[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2004.06.02"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2004.05.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sokolac"]
[BlackTeam "Kiseljak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Qd3 Nxe4 8.
Qxe4 Qd5 9. Qg4 O-O 10. Nc3 Qd8 11. Bh6 Bf6 12. O-O-O e5 13. Qg3 exd4 14. Ne4
Bf5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bg5 Qg6 17. Rxd4 Nc6 18. Rd2 Rfe8 19. Be3 Qe6 20. Kb1
Ne5 21. Bd4 Bg6 22. Bc3 c5 23. h4 f6 24. Bb5 Red8 25. Rhd1 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 a6 27.
Be2 Re8 28. Qf4 b5 29. h5 Bf7 30. b3 h6 31. g4 Qc6 32. Qg3 c4 33. f4 Nd7 34. g5
$2 ({Essential was Erforderlich war} 34. b4 {, and White retains good
attacking prospects. The text move yields Black a very dangerous initiative.
wonach Weiß gute Angriffsaussichten behält. Der Textzug überlässt Schwarz eine
brandgefährliche Initiative.}) 34... hxg5 35. fxg5 cxb3 36. cxb3 fxg5 37. Kb2
Nf6 38. Qxg5 $2 ({Allows Black to conclude the game with a nice "petite
combinaison". Somewhat more stubborn was Erlaubt Schwarz, die Partie mit einer
hübschen "petite combinaison" zu beenden. Etwas hartnäckiger war} 38. Bd4) {
[%tqu "En","Black concluded the game with an elegant petite combination. Can
you find it?","Watch out for geometrical motifs!","Sacrifice your queen!",
"c6c3","This is a nice touch!",3,"De","Schwarz beendete die Partie mit einer
eleganten kleinen Wendung. Sehen Sie welche?","Achten Sie auf geometrische
Motive!","Opfern Sie die Dame!","c6c3","Einfach, aber nett!",3]} 38... Qxc3+ $1
{[%csl Rb2,Gc3,Gf6,Rg5][%cal Gf6e4]} (38... Qxc3+ $1 {A remarkable game
conlusion. White resigned in view of Simpel, aber wirkungsvoll. Weiß gab auf,
denn es folgt} 39. Kxc3 Ne4+) 0-1

[Event "AUT-chT 9697"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Brestian, Egon"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Balinov,I"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 Nc6 5. a3 Ba5 6. Be3 Nf6 7. e5 Ng4 8. b4 (
8. Bc1 $5) (8. Bf4 f6 9. h3 fxe5) 8... Bb6 9. Na4 Qh4 10. Ng3 (10. g3 Nxe3 11.
fxe3 Qe4 $17) 10... O-O 11. Be2 Nxe3 12. fxe3 f6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. O-O Qg5 15.
exf6 (15. Qd3 fxe5 16. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $17) 15... Qxe3+ 16. Kh1 g6 17. Bd3 Qxd4 18.
f7+ Kh8 19. Qc1 Qg7 20. Qg5 Bd7 21. Rf6 Rxf7 22. Rxf7 Qxf7 23. Rf1 Qg7 24. h4
Ne7 25. h5 Nf5 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Qh4 h6 28. Rf3 Rg8 0-1

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 {[%csl Ye4]} Be7 (
5... Bxc3+ {Kortschnoj} 6. Nxc3 Nc6) 6. Nxe4 b6 $6 (6... Nf6 $142) (6... Nc6
$10 {Kortschnoj}) (6... Nf6 $10 {Kortschnoj}) 7. N2c3 Bb7 {[%csl Yd4][%cal
Yb7e4]} 8. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3b7]} Kf8 (8... Qc8 9. Qg3 $36) (8... Nd7 $6 9. Nd6+
$5 cxd6 10. Qxb7 $14) (8... Nc6 {Kortschnoj} 9. Bb5 Kf8 10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxc6
$14) 9. Qg3 Nc6 {[%csl Rd4]} (9... Nh6 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Qf4 Bg5 12. Nxg5 hxg5
13. Qe3 Nd7 14. O-O-O {1-0 Al Modiahki,M-Abdulwahab,A/Moscow olm (11) QTR-IRQ 
(41)}) (9... Qxd4 $6 10. Qxc7 {[%csl Yc8,Rb7]} (10. Be3 Qd8 11. Rd1 Qc8 $44)
10... Qd7 (10... Bxe4 $6 11. Be3 (11. Nxe4 Qd7 $14) 11... Qd8 12. Qxd8+ Bxd8
13. Nxe4 $14) 11. Qg3 $36) 10. Be3 Bh4 (10... Nf6 11. Nxf6 (11. O-O-O Nxe4 12.
Nxe4 Na5 $143 $13 {[%csl Yc4,Yd5,Re4]}) 11... Bxf6 {[%csl Rd4]} 12. O-O-O {
[%csl Yc7,Yd5,Yg7]} Ne7 (12... Nxd4 13. Nb5 (13. Bxd4 $6 Bxd4 14. Nb5 $6 Bxb2+
15. Kxb2 Qxd1 $17) 13... c5 (13... Bh4 14. Qxc7 $16) 14. c3 $16) 13. Bd3 Nd5 (
13... Qd7 14. h4 $36) 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. c4 $14) (10... Nxd4 $2 11. Bxd4 Qxd4
12. Rd1 $18) 11. Qf4 g5 (11... f5 {Kortschnoj} 12. O-O-O $1 $40) 12. Nxg5 $8
Bxg5 13. Qxg5 Qxg5 14. Bxg5 Nxd4 15. O-O-O {Weiß bezitzt die offene d-Linie
und ein starkes Läuferpaar, also steht er klar besser.} c5 (15... Nf5 16. Rd7
$16) 16. Nb5 $1 {Weiß opfert für die schnelle Öffnung der d-Linie den Bauern
g2. Das Einbruchsfeld auf der 7. Reihe der offenen d-Linie d7 ist dabei die
Drehscheibe für die Angriffsoperationen von Weiß.} e5 (16... Nxb5 17. Bxb5 Bxg2
18. Rhg1 Bf3 19. Rd7 $40 a6 20. Bd3 Ke8 21. Rd6 b5 22. Bf4 $16 {[%csl Yb6,Ye5,
Yg7]}) 17. Nxd4 exd4 (17... cxd4 18. f4 (18. c3 Rc8 $1) 18... f6 (18... exf4
19. Bxf4 $16) 19. Bh4 Kg7 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Bc4 $16) 18. c3 $1 {Mit der Idee
das Einbruchsfeld d7 auf der 7.Reihe u erreichen.} dxc3 $6 (18... h6 19. Bh4) (
18... f6 $142 {Da die d-Linie durch den Bauern d4 blokiert wird, soll Schwarz
den Bauern d4 unterstützen, um die Offnung der d-Linie zu verhindern.} 19. Bh4
Rd8) 19. bxc3 Kg7 20. Bc4 $16 {Es droht 21.Rd7 mit dem entscheidenden Vorteil.}
(20. Rd7 Bc6 21. Rc7) 20... b5 (20... Nf6 21. Rd6 Ne4 22. Bh6+ Kg8 23. Rd7 $18)
(20... Bxg2 $2 21. Rhg1 {[%cal Rg1g7]} Bc6 (21... Bh3 22. Be7+ Kh6 23. Rd6+ $18
) 22. Be7+ Kh6 23. Rd6+ $18) (20... h6 21. Bh4 Bc6 22. Rd6 $16) (20... Bc6 21.
Rd6 Be8 22. Re1 $16) 21. Bxb5 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 15th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2007.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2007.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qd3 $5 {A very unusual move in the French
Winawer, which I have never met before. Hector decided to surprise me with one
of his old moves. However he also played it against Pontus Carlsson in Sigeman
Chess Tournament 2006. In any case, on this occasion I came well prepared and
this move was almost was I expected him to play.} Ne7 {A solid developing move,
preparing for short castling.} 5. Bd2 (5. Bg5 {is more common in order to
provoke ...f6 from Black.}) 5... Nd7 $5 {An interesting move that only has
been played in a few games before. The idea is to prepare for ...c7-c5 and
also in some variation jump forward to f6 after a pawn exchange in the centre.}
6. O-O-O O-O 7. a3 ({In case of} 7. Nf3 {Black continues with} c5) 7... Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 dxe4 9. Qxe4 Nf6 10. Qe5 {Here my opponent deviated from my preparation.
I had looked at both 10.Qd3 and 10.Qf3 right before the game. The idea of this
move is to provoke ...Ng6 and then to return with the queen in order to play
h4-h5 with attacking chances. After some thought I decided to go for it anyway.
} Ng6 ({Perhaps it was slightly better to play} 10... Nc6 {with the same
intentions as in the game. Here the knight looks a bit better placed than on
g6.}) 11. Qe1 Qd5 $1 {The queen takes very nice control and has a few
assignments. For the first, it stops White from developing his light-squared
bishop. Secondly the h5-square is covered in case White should try to push
h4-h5. Moreover there is also the idea of putting the queen on a2 at some
stage, annoying the white king quite a lot.} 12. h4 $5 {White has no immediate
threats, but by playing this move he prepares to meet ...Qa2 with h5 and also
makes it possible to develop his kings bishop to e2 as then the g2 pawn will
be poisoned as Bf3 will trap the queen.} Rd8 {With this move Black prepares to
answer 13.Be2 with ...Qa2 with a strong attack.} ({Also the immediate} 12...
Qa2 {was interesting, but here White has counterplay with} 13. h5 Nf4 14. h6 g6
{and here there is the interesting, but not fully necessary pawn sac} 15. b3 $5
Qxa3+ 16. Bb2 Qd6 17. Nf3 {with compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 13. Nf3
({On} 13. Be2 {there will follow} Qa2 $1 14. h5 (14. Bf3 {can be answered by}
h5 $1 {first to stop White's counterplay. Then Black may continue his own
attack with for instance ...e5 to open up the d-file. White seems to be in a
rather uncomfortable situation and probably he will need to give up a pawn by
playing b3 sooner or later.}) 14... Ne4 15. b3 ({If White tries to keep the
pawn on a3 by playing} 15. b4 {he will have serious weaknesses after} Nf4 16.
Bf3 Nd6 {with a favourable position for Black.}) 15... Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxa3+ 17.
Kb1 Ne7 {Black has an extra pwan and is slightly better. If White tries to
regain the pawn by means of} 18. Qxc7 {he will run into serious trouble after}
Nc6 $1 {with a clear advantage to Black as the queen now has been tricked away
from the defence of her Majesty on b1. Now there is the immediate threat of ...
e5 followed by ...Rd7 trapping the queen.}) 13... b6 {Black prepares the
development of his bishop, but also ...a7-a5 with the idea to exchange the
light-squared bishops.} 14. b3 (14. Ne5 {was a possible alternative after
which Black s best most likely is} Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxd1+ 16. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 17. Kxd1
Ne4 {with a balanced position.}) 14... Bb7 15. Bc4 ({Also the immediate} 15. h5
$5 {was interesting.} {After} Nxh5 16. Bc4 Qf5 17. Bd3 Qf4+ 18. Kb1 (18. Bd2
Qg4) 18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nf6 {Black is a pawn up, but White has compensation
in the pair of bishops and attacking-chances along the g- and h-files.}) 15...
Qd6 {Black could win a pawn in several ways here, but this looked like the
safest one to me.} (15... Qh5 {is rather risky. There might follow} 16. Ng5 Nf4
17. f3 Nxg2 18. Qd2 Nxh4 19. Qf4 h6 20. Nxe6 Qxf3 21. Qxf3 Nxf3 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 {
with an unbalanced position that is very hard to assess.}) (15... Qf5 16. h5 $5
{see 15.h5!?}) 16. h5 ({After} 16. Kb2 {there is} Nf4 17. Bb4 Nxg2 $1) 16...
Nf4 17. Ne5 (17. Bb4 Nxg2 $1) 17... Qxa3+ 18. Bb2 Qe7 19. g3 $5 {White gives
away an exchange, but in reality it's just a temporary sacrifice.} (19. h6 {
would have been worth a try, but I doubt that White has enough compensation
after} Nxg2 20. Qg1 g6 21. d5 Nf4 22. dxe6 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Nxe6 24. Re1 Rd8 25.
Qe2 Bd5 {and Black is two pawns to the good. White's chanses rest on the
bishop-diagonal a1-h8, but Black should have enough resources to defend.})
19... Bxh1 (19... N4xh5 20. Rh4 {gives White very nice compensation for the
two pawns.}) 20. Qxh1 N4d5 21. h6 $5 {This is a very "Hector-like" move,
trying to complicate as much as possible. After} (21. Nc6 Qd7 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 {
Black is clearly better as the natural} 23. h6 {now doesn't work because of}
Ng4 $1 {with doubble threats against h6 and f2.}) 21... g6 (21... Qf8 {was
also interesting with the idea to keep the exchange. Black is clearly better
even here, but White has good practical chances.} 22. hxg7 Qxg7 23. Bb5 (23.
Bd3)) 22. Be2 $5 {White continues to complicate matters. The best was probably
to play 22.Nc6 winning back the exchange with a slightly worse position.} Nd7
$2 {Here Black looses a big part of his advantage.} ({Better was} 22... Ne8 {
with the idea} 23. Nc6 Qg5+ 24. Kb1 Rd6) 23. Nc6 Qg5+ 24. Kb1 Re8 25. c4 N5f6 (
25... Ne7 $2 {is bad in view of} 26. f4 Qf6 27. d5 Qf5+ 28. Bd3 Qh5 29. Qxh5
gxh5 30. dxe6 Nc5 31. exf7+ Kxf7 32. Ne5+ Kg8 33. Bc2 {giving White a clear
advantage thanks to his very nice pair of bishops and Blacks destroyed pawn
structure in front of his king.}) 26. Ne7+ $1 {A nice move with the point of
controlling the f5-square for the black queen.} Kf8 $2 {A very dangerous move
that could have cost me dearly.} (26... Rxe7 27. Qxa8+ Re8 28. Qxa7 {leads to
double-edged play. Perhaps Black has somewhat better chances after} b5 $5 29.
Qxc7 bxc4 30. bxc4 Qf5+ 31. Bd3 Qxf2 {but in any case the material is balanced
and there a lot to play for.}) 27. Bc1 $2 {A crucial mistake. Here White had
the chance to take over the initiaitve with} (27. Ba3 $1 Qa5 (27... c5 $2 {
loses to} 28. Bc1 {[%csl Rg5] winning the queen. Black can fight on with} Qxc1+
29. Kxc1 Kxe7 {but after} 30. g4 $1 {followed by g5 White is winning.}) 28.
Nxg6+ Kg8 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Kb2 {Here White has a very promising position with
full compensation for the sacrificed exchange.}) 27... Qa5 28. Nc6 Qf5+ 29. Bd3
Qh5 $1 (29... Qxf2 $2 30. Bf4 {and the queen will get trapped by Rd2 on the
next move.}) 30. Qxh5 ({White becomes passive after} 30. Qe1 Qf3 (30... Kg8 {or
}) 31. Ba3+ Kg8 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. Qe2 Qxe2 34. Bxe2 Ne4 (34... c5 35. Bf3) 35.
Kc2 f5 36. Bf3 c5 37. Nc6 Nxf2 38. Rf1 Nh3 39. Bc1 g5 {and the game is in the
hands of Black.}) 30... Nxh5 31. g4 Nhf6 32. g5 Nh5 33. Be4 $6 (33. Ba3+ Kg8
34. Be4 {looks like a better option.}) 33... f6 34. Ba3+ Kf7 35. d5 Nc5 36.
Bxc5 $2 ({Better was} 36. dxe6+ Rxe6 $1 (36... Kxe6 {is dangerous after} 37.
Nd4+ Ke5 (37... Ke7 38. Bxa8 Rxa8 39. b4 {gives White excellent compensation.})
38. Bxa8 Rxa8 39. Re1+ $1 {with a clear advantage to White as} Kxd4 {loses to}
40. Bb2+ Kd3 41. Re3+ Kd2 42. Bc3+ Kd1 43. Re1#) 37. Bd5 Nf4 38. Bxc5 bxc5 39.
Bxe6+ Kxe6 40. Nd8+ $1 Kf5 41. gxf6 Kxf6 42. Rd7 Rb8 43. Kc2 g5 44. Nc6 Rb6 45.
Nxa7 Kg6 46. Rxc7 Ne6 47. Rc6 Rxc6 48. Nxc6 Kxh6 $11 {with an equal endgame.})
36... bxc5 37. d6 (37. dxe6+ Kxe6 $17) 37... cxd6 38. Rxd6 fxg5 39. Ne5+ Kf6
40. Ng4+ Ke7 41. Ra6 Nf6 $1 {A strong move that forces a better rook endgame
for Black with excellent winning chances.} ({After} 41... Rad8 42. Ne5 {
White has very strong compensation for the sacrificed material. A spectacular
variation goes} Kf6 43. Ng4+ Kf7 44. Ne5+ Kf8 $2 45. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 $4 46. Rxa7 {
and White is suddenly winning.}) 42. Nxf6 (42. Bxa8 Nxg4 ({After} 42... Rxa8
43. Ne5 Nd7 44. Ng4 {it is very hard for Black to continue despite the two
extra pawns.})) 42... Kxf6 43. Bxa8 Rxa8 44. Rc6 g4 $1 45. Rxc5 g5 46. Ra5 $5 {
White tries to create quick conterplay on the queenside before Black's future
passed pawn on the h-file starts running.} Kg6 47. b4 (47. Kb2 Rf8) (47. Kc2
Rf8 48. Rxa7 Rxf2+ 49. Kc3 g3 50. Ra1 Rf3+ 51. Kb4 Kxh6 52. c5 Kg6 53. c6 h5
54. c7 Rf8 55. Kc5 h4 56. b4 (56. Rg1 Rh8 $19 {[%cal Yh4h3]}) 56... h3 57. b5
h2 58. b6 g2 $19) 47... Rf8 48. Ra2 (48. Rxa7 Rxf2 49. Ra3 Rf3 50. Ra6 g3 51.
Rxe6+ Kh5 52. Re2 Rf2 53. Re3 g2 54. Rg3 Kh4 55. Rxg2 Rxg2 56. c5 Rg4 $19)
48... Kxh6 (48... Rf4 49. Rc2 Kxh6 50. b5 Kg6 51. c5 Rf7 52. c6 Rc7 53. Ra2 h5
54. Kc2 h4 55. Rxa7 Rxa7 56. b6 Ra2+ 57. Kb3 Ra6 58. b7 Rb6+ 59. Ka4 g3 60.
fxg3 hxg3 61. c7 g2 62. c8=Q g1=Q $19) 49. c5 Kg6 50. c6 h5 51. b5 h4 52. Rxa7
h3 53. Re7 (53. Kc2 h2 54. Ra1 Rxf2+ 55. Kb3 g3 56. c7 Rf8 57. Rf1 Rc8 58. b6
g2 $19) 53... Kf6 54. Rh7 Rb8 55. Kc2 Rxb5 56. c7 Rc5+ 57. Kd3 Kg6 58. Re7 Kf6
{A safety move in time trouble.} (58... g3 59. fxg3 h2 60. Rxe6+ Kh5 $19 {
wins more quickly.}) 59. Rh7 Rc6 60. Kd4 Kg6 61. Re7 Kf6 62. Rh7 Rc1 63. Ke3
Kg6 64. Kd2 Rc5 65. Re7 g3 $1 66. fxg3 h2 67. Rxe6+ Kh5 68. Re7 Kg4 69. Rh7
Kxg3 70. Rh5 Rxc7 71. Rxg5+ Kh4 0-1

[Event "SWE-chT 0405"]
[Site "Sweden"]
[Date "2005.03.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2004.11.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Limhamn"]
[BlackTeam "Sollentuna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 Nc6 {The latest move in fashion. The old
mainline follow} (4... dxe4 5. a3 Be7 {with approximate equality. However it
feels wrong to me to let white out so easy with his pieces. Therefore I would
like to make use of his clumsy placed knight on e2.After} 6. Nxe4 {black has
helped white to develop him self, which is unnecessary, even though the black
position is completely fine here as well.}) 5. a3 Ba5 6. e5 Nge7 7. b4 Bb6 8.
Na4 O-O {I have had this position two times earlier against Hector. I was
doing fine in the opening in both games, but the result were one loss and a
win.} 9. c3 {An improvement compared with our earlier games.} ({When we met in
Excelsior Cup 2004 there followed} 9. Rb1 Nf5 (9... Bd7 {was an interesting
alternative, threatening to win a pawn after ...Bxd4 as the knight on a4 will
be hanging.}) 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. b5 Na5 12. Ng3 c5 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Be2 (14.
Be3 Qe7 15. dxc5 Qxe5 16. Qd4 Re8) 14... Be6 {with a balanced position.}) ({
In the last years final of the Swedish Team Championship Hector played} 9. b5
$6 {against me, which I made use of by playing} Ba5+ $1 {A very good move.
Black saves his bishop from being exchanged by the white knight. Instead the
knight on a4 gets offside and it takes time for it to return to the game again.
} 10. c3 ({After} 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Nb8 {black has a good position as
well. ...a7-a6 will come next breaking up the white queenside.}) 10... Nb8 11.
Nc5 a6 12. bxa6 Nxa6 13. Nb3 c5 $1 {Black gives the pair of bishops for
activity! White has a cramped position and is already in big trouble. Later on
I also won the game.} ({By playing} 13... Bb6 {instead black would keep the
bishop, but white will also get enough time to complete his development.}))
9... f6 {An important move. At the moment the Black position is a bit cramped
and it's therefore important to act quickly to get counter play before white
has completed his development.} 10. f4 {I was quite happy about this move
during the game. It's natural that White wants to support his centre to
retrain his space advantage, but positionally seen this move is a mistake. By
playing this move white closes the diagonal for his black squared bishop. In
my opinion the best continuation for white was} (10. exf6 gxf6 11. Bh6 {
when an interesting battle lies ahead.}) 10... Bd7 {A sound development move.
Here the bishop is pointing the knight on a4 and in the same time it's ready
to pass over to the kingside by playing ...Be8-h5. Of course black would like
to keep the tension in the centre as long as possible not to give any extra
squares to the white pieces.} 11. h4 {White is playing extremely tough, which
is also very typical for Hector. The idea is to meet 11.Be8 with h5, but this
move also creates more weaknesses on the white kingside.} Qe8 {Black puts
ional pressure on the a4-knight and in the same time the black queen is
heading for h5 or g6.} 12. h5 {Stops the black counter play with ...Qh5 and ...
Nxd4 does not work at the moment.} Nd8 {A forcing move. White must decide on
if he should exchange the black bishop or not. The "big pawn" on b6 does maybe
not look so threatening at the moment, but it might well come to use in case
of an later opening of the centre.} 13. Nb2 {A wise decision. White want to
make use of black's problem with his bishop on b6. The plan is to put the
knight on d3 where it has good central control. If white only gets enough time
to complete his development he will most probably end up with a better
position.} (13. Nxb6 axb6 {gives black a half open a-file and very nice play
on the light squares.}) 13... Nf7 {Black puts pressure on e5 and soon a piece
sacrifice might well be possible. The other idea is just to continue with ...
Nh6 to make use of the weaknesses in the white camp.} 14. g4 {Another very
ambitious move from white. Taking control of the f5-square and prepares to
meet ...Nh6 with Ng3. However white is still rather undeveloped and sooner
than later the bubble will burst.} fxe5 ({The alternative} 14... a5 {is not
good because of} 15. h6 $1 {with strong counter play.}) 15. fxe5 {It's
remarkable that during the first fifteen moves white has only been playing
with knights and pawns!} a5 ({The Sacrifice by means of} 15... Nxe5 {was a
very interesting alternative.} 16. dxe5 Bf2+ 17. Kd2 Nc6 18. Kc2 ({The main
point is that} 18. Nd3 {doesn't work because of} Nxe5 $1 19. Nxe5 Ba4 {and the
white queen is trapped.}) 18... Nxe5 {Black has excellent compensation for the
sacrificed piece. Two pawns and a dangerous attack on the white king.}) 16. Bf4
$1 {Protects against the sacrifice and in the same time connecting the white
queen and rook, making it possible to answer ...axb4 with axb4.} Bb5 {White is
under strong pressure and must act very correctly not to loose at once.} 17.
Rg1 $4 {The decisive mistake. White puts his rook in the diagonal of the black
bishop which makes it possible for him to win a tempo and thereby the game.} (
17. Ng3 $1 {was necessary. The black position still looks very promising but
its difficult to find anything convincing.}) 17... Nc6 $1 {Black takes another
piece into the game and now threatens with ...Nfxe5 which white is unable to
set up any defence against.} 18. Rg2 {White walks out of the pin with his rook,
but now it's too late. Black finishes the game with a nice combination.} Nfxe5
$1 19. Bxe5 (19. dxe5 {is met by} Bxe2 {followed by ...Rxf4with an extra pawn
and a winning position for black.}) 19... Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rxf1+ $3 21. Kxf1 Qf7+
22. Ke1 Qf3 $1 23. c4 {A last desperate try to avoid getting mated.} ({Trying
to save the rook playing} 23. Rh2 {is simply answered with} Be3 $1 {with soon
mate to follow.} 24. Qb1) (23. Rg1 {doesn't help either. After} Bf2+ 24. Kd2
Be3+ 25. Kc2 Bxe2 26. Qe1 Qe4+ {Black has won back the material with a totally
crushing position.}) 23... Qxg2 24. c5 (24. cxb5 Be3 $19) 24... Rf8 25. Kd2 Rf2
26. Nd3 Bxd3 27. Kxd3 Qf3+ 28. Kd2 d4 $1 (28... d4 29. cxb6 Qc3#) 0-1

[Event "SWE-chT 1920 Elite"]
[Site "Sweden"]
[Date "2020.02.01"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Lundin, Jan"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "Berg,Emanuel"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Farsta"]
[BlackTeam "Wasa"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {A surprise. I was expecting the Advance Variation.}
Bb4 4. a3 {This line is very unusual nowadays, but has been tried occasionally
by some top GMs. However, it's still a serious option and Black must be alert
since the game now quickly becomes rather sharp.} Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6
7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 Rg6 {White now has to make an early decision on where to
place his queen.} 9. Qd2 {This is the main continuation hiding the queen away
as far as possible to avoid Black getting further tempi threatening it. During
the game I now tried to remember what I had written in my book "GM Repertoire
- The French Defence Vol 1". I've also played this position vs Jonny Hector
but that was also quite some time ago.} b6 {This prepares for the natural
development ...Bb7 to protect the center while occasionally ...Ba6 also is an
interesting option.} 10. Bb2 {One of a few possible options for White.
Transpositions might often occur but the order of moves can be quite important.
} ({Alternatives include} 10. Ne2) (10. Nh3) (10. a4) 10... Bb7 {After some
thought I finally decided for the natural development which is fine.} ({
However,} 10... Ba6 {was the move I recommended in the book. I considered this
during the game but became a bit uncertain whether this was the right position
or not to go for this option.}) 11. Nh3 Nc6 $5 $146 {A novelty and often a
good move with ideas like ...e5 in mind.} ({The only previous game I could
find featured} 11... Qd6 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. c4 O-O-O 14. Nf4 Rg4 15. Ne2 {
when Black was doing absolutely fine in 1-0 (29) Godoy Bugueno,D (2315)-Rojas
Keim,L (2310) Santiago de Chile 1993}) ({Perhaps} 11... Qe7 {as suggested by
the computer is the most accurate continuation. Now Black remains flexible
about whether to place his knight on d7 or c6 depending on White's setup.}) 12.
Nf4 Rg8 13. c4 Qe7 ({Equally good is the alternative} 13... Qd6 14. O-O-O O-O-O
{with a pretty balanced game.}) ({However, the concrete approach} 13... e5 $2 {
leads to a clear advantage for White following} 14. d5 $1 $16) 14. Qc3 $1 {
A tricky move threatening d5 which forces Black to go backwards.} Nd7 {This
move felt like a slight concession during the game but Black is still doing
fine.} (14... Ng4 $5 {might lead to an exciting draw following} 15. h3 Nxf2 $1
16. Kxf2 Qh4+ 17. g3 Rxg3 18. Qxg3 e3+ 19. Kg2 Nxd4+ 20. Nd5 (20. Kh2 Nf3+ 21.
Kg2 $11) 20... Bxd5+ 21. cxd5 Qe4+ 22. Kh2 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 $11) 15. O-O-O (15. d5
{does not harm Black at all, but rather just weakens White's position following
} Nce5 16. dxe6 fxe6 $15 {when the doubled pawn in the center does not appear
as a problem. Black has pefect control and active pieces.}) 15... O-O-O 16. h4
{Seems a little slow.} (16. g3 {is more to the point.}) 16... Qd6 $5 {A tricky
move creating plans along the d-file including ...Nc5.} 17. Qe3 $6 {An
unfortunate square for the queen. Now the advantage goes over to Black.} (17.
g3 {was better. There might follow} Nc5 $5 18. Ba1 Na4 19. Qb3 Nc5 20. Qe3 (20.
Qc3 $11) 20... Na5 21. Bh3 Nd7 22. Qc3 Kb8 23. Rhe1 {when White's position
looks a bit more healthy.}) 17... Ne7 $1 18. d5 Nc5 19. g3 Kb8 $1 {A good
prophylactic waiting move.} 20. Bh3 e5 (20... exd5 {wins a pawn but is not too
clear after} 21. Rd2 {intending Rhd1 when White is very active.} ({On the
other hand} 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. c4 $4 {loses for White in view of}
Nd3+ 24. Rxd3 exd3 25. cxd5 Qxd5 {when the double threat of threat of ...Qxh1+
and ...Qc4+ decides the game.})) 21. Ng2 Ba6 {I was now down to just a minute
on the clock having almost 20 moves to make before the time control, thus
playing a forced line was understandable.} ({However, it was better to proceed
positionally with} 21... Bc8 22. Bxc8 (22. Qc3 Bxh3 23. Rxh3 f6 $17) 22... Nxc8
{with a clear positional advantage for Black.}) 22. Qc3 Na4 $6 {A typical
time-trouble move forcing matters.This simplifies things but also gives away
most of Black's advantage.} ({After} 22... f6 $1 23. Ne3 h5 {[%cal Ga6c8]
intending ...Bc8 next Black would remain with a stable positional plus.}) 23.
Qxe5 Nxb2 24. Qxb2 (24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. Kxb2 Bxc4 $15 {[%csl Rd5]}) 24... Bxc4
25. Ne3 Be2 $2 ({Grabbing material with} 25... Bxd5 $1 $15 {was better but not
an easy move to play in time trouble.}) 26. Rd2 {(=) Here my opponent came
with a tactical draw offer. Having only increment on the clock and many moves
to make, I finally decided to accept.} (26. Rd2 Bf3 27. Re1 {would have given
a rather equal position with mutual chances in the time trouble.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Cup 10th"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "1978.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Bronstein,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1978.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dinamo"]
[BlackTeam "Spartak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. N2g3 O-O 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O b6 10. Bf3 Rb8 11. c4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. Bxb7
Rxb7 15. Qf3 c6 16. Ne2 Qc8 17. b4 Rd8 18. Bf4 Rbd7 19. Rfc1 h6 20. h3 c5 (
20... Qb7 $142 {Bronstein (l'apprenti sorcier)}) 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. b5 Rd3 23.
Be3 Qc7 24. a4 $1 {Forçant les Noirs а utiliser leur Q pour bloquer le P"a, ce
qui l'écarte du jeu (Bronstein)} Qa5 25. Qc6 Nd7 26. Bf4 e5 27. Qe4 Rd6 28. Be3
Bf8 29. Nc3 Rd4 $5 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Nd5 Re8 32. Qg4 Re6 33. Rd1 g6 34. f4 {
[%cal Gf4f5]} f5 35. Qe2 Bc5 {[%cal Ge5e4,Gd4d3]} 36. Kh2 e4 $6 37. g4 $1 Qd8
38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Qh5 Qf8 40. Ra2 d3 41. Rg2+ 1-0

[Event "World-ch17 Tournament"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.05.16"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Prior to this game, Keres had a truly wretched score against Botvinnik:
6 draws and 6 losses in 12 encounters. The victory here must have been
extremely sweet.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 dxe4 5. Qg4 Nf6 6. Qxg7 Rg8 7.
Qh6 Nc6 8. O-O-O $1 (8. Nge2 Bd7 9. O-O-O Rg6 10. Qh4 Rg4 11. Qh3 Qe7 12. Qe3
Nd5 $10 {Boleslavsky-Bondarevsky Stockholm 1948}) 8... Rg6 (8... Nxd4 $2 9. Nb5
Bxd2+ 10. Rxd2 c5 11. c3 a6 12. Nd6+ Qxd6 13. Qxf6 {(Golombek)}) (8... Qxd4 $2
9. Nb5 $1 {(Schwarz 51)}) 9. Qh4 (9. Qe3 $10 {(Barden/Harding 76)}) 9... Bxc3
$1 (9... Nxd4 10. Bg5 $1 {(Schwarz 51)} (10. Be3 {(Reinfeld 49)}) (10. Nxe4 $1
{(Schwarz 67)})) (9... Qxd4 10. Bg5 $1 Qe5 11. f4 $1 {(Schwarz 51)}) (9... Rg4
10. Qh3 Qe7 11. Qe3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 13. Rxd2 exd5 14. Ne2 $13) 10. Bxc3 Qd5
$10 {(Pachman 68)} (10... Qe7) 11. b3 $1 Ne7 (11... Qg5+ 12. Qxg5 Rxg5 13. Nh3
Rg8 14. g3 $1 Bd7 15. Bg2 $40 {(Reinfeld 49)}) 12. f3 $1 $10 {(Schwarz 51)} Bd7
$13 {(Keres 69)} (12... Nf5 13. Qe1) (12... Qg5+ 13. Qxg5 Rxg5 14. Re1 $1 exf3
15. Nxf3 $14 {(Reinfeld 49)}) 13. Bb2 $14 {(eco 74, mco 90)} (13. fxe4 $1 $14 {
(eco 81)} Qxe4 (13... Nxe4 14. Bb2) 14. Nf3 {(Keres 64)}) 13... Bc6 (13...
O-O-O $15 {(Schwarz 67)}) 14. c4 $1 (14. fxe4 $6 Qxe4 15. Qxe4 (15. Nf3 Nf5 16.
Qxe4 Nxe4 {(Keres 64)}) 15... Bxe4 16. Nf3 Ng4 $132 {(Keres 64, Varnusz 90)})
14... Qf5 $1 (14... Qa5 $6 15. d5 $1 exd5 16. Bxf6 Nf5 17. Qe1 $1 (17. Qf4 $2
Rxf6 18. Qe5+ Re6 19. Qxf5 Qxa2 20. cxd5) (17. Qxh7 $2 Rxf6 18. Qh8+ Ke7 19.
Qxa8 Ne3 $1 {(Varnusz 90)}) 17... Qxe1 18. Rxe1 Rxf6 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. fxe4 Re6
21. Nf3 $1 Rxe4 {21....Be4? 22.Ng5 (Keres 64)} 22. Bd3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1+ Ne7 24.
Bxh7 $16 {(Keres 64, Varnusz 90)}) (14... Qg5+ $2 15. Qxg5 Rxg5 16. d5 $1 {
(Reinfeld 49)}) (14... Qh5 15. Qf4) 15. d5 $1 exd5 $8 (15... Bd7 16. Bxf6) 16.
fxe4 dxe4 (16... Qxe4 $2 17. Bxf6 Qe3+ 18. Kb1 Nf5 19. Re1 $1 {(Keres 64,
Varnusz 90)}) (16... Nxe4 17. Nf3 Rg4 18. Qe1 O-O-O 19. Nd4 {<=> (Keres 64)} (
19. Ne5 Rgg8 (19... Nf2 20. Nxg4 Nxh1 21. Qxe7 Qxg4 22. Be5 Qd7 23. Qxd7+ Rxd7
24. Be2 Re7 25. Bg4+ Kb8 26. cxd5 Bb5 27. Bf6 Re4 28. Bf3 Rf4 29. Be5 Rf5 30.
Bd4 $18 {(Golombek)}) 20. Bd3 $1 {(Reinfeld 49)})) 17. Nh3 Ng4 (17... Rd8 18.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Be2 {(Reinfeld 49)}) 18. Qg3 (18. Be2 Ne3 19. g4 Qa5 $1 $132 20.
a3 Nxd1 21. b4 Qa4 22. Bxd1 Qa6 23. b5 Bxb5 24. cxb5 Qxb5 {(Keres 64)}) 18...
Qc5 $1 (18... Rc8 19. Be2 h5 20. Rhf1 $36) 19. Qxc7 Rc8 (19... Ne3 $6 20. Rd2
Nxf1 21. Rxf1 e3 22. Re2 Rc8 23. Qf4 $16 {(Varnusz 90)} Bxg2 24. Qxf7+ {
(Keres 64)}) 20. Qf4 Qe3+ 21. Rd2 (21. Kb1 Qxf4 22. Nxf4 Nf2 23. Nxg6 Nxg6 24.
Be2 Nxh1 25. Rxh1 Nf4 {(Reinfeld 49)}) 21... Qxf4 $2 (21... Qe1+ $1 22. Rd1 (
22. Kc2 $2 Ne3+ 23. Kc3 N7d5+ {(Gligoric)}) 22... Qe3+ $1 23. Kb1 $1 Qxf4 24.
Nxf4 Nf2 25. Nxg6 Nxg6 26. Be2 Nxh1 27. Rxh1 f5 {=/+ (Keres 64)} 28. Rf1 {
+/- (Varnusz 90)}) 22. Nxf4 e3 $5 23. Rc2 $1 (23. Re2 Rd6 $132) 23... Rg5 (
23... Rd6 24. Be2 Nf2 25. Rf1 (25. Re1) 25... Be4 26. Rc3 Rd2 27. Bf3 $1 {
+/- (Keres 64)}) (23... Rh6 24. Be2 $1 Rxh2 {24....Nh2 25.Re1 Rd8 26.Rc3 24....
Nf2 25.Re1 Rh2 26.Rc3 (Keres 64)} 25. Rxh2 Nxh2 26. Rc3 {(Varnusz 90)}) (23...
Rg8 24. Be2 Nf2 25. Rg1 {(Reinfeld 49)}) 24. Be2 $1 Nf2 25. Re1 Rd8 (25... Be4
{25....Bg2 26.Rg1 (Keres 64)} 26. Rc3 Nf5 27. g4 $1 Nxg4 28. Rg1 {(Keres 64)})
(25... Bxg2 $2 26. Rg1 $18 {(Reinfeld 49)}) 26. g3 $6 (26. Bf1 $1 Be4 27. Rxf2
$1 (27. Bf6 $5) 27... exf2 28. Rxe4 {(Keres 64)}) 26... Rf5 $2 (26... Be4 $5
27. Rc3 Nf5 (27... Rd2 $2 28. Bf1 Nf5 29. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 30. Rcxe3+ Nxe3 31. Kxd2
$18 {(Reinfeld 49)}) 28. Bf1 (28. g4 Nxg4 29. Rg1 Nd4 {29....Rd2 30.h3! (Keres
64)} 30. Bxg4 f5 31. Rxe3 $18 {(Keres 64, Varnusz 90)}) (28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. cxd5
Rxd5 30. Bc4 Rd6 (30... Rd8 31. Rcxe3+ Nxe3 32. Bf6 Rf5 33. Rxe3+ Kd7 34. Bxd8
Kxd8 35. Be2 $16 {(Reinfeld 49)}) 31. Ba3 {^^ (Reinfeld 49)}) 28... Rd2 29. Nd5
$1 Bxd5 30. Rcxe3+ $1 Nxe3 31. Rxe3+ $16 {(Keres 64)}) 27. Bf1 Rxf4 (27... Be4
28. Rxf2 $1) (27... Bf3 28. Ba3) 28. gxf4 Nd3+ (28... Nf5 29. Rxf2) 29. Bxd3
Rxd3 30. Rc3 $1 Rxc3+ 31. Bxc3 Nf5 32. Bd2 $1 Kd7 33. Bxe3 b6 34. Bf2 f6 35.
Kd2 h5 36. Kd3 Nh6 (36... Kd6 37. Bd4 Nxd4 38. Kxd4 $18) 37. Bh4 f5 38. Re7+
Kd6 39. h3 1-0

[Event "CSR-ch52 International"]
[Site "Sumperk"]
[Date "1984.06.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Mokry, Karel"]
[Black "Jurek, Josef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1984.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[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. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 b6 (6... Nf6) (6...
Nc6) (6... Bd7 7. N2g3) (6... Nd7 $6) 7. N2c3 Bb7 8. Bb5+ $1 Nd7 (8... c6) 9.
Qg4 $5 Kf8 10. Qe2 Ndf6 11. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-01"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1948.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1948.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. N2g3 O-O 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. Nxf6+ (9. c3 e5 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Bxd1 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe5 13. O-O
Nd3 14. Bc2 Nxc1 $10) (9. Be3 $2 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 f5 $1 $17) 9... Bxf6 10. c3 e5
11. d5 (11. dxe5 Qxd1+ 12. Bxd1 Nxe5 $15 {Kan-Alatortsev/URS/1931/}) 11... Ne7
12. c4 Ng6 13. Nh5 (13. O-O a5 $5) 13... Be7 (13... Bg5 $1 14. O-O Bxc1 15.
Qxc1 Qh4 16. Qc3 {Pachman-Bronstein Saltsjobaden 1948}) 14. O-O f5 15. f4 $10
Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Bd4 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. g3 Qe7 19. Qc2 f4 $1 20. Nxf4 Nxf4 21. Bxf4
Bh3 22. Rfe1 Qc5 $1 23. Bxe5 Qf2 $1 24. Qe4 $1 $10 Rae8 25. Rf1 Rxe5 26. Rxf2
Rxe4 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Bd3 Rd4 29. Rd1 b5 30. b3 bxc4 31. bxc4 Ke7 32. Re1+
Kd6 33. Re3 Kc5 34. Kg1 Bc8 35. Kf2 Ba6 36. Bxh7 Rd2+ 37. Re2 Rxe2+ 38. Kxe2
Bxc4+ 39. Kd2 Bxd5 40. Kc3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch22 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[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. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Nbd7 (
7... O-O 8. Nge2 Nbd7 9. O-O Nxc5 10. Bc4 Nce4 $2 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Ng3 Qxd1
13. Rxd1 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Be7 $14) 8. Bd2 Nxc5 9. Bb5+ Ncd7 10. Nf3 a6 11. Bd3 O-O
12. O-O b6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bg5 Rfe8 $10 17. c4 $2 (17.
c3 $10) 17... Rad8 18. Rfe1 h6 19. Nxf6+ (19. Bh4 $2 Nh5 $1) 19... Nxf6 20. Bh4
Bb4 $1 21. Rf1 Qc6 22. Bc2 (22. Bxf6 $142 gxf6) 22... Be7 23. Bxf6 $2 Bxf6 24.
b3 g6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 e5 $15 28. Ne1 e4 29. Nc2 Qd6 30.
Ne3 Qd4 31. Nd5 Bg5 32. g3 f5 33. h4 Bd8 34. Bc2 Kf7 35. Qd1 Qxd1+ 36. Bxd1 Ke6
37. Nf4+ Kf6 38. Kf1 g5 39. hxg5+ hxg5 40. Nd5+ Ke5 41. a4 Kd4 42. Be2 Bc8 43.
Kg2 Bd7 44. Kf1 Be8 45. Kg1 Bf7 46. Kg2 a5 47. Kf1 f4 48. gxf4 gxf4 49. Nxf4
Kc3 50. Bd1 Kd2 51. Bg4 Kc2 52. Be6 Bxe6 53. Nxe6 Be7 54. Nd4+ Kc3 55. Nf5 Bf8
56. Ng3 Kxb3 57. Ke2 Kxa4 58. Nxe4 Kb3 59. Kd3 a4 60. Nd2+ Kb2 61. c5 b5 62. c6
Bd6 63. Ne4 Bb8 64. Nc3 a3 65. f4 Bxf4 0-1

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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. Qd3 dxe4 5. Qxe4 Nf6 6. Qh4 Bd7 7. Nf3 Bc6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Be4 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 O-O 12. O-O c5 13. Bg5 cxd4 (13...
Nbd7 $5 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 $10 {(Short)}) 14. Nxd4 Nbd7 $10 15. Rfd1 Ne5
16. Nb5 Ng6 17. Qg3 h6 18. Be3 a6 19. Nd4 Qd7 20. c4 e5 21. Nb3 b5 22. Rac1
Rac8 23. Nc5 Qc6 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 Rfd8 26. Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Votava, Jan"]
[Black "Soffer, Ram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qd3 dxe4 5. Qxe4 Nf6 6. Qh4 Bd7 7. Bd3 Bc6 8.
Nge2 Nbd7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. f3 h6 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Ne4 Nfd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qf2
Nb4 15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. Nc1 Bd5 17. b3 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Qxe5 20. Rhe1
Qa5 21. c4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 f5 23. Bc2 Nxc2 24. Kxc2 Re8 25. Qd4 Qe5 26. Qd3 Kb8
27. Rd2 Qf6 28. Ne2 Nc8 29. Nc3 c6 30. f4 g6 31. g3 Re1 32. Qd7 Re3 33. Rd3 Re7
34. Qd8 Qe6 35. Rd2 Re8 36. Qd4 Qf7 37. Re2 Rxe2+ 38. Nxe2 Qe7 39. Kd3 Nd6 $2
40. Qe5 Qxe5 41. fxe5 Ne8 42. Nf4 g5 43. Ne6 Kc8 44. h4 gxh4 45. gxh4 Kd7 46.
Nd4 Ng7 47. c5 Ke7 (47... b6 $5 48. b4 bxc5 49. bxc5 Ne6 50. Nxf5 Nxc5+) 48.
Ke3 Kf7 49. Kf4 Kg6 50. b4 $1 (50. e6 $2 Kf6 51. e7 Nh5+ 52. Kf3 Ng7) 50...
Nh5+ 51. Kf3 Ng7 52. a3 a6 53. a4 Ne8 (53... Kf7 54. Kf4 Kg6 55. Nxf5 Ne6+ 56.
Ke4 a5 57. Nd4 Nxd4 58. Kxd4 Kf5 (58... axb4 59. Kc4 Kf5 60. Kxb4 Kxe5 61. Ka5)
59. bxa5 h5 60. a6 bxa6 61. a5) 54. Ne6 Kf7 55. Nd8+ Ke7 56. Nxb7 Ke6 57. Nd8+
Kxe5 58. Nxc6+ Kd5 59. Nb8 Nc7 60. c6 Kd6 61. Ke2 Nd5 62. Nxa6 Kxc6 63. Kd3 f4
$2 64. Ke4 Kb6 65. Nc5 Nxb4 66. Nb3 f3 67. Kxf3 Nd5 68. a5+ Kb5 69. Ke4 Nc7 70.
Ke5 h5 71. Kd6 Na6 72. Nd4+ Kxa5 73. Ne2 Kb6 74. Nf4 Nb4 75. Nxh5 Nd3 76. Nf6
Ne1 77. h5 Nf3 78. h6 Ng5 79. Ke7 Kc6 80. Ne4 Nh7 81. Kf7 Kd5 82. Kg7 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch34"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "1979.02.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Black "Arapovic, Vitomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1979.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[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. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd7 $6 7. Nf3 Bc6
8. O-O Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3 $6 (9... Bd6 10. Re1 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 $14) 10. bxc3 Qe7
11. a4 Qd6 12. Bb5 $1 $16 (12. Ba3 $6 Qf4) 12... a6 13. Ba3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qd5
15. Bxd7+ (15. Be2 $5 Qxf3 16. Bxf3 $16 {^^}) 15... Kxd7 16. Qg3 Ne4 17. Qd3 b5
(17... Nd6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. c4 Qf5 20. Qb3 Rab8 21. Rfe1 $16) 18. Rfe1 Nd6 19.
Re5 Qc4 20. Qf3 $1 {[/\ Rc5]} Qxa4 21. Qd1 $1 b4 22. Bxb4 Qc6 23. d5 Qc4 (23...
exd5 24. Qg4+ Kd8 25. Rae1 $18) 24. dxe6+ fxe6 25. Rc5 Qf4 26. g3 Qf8 27. Qd4
$18 Qe7 28. Rd1 Rhd8 29. Ba5 Ra7 30. Qa4+ Kc8 31. Bb6 Rb7 32. Qxa6 Ne8 33. Rb1
Rd6 34. Qxb7+ $1 Kxb7 35. Bxc7+ Ka7 36. Bxd6 Qd8 37. Be7 1-0

[Event "Bar"]
[Site "Bar"]
[Date "1997.11.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1997.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[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. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nc6 7. g3 Nf6 (7...
e5 8. d5 Bg4 9. Qd3 Bxe2 10. Bxe2 Nd4 11. c3 Nxe2 12. Qb5+ Kf8 (12... Qd7 13.
Qxd7+ Kxd7) 13. Kxe2 {1-0 Rewitz,P-Ochsner,T/Aarhus-A 1988/EXT 97 (37)}) 8. Bg2
e5 (8... O-O 9. O-O e5 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. d5 Nd4 12. c3 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Bf5 14.
Be3 Qd7 15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. Rd2 e4 17. Qc4 b5 18. Qc6 a5 19. Bf4 Qxc6 20. dxc6 {
1-0 Biyiasas,P-Jamieson,R/Haifa olm 1976/MCD-ol (34)}) 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. d5 Ne7
(10... Nd4 11. Nxd4 (11. c3 $5) 11... exd4 12. Qe2+ Qe7 13. Qxe7+ Kxe7 14. Bf4
Kd8 15. O-O-O g5 16. Bd2 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 Rajna,G-Farago,I/Szolnok 1975/MCD-r7 (28)
}) 11. Nc3 (11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 Nf5 13. Ne4 Nd6 14. Qe2 Bf5 15. c4 Nxe4 16.
Bxe4 Qd7 17. Bd2 Rae8 18. Bb4 Be7 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Rfe1 {1-0 Lechtynsky,
J-Lombard,A/Polanica Zdroj 1974/MCD-r7 (37)}) 11... Bf5 $4 {[%csl Rf6]} 12. g4
(12. g4 Bg6 13. g5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Mohr, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1989.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Meleghegyi Csaba} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qd3 $5 dxe4 5. Qxe4 Nf6 6.
Qh4 c5 (6... Nc6 7. Nf3 Nd5 8. Bg5 Nce7 9. Bd2 Nf5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. a3 Be7
12. O-O-O {Chiburdanidze,M-Farago,I/Banja Luka/1985/}) 7. dxc5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
Qa5 9. Bd2 $5 (9. Qb4 Qc7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bb5 e5 12. Bg5 {Chiburdanidze,
M-Bareev,E/URS/1985/}) 9... Qxc5 10. Bd3 b6 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. Rb1 $1 Nbd7 13. O-O
O-O 14. Rb5 Qc6 15. Rg5 e5 16. f3 g6 17. Ng3 Ne8 18. c4 $5 Ng7 19. Qh6 f5 (
19... f6 20. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 21. Rxg6 Rf7 22. Nh5 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Qf8 24. Bb4 Nc5 25.
Nxf6+ $16) 20. h4 $1 Rf6 $2 (20... Rf7 $1 21. h5 Nf8) 21. h5 Raf8 22. hxg6 hxg6
23. Bxf5 $1 Rxf5 24. Rxg6 Qc5+ 25. Rf2 Qe7 (25... R5f7 26. Nf5 $18) 26. Bg5 $1
Rxg5 27. Rxg5 Rf6 (27... Rf7 28. Nh5 Qf8 29. Rd2 Bc8 30. Rd6 $18) 28. Qh3 $1
Nf8 29. Nf5 Rxf5 30. Qxf5 Nfe6 31. Rg4 Nc5 32. Rd2 e4 33. Qg6 Nce6 34. fxe4 Ba6
35. e5 Qc5+ 36. Kh1 Qxe5 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Rh4+ {Meleghegyi Csaba} 1-0

[Event "AUT-chT"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Feistenauer, Fred"]
[Black "Herndl, Harald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Qd3 b6 (7...
Bd7 8. Bf4 Bc6 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. O-O-O Bg5 11. Qe3 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 O-O 13. Bd3
$14 {Cocaltea-Skalkotas, Bihac 1979}) (7... Nc6 8. Bf4 b6 $6 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10.
Qg3 Qe7 11. O-O-O e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Bc4 Bxf4+ 15. Qxf4 $14 {
Bronstein-Vagajan, Leningrad 1977}) 8. Bf4 Bb7 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. O-O-O Nd7 11.
Qg3 Rc8 12. Nc3 O-O 13. h4 a6 14. Bg5 Qe7 15. Bd3 c5 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4
Bxg5+ 18. hxg5 f5 19. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "World-ch15 Euwe-Alekhine +9-8=13"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1935.10.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1935.10.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qg4 Nf6 (4... Kf8 5. exd5 exd5 (5... Nf6 6. Bg5
) 6. Qg3 {Alekhine}) 5. Qxg7 Rg8 6. Qh6 Rg6 7. Qe3 (7. Qf4 Rg4 $17) (7. Qh4 Rg4
$17 (7... dxe4 8. Nge2)) (7. Qd2 Nxe4 $17) 7... Nxe4 {? (Alekhine, Pachman 68)}
(7... c5 $1 8. Bd2 (8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxe4 $15 {(Martin)}) 8...
Ng4 $1 9. Qd3 (9. Bb5+ Kf8 $1) 9... Nc6 10. a3 (10. h3 c4 $1 $17 {=/+ (Martin)
-+(eco 81)}) (10. Nge2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxf2 12. Kxf2 Bc5 13. Be3 Qf6+ $17 {
(Alekhine, eco 81)} 14. Ke1 $1 Bxd4 (14... Nxd4 15. Nb5 $1) 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 (
15... Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 17. Kd2 $13) 16. Rd1 $16 {(Zlotnik)}) 10... c4 $1 11.
Qh3 Nxd4 $1) (7... e5 8. Bd2 $1 (8. a3 Ba5 9. Bd2 $1 {(eco 81)}) 8... exd4 9.
Qxd4 c5 10. Qe5+ Kf8 11. exd5 $16 {(eco 81)}) 8. Bd3 $1 (8. Nge2) 8... f5 (8...
Nxc3 $2 9. Bxg6 Nxa2+ 10. c3 Nxc1 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. cxb4 $16 {(Schwarz 67)})
9. Nge2 c5 10. Bxe4 $1 $16 {(Keres 69)} (10. f3 $2 Qh4+ 11. g3 Nxg3 $1 12. Nxg3
(12. Qf2 $2 c4 $1 {(Schwarz 51/67)}) 12... cxd4 $17 {(Schwarz 51/67)}) (10. O-O
Nc6 $13 {Alekhine}) 10... fxe4 $6 (10... dxe4 $1 $14 {(eco 74/81)} 11. dxc5 (
11. Qh3 {[%cal Yc1e3] /\Be3+/- Alekhine}) 11... Nd7 $15 {(Zeuthen/Jarlnaes 71)}
) 11. Qh3 $1 $16 {+/- (eco 74/81) +/= (Zeuthen/Jarlnaes 71)} Nc6 (11... Qe7
$142 12. Nf4 {[%cal Rf4d5] /\13.Nd5} Rg5 $1 13. O-O Nc6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 (14...
Bxe6 15. Bxg5 Qf7) 15. Qxe6+ Bxe6 16. Bxg5 cxd4 17. Nb5 Kd7) 12. Qxh7 $16 {
(mco 90)} Qf6 13. Nf4 $1 $16 {(Schwarz 67)} cxd4 (13... Rg7 14. Nh5 $1) (13...
Rh6 14. Nh5 $1) (13... Rg5 14. Nh5 $1) (13... Rg4 14. Qh5+ $1) 14. Nxg6 (14.
Qxg6+ $6 Qxg6 15. Nxg6 dxc3 16. b3 Kf7 17. Nf4 Nd4 $14 18. Kd1 $2 e5 {Alekhine}
) 14... dxc3 15. b3 Ne7 (15... Nd4 16. O-O $1 Nxc2 17. Qg8+ {[%cal Rc1g5] /\18.
Bg5} Kd7 18. Bg5 $18 {Alekhine}) 16. Nxe7 Bxe7 17. h4 {[%cal Rc1g5] /\18.Bg5}
Qf7 18. Qh8+ Qf8 19. Qxf8+ Kxf8 20. Bg5 (20. Bh6+ Kf7 {[%cal Ye6e5] /\e5} 21.
O-O-O) 20... e5 21. f3 $1 (21. Bxe7+ Kxe7 22. f3 e3 {[%cal Yd5d4] /\d4}) 21...
exf3 22. gxf3 $6 (22. Bxe7+ Kxe7 23. gxf3 $18 {[%csl Gh4] /\24.0-0-0 Alekhine})
22... Ba3 $1 23. f4 $1 Bf5 (23... e4 $2 24. Rd1 Be6 25. f5) 24. fxe5 Bxc2 25.
O-O+ Kg8 26. Rac1 $1 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 $18 Bf5 28. Rxc3 Rc8 29. Rf3 (29. Rxc8+ $16
{/+-}) 29... Rf8 (29... Be4 30. Rf6 d4 31. Rd6 d3 32. e6 $18) (29... Be6 30.
Rf6 Rc6 31. Be3 $18) 30. Bf6 Be4 31. Rg3+ Kf7 32. h5 $1 Rc8 (32... Rg8 $2 33.
e6+ $1) 33. Rg7+ Ke6 34. h6 $1 d4 (34... Rc1+ 35. Kf2 Rh1 36. Re7+ Kf5 37. h7
$18) 35. h7 Rc1+ 36. Kf2 Rc2+ 37. Kg3 (37. Ke1 d3 38. Re7+ $18) 37... Bxh7 38.
Rxh7 Rxa2 39. Kf4 b5 40. Ke4 Re2+ 41. Kxd4 1-0

[Event "Match Ragozin-Ilyin Zhenevsky +6-4=4"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1929.12.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Beilin: Izbrannyie partii Ragozina [Ragozin]. p.22} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
Bb4 4. Bd3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c4 7. Be2 dxe4 8. Bxc4 Qc7 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Bb2
Ngf6 11. f3 b5 12. Bxb5 Qa5 13. O-O-O Rb8 14. c4 O-O 15. fxe4 Ba6 16. e5 Bxb5
17. cxb5 Nd5 18. c4 Rfc8 19. Rd2 Rxb5 20. Rc2 Rxb2 21. Rxb2 Qxa3 22. Qc2 Qe3+
23. Qd2 Rxc4+ 24. Rc2 Qa3+ 0-1

[Event "World-ch15 Euwe-Alekhine +9-8=13"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1935.10.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1935.10.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nc6 7. g4 $6 (7.
Be3) (7. f4 Nf6 8. Qd3 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Qd5 $1 {(Pytel)}) (7. c3 e5 $10 {Alekhine})
7... b6 $6 (7... e5 $5 8. d5 Nd4 $1 9. N2c3 $1 (9. Nxd4 $2 Qxd5 $1 $17 {
Alekhine} 10. Qf3 exd4) 9... Nf6 {Tartakover} (9... f5 $5 10. gxf5 Bxf5 11. Be3
$10 {Fine 48,Schwarz 67, +/= Alekhine}) (9... h5 10. gxh5 f5 11. Ng3 $10 {
Alekhine})) (7... h5 $5 8. g5 e5 $15 {Botvinnik}) (7... Nf6 $1 8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9.
Be3 h5 $1 (9... Qd5 $15 {Alekhine}) 10. gxh5 Qd5 $15 {Schwarz 67, Keres 69,
eco 74/81, Gligoric 75}) 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. c3 Nf6 10. N2g3 O-O $6 (10... Qd7 $5 11.
h4 (11. g5 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 O-O-O $10 {Alekhine}) 11... O-O-O $14 {Kmoch}) 11. g5
Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Kh8 {[%cal Yf7f5] /\f5} 13. Qh5 $1 $16 {Schwarz 67, eco 81} Qe8
$6 (13... f5 $2 14. g6 $40 {Alekhine}) (13... Na5 $5 14. Bf4 $14 {Euwe} (14. b4
Nb3 15. Nf6 gxf6 16. Bxb7 (16. gxf6 Bxg2) 16... f5 $1 $132 {Alekhine})) 14. Nf6
$1 {"A correct offer of a pawn, securing for White a strong and most likely
irresistible offensive." (Alekhine)} Bxf6 (14... gxf6 $2 15. gxf6 Na5 (15...
Bxf6 16. Be4 $18 {Alekhine, Euwe}) 16. Bxb7 (16. fxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18.
Bg5 f6 19. Bh6 Rg8 20. O-O-O Nd6 21. Rhe1 $16 {Alekhine}) 16... Nxb7 17. fxe7
Qxe7 18. Bf4 (18. Bg5 f6 19. Bh6 Rg8 20. O-O-O Nd6 21. Rhe1 $16 {Alekhine})
18... Rg8 19. O-O-O {Tartakover}) 15. gxf6 gxf6 16. Qh4 Qd8 (16... Qe7 $2 17.
Be4 $18 {Alekhine, Euwe}) 17. Bf4 $1 e5 (17... f5 $5 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Bxc7
Rd7 20. Bf4 Na5 21. Rg1 $1 $14 {_|_Alekhine}) (17... Rb8 $2 18. Bxc7 $1 Qxc7
19. Qxf6+ Kg8 20. Rg1 Qxh2 21. O-O-O $18) 18. Bg3 f5 $1 (18... exd4 19. O-O-O
$16 {Alekhine, Euwe}) 19. dxe5 (19. O-O-O $5) 19... Rg8 $6 (19... f6 $1 {Lasker
} 20. e6 $13) 20. Bf3 $2 (20. Qh3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rh3f5,Rg3h4] /\21.Qf5,21.Bh4}
Rg4 (20... Qd3 21. Bh4 $1 $18 {Alekhine, Euwe}) (20... Rg6 21. Qxf5 (21. Bh4
Qd7 22. Bf6+ Kg8 {[%cal Ra8e8] /\23... Re8} 23. Be4 $2 Nxe5 $1 24. Bxf5 (24.
Bxb7 Re8 $1 $19) (24. Bxe5 Bxe4 $19) 24... Nf3+) 21... Nd4 22. cxd4 Bxg2 23.
Rg1 Qd5 $13 {Euwe}) 21. O-O $1 f6 $16 {(Alekhine)} 22. f3 Rg6 23. e6) (20. Qxd8
Raxd8 (20... Nxd8 21. Bxb7 Nxb7 22. Bh4 $16) 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Bh4 $3 Bxh1 23.
Bf6+ Rg7 24. Ke2 $1 Re8 (24... Bd5 25. Bxd8 Rg2 26. Bf6+ Kg8 27. Rd1 c6 28. c4
Bxc4+ 29. Kf3 $16) (24... Kg8 25. Bxd8 $16) 25. Rg1 $1 Reg8 26. Rxh1 h6 27. Rg1
Kh7 28. Rxg7+ Rxg7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Ke3 $18 {Pirc}) 20... Qd3 $1 {"An
ingenious resource; but, as the following shows, Black, in adopting it, did
not actually realise how many interesting possibilities it opened to him." 
(Alekhine)} 21. Be2 $8 (21. Bxc6 $2 Ba6 $1 (21... Bxc6 $2 22. Qf6+ Rg7 23. Qxc6
) 22. Qh5 Rg4 $19 {(Alekhine, Euwe)}) 21... Qe4 $2 {"Leading to a lost endgame.
From an objective point of view it is certainly a pity that Black avoids the
fantastical complications deriving from 21....Qc2 -- a move which with the
right continuation would have secured him a draw." (AA)} (21... Qc2 $1 $10 22.
Qf6+ Rg7 23. Rg1 $1 (23. e6 $2 Re8 $1 24. Rg1 $1 Ba6 $3 (24... Rxe6 25. Be5 $1
$18) 25. Bxa6 Rxe6+ 26. Be5 $3 Qe4+ $1 27. Kf1 Qxe5 $1 $17 {Alekhine} 28. Qxg7+
Qxg7 29. Rxg7 Kxg7 $10 {Euwe}) 23... Qxb2 24. e6 $3 Qxa1+ 25. Bd1 Nd4 $1 (25...
Rd8 26. Bd6 $1 $18 {Alekhine, Euwe}) (25... Qb1 26. Bd6 $1 $18 {Alekhine} Qe4+
$145 $1 $10) 26. Qxd4 $1 (26. Qxg7+ $1 Kxg7 27. Bh4+ Kh6 $1 (27... Kf8 $2 28.
e7+ Ke8 29. Rg8+ Kd7 30. Rd8+ $18 {Alekhine, Euwe}) 28. Bg5+ $1 Kg7 29. Bh4+
$10 {Lasker, Alekhine, Flohr, Euwe}) 26... Kg8 $1 {Kotov} (26... f6 {!Alekhine,
?Kotov} 27. Qxf6 Bf3 28. Kd2 Qa2+ 29. Ke3 $1 $18 {Kotov} (29. Bc2 Be4 $10 {
Alekhine}) 29... Bxd1 30. Rxd1 Rag8 31. Be5 f4+ 32. Kf3 Qxa3 33. Qxg7+ Rxg7 34.
Rd8+ Qf8 35. Rxf8#) 27. e7 $1 {[%cal Yd4g7,Rg3e5,Re5g7] /\28.Qg7!! Kg7 29.Be5
Kh6 30.Bg7#} (27. Qf6 fxe6) (27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Qd7+ Kg8 29. Qe6+ Kf8 $10 {
Kotov}) 27... h5 $1 28. Qd8+ (28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Bh4+ Kh6 30. Bf6 Bf3 $1 $19 (
30... Qxd1+)) 28... Kh7 29. e8=Q Qxc3+ $10 {Kotov}) (21... Qd5) 22. Qxe4 fxe4 {
[%cal Rg8g3,Rc6e5] /\23... Rg3, 24...Ne5} 23. Bh4 $1 $18 {"The winning move,
probably overlooked by Black when he played 21...Qe4." (Alekhine)} (23. Bc4
Rxg3 $1 24. hxg3 Nxe5 $44 {Euwe}) (23. O-O-O Rxg3 $1 24. hxg3 Nxe5 {Alekhine})
23... h6 24. O-O-O Rae8 25. Bf6+ Kh7 26. f4 $1 exf3 27. Bxf3 $1 (27. Bd3+ $143
$6 Rg6 $16 {Euwe}) 27... Na5 {"The exchange of Bishops, which possibly would
have saved the battle in the early middle game, does not bring any relief at
this stage." (Alekhine)} 28. Bxb7 Nxb7 29. Rd7 $18 Nc5 (29... Rc8 30. b4 $18)
30. Rxf7+ Kg6 31. Rxc7 Nd3+ 32. Kb1 (32. Kc2) 32... Kf5 33. Rd1 (33. Rxa7 Rg2)
33... Nxe5 (33... Ke4 34. Rc4+ Ke3 35. Rd4) 34. Rf1+ (34. Bxe5 $2) 34... Ke4
35. Rxa7 Nc4 (35... Nf3 36. Ra4+ Ke3 37. Bd4+ $18 {Alekhine}) 36. Rd7 Ke3 37.
Re1+ Kf3 38. Rxe8 Rxe8 39. Rd4 Ne3 40. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Nottingham International Masters"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1936.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 dxe4 5. Nxe4 $2 (5. Qg4 Qxd4 6. O-O-O {
(Marshall-Chigorin, Monte Carlo 1900).}) (5. Nge2 Nf6 $1 (5... Bxc3 $5 6. Nxc3
Qxd4 7. Nb5 Qd7 {(Watson 84)}) (5... f5 $2 6. Nxe4 $16 {(eco 81)
Eisonger-Niephaus Bad Pyrmont 1950}) 6. Nxe4 Bxd2+ 7. Nxd2 Nc6 $10 {(eco 74/81)
} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Nc3 Qd6 $1 10. Qd2 a6 11. O-O-O b5 {Nagy-Gonda corres 1948})
5... Qxd4 6. Bd3 (6. Nc3 $2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Qe4+ $17 {(Schwarz 51/67)}) 6... Bxd2+
7. Qxd2 Qd8 $6 (7... Qxb2 $1 8. Rd1 Nd7 $1 $17 {(Schwarz 67, eco 74/81) '
(Davis-Allain, corr. 1962).'} (8... Nc6)) 8. O-O-O $40 Qe7 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Rhe1
$36 {(eco 74/81)} Nxe4 11. Rxe4 $5 (11. Bxe4) 11... Nd7 12. Rg4 ({Better is} 
12. Qc3 $1 O-O (12... Nf6 13. Rc4 c6 14. Rxc6 $1) 13. Qxc7 Qc5 14. Qg3 $1)
12... f5 $5 (12... O-O 13. Qh6 $2 (13. Rh4 h6) 13... f5) 13. Rf4 Nf6 14. Re1
Bd7 $2 (14... g6 $142 {keeps the extra pawn (Alekhine).}) 15. Rxf5 O-O-O 16.
Ra5 Kb8 17. Ne5 $16 {(Schwarz 67)} Be8 18. g3 Nd5 19. Re4 Nb6 20. Qe3 Rd5 21.
Ra3 Qc5 {A poor endgame follows.} 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. f4 Rd5 (23... Nd7 24. Nf3
Nf8 25. Ng5 Bd7 26. Bc4 a6 27. Rae3 {(Kotov)}) 24. Nf3 $1 Bd7 25. Ng5 Re8 26.
c4 Rf5 27. Rd4 Rff8 28. c5 (28. Bxh7 e5) 28... Nd5 29. Bxh7 Bc6 30. Bg6 Re7 31.
Nf3 Nf6 32. Ne5 Bd5 33. Re3 Rh8 34. h4 c6 35. Bc2 Rd8 36. Bb3 Rc7 37. Nf3 Re8
38. Ne5 Rec8 39. Bc4 Ka8 40. b4 Rb8 41. g4 $1 b6 (41... Bxc4 42. Nxc4 Nxg4 43.
Nb6+ axb6 44. Ra3#) 42. g5 bxc5 43. bxc5 Nd7 44. Nxd7 Rxd7 45. h5 Rf7 46. Rxe6
(46. Bxd5 exd5 47. Re6 {wins more easily.}) 46... Bxe6 47. Bxe6 Rfb7 48. Bb3 {
This position appears in the Encyclopedia of Chess Endings, position #1617.}
Rh8 (48... Rb5 49. h6 $1 $18 {(Alekhine)}) 49. h6 $1 gxh6 50. g6 Rg7 (50... Rf8
51. f5 Rxf5 52. Rd8+ Rb8 53. Rxb8+ Kxb8 54. g7 $18 {(Alekhine)}) 51. f5 Rf8 (
51... h5 52. Bc2 Rhg8 53. f6 Rxg6 54. Bxg6 Rxg6 55. f7 $18 {Fine}) 52. Bc2 h5
53. Rd6 Re7 54. f6 Re1+ 55. Kd2 Rf1 56. f7 h4 57. Rd7 {Nottingham Tournament
Book p17#1 (Alekhine) E160(+)} 1-0

[Event "Moscow International-02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1935.02.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1935.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. N2c3 Nbd7 $6
(7... O-O 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. d5 exd5 $15 {(Schwarz 67)}) (7... Nc6 $1
8. Be3 (8. Bb5 Bd7 {(Euwe 38)}) 8... O-O (8... Nxe4 9. Nxe4 e5 $10 {(Euwe 38,
Pachman 68)}) 9. Be2 (9. Ng3 b6 {(Euwe 38, Pachman 68, Panov/Estrin 73)}) 9...
Nxe4 10. Nxe4 f5 {(Panov/Estrin 73)}) 8. Bf4 (8. Bd3) (8. Be3) 8... Nxe4 $6 (
8... Nd5 $142 9. Nxd5 (9. Bg3 $6 O-O 10. Bd3 f5 {(Bogatirchuk)}) (9. Bd2 $14 {
(Bogatirchuk)}) 9... exd5 10. Nc3 $14 Nf6 $2 11. Nb5 {(Dempsey 86)}) 9. Nxe4
Nf6 10. Bd3 O-O (10... Nxe4 $32 11. Bxe4 c5 {(Euwe 38)}) 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. c3
$16 {(Euwe)} Qd5 $6 (12... b6 $2 13. Qh5 g6 (13... h6 14. Qf3 Rb8 15. Qe4 $18 {
(Becker)}) 14. Qf3 Rb8 15. Bxc7 $18 {(Becker)}) (12... c5 $2 13. dxc5 Qd5 14.
Qc2 $1 {(Pachman 76)}) (12... c6 $142 {(Pachman 76)}) (12... Be7 $142 {
(Schwarz 67)}) 13. Qe2 $1 (13. Qc2 $2 Qxg2 $1 (13... c5 14. Be4) 14. Bxh7+ (14.
Be4 Qh3 15. Bxc7 a5 16. O-O-O {(Pachman 76)}) 14... Kh8 15. Be4 Qg4 $1 16. Bxc7
e5 $1 17. dxe5 $2 Re8 $1 $132 18. f3 Bh4+ $17 {(Bogatirchuk)}) (13. O-O $2 c5
$1 14. dxc5 Rd8 $1 (14... Qxc5 $2 15. Bd6 $1 Qxd6 16. Bxh7+ {(Euwe 38)}) 15.
Bd6 b6 $132 {(Euwe 38)} 16. Qc2 Bb7 $1 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. f3 g6 $13 {(Becker)})
13... c6 (13... Qxg2 $2 14. Be4 Qh3 15. Bxc7 a5 16. O-O-O $16 {(Euwe)}) (13...
c5 $2 14. Be4 Qd8 15. dxc5 $16 {(Euwe)}) 14. O-O $16 {(Fine 48)} (14. O-O-O Bg5
$132 {(Euwe)}) 14... Re8 15. Rad1 $16 {(Schwarz 67, eco 74/81, mco 90)} Bd7 (
15... e5 $4 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxh7+ $18 {(Euwe)}) 16. Rfe1 (16. Be5 $5 Bxe5 $2
(16... Be7 17. Qc2 (17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qg4 g6 19. Rd3) 17... h6 18. b4 $1 {
(Rabinovich)}) 17. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 18. dxe5 Qc5 19. Rxd7 $18 {(Rabinovich)})
16... Qa5 17. Qc2 g6 (17... h6 18. Qe2 (18. Be5 $1 {(Euwe)}) 18... Rad8 19. Qe4
{(Becker)}) (17... Qh5 18. Be5 $1 Be7 19. Re3) 18. Be5 $1 Bg7 (18... Qd8 $142 {
(Bogatirchuk)}) 19. h4 $1 {"The following attack clearly emphasizes White's
advantage in space. Black's pieces can neither counter-attack nor effectively
defend the kingside." (Pachman 76)} Qd8 20. h5 Qg5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Re5 Qe7 (
22... f5 23. Rde1 Qxh5 24. Bc4 Kf6 25. Qb3 $18 {(Bogatirchuk)}) (22... Qh6 23.
Be2 $1 {"... followed by Qb3-b4-d6 with a strong Q-side attack. This switching
from one wing to another is once again typical of positions where one side has
a space advantage." (Pachman 76)}) 23. Rde1 Rg8 24. Qc1 $1 Rad8 (24... Kf8 $2
25. Qh6+ $18) 25. R1e3 Bc8 (25... f6 26. Ra5 a6 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Rg3 Be8 29.
Rh3 $1 $18 {(Bogatirchuk)}) 26. Rh3 Kf8 (26... f6 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Qh6+ Kf7
29. Rg3 g5 30. Rf3 $1 $18 {(Euwe)}) (26... Rh8 $142 27. Qf4 $1 f6 28. Re1 e5
29. Rhe3 exf4 30. Rxe7+ $16 {(Euwe)}) 27. Qh6+ Rg7 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Bxg6 $1
Qf6 (29... fxg6 $2 30. Qh8+ Kf7 (30... Rg8 31. Rf3+ $18) 31. Rf3+) 30. Rg5 $1
$18 Ke7 (30... Rd5 31. Rf3 $2 (31. Rxd5 $1 cxd5 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qxc8 Qxg6 34.
Qc7+ $18 {(Becker)}) 31... Qxf3 $1 32. gxf3 Rxg5+ 33. Qxg5 Rxg6 $19 {(Becker)})
31. Rf3 Qxf3 32. gxf3 Rdg8 33. Kf1 (33. Qh4 $142 Kd7 34. Qf4 fxg6 35. c4 $18 {
(Euwe)}) 33... Rxg6 34. Rxg6 Rxg6 35. Qh2 $6 (35. Qh8 Kd7 36. c4 Rg5 37. Qf8
Rf5 38. c5 Rxf3 39. Qd6+ Ke8 40. Qc7 $18 {(Dempsey 86)}) (35. Qf4 $5 Rg8 36.
Qc7+ Kf6 37. Ke2 $18 {(Euwe)}) 35... Kd7 36. Qf4 f6 37. c4 a6 38. Qh4 Rg5 (
38... Kd6 39. Qh7 Rg5 40. c5+ Kd5 {(Euwe)}) 39. Qh7+ Kd8 40. Qh8+ Kc7 41. Qxf6
Rf5 42. Qg7+ Bd7 43. Ke2 Kc8 44. Qh8+ Kc7 45. Qh2+ Kc8 46. Qd6 Rh5 47. Ke3 Rf5
48. Ke4 Rh5 49. Qf8+ Kc7 50. Qf4+ Kc8 51. Qd6 Rf5 52. Ke3 Rh5 53. Kd3 Rf5 54.
Ke2 Rh5 55. Kd2 Rf5 56. Ke3 Rh5 57. Qf8+ Kc7 58. Qf4+ Kc8 59. Qd6 Rf5 60. Qg3
Rh5 61. Qg4 Rf5 62. Qg8+ Kc7 63. Qg3+ Kc8 64. Qg6 (64. Qg6 Kc7 65. Qg3+ Kc8 66.
Kd3 Rh5 67. Kc3 Rf5 68. Kb4 Rh5 69. c5 $1 Rd5 70. Ka5 Rxd4 71. Kb6 $18 {
(Becker)}) 1-0

[Event "URS-ch12 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.09.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[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. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8.
Qh6 Rg6 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Bb2 Ne7 (10... b6) (10... Qd6) 11. f3 (11. c4 $142 $14)
(11. Ne2 $142 $5 Nf5 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Nf4 Rg8 14. c4 Qe7 15. g3 O-O-O 16. Bg2
$14 {Dubinin-Berga/corr/1978/}) 11... Bd7 12. fxe4 Nxe4 13. Qe3 Nd6 14. Qe5 Rg8
15. Nf3 Ng6 16. Qe3 Nh4 17. Ne5 Nxg2+ 18. Bxg2 Rxg2 19. O-O-O Qg5 20. Qxg5 Rxg5
21. Rdg1 Rxg1+ 22. Rxg1 O-O-O 23. Rg7 f6 24. Ng4 Ne4 25. c4 h5 26. Ne3 b6 27.
Kd1 f5 28. Ng2 Nd6 29. Bc1 Nxc4 30. Bg5 Rh8 31. Bf6 Re8 32. Nf4 Ne3+ 33. Kd2
Ng4 34. Nxh5 Rh8 35. Rxg4 Rxh5 36. Rg8+ Kb7 37. h4 f4 38. Bg5 Bc6 39. Rg7 Be4
40. c3 b5 41. Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Ragozin-Ilyin Zhenevsky +6-4=4"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1929.12.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1929.12.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Beilin: Izbrannyie partii Ragozina [Ragozin]. p.19 De Sieger des
Matches Ragozin erhielt den Titel "Meister".} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 c5
5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c4 7. Be2 dxe4 8. Bxc4 Qc7 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Bb2 Ngf6 11. f3
O-O 12. Bb3 b5 13. fxe4 Bb7 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nf3 Nxc3 16. Qd3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rac8
18. O-O Nb6 19. Rae1 a5 20. Qh5 Qd7 21. Rf4 a4 22. Rh4 h6 23. Re3 axb3 24. Rg3
f5 25. Bxc3 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 b2 27. Qd1 Nc4 28. Rb3 Qe7 29. Rhh3 Qg5 30. Rhf3 Nd2
31. h4 Nxf3+ 32. Rxf3 Qc1 33. Rf1 Qe3+ 34. Rf2 b4 35. a4 Rd8 36. Qb1 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "World-ch15 Euwe-Alekhine +9-8=13"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1935.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1935.10.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nc6 $1 7. Be3 (7.
c3 e5) (7. g4 $5 {game 7}) 7... Nf6 8. N2c3 (8. Qd3 $5 b6 (8... e5 9. O-O-O {
Keres}) (8... O-O 9. O-O-O Rb8 $5 {Watson}) 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. N2g3 Qd7 {Watson})
(8. N2g3 e5 (8... Nd5) 9. Nxf6+ (9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Bd2 Ngxe5 $10)
9... Bxf6 10. d5 Nd4 11. c3 Nf5 $10) (8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. c3 (9. Qd2 Ne7 (9... O-O
10. O-O-O Ne7 $1 11. Nc3 Nd5 $10 {Petrosian}) (9... e5 10. O-O-O exd4 $10) (
9... b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Nc3 Ne7 $1 12. Bb5+ c6 13. Be2 Nf5 14. Ne4 Be7 $10 {
Steneberg-Teschner/Berlin/1947}) 10. O-O-O O-O $32) (9. c4 $5 O-O 10. Qd2 b6
11. Rd1 Bb7 12. Ng3 Ne7 $1 13. f3 Nf5 $1 $10 {Tompa-Szabo/Hungary/1976}) 9...
e5) 8... O-O {[%cal Rf6e4,Rf7f5,Rf5f4] /\9... Ne4 10... f5 11...f4} 9. Ng3 b6 (
9... Nd5 10. Nxd5 $6 (10. Qd2 $32) (10. Bc4 $32) 10... Qxd5 $5 (10... exd5 11.
Bd3 $14)) 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Qd7 12. Qd2 Rad8 13. Rfd1 Qc8 $10 {[%cal Yc6d4,
Yc7c5,Ye6e5] /\14... Nd4 15... e5/c5} 14. Qe1 e5 $2 (14... Rfe8 $142 15. Bb5 a6
16. Ba4 Qa8 $1 $15 {Alekhine}) 15. d5 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Rxd4 c5 (17... Bc5
18. Rh4 Nxd5 19. Bd3 f5 20. Bc4 Kh8 21. Qe2 $40) (17... Nxd5 $2 18. Bg4 $1) 18.
Ra4 $1 Nxd5 19. Bg4 (19. Rxa7 Nxc3 20. bxc3 (20. Qxc3 Qb8 21. Ra4 (21. Nh5 $5
$40 Rd4 22. Qg3) 21... Bf6 22. Qb3 Bd5 23. Qb5 (23. Bc4 Bxc4 24. Rxc4) 23...
Qb7 24. Ra6 Rd6) 20... Bd6) 19... Qc7 20. Rxa7 (20. Nb5 Qc6 21. c4 a6 $1 22.
cxd5 Qxb5 $17) 20... Nxc3 21. bxc3 (21. Qxc3 Qb8 $1 22. Ra4 (22. Nh5 $5 Rd4 23.
Ra4 g6) 22... Bf6 $1 23. Qb3 Bd5 24. c4 (24. Qb5 Qb7 $17) 24... Ba8 $1 $40 {
Alekhine}) 21... Ra8 $1 (21... Qb8 $2 22. Qxe7 $1 Qxa7 23. Bf3 Rb8 24. Nh5 (24.
Nf5 $10) 24... Kh8 (24... b5 $145 25. Qg5 g6 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Qe5 $1 Kh8 28.
Nd7+ f6 29. Qd6 $40) (24... h6 25. Bd5 {/\Qe5} Kh8 26. Qe5 f6 27. Qc7 $16) 25.
Bd5 $1 Qa8 26. Qg5 Rg8 27. Bxf7 $16 {Alekhine}) 22. Rxb7 Qxb7 23. Bf3 Qd7 24.
Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Qe4 (25. h3 b5) (25. a4 Bf6) 25... Ra4 26. Qe2 Bf8 27. h3 Qe6 $1
28. Qxe6 (28. Qb5 Ra5 29. Qd3 c4 30. Qd8 g6 $10) 28... fxe6 {[%cal Yc5c4] /\29.
.. c4} 29. Rb1 Rxa3 30. Ne4 Ra6 31. Kf1 Be7 (31... Kf7 $2 32. Ng5+) 32. Ke2 Kf8
33. Ke3 {[%cal Ye3f4,Yf4e5] /\Kf4-e5} (33. Kd3 Ke8 34. f3 Kd7 {[%cal Yd7c6] /
\Kc6}) 33... Bd8 $1 34. Rd1 Ke7 (34... Ke7 35. Ng5 Ra2 $1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch15 Euwe-Alekhine +9-8=13"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1935.10.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1935.10.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 {"This cotinuation was examined in 1867 by
Hirschbach in the "Deutsche Schachzeitung", but not tried out in praxis till
1935 by Alekhine." (Euwe 81) "Diese Fortsetzung wurde 1867 von Hirschbach in
der "Deutschen Schachzeitung" untersucht, aber erst 1935 von Aljechin
praktisch versucht." (Euwe 81)} Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 (6... Kf8 7. Qxe4
Nd7 8. Nf3 Ndf6 {(Alekhine)}) 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 c5 (8... Nbd7 9. Ne2 (9. Nh3
$1 {Ljubojevic 86} b6 (9... c5 10. Be2 $1 Qa5 11. Bd2 Rxg2 $5 12. Ng5 $1 $14 {
(bco 89)} cxd4 13. Qg7 $1 Rxg5 $8 14. Qxg5 Qxg5 15. Bxg5 dxc3 16. O-O-O a6 $1
17. Rhg1 b5 18. Rg3 $14 {(Suetin 88)} Nd5 (18... Bb7 19. Rxc3 $16 {(Ftacnik 86)
}) 19. Rh3 $1 Nf8 $1 $8 20. Rh4 (20. Bh5 Bb7 21. Rd4 Rc8 22. Rxe4 $14 {
(Ftacnik 86)}) 20... Bb7 (20... f5 21. Bh5+ Kd7 22. Bf7 Bb7 23. Rh6 $16 {
(Ftacnik 86)}) 21. Rxe4 Rc8 $14 {(Ftacnik 86)}) 10. Bg5 Rg6 11. Qh4 {(Ftacnik
86)}) 9... b6 $1 {Recommended by Vukovic in "Sahovski Glasnik" in 1935.} 10.
Bg5 $6 (10. Ng3 $5 {(Smyslov)} Bb7 11. Be2 (11. Bb2 Qe7 12. O-O-O) 11... Qe7
12. O-O O-O-O 13. f3 Rg6 $15 {(Wicker 79)}) (10. Bd2) (10. Bb2 Bb7 11. O-O-O $2
Ng4 $1 $19 12. Qf4 (12. Qxh7 $2 Qg5+) 12... Qg5 13. Rd2 $2 Nxf2 14. Qxf2 e3 {
(Wicker 79)}) 10... Qe7 $1 {"The key move! White must meet the threat of 11...
Ng4, forcing 12 Be7 Nh6 13 Bh4 Bb7 14 Bg3 0-0-0 with better play for Black." 
(Kovacevic 75) Black prevents 0-0-0 and threatens Ng4, casting White's 10th in
doubt.} 11. Qh4 $6 Bb7 {Kovacevic gives credit to Alatortsev for the moves to
this point.} 12. Ng3 $6 h6 $15 {Fischer,R-Kovacevic,V/Rovinj-Zagreb/1970}) 9.
Ne2 Nbd7 $6 (9... Nc6 10. dxc5 $1 {(Alekhine)} (10. Bg5 $5)) (9... Rg6 $1 10.
Qd2 $1 (10. Qe3 Nc6 11. dxc5 e5 $1 (11... Qa5 $1 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. c4 Ng4 14. Qc3
Qxc5 15. Qh8+ $13 {(Minev)}) (11... a5 $1) 12. Bb2 $6 Qa5 13. h3 Qa4 14. O-O-O
Na5 15. Ng3 Be6 $15 {Greshkin-Konstantinov/USSR/1954}) 10... Qa5 $1 11. g3 Bd7
$1 12. Bg2 Bc6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. dxc5 Qxc5 $1 15. Qd4 Qf5 16. a4 e5 17. Qc4 Bd5
18. Qb4 a5 19. Qb5 Qe6 20. Re1 b6 21. Be3 $5 Ng4 22. Rad1 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Bc6 24.
Qb3 Rb8 25. Qxe6+ Rxe6 $15 {Banas,I-Knaak,R/Trnava/1981}) 10. Ng3 Rg6 $6 {
"After this loss of time Black's game becomes very difficult." (Alekhine) "...
the position of the rook on g6 provides White with a motif for a number of
dangerous tactical blows." (Kotov 75)} (10... Qa5 $1 11. Bd2 b6 (11... Qa4 12.
dxc5 $14 {(Alekhine)}) 12. a4 cxd4 $1 13. cxd4 Qd5 $14 {(eco 74/81)} 14. Qe3 $1
(14. Bb5 Qxd4 15. O-O Rg6 {(Purdy)}) 14... Bb7 15. h3 $1 $14 {(Levy 76)}) (
10... Qc7 $1 11. Qe3 Qc6 12. a4 a6 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Qxc5 Nxc5 $10 {
Fischer-Byrne USA-ch 1966}) 11. Qe3 Nd5 12. Qxe4 Nxc3 13. Qd3 $16 {(Fine 48,
eco 74/81, Suetin 88)} Nd5 (13... cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qf6 15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. Bd3 Rg7
17. Bd2 $16 {(Alekhine, Kotov 75)}) 14. Be2 $16 {(Pachman 68)} Qf6 (14... cxd4
15. Qxd4 Qf6 16. Qxf6 $16 {(Levy 76)}) 15. c3 $16 {(Schwarz 51/67, Levy 76)}
cxd4 16. cxd4 N7b6 (16... Nf4 $6 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. O-O $16 {@(Alekhine)}) 17.
Bh5 $1 {"This bishop manoeuvre, consisting of 4 consecutive moves, forces a
practically decisive weakening of Black's pawn position. The following play on
both wings is very instructive and, I believe, typical of my style." (Alekhine)
} Rg7 18. Bf3 Qg6 19. Be4 $1 f5 20. Bf3 Kf8 21. a4 $1 {"Now the QB, which has
long been inactive, joins the attack. At the same time the further advance of
this pawn looks dangerous for Black." (Kotov 75)} Rc7 22. O-O Bd7 23. Ba3+ Kg8
24. a5 Rc3 (24... Nc4 $142 25. Bc5 $1 (25. Nxf5 Kh8 $1 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Qg3
Qxg3 $14) 25... Ne5 26. dxe5 Rxc5 27. Rfc1 Rac8 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Qd4 $1 $18 {
(Alekhine)} b6 30. axb6 axb6 31. Ra8+ $40) 25. Qb1 $1 Na4 26. Bxd5 exd5 27.
Qxb7 Qc6 28. a6 $1 Nb6 (28... Qxb7 29. axb7 Rb8 30. Rfb1 Nb6 31. Bb4 Rc4 32.
Rxa7 $18 {(Alekhine)}) 29. Bc5 f4 30. Nf5 $1 (30. Ne2 $143) 30... Kh8 31. Ne7
Qe6 32. Bxb6 {"Now Black's position is hopeless, but Euwe still tries to find
a way out by tactical tricks." (Kotov 75)} Bc6 33. Nxc6 Rg8 {[%cal Rg8g2,Re6g4]
/\34... Rg4 35.Kg2 Qg4=} 34. Ne5 $1 Rg7 35. Qb8+ $2 (35. Bxa7 $1 $18 {
(Alekhine)}) 35... Rc8 36. Ng6+ Rxg6 37. Qxf4 Qxb6 38. Qe5+ Rg7 39. Qxd5 Rd8
40. Qe5 Qxd4 41. Qxd4 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Klinger, Josef"]
[Black "Hug, Werner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[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. Nge2 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ $6 (5... Ba5 $32 6. b4 Bb6
7. e5 a5) 6. Nxc3 O-O 7. e5 Nbc6 8. Qg4 $6 (8. Be3 Nf5 9. Qd2 f6 10. exf6 Qxf6
11. O-O-O Bd7 $10) 8... f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 e5 11. Qh4 Re6 12. O-O-O e4 (
12... exd4 13. Bxe7 (13. Nb5 $2 Re4 $40) 13... Qxe7 14. Qxe7 Nxe7 15. Rxd4 c6
$10) 13. f3 exf3 14. gxf3 h6 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bh3 Rf6 17. Rde1 Ng6 18. Qg3
Bxh3 19. Qxh3 Qd6 20. Re3 c6 21. Rhe1 Raf8 22. Ne2 Nf4 23. Nxf4 Qxf4 24. Kb1
Qxd4 25. Qd7 R6f7 (25... Rxf3 26. Rxf3 Rxf3 27. Qxb7 $10) 26. Re7 Qh4 $2 (26...
Rxe7 27. Qxe7 (27. Rxe7 Rxf3) 27... Qf2 $17) 27. R1e2 Qf4 28. Qxb7 Qxf3 29.
Qxc6 Kh7 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Qe6 Rf6 32. Qe5 Rf5 33. Qe7 Qg4 (33... Rf7 34. Qe8
Rf8 35. Qb5 $10) 34. Re1 a5 35. Qe3 Rf3 $2 (35... a4 36. Qd3 Qf3 $10) 36. Qd2
a4 37. Qxd5 $18 Rf2 38. Re8 Rf5 39. Qd3 Qg6 40. Ra8 h5 41. Rxa4 Rf2 42. Qxg6+
Kxg6 43. h4 Rg2 44. Kc1 Kh7 45. Rd4 g5 46. hxg5 Kg6 47. b4 Kxg5 48. b5 h4 49.
b6 h3 50. b7 h2 51. b8=Q h1=Q+ 52. Kb2 Rxc2+ 53. Kxc2 Qh2+ 54. Qxh2 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Mulhouse"]
[Date "2011.05.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Solodovnichenko, Yuri"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lutece"]
[BlackTeam "Chalonnais Echiquier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 {My first French ever! I was expecting some side-line but somehow
didn't recheck them enough before the game!} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4
5. a3 Bxc3+ $5 {One possiblity among others. The move 5...Be7 is also supposed
to be fine.} 6. Nxc3 Nc6 7. d5 exd5 8. Qxd5 Be6 (8... Nge7 {or}) (8... Qxd5 9.
Nxd5 Nd4 {is also possible.}) 9. Qxe4 Nf6 10. Qh4 Qd4 (10... Bf5 {or}) (10...
Nd4 {is also possible.}) 11. Bg5 {I remembered that Black was just completely
fine here, but I kind of confused everything!} Qe5+ (11... Qxh4 12. Bxh4 O-O-O
{might be best here, but of course White is slightly better.}) 12. Be2 Nd4 13.
O-O-O $1 {Oops! There I realised I had gone wrong...} O-O-O (13... Nxe2+ $2 14.
Nxe2 Qxe2 $6 {Otherwise White is just clearly better, but...} 15. Bxf6 gxf6 (
15... O-O 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qg5+ Kh8 18. Qf6+ Kg8 19. Rhe1 {and somehow
Black's queen has no good square, e.g.:} Qc4 20. Re3 Rfe8 21. Rg3+ Kf8 22. Qh6+
Ke7 23. Rc3 $18) 16. Rhe1 $1 {Not to let Black's queen reach the g4-square!}
Qa6 17. Qxf6 Rg8 18. Re3 {followed by Rde1+-.}) 14. Bd3 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16.
Qxf6 gxf6 17. Ne4 $5 (17. Rd2 {should be the easiest way to maintain a small
but more than stable advantage.}) 17... Bd5 (17... Rhg8 18. Rhg1 f5 19. Nc5 {
is also difficult for Black.} ({And not} 19. Nf6 {in order to go Nh5-Nf4
because of} Rg5 $1 {after which the position is much less clear.})) 18. f3 (18.
Rhe1 f5 19. Nc5 Bxg2 20. c3 $14) (18. Nxf6 $2 {would be alright for Black after
} Bxg2 19. Rhg1 Rd6 $1 $11) 18... Bxe4 19. fxe4 $5 {An interesting try. Indeed,
Black's king cannot reach the e7-square without trouble!} (19. Bxe4 Ne2+ 20.
Kb1 c6 21. Rhe1 (21. g3 Nd4 22. c3 Nb5) 21... Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8) 19... Rd6 {
Played instantly because I missed the move 21.Bc4 in the game!} (19... Kd7 $1 {
was necessary. If White allows me to go ...Ke7 I'm just fine. Of course} 20.
Ba6 $1 {is critical, but after} Ke7 $1 21. Bxb7 Ne2+ 22. Kb1 Rb8 23. Rd2 Nc3+
24. bxc3 Rxb7+ 25. Ka2 Rhb8 {I should have good drawing chances, though White
is of course better!}) 20. Rhf1 Kd8 $2 {Once again played too fast, due to my
lack of time! I immediately realised that after 21.Bc4 I just lose a huge pawn.
} (20... Re8 21. Rf4 Re5 22. Rdf1 f5 $5 {could be the best way to try to hold,
though after} 23. Kb1 {White is of course better.} (23. exf5 $6 Ne2+ $11)) 21.
Bc4 $1 (21. e5 $2 fxe5 22. Rxf7 e4) 21... Rh7 (21... Ke7 $2 22. e5 $18) 22. c3
$6 (22. Bd5 {just wins.}) 22... Nc6 23. Rxf6 $6 {As a principle, it is never a
bad idea to break up the opponent's pawn structure a bit more.} (23. Rxd6+ cxd6
24. Rxf6 Ke7 25. Rf5 Ne5 26. Bd5 {should be technically winning.}) 23... Rxd1+
24. Kxd1 Ne5 25. Be2 Ke7 26. Rf5 f6 27. Kd2 Rg7 28. g3 {And here I decided to
exchange rooks in order to avoid eternal torture. Indeed it didn't (and still
doesn't) look clear to me if White can win.} Rg5 29. Ke3 Rxf5 30. exf5 {
The situation here is very complicated. White's only chance is to get in g5 at
some point. Somehow, it is very hard to make it work, as if I keep the
f6-square I'll make an easy draw. But somehow I have to find many accurate
moves so that I can keep my knight on the right squares. It is much less easy
than I thought and I blundered almost immediatly, playing too quickly with my
pawns on the queenside and underestimating White's bishop's power.} Kd6 31. Ke4
Nd7 32. Kf4 Ke7 33. b4 b6 ({Something like} 33... Ne5 34. h4 Nf7 35. g4 c6 {
[%cal Ge2f3,Gf3e4,Ga3a4,Ga4a5] was probably better. Then the knight will move
between the squares f7/e5/d7, but White's bishop can for example come to e6
sometimes, and White will play a4-a5 and so on. It's very difficult to say
whether it should win or not.}) 34. h4 c5 $2 {This was my idea, but it's a
blunder! I just overlooked that Bb5 works!} 35. g4 {And suddenly my knight
loses its elasticity, as ...Ne5 loses to g5.} Kd6 ({Otherwise the position is
just slowly losing, for instance:} 35... Nf8 36. Bb5 Kd6 37. Be8 Ke7 38. Ba4
Kd6 39. bxc5+ bxc5 40. Ke4 Nh7 41. Bb3 Nf8 42. Be6 Nh7 (42... Nxe6 43. fxe6
Kxe6 44. c4 $18) 43. Kd3 Nf8 44. Kc4 Kc6 45. a4 Nh7 46. Bg8 Nf8 47. Bf7 Nh7 48.
Be8+ Kd6 49. Kb5 $18) 36. Bb5 $1 Ne5 37. g5 hxg5+ 38. hxg5 fxg5+ 39. Kxg5 {
And I don't have control of the f6-square!} Ke7 ({Of course} 39... cxb4 40.
cxb4 a5 {was necessary, but after} 41. bxa5 (41. f6 $5) 41... bxa5 42. f6 Ke6
$8 43. Be2 {White should be winning.}) 40. f6+ Ke6 41. bxc5 bxc5 42. Be2 a5 (
42... c4 43. Bh5 $18) 43. Bd1 c4 44. Bg4+ (44. Bh5 Nd3 45. Be8 Ne5 46. a4 {
wins instantly.}) 44... Kf7 (44... Nxg4 45. Kxg4 Kxf6 46. Kf4 $18) 45. Kf5 Nd7
46. Bh5+ Kf8 47. Bf3 Nc5 48. Bc6 Nb3 49. Ke5 Nc1 50. Kd4 Ne2+ (50... Kf7 51.
Bd5+ $18) 51. Kxc4 Kf7 52. Bf3 Nf4 53. Kb5 Kxf6 54. Kxa5 Nd3 55. Kb5 Ke7 56. a4
Ne5 57. a5 1-0

[Event "Llucmajor op 5th"]
[Site "Llucmajor"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Abergel, Thal"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8.
Qh6 Bd7 $5 {An interesting developing move: Black has the basic and typical
French idea to play ...Ba4.} 9. Ne2 (9. a4 {is the most natural move, but after
} c5 {the position is unclear, for instance:} 10. Ne2 Bc6 11. dxc5 Nbd7 12. Nd4
Qa5 13. Qd2 O-O-O $132) 9... Ba4 10. Qd2 (10. Rb1 Bxc2 11. Rxb7 Bd3 {is about
equal.}) 10... c5 {Already Black has solved all of his problems, the bishop on
a4 being an excellent piece.} 11. dxc5 (11. Ng3 Nc6 12. Bb2 Qb6 $15) ({Perhaps
the best for White is to play} 11. g3 {with the idea} Qd5 (11... Nc6 $5) 12. c4
$1 {with an unclear position after} Qf5 $132) 11... Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 Nbd7 (12...
Bxc2 13. Nd4 Bd3 {was also possible, but I considered the text move to be
stronger.}) 13. Nd4 (13. O-O-O Nxc5 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Ng3 Ke7 $15) 13... Nxc5 14.
Bb5+ {This move solves White's development problems, but is obviously a wrong
exchange.} (14. Nb5 Ke7 15. Bf4 Bxb5 16. Bxb5 Nd5 $17) 14... Bxb5 15. Nxb5 Ke7
16. O-O ({I was expecting} 16. Bf4 {but after} Rgd8 {Black is clearly better,
for example} 17. Bg5 Rg8 18. Bh4 Rxg2 $1 19. Bg3 a6 20. Nd4 e3 $17) 16... Nfd7
17. Rfd1 a6 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. Bf4 Nc4 20. Nb3 Na4 21. Nd2 (21. Rd4 Rac8 22. Rxe4
Nxc3 23. Ree1 f6 $17) 21... Nxd2 22. Bxd2 Rac8 23. c4 $6 ({White has to try} 
23. Re1 Nxc3 {with the idea} (23... f5 $5) 24. Bxc3 Rxc3 25. Rxe4 Rxc2 26. a4 {
and some drawing chances.}) 23... Rxc4 24. Bb4+ Kf6 25. Rd7 b5 (25... b6 $5 {
was perhaps even stronger.}) 26. Re1 Rxc2 27. Rxe4 Nc5 $1 28. Rc7 $8 Rg4 $1 {
A nice tactical idea, transposing by force into a winning rook ending.} 29. Re1
Rgc4 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Ra7 Re2 32. Kf1 $2 (32. Rf1 $2 Rc6 $19) (32. Rb1 Rc6 33.
g3 {with the idea Rb3 was mantadory.}) 32... Ra2 {Now it's all over.} 33. Rxa6
Rcc2 34. Kg1 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-13a"]
[Site "Tunis"]
[Date "1985.05.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ermenkov, Evgenij"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1985.04.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "TUN"]
[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. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 Nc6 7. Be3 $5 Nf6
$5 (7... f5 8. f3 {Levenfish}) 8. Qd2 (8. h3 O-O 9. g4 Nd5 $1 {
Rohacek-Troianescu/ROM1948/}) 8... h6 $6 (8... Ne7 9. O-O-O (9. Bg5 Ned5 10.
O-O-O Bd7 {Kotronias-Foisor Moscow 1987}) 9... Bd7 10. Bg5 Bc6 {Beliavsky}) 9.
O-O-O Ne7 10. f3 $1 exf3 11. gxf3 Ned5 12. Rg1 $44 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nd5 14. Qd2 (
14. Qb3 $5) 14... Qf6 15. Bc4 $6 (15. Bf2 $5 g5 16. h4 gxh4 17. Rg4 Qxf3 18.
Rxh4 Bd7 19. c4 Ne7 20. Rf4 $40) 15... Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Bd7 $1 17. d5 O-O 18. Rd2
$6 (18. dxe6 $1 Bxe6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Qc3 g6 21. Qxc7 Rfc8 22. Qf4 $1 Qa2 23.
c3 $10) 18... Kh8 $1 19. Rdg2 Rg8 20. Kb1 $6 exd5 21. Bxd5 c6 22. Be4 a6 23.
Qb6 Qe5 24. Rd2 Be6 25. Rgd1 f5 26. Bd3 Rad8 $17 27. Qf2 Qf4 28. b3 Rd7 29. Re1
Bf7 30. Qe3 Qxe3 31. Rxe3 g6 32. Rde2 Kg7 33. b4 Kf6 34. Kb2 Rgd8 35. Kc3 Rd4
36. Re7 R8d7 37. Rxd7 Rxd7 38. h4 g5 39. hxg5+ hxg5 40. Rh2 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Samba Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2005.10.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. N2g3 O-O 8.
c3 Nxe4 (8... Nbd7 9. Bd3 c5 (9... e5 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. d5 Nc5 12. Bc2 b6 13.
O-O Ba6 14. Re1 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. b4 Nb7 17. Ba4 $14 {Rogers,I-Zhang Zhong/
Wijk aan Zee 2003}) 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. dxc5 Qd5 12. O-O Rd8 13. Bc2 Qxc5 14.
Qe2 Bd7 $11 {Berg,E-Brynell,S/Gothenburg 2004}) 9. Nxe4 Qd5 10. Qf3 b6 (10...
f5 11. Ng5 c5 12. Qxd5 exd5 13. g3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 $11 {Boersma,J-Bloemhard,
R/Dieren 2005}) 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Bd3 c5 $5 (12... f5 $5 13. Nd2 Qxf3 14. Nxf3
Bxf3 15. gxf3 Bd6 $13) 13. Qg3 Nd7 14. Bh6 g6 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. dxc5 f5 17. Nd2
(17. Rd1 $6 fxe4 18. Bb5 Qh5 19. Bxd7 Bh4 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Qg4 Bxf2+ 22. Kd2
e3+ 23. Kc2 Qxg4 24. Bxg4 Bxg2 $15) 17... f4 18. Qf3 (18. Qh3 Nxc5 19. Bc4 Qxg2
20. Qxg2 Bxg2 21. Rg1 Bc6 22. b4 $14) 18... Qe5+ 19. Qe2 Bxg2 20. Rg1 Nxc5 21.
Bc4 (21. Qxe5 $6 Nxd3+ 22. Kd1 Nxe5 23. Rxg2 f3 24. Rg1 Bh4 25. Ne4 Nd3 $15)
21... Qxe2+ 22. Bxe2 Bc6 $13 23. O-O-O f3 24. Bc4 b5 25. Ba2 Bh4 26. Kc2 Bxf2 (
26... Kg7 $6 27. b4 Ne4 (27... Bxf2 28. bxc5 Bxg1 29. Rxg1 f2 30. Rc1 $14) 28.
Rg4 Nxf2 29. Rxh4 Nxd1 30. Kxd1 e5 31. Ke1 $14) 27. Rgf1 Bh4 28. b4 Na4 29.
Bxe6+ Kg7 30. c4 f2 $1 (30... bxc4 31. Nxc4 Nb6 $15) 31. Bd5 Bxd5 32. cxd5 Rc8+
33. Kb3 Rc3+ 34. Ka2 Re3 (34... Rh3 35. Nb1 Rxh2 36. d6 g5 37. d7 g4 38. d8=Q
Bxd8 39. Rxd8 h5 $17) 35. Nb1 Re2+ 36. Rd2 Nc3+ 37. Kb3 Rxd2 38. Nxd2 Nxd5 39.
Rb1 Ne3 $2 (39... Kf6 40. Kc2 Kf5 41. Kd3 Kg4 $19 {[%cal Gg4h3,Gh3g2]}) 40. Kc3
h5 $6 41. Kd3 Bg5 42. Ke2 $14 a6 43. Rb3 f1=Q+ 44. Nxf1 Nc4 45. Ng3 Bc1 46. Ne4
(46. a4 bxa4 47. Rc3 Bb2 48. Rxc4 a3 49. Rc6 a2 50. Rxa6 a1=Q 51. Rxa1 Bxa1 $11
) 46... Bxa3 47. Nd2 Bc1 48. Nxc4 bxc4 49. Rc3 Bf4 50. h3 Bd6 51. Rxc4 Kf6 52.
Kd3 g5 53. Ke4 (53. Kc3 Ke5 $1 (53... Kf5 $2 54. Rc6 Be7 (54... Be5+ 55. Kd3 g4
56. hxg4+ hxg4 57. Rxa6 Kf4 58. Ke2 $18) 55. Rxa6 g4 56. hxg4+ hxg4 57. Ra7 Bd6
58. b5 g3 59. Kd3 $18) 54. Rc6 g4 55. hxg4 hxg4 56. Rxa6 g3 $11) 53... Ke6 54.
Rc6 Kd7 55. Rxa6 Bxb4 56. Rh6 h4 $11 57. Kd5 Bd2 58. Rh7+ Kd8 59. Kd6 Bf4+ 60.
Ke6 Kc8 61. Rd7 Bg3 62. Rd5 Bf4 63. Rc5+ Kd8 64. Rc4 Bh2 65. Rc3 Bg3 66. Rc2
Bf4 67. Rc5 Be3 68. Rd5+ Kc7 69. Rd7+ Kc6 70. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal 6th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2005.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[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. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. g4 e5 7. h3 exd4 8. Qxd4
Nc6 {This move is definitely better than a capture on d4, since white fails to
find a good square for the knight on e2.} (8... Qxd4 $6 9. Nxd4 c6 10. Bg2 (10.
Be3 $5 h5 $2 11. g5 {[%csl Rg8]} g6 12. Nxe4 Nd7 13. O-O-O $16 {Hector,
J-Hultin,J/Gothenburg 2004}) 10... Nf6 11. g5 Nd5 12. Nxe4 O-O 13. c4 Nc7 14.
O-O $14 {Hector,J-Djurhuus,R/Malmo 2003}) 9. Qxd8+ Bxd8 10. Bf4 h5 $5 {Another
important move securing square f5 for one of black knights.} (10... g5 11. Be3
h5 12. Nxe4 hxg4 13. O-O-O gxh3 14. Nxg5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Bg4 $13 {Hector,
J-Sjodahl,P/Sweden 2004}) 11. g5 Nge7 12. Ng3 $6 (12. O-O-O Ng6 13. Be3 Nce7
14. Nxe4 Nf5 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Nf4 $14) 12... Ng6 13. Be3 Nce7 14. Ngxe4 O-O 15.
O-O-O Nf5 {[%csl Gf5,Gg6] Black knights are perfectly placed on the kingside,
and white's advantage in development is neutralized by this fact.} 16. Bc5 (16.
Bd2 $5) 16... Re8 17. Bc4 Be6 (17... c6 $5 18. Rhe1 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Bxa7
Nf4 21. Be3 Nxh3 22. Bd2 Bc7 $15) 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Rd5 Nfe7 20. Rd2 c6 $1 21.
Rd7 {This move is more accurate than 21.Rhd1, but may be deserved attention 21.
f3 intending to retreat with the bishop to f2.} (21. Rhd1 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Rxe4 23.
Nc3 Re8 24. Be3 Ba5 $15) (21. f3 $5 {[%cal Gc5f2]}) 21... b6 22. Rhd1 Nd5 23.
Nxd5 Rxe4 24. Rxd8+ $8 Rxd8 25. Nf6+ {This move is better than} (25. Ne7+ $143
Nxe7 26. Rxd8+ Kh7 27. Bxe7 Rxe7 28. Rd6 Re2 29. f4 Rf2 30. Rxc6 Rxf4 31. Rc7
Kg6 $15 {and black is better prepared for the pawn's race.}) 25... gxf6 26.
Rxd8+ Kh7 27. Be3 fxg5 28. Bxg5 Nf4 29. f3 $6 (29. Bxf4 Rxf4 30. Rd7 Rxf2 31.
Rxa7 $11) 29... Rd4 $1 $15 30. Ra8 $2 (30. Rxd4 Ne2+ 31. Kd2 Nxd4 32. f4 Kg6
$17) (30. Rc8 $8 Nxh3 31. Be3 Rd6 32. Rc7 Rf6 33. Rxa7 b5 34. Kd2 Rxf3 35. b3
$132) 30... Nxh3 31. Be3 Rd7 $19 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Gh5h1]} 32. Rc8 f6 $1 (32...
c5 33. Rc6 {[%csl Rh3,Rh7]}) 33. Rxc6 Kg6 34. Rc4 Ng5 35. Rf4 (35. Rh4 $142)
35... Rh7 36. Bd4 f5 37. Be3 h4 38. Rc4 h3 39. Rc6+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.01.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[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. Nge2 Nc6 5. a3 Ba5 6. e5 Nge7 (6... f6 7. f4 (
7. Nf4 g6 (7... fxe5 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Nxg6 Nf6 10. Qh4 Rg8 (10... exd4 11. Nxh8
Ke7 12. b4 dxc3 13. bxa5 Qxh8 14. Bg5 e5 15. O-O-O $16 {Gaponenko,I-Dittmar,P/
Schwaebisch Gmuend 2003}) 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Qxh7 Rf8 14. Bd3 Qd7
15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 $18 {Gaponenko,I-Ionescu,D/Trier 2002}) 8. Bb5 fxe5 9.
Bxc6+ bxc6 10. dxe5 c5 11. O-O Ne7 12. Qg4 Nf5 13. Nd3 Bb6 14. Bg5 Qd7 $13)
7... Nh6 8. Be3 O-O (8... Bd7 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. Ng1 Ng4 11. Nf3 fxe5 12. fxe5 Nxe3
13. Qxe3 Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 O-O 15. Rd1 $14 {Kulaots,K-Fischer,S/Deizisau 2000}) 9.
Qd2 Bd7 10. h3 Nf5 11. Bf2 fxe5 12. dxe5 Bb6 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. O-O-O $14 {
Van Mil,J-Welling,G/Eindhoven 1986}) (6... Bd7 7. Be3 Qe7 8. Qd2 f6 9. f4 O-O-O
10. b4 Bb6 11. Na4 Nh6 12. Ng3 Ng4 13. c3 $36 {Felsberger,A-Roth,P/Austria 1987
}) (6... Bb6 7. Na4 Nge7 8. Nxb6 axb6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 f6 11. exf6 Rxf6 12.
O-O $14 {Le Roux,J-Gervasio,R/Guingamp 2003}) 7. b4 (7. Ng3 O-O 8. Be2 Bb6 9.
Be3 Nf5 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. Na4 f6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. f4 $14 {Schramm,
B-Kindermann,S/Dresden 1999}) 7... Bb6 8. Na4 O-O 9. Rb1 $6 {I have to say
that I just don't understand the purpose of this move!} (9. c3 f6 10. exf6 gxf6
11. Ng3 e5 12. Be2 Nf5 13. O-O Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bf5 15. Be3 Qd7 $13 {Ekstroem,
R-Berezovsky,I/Graechen 1999}) 9... Nf5 (9... f6 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Nxb6 axb6
12. b5 Na5 13. Ng3 Nc4 14. Bd3 Nxa3 15. Rb3 Nc4 16. O-O $36) 10. Nxb6 axb6 11.
b5 Na5 12. Ng3 c5 $132 {It's quite obvious that black has no problems.} (12...
Nc4 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Rb3 f6 $13) 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Be2 Be6 15. O-O Qe7 (15...
Qh4) 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. Qc1 h6 18. a4 Nc4 19. Ra1 Qc7 {For some reason black
refraines from trading white's darksquared bishop even though after} (19...
Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Ra5 21. Bf3 c4 $13 {black is doing ok.}) 20. Bd3 Ra5 $2 {
Ignoring white's threats! It wasn't too late to take on e3 with equal chances.}
21. Bxh6 $1 $18 {It turnes out that black is helpless after this one.} gxh6 22.
Qxh6 f4 {Other moves wouldn't influence the outcome of the game.} (22... cxd4
23. f4 Ne3 24. Rf3 Ng4 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26. Rh3 Ke8 27. Bxf5 $18) (22... Qe7 23. f4
(23. Bxc4 $2 dxc4 24. Ra3 f4 25. Qxf4 cxd4 26. Rg3+ Kf8 $17) (23. g4 $5 Nb2 24.
gxf5 Nxd3 25. fxe6 Qxe6 26. Qg5+ Qg6 27. Qxg6+ fxg6 28. cxd3 $16) 23... Ne3 24.
Rf3 Ng4 25. Rg3 $18) (22... Qd7 23. f4 Nd2 24. Rf2 Ne4 25. Rf3 f6 26. Bxe4 fxe4
27. Rg3+ $18) (22... Rd7 23. f4 $18 {[%cal Gf1f3,Gf3g3]}) 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. Bf5+
Kg8 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Bxe6 cxd4 27. Rfe1 Re8 28. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "Elgoibar 07th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1997.11.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Black "Matamoros Franco, Carlos S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Petursson} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 {Variation quiet rarely seen in
modern chess and,as shows this game for a good reason!} Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6.
Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 Nbd7 9. Ne2 b6 10. Bg5 Qe7 (10... Bb7 11. Nf4 $6 Qe7
12. Bb5 $5 c6 13. Be2 O-O-O 14. Qh4 h6 $1 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 Nxf6 17. O-O
Rg5 $36 {Damasco,R-Nyberg,C/Novi Sad olw ITA-SVE 1990 (42)}) 11. Qh4 (11. a4 $5
Bb7 12. Ng3 O-O-O 13. Be2 e5 14. O-O (14. Nf5 $2 Qe6 15. Ng7 Qc6) 14... Rg6 15.
Qh4 Rdg8 16. Be3 Qe6 $15 {Zagorovsky,W-Kahn,M/corr PL Swinarski mem 1983 (42)})
11... Bb7 12. Ng3 $6 ({Deserved attention} 12. Nf4 h6 $5 13. Qxh6 O-O-O 14. Qh4
e3 15. f3 (15. fxe3 $6 e5 $1 16. Nh5 exd4 17. cxd4 Rxg5 $1 18. Qxg5 Rg8 $40)
15... Rh8 16. Nh5 Qd6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qxf6 Rxh5 $132 {with complicated
position;Estevez,G-Vilela,J/Capablanca mem-B 1991 (31)}) 12... h6 13. Bd2 Rg4
$1 $36 {This strong and logical move exposes the disadvantages of white's
position:delay in development,invalid pawns structure,lack of coordination
between white pieces.} (13... O-O-O $6 14. Be2 Nf8 $6 (14... Qd6 15. Qxh6 Rh8
16. Qf4 (16. Qe3 Rdg8 $44) 16... e3 17. Bxe3 Bxg2 18. Qxd6 cxd6 19. Rg1 {
+/= Krasenkov,M-Stewart,J/Moskva 1990} (19. Rg1 Rxh2 20. Nf1 Bxf1 21. Bxf1 $14
{Krasenkov,M})) 15. O-O (15. Nh5 $1 $14) 15... Ng6 16. Qxh6 Rh8 17. Qg5 Rdg8
18. f3 e3 $1 $36 {Fischer,R-Kovacevic,V/Rovinj/Zagreb 1970 (30)}) 14. Qxh6 (14.
Qh3 $6 {can't be serious alternative.}) 14... O-O-O 15. c4 $6 {After this move
white faces serious difficulties,while white still had the oppurtunity to keep
the balance:} (15. Bg5 $1 Rg8 16. Bh4 $1 (16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Be2 R4g6 18. Qe3
Nd5 19. Qd2 f5 $1 $36) 16... R8g6 17. Qh8+ Rg8 18. Qh6 $11) 15... Ng8 $5 16.
Qe3 f5 17. Nh5 $1 (17. f3 $2 exf3 18. gxf3 f4 $19 {[%cal Gb7h1]}) 17... e5 18.
dxe5 Nxe5 19. O-O-O $4 {Missing nice reply of black,which destroys white's
position.} (19. Nf4 $5 $132) 19... Nd3+ $1 $19 {[%csl Ra3,Rc1]} 20. cxd3 Qxa3+
21. Kc2 (21. Kb1 {Petursson} Qb3+ 22. Kc1 exd3 $19) 21... exd3+ 22. Bxd3 Qa2+ (
22... Rxd3 $4 {Petursson} 23. Qe8+ Rd8 24. Qxd8+ Kxd8 25. Bb4+ $18) 23. Kc3 (
23. Kc1 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 (24. Qe8+ {Petursson} Rd8 25. Qe6+ Kb8 26. Bc3 Rc8 $19)
24... Be4 $19) 23... Rxd3+ $1 24. Qxd3 (24. Kxd3 Qxc4#) 24... Qa3+ 25. Kc2 Be4
0-1

[Event "Yangon zt"]
[Site "Yangon"]
[Date "1998.12.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Handoko, Edhi"]
[Black "Nadera, Barlo A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUR"]
[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. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 b6 7. g3 ({
Slightly more agressive and dangerous for black is} 7. N2c3 Nf6 (7... Bb7 8.
Bb5+ (8. Qf3 $5 Kf8 9. Qg3 Nc6 10. Be3 Bh4 $6 11. Qf4 g5 12. Nxg5 Bxg5 13. Qxg5
Qxg5 14. Bxg5 Nxd4 15. O-O-O $16 {Kharlov,A-Beliavsky,A/Novosibirsk 1995 (20)})
8... c6 (8... Nd7 9. Qg4 Kf8 10. Qe2 Ndf6 11. Ng5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Mokry,K-Jurek,J/
CSR-ch 1984}) 9. Be2 Nd7 10. Bf4 Nf8 11. h4 Ng6 12. Bg3 $14 {Gheorghiu,F-Hort,
V/Athens zt 1969 (41)}) 8. Qf3 c6 9. Bf4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Bd6 11. O-O-O Bxf4+ 12.
Qxf4 Qf6 13. Qd6 Qe7 14. Qg3 $14 {Dominguez,C-Scanavino,E/Mar del Plata KIM
1962}) 7... Bb7 8. Bg2 Qc8 9. O-O Nf6 ({Another possibility is} 9... Nd7 $5 10.
c4 Ngf6 11. N2c3 O-O 12. Qe2 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bf4 Nxe4 16.
Bxe4 Bxe4 $11 {with balanced position;Ristic,N-Ljubisavljevic,Z/Smederevska
Palanka 1984 (43)}) 10. N2c3 O-O 11. Nxf6+ ({After} 11. Re1 Rd8 12. Bg5 Nxe4
13. Nxe4 Bxg5 14. Nxg5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qb7+ $11 {all minor pieces disappear.})
11... Bxf6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Qh5 Nd7 (13... Rd8 $6 14. c3 Nd7 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bf4
c5 17. Rad1 $14) 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 h6 ({Not enough for equality is} 15...
f5 $6 16. Nc3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 e5 18. Rae1 $1 Qb7+ 19. f3 Rae8 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21.
Rxe5 Nxe5 22. Qe7 $14 {and white has some pressure.}) 16. Qe3 a5 {With this
move black starts an intersting planbut deserved attention straightforward} (
16... e5 $5 17. Rad1 f5 18. Nc3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qb7+ 20. f3 Rae8 $132 {with
sufficient counterchanses.}) 17. Rfe1 (17. a4) 17... a4 $5 18. c4 Ra5 19. Rac1
Qa8 20. Bh3 ({Serious attention deserved} 20. d5 $5 e5 (20... exd5 21. cxd5
Rxd5 22. Rxc7 Re8 23. Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 (23... Rxe4 $6 24. Bxe4 Rxd7 25. Bf5 Rd8 26.
Qxb6 Bh1 27. Bh3 $16) 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. Qxe8+ Qxe8 26. Rxe8+ Kg7 27. Bxb7 Rxb7
28. Re4 $14) 21. Nc3 f5 22. Nb5 Qd8 23. f4 e4 24. d6 $14) 20... Rd8 21. Rcd1 (
21. d5 $5) 21... Bxe4 $5 22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. Rxe4 b5 $1 {Using the fact that
white can't meet this move with 24.c5 black solves the problem of his
queenside.} (23... Ne5 $6 24. Bf1 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 f5 26. Rxe6 Nxd4 27. Re7 $14)
24. d5 Nf6 25. Red4 e5 ({More accurate was} 25... exd5 $5 26. cxd5 Ra6 27. Bf1
(27. Rc1 $6 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Nxd5 29. Rc5 c6 $15) 27... Rb6 28. h4 Kf8 29. Kg2 Ke7
$132 {with mutual chanses.}) 26. d6 $1 {That's the reason why 25...e:d5 was
more accurate!} cxd6 (26... exd4 27. dxc7 Re8 28. Rxd4 $1 Raa8 29. cxb5 g5 30.
Bf5 $1 $18 {[%cal Gb5b7,Gc7c8]}) 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 bxc4 29. Rc6 Rb5 $1 30.
Rxc4 Rxb2 31. Rxa4 g6 32. Bf1 h5 33. h3 Kg7 34. Ra7 Ne4 35. Bc4 Nd6 36. Bf1 $6
{All the previous moves after 26.d6! were logical and correct,but now simple} (
36. Bd5 $5 Rd2 37. Bc6 Rc2 38. Ra6 $1 $14 {would still promise some winning
chanses.}) 36... Ne4 37. Bc4 Nd6 38. Bf1 Ne4 39. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qg4 {Risky continuation leading to sharp play
with mutual chances.} Nf6 5. Qxg7 Rg8 6. Qh6 Rg6 7. Qe3 c5 (7... Nxe4 8. Bd3 f5
(8... Rxg2 $5 9. Qh3 Rg6 10. Nge2 Qf6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. O-O-O $36 {
Grabarska,B-Petek,M/EU-chTW 1997 (38)}) 9. Nge2 c5 10. Bxe4 fxe4 11. Qh3 $2 Nc6
12. Qxh7 Qf6 13. Nf4 $13 {Alekhine,A-Euwe,M/Wch16 1935 (40)}) (7... dxe4 $5 8.
Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qd5 10. Nh3 Qf5 11. O-O-O Nd5 12. Qd2 Nc6 $13 {Brueckner,
G-Junker,H/Pinneberg op 1992 (26)}) (7... e5 $6 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 (9. Bxc3 $5
$14) 9... exd4 10. cxd4 Ng4 11. Qc3 dxe4 12. Nh3 $14 {Antoniewski,R-Vavra,P/
Team Championships, CZE 1997/1/2-1/2 (44)}) 8. Bd2 (8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Qd3 cxd4
10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Nxb4 12. axb4 Bxb4 13. Bd2 dxc3 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $17 {Gavilan,
A-Foguelman,A/Buenos Aires 1951}) (8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxe4 10. Ne2 Qa5 11. Bd2
cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 h6 15. Nf4 $14 {Crosa Coll,M-Guzman
Ortiz,C/Roque Saenz Pena 1997}) (8. e5 Ng4 9. Qf4 cxd4 10. Be2 Qa5 11. Bxg4
Bxc3+ 12. Kf1 Bb4 13. Bh5 Bd7 14. g4 Bb5+ 15. Kg2 Qc7 $44 {Mirkovic,
J-Krawcheni,A/Suncoast 1999}) 8... Nc6 (8... Ng4 $5 9. Qd3 Nc6 $1 10. Nge2 (10.
a3 c4 11. Qh3 Nxd4 $17) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxf2 $5 (11... Nce5 $5 12. Qe2 Qb6
$36) (11... Qb6 $5) 12. Kxf2 Bc5 13. Be3 Qf6+ 14. Ke1 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 (15...
Nxd4 16. Rd1) 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 17. Kd2 $13) 9. Nge2 (9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11.
O-O-O (11. Nge2 $5 dxe4 12. dxc5 $14 Ng4 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 e3 15. fxe3 Bxc3
16. Bxc3 Nxe3 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Kf2 $16 {Planinec,A-Byrne,R/Moscow 1975}) 11...
cxd4 12. Qxd4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nxe4 14. Nf3 f6 15. Rhe1 Qb6 16. Nh4 Qxd4 17. Bxd4
Rh6 $13 {Panchenko,A-Steinberg,M/Sukhumi 1971}) (9. Nf3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ng4 11.
Qd3 Bc5 12. Nxc6 $6 Bxf2+ 13. Kd1 bxc6 14. Kc1 Bb6 15. Nd1 Qf6 $15 {Yilmaz,
T-Morovic Fernandez,I/Dubai 1986}) 9... dxe4 (9... Ng4 10. Qd3 cxd4 (10... Qf6
11. Be3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. exd4
dxe4 17. Kf2 $14 {Magem Badals,J-Jerez Perez,A/Barcelona 2000}) 11. Nxd4 Nxf2
$5 12. Kxf2 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxd4 $6 14. Bxd4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxd4+ (15... Nxd4 16.
Rd1 e5 17. c3 Nc6 18. Qxd8+ Nxd8 19. Bb5+ Ke7 20. Rhe1 $36) 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 17.
Rd1 $14 {Bellon Lopez,J-Pecorelli Garcia,H/Havana 1998}) 10. Nxe4 (10. dxc5 $6
Ng4 11. Qh3 Bxc5 12. Nxe4 Bxf2+ 13. Nxf2 Nxf2 14. Kxf2 Qxd2 15. Qc3 Qg5 $15)
10... cxd4 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Qd3 Bd7 {Only this move appears to be a novelty.}
(12... Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 e5 14. Ng3 Qg5 15. Bd3 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Rg7 17. Rae1 Bd7
18. Be4 $14 {Hoiberg,N-Sorensen,J/Aarhus 1991}) 13. Bxb4 ({Nothing promised} 
13. O-O-O Qxf2 (13... Bxd2+ 14. Rxd2 Qxf2 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4
Bc6 $15) 14. Bxb4 Nxb4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 Nc6 17. Rh4 $13) 13... Nxb4 14.
Qd2 Nc6 (14... a5 $5 15. a3 d3 16. axb4 dxe2 17. Bxe2 Rxg2 18. O-O-O Bc6 19. b5
Bd5 $36) 15. Ng3 {For some reason white refraines from playing f4, which seems
to be the most logical continuation preventing black from building up strong
pawn chain in the center.} (15. f4 e5 16. O-O-O) 15... O-O-O 16. O-O-O Qe7 17.
Re1 (17. f4) 17... Rg5 $5 {[%cal Gg5a5]} 18. Bd3 Ra5 19. a3 f6 20. Nf5 Qf8 21.
Nxd4 Rxa3 22. Nb3 $1 {Black rook is trapped on a3.} (22. bxa3 Qxa3+ 23. Kb1
Nxd4 24. Qc1 Qa5 $36) 22... Rxb3 23. cxb3 Nb4 24. Re4 $1 (24. Bc4 $2 b5 25. Be2
e5 26. g4 Qc5+ 27. Kb1 Bf5+ $19) 24... a5 25. Bc4 $2 {Misplacing the bishop.} (
25. Bc2 Bc6 (25... e5 26. Rc4+ Kb8 27. Rd1 b5 28. Rxb4 axb4 29. Qd6+ Qxd6 30.
Rxd6 f5 31. Bxf5 Rc8+ 32. Bc2 $18) (25... Kb8 $5) 26. Rd4 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 Bxg2
28. Rg1 $14) 25... b5 26. Rd1 $8 {Nevertheless the position remains very
unclear even after white's mistake.} bxc4 27. Rxc4+ Bc6 (27... Kb7 28. Kb1 e5
29. Ka1) 28. Qxd8+ Qxd8 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. Rh4 Bxg2 31. Kd2 Nd5 (31... Ke7 32.
Rxh7+ Kd6 33. h4 Ke5 34. h5 $14) 32. Rxh7 Ne7 33. Kc3 Ke8 34. Kc4 Nc6 35. h4
Kf8 36. Rc7 $6 {[%csl Rc7]} (36. h5 Ne5+ 37. Kb5 Nf7 38. h6 Be4 39. Rg7 Nxh6
40. Rg3 Nf5 41. Rc3 $13) (36. Kc5 $5) 36... e5 37. h5 (37. Kc5 Nd4) 37... Nd4
38. Ra7 $6 (38. h6 Bf1+ 39. Kd5 Bg2+ (39... Kg8 40. Rg7+ Kh8 41. Rg6 Nxb3 42.
Rxf6 $14) 40. Kc4 $11) 38... Bf1+ 39. Kc5 Nxb3+ 40. Kd6 Nd4 41. Rxa5 Kg7 42.
Ra7+ Kh6 43. Rf7 Kg5 44. h6 (44. b4 Be2 45. h6 Nf5+ 46. Kc5 Nxh6 47. Rd7 Ng4
48. Rd2 Bf1 49. b5 Bxb5 50. Kxb5 Kf4 51. Kc5 Kf3 $17) 44... Nf5+ 45. Kc5 Nxh6
46. Rf8 Ng4 47. b4 Nxf2 48. b5 Ne4+ 49. Kc6 Bxb5+ 50. Kxb5 Kf4 51. Kc4 f5 52.
Kd3 $11 {White king is just on time to catch the position in front of black
pawns.} Ng3 53. Kd2 Kf3 54. Ke1 e4 55. Ra8 f4 56. Ra2 e3 (56... Nf5) 57. Ra4
Ne4 58. Kf1 Nf2 59. Ra3 Ng4 60. Ra2 Kg3 61. Ra8 f3 62. Rg8 Kf4 63. Rf8+ Ke4 64.
Re8+ Kd3 65. Rd8+ Ke4 66. Re8+ Ne5 67. Ke1 Kf4 68. Rf8+ Kg3 69. Rg8+ Ng4 70.
Kf1 e2+ 71. Ke1 Kf4 72. Re8 Ne5 73. Kd2 Ke4 74. Ke1 Kd4 75. Kf2 Kd5 76. Rd8+
Ke4 77. Re8 Kd4 78. Rd8+ Kc3 79. Re8 Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 10th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2002.06.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2002.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[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. Nge2 Nc6 5. a3 Ba5 6. Be3 Nge7 (6... Nf6 7. e5
Ng4 8. b4 (8. Bc1 $5) (8. Bf4 $6 f6 9. h3 fxe5 $1) (8. Nf4 Nxe3 (8... Ngxe5 9.
Nh5 Rg8 10. dxe5 d4 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bf4 dxc3 13. Bd3 f5 14. exf6 gxf6 15. O-O
$36 {Greenfeld,A-Skaperdas,K/Korinthos 1998}) 9. fxe3 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qh6 11. Qd3
Bd7 12. Bg2 Bb6 13. O-O-O Ne7 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bc6 17. Nce2
$14 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Taddei,B/France 2000}) 8... Bb6 9. Na4 Qh4 10. Ng3 (10.
g3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Qe4 $17) 10... O-O 11. Be2 Nxe3 12. fxe3 f6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14.
O-O Qg5 $17 {Brestian,E-Chernin,A/Austria 1996}) 7. e5 (7. g3 $5 e5 8. Bg2 Bg4
9. f3 Bh5 10. dxe5 dxe4 11. f4 Nf5 12. Bc5 Bf3 13. O-O $13 {1/2-1/2
Miladinovic,I-Atalik,S/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (13)}) (7. b4 Bb6 8. exd5 exd5 9.
Ng3 O-O 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxc6 Nxc6 12. O-O Ne7 $13 {Handoko,E-Johansen,D/Bali
1999}) 7... O-O (7... Nf5 8. Ng3 Nxe3 9. fxe3 Qg5 10. Qf3 f6 11. h4 Qh6 12.
exf6 gxf6 13. b4 Bb6 14. Qh5+ Qg6 15. Bd3 $14 {Berg,E-Potkin,V/Oropesa del Mar
1999}) 8. Ng3 f6 9. f4 (9. exf6 gxf6 10. Qg4+ Ng6 11. Bd3 e5 $15) 9... fxe5 10.
fxe5 Bd7 11. Qg4 $5 {Preventing black from playing Be8.} (11. Bd3 $6 Bb6 12.
Na4 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qxd4 Bxa4 16. Qxa4 Ng6 $15) (11. Be2
$5) 11... Nf5 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Qf3 $6 ({It was better to put the queen on f4.
} 13. Qf4 Ne7 14. Bd3 Ng6 15. Qf2 c5 16. O-O $14) 13... Be6 14. Bb5 $6 {
Bishop has got nothing to do on b5.} (14. Be2) 14... Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 f4 $1 16.
Bf2 Qd7 17. O-O $2 {Blundering away the pawn!} (17. Be2 Bf5 18. Qxf4 Bxc2 19.
Qd2 Be4 20. O-O Nd8 $13) 17... Nxd4 $1 $17 18. cxd4 Qxb5 19. Rab1 Qc6 20. Qb3
b6 21. Qb5 Qxb5 22. Rxb5 h6 {Now black is starting to improve his position
step by step.} 23. Be1 g5 24. Bd2 Kg7 25. Rb3 c5 26. h4 (26. c3 cxd4 27. cxd4
Rac8 28. Rc3 Rxc3 29. Bxc3 Rc8 30. Rc1 Kg6 $17 {[%cal Gg6f5]}) 26... cxd4 27.
hxg5 hxg5 28. g3 Rac8 29. gxf4 g4 ({Another promising possibility was} 29...
Rxc2 $5 30. Rd3 gxf4 31. Bxf4 Rg8 32. Rxd4 Kh7+ 33. Kh1 Bf5 $19 {[%csl Rh1]})
30. Rd3 Rc4 31. Bb4 Rf7 32. Rf2 Kg6 33. Bd6 $6 Kf5 34. Kg2 Rh7 35. Rfd2 $6 (35.
Bb4) 35... Kxf4 36. Rxd4+ Rxd4 37. Rxd4+ Ke3 38. Rd3+ Ke4 39. a4 d4 $19 40. a5
bxa5 41. Ra3 Rb7 $1 {[%csl Rc2]} 42. Rxa5 Rb2 43. Kg3 Rxc2 44. Rxa7 Rc3+ 45.
Kg2 d3 46. Ra1 d2 47. Rd1 Kd3 48. Bb4 Ke2 49. Rf1 Bd5+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Ostenstad, Berge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 "France"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 Nf6 $6 (4... dxe4) 5. e5 Nfd7 6. f4 f5 $6
{Dubious decision after which white's initiative is getting beyond the
dangerous.} (6... b6 7. g3 Bb7 8. Bg2 g6 9. Be3 h5 10. Qd2 Be7 11. O-O-O Nc6
12. h3 $14 {Hector,J-Berg,E/Malmo 2002}) (6... c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ (7... Ba5 8. b4
cxb4 9. Nb5 O-O 10. axb4 Bxb4+ 11. c3 Be7 12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Rxa3 Nc6 $13 {
Koons,N-Ritvin,S/Saint Paul 2000}) 8. Nxc3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qf2 Qb6 11.
Qxb6 Nxb6 12. Nb5 O-O 13. Be3 Nd7 14. O-O-O a6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 $14 {
Harding,C-Giulian,P/England 1988}) (6... O-O 7. g3 c5 8. Bd2 cxd4 9. Nb5 Bxd2+
10. Qxd2 Qb6 11. Nexd4 a6 12. Nd6 Qxb2 13. Rd1 Nc6 14. c4 Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 $14 {
Bisguier,A-Shabalov,A/Chicago 1994}) (6... f6 7. Ng3 c5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O
10. Bd3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qb6 12. Qh5 f5 13. Ne2 $16 {Gofshtein,L-Malfagia,A/
Bratto 1998}) (6... g6 7. h4 h5 8. f5 exf5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3 c6 11. Bg5 Qb6
12. b4 Nf8 13. Na4 $44 {Solodovnichenko,Y-Socko,B/Dos Hermanas 2003}) 7. a3 (7.
exf6 Nxf6 8. Ng3 O-O 9. Bd3 c5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. O-O Qa5 13. Bd2 c4
14. Be2 Ne7 15. a4 $14 {Chernomordik,P-Haimovich,T/Israel 2002}) 7... Be7 8. g4
$1 $36 {Great decision by french grandmaster. Black pieces are stuck on the
queenside so the kingside break is just on time.} (8. Be3 O-O 9. h3 c5 10. dxc5
Nxc5 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 $2 b4 14. axb4 Nxb4 $36 {Vandenbussche,
T-Steen,P/Westerlo 2004}) 8... fxg4 (8... Nb6 9. Ng3 Nc6 10. Be3 Bh4 11. Bd3
$14) 9. Ng3 h5 10. h3 Bh4 11. Qd3 Nf8 ({An attempt to put a pressure on
white's center wouldn't work out:} 11... Nc6 12. hxg4 hxg4 (12... Nxd4 13. Kd1
Bxg3 14. Qxd4 Nf8 15. g5 h4 16. Ne2 $16) 13. Qg6+ Kf8 14. Kd1 $1 $16 {[%cal
Gh1h8]}) 12. Bd2 gxh3 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Rxh3 g6 15. Be1 $1 Be7 (15... Qe7 $6
16. Nf5 gxf5 17. Bxh4 Qf7 18. Bf6 Rh7 19. Be2 $16) 16. Be2 Qd7 17. Bf3 {
All is set up for the f5 break.} Kd8 (17... b6 18. f5 $1 gxf5 19. Nxf5 $1 (19.
Bxh5+ $6 Kd8 20. Be8 Rxh3 21. Bxd7 Bxd7 $132) 19... exf5 20. Nxd5 Rb8 21. Nxe7
Nxe7 22. d5 $40) 18. Kb1 {Just in case!} b6 19. f5 $1 gxf5 20. Nxf5 exf5 21.
Nxd5 Bg5 $2 {This one is losing on the spot. More chancs for survival would
leave} (21... Ng6 {even though white's attack is extremly dangerous anyway.}
22. Rg3 $1 (22. Bg3 h4 23. Bh2 Bb7 24. e6 Qxe6 25. Nxc7 Qd7 26. Nxa8 Bxa8 27.
Rg1 $14) 22... Qe8 23. Rxg6 Qxg6 24. Nxe7 Kxe7 25. Bh4+ Kf8 26. Bf6 $16 {
[%csl Rc6]}) 22. Rg3 $1 $18 Ne6 23. Rxg5 $1 Nxg5 24. Nf6 Nxf3 25. Qxf3 $1 (25.
Nxd7 Nxe1 26. Qxf5 Ne7 27. Qe4 c6 28. Nf6 $18) 25... Qf7 26. Qxc6 Rb8 27. Bh4 {
[%csl Rd8][%cal Gf6e4,Ge4d6]} Bb7 28. Ne4+ Kc8 29. Nd6# {[#] Great play by
Nataf!} 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Antal, Gergely"]
[Black "Kallio, Heikki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bf3 O-O 7. Nge2 Nc6 $6
{This move may hardly be recommended because it is hardly enough to equalize
while other continuations lead to balanced position.} (7... c6 8. O-O b6 9. a3
Be7 10. Re1 Bb7 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qd2 $14 {Van der
Lijn,N-Wind,M/NLD-chT9596 1995}) (7... e5 $1 8. O-O (8. dxe5 $6 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1
Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 $44 {Nikolaevski-Khasin Kiev 1957}) 8... Bxc3 (8... exd4 9.
Nb5 $5 d3 10. Qxd3 Qxd3 11. cxd3 Na6 12. Bf4 c6 13. Nbc3 Bf5 14. d4 Rad8 $11 {
Rogers,I-Maksimovic,B/Nis 1983}) 9. Nxc3 exd4 10. Nb5 c5 11. Bf4 a6 (11... Na6
$5) 12. Nd6 Nc6 $10 {Gipslis,A-Geller,E/Riga 1958/URS-ch}) (7... Re8 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. Nxc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 $14 {Dueck,S-Kuerth,T/Sebnitz 1998}) (7... c5 8. Be3
(8. a3 cxd4 9. axb4 dxc3 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Ng3 Nd5 13. Ra3 Ne5 14.
Be2 Bd7 $13 {Dueckstein,A-Pienski,O/Velden 1995}) 8... Qe7 9. O-O Rd8 10. Bg5
Nc6 11. Ne4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Qc1 e5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qh6 Bf5 $15 {
Lipiniks,L-Pazos,G/Buenos Aires 1946}) 8. O-O h6 9. h3 a6 10. Ne4 $5 (10. Bf4
Bd6 11. Qd2 e5 $6 12. Bxc6 exf4 13. Bf3 $14) 10... Nxe4 11. Bxe4 f5 $6 {
Another dubious decision leading to very difficult position.} (11... Ne7 12. c3
Bd6 13. Bc2 e5 14. Qd3 Ng6 15. Re1 $14) 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nf4 {[%csl Rc6,Re6]}
Bd6 14. Re1 (14. Nd3 $5 a5 15. Re1 Qf6 16. c3 $16) 14... Qf6 15. c3 c5 16. Qb3
Re8 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Be3 Bd6 19. Bd4 Qf7 20. Nd3 {[%cal Gd3e5]} Bd7 21. c4 Bc6
22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 f4 $6 {[%csl Rf4] Creating another weakness to himself.}
24. f3 Rf8 (24... Red8 25. Rad1 g5 26. Qa3 $1 $16 {[%cal Ga3c5]}) 25. Qa3 $1
Rad8 26. Rad1 Kh7 27. Qc5 Bxf3 $6 {Despiration!} 28. gxf3 Qg6+ 29. Kf1 Qh5 30.
Rxd8 $1 {[%cal Gc5f2,Gf2g2]} Qxh3+ (30... Rxd8 31. Qf2 Qxh3+ 32. Qg2 $18) 31.
Ke2 Rxd8 32. Qf2 Qf5 33. Kf1 $1 $18 g5 34. Bxc7 Rd3 35. Be5 Qh3+ 36. Ke2 (36.
Qg2 $4 Rxf3+ 37. Kg1 Rg3 $19) 36... Re3+ 37. Kd1 Rxf3 38. Qc2+ Rd3+ 39. Kc1 {
[%cal Gc4c8]} Qf5 40. Rd1 Re3 (40... Rxd1+ 41. Kxd1 Qxc2+ 42. Kxc2 Kg6 43. c5
Kf7 44. c6 Ke8 45. Kd3 $18) 41. Bd4 Re4 42. c5 e5 43. c6 exd4 44. c7 d3 45.
c8=Q d2+ 46. Kb1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kornev, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 $6 dxe4 5. Qg4 Nf6 6. Qxg7 Rg8 7. Qh6 Qxd4
8. O-O-O Bf8 9. Qh3 {This line is considered for ages as very good one for
black. I wonder if white was unaware that it's necessary to bring black rook
to g4 before retreating to h3 or it was some kind of an opening preparation!?
Anyway black proved once again that his chanes in this rare variation are at
least equal (if white is cautious enough).} (9. Qh4 Rg4 10. Qh3 Qxf2 11. Be2 (
11. Nb5 Na6 12. Kb1 Bd7 13. Be3 Qf5 14. Nd4 Qg6 15. Nb3 Nb4 $17 {Boleslavsky,
I-Bronstein,D/Moscow 1950}) 11... Rh4 (11... Rg6 $6 12. Rf1 Qc5 13. Rxf6 Rxf6
14. Nxe4 Qf5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qxh7 e5 17. Nf3 $14 {Mueller,K-Grottke,H/
Frankfurt/Oder 1977}) 12. Qxh4 Qxh4 13. g3 e3 (13... Qh6 14. Bxh6 Bxh6+ 15. Kb1
Bd7 16. Nh3 Be3 $15 {Rasmussen,P-Czibulka,Z/EU-chT4 corr8896 1988}) 14. gxh4
exd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bh6+ 16. Ke1 Bd7 $13 {Hort,V-Nogueiras,J/Reggio Emilia 1986})
9... Qxf2 10. Nge2 (10. Bb5+ c6 11. Be2 Rg6 12. g4 Qc5 13. Be3 Qe5 14. Bd4 Qf4+
15. Be3 Qe5 16. Bd4 Qf4+ 17. Be3 Qe5 {1/2-1/2 Mossong,H-Chin,F/Dubai 1986})
10... Bd7 11. g4 (11. Ng3 e5 {[%csl Rh3]} 12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxh3 14. Nxf2
Be6 15. Ne4 Be7 $17) 11... Rxg4 (11... e5 $5) 12. Ng3 e3 13. Be1 Qf4 14. Bg2
Qh6 $1 {Forcing the trade of the queens after which white's chances to develop
the initiative decrease move by move...} (14... Rh4 15. Nge2 Rxh3 16. Nxf4 Rh6
17. Bxb7 Bc6 18. Bxa8 Bxa8 19. Rf1 Be7 $15) 15. Qxh6 Bxh6 16. Bxb7 Bc6 17. Bxa8
Bxa8 {[%cal Ga8h1,Gh6c1]} 18. Rg1 e2+ 19. Rd2 Be3 $19 {Black emerged out of
opening complications with a pawn up, so the rest is just a matter of
technique.} 20. Ncxe2 Nbd7 21. Rf1 Bg2 (21... h5 $5) 22. Rf2 Bd5 23. Nc3 c6 24.
Rfe2 Bxd2+ 25. Kxd2 h5 26. b3 Kf8 27. Nf1 Rg1 28. Ne3 Bf3 29. Rf2 Ne5 30. Rf1
Rxf1 31. Nxf1 Bg2 32. Ne3 Ne4+ {It's interesting that the simplest winning
plan in this position is by transposing to opposite color bishops ending!} 33.
Nxe4 (33. Kc1 Bf3 34. Na4 f5) 33... Bxe4 34. Bg3 Nf3+ 35. Ke2 e5 36. Nc4 f6 37.
Ke3 Bd5 38. Nd6 Nd4 39. c4 Be6 40. Bf2 Nf5+ {Here it comes. Black pawns in the
center are unstoppable.} 41. Nxf5 Bxf5 42. b4 a6 43. a4 Bd7 44. Ke4 Kf7 45. b5
cxb5 46. cxb5 axb5 47. axb5 Ke6 $5 (47... Bxb5 48. Kd5 Bf1 49. Bh4 Bg2+ 50. Kd6
Kg6 $19) 48. b6 Bc6+ 49. Ke3 f5 50. Kd3 Kd5 51. Bh4 f4 52. Bd8 e4+ 53. Kc3 e3
54. Kd3 Bb5+ 55. Kc3 Ba6 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 Nc6 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 (6. Be3 dxe4 (6... Nf6
7. e5 Ng4 8. b4 Bb6 9. Na4 $6 Nxe3 10. fxe3 f6 11. Nf4 O-O 12. Nxb6 axb6 13.
exf6 Qxf6 $36 {McDonald,N-Martin,B/London3 1994}) 7. b4 Bb6 8. Nxe4 e5 9. d5
Bxe3 10. fxe3 Nce7 11. c4 f5 12. Nc5 Nf6 13. Nc3 O-O $13 {Van Mil,J-Krays,A/
Groningen op 1994}) 6... Bb6 7. Bb2 (7. e5 f6 8. Na4 (8. b5 Na5 9. Na4 fxe5 10.
Nxb6 cxb6 11. dxe5 Qc7 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Nf4 O-O-O 14. Be2 Nh6 $132 {Podesta,
D-Giaccio,A/Buenos Aires op 1995}) (8. exf6 Qxf6 9. Be3 Nge7 10. b5 Na5 11. Ng3
O-O 12. Qd2 c6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. O-O cxb5 $13 {Moreda,L-Tisera,N/ARG-chJ2 U18
1994}) 8... fxe5 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. dxe5 Nxb4 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Nf4 Nh6 13. Qh5+
Nf7 14. h4 Ra4 15. g3 $44 {Hoiberg,N-Antonsen,M/Aarhus op 1997}) 7... Nf6 $6 (
7... Nh6 8. Qd3 O-O 9. g3 a5 10. b5 Ne7 11. Bg2 c6 12. O-O a4 13. Bc1 Ng4 14.
h3 Nf6 15. e5 $14 {Franzoni,G-McCambridge,V/WchT-U26 1985}) 8. e5 Ng4 9. Na4 $5
(9. g3 $2 Ncxe5 $1 {[%csl Rf2]} 10. Ng1 $1 (10. Nf4 $2 Bxd4 $1 $19) 10... Qf6
11. f4 $8 Ne3 12. dxe5 Nxd1 13. exf6 Nxb2 14. fxg7 Rg8 $17) 9... O-O 10. Ng3 (
10. Nxb6 axb6 11. Nf4 $5 {[%csl Rg4]} Nh6 (11... Qg5 $2 12. Qf3 f6 13. h4 $1
Qf5 14. Bd3 Nxd4 15. Bxf5 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 exf5 17. fxg4 fxe5 18. Nxd5 $18) 12.
Bd3 f6 13. g3 $14) 10... Qh4 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Be2 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. O-O Bd7
15. Qd2 (15. Re1 $5 Ne7 16. Bf3 Nf5 17. Qd2 Rfe8 18. Nf1 $14) 15... Ne7 16. Qc3
Rac8 17. a4 $5 {[%cal Ga4a5]} Ng6 (17... Nf5 $5 18. a5 Ng4 19. Bxg4 Qxg4 20. h3
Nxg3 21. fxg3 $14) 18. Bc1 Nf4 (18... c5 $5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. bxc5 e5 $44) 19.
Bxf4 Qxf4 20. a5 Qd6 {[%cal Gc7c5]} 21. a6 (21. axb6 $5 Qxb6 22. Rfe1 $5 (22.
Qd2 $14) 22... e5 $5 23. dxe5 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Ne4+ 25. Ke3 Nxc3 26. Bf3 $14)
21... bxa6 22. Bxa6 Ra8 23. Be2 Rfc8 24. b5 $14 c5 25. bxc6 Qxc6 26. Qxc6 Bxc6
27. Bd3 Kf7 28. Rfe1 (28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Rb1 Nd7) 28... Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Ra8 30.
Rb1 Nd7 31. h4 {[%csl Rh7]} h6 32. Ne2 Ra4 33. h5 Ke7 34. f3 (34. f4 Ra3 35.
Kf2 Kd6 36. Ke3 Bb7 $11) 34... Kd6 35. Kf2 Ra3 (35... Bb7) 36. g4 Bb7 37. Nf4
Ba6 (37... e5 $6 38. dxe5+ Kxe5 39. Ng6+ Kd6 40. Bf5 d4 41. Nh4 $16 {[%csl Rf3]
}) 38. Bg6 Ra4 39. Be8 (39. c3 $5 e5 40. dxe5+ Kxe5 41. Ng2 Ra3 42. Bf5 Bc8 43.
Rc1 Kd6 $14) 39... Rxd4 40. Bxd7 Rxf4 $6 $11 (40... Kxd7 $5 41. Nxe6 (41. Rxb6
Rxf4 42. Rxa6 Ke7 $11) 41... Rd2+ 42. Kg3 Kxe6 43. Rxb6+ Kf7 44. Rxa6 Rxc2 $11)
41. Bxe6 Kxe6 42. Rxb6+ Kf7 43. Rxa6 Rc4 44. Ra2 d4 45. f4 Rc3 46. g5 hxg5 47.
fxg5 d3 48. Ra7+ Kg8 49. cxd3 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.11.24"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Voigt, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luebeck"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg Koenigsspringer"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. g4 $5 {If I remember
correctly this move was invented by Alekhine in his match versus Eive back in
1935!} (6. g3 Bd7 (6... f5 $6 7. Nf4 Bf6 8. Be3 c6 9. Bc4 Qd6 10. f3 exf3 11.
Qxf3 $16 {Horner,J-Clarke,P/Clacton on Sea 1974/EXT 2000}) 7. Nxe4 Bc6 8. f3 f5
9. Nd2 Bf6 10. c3 e5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Bg2 Qd3 13. O-O Nd7 14. a4 Ne7 15. Nb3
$14 {Hector,J-Vallejo Pons,F/Aceimar 1995/EXT 97}) 6... e5 $5 {[%csl Rg4]
Immedeatly attacking the pawn on g4.} (6... Bd7 7. Ng3 Bc6 8. Bg2 h6 9. Be3 Nf6
10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bd5 $11 {Planinec,A-Ivkov,B/
Novi Sad 1975/EXT 99}) 7. h3 exd4 8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 {[%csl Re4] This
position despite it's seeming simplicity is not so easy fro black. White is
better developed and it turns out to be very important factor.} a6 (9... Bf6 $6
10. Ndb5 Bxc3+ 11. Nxc3 Nf6 12. g5 Nfd7 13. Nd5 Kd8 14. Bf4 $16 {[%cal Gd5c7]})
10. Bf4 c5 11. Nb3 Nf6 12. O-O-O {White's idea is just to play Bg2 and to take
on e4. As strange as it sounds black is helpless against it and once white
takes back the pawn his advantage becomes quiet significient.} Be6 $6 (12... b6
$5 13. Bg2 Bb7 14. Rhe1 O-O 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Nc6 $14) 13.
Na5 b5 $6 (13... b6 14. Nc4 Nbd7 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Bxd6 h6 17. Bg2 $14) 14. Bg2
Nbd7 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 $16 {[%cal Ga5b7,Gb7d6] Despite of material
balance black's position is nearly lost, mainly because of huge difference in
the strength of minor pieces.} Rd8 17. Nb7 $1 Rc8 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Bxd6 {
I guess it's just a matter of taste!} (19. Rxd6 $5 $16 {[%csl Ra6]}) 19... Nb8
20. Bb7 Rd8 21. Bxc5 $18 Rd7 22. Be4 Kd8 23. f4 {Blck could resign at this
stage, but he tries to escape the inevitable...} Kc8 24. f5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bd7
26. Bd4 f6 27. g5 $1 {Creating another weakness to black.} Re8 28. gxf6 gxf6 (
28... Rxe4 29. f7 $18) 29. Bd3 Rf8 30. Rg1 Nc6 31. Bf2 Ne5 32. Be4 Kc7 33. Bc5
Re8 34. Bf2 Nc4 35. Rg4 Re7 36. b3 Nd6 $6 (36... Ne5) 37. Bg3 Bc6 38. Bd3 Bd5
39. c4 bxc4 40. bxc4 Re3 41. Bxd6+ Kxd6 42. Rd4 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2005.05.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Minasian, Ara"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2005.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 (5... Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 Nc6 7.
d5 exd5 8. Qxd5) 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Qd3 $5 {Not a move black should upset from,
but definitely a one which leads to very interesting play!} Nc6 8. Bf4 O-O 9.
O-O-O b6 10. h4 Nxe4 (10... Bb7 11. Nxf6+ (11. N2g3 $5 {[%cal Ge4g5,Gg3h5]} Qd7
12. Ng5 h6 $2 13. Nh5 g6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Nf3 Kg7 16. Qe3 Rh8 17. Ne5 $16 {
Fischvogt,E-Ronneberg,E/Chicago 1987}) (11. N2c3 Nb8 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Qg3 c6
14. Ne4 Kh8 15. Bd3 $16 {Melts,M-Specht,A/corr 1988}) (11. Ng5 $6 e5 12. Bg3
Bd6 13. d5 Ne7 14. c4 h6 15. Nc3 Bc8 $132 {Salonen,J-Farago,I/Helsinki 1983})
11... Bxf6 12. Qg3 Rc8 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. Bxf6 Qxg3 15. Nxg3 gxf6 16. Nh5 $14 {
Westerinen,H-Ostenstad,B/Gausdal 1991}) (10... Nd5 11. Bd2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13.
Qg3 Ng4 14. f3 f5 15. N4c3 Bd6 16. Nf4 $16 {Kozlov,V-Tockij,L/Roslavl 1989})
11. Qxe4 Bb7 12. d5 $5 {This move isn't a very logical one, since Black seems
to be better prepared for an open struggle, but it's not so easy to prove it
not just over the board, even with the help of chess engine! Even though I
believe Black should be able to seize the initiative.} (12. Nc3 Na5 13. d5 Bd6
14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Bd3 g6 16. h5 Qf6 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Rh3 $14 {Feistenauer,
F-Strand,T/Argentina 1995}) 12... exd5 13. Rxd5 Bd6 ({The only way to test 12.
d5 was by retreating the queen to c8, but the consequences are not so clear.} 
13... Qc8 14. Nc3 Bf6 15. Bd3 g6 16. h5 (16. Bg5 $6 Re8 (16... Bxc3 $6 17. bxc3
Nd8 18. h5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 $40) 17. Qf4 Be5 18. Rxe5 Nxe5 19. Be4 c6 $15) 16...
Re8 (16... Ne7 $2 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Be5 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) 17. Qf3 (17. Qc4 Qg4
18. hxg6 hxg6 $15) 17... Ne7 $140 $6 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Be4 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5
21. Bxd5 Rb8 22. Be5 $1 $18) 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Qf4 Re8 $6 {Giving up a pawn
without a good reason. It was necessary to play} (15... Ne5 16. Rd1 Rc8 17. Nc3
Re8 18. Rh3 Re6 $11 {with balanced position}) 16. Rxd6 ({White keeps the
better chances also after} 16. Qxd6 $5 Ne5 (16... Qc8 $6 17. Nc3 (17. Qd7 $6
Qb8 $44) 17... Rd8 18. Qf4 Rxd5 19. Nxd5 Qe6 20. Bc4 Ne5 21. Rd1 $1 Rd8 (21...
Nxc4 22. Qxc4 Rd8 23. Qc7 $1 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Rd8]}) 22. Qg5 $1 $16) 17. Qxd8
Raxd8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. f3 {[%csl Gg4]} h5 $1 {[%csl Rf1,Rh1,Rh4]} (19... Nc4
20. Nf4 Ne3 21. Bd3 $16) 20. Nc3 $1 (20. Nf4 Rd4 (20... Nxf3 $6 21. gxf3 Bxf3
22. Bg2 $18)) 20... Ng6 21. Bc4 Rd4 22. Bd3 Nf4 (22... Rxh4 23. Re1 Rh2 (23...
Kf8 $6 24. Bb5 $1 Ne7 25. Rd1 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rb7]}) 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Re7 Ba6
26. Rxa7 Bf1 27. g3 $16) 23. Bf1 Rd6 $14) 16... Qe7 17. Rh3 {[%cal Gh3e3]} Ne5
18. Rd2 (18. Rd1 $5 $14 {[%csl Gf1]}) 18... Ba6 19. Rc3 (19. Re3 Rac8 20. Kb1
Qc5 21. Rc3 Qe7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rd1 $14) 19... Qb7 20. h5 $5 {[%csl Gg6]}
Rac8 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Ng3 Bxf1 23. Nxf1 Nc4 24. Rd1 h6 25. Ng3 (25. Nd2 Nxd2 (
25... Ne5 26. Ne4 $16) 26. Qxd2 Qc4 27. Qd7 Rc8 28. c3 $16) 25... Qc5 26. Nf5
Re2 27. Nd4 $1 Nxa3 $2 $16 ({A draw was agreed, even though White could've
just taken the knight after a preliminary check on b8, but both players seemed
to miss this continuation.} 27... Nxa3 $2 28. Qb8+ $1 (28. bxa3 $2 Qxa3+ 29.
Kb1 Qb4+ $11 {[%csl Rf4]}) 28... Kh7 29. bxa3 Qxa3+ 30. Kb1 Rxf2 (30... Qb4+
31. Nb3 Qc3 32. Rc1 Rxf2 33. Qxa7 $18) 31. Nb3 Rxg2 32. Qf4 $1 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 $5 {Quite rare move at the high level,
however not without the reason. As shows the following game black has no
problems whatsoever to equalize in this line.} dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bf3 c5 7.
Nge2 Nc6 8. Be3 (8. a3) 8... cxd4 (8... Nd5 $6 9. Bxd5 Qxd5 10. O-O Qh5 11. d5
Ne5 12. Ne4 $1 exd5 13. Nd6+ Kd7 14. Nxc8 $36 Ng4 15. h3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Kxc8 17.
Nf4 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 $14 {Gusev,V-Jakhin,R/Jaroslavl 1975}) (8... O-O 9. O-O (9.
dxc5 Ne5 10. a3 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Bxc3+ 12. Nxc3 Qc7 13. Qd6 $16 {Le Diouron,A-Le
Goff,G/Fouesnant 1997}) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 $11
{Schaefer,M-Borgstaedt,M/Duisburg 1986}) (8... Nxd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Bxd4 O-O
11. O-O Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nd5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. b3 Bd7 15. c4 $14 {Haanpaa,
J-Pietarinen,P/Tampere 1993}) (8... Qe7 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Rd8 12.
Qb1 e5 $15 {Spitzl,R-Sebenik,M/Finkenstein 2000}) 9. Nxd4 (9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10.
Qxd4 Qxd4 (10... Qe7 11. O-O Ba6 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. a3 Bd6 14. Bg5 Rfd8 $15 {
Urban,H-Uhlmann,W/Wuerzburg 1993}) 11. Bxd4 Nd5 (11... O-O 12. O-O-O Re8 13.
Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Nd6 Rd8 16. Nxc8 Raxc8 $11 {Khavsky,S-Legky,N/
Simferopol 1990}) 12. a3 Bf8 13. Ne4 f6 14. Bc5 Bxc5 15. Nxc5 e5 16. O-O-O O-O
17. Rd2 Bf5 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. Nge4 $14 {Czerniakow,S-Matkowski,W/Sopot 1946})
9... Ne5 (9... Nd5 $5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. Ne2 $6 Qb6 13. Rb1 Rd8 $36
{Hammari,J-Berg,K/NOR 1998}) (9... Bd7 10. Ndb5 O-O 11. a3 Be7 12. O-O Qb8 13.
g3 a6 14. Nd4 Qc7 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Qe2 Rfe8 $13 {Miculka,P-Omelka,M/CZE 1997})
10. O-O (10. Be2 Nd5 11. Bd2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ba5 (12... Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. f4
Nd7 15. Bd3 Nc5 16. Qf3 Bd7 $15 {Fichtl,J-Uhlmann,W/Zinnowitz 1966}) 13. O-O
O-O 14. f4 Ng6 15. Bd3 Qd5 16. Nb3 Bc7 17. c4 Qd8 18. Qh5 $13 {Fichtl,
J-Uhlmann,W/Berlin East 1962}) 10... Bxc3 (10... Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Rad1
Qa5 13. Nb3 Qa6 14. Bc5 Bxc5 15. Nxc5 Qb6 $11 {Sterner,O-Golz,W/Dresden 1956})
11. bxc3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 (12. Nxf3 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 b6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. a4 Nd5 16.
a5 f6 $15 {Van Dop,A-Zuidema,C/Leeuwarden 1972}) 12... Qd5 13. Qe2 $6 {White's
only chance in this position is to fight for initiative, since his pawn
structure is seriously damaged. That's why better is} (13. Qg3 O-O 14. Rfe1 Qh5
(14... b6 $5) 15. Rab1 b6 16. Rb5 Qg4 17. Qd6 h6 18. h3 Qg6 19. Nc6 $14 {
Novak,I-Vokoun,J/Cihak 1969}) 13... Bd7 (13... O-O 14. c4 Qe5 15. Nf3 Qh5 16.
Bd4 b6 17. Rab1 Ba6 18. Rfe1 Rfd8 $15 {Gusev,V-Totsky,L/Odessa 1991}) 14. Rfd1
O-O $15 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3]} 15. c4 Qe4 16. f3 Qe5 17. Qf2 (17. Rdb1 b6 18. a4 Rfc8
19. Nb5 a6 20. Nd4 Qc7 $15 {[%csl Rc4]}) 17... Rfc8 {Reminding white that he
has a couple of things to worry about.} 18. Nb3 Rxc4 19. Bxa7 Nd5 $1 20. Bd4
Qc7 21. Rd2 Rc8 22. Rc1 e5 23. Bb2 Be6 24. Re1 f6 25. Nd4 Nf4 {It's hard to
criticize black for this move, but it seems that more accurate was} (25... Bd7
$5 26. Nb3 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Qxc2 28. Rc1 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Ra8 $17 {with a pawn up
in the endgame.}) 26. Nxe6 Nxe6 27. Qe3 Qc5 28. Qxc5 Nxc5 29. c3 Kf7 $6 (29...
Ra8 $1) 30. Rb1 Rc7 31. Kf2 Ke6 32. Kg3 h5 33. h4 Kf5 $6 (33... Rd7 34. Rxd7
Nxd7 35. Ba1 b6 $17) 34. Ba3 $1 Na4 35. Bb4 $15 Nxc3 (35... g5 36. hxg5 Kxg5
$36) 36. Bxc3 Rxc3 37. Rdb2 g5 38. Rxb7 gxh4+ 39. Kxh4 Rxb7 40. Rxb7 Rc2 41.
Rg7 Rxa2 42. Kxh5 Ra1 43. Kh4 Kf4 44. Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manhattan March Int"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Negulescu, Adrian"]
[Black "Shliperman, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 $5 Nc6 $6 5. e5 $5 {Interesting
continution taking an advantage of black's last move.} (5. Nge2 dxe4 (5... Nf6
$6 6. e5 Nd7 7. O-O b6 8. Nf4 g6 9. Qg4 Ne7 10. Nce2 c5 11. c3 Ba5 12. Nh3 $16
{Gudbrandsen,G-Djurhuus,R/Jarleslaget op 1997}) (5... Nge7 6. O-O dxe4 7. Nxe4
O-O 8. c3 Bd6 9. Bc2 e5 $2 10. d5 Nb8 11. c4 c6 12. c5 $16 {Gashimov,S-Hitos,V/
Ano Liosia op 1997 (31)}) 6. Bxe4 Nf6 7. Bf3 e5 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. O-O Ba6 10.
dxe5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne4 12. Qe1 $14 {Bohm,H-Hecht,H/IBM-B 1972 (50)}) (5. a3 Ba5
6. Nf3 Nf6 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 h6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 $14 {
Djuric,S-Tatai,S/Forli op 1989 (36)}) (5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Qg4 Nf6 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qh6 Rxg2 10. Bg5 Bf8 11. Qh4 $14 {Fabian,H-Boehler,P/Waldshut Sen
1991}) 5... f5 $6 {Closing the center black deprives himself a counterplay and
very soon white's pressure becomes quiet significient.} 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ $5 (6...
Nge7 $6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Ne2 $1 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Nb8 10. c3 $14) 7. bxc3 Nge7 8. c4 (
8. O-O O-O 9. a4 b6 10. Ba3 Bb7 11. c4 Re8 12. c3 $14) 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Na5
10. Be2 b6 11. Bd2 $6 {Not a best place for bishop.} (11. c4 $6 c5 $5 12. dxc5
Qxd1+ 13. Bxd1 bxc5 14. Ba3 Nxc4 15. Bxc5 Nc6 16. Be2 $14) (11. Ba3 $5) 11...
Nac6 12. c3 h6 (12... O-O 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Bc1 $5 {
[%cal Gc1a3]} Na5 17. Ba3 Be4 18. Qc1 $14) 13. O-O a5 $6 {Intending to change
the bishops,but it doesn't solve any problem.} 14. Qb3 a4 15. Qc2 Ba6 (15...
O-O 16. Rad1 $1 Ba6 17. c4 $1 Nxd4 $2 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Bb4 {[%csl Re7]} Qh4
20. g3 Qg5 21. f4 $18) 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Rfd1 b5 $5 {Otherwise white would
comfortbly transfer c4.} (17... O-O 18. c4 $1 $16 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gd2c3,Gd4d6]
}) 18. c4 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qc8 20. Ne1 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge1d3,Gd3c5] Knight goes to
c5,where it will be perfectly placed.} Kf7 {[%csl Re6]} 21. Nd3 Rd8 22. Nc5 Ra7
$6 (22... Ra8 23. Be3 g5 24. Rd3 f4 25. Bc1 $16) 23. Be1 a3 24. Rac1 Rd5 25.
Bc3 Qd8 26. h3 {It's easy to criticize this move,because it loses by force,but
it's very difficult to propose somthing instead!} Nxe5 $6 27. Qe2 Qc8 (27...
Qd6 28. dxe5 Qxc5 29. Bd4 $1 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Qe3 Rda4 32. Qb3 $16) 28.
Re1 N7g6 $6 ({Better was} 28... N5g6 29. Nxe6 Rd6 30. Nc5 Nd5 31. Bd2 Kg8 32.
Qf3 $16 {,but also here black is in troubles.}) 29. Qh5 $1 $18 {Black is
totally tied up.} Rxc5 $8 30. dxc5 Nd3 31. Rcd1 Nxe1 32. c6 $1 {This exellent
move decides the game:rook joins the attack with crashing strength.} e5 (32...
Qe8 33. Rd7+ Kf8 34. Bxg7+ Kg8 35. Bd4 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd4a7,Gh5h6,Gh6g7]}
) 33. Rd7+ Kf6 34. f4 $1 Nd3 (34... Qf8 35. fxe5+ Nxe5 36. Qh4+ Ke6 37. Qxe1
Qc5+ 38. Bd4 Qa5 39. Qe3 $18) 35. g4 $1 Ne7 (35... fxg4 36. hxg4 Ne7 37. Qh4+
Kg6 38. Qxe7 Qg8 39. Rxd3 $18) 36. Qh4+ Kg6 (36... g5 37. Qxh6+ Kf7 38. Qh7+
$18) 37. Qxe7 Qg8 38. Rxd3 Qxa2 39. gxf5+ Kh7 40. Rg3 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pinski, Jan"]
[Black "Rajlich, Iweta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 Nc6 5. a3 Ba5 6. Be3 Nf6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Nf4
(8. Bf4 f6 9. Ng3 (9. h3 fxe5) 9... Nxf2 10. Kxf2 Bb6 11. Ke1 Bxd4 12. Bb5 O-O
13. exf6 Qxf6 $44 {Polgar,J-De la Villa Garcia,J/New York op 1989}) (8. b4 Bb6
9. Na4 (9. Nf4 Nh6 10. g4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 d4 12. Bc1 dxc3 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Nh5
Bd7 15. Be2 Rg8 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Nf6 $13 {Berg,E-Akesson,J/SWE-ch 1998}) 9...
Qh4 (9... Nxe3 10. fxe3 f6 11. Nf4 O-O 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. exf6 Qxf6 $132 {
McDonald,N-Martin,B/London3 1994}) 10. Ng3 (10. g3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Qe4 $17) 10...
O-O 11. Be2 Nxe3 12. fxe3 f6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. O-O Qg5 15. exf6 (15. Qd3 fxe5
16. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $17) 15... Qxe3+ 16. Kh1 g6 $17 {Brestian,E-Chernin,A/
AUT-chT9697}) (8. Bc1 $5) (8. Bd2 O-O 9. f3 Nh6 10. Bxh6 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qxh6 12.
f4 g5 13. Qd2 gxf4 14. O-O-O f6 15. gxf4 $14 {Van Mil,J-Martin,B/Oakham 1994})
8... Nxe3 (8... Ngxe5 $5 9. Nh5 Rg8 10. dxe5 d4 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bf4 dxc3 13. Bd3
f5 14. exf6 gxf6 15. O-O $44 {Greenfeld,A-Skaperdas,K/Korinthos op 1998}) 9.
fxe3 Qh4+ (9... O-O 10. g3 f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Bg2 Bxc3+ (12... e5 13. dxe5
Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Nxe5 15. Qxd5+ $14) 13. bxc3 Bd7 14. O-O Qg5 15. Qd3 $14) 10. g3
Qh6 11. b4 Bb6 12. Be2 (12. Bg2 a5 13. b5 Ne7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nd5 $132) (
12. Na4 $5) 12... O-O 13. O-O (13. Na4 $5) 13... Bd7 14. Bg4 {[%csl Rd7][%cal
Gc3d5]} Ne7 15. Qd3 (15. Ncxd5 $2 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bxd7 Qxe3+ 18. Kg2
Bxd4 $17) 15... Rad8 16. Rab1 a6 17. a4 Ba7 18. a5 $5 {[%cal Gb4b5]} (18. b5 a5
19. Nce2 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. c4 Qg5 22. Bh3 e5 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 $13) 18... Nc6
19. Nce2 (19. Na4 $2 Nxe5 {[%csl Ra4]}) 19... f5 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. c4 dxc4 22.
Qxc4 Kh8 23. Qc3 Qg5 (23... e5 $6 24. dxe5 Rxf4 25. Rxf4 Bxg4 26. Rxg4 Bxe3+
27. Kg2 Qh5 28. h3 Bd2 29. Qc2 Qxe5 30. Qe4 $14) 24. Bh3 e5 $1 $15 25. Bxd7
Rxd7 26. Ne6 $1 {[%csl Rh8]} Qg4 27. dxe5 Qe4 $6 (27... Bxe3+ $1 28. Qxe3 Qxe6
29. b5 (29. Rxf6 gxf6 30. Qh6 Rf7 31. Nf4 Qf5 $1 $17) 29... axb5 30. Rxb5 (30.
Rxf6 gxf6 31. Qh6 Rf7 32. Rxb5 Qc4 $1 $15) 30... Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Qh3+ 32. Ke1
Qxh2 33. e6 Qh1+ 34. Ng1 Re7 $36) 28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. Qxc5 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 h6 $13
1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 6th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1998.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Levacic, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[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. Nge2 Ne7 5. a3 Ba5 6. Qd3 dxe4 (6... Nbc6 7.
Be3 (7. Qg3 $6 O-O 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh6 Rf7 10. O-O-O dxe4 $17 {Smajlovic,
L-Paraminski,A/32nd ol (women), Yerevan ARM 1996/1-0 (55)}) 7... dxe4 8. Qxe4
Nd5 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Nxd5 $5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 exd5 12. Nf4 $14 {Shirazi-Benjamin/
Las Vegas op/SW,13,11 1986 (48)}) 7. Qxe4 Nbc6 (7... Nf5 $5 8. Bf4 Nd7 9. O-O-O
Nf6 10. Qe5 $6 c6 11. h3 O-O 12. g4 Ne7 $132 {Westerinen,H-Welin,T/Copenhagen
op 1985 (33)}) 8. Bd2 b5 $5 (8... O-O 9. O-O-O Nd5 10. h4 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qd5 12.
Qxd5 exd5 13. Bxa5 Nxa5 14. Nf4 $14 {Rausis,I-Whiteley,A/Capelle la Grande op
1991 (61)}) 9. O-O-O (9. g3 Rb8 10. Bg2 Bb7 (10... b4 $6 11. axb4 Bxb4 12. O-O
Bb7 13. Qg4 O-O 14. Be3 $14) 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd3 b4 13. Ne4 bxa3 14. Rxa3 (14.
Bxa5 $2 axb2 15. Ra2 Nxa5 16. Rxa5 $6 Bxe4 $19) 14... Bb6 $132 {[%cal Ge6e5]})
(9. Nxb5 $2 Bxd2+ 10. Kxd2 Rb8 11. c4 a6 $17) 9... Rb8 10. Nf4 {Very serious
attention deserved} (10. d5 $5 {[%cal Gd1d8]} exd5 (10... Bxc3 11. Bxc3 $5 exd5
12. Bxg7 $1 dxe4 13. Rxd8+ Nxd8 14. Bxh8 $14) 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13.
Bxa5 Nxa5 14. Rxd5 Be6 15. Rc5 c6 16. Nd4 $14 {with better endgame.}) 10...
Bxc3 $6 (10... Qxd4 $5 $13) 11. Bxc3 b4 12. axb4 Nxb4 13. Bxb4 Rxb4 14. c3 Rb6
15. d5 $1 $16 e5 {Deciding to give up a pawn,but also after} (15... exd5 16.
Nxd5 Rd6 (16... Re6 $2 17. Nf6+ $1 $18) 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Rhe1 $1 $40 {[%csl
Re8] white's advantage is nearly decisive.}) 16. Qxe5 O-O 17. Bd3 Ng6 18. Nxg6
fxg6 19. Rd2 Qd7 (19... Re8 20. Qd4 Bb7 21. Bc4 Rd6 22. Rhd1 $16 {[%cal Gc4b3,
Gc3c5]}) 20. Qd4 Ba6 $6 {Letting white to take controle over the e-file.Better
was} (20... Re8) 21. Re1 Rfb8 22. Rde2 $6 c5 $1 (22... Bxd3 $5 23. Qxd3 Qa4 24.
Kb1 $1 (24. Rd2 Rb3 $1 $132) 24... Ra6 25. Re8+ Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qxa6
Qe4+ 28. Ka1 $1 $16) 23. Qe4 Qb7 $6 (23... Bxd3 $5 24. Qxd3 Qa4 $1 25. Kb1 $5 (
25. Rd2 $6 Qa2 26. Qb1 (26. Ree2 $2 Rb3 $1 27. d6 Qa1+ 28. Qb1 Rxc3+ $1 $13)
26... Qc4 27. Qe4 Qa2 28. d6 Rxb2 29. Qe8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Kf7 31. Re7+ Kf6 32.
Rxb2) (25. d6 $6 Qf4+) 25... Ra6 26. Re8+ Rxe8 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Qxa6 Qe4+ 29.
Kc1 $14) 24. Qf4 $1 {[%csl Rg8]} Rf6 25. Bxa6 $1 {Important intermideate move
forcing the exchange of queens.} Rxf4 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. Re7 $1 $18 {The
quickest way to win the game.} Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Rxf2 29. d6 Kf8 $8 30. Rxa7 Ke8 (
30... Rxg2 $2 31. Ra8+ Kf7 32. d7 $18) 31. Rxg7 Rxg2 32. Rxh7 c4 33. Rh4 Rg1+
34. Kc2 Rg2+ 35. Kb1 Kd7 36. h3 Rh2 37. Rg4 Kxd6 38. Rxg6+ Kc5 39. Rg3 Kb5 40.
Ka2 Ka4 41. Rg4 Kb5 42. h4 Rh1 43. Rg5+ $1 Ka4 44. Rh5 Rf1 45. Rh8 Rf5 46. Ra8+
Kb5 47. Rb8+ Kc6 48. Rh8 Kd5 49. h5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. N2g3 Nxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O $6 {This move proves to be inaccuracy after which black
has to play very precisely to keep the balance. There was no reason to wait
with e5 break:} (9... e5 $5 10. dxe5 (10. d5 Nd4) 10... Nxe5 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8 12.
Bd4 f6 13. O-O-O Be7 14. Bb5+ c6 15. Bxe5 fxe5 16. Bc4 Rf8 $11 {Van Herck,
M-Reefschlaeger,H/Teesside 1978}) 10. f4 $1 {[%csl Ge5] Deprving black a
chance to push e5 for good!} (10. Qd2 e5 (10... f5 11. Nc3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13.
O-O-O Qxd2+ 14. Rxd2 f4 15. Bd4 Nc6 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Re1 $14 {Collins,D-Clarke,
T/Dublin 1998}) 11. d5 Nd4 12. Bc4 Nf5 $13 {Izquierdo,D-Bauza,A/Uruguay 1985})
10... b6 {A move in the game is good enough, but black had another interesting
attempt to reate counterplay:} (10... Qd5 $5 11. Qd3 Rd8 12. O-O-O (12. c3 e5 (
12... b6 $5) 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxd3 15. Bxd3 Rxd3 16. Bd4 $1 {[%csl Rd3]}
c5 17. Ke2 $14) 12... Qa2 13. Qc3 e5 $1 $132 14. Bc4 $140 Qa1+ 15. Kd2 exd4 $15
) 11. c3 Bb7 12. Bd3 Bh4+ 13. g3 f5 14. Nf2 $1 {It's important to protect the
rook on h1 since black lightsquared bishop is quite menacing over the diagonal
a8-h1.} (14. Nd2 $6 Nxd4 15. O-O (15. Bxd4 Bxh1 16. gxh4 c5 $17) 15... Nc6 16.
Bc4 Bf6 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Bxf5 Bxc3 $15) 14... Bf6 15. Qe2 (15. Qb3 $6 Ne7 16.
Rg1 (16. Qxe6+ $2 Kh8 17. O-O Bd5 $19) 16... Qd6) 15... Kh8 $6 {A waste of
time.} (15... Na5 $5 16. Rg1 Nb3 17. Rd1 a5 18. g4 Bh4 $132) 16. Rg1 Ne7 17.
O-O-O Qd6 18. Bc2 $1 $14 {[%cal Gf2d3] White is the first one to start an
active play against an opponent's king.} (18. Bb1 $5) 18... a5 19. g4 Nd5 20.
Nd3 Ba6 21. g5 Be7 22. Qf2 ({Deserved attention also} 22. Qf3 $5 b5 23. Ne5 b4
24. axb4 axb4 25. c4 Nxe3 (25... b3 $2 26. Bxb3 Qb4 27. Bd2 $18 {[%csl Gb3]})
26. Qxe3 Bb7 27. g6 $36) 22... b5 23. Ne5 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. c4 b3 26. Bxb3 (
26. c5 $6 bxc2 27. cxd6 cxd1=Q+ 28. Kxd1 cxd6 29. Nc6 Bd3 $44) 26... Qb4 27.
Rd3 {[%cal Ge3d2,Gd3h3]} Qb7 (27... Nxe3 $5 28. Rxe3 Bb7 29. Kc2 Rfb8) 28. Bd2
(28. Qh4 Rfb8 29. Bf2) 28... Nb4 29. Bxb4 $5 (29. Rh3 $5) 29... Qxb4 30. Rh3
Bb7 31. d5 (31. Ng6+ Kg8 32. Nxe7+ Qxe7 33. Kd2 Rfd8 $132) 31... Kg8 32. Kc2 $6
{[%cal Gf2h4]} ({Missing a beutiful win with} 32. Qh4 $1 h6 33. gxh6 $3 {
[%csl Rg8]} (33. Kb1) 33... Ra1+ (33... Bxh4 $4 34. Rxg7+ Kh8 35. Ng6#) 34. Kc2
Rxg1 35. Qg5 $3 {[%cal Gh6h7,Ge5g6]} Rxg5 36. h7+ Kh8 37. fxg5 {[%cal Ge5g6]}
g6 (37... Qd2+ 38. Kxd2 Bxg5+ 39. Kc2 Rf6 40. dxe6 $18) 38. Nxg6+ Kg7 39. Nxf8
$18) 32... g6 33. Qh4 (33. Nd3 Qa5 34. Qe1 $18) 33... h5 34. Nxg6 Bxd5 $5 35.
cxd5 $2 {After this careless move black escapes with perpetual. White's
position was esily winning after correct} (35. Re1 $1 $18 {[%csl Ge4] taking
under control a crucial e4 square.}) 35... Qe4+ 36. Rd3 (36. Kd2 Bb4+ 37. Rc3
Qd4+ 38. Ke2 Qxg1 $13) 36... Qe2+ 37. Rd2 (37. Kc3 Bb4+ 38. Kxb4 Qxd3 $19 {
[%csl Rb4]}) 37... Qe4+ 38. Rd3 Qe2+ 39. Rd2 Qe4+ 40. Rd3 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.04.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Atlas,V} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qg4 $6 {Dubious variation permitting
black to equalize without any problems.} Nf6 5. Qxg7 Rg8 6. Qh6 c5 7. e5 cxd4
8. a3 Bf8 (8... dxc3 9. axb4 cxb2 10. Bxb2 Qb6 11. O-O-O Rg6 12. Qf4 Ne4 (12...
Rg4 $2 13. Qxf6 Rxb4 14. Ba3 Rb1+ 15. Kd2 Qa5+ 16. Ke2 {1-0 Markmann,W-Zerbe,K/
DDR corr 1972}) 13. Nh3 Nc6 14. c3 Bd7 15. Bd3 Rxg2 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rxd7 Kxd7
18. Qxf7+ $36 {Ninov,N-Dragiev,V/Bulgaria 1995}) 9. Qxf6 Qxf6 10. exf6 dxc3 11.
Ne2 {It's obvious that white is the one who has to be carefull to keep the
balance since black pawns in the center may become a powerfull force in the
upcoming endgame.} (11. bxc3 Nd7 12. Bb2 Nxf6 13. c4 Bg7 14. Rb1 dxc4 15. Bxc4
b6 16. Nf3 Nd7 $15 {Penas Hernandez,Y-Bjerke,S/Oropesa del Mar 1999}) 11... Nd7
(11... cxb2 $5 12. Bxb2 b6 13. g3 Ba6 14. Nd4 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Nd7 16. Re1 Rc8 17.
Re2 Rc4 18. Nf5 Kd8 $17 {Birk,K-Ludwig,R/GER-chT 2BK Gr09 Br3 1995}) 12. Nxc3
a6 (12... Bd6 13. g3 Nxf6 14. Bg2 (14. Be3 Bd7 15. O-O-O a6 16. Bg2 Bc6 17. Bd4
Nd7 18. Ne2 O-O-O 19. f4 Kb8 $13 {Zanolin,H-Negri,J/ICCF Email 2001}) 14... Bd7
15. O-O O-O-O 16. Be3 Kb8 17. h3 Bc6 $11 {Antoniewski,R-Shaked,T/Zagan 1997})
13. Be3 (13. Bf4 Nxf6 14. g3 b5 15. Bg2 Bb7 16. O-O Bc5 $13) 13... Nxf6 14. Na4
Nd7 15. O-O-O (15. Nb6 Nxb6 16. Bxb6 Bd7 17. g3 Bg7 18. c3 Bc6 19. Bg2 $11)
15... b5 16. Nb6 Rb8 $5 {Inviting white to trade his knight for the bishop.}
17. Nxc8 {This move is not bad at all, but in my opinion safer was to turn
down black's offer and to trade the knight.} (17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. g3 Bc6 19. Bd4
Bg7 20. Bg2 $11) 17... Rxc8 18. f4 $6 {Bishop are strong in open positions,
that's why white should've played 18.a4 getting some room for the lightsquared
bishop.} (18. a4 bxa4 19. Bxa6 Rb8 20. g3 Bc5 21. Rhe1 Bxe3+ 22. Rxe3 Nc5 23.
Be2 Kd7 $13) 18... Bc5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. g3 Ke7 $15 {White has a weakness on
g3, so his defensive task is no so simple.} 21. Be2 f5 22. Rhg1 Ne4 23. Rg2 (
23. Bf3 Kf6) 23... Kd6 24. Rdg1 Rg6 {Black's plan is to push h5-h4 at some
stage, so he is preparing to double the rooks over the g-file.} 25. Bh5 (25. g4
{(Atlas,V) deserved attention here.}) 25... Rg7 26. Bf3 a5 27. g4 $2 {[%csl
Rf4] In some positions the best way to defend is just to do nothing- since
active play may give an oppotent targets to play against. This position is
very typical one in that sense. After a move in the game white faces serious
probles due to a weakness on f4.} Rgc7 28. gxf5 exf5 29. Kb1 b4 $17 30. a4 (30.
axb4 axb4 31. Rd1 Ra7 32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. Rg5 Rc5 34. Re5 Rca5 $17) 30... Rc4 {
[%csl Rf4] Atlas,V: 'Black has a large advantage in the ending.'} 31. Bd1 Rd4
32. Rg7 Nf2 33. Bh5 Rxf4 34. Rxh7 Ne4 35. Be2 (35. Rg6+ Ke5 36. Re7+ Kd4 $19)
35... Rf2 36. Bd3 Nc5 37. Bb5 Ne4 38. Bd3 Ke5 39. h4 $6 (39. Re7+ Kd4 40. Rd1
Ke3 41. h4 $17) 39... b3 $1 {Atlas,V: 'This efficient pawn advancement weakens
the position of White's king and adds needed momentum to Black's attack.'} 40.
c3 (40. cxb3 {Atlas,V: 'is strongly met by'} Rd2 (40... Kd4 {Atlas,V}) 41. Bxe4
dxe4 42. Re7+ Kd6 (42... Kf6 43. Rgg7 Rf8 (43... Rcc2 $2 44. Rgf7+ Kg6 45. Rg7+
Kh5 46. Rg5+ Kxh4 47. Rg8 $11) 44. Rh7 Rd4 $17) 43. Rf7 e3 $19) 40... Rd2 (
40... Rxc3 $1 {Atlas,V} 41. Bxe4 Rg3 $1 {was another appelaing option.}) 41.
Ba6 Rg8 {Atlas,V: ', and White resigned, as he has no defense against Black's
manifold threats:'} 0-1

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. g4 $5 {A move used by
Alekhine in his match against Eive!} (6. Nxe4 Nf6 (6... Nd7 7. Bf4 Ngf6 8. N2c3
O-O 9. Qd3 Nd5 10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qg3 Bh4 13. Qf3 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bd7
$132 {Schmidt,H-Machelett,H/OLO-B 1993}) (6... Nc6 7. Bf4 Nf6 8. Qd3 O-O 9.
O-O-O Nd5 10. Bd2 f5 11. N4c3 Bf6 $13 {Westerinen,H-Ostenstad,B/Gausdal Int
1991}) 7. N2g3 (7. N2c3 O-O 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. Be3 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 f5 $1 11. Nc5 f4
12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. Bxe6+ Kh8 14. Bc1 Nxd4 15. Bc4 Bc5 $15 {Thorsteinsson,
E-Akhsharumova,A/Reykjavik op 1996}) 7... Nc6 (7... O-O 8. c3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 c5
10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Qe2 $14 {Berg,E-Gonzalez Menendez,
I/ECh-u20 2000}) (7... b6 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. c4
Rd8 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Nc3 Rfe8 15. Be3 c5 $11 {Tempone,M-Lida Garcia,F/Buenos
Aires op 1995}) 8. c3 e5 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Nf5 13.
Ne4 Be7 $11 {Seifried,W-Roemer,U/Oberschwaben ch 1993}) 6... h5 $5 {Leaving
white with no choise,but to take the pawn.} 7. gxh5 (7. g5 $6 Bxg5 8. Bxg5 Qxg5
9. Rg1 Qh6 10. Nxe4 Bd7 $17 {[%cal Gd7c6,Gb8d7]}) 7... Rxh5 (7... f5 $6 8. Nf4
Nf6 9. Rg1 Rh7 10. Bc4 $36) (7... Nf6 $5 8. Ng3 c5 $132) 8. Nxe4 Rh4 $5 {
[%csl Rd4] Putting some pressure on white pawn on d4.} 9. Qd3 (9. Bg2 Bd7 10.
Nc5 $6 Bc6 11. Nxb7 Qc8 12. Bxc6+ Nxc6 13. Nc5 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxc5 $15) 9... Nf6
10. N4c3 Nd5 $6 {Passing the initiative into white's hands.} (10... Bd7 $5) 11.
Rg1 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Kf8 (12... g6 13. Be3 Rxh2 14. O-O-O Nd7 15. d5 $44) 13. Qg3
g6 14. Bf4 Bd6 (14... Qxd4 15. Be5 Bd6 (15... Qb6 16. O-O-O Na6 17. Bxa6 Qxa6
18. Bxc7 $14 {[%csl Rc8]}) 16. Bxd6+ cxd6 17. Rd1 Qf4 18. Rxd6 Nc6 19. Bg2 $36)
15. Bxd6+ cxd6 16. Bd3 (16. O-O-O $14) 16... e5 $5 {[%cal Gh4g4]} 17. O-O-O
exd4 ({Very bad is} 17... Rg4 $2 18. Qe3 exd4 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Ne4 $16 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge4g5] and white has extremly dangerous attack.}) 18. Nd5 Nc6
19. Kb1 (19. Bxg6 $2 Rg4 $8 20. Qf3 Qg5+ 21. Ne3 Ne5 $1 22. Rxg4 Bxg4 $19 {
[%csl Rd1,Rg6][%cal Gg5c1]}) 19... Ne5 $5 {[%csl Gg6]} 20. f4 Rh3 21. Qf2 Nxd3
22. cxd3 Be6 $15 23. Qxd4 Bxd5 $6 (23... Rc8 $15 {[%cal Gc8c5,Gh3h2]}) 24. Qxd5
Qf6 (24... Rxh2 25. Rh1 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Qf6 27. Qxb7 $11) 25. f5 $5 Qxf5 26.
Qxd6+ Kg8 27. Ka1 $5 {The position is absolutely equal, but white keeps on to
play for a win.} (27. Rgf1 Rf3 28. Rxf3 Qxf3 29. Rc1 Re8 $11) 27... Rf3 28. h4
Rf2 {[%cal Gf5f6]} 29. h5 Qxh5 (29... Qf6 $2 30. Qb4 $40) 30. Rh1 Qf3 31. Rb1
Qf6 (31... Re8 $15) 32. Qd7 Rd8 33. Qh3 Rf3 (33... Rf5 34. Qh7+ Kf8 $15) 34.
Qh7+ Kf8 35. Rbe1 Rfxd3 (35... Rdxd3 $2 36. Qh6+ Qg7 37. Re8+ $18) 36. Rhf1 Qg7
37. Rxf7+ $1 $11 {Lucky escape!} Qxf7 38. Qh8+ Qg8 39. Qf6+ Qf7 40. Qh8+ Qg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 6th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1998.01.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Zaja, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[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. Nge2 b6 5. a3 Be7 (5... Bxc3+ $5 6. Nxc3 Ne7 7.
Bd3 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Qe2 Nb8 10. Bg5 Nbc6 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. exd5 {1/2-1/2
Pedersen,J-Sorensen,J/DEN t-ch 1996}) 6. Nf4 $5 (6. Ng3 $5 dxe4 7. Ncxe4 Nf6 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. Bf3 Rb8 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 $14 {Elsen,M-Peterson,E/RLPF-ch
Pirmasens 1992 (30)}) (6. exd5 $5 exd5 7. Nf4 Nf6 8. Be3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. Qf3
c6 11. g4 $36 {Hartmann,G-Short,N/BL 1987 (33)}) (6. e5 $6 Ba6 7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Bxe2 10. Bxe2 c4 11. g4 Rb8 $40 {[%cal Gb5b4,Gd8a5] Mach,
H-Moravcik,R/SVK-chT2 1995 (21)}) 6... dxe4 7. Nxe4 Bb7 8. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Gf3b7]
} Bc6 $6 (8... Qxd4 $2 9. Nd6+ (9. Nf6+ $2 Nxf6 10. Qxb7 Qe4+ 11. Qxe4 Nxe4 $17
) 9... Bxd6 10. Qxb7 Bxf4 11. Qxa8 $18) (8... c6 $5 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11.
Ng5 $5 $36) 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Bb5 $1 $14 {Very important move
giving white the initiative.} Qd7 (11... Bxb5 $6 12. Qxa8 Bc6 13. Qxa7 O-O 14.
Rd1 Qd6 15. O-O $16) 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. d5 $1 Qb7 {The consequances of other
moves are even more instructive:} (13... Qxc2 $6 14. dxe6 c6 (14... Qxb2 15.
exf7+ Kxf7 16. Qd5+ Kf8 17. O-O $16) 15. Rc1 $6 (15. Nh5 $1 Qxb2 16. Nxg7+ $1
Kf8 17. e7+ $1 Kxe7 (17... Bxe7 18. Ne6+ Ke8 19. Bd4 $18) 18. Nf5+ Kd7 19. Rd1+
Kc7 20. O-O $40 {[%csl Ra8,Rc7]}) 15... Qxb2 16. Rxc6 Bc3+ $13) (13... exd5 $6
14. O-O-O Qb5 $6 15. Bd4 $1 Bxd4 16. Rhe1+ $1 $18) 14. O-O-O e5 15. Nh5 Nd7 16.
Bh6 $1 $16 (16. Qg3 O-O-O 17. Nxf6 gxf6 (17... Nxf6 18. Qxg7 Nxd5 19. Qxf7 Nxe3
20. fxe3 Qxg2 21. Qe6+ Kb8 22. Qxe5 $14) 18. Qg7 Rdf8 19. h4 $14) 16... Rg8 17.
h4 O-O-O 18. Nxf6 Nxf6 $6 {Losing by force;more persistant was} (18... gxf6 19.
h5 Kb8 20. g3 $16) 19. Bxg7 $1 Rxg7 20. Qxf6 Rxg2 21. Qxf7 Qa6 22. Qe6+ Kb7 (
22... Kb8 23. d6 cxd6 24. Rxd6 Rc8 25. Qxe5 $18) 23. Qc6+ $1 Kc8 24. d6 $18 {
[%cal Gc6c7,Gc6g2]} Qb7 (24... Rg7 25. Qa8+) 25. d7+ Kb8 26. Qf6 Rgg8 27. Rhg1
$1 1-0

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.05.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2096]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nf6
7. N2g3 Nc6 8. c3 e5 9. Nxf6+ (9. dxe5 $6 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bf5 12.
Bd3 Bg4+ 13. f3 Nxe5 14. fxg4 O-O-O $11 {Mariotti,S-Tatai,S/Rome m 1972/1-0 
(78)}) 9... Bxf6 10. d5 Ne7 11. c4 (11. Bc4 O-O (11... Nf5 $6 12. Nxf5 Bxf5 13.
Bb5+ Bd7 (13... Kf8 $5) 14. Qb3 c6 15. Bc4 cxd5 16. Bxd5 $14 {Gheorghiu,F-Hug,
W/Palma de Mallorca 1972 (51)}) 12. O-O Nf5 (12... Ng6 $5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Qh5
Kh8 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 Gheorghiu,F-Uhlmann,W/Skopje olm 1972})
13. Nxf5 (13. Ne4 $5 Be7 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nd6 16. Bd3 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 $14 {
Seifried,W-Roemer,U/Oberschwaben ch 1993/1/2-1/2 (53)}) 13... Bxf5 14. Be3 Bg5
15. Qh5 Bxe3 16. Qxf5 Bc5 17. Qxe5 Qh4 {1/2-1/2 Hort,V-Uhlmann,W/Skopje olm
1972}) (11. Qa4+ $5 c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Nh5 O-O 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bd3 Bf5 $11
{Rajna,G-Mednis,E/Szolnok 1975/1/2-1/2 (47)}) 11... Ng6 $6 (11... Nf5 $5 12.
Bd3 (12. Ne4 O-O 13. Bd3 (13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bd3 $6 e4 $1 15. Be2 (15. Bxe4 Re8
16. f3 Qh4+ 17. Ke2 Nd6 $40) 15... Nh4 16. O-O Qg6 17. g3 Bh3 18. Re1 e3 $1 {
[%cal Gg6e4]} 19. Qd4 Qf5 $40 {[%cal Rh4f3]}) 13... Be7 $15 {[%cal Gf5d6,Gf5d4,
Gf7f5]}) 12... Nd4 (12... Nxg3 $5 13. hxg3 b6 (13... h6 14. Qh5 b5 15. Be3 bxc4
16. Bxc4 Qd7 17. Qe2 $14 {Grzesik,T-Gscheidlen,W/BL8687 1987/1/2-1/2 (49)}) 14.
Be3 e4 $6 15. Bxe4 Bxb2 16. Ra2 Bc3+ 17. Kf1 $36 {Tseitlin,M-Vilela,J/
Tirnavia-A 1979 (27)}) 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 c6 $11) 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Qc2 $5 {
[%csl Rg6,Rh7]} (13. O-O Nf4 $5 14. Be4 g6 $13 {[%cal Gf6g7,Gf7f5]}) 13... c6
14. dxc6 bxc6 15. O-O a5 $6 (15... Qc7 $5 {[%cal Gf8d8,Gg6f8]}) 16. Be4 Qc7 17.
Be3 a4 18. Bc5 Re8 19. Rfd1 $14 {[%csl Ra4,Rc6,Rh7] All white pieces take very
comfortable positions,black pawn on a4 is serious weakness and black is
deprived of active counteplay.} Bd7 20. Ne2 (20. Nf5 $5 Red8 (20... Bxf5 21.
Bxf5 Red8 22. g3 $16 (22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Rd1 Be7 24. Rd7 $2 Qa5 {[%cal Ra5e1]}
25. Bb4 $8 Bxb4 26. axb4 Qxb4 $17)) 21. g3 $14 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gh2h4,Gh4h5]})
20... Be7 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Nc3 $16 {[%csl Ra4]} Qa7 23. Rd6 Nf8 24. Rad1 $1 {
Black's position is hopeless.} (24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Rxc6 Ne6 {[%cal Ge6d4]} 26.
Nb5 Qb7 27. Rd6 Nf4 28. f3 e4 $132) 24... Ne6 $6 25. Nb5 Qb7 (25... cxb5 26.
Bxa8 Nd4 27. Qe4 $18) 26. Bxh7+ Kf8 ({Nothing changes} 26... Kh8 27. Bf5 $18)
27. Bf5 cxb5 28. Be4 $18 Qc7 29. Bxa8 Nd4 30. Qh7 $1 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Re8 31. c5
$1 Be6 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qxg7 Qxc5 (33... Rxa8 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Qxe5 $18 {
[%cal Re5d4,Re5h8]}) 34. Ra6 Rd8 35. Qg5+ Ke8 36. Kh1 Qc2 37. Bf3 Qc5 38. Bh5
Kd7 39. Rc1 Bc4 (39... Rg8 40. Qd2 Qd5 41. Ra7+ Ke8 42. Bxf7+ $18) 40. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Santo Antonio 4th"]
[Site "Santo Antonio"]
[Date "2001.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Black "Dias, Paulo Jorge Guimara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 e5 7. dxe5 (7.
Be3 exd4 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. O-O-O+ Nbd7 11. Bc4 Ke7 12. Rhe1 c6 13.
Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bg5+ $14 {Thomas,A-Hollis,A/Bristol 1968/EXT 99}) (7. d5 f5 8.
Bc4 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 exf3 11. Qxf3 Qd6 12. Be3 a6 13. b4 b6 14. Rae1 f4
$13 {Bolbochan,J-Palau,L/ARG 1938/HCL}) (7. Nxe4 exd4 8. Bc4 Bf5 9. Qf3 Ne7 10.
Bg5 Nbc6 11. O-O-O O-O $13 {Horn,P-Von Allmen,A/SWZ 1995/CBM 49}) 7... Qxd1+ 8.
Nxd1 $5 {It's hard to believe that white may get an opening advantage with
this move, but as shows the following game it's definitly not without a poison!
} (8. Kxd1 Bf5 9. Nd5 Na6 (9... Kd7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxc6+ Kxc6 13.
Nc3 Ne7 14. Ke2 Ng6 15. Ke3 {1/2-1/2 Fegebank,F-Barkowski,M/Bargteheide 1989/
TD (15)}) 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bb5+ c6 12. Bxa6 Bxd5 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Ba6 Rb6 15.
Be2 Rxb2 16. Kd2 $14 {Letzelter,J-Huss,A/Buenos Aires 1978/EXT 2000}) 8... Nc6
9. Bf4 Nge7 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. O-O-O Ng6 12. Bg3 Ngxe5 (12... Ncxe5 $5 13. Re1 (
13. h4 h5 14. Bb5+ c6 15. Ba4 Nd7 16. Rhe1 Nc5 $11) 13... O-O-O 14. Nxe4 Rhe8
15. Nc3 Nc6 16. Rxe8 Rxe8 17. Bb5 a6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rd1 $14) 13. Bb5 $1 O-O
(13... a6 14. Bxe5 axb5 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bf6 Rxg2 17. Nxb5 Rc8 18. Rhg1 Rg6 $14
) 14. Rd5 $1 f6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rc5 Bg6 17. Re1 Rfe8 (17... Rae8 $5 18. Ra5
Rf7 19. Rxa7 f5 20. Bf4 Ng4 21. Re2 $16 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Ga3a6]}) 18. Bxe5 Rxe5
19. Rxe5 fxe5 20. Nxe4 Rd8 (20... Bxe4 21. Rxe4 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Rc7,Re5]} Re8
22. Kd2 Kf7 23. Ra4 Ra8 24. Ra6 $16) 21. f3 Kf7 22. Nf2 Re8 (22... Rd5 $6 23.
Ng4 Ke6 24. c4 Ra5 25. Kd2 Kf5 26. Kc3 $18 {[%csl Re5]}) 23. Ng4 $5 e4 24. f4
Ke6 25. Ne3 Rf8 (25... c5 26. Kd2 h5 27. Kc3 Bf5 28. g3 g6 29. Rd1 $16) 26. g3
Be8 27. Rd1 g5 $6 28. f5+ $5 (28. fxg5 $5 Rf3 29. Re1 $16) 28... Kf6 29. Rd8 $1
{[%cal Gd8f8]} h5 30. Kd2 h4 (30... Ke7 31. Rd4 $18) 31. Ra8 hxg3 32. hxg3 Rh8
33. Kc3 $18 Ke5 34. b4 a6 (34... c5 35. b5) 35. a4 Kd6 36. Kd4 Ke7 37. g4 Rh1
38. Rxa6 Rb1 39. c3 Rb3 40. Ra8 Ra3 41. Nc4 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 57th"]
[Site "Plock"]
[Date "2000.05.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Grabarczyk, Bogdan"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2000.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 $6 {This variation can hardly be
recommended for those who want to get some opening advantage with white,but
for those who prefer variations with lively struggle and very few theory this
line suits perfectly!} dxe4 5. Qg4 Qxd4 6. Nf3 h5 $5 {Not bad move,but what do
you think of following:} (6... Nh6 7. Qf4 (7. Qg3 $5) 7... e5 8. Qxh6 gxh6 9.
Nxd4 exd4 10. Nxe4 Bxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Be6 $15 {Thorhallsson,T-Seirawan,Y/Reykjavik
op 1990}) 7. Qf4 {Whte choses to keep on fighting.After} (7. Qxe6+ Bxe6 8. Nxd4
Bd7 9. Nxe4 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 (11. N2f3 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Nh6 13. h3
Nf5 14. Nxf5 $11 {the draw is inevitable; Arnason,A-Levitt,J/Reykjavik op 1990}
) 11... Bxc6 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Farago,I/Vinkovci 1993}) 7... Qd6 (7... Qb6 8. Ne5
Nf6 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. Bc3 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 f6 $13 {
Kristensen,K-Whiteley,A/Copenhagen3 1995}) 8. Qxe4 Nf6 9. Qh4 Nc6 (9... Qe7 10.
O-O-O Ng4 $5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. h3 Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 Nf7 $15 {
Ribshtein,N-Royz,M/Shavuot Masters 1997}) 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Qg3 (11. Bb5 Bd7 (
11... Bd6 $5) 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne5 Bd5 $1 14. Qg3 Rg8 $17) 11... Bd7 (11...
O-O $6 {[%csl Rh5]} 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. Qh4 $44) 12. Nb5 $5 {Simplifying the
position a bit.} (12. Qxc7 $6 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nd5 14. Rxd5 (14. Qxb7 $6 Rb8 15.
Qa6 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qc5 $15) 14... exd5 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bc3 Bg4 $15) (12. Qxg7
Rg8 13. Qh6 O-O-O 14. h3 $13) 12... Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 (13. Rxd2 $2 Ne4 14. Qf4
Nxd2 15. Nxc7+ Kf8 16. Nxa8 Nxf3 17. gxf3 e5 $17 {[%csl Ra8]}) 13... O-O 14.
Qxc7 (14. Nxc7 $2 Rac8 15. Nb5 Nb4 16. c3 (16. Nc3 Nfd5 17. Nde4 f5 18. Nxd5
Rxc2+ 19. Kb1 exd5 20. Nc3 f4 $19) 16... Qc5 $1 $17) 14... Rfc8 15. Qd6 $8 (15.
Qg3 Nb4) 15... a6 16. Qxe7 Nxe7 17. Nd6 Rc7 $11 18. N2c4 $6 {The position is
equal and remains equal for quiet long time,but white starts to lose a thread
of the game.} (18. Nf3) 18... Nc8 19. c3 $6 (19. Ne5 Nxd6 20. Rxd6 Be8 21. Bd3
Kf8 22. Re1 Ke7 23. Rb6 Nd5 $11) 19... Nxd6 20. Nxd6 Kf8 $15 {Black's
advantage is symbolical,but it's clear who is defensive side.} 21. Bd3 Bc6 22.
f3 Bd5 $1 {[%csl Rd6]} 23. Bb1 (23. a3 $5 Ke7 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26.
fxe4 Kf6 27. Rhf1+ Ke5 28. Rd4 $11) 23... Ke7 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Bc6 26.
Rhe1 h4 27. Rd3 (27. Bd3 $5 {[%cal Gd3f1]}) 27... Rh8 28. Rh3 $6 Rcc8 29. Bd3
Rh6 30. Bf1 Rch8 31. Kd2 Rg6 32. g3 $2 {Opening the h-file for the black rooks
and putting himself in danger of losing.} Rgh6 $1 $17 33. Bg2 {There is no way
back:} (33. e5 hxg3 34. Rxh6 Rxh6 35. hxg3 Rh2+ 36. Re2 Rh1 37. Bg2 (37. Ke1
Bb5 38. Rf2 Rg1 $17) 37... Rg1 38. Bxc6 bxc6 $17 {[%csl Rg3]}) 33... hxg3 34.
Rxh6 Rxh6 35. hxg3 Rh2 36. Re2 Bb5 37. Rf2 Bf1 $1 $19 {Winning a pawn and
getting easily winning rooks ending.} 38. Rxf1 Rxg2+ 39. Kd3 Rxg3+ $1 (39...
Rxb2 40. a4 Rg2 $6 (40... f6 $17) 41. Rb1 Rxg3+ 42. Kd4 Kd6 43. Rxb7 e5+ 44.
Kc4 Re3 45. Rb6+ Ke7 46. Rxa6 Rxe4+ 47. Kd5 Re1 48. a5 $13) 40. Kd4 f6 41. a4
Kd6 42. e5+ fxe5+ 43. Ke4 Rg4+ 44. Kd3 Ke7 $1 45. b4 g5 46. c4 (46. a5 Rf4 47.
Rh1 g4 48. Rh7+ Rf7 $19) 46... Rd4+ 47. Kc3 Rf4 48. Rh1 Rf3+ 49. Kd2 g4 50. c5
g3 51. Ke2 Rf4 52. Rh7+ Kf6 53. Rh3 g2 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 74th"]
[Site "Saarbruecken"]
[Date "2002.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vatter, Hans Joachim"]
[Black "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bf3 Nc6 $6 {It's much
safer for black to play} (6... c5 $5 {with very good chances to equalize.}) 7.
Nge2 e5 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. O-O {White is clearly better due to weakness of black
double pawns on the c-file.} (9. a3 $6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. O-O Ba6 12. Re1
Ne4 13. f3 (13. Ng3 $2 Nxc3 14. Qh5 exd4 15. Nf5 g6 16. Qg4 h5 17. Nh6+ Kh7 18.
Qf3 Qd5 $19 {Golz,W-Gurgenidze,B/Sofia 1958}) 13... Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nxc3 15. Qxe5
Re8 16. Qxe8+ Qxe8 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $11 {Etmans,M-Jolles,H/Dieren 1988}) 9... Ba6
(9... Qd6 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. Nd4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Qf3 Qc5 15.
Qxc6 Qxc6 16. Nxc6 $14 {Fichtl,J-Pietzsch,W/Zinnowitz 1966}) (9... O-O 10. dxe5
(10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Qd6 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd5 15. Qf3 Qc5 16.
Rfe1 Qc4 $11 {Bohm,H-Zuidema,C/Leeuwarden 1972}) 10... Qxd1 (10... Ng4 11. Qxd8
Rxd8 12. Bf4 Ba6 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Ng3 Bc5 (14... Rad8 15. h3 Rd4 16. Nge2 Bxe2
17. Nxe2 Bxe1 18. hxg4 Rb4 19. Rxe1 Rxb2 20. Nc1 Rxc2 21. Rd1 h6 22. Rd7 $14 {
Vera,R-Roca,P/Dubai 1986}) 15. Nce4 Bd4 16. c3 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Nc5 $14 {
Sutterer,R-Zier,L/Bad Neuenahr 1978}) 11. Rxd1 Ng4 12. Bf4 Re8 13. e6 Bxe6 14.
Bxc7 Rac8 15. Bg3 Bc4 16. Rd4 $16 {Pellegrino,J-Fricker,A/Dieppe 1967}) (9...
Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ba6 $2 11. Ba3 {[%csl Re8]} e4 12. Re1 Qd5 13. Nf4 Qf5 14. Nd3
$16 {Werner,C-Kopp,B/Germany 1989/GER-chT2}) 10. Re1 $1 {Intending just to
take on e5.} (10. dxe5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne4 (11... Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxe2 13. Re1 Nd5
14. Rxe2 Nxc3 15. Re3 O-O-O 16. Ba3 $14 {Lejlic,S-Despotovic,M/Zlatibor 1989})
12. Qd4 (12. Qe1 $2 Qd5 13. Be3 Qc4 14. f3 Qxe2 15. fxe4 Qxf1+ 16. Qxf1 Bxf1
17. Kxf1 O-O-O $17 {Bohm,H-Hecht,H/Amsterdam 1972}) 12... Qxd4 13. cxd4 Bxe2
14. Re1 Nc3 15. Bd2 Nb5 16. Rxe2 Nxd4 17. Re4 O-O-O 18. Bg5 $16 {Lukin,
A-Yuneev,A/Leningrad 1989}) 10... O-O (10... exd4 11. Nxd4+ Kf8 12. Nxc6 Qxd1
13. Rxd1 Bxc3 14. bxc3 $16 {[%cal Gc1a3]}) 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Ng4 13. Rd4
$1 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 Nxe5 15. Bf4 $16 {[%csl Rc6,Rc7] White has very comfortable
advantage.} Rfe8 16. Rad1 (16. f3 $5 Kf8 17. Kf2 f6 18. Re1 Nc4 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8
20. b3 Nb6 21. Bxc7 Nd5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Rxd5 Re2+ 24. Kg3 Rxc2 25. Ra5 Bf1
26. Rxa7 $16) 16... Kf8 17. f3 Nc4 18. Ne4 $2 {For some reason white gives up
a pawn on b2 letting black to escape.} (18. b3 Ne3 19. Bxe3 (19. R1d2 Nf1 20.
Rd1 Ne3 21. Bxe3) 19... Rxe3 20. Ne4 Re2 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. R4d2 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Ke7
24. Rd4 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Rc7][%cal Gd4a4]}) 18... Nxb2 19. Rb1 Nc4 20. Nc5
Na3 $1 21. Rc1 Nb5 (21... Bc4 $5) 22. Rd3 Bc8 23. a4 (23. c4 Nd6 24. Bxd6+ cxd6
25. Rxd6 Bf5 26. Rxc6 Re2 27. a4 Rd8 $132 {[%cal Gd8d2]}) 23... Nd6 24. Bxd6+
cxd6 25. Rxd6 Bf5 26. g4 Bg6 27. Kf2 $6 {Missing the last chance to fight for
the win after} (27. Rxc6 Rad8 $5 (27... Rec8 28. Nd7+ Ke7 29. Ne5 Rxc6 30.
Nxc6+ Kd6 31. Nd4 $14) 28. Nb3 Re2 29. Rc7 h5 30. a5 $14) 27... Rad8 $1 $11 28.
Rcd1 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Bxc2 30. Rxc6 Bb1 31. Rc7 Re7 32. Rc8+ Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Premier 33rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Black "Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[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 6256]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qg4 Nf6 5. Qxg7 Rg8 6. Qh6 Rg6 7.
Qe3 c5 (7... Nxe4 8. Bd3 f5 (8... Rxg2 $5 9. Qh3 Rg6 10. Nge2 Qf6 11. Be3 Nc6
12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. O-O-O $36 {Grabarska,B-Petek,M/EU-chTW 1997 (38)}) 9. Nge2 c5
10. Bxe4 fxe4 11. Qh3 $2 Nc6 12. Qxh7 Qf6 13. Nf4 $13 {Alekhine,A-Euwe,M/Wch16
1935 (40)}) (7... dxe4 $5 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qd5 10. Nh3 Qf5 11. O-O-O Nd5 12.
Qd2 Nc6 $13 {Brueckner,G-Junker,H/Pinneberg op 1992 (26)}) (7... e5 $6 8. Bd2
Bxc3 9. bxc3 (9. Bxc3 $5 $14) 9... exd4 10. cxd4 Ng4 11. Qc3 dxe4 12. Nh3 $14 {
Antoniewski,R-Vavra,P/Team Championships, CZE 1997/1/2-1/2 (44)}) 8. Bd2 (8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxe4 10. Ne2 Qa5 11. Bd2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14.
Kxd2 h6 15. Nf4 Rg8 16. Rb1 $11 {Crosa Coll,M-Guzman Ortiz,C/WchJT U26 1997/
1-0 (49)}) (8. exd5 $6 Nxd5 9. Qd3 cxd4 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Nxb4 $1 12. axb4 Bxb4
13. Bd2 dxc3 $17 {Gavilan,A-Foguelman,A/ARG-ch 1951 (56)}) 8... Nc6 9. Nge2 (9.
Bb5 $5 Bd7 (9... Bxc3 $6 10. Bxc3 Nxe4 11. Nf3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Bd7 13. Bxc6 bxc6
14. O-O $14 {Pietrusiak,B-Schinzel,W/POL-ch 1973 (31)}) 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Nge2
dxe4 12. dxc5 Ng4 13. Qd4 $14 {Planinc,A-Byrne,R/Moscow 1975 (38)}) 9... Ng4 (
9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 $6 (10. dxc5 $5) 10... cxd4 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Qd3 Bxd2+ 13.
Qxd2 e5 $15 {Hoiberg,N-Sorensen,J/Aarhus op 1991/0-1 (66)}) 10. Qd3 cxd4 11.
Nxd4 Nxf2 $5 {Another promisimg continuation is} (11... Bc5 $5 12. Nxc6 $6
Bxf2+ 13. Kd1 bxc6 14. Kc1 Bb6 15. Nd1 Qf6 $36 {Yilmaz,T-Morovic Fernandez,I/
Dubai olm 1986 (22)}) 12. Kxf2 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxd4 $6 {Now almost by force arises
an endgame with slightly better chanses for white.Much more dangerous for
white was} (13... Qf6+ $1 14. Ke1 (14. Nf5 $6 exf5 $2 (14... d4 $5 15. Kg1 exf5
$1 (15... dxe3 16. Nxe3 Ne5 $2 17. Qb5+ Bd7 18. Qxc5 Nf3+ 19. Kf2 $18) 16. Na4
Bd6 17. Bf2 Ne5 $17) 15. exd5 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3+ Ne7 17. Bb5+ $16) 14... Nxd4 15.
Kd1 $5 (15. Nb5 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Rg4 $1 17. Qxg4 Nxc2+ 18. Ke2 Nxe3 19. Qg8+ Ke7
$40) 15... Nxc2 16. Kxc2 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 d4 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 dxc3 20. Bb5+
$11) 14. Bxd4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxd4+ (15... Nxd4 16. Rd1 e5 17. c3 Nc6 18. Qxd8+
Nxd8 19. Bb5+ Ke7 20. Rhe1 $36) 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 17. Rd1 Nc6 18. Bb5 $5 {
Intending to exchange the bishop for a black knight.} Ke7 (18... e5 19. Rhe1
Ke7 20. Nc5 $5 f6 21. Rd2 a6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Re3 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6][%cal
Ge3c3,Gc3a3]}) 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Rhe1 Rb8 $5 21. b3 e5 22. Nc5 f6 23. Re4 $5
Rg4 $6 ({Better was} 23... Rb5 $5 24. Rc4 Rg4 25. Rc3 Bf5 26. a4 Rb8 27. Rf3
Be4 {with very good chanses to hold the position.}) 24. Nd7 $1 {Little
combination transforming the game into rooks ending where white's chanses to
create something are quiet significient.} Bxd7 (24... Rxe4 25. Nxb8 c5 26. Nc6+
Ke6 27. Nxa7 Bd7 28. c3 $1 $16 {[%cal Ga2a4,Ga7b5]}) 25. Rxd7+ Kxd7 26. Rxg4 {
[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Rh7]} Ke6 27. Rg7 Rd8 $8 28. Ke3 Rd7 29. Rg8 (29. Rxd7 Kxd7 30.
g4 c5 $1 31. Ke4 Ke6 32. c3 a5 33. a3 h6 $11) 29... f5 $5 30. Re8+ Kd6 31. g3
Rf7 32. Ra8 Kc5 {The position is objectivly drawn,but black has to be cautious.
} 33. a3 Kb6 $6 34. Rb8+ $6 (34. Re8 $1 e4 35. Re5 Kc7 36. c4 Kd6 37. Kf4 $16 {
[%csl Re4][%cal Gb3b4,Gc4c5,Gh2h3,Gg3g4]}) 34... Kc5 35. Rb4 a5 $6 36. Ra4 Kb6
37. Rh4 Kc5 38. Rh6 $1 Kd5 39. Kd3 $5 Kc5 40. c4 Rd7+ 41. Kc3 $16 Kb6 (41... e4
$6 42. b4+ axb4+ 43. axb4+ Kb6 44. b5 Rc7 45. Rf6 Kb7 46. bxc6+ Rxc6 47. Rxf5
$18) 42. b4 axb4+ 43. axb4 Rf7 (43... e4 44. b5 Rc7 45. Kd4 Kb7 46. bxc6+ Rxc6
47. Rxh7+ Kb6 48. Rf7 $18) 44. b5 f4 $5 {Trying to get counterchanses,but it
seems to be just too late.} 45. Rxc6+ Kb7 46. gxf4 exf4 47. Kd2 f3 48. Ke1 f2+
49. Kf1 Rf4 50. h4 h5 51. Rc5 $1 Kb6 $6 {Now nothing can save black.} (51...
Rxh4 $142 $8 $16) 52. Rxh5 Rxc4 53. Kxf2 Ra4 54. Ke3 Rc4 55. Kf3 Ra4 56. Kg3
Ra3+ (56... Rc4 57. Re5 {[%cal Gh4h8]}) 57. Kf4 Ra4+ 58. Kg5 Kxb5 59. Rh8 Kc6
60. Rd8 $1 {The rest is easy technical job.} Ra1 61. h5 Rg1+ 62. Kf6 Rh1 63.
Kg6 Rg1+ 64. Kh7 Kc7 65. Rd2 Rg3 66. h6 Rg1 67. Kh8 Rg3 68. h7 Rg1 69. Ra2 Kd7
70. Ra8 Ke7 71. Rg8 Rf1 72. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Selfoss Milk Masters 1st"]
[Site "Selfoss"]
[Date "2002.10.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Oral, Tomas"]
[Black "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[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. Bd3 c5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 cxd4 8.
Bxd4 Qxg2 (8... e5 $10) 9. Qf3 (9. Qd2 $5 Qxh1 (9... Nc6 10. O-O-O f6 11. Ne2
Qd5 12. Rhg1 Qxa2 13. Qc3 Kf7 14. Bc5 $16 {Sax-Bodo/Ungarn/1968/i6/285}) 10.
O-O-O (10. f3 Nc6 11. O-O-O $1 Nxd4 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Qxd4 Bd7 14. Qc5+ Ne7 15.
Rxd7 Re8 16. Rxb7 $18) 10... f6 (10... Qg2 $2 11. Bb5+ $18) 11. f3 Nc6 12. Bc5
Kf7 13. Qe2 Nge7 14. Nh3 Qxd1+ 15. Qxd1 $13 {Zaitsev,I-Gutop,Y/Moscow4 1992})
9... Qxf3 10. Nxf3 {After sacrificing a pawn white is also forced to change
queens,but strong bishops pair and serious advantage in development make
black's defensive task far from simple.} f6 11. Rg1 Kf7 12. O-O-O Nc6 (12...
Ne7 13. Bc3 (13. Nd2 Rd8 (13... Nf5 14. Bc3 {1/2-1/2 Barczay,L-Ivkov,B/
Vrnjacka Banja 1967/EXT 98 (14)}) 14. Bc5 Nf5 15. Nc4 Nc6 16. Be4 Rxd1+ 17.
Rxd1 $36 {Arnold,L-Berg,E/Budapest FS08 GM 1999}) 13... Bd7 14. Nd4 a6 15. Bc4
$1 Nbc6 $6 16. Nf5 $1 $16 {Finkel,A-Hochstrasser,M/Cannes Martinez op 1996})
13. Bc5 (13. Bc3 $6 Nge7 14. Bc4 Rd8 $5 15. Rxd8 Nxd8 16. Rd1 Ndc6 17. b4 Nd5
$1 $15 {Khamatgaleev,A-Rogovskoy,A/RUS-chT 1995}) 13... Nge7 14. Nd2 Nf5 (14...
g6 15. Nc4 Rd8 16. Be4 (16. h4 Rd5 $6 17. Nd6+ $5 Kg7 18. Ne8+ Kf7 19. Bxe7
Kxe8 20. Bxf6 $16 {Grottke,H-Schulz,K/DDR-ch 1989}) 16... Nd5 17. Nd6+ Kg7 18.
c4 Nf4 19. Rd2 $14 {Vaisser,A-Bauer,C/Vichy 2000}) 15. Nc4 g5 16. f4 (16. Be4
Rb8 17. Nd6+ Nxd6 18. Rxd6 Ne5 19. Rdd1 $44 {[%cal Gg1g3,Gg3a3] Sterner,
O-Uhlmann,W/Dresden 1956}) 16... h6 17. Be4 $1 $36 {Very strong move keeping
black under pressure.} (17. Nd6+ Nxd6 18. Bxd6 Nd4 19. Bc5 Nf5 20. Be4 Rb8 21.
Bf2 b6 22. h4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Radovici,C-Radulescu,M/Romania 1961/EXT 2001 (22)})
17... Rd8 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. Rd1 (19. fxg5 hxg5 20. Rd1 Nc6 21. b4 e5 22. b5
Ncd4 23. c3 Nxb5 24. Rd8 $16 {Tal,M-Gipslis,A/Riga 1955}) 19... Nc6 20. b4 gxf4
(20... Nce7) (20... a6 $2 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Nb6 Rb8 23. Bd6 $18) 21. b5 Ne5 (
21... Nce7 22. Rd8 {[%cal Gd8a8]} e5 23. a4 Ke6 24. a5 $18 {[%cal Ga5a6]}) 22.
Nxe5+ fxe5 23. Rd8 $16 {Black is fully tied up and simply can't move without
material losses!} Nd4 (23... Rb8 24. Bxa7 Ra8 25. Bc5 Nd4 26. a4 Rxa4 27. Rxc8
Ne2+ 28. Kd2 Rxe4 29. Kd3 $18) 24. a4 f3 25. Kb2 $1 f2 $6 (25... Kg7 26. c3 f2
27. Bg2 Nf3 28. Bxf2 e4 29. a5 $16) 26. Rf8+ Kg7 27. Rxf2 Bd7 (27... Nf5 28. a5
a6 29. b6 $18) 28. Bd6 $1 $18 {[%csl Re5]} Nf5 29. Bxb7 Rg8 30. Rg2+ Kf7 31.
Rxg8 Nxd6 (31... Kxg8 32. Bxe5 Kf7 33. Bb8 $18) 32. Rb8 e4 33. Kc3 e3 34. Kd3
Nc4 35. Bc6 Ne5+ 36. Kxe3 Nxc6 37. bxc6 Bxc6 38. a5 Ke7 39. Rh8 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Kiseljak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 $5 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. N2g3 Nc6
8. c3 Nxe4 {Lputian doesn't want to follow Uhlmann's foot steps even though it
seems that black is doing great after 8...e5!} (8... e5 $1 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. d5
Ne7 11. Bc4 O-O $5 12. O-O (12. Qf3 $6) (12. Ne4 Nf5 13. O-O Nd6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6
15. Be3 b6 $11 {Gheorghiu,F-Uhlmann,W/Moscow 1971}) 12... Ng6 $5 (12... Nf5 $11
) (12... Nf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Be3 Bg5 $5 15. Qh5 Bxe3 16. Qxf5 {1/2-1/2 Hort,
V-Uhlmann,W/Skopje 1972/EXT 2000 (16)}) 13. Ne4 $6 Be7 14. Qh5 Kh8 $1 15. Ng5
Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qd6 $1 $15 {1/2-1/2 Gheorghiu,F-Uhlmann,W/Skopje 1972/EXT 2000 
(16)}) 9. Nxe4 Qd5 10. Qf3 O-O (10... Bd7 11. Bd3 O-O-O 12. Ng5 Qxf3 13. Nxf3
f6 14. Be3 g5 15. O-O-O Bd6 $11 {Berg,E-Wegener,D/Germany 1999}) (10... e5 $4
11. Nf6+ {1-0 Sluka,R-Taus,M/Prerov 1995/EXT 97 (11)}) 11. Bf4 (11. Be2 b6 12.
O-O Bb7 13. Ng5 Na5 14. Qxd5 Bxd5 15. Bf4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Rfe1 {1/2-1/2
Teschner,R-Jahr,U/Bad Mondorf 1973/EXT 2001 (17)}) 11... Qb3 $5 {Keeping in
mind temporary sacrifice on e5.} 12. Rb1 e5 $1 (12... Bxa3 $2 13. Nd2 $18) 13.
dxe5 Qe6 14. Qg3 Bd6 $5 15. Be2 ({White wouldn't get an opening advantage also
after} 15. Ng5 Qg6 $1 (15... Qe7 $6 16. Bd3 h6 (16... Bxe5 $2 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18.
Qh4 $18 {[%cal Gh7e4]}) 17. Nf3 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 20. Nxe5 Re8
21. f4 f6 22. Bg6 Re7 23. Rd1 Bg4 24. Rd5 $16) 16. Rc1 (16. Rd1 Bxe5 17. Bxe5
Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Bg4 $36 {[%cal Ga8e8]}) (16. Bd3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. O-O Bxe5
$11) 16... Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Bf5 $13 {[%cal Ga8e8]}) 15... Bxe5 16.
O-O Re8 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Nxe5 19. Rbd1 $6 {It seems that the game is
drawn, but black keeps some initiative and white has to be carefull to keep
the balance.} (19. Rbe1 $5 Bf5 20. Ng3 Bc2 21. f4 Nd3 22. Bxd3 Bxd3 23. Rxe8+
Rxe8 24. Rd1 Bb5 25. Kf2 $11) 19... Bf5 20. Ng3 Bc2 21. Rd4 $6 (21. Rc1 Bb3 22.
f4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Rfe1 Bb3 25. Kf2 $11) 21... Rad8 22. Rc1 Bb3 23. Kf1
c5 (23... Rxd4 24. cxd4 Nc6 25. Bf3 (25. Bb5 $6 Bd5 26. Rc5 Rd8 27. Nf5 Kf8 28.
Ne3 Nxd4 $1 29. Nxd5 b6 $1 $17) 25... Nxd4 26. Bxb7 $13) 24. Re4 Kf8 25. Re1
Bc2 $5 26. Re3 Nd3 27. Bxd3 Bxd3+ 28. Kg1 Rxe3 29. fxe3 (29. Rxe3 $6 Bc4 {
[%csl Ge2]} 30. Re1 Rd2 31. b4 cxb4 32. axb4 b6 $17 {[%cal Ga7a2]}) 29... Bc4
$15 30. Nf1 Ke7 31. e4 Ke6 32. Ne3 Bb3 33. Kf2 Ke5 34. Kf3 Rd2 (34... h5 $5)
35. Re2 Rxe2 36. Ng4+ Ke6 37. Kxe2 Bc2 38. Kf3 {[%cal Gg4e3]} Bxe4+ (38... Bd1+
39. Kf4 Bxg4 40. Kxg4 Ke5 41. Kf3 c4 42. Ke3 h5 43. h3 f5 44. exf5 Kxf5 45. Kf3
$11) 39. Kxe4 f5+ 40. Kf4 fxg4 41. c4 $1 Kf6 42. g3 (42. g3 h5 43. Ke4 Ke6 44.
Kf4 a5 45. a4 b6 46. b3 g6 47. Ke4 g5 48. Kd3 Ke5 49. Ke3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch Pool B"]
[Site "Vichy"]
[Date "2000.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2000.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 $5 {Quiet rare variation demanding from
black an accurate play to equalize.} c5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 cxd4
8. Bxd4 Qxg2 (8... e5 $10) 9. Qf3 (9. Qd2 $5 Qxh1 (9... Nc6 10. O-O-O f6 11.
Ne2 Qd5 12. Rhg1 Qxa2 13. Qc3 Kf7 14. Bc5 $16 {Sax-Bodo/Ungarn/1968/i6/285})
10. O-O-O (10. f3 Nc6 11. O-O-O $1 Nxd4 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Qxd4 Bd7 14. Qc5+ {
ECO: +/-} Ne7 15. Rxd7 Re8 16. Rxb7 $18) 10... f6 (10... Qg2 $2 11. Bb5+ $18)
11. f3 Nc6 12. Bc5 Kf7 13. Qe2 Nge7 14. Nh3 Qxd1+ 15. Qxd1 $13 {Zaitsev,
I-Gutop,Y/Moscow4 1992}) 9... Qxf3 10. Nxf3 {After sacrificing a pawn white is
also forced to change queens,but strong bishops pair and serious advantage in
development make black's defensive task far from simple.} f6 11. Rg1 Kf7 12.
O-O-O Nc6 (12... Ne7 13. Bc3 (13. Nd2 Rd8 14. Bc5 Nf5 15. Nc4 Nc6 16. Be4 Rxd1+
17. Rxd1 $36 {Arnold,L-Berg,E/Budapest FS08 GM 1999}) 13... Bd7 14. Nd4 a6 15.
Bc4 $1 Nbc6 $6 {[#]} 16. Nf5 $1 $16 {Finkel,A-Hochstrasser,M/Cannes Martinez
op 1996}) 13. Bc5 (13. Bc3 Nge7 14. Bc4 Rd8 $5 15. Rxd8 Nxd8 16. Rd1 Ndc6 17.
b4 Nd5 $1 $15 {Khamatgaleev,A-Rogovskoy,A/RUS-chT 1995}) 13... Nge7 14. Nd2 g6
15. Nc4 Rd8 16. Be4 (16. h4 Rd5 $6 17. Nd6+ $5 Kg7 18. Ne8+ Kf7 19. Bxe7 Kxe8
20. Bxf6 $16 {Grottke,H-Schulz,K/DDR-ch 1989}) 16... Nd5 ({Black doesn't
manage fully equalize also after} 16... Rxd1+ $5 17. Rxd1 e5 18. b4 $1 (18.
Nd6+ Ke6 19. Ne8 Kf7 20. Nd6+ Ke6 $11) 18... Nf5 19. c3 Be6 20. Bxf5 Bxc4 21.
Rd7+ Kg8 22. Be4 $14 {and white has better prospects.}) 17. Nd6+ Kg7 18. c4 (
18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 b6 20. Be3 Be6 $11) 18... Nf4 19. Rd2 e5 20. Rgd1 Ne6 (
20... Rb8 $6 21. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 22. Nxc8 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rxc8 24. Rd7+ Kh6 25. Bxa7
$16) 21. Bxc6 $5 {Deciding to enter the endgame with opposite color bishops
and the rooks.} bxc6 (21... Nxc5 $2 22. Ne8+ Rxe8 23. Bxe8 Bg4 24. Rd8 $1 $14)
22. Nf5+ gxf5 23. Rxd8 Nxd8 24. Rxd8 $14 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8][%cal Gd8a8]} a5 (24...
Kg6 25. a4 Bb7 $2 26. Rxa8 Bxa8 27. Bxa7 $16 {[%cal Gb2b5,Ga4a5]}) 25. a4 f4
26. Kd2 Kf7 27. Kc3 Ke6 28. Rh8 $5 {Regaining the material balance.} (28. Bb6
$5 Kf5 (28... Ra6 29. c5 Bd7 30. Rh8 $14 {[%csl Ra6]}) 29. b3 Ke4 $132) 28...
Kf5 29. Rxh7 Be6 30. Bb6 e4 (30... Kg4 31. Rc7 $1 Kf3 32. Rxc6 Re8 33. Rd6 e4
34. b3 $16) 31. h3 $5 {Not permitting black king to penitrate.} (31. b3 $5 Kg4
32. h4 $1 Kf3 33. h5 Bg4 34. h6 e3 35. fxe3 fxe3 36. Re7 e2 37. Kd2 $16) 31...
Rb8 {[%csl Gg4]} 32. Bd4 (32. Bxa5 $6 e3 33. fxe3 fxe3 34. b3 e2 $11) 32... Rd8
$1 {The only way to create counterplay.} 33. Rh6 c5 34. Rh5+ $1 (34. Rxf6+ $2
Kg5 35. h4+ Kg4 36. Be5 Rd3+ 37. Kc2 Bf5 $1 $132) 34... Kg6 35. Rxc5 e3 36.
fxe3 f3 $1 37. Kd2 (37. e4 $4 Rxd4 $1 38. Kxd4 f2 $19) 37... Bxh3 38. Ke1 Rc8
$8 39. Rxa5 (39. Rxc8 Bxc8 40. Bb6 Bd7 41. b3 Bf5 42. c5 Be6 43. c6 Bxb3 44. c7
Be6 45. Bxa5 Kf7 46. Kf2 Ke7 47. Kxf3 Kd7 $11) 39... Rxc4 40. Kf2 Bg4 41. Kg3
$5 (41. Ra6 $2 Rc2+ $1 (41... Kh5 $2 42. Bc3 $1 $18) 42. Kg3 Kh5 $1 (42... Rg2+
$2 43. Kh4 Kf5 44. Rxf6+ Ke4 45. Rf4+ Kd3 46. a5 Ke2 47. a6 Bc8 48. a7 Bb7 49.
e4 $18) 43. Rxf6 Rg2+ 44. Kf4 f2 45. Ke4 Be2 $19) 41... Bd7 $1 42. b3 $6 {
After this inaccuracy black easily holds the position.} (42. Ra6 $5 Bc6 (42...
Bxa4 43. Rxf6+ Kg5 44. Rxf3 $16) 43. Bc3 Kf5 44. Kf2 Ke4 45. a5 $16) 42... Rb4
43. Ra6 Rxb3 44. Kxf3 (44. Rxf6+ Kg5 45. a5 Ra3 $1 (45... Rxe3 $2 46. Rd6 Ra3
47. Rxd7 Rxa5 48. Kxf3 $16) 46. a6 f2 47. Kxf2 Bb5 48. a7 Rxa7 $11) 44... Ra3
45. a5 Bc8 46. Ra7 (46. Rxf6+ Kg5 47. Rf8 Bb7+ $11) 46... Bf5 47. Bb6 Ra4 48.
Rc7 Be4+ 49. Kg3 Kf5 50. Rc5+ Ke6 51. Rb5 Bc6 52. Rc5 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.05.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rogulj, Branko"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 6176]} 1. e4 {Finkel,A} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+
6. Nxc3 Nc6 7. d5 exd5 (7... Nce7 $6 {Finkel,A} 8. Qg4 $1 (8. dxe6 $6 Qxd1+ 9.
Kxd1 Bxe6 10. Nxe4 O-O-O+ 11. Ke1 Bf5 12. Bd3 Nf6 $11 {Oll,L-Vaganian,R/Keres
mem 1983/1/2-1/2 (44)}) 8... Nxd5 (8... Kf8 $6 9. dxe6 f5 10. Qg3 Bxe6 11. Nb5
$1 Qd7 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Be2 $16 {Nataf,I-Kinsman,A/Paris-London 1994 (57)}) 9.
Nxd5 exd5 10. Qxg7 Qf6 11. Bh6 $3 Qxh6 12. Qxh8 $16 {Al Modiahki,M-Relange,E/
WchJM-U20 1994 (38)}) 8. Qxd5 Nge7 $5 {Another continuation promising black
good chanses to equalize is} (8... Be6 {Finkel,A} 9. Qxe4 (9. Qxd8+ {Finkel,A}
Rxd8 10. Bf4 Nf6 (10... f5 $6 11. Nb5 $5 Nf6 12. Nxc7+ Kf7 13. Nxe6 Kxe6 14.
Bc4+ $14 {Tu Hoang Thong-Johansen,D/Jakarta zt 1993/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 11. Bxc7 Rd7
12. Bf4 O-O 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Bg5 Ne8 $5 $132 {Bronstein,D-Vaganian,R/Tilburg
1993/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 9... Nf6 10. Qh4 (10. Qa4 $5 {Finkel,A} Qe7 11. Be2 O-O 12.
Be3 Rfd8 13. O-O Ne5 14. Bg5 $14 {Al Modiahki,M-Claesen,J/WchJM-U18 1992 (24)})
10... Qd4 $5 11. Bg5 O-O-O 12. Qxd4 Nxd4 13. O-O-O $14 {Zelcic,R-Jacimovic,D/
Zonal 1.1 1998 (46)}) (8... Nf6 $6 {Finkel,A} 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $5 (9... Nxd8 10.
Bg5 O-O (10... Bf5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nd5 Ne6 13. Nxf6+ Kf8 14. O-O-O $14 {
[%csl Re4] Al Modiahki,M-Dochev,D/WchJ-U16 1990 (29)}) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nxe4
Kg7 (12... Re8 13. O-O-O) 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Bb5 $16 {Shirazi,K-Akhsharumova,A/
Saint John op-1 1988 (33)}) 10. Bg5 Re8 11. O-O-O+ Bd7 12. Bb5 Kc8 13. Rhe1 $44
{Suhail,A-Contin,D/Velden op 1994 (15)}) 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Nxe4 Bf5 11. Bb5+ ({
More in the spirit of position was} 11. Bd3 $5 Ne6 12. Bd2 O-O-O 13. O-O-O Bg6
14. Rhe1 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Zaitsev,I-Vaganian,R/Sochi 1980}) 11... Ndc6 12. f3 O-O-O
13. O-O Nd4 $11 14. Bd3 (14. Ba4 b5 $5 (14... Ne2+ 15. Kf2 Nxc1 16. Raxc1 Bxe4
17. fxe4 Ng6 $11) 15. Bb3 Nxb3 16. cxb3 Rhe8 17. Nc5 Rd5 18. b4 Re5 $13) 14...
Nb3 $1 {Depriving white the advantage of two bishops.} 15. Rb1 Nxc1 16. Rbxc1
Bg6 {The position is compleatly balanced and a draw seems not far away.} 17.
Rfe1 Nc6 18. f4 $6 {[%csl Re4]} (18. Nf2 $5 Bxd3 19. Nxd3 Rhe8 20. Kf2 $11)
18... Rhe8 19. Kf2 Nd4 $15 {The position is still about balanced,but white has
to play accuratly not to change the status-quo in black's favour.} 20. Rcd1 $6
(20. g3 $5) 20... Nxc2 $5 {Wining a pawn,but the arising rook ending is only
slightly better for black and white holds it without any difficulties.} 21.
Bxc2 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Bxe4 23. Re1 f5 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Ke3 {[%csl Re4][%cal
Ge1c1,Gc1c4,Gc4e4]} c5 (25... Re6 $5 26. Re2 $5 Kd7 27. f5 Re5 28. Kf4 $11) 26.
Rc1 b6 27. b4 $5 (27. Rc4 $11) 27... Kc7 28. bxc5 b5 {Starting the race which
ends up a draw.} 29. g4 Kc6 30. f5 a5 31. g5 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. h4 b3 34. f6
gxf6 35. gxf6 Kd5 36. c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.05.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Jacimovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 6176]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nge2 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 dxe4
7. d5 exd5 (7... Nce7 $6 8. Qg4 $1 (8. dxe6 $6 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxe6 10. Nxe4
O-O-O+ 11. Ke1 Bf5 12. Bd3 Nf6 $11 {Oll,L-Vaganian,R/Keres mem 1983/1/2-1/2 
(44)}) 8... Nxd5 (8... Kf8 $6 9. dxe6 f5 10. Qg3 Bxe6 11. Nb5 $1 Qd7 12. Bf4
Rd8 13. Be2 $16 {Nataf,I-Kinsman,A/Paris-London 1994 (57)}) 9. Nxd5 exd5 10.
Qxg7 Qf6 11. Bh6 $3 Qxh6 12. Qxh8 $16 {Al Modiahki,M-Relange,E/WchJM-U20 1994 
(38)}) 8. Qxd5 Be6 (8... Nge7 $5 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Nxe4 Bf5 11. Bd3 Ne6 12. Bd2
O-O-O 13. O-O-O Bg6 14. Rhe1 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Zaitsev,I-Vaganian,R/Sochi 1980}) (
8... Nf6 $6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $5 (9... Nxd8 10. Bg5 O-O (10... Bf5 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. Nd5 Ne6 13. Nxf6+ Kf8 14. O-O-O $14 {[%csl Re4] Al Modiahki,M-Dochev,D/
WchJ-U16 1990 (29)}) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nxe4 Kg7 (12... Re8 13. O-O-O) 13. O-O-O
Nc6 14. Bb5 $16 {Shirazi,K-Akhsharumova,A/Saint John op-1 1988 (33)}) 10. Bg5
Re8 11. O-O-O+ Bd7 12. Bb5 Kc8 13. Rhe1 $44 {Suhail,A-Contin,D/Velden op 1994 
(15)}) 9. Qxe4 (9. Qxd8+ Rxd8 10. Bf4 Nf6 (10... f5 $6 11. Nb5 $5 Nf6 12. Nxc7+
Kf7 13. Nxe6 Kxe6 14. Bc4+ $14 {Tu Hoang Thong-Johansen,D/Jakarta zt 1993/1/
2-1/2 (45)}) 11. Bxc7 Rd7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Bg5 Ne8 $5 $132 {
Bronstein,D-Vaganian,R/Tilburg 1993/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 9... Nf6 10. Qh4 (10. Qa4 $5
Qe7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Be3 Rfd8 13. O-O Ne5 14. Bg5 $14 {Al Modiahki,M-Claesen,J/
WchJM-U18 1992 (24)}) 10... Qd4 $5 11. Bg5 (11. Qg3 $6 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 13.
Be3 Qxc2 14. Qxg7 O-O-O $36) 11... O-O-O 12. Qxd4 Nxd4 13. O-O-O $14 {Thanks
to the pair of bishops white has minimal advantge in the endgame,but it's very
difficult to transform this advantage into something more significient.} h6 14.
Be3 (14. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 15. Bd3 (15. g3 $6 Bg4 $5 16. Rd2 Rhe8 17. Bc4 Bf3 18.
Rf1 Re7 $15) 15... Rhg8 16. g3 Bg4 17. Rde1 Nf3 18. Re3 Ne5 19. Be2 $14) 14...
Nc6 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. h3 {Preventing Ng4.} a6 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Bxe6+ fxe6 19.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Re1 {Now black has a weakness on e6,but the number of pieces on
the board is limited and it's quiet complicated to take advantage of this fact.
} Re8 21. Bd2 Kd7 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Ke7 $1 {Bringing the king to f7 to
defend the pawns on the kingside.} 24. Rg4 Kf7 25. Bc3 Rg8 26. Rg3 $6 {One of
the most basic things in the endgame is centraliztion of the king;so better was
} (26. Kd2 e5 27. Ke3 Ke6 28. f4 $5 {with better chanses.}) 26... e5 27. Re3 $6
Re8 28. Re4 g5 $5 $132 {Now white can't transfer f4 andblack gets sufficient
counterchanses.} 29. h4 Kf6 30. hxg5+ hxg5 31. Re3 (31. Kd2 $5 Rh8 32. Ke2 Kf5
(32... Rh2 33. Rg4 Kf5 34. f3 Nd4+ 35. Bxd4 exd4 36. b4 $1 $16) 33. f3 Rh1 34.
Kd3 Rd1+ 35. Kc4 Ke6 $11) 31... g4 32. Re1 $6 Rf8 33. Re2 Kf5 34. Kd2 Rd8+ 35.
Ke3 Ne7 $15 {The pointless play of white changed the situation on the board
and now white is the one who tries to keep the balance.} 36. Re1 Nd5+ 37. Ke2
Nxc3+ 38. bxc3 Rd5 39. Rh1 $1 {White's defensive resourses are more than
sufficient to make a draw.} Rc5 (39... Ra5 40. Rh7 Rxa3 41. Rxc7 b5 42. Kd2 Ra1
43. Rf7+ Ke6 44. Rg7 Kf5 45. Rf7+ $11) 40. Kd3 b5 41. Rh5+ Kg6 42. Rh8 Rc4 43.
Ra8 Ra4 44. Rc8 Rc4 45. Ra8 Ra4 {Black opts for immideate draw.} 46. Rc8 Rc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch Pool B"]
[Site "Marseille"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 {Quiet rare variationn considered by
teory as promising nothing to white, however in this game black didn't manage
to equalize after the opening.} dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ (5... Be7) 6. Nxc3 Nc6 7. Bb5
Nge7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 f5 (9... O-O 10. Qd2 e5 (10... a6 11. Bxc6 Nxc6 12. Nxe4
e5 $11 {Gipslis,A-Casper,T/Jurmala 1987}) 11. d5 (11. dxe5 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 f5
13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. Nb5 Nxe5 15. Nxc7 $13 {Gipslis,A-Toshkov,T/Jurmala 1987})
11... Nd4 12. Bc4 Kh8 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nxe4 Nxd5 15. O-O-O Bg4 16. f3 Ne3 17.
Qxe3 dxe3 18. Rxd8 Raxd8 $13 {Zetocha,C-Barbulescu,D/ROM-chT 1993}) 10. Qh5+ $5
{Another promising option was 11.f3} (10. f3 exf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. O-O-O Nd5
13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5 exd5 15. Bf4 $44 {Westerinen,H-Djurhuus,R/Oslo 1988}) (
10. Qd2 a6 11. Bxc6+ Nxc6 12. O-O-O Ne7 13. f3 exf3 14. gxf3 O-O 15. Rhg1 Kh8 (
15... Rf7 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Kb1 b5 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Qe3 Bb7 20. Ne2 Rd8 21. Nf4
Bd5 22. Nd3 $44 {Giblin,W-Holland,C/London op 1994}) 16. h4 Qe8 17. h5 Qxh5 18.
Rh1 Qf7 19. Qh2 g6 20. Bh6 $40 {Pyhala,A-Vihinen,T/Espoo op 1996}) 10... g6 11.
Qh6 Kf7 12. O-O-O Nd5 (12... Ng8 $6 13. Qf4 Nce7 14. Nxe4 Nd5 15. Ng5+ Kg7 16.
Qe5+ Ngf6 17. Bd2 $16 {Cordovil,J-Vega Holm,F/6th Young Masters 1998}) 13. Nxd5
exd5 (13... Qxd5 14. c4 Qd6 15. Bf4 Qf8 16. Qxf8+ Rxf8 17. Bxc7 $14) 14. Bf4 {
[%cal Gb5c6,Gf4e5] Weakness of the black squares in black's camp fully
compensates white for the lack of the pawn.} Qf8 $8 (14... Bd7 $2 15. Bxc6 Bxc6
16. Be5 Qf8 17. Qh3 $16) 15. Qh4 Qe7 16. Qg3 Be6 17. h4 h5 (17... Rac8 18. h5
$36) 18. Bxc7 Rhc8 19. Bd6 Qd8 20. Kb1 (20. Bxc6 $5) 20... a6 (20... Ne7 $5 {
[%csl Rb5]} 21. Be2 Rc6 22. Be5 Rac8 23. Rd2 Ng8 $14) 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Be5
Rac8 23. Rd2 b5 24. Qf4 a5 25. Rh3 b4 26. Rg3 Bd7 (26... bxa3 $5 27. Qh6 a2+
28. Kxa2 Qg8 29. Kb1 $36 {[%cal Gf2f3,Gf3e4]}) 27. a4 Rc3 $5 {Finding very
interesting defensive resourse!} (27... Re6) 28. Qh6 $1 {Of course not} (28.
bxc3 $2 bxc3 29. Re2 Qb6+ 30. Kc1 Qb2+ 31. Kd1 Rc4 $1 {[%cal Gc4a4,Ga4a1]} 32.
Qg5 Qa1+ 33. Qc1 Rxa4 34. Bf4 Qb2 $1 $17 {and black has an advantage.}) 28...
Rxg3 $8 (28... Qg8 29. bxc3 bxc3 30. Re2 $18) 29. Qg7+ Ke6 30. fxg3 Be8 (30...
Qg8 $2 31. Qf6#) 31. g4 $1 Qxh4 $2 {Decisive mistake! After correct} (31...
hxg4 32. h5 $1 Qe7 $1 (32... gxh5 33. Qh6+ Kf7 34. Rf2 $40) 33. Qxe7+ Kxe7 34.
h6 {[%cal Gh6h8]} Bxa4 35. g3 (35. h7 e3 36. Re2 f4 37. h8=Q Rxh8 38. Bxh8 Ke6
$44 {[%cal Ge6f5,Gf5e4]} 39. g3 $6 g5 40. Be5 $2 f3 $19) 35... g5 36. h7 f4 37.
gxf4 gxf4 38. Bxf4 Rh8 39. Rh2 Kf7 40. Be5 g3 $1 $11 {black could hold a draw})
32. gxf5+ gxf5 33. Qh6+ Kf7 34. Qg7+ Ke6 35. Qh6+ Kf7 36. Rf2 $1 $18 {Now it's
ll over} Bd7 (36... Qxf2 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. Qg7#) 37. Qg7+ Ke6 (37... Ke8 38. Bf6
$18) 38. Qg6+ Ke7 39. Qd6+ Ke8 40. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Pulvermuehle 2nd"]
[Site "Pulvermuehle"]
[Date "2004.02.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 Nc6 5. a3 Ba5 6. e5 Nge7 (6... f6 7. f4 (
7. Nf4 g6 (7... fxe5 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Nxg6 Nf6 10. Qh4 Rg8 (10... exd4 11. Nxh8
Ke7 12. b4 dxc3 13. bxa5 Qxh8 14. Bg5 e5 15. O-O-O $16 {Gaponenko,I-Dittmar,P/
Schwaebisch Gmuend 2003}) 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Qxh7 Rf8 14. Bd3 Qd7
15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 $18 {Gaponenko,I-Ionescu,D/Trier 2002}) 8. Bb5 fxe5 9.
Bxc6+ bxc6 10. dxe5 c5 11. O-O Ne7 12. Qg4 Nf5 13. Nd3 Bb6 14. Bg5 Qd7 $13)
7... Nh6 8. Be3 O-O (8... Bd7 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. Ng1 Ng4 11. Nf3 fxe5 12. fxe5 Nxe3
13. Qxe3 Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 O-O 15. Rd1 $14 {Kulaots,K-Fischer,S/Deizisau 2000}) 9.
Qd2 Bd7 10. h3 Nf5 11. Bf2 fxe5 12. dxe5 Bb6 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. O-O-O $14 {
Van Mil,J-Welling,G/Eindhoven 1986}) (6... Bd7 7. Be3 Qe7 8. Qd2 f6 9. f4 O-O-O
10. b4 Bb6 11. Na4 Nh6 12. Ng3 Ng4 13. c3 $36 {Felsberger,A-Roth,P/Austria 1987
}) (6... Bb6 7. Na4 Nge7 8. Nxb6 axb6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 f6 11. exf6 Rxf6 12.
O-O $14 {Le Roux,J-Gervasio,R/Guingamp 2003}) 7. b4 (7. Ng3 O-O 8. Be2 Bb6 9.
Be3 Nf5 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. Na4 f6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. f4 $14 {Schramm,
B-Kindermann,S/Dresden 1999}) 7... Bb6 8. Na4 O-O 9. b5 {The Swedish
grandmaster has already faced this rare line a couple of months ago, so he
seems to be prepared. This move is most definitly better than the useless 9.
Rb1?!, which was played against Berg.} (9. Rb1 $6 Nf5 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. b5 Na5
12. Ng3 c5 $132 {Hector,J-Berg,E/Gothenburg 2004}) (9. c3 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11.
Ng3 e5 12. Be2 Nf5 13. O-O Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bf5 15. Be3 Qd7 $13 {Ekstroem,
R-Berezovsky,I/Graechen 1999}) 9... Na5 10. Ng3 Nf5 11. Nxb6 cxb6 12. Bd3 f6 (
12... Nxd4 13. Qg4 Nf5 14. Nh5 Qc7 15. Bb2 f6 16. Nxf6+ Kh8 17. Qb4 $14) 13.
Nxf5 exf5 14. O-O (14. Bf4 Nc4 15. O-O fxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qc7 18. Re1
Be6 $13) 14... fxe5 15. dxe5 Be6 16. Bb2 $1 Rc8 $6 {Black doesn't feel the
danger. It was necessary to push d4 with unclear position.} (16... d4 $5 17.
Qf3 Rc8 18. Qf4 Nc4 19. Qxd4 (19. Bxd4 $2 g5 $19) 19... Qxd4 20. Bxd4 Rfd8 21.
c3 Nxe5 $11) 17. Bd4 $1 $14 {Now white has a very comfortable advantage.} Nc4
18. f4 Qd7 19. a4 Rc7 20. Qe2 Qc8 21. h3 Kh8 22. Kh2 (22. Kh1 $5) 22... Qe8 23.
Rf2 Qc8 24. Rg1 Rcf7 25. Qh5 $1 $16 {Everything is set up for the g4 break.}
Rg8 26. g4 g6 27. Qh4 Qf8 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Rxg8+ (29. Rfg2 $5 Rxg2+ 30. Rxg2
Rg7 31. Rxg7 Kxg7 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Bc3 $16) 29... Kxg8 {[%csl Gg8]} 30. Rg2+
Rg7 31. Rxg7+ Qxg7 32. Qd8+ Qf8 33. Qg5+ Kh8 (33... Qg7 34. Bxf5 Bxf5 35. Qxf5
Nd2 36. Qc8+ $18) 34. Bc3 Qf7 35. Bb4 $6 {Thus far white's play was just about
perfect, but at this point he appears to lose a thread of the game and lets
black to escape.} (35. Qd8+ $1 Kg7 36. Qb8 Qe7 37. Bxc4 Qc5 (37... dxc4 38.
Qxa7 Qc7 39. Bd4 Bd5 40. Bxb6 $18) 38. Bd3 Qxc3 39. Qxb7+ Kg6 40. Qe7 Qd2+ 41.
Kg3 Qe1+ 42. Kf3 Qh1+ 43. Ke2 Qg2+ 44. Kd1 Qg1+ 45. Kd2 Qf2+ 46. Kc3 $18) 35...
Ne3 36. Qd8+ (36. Be7 Qg6 37. Qxg6 hxg6 38. Bd6 Nc4 39. Bb8 Nb2 40. Bxa7 Nxa4
41. Bb8 $16) 36... Qg8 37. Qxg8+ Kxg8 38. Bc3 (38. Bd6 d4 39. Bb8 a5 40. Ba7
Nd5 41. Kg3 $16) 38... Nc4 39. Kg3 Kf7 40. Kh4 h6 41. Kg3 Bd7 $14 42. Kf2 a6
43. Bd4 Kg6 44. Be2 axb5 45. axb5 Na3 46. Bxb6 (46. Bf3 Nxc2 47. Bxb6 Bxb5 48.
Bxd5 Bc6 49. Bb3 Nb4 $11) 46... Bxb5 47. Bf3 Bc6 48. c3 Nc4 49. Bc5 $6 (49. Bd4
) 49... Nd2 $11 50. Bd4 Nxf3 51. Kxf3 Kf7 52. Ke3 Bb5 53. Bb6 Bf1 54. h4 h5 55.
Kd4 Ke6 56. Kc5 Be2 57. Ba7 Bf3 58. Kb6 Kd7 59. Bb8 Ke6 60. Bd6 Be4 61. Bc5 Bf3
62. Bd4 Bd1 63. Kxb7 Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup final 6th"]
[Site "Nefteyugansk"]
[Date "2002.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kazakov, Peter"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[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. Nge2 Nf6 $5 {Quite rare move. Usually black
prefers to take on e4.} 5. e5 Nfd7 6. a3 Be7 7. f4 c5 (7... g6 8. g4 h5 9. f5
hxg4 10. fxg6 fxg6 11. Ng3 c5 12. Qxg4 Nf8 13. Bb5+ Bd7 $13 {Ligterink,G-Bohm,
H/Hilversum 1983}) 8. Be3 (8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Nd4 a5 12. b5
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nb6 14. Bd3 Qc7 15. O-O $14 {Sahovic,D-Raicevic,V/Zagreb 1977})
8... Nc6 9. g3 $5 {It seems to be very logical to opt for a set-up with
kingside castle.} (9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 O-O (10... a6 11. Be2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 g6
13. O-O Bd7 14. Qd2 $14 {Collins,D-Radziewicz,I/Szombathely 1993}) 11. Be2 Bd7
(11... a6 12. O-O Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. Qd2 Bb7 15. Qe3 Rc8 16. Bd3 Qc7 17. Rf2
$14 {Hodgson,J-Rogers,I/Wijk aan Zee 1985}) 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qd2 a6 14. Rad1 Qc7
$132 {Epishin,V-Neverov,V/Minsk 1990}) (9. Qd2 a6 10. dxc5 (10. g3 b5 11. Bg2
Rb8 12. O-O b4 13. axb4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 Quintero Torres,P-Palacios
Perez,M/Madrid 2000/EXT 2001 (14)}) 10... Bxc5 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13.
Qxd4 Qb6 14. Ne2 O-O 15. O-O-O $14 {Dolezal,C-Fabrega,E/Buenos Aires 1992})
9... O-O (9... Nb6 $5 10. b3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bd7 13. Bg2 Qc7 14.
O-O Bc5 $13) 10. Qd2 a6 11. Bg2 b5 12. O-O Bb7 13. dxc5 $5 Bxc5 (13... Nxc5 14.
Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Rc8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. f5 $14) 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Nd4 Qb6 16.
Rad1 Rac8 17. Kh1 $5 Na4 $2 {Very bad move after which black is in troubles.} (
17... Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Nd7 19. Qd2 (19. Rf2 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Nb6 $132 {[%cal Gb6c4]})
19... a5 $132) 18. Nxa4 bxa4 19. c3 $14 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 $1 {Offering to
transpose to an endgame.} Qb3 (20... Qxb2 21. Rb1 $18 {[%csl Rb7]}) 21. Rd2 Rc4
22. Qf2 Qb5 23. f5 exf5 $8 24. Qxf5 {[%cal Ge5e6]} Bc8 25. Qd3 Bb7 $6 (25...
Rd8 $1 26. Bxd5 $140 $2 Rxd5 27. Qxd5 Bb7 $19 {[%cal Gb7h1]}) 26. e6 $1 fxe6 (
26... Rc7 27. exf7+ Rcxf7 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Qxb5 axb5 30. Bxd5 Bxd5+ 31. Rxd5
$18) 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Qxh7 $18 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gd2f2]} Qb6 {[%csl Gf2]} (
28... Rc7 29. Qh8+ Ke7 (29... Kf7 30. Rf2+ $18) 30. Qxg7+ Kd6 31. Qf8+ $18) 29.
Rd1 $1 {[%cal Gd1f1]} Qxb2 $5 30. Rb1 Qxc3 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Rxb7+ Rc7 33. Qh5+
Kg8 34. Rb1 $1 (34. Rxc7 $4 Qe1+ 35. Bf1 Qxf1#) 34... Rc8 35. Rf1 Qe3 36. Qf7+
Kh7 37. h3 $6 (37. Bxd5 $1 exd5 38. Qf5+ Kh6 39. Qxc8 Qe4+ 40. Kg1 Qe3+ 41. Kg2
Qe4+ 42. Kh3 $18) 37... Rc3 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. g4 (39. Qg6 Rxa3 40. Kh2 Ra2 41.
Rf4 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) 39... Rc1 40. Qf7+ Kh7 41. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 42. Kh2 Qxa3 43.
Qxe6 Qb2 44. Qf5+ $6 (44. Kg3 $5 {[%cal Gg3h4,Gh4h5]}) 44... g6 45. Qd7+ $6 Kh6
46. Qxa4 $2 (46. Qxd5 $1 a3 47. Kg3 $1 a2 48. g5+ Kg7 (48... Kh5 49. Bf3#) 49.
Qd7+ Kh8 50. Qe8+ Kh7 51. Qf7+ Kh8 52. Qf8+ Kh7 53. Qh6+ Kg8 54. Bd5#) 46...
Qe5+ (46... Qe5+ 47. Kg1 Qe3+ (47... Qe1+ $2 48. Bf1 Qe3+ 49. Kh1 Qf3+ 50. Bg2
$18) 48. Kf1 Qd3+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal 1st"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2000.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2000.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qg4 {Interesting continuation,however
promising white nothing special.} dxe4 (4... Nf6 5. Qxg7 Rg8 6. Qh6 Rg6 (6...
c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. a3 dxc3 9. axb4 cxb2 10. Bxb2 Qb6 11. O-O-O $14 {Ninov,
N-Dragiev,V/BUL-ch 1995}) (6... dxe4 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Nge2 c5 9. dxc5 Rg6 10. Qh4
h6 11. Bxh6 Bxc5 12. Bd2 $13 {Borchardt,A-Berg,E/Bank Pocztowy Open 2000}) 7.
Qe3 c5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Nge2 Ng4 10. Qd3 Qf6 $132 {Magem Badals,J-Jerez Perez,A/
ch-ESP 2000}) 5. Qxg7 Qf6 6. Qg3 (6. Bh6 $6 Nd7 7. Bb5 c6 8. Qxf6 Ngxf6 9. Bg7
Rg8 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Bf1 Nd5 $17 {Blas,I-Pahor,M/SLO-chJ 1993}) (6. Qxf6 Nxf6
7. Nge2 b6 8. Bd2 Bb7 $2 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bxb4 Bxc2 11. Rc1 $16 {Slugin,
S-Svistunov,K/RUS-chT 1993}) 6... Nc6 7. Bb5 (7. Nge2 $5 Nxd4 $6 8. Nxd4 Qxd4
9. Bd2 (9. Qxc7 $5) 9... Bd6 10. Qh4 f5 11. O-O-O Qf6 12. Bg5 Qf7 13. Nb5 $1
$36) 7... Nge7 8. Nge2 Bd7 9. Bg5 (9. Qxc7 Nd5 10. Qg3 (10. Qxb7 $2 Rb8 11. Qa6
Nc7 $1 $17) 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd7+ Kxd7 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Bd2 Rhg8 14. Qh3 Bxc3
15. Bxc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qc4 $132) 9... Qf5 10. Bxe7 Bxe7 11. Qxc7 Rc8 12. Qf4 $5
({Another promissing continuation was} 12. Qxb7 $5 Rb8 13. Qa6 Rb6 14. Qa4 a6
15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qc4 e3 17. fxe3 Qxc2 18. Rc1 $16 {and white seems to be in
the control.}) 12... Qxf4 13. Nxf4 a6 $1 $132 {The pair of bishops and
semy-open lines c and g for the rooks give black some hopes for the future.} (
13... Nxd4 $2 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. O-O-O e5 16. Nfe2 $16) 14. Bxc6 (14. Ba4 b5
15. Bb3 Nxd4 $15) 14... Bxc6 15. Nd1 $5 (15. Ke2 Bf6 (15... Bg5 $6 16. Ke3 f6 {
[%cal Ge6e5]} 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Kxe4 Bxf4 19. Kxf4 Rxc2 20. Rhc1 $1 $16) 16.
Ke3 e5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Rad1 f5 19. Rhe1 Kf7 $132) 15... Bg5 16. Nh3 $6 {
[%csl Rh3] Knight is terribly placed on h3 so better was} (16. Ne2 f5 17. h4
Bf6 18. Ne3 $14) 16... Bf6 17. c3 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Ne3 Bd7 $1 20. O-O-O Rg8
21. Rhe1 Be6 22. Nf1 $2 {Missing simple tactical blow after which white
remains without a pawn in the position with no real chanses to survive.} (22.
f4 $6 Bxh3 (22... exf3 23. Nd5 f6 $1 (23... Bh8 24. gxf3) 24. gxf3 (24. Nxf6+
$2 Bxf6 25. Rxe6+ Kf7 26. Re3 fxg2 27. Rg1 Rc5 $15))) (22. Kb1 $5 $13) 22...
Rxg2 23. Rxe4 Bxc3 $1 $17 24. Ng3 Bf6+ 25. Kb1 Rd8 $1 26. Rde1 (26. Rxd8+ Kxd8
27. Nf4 Rxh2 28. Nxe6+ fxe6 29. Rxe6 Rxf2 $19) 26... Rd2 27. R4e2 (27. Nf4
Rxb2+ 28. Kc1 Rgxf2 $19) 27... Rxe2 28. Rxe2 Kd7 29. Rd2+ Kc6 30. Nf4 Rg1+ 31.
Kc2 Bxa2 $19 32. Nd3 Bb1+ 33. Kb3 a5 $1 34. Ne4 Bg7 35. Nc3 b5 36. Nxb1 Rxb1
37. Kc2 (37. Rc2+ Kb6 38. Nc5 Rxb2+ 39. Rxb2 Bxb2 40. Nd7+ Kc7 $19) 37... Rh1
38. f4 a4 39. Ne5+ Bxe5 40. fxe5 b4 41. Rf2 Kc5 42. Rxf7 Rxh2+ 43. Kc1 Rh1+ 44.
Kc2 (44. Kd2 a3 $1 45. bxa3 bxa3 46. Ra7 a2 $19 {[%cal Gh2a2]}) 44... b3+ 45.
Kc3 Rh3+ 46. Kd2 Rh2+ 47. Kc3 Rc2+ 48. Kd3 Rxb2 49. Ra7 (49. e6 Kd6 50. e7 Kd7
51. Kc3 Rc2+ 52. Kd3 a3 $19) 49... Rg2 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mallahi, Amir"]
[Black "Ravi, Lanka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Nbd7 8.
Bd2 Nxc5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. O-O Rfc8 13. Ne5 Bxc3 14. Bxc3
Bxb5 15. Qxb5 a6 16. Qb4 Nd5 17. Qd4 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Na4 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. b3 Nc3
21. Rfe1 Rd8 22. Nf3 Rd6 23. Re3 f6 24. Kf1 Kf7 25. Rd3 Rxd3 26. cxd3 Nd5 27.
Ne1 e5 28. Ke2 Ke6 29. Kd2 Nf4 30. Rc1 Rxc1 31. Kxc1 Ne2+ 32. Kd2 Nd4 33. Nc2
Nxc2 34. Kxc2 {[#] Gewinnmotive: besserer König, Raumvorteil, weiße
Bauernschwäche d3} Kd5 35. Kc3 a5 36. a3 Kc5 37. Kc2 Kd4 38. Kd2 b5 39. Kc2 b4
40. axb4 axb4 41. Kd2 {Weiß muß das Einbruchsfeld c3 bewachen und den f-Bauern
tunlichst auf f2 belassen.} f5 $2 {Das ist der falsche Bauer.} ({Der richtige
Aufmarschplan lautet} 41... h5 $1 42. Kc2 (42. h4 g5 $1 43. g3 (43. hxg5 fxg5
44. f3 (44. g3 h4 $19 {entfernter Freibauer}) 44... h4 $22) 43... g4 44. Kc2 f5
45. Kd2 f4 $19) 42... h4 43. Kd2 f5 44. Kc2 g5 45. Kd2 g4 46. Kc2 (46. g3 hxg3
47. hxg3 f4 $19 (47... e4 48. dxe4 fxe4 49. Kc2 e3 $19)) 46... g3 47. fxg3 hxg3
48. hxg3 Ke3 $19) 42. Kc2 (42. h4 $1 g6 {Das Durchsetzen von g5 bringt nun
keine Zesplitterung der weißen Bauern} (42... f4 43. Kc2 e4 44. dxe4 Kxe4 45.
Kd2 f3 46. g3 $11) 43. Kc2 h6 44. Kd2 g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Kc2 $11) 42... g6 $2
43. Kd2 $2 (43. h4 $1) 43... g5 $1 44. h3 h5 45. g3 h4 46. gxh4 gxh4 47. Kc2 e4
48. dxe4 Kxe4 49. Kd2 Kf3 50. Ke1 Kg2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch16 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.11.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1948.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Keres, Moiseev} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 dxe4 5. Qg4 Qxd4 (5... Nf6
$1 6. Qxg7 Rg8 7. Qh6 Qxd4 8. O-O-O Bf8 9. Qh4 Rg4 10. Qh3 Qxf2 11. Be2 Rg6 12.
g4 Qc5 13. g5 $2 (13. Be3 Qe5 14. Bd4 Qf4+ 15. Be3 $10 {Matanovic}) 13... Rxg5
14. Be3 Qf5 $17 {Meshtrovic-Matanovic,A/Kraljevo/1967/0:1/22/}) 6. O-O-O (6.
Nf3 Nh6 $1 7. Qf4 (7. Qxe6+ Bxe6 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nxe4 $10 {eco 81}) 7... e5 8.
Qxe5+ (8. Qg5 $6 exf3 9. O-O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 (10. Bxc3 Qf4+ $17 {eco 81}) 10...
Qd6 11. Qxg7 Rg8 12. Qxh6 Rg6 $17 {eco 81} (12... Qa3+ 13. Kb1 Be6 $5)) (8.
Nxe5 $2 Bd6 9. Nf3 Bxf4 10. Nxd4 Be5 $1 $17 {eco 74/81} (10... Bxd2+ 11. Kxd2
f5 $15 {Schwarz})) (8. Nxd4 exf4 9. Ndb5 e3 $1 (9... Na6 10. Nxe4 Bxd2+ 11.
Nxd2 O-O $15 {Pachman}) 10. fxe3 (10. Nxc7+ Kd8 11. Nxa8 exd2+ 12. Kxd2 Ng4 13.
f3 Ne3 14. g3 b6 $44 {/\Lb7}) 10... fxe3 11. Bxe3 Na6 12. a3 Be7 13. Nd5 Bd8
$10 {Keres} 14. Nxa7) 8... Qxe5 9. Nxe5 Ng4 (9... Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nf5 (10... f6
11. Nc4 Nc6 12. h3 Bf5 13. O-O-O $36 {Pachman}) (10... O-O 11. h3 Nd7 12. O-O-O
Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bf5 14. g4 $16 {Pachman}) 11. Bc4 Nd6 12. O-O-O f6 13. Rxd6 $1)
10. Nxg4 Bxg4 11. Nxe4 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 $10 {1/2-1/2 Ekstrom,R-Karlsson,L/Sweden
1975} (12. Nxd2 $10)) 6... f5 (6... h5 7. Qe2 (7. Qg5 $6 Be7 8. Qg3 Bd6 9. Bf4
h4 10. Qg4 (10. Qg5 Qf6 $1 11. Qxf6 Nxf6 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Nb5 Na6 14. Nxd6+
Ke7 $17 {Lundkvist-Uhlmann /Marianske Lazne/1961}) (10. Rxd4 hxg3 11. Bxd6 cxd6
12. fxg3 d5 13. Nb5 Na6) 10... Nf6 $15 (10... Nf6 $1 11. Qg5 (11. Qxg7 $2 Bxf4+
12. Kb1 Rh7 $1 $19 {Pachman}) 11... Bxf4+ $15 {mco} 12. Qxf4 Qc5 $15 {Panov/
Estrin} 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc6 15. Nf3 Bd7 $17 {eco 74} 16. Qf4 O-O-O $1
17. Qxf7 h3 $1)) (7. Qg3 $1 $10) (7. Qh4 Be7 8. Bg5 Qc5 9. Nxe4 Bxg5+ 10. Nxg5
Nc6 $10 {Gligoric}) 7... Bd7 (7... Nf6 8. Bh6 $5 (8. Bg5 Qb6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10.
Nxe4 Be7 11. Qf3 f5 12. Qc3 e5 $17 {Feller-Roos/Amsterdam/1978}) 8... Qxd1+ $1
(8... Qe5 9. Bxg7 Rg8 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nxe4 $36 {Chudinovskih-Shestakov/1978})
(8... Qc5 $2 9. Bxg7 Qg5+ 10. Qd2 $1 {Minev}) 9. Kxd1 Rxh6 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11.
Qxe4 Nc6 $132 {Uhlmann}) (7... Nd7 8. Nxe4 Bxd2+ 9. Rxd2 Qb6 $5) 8. Nxe4 (8. f3
Nc6 $1 9. fxe4 Qb6 $1 10. a3 Bxc3 $1 11. Bxc3 Nf6 $17 {Uhlmann}) 8... Bxd2+ 9.
Rxd2 Qa4 10. a3 Bc6 (10... Na6 $1 $15 {Uhlmann}) 11. Nc5 $1 Qh4 12. Qe5 Qe7 13.
Qxg7 Qf6 14. Qg3 $16 {Byrne}) 7. Qg3 (7. Bg5 $6 fxg4 (7... Qxf2 $1 8. Qh5+ (8.
Qh3 Be7 (8... Bd6 $2 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Nxe4 $1 Qb6 $14 {Schwarz} (10... fxe4 $2
11. Qxe6+)) 9. Kb1 Bd7 (9... Bxg5 10. Qh5+) 10. g4 Nc6 11. gxf5 Qxf5 (11...
exf5 12. Nxe4 $1) 12. Bxe7 Qxh3 13. Bxh3 Kxe7 14. Nxe4 Nf6 15. Nc5 Nd8 $1 16.
Nf3 Bc6 $15 {Marshall-Chigorin/Monte Carlo/1901}) 8... g6 9. Rd8+ Kf7 10. Qd1
Nc6 11. Nh3 Qb6 12. Nd5 Qa5 13. Nxb4 Qxb4 14. Bd2 Qe7 15. Ng5+ Kg7 16. Rxc8
Rxc8 17. Bc4 Nd8 $17 {Zuravlev-Yuferov/USSR/1976}) (7... Qe5 $6 8. Rd8+ Kf7 9.
Nf3 $1 exf3 $1 (9... fxg4 10. Nxe5#) 10. Qxb4 Nc6 (10... c5 $1 11. Qh4 Nc6 12.
Bf4 Qf6 13. Bg5 $10 Qg6 (13... Qe5 14. Bf4 $10 {Neishtadt}) 14. Qg3 $1 Nxd8 15.
Qc7+ $10 {Heidenfeld} Kf8 16. Qd6+ $10 {Clarke}) 11. Rf8+ Kg6 12. Qh4 Nd4 13.
g3 $1 {Neishtadt} (13. g4 $1 $40 {Clarke})) 8. Rxd4 Be7 (8... Be7 $1 9. Rxe4 (
9. Nxe4 Nf6 $1 $15 {Schwarz}) 9... Nf6 $17 {Minev})) (7. Qf4 $2 Bd6 $1 $17) (7.
Qh5+ $5 g6 8. Qe2 Ne7 9. f3 {Minev}) 7... Bd6 8. Bf4 Bxf4+ 9. Qxf4 Qc5 (9...
Qb6 $2 10. Bc4 $14) 10. f3 $1 Ne7 (10... exf3 $6 11. Nxf3 (11. g4 $5 f2 12.
gxf5 fxg1=Q 13. Rxg1 Qe7 (13... Qxg1 $2 14. Bb5+) 14. Bb5+ c6 15. Ne4 $18 {
Visnacki-Perevosnikov Krasnodar 1950}) 11... Nf6 12. Bc4 Nc6 13. Rhe1 $40) (
10... Nf6 $1 11. fxe4 e5 (11... Ng4 {Minev}) 12. Qg5 O-O 13. exf5 Nc6 14. Nf3
h6 $17 {Vaganian}) 11. fxe4 O-O 12. Nf3 $44 Nd7 13. Bd3 $6 (13. exf5 $5 Nxf5 (
13... exf5 $2 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Ng5 $1) 14. Qc4 $44 {Keres}) 13... e5 14. Qd2
Nb6 $1 (14... f4 $6 15. Na4 $1 Qc6 16. Qb4 Qf6 (16... Ng6 $2 17. Bb5 Qe6 18.
Bc4 $18) 17. Qc4+ Kh8 18. Qxc7 $16) 15. Rhe1 $6 (15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Rhe1 Nc6 $15
(16... Bxd3 $2 17. Rxe5 $16)) 15... Nc6 $2 (15... f4 $1 16. Nd5 Bg4 $1 $15 {
Keres}) 16. Nd5 $1 fxe4 $6 (16... Nxd5 $5 17. exd5 Qxd5 (17... e4 18. dxc6 exf3
19. gxf3 Qxc6 20. Qb4 $16 {Keres}) 18. Qc3 $1 Qa5 $8 (18... Be6 $2 19. Nxe5
Qxa2 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Rxe6 $18) 19. Qxa5 (19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Ng5 h6 21. Nf7+ Kh7
) (19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. Nxe5 Qxc3 21. Nf7+ Kg8 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Nf7+ $10) 19...
Nxa5 20. Rxe5 b6 (20... Nc6 $2 21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. Rc5 $16) 21. Nd4 $44) 17. Bxe4
Bf5 18. Nxb6 (18. Bxf5 $6 Rxf5 19. Nxc7 Rc8 20. Nd5 $2 Rd8 $19) 18... axb6 19.
Qd5+ Qxd5 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 $16 c6 (22... Bg6 $142 23. Bb3
Rf2 {Keres}) 23. Bb3 Bg4 $2 (23... Bg6 $142 {Keres}) (23... Rae8 $142 {Keres})
24. Rde1 {/\25.h3 Keres} Rad8 25. Re7 Bc8 26. Bf7 g5 (26... Rd7 27. h4 $16) (
26... h6 27. Bg6 $16 {/\h4-h5 Keres}) 27. b3 b5 28. R1e5 Rd7 (28... h6 29. Be6
$1 Bxe6 30. R5xe6 $16 {Keres}) 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 30. Re7 Rd8 (30... Bc8 31. Rc7 $16
{Keres}) 31. h3 b4 32. Bc4 $1 {/\33.Ld3} Bf5 33. g4 $6 (33. Rxb7 Be4 34. g3 $18
) 33... b5 $1 34. Bf7 (34. gxf5 bxc4 35. f6 (35. bxc4 Rf8) 35... cxb3 36. axb3
Rf8 37. Re6 c5 38. Kd2 h6 $10 39. Kd3 Kh7) (34. Bxb5 $5 cxb5 35. gxf5 {Keres})
34... Rd7 $1 35. Re8+ Kg7 36. Bh5 Bg6 37. Bxg6 hxg6 {[%mdl 4096] [#]} 38. Re6
$6 $138 (38. Re4 $1 Kf6 (38... c5 39. Re5 $18) 39. Rxb4 Rh7 40. c4 $1 bxc4 41.
Rxc4 Rxh3 42. Rxc6+ Ke5 43. Rc4 $18 (43. Rxg6 $2 Kf4)) 38... Rc7 39. Kd2 Kf7
40. Rd6 $6 (40. Re5 $1 Rd7+ $1 (40... Kf6 41. Rc5 $18) 41. Kc1 (41. Ke3 Re7 $10
) 41... Rd8 $1 42. Rxg5 (42. Rc5 Rh8 43. Rxc6 Rxh3 44. Rc5 Rg3 45. Rxg5 Kf6 46.
Rxb5 Rxg4 $132 {Der schwarze g-Bauer ist gefährlich! Keres}) 42... Rh8 43. Rc5
Rxh3 44. Rxc6 Rg3 {Keres}) 40... Rc8 {adjourned} 41. Rd4 {/\42.Tb4} Ra8 $1 (
41... Rh8 42. Rxb4 Rxh3 43. a4 $16 {Keres}) (41... c5 42. Rd6 $16 {Keres}) 42.
Rd6 (42. Rxb4 Rxa2 43. Re4 Ra8 44. Kc3 Rh8 45. Re3 c5 $1 46. b4 (46. Re5 Rxh3+
47. Kb2 Rg3 48. Rxc5 Rxg4 $10) 46... Rc8 $1 47. bxc5 Rxc5+ 48. Kb3 Kf6 49. Rc3
Rd5 50. Rc6+ Kf7 51. Kb4 Re5 52. Rc5 Re3 $10 53. Rxb5 (53. Kxb5 Rxh3 54. Rxg5
Rg3 {/\55... Kf6}) 53... Rxh3 54. Re5 Rf3 {Keres}) 42... Rc8 $1 (42... Rh8 43.
Rxc6 Rxh3 44. Rc5 Rg3 45. Rxg5 Kf6 46. Rxb5 Rg2+ $1 (46... Rxg4 47. c4 $1 bxc3+
48. Kxc3 $18) 47. Ke3 Rxg4 48. Rb6+ (48. c4 bxc3) (48. a4 bxa3 49. Ra5 Rg3+ 50.
Kd4 Rg2 $1) (48. Ra5 Rg3+) 48... Kf5 49. Ra6 $16 {/+- /\50.a3 Keres}) 43. Ke3
$1 $8 {/\44.Kd4, 45.Kc5 Keres} Rh8 44. Rxc6 Rxh3+ 45. Kf2 $1 Rh2+ 46. Kf3 Rd2
47. Rc5 Kf6 48. Rxb5 Rxc2 49. Rxb4 Rxa2 50. Re4 $1 Ra8 (50... Ra3 51. Re3 {
/\b4,b5} Ra1 52. b4 Rf1+ 53. Ke2 Rf4 54. Rf3 $1 $18 {Keres}) (50... Rb2 $1 51.
b4 Rd2 52. Ke3 Rd1 $1 53. Rc4 $1 {Die beste Gewinnchance für Weiß. Keres} (53.
Ke2 Rd6 (53... Rd5 {Dies scheint einfacher zu sein. Hübner}) 54. b5 Rb6 55. Rb4
Ke5 56. Kd3 Kd5 57. Rb1 Kc5 {Schwarz droht schon, den Bauern zu schlagen. Keres
} 58. Kc3 {Hübner} (58. Ke4 Re6+ $10) 58... Rxb5 59. Rxb5+ Kxb5 60. Kd4 Kc6 61.
Ke5 Kd7 62. Kf6 Ke8 63. Kxg6 (63. Kxg5 Kf7 $10) 63... Kf8 64. Kxg5 Kg7 $10) (
53. Rd4 Rg1 (53... Rb1 54. Kd3 (54. Ke4 Ke6) 54... Ke5 {Diese Zugfolge ist
bequemer. Hübner}) 54. Kd3 (54. b5 Rb1 55. Rd5 Rb4 $10 {Hübner}) 54... Ke5 55.
Rc4 Rg3+ 56. Kc2 Kd5 $1 57. Rc5+ Ke6 58. Rxg5 Kf6 $10 {Keres}) (53. b5 $2 Rb1 {
Der b-Bauer wird erobert. Keres}) 53... Ke5 (53... Ke6 {Dies scheint einfacher
zu sein. Hübner} 54. Ke4 (54. b5 Kd5 {Siehe 53... Ke5 54.b5 Kd5!}) (54. Rc6+
Kd7 55. Rxg6 (55. b5 Rd5 56. Rb6 Kc7) 55... Rb1 56. Rb6 Rg1 57. Kf3 Rf1+ 58.
Kg3 Rf4 $10 {Siehe 53... Ke5 54.Tc5 Kf6 55.Tc6}) (54. Rc5 Rb1 55. b5 Rb4 {
Scwarz macht remis.}) 54... Rg1 55. Kd3 Rg3+ 56. Kc2 Kd5 57. Rc5+ Ke6 {Schwarz
gewinnt den g-Bauern und hält remis. Hübner}) 54. Rc5+ (54. b5 Kd5 $1 {
vernichtet alle Hoffnungen des Gegners.} (54... Rb1 55. Rc5+ Kf6 56. Kd4 $1
Rb4+ 57. Kc3 Rxg4 (57... Rb1 58. Rd5 {Schwarz befindet sich in Zugzwang.}) 58.
b6 {Schwarz kann die Umwandlung dieses Bauern nicht mehr verhindern.} (58. b6
Rg3+ 59. Kb2 Rg2+ 60. Rc2 Rg4 61. Kb3 (61. Ka3 $143 Rg3+ 62. Ka2 Rg4) 61...
Rg3+ 62. Rc3 Rg1 63. Ka2 Rg4 64. Ka3 $1 $18)) (54... Re1+ 55. Kd3 Rb1 56. Rc5+
Kf4 57. Kc2 Rb4 58. Kc3 Rb1 59. Rc4+ {/\60.Tb4+-}) 55. Rc6 (55. Rb4 Kc5) 55...
Rg1 $1 56. Kf3 Rf1+ 57. Kg2 Rb1 $1 58. Rxg6 Ke4 59. Rxg5 Kf4 $10 {Keres}) 54...
Kf6 55. Rc6+ (55. b5 Rg1 $1 (55... Rb1 56. Kd4 $1 $18 {siehe 54.b5}) 56. Rc4 $1
(56. Kf3 Rb1 $1 $10 {Der weiße König ist von seinem Freibauern schon zu weit
entfernt.}) (56. b6 Rb1 57. Rc6+ Ke5 $1 58. Rxg6 (58. Kd3 Kf4 59. Kc2 Rb5 $10)
58... Rb3+ {nebst 59... Kf4=}) (56. Rc6+ Ke5 (56... Ke7 57. Rc4 Rb1 58. Rc5 Rb4
{Diese Stellung wird später noch anzutreffen sein.}) 57. b6 (57. Rc4 Kd5) 57...
Rb1 $1) 56... Rb1 (56... Rg3+ 57. Kd2 Rb3 58. Rc5 (58. Rc6+ Ke7 $1 (58... Kf7
59. b6 $18 {Dies ist auch eine bekannte Gewinntellung.}) (58... Ke5 59. Rc5+
Kf4 60. Kc2 $18 {Eine bekannte Gewinnstellung.}) 59. b6 (59. Rc5 Rg3 $10) 59...
Kd7 $1 60. Rxg6 Rb4 61. Rg7+ (61. b7 Kc7 62. Rxg5 Kxb7 63. Ke3 Kc6 64. Kf3 Kd6
{Diese Zugfolge ist auch nicht besser.}) 61... Kc8 $1 62. Rxg5 Rxb6 63. Rd5 (
63. Re5 Kd7 64. Ke3 Re6) 63... Rb4 $1 64. g5 Re4 65. Kd3 Re1 {Es ist nicht zu
sehen, wie Weiß entscheidenden Vorteil erzielen könnte.}) 58... Rg3 $1 (58...
Rb4 59. Kc3) 59. Rc6+ Ke7 $1 $10 (59... Ke5 60. Rc4 Rb3 61. Rc5+ Kf4 62. Kc2
$18 {Diese Gewinnstellung ist schon bekannt.}) (59... Kf7 60. b6 Rxg4 61. Kc3 {
Dies it auch schon eine bekannte Gewinnstellung.}) 60. b6 (60. Rc4 Rb3 61. Rc5
Rg3 $1 62. b6 Rxg4 63. Kc3 Rg1 $10 64. Rb5 {Hübner} Rc1+ {/\65... Tc8=}) 60...
Rxg4 {Schwarz sollte über genügend Verteidigungsmöglichkeiten verfügen.} 61.
Kc3 {Hübner} Rg3+ 62. Kb2 Rg2+ 63. Rc2 Rxc2+ 64. Kxc2 Kd7 $10) (56... Ke5 57.
Rb4 $18) (56... Ke6 57. Kd2 (57. Rb4 Kd7 $1 58. b6 Kc8 $10) (57. b6 Rb1 {
ergibt nichts}) (57. Rc6+ Kd5 {Die führt zu einer schon bekannten
Remisstellung.} (57... Ke5)) (57. Kd3 Kd5 58. Rb4 Kc5 59. b6 Kxb4 60. b7 Rd1+ {
/\61... Td8-+}) 57... Kd5 (57... Kd7 58. Kc2) 58. Rb4 Kc5 59. b6 Kxb4 60. b7
$18) 57. Rc6+ Ke7 $1 (57... Ke5 58. Rc5+ Kf6 59. Kd4 $18) (57... Kf7 58. b6 Rb4
59. Kd3 Rxg4 60. Kc3 $18) 58. Rc5 (58. b6 Rb4 $1 59. Rxg6 (59. Kf3 Kf7 {
Dies bietet keine Gewinnaussichten.}) 59... Kf7 60. Rh6 Kg7 61. Rd6 Rxg4 $10 {
Bei vorsichtigem Spiel.}) 58... Rb4 59. Rxg5 Kf6 $10) 55... Ke7 $1 (55... Ke5
56. Rxg6 Re1+ 57. Kd2 Re4 58. Rxg5+ Kf4 (58... Kf6 {Hübner} 59. Rb5 (59. Rf5+
Ke6) 59... Rxg4 {Dies ist eine Remistellung.}) 59. Rb5 {Dies ergibt für Weiß
wohl eine Gewinnstellung. Keres "Hier dürfte ein Fehler vorliegen (siehe 58...
Kf6) Hübner"}) (55... Kf7 {wahrscheinlich auch ausreichend.} 56. b5 Rg1 $1 57.
Rc4 Rb1 58. Rc7+ (58. Rc5 Rb4) 58... Ke6 59. Rc6+ Ke7 60. b6 Rb4 {Dies ist
eine schon bekannte Remisstellung.}) 56. Rxg6 (56. b5 Rb1 {Diese Stellung
wurde schon an anderer Stelle analysiert.}) (56. Rc4 Kf6 (56... Ke6 $1 57. Ke4
Rg1 58. Kd3 Rg3+ 59. Kc2 {Dies ist eine schon bekannte Remistellung.}) 57. Ke4
$18) 56... Rb1 57. Rb6 Rg1 58. Kf3 Rf1+ 59. Kg3 Rf4 {Weiß dürfte kaum reelle
Gewinnchancen haben. Keres}) 51. b4 Rb8 (51... Rd8 52. Rc4 $1 (52. Ke3 $2 Rd1
$10) (52. b5 Rb8 53. Rb4 Ke5 54. b6 Rb7 $1 55. Ke3 Kd5 $10 56. Rb1 (56. Rb5+
Kc4 57. Rxg5 Rxb6 $10) 56... Kc5 57. Ke4 Re7+ 58. Kd3 Rb7 {/\59... Tb6=}) 52...
Rd1 53. Ke4 $1 {/\54.Td4, 55.Kd5+-} Ke6 $8 54. Rc6+ Kf7 (54... Kd7 55. Rxg6 Rb1
56. Rb6 Rf1 57. Ke5 Rf4 58. Rd6+ Kc7 59. Rd4 $18) 55. Ke5 Re1+ 56. Kd5 Rd1+ 57.
Kc5 Rg1 58. b5 Rxg4 59. b6 Rg1 60. b7 $18 {Keres}) 52. Ke3 Rd8 (52... Kf7 53.
Kd3 Kf6 54. Kc4 Rc8+ 55. Kd5 Rb8 56. Kc6 Rc8+ 57. Kd6 Rb8 58. Kc7 $18) (52...
Kg7 53. Kd4 Rd8+ {Falls nun Weiß auf die 7.Reihe vordringt, so folgt Tf8 und
Tf4.} 54. Kc4 Rc8+ 55. Kb3 {/\56.b5} Rb8 (55... Rf8 56. b5 Rf4 57. Rxf4 gxf4
58. Kc3 $1 $18) 56. Re5 Kf6 57. Rc5 $18 {Keres}) 53. b5 (53. Rd4 Rb8 54. Kd3
Ke5 55. Kc3 Rb7 56. Rc4 Rb6 57. Kb3 Rb8 (57... Kd5 58. Rc5+ Ke4 59. Ka4 Kf3 60.
Rc4 $18) 58. Ka4 Ra8+ 59. Kb5 Rf8 60. Kb6 $1 Rb8+ (60... Rf6+ 61. Kc5 $1) (
60... Rf4 61. Kc5 $1) 61. Ka7 Rf8 62. b5 $18 Rf4 63. Rxf4 gxf4 64. b6 f3 65. b7
f2 66. b8=Q+ {Keres}) (53. Rc4 Rd1 54. Ke4 $1 $18) 53... Rb8 54. Rb4 Ke5 $8 (
54... Rb6 55. Kd4 Ke6 56. Kc5 $18 {Keres}) 55. b6 Kd5 (55... Rb7 56. Rb5+ Kd6
57. Kd4 Kc6 58. Rxg5 $18 {Keres} (58. Kc4 Rxb6 59. Rxb6+ Kxb6 60. Kd5 Kc7 61.
Ke6 Kd8 62. Kf7 $1 $18)) 56. b7 $1 (56. Kd3 $2 Kc5 {/\57... Tb6= Keres}) 56...
Kc5 (56... Kc6 57. Kd4 {Keres}) 57. Rb1 Re8+ (57... Kc4 58. Kd2 Rd8+ 59. Kc2
Rb8 60. Rb3 Kd4 61. Rb4+ Kc5 62. Kb3 {Siehe Partie. Keres}) 58. Kd3 Rd8+ 59.
Kc3 Rb8 60. Rb2 (60. Rb4 Kd5 61. Rb5+ (61. Kb3 $2 Kc5 62. Ka4 Kc6 {63... Tb7=})
61... Ke4 62. Kb3 Kf3 63. Rb4 {Siehe Partie. Keres}) 60... Kd5 61. Rb4 (61.
Rb5+ Ke4 62. Kb3 (62. Kb4 $2 Kf3 $10) 62... Kf3 63. Rb4 {Siehe Partie. Keres})
61... Kc5 62. Kb3 Kd5 (62... Kc6 63. Kc4 Rxb7 64. Rxb7 Kxb7 65. Kd5 Kc7 66. Ke6
Kd8 67. Kf7 $1 Kd7 68. Kxg6 Ke7 69. Kxg5 Kf7 70. Kh6 $18) 63. Rb5+ (63. Ka4 $2
Kc6 $10) 63... Ke4 64. Ka4 Kf3 65. Rb4 Rxb7 (65... Kg3 66. Ka5 Rxb7 67. Rxb7
Kxg4) 66. Rxb7 Kxg4 67. Kb3 Kf3 68. Kc3 g4 69. Kd2 g3 70. Ke1 Kg2 (70... g2 71.
Rb3+ Kf4 (71... Kg4 72. Kf2 $18) 72. Kf2 $18) 71. Rg7 (71. Rg7 Kh2 72. Rxg6 g2
73. Kf2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Illkirch Graffenstaden op"]
[Site "Illkirch Graffenstaden"]
[Date "2004.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Solodovnichenko, Yuri"]
[Black "Marzolo, Cyril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "Kalinitschew,S"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nge7
8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 f5 (10... e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Bc4 Kh8 13. O-O-O c5
14. Nxe4 b5 15. Ba2 Bf5 16. f3 Qb6 17. c3 Rfd8 18. Kb1 a5 19. cxd4 cxd4 20.
Bxd4 exd4 21. Qxd4 Qd6 22. Ka1 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 b4 24. Bb1 g6 25. Rhe1 Ng8 26. Qe6
Qc5 27. Qe3 Qd6 28. h4 Rab8 29. h5 bxa3 30. Qxa3 Rb4 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Re4 f5
33. Re6 Qd7 34. Rh1+ Kg7 35. Ba2 Rc8 36. Qe3 Qc7 37. d6 Qc5 38. Re7+ {1-0
Pilnik,H-Rossetto,H/Buenos Aires 1941/}) 11. f3 (11. O-O-O Nd5) 11... exf3 12.
O-O-O $146 (12. gxf3) 12... e5 (12... fxg2 13. Rhg1 Ng6 (13... Rf7 14. Qxg2 $44
) 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Qxg2 f4 17. h4 f3 18. Qf2 $44) 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14.
d5 $2 (14. gxf3 f4 (14... exd4) 15. Bf2 Nxd4 16. Nb5 c5 17. Qe1 Nec6 (17... Ng6
18. h4) 18. c3 a6 19. cxd4 axb5 20. dxc5 Qa5 21. Qxa5 Rxa5 22. Bd5 b4 23. Bxc6
bxc6 24. axb4 Rb5 25. Rhe1 Rxb4 26. Rxe5 Rc4+ 27. Kd2 Bf5 28. Ke1 $11) 14...
Nd4 15. gxf3 (15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 fxg2 17. Rhg1 f4 18. d6 $5 (18. Rxg2 Nf5
$19) 18... Nc6 (18... cxd6 19. Rxg2 Nf5 20. Qxf4 Nh4 21. Rxd6) (18... Qxd6 19.
Qe4 Qc5 20. Qxg2 (20. Qxf4 $2 Be6) 20... g6 21. Bb3 Nf5 $17) 19. Qd5 Qxd6 (
19... f3 $5 20. Nb5 (20. d7 $2 Qxd7 21. Qxd7 Bxd7 22. Rxd7 Ne5 $19) 20... Bh3)
20. Qxg2 Qh6 $17) 15... Nxf3 16. Qg2 e4 $19 17. h4 Ng6 18. Bg5 Qd6 19. Nb5 Qe5
20. Kb1 Bd7 21. Bc1 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Rad8 23. Bc4 Nf4 24. Qf2 b6 25. h5 h6 26.
Rdg1 Nxd5 27. Rg6 f4 28. Ba2 Rfe8 29. Qe2 Nf6 30. Qc4 Qe7 31. Rf1 e3 32. Rg2
Nd2+ 33. Bxd2 exd2 34. Rd1 Qe1 (34... Qe1 {1-0 Solodovnichenko,Y-Marzolo,C/
Strasbourg op  2004/ EXT 2005 (35)}) 0-1

[Event "Women-Veterans"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[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. Bd3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c4 7. Be2 Qa5 8. Bd2
Nf6 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bh5 Nc6 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. f3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Qd8 14. f4 Qh4+ 15.
Ng3 O-O-O 16. O-O g6 17. Bf3 Rdf8 18. Ne2 f5 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. g3 h6 21. Bg2
Qg7 22. Kh1 g5 23. Ng1 g4 24. f5 h5 {Korchnoi has played consistently,
striving to open the h-file, but Polgar has created sufficient counterplay
through the centre.} 25. fxe6 Bxe6 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 27. Ne2 h4 28. Nf4 Qf5 29.
gxh4 Rxh4 30. Nxe6 Qxe6 31. Qg5 Qh6 32. Qf5+ Kb8 33. Re1 Rxh2+ 34. Kg1 {
It is well known that a fianchettoed B can act as a staunch defender of the K
- just think of the Dragon variation of the Sicilian in which the Black B
somehow manages to parry the combined forces of the Q and R.} Rh5 35. Qf7 a6
36. Bxd5 Nd8 37. Qd7 Qg5 38. Qd6+ Ka7 39. Qc5+ Kb8 40. Qd6+ Ka7 41. Qc5+ Kb8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[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. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nge2 $6 (5. Nf3) 5... Nc6 6. Bf4
Qd8 7. Qd3 Nf6 8. O-O-O O-O 9. h4 $6 e5 $1 10. dxe5 Qxd3 11. cxd3 Ng4 12. Bg3
Ngxe5 13. d4 Ng4 14. f3 $6 Ne3 15. Rd3 Nxf1 16. Rxf1 Re8 17. Bf4 b6 $1 18. Re3
Ba6 $19 19. Rd1 Rxe3 20. Bxe3 Re8 21. Kd2 Na5 22. b3 Bxe2 23. Kxe2 Bxc3 24. Kd3
Bb4 25. Bf4 c6 26. Rc1 f6 0-1

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mokry, Karel"]
[Black "Fauland, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8.
Qh6 Rg6 9. Qd2 Bd7 $5 10. c4 c5 11. d5 Ba4 12. dxe6 Nc6 13. exf7+ Kxf7 $44 14.
Ne2 Qe7 15. Qc3 Nd4 $5 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Rd8 18. Qc3 e3 $1 {/^c6-g2; <->e}
19. Qxe3 (19. Bxe3 $2 Ne4 20. Qb2 (20. Qb4 Qe5 21. Rc1 Nxf2 22. Kxf2 Rf6+ 23.
Ke2 Qh5+ 24. Ke1 Qh4+ 25. Ke2 Qg4+ 26. Ke1 Qe4 27. Qc3) 20... Nxf2 $1 21. Kxf2
Rd2+ $1 22. Bxd2 Rf6+ 23. Kg3 Qd6+ 24. Kh4 Qxd2 $19) 19... Qd6 20. Be2 (20. Bd2
$2 Re8 $19) 20... Bc6 $1 (20... Re8 21. Qf4 Qc5 22. Be3) 21. Qf4 Qc5 22. Be3 (
22. f3 Rxg2 23. Be3 $13) 22... Qa5+ 23. Bd2 Rxd2 $5 (23... Qa4 24. Bh5 $5) 24.
Qxd2 Qe5 25. Rd1 $4 (25. c3 Bxg2 26. Rg1 $16 {/+-}) 25... Bxg2 $19 26. Rg1 Qxh2
27. Rxg2 Rxg2 28. Bf1 Rg4 $2 (28... Qe5+ 29. Qe2 Qc3+ 30. Qd2 $10) (28... Rg8
$1 {(/\ 30...Re8+ 31.Be2 Qg1#)} 29. Qd4 $8 {(קf2)} (29. Qd6 $2 Re8+ 30. Be2
Qg1+ 31. Kd2 Ne4+ $19) 29... Rg4 $1 (29... Re8+ 30. Kd2 Ne4+ 31. Kc1) 30. Qc5 (
30. Qxa7 Qe5+ 31. Kd2 (31. Be2 Rg1+ 32. Kd2 Ne4+ 33. Kd3 Nc5+ 34. Kd2 Qd4+ $1
35. Bd3 Ne4+ 36. Ke2 Qxa7 $19) 31... Ne4+ 32. Kd3 (32. Kc1 Qa1#) 32... Nc5+ 33.
Kd2 Qd4+ 34. Ke2 Re4+ 35. Kf3 Rf4+ $19) (30. Qd6 Re4+ 31. Be2 Qg1+ 32. Kd2 Qxf2
$19) 30... b6 $1 31. Qf5 Rf4 $1 32. Rd7+ Kf8 33. Rd8+ Ke7 $19) 29. f3 $1 $10
Qg3+ 30. Qf2 Qe5+ 31. Qe2 Ne4 $6 32. Rd7+ $1 (32. Qe3 Qg3+ 33. Ke2 Qh2+ 34. Ke1
Qh4+ 35. Ke2 Ng3+ 36. Kd3 Qd8+ 37. Kc3 Qxd1 38. fxg4 $17) 32... Ke8 (32... Kg6
33. Qe3 $16 Rh4 $2 34. fxe4 Rxe4 35. Bd3 $18) 33. fxg4 Qg3+ $2 (33... Qc3+ $2
34. Rd2 Qa1+ 35. Qd1 Qc3 36. Bd3 $18) (33... Kxd7 34. Qe3 Qa1+ 35. Ke2 Nc3+ (
35... Nd6 $6 36. c5 $16) 36. Kd3 Qxf1+ (36... Nb1 $5 37. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 38. Kxd4
Nxa3 39. Kc3 Nb1+ 40. Kd3 h6 41. c3 Kd6 $13) 37. Kxc3 Qa1+ 38. Kd2 $14) 34. Kd1
Kxd7 35. Qxe4 Qxa3 36. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "Lisbon zt"]
[Site "Lisbon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ochoa de Echaguen, Francisco Javier"]
[Black "Contin, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 Nc6 7. Bf4 $5 Nf6
(7... Nge7 $1) 8. Bb5 $1 O-O $2 (8... Bd7 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bc4 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 $6 (
11... g5 $5) 12. Nxe4 g5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bg3 O-O-O 15. c3 h5 16. h4 g4 17.
Qe2 $16 {Ochoa De Echaguen,F-Markson,G/New York op/1992/}) 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Bg5
Ba6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. O-O-O Kh8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nxe4 $16 {>< o/oc6c7} Rg8 15.
Nc5 Bc8 16. g3 Qe7 17. f4 Rd8 18. Qe3 Qd6 19. c4 Rb6 20. Qc3 Qe7 21. Rhe1 Kg8
22. g4 Qf8 23. Ne4 Qh6 24. g5 Qxh2 25. Nxf6+ Kf8 26. Rf1 a5 27. Rd2 Qh4 28. Rd3
Qh2 29. Rd2 Qh4 30. Qxa5 Ba6 31. Qc3 Ke7 32. Rg2 h6 33. Ne4 hxg5 34. Nxg5 Rdb8
35. b4 Rg8 36. Re2 f6 37. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "Jakarta zt"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tu, Hoang Thong"]
[Black "Johansen, Darryl Keith"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 Nc6 7. d5 $6 exd5
(7... Nce7 8. dxe6 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxe6 10. Nxe4 O-O-O+ {=/=/+}) 8. Qxd5 Be6 9.
Qxd8+ $1 (9. Qxe4 Nf6 $15) 9... Rxd8 10. Bf4 (10. Nxe4 $10) 10... f5 11. Nb5
Nf6 12. Nxc7+ Kf7 13. Nxe6 Kxe6 14. Bc4+ Ke7 15. Rd1 h6 16. O-O g5 17. Be3 b6
18. Bd2 Rd6 19. Bc3 Rhd8 20. Rde1 Nd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. f3 R5d6 23. fxe4 f4 24.
g3 fxg3 25. hxg3 Re6 26. Kg2 a5 27. a4 Nd4 28. Rf2 g4 29. e5 Nf3 30. Re4 h5 31.
Rf4 Rd1 32. Rf1 Rxf1 33. Kxf1 Nxe5 34. Rf5 Nc4 35. Rxh5 Re3 36. Rh6 Kd7 37. Rf6
Rxg3 38. Rf4 Ne3+ 39. Kf2 Rh3 40. Bd4 Nxc2 41. Bxb6 Rb3 42. Bxa5 g3+ 43. Kg2
Ne3+ 44. Kxg3 Nc4+ 45. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Porz Citroen-Cup"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[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. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 Nc6 7. Bf4 {
>= 7.Be3=} Nge7 8. Nxe4 Ng6 9. Be3 f5 $17 10. Nc3 f4 11. Bd2 Nxd4 12. Nb5 Nxb5
13. Bxb5+ Bd7 14. Qe2 O-O 15. O-O-O Bxb5 16. Qxb5 Qd5 17. Qe2 f3 18. gxf3 Rxf3
19. Bc3 Nf4 20. Qe1 Qc4 21. Rd2 Rxc3 $5 22. bxc3 Qxc3 23. Kb1 Qxa3 24. Rd4 Qf3
25. Rg1 Ne2 26. Rd3 Qh5 27. Rf1 Nf4 28. Rd4 Rf8 29. Rb4 b6 $17 30. Qe4 a5 31.
Rb3 Qg5 (31... h6) (31... Qd5 $5) 32. Rd1 Qf6 33. Rf3 Qg5 34. Ka2 h6 35. Rd7
$10 Qf5 36. Qxf5 Rxf5 37. Rxc7 b5 38. h4 a4 39. Rb7 Kh7 40. Ka3 h5 41. Rxb5
Rxb5 42. Rxf4 g5 43. hxg5 Kg6 44. Kxa4 Rc5 45. c4 Kxg5 46. Re4 Kf5 47. Rh4 Kg5
48. Re4 h4 49. Kb4 Rf5 50. Rxe6 Rxf2 51. c5 h3 52. c6 h2 53. Re1 Kg4 54. Kb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Borovikov, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8.
Qh6 b6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 $5 (9... Rg6) 10. Bb5 (10. Ne2 $5) 10... Rg6 11. Qh4 c6 $2 (
11... Bb7 $1 12. Ne2 $1 $10 (12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 $15)) 12. Bxf6 $1 $146 (12. Bc4 h6
13. Bxh6 Nd5 $44 {Chistiakov,A-Orlov,A/Moscow-ch/1935/}) 12... Qc7 (12... Rxf6
13. Bxc6 Qc7 14. Qxf6 Qxc6 15. Qh8+ $18) 13. Bd8 $1 Qxd8 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15.
Bxc6 Rb8 16. Bxe4 $16 Rg7 17. Ne2 Nf6 18. Bf3 Ba6 19. a4 Rc8 20. Ra3 e5 21.
dxe5 Nd7 22. Nf4 Nxe5 23. Be2 Bb7 24. f3 Nc4 25. Ra1 Ne3 26. Kf2 Rxc3 27. Bd3
Nd5 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Rhd1 Kc7 30. Re1 f6 31. a5 b5 32. Bxb5 Rxc2+ 33. Re2 Rc5
34. Bd3 Rd7 35. Ra3 Bc6 36. Re6 Rf7 37. g4 Bd7 38. Ra6 Rc6 39. Rxa7+ Kb8 40.
Ra6 Rxa6 41. Bxa6 h5 42. Bc4 Rh7 43. Bd3 Rh8 44. a6 Ka7 45. Rc3 Bc8 46. gxh5
1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qd3 Ne7 $1 {Anand,V (2555)-Van der Wiel,J 
(2550) Wijk Wijk aan Zee 1990 (4) 1-0 Das häufiger gespielte 4...dxe4 führt
oft zu Schwierigkeiten. Siehe auch} 5. Bd2 (5. Bg5 O-O 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 f6
8. Bd2 b6 9. Qe3 Bb7 10. Bd3 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf5 12. Qe2 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Qd5 14.
Qxd5 exd5 $15 {Smirin-Vaganian/URS-chT/1988/TD XI}) (5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7.
Qg3 O-O 8. Bf4 Na6 $1 $15 {8...La6 9.Lxc7+/- Borkowski-Teske, Polanica Zdroj
1988}) 5... b6 {Die Damenstellung auf d3 erweist sich als zweifelhaft, obwohl
Short nie La6 zieht.} 6. Be2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 a5 $15 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. exd5
exd5 11. O-O Nf6 12. Qd1 Ne4 13. Bd2 Re8 14. Re1 {Irgendwann sollte Weiß a3-a4
ziehen.} Ng6 15. Be3 a4 $17 16. Nd2 Nd6 17. Bf3 Be6 18. Nf1 Nh4 19. Bf4 Nc4 20.
Rb1 Qf6 21. Bxc7 Rac8 22. Bg3 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Bh3 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8
26. Bf4 Re2 27. Rc1 g6 28. Be3 Bf5 29. Ng3 Rxc2 30. Nxf5 (30. Rxc2 Bxc2 31. Bc1
Bd3 $1 $19) 30... Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 gxf5 $19 32. Kf1 Kg7 33. Ke2 Kg6 34. Kd3 Na5
35. Bf4 b5 36. Bc7 Nc6 37. Ke3 Kg5 38. Bg3 Na5 {Zugzwang} 39. h4+ Kg6 40. Kd3
Kh5 {Zugzwang} 41. Ke3 Nc4+ 42. Kd3 Nxb2+ 43. Kc3 Nc4 44. Kb4 f4 45. Bxf4 Kxh4
46. Kxb5 Nxa3+ 47. Kxa4 Nc2 48. Be5 Kg5 49. Kb5 Kf5 50. Kc5 Ke6 51. Bg3 h5 52.
f4 f5 0-1

[Event "Moscow4"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zaitsev, Igor A"]
[Black "Gutop, Yuri V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 c5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 cxd4 8.
Bxd4 Qxg2 $6 (8... e5 $10) 9. Qd2 $5 (9. Qf3 Qxf3 10. Nxf3 f6 11. Rg1 Kf7 12.
O-O-O $14) 9... Qxh1 (9... Nc6 10. O-O-O f6 11. Ne2 Qd5 12. Rhg1 Qxa2 13. Qc3
Kf7 14. Bc5 $16 {Sax-Bodo/Ungarn/1968/i6/285}) 10. O-O-O (10. f3 Nc6 11. O-O-O
$1 Nxd4 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Qxd4 Bd7 14. Qc5+ {ECO: +/-} Ne7 15. Rxd7 Re8 16. Rxb7
$18) 10... f6 (10... Qg2 $2 11. Bb5+ $18) 11. f3 Nc6 12. Bc5 Kf7 13. Qe2 Nge7
14. Nh3 Qxd1+ 15. Qxd1 $13 e5 $2 16. f4 $1 {>< Kf7} Be6 (16... Bxh3 17. Qh5+ g6
18. Qxh3 $16) 17. Qf3 $1 Rad8 $6 (17... e4) 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Ng5+ (19. Ng5+
Ke8 (19... Kg8 20. Qxb7 fxg5 21. Qxe7 $18) 20. Qxb7 {>< e6, e7}) 1-0

[Event "Terrassa"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Black "Pomes Marcet, Juan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Nf6 (4... dxe4 $1 5. Qg4 Qxd4) 5. e5 Bxc3
6. bxc3 Ne4 7. Qg4 {Mac Cutcheon ohne h6.} Kf8 8. Bd3 Nxd2 9. Kxd2 c5 10. h4 c4
$6 (10... f5 $5 $14) 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nh3 f5 13. Qf3 $16 Qa5 14. Qe3 b5 15. a3
Ke8 16. Nf4 Rb8 17. Nh5 Rb7 18. g4 fxg4 19. Rhg1 Rf8 20. Rxg4 Rff7 21. Qg3 Kd8
22. Rxg7 Rxg7 23. Nxg7 Nxd4 24. Qf4 $4 Qxc3+ 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 57th"]
[Site "Plock"]
[Date "2000.05.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grabarczyk, Bogdan"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 dxe4 5. Qg4 Nf6 6. Qxg7 Rg8 7. Qh6 b6 (7...
Nc6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Nxe4 Rg6 11. Qe3 Bxd2+ 12. Rxd2 Nxe4 13. fxe4
e5 14. c3 Nc6 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. Bb5 a6 17. Ba4 O-O-O 18. Rhd1 Rd6 19. Rxd6 cxd6 {
1/2-1/2 Yepez,O-Skalkotas,N/Nice 1974/}) 8. O-O-O Bb7 9. Nh3 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (
9. f3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nbd7 11. Bb5 Qe7 12. d5 O-O-O 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. fxe4 Rxg2
15. Qxh7 exd5 16. exd5 Qe3+ 17. Kb1 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rxg1+ 19. Rd1 Rxh1 20. Rxh1
Qf3 21. Rc1 Nc5 22. Bb4 Ne4 23. b3 a5 $15 {Leveille,F-Delisle,C/Quebec 1986/})
(9. h3 Nbd7 10. Nge2 Qe7 11. Nb5 Rg6 12. Qh4 Bd6 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. Nf4 Rg8 15.
Bb5 a6 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Rhe1 Rac8 18. g4 Nd5 19. Qg3 Rc4 20. b3 Rc7 21. Kb2
Rgc8 $15 {Andreikine,D-Rodshtein,M/Oropesa del Mar 1999/}) 9... Qe7 (9... Qxd4
$2 10. Bg5 $18) 10. Nb5 Bxd2+ 11. Rxd2 Rg6 12. Qf4 Na6 13. Rg1 Rg4 14. Qh6 Rg6
15. Qf4 Rg4 16. Qh6 (16. Qe5 Kd8 $14) 16... Rd8 (16... Rg6 $5) 17. Be2 (17.
Nxa7 Nb4 $13) 17... Rg6 18. Qe3 Nb4 19. Nf4 (19. Nxa7 $2 Ra8 20. Qa3 Nbd5 21.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 $17) 19... Rg7 20. a3 Nbd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. f3 (22. Nxa7 $2 c6 $17)
22... a6 23. Nc3 Kf8 $2 (23... exf3 $1 24. Qxf3 (24. Qxe7+ Kxe7 25. Bxf3 Kd6
26. Re2 Rgg8 $11) 24... Ne4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 $11) 24. fxe4 dxe4 25. Rf1 Rd6 26. g3
b5 27. Bd1 Rg6 28. Rdf2 Kg8 29. Rf5 Qd8 30. h4 Nd5 31. Nxd5 Bxd5 32. h5 Rge6
33. Qf4 Re8 34. h6 Kh8 35. Bh5 e3 36. Re5 Rg8 (36... Bc4 37. Qxe3 Rxe5 38. dxe5
Rxh6 39. Qxh6 Bxf1 40. Bxf7 $18) 37. Qxe3 f6 38. Re7 Bc4 (38... Rf8 39. Re1 Rd7
40. Re8 Rxe8 41. Qxe8+ Bg8 (41... Qxe8 42. Rxe8+ Bg8 43. Bg4 Rd6 (43... Rxd4
44. Be6 $18) 44. Bf5 c6 45. c3 a5 46. g4 a4 47. Rc8 Rd5 48. Be6 Rg5 49. Bf5 $18
) 42. c3 $18) 39. Rf4 (39. Qe4 $142 $1) 39... f5 $2 (39... Qa8 $8) 40. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Solodovnichenko, Yuri"]
[Black "Nguyen, Chi Minh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8.
Qh6 Rg6 9. Qe3 Nc6 10. Ne2 {94 Le GMI a joué а tempo l'ouverture} (10. Bb2 Ne7
11. O-O-O $13 {[%cal Gc3c4]}) 10... Ne7 {88} 11. Ng3 ({Pertinent:} 11. c4 b6
12. a4 Bb7 13. a5 Nf5 14. Qc3 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. a6 Bc6 17. Be3 Nxe3 18. fxe3
Nd7 19. Qh8+ Nf8 20. g3 Qg5 21. Qc3 Nd7 22. Bg2 Ke7 23. O-O Rgg8 24. Rad1 Rad8
25. Rf4 Ne5 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Qa5 Rd1+ 28. Kf2 Kd7 29. Bxe4 Qh5 30. h4 Bxe4 31.
Nc3 Rd2+ 32. Ke1 Rxc2 33. Qa4+ Ke7 {0-1 (33) Poetsch,H (2466)-Braun,A (2556)
Germany 2013}) 11... Nf5 (11... Ned5 {Plus courant} 12. Qd2 {Kosteniuk,A (2525)
-Hoang Thanh Trang (2483) Dresden ol (Women) 38th 2008 (10) 1/2}) 12. Qf4 {94}
c5 $146 (12... Nd5 $5) 13. Qe5 $1 {85} (13. Nxe4 $5 cxd4 14. Nxf6+ Rxf6 15.
cxd4 Nxd4 (15... Qxd4 16. Bb5+ Bd7 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. O-O) 16. Qd2 $44 {
[%csl Gc1][%cal Gc1b2,Gb2f6]}) 13... Nxg3 (13... cxd4 $2 14. Nxf5) 14. hxg3
cxd4 15. cxd4 Bd7 16. Rh6 e3 $2 {Un coup naturel pour obtenir uen fourchette
mais qui sera réfuté brillament par les Blancs} 17. Bxe3 Ng4 18. Rxg6 $1 hxg6
19. Qh8+ Ke7 20. Qh4+ Nf6 21. Bg5 (21. d5 $18 {[%cal Ge3c5]}) 21... Qh8 22. c4
Qxh4 23. gxh4 (23. Bxh4) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.30"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 Nc6 7.
d5 exd5 (7... Nce7 8. Qg4 $1 (8. dxe6 $6 {Finkel,A} Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxe6 10. Nxe4
O-O-O+ 11. Ke1 Bf5 12. Bd3 Nf6 $11 {Oll,L-Vaganian,R/Keres mem 1983/1/2-1/2 
(44)}) 8... Nxd5 (8... Kf8 $6 {Finkel,A} 9. dxe6 f5 10. Qg3 Bxe6 11. Nb5 $1 Qd7
12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Be2 $16 {Nataf,I-Kinsman,A/Paris-London 1994 (57)}) 9. Nxd5
exd5 10. Qxg7 Qf6 11. Bh6 $1 {'!!' Finkel,A.} Qxh6 12. Qxh8 {'+/-' Finkel,A.
Finkel,A: 'Al Modiahki,M-Relange,E/WchJM-U20 1994 (38)'} Kf8 13. Qe5 c6 14. Be2
Ne7 15. O-O $14 {1-0 Al Modiahki,M-Relange,E/Matinhos 1994 (39)}) 8. Qxd5 Nge7
{Finkel,A: 'Another continuation promising black good chanses to equalize is'}
(8... Qe7 $5 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxe4+ Be6 12. O-O-O (12. Bb5 {
Finkel,A} O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 {1/2-1/2 Kharlov,A-Dimitrov,V/JUG-chT 1996}) 12...
O-O 13. Bd3 Qh6+ 14. f4 Rfe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gaponenko,I-Sedina,E/Alushta ztW
1999 (49)}) (8... Be6 {Finkel,A} 9. Qxe4 (9. Qxd8+ Rxd8 10. Bf4 Nf6 (10... f5
$6 11. Nb5 $5 Nf6 12. Nxc7+ Kf7 13. Nxe6 Kxe6 14. Bc4+ $14 {Tu Hoang
Thong-Johansen,D/Jakarta zt 1993/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 11. Bxc7 Rd7 12. Bf4 O-O 13.
Bb5 Rc8 14. Bg5 Ne8 $5 $132 {Bronstein,D-Vaganian,R/Tilburg 1993}) 9... Nf6 10.
Qh4 (10. Qa4 $5 Qe7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Be3 Rfd8 13. O-O Ne5 14. Bg5 $14 {Al
Modiahki,M-Claesen,J/WchJM-U18 1992 (24)}) 10... Qd4 $5 (10... Bf5 11. Bb5 Ne4
12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11 {Westerinen,H-Leer Salvesen,B/
Rilton Cup 1999}) 11. Bg5 O-O-O 12. Qxd4 Nxd4 13. O-O-O $14 {Zelcic,
R-Jacimovic,D/Zonal 1.1 1998 (46)}) (8... Nf6 $6 {Finkel,A} 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $5 (
9... Nxd8 10. Bg5 O-O (10... Bf5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nd5 Ne6 13. Nxf6+ Kf8 14.
O-O-O $14 {[%csl Re4] Al Modiahki,M-Dochev,D/WchJ-U16 1990 (29)}) 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. Nxe4 Kg7 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Bb5 $16 {Shirazi,K-Akhsharumova,A/Saint John
op-1 1988 (33)}) 10. Bg5 Re8 11. O-O-O+ Bd7 12. Bb5 Kc8 13. Rhe1 $44 {Suhail,
A-Contin,D/Velden op 1994 (15)}) 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Nxe4 Bf5 11. Bd3 (11. Bb5+
Ndc6 12. f3 O-O-O 13. O-O Nd4 14. Bd3 (14. Ba4 {(Finkel,A) Finkel,A} b5 $5 (
14... Ne2+ 15. Kf2 Nxc1 16. Raxc1 Bxe4 17. fxe4 Ng6 $11) 15. Bb3 Nxb3 16. cxb3
Rhe8 17. Nc5 Rd5 18. b4 Re5 $13) 14... Nb3 {'!' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: ' Rogulj,
B-Uhlmann,W/Dresden zt 1998'} 15. Rb1 Nxc1 16. Rbxc1 Bg6 17. Rfe1 Nc6 18. f4
Rhe8 19. Kf2 Nd4 {Rogulj,B-Uhlmann,W/Dresden zt 1998/CBM 65/ /1/2-1/2 (36)})
11... Ne6 12. Bd2 O-O-O 13. O-O-O Nd4 $5 $11 {[%cal Gd4b3] '!?' Finkel,A.} (
13... Bg6 14. Rhe1 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Zaitsev,I-Vaganian,R/Sochi 1980 (14) Finkel,A:
' 1/2-1/2 Zaitsev,I-Vaganian,R/Sochi 1980'}) 14. Kb1 (14. Nc5 {Finkel,A} Bxd3
15. Nxd3 Nb3+ 16. cxb3 Rxd3 17. Bc3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 f6 $11) 14... Nec6 {[%cal
Gc6e5]} 15. f4 {'?!' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'It seems to me that at this moment
white loses a thread and starts to play very unconfidantly.After this move
white still keeps an equal chanses,but now he has to be quiet cautious,because
next mistake may be crucial.'} (15. Nc5 Rd5 16. Bxf5+ Nxf5 17. Nd3 Rhd8 $11) (
15. Bc3 $5 Rhe8 (15... Kb8 $2 16. Ng5 $1 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 $16) (15... Ne5 16. Bxd4
Rxd4 17. Nd6+ {'!' Finkel,A.} Rxd6 18. Bxf5+ {'+/=' Finkel,A.} Kd8 19. Rxd6+
cxd6 20. Rd1 $14) 16. Rhe1 h6 $11 (16... Re5 {Finkel,A} 17. Ng3 Bxd3 18. Rxd3
Rxe1+ 19. Bxe1 $13)) 15... Rhe8 16. Rde1 Re7 17. Re3 (17. Ng5 Bxd3 18. cxd3 f6
$15) 17... Rde8 18. Rhe1 Bg6 {[%cal Gd4f5]} 19. Nf2 (19. Bc3 $5 Ne6 (19... Nf5
20. R3e2 h5 $11) 20. Nf6 $1 gxf6 21. f5) (19. g4 $6 {Finkel,A} f5 20. Nf2 Nf3
$5 (20... fxg4 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Nxg4 Nf3 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Rxe7 Nxe7 $15) 21.
Rxe7 Nxe7 22. Re2 Nxd2+ 23. Rxd2 fxg4 24. Nxg4 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Rf8 $15) 19...
Bxd3 20. Nxd3 Rxe3 21. Rxe3 Rxe3 22. Bxe3 Nf5 23. Bf2 h5 $1 {[%mdl 4096] '|^'
Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'Now we can make some conclusions about the opening part
of the game:black managed to get very small advantage due to "bad" bishop of
white and pwn on f4,that may become serious problem for white. '} 24. Kc1 (24.
c4 Na5 $5) (24. h3 {Finkel,A} b6 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Nh6 27. g5 Nf5 28. Kc1
Kd7 29. Kd2 Ke6 $15) 24... b6 25. Kd2 Kd7 26. Ke2 $2 {Finkel,A: 'Letting black
king to penitrate to e4 and actually to decide the game in black's favour.
After logical'} (26. c4 $11 {[%cal Gd2c3]}) (26. c4 {Finkel,A} Ke6 27. b3 Nfe7
28. b4 Kf5 29. Ke3 $11 {white doesn't seem to have any problems to hold the
position.}) 26... Ke6 27. h3 $6 (27. c4 Na5 28. c5 Kd5 $17 {[%csl Rf2]} (28...
Nb3 {Finkel,A} 29. cxb6 axb6 30. Ne5 f6 31. Nf3 Kd5 $15)) 27... Kd5 {[%cal
Gd5c4,Gd5e4]} 28. c3 (28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Nfd4+ 30. Kd2 Ke4 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]})
(28. Kf3 $2 {Finkel,A} Ncd4+ 29. Bxd4 Nxd4+ 30. Kg3 Nxc2 $17) 28... Ke4 {
'-/+' Finkel,A.} 29. g3 h4 $1 30. gxh4 {'[]' Finkel,A.} (30. g4 Ng3+ 31. Kd2 (
31. Bxg3 hxg3 $19 (31... hxg3 {Finkel,A} 32. Ne1 Kxf4 $17))) 30... Nce7 $19 {
[%csl Rf4,Rh3,Rh4]} 31. Bg1 (31. h5 $5 Nd5 32. c4 Nf6) 31... Ng3+ 32. Kd2 (32.
Kf2 Nh5 33. Ke2 Ng6 34. Nf2+ Kxf4 35. Bh2+ Ng3+ $19) 32... Nef5 33. Bf2 Nh5 {
'!' Finkel,A.} 34. Ne5 {'!?' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'Trying to create the
counterplay on the queenside,but this attempt is easily held by black.'} f6 35.
Nc6 a5 36. c4 (36. b4 Kd5 (36... a4 $5) 37. Nd4 Nxd4 38. Bxd4 Nxf4) 36... Nxf4
{'-+' Finkel,A.} 37. Kc3 Nxh3 38. Be1 Nf4 ({Another tempting alternative was} 
38... g5 $5 {[%cal Gg5g1] Finkel,A} 39. hxg5 fxg5 40. b4 axb4+ 41. axb4 g4 42.
c5 Kd5 $1 43. Nb8 b5 $19 {winning.}) 39. b4 axb4+ 40. Nxb4 (40. axb4 Nd3 41.
Bd2 Nxh4 $19) 40... c5 {'!?' Finkel,A.} 41. Na6 Nd3 42. Bd2 Nxh4 43. Nc7 Ne5 $1
44. a4 (44. Nd5 Nhf3 (44... Nd7 45. Bf4 Nf3 (45... g5 $2 46. Nxf6+ $1 Nxf6 47.
Bxg5 Nd5+ $1 48. cxd5 Nf5 49. a4 $15) 46. Bc7 $17) 45. Bf4 (45. Nxb6 Nxd2 46.
Kxd2 Kd4) 45... g5 46. Bxe5 Nxe5 47. Nxb6 g4 $19) 44... Nd7 45. Ne8 Nf5 (45...
g5 $2 46. Nxf6+ Nxf6 47. Bxg5 $11) 46. Kb3 Kd3 47. Bc3 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Sautron op 14th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2014.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Ider, Borya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2014.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:59:26"]
[BlackClock "0:51:36"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:07]
Une petite surprise car le GMI n'avait pas joué ce gambit depuis plusieurs
années.} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} (
5... Be7 {Moins ambitieux} 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Qd3 $14) 6. Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6
{[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. d5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} (7. Bb5 {La grande ligne}) 7... exd5 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 8. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} (8... Nge7 9.
Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Nxe4 Bf5 11. Bd3 Ne6 $11 {Kharlov,A (2604)-Tunik,G (2505) RUS
Cup Qualifier 5 blitz 2004 0-1}) 9. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
10. Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} O-O-O {
[%emt 0:00:30]} (11... Qe5+ 12. Be2 Nd4 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Bd3 h6 15. Bxf6
Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Ne4 Bd5 18. f3 Bxe4 19. fxe4 Rd6 20. Rhf1 Kd8 21. Bc4
Rh7 22. c3 Nc6 23. Rxf6 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Ne5 25. Be2 Ke7 26. Rf5 f6 27. Kd2 Rg7
28. g3 Rg5 29. Ke3 Rxf5 30. exf5 Kd6 31. Ke4 Nd7 32. Kf4 Ke7 33. b4 b6 34. h4
c5 35. g4 Kd6 36. Bb5 Ne5 37. g5 hxg5+ 38. hxg5 fxg5+ 39. Kxg5 Ke7 40. f6+ Ke6
41. bxc5 {Solodovnichenko,Y (2574)-Edouard,R (2602) Mulhouse 2011 1-0}) 12.
Qxd4 {[%emt 0:05:02]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:03:44]} 13. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:15:04]} gxf6 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} 14. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 15. O-O-O {
[%emt 0:00:29]} Nxd3+ $146 {[%emt 0:00:23]} (15... Rf4 16. f3 Rg8 17. Bf1 c6
18. b3 Kc7 19. Ne2 Rh4 20. g3 Rh6 21. Bg2 Bh3 22. Bxh3 Rxh3 23. Nd4 a5 24. f4
Ng4 25. Rhe1 Rd8 26. Nf3 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 b5 28. Re2 Kd6 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Kd5
31. c3 c5 32. Kc2 Kc6 33. Kd3 Kd5 34. Ra2 h5 35. bxc5 Kxc5 36. Rb2 Kd6 37. Kd4
Kc6 38. Rg2 Kd6 39. Re2 Kc6 40. f5 Kd6 41. Ra2 Kc6 42. Rb2 Kd6 43. Re2 Kc6 44.
Ra2 Kd6 45. Ra6+ {Harm,J (2427)-Lubas,J (2445) ICCF email 2008 1/2-1/2 (73)})
16. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 17. cxd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rg8 {
[%emt 0:08:09][%csl Rg2] Fin de la préparation des Noirs qui ont blitzé
l'ouverture} 18. g3 $14 {[%emt 0:00:20] Il n'est pas certain que la domination
du B sur le N suffise à compenser les faiblesses de structure.} Rd8 {[%emt 0:
00:17]} 19. Kc2 {[%emt 0:01:02]} b6 {[%emt 0:05:01]} 20. b4 {[%emt 0:20:55]}
Bf5 {[%emt 0:14:04]} 21. Ne4 $16 {[%emt 0:04:14][%csl Gc5] La finale est
facile à jouer pour les Blancs} Bg6 {[%emt 0:07:37]} 22. f4 {[%emt 0:06:39]}
Bxe4 $6 {[%emt 0:08:22] Toutes les finales de R sont nulles selon l'adage mais
celle des Noirs est difficile à cause de la structure de l'aile-roi} (22...
Kb7) (22... f5 {[%csl Rg6]} 23. Nc3 Re8 (23... Bh5 24. Re1) 24. Kd2 Bh5 25. Re1
Rxe1 26. Kxe1 Kd7 27. Kd2 Bf3 28. Ke3 Bc6 29. Ne2 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Ge2d4]}) 23.
dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kd7 $2 {[%emt 0:00:19] Quasiment joué à tempo (19
secondes) mais la finale de P est pire que celle de R} 24. Rd1+ $1 {[%emt 0:04:
16]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 25. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 26.
g4 $1 {[%emt 0:02:18][%csl Gf5,Gh5]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 27. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:
19]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 28. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. h4 {
[%emt 0:01:52]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 30. h5 $1 {[%emt 0:08:32][%csl Rh6]} Ke7 {
[%emt 0:01:53]} 31. a4 $18 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 32. a5 {
[%emt 0:00:54]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} (32... c5+ 33. bxc5 bxa5 34. g5 fxg5 35.
fxg5 hxg5 36. h6) 33. a6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 34. Kc4 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 35. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:
41]} 36. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 37. e5 {[%emt 0:01:08]}
fxe5+ $2 {[%emt 0:10:29]} 38. Kxe5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} f6+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} 39.
Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} c5 {[%emt 0:13:48]} 40. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} bxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 42. Kd3 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 43. g5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kd5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[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 "New Zealand"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NZL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 {A very strange variation against the
French, this game is a good example of why it isn't commonly seen.} Bxc3+ 5.
bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 {The "point". Black must either lose his g7 pawn, or weaken
himself and lose the e4 pawn.} Nf6 $1 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 Nbd7 9. Ne2 b6 {
This position is considered to be good for black. His rook is already on an
open file, his bishop will go nicely to b7, and white's own bishops aren't
doing much for the time being, while his development is unfinished.} 10. Ng3 (
10. Bg5 {Had been tried before, a stem game:} Qe7 11. Qh4 Bb7 12. Ng3 $6 h6 13.
Bd2 Rg4 $1 {|^ See Romero Holmes, Alfonso - Matamoros Franco, Carlos  Elgoibar
1997 0-1 (25) [Finkel, A]}) 10... Bb7 11. Be2 Qe7 {Black's plan is clear: long
castle and initiate a furious attack over the king side.} 12. O-O {And white
castles into it! On the other hand it is difficult what to do with the king,
since leaving it on the center isn't such a good option either.} O-O-O $2 {
Too hasty!} (12... Rg6 13. Qh3 c5 $13 {Was a better way, so as to have
counterplay in case white launches an attack on the queen side.}) 13. f3 $2 {
Perhaps the source of whites real troubles, much better was 13. a4, initiating
threats on the queenside. This would have represented real trouble for black.}
(13. a4 $1 $36 Rg6 (13... Nd5 14. c4 $1 Nc3 15. Bh5 Nf6 16. Bd2 Nxh5 17. Qxh5
Qb4 18. a5 $16) 14. Qh3 h5 15. a5 Kb8 16. Ba3 $16) 13... Rg6 14. Qh4 exf3 15.
Bxf3 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Rdg8 {Now blacks attack is much faster. h5 is a threat,
followed by Rg4 and h4.} 17. a4 h5 18. Ba3 {Attacking the queen doesn't change
anything.} Qd8 $19 19. Rf2 $6 (19. h3 {Hideous, but perhaps necessary to avoid
inmediate defeat} Nd5 $1 20. Qxd8+ Kxd8 21. Nxh5 (21. Kh2 h4 $19) 21... Rxg2+
22. Kh1 Rxc2 23. Rc1 Rgg2 $19) 19... Rg4 20. Qh3 a5 $6 {Unnecessary
prophylaxis, which does not really spoil anything though. h4 was quicker and
more to the point.} 21. Re1 h4 22. Nf1 Ne4 23. Rfe2 f5 {Total domination,
white almost has no moves. The other N will join the attack soon. Notice how
the B on a3 is not doing anything relevant.} 24. d5 $2 {Despair, but what
else?!} exd5 25. Ne3 {More despair.} Ng5 {And the rampaging queen is caught in
an unlikely square. White must be very careful to timing in this variation of
the french, and a slip can mean the difference between a clear edge and a
losing position.} 0-1

