[Event "Cappelle op 16th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2000.02.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Voiska, Margarita"]
[Black "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Voiska/Kostakiev"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2000.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 c6 4. Qa4 $5 {[1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Qa5]} (4. e4 {
0-1 Duponchel,C-Gourmelen,M/Cappelle 1995/EXT 97 (21)}) 4... Bc5 (4... Be7 {
1-0 Erdelyi,T-Bachmann,P/9th Ticino Open, Mendrisio SUI 1999 (34)}) 5. Bg2 O-O
6. b4 Be7 7. Qb3 $146 (7. e4 {1-0 Lehmann,Z-Acs,P/Budapest 1995/EXT 97 (48)})
7... d6 8. Rb1 Be6 9. Nf3 h6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. d3 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qb2 Rc8
14. Bd2 d4 15. Na4 b6 (15... b5 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. bxc5 Rxc5 18. e3 $13 (18. Bb4
Rd5 19. e4 dxe3 20. Bxe7 exf2+ 21. Rxf2 Qxe7 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Qxe5 Ng4 24.
Qxb5 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 Qf6+ $17)) 16. Rfc1 Nd5 17. e4 dxe3 18. fxe3 Bd6 19. Rxc8
Qxc8 20. Nc3 N5f6 (20... Nxc3 21. Bxc3 f6 22. a4 $11) 21. d4 (21. Rc1 $142)
21... e4 22. Ne1 Bf5 23. Nc2 h5 24. Rf1 Bh7 25. Bh3 Ng4 26. Nd5 $6 (26. Qb3
Ndf6 27. Na3 h4) (26. Bxg4 hxg4 27. Qb3 Nf6 28. b5 {[/\Nc2-b4Xc6+/=]}) 26...
Qc4 27. Bxg4 hxg4 28. Qb3 Qd3 29. Rf2 Qxb3 30. axb3 b5 {[XBd2=/+]} 31. Na3 a6
32. Nb1 Rc8 33. Nbc3 f5 34. Rf1 Rc6 35. Kg2 g6 {[#]} (35... Nb6 36. Nxb6 Rxb6)
36. h3 gxh3+ 37. Kxh3 Kg7 38. g4 Nf6 39. Nxf6 Kxf6 40. gxf5 $2 (40. Nxe4+ Ke7
41. Nc5 $18) 40... gxf5 $44 41. Nxe4+ Ke7 42. Nc5 Bc7 43. e4 fxe4 44. d5 Rg6
45. Nxe4 Bg8 46. Bg5+ Rxg5 47. Nxg5 Bxd5 48. Re1+ Kd6 49. Ne4+ Kc6 50. Rc1+ Kb6
51. Nc5 Bd6 52. Kg4 a5 53. bxa5+ Kxa5 54. Rd1 Bxc5 55. Rxd5 Kb4 56. Kf3 Be7 57.
Ke4 Kxb3 58. Rxb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.10.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A23"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1956.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. d4 (4. Nf3 $5) 4... exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. cxd5 $6
(6. Bg2 $5 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Be6 8. Qa4 Nbd7) 6... cxd5 7. Nf3 (7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Qa4 O-O 10. Bg2 d4 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Qxb2 14. Nxf6+ gxf6
15. O-O b5 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Bf5 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 $10 {
Heinicke-Teschner,R/BRD/1956/}) 7... Nc6 8. Qa4 d4 9. Nb5 Bc5 (9... Bb4+ 10.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 O-O $15) 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Na3 Nb4 $17
14. Qd1 Rd8 15. Bg5 (15. Nc2 $5 Nc6 16. Nce1 {/\ Nd3/}) 15... Bf5 16. Ne1 h6 $1
17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rc1 (18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Bg2 d3 20. exd3 Nxd3 21. Nxd3 Bxd3 $17
) (18. Nd3 $5 Nxd3 19. exd3 Qg6 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. dxe4 Bxa3 23.
bxa3 Qxe4 $17) 18... Bf8 19. Nd3 Nxa2 20. Rc7 Bxa3 21. bxa3 Nc3 22. Qd2 Be4 $19
23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Qc2 (24. Qf4 $5 Qxf4 25. gxf4 b5 26. Ne5) 24... b5 25. Nb4
Nc3 26. e3 Qf3 $1 27. Re1 dxe3 28. fxe3 (28. Rxc3 exf2+ 29. Qxf2 Qxc3) (28.
Rxe3 Rd1+ $19) 28... Ne4 29. Qg2 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Rd2+ 31. Kg1 Rad8 $1 32. Rec1 (
32. Nxa6 Rb2 {/\ Rdd2/}) 32... a5 33. Nc6 R8d3 34. Ne7+ Kh7 35. Nf5 Ng5 36. h4
Nf3+ 37. Kf1 Nh2+ 38. Kg1 Nf3+ 39. Kf1 Ne5 40. h5 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Alekhine Memorial-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1956.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 $6 (4. d4 $5 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Bg2 Be7 7.
cxd5 cxd5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Qa4 $14) (4. Nf3 $5) 4... d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d3 (6. Qb3
Nc6 7. Nxd5 Nd4 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. Qd1 Qc7 10. Rb1 Be6 $44) 6... Nc6 7. Nf3 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. d4 e4 (9... exd4 $5 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Bf8 $13) 10.
Ne5 Be6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Nd7 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Rc1 Nb6 $6 (14... Rfc8 15. a3
Qb5 $10 {/\ a5,Rab8,c5/}) 15. Nc5 Nc4 (15... Qxa2 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rxc6 Qxb2
18. Rxe6) (15... Bxc5 16. dxc5 Nc4 17. Bd4 {/\ b3/}) 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rxc4 $1
$16 dxc4 18. Bxe4 Qxa2 19. Qc2 c3 $1 (19... h6 20. Bxc6 Rab8 21. Qe4 Rf6 22. d5
$1) 20. Qxc3 (20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Qg6 (21. bxc3 Qxc2 22. Bxc2 Rfb8 {/\ Rb2,a5-a4/
}) 21... Rf5 $1 22. bxc3 Qd5 {/\ Rh5/}) 20... Rab8 21. Qxc6 Kh8 22. d5 $1 exd5
23. Bxd5 Qxb2 24. Bxa7 Rbc8 (24... Qxe2 25. Bxb8 Rxb8 26. Rc1 Rf8 27. Rc2 $16)
25. Qe6 Bc5 $1 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Qd6 (27. Bc4 $5) 27... Rcc8 28. Bc4 Rfd8 29.
Qa6 Qd4 30. Bd3 Rf8 31. Qa1 Qc5 $1 (31... Qxa1 32. Rxa1 $16) 32. Kg2 Qd5+ 33.
f3 Rce8 34. Qa4 Re5 (34... Re3 35. Qc4) 35. Rb1 Re3 36. Qc4 (36. Qh4 Rxd3 $1
37. exd3 Qxd3) 36... Qa8 37. Rf1 $6 (37. Qh4 $4 Rxd3 38. exd3 Qa2+ $19) (37.
Be4 {/\ Rb7,Qd4/}) 37... Rfe8 38. Rf2 Qd8 39. Qf4 R3e5 $6 (39... Rxd3 $1 40.
exd3 Qxd3 41. Rd2 Qc3 42. h4 h6 {/\ Qe5/}) 40. Qg4 Qd6 41. Qh4 g6 42. Qc4 Rc5
43. Qa2 Qd4 44. Rf1 Rce5 45. Rc1 Re3 46. Rc7 R3e7 (46... Rxd3 $2 47. exd3 Qxd3
48. Qa1+ $18) 47. Rc4 $1 Qe5 48. Qa3 Qf6 49. Rc2 Kg7 50. h4 (50. Qb2 $5 Re5 51.
f4 Re3 52. Qxf6+ Kxf6 53. Kf2) 50... Rd8 51. Qb2 Rdd7 52. Qxf6+ Kxf6 53. Rc6+
$6 (53. Kf2 {/\ f4,g4-g5/}) 53... Re6 54. Rc4 Re3 55. Rc3 Ree7 56. Rc6+ Re6 57.
Rc8 Re3 58. g4 Rexd3 $4 (58... Rde7 59. g5+ Kg7 60. Kf2 Re8 61. Rc4 {/\ Be4/})
59. exd3 Rxd3 60. Rc7 $1 $18 h6 (60... h5 61. g5+ Ke6 62. Rg7 Kf5 63. Rf7+ Ke5
64. Rf6 $18) 61. Rh7 Rd6 62. h5 Kg5 (62... gxh5 63. Rxh6+ $18) 63. Rg7 Kh4 (
63... Kf4 64. Rxg6 Rd2+ 65. Kh3 Kxf3 66. Rxh6 $18) (63... Rb6 64. Kg3 $18) 64.
Rxg6 Rd2+ 65. Kf1 Kg3 66. Rf6 Ra2 (66... Rf2+ 67. Ke1 Rxf3 68. Rxf3+ Kxf3 69.
g5 $18) 67. Ke1 Rh2 68. Kd1 Rg2 69. Kc1 (69. Rxh6 Kxf3 70. Rg6 $18) 69... Rh2
70. Kb1 Rg2 71. Rxh6 Kxf3 72. Rg6 Ke4 73. h6 Rh2 74. g5 Kd3 75. Rg7 Kc3 76. h7
Kb3 77. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Piatigorsky Cup-01"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1963.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qb6 7. Nb3 cxd5 (7...
a5 8. d4 cxd5 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Rd8 12. e3 Na6 13. f3 $14 {
Botvinnik,M-Alekseev,A/URS/1968/ Inf 5/46/}) 8. Bg2 Bf5 9. d3 Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3
11. bxc3 O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. c4 Rad8 (14... Rfd8 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16.
Bxd4 exd3 17. Bxf6 dxe2 18. Qxe2 gxf6 19. cxd5 Qd7 20. Rc4 $16 {Prieditis-Kask/
URS/1974/}) 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 exd3 17. cxd5 Qd7 18. Bxf6 dxe2 19. Qxe2 gxf6
20. Qb2 Kg7 21. Qd4 Bh3 22. Rfd1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 a6 24. d6 Rc8 25. Qd5 Rc6 $2 (
25... Rxc1 $2 26. Rxc1 Rd8 27. Rc7 $18) (25... Rfd8 $5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Re1
Rd8 (27... Qc6 28. Qxc6 Rxc6 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. Kf3 f5 $16) 28. Re7 Qc6 29. Rxf7+
Kg6 30. Qxc6 bxc6 31. Ra7 Rxd6 32. Rxa6 Rd2 $14) 26. Rxc6 bxc6 (26... Qxc6 27.
Qxc6 bxc6 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. d7 Rd8 30. Rxc6 Rxd7 31. Rxa6 $18) 27. Qa5 Ra8 28.
Rd4 Ra7 29. Qh5 Qe6 30. Qg4+ (30. h3 $1 Rb7 31. Rg4+ Kf8 32. Qxh7 Qxd6 33. Re4
$18) 30... Qxg4 31. Rxg4+ Kf8 32. Rc4 Ke8 33. Rxc6 Ra8 (33... Kd7 34. Rc7+ Rxc7
35. dxc7 Kxc7 36. Kf3 Kd6 37. Kg4 $18) 34. a4 a5 35. Rb6 Rc8 36. d7+ Kxd7 37.
Rxf6 Ke7 38. Rf5 Ra8 39. Rh5 Ke6 40. Rxh7 Rb8 41. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen Open-03 (Politiken Cup-02)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1981.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Black "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1981.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Bg2 (6. cxd5 $2 cxd5 7.
Bg2 Nc6 8. Qa4 d4) 6... Be6 $5 (6... dxc4 7. Qxc4 Be6) 7. Nf3 $1 c5 $6 (7...
dxc4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 $44) 8. Qd3 d4 9. Ng5 $1 Bd7 (9... dxc3 $2 10. Qxd8+
Kxd8 11. Nxe6+ fxe6 12. Bxb7) (9... Nc6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Ne4)
10. Bxb7 $2 (10. Nd5 $1) 10... Nc6 $1 11. Nce4 (11. Bxa8 Ne5 $1 12. Qc2 Qxa8
13. Nd5 (13. Nce4 Bc6 14. f3 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 f5 16. Nf2 d3) 13... Nxd5 14. cxd5
Qxd5) 11... Rb8 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. O-O Be7 (14... h6 15. Nh7 $1)
15. Nh3 $5 (15. Bf4 Rxb2 16. Rfb1 Rb6) 15... Bd6 $5 16. b3 O-O 17. Ng5 $2 Qh6
$1 18. Bd2 (18. Ne4 Qh3) 18... Rbe8 19. f3 Qh5 20. Ne4 Bc7 21. b4 cxb4 $1 22.
c5 (22. Bxb4 f5 23. Nd6 Re3) 22... Re6 $6 (22... a5 $1) 23. Bxb4 Rfe8 24. Rf2
a5 25. Bd2 Bxe4 (25... Rxe4 26. fxe4 Bxe4 27. Qb3 d3 28. exd3 Bxg3 29. Qxf7+
$10) 26. fxe4 Rxe4 27. Qf3 Qg6 $1 (27... Qd5 28. Qb3) 28. Rc1 $2 (28. Rb1 $1)
28... h5 29. Rcf1 R8e7 30. Rg2 Kh7 31. Bf4 f6 32. Kh1 $6 Bxf4 33. gxf4 Qf5 34.
Rfg1 $6 Rxf4 35. Qa3 Rg4 36. Qh3 Re3 37. Rg3 Qd5+ 38. Qg2 Rexg3 39. hxg3 Qxc5
40. Qe4+ Rxe4 0-1

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Godes, Dmitry R"]
[Black "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nc3 (6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nf3
Nc6 8. Qa4 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Ne1 $5 Rad8
14. Nd3 Bd4 15. Rac1 Rfe8 16. Nf4 $14 {Seirawan,Y-Sokolov,I/Wijk aan Zee/1995/}
) (6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Qa4 Be6 11. Rd1 a6 $13 {
Lerner,K-Berelovich,A/Berlin/1995/0,5/46/}) 6... Be7 $5 (6... Be6 $5 $13) 7.
cxd5 O-O 8. e4 cxd5 9. exd5 Na6 10. Nge2 Nb4 11. Qd2 (11. Qd1 Bf5 $44) 11...
Bf5 12. O-O Qd7 (12... Nc2 $2 13. Nd4 $1 Nxd4 (13... Nxa1 14. Nxf5 $16) 14.
Qxd4 $16) 13. a3 (13. Nd4 Bh3 $44) 13... Nd3 14. b4 (14. Nd4 Bg6 $44) 14... Bd6
15. Nd4 Be5 $5 (15... Bg6 $5) 16. Nf3 (16. Nxf5 Qxf5 17. Ra2 Rac8 $44) 16...
Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxd5 18. Be3 Be4 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Ne1 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 (21. Rxd3 $6
Bxf1 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 $17) 21... Rac8 22. Qa1 Qf5 $5 23. Bd4 (23. Bxa7 Ne4 $36)
23... Ng4 24. h3 (24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. Bxe3 h5 $36) (24. Bxa7 Nge5 $40) 24... Nge5
25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Nh4 Qe6 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Re1 $2 (28. Rd1 $32 Re8 $17) 28...
f6 29. Re3 (29. Kh2 g5 $17) (29. Kg2 Qd5+ 30. Kg1 g5 $19) 29... Qxh3 30. Nf3
Qh5 31. Kg2 Nxf3 32. Qa2+ $2 (32. Rxf3 $8 Qd5 $17) 32... Kf8 33. Qe2 (33. Rxf3
Rd1 $19) 33... Rd1 $1 (33... Rd1 34. Qxf3 Qh1#) (33... Rd1 34. Qxd1 Nh4+ $19)
0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 {At the time I wrote the English
1...e5 CD for ChessBase, I was firmly convinced that the Keres system offered
White pleasant play at no risk. I had no occasion to check this while working
on the English books, since the repertoire given there does not include an
early Nb1-c3. Still, one painful loss to Bacrot revealed to me that the
position is not so simple to play over the board with White. Black has several
move orders at his disposal and White's best reactions are not always the same.
So, even memorising the variations is slightly tricky.} Qb6 {Black can also
choose the opposite move order, with ...d5 followed by ...Qb6.} (5... d5 6.
cxd5 Qb6 7. Nb3 {In view of more recent games,} a5 {is probably better. After
beating me, Bacrot confessed that he had prepared this line for his training
match against Korchnoi, but did not get to use it since the living legend
constantly played 2.g3.} (7... cxd5 {There are some classic games starting
with this position, favouring White:} 8. Bg2 Bf5 (8... a5 9. d3 a4 10. Be3 Qb4
11. Nd4 a3 12. Nc2 Qxb2 13. Bd4 Bb4 14. Nxb4 Qxb4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. O-O Be6 17.
Rc1 $16 {Botvinnik,M-Tal,M/Moscow 1961/MainBase (1-0, 73)}) 9. d3 Bb4 10. O-O
Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. c4 Rad8 {Reshevsky,S-Keres,P/Los
Angeles 1963/MCL/[Dolmatov] (1-0, 41)}) 8. d3 a4 9. Nd2 ({My choice in that
game was rather poor:} 9. Be3 $6 {I must confess that, having been caught by
surprise, I imagined that we were still following the Botvinnik-Tal game!!!}
Qb4 10. Nd4 Nxd5 11. Qd2 Nxe3 12. fxe3 exd3 13. exd3 g6 14. Bg2 Bh6 $17 {
Marin,M (2533)-Bacrot,E (2709)/Torrelavega 2007/CBM 119 (0-1, 30)}) 9... cxd5
10. dxe4 dxe4 11. Bg2 a3 $6 (11... e3 $5 12. fxe3 Nc6 $44) 12. Qb3 $1 Qxb3 13.
axb3 axb2 14. Bxb2 Rxa1+ 15. Bxa1 e3 16. fxe3 Nc6 17. O-O Bc5 18. Nc4 $14 {
Sorokin,M (2550)-Raetsky,A (2460)/Pardubice 1992/EXT 2000 (1/2, 27)}) 6. Nb3 {
One of the few possible continuations.} (6. e3 {gives the game a slower
character.} d5 7. Qc2 (7. cxd5 $6 {prematurely clears the c6-square.} cxd5 8.
d3 Nc6 $1 9. dxe4 dxe4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qa4 Bb4 {Naranja,R (2274)
-Kacheishvili,G (2572)/New York 2008 (0-1, 37)}) 7... Bd7 8. a3 Be7 9. b4 O-O
10. Bb2 Na6 11. c5 Qc7 12. f3 exf3 13. Nxf3 Rae8 14. Bd3 Nb8 15. O-O $14 {
White has managed to outplay his opponent, but there are probably improvements
available for Black along the way.} Bh3 $2 16. Ng5 $1 Bxf1 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18.
Rxf1 Nbd7 19. Ne2 (19. Rf4 $16) (19. Nxd5 $1 {[%cal Gb2f6]} cxd5 20. Qf5 $18)
19... Bd8 (19... Ne5 $16) 20. Qf5 $18 {Najdorf,M-Rossetto,H/Buenos Aires 1968/
MCD (1-0, 23)}) ({It is interesting to mention that} 6. Nc2 {was Bacrot's
choice when playing this line with White!} d5 7. Bg2 (7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Bg2 Be6
9. d3 Nc6 10. O-O Rd8 $11 {Loeffler,S (2305)-Schneider,B (2475) Germany 1989 
(1-0, 41)}) 7... dxc4 8. O-O Be6 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nd7 11. Ne3 Nf6 (11...
Qd4 12. Bf5 Bxf5 13. Nxf5 Qe4 14. Ne3 Bc5 15. b3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Nc5 17. bxc4
Qxc4 18. Ba3 $36 {Dorfman,J-Karasev,V Minsk 1976 (1-0, 29)}) 12. Bf5 Bxf5 13.
Nxf5 Qb5 14. Qc2 O-O-O 15. Ne3 Re8 16. Re1 Re4 17. b3 Qh5 18. Bb2 $14 {Bacrot,
E (2613)-Svidler,P (2689) New Delhi/Teheran 2000 (0-1, 29)}) 6... a5 7. d3 a4
8. Nd2 {Black has pushed his pawns light-heartidly, but now needs to clear
things up.} exd3 (8... e3 $6 9. fxe3 Ng4 {is refuted in a very original way:}
10. Nde4 Nxe3 11. Qd2 $3 (11. Bxe3 Qxe3 12. Nxa4 d5 13. cxd5 Qd4 14. Nac3 cxd5
$36 {Honfi,K-Barczay,L/Budapest 1964/MCD (0-1, 54)}) 11... Nxf1 {It is quite
frustrating that 1/2 Hofland,L-Sosonko,G (2575)/Leeuwarden 1978/EXT 98 ended
in a draw at the most interesting moment!} 12. Qf4 $1 (12. Rxf1 Be7 13. Qf4 O-O
$14) 12... d6 (12... Be7 13. Qe5 f6 14. Nd6+ Kd8 15. Nxc8 $1 $18) 13. Rxf1 Qc7
14. c5 $16) 9. exd3 $6 {After this careless move Black takes over the
initiative.} ({White should have developed at any cost, ignoring the enemy
pawn.} 9. Bg2 $1 d5 (9... dxe2 $6 10. Qxe2+ Be7 11. O-O $36) 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3
dxe2 12. Nxe2 Be6 13. Nf4 $44 {White has the initiative and can hardly be
worse, which will not be the case in the game.}) 9... Bc5 10. Qe2+ (10. Nce4
Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 O-O $15 {[%cal Gf8e8]}) 10... Kd8 11. Nde4 Re8 12.
Be3 $146 {A novelty that doesnot change anything.} (12. Bg5 {Barks-Del Pozo
Hernandez, IECC email 2000 (0-1, 18)} a3 $5 13. b3 h6 $15) 12... Bxe3 13. fxe3
a3 14. Rb1 d5 $15 {Both kings are in the centre, but Black has the initiative.
White's central pawns are vulnerable and so is his queenside.} 15. c5 $8 (15.
cxd5 $2 cxd5 16. bxa3 Qc6 $1 $19) (15. bxa3 $2 Qa5 16. cxd5 Nxe4 $19) 15... Qb4
16. Nxf6 gxf6 17. Qd2 axb2 18. Nd1 Qxc5 19. d4 Qd6 20. Rxb2 b5 (20... h5 $5)
21. Bd3 Bh3 22. Nc3 Nd7 23. Kf2 Nb6 24. a4 $5 {A desperate attempt to change
the course of events.} Nxa4 25. Ra1 Re7 $2 {Careless.} (25... Nb6 $17) (25...
Ke7 26. Rba2 Nb6) 26. Rba2 Rea7 27. Qc2 h6 28. Nxa4 bxa4 29. Rxa4 Rxa4 30. Rxa4
Rxa4 31. Qxa4 Ke7 32. Qa7+ Kf8 33. Qc5 Qxc5 34. dxc5 Bg4 35. Bc2 Ke7 36. Ba4
Kd7 37. Ke1 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nc2 d5 7. Bg2 dxc4 8. O-O
Be6 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nd7 11. Bg2 h5 12. d4 cxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O-O 14. Be3 Bc5
15. Qc3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. a4 Qd6
21. Bf3 Bh3 22. a5 a6 23. Bg2 Be6 24. h4 Kb8 25. Bf3 Kc7 26. Kg2 Kd8 27. Nf1
Ke8 28. e4 Qe7 29. Nd2 g6 30. Be2 Nd7 31. f4 Qd6 32. Nc4 Bxc4 33. Bxc4 Nc5 34.
e5 Qd1 35. Bxf7+ Kxf7 36. Qxc5 Qd2+ 37. Qf2 Qxa5 {Black is in complete control
and White cannot really push his pawn. This feeling of safety made
Mastrovasilis too relaxed and he got to this dangerous zone of 'any move
should do it'!} 38. g4 $5 {Jobava complicates matter in his opponent's time
pressure.} Qd5+ 39. Kg3 hxg4 40. Kxg4 Qd1+ 41. Qf3 Qg1+ 42. Kh3 {The position
is still equal but there is only one drawing move, which Mastrovasilis failed
to find in time pressure.} Qd4 $4 (42... Qb1 {would have stopped h5.} 43. Qb3+
Kf8 44. Qb4+ Ke8 45. Qd6 Qh1+ {and Black has a perpetual.}) 43. h5 $1 {Now
White's pawns are unstoppable.} Qxb2 44. hxg6+ Kxg6 45. f5+ Kf7 46. Qh5+ Kf8
47. Qh8+ Ke7 48. f6+ Ke6 49. Qg8+ Kf5 50. Qg4+ Kxe5 51. f7 $1 {Fairly accurate.
} (51. f7 Qa3+ 52. Qg3+ {and White promotes.}) 1-0

[Event "CZE-chT 1920"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Navara,D"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novy Bor"]
[BlackTeam "Brno Duras"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

{[%evp 0,73,32,-5,0,-11,-8,-33,33,4,-10,-10,5,-13,-12,28,-8,28,50,9,-3,-3,0,
-27,-16,-89,-59,-59,-51,-35,-35,-29,-25,-39,-18,-68,-29,-29,-29,-50,-7,-102,
-23,-52,-16,-125,-37,-96,-80,-107,-67,102,97,98,98,98,226,-92,-43,-81,-48,-61,
-25,11,199,199,199,115,269,367,367,274,29993,29994,29995,29996]} 1. c4 Nf6 ({
We both had seen the following elite game:} 1... e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3
e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 a5 7. d3 a4 8. N3d2 d5 9. cxd5 $1 exd3 10. O-O cxd5 11.
exd3 Be7 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. Re1 Nc6 14. b4 $1 axb3 15. Bb2 Qd8 16. Qxb3 (16. Nxb3
$36) 16... Be6 17. Ne2 Bb4 18. Red1 O-O 19. Nf4 Bc5 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Rac1 Bxf3
22. Bxf3 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Rc2 b6 25. Bxd5 Ra7 26. Bf3 Re8 27. Ne2 h5 28.
Nxd4 Qxd4 29. Rc4 Qe5 30. a4 Qa5 31. Kg2 Rd8 32. d4 Nd5 33. Rdc1 g6 34. Rc8
Rad7 35. Qc4 Kg7 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Rb1 Nf6 38. d5 Ra8 39. d6 Ra7 40. Rd1 Nd7
41. Bc6 Qc5 42. Qd4+ Qxd4 43. Rxd4 Kf6 44. Re4 {1-0 (44) Svidler,P (2749)
-Caruana,F (2807) Saint Louis 2017 CBM 180 [Marin,M]}) 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 c6 {
This move came as a surprise to me.} 4. Nf3 (4. d4 {is equally strong, but
leads to different structures. Black has a choice between the modern
continuation} e4 ({and the more classical} 4... exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 {.})) 4... e4
5. Nd4 Qb6 {Niclas knew this line better than me.} ({I rather expected} 5... d5
6. cxd5 {, when} Qb6 {might transpose to our game.}) 6. Nb3 ({The play remains
approximately balanced after} 6. e3 d5 {as well. That said,} 7. Qc2 {
(threatening 8.cxd5)} Bd7 8. a3) 6... a5 {Play now strongly resembles the
above-mentioned Svidler - Caruana game.} 7. d3 a4 8. Nd2 (8. Be3 {is another
option. Not being ready for this particular line, I was unwilling to allow} Qb4
({Black can also play} 8... Qd8 $5 {.}) 9. Nd2 exd3 10. exd3 a3 11. Rb1 axb2
12. Qc2 Qa5 {or perhaps even 9...a3!?.}) 8... exd3 9. Bg2 $1 d5 ({Black would
lag in development after} 9... dxe2 10. Qxe2+ Be7 11. O-O Qd8 12. Re1 $14 {.})
10. cxd5 ({I rejected} 10. exd3 {in view of} Bg4 {, but Black still needs to
display some accuracy after} 11. Qc2 $1 {. He should reach full compensation
after} Na6 $1 12. Qxa4 Qb4 $1 13. a3 $1 Qe7+ $1 14. Kf1 Bf5 $1 $44 {.}) 10...
cxd5 {This position had already occured in numerous classical and
correspondence games, but I was unfamiliar with it.} 11. exd3 $6 {This allows
Black to develop very comfortably.} ({The main line goes} 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3
dxe2 13. Nxe2 Be6 14. Nb1 $1 {when White has full compensation but not more.})
({White can also try} 11. e4 $5 {.}) 11... Bg4 $1 12. Nf3 ({If anyone is
better after} 12. Bf3 Qe6+ $1 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Nc6 {, it is Black.})
12... d4 $1 13. Ne2 ({White's queen would be misplaced after} 13. Qe2+ Be7 14.
Ne4 O-O 15. O-O h6 $15 {, as Black would sooner or later place a rook on e8.})
13... Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Nc6 15. O-O O-O {Black has made all the right moves and
achieved a comfortable position.} 16. h3 Bf5 ({Black does not win a pawn after
} 16... Bxf3 17. Bxf3 $11 Ne5 $6 18. Bg2 {.}) 17. Bg5 {Objectively speaking,
it is an inaccuracy. That said, the alternative was not very attractive,
either.} ({I was understandably reluctant to fight for equality after} 17. Bxb4
Qxb4 18. g4 Be6 19. Qd2 {.}) 17... Be7 (17... Nd5 $15) 18. g4 ({White should
be able to equalize after} 18. Nf4 h6 (18... Qb5 $5) 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Qd8
21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. a3 {, but then you would not read my notes to this game.})
18... Bd7 19. Nd2 ({I rejected} 19. Nf4 {in view of} Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qxa2 21. Rxb7
$2 Rab8 $17 {.}) 19... Qb5 $1 {I missed this double attack.} 20. Bh4 $5 (20.
Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nc4 $15) 20... g5 $6 ({While} 20... Nd5 21. Bxe7 Ndxe7 $36 {
is close to equal,}) ({Leela suggests} 20... h5 $1 {, which is better for
Black. White's dark-squared bishop wouldn't be very active after} 21. g5 Nd5
$15 {.}) 21. Bg3 Qxd3 (21... h5 $5 22. gxh5 g4 {was an interesting way to
sharpen up the position, but not very practical in an impending time trouble.})
22. f4 {Objectively this is an inaccuracy, but Black was already short of time.
} ({I could play} 22. Nf3 Qxd1 23. Rfxd1 $11 {under different circumstances,
with a likely draw.}) 22... gxf4 ({Stockfish likes} 22... Be6 $5 {, but very
few human players would have played such a move. (And some of them have been
duly disqualified.)}) ({Black could also play} 22... h6 {to maintain the
control over the f4-square. That said, his g5-pawn could easily become weak.})
23. Rxf4 $6 (23. Bxf4 Qb5 24. Ng3 {was more to the point. I wanted to put my
bishop on h4 or bring the knight to f4. Alas, Black can prevent both these
ideas for the time being.}) 23... Rfe8 {Black had a handful of good moves,
including} (23... Ra5) ({and} 23... Be6 {with Black's edge. Both of these
moves were suggested by Niclas Huschenbeth during the post-mortem.}) 24. Kh2 {
This move prepares the combination 25.Rxf6 Bxf6 26.Ne4. That said, I was aware
that it still didn't work.} (24. Bh4 $2 Nxg4 $1 {would be a simple way to ruin
White's position.}) 24... Kg7 $4 {This seemingly normal move is a grave
mistake.} ({If the tables were suddenly turned, I would have played} 24... Bd8
$1 {, when the tactics favour Black:} 25. Ne4 (25. Rxf6 Bxf6 (25... Rxe2 $5 26.
Rf2 Rxf2 $17) 26. Ne4 Qxd1 27. Nxf6+ Kg7 28. Nxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rxd1 Rxe2 $17)
25... Qxd1 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. Rxd1 Bg7 $17 {. There were also other good moves,
including 24...Rad8.}) 25. Rxf6 $1 {It took me about 10 minutes to realize
that Black's previous move has made this sacrifice possible, even though it
had probably been intended to prevent it! It is somehow hard to spot in a real
game, even if I would have found the sacrifice in a couple of seconds when
solving it as a puzzle.} ({After other moves Black remains better. I rejected} 
25. Bxc6 Bxc6 26. Nxd4 {in view of} Bd6 $5 27. Nf5+ Kf8 $1 28. Nxd6 Re2+ {
, missing} 29. Qxe2 $1 {(Stockfish)} Qxe2+ 30. Rf2 Qe6 31. Nf3 {with mutual
chances.}) 25... Bxf6 26. Nf4 Qb5 (26... Qe3 27. Nh5+ Kg6 28. Nc4 Qe2 29. Nf4+
$18) 27. Nh5+ Kg6 28. Qf3 $2 {I played this move too quickly, being tempted by
the prospects of sacrificing my queen on f6. It does not give away the win,
but complicates it considerably.} ({White could immediately win through} 28.
Bf1 $1 d3 29. Bxd3+ $5 (29. Qf3) 29... Qxd3 30. Nf4+ $18 {.}) 28... Be5 {
Here I spent a lot of time.} ({White is also winning after} 28... Bg5 29. Bf1
$1 (29. Rf1 f5 {is less clear.}) 29... Qxb2 ({The position arising after} 29...
Ne5 30. Qe4+ $1 f5 31. gxf5+ Bxf5 32. Qxf5+ $1 Kxf5 33. Bxb5 {should be
technically winning for White.}) 30. Bd3+ f5 31. Bxf5+ $1 Kh6 32. Bf4 $3 Re2+
$5 (32... Qxa1 33. Bxg5+ Kxg5 34. Qf4+ Kh4 35. Nf3#) 33. Kg3 $1 {with a
decisive attack. It is not the only way, but still much more difficult than 28.
Bf1!.}) 29. Kh1 $5 {I wanted to prevent the swap on g3.} ({I originally planned
} 29. Rf1 {, having underestimated the reply} f5 $1 {.} ({Black is helpless
after} 29... Bxg3+ $2 30. Qxg3) ({, while fairly naive lines like} 29... Re7
30. Qf6+ $1 Bxf6 31. Rxf6+ Kg5 32. Nf3# {made me play 28.Qf3? so quickly.}) {
While} 30. gxf5+ Kf7 31. Ne4 $18 {might look easily winning to Stockfish, I
only understood that White would have a very strong attack, which could
nevertheless lose the momentum if I continued inaccurately.}) ({Also} 29. Nc4
$1 Qxc4 30. Bxe5 f5 31. gxf5+ Kf7 32. Qg3 $1 Rg8 33. Bg7 $1 $18 {is completely
winning if one is called "Stockfish". I am not.}) 29... f5 {The other moves
were hardly better.} ({Black has to forget about} 29... Bxg3 $2 {in view of}
30. Qf6# {.}) 30. gxf5+ Kf7 ({Also} 30... Bxf5 31. Rg1 {gives White a decisive
attack.}) 31. Bf1 $5 Qxb2 ({White is winning after} 31... d3 32. Bxd3 Nd4 ({
While} 32... Qxb2 {is also bad, it is not that easy to refute, as} 33. Qd5+ $2
(33. Rg1 $1 Bxg3 34. Qxg3 $1 $18 {with an idea} Na5 35. Qc7 $1 {is the most
straightforward way.}) 33... Kf8 {now doesn't bring White anything special.})
33. Bxb5 Nxf3 34. Nxf3 $18 {as well.}) 32. Qd5+ Kf8 {Here I spent around 10
minutes, keeping just a couple of minutes.} 33. Bxe5 $1 {Simple moves are
often good.} ({I was immensely tempted to play} 33. Bc4 $2 Qxa1+ 34. Kg2 {
, hoping to win in style. Luckily I managed to find a defence for Black:} Be6
$1 35. fxe6 Re7 $1 {(preventing both 36.e7+ and 36.Qf3+)} 36. Bxe5 (36. Qf3+ $2
Kg8 37. Bxe5 Nxe5 38. Qg3+ Ng6 $19) 36... Qd1 $1 37. Bf4 Ra5 $1 38. Bh6+ Kg8
39. Nf6+ (39. Qd7 $2 Qxh5 $19) 39... Kh8 $13) ({Computer shows that} 33. Rb1
Qxd2 34. Bc4 {is also winning, e.g.} Nd8 35. Bxe5 $1 Rxe5 $1 ({I found the
motif} 35... Bc6 36. Bg7+ Ke7 37. f6# {in some line.}) 36. Qd6+ $1 Re7 37. Rg1
$1 (37. Qf6+ Rf7 $1 {forces White to repeat the moves with} 38. Qd6+ {before
putting the rook on h1.}) 37... Bc6+ 38. Qxc6 $1 Nxc6 39. Rg8# {. This line is
hard to find, particularly in a time trouble. It is also completely
unnecessary, as the game continuation is comparatively simple.}) 33... Rxe5 ({
The alternatives were even worse:} 33... Nxe5 34. Qd6+ Re7 35. f6 Bc6+ 36. Kg1
$18) (33... Qxa1 34. Bg7+ $1 Ke7 35. Bf6+ Kf8 36. Qxd7 $18) 34. Qd6+ $1 (34.
Qxd7 $2 Re7 {would have been an unnecessary complication.}) 34... Re7 (34...
Ne7 35. Qf6+ Ke8 36. Qh8+ Kf7 37. Bc4+ $18) 35. Re1 $1 (35. f6 Qxa1 36. fxe7+ {
should also suffice, but it is more complicated, e.g.} Nxe7 37. Qf6+ $1 Ke8 38.
Qh8+ $1 Kf7 39. Qg7+ $1 Ke6 40. Qf6+ Kd5 41. Nf4+ $1 Kc5 42. Qxe7+ $18) 35...
Qxd2 {This hastens the end, but Black's position was lost anyway.} ({After} 
35... Bxf5 36. Qf6+ Ke8 37. Ng7+ Kd7 (37... Kd8 38. Nxf5 Qxd2 39. Rxe7 $18) 38.
Qxf5+ $18 {White regains the piece while maintaining a crushing attack.}) 36.
Qf6+ Kg8 37. Rxe7 (37. Bc4+ {would be more spectacular, but I was too short of
time to become picky.}) 1-0

[Event "Riga zt"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 {Man spielt diese Variante in der letzten Zeit
sehr selten.} (3... Bb4 $5) 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qb6 7. Nb3 a5 (7...
cxd5 $6 8. Bg2 Bf5 9. d3 Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Rc1 Nc6
14. c4 $14 {Reshevsky,S-Keres,P/Los Angeles/1963/}) 8. e3 $6 (8. d4 $5 cxd5 9.
Bg2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Rd8 12. e3 Na6 13. f3 exf3 14. Qxf3 Be6 15. Qe2 $14
{Botvinnik,M-Alaxeev,A/USSR/1968/INF05,46/}) 8... cxd5 9. d3 Bg4 $6 {[#]} (9...
Nc6 $5) 10. Nxd5 $1 {Hochwahrscheinlich hat Schwarz mit diesem Zug nicht
gerechnet.} Bb4+ (10... Nxd5 $2 11. Qxg4 Nb4 12. Qxe4+ Be7 13. d4 $18) 11. Nd2
(11. Bd2 $6 Nxd5 12. Qxg4 O-O 13. Qxe4 a4 14. Qxd5 axb3 15. Bg2 (15. Qxb3 $2
Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Qxb3 17. axb3 Rxa1 $19) 15... Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Qf6 $44 {Schwarz
hat mehr als genuegend Kompensation fuer beide geopferte Bauern.}) 11... Bxd2+
12. Bxd2 Nxd5 13. Qxg4 O-O 14. Qxe4 Qxb2 15. Rc1 (15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. exd4 Nc6 $44
) 15... Nb4 (15... Qxa2 $2 16. Bg2 $16) 16. d4 (16. Qxb7 $4 Nxd3+ 17. Bxd3 Qxb7
$19) 16... N8c6 {Droht /\ Re8,Nd4.} 17. Qb1 {Weiss gibt den Mehrbauern zurueck
und hofft wegen seines Laeuferpaars Vorteil zu haben.} Qxa2 18. Bc4 Qxb1 19.
Rxb1 Nc2+ 20. Ke2 Na3 $1 {Das weisse Laeuferpaar ist schon weg.} 21. Rbc1 Rfe8
$5 22. Kf3 Nxc4 23. Rxc4 Ra6 24. Rb1 Rb8 25. Rc5 (25. Bc3 b5 26. Rc5 b4 27. d5
Ne7 (27... bxc3 $4 28. Rxb8+ Nxb8 29. Rc8#) 28. Be5 $13) 25... a4 26. Bc3 f6
27. Rcb5 Nd8 28. d5 a3 29. Ra1 a2 30. Bd4 Nf7 31. Rb2 Rd8 32. Rxb7 Rxd5 {Ribli}
1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.04.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 c6 {Seinerzeit wählte Keres gerne diesen Aufbau.
Schwarz möchte in der Folge d7-d5 ziehen.} 4. d4 (4. Bg2) (4. Nf3 $5) 4... exd4
5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nh3 $6 {[%csl Rh3][%mdl 16384] Dieser unnatürliche Springerzug
gefällt mir nicht. Es ist nicht leicht, die Idee hinter dieser Fortsetzung zu
finden, denn der Springer steht schlecht auf h3.} (6. Bg2 dxc4 (6... Be6 7.
cxd5 cxd5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Qa4 Bc5 10. Ne5 O-O (10... Qb6 11. Nd3 Be7 (11... Rd8
12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. O-O f6 15. Bf4 Nge5 16. Nb5 Rd7 17. Rfd1 d4 18.
Rac1 {1-0 Dimitrov,V-Milla de Marco,C/Mondariz 2000/EXT 2001 (44)}) 12. Be3 Qd8
13. Nf4 O-O 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. O-O {1-0 Csom,I-Gaertner,G/Budapest 1994/CBM 45
ext (26)}) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Rd1 Bf5 15. e4 Bg4 {
0-1 Machalova,V-Stojanovic,A/Oropesa del Mar 1998/EXT 2000 (47)}) 7. Qxc4 Be7
8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Rd1 Qa5 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Qd4 Bc5 13. Qa4 Qb6 {1/2-1/2
Glienke,M-Huebner,R/Bremen 1998/CBM 68 (43)}) 6... Be7 (6... c5 $6 7. Qe5+) 7.
cxd5 (7. Bg2 c5 $15) 7... cxd5 8. Bg2 Nc6 {Schwarz kann zufrieden sein - sein
Pd5 ist zwar isoliert, doch er kann ihn in der Folge - mit Tempogewinn -
voranrücken. Ein weiterer Faktor ist die Zeit: Weiß spielte bereits 5.Qxd4 und
muss nun einen weiteren Zug mit der Dame machen.} 9. Qd1 d4 10. Nb1 O-O 11. O-O
Bf5 $15 {[%csl Gd4] Schwarz hat Raum- und Entwicklungsvorteil, zudem besitzt
er spürbar die Initiative. Der Pd4 schränkt den Wirkungskreis der weißen
Figuren ein.} 12. Nf4 Rc8 13. Na3 (13. Nd2 Qb6 $15 (13... Re8 $15)) 13... Qb6 (
13... Re8 $15) (13... Bxa3 14. bxa3 Re8 $15) 14. b3 {Dieser Zug schwächt das
Feld c3, aber Weiß möchte endlich die Entwicklung seines Damenflügels
abschließen.} (14. Nc4 Qa6 15. b3 b5 $15) 14... Rfd8 {[%csl Yc3][%cal Gf6e4,
Ge4c3]} 15. Bb2 Qa6 (15... Ne4 $15) 16. Nc4 (16. Nc2 Ne4 $15) 16... b5 {
Natürlich verjagt Schwarz sogleich diese aktive weiße Figur.} 17. Nd2 Nb4 $1 {
[%csl Yc2] Das Feld c2 ist ein positionelles Loch - es droht 18...Bc2.} 18. a4
Bc2 (18... Rc2 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. Nc4 $132) 19. Qe1 Bd6 {Schwarz opfert einen
Bauern, um den Nf4 abtauschen und dadurch die weiße Königsstellung schwächen
zu können.} (19... Rc7 $15) 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. Rxa7 Bxf4 22. Rb7 (22. gxf4 Nfd5
23. f5 Nc6 24. Ra1 Nf4 $44 {[%csl Re2,Gf4]}) 22... Qc5 23. gxf4 Nbd5 $44 {
[%csl Rf4] Weiß hat einen Mehrbauern, aber der Pf4 ist kaum zu verteidigen.
Aus diesem Grunde hat Schwarz mehr als nur ausreichende Kompensation für den
Bauern.} 24. Bf3 Nxf4 25. b4 $6 {Dieser Zug treibt die schwarze Dame nur auf
bessere Felder.} (25. Kh1 Re8 $17 {[%cal Rf4d3,Rd3e1,Ge8e1]}) 25... Qf5 $17 26.
Re7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. Kh1 $8 Re8 27. Bxd4 Nxe2 28. Be3 (28. Bxf6 Ng1 $1 29.
Re7 Rxe7 30. Bxe7 Nxf3 $19) 28... Bd3 $17) 26... Qh3 $19 {[%csl Rg1] Weiß hat
keine Verteidigung gegen die Drohung 27...Ng4 mit Gewinn.} 27. Kh1 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.11.24"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[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 "Koenig Plauen"]
[BlackTeam "Stuttgart"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. g3 e5 2. c4 c6 3. Bg2 (3. d4 $5) 3... Nf6 (3... d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d4 e4) 4.
Nc3 (4. d4) 4... Be7 {Mit diesem genügsamem Zug möchte Schwarz einfach die
Entwicklung seines Königsflügels abschließen.} (4... d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6
7. Nxd5 Nd4 $44) 5. e4 O-O 6. Nge2 {Dieser Aufbau mit c4-e4 und Ne2 ist in
letzter Zeit sehr populär. In unserer Partie kann Weiß entwder d2-d3 oder
d2-d4 spielen.} (6. d3 d6 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. O-O Qc7 9. Kh1 a6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2
b6 12. f4 Bb7 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. Bf3 Qb8 15. f5 Nc5 16. Be3 d5 {0-1 Dennis,
R-Strenzwilk,D/Washington 1999/CBM 73 ext (38)}) 6... a6 7. O-O (7. d4 d6 8.
O-O b5 9. d5 $2 bxc4 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Qa4 Na5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bd7 14.
Qa3 Nb7 15. Be3 Qa5 {0-1 Ujtelky,M-Csom,I/Amsterdam 1969/MCD (39)}) 7... d6 8.
d3 (8. d4 b5) 8... b5 9. h3 {Weiß bereitet 10.Be3 vor und verteidigt sich
prophylaktisch gegen das mögliche Ng4.} Nbd7 (9... Be6 10. b3) 10. Be3 Bb7 11.
g4 $13 (11. f4) 11... Ne8 (11... b4 12. Na4 d5 $13 (12... c5 13. f4 $36)) 12.
Qd2 (12. f4 $36) 12... g6 13. f4 $36 {Weiß hat Chancen am Königsflügel - das
ist der Vorteil der Entwicklung des Springers nach e2, denn so konnte Weiß
schnell f2-f4 ziehen.} exf4 14. Bxf4 Ng7 (14... bxc4 15. dxc4 Ne5 16. b3 Ng7 {
[%cal Gg7e6]} 17. Rad1 Ne6 $13) 15. Bh6 (15. cxb5 axb5 (15... cxb5 16. Rae1 $14
) 16. d4 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]}) 15... b4 (15... bxc4 16. dxc4 Ne5 17. b3 Re8)
16. Nd1 c5 (16... a5 17. d4 $14 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4,Ge4]}) 17. d4 a5 (17... cxd4 18.
Qxb4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 d5 20. Qb7 dxe4 21. Qxe4 Bf6 $13) 18. Nf2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 $14
{Weiß hat aktives Figurenspiel und Raumvorteil.} Qb6 (19... Ne5 20. b3 $14) 20.
Rad1 {[%cal Gd1d7]} Rfe8 21. Nb5 {[%csl Gb5,Rd6] Der Springer steht schön auf
b5 und nimmt die Schwäche d6 ins Visier.} Ra6 22. Be3 Qc6 (22... Qd8 23. Nd3
$14 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Gd3f4,Gf4d5]}) 23. b3 Ne5 24. Nd3 {[%mdl 32] Natürlich
muss Weiß den starken Ne5 abtauschen.} Nxd3 $6 {Mit dieser Fortsetzung kommt
Schwarz nur seinem Gegner entgegen - denn in der Folge kann Weiß den Pd6 über
die d-Linie attackieren.} (24... Ne6 $142) 25. Qxd3 Ne6 {[%cal Ge6c5]} 26. Rd2
{[%cal Gd2g2] Weiß verteidigt seinen Bg2 und möchte e4-e5 durchsetzen.} Nc5 27.
Qd5 (27. Qc2 $14 Nxe4 $2 28. Bxe4 (28. Rd4 Bf8 29. Rf4 d5 30. Rxd5 Qc8 $13)
28... Qxe4 29. Qxe4 Bxe4 30. Nc7 $18 {[%cal Rc7a6,Rc7e8]}) 27... Qxd5 28. exd5
$16 {[%csl Rb7] Der positionelle Vorteil von Weiß ist spürbar - konkret droht
29.Nc7, oder auch 29.Bxc5 nebst 30.d6.} Rc8 29. Rdf2 (29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Rdf2 f6
31. Re1 (31. Rxf6 $5 Bxf6 32. Rxf6 a4 33. Nxd6 axb3 34. axb3 $16) 31... Kf7 32.
Rfe2 $16 (32. Nd4 $16)) 29... f6 30. Bd4 Nd7 (30... Nd3 31. Bxf6 Nxf2 32. Bxe7
$18 {[%csl Rd6]}) 31. Re2 Ne5 32. g5 $1 {Mit diesem Bauernopfer untergräbt
Weiß die Stellung des Ne5.} (32. Na7 Rc7) 32... fxg5 33. Nxd6 $6 (33. c5 $1 $18
{[%csl Gc5,Gd5]}) 33... Bxd6 34. Bxe5 Re8 (34... Bxe5 $6 35. Rxe5 $16) (34...
Bc5+ 35. Kh2) 35. Rfe1 Bc5+ {[%csl Gc5]} 36. Kh1 a4 $132 37. Bb2 $6 (37. bxa4
$5 Rxa4 38. d6 Bxg2+ 39. Kxg2 Ra7 (39... Rxe5 40. Rxe5 Rxa2+ 41. Kf3 Bxd6 42.
Rxg5 $14) 40. Rd1 Rd7 41. Rd5 Rc8 $14) 37... Rxe2 38. Rxe2 axb3 39. axb3 Ra2 {
[%cal Ga2h2] Der Ra2 fesselt die weißen Figuren.} 40. Bf3 Kf7 41. Kg2 Bc8 {
[%cal Gc8h3] Schwarz verbessert die Stellung seines Läufers - der Bb7 stand zu
passiv.} 42. Bc1 Rxe2+ 43. Bxe2 {[%mdl 4096]} h6 44. Bf1 (44. Bg4 Bf5 (44...
Bxg4 $6 45. hxg4 $14) 45. Bxf5 gxf5 46. Kf3 Kf6 47. Be3 Bxe3 48. Kxe3 Ke5 $11)
44... Bf5 $15 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Rf5c2,Rc2b3]} 45. Kf3 Ke7 $1 (45... Bc2 46. Be3
Bxe3 47. Kxe3 Bxb3 48. Kd4 Bc2 49. c5 b3 50. Kc3 h5 $11) 46. Ke2 (46. Be3 Kd6)
46... Bc2 $17 {[%csl Rb3] Nun gewinnt Schwarz den wichtigen Pb3.} 47. Bg2 Bxb3
48. Kd3 Ba2 {[%cal Ga2b1,Gb1d3]} 49. Bf1 Bb1+ 50. Ke2 Bf5 51. Kf3 Bd4 $19 {
[%csl Gb4,Gd4,Gf5][%cal Rb4b3,Rb3b2,Rb2b1]} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 {Dieser Zug wird selten gespielt; die
Hauptalternativen sind 3...d5 und 3...Bb4.} 4. Bg2 c6 5. e3 d6 {Meiner Meinung
nach ist dieser Zug unlogisch, da Schwarz schon 5...c6 gespielt hat. Die
Alternative 5...d5 scheint mir natürlicher.} (5... d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d4 exd4
8. exd4 Bb4 9. Nge2) 6. Nge2 Be6 (6... a5 7. d4 Ba7 8. b3 Bf5 9. h3 Na6 10. O-O
O-O 11. e4 Bd7 12. Be3 Qe7 13. Qd2 Rfe8 14. Rad1 {1-0 Galego,L-Fedorchuk,S/
Warsaw 2005/CBM 108 (42)}) 7. d4 Bb6 (7... exd4 8. exd4 Bb6 9. b3 O-O 10. O-O
Re8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Ne4 Qd8 14. c5 dxc5 15. dxc5 Bc7 16. f4 Nd7
17. b4 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Schulz,M-Fluck,K/Hamburg 2001/EXT 2003 (26)}) 8. b3 h5 (
8... Qd7 9. h3 O-O 10. Bb2 Ba5 11. f4 exd4 12. Nxd4 d5 13. c5 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4
15. Kf2 Na6 16. Nxe4 Bd5 17. Nf3 Qe7 18. Qd4 f5 19. Ned2 Bb4 {0-1 Blank
Goncalves,E-Junoy Horus,R/Sao Caetano 1999/EXT 2000 (32)}) 9. h3 a5 (9... h4
10. g4 $14) 10. Bb2 (10. d5 $14) 10... O-O 11. Qd2 $14 {[%cal Ga1d1,Gd1d8]
Weiß besitzt eine strategisch sehr starke Stellung; seine Läufer dominieren
die beiden großen Diagonalen und sein Bauernzentrum ist stark.} Re8 12. Rd1 Na6
13. Qc1 Qc8 (13... exd4 14. Nxd4 $14) 14. c5 $1 {[%mdl 32] Mit diesem
Durchbruch aktiviert Weiß seine Figuren.} (14. d5 $6 cxd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 $132)
14... Bc7 (14... dxc5 15. dxe5 Nd7 (15... Nd5 16. Ne4 $16) 16. Ne4 $16) (14...
exd4 15. cxb6 dxc3 16. Qxc3 $36) 15. cxd6 (15. Na4 $5 $14) 15... Bxd6 16. dxe5
Bxe5 17. Na4 {[%cal Ra4b6,Rb6a8,Rb6c8] Die weiße Drohung ist 18.Nb6, aber die
folgende Alternative scheint mir besser.} (17. e4 $14) 17... Qc7 $11 (17...
Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Qc7) 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Nf4 Bf5 (19... h4 $1 $132) 20. Nb6 Rad8
21. O-O Nb4 22. Nc4 Qc5 $6 {Ein riskanter Zug; die auf den ersten Blick
bescheidene Fortsetzung 22...Qc7 wäre sicherer.} (22... Qc7 $11) 23. Rxd8 Rxd8
24. Rd1 $14 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Gd1d8,Gf4h5] Die weiße Dame steht
sehr aktiv auf d1; es droht 26.Qd8+ und der Ph5 droht ebenfalls verloren zu
gehen.} Bd7 (25... Nxa2 26. Qd8+ Kh7 27. Nd6 $36) 26. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2a5] Es
droht 27.a3 und 28.Qxa5.} (26. a3 Na6 27. e4 $16) 26... a4 27. e4 b5 {Weiß
mobilisiert seinen Zentrumsbauern und macht das Feld e3 für den c4-Springer
frei.} 28. Ne3 h4 29. gxh4 (29. e5 Qxe5 30. Qxb4 hxg3 $132) 29... Qe5 30. Qxb4
axb3 31. axb3 (31. Nd3 bxa2 32. Nxe5 a1=Q+ $19) 31... Qxf4 32. Qd4 Qxh4 $2 (
32... Be6 $142) {[#]} 33. Qd6 $1 {[%csl Gd6,Rd7,Rf6,Rh4][%cal Re4e5][%mdl 2048]
Die Qd6 steht ausgezeichnet und dominiert das Spielgeschehen, während die
schwarze Dame auf h4 vom Hauptkriegschauplatz abgeschnitten ist.} Be8 (33...
Bxh3 34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. Qh2 $18) (33... Be6 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. e5 $18 {[%cal Gd8h4]
}) 34. Qe7 $18 {[%cal Ge7h4,Ge7e8] Es droht 35.e5 mit Figurengewinn und
Schwarz hat keine Verteidigung.} Bd7 35. e5 Bxh3 36. Bxh3 (36. exf6) 36... Qxh3
37. exf6 Qf3 38. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1991.02.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Csom, Istvan"]
[Black "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1991.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nc3 $6 (6. Nf3 $1 Be7 7.
cxd5 cxd5 8. O-O $14) 6... Be6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qa4 Bb4 10. Nf3 Ne4
11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Qxa5 Bxa5 13. O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bb6 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Kd7
17. Rc5 b6 18. Rb5 Ne7 19. a4 Rhc8 20. a5 Rc2 21. axb6 axb6 22. Rxb6 Rxe2 23.
Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sydney"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Johansen, Darryl Keith"]
[Black "Laird, Craig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 (4... d6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c5 {
Bischoff,K-Hickl,J Munich 1989 CBM/13}) 5. Nd4 Bc5 (5... Qb6 6. Nc2 Bc5 7. Ne3
Bxe3 8. dxe3 O-O 9. Bg2 Re8 10. O-O Qb4 11. Qd4 $1 $14 {Kalinin-Popkov corr
1988/89 49/33}) 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 Bxc3 11.
bxc3 Nc6 12. Be3 (12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxe4 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 $14 {
Tajmanov-Vladimirov URS 1955}) 12... h6 13. Rb1 Re8 14. Nd4 exd3 15. exd3 Bg4
16. Qd2 Qd7 17. Rfe1 Bh3 18. Bh1 Ne5 19. Nf3 Nfg4 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bf4 Ng6 22.
Be3 Ne5 23. Bd4 Nc6 24. Bc5 (24. Be3 $5) 24... b6 25. Ba3 Ne5 26. f4 Ng4 27.
Bb2 Qd6 28. Bg2 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 d4 $1 30. cxd4 Qd5+ 31. Kg1 Qxa2 32. h3 Nf6 33.
Re5 $2 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 60th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2003.04.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Murdzia, Piotr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2003.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. d4 (5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 {Dieser Zug
gewinnt eigentlich einen Bauern, aber im folgenden bekommt Schwarz Initiative
im Zentrum.} Nc6 7. Nxd5 Nd4 $132) 5... exd4 (5... e4 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg5 $14)
6. Qxd4 dxc4 (6... Be6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. Qa4 Bb4 10. e3 h6 11. Bxf6
Qxf6 12. Nge2 O-O 13. O-O Rad8 14. Rad1 Bxc3 15. Nxc3 d4 16. exd4 Nxd4 17. Qxa7
Nf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qxf3 19. Qe3 Bg4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Markowski,T-Berkvens,J/Germany
2002/EXT 2003 (37)}) 7. Qxc4 Be6 8. Qa4 Qc8 (8... Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O $14 {
[%cal Gf1d1,Gd1d8]}) (8... Nbd7 9. Nf3 Nc5 10. Qc2 Qc8 11. O-O Bh3 12. Rd1 $14)
9. Nf3 Be7 (9... h6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd4 Nc5 12. Qc2 Bh3 13. Rd1 Be7 14. e4
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 O-O 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nf5 {1-0 Gritsak,O-Rogozenko,D/Koszalin 1998/
CBM 65 ext (25)}) 10. O-O Bh3 {Auf diese Weise tauscht Schwarz den
weissfarbigen Läufer.} (10... O-O 11. Rd1 Bh3 12. Bh1 $14) 11. Rd1 Bxg2 12.
Kxg2 O-O 13. e4 $14 {[%csl Ge4] Weiss hat Raumvorteil im Zentrum und er kann
seine Bauern am Koenigsfluegel und im Zentrum mobilisieren. Andererseits ist
es notwendig fuer Schwarz seinen Bauern auf c6 zu lassen, weil sonst d5
schwach wird.} Nbd7 14. Nd4 {[%cal Gd4f5][%mdl 32]} Re8 (14... g6 15. f3 $14)
15. f3 Bf8 16. Nf5 {[%csl Yd6,Gf5][%cal Gf5d6] Der Springer steht stark auf f5
- Schwarz muss sich gegen 17.Nd6 verteidigen.} Qc7 17. Bf4 Qb6 (17... Ne5 18.
Rd2 $14) 18. Rd2 {[%cal Ga1d1,Gd1d8] Weiss verteidigt den b2-Bauern und
moechte die Tuerme auf der d-Linie doppeln.} Rad8 19. Rad1 Nc5 20. Qc2 Rxd2+
21. Qxd2 (21. Rxd2 $14) 21... Ne6 {[%cal Ge8d8,Gd8d1]} 22. Be3 Qc7 (22... Bc5
$5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. Nxe3 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8 $11) 23. Qc2 Rd8 24.
Rxd8 Nxd8 25. Qb3 {[%csl Gb3] Die Dame steht aktiv auf b3.} b6 (25... g6 26.
Nd4 $14) 26. Ne2 Ne6 (26... c5 27. Bg5 $14) 27. Qc3 Qd7 28. Nfd4 Nxd4 29. Qxd4
Qxd4 (29... Qc8 30. Qa4 $14) 30. Nxd4 {[%mdl 4096] In diesem Endspiel stehen
die weissen Figuren etwas aktiver und die weissen Bauern am Koenigsfluegel
sind leicht zu mobilisieren.} Bc5 (30... c5 31. Nc6 a5 32. g4 $14) 31. Kf2 Bxd4
32. Bxd4 {[%csl Gd4] Bei Bauern auf beiden Fluegeln sind Läufer gewoehnlich
die besseren Leichtfiguren, weil sie langschrittiger sind als Springer.} Nd7
33. Ke2 (33. f4 $14) 33... f6 (33... h5 $5) 34. g4 Kf7 35. f4 Ke6 36. h4 {
[%csl Ge4,Gf4,Gg4,Gh4] Weiss hat grossen Raumvorteil am Koenigsfluegel.} a6 37.
b3 g6 (37... c5 38. Bc3 $14) 38. Ke3 c5 (38... h5 39. f5+ Kf7 40. g5 $16) (
38... f5 39. exf5+ gxf5 40. g5 $14 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 39. Bc3 Nb8 {[%cal Gb8c6]}
40. f5+ gxf5 $6 (40... Kf7 $142 41. g5 $14) 41. exf5+ Kf7 42. Ke4 $16 {[%csl
Ge4][%cal Ge4d5] Der weisse Koenig ist sehr aktiv und jetzt droht das
Eindringen auf den Damenfluegel.} (42. g5 $14) 42... Nc6 43. Kd5 Ne7+ 44. Kd6
h5 {Schwarz moechte so viel Material wie moeglich tauschen.} 45. gxh5 Nxf5+ 46.
Kc6 Ne7+ (46... Nxh4 47. Kxb6 Nf5 48. Kxc5 Ng3 49. Kb6 Nxh5 50. Kxa6 $18) 47.
Kb7 (47. Kxb6 $4 Nd5+ {[%cal Rd5b6,Rd5c3]}) 47... Nd5 48. Bd2 b5 49. Kc6 {
[%csl Rc5,Rd5]} (49. Kxa6 $16) 49... Nb4+ 50. Kxc5 Nxa2 51. Kb6 {[%csl Ra2,Gd2]
[%cal Gd2c1,Gd2b4] Weiss hat einen aktiven Koenig, während der a2N passiv
steht.} b4 52. Kxa6 Nc3 53. Ka5 Nd5 54. Bxb4 f5 55. Bc5 Kg7 56. Kb5 Kh6 57. Kc6
Nc3 58. b4 f4 (58... Kxh5 59. Bf2 f4 60. b5 Na4 61. b6 Nxb6 62. Kxb6 Kg4 63.
Be1 $18 {Mit Zugumstellung haben wir die Partiefortsetzung.}) 59. b5 Na4 60.
Bf2 (60. b6 Nxc5 (60... Nxb6 61. Bxb6 Kxh5 62. Bf2 $18) 61. Kxc5 f3 62. b7 f2
63. b8=Q f1=Q 64. Qh8#) 60... Kxh5 61. b6 Nxb6 62. Kxb6 Kg4 63. Be1 (63. Kc5
Kf3 64. Be1 Ke2 65. Kd4 Kxe1 66. Ke4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. c4 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 $6 (4. d4 $5) (4. Nf3 $5) 4... d5 5. cxd5
cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 $1 7. Nxd5 Nd4 8. Nxf6+ (8. Qc4 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 b5 $1 $17) 8...
gxf6 $5 9. Qd1 Qc7 (9... Bf5 10. d3 Rc8 11. Kf1 Nc2 12. Rb1 e4 $36 {Slekys,
E-Lochte,T Budapest Spring op 1990 EXP/23}) 10. Kf1 Nc2 11. Rb1 Be6 12. b3 Rc8
13. Bb2 Ba3 $1 14. Bc3 (14. Bh3 Bxh3+ 15. Nxh3 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 Qc6 17. f3 O-O $44
{Saines-Kovacevic corr. 1977}) 14... Nb4 15. Bxb4 Bxb4 $44 16. Nf3 O-O 17. Ne1
Rfd8 18. Nd3 Ba3 19. h3 Rd4 20. Ne1 Qa5 21. d3 Rd7 $1 22. Kg1 Rdc7 23. b4 (23.
Kh2 Rc1 $19) 23... Bxb4 24. Kh2 Bxa2 25. Ra1 Bc3 26. Rc1 Bxe1 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28.
Rxe1 Bb3 29. Qb1 Bc2 30. Qc1 Kg7 $1 $19 31. Rf1 Bxd3 32. Qd1 Bc4 33. Bf3 Qc5
34. Qb1 b5 35. g4 a5 36. Kg2 Bd5 37. e4 Be6 38. h4 a4 39. g5 fxg5 40. hxg5 a3
41. Rh1 Rd7 42. Qg1 Rd2 43. Kg3 a2 44. Rh2 Qd4 45. Qh1 Kg8 $1 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.02.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rotstein, Arkadij"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Monaco"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 c6 {Der junge franzoesische Großmeister spielt gern
die Varianten mit c7-c6 - zum Beispiel nach 2.g3 (statt 2.Nc3) spielt er auch
die Variante 2...c6.} 4. Nf3 (4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5) (4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6.
Qb3 Nc6 7. Nxd5 Nd4 $44) 4... e4 5. Nd4 d5 (5... Qb6) 6. cxd5 Qb6 7. e3 {
Diese genuegsame Fortsetzung bietet Weiß keinerlei Hoffnungen auf
Eroeffnungsvorteil. Die Alternative 7.Nb3 ist die beste Fortsetzung.} (7. Nb3
$5 a5 $1 (7... cxd5 $6 8. Bg2 Bf5 9. d3 Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Be3
Qc7 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. c4 $16) 8. d3 a4 9. Nd2 cxd5 10. dxe4 dxe4 11. Bg2 a3 12.
Qb3 Qxb3 13. axb3 axb2 14. Bxb2 $14) 7... cxd5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4] Schwarz hat
eine starke Zentrumsstellung - die Frage ist, ob Weiß mit d2-d3 oder mit f2-f3
die schwarze Bauernkette sprengen kann.} 8. Bg2 (8. d3 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2
Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 $15) (8. f3 exf3 9. Qxf3 Nc6 $11) 8... Nc6 9. d3 (9. Nxc6
bxc6 10. d3 (10. O-O Ba6 11. Re1 Bd3 12. b3 h5 13. Bb2 h4 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Rc1
hxg3 16. hxg3 Bd6 {1/2-1/2 Telljohann,S-Pirrot,D/Germany 2002/CBM 88 ext (44)})
10... Bb4 (10... Ba6 11. dxe4 dxe4 12. Qa4 Bb4 13. Bd2 Rd8 14. O-O-O O-O 15. h3
h6 {1/2-1/2 Spiridonov,N-Basman,M/Sinaia 1965/EXT 2001 (33)}) 11. O-O Ba6 12.
dxe4 Bxf1 13. Qxf1 O-O 14. exd5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 cxd5 16. c4 Rad8 17. Ba3 Rfe8 18.
c5 Qa5 19. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Kostic,M-Maksimovic,S/Herceg Novi 2001/CBM 81 ext (47)}
) 9... Bg4 (9... Nxd4 10. exd4 Bg4 (10... Bf5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. dxe4 $13) 11.
Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qc2 exd3 13. Qxd3 Qe6+ $11) 10. Qa4 (10. f3 $6 exf3 11. Nxf3 Bc5
$36) 10... Bb4 $36 {[%csl Gb4,Gb6,Gg4][%mdl 2048] Schwarz hat
Entwicklungsvorteil und seine Figuren stehen sehr aktiv.} (10... exd3) 11. Bd2
exd3 12. Qb5 (12. a3 Bd7 (12... Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Nxc6 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bd7
16. Qd4 $13) 13. Nxc6 Be7 $1 $15) 12... Qxb5 13. Ncxb5 Nxd4 14. exd4 (14. Nxd4
$2 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Ne4+ $17) 14... Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Kd7 16. Rac1 (16. Kxd3) 16...
Rac8 17. Kxd3 Bf5+ 18. Kd2 a6 19. Nc3 Rc4 $1 $15 {Die Bauernstellung ist zwar
symmetrisch, aber Schwarz steht viel aktiver.} 20. Ne2 Rhc8 {[%cal Rc4c2,Rc2d2]
Die schwarze Drohung ist 21...Rc2+.} 21. Rxc4 (21. b3 $2 Rc2+ 22. Rxc2 Rxc2+
$19) 21... dxc4 $1 (21... Rxc4 22. Rc1 $11) 22. Nc3 (22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Bxa6
Rxb2+ 24. Ke3 Nd5+ 25. Kf3 Rxa2 $17 26. Bxc4 $2 Ra3+ 27. Kg2 Be4+ $19) 22... b5
{[%csl Ga6,Gb5,Gc4] Schwarz hat die bessere Bauernstruktur, seine Bauernkette
am Damenfluegel ist stark.} 23. Re1 (23. Bb7 Rc7 24. Bxa6 b4 $44) 23... Rc7 {
Mit diesem Zug verhindert Schwarz die Moeglichkeit Bb7.} 24. h3 h5 {Auf diese
Weise sichert sich Schwarz seine Läuferstellung, indem er die Moeglichkeit
g3-g4 verhindert.} 25. Re5 g6 {[%csl Gf5]} 26. a3 Kd6 27. Nd5 $6 {Mit diesem
Tausch hilft Weiß dem Gegner - es waere besser die Stellung mit Wartezuegen
beizubehalten.} (27. Ke3 $142 $5) 27... Nxd5 28. Rxd5+ (28. Bxd5 $4 f6 $19)
28... Ke7 29. Re5+ Be6 30. Kc3 (30. d5 Kd6 31. f4 Bf5 $15) 30... Kd6 31. f4 f6
{Der Stolz der weißen Stellung, der d5R, muss weggehen.} 32. Re1 a5 {[%csl Ga5,
Gb5,Gc4]} 33. Re3 Bd5 $1 34. Bxd5 Kxd5 {[%csl Ga5,Gb5,Gc4,Rd4,Gd5][%mdl 4096]}
35. Re8 b4+ $1 {Schwarz opfert zeitweilig einen Bauern und bekommt ein
gewonnenes Endspiel.} 36. axb4 axb4+ 37. Kxb4 Rb7+ 38. Kc3 Rb3+ 39. Kc2 Rxg3
$17 {Jetzt hat Schwarz einen aktiven Koenig, aktiven Turm und alle weißen
Bauern sind schwach.} 40. Rd8+ Ke4 41. d5 Kxf4 42. d6 Ke5 $1 {Der Koenig geht
zurueck und neutralisiert den weißen d-Bauern. Schwarz spielt die ganze
Endspielphase sehr praezis.} 43. d7 Ke6 44. Rf8 (44. h4 Rd3 $19) 44... Kxd7 45.
Rxf6 g5 46. h4 {Mit diesem Zug kann Weiß noch ein Bauernpaar tauschen, aber
das hilft auch nicht.} (46. Rg6 Ke7 {[%cal Re7f7,Rf7g6]} 47. Rc6 Rxh3 48. Rxc4
g4 $19 {[%csl Gg4,Gh5]}) 46... gxh4 47. Rf5 (47. Rh6 Rg5 $19) 47... Ke6 48.
Rxh5 h3 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gg3a3]} 49. Kd2 Kf6 50. Ke1 Kg6 51. Rh8 Kf5 $19 {
[%csl Gf5,Gg3]} 52. Kf2 Rg2+ (52... Rb3 $19) 53. Kf1 Kg4 54. Rc8 Kg3 55. Rg8+ (
55. Rxc4 Rf2+ 56. Ke1 h2 $19) 55... Kh2 56. Rc8 Rc2 (56... Rxb2 $4 57. Rxc4 $11
) 57. Rb8 Kg3 58. Rg8+ Kf3 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gf3e3,Ge3d2,Gd2c1,Gc1b2]} 59. Rf8+
Ke3 60. Re8+ Kd2 61. Rh8 Rxb2 62. Rxh3 Rb1+ 63. Kf2 c3 0-1

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 {Auf diese Weise kann Weiß die Varianten mit ...Bb4, die nach z.
B. 2.Nc3 möglich wären, vermeiden. Ribli.} c6 {Es ist eine 2.c3-Variante der
Sizilianischen Verteidigung mit vertauschten Farben entstanden.} 3. d4 exd4 (
3... Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d6 {Diese Stellung ist typisch für die
Bogo-Indische Verteidigung. Nach dem Läufertausch besitzt der Weiße
Raumvorteil, aber die schwarze Stellung ist gut verteidigungsfähig.}) 4. Qxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 $5 $146 (5. Bg2) 5... d5 6. Nf3 Be7 (6... c5 7. Qe5+ $14) 7. cxd5
cxd5 (7... Nxd5 $2 8. Nxd5 cxd5 9. Qxg7 $16) 8. Bg2 {Die weiße Dame steht
unglücklich auf d4 und kann mit Tempogewinn (...Nc6) vertrieben werden.
Trotzdem glaube ich, daß der strukturelle Nachteil des isolierten schwarzen
Damenbauern auf d5 schwerer wiegt.} Nc6 9. Qa4 O-O (9... Qb6 $5 {Diese
Fortsetzung wirkt auf den ersten Blick etwas sonderbar, aber wegen der
Schwäche des Bauern b2 kann Weiß nicht (wie in der Partie) 10.Be3 spielen.})
10. Be3 (10. O-O $142 $1 {Kortschnoj}) 10... Ng4 11. Bd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 $14 {
Schwarz besitzt das Läuferpaar und entfaltet leichte Aktivität. Der isolierte
Damenbauer auf d5 stellt allerdings eine dauerhafte Schwäche adr.} (12. Qxd4 {
Da erscheint mir die Partiefortsetzung viel besser, denn für gewöhnlich muß
man mit dem Springer blockieren.} Be6 13. O-O Qa5 14. Qf4 Rac8 15. Nd4 Rc4 16.
Rad1 Bf6 $15) 12... Bc5 13. O-O Bd7 14. Qd1 Qf6 (14... Qb6 15. Nxd5 Qh6 16. Nf3
Bb5 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Qf5 {Das schwarze Gegenspiel bietet keinen vollwertigen
Ersatz für den geopferten Bauern.} Qe6 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20. Nc3 Bc6 21. Rac1 {
1-0 Drasko,M-Djukic,Z/Cetinje tch 1993 (32)}) 15. e3 Qh6 {[%csl Ye3,Gh6][%cal
Rh6h2,Yh6e3]} 16. Nf3 $8 {Kortschnoj} (16. h3 $2 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qxe3+ $19 {
[%csl Rd4][%cal Re3g1]}) 16... Rad8 (16... Be6 17. Nb5 Rac8 18. Nbd4 Bb6 19.
Qd2 Rc4 20. b3 Rc5 21. Rac1 Qf6 {1/2-1/2 Egeli,P-Klovans,J/Arnold Cup 1995}) (
16... Nxf2 $5 17. Rxf2 Qxe3 (17... Bxe3 18. Nxd5 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 $14) 18. Qf1
Qxf2+ 19. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 $14 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gf3d4] Weiß hat zwei
Springer gegen Turm und zwei Bauern.}) 17. Re1 {Jetzt geht das Opfer auf f2
nicht mehr.} Be6 (17... Bc6 {Kortschnoj} 18. h3 d4 19. exd4 Nf6 20. Qc1 $14)
18. Qd3 a6 19. Rad1 b5 $6 {Es gibt keinen Anhaltspunkt für mögliches schwarzes
Spiel am Damenflügel.} (19... Nf6 $5) (19... Rfe8) 20. h3 Nf6 21. g4 {[%csl
Rf6,Rh6][%cal Rg4g5] +/= Kortschnoj} Nd7 {?! Kortschnoj} (21... Ne4 22. Nxe4
dxe4 23. Qxe4 f5 (23... Bxa2 24. Qc2 Bb4 25. b3 Bxe1 26. Rxe1 Bxb3 27. Qxb3 $14
{Die beiden entfernten Freibauern am Damenflügel sind noch nicht so gefährlich.
Hingegen verfügt der Weiße über ein sehr starkes Springerfeld auf d4.}) 24.
gxf5 (24. Qe5 Bb4 $13) 24... Bxf5 25. Qh4 $14) (21... Qg6 {Kortschnoj} 22. Ne5
$5 (22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. Nd4 $14) 22... Qxd3 23. Nxd3 Bb6 (23... Bd6 24. Ne2 $14)
24. Nf4 d4 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. exd4 Bxd4 27. Rxe6 b4 28. Nd5 $14) 22. Nxd5 Nb6 {
[%cal Rd8d1]} 23. g5 $1 {Sonst wäre die Fesselung in der d-Linie für Weiß sehr
unangenehm, aber nach dem Textzug ist der Damentausch erzwungen und Weiß kann
seinen Mehrbauern halten.} Qg6 (23... Qh5 24. Nf4 Rxd3 25. Nxh5 (25. Rxd3 {
Kortschnoj} Bc4 26. Rdd1 Qxf3 27. Bxf3 Bb4 28. b3 $16) 25... Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bxa2
27. Ra1 Bd5 28. Rxa6 $14) 24. Qxg6 hxg6 25. Nc7 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rc7a6]} (25.
Nc3 {Kortschnoj} Bb4 $44) 25... Rxd1 {?! Kortschnoj} (25... Bc8 $142 26. Rc1
Bd6 27. Re2 $14) 26. Rxd1 Bxa2 27. Nxa6 {[%cal Ra6c5] Weiß besitzt einen
Mehrbauern, aber die Mehrheit am Königsflügel ist schwierig zu verwerten. Ein
Plus des Schwarzen ist das Läuferpaar.} Be7 28. h4 f6 29. Nc7 $16 {[%csl Rb5]
[%cal Rc7b5]} Bc4 30. Nd4 {[%csl Gc7,Gd4,Gg2] Die weißen Springer
kontrollieren das gesamte Brett und es droht 31.b3, während der Bauer auf g5
nicht so schwach ist.} fxg5 31. hxg5 b4 (31... Bxg5 32. Nde6 {[%cal Re6f8,
Re6g5]} (32. b3 Bf7 33. Ncxb5 $16) 32... Bxe6 33. Nxe6 Rf5 34. Bh3 Re5 35. f4
Rxe3 36. Nxg5 $18) 32. Rc1 {Es droht 33.Rxc4 nebst 34.Bd5+.} Bf7 (32... Rc8 {
Kortschnoj} 33. Nd5 $16) 33. f4 $16 {Die weißen Figuren dominieren das Brett,
das schwarze Läuferpaar steht hingegen sehr passiv.} Rc8 34. Rc6 {[%csl Rb6,
Gc6,Gc7,Gd4,Gg2]} Kh7 (34... Na4 35. Nd5 Re8 36. Rc8 (36. Rc7 $16) 36... Kf8
37. Nxe7 Kxe7 38. Rc7+ Kf8 39. Bc6 $18 {[%cal Rc6a4,Rc6e8]}) 35. Bh3 {[%cal
Rh3c8]} Rb8 36. Be6 Bxe6 (36... Kg8 37. b3 $18) 37. Rxe6 Bf8 38. b3 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rb6,Gc7,Gd4,Ge6] Vermeidet die eizige aktive Möglichkeit 38...Na4.
Schwarz befindet sich eigentlich bereits im Zugzwang.} Nd7 39. Rc6 Nc5 40. Nce6
{Schwarz gab in verlorener Stellung auf.} (40. Nce6 Nxe6 41. Nxe6 Re8 42. e4
Kg8 43. Kf2 $18 {und das Endspiel ist für Schwarz hoffnungslos.}) 1-0

