh4 ({
Insufficient is even the somewhat better} 23... Qg4 24. Qxd5 $1 {[%cal Re1e4,
Rd5a8] Qa8,Re4!} Re8 25. Qd6+ Re7 (25... Kg8 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. Qd5+ Kh8 28.
Qf7 $18 {mates}) 26. Rxe7 Nxe7 27. Re3 Qd7 28. Qxd7 Nxd7 29. Rxe7 $18) 24. Rf4
Qc3 25. Bxh4 $138 (25. Bxf6 $142 gxf6 26. Rxf6+ Kg7 27. Rf7+ (27. Qf7+ Kh8 28.
Re8+ $18) 27... Kh8 (27... Kg8 28. Rxa7+ $18) 28. Qe8+ $1 Rxe8 29. Rxe8#) 25...
Rh6 26. Re5 (26. Rf3 Qd4 27. Bg3 Rd8 (27... g5 28. Be5 $18) 28. Bd6+ Rxd6 29.
Qe8#) 26... Qd2 (26... Qa1+ 27. Kh2 Qc1 28. Rff5 $18 {[%csl Rf6] ><f6}) 27.
Bxf6 (27. Bxf6 Rxf6 (27... Qxf4 28. Qe7+ Kg8 29. Qxg7#) 28. Rxf6+ gxf6 29.
Qxf6+ Kg8 30. Re7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 b6 6. Bb5+ {This idea must be
fairly popular, since it is familiar to me even though these positions are not.
White intends Nce2 and c3, when the bishop will re-enter the fray on c2. This
seems very elaborate, and Nikolic appears to have a neutralizing method to
hand.} c6 7. Ba4 Bd7 (7... Ba6 {seems tempting but does nothing to hinder
white's basic plan. Nikolic's method looks very solid and sensible.}) 8. a3 $6
(8. Nce2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 c5 {allows black to reach a very sound position, but
has the advantage of allowing white to do the same. As always, Hector aims for
more, with the usual risks involved.}) 8... Bxc3 9. Bxc3 c5 10. Bb3 Bb5 {
Now this is a natural and effective outpost as white can hardly block the
diagonal and monitor pressure on d4. White's bishops make a particularly
awkward picture.} 11. f4 {This exposes white further, but white will have to
worry about his e5 pawn as soon as pressure on the d-pawn increases. It would
be nice to find something else here, but good advice is hard to find. Black's
idea is clear, gang up on d4. White must try to keep his center intact and
find a place for his king.} Nbc6 12. Nf3 Nf5 13. Qd2 Nh4 {One of those simple,
effective moves - black removes the sturdiest defender and leaves white with
his handicapped bishop pair.} 14. Nxh4 Qxh4+ 15. g3 Qh5 16. Kf2 {Black was
threatening to take on d4 and} (16. Qd1 Qf5 {is no improvement.}) 16... Rc8 17.
Rae1 {Both} (17. a4 Ba6 18. a5 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Nxa5 {or} (19... Nxd4 20. Qxd4
Qe2+ 21. Kg1) 20. Bc3 {leave white grovelling.}) 17... O-O 18. Qd1 (18. Kg2 {
looks a bit safer. Black has several ways to step up the pressure. First, he
can try exchanging on d4 followed by ...Bc4, or first doubling rooks on the
c-line.}) 18... Qh3 19. Re3 h5 {Black of course prevents g4. Hector has had
enough of this suffering and tries shedding pawns to open lines on the
kingside.} 20. Rg1 $5 {A very clever attempt to generate counterplay. My basic
feeling is that this really can not work, but it does create some chaos.} cxd4
$1 {Black improves his position before cashing in. If} (20... Qxh2+ 21. Rg2 Qh3
22. g4 (22. dxc5 bxc5 23. g4 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 {and suddenly white's bishop can
drop back to e1 and some counterplay has been generated.}) 22... Qh4+) 21. Bxd4
Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Bc4 23. Qd1 (23. Bxc4 Rxc4 {followed by doubling on the c-line
and taking on h2 leaves white without a ghost of a threat.}) 23... Bxb3 24.
Rxb3 Qxh2+ 25. Rg2 Qh3 26. g4 Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Rc4 28. Rbg3 Rfc8 {Hector has
conjured up a few ghosts, but Nikolic has no fear of phantoms.} (28... Rxf4 29.
gxh5 Kh8 {was a serious alternative, and perhaps simpler, since the weakness
of f7 creates some counterchances for white.}) 29. gxh5 $2 (29. c3 $5 {looks
to me like the last chance to really raise his position from the dead.} Rxf4 (
29... d4 {is too reckless:} 30. gxh5 dxc3 31. Rxg7+ Kh8 32. Rxf7 {and the
threat of Th7+ forces black to bail out with} Rd4 33. Qxd4 Qe1+ $10) 30. gxh5
Rcc4 (30... Re4 $5 31. Qf1 {seems to give white a strong attack:} (31. Rxg7+
Kh8 32. R7g3 Rxe5 {is very good for black.}) 31... Kh8 (31... Qxh5 $4 32. Rxg7+
Kh8 33. R7g5 $18) 32. Qxf7 Rg8 {and now it is not easy to say whose king is
more exposed, but I guess it is white's.} 33. Qxe6 (33. Qxg8+ {was a
remarkable suggestion from Fritz 4:} Kxg8 34. Rxg7+ Kh8 (34... Kf8 35. Rg8+ Ke7
36. R2g7#) 35. Rg8+ Kh7 36. R2g7+ Kh6 37. Rg3 {but} Qxg3+ 38. Rxg3 Rxe5 {
refutes this, as the program soon noticed.}) 33... Rf8 $1 {favors black.} (
33... Re1+ $2 34. Kf2 Qh1 35. Qh6+ $1)) 31. Rxg7+ Kf8 32. Rg8+ Ke7 {seemed
promising at first sight, but} 33. Rh2 {is surprisingly annoying, for example}
Rg4+ 34. Rxg4 Rxg4+ 35. Kh1 Qg3 36. h6 Qf4 37. Qxg4 Qxg4 38. h7 {and I do not
see a way to win.}) 29... Qxf4 30. Rxg7+ Kh8 31. Kh1 (31. Qd3 Qc1+ {forces Df1
and quick loss for white.}) 31... Rxc2 $1 (31... Rxc2 32. Rxc2 Rxc2 33. Qxc2
Kxg7 34. Qc7 Qh4+ {wins easily enough.}) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.12"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Bricard, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Vaisser,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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 "Moldova"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MDA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 (5. Qg4 Bf8) 5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qd7
(6... Ba6 $6 7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8. Qg4) 7. a4 (7. Qg4 f5) 7... Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9.
Qd3 $5 (9. Qg4 f5 10. Qg3 O-O-O) 9... Nb8 10. Qg3 f5 11. h4 (11. a5 $5 Nc6 12.
axb6 cxb6 13. h4 Qf7 14. h5 {Lanka Z. - Novikov V., Vilnius zt 1993}) 11... Nc6
12. Bg5 (12. Ne2) 12... Na5 13. Ne2 Nc4 14. h5 Nh6 15. Nf4 Qf7 16. O-O c6 17.
Qd3 a5 (17... Kd7 $5 18. a5 Nxa5 19. Qa6 Rhb8) 18. Rab1 Kd7 19. Qe2 Qf8 20. Rb3
$6 (20. g3 Qa3 21. Rb3 Qxa4 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Rfb1 $44) 20... Nf7 21. Bh4 {[#]}
g5 $1 (21... Rg8 22. Nh3) 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Nxg6 (23. Bf6 Qh6 $1 24. Nh3 (24.
Bxh8 $2 Rxh8 25. Nh3 Ng5 26. f4 (26. Qd3 Nd2) 26... Nxh3+ 27. gxh3 Qxh3 28. Qg2
Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Ne3+ $19) 24... Nd2) 23... Qh6 24. Nxh8 Rxh8 25. g3 Rg8 26. Kh2
Nh8 $1 (26... Kc7 $2 27. Rh1 Nh8 28. Kg2) 27. Rxb6 $1 (27. Rh1 Ng6 28. Kg1 Nxh4
$19) 27... Nxb6 28. Qa6 Ng6 $2 (28... Na8 29. Rb1 Nc7 30. Rb7 Rc8 31. Qxa5 Qf8
$17) 29. Qxb6 $2 (29. Qb7+ $1) 29... Nxh4 $2 (29... Rc8 $1 30. Kh3 (30. Rh1 $2
Nxh4 31. Kg1 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Ne1+ 34. Kf1 Nd3+ 35. Kg2 Nf4+ $1 36.
gxf4 Rg8+ $19) 30... Nxh4 31. gxh4 Qg6 32. Rb1 Qg4+ 33. Kh2 Qxh4+ 34. Kg2 Rg8+
35. Kf1 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Qe4+ 37. Kd2 Qf4+ 38. Ke2 Qe4+ $10) 30. Qb7+ Ke8 31. Qc8+
Kf7 32. Qd7+ Kf8 33. Rb1 $1 (33. Qd8+ $2 Kf7 34. Qxh4 Qxh4+ 35. gxh4 Rb8 $16)
33... Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Rxg3+ (34... Ne1+ 35. Rxe1) (34... Qh2+ 35. Kxf3 Rxg3+ 36.
fxg3 Qh5+ 37. Ke3 Qg5+ 38. Ke2 Qh5+ 39. Kd2 Qg5+ 40. Kd1) 35. fxg3 $4 (35. Kxg3
Qh4+ (35... f4+ 36. Kxf3 Qh5+ 37. Kxf4 Qh4+ 38. Ke3 Qg5+ 39. Ke2 Qg4+ 40. f3
Qg2+ 41. Ke3 Qg5+ 42. Kf2 $1 Qh4+ (42... Qd2+ 43. Kf1) 43. Ke2 Qh2+ 44. Kd3 $18
) 36. Kxf3 Qe4+ 37. Kg3 Qg4+ 38. Kh2 Qh4+ 39. Kg1 Qg4+ 40. Kf1 Qh3+ 41. Ke2
Qg4+ 42. Kd2 Qf4+ (42... Qg5+ 43. Kd3) 43. Kd1 Qg4+ 44. Kc1 $18) 35... Qd2+ 36.
Kxf3 Qxc3+ 37. Kf4 Qd2+ 38. Kf3 Qc3+ 39. Kg2 Qxc2+ 40. Kh3 Qxb1 41. Qd8+ (41.
Kh4 Qe4+ 42. Kg5 Qe3+ 43. Kg6 $2 (43. Kh5 $10) 43... Qxg3+ 44. Kf6 $2 Qh4+ 45.
Kxe6 (45. Kg6 Qe7 46. Qxc6 Qe8+ $19) 45... Qh6+ 46. Kxf5 Qh3+ $19) 41... Kg7
42. Qf6+ Kh7 43. Qf7+ Kh6 $1 $10 (43... Kh8 $2 44. Kh4 Qe4+ 45. Kg5 Qg4+ 46.
Kf6 $16) 44. Qxe6+ Kh5 45. Qe8+ Kg5 46. Qg8+ Kh6 47. Qe6+ Kh5 48. g4+ Kg5 49.
Qf6+ Kf4 50. Qxf5+ Qxf5 51. gxf5 Kxf5 52. Kg3 c5 53. dxc5 Kxe5 54. Kf3 d4 55.
c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Kallio, Heikki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. h4 Ne7 8. h5
h6 9. Qg4 Qc6 10. Rh3 Rg8 11. a4 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. a5 Qc4 14. Qf4 b5 15.
Ne2 Kd7 16. Rf3 Raf8 17. Ba3 c5 18. dxc5 Qxf4 19. c6+ $6 {This zwischenzug
appears to be based upon a false assumption. After} (19. Rxf4 Nc6 20. Nd4 {
it is not so difficult for black to organise his forces. White's pawns are
potentially weak, but the actual weakness of f7 complicates the task of
accessing them.}) 19... Nxc6 20. Rxf4 Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 544]} ({Perhaps white was
banking on} 20... Ne7 21. Nd4 {when again white would have a level of activity
which would compensate for the various question-mark hanging over his
structure.}) 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 {Following the material investment, black's pieces
are active, no longer tied down to defensive duties, while white's weaknesses
are exposed.} 22. Nd4 Nc7 23. a6 f5 24. Nf3 Nxf3+ 25. Rxf3 Rf7 26. Rb1 Kc6 27.
Rb4 Nxa6 28. Rg4 Nc7 29. Rg6 Kd6 30. Re3 a5 31. Kd2 Re7 32. Rf3 Rf7 33. Re3 a4
34. Kc1 Re7 35. Rf3 Kd7 36. Kb2 Ne8 37. Ka3 Nf6 38. Kb4 Kd6 39. Rh3 Rb7 40. Re3
d4 41. Re1 Nd5+ 42. Ka3 dxc3 43. Rexe6+ Kc5 44. Rc6+ Kd4 45. Rg3 Ra7 46. Rd3+
Ke5 47. Rc5 b4+ 48. Ka2 Rd7 49. Ra5 b3+ 50. Kb1 Ke6 51. Rxa4 b2 52. g3 Rd6 53.
Ra7 Kf6 54. Ra5 Ke6 55. f3 Rd7 56. Ra6+ Kf7 57. Ra5 Ke6 58. f4 Rd6 59. Raxd5
Rxd5 60. Rxc3 Rd2 61. Re3+ Kf6 62. Rd3 Rh2 63. c4 Ke7 64. c5 Re2 65. Rd5 Ke6
66. Rd6+ Ke7 67. Rg6 Kd7 68. Rxg7+ Kc6 69. Rg6+ Kxc5 70. Rxh6 Rh2 71. Rh8 Kd4
72. h6 Ke4 73. h7 Kf3 74. Ka2 Kf2 75. Kb1 Kf3 76. Ka2 Kf2 1/2-1/2

