[Event "Ehrat Memorial (SUI-GER m)"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1999.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Hug, Werner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.08.13"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 (3... e6 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 (5. f4 Be7 6. e5 dxe5 7.
fxe5 Nd5 8. Nf3 Qa5+ 9. c3 Qa6 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Nxh7 Kxh7 12. Be4+ g6 13. Qh5+
Kg8 14. Bxg6 {1-0 Garancovsky,P-Kramarik,A/Stary Smokovec 1996/EXT 98 (14)})
5... Be7 6. O-O Qc7 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Nbc3 Nf8 9. Be3 Ng6 10. Nf4 Nxf4 11. Bxf4 e5
12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 Be6 14. b3 Rd8 15. Qc2 Ng4 16. Bd2 O-O 17. h3 {0-1
Cauquil,M-Brandler,A/Split 1963/EXT 99 (34)}) 4. c4 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. f3 Bh5 7.
Nh3 Bg6 8. Nf4 c5 9. cxd5 exd5 (9... cxd4 10. Qa4+ Nbd7 (10... Qd7 11. Nb5 Na6
12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Nxe6 $40) 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. dxe6 dxc3 13. exd7+ Qxd7 14.
Qxd7+ $16) 10. Be3 Nc6 11. h4 Be7 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Too passive.Much better was}
(11... cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bd6 $1 {[%cal Gd6g3]} 13. h5 $2 Bxf4 14. gxf4 Nxh5 15. f5
Ng3 $17 {[%cal Gg3h1,Rg3f5,Gd8h4,Yh4e1]}) 12. h5 Bf5 13. g4 $16 {Now black
should sacriface a piece only for some compensation.In other case white's
initiative will be too dangerous.} Bxg4 $5 {[%mdl 512]} (13... Be6 14. g5 $16)
14. fxg4 Nxg4 15. Ncxd5 Nxe3 (15... Bh4+ 16. Kf1 Nxe3+ 17. Nxe3 Bg5 18. Ned5
Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Qf6 20. Bxc6+ bxc6 21. e3 $18) 16. Nxe3 cxd4 17. Ned5 Bh4+ 18.
Kf1 O-O 19. h6 $1 g6 20. Qd3 Qg5 21. Kg1 Rae8 22. Rf1 Re5 23. b4 Rd8 (23... a6
24. a4 Rd8 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Ne7 27. e4 $18) 24. Qf3 (24. b5 $1 Ne7 25. e4
$18) 24... Rf5 25. b5 Ne5 26. Qe4 Bg3 (26... Rxd5 27. Qxd5 Rxf4 28. Rxf4 Qxf4
29. Rxh4 $18) 27. Rh5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gd5e7][%mdl 64] Nice resourse.}
gxh5 28. Qxf5 Qxf5 29. Ne7+ {[%cal Ge7g8,Re7f5]} Kf8 30. Nxf5 Bxf4 31. Rxf4 d3
32. exd3 Nxd3 33. Rc4 b6 34. Rc7 Nf4 35. Rxa7 h4 36. Nxh4 Rd2 37. Bf3 Nh3+ 38.
Kf1 Ng5 39. Bc6 f6 40. Ke1 1-0

[Event "SRB-chT"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2016.09.26"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.09.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sloven"]
[BlackTeam "Sloga Turist"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. Nc3 $5 {Not the best surprise against a Chigorin expert!}
(3. c3 cxd4 4. cxd4 {leads to the Slav Defence}) ({and} 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 {
to the Caro-Kann.}) 3... e6 (3... cxd4 4. Qxd4 {and White may count on taking
on a7.} Nf6 (4... e6 5. e4 (5. Bxb8 $5) 5... Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4) 5. e4 (5. Bxb8 $5)
5... Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. e5 Nh5 $1 {This time the extra move with
Bf4 works against White.} 9. Be3 g6) (3... Nc6 4. e3 a6 (4... cxd4 5. exd4 Bf5
6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. Nf3 $13) 5. Nf3 e6 {may be a better way to reach our
game continuation.}) 4. e3 (4. e4 $5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qa4 (6. Bb5 Bd7 7.
Bxc6 bxc6 $13) 6... Bb4 7. exd5 exd5 8. Bb5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nge7 10. Nf3 O-O 11.
O-O $13) 4... a6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 (6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3) 6... Nf6 7. h3 (7. dxc5
$142 $5 Bxc5 8. Bd3 {is what the young Belarus GM Vladislav Kovalev feels at
home with.} h6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 O-O 12. O-O Qf6 13. Qc1 e5 14.
Be3 Be7 $13) 7... b6 $1 {Black logically strenghtens the centre.} ({As well as
saving a tempo on the hasty} 7... Bd6 $6 8. Bg5 $1 (8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd3 Bd6 10.
Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 $13) 8... h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. dxc5 Bc7 11. Bg3 Bxg3
12. fxg3 Qc7 $44) 8. Ne5 Bb7 (8... Nxe5 $5 9. Bxe5 Bd6) 9. g4 $146 {I am
already conversant with this real hypermodern style that is why I also only
considered this move.} ({Igor had a game with} 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qf3
$13) 9... Bd6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bg2 (11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. f4 g5 $1 13. Bg2 gxf4
14. O-O Rg8 $5 (14... cxd4 15. Qxd4 e5 16. Qb4 Qc5 17. Qxc5 bxc5 18. b4 $13 {
too many pawn pushes!}) (14... Nd7 15. exf4 O-O-O $13)) 11... Bxf4 12. exf4 Qc7
13. Qd2 O-O (13... Rd8 $5 14. O-O Ne4 15. Qe3 cxd4 16. Qxd4 O-O $13 {resembles
the game continuation after all.}) 14. O-O Rfd8 15. Qe3 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Ne4 17.
Rfd1 (17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qe3 f5 19. f3 exf3 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Bxf3 Bxf3 22. Rxf3
fxg4 23. hxg4 Qxc2 24. Rf2 Qd3 25. Raf1 $11) (17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qe3 f5 19. Rad1
Rf8 $5) 17... Rac8 (17... Nd6 $6 18. f5 $1 exf5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 $40) (
17... Nxc3 $6 18. Qxc3 $16) 18. Rd3 $6 {This deprives White of the possibility
of an exchange on e4.} (18. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 19. Qe5 Qxe5 $1 (19... Qb7 $6 20.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 $16) 20. fxe5 f5 (20... Kf8 $5) 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8
23. Rd1 Rc8 24. Kh2 Kf7 25. Kg3 e5 26. Kh4 Ke6 27. Kh5 Rf8 28. Kh6 f5 $132) (
18. Nxe4 $6 dxe4 19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. fxe5 Rd5 $1 $17) 18... g6 19. Rad1 Qxf4 $1
20. Qxb6 {A theoretically good exchange of pawns for Black} (20. Nxe4 $2 dxe4
21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Kg7 23. R8d4 b5 $17) (20. f3 $2 Nxc3 $1) {Alas Black
could not keep the knights in the game.} 20... Nxc3 $8 (20... Nd6 $2 21. Qxa6
$1 Nc4 22. Rd4 $1 Qb8 23. Rxc4 dxc4 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bxc6 Qxb2 26. Qa5 $1 $16
) 21. Rxc3 Bb5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. c3 Rb8 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Bc4 26. Rd2 g5 $1
$15 {Black can look forward to a very pleasant ending but the question remains
the same: Is it enough to win the game?} 27. Kh2 $2 $138 {Based on a bad
calculation missing e5 down the line.} (27. Bf1 $1 Bxf1 $1 (27... Rc8 $5 28.
Rd4 Kf8 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Kg2 Ke7 31. Kf3 Rxd4 32. cxd4 a5 33. b3 f6 34. Ke3 e5
35. f3 Kd6 $11) 28. Kxf1 {I felt that Black needs to toss h5 in!} Kf8 (28...
Kg7 29. Ke2 h5 30. gxh5 Rh8 31. Rd4 Rxh5 32. Ra4 Rxh3 33. Rxa6 $13) 29. Ke2 Ke7
30. Ke3 h5 $132) 27... Kg7 (27... e5 $2 28. Bxd5 Rd8 29. Bxf7+) 28. Kg3 e5 $1
$17 {Practically deciding the game since White has to go all the way back with
his king.} 29. b4 (29. Bxd5 $2 Rd8) 29... e4 $1 30. Rd4 Rc8 (30... Kf6 $4 31.
Bxe4 $1) 31. Kh2 (31. f4 Bb5) (31. f3 e3) 31... Kf6 (31... Re8 32. a4 $1) 32.
f3 e3 $19 {This is all gone now.} 33. Kg1 Ke5 $5 {White's position is beyond
repair so the king walk also decides the game.} (33... Re8 34. Rd1 e2 35. Re1
Re3 36. Kf2 Rxc3 37. f4 gxf4 38. Bf3 Rxa3 $19 {and}) (33... e2 34. Kf2 Re8 35.
Ke1 Re3 36. f4 Rxc3 $19 {were the simplest.}) 34. a4 h6 (34... Rc6 35. h4 h6) (
34... Bb3 35. Rd3 Kf4 $19) 35. h4 Rc6 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. a5 Rf6 $1 {Aiming to
exchange the only active piece.} 38. Bh1 Rf4 39. Rd1 (39. Rxf4 Kxf4 $19) 39...
d4 $1 40. Re1 (40. cxd4+ Rxd4 $19) 40... dxc3 (40... dxc3 41. Rxe3+ Kd4 $19)
0-1

[Event "Belgrade Trophy 31st"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 $5 {The first couple of moves were a slight surprise for both
sides.} Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 $5 {The couple Schlechter and Rubinstein provide some
reliability for the move.} 4. f3 Bd7 5. c4 $6 {Not the best approach.} (5. g4
c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. h4 e6 $13) 5... e6 (5... c5 6. Nc3 (6. dxc5 e6) 6... e6 {
transposes into the game.} (6... cxd4 7. exd4 e6 8. c5)) 6. Nc3 c5 $1 $146 {
Logical and effective.} (6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nge2 O-O) 7. cxd5 Nxd5 (7...
cxd4 8. exd4 (8. Qxd4 exd5 9. Nxd5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Qd2 O-O-O $44) 8...
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 $11 {is another possibility.}) 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. a3
$6 (10. Qb3 cxd4) (10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qxd5 Qe7 (11... Qb6 12. Rc1) 12. Qe4 Qxe4
13. fxe4 Nb4 14. Rd1 {looks ugly but enterprising.}) (10. Nc3 cxd4 11. exd4 Bb4
$15) 10... g5 $1 11. Bg3 cxd4 (11... Bg7 $6 12. dxc5 $1 Bxb2 13. Ra2) 12. Nxd4
Bg7 13. Bf2 (13. Nb5 O-O 14. Qxd5 Re8 15. Qd2 Be6 $44 {looks very dangerous
with White's king in the centre.}) 13... Nxd4 $2 {Throwing away the advantage.}
(13... O-O 14. Be2 Qb6 15. Qd2 Nxd4 16. exd4 Bb5 17. O-O Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Rfe8 (
18... Bxd4 19. Qd2 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 $11) 19. Qd3 Rac8 $15) 14. exd4 Qe7+ 15. Be2
(15. Qe2 Rc8) 15... Bb5 16. Kf1 Qxe2+ (16... Bxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Rc8 18. Qb5+) 17.
Qxe2+ Bxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Kd7 19. h4 $11 {It looks like a safe draw for both sides.}
Rac8 (19... h6 20. Rac1 b6 21. Bg3 Rac8 22. hxg5 hxg5 $11) 20. Kd3 h6 21. Rac1
Bf6 $6 (21... b6 22. Rxc8 Kxc8 $11) ({If Black wants to challenge the
initiative he needs something like} 21... Rxc1 $142 22. Rxc1 f5 $1 23. Rc5 $140
Kd6) (21... f5 $6 22. Rc5) 22. hxg5 {This is one of the most critical
positions in the game.For some reason another I became brain dead and also
upset because of the equality.} Rxc1 $5 (22... hxg5 23. Rxh8 (23. Rxc8 Rxc8 (
23... Rxh1 $5) 24. Be3 Be7 25. Rh7 Ke6 $11) 23... Bxh8 24. Rh1 Bf6 25. Rh5 (25.
Be3 Be7) 25... Rh8 $11) 23. Rxc1 hxg5 {I was thinking that Branko's next would
be a mistake.} (23... Bxg5 $6 24. Rc5) 24. Rc5 $5 {And he did it!} b6 $2 {
This requires some exactitude from Black.} (24... Ke6 $5 25. Rc7 (25. Bg3 Rh1)
25... Rh2 26. Rxb7 Rxg2 27. Be1 g4 28. fxg4 Rxg4 29. Bc3 Rg3+ 30. Kc2 Rg4 $11)
(24... Rh2 $1 25. Rxd5+ (25. Bg3 Rxg2) 25... Ke6 26. Rb5 (26. Rd6+ Kxd6 27.
Bg3+ Kd5) 26... Rxg2 27. Be1 (27. d5+ Kd6 (27... Kf5 28. Bxa7 Rxb2) 28. Bxa7
Rxb2 29. Bc5+ Kxd5 30. Bb4+ Kc6 31. Rf5 $11) 27... b6 28. a4 (28. Bc3 Be7 29.
Re5+ Kd7 $11) 28... Bd8 29. Re5+ Kd7 $11) 25. Rxd5+ Ke6 26. Rb5 (26. Ke4 Rh2
27. Rd6+ Ke7 28. Rc6 Rxg2 29. Be3 Rxb2 30. Rc7+ Ke8 31. Rxa7 Re2 32. Kd3 Rb2
$11) 26... Rh2 27. Bg3 (27. d5+ Kd7) 27... Rxg2 28. Bb8 g4 $1 29. fxg4 Rxg4 30.
d5+ {The important motif in this position is the wrong bishop which I noticed
only after botching up my position.} (30. Bxa7 Rxd4+ (30... Bxd4 31. Bxb6) 31.
Kc2 Rc4+ 32. Kb3 Rg4 33. Rxb6+ Kf5 34. a4 Rg2 35. Ka3 Bxb2+ $1 36. Rxb2 Rxb2
37. Kxb2 Ke6 38. a5 Kd6 39. a6 Kc7 $11) 30... Kd7 $4 {Death wish!} (30... Kf5
$1 31. Bxa7 Rg3+ 32. Kc2 (32. Kc4 Rg4+ 33. Kb3 Rg2 34. Bxb6 (34. Ka2 Rxb2+ $11)
34... Rxb2+ 35. Kc4 Rc2+ $11) 32... Rg2+ 33. Kb1 Rxb2+ 34. Rxb2 Bxb2 35. Kxb2
Ke5 36. Bxb6 Kxd5 $11) 31. Bxa7 $18 Rg3+ 32. Ke4 Rg2 33. b3 Be7 34. a4 Rg4+ 35.
Kf3 f5 36. Bxb6 Bd6 37. a5 Rg3+ 38. Kf2 Rc3 39. a6 Bc7 40. Bxc7 Kxc7 41. b4 Ra3
42. Ra5 1-0

[Event "GRE-chT 31st"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2002.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelashvili, Tamaz"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.07.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Actually in our group there was a team who simply withdrew from the
tournament not even playing the first round neither informing the organizers
on time. That is why this is in fact a second round game.} 1. d4 d5 2. c3 $5 {
A very strange move.} Nf6 ({I did not take the invitation for} 2... c6 3. Bf4
Bf5 4. Qb3 Qb6 $11) 3. Bg5 Nbd7 {We are in the London system.} 4. e3 g6 5. Nd2
Bg7 6. f4 $5 {How should we call this ,Accelerated Stonewall or what?} (6. Ngf3
O-O 7. Be2 Re8 8. O-O e5 9. c4 $5 (9. b4 c6 $13) 9... exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 $13 {
would be more in the sprit of true London system.}) 6... O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. Qf3
$5 {Vlatko Kovacevic style. The Croation Grandmaster has probably the most
interesting approach to Queen's Pawn openings without c4.} Qb6 (8... b5 {
was played by GM Cabrilo against Vlado.} 9. Ne2 (9. Bxb5 Rb8 10. Bxd7 Bxd7 $44)
9... Qb6 10. O-O a5 $5) 9. Rb1 {Now things were looking forced to me.} (9.
O-O-O Qc6) 9... Qe6 $6 {A bad place for the queen.} (9... Qc6 10. Ne2 b6 11.
O-O a5 {is most likely more to the point since black queen is less exposed on
c6.}) 10. Ne2 b6 11. O-O a5 (11... Bb7 {looked pretty passive to me.} 12. Ng3
$16 h6 $140 $2 13. f5 $1) 12. Rbe1 $2 {Failing to seize his chances.} (12. c4
$1 Bb7 (12... Ba6 $2 13. cxd5 Qxd5 (13... Nxd5 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. e4 $16) 14. e4
Qxa2 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. d5 $16) 13. cxd5 Qxd5 (13... Bxd5 14. e4 Bxa2 15. Ra1 (
15. d5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. f5 $1)) 14. e4 Qc6 15. d5 Qc7 16. Nc3 $16) 12...
Ba6 {Now after this exchange black is in a better shape.} 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Ng3
b5 $1 {Expansion in the center may counterbalance whites grip in the center.}
15. f5 Qc6 $6 {Again I have stumbled and allowed his queen shift to the
kingside.} (15... Qd6 16. Bf4 (16. e4 $6 cxd4 17. e5 Qb6 (17... Nxe5 18. Rxe5)
18. exf6 exf6 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Bf4 dxc3+ 21. Be3 d4 $17) 16... Qc6 17. h4 $140
$6 e6) 16. Qf4 $1 {A good move by white.Crossing to the kingside whites queen
will pose problem to black's majesty.} e6 17. fxg6 ({White does not want to
allow} 17. fxe6 Qxe6) 17... fxg6 18. Qh4 e5 19. Bh6 Qe6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. e4 $1
$14 {I did not appreciate this move like any other one played by my opponent
during the game,however chips are fallen in a different way.} (21. h3 e4 22.
Ne2 c4 $13) 21... cxd4 22. cxd4 exd4 {Despite everything black has to munch
material.} (22... Qb6 23. Nf3) 23. exd5 $2 {That was a relief for me.} ({
I was really afraid of} 23. e5 $1 Ne4 (23... Nxe5 24. Qg5 Nfd7 25. Nh5+ Kg8 26.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qh6+ Ke7 28. Nf4 (28. Qxh7+ Qf7) 28... Qf7 29. Nf3 $16) (23...
Ng4 24. Rxf8 Nxf8 25. Nf3 $16) 24. Rxf8 Nxf8 25. Ngxe4 dxe4 26. Qxe4 Qd7 $1 $14
) 23... Qxd5 24. Nf3 d3 $1 $17 {Push pawns not drugs!} (24... Re6 25. Qxd4 Rxe1
26. Rxe1 Qxa2 27. Ne4 Kg8 $1 (27... Qd5 28. Nxf6 Nxf6 (28... Qxd4+ 29. Nxd4
Rxf6 30. Nxb5 $11) 29. Re5 $11) 28. Nd6 $44) 25. Ng5 h5 $5 {After a long
thought I have decided for this weird move.} ({However after the natural} 25...
h6 $142 $1 26. Re7+ (26. N5e4 Qd4+ 27. Kh1 Re6) 26... Kg8 27. N5e4 (27. N3e4
Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Qb4) 27... Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Qb4 $1 {white is substantially worse.})
26. Kh1 Kg8 $1 {The first strong move in the game.} (26... Kh6 $2 27. Nf3 g5
28. Nxg5 Qxg5 29. Nf5+ Kg6 30. Ne7+ $11) ({I was not satisfied with} 26... Rc6
$6 27. Re7+ Kg8 28. Nf5 gxf5 29. Ne6 f4 30. Rg7+ Kh8 31. Qxf4 Nh7 32. Rxh7+
Kxh7 33. Nxf8+ Nxf8 34. Qxf8 Rc7 $15) 27. N3e4 Rc6 {This move is better than
greedy alternatives.} (27... Nxe4 28. Nxe4 d2 29. Rxf8+ Nxf8 30. Rd1 Qxa2 31.
Qf4 Qxb2 32. Rf1 Qg7 33. Qxd2 $44) (27... d2 28. Rd1 Qxa2) 28. Nc3 Qc4 $3 {
Very important nuance black is luring whites rook to f4 to make a combination
to happen.} 29. Rf4 {Alternatives are inconsequent.} (29. Qg3 h4 30. Qe3 b4 31.
Nce4 Nxe4 32. Rxf8+ Nxf8 33. Nxe4 Re6 $19) (29. Qh3 d2 30. Rd1 b4 $19) 29...
Qc5 {Black is all set up for b4.} 30. Ne6 {After all winning the exchange,but..
.} Rxe6 31. Rxe6 g5 32. Qg3 $8 h4 $1 33. Rxh4 $8 (33. Qxd3 gxf4 34. Qg6+ Kh8
35. Qh6+ Nh7 $19) 33... Qf5 {That is the trick behind the combination.} ({
Of course} 33... Ng4 $4 34. Rg6+ Kf7 35. Qxg4 {would be only a flash of
stupidity!}) 34. Re1 {loses on the spot} (34. h3 Qxe6 35. Qxg5+ Kf7 36. Rf4
Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qe5 $19) 34... Ng4 $1 {Here white decided to give up due to
backrank problems.} (34... Ne4 35. Qf3 Nf2+ 36. Kg1 Qc5 $19) (34... Ng4 35. Qf3
gxh4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Veliko Gradiste Silver Lake op-A"]
[Site "Veliko Gradiste"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zegarac, Vuk"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 c6 $5 {An invitation to the Caro-Kann when the dangerous
Advance Variation is out of question.} 3. Bg5 (3. Bf4 Qb6 4. Rb1 Bf5 5. e3 Nf6
6. f3 {is also in the spirit of the opening.}) 3... h6 4. Bh4 Qb6 5. Rb1 Bf5 6.
e3 e6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. cxd3 (8. Qxd3 Nd7 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Bg3 Ngf6 11. O-O c5 $1 (
11... O-O 12. b4)) 8... Ne7 $5 9. Bxe7 $146 (9. Nf3 Nf5) 9... Bxe7 10. Nge2 c5
11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. O-O Nc6 13. d4 Qd6 14. Nf4 O-O 15. Qg4 Bg5 16. Nce2 a5 17. h4
f5 18. Qg3 (18. Qf3 Bf6 19. Nc3) 18... Bf6 19. Ng6 $5 Qxg3 20. Nxg3 Rfc8 21.
Rfc1 Kf7 22. h5 Ne7 23. Nf4 Rxc1+ (23... Rc4 $5 24. b3 Rc6 25. Rxc6 Nxc6) 24.
Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Nxc8 26. Nd3 b6 27. Kf1 Ne7 28. Ne2 Nc6 29. Nc3 Ke8 30. Ke2
Kd7 31. Nf4 $6 {White marks time for no reason at all.} (31. Kf3 Nd8 32. g4
fxg4+ 33. Kxg4 Nf7) (31. f4 $1 Nd8 32. Kf3 Nb7 33. Ne5+ Bxe5 34. fxe5 Nd8 $14)
31... Nd8 32. Nd3 Nf7 33. b4 axb4 34. Nxb4 f4 $1 35. Kd3 fxe3 36. fxe3 Be7 37.
a3 $6 (37. Nc2) 37... Nd6 38. Nc2 Ne8 39. e4 Nf6 40. exd5 exd5 {After this it
seems like White has problems with his weak pawns but the material left on the
board helps him to survive.} (40... Nxh5 $5 41. Ne3 Bxa3 42. Nc4 $11) 41. Ne3 (
41. a4 Kc6 42. Ne3 Bb4 43. g4 $11) 41... Bxa3 $1 (41... Ke6 42. Nb5) (41... Kc6
42. a4) 42. Ncxd5 Nxd5 43. Nxd5 b5 44. Ne3 Ke6 (44... Be7 45. Nf5 Bf6 46. d5
Kc7 47. Kc2 Kb6 48. Kb3 Kc5 49. d6 $11) 45. Ke4 Bf8 (45... Kf6 46. Nf5 b4 47.
g4 b3 48. Kd3 Kg5 49. Nxg7 Kxg4 50. d5 $11) 46. d5+ Kf6 47. Nf5 (47. Ng4+ Kg5
48. Ne5 b4 (48... Kxh5 $4 49. Kf5) 49. d6 Bxd6 50. Nf7+ Kxh5 51. Nxd6 Kg4 52.
Nf5 b3 53. Ne3+ Kg3 54. Kd3 g6 55. Kc3 $11) 47... b4 48. Nd4 Bd6 (48... Bc5 49.
Nb3 Bb6 50. Nd2) 49. Ne6 b3 50. Kd3 Be5 (50... Bb4 51. g4) (50... b2 51. Kc2
Be5 52. g4 Bc3 53. Nc5 $11) 51. Nc5 b2 52. Kc2 Bd6 53. Nd3 Ba3 (53... b1=Q+ 54.
Kxb1 Kf5 55. Kc2 Kg4 (55... Ke4 56. Nf2+ Kxd5 57. Kd3 $11) 56. Kb3 Kg3 (56...
Kxh5 57. Nf2) 57. Kc4 Kxg2 58. Nc5 $11) 54. Nxb2 $1 Bxb2 55. Kxb2 Ke5 56. Kc3
Kxd5 57. Kd3 $11 {White keeps the opposition and achieves a draw.} Ke5 58. Ke3
Kf5 59. Kf3 Kg5 60. g4 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SRB Central-ch op-A 5th"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2012.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bogosavljevic, Boban"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 $5 {A speciality of the young talent from Vrsac. I myself have
tried the London System albeit without much success.} Nf6 (2... c5 3. e4 $5 {
looks like an accelerated Albin!}) 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 (5. Nf3 $6 Qb6 6.
Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 $1 (7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Na3 Bf5 $1 (8... e5 9. Nb5 Ra5 10. Nc7+ Kd7
11. dxe5 Nh5 12. Nxd5 Rxd5 13. Bxc4 $44) 9. Nh4 (9. Nb5 Ra5) 9... Bd7 $36) 7...
Bf5 8. Qc1 Nh5 $1 $36 {explains the move order chosen by White.}) 5... Bf5 $5 (
5... g6 {is Kramnik's choice.} 6. Ngf3 Qb6 7. Qb3 c4 8. Qc2 Bf5 9. Qc1 Bg7 10.
h3 (10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 O-O 12. Be2 Rfc8 $132) 10... O-O 11. Be2 Qd8 12. O-O
b5 $13) 6. Qb3 (6. Ngf3 Qb6 7. Qb3 c4 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. a3 b5 10. Rc1 h6 11. Be2
e6 12. Bd1 Nd7 $1 {results in the famous manoeuvre from the Robert Byrne-Vlado
Kovacevic game, Wijk aan Zee 1980, with reversed colours. Nd7-b6-a4, followed
by Ba4 bxa4 makes the b2-pawn vulnerable for an attack by Black's rook, say
like Ra6-b6.}) 6... Qd7 7. dxc5 $5 (7. Ngf3 {is played by whom? Guess what by
me!} c4 (7... e6 8. Bb5 (8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 c4 10. Nxc4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O-O
12. exf6 Qd2+ 13. Kf1 gxf6 {is not simple either.} 14. h3 e5 15. Bg3 Bc2 16.
Qb5 a6 17. Qa5 Rg8 18. Re1 Be4 19. Be2 Bd6 $44) 8... Qc8 $13) 8. Qd1 b5 9. Be2
e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nh4 O-O $13) 7... e5 {I wanted to grab the
centre.} ({There is nothing wrong with} 7... e6 $5 8. Ngf3 (8. Qa3 Nh5 9. Ngf3
Nxf4 10. exf4 Be7 $44) 8... Bxc5 9. Be2 (9. Nd4 Bg6) 9... O-O 10. O-O $13 {
it is just another game.}) 8. Bg3 (8. Bg5 Bxc5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 $36 {and Black
seems to be very active.}) 8... Bxc5 9. Ngf3 Qe7 (9... Bd6 10. Bb5 Qc7 11. c4
O-O 12. cxd5 Na5 13. Qa4 a6 14. Be2 Nxd5 15. O-O $40 {and Black has a shaky
centre.}) 10. Bb5 d4 $1 $146 {A good novelty over the board which casts doubt
on current theory.} (10... O-O $5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nxe5 Rfc8 $44 {is reserved
for another time.}) 11. O-O $1 {It is really suicidal to pick up the pawn.} (
11. Nxe5 $2 dxe3 $1 (11... O-O $2 12. cxd4 Bxd4 13. Bxc6 Bxe5 14. Qxb7 Qxb7 15.
Bxb7 Bxb2 16. Bxa8 Bxa1 17. Bb7 Bc3 18. Ke2 Rd8 19. Nb3 $16) 12. Nxc6 exd2+ 13.
Kd1 (13. Kxd2 bxc6 14. Bxc6+ Kf8 15. Bxa8 Qd8+ 16. Kc1 Qxa8 $17) 13... bxc6 14.
Bxc6+ Nd7 15. Bxa8 O-O 16. Qd5 (16. Bf3 Re8 $19) 16... Re8 17. Qxd2 Rxa8 18.
Re1 Qf6 $19) 11... dxe3 12. fxe3 Bxe3+ 13. Kh1 O-O $6 {This hasty move
resulted in evaporation of my advantage.} (13... Bxd2 14. Nxd2 Be6 15. Qa4 Nd7
16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nc4 f6 18. Qxc6 O-O $17) 14. Rae1 (14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nxe5 Be6
16. Qc2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Ne4 18. Qe3 Nxg3+ 19. Qxg3 Qc7 $15) 14... Bxd2 {A tough
decision.} (14... Be6 $5 15. Qc2 (15. Nc4 $6 Qc5 $1 $17) 15... Bxd2 16. Nxd2 (
16. Qxd2 Rad8 17. Qc2 e4 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nd2 Qd7 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxa2
$15) 16... Nd7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 f6 20. Re2 Qf7 21. b3 $11)
15. Nxd2 Be6 16. Qa4 $6 (16. Qc2 {is simpler:} Nh5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Nf6
$11) 16... Nd7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Bxe5 (18. Qxc6 $6 f6 $17 {gives Black the
centre.}) 18... Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Qd6 20. Nf3 {This natural move came to me as a
surprise.} (20. Qf4 f6 21. Ra5 Qxf4 22. Rxf4 Rfd8 $36) (20. Qd4 $2 Qxd4 21.
cxd4 Rfd8 $17 {is obviously bad for White.}) 20... Bd5 21. Re2 $6 {There was
no need for this bad move but Boban was in severe time trouble.} (21. Rfe1 Bxf3
22. gxf3 g6 $11 {and each side has his own weaknesses.}) 21... Rae8 $1 22. Rxe8
{I am really surprised by his materialistic approach since Black will have
more than compensation.} (22. Rfe1 Re6 $5 $36) 22... Rxe8 23. Qxa7 $138 Re2 24.
Qa8+ $2 {This turns out to be the real mistake.} (24. Rf2 Bxf3 (24... Rxf2 25.
Qxf2 Bxa2 $11) 25. gxf3 Re1+ 26. Kg2 Qg6+ 27. Kh3 $11) 24... Qf8 25. Qa6 $2 {
One mistake follows another.} (25. Qb7 g6 26. Qb6 Qe7 $40) (25. Qxf8+ Kxf8 26.
Ra1 Rxb2 27. a4 c5 28. a5 Rc2 29. a6 Ke7 30. a7 Ba8 $17) 25... Rxb2 26. c4 Bxf3
27. gxf3 Qb8 $1 28. f4 Qe8 $19 29. Qa3 Qe4+ 30. Qf3 Qxc4 $5 (30... Qc2 $5 {
may provide an easier win but at this moment in the game I became
materialistic myself.} 31. Qh3 f5 $1 $19 (31... g6 32. f5 Qxc4 33. Re1 Rb1 34.
Rxb1 Qe4+ 35. Kg1 Qxb1+ $19)) 31. Rd1 $6 ({The trickiest is the long line.} 31.
Rf2 Rxa2 32. Rxa2 Qxa2 33. Qxc6 Qb1+ 34. Kg2 Qg6+ 35. Qxg6 hxg6 $19) 31... h6
32. a3 {I thought that the queen exchange is compulsory but anything loses.} (
32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Qd3+ Qxd3 34. Rxd3 Rxa2 35. Rc3 Ra6 36. f5 f6 37. Rc5 Kg8 $19)
32... Rb3 33. Qg4 g6 (33... Qe4+ 34. Qg2 Qxf4 35. Qxc6 Rb2 $19 {wins as well.})
34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. Qe8 Qxf4 36. Qxc6 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Black "Mikheev, Stanislav Valerievi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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 "Morocco"]
[BlackTeam "IPCA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MAR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O c5 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. h3 Bf5 12. a3 Rc8 13. Ba2 Bb8 14. Re1 Kg7
15. Qd2 Qd7 16. Nd5 Rfe8 17. Ne3 Be4 $4 ({After this careless move White
develops an irresisitble attack. Correct was} 17... Bd6 {, with counterchances.
}) 18. Ng4 $1 {[%csl Gd2,Rf6,Gg4,Rg7,Rh6][%cal Gd2h6] Threatening 19.Qh6+.} Qd6
19. Qh6+ Kh8 {[%tqu "En","Black's king is deserted by his pieces. How would
you develop White's attack here?","Target the h7-pawn!","Sacrifice the
g4-knight to bring the f3-knight into attack!","g4f6","This nice sacrifice
crowns White's impressive attack.",6]} 20. Nxf6 $1 {[%csl Gf3,Gf6,Rg5,Gh6,Rh7,
Rh8] After this sacrifice Black is doomed.} (20. Bxf7 Re7 21. Rxe4 Rxe4 22.
Bxg6 Re7 {was definitely less convincing.}) 20... Qxf6 21. Ng5 {[%csl Rf7,Rh7,
Rh8][%cal Ga2f7,Gg5f7,Gg5h7]} Qg7 22. Nxf7+ Kg8 23. Nd6+ Kh8 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25.
Nxe8+ Rxe8 26. f3 {Winning a piece and the game.} 1-0

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Nyborg"]
[Date "2001.04.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Berg, Klaus"]
[Black "Rasmussen, Karsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. e3 Qb6 6. b3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 Rad8 13. Rfc1 Qa6 14. Qf1 dxc4
15. bxc4 Qa5 16. Rab1 b6 17. a4 Qh5 (17... e5 $142) 18. a5 $1 Qxa5 $6 19. Ra1
Qb4 20. Rxa7 $14 Qd6 21. Rca1 Nc8 22. Rb7 Qb4 $6 (22... e5) 23. Qc1 Nd6 $4 {
[%tqu "En","Black's last move looks reasonable, but in fact it's a fatal
mistake. How would you punish Black for it?","Try to use a shaky positin of
the black queen.","Play energetically not to allow Black any time for defence.
","b7d7","After this blow White's material advantage becomes decisive.",6]} 24.
Rxd7 $1 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ga1a4,Gf3d2]} Rxd7 25. Ra4 Qxc4 (25... Qb3 {is met by}
26. Nd2 {,winning the queen.}) 26. Ne5 $1 {This move is even stronger than 26.
Rc4, which, however, would be also sufficient for win.} Qb3 27. Ra3 Qxa3 28.
Qxa3 {Black has no sufficient compensation for the queen, and the rest of the
game is not very interesting.} Rdd8 29. h3 Nf5 30. g4 Ra8 31. Qb2 Ne7 32. Qxb6
Nd5 33. Nxd5 cxd5 34. Nc6 Rfe8 35. Kg2 Ra2 36. h4 Rc2 37. Qb7 Rf8 38. g5 h5 39.
Ne7+ Kh8 40. g6 f5 41. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9798"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1998.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik Tyomkin,D} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2
c5 7. Ne5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nfd7 (8... e6 {Avrukh,B} 9. Qd2 (9. O-O Nfd7 10. Re1
Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bh6 12. Nb5 Nc6 13. Bd6 Re8 14. Bg3 $16 {Balashov,Y-Gufeld,E/
URS-ch37 Moscow 1969/1-0 (66)} (14. Bg3 {Ftacnik} f5 15. Bc7 Qd7 16. Be5 Nxe5
17. dxe5 Rd8 18. Qd4 a6 19. Qh4 Bf8 20. Nd4 {Balashov,Y-Gufeld,E/URS-ch37 1969/
1-0 (66)})) 9... Nfd7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bh6 Nf6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. O-O-O Bd7 14.
Ne5 Rc8 15. h4 $40 {Mohr,G-Rotshtein,A/Maribor 1994/1-0(28)} (15. h4 Nb4 16.
Kb1 b5 17. h5 Qe7 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. g4 {1-0 Mohr,G-Rotstein,A/
Maribor Pirc 1994 (28)})) (8... Ne8 {Avrukh,B} 9. h4 $6 f6 10. Nf3 Bg4 $15 {
Pribyl,J-Werner,D/Prague Mladi-A 1988/1/2-1/2(18)} (10... Bg4 {Ftacnik} 11. h5
Bxh5 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. O-O-O e6 14. Bh6 Rf7 15. Rh4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 f5 17. g3 Bf6
18. Qe3 Qd7 19. Rhh1 {1/2-1/2 Pribyl,J-Werner,D/Prague Mladi-A 1988})) (8...
Nc6 {Avrukh,B} 9. Qd2 (9. h4 Qb6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Ba6 13. Nc5
Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Rfe8 15. Be5 Qb5 16. a4 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 Rad8 18. Rae1 Nd7 19. Nxd7
Rxd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Kd3 {1/2-1/2 Bibby,S-Norman,K/BCF-ch 1992 (33)}) 9...
Bf5 (9... Be6 10. f3 Nd7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bh6 Rb8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Na4 f6 15.
h4 Qc7 16. O-O-O Bf7 17. f4 c5 18. h5 cxd4 19. Rh3 e5 20. g4 exf4 21. hxg6 hxg6
22. Qxd4 g5 {1-0 Okhotnik,V-Sinkovics,P/Balatonbereny op 1996 (40)}) 10. f3 Nd7
(10... Nh5 {Ftacnik} 11. O-O-O Nxf4 12. Qxf4 Nb4 13. Bd3 Be6 14. h4 Rc8 15. a3
Nxd3+ 16. Rxd3 Qa5 17. h5 Rfd8 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. g4 b5 20. Qh2 b4 21. axb4 Qxb4
22. f4 {Orlowski,J-Wiener,H/Unterfranken-ch 1988/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. g4 Be6 13. Bh6 Rb8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Na4 Qc7 $132 {Okhotnik Vladimir-Gal
Jozsef/It, Hajduboszormeny (Hungary) 1995/1-0(31)} (15... Qc7 16. f4 Nf6 17.
O-O-O Ne4 18. Qe3 Qa5 19. b3 Qb4 20. Nc5 Nc3 21. Rd3 Qa3+ 22. Kd2 Ne4+ 23. Ke1
Qxa2 24. f5 {1-0 Okhotnik,V-Gal,J/Hajduboszormeny IM 1995 (31)})) (8... Nbd7 {
Ftacnik} 9. h4 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 a6 11. h5 b5 12. a3 Be6 13. Qd2 Qd7 14. f3 Qb7 15.
Kf2 Rac8 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Rh4 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. g4 Qd7 20. Rah1 gxh5 21.
Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rxh5 Rfd8 23. Rxh7 Bg7 24. Rxg7+ {1-0 Pribyl,M-Pribylova,R/
Prague Meta 1989}) 9. Nf3 $146 (9. Nxd7 {Avrukh,B} Qxd7 10. Bf3 Nc6 11. Be3 (
11. Ne2 {Ftacnik} Nxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 $15) 11... e6 12. Ne2 b6 13. O-O Ba6 14. Re1
Rfc8 $11 {Stojanov,S-Zontakh,A/Belgrade Trako 1993/1/2-1/2(30)}) 9... Nf6 10.
Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nf3 Nf6 12. Qd2 $1 {Hebden doesn't accept the draw by repetition
of moves. Ftacnik: Positions with opposite castles are always very sharp, both
sides need to come first with their attacks.} (12. Ne5 $11) 12... Bg4 (12...
Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5 $14 (14. Ne5 {Ftacnik} f6 15. Bc4+ e6 16. Ng4 $13))
13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nh5 $6 (14... Nc6 15. Nxc6 (15. O-O-O Rc8) 15... bxc6 16.
O-O Qb6 $132) 15. Be3 (15. Bg3 {Ftacnik} Nc6 16. O-O-O e6 $11) 15... Nc6 16.
O-O-O Rc8 17. f4 Nf6 (17... e6 {Ftacnik} 18. g4 Nf6 19. h4 h5 $11) 18. g4 Qa5 (
18... e6 $5 {Ftacnik}) 19. a3 Nxe5 (19... Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bf2 Qd5 22. Kb1
$16 {[%csl Re4]}) (19... e6 {Ftacnik} 20. h4) 20. fxe5 (20. dxe5 Rxc3 21. exf6
Bxf6 (21... Rxa3 22. bxa3 Qxa3+ 23. Kd2 Qb4+ 24. c3 Qb2+ 25. Ke1 Qxc3+ 26. Kf2
$18) 22. Bd2 d4 23. Qe4 Qb5 24. Bxc3 (24. bxc3 dxc3 25. Qb4 cxd2+ 26. Rxd2 Qc6)
24... dxc3 25. b3 $13) 20... Rxc3 $2 {Ftacnik: Nunn goes for a flashy idea,
but it can be refuted with very neat play. The tactical idea for white is far
from obvious, even though quite simple.} (20... Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. h4 f6 $5
$132 (22... f6 {Ftacnik} 23. h5 $14)) (20... Nd7 $1 {Ftacnik} 21. Qb5 Qxb5 22.
Nxb5 a6 23. Nc3 Nb6 $11) 21. exf6 (21. Bd2 {Ftacnik} Ne4 22. Bxc3 Nxc3 23. bxc3
Qxa3+ 24. Kd2 Bh6+ 25. Ke1 Qxc3+ 26. Kf2 Rc8 $19) (21. bxc3 $2 {Ftacnik} Qxa3+
22. Kd2 Ne4+ 23. Ke1 Qxc3+ 24. Kf1 Rc8 $19) 21... Rfc8 (21... Rxe3 22. Qxe3
exf6 $16 {/+-} (22... Bxf6 23. g5)) (21... Rxa3 {Ftacnik} 22. bxa3 Qxa3+ 23.
Kd2 Bxf6 (23... Qa5+ 24. c3 $16) 24. Rb1 $16) 22. Kb1 $1 {I guess black missed
this move.} (22. fxg7 $2 {[%tqu "En","","","","c3a3","",10]} Rxa3 $1 $11 23. c3
$140 (23. bxa3 {Ftacnik} Qxa3+ 24. Kb1 Qb4+ $11) 23... Rcxc3+ $1 $19) (22. bxc3
{Ftacnik} Qxa3+ 23. Kb1 Rc6 24. Qb5 exf6 25. Bc1 Qxc3 $17) 22... Rxc2 $4 (22...
Rxe3 23. Qxe3 exf6 $16 {/+-} (23... Bxf6 24. g5 Bg7 25. Qxe7) (23... exf6 {
Ftacnik} 24. h4 $16)) (22... Bxf6 {Ftacnik} 23. bxc3 Qxa3 24. Bc1 Qxc3 25. Bb2
$16) 23. Rd2 (23. Rd2 {Ftacnik} R2c6 24. fxg7 Kxg7 25. h4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9798 8th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1998.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tyomkin,D} Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 c5 5. c4 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7.
cxd5 (7. c5 $2 {Avrukh,B} Rg8 8. Nc3 e5 9. Bb5 Rxg2 10. Qf3 Rg6 11. Qxd5 exd4
12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Bd7 14. Qe4+ Qe7 $19 {Wall,T-Sadler,M/ch-British,
Nottingham ENG 1996/0-1(21)}) 7... Qxd5 8. Nf3 e5 $5 $146 (8... Bg4 {Avrukh,B}
9. Be2 O-O-O 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. d5 e6 (11... Nb4 12. O-O Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Rxd5 14.
Rc1+ Kb8 15. Qb3 $44) 12. O-O exd5 13. Nd4 Be6 $15 {Kinsman Andrew P
H-Skembris Spyridon/It (open), Cannes (France) 1995/0-1(32)}) 9. Nc3 Bb4 10.
Qd2 {[%cal Rc3d5]} (10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 fxe5 12. Bb5 f6 {and black is Ok
in this ending.}) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 exd4 (11... e4 $6 12. Qe3 $1 {[%cal
Gf3d2]}) (11... Bg4 12. Be2) 12. cxd4 Rg8 13. Rc1 {[%cal Gf1c4]} Be6 14. Bc4 (
14. Rc5 $6 Qe4+) 14... Qe4+ 15. Qe2 (15. Qe3 Qxe3+ 16. fxe3 Bxc4 17. Rxc4 Rxg2
$15) 15... Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 Bxc4+ $6 (16... Rd8 $5 17. Rhd1 Bxc4+ 18. Rxc4 Rxg2
19. d5 Ne5 20. Re4 Kd7 $15 (20... Rg4 21. Re3) (20... Kf8 21. Kf1 Rg4 22. Rxg4
Nxg4 $15)) 17. Rxc4 Rxg2 18. d5 $1 $11 Ne5 19. Nxe5 (19. Rc7 Rd8 20. Rxb7 Rxd5
$11) 19... fxe5 20. Rc7 Rd8 21. Rb1 b6 22. Rxa7 Rg6 (22... Rxd5 23. Rxb6 Rd7
$11) 23. Rb5 Rgd6 24. Ke3 Rxd5 25. Rxb6 R8d7 26. Rxd7 Kxd7 27. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1998.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ziegler, Ari"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Re8 (6... c6 7. Nd2
f5 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. O-O Nf6 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Bc7 12. Nc3 (12. Qc2 Be6 13. Ne5
Nd5 14. Nd3 g6 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. Nc3 Nf6 17. b4 a6 18. a4 Bd6 19. b5 axb5 20.
axb5 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 $16 {McDonald-Lukacs, Budapest 1995}) 12... Be6 13. Qe2 Qe7
14. a3 Rad8 15. b4 a6 $1 16. Rab1 Rfe8 (16... h5 $5) 17. Rfc1 (17. a4 Nd5 18.
Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qc2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rd5 21. Nd2 Qd7 22. Kh1 h5 23. Nf3 g6 24. Rb3
Bd6 25. Rfb1 Qe6 $11 {Hodgson,J-Leko,P/Moscow olm ENG-HUN 1994/1/2-1/2(45)})
17... h5 18. Nd2 h4 19. Nf3 hxg3 20. hxg3 Nd5 21. Rb2 a5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Qd2
axb4 24. axb4 g6 $11 {Adams,M-Almasi,Z/Moscow olm ENG-HUN 1994/1/2-1/2(37)}) 7.
Ne2 c6 8. O-O $146 (8. Nd2 {Avrukh,B} Bg4 $5 $146 (8... f5 9. O-O Nd7 10. c4
dxc4 11. Nxc4 Nf6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Nf4 Be6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Qc2 a5 16. b3 g6
$14 {/= Adams,M-Kortschnoj,V/Moscow PCA 1994/1/2-1/2(39)}) 9. O-O Qb6 10. b3 (
10. Nb3) 10... Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Qxd4 12. c4 Bb4 $13 {Ionescu,D-Fordan,T/Spring
Festival, Budapest HUN 1997/0-1 (47)}) 8... Nd7 9. b3 {Quite new idea in this
position.} (9. c4 $6 dxc4 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. Qc2 Be6) (9. Nd2 f5 10. c4 dxc4 11.
Nxc4 Nf6 {-8.Nd2}) 9... f5 10. c4 dxc4 11. bxc4 c5 12. Nbc3 Nf6 13. Rb1 Qe7 14.
Qc2 Ne4 15. Nd5 Qe6 16. dxc5 (16. Nef4 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Qd6) 16... Nxc5 17. Nd4
$16 Qg6 18. Nb5 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Bf8 20. Ndc7 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 $2 (21. Rxd1 Rb8 22.
Nxa7 $16) 21... Rb8 22. Nxa7 f4 $5 {[%cal Gc8g4] The attempt to get some
counterplay.} 23. Nc6 $2 (23. Nxc8 $142 Rxc8 24. Nd5 fxe3 25. Nxe3 Ra8 26. Rb2
$16) (23. exf4 $6 Bg4 24. Qe1 (24. Qf1 Be2) 24... Nd3 25. Qf1 Bc5 $36) 23...
Bg4 24. Qc1 $2 (24. Qf1 bxc6 (24... Be2 25. Qe1 Rc8 26. Nd5 $1 bxc6 27. Nxf4)
25. Rxb8 Qd6 26. exf4 Qxc7 $15 {[%cal Gg4e6] /-/+ pair of minor pieces are
much stronger than the rook.}) 24... Nd3 25. Qc2 Rc8 26. Rxb7 f3 $17 27. Na7 (
27. Rb6 Qd6 (27... Rxc7 28. Ne7+ Bxe7 29. Rxg6 hxg6 $17) 28. Nb5 Qc5 $17) 27...
Rxc7 28. Rxc7 fxg2 29. Nb5 Bc5 $6 (29... Bb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4e1]} 30. Nc3 Bxc3 31.
Qxc3 Qb6 32. Qxd3 Qxc7 33. Kxg2 Be6 $17) 30. Rb7 h5 31. Rb8+ Kh7 32. Rd8 $4
$138 (32. Nd4 Bxd4 (32... Bb4 33. Rxb4 Nxb4 34. Qxg6+ Kxg6 35. a3) (32... Bh3
33. Rb3 Ne5 34. Qxg6+ Kxg6 35. f4 $132) 33. exd4 Qe4 34. Rb1 Bf3 $17 35. d5
$140 {[%tqu "En","","","","d3f2","",10]} Nxf2 $1 36. Qxe4+ Bxe4 $1 {[%cal
Rf2h3]} 37. Kxf2 Bxb1 38. Kxg2 Kg6 (38... Bxa2 $4 39. d6) 39. d6 Kf6 40. a4 Ke6
41. c5 Bf5 $1 $19 {[%cal Re6d5]}) 32... Ne1 $19 33. Qxg6+ (33. Qc1 Nf3+ 34.
Kxg2 Qe4 $19) (33. Qc3 Qb1 $19) 33... Kxg6 {[%cal Rg4h3,Ye1f3] White can not
prevent Bh3 and than Nf3.} 34. Nd4 Bh3 35. f4 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yegiazarian, Arsen"]
[Black "Vajda, Levente"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kostakiev,D Tyomkin,D} Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 (3. c3 {Kostakiev,D} Ne4 4.
Bh4 Qd6 $5 {0-1 Bogoljubow,E-Alekhine,A/Salzburg 1943 (18)}) (3. e3 {Kostakiev,
D} Bg4 {1-0 Alekhine,A-Englund,F/Scheveningen 1913 (20)} (3... e6 4. Bd3 c5 5.
c3 Nbd7 6. f4 Qb6 7. Qc2 c4 8. Be2 Ne4 9. Bh4 f5 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. Ne5 b5 12. Nd2
Nxd2 13. Bh5+ g6 14. Nxg6 Nb6 15. Ne5# {1-0 Janowski,D-Michel,W/Semmering 1926}
)) 3... exf6 (3... gxf6 {Kostakiev,D} 4. e3 e6 5. g3 c5 {1-0 Atanasov,
Radislav-Karapachanski,D/tt ch Bg Varna (5) 1995 (12)}) 4. e3 (4. g3 {
Kostakiev,D} Nd7 (4... c6 {K-v,D} 5. Bg2 Qb6 6. b3 Bd6 7. c3 Bf5 8. e3 Nd7 9.
Ne2 O-O 10. O-O Rfe8 11. c4 dxc4 12. bxc4 c5 13. Nbc3 Rad8 14. Nd5 Qa6 15. Qb3
cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 {[#]} 17. Nxf5 Nxb3 18. axb3 Ba3 $11 19. Nd4 (19. Nc7 {K-v,D}
Qa5 20. Nxe8 Rxe8 21. Nd6 $14) 19... Rd7 $2 (19... Qd6 $11 {K-v,D}) 20. Nb5 $18
Bc5 21. Rxa6 bxa6 22. Nbc7 Red8 23. Nxa6 Bf8 24. b4 Bd6 25. c5 Be5 26. Rd1 f5
27. c6 $18 {1-0 $ Gocheva-Ilieva,H/TT-W-chBg 1996/[K-v,D]}) (4... Bd6 {K-v,D}
5. Bg2 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. Ne2 Bf5 8. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Berntsen,Sheila Barth-Voiska,
Margarita/Erevan ol-W (01) 1996}) 5. Bg2 f5 {1/2-1/2 Gocheva-Georgieva/ 1995 
(10)}) 4... g6 (4... Be6 {Kostakiev,D} 5. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Trompowsky,O-Alekhine,A/
Rio de Janeiro (consultaion) 1939 (17)} (5. Bd3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nd2 Nc6 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Nf3 f5 10. Nbd4 Qf6 11. O-O O-O 12. c3 Rac8 13. b4 g6 14. a4 Ne5 15.
Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qd2 a5 17. f4 Qc7 18. Rac1 Bd7 {0-1 Richter,K-Alekhine,A/Munich
1941}) (5. g3 {N} f5 6. Bd3 c6 7. Nd2 Nd7 8. Ne2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. c3 Nf6 11.
Qc2 Ne4 12. Nf4 Bxf4 13. exf4 b6 14. Nf3 f6 15. Rfe1 Bf7 16. Nd2 Re8 {1/2-1/2
Adams,M-Tiviakov,S/New York (m/10) 1994})) (4... c6 {Kostakiev,D Abramovic,B}
5. c4 (5. Bd3 {k-v,D} f5 (5... Bd6 {k-v,D} 6. Ne2 (6. c3 Nd7 7. Nd2 Nf8 8. Qc2
Ne6 9. Ne2 g6 10. h4 {1/2-1/2 Sabol Marian-Jurasek Miroslav/Extra League 1995/
96, Czech Republic (5) 1995}) 6... Be6 (6... f5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nd2 Be6 9. c4
dxc4 10. Nxc4 Bc7 {1-0 Gurieli,N-Peptan,C/Moscow olw (07) GEO-ROM ;EXP 45 1994}
) 7. Nd2 Nd7 8. O-O f5 9. c4 Nf6 10. a3 Ne4 {1-0 Tondivar,Babak-Borek,Jutta/
Leeuwarden open (08) 1995}) (5... Qb6 {k-v,D} 6. Qc1 Bd6 7. Nd2 Be6 8. Ne2 Qc7
9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 {1/2-1/2 Crouch,Colin-Shakhtakhtinsky,A/Ano Liosia open 
(06) 1996}) 6. Qf3 g6 7. Ne2 Nd7 8. h4 Nf6 9. Nf4 h5 10. Nd2 Ne4 11. Qe2 Bd6
12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Kb1 Qc7 15. f3 Bf5 16. Rdf1 exf3 17. Qxf3 $2 (
17. gxf3 $142 $14 {k-v,D}) 17... O-O-O 18. Rf2 Bg4 19. Qg3 f6 20. c4 (20. Nf3 {
k-v,D} Rhe8 $17) 20... Qg7 21. cxd5 (21. c5 {k-v,D} Bc7 $19) 21... g5 22. dxc6
gxf4 23. cxb7+ Kb8 {0-1 Atanasov,R-Babev,A/tt ch Bg 1996/[k-v,D]}) 5... dxc4 6.
Bxc4 Nd7 (6... Bd6 {- 14/108}) 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qc2 Nb6 10. Bd3 (10.
Bb3 Be6) 10... g6 (10... h6) 11. h4 Nd5 $1 12. Nxd5 (12. a3 Qa5 13. Ke2 Nxc3+
14. bxc3 Bg4) 12... cxd5 13. h5 Qc7 {0-1 Miladinovic,I-Abramovic,B/Jugoslavija
(ch) 1994/Inf 60/[Abramovic,B]} (13... Qc7 {k-v,D} 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Qb3 Be6
16. Ke2 {0-1 Miladinovic,I-Abramovic,B/Jugoslavija (ch) 60/346 1994} (16. e4
Rfe8))) (4... Bd6 {Kostakiev,D} 5. g3 {=/+ Hodgson,J-Leko,P/Moscow (ol) 1994/
Inf 62 (18)} (5. Nd2 {k-v,D} O-O 6. Qf3 c6 7. Bd3 Na6 8. c3 Nc7 9. Ne2 Ne6 10.
h4 Re8 {1-0 Delchev,A-Spasov,v/-Sofia 1995} (10... Re8 11. O-O-O a5 12. g4 Nf8
{1-0 delchev-spasov,v/cmp-sofia 1995})) (5. c4 {K-v,D} dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nc3
Nd7 {0-1 Loebler,H-Schumi,M/AUT-chT 9495 (01+02) 1994 ;EXP 45 1995})) (4... Be7
{Kostakiev,D 1-0 Adams,M-Thipsay,P/London 55/367 [Adams 1992 (9)}) 5. c4 (5.
Bd3 {Kostakiev,D 1-0 Lotti-Serrano/cr 1984 (21)}) 5... dxc4 (5... c6 {
Kostakiev,D} 6. Nc3 {1-0 Kebbekus,T-Keiner,M/Dortmund op 1987 (18)}) 6. Bxc4
Bg7 (6... Nd7 {Kostakiev,D 0-1 Kovacevic,V-Campora,D/Luzern olm 1982 (14)}) 7.
Nc3 O-O 8. Nge2 f5 (8... c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Rc1 Rb8
13. Na4 f5 14. b3 $16 {[%csl Gc4,Rc6,Rc8] Miladinovic,I-Bacetic,N/JUG-chT 
(Cetinje) 1993/1-0(24)}) (8... c5 {Kostakiev,D 1-0 Miladinovic,I-Bacetic,N/
JUG-chT (Cetinje) 1993/TD 93\08 (17)}) 9. O-O Nd7 10. b4 {[#]} Nf6 $2 $146 (
10... c6 $1 {preparing 11...a512.b5 c5 which is main idea for black in this
structure.} 11. a4 $6 (11. Bb3 $142 a5 12. a3 Nb6 {[%cal Gc8e6]} 13. Nf4 $14)
11... a5 $1 12. b5 c5 $1 13. Rc1 cxd4 14. exd4 Nb6 15. Bb3 Qd6 $15 {Beshukov
Sergei-Lagunov Alexander/It (open) "Berlin Summer", Berlin (Germ 1995/0-1 (52)}
) (10... c6 {Kostakiev,D 0-1 Beshukov,S-Lagunov,A/Berliner Sommer 1995/EXP 47 
(16)}) (10... Nb6 $5 {Kostakiev,D} 11. Bd3 (11. Bb3 Qd6 12. a3 Be6) 11... Be6)
11. Rc1 Nh5 $6 (11... c6 12. b5) (11... Qd6 {Kostakiev,D}) 12. Bd5 $5 $16 (12.
g3 $16) 12... f4 (12... Qh4 {Kostakiev,D} 13. Bf3 Nf6 14. Qc2 Be6 15. a4 $14)
13. exf4 Bg4 14. g3 $6 (14. f3 $16) (14. f3 $5 {Kostakiev,D} Bc8 15. Be4 c6 16.
g4 $14) 14... Bxe2 15. Qxe2 c6 16. Bf3 Qxd4 $2 (16... Re8 $142 17. Qd1 Qxd4 18.
Bxh5 (18. Qxd4 {Kostakiev,D} Bxd4 19. b5 Bxc3 $11) 18... gxh5 19. Qxd4 (19.
Qxh5 Qxb4 $17) 19... Bxd4 20. Rfd1 Rad8 21. h4 $14) 17. Bxh5 gxh5 (17... Qxb4 {
Kostakiev,D} 18. Bf3 Bxc3 19. Rb1 $14 Qc5 20. Rxb7 Bd4 $11) 18. a3 $1 $16 h4
19. Rfd1 Qf6 $6 (19... Qb6 20. Ne4 hxg3 21. hxg3 Rfe8 22. f5 $16) 20. Ne4 (20.
Rd7 {Kostakiev,D} Rfe8 21. Qc4 b5 22. Qd3 $11) 20... Qe7 21. Re1 hxg3 22. hxg3
(22. fxg3 {Kostakiev,D} Rad8 $11) 22... Qe6 $6 (22... Rfe8 23. f5 $1 $16 {
[%cal Ge2g4]} (23. Qh5 {Kostakiev,D} Qe6 $11)) 23. Qf3 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gf4f5]
[#]} (23. Nc5 $142 {Kostakiev,D} Qxe2 24. Rxe2 Rfb8 25. Re7 a5 (25... Bb2 26.
Rb1 Bxa3 27. Re3 Bxb4 28. Rxb4 $16) 26. Rxb7 Rxb7 27. Nxb7 axb4 28. axb4 Rb8
29. Nd6 Rxb4 30. Rxc6 $14) 23... Qh3 (23... Rfe8 $142 {Kostakiev,D} 24. f5 Qh6
$11) 24. f5 Rfd8 (24... Rad8 {Kostakiev,D} 25. f6 $16) 25. f6 (25. Nc5 {
Kostakiev,D}) 25... Bf8 26. Ng5 Qh6 27. Rc4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg8]} (27. Re4 {
Kostakiev,D} Rd6 (27... Bg7 28. fxg7 Qxg5 29. Rce1 $14) 28. Rh4 Qxf6 29. Qxf6
Rxf6 30. Rxh7 (30. Nxh7 Rh6 31. Nxf8 Rxh4 32. gxh4 Kxf8 $11) 30... Rg6 (30...
Bh6 $17 31. Kg2 Bxg5 32. Rch1 Rf8 (32... Rg6 $2 33. Rh8+ Kg7 34. Rxa8 $18) 33.
f4 Bxf4 34. gxf4 $11) 31. Rh5 a5 $1 $15) 27... Qg6 {[#]} (27... Re8 {Kostakiev,
D} 28. Rce4 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Bg7 30. Nxh7 Qc1+ 31. Kg2 $18) 28. Nh3 $1 (28. Rg4 $2
h5 $1) (28. Ne6 $5 {Kostakiev,D} Rd3 29. Qe2 Rxg3+ 30. fxg3 Qxg3+ 31. Qg2 Qxg2+
32. Kxg2 fxe6 33. Rxe6 $16) 28... h5 (28... Rd3 {Kostakiev,D} 29. Qe2 Qf5 30.
Rf4 Rxg3+ 31. fxg3 Qxh3 32. Qf3 $16) 29. Re5 {[%cal Ge5g5]} Rd5 (29... Rd3 30.
Qxh5 Qxf6 31. Rg4+ Bg7 32. Reg5 $18) 30. Rxd5 cxd5 31. Qxd5 Re8 $2 (31... Qxf6
32. Rc7 $1 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7,Rh5]} (32. Qxb7 {Kostakiev,D} Rd8 33. Kg2 a5 34.
bxa5 Qe6 35. Rh4 $18)) 32. Nf4 Qg4 (32... Qxf6 33. Nxh5 Re1+ 34. Kg2 Qe7 35.
Rg4+ Kh8 36. Qd4+ Qe5 37. Nf6 $18) 33. Rc7 {[%csl Rf7]} 1-0

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ye, Rongguang"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Nd2 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5 (4... Na6 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. g3 Nxc5 7.
Bg2 f5 8. c4 $2 (8. Nh3 $142) 8... dxc4 9. Nxc4 Be6 10. Qxd8+ Rxd8 11. Ne5 Bg7
12. f4 O-O 13. Nh3 Bd5 14. Bxd5 Rxd5 15. Nc4 Ne4 $17 {Mellado Juan-Rodriguez
Amador/It (open), Terrasa (Spain) 1995/0-1 (65)}) (4... e6 $142 5. b4 (5. Nb3
Nbd7 6. e3 Nxc5 7. Nxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3 Qb6 (8... O-O 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. O-O
b6 $11) 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Rb1 Bd7 (10... d4 $1) 11. Ne2 Bb5 12. O-O Rc8 13. Nf4
Bxd3 14. cxd3 Ke7 15. Qf3 $36 {1-0 Arkhipov,S-Siklosi,Z/Kecskemet 1991 (35)})
5... b6 6. c4 bxc5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. bxc5 Bxc5 9. Rc1 Bb6 10. e3 O-O 11. Ngf3 h6
12. Bxf6 (12. Bh4 $142) 12... Qxf6 13. Be2 Nc6 14. O-O Rd8 15. Bb5 Bb7 16. Qa4
Rac8 $11 {0-1 Chepukaitis,G-Atalik,S/St.Petersburg op 1994 (47)}) 5. Bxf6 (5.
Ngf3 Nc6 6. c3 Qxc5 7. g3 $2 (7. e3) 7... Ng4 8. Nd4 e5 9. N2b3 Qb6 10. h3 Nxf2
11. Kxf2 exd4 12. cxd4 h6 13. Bd2 Nxd4 $19 {0-1 Shabtai,R-Arbakov,V/Berliner
Sommer 1996/EXP 54}) 5... gxf6 6. Ngf3 (6. g3 $5 e6 7. c3 Qxc5 8. Bg2 Nc6 9.
Nh3 Bd7 (9... Bh6 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Qe7 13. Qh5 Bg7 14. Rad1 $16
{[%cal Ge4d6]}) 10. O-O f5 11. Nf4 h5 12. Rc1 {[%cal Gc3c4]} b5 13. b3 h4 14.
c4 $16 {1-0 Ermenkov,E-Schmidt,W/Prague zt 1985/MCD-r8 (27)}) 6... e6 $2 (6...
Qxc5 $142 7. c3 (7. Nb3 Qd6) 7... Bh6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qb6 $132) 7. c3 Qxc5
8. e4 Qd6 9. Qb3 (9. exd5 Qxd5 (9... exd5 10. Be2 Rg8 11. O-O (11. g3) 11...
Bh3 12. Nh4 $16) 10. Qa4+ Bd7 (10... Nc6 $143 11. Rd1 $1 (11. Ne4 Be7 12. Rd1
Qa5 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Bb5+ Nc6)) 11. Qh4 Bg7 12. Bc4 Qf5 13. Ne4 O-O {and
black is O.K.}) 9... Nc6 10. Rd1 (10. exd5 $1 Qxd5 (10... exd5 11. O-O-O Bh6
12. Bd3 $16 Ne5 $140 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Rhe1 $18) 11. Qxd5 exd5
12. Nb3 {[%csl Gd4,Rd5,Gf5,Rf6,Rf7] with very unpleasant ending for black.} (
12. Bb5 $5) (12. Bd3 Ne5)) 10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qf4 12. Qa4 (12. Bd3 $5) 12...
Be7 13. Bb5 Qc7 14. O-O (14. Qd4 e5 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 (15... Kf8 $2 16. Qh4 Be6 17.
Qh6+ Kg8 18. Ne4 $16) 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Ke7 $11) 14... Bd7 15. Nd4 (15.
Rd2 f5 (15... O-O-O 16. Rfd1 Rhg8 $5 {[%cal Ga7a6]} (16... f5 {see 15...f5}))
16. Rfd1 O-O-O 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Rhg8 $5 (18... a6 19. Bxa6 bxa6 20. Qxa6+
Kb8 21. R1d4 (21. Ne5 Be8) 21... Na7 22. Qd3 Kc8 23. Ne5 Bb5 $1)) 15... O-O-O (
15... O-O $2 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 (16... bxc6 $2 17. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 18. Bxc6 $18) 17.
Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qd4 $36) 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qxc6+ bxc6 $11 19. Rfe1
Kc7 (19... Rd5 $5) 20. Kf1 (20. Nd2 Rd5 21. Nc4 Rhd8 22. Ne3 Rd2 23. Rxd2 Rxd2
24. Nc4 Rc2 25. Kf1 Bc5 26. Re2 Rc1+ 27. Re1 Rc2 $11) 20... Rd5 $1 {[%cal
Gh8d8,Gf6f5]} 21. Nd2 (21. c4 $6 {[%csl Gd4]} Rxd1 22. Rxd1 f5 $15 {[%cal
Ge7f6]}) 21... Rhd8 22. Ke2 Re5+ 23. Kf1 Red5 24. Ke2 Re5+ 25. Kf1 Red5 26. Ke2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Yopal"]
[Site "Yopal"]
[Date "1997.06.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "COL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nb5 {A continuation, which is
seldom seen.} ({A normal continuation -} 5. e3) 5... Na6 6. h3 $6 $146 (6. e3
$142 Bf5 (6... c6 7. Na3 Nh5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Nd2 Qb6 11. Bxa6 bxa6 12.
Nb3 Nf6 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. O-O a5 15. Rb1 a4 16. Nc1 c5 17. Be5 O-O 18. f3 Nd6 19.
dxc5 Qxc5 20. Qd4 $14 {Ochkoos Jura-Southam Todd/Ch Toronto, Toronto (Canada)
1995/1/2-1/2 (75)}) 7. Be2 c6 8. Nc3 Qb6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4
12. c3 Nc7 13. Ne5 Rad8 14. Bg3 f6 15. Nd3 {1/2-1/2 Keitlinghaus Ludger-Watson
William N/Bundesliga 1995}) (6. c3 O-O 7. e3 c6 8. Na3 Qb6 9. Qb3 Bf5 10. h3
Nd7 11. Be2 Rfe8 12. Nh4 Be6 13. O-O f6 14. Bh2 Bf7 15. Qc2 e5 16. f4 $13 {
Palos,O-Seibt,F/Porz op26 1991/1-0 (60)}) 6... c5 7. e3 c4 (7... O-O 8. Be2 (8.
dxc5 Ne4 (8... Bd7 {is also possible.}) 9. c3 Re8 {[%cal Ge7e5] with good play.
}) 8... Qa5+ (8... Ne4 $5) 9. c3 (9. Qd2 Qxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Nb4 11. O-O Bf5 $15 (
11... a6 $2 12. Nc7 Ra7 13. c3 Nc6 14. dxc5 e5 15. Bg5 $16)) 9... Bd7 10. a4 (
10. Na3 Ne4) 10... c4 {and white has real problems with the knight on b5.}) 8.
c3 (8. Be2 $2 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc3 $17) 8... Bd7 (8...
Qb6 $2 9. a4 Bd7 10. b3 $1 cxb3 (10... Bxb5 11. axb5 Qxb5 12. bxc4 dxc4 13. Rb1
Qa5 14. Bxc4 Qxc3+ 15. Nd2 $36) 11. a5 Qd8 12. Qxb3 $16) 9. a4 (9. Na3 Qb6 (
9... O-O 10. Be2 b5 11. Nc2 {with a complicated position.}) 10. b3 Ne4 11. Nb1
Rc8 $1 12. bxc4 $140 Qb2 13. Nbd2 Nxc3 14. Qc1 Qxc1+ 15. Rxc1 Nxa2 $17) 9...
Ne4 (9... Qb6 $143 10. b3 $1 {leads to 8...Qb6.}) 10. b3 (10. Ne5 O-O (10...
Bxb5 11. axb5 Nc7 12. b6 $1 axb6 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Nxc4 $1 $16 {[%csl Gc7]})
11. f3 Nd6 12. Nxd6 exd6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Be2 Qe7 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Gg6g5]} 15.
Qd2 Rae8 $15) 10... Qa5 (10... Bxb5 $2 11. axb5 Nxc3 12. Qc2 Nxb5 13. bxc4 Nbc7
14. Rb1 $1 $16) 11. Rc1 (11. b4 {[%csl Gc3]} Qb6 (11... Nxb4 $2 12. cxb4 Qxb4+
13. Nd2 $16) 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Bxb5 (13... O-O $11) 14. axb5 Qxb5 15. Ra5
Qd7 (15... Qc6 16. Qa2) 16. e4 e6 17. exd5 exd5 18. Be2 $44) 11... Bxb5 12.
axb5 Qxb5 13. bxc4 dxc4 14. Qc2 Qc6 15. Ne5 $2 (15. Bxc4 $2 Qxc4 16. Qxe4 Nc5
$1 {and black wins.}) (15. Bh6 $1 Bf6 (15... Bxh6 $6 16. Ne5 Qc7 (16... Qd6 17.
Qxe4 Qa3 18. Qb1 $1 {and white is better.}) 17. Qxe4 O-O 18. Bxc4 Bg7 19. Bxa6
bxa6 20. Nd3 $16 (20. Nc6 e6 {[%cal Gf8c8]})) 16. Be2 $44 {[%csl Ge8]}) 15...
Bxe5 16. Bxe5 f6 (16... O-O 17. Be2 {[%cal Ge2f3]} Nb8 {[%cal Gb8d7]} 18. Bxb8
$1 (18. Bf3 f5 19. g4 e6 $17) 18... Rfxb8 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Qxe4 e6 21. h4 $1
$132) 17. Bh2 Nd6 {[%csl Gg2]} (17... O-O 18. Be2 (18. f3 Nd6 19. e4 f5 $1 $17)
18... f5 19. O-O Nc7 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. Ra1 $44) 18. Rg1 O-O 19. g4 Rac8 20. Bg2
Qd7 21. Rb1 b5 22. Ra1 Nb8 23. h4 Nc6 {[%cal Gb5b4]} 24. Ra6 Nb8 $2 (24... b4
$2 25. Qa4 Nb8 26. Qxd7 Nxd7 27. Rxa7 $18) (24... e5 $1 25. g5 (25. h5 g5 26.
Qa2 (26. Bd5+ Kh8) 26... exd4 27. Bxc6 (27. exd4 Rce8+ 28. Kf1 Ne4 $17) 27...
Rxc6 28. Rxa7 Qe6 (28... Rc7 29. Ra6) 29. cxd4 Rf7 $1 $17 {[%csl Re1]} (29...
b4 $2 30. Qb1)) 25... exd4 26. exd4 Rfe8+ 27. Kf1 f5 {[%cal Gd6e4]} 28. h5 Ne4
29. hxg6 hxg6 $17) 25. Ra1 Nc6 26. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Neiman, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. e3 Qb6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Qa6 (7...
Nd7 8. O-O (8. Nbd2 h6 9. Bf4 Ngf6 10. h3 Be7 11. c4 c5 $1 (11... O-O 12. c5
$14) 12. O-O O-O 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qb1 Nfe4 $11 {Hodgson,
J-Beliavsky,A/Sochi 1986/1/2-1/2 (42)}) 8... Be7 9. Bxe7 (9. c4 Bxg5 10. Nxg5
h6 (10... Ngf6) 11. Nf3 Ngf6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Rfe1 Rfd8 $6 (13... Rad8 $142 14.
Rad1 Rfe8) 14. Rad1 Rab8 15. h3 Qa6 16. Re2 Nb6 17. Ne5 Nfd7 18. c5 Qxd3 19.
Nxd3 Nc8 20. b4 $16 {Schoof,M-Gazic,J/Hamburg op 1992/1-0 (65)}) 9... Nxe7 10.
c4 O-O 11. Nc3 a5 12. Na4 Qa6 13. Rac1 Rfc8 14. Ng5 g6 (14... Ng6 15. f4 $40)
15. e4 h6 16. Nf3 b5 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Rc7 $14 {1-0 Hodgson,
J-Lesiege,A/Mermaid Beach Club 1997/CBM 58 (33)}) (7... c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. c4
cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Nc3 $5 (11. cxd5 Nb4) 11... dxc4 12. bxc4 Bxg5 13. Nxg5
Qxd4 14. Qg3 Qe5 15. f4 $36 {1-0 Hodgson,J-Brunner,L/Horgen SKA 1994 (37)}) 8.
c4 Bb4+ $6 $146 (8... f5 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nbd2 Ngf6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 (11... Nxf6 12.
Ng5 $1 $32) 12. a3 Be7 13. b4 Qa4 14. Rfc1 Kf7 15. Nb3 $14 {1-0 Meduna,
E-Krivoshey,S/Decin op 1995/EXT 95op (33)}) (8... Nd7 $142 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Nc3
Bb4) 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. O-O f5 $2 (10... Ngf6 11. e4 Bxd2 12. Nxd2 dxe4 13. Nxe4
Nxe4 14. Qxe4 h6 15. Bh4 O-O $14 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) 11. a3 Bd6 (11... Bxd2 12.
Nxd2 Ngf6 13. f3 O-O 14. e4 $16) 12. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Gf3g5]} Be7 (12... Bxf4 13.
exf4 Ngf6 14. Ng5 $1 c5 15. Qe3 (15. Rfe1 Ne4) 15... Ne4 16. cxd5 (16. Ngxe4
fxe4 17. dxc5 $16) 16... exd5 17. dxc5 O-O 18. Ndxe4 fxe4 (18... dxe4 19. Rad1
$18) 19. Nxh7 $1 $18) 13. b4 Nb6 (13... Ngf6 14. Ng5 $1 (14. b5 cxb5 15. cxb5
Qa4 16. Rfc1 O-O (16... Ne4 17. Rc7 $16) 17. Ng5 Rfc8 $1 $14) 14... Nf8 15. b5
cxb5 16. cxb5 Qa4 17. Rfc1 h6 18. Ngf3 $16) 14. b5 $32 cxb5 (14... Qa4 15. bxc6
bxc6 (15... dxc4 16. Nxc4 $1) (15... Qxc6 16. Ne5 $18) 16. c5 Nd7 17. Rab1 Ngf6
18. Bc7 $1 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Gb1b4]} (18. Ng5 Nf8) 18... a5 19. Ng5 $18 {
[%csl Ra4,Re8]}) 15. cxb5 Qa4 16. Rfc1 Rc8 (16... Nf6 17. Rc7 $18) (16... Bd8
17. Be5 (17. Bc7 $5) 17... Nf6 18. Ng5 Ke7 19. Nb3 Nfd7 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. dxc5
Nc4 22. Qd4 $18) 17. Rxc8+ Nxc8 18. Qc3 Nb6 19. Qc7 Qxb5 $8 20. Qb8+ Bd8 21.
Bc7 Qd7 22. Rc1 {[%cal Gf3e5]} (22. Bxd8 $144 Qxd8 23. Qxb7 Ne7 24. Qxa7 O-O
25. Ne5 $18) 22... Qc8 23. Qxc8 Nxc8 24. Bxd8 Kxd8 25. Ng5 $1 Nd6 26. Nxe6+ Kd7
27. Nxg7 Nf6 $2 (27... Ne7 $142 28. Nh5 (28. Nf3 Nc4) 28... Rc8 29. Rxc8 Kxc8 {
and white has some difficulties with realization.}) 28. Nf3 Rb8 (28... Rg8 29.
Ne5+ Kd8 30. Ne6+ Ke7 31. Nf4 Rc8 32. Rxc8 Nxc8 33. Kf1 $18) 29. h3 a5 (29...
Nfe4 30. Ne5+ Kd8 31. f3 Nf6 32. Kf2 $18) 30. Ne5+ Kd8 31. Rc5 Nde4 32. Rxa5
$18 Rc8 33. f3 Ng3 34. Kf2 Nh1+ 35. Ke1 Ng3 36. Rc5 Ra8 37. Rc3 Ra6 38. Rb3 b5
39. Nd3 Ke7 40. Nc5 Ra8 41. Nge6 b4 42. a4 Rb8 43. Nf4 Kd6 44. Nfd3 Re8 45.
Rxb4 Rxe3+ 46. Kf2 f4 47. Nxf4 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.22"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 f6 3. Bh4 Nc6 4. e3 Nh6 (4... e5 5. Bb5 {[%cal Gd4e5]} exd4 6.
exd4 Nge7 (6... a6 7. Bd3 $6 Nxd4 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Nge2 Ne6 (9... Ndf5 $1 10. Bg3
c6 $15 {[%cal Ge7g6]}) 10. O-O c6 11. Re1 Qb6 12. Bg3 Kf7 13. Na4 Qa5 14. c4
$36 {Miladinovic-Shabalov/Moscow ol 1994/1-0 (46)}) 7. Nf3 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3
Bg4 10. c3 Nf5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 (11... Qe7+ $6 12. Qe2 (12. Kd2 $6 Nxg3 13. hxg3
Qd7 $15) 12... Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 Nxg3+ 14. hxg3 $14 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gb3c2]}) 12.
hxg3 Qd7 13. Nbd2 Be7 14. Nf1 $1 O-O 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Qd3 g6 17. O-O-O $14 {
[%csl Rg6,Rh7][%cal Gh1h6,Gh1h2] 1/2-1/2 Benjamin,J-Chessmaster 4000 Turbo/
Fifth Harvard Cup G/25 1994 (46)}) 5. Bd3 (5. c4 Nf5 (5... e6 6. f3 {[%cal
Gh4f2]} Ne7 (6... Nf5 $5 7. Bf2 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 O-O $13) 7. e4 c6 8. Nc3 Nf7 9. Bf2
g6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. Nge2 $14 {Pedersen,J-Rewitz,P/Aarhus-ch 1995/1-0 (69)}) 6.
cxd5 Qxd5 (6... Ncxd4 $2 7. exd4 Nxh4 8. Qh5+ Ng6 9. Bd3 $16) 7. Nc3 Qf7 8. Bg3
Nxg3 9. hxg3 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Rc1 a6 12. Bd3 g6 13. Qc2 f5 14. g4 $1 $32 Bd6
15. gxf5 Bxf5 (15... gxf5 16. g4 $1 $40) 16. Nf3 $14 {[%csl Ge4] Vehi Bach,
V-Alberdi,J/San Sebastian op 1995/1-0 (40)}) 5... Nf5 6. Nf3 h5 $6 ({Deserved
attention} 6... Nb4 $5 7. Bf1 $5 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Ra2a3,Gd1h5]} (7. Be2 e5 $1 {
[%csl Rh4][%cal Re5e4]} 8. Bg3 $8 (8. dxe5 $6 Nxh4 9. Nxh4 fxe5 10. Nf3 (10.
Bb5+ c6 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Nxg6 (12. Qxe5+ Qe7 13. Qxh8 Nxc2+ $19) 12... hxg6 13.
Qxg6+ Kd7 $19) 10... Bf5 11. Na3 Nc6 $17) 8... Nxg3 9. hxg3 Bf5 10. Na3 Nc6 $15
) (7. e4 Nxd3+ 8. cxd3 Nxh4 9. Nxh4 g6 10. Nc3 e6 11. O-O Bg7 $15 12. exd5 $6
exd5 13. Re1+ Kf7 14. f4 c6 $17 {[%csl Rd4]}) 7... e5 8. dxe5 Nxh4 9. Nxh4 fxe5
10. Qh5+ Kd7 11. Na3 Qe8 $13 {with unclear position.}) 7. Bg3 Nb4 (7... g5 $5
8. h3 (8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 h4 10. Qb3 e6 $17) (8. h4 g4 9. Nfd2 Bh6 10. Nf1 e5
$15) 8... Nb4 9. Bh2 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 e6 11. e4 $14) 8. e4 dxe4 9. Bxe4 g5 10. c3
Nd5 11. h3 $14 {[%csl Re8]} Nxg3 12. Bg6+ Kd7 13. fxg3 c6 14. c4 Nb6 15. Qe2
Qc7 16. Qf2 (16. O-O $6 g4 $132) 16... Nxc4 17. Nc3 Qb6 18. O-O-O Kc7 (18... e6
19. Rhe1 {[%cal Rf2e2]} Kc7 20. Bf7 $44 g4 21. Nh4 Bh6+ 22. Kb1 Bg5 23. Bxe6
Bxe6 24. Rxe6 Rad8 25. Nf5 $14 {[%cal Gh3h4]}) 19. Qe2 Nd6 20. Kb1 a5 (20...
Rh6 $5 21. Bc2 (21. Qc2 Nc4 {[%cal Rb6b2,Rc4a3]}) 21... Bd7 22. d5 Rd8 $15) 21.
d5 a4 (21... c5 $2 22. Na4 Qb4 23. Nxc5 $16 {[%cal Gd1c1]}) 22. dxc6 bxc6 23.
Qc2 Qa5 24. Nd4 $1 $44 {Centrelized posiiton of the pieces and huge advantage
in development make white's chanses much better in forthcoming struggle.} Bd7
25. Ne4 {[%cal Ge4c5,Gc5e6]} e5 26. Ne2 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Qc5 28. Nc3 Be7 29. Rc1
$1 (29. Bf5 Rhd8 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. Rxd7+ Kxd7 32. Qf5+ Kc7 33. Rc1 a3 $1 $15)
29... Ra5 (29... Rhd8 30. Qe2 Kb8 31. Nd5 Qd6 32. Nb6 $16) 30. Rhd1 Rd8 31. Qe2
Be8 32. Rxd8 Kxd8 33. a3 (33. Nxa4 $5 Qb4 34. Nc3 $14) 33... Bd6 34. Qf3 Ke7
35. Qf5 $6 {Missing faster way to finish the game.} (35. Rf1 $1 $18 {[%cal
Rf3f6]}) 35... Qc4 (35... Qb6 36. Rf1 Bxa3 37. Qxf6+ Kd7 38. Rf2 $16 {[%cal
Gf2d2]}) 36. Nd5+ cxd5 37. Rxc4 dxc4 38. Qh7+ Kd8 39. Qg8 $18 {[%cal Re4c6]}
Ke7 40. Qxc4 Rc5 41. Qg8 Bf7 (41... Bf7 42. Qh7 Kf8 43. Bg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Oratovsky M,Finkel,A} d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 Qb6 5. b3 Nd7 $5 (
5... Bf5 6. e3 e6 (6... Nd7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11.
c4 O-O 12. Nc3 Rad8 $11 {Ganter,T-Birk,S/OLWuert 1995 (49)}) 7. Be2 Bb4+ $6 8.
Nfd2 Nd7 9. Bg3 Ngf6 10. O-O Be7 11. c4 $14 {Vezzosi,P-Zichichi,A/Chianciano
ITA ch 1988 (21)}) (5... a5 6. e3 a4 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. c3 Nd7 9. Be2 Ngf6 10. O-O
e6 11. Ne5 $1 Ba3 $2 (11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. e4 $5 $36) (11... Bd6 $5 12.
Bg3 {[%csl Rd6]} Be7 $13) 12. Nec4 $1 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Qa7 14. Nxa3 $16 {
Nalbandian,T-Volkov,S/URS-chJ Alma-Ata 1991/1-0 (47)}) 6. e3 e5 7. Be2 (7. dxe5
$6 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 Qb4+ 9. Nd2 Qxh4 $15) 7... e4 8. Nfd2 c5 $2 {Quiet rare
mistake for a player of such level.Afer the move in the game black simply
can't defend the pawn on d5.} (8... Ne7 $5 {[%cal Ge7f5]} 9. Bg4 $5 (9. g4 g5
10. Bg3 Bg7 $15 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) (9. c4 Nf5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nf6 $15) 9...
Ng6 (9... g5 10. Bg3 Bg7 11. h4 $1 $36) (9... f5 $2 10. Bxf5 $18 {[%cal Rd1h5]}
) 10. Bg3 Nf6 11. Bxc8 Rxc8 12. c4 Be7 13. Nc3 O-O $11) 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nc3 $1
$32 {[%csl Rd5]} g5 $6 (10... Be6 11. Bb5+ Nd7 12. O-O {[%csl Rd5,Re4,Re8]} (
12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. Ne2 (13. Ndxe4 Kc6 $1 $13 {[%cal Gb6b4]}) (13. Ncxe4 $2 Ke8
$1 14. Nc3 Qb4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb4c3,Rb4h4]}) 13... Bd6 14. c4 $40) 12... Qc5 $8
13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Ne2 $36 {[%cal Gc2c4]}) (10... Qe6 11. Nc4 $1 $18 {[%csl
Rd5]}) 11. Nxd5 Qd8 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bg3 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd5c7]} Rc8 14. Bxd7+
Qxd7 15. Be5 Rh7 16. Nf6+ Nxf6 17. Bxf6 Rc6 18. Bb2 {The game is actually
decided in white's favour:he is a pawn up and black has no compensation for it.
} Rd6 19. Bd4 Qf5 (19... Qc6 20. Qg4 $18 {[%csl Re4]}) 20. Qe2 Ne6 21. c3 Rd7
22. f3 $2 (22. Bxa7 $5 Qa5 23. Bd4 Nxd4 24. cxd4 Bb4 25. Kd1 {[%cal Gd2c4]} b5
26. h4 $18) 22... exf3 23. Qxf3 Qb5 24. Qe2 Qc6 25. O-O Bd6 26. Nc4 Bb8 27. Qc2
$1 $18 {[%csl Rh7]} Nf8 28. Rf6 Qc8 29. Raf1 b5 30. Nd2 Qc7 31. Qe4+ $1 {
Forcing easily wining endgame.} Re7 32. Qc6+ Qxc6 33. Rxc6 Kd7 34. Ra6 Kc8 35.
Rf5 Kb7 (35... Rb7 36. Ne4 Ne6 37. Rxe6 $5 fxe6 38. Rf8+ Kc7 39. Be5+ $18) 36.
Raf6 {Wining another pawn.} Ne6 37. Rxb5+ Kc8 38. Nc4 h5 39. Be5 Bxe5 40. Nxe5
a6 41. Rd5 h4 42. h3 Nc7 43. Rc5 Kb7 44. Nc4 Ne6 45. Rcf5 Rd7 46. Rxf7 {
[%cal Gf5f7,Gc4d6]} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.04"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Kosashvili, Yona"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{[%mdl 8384]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O
7. Nf3 (7. Nc3 c5 $5 (7... c6 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Qc2 f5 10. O-O-O (10. Qxf5 $4 Ne5
$19) 10... Nf6 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. f4 b5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Na4 Nd5 15. Rhe1 $16 {
[%csl Rc6,Rf5] Hodgson-Myrvold/Oslo/1994/}) 8. dxc5 Be5 (8... Bxc5 $2 9. Bxf7+
$1 {[%cal Gd1h5,Gh5c5] winning a pawn.}) 9. Nf3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. O-O Nd7
12. Qb3 Nxc5 {[%csl Rc3]} 13. Qb4 Qc7 14. Nd4 Be6 15. Rfd1 a5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17.
Qb5 Rfd8 18. g3 Kf8 19. Rd4 $11 {0-1 Adams,M-Ivanchuk,V/Roquebrune 1992/CBM 28
(51)}) 7... a6 $6 $146 (7... Nd7 8. Nc3 (8. O-O Nb6 9. Bd3 (9. Bb3 $5) 9... f5
10. Nc3 Re8 11. Qc2 g6 12. Nb5 Be6 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4][%cal Ge6d5]} 13. Rac1 c6 14.
Nxd6 Qxd6 15. a3 {[%cal Gb2b4]} a5 16. Nd2 Bd5 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. Bc4 Nf6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Dumitrescu,D-Lucheta,G/Guarapuava 1995/JUN 95 (56)}) 8... f5 {[%cal
Gd7f6]} 9. O-O Nf6 10. Qb3 a6 11. a4 Qe7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Re8 14. Rfd1 Rb8
15. a5 Bd7 16. Rac1 Bb5 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 f4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Nilssen,
J-Carless,D/Moscow 1994/EXP 44 (27)}) (7... c6 8. O-O Qe7 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Qc2
g6 11. Rfe1 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. e4 Bf4 14. h3 Rae8 15. Rad1 Qb4 16. a3 Qa5 17.
Qc5 Qa6 (17... Qxc5 $142 18. dxc5 Nc8 $11 {[%csl Gd7,Gf4]}) 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19.
Bxc4 Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. e5 b5 22. Bb3 fxe5 23. dxe5 Bc8 24. Rd4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Fernandes,A-Pinter,J/Erevan 1996/EXT 96ch2 (43)}) (7... Bg4 8. O-O Nd7
9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. Qc2 Bg6 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 c6 14. a3 a5 (14...
Rac8 15. b4 Rfe8 16. e4 $14) 15. Rac1 a4 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. g3 Bb8 18. Qc2 Ra5
19. Kg2 Nb6 20. Ne4 $14 {[%cal Ge4c5] 1-0 Konopka,M-Plumans,D/Budapest 1996/
CBM 56/ (40)}) 8. Qc2 c5 (8... Re8 $6 9. O-O Be6 10. Bxe6 Rxe6 11. Nc3 Nd7 12.
e4 $16) 9. Nc3 (9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 g6 (10... Bb4+ 11. Nc3) 11. O-O Qe7 $11)
9... Nc6 (9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 (10... Nd7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 {[%cal Gf2f4]
}) 11. O-O-O $1 {and white's position is very unpleasant.} (11. O-O $2 Bxh2+
12. Kxh2 Qc7+) (11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O (12. Rd1 $5) 12... Qc7 13. h3 Nc6 $11 {
[%csl Gc8,Gd6] Two bishops in this open position are very strong piecies.} 14.
Nd5 $140 Qa5 {[%csl Gc8,Gd6]} 15. Nxc6 $140 Qxd5 $11)) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rd1
Qe8 (11... Nb4 $2 12. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 13. Qb3+ Be6 14. Rxd8 Bxb3 15. Rxa8 Rxa8
16. axb3 Nd3+ 17. Ke2 Nxb2 {[%csl Rb2]} 18. Rb1 Ba3 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. Ne4 {
[%cal Gb1b2]} Kg6 21. Ra1 Bb4 22. Ra2 $16 {[%csl Rb2]}) (11... Qa5 $5 12. O-O
Bg4) 12. a3 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Yc6b4]} Bg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (12... Ne5 13. Bd5
Rb8 $14 {and black still has normal play.}) 13. Bd3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc5][%cal
Gc2c5,Gc3d5] Now black starts to pay for unaccurate play in the opening parth
of the game.Suddenly Nd5 becomes very unpleasant threat.} Ne5 (13... h6 14. Nd5
{[%csl Rc5][%cal Gd5c7]} Bxf3 (14... Bd6 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Bh7+ Kg7 17. Rxd6
$18) 15. gxf3 Bd6 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Rxd6 Ne5 19. Be4 Rc8 20. Qd1
$16) 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Be4 f5 16. Rd5 $1 (16. Bxb7 $2 Rb8 17. Bd5 f4 $1 $132)
16... Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Rc8 (18... Qc6 19. Rxf5 {[%csl Rh8][%cal
Gf5h5]} (19. Qxf5 Bxa3) 19... Qg6 20. Qe4 (20. Ke2 $143 $5 {[%cal Gh1g1]})
20... Be7 21. Nd5 $18) 19. Qxf5 $18 g6 (19... b6 20. Qh3+ Kg8 21. Rh5 f6 22.
Rh8+ Kf7 23. Qh5+ Ke7 24. Nd5+ Kd8 25. Qxe8+ Kxe8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Ke2 $18)
20. Qf6+ Kh7 21. Rg1 $1 {[%cal Gd5h5]} Bxe3 (21... Rg8 22. Ne4 Bxe3 23. fxe3
Rc1+ 24. Kf2 Rc2+ 25. Kf1 $18 {[%cal Gf1g2,Gg2h1,Rc2c1]}) 22. fxe3 Qxe3+ 23.
Kf1 Qc1+ 24. Kg2 Qxb2+ 25. Kh1 Qxc3 26. Rh5+ $1 {With mate in two moves.} 1-0

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.01.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Black "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 e5 6. Nf3 e4 7. Nfd2 Be7 (7...
Be6 $6 8. c4 Nd7 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. f3 $1 (10. Bg3 {[%cal Gc4d5,Gc6d5,Rc3b5]} a6
11. h4 Nf5 12. Bf4 h5 13. Qc2 Be7 14. g3 O-O 15. Be2 g6 16. O-O-O Rfc8 17. Kb1
$14 {[%cal Gg3g4] 1-0 Miladinovic,I-Rublevsky,S/Tivat 1995/EXP 48 (40)}) 10...
exf3 (10... f5 11. fxe4 fxe4 12. Be2 {[%cal Ge2h5]}) 11. gxf3 g5 12. Bf2 Bg7
13. Qc2 Rc8 {[%cal Gc6c5]} 14. c5 $1 Qd8 15. Bd3 b6 16. b4 f5 17. Nb3 O-O 18.
h4 Ng6 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. O-O-O $36 {1/2-1/2 Ovetchkin,R-Lastin,A/St Petersburg
RUS 1998 (64)}) (7... Ne7 8. c4 Nf5 9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Be6 11. Nc3 Nd7 12.
Qc2 Be7 13. Rb1 Nf6 14. b4 O-O 15. a3 h5 $11 {[%cal Gg7g6,Gg8g7] 1/2-1/2
Miladinovic,I-Degerman,L/Malmoe 1998 (49)}) 8. Bg3 Nf6 9. h3 $2 {[%mdl 8]
Superfluous move in this variation,which could cost for white a lot.There is
no idea for black to attack white's bishop on g3 with Nh5,black simply hasn't
time for this.On the other hand it's a very serious lose of tempo for white.} (
9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be2 Qd8 12. O-O a6 {1/2-1/2 Knezevic,B-Horvath,I/
Budapest 1994/EXT 94 (12)}) 9... O-O 10. c4 (10. Be2) 10... c5 $1 {No wonder,
that black wants to punish white for their unaccurate play in the opening.} (
10... Be6 {was also good} 11. Be2 (11. Nc3 $6 Nh5 12. Bh2 f5 $36 {[%cal Gf5f4]}
) 11... Qd8 $11) 11. dxc5 Bxc5 (11... Qxc5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5
Qxd5 15. Bc4 Qd7 $11) 12. Nc3 {[%csl Rd5,Re4][%cal Gc3a4]} Bd7 $5 {[%cal Gd5d4]
} (12... d4 {was leading to equality,but black wants more...} 13. Na4 (13. exd4
$143 Bxd4 14. Nb3 Nc6 $15) 13... Qb4 14. Nxc5 dxe3 15. Ncb3 (15. fxe3 Qxc5 16.
Nb3 Qh5 $1 17. Be2 Qg6 $15) 15... exd2+ 16. Qxd2 Nc6 17. Be2 Bf5 18. Qxb4 (18.
O-O Qxd2 19. Nxd2 Nd4 20. Bd1 Rfd8 $15) 18... Nxb4 19. O-O Rfd8 $11 {[%cal
Gb4d3]}) 13. cxd5 (13. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bxe3 $17) 13... Bxe3 {[%mdl 512]}
14. fxe3 Qxe3+ 15. Ne2 Rc8 16. Qd1 $2 (16. Nc4 $143 $2 Qd3 17. Bxb8 $8 Raxb8 (
17... Rxc4 $2 18. Nc3 $18) 18. Nc3 Qg3+ 19. Kd1 {[%cal Gc1e3]} b5 20. Qe3 Qh4 {
[%cal Gf6g4]} 21. Nd6 (21. g3 Qh5+ 22. Be2 Bg4 $1 23. Nd2 $140 Rxc3 $1 24. bxc3
Nxd5 $19) 21... Ng4 22. Qe1 Nf2+ 23. Ke2 Rxc3 24. bxc3 e3 $40 {[%csl Rd6,Re2]
[%cal Gh4f4]}) (16. Qb1 $8 Na6 (16... Nxd5 $2 17. Qxe4) 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. Nc3 e3
19. Nc4 (19. Nb3 Nb4) 19... Rxc4 20. Bxc4 Qd4 21. O-O e2+ 22. Rf2 Qxc4 $44)
16... Na6 {[%cal Ga6b4,Gb4d3,Ga6c5,Gc5d3]} 17. Bf4 (17. Qb3 Nxd5 18. Qxe3 (18.
Qxd5 Nb4) 18... Nxe3 19. Nd4 Nb4 20. Rb1 Nf5 $1 21. Nxf5 Bxf5 $36 {[%cal Ge4e3]
}) (17. Nb3 Nb4 18. Bf4 Qb6 {leads to the game}) 17... Nb4 18. Nb3 {[%mdl 64]}
Qb6 (18... Nd3+ $2 19. Qxd3 Qxd3 20. Ned4 {[%csl Rd3]} Qxd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd5 22.
Bd6 $16) 19. Nc3 g5 20. a3 Nd3+ 21. Bxd3 exd3 22. Bd2 Rxc3 $5 ({Simple} 22...
Re8+ 23. Kf1 Re5 {[%cal Ge5f5] was also very strong.} 24. g4 $8 Nxd5 (24...
Rae8) 25. Rh2 Rae8 $17) 23. bxc3 (23. Bxc3 $2 Qe3+ 24. Kf1 d2 $1 $19 {[%cal
Gd7b5,Gf6e4]}) 23... Re8+ 24. Kf1 Re2 $2 (24... Ba4 $1 25. Qf3 (25. Rb1 Ne4 26.
Be1 d2 $19 {and black wins easily}) 25... Bxb3 26. Re1 (26. Qxd3 Re4 $19 {
[%cal Gb3c4]}) 26... Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 (27. Kxe1 Bxd5 28. Qxd3 Bxg2 29. Be3 Qe6
30. Rh2 Bxh3 $19) 27... Bc4 28. Bd2 Qb1+ 29. Kf2 Qxh1 30. Qxf6 Qd1 $19) (24...
Ne4 25. Nd4 Ng3+ 26. Kg1 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 (27. Kf2 $2 Nxd4 28. cxd4 Re2+ $17) 27...
Ng3+ $11) 25. Nd4 Ne4 26. Be1 Qf6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] In fact only this move is
losing, so nice game for black.Even here black have had good possibility to
continue intiative:} (26... Bb5 $1 {[%cal Gd3d2]} 27. Kg1 (27. Nxb5 $2 Qxb5 $19
{[%csl Rf1]}) 27... d2 28. Bxd2 Rxd2 29. Qe1 (29. Qf3 Nxc3 $1 30. Qxc3 Rxd4 $17
{[%csl Rg1]}) 29... Bd3 $5 {[%cal Gb6b2]} (29... Rxd4 $11) 30. Rd1 Re2 31. Qf1
Nd2 32. Qxe2 Bxe2 33. Rxd2 Bc4 $15) 27. Kg1 Nf2 28. Qxe2 (28. Qb3 Nxh1 29. Nxe2
dxe2 30. Kxh1 $18) 28... dxe2 29. Bxf2 $18 {[%mdl 1024]} Qe5 30. Re1 (30. c4
Bf5 31. Re1 Bd3 32. Nf3 $18) 30... f5 31. c4 Qc7 32. Rxe2 Qxc4 33. Kh2 Qxd5 34.
Rc1 f4 35. Kg1 h5 36. Nf3 g4 37. Rd2 Qb5 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. Ne5 Bf5 40. Rd8+ Kh7
41. Rc7+ Kh6 42. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Krynica zt"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1998.09.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1998.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Nd2
Qxc5 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. Be5 Nbd7 (10... Be6 11. Nb5 Qd8 12. N3d4 Nbd7 13. Bc7 (13.
Nxe6 fxe6 {[%cal Gd8a5]}) 13... Qc8 14. Bf4 Bf5 15. O-O a6 16. Nc3 Nc5 (16...
e5 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Bg5 Qc6 $13) 17. Be5 Rd8 18. b4 Nce4 19. Na4 Nc3 20. Nxc3
Qxc3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Stefanova,A-Baburin,A/Hawai 1997/EXT 97 (41)}) (10... Qd8 $5
11. Bf3 e6 12. Nb5 a6 (12... Nc6 $2 13. Bc7 Qe8 (13... Qd7 14. Nc5) 14. Bd6 $18
) 13. Nc7 Nc6 14. Bxf6 Qxc7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11 {0-1 Salo,H-Manninen,M/FIN-ch
1993/EXT 97 (39)}) 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxg7 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Kxg7 14. Qd4+ e5 $146 (
14... Nf6 15. Qxb6 axb6 {[%csl Rb6,Rb7]} 16. Bf3 e5 17. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2c4]} Bf5
(17... b5 $142) 18. c3 Rfd8 19. Bxb7 Ra7 20. Bf3 $16 {1-0 Thesing,M-Hermesmann,
H/BL8788 1988/BL 80 (51)}) (14... Qxd4 $2 15. exd4 Nf6 16. Bf3 $16) 15. Qc3 (
15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. O-O-O Bf5 $1 $11 {[%cal Ga8c8]}) 15... Nf6 16. Qxe5 Re8 17.
Qd4 Rxe3 $6 (17... Qxd4 18. Nxd4 (18. exd4 $2 Bg4 19. Nc1 Rxe2+ 20. Nxe2 Re8
$19) 18... Rxe3 19. Kf2 Re4 20. Rad1 Bg4 $11 (20... Ng4+ 21. Bxg4 Bxg4 22. Rhe1
Rae8 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Rd2 Kf6 $11)) 18. Qxb6 axb6 {[%csl Rb6,Rb7]} 19. Kf2 Re7
(19... Re5 20. Rhe1 $14) 20. Rhe1 {[%cal Ge2f3]} Ra4 (20... Ne4+ 21. Kg1 {
[%cal Ge2f3]}) 21. a3 (21. Bf3 Rxe1 22. Kxe1 Ng4 $1 {[%cal Gg4e5]} 23. Bxg4
Bxg4 {[%cal Ga4e4,Ge4e2]} 24. Kd2 Be6 $1 $11) 21... h5 (21... Bf5 22. c3 $14 {
[%cal Gb3d4]}) (21... Be6 22. Rad1 {[%cal Gb3d4]}) 22. Bf3 Rc7 23. c3 Bg4 24.
Nd4 Bxf3 25. gxf3 {[%cal Ge1e5,Ge5b5]} Ra5 26. Re6 $6 (26. Re2 $14 {[%cal
Ga1e1]}) 26... fxe6 27. Nxe6+ Kf7 28. Nxc7 Rc5 29. Na8 b5 $2 {[%cal Gc5c8,
Gc8c6]} (29... Rc8 30. Nxb6 Rc6 31. Na8 (31. Na4 b5 $19) 31... Rc8 $11) 30. a4
$2 (30. Rd1 Rd5 (30... Nd5 31. Rd4 {[%cal Ga3a4]}) 31. Re1 $1 Rd2+ 32. Re2
Rxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Nd5 34. Kd3 $16) 30... b4 $1 31. cxb4 (31. Rc1 Nd5 (31... Ra5
$143 32. Nb6 Ra6 33. a5 $1 Rxa5 34. cxb4 Rb5 35. Rc7+ Ke6 36. Rxb7 Rxb4 (36...
Nd5 37. Nd7 $16) 37. Nd7 Rxb7 38. Nc5+ Kd5 39. Nxb7 Kc4 40. h4 $1 $16 {[%csl
Rg6,Rh5]}) 32. c4 Nf4 33. Rc2 (33. Ke3 g5 {[%cal Gc5e5,Ge5e2]}) 33... Rc6 $1
$44 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gc6a6,Gf4d3,Gd3c5]}) 31... Rc2+ 32. Kg3 (32. Kg1 Nd5 (
32... Nd7 $5 {[%cal Gd7e5]}) 33. Rd1 Ke6 $44) 32... g5 {[%csl Rg3]} (32... Rxb2
33. b5) 33. h4 (33. Nb6 Rxb2 34. b5 h4+ 35. Kh3 Kg6 $1 36. Rc1 (36. Rd1 Rb3 $1
(36... Nh5 37. Nd5 Kf5 {and black's activity must be enough for the draw.}) 37.
Rf1 Ra3 {[%csl Ga4]} 38. Kg2 Nh5 $11) 36... Nh5 37. Nd5 Rd2 38. Ne7+ Kf6 39.
Kg4 Nf4 40. Ng8+ Kg6 41. Ne7+ $11) (33. Rd1 Rxb2 34. Rd4 h4+ 35. Kh3 Rb3 36.
Kg2 Rb2+ $11) 33... gxh4+ 34. Kxh4 Rc4+ $1 {the most accurate.} 35. Kg5 Rxb4
36. f4 Rxb2 37. Rc1 $11 Nd5 38. Rc5 Rg2+ 39. Kf5 Ne7+ 40. Ke4 Ra2 41. Nb6 Rb2
42. a5 Rb4+ 43. Kf3 Kg6 44. Nd7 Rb3+ 45. Ke4 Rb4+ 46. Kf3 Rb3+ 47. Ke4 Rb4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jugelt, Tobias"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4144]} 1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 (5. c3 e6
(5... Qb6 6. Qb3 e6 (6... Qxb3 7. axb3 e6 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 f6 10. Bg3 Nh6
11. f3 Bh5 12. c4 cxd4 13. exd4 Bb4+ 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Bd3 Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 $11
{1/2-1/2 Spielmann,R-Van Doesburgh,G/Zandvoort 1936/HCL 20 (30)}) 7. Nbd2 c4 8.
Qc2 Nf6 9. b3 Bf5 10. Qc1 Qa5 {[%cal Gf8a3] 1/2,Meduna.E-Stangl.M/Brno 1993})
6. Qb3 Qd7 7. Nbd2 Nge7 $1 8. Be2 Ng6 9. Bg3 Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rd1 O-O 12.
O-O Na5 13. Qc2 Rac8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Fritze,B-Busse,K/Dortmund 1992/TD 92\03 (60)}
) 5... e6 (5... Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e6 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. O-O Be7
11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qa4 O-O 13. Qxc4 Rc8 $11 {0-1 De Labourdonnais,L-McDonnell,
A/London 1834/}) 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 (7. Bg3 Nf6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Qc2 $6 (9. O-O
Bxg3 10. hxg3 Qd6 $11) 9... Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c2]} 10. Ne5 $2 Bxe2 11. Kxe2 cxd4
12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. exd4 $17 {[%csl Re2] 0-1 Matusan,I-Pokorna,R/Bratislava 1993/
TD 93\05 (32)}) 7... Qxd6 $11 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 $6 (10. dxc5 $142
Qxc5 11. Nd4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 $11) 10... Bh5 11. Ne1 Bg6 12. Bd3 (12. Qb3 b6 $1 (
12... e5 $5 13. Qxb7 (13. dxe5 Nxe5 $15) 13... Rfb8 14. Qa6 exd4 (14... Rxb2 $2
15. dxe5 $16) 15. cxd4 cxd4 (15... Rxb2 $2 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Nb3 $14 {[%csl
Gd4,Rd5]}) 16. Rc1 Rb6 17. Qa4 dxe3 18. fxe3 Qe6 $17 {[%csl Re3]})) 12... e5
13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. dxe5 Qxe5 (14... Nxe5 15. Nef3 Rfe8 16. Qb3 Nxf3+ 17. Nxf3
$11 {[%cal Ga1d1]}) 15. Nef3 Qe7 16. Qa4 (16. Qc2 Rfe8 17. Rad1 $5) 16... Ne4
$1 (16... Rfe8 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Rfe1 a6 $11) 17. Rad1 Rfd8 {[%cal Ga7a6,Gb7b5]
} (17... Rad8 $5) 18. Rfe1 a6 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Nd2 Re8 21. Qc4
b5 22. Qd5 (22. Qe2 {[%cal Ga2a4]} Rad8 23. a4 Rd3 $17 {[%cal Gc5c4]}) 22...
Na5 $15 {[%cal Ga8d8] White played very passive in the opening and still it's
not enough for black to create something serious.Black is only a little better,
but suddenly white starts to play quite good ,untill the ending part of the
game.} 23. h4 $1 (23. Nb3 $6 Nc4 $1 {[%cal Gc4b2]} (23... Nxb3 $2 24. axb3 Rad8
25. Qc6 Qe6 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. Kf1 Rd3 28. Ra1 Rd2 29. Re2 Rd6 $11) 24. Qxc5
Nxb2 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Rd4 Rc8 $17 {[%cal Gc8c3]}) (23. f3 exf3 24. Qxf3 Rad8
$15 {[%cal Ga5c6,Gc6e5]}) 23... Rad8 24. Qg5 c4 (24... Qxg5 25. hxg5 Rd3 26.
Kf1 Red8 27. Ke2 Nc4 28. Nxc4 bxc4 $11 {[%cal Gg8f8,Gf8e7,Ge7e6,Ge6f5,Ge6e5,
Yf2f3]}) (24... Rd3 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Kf1 Red7 27. Ke2 f5 28. f3 exf3+ 29. gxf3
Kf7 $15) 25. f3 exf3 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Nxf3 Rd3 28. Kf2 Nb7 $1 {[%cal Gb7c5]}
29. Rxd3 cxd3 30. Rd1 Nc5 31. Nd4 f5 (31... Ne4+ $2 32. Kf3 d2 33. Nb3 $16 {
[%cal Gb3d2]}) 32. Kf3 Rc7 (32... Re4 33. g3 Kf7 34. b4 Nd7 35. Nc6 $1 {
[%csl Gd3]}) 33. Nb3 Na4 34. Rd2 Kf7 35. Nc1 b4 36. Nxd3 bxc3 37. bxc3 Rxc3 38.
Ne5+ $2 (38. g3 $11 Nb6 $140 $2 {[%cal Gb6c4]} 39. Ne5+ Kf6 40. Rd6+ Kxe5 41.
Rxb6 Ra3 42. Rxg6 a5 43. Rxg7 Rxa2 44. Ra7 a4 45. Ra5+ Kf6 46. e4 Ra3+ 47. Kf4
fxe4 48. Rf5+ $1 $18) 38... Kf6 39. Nd3 Nb6 {[%cal Gb6c4]} 40. Nb4 Nc4 41. Nd5+
(41. Kf4 $1 Rc1 (41... Nxd2 $6 42. Nd5+ Ke6 43. Nxc3 $11 {[%cal Ge3e4]}) 42.
Nd5+ Ke6 43. Nc7+ Kf6 $11) 41... Ke5 42. Nxc3 Nxd2+ 43. Ke2 Ne4 44. Nxe4 $4 {
Desicive mistake,the pawnending suddenly is losing for white.} ({After} 44. Na4
$15 {[%csl Ge4,Ge5] black has good chances to save the game.}) 44... Kxe4 $17 {
[%cal Gf5f4] Hecht: '[#] Neben den beiderseitigen Macken in der Bauernstruktur
fällt besonders der Raumvorteil für Schwarz auf. '} 45. g3 {Hecht: 'Gibt das
Feld f3 preis, verhindert aber das für Schwarz wünschenswerte f4. Die
Alternative 45.a4 führt zu einem für Schwarz günstigen Damenendspiel.:'} (45.
a4 {Hecht} a5 $2 (45... f4 $1 46. exf4 Kxf4 47. Kd3 (47. Kf2 a5 48. g3+ Ke4 49.
Ke2 Kd4 50. Kf3 Kc4 51. Kf4 Kb4 52. Kg5 Kxa4 53. Kxg6 Kb5 54. Kxg7 a4 55. h5 a3
56. h6 a2 57. h7 a1=Q+ 58. Kg8 Qa2+ 59. Kg7 Qb2+ 60. Kg8 Qb3+ 61. Kg7 Qc3+ 62.
Kg8 Qc4+ 63. Kg7 Qd4+ 64. Kg8 Qd5+ 65. Kg7 Qg5+ 66. Kf7 Qh6 67. Kg8 Qg6+ 68.
Kh8 Qf7 69. g4 Qf8#) 47... Kg3 48. Kc4 Kxg2 49. Kb4 Kg3 50. Ka5 Kxh4 51. Kxa6
g5 52. Kb5 g4 53. a5 g3 54. a6 g2 55. a7 g1=Q 56. a8=Q Qf1+ 57. Kc5 g5 $17 {
[#] Bitte die ENDSPIEL-CD befragen!}) 46. Kd2 f4 47. exf4 Kxf4 48. Kd3 (48. Ke2
Kg3 49. Kf1 Kxh4 50. Kf2 Kg4 51. Ke2 Kg3 52. Kf1 g5 53. Kg1 g4 $19) 48... Kg3
49. Kc4 Kxg2 50. Kb5 Kg3 51. Kxa5 Kxh4 52. Kb5 g5 53. a5 g4 54. a6 g3 55. a7 g2
56. a8=Q g1=Q 57. Qh8+ $11) 45... a5 46. a4 Kd5 47. Kf3 $2 (47. Kd3 g5 $1 (
47... Kc5 {Hecht} 48. Kc3 g5 49. hxg5 (49. h5 g4 $22) 49... g6 $22 {[#]} 50.
Kb3 Kd5 51. Kc3 Ke4 52. Kd2 (52. Kc4 Kxe3 53. Kb5 Kf3 54. Kxa5 Kxg3 55. Kb6 f4
56. a5 f3 57. a6 f2 58. a7 f1=Q 59. a8=Q Qf2+ 60. Kc7 {[#] Und nach Df4+ nebst
Eroberung des Bg5: ENDSPIEL-CD befragen!}) 52... Kf3 53. Kd3 Kxg3 54. Kd4 Kg4
55. Kc5 (55. e4 fxe4 56. Kxe4 Kxg5 57. Kf3 Kf5 58. Kg3 Ke5 59. Kg4 Kd4 60. Kg5
Kc4 61. Kxg6 Kb4 62. Kf5 Kxa4 63. Ke4 Kb3 $19) 55... Kf3 {[#]} 56. Kb5 (56. Kd4
Kg4 (56... Ke2 57. e4) 57. Kc5 Kxg5 58. Kb5 Kh4 59. Kxa5 g5 60. Kb5 $2 f4 $1
61. exf4 gxf4 62. a5 f3 63. a6 f2 64. a7 f1=Q+ 65. Kb6 Qg2 $19 {Daraus folgt,
daß im 60.Zug besser Kb6 oder Kb4 geschehen muß, wonach der schwarze g-Bauer
zur Dame geht und die anschließend mit oder ohne Schach den Be3 schlägt.
Hierzu sollte man dann wieder die ENDSPIEL-CD befragen.}) 56... Kxe3 57. Kxa5
f4 58. Kb6 f3 $19) 48. hxg5 (48. h5 g4 $19 {[%cal Rd5e4,Re4f3,Rf3g3]}) 48... g6
49. Kc3 Ke4 50. Kc4 Kxe3 51. Kb5 (51. Kd5 $2 Kf3 $1 (51... f4 $4 52. gxf4 Kxf4
53. Kc4 Kxg5 54. Kb5 Kf4 55. Kxa5 g5 56. Kb5 g4 57. a5 g3 58. a6 g2 59. a7 g1=Q
60. a8=Q $11) 52. Ke5 Kxg3 53. Kf6 f4 54. Kxg6 f3 55. Kh6 f2 56. g6 f1=Q $19)
51... Kf3 52. Kxa5 Kxg3 53. Kb6 f4 54. a5 f3 55. a6 f2 56. a7 f1=Q 57. a8=Q Qf5
{with winning queenending}) 47... Kc4 $19 48. g4 (48. Kf4 Kb4 49. Kg5 Kxa4 50.
Kxg6 Kb3 51. h5 a4 52. Kxg7 a3 53. h6 a2 54. h7 a1=Q+ $19) 48... Kb4 49. gxf5 (
49. e4 fxe4+ 50. Kxe4 Kxa4 51. h5 Kb3 $19) 49... gxf5 50. Kf4 Kxa4 51. Kxf5 Kb5
52. e4 a4 53. e5 Kc6 $1 (53... a3 $4 54. e6 Kc6 55. Kg6 Kd6 56. Kf7 a2 57. e7
a1=Q 58. e8=Q $11) 54. Kg6 Kd5 55. Kxg7 a3 56. h5 a2 57. h6 a1=Q 58. h7 {
Hecht: '[#]'} Qxe5+ {Hecht: 'Möglich ist auch:'} (58... Qg1+ {Hecht} 59. Kf7
Qf2+ 60. Kg7 Qg3+ 61. Kf7 Qf4+ 62. Kg7 Qg5+ 63. Kf7 Qh6 64. Kg8 Qg6+ 65. Kh8
Qf7 66. e6 Qf8#) 59. Kg8 Qg5+ 60. Kh8 Qf6+ (60... Qf6+ {Hecht} 61. Kg8 Ke6 62.
h8=Q Qf7#) 0-1

[Event "Oxford GM-A"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1998.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McDonald, Neil R"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin} d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. e3 h6 4. Bh4 Qb6 5. b3 e5 6. Nf3 Bg4 (6... exd4
7. exd4 Be7 {I think the easyiest way for black to equalize in this variation.}
8. Bxe7 Nxe7 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 {and black equalized
comfortably 1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Gelfand,B/Amsterdam 1996/CBM 52 (23)}) 7. Be2 Bxf3
(7... e4 8. Nfd2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nd7 10. O-O Ngf6 11. c4 Qa5 {[%csl Gc3]} 12. Rc1
Bb4 13. a3 O-O 14. c5 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 b6 16. b4 (16. cxb6 $1 Qxb6 17. Ra2 $14 {
[%csl Gc6][%cal Ga2c2]}) 16... Qa4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Jordan,D-Schiffer,K/GER 1997/
BL9697 (48)}) 8. Bxf3 Nd7 {[%mdl 8]} (8... g6 $142 9. Bg3 (9. O-O Bg7 10. c3
Nd7 11. Nd2 Ngf6 $11) 9... Nd7 10. O-O Bg7 11. c3 Ne7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. b4 f5 14.
dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 {with comfortable play for black.1/2-1/2 Elbilia,
J-Skripchenko,A/Tel Aviv 1998/CBM 65_03 (86)}) 9. O-O g6 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} (
9... Be7 10. Bg3 (10. Bg4 Bxh4 11. Bxd7+ Kxd7 12. Qg4+ f5 $1 13. Qxh4 exd4 14.
exd4 g5 (14... Re8 $5) 15. Qh3 Ne7 $11) 10... e4 (10... Bf6 11. Nc3 exd4 12.
Na4 $14) 11. Be2 Ngf6 12. c4 O-O 13. Nc3 $14 {[%csl Ge2,Gg3]}) 10. c4 e4 11.
Bg4 Be7 (11... Ngf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. f3 Bg7 14. fxe4 g5 (14... dxe4 15. Qg4
$1 $18 {[%csl Re4]}) 15. Bg3 dxe4 16. Nc3 $18 {[%csl Re4]}) (11... Ndf6 12. Bh3
Bg7 13. Nc3 Ne7 14. f3 $1 g5 15. Bg3 $16) 12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. Qg4+ $16 {[%csl
Rd7] Now becomes clear, that the openining part of the game is finished
clearly in white's favour.Black stayed without custle,with his king in the
centre,and McDonald used this fact very nicely during the game.} Ke8 14. Nc3 {
'!' Baburin. Baburin: 'A nice sacrifice, after which White obtains a
long-lasting attack.'} g5 (14... Rd8 15. Rac1 (15. Bxe7 $5 Nxe7 16. Qf4 {
[%cal Gf4f6]} f5 17. Na4 $1 Qb4 18. Nc5 $36 {[%cal Gf4e5]}) 15... g5 16. Bg3 h5
17. Qf5 h4 18. cxd5 hxg3 19. fxg3 $40 Nf6 $140 20. Nxe4 Rh6 21. d6 $18) 15. Bg3
h5 16. Qf5 $1 (16. Qe2 h4 17. Be5 f6 18. cxd5 fxe5 19. dxe5 $44 Qa5 20. Qc4 Bb4
21. dxc6 Bxc3 22. cxb7 Rd8 23. Rad1 $40) 16... h4 17. cxd5 hxg3 18. fxg3 $44 {
[%csl Ge4,Re8,Gf7][%mdl 1024]} Nh6 (18... Nf6 19. d6 $1 $18) 19. Qe5 (19. Qxe4
$5) 19... f6 20. Qxe4 {[%csl Rg6]} Qb4 (20... f5 21. Qe5 Rh7 22. d6 (22. g4 c5
$1) (22. Rac1 Rd8 $13) 22... Qb4 23. dxe7 Qxc3 24. Qe6 Rh8 $8 25. Rae1 $40) 21.
Rac1 f5 22. Qe5 Rf8 (22... Rh7 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Ne4 $1 fxe4 25. Qxe4 $18 {
[%cal Ge4h7,Ge4c6]}) 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Ne4 $1 (24. Nd5 $5 cxd5 25. Qxd5 Rd8 26.
Qc6+ Rd7 27. Qxh6 Qd6 28. Rc8+ Rd8 29. Qh5+ Kd7 30. Rc5 {also with very strong
attack}) 24... Rd8 (24... Ng4 25. Qe6 $18) (24... fxe4 {Baburin} 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8
26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Rf1+ Ke6 28. Qxa8 Qc3 29. Kh1 $18) 25. Qe6 Qb5 (25... fxe4
$142 26. Qxc6+ (26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qxh6+ (27. Qg6 $2 {[%cal Gc1f1]} Ng8 $17 {
[%cal Gg8f6]}) 27... Kg8 (27... Ke8 28. Qg6+ {with mate}) 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Qxe4
Rf8 30. Qxc6 Qd2 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Qe6+ Kh8 $132) 26... Rd7 27. Qxh6 Rxf1+ 28.
Rxf1 Rd6 29. Qh8+ Kd7 30. Qa8 $1 $40) 26. Qg6+ (26. Nc3 $5 Rf6 27. Nxb5 Rxe6
28. Nc7+ Kd7 29. Nxe6 Kxe6 30. Rxc6+ Bd6 $16) (26. Rc5 Qd3 (26... Qxf1+ 27.
Kxf1 fxe4+ 28. Ke2 Rf6 29. Qxe4 $16) 27. Re5 Ng8 28. Nc5 $18 {[%cal Ge6g6]})
26... Rf7 27. Qxh6 fxe4 28. Qg6 $18 Qd5 29. Rxf7 Qxf7 30. Qxc6+ Rd7 (30... Kf8
31. Rf1) 31. Qxe4 Qd5 {Now white wins by force} 32. Rc8+ Kf7 33. Qh7+ Kf6 34.
Rc6+ $1 Bd6 (34... Qxc6 35. Qh6+) (34... Rd6 35. Rc5 Qb7 36. Rf5+ Ke6 37. Rf7 {
[%cal Gh7f5]} (37. Re5+ Kf6 38. h4 gxh4 39. g4 {with mate}) 37... Rd5 38. Qg6+
Kd7 39. Rxe7+ Kxe7 40. Qg7+ {and white wins}) 35. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "Festival comtois 3rd"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1998.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Nd2 {[%mdl 8]} (4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. Nf3 Rg8 6. g3
Bg4 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. c3 e5 9. Be2 Bh6 (9... e4 $2 10. Nh4 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 $16 {
[%csl Rf4,Rf5][%cal Gh4f5]}) 10. Nh4 Be6 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. f4 e4 13. O-O-O f5 14.
Kb1 Bf8 15. c4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Uhmann,J-Veselsky, 1997/EXT 97 (25)}) (4. Bd3 Nbd7
(4... Bg4 5. f3 Bh5 6. Ne2 (6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 e5 8. Nge2 Bb4 9. O-O (9. a3
Bxc3 10. Nxc3 h6 $11) 9... O-O (9... e4 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. fxe4 dxe4 12. Bc4 $13
) 10. Ng3 exd4 11. exd4 Bg6 12. f4 Bxd3 (12... h6 13. f5 $1) 13. Qxd3 Bxc3 14.
Qxc3 h6 {1/2-1/2 Mellado,J-De la Villa Garcia,J/Leon 1997/CBM 60/b (14)}) 6...
Nbd7 (6... Bg6 7. c4 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 9. Nbc3 Qa5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Gd5c4]} 10.
Bxf6 dxc4 11. Qxc4 gxf6 12. O-O Rg8 13. Nf4 {[%cal Gf4e6]} Nd7 $2 (13... Bh6
$142 $16) 14. Nxe6 $1 $18 {1-0 Bellon Lopez,J-Alvarez de Toledo/Benidorm op
1993/EXT 93op (21)}) 7. O-O (7. Nf4 $6 Bg6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Nd2 e5 10. Qe2 Qa5
11. c3 O-O-O 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. O-O-O Bd6 $15 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] 0-1 Kuraszkiewicz,
M-Falk,U/BL2-O 1994/BL2 (33)}) 7... Bg6 8. c4 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 dxc4 (9... e6 10.
Nbc3 Be7 11. e4 $14) 10. Qxc4 e6 11. Nbc3 Be7 12. e4 O-O 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Rfd1
b5 15. Qd3 $14 {Lputian,S-Vescovi,G/Moscow olm 1994/CBM 45/1-0 (40)}) 5. Nf3 e6
(5... g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nc3 Qa5 {[%cal Ge7e5]} 10. Qe2 e5
11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bf4 Qa5 14. Rfd1 b5 15. Bb3 Ba6 $132 {1/2-1/2
Galyas,M-Andrade,J/EU-chJM U18 1996/EXT 96ch2 (18)}) 6. c3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 e5 8.
dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Qc2 $5 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. O-O-O $13 {
0-1 Bloemhard,R-Comp Dragon/The Hague 1997/EXT 97 (34)}) 4... Qb6 5. Rb1 Bf5 6.
Bd3 Bxd3 7. cxd3 Nbd7 8. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2c3]} (8. Ngf3 e6 9. O-O Bb4 (9... Be7
$143 10. Ne5 Rd8 11. f4 $36) (9... Bd6 10. e4 {[%cal Ge4e5]}) 10. a3 Bxd2 11.
Qxd2 O-O {and black is OK.}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 e6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nf3
{[%cal Gf3e5,Gf2f4]} Rfe8 {good profilactical move against Ne5,and also
against e3-e4} 13. Na4 $5 (13. Ne5 $143 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. d4
c5 {and black has no problems}) (13. e4 $5 {[%csl Rd4]} Nf8 14. e5 N6d7 15.
Bxe7 Rxe7 16. b4 $1 $14 a5 $140 17. b5 c5 $2 18. Na4 $18) 13... Qa6 14. Qc2 (
14. b4 b6 $13) 14... b5 15. Nc5 Bxc5 (15... Nxc5 16. dxc5 Nd7 17. Bxe7 (17. b4
e5) 17... Rxe7 18. b4 e5 19. e4 d4 20. Nd2 $14 {[%cal Gd2b3,Gf2f4]}) 16. dxc5 {
[%cal Gf3d4]} e5 17. b4 Nh7 (17... e4 18. dxe4 Nxe4 (18... dxe4 19. Nd4 Nd5 20.
Nf5 {[%cal Gf5d6] and white is better}) 19. Nd4 Ne5 $140 $2 20. f3 $16 {
[%csl Ge4]}) 18. e4 d4 19. Nd2 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gd2b3] Very important move.
White must replace his knight on b3 ,for not giving a7-a5 with counterplay on
a-file.} Qc8 20. Nb3 g5 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} (20... Nhf8 $142 $14 {[%cal Gf8e6]})
21. Bg3 Ndf8 {Now white starts to prepare f3-f4 break in the centre,which will
open the play in white's favour.} 22. f3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Gg3e1,Gg2g3,Gf3f4]}
Ng6 (22... Nf6 {[%cal Gf6h5,Gh5f4]} 23. Be1 Nh5 $140 24. g3) 23. Be1 h5 (23...
Nf4 $142 24. g3 Nh3+ 25. Kh1 h5 26. Qe2 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Gf3f4]} Nf6 27. Bd2
$16 {[%cal Gf3f4]}) 24. g3 Qe6 (24... Qh3 25. Na5 Rac8 (25... Re6 26. Qg2 Qxg2+
27. Kxg2 Rb8 28. Bd2 {[%cal Gf3f4] and white clearly better in this ending})
26. Nb7 $1 {[%cal Gb7d6]}) 25. Qe2 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Ge2h5,Gf3f4]} Rad8 26. Bd2
{[%cal Gd2g5,Yf3f4]} Rf8 27. f4 gxf4 28. gxf4 f5 (28... Qh3 29. Rf3 Qg4+ (29...
Qh4 30. fxe5 Nxe5 (30... Rfe8 31. Rbf1 Nxe5 32. Rg3+ Ng4 (32... Kh8 33. Rf4 $1
Qe7 (33... Ng4 34. Nxd4 $1 {[%cal Ga1h8]} Rxd4 35. Bc3 Red8 36. Qb2 Nhf6 37.
Bxd4 Rxd4 38. Rfxg4 $1) 34. Qxh5 $18) 33. Qg2 {[%cal Gh2h3]} Kf8 34. Rh3 Qe7
35. Rxh5 Nhf6 36. Bh6+ Nxh6 37. Rxh6 $18) 31. Rf5 Rfe8 (31... Ng4 32. Be1 Qe7 (
32... Qh3 $2 33. Rf3 $18 {[%csl Rh3]}) 33. Rxh5 $18 {[%cal Ge1h4]}) 32. Rxh5
Qf6 33. Kh1 $16) 30. Kh1 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gb1g1]}) 29. Qxh5 Kh8 (29... exf4
30. Rbe1 Ne5 31. Rxf4 Nxd3 32. exf5 Qf7 33. Rg4+ Kh8 34. Qxf7 Rxf7 35. Rf1 $16
{[%csl Rd4]}) 30. Rbe1 exf4 (30... Rg8 31. Kh1 Nxf4 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Qxf5 Qxf5
34. exf5 $18 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gf1f4,Ge1e4,Ge4f4,Ge4d4]}) 31. exf5 $2 {[%mdl
8192]} (31. Bxf4 $1 Qg8 32. Kh1 fxe4 33. Be5+ Nxe5 34. Qxe5+ Qg7 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7
36. Rg1+ Kh8 37. Rxe4 {and white must win this endgame easily}) 31... Qd5 (
31... Qxf5 32. Qxf5 Rxf5 33. Re4 Ng5 (33... Ne5 $2 34. Nxd4 Rg5+ 35. Kh1 Nxd3
36. Nxc6 $18) 34. Rxd4 Rg8 35. Kh1 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gd4d6]} Re8 36. Rd6 $16)
32. Qf3 (32. Qxg6 $2 Rg8 33. Bxf4 Rxg6+ 34. fxg6 Ng5 $15) 32... Qxf3 (32...
Qxf5 {[%cal Gh7g5,Gg6e5]} 33. Qxc6 f3 {[%cal Gf5g4]} (33... Qxd3 34. Qe4 Qxe4
35. Rxe4 d3 36. h4 (36. Bxf4 $4 Nxf4 37. Rfxf4 Rxf4 38. Rxf4 d2 39. Nxd2 Rxd2
$17) 36... Nf6 37. Re6 Kg7 (37... Rde8 38. Rd6 Re2 39. Bc3 {[%cal Gb3d4,Gd4e6]}
Kg7 40. Nd4 $18) 38. Bc3 {[%csl Rf4,Rf6][%cal Gh4h5,Gh5h6,Gf1f4]} Rf7 (38...
Rd5 39. Nd2 $18 {[%cal Gd2e4]}) 39. h5 Nf8 40. Rxf6 Rxf6 41. Rxf4 Nh7 42. Nd2 {
[%cal Gd2e4]} Kf7 43. Bxf6 Nxf6 44. Rf3 $16 {[%cal Gf3d3,Gf3h3,Gh5h8]}) 34. Kh1
{[%cal Gc6e4]} Qxd3 (34... Qh3 35. Rf2 Nh4 36. Qe6 Rf5 37. Nxd4 $1 Rxd4 38. Bc3
$18) 35. Qe4 Qxe4 36. Rxe4 d3 37. Bc3+ Kg8 38. Rg4 Kf7 39. Rxf3+ Ke7 40. Rh3 $1
{and white wins easily}) 33. Rxf3 Ng5 (33... Rxf5 34. Na5 {like in the game})
34. Rff1 Rxf5 35. Kh1 Kh7 36. Na5 {[%cal Ga5b7,Gb7d6] The knight from the side
coming to the senter.} Rf6 37. Nb7 Rdf8 38. Nd6 Nh4 $2 (38... Re6 $1 39. Kg2 (
39. Rxe6 $140 Nxe6 40. Re1 (40. Kg2) 40... f3 $1 $15) 39... Nh4+ 40. Kh1 Ng6
$11) 39. Ne4 $16 Nxe4 40. Rxe4 {[%csl Rd4,Rf4]} Ng6 41. Rxd4 Re8 $2 (41... f3 {
[%cal Gg6e5]} 42. Bc3 $1 $16) 42. Rd7+ Kh6 43. Kg2 Kg5 (43... Re2+ 44. Rf2
Rxf2+ 45. Kxf2 Ne5 46. Rd6 Rxd6 47. Bxf4+ Kg6 48. cxd6 Nxd3+ 49. Kg3 Kf6 50. h4
$18) 44. d4 Re4 45. d5 Ne5 46. dxc6 Rxc6 47. Rd5 {[%cal Gf1f4,Gd2f4]} Kf5 48.
Bc3 Rg6+ (48... Re2+ 49. Rf2 Rg6+ 50. Kf1 Re3 51. Re2 Rxc3 52. Rdxe5+ Kf6 53.
Re6+ Kf7 54. Re7+ Kf6 55. R2e6+ Kf5 56. Rxg6 Kxg6 57. Rxa7 $18) 49. Kf2 Rh6 50.
Rxe5+ Rxe5 51. Bxe5 Kxe5 {[%mdl 4096]} 52. Kg2 Ke4 (52... Ra6 53. Rf2 Ra4 54.
Rc2 $1 Rxb4 55. c6 f3+ 56. Kf2 $1 Rh4 57. Rc5+ Kf4 58. c7 Rxh2+ 59. Kg1 $18 {
[%cal Gc7c8]}) 53. Re1+ Kd3 54. a3 (54. Re7 Ra6 55. Kf3 Rxa2 $13) 54... Kc2 (
54... Kd4 $143 55. Rc1 Ke4 (55... Rc6 56. Kf3 $18) 56. c6 f3+ 57. Kg1 Rg6+ 58.
Kf1 Rg8 59. c7 Rc8 60. Kf2 $18) 55. Re7 Ra6 56. Rb7 Rxa3 57. Rxb5 Kd3 58. c6
f3+ 59. Kf2 (59. Kxf3 $4 Kc4+ $19) 59... Ke4 60. c7 Ra2+ 61. Ke1 Ra1+ 62. Kd2
f2 63. c8=Q Rd1+ 64. Kxd1 f1=Q+ {It's difficult for me to understand -why
black resighned in this position(maybe Bologan missed 65...Qd3),because after
65.Kd2 Qd3!+(65...Qb5?66Qg4+ with next 67Qg5+-) 66.Kc1 Qb5 67.Qg4 Ke3(67...
Kd3?68Qf3-Kd467Qf4-Kc368Qd2 and in the end white will change queens and black
cannot to stop white h-pawn). 68h4 and i think white has good chances for the
win , but still it's not so easy.} 1-0

[Event "Elgoibar 08th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1998.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fernandes, Antonio ETG"]
[Black "Mellado Trivino, Juan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 f6 $5 {Interesting idea-black wants to use white's second move
and plays very agressive in the opening.} 3. Bh4 Nh6 ({Another opportunity is :
} 3... Nc6 4. e3 e5 (4... Nh6 5. c4 (5. Bd3 Nf5 6. Nf3 h5 $6 (6... Nb4 $142 $5
7. Bg3 Nxd3+ 8. Qxd3 e6 9. Nbd2 $14 {[%cal Ge3e4]}) 7. Bg3 Nb4 (7... g5 $5 8.
h3 $1) 8. e4 dxe4 9. Bxe4 g5 10. c3 Nd5 11. h3 $16 {[%csl Re8] 1-0 Adams,M-Van
Wely,L/Groningen 1997/CBM 63/[Avrukh,B] (41)}) 5... Nf5 (5... e6 6. f3 {
[%cal Gh4f2]} (6. Nc3 Nf5 7. Bg3 h5 {[%csl Rg3]}) 6... Ne7 (6... Nf5 $142 $5 7.
Bf2 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 O-O $132) 7. e4 c6 8. Nc3 Nf7 9. Bf2 g6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. Nge2
$14 {Pedersen,J-Rewitz,P/Aarhus-ch 1995/1-0 (69)}) 6. cxd5 Qxd5 (6... Ncxd4 $2
7. exd4 Nxh4 8. Qh5+ Ng6 9. Bd3 $18) 7. Nc3 Qf7 8. Bg3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 e5 10. d5
Nb8 11. Rc1 a6 {[%cal Gf8d6]} 12. Bd3 g6 13. Qc2 f5 14. g4 $1 $32 Bd6 15. gxf5
Bxf5 (15... gxf5 16. g4 $1 $40) 16. Nf3 $14 {[%csl Ge4] Vehi Bach,V-Alberdi,J/
San Sebastian op 1995/1-0 (40)}) 5. Bb5 exd4 6. exd4 a6 (6... Nge7 7. Nf3 a6 8.
Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Bg4 10. c3 Nf5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qd7 13. Nbd2 Be7 14. Nf1 $1
O-O 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Qd3 g6 17. O-O-O $14 {[%csl Rg6,Rh7][%cal Gh1h6,Gh1h2] 1/
2-1/2 Benjamin,J-Chessmaster 4000 Turbo/Fifth Harvard Cup G/25 1994 (46)}) 7.
Bd3 {'?!' Avrukh,B.} (7. Ba4 $142) 7... Nxd4 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Nge2 Ne6 (9... Ndf5
$1 10. Bg3 c6 $15 {[%cal Ge7g6]}) 10. O-O c6 11. Re1 Qb6 12. Bg3 Kf7 13. Na4
Qa5 14. c4 $1 $44 {[%csl Rf7] 1-0 Miladinovic,I-Shabalov,A/Moscow 1994/CBM 45 
(46)}) 4. e3 Nf5 5. Nf3 $6 {[%mdl 8]} (5. Bg3 h5 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gh5h4]} 6.
Be2 $5 (6. Bd3 h4 7. Qg4 hxg3 8. Qg6+ Kd7 9. Bxf5+ e6 10. Bh3 gxf2+ 11. Kxf2
Qe8 $13) 6... h4 7. Bh5+ Kd7 8. Bf4 g5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Bc1 $44 {[%csl Rd7]} c6
11. Nc3 Kc7 12. d5 e6 13. dxc6 Qxd1+ 14. Bxd1 Bb4 {and black is OK.1-0
Mikhalevski,V-Milov,L/Dieren 1997/EXT 97 (33)}) (5. Bd3 h5 $1 6. Bxf5 Bxf5 7.
h3 e6 8. Bg3 h4 9. Bh2 c5 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Nf3 Kf7 12. Nbd2 Bg6 13. O-O cxd4
14. exd4 Qc7 15. Rc1 b5 16. Re1 $15 {[%csl Rf8,Gg6] 1/2-1/2 Rogers,I-Bosch,J/
Wijk aan Zee 1997/EXP 60 (16)}) 5... g5 (5... h5 {[%cal Gg7g5]} 6. Be2 g5 $140
$6 7. Nxg5 fxg5 8. Bxh5+ Kd7 9. Bxg5 $40) (5... e5 $2 6. dxe5 Nxh4 7. Nxh4 fxe5
8. Qh5+ $18) 6. Bxg5 {[%mdl 512]} (6. Bg3 $142 h5 {[%csl Rg3]} 7. h3 Nxg3 8.
fxg3 Qd6 9. Kf2 $13) (6. Nxg5 $6 fxg5 7. Qh5+ Kd7 8. Bxg5 Qe8 9. Qf3 e6 $17)
6... fxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Very seldom in practice of chess
proffessionals we can see the desicive mistake on seventh move.Here in the
game Mellado mised two good possibilities and gets almost hopeless position.} (
7... Qd6 8. Nc3 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd1h5]} (8. Be2 Bg7 9. Bh5+ Kf8 10. O-O (10.
Nf7 Qb4+ 11. Nd2 Rg8 $17) 10... Qf6 $17) 8... c6 9. Be2 Ng7 $1 {And white
hasn't sufficient compensation for the piece.}) (7... h5 $5 {also deserve
serious attention f.e.} 8. Be2 Ng7 9. O-O e5 10. Nf3 e4 11. Ne5 Bd6 $17) 8.
Qh5+ Kd7 (8... Ke7 $142 9. Qf7+ Kd6 10. Nc3 Qe7 11. Qh5 {[%cal Gg5f7,Gf7e5,
Re1c1,Re3e4] And i think in this case white's attack is very strong.}) 9. Nf7
Qe8 10. g4 $1 $16 Ke7 (10... Ng7 11. Ne5+ Ke7 12. Qg5+ Kd6 13. c4 {[%csl Rd6]
And white's attack must be desicive with so bad black's king.}) 11. Nxh8 Qxh5
12. gxh5 Bg7 13. Rg1 Nd7 (13... Bxh8 $140 $2 14. Rg8 {[%csl Rc8,Rh8]}) 14. Ng6+
hxg6 15. Rxg6 {[%mdl 1024]} Nf6 16. Bd3 Kf7 (16... Nxh5 $2 17. Bxf5 exf5 18.
Rg5 $18) 17. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2f3,Gf3e5,Gf3g5]} Nxh5 18. Rg5 Nf6 19. Nf3 Nh7 (19...
Ne4 20. Rg4 Nf6 21. Rg2) (19... Kf8 20. Ke2 $40 {[%cal Ga1g1]}) 20. Rh5 Kg8 (
20... Kg6 21. Rh3 {[%cal Ge1e2,Ga1g1]}) 21. O-O-O Bd7 22. Rg1 Rf8 23. b3 {
[%cal Gc2c4] Black was able to develop their queenside piecies without
material losses,but now they almost hasn't useful move.On the other side white
starts to play slowly and black immediaty blundered with the next move..} (23.
Nh4 Rf7) 23... Kh8 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (23... Nf6 24. Rhg5 Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26.
Ne5 Be8 27. R1g4 $16) 24. Ng5 $18 {Now white wins a piece and the game is over.
} Bh6 25. Bxf5 Nxg5 26. Rxh6+ Kg7 27. Rg6+ Kf7 28. R1xg5 exf5 29. Rg7+ Ke8 30.
Rh7 f4 31. Re5+ Kd8 32. Rxd5 fxe3 33. Rdxd7+ Kc8 34. Rxc7+ Kd8 35. Rhd7+ Ke8
36. Rc8+ Kxd7 37. Rxf8 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 06th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1998.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Degerman, Lars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1998.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 e5 6. Nf3 e4 7. Nfd2 Ne7 8. c4
Nf5 9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Be6 11. Nc3 Nd7 (11... Be7 $5 12. Be2 (12. a4 O-O 13.
Be2 Nd7 14. Qc2 f5 15. cxd5 $6 cxd5 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. Nxb3 Rfc8 $15 {Gunter,
D-Ryan,J/Hastings Challengers9596 1995/0-1 (58)}) 12... O-O 13. Qc2 f5 14. O-O
Nd7 15. Rfc1 Nf6 16. a3 Qd8 17. b4 a6 18. Nb3 $13 {Ernst,S-Levin,F/Koop
Tjuchem op 1996 (38)}) 12. Qc2 (12. cxd5 $5 cxd5 13. Nb5 Kd8 $1 14. Qc2 Rc8 15.
Nc3 Nf6 16. Be2 Bd6 17. Qb3 Qxb3 $11 {Meduna,E-Sherbakov,R/Decin op 1996})
12... Be7 13. Rb1 Nf6 14. b4 O-O 15. a3 h5 16. Be2 g6 17. Nb3 Kg7 18. Nc5 Bc8
19. b5 Qa5 20. O-O Bxc5 21. dxc5 Qxa3 22. Na4 dxc4 23. Bxc4 cxb5 24. Bxb5 Be6
25. Rfc1 Rac8 $1 (25... Qa2 $5 26. Rb2 Qd5 27. c6 $1 (27. Bc4 $6 Qxc4 28. Qxc4
Bxc4 29. Rxc4 Rfd8 $1 {[%csl Rg1]} 30. Nc3 (30. f3 Rd1+ 31. Kf2 (31. Kh2 $2
Ng4+ $1 32. fxg4 hxg4 $19 {[%cal Ga8h8]}) 31... Rad8 32. Rcb4 R8d2+ 33. Rxd2
Rxd2+ 34. Kg1 Rd7 $17) 30... Rd7 31. Rb1 Rc8 $17) 27... b6 $1 (27... Rac8 28.
Nc3 Rxc6 29. Nxd5 Rxc2 30. Rbxc2 Nxd5 $11) 28. c7 Qe5 $1 (28... Qg5 29. Bc6
Rac8 30. Bb7 Rce8 31. Bxe4 $11) 29. Ba6 $1 (29. Bc6 $6 Rac8 30. Bb7 Rce8 31.
Bc6 Re7 $19) 29... Rae8 30. Rb5 Qd6 $15) 26. Rb2 a6 27. Be2 b5 28. Nb6 Rxc5 $5
29. Qxc5 Qxb2 30. Rc2 Qa1+ 31. Rc1 Qb2 32. Rc2 Qa1+ 33. Rc1 Qa2 34. Rc2 Qb3 35.
Rc3 Qb1+ 36. Rc1 Qa2 37. Rc2 Qa5 38. Qd4 b4 39. Rc6 b3 40. Bf1 Qe1 (40... Rd8
$2 41. Qxd8 b2 42. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 43. Qe7+ Kh6 44. Nc4 $16) (40... Qg5 $1 41.
Bxa6 h4 $1 (41... Rb8 42. Bf1 (42. Rc5 $2 b2 $1 43. Rxg5 b1=Q+ 44. Kh2 Qxb6 $19
)) (41... Rd8 $6 42. Qxd8 b2 43. Qd1 Ba2 44. Rc1 bxc1=Q 45. Qxc1 Qa5 46. Bc4
$11) 42. Rc5 Qg4 43. gxh4 Qxh4 44. g3 Qg4 $17) 41. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 42. Rxf6 Kh6 (
42... Kh7 43. Qxd5 b2 44. Rxf7+ Rxf7 45. Qxf7+ Kh6 46. Qf4+ Kh7 47. Qc7+ Kh6
48. Qf4+ $11) 43. Rxa6 Rb8 $2 {Painfull mistake after which white manages to
escape.After correct} (43... Qc1 $1 44. Rb6 (44. Qxd5 b2 45. Qd6 Kg7 46. Qf6+
Kg8 $19) 44... Be6 $1 45. Qxe4 Rd8 46. Qe5 Kh7 $17 {white is in serious
troubles.}) 44. Qxd5 b2 45. Qxf7 $1 Qxf1+ $1 46. Kh2 $1 $11 (46. Kxf1 $2 b1=Q+
47. Ke2 Rb2#) 46... Qxa6 47. Qf4+ Kg7 48. Qc7+ Kf6 49. Qxb8 {Black can't
protect the pawn on b2 without letting white to give perpetual check so...} Qa1
1/2-1/2

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "1999.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "El Kher, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Finkel,A} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Bf5 7. h3
(7. Ne5 c5 (7... c6 8. g4 Be6 9. h4 $5 Nbd7 10. h5 Ne4 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Nxd7
$6 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qxd7 14. Kd2 f6 $13 {Blatny,P-Uhlmann,W/BL9596 1996}) 8. g4 (
8. dxc5 Qa5 9. O-O Qxc5 10. Nd3 (10. Bf3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Be5 Rfd8 13. Rb1
a5 14. a3 a4 $132 {Speelman,J-Bernal Caaman,J/ESP-chT 1994}) 10... Qa5 11. a4
Nbd7 12. Nc1 e5 13. Nb3 Qb4 14. Bg3 Be6 $132 {Izeta Txabarri,F-Bernal Moro,L/
ESP-ch 1991}) 8... Be6 9. Qd2 (9. h4 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. f3 Rac8 12. h5 a6 13.
hxg6 fxg6 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Be5 $14 {Kratschmer,H-Bonstingl,G/AUT-chT2S 9697})
9... Nc6 10. f3 Rc8 11. h4 Nd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. h5 Rb8 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Bh6
$36 {Miguel,F-Fuentes,M/PER-sf 1994}) (7. O-O Nh5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 $6 10.
Ne5 $1 $14 {Schnoor,J-Teloudis,A/RLNN 1988}) (7. Qd2 c6 8. O-O-O Nbd7 9. Ne5
Nxe5 10. Bxe5 b5 11. f3 Bd7 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Kb1 a6 14. g4 $14 {Izeta Txabarri,
F-Cramling,P/Osuna op 1992}) 7... Qc8 $5 {[%mdl 4]} 8. g4 Be6 9. Qd2 Rd8 $5 (
9... c5 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. O-O-O Rd8 (11... Nxe5 $6 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Rd8
14. f4 $16) (11... Nc6 $6 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Nxd5 $16)) 10. Ne5 c5 11. f3 Nfd7
12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 (13. Nxd7 $6 Rxd7 14. dxc5 d4 $1 15. Ne4 Bxa2 $36) 13...
bxc6 $6 (13... Qxc6 $5 14. h4 a6 15. h5 b5 {[%cal Gb5b4,Gc5c3,Gc6a4]} 16. hxg6
fxg6 17. Bh6 (17. e4 cxd4 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. Kb1 e5 $13) 17... Bh8
18. Bg5 $14) 14. h4 Qb7 15. h5 g5 $2 (15... cxd4 16. exd4 c5 17. hxg6 fxg6 (
17... hxg6 18. dxc5 d4 19. Nb5 Bxa2 20. Qa5 $16) 18. Qe3 Bf7 19. dxc5 d4 20.
Rxd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 $14) 16. Bxg5 $16 Rdb8 17. b3 cxd4 (17... c4 18. Bxe7 $18)
18. exd4 Qb4 19. Nb1 $1 {[%csl Re7]} Qxd2+ 20. Rxd2 f6 21. Be3 Bf7 22. f4 e5
23. g5 $1 exd4 (23... Re8 24. Rg1 exf4 25. Bxf4 fxg5 26. Bxg5 Kh8 $16) 24. Bxd4
c5 25. Bb2 Rb4 $5 (25... fxg5 $5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. fxg5 Re8 28. Bf3 Nb6 29. Nc3
Rad8 $16) 26. Bg4 Nb6 27. gxf6 Bh6 28. Rg2 {[%cal Gg2g8]} Rxf4 (28... Bxf4+ $1
29. Kd1 Nc4 $1 {[%cal Gc4e3,Gc4b2]} 30. Be2+ (30. bxc4 $6 Rxb2 31. Nc3 Rd8 32.
Bf3+ Kf8 33. cxd5 Be5 34. Kd2 Bxf6 $14) 30... Kf8 31. Bxc4 dxc4 32. Bc3 $16)
29. Kd1 Kf8 $6 {[%csl Rf8]} (29... Kh8) 30. Be5 Re4 31. Bd6+ Ke8 32. Re1 $1 $18
Nd7 (32... Rxe1+ 33. Kxe1 Nd7 34. Re2+ Kd8 35. Nc3 $18) 33. Rxe4+ dxe4 34. Be7
Ne5 35. Be2 {[%cal Ge2b5]} Be6 36. Nc3 e3 37. Ne4 Bd5 38. Bb5+ Kf7 39. Ng5+ Kg8
(39... Bxg5 40. Rxg5 Ke6 41. Rg3 $18) 40. Nf3+ $1 Kh8 41. Nxe5 Bxg2 42. Nf7+
Kg8 43. Nxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 14th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1998.04.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Elbilia, Jacques"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "1998.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 6432]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. e3 h6 4. Bh4 Qb6 5. b3 e5 6. Nf3 (6. c3
exd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Bg3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Ne2 Qa6
$11 {1/2-1/2 Hausrath,D-Thesing,M/BL9596 1996}) 6... Bg4 (6... e4 $5 7. Nfd2
Ne7 8. c4 Nf5 9. Bg3 Be6 (9... Nxg3 $5 10. hxg3 Be6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. a3 Be7 13.
Nc3 Nf6 $132 {Adams,M-Gelfand,B/Belgrade Invest 1995/0-1 (59)}) 10. Be2 $2 Nxd4
$1 $17 {Kosonen,M-Koskinen,H/Jyvaskyla op2 1996 (21)}) (6... Nd7 $5 7. Bg3 e4
8. Nfd2 a5 9. a3 Ne7 10. c4 Nf5 11. Nc3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nf6 $132 {Dunnington,
A-Sahu,S/Owens Corning 1996 (51)}) (6... exd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Bxe7 Nxe7 9. Bd3
Bg4 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. c3 Bf5 13. Qc2 Bxd3 $11 {Timman,J-Gelfand,B/
Amsterdam VSB 1996 (23)}) 7. Be2 Bxf3 $5 (7... e4 8. Nfd2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nd7 10.
O-O Ngf6 11. c4 Qa5 12. Rc1 Bb4 13. a3 O-O 14. c5 $14 {Jordan,D-Schiffer,K/
BL9697 1997 (48)}) 8. Bxf3 g6 $5 {Interesting possibility promising black good
chanses in forthcoming struggle.} 9. Bg3 Nd7 10. O-O (10. dxe5 $6 Bg7 11. Qd4
Qc7 $1) 10... Bg7 11. c3 Ne7 12. Nd2 O-O {The opening is over and we already
can make some conclusions:black has successfully solved opening problems and
will try to seize the initiative.} 13. b4 (13. Rc1 $5 c5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5
Bxe5 16. c4 $11) 13... f5 $5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Qb3 Kh7 17. h4 $6
{Creating to himself another weakness.} (17. Rac1 $142 $5 Qc7 18. h3 b5 19. a4
a6 20. Qc2 Ng8 21. Nb3 Nf6 {with slightly better chanses for black.}) 17... Ng8
$5 18. Be2 Nf6 19. Nf3 Bd6 20. Nd4 (20. b5 $5 c5 (20... f4 21. bxc6 bxc6 22.
exf4 Bxf4 23. Rab1 $11) 21. c4 d4 22. exd4 cxd4 23. Rad1 Bc5 $15) 20... Ne4 21.
h5 $6 gxh5 ({Another option were} 21... g5 $5 22. Rad1 Rae8 $36 {[%csl Rg1]
[%cal Gd6b8,Gb6c7,Gc7h2]}) (21... Nd2 $6 22. hxg6+ Kxg6 23. Bh5+ $1 (23. Qc2
Nxf1 24. Nxf5 Rxf5 25. g4 Nxe3 $19) 23... Kh7 24. Qc2 Nxf1 25. Rxf1 Rf6 26.
Nxf5 $44) 22. f4 (22. Qc2) 22... h4 $5 $17 23. Rf3 Rae8 24. Qc2 Qd8 25. c4 $6 {
White keeps on playing in the same self-distracting manner.} dxc4 (25... Bxb4
$5 26. cxd5 Qxd5 27. Rb1 c5 28. a3 Nc3 $5 29. axb4 cxd4 $1 $19) 26. Bxc4 Qf6
27. Rd1 Re7 (27... Bxb4 $5) 28. a3 Bc7 {Deciding to get rid of white knight on
d4.} 29. a4 Bb6 30. a5 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Ng3 {[%cal Ge7e3]} 32. Qd2 Rfe8 33. Kh2
Qg7 34. Kg1 h3 $1 35. Kh2 Ne4 36. Qc2 hxg2 37. Qxg2 Qf6 38. Rh3 Rg7 39. Qf1 Nd6
$5 {Otherwise it's not so simple to take control over the g-file.} 40. Qf2 (40.
Bb3 $2 Rxe3 $19) 40... Nxc4 41. Rxc4 Reg8 42. Rd4 Qe6 43. Rd2 Rg6 44. Rd4 R8g7
45. Qc2 b6 46. Rd2 Qf6 47. Qb2 Qe7 48. Qd4 {Creating to himself another
weakness.More persistant was} (48. axb6 $5 axb6 49. Qd4 Rg4 50. Qd3 Qf6 51. Qe2
Rh4 52. Qf3 Rxh3+ 53. Qxh3 Rg4 54. Qf3 $17) 48... bxa5 $1 49. bxa5 Qb7 {
[%csl Rg2][%cal Gc6c5]} 50. e4 c5 $1 $19 51. Qd5 (51. Qxc5 Qxe4 $19) 51... Qb1
52. Qxc5 Qxe4 53. Qf2 Rg4 54. Rf3 Rg1 (54... Qe7 $5 55. Rh3 Qb4 $1 $19 {
[%cal Gb4a5,Gb4f4]}) 55. Rd7 $5 Rxd7 56. Kxg1 Qb4 57. Qh4 Qxa5 {Now black is
two pawns up and nothing seems to prevent her from wining the game,but ending
proves to be quiet tricky!} 58. Kh2 Rg7 59. Rg3 Qd2+ 60. Kh3 Qe2 61. Rxg7+ Kxg7
62. Qf2 $8 {All other moves lose on the spot.} Qh5+ (62... Qg4+ $5 63. Kh2 a5
64. Qd4+ Kg6 65. Qb6+ Kh5 $19) 63. Kg3 Qg6+ 64. Kh2 Qb6 65. Qd2 Kg6 66. Qa2 Kf6
$6 67. Qa1+ Kf7 68. Qa2+ Ke7 69. Qe2+ Qe6 70. Qb5 a6 71. Qc5+ Ke8 $6 72. Qc7
Kf8 73. Kh1 Qd5+ 74. Kh2 a5 75. Kg3 Qe4 $2 {Missing the fact that black king
can't avoid the perpetual!} 76. Qxa5 Qe3+ 77. Kg2 Qxf4 78. Qd8+ Kf7 79. Qd7+
Kg6 80. Qe8+ Kg5 (80... Kf6 81. Qd8+ Ke6 82. Qe8+ Kd5 83. Qb5+ Kd4 84. Qb4+ Ke3
85. Qc3+ $11) 81. Qe7+ Kh5 82. Qe8+ Kh4 83. Qe1+ Kg4 84. Qe2+ Kg5 85. Qe7+ Kg6
86. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 14th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1998.04.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Elbilia, Jacques"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 18624]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 Qb6 5. b3 Nd7 (5... Bf5 6.
e3 e6 7. Be2 Bb4+ $6 8. Nfd2 Nd7 9. Bg3 Ngf6 10. O-O Be7 11. c4 $14 {Vezzosi,
P-Zichichi,A/Chianciano ITA ch 1988 (21)}) (5... a5 6. e3 a4 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. c3
Nd7 9. Be2 Ngf6 10. O-O e6 11. Ne5 $1 Ba3 $2 12. Nec4 $1 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Qa7 14.
Nxa3 $16 {Nalbandian,T-Volkov,S/URS-chJ Alma-Ata 1991/1-0 (47)}) 6. e3 e5 7.
Bg3 (7. Be2 e4 8. Nfd2 c5 $2 (8... Ne7 $5 {[%cal Ge7f5]} 9. Bg4 $5 Ng6 10. Bg3
Nf6 11. Bxc8 Rxc8 12. c4 Be7 13. Nc3 O-O $11) 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nc3 $1 $32 {
[%csl Rd5] Gelfand,B-Lautier,J/FIDE-Wch k.o. 1997/1-0 (46)}) (7. dxe5 $6 Nxe5
8. Nxe5 Qb4+ 9. Nd2 Qxh4 $15) 7... e4 $5 (7... exd4 $6 8. exd4 Ngf6 9. Bd3 Be7
10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. c4 $1 Nf8 13. c5 (13. h3 Be6 14. c5 Qd8 15. Nc3
N6d7 16. b4 $14 {Dunnington,A-Hartman,C/Owens Corning 1996 (30)}) 13... Qd8 14.
h3 Ng6 15. Nc3 Nh5 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Bh2 $14 {[%csl Rg6] Adams,M-Lautier,J/
Groningen 1995 (40)}) 8. Nfd2 Ne7 9. c4 $6 {Giving up the bishop is sourse of
white's problems in the future.Better was} (9. h3 Nf5 10. Bh2 Be7 11. Be2 O-O
12. O-O Nf6 13. a3 $13) 9... Nf5 10. c5 $6 (10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nc3 Qa5 12. Rc1
Bb4 13. Nb5 O-O $15) 10... Qd8 11. Nc3 h5 $1 12. h4 Nxg3 13. fxg3 Nf6 $17 {
[%csl Re3,Rg3] White is deprived of counterplay,his pawn structure is extremly
weak,his pieces take passive positions all this make white's chanses inferior.}
14. Be2 g6 15. b4 Bh6 16. Nf1 O-O (16... Bg4 $6 17. Rb1 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Ng4 19.
b5 $15) 17. Qd2 b6 $1 {Opening the queenside makes white's life even harder.}
18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Kf2 bxc5 20. bxc5 Rb8 21. Nh2 Ne8 $1 {[%cal Ge8g7,Gg7f5]} 22.
Rb1 Ng7 23. Rxb8 Nf5 $1 $19 24. Nf1 (24. Rxc8 Qxg3+ 25. Kf1 Nxe3+ (25... Rxc8
$5 26. Ba6 Rb8 27. Nd1 Rb1 $19) 26. Qxe3 Bxe3 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Nd1 Qf4+ 29.
Nf3 Bxd4 $19) 24... Qxb8 {[%cal Gh6e3]} 25. Bd1 Bxe3+ 26. Nxe3 Qxg3+ 27. Kg1 (
27. Ke2 Ba6+) 27... Nxe3 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Granovski, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Tqebuchava, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Finkel,A} d5 2. Bg5 $5 {This awkward move is favorite weapon of G.
Hodgson against 1...d5 and it was also frequantly used by one of the best
players in the world M.Adams.} g6 {More logical is 2...c6.} 3. Nd2 Bg7 4. e3 c5
5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 Qxb3 7. axb3 cxd4 ({Black could keep the pressure in the
center by} 7... Nd7 {,but move in the game also leads to quiet promising
position.}) 8. exd4 Nf6 9. Bd3 h6 ({I don't see any problems for black after} 
9... Bf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5) 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. f4 g5 $6 {This move seems to be very
logical:black has the bishops pair and tries to open up the position,but it
proves to be white who is better prepared for it,so still deserved attention} (
11... Bf5 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. Ngf3 Nd7 14. Ke2 e6 {with equal position.}) 12. Ne2
Nc6 ({More in the spirit of the position was} 12... Bg4 $5 13. Rf1 $5 (13. O-O
Bxe2 14. Bxe2 gxf4 15. Ra5 (15. Rxf4 $2 Bg5 {[%cal Gg5d2]} 16. Rf2 Be3 $17 (
16... Bxd2 $2 17. Bb5+ Nc6 18. Rxd2 $14)) 15... e6 16. Rfa1 a6 17. b4 Nc6 18.
R5a2 Rc8 19. b5 axb5 20. Bxb5 Ke7 21. Nb3 $44 {[%cal Gb3c5]}) 13... Rg8 14. Nf3
Bxf3 15. Rxf3 Nd7 16. g3 $14) 13. O-O Bd7 14. b4 $14 e6 15. Nf3 gxf4 (15... g4
$5 16. Ne5 h5 (16... Nxe5 17. fxe5 (17. dxe5 Bd8 18. Nd4 h5 19. Rfe1 Bb6 $11)
17... Bg5 18. Kf2 h5 19. Kg3 Ke7 20. Nf4 $14) 17. Nc1 $1 {[%cal Gc1b3,Gb3c5]}
Rg8 18. Nb3 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Be7 20. Nc5 $14) 16. b5 Ne7 17. Nxf4 Nc8 $1 {[%csl
Rf7][%cal Gc8d6]} (17... Rg8 $6 18. Nh5 Bh8 19. Ne5 f5 (19... Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rg5
21. Nf6+ Kd8 22. b6 $1 a6 23. Nxd7 Kxd7 24. Bb5+ $1 Kd8 25. Rxf7 $18) 20. Rfe1
Nc8 21. Nf4 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Kf7 23. c4 $1 $16) 18. Nh5 Be7 19. Ne5 $36 f5 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] Throwing the game in one move!After logical} (19... Nd6 $1 20. Ng7+
(20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Rxf6 Ke7 22. Raf1 Be8 23. R6f4 (23. b3 Rc8 24. c4 Nf5 25.
R6xf5 exf5 26. c5 $44) 23... Rc8 24. Ra1 $5 $14 {white keeps slightly better
chanses,but the position remains unclear.}) 20... Kf8 21. Nxe6+ Bxe6 22. Ng6+
Ke8 23. Nxh8 Kd7 24. Nxf7 Bxf7 $132) 20. Ng7+ Kf8 (20... Kd8 $2 21. Nf7+ $18)
21. Nxf5 $18 exf5 22. Nxd7+ Kg7 23. Rxf5 {Now everything is over:white is two
pawns up without any compenstion for black.} Rd8 24. Nc5 (24. Rxd5 $5) 24...
Bxc5 25. dxc5 Ne7 26. Rf4 Rf8 27. Rxf8 Kxf8 28. Kf2 Ke8 29. Ke3 Kd7 30. g3 Re8
31. Kd4 a6 32. Re1 Kc7 33. Re5 1-0

[Event "Recklinghausen"]
[Site "Recklinghausen"]
[Date "1998.07.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Kachiani Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 (5... Nh5 6. Be5 (6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 Bg7 (7... g5 $143 8. Ne5 $1) 8. Be2 g5 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. Bxh5 Bg7 11. Bg3
Nd7 12. h4 Nf6 13. Be5 Be6 14. Be2 Rg8 15. hxg5 hxg5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,
Y-Lanka,Z/Schwaebisch Gmuend 1994/EXT 94op (48)}) 6... f6 7. Bxb8 Rxb8 8. h3 {
[%cal Gg2g4]} (8. Be2 Qb6 9. a3 Qc7 10. O-O Bh6 11. Na4 Ng7 12. Rc1 Nf5 13. Kh1
e5 14. Qd2 e4 15. Ng1 {1/2-1/2 Bezold,M-Paehtz,T/GER-ch 1993/TD 93\10 (15)})
8... f5 $6 {[%csl Re5]} (8... Bh6 9. g4 Ng7 $13) 9. Ne5 Bg7 10. g4 Nf6 11. f4
Qa5 12. Bg2 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qd2 Bxe5 15. fxe5 fxg4 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. Qg2
Bf5 (17... Bf3 $140 18. Qxg6+ $1) 18. O-O-O $36 {0-1 Gustavsson,C-Kopp,P/
Doernigheim 1994/GER 08 (48)}) 6. Be2 (6. h4 Bg7 7. Be2 a5 8. Ne5 a4 9. h5 Ne4
10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nc4 Nb6 12. Nd2 f5 13. a3 Be6 14. g4 $36 {1-0 Pribyl,
J-Habinak,T/Prague 1986/EXT 86op2 (37)}) 6... Nh5 (6... Bg7 7. Ne5 Qb6 8. a3
O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. O-O a6 11. Rb1 Qd8 12. a4 Nf8 13. a5 $14) 7. Bg5 h6 (7... Qb6
8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3) 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. c3 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Bg7 11. b4 Qd8
12. Nc5 $6 (12. O-O $142 $14) 12... Nxc5 $1 (12... g5 $5 13. Nxd7 (13. Nd2 Nxc5
14. bxc5 Nf6 15. Bg3 b6 $11) 13... Bxd7 (13... gxh4 $2 14. Nxh4 $16) 14. Ne5
Nf6 $5 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Bh5 Be6 17. Qf3 Rf8 $13 (17... O-O 18. h4 $40)) 13. bxc5
Qa5 14. Qb3 g5 $6 (14... b6 $1 {[%cal Rc8a6]} 15. cxb6 axb6 16. O-O (16. Ne5
Bxe5 17. dxe5 Ba6 $17 {[%cal Gh5g7,Gg7e6,Ge6c5]}) 16... g5 17. Nd2 Ba6 $1 $15)
15. Nd2 $1 gxh4 (15... Nf6 16. Bg3 b6 17. Qb4 $1 $14) 16. Bxh5 b6 (16... h3 $5)
17. cxb6 axb6 18. O-O O-O (18... Bf5 $5 19. e4 Be6 20. Nf3 h3 $13) 19. Qc2 {
[%cal Gb1h7]} (19. h3 Bf5 20. Nf3 Bf6 $11 {[%csl Gf5,Gf6]}) 19... c5 (19... h3
$5 20. g3 c5 $13) 20. h3 Bd7 21. Nf3 Rac8 22. Rfc1 Rc7 $2 (22... cxd4 $1 23.
exd4 Rc7 24. Ne5 Be6 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Rf8c8]} 25. Qd2 Rfc8 26. Qf4 Bxe5 27.
dxe5 Rxc3 28. Rd1 (28. Qxh6 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Qxc1 Qxa2 31. Qg5+ Kf8 32.
Qh6+ Kg8 (32... Ke8 $2 33. Qxe6) 33. Qg5+ $11) 28... Kg7 29. Qxh4 Qc5 $14) 23.
Qd3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rh4]} Bf6 24. Ne5 Bxe5 (24... Be6 25. Bd1 $5 {[%cal Gd1c2]} (
25. f4) 25... c4 26. Qe2 $16 {[%cal Ge2h5]}) 25. dxe5 e6 (25... Be6 26. f4 $16)
26. e4 $1 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7,Rg8,Rh6]} Qb5 27. Qe3 $40 Kg7 28. Qf4 dxe4 29. Qf6+
Kg8 30. Qxh6 $18 c4 31. Qg5+ Kh7 32. Be2 Rc5 33. a4 Qa5 (33... Qc6 34. Qxh4+
Kg8 35. Qg5+ Kh7 36. Re1 $18) 34. Qxh4+ Kg8 35. Qg5+ Kh8 36. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Ulaanbaatar FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Ulaanbaatar"]
[Date "2010.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Bojkov,D"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.07.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MGL"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:00:01"]
[BlackClock "0:00:01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {A time for a change. In their previous encounter just a
month ago in Jermuk the players tested the main lines of the Ragozin. However,
Tatiana is definitely well prepared against the Trompovsky, too.} d5 3. e3 g6
4. Bxf6 exf6 5. Ne2 Bd6 6. g3 c6 7. Bg2 f5 $1 {A good idea. Black was less
precise in the following game:} (7... Nd7 8. b3 f5 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nbc3 Be6 11.
c5 {and White achieved harmony in his development and the initiative on the
queen's flank.} Bc7 12. b4 a6 13. a4 O-O 14. O-O g5 15. b5 Qd7 16. Qd3 Kg7 17.
f4 $1 {Laznicka,V (2617)-Mamedov,N (2614)/Benasque ESP 2009/The Week in Chess
766 (42) with pleasant advantage for White who won later.}) 8. b3 Be6 {Now
Black forces her opponent to lose some time before advancing the c pawn.} 9.
Qd3 Nd7 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. c4 Ne4 12. c5 Bc7 13. b4 h5 {Both players wait with
the kingside castling.} 14. Nf3 Qf6 15. h4 Qg7 {The trick:} (15... a5 16. b5 (
16. O-O axb4 17. Rfb1 Ba5 18. a3 {is also good for White.}) 16... Nxc5 {
does not really work as the c6 pawn is hanging:} 17. Qc2 Ne4 18. bxc6 b6 19.
O-O O-O 20. Rab1 $16) 16. O-O {Now when h5-h4 is stopped White can finally
castle. She has though to hurry with her play on the queen's flank.} f6 17. b5
g5 {Kosintseva straightforwardly follows her plan. However, a little
prophylaxis might be better here:} (17... Bc8 18. Rab1 O-O 19. Rb2 (19. Nf4 {
does not prevent g6-g5, as the knight might be trapped after:} g5 20. Nxh5 $2
Qf7 $17 {[%csl Rh5]}) 19... g5 {with sharp play where both sides have their
share of chances.}) 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Qa6 Bd7 20. Rab1 O-O 21. Rb7 $1 {[%csl
Rc6,Rd5] A nice positional sacrifice. Ety will gain control over the light
squares thanks to the exchange she has invested.} Bc8 22. Rfb1 {Worse is:} (22.
hxg5 Rb8 23. Rfb1 Qd7 24. gxf6 Bd8 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rb1][%cal Rc8a6,Rb8b1]
However, objectively, the best move seemed to be:}) (22. Qxc6 Bxb7 23. Qxb7
Rfd8 24. hxg5 fxg5 25. Qc6 {with full compensation for the exchange.}) 22...
Bxb7 {There is nothing wrong with this move, but White's task would have been
much more complicated after:} (22... Qd7 $1 {[%csl Rb1,Rb7][%cal Ra8b8] with
the idea to exchange both the white rooks. Play may continue:} 23. hxg5 (23.
Rxc7 $6 Qxc7 24. Qa3 Rb8 $17) 23... Rb8 {and now the highly entertaining
sacrifice:} 24. gxf6 $1 {In the line:} (24. Qxa7 $6 Bxb7 25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Qxb7
Rb8 27. Qa7 (27. Qa6 fxg5) 27... Rb1+ 28. Bf1 Nxg5 29. Nh4 {White seems in
control, but there is a tactical stroke:} Nh3+ 30. Kg2 Nxf2 $1 {[%csl Ra7,Rg2]
[%cal Rc7g3,Rg2f2,Rd7a7]}) 24... Bd8 25. Rxb8 Bxa6 26. Ne5 Qc7 27. Nf4 $1 {
Better than:} (27. f7+ Rxf7 (27... Kg7 28. Nf4 Ng5 29. Nxh5+ Kh6 30. Nf4 $13 {
[%csl Ge5,Gf4]}) 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Nf4 Bb5 $1 $17 {[%csl Rb1,Rb8]}) 27... Bc8 (
27... Rxf6 28. Ra8 Kh7 {Here:} (28... Bb5 $2 {loses to:} 29. Rxb5 cxb5 30. Bxe4
dxe4 31. Nd5 $18 {[%csl Ga8,Rc7,Gd5,Rd8,Ge5,Rf6,Rg8]}) 29. Rbb8 Bb7 30. Rxd8
Bxa8 31. Rd7+ Qxd7 32. Nxd7 Rf7 33. Ne5 $16 {[%csl Ra8,Ge5,Gf4]}) 28. f7+ Rxf7
29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Ra8 {[%csl Ga8,Gb1,Rc8,Rd8,Gf4,Yf5,Yf7,Yh5][%cal Gb1b8] and
it is difficult to judge who is better, but obviously White should have at
least enough for her sacrificed piece.}) 23. Rxb7 Qd7 24. hxg5 $1 {[%csl Ge5,
Gf4,Gg5,Gh4] Ety looks for juicy squares for her knights.} Nxg5 {The only move,
as Black's position crumbles after:} (24... fxg5 25. Ne5 Qg7 26. Qxc6 $18) 25.
Nh4 (25. Nxg5 {is enough only for a draw, as after:} fxg5 26. Bxd5+ cxd5 27.
Qg6+ Qg7 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rxc7+ {Black can harass the active rook-} Rf7 $11 {
[%csl Rc7][%cal Gf7f6,Gf6f7]}) (25. Nf4 $5 {[%csl Gf4] though deserved serious
attention:} Rab8 $8 (25... Rfb8 $2 26. Nxg5 fxg5 27. Nxd5 $1 {[%csl Rg8]} cxd5
28. Qg6+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Qg7 (29... Ke8 30. c6 Qe7 31. Rxc7 Qxc7 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33.
Qg7+ Kd6 34. Qf6#) 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rxc7+ Kf6 32. Bxd5 $18) 26. Nh4 (26. Nxh5
Rxb7 27. Qxb7 Kf7 28. Nh4 {also gives great compensation to White.}) 26... Rxb7
27. Qxb7 Rb8 28. Qxa7 Rb1+ 29. Kh2 (29. Bf1 Qc8 30. Nxh5 Ne4) 29... Ne4 30.
Bxe4 fxe4 31. Kg2 {[%csl Gf4,Yf6,Rg8,Gh4,Yh5][%cal Ga2a4,Ga4a5,Ga5a6] and I
would love to have White here.} (31. Nxh5 $2 Bxg3+)) 25... Rfb8 26. Nf4 {
White is better, although the computer claims that the position is equal (it
already sees the only salvation that Black has though). However, for a human
being defending both the king and all the pawn weaknesses without having any
active plan is a painful task. Moreover, if both the humans are in time
trouble this task becomes impossible for the defender. Tatiana soon erred.}
Rxb7 27. Qxb7 Rb8 28. Qxa7 Ne4 29. Bh3 Rb1+ $2 {The rook had to stay on the
eighth rank in order to protect the king.} (29... Qc8 $1 {with the idea:} 30.
Bxf5 (30. Nxf5 Qb7 31. Ne7+ Kf8 32. Qxb7 Rxb7 33. Nxc6 Bxf4 34. gxf4 Rb1+ 35.
Kg2 Rb2) 30... Ra8 $1 {was Black's only chance. After:} 31. Bxc8 Rxa7 32. Bd7
$5 Bxf4 33. Bxc6 Nxg3 34. Bxd5+ Kh7 35. Ng2 Bc7 36. fxg3 Bxg3 {the position is
approximately balanced.}) 30. Kg2 Rb2 31. Bxf5 Qg7 (31... Rxf2+ 32. Kg1 Qd8 33.
Bxe4 {and wins.}) 32. Nxh5 Rxf2+ 33. Kg1 Qh6 34. Qa8+ Qf8 35. Be6+ 1-0

[Event "Seville op"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anguix Garrido, Juan Francisco"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 (7. O-O
cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 a5 $10 {
Kottnauer-Boleslavski, Helsinki 1952}) 7... Qa5 8. Nd2 (8. O-O Qxc5 9. Nd2 Nc6
10. Nb3 Qb6 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Bxb2 13. Rab1 Be6 14. Qd1 Bf6 15. Nd4 Nxd4
16. Rxb6 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 axb6 $10 {Harris-Ivkov, Bognor Reggis 1958}) 8... Qxc5
9. Nb3 Qb6 10. Nb5 (10. a4 Nc6 11. a5 Qd8 12. O-O e5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. a6 b6 15.
Bf3 Ne7 $13 {Murshed-Zapata, Tessaloniki olm 1984}) 10... Na6 11. Be5 Bd7 12.
a4 Qe6 13. Bd4 b6 14. O-O Bc6 15. a5 Bxb5 16. Bxb5 Nc7 17. Be2 Rfd8 18. Nd2 b5
19. Nf3 Ne4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qd4+ f6 22. Rfd1 Qd6 23. Nd2 Ng5 24. Nb3 e5 25.
Qc5 Nge6 26. Qxd6 Rxd6 27. Rd2 Rad8 28. c3 Kf7 29. Rad1 Ke7 30. f3 R8d7 31. Kf2
a6 32. Bf1 f5 33. g3 Ne8 34. e4 $2 dxe4 35. fxe4 Nf6 36. Bg2 Nc5 37. Rxd6
Ncxe4+ 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 79th"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Martin, Andrew D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 {[ A challenging move that Karpov played
against Julian in a blitz game recently, 3..exf6 4.e3 and 5.c4 gives White a
slight edge. ]} 4. c4 c6 5. e3 e6 $6 {[ Karpov played 5..Bf5 first and then ..
Bd6 and this seems like a better scheme of development. ]} 6. Nc3 f5 7. Nf3 Bg7
8. Qc2 Nd7 9. h3 $5 {[ Very aggressive, 9.cxd5 was good for a clear edge since
Black must recapture with the c6 pawn. Now White can play g4 with strong
kingside play ]} dxc4 {[ 9..Qa5 to anticipate 0-0-0 looks better or even 9..a6
]} 10. Bxc4 Qc7 $6 {[ With the idea of ..f4 but this is never practical. The
Qc7 now becomes one of many tactical weaknesses in the black position. ]} 11.
O-O-O b5 $2 {[ Andrew is unrecognisable in this game and this move is almost
the losing one since after the bishop retreat Nxb5 is a threat and one more
tempo lost is enough to make the White initiative too strong. ]} 12. Bb3 Ba6 $2
{[ 12..Qb6 [] ]} 13. g4 $16 f4 14. Ng5 $1 {[ White had now seen the coming
sacrifice ]} Nf8 {[ Forced to prevent 15.Bxe6 ]} 15. Nce4 h6 16. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7
17. d5 {[#]} Be5 (17... Bc8 18. d6 Qd8 19. exf4 {[ With a completely
overwhelming position ]}) (17... exd5 18. Rxd5 $18 Ne6 19. Rf5+) 18. dxe6+ Kg7
19. Qc5 $5 {[ Threatening 20.Rd7+ followed by 21.Qe7+ and 22.Qf7 mate but this
might have allowed Black to resist albeit with a horrible position. 20.Nc5 was
being analysed in the commentary room as completely overwhelming ]} (19. Nc5
Bc8 20. Qf5 Bf6 21. exf4 $18) 19... Bc8 $2 (19... Rh7 20. Rd6 $3 Bxd6 21. Nxd6
{[ /\ Qe5+ ]} Kh8 22. exf4 $1 $18 (22. Qe5+ Qg7 (22... Rg7 23. Nf7+ {[ Wins
the queen ]})) 22... Rd8 (22... Bc8 23. f5 $18 {[#]}) 23. Qe5+ Qg7 24. Nf7+ $18
) 20. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1978.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 f5 8.
O-O c5 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Rfd1 Nc6 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. Nb5 Bxb2 13. Rab1 Bf6 14. Nfd4
Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Rfc8 16. Nd6 Rc7 17. Rxb7 (17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rxb7 Rxb7 19. Nxb7
Rb8) 17... Rxb7 18. Nxb7 Rb8 19. Nxc6 Rxb7 20. Nd4 Rc7 21. Nb3 Be7 22. Bb5 $1
Bxc5 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Ba4 Kf8 25. Bb3 Ke7 26. Rd4 a5 27. Kf1 Kd6 28. Ke2 Bd7
29. Kd2 Bb5 30. Rh4 h5 31. Rd4 Ke5 32. g3 Bf1 33. Ra4 Ba6 34. f3 Bb7 35. f4+
Kd6 36. Ra3 Ba6 37. Ra4 Bf1 38. Rd4 Bb5 39. Kc1 Bf1 40. Kb2 Bb5 41. Kc1 Bf1 42.
Kd2 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 52nd"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Oliwa, Marek"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Ne5 $5 (7. dxc5
) 7... cxd4 8. exd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 $1 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Nb5 Qxa2 12. O-O Ne4 13.
Qe1 Nc6 14. Ra1 Qb2 $1 (14... Qxc2 $2 15. Bd3 Qb3 16. Ra3 $18) 15. Rb1 Qxc2 16.
Bd3 Qa4 17. Ra1 Nxe5 $1 18. Rxa4 Nxd3 19. Qe3 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Bd7 21. Rb4 a5 22.
Rb2 Rfc8 $1 (22... Bxb5 23. Rxb5 Nc3 24. Rb2 b5) 23. Qe3 a4 24. h3 (24. Na3 $2
Rc3) 24... a3 $1 25. Nxa3 Rc3 26. Qf4 Rcxa3 27. Rxb7 Be6 $1 28. Rb8+ (28. Rxe7
Bxd4) 28... Rxb8 29. Qxb8+ Bf8 30. Rb1 Rc3 $1 31. Qa7 Rc8 32. Rd1 h5 33. Qb7 h4
34. Qa7 Nd6 35. Qa3 Bg7 36. Qa7 Bf6 37. Rd3 Kg7 38. Kh1 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Rc4 40.
Kh1 Nb5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Nge2 O-O 6. a3 Bd6 7. g3 b6 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. Re1 Be7 11. h3 Nc6 12. g4 Rc8 13. Qd2 a6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
Rad1 Qa5 16. Nc1 c4 17. N1e2 Rfd8 18. Nd4 Qb6 19. Qc1 Nd7 20. g5 Bf8 21. h4 g6
22. h5 Bg7 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Nf3 Nc5 25. Nh2 e5 26. Bg3 Ne7 27. Ng4 e4 28. f4
Nf5 29. Bf2 Rb8 30. Rd2 Qe6 31. Bh3 Qc6 32. Bg2 Qe6 33. Red1 Nh4 34. Bh3 Nf3+
35. Kg2 Qd6 36. Rxd5 Bxd5 37. Rxd5 Qb6 38. Rxc5 Qxc5 39. Nxe4 Qc6 40. Nef6+
Bxf6 41. Nxf6+ Kg7 42. e4 Nd2 43. Bg4 c3 44. b4 Rd6 45. Qe1 Rbd8 46. Qh1 {
As strange of a position as it gets. Black is up two exchanges (!) but White
has two pawns and he is currently threatening checkmate on h6.} Rxf6 (46... Rh8
$1 47. Qe1 Qc4 48. Bc5 Rdd8 {keeps the material, and although White's position
retains compensation it is unclear if it is enough.}) 47. Qh6+ Kg8 48. gxf6
Qxf6 49. Bh4 Qd4 50. Bxd8 {White recovers all of his material.} Qxe4+ 51. Kg3
$4 {An absolute blunder... and White still had plenty of time to calculate!} (
51. Kf2 Qd4+ 52. Ke2 $1 (52. Kg2 Qxd8 53. Be6 Qa8+ 54. Kh2 Qe4 {is bad for
White.}) 52... Qxd8 53. Be6 $1 {is fine for White. If the bishop is taken then
a perpetual follows, if it isn't the bishop can retreat to d5 and put pressure
on f7.} (53. Qh3 {is worse for White, but still would make Black work for it.})
53... Qf6 54. Bd5 $11) 51... Qe1+ {Now White is simply getting mated.} 52. Kg2
Qf1+ 53. Kh2 (53. Kg3 Ne4+ 54. Kh2 Qf2+ 55. Kh3 Qg3#) 53... Qf2+ 54. Kh1 Nf1 {
There is no way to avoid Ng3+ except with Bh4, but that allows Qh2#. oops.} 0-1

[Event "Bangkok op 12th"]
[Site "Bangkok"]
[Date "2012.04.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2012.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nb5 Na6 6. a4 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 Bd7
9. Nf3 Bxb5 10. Bxb5 Nb8 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Be7 15. Ne5
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Bg3 g6 18. b3 Qc7 19. f4 c4 20. bxc4 dxc4 21. Bc2 Rfd8
22. Qe2 Qa5 23. Be1 Rac8 24. h4 Nc5 25. h5 g5 26. Qxc4 Nd3 27. Qe4 Qd5 28. Bxd3
Qxd3 29. Qxb7 Bc5 30. fxg5 Qxe3+ 31. Kh1 Rf8 32. gxh6 Qxe5 33. Rf3 Qxh5+ 34.
Rh3 Qd5 35. Qxd5 exd5 36. Rd1 Rfe8 37. Rh5 Kh7 38. Bd2 Be3 39. Bxe3 Rxe3 40.
Rdxd5 Rexc3 41. Rdg5 Rg8 42. Rxg8 Kxg8 43. Rg5+ Kh8 44. Rf5 Rc4 45. a5 Rh4+ 46.
Kg1 Rxh6 47. Rxf7 Ra6 48. Rf5 Kg7 49. Kf2 Kg6 50. g4 Rc6 51. Kg3 Rc3+ 52. Kh4
Rc1 53. Rg5+ Kf6 54. Rd5 Rh1+ 55. Kg3 Ra1 56. Rc5 Ra2 57. Rf5+ Kg6 58. Rb5 Kf6
59. Kf3 Ra3+ 60. Ke4 Ra4+ 61. Kf3 Ra3+ 62. Kf4 Ra4+ 63. Kg3 Ra1 64. g5+ Kg6 65.
Kf4 Ra4+ 66. Ke3 {After outplaying his opponent Nigel Short has allowed him to
escape with a theoretical draw - which, however, his GM opponent needs to play
error free.} Rg4 67. Rb7 Rxg5 68. Rxa7 Kf6 69. a6 Ra5 $2 (69... Rd5 $1 {
Dr Karsten Müller will tell us, is the move required to hold a draw.}) 70. Ra8
Ra4 71. Kd3 Kg7 72. Kc3 Rf4 73. Ra7+ Kg6 74. Rb7 Ra4 75. a7 Kf6 76. Kb3 Ra1 77.
Kc4 Ke6 78. Kc5 {The grandmaster from the Republic of Tajikistan has received
a lesson in rook endings from his British opponent.} 1-0

[Event "German Masters (Women) 1st"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2014.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Michna, Marta"]
[Black "Hoolt, Sarah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 c6 5. g3 f5 6. Bg2 Nd7 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Nxc4 Bc7 (12... Be7 13. Rfc1 Nd5 14.
a3 a5 15. b3 h5 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. h4 Qe7 19. a4 Rfc8 20. Qd1 g6 21.
Rxc8+ {0-1 (51) Nussbaecher,A (2217)-Lickleder,A (2250) Bayern 2000 nach 51
Zügen. Dies ist die letzte Vorgängerpartie zu dieser Variante.}) 13. Ne5 Qe7
14. Nf4 Rad8 15. Rac1 (15. Bxc6 {Marta zog dieses Opfer einen Zug später vor,
hier kommt es aber auch in Betracht.} Bxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bg2
Nxe5 $14) 15... Bc8 16. Bxc6 {der "offensichtliche" Zug gibt Sarah einiges zum
Denken auf. Darf sie nehmen? Welche Figur soltle zuerst geschlagen werden? Hat
sie eventuell etwas übersehen? Auf jeden Fall spielte sie nun die beste
Fortsetzung.} Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Bg2 b6 (18... Ne4 {haben wir in der
Analyse noch ebenfalls besprochen, es scheint aber, dass Sarah Fortsetzung
auch an dieser Stelle genauer war als meine Anmerkungen während der Partie.})
19. Rfd1 Ba6 20. Qa4 Qb5 21. Qxb5 (21. Qa3 $1 {diesen Zug hatte Marta
eigentlich geplant und sie konnte sich nicht wirklich vorstellen, warum sie
diese Fortsetzung nicht gewählt hat, denn nun droht Lf1, was sehr unangenehm
für Sarah hätte werden können.}) 21... Bxb5 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24.
Bxd5 Rd8 25. Rc7 Be8 26. Bc6 (26. Bb3 a5 27. Kf1 {hätte noch ein wenig Leben
in der Stellung gehalten.}) 26... Bxc6 27. Rxc6 Kf8 28. b4 Ke7 29. Kg2 Rd2 30.
Rc7+ Rd7 31. Rc6 Rd2 32. Rc7+ Rd7 33. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch51 Final"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1984.04.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1984.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. Qf3 a5 8.
Nge2 Na6 9. a3 Re8 10. e4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Nc7 12. Qd3 g6 13. O-O f5 14. Bf3 Ne6
15. d5 {[#]} Ng5 $1 16. dxc6 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 bxc6 18. Qxc6 Ra6 19. Qa4 Bb7 20.
Rad1 Qa8 21. f3 Be5 22. Qh4 Rb6 23. Na4 Rc6 {[#]} 24. Nec3 (24. Nd4 $11 Rc4 (
24... Bxd4+ 25. Qxd4 Rxc2 26. Rf2 Rxf2 27. Qxf2 $11) 25. b3 Bxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Rxc2
27. Re1 $11) 24... Ba6 $17 25. Rfe1 Rc4 26. Qg5 Kg7 27. Kh1 Qc6 28. Qe3 Re6 29.
Qb6 Rxc3 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Qd4 $2 (31. bxc3 Qxa4 $17) 31... Rce3 0-1

[Event "GMA Baleares op"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nc3 Be6 7. Bb5+ Nc6
8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Ne5 (9... a6) 10. Nf4 a6 11. Ba4 (11. Be2 d4 12. Na4 Ba7)
11... Nc4 (11... d4 12. Ne4 Ba7 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. exd4 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16.
c3 Ba7 17. Bb3) 12. Bb3 Nxb2 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Ncxd5 Bxd5 15. Nxd5 b5 16. c3 Ba3
17. Rab1 Nc4 (17... Na4 18. Rfd1 Qa5 19. Nxf6+ $1 gxf6 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Bc2)
18. Rfd1 Qd6 (18... Qa5 19. Rd4) 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Nb6 Qxb6 21. Qxc4 Qxe3 22.
Qxb5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Match Marshall-Lasker Ed +5-4=9"]
[Site "USA (10 cities)"]
[Date "1923.05.09"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Lasker, Edward"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1923.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)BCM 1923. p.298 [Lasker,Ed].The game was played in Lawrence,NY.} d5 2.
Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 e6 5. Nd2 Bd6 6. Bg3 f5 7. Ngf3 Nf6 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Be2
cxd4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. exd4 Rb8 12. Qc2 Ne4 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O c5 15. Rad1
cxd4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Rxd4 Ba6 18. Ra4 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Rf7 20. b3 Qc6 21. Qe3
Qb6 22. c4 Rbf8 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Rd4 Rf5 26. f3 exf3 27. Rxf3
Rxf3 28. gxf3 Rxf3 29. Rxd5 Rc3 30. Rf5 g6 31. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} d5 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} e6 {[%emt 0:06:06]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:08:
37]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 5. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} (5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5
Bxc5 8. O-O Nc6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qf6 12. Bg5 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qa3
14. Bc1 Qa4 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Ng5+ Kg8 17. Qh5 Qxc2 18. Rb3 Qg6 19. Qh4 e5 {
0-1 (19) Jobava,B (2705)-Malakhov,V (2716) Warsaw 2013}) 5... c5 $146 {[%emt 0:
01:07]} (5... O-O 6. Bd3 a6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. a3 Qe7 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. f4 f5 11. Nb1
Nd8 12. O-O Nf7 13. c4 Bxe5 14. fxe5 dxc4 15. Bxc4 b5 16. Ba2 Bb7 17. Nc3 Nb6
18. Qe2 Ng5 19. Rac1 Rad8 20. Bf4 Nf7 21. Bb3 Kh8 22. Na2 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24.
Nb4 Nxb4 25. axb4 Rc8 26. Rc6 Nd8 27. Rxa6 Qxb4 28. Bg5 Nf7 29. Bf4 Rfe8 30.
Ra7 Kg8 31. Rc1 c6 32. Bg3 Qb3 33. Rc3 Qd5 34. h3 Rf8 35. Bh4 {Colovic,D (2380)
-Kostic,V (2430) Serbia 2009 1/2-1/2}) 6. dxc5 {[%emt 0:10:33]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:
03:03]} 7. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Na6 {[%emt 0:08:28]} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:21:17]} O-O
{[%emt 0:04:23]} 9. a4 {[%emt 0:11:33]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:04:24]} 10. Be5 {[%emt 0:
07:20]} f6 {[%emt 0:04:10]} 11. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Be7 {[%emt 0:24:46]} 12.
f3 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 13. f4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:
07:46]} 14. Bd3 {[%emt 0:10:05]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 15. fxe5 {[%emt 0:03:33]}
fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 16. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:12:37]} Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 17. Bxa7
{[%emt 0:00:32]} Be6 {[%emt 0:07:14]} 18. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:50]} b6 {[%emt 0:02:
02]} 19. O-O {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 20. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rf7
{[%emt 0:11:49]} 21. b4 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 22. Nxd6 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 23. Qxa6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rfxa7 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 24. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:04:54]} 25. Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:03]
} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 26. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 27. Qd3 {
[%emt 0:03:18]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 28. e4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:50]
} 29. Rf6 {[%emt 0:01:04] This game was somewhat strange. Stefanova used one
of her usual sideline openings to obtain a decent position that quickly turned
for the worse. However the Mongolian player was unable to fully use White's
bishop that was stuck on a7, and slowly but surely her position got worse and
worse. Stefanova had a beautiful chance to obtain a clear edge with 29.Qf3!
but once this chance was missed the game was close to equal.} (29. Qf3 $36 {
[%csl Rg8]}) 29... Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 30. Qf1 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:
00:36]} 31. Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qxg5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 32. Rb8+ {[%emt 0:00:
22]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 33. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qe3+ {[%emt 0:01:15]} 34.
Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Qc1+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 35. Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qe3+ {
[%emt 0:00:25]} 36. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Qc1+ {[%emt 0:01:26]} 37. Qf1 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Qe3+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:23] The only
game that was not won by the White pieces, but it certainly could have.
Stefanova employed one of her usual unorthodox openings and got a really nice
position, eventually leading into a more comfortable endgame. Kosteniuk erred
quickly after entering the knight and bishop endgame and found herself in a
lost position, but by some miracle Stefanova missed win after win after win
until the game was drawn.} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} c6 {
[%emt 0:08:07]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:02:39]} (4... Bf5 5. f3 e6
6. g4 Bg6 7. h4 h6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. cxd3 Bd6 10. Nge2 Bxf4 11. Nxf4 Nbd7 12. Kf2
Ng8 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Na4 Qxb3 15. axb3 Ne7 16. b4 O-O-O 17. Nc5 Kb8 18. h5 b6
19. Nb3 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nd4 Kb7 22. Nf5 g5 23. hxg6 N7xg6 24. Ke2 Nxf4+
25. exf4 Ng6 26. Kd2 Nxf4 27. Ra4 Rhe8 28. Rha1 Re2+ 29. Kd1 Ra8 30. b5 Rh2 31.
bxc6+ Kc7 32. R1a3 Ng6 33. Rd4 Rd8 34. Rxa7+ {Rapport,R (2691)-Sachdev,T (2442)
Caleta 2014 1/2-1/2 (129)}) 5. h4 {[%emt 0:06:01]} g6 {[%emt 0:14:08]} 6. g4 {
[%emt 0:13:53]} h6 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:07:48]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:02:09]
} 8. Qf3 {[%emt 0:04:35]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:08:12]} 9. Nge2 {[%emt 0:05:18]} Ne4 {
[%emt 0:04:41]} 10. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:11:10]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. Qg2 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:08:32]} 12. g5 {[%emt 0:02:56]} hxg5 13. hxg5 {
[%emt 0:04:07]} Rxh1+ {[%emt 0:06:27]} 14. Qxh1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:
01:46]} 15. O-O-O {[%emt 0:09:47]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 16. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:03:
58]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 17. Nxe2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qxa2 {[%emt 0:06:02]} 18.
Nc3 {[%emt 0:06:03]} Qa1+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 19. Kd2 {[%emt 0:03:38]} Qa5 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} 20. b4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:08:24]} 21. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:
00:40]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 22. Bh2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:12:01]}
23. Ra1 {[%emt 0:05:31]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 24. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} exd4 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 25. Ra8+ {[%emt 0:01:03]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 26. Rxd8+ {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 27. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} dxe3+ {[%emt 0:
00:13]} 28. Kxe3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 29. c3 {[%emt 0:00:53]}
Be7 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 30. f4 {[%emt 0:02:57]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 31. Bg1 {
[%emt 0:00:56]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 32. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:01:
53]} 33. Be3 {[%emt 0:03:15]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 34. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Ke6
{[%emt 0:00:07]} 35. Bd4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. c4 {[%emt 0:
01:02]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 37. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 38.
c5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 39. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:
00:22]} 40. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:01:50]}
Kc4 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 42. Be1 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 43. Kg4 {
[%emt 0:16:15]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:09:23]} 44. Nd6 {[%emt 0:04:52]} Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:
27]} 45. Bc3 {[%emt 0:05:34]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 46. Bh8 {[%emt 0:00:23]}
Nxb4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 47. Nxf7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 48. Nd8 {
[%emt 0:01:05]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 49. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Ke3 {[%emt 0:07:
00]} 50. f5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 51. f6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf4 {
[%emt 0:01:31]} 52. f7 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 53. Bc3 {[%emt 0:
00:21]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 54. Nd8 {[%emt 0:00:43]} b4 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 55.
Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} b3 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 56. Kf5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Ne7+ {
[%emt 0:01:50]} 57. Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 58. f8=Q {
[%emt 0:01:29]} Nd5+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 59. Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxf8 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 60. Kxf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 61. Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:20]}
Nf4 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 62. Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 63. Bf6 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} b2 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 64. Nh6+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:
15]} 65. Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kxg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 66. Bf6+ {[%emt 0:00:17]}
Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 67. Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ne5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 68. Ke6 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 69. Nxg4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kxg4 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 03rd"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "1999.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Chuchelov,V"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1999.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. Ngf3 Qb6 $1 8.
Qb1 cxd4 9. exd4 Bd7 10. Ne5 Bb5 11. Bc2 Rc8 12. g4 g6 13. h4 Nbd7 $1 14. h5
Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Be8 16. hxg6 $6 fxg6 17. Nf3 $6 Ne4 $6 (17... Nxg4 $1 18. Rg1
Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bf6 $17 20. Bxg6 $140 hxg6 21. Rxg6+ Bg7) 18. Nd2 $138 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2004.09.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Deutsch, Eyal"]
[Black "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.09.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 c5 3. c3 {White plays extremely passive, thus, hoping to get a
draw...} e6 4. f4 {White got the Stonewall setup with extra tempo...} b6 {
Black prepares to develop his light-squared bishop to one of the squares on
diagonal c8-a6. In this structure, black is interested to change the
light-squared bishops, as it will weaken light squares in white camp.} 5. Nf3
Be7 6. Bd3 {White is ready to take control over the centre, carrying out e3-e4,
therefore black reacts with} d5 7. O-O O-O ({Of course not} 7... Ba6 $4 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. Qa4+ $18) 8. Nbd2 {White's main plan in such positions should be a
transfer of the queen to the kingside through the maneouvre Qd1-e1-h4 with
following development initiative on that side of the board.} ({After} 8. Qe2 {
black doesn't give up on his idea to trade light-sqaured bishops and continue
in the following way:} Bb7 9. Nbd2 Qc8 $1 {[%cal Yb7a6]}) 8... Ba6 9. Bxa6 {
Black succeeded to change the light-squared bishops, but white gets
possibility to carry out e3-e4:} Nxa6 10. Qe2 Qc8 $1 {In my opinion, very
strong move. Black keeps his knight on a6, thus, saving for it option to get
into the game through the c5 square.} 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Qb7 {It is
important to take control over a long diagonal, covering the light squares.}
13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Be3 Rac8 (14... Rfd8 15. Rad1 Rac8 {- leads to main line.})
15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. dxc5 $6 {White plays too much for a draw... He changes
everything he can, but it plays in black's hands, as it helps black to improve
the knight's a6 location.} ({More logical was} 16. Ne5 Rd5 $13) 16... Nxc5 17.
Bd4 ({After} 17. Bxc5 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rxc5 {black's chances are preferable.})
17... Bxd4+ 18. Nxd4 (18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19. Nxd4 Qd5 {and black keeps some chances
for an edge.}) 18... Rd5 {trying to occupy the "d" file. We can evaluate this
position as almost equal, but black's prospects are better, as white's
kingside is a bit vulnerable, due to f4 pawn, and, black has some chances to
get control over "d" file.} 19. Nf3 Rcd8 20. c4 R5d7 (20... R5d6 {- leads to
the game.}) 21. Ne5 Rd4 22. Nf3 R4d6 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 $15 {[%csl Yd6,Rf4][%cal
Gd6d1] Despite white changed everything he was able, he didn't succeed to
equalize the game...} 24. f5 {The idea of this move is clear- white changes
his weak pawn.} (24. Rd1 Qd7 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. g3 Qd3 $15) 24... h6 {
Prophylactic move, which liberates the h7 square for the king.} 25. Qe5 $6 {
White tries to create some threats on the kingside, thus, changing the
character of the struggle. It is not so clear to find a way to equality:} (25.
f6 gxf6 (25... Qe4 $5 $15) 26. b4 Ne4 27. Qe3 Qc6 $15) (25. fxe6 Rxe6 26. Qd2
Qe4 $15) 25... Qe7 $1 {defending the rook, and, at the same time, preventing
f5-f6.} 26. fxe6 $6 {This decision to open up the game, when black's pieces
are much more active, seems strange... But, I cannot say, that this mistake
was decisive...} (26. b3 f6 27. Qe3 e5 $15) 26... Rxe6 27. Qb8+ Kh7 28. Nd4 $2
{It is the moment, where white loses the game! White kept chances after} (28.
Qf4 Re2 $15 {and black is better, thanks to activity of his pieces.}) 28... Rf6
$1 $19 {threatening with Qe3.} 29. Nf3 {Maybe two following continuations were
more resistant, but, anyway, they don't prevent from black decisive advantage:}
(29. Rxf6 Qxf6 30. Nb3 Nxb3 31. axb3 Qd4+ 32. Kf1 Qd1+ 33. Kf2 Qc2+ 34. Kg1
Qc1+ $19) (29. Qg3 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Qe4 (30... Qf6+ 31. Qf2 Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Nd3+
33. Ke3 Nxb2 34. Nb5 $13) 31. Qc3 Qb1+ 32. Ke2 Qg1 $1 33. Kf3 Qf1+ 34. Ke3 f5
$1 (34... Qxg2 $17) 35. Nf3 Qxg2 $19) 29... Qe3+ 30. Kh1 Qe2 $1 31. Kg1 Ne4 $1
$40 {[%cal Ye2e3,Ge4f2] bringing all the pieces to attack and threatening with
Qe3+. Now all the black pieces are located superb! As the result, white cannot
neutralize black's initiative.} 32. h3 {preparing the h2 square for monarch,
but black has the third piece in attack!} Rg6 $1 33. Nh4 {Nothing can stop
black's attack:} (33. Qh2 Qe3+ 34. Kh1 Ng3+ $19) (33. g4 Rf6 34. Nh2 Rxf1+ 35.
Nxf1 Qf2+ $19) 33... Nd2 $1 {White cannot keep material balance after this
strike!} 34. Ra1 ({Doesn't change anything:} 34. Rxf7 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qxh4 36. Rf8
Re6 37. Rh8+ Kg6 $19 {and black is just piece up.}) {[%tqu "En","Please find
the winning move for black.","","","d2f3","",10]} 34... Nf3+ $1 (34... Nf3+ 35.
Kh1 (35. Nxf3 Qxg2#) 35... Nxh4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters op 90th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2015.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Fier,A"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2014.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {This move already took me by surprise. My opponent usually plays 1.e4.}
Nf6 2. Bg5 {And already on the second move the second surprise! I had worked a
lot on the Trompowsky preparing for the World Cup, to avoid theoretical lines
against Wojtaszek. So, I had to choose between the lines in which I believed
White did not have much.} d5 {This is the most played line after Kramnik tried
it against Carlsen.} 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 Nc6 {Waiting one more move
to see if the e-pawn should go to e6 or e5.} (5... e6 {was Kramnik's choice
against Adams and Carlsen.}) 6. a3 {Already a novelty. The position is not
played very often, but still it's not easy nowadays to play something new on
move 6.} (6. Nf3 {was recently tried in some games} e5 7. c4 {was seen in
November} (7. a3 {was the choice of Vitiugov in September but Black was soon
better} Be6 (7... Bxc5 {there is also nothing wrong with this} 8. c4 d4 9. b4
Be7 10. exd4 e4 11. b5 Nxd4 $5 12. Nxd4 (12. Qxd4 exf3 13. Qxd8+ Bxd8 14. Nd2
Be6 $15 {Black's activity and bishop pair more than compensate the pawn}) 12...
Bc5 {[%cal Gc5f2] and White can't hold the piece}) 8. b4 a5 9. b5 (9. Nc3 $5)
9... Na7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Qa4 Bxc5 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Rc8 14. Qa4 Qd3 {
Vitiugov,N (2742)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2768) EU-Cup 30th Bilbao 2014 (3.3) 1/2
and White was already in trouble, escaping afterwards in}) 7... d4 8. exd4 e4
9. Nfd2 Qxd4 10. Nc3 f5 11. Nb3 Qe5 {Sandipan,C (2603)-Potkin,V (2610)
Bundesliga 1415 2014 (7.3) 1/2 with a complex position where Black should be
ok;}) 6... e6 7. Nf3 (7. b4 {doesn't hold the pawn} a5 8. Nd2 (8. c3 axb4 9.
cxb4 Nxb4 10. axb4 Rxa1 $19 {is really not enough for White}) (8. b5 Ne5 9. Nf3
Bxc5 10. Nbd2 b6 {and Black's position is already better}) 8... axb4 9. axb4
Rxa1 10. Qxa1 Nxb4 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Bb5 Qc7 13. Nb3 {is playable, but it's not
a position White would enjoy.}) 7... Bxc5 8. Be2 $6 {I don't think this move
is good. White's counterplay is usually based on the c4 advance and it's
better to do it with the bishop on f1.} (8. c4 {was the move I was expecting
and I would go to the endgame with} dxc4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bxc4 Ke7 11. O-O Bd7
{entering in a position that resembles the Queen's Gambit Accepted, but here
Black has the bishop pair, so there is probably nothing to worry about.}) 8...
f5 9. O-O Qf6 {Giving up the d8-square for the rook; in some positions the
bishop can also come back to f8-g7.} 10. Ra2 {Another imprecision, Black's
position is now already more comfortable. Later the rook went away from a2,
but after some moves it came back and never left the place until the end of
the game.} (10. Qc1 {was better and after} O-O 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. c4 Bf8 13. cxd5
Rxd5 14. Qc2 {the a1-rook can enter the play quicker than it did in the game.})
10... a5 11. Nbd2 O-O (11... e5 $5 {is the computer suggestion, but for me
it's hard to advance these pawns without anything concrete.} 12. c4 e4 13. Ne1
dxc4 14. Nxc4 O-O {and White's pieces are a long way from finding good squares.
}) 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 (13. Nxc4 b5 $5 (13... b6 {is also possible and more
solid} 14. b3 Rd8 15. Qa1 Qxa1 16. Raxa1 Bb7 17. Rfd1 {and Black is slightly
better, but nothing serious}) 14. Ncd2 Bb7 15. Bxb5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Nf3
Qg7 {with good compensation.}) 13... b6 {The long diagonal is the place for
the bishop, the rooks belong on the open files and the queen is fine on f6.}
14. Nb3 Rd8 15. Qe2 Bf8 16. Raa1 {White's plan is to exchange some pieces and
to try to enter a slightly worse endgame.} Bb7 17. Rfd1 Bg7 18. Nbd4 Nxd4 (
18... f4 {was also possible here} 19. Bb5 Nxd4 20. exd4 Rd6 21. Rac1 Rad8 22.
Rc7 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qf5 {and White is going to suffer in the endgame.}) 19. Rxd4
(19. exd4 Rd6 20. Rac1 Rad8 $17) (19. Nxd4 f4 {and with an isolated pawn on e3
White's position will be hard to hold} 20. Rac1 fxe3 21. fxe3 Rac8 22. Rf1 Qe5
{with a clear advantage.}) 19... Qg6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. a4 $5 {White gives up
on the b2-pawn, but Black's queenside is succesfully blocked.} Qg4 (21... Bxb2
$6 22. Qxb2 Bxf3 23. Bf1 Rb8 24. Rc1 Bd5 25. Qe5 {with enough compensation to
keep the balance}) (21... Bxf3 $6 22. Qxf3 Bxb2 23. Rd1 Qg5 24. g3 {and Black
won't be able to break White's position}) (21... f4 $5 {maybe this was the
best move, opening the position} 22. exf4 Qg4 {and White can't defend the
f4-pawn} 23. Rd1 (23. Qe3 Bd4 (23... Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 Rd4 26. Rc1
Rxf4 {is less clear}) 24. h3 Bxe3 25. hxg4 Bxf4 {with good chances}) 23...
Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Bf6 25. b3 Qxf4 {and Black will keep the pressure, White's
position is defendable.}) 22. Rc1 (22. h3 Qe4 (22... Bxf3 23. hxg4 Bxe2 24.
Bxe2 Rd2 25. Kf1 fxg4 26. Bxg4 Rxb2 {was the kind of endgame I was trying to
avoid}) 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Bf6 $15) 22... Rc8 {Going for a forced sequence
that worked well in the game, but mostly because my opponent was already in
time trouble.} (22... Bxb2 $5 23. Qxb2 Qxc4 $1 24. h3 Qxa4 25. Nd4 Qb4 26. Qxb4
axb4 27. Rb1 f4 28. Rxb4 fxe3 29. fxe3 Rd6 {with good chances to convert the
advantage.}) 23. b3 b5 $6 {This was the idea, but it's not completely sound.
However, this move basicallylet me win the game.} 24. axb5 a4 25. Rc2 $2 {
This is the decisive mistake, made in time trouble. Now Black is winning by
force.} (25. bxa4 {was necessary and apparently White is fine after it} Bd5 {
was my second idea and I thought it was quite interesting but probably wrong.
I could not see the refutation, but there is a nice one} (25... Bxf3 {was my
first idea and the one in which I was sure I had no problems} 26. Qxf3 Rxc4 27.
Rxc4 Qxc4 28. Qa8+ Bf8 {and here I thought that I had chances, even if White's
pawns are dangerous} 29. g3 Qe4 30. Qa7 (30. Qd8 {sacrifices the pawn and
probably is the easier way to draw} Qxa4 (30... h6 31. b6 {and Black will be
forced to give perpetual}) 31. Qg5+ Bg7 32. Qd8+ Bf8 {with a draw}) (30. Qxe4 {
would be a big mistake} fxe4 31. a5 Bb4 {and the pawns are going to be stopped}
)) 26. b6 Rxc4 27. Qxc4 $1 {this is the trick, sacrificing the queen, it
cannot be attacked anymore!} (27. Rxc4 {was my analysis, but after} Bxc4 28.
Qc2 Bd5 {Black is completely winning}) 27... Bxc4 28. b7 {and there is no way
to stop the b-pawn, so White is winning.}) 25... a3 26. Ra2 (26. Ne1 Qxe2 27.
Bxe2 a2 $1 28. Rxa2 Rc1 29. Kf1 Bc3 {is a nice way to finish the game.}) 26...
Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Qxf3 28. gxf3 Bb2 {With the rook locked things become clear.
Black's plan is to combine the plan of taking the pawns on the kingside with
the plan of bringing the king to the queenside. White has nothing he can do,
except to try to exchange all the pawns, and that's what he does.} 29. f4 Kf8
30. Kg2 Ke7 31. Kf3 Kd6 32. e4 fxe4+ 33. Kxe4 Rc5 {Important, to avoid more
exchanges.} 34. Kf3 Kc7 35. Kg4 Kb6 36. Bd3 h6 37. f5 exf5+ (37... Rd5 38. Bc2
exf5+ 39. Bxf5 Kxb5 {was slightly more precise.}) 38. Kh5 Rc3 39. Bf1 (39. Bxf5
Rc5 40. Kg4 Rxb5 {and the king can never cross the fifth rank.}) 39... Rf3 40.
h4 Rf4 41. Bc4 Rxf2 42. Bxf7 Rg2 43. Bd5 Rg3 44. Kxh6 f4 45. h5 f3 46. Kh7 f2
47. Bc4 Rg7+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelashvili, Tamaz"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 e6 (4... g6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bd3
Nxg5 8. Nxg5 O-O 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. Ne5 e6 $11 {
Fogarasi,N-Gross,R/North Bay 1996}) 5. Nd2 (5. Bd3 Bd6 6. f4 c5 7. Nf3 Qb6 8.
Qc2 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O Nf8 11. Nbd2 Bd7 12. Kh1 $13 {Rewitz,P-Flear,G/
Esbjerg 1982}) 5... Be7 (5... c5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. f4 h6 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Qf3 Bd7
10. O-O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 b5 13. Ne2 O-O 14. g4 g6 15. h4 $36 {
Wolske,E-Sikiric,K/GER 1994}) 6. Bd3 b6 7. f4 {White's plan is to play the
"stonewall" structure without the bishop, however it's hardly enough for mor
than equality.} Bb7 8. Qf3 (8. Ngf3 c5 9. O-O Qc7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Rf3 h6 12.
Bh4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Rf4 f5 $13 {Kuendig,
O-Brugger,H/Austria 1994}) 8... h6 9. Bxf6 (9. Bh4) 9... Nxf6 10. Ne2 Qd7 11.
O-O O-O-O $5 {It was too dangerous to castle kingside.} (11... O-O $6 12. g4 (
12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 c5 $11) 12... c5 13. Ng3 $36 {
[%cal Gh2h4,Gg4g5]}) 12. a4 a6 13. Ng3 Kb8 14. b4 Ka7 15. Nh5 (15. a5 b5 16.
Nb3) 15... Ne8 $1 {It's better for black to keep the knights on the board.} 16.
b5 $5 a5 17. e4 g6 18. Ng3 f5 $1 19. e5 (19. exf5 exf5 20. Qe3 Nf6 21. Nf3 Ne4
22. Ne5 Qe6 23. c4 $13) 19... c5 20. bxc6 Bxc6 21. Qd1 Nc7 22. Qb3 Rb8 {
White can't create any threats to the black king without playing c4, because
black easily defends the pawn on b6.} 23. Ne2 Bb7 24. Ra2 Ba6 25. Bxa6 Nxa6 26.
Qc2 Rbc8 27. Qd3 Rhg8 $13 28. Rb1 g5 29. Rb5 Rc6 30. Rab2 Nc7 31. R5b3 Na6 32.
Qh3 Qe8 33. Qd3 {White is not satisfied with a draw after} (33. Qxh6 Rh8 34.
Qg7 Rg8 $11) 33... Qd7 34. Rb1 Qc8 35. Nf1 Qd7 36. Qd2 g4 37. Qb2 Rb8 38. Ne3
Bd8 39. Rb5 Be7 40. Kf1 {[%cal Gc3c4] May be it was time for c4, even though
black has sufficient ounterchances anyway.} (40. c4 $5 dxc4 41. d5 exd5 42.
Rxd5 Qe8 43. Nd4 Bc5 44. Kh1 (44. Nxc6+ Qxc6 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc5g1]}) 44...
Nb4 45. Nxc6+ Qxc6 46. Rxc5 Qxc5 47. Nxf5 c3 $132) 40... Qc8 $1 41. Rb3 (41. c4
dxc4 42. d5 c3 43. Qc2 exd5 44. Nd4 Rc4 $15) 41... Qe8 42. Ng3 Qd7 43. Ke2 Bd8
44. Ngf1 Qe8 45. Kf2 Be7 46. Nd2 Qd7 47. Ke2 Qe8 48. Kf1 Qd7 49. Ra1 Qc8 50.
Nb1 Qc7 51. Na3 Bxa3 52. Qxa3 Rc8 53. Nd1 Qd8 $1 {[%cal Gd8h4] Black king
comes to h4 to force white to play g3.} 54. Qb2 Qh4 55. g3 Qd8 56. Rb1 h5 57.
Ne3 h4 58. gxh4 (58. Kg1 $5 hxg3 59. hxg3 Qc7 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gc8h8,Gc7h7]}
60. Nc2 Rh8 61. Na3 Qh7 62. Qg2 $14) 58... Qxh4 59. Rxb6 Qh3+ 60. Ng2 (60. Ke2
$6 Qf3+ 61. Kd2 Qf2+ 62. Kd1 Qg1+ 63. Ke2 Qxh2+ 64. Kd1 Qxb2 65. R6xb2 Rxc3 $17
) 60... Qd3+ 61. Kf2 (61. Kg1 Qxb1+ (61... Rxc3 $4 62. Rb7+ Ka8 63. Ra7+ Kxa7
64. Qb7#) 62. Qxb1 Rxb6 $17) 61... Nb4 $1 62. Rb5 (62. Rxc6 Rxc6 {[%csl Gc2]}
63. Rc1 Qf3+ 64. Kg1 Nd3 $19) 62... Qxb5 $1 63. axb5 Nd3+ 64. Ke2 Nxb2 65. bxc6
Nc4 66. Ne1 Rxc6 67. Nd3 Rc7 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gc7h7]} 68. Nc5 Rh7 69. Ke1 a4 $1
70. Rb4 (70. Nxa4 g3 $19) 70... a3 71. Nxe6 Rxh2 72. Nd8 Rb2 73. Nc6+ Ka8 74.
Ra4+ Kb7 75. Na5+ Nxa5 76. Rxa5 a2 77. e6 Rb1+ 78. Ke2 a1=Q 0-1

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.20"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 g6 $5 (4... Bg4 5. f3 (5. Ne2 Nbd7 6. f3 (
6. f4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Qe1 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Ne4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11 {
Klinger,J-Adamski,J/Erlangen 1990/EXT 2000}) 6... Bh5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 $6 8. c4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bh6 10. e4 Qa5+ 11. Nbc3 $14 {Bellon Lopez,J-Pirrot,D/Lugano 1988/
EXT 97}) 5... Bh5 6. Nd2 (6. Ne2 Nbd7 7. O-O Bg6 $6 8. c4 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 dxc4 10.
Qxc4 e6 11. Nbc3 $14 {Lputian,S-Vescovi,G/Moscow 1994/CBM 45}) (6. c3 Nbd7 7.
Qb3 Qb6 8. Bf4 Bg6 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. g4 Qa6 11. Nd2 e5 $132 {Stefanova,
A-Kovalevskaya,E/Groningen 1999/CBM 75}) 6... Nbd7 7. Ne2 Bg6 8. e4 dxe4 9.
Nxe4 e6 10. c3 Be7 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Bf4 Nd5 $11 {Bennett,T-Soos,B/London 1978/
MCD}) (4... Qb6 5. Qc1 Nbd7 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 Qd8 10. c4
O-O $11 {Frialde,A-Hartman,B/Canada 1989/EXT 97}) (4... Nbd7 5. Nf3 (5. f4 g6
6. Nd2 Bg7 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Ngf3 Ne8 9. O-O {1/2-1/2 Romero Holmes,A-Sion Castro,
M/Elgoibar 1996/CBM 57 ext (9)}) 5... g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3 Re8 9.
cxd5 cxd5 10. Qb3 $14 {Gorbatow,A-Mozaliov,S/Moscow 1996/CBM 56 ext}) 5. Nd2 (
5. Bxf6 exf6 6. Nd2 f5 7. Ne2 Nd7 8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bg7 $11 {Maksimovic,
B-Abramovic,B/Cetinje 1993/TD}) 5... Bg7 6. f4 $5 {White is playing
"stonewall" with reversed colors, where the only difference is (which favours
white) that his bishop is on g5 instead of c1. This difference is quiet
crucial, however it's not enough to give white an opening advantage.} O-O 7. c3
Qb6 8. Bxf6 (8. Qb3 Qxb3 9. axb3 Bf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Ngf3 Nbd7 $11) (8. Rb1
$5) 8... exf6 9. b4 $6 Re8 10. Kf2 (10. Qe2 $6 a5 11. a3 axb4 12. cxb4 Bg4 $1
13. Qxg4 (13. Ngf3 f5 $19 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge8e1]}) 13... Rxe3+ 14. Be2 f5 15.
Qh4 Bxd4 16. Rd1 Raxa3 $17) 10... f5 11. Ngf3 Nd7 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Kg1 a5 14. a3
Ne4 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. c4 $2 {Opening the position and creating to himself a
weakness on b4, which finally decides the game in black's favor.} (16. Nb3 b6 (
16... axb4 17. axb4 Bd7 18. Ne5 $13) 17. bxa5 bxa5 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 c5 20.
Ne5 $13) 16... axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 dxc4 19. Nxc4 (19. Bxc4 Nd6 {
[%csl Re3]} 20. Ne5 Nxc4 21. Ndxc4 Be6 $15) 19... Nf6 $1 $17 {[%csl Rb4,Re3]
[%cal Gf6d5] After this simple move it becomes clear that white is in serious
troubles.} 20. b5 (20. Qd2 Nd5 21. Nfe5 f6 22. Nf3 b5 $17 {[%csl Re3]}) 20...
cxb5 21. Na3 Qe7 $1 22. Ne5 b4 23. Nac4 Nd5 24. Be2 f6 (24... b5 $5) 25. Bf3
Be6 26. Nd3 b5 27. Na5 Nxe3 $19 {Black is two pawns up with no real
compensation for white.} 28. Qd2 Nc4 (28... Bd5 29. Nc6 Qd6 30. Bxd5+ Nxd5 31.
Ncxb4 Bf8 $17) 29. Qxb4 Qxb4 30. Nxb4 Bf8 31. Nac6 Nd2 32. Bd5 (32. Be2 $5)
32... Bxb4 33. Nxb4 Bxd5 34. Nxd5 Rd8 35. Ne7+ (35. Nxf6+ Kg7 {[%csl Rf6]} 36.
Ra6 b4 37. d5 b3 38. Rb6 Nc4 $19) 35... Kf8 36. Nc6 Rd6 37. Ra8+ Kf7 38. Ra6 (
38. Nd8+ Ke7 39. Nb7 Rxd4 $19 {[%cal Gb5b1]}) 38... Ke6 39. Kf2 Kd7 $1 40. Nb8+
Kc7 41. Rxd6 Kxd6 42. Ke2 Nc4 43. Kd3 g5 44. g3 (44. fxg5 fxg5 45. Na6 Nb6 46.
Nb4 Nd5 $19 {[%cal Gd5f4]}) 44... Nb6 45. Na6 gxf4 46. gxf4 Nd5 {[%csl Rf4]}
47. Nc5 Nxf4+ 48. Ke3 Ne6 49. Nd3 Kd5 50. Nb4+ Kc4 51. Nc6 f4+ 52. Ke4 f3 53.
Na5+ Kc3 54. Kxf3 Kxd4 55. h4 b4 56. Kg4 Ng7 $1 {[%csl Gf5,Gh5][%cal Gd4c3,
Gb4b1]} 57. h5 h6 0-1

[Event "Bermuda-B"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2002.01.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Black "Blehm, Pawel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2002.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Nh5 $5 (5... Bg4 6. h3 (6. Be2
Bxf3 (6... Nbd7 7. Ne5 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Qb6 9. O-O-O Bg7 $11 {Hansen,L-Heinola,V/
Copenhagen 2000/CBM 77 ext}) 7. Bxf3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Qd2 Nbd7 $13
{Feletar,D-Cvitan,O/Pula 2000/CBM 76 ext}) 6... Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bg7 9.
g4 O-O 10. h4 e5 11. dxe5 Ne8 $13 {Welling,G-Van der Wiel,J/Hilversum 1985/EXT
99}) (5... Qb6 6. Rb1 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. cxd3 Bg7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. h3 O-O 11. b4
Rfc8 12. Qb3 $14 {Kogan,A-Hausner,I/Zlin 1995/CBM 49}) 6. Bg5 (6. Be5 f6 7.
Bxb8 Rxb8 8. Be2 Qb6 9. a3 Qc7 10. O-O Bh6 $11 {Bezold,M-Paehtz,T/Bad Wildbad
1993/TD}) 6... h6 (6... f6 7. Bh4 Bg4 8. Be2 Qb6 9. Rb1 g5 $2 10. Nxg5 Bxe2 11.
Qxe2 $16 {Weiss,T-Li,M/Ruhrgebiet 1999/EXT 2001}) 7. Bh4 Bg7 8. Be2 Qb6 $5 (
8... g5 $6 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. Bxh5 Bg7 11. Bg3 Nd7 12. h4 Nf6 13. Be5 $14 {
Balashov,Y-Lanka,Z/Schwaebisch Gmuend 1994/EXT 97}) 9. a3 Nd7 10. O-O g5 $5 11.
Bg3 $6 {Serious inaccuracy which costs whie a game! Much better was} (11. Nd2
Nf4 12. exf4 gxh4 13. Nb3 $13 {with complicated position with mutual chances.})
11... Nxg3 12. hxg3 e5 $15 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Na4 Qc7
17. Nc5 O-O-O $1 {[%cal Gh6h4] Black doesn't need the lightsuared bishop to
launch an attack against white king.} 18. c4 (18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. c4 h5 20. cxd5
exd5 21. Rac1 h4 $36) 18... h5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Qb4 Bd6 (20... h4 $2 21. Bg4+
Kb8 22. Na6+ $18) 21. e4 Be6 (21... Bxc5 22. Qxc5 Bxe4 23. Qxg5 $132) 22. Nxe6
fxe6 23. Qb3 h4 24. Qxe6+ (24. g4 Bc5 $1 25. Qxe6+ Kb8 26. Rac1 Bb6 $36 {
[%csl Rg1][%cal Gh4h3,Gb6g1]}) 24... Kb8 25. g4 h3 26. Rfd1 (26. Rfc1 hxg2 27.
Kxg2 Rh2+ 28. Kg1 Bg3 $1 $19 {[%csl Rf2]}) 26... Bc5 $1 $19 {Black threatns to
come to g3 with the queen and many other things as well!} 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.
Rd1 Rf8 {[%cal Gc7g3]} 29. e5 Qh7 30. Rd7 Bxf2+ (30... Bxf2+ 31. Kf1 hxg2+ 32.
Kxg2 Qe4+ 33. Kh2 Rh8+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.11.28"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 {White isn't trying
to fight for opening advantage opting for such a harmless line. All he wants
to do is to deviate from the theory!} (6. Qd2 e6 7. f4 f5 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Qc2 Bd6
10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. Be2 Ng4 12. Nf1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nf6 $15 {Jirovsky,P-Pribyl,M/
Czechoslovakia 1991}) (6. Qc2 Nc6 (6... Na6 7. Nd2 Bd7 8. dxc5 Qxc5 9. Bd3 Rc8
10. Nb3 Nb4 11. Qd2 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Qc4 $15 {Liang Chong-Ivkov,B/Wijk aan Zee
2001}) 7. Nd2 cxd4 8. exd4 e5 9. dxe5 fxe5 10. Nb3 Be6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Be2
O-O-O $15 {Voloshin,L-Tunik,G/Alushta 1993}) 6... Nc6 7. Nd2 (7. Nf3 cxd4 (7...
e6 8. Nbd2 Bd7 9. Be2 f5 10. O-O Be7 11. Rad1 c4 12. Qc2 Qc7 $132 {Koch,
T-Krogius,N/Berlin 1995}) 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. cxd4 Nb4 10. Na3 Bd7 11. Kd2 e6 12.
Be2 Ra5 $13 {Tchernyi,V-Tunik,G/Moscow 1996}) (7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Na3 Bf5 9. Nb5
Kd7 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Rd1 e6 12. a3 Bc2 13. Rd2 Ba4 $15 {Cech,P-Petrosian,A/
Berlin 1996}) 7... e5 {Black is playing in a very agressive fashion fighting
for the advantage from the very first moves.} (7... e6 8. Ne2 f5 9. Nf4 Bd6 10.
g3 Rg8 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Nf3 Qc7 $132 {Bayer,C-Pribyl,J/Nuremberg 1990}) 8. dxe5
(8. e4 $5 Qxb3 9. axb3 dxe4 10. d5 Ne7 11. d6 Nf5 12. Nxe4 Nxd6 13. Nxf6+ Kd8
14. Bc4 Be7 $13 {Bezold,M-Ruck,R/Budapest 1994}) 8... Qxb3 9. axb3 fxe5 10. e4
{Starting the fight for the light squares.} dxe4 (10... d4 11. Bc4 Rg8 12. g3
Bd6 13. Ngf3 Ke7 14. Bd5 $13) 11. Nxe4 f5 $5 (11... Be7 12. Bc4 f5 (12... Rg8
13. Ng3 h5 $2 14. Nxh5 Rxg2 15. Ng3 $18 {[%csl Rg2]}) 13. Ng3 Bd7 $15) 12. Nf6+
Kf7 13. Nd5 Rb8 {Deciding not to give the lightsquared bishop.} (13... Bd6 14.
Nb6 Rb8 15. Nxc8 Rbxc8 16. Bc4+ Kf6 17. Ke2 e4 $13) 14. Nh3 Bh6 $6 {[%csl Rh6]
The bishop is misplaced on h6 so it was better to play} (14... Rg8 15. Nc7 Rg6
16. Bc4+ Kg7 $15) 15. Nc7 Rd8 16. Bc4+ Kf6 17. O-O f4 (17... a6 $5) 18. f3 Bxh3
19. gxh3 Rd7 20. Nd5+ Kg7 (20... Kf5 21. Rfd1 Rbd8 22. Rd2 a6 23. Rad1 b5 24.
Bd3+ Ke6 25. Be4 Bg5 26. Kf1 $11) 21. Kh1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gf1g1] It's clear
that white succeeded to take over the initiative, but black shouldn't have
problems to keep the balance.} Rd6 22. Nc7 Kf6 23. Rad1 Bf8 (23... Rxd1 24.
Rxd1 Rd8 25. Nd5+ Kg7 26. Rg1+ Kf8 27. Nf6) 24. Rxd6+ Bxd6 25. Nd5+ Kg7 26.
Rg1+ Kh8 27. Nf6 Be7 (27... Rf8 $142 28. Bd5 Ne7 29. Ne4 Nxd5 30. Nxd6 b6 31.
Rg5 Ne3 32. Rxe5 Kg7 33. Re7+ Kg6 $44) 28. Nd7 Rd8 $6 {Permitting white to
spoil black's pawn structure.} (28... Rc8) 29. Bd5 $1 Bd6 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Nf6
Be7 32. Ne4 Rd3 33. Kg2 Re3 34. h4 $1 (34. Ra1 Bh4 35. Rxa7 Re2+ 36. Kf1 Re1+
$11) 34... Re2+ 35. Kh3 Rxb2 36. Ra1 Rxb3 $2 (36... Kg8 37. Rxa7 Kf7 38. Kg4
Ke6 39. Rc7 h5+ $1 $16) 37. Rxa7 $18 Bf8 38. Kg4 $6 (38. Nf6 {[%csl Rh8]} Bg7
39. Ra8+ Bf8 40. Rxf8+ Kg7 41. Nd7 $18) 38... Rb8 39. Rc7 Rd8 40. Ng5 Rd5 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 37th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2002.05.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kogan, Artur"]
[Black "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. Bh6 Ne4 $5 {Very good
move leading to comfortable position for black.} (6... b6 7. Bxg7 Kxg7 8. O-O-O
(8. g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. Rfd1 a6 12. Ne5 e6 $11 {Addison,
W-Ujtumen,T/Palma de Mallorca 1970}) (8. e3 e6 9. Be2 Ba6 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2
{1/2-1/2 Ortega,L-Garcia Martinez,S/Havana 1986/EXT 98 (11)}) 8... Bb7 9. h4 h5
10. Ng5 Nbd7 11. f4 e6 12. e3 c5 13. Be2 Qe7 14. Bf3 Rac8 15. Rdg1 Rh8 $13 {
Rakic,T-Janosevic,D/Belgrade 1968}) (6... c5 7. Bxg7 Kxg7 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Rd1 (
9. e3 Bg4 10. Nd4 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. f3 Be6 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Ba6 Rad8 15. b3
d4 16. e4 Qe7 17. O-O-O $14 {Gurgenidze,B-Geller,E/URS 1979}) 9... e6 10. e4
dxe4 11. Ng5 Qxd2+ 12. Rxd2 Nd7 13. Bb5 h6 14. Ngxe4 f5 15. Nd6 Nxc5 16. O-O e5
17. Rd5 $16 {Rakic,T-Petursson,M/Ljubljana 1981}) (6... Nbd7 7. Bxg7 Kxg7 8.
Ne5 c6 9. f4 Qc7 10. e3 Ne8 11. Bd3 f6 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 fxe5
$11 {Vorotnikov,V-Heinig,W/Leipzig 1982}) 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. Ne5 (9.
Ng5 Qd5 10. h4 h6 11. Nh3 (11. c4 e3 12. Qc3 exf2+ 13. Kxf2 Qf5+ 14. Nf3 Nd7
15. e4 Qxe4 16. Re1 Nf6 17. Bd3 Qf4 $15 {Lueders,G-Schruefer,G/Germany 1983})
11... e5 12. e3 Rd8 13. c4 Qd6 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. d5 Ne7 16. f3 exf3 17. gxf3 b5
$36 {Alexandria,N-Chiburdanidze,M/Tbilisi 1977}) (9. Ng1 e5 10. O-O-O exd4 11.
Qxd4+ Qxd4 12. Rxd4 f5 13. e3 Nc6 14. Rd2 Be6 $11 {Csukerda,A-Sleisz,T/
Aggtelek 1994}) 9... c5 10. e3 Qc7 11. O-O-O {Risky move since black is first
one to start an actions on the queenside.} (11. Qc3 f6 12. Nc4 cxd4 13. Qxd4
Bf5 14. Be2 Nc6 $36) 11... Rd8 12. Qc3 f6 13. Nc4 Na6 14. Be2 $6 {Better was} (
14. Nd2 cxd4 15. Qxc7 Nxc7 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17. Ng3 dxe3 18. fxe3 $11 {and white
keeps the balance.}) 14... Nb4 15. Kb1 Be6 16. dxc5 (16. a3 Nd5 17. Qa5 b6 $15)
16... Qxc5 17. a3 Nc6 18. Nd2 {Also after} (18. b4 $5 Qg5 19. g3 Qf5 20. Rdf1
Rac8 $17 {black's advantage is beyond any doubt.}) 18... Qxc3 19. bxc3 f5 $17 {
[%csl Ra3,Rc2,Rc3]} 20. Nb3 Kf6 21. h4 Ne5 22. Rd4 Rdc8 23. Kb2 Rc7 24. Rb4 Bc4
$1 {Trading the bishops in order to secure square c4 for the knight.} 25. Bxc4
(25. Nd4 Rac8 26. Rd1 e6 27. Bxc4 Nxc4+ 28. Ka2 Rd7 $17) 25... Nxc4+ 26. Ka2
Nd6 27. Nd4 (27. Kb2 Rac8 $19) 27... Rxc3 28. Rb3 Rc5 29. Kb1 Rac8 30. Rd1 b6
31. Rd2 Nc4 32. Rd1 e5 33. Ne2 Ke6 34. g3 Ra5 35. Rc3 (35. Ka2 Nxa3 $1 36. Rxa3
Rxc2+ 37. Kb3 Rxe2 $19) 35... Nxa3+ 36. Kb2 Nc4+ 37. Kb3 Ra3+ 38. Kb4 a5+ 39.
Kb5 Rxc3 40. Nxc3 Nd6+ 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 89th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2002.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Pert, Richard G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2002.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Ne5 Be6 {
One of many possible moves leading to equality.} (7... Qb6 8. Na4 (8. O-O cxd4
9. exd4 Bf5 10. Rb1 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Bb5 Qb6 13. Be5 Rfd8 14. Qe2 Rac8 $11
{Soloviev,V-Vladimirov,B/Gorky 1954}) 8... Qa5+ 9. c3 Nfd7 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11.
dxc5 Qxc5 12. Nd3 Qa5 13. Be5 f6 14. Bxb8 Rxb8 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Bf3 Bf7 $15 {
Okhotnik,V-Zezulkin,J/Litomysl 1997}) (7... cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 (8... e6 9. O-O
Nfd7 10. Re1 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bh6 12. Nb5 Nc6 13. Bd6 Re8 14. Bg3 $14 {Balashov,
Y-Gufeld,E/URS 1969}) (8... Qb6 9. O-O e6 10. a4 a6 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. a5 Qb4 13.
Ra3 Bc6 14. Rfa1 Nfd7 15. Rb3 Qe7 16. Nf3 $14 {Hebden,M-Guadalpi,D/France 1997}
) 9. O-O e6 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rfe1 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bd7 13. Qf4 Rc8 14. Rac1 a6 15.
Bf3 Bc6 16. h4 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. g3 {1/2-1/2 Mohr,G-Lalic,B/Pula 2000/CBM
78 ext (18)}) (7... b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Bg3 Nfd7 10. Qd2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nc6 12.
Qxd5 Qc8 13. Bf3 Rb8 $11 {Jenei,F-Portisch,L/HUN-ch 1955}) 8. O-O (8. h4 Qa5 9.
Qd2 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. h5 Rac8 12. O-O-O Nb6 $132 {Hjelm,N-Franssila,T/
Jyvaskyla 1999}) 8... Nbd7 9. a4 Rc8 10. a5 Ne4 $5 (10... Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12.
Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Bf3 Nf6 $11) 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. c3 cxd4 14. exd4 {
Also after} (14. cxd4 Bc4 15. Rc1 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 $11 {the
position remained equal}) 14... Bd5 (14... Bc4 $6 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Qe2 Qd5 17.
Rae1 $1 f5 (17... e6 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. Rxe4 Ra4 20. b4 Rc8 21. Bd2 Ra2 22. Rd1
b6 23. axb6 axb6 24. f3 b5 $14) 18. f3 exf3 19. Rxf3 $14 {[%csl Re7]}) 15. Qd2
Rfe8 16. Qe3 Qf5 (16... Qc6 17. Rfe1 e5 18. dxe5 {[%csl Ra7]} a6 (18... Bxe5
19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Qxa7 e3 21. f3) 19. Rad1 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Rd4 $14) 17.
h3 Qe6 18. f3 Qc6 (18... exf3 19. Qxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxf3 Bc4 21. Bxb7 Bxf1 22. Bxc8
Bxg2 23. Bd7 Rd8 24. Kxg2 Rxd7 25. a6 $14 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Ga1a5,Ga5b5,Gf4b8]})
19. fxe4 Bxe4 20. Rf2 a6 21. Raf1 f5 22. g4 Qd5 $6 {Black doesn't take a
chance to transfer ...e5} (22... e5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5
26. Kh2 (26. Qg3+ Qg6 $11) 26... Kh8 $132) 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Bf3 Qb5 $1 (24...
Qd7 25. Bg2 $16) 25. Re1 Bf6 (25... Bxh3 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. Qxh3 $16 {[%cal
Gf2h2]}) 26. Bg2 Bd7 27. Be5 Bc6 {Better was} (27... Bxe5 $1 28. Qxe5 Qxe5 29.
Rxe5 Bc6 30. d5 Bd7 31. Rf4 $14 {[%cal Gc4b4,Gf4b4] with defendable position.})
28. Bxc6 Qxc6 29. Qh6 $1 $16 {[%cal Gh3h5,Ge1e3,Ge3g3]} Qe6 30. Re3 Qf7 31. Qf4
Rf8 32. Qe4 Qb3 33. Ref3 Qe6 (33... Rc6 34. d5 Rc4 35. Bd4 Rf7 36. Qe6 $16) 34.
Qxb7 Bxe5 35. dxe5 Qxe5 $6 (35... Rxf3 36. Rxf3 (36. Qxf3 Qxe5 $13) 36... Rd8
37. b4 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Rd2+ 39. Rf2 Rxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Qxh3 41. Qxa6 $16) 36. Qxa6
Rcd8 37. Qc4+ e6 38. Rxf8+ Rxf8 39. Rxf8+ Kxf8 40. a6 $18 {The endgame is
easily winning for white.} Qg3+ 41. Kf1 Qxh3+ 42. Ke1 Qe3+ 43. Kd1 e5 44. Kc2
e4 45. Kb3 Qf3 46. a7 Qd1+ (46... e3 47. Qc8+ Kg7 48. a8=Q $18) 47. Ka2 Qd8 48.
Qb4+ $1 1-0

[Event "Drammen Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen"]
[Date "2005.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2004.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 {Antoanetta Stefanova is probably an only world
champion in the history of ches who was too lazy to study openings!
Nevertheless she suceeds to perform at the very high level time after time.
The following game is not an exeption- white has got completely nothing after
the opening and managed to outplay her opponent in the tricky middlegame
struggle.} c5 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. Ngf3 cxd4 (5... Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Qa4 Bxf3 8. Nxf3
Qb6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ Qxc6 11. Qxc6+ bxc6 $11 {Zimmermann,W-Juglard,E/France
1989}) (5... Qb6 6. dxc5 $6 Qxb2 7. c4 Nb4 8. Rb1 Nc2+ 9. Ke2 Qxa2 10. Bxf6
exf6 11. Nd4 Nxd4+ 12. exd4 dxc4 $15 {Berend,F-Schwartzman,G/Cannes 1992}) 6.
exd4 Qb6 $5 7. Nb3 {It's quite unusual for the knight to be placed on b3, but
it turns out to be not such a bad spot.} Ne4 8. Bf4 Bg4 9. Be2 a5 10. a4 e6 11.
O-O Bd6 ({Deserved attention} 11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Bd6 13. Be3 Nf6 (13... f5 14.
Bxe4 fxe4 15. Qg4 $16 {[%csl Re6,Rg7]}) 14. c4 Qc7 $13 {with complicated
struggle.}) 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qc7 14. f3 Nf6 15. Rae1 O-O (15... Nd7 $2 16.
Nxf7 {[%csl Re8]} Bxf4 17. Qxe6+ Kf8 18. Nxh8 $18) 16. Bg5 $1 $14 {[%cal Gf3f5,
Gf1f3,Gf3h3] white's got a clear plan to improve his position, while it'not so
easy fr black to come up with active counterplay.} Nd7 (16... Bxe5 $6 17. dxe5
Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. Re3 Nxa4 21. Rh3 $18 {[%csl Rh8]}) 17. f4 Rae8 {
Threatening to push f6.} (17... Nb6) 18. Bh4 f6 $6 {[%csl Re6] Creating to
himself a weakness on e6.} (18... Nb6) 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Qb5 Qc7 21. Bg3 f5 (
21... Na7 $6 22. Qxa5 Qxc2 23. Qb6 Nc8 24. Qxb7 Qxb2 25. Qb5 $14) 22. Rf3 Bb4
$6 (22... Na7 $6 23. Qxa5 Qxa5 24. Nxa5 Bb4 25. Nxb7 Bxe1 26. Bxe1 Rb8 27. Rb3
$16) 23. c3 Na7 24. Qe2 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gb3c1,Gc1d3,Gd3e5]} Bd6 25. Nc1 Nc8
26. Nd3 Nb6 27. Bh4 $1 {[%csl Gf6] Less convincing was} (27. Re3 Rf6 28. Bh4
Rg6 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Qc6 31. Rxf5 Nxa4 32. Re5 Rf8 $14) 27... Nd7 $6 (
27... Nxa4 28. Re3 Qd7 29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30. Qxe6+ Qxe6 31. Rxe6 Bc7 32. Kf2 Rc8
33. h3 $14) 28. Re3 Nf6 29. Rxe6 Ne4 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. dxe5 Qc6
33. Qb5 $6 {By trading the queens white loses major part of the advantage.} (
33. Rd1 $5 Qxa4 34. Qd3 Nc5 35. Qxd5+ Ne6 36. Bf2 Qxf4 37. Qb5 Re7 38. Qxa5 $16
) 33... Qxb5 34. axb5 Kf7 35. Bf2 (35. Ra1 b6 36. Bf2 Nxf2 (36... Rb8 $5) 37.
Kxf2 Rc8 38. b4 $1 axb4 39. cxb4 Rc4 40. Ra7+ Kg6 41. g3 Rxb4 42. Ke3 Rxb5 43.
Kd4 Rb2 44. Kxd5 Rxh2 $14) 35... a4 36. Ra1 Ra8 37. Be3 (37. Bd4 Ke6 38. Ra3
Nd2 $132 {[%cal Gd2c4,Ga8a5]}) 37... a3 $5 38. bxa3 (38. Rxa3 Rxa3 39. bxa3
Nxc3 40. b6 d4 41. Bd2 Nd5 $15) 38... Nxc3 39. Kf1 Ke6 (39... Nxb5 40. Rb1 Rxa3
41. Rxb5 Rxe3 42. Rxb7+ Kg6 $11) 40. b6 Ra4 {[%cal Gd5d4]} 41. Bd2 d4 42. Rc1
Nd5 $2 (42... Rxa3 43. Bxc3 dxc3 44. Ke2 Rb3 $11) 43. Rc8 $16 Nxb6 (43... Rxa3
44. Rd8 Ra2 45. Rd6+ Ke7 46. Rxd5 Rxd2 47. Rc5 $16) 44. Rd8 Nc4 45. Bb4 Ne3+
46. Ke2 Ra6 47. g3 $1 (47. Rxd4 Nxg2 48. Kf2 Nh4 49. Rd8 Rc6 $14) 47... Rc6 48.
Kd3 g5 49. Kxd4 gxf4 50. Re8+ $6 (50. gxf4 $1 Nc2+ (50... Ng2 51. Re8+ Kd7 52.
Re7+ Kc8 53. e6 Nxf4 54. Re8+ Kc7 55. Ke5 $18) 51. Kd3 Nxb4+ 52. axb4 b5 53.
Rf8 $18) 50... Kd7 51. Re7+ Kd8 52. Rxh7 Rc4+ 53. Kd3 b5 54. e6 Re4 55. e7+ Kd7
56. gxf4 (56. Rh8 f3 57. Rd8+ Kc7 58. Rd4 $1 (58. e8=Q Rxe8 59. Rxe8 f2 60.
Kxe3 f1=Q $11) 58... Rxe7 (58... f2 59. Rxe4 f1=Q+ 60. Kxe3 Qg1+ 61. Kf4 Qf2+
62. Kg5 $18) 59. Rf4 (59. Bxe7 f2 60. Rf4 f1=Q+ 61. Rxf1 Nxf1 62. h4 Nxg3 63.
Ke3 Kd7 $11) 59... Re5 60. Rxf3 $16) 56... Nd5 57. Bc5 Nxf4+ 58. Kd2 Ne6 59.
Bb4 Nd4 60. Rf7 Nc6 61. Bc3 (61. Rxf5 Nxb4 62. axb4 Rxb4 63. Re5 Ke8 $11) 61...
Rxe7 62. Rxf5 Rh7 63. Rxb5 (63. Rf2 Rh3) 63... Rxh2+ $11 64. Kd3 Rh3+ 65. Kc2
Rh2+ 66. Kb3 Rh3 67. Rd5+ Kc7 68. a4 Kb6 69. Rg5 Na5+ 70. Kc2 Rh2+ 71. Kd3 Rh3+
72. Kc2 Rh2+ 73. Kd3 Rh3+ 74. Kd4 Rh4+ 75. Kd5 Rxa4 76. Rg6+ Kb5 77. Bxa5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Solin 12th"]
[Site "Solin/Split"]
[Date "2004.12.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2004.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nbd7 4. Nd2 c6 5. f4 $5 {White's idea is to play
stonewall set up with the bishop on g5.} Qb6 (5... g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Ngf3 (7.
Nh3 Nb6 8. Qf3 Bf5 9. Bxf5 gxf5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qh5 Qd7 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. fxg5
Qe6 $15 {Huch,R-Riediger,M/Furth 1999}) 7... c5 8. c3 Qb6 9. Rb1 Ng4 10. Qe2 f6
11. Bh4 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. e4 $14 {Becking,S-Meyer,P/Germany 1998/GER-chT2}) (
5... Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Qd2 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. fxg5 e6 10. g4 hxg5 11. Bg3 Nf6
12. Bg2 Bd6 $132 {Davies,N-Van der Weide,K/Reykjavik 1998}) 6. Rb1 g6 (6... h6
$6 7. Bh4 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. Ngf3 Nf8 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bf5 12. Ne5 $14 {
Tu Hoang Thong-Jiravorasuk,B/Ho Chi Minh City 2003}) 7. Bd3 (7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8.
Bd3 Bg7 9. Ngf3 O-O 10. Ne5 c5 11. c3 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 $11 {Quizon,L-Kudrina,
A/Mallorca 2004}) 7... Bg7 8. Nh3 {The knight is better placed on f3, but
white wants to keep square f3 for his major pieces.} c5 9. c3 Qe6 $5 {[%csl
Re3] Intending to capture on d4 on the next move.} 10. f5 $5 {[%csl Ge3] White
is playing an opening in a very creative manner.} (10. Qf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 h6 12.
Bh4 Ng4 13. Nf1 Nb6 $13) 10... gxf5 11. O-O Ne4 12. Nf4 Qd6 13. Bxe4 $1 {
Intending to punish black for queen's manouvres.} (13. Nh5 Bf8 (13... Qg6 14.
Nxg7+ Qxg7 15. Bf4 Rg8 16. g3 (16. Qe2 $6 Qxg2+ 17. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Nxd2
19. Bxf5 Nf6 $15) 16... c4 17. Bc2 Ndf6 $13) 14. Rxf5 Nxg5 15. Rxg5 Qh6 16. Rg3
e6 $132) 13... fxe4 14. c4 Bf6 $1 {[%csl Ge7]} (14... h6 15. Bh4 (15. Bxe7 $2
Qxe7 16. Nxd5 Qd8 17. Nxe4 O-O $17) 15... cxd4 $2 16. Nxd5 dxe3 17. Nxe4 $40 {
[%csl Rc7,Re7]}) 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. cxd5 (16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. dxc5
Qxc5 19. Qa4+ Bd7 20. Qxe4 Bc6 21. Qf4 O-O-O $13) 16... cxd4 $13 {Opening
complications resulted in the position of dynamic balance.} 17. Qa4+ Bd7 18.
Qxd4 Qb6 19. Qe5 Qd6 (19... Qxe3+ $2 20. Kh1 Qxd2 21. Nh5 $1 {[%csl Re8]} O-O-O
22. Rbc1+ Bc6 23. dxc6 Nxh5 24. cxb7+ Kxb7 25. Qb5+ Ka8 26. Qc6+ Kb8 27. Rc5
$18) 20. Qd4 (20. Nc4 Qxe5 21. Nxe5 Rg8 $1 22. Rbc1 Rg5 $11) 20... Qb6 21. Rbc1
$5 {White isn't satisfied with a draw, so he deviates from the repitition of
the moves.} (21. Qe5 Qd6 $11) (21. Qxb6 axb6 22. a3 Bb5 23. Rfd1 Kd7 24. Rbc1
Rhc8 $13) 21... Qxd4 22. exd4 {[%csl Rd4,Rd5]} Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Rc1 Kd8
25. Nc4 Ne8 26. Re1 ({May be more accurate was} 26. Kf2 $5 Nd6 (26... Bf5 $6
27. g4 Bxg4 28. Ne5 Rg8 29. Nxf7+ $14) 27. Ke3 Nxc4+ 28. Rxc4 Bf5 29. Ne2 Rg8
30. Ng3 $14 {with minimal advantage for white.}) 26... Bf5 27. Ne2 Nd6 28. Ng3
Bg6 (28... Nxc4 $5 29. Nxf5 Nb6 30. d6 e6 31. Nh6 Rf8 32. Rxe4 Nc4 33. Rg4 Nxd6
34. Rg7 Ke7 35. Rxh7 Rc8 $132) 29. b3 Rg8 30. Kf2 f5 31. Ne2 (31. Nxd6 exd6 32.
Ke3 h5 33. Rf1 Rf8 34. Rf4 $11) 31... Bf7 32. Nf4 Rf8 33. Ne5 Bg8 34. a4 $6 (
34. Rc1 $5) 34... Ne8 $5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ge8c7,Ge8f6]} 35. Rc1 (35. Ne6+ $5
Bxe6 36. dxe6 Kc7 37. Nf7 Kc6 38. Rc1+ Kd5 39. Rc8 Kxe6 40. Ng5+ Kd7 41. Rb8
$13) 35... Nc7 36. Rc5 Rf6 $1 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gf6b6]} 37. Ke3 $2 {[%csl Rb3,
Rd5] Blundering the pawn.} (37. a5 {[%csl Gb6]}) 37... Rb6 38. Rc3 Nxd5+ 39.
Nxd5 Bxd5 40. Kf4 Rxb3 $19 41. Rc5 Be6 $6 (41... e6 42. Nf7+ Ke8 43. Rc7 e3 44.
Nd6+ Kd8 $19) 42. a5 Bg8 $2 43. Kxf5 e3 44. Rc2 Bd5 45. g4 (45. Kf4) 45... Ra3
46. Re2 Ra4 47. Rxe3 e6+ $6 48. Kf6 $44 Rxd4 49. Kg7 $2 (49. Rh3 $1 Rf4+ 50.
Kg5 Ra4 51. Rxh7 Rxa5 52. h4 $13) 49... Re4 50. Nf7+ Ke7 $19 51. Rg3 (51. Rxe4
Bxe4 52. Ng5 Bd3 53. Nxh7 b5 54. axb6 axb6 55. Nf6 b5 $19) 51... b5 52. Ng5 Re2
53. Ra3 $2 Ra2 54. Rc3 b4 55. Rc8 Rxh2 56. Nxh7 b3 57. Nf6 b2 58. Nxd5+ exd5
59. Rb8 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Skopje op 18th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2002.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Black "Vasovski, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nd7 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Ngf6 6. e3 (6. Qa4 $5 e6 7.
Bxf6 $1 gxf6 8. e4 Bh6 9. exd5 O-O 10. dxe6 Nb6 11. Qc2 Qxd4 12. Bd3 $14 {
Hodgson,J-Arakhamia Grant,K/Palma de Mallorca 1989/TD}) 6... g6 $6 {Onec the
knight is on d7 and c-file is open bishop has nothing to do on g7.} (6... e6 7.
Bd3 Be7 (7... a6 8. a4 Bd6 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bh4 b6 11. Qe2 $14 {Collier,D-Rattray,
R/England 2000/EXT 2001}) 8. Nf3 (8. f4 h6 (8... a6 9. Nf3 b5 10. O-O Bb7 11.
Ne5 O-O 12. Qf3 b4 $14 {Zangiev,P-Sotnikov,I/Briansk 1995/CBM 49}) 9. Bxf6 Nxf6
10. Nf3 a6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. g4 Ne8 $13 {Castro Rojas,O-Corradine,J/
Fusagasuga 1999/CBM 73}) 8... O-O (8... a6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Bxe7
Nxc3 12. Qg4 Kxe7 13. Qb4+ Ke8 14. bxc3 $14 {Hodgson,J-Davidovic,A/London 1988/
TD}) 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 a6 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Nxc3 13. Qc2 Qxe7 14. Qxc3 Nf6
$11 {Meduna,E-Radonjanin,V/Schwaebisch Gmuend 1990/EXT 97}) (6... Ne4 7. Bf4
Ndf6 8. Bd3 e6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Ne5 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Rc1 $14 {Hodgson,J-Del
Mundo,A/Philadelphia 2000}) 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O $14 {[%csl Rd7]} b6
10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Qb3 Ne4 $6 {Black pawn on e4 becomes a target for white pieces,
so black should wait with Ne4.} (11... Rc8 12. Rc2 e6 13. Rfc1 Qe7 14. h3 $14)
12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 e5 (15... Nf6 16. Be5 Re8 17. Nb5
$18 {[%cal Gb5c7]}) 16. Ndxe4 exd4 17. exd4 Nf6 (17... Bxd4 18. Rfd1 Bxc3 19.
Nxc3 $16 {[%cal Gd1d8]}) 18. Nd6 Bc8 19. Rfe1 Be6 20. d5 Bd7 21. Be5 $18 {
In addition to the material advantage white has a huge positional plus, so
there is no doubt about the final result of the game.} Ne8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23.
Nce4 f5 24. Nxe8+ Bxe8 25. Nc3 Bf7 26. Qb4 a5 27. Qa3 Re8 28. h3 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1
Rc8 30. d6 Rc5 31. Rd1 Qd7 32. b4 axb4 (32... Re5 33. bxa5 bxa5 34. Qb2 $1 $18)
33. Qxb4 Kg6 34. Na4 $1 Rb5 35. Nxb6 Qc6 36. Nc8 $1 {[%cal Gc8e7]} Qc2 37. Ne7+
Kh7 38. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-B 4th"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2002.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fridman, Rafael"]
[Black "Appel, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2002.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 $6 {In this variation bishop belongs to
f4.} Ne4 5. Nxe4 (5. e3 Nxg5 6. Nxg5 Bg7 7. Qf3 f6 8. Nh3 c6 $13 {Johansson,
J-Wiedenkeller,M/Uppsala 1985}) (5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nd7 7. e3 Nb6 8. Be2 Bg7
9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 c5 $13 {Hoi,C-Moe,M/Allerod 1984}) 5... dxe4 6. Ng1 Qd5 (
6... Bg7 7. c3 O-O 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bd2 $6 e5 10. dxe5 Nc6 11. Qxe4 Bf5 12. Qa4
Nxe5 $40 {Gondim,J-Idigoras Guisasola,G/Mar del Plata 1956}) 7. Bf4 c5 8. e3 (
8. dxc5 Qxc5 9. Bxb8 Rxb8 10. c3 e3 $15) 8... Bg7 9. Bxb8 $6 {Giving up the
bishop is not the best decision in the position.} (9. c3 Nc6 10. Qa4 O-O 11.
Bc4 $13) 9... Rxb8 10. Bb5+ Kf8 $5 (10... Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. c3 O-O 13. Ne2
$11) 11. dxc5 (11. Ne2 $5 Bg4 (11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 13. Ne2 $1 Qxb5 $140 $2
14. Qd6+ Ke8 15. Qxb8 $18) 12. Nc3 Qh5 (12... Bxd1 $6 13. Nxd5 Bxc2 14. Rc1 $14
) 13. Qd2 Rd8 $15) 11... Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bxb2 $15 {Now black is clearly better
due to bishops pair and weakness of white pawns on the queenside.} 13. Ne2 Be6
14. Rb1 Be5 (14... Ba3 $5 15. Bc6 Bxc5 16. Rxb7 Rxb7 17. Bxb7 Bxa2 18. Bxe4 Kg7
$15) 15. Nd4 Bxa2 $6 16. Ra1 a6 17. Rxa2 axb5 18. O-O {More logical was to
keep the king in the center.} (18. Ke2 $5 Rc8 $1 (18... Kg7 $6 19. Rb1 $14 {
[%csl Rb5]}) 19. Nb3 Bc3 $1 {[%csl Ga5]} 20. Ra7 Rc7 $15) 18... Rc8 $1 19. Nb3
Bc3 $1 20. Ra7 Rc7 21. Ra8+ Kg7 22. Rxh8 Kxh8 23. Rd1 Kg8 24. g3 f5 {Arising
endgame is very difficult for white.} 25. Rd8+ Kf7 26. Kf1 Bb4 $5 (26... e6 27.
Ke2 h5 $17) 27. Rb8 Kf6 28. Nd4 Bxc5 29. Nxb5 Rd7 30. h4 Ke5 31. Ke2 e6 32. c4
Bb4 ({Deserved attention} 32... b6 $5 33. Rh8 Kf6 34. Ra8 Rd3 $17 {[%cal Gc5b4]
with good winning chances.}) 33. Nd4 Kf6 34. Re8 Be7 35. Rc8 e5 36. Nb5 Kf7 $6
{Permitting white to reorganize his forces.} (36... Bb4 37. Rc7 Rd2+ 38. Kf1
Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Be1 40. Rxb7 Rd2 $17) 37. Nc3 Bd8 38. Rb8 Ke6 39. Nd5 $15 {
Now black may hardly break through.} Kd6 40. Kf1 Ke6 41. Ke2 Kd6 42. Kf1 Kc6
43. Rc8+ Bc7 44. Ke2 b6 45. Ke1 Kb7 46. Re8 Bd6 47. Ke2 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "Solin 12th"]
[Site "Solin/Split"]
[Date "2004.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2004.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Bd6 6. Bxd6 (6. Bg3 Nf6 (6... f5
7. Ngf3 Nf6 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. exd4 Rb8 12. Qc2 Ne4 13.
Bxd6 Qxd6 $11 {Lasker,E-Marshall,F/USA 1923}) 7. f4 cxd4 8. exd4 Qc7 9. Qf3 Bd7
10. Bd3 Na5 11. Nh3 Nc4 $132 {Janowski,D-Marshall,F/New York 1916}) 6... Qxd6
7. Qg4 $5 {Strangely enough this active move is aimed to trade the queens
later on.} (7. f4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nge7 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. a3 f6 $13 {Schlosser,
A-Schimpf,M/Germany 1995}) 7... Kf8 (7... g6 8. Qg3 (8. Ngf3 Qe7 9. Qf4 cxd4
10. exd4 Qf6 11. Qe3 h5 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qe7 15. Bd3 $14 {
Rowson,J-Haslinger,S/Scarborough 2004}) 8... Qe7 9. Bb5 (9. Ngf3 Nf6 10. Bb5
$14) 9... Nh6 10. Ngf3 Nf5 11. Qf4 f6 12. h4 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 $132 {Winants,
L-Sakaev,K/Rethymnon 2003}) 8. Ngf3 (8. f4 cxd4 9. exd4 e5 10. fxe5 Qxe5+ 11.
Qe2 Qd6 12. Qf3 Nf6 $13 {Kovacevic,B-Makarov,M/Zadar 2003}) 8... Nh6 $6 {
[%csl Rh6] The knight is misplaced on h6, so it was better to develop it on f6.
} (8... Nf6) 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 cxd4 11. exd4 Ng4 {Black has to waste 2
tempi to fix the consequances of his inaccuracy on move 8, however this waste
of time proves to be of minor importance.} (11... Nf5 12. Bd3 Nd6 13. Ne5 Ke7
14. Nxc6+ bxc6 15. Nb3 $14) 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 {[%csl Gc5]} (13... Ke7 14.
Nc5 Rab8 15. Rh4 Nf6 16. Bd3 h6 17. Ne5 $14) 14. Rh4 Nf6 15. Bd3 Ke7 16. Ne5 h6
17. Ke2 Rhc8 ({Deserved attention} 17... a5 $5 18. f4 a4 19. Nd2 a3 20. b3 Rhc8
$132 {[%csl Rc3] putting a pressure on c3.}) 18. f4 Ne8 19. g4 f6 (19... Nd6)
20. Nxd7 Kxd7 21. g5 hxg5 22. fxg5 f5 (22... Kd6 23. Rf1 Rc7 24. Bg6 fxg5 25.
Rh8 Re7 26. Rff8 Kd7 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 27. Rhg8 e5 28. Kd2 $14) 23. Rh7 Ne7 24.
Bb5+ Kd6 25. Nd2 (25. Bxe8 $6 Rxe8 26. Rxg7 Rg8 $15 {[%csl Rg5]}) 25... Nc7 26.
Bd3 Rg8 27. Nf3 Ng6 28. Ke3 Rae8 {[%cal Ge6e5]} (28... Raf8 29. Re1 a6 30. g3
b5 31. Nh4 Nxh4 32. gxh4 Rh8 $132) 29. g4 Nf8 30. Rh4 fxg4 31. Ne5 Nd7 32. Bg6
Rb8 (32... Re7) 33. Nxg4 Rh8 34. Rah1 Rxh4 35. Rxh4 e5 36. Rh7 exd4+ 37. cxd4
Ne6 38. Bf7 Ndf8 (38... Nxg5 39. Rxg7 Nxf7 40. Rxf7 Re8+ 41. Kd3 Rh8 $11) 39.
Rh5 Rb7 $6 (39... Rc8 {[%csl Rb2,Rd4][%cal Gc8c2,Gc8c4]}) 40. g6 Re7 41. Ne5
Nd7 42. Nxd7 Rxd7 43. Rf5 Re7 44. Kd3 Nc7 45. Bg8 Re8 46. Bf7 Re7 47. Rh5 Ne6
48. Rh4 Nd8 49. Rf4 Re1 50. Rf5 Ne6 51. Bxe6 Rxe6 52. Rf7 Rxg6 53. Rxa7 Rg3+
54. Kd2 g5 55. a4 g4 56. Rg7 Kc6 (56... Ke6 $5 57. Rg6+ Kf5 58. Rxb6 Ke4 59. a5
Rg1 60. a6 g3 61. Rg6 Kxd4 $11) 57. Rg6+ Kc7 58. Kc2 Rg1 $6 (58... Kb7 59. Rd6
Rg2+ 60. Kc3 g3 61. Rxd5 Rg1 62. Rg5 g2 63. Kb4 Rd1 $11) 59. Kc3 g3 $6 (59...
Rc1+ $1 60. Kb3 Rg1 61. Kb4 Rg2 62. b3 Rg3 $11) 60. Kb4 $16 Rd1 61. Rxg3 Rxd4+
62. Kb5 Rd2 63. Rg7+ Kd6 $2 (63... Kb8 $8 64. b4 Rd4 65. Rg6 Ka7 66. Rd6 Rh4
67. Rd7+ Kb8 68. Rxd5 Ka7 69. Rd7+ Kb8 $11) 64. b4 Rb2 65. Rg6+ Kc7 66. Rc6+
Kd7 67. Rxb6 $18 d4 68. Rg6 d3 69. Rg3 d2 70. Rd3+ Kc7 71. a5 Ra2 72. a6 Kc8
73. Kb6 Rb2 74. b5 Ra2 75. a7 1-0

[Event "Linz"]
[Site "Linz"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Casagrande, Harald"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1997.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 $5 4. e3 c5 5. c4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 {
More chances to get an advantage gives} (6. exd4 $5 Nc6 (6... Qb6 7. Nc3 Qxb2 (
7... dxc4 $5) 8. Nxd5 Bf5 9. Qc1 (9. Nc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Bc2 $1 11. Qc1 Qc3+ 12.
Ke2 Qd3+ 13. Ke1 Qc3+ $11) 9... Qxc1+ 10. Rxc1 Na6 11. Ne3 Bg6 12. c5 Nc7 13.
Nf3 $13 {Hort,V-Tatai,S/Venice 1971 (43)}) 7. cxd5 (7. c5 $6 Rg8 8. Nc3 e5 $5
9. Bb5 Rxg2 10. Qf3 Rg6 11. Qxd5 exd4 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Bd7 $15 {
Wall,T-Sadler,M/ch-British, Nottingham ENG 1996 (21)}) 7... Qxd5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9.
Be2 O-O-O 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. d5 $5 e6 12. O-O exd5 13. Nd4 Be6 14. Rc1 $44 {
Kinsman Andrew P H-Skembris Spyridon/It (open), Cannes (France) 1995 (32)})
6... dxc4 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bxc4 e6 (8... Be6 $6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nc3 a6 11.
Nge2 Nc6 12. Nf4 e5 13. Rd1+ Ke8 14. Nfd5 $14 {Toll,A-Suprani,A/NATO-ch 1989 
(34)}) 9. Nc3 a6 10. Nge2 (10. Nf3 $5 $14) 10... Nc6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Nf4 (12.
Rfd1+ Ke7 13. Rac1 Bd7 14. Na4 Rhd8 15. Nb6 Rab8 16. Nf4 $14) 12... f5 13. Rac1
Ke7 14. Be2 Rb8 $5 15. Na4 Bd7 16. b3 Rhd8 $11 {Finaly black has completed
development of the pieces and now the pair of bishop (espacially darksquared
one) becomes very dangerous force.} 17. Nc5 Nb4 $1 18. a3 Na2 19. Rc2 Nc3 20.
Bf3 Bb5 21. Nxb7 $2 {White blunders an exchange and the rest becomes a matter
of quiet easy technique,while after} (21. Rfc1 b6 22. a4 $1 (22. Nb7 Rdc8 $17)
22... bxc5 23. axb5 Nxb5 24. Rxc5 Rd2 $11 {the position remains completly
equal.}) 21... Rxb7 $1 22. Rxc3 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Bxc3 24. Bxb7 Rd1+ $17 25. Ke2
Rd6 $1 26. Nd3 Rb6 27. Nc5 Bb2 28. Bxa6 Bxa3 29. b4 Bxb4 30. Nd3 Rxa6 $19 {
Black has reached winning position without making any efforts and now easily
converts the advantage into win.} 31. Nxb4 {Hecht: 4-4 Bauern erhöhen die
Gewinnchancen für die Turmseite erheblich. Schwarz gewinnt durch Annäherung
des Königs vom Damenflügel her.} Ra4 32. Nd3 Rh4 33. h3 Kf6 {The idea of black
is to make white to move his pawns,then to put his rook on the queenside,to
transfer e5 and to penitrate with the king to d3 or d2.Inspite of the fact
that it takes some time white is totally defensless against it.} 34. f4 $6 Ke7
35. Ne5 f6 36. Nc6+ Kd6 37. Nd4 Rh6 38. Kf3 (38. Nf3 {Hecht} Kd5 39. Nd2 Rg6
40. Kf3 h5 {und das Auflösen eines Bauern mittels e4 hilft wohl auch nicht
weiter.}) 38... Rg6 39. Nb5+ Kc6 40. Nd4+ Kd5 41. Ne2 h5 $1 {Depriving white
counterplay connected with g4.} 42. Nd4 Rg8 43. Kf2 Rg7 44. Ne2 Ke4 45. Nc3+ (
45. Ng3+ {Hecht} Rxg3 46. Kxg3 Kxe3 47. Kh4 Kxf4 48. Kxh5 e5 $19) 45... Kd3 46.
Nb5 Rd7 $1 {Trapping the knight on the queenside.} 47. Kf3 e5 48. fxe5 fxe5 49.
g3 Rd5 50. Nc7 Rc5 51. Ne6 Rc1 52. Ng7 e4+ 53. Kf4 Rf1+ 54. Kg5 Kxe3 55. Nxh5
Kd3 56. g4 e3 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. c4 cxd4 6. exd4 (6. Qxd4 dxc4 7.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bxc4 e6 (8... Be6 $6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nc3 a6 11. Nge2 Nc6 12. Nf4
e5 13. Rd1+ Ke8 14. Nfd5 $14 {Toll,A-Suprani,A/NATO-ch 1989 (34)}) 9. Nc3 a6
10. Nge2 (10. Nf3 $5 $14) 10... Nc6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Nf4 f5 13. Rac1 Ke7 14. Be2
Rb8 $5 15. Na4 Bd7 16. b3 Rhd8 $11 {Casagrande,H-Almasi,Z/Linz 1997/CBM 59})
6... Qb6 $5 {Attacking the pawn on b2} (6... Nc6 7. c5 (7. Nc3 dxc4 (7... e5 8.
Nf3 Bg4 9. cxd5 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Nxb5 Qd7 13. O-O $14 {
Ivanisevic,I-Solak,D/Lazarevac 1999/CBM 73}) 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Bxc4 Bg7 10. d5 Ne5
11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qb6 $13 {Summerscale,A-Georgiev,V/Linares
1999/CBM 68}) (7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. Nf3 e5 $5 $146 (8... Bg4 9. Be2 O-O-O 10. Nc3
Qa5 11. d5 e6 (11... Nb4 12. O-O Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Rxd5 14. Rc1+ Kb8 15. Qb3 $44)
12. O-O exd5 13. Nd4 Be6 $15 {Kinsman Andrew P H-Skembris Spyridon/It (open),
Cannes (France) 1995}) 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Qd2 {[%cal Rc3d5]} (10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11.
Rxd1 fxe5 12. Bb5 f6) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 exd4 12. cxd4 Rg8 13. Rc1 {[%cal
Gf1c4]} Be6 $132 {San Segundo Carrillo,P-Andersson,U/Pamplona 1998/CBM 63})
7... Rg8 8. Nc3 e5 9. Bb5 Rxg2 10. Qf3 Rg6 11. Qxd5 exd4 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13.
Qxc6+ Bd7 14. Qe4+ Qe7 $15 {Wall,T-Sadler,M/Nottingham 1996/CBM 54 ext}) 7. Nc3
Qxb2 (7... dxc4 $5) 8. Nxd5 Bf5 9. Qc1 {[%cal Gd5c7] White is not satisfied
with a draw after} (9. Nc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Bc2 $1 11. Qc1 Qc3+ 12. Ke2 Qd3+ 13.
Ke1 Qc3+ $11 {and neither side can deviate from repitition of moves.}) 9...
Qxc1+ 10. Rxc1 Na6 11. c5 (11. Ne3 Bg6 12. c5 Nc7 13. Nf3 O-O-O 14. Be2 Bh6 15.
O-O Be4 16. Rc4 Rhg8 $13 {Hort,V-Tatai,S/Venice 1971/EXT 99}) 11... Bh6 12. Ne3
(12. Rc3 $6 Be6 13. Ne3 Nb4 14. a3 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 $15) 12... Nc7 13. Bc4 Be4
{[%csl Rg2]} 14. Ne2 e6 $6 {Black is just too solid. Deserved attention} (14...
Bxe3 $5 15. fxe3 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bd5 (16... Bc6 17. Kf2 e6 $13) 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18.
e4 Nc7 19. Rb1 O-O-O 20. Rg7 Rdf8 21. Kd2 Ne6 $15 {and white still has to
prove that he has sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 15. O-O O-O-O 16.
Rcd1 Rhg8 17. f4 b6 $11 (17... f5) 18. cxb6 axb6 19. g3 f5 20. Rd2 Bg7 21. Kf2
Kb7 22. Rfd1 Rd6 (22... Rd7 23. Bb3 Rgd8 24. Nc4 Bd5 25. Ne5 Bxb3 26. axb3 Bxe5
27. fxe5 Nd5 $11) 23. Bb3 Rgd8 24. Nc4 R6d7 25. Ne5 {With every exchange of
the pieces draw comes closer and closer, but neither side can play for a win
in this position.} Bxe5 26. fxe5 Bd5 27. Nf4 Bxb3 28. axb3 Nd5 (28... Nb5 29.
Ke3 Rc7 30. Rd3 Nc3 31. Ra1 $11) 29. Nxd5 Rxd5 30. Ke3 Rb5 31. Rd3 Ra8 32. Kf4
Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.12.12"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Skytte, Rasmus"]
[Black "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Preetz"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. Bh6 c5 {
Starting counterplay on the queenside and in the center.} 7. Bxg7 Kxg7 8. e3 ({
Another possible continuation is} 8. dxc5 {, but black doesn't seem to have
any problems to reach equality.} Nc6 (8... Qa5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qc7 (10...
Qxd2+ 11. Nexd2 Nbd7 12. Nb3 Ne4 13. c6 bxc6 14. Nfd2 Nxd2 15. Kxd2 Nf6 16. Bd3
Ng4 $11 {Dudas,J-Kerek,K/Budapest 1998}) 11. Qc3 Bf5 12. Nxf6 exf6 13. Nd4 Bg4
14. f3 Bd7 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Nb3 $14 {Rakic,T-Polgar,Z/Novi Sad 1990}) (8...
Na6 9. Rd1 Nxc5 10. Nxd5 Nce4 11. Qb4 Nxd5 12. Qxe4 Qa5+ 13. c3 Nf6 14. Qxe7
Qxa2 15. Qa3 Qxa3 16. bxa3 Be6 $44 {Oliwa,M-Wojtkiewicz,A/Brzeg Dolny 1996}) 9.
e3 (9. Rd1 e6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Ng5 Qxd2+ 12. Rxd2 Nd7 13. Bb5 $14 {Rakic,
T-Petursson,M/Ljubljana 1981}) 9... Bg4 10. Nd4 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. f3 Be6 13.
Na4 Qc7 14. Ba6 Rad8 15. b3 d4 16. e4 $16 {Gurgenidze,B-Geller,E/Moscow 1979})
(8. O-O-O cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qc5 e6 11. e4 Qe7 12. Qxe7 Nxe7 13. exd5 Nexd5
14. Nxd5 Nxd5 $11 {Gruskovnjak,T-Supancic,D/Bled 2002}) 8... cxd4 $5 (8... Nc6
9. O-O-O cxd4 10. exd4 a6 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. f3 Qa5 14. g4 Be6 15.
h4 h5 $13 {Fronczek,B-Pielmeier,T/Baden 1998}) 9. exd4 Qb6 10. O-O-O {Ftacnik:
'White is in aggressive mood, but his king on the queenside will become an
object of interest for the black pieces.'} (10. Nd1 {Ftacnik} Ne4 $15) 10...
Bg4 {May be it was more accurate to put the bishop on f5 right away.} 11. Be2
Nc6 12. h3 (12. Ne5 $6 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nxd4 14. Qd2 Nc6 (14... Nb5 $1 {Ftacnik}
15. Nxd5 Qe6 16. Nxf6 exf6 17. Nd7 Qxa2 18. Qb4 Rad8 $1 19. Qxb5 Rfe8 20. Rhe1
a6 21. Qd3 Qa1+ 22. Kd2 Qa4 $15) 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Rad8 $15) 12... Bf5 {
It was safer to trade the bishop on f3, but black intends to launch an attack
on the queenside.} (12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e6 14. g4 Rac8 (14... h6 {Ftacnik} 15.
h4 $13) 15. g5 Ne8 16. Qf4 Qc7 $13) 13. Nh4 (13. g4 $5 {Ftacnik} Be4 (13... Be6
14. Qe3 Rfc8 15. Kb1 $14) 14. g5 Ne8 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nc7
18. Bc4 $14) 13... Be6 14. f4 Rac8 15. f5 $2 {This move appears to be the
decisive mistake. It was necessary to take precautions against Nb4 by playing 
Ftacnik: 'Consequent and false, Skytte is blind to the mounting danger around
his king.'} (15. Kb1 $1 Rfd8 16. f5 gxf5 17. g4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Rhf1 $44
{with double edged position.}) 15... Nb4 $1 $40 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Gf6e4] Very
strong reply exposing the weakness of the white king.} 16. Kb1 (16. a3 Ne4 (
16... Rxc3 $5 17. axb4 Ne4 18. Qf4 Qxb4 $1 19. fxe6 Ra3 $1 $19) 17. Nxe4 Rxc2+
18. Qxc2 Nxc2 19. Kxc2 dxe4 20. fxe6 fxe6 $19 (20... Qxe6 $19 {Ftacnik})) (16.
fxe6 $2 {Ftacnik} Rxc3 $1 17. Qxc3 (17. bxc3 Nxa2#) (17. Kb1 Ne4 18. Qf4 Rxc2
$19) 17... Nxa2+ $19) 16... Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 ({Another continuation leading
to the decisive advantage was} 17... Rxc2 18. Qxb4 Qxb4 19. Kxc2 dxe4 20. fxe6
fxe6 $19 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gf8f2]}) 18. fxe6 (18. a3 Nxc2 19. fxe6 Nxa3+ 20. Ka2
Rc2 $19) 18... Rxc2 19. Qxc2 (19. Nf5+ Kh8 20. Qh6 Rxb2+ 21. Kxb2 Nd3+ 22. Kc3
Qb4+ 23. Kc2 Qb2#) 19... Nxc2 20. Kxc2 Qc7+ (20... Qxe6 {Ftacnik} 21. Kb1 Qf6
22. g3 Qf2 $19) 21. Kb1 Qg3 $1 {[%csl Rh4]} 22. Nf3 $6 (22. exf7 Qxh4 (22...
Rxf7 23. Nf3 Qxg2 24. Ne5 Qxe2 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 $17) 23. Bc4 Qg3 24. Be6 Qxg2 $19)
22... Qxg2 {Ftacnik: 'Very witty solution, black sees that white pieces have
no chance to get a semblance of coordination.'} 23. Rh2 Qg3 24. Rg1 Qd6 {
[%csl Rf3,Rh2]} 0-1

[Event "Srajber Memorial 08th"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "2003.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benkovic, Petar"]
[Black "Popovic, Dusan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 d5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O (
7... f5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. h4 h5 10. Qb3 c6 11. a4 a5 12. O-O Kg7 13. Ng5 Qe7 14. e4
Bb4 $13 {Fruestueck,C-Buescher,A/Germany 2000}) 8. Qc2 (8. Nge2 Nd7 9. h4 (9.
O-O c6 10. Rc1 f5 11. g3 Nf6 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. Bb3 Be6 $11 {Bombek,
P-Gorusa,M/Slovakia 1997}) 9... Nb6 10. Bb3 h5 11. e4 c6 12. Qd2 Kg7 13. O-O-O
a5 14. a4 Qe7 $132 {Podvrsnik,M-Osterman,R/Slovenia 1991}) 8... Nd7 9. h4 Nb6
10. Bb3 $6 {The bishop should be placed on d3 and not on b3. After the move in
the game white finds himself without an active plan.} (10. Bd3 {[%csl Gg6]} h5
(10... c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. h5 Qe7 13. Nge2 Be6 14. Nf4 $14) 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12.
Qxg6+ Kh8 13. Qh6+ Kg8 $11) 10... c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nge2 Bf5 $1 {Forcing
white to play e4.} 13. e4 Bg4 14. h5 g5 15. a4 $6 {It's hard to blame white
for trying to get control over d5, but an advance of an a-pawn helps black to
open lines on the queenside and seize the initiative.} (15. Ng3 Rc8 16. O-O Qc7
17. Kh1 Qe5 $15) 15... Rc8 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. a5 Nd7 18. Bd5 (18. f3 Be6) 18...
Ne5 19. Qb3 b6 $1 {[%cal Gb8b2]} 20. axb6 Bxb6 $15 21. Qb5 $6 {Very strange
move.} Rb8 22. Qa4 Bc5 23. b3 $6 {[%csl Rc3] Another mistake after which
nothing can save white.} (23. Qc2) 23... Rfc8 $17 24. Bc4 $2 Nxc4 25. bxc4 Bxe2
$1 26. Kxe2 (26. Nxe2 Qxe4 $19) 26... Rb4 27. Qa2 Qe5 28. Rh3 Bb6 $1 29. Kf1
Rbxc4 30. Ne2 Rxe4 31. Rf3 Re8 32. Rd2 g4 33. Rg3 Qf5 34. f3 Qc5 35. Rd4 Rxd4
36. Nxd4 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Manila zt 3.2a"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Villamayor, Buenaventura"]
[Black "Paragua, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 c6 5. h3 Ne4 (5... Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3
Nbd7 (7... Bd7 8. O-O Na6 9. a3 Nc7 10. Ne5 Ne6 11. Bh2 Ng5 12. f4 $14 {
De Bruijn,A-Vellekoop,K/8th AKN Weekender 1999}) 8. O-O c5 (8... Re8 9. Ne5
Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Nd7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. f4 e6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 $13 {
Schmidlin,E-Dumas Aviles,A/CHI-ch 1998}) 9. Ne5 cxd4 10. exd4 Qb6 11. Bb5 e6
12. Qd2 $11 {Cukier,M-Zaveskis,L/WchJM-U20 1995}) 6. e3 $5 {Interesting
approuch!} (6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Ne5 Nd7 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. e3 Bg7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O
$14) 6... Nxc3 7. bxc3 Nd7 8. Bd3 (8. c4 Qa5+ 9. Qd2 Qxd2+ 10. Kxd2 dxc4 11.
Bxc4 Bg7 12. e4 $14) 8... Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. Bb3 ({
After} 12. c3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Bf5 {arising position is typical for
Gruenfeld defense.}) 12... Qa5 13. Re1 a6 14. a4 b6 15. Ra2 $5 {Awkward move,
which however is not so bad due to the idea behind it!} (15. Bd5 $5 Ra7 16. c4
Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Qd3 cxd4 19. exd4 e6 20. Qe4 $1 Ra7 21. Qc6 $14) 15...
Bb7 $132 16. d5 Qb4 $5 {[%cal Gb6b5]} 17. c4 b5 18. Qc2 Nb6 19. Rb1 $1 {
[%cal Gb1b7]} a5 $5 (19... bxc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Qxc4 Nxc4 22. Rxb7 $14) (
19... Qc3 $6 20. Qxc3 Bxc3 21. Bc7 Nd7 22. axb5 axb5 23. cxb5 $16) 20. e4 (20.
Nd2 $5 Qc3 (20... bxc4 $2 21. Bxc4 {[%csl Rb4]}) (20... Bc3 21. Bc7 $1 Bxd2 22.
Bxb6 $1 bxc4 23. Bxc4 Qc3 24. Bxc5 $18) 21. axb5 (21. cxb5 Nxd5 (21... Bxd5 22.
Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Ne4 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 $16 {[%csl Rc5]}) 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxc3 Bxc3
24. Rc2 Bb4 $13) 21... a4 22. Qxc3 (22. Ne4 $2 axb3 23. Qxc3 bxa2 $1) 22...
Bxc3 23. Ne4 (23. Bd1 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Nxc4 $132) 23... Bb4 24. Bc2 Nxc4 25. Rxa4
Rxa4 26. Bxa4 Bxd5 $11) 20... bxc4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Rxb6 $2 (22. Qxc4 Nxc4 23.
Rxb7 $14 {[%csl Rc4,Rc5,Re7]}) 22... Ba6 $6 (22... Bxd5 $1 {[%cal Gc4f4]} 23.
exd5 Qxf4 24. Qxc5 Bf6 $13) 23. Be5 Qxc2 (23... f6 $6 24. Bg3 Qf1+ 25. Kh2 Bd3
26. Qxc5 Bxe4 27. Rb7 $36) 24. Rxc2 Bd3 $6 (24... Rfc8) 25. Rxc5 Bxe4 26. Bxg7
Kxg7 27. Nd2 {[%csl Ra5]} Bf5 28. Nc4 Bc2 29. Rb2 $1 $16 Be4 (29... Bxa4 $2 30.
Nb6 Bd1 31. Nxa8 Rxa8 32. Rb1 $18) 30. Re2 f5 31. d6 $5 Rfc8 $2 {A blunder in
difficult position.} (31... exd6 32. Nxd6 Bd3 33. Re3 Bb1 34. Re7+ Kf6 35. Rxh7
$18) 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. dxe7 Kf6 34. f3 Kxe7 35. Nd2 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 36th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2001.05.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2001.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Qb6 (5... e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. h3 O-O
8. Ngf3 Bd6 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Nf3 h6 12. Bc2 Re8 13. O-O b6 14. e4
$14 {Shirov,A-Sakaev,K/Sochi 1986/EXT 2000}) 6. Qc2 (6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Nh5 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Be2 Ng7 11. Bg3 Nf5 12. Ngf3 Bg7 13. e4 Nxg3 14. hxg3 e6
15. Nh2 $14 {Kovacevic,V-Pinter,J/Plovdiv 1983/EU-chT}) 6... cxd4 (6... e6 7.
h3 Bd7 8. Ngf3 Rc8 9. Qb3 Qxb3 10. axb3 a6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. dxc5
Bxc5 14. b4 Bb6 15. Bd6 Rfe8 $11 {Janowski,D-Morrison,J/New York 1918/HCL}) (
6... g6 7. Ngf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. Ne5 Bf5 10. Qb3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 c4 12. Qxb6
axb6 13. f3 b5 14. g4 Be6 15. Kf2 Ra7 $11 {Zaitseva,L-Prudnikova,S/Elista 1998/
CBM 64}) 7. exd4 Bg4 8. Ngf3 (8. Bd3 Bh5 9. Ngf3 Bg6 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. h3 e6
12. O-O Be7 13. Rab1 O-O 14. Rfe1 Rfe8 15. Qd1 Bf8 16. Ng5 Ne7 17. Qf3 Nf5 18.
Be5 $36 {Szurovszky,E-Gal,G/Salgotarjan 1978/EXT 99}) 8... Rc8 9. Qb3 $5 {
Tony Miles is a great expert in this kind of positions and also in this game
he manages to create serious advantage out of nothing.} e6 (9... Qxb3 $6 10.
axb3 a6 (10... e6 11. Ne5 {[%csl Ra7]} a6 (11... Nxe5 $2 12. dxe5 Nh5 13. Be3
$16 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gh2h3,Gg2g4]}) 12. Nxg4 Nxg4 13. b4 Be7 14. Nb3 $14 {
[%cal Gb3c5]}) 11. b4 e6 12. b5 axb5 13. Bxb5 Nd7 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Ne5
$1 Ndxe5 17. Bxe5 $14 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Ga1a7]}) 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Qxb6 axb6 12.
Bxe5 $14 Nd7 (12... Be7 13. Bb5+ Kd8 14. O-O Bh5 15. a4 $14) 13. Bb5 Kd8 14.
Bg3 Nb8 15. O-O Nc6 16. a4 $1 {From now on white's play is simply perfect: he
increases pressure move by move finally getting winning position.} Ra8 (16...
Be7 17. Nb3 Bf6 18. a5 Nxa5 19. Nxa5 bxa5 20. Rxa5 $16 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gf1a1,
Ga5a7]}) 17. a5 $1 {It's necesary to open a-file even at the cost of a pawn.} (
17. Nb3 Na5) 17... bxa5 (17... Rxa5 18. Rxa5 (18. Bd3 $6 Be7 19. Nb3 Rxa1 20.
Rxa1 Kd7 $17) 18... Nxa5 (18... bxa5 19. Ra1 (19. Nb3 Na7 20. Bd3 b6 $15) 19...
Na7 20. Rxa5 Nxb5 21. Rxb5 Kc8 22. Ra5 $16 {[%cal Ga5a8,Ga8b8]}) 19. Ra1 $1 {
[%cal Gb2b4,Ga1a8]} f6 20. b4 Nc6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Ra6 $14) 18. Nb3 Be7 19.
Ra2 Kc8 20. Rfa1 Bd8 21. Nc5 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Bb6 (21... Nb8 22. b4 b6 23. Nb3
Kb7 24. bxa5 bxa5 25. c4 $1 $40 {[%csl Ra8,Rb7]}) 22. b4 Na7 {After this move
black seems to solve all his problems, but Mies finds very nice way to show
that white still has enough attacking resourses.} (22... Bxc5 $6 23. dxc5 f6 (
23... e5 $2 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Bxe5 f6 26. Bd6 Kb7 27. bxa5 $16) 24. Bd6 e5 25.
bxa5 (25. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 26. bxa5 Ra6 $6 27. Rb2 Kd7 28. Rb7+ Ke6 29. f3 $18 {
[%cal Gg2g4,Gb7e7]}) 25... Kd7 26. a6 bxa6 27. Rxa6 Rxa6 28. Rxa6 Rc8 29. Ra7+
$16) 23. Nd7 $1 (23. Bd7+ Kd8 24. Bh4+ Kc7 $11) 23... Bd8 24. Rxa5 $1 Bxa5 25.
Rxa5 b6 $8 (25... Kd8 26. Nb6 Ke7 27. Bd3 h6 28. b5 $18 {[%cal Gb6a8,Gb5b6]}) (
25... Nxb5 $2 26. Nb6+ Kd8 27. Rxa8+ $18) 26. Ra2 {This is stronger than} (26.
Nxb6+ $5 Kb7 27. Nxa8 Nxb5 28. Rxb5+ Kxa8 29. f3 Bf5 (29... Bh5 30. c4 $1 $18)
30. Rc5 Bg6 31. Be5 $16 {and black may hold this position.}) 26... Rd8 $5 (
26... Nxb5 27. Rxa8+ Kxd7 28. Rxh8 Bf5 29. Rb8 $1 Kc6 (29... Nxc3 30. Rb7+ Ke8
31. Rxb6 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Nxd4 33. Be5 $18) 30. f3 $18) 27. Ne5 Bh5 28. Ba6+ Kc7
29. Nxf7+ Kc6 30. Nxd8+ Rxd8 31. Bd3 $5 (31. Be5 $1 $18) 31... Nb5 32. f3 $2 {
Starting to destroy everything that was achieved with extremly good play!} (32.
Bxh7 g6 33. Be5 $18) 32... Bg6 $16 33. Bxg6 $6 (33. Bxb5+ Kxb5 34. Ra7 Kc4 35.
Rc7+ Kd3 36. Be5 $16) 33... hxg6 34. Re2 $6 Kd7 35. Be1 Rc8 36. Re3 Ra8 $14 {
Now white's advantage is symbolical and the draw is not far away.} 37. Kf2 (37.
h4 Ra2 38. Kh2 Ra3 $14) 37... Ra2+ 38. Re2 Rxe2+ 39. Kxe2 Ke7 40. Kd3 Na3 $11 {
[%cal Gb6b5]} 41. Bh4+ Ke8 42. b5 Nxb5 43. Kc2 Nd6 44. Kb3 Nc4 45. Bg5 Kd7 46.
Bf4 Kc6 47. h4 Kd7 48. Kb4 Kc6 49. Kb3 Kd7 50. Kb4 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astana"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2001.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bh4 Qb6 5. b3 (5. Qc1 g5 (5... Bf5 6. c4 e6 7.
Nc3 Be7 8. Bg3 Nf6 9. e3 (9. c5 Qd8 10. e3 O-O 11. h3 Nbd7 12. b4 Ne4 13. Nxe4
Bxe4 14. Nd2 Bg6 15. Qc3 Bh4 16. Bd6 Re8 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 e5 19. O-O a6
20. a4 e4 21. Qe2 Re6 $11 {1-0 Hodgson,J-Turner,M/Kilkenny IRL 1999 (38)}) 9...
Nbd7 (9... O-O 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nd2 Bg6 14. c5 Qd8 15.
b4 a6 16. Nb3 Bf6 17. Na5 $14) 10. c5 Qd8 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. b4 Bxf3
14. gxf3 Bh4 15. f4 Bxg3 16. hxg3 b6 17. g4 bxc5 18. bxc5 Qa5+ 19. Qd2 Qxd2+
20. Kxd2 Ke7 21. Rhb1 Rhb8 22. Rb3 Kd8 23. Ba6 Kc7 24. Rab1 $16 {Hodgson,
J-Abdulla,A/Scarborough 1999/CBM 71}) (5... Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. e3 e6 8. c4 Be7
9. Bg3 Ngf6 10. Bd3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 $14) 6. Bg3 g4 7. Ne5 Qxd4 8. c4
Bg7 9. e3 Qc5 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Nd3 $14) 5... Bf5 6. e3 e6 (6... Qa5+ 7. Qd2
Qxd2+ 8. Kxd2 g5 9. Bg3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Ne4+ 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Ne1 Nd7 13. f3 Bh7
14. Nd3 e6 15. Nc3 Rg8 16. e4 f6 $11 {Thorfinnsson,B-Markowski,T/Reykjavik ISL
2000/The Week in Chess}) (6... Nd7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Ngf6 9. O-O e6 10. Nbd2
Be7 11. c4 O-O $132) 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Be7 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. c4 Nd7 (10... O-O
11. c5 Qc7 12. b4 a6 13. Nc3 Nd7 $11 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O Qa6 (
12... Rad8 13. Rfd1 dxc4 14. bxc4 e5 15. a4 $6 exd4 16. exd4 Ng6 {[%cal Gd7e5]}
(16... Nc5 17. dxc5 Rxd3 18. cxb6 Rxc3 19. Rd7 $16) 17. Ne4 Qa6 (17... Nde5 18.
Nxe5 Nxe5 $11) 18. Qb3 b6 19. a5 $5 $14 {Agdestein,S-Olafsson,H/Reykjavik 2000/
CBM 79}) (12... Rfd8 13. Rfd1 Nf6 14. Rac1 Ng6 15. h3 Qb4 16. Qb1 Qe7 $11 {
Adams,M-Dautov,R/Pula 1997/CBM 57}) 13. Rfd1 (13. a4 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. a5
c5 16. Nb5 Nc6 17. Qc3 cxd4 18. exd4 Nf6 19. Qe1 Ne4 $15 {Rozentalis,E-Sulypa,
A/Bad Wiessee 1999/EXT 2001}) 13... Rfd8 (13... Rac8 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. cxd5
Qxd3 16. Rxd3 cxd5 17. Rdd1 Nf5 $11 {Gerber,R-Tukmakov,V/Geneve 1999/CBM 68}) (
13... Nb6 14. Rdc1 dxc4 15. Qf1 Nd7 16. bxc4 c5 17. d5 Rad8 18. Rab1 $14 {
Hodgson,J-Adianto,U/Amsterdam 1996/CBM 55}) 14. Rab1 $6 {Of course this move
is not a mistake, but rook has nothing to do b1 that's why deserves attention
14.Rac1 with Qb1 on the next move as was played by Hodgson.} (14. Rac1 Nf5 15.
Qb1 Ne7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qa5 18. c5 Qc7 19. Nd6 b6 20. b4 $14 {Hodgson,
J-Sergejev,R/Pula 1997/CBM 57}) 14... b6 15. Qf1 (15. e4 $5 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6
17. Qe2 Nf5 $11) 15... Rac8 16. Rd2 $6 {[%csl Rd2] White starts to play
without plan and suddenly finds himself in inferior position. Morozevich can't
admit that there is no chanse to get an opening advantage and the draw is the
most logical rsult after such opening varition.} Nf6 17. Ne5 $6 (17. cxd5 Qxf1+
18. Kxf1 Nexd5 {[%csl Rc3]} 19. Nxd5 (19. Rc2 Nb4 20. Rd2 c5 $15) 19... cxd5
20. Rbb2 Rc1+ (20... Ne4 21. Rdc2 $11) 21. Ne1 Rdc8 22. Rbc2 $11) 17... dxc4
18. Nxc4 $6 (18. bxc4 $5 c5) 18... Ned5 $15 {White pieces lack coordination
and black siezes the initiative.} 19. Rc2 $2 {Missing 21th move of black. It
was time to simplify a position with} (19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Ne5 Qxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Ne4
$15 {and although black's chanses are preferable the player of Morozevich's
level should hold this endgame without too many problems.}) 19... Nxc3 20. Rxc3
c5 21. dxc5 b5 $1 $19 {[%cal Gf6e4,Ge4d2] There is no satisfactory defense
against Ne4-d2} 22. Ne5 (22. Nd6 Rxd6 23. cxd6 Rxc3 $19) 22... Ne4 23. Rd3 Nd2
24. Rxd8+ (24. Rxd2 Rxd2 25. b4 Qxa2 $19 {[%cal Ga2d5]}) (24. Qd1 Rxd3 25. Nxd3
Nxb1 26. Qxb1 Qc6 $19 {[%cal Gc6e4,Gc8d8]}) 24... Rxd8 25. Rd1 (25. Qd1 Qxa2
26. Rc1 (26. Nc6 Nf3+ $1 27. gxf3 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Qxb3 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Nxa7 Qa3
(30... Qa4 $5) 31. Nxb5 Qxc5 32. Rb8 Qg5+ $19) 26... Qb2 $1 27. c6 Nf3+ 28.
Nxf3 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qc2 $19) 25... Nxf1 26. Rxd8+ Kh7 27. c6 (27. Kxf1 Qxa2 28.
Nxf7 Qb1+ 29. Ke2 Qc2+ $19) 27... Qa5 $1 {[%cal Ga5e1]} 0-1

[Event "HUN-ch 54th"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.08.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cao, Sang"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 c6 5. Nd2 Qb6 {Usually black prefers to
keep the queen on d8, but Almasi is trying to complicate the matters.} 6. Qc1
Be6 (6... Bg4 7. Be2 f5 8. h3 Bxe2 9. Nxe2 Nd7 10. g4 fxg4 11. hxg4 c5 12. c3
Qg6 13. f3 Bd6 14. Qb1 Qe6 15. Kf2 O-O-O $13 {Gonzalez Garcia,M-Vera Pons,F/
Spain 1999}) 7. Bd3 Nd7 (7... f5 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. O-O Nf6 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4
Bxc4 12. Qxc4 g6 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. Rac1 $14 {Large,L-Lukov,V/Paris 1998}) 8. Ne2
Bd6 9. c3 {Nothing promised} (9. c4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Qb4+ 11. Qc3 (11. Nd2 f5 12.
O-O Bc7 13. a3 Qe7 14. b4 O-O $11) 11... Qxc3+ 12. Nxc3 Bc7 $11) 9... f5 10.
O-O Qc7 11. Nf3 (11. g3 h5 12. Nf3 Nf6 13. Nf4 h4 14. Nxh4 g5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16.
Nf3 Qh7 $40) 11... Nf6 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bd7 $5 {Black is consistant in his
play for a win: no trades are allowed!} 14. Qc2 O-O 15. Nc1 (15. g3 Rae8 16. a3
Ne4 17. Nc3 Qd8 18. Bd3 Qe7 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Be6 $132) 15... Rae8 16. Bd3
$6 {[%csl Rc1] This move looks a bit strange, especially since white had just
moved the knight to c1!} (16. Nd3 f4 17. Nde5 fxe3 18. fxe3 $132) 16... g6 $5 {
[%cal Gf5f4] Now everything is ready for f4.} 17. Ne2 f4 $15 18. Nxf4 ({
Unfortunately for white doesn't work} 18. e4 $2 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Qxe4 Bf5
$19 {and the queen is trapped in the midle of the board.}) 18... Bxf4 19. exf4
Qxf4 20. Qc5 Be6 $1 $17 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge6d5] Black is combining a play
against the isolated pawn on d4 with attack on the white king.} (20... Bh3 21.
Qg5 Nh5 22. Bc4 Bg4 23. Qxf4 Nxf4 24. Ne5 Be2 25. Rfc1 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 f6 27. Nf3
Re2 $15) 21. Rfe1 (21. Qe5 Qxe5 22. dxe5 Nd7 $17 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge6d5]})
21... Bd5 22. Ne5 Rxe5 $1 23. dxe5 Ng4 24. f3 (24. Kf1 Nxh2+ 25. Ke2 (25. Kg1
Qg5 $19) 25... Qxe5+ 26. Kd2 Qxb2+ 27. Bc2 Bxg2 $19) 24... b6 0-1

[Event "Mulhouse GM"]
[Site "Mulhouse"]
[Date "2004.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eliet, Nicolas"]
[Black "Marzolo, Cyril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. c4 c5 5. cxd5 (5. Nc3 cxd4 (5... dxc4 6. d5
f5 7. e3 a6 8. a4 Qa5 9. Bxc4 Qb4 $13 {Podvrsnik,M-Tratar,M/Ljubljana 1993}) 6.
Qxd4 dxc4 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. e4 e6 9. Bxc4 Bb4 10. Nge2 Bd7 11. a3 Ba5 12. O-O-O
Ke7 13. f4 Rc8 $11 {Meduna,E-Balashov,Y/Trnava 1988}) (5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6
7. Nc3 dxc4 8. d5 Ne5 9. Bxc4 Nxc4 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qxc4 Rc8 12. Qd3 Qb6 $15 {
Bigg,A-Summerscale,A/Coulsdon 2002}) 5... Qxd5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Nc3 Qd8 (7... Qa5
8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Rd8 11. O-O f5 12. Qh5 e6 13. Rad1 Qe5 14. Nf3
Qf6 15. e4 Nc6 $11 {Wells,P-Sulskis,S/Port Erin 2003}) 8. Nxd4 a6 (8... e6 9.
e3 a6 10. Qh5 Bb4 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Qf3 Nd7 13. Be2 Qg5 14. O-O f5 15. Qh3 Nb6
16. Rfd1 $14 {Hodgson,J-Lukacs,P/Kecskemet 1988}) 9. g3 e6 10. Bg2 Bg7 (10...
Bc5 11. Nb3 (11. e3) 11... Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Nc6 15. Nc5
Ke7 $14) 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd3 {[%csl Ra8,Rb8,Rc8] Black has certain problems
with development of his queenside pieces, but it's not easy for white to
exploite this fact.} (12. e3 Nd7) 12... Nd7 13. Rfd1 Rb8 14. Rac1 Qe7 15. Na4 {
[%cal Gc1c7,Ga4b6] White needs to penitrate into black's camp. The only way to
do it is by bringing the rook or the queen to c7.} (15. Qe4 Ne5 16. Qh4 Bd7 17.
Ne4 Rfc8 $11) 15... f5 16. b3 $5 {In some variations the pawn is hanging on b2,
so white preferes to move it to b3.} Ne5 17. Qc2 Rd8 18. Nb6 Bd7 19. Qc7 Bf6 $5
20. Nf3 $6 {With this move white gives up his hopes to win the game.} (20. Nxf5
$143 $2 exf5 21. Nd5 Qe6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. f4 Ng4 {[%csl Rg1]} 24. Rxd7 Rxd7
25. Qxb8+ (25. Qxd7 $4 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Nf2+ 27. Kg1 Nh3+ 28. Kh1 Qg1+ $1 29. Rxg1
Nf2#) 25... Rd8 26. Qa7 Qb2 $17) (20. f4 $5 Ng4 21. h3 Ne3 22. Rd3 (22. Nxf5 $5
Nxf5 23. Nxd7 Bb2 24. Rc4 Ne3 25. Nxb8 Rxd1+ 26. Kf2 Qxc7 27. Rxc7 Bd4 28. Kf3
Rg1 $132) 22... Be8 23. Qxe7 Bxe7 24. Rxe3 Rxd4 25. Rec3 Rdd8 26. Rc7 Bf6 27.
e3 $14 {[%csl Rb7]}) 20... Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Be8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 (22... Qxc7 $4 23.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rxc7 $18) 23. Bxb7 Kg7 24. Qxd8 Bxd8 25. Rc8 Rxb7 26. Rxd8 Bb5
27. Nc4 (27. Rd6 Bxe2 28. f4 Rc7 29. Rd2 Bf3 30. Kf2 Be4 31. Nc4 $14) 27...
Bxc4 28. bxc4 Rb2 29. Rd3 Rxa2 30. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Urals Cup (Women) 2nd"]
[Site "Krasnoturinsk"]
[Date "2004.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2004.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. c4 c6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Nc3 (6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Qxb6
axb6 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nc3 e6 $11) 6... e6 7. Rc1 Qb6 (7... Nd7 8. Nf3 Rg8 9. Nh4
Bg4 10. Qb3 f5 11. g3 Be7 12. Ng2 Bf3 13. Rg1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nb6 15. Be2 Bxe2
16. Kxe2 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,S-Jensen,B/Gistrup 1997/EXT 98 (16)}) 8. Qd2 dxc4 (
8... Nd7 9. a3 Bg6 10. h4 h5 11. Nh3 Bh6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bb5 Rd8 14. O-O O-O
15. Bxd7 Rxd7 16. Nf4 Bxf4 17. exf4 Rc7 18. Na4 $14 {Zhang Zhong-Liang Jinrong/
Suzhou 2001}) 9. e4 $6 {[%csl Rd4] Women world champion is famous for her
careless approuach to the opening stage of the game. I guess it's about an
only reasonable explaination for white's last move.} (9. Bxc4 Nd7 10. Nge2 Bg6
11. O-O Bd6 12. a3) 9... Bg6 10. Bxc4 Nd7 11. Nge2 O-O-O $1 {Black is not
afraid of the ghosts! The king is perfectly safe on the queenside, while the
rook is putting an additional pressure on d4.} 12. O-O f5 (12... Kb8 $5 13. f4
(13. a3 f5 14. e5 Qc7 (14... Nxe5 $2 15. Qf4 $18) 15. Qe3 c5 $15) 13... f5 14.
e5 h5 15. h4 Qb4 16. Bd3 Nb6 17. a3 Qe7 18. g3 f6 19. Qe3 $13) 13. exf5 Bxf5
14. d5 Ne5 $1 {Black is playing in very agressive manner, which is fully
justified under the circumstances.} (14... Nf6 15. Qg5 Be7 16. dxc6 Rhg8 17.
Qf4 bxc6 (17... Qxc6 $2 18. Bd5 $1) 18. Ng3 Rg4 $13) 15. Bb3 Kb8 {Kovalevskaya
is trying to deprive white any counterchances, so she moves he king from the
c-file.} (15... Nd3 $5 16. Rcd1 (16. Na4 Qa6 17. Rc3 Bb4 18. dxc6 bxc6 $17)
16... Nc5 (16... cxd5 17. Bc2 Nxb2 18. Rb1 Nc4 19. Qg5 Qa6 (19... Bxc2 20. Rxb6
axb6 21. Qf6 Bc5 22. Qxf7 Rhe8 $13) 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Qxf5+ Qe6 22. Qd3 $44)
17. Qg5 Nxb3 18. axb3 Bd6 19. dxc6 Rhg8 20. Qe3 Qxc6 $15) 16. Na4 Qb4 $5 {
Once again lack opts for the safest possible way. More ambitious was} (16...
Qc7 $5 17. Nd4 Be4 18. f4 Nd3 19. Rc3 Bb4 20. Qe3 Bxc3 21. Qxe4 Bxd4+ 22. Qxd4
b5 23. Nc3 Qb6 $17) 17. Qxb4 Bxb4 18. Ng3 Bg6 {Even with the queens off the
board black's pressure is very significant.} (18... cxd5 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. Rfd1
d4 21. f4 Ng4 22. a3 Be7 23. Bxf7 Rhf8 $15) 19. a3 Be7 20. dxe6 Nd3 21. Ra1 (
21. Rcd1 b5 22. Nc3 Nxb2 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. exf7 Bxa3 $17) 21... fxe6 (21... b5
22. Nc3 fxe6 23. Bxe6 Nxb2 $17) 22. Bxe6 Bf6 23. Bf5 Nxb2 $6 (23... b5 24. Nc3
Nxb2 25. Nce4 Bd4 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. Ne2 Bb6 $17) 24. Nxb2 Bxb2 25. Ra2 Bd4 26.
Rb1 Rhf8 $15 {A short, but nevertheless a very eventfull draw!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Evry 1st"]
[Site "Evry"]
[Date "2001.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Marcelin, Cyril"]
[Black "Giffard, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2001.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 (1... d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. c4 c6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nge2
Bd6 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Qb3 $14 {Miladinovic,I-Grund,H/Cappelle op 1995}) 2. Bg5 d5
3. e3 c6 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. c4 Qb6 (5... e6 {[ Karpov played 5..Bf5 first and
then ..Bd6 and this seems like a better scheme of development. ]} 6. Nc3 f5 7.
Nh3 (7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Qc2 Nd7 9. h3 $5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 $6 11. O-O-O $14 {
1-0 Hodgson,J-Martin,A/BCF-ch 1992 (19)}) 7... Nd7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nf4 a6 10.
Bd3 Nf6 11. Qb3 Bd6 12. O-O Rb8 13. Rac1 Bd7 $11 {Piket,J-Polugaevsky,L/
Roquebrune rapid 1992}) 6. Qd2 (6. Qc2 Na6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Qd2 e6 9. cxd5 exd5
10. Nge2 Nb4 11. Ng3 Nc2+ 12. Kd1 Bg6 13. Rc1 $13 {Lang,Z-Folly,G/RL-SW9495
1995}) 6... Bh6 $6 {Bishop has nothing to do on h6.} (6... Bf5 7. Nc3 e6 8.
Nge2 Nd7 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. h4 h6 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 f5 13. Nge2 $14 {Calton,
B-Cossette,D/North Bay op 1998}) 7. Nc3 Be6 8. b3 (8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10.
Rc1 Rc8 11. Bd3 $14) 8... dxc4 $6 9. bxc4 Bf5 10. Nge2 Na6 11. Ng3 Bc8 (11...
Bg6 12. Be2 e6 13. O-O O-O 14. c5 Qa5 15. f4 $14 {[%csl Rg6,Rh6]}) 12. Bd3 Qa5
13. O-O {With very simple and natural moves white hs managed to get quiet
significient advantage.Black pieces desperatly lack coordination.} f5 14. Rab1
e6 15. f4 $5 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gd2f2,Gg3h5,Gf2g3]} O-O 16. Nh5 Rd8 17. Qe1 $16
Nc7 18. Qg3+ $6 (18. Qh4 $1 Ne8 (18... Bd7 19. Nf6+ Kg7 20. Rf3 Qxc3 21. Rg3+
Kh8 22. Qxh6 $18) 19. Rf3 $1 (19. Nf6+ $6 Nxf6 20. Qxh6 Ng4 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22.
Nd1 Rg8 23. Qh4 Qd2 $132 {[%csl Rd3,Re3]}) 19... Bd7 20. Rg3+ Kh8 21. Nf6 $18)
18... Kh8 19. Qh4 Ne8 20. Rf3 (20. Nf6 Nxf6 21. Qxf6+ Bg7 22. Qe7 Rf8 $14)
20... Rd7 $1 {[%cal Ga5d8]} 21. Rb3 Qd8 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. c5 $14 {The arising
endgaame is much better for white,but he still has a lot of work to do.} Bf8
24. Be2 Be7 25. Rf1 f6 $6 (25... Nf6 26. Nxf6 Bxf6 27. h3 Kg7 28. g4 fxg4 29.
hxg4 h6 30. Bf3 $16 {[%cal Gc3e4,Ge4d2,Gd2c4,Gc4a5]}) 26. g4 fxg4 27. Bxg4 f5
28. Bf3 Nc7 29. Kh1 $6 (29. Kf2 $5) 29... Nd5 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Rg1 Rg8 32. Ng3
{[%csl Rb7]} Bd8 33. Na4 $1 {Preventing black from playing b5, whch would
solve all the problems.} Rb8 34. Rgb1 Rg7 35. Ne2 $1 {Knight goes to e5.} Re7
36. Ng1 Bc7 37. Nf3 Ra8 38. Ne5 Bxe5 (38... Kg8 $5) 39. fxe5 Rb8 40. Kg2 Be6
41. Kf3 Rg7 42. Nc3 Bf7 43. Ne2 $5 (43. Rxb7 $4 Rxb7 44. Rxb7 Bh5+ $19) 43...
Bh5+ 44. Kf2 Bxe2 45. Kxe2 Re7 (45... Rg2+ $2 46. Kd3 Rxh2 47. Rxb7 Rxb7 48.
Rxb7 Rxa2 49. e6 $18) (45... Kg8 46. a4 Kf8 47. a5 Ke8 48. a6 Kd8 49. Rxb7
Rgxb7 50. Rxb7 Rxb7 51. axb7 Kc7 52. e6 $18) 46. a4 a5 $8 47. Rb6 Rc7 48. Kf3
Kg7 49. Ra6 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra5]} Kf7 50. Rxa5 Ke6 51. Ra7 Rf7 52. Kf4 (52. a5 f4
53. a6 fxe3+ 54. Kxe3 bxa6 55. Rxf7 Rxb1 56. Rc7 $18) 52... Rg7 53. h3 h6 54.
a5 Rg2 55. Rbxb7 Rxb7 56. Rxb7 Rf2+ 57. Kg3 Re2 58. Kf3 Rh2 59. Rc7 Rxh3+ 60.
Kf2 Rh2+ 61. Kg3 Ra2 62. Rxc6+ Ke7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Minasian, Ara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Wells} d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 (5. Qc2 g6 6. Nd2 Bf5 7.
Qb3 Qxb3 8. axb3 cxd4 9. exd4 Bg7 10. Ngf3 f6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. h3 g5 13. Bh2 h5
14. b4 $14 {Marshall,F-Rubinstein,A/Baden-Baden 1925/HCL}) 5... c4 6. Qc2 Bf5
$5 {'?' Wells. Wells: 'A well known position .... with Nf3 and Nf6 already on
the board, in which case the bishop is really immune, and this 'development
with tempo' is a pretty clean equaliser. Here there is a twist to the story.
d5 hangs, and with it, a good deal of black's queenside!!'} (6... g6 7. Nd2 Nf6
8. b3 Bf5 9. Qb2 Bg7 10. Ngf3 O-O 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O $14 {Meduna,
E-Mikhalchishin,A/Ischia 1994/EXT 98}) 7. Qxf5 {'!' Wells.} (7. Qc1 Nf6 8. Nd2
e6 9. Be2 (9. h3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Bd1 Qa5 12. Ngf3 b5 13. a3 Bd3 14. Be2
Bxe2 15. Kxe2 $13 {Kovacevic,S-Summerscale,A/Cannes 1996/CBM 51 ext}) 9... Qa5
(9... Be7 10. h3 h6 11. Ngf3 O-O 12. Bd1 Rfc8 13. Bc2 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 Qd8 15. e4
b5 16. O-O a5 17. Bg3 dxe4 $11 {Kovacevic,S-Martin Blanco,F/Linares 2000/CBM 75
}) 10. Ngf3 Be7 11. h3 b5 12. b4 Qb6 13. a4 a5 14. axb5 Qxb5 15. Bd1 $14 {
Kovacevic,S-Summerscale,A/Linares 1999/CBM 68 ext}) (7. Qd2 Nf6 8. Nf3 e6 9.
Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc1 a5 12. Nbd2 a4 13. Ne5 a3 14. b3 cxb3 15. Nxb3 Na5
$11 {Loktionova,T-Lazhevskaya,Z/St Petersburg 1998/EXT 2000}) 7... Qxb2 8. Qxd5
Qc1+ $6 {White king is better placed on f3 than on e1, so there was no reason
to frce him to come there! The arising position is extremly complicated and
demands a lot of analyses, but it seems that crucial position for this
variation arises after 8...Q:a1: Wells: 'I feel sure this doesn't help,
although the immediate'} (8... Qxa1 $5 9. Qb5 a6 10. Qxb7 Nd8 11. Qb4 $6 Rc8
$17 {Bistric,F-Sveshnikov,E/Bled 1991/EXT 98}) 9. Ke2 Qb2+ 10. Kf3 Nf6 $2 (
10... Qxa1 11. Bxc4 e6 (11... Qxb1 $2 12. Qxf7+ Kd7 13. Be6+ Kd8 14. Qxf8#) 12.
Qb5 O-O-O 13. Ne2 Nf6 14. Rc1 $16 {[%csl Ra1][%cal Gb1d2]}) 11. Qxc4 Qxa1 12.
Qb3 $1 {Trapping black queen, which has no way back now and is destinied to
die on a1!} O-O-O (12... Na5 13. Bb5+ Kd8 14. Qc2 $16 {[%cal Gg1e2,Gh1c1]}) 13.
Bb5 {Wells: 'Black's queen has little to look forward to, whilst the other
advanced monarch is sitting fairly comfortably thankyou.'} Na5 14. Qc2 a6 (
14... e6 15. Ne2 Bd6 16. Rc1 Bxf4 17. exf4 $18) 15. Bd3 e5 16. Bxe5 Nd7 17. Bf4
Be7 18. Nh3 g5 19. Nxg5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[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 "England"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 {Hebden is a leading expert in this rare line, even
though his latest results are not too encouraging.} d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6.
Be2 c5 (6... b6 $5) 7. Ne5 Nc6 ({White keeps little advantage after} 7... cxd4
8. exd4 e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. Re1 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bh6 (11... Bxe5 12. dxe5 $14) 12.
Nb5 Nc6 13. Bd6 Re8 14. Bg3 $14 {1-0 Balashov,Y-Gufeld,E/SSSR-ch 1969 (65)}) 8.
O-O cxd4 (8... Ne4 $6 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. c3 Qb6 12. Qc2 $14 {
[%csl Re4]} cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. b3 $6 Bd5 15. Rfc1 h6 16. h4 $5 (16. Rab1 {
Finkel,A} g5 17. Bg3 f5 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 f4 20. Qc3 $13) 16... Rfc8 $13 {
Roselli Mailhe,B-Perdomo,L/Buenos Aires 2003}) (8... Bf5 9. g4 (9. Re1 Qa5 10.
Qd2 Rfd8 11. a3 c4 12. b4 Qb6 13. f3 Ne8 $132 {Chatalbashev,B-Efimenko,Z/Ohrid
2001}) 9... cxd4 10. exd4 Be6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Qc8 13. f3 Nd7 14. b4 a5
$15 {Fenoglio,V-Rossetto,H/Mar del Plata 1943}) (8... Nd7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. dxc5
e5 11. Bg3 Be6 12. Na4 Qa5 13. c3 b5 14. cxb6 axb6 15. b3 Rfc8 $44 {Cobb,
C-Buckley,S/Monmouth 2000}) 9. exd4 Qb6 {Black has quite a few satisfactory
options:} (9... Bf5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe4 $11 {
Tomczak,R-Nunn,J/Germany 1999/GER-chT2}) (9... Nd7 10. Nf3 Nb6 11. h3 f6 12. a4
a5 13. Bb5 Bf5 14. Re1 Nb4 15. Rc1 Rc8 $13 {Hebden,M-Akesson,R/Port Erin 2000})
10. Nxc6 Qxc6 (10... bxc6 11. Na4 Qa5 12. c3 Nd7 13. b4 Qd8 14. Qd2 e5 15. Bh6
Bxh6 16. Qxh6 $14 {Hebden,M-Nunn,J/Hastings 1996}) 11. Re1 {[%cal Ge2b5]} (11.
Bf3 Ne4 (11... Bf5 $5 12. Re1 Rfe8 $11) 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Re1 f5 14. d5 Qb6 15.
d6 exd6 16. Bxd6 Re8 $15 {Sznapik,K-Apicella,M/Avoine op 1996}) 11... a6 (11...
Bf5 12. Bb5 Qb6 13. a4 Qd8 14. Na2 $6 Ne4 15. c3 Nd6 16. Nb4 Nxb5 17. axb5 Qd7
$13 {Hebden,M-Gormally,D/London 2000}) 12. a4 Bf5 (12... b6 13. Bf3 e6 14. Be5
Bd7 15. Qd2 Rfc8 16. h4 b5 17. Re2 Qc4 18. h5 Qb4 19. Ra2 Qf8 20. Qf4 $14 {
Karadeniz,E-Vokarev,S/Istanbul 2003}) 13. a5 Rad8 14. Bf1 {This move appears
to be a novelty. In one his previous games Hebden succeeded to get some
opening advantage after} (14. Qc1 Rfe8 15. Ra3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. c3 e5 18.
dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Qe3 $14 {Hebden,M-Ledger,D/Birmingham 2000}) 14...
Rfe8 15. h3 Ne4 $5 {Intending to put a pressure on the d4 pawn in the nearest
future.} 16. Nxe4 (16. Na2 $6 Qa4 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Rd4]}) (16. Ne2 $5 $13) 16...
dxe4 {[%csl Rd4]} 17. c3 e5 18. Be3 exd4 19. cxd4 Qd5 20. Qa4 (20. Qd2 Bd7 21.
Rac1 Rc8 $11) 20... Bd7 21. Qb4 Rc8 22. Rec1 Bc6 23. Rc3 (23. Bc4 Qf5 24. Rc3
Bd5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Rac1 Rxc3 27. bxc3 $13) 23... Bf8 24. Qb6 Qd7 25. Rac1
Bd5 26. Bf4 (26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Bf4 Be7 $11) 26... Qf5 27. Be5
Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Be7 29. g4 (29. Bc4 $2 Bxc4 30. Rxc4 Bh4 31. g3 e3 $1 32. fxe3
Qf3 $1 33. gxh4 Qxe3+ 34. Kg2 Qe2+ 35. Kg3 Qxc4 36. Qf6 Qd3+ 37. Kg2 Qd2+ 38.
Kg3 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Rxe5 $15) 29... Qd7 30. Bc4 $6 {Missing black's 31th move
after which white finds himself on defensive.} (30. Rc7 Qd8 31. Rxb7 (31. b3 $5
) 31... Bxb7 32. Qxb7 f6 33. Bf4 Qxa5 34. Qc6 $44) 30... Bxc4 31. Rxc4 e3 $1
$40 32. fxe3 Qd5 {An exposed position of the white king is a main sourse of
white's problems.} 33. Qc7 (33. Rc7 Bg5 $1 (33... Qf3 34. Rxe7 Qxe3+ 35. Kg2
Qe2+ $11) 34. Qxb7 Rxe5 $1 35. dxe5 Bxe3+ 36. Kh2 Bf4+ 37. Kg1 Qd1+ 38. Kg2
Qe2+ $19) 33... Bg5 34. Rc3 (34. Kf2 Bh4+ 35. Kg1 Qf3 36. Rc2 Bg5 $40) 34...
Qf3 35. Bf4 Qxh3 $1 36. Bxg5 (36. Qxb7 Bxf4 37. exf4 Qxg4+ $19) 36... Qxg4+ 37.
Kf2 Qxg5 38. Qxb7 Qxa5 $19 39. Qd7 (39. Rc8 $2 Qf5+ $19) 39... Re6 $1 40. d5
Rf6+ 41. Ke2 Qb4 42. Rc2 Kg7 43. Qc7 Qg4+ 44. Kd3 Qd1+ 45. Ke4 h5 46. Qc3 Qf3+
47. Kd4 h4 48. e4 Qf4 49. Qe3 Qg4 50. Rf2 $6 (50. b4 Rf1) 50... Rxf2 51. Qxf2
h3 52. Qh2 (52. d6 f5 53. d7 Qd1+ 54. Ke5 Qxd7 $19) 52... Qg2 53. Qe5+ Kh7 54.
Qf6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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 "England"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c6 4. e3 Bg4 (4... Bf5 5. Bd3 $5 Bxd3 (5... Bg6 6.
Ngf3 Nbd7 7. Qe2 (7. O-O Ne4 8. Bf4 e6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 f6 $11 {Fernandez
Romero,E-Suba,M/Seville 2002}) 7... Ne4 8. Bxe4 dxe4 9. Nh4 Qa5 10. Nxg6 hxg6
11. Bf4 O-O-O $13 {Opocensky,K-Jezek,J/Prague 1953}) 6. cxd3 Nbd7 (6... e6 7.
Ngf3 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11 {Bae,T-Dannevig,O/
Kristiansund 2001}) 7. f4 e6 8. Ngf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 Ne8 11. Bxe7 Qxe7
12. Qb3 Rb8 $11 {Moiseenko,A-Hulak,K/Istanbul 2003}) 5. Be2 {A harmless
variation wich turned out to lead to a crushing defeat!} (5. f3 Bh5 (5... Bf5
6. c4 Nbd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Rc1 e6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Bb5 Bd6 12. e4
dxe4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. fxe4 {1/2-1/2 Dishman,S-Littlewood,P/West Bromwich 2002}
) 6. Ne2 Nbd7 7. Bh4 Bg6 8. g4 h6 9. Bg3 Qb6 10. Nb3 a5 11. a4 e6 12. Nf4 Bh7
$13 {Roj,M-Cerny,M/Czechia 1996}) 5... Bxe2 6. Qxe2 (6. Nxe2 e6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qd5 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. f3 Rg8 12. O-O Nd7 $132 {Brandics,
J-Karsa,L/Hungary 1992}) 6... Nbd7 7. Ngf3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Rfc1 Rc8
(10... Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Ne5 $6 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Rad8 15. c5 f6
$15 {Dishman,S-Miles,A/England 1998}) 11. Rc2 dxc4 $6 {Very dubious decision.
There was no nedd to give up control over the center. After correct} (11... c5
12. Rac1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. b3 Qd7 $11 {the position would've remained
balanced.}) 12. Qxc4 h6 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qb3 Rc7 {[%csl Rc7][%cal
Gc2c7]} ({I guess it would've been easier for black to defend without the
queens, even though white would've kept some pressure anyway} 15... Qb4 16. e4
Qxb3 17. Nxb3 (17. axb3 Nb4 18. Rc4 Na6 $11) 17... N5f6 18. Re1 Rfd8 19. Na5
$14 {[%csl Rb7,Rc6]}) 16. e4 N5b6 17. Rac1 Rfc8 18. h3 Nf8 (18... e5 19. a4 Rd8
20. d5 $14) 19. a4 Ng6 20. a5 Na8 (20... Nd7 21. e5 Nf4 22. Ne4 Nb8 23. Nd6 Rd8
24. Qe3 Nd5 25. Qe4 $14) 21. Nc4 {[%cal Ge4e5,Gc4d6] It's amazing how easily
an English gandmaster succeeded to increase his advantage.} b6 $6 22. axb6 axb6
23. e5 $16 {[%csl Ra8,Rb6,Rc6]} Rd8 24. Nd6 c5 (24... Qd7) 25. Nb5 Rcd7 26. Qe3
$6 {Trying to avoide the complications arising after} (26. dxc5 $142 $1 bxc5
27. Rxc5 Nf4 {however it was has} 28. Nbd4 {and black is in troubles.} Rxd4 29.
Nxd4 Rxd4 30. Rc8+ Kh7 (30... Rd8 31. Qb8 $18) 31. Qc2+ g6 32. Qc6 $1 (32. Rxa8
Qg5 33. g3 Nxh3+ 34. Kh2 Nxf2 $132) 32... Ne2+ 33. Kh1 Nxc1 34. Qxa8 g5 35. g4
$18) 26... cxd4 27. Nbxd4 {[%cal Gd4c6]} Rf8 $6 {Black doesn't take a chance
to put up a resistance after} (27... Qe8 $5 28. Nc6 Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kh2
Ne7 31. Nfd4 Nxc6 32. Nxc6 Rd7 $14 {and white's edge is minimal.}) 28. Nc6 Qe8
29. b4 Rb7 (29... Ne7 30. Nfd4 Nd5 31. Qe4 Nac7 32. b5 $14) 30. Qe4 Kh8 31. b5
Nc7 $2 (31... Rd7) 32. Ne7 $1 $18 Nd5 33. Nxd5 exd5 34. Qxd5 Re7 35. Re1 f6 36.
e6 Nf4 37. Qf5 Rxe6 38. Rxe6 Nxe6 39. Re2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.11.25"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[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 "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 $5 {Hodgson's pet variaiton. (on both Nf6 and d5).These
positions require a special posiitonal understanding.} h6 (2... c6 3. e3) 3.
Bh4 c6 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. Qc1 (5. b3 Bf5 6. e3 Nd7 (6... Qa5+ 7. Qd2 Qxd2+ 8. Kxd2
g5 9. Bg3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Ne4+ 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Ne1 Nd7 13. f3 Bh7 14. Nd3 e6 15.
Nc3 Rg8 16. e4 f6 $11 {Thorfinnsson,B-Markowski,T/Reykjavik ISL 2000}) 7. Bd3
Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Ngf6 9. O-O e6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. c4 O-O $11) 5... g5 (5... Bf5 6.
c4 (6. e3 e6 (6... Nd7 7. Nbd2 Ngf6 8. c4 e6 9. c5 Qd8 10. h3 Be7 11. Bg3 O-O
12. b4 $14 {Ochs,H-Ottstadt,R/BL2-O 9495}) 7. c4 g5 8. Bg3 Bg7 9. Nc3 Nd7 10.
Be2 Qd8 11. Qd1 Ngf6 12. Ne5 O-O $13 {Foldi,I-Varga,Zo/HUN-chT1 9495}) 6... e6
(6... Nd7 7. Nc3 Ngf6 (7... dxc4 8. e4 Bg4 9. Qe3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxd4 11. Rd1
Qc5 12. Rxd7 $1 $36 {Hodgson,J-Andonov,B/Sochi/1987}) 8. c5 Qd8 9. b4 g5 10.
Bg3 Nh5 11. e3 Bg7 12. Qd1 Nxg3 13. hxg3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nd4 $14 {Hodgson,
J-Van der Wal,J/Leeuwarden op (05)/1993}) 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bg3 Nf6 9. e3 (9. c5
Qd8 10. e3 O-O 11. h3 (11. Be2 b6 12. b4 a5 13. a3 Qc8 14. Na4 Nbd7 15. Ne5 Qb7
16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. b5 Qb7 18. c6 Qa7 19. cxd7 Nxd7 20. Qb2 {1/2-1/2 Hodgson,
J-Chernin,A/Pardubice (02)/1993/}) 11... Nbd7 12. b4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Nd2
Bg6 15. Qc3 Bh4 16. Bd6 Re8 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 e5 19. O-O a6 20. a4 e4 21.
Qe2 Re6 $11 {Hodgson,J-Turner,M/Kilkenny IRL 1999}) 9... Nbd7 10. c5 Qd8 11.
Be2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. b4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 $14) (5... Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. e3 e6
8. c4 Be7 9. Bg3 Ngf6 10. Bd3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 Nh5 13. a3 Nxg3 14.
hxg3 dxc4 15. Qxc4 O-O 16. b4 Qd5 17. Be4 Qd6 18. Nb3 e5 19. Rd1 Bf6 $2 (19...
Rad8 20. d5 $140 Nf6) 20. d5 Nb6 21. Qc5 Rad8 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 23. dxc6 Rxd1+ 24.
Kxd1 bxc6 25. Na5 $16 {Hodgson,J-Gurevich,M/Delmenhorst GER}) 6. Bg3 g4 7. Ne5
(7. Be5 f6 8. Bxb8 gxf3 (8... Rxb8 9. Nh4 Qxd4 10. e3 Qb6 11. Bd3 h5 $5 $13) 9.
Bg3 fxg2 10. Bxg2 Qxd4 $15 {is another creative attempt that also fails to net
compensation for a healthy center pawn.}) 7... Qxd4 8. c4 {White has to act
quickly in order to get sufficient compensation for the pawn.} (8. Nd2 Nd7 $5
9. c3 Qb6 10. Nxg4 h5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 f6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Be3 c5 $13 {
Djurhuus,R-Borge,N/Reykjavik 1996/CBM 52}) (8. c3 $6 Qb6 9. c4 Bg7 10. cxd5 Nd7
11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. d6 Nd5 14. Qd2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 exd6 $17 {Laxman,
R-Sandipan,C/Calcutta 1999/CBM 69 ext}) (8. e3 Qb6 9. c4 Nd7 10. cxd5 Bg7 11.
Nc4 Qb4+ 12. Nc3 cxd5 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qc5 $13 {Astrom,R-Hector,J/
Goteborg 1999/CBM 69}) 8... Bg7 (8... Nf6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. e3 Qb6 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. Bb5+ Nc6 13. a4 a5 14. Ne2 Bd7 $13 {Hodgson,J-Ziatdinov,R/Guernsey 1991/
EXT 97}) 9. e3 Qc5 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Nd3 Qb6 12. a4 Nc5 13. cxd5 Nxd3+ 14. Bxd3
cxd5 ({Too dangerous is} 14... Bxb2 15. a5 Qb4 16. Qb1 Nf6 17. Ra4 Qxa4 18.
Qxb2 Qxa5 19. d6 Bf5 20. e4 $44 {and black finds himself under quiet
unpleasent pressure; Hodgson,J-Lalic,B 1995}) 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. O-O a6 $5 {
Deviating from16...Bf5, which braught black full success in the previous game
played by Hodgson in this variation.} (16... Bf5 $5 17. Bc7 Qg6 18. Qc5 Nf6 19.
a5 a6 20. Ba4 Ne8 $13 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Yf8g7,Gg7b2] Hodgson,J-Godena,M/
Mondariz 2000/CBM 79}) 17. e4 $5 {Nice move!} Be6 ({Of course not} 17... axb5
$2 18. axb5 {[%csl Rc8]} Bxb2 $8 19. Qxb2 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 $16 {and black is in
troubles.}) 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bc4 Rc8 $1 ({Another possibility was} 19... Bxb2
$6 20. Rb1 (20. Qb1 $1 Qd4 (20... Nf6 $2 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Nc4 $18) 21. Ra2 (
21. Bxd5 $5 Bxa1 22. Bxb7 Ra7 23. Bc6 Bc3 24. Ne4 $44 {[%cal Gf1d1,Gb1b8]})
21... Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Qxc4 23. Rxb2 Qxa4 24. Rxb7 Nf6 25. Re1 $36) 20... Bxc1 21.
Rxb6 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Bg5 23. Rxb7 Kg7 $13) 20. Bxd5 $5 {An attempt to complicate
the matters even more.} Rxc1 21. Raxc1 Bxb2 $5 ({I failed to find sufficient
compensation for the queen also after} 21... Bf6 $5 22. Rc8+ Kg7 23. Nc4 Qb4
24. Rb8 b5 $17) 22. Rc8+ Kg7 23. Nc4 Qb4 24. Rb1 {[%cal Gb1b4]} Nf6 25. Rxh8
Kxh8 26. Bxf7 Kg7 27. Be6 Qxa4 28. Nxb2 Qc2 $19 {An end of forced variation
started with 21...B:b2! White has restored the material balance, but his
pieces desperately lack coordination which evantually decides the game in
black's favor.} 29. Ba2 a5 {[%csl Ra2,Rb1,Rb2][%cal Ga5a3]} 30. Be5 a4 31. Rd1
(31. Rf1 a3 32. Bb1 Qe2 33. Nd3 a2 $19) 31... a3 {Winning a piece.} 32. Bb1 Qe2
33. Bc3 axb2 34. Re1 Qc4 $1 35. Bxb2 (35. Rxe7+ Kf8 36. Bxf6 Qc1+ $19) 35...
Kf7 {The rest is easy technical job.} 36. Bf5 b5 37. h3 gxh3 38. Bxh3 Ne4 39.
Bf5 Nd6 40. Bh7 Qb4 41. Re2 Nc4 42. Bh8 Qd6 43. Bc2 Qb8 44. Bd4 Qd6 45. Bh8 Kg8
46. Bc3 Qa3 47. Be1 Kf7 48. Be4 e6 49. Bf3 b4 50. Bg4 e5 51. f4 Qa1 52. Bf3 b3
53. Bd5+ Kg7 54. Kh2 (54. Bxc4 Qd4+ $19) 54... Qd4 55. Be4 exf4 56. Bf2 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 "Australia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Ne5 Bxe2 8.
Qxe2 c6 9. O-O-O Nh5 {Quite risky decision trading a very important defender.
However black seems to be just on time with his counterplay in the center.} (
9... b5 10. Kb1 a5 11. h4 a4 12. a3 Qb6 13. h5 b4 14. axb4 Qxb4 15. Na2 Qb6 16.
hxg6 fxg6 $13 {Murshed,N-Kozul,Z/Sharjah 1985}) (9... Qa5 10. Qe1 Rc8 11. Kb1
c5 12. e4 $2 cxd4 13. Rxd4 Rxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 Nxe4 $17 {Burgess,
G-Jasnikowski,Z/Odense 1991}) (9... Nbd7 10. h4 Nxe5 (10... Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4
12. h5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qa5 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Qg4 Qxa2 16. c3 Rfd8 $13 {Pedersen,
S-Mortensen,E/Aars 1999}) 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. h5 Nf6 14. g4 Qd6 15.
f4 b5 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. g5 Nh5 $11 {Wirthensohn,H-Ekstroem,R/Zuerich 1994}) 10.
h4 (10. g4 Nxf4 11. exf4 e6 12. Na4 Nd7 13. h4 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Qa5 15. b3 c5 $13
{Vescovi,G-Jakobsen,O/Copenhagen 1995}) 10... Nd7 11. g4 Nxf4 12. exf4 Nxe5 (
12... e6 13. h5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 f6 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Qd3 fxe5 17. Qxg6 Qf6 $15 {
Wirthensohn,H-Gheorghiu,F/Switzerland 1999}) 13. fxe5 f6 14. exf6 $2 {Opening
up an f-file for the black pieces was't justified. More in the spirit of the
position was} (14. e6 $142 $5 Qd6 15. Qe3 f5 16. g5 f4 17. Qh3 Rf5 18. Rde1 f3
$13) (14. f4 $144 fxe5 15. fxe5 e6 16. h5 Qg5+ 17. Kb1 Rf4 $15) 14... Rxf6 {
[%csl Rf2]} 15. g5 Rf7 16. h5 Qd6 $15 {Black king feels pretty safe, while the
pawns on f2 and d4 are the sourse of white's problems.} 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Kb1
Raf8 19. Qg4 Rxf2 20. Ne2 (20. Qh3 $6 R8f5 $17) 20... e5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Nd4
Rh2 $6 {Permitting white to escape with a draw. Much better was} (22... Re8 $1
{[%csl Ge6] taking square e6 under control.}) 23. Rxh2 Qxh2 24. Qe6+ $6 {
For some reason Rogers comes to e6 with the wrong piece.} (24. Ne6 $142 $1 Qe5
25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Rh1 Kg8 (26... Qe4 27. Qd7+ Rf7 28. Rh7+ $11) 27. Qh3 Qg7 28.
Qe6+ Qf7 29. Qh3 $11) 24... Kh7 25. Qd7 Qe5 26. c3 Rf2 27. Qxb7 c5 28. Nc2 $6 {
May be white was trying to play for a win, however he had nop objective
reasons to do so.} (28. Rh1+ Rh2 (28... Kg8 29. Qc8+ Bf8 30. Qh3 Bg7 31. Qc8+
$11) 29. Rxh2+ Qxh2 30. Nb3 (30. Ne6 $2 Qh1+ 31. Kc2 Qe4+ $19) 30... d4 31.
cxd4 cxd4 32. Nc5 Qg1+ $15) 28... Rh2 29. a3 $6 (29. Qb5) 29... Qf5 30. Rc1 d4
$19 31. Qc7 Rh3 32. cxd4 cxd4 33. Ka1 d3 34. Nd4 Qf2 35. Qc8 Rh4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Bg4 (5... Nbd7 6. h4 Bg7 7. Be2
a5 8. Ne5 a4 9. h5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nc4 Nb6 12. Nd2 $14 {Pribyl,J-Habinak,
T/Prague 1986/EXT 97}) 6. Be2 (6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. g4 O-O 10.
h4 e5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. Qg3 Qe7 $132 {Welling,G-Van der Wiel,J/Hilversum 1985/
EXT 99}) 6... Nbd7 (6... e6 7. a3 (7. O-O Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Bd6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5
11. Bg3 Bxg3 12. hxg3 h5 13. Qd3 g4 14. Be2 Nbd7 15. e4 $14 {Pedersen,
S-Stephan,A/MVP 2000/EXT 2001}) 7... Bd6 8. Ne5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Qc7 10. h4 Nbd7
11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. h5 O-O-O $11 {Blatny,P-Zueger,B/Budapest 1991/
EXT 97}) (6... Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Bg7 (7... e6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rad1 Nbd7
11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 e5 14. Bh6 $14 {Blatny,P-Groszpeter,A/
Kecskemet 1992/CBM 29}) 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4
Nxe4 13. Bxe4 e5 $11 {Feletar,D-Cvitan,O/Pula 2000/CBM 76 ext}) 7. Ne5 Bxe2 8.
Qxe2 Bg7 (8... Qb6 9. O-O-O Bg7 10. h4 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Rg8 12. g4 Nd7 13. Bxg7
Rxg7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 O-O-O 16. d5 $14 {Hansen,L-Heinola,V/Copenhagen 2000/
CBM 77 ext}) 9. O-O-O e6 ({Very serious attention deserved} 9... Nh5 $1 10. g4
Nxf4 11. exf4 e6 12. Qe3 Qe7 13. Ne2 O-O-O $13 {and black has very good
chanses to sieze the initiative.}) 10. g4 $1 Rc8 $6 {After this move black has
to be careful to keep the balance} (10... Nb6 $5 {[%cal Gf6d7]} 11. h4 h5 12.
f3 Nfd7 $132) 11. h4 h5 12. f3 Nxe5 (12... Nb6 $5 13. e4 (13. g5 $6 Nfd7 14. e4
Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qe7 $13) 13... dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nfd5 15. Bg3 $36) 13.
Bxe5 Kf8 14. e4 (14. g5 Nd7 15. Bxg7+ Kxg7 16. e4 Re8 17. f4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qc7
$11) 14... hxg4 $5 15. fxg4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 (17. Bxg7+ Kxg7 18.
Qxe4 Qd5 (18... Rxh4 $6 19. Qe5+ Kg8 20. g5 $1 $36) 19. Qe5+ f6 20. Qxd5 exd5
$11) 17... Qd5 (17... Rxh4 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. Qe5+ Kg8 20. g5 $36 {[%csl Rg8]})
18. Qf4 $1 $36 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gd1f1]} (18. Qxd5 cxd5 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. h5
Rh6 $15) 18... Qxa2 19. Rdf1 Qa1+ (19... f5 $2 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21. Qe5+ Kf7 22.
h5 $16 {[%csl Rf5]}) 20. Kd2 Qa5+ {[%csl Ge5] Taking under control square e5}
21. c3 f5 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. h5 Qd5 {[%csl Rh1]} 24. Qg5 (24. h6+ Kh7 25. Kc1
c5 26. dxc5 Qxc5 27. Qg5 Rhe8 $13) 24... Rh6 25. gxf5 $6 (25. Qe7+ $1 Kg8 26.
Qxb7 Rf8 27. Qxa7 Qg2+ 28. Kc1 Qxg4 29. Qe7 $1 $16 (29. hxg6 $2 Rxh1 30. Rxh1
Qf4+ 31. Kc2 Qe4+ $19)) 25... exf5 26. Re1 $6 (26. Qe7+ Kg8 27. Qxb7 Re8 28.
Rhg1 $16) 26... Rc7 27. Rhg1 Qd6 28. Re5 $5 (28. Qxf5 Rf7 (28... Qh2+ 29. Re2
Qxg1 30. Qe5+ Kg8 31. Qxc7 Qg5+ 32. Kc2 Qf5+ 33. Kc1 $16) 29. Rxg6+ Rxg6 30.
Qxg6+ Qxg6 31. hxg6 Kxg6 $11) 28... Rf7 29. Kc1 Qf6 30. Qe3 Rxh5 31. Re6 f4 $1
32. Rxf6 $11 (32. Qe4 Rg5 $1 (32... Qf5 $2 33. Rexg6+ Kh7 34. Qg2 $18) 33. Rxf6
Rxg1+ 34. Kc2 Rxf6 $19) 32... fxe3 33. Rfxg6+ Kf8 34. Rg8+ Ke7 35. R8g3 Kd7 36.
Rxe3 Rh2 37. c4 Kc7 38. Rd3 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karttunen, Mika"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[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 "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nd2 c6 6. Bd3 f5 {This move is
more accurate than 6...0-0, which is met with 7.Qf3.} (6... O-O 7. Qf3 Be6 (
7... Re8 8. Ne2 Nd7 (8... Na6 9. c3 Nc7 10. h4 Qd7 11. g3 Qg4 12. Qg2 Qh5 13.
Nf4 $14 {Agdestein,S-Dannevig,O/Asker 2000}) 9. O-O-O (9. h4 Nf8 10. g4 Be6 11.
O-O-O c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Rc8 14. Nf4 $16 {Piket,J-Stull,N/Lyon 1990}) (9.
O-O Nf8 10. c4 Bb8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rfc1 b6 13. Rc2 Bb7 14. Rac1 $16 {Ionescu,
D-Baratosi,D/Tusnad 2000}) 9... b5 10. g4 Nb6 11. h4 Nc4 12. Kb1 (12. g5 g6 13.
h5 f5 14. hxg6 {1/2-1/2 Meduna,E-Lukacs,P/Trnava 1986/EXT 97 (14)}) 12... Bb4
13. c3 Bf8 14. g5 g6 $132 {Psakhis,L-Podgaets,M/Kharkov 1985}) (7... Nd7 8. Ne2
Nb6 (8... b5 9. e4 Nb6 10. O-O Nc4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Qe3 Qb6 13. f4 f5 $15 {
Berkes,F-Meszaros,T/Paks 1998}) 9. g4 Na4 10. Rb1 c5 11. b3 Nb6 12. c3 $14 {
Piket,J-Ivanchuk,V/Roquebrune 1992}) (7... a5 8. Ne2 a4 9. O-O (9. g4 Be6 10.
h4 Qc8 11. Rg1 Na6 12. c3 c5 13. g5 f5 14. Kf1 c4 15. Bc2 $16 {Berkes,
F-Jamrich,G/Visegrad 1998}) 9... Re8 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Bc7 12. e4 $14 {
Hodgson,J-Langeweg,K/Candas 1992}) (7... Na6 8. c3 Nc7 9. Ne2 g6 10. g4 $1 c5
$6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. h4 $16) 8. Ne2 Re8 9. g4 Nd7 10. h4 c5 11. c3 cxd4 12.
exd4 a6 13. Nf1 Qb6 14. O-O-O Qa5 $13 {Meduna,E-Brustman,A/Cappelle la Grande
1995}) 7. Ne2 g6 (7... Be6 8. c4 (8. O-O Nd7 9. c4 Nf6 10. c5 Bc7 11. b4 Ne4
12. b5 O-O 13. Rb1 Re8 14. Rb2 Bc8 $132 {Aleksandrov,A-Ryskin,A/Minsk 1994})
8... Nd7 9. Qb3 Rb8 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Bc4 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Bc7 13. O-O-O O-O $13 {
Ermenkov,E-Groszpeter,A/Varna 1983}) (7... O-O 8. O-O g6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4
Nd7 11. Rc1 Nf6 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. Be2 Rad8 $13 {Mueller,
M-Gyorkos,L/Budapest 1992}) (7... Qe7 8. O-O O-O 9. c4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Bc7 11.
Re1 g6 12. a3 Nd7 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. g3 Rd8 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Rac1 {1/2-1/2 Tyomkin,
D-Lazarev,V/Montreal 2000}) 8. O-O (8. c4 Be6 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. c5 Qxb3 11. axb3
Bc7 12. b4 Ke7 13. b5 $14 {Brandics,J-Kevei,P/Hungary 1998}) 8... Nd7 9. b3 Nf6
10. c4 O-O 11. c5 {Probably an only plan white has got in the position.} (11.
Nc3 f4 12. e4 $6 Bb4 13. Qc2 dxe4 14. Ncxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxd4 $17) 11... Bc7
12. b4 Bd7 13. Rb1 ({May be it was accurate to prepare b5 with a4 not giving
black a chance to push b5.} 13. a4 Re8 14. b5 Ne4 15. Qc2 h5 16. Rab1 h4 $132)
13... b5 $5 14. cxb6 (14. a4 a6 15. Ra1 Rc8 16. Nf3 Ne4 17. Ra2 Re8 $15) 14...
axb6 15. Qc2 {White chooses a "waitng strategy", that is he is not taking any
actions on the queenside, when he had a chance to.} (15. a4 Ne4 16. Nf3 Re8 17.
b5 $13) 15... Ra3 $5 {[%csl Ra2]} 16. Rb2 Re8 17. g3 Bd6 $15 18. Rfb1 $6 (18.
Nb1 Ra7 19. a4 Ne4 20. Nbc3 Qa8 $15) 18... Ne4 19. Nf1 Qa8 20. f3 {[%csl Re3]
It's not easy to tolerate the knight on e4, but from now on white will have
another weakness to defend.} h5 21. Rc1 Nf6 (21... h4 22. gxh4 Kg7 23. h5 Nf6
24. hxg6 fxg6 $44) 22. h4 Kg7 23. Qb1 Qa7 {Once white is deprived a chance to
push a4 black can afford himself to build up a pressure quite slowly.} 24. Rc3
Ra8 25. Rxa3 Qxa3 26. Nc1 Qa7 27. Kg2 Qb7 28. Qc2 Ra3 29. Qd2 (29. Rb3 Qa7 30.
Qb2 Rxb3 31. Qxb3 c5 32. dxc5 bxc5 33. bxc5 Bxc5 34. Be2 Be6 $15 {[%cal Gd5d4]}
) 29... Be6 30. Bb1 Bc8 $5 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gb7a8,Gc8b7,Gc6c5]} 31. Qc2 Qa8 32.
Qe2 $6 (32. Rb3) 32... Bb7 33. Bd3 Rc3 $17 {Finally succeeding to penitrate.}
34. Rc2 (34. Qd2 Qa3 35. b5 c5 36. dxc5 bxc5 $17) 34... Rxc2 35. Qxc2 Bxb4 36.
Be2 Qa3 37. Nd3 Bd6 38. Nd2 Qa8 (38... c5 $1) 39. Qb2 Ba6 40. Nc1 (40. Qxb6
Bxd3 41. Bxd3 Qxa2 $19) 40... Bxe2 41. Nxe2 Qa6 42. Kf2 Kg8 43. Qc2 Qa8 $6 {
Black's manovres are just a waste of time.} (43... c5) 44. Nc1 c5 45. Qb2 Qd8
46. Ne2 Bc7 47. Nb3 c4 $6 48. Nd2 Qd7 49. Nb1 Ne8 50. Nbc3 Qc6 $2 {[%cal Ge8d6]
Letting white to escape with a draw after 51.Qb5!} 51. a4 $6 (51. Qb5 $1 Qxb5
52. Nxb5 Bd8 (52... Bb8 53. Nec3 Nf6 54. Na4 Nd7 55. Nac3 $11) 53. Nf4 Nf6 54.
Nc3 $11) 51... Bd6 52. Qb5 Qxb5 53. axb5 Nf6 54. Na4 $2 {Missing another
chance to secure a half a point after} (54. Nf4 $1 Bxf4 55. gxf4 Kf8 56. Na4
Nd7 57. Nc3 $11) 54... Bc7 55. Nec3 (55. Nf4 Kf8 56. Nc3 Bxf4 57. gxf4 Ke7 $17)
55... Kf8 56. Na2 Ke7 $19 57. Nb4 Kd6 58. Nc3 Ke6 59. Na4 Bd6 60. Nc2 Ne8 61.
Kg2 (61. Nxb6 Nc7 62. Nc8 Nxb5 63. Nxd6 Kxd6 64. Ke2 f6 $19) 61... Nc7 62. Nc3
Be7 63. Kh3 Bf8 64. Kg2 f6 65. f4 {[%csl Re4]} Be7 66. Kf3 Ne8 67. Ke2 Nd6 68.
Nb4 Nxb5 69. Nbxd5 Nxc3+ 70. Nxc3 Kd6 71. Nb5+ Kd5 72. Kd2 Bb4+ 73. Nc3+ Kc6
74. Kc2 b5 75. Kb2 Ba5 76. Kc2 b4 77. Ne2 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Zhong Hong Real Estate Cup"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2001.07.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Wang, Zili"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2001.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nbd7 (3... Bf5 4. Bf4 (4. Bg5 Nbd7 (4... e6 5. g3 h6
6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Nd7 $15 {
Edelsztein,K-Malbran,G/Boca Juniors 1998}) 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ne4 10. Bxe4 Bxe4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd4 $14 {
Rauber,D-Briffa,P/Moscow olm 1994}) 4... e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8.
g4 Bg6 9. h4 h6 10. g5 $16 {Mikulec,D-Goller,S/NB MII 1993}) (3... c6 4. Bf4
Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. e4 dxe4 11.
Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 O-O $11 {Najjar,A-Hamam,R/Tanta op 1997}) 4. Bf4 (4. e3 e6
5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. a4 Qc7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 b6 11. Bg5 Re8
$11 {Mays,S-Peschlow,P/47th City Open 1998}) 4... e6 5. e3 $6 {Better was} (5.
Nb5 $5 Bb4+ 6. c3 Ba5 7. h3 O-O 8. e3 a6 9. Na3 $14 {with slightly better
chanses for white}) 5... a6 6. Be2 Be7 7. Ne5 $5 (7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5 c5 $11)
7... O-O (7... c5 8. g4 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 O-O) 8. h4 c5 9. g4 cxd4 (9...
Nxe5 10. Bxe5 b5 11. Bf3 b4 12. Ne2 a5 $132) 10. exd4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 (11. Bxe5
Nd7 (11... Qb6 12. Rb1 Bd7 13. g5 Ne8 $132) 12. Bg3 b5 13. Qd2 b4 14. Nd1 a5
$15) 11... Nd7 {White's attempt to create something on the kingside may hardly
succied.} 12. Qd2 b5 13. g5 Bb7 (13... Qc7 $5 {[%csl Re5]}) 14. O-O-O b4 {
Now it's clear that black is first to attack.} 15. Ne4 $8 {[%cal Gd1d7]} Nxe5 (
15... Qa5 16. Kb1 Nxe5 17. Nf6+ $1 (17. Bxe5 $2 dxe4 18. Qd7 Bd5 $17) 17...
gxf6 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Qxe5+ f6 22. Qxe6 d4 23. Rhg1
Bd5 $15 {[%csl Ra2]}) 16. Bxe5 dxe4 17. Qf4 Bd5 $15 18. Kb1 Rc8 ({May be
better was} 18... Qa5 19. b3 Rfc8 20. Rc1 (20. h5 Rxc2 $1 21. Kxc2 Qxa2+ 22.
Kc1 Rc8+ $19) 20... Rc5 21. Bd4 Qc7 22. Qe3 Rc6 23. h5 Rc8 $17 {with very
promising position}) 19. b3 Rc6 $6 (19... Qa5) 20. f3 $1 exf3 21. Bxf3 Bd6 (
21... Qc8 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qe5+ Kg8 25. Qxe7 Rxc2 26. Qxb4 Qf5
27. Ka1 $11) 22. Bxd5 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 exd5 24. Rxd5 {Finally equalizing the game!
} (24. Qxd5 $11) 24... Qc8 25. h5 $6 (25. Rc1 $11) 25... Rxc2 26. h6 Qc3 {
[%cal Gc3g7]} 27. Qxc3 Rxc3 28. Rh4 Rc6 (28... Rb8 $2 29. Rxb4) 29. hxg7 Rb8
30. Rd7 a5 $1 {[%csl Rb1][%cal Gb8c8,Gc8c1]} 31. Rf4 Rbc8 32. Rf2 (32. Rdxf7 $4
Rc1+ 33. Kb2 R8c2#) 32... R8c7 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. Rf5 Ra7 35. Kc2 Kxg7 36. Kd3
Kg6 37. Ke4 a4 (37... h5 38. gxh6 Kxh6 39. Kf4 $11) 38. Rb5 axb3 39. axb3 Ra3
40. Rxb4 Kxg5 41. Rb5+ Kg4 42. Rf5 Ra7 (42... Rxb3 43. Rxf7 h5 44. Rg7+ Kh3 45.
Kf4 h4 46. Rh7 Rg3 47. Rh8 $11) 43. Rf4+ Kg5 44. Rf5+ Kg6 45. Rb5 Ra1 46. Rb8
Rf1 47. b4 h5 48. b5 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "2005.02.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cvek, Robert"]
[Black "Vokac, Marek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.02.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg5 Qb6 4. Qc1 h6 5. Bf4 (5. Bh4 Bf5 6. Nbd2 e6 7. e3 Nd7
8. c4 Ngf6 9. c5 Qd8 10. b4 Be7 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11 {Taferner,
H-McAloon,J/Segovia 1990}) 5... Bf5 (5... Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O g5
9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nbd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 e6 12. c4 Qc7 $13 {Klein,R-Coursaget,N/
Groningen 1999}) (5... g5 6. Be5 f6 7. Bxb8 Rxb8 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. cxd3
e6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 Ne7 $13 {Scholz,H-Watson,R/Oberjoch 1999}) 6. e3 e6 (
6... Nd7 7. Nbd2 Ngf6 8. c4 e6 9. c5 Qd8 10. h3 a5 11. Be2 Ne4 12. O-O g5 13.
Be5 f6 14. Bh2 h5 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 $14 {Juergens,P-Altanoch,G/Passau 1996}
) (6... Nf6 7. Ne5 e6 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. Ndf3 Be7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 c5 12. c3
O-O $11 {Pfeffer,R-Koutsin,S/Guben 2000}) 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 (8... Nbd7 9.
Nbd2 Nh5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Be7 12. c4 O-O 13. c5 Qc7 14. Nh4 Bh7 15. f4 Bf6
$13 {Manninen,M-Gronroos,M/Vantaa 2003}) 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5
12. Bxe5 Rae8 (12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qa5 $11 {[%cal Gc6c5]}) 13. a3 Ne4 (13...
Qb3 14. c5 $13) 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Qc3 g5 $2 {Black should've traded the
darksquared bishops to reach an equality.} (15... Qd8 $1 16. b4 (16. c5 Bf6 17.
Bg3 Bh4 $11) 16... Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. c5 Qe7 19. b5 e5 $11 {[%csl Ge4][%cal
Ge4b1]}) 16. b4 f6 17. Bg3 Bg6 18. Bd3 $1 $16 {Spotting the weakness of the
light squares around the king.} Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Kg7 20. c5 Qd8 21. b5 h5 (21...
f5 22. Be5+ Bf6 23. Bxf6+ Rxf6 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Qa6 Qc7 26. Rab1 Rf7 27. f4 $5
$16 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Gg2g3,Gb1b3,Gf1b1,Gb3b7]}) 22. h3 h4 $6 (22... f5 23. Be5+
Bf6 24. Bxf6+ Rxf6 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Qa6 Qc7 27. Rab1 Rf7 28. Rb3 f4 29. exf4
gxf4 30. Rfb1 $16) 23. Bh2 Rf7 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Qa6 Qd7 26. Rab1 {[%cal Gb1b7]
} Bf8 27. f4 $1 {Opening up the second front!} gxf4 $6 (27... Kg6 $8 28. Qd3+
f5 29. fxg5 Kxg5) 28. Rxf4 Kg8 29. Rxh4 e5 30. Rg4+ Bg7 31. Qd3 f5 32. Rg6 exd4
(32... f4 33. exf4 (33. Rd6 Qf5 34. Qxf5 Rxf5 35. exf4 exf4 36. Rxc6 Bxd4+ 37.
Kh1 f3 $15) 33... exf4 34. Rg4 Qc7 (34... Re4 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. Bxf4 Bxd4+ 37.
Kh1 $16) 35. Qg6 (35. Rf1 Re4 36. Qd2 Qe7 37. Kh1 $16) 35... Re4 $14) 33. exd4
f4 34. Rg4 Qc7 35. Qg6 Kf8 (35... Re4 $5 $14) 36. Rf1 (36. Bxf4 $5 Rxf4 37.
Qxg7+ Qxg7 38. Rxf4+ Kg8 (38... Ke7 39. Rb7+ $18) 39. Rg4 Qxg4 40. hxg4 Re4 41.
Rb8+ Kf7 42. Rb7+ Ke8 43. Rxa7 Rxd4 44. Rc7 $16) 36... Re4 37. Kh1 Rxd4 38. h4
$1 Re4 39. h5 Rf6 40. Qg5 Re5 41. Qh4 Ref5 (41... Qf7 42. Rgxf4 Rxh5 43. Rxf6
Bxf6 44. Qxf6 $18) 42. Rgxf4 Rxf4 43. Bxf4 Qf7 44. h6 Bh8 45. h7 Qg6 (45... Ke8
46. Re1+ Kd7 47. Bd6 Rf1+ 48. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 49. Kh2 Qe2 50. Qh6 $18 {[%cal Gd6g3,
Gh6d6]}) 46. Re1 Kf7 47. Be5 Rf5 48. Bxh8 Rh5 49. Re7+ Kf8 50. Bg7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.02"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Hall, Jesper"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden III"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
Qc2 f5 9. Bd3 {White's only reasonable plan in the position is to go for the
queenside castle followed by e4, however he can't afford himself to do it
right away:} (9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. O-O c6 12. a3 Bd7 13. Rfe1 Rae8 14. d5
c5 15. g3 Ne4 16. Bd3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qf6 $11 {Djurhuus,R-Nielsen,P/Gausdal 1995}
) (9. O-O-O $6 Nf6 10. h3 g6 11. f3 a6 12. e4 b5 13. Bd3 fxe4 14. fxe4 Bf4+ 15.
Kb1 Qxd4 16. Bxb5 Qc5 $15 {Nakamura,H-Olafsson,H/Reykjavik 2004}) 9... g6 10.
Nf3 ({Nothing much changes} 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Nf6 12. Nf3 c6 13. Kb1 Qe7 14.
Ng5 Bd7 15. Rhe1 Rae8 16. Re2 Bb4 $13 {Bellon Lopez,J-Hjelm,N/Malmo 2003})
10... Nf6 11. h4 h5 12. Ng5 c6 13. O-O-O b5 14. Kb1 Rb8 {Black is ready to
start an actions on the queenside, so white has to take some precautions as
his play in the center comes a bit late.} 15. f3 {[%csl Re3]} (15. Ne2 Nd5 (
15... b4 $6 16. Nc1 a5 17. Bc4 Nd5 18. Nd3 $14) 16. g3 Nb4 17. Qd2 f6 18. Nh3
Be6 19. Nc1 Bd5 $15) 15... b4 16. Ne2 Nd5 17. Qd2 Qa5 {[%cal Gd5c3]} 18. Rc1 {
Black was threatening to play 18...Nc3, so white had to deal with it.} (18. Nc1
$2 Nc3+ $19) (18. Ka1 $5 Ba6 (18... f6 19. Nh3 Be6 20. Nc1 $13) 19. Nc1 Bxd3
20. Qxd3 Qb5 $6 21. e4 Qxd3 22. Nxd3 fxe4 23. fxe4 Ne3 24. Rd2 $13) 18... Ba6
19. b3 $5 ({Those who enjoy walking on the edge would've preferred} 19. Rxc6
Rb6 (19... Nc3+ $2 20. Nxc3 bxc3 21. Qxc3 Bb4 22. Qb3 $16) 20. Rxb6 axb6 21.
Bxa6 Qxa6 22. Nc1 Rc8 $44 {with unclear position.}) 19... Nc3+ 20. Nxc3 bxc3
21. Qxc3 $1 {After sacrifing an exchange white no longer has to worry about
black's attack, so it's most definitely the right decision.} (21. Qc2 $6 Ba3
22. Rcd1 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Bb2 $17 {[%cal Gb8b6,Gb6a6]}) 21... Qxc3 22. Rxc3 Bb4
23. Bxa6 Bxc3 24. Kc2 Bb4 25. Kd3 (25. a4 c5 26. d5 Rfe8 27. Kd3 Rbd8 28. Bc4
Re7 $15) 25... Ba3 26. Bc4 Rbd8 27. g3 Be7 28. Rc1 (28. f4 Bxg5 29. hxg5 Kg7
30. Rc1 $13) 28... Bxg5 29. hxg5 Kg7 30. Ba6 f6 31. f4 fxg5 32. fxg5 Rd6 33.
Bb7 Rb8 34. Bxc6 $2 {Throwing away a well played game. It was necessary to
take with the rook with drawish position.} (34. Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Bxc6 Kf7 36. e4
fxe4+ 37. Bxe4 Rb5 38. d5 Rb4 39. Ke3 $11) 34... Rc8 35. d5 Rxd5+ $1 $19 36.
Bxd5 Rxc1 37. b4 Rg1 38. a4 Rxg3 39. Kd4 Rxg5 40. a5 Rg1 41. Kc5 h4 42. Kc6 h3
43. Kb5 Ra1 44. a6 Rb1 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 {Wells} d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e4 {Very unusual variation which leads to a very
complex play with mutual chances. Wells: 'If the Albin Counter-Gambit can
really be playable, then there must be a place for this too!'} dxe4 4. d5 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 (5... g6 6. Nb5 (6. Qd2 Bg7 7. Bh6 O-O 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. Nge2 Na6 10.
O-O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxe2 12. Bxe2 Qa5 $15 {Sirnik,B-Susnik,M/Ljubljana 1998}) 6...
Na6 7. d6 Bg4 8. f3 exf3 9. gxf3 Bf5 10. Qd2 $44 {Toupalik,B-Spielmann,R/
Prague 1912}) 6. Qe2 {Wells: 'A speciality of Belgian GM Luc Winants.'} g6 (
6... e6 $5 7. O-O-O Qa5 8. d6 Nc6 9. Kb1 e5 10. Bd2 Nd4 11. Qe1 Qb6 12. Bg5 Be6
13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nxe4 O-O-O $15 {Winants,L-Tregubov,P/Warsaw 2005}) 7. O-O-O
Bg7 (7... Bf5 8. f3 exf3 9. Nxf3 Bg7 10. h3 $36) 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 O-O 10.
Bc4 Bf5 $1 {This move is better than immediate} (10... b5 $5 {which could be
met with} 11. d6 Ra7 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Bxf6 exf6 14. Bd5 {and black doesn't
succeed to win a pawn on d6:} Rd7 15. Qf4 Kg7 16. Bf3 Re8 17. Ne2 Re6 18. Ng3
$36 Rexd6 $140 19. Rxd6 Rxd6 20. Ne4 Rb6 21. Nxc5 $14) (10... Nd7 $5 {Wells})
11. Qf3 b5 12. Bf1 Qa5 13. g4 Qxa2 $5 {This move is good enough for a draw,
but it's hardly sufficient for more than that, so deserved attention the calm
Wells: 'Of course, one could write a whole column about this crazy game.
Suffice to say that Luke's spectacular recovery from a poor result preceding
these championships was built on splendidly fearless chess of which this
titanic mess was typical.'} (13... Bc8 $1 14. a3 (14. d6 $2 Qxa2 15. dxe7 Qxb2+
16. Kd2 Re8 17. Qxa8 Bc3+ 18. Ke3 Rxe7+ 19. Kf3 Bb7+ $19) 14... Bb7 15. Qg3 e6
$15 {with excellent chances.}) 14. gxf5 Qxb2+ 15. Kd2 Nd7 $5 {Black decides to
keep on playing as he could've forced a draw by perpetual after} (15... Qb4+
16. Ke2 Qc4+ 17. Kd2 Qb4+ $11) 16. Ne2 Nb6 17. Qb3 Qf6 (17... Nxd5 18. Qxb2
Bxb2 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Bg2 Rfd8 $5 {[%csl Ga8]} 21. Bxd5 Rxd5+ 22. Ke3 Rxd1 23.
Rxd1 e5 24. Bg5 $13) 18. Ke1 Qxf5 19. Bh3 Qf6 20. Rg1 Nc4 (20... c4 $6 21. Qe3
{[%csl Rb6]}) 21. Rg3 $1 Nb2 $6 (21... e5 22. Bc1 Qb6 23. Kf1 a5 $13) 22. Rb1
Nc4 23. Rd1 Nb2 24. Rb1 Nc4 25. Bg2 Rad8 (25... e5 $5 26. dxe6 Rad8 27. Bg5
Qxe6 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 $44) 26. h4 $1 h6 {'?!' Wells. Wells: 'This keenness to
take away the g5 square from White is quite understandable. But, like me, I
think Illescas had missed Luke's devious idea.'} (26... Qxh4 $2 {Wells} 27. Bg5
Qh2 28. Bxe7) 27. h5 g5 $2 {After the move in the game black loses more
material to save the queen, so it was necessary to opt for} (27... e6 $132) 28.
Bc7 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gg3f3] Wells: '...and there we have it. The threat
to trap the queen in mid board came as a fair old surprise to me as I still
had the feeling that Black enjoyed a degree of initiative. I guess I've been
writing about dark squares too much and its clouded my judgement!'} Rd6 29.
Bxd6 exd6 (29... Qxd6 $142 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 30. Qf3 Qd8 31. Qf5 $1 {[%cal Gg2e4]
} Re8 32. Be4 Kf8 33. Rf3 Qa5+ 34. c3 Ne5 35. Re3 Nc4 36. Rf3 Ne5 37. Rg3 Qa2 {
Wells: 'Feels like a degree of desertion again, but the game's up for Black
anyway.'} 38. f4 gxf4 39. Qxf4 Qc4 40. Kf2 Nd7 (40... Nd3+ 41. Rxd3 Rxe4 42.
Qxd6+ $18) 41. Rxg7 {'!' Wells.} Kxg7 42. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Winants, Luc"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e4 $5 {Very unusual variation which leads to a very
complex play with mutual chances.} dxe4 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 (5... g6 6. Nb5 (6.
Qd2 Bg7 7. Bh6 O-O 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. Nge2 Na6 10. O-O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxe2 12. Bxe2
Qa5 $15 {Sirnik,B-Susnik,M/Ljubljana 1998}) 6... Na6 7. d6 Bg4 8. f3 exf3 9.
gxf3 Bf5 10. Qd2 $44 {Toupalik,B-Spielmann,R/Prague 1912}) 6. Qe2 (6. a4 e6 (
6... g6 7. Bc4 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Nb6 9. Ba2 Bd7 10. a5 Nc8 11. Be5 Bg7 12. O-O Nd6
13. Ng3 O-O $13 {Daly,H-Bernstein,N/Omaha 1949}) 7. Bc4 exd5 8. Bxd5 Be7 9.
Bxe4 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. O-O {1/2-1/2 Vidmar,
M-Perlis,J/St Petersburg 1909}) 6... Bf5 $6 {This move is a minor inaccuracy
after which black has to play accurately to keep the balance. Much better way
to meet white's set up was introduced by Tregubov:} (6... e6 7. O-O-O Qa5 8. d6
Nc6 9. Kb1 e5 10. Bd2 Nd4 11. Qe1 Qb6 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nxe4 O-O-O
$15 {Winants,L-Tregubov,P/Warsaw 2005}) 7. O-O-O Nbd7 8. h3 {[%csl Re8,Rf8,Rh8]
[%cal Gg2g4,Gf1g2]} Qb6 {Black is not looking for an active counterplay, while
he should've since after a move in the game white easily gets an upper hand.} (
8... Qa5 $6 9. g4 Bg6 10. Bg2 O-O-O 11. f3 Nb6 12. fxe4 Na4 13. Rd3 e6 14. Nxa4
Qxa4 15. Ra3 Qb4 16. Bd2 $16 {Winants,L-Collas,D/France 2003}) (8... b5 $142 $5
9. f3 (9. g4 b4 10. Nb1 e5 11. Bg3 Bg6 12. Bg2 c4 $15) 9... exf3 10. Nxf3 b4
11. Nh4 $1 g6 (11... bxc3 $2 12. Nxf5 Qb6 13. Nd6+ Kd8 14. Nxf7+ Ke8 15. Nd6+
Kd8 16. Nc4 $18) 12. Nxf5 gxf5 13. Nb1 Qa5 $13) 9. g4 Bg6 10. f3 e5 (10... exf3
11. Nxf3 O-O-O 12. Bg2 e6 13. dxe6 Qxe6 14. Qxe6 fxe6 15. Rhe1 $14) 11. dxe6
fxe6 $6 {Another mistake after which there is no way back.} (11... Qxe6 $1 12.
g5 Nh5 13. Nd5 Qxd5 $5 (13... O-O-O) 14. Rxd5 Nxf4 15. Qd2 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 O-O-O
$132) 12. fxe4 e5 13. Bh2 $16 O-O-O 14. Nf3 Qe6 15. Nh4 Bf7 16. Bg2 c4 $6 {
[%csl Rc4]} (16... g6 $142 17. g5 Nh5 18. Nd5 Nf4 (18... h6 19. Qd2 hxg5 20.
Nf3 $16) 19. Qf3 Nxg2 20. Nxg2 h6 21. Rhf1 Rh7 22. Nge3 hxg5 23. Ng4 Bd6 $14)
17. Kb1 Bc5 18. Nf5 g6 19. Nh6 Be8 (19... Rhf8 $5 20. Rhf1 Ne8 21. Nd5 $16) 20.
Nd5 b5 21. Rhf1 Ng8 (21... Bf8 22. g5 Bxh6 23. gxf6 Kb7 24. Qe1 $1 $16 {
[%cal Ge1h4,Ge1a5]}) 22. Nxg8 Rxg8 23. g5 $1 {[%cal Gg2f3,Gf3g4]} Rf8 $6 (23...
Bf7 24. Bf3 Qc6 25. Bg4 Be6 26. Bg1 Kb8 27. Bxc5 Bxg4 28. Qxg4 Qxc5 29. Qe6 $18
{[%csl Ra6,Rb8,Re5][%cal Gf1f7]}) 24. Bf3 Bf7 25. Bg4 Qc6 26. Rf6 $1 $18 Qb7
27. Bxe5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rfe8 (28... Be7 29. Qe3 Bxf6 30. Qc5+ $18) 29. Rxc5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 $5 Bxd3 (5... Bg6 6. Ngf3 Nbd7
7. Qe2 (7. O-O Ne4 8. Bf4 e6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 f6 $11 {Fernandez Romero,
E-Suba,M/Seville 2002}) 7... Ne4 8. Bxe4 dxe4 9. Nh4 Qa5 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bf4
O-O-O $13 {Opocensky,K-Jezek,J/Prague 1953}) 6. cxd3 Nbd7 (6... e6 7. Ngf3 h6
8. Bh4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11 {Bae,T-Dannevig,O/
Kristiansund 2001}) 7. f4 {White is trying to build "stonewall", however an
absence of lightsquared bishops is definitly in black's favor. That's why
white has no chances to get anything out of the opening.} (7. Ngf3 e6 8. Ne5
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ndf3 Ne8 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qb3 Nd6 13. a4 Nb8 14. Nd2 a5 15.
Qc3 f6 {1/2-1/2 Cichocki,A-Schmidt,W/Koszalin 1998/CBM 65 ext (15)}) 7... e6 8.
Ngf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 Ne8 {Black's pawn structure is extremly solid, so
he is not afraid of white's attempts to break through.} 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qb3
Rb8 13. Rae1 Nc7 14. f5 $6 {[%csl Rd3,Rd4] Too optimistic.} (14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Rfd8 $13) 14... exf5 15. exf5 Qd6 16. Ne5 Nb5 (16... Nf6 17.
Ndf3 $36 {[%cal Gg2g5,Gf5f6]}) 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. f6 Qg4 (18... Nxd4 19. Qc3 Qg4
20. Nf3 Nxf3+ 21. Rxf3 g6 22. Re7 $36) 19. fxg7 Qxd4+ (19... Qxg7 $15) 20. Kh1
Rfe8 21. Nf3 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Qf6 $6 (22... Qxg7 23. Re7 Qf6 24. Qb4 Nd4 $1 $17)
23. Qb4 Nd6 24. Re5 h6 (24... Kxg7 25. Qd4 Kf8 26. Rxd5 $11) 25. Qd4 Re8 26.
Rxd5 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Re6 28. Kg1 Kxg7 29. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch 4th"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2003.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 f6 $5 {Not a move you see a lot in the opening phase of the
game, however it makes a lot of sense since black is going to push e5 very
soon.} 3. Bd2 (3. Bh4) 3... Nc6 4. e3 e5 5. Bb5 $5 (5. dxe5 fxe5 6. c4 d4 7.
exd4 exd4 $13) 5... exd4 (5... Bd6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxe5 fxe5 8. Bxc4 Nf6 9. Nc3
e4 10. f4 exf3 11. Nxf3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 $13 {Samovojska,D-Sveshnikov,E/Bled
1996}) 6. exd4 Be6 7. Ne2 Bd6 8. Nf4 Bf7 9. Qg4 (9. O-O Nge7 10. Qg4 Kf8 11. c3
Qc8 12. Qf3 h5 $5 13. h3 g5 14. Nd3 Kg7 $13) 9... Kf8 {The position is very
unusual and not an easy one to evaluate, nevertheless it seems that dedspite
of being deprived of a right to castle black has managed to solve an opening
problems.} 10. Bxc6 (10. c3 Qe7+ 11. Ne2 Re8 12. O-O a6 13. Bd3 Bg6 14. Nc1
Bxd3 15. Nxd3 Qe4 $13) 10... bxc6 11. O-O Qc8 12. Qxc8+ Rxc8 $13 13. Re1 (13.
Nc3 Ne7 14. Na4 Nf5 15. c3 h5 16. Nd3 g5 $15) 13... Ne7 14. Ne6+ Bxe6 (14...
Kg8 $5) 15. Rxe6 Kf7 16. Re1 Rb8 17. b3 {May be more accurate was} (17. Bc3 c5
18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. b3 Nf5 20. Nd2 Rhe8 21. Nf3 $11 {and white is doing fine,
but also after a move in the game white shouldn't face any problems.}) 17...
Nf5 18. Bc3 h5 19. Nd2 Bf8 $5 20. Nf3 (20. Nf1 g5 21. Ne3 Nd6 22. Bb2 g4 23.
Rac1 f5 $15) 20... g5 21. Re2 g4 22. Ne1 Bd6 $1 23. Nd3 h4 24. Rae1 (24. f3
gxf3 25. gxf3 h3 $17 {[%csl Rd4,Rf3][%cal Gf5h4,Gh8h4]}) 24... g3 $5 25. fxg3
$2 {Decisive mistake. After this move black rook gets very important square h4.
After correct 25.h3! the position whould have remained balanced since
straightforward 25...g:f2?! wasn't good for black} (25. h3 $1 gxf2+ $140 $6 26.
Rxf2 Ng3 27. Ne5+ Bxe5 28. dxe5 Ne4 29. Rxe4 (29. Rf3 $5) 29... dxe4 30. Rxf6+
Ke7 31. Rxc6 Kd7 32. Rc4 $16) 25... hxg3 26. h3 Rh4 $1 $17 {[%csl Rd4]} 27. Rf1
Nxd4 28. Ne5+ $6 Ke6 $1 $19 29. Rxf6+ $8 (29. Bxd4 fxe5 30. Bxa7 Ra8 $19) 29...
Kxf6 30. Nxc6 Kf7 31. Bxd4 (31. Nxd4 Bc5 32. Rd2 Rf4 $1 $19 {[%cal Gb8e8,Ge8e1]
}) 31... Re8 32. Rxe8 Kxe8 33. Bxa7 Re4 34. Kf1 Rf4+ 35. Ke2 Kd7 36. Na5 c5 {
[%cal Gf4f2]} 37. Nb7 Rf2+ 38. Kd3 Rxg2 39. Nxc5+ Bxc5 40. Bxc5 Rh2 41. Ke3
Rxc2 42. Bd4 Rxa2 43. Kf3 Ra3 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch 4th"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2003.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Paragua, Mark"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 (5. Qd2) 5... O-O 6. Be2 c6 7.
h4 $5 {This move is hardly aimed to launch an attack against black king, but
to terrify black! It's very difficult for white to bring his major pieces to
the h-file evn if he manages to open it with h5 followed by h:g6.} Qb6 8. Rb1 (
8. a3 Bf5 (8... Bg4 9. Rb1 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Rfd8 12. Nxd7 Rxd7 $11 {
Verdier,P-Johansson,B/ICCF email 2000}) 9. b4 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Nd2 Bxg2
12. Rh2 Be4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. h5 Nd7 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Bc4 $44 {Wesseln,
K-Giemsa,S/Germany 1997}) (8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Ne4 12.
Bxg7 Kxg7 13. h5 $14 {Izeta Txabarri,F-Granero Roca,A/Linares 1998}) 8... c5 (
8... Bg4 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nbd7 11. Qf3 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe5 14.
Nc5 $5 Bd6 15. Nd3 $36 {Djurhuus,R-Moberg,K/Gausdal 1996}) (8... Nbd7 9. Ne5 h5
10. O-O Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bf5 12. b4 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. cxd3 e6 16.
a4 {1/2-1/2 Chatalbashev,B-Nanu,C/Metz 2002}) 9. Be5 ({It was possible to play
} 9. h5 $5 {but as I previously mentioned black shouldn't feel threatened by
white's attempts and just play} Nc6 (9... Nxh5 $2 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11. Rxh5 $1 gxh5
12. Nc7 e5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxa8 Bg7 15. dxc5 Nd7 16. b4 $16) 10. hxg6 hxg6
11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Nd4 e5 13. Nb3 Qd6 14. Bg5 Rd8 $132) 9... Be6 10. dxc5 Qxc5
11. Bd4 Qc7 12. h5 Nc6 ({There is no need to give white any chances by taking
on h5} 12... Nxh5 $6 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 (13... Kxg7 14. Qd4+ Nf6 15. Qh4 h5 16. Nd4
$36) 14. Ng5 Nc6 15. Nxh7 Rfd8 $132) 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Nb5 Qd8 15. Bc3 (15. c3
Nxd4 16. Nbxd4 Bc8 $15) 15... Bg4 16. Bxf6 $6 {Admitting that his opening plan
didn't work out.} (16. Nbd4 Ne4 17. Nxc6 Nxc3 18. Nxd8 Nxd1 19. Nxf7 Nxe3 20.
fxe3 Rxf7 21. Ng5 Rf5 22. Bxg4 Rxg5 23. Be6+ Kf8 $11) 16... Bxf6 17. c3 e5 18.
Nh2 Bf5 $1 19. Bd3 (19. Rc1) 19... Bxd3 20. Qxd3 a6 21. Na3 e4 $15 22. Qe2 Ne5
23. Rd1 Nd3+ 24. Rxd3 {It's impossible to tolerate the knight on d3.} (24. Kf1
Qb6 25. Rd2 Kg7 $17) 24... exd3 25. Qxd3 Qd7 26. O-O Kg7 27. Rd1 Qe6 28. Nc2 (
28. Qxd5 Rad8 29. Qf3 Qxa2 30. Ng4 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Qxa3 33. Qd4+
f6 $19) 28... Rh8 29. Nf1 Rad8 30. Nb4 Rh5 31. Qe2 Be5 32. Nd3 Rdh8 33. f4 Rh1+
34. Kf2 Bd6 (34... Bf6) 35. Qf3 Rd8 36. Ke2 Rhh8 (36... Qe4 $6 37. Qxe4 dxe4
38. Nf2 $15) 37. Nd2 b6 38. Nb3 Qe4 $6 {Without the queens it's very difficult
to break through since white has no weaknesses in his camp, so black shouldn't
hurry with this trade.} 39. Nf2 Qxf3+ 40. Kxf3 Be7 41. Nd3 a5 42. a4 $6 {
[%csl Ra4]} (42. a3 $1 $15) 42... Bf6 43. Nf2 Rhe8 44. Nc1 (44. Rd3 Re6 45. g3
Rc6 46. Nd2 $15) 44... Re6 45. Ne2 (45. Nb3 $5) 45... Rc6 46. Ng4 Rc4 47. b3
Rcc8 {[%csl Rc3]} (47... Rc5 48. Nxf6 Kxf6 49. Rd3 Rh8 50. Rd1 $15) 48. Rd3 Rc5
49. Ne5 $2 (49. Nxf6 $15) 49... Bxe5 50. fxe5 Rdc8 51. b4 Rc4 52. Rxd5 axb4 53.
cxb4 Rxb4 54. Rd7 Re8 $17 55. Rd4 Rxd4 56. exd4 f6 57. exf6+ Kxf6 58. Nf4 Kf7
59. Nd3 $6 (59. Nd5 Rb8 (59... Ra8 $6 60. Nxb6 Ra6 61. Nd7 Rxa4 62. Ne5+ Kf6
63. Ke4 $15) 60. Ke4 Ke6 61. Nf4+ Kd6 62. Nxg6 Ra8 $17) 59... Ra8 60. Nb2 Rc8
61. Nd3 Ke6 62. Ke4 g5 63. Ne5 Rc1 64. d5+ Kd6 65. Nf7+ Kc5 66. d6 Kc6 $1 67.
Kf5 Kd7 $1 $19 68. Nxg5 (68. Kxg5 Ke6 69. d7 Kxd7 70. g4 Ra1 71. Kf6 Rxa4 72.
g5 Rf4+ 73. Kg6 b5 $19) 68... Kxd6 69. Ne4+ Ke7 70. Ke5 Rc4 71. Nf6 Rc5+ 72.
Nd5+ Kd7 73. Kd4 Kc6 74. Nb4+ Kd6 75. g4 Ra5 76. Kc4 Rg5 77. Nd3 Rxg4+ 78. Kb5
Kc7 79. Nb4 Rg5+ 80. Kc4 Rc5+ 81. Kb3 Kb7 82. Nd3 Rh5 83. Kb4 Kc6 84. Kb3 Rh4
85. Nb4+ Kc5 86. Na6+ Kd5 87. Nb4+ Kd4 88. a5 bxa5 89. Nc6+ Kc5 90. Nxa5 Kb5 (
90... Kb5 91. Nb7 Rd4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gd4d7]}) 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 11th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.05.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 (5. Qd2 Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Ne5
O-O $13) 5... Bg4 6. Be2 c6 7. Ne5 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Nh5 9. h4 (9. Bg5 Nd7 (9... f6
10. g4 fxe5 11. gxh5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 exd4 14. exd4 Bxd4 15. Qd3 Bf6 16.
O-O-O $44 {Murshed,N-Hakki,I/Doha 1992}) 10. g4 (10. f4 f6 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12.
Bh4 f5 13. O-O O-O 14. Kh1 Rac8 15. Na4 b6 16. c4 c5 $15 {Abdulla,A-Krakops,M/
Elista 1998}) 10... Bxe5 11. gxh5 Bf6 12. h4 Qb6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. f4 Rde8
15. hxg6 hxg6 $11 {Murshed,N-Thipsay,P/Calcutta 1986}) (9. O-O-O e6 10. h4 Nxf4
11. exf4 Nd7 12. h5 Qf6 13. g3 O-O-O 14. Rd3 Nb6 15. Nd1 Kb8 16. Ne3 Qe7 $13 {
Hort,V-Sokolov,I/Biel 1988}) 9... Nd7 $6 {Very dubious decision. White bishop
is pretty strong so trading it seems to be a good deal for black.} (9... Nxf4
10. exf4 h5 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Kb1 e6 13. g3 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Qa5 15. Rhe1 b5 16.
Qe3 Qb6 17. Ne2 a5 $13 {Miguel Aparicio,F-Kasparov,G/Lima 1993}) 10. Bh2 $1 {
White says "thank you" and keeps the bishop alive!} Nhf6 11. O-O-O Ne4 (11...
h5 12. Kb1 (12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qd3 Qd5 $13) 12... Qb6
13. e4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe5 16. dxe5 dxe4 17. Qxe4 $14) 12. Nxe4
dxe4 13. h5 Qa5 ({Very dangerous for black is} 13... Nf6 14. d5 $5 cxd5 15.
Qb5+ Kf8 16. Bg3 Nxh5 17. Rxd5 Qc8 18. Bh4 $36 {and white's initiative is very
annoying.}) 14. Qc4 $6 {With this move white gives up his opening advantage.
Better was} (14. Nxd7 $5 Kxd7 15. h6 (15. Kb1 $5) 15... Bf6 (15... Bxh6 16. Be5
f6 17. Qg4+ $16) 16. Kb1 (16. Qg4+ $6 Qf5 17. Qg3 Rhc8 18. Kb1 Ke8 $13) 16...
Rhd8 17. f3 Qf5 18. fxe4 Qxe4 19. Rhf1 $14 {[%cal Gf1f4,Ge3e4] with idea to
push e4}) 14... Qd5 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 a5 $11 {Once queens have been traded
black is out of danger.} 17. Bg3 a4 18. bxa4 Rxa4 19. c3 (19. b3 Ra1+ 20. Kd2
Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 (21. Rxd1 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Kd7 24. Ke2+ Ke6 25. Rd4
Kxe5 26. Rd7 Ke6 27. Rxb7 gxh5 $13) 21... Nxe5 22. Bxe5 O-O 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11)
19... Bxe5 (19... Ra1+ $5) 20. dxe5 (20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Ra5 22. e6 O-O $11)
20... Nc5 21. Kc2 O-O 22. Bh4 $1 $14 ({Nothing promised} 22. Rd4 b5 23. Bh4 Re8
24. hxg6 (24. Bxe7 $6 Rxd4 25. cxd4 Rxe7 26. hxg6 (26. dxc5 Rxe5 27. b4 Rf5 $17
) 26... Nd7 27. gxh7+ Kh8 $15) 24... hxg6 25. f3 Nd3 $13 {and black is doing
fine.}) 22... Nd3 23. Ra1 Rfa8 24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25. Bxe7 Nxf2 (25... Ra2 $2 26.
Ba3 $18) 26. Rh4 Nd3 (26... f5 27. exf6 g5 28. f7+ Kxf7 29. Bxg5 Nd3 30. Kb1
Ra5 31. Bd8 $14) 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. e6 h5 29. Kb3 b5 30. g4 c5 $1 (30... hxg4
31. Rxg4 Kg7 32. Bd6 c5 33. e7 c4+ 34. Kc2 Ra8 35. Rxe4 Kf7 36. b3 Rc8 37. bxc4
bxc4 38. Bc7 $1 $16) 31. gxh5 c4+ 32. Kc2 Ra1 $1 {[%cal Gd3e1,Ge1f3]} 33. Rg4
$6 (33. hxg6 $2 Ne1+ 34. Kd2 Nf3+ 35. Kc2 Nxh4 36. Bxh4 Kg7 $19) (33. Rxe4 $1
gxh5 (33... Rc1+ 34. Kd2 Rg1 35. Bh4 Rg2+ 36. Kd1 Kf8 37. h6 $18) 34. Bd6 Ra8
35. e7 Kf7 36. b3 Rc8 37. bxc4 bxc4 38. Bc7 $1 $16) 33... Rc1+ 34. Kd2 Rd1+ $1
35. Kxd1 (35. Ke2 Re1+ $11) 35... Nf2+ 36. Ke2 Nxg4 37. hxg6 Kg7 $11 38. Bc5
Kxg6 39. Kf1 Kf5 40. e7 Nf6 41. Kg2 Kg4 42. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "HUN-ch 55th"]
[Site "Kazincbarcika"]
[Date "2005.05.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cao, Sang"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 f6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 {It's interesting to
mention that this awkward line was played on quite a few occasions. It's
obvious that Black shouldn't have any problems.} (5... g5 $5 6. Bg3 h5 7. h3
Nh6 8. c3 Qb6 9. Qc1 Nf5 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bc2 Nxg3 12. fxg3 Qc7 13. Kf2 e6 $15 {
Kornev,A-Sveshnikov,E/Samara 2000}) (5... Bf5 6. Bd3 Qd7 7. Nc3 g5 8. Bg3 Bxd3
9. Qxd3 c4 10. Qe2 e6 11. e4 O-O-O 12. h3 Bb4 $13 {Sucher,J-Schmittdiel,E/
Austria 2001}) (5... Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nb5 Qa5+ 8. c3 Kf7 9. Bc7 b6 10. dxc5
Bxc5 11. a3 {1-0 Nguyen,N-Banusz,T/Budapest 2004}) (5... Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O
Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Nbd2 Nge7 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Nb3 Qd6 12. Nfd4 Bxe2 13. Qxe2
a6 $11 {Hoang,T-Hocevar,N/Budapest 2004}) 6. exd4 Bg4 7. Be2 Qb6 (7... e6 8. c3
Bd6 9. Bg3 Nge7 10. Nh4 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Kf7 12. O-O g5 13. Nf3 Ng6 14. Nbd2 h5
$15 {Akobian,V-Popov,V/Novgorod 1999}) 8. Nbd2 O-O-O {Taking either of the
pawns would be too dangerous for black.} (8... Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Bb5+ Bd7
11. Bxd7+ Kxd7 12. Be3 Qxb2 13. c4 $36 {[%csl Rd7]}) 9. O-O e6 10. c4 $5 Bxf3
$6 {This move can't be correct. It was better to play} (10... Nge7 11. cxd5
exd5 12. Nb3 g5 13. Be3 Kb8 14. Rc1 h5 $13 {with complicated struggle.}) 11.
Nxf3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 $2 {White should've taken care of the pawn on d4 before he
takes on c4:} (12. Qc2 $1 Bd6 (12... Nxd4 13. Qxc4+ Qc6 14. Nxd4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4
Rxd4 16. Bxe6+ Kd8 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1+ Ke8 19. Rd7 $18) 13. Be3 $1 $16)
12... e5 13. Bg3 (13. Be3 exd4 14. Bd2 Bb4 15. Rc1 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Kb8 $15) 13...
Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Rxd4 15. Qc2 Ne7 16. Kh1 {[%cal Gf2f4]} (16. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1
Nc6 18. Bd5 Be7 19. Qf5+ Kb8 20. Qe6 Bc5 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Qxc6 bxc6 23. Rd7
$15) 16... Nc6 17. f4 {White's compensation is sufficient for no more than
equality.} exf4 $6 (17... Qc7) 18. Bxf4 Bd6 $8 19. Be3 Kb8 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21.
Qd3 Be5 22. Rad1 (22. b3 $5) 22... Qxb2 23. Rd2 (23. Qe4 {[%csl Rb7][%cal
Gd1b1,Gb1b7]} Nb5 24. Bxb5 (24. Rb1 Qd4 $1 $132) 24... Qxb5 25. Qg4 g6 26. Rb1
Qc6 27. Rfc1 $14) 23... Qb6 24. Rb1 (24. Qe4 $5) 24... Qc6 25. Ba6 b6 26. Rdd1
Ne6 {[%cal Ge6c5]} 27. Rbc1 (27. Bb5 Qc7 28. a4 $16) 27... Nc5 28. Rxc5 $2 Qxc5
29. Qe4 Qc7 30. Be2 $44 a5 (30... Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Bf3 Qd7 33. Qa8+ Kc7
34. Qxa7+ Kd8 35. Qxb6+ $11) 31. Bf3 Ka7 32. g3 g6 33. Qd5 Rb8 (33... h5) 34.
a4 Re8 35. Kg2 h5 36. Rc1 Qe7 37. Rd1 Rc8 38. Qb5 Qe6 39. Rd7+ $11 Rc7 40.
Rxc7+ Bxc7 41. Qc6 Qxc6 42. Bxc6 g5 43. h3 Be5 44. g4 h4 45. Bb5 Kb7 46. Be8
Kc7 47. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 13th"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2005.04.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Hermansson, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. f4 $5 {
Intending to play a "stone-wall" formation without worries about the
dark-squared bishop.} c5 8. Ngf3 cxd4 (8... Qc7 9. O-O e6 10. Ne5 b6 11. g4 Bb7
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. g5 Bg7 15. Nf3 f5 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. Qe2 Rf7 $13
{Bohm,H-Timmerman,G/Dieren 1984}) (8... Qb6 9. Qc2 (9. Rb1 Ng4 10. Qe2 (10. f5
e5 (10... Re8) 11. h3 Nxe3 12. Bxe3 e4 13. O-O exd3 14. dxc5 Qa6 15. a3 Nf6 16.
fxg6 hxg6 17. Bd4 $14 {Piankov,E-Perez Fungueiro,M/Pontevedra 2002}) 10... f6
11. Bh4 e5 12. fxe5 fxe5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. e4 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf5
$15 {0-1 Kiss,I-Korpics,Z/Hungary 1993 (54)}) (9. Qb1 Qe6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. fxe5
Ne8 12. O-O f6 13. exf6 exf6 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bg3 f5 16. Nf3 h6 17. Be5 Nf6 $13 {
Mohr,G-Kozul,Z/Graz 1994}) 9... c4 10. Be2 Ng4 11. Nf1 Qe6 12. Qc1 b5 13. h3
Ngf6 14. Ng3 Ne8 15. O-O f6 16. Bh4 Qb6 $132 {Berg,K-Kozul,Z/Novi Sad 1990}) (
8... b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Qf3 Ne8 11. Qh3 Ndf6 12. Qh4 Nd6 13. O-O-O Qc8 14. Bh6
Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Nf5 16. Qh3 $14 {Ljubisavljevic,Z-Vlahovic,S/Pula 1991}) (8... c4
9. Bc2 b5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bh4 {1/2-1/2 Medina,
M-Mieles Palau,D/Guayaquil 2003}) 9. exd4 h6 10. Bxf6 $5 {I'm not so sure
about the bishop's prospects on h4, but may be White should've kept it on the
board.} (10. Bh4) 10... Nxf6 11. Ne5 Bf5 $6 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. O-O (13. Qe2 {
deserved attention aiming to push g4 as fast as possible.} Rb8 14. Rg1 e6 15.
g4 fxg4 16. Nxg4 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Qf6 18. Nf3 b5 19. Ne5 Rb7 $132) 13... Qd6 14.
a4 $6 a6 15. a5 Rfb8 16. h3 (16. Qf3 b6 17. axb6 Qxb6 18. b4 Qc7 (18... a5 $2
19. Rxa5 Rxa5 20. bxa5 Qxa5 21. Nc6 $18) 19. Ra3 $13 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gf1a1]})
16... b6 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. b4 Qc7 19. Rf3 e6 20. Kh1 Rbb8 {[%cal Ga6a5]} 21.
Qe2 (21. g4 a5) 21... a5 $1 $132 {White can't afford to take on a5 so black
gets a dangerous passed pawn on the a-file.} 22. b5 (22. Rxa5 Rxa5 23. bxa5
Qxa5 $15) 22... a4 23. g4 a3 24. gxf5 (24. g5 hxg5 25. fxg5 Ne4 $17) 24... exf5
25. Rg3 Kh7 26. Qd3 $6 {White is playing with a fire. It was just about a time
to initiate multiple exchanges with} (26. c4 dxc4 27. Qxc4 Qxc4 28. Ndxc4 Rxb5
29. Rgxa3 Rxa3 30. Rxa3 Nh5 $11) 26... Ne4 27. Nxe4 fxe4 28. Qe2 f6 29. Nc6 Rb7
30. Qg4 $6 (30. c4 Qxf4 31. Kg2 dxc4 32. Rf1 Qxf1+ (32... Qd6 33. Qxe4+ Kh8 34.
Na5 Rba7 35. Nxc4 Qd7 36. b6 $13) 33. Qxf1 a2 34. Ra3 Rxa3 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36.
Qe6+ Rf7 37. Ne7+ Kf8 38. Ng6+ $11) 30... Qd7 $15 (30... Rxb5 31. Rxa3 $1 Rxa3
32. Qg6+ Kh8 33. Qe8+ Kh7 $11) 31. Qg6+ $2 (31. Qh5 $5 Rxb5 32. Nb4 Rba5 33.
Rag1 Rg8 34. c4 a2 35. Nxd5 Ra6 36. Qg6+ Kh8 $13) 31... Kh8 32. c4 a2 33. Kh2
dxc4 34. Qxe4 Rxb5 $19 35. Rg2 (35. Ne5 Qb7 36. Qxb7 Rxb7 37. Nxc4 Rb1 38. Rg1
Rc8 39. Ne3 Rc3 40. Nf5 Rc2+ 41. Kg3 Rcb2 $19) 35... Re8 36. Qg6 Rb3 37. f5
Qc7+ 38. Ne5 Rxe5 39. Qxg7+ Qxg7 40. Rxg7 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Winants, Luc"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Liege"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Bd6 6. Bxd6 (6. Bg3 Nf6 (6... f5
7. Ngf3 Nf6 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. exd4 Rb8 12. Qc2 Ne4 13.
Bxd6 Qxd6 $11 {Lasker,E-Marshall,F/USA 1923}) 7. f4 cxd4 8. exd4 Qc7 9. Qf3 Bd7
10. Bd3 Na5 11. Nh3 Nc4 $132 {Janowski,D-Marshall,F/New York 1916}) 6... Qxd6 {
It's hard to believe that in less than 10 moves the board will be set on fire,
but chess is very unpredictable game!} 7. Qg4 $5 (7. f4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nge7 9.
Bd3 Bd7 10. a3 f6 $13 {Schlosser,A-Schimpf,M/Germany 1995}) 7... g6 8. Qg3 Qe7
9. Bb5 (9. Ngf3 Nf6 10. Bb5 $14) 9... Nh6 10. Ngf3 Nf5 11. Qf4 (11. Qh3 O-O)
11... f6 12. h4 (12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Bxc6+ Qxc6 14. Nd4 e5 15. Nxc6 exf4 16. Nb4
fxe3 17. Nb3 $11) 12... O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. g4 {First step in the wrong
direction} (14. e4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 e5 18. dxe5 Bf5
19. Qe3 Rfe8 $13) 14... Ng7 15. g5 cxd4 16. exd4 $2 {[%csl Re1] White is just
too careless. Opening up an e-file as long as whie king is still in the center
is at least unsound.} (16. cxd4) 16... e5 $1 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Qxe5 Qf7 $36 {
[%csl Re1,Rf3]} 19. Qh2 Bg4 (19... Re8+ 20. Ne5 Qf5 21. f4 Nh5 22. O-O-O Nxf4
23. Rhf1 Qxe5 24. Qxf4 Qxf4 25. Rxf4 Re2 26. Nf3 $11) 20. Ne5 Rae8 21. O-O Rxe5
22. Qxe5 Bh3 23. Qh2 $2 {[%csl Rh2]} (23. Nb3 $1 Nh5 24. f3 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Nf4
26. Nc5 Re8 27. Qd6 Re2 28. Nd7 $132) 23... Bxf1 24. Nxf1 Nh5 25. Ne3 Qe6 26.
Ng2 (26. Re1 Nf4 27. Kf1 Qe4 $17 {[%csl Rf1]}) 26... Qg4 $1 $17 {[%csl Rg2,Rh2]
} 27. Re1 Nf4 28. Re3 Qd1+ 29. Re1 Qg4 30. Re3 Qd1+ 31. Re1 Qd2 32. Rf1 Ne2+
33. Kh1 Qd3 34. Re1 (34. Ne3 Qe4+ 35. Ng2 Qf3 $17 {[%cal Ge2g3]}) 34... Rxf2
35. Qe5 (35. Qb8+ Rf8 36. Qc7 Qh3+ 37. Qh2 Qf3 $19) 35... Qh3+ 36. Qh2 Qg4 37.
Qb8+ Rf8 38. Qe5 Qh3+ 39. Qh2 Ng3+ 40. Kg1 Qg4 $19 41. Ne3 Ne2+ 42. Kh1 Qe4+
43. Ng2 Qf3 44. Qe5 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Nancy"]
[Site "Nancy"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Nezar, Mustapha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bh4 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bg4 $5 {Forcing white either to
develop the knight to d2 or to allow B:f3 doubling the pawns} (5... Bf5 6. e3
e6 (6... Nd7 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Ngf6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Bg3 Bd6 12. Bxd6
Qxd6 13. Nxc4 $14 {Maki Uuro,M-Simola,T/Salo 1998}) 7. c4 Be7 8. Bg3 Nf6 9. Nc3
dxc4 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nxc4 Qd8 12. Be2 Na6 13. O-O $14 {Miladinovic,I-Rocha,S/
Nancy 2005}) (5... c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. exd4 e6 10. Bd3 Bd6
11. Bg3 Bxg3 12. hxg3 Nge7 $11 {Klemanic,E-Koutsin,S/Slovakia 1998}) 6. Nbd2 e6
7. e3 Be7 8. Bg3 (8. Bxe7 Nxe7 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 Rac8 12. b4 a5 13.
c5 Qa7 14. a3 b6 $11 {Hurtado Oldridge,F-Galvan Huaraca,J/Valencia 2004}) 8...
Nf6 9. c4 Bxf3 $5 (9... Nbd7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. cxd5 exd5 $11) 10. c5 {
White is trying to prevent ...c5, which would lead to euality.} (10. gxf3 c5 $1
11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bg2 Nc6 14. O-O Rc8 $11) 10... Qd8 11. gxf3
Nbd7 12. f4 (12. b4 $5) 12... a5 $1 13. Bd3 Nh5 (13... b6 $1 14. cxb6 Qxb6 15.
f5 exf5 16. Bxf5 c5 $132) 14. Qd1 Nxg3 15. hxg3 b6 16. cxb6 Qxb6 17. Rc1 c5 18.
Qa4 c4 $1 (18... cxd4 19. Bb5 {[%csl Rd7]} Qd6 20. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Gf3e5]} Qb4+ (
20... dxe3 $2 21. Ne5 exf2+ 22. Kxf2) (20... Bf6 $6 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Qb4+
23. Qxb4 axb4 24. Rc7 $18) 21. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 22. Ke2 Bd6 23. Nxd4 $14) 19. Bc2 Rc8
$6 (19... Qxb2 $1 20. Rb1 Qa3 21. Rb7 (21. Qc6 Rd8 22. f5 (22. Rb7 Qc1+ 23. Bd1
Bb4 $19) 22... Qd6 $17) 21... Qxa4 22. Bxa4 O-O-O $1 23. Ra7 Bb4 $15) 20. f5
Bb4 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Bg6+ Ke7 23. Qd1 Bxd2+ $6 ({Missing a chance to increase
an advantage after} 23... e5 $1 {[%csl Rd2,Rd4,Rg6]} 24. Bf5 (24. Qh5 Bxd2+ 25.
Kxd2 Rhf8 26. Qh4+ Kd6 $17) 24... exd4 25. Qg4 g6 $1 26. Bxd7 dxe3 $17) 24.
Qxd2 Qb4 (24... e5 25. Bf5 exd4 26. exd4 Rce8 27. O-O $14) 25. Rc3 Rb8 26. O-O
$5 (26. b3 cxb3 27. axb3 Rhc8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Qxb4+ axb4 30. Kd2 $11) 26...
Qxb2 27. Rc2 Qb4 28. Qe2 Rhf8 $6 (28... Nf6 $6 29. e4 dxe4 30. Rxc4 $36) (28...
Rhc8 $5 $15 {[%csl Gc4]}) 29. e4 dxe4 30. Rxc4 Qd6 31. Rfc1 $14 Rb4 (31... e3
32. Qxe3 Rb2 33. R1c2 Rxc2 34. Bxc2 Rb8 35. a3 $1 $14 {[%csl Gb4]}) 32. Bxe4
Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Nf6 34. Bg2 Re8 (34... Rd8) 35. Qe5 Qb6 $4 (35... Qxe5 36. dxe5
Nd7 37. Rc7 Kd8 38. Ra7 Nxe5 39. Rxa5 $14) 36. Rc7+ $18 Kf8 37. Rb7 {[%csl Rc7,
Rd6]} Qd8 (37... Qa6 38. Qc7) 38. Bc6 Qc8 39. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Bagheri, Amir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Nd2 O-O 7. Qf3 Na6 (
7... Re8 8. Ne2 Nd7 (8... Na6 9. c3 Nc7 10. h4 Qd7 11. g3 Qg4 12. Qg2 Qh5 13.
Nf4 $14 {Agdestein,S-Dannevig,O/Asker 2000}) 9. O-O-O (9. h4 Nf8 10. g4 Be6 11.
O-O-O c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Rc8 14. Nf4 $16 {Piket,J-Stull,N/Lyon 1990}) (9.
O-O Nf8 10. c4 Bb8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rfc1 b6 13. Rc2 Bb7 14. Rac1 $16 {Ionescu,
D-Baratosi,D/Tusnad 2000}) 9... b5 10. g4 Nb6 11. h4 Nc4 12. Kb1 (12. g5 g6 13.
h5 f5 14. hxg6 {1/2-1/2 Meduna,E-Lukacs,P/Trnava 1986/EXT 97 (14)}) 12... Bb4
13. c3 Bf8 14. g5 g6 $132 {Psakhis,L-Podgaets,M/Kharkov 1985}) (7... Nd7 8. Ne2
Nb6 (8... b5 9. e4 Nb6 10. O-O Nc4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Qe3 Qb6 13. f4 f5 $15 {
Berkes,F-Meszaros,T/Paks 1998}) 9. g4 Na4 10. Rb1 c5 11. b3 Nb6 12. c3 $14 {
Piket,J-Ivanchuk,V/Roquebrune 1992}) (7... a5 8. Ne2 a4 9. O-O (9. g4 Be6 10.
h4 Qc8 11. Rg1 Na6 12. c3 c5 13. g5 f5 14. Kf1 c4 15. Bc2 $16 {Berkes,
F-Jamrich,G/Visegrad 1998}) 9... Re8 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Bc7 12. e4 $14 {
Hodgson,J-Langeweg,K/Candas 1992}) (7... Be6 8. Ne2 Re8 9. g4 Nd7 10. h4 c5 11.
c3 cxd4 12. exd4 a6 13. Nf1 Qb6 14. O-O-O Qa5 $13 {Meduna,E-Brustman,A/
Cappelle la Grande 1995}) 8. c3 (8. a3 Nc7 9. Ne2 Ne6 10. c4 Ng5 11. Qh5 g6 12.
Qh4 Re8 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc3 Be7 15. f4 f5 $13 {Hodgson,J-Taimanov,M/Yerevan
1986}) 8... Nc7 9. Ne2 g6 (9... Ne6 10. h4 Re8 11. O-O-O a5 12. g4 Nf8 13. Ng3
Bxg3 14. Qxg3 a4 15. a3 b6 16. Bc2 $14 {Delchev,A-Spasov,V/BUL 1995}) 10. g4 $1
{Not letting black to get some space by playing ...f5.} c5 $6 (10... b5 11. h4
b4 12. h5 bxc3 13. Nxc3 Rb8 14. Nb3 $14) 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. h4 $16 {White's
plan is to deliver a mate over the h-file to black king. It's interesting that
inspite of being fully aware of white's plans black didn't succed to prevent
worst scenario!} b5 13. h5 Ne6 14. Nf4 $1 Nxf4 15. Qxf4 b4 $2 {This move is
the decisive mistake. After only reasonable move that lack could've tried
instead the position would remain pretty complicated.} (15... g5 $8 16. Qf3 b4
$1 17. c4 dxc4 $1 18. Bxc4 (18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxa8 Bxg4 20. Qe4+ (20. Qg2 c3
21. bxc3 bxc3 22. Nb3 f5 23. Nxc5 Qd2+ 24. Kf1 c2 $13) 20... f5 21. Qxc4 Qe7
22. Qb3 f4 23. e4 Rd8 $132) 18... Qb6 $1 19. Bd5 Rb8 20. O-O-O Be7 $14) 16. Qh6
$18 {[%csl Rg6] Now it's over.} Qc7 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Bxg6 (18. Bxg6 hxg6 19.
Qh8+ Kf7 20. Qh7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lawson, Eric"]
[Black "Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. g3 c6 6. Nd2 O-O 7. Bg2 Nd7 8.
Ne2 f5 9. O-O (9. a3 Nf6 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Bc7 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. O-O Be6 14.
Nd2 Rad8 15. Qc2 Bb8 16. b4 h5 $13 {Vroomhout,E-Willemze,T/Haarlem 2004}) 9...
Nf6 10. c4 dxc4 (10... Be6 11. cxd5 (11. c5 Be7 12. b4 a5 13. a3 b5 14. a4 Qb8
15. axb5 Qxb5 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. Rb1 Qa6 18. Nf3 Ra2 19. Nf4 $14 {Gaerths,
R-Zacharias,C/Germany 2003}) 11... Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Nc3 Nf6
15. Rfd1 Qd7 16. Qa4 a6 17. d5 cxd5 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Nb3 Nf6 $11 {Vallejo
Pons,F-Gelfand,B/Monaco 2004}) 11. Nxc4 Bc7 12. Nc3 (12. Qc2 Be6 13. Rac1 g6
14. Nd2 Bd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Nc3 h5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. Nxb3 $14 {
Rusev,K-Mladenov,I/Razgrad 2002}) 12... Be6 13. Qd3 Qe7 14. a3 a5 15. Rfd1 $6 {
White's only reasonable plan in the position is to push b4, for good and for
bad. So he should've tried to do so:} (15. Rab1 Rfd8 (15... a4 16. Nd2 Rfd8 17.
Qc2 Ba5 18. Rfd1 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Bd5 $11) 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 b5 18. Nd2 Ra6 19.
Ra1 Rda8 20. Rxa6 Rxa6 21. Rb1 Bd6 22. d5 $13) 15... Rfd8 16. Qf1 $6 h5 $1 17.
Rab1 a4 18. Rdc1 h4 $17 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gg7g6,Gg8g7,Gf6g4,Ge7g5,Gg5h5,Gd8h8]
Black has a clear plan of attack on the kingside, while White is deprived of
any counterplay.} 19. Nd2 hxg3 20. hxg3 Ng4 21. b4 $6 (21. Nf3 Qf6 $15) 21...
axb3 22. Nxb3 Qg5 $6 ({Missing an opportunity to win some material.} 22... Nxe3
$1 23. fxe3 Bxb3 24. Nb5 $8 (24. Rxb3 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 Qxg3 26. Kg1 Qe3+ 27. Kh1
Rxd4 $19 {[%cal Gd4h4]}) 24... Qxe3+ 25. Qf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 cxb5 27. Rxb3 Bb6
$17) 23. Qe2 Re8 $6 ({It was much better to play} 23... Rxa3 $1 24. Nc5 Bxg3
25. fxg3 (25. Nxe6 Bh2+ 26. Kf1 fxe6 27. Rxb7 Rxd4 $19) 25... Bc4 $1 26. Qd2 (
26. Qxc4 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 Qxg3 28. Kg1 Qh2+ 29. Kf1 Ne3+ $17) 26... Qh6 27. Bf3
Rxd4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rg1] with decisive attack.}) 24. Nc5 Bc8 25. Nxb7 Bxg3 $1 {
Better later than never!} 26. fxg3 Rxe3 27. Qd2 Bxb7 $6 (27... Qh5 28. Nc5 Qh2+
29. Kf1 Rxg3 $19) 28. Rxb7 (28. Nd1 $1 Raxa3 29. Nxe3 Ra2 30. Qc3 Nxe3 31. Rb2
Rxb2 32. Qxb2 Qxg3 $17) 28... Rae8 $19 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gg5h5,Gh5h2]} 29. d5
Qh5 30. Rb4 Qh2+ 31. Kf1 Rf3+ 32. Bxf3 Qxd2 33. Ne2 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo"]
[Black "Perdomo, Leandro Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 64]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 (6...
b6 $5) 7. Ne5 Nc6 ({White keeps little advantage after} 7... cxd4 8. exd4 e6 9.
O-O Nfd7 10. Re1 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bh6 (11... Bxe5 12. dxe5 $14) 12. Nb5 Nc6 13.
Bd6 Re8 14. Bg3 $14 {1-0 Balashov,Y-Gufeld,E/SSSR-ch 1969 (65)}) 8. O-O Ne4 $6
{There is no reason to spoil the pawn structure.} (8... cxd4 9. exd4 Qb6 (9...
Bf5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe4 $11 {Tomczak,R-Nunn,
J/Germany 1999/GER-chT2}) (9... Nd7 10. Nf3 Nb6 11. h3 f6 12. a4 a5 13. Bb5 Bf5
14. Re1 Nb4 15. Rc1 Rc8 $13 {Hebden,M-Akesson,R/Port Erin 2000}) 10. Nxc6 bxc6
(10... Qxc6 $5 11. Bf3 Ne4 (11... Bf5 $5 12. Re1 Rfe8 $11) 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13.
Re1 f5 14. d5 Qb6 15. d6 exd6 16. Bxd6 Re8 $15 {Sznapik,K-Apicella,M/Avoine op
1996}) 11. Na4 Qa5 12. c3 Nd7 13. b4 Qd8 14. Qd2 e5 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 $14 {
Hebden,M-Nunn,J/Hastings 1996}) (8... Bf5 9. g4 (9. Re1 Qa5 10. Qd2 Rfd8 11. a3
c4 12. b4 Qb6 13. f3 Ne8 $132 {Chatalbashev,B-Efimenko,Z/Ohrid 2001}) 9... cxd4
10. exd4 Be6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Qc8 13. f3 Nd7 14. b4 a5 $15 {Fenoglio,
V-Rossetto,H/Mar del Plata 1943}) (8... Nd7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. dxc5 e5 11. Bg3
Be6 12. Na4 Qa5 13. c3 b5 14. cxb6 axb6 15. b3 Rfc8 $44 {Cobb,C-Buckley,S/
Monmouth 2000}) 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. c3 Qb6 12. Qc2 $14 {[%csl Re4]}
cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. b3 $6 {Too slow. It was correct to play} (14. Qxe4 Qxb2
15. Bf3 Rac8 (15... Bd5 16. Qxe7 Bxf3 17. gxf3 $16) 16. a4 Rfe8 17. Rfb1 Qd2
$14) 14... Bd5 15. Rfc1 h6 16. h4 $5 (16. Rab1 g5 17. Bg3 f5 18. Be5 Bxe5 19.
dxe5 f4 20. Qc3 $13) 16... Rfc8 17. Bc4 $6 {Giving up all his advantage. Even
though it must be mentioned that it's not clear ho white can make progress in
th following position.} Qb7 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Qb2 Bf8 $1 $11 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21.
Rc1 Rc6 22. Rxc6 Qxc6 23. b4 a6 24. Qb3 e6 25. a3 (25. a4 $6 Qc4 $1 26. Qxc4
dxc4 $17 27. b5 axb5 28. axb5 c3 29. b6 c2 30. b7 c1=Q+ 31. Kh2 Qb2 32. b8=Q
Qxf2 33. Bd6 $11) 25... Kg7 26. Kf1 $2 Qb5+ $6 ({Black queen would be
perfectly placed on c1:} 26... Qc1+ $1 27. Ke2 {[%csl Re2]} Be7 28. a4 Bd8 $1
29. b5 $140 $6 Ba5 $17) 27. Kg1 Qc6 28. Be5+ f6 29. Bg3 h5 30. Kh2 Be7 31. Bf4
(31. a4 Qc4 32. Qxc4 dxc4 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 Bd8 35. Bd6 c3 36. Ba3 Kf7 37.
Kg1 Be7 38. Bc1 Ke8 $17) 31... Kf7 32. Bg3 Kg7 33. Qd1 Kf7 34. Kg1 Kg7 35. Qd2
Qc4 36. Qb2 Qc6 37. Bf4 Kf7 38. Bb8 Qb7 39. Bg3 Qc6 40. Qb3 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qc6
42. Bf4 Kg7 43. Qb2 Kf7 44. Bg3 Kg7 45. f4 $6 Bd6 46. Be1 Kf7 47. Bc3 g5 $15
48. hxg5 fxg5 49. g3 g4 $6 (49... Kg6 50. Kg2 Qc4 $17) 50. Kg2 Kg6 51. Kf2 Qa4
52. Ke1 Be7 53. Bd2 h4 54. Qc1 Qd7 (54... h3 55. Qc8 Kf7 56. f5 $11) 55. Qd1
Kf5 56. gxh4 Bxh4+ 57. Kf1 Qc6 (57... Qb5+ 58. Qe2 Qa4 59. Bc1 Qb3 60. Kg2) 58.
Be1 Qc4+ 59. Kg1 Qd3 $6 60. Qxd3 exd3 61. Bd2 Ke4 62. Kg2 $11 Bd8 63. Kg3 Kf5
64. a4 Bb6 65. Kf2 Ke4 66. b5 axb5 67. axb5 Bc7 68. Kg3 Kf5 69. Bb4 Ke4 70. Bd2
Kf5 71. Kf2 Ke4 72. Kg3 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 0203 78th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2003.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 e5 $5 {
With this move black shows no fear to play with double pawns on the f-file.} (
7... g6 8. c3 Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Be5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5
Bxe5 14. dxe5 Ng7 $11 {Etchegaray,P-Renaudin,J/Cannes 1990}) 8. Bxf6 ({Black
has no problems after} 8. dxe5 Nxe5 {[%csl Rh4]} 9. Bxf6 (9. Nxe5 Qb4+ 10. Nd2
Qxh4 $15) 9... Nxd3+ 10. cxd3 gxf6 11. Nbd2 Rg8 12. g3 Bh3 13. Qc2 Qa6 $15 {
Cmelik,P-Mezovsky,S/Slovakia 1999}) 8... gxf6 9. Be2 h5 (9... e4 10. Nh4) 10.
c4 e4 11. Nfd2 f5 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. Qc2 h4 {Black has very comfortable position
due to advanatge in the center and bishop's pair.} 14. O-O-O (14. a3 Be6 15. b4
Be7 (15... f4 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Na4 Qd6 18. Nc5 $36) 16. Nb3 Rg8 $132) 14...
Be6 15. Kb1 Be7 16. Na4 Qd8 17. Nc5 Bc8 $5 {White can't break neither on the
kingside nor on the queenside so black can afford to himself to retreat with
the bishop back to c8.} 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Qb3 (19. Bb5+ $6 Kf8) 19... Qb6 20.
Qa4+ Kf8 21. Rc1 Kg7 22. Rc3 a6 $5 {Preparing b6.} 23. f4 Qd6 24. Qb3 (24. Rhc1
$2 b6 {[%csl Ra4]} 25. Nxa6 (25. Ncb3 Bd7) 25... b5 26. Bxb5 Bxa6 $19) 24... b6
25. Na4 Bd7 26. Rhc1 Rhb8 27. a3 Bd8 28. R3c2 Qe6 29. Ka1 Be8 $1 {[%cal Ge6d7]
With idea to play Qd7 forcing the knight to come to c3.} 30. Nc3 $6 (30. Nf1)
30... b5 $15 31. Qa2 a5 32. Nb3 b4 33. Nc5 Qd6 34. Nd1 Nd7 35. a4 Nxc5 36. dxc5
Qf6 37. Bb5 $5 {Looking for complications in the time-trouble.} (37. Qb3 Bc6
38. Nf2 d4 (38... Qe6 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Ge6e8]}) 39. exd4 Qxd4 40. Nd1 Qd7 $15 {
[%csl Ra4]}) 37... Bxb5 38. axb5 Rxb5 39. Qxd5 Rc8 40. Qd7 (40. g4 $5 hxg3 41.
hxg3 a4 42. g4) 40... Rbb8 41. c6 (41. g4 $5) 41... Rc7 42. Qd5 a4 43. Kb1 Qe6
44. Rc5 Be7 45. Qxf5 $6 ({Much better was} 45. Ra5 Qxd5 46. Rxd5 Rbc8 47. Rxf5
Rxc6 48. Rxc6 Rxc6 $15 {with probable draw.}) 45... Bxc5 46. Qg5+ Kf8 47. Qxc5+
Qe7 48. Qd4 Kg8 49. Nf2 Rd8 50. Qc4 (50. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 51. Nxe4 Rd3 52. Nf6+ Kf8
53. e4 Rd6 $17) 50... a3 $6 ({More convincing was} 50... Rd6 $5 51. Qb5 Rd2 52.
Rc5 f6 53. Qb8+ Kg7 54. Rh5 Qd8 $17 {and black is winning.}) 51. Nxe4 axb2 52.
Kxb2 Re8 53. Nf2 Qxe3 54. Nd3 Ra8 (54... Rd8 $1 55. Nxb4 Rb8 56. f5 Ra7 57. Qc3
Qe2+ 58. Rc2 Qa6 $19 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ga6a1]}) 55. f5 Qg5 56. Nxb4 Rb8 $6 {
Missing the last chance to win the game after} (56... Qxg2+ 57. Rc2 Qg1 $19 {
[%cal Gg1a1,Gg1a7]}) 57. Kb3 Kh7 58. Rc3 $13 Rb6 59. Qd4 Rb5 60. Rh3 Rxc6 61.
Rxh4+ Rh6 62. Rxh6+ Qxh6 $11 63. Qd7 Re5 64. Qxf7+ Qg7 65. Qxg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Naumann, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luebeck"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 {Favorite continuation of english grandmaster, however black
showed a clear way to equality in this game making an improvement on move 16!}
h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bf5 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bg3 Nf6 9. c5 (9. e3
O-O 10. Be2 Ne4 (10... Nbd7 11. c5 Qd8 12. O-O Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Nd2 Bh7
15. b4 Re8 16. Qb2 Bf6 17. f4 Bh4 18. Bxh4 Qxh4 19. b5 $14 {Hodgson,
J-Strenzwilk,D/Kona 1998}) 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nd2 Bg6 14. c5 Qd8 15.
b4 a6 16. Nb3 Bf6 17. Na5 Ra7 18. Bd6 Be7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qb2 e5 $11 {
Hodgson,J-Vescovi,G/Mermaid Beach 1998}) 9... Qd8 10. e3 Nbd7 (10... O-O 11.
Be2 (11. h3 b6 12. b4 a5 13. a3 Qc8 14. Be2 Nbd7 15. O-O Qb7 16. Qd2 Rfc8 17.
Rfc1 Bd8 $13 {Hodgson,J-Boensch,U/Germany 2002}) (11. b4 Nbd7 12. Be2 Nh5 13.
Be5 Nhf6 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. g4 Bh7 17. gxh5 Kh8 $44 {Hodgson,
J-Gruenfeld,Y/Philadelphia 2001}) 11... b6 12. b4 a5 13. a3 Qc8 14. Na4 Nbd7
15. Ne5 Qb7 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. b5 Qb7 18. c6 Qa7 19. cxd7 Nxd7 20. Qb2 $11 {
Hodgson,J-Chernin,A/Pardubice 1993}) 11. h3 (11. Be2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. b4
Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bh4 15. f4 Bxg3 16. hxg3 $14 {Hodgson,J-Abdulla,A/Scarborough
1999}) 11... O-O 12. b4 {White's plan is to advance the pawns on the queenside
while black's idea is to push e5.} Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Nd2 Bg6 15. Qc3 Bf6 $5
$146 {[%cal Ge6e5] Preparing an advance of the e-pawn.} (15... Bh4 16. Bd6 Re8
17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 e5 19. O-O a6 (19... Bf6 20. a4 a6 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5
Rxa1 23. Rxa1 exd4 24. exd4 cxb5 25. Nf3 $14 {Hodgson,J-Thorhallsson,T/
Istanbul 2000}) 20. a4 e4 21. Qe2 Re6 22. b5 Rg6 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Rab1 Nf8 25.
f3 exf3 26. Nxf3 $14 {Hodgson,J-Turner,M/Kilkenny 1999}) 16. Nb3 Re8 17. Bd3
Bxd3 18. Qxd3 e5 19. O-O a6 20. a4 Qe7 ({There is no point in closing a center
by e4 since white darksuqred bishop is very strong on the diagonal b8-h2.} 
20... e4 $6 21. Qe2 Bh4 22. Bf4 Re6 23. b5 Rg6 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Rab1 $14) 21.
Na5 exd4 22. exd4 Nf8 23. Bd6 Qd7 {[%cal Ge8e4]} 24. Rae1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 b5 $5 {
Getting rid of the weakness on b7.} 26. Ra1 (26. cxb6 $2 Qxd6 27. b7 Rb8 28.
Qxa6 Qxb4 $19) 26... Re8 27. Nb3 Ne6 28. axb5 axb5 29. Qd2 $6 Ng5 30. Qd3 Ne4
31. Bf4 Qf5 32. Be3 Ng3 (32... Nd6 $5 33. Rd1 Qxd3 34. Rxd3 Nc4 35. Na5 Nxa5
36. bxa5 Ra8 37. Bd2 $11) 33. Rd1 Bg5 $5 {Black is consistantly trading all
the pieces heading for a draw.} 34. Qxf5 Nxf5 35. Bxg5 hxg5 36. Kf1 Re4 37. g4
Ne7 38. Ra1 f6 39. Ra7 Kf8 40. Na5 g6 {Of course not} (40... Rxd4 $2 41. Rxe7
Kxe7 42. Nxc6+ $18) 41. f3 Re6 42. Ra8+ Kg7 43. Kf2 f5 44. Nb7 f4 45. Re8 Re3
46. Nd6 Kf6 47. Rf8+ Kg7 48. Rf7+ Kg8 49. h4 gxh4 50. Rxf4 Rb3 51. Rf7 Rb2+ 52.
Kg1 (52. Ke3 h3 53. Rxe7 h2 54. Re8+ Kh7 55. Re7+ Kg8 (55... Kh6 $2 56. g5+
Kxg5 57. Rh7 $18) 56. Re8+ $11) 52... Re2 53. f4 h3 54. f5 gxf5 55. gxf5 Rg2+
56. Kh1 (56. Kf1 $4 Rg4 $19 {[%cal Gh3h1]}) 56... Re2 57. Kg1 Rg2+ 58. Kh1 Re2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.09"]
[Round "13.7"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Steingrimsson, Hedinn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luebeck"]
[BlackTeam "Stuttgart"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 f6 3. Bf4 c5 4. Bxb8 $6 {Dubious continuation promising black
very comfortable play.} Rxb8 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 (6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 f5 8. g4 Nf6 9.
gxf5 c4 10. Bf1 exf5 11. Bg2 Bb4 12. Nge2 Be6 13. O-O O-O $13 {Torre,E-Nielsen,
P/Bled 2002}) 6... dxe4 7. d5 (7. dxc5 $6 Qxd1+ 8. Rxd1 f5 9. Bb5+ Kf7 (9...
Ke7) 10. Rd8 Nf6 11. c6 bxc6 12. Ba6 Rxb2 13. Rxc8 Bb4 $44 {Insam,H-Brandner,S/
Hartberg 1992}) 7... a6 $6 {Trusting his experienced opponent! Black should've
taken on d5 with better chances in all variations.} (7... exd5 $1 8. Nxd5 (8.
Bb5+ Kf7 (8... Bd7 $6 9. Bxd7+ (9. Qxd5 $2 Bxb5 10. Qxe4+ Kf7 11. Nxb5 Qa5+ 12.
Nc3 Re8 $19) 9... Qxd7 10. Nxd5 Bd6 11. Qe2 f5 12. O-O-O $36 {[%cal Gd1d7,
Gf2f3]}) 9. Bc4 Ne7 10. Nxd5 Be6 $17) 8... Be6 9. Bc4 (9. Nf4 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1
Bd7 11. Bc4 Ne7 12. Nge2 b5 13. Bf7+ Kxf7 14. Rxd7 g5 $15) 9... Kf7 $5 $17 (
9... b5 $5 10. Nc7+ Qxc7 11. Bxe6 Ne7 12. Nh3 Rb6 $1 13. Nf4 Rd6 14. Qe2 Qb6
$15 15. Qxe4 $140 g5 $19 {[%csl Re6]})) 8. Nh3 Ne7 9. Nf4 exd5 10. Ncxd5 Nxd5
11. Nxd5 Be7 $6 {After this move white manages to equalize while after correct}
(11... Be6 12. Bc4 Kf7 13. a4 (13. Qe2 b5 $19) 13... Qd6 14. O-O Rd8 15. Qe2 b5
$17 {black would still keep much better chances.}) 12. f3 Bf5 13. Qd2 e3 14.
Nxe3 Be6 (14... Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Rd8+ 16. Kc3 Be6 17. a4 f5 18. Bc4 $11) 15. Bd3
O-O 16. O-O-O b5 17. Bf5 Bf7 18. Qd7 g6 (18... Qxd7 19. Rxd7 Rfe8 20. Rhd1 g6
21. Be4 Rbd8 22. Ra7 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Bf8 $13) 19. Ng4 $1 gxf5 $2 {Once again
black chooses for wrong move in the crucial position. After correct} (19... Kg7
$1 20. Qa7 (20. Rhe1 gxf5 21. Qxf5 Bd6 $19) 20... Bd6 21. Be6 Qb6 22. Qxb6 Rxb6
$11 {the position would have remained balanced.}) 20. Nh6+ Kh8 21. Rhe1 $16 {
[%csl Re7]} Bg6 22. Rxe7 Qxd7 23. Rdxd7 Rfe8 $6 (23... f4 $8 24. Nf7+ Kg8 25.
Nd6 Rbd8 26. a3 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 $16 {[%cal Gb2b4,Gc1d2,Gd2c3,Gc3d4]}) 24. Nf7+
Kg8 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. f4 $1 {[%csl Rg6]} Rxe7 27. Rxe7 Rd8 28. Nf7+ Bxf7 29.
Rxf7 Rg8 $2 (29... Rd6 $142 $16) 30. g3 Rg6 31. Ra7 $18 h5 32. Rxa6 h4 33. b3
c4 (33... b4 34. Rc6 hxg3 35. hxg3 Rxg3 36. Rxc5 Kg7 37. Rxf5 Rg4 38. Kd2 Kg6
39. Rc5 Rxf4 40. Rc4 $18) 34. Kb2 hxg3 35. hxg3 Kg7 36. bxc4 bxc4 37. Ra3 Kf7
38. Re3 Rg8 39. a4 Rd8 40. Kc3 Ra8 41. Kb4 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup final 6th"]
[Site "Nefteyugansk"]
[Date "2002.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kornev, Alexei"]
[Black "Arzumanian, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[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. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Be6 5. Nd2 Nd7 (5... c6 6. Bd3 f5 (6...
Bd6 7. Qf3 Nd7 8. Ne2 g6 9. e4 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. h3 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bh2+ 13.
Kh1 f5 14. Ng5 Bd5 15. Qe3 Rae8 16. Qd2 h6 17. c4 $14 {Agdestein,S-Nielsen,P/
Germany 2000}) 7. Qf3 g6 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. c4 Nf6 11. Nf4 O-O 12. cxd5
cxd5 13. Nb3 g5 14. Nh5 Ne4 $13 {Alexandria,N-Akhmilovskaya,E/Kislovodsk 1980})
6. Ne2 c6 7. c3 Bd6 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 f5 10. O-O Nf6 11. Qb3 $6 {Waste of time
because white can't play c4 with his queen on b3.} (11. f3 Re8 12. Re1 Qc7 13.
Rc1 Rad8 14. Qc2 Re7 15. b3 Rde8 16. Nf1 b5 17. Bh3 g6 $11 {Leenhouts,K-Van
Beek,G/Leiden 1997}) (11. b3 $5 Ne4 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Rad1) 11... Qd7 12. Qc2 {
Admitting that previous move was inaccuracy.} (12. c4 $2 dxc4 13. Nxc4 b5 14.
d5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 $17) 12... Ne4 13. Nf4 ({Deserved attention} 13. b3 $5 {
intending to push c4 after playing Rad1.}) 13... g5 14. Nd3 ({Nothing promised
} 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Nb3 g4 (15... h5 16. f3 Nf6 17. e4 fxe4 18. fxe4 Qh7) 16.
f3 gxf3 17. Bxf3 Nf6 $36 {[%cal Gh7h4] and black is doing great.}) 14... Rae8
15. f3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 f6 17. Rae1 {White is trying to play for a win, while he
had to think about keeping the balance. For this purpose he could try} (17. f4
{depriving black about an only chance to break on the kingside} Re7 18. b3 Rfe8
19. Rfe1 Bf7 20. Rac1 Kg7 21. Kf2 $13) 17... Qf7 $5 18. b3 Kh8 19. Qc2 $6 (19.
e4 $1 f4 $6 20. gxf4 gxf4 21. Nxf4 Qc7 22. Nxe6 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Rxe6 24. Qh6 Bd6
25. e5 $1 $14 {[%cal Gh6e6,Gf3f4]}) 19... Rg8 20. e4 f4 $132 {Black pieces are
directed to the kingside, so white has to be very carefull.} 21. Qf2 (21. gxf4
gxf4 22. Kh1 Rg5 23. exd5 cxd5 24. Qd2 Qh5 $13) 21... Bb8 22. Re2 Qh5 23. Nc5 (
23. gxf4 gxf4 24. Kh1) 23... Bc8 24. Rfe1 $6 g4 $1 25. fxg4 $6 {Missing a
chance to get a playable position after} (25. exd5 $1 fxg3 (25... Qxh2+ $6 26.
Kxh2 fxg3+ 27. Kh1 gxf2 28. Rxe8 fxe1=Q+ 29. Rxe1 $13) 26. hxg3 Rxe2 27. Rxe2
Bxg3 28. Qxg3 gxf3 29. Qf4 Bf5 30. Rf2 fxg2 31. Rxg2 $13) 25... Bxg4 26. Rd2 f3
27. Bf1 b6 28. Na6 (28. Nd3 dxe4) 28... Bf4 $1 $19 {Now it's all over.The rest
is just an agony because nothing can save white from the loss.} 29. Bd3 (29.
gxf4 Bh3+ 30. Kh1 Bg2+ 31. Bxg2 Rxg2 32. Qxg2 fxg2+ 33. Rxg2 Rxe4 $19) 29...
Bxd2 30. Qxd2 dxe4 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. Bxe4 Re8 33. Bd3 Bf5 (33... Qh3 $5 34. Bf1
Re2 35. Bxh3 f2+ 36. Kf1 Bxh3+ 37. Kxe2 f1=Q+ 38. Ke3 Qxa6 $19) 34. Bf1 Bh3 35.
Bd3 Bf5 (35... Qg5 $5) 36. Bf1 Be4 37. h4 (37. Qf2) 37... Qg4 38. Kh2 Rg8 39.
Qf2 f5 40. Bh3 Qg7 41. Nb4 a5 42. Na6 h5 43. a4 f4 44. gxf4 Qf6 45. f5 Qd6+ 46.
Kh1 Qg3 0-1

[Event "Nancy"]
[Site "Nancy"]
[Date "2005.02.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Rocha, Sergio MC"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bh4 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bf5 (5... c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. e3 Bg4
8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. exd4 e6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Bg3 Bxg3 12. hxg3 Nge7 $11 {Klemanic,
E-Koutsin,S/Slovakia 1998}) (5... Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bxe7 Nxe7 9. Bd3
Nd7 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 Rac8 12. b4 a5 13. c5 Qa7 14. a3 b6 $11 {Hurtado
Oldridge,F-Galvan Huaraca,J/Valencia 2004}) 6. e3 e6 (6... Nd7 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
Ngf6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Bg3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nxc4 $14 {Maki Uuro,
M-Simola,T/Salo 1998}) 7. c4 Be7 8. Bg3 Nf6 9. Nc3 dxc4 $6 {There was no need
to give up the center.} (9... O-O 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. c5 Qd8 12. h3 b5 $1 (12...
b6 $6 13. b4 a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 bxc5 16. bxc5 $14 {[%csl Rc6,Re7]}) 13.
O-O a5 $11) 10. Ne5 $1 $14 {White finds the best reaction.} O-O 11. Nxc4 Qd8
12. Be2 Na6 (12... Nbd7 $6 13. Nd6 $14) 13. O-O Rc8 (13... c5 $6 14. Rd1 cxd4
15. Rxd4 Qc8 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Bxd6 $16) 14. Rd1 $1 b5 $6 (14... Nb4 15. f3 $1
$14 {[%cal Ge3e4]}) 15. Nd2 Qb6 16. a4 Nb4 $5 {The best chance in the posirion.
} (16... b4 17. a5 Qb7 18. Na4 c5 $2 19. Qc4 $18 {[%csl Ra6]}) 17. axb5 cxb5
18. Bxb5 Bd3 19. Bxd3 Nxd3 20. Qb1 Nxb2 21. Rc1 Rc6 (21... Nc4) 22. Nce4 Nxe4
23. Rxc6 Qxc6 24. Nxe4 Ra8 25. Nc5 $1 {Very powerfull performance by
Miladinovic.} (25. Qxb2 Qxe4 26. Ra6 $1 Bd8 $1 27. Bd6 Bb6 $11) 25... Nc4 (
25... Bxc5 $6 26. dxc5 Na4 27. Qc2 Nxc5 28. Rc1 Rd8 (28... Rc8 29. Be5 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rc5]}) 29. h3 $18 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6]}) 26. Ra6 Qc8 (26... Nb6) 27. Qb5 Nb6
28. h3 Nd5 29. Rc6 Qe8 30. Qb7 Nb4 $2 (30... a5 $2 31. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 32. Rxe6
Rd8 33. e4 $16) (30... Bxc5 $1 31. dxc5 a5 32. e4 $1 (32. Ra6 $5 Rxa6 33. Qxa6
a4 34. e4 Ne7 35. Bd6 Qc6 36. Qb6 $1 $14) 32... Nb4 (32... Nc3 $6 33. Be5 {
[%csl Gg7][%cal Ge5g7]} Nxe4 34. Rc7 Nd2 35. Rxf7 Qxf7 36. Qxa8+ Kh7 37. Qxa5
$18) 33. Rd6 Rc8 34. Qb6 Nc6 $14) 31. Rc7 {[%csl Rb4,Re7]} Nd5 32. Rd7 {
[%cal Ge3e4]} Kf8 (32... Bf8 33. Rxf7 $18 {[%csl Ra8]}) (32... Bxc5 33. dxc5
Rc8 34. Rxf7 $18) 33. Be5 $1 Rd8 34. e4 $18 Nf6 35. Rxd8 Qxd8 36. Qxa7 Qc8 37.
f3 Qc6 38. Kh2 Ne8 $2 (38... h5) 39. Nd7+ Kg8 40. Nb8 $1 1-0

[Event "ESP-chA"]
[Site "Ayamonte"]
[Date "2002.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Black "Del Rio de Angelis, Salvador Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2002.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. e3 Qb6 4. Qc1 Bf5 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. c4 (6. Nbd2 e6 7. c4 Ngf6
8. Be2 h6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. c5 Qd8 11. b4 Ne4 12. h3 g5 13. Bh2 h5 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 f6 16. Bh2 $14 {Adams,M-Sveshnikov,E/Tilburg 1992}) 6... Ngf6 (6... h6
7. Bh4 Ngf6 8. Nc3 e6 9. c5 Qd8 10. b4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Be5 f6 13. Bg3 Nxg3
14. hxg3 Bg7 15. Qd2 e5 16. Be2 $14 {Bellon Lopez,J-Sbarra,M/Genova 2000}) (
6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. Nc3 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Bg3 Ngf6 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 a5
13. h3 Rac8 14. Qd2 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qe2 c5 $11 {Terentiev,V-Akhmadeev,V/
St Petersburg 1999}) (6... e6 7. Nc3 h6 (7... Be7 8. Bf4 Ngf6 9. c5 Qd8 10. h3
b5 11. Be2 a5 12. O-O O-O 13. Nh4 $14 {Miles,A-Lytchak,A/Groningen 1996}) 8. c5
Qa5 9. Bf4 Ngf6 10. h3 g5 11. Bh2 Bg7 12. a3 O-O 13. Be2 Qd8 14. O-O Ne4 15. b4
Re8 $11 {Miles,A-Borges Mateos,J/Cienfuegos 1997}) 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bf4 Nxc3 $6 {
After this inaccuracy opening the b-file white's pressure on the queenside
becomes quite significant.} (8... e6) 9. bxc3 h6 10. a4 Qa5 11. Nd2 e6 12. Be2
Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qb2 Qb6 {Black is forced to play this move because after} (
14... b6 $2 15. Nb3 Qa6 16. cxd5 $18 {he is losing on the spot.}) 15. Qa2 Qa5 (
15... Nf6) 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. c4 Bb4 $2 {Volunterely cutting the bishop off the
game!} (17... Nf6) (17... dxc4 18. Nxc4 Qd5 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Qxd5 exd5 21. Bxd6
Rfc8 $132) 18. Nb3 Qd8 19. c5 {[%csl Rb4]} a5 {Otherwise white would've played
a5 himself.} (19... Rc8 20. a5 e5 21. Bg3 exd4 22. exd4 Nf6 23. f3 Re8 24. Rfc1
$16) 20. Bd6 Re8 21. Bb5 Kh8 $5 {Intending to bring the rook to g8 to get rid
of the pin.} 22. Qe2 Rg8 23. f3 Bg6 24. Nc1 e5 25. Na2 exd4 26. exd4 Nb8 $16 (
26... Nb8 27. Qe5 (27. Nxb4 axb4 28. Qb2 Nc6 29. Rfd1 Qf6 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31.
Qxb4 $16) 27... Nc6 28. Qxd5 Bd2 29. Rad1 Be3+ 30. Kh1 Qf6 $16) 1-0

[Event "Benasque"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Martin Gonzalez, Angel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c5 3. dxc5 Nf6 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. e3 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qd4 Nc6 (
7... Bxc5 8. Qxf6 Rg8 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nf3 Qd8 12. Qf4 Qe7 13. g3
Bd6 14. Qa4 Rc8 15. Nd4 Kf8 16. e4 a6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qxa6 Kg7 19. Qe2 Rb8
20. exd5 cxd5 21. Rhe1 Qd8 {Santos,G-Estremera Panos,S/La Coruna op/1993/0-1 
(35)}) (7... Qxc5 8. Qxf6 Rg8 9. Qd4 Qe7 10. Qd3 Bg7 11. Nge2 Nc6 12. Qxh7 Kf8
13. Qd3 Ne5 14. Qb5 a6 15. Qb3 b5 16. a4 b4 17. Na2 a5 18. Nd4 Nc4 19. c3 bxc3
20. Nxc3 Ba6 21. Ncb5 Rc8 22. Rc1 Bxb5 23. axb5 Bxd4 24. exd4 Qg5 25. Rc2 {
Machulsky,A-Diez Gonzalez,P/Malaga op (02)/1991/1-0 (37)}) 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Qxf6
Rg8 10. Nge2 Bxc5 11. O-O Be7 12. Qf4 Qb6 13. Rad1 f5 14. Nd4 Rg4 {With strong
center and bishops pair black has compensation for his unsolved Ks position.}
15. Qh6 Nxd4 (15... Rh4 16. Qg7 Nxd4 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19. exd4 $16)
16. Qh5+ Kf8 (16... Kd8 17. Bxd7 Kxd7 18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19. exd4 Qxb2 20. Nxd5 $5
exd5 21. Qxf5+ Kc6 22. c4 $13) 17. Qh6+ Kg8 (17... Ke8 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Rxd4)
18. Bxd7 Rh4 {Black must have had the impression, that he succeeded in
outsmarting white with Q capture.} (18... Rg6 $6 19. Qh3 Nxc2 20. Nxd5 $1 exd5
21. Bxf5 $16) 19. Nxd5 $1 (19. Qxh4 Nf3+ $1 20. gxf3 Bxh4 $16) 19... Qd6 (19...
exd5 $2 20. Qxb6 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 axb6 22. Rfe1 $18) (19... Rxh6 20. Nxb6 Ne2+ 21.
Kh1 axb6 22. a4 $1 $16) 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Qxh4 Qxh4 $2 (21... Ne2+ $5 22. Kh1
Qxh4 23. Rd2 (23. Bxe6+ Kg7 24. Bxf5 $5 (24. Rd2 Re8 25. Bxf5 Rxe3 $1 26. fxe3
Ng3+ 27. Kg1 Nxf5) (24. Rde1 Qe4 $1 $17) 24... Rf8 25. Rd7+ Kf6 26. Rxh7 Qg5
27. g4 $5) 23... Qc4 24. Re1 Qxa2 25. Rdxe2 Kf7 26. b3 $13) 22. Rxd4 Qe7 23.
Rfd1 {Without weaknesses white has ample compensation for the missing queen.
Pawns e6,f5 are an ideal target for the attack.} Kh8 24. Ba4 Rg8 (24... e5 25.
Rd7 Qb4 26. Bb3 $16) 25. g3 h5 26. Bb3 h4 27. Kf1 $1 hxg3 28. hxg3 Qf6 (28...
Rg7 29. Rd6 e5 30. Re6 $18) 29. Rh4+ Kg7 30. Rd7+ Kg6 (30... Kf8 31. Rc4 Ke8
32. Ba4 $18) 31. Rdh7 Qxb2 (31... Qf8 32. Bxe6 Rg7 33. R7h6+ Kg5 34. f4#) 32.
R4h6+ Kg5 33. f4+ Kg4 34. Kg2 $1 1-0

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Frias Pablaza, Victor J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Be6 (4... c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nc3 Be6 7.
Bb5+ Nc6 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Ne5 10. Nf4 $14 {Gurevich,M-Wolff,P/Palma GMA-op/
1989/  ->TD89_13}) 5. Bd3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd2 (9. Nbc3
d4 10. Na4 b6 $10) 9... f5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. c3 Qf6 12. a4 Rad8 13. a5 Bc7 14. a6
(14. Nc5 Bc8 15. a6 b6 $13) 14... b6 15. Nbd4 Ne5 16. Nf4 Bb8 17. Bb5 Rd6 $1 {
x c6} 18. Qe2 Rc8 19. Rfd1 g6 20. Ra4 Nd7 21. c4 $5 Nc5 (21... dxc4 22. Nfxe6
fxe6 23. Bxc4 $36) 22. cxd5 (22. Raa1 dxc4 23. Nfxe6 Nxe6 $10) 22... Bxd5 23.
Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Raa1 $6 (24. Rc4) 24... Be5 $1 25. Rac1 (25. b4 Ne4 {x c3}) 25...
Bxd4 26. exd4 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Qxd4 28. Qe7 $2 (28. Rd1 Qf6 $17) 28... Qxb2 29.
Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Bf1 Qa1 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. Ne5 Nfd7 {N} (
7... Nbd7 8. O-O $14) 8. Qd2 f6 9. Nxd7 (9. Nd3 e5 10. Bg3 $22 e4 11. Nf4 Re8
12. h4 $14) 9... Nxd7 10. h4 e5 11. Bh2 (11. Bg3 f5 $1 $15) 11... Qe7 12. O-O-O
(12. h5 $5) 12... b5 $1 13. h5 Nb6 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Bd3 e4 (15... b4 16. Bxg6
$5 bxc3 17. Qxc3 $44) 16. Be2 (16. Bf1 $5 b4 17. Ne2 Nc4 18. Qe1 {/\ Nf4})
16... b4 17. Nb1 a5 18. Bf4 Be6 19. Rh2 c5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Bh6 (21. Rdh1 g5
$13) 21... Bxh6 22. Rxh6 Kg7 23. Rdh1 Bg8 $5 (23... Rh8 24. Rxh8 Rxh8 $10) 24.
f4 f5 (24... exf3 25. Bd3 $1) 25. R6h3 Rad8 26. Qe1 (26. Rd1 $13) 26... d4 27.
exd4 Qxd4 28. Qh4 Qf6 $1 29. Qh6+ Kf7 30. Rg3 $2 (30. b3 $1 Rd6 31. Rg3 Ke7 $13
) 30... Na4 31. c3 bxc3 32. Nxc3 (32. bxc3 Qb6 $1 33. Bc4+ Ke7 34. Bb3 Bxb3 35.
axb3 Qxb3 36. Qg7+ Rf7 37. Qe5+ Kd7 38. Rd1+ Kc8 $17) 32... Rc8 33. Rhh3 (33.
Rxg6 Rxc3+ $1 $19) 33... Qb6 $1 34. b3 Nxc3 35. Rxc3 Qg1+ 36. Kb2 Qd4 $1 37.
Qh8 (37. Kc2 Qf2 $1) 37... Qd2+ 38. Ka3 Qd6+ 39. Kb2 Qd2+ 40. Ka3 Qxe2 41. Qe5
Qa6 (41... Qd2 42. Rhd3 $1 Qxd3 $1 43. Rxd3 exd3 $17) 42. Rc7+ Rxc7 43. Qxc7+
Ke6 44. Qe5+ Kd7 45. Qg7+ Ke8 46. Rc3 Qd6+ 47. Kb2 Qf6 48. Qb7 Be6 49. Kc2 Bd7
{Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Vinkovci"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin} d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Bd6 4. c3 (4. Bg3 Nf6 5. Bd3 (5. Nd2 Nbd7 (
5... O-O 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Nb4 8. Be2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Bd3 h6 11. O-O Re8 12.
Ne5 cxd4 13. exd4 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Re1 Nc5 16. Bb1 b6 17. Qc2 g6 {Fritze,
B-Rausch,S/Dortmund op-A (07)/1992/0-1 (76)}) 6. Ngf3 Nh5 (6... Qe7 7. Ne5 Ne4
8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Nc4 Bxg3 10. hxg3 b6 11. d5 exd5 12. Qxd5 Rb8 13. Qc6 b5 14.
Nd2 f5 15. Qxc7 O-O 16. O-O-O Rb7 17. Qc6 Ne5 $13 {Karlik,J-Netusil,M/CSR-chT/
1992/1-0 (30)}) 7. c3 Nxg3 8. hxg3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Be2 g6 12.
Bg4 f5 13. Bf3 c6 14. a4 O-O 15. Nb3 {Kovacevic,Vl-Diaz,JC/Vrnjacka Banja (02)/
1988/0-1 (38)}) 5... Qe7 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Ne5 c5 8. c3 O-O 9. Nd2 Bb8 10. O-O g6
11. f4 c4 12. Bc2 Nh5 13. Bf2 f5 14. g4 Nhf6 15. Bh4 {Cander,M-Plajnsek,M/
SLO-chJ/1992/1-0 (29)}) (4. Bxd6 cxd6 5. Qg4 Kf8 6. Qg3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Nc3
Qe7 9. Be2 g6 10. O-O a6 11. Rad1 b5 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. a3 Kg7 14. Bf3 Rab8 {
De Francesco,K-Kuijf,M/Munich op9192 (01) 1992/1-0 (68)}) 4... Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7
(5... Bxf4 6. exf4 Nf6 7. Bd3 $14) 6. h4 f6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. c4 O-O (8... Qb4+
9. Qd2 dxc4 10. Na3 $14) 9. Nc3 Kh8 10. a3 a6 (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Nb5
$16) 11. Qc2 f5 (11... b6 12. O-O-O $40) 12. c5 Qd8 13. Ne2 Qe8 14. h5 Ng8 15.
Nf4 Nf6 16. O-O-O {[%csl Gc1,Rh8] White is much better, since black K can
easily fall under strong attack while the counter action has much less
positional footing.} b6 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. Rh4 $1 Kg8 (18... Rb8 19. Rdh1 {/\ Ng6}
) 19. g4 $1 {Rather common idea in positions with K on opposite sides. P
advance opens g file and destroys black s defences. Baburin White starts his
attack first using the f5P as a target, which helps him to open the files on
the Kside.} Na5 (19... fxg4 $2 20. Ng5 h6 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Ng6+ $18) (19...
Nxg4 $2 20. Rxg4 fxg4 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 (21... Kf7 22. Bg6+) 22. Ng6+ Kxh7 23.
Nxf8+ Kg8 24. Nxd7 gxf3 25. Rg1 Qxd7 26. h6 $18) 20. Rg1 bxc5 (20... Ba4 21.
Qe2 fxg4 22. Ng5 {xe6}) 21. gxf5 {[%csl Ye5,Ye6,Yg7,Yh7] White has obviously
succeeded in his aim to destroy enemy s K. Lots of squares are under fire and
black is too slow with counterplay.} Ba4 (21... c4 22. fxe6 cxd3 (22... Ba4 23.
Qc3 Nb3+ 24. Kb1) 23. exd7 $18) 22. Qc3 Nb3+ 23. Kb1 c4 24. fxe6 $1 Qe7 (24...
cxd3 25. Qxc7 $18) 25. h6 g6 26. Bxg6 Kh8 (26... hxg6 27. Rxg6+ Kh8 28. Rg7 $18
) 27. Bf5 Be8 28. Rg7 Qd6 29. Rh1 Rg8 30. Rhg1 Rxg7 31. Rxg7 (31. hxg7+ Kg8 32.
Ng5 $18) 31... Rb8 32. Ka2 Qb6 33. Ng5 c5 $6 34. dxc5 Nxc5 35. Rxh7+ (35. Rxh7+
Kg8 36. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 37. Qxf6+ Kg8 38. h7#) 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Wereldschaaktoernooi"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1950.11.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Pirc, Vasja"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1950.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qc1 O-O 6. Bh6 c5 7. Bxg7 Kxg7 8.
e3 Nc6 9. Be2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. b3
Rad8 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Bd3 Ng5 17. Qb2 f6 18. c4 d4 19. Bf1 dxe3 20. fxe3 Bc8 21.
Be2 (21. Be2 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Wereldschaaktoernooi"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1950.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pirc, Vasja"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1950.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nb5
Na6 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 Nc7 11. Rc1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Ncd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Be5 Rc8
15. e4 Nf6 16. Qe2 e6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Bh4 Bf6 20. Bxf6 $14 Nxf6
21. e5 Nh5 22. Qe3 c5 23. Be2 Ng7 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Qa3 Rc7 26. Rc3 Nf5 27.
Rdc1 Rfc8 28. Ba6 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 Rd8 30. Rd3 Nd4 $17 31. Rdd1 Rd5 32. f4 Qh4 33.
Qg3 Qd8 34. Bc4 Nf5 35. Rxd5 exd5 36. Qd3 Rd7 37. Bb5 Qb6 38. Kh1 Rb7 39. a4
Nd4 40. f5 c4 41. Qd2 a6 42. Bxa6 Qxb2 43. Qg5 Rb8 44. fxg6 hxg6 45. Rf1 Qb6
46. Bb5 Nxb5 47. axb5 c3 48. Qf4 Qc7 49. h4 $1 Rxb5 50. h5 Rb6 51. hxg6 Rxg6
52. Rc1 Qc5 53. e6 $1 Rxe6 54. Rf1 Qa7 55. Rf3 c2 56. Kh2 d4 57. Qg5+ Rg6 58.
Qd8+ Kh7 59. Rh3+ Rh6 60. Rxh6+ Kxh6 61. Qf6+ Kh7 62. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Nd2
Qxc5 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. Nb5 $5 (10. Nxd5 $6 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Bxb2 $17) 10... Ne8 $1 (
10... Na6 11. Be5 Bd7 12. Bd4) 11. Qxd5 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bg7 13. O-O Nc6 14. c4 (
14. N5d4 $2 e5 $1 15. Nxc6 bxc6 $19) 14... Nf6 (14... Be6 15. Qc5 $14) 15. Qc5
e5 $1 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. Qxb6 (17. Qd5 Bf5 18. c5 Qd8 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Rbd1 $10)
17... axb6 18. a3 Bf5 19. Rbc1 Rfd8 20. c5 (20. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 (21. Rxd1
$2 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Bc2 $19) 21... Rd8 $15) 20... Be6 21. Bc4 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Nxc5
23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. Rxc5 Ra5 $1 25. Rb1 $1 (25. Rfc1 Bf8 $1 $19) 25... Bf8 26.
Rcc1 Rd7 (26... Bxa3 27. Nxa3 Rxa3 28. Rxb7 Rc3 29. Rbb1 $10) 27. Rb3 f6 28. f4
(28. f3 b6 29. Be1 $10) 28... e4 29. Be1 Ra4 30. Kf1 f5 31. Ke2 Ra8 32. h3 h5
33. g3 Nd8 34. Bb4 Bxb4 35. Rxb4 Nc6 36. Rbb1 Rad8 37. Rd1 Rd3 38. Rxd3 Rxd3 (
38... exd3+ $2 39. Kd2 Na5 40. Rb4 $16) 39. a4 Na5 40. Rc1 Rb3 41. Rc7 Rb2+ 42.
Kf1 Rb1+ {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. f3 e6 5. Qd2 Be7 {A rising proportion of
games on the highest level is being played with opening lines which are far
from the mainstream. Players are increasingly worried about the potential of
near-perfect preparation by the opponent with the help of computer programs.} (
5... Bd6 6. O-O-O Bxf4 7. Qxf4 Qd6 8. Qh4 h6 9. Kb1 Qe7 10. Qe1 Nbd7 11. e4
dxe4 12. fxe4 Bg4 13. Nf3 O-O-O 14. Rd3 {0-1 (37) Espig,L (2460)-Baumbach,F 
(2460) Goerlitz 1972}) (5... Bb4 6. e3 O-O 7. g4 Bxg4 8. fxg4 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxd2+
10. Nxd2 Qh4+ 11. Bg3 Qxg4 12. Be2 Qg5 $17 {0-1 (35) Ilic,I-Jamieson,R (2455)
Sydney 1992}) 6. O-O-O Nc6 {Harikrishna does correctly presume, that it can
not be such a great idea to start active operations with moves like 6..c5
while still lagging in development of pieces.} (6... O-O 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 h5 9.
g5 Nfd7 10. e3 a6 11. Nh3 c5 12. Bxb8 Rxb8 13. Nf4 cxd4 14. exd4 Bb4 15. Bd3
Qb6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qe3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 $11 {1/2 (39) Barnes,J (2248)
-Strenzwilk,D (2121) Parsippany 2008}) (6... c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Qe2
Qa5 10. fxe4 Bg4 11. Nf3 $11) 7. Qe1 $5 (7. g4 Bg6 8. a3 h6 9. h4 Qd7 10. e3 a6
11. Nh3 O-O-O $11) 7... Bg6 8. Nh3 {Naiditsch is a creative player and the
prepared 8.e4! in this moment would at least achieve the main goal of
expansion in the centre. Unfortunately the German player was playing in Wijk
without success and his confidence was correspondingly low.} (8. e4 $1 O-O (
8... dxe4 9. fxe4 Nxd4 $2 10. Nb5 $14) 9. Qe3 a6 10. Nge2 $11) 8... O-O 9. Nf2
$2 {[%mdl 2048] The knight retreat to f2 is outright clumsy and Black will
lose no time in pointing it out. The modest 9.e3 was still perfectly fine even
though White could not have aspired to any advantage.} (9. e4 dxe4 10. fxe4
Nxd4 11. Be3 c5 $15) (9. e3 Nb4 10. e4 c5 11. dxc5 Nc6 $11) 9... Nh5 $1 10. Be3
Nb4 11. Rd2 $2 {If you are also percieving the white play as unharmonious, you
are getting the right message. After this artificial move Harikrishna can
claim great superiority.} (11. Nd3 $1 c5 12. Kb1 Nf6 13. g4 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc6
$15) 11... c5 $1 12. g4 (12. a3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. e3 Nf6 $17) 12... Nf6 13.
h4 Nd7 {Harikrishna is heading with the knight to the queenside and thus
escalating the problems for his opponent. Many lesser players would have been
tempted by the move 13...Rc8!? with the pressure along the semi-open file.} (
13... Rc8 $5 14. a3 (14. h5 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Nxc2 16. Rxc2 Bxc2 17. Kxc2 e5 18.
Bxe5 d4 $17) 14... Nxc2 15. Rxc2 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxc2 17. Kxc2 e5 18. Bxe5 d4 19.
e4 Qb6 $17) 14. f4 (14. h5 Nxc2 15. Rxc2 Bxc2 16. Kxc2 cxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 $17)
14... Bf6 15. Qd1 {A true indication, that White has given up on his hopes for
the outcome of this game. It was objectively tougher for Black to solve to
tactical intricacies after 15.f5.} (15. f5 exf5 16. h5 f4 $1 17. Bxf4 cxd4 18.
Nb5 Qa5 $1 (18... Be4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 $17) 19. hxg6 Qxa2 20. Rd1 Qa1+ 21. Kd2
Qxb2 22. Rc1 fxg6 $19) 15... Nb6 16. dxc5 {Naiditsch did not see how to hold
his d4-square, but opening up the diagonal for the black bishop will result in
his getting very short shrift.} (16. h5 Nc4 (16... Bxc2 17. Rxc2 Nc4 18. Bd2
Nxc2 19. Kxc2 cxd4 $19) 17. hxg6 (17. Rh3 Qb6 18. b3 (18. dxc5 Nxa2+ $19) 18...
Nxe3 19. Rxe3 cxd4 $19) 17... Nxe3 18. Qe1 cxd4 $19) (16. b3 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Rc8
18. h5 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Bxc2 20. Qd2 Rxc3 21. Rxb4 Qc7 $19) 16... Bxc3 (16... Nc4
17. Bd4 Nxa2+ 18. Nxa2 Qa5 19. c3 Qxa2 20. e4 Qa1+ 21. Kc2 Qxb2+ 22. Kd3 Bxe4+
23. Nxe4 dxe4+ 24. Ke2 (24. Kxc4 b5+ 25. cxb6 Rac8+ $19) 24... Nxd2 25. Qxd2
Qb3 $19) 17. cxb6 (17. bxc3 Nxa2+ 18. Kb2 Nc4+ $19) 17... axb6 {The attacker
has too many ways leading to a completely winning position. His choice of the
prosaic line can not be criticised in the least.} (17... Qd7 18. f5 Nxa2+ 19.
Kb1 Bxb2 20. c4 (20. Kxa2 axb6+ 21. Kxb2 Qb5+ $19) 20... Nc3+ 21. Kxb2 Nxd1+
22. Nxd1 Qa4 $19) 18. bxc3 (18. Bd4 Nxa2+ 19. Kb1 Qe8 20. f5 (20. Rd3 Qa4 21.
b3 Qa3 22. Rxc3 Nxc3+ 23. Bxc3 Rfc8 24. Bb2 Bxc2+ 25. Qxc2 Qa2+ 26. Kc1 Qxb3
$19) 20... Qa4 21. fxg6 Nb4 $19) 18... Nxa2+ 19. Kb2 Qd6 {Should any player
hit bad form during a tournament, it might be safer to resort to well-known
opening positions after all. The chances of surviving beyond the 20th move
must then be significantly higher...} 0-1

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Odense"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Danielsen, Henrik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 c6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Qc2 f5 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. h3 (10. Qxf5 Ne5 $19) 10... Nf6 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Kb1 b5
13. Bd3 Rb8 14. Nd2 $1 (14. Bxf5 $2 b4 $19) 14... g6 15. g4 (15. Rc1 Be6) 15...
fxg4 16. hxg4 Nxg4 17. Nde4 Be7 18. f3 b4 $1 (18... Nxe3 19. Qh2 h5 20. Qxb8
$16) 19. fxg4 bxc3 20. Nxc3 Bxg4 $1 21. Rdg1 f5 $1 22. Rxg4 (22. Qh2 h5 {/\ Qc3
}) 22... fxg4 23. Bxg6 Qg5 24. Bxh7+ Kg7 25. Ne4 $2 (25. Bd3 $15) 25... Qxe3
26. Ng3 $2 Rxb2+ $1 27. Qxb2 (27. Kxb2 Rb8+ $19) 27... Qxg3 28. Qc2 Qd6 $1 (
28... Rb8+ 29. Ka1 Qd6 30. Qe4 $1) 29. Bd3 (29. Bg8 Rxg8 30. Rh7+ Kf8 31. Qf5+
Qf6 32. Qc8+ Bd8 33. Rd7 Ke8 $19) 29... Rb8+ 30. Kc1 Qf4+ 31. Qd2 Ba3+ (31...
Ba3+ 32. Kd1 Qf3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Parnu-A"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.02.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c5 3. e4 $5 dxe4 4. d5 Nd7 (4... h6 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. a4
e6 8. Bc4 Bd6 9. Nge2 exd5 10. Nxd5 Bxf4 11. Nexf4 O-O 12. Ng6 Nxd5 13. Nxf8
Qa5+ 14. c3 Nb6 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qh5+ Kxf8 17. b4 Bg4 18. Qe5 {1-0 Hodgson,
J-Roeder,G/Bad Woerishofen op (02)/1995 (33)}) 5. Nc3 Ngf6 6. Qd2 (6. Qe2 h6 7.
Bf4 g6 8. O-O-O Bg7 9. d6 e5 10. Nxe4 O-O 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bg3 Nb6 13. c3 Bf5
14. Nf3 Rfe8 15. Nh4 Bd7 16. Nf3 e4 17. Nd2 h5 18. f3 Bh6 19. Kb1 h4 20. Be1 e3
21. Ne4 Bf5 22. Qc2 Bxe4 23. fxe4 {1-0 Adams,M-Van der Sterren,P/Amsterdam
Donner mem-A (09)/1994 (37)}) 6... g6 7. O-O-O Bg7 8. Bh6 Bxh6 $2 (8... O-O $5
9. h4) 9. Qxh6 a6 (9... Ng4 10. Qg7 Rf8 11. Nxe4 $40) (9... b6 10. Nh3 Bb7 11.
Ng5 $40) 10. Nh3 Qc7 11. d6 $1 (11. Ng5 Qe5 $1) 11... exd6 12. Ng5 d5 (12... e3
13. Qg7 Rf8 14. Re1 $16) (12... Qc6 13. Bc4 Ne5 14. Qg7 Rf8 15. Qxf6 Nxc4 16.
Nd5 Qd7 17. Qg7 $18) 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Rxd5 Qf4+ 15. Kb1 (15. Rd2 $5 b6 (15...
Nf6 16. Bc4 $18) 16. g3 Qf5 17. Nxe4 $18) 15... Nf6 $2 (15... Qxf2 16. Rd1 Nf6
(16... Qf5 17. Bc4 Rf8 18. Nxe4 $18) 17. Qg7 Rf8 18. Bc4 $18) 16. Rd8+ $1 Kxd8
(16... Ke7 17. Rxh8 Qxf2 18. Qf8+ $18) 17. Nxf7+ Ke7 18. Qxf4 Kxf7 19. Bc4+ Kg7
(19... Be6 20. Qc7+ $18) 20. Rd1 Bf5 (20... Bg4 21. Rd6 $18) 21. Qc7+ Kh6 22.
h3 1-0

[Event "Prague Bohemians-A"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klaric, Zlatko"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bd3 g6 6. h3 Qb6 7. Qc1 $5 (7. Qb3
Bg7) 7... Nh5 (7... Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Nbd2) 8. Bh2 Bh6 9. g4 Nf6 10. Nd2 cxd4
11. exd4 (11. cxd4 $6 Nb4 12. Be2 Bd7 {/\ Rc8-/+}) 11... Bd7 12. f4 Bg7 13.
Ngf3 h5 $1 (13... O-O 14. O-O $14) 14. g5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxh3 17.
Qc2 Bg4 (17... O-O 18. f5 $1 $40) 18. O-O Rc8 19. Qf2 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 (20. Bxf3
$2 Nxd4 $1) 20... e6 21. Rf2 O-O 22. d5 (22. Kh1 $5 {/\ Rg1->}) 22... exd5 23.
Bxd5 Rce8 24. f5 Ne5 (24... Re3 25. Qg2 $40) 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. fxg6 Rxg5+ 27.
Kh1 Qxg6 28. Raf1 Kh8 29. Bxf7 Qh6 $6 (29... Qc6 $1 $10) 30. Qxb7 Qd6 31. Rg2
Qe5 32. Rxg5 Qxg5 33. Qe4 Rd8 34. Qf4 Qb5 35. Qf5 Qc6+ 36. Qf3 Qxf3+ 37. Rxf3
Rd2 $14 38. Rh3 Bf6 39. b4 Rc2 40. Rxh5+ Kg7 41. Bb3 Rxc3 42. Rd5 Rc7 43. Kg2
Kf8 44. Kf3 Bc3 45. Rb5 Ke7 46. Ke4 Kd6 47. a4 Be1 48. Kd4 Rh7 49. Rd5+ Kc7 50.
Rc5+ Kd6 51. Ra5 Rh4+ 52. Kd3 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1994.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 c6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nd7 $5 (6... Bd6)
7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qc2 Nb6 10. Bd3 (10. Bb3 Be6) 10... g6 (10... h6) 11.
h4 Nd5 $1 12. Nxd5 $1 (12. a3 $6 Qa5 13. Ke2 Nxc3+ 14. bxc3 Bg4 $13) 12... cxd5
13. h5 Qc7 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Ke2 (16. e4 Rfe8) 16... Qb6 17. Qxb6
axb6 18. Nd2 Kg7 19. a3 (19. Bc2 $142 $14 {/\ Bb3 ><d5}) 19... h5 20. Rac1 $6
Rac8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 $10 22. Nb1 g5 23. Kd2 h4 24. Nc3 f5 25. Bc2 Rd8 26. Bb3 Bb8
27. Ke2 Bf7 28. Rc1 f4 29. e4 $6 (29. Rh1 fxe3 30. fxe3 $10) 29... dxe4 30.
Bxf7 f3+ $17 31. gxf3 exf3+ 32. Kxf3 Kxf7 33. Rd1 Kg6 {/\ Kf5} 34. Kg4 Rf8 35.
Rd2 (35. d5 Rf4+ 36. Kh3 Rxf2 37. d6 Kh5 38. Rd5 Bxd6 $19) 35... Rf4+ 36. Kh3
g4+ 37. Kg2 (37. Kxh4 g3+ 38. Kxg3 Rxd4+ $19) 37... h3+ 38. Kg1 Kf7 $1 39. d5 (
39. Nb5 Re4 40. Rd1 Re2 41. d5 h2+ 42. Kg2 g3 43. d6 gxf2 44. d7 Re1 $19) 39...
Be5 40. d6 (40. Re2 Bd4 41. Nb5 g3 42. Nxd4 h2+ 43. Kg2 gxf2 $19) 40... Rd4 $19
41. Rxd4 Bxd4 42. Ne4 Ke6 43. b3 Be5 44. Ng5+ Kxd6 45. Nf7+ Kd5 46. Nh6 g3 47.
fxg3 Bxg3 48. Nf7 Kd4 (48... Bf4 $142 $1 {No square for Nf7}) 49. Nd8 Kc3 50.
a4 Kxb3 51. a5 b5 $1 (51... bxa5 52. Nxb7 a4 53. Nc5+ $10) 52. Nxb7 Kc4 53. a6
Bb8 54. Kh1 b4 55. Nd6+ Kc5 56. Ne4+ Kb5 57. Nf2 b3 $1 (57... Kxa6 58. Nd3 $10)
58. Nd3 Ba7 59. Kh2 Kxa6 60. Kxh3 Kb5 61. Kg2 Kc4 62. Nb2+ Kc3 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. f3 Bh5 7. Ne2 (7. Qb3 Qc8
$13) 7... e6 8. O-O Bg6 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. Nd2 Bd6 11. Nb3 $6 (11. Qb3 $10) 11...
Bxf4 12. Nxf4 c4 13. Nd2 Qc7 14. h3 e5 $1 15. Ne2 (15. dxe5 Qxe5 $17) 15... O-O
16. f4 (16. Qe1 exd4 17. exd4 Rfe8 18. Qf2 $15) 16... exd4 17. exd4 {xe4} Ne7
$1 18. Ng3 Nf5 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Qc2 g6 21. g3 Kg7 22. Rae1 Rh8 23. Kg2 Qd6 24.
Nf3 b5 25. Ng5 Rab8 26. Qe2 Rhe8 (26... b4 27. Qe5 $132) 27. Qd2 a5 28. Rxe8
Rxe8 29. Re1 Rxe1 30. Qxe1 b4 31. Qe5 $6 Qxe5 32. fxe5 Nd7 33. e6 (33. Kf3 Nb6
34. Ke3 Na4 35. cxb4 axb4 36. b3 Nc3 $19) 33... fxe6 34. Nxe6+ Kf7 35. Nc7 Nb6
36. Kf3 b3 37. a3 (37. axb3 cxb3 38. Ke2 Nc4 39. Nxd5 Nxb2 40. Kd2 a4 $19)
37... Na4 38. Nxd5 Nxb2 39. Ke2 g5 40. Kd2 Ke6 41. h4 f4 (41... Kxd5 42. h5 Ke6
43. d5+ Kf7 44. d6 Nd3 45. d7 Ke7 46. h6 Ne5 47. h7 Ng6 $19) 42. hxg5 fxg3 43.
Ke2 (43. Nf4+ Ke7 44. g6 Nd3 45. Ng2 Kf6 $19) (43. Ne3 Nd3 44. d5+ Kf7 45. d6
Ne5 $19) 43... g2 44. Kf2 Nd1+ 45. Kxg2 Ne3+ {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. e3 h6 4. Bh4 Qb6 5. b3 e5 6. Nf3 e4 7. Nfd2 $146 (7. Ne5
{Adams,M - Gelfand,B, Chalkidiki 1993}) 7... Ne7 8. c4 Nf5 9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. hxg3
Be6 (10... Qd8 $5) 11. Be2 Nd7 (11... Qd8 $5) 12. a3 (12. Nc3) 12... Be7 (12...
a5 13. Nc3 Be7 14. c5 Qd8 15. b4) (12... Qd8 $5 13. b4 Bd6) 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. b4
O-O 15. Rc1 Qd8 16. Nb3 b6 (16... Bd6 $5) 17. c5 a5 $6 (17... b5 18. a4 a6 $10)
18. bxa5 bxc5 19. dxc5 Nd7 20. Nd4 $1 (20. Na4 Rxa5 $1 21. Nxa5 Qxa5+ 22. Kf1
Ra8 23. Nb6 Nxb6 24. cxb6 Qxb6 $15) 20... Qc7 21. a6 Nxc5 (21... Bxc5 22. Qa4
$5 (22. Na4 Qa5+ 23. Rc3 Rfc8 $5 (23... Bxd4 24. Qxd4 c5 25. Nxc5 Rfc8 26. Na4)
24. O-O (24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Bg4 Re8 26. O-O Rxa6) 24... Bxd4 25. exd4 c5 26.
dxc5 Nxc5 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Nxc5 Qxc5 29. Qc1 $13) 22... Bxd4 23. exd4 Nb8) 22.
O-O Rfc8 23. Na2 $1 (23. Na4 Nxa4 24. Qxa4 c5 $15) 23... Bd7 (23... Nxa6 24.
Rxc6 Qb7 $10) 24. Nb4 Qd6 25. Qc2 (25. Bg4 Nxa6 26. Bxd7 Qxd7 27. Ndxc6 $10) (
25. Rc3 $5 {/\Qc2,Rc1} Nd3 $5 26. Nxd3 exd3 27. Qxd3 (27. Bxd3 c5 28. Nb5 (28.
Nf5 Bxf5 29. Bxf5 Rd8 $10) 28... Qb6 29. a4 Rxa6) 27... c5 28. Nf5 Bxf5 29.
Qxf5 c4 (29... Bf6 30. Rb3 (30. Rc2 c4 31. Bf3 {-29...c4}) 30... c4 31. Rb7 Rd8
32. Bh5 $1) 30. Bf3 Bf6 (30... Rc5 31. Rd1) 31. Rc2 (31. Bxd5 $140 Bxc3 32.
Qxf7+ Kh8 33. Bxa8 Rxa8 34. Qxc4 $13) 31... Qxa6 (31... Rc5 32. Rd1 d4 33. Qxc5
(33. Qe4 Rxa6 34. exd4 Rc8 $10) 33... Qxc5 34. Bxa8 $18 d3 35. Rxd3 Qa7 36.
Rxc4 Qxa8 $13) 32. Bxd5 Ra7 $14) 25... Bf8 (25... Nd3 26. Nxd3 exd3 27. Qxd3
Qxa3 $14 (27... c5 28. Nf5 Bxf5 29. Qxf5 c4 30. Bf3 Qxa6 31. Bxd5 $16)) 26.
Rfd1 g6 27. Rd2 h5 28. Nb3 (28. Qd1 Ne6) 28... Nxb3 29. Qxb3 Qe6 30. Qd1 Be7
31. Nc2 Qf6 32. Rb1 Ra7 $138 33. Nb4 Rca8 34. Qc1 Qd6 35. Rb3 Rc8 36. Rc3 Rcc7
37. Bd1 Bf6 38. Rc4 (38. Rc5 $5) 38... Be6 39. Be2 $2 $138 (39. Rxe4 c5 (39...
Qf8 $1 40. Rf4 Bg5 (40... Be5 41. Rh4) 41. Rfd4 (41. Rf3 Bg4 42. Nxc6 Rxa6 43.
Rc2 Qxa3 $19) 41... c5 (41... Bf6) 42. Nxd5 cxd4 43. Nxc7 dxe3 $19) 40. Nxd5
Bxd5 41. Bb3 Qxa6 $10 (41... c4 42. Rxc4 (42. Bxc4 Qc6)) (41... Bd4 42. Bxd5
Qxd5 43. Re8+ Kg7 44. exd4 cxd4 45. Qb2 $16)) (39. Rc5 $5 Be7 $140 40. Rxc6
Rxc6 41. Qxc6) (39. Rxc6 Rxc6 40. Qxc6 Qxc6 41. Nxc6 Rxa6 $10) 39... c5 $1 $17
40. Nxd5 (40. Na2 d4 $1 (40... Qxa6 41. Rxc5 Rxc5 42. Qxc5 Qxa3 $15)) 40...
Bxd5 41. Qd1 Rd7 $19 42. Rxe4 Qc6 43. Re8+ Kg7 44. Rb8 c4 $1 45. Rb7 c3 $1 46.
Bb5 (46. Rxa7 Rxa7 47. Rxd5 c2) 46... Qxb5 $1 47. Rxb5 cxd2 48. Qxd2 Bc4 49.
Qb4 Bxb5 50. Qxb5 Rd6 51. e4 Re6 52. Qd3 Rexa6 53. Kh2 Rxa3 54. Qd6 R3a6 55.
Qd3 Ra1 56. f4 Rc1 57. g4 hxg4 58. Qe2 Raa1 59. Kg3 Ra3+ 0-1

[Event "Aars get2net Cup GM"]
[Site "Aars"]
[Date "1999.10.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pedersen, Steffen"]
[Black "Bekker Jensen, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. Ne5 Nfd7 (7...
Nbd7 8. O-O Ne8 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. Bd3 Bc8 11. Qd2 Nd6 12. Rad1 Bf5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6
14. Bxf5 gxf5 15. Ne2 e6 16. Nf4 Bh6 17. Nd3 b6 18. f4 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van der
Sterren,P-Douven,R/Hilversum 1988/EXT 97 (31)}) (7... Be6 $6 8. h4 Qa5 9. Kf1
Nbd7 10. h5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. c4 Rad8 15. Qc2
f5 16. g3 Rf6 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. b4 $1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Brown,T-Larsen,K/Arizona
1990/EXT 97 (27)}) 8. Nf3 {I don't like white losing two tempi so early in the
game, but the possiblity of black taking on e5 doesn't attract me too much
either.} (8. h4 $5 f6 (8... Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f4 Qb6 12. Qd4
f6 13. O-O-O fxe5 14. fxe5 Qxd4 15. exd4 Rf4 16. g3 Rf2 17. Rdf1 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1
Nf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Murshed,N-Temirbaev,S/Moscow 1994/CBM 44 ext (21)}) 9. Nxd7
Nxd7 10. e4 $2 {white opens up the position in the center when black is much
better prepared for this kind of action} e5 11. Bg3 exd4 12. Qxd4 f5 13. e5 f4
14. Bxf4 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. g3 Nxe5 $17 {0-1 Stefanova,A-Xie Jun/Linares
1997/CBM 58 (38)}) 8... Qb6 (8... Nf6 {Would be useful to see white's
intentions for this game...}) 9. a3 Re8 {[%cal Ge7e1,Ye7e5]} ({of course not} 
9... Qxb2 $4 {because of} 10. Na4) 10. O-O Nf6 {[%cal Gf6h5]} (10... e5 11.
dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Rxe5 14. Qd4 Qxd4 15. exd4 Re7 16. Bd3 $14 {
[%csl Gc8]}) 11. h3 Bf5 {/\ Qb2} 12. Rb1 Nbd7 13. g4 Be6 14. Ng5 Nf8 15. b4 (
15. Na4 $5 Qd8 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Nd3 {the N is better placced here than on c3})
15... h6 16. Nf3 Qd8 {moving the Q away from the annoying opposition with the
R.} 17. Bg3 (17. b5 $142 c5 {Otherwise white was threatenning to take on c6
and bring the knight to c5 with a great position.} 18. dxc5 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Bxc3
20. Nd4 Qc8 {[%csl Gc5,Gg4]} 21. c6 (21. Bxh6 Qxc5 $17 {[%csl Gg1]}) 21... bxc6
(21... Bxd4 22. cxb7 Qxb7 23. exd4 $16) 22. Nxc6 (22. bxc6 $5) 22... Bg7 23.
Bf3 $14) 17... h5 $2 {trying to create weaknesses in white's camp, but it also
gives up the g5 square and the h file which could get black into trouble} 18.
Ng5 hxg4 19. hxg4 Bd7 20. Kg2 N6h7 21. Nxh7 Nxh7 22. Rh1 (22. f4 $142 $5 f6 23.
Bd3 Nf8 24. Qf3 Qc8 25. f5 $16) 22... e5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Qd4
Qf6 26. Rh2 {A dubious decision, since white has a clear advantage here.} (26.
Rh2 Nf8 27. Rbh1 Kg7 28. Rh8 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aars get2net Cup GM"]
[Site "Aars"]
[Date "1999.10.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pedersen, Steffen"]
[Black "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1999.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Ne5 Bxe2 8.
Qxe2 c6 (8... Nbd7 9. O-O-O c5 (9... Rc8 10. e4 Nb6 11. Kb1 c5 12. Nxd5 Nfxd5
13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bg3 cxd4 15. Rxd4 e6 16. c4 Qb6 17. Qd2 Nb4 18. a3 Na6 19.
Rd6 Qb3 20. Rc1 Nc5 $15 {0-1 Bosch,J-Sokolov,I/NLD-chT9596 1995/EXT 99 (43)})
10. h4 e6 11. g4 Rc8 12. f3 cxd4 13. exd4 Rxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Kd2 Rc8 16. Qd3
Nb6 17. Rb1 Ne8 18. Rb5 Qxa2 19. Rbb1 Qa3 20. Ra1 Qe7 21. g5 a6 22. Ng4 Nc4+
$44 {1/2-1/2 Malaniuk,V-Neverov,V/Kstovo 1997/CBM 59 (48)}) 9. O-O-O (9. h4 a5
10. g4 a4 11. a3 b5 12. Na2 Nfd7 13. h5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 f6 15. Bxb8 Rxb8 16. f4
e5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. f5 exd4 19. Qh2 Re8 20. O-O-O dxe3 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qxg6
e2 $17 {0-1 Stefanova,A-Xie Jun/Erevan 1996/EXT 97 (33)}) 9... Nbd7 10. h4 Ne4
(10... Rc8 11. g4 b5 12. h5 b4 13. Nb1 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Ne4 15. f3 Bxe5 16. fxe4
Bg7 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. g5 dxe4 19. Qh2 Rf5 20. Rdf1 $16 {1-0 Stefanova,A-Sziva,
E/Benasque 1997/EXT 98 (31)}) 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. h5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 (13. Bxe5 Qa5
14. hxg6 (14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Qg4 Qxa2 17. Qh4 (17. Qxe4 Rxf2 18.
Qxe7+ Rf7 19. Qh4 Kg8 $13) 17... h5 18. Qxe7+ Rf7 19. Qe5+ Kh6 $36) 14... fxg6
15. Qc4+ Qd5 16. Qxd5+ cxd5 $15 {[%csl Gf2]}) 13... Qa5 14. hxg6 hxg6 ({
Of course not:} 14... fxg6 $4 15. Qc4+ Rf7 (15... Kh8 16. Rxh7+ Kxh7 17. Rh1+
Bh6 18. Bxh6 $18) 16. Rxh7 $18) 15. Qg4 $2 (15. Kb1 Rfd8 (15... Bxe5 16. Qg4
Rfd8 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Qh4 Qd5 $11) 16. Rd4 $11 {[%csl Ge4]}) 15... Qxa2 16.
c3 Rfd8 17. Qh4 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Qe6 (18... Qa1+ 19. Kc2 Qa4+ 20. Kc1 $11) 19.
Qh3 f5 $6 {weakenning the pawn structure} (19... Qxh3 20. gxh3 Kf8 21. Rd7 b6
22. Rd4 (22. Bg5 Bxe5 23. Bxe7+ Ke8 24. Rb7 b5 $17) 22... a5 $15) 20. exf6 Qxh3
21. gxh3 Bxf6 (21... exf6 22. Rd7 b6 23. Rc7 c5 24. Rb7 $11 {[%cal Gf4b8]}) 22.
Rd7 b5 23. Rc7 a5 24. Rxc6 a4 25. Rb6 a3 26. bxa3 Rxa3 27. Rxb5 Rxc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik zt 1.3"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.09.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bh4 Qb6 5. b3 (5. Qc1 g5 (5... Bf5 6. c4 e6 7.
Nc3 Be7 8. Bg3 Nf6 9. e3 (9. c5 Qd8 10. e3 O-O 11. h3 Nbd7 12. b4 Ne4 13. Nxe4
Bxe4 14. Nd2 Bg6 15. Qc3 Bh4 16. Bd6 Re8 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 e5 19. O-O a6
20. a4 e4 21. Qe2 Re6 $11 {1-0 Hodgson,J-Turner,M/Kilkenny IRL 1999 (38)}) 9...
Nbd7 (9... O-O 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nd2 Bg6 14. c5 Qd8 15.
b4 a6 16. Nb3 Bf6 17. Na5 Ra7 18. Bd6 Be7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qb2 e5 21. dxe5
Nxe5 22. Rad1 Nd7 23. Rd4 Nf6 24. Rc1 Ne4 25. Bd3 f5 $36 {0-1 Hodgson,
J-Vescovi,G/Mermaid Beach 1998/CBM 62 ext (43)}) 10. c5 Qd8 11. Be2 Ne4 12.
Nxe4 Bxe4 13. b4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bh4 15. f4 Bxg3 16. hxg3 b6 17. g4 bxc5 18. bxc5
Qa5+ 19. Qd2 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Ke7 21. Rhb1 Rhb8 22. Rb3 Kd8 23. Ba6 Kc7 24. Rab1
$16 {1-0 Hodgson,J-Abdulla,A/Scarborough 1999/CBM 71 ext (37)}) (5... Bg4 6.
Nbd2 Nd7 7. e3 e6 8. c4 Be7 9. Bg3 Ngf6 10. Bd3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 Nh5
13. a3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 dxc4 15. Qxc4 O-O 16. b4 Qd5 17. Be4 Qd6 18. Nb3 e5 19.
Rd1 Bf6 $2 (19... Rad8 20. d5 $140 Nf6) 20. d5 Nb6 21. Qc5 Rad8 22. Qxd6 Rxd6
23. dxc6 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 bxc6 25. Na5 $16 {1-0 Hodgson,J-Gurevich,M/Delmenhorst
GER 2000/The Week in Chess 276 (48)}) 6. Bg3 g4 7. Ne5 Qxd4 8. c4 Bg7 9. e3 Qc5
10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Nd3 Qb6 12. a4 Nc5 13. cxd5 Nxd3+ 14. Bxd3 cxd5 (14... Bxb2 15.
a5 Qb4 16. Qb1 Nf6 17. Ra4 Qxa4 18. Qxb2 Qxa5 19. d6 Bf5 20. e4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4
Nxe4 22. O-O (22. Qxh8+ Kd7 23. Qd4 Qxd2+ 24. Qxd2 Nxd2 25. Kxd2 exd6 $15)
22... Nxg3 23. Qxh8+ Kd7 24. Qxa8 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Qxd2 26. dxe7 $16 {1-0 Hodgson,
J-Lalic,B/Scarborough 1999/CBM 71 ext (70)}) 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. O-O Bf5 $1 $146 {
Only this is a new move! Black is preventing e4 and threatenning to take over
thje initiative with Rc8. White will have to find something because in the
game it worked fine for black} (16... a6 17. e4 $1 Be6 (17... axb5 $2 18. axb5
Bxb2 $8 19. Qxb2 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 $16) 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Hodgson,
J-Krasenkow,M/Germany 1998/GER-chT (19)}) 17. Bc7 (17. e4 $5 Bxe4 (17... dxe4
$143 18. Nc4 Qg6 (18... Qe6 $2 {[%cal Gg8f6,Gf6h5]} 19. Rd1 {[%cal Gb5d7]} Nf6
20. Ne3 {[%cal Gb5c4]} Rc8 $140 21. Qc7 $3 $16 {[%cal Gd1d8,Gc7b7]}) 19. Rd1 h5
20. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2d8]} Bf6 $17)) 17... Qg6 18. Qc5 Nf6 19. a5 a6 20. Ba4 Ne8 {
[%csl Rb2][%cal Yf8g7,Gg7b2]} 21. Bf4 $6 (21. Bxe8 $142 Rxe8 22. Qxd5 Bxb2 23.
Ra2 $1 Be6 24. Qxb7 Bf6 $15) 21... Bxb2 22. Rab1 $2 (22. Ra2 Bg7 23. Qxd5 Qe6
24. Qxe6 Bxe6 $15) 22... Rc8 23. Qxd5 Bxb1 24. Qxb7 Rc1 $6 (24... Bf5 25. Qxb2
Nf6 $19) 25. Rxc1 Bxc1 26. Nxb1 Kg7 27. Be5+ Nf6 28. Qxe7 Bb2 $1 29. Bc2 (29.
Bxb2 Qxb1+ $19) (29. Nd2 Bxe5 30. Qxe5 Rc8 $19) 29... Rc8 $1 (29... Qxc2 $4 30.
Qxf6+ Kf8 31. Qd8#) 30. Nc3 (30. Bxb2 Rxc2 $19) 30... Qxc2 31. Qxf6+ Kf8 32.
Qxh6+ (32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qf6+ Ke8 34. Qh8+ Kd7 $19) 32... Ke8 33. h4 Bxc3 34.
Bf4 Qg6 {0-1 Hodgson,J-Godena,M/Mondariz 2000/CBM 79_02/[Gershon] (34)}) 5...
Bf5 6. e3 e6 (6... Nd7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Ngf6 9. O-O e6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. c4
O-O 12. c5 Qd8 13. b4 Nh5 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qc7 16. Qc3 Bf6 17. Rab1 b5 18.
a4 a6 19. Ra1 e5 20. Ra3 exd4 21. exd4 Rfe8 22. axb5 $2 (22. Rfa1 $14) 22...
axb5 23. Rfa1 Rxa3 24. Qxa3 Nf8 $15 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf8e6] 1/2-1/2 Lobron,
E-Breutigam,M/Wattenscheid GER 2000/The Week in Chess 280 (55)}) (6... Qa5+ 7.
Qd2 Qxd2+ 8. Kxd2 g5 9. Bg3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Ne4+ 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Ne1 Nd7 13. f3
Bh7 14. Nd3 e6 15. Nc3 Rg8 16. e4 f6 $11 {0-1 Thorfinnsson,B-Markowski,T/
Reykjavik ISL 2000/The Week in Chess 284 (49)}) 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Be7 9. Bxe7
Nxe7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 (11. c5 Qc7 12. b4 a6 13. Nc3 Nd7 $11 {[%cal Ge6e5]})
11... Nd7 12. O-O Rad8 13. Rfd1 dxc4 14. bxc4 e5 15. a4 $6 (15. Rab1 $142 Qa6
16. d5 Nc5 17. Qc2 Ng6 $14 (17... cxd5 18. cxd5 $16) (17... Qxc4 18. Nxe5 $16))
15... exd4 16. exd4 Ng6 {[%cal Gd7e5]} (16... Nc5 17. dxc5 Rxd3 18. cxb6 Rxc3
19. Rd7 $16) 17. Ne4 Qa6 (17... Nde5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 $11) 18. Qb3 b6 19. a5 $5
bxa5 20. c5 Nf4 21. Nd6 Rb8 22. Qa3 a4 $6 {saving the pawn for a while but
missing a golden oportunity to transfer the Q to the K side} (22... Qe2 $142
23. Re1 Qc2 $13 {[%cal Gc2g6,Yf4d3]}) 23. Re1 $1 {[%csl Re2][%cal Ge1e7]} (23.
Qxa4 $4 Qxa4 24. Rxa4 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Nc3) 23... Nd3 24. Re3 $1 (24. Re7 $2 Nf6
25. Ne5 (25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Qxd3 Qxd3 28. Ne5+ Ke6 29. Nxd3 Kd5
$17) 25... Nxe5 26. dxe5 Nd5 $15) 24... Nb4 25. Rc3 Nf6 26. Rc4 {[%csl Ra4,Ra7]
[%cal Ga1a7]} Nfd5 (26... Qa5 27. Ne5 $16) 27. Ne5 $16 {[%csl Rb4,Rf7][%cal
Ge5d7,Yd7f8,Yd7b8,Gd5b4,Gb8b4,Gf8f7] all the black pieces are tied up, and
cannot prevent the Nd7 threat} f6 {there is really nothing better} 28. Nd7 Rfd8
(28... Rbd8 29. Nxf8 Rxd6 30. cxd6 Qxc4 31. d7 $18) 29. Nxb8 Rxb8 30. h4 Qa5
31. Qxa4 Qxa4 32. Rxa4 {the rest is a matter of simple technique} Nd3 {[%csl
Rf2][%cal Gb8b1]} 33. Rc2 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Rf1 35. Ne4 Re1 36. Ng3 g6 {[%cal Gf6f4]
} 37. Rxa7 f5 38. Rd2 N5b4 39. Ra3 f4 40. Nh1 (40. Rdxd3 Nxd3 41. Rxd3 fxg3+
42. Kxg3 {also wins, but the text is faster and easier}) 40... Nc1 41. Rb2 Ncd3
42. Rbb3 Rd1 43. Ra4 Nd5 44. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Mondariz zt 1.1"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2000.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 {Hodgson's pet variaiton. (on both Nf6 and d5).These positions
require a special posiitonal understanding.} h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. Qc1 ({
the other possibility is naturally:} 5. b3 Bf5 6. e3 Nd7 (6... Qa5+ 7. Qd2
Qxd2+ 8. Kxd2 g5 9. Bg3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Ne4+ 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Ne1 Nd7 13. f3 Bh7
14. Nd3 e6 15. Nc3 Rg8 16. e4 f6 $11 {0-1 Thorfinnsson,B-Markowski,T/Reykjavik
ISL 2000/The Week in Chess 284 (49)}) 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Ngf6 9. O-O e6 10.
Nbd2 Be7 11. c4 O-O 12. c5 Qd8 13. b4 Nh5 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qc7 16. Qc3 Bf6
17. Rab1 b5 18. a4 a6 19. Ra1 e5 20. Ra3 exd4 21. exd4 Rfe8 22. axb5 $2 (22.
Rfa1 $14) 22... axb5 23. Rfa1 Rxa3 24. Qxa3 Nf8 $15 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf8e6] 1/
2-1/2 Lobron,E-Breutigam,M/Wattenscheid GER 2000/The Week in Chess 280 (55)})
5... g5 (5... Bf5 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bg3 Nf6 9. e3 (9. c5 Qd8 10. e3 O-O
11. h3 Nbd7 12. b4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Nd2 Bg6 15. Qc3 Bh4 16. Bd6 Re8 17.
Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 e5 19. O-O a6 20. a4 e4 21. Qe2 Re6 $11 {1-0 Hodgson,
J-Turner,M/Kilkenny IRL 1999 (38)}) 9... Nbd7 (9... O-O 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Nxe4
Bxe4 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nd2 Bg6 14. c5 Qd8 15. b4 a6 16. Nb3 Bf6 17. Na5 Ra7 18.
Bd6 Be7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qb2 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Rad1 Nd7 23. Rd4 Nf6 24. Rc1
Ne4 25. Bd3 f5 $36 {0-1 Hodgson,J-Vescovi,G/Mermaid Beach 1998/CBM 62 ext (43)}
) 10. c5 Qd8 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. b4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bh4 15. f4 Bxg3 16.
hxg3 b6 17. g4 bxc5 18. bxc5 Qa5+ 19. Qd2 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Ke7 21. Rhb1 Rhb8 22.
Rb3 Kd8 23. Ba6 Kc7 24. Rab1 $16 {1-0 Hodgson,J-Abdulla,A/Scarborough 1999/CBM
71 ext (37)}) (5... Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. e3 e6 8. c4 Be7 9. Bg3 Ngf6 10. Bd3 Bxf3
11. Nxf3 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 Nh5 13. a3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 dxc4 15. Qxc4 O-O 16. b4 Qd5 17.
Be4 Qd6 18. Nb3 e5 19. Rd1 Bf6 $2 (19... Rad8 20. d5 $140 Nf6) 20. d5 Nb6 21.
Qc5 Rad8 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 23. dxc6 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 bxc6 25. Na5 $16 {1-0 Hodgson,
J-Gurevich,M/Delmenhorst GER 2000/The Week in Chess 276 (48)}) 6. Bg3 g4 7. Ne5
Qxd4 8. c4 Bg7 9. e3 Qc5 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Nd3 Qb6 12. a4 Nc5 13. cxd5 Nxd3+ 14.
Bxd3 cxd5 (14... Bxb2 15. a5 Qb4 16. Qb1 Nf6 17. Ra4 Qxa4 18. Qxb2 Qxa5 19. d6
Bf5 20. e4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. O-O (22. Qxh8+ Kd7 23. Qd4 Qxd2+ 24. Qxd2
Nxd2 25. Kxd2 exd6 $15) 22... Nxg3 23. Qxh8+ Kd7 24. Qxa8 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Qxd2 26.
dxe7 $16 {1-0 Hodgson,J-Lalic,B/Scarborough 1999/CBM 71 ext (70)}) 15. Bb5+ Kf8
16. O-O Bf5 $1 $146 {Only this is a new move! Black is preventing e4 and
threatenning to take over thje initiative with Rc8. White will have to find
something because in the game it worked fine for black} (16... a6 17. e4 $1 Be6
(17... axb5 $2 18. axb5 Bxb2 $8 19. Qxb2 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 $16) 18. exd5 Bxd5 19.
Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Hodgson,J-Krasenkow,M/Germany 1998/GER-chT (19)}) 17. Bc7 (17. e4
$5 Bxe4 (17... dxe4 $143 18. Nc4 Qg6 (18... Qe6 $2 {[%cal Gg8f6,Gf6h5]} 19. Rd1
{[%cal Gb5d7]} Nf6 20. Ne3 {[%cal Gb5c4]} Rc8 $140 21. Qc7 $3 $16 {[%cal Gd1d8,
Gc7b7]}) 19. Rd1 h5 20. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2d8]} Bf6 $17)) 17... Qg6 18. Qc5 Nf6 19.
a5 a6 20. Ba4 Ne8 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Yf8g7,Gg7b2]} 21. Bf4 $6 (21. Bxe8 $142 Rxe8
22. Qxd5 Bxb2 23. Ra2 $1 Be6 24. Qxb7 Bf6 $15) 21... Bxb2 22. Rab1 $2 (22. Ra2
Bg7 23. Qxd5 Qe6 24. Qxe6 Bxe6 $15) 22... Rc8 23. Qxd5 Bxb1 24. Qxb7 Rc1 $6 (
24... Bf5 25. Qxb2 Nf6 $19) 25. Rxc1 Bxc1 26. Nxb1 Kg7 27. Be5+ Nf6 28. Qxe7
Bb2 $1 29. Bc2 (29. Bxb2 Qxb1+ $19) (29. Nd2 Bxe5 30. Qxe5 Rc8 $19) 29... Rc8
$1 (29... Qxc2 $4 30. Qxf6+ Kf8 31. Qd8#) 30. Nc3 (30. Bxb2 Rxc2 $19) 30...
Qxc2 31. Qxf6+ Kf8 32. Qxh6+ (32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qf6+ Ke8 34. Qh8+ Kd7 $19) 32...
Ke8 33. h4 Bxc3 34. Bf4 Qg6 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ward, Christopher"]
[Black "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 f5 {I this position black has a pair of
bishops while white will try to attack the weak pawn on d5, and if black
decides to take on 'c4' white will have a strong center.If taking into
consideration that the position is a closed one, it seems to me that white's
chances here are better than black's.} (4... Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nc3
c6 8. Qf3 f5 9. Nge2 Qh4 10. Bb3 Be6 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. g3 Qh6 13. h4 Rad8 14.
Bc2 Qf6 15. Kb1 Bb4 16. h5 Rfe8 17. a3 Ba5 18. Qf4 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 Nb6 20. h6 g5
21. Ne4 Ba2+ 22. Kxa2 Rxe4 23. Qf3 g4 24. Qe2 Qe6+ 25. Ka1 $16 {1-0 Piket,
J-Gurevich,I/Biel 1993/CBM 37 (40)}) (4... c6 5. Nf3 (5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7.
Qb3 Qe7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Bd3 Rd8 10. Nge2 Nc6 11. O-O Be6 12. a3 Bd6 13. Nb5 Bb8
14. Rac1 a6 15. Nbc3 Na5 16. Qc2 g6 17. g3 Nc4 18. Rfe1 b5 19. a4 Qb4 20. b3
Na3 21. Qb2 Bd6 $4 22. Na2 Qa5 23. b4 Qxa4 24. Nec3 {1-0 Manor,I-Averbakh,Y/
ICC Moscow-Tel Aviv 1998/CBM 64 ext (24)}) 5... Bg4 6. c4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. h3 Bxf3 $6 (9... Be6) 10. Qxf3 Qa5 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. O-O Bxc3 13.
Rxc3 Rae8 14. Ra3 $16 {1-0 Gretarsson,H-Gudmundsson,S/Icelandic Teams,
Reykjavic ICL 1999 (41)}) 5. Bd3 (5. Nf3 Qd6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. O-O g6
9. c4 Bg7 10. c5 Qe7 11. b4 O-O 12. a3 Nf6 13. Nb3 Ne4 14. Qc2 Rae8 15. Na5 Bc8
16. Qb3 Qd8 17. Rfc1 g5 18. Ra2 c6 19. Qa4 $14 {0-1 Hering,F-Kalks,T/Germany
1994/EXT 99 (74)}) 5... Bd6 (5... g6 6. Qf3 c6 7. Ne2 Bd6 8. h3 Qe7 9. b3 O-O
10. c4 dxc4 11. bxc4 Nd7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Nbc3 $14 {0-1 Laszlo,J-Tolnai,T/
HUN-chT 1993/TD (25)}) 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O g6 8. Nbd2 (8. c4 {is a bit premature}
dxc4 (8... c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 $16 {[%cal Gd1b3] The knight is placed
better here (than on d2) in the sense of attacking the 'd5' pawn}) 9. Bxc4 c5
$11) 8... Nd7 9. c4 c6 (9... dxc4 10. Nxc4 Be7 11. Qc2 $14 {[%cal Gf1d1,Ga1c1]}
) 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qb3 Nf6 12. Ne5 (12. Nb1 {[%cal Gb1c3]} Ne4 13. Rc1 Re8 14.
Nc3 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 f4 16. exf4 Bxf4 17. g3 Bh6 $11 {[%csl Gc1]}) 12... Qe7 (
12... Bxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. Rad1 (14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Rfd1 $11) 14... Nc5 15. Qc2
$16 {[%csl Gd5]}) 13. Ndf3 Be6 14. Rfc1 Ne4 (14... Nd7 15. Rc2 (15. Qxb7 $4
Nxe5 16. Qxe7 Nxf3+ $19) 15... Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nc5 17. Qa3 b6 18. Nd4 $16) 15.
Bf1 g5 16. Rc2 f4 $2 {There was no reason to weaken the position like this} (
16... g4 $142 17. Ne1 Bxe5 18. dxe5 d4 19. Qd3 dxe3 20. Qxe3 f6 $132) 17. exf4
gxf4 18. Ne1 f6 19. N5d3 Rac8 20. f3 Ng5 21. Nc5 Rxc5 $6 {Trying to get some
unclear game for the exchange, but now, in addition to a bad position black is
also down in material.} (21... Bxc5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Qa3 Rc7 (23... b6 24. Nd3
Rc7 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Rc1 $16 {[%csl Ga7,Gd5,Gf4,Gf6]}) 24. Qxa7 Rxc2 25. Nxc2
$16) 22. dxc5 Bxc5+ 23. Kh1 Be3 24. Rd1 Nf7 (24... d4 25. Bc4 $18) 25. Nd3 d4
26. Qb5 b6 27. Nb4 {[%cal Gb4c6,Yc6e7,Yc6d4]} Nd6 28. Qh5 Nf5 29. Bc4 Bxc4 30.
Rxc4 {With the exchange of the white squared bishops black pieces are now
hanging, which makes it only a matter of time before he will be forced to
resign.} Qe5 31. Qg4+ Kh8 32. Nd3 Qb5 33. b3 Rg8 34. Qh3 Qd5 35. Rc2 Rg6 {
[%cal Gg6h6,Gf5g3]} 36. Nf2 (36. Rc8+ $142 Rg8 (36... Kg7 37. Rc7+ Kf8 38. Qxh7
$18) 37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Qg4+ Kh8 39. Nxf4 $18) 36... Rh6 37. Qg4 Ng3+ 38. Kg1
f5 39. Qg5 $2 $138 (39. Rc8+ $142) 39... Rg6 40. Qh4 d3 41. Rxd3 Ne2+ (41...
Ne2+ 42. Kf1 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 08th semifinal"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tel-Aviv Hapoel"]
[BlackTeam "Muenchen Bayern"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 Qb6 5. Qc1 {N} (5. Nd2 Qxb2 6. Ngf3 g6 (
6... Nbd7 {- 32/452}) 7. O-O $44) 5... g6 6. Nf3 (6. Bxf6 $5 exf6 7. h4 h5 8.
c4 $14) 6... Bg7 7. O-O Bf5 8. Bxf5 gxf5 9. c4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 e6 11. Qc2 O-O 12.
Rab1 dxc4 $2 (12... Ne4 $10) 13. b3 $1 Qa6 $6 (13... cxb3 14. Rxb3 Qc7 15. e4
fxe4 16. Nxe4 $44) 14. bxc4 b6 (14... Qxc4 15. Nd2 $1 {/\ e4->} (15. Rxb7 $6 c5
$10)) 15. Nd2 Qb7 16. Rfd1 $6 (16. e4 $5 fxe4 17. Ncxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 $16)
16... Qc7 $6 (16... c5 $5 17. d5 Ne5 18. e4 fxe4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ncxe4 Qe7
$14) 17. Bf4 Qd8 18. e4 fxe4 19. Ndxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 $16 Qh4 21. Bd6 Rfd8 22.
c5 $1 (22. Rb3 $6 f5 $1) 22... Nf6 (22... f5 23. Ng3 Bxd4 24. Nxf5 $1 Bxf2+ (
24... exf5 25. Qc4+ $18) 25. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 exf5 27. Bc7 $18) (22... Nf8
23. Rb3 Ng6 24. Rh3 Qg4 25. Rg3 Qh5 26. Rg5 Qh6 27. Rd3 $18) 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24.
Rb3 bxc5 25. dxc5 Qg6 26. Qe2 Kh8 27. g3 Qf5 28. Rb7 e5 29. Re1 Re8 30. Qe4 $1
Qxe4 31. Rxe4 Kg8 32. Rc7 Rec8 33. Rxc8+ Rxc8 {R 9/k} 34. Ra4 $18 a6 (34... Bf8
35. Rg4+) (34... Ra8 35. Ra6) 35. Rxa6 Bf8 36. Kg2 $6 (36. a4 Bxd6 37. cxd6 c5
38. d7 Rd8 39. Ra7 c4 40. Kf1 Kf8 41. a5 Ke7 42. a6) 36... f6 37. Ra7 $6 (37.
a4 Bxd6 38. cxd6 Kf7 39. d7 Rd8 40. Rxc6 Rxd7 41. Rc2) 37... Bxd6 38. cxd6 Rd8
39. d7 Kf7 40. Rc7 $2 (40. Kf3 Ke7 41. Ke3 Rb8 (41... Rxd7 42. Rxd7+ Kxd7 43.
Kd3 Kd6 44. Kc4) 42. a4 Rb3+ 43. Ke4 Rb2 44. a5 Rxf2 45. a6 Ra2 46. Ra8 Kxd7
47. a7 Kc7 48. Rh8 Ra4+ (48... Kb7 49. Rxh7+ Ka8 50. h4) (48... Rxa7 49. Rxh7+
Kb8 50. Rxa7 Kxa7 51. h4 c5 52. h5 c4 53. h6 c3 54. Kd3) 49. Kf5 Rxa7 50. Rxh7+
Kb6 51. Rxa7 Kxa7 52. h4 c5 53. h5 c4 54. Ke4 f5+ 55. Ke3) 40... Ke7 41. Rxc6
Rxd7 42. Rc2 $2 (42. Ra6 $16) 42... Ra7 43. Kf3 Ke6 44. Ke2 h5 45. Kd3 Kf5 46.
h3 h4 47. gxh4 Ra3+ $10 48. Kc4 e4 49. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gonen Memorial"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2002.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Maryasin, Boris Feliksovich"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2002.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2] This was the last game in this tournament.We shared second place
with many other players (3 point of 4 games) and it was clear,that I need only
win.} 1. d4 d5 {I do not want to allow my contender to play defence" Veresov" 
(1..Nf6 2.Nc3),but nevertheless:} 2. Nc3 Bf5 3. Bg5 h6 $5 {From my point of
view,this move is always useful in this position.} (3... c6 4. Qd2 Nd7 5. f3 {
[%cal Ge2e4] See comments to Reprintsev,A-Grigoriants,S/Moscow,1999/CBM 70(1-0)
(Avrukh,B)(49)}) 4. Bh4 c6 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gd8b6]} 5. e3 Qb6 6. Rb1 Nd7 ({
Also,it is possible to play,at first:} 6... e6 7. Bd3 $140 Be7 8. Bxf5 exf5 9.
Bg3 Nf6 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. Nf4 O-O 12. O-O Rfe8 $11 {Brandner,S-Baumegger,S/
Mureck, 2001(0-1)(42),but I wanted to keep an opportunity to play in one move
"e5".}) 7. Bd3 Bxd3 ({Also deserves attention:} 7... e6 $5 8. Nf3 (8. Bxf5 exf5
$11 {[%cal Gg8f6]}) 8... Ngf6 9. O-O a5 10. Bxf5 exf5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Qd3 g6
13. b3 Bg7 14. Na4 Qd8 $11 {Khachaturov,A-Gaspariants,G/Moscow,1968(1-0)(42)})
8. cxd3 {[%mdl 16]} ({Worse is:} 8. Qxd3 {even in view of:} e5) 8... e6 ({
And nevertheless,it was dubiously now:} 8... e5 {becouse of:} 9. Nf3 exd4 10.
exd4 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gd1e2]}) 9. Nf3 (9. f4 $6 c5 $36 {[%csl Rd4,Re3]}) 9...
Be7 $5 ({Senselessly:} 9... Ne7 {[%cal Ge7f5] /\Nf5 because of:} 10. e4 $14 {
[%csl Ye4,Re7]} (10. O-O $6 Nf5 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. b4 a6 13. Na4 Qc7 {=/=/+
Kiefer,D-Murany,K/Sargenroth,1998 (0-1)(63)})) (9... a5 $5 {[%csl Ya5][%cal
Ya5b4]}) 10. O-O $146 {Boris provokes me on active actions.} ({Were checked in
the preceding games:} 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. O-O (11. b4 $142) 11... O-O (11... a5
$142) 12. b4 Nf5 13. Na4 Qd8 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Nc5 {+/=/= Berkes,
F-Gasthofer,A/Litohoto,1999 (1/2-1/2)(41)}) ({and} 10. Bg3 $6 Ngf6 {[%csl Rg3]
[%cal Gf6h5]} 11. O-O O-O (11... Nh5 $5) 12. b4 a5 13. b5 c5 $6 (13... a4 $13 {
[%cal Gb6a5]}) 14. Na4 Qd8 15. b6 $14 {Sell,A-Giehring,S/Germany,1997 (1-0)(28)
}) 10... g5 $5 $132 {I accept a call.} ({Conducts to an approximately equal
position:} 10... Bxh4 11. Nxh4 Ngf6) 11. Bg3 h5 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gh5h4]} 12. h4
({Much worse is:} 12. h3 Nh6 $1 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gh6f5]} 13. e4 $140 $2 g4 {
[%csl Rd4]}) 12... g4 13. Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 64]} Nxe5 {Besides,black has two
principales moves:} (13... Qd8 $6 {[%csl Rh4]} 14. Nxd7 Kxd7 15. Qb3 $36 {
[%csl Rb7]}) ({and} 13... Nf8 $5 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gf7f6]} 14. f3 $140 f6 15.
fxg4 fxe5 16. Bxe5 Rh7 17. gxh5 {[%cal Gd1g4]} Nd7 18. Qg4 O-O-O 19. Qxe6 $13)
14. Bxe5 Rh7 {[%csl Yh7][%cal Yh7a7]} 15. b4 $5 {Boris Maryasin is well known
as a strong tactical player and he begins the favourite game!} ({Also deserves
attention:} 15. g3 $5 {[%csl Yg3][%cal Yg3h4]}) 15... a6 {[%csl Ya6,Yc6][%cal
Yc6b5,Ya6b5] It is necessary to cause the pawn on point "a4".} (15... Bxh4 $6
16. b5 $36 {׫}) 16. a4 $6 (16. g3 $142 {/\a4|^<<}) 16... Bxh4 17. b5 Ne7 18.
bxa6 $6 (18. bxc6 $142 Qxc6 19. Rc1 $44 {[%csl Rc6]}) 18... Qxa6 {Now sole
weakness in my position- pawn "b7".} 19. Qb3 f6 20. Bf4 Nf5 $6 {[%csl Rb7,Rd3,
Yh7][%cal Yh7b7]} ({It was much better:} 20... Ng6 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Yh7b7] /
\f5 /^d8-h4 =/+}) 21. Qc2 {White prepare a translation of rooks on <->b.} Rg7
22. Rb4 g3 $132 23. f3 Bg5 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gf5e3]} 24. Bxg5 fxg5 25. Rfb1 Rd8
$5 {[%csl Rd4,Gd8]} ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 25... Kf8 $5 {
/\Re8,Qa8-d8,g4 and Qh4.}) (25... Nxe3 $2 {is refuted by:} 26. Qe2 $16 {
[%csl Re3,Re6]}) 26. Qd2 Rdd7 {[%csl Rb7,Yd7,Yg7]} 27. Ne2 $6 {[%csl Rd4,Ye2]
[%cal Ye2d4,Ge3e4]} ({It was very interestingly:} 27. e4 Nxd4 $140 28. exd5 $1
(28. Rxd4 $2 Qa7 {[%csl Rd4]} 29. Ne2 e5 30. exd5 exd4 $17) 28... Qa7 {[%csl
Ga7,Rg1]} 29. Kh1 $13) 27... Qa5 $1 {[%csl Ga5,Rd2]} 28. Qc1 ({Weakly:} 28. e4
{in view of:} dxe4 29. dxe4 $140 c5 $1 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Gc5b4]} (29... Nxd4
$143 30. Nxd4 c5 (30... e5 31. Qa2 $132 {[%csl Re8]}) 31. Nxe6 $1 Rxd2 32.
Nxg7+ $132 {[%csl Re8,Rg7]}) 30. exf5 cxb4 31. fxe6 Rd6 $17) 28... g4 {[%csl
Rg1][%cal Ga5d8,Gd8h4] Is created the concrete threat of translation Q on the
king side.} 29. fxg4 ({Now absolutely bad:} 29. e4 {because of:} gxf3 30. gxf3
Qd8 $1 {[%csl Rg1]} 31. exf5 Qh4 $19 {[%csl Rg1]}) (29. Rxb7 $4 Rxb7 30. Qxc6+
Kd8 $19 {[%csl Yb1,Re1,Rg1][%cal Yb1e1]}) 29... hxg4 30. e4 ({Can be
recommended:} 30. Qe1 $5 Rh7 31. Nxg3 $140 Qc7 $40 {[%csl Rg1]}) 30... dxe4 31.
Qf4 $6 (31. dxe4 $142 Nxd4 $1 32. Rxd4 (32. Nxd4 Qh5 $17 {[%csl Rg1]}) 32...
Rxd4 33. Nxd4 Qh5 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gg7f7]} 34. Qe3 Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Rf7+ 36. Ke2
Qxg2+ 37. Kd3 Qa2 38. Rc1 e5 $1 $40 {[%csl Rd3]}) 31... exd3 32. Nxg3 $140 Qc7
$1 {I force white to exchange the queens and I proceed in the endgame with big
advantage!} 33. Qxc7 $8 Rxc7 $17 34. Ne4 $5 (34. Nxf5 $143 exf5 35. Rd1 Rcd7 (
35... Kd7 $5 36. Rxd3 Kd6 $17) 36. Rxd3 Kd8 $17 {[%cal Gd7d5]}) 34... g3 {
[%csl Rg1]} (34... Rgf7 $5) 35. Rd1 e5 $5 {The most responsible and difficult
move in a game.} (35... Rg6 $5 36. Rxd3 Rh7 $17 {[%csl Rg1]} 37. Nc5 $140 $6 {
[%csl Rb7]} (37. Kf1 $142 $17) 37... Rgh6 38. Kf1 Rh1+ 39. Ke2 Rg1 {[%csl Rg2]}
) 36. dxe5 c5 {[%csl Yc5,Gd3][%cal Gc5c4]} 37. Nf6+ (37. Rc4 $2 Ne3 {[%csl Rc4,
Rd1]}) 37... Kf7 38. Rb6 $2 {Decisive mistake.} ({More stubborn resistance
after:} 38. Rf4 Nd4 (38... Ke6 $6 39. Rxd3 Kxe5 40. Rdf3 Kxf6 41. Rxf5+ Ke6)
39. Nh5+ (39. Nd5+ $143 Ke6 40. Nxc7+ Rxc7 {[%csl Gc5,Gd3,Rf4][%cal Gd4e2]} 41.
Rh4 (41. Rxd4 $2 cxd4 $19 42. Rxd3 $140 $2 Rc1+) 41... Ne2+ 42. Kf1 c4 $19 {
[%csl Gc4,Gd3]}) 39... Ke6 40. Nxg7+ Rxg7 {[%csl Gd4,Rf4,Rg1][%cal Gd4e2]} 41.
Rxd4 cxd4 42. Rxd3 Kxe5 43. Kf1 Kd5 44. Ke2 Kc4 $17 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gg7g6,
Gg6a6]}) 38... c4 $19 {[%csl Gc4,Gd3] Now my o^o^ pawns quickly decide a game.}
39. Nd5 Rc6 40. Rxb7+ Ke6 41. Rb5 Nd4 42. Nf4+ (42. Ra5 $144 Ne2+ 43. Kf1 c3
$19 {[%cal Gc3c2]}) 42... Kf5 43. Rd5 Kxf4 44. Rxd4+ Ke3 $1 {This move a
little better,than: 44...Kxe5.} 45. Rd8 Rh6 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gg7h7]} 46. Rf1
Rgh7 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gh6h1]} (46... Rgh7 47. Rf3+ (47. Re1+ Kd2 {[%csl Rg1]
[%cal Gh6h1]}) 47... Ke2 {[%csl Ye2,Rg1][%cal Gh6h1] In a result I have
divided 1-4 places with: Roiz,M; Mikhalevski,V and Tseitlin,M.}) 0-1

[Event "Nuremberg LGA Cup 8th"]
[Site "Nuremberg"]
[Date "2011.09.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baramidze, David"]
[Black "Zwahr, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2011.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Bg7 (5... Bg4 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3
Bg7 {wird von Palliser favorisiert, "d-Pawn Attacks", Everyman Chess 2008.}) 6.
Be2 Bg4 7. Ne5 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Nbd7 9. h4 Qa5 ({In Stefanova-McShane, London 1997,
folgte} 9... Ne4 10. Nxe4 Nxe5 11. Nd2 Nd7 {wonach} 12. O-O-O $14 {Weiß etwas
mehr vom Spiel versprach.}) ({Besser gefällt mir} 9... Nh5 $5 10. Bh2 ({Oder} 
10. O-O-O Nxf4 11. exf4 h5 $11 {Beikert-Banikas, Französische Liga 2002}) 10...
Bxe5 11. dxe5 Ng7 $11 {mit Ausgleich.}) 10. O-O-O ({Nach} 10. f3 {ist 10...}
Nh5 {sogar stärker, wie} 11. Bh2 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Ng7 13. O-O-O Nb6 14. e4 {
Izeta Txabarri-Berg, Debrecen 1992} {14...} O-O-O $15 {zeigt.}) 10... Ne4 $2 ({
Notwendig war} 10... Nh5 $5 {mit Gegenspiel,} 11. Nxd7 ({Oder} 11. Kb1 Bxe5)
11... Nxf4 12. exf4 Kxd7) 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nxd7 Kxd7 13. Kb1 Rad8 14. h5 Kc8
15. c4 Qf5 16. g4 Qa5 17. h6 Bf8 18. d5 e6 19. dxc6 Rxd1+ $2 ({Etwas
hartnäckiger wäre} 19... bxc6 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Rd1 Qa5 22. Qc2 $16) 20. Qxd1
bxc6 21. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Dresden ZMD op-A 21st"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2012.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2012.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 h6 5. Bh4 ({Weiß verzichtet auf} 5. Bxf6
exf6 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Qc1 Be7 8. O-O O-O $11 {mit etwa gleichen Chancen.}) 5...
Qb6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 g5 ({Genügend Gegenspiel verspricht} 7... e5 $5 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Bf5 Qc7) 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. Be5 Nxe5 ({Nach} 9... f6 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3
e5 12. Bf5 {gefällt die weiße Stellung etwas besser.}) 10. Nxe5 Nf6 11. O-O Nd7
$2 ({Zu provokativ gespielt. Bessere Kontrolle versprach} 11... Bg7 12. c4 c5
13. Nc3 cxd4 14. Na4 Qc7 15. exd4 Nd7 16. cxd5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Rc1 Qd6
19. Qh5 O-O $11) 12. f4 gxf4 $2 ({Aber dies geht schon zu weit.Notwendig war} 
12... Nxe5 13. fxe5 Be6 14. c4 {mit Vorteil für Weiß.}) 13. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 14.
Qh5+ Ke6 15. c4 Rg8 $4 ({Das kleinere Übel wäre} 15... dxc4 16. bxc4 Qb2 17. c5
Nxc5 18. Qf5+ Kd6 19. Qxf4+ Kd7 20. dxc5 Qf6 21. Qb4 $16 {gewesen.}) 16. Qf5+
Kd6 17. Qxf4+ e5 18. c5+ Nxc5 19. Qxe5+ Kd7 20. Rf7+ Kd8 21. Qf6+ Ke8 22. Bg6
1-0

[Event "Lippstadt 9th"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1999.08.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1999.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. dxc5 e5 5. Bg5 Bxc5 6. Nc3 Bxf2+ 7. Kxf2 Ng4+
8. Ke1 Qxg5 9. Nxd5 O-O 10. Nf3 Qd8 11. h3 Nf6 12. Nxe5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qd3 Qxb2 16. Kf2 Be6 17. Rhb1 Qe5 18. Qe3 Qf5+ 19. Qf3 Qc5+ 20.
Qe3 Qxc2 21. Rc1 Qb2 22. Qc3 Qb6+ 23. Qc5 Rfc8 24. a4 Qd8 25. Rab1 Bd5 26. e4
Ba2 27. Rb7 Rab8 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Kg1 Qc7 30. Qxc6 Qxc6 31. Rxc6 Kf8 32. a5
Rb1+ 33. Kh2 Rb7 34. a6 Rd7 35. h4 Ke7 36. Bh3 Be6 37. Bxe6 fxe6 38. Kh3 Rd6
39. Rc7+ Rd7 40. Rb7 Kd6 41. Rb8 {[%csl Ga6] The important thing in this
position is whites P on a6. It could be strong and it could be weak. What both
players would have to realise though is that whites R and a6-P keeps blacks R
and K occupied because of the possibility Rb7. That would of course change if
black could play his K to f6 and play Rd7-d6. For the moment though white has
in a way a extra piece - his K} Rc7 $6 (41... h5 $1 {[%csl Rh3] Restricting
whites K, but also moving a P away from the seventh rank, and thereby making a
future Rb8-b7 less strong. It seems this move makes it possible for black to
keep the balance.} 42. Rh8 (42. Kg2 {[%cal Yg2f3,Yf3f4,Yf4g5]} Rc7 (42... Rf7
43. Rh8 $14) 43. Kf3 e5 $11 {Again restricting whites K} 44. Rh8 Rc3+ 45. Kf2
Rc2+ 46. Kg1 Ra2 47. Rxh5 Ke6 $1 $11) 42... Ke5 (42... Ke7 43. Rxh5 Rd6 44. Ra5
$16 {[%cal Yh3g4,Yg4g5,Yg4f4]}) (42... g6 43. Rg8) 43. Rxh5+ Kxe4 44. Kg4 e5
45. Rh7 $1 {[%cal Yh4h5,Yh5h6]} Kd5 $1 {[%cal Yd5e6,Ye5e4]} (45... Kd3 46. h5
e4 47. h6 e3 48. hxg7 $18) 46. h5 (46. Kf5 $2 g6+ $19) (46. Kg5 e4) 46... Ke6
47. Kg5 Rf7 48. Rh8 e4) 42. Kg4 Ke5 $2 (42... Rc6 43. Rh8 $1 (43. Rb7 Rc7 $1 (
43... Rxa6 44. Rxg7 $16)) (43. h5 Rc7 {and it is unclear how white can improve
his postion now that Rb5-h5 is no longer possible.} (43... Rxa6 44. Rb7) 44.
Rh8 h6 {Here it would be much better for white to have the h-P on h4, since
then he could play Kg4-h5-g6}) 43... h6 44. Rg8 Rxa6 (44... Rc7 45. Rb8 {
[%cal Yg4h5,Yh5g6]}) 45. Rxg7 $16) 43. Rb5+ Kd6 (43... Kxe4 44. Rb7 $16) 44.
Rh5 $1 {Very well played. Whites K could not do anything on the K-side,
because the Ps on g7 and h7 covered all the important squares. The textmove
forces black to weaken his K-side} g6 (44... h6 45. Rb5 {[%cal Yg4h5,Yh5g6]}
Kc6 46. Rb8 $16) 45. Rb5 {[%cal Yg4g5,Yg5h6]} Rc6 46. e5+ $18 Kd7 47. Rb7+ Rc7
48. Rxc7+ Kxc7 49. Kg5 Kc6 50. Kf6 Kd5 51. g4 h6 52. g5 1-0

[Event "DEN-SWE"]
[Site "Hinnerup"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Ne5 Bxe2 8.
Qxe2 Nh5 $5 $146 (8... c6 9. h4 Nbd7 (9... Nh5 10. g4 Nxf4 11. exf4 c5 12.
O-O-O cxd4 13. Rxd4 e6 14. g5 Nc6 15. Rd3 Qb8 16. Re1 $14 {Blatny,P-Grosse
Kloenne/2.BL/1991/}) (9... Qa5 10. h5 c5 11. hxg6 fxg6 12. Qf3 Nc6 13. Qh3 Nxe5
14. dxe5 Nh5 15. O-O-O $40 {Blatny,P-Trapl,J/Chambery/1991/}) 10. g4 (10. O-O-O
Qa5 11. h5 $1 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 (12... Nxh5 13. Rxh5 gxh5 14. Qxh5 $40) 13.
hxg6 hxg6 14. Qg4 $1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rfd8 (15... Qa3+ 16. Kd2 e6 17. Rh3 c5 18.
Qh4 Rfc8 19. Rdh1 Kf8 20. Qg5 Ke8 21. Rh7 d4 22. Rxg7 Qxc3+ 23. Ke2 {1-0/
Hebden,M-Krakops,M/Capelle la Grande/1995/}) 16. Qh4 Kf8 17. Qh7 e6 18. Rd3
Qxa2 19. Kd2 Qa3 20. Rh3 a5 21. Rf3 Rd7 22. Bg5 a4 23. Bf6 Bxf6 24. exf6 Ke8
25. Qh8+ Qf8 26. Rh3 {1-0/Blatny,P-Peek,M/Groningen/1990/}) 10... Ne4 11. Nxe4
dxe4 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. O-O-O $14 {Granda Zuniga,J-Bass,L/Barcelona/1990/}) (
8... e6 9. h4 c5 10. dxc5 Nh5 11. Bh2 Qxh4 12. O-O-O Qb4 13. Nd3 Qc4 14. Bd6
Rd8 15. Rxh5 gxh5 16. Qxh5 Rxd6 17. cxd6 Nd7 18. Rh1 h6 19. Qh4 $16 {Hebden,
M-Lane,G/Hastings/1990/}) 9. h4 (9. O-O-O $5) (9. Qb5 $5 Nxf4 10. exf4 Nc6 $1
$13) 9... Nxf4 10. exf4 Nc6 11. O-O-O e6 12. h5 $5 (12. Kb1) 12... Nxe5 13.
fxe5 (13. dxe5 $5) 13... Qg5+ 14. Kb1 c5 $1 15. Rde1 $1 Rac8 (15... cxd4 $6 16.
Nb5 $16) 16. Nb5 cxd4 $2 (16... a6 $1 17. Nd6 Rc6 $13) 17. Nxd4 Rc4 18. Qd3
Qxg2 $6 {X Qg2} 19. b3 $1 Rc5 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qd2 $1 $16 Rfc8 22. Reg1 Qe4
23. f4 g5 $8 (23... Bxe5 24. fxe5 Qxe5 25. Rh3 $18 {X Kg8}) 24. Rh2 $1 Kf8 (
24... Qxf4 25. Qxf4 gxf4 26. Rhg2 $18) 25. Rxg5 b6 26. Rh3 (26. Rxg7 $5 Kxg7
27. f5 Kf8 $8 28. fxe6 $40) 26... a5 27. Rg1 b5 28. Qd3 $1 Qxd3 29. cxd3 $18 {
X Bg7} Rc3 $138 30. Nxb5 Rc2 31. Nd6 R8c6 32. Rh7 Rf2 33. Rgxg7 $138 Rcc2 34.
Rxf7+ Kg8 35. Rfg7+ Kf8 36. Rc7 $1 Rb2+ 37. Kc1 Rxa2 38. Rc8# 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 30th"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Blanco Fernandez, Alvaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c6 7. Bd3 Re8 8.
O-O Nd7 9. c4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Bf8 11. Qc2 g6 12. Rfd1 Nb6 13. a3 a5 14. Rac1 a4
15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Qb1 Rad8 18. Ne4 Kg7 19. Nc5 Qa7 20. Rc3 Bg4 21.
Rdc1 b6 22. Ne4 Bd7 23. g3 f5 24. Ng5 h6 25. Nf3 c5 26. Ne5 Bd6 27. Nxd7 Qxd7
28. dxc5 Bxc5 29. Rd1 Be7 30. Be2 Qb7 31. Bb5 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Rd8 33. Qc2 Bf6
34. Rc6 Rd5 35. Bxa4 Rc5 36. Rxc5 bxc5 {Q+B - Q+B (ungleichfarbige B) 1 weißer
Mehrbauer, kombiniertes Spiel gegen f7 und Vormarsch des a-Freibauern} 37. Bb3
h5 38. h4 Kg8 39. a4 Kg7 40. a5 f4 41. gxf4 Bxh4 42. Qc4 Bd8 43. a6 (43. a6 Qa7
44. Qxf7+ Qxf7 45. Bxf7 Bb6 46. Bc4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Krynica zt"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1998.09.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Black "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 c6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 a5 11. Ra3 Re8 12. Rb3 Ra7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4
15. Nxe4 Nb6 16. Nc5 Qxd4 17. Be3 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Nc4 19. Nxb7 Raa8 20. c3 Be5
21. Rd7 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Kf8 23. Rb6 Rec8 24. Nc5 Rab8 25. Ra7 Rxb6 26. Nd7+ Kg7
27. Nxb6 {[#] Weißer Mehrbauer und weitere schwarze Bauernschwächen lassen
Schwarz keine echte Remischance. Man beachte den Witz im 49.Zug!} Rd8 28. Rxe7
Bg3 29. Rd7 Re8 30. Nc4 h5 31. Kf1 Re6 32. Ke2 Rf6 33. Rd2 Rf5 34. Kd3 h4 35.
e4 Rg5 36. Re2 Kf8 37. e5 c5 38. Ke4 Ke7 39. Kd5 f6 40. Kxc5 fxe5 41. Kb6 Ke6
42. Nxa5 Kd5 43. Nc6 Bh2 44. a5 Rh5 45. a6 Bg1+ 46. Kb5 e4 47. a7 Kd6+ 48. Kc4
Rh8 49. Nd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8f7,Ra7a8] eine nette Kleinigkeit!} Rxd8 50. Rd2+ Ke5
51. Rxd8 Bxa7 52. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bf5 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. c4 e6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. c5 Qd8 10. Bg3 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Be2 Ngf6 13. O-O Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15.
Qc3 O-O 16. Rfc1 Ra7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 b6 19. Bd6 bxc5 20. Qxc5 Rb7 21.
Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. f3 Bg6 24. Bd1 Ra7 25. Rc3 Rb8 26. b4 axb3 27. Rxb3
Rxb3 28. Bxb3 Bd3 29. a4 Rb7 30. Ra3 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Ke1 Ba6 33. Kd2 Kd6
34. Bc2 c5 35. Rb3 Rxb3 36. Bxb3 Bf1 37. g3 e5 38. dxe5+ Kxe5 39. Bc2 Kd6 40.
Bd3 Bxd3 41. Kxd3 {[#] B-B: getrennte vs verbundene Freibauern, Tempospiel} h5
(41... f5 42. e4 dxe4+ 43. fxe4 fxe4+ 44. Kxe4 Kc6 45. h4 Kb6 46. Kd5 Ka5 47.
Kxc5 Kxa4 48. Kd5 Kb4 49. Ke6 Kc4 50. Kf7 g5 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Kg6 g4 53. Kg5
$18) 42. e4 d4 43. f4 Kc6 44. h3 Kb6 45. e5 Ka5 (45... g6 46. g4 hxg4 47. hxg4
$16) 46. f5 Kb4 47. e6 c4+ 48. Kc2 (48. Kxd4 fxe6 49. fxe6 c3 50. e7 c2 51.
e8=Q c1=Q 52. Qb5+ Ka3 53. Qc5+ Qxc5+ 54. Kxc5 Kxa4 55. Kd5 Kb4 56. Ke6 Kc4 57.
Kf7 Kd4 58. Kxg7 Ke4 59. Kg6 Kf3 60. Kxh5 Kxg3 61. h4 Kf4 62. Kg6 $18) 48...
d3+ 49. Kc1 $1 (49. Kd1 fxe6 50. fxe6 c3 51. e7 c2+ 52. Kd2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Cutro 07th"]
[Site "Cutro"]
[Date "2001.04.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Black "Ristic, Nenad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2001.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Qb6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 Qa5 12. c3 Nd7 13. b4 Qd8 14. Qd2 e5 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Rfe1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Bc7 Rf8 20. Be5 Bf5 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nc5 a5 23. a3 Ra7 24. h4 Rfa8 25. Rad1 axb4 26. axb4 Ra2 27. Rd4
Rc2 28. g4 Bc8 29. Re7 Kf6 30. Rc7 h5 31. Rf4+ Ke5 32. Rfxf7 hxg4 33. Rce7+ Kd5
34. Rf8 Kd6 35. Rg7 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 Bf5 37. h5 Rcc1 38. Kg3 Rxc3+ 39. Kf4 Rf3+ 40.
Kg5 Ke5 41. hxg6 Bxg6 42. Re7+ Kd4 43. Rxf3 gxf3 44. Kxg6 Ra2 45. Rd7+ Ke5 46.
Re7+ Kd4 {[#] Technisches Problem durch geringes Bauernmaterial - Mattideen -
Abwicklung - Ausgelassene außergewöhnliche Remischancen im 52. und 55. Zug
-Taktik} 47. Kf5 c3 $2 (47... Rxf2 $142 48. Kf4 Rf1 $44 (48... Rb2 $2 49. Rd7+
Kc3 50. Na4+ $18) {z.B.} 49. Na4 c3 50. Re4+ Kd3 51. Nc5+ Kc2) 48. Re4+ Kd5 49.
Nb3 {[%cal Re4d4]} c5 (49... Kd6 50. Rc4 Rxf2 51. Rxc3 $18) 50. bxc5 Rxf2 51.
Re5+ Kc4 52. c6 Rh2 (52... Re2 $3 53. c7 Rxe5+ 54. Kxe5 Kxb3 55. c8=Q f2 $1 (
55... c2 56. Kd4 $18) 56. Qe6+ Kc2 57. Qa2+ Kd1 58. Qxf2 c2 59. Qg1+ Kd2 60.
Qd4+ Ke2 61. Qc3 Kd1 62. Qd3+ Kc1 63. Kd4 Kb2 64. Qe2 Ka1 $1 $11 (64... Kb1 65.
Kc3 c1=Q+ 66. Kb3 $18)) 53. c7 Rh8 (53... Rh5+ 54. Kf4 Rxe5 55. c8=Q+ Kxb3 56.
Qb8+ Ka2 57. Qxe5 f2 58. Qa5+ Kb1 59. Qb4+ Ka2 60. Qc4+ Kb2 61. Ke3 c2 62. Kd2
$18 {hilft diesmal nicht}) 54. Na5+ Kd3 55. Rd5+ Kc2 (55... Ke2 $5 56. Rd8 Rh5+
$1 (56... f2 $5 57. Rxh8 f1=Q+ 58. Ke5 c2 59. c8=Q c1=Q 60. Qg4+ Ke1 61. Qe4+
Kf2 {Wer findet einen Gewinn?}) 57. Kg4 Rc5 $11) 56. Ke6 Kb2 (56... f2 57. Rf5
Kb1 58. Rxf2 c2 59. Nb3 $18) 57. Nc4+ Kb3 58. Ne3 c2 59. Nxc2 Kxc2 60. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Hamburg-ch int"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1998.05.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Heinemann, Thies"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Heinemann,T"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Re8 9. a4 a5 10. Bh2 Nb6 11. Bd3 Bf5 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. g4 fxg4 15.
hxg4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nc4 e5 $1 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 exf3 20. Qxf3 Bxh2+
21. Kxh2 Qc7+ (21... Qh4+ $5 22. Kg2 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 $14) 22.
Kg2 Ne5 23. Qf4 Re7 $6 (23... Re6) 24. Qg5+ Ng6 25. Rad1 Re6 26. Rd4 Rae8 27.
Rfd1 Qe7 28. Qxe7 R8xe7 29. Rd8+ Re8 $2 (29... Kg7 30. Nd6 Kf6 31. e4 $16) 30.
Nxa5 $18 Kg7 31. Nxb7 Rxe3 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. a5 Re2+ 34. Kf1 Rxc2 35. a6 Rxb2
36. Ra1 Ne5 37. a7 Rxb7 38. a8=Q Rb4 39. Qa5 Rf4+ 40. Ke2 Re4+ 41. Kd1 Rd4+ 42.
Kc2 c5 43. Ra4 Nc6 44. Qc3 Kg6 45. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Gokhale, Jayant Suresh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Hodgson,Ju"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 (
7... c5) 8. Nge2 Nd7 9. Qc2 Bd6 {/\ 10...f5 11.Qxf5? Ne5!} 10. Bd3 g6 11. h3 $1
(11. h4 f5 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6 hxg6 {/\ ...Kg7, Rh8}) 11... Qe7 (11... f5 12.
g4) 12. O-O-O a5 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. h4 Be6 15. h5 f5 16. g4 Nd5 $1 $8 (16... fxg4
17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qxg6+ Qg7 20. Qxe6+) 17. gxf5 (17. Nxd5 Bxd5
18. gxf5 Bxh1 19. Rxh1) 17... Nb4 18. Qd2 Nxd3 (18... gxf5 19. f3 {/\ e4+/=} (
19. Ng3 Bxg3 20. Rdg1)) 19. Qxd3 gxf5 (19... Bxf5 20. e4 Be6 21. e5 Bf5 22. Ne4
Bc7 23. N2g3 $16) 20. d5 $1 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Qd8 (21... Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Be5 23. f4
Bf6 24. Qxf5 $16) 22. Rdg1+ Kh8 23. Qc3+ $1 f6 24. Ndf4 Qd7 (24... Bg8 25. Ng6+
hxg6 26. hxg6+ Kg7 27. Nd4 Qd7 28. Qc2 $18) (24... Bxf4 25. Nxf4 Bd5 26. f3 $3
Bxf3 27. Ng6+ hxg6 28. hxg6+ Bxh1 (28... Kg8 29. Qc4+ Qd5 (29... Bd5 30. Qh4)
30. Rh8+ Kxh8 (30... Kg7 31. Qc7+ Rf7 32. Rh7+) 31. Qh4+ Kg7 32. Qh7#) 29. g7+
Kh7 (29... Kg8 30. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 31. Rxh1 $18 Rc8 (31... Kg7 32. Rg1+ Kf7 33.
Qc4+) 32. Qxc8 Qxc8 33. Rh8+) 30. gxf8=Q Be4+ 31. Ka1 Qxf8 32. Qc7+ Kh8 33.
Qh2+) (24... Rc8 25. Nxe6 Rxc3 26. Nxd8 $18) (24... Bxf4 25. Nxf4 Bd5 26. f3
Rc8 27. Qd4 Bxf3 28. Ng6+ hxg6 29. hxg6+ Bxh1 (29... Kg7 30. Rh7+ Kg8 31. Qh4)
30. Qh4+) 25. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 26. hxg6+ Kg8 27. g7 Rfc8 28. Qxf6 Bxa2+ 29. Ka1 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Iotov,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. c3 c5 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. Bd3 (6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 $14
{is the main variation.}) 6... Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. f4 {The slightly modified
move order allows Kramnik to develop his knight behind the f4-pawn. This move
creates a spatial advantage as well as a potential attack on the kingside. The
problem is that White may not be developed well enough to be able to stop any
counterplay motifs such as the manoeuvre Ne7-Nf5 to attack the already
weakened pawn on e3.} cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O (9... Nb4 10. Be2 O-O 11. a3 Nc6 12. Bd3
$11 {Even though this move doesn't change the outcome of the position, it is
worth noting that the trick exists. Eventually White ends up playing a2-a3
anyway, but in some positions that is simply not the case and White ends up
playing it while Black plays a more beneficial move.}) 10. a3 Ne7 $1 11. Ngf3 (
11. g4 {An interesting idea - deny ...Nf5! Unfortunately, it doesn't lead to
an advantage.} Bd7 (11... Qb6 12. g5 Ne8 13. Qb3 $14) 12. g5 (12. Qf3 $6 Qb6
$17) (12. h3 a6 13. Ngf3 Bb5 14. Bxb5 axb5 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Kf2 Rfc8 17. Rhc1
Ne8 $15) 12... Ne8 13. Ngf3 Nf5 14. Qb3 (14. Qe2 f6 15. O-O-O Ba4 16. Rde1 b5
$132) 14... Rc8 (14... Nxe3 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qxe3 g6 17. Ne5 Ng7 18. h4 $40)
15. Kf2 Qe7 16. Rac1 Ned6 $15 {With a better pawn structure and well
established control over the centre, it is a no-brainer to say that Black has
solved all his problems and is the only one in the position who can fight for
the advantage!}) (11. Qe2 Qb6 12. Rb1 Nf5 13. g4 (13. Ngf3 Ng4 14. Nf1 Bd7 $17)
13... Nd6 14. Nh3 Nfe4 15. Nf2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bd7 $15) 11... Qb6 $6 {It seems
like Grandelius has already made his choice of game plan, and it doesn't
involve ...Nf5. The position remains equal but it slowly transforms into a
position in which only Kramnik can fight for an advantage.} (11... Nf5 $1 12.
Qe2 (12. Qb3 b6 $5 (12... Nxe3 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qxe3 Bd7 15. O-O Kg8 16. Ne5
Rfc8 $11) 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. g4 Nxe3 15. Bxh7+ Nxh7 16. Qxe3 Rac8 17. O-O Rc2 $15)
(12. Nf1 Qe7 $1 $15 {[%cal Gf5d6]}) 12... Ng4 13. Nf1 (13. Bxf5 exf5 14. h3 Nf6
15. O-O Qb6 16. b4 Bd7 $15) 13... Qe7 $1 (13... Qb6 14. h3 Nf6 15. g4 Nd6 16.
Ng3 Bd7 17. Ne5 Be8 18. O-O Nfe4) (13... f6 14. h3 Ngxe3 15. Nxe3 Ng3 16. Qf2
Nxh1 17. Qh4 h6 18. O-O-O b5 19. Rxh1 $14 {There doesn't seem to be enough
counterplay for Black on the queenside to make up for the material
disadvantage.}) 14. h3 Nf6 15. g4 Nd6 {Simple chess! The idea executed by
Black follows the same concept as the one I talked about in the 9...Nb4
variation.} 16. Ng3 Nfe4 17. Qg2 (17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 Bd7 $17) 17... Bd7 $15
{Black has rearranged his pieces perfectly!}) 12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. Nxb3 b6 14. Rc1
$14 Bd7 $6 (14... Nf5 $142 {Once again! This is the last time this idea is
possible. However, if Grandelius hadn't gone for this idea until now it was
clearly not his intention to do so.} 15. Ke2 $8 (15. Kd2 $6 Ng4 16. Rhe1 Nf2
17. Bb5 Nd6 18. Ke2 Nxb5 19. Kxf2 Ba6 $15) (15. Bxf5 $6 exf5 16. Ne5 Ba6 $15)
15... Ng4 16. Bxf5 (16. Rhg1 h5 $1 17. h3 (17. Nbd2 Ngxe3 18. h3 Nc4 19. Nxc4
dxc4 20. Bxc4 Bb7 $15) 17... Ng3+ 18. Kd2 Nf2 19. Bb5 a6 $15) 16... exf5 17.
Ne5 f6 18. Nxg4 fxg4 19. Nd2 Ba6+ 20. Kf2 Rac8 21. Nb1 Kf7 $11 {Unfortunately
for Black there are no weaknesses to be attacked. There are no targets for the
light-squared bishop. Unfortunately for White, the same can be said for the
knight on b1.}) 15. Ke2 (15. Ne5 {There isn't much of a positional difference
between this move and 15.Ke2. However, I believe that the more active approach
would have been the better option.} Ba4 (15... Rfc8 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Ba6 Rxc1+
18. Nxc1 Rd8 19. Ke2 Nb8 20. Bd3 Nd7 $11) 16. Nd2 Rfc8 17. Ke2 Rxc1 18. Rxc1
Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Nxc8 20. g4 Nd6 $14) 15... Nc8 {I cannot say that I approve of
how Grandelius abandoned the c-file. If it were up to me I would have played
15...Rfd8 right away. However, it doesn't seem like White can take much out of
the situation.} (15... Rfc8 $142 16. Ne5 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Ba4 (17... Rc8 18. Nxd7
Nxd7 $11) 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Nxc8 20. g4 Nd6 21. b3 Be8 $1 $11) 16. Ne5 (16.
Rc7 Nd6 17. Rhc1 Rfc8 18. Ba6 Rxc7 19. Rxc7 Bb5+ 20. Bxb5 Nxb5 21. Rc6 Ne8 $11)
16... Ba4 17. Nd2 Nd6 18. b3 (18. Ba6 Bb5+ 19. Bxb5 Nxb5 20. Rc6 Rfc8 21. Rhc1
Rxc6 22. Rxc6 Ne8 23. a4 Nbd6 24. b4 f6 25. Nd3 Rc8 $11) (18. Nc6 $5 Bb5 19.
Ne7+ Kh8 20. Bxb5 Nxb5 21. a4 Nd6 22. Rc7 Rfd8 23. Rhc1 Nfe8 24. R7c3 $14)
18... Bb5 19. Bxb5 Nxb5 20. a4 Nd6 21. Rc6 Rfd8 22. Ra1 $1 {23.a5 is coming!
It's always a good idea to spend some time cautiously preparing an idea when
the opponent is forced to stay in one place.} (22. a5 bxa5 $1 {A typical
example of everyday logic in chess. White has played a5 without preparation,
therefore the best counter option should be to take the pawn!} (22... b5 23.
Rhc1 Nfe8 24. g4 f6 25. Nd3 $16) (22... Nde4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. a6 Nd5 25. Rhc1
$14) (22... Nfe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Rc7 bxa5 25. Nc6 Rd6 26. Rc1 $14) 23. Ra1
Nde4 24. Rxa5 Rdb8 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 $11) 22... Nfe8 23. a5 f6 24. axb6 (24. Nd3
Rdc8 (24... Rac8 25. Nb4 Rxc6 26. Nxc6 Rd7 27. axb6 axb6 28. Ra6 Nc8 29. Ra8
Ned6 30. g4 $11) 25. Nb4 Rxc6 26. Nxc6 Nc7 $11) 24... axb6 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26.
Nd7 b5 27. Nc5 Kf7 28. e4 {Not a winning move. Unfortunately for White there
is nothing else that could be done. Black's position is, simply said - solid,
and the rook on a8 is no less active than the one on c6.} (28. g4 h6 29. h4 Ra1
30. g5 Rh1 $132 (30... Rg1 31. Ra6 hxg5 32. hxg5 Rg2+ 33. Kd3 fxg5 34. fxg5
Rxg5 35. Nf3 Rg3 36. Ne5+ Kf6 $11)) (28. Na6 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Nxc8 30. Kd3 Na7 (
30... Ncd6 31. Kc3 Ke7 32. Kb4 h5 33. Kc5 Nf5 34. Nf1 $14) 31. e4 Nc6 32. exd5
exd5 33. Nb1 b4 $11) (28. Rb6 h5 29. h3 Ra1 $11) 28... dxe4 29. Ndxe4 Nxe4 $2 {
A pivotal moment in the game, most likely caused by time trouble.} (29... Ra2+
$1 30. Kf3 (30. Nd2 h6 31. Kd3 g5 $11) 30... Nf5 31. Nxe6 Rb2 32. g4 Rxb3+ 33.
Ke2 (33. Kf2 Rb2+ 34. Kf3 Rb3+ $11) 33... Re3+ 34. Kd2 Rxe4 35. gxf5 Ke7 $11)
30. Nxe4 Ra2+ 31. Kf3 Rb2 32. Nc5 g5 33. Rb6 $6 {There is an unwritten rule in
chess which states that every time a piece takes (or often attacks) a pawn it
takes up a less active position - which is the case with 33.Rb6. That is why
Kramnik should have gone for the endgame where his more active pieces could
have decided the game to his advantage. Activity is key in chess, and more
specifially - in endgames!} (33. fxg5 $1 fxg5 34. h3 Ng7 35. g4 Rc2 36. Rb6
Rc3+ 37. Kg2 Rc2+ 38. Kf1 Rc1+ 39. Ke2 Rc2+ 40. Kd3 Rh2 41. Rxb5 Rxh3+ 42. Kc4
h5 43. Ne4 Rh4 44. Nxg5+ Kf6 45. Ne4+ Kf7 46. Rb7+ Kf8 47. b4 Rxg4 48. Nc5 $14)
33... gxf4 $2 (33... g4+ 34. Kxg4 Rxg2+ 35. Kf3 Rxh2 36. Nxe6 Rh3+ 37. Ke4 h5
38. d5 h4 39. Nd8+ Ke7 40. Nc6+ Kf7 41. Nd4 Rh1 $11) 34. Rb7+ Kg6 (34... Kg8
35. Nxe6 (35. Rxb5 e5 36. Rb8 Kf7 37. Rb7+ Kg6 38. dxe5 fxe5 39. Nd3 Rc2 40.
Nxe5+ Kf5 41. Nc4 Rc3+ 42. Ke2 $16) 35... Rxb3+ 36. Kxf4 b4 37. Re7 Rc3 38. d5
Rc8 39. Rb7 Rc4+ 40. Ke3 $16) 35. Nxe6 Kf5 36. Nc5 Rc2 $2 {At this point it
may be difficult to save the game but not impossible. Chess holds infinite
resources! However, practical chess is very different from theory and in here
time trouble is key in deciding the final result.} ({The last chance for
counterplay was} 36... Rd2 37. Rd7 (37. Rxb5 Nc7 38. Rb7 Nd5 39. Rxh7 Rxd4 40.
Rh5+ Kg6 41. Rh8 Rb4 42. Rd8 Ne7 43. Nd3 Rxb3 44. Kxf4 $16) 37... b4 38. h3 h5
39. Rd5+ Kg6 40. Ne6 Rd3+ 41. Kxf4 Ng7 42. Nxg7 Kxg7 43. Rxh5 Rxb3 44. Rb5 $16)
37. Ne4 $18 Nc7 (37... Kg6 38. Rxb5 $18) 38. Rb6 Nd5 (38... Ne8 39. Rxb5+ Kg6
40. Rb8 Kf7 41. Rb7+ $18) 39. Rd6 {A good game from Kramnik! I still find it
amazing how given all the inaccuracies made by Grandelius, his position
remained solid until the very end. Grandelius fought well but was outmatched
in time trouble.} 1-0

[Event "Cacak"]
[Site "Cacak"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Jacoby,G"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 (3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nbd7 6. f4 Qb6 7. Qc2 c4
8. Be2 Ne4 9. Bh4 f5 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. Ne5 b5 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Bh5+ g6 14. Nxg6
Nb6 15. Ne5# {1-0 Janowski,D-Michel,W/Semmering 1926}) 3... e6 4. e3 (4. e4 h6
(4... dxe4 5. Nxe4 {Französich} Be7 {C11}) 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 $13) 4... Be7 (4... c5
5. c3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. f4 b6 8. Ngf3 Bb7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Nd7 11. Bf4 (
11. Bxe7 Qxe7 {/\f7-f6}) 11... c4 12. Bc2 Qc7 (12... f6 13. Nf3) 13. Qh5 g6 14.
Qh6 O-O-O 15. O-O Rdf8 16. Nf3 {[%cal Yf1f7]} Qd8 17. Rf2 Bc6 18. Raf1 Kb7 19.
Bg5 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Ng5 Qe7 23. Rxf6 Nxf6 24. Bxg6 Ka6 25.
Bf7 Ng4 26. Qg7 Rc8 27. Rf4 h5 28. Nf3 Be8 29. Qg6 {Miles,A-Van der Sterren,P/
Linares zt 1995/1-0 (40)}) 5. Bd3 Nbd7 (5... c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Rb1 Bd7
9. Ngf3 O-O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Ng8 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. O-O Nf5 14. Qf3 Bb5
15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Nb3 Qb6 17. Bxb5 Qxb5 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. exd4 Rd7 20. Qg3 g6
21. Rf2 Re8 22. Rbf1 Ree7 23. Qe3 h5 24. Qh6 Qa5 25. Qf8+ Qd8 26. Rxf7 {
1-0 Hodgson,J-Olsen,H/Politiken Cup 1996}) (5... b6 6. c3 (6. f4 Bb7 7. Qf3 c5
8. c3 Nc6 9. Nh3 c4 10. Bc2 b5 11. O-O g6 12. e4 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rae1 O-O
15. Nf2 Ne7 16. e5 Bg7 17. g4 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Qg3 Qd6 20. Nh3 Rf7 21. Nf3
b4 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Qd7 25. Qf4 {1-0 Lajos,J-Borcsok,L/
HUN-chT 1994}) 6... Bb7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. f4 Qc8 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Qxa6 11. O-O
Nd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Qb7 14. N2g3 g6 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Qa4+ c6 17. Rae1
O-O-O 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Rc4 Rd5 22. b4 Kb8 23. bxc5
Ka8 24. Rb4 Qc7 25. c6 Rb8 26. Rfb1 Rxb4 27. Qxb4 Rd6 28. Qb7+ Qxb7 29. Rxb7
Rxc6 30. Rxf7 Rxc3 31. Rxh7 Rc1+ 32. Kf2 Rc2+ 33. Kf3 Rxa2 34. Rg7 a5 35. Rxg6
Kb7 36. Rxe6 a4 37. h4 Rb2 38. h5 a3 39. Re1 {1-0 Ljubisavljevic,Z-Jovanovic,N/
JUG-chT2 1994}) 6. f4 (6. c3 e5 7. Ne2 c6 8. O-O exd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Ng3 Nb6
11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Bxf5 Ne8 13. Be3 Nd6 14. Bd3 Nbc4 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Qc2 Nxe3
17. fxe3 {1/2-1/2 Hodgson,J-Atalik,S/Hastings9596 1996}) 6... b6 7. Nh3 Bb7 8.
Nf2 (8. Qf3 c5 9. c3 Qc7 10. a4 Bc6 11. O-O h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nf2 Be7 14.
Qh3 g6 15. Qg3 g5 16. Qf3 O-O-O 17. Ba6+ Kb8 18. Nd3 f6 19. Qe2 Ka8 20. Bb5 Bd6
21. Bxc6+ Qxc6 22. Qf3 f5 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. fxe5 g4 25. Qe2 Nf8 26. Nb1 c4 27.
Nd2 Rh7 28. e4 dxe4 29. Nxc4 Ng6 30. Nd6 Rxd6 31. exd6 Qxd6 32. a5 Rb7 33. Qb5
Nf4 34. Rxf4 bxa5 35. Qe5 {1-0 Kovacevic,V-Nikolac,J/Rovinj/Zagreb 1975}) 8...
h6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. c3 Bd6 11. Qf3 Qe7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qh3 (13. e4 dxe4 14.
Nfxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 (15. Nxe4 c5 $11) 15... Bxe4 16. Nxe4 c5 $11) 13... a5 14.
Kh1 (14. e4 Bxf4 $19) (14. Qh4 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nfxe4 Nxe4 18.
Qxe7 Bxe7 19. Nxe4 $11) 14... Ba6 15. g4 Nh7 16. Nf3 Bxd3 17. Nxd3 f6 18. Qg2 (
18. Rae1 $142 c5 19. e4 dxe4 (19... c4 20. Nf2 Bxf4 21. exd5 $16) 20. Rxe4 $36)
18... c5 19. Rae1 Qf7 20. h4 (20. e4 $5 c4 (20... dxe4 21. Rxe4 f5 22. Nde5 Qb7
23. Ree1 $13) 21. e5 Bc7 $13) 20... Qg6 21. Rd1 (21. f5 exf5 22. Nd2 fxg4 23.
Qxd5+ Kh8 24. Ne4 Bc7 $15) 21... h5 22. g5 (22. gxh5 Qxh5 23. Rg1 Ra7) 22... c4
23. Nf2 b5 24. Rg1 b4 25. Qh2 (25. gxf6 $5 Qxf6 (25... Qxg2+ 26. Rxg2 Nxf6 27.
Rdg1 Ra7 28. Ng5 $11) 26. Qg6 $1 $11) 25... f5 {Schwarz droht am Damenflügel
mit a5-a4-a3 entscheidenden Vorteil zu erzielen.} 26. Nh3 Qe8 {/\g7-g6} (26...
Z0 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. fxe5 {/\Nf4}) 27. g6 $6 {Die einzige Chance aktiv zu
spielen, aber gut ist der Zug nicht.} Nf6 28. Rg5 $6 {/\Nf3-e5} (28. Nf2 Ng4
29. Nxg4 fxg4 30. Ne5 Bxe5 31. dxe5 Qxg6 $17) 28... Ng4 $1 29. Qe2 Be7 $19 30.
Rxh5 Qxg6 31. Rg5 Bxg5 32. fxg5 f4 $1 {[%cal Yg6f5,Yf5e4]} 33. e4 (33. Nxf4 Qe4
$19) (33. exf4 Qf5 $17) 33... Qxe4 34. Re1 a4 35. Qg2 (35. cxb4 a3 36. Nhg1
Qxe2 37. Rxe2 axb2 38. Rxb2 Rfc8 $19) 35... Ne3 36. Qf2 a3 37. bxa3 bxc3 38.
Rxe3 Qb1+ 39. Re1 Qf5 40. Nhg1 Rxa3 41. Qe2 Rfa8 42. Rc1 c2 43. Qe5 Qxe5 44.
dxe5 Rxa2 45. Nd4 Rb8 46. g6 Rb1 47. Rxc2 Rxc2 48. Nxc2 c3 0-1

[Event "Mondariz zt 1.1"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2000.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Plaskett, H James"]
[Black "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "Kaspi,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2000.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tyomkin,D} d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 $146 (5... e6
$142 6. c4 dxc4 $1 7. Qxd8+ (7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Qxc4 Qa5+) 7... Kxd8 8. Bxc4 Bxc5
$10 {Lombardy,W-Ivkov,B/Amsterdam 1974}) 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qh5 Bd7 8. O-O-O b6 $5 {
Immediate capture on c5 leads to troubles after 9.e4, but black can prepare it
by 8...f5, covering 5th rank. 8...b6 is not so bad too-black gets a play on
the queenside.} (8... f5 9. Nf3 Bxc5 $11) (8... Bxc5 9. e4 $1 $16) 9. cxb6 (9.
e4 d4 10. Na4 Qc7 11. Bb5 e5 {and black gets a good play.}) 9... Qxb6 10. Bb5
Rb8 11. Nge2 Ne5 $6 (11... a6 $142 $5 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 {[%csl Rd5]} (12... Qxb2+
$4 13. Kd2 Bxc6 14. Rb1 $18) 13. b3 Qa5 14. Kb1 f5 $44 {[%csl Ra3,Rb2,Rc3]
[%cal Rg7b2] This position is semilar to the position from the game after 14th
move of black, but in current case, black controls the center, and especially
d5-square.}) 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. b3 Qa5 14. Kb1 f5 $2 {Missing following blow
of white.} (14... Nb6 $6 15. e4 Nc4 16. exd5 Qa3 17. Na4 Qxa4 18. dxe6 Ne5 19.
f4 Ng6 20. exf7+ Kxf7 21. f5 $18) (14... Rc8 $142 15. Nxd5 (15. Na4 f5 $44)
15... exd5 16. Rxd5 Qc7 17. c4 Nb6 18. Rd3 Be7 19. Qg4 $14) 15. Nxd5 $1 {
[%mdl 64] By this blow white destroys blacks pawn center, and white even didnt
lose any material.} exd5 16. Qxf5 Qa6 (16... Rb5 17. c4 Rc5 18. Nf4 $18 {
[%csl Rd5,Re8]}) 17. Rxd5 Qe6 {Only way for black to stay alive for a while...}
18. Nd4 Qxf5 19. Nxf5 $16 {4 pawns of white for the bishop give white the big
advantage, in addition, all black pawns are separated, and pieces are not
connected yet.} Rg8 (19... Nf6 20. Re5+ Kd7 21. Rd1+ Kc6 22. Nd4+ Kc7 23. Nb5+
Kc6 24. Nxa7+ Kb6 25. Nb5 $18) 20. Rhd1 Rb7 21. g3 Rg6 22. f4 Be7 23. R1d4 Rc7
24. e4 Nb6 25. Re5 Nc8 {There is no outpost for the black knight on the board!
Black can not create any target for attack in whites camp.} 26. a4 Rgc6 27. c4
f6 28. Red5 Nb6 $6 (28... Bc5 29. Rd3 Ne7 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31. Nd6+ Bxd6 32. R3xd6
Rxd6 33. Rxd6 $16 {/+-}) 29. Nxe7 Rxe7 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31. a5 $18 Nc8 {Black
knight still didnt reach one good square!} 32. Kc2 Rb7 33. Kc3 Ne7 34. R4d6
Rxd6 35. Rxd6 Nc8 36. Ra6 Ke7 37. c5 {[%csl Rc8] The game is actually
finished- white just advances pawns on the queenside.} Kf7 38. b4 Ne7 39. Rd6
Nc8 40. Ra6 Ne7 41. Kc4 h5 42. b5 Rd7 43. Rd6 Rb7 44. c6 Nc8 45. Rd7+ Rxd7 46.
cxd7 Nd6+ 47. Kd5 Nb7 48. a6 Nd8 49. Kd6 Ne6 50. b6 axb6 51. a7 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eliseev, Alexey"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "Kaspi,A"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tyomkin,D} d5 2. Bg5 Nd7 {[%cal Gg8f6] The idea of the move is to get
rid of the broken pawn structure after 2...Nf6 3.Bxf6} 3. e3 c5 $146 4. dxc5
Qa5+ (4... Nxc5 $2 5. Nc3 {and suddenly black can not protect it's d-pawn!}) 5.
Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 (6... Qxc5 7. Qd2 Ngf6 (7... Be7 8. e4 $1 {using some
advantage in development.}) 8. Bd3 Be7 $11) 7. a3 Be7 8. Bf4 {[%csl Yc7][%cal
Gb2b4,Yc3b5]} a6 9. b4 Qd8 10. e4 $1 $14 {White has an advantage in
development, and should open position to use it.} Ndf6 ({Black had an
interesting tactical idea:} 10... e5 $5 11. Bxe5 (11. Bg3 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Qc7 13.
Qd4 $5 Ngf6 14. Bd3 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bd6 16. Qd3 Nf6 17. Rd1 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 f6 19.
O-O Be7 20. c4 $13) (11. Nxe5 Bf6 $17 {[%cal Rd8e7,Rf6a1]}) 11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5
Bf6 (12... Qc7 13. Qd4 dxe4 14. Nd5 $16) 13. Qd4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Be6 15. f4 Qc7
16. Nd1 Rd8 17. c4 Ne7 18. Ne3 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. fxe5 Nc6 21. Be2 Nxe5 $11
) (10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 $16 {[%cal Ge4d6]}) 11. e5 Nd7 12. Qd4 Nb8 $6 {The
right way was to develop the knight g8 to f6, breaking by f7-f6 at first.} (
12... f6 $142 13. Bd3 fxe5 14. Nxe5 Ngf6 15. O-O O-O 16. Rad1 $14 {[%csl Ye5]
[%cal Gf1e1]}) 13. Rd1 Bd7 14. Qe3 Nc6 15. Be2 Bf8 16. O-O Nge7 17. Bd3 {
[%cal Gc3e2]} Ng6 18. Bg3 Be7 19. Ne2 {[%cal Gf3d4,Yf2f4,Yf4f5,Rc2c4] Whites
plan is to blocade d4-square and then to move f-pawn, but the immdiate threat
is c2-c4.} b5 20. Nfd4 Nf8 {The castling for the kingside was quite dangerous
for black, but preferable then to stay with the king in the centre.} (20... O-O
21. f4 $16) 21. f4 g6 22. Qf3 Qc8 23. Bf2 {[%cal Gc2c3,Gg2g4,Yf4f5,Ya3a4] With
such a big advantage in space, white may break on both wings.} h5 24. g3 Nxd4 (
24... Qc7 25. Nb3 $16) 25. Bxd4 Qb7 $6 {Missing following break of white.} (
25... Rh7 $142 {was a preventation of whites idea.} 26. h3 Qb7 27. Kg2 O-O-O
28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Bc6 30. Rh1 Rxh1 31. Rxh1 Nd7 32. Rh7 Rf8 33. Kf2 Nb6 34.
f5 gxf5 35. gxf5 exf5 36. Ng3 $1 $16) 26. f5 $1 gxf5 27. Bxf5 O-O-O (27... exf5
28. e6 {[%csl Rh8] That's why white had to move away the rook.} fxe6 29. Bxh8
$16) 28. Bd3 Be8 29. h4 Ng6 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. Nf4 Kd7 $2 (31... Rf8 $142 32.
Qc3+ (32. Qd3 Qc6 $13) 32... Kd7 33. Bc5 Qc6 34. Nd3 Bf7 35. Qd4 $16) {[%tqu
"En","White has a way to finish the game at once!","","","f4d5","",10]} 32. Qg2
$2 {[%mdl 128]} (32. Nxd5 $1 Rf8 (32... Qxd5 33. Bb6 Kc6 34. Bxd8 $18) (32...
exd5 33. e6+ $18 {[%csl Rh8]}) 33. Nf4 $18) 32... Rf8 {[%tqu "En","White has a
tactical blow.","","","f4e6","",10]} 33. Nxe6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 128] Finally white
converted its advantage to some material gain.} Kxe6 34. Rxf8 Bxf8 35. Rf1 {
The mating threat (Qh3 and Bc5) forces black to give up a bishop.} Bf7 36. Rf6+
Ke7 37. Qf3 {Returning a piece.} Be6 38. Bc5+ {Unaccuracy on this and on next
move probably are consiquences of the time pressure.} (38. Rxf8 $142 Rxf8 39.
Bc5+ Kd7 40. Qxf8 Qc6 {[%csl Ye6]} 41. Qg7+ Kd8 42. Qf6+ Kd7 43. Qxg6 $18)
38... Kd7 39. Bxf8 (39. Rxf8 $142) 39... Qc6 (39... Qc7 40. Qe3 Ra8 41. Bc5 $18
) 40. Bc5 {All following mistakes of white didn't disturb him to carry out the
win in this game. The reason of them is a lack of chess technique.} Rg8 41.
Rf7+ (41. Bd6 {[%cal Rf6e6,Rf6f7]} Re8 (41... Qxc2 $4 42. Rxe6 Qc1+ 43. Kh2 $18
) 42. Rxg6 Kc8 $18) 41... Kc8 {Finally blacks king got some safety.} 42. Re7 $6
(42. Qf6 $5 Rd8 $18) 42... Re8 43. Rg7 Bf5 44. Bd6 Qb6+ 45. Qf2 Qxf2+ 46. Kxf2
{[%cal Yf2e3,Ye3d4,Yd4c5] Otherwise white moves the king over black squares.}
d4 47. Ke2 Rd8 48. Rc7+ Kb8 49. Kd2 Ka8 50. Bc5 d3 51. c3 Re8 52. Bd4 (52. Ra7+
Kb8 53. Rf7 Ka8 54. Bd4 {and like in the game.}) 52... Re6 (52... Kb8 53. Rf7
$16 {with the same plan as in the game.}) 53. Rf7 Rc6 54. g4 $1 Bxg4 (54...
hxg4 55. h5 g3 56. h6 Rc8 57. h7 Kb8 58. e6 $18) 55. Kxd3 Bf5+ 56. Ke3 Kb8 57.
Kf4 Kc8 58. Kg5 {This is not a final stop of whites king in this game, of
course. It is very typical case for the endgame with this correlation of
pieces(R+B against R+B with opposite bishops) - the decisive factor is
activity of the king.} Kd8 (58... Rc7 59. Rf6 {[%csl Ra6]}) 59. Bc5 Ke8 60.
Re7+ Kd8 61. Ra7 Ke8 62. Rg7 Kd8 63. Rh7 Kc8 64. Ra7 Kb8 65. Rf7 Kc8 66. Kh6
Kd8 67. Kg7 Kc8 68. Kf8 Kd8 69. Ra7 Kc8 70. Kf7 {The king has a main role in
this ending story! But it's not the end of the trip!} Bd3 71. Bd6 Bf5 72. Ke7
Rxc3 73. e6 Rc6 74. Rd7 (74. Ra8+ Kb7 75. Rb8+ Ka7 76. Rd8 $18 {[%cal Ge7f7,
Ye6e7]}) 74... Rb6 (74... Rc4 $142 75. Rd8+ Kb7 76. Kf6 Bxe6 $8 77. Kxe6 $18)
75. Rc7+ (75. Rd8+ Kb7 $18) 75... Kb8 76. Kd7 Rb7 77. Kd8 $1 {The final stop
of the king on very funny square- "e1" of black, and king is waiting for the
rest of its army to begin the next game!} Bxe6 (77... Rb6 78. Rc6+ Kb7 79.
Rxb6+ Kxb6 $18) 78. Rc8+ (78. Rc8+ Ka7 79. Bc5+ Rb6 80. Rc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares-03"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1981.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1981.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 h6 $5 4. Bh4 (4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Bd6 (6...
f5 7. h4 h5 8. Nce2 Qb6 9. b3 g6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. O-O Bh6 $10 {Bellin,
R-Kharitonov,A/Lodz/1980/0,5 (26)/}) 7. Nge2 (7. Qf3 $5) 7... O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9.
Nxe4 Bc7 10. c3 Nd7 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Qd3 Nf8 $10 {Suetin,A-Balashov,Y/Moscow/
1978/0:1 (54)/}) 4... Bf5 5. f3 (5. e3 $5 Nbd7 6. Bd3 $10) 5... c6 6. Qd2 (6.
Bxf6 exf6 7. e4 dxe4 8. fxe4 Bh7 9. a3 Bd6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bd3 Nd7 $13) 6...
Nbd7 7. Nh3 $2 (7. e3 $5) (7. g4 Bh7 8. e3 e5 9. O-O-O $13) 7... Bxh3 8. gxh3
e5 $15 9. dxe5 $2 (9. e3 Bb4 $13) (9. e3 Qc7 {/\0-0-0=/+/}) 9... Nxe5 10. Qe3
$2 (10. O-O-O $5 Be7 11. Qd4 Ng6 12. Bg3 O-O $15) 10... Nfg4 $1 11. hxg4 (11.
Bxd8 Nxe3 $19) (11. Qxe5+ Nxe5 12. Bxd8 Rxd8 $17) 11... Qxh4+ 12. Qf2 (12. Kd1
Qe7 $17) 12... Qf6 $1 13. a3 (13. O-O-O Nxg4) (13. Nd1 $8 Nc4 14. Rb1 (14. c3
Nxb2 $19) 14... Bb4+ 15. c3 Ba5 $17) 13... Nc4 $19 14. Nd1 (14. O-O-O Bxa3)
14... Nxb2 15. Qe3+ Be7 16. Nxb2 Qxb2 17. Rd1 Qxa3 18. Qxa3 Bxa3 19. e4 dxe4
20. fxe4 b5 21. Bg2 Rd8 22. Ke2 (22. e5 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Kd7 24. Rf1 Rf8 $19)
22... Ke7 23. e5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rc8 25. h4 (25. Ra1 Bc5 26. Ra6 Bb6) 25... a5
26. Rd3 b4 27. Rd4 a4 28. Kd3 c5 29. Rf4 Bb2 30. Bd5 Rd8 31. c4 (31. Ke4 Rxd5
32. Kxd5 a3 $19) (31. Rxf7+ Ke8 32. Ke4 Rxd5) 31... bxc3 0-1

[Event "Dortmund 46th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. c4 ({More energetic than} 4. e3 c5) 4...
dxc4 5. e3 c5 6. d5 {A relatively rare move.} (6. Bxc4 cxd4 7. exd4 {is the
main line.}) 6... Bg7 (6... b5 {looks more ambitious but White regains the
pawn and keeps a small edge after} 7. a4 (7. Nc3 $143 a6 8. a4 b4 9. Ne4 f5 10.
Ng5 Qd6 11. Bxc4 Bg7 $15 {[%cal Yb8d7] 0-1 (32) Poghosyan,S (2260)-Ter
Sahakyan,S (2599) Yerevan 2016}) 7... Bb7 8. axb5 Qxd5 9. Qxd5 Bxd5 10. Nc3 (
10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Ne2 e6 12. Nc3 Nb6 13. e4 Bb7 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Bd6 16.
O-O Be5 $11 {0-1 (57) Brumen,D (2368)-Saric,I (2482) Kutina 2006}) 10... Bb7
11. Bxc4 $1 {[%cal Yc4d5]} ({better than} 11. f3 Nd7 12. Bxc4 {0-1 (30)
Collier,D (2175)-Hebden,M (2532) Port Erin 2006} Ne5 $132 13. b3 $140 Bh6 14.
Kf2 O-O-O $1) 11... e6 (11... Bxg2 $2 12. Bd5 $1 Bxd5 13. Nxd5 $18 {[%cal
Rd5c7,Rd5b6]}) 12. f3 Nd7 13. Nge2 Ne5 14. b3 $14 {[%cal Ga1a7]}) 7. Bxc4 f5 (
7... O-O 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. Nf4 Nb6 10. Be2 $5 $14 ({instead of} 10. Bd3 $6 f5 {
[%cal Rb6d5,Rg7b2]} 11. Nc3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nxd5 $15 {0-1 (55) Petrosian,K 
(2400)-Farago,I (2520) Germany 1995})) 8. Nc3 Nd7 (8... O-O 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. Nf4
$5 (10. a4 Ne5 11. Ba2 Qb6 12. Qc2 Bd7 $132 {0-1 (31) Bednarek,S (2307)
-Koutoukidis,P (2368) Aghios Kirykos GRE 2018}) 10... Nb6 11. Be2 $14) 9. Nge2
a6 10. a4 Ne5 {So, White has not managed to rearrange his pieces in the best
way (Ne2-f4, Bc4-e2), and Black gets a good position.} 11. Ba2 $6 (11. Bd3 $5 {
was probably better, preventing ...b7-b5 for the time being.}) 11... O-O 12.
O-O Rb8 $6 {Black unnecessarily wastes time.} (12... b5 $1 {was possible at
once:} 13. axb5 $6 (13. Nf4 $5 $15) 13... axb5 14. Nxb5 Ba6 15. Nbc3 Qb6 {
with strong pressure for the sacrificed pawn.}) 13. Ng3 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Qc2 $132 Qd6 16. Nce2 $6 (16. Rac1 $142) 16... b4 ({Black misses a good
opportunity to correct his inaccuracy:} 16... Ra8 $1 $17 17. Nxf5 $140 Bxf5 18.
Qxf5 Qg6 $1 19. Qxg6 Nxg6 $1 {[%cal Rg7b2]} 20. Rfb1 {(otherwise Black takes
on b2, gets two connected passed pawns and a clear advantage)} c4 {, and
White's pieces are almost stalemated.}) 17. Rac1 b3 $6 {This operation allows
White to seize the initiative.} (17... Ba6 $5 $13) 18. Bxb3 c4 19. Bxc4 Rxb2
20. Qd1 Qb4 21. Nd4 $1 {This was probably missed by GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek.
White temporarily sacrifices a piece but then regains material.} Nxc4 (21...
Rd2 22. Qb3) 22. Nc6 Qc5 $6 (22... Qb5 $142 $1 23. Nxe7+ Kh8 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25.
Nxf5 {and the position remains tense although White, with his three pawns for
a piece, keeps an edge.}) 23. Qa4 $16 {White recaptures the piece and keeps an
extra pawn.} Rd2 (23... Nb6 $2 24. Rxc5 Nxa4 25. Nxe7+ Kh8 26. Rxc8) (23... Rb7
{was passive but more stubborn.}) 24. Rxc4 Qd6 25. Qa7 $1 Bf6 (25... Bd7 26.
Nxf5) 26. Nh5 Kh8 27. Nxf6 exf6 28. Rd4 $18 {The rest is a matter of technique.
A pawn down, with tripled pawns, Black can't survive for long} Rc2 29. Nb4 Rc5
30. Rfd1 Bd7 31. Qa6 Qxa6 32. Nxa6 Rb5 33. h4 Rc8 34. Nb4 Kg7 35. Kh2 Kf8 36.
R1d2 Rcb8 37. Nd3 Ke7 38. Nf4 Rb2 39. d6+ Kf8 40. Nh5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 $5 {Harmless, of course. "Let's compete in chess instead of
memory!" White says.} Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 {The most principal continuation:
Black sacrifices a pawn; White takes it and intends to protect - after all, he
has an extra tempo comparing to QGA! Still, Black obtains a good position in
different ways.} Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 {Other moves seen in practice:} (5... g6 $5 6.
Nf3 (6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Be6 12.
Qe2 Rac8 13. Bd4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Qxb5 15. b3 Qc6 16. Ng5 cxb3 17. axb3 Bxd4 18.
exd4 Bxb3 19. Rxa7 Bd5 $13 {0-1 Stefanova,A-Fressinet,L/Cap d'Agde 2006/CBM
115 (52)}) (6. Ne2 Bg7 7. Be5 O-O 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Ba6 10. Nbc3 Nd7 11. Bxg7
Kxg7 12. b4 Rb8 13. a3 e5 14. f4 $13 {1-0 Gonzalez,J-Rosell Formosa,J/St Cugat
1997/EXT 2001 (44)}) 6... Bg7 7. O-O Bg4 8. Nc3 O-O 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 a6 11.
Ba4 Qa5 12. Bb3 e6 13. Bd6 Rfd8 14. a3 Ne8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Grachev,B-Belov,V/
Moscow RUS 2007/The Week in Chess 650 (33)}) (5... Qa5+ $5 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bxc6+
bxc6 8. Qd4 e6 (8... Bf5 9. Nge2 Bxc2 10. Rc1 Bf5 11. O-O e6 12. Na4 Nd7 13.
Nb6 e5 14. Bxe5 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Qxb6 16. Bxg7 $16 {1-0 Schlindwein,R-Hess,M/
Germany 2006/EXT 2007 (27)}) (8... g6 9. Be5 Bg7 10. Nge2 O-O 11. b4 Qd8 12.
Na4 Ne8 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. Nb6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Reddmann,H-Kroencke,M/Hamburg 2004/
CBM 100 ext (44)}) 9. b4 $6 (9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. cxd6 c5 $44) 9... Qa3 10. Bc7 $2 (
10. Bd6 Bxd6 11. cxd6 a5 $15) 10... a5 $1 11. Bxa5 Rxa5 12. bxa5 Bxc5 $17 {
0-1 Schaefer,M-Peredy,F/Triesen 2006/CBM 112 ext (39)}) (5... Bd7 $5 6. Nf3 (6.
Nc3 e5 7. Bg5 d4 8. exd4 Nxd4 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nge2 O-O-O 12.
Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 Qd5 14. O-O Rg8 15. Ng3 Bxc5 $36 {0-1 Zivic,S-Huzen,P/IECC
2001/Telechess CBM 87 (19)}) 6... e6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. b4 b6 9. Nd4 Qd7 10. Nc3
bxc5 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 $13 {1-0 Paas,C-Jensen,J/IECC 2004/Telechess CBM 107 (25)})
6. b4 a5 {Or else:} (6... Bd7 7. c3 b6 8. cxb6 Qxb6 9. Ba4 Ne4 10. f3 Nf6 11.
Ne2 Nh5 12. Qd2 Nxf4 13. Nxf4 Bd6 $44 {0-1 Guelker,L-Batista,H/Email 2002/
Telechess CBM 93 (31)}) (6... Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Nf3 a5 9. O-O $6 (9. Bxc6 $142
bxc6 $44) 9... axb4 10. Bxc6 b3 $1 11. Qxb3 bxc6 12. Nd4 Qd7 13. Nd2 Ba6 14.
Rfb1 Bxc5 $17 {0-1 Vandevoort,P-Michiels,B/Belgium 2004/EXT 2005 (18)}) 7. c3 (
7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. c3 Nd7 9. Nf3 Ba6 10. a4 Be7 11. Nd4 Qc8 12. Bg3 O-O 13. Nd2
Re8 14. N2b3 Bc4 15. Nd2 Ba6 $44 16. f3 $6 e5 17. Nf5 $2 Bxc5 $1 18. Nb3 (18.
bxc5 Nxc5 {[%cal Rc8f5,Rc5d3]}) 18... axb4 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Nd6 Qb8 $19 {
0-1 Danielian,E-Matveeva,S/Feugen AUT 2006 (23)}) 7... Bd7 8. Qe2 (8. Qb3 Nh5
$1 (8... axb4 9. cxb4 Ne4 10. Ne2 b6 (10... g5 $1 11. Bg3 b6 $36) 11. f3 Qf6
12. fxe4 $1 Qxa1 13. exd5 exd5 14. O-O Qxa2 15. Qd3 $44 {1-0 Goossens,E-Kern,G/
Belgium 2004/EXT 2006 (34)}) (8... Be7 9. Ne2 O-O 10. a4 Nh5 11. O-O Nxf4 12.
Nxf4 Bf6 13. Nh5 Be7 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. Rfe1 Rfd8 $44 {1/2-1/2 Laliga,J-Powell,W/
IECG 2003/Telechess 117 (48)}) 9. Nf3 Nxf4 10. exf4 Qf6 11. O-O Qxf4 12. Re1
Be7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. a4 O-O 15. Nbd2 Bf6 16. Ra2 e5 $15 {0-1 Goossens,
E-Borges Mateos,J/Barcelona 2005/CBM 108 ext (33)}) 8... axb4 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10.
cxb4 d4 11. Nf3 Nd5 (11... d3 $5 12. Qb2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nd5 $44) 12. O-O dxe3 $1
$146 {[%mdl 8]} ({but not} 12... Nxb4 $6 13. Nxd4 Bxc5 14. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 15.
Qh5+ g6 16. Qxc5 Qd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Be5 O-O 19. Nd2 $16 {1-0 Rowson,
J-Dorfman,J/Port Barcares 2005/EXT 2006 (59)}) 13. Bg5 $6 (13. Bxe3 Nxb4 {
is quite pleasant for Black, too, but after the text move White is in a real
trouble..}) 13... Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qc4 (15. b5 Bd7 {[%csl Rc5]} 16. c6
bxc6 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. fxe3 O-O $17 {[%csl Ra2,Re3]}) 15... Qf6 $1 16. Nd4 e2
17. Re1 Nxb4 $2 {Wrong!} (17... Nf4 $1 18. Nxc6 (18. f3 Rd8 $1 19. Nxc6 Rd1 20.
Nc3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Qh4 $19 {[%cal Rh4e1,Rf4h3]}) 18... Qxa1 19. Qxf4 bxc6 20.
Qd6 Rd8 $1 21. Qxc6+ Ke7 $19) 18. Nd2 (18. Nc3 $5) 18... O-O 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20.
Ne4 Qb2 (20... Qe5 $5 21. Qxe2 Rfd8 $15 {still gave Black some chances.}) 21.
Qxe2 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 {Black has fewer "pawn isles" but that advantage in
insufficient for a win.} Ra4 23. Rb1 Rfa8 24. Rxb7 Rxa2 25. Rxa2 Rxa2 26. f4 h6
27. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 {A quiet continuation, less principled
than the capture on f6.} Bg4 {Among other possible moves:} (4... Nbd7) (4...
Qb6) (4... g6) (4... Ne4) 5. Ne2 ({White can start with} 5. f3 {, e.g.} Bh5 6.
Ne2 e6 $5 7. Nf4 Bg6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 $11 9. c4 $6 dxc4 {[%cal Rd8a5]} 10. Bxf6
Qxf6 11. Bxc4 Bd6 $15 {1/2 (66) Kasparov,G (2815)-Kramnik,V (2780) Moscow 
(blitz) 1998}) 5... Nbd7 ({There is nothing wrong with} 5... e6 {here, too,
but Black wants to push ...e7-e5.}) 6. f3 Bh5 7. Nbc3 $6 {An unusual move.
White wants to prepare e3-e4 but Black is well-prepared for that. Practice has
seen:} (7. Nf4 Bg6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. O-O e5 10. c3 Bd6 11. f4 e4 12. Be2 {
1-0 (52) Torre,E (2561)-Lou,Y (2410) Subic Bay 2009} Qb6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb6b2,
Rf6g8,Rf7f6]}) (7. Bf4 Bg6 8. g4 e6 9. h4 Bb4+ 10. c3 Ba5 11. h5 Bxd3 12. Qxd3
Bc7 13. Nd2 e5 $11 {1-0 (34) Miladinovic,I (2571)-Dizdarevic,E (2501) Sibenik
2008}) (7. O-O Bg6 8. c4 Bxd3 (8... e6 9. Nbc3 Be7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 O-O
12. Nf4 Rc8 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. Bb5 Nb8 16. Na4 Qa5 17. a3 a6 18. Be2
Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Nbd7 20. Nc3 Qb6 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Nb1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 24. Nd2
Ne8 25. Bxe7 Nxe7 26. Kf2 $14 {_|_ 1-0 (55) Iotov,V (2603)-Gopal,G (2575)
Enschede 2009}) 9. Qxd3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 e6 11. Nbc3 Be7 12. e4 O-O 13. Be3 Rc8
14. Rfd1 b5 15. Qd3 b4 16. Na4 Qa5 17. b3 c5 $11 {1-0 (40) Lputian,S (2590)
-Vescovi,G (2455) Moscow 1994}) 7... e5 8. Qd2 (8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nf4 Nxd3+ 10.
Qxd3 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Qc4 Qa5 15. Nxe4 Rd8 16.
Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Qc3 Kf8 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. h3 Kg7 $11 {1/2 (51)
Sazhinov,A (2250)-Zenkov,G (2054) Kemerovo 2011}) 8... Be7 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Nf5 {
A harmless invasion. White's pair of bishops is meaningless in such a closed
position.} Bxf5 11. Bxf5 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Rae1 Qc7 14. Kh1 Bd6 15. Ne2 g6
16. Bh3 exd4 $6 {[%mdl 32] This was unnecessary at the moment. The position
becomes more open after this exchange, and White's bishops start playing their
role. The initiative belonged to Black, and he could develop it on both sides:}
(16... a5 17. a4 Nh5 {etc.}) 17. exd4 Nh5 18. g3 Ng7 (18... Nf8 $142 {[%cal
Yf8e6]}) 19. b3 (19. Nf4 {was a way to exploit Black's minor inaccuracy.})
19... Ne6 20. Be3 Nf6 21. c4 b6 22. Bg1 Re7 23. Bg2 $6 {White plays without
any plan.} (23. Nc1 $142 $1 Rae8 24. Nd3 $14 {[%cal Yc4c5]}) 23... Rae8 {
A standard move but} (23... a5 24. Nc3 Bb4 {[%cal Ya5a4] was probably a better
option for Black.}) 24. f4 a5 (24... Ng7 $4 25. c5) 25. Nc3 Bb4 26. a3 $1 Bxc3
27. Qxc3 Ng7 28. cxd5 $2 (28. Re5 $1 {, creating an important stronghold, was
a must. In that case Black's ...Ra8-e8 proved senseless, and the initiative
belonged to White.}) 28... Nxd5 $15 {Now we have a classic position when
blockading knights are stronger than bishops, especially with queens on the
board and not rooks.} 29. Qc1 (29. Bxd5 cxd5 {[%csl Re4]} 30. Qxc7 Rxc7 31. Re5
Rd8 {[%cal Yf7f6]}) 29... Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Rxe1 31. Qxe1 Qd6 32. Qe5 (32. a4 $15)
32... Qxa3 (32... Qd8 $5 {[%cal Yf7f6]}) 33. Bxd5 cxd5 {[%mdl 4096]} 34. Qxd5
$6 {Black now obtains a queenside pawn advantage, which can potentially bring
him a passed pawn.} ({But after} 34. Qb8+ Qf8 35. Qxb6 Qa8 {[%cal Yg7e8,Yg8g7,
Ye8f6] White's position remains unpleasant, too.}) 34... h5 35. Qc4 (35. Qb5
Nf5 36. Qxb6 $4 a4 37. bxa4 $140 Qf3#) 35... Nf5 36. d5 Nd6 37. Qc6 (37. Qc2
Qb4 $17) 37... Qxb3 38. Bxb6 $6 (38. Kg2 {was relatively better but after} Qb4
39. Bxb6 a4 {Black was clearly on top anyway.}) 38... Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qe2+ 40. Kg1
Qe1+ 41. Kg2 Qe2+ 42. Kg1 Nc4 $1 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Rc4d2] White's king is in
trouble.} 43. Bxa5 Qe3+ {Black misses a good opportunity to win a piece:} (
43... Qd1+ 44. Kf2 Qc2+ 45. Ke1 Qb1+ 46. Ke2 (46. Kf2 Qa2+ 47. Kg1 Nxa5) 46...
Qa2+ 47. Kd3 Nxa5 {, and White's d-pawn can't rescue him (although it was not
easy to evaluate over the board).}) 44. Kf1 Qe4 $2 (44... Qd3+ 45. Kf2 Qc2+ {
was still possible.}) 45. Kf2 $2 (45. Be1 $1 Ne3+ 46. Ke2 $1 {was a
hard-to-find way of consolidation. Black can win a piece but not the game this
time:} Ng2+ (46... Nxd5+ 47. Kf2 $1) (46... Nf5+ 47. Kd2 $1) 47. Kf1 Nxe1 48.
Qc8+ Kh7 (48... Kg7 49. Qc3+) 49. Qc7 Qxd5 50. Kxe1 Qh1+ 51. Kf2 Qxh2+ 52. Kf3
{, and White should not lose.}) 45... Ne3 {Now, despite White's temporary
material advantage, he can't parry Black's attack without serious losses.} 46.
h3 h4 $1 47. gxh4 Qxf4+ 48. Ke2 Qe4 49. Kf2 Nxd5 50. Bd2 Qxh4+ $17 {As a
result, Black is now a pawn up, and his Q+N can continue bothering White's
king. Eventually White fails to hold his ground.} 51. Kg2 Qe4+ 52. Kf2 Kg7 53.
Qc1 Qd3 54. Kg2 Kg8 55. Qe1 Nf6 56. Qe3 Qd5+ 57. Kg1 Ne4 58. Bc3 Kh7 59. Be1
Qf5 60. Kg2 Qd5 61. Kg1 g5 62. Qf3 Qe6 63. Kg2 Kg6 64. Qd3 Qc6 65. Qf3 f5 66.
Kg1 Qc5+ 67. Kg2 Qc2+ 68. Kg1 Qc5+ 69. Kg2 Qc6 70. Kg1 Qc2 71. Qe3 Qd1 72. Kg2
Qc2+ 73. Kg1 f4 74. Qb6+ Kf5 75. Qa5+ Ke6 76. Qb6+ Kd5 77. Qd8+ Ke5 78. Qh8+
Kd5 79. Qd8+ Ke5 80. Qh8+ Nf6 81. Qb8+ Ke4 82. Qb4+ $2 (82. Qb5 $8 Kf3 $140 83.
Qxg5) 82... Kf3 83. Qa3+ Ke2 84. Bb4 Ne4 85. Kg2 Kd1+ 86. Kh1 Nf2+ 87. Kg1 Ke2
88. Qa6+ Nd3 89. Qe6+ Kd1 90. Qg4+ Qe2 91. Be7 Ne5 92. Qxe2+ Kxe2 93. h4 f3 94.
Bc5 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Ostend"]
[Site "Ostend"]
[Date "1906.07.11"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "Lasker/Schlechter/Hoffer"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1906.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "31"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,66,21,21,19,19,23,30,17,17,17,15,17,17,15,-13,25,25,25,7,11,18,18,-13,
-10,2,24,24,32,32,48,42,39,40,43,5,36,45,43,50,32,43,36,-39,-19,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,
-3,0,0,-1,0,-21,-23,-16,-28,-43,-46,-184,-162,-181,-181,-158,-169,-440,-472]} 
1. d4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker, Carl Schlechter and Leopold Hoffer. ***
Lasker: A game that in no way distinguishes itself in the opening, novel
though the course pursued by the two brilliant masters may be, it is void of
interest until the endgame stage is reached. Then a position full of of varied
combinations is arrived at. A draw should, nevertheless, have resulted. The
first player concludes by a blunder, but his game was hopeless then.} d5 2. Bf4
e6 3. e3 Bd6 4. Bg3 Nf6 5. Nd2 Bxg3 6. hxg3 Qe7 7. f4 {Lasker: To prevent 7...
e5 which, in view of the weakness of White on the black squares, would have
allowed Black a dominating sphere of action.} Ne4 {Lasker: Hardly advancing
his cause.} (7... c5 {at once would have yielded a quicker development.}) ({
Schlechter: Here} 7... b6 $5 {deserves attention.}) 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Qd2 Nd7 10.
g4 Nb6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Nh3 f6 13. Nf2 Bc6 14. c4 O-O-O 15. O-O-O h6 16. Qc2 f5
17. Qc3 {Hoffer: After 17.g3! White is better.} Kb8 18. gxf5 exf5 19. g4 Bd7
20. Rdg1 g5 21. Nh3 {Lasker: 21.fxg5 first would have avoided the ensuing
complication. The exchange of both pawns on the kingside, though opening the
rook file for Black, would have resulted to the advantage of White, inasmuch
as the extra pawn on the queenside should be at greater value than the
isolated pawn of Black, all other things being equal. *** Schlechter: Much
better is 21.fxg5 hxg5 22.gxf5 with advantage.} (21. fxg5 hxg5 22. gxf5) 21...
fxg4 22. Bxg4 Bxg4 23. Rxg4 Qe6 24. Rhg1 Qxc4 25. Qxc4 Nxc4 26. fxg5 hxg5 27.
R4g3 {? Lasker: More natural is 27.Nxg5 Nxe3 28.Rxe4 Rhe8 which would have
readily led to a draw. *** Hoffer: Perhaps White should try 27.R1g3!?} g4 28.
Nf2 Rh2 29. Nd1 {? Schlechter: Better is 29.Nxg4! Rxb2 30.Ne5 Rb4 31.Rg8 Rc8
32.Nxc4 Rxc4 33.Kb2.} c5 {! Lasker: Charming an attack out of nothing. 30.dxc5
would now, of course, be bad, as Black would then double his rooks on the 2nd
rank, and at the very least recoup himself.} 30. R3g2 {Schlechter and Lasker:
This loses a pawn and the game. But, 30.Rxg4 cxd4 31.Rxe4 is met by the
elegant move 31...Rc8! whereupon 32.Rxd4 Na3+ 33.Nc3 Rc2+ 34.Kd1 Rxb2 35.Ne2
Rcc2 will ultimately win.} Rxg2 31. Rxg2 cxd4 32. exd4 Rxd4 33. Rxg4 Rxd1+ {
The rest of the game is unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Hamburg-ch int"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1998.06.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Reddmann, Hauke"]
[Black "Lukacs, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 {This is the quiet positional line with a
closed structure and manoeuvring play.} (3... gxf6 {is more sharp because of
the weakened black P structure.} 4. c4 dxc4 5. e4 {is the critical position
according to the expert of the variation GM Hodgson.}) 4. e3 Bd6 5. c4 {
This is a logical continuation.} (5. g3 {/\ Bg2 Nd2 Ne2 leads to a manoeuvring
play, where White's position is rock-solid, but it is not easy to open up the
position later against the black ^^.}) 5... dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nc3 {This is
the most natural place for the N.} (7. Qc2 f5 8. Ne2 c6 {Now the black Ps take
control over the vital central squares d5 and e4.} 9. Nd2 {The N belongs to
the more active place c3.} g6 {/\ Nd7-f6} 10. h4 Nd7 11. h5 Nf6 12. hxg6 hxg6
13. f3 {(Georgadze-Tseshkovsky, SU 1972)} (13. O-O-O $6 Ng4 $1) 13... b5 $1 $13
) (7. Nf3 c6 8. O-O (8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Qc2 f5 $1 10. h4 $5 (10. a3 Nf6 11. O-O {
Solid play cannot be dangerous here for Black. Plans with 0-0-0 are more
effective.} Qe7 12. Nd2 Bd7 {White's problem is that neither d4-d5, nor e3-e4
brings him any strategical advantage, and the minority -> with b2-b4 is not
easy because of the well-posted ^^.} 13. Rfe1 Rae8 $13 {Conqvest-Danielsen,
Politiken Cup. 1992}) 10... Nf6 11. h5 {This push with the h P creates no
weaknesses on the >>.} Qa5 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Kb1 Rae8 14. Nd2 Bb4 $13 {
Kosic-Vakhidov, Yerevan ol 1996}) 8... Nd7 9. Nc3 f5 $11) (7. Ne2 c5 $5 {
This is the rare occasion to play c7-c5. The P on d4 becomes a target later.
In the open position the ^^ plays it's important role.} (7... c6 {leads to
normal strategy.})) 7... Nd7 ({Now already} 7... c5 $2 {loses to} 8. dxc5 Bxc5
9. Bxf7+ $1 $18) (7... c6 8. Nf3 (8. Qf3 {cannot fight against Black's
standard plan f5 Nd7-f6, as we'll see it later.} f5 9. Nge2 Nd7 $1 {/\ Nf6 ~~}
10. Qxf5 $4 Ne5 $19) (8. Nge2 f5 9. O-O (9. Qc2 Nd7 $1 {This is the same motif
again, compare to 8.Qf3.} 10. O-O-O (10. h3 Nf6 $142 (10... Qa5 $6 {The Q is
not well-placed for the -> on the <<, because Black has to push the b and a Ps
for it.} 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bb3 Nb6 13. Kb1 Be6 14. g4 b4 15. Na4 Rfc8 16. Nc5
$16 {Hogdson-Yakovich, Palma de Mallorca 1989})) 10... Nf6 11. h3 {- 7..Nd7})
9... Nd7 10. Re1 Nf6 $13 (10... Qf6 $5 {/\ Qh6,Nf6})) 8... Nd7 9. Qc2 f5 $1 10.
h3 (10. Qxf5 $4 Ne5 $19) (10. O-O-O Nf6 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. f4 Be6 $13 {This my
suggestion.} ({Attacking with} 12... b5 $2 13. Bd3 b4 14. Na4 {leads only for
weaknesses on the c<-> without any real chances for a breakthrough.} Nd5 15.
Rhe1 b3 16. axb3 Nb4 17. Qf2 Nxd3+ 18. Rxd3 Ba6 19. Rc3 $18 {Hodgson-Nyrvold,
Oslo op. 1994})) 10... Nf6 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Kb1 b5 13. Bd3 Rb8 {- Nielsen,
P-Danielsen,M DEM-ch 1994 CBM 41}) 8. Nge2 (8. Nf3 f5 (8... c6 9. Qc2 f5 $5 {
is again the standard plan.} (9... Nb6 {- Miladinovic-Abramovic, JUG-ch Tivat
CBM 43})) 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. O-O c6 12. a3 Bd7 13. Rfe1 Rae8 {It is
hard to find a strengthening plan.} 14. d5 c5 {and the structure is not bad
for Black, because o^ d5 is successfully blockaded.} 15. g3 Ne4 $13 {
Djurhuus-Heine Nielsen, Gausdal 1995}) 8... f5 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. h3 {This is a
logical strategy for White. He wants to castle << and opening up the lines on
the >> with a P sacrifice g2-g4.} c6 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Bd3 (12. g4 $5 {is
worthy of studying.}) 12... g6 13. Rdg1 b5 14. Kb1 (14. g4 $5 b4 15. Na4 fxg4
16. e4 b3 $1 {Zwischenzug!} 17. axb3 (17. Qxb3 $2 Nxe4) 17... Bb4 $13 18. e5
Nd5 19. hxg4 Be6 $44) 14... a5 $2 {This is a bit slow.} (14... Rb8 $1 {was the
best threngthtening b4-b3 opening up the b <-> against the white K.} 15. g4 b4
16. Na4 b3 $1 $132) (14... b4 15. Na4) 15. g4 $1 {With opposite side castling
both want to open lines against the enemy K.} b4 (15... fxg4 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17.
Ng3 {/\ Nce4 ©}) 16. Na4 fxg4 {[#]} 17. hxg4 $6 {This is not the best.} ({
Invading the centre with} 17. e4 $1 Bc7 18. e5 Nd5 19. hxg4 $16 {would have
given White a dangerous initiative on the >>.}) 17... b3 $1 {This is the only
way for creating counterchances on the other side.} (17... Bxg4 18. Ng3 $5 {
© Reddmann} (18. e4 Bf3 19. e5 Bxh1 20. exd6 Qxd6 21. Rxh1 Rae8 $13)) 18. axb3
(18. Qxb3 Rb8 19. Qc2 Nd5 $44 {/\ Nb4}) 18... Nd5 $1 (18... Bxg4 19. e4 $16)
19. Qd1 (19. Qxc6 $2 Bb7 20. Qc1 Nb4 $19) (19. e4 $2 Nb4 20. Qd2 Nxd3 21. Qxd3
Ba6 22. Qh3 f6 $17) 19... Nb4 20. Nb6 $1 (20. Nec3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Rb8 $44) 20...
Ba6 $1 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Na4 (22. Nc4 $2 Qe4+ 23. Ka1 a4 $19) 22... Qe4+ 23.
Ka1 Nc2+ 24. Ka2 Nb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Malakoff op 09th"]
[Site "Malakoff"]
[Date "2009.04.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Okhotnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Guilleux, Fabien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[Annotator "Malakoff/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {l'ukrainien joue plus souvent1.e4 sauf contre les adversaires jouant un
fianchetto roi face а 1.d4} Nf6 {les noirs sont arrivés avec 15 minutes de
retard} 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 $5 {Une ligne secondaire mais assez agressive jouée
régulièrement pas OKHOTNIK et son jeune adversaire devait être préparé.} d5 4.
Bf4 {[%csl Ge5] le thème de l'attaque MURSHED est de contrôler la case "e5" et
si les noirs jouent trop vite le oo, les blancs peuvent développer une forte
attaque par Ne5 et h4h5} Bg7 5. e3 (5. Qd2 $143 Ne4 $1) 5... Bg4 $1 {Ce
clouage empêche Ne5,suivi de l'attaque h4h5} (5... O-O 6. Be2 (6. Ne5 c5 7. Be2
Nc6) 6... c5 (6... b6 7. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Gh2h4,Gh4h5] HEBDEN a aussi souvent
joué avec succés cette attaque MURSHED} Bb7 8. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5]} Nfd7 {[%cal
Gd7e5]} 9. h5 $40 {[%csl Gh1];Murshed,N (2405)-Gufeld,E (2480) Goglidze
Memorial 1983 1/2}) 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 {Okhotnik,V (2479)
-Gladyszev,O (2430) Malakoff op 5th 2006 (6) 1/2}) 6. Bd3 O-O $146 ({RR} 6...
c6 7. Ne5 Bf5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. h4 h5 10. f3 Rc8 11. Be2 b5 12. Nd1 O-O 13. c3 Ne8
14. Nf2 Nd6 15. g4 hxg4 16. Nexg4 Bxg4 17. Nxg4 f5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nc4
20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Qg2 {Hebden,M (2575)-Bates,R (2345)/Hove 1997/EXT 1999/1-0 
(31)}) 7. O-O c6 {01h01} 8. a4 Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Re8 11. e4 dxe4 12.
Nxe4 Nxe4 (12... e5 $5) 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qe2 {Les blancs n'ont peut-être pas
assez de compensations pour le P} Qxd4 $1 {N'ayant pas peur des fantomes!} 15.
Be5 Qh4 {52mns} 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 $17 17. c3 Rad8 18. Rfd1 e5 {36mns} (18... e6)
19. Qe4 $6 {les pièces noires seront plus actives après l'échange des Q mais
le MI préfère jouer une position technique face а son jeune adversaire.} Qxe4
20. Bxe4 Bg5 $1 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Gf7f5]} 21. Kf1 f5 $1 22. Bc2 Kf7 23. Ke2 e4 {
34} 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Kxd1 {Le MI est arrivé а ses fins en
transposant dans une finale de B de couleurs opposées mais contrairement а une
option répandue, ce type de finale n'est pas toujours nulle.} e3 (26... Ke6
$143 27. Bb3+ Ke5 28. Bg8 Kf6 (28... h5 29. Bf7 Kf6 30. Be8)) (26... h5 27.
Bb3+ Kf6 28. a5 Bf4 29. a6 $1 b6 30. c4) 27. fxe3 Bxe3 28. b4 Bb6 29. Ke2 Kf6
30. Bb3 {[%cal Gb3g8]} Bd8 31. a5 (31. Kd3) 31... Be7 {18 mns} (31... a6 $5 {
Avec le Bd8, les blancs pourront difficilement pousser b4b5 а cause de la
fiablesse "a5"}) 32. Bc4 a6 $1 {[%csl Ra5]} 33. Bg8 h5 34. Kd3 g5 35. Kd4 g4
$17 {[%cal Gf5f4] La majorité des noirs est plus facile а mobiliser} 36. hxg4
hxg4 37. Bc4 Bd6 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gf6g5]} 38. Bg8 $6 {Le MI pense avoir des
bonnes chances d'annuler et il se relache en mettant hors-jeu son B alors que
les noirs vont trouver des ressources tactiques} Be5+ (38... Kg5 $2 39. Be6)
39. Kd3 f4 40. c4 $2 Bc3 $3 {[%csl Gf4,Gg4,Rg8][%cal Gf4f1] 36s le Bg8 est mal
placé pour stopper la majortié des noirs et les noirs ont une attaque venue
"de nulle part"! Au surplus, il restait 05 secondes а la pendule pour le
français lorsqu'il a trouvé ce coup!} 41. b5 Bxa5 $2 (41... axb5 $3 42. cxb5
cxb5 43. Kxc3 f3 44. gxf3 g3 $1 {la pointe!}) 42. bxc6 bxc6 43. Bh7 c5 44. Be4
Bb4 45. Bc6 {[%csl Ga4,Gf3][%cal Gc6a4,Gc6f3] le B blanc a réussi а trouver
une bonne case pour surveiller les P noirs des deux ailes} Kg5 46. Ke4 a5 47.
Ba4 $2 Bd2 {[%cal Gd2f4,Gg5h4,Gh4g3]} 48. Kd3 Bc1 (48... f3 $3 49. gxf3 g3 50.
f4+ Bxf4 51. Ke2 Kh4 $17) 49. Ke2 Kh4 50. Kf2 Be3+ 51. Ke2 Kg3 {[%mdl 4096]}
0-1

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 {The Veresov Attack is starting to be an outdated name for
this system after Baadur has made it his favourite and most effective weapon.
So what about Jobava Hyperattack?!} d5 3. Bf4 e6 ({I was amused to find an old
game played very much in Baadur's style:} 3... a6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nf3 h6 6. Ne5
Nbd7 7. g4 Bh7 8. h4 $36 {Alekhine,A-Rometti,B Nice 1937 (1/2-1/2, 21)}) ({
There are plenty of Jobava's games with annotations available already:} 3...
Bf5 4. f3 e6 5. g4 (5. Qd2 {Naiditsch,A (2718)-Harikrishna,P (2706) Wijk aan
Zee 2014 CBM 159 [Ftacnik,L] (0-1, 19)}) 5... Bg6 6. h4 {0-1 (80) Jobava,B 
(2699)-Nakamura,H (2799) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 CBM 167 [Sumets,A]}) (3... c5 4.
e3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 (5... e6 6. Nb5 Na6 7. c3 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. a4
Bxb5 11. axb5 Nc7 {Jobava,B (2669)-Kovalenko,I (2668) Almaty 2016 (1-0, 61)})
6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 {Jobava,B (2665)-Ponomariov,R (2709) Baku 2016 (1-0, 21)}) (
{Even though I like the kingside fianchetto even in systems where this is not
typical, I have some reserve with respect to} 3... g6 {since it offers White
more fluent play than he is supposed to have after placing his knight in front
of the c-pawn:} 4. Qd2 Bg7 5. Bh6 Bxh6 6. Qxh6 Bf5 (6... c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. O-O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Qd6 10. f3 a6 11. Nge2 Bd7 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Nc1 Na5 14. Nb3 Nxb3
15. axb3 b5 16. Bd3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Rhe1 $16 {Black's king is stuck in
the centre and there is no counterplay at all.} Rg8 $2 {This is by far not the
only case when Baadur's opponent blunders something very simple.} 19. Nxd5 $1
Qxd5 20. Qxf6 {Jobava,B (2713)-Van Wely,L (2654) Dubai 2014 (1-0, 25)}) 7. Qd2
c5 8. e3 cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. f3 h5 {Ambitious strategically but leaving the
king short of safe places.} 11. Bb5 Qd6 12. Nge2 a6 13. Bxc6+ Qxc6 14. O-O h4
15. a4 a5 16. Rfe1 Kf8 17. Nf4 e6 18. Rac1 Ne8 19. Nb5 Nd6 {Jobava,B (2661)
-Demchenko,A (2589) Gjakova 2016 (1-0, 44)} 20. c4 $5 dxc4 21. d5 Qc5+ 22. Kh1
$36 {[%csl Rf8,Rh8][%cal Gd4h8]}) 4. Nb5 ({Deviating from his previous
favourite} 4. e3 Bd6 (4... Bb4 5. Bd3 c5 6. dxc5 $5 {Giving up the centre is
justified by the fact that the f8-bishop has moved already. In the game Black
will try retrieving the pawn without losing a tempo but things will prove not
that simple.} Nbd7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Bd6 Re8 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxd7 Nxd7 11. Qd4 Qa5
12. O-O-O Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. e4 $14 {Jobava,B (2708)-Korneev,O (2581)
Sochi 2014 (1-0, 45), with better development and chances to get the control
over the dark squares.}) 5. Nf3 O-O (5... a6 6. Bd3 h6 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5 {
The same issue.} Bxc5 9. e4 {And the also familiar central break.} dxe4 10.
Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 Nd7 13. c4 g5 14. Bd2 a5 15. a3 g4 16. Bc3
Rg8 17. Nd4 $16 {Jobava,B (2673)-Rakhmanov,A (2640) Minsk 2015, Once again
White has an advance in development plus a dangerous queenside majority.}) 6.
Bd3 b6 (6... c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nc6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qf6 {
Jobava,B (2705)-Malakhov,V (2716) Warsaw 2013 (0-1, 19), White sacrificed the
b2-pawn and then a piece, resigning just a few moves later. But} 12. Qc1 h6 13.
c3 e5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 {would have retained some slight pressure.}) 7. O-O
Bb7 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. Ne5 a6 10. Qf3 Be7 11. Qh3 c5 12. a3 c4 13. Be2 b5 14. Qg3
Ne8 15. Bf3 f5 $6 {Probably aimed at preventing e3-e4, but weakening the dark
squares a lot. Black probably relied on the half blocked character of the
position.} 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Be5 Nf6 18. Ne2 Rad8 19. Nf4 Bd6 20. b4 Bc6 21. h4
$14 {Jobava,B (2713)-Radjabov,T (2724) Dubai 2014 (1/2-1/2, 59)}) 4... Na6 {
Since the knight is not stable on b5, we can say that White has invested two
tempi in forcing the enemy knight into developing far from the crucial
e5-square.} (4... Bb4+ 5. c3 Ba5 {is a somewhat unnatural way of defending c7.}
6. a4 a6 7. b4 axb5 $6 ({In a blitz game it is easy to overlook that} 7... Bxb4
$11 {actually works since} 8. Nxc7+ $2 Qxc7 9. Bxc7 Bxc3+ {retrieves the
material with interest.}) 8. axb5 b6 9. bxa5 bxa5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Bb7 12.
Bd3 $16 {Jobava,B (2669)-Gelfand,B (2734) Almaty (blitz) 2016 (1-0, 48)}) 5. a3
c6 {With the exception of a couple of games between low rated players, this is
a new move.} (5... Be7 {eventually transposed to some sort of Bf4 Queen's
Gambit:} 6. e3 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. c4 Bb7 9. Qc2 c6 10. Nc3 c5 11. Rd1 cxd4 12.
Nxd4 Nc5 13. Be2 Qc8 14. O-O {Jobava,B (2664)-Swiercz,D (2617) Abu Dhabi 2015 
(½-½, 65), with only some light pressure.}) 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. e3 {The most
principled decision, avoiding speeding up Black's development, but} (7. Bxd6 {
is not that bad either.} Qxd6 8. e3 Nc7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12.
Ne5 c5 13. Qf3 {with typical Queen's Pawn Opening play.}) 7... Nc7 8. Nf3 Bxf4
{White was threatening Ne5 when Black's queen would have remained confined to
just a few passive squares. After this exchange, strengthening White's control
over e5, the queen gets the perfect d6-square.} (8... O-O 9. Ne5 c5 {The only
constructive plan since ...b7-b6 leaves the c6-pawn undefended.} (9... Nfe8 10.
Bd3 f6 $6 11. Qh5 $1) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O Nxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14.
Bg3 e5 15. b4 Be7 16. Qh5 g6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. f4 $36) ({But
starting with} 8... b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. g4 {offers White a kingside initiative
anyway.}) 9. exf4 Qd6 10. Ne5 b6 {Now this natural developing move is
perfectly fine.} 11. Qf3 c5 12. Nb5 $5 {Typical for Jobava but probably not
best. Rather than consolidating his control on the dark squares White changes
the character of the position completely.} (12. Qe3 {looks more natural and if}
O-O {White can continue extravagantly with} 13. h4 {or 13.g4.}) 12... Nxb5 13.
Bxb5+ Bd7 (13... Nd7 14. f5 $36) 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. O-O-O O-O ({With his
development incomplete Black cannot afford to take measures against f4-f5:} 
15... g6 $6 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. c4 $36 {True, the ending arising after} a6 18.
Qc3 $1 Rf8 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20. cxd5 Rac8 {is not necessarily lost, but why give
up a pawn so easily?}) 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. f5 Qe7 (17... exf5 18. dxc5 $14 {
[%csl Gd5]}) 18. Rhe1 cxd4 {At this high point of the game releasing the
tension is not necessary, but we cannot call it a concession either.} ({
Black could try activating his queen's rook:} 18... Rac8 {since} 19. fxe6 (19.
dxc5 Rxc5) 19... fxe6 20. Qxd5 exd5 21. Rxe7 Rxf2 {is about equal.}) ({But if
he plays in similar way as in the game, ...cxd4 would probably be best a few
moves later anyway:} 18... Qf6 19. Qf4 (19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Qxf6 Rxf6 21. dxc5
bxc5 22. f4 Kf7 23. c4 Rd8 24. g3 Rf5 {should not be a problem for Black.})
19... g6 ({A safer move is} 19... Rae8 20. Re5 {when there does not seem to be
anything better than transposing to the game with} cxd4 21. Rxd4) 20. g4 exf5
21. gxf5 Rae8 22. Re5 Qd6 23. Qg3 {with some slight pressure.}) 19. Rxd4 Qf6
20. Qf4 Rae8 21. Re5 {White has invaded the central dark squares and has some
slight pressure but it remains an open question whether he can make progress
in any way.} exf5 {Objectively correct but in the long run a somewhat risky
decision since simplifying to a pawn ending would offer White an easy win.} ({
But it was not simple for Black to free himself for instance} 21... g6 22. Kb1
(22. fxe6 Qxf4+ 23. Rxf4 fxe6 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $11) (22. g4 exf5 23. Rdxd5 Rxe5
24. Rxe5 Qh4 25. f3 h5 $15) 22... gxf5 $2 23. g4 $16 {[%csl Rg8]}) 22. Rdxd5
Rxe5 23. Rxe5 g6 24. Re2 Rd8 25. Qe5 Qc6 26. f3 a5 ({For the time being Black
is under no pressure and he can choose on which wing to advance his pawns.} 
26... h5 $5) 27. b3 b5 {This pawn will be a potential weakness in a short
while.} (27... a4 28. b4 Rc8 29. Kb2 Qc4 $11) 28. Kb2 a4 29. b4 Qc4 $6 {
The first cause of Black's future problems.} (29... h5 30. Qc3 Qd7 31. Re5 $14
{[%csl Gb5]}) ({He should have kept the control over the c-file with} 29... Rc8
$1 $11) 30. Re3 $1 {[%csl Gb5,Gc2][%cal Ge3c3,Gc3c5]} Qf1 (30... Rc8 $2 31. Rc3
{transposes to a won pawn ending.}) ({But neutral moves do not promise full
equality either:} 30... h5 31. Rc3 Qf1 (31... Qh4 32. h3 Qf2 33. g3 {is
similar.}) 32. g3 Qf2 33. Qxb5 Qxh2 34. Qe5 $16 {[%cal Gb4b8]}) 31. Re2 $1 {
A fantastic move! The rook returns tothe previous square cutting the queen off
from the b5-pawn.} Rd1 32. Qxb5 Rb1+ $6 ({It would have relatively been better
to keep the control over the d4-square as Black could deliver the check on b1
at any later moment. However, this would not have spared him problems:} 32...
Kg7 33. Qe5+ Kh6 34. b5 Ra1 35. Kc3 Rxa3+ 36. Kb4 Ra1 37. c4 $16) 33. Kc3 Kg7
34. Qe5+ Kh6 35. Qe3+ Kg7 36. Qf2 Qh1 37. Qd4+ $1 {This is the difference!
White gains an important tempo.} Kh6 38. Re7 $6 {It was tempting of course to
play with the queen in the centre but} (38. Qf4+ $1 Kg7 39. Kc4 $18 {was more
convincing, defending the kingside pawns and sustaining the pawns' march with
the king.}) 38... Qxg2 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Gg2f3]} (38... Qxh2 39. Rxf7 $18) 39.
Qd2+ Qxd2+ 40. Kxd2 {The rook ending looks very promising but will be winning
only after Black's next mistake.} Ra1 $2 ({It was essential to activate the
king with} 40... Kg5 $1 41. Rxf7 ({The pawn ending is drawn now:} 41. Re1 Rxe1
42. Kxe1 Kf6 {The king is just in time to stop the advance of the b-pawn.} 43.
c4 Ke5 44. Ke2 Kd4 45. c5 Kd5 46. Ke3 g5 47. h3 h5 $11) 41... Kf4 42. c4 $16 {
White is of course much better but Black has certain counter-chances.}) 41. Re1
$1 Rxa3 (41... Rxe1 42. Kxe1 {[%csl Gb4,Gb5,Gb6,Gb7,Gb8,Gc4,Gc8,Gd4,Gd8,Ge4,
Ge8,Gf4,Gf5,Gf6,Gf7,Gf8,Rh6]}) 42. b5 (42. b5 Ra2 43. Rb1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "Meier,Georg"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After such a long event, I believe that the last round can be fraught with
emotions, especially for the players who feel like they suffered through their
tournament. I suspect that Nepo brought quite a bit of frustration to the
board and desperately wanted to redeem himself.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c5
4. dxc5 e6 5. e4 h6 6. Bh4 dxe4 7. Qe2 Qa5 8. O-O-O $6 {19th-century-style.} ({
After} 8. c3 Nbd7 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qxc5 11. Nf3 Be7 {it is about to look
like a Rubinstein-French - my pet opening. Black would be close to equality
and certainly Ian was in no mood for this.}) 8... Qxa2 9. Qb5+ $4 {The queen
goes to no-man's-land, and I just can't see any point to it. I guess Ian gave
in to another impulse.} ({Of course White should eliminate the knight and
recapture on e4, but after} 9. Bxf6 Qa1+ 10. Nb1 gxf6 11. Qxe4 a6 $1 {stopping
Bb5, Black has no reason to worry - the bishop pair is an asset and White has
no initiative.} 12. Nf3 Nd7) 9... Nbd7 10. c6 (10. Bxf6 a6 $1 {just kills
White's clumsy coordination}) 10... bxc6 11. Qxc6 Bb7 $1 12. Qxb7 Qa1+ 13. Nb1
Rb8 {And that's it - game over!} 14. Qxb8+ Nxb8 15. Bb5+ Nfd7 16. Ne2 Be7 17.
Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. h4 Rd8 20. Rh3 Nd3+ 21. Bxd3 Rxd4 22. Be2 Rxd1+ 23.
Bxd1 Qa5 24. Nd2 f5 25. Rg3 Qe5 26. Ra3 Nc6 27. g3 Qd4 28. Re3 Nb4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 {The 'Jobava' opening, very common nowadays} c5 $5 {Lupulescu
takes up the challenge and goes into a complicated position, against the ever
original Georgian grandmaster} 3. dxc5 (3. e4 $5 dxe4 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. dxc5 Nf6
$13 {The biggest difficulty I see in these positions is that there are no
patterns to be followed, everything is very original and new. And recognising
patterns is one of the biggest quality that strong players have, meaning
playing original positions demands other qualities, like an 'adaptability' to
different positions.}) 3... Nf6 (3... d4 $5 4. Ne4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 {looks
balanced as well. It is important to mention that all of this is highly
unexplored.}) 4. e4 $146 {It is rare to find a novelty as early as the 4th
move nowadays!} d4 5. Bc4 Nc6 (5... dxc3 $4 {would be too naive.} 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7
7. Qxd8 $18) 6. Nd5 $1 Nxe4 7. Bf4 e5 8. Qe2 {Jobava is always faithful to his
uncompromising style of play and shows extreme energy in the first moves.} Bf5
(8... Nxc5 9. Bxe5 Nxe5 10. Qxe5+ Ne6 11. O-O-O Bd6 12. Qe4 O-O 13. Nf3 $14) (
8... f5 $6 {would have been really irresponsible} 9. f3 d3 10. cxd3 Nd4 11. Qd1
exf4 12. dxe4 Bxc5 13. b4 $1 Bb6 14. Nh3 $36) 9. f3 exf4 (9... Nf6 $5 {was a
very promising and interesting alternative} 10. Bxe5 Nxd5 11. Bc7+ (11. Bxg7+
$2 Ne3 12. Bxh8 Qe7 $1 $19) 11... Qe7 12. Bxd5 Nb4 13. Bxb7 Nxc2+ 14. Kd2 Kd7
$1 15. Bf4 (15. Bxa8 Kxc7 $44) 15... Qxc5 16. Bxa8 {looks insanely dangerous
for White. For example:} d3 (16... Qa5+ 17. Kd1 d3 18. Bc6+ Kxc6 19. Qe8+ Kb7
20. Qxf7+ Ka6 21. Qc4+ Kb7 22. Qf7+ Ka6 $11) 17. Qe5 Qf2+ 18. Kc3 Bb4+ 19. Kb3
{and somehow Black can't mate!} Be6+ (19... Nxa1+ 20. Kxb4 Qb6+ 21. Ka4 $1 Qa6+
22. Kb4 Qb6+ 23. Ka4 $11) 20. Bd5 $1 (20. Ka4 $2 Rxa8 $19) 20... Nxa1+ 21. Kxb4
Qb6+ 22. Kc3 Rc8+ 23. Kd2 Qa5+ (23... Rc2+ $2 24. Kd1 Rxg2 25. Bxe6+ fxe6 26.
Nh3 $16) 24. Kxd3 Qb5+ 25. Ke3 Qc5+ 26. Ke4 Qc2+ 27. Ke3 Qc5+ 28. Ke4 $11) (
9... Nxc5 10. Bxe5 Ne6 11. Nc7+ Nxc7 12. Bxc7+ Qe7 13. O-O-O Rc8 14. Bg3 $14 {
looks slightly better for White, because of the weak d4-pawn.}) 10. fxe4 Be6
11. O-O-O Bxc5 12. Nxf4 (12. Nf3 O-O 13. Nxf4 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 $11 {would be
similar to the game.}) 12... Qg5 13. g3 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Bd6 15. Kb1 $1 Bxf4 16.
Nh3 Qg4 17. Nxf4 O-O 18. Qb5 Rab8 19. Rde1 Rfe8 $11 {Black definitely has
solved his opening problems and achieved a balanced position.} 20. a3 Re5 21.
Qb3 Na5 22. Qd3 Nc6 23. Re2 Rbe8 24. Rhe1 Qd7 25. Nd5 {Now there is a lot of
shuffling around in the next moves. It would be interesting to know the time
situation here, because both players will basically do nothing until the 34th
move.} Qg4 26. Ka2 h6 27. Kb1 Kh8 28. Nc7 R8e7 29. Nd5 Re8 30. Nf4 Qd7 31. Qd2
Qg4 32. Qd3 Qd7 33. h3 Rc5 34. Nd5 {Jobava gives away the h-pawn, probably
already in a time scramble.} Qxh3 {Good decision, and a brave one!} 35. Qd2 {
Threatening Rh2.} Qg4 36. Rh2 Kg8 $2 (36... Re6 $1 {was necessary} 37. Nf4 (37.
Reh1 $6 Qxe4 38. Rxh6+ $2 gxh6 39. Rxh6+ Kg7 $19) 37... Rd6 $17 {and it is
hard to imagine how White is going to create any attack after a move like ...
Ne5.}) 37. b4 $5 (37. Rxh6 $5 Rxd5 38. Rh4 Qxg3 39. Reh1 Qxh4 40. Rxh4 Rde5 41.
Qh2 f6 $16 {with excellent defensive chances, Black should not lose this
endgame.}) 37... Rc4 $2 (37... Rb5 $1 {it was incredibly difficult to
understand the defensive value of this move} 38. Rxh6 Qxg3 39. Rhh1 (39. Reh1
gxh6 40. Qxh6 Qg7 41. Nf6+ Kf8 42. Qxg7+ Kxg7 43. Nxe8+ Kg6 44. Nd6 Re5 $11 {
should end in a draw}) 39... Qxa3 $1 40. Qh2 (40. Nf6+ $2 gxf6 {and now there
is no mate on the g-file (if you compare to the 38th move analysis)} 41. Rh8+
Kxh8 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Rg1+ Rg5 $1 44. Rxg5+ fxg5 45. Qxg5+ Kf8 $19) 40... Rxb4+
41. Nxb4 Qxb4+ 42. Kc1 Qa3+ 43. Kd1 f6 $11 {and Black holds.}) 38. Rxh6 $1 $18
Ne5 (38... Qxg3 39. Rhh1 $1 {(with a devastating Reg1 threat)} Qxa3 40. Nf6+ $1
{now it works} gxf6 41. Rh8+ Kxh8 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Rg1+ Qg3 44. Rxg3#) 39. Reh1
Ng6 40. Rh7 $4 (40. Rh8+ $1 Nxh8 41. Qh2 $18 {forcing Black's resignation
right away.}) (40. Qh2 $1 $18) 40... Qxe4 $2 {Returning the favour. It is not
a coincidence that both 40th moves changed the game evaluation.} (40... Qf3 $1
{was the only defence, controlling the key f6-square. Not an easy move to make
in time trouble.} 41. Qh2 (41. Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Qh7+ Kf8 44. Qh6+
Kg8 $11) 41... f6 {and somehow Black is safe}) (40... Qe6 $2 41. Qh2 $18) 41.
Rxg7+ $1 Kf8 (41... Kxg7 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Nf6#) 42. Rg8+ $1 Kxg8 43. Nf6+ Kg7
44. Nxe4 Rxe4 45. Qd3 {A very tense game. A big round of applause is due to
Jobava, who scored the olympiad's 3rd best performance - a stunning 2926, with
8 out of 10 on the 1st board against a 2686 rating average!} 1-0

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.07.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Black "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 {Ce système un peu bizare a été popularisée
récemment par Jobava} a6 (3... g6 4. Qd2 Bg7 5. Bh6) (3... Bf5 4. f3 e6 5. g4
Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. e3 a6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. cxd3 {Jobava,B (2713)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2730) Wch Rapid Dubai 2014 (13) 1-0} (10. Qxd3)) 4. e3 (4.
Nf3) 4... e6 5. a3 c5 $132 6. Nf3 Nc6 (6... b6 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. g4 Nfd7 9. Bg2
Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nc6 11. O-O Qc7 12. e4 d4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 Na5 15. Rb1 Qd7
16. b4 Nc4 17. e6 fxe6 18. dxe6 Qc8 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Re1 Qd5 21. bxc5 Bxc5 22.
e7 Ra7 23. Bg3 Bxe7 24. Qd3 O-O 25. a4 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Qb3 Bd6 28. Qxb5
Qxb5 29. Rxb5 Bxg3 30. hxg3 Rc7 31. Rd1 Na3 32. Rb3 Nxc2 33. Rbd3 Rfc8 34. Kg2
Rc3 35. R3d2 d3 {0-1 (35) Fries Nielsen,J (2365)-Berczes,D (2528) Sweden 2013})
7. Ne5 $146 (7. Be2 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Na4 cxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Nb6 Rb8 12.
c3 Na5 13. Nxc8 Rfxc8 14. O-O b5 15. Bd3 Nc4 16. Qc2 h6 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. h3 a5
19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Bd3 Qb6 21. g3 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Qe2 bxc3 24. bxc3 Qd6 25.
Ra7 Rb2 26. Qd1 Qc6 27. Re2 Rcb8 {1/2-1/2 (27) Krecak,Z (2314)-Vinchev,S (2348)
ICCF email 2012}) 7... Bd7 8. Be2 (8. Bd3) 8... cxd4 9. exd4 Qb6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6
11. Rb1 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd3 Rfd8 (13... Rfc8) 14. Ne2 Bb5 $11 15. c3 Bxd3
16. Qxd3 Nd7 17. Qg3 Rdc8 (17... Rac8 18. Rfe1 a5 19. h4) 18. Rfe1 a5 19. h4
Qd8 20. h5 Nf6 21. Qh3 Ne4 22. Ng3 Nxg3 23. Qxg3 b5 24. Re3 (24. h6) 24... b4
25. axb4 axb4 26. cxb4 Bh4 27. Qg4 Bf6 28. Rd1 Rc4 29. Be5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Qf6 (
30... Rxb4) 31. Qe2 Rxb4 32. g3 h6 33. Rd2 Rab8 34. Kg2 Qd8 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Rd4]
[%cal Gd8b6] La finale est encore égale mais les Blancs auront au mieux la
nulle alors que les Noirs peuvent encore jouer pour le gain à cause des deux
faiblesses.} 35. f4 Qb6 36. f5 Rxd4 37. fxe6 fxe6 38. Rc2 Re8 39. Qe3 Rb4 40.
Qe2 d4 {Suite illisible et nulle au 56ème coup} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1920"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2020.02.09"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.11.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin SF"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%evp 0,46,16,28,29,19,32,32,69,52,16,4,-5,-5,49,-8,-8,-15,13,-134,-103,-129,
-72,-95,-54,-85,-85,-113,-91,-46,-85,-133,-112,-133,-155,-173,-82,-208,-113,
-269,-269,-326,-327,-561,-596,-588,-688,-688,-688] LEAD IN DEVELOPMENT 
(Uncastled kings, London System with 2.Bf4)  ENTWICKLUNGSVORSPRUNG 
(Unrochierte Könige, Londoner System mit 2.Bf4)} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5
4. dxc5 $6 {This capturing away from the centre and the subsequent backing up
with b4 is in my opinion a double-edged enterprise which I would not recommend.
Here the preference is, for example, for the most frequently played and solid
4.c3. Dieses Herausschlagen aus dem Zentrum sowie das anschließende
Anschweißen mittels b4 ist meines Erachtens ein zweischneidiges, nicht
empfehlenswertes Unterfangen. Den Vorzug verdient hier beispielsweise das
meistgespielte, solide 4.c3.} e6 (4... Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. b4 {is another topic,
e..g. ist ein anderes Thema, z.B.} a5 7. c3 Bd7 8. Qb3 {½-½ /30, Moroni,L 
(2558)-Petrov,N (2573), Bad Ragaz 2018}) 5. b4 a5 6. c3 Bd7 $5 {[#]} ({Much
stronger than Viel stärker als} 6... axb4 $143 7. cxb4 b6 $2 {, after which
Werder Bremen's Czech warhorse suffered a painful loss. , wonach Werder
Bremens tschechischer Haudegen eine empfindliche Pleite erlitt:} (7... Nc6) 8.
Bxb8 $1 Rxb8 9. Bb5+ Ke7 10. c6 Qd6 11. Qb3 Ne8 12. Nc3 Nc7 13. Nf3 $16 {
- 1-0/36, Vogel,R (2493)-Hracek,Z (2610), Germany 2018}) 7. Qb3 $2 {A bad
positional misevaluation by the 19 -year old risk loving Italian grandmaster,
whose queen sortie here turns into an opening debacle. Eine schwere
positionelle Fehleinschätzung des 19jährigen risikofreudigen italienischen
Großmeisters, der mit diesem Damenausfall in ein Eröffnungsdebakel läuft.} (
{Another attempt has been the superior Verschiedentlich versucht wurde das
bessere} 7. Nd2 $142 {, z.B.} axb4 8. cxb4 b6 9. cxb6 Bxb4 10. Bc7 Qe7 (10...
Qc8 11. Rb1 $5 (11. Qb3 $5 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Qb7 13. Bd3 O-O (13... d4 14. exd4
Nd5 15. Bg3 Ba4 16. Qb2 $14) 14. Ne2 $14 {½-½/115, Tang,A (2487)-Bok,B (2643)
, chess.com INT 2019}) 11... Ra4 (11... Nc6 $143 12. Ngf3) 12. Ngf3 O-O 13. Bd3
Na6 14. Be5 Nc5 $5 15. Bc2 Qa6 16. a3 Bxa3 17. Qe2 Rb4 18. Qxa6 Rxb1+ 19. Bxb1
Nxa6 20. Ke2 $14) 11. Ngf3 (11. b7 $6 Ra3 12. Bxb8 Ba4) 11... O-O 12. a4 $13 {
/=, ½-½/54, Nabaty,T (2688)-Santos Ruiz,M (2554), Moscow 2019}) 7... axb4 8.
cxb4 b6 9. Bd6 {[#]} ({Nor does returning the pawn after Auch die Rückgabe
des Bauern nach} 9. Bd3 bxc5 10. bxc5 Na6 $1 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. Nc3 Bxc5 $17 {
provide any relief for White. verschafft dem Weißen keine Erleichterung.})
9... bxc5 $5 $146 ({A crushing success is promised after the immediate
Durchschlagenden Erfolg verspricht sofortiges} 9... Ne4 $142 $1 {, z.B.} 10.
Qb2 (10. Bxf8 $2 Qf6 $1 $19) 10... Nxd6 11. cxd6 Qf6 $1 $17 {/-+} 12. Qxf6 gxf6
13. b5 Bxd6 14. a4 Ke7 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Ne2 e5 17. f3 f5 18. Ra2 Be6 19. Rc2
Bb4+ 20. Kf1 Rxa4 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Nec3 Bxc3 23. Nxc3 Ra3 24. Nxd5+ Kd6 25.
Nxb6 Be6 26. Bb1 Kc5 27. Nc8 Bxc8 28. Kf2 Be6 29. g4 fxg4 30. Bxh7 Nd7 31. Rb1
Ra2+ 32. Kg3 gxf3 33. h4 f5 34. Kxf3 Nf6 {- 0-1, Nakamura,H (2769)-So,W (2778),
Leuven 2018 - 0-1, Nakamura,H (2769)-So,W (2778), Leuven 2018}) 10. Bxf8 Rxf8
11. bxc5 Ne4 $1 $40 {Bearing in mind potential queen sorties Black is already
setting up annoying threats.  Schwarz stellt im Hinblick auf potentielle
Damenausfälle bereits peinliche Drohungen auf.} 12. Qb2 Nc6 13. Nd2 Rb8 14.
Qc1 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Qf6 $1 $17 {[#] Now the white king is threatened with being
stuck in the middle, wilst Black's lead in development assumes alarming
proportions.   [#] Nun droht der weiße König in der Mitte steckenzubleiben,
während der schwarze Entwicklungsvorsprung erschreckende Ausmaße annimmt.}
16. Qc1 (16. Rc1 Rb2 17. Rc2 Rxc2 18. Qxc2 Ke7 19. Ne2 Qa1+ 20. Qc1 (20. Nc1
Nb4 $19) 20... Qxa2 21. Nc3 Qa5 $17 22. Be2 Rb8 23. O-O Qxc5) 16... Rb2 17. Nf3
Ke7 $5 ({Stereotypical, though not bad. Black establishes the link beteween
his rooks and from now on cleary dictates the course of events. Nevertheless
there was the stronger assault Schablone, wenn auch keine schlechte. Schwarz
stellt seine Turmverbindung her und diktiert nun klar das Geschehen. Noch
stärker war indes der Überfall} 17... Nb4 $142 $1 {, z.B.} 18. c6 Bxc6 19.
Qc5 Bd7 20. Rc1 Qf5 21. Qc3 Rb1 22. Qd2 Ke7 23. Nd4 Qe4 24. Be2 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1
Rc8 26. Qa3 Qb1+ 27. Bd1 Rc1 28. Kd2 Qxa2+ 29. Qxa2 Nxa2 30. Re1 e5) 18. Bd3 $2
({Alternatives, however, are just as unpleasant for White: Alternativen sind
allerdings auch unerfreulich für Weiß: I} 18. a4 Na5 19. Ra3 Rfb8 20. Bb5 Nc4
$17) ({II} 18. Be2 Rfb8 19. Nd2 Qg6 20. O-O Rc2 21. Qe1 Rbb2 22. Rd1 Rxa2 $17)
18... Nb4 $1 $19 {[#]} 19. Bb1 Bb5 20. c6 Rc8 21. Qc5+ Ke8 {[#]} 22. c7 (22.
Qxb5 Nc2+ 23. Bxc2 Qc3+ 24. Nd2 Rxb5) 22... Rxb1+ 23. Rxb1 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Kortschnoj-A"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Forster, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. O-O
Qa5 {Very rare move,but it has its point.Black doesn't want to exchange c5 and
e3-pawns,but simply defends the c5-pawn.} ({More common is} 8... cxd4 9. exd4
Qb6 (9... Bf5 $5 {was tried in number of games.}) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 Qa5 12.
c3 Nd7 13. b4 Qd8 14. Qd2 e5 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qf6 17. Qe3 exd4 18. cxd4 a5
19. b5 Bb7 20. Rac1 Rfe8 21. Qd2 Qe7 22. Rfe1 Qb4 23. Nc3 a4 24. Red1 a3 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Hebden,M-Lalic,B/Port Erin 1999/CBM 74 (33)}) 9. a3 {Jeroen tries to
underline a drawback of Qa5.He has been preparing a pawn sacrifice.} ({In the
only game where this position occuried white continued} 9. Qd2 Bf5 10. Rfd1
cxd4 11. exd4 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Bh6 $14 {1-0 Hebden,M-Rytshagov,M/Cappelle
la Grande 1995/EXT 97 (37)}) 9... Bf5 10. g4 (10. b4 $5 cxb4 11. axb4 Qxb4 12.
Nb5 $44 {[%csl Rb4]}) 10... Be6 11. b4 $6 {[%mdl 512] Interesting attempt to
make use of the position of black queen.However it has a tactical drawback(14..
.Nf3!).} (11. g5 $6 Ne8) 11... cxb4 12. axb4 Qxb4 13. Nb5 {[%csl Rb4] Now
black queen is in danger.At the same time the b-line is open which allows
white to win back the b7-pawn.} Nxe5 14. c3 (14. Bxe5 $2 Bxg4 $1 $17 {[%csl
Rb5]}) ({After} 14. dxe5 $6 {[%csl Gc5] black queen gets the c5-square.}) (14.
Rb1 Qa5 15. Bxe5 Rfc8) 14... Nf3+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Probably white missed this
intermediate move.Now black is better,but has to solve some tactical problems.}
15. Kh1 Qb2 16. Rb1 Qxb1 $1 (16... Qd2 {which also looks good allows white to
create some counterplay:} 17. Bxf3 Qxd1 18. Bxd1 Bxg4 (18... Ne8 $5 19. c4 $5
dxc4 20. Bf3 $44) 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Nc7 $44 {[%csl Rb7,Rd5]}) 17. Qxb1 Nd2 18.
Qb2 Nxf1 19. Nc7 {[%csl Ra8,Rb7,Re6] White is not in hurry to take the
f1-knight,but wants to create weaknesses in black's camp.} Rac8 (19... Bxg4 $1
{returning back some material} 20. Nxa8 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Rxa8 22. Qxf1 a6 $1 $17 {
was much safer.}) 20. g5 {White is trying to complicate the position.} Ne4 $6 (
20... Nh5 $1 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gh5f4] is a more precise way to a win:} 21. Nxe6
fxe6 22. Bxf1 Nxf4 23. exf4 Rxf4 24. Qxb7 Rxc3 25. Qxe7 Rxf2 26. Qe8+ Bf8 27.
Qxe6+ Kh8 {and Black has good chances to win.}) 21. Bxf1 Nd6 $2 {[%mdl 16384]
After a number of inaccuracies black commits a serious error.} ({Necessary was
} 21... Nxg5 $1 22. Qxb7 $140 Rb8 23. Qxa7 Rb1 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. Kg2 Nxf4+ 26.
exf4 e6 $19 {[%csl Rc3,Rf4]}) 22. Nxe6 $6 ({Better is} 22. Bxd6 exd6 23. Qxb7
$16 {[%csl Ra7,Rd5,Rd6] and white is in full control.}) 22... fxe6 23. Bh3 $5 (
23. Bxd6 {leads to an unclear position after} exd6 24. Bh3 Rce8 25. Qxb7 Rxf2
26. Qd7 $13) 23... Nf5 24. Qxb7 Kf7 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Bd6 Rfe8 27. Qxa7 (27.
Bxe7 $2 {doesn't work because of} Rb8 28. Qxa7 Rb1+ 29. Kg2 Rxe7) 27... Rxc3
28. h4 $14 {[%csl Re6,Re7] Despite a slight material disadvantage white has
serious chances to convert his positional edge in a full point.} Bf8 29. Kg2
Kg6 30. Bf4 Rec8 31. Qa6 {[%csl Re6]} R8c6 32. Qe2 {[%cal Gh4h5]} h5 33. Qb5
$16 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gb5b7,Gb7d7,Gd7e8] Now White has a clear plan:he brings
the queen to d7.Black will have to defend both the e6-pawn and the e8-square.
This is possible only with rooks on c8 and c6,but then Black finds himself in
the Zugzwang.An attempt to control the e8-square by king is refuted by g6+ K:
g6 Qe8+ winning.} Rc2 34. Qb7 Rc8 35. Qd7 R2c6 36. Be5 Kf7 $8 37. Bd6 $1 {
(.) Beautiful position of full domination.Black can't move.The only thing to
do not to lose all the structure is to give up the c8-rook.} Rxd6 $8 (37... Rc2
38. g6+ {[%csl Re6] mating in 7.}) 38. Qxc8 {[%cal Gg5g6]} Bg7 $8 {Otherwise
g6 followed up by Qe8.} (38... Kg7 39. Qe8 {[%cal Gg5g6]}) 39. f4 $1 $18 Rb6
40. Kf3 {[%cal Gf3e2,Ge2d3,Gd3c3,Gc3b4,Gb4b5] Preparing simple,but strong plan:
white king comes to b5 and black rook will have to leave the 6th rank due to
Zugzwang.Then g6 comes taking all the pawns.} Rd6 41. Ke2 Rb6 42. Kd2 Rd6 43.
Kc2 Rb6 44. Kc3 Rb1 ({or} 44... Rd6 45. Kb4 Rb6+ 46. Kc5 Rd6 $140 (46... Rb1
47. g6+ {[%csl Re6]} Kf6 $140 48. Qe8) 47. Kb5 $22) 45. g6+ Kxg6 46. Qxe6+ Bf6
47. Qg8+ Kh6 48. Qxd5 Kg6 49. e4 {Despite a big number of errors and
inaccuracies,which are often guests in the rapid chess,I liked this game as it
was a real battle.} 1-0

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Delgado Ramirez, Neuris"]
[Black "Wang, Yu A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "China (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. b3 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
Be7 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 c5 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. exd4 Nbc6 14. c5 Qd8
15. a3 Ng6 16. b4 Nf4 17. Qe3 Qf6 18. g3 Nh3+ 19. Kg2 Ng5 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5
Qd8 22. Rad1 f5 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. f4 Nf7 25. Nb5 Rae8 26. Rde1 Qd8 27. Qd4 a6
28. Nc3 h5 29. f5 exf5 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Rxf5 Qe1 32. Rf1 Qe5 33. Qxe5 Nxe5 34.
Nxd5 Rxf1 35. Kxf1 Kf7 36. Ke2 g5 37. Ne3 Ke6 38. h3 Kd7 39. Kd2 Nf3+ 40. Kd3
Ke6 41. Nc4 Ng1 42. h4 $2 (42. Ke3 {bot wesentlich bessere Gewinnchancen, weil
Schwarz nun nicht so leicht einen gefährlichen h-Freibauern bilden kann, z.B.}
Nxh3 43. Na5 h4 44. Kf3 hxg3 45. Kxg3 Nf4 46. Nxb7 $14 {/+/-}) 42... gxh4 43.
gxh4 Nf3 44. Ke4 Nxh4 45. Na5 Nf5 46. Nxb7 h4 47. Nd8+ Kd7 48. Nf7 (48. Kxf5 $4
h3 $19) 48... h3 49. Ne5+ Kc7 50. Ng4 Ng3+ 51. Kf3 Nf1 52. Kf2 (52. Nf2 h2 53.
Kg2 Ne3+ 54. Kxh2 Nc2 $11) 52... Nd2 53. Ne5 Ne4+ 54. Kg1 a5 $1 55. Kh2 axb4
56. axb4 Nc3 57. Kxh3 Nd5 58. b5 (58. Nd3 Kc6 59. Kg4 Nxb4 60. Nxb4+ Kxc5 $11)
58... Nf4+ 59. Kg4 Ne6 60. Nd3 Nxc5 (60... Nxc5 61. Nxc5 Kb6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Syre Memorial op 36th"]
[Site "Issy les Moulineaux"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Onkoud, Abdelaziz"]
[Black "Brunner, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "Onkoud,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1200+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e4 $5 {Une ligne secondaire intéressante souvent jouée
par le GMI WINANTS} (3. e3 Nf6 (3... Nc6 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 c4 6. Qc2 Bf5 $132)
4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Ngf3 e6 9. Be2 h6 10. Ne5 Be7
11. O-O O-O 12. a4 Nd7 13. Ndf3 a6 14. Rfc1 Be4 15. Qd1 Ndxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17.
dxe5 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Be3 Qc7 20. a5 Qf7 21. f3 Bf5 22. Ra4 Rad8 23. Bd3
Bxd3 24. Qxd3 e5 25. Rd1 e4 26. fxe4 dxe4 27. Qc2 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Bg5 29. Bd4 e3
30. Qe2 Qd5 31. h4 Rf2 32. Qg4 Rf4 {Kamsky,G (2762)-Fressinet,L (2700) Beijing
2012 1/2-1/2}) 3... dxe4 (3... Nc6 $5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qxd4 6. Nd5 {[%cal
Gd5c7]} e5 7. Nc7+ Kd8 8. Nxa8 exf4 $44 {Winants,L (2530)-Adly,A (2460) Turin
ol (Men) 37th 2006 (11) 0-1}) 4. d5 {Joué dans l'esprit d'un gambit Albin
avec couleurs inversées.} Nf6 (4... e6 $6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. dxe6 $1 Bxb5 $4 7.
exf7+) 5. Nc3 a6 (5... g6 6. Nb5 Na6 7. d6 Bg4 8. f3 exf3 9. gxf3 {Toupalik,
B-Spielmann,R Prague sim 1912 1-0} (9. Nxf3)) 6. Qe2 Bg4 {A.ONKOUD: Je ne
croyais pas trop au Gambit...mais vu la suite des événements....et
l’analyse post Mortem..La ligne choisie par les noirs n’est pas très
efficace et je me demande encore comment doivent se comporter les noirs face
à ce gambit. Le ballet de la Ta1-d1-é1-f1-é1-è5-é7-g7 et g6 est très
étonnant....Cela a permit au début d’écarter le Roi noir du jeu pour
faciliter l’attaque puis de contribuer activement au tableau de mat.} (6...
g6 7. O-O-O (7. Nxe4 Nxe4 (7... Nxd5 $4 8. Nd6+) 8. Qxe4 Bg7 9. O-O-O $32 {
[%csl Rb8,Gd5,Re8]}) 7... Bg7 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 {Eljanov,P (2692)
-Ponomariov,R (2719) Kharkov Champions m 2008 (1) 0-1}) 7. f3 exf3 8. Nxf3 (8.
gxf3 Bf5 9. O-O-O $32 g6 10. Qe3 {Danielian,E (2423)-Krivec,J (2316) Athens
Acropolis op (Women) 2006 (9) 1-0} (10. Ne4 {[%cal Ge4f6]} Nxe4 11. fxe4 Bc8
12. e5 $16)) 8... g6 9. O-O-O Bg7 10. h3 {90} (10. d6 Nc6 $132) 10... Bxf3 {65}
11. Qxf3 Nbd7 12. g4 $1 $146 {Gagne non seulement de l'espace à l'aile-roi
mais le Bg2 sera trés fort après la poussée d5d6} (12. d6 e5 13. Bg5 h6 14.
Bh4 b5 15. Bd3 O-O 16. Nd5 Kh8 17. Be4 Rb8 18. Rhf1 g5 19. Bg3 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 f5
21. Bxf5 e4 22. Qe2 Qf6 23. c3 b4 24. c4 Rbe8 25. Rdd1 Qd8 26. Bg6 Rxf1 {
Prie,E (2510)-Dumitrache,D (2447) Condom 2012 0-1 (33)}) 12... Qb6 $6 {Les
Noirs ne vont pas réussir à trouver du contre-jeu en attaquant le P"b2" et
empêcher la poussée naturelle b7b5 semble assez douteuse} (12... O-O 13. Bg2
Rc8 (13... b5 14. d6) 14. d6 e6 (14... e5 15. Bg5) 15. Qxb7) (12... Qa5 13. Bg2
O-O 14. Rhe1 b5 $132) 13. Bg2 {[%csl Gg2] 82} O-O 14. Rhe1 $36 {[%csl Re7] 77
Les Blancs ont joué trés rapidement l'ouverture et les Noirs avait déjà 25
mns de retard à la pendule.} Rfe8 {52} 15. Re2 Qa5 {[%cal Gb7b5]} (15... Rac8
16. Rde1 Qd8 17. g5 Nh5 18. Bh2 b5 $132) 16. Rde1 Kf8 17. Kb1 {59} Rac8 {35} (
17... h6) 18. Rf1 (18. d6 $1 {Empêche le K Noir de fuir au centre par K e7
après l'ouverture de la colonne "f" et de jouer Re7 protégeant "f7"} e6 19.
Bd2 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gd2a5,Ge1f1,Ge2f2]} b5 20. g5 Nh5 21. Rf1 $40 {[%csl Rf7,
Rf8]}) 18... Kg8 19. Bd2 {[%cal Gd2a5]} Kh8 $2 {[%csl Rf7]} (19... Qc7 {
[%cal Gb7b5] Un moindre mal} 20. Rfe1 Nb6 (20... b5) 21. g5 Nh5 22. Rf1 Rf8
$132 {[%cal Gb6c4,Gb7b5]}) 20. Rfe1 {49} Nb6 {30 leN et laQ se marchent un peu
dessus à l'aile-dame sans coopérer} 21. g5 $1 {[%csl Rf7]} Nfd7 22. Nd1 {
[%csl Ra5]} Qb5 23. Bc3 $1 Nc4 24. a4 Qxa4 25. b3 Qb5 26. Qxf7 Nce5 27. Rxe5
Rf8 28. Qxg7+ $1 {[%cal Ge5e7,Ge1e7] Une fin élégante} (28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29.
Rxe7+ Kg8 30. Rg7+ Kh8 31. Ree7 $18 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Gg7h7]}) 1-0

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Karjakin +2-2=10"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2857"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The first game of the World Championship match in New York is over.
Personally I hope to learn something from the match and to see how modern
chess is developing.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {In an interview with Norwegian TV
before the match I had predicted that both players will play 1.d4. In my
opinion nowadays 1.d4 gives White more options to reach complicated positions
and to create tension. But I didn't expect the Trompovsky though Carlsen had
played it before. Maybe Carlsen wants to force the team of Karjakin to study
each and every game he has ever played? At any rate, the next games will
reveal his strategy for the match.} d5 {Black's most solid response.} ({
If you want to complicate things you can go for} 2... g6) ({or} 2... e6 3. e4
h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 {which leads to asymmetrical positions. But in World
Championship matches the players usually play solidly with Black while trying
to press with White. Therefore 2.. . d5 is an understandable decision.}) 3. e3
c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 ({If White wants to keep more tension he can play} 5.
Nc3 {leading to a Chigorin Defence with colours reversed. The text move gives
Black more options to resolve the tension in the centre.}) 5... Nc6 {There is
nothing wrong with this natural development move. It seems as if Karjakin -
like everyone else - was a bit by surprised by his opponent's opening choice
and decided to calm down and to spend some time to find out where danger might
be lurking in his position.} ({I don't think that anything is wrong with} 5...
e6 {either.} 6. Nf3 (6. b4 a5) 6... Nd7 ({Here I once played} 6... Bxc5 7. c4
dxc4 8. Nbd2 Bd7 9. Bxc4 Bc6 10. O-O Nd7 {and I think in this position Black
has solved all of his problems.} 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. Rac1 O-O 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Nfd4
Rac8 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qh4 Ne5 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Be2 Rfc8 19. Qe4 Kg7 20. g3
Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22. Nxc1 Qc7 23. Nb3 f5 24. Qb1 a5 25. Qd1 Qc6 26. Nd4 Qe4
27. Nb5 Bc5 28. Nc3 Qc6 29. Bb5 Qc7 30. Bf1 Be7 {1/2 (30) Andreikin,
D-Ponomariov,R Moscow blitz 2015}) 7. c4 dxc4 8. c6 Nb6 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3
bxc6 11. Qc2 Bg7 12. Bd3 f5 13. e4 {1-0 (72) Carlsen,M (2864)-Kramnik,V (2803)
Moscow RUS 2013, and in this position Magnus somehow managed to complicate
things and to outplay Vladimir Kramnik. But I think this was not due to the
opening. Kramnik was in bad shape in that tournament, he played badly and
finished last. It is interesting that Karjakin also took part in this
tournament and with his good memory he probably remembered the Carlsen-Kramnik
game.}) 6. Bb5 e6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nd2 Bxc5 9. Ngf3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 ({It's
interesting to consider} 10... c3 {to change the pawn structure. Yes, Black's
kingside is shattered as well, but Black has the two bishops which might give
some chances to play for an advantage. Instead, Karjakin decided to play
simpler and more solid chess. But after the game move White has less to worry
about.}) 11. Rc1 Be7 ({Black also had the option to play} 11... a6 12. Bxc4
Nxc4 13. Rxc4 Be7 {and now White needs to play actively, otherwise Black will
just finish his development and the two bishops will be very strong on the
long diagonals.}) 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Qc3 Qd5 {Solid again! But
sometimes solid play and giving the initiative to your opponent backfires.} ({
A more principled try was} 14... b6 15. Ne4 (15. Nxc4 Rac8) 15... e5 16. Rfd1
Qe6 17. Ng3 {Obviously, White has some compensation but Black still has a
healthy extra pawn. One wonders what Carlsen would have done with Black in
such a position.}) 15. Nxc4 {Unfortunately White does not have much choice and
can hardly avoid mass exchanges. Therefore I think that 5.dxc5 was a really
committal move.} Nxc4 16. Qxc4 {A slight inaccuracy by the World Champion.} ({
There was the possible intermezzo} 16. Rfd1 Qb5 17. Qxc4 Qxc4 (17... Qxb2 18.
Rb1) 18. Rxc4 {and the white rook is already on d1 instead of f1. However,
after} Rfc8 {White probably has nothing better than} 19. Rdc1 Rxc4 20. Rxc4 {
which leads to the same position we reached in the game. But sometimes such
small nuances can be important.}) 16... Qxc4 17. Rxc4 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Rxc4 19.
Rxc4 Rd8 20. g3 ({Again I think it's more accurate to play the king to the
centre first.} 20. Kf1 Rd7 21. Ke2 {is of course very similar to the game, but
maybe White can eventually grab some space with g2-g4, taking two steps at
once with g-pawn.}) 20... Rd7 21. Kf1 f5 22. Ke2 (22. Ne5 Rd5) 22... Bf6 23. b3
Kf8 {For the first time it may seem as if White has some advantage because
Black's pieces are so passive. White's pieces are indeed slightly more active
and Black's pawn structure on the kingside is a bit vulnerable. You can also
try to find some analogy with the famous game Ribli-Karpov, Amsterdam 1980,
which White managed to win. But it seems that these small advantages are
simply not enough to win the game for White unless he gets a lot of help from
Black.} 24. h3 h6 {This move is still a little bit of a mystery for me.} ({
Why not} 24... Ke7 {? Probably Karjakin wanted to nip active play from White
in the bud.}) 25. Ne1 Ke7 26. Nd3 Kd8 27. f4 ({In the event of} 27. g4 fxg4 28.
hxg4 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Kxc7 30. Kf3 Kd6 31. Ke4 Bc3 {It's difficult to see how
White can make progress.}) 27... h5 ({Now Black didn't like} 27... Rc7 28. Rxc7
Kxc7 {probably because of} 29. Kf3 Kd6 30. e4 fxe4+ 31. Kxe4 {and in this
position he might hit on some ideas to pose Black problems.}) 28. a4 {White
really has difficulties to make progress. But as always Carlsen tries till the
end.} (28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. fxe5 Rd5 30. Rh4 Rxe5 31. Rxh5 Rc5 $132) 28... Rd5 29.
Nc5 b6 30. Na6 Be7 (30... b5 $5) 31. Nb8 a5 32. Nc6+ Ke8 33. Ne5 (33. Nxe7 Kxe7
34. Rc7+ Rd7) 33... Bc5 34. Rc3 Ke7 35. Rd3 Rxd3 36. Kxd3 f6 37. Nc6+ Kd6 38.
Nd4 Kd5 39. Nb5 Kc6 40. Nd4+ Kd6 41. Nb5+ Kd7 42. Nd4 Kd6 {So, to be honest,
the first game of the match was not particularly exciting. I don't think we
will see this variation again. Even for Magnus it is difficult to squeeze
blood out of a stone. I expect that the Queen's Indian will be tested in the
next games unless Karjakin has prepared something else. But before that we
will see what Sergey will play with White.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 32nd"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2016.02.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 d5 {Le parcours de Mikhail GOUREVICH était remarquable car il ne joue
presque plus et depuis plusieurs années, Cappelle est l'unique tournoi auquel
il participe} 2. Bf4 c6 (2... c5 3. e4 (3. e3 e6 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Bd6 (5... Be7
6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Bd3 Bd7 9. Qf3 $1 Rc8 10. Qh3 $36 {Sahovic,D (2485)
-Franzoni,G (2200) Biel 13th 1980 (1) 1-0}) 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qg3 (8.
Ngf3 Qe7 9. Qf4 cxd4 10. exd4 Qf6 11. Qe3 h5 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Qe7 15. Bd3 $14)) 3... dxe4 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qe2 g6 (6... Nxd5 $6 7.
O-O-O $44 {[%cal Gd1d8]}) 7. O-O-O Bg7 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 $32 {[%csl Re7];
Berkes,F (2664)-Prohaszka,P (2582) Zalakaros op 34th 2015 (7) 1-0}) (2... Nf6)
3. e3 Bf5 (3... Qb6 4. Qc1 (4. b3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Nf6 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. c4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. c5 $1 Qd8 12. h3 $14 {[%cal Gb3b4,Gb4b5]}) 4...
Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. c5 $14) 4. c4 $1 {[%csl Rb7]} e6 (4...
Bxb1) (4... Nf6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qxb3 7. axb3 Nbd7 8. b4 $14) 5. Qb3 (5. Nc3
Nd7 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qxb3 8. axb3 a6 9. Nf3 h6 10. b4 Rc8 11. Nd2 f6 12. Nb3 e5
13. Bg3 Be7 14. Na5 Rc7 15. Be2 Bd8 16. O-O Ne7 17. f3 Be6 18. e4 h5 19. h3 h4
20. Bh2 g5 21. Rfd1 Kf7 22. exd5 cxd5 23. b5 exd4 24. Bxc7 Bxc7 25. b6 dxc3 26.
bxc7 cxb2 27. Rab1 Rc8 28. Nxb7 Rxc7 29. Nd8+ {1-0 (29) Grischuk,A (2774)
-Bartel,M (2622) Berlin 2015}) 5... Qb6 6. c5 Qxb3 7. axb3 Bxb1 (7... Nf6 8. b4
) 8. Rxb1 Nd7 9. b4 a6 10. Nf3 Ngf6 11. h3 Be7 $146 (11... Ne4 12. Bd3 f5 13.
Ra1 Rc8 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Be5 Nd5 17. Ra4 Rd8 18. Ke2 Be7 19. f3
exf3+ 20. gxf3 Rg8 21. e4 Nf6 22. Ke3 Kf7 23. Nc4 g5 24. Raa1 h5 25. Rag1 h4
26. Rg2 f4+ 27. Kd3 Nh5 28. Bc7 Rc8 29. Bd6 Ng3 30. Ra1 Ra8 31. Be5 Rad8 32.
Bc7 Rc8 33. Bb6 Bf6 34. Nd6+ Ke7 35. Nxb7 Ra8 36. Na5 Kd7 37. b3 Bd8 38. Nc4
Bc7 39. Rga2 g4 40. fxg4 f3 41. Rf2 {Tasic,Z (2188)-Dodic,D (2177) Vrnjacka
Banja 2006 1-0 (62)}) 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nb3 Bd8 14. Na5 Bxa5 15. bxa5 Rfe8 16. f3
e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Kf2 Re6 19. Rc1 Rae8 20. Rc3 Nfd7 21. h4 f5 22. h5 Nf6 23.
Rh4 R8e7 24. Bh2 Neg4+ 25. fxg4 Ne4+ 26. Kg1 (26. Ke1 Nxc3 27. bxc3 Rxe3+ 28.
Kd2 $16) 26... Nxc3 27. bxc3 Rxe3 28. gxf5 R7e4 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Kf2 h6 31.
Bc7 Re7 32. Bd6 Re4 33. f6 gxf6 34. Bd3 Ra4 35. Bc7 Ra2+ 36. Kf3 Ra3 37. Ke3
Rxc3 38. Kd4 Rc1 39. Bf4 Rh1 40. Bf5 $1 {[%cal Gf5c8]} Kg7 41. Bc8 Rb1 42. Bc7
$40 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gc7b6]} Re1 43. Bd6 Rb1 44. Kc3 Rb5 45. Bc7 Rxc5+ 46. Kd3
Rb5 47. Bb6 c5 48. Bxb7 d4 49. Bxa6 Rb3+ 50. Kc2 Rg3 51. Bb7 Ra3 52. a6 d3+ 53.
Kb2 d2 54. Kc2 Ra2+ 55. Kd1 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9697"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 {Mark Hebden has big
experience in this rare variation.} c5 (6... b6 $5) 7. Ne5 Nc6 ({White keeps
little advantage after} 7... cxd4 8. exd4 e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. Re1 Nxe5 11. Bxe5
Bh6 (11... Bxe5 12. dxe5 $14) 12. Nb5 Nc6 13. Bd6 Re8 14. Bg3 $14 {1-0
Balashov,Y-Gufeld,E/SSSR-ch 1969 (65)}) 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Qb6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 {
[%csl Yc5,Ye5] N/} ({Deserve attention} 10... Qxc6 $5 11. Bf3 Ne4 (11... Bf5 $5
12. Re1 Rfe8 $11) 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Re1 f5 14. d5 Qb6 15. d6 exd6 16. Bxd6 Re8
$15 {0-1 Sznapik,K-Apicella,M/Avoine op 1996 (39)}) 11. Na4 Qa5 12. c3 Nd7 (
12... Ba6 $5 13. Nc5 Nh5 $1 14. Bg5 (14. Bxa6 Nxf4 15. Re1 e5 16. b4 Qc7 $13)
14... Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Rfe8 $11) 13. b4 Qd8 14. Qd2 e5 (14... a5 $5 $13) 15. Bh6
Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Re8 (16... a5 $5 17. b5 cxb5 18. Bxb5 Ba6) 17. Rfe1 Rb8 18. dxe5
Rxe5 19. Qd2 $14 a5 20. Bf1 axb4 21. cxb4 Qf6 (21... Qh4 22. a3 $14) 22. Rxe5
Nxe5 (22... Qxe5 $5 23. Re1 Qd6 24. a3 (24. Re8+ Kg7 25. a3 Nf6) 24... Ra8 25.
Nc3 Nf6) 23. Re1 Kg7 24. Nc5 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Ra2a7] White advantage is clear
now.Black has no compensation for pass a pawn and strong position knight on c5.
} Bf5 25. a3 (25. a4 $5) 25... d4 $2 {This effort to organize counterplay just
produced additional weakness .} (25... Rd8 $142 {/\d5-d4} 26. Nb3 {/\Nb3-d4} d4
$11) 26. f4 $1 Nd7 (26... Ng4 $5) 27. Nxd7 Bxd7 28. Re5 $1 (28. Re4 c5 $1 29.
bxc5 Rb1 $1 $15) 28... c5 ({Maybe} 28... Qd6 29. Re4 c5 30. bxc5 Qxc5 31. Qxd4+
Qxd4+ 32. Rxd4 $16 {gives better chances for survival.}) 29. Rxc5 Bf5 30. Rd5
d3 $6 (30... Rd8 31. Rxd8 Qxd8 32. Bd3) (30... Ra8 $5 31. Qb2 Be4 32. Rxd4 Rxa3
33. Rd2 $16) 31. Bxd3 Qa1+ 32. Bf1 Qxa3 (32... Ra8 33. Ra5 Rxa5 34. bxa5 Qxa3
35. Qd4+ Kh6 36. a6 $18) 33. Qd4+ f6 (33... Kh6 34. Rxf5 $1 Rxb4 35. Rh5+ $1
Kxh5 36. Qc5+ Kh6 37. Qf8+ Kh5 38. Be2+ $18) (33... Kg8 34. Rd8+ (34. b5 $5)
34... Rxd8 35. Qxd8+ Kg7 36. Qd4+ f6 37. b5 $18) 34. Rd6 $6 Qxb4 (34... Rf8 35.
b5) 35. Qxf6+ Kh6 (35... Kg8 $5 36. Rc6 Rc8 37. Bc4+ Qxc4 38. Rxc4 Rxc4 39.
Qd8+ Kf7) 36. h3 Qxf4 $4 {Final mistake.Of course, black's position is very
difficult, but this move lose immediately.} (36... Re8 $5 $14) 37. Rd4 $18 Qe3+
38. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c5 3. dxc5 f6 4. Bh4 e5 (4... e6 5. e4 Bxc5 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Qh5+
g6 8. Qh6 d4 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. Na4 $36 {1-0 Hodgson,J-Strijbos,M/NLD t-ch 1996 
(48)}) 5. e4 (5. Nf3) 5... Be6 {N/ New move, but I am not sure, that it
stronger than 4... d4.} (5... d4 6. Bc4 Bxc5 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nd2 Be6 9. Bxe6 Qxe6
10. Nb3 Bb6 11. f4 Ne7 12. fxe5 fxe5 13. Rf1 Nbc6 14. Qd3 O-O-O $11 {1/2-1/2
Mohrlok,D-Beikert,G/BL 1993 (22)}) (5... dxe4 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Nc3 Bxc5 8.
O-O-O+ Nd7 9. Nxe4 Be7 10. f4 $1 exf4 11. Nf3 Kc7 12. Nc3 $1 Nb6 13. a4 Bb4 14.
a5 $1 Bxa5 15. Nb5+ $36 {1-0 Hodgson,Ju-Van Wely,L/Horgen II 65/350 1995 (78)})
6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Qxd5 Bxd5 8. Nc3 $32 {White getting now advantage in
development and Black,s defence not easy.} Be6 (8... Bc6 9. b4 a5 $140 10. b5
Bd7 11. Nd5 Kd8 12. f4 $36 (12. Nf3 $5 g5 13. Nxg5 fxg5 14. Bxg5+ Be7 15. Nxe7
Nxe7 16. Bf6 Re8 17. O-O-O)) 9. Nb5 Na6 (9... Kd7 10. Nd6) 10. f4 (10. Nd6+ $5
Bxd6 11. cxd6 Nb4 12. O-O-O {looks very strong.}) 10... Bxc5 11. fxe5 fxe5 12.
O-O-O {[%csl Ya6,Ye8][%cal Rb5d6] Active position of all white's pieces+
terrible knight on a6 guarantee clear advantage of Hodgson.} Nf6 13. Nf3 (13.
Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Rxd6 Ke7 $13) 13... O-O (13... Bxa2 $2 14. b3 e4 15. Ne5 $16) (
13... e4 14. Nfd4 Rd8 15. Be2 $16) 14. Nxe5 Ne4 {Ivan lost pawn and his only
chance now exist in activisation of his pieces.} 15. Nd4 {Keeps advantage, but
stronger} (15. Bc4 $5 Rae8 (15... Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Nf2 17. Bxf2 Rxf2 18. Rd2 Raf8
19. Re1 $16) 16. Rhe1 $16) 15... Bxa2 $1 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. Rhe1 Nf6 (17... Rf4
18. Ndf3 {[%csl Ye4][%cal Re5d3,Rg2g3]}) 18. Bxf6 $1 Rxf6 19. Nd7 Bxd4 20. Rxd4
Rc6 (20... Rf2 21. b3 (21. Rd2 Rxd2 22. Kxd2 Rd8 23. Re7 Bd5 $14) 21... Rxg2 (
21... Rc8 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Kxd2 Rd8 24. Re7 $18) 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Kxd2 Rd8 24.
Re7 a5 25. Kc3 a4 26. Kb2 $16) 21. Ne5 Rc5 (21... Rc7 $5) 22. b4 $1 Rc7 (22...
Rb5 23. Nc6 Rb6 24. Nd8 $5 {[%cal Re1e8]}) 23. Kb2 Be6 24. c4 $16 Rf8 25. Kc3
Bc8 26. Red1 {[%csl Ya6,Ya7][%cal Yd4d8]} Re7 27. Nc6 {[%csl Gc6]} Rc7 (27...
Re2 28. R4d2 Re3+ 29. Rd3 Re2 30. R1d2 $16) 28. Na5 {[%cal Rc4c6]} Rf2 29. R1d2
Rf1 30. c5 h6 31. c6 Kf7 32. Kb2 Ke7 33. Re2+ Kf7 (33... Be6 $5) 34. Nc4 Bf5 $6
$138 (34... Be6 $5 35. Nd6+ (35. Ne5+ $5) 35... Ke7 36. Rde4 Kxd6 37. Rxe6+ Kd5
38. R2e5+ Kc4 39. Rd6 $16) 35. Ne3 Re7 (35... Rb1+ $6 36. Ka2 Bg6 37. Rd7+ Rxd7
38. cxd7 Ke7 39. Nc2+ $18) 36. Rdd2 $18 Rb1+ (36... Rf4 37. Nxf5 (37. Rf2 Rxf2
38. Rxf2 Rxe3 39. Rxf5+ Ke8 40. c7 Kd7 41. Rf7+) 37... Rxf5 (37... Rxe2 38.
Rxe2 Rxf5 39. c7 $18) 38. Rxe7+ Kxe7 39. Rd7+ Ke6 40. Rxg7 $18) 37. Ka2 Bg6 (
37... Be4 38. Rd7 Rc1 39. Nf5 $1 $18) 38. Rd7 Rxd7 39. cxd7 (39. cxd7 Ke7 40.
Nc2+) 1-0

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sjoberg, Mats"]
[Black "Moberg, Karl Johan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. h3 (7. O-O b6
$13 (7... Nc6 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Nb5 $1)) 7... Nc6 8. O-O a6 (8... Nh5 9. Bh2 e6
10. Be2 a6 11. a4 Re8 12. Ne5 Nf6 $13 {0-1 Riff,J-Ganguly,S/Wch-jr Mamaia 1991
(38)}) 9. Bh2 c4 10. Be2 b5 11. a3 (11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bf3) 11... Bb7 12. Nd2 (12.
Ne5) 12... Ne8 13. Bf3 e6 14. b3 Nxd4 $5 {Typical sacrifice. Black getting for
the knight two pawns and initiative- enough compensation.} (14... cxb3 15. cxb3
Rc8 $11) 15. exd4 Bxd4 16. Ndb1 {[%csl Ra1]} (16. Ne2 $5 Bxa1 17. Qxa1 Qe7 $13)
16... Qf6 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. b4 (18. Rc1 {[%csl Ra1,Rb1]}) 18... Ng7 19. a4 (19.
Bf4 Nf5) 19... a5 $1 20. Ra2 (20. Rd1 Nf5 21. Ra2 (21. Bg4 $2 axb4 22. Bxf5
Bxc3 23. Nxc3 bxc3) 21... axb4 22. Nxb5 b3 $13) (20. Bd6 Rfd8 (20... Rfe8 21.
axb5 Nf5 22. Bc5) 21. Be7 $1 Bxf2+ (21... Qxe7 22. Qxd4 axb4 23. Nxb5 Nf5 24.
Qb2 c3 $44) 22. Rxf2 Qxe7 23. bxa5 b4 24. Na2 c3) 20... axb4 21. Nxb5 Bc5 22.
Bd6 (22. Nd6 $5 Rb8 23. Re1 Ba6 24. Be5 $14) 22... c3 23. Qd3 Rfd8 24. Bxc5
Rxc5 $44 25. Qe3 Qe7 26. Nd4 (26. Qf4 Rc4) 26... e5 27. Re1 f6 28. a5 Ba6 29.
Ra4 Rc7 $1 (29... Qe8 $6 30. Rxb4 exd4 31. Qxe8+ Rxe8 32. Rxe8+ Nxe8 33. Rxd4
$14) 30. Nb3 d4 {Pawns are moving slowly but surely! White has less and less
space.} 31. Qe4 Ne6 32. Qh4 (32. Be2 Ng5 33. Qg4 f5 34. Qg3 f4 $1 35. Qh2 (35.
Qg4 $2 h5) 35... Bxe2 36. Rxe2 d3 37. cxd3 Rxd3 $1 38. Re1 Rxh3 $1 $19) 32...
Kg7 (32... Ng5) 33. Bd1 Bc4 34. Nc1 Bb5 ({Was possible also} 34... b3 35. Rxc4
(35. cxb3 Bb5 36. Ra2 d3) 35... Rxc4 36. Nxb3 Ra4 $15 {but why Black has to be
in hurry!?}) 35. Ra1 Nc5 $17 36. f4 {Desperado attempt.} e4 37. f5 g5 38. Qg4
Ba6 (38... d3 $5 39. cxd3 (39. Nxd3 Nxd3 40. cxd3 Qc5+ 41. Kh1 exd3 $19) 39...
Bxd3 {[%csl Yc5,Yd3]}) 39. Nb3 (39. Bf3 d3 (39... Rd5 $5) 40. cxd3 (40. Nxd3
Nxd3 41. cxd3 Qc5+ $19) 40... c2 41. Nd2 Qe5 $17) 39... Bb7 $6 (39... Nxb3 $1
40. cxb3 (40. Rxe4 Qc5 (40... Nxa1 41. Rxe7+ Rxe7) 41. cxb3 c2 42. Nd2 d3+ 43.
Kh2 Qc3 $19) 40... d3 41. Rxe4 Qc5+ 42. Kh2 c2 $19) 40. Nxc5 Qxc5 41. h4 (41.
a6 $5) 41... d3+ 42. Kh2 Qf2 43. Qg3 Qxg3+ 44. Kxg3 gxh4+ (44... b3 $5) 45.
Kxh4 (45. Kf4 b3 (45... e3 46. Kxe3 Bxg2 $17) 46. cxb3 c2 47. Bxc2 Rxc2 48. a6
Ba8 49. a7 Rxg2 $19) 45... b3 $1 46. Na3 (46. cxb3 c2 47. Bxc2 Rxc2 $19) 46...
b2 47. Rb1 Rd5 $1 48. Rxe4 Rxa5 $19 49. Rg4+ (49. Rc4 Rxc4+ 50. Nxc4 Ra1 51.
Na3 Be4) 49... Kf8 50. cxd3 Rxa3 51. Bc2 Ra1 52. Rb4 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 06th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2006.11.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirazi, Kamran"]
[Black "Bedouin, Xavier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 {Beaucoup joué dans les années 90 notamment par ADAMS mais les
noirs ont actuellement des bons résultats} h6 3. Bh4 c6 {[%cal Gd8b6,Gb6b2]} 4.
Nc3 Qb6 (4... Bf5) 5. Rb1 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. g4 ({RR} 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. cxd3 {RR} Be7
9. Bg3 Nf6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. b4 Rac8 13. Na4 Qa6 14. Qb3 b6 15. Rfc1
c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. h3 Bb6 20. Ne5 {1/2-1/2
Hasangatin,R (2416)-Skatchkov,P (2468)/Alushta 2005/CBM 106 ext}) 7... Bg6 $6
$146 {les noirs devront ensuite concéder un tempo important avec Nf4 qui
permet ensuite Nh5} (7... Bh7 $142 {Fries Nielsen,J (2398)-Pedersen,G (2251)
Politiken Cup 26th (6) 1/2}) 8. Nge2 {[%cal Ge2f4]} Be7 9. Bg3 Nf6 10. Nf4 $1
Bh7 11. Nh5 $1 Nxh5 12. gxh5 {[%csl Rg7] le plan original du MI lui a donné
une bonne initiiative, le P doublé h5 est une force et non pas une faiblesse}
Nd7 13. Bd3 $1 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Bf6 15. O-O O-O 16. b4 {[%csl Rc5]} e5 17. Na4 (
17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. b5 Nf3+ 19. Qxf3 Bxc3 20. bxc6 Qxc6 21. Rfc1 $14) 17... Qd8
18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Nc5 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Nxc5 21. bxc5 $16 Qd7 22. Rb4 b5 23. cxb6
axb6 24. Rxb6 Rxa2 25. Qf3 c5 26. Rfb1 Raa8 27. Rb7 Qe6 28. R1b6 Qe5 29. Rd7
Rad8 30. Rbb7 $36 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Qa1+ 32. Kg2 c4 33. d4 c3 34. Rc7 Qa5 35. Qf4 (
35. Rc5 $4 Qxc5 36. dxc5 c2) (35. Rc6) 35... Qb4 36. Qf5 Qd6 $2 37. Rxc3 Rd8
38. Rc5 {malgré les pièces lourdes, le MI a des bonnes chances de concrétiser
son avantage matériel} Rd7 39. Ra5 Rd8 40. Ra7 Qe6 41. Qxe6 fxe6 42. Re7 $18
Rd6 43. Kf3 Kf8 44. Ra7 Rb6 45. Kf4 Rb2 46. Ke5 Rxf2 47. Kxe6 Rf6+ 48. Kxd5 Rf3
49. e4 Rxg3 50. Ke6 g6 51. d5 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 06th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dobrev, Nanko"]
[Black "Gerard, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Ne5 ({RR} 7.
dxc5) 7... cxd4 {Nc6 semble donner des meilleurs résultats} (7... Nc6) 8. exd4
Qb6 $5 ({RR} 8... Nbd7 9. h4 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 a6 11. h5 b5 12. a3 Be6 13. Qd2 Qd7
14. f3 Qb7 15. Kf2 Rac8 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Rh4 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. g4 Qd7 20.
Rah1 gxh5 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rxh5 Rfd8 23. Rxh7) 9. a3 {[%cal Gc3a4]} ({RR} 9.
Qd2 {RR} Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Nb5 Qxa2 12. O-O Ne4 13. Qe1 Nc6 14. Ra1 Qb2 ({RR
} 14... Qxc2 15. Bd3 Qb3 16. Ra3) 15. Rb1 Qxc2 16. Bd3 Qa4 17. Ra1 Nxe5 18.
Rxa4 Nxd3 19. Qe3 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Bd7 21. Rb4 a5 22. Rb2 Rfc8 ({RR} 22... Bxb5
23. Rxb5 Nc3 24. Rb2 b5) 23. Qe3 a4 24. h3 {Oliwa,M (2405)-Wojtkiewicz,A (2530)
/Warsaw 1995/EXT 99/[Bulletin]/0-1 (40)} ({RR} 24. Na3 Rc3)) 9... Nc6 10. Nb5
$6 $146 (10. Nxc6 $142 bxc6 11. Na4 $14 {[%cal Ga4b2,Ga4b6,Ga4c5];Okhotnik,V 
(2460)-Lorand,P (2145) Le Touquet op 17th (8) 1-0}) 10... Ne8 11. O-O a6 12.
Nc3 Nxd4 13. Nxd5 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Qe6 15. Nc3 f6 16. Nc4 Qxe2 17. Nxe2 e5 18.
Nb6 Rb8 (18... exf4 19. Nxa8) 19. Be3 f5 20. Rad1 {[%cal Ge3c1]} Nf6 21. Bc5
Be6 (21... Re8 22. Bd6) 22. Bxf8 Bxf8 23. Nc3 Bc5 24. Nca4 (24. Nba4 $2 Bd4 {
[%cal Gb7b5]}) 24... Be7 25. h4 f4 26. f3 Bf5 {[%csl Rc2]} 27. Rf2 g5 $2 28.
Re1 (28. hxg5 Nh5) 28... Nd7 29. Rd2 (29. Nxd7 Bxd7 30. Nb6 Rd8 31. Rxe5 Bf6
32. Rd5 {[%csl Rd7,Rd8][%cal Ob6d7,Gf2d2]}) 29... Nxb6 30. Nxb6 Bf6 $4 (30...
Bc5+ 31. Kf1 Bxb6 32. Rxe5 Rf8 (32... Be3)) 31. Nd7 Bxd7 32. Rxd7 Rc8 33. Rxb7
Rxc2 34. Rb6 Kf7 35. Rxa6 h5 36. Rb1 g4 37. Rxf6+ Kxf6 38. b4 e4 39. fxe4 Ke5
40. b5 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Cup 11th"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1980.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Palatnik, Semon"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1980.05.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Country Societies"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Army"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Be6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. c4 (6. Bd3) 6... Bb4
$146 (6... dxc4 {Trompowsky,O-Van Scheltinga,T Buenos Aires ol (Men) fin-A
1939 (10) 1/2}) 7. cxd5 Bxd5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 c5 12.
Bd3 (12. c4 $5 Bc6 13. d5 $14) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Bxg2 $4 {Etonnante gaffe de
la part d'un joueur aussi fort et expérimenté que GELLER!} 14. Rg1 Bc6 15.
Rxg7+ $3 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gd1g4,Gg4f5][%mdl 8192] le mat est imparable} 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Okhotnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bojkov, Dejan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 {[%cal Gh2h4,Gf3e5] L'interessante
attaque MURSHED, souvent jouée avec succès par les GMI ROGERS et BLATNY. Les
GMI anglais HEBDEN et HODGSON étaient également des spécialistes de ce système}
Bg7 5. Qd2 $6 {C'est quasiment une faute théorique car 5.e3 est la seule
manière de garder une petite initiative} (5. e3 $142 O-O (5... Bg4 $1 {[%cal
Gg4f3] L'idée est d'échanger le N qui est la principale pièce d'attaque} 6. Be2
O-O 7. Ne5 $8 (7. h3 $6 Bxf3 $11) 7... Bxe2 8. Qxe2 c6 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gb7b5,
Gd8b6]} 9. h4 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Nxe5 11. Bxe5 b5 12. h5 b4 $13) 6. Be2 c5 (6... b6
7. Ne5 $1 Bb7 8. h4 c5 9. h5 Nc6 10. hxg6 $36) 7. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Gh2h4]} Nc6 (
7... cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. O-O) (7... b6 8. h4 $1 $36 {Le théme de l'attaque}) 8.
O-O) (5. h3 {Retombe sur un système de Londres où le Nc3 est assez mal placé
devant le P}) 5... O-O (5... Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Ne5 Be6 $11) 6. Bh6 Ne4 $1 7.
Nxe4 dxe4 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. Ne5 c5 $11 10. O-O-O f6 11. Nc4 Qxd4 12. Qxd4 cxd4
13. Rxd4 Nc6 $146 ({RR} 13... Bf5) 14. Rxe4 Bf5 15. Re3 Rfc8 16. g4 Bxg4 17.
Bg2 Kf8 18. Rd1 Rc7 19. b3 Rac8 20. a4 Bf5 21. Rd2 b6 22. Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vandoeuvre op 11th"]
[Site "Vandoeuvre"]
[Date "2014.12.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Godart, Francois"]
[Black "Guliyev, Namig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {90} d5 2. Bf4 {Le système de Londres "amélioré" et le GMI ne pourra
pas jouer son gambit-dame accepté} c5 $1 3. e3 Nc6 4. dxc5 (4. c3 {La grande
ligne} Nf6 5. Nd2 e6 6. Bd3) 4... Nf6 5. Bb5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
Qd4 Bf5 9. b4 (9. Nge2) 9... Qa3 $146 (9... Qd8 10. Nf3 {Reddmann,H (2351)
-Nedic,D (2260) Hamburg-ch int 11th 2008 (4) 1-0}) 10. Nge2 a5 11. b5 $1 e6 12.
b6 $1 Bxc5 13. Qa4 (13. b7 $5) 13... Kd7 14. b7 Rab8 15. Bxb8 Rxb8 16. O-O Kc7
17. Rab1 e5 18. Qh4 Bxc2 $44 19. Rbc1 Bg6 20. Qg3 Re8 (20... Bd6) 21. e4 $5 Kb8
22. Rb1 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Rbc1 d4 {[%csl Gd4]} 25. Qg4 Bd5 26. Qd7 Rf8 27.
Rfd1 Be7 28. Qf5 Qd6 29. Ng3 g6 30. Qd3 Qb4 31. Qa6 Qxb7 32. Rb1 Bb4 33. Qe2 f6
{Suite illisible et nulle au 60ème coup} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.06"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Kosic, Dragan"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nc3 f5 8.
Nf3 Nd7 9. Qc2 c6 10. O-O-O Nf6 11. Kb1 Qe7 12. Bd3 g6 13. Rhe1 Be6 14. Ng5
Rad8 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. h3 Rfe8 17. Na4 Kg7 18. Re2 h5 19. Nc5 Qe7 20. Nb3 h4
21. Nd2 a6 22. Rc1 Nd5 23. a3 Qg5 24. Rg1 Re7 25. Nf3 Qf6 26. Rc1 Bc7 27. Qb3
b5 28. Qd1 a5 29. Rec2 Re6 30. Nd2 a4 31. Be2 Ba5 32. Bf3 Ne7 33. Ka1 Rdd6 34.
Nb1 f4 35. Qd3 fxe3 36. fxe3 Nf5 37. Re2 Qg5 38. d5 cxd5 39. Qxb5 Rxe3 40. Rxe3
Qxe3 41. Rd1 Bd8 42. Nc3 Bf6 43. Qd3 Bxc3 44. Qxc3+ d4 45. Qa5 d3 46. Bg4 $2 (
46. Qc3+ Rd4 47. Bg4) 46... Nd4 $19 47. Ka2 Qe4 $2 (47... Rc6 48. Bd7 Rc2 $19)
48. Qc3 $15 Qxg2 49. Rxd3 Qd5+ 50. Kb1 Kh7 51. Qe1 g5 52. Qe7 Kg7 53. Qe3 Kf6
54. Qe8 Kg7 55. Qe3 Kf8 56. Rc3 Nb3 57. Rc8+ Kg7 58. Qe1 Rf6 59. Rc3 {[%tqu
"En","","","","f6f1","",10]} Rf1 $1 0-1

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pakleza, Zbigniew"]
[Black "Tazbir, Marcin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lublin"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 {[%cal Gd1f3]} c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 b6 6. Ngf3 (6. Bd3
e6 7. Ngf3 (7. Qf3 $5 $146)) 6... Bb7 7. Ne5 Nd7 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bd3 g6 10. h4
Bg7 11. h5 e5 $11 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nf3 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Qe7 15. hxg6 O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pakleza, Zbigniew"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lublin"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 $1 {Le système de Londres "amélioré" avec Bf4 joué avant
Nf3} Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Qb6 (5... cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. Ngf3 e6 8. Qb3
Qc8 9. Nh4 Be4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qc7 14. Bd3 h6
15. g4 O-O-O 16. Kf1 Kb8 17. a4 Rhe8 18. a5 Nxa5 19. Qa4 Nc6 20. b4 Qb6 21. g3
e5 22. b5 Nxd4 23. cxd4 e4 24. Be2 exf3 25. Bxf3 Be7 26. Kg2 Bf6 27. Rhd1 Re7
28. Ra2 Rc7 29. Qb3 Rc4 30. Bxd5 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Qxd4 32. Bf3 Rd7 33. Re2 Be5 34.
Qa3 Qd6 35. Qa5 {Kamsky,G (2683)-Wojtaszek,R (2737) Sochi 2015 1/2-1/2}) 6. Qb3
c4 (6... Bf5 7. dxc5 {[%csl Rb7]}) 7. Qc2 g6 (7... Bg4) (7... Nh5 $1 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Be2 Ng7 11. Bg3 Bf5 $11) 8. h3 Bg7 9. Ngf3 Bf5 10. Qc1 Rc8 11.
Be2 O-O 12. O-O Ne4 (12... Rfe8 13. Re1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Nd2 e5 16. Nxe4
dxe4 17. Bg3 exd4 18. exd4 Ne7 19. Bd1 Nd5 20. Ba4 Re7 21. Qg5 f5 22. b3 e3 23.
bxc4 h6 24. Qh4 Re4 25. Qxe4 fxe4 26. cxd5 Rxc3 27. Rxe3 Rxe3 28. fxe3 Bxd4 29.
Rd1 Bxe3+ 30. Kh1 Bg5 31. d6 e3 32. Bb3+ Kf8 33. Rf1+ Ke8 {1-0 (33) Yurtseven,
M (2166)-Stefanova,A (2531) Albena 2013}) 13. Re1 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Rfd8 15. Bg3
Qa5 (15... f6 $5 {[%cal Ge7e5]}) 16. Nh4 Bd7 17. f4 b5 (17... Bf5 $5 18. Nxf5
gxf5 {[%csl Re3,Rg3]}) 18. a3 Qb6 19. Bf3 e6 20. e4 $2 Na5 (20... Nxd4 $1 21.
Bf2 (21. cxd4 Qxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 23. Bf2 Bxb2 $44 {[%csl Gc4]}) 21... Nxf3+)
21. Rad1 dxe4 (21... Bc6) 22. Bxe4 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Nxc6 24. Nf3 Rd5 25. Kh1 (25.
Bf2 {[%cal Gf2d4]}) 25... a5 $1 {[%cal Gb5b4]} 26. Qe2 Ne7 27. Ne5 Nf5 28. Bh2
Qb7 {[%cal Gb7h1]} 29. Kg1 Nd6 30. h4 $6 {[%csl Rf4,Rh2,Rh4]} h5 $17 31. g4
hxg4 32. Qxg4 Nf5 33. h5 gxh5 34. Qxh5 f6 35. Ng6 Qf7 $1 $17 {[%cal Gf7h5,
Gf7e6]} 36. Qg4 Kh7 37. Nh4 Rg8 {[%csl Rg1,Rg4][%cal Gg8g1]} 38. Kh1 $2 (38.
Ng2 $8) 38... Bh6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 (3... c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nf6 {
1/2-1/2 Taimanov,M-Portisch,L/Havana 1964/MCD (17)}) 4. Nf3 (4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1
e5 $13 (5... e5 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Bg3 Bf6 10. Nc3 Ne7 11.
Nb5 O-O 12. c3 Na6 13. Be2 Nf5 14. Bf4 Bd7 15. Na3 Rfe8 $15 {1/2-1/2
Miladinovic,I-Sokolov,I/Istanbul TUR 2000/The Week in Chess 313 (49)})) 4...
Qb6 5. Qc1 Bf5 (5... Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. e3 e6 8. c4 Be7 9. Bg3 Ngf6 10. Bd3
Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 Nh5 13. a3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 dxc4 15. Qxc4 O-O $13 {
1-0 Hodgson,J-Gurevich,M/Delmenhorst GER 2000/The Week in Chess 276 (48)}) 6.
c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bg3 {White's plan is to play c4-c5. The bishop will help
prevent the break e6-e5.} Nf6 9. c5 Qd8 10. e3 Nbd7 11. h3 {[%cal Rf6h5,Gg3h2]}
O-O 12. b4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Nd2 Bh7 15. Qc3 Re8 {Black is preparing e6-e5.
} 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Bh4 (17... a5 18. b5 e5 19. O-O $14) 18. Bd6 (18. Bxh4
$2 Qxh4 {After e6-e5 Black will have no problems.}) 18... e5 (18... Be7 19. Bh2
) 19. O-O Bf6 {Probably better was:} (19... exd4 20. exd4 b6 21. a4 {[%cal
Gb4b5]} Be7 {Trying to break White's pawn chain.} 22. Bxe7 (22. Bh2 a5 23. cxb6
Bxb4 24. Bc7 Qc8 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gc8b7]}) 22... Qxe7 23. cxb6 $6 axb6 24. a5
Qxb4 25. a6 Ra7 26. Rfb1 Qd6 $17) (19... e4 20. Qe2 Re6 21. b5 Rg6 22. bxc6
bxc6 23. Rab1 Qg5 24. g3 {[%cal Gb1b7] Black has nothing decisive, and White's
attack on the queenside is very fast.}) 20. a4 a6 21. b5 {White's attack is
very simple and easy.} axb5 22. axb5 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 exd4 24. exd4 cxb5 $6 {
Weakening all his queenside,but what to do?! Black pieces are too pasive to
find some counterplay.} (24... b6 25. Ra7 $1 $16 (25. bxc6 $6 Nxc5 $1 {And
Black is fine.}) 25... bxc5 26. dxc5 Ne5 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. bxc6 $16) (24... Nf8
25. Ra7 Ne6 26. Rxb7 cxb5 27. Nb3 Qa8 28. Qxb5 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Bxd4 30. Qd7 $18 {
[%csl Rf7]}) 25. Nf3 {Now white gains a big advantage.} b6 26. Ra7 bxc5 27.
Qxb5 Nf8 28. dxc5 {[%cal Gc5c8] The c5 pawn is almost unstopable.} Qc8 29. Rb7
{[%cal Gb7b8]} Qa8 30. c6 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Ne6 32. c7 {[%cal Gb7b8]} 1-0

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Black "Aaberg, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 (2... c5 3. e4 dxe4 4. d5 Qb6 5. Nc3 Qxb2 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bd2
Qb4 8. Rb1 Qa5 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Rxb7 Qa6 11. Qb1 Ngf6 12. Nge2 $13 {1-0
Lobron,E-Nadanian,A/Saint Vincent ITA 2000/The Week in Chess 297 (30)}) (2...
h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. e3 e6 8. c4 Be7 9. Bg3 Ngf6
10. Bd3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 Nh5 13. a3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 dxc4 15. Qxc4 O-O
16. b4 $14 {1-0 Hodgson,J-Gurevich,M/Delmenhorst GER 2000/The Week in Chess
276 (48)}) 3. e3 {White can also play here 3.Nf3 the difference is that in the
3.Nf3 line white doesn't let black to play e5 so fast.} h6 4. Bh4 (4. Bf4) 4...
Qb6 5. Qc1 (5. Nd2 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. cxd3 $13) 5... e5 (5... Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7.
c4 Be7 8. Bxe7 Nxe7 9. Nc3 Nd7 $11 {Black solved all opening problems.}) 6. Nf3
e4 (6... exd4 7. exd4 $14) 7. Nfd2 Ne7 (7... Be7 $5 8. Bg3 h5 {Mikhalevski,A} (
8... Nf6 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be2 {With interesting French Defence
structure.}) 9. c4 h4 10. Bf4 g5 11. Be5 f6 12. Bxb8 Rxb8 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Qc2
f5 $13) 8. f3 $6 $146 {New idea.But too soon,white is not ready yet for
opening the game.Better was 8.c4} (8. c4 Nf5 9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Be6 11. Nc3
Nd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nb5 {[%cal Gb5c7]} Kd8 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Nc3 Bd6 16. Be2
$13) 8... f5 $2 (8... Nf5 $5 9. Bf2 exf3 10. gxf3 c5 $11) 9. fxe4 fxe4 10. Be2
{[%cal Ge2h5]} g6 11. c4 (11. O-O Nf5 $44) 11... Be6 (11... Nf5 12. Bf2 Be6 13.
O-O Bg7 14. g4 Ne7 15. Bg3 $36) 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. O-O $14 Bg7 {[%cal Ge7f5]} 14.
Ndxe4 $6 {Interesting piece sacrafise,but unfortunatly not completly correct.
It is difficult to calculate everything,but sometimes you should count on your
hunch.} (14. c5 Qc7 15. Bg3 Qd8 16. Ndxe4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nf5 18. Nd6+ Nxd6 19.
Bxd6 Qg5 {[%cal Ge8c8]} 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. Bd6 $11) (14. Bxe7 $5 Kxe7 15. b3 {
[%cal Gc1a3]} Raf8 16. Qa3+ Ke8 17. c5 $6 (17. Qd6 $1 c5 18. Qg3 $36) 17... Qd8
{[%cal Gd8g5]}) 14... dxe4 15. c5 Nxc5 $5 {Taking the easy way.Black leaves
all the calculations on side and chooses simple line that at least gives him
equal chances.} (15... Qc7 $5 16. Nxe4 Nf5 17. Bg3 (17. Rxf5 $1 gxf5 (17...
Bxf5 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Qc4 Nf6 20. Rf1 Qe7 21. e4 Be6 22. d5 cxd5 (22... Bg8 23.
Qc3 g5 24. e5 $18) 23. Qd4 g5 24. e5 gxh4 25. exf6 Kg8 26. Qe5 $3 $18 {Only
computer can find such a moves.}) 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Bc4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Nb6 21.
Qd3 Kg8 22. Rf1 Rf8 23. Rxf5 Nd5 (23... Rxf5 24. Qxf5 Nd5 25. Kh1 {[%cal Ge3e4]
} b6 26. e4 Ne3 27. Qg6 {[%cal Ge4e5,Ge5e6,Ge6e7]} Qd7 28. e5 $44 {[%csl Rh8]})
24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. e4 Bxd6 26. cxd6 Qxd6 27. exd5 cxd5 $11 {Black has exchange
for a pawn,but his K is weak.The game probably should end piecefully.}) 17...
Nxg3 18. Nxg3 O-O-O 19. b4 {It looks like white doesn't have enough
compensation for piece.}) 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Nxe4 Qxc1 18. Raxc1 Nf5 $15 19.
Nf6+ $6 {White must understand that his attack is over and to hold a bit worse
position.The move in the text could cost white a lot.} (19. Bg4 O-O 20. Nd6 (
20. b3 Rae8 $15) 20... Bxb2 21. Rb1 Be5 22. Nxb7 Bxa2 $17) (19. Bf6 O-O 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Bg4 Bxa2 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Rxf5 gxf5 24. Nd6 Rd8 25. Nxf5+ (25.
Nxb7 Rd2 26. Rxc6 Bd5 27. Rc7+ Kf6 $17) 25... Kf6) 19... Ke7 $2 {Until this
move black played very well,now white gets good chances for a draw.} (19...
Bxf6 $1 20. Bxf6 O-O 21. Bc3 Nxe3 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 (22... Rxf8 23. Bd4 Nf5 24.
Bf2 (24. Bxa7 Ra8 $17) 24... Rd8 $17 {Black has good chances for winning.}) 23.
Bd2 Nf5 24. g4 $11) 20. Nh5+ $8 Nxh4 21. Nxg7 Nf5 $2 {A second mistake which
looses a pawn.} (21... Bxa2 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Nf5 (23... g5 $4 24. Re4+ Kd7
25. g3 Ng6 26. Rf7+ Kc8 27. Ne8 $18 {[%cal Ge8d6]}) 24. Nxf5+ gxf5 25. Rxf5 $11
) 22. Nxe6 Kxe6 23. Bg4 $1 {[%cal Ge3e4]} Ke5 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Rc5+ Kd6 $6 (
25... Ke4 26. Rcxf5 (26. Kf2 Rad8 27. Ke2 Rd5) 26... Kxe3 {Although black K is
not on his terretory,white can't take a real advantage of it.}) 26. Rcxf5 $16
a5 27. a4 {[%cal Ga8a6,Ga6b6,Gb6b2]} Ra6 28. Rd1+ Kc7 29. Kf2 Rb6 30. Rd2 Rd8 {
Black is looking for counterplay.} (30... Rb4 31. Rf4) 31. Rc2 (31. Rxd8 Kxd8
32. Rxa5 Rxb2+ 33. Kf3 $16) 31... Rb4 $6 {Giving up the second pawn.} (31...
Rb3 $142 32. Rxa5 $6 Rf8+ 33. Ke2 Re8 $16) 32. Rxa5 (32. Rf4 Rxf4+ 33. exf4 Rd4
34. Kf3 Rxa4 35. g4 $16 {As we know pawns supported by K are much faster than
those who aren't.}) 32... Rf8+ 33. Ke2 Rg8 34. Kf2 Rf8+ 35. Ke1 Re8 36. Re2 Re6
37. Ra8 {Activating the R.} Kb6 38. Kd1 {Now is simple, white is two pawns up.
He has some problems with his a pawn,so he exchanges it for black b-pawn.} Kc5
39. a5 Kb5 (39... Ra4 $5 40. Ra7 Re7 41. Rd2 Kb5 (41... Rxe3 42. Rxb7 Rxa5 $4
43. b4+) 42. Rd6 h5 43. Rh6 h4 44. a6 Rxa6 45. Rxa6 bxa6 46. Rxh4 Rxe3 $18) 40.
Ra7 Kc5 41. a6 $18 bxa6 42. Rxa6 Kb5 43. Ra8 Rbe4 44. Kd2 c5 45. Rb8+ {White's
plan now is:1.To protect well his e-pawn.2.To bring the K to kingside 3.To
push pawns on kingside.} Kc6 46. Rd8 Rb4 47. Kc2 Rbe4 48. Rd3 h5 49. Kd2 h4 50.
Rf2 Rg4 51. Ke2 Reg6 52. Kf1 Rb4 53. Rc3 Rg5 54. b3 Rb8 55. Rf6+ Kb5 56. Rf4 {
Good move.Not letting black K to attack b-pawn.} Ra8 57. Rc2 Ra3 58. Rb2 {
Now the game is over.Black has nothing to do against white's plan.} Rh5 59. Kf2
Rh8 60. Kf3 Ra1 61. Rc2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 (3... gxf6 4. e3 c6 (4... c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6.
Nc3 e6 7. Qh5 Bd7 8. O-O-O b6 9. cxb6 Qxb6 10. Bb5 Rb8 11. Nge2 Ne5 12. Bxd7+
Nxd7 13. b3 Qa5 14. Kb1 f5 15. Nxd5 $16 {1-0 Plaskett,J-Jonkman,H/Mondariz ESP
2000/The Week in Chess 306 (51)}) 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nf3 a6 9.
Bd3 f5 10. g3 Bd6 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfc1 Qe7 14. Ne2 b5 15. Nf4 Nb6
16. Qd1 $13 {0-1 Rogers,I-Ghaem Maghami,E/Istanbul TUR 2000/The Week in Chess
313 (50)}) 4. e3 Bd6 {In exchange for the double pawns, Black has two bishops
and a free game.} 5. c4 {Anoter plan here is by not playing c4, but preparing
the long castling by Bd3, Qf3, Nd2 etc.} dxc4 (5... c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Be6
8. Qb3 Qd7 $14 {1-0 Palatnik,S-Mamalakis,G/Iraklion 1992/EXT 99 (37)}) 6. Bxc4
O-O 7. Nc3 f5 {[%cal Gb8d7,Gd7f6,Gf6e4,Gf5f4] With two ideas: to post the
knight on f6 and e4 in the future or to play f5-f4 and get rid of the double
pawn.} 8. Nge2 {[%csl Gf4] Preventing f5-f4.} Nd7 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. O-O-O a6 {
Black is preparing a counterplay on the queenside.} 11. h3 g6 12. Bb3 b5 13. g4
{Otherwise Black would achieve a good position with Bb7, Qe7 and c5.} Bb7 (
13... fxg4 14. hxg4 Bxg4 15. e4 $44) 14. gxf5 $6 {It looks like White is
overevaluating his sacrifice. He should have played:} (14. Rhg1 {For example:}
fxg4 15. hxg4 b4 16. Na4 Qe7 17. Nc5 Bf3 {With a double-edged play.}) 14... b4
15. Na4 Be4 {To release the pressure on g6.} 16. Qc4 Bxh1 17. Rxh1 Qe7 18. fxg6
hxg6 19. Bc2 {[%cal Gc2g6]} Kg7 {[%cal Gf8h8,Gh8h4]} 20. Rg1 (20. Nc5 Bxc5 21.
dxc5 (21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. dxc5 Rh8 23. Nf4 Rae8 $19 {[%cal Gf6e4]}) 21... a5 {
With Rae8 and Ne4}) 20... Rh8 {[%csl Rh3]} 21. Qc6 (21. Ng3 {[%cal Gg3f5]} Bxg3
22. Rxg3 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 24. Qxb4 Qh1+ $17) 21... Rae8 22. Qf3 (22. Qxa6 Rxh3
{White has no serious counter play against Reh8 and Rh1. His knights cannot
move.}) 22... Ne4 {[%csl Ra4] With Na4 out of the game White is helpless.} 23.
Rg4 (23. Bxe4 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxe4 $19 {Wins easily for Black.}) 23... Rh4 $1 {
Exchanging pieces is the simplest way to implement the advantage.} 24. Qg2 (24.
Bxe4 Rxg4 25. hxg4 Qxe4 $19) (24. Rg1 Reh8 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Ge4g5]} 25. Bxe4
Rxe4 $19 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Ge4h4,Ge7e6]}) 24... Rxg4 25. hxg4 Ng5 26. Qd5 Ne4 {
[%csl Rf2]} 27. Qxe4 (27. f3 Nf6 $19 {[%csl Re3]}) 27... Qxe4 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29.
g5 Be7 30. Kd2 Bxg5 31. Nc5 Re7 32. Nxa6 Bh4 {[%cal Gh4f2,Gf2e3]} 33. Nxb4 $6 {
Makes it easier for black .} (33. Ke1 Rxe3 34. Nxb4 Rf3 $19) (33. f4 b3 34.
axb3 Bf2 $19) (33. Ng3 $5 b3 34. axb3 f5 {Black finally should win.}) 33...
Bxf2 34. Nd5 Re8 35. Nxc7 Rxe3 {[%csl Gf7,Gg6][%cal Gg6g3,Gf7f4] Once the
position is open, The majority of the bishop and rook over the knights is felt
strongly.} 36. a4 Rb3 37. Kc2 Rb7 38. Nb5 g5 39. Nd6 Rd7 40. Ne4 (40. Nf5+ Kf6
{[%csl Rf5]} 41. Nfg3 Bxg3 42. Nxg3 Rxd4 $19) 40... Bxd4 41. Nxg5 Bxb2 $1 42.
Nf3 (42. Kxb2 Rd2+ 43. Kc3 Rxe2 $19) 42... Ba1 43. Nd2 Re7 44. Ng3 Rc7+ 45. Kb1
Be5 46. Nge4 Bf4 {Black will exchange his bishop for one of White's knights,
and if White avoids that he will loose the a-pawn.} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 34th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Lindberg, Bo"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Team Viking"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {My opponent has a wide experience in Trompowski, so I
definitely expected this move.} d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 e6 (5... Nc6 {
is another common continuation which was tested on the highest level.} 6. Bb5 (
6. c3 e6 7. b4 a5 8. Qb3 f5 9. Nf3 Bg7 {yielded Black good play for the pawn
in Caruana,F - Giri,A 7th London Classic 2015}) 6... e6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nd2 Bxc5
9. Ngf3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Rc1 Be7 {Black had no problems in Carlsen,M -
Karjakin,S New York 2016}) 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nbd2 {White should
definitely deviate from exchanging the queens in order to exploit some
structural drawbacks of Black. However, this move is also connected with a
positional concession.} ({Toothless is} 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bxc4 Ke7 10. Nc3 b6
11. Ke2 Bb7 {, and Black's position looks somewhat better due to the bishop
pair.}) 8... c3 {That's the point. Now White's queenside pawn chain is damaged.
} 9. bxc3 Be7 $146 {During my home preparation I briefly looked at this
position and just checked few engine suggestions. Since this move wasn't seen
in human practice, I decided to go for it.} ({The following altenratives were
tested on practice:} 9... Qc7 10. Bd3 (10. Nd4 $5) 10... Nd7 11. O-O b6 12. Nd4
Bb7 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Be4 a6 15. Nd4 f5 $132 {Artemiev,V - Dubov,D Sochi 2017}) (
9... O-O 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qc2 f5 $132 {Bosiocic,M - Gajewski,G
Katowice POL 2017}) (9... Nc6 10. Bb5 Be7 11. Nd4 Qc7 12. Qh5 a6 13. Nxc6 axb5
14. Nxe7 Kxe7 15. O-O Bd7 $11 {Ali Marandi,C - Fier,A Saint Louis 2017}) 10.
Qc2 {This might be somewhat slow.} ({Deserving serious attention was} 10. Be2
$5 Nd7 11. O-O Qc7 12. Nd4 a6 13. f4 Nc5 $132 {, and a complex struggle is
ahead.}) 10... Nd7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nd4 a6 {This move was made almost
automatically - it makes sense to cover b5.} ({Possible was also} 12... O-O 13.
Bd3 f5 14. g4 fxg4 15. h3 g3 {, and Black should be fine.}) 13. Be2 b6 {
My idea was to keep the opportunity of queenside castling for a while.} ({
Another logical way of handling the position is} 13... Nc5 $5 14. O-O Bd7 15.
f4 Ba4 16. N2b3 f5 {with excellent play.}) 14. Bh5 {This move invites
unfavorable complications, but White hardly had an attractive alternative at
his disposal.} ({For isntance, after both} 14. Bf3 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. O-O
Rc8 $15) ({and} 14. Nc6 Bc5 15. O-O Bb7 16. Nd4 Rc8 $15 {the pressure along
c-file looks annoying.}) 14... O-O 15. Qe4 Nc5 ({Of course, not} 15... Bb7 $2
16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Qxe7 $18) ({However, good enough was also} 
15... Ne5 $1 {, as was pointed out by my teammate GM Alexander Huzman:} 16.
Qxa8 Bb7 17. Qa7 Ra8 18. Qxa8+ Bxa8 19. O-O Qxc3 $17) 16. Qxa8 Bb7 {The queen
is trapped.} 17. Qxf8+ (17. Qa7 Ra8 18. Qxa8+ Bxa8 19. O-O {would lead to the
same character of play.}) 17... Kxf8 {In the unbalanced position which arose
Black's play is much easier.} 18. O-O b5 {This was played rather fast - I was
happy with fixing White's weaknesses.} (18... Na4 19. Nb1 Nb2 20. Rc1 Bd6 $17)
19. c4 $2 {This move makes White's position lost from the positional point of
view.} (19. Bf3 {It was better to give up the pawn:} Bxf3 20. N4xf3 Na4 21. Nb1
Nxc3 22. Nxc3 Qxc3 23. Rc1 $17) 19... b4 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. N4xf3 Na4 $1 {
Black's pieces start to dominate over the board.} 22. Rc1 Nc3 23. Rc2 Qd7 24.
g3 Qa4 $6 {The first step in the wrong direction.} ({Much more energetic was} 
24... Qd3 25. Ne1 Qe2 26. Ng2 Bd6 $19 {and White is almost paralyzed.}) 25. Rb2
Qa3 26. Rc2 Qa4 27. Rb2 (27. Nd4 $2 Ne2+ $19) 27... Qa3 $2 {I was short on
time and decided to call it a day.} ({At the same time, after} 27... a5 $1 28.
Kg2 Qc6 29. Rc1 f5 {White's position would remain very difficult.}) 28. Rc2 Qa4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 {Baadur has a various original ideas in the opening, and this
time he deviates from the known paths at the early stage of the game.} Bf5 3.
Bf4 {This move is somewhat surprising, since the main move 3.f3 would more
suit Jobava's style. Anyway, the presence of White's knight on c3 cannot pose
Black any problems.} e6 4. e3 Bd6 {Black has various plans of development in
this position, but exchanging the active dark-squared bishop is a natural
decision.} ({In the following fresh game Black has managed to equalize even
after the modest:} 4... c6 5. g4 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3
10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Rg1 Bb4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Stefanova,A (2489)-Girya,O (2450)/
Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2014 (58)}) 5. g4 $5 {This brave move was quite
predictable. The position remains about equal, but now it's much sharper.} ({
Too boring would be:} 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. Bg3 h6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Markovic,M (2483)
-Abramovic,B (2457)/Palic SRB 2014 (13)}) 5... Bg6 6. Nf3 $146 {A novelty in a
very rare position. White doesn't pretend on getting any opening advantage,
but the chosen set-up is very ambitious.} (6. h4 {was played in once preceding
game before.} h5 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. g5 Ne7 9. Nge2 c5 10. Nf4 Nd7 {Black is at
least not worse.}) (6. Bxd6 Qxd6 (6... cxd6 $5) 7. h4 h5 {leads to the same
position.}) 6... Nd7 {Dmitry is not horrying with taking the bishop and makes
a natural developing move.} (6... Bxf4 7. exf4 Ne7 8. Qd2 h5 9. g5 Nbc6 $11 {
was another reason way to handle the position.}) 7. Bd3 (7. h4 h5 8. Bxd6 (8.
g5 Bxf4 9. exf4 Ne7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c5 12. O-O-O Qc7 $15) 8... cxd6 9. g5
Qb6 10. Bb5 Rc8 $15) (7. Ne5 $6 Bxe5 8. dxe5 Ne7 9. Qe2 Nc6 $15) 7... Bxd3 ({
Good enough was also} 7... Ngf6 8. Ne5 (8. Bxd6 cxd6 9. Nd2 $11) 8... Ne4 9.
Bxe4 Bxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qe2 $11) 8. Qxd3 Bxf4 9. exf4 h5 10. gxh5 $6 {
Baadur was trying to put some pressure along the g-file, but now White's
position is dangerous from strategic point of view - the pawn structure is
horrible.} ({The natural} 10. g5 Ne7 {followed by} 11. f5 exf5 (11... Nxf5 12.
Nxd5 c6 13. Ne3 $11) 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Rhe1 Re8 14. Ne5 $44 {would allow White
to obtain a definite compensation for the pawn.}) 10... Rxh5 (10... Qf6 $5 11.
f5 O-O-O 12. fxe6 fxe6 $15 {is also better for Black.}) 11. Rg1 Qf6 {Black's
moves are natural and strong.} 12. Ne5 {That move is connected with a dubious
pawn sacrifice, but White was trying to complicate the matters...} (12. Rg5
$142 Rh8 13. f5 Ne7 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Rg3 O-O-O 16. O-O-O $15 {is clearly
worse for White, but it was already a lesser evil.}) 12... c6 {Andreikin's
move is good from practical point of view.} (12... Qxf4 13. Nxd7 Kxd7 14. Qb5+
Kd8 15. Qxb7 Rc8 $15 {was also good, but Black has no need to enter into such
a complications.}) ({The most precise way to win the pawn was:} 12... O-O-O $1
13. Ne2 Kb8 14. O-O-O Nxe5 15. fxe5 Qh6+ 16. Kb1 Rxh2 $17) 13. Na4 $2 {A
desperate attempt to get any counterplay, which leads to a lost position.} ({
A passive defence was called for:} 13. Ne2 $142 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Qh6 15. Qe3 $15 {
the arising position is unpleasant for White, but there are drawish chances.})
13... Qxf4 {Correctly accepting the challenge.} 14. Nf3 {Obviously, this
retreat is a bad sign for White.} ({It looks like Baadur has overlooked} 14.
Nxd7 Rxh2 $1 {and White has nothing better than} 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Kxd7
$19) 14... e5 ({Another good option was} 14... Ne7 {with an idea to meet} 15.
Rxg7 {with} e5 16. Qe3 Qf6 17. Rg3 e4 18. Nd2 O-O-O $19 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Ge7f5]
and White's position collapses.}) 15. Rxg7 (15. Qe3 Qxe3+ 16. fxe3 g6 $19 {
is completely hopeless.}) 15... O-O-O ({Even simpler would be} 15... Ne7 {
transposing to the above-mentined winning line. However, the text move is also
quite convincing.}) 16. Qe3 Qf6 17. Rg3 exd4 {Liquadating into a winning
edngame.} ({The following alternative line was also attractive:} 17... e4 18.
Ne5 Ne7 19. O-O-O Nf5 20. Nxd7 Kxd7 21. Nc5+ Kc8 22. Qf4 Qh4 23. Rg4 Qxh2 $19)
18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Rxh2 $19 {Black is winning, but some technical job is
still required.} ({Instead,} 19... Rh4 20. O-O-O c5 $2 {would spoil everything:
} 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Rc3 b6 23. b4 {and White is even better here!}) 20. Nf3
Rh1+ {Dmitry doesn't mind to simplify the position.} 21. Rg1 Rxg1+ 22. Nxg1 d4
$6 {This inaccuracy makes Black's task more difficult. The knight wouldn't be
trapped anyway, while White gets an opportunity to limit the material ballance.
} (22... Re8+ 23. Kf1 Ngf6 24. Ne2 Kc7 $19) 23. b3 Ngf6 24. Nf3 c5 25. Nb2 (25.
O-O-O $5 Nd5 26. a3 b5 27. Nb2 Rh8 28. a4 a6 29. axb5 axb5 30. Nd3 $17 {
also gives White some drawish chances.}) 25... Kc7 26. a4 {Now Black hardly
can make progress without allowing some exchanges.} Re8+ 27. Kf1 Ne4 28. Nd3 b6
29. a5 Kb7 (29... b5 $6 30. b4 c4 $6 (30... Rh8 $142 $1 31. Re1 Rh1+ 32. Ng1
Ng5 33. Kg2 Rh5 $17) 31. Nf4 {enables White to win the pawn back, though Black
still is somewhat better here.}) 30. b4 $1 Nc3 ({Correctly deviating from} 
30... c4 $6 31. Nf4 Rh8 32. Ke2 Nc3+ 33. Kd2 Nb5 34. a6+ Kc7 35. Re1 $15) 31.
axb6 axb6 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. Nd2 $2 {Being tired after a tough defence, Baadur
commits a decisive mistake.} ({At the same time, after} 33. Ra3 Nb5 34. Ra1 f6
35. Nd2 $17 {it wouldn't be easy to find effective winning plan here.}) 33...
Re2 34. Nb3 Kb6 $19 {Now White is too passive.} 35. Ra8 {A desperation.} ({
However, hopeless was also} 35. Rc1 f6 36. Nb2 Re8 37. Nc4+ Kc6 38. Ra1 Kd5 39.
Ncd2 Ne5 $19) 35... Rxc2 36. Ndxc5 Nxc5 37. Nxd4 {Now Black is just a piece up.
} Rc1+ 38. Kg2 Nd5 39. Rf8 Ne6 {An important victory of Dmitry, which enabled
him to win a very strong tournament after making 2 draws in the last rounds!}
0-1

[Event "Hastings 0304 79th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2004.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Rowson,J"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Finkel,A} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 {The so-called Barry Attack.
Hebden has scored well with this system mainly because it suits his
nibble-seeking style ('a nibble' is to an advantage what a scratch is to a
wound) and his opponents tend to think it is an opening unworthy of
preparation.} Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Ne5 (7. dxc5 Nbd7 8. O-O Nxc5 9. Be5
Bg4 $1 {works out well for Black.}) 7... cxd4 8. exd4 Nfd7 $1 {[#] This looks
considerably less 'natural' than 8...Nc6 but I fear that we all tend to assume
that 'natural' means good, which is not the case at all. For instance, it is
probably 'natural' to distrust strangers, go to sleep when it gets dark, and
compete viciously with siblings but nobody thinks we should do these things.
Furthermore, chess has no natural history, no biological nature, so that whole
idea of 'natural moves' is bogus. A move that seems to come 'naturally' is
just a move that looks similar to those we have seen before - it's a question
of conditioning, not of merit.} 9. Qd2 $6 {This came after a good few minutes,
which surprised me given that Hebden knows this line so well. He said that he
didn't expect me to play it because after} (9. Nf3 {black is more or less
obliged to allow a repetition and he didn't think I would allow that. This
amused me. I only allowed it because I didn't think he would do it!} Nf6 10.
Qd2 $5 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 {This was Hebden-Nunn, Hastings 1997/98 which
Hebden won quite convincingly. Results can often put people off variations
without good reason, and in this position I think Black is at least equal. For
one thing, White has lost a tempo with his queen, and ceteris paribus the
structure favours Black due to the long term prospect of a minorty attack.})
9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 ({Finkel,A: It was probably safer to take with the bishop,
even though black is doing fine anyway:} 10. Bxe5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 d4 12. O-O-O (
12. Rd1 {Finkel,A} Nc6 13. Nb5 Qd5 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxg2 16. Qd5 Qxd5 17.
Rxd5 Be6 $11) 12... Nc6 13. Nb5 {Mark thought that this was what he had in his
notes. But he missed an important idea in his preparation and only saw it at
the board.} Qb6 $1 14. Nxd4 Rd8 15. c3 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bf5 {and White is in
trouble.}) 10... d4 $1 (10... Nc6 11. Nxd5 Be6 12. Rd1 $1 Nxe5 13. O-O {
and the threat of Qe3 leaves white better.}) 11. Nb5 Nc6 12. O-O-O (12. Rd1 {
might actually be a better move, but then White would already be fighting for
equality and at this stage we were still playing that silly "You're White, I'm
Black" game where White pretends to be better, and Black often plays along.}
Qb6 (12... Qd5 {Finkel,A} 13. O-O Bxe5 14. c4 Qc5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Bf3 Rd8 $13
) 13. Nxd4 Qxb2) 12... Qd5 $1 {That's one powerful lady.} 13. c4 (13. Kb1 Be6
14. b3 Rad8 (14... Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. f4 Qf6 17. Nxd4 Rfd8 18. c3 Nxd4 19.
cxd4 Bd5 {with a clear advantage.})) 13... Qxg2 $1 {[#] This was quite a
difficult decision because the alternative, 13...Qc5, also looked promising,
and would have been somewhat safer. However, the value of taking on g2 is not
so much that I win a pawn, but that I destroy his pawn structure, and as we
see in the game, his h and f pawns sorely miss the g-pawn's fraternal support.}
(13... Qc5 14. Nc7 $1 {I must confess that I didn't see this at the time, or
at least I didn't the idea of Nd5 threatening b4.} (14. a3 $5) (14. Nxd4 Nxe5
$1 {when I prefer Black due to White's lack of pawn shield for his king.} (
14... Rd8 15. Be3 Nxe5 16. Qc3 $1 {and Black is struggling to find an answer
to Ne6.}) 15. Qc2) 14... Rb8 15. Nd5 a5 16. Kb1 {with an unclear position.})
14. h4 $5 {Played fairly quickly by Hebden, who likes to keep a steady pace
between moves. I don't think there is a big improvement but there are
certainly alternatives,} (14. Rhg1 Qh3 (14... Qxf2 $5 {Perhaps, perhaps. But I
would only play such a risky move if the alternative favoured my opponent and
during the game I didn't think that was the case, but now I would take a
second look at this move.}) 15. Nc7 $1 (15. Rg3 Qd7 {It looks attractive to
force the queen to such an ugly square, but Black is still in control of the
game here.}) 15... Rb8 16. e6 $1 {After this move I fear I must take
annotator's licence and call it unclear.} Bxe6) 14... Bf5 $1 {I've always
enjoyed developing my final minor piece and it usually brings with a surge of
unwarranted optimism for the middlegame ahead. In this case the optimisim is
justified because I seem to get a better position more or less by force.} 15.
Nxd4 Qe4 $1 (15... Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Rfc8 17. b3 {is at least not worse for White.}
) 16. Nxf5 Qxf5 17. Bd3 {Otherwise Rfd8 and Nb4 is deadly.} Qe6 18. Rhe1 Rfd8
$1 {I didn't spend too long looking at taking the material} (18... Bxe5 19. Bh6
Qf6 20. h5 {White may not have full compesation, but Ifelt sure that he would
have preffered this position to the one he had in the game.}) 19. Qc3 Rd4 20.
Be3 {Returning the pawn and finally achieving coordination. At this point I
thought that White might be ok, and so did Mark, but it seems that it's hard
to put a stop to Black's initiative.} (20. Bg3 Rad8 21. f4 Bh6 {is less good,
because the bishop on g3 is an embarrasment and a liability.}) 20... Rxh4 21.
f4 Bh6 $1 22. Qd2 $6 (22. Rh1 $1 {Looks like an improvement.} Bxf4 23. Rxh4
Bxe3+ 24. Kb1 {Black is probably better here and should eventually win the e5
pawn, but at least White's pieces can go out and play.}) 22... Rd8 23. Qf2 (23.
Kb1 Qh3 $1 {is not much easier for White but at least there is no immediate
threat.}) 23... Qh3 $1 {[#] Suddenly White has a lot of problems. ...Bxf4 is
the main threat and it is not easy to deal with this without something else
dropping off.} 24. Kb1 $2 {This makes things worse.} (24. Qd2 $1 {Might
actually be the best move, but then, of course, Black probably has better
moves than Qe6!}) 24... Bxf4 $1 {Crunch. There is no way back for White, but I
could probably have been a little more incisive in what follows.} 25. e6 f6 26.
Bxf4 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Qxd3+ 28. Ka1 Nd4 29. Rc1 Rh5 30. b3 Rf5 31. Qd2 Qxd2 32.
Bxd2 Nxe6 33. Be3 b6 34. b4 Re5 35. Bg1 Kf7 36. Kb2 Nf4 37. Rd1 Ke8 38. c5 bxc5
39. Bxc5 a6 40. Kb3 Rd5 41. Rc1 Nd3 42. Rc2 Nxc5+ 43. bxc5 Kd7 44. Kb4 Kc6 45.
a4 h5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.21"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Nb5 Na6 6. e3 O-O 7. h3 c6 8. Nc3
Nc7 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bh2 c5 12. a4 a5 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15.
Bg4 e6 16. Qd2 Bc6 17. b3 Rfc8 18. Ne2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 b5 20. axb5 Nxb5 21. c3
Nxd4 $6 (21... Bb7 $15) 22. exd4 a4 23. b4 Bb5 24. Rfc1 a3 25. Be2 Qc6 $6 {
This move let Aronian get back in the game as he is now able to bring his
bishop from h2-d6-c5.} (25... Bxe2 26. Qxe2 Bh6 $17 {I do not see how White
can win this.}) 26. Bxb5 Qxb5 27. Bd6 $1 Rc6 28. Bc5 $14 Rca6 29. Ra2 Qc4 30.
Qe2 Qxe2 31. Rxe2 a2 32. Ra1 Ra3 33. Rc2 (33. b5 $1 $14) 33... Bf8 34. Kf1 e5 (
34... Bxc5 35. dxc5 Kf8 $15) 35. Bxf8 Kxf8 36. dxe5 Ke7 37. Ke2 Ke6 38. f4 d4
$1 {A nice pawn sacrifice to activate the king.} 39. cxd4 Kd5 (39... Kf5 $44)
40. Rd2 Kc4 $6 41. d5 $1 Kxb4 42. d6 Kb3 43. Kf3 Kc3 44. Rf2 h5 45. Kg3 Kd4+
46. Kh4 Kd5 47. Kg5 (47. d7 $1 $18) 47... Ke6 48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 R3a5 (49...
f6+ 50. exf6 R3a5+ 51. f5+ gxf5 52. Re2+ $18) 50. Re2 f6+ 51. Kxg6 Rg8+ 52. Kh6
Rxg4 53. f5+ (53. Raxa2 Rxa2 54. Rxa2 fxe5 55. fxe5 Kxe5 $11) 53... Kxf5 54. e6
Ra8 $2 (54... Raa4 $1 {was a unique way to make a draw.} 55. e7 $2 (55. Rf1+
Raf4 56. Rxf4+ Rxf4 57. Rxa2 (57. e7 a1=Q) 57... Kxe6 $11) 55... Rg6+ 56. Kh5
Rg5+ 57. Kh6 Rh4#) 55. Rf1+ $1 Rf4 56. Rxf4+ Kxf4 57. Rxa2 Rxa2 58. e7 {
The rest is easy. Just like how Ding managed to win the queen vs rook endgame,
Aronian also managed to achieve that in style.} Rd2 59. e8=Q Rxd6 60. Qe7 Rd4
61. Qxf6+ Ke3 62. Kg5 Rd5+ 63. Kg4 Rd4+ 64. Kg3 Rd3 65. Qe5+ Kd2+ 66. Kf2 Kc2
67. Qc5+ Rc3 68. Qf5+ Kb2 69. Ke2 Rc2+ 70. Kd3 Rc3+ 71. Kd2 Rb3 72. Qe5+ Kb1
73. Qd4 Rh3 74. Qb6+ Ka1 75. Qf6+ Ka2 76. Qe6+ Rb3 77. Kc2 Ka1 78. Qa6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.21"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Nb5 Na6 6. e3 O-O 7. h3 c6 8. Nc3
Nc7 9. Be2 Bf5 10. O-O Rc8 11. Bh2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. c3 Re8 14. Qb3 Rb8 15.
Ne5 Bf5 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. Rac1 Qc8 18. c4 $1 $14 {White has a very pleasant
position.} Ra8 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Qa3 f6 21. Nd3 e5 22. dxe5 fxe5 23. Nc5 b6 24.
e4 Bf7 25. Nd7 c5 26. Qc3 Re7 (26... Nd5 $5 $14) 27. Bxe5 $1 Bxa2 28. Bxg7 Rxd7
29. Bh6 {This is a disaster for MVL out of the opening.} Be6 30. Qe5 Bb3 31.
Rd3 $1 Be6 32. Rcd1 Rf7 33. Bg5 (33. Bd2 {with the idea of Bc3 is possible but
is met with ...Nb5.}) 33... Rf8 34. Bh6 (34. Rd8 Rxd8 35. Rxd8+ $18) 34... Rf7
35. Bd2 Nb5 36. Be3 Qe8 37. R3d2 Nc7 38. Bg5 Bb3 39. Rd8 $1 Bxd1 {Here Aronian
thought that he was losing, when in fact he was winning. Of course he had very
little time figure out the details.} 40. Rxa8 $1 Qxa8 41. Bxd1 $2 (41. Bc4 $1
Qf8 42. Qxc7 $18) 41... Qe8 $15 42. Qc3 Qxe4 {Black is winning now.} 43. Bb3
Nd5 44. Qc1 Qd4 45. Kh1 b5 46. Be3 Nxe3 $6 (46... Qd3 $1 $19) 47. Bxf7+ Kxf7
48. fxe3 Qe5 49. Qf1+ Kg7 50. Qxb5 {Aronian manages to salvage the half point.}
Qxe3 51. Qd7+ Kh6 52. Qxa7 Qe1+ 53. Kh2 Qe5+ 54. Kh1 c4 55. Qf2 Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 31st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.07.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 e6 6. c4 {We have reached the
same position as in the first game of the match. In the brief few minutes that
they get between the games, Pragg's coach Ramesh asked him to play ...c6 in
this position instead of ...Be7. Pragg followed the recommendation.} c6 7. Nc3
Nb4 8. Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 {Until here was all preparation. At this point Pragg had
an option of playing ...Nxa2 and ...dxc4 as he played in the game.} dxc4 {
This looks pretty simple and strong.} (9... Nxa2 {might seem like a mistake
but we must continue this line.} 10. Ra1 Nxc3 11. Rxa5 Nce4 12. Qd1 Bb4+ 13.
Ke2 Bxa5 {Black has a pawn and a piece and a rook for a queen. Materially this
seems fine, but positionally it is not enough because} 14. Qa4 $1 Bd8 (14...
Bb6 15. c5) 15. f3 $18 {and the knight is somehow trapped on e4.}) 10. Bxc4
Nbd5 11. Be5 (11. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 exd5 $11 {looks absolutely fine for
Black.}) 11... Nxc3 12. Bxf6 (12. bxc3 Ne4 $19) 12... gxf6 13. bxc3 Rg8 $1 {
Why not develop with tempo!} 14. g3 Ba3 15. Rd1 Rd8 16. f3 {Wesley follows the
highly ambitious strategy of playing e4 when he would have a strong centre.
But he is behind in development and Pragg takes full advantage of the same.} b5
(16... c5 17. Ne2 cxd4 18. exd4 Ke7 $11 {Black somehow looks very comfortable.}
) 17. Bd3 (17. Bb3 b4 18. c4 $14) 17... b4 $1 18. Bxf5 {And I think this is
where Wesley was surprised.} (18. c4 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 b3+ $17) 18... bxc3 $1 {
Not missing his chance.} 19. Qc2 Rb8 $3 {Perhaps the most brilliant move of
the entire match. The rook is coming down to b2 and Wesley is just completely
busted.} (19... exf5 20. Ne2 $14 {gives White a good position.}) 20. Be4 (20.
Kf1 Rb2 21. Qe4 Qb5+ 22. Qd3 (22. Ke1 Qxf5 23. Qxc6+ Kf8 $19) 22... c2 23. Rc1
exf5 24. Qxb5 cxb5 25. Ne2 Rb1 $19) 20... Rb2 21. Bxc6+ Ke7 22. Qa4 Qxa4 23.
Bxa4 c2 24. Bxc2 Rxc2 {Although the material is just even (Black is even a
pawn down!) White is just losing the game because none of his pieces are
playing.} 25. Nh3 Bb4+ $1 {A smart move forcing White to lose his castling
rights.} (25... Rb8 26. O-O Rbb2 27. Rf2 {is still better for Black but White
has been able to limit the damage.}) 26. Kf1 Rgc8 27. Rg1 Rxh2 (27... Rxa2 28.
Rg2 Rxg2 29. Kxg2 Rc2+ $19 {was also very strong. But perhaps Pragg wanted to
take the h2-pawn, as the one on a2 is weak and will fall anyway.}) 28. Nf2 Rc2
29. Rg2 Rxg2 30. Kxg2 Bd2 31. Kh3 (31. e4 Be3 32. Rf1 Rxa2 33. d5 a5 $19) 31...
Bxe3 (31... Rxa2 {might be more accurate.} 32. e4 a5 $17 {and Black is just
better.}) 32. Ng4 Bc1 (32... Bd2 {This seemed logical because now d5 is not
possible, but I think Praggnanandhaa was afraid of Rb1.} 33. Rb1 Ba5 34. Rb7+
Rc7 $19 {with excellent winning chances.}) 33. d5 $1 {I think Wesley might
have heaved a sigh of relief after making this move. Although Black is clearly
doing really well, after this move White's pieces start to get some activity.}
exd5 $6 (33... Ba3 $1 $17 {would have kept control.}) 34. Rxd5 Rxa2 35. Rc5 h5
(35... Bg5 36. f4 $132) (35... Bd2 36. Rc7+ Kd6 37. Rxf7 h5 38. Nf2 Ke6 39. Rh7
$15) 36. Rxh5 (36. Rxc1 hxg4+ 37. Kxg4 {was perhaps the easier way to draw.})
36... Bb2 37. Rc5 Bd4 38. Rc4 Rd2 39. Nh6 Ke6 40. Kg4 Kd5 41. Ra4 Be3 42. f4 (
42. Nxf7 Rd4+ $1 43. Rxd4+ Bxd4 $19) 42... Bb6 43. Kf5 Rd3 44. g4 Rd4 45. Ra6
Bc7 46. Kxf6 Rxf4+ 47. Kg7 Bb6 48. g5 Ke6 49. Ra2 Rf3 50. Re2+ Re3 51. Rg2 Rf3
52. Re2+ Re3 53. Rg2 Rf3 {A fighting draw, one where Pragg played really well
and should have won the game. But Wesley hung on and was rewarded with the
half point.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 31st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.07.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{It was the first time that Praggnanandhaa was facing a world class GM in a
serious rapid game. Pragg had just become a GM 15 days ago at the age of 12
years 10 months and 13 days. So the pressure of achieving that title was off
his shoulders. But at the same time I think this was another pressure
situation because people wanted to know how would he fare against one of the
best rapid players in the business. That being said, even Wesley So would have
faced the pressure because he was up against such a young boy, who was not
even a teenager. Full credit to organisers in Leon for organizing this
exciting four game rapid match with a time control of 20 minutes + 10 seconds
increment per move.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 {Wesley just wants to play something
original and not check Pragg's opening preparation.} d5 3. Bf4 {Baadur Jobava
can be credited with popularising this opening, but now it has been used by
just about every top player in elite chess.} Bf5 4. Nb5 {With this move White
frees his c-pawn to advance to c4 at an appropriate moment.} Na6 5. e3 e6 (5...
c6 6. Nc3 {is also possible, and now Black has to decide whether he wants to
allow the doubling on his pawns on a6 or just wants to move his knight to c7.})
6. c4 Be7 ({In the third rapid game of the match, Pragg improved with ...c6.} 
6... c6 7. Nc3 Nb4 8. Rc1 Qa5 {Wesley So - Praggnanandhaa, game 3, Leon Match
2018.}) 7. a3 O-O 8. c5 {This seemed like an ambitious move by Wesley, but he
is asking Pragg that if you think this is overextending and I am neglecting my
development, then try to punish! It's true, there is no easy way for Black to
punish White for the liberties he has taken.} Ne8 {This was a tad too passive.}
(8... c6 9. Nd6 (9. Nc3 Nb8 {and Black has a superior position to what
happened in the game because he hasn't lost time with ....Ne8.}) 9... Bxd6 $1
10. Bxd6 (10. cxd6 Ne4 $15) 10... Ne4 $1 11. Bxf8 Qa5+ 12. Ke2 (12. b4 Nxb4 13.
axb4 Qxb4+ 14. Ke2 Qb2+ 15. Kf3 Qxf2#) 12... Qb5+ 13. Ke1 Qxb2 $19) 9. b4 c6
10. Nc3 Nb8 {Pragg realizes that he has to play ...Nd7 and try for a ...e5
break, but this looks a bit too slow.} 11. g4 $1 {I must say that this was an
ambitious choice by Wesley.} (11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Be2 $14 {And I felt that White
had a risk free edge because ...e5 for Black is not so easy to engineer and
meanwhile White has good control of the position.}) 11... Bg6 12. Nf3 {Now h4
followed by h5 was a big threat.} Nf6 {Not seeing any real way to fight
against h4-h5, Pragg gets his knight back on f6.} (12... h5 13. Ne5 $18) 13.
Ne5 {Wesley is not thinking about moving backwards!} (13. g5 Nh5 {Looks fine
for Black.}) 13... Nfd7 (13... Nbd7 14. Nxg6 (14. h4 $6 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ne4 16.
Nxe4 Bxe4 {And Black is fine here because f3 will be met with an intermediate
Bxh4+} 17. f3 Bxh4+ 18. Ke2 Bg6 $19 {and now there is no h-pawn to trap the
bishop.}) 14... fxg6 15. h4 $16 {White is better.}) 14. Nxg6 fxg6 $1 15. Bg3 {
White's plan is now simple. Either to play h4-h5 and start an attack. Or just
play f4 and clamp down on the e5 square.} g5 {Pragg stops both f4 and h4 with
this move.} 16. Bd3 (16. f4 {Trying to clamp the e5 square would not be so
great as after} gxf4 17. exf4 g5 $1 {Black gets some good counterplay.}) 16...
Bf6 {Black is all set to play e5 and it seems as if White has no good way to
stop it. But Wesley is not really interested in stopping the move ...e5. He
goes for an aggressive idea.} 17. h4 $5 (17. Qb3 Kh8 (17... e5 18. Nxd5 $18)
18. Rd1 e5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Qxd5 {was a much more accurate way to play.} Nc6
21. Bf5 $16) 17... gxh4 18. Bd6 e5 $1 {I am not sure how this move fares
theoretically. But I think practically it is a great decision. Black gives up
an exchange to finally get the break that he was aiming for right from the
opening.} 19. g5 $1 {Wesley is alert and spots his chance.} (19. Bxf8 Qxf8 $44
{seems like decent compensation.}) 19... Bxg5 20. Qh5 $2 {With this move So
gives up all his advantage in the position.} (20. dxe5 $1 $18 {After this
Black is left struggling because Qh5 is still a threat, so is f4 and the rook
is still hanging on f8:} Re8 21. Qh5 g6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Qh5+
Kg8 25. Rg1 $18) 20... e4 21. Nxe4 (21. f4 $5 Bf6 $13) 21... dxe4 22. Bc4+ (22.
Bxe4 Nf6 23. Qxg5 Nxe4 $19) 22... Kh8 23. Bxf8 {And here perhaps Wesley was
thinking that Pragg would take on f8 with the knight and that he could go Qf7,
but the little boy surprised him with a nice intermezzo.} g6 $5 (23... Nxf8 24.
Qf7 Nfd7 $13 {and although Black is clumsily placed with his knights jumping
on each other's toes, it is still a fine position for Black.} (24... Ng6 25.
Qxb7 $16)) 24. Qg4 Nxf8 25. Qxe4 Qe7 26. Qxe7 Bxe7 {somewhere around this
point I started to feel that the game might end in a draw. The main reason
being that materially Black is doing really well. On the other hand White's
coordination is good so he might be able to recover a pawn or two until Black
fully develops.} 27. Ke2 g5 28. Rab1 a6 29. d5 cxd5 30. Bxd5 Nc6 31. Rhd1 Rb8
$6 (31... Kg7 $11) 32. Be4 Kg7 33. b5 axb5 34. Rxb5 Na7 35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. Bxb7
Bxc5 {The a-pawn is scary, but Pragg does well to get all his pieces working
together. Judging by the fact that he had just 10 seconds left on his clock,
it was a great feat by young Pragg.} 37. a4 Kf6 38. Be4 h6 39. Rd5 Ne6 40. Rf5+
Ke7 41. Bd5 Bd6 42. a5 h3 43. Kf3 h5 $6 {Perhaps it became a bit too much for
Pragg to just wait around. White was threatening to get his king to the
kingside with Kg4 and so on and hence Pragg went for something more concrete.}
(43... Nc8 $11 44. Kg4 h2 45. Kh3 Nc7 46. Kg2 Nxd5 47. Rxd5 Kd7 $11) 44. Bxe6
g4+ 45. Ke4 Kxe6 46. Rxh5 h2 {The h-pawn now forces the rook to stay passive.}
47. Rh6+ Ke7 48. Kd5 Bc7 49. a6 Kf7 50. e4 {Now e5 is a threat, but Pragg has
it all figured out.} Kg7 51. Rh5 Kg6 52. Rh8 Kf6 {stopping ...e5.} 53. Kc5 Kg5
54. Kd4 Bb6+ $5 (54... g3 $1 {was winning the game as after} 55. fxg3 Bxg3 {
The threat is ...Bh4.} 56. Rg8+ Kf4 57. Rf8+ Kg4 58. Rf1 Bf2+ $1 59. Kd5 Bg1
$19) 55. Kd5 Bxf2 {I liked this idea of giving up the h-pawn, but putting all
the money on the g-pawn instead. Of course, ...g3 was winning, but it was not
easy to find it with just a few seconds left on the clock.} 56. Rxh2 g3 57. Rh8
Nb5 58. Rg8+ Kf4 59. Rf8+ Ke3 60. e5 (60. Rg8 $11) 60... g2 61. Rg8 Kf3 62. Kc6
$2 {A moment of temporary blindness for Wesley.} (62. Rxg2 {and the game would
have ended in a draw.} Kxg2 63. e6 Nc7+ 64. Kd6 Nxa6 65. e7 Bc5+ 66. Kd7 Bxe7
67. Kxe7 $11) 62... Bg3 $1 {The g-pawn is queening and there is no one that
can stop it.} 63. e6 g1=Q 64. e7 Nc7 {The e-pawn is stopped and Wesley
resigned. What a win for Praggnanandhaa. He fought against Wesley who was
rated 2852 in the rapid rating list on equal terms and came out strong!} 0-1

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 d5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bg7 7. Nc3
O-O 8. Nge2 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 f5 11. Qb3 Nc6 $1 (11... Bxd4 12. exd4 Nc6
13. Rad1 Nxd4 $4 (13... f4 14. Bd5) (13... Na5 14. Qb4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 $14) 14.
Qb4 $18) 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rfd1 $5 Qc7 14. g3 Rb8 (14... g5) 15. Qc2 Qa5 16.
Rac1 Bxc3 (16... g5) (16... f4 $6 17. exf4 Bg4 18. Rd2) 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3
Re8 (18... Rb6 19. a4 $1) 19. Rd6 Be6 20. Rxc6 Bxc4 21. Rxc4 Rb2 22. a4 Reb8
23. Rd1 R8b7 24. Rd5 $2 (24. Rdd4 $1 {Peng}) 24... Rc2 25. Rb5 Rd7 26. Rd4 Rc7
27. Rb3 Kg7 28. h4 $5 {Stops ideas of h3 and g4 but sets up a mating net in
case Black plays ...Kh6 with thre white rooks doubled on the seventh.} Kf6 29.
Kg2 h5 (29... Ke6 $1 {already preparing to take on c3}) 30. Rd3 Kg7 31. a5 Ra2
32. Rd5 Kf6 33. Rd6+ Ke7 34. Ra6 Rc2 $1 35. Kf3 Kf8 $1 36. Rd6 (36. Rb8+ Kg7
37. Ra8 R7xc3 $1 (37... Rd7 $2 38. R8xa7 Rdd2 39. Kf4 $1 Rxf2+ 40. Kg5 Rf3 41.
Rxg6+ $18) 38. R8xa7 Rd2 39. Rb6 Rcc2 40. Kf4 $1 Rc4+ 41. Kf3 Rcc2 $11) 36...
Ke7 37. Ra6 Kf8 38. Rd6 Ke7 39. Rd5 $5 (39. Rd3) 39... R2xc3 40. Rxc3 Rxc3 41.
Rb5 Kd6 (41... Rc7) 42. Rb7 Rc7 43. Rxc7 Kxc7 {[#] Hecht: White's weak pawn on
a5 is more than compensated by the threat of the breakthrough by the White
king on the king's wing. Black holds the draw by locking up the White king on
a7/a8. [#] Hecht: Die weiße Bauernschwäche a5 wird durch Einbruchsdrohung des
weißen Königs am Königsflügel mehr als kompensiert. Schwarz hält remis durch
Einsperren des weißen Königs auf a7/a8.} 44. e4 (44. Kf4 Kc6 (44... f6 $1 {Peng
} 45. e4 fxe4 46. Kxe4 Kd6 (46... Kc6 47. f4 Kd6 48. f5 g5 $1 49. g4 $2 (49.
hxg5 fxg5 50. f6 Ke6 51. f7 Kxf7 52. Kf5 h4 53. gxh4 gxh4 54. Kg4 Ke6 55. Kxh4
Kd5 56. Kg3 Kc4 57. Kf2 Kb5 58. Ke2 $11) 49... hxg4 $19)) 45. Ke5 Kb5 46. Kf6
Kxa5 47. Kxf7 Kb6 (47... Kb5 {Hecht} 48. Kxg6 a5 49. e4 fxe4 50. g4 hxg4 51. h5
e3 $19) 48. Kxg6 a5 49. g4 $1 fxg4 50. e4 a4 51. e5 a3 52. e6 a2 53. e7 a1=Q
54. e8=Q $16 {Peng}) 44... fxe4+ (44... Kc6 $2 45. exf5 gxf5 (45... Kb5 46.
fxg6 fxg6 47. Kf4 Kxa5 48. Kg5 Kb6 49. Kxg6 a5 50. f4) 46. Kf4 Kb5 47. Kg5 Kxa5
48. Kxh5 Kb5 49. Kg5 $18) 45. Kxe4 Kd6 (45... Kc6 {Hecht} 46. Ke5 Kb5 47. Kf6
Kxa5 48. Kxf7 Kb5 49. Kxg6 a5 50. f4 a4 51. f5 a3 52. f6 a2 53. f7 a1=Q 54.
f8=Q $18) 46. f3 (46. Kf4 f6 47. g4 (47. f3 {Hecht} Kc5 48. g4 Kb5 49. g5 fxg5+
50. Kxg5 Kxa5 51. Kxg6 Kb5 52. f4 a5 53. f5 a4 54. f6 a3 55. f7 a2 56. f8=Q
a1=Q 57. Qf5+ Kb4 58. Kxh5 $14 {Ask the Endgame-CD about this one! Endspiel-CD
befragen!}) 47... hxg4 48. Kxg4 Ke5 49. f4+ Ke6 (49... Ke4 $4 50. a6 $18) 50.
f5+ gxf5+ 51. Kf4 a6 52. h5 Kf7 53. Kxf5 Kg7 54. Ke6 Kh6 55. Kxf6 Kxh5 56. Ke6
Kg6 $11) 46... Ke6 47. a6 $6 (47. Kf4 f6 48. g4 hxg4 49. fxg4 a6 50. h5 (50.
Ke4 f5+ (50... Kd6 51. Kd4 (51. g5 fxg5 52. hxg5 Ke6) (51. h5 gxh5 52. gxh5 Ke6
53. h6 f5+ 54. Kf4 Kf6) 51... Ke6 52. Kc5 f5 53. gxf5+ gxf5 54. Kd4 Kf6 $11)
51. gxf5+ gxf5+ 52. Kf4 Kf6 53. h5 Ke6 54. Kg5 $18) 50... Kf7 (50... gxh5 $2
51. gxh5 Kf7 52. Kf5 Kg7 $11) 51. Ke4 f5+ $11) 47... f5+ 48. Kd4 Kd6 49. f4 Ke7
$1 (49... Kc6 $2 50. Ke5 Kb5 51. Kf6 Kxa6 52. Kxg6 Kb7 (52... Kb5 {Hecht} 53.
Kxf5 a5 54. Kg6 a4 55. f5 $16) 53. Kxf5 a5 54. Kg6 a4 55. f5 $18) 50. Ke5 Kf7
51. Kd5 Ke7 52. Kc6 Ke6 53. Kc7 Ke7 54. Kc8 (54. Kb7 Kd7 55. Kxa7 Kc7 56. Ka8
Kc8 57. Ka7 $11) 54... Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.22"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2850"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 (1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 {
- B13 is a line resembling our game. Later we will compare the resulting
positions, here} Qd7 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 $11 {
has a reliable reputation.}) 1... Nf6 2. Bf4 {This bishop sortie was once the
domain of Kamsky, recently more top players have resorted to it in a quest to
reach original positions (the foremost being Kramnik, Grischuk and Carlsen).
The following notes will concentrate mostly on their recent efforts.} (2. Nf3
g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 Nfd7 (6... Nc6 7. Bh2 Nd7 8. a4 e5 9.
a5 exd4 10. exd4 a6 11. O-O Re8 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. Re1 h6 14. d5 Ne7 15. Bf1 Nf5
16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Re1 Qf8 19. b4 Re8 20. Rb1 Bc8 21. b5 axb5 22.
Nxb5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 c6 24. Qd2 cxb5 25. Bxb5 Rd8 26. Bd3 Qe7 27. Qb4 Qc7 28. g4
Ne7 29. Qb6 Qxb6 30. Rxb6 Bc3 $11 {Carlsen,M (2850)-Aronian,L (2784) Berlin
blitz 2015}) 7. Bh2 e5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a6 11. a4 b6 12. Bc4 Bb7
13. Bd5 Rb8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Qc4 a5 18. Nb5 Nd8 19.
Bxb7 Ndxb7 20. Na7 Qe6 21. Qxe6 Rxe6 22. b3 f6 23. Nb5 c6 24. Nc3 Nd6 25. Nd2
Bf8 26. f3 Ree8 27. Bg3 Kf7 28. Bf2 Red8 29. Kf1 Na6 30. Ke2 Be7 31. e4 $14 {
Carlsen,M (2850)-Radjabov,T (2738) Berlin rpd 2015 White has finally
reactivated his bishop and is slightly better.}) 2... d5 {Black's reaction is
still a matter of choice.} ({Another solid option is} 2... e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nd2 (
4. c3 cxd4 (4... b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. h3 Be7 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. cxd4 O-O 9. a3 d6 10.
Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Bh2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Ba6 Rc7 15. Nd2 Bc6 16. Qe2
Qa8 17. e4 Bb7 18. Bd3 e5 19. Nc4 b5 20. Na5 exd4 21. Bxb5 Ne5 22. Nxb7 Qxb7
23. Rac1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rd1 Qb6 26. a4 h6 27. Bg3 Qc5 28. Kh2 Bf6 29. f4
Ng6 30. Bd3 $14 {Kamsky,G (2741)-Onischuk,A (2660) Saint Louis 2012}) 5. exd4
Be7 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 (9. h3 d6 10. Nbd2 {-4.Nd2}) 9... d6
10. c4 d5 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nc6 13. a3 Na5 14. Ba2 Rc8 15. Qd3 Nd5 16. Bd2
Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Bf6 18. Rad1 Bd5 19. Bb1 g6 20. Ne5 Nc4 21. Ng4 {1/2, Pakleza,Z 
(2498)-Stohl,I (2498) CZE 2015} Bg7 22. Ne3 Nxe3 23. fxe3 f5 $11 {/=/+}) 4...
b6 5. Ngf3 Be7 6. h3 Bb7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Ba6 $5 (9... d6 10. c3
(10. Bh2 Nbd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. c3 a6 13. Rc1 Bf8 14. a4 g6 15. Bf1 Rc8 16. Nc4
Qc7 17. Ne3 Qb8 (17... Ne4 $5 18. Bd3 Ndf6 $132) 18. Nd2 Red8 19. b4 Qa7 20.
Qb3 d5 21. Rc2 Nb8 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Qa3 24. Qxa3 Bxa3 25. Ra1 Bd6 26. Bxd6
Rxd6 27. Ra7 Rd7 {Grischuk,A (2810)-Aronian,L (2797) Beijing rpd 2014} 28. c4
$14) 10... Nbd7 11. Re1 a6 12. a4 Re8 13. Bh2 Nf8 (13... Qc7 14. c4 a5 15. Nb1
Qd8 16. Nc3 d5 17. b3 Bb4 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Re3 Nf8 20. Nb5 Ne4 21. Rc2 Re7 22.
Qc1 Nd7 23. Na7 Ra8 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. Rxc6 $16 {Kamsky,G (2718)
-Tiviakov,S (2648) Montreal 2007}) 14. Nc4 Ng6 (14... Nd5 $5 $11) 15. a5 b5 16.
Nb6 Ra7 (16... Rb8 $142) 17. b3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. c4 bxc4 20. bxc4 Ba8 21.
d5 $1 Bf6 22. Ra3 exd5 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. cxd5 Bxd5 25. Bxg6 Bxf3 26. Bxh7+
Kxh7 27. Rxf3 $14 {Kramnik,V (2777)-Duda,J (2658) Berlin blitz 2015}) 10. Nc4
Qc8 11. Ne3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nc6 13. c3 d5 14. Rae1 Qb7 15. Ne5 Rac8 16. a3 Rfe8
17. N3g4 Ne4 18. f3 Nf6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Ne5 Qb7 21. Bg5 Nd7 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23.
f4 Rce8 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Re3 Qd6 26. Qe2 f6 $11 {Kramnik,V (2777)-Leko,P 
(2707) Skopje 2015}) 3. e3 c5 (3... e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 (6...
Be7 7. Bd3 Nh5 8. Be5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 g6 12. Rf3 Ne8 13.
Rh3 f5 14. g4 Nf6 15. g5 Ne4 16. Qe1 Nxd2 17. Qh4 Nf3+ 18. Rxf3 Bd6 19. Rh3 Qc7
20. Nxg6 hxg6 {Fridman,D (2616)-Naiditsch,A (2706) Poznan blitz 2014} 21. dxc5
$1 $18) 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 (8. Bb5 a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Nd3 c4 12.
Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nc5 e5 14. b3 cxb3 15. axb3 Re8 16. O-O Ng4 17. g3 Qh6 18. h4 Ra7
19. Kg2 Rae7 20. Nf3 e4 21. Nh2 Nxh2 22. Kxh2 g5 23. Rh1 gxh4 24. Kg1 h3 25.
Nxa6 Ra7 26. Nc5 Rxa1 27. Qxa1 Bg4 $36 {Carlsen,M (2850)-Karjakin,S (2762)
Berlin blitz 2015}) 8... b6 9. e4 (9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 Ne7 11. Qb1 (11. Qc2 c4
12. Be2 Nf5 13. Bf2 Be7 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15. Bxg4 Nd6 16. f5 $6 exf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5
18. Qxf5 Qc8 19. Qf3 b5 20. h4 a5 21. h5 h6 22. Bh4 Re8 23. Nf1 Qe6 24. Kf2 Bf8
$17 {Andreikin,D (2720)-Karjakin,S (2762) Baku 2015}) 11... g6 12. Bf2 cxd4 13.
exd4 Nh5 14. g3 f6 15. Nef3 Qc8 16. O-O Ba6 17. Re1 Ng7 18. Kg2 Rb8 19. a3 Re8
20. Qc2 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Qd7 22. Re2 a5 23. Rae1 a4 24. h3 b5 $11 {Grischuk,A 
(2810)-Wang,H (2710) Beijing rpd 2014}) 9... dxe4 $5 (9... Be7 10. e5 Nh5 11.
a3 a5 12. Qe2 Ra7 (12... c4 13. Bc2 b5 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Qxh5 g6 16. Qe2 f5 17.
exf6 Qxf6 18. h4 Bf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. g3 Qf6 21. f4 Ra7 22. Nf3 h6 23. Ne5
Nxe5 24. dxe5 Qg7 25. Qg4 Rd8 26. O-O-O b4 27. Qxg6 Qxg6 28. Bxg6 Rg7 29. h5
$16 {Kramnik,V (2777)-Zhigalko,S (2656) Berlin rpd 2015}) 13. O-O c4 14. Bc2 b5
15. h4 g6 16. Bh2 Bxh4 17. g4 Ng7 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. Kg2 f5 20. exf6 Qxf6 21.
Bd6 Rff7 22. f4 e5 23. dxe5 Qh4 24. f5 gxf5 25. Rh1 Qd8 26. Qe3 d4 $1 $132 {
Grischuk,A (2774)-Nakamura,H (2816) Skopje 2015}) 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bb7
12. Qa4 Qc7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qc4 (14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. O-O Rfd8 17.
Qb5 Na5 18. Bxb7 {1/2, Burmakin,V (2565)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2660) Barcelona
2013}) 14... Rad8 15. Qxc5 f5 16. Bc2 f4 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Ng5 g6
20. Qxg6+ Qg7 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Qh3+ Kg8 23. Qe6+ Kh8 {½, Baklanov,V (2354)
-Aleksandrov,A email 2003}) 4. c3 {In keeping with his style Carlsen opts for
the more restrained continuation.} ({After the more concrete and sharper} 4.
dxc5 {Black should be able to hold his own in the resulting complications:} Nc6
(4... e6 5. b4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. c3 a5 8. Qb3 (8. Qe2 axb4 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10.
cxb4 d4 11. Nf3 Nd5 12. O-O dxe3 13. Bg5 $6 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qc4 Qf6 16.
Nd4 e2 17. Re1 Nxb4 (17... Nf4 $1 $19) 18. Nd2 O-O 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. Ne4 Qb2
21. Qxe2 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Ra4 23. Rb1 Rfa8 24. Rxb7 Rxa2 $11 {Savchenko,B (2583)
-Motylev,A (2645) Khanty-Mansiysk 2007/ For more details see the notes to this
game in CBM 122 by Krasenkow.}) 8... Ne4 9. Ne2 (9. f3 e5 10. fxe4 exf4 11. Ne2
(11. exd5 Qh4+ 12. Kd1 Qf2 13. Ne2 O-O-O 14. exf4 Bg4 15. Re1 Ne7 16. d6 Nf5
17. d7+ Kb8 18. Kd2 Ne3 19. Qxf7 Bxd7 $1 20. Bxd7 Kc7 $19 {Rumyantsev,V (1812)
-Bohak,J (2185) email 2010}) 11... Qh4+ 12. g3 fxg3 13. Nxg3 dxe4 14. O-O Be6
15. Qa4 Rc8 16. Nd2 Be7 17. Bc4 O-O 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ndxe4 Ne5 20. Qd1 axb4
21. cxb4 Rxf1+ 22. Qxf1 Ra8 23. Qe2 Bg5 $132 {Sanchez Riera,X-Franco Rincon,D 
(2142) email 2011}) 9... g5 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 (10... bxc6 $5 11. Be5 f6 12. Bg3 Bg7
$44) 11. Be5 f6 12. Bg3 (12. Bd4 $5) 12... h5 (12... axb4 13. cxb4 b6 $1 $13)
13. f3 h4 14. fxe4 (14. Bf2 $14) 14... hxg3 15. Nxg3 Qc7 16. O-O O-O-O (16...
Qh7 $5) 17. Nd2 Be7 18. Nf3 g4 $2 (18... Rxh2 19. Nxh2 Qxg3 20. Rf3 $16) 19.
Nd4 Rxh2 20. Rf4 Rdh8 21. Nxe6 Qe5 22. Nd4 $18 {Karjakin,S (2762)-Gajewski,G 
(2654) Berlin rpd 2015}) (4... Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Qxc5 6. Nb5 Na6 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. a4 g6
9. Be5 Bg7 10. Bd4 Qb4+ 11. c3 Qa5 12. Nxa7 O-O 13. Nb5 Bg4 14. Be2 Nb8 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qxd5 Nc6 17. O-O Rad8 18. Qa2 Qb6 19. b4 $18 {Stefanova,A (2551)
-Harika,D (2515) Khanty-Mansiysk olw 2010}) 5. Bb5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6
8. Nf3 (8. Qd4 e6 9. b4 Qa3 10. Nge2 a5 11. Rb1 axb4 12. Rxb4 Ba6 13. O-O Bxe2
14. Nxe2 Be7 15. Bd6 Bxd6 16. cxd6 O-O 17. Ng3 Rfc8 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. e4 dxe4 20.
c4 Qxa2 21. Qxa2 Rxa2 22. Rb6 h5 23. Rxc6 h4 $17 {Grischuk,A (2781)-Anand,V 
(2804) Stavanger blitz 2015}) 8... Ne4 $5 (8... e6 9. O-O Bd7 10. a3 Qxc5 11.
Na4 Qa7 12. c4 Be7 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rxc8+ Bxc8 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17.
exd4 Bd7 18. Nb6 Bd8 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Rc1 f6 21. Rc6 Kf7 22. Rxa6 $16 {
Grischuk,A (2771)-Anand,V (2816) Saint Louis 2015 For more details about this
game see the notes in CBM 168 by Wagner.}) 9. Qd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 f6 11. O-O e5
12. Bxe5 fxe5 13. Qxe5+ Kf7 14. Ng5+ Kg8 15. Qe8 (15. Ne6 Bd7 16. Nxf8 Rxf8 $11
) 15... Qc7 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. Qxe6+ Qf7 18. Qxc6 Ra7 19. Rfd1 h5 20. Qxd5 Rc7
21. Rab1 Rxc5 22. Qa8 Rh6 23. Rb8 Rb5 24. Rxb5 axb5 25. a4 {1/2, Beecham,C 
(2499)-Mahling,T (2467) email 2008}) 4... Nc6 5. Nd2 cxd4 {By resolving the
central tension Black won't have to worry about dxc5 anymore. Also Wojtaszek
has played this line in the recent past.} ({However, the more usual} 5... Bf5 {
is also fully playable:} 6. Qb3 (6. Ngf3 Qb6 7. Qb3 c4 8. Qxb6 axb6 $11 9. a3
h6 10. Be2 b5 11. O-O e6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. Nd4 Bxe2 16.
Nxe2 Nc5 17. Nd4 Ra5 18. Bg3 Be7 19. f3 O-O 20. Rad1 Nd3 21. Rd2 Bc5 22. Bh4
Ra6 23. f4 f6 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Re2 e5 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Rxf8+ Bxf8 28. Nxb5
Rb6 29. a4 Ra6 30. h3 Rxa4 $17 {Eljanov,P (2717)-Bluebaum,M (2588) Berlin
blitz 2015}) 6... Qd7 7. Ngf3 c4 8. Qd1 e6 9. Be2 (9. h3 h6 10. Be2 Bd6 11. O-O
O-O 12. b3 b5 13. a4 a6 14. b4 Qc7 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qc1 Nd7 17. Qb2 Nb6 18.
Bd1 Rfb8 19. a5 Nd7 20. Bc2 Bxc2 21. Qxc2 e5 22. dxe5 Ndxe5 23. Rad1 Nd3 24.
Ne1 Nce5 25. Ndf3 Nxf3+ 26. Nxf3 Rd8 27. Rd2 Rd7 28. Rfd1 Rad8 29. Ne1 Ne5 $11
{Grachev,B (2654)-Eljanov,P (2742) Moscow blitz 2010}) 9... h6 10. O-O Bd6 (
10... Be7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 O-O 13. Bf3 b5 14. a3 a5 15. Re1 Ne4 16. Bxe4
dxe4 17. a4 Rfc8 18. axb5 Qxb5 19. Qa4 Qd5 20. Bg3 h5 21. h3 h4 22. Bh2 f6 23.
f3 Qb7 24. Qc2 exf3 25. e4 $5 $13 {Kamsky,G (2741)-Potkin,V (2647)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 11. b3 (11. Bxd6 Qxd6 $11) 11... Bxf4 12. exf4 cxb3 13.
axb3 O-O 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Qc1 Rfc8 16. Qb2 a6 17. h3 Qb6 18. Rfc1 Rc7 19. Bf1
Rac8 20. Nd3 Nd7 21. Qa3 $2 (21. b4 $5 $13) 21... Na7 $1 22. Qb2 Nb5 $17 {
Grachev,B (2673)-Najer,E (2646) Moscow blitz 2014}) 6. exd4 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qc8 8.
Ngf3 e6 (8... h6 9. Ne5 g5 10. Bg3 Bg7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O e6 13. Rae1 Ne4 14.
Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Nd3 Bh7 16. Qd1 Ne7 17. Be5 f6 18. Bd6 Re8 19. Bh5 Bg6 20. Bxe7
Bxh5 21. Qxh5 Rxe7 22. f4 Qe8 23. Qf3 f5 24. fxg5 hxg5 25. g4 $16 {Carlsen,M 
(2850)-Wagner,D (2575) Berlin rpd 2015}) 9. Nh4 {White wants to at least net
himself the bishop pair. Other moves lead to rather sedate play.} (9. Ne5 Be7
10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nd7 13. Bg3 Nb8 14. a4 Nc6 15. a5 a6 16. Qa4
Qd7 17. b4 {Eljanov,P (2717)-Motylev,A (2649) Berlin blitz 2015} e5 $1 $132 {/\
} 18. dxe5 d4) (9. Be2 h6 10. h3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 Bd8 (12... a6 13. a4
Nd7 14. Bf1 Re8 15. Rac1 Na5 16. Qa2 Nb6 17. b4 Nac4 18. a5 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 Nd7
20. Nb3 Nb8 21. Nc5 $14 {Grachev,B (2666)-Motylev,A (2648) Sochi rpd 2015}) 13.
a4 Bc7 $11 {½, Grachev,B (2666)-Motylev,A (2648) St Petersburg rpd 2015}) 9...
Be4 (9... Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. h3 Be7 12. Bd3 Bd8 13. Nf3 Bc7 14. Be3 O-O 15.
Qc2 a6 16. h4 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. O-O-O Re8 20. Kb1 b5 21. Bg5
Ne4 22. Bc1 b4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. cxb4 Qg4 25. Rhe1 Bf6 26. g3 Rac8 27. Qb3 $14
{Grischuk,A (2774)-Motylev,A (2649) Berlin rpd 2015}) 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Nf3 Bd6
12. Bxd6 ({Radek's previous experience went} 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qc7 14. Bd3
h6 15. g4 O-O-O 16. Kf1 Kb8 17. a4 Rhe8 18. a5 Nxa5 19. Qa4 Nc6 20. b4 Qb6 21.
g3 e5 22. b5 Nxd4 23. cxd4 e4 $15 {Kamsky,G (2683)-Wojtaszek,R (2737) Sochi
2015/ Black had no problems whatsoever, therefore he was willing to repeat the
line even against Carlsen.}) 12... Nxd6 13. Bd3 Qc7 (13... O-O 14. Qc2 h6 {
can transpose into games from the following note. I somehow doubt Carlsen
would go in for something wild like} 15. g4 (15. O-O-O b5 $15 {[%cal Yb5b4]})
15... Re8 16. O-O-O b5 $13 {/=/+}) 14. Qc2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 32] A tricky move
order; for the time being Carlsen leaves his king on e1 and wants his opponent
to disclose his castling intentions first.} (14. O-O O-O 15. Qc2 h6 (15... g6
16. Rfe1 b5 17. Qd2 Kg7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Rab8 20. h4 Qd8 21. h5 Qf6 22.
Rae1 Nc4 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. R1e3 Rb6 25. Rf3 Qe7 26. Rh3 Rh8 27. Qe2 Rhb8 28.
Qe3 Qf6 29. Rf3 Qh4 30. Rh3 Qf6 31. Rf3 $11 {Sandipan,C (2594)-Kasimdzhanov,R 
(2700) Dubai rpd 2014}) 16. Qe2 Rab8 17. a4 (17. b4 $6 Ne7 18. Rac1 Nec8 19.
Bb1 Nc4 20. Qd3 g6 21. Qe2 N8d6 22. h4 Rfe8 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Nc4 25. Rfe1
h5 $15 {Karlik,V (2248)-Vrana,J (2298) Novy Bor 2010}) 17... Rbe8 18. Ne5 Nxe5
{1/2, Sedlak,N (2538)-Prohaszka,P (2573) Hungary 2012} 19. Qxe5 (19. dxe5 Nc4
$11) 19... Re7 $11 {We have already mentioned a position like this in the very
first note, here the strategy is very similar. In the reversed Carlsbad
structure White's chances for a successful kingside attack with only one pair
of minor pieces are minimal; moreover Black has reasonable queenside
counterplay.}) 14... O-O-O {Radek repeats queenside castling from
Kamsky-Wojtaszek above, but here the situation is different. While the text
move is probably objectively playable, a more circumspect one was} (14... h6 {
and we will probably get a position from the previous note. And if Black is
too worried, his king can still copy White's castling...}) 15. O-O $13 {
Contrary to Kamsky, White can simply castle and a sharp and complex struggle
with kings on opposite sides of the board is on.} h6 16. a4 Kb8 17. Rfe1 {
A sound positional move. White is in no hurry to push b4 and give Black play
against c3.} ({Carlsen is also not interested in the typical, but unclear pawn
sacrifice} 17. a5 Nxa5 $5 18. Qa4 (18. Ra4 $5 Nc6 19. Rfa1 $44) 18... b6 $13)
17... Rc8 {[%cal Yc6b4]} 18. Qd1 (18. Qe2 {seems more natural, but White maybe
already anticipated using this square for a different piece later on.} g5 $13 (
18... Rhe8 $5 $132 {[%cal Yf7f6,Ye6e5]})) 18... Rhe8 {Starting from this
moment onwards kingside expansion would seem natural.} ({However, after} 18...
g5 {Black must reckon with} 19. Ne5 $5 {[%cal Yd1h5]} h5 20. Qf3 Nxe5 21. dxe5
(21. Rxe5 Qd8 $13) 21... Nc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Rad1 $14 {- here his 18th move
has only weakened his setup.}) 19. Bf1 Re7 (19... f6 $5 {[%cal Yg7g5,Yh6h5]})
20. Rc1 Rd8 {Restrained manoeuvring.} ({Although it's difficult to evaluate
the position unequivocally, the time already seems ripe for} 20... g5 $5 $13)
21. Re2 {This frees e1 for the knight. Although this will work nicely in the
game, right now it's not too impressive.} (21. b4 $5 g5 22. Nd2 $13 {[%cal
Yd2b3,Yb3c5]}) 21... Ne4 $6 {This doesn't seem ideal anymore.} (21... g5 $132)
22. b4 $1 Ng5 (22... g5 23. b5 g4 (23... Na5 24. c4 $1 $36) 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25.
Qxd2 Na5 26. Qxh6 $14) (22... f5 $142 $5 23. b5 Na5 {is maybe better, but I
can understand Black was unwilling to make such a committal move.}) 23. Ne1 e5
{seeking quick central counterplay.} ({White already has a lead in his attack
after} 23... f6 24. a5 $5 (24. Nd3 e5 25. a5 e4 26. Nc5 f5 27. Ra2 $36 {
[%cal Yb4b5,Ya5a6] is a line, given by Danny King - also here White's play is
more straightforward and dangerous.}) 24... e5 25. a6 b6 26. Nc2 $14 {[%cal
Yc2e3,Yb4b5,Yc2b4] /|^}) 24. b5 Na5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. dxe5 Qxe5 27. c4 $36 {
[%csl Gc1,Gd1,Ge1,Gf1] Despite all his pieces on the basic rank, Magnus is
pushing! The main reason is Black's forces are uncoordinated, once the game
has opened up especially the decentralised knights are a problem.} Ne6 28. Nf3
(28. c5 $5 Rc8 (28... Qd4 29. Nd3 {is similar}) 29. Nd3 $36 {/\} Qd4 30. c6
bxc6 31. Qe1 $40) 28... Qf4 $2 {Gives White's initiative a further boost.} (
28... Qe4 29. c5 $36) ({However, even after the better} 28... Qd6 $142 29. cxd5
Qxd5 30. Qe1 b6 31. Rc3 ({or} 31. g3 $5 $14 {[%cal Yf1g2] Black's king is more
vulnerable and he is worse.})) 29. cxd5 Rxd5 (29... Nc7 30. g3 Qd6 31. Rc2 $16)
30. Qxd5 Qxc1 31. g3 $1 $16 {[%csl Yf4][%cal Rf3e5][%mdl 128] A strong
multi-purpose move. It gives the king luft, limits the Ne6, prepares Ne5 and
frees g2 or h3 for the bishop. Carlsen winds up the attack impeccably.} (31.
Ne5 Qc7 32. g3 Qd8 33. Qe4 Qc7 34. Qe3 $36 {is less convincing.}) 31... Qc5 (
31... Qc7 32. Bh3 Nc5 33. Ne5 $40) ({A more resilient try was} 31... Qc8 $142
$5 32. Bh3 Nc4 $16) 32. Qd7 Qf8 (32... Qc7 33. Qe8+ Qd8 (33... Nd8 34. Ne5 {
[%cal Re5f7]}) 34. Qxf7 $18) (32... Qf5 33. Nd4 $1 {and Black's kingside
collapses:} Nxd4 34. Qd6+ (34. Qd8+ Qc8 35. Qxd4 f6 (35... Qf8 36. Qf4+ Ka8 37.
Qc7 Nb3 38. Bg2 Qb8 39. Qc3 $18) 36. Qd6+ Ka8 37. Qe7 $18 {[%csl Ra5,Rb7,Rg7]})
34... Kc8 35. Qxd4 $18 {[%cal Rd4a7,Rd4g7]}) 33. Ne5 $18 Nc5 34. Qd5 {[%cal
Rd5c5]} Kc7 35. Nxf7 Nxa4 {Trying to keep at least material equal, but this
won't last for long.} (35... Qe7 36. Ne5 Nxa4 37. Ng6 Qd6 (37... Qd7 38. Qe5+
Kb6 39. Nf8 $18) 38. Qf7+ $18 {/\} Qd7 39. Qf4+) 36. Qe5+ Kb6 $8 (36... Kc8 37.
Bh3#) 37. Nd6 Nc5 (37... a6 38. Bh3 $5 (38. Qe6 Kc7 (38... Ka7 39. bxa6 $18)
39. Ne8+ Kb8 40. bxa6 $18) 38... Nc5 39. Nc8+ Kxb5 40. Bf1+ Kb4 41. Qe1+ $18)
38. Ne8 {[%cal Re5c7]} (38. Ne8 Qf7 39. Qd6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "World op 45th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2017.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Stukopin, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Stukopin,A"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2017.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nd2 {A slightly unusual order of moves.} (4.
Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 {would lead to more frequently played positions.}) 4... Nc6 5. c3
Bf5 6. Ngf3 (6. Qb3 Qd7 7. Ngf3 c4 8. Qd1 e6 9. Be2 h6 {with equal chances.})
6... Qb6 7. dxc5 $5 {The most challenging move in the position.} (7. Qb3 c4 8.
Qxb6 axb6 {[%cal Gh7h6,Ge7e6,Gb6b5]}) (7. Qc1 e6 8. Nh4 Be4 $1 {and Black is
doing great.}) (7. Nh4 Bd7 8. Qc2 Nh5 $15) 7... Qxb2 {Black has to accept the
challenge.} ({After the safer} 7... Qxc5 $6 8. Qb3 ({or} 8. Nb3 $5 Qb6 9. a4 a6
(9... a5 $6 10. Bb5 {[%csl Gb5]}) (9... e6 $2 10. a5 Qd8 11. a6 $18) 10. a5 Qd8
11. Be2 $14) 8... Na5 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Nb3 $5 Nxb3 (10... Bxa4 11. Nxc5 Bc6 12.
Ne5 $14) 11. Qxb3 Bc6 12. Ne5 $14 {White gets some advantage.}) 8. Nd4 e5 (8...
Bg4 $5 9. Rb1 Qxc3 10. Nb5 Qa5 11. Bc7 Bxd1 12. Bxa5 $14 {1/2-1/2 (12)
Rotstein,A (2501)-Wagner,D (2543) Austria 2017. The game continued with} Bc2 {
and White could have created certain problems after} (12... Rc8 $5 {might have
been stronger} 13. Nxa7 (13. Nc7+ Kd8 (13... Kd7 14. Bb5 Rxc7 15. Bxc7 Kxc7 16.
Rxd1 e6 $14) 14. Ne6+ Ke8 15. Nc7+ $11) 13... Nxa7 14. Kxd1 Nc6 15. Bc3 e5 {
Even though White has two bishops, his pieces are not well coordinated which
gives Black time to consolidate and get some counterplay in the centre.}) 13.
Nc7+ Kd7 14. Rb2 Rc8 15. Bb5 Bd3 16. Bxc6+ Kxc6 17. Nf3 $14) 9. Nxf5 $6 (9.
Bxe5 $5 {was an interesting alternative} Bg4 (9... Nxe5 10. Nxf5 O-O-O 11. Rb1
Qxc3 12. Rc1 Qa3 13. Be2 $14) 10. Rb1 $1 (10. f3 Nxe5 11. Nb5 $1 (11. fxg4 Bxc5
$17) 11... Bxc5 12. Rb1 Qxa2 13. Ra1 Qb2 14. Rb1 $11) 10... Qa3 (10... Bxd1 11.
Rxb2 Nxe5 12. Kxd1 $14) 11. f3 Nxe5 12. fxg4 a6 $1 {[%cal Rd4b5,Rf1b5]} 13.
N2b3 (13. Rxb7 Bxc5 14. Be2 Qxc3) (13. g5 Nfg4 14. Qb3 Bxc5 15. Qxa3 Bxa3 16.
Ke2 h6 $1 {and Black is doing just fine}) 13... Qa4 $44) 9... exf4 10. Rb1 (10.
exf4 g6 $5 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. cxd6 Qxc3 $17) 10... Qxc3 11. Rxb7 fxe3 (11...
Bxc5 $5 12. Rb3 (12. Bb5 O-O 13. Bxc6 fxe3 14. fxe3 Rac8 $1 15. Rb3 Qe5 16. Bb7
Qxf5 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 $40 {[%csl Re1]}) 12... Qe5 13. Bb5 O-O 14. Bxc6 Rac8 15.
Bb7 Qxf5 16. Bxc8 Qxc8 $36) 12. Nxe3 (12. fxe3 Bxc5 13. Bb5 O-O 14. Bxc6 Rac8 (
14... Bxe3 15. Ne7+ (15. Nxe3 Qxe3+ 16. Qe2 Qc5 17. Ba4 Rfe8 $19) 15... Kh8 16.
Rb3 Qe5 17. Bxa8 {leading to a wide variety of complicated positions. However,
even here the black side should have better chances.})) 12... Bxc5 13. Rb3 {
The rook is better off protecting the e3-square.} (13. Bb5 $2 Bxe3 14. fxe3 O-O
$19) 13... Qe5 14. Bb5 Rc8 15. Nf3 Qe6 (15... Qe7 $4 16. Bxc6+ Rxc6 17. Rb8+
$18) (15... Qd6 $6 16. Nf5 Qf4 (16... Qe6+ $2 17. Re3 $1 Bxe3 18. Nxg7+ $18)
17. N5d4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 O-O 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Nxc6 Re8+ 21. Kf1 Ne4 $44) 16. Ng5
$6 {An attempt for a threefold repetition.} (16. Qc2 O-O $1 17. Qxc5 Na5 18.
Qa3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Qb6 $36) (16. Nd4 $5 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 O-O 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. O-O
a6 $15) 16... Qd6 (16... Qe7 $6 17. Bxc6+ Rxc6 18. Rb8+ Kd7 19. Rb7+ Rc7 20.
Qa4+ Kc8 21. Rxc7+ Kxc7 22. O-O $13) (16... Qe5 $6 17. Nf3 Qe6 18. Ng5 Qe5 19.
Nf3 $11) 17. Bxc6+ Rxc6 18. O-O O-O $17 {Black has an extra pawn, but winning
the position is still a big challenge.} 19. Rd3 Bxe3 ({It was probably smarter
to keep more pieces on the board} 19... d4 $5 20. Nc2 Rd8 21. Nf3 Bb6 {[%cal
Gc6c4]}) 20. Rxe3 Rc4 {It seemed to me that Black should not rush with
advanicng the d-pawn too far, but rather focus on finding good squares for the
pieces.} (20... d4 $6 21. Rd3 Rd8 22. Nf3 Rc4 23. Qb3 Qc7 24. Rfd1 {[%csl Rd4]}
) 21. Nf3 Rd8 22. h3 h6 {Making an escape route for the king is never a
mistake when given the chance.} 23. Qb3 Ne4 24. Rd1 Qc5 25. Qa3 $1 {White has
better chances to make a draw without queens on the board.} Nc3 (25... d4 26.
Qxc5 Nxc5 27. Ra3 a6 28. Ne5 Rc2 29. Nc6 Rd6 30. Ne7+ Kh7 31. Nf5 Rd5 (31...
Rd7 32. Rxd4) 32. Ne3 dxe3 33. Rxd5 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 exf2 35. Rf3 Ne4 36. Re5 (36.
Rdf5 f6 37. R5f4 Re1 {this position might be dangerous for White since in the
rook endgame Black will get his rook to a4.}) 36... f1=Q 37. Rxf1 Rxf1 38. Rxe4
{and White has good chances to hold the position.}) (25... Qc7 $5 {was most
likely the strongest move, but having little time on my clock, I decided that
it would be easier to create difficulties for my opponent in an endgame.}) 26.
Qxc5 Rxc5 27. Rd2 a5 $5 {The pawn needs to get to a4 where it will no longer
be vulnerable.} 28. Nd4 a4 29. f3 Rc4 {[%csl Ga4,Gc3,Gc4]} 30. Nf5 (30. Ne2 Nb5
{[%cal Gd5d4]}) 30... d4 31. Red3 (31. Rxd4 Rdxd4 32. Nxd4 Nxa2 {The position
is almost lost for the white side.}) 31... Kf8 $2 {At this moment, both of us
were in time trouble.} 32. Kf2 $2 (32. Rc2 $1 h5 33. Nxd4 Rdxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxd4
35. Rxc3 $11) 32... Nb5 33. g4 {Making some space for the knight} Rd5 34. Ng3
Nc7 {[%cal Gc7e6,Ge6c5]} 35. Rb2 g6 36. Rdd2 Ne6 37. h4 d3 38. h5 Nc5 39. hxg6
fxg6 40. Nf1 Re5 41. Ne3 Rf4 {[%cal Gc5e4]} 42. Kg3 g5 {[%csl Ge5,Gf4]} 43. Nf5
h5 $1 44. Rh2 hxg4 45. Rb8+ (45. Rh7 $5 Rfxf5 $1 46. Rb8+ Re8 47. Rh8+ Kf7 48.
Rbxe8 (48. Rhxe8 Nd7 49. Rbd8 d2 50. Rxd7+ Kxe8 51. Rxd2 gxf3 $19) 48... Ne6
49. fxg4 Rd5 {[%cal Gd3d2,Gd2d1]}) 45... Kf7 46. Nh6+ Ke6 $6 (46... Ke7 $1 47.
Nxg4 Re1 $36 {[%cal Ge1g1]}) 47. Nxg4 Ref5 48. Re8+ Kd7 49. Re3 Rd5 50. Rd2 {
The only piece that can be improved at this moment is the king.} Kc7 51. Re7+
Kd6 52. Re8 Rdf5 53. Rf2 Kd7 $6 (53... Ne6 $1 {[%csl Ge6,Re8][%cal Re6d8,Re8e3,
Ge6d4] cutting the e8 rook off.}) 54. Re3 Kd6 55. Re8 Kc6 56. Ne3 Kd7 57. Rg8
Re5 $6 (57... Rf8 $1 58. Rxf8 (58. Rxg5 Ne4+ $19) 58... Rxf8 $19) 58. Rxg5
Rxf3+ 59. Kxf3 Rxg5 60. Nd1 Kd6 61. Ke3 $6 (61. Nc3 $1 Ke5 62. Ke3 Rg3+ 63. Kd2
) 61... Kd5 (61... Rg3+ $1 62. Kd4 Rg4+ 63. Ke3 Ke5 $19 {[%cal Gg4g3]}) 62.
Nc3+ Kc4 63. Kd2 Rg4 64. Rh2 Rf4 {Getting the rook to a safer square out of
range of the c3 knight.} 65. Rg2 Rh4 66. Rf2 Kb4 67. Rg2 Rc4 68. Nd5+ Ka3 69.
Nc3 (69. Ne3 $1 $11) 69... Kb2 70. Nd1+ $1 Ka3 (70... Ka1 71. Nc3) (70... Kxa2
71. Ne3 Kb3 72. Nxc4 Kxc4 73. Kc1 Kc3 74. Rc2+ $11) 71. Ne3 Re4 72. Rg5 Ne6 73.
Rf5 Nf4 74. Nd5 $4 Re2+ 75. Kd1 Nxd5 $4 (75... Nh3 $1 $19 {wins on the spot.})
76. Rxd5 $11 Re3 77. Kd2 Re2+ 78. Kxd3 Rxa2 79. Kc3 Ra1 80. Rb5 Rc1+ 81. Kd2
Rc4 82. Rb8 Ka2 83. Rb7 a3 84. Rb8 Rc7 85. Rb6 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 e6 (3... c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 {1-0 (72) see the game
Carlsen,M (2864)-Kramnik,V (2803) Moscow 2013 CBM 155 (Sumets,A)}) 4. Nd2 c5 5.
c3 Be7 ({Black could have played 5...Bd6. In this case, if White plays Bd3, f4
then Black can open the c-file by means of ....h6 and after Bh4 then cxd4.} 
5... Bd6 6. Ngf3 (6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 (8... cxd4 9. cxd4) 9. Qb1 $2
(9. Rb1 Qc7 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 g5 $5 11. fxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 e5) 10. Ngf3 O-O
11. O-O b6 $13) 9... g5 $2 (9... Ng4 $1 10. Nf1 cxd4 11. cxd4 g5 $1 12. fxg5
hxg5 13. Bxg5 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 f6 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg3 e4 $19) 10. fxg5 hxg5 11. Bxg5
Rxh2 12. Rxh2 Bxh2 $11 {Mikhailov,S (2398)-Prokopenko,A (2189) Taganrog 2010
1-0 (27)}) 6... h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O b6 {Black controls the
e5-square, so White's typical plan Ne5, f4 and let's say Rf3 with a possible
strong attack on the kingside doesn't work. He can't get more than an equal
position after 10.Bg3.} 10. e4 cxd4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. cxd4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Rb8
14. Nc4 Qe7 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Rc1 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 $15 {Jones,G (2665)-Meier,
G (2646) Tromso 2014 0-1 (68)}) 6. Bd3 Nc6 {Black can try to put his knight to
d7 or he can start with b6, Bb7.} (6... Nbd7 7. Ngf3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qb1 h6
10. Bh4 O-O 11. b4 c4 $5 12. Bc2 a5 13. b5 a4 14. Qd1 a3 (14... Ra5 $5 15. Rb1
Ne8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rb4 Nd6 18. Qb1 f5) 15. Rb1 Ra5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7
18. Bg3 Nc5 19. Nf3 Ne4 20. Qe1 (20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nd4 Bc5 22. Qg4 Qe8 $15)
20... Bc5 (20... Nxg3 $5 21. hxg3 Qc7 $15) 21. Nd4 Qe8 $2 (21... Nxg3 22. hxg3
Qd7 $13) 22. Bf4 $16 {Zherebukh,Y (2595)-Chirila,I (2530) Chicago USA 2016 1-0
(43)}) (6... b6 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. Qe2 a5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7
12. f4 Nf6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rf3 Ne4 15. Rh3 f6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bc4 g6 $11 {
Perunovic,M (2578)-Lenic,L (2637) Sarajevo 2011 0-1 (50)}) 7. f4 Ng8 $6 $146 {
I don't think that this idea will find many followers.} (7... O-O 8. Ngf3 b6 9.
O-O (9. h4 $5 Ne8 (9... Bb7 {I don't know what Ehlvest had in mind after 9...
Bb7 but I think he would play 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.g4.} 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Bxh7+ $6 {
it might work only in blitz game.} Kxh7 12. Ng5+ Kh6 (12... Kg8 $4 13. Qh5 $18)
13. Ndf3 (13. Qc2 g6 $8 14. h5 Bxg5 15. hxg6+ Bh4+ 16. g3 Kg7 17. Rxh4 Rh8 $19)
13... Qe7 14. g4 g6 $17) 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. fxe5 f5 12. Qh5 Rf7 13. Nf3 Nc7 14.
Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Ng5 g6 16. Qf3 Rg7 17. O-O-O c4 18. Bc2 h5 19. Qf4 b5 $2 20. g4
$16 {Ehlvest,J (2597)-De la Paz Perdomo,F (2442) Santo Domingo 2006 1/2 (57)})
9... Bb7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Ne4 $2 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qg4 $16 {
Andreikin,D (2743)-Gunina,V (2518) Almaty KAZ 2016 1/2 (105)}) (7... b6 8. Ngf3
Bb7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. a4 f6 14. exf6
gxf6 15. a5 $40 {Romanov,E (2619)-Matlakov,M (2686) St Petersburg RUS 2016 1-0
(40)}) (7... Qb6 8. Rb1 h6 9. Bh4 Qc7 10. Bg3 Bd6 11. Qf3 $6 (11. Ngf3 cxd4 12.
Nxd4 a6 $11) 11... b6 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Rfc1 Kb8 15. a4 Rc8 16. b3
Ka8 $15 {0-1 (29) Romanov,E (2619)-Khismatullin,D (2617) Sochi RUS 2016}) 8.
Ngf3 f5 $2 (8... Bxg5 9. Nxg5 (9. fxg5 $5 {I think that Baadur would have
chosen this continuation.} Nge7 10. O-O $14 ({White has nothing after} 10. dxc5
b6 11. cxb6 Qxb6 $11)) 9... h6 10. Ngf3 b6 11. O-O Nge7 {This leads to a
'usual' position where White's chances are slightly better.}) 9. dxc5 Bxg5 ({
As an alternative Black can think about} 9... a5 10. O-O Bxg5 11. fxg5 $5 Qe7
12. b4 $1 axb4 13. cxb4 Nxb4 14. Bb5+ Nc6 15. Ne5 Qc7 (15... Bd7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6
17. Qh5+ Kf8 18. Ndf3 $16) 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Nxg6 Qf7 18. Nf4 $16) 10. Nxg5 Nf6
11. O-O Qe7 12. b4 $16 e5 13. Re1 ({As an alternative I can propose} 13. Nb3 $5
h6 (13... a6 14. Be2 O-O 15. c4 $16 Nxb4 $2 16. a3 Nc6 17. cxd5 $18) 14. Nh3 $1
(14. Nf3 $5 e4 15. Nh4 exd3 16. Ng6 Qxe3+ 17. Kh1 Ne4 18. Nxh8 Qe2 $1 19. Nd4
Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Bd7 $44) 14... O-O 15. Qd2 Re8 16. a4 a6 17. b5
$16) 13... h6 14. fxe5 ({I would have preferred} 14. Nh3 $5) 14... Qxe5 15. e4
$1 {An excellent idea!} fxe4 16. Ngxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 $8 $16 (17. Nxe4 $2 O-O
$17) 17... O-O 18. Bxc6 Qxc3 19. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 (19... Qxb4 20. Rb1 Qa5 21. Nxf6+
Rxf6 22. Re8+ Kh7 23. Be4+ $18) 20. Bxe4 {Black sacrifices a second pawn.} Be6
({The endgame arising after} 20... Qxb4 $5 21. Qb3+ Qxb3 22. axb3 a5 ({or} 
22... Kh8 $6 23. b4 $18 {Black's pieces are tied}) 23. Bd5+ Kh7 24. Re7 Ra6 25.
h3 Rd8 26. Be4+ Kg8 $16 {is very unpleasant for Black but probably it was his
best chance to save a half point.}) 21. Qd3 $2 {Even Baadur sometimes
miscalculates. Suddenly Black has got an excellent chance to draw.} (21. Bxb7
Rad8 22. Qb1 Rd4 23. a3 Rdf4 24. Qd1 $18) 21... Qxd3 $2 ({Black should have
taken the c5-pawn:} 21... Qxb4 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Rxe6 Rad8 $1 $11 {White can't
save his extra bishop} 24. Qe4 Qb2 25. Qb1 $8 Qxb1+ 26. Rxb1 $8 Kxh7 $11) 22.
Bxd3 Rad8 23. Bf1 $16 {White has an extra pawn and the better position.} Kf7
24. Re3 Rd7 $2 ({24...Rd2 or 24...Rd4 would have been more stubborn, but I'm
almost sure that the result would be the same. This endgame is hopeless.} 24...
Rd2 25. a4 Rfd8 26. Be2 Bd5 27. Rf1+ Kg8 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Bc6 (29... Kf8
30. Rd3 Ke7 31. Be2 (31. Bf3 $2 Bxf3 32. Rxd8 $2 Kxd8 33. gxf3 Kd7 34. b5 a6
35. Kf2 axb5 36. axb5 Ke6 $11) 31... Bc6 32. Rxd8 Kxd8 33. b5 Bd5 34. Bf3 Bxf3
35. gxf3 Ke7 36. Kf2 Ke6 37. a5 Kd5 38. c6 $1 bxc6 39. b6 $1 axb6 40. a6 $18)
30. Bb3+ Kf8 31. b5 Be8 32. Kf2 $16 {This evaluation ' big advantage' is very
close to 'winning position'}) (24... Rd4 25. a3 Bd5 26. Be2 Rd2 27. Rf1+ Kg8
28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 $16) 25. Bb5 Re7 $8 (25... Rc7 26. Rf1+ $18 {and Black
loses his bishop.}) (25... Rd2 26. Rf1+ $18) 26. Rf1+ Kg8 27. Rxe6 $18 {
This leads to a pawn endgame where White has an extra pawn. The rest is clear.}
Rxe6 28. Bc4 Rfe8 29. Re1 Kf7 30. Kf2 Kf6 31. Rxe6+ Rxe6 32. Bxe6 Kxe6 33. Ke3
Kd5 34. Kd3 a5 35. a3 g5 36. g4 axb4 37. axb4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2864"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 {White may opt for other
possibilities.} (5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. Qf3 (7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Nc3 cxd4 9.
exd4 $6 (9. Nxd4 f5 10. O-O e6 11. Qh5 Bg7 12. Rad1 O-O $11) 9... O-O-O 10. Ne2
e5 11. O-O h5 12. Nh4 Rg8 $15 {Maslak,K-Bukavshin,I Ch-RUS Higher League
Irkutsk 2010 0-1 (56)}) 7... cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Ne2 f5 10. O-O e6 11. Rd1
O-O-O 12. b3 Rg8 13. c4 dxc4 14. Nbc3 Bg7 (14... cxb3 $6 15. axb3 a6 16. d5 Ne5
17. Qe3 $44) 15. bxc4 Bxd4 16. Rab1 Ne5 17. Qh3 Qc6 $15 {Morozevich,
A-Ponomariov,R Macedonia Palace GP Thessaloniki GRE 2013 1/2-1/2 (55)}) (5. c3
Nc6 (5... Qb6 $5 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. exd4 (8. Nxd4 e5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10.
Nd2 Rb8 11. b3 Bd6 12. Be2 O-O $15) 8... e5 9. Be2 e4 10. Nh4 f5 11. g3 f4 12.
gxf4 Bh3 13. Rg1 Qd8 $17 {0-1 Alarcon Casellas,R-Peralta,F/Barbera del Valles
ESP 2012 (36)}) 6. Nd2 e5 7. Ngf3 Be6 (7... e4 $5 8. Ng1 Qb6) 8. Bb5 Bd6 9. O-O
Qc7 (9... e4 10. dxc5 exf3 11. cxd6 fxg2 12. Kxg2 Qxd6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Ng3 Rg8
$13) 10. dxe5 fxe5 11. e4 O-O-O 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Qc2 Ne7 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4
Rhg8 16. Rfe1 (16. Rad1 $5) 16... f6 17. Qxh7 Ng6 18. Qxc7+ Bxc7 19. Rad1 $16 {
Chernyshov,K-Movsesian,S Pardubice Rapid 2009 1-0 (57)}) (5. Nc3 Nc6 (5... e6
6. Qh5 Nc6 7. O-O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Bb4 9. Nge2 Bd7 10. Rd3 Qb6 11. g3 Na5 12. Bh3
f5 13. g4 (13. Bxf5 $1 exf5 $2 (13... Nc4 14. b3 O-O-O 15. Bh3 Nd6 $44) 14.
Nxd5 Qc6 15. Nef4) 13... Nc4 14. b3 Ba3+ 15. Kb1 fxg4 16. Bxg4 O-O-O 17. Nd1
Nd6 $17 {Duong The Anh-Erdos,V Harkany 2008 0-1 (44)}) 6. Bb5 e6 7. Nf3 Bd7 8.
O-O a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxc5 e5 11. Qe2 Qd7 12. b4 (12. Rfd1 $5 O-O-O 13. e4 d4
14. b4 Rg8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Rab1 $13) 12... O-O-O 13. Rfd1 Rg8
14. g3 Qg4 15. e4 dxe4 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Rd1+ Kc8 18. Nd2 Qxe2 19. Nxe2 b6 $15
{Zhang Pengxiang-Naiditsch,A EU-Cup 22nd Fuegen 2006 1/2-1/2 (52)}) (5. c4 dxc4
6. Bxc4 cxd4 7. exd4 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. O-O f5 11. d5 Ne5 12. Bb3
Qd6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Ba4 Nc4 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. b3 Nb6 17. Qd3 Rac8 18. Rad1 Rc5
19. Qf3 Rfc8 20. Rd3 Kh8 {1/2-1/2 Miladinovic,I-Georgiev,K Bar 2008}) 5... e6
6. Nf3 (6. c4 dxc4 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bxc4 Bxc5 9. Nc3 Ke7 10. a3 a6 11. Nf3 Nc6
{1/2-1/2 Miladinovic,I-Popovic,D/Vrnjacka Banja SRB 2012}) 6... Nd7 $146 {
Black's plan is to regain the pawn with ...Nxc5 and put his bishop on the
a1-h8 diagonal (...Bg7 and ...f5).} 7. c4 {It seems to me that this is the
only way to fight for an advantage.} dxc4 8. c6 $1 (8. Bxc4 Nxc5 9. Nc3 Bg7 10.
O-O O-O 11. Qe2 f5 {Black might have the better position.}) 8... Nb6 (8... Ne5
$5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nxe5 fxe5 11. Bxc4 (11. cxb7 Bxb7) 11... bxc6 12. Nd2 Rb8
13. b3 Bb4 {Black's bishops compensate for the damaged pawn structure. I think
that the position is equal.}) 9. Nbd2 {White needs to keep queens on the board.
Otherwise he could find himself in a worse position.} (9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nbd2 (
10. cxb7 $6 Bxb7 11. Nbd2 Rg8 12. O-O-O Ke7 $17) 10... c3 11. bxc3 bxc6 12. Be2
Kc7 13. O-O Rg8 {Black has better chances.}) 9... c3 10. bxc3 bxc6 11. Qc2 Bg7
12. Bd3 f5 (12... h6 {Who except a computer engine wants to make such moves if
he has another choice?} 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. e4 Rd8 16. a4 $14) 13. e4
Qf6 (13... fxe4 $1 {I think it was the best move and Black even had some
chances to seize the initiative.} 14. Bxe4 (14. Nxe4 Nd5 15. O-O O-O 16. Rab1
f5 17. Ng3 Qd6 (17... Bxc3 18. Ne2 Bf6 19. Qxc6 Bd7 20. Qd6 Bc8 21. Qc6 Bd7 $11
) 18. Ne2) 14... Nd5 15. O-O f5 $1 {It is not easy to make a move like ...f5
before castling short but I believe that only Black could fight for an
advantage after 15...f5} 16. Bxd5 (16. Bd3 O-O 17. Rfe1 Bxc3 18. Rab1 Qc7 19.
Rb3 Bg7 20. Nc4 Rb8) 16... cxd5 {I don't see how White should play} 17. Rac1 (
17. Rfe1 O-O 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Rac1 e5 {White's strategy failed}) 17... O-O 18.
c4 $6 e5 19. cxd5 e4 20. Ne1 Ba6 $19) 14. Rc1 {White should keep the tension
in the centre.} (14. e5 $6 Qe7) (14. exf5 exf5 15. O-O O-O 16. Rac1 c5 17. Rfe1
Bd7 $11) 14... O-O 15. O-O c5 16. Rfe1 {Magnus Carlsen didn't want to take the
c4-pawn so he prepares the f1-square for his bishop.} (16. a4 c4 {now White
must capture on c4} 17. Nxc4 (17. Bxc4 $2 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Ba6 19. Qa2 Rac8 $17)
17... Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Bb7 19. Bd3 Rac8 20. c4 Rfd8 $44 {Black has some
compensation for the pawn.}) 16... Rd8 17. a4 (17. exf5 $5 exf5 18. Nc4 $1 (18.
Nf1 $6 c4 (18... Nd5 $5 19. Ng3 Nf4 20. Bf1 Be6) 19. Be2 f4 20. Nd4 Bb7 21. Nd2
Qg6 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. N2xf3 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 Nd5 $11) 18... Be6 19. Ne3 f4 20.
Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Nf1 Nd5 22. Be4 Rab8 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. N1d2 {Black has the two
bishops and some compensation for the sacrificed pawn but the position should
be assessed in White's favour.}) 17... c4 ({At the press conference M. Carlsen
suggested} 17... Nxa4 18. e5 (18. exf5 $5 exf5 19. Qxa4 Rxd3 20. Ne4 $1 Qe7 21.
Neg5 Be6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qc4 Rd6 24. h4 h6 25. Qxc5 $14) 18... Qe7 19. Bxf5
exf5 20. Qxa4 Bb7 21. Qf4 Qe6 $13) 18. Bf1 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Qf5 $6 (19... Qg6 20.
a5 Nd5 21. Bxc4 Nf4 22. g3 Bb7 23. a6 Bc6 {(Carlsen)}) 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. cxd4
Bb7 (21... Rxd4 $2 {To take this pawn means to lose immediately.} 22. Rcd1 e5 (
22... Rxd1 23. Qxd1 Nd5 (23... Ba6 24. Re3 Nd5 25. Rg3+ Kf8 26. Qd4 $18) 24.
Bxc4 Bb7 25. Qd4 e5 26. Qc5 Rc8 27. Qxa7 Rxc4 28. Nd6 $18) 23. a5 Nd7 24. Rxd4
exd4 25. Qxc4 Qe5 26. f4 $18) 22. Nc5 $8 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Bc6 $1 {Black found an
amazing opportunity. However it is not easy to see how White wins after the
simple ...Bd5.} (23... Bd5 24. a5 Nc8 25. Bxc4 Ne7 26. g4 $1 (26. h3 Nf5 $1 27.
Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Re5 Nxd4 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Rd2 Rc8 31. Nd7 Rc4 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33.
Nxd5 Nb3 $11) 26... Bxc4 27. Rxc4 Rac8 28. Rec1 h5 $1 29. h3 hxg4 30. hxg4 Kg7
{White is a pawn up but Black has good chances to make a draw.}) 24. a5 Rxd4
25. axb6 axb6 {White' knight is trapped.} 26. Nxe6 $1 {The only way to avoid a
draw.} (26. Nb3 cxb3 27. Rxc6 b2 28. Rb1 Ra1 29. Rxb2 Rdd1 30. g3 $11) (26. Nd3
Ba4 27. Nb4 Bxc2 28. Nxc2 Rd2 $17 {(Carlsen)}) 26... fxe6 27. Bxc4 Bd7 28. h3
Kf7 29. Bb3 $14 {It is obvious that White has an advantage in the endgame. It
is obvious as well that Black could make a draw if he plays precisely. The
material is very reduced.} Ke7 (29... b5 30. Rce2 Ra6 {Probably this was the
best setup for Black.} 31. Re5 (31. Rc1 Ke7 32. Re3 b4) 31... Rd3 32. Bc2 Rd2
33. Bxh7 Raa2 34. Rf1 b4 $44) 30. Rce2 Rd6 31. Re4 Ra3 32. R1e3 h5 (32... Rd2
33. Rh4 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Rxf2 35. Rxh7+ Rf7 36. Rh8 {All the white pieces are very
active but I believe that Black would find the way to draw.}) 33. Rh4 Be8 34.
Kh2 Bg6 35. Rb4 Kf6 36. Kg3 e5 37. Kh4 Rd4+ (37... Ra1 $6 38. f4 exf4 39. Rxf4+
Kg7 40. Re7+ Kh6 41. Rf8 Bd3 42. Rh8+ Kg6 43. Rxh5 $16) (37... Ra5 {Black
could wait. It is difficult to find a reasonable plan for White.} 38. g4 hxg4
39. hxg4 e4 40. f4 exf3 41. Rf4+ Kg7 42. Re7+ Kh6 43. Rf8 {(Carlsen)} Bd3 $8
44. Rxf3 Rc5 45. Rf8 Kg6 46. Ref7 Bc4 47. Bc2+ Bd3 48. Bxd3+ Rxd3 $11) 38. Rxd4
exd4 39. Re6+ Kg7 40. Rxb6 d3 41. Bd1 (41. Kg5 Be4 $5 (41... Ra5+ 42. Kf4 Rf5+
43. Ke3 Re5+ 44. Kd4 Re2 $11 {(Carlsen)}) 42. Bd1 (42. f3 $4 Rxb3 43. Rxb3 d2
$19) 42... Bxg2 43. Kxh5 Bxh3 $11) 41... Ra2 $1 42. Kg3 {The only chance to
continue the game.} (42. Kg5 Be4 43. Kxh5 Rxf2 44. g4 Rd2 45. Ba4 Ra2 46. Rb4
Bf3 47. Rf4 Rxa4 48. Rxa4 d2 49. Rd4 d1=Q 50. Rxd1 Bxd1 $11) (42. Bxh5 Bxh5 43.
Kxh5 Rxf2 44. g4 (44. Rb7+ Kf6 45. g4 Ke6 46. g5 d2 47. Rb1 Rf8 48. g6 Rd8 49.
Rd1 Kf6 $11) 44... Rf6 45. Rb1 Rd6 46. Rd1 d2 $11) 42... h4+ $6 (42... Ra1 43.
Bf3 Ra4 44. h4 (44. Rd6 h4+ 45. Kh2 Ra2 (45... Rb4 46. g4 hxg3+ 47. Kxg3 Ra4)
46. Rd4 Rxf2 47. Rxh4 d2 48. Rd4 Bc2 49. Bg4 $18 {(Carlsen)} (49. Kg3 $2 Rxf3+
$11)) 44... Rc4 {White's advantage is probably insufficient for a win after
all.} 45. Rc6 Rb4 46. Bd1 Rb1 47. Ba4 Rb4 48. Bd1 ({If White wants to continue
the game so much he could show us how to make a draw without the bishop.} 48.
Ra6 $2 d2 49. Bd1 Rb1 50. Bf3 d1=Q 51. Bxd1 Rxd1) 48... Rb1 $11) 43. Kxh4 Rxf2
44. Kg3 Rf6 $4 {Such a move can only be explained by Vladimir Kramnik's
fatigue. Perhaps he confused something and thought that the position is
drawish.} 45. Rxf6 Kxf6 46. Kf4 $18 d2 47. Ke3 Ke5 48. g3 $1 (48. Kxd2 $4 Kf4
49. g4 (49. Ke1 Kg3 50. Kf1 Be4 $11) 49... Be4 50. h4 Bf5 51. g5 Kg3 52. Ke3
Kxh4 53. Kf4 Be4 $11) 48... Bf5 49. h4 Be6 50. Kxd2 Ke4 51. Ke2 Bg4+ 52. Ke1
Be6 53. Kf2 Ke5 54. Ke3 Bd7 55. Bc2 Bg4 56. Bg6 Bd7 57. h5 Kf6 (57... Bc8 58.
Be4 Bd7 59. h6 Kf6 60. Kf4 Bc8 61. g4 Bxg4 62. Kxg4 Kf7 63. Bh7 $1 {The only
move. Black's king doesn't get into the corner.} Kf6 64. Kh5 Kf7 65. Kg5 Kf8
66. Kg6) 58. Kf4 Be6 59. Be4 ({Of course Carlsen doesn't play} 59. g4 $4 Bxg4
60. Kxg4 Kg7 61. Kg5 Kh8 $11) 59... Kg7 60. Kg5 Bd7 61. h6+ Kh8 62. Kf4 Be6 63.
Bf5 Bf7 64. g4 Bh5 65. g5 Kg8 66. Be6+ Kh7 67. Kf5 Bg6+ 68. Kf6 Kh8 69. Bd7 Bh5
70. Bc6 Kh7 71. Bd5 Bg6 72. Bg8+ 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} d5 {
[%emt 0:00:58] Aaron Nimzowitsch evaluated this position in Black's favour. 1.
Nf3 d5 2.d3 Nc6?! 3.d4! White is better (annotated by A. Nimzowitsch). However
nowadays many things have changed and modern GMs doesn't put their trust in
general considerations.} 3. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:07] This line has become very
popular in rapid and blitz tournaments.} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 4. f3 {[%emt 0:
00:20]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 5. g4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} (5. Qd2 {See the game
Naiditsch,A - Harikrishna,P Wijk aan Zee 2014 (annotated by Ftacnik,L)}) 5...
Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. h4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:05] Hikaru didn't
want to allow White to play h5 and Bd3. He plays this line with White, so he
definitely understands all the details of White's setup. According to the
database, Black has nothing to worry about after 6....h6.} (6... h6 7. e3 (7.
h5 Bh7 8. e3 Bd6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nc6 11. Nge2 Bxf4 12. exf4 (12. Nxf4 e5
13. Nfe2 Qd6 $11) 12... Qd6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Kb1 a6 15. Qe3 Nd7 16. Nc1 Nb6
17. Nd3 Nc4 18. Qf2 b6 19. Rhe1 Kb7 20. a3 f6 $11 {Malakhov,V (2702)-Goganov,A
(2609) 0-1 (56) St Petersburg RUS 2015. White should play precisely to avoid a
worse position.}) 7... a6 (7... c6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Bd6 11. Nge2
Bxf4 12. exf4 Nbd7 13. Qe3 Qe7 14. Nc1 Nb6 15. b3 Qa3 16. Kf2 O-O-O 17. Kg3
Nfd7 18. Nd3 Rde8 19. Qc1 Qd6 $11 {Jobava,B (2716)-Salgado Lopez, I (2605) 1-0
(62)Yerevan 2014}) 8. Bd3 (8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 c5 10. Nge2 Bxd3 11. cxd3 cxd4 12.
Nxd4 Nbd7 13. Nde2 e5 14. Bg3 Bd6 15. d4 O-O 16. Qb3 Qe7 $6 (16... Re8 $1 17.
Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Nf6 19. Qb3 exd4 20. e4 Nxe4 $1 21. fxe4 Rxe4 $17) 17. Bh4
$1 exd4 18. Nxd5 Qe5 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Nxd4 Nd5 21. Nf5 $16 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 $2 (
22. Nxe3 Rfe8 23. Kf2 Bc5 24. Rae1 $18) 22... Qxb2 $13 {Jobava,B (2716)
-Hovhannisyan,R (2611) 1/2 (49) Yerevan 2014}) 8... Bxd3 9. Qxd3 c5 10. Nce2
Nc6 11. c3 Bd6 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nh3 O-O-O 15. Kb1 Kb8 $11 {
Nakamura,H (2775)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2730) 1/2 (41)Dubai 2014}) 7. g5 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 8. e3 {[%emt 0:07:23]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:14] Black
shouldn't allow White to play Nb5. For example} (8... c5 $6 9. Nb5 Na6 10. c3
Be7 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 g6 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. a4 O-O 15. Bg3 Rfe8 16. O-O $14 {
Nabaty,T (2585)-Codenotti,M (2374) 1-0 (25)Jerusalem Ech ISR 2015. There is a
big difference between knight on b5 and knight on a6.}) (8... Bd6 9. Nh3 (9.
Bxd6 $5 cxd6 10. Nh3 Nc6 11. Nf4) 9... Nc6 10. Nb5 Bxf4 11. Nxf4 Bf5 12. Bd3
Ne7 13. Qd2 a6 14. Nc3 c5 15. O-O-O cxd4 16. exd4 Bxd3 17. Nxd3 Qb6 18. Ne2 g6
$11 {Jobava,B (2713)-Zhigalko, S (2678) 0-1 (61) Dubai 2014. It is not easy to
suggest a reasonable plan for White.}) 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:
00:10]} 10. cxd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nc6 $5 $146 {[%emt 0:08:26] Hikaru doesn't
want to trade White's doubled pawn.} (10... c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. d4 Be7 13.
Nge2 Nc6 14. Qd2 Rc8 $11) 11. g6 $6 {[%emt 0:05:22] Such moves look very nice.
White sacrifices a pawn in order to create weaknesses in Black's camp and to
launch a strong attack. However, as we can see, Black has too many pieces on
the kingside and objectively this move deserves another assessment '?'.} (11.
Nge2 Bd6 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. O-O-O O-O-O $11 {with an approximately equal position.
}) 11... fxg6 {[%emt 0:05:57] Black has an extra pawn, which controls
important light squares on the kingside.} 12. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Be7 {
[%emt 0:01:28]} 13. f4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} (13. Nh3 O-O 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Ng5 Qd6
16. f4 Ne7 $17) 13... Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:33] Black's knight is heading for g4.}
14. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:07:21]} 15. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} (15.
Bxf6 {Computer's advice. It looks very sad for White.} gxf6 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17.
Nf3 Bd6 18. Rhg1 Ne7 $17) (15. Qxb7 $4 Rb8 16. Qxa6 Nb4 $19) 15... Ng4 $17 {
[%emt 0:00:50] White is a pawn down and he has a vulnerable king as
'compensation'.} 16. Ke2 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 17. Rac1 {
[%emt 0:01:21]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 18. Rc2 {[%emt 0:11:13]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:06:
47]} 19. Rhc1 {[%emt 0:03:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:55] The kingside is the safest
place on the board for Black's king. White's king won't be in smooth waters
till the end of the game.} 20. Qa4 {[%emt 0:08:16] Offering the exchange of
queens .} Qd8 {[%emt 0:08:58]} (20... Qxa4 $2 21. Nxa4 {and White will gain a
pawn.}) (20... c6 $5 21. Nd1 a5 22. Nf2 b5 23. Qb3 Nf5 $1 $17) 21. Nd1 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:43]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nh6 $1 {[%emt 0:
05:11] Black needs to keep the knights on the board.} (22... Nxf2 $6 23. Kxf2
$15 {and soon White will think about counterplay on the kingside.}) 23. Rg1 {
[%emt 0:06:29] Probably Baadur should have kept his rooks on the c-file.} Nf7 {
[%emt 0:03:10]} 24. Qa3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 25. Nh3 {[%emt 0:
01:58]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:11:28]} 26. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Ndf5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 27.
b4 $6 {[%emt 0:05:07]} (27. Qa4) 27... Qd6 {[%emt 0:05:15]} 28. Qc3 $6 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} ({After the game Baadur suggested} 28. Qb2 c6 29. Rgc1 (29. a4
a5 30. bxa5 (30. b5 cxb5 31. Qxb5 Nxe3 $1 32. Kxe3 Nf5+ 33. Kd2 Nxd4 34. Qb2
Nxc2 35. Kxc2 Rc7+ 36. Kb1 Rfc8 $19) 30... Rxa5 31. Qxb6 Rxa4 $17) 29... Rc8
30. a4 a5 31. bxa5 Rxa5 32. Qxb6 Rxa4 {Black has an advantage but the game
isn't over yet.}) 28... c6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 29. Nf3 {[%emt 0:06:05]} a5 $1 {
[%emt 0:01:34]} 30. bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:19] White's
position is hopeless. Black will double rooks on the a-file and the he will
play c5. As you can see White doesn't have any counterplay.} 31. Qd2 {[%emt 0:
06:25]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 32. Rgc1 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Rfa8 {[%emt 0:02:43]}
33. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} c5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 34. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} bxc5
{[%emt 0:00:05]} 35. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} (35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. Rxc5 Rxa2 37.
R5c2 Rxc2 38. Rxc2 Kg7 $19) 35... Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 36. R5c2 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 37. Qxc2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Ng3+ {[%emt 0:02:15]} 38.
Ke1 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Qb4+ {[%emt 0:03:50]} 39. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qxd2+ {
[%emt 0:00:11]} 40. Nxd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nef5 $19 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. e4 {
[%emt 0:02:17]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 42. hxg5 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:
01:41]} 43. Nh3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:05:29]} 44. f5 {[%emt 0:00:48]
The last chance.} exf5 $2 {[%emt 0:00:10] This is a piece of carelessness.} ({
Nakamura could have won the game immediately} 44... dxe4 45. fxg6+ (45. dxe4
gxf5 46. Rc4 e5 $19) 45... Kxg6 46. Kf2 Ra2 $19) 45. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Nge2
$1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (45... Rxd3 $2 46. Nf4 Ra3 47. d6 Ra6 48. Nc4 Ne4 49. d7
Ra2 $8 50. Ne5 (50. d8=Q $4 Nf3+ 51. Kf1 Ng3#) 50... Rh2 51. Kf1 Nd2+ 52. Ke1
N2f3+ 53. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 54. Kf1 $11) 46. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Rxd3 {[%emt 0:07:54]
} 47. Nc4 $1 {[%emt 0:04:02]} Rxh3 {[%emt 0:04:54]} 48. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Nf3+ {[%emt 0:01:32]} 49. Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf4 $8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (49...
Rxf3 $2 50. Kxe2 Rf4 51. d6 Rd4 52. Rd8 h4 53. Kf2 Rd3 54. Kg2 f4 55. Rf8 {
and the position is drawish.}) 50. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:47]}
51. Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:59]} (51. Rb8 Nf4 52. Ne5 Nd3+ $1 53. Kg2 Nxe5 54. Kxh3 Nf3
$19 {The knight + 4 pawns are much stronger than the rook.}) 51... Rc3 {
[%emt 0:00:40]} 52. Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 53. Rd7 {[%emt 0:
15:52]} (53. Nf7 Rc8 $19) 53... Rc2+ {[%emt 0:15:12]} 54. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
f4+ $19 {[%emt 0:13:19]} 55. Kxf4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 56. Rd8
{[%emt 0:01:30]} Rf2+ {[%emt 0:03:17]} 57. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ng3+ {[%emt 0:
00:38]} 58. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} h4 $2 {[%emt 0:00:29] A mistake, Black loses
a very important pawn. It could cost him a half point.} (58... Rf5 59. Nd7 Ra5
(59... Rxg5 $4 60. Nf8+ Kh6 61. Ne6 $18) 60. Nf8+ Kg8 61. Nxg6+ (61. Ke3 Kf7
$19) 61... Kf7 62. Nf4 Rxg5 $19) (58... Rf1 {probably this is more convincing.}
59. Nd7 h4 60. Nf8+ Kg8 61. Nxg6+ Kf7 62. Ne5+ Ke6 63. Re8+ Kf5 $19) 59. Rd4 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 60. Rd8 $1 {[%emt 0:00:00] Threatening
Nf7.} Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 62.
Rxh4+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 63. Ke4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Rxg5 {
[%emt 0:00:02] Black still has some chances to win the game but I think that
objectively the position is rather drawish.} 64. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rg1 {
[%emt 0:04:17]} 65. Ke6 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 66. Rh2 {[%emt 0:
01:44]} Rf6+ {[%emt 0:02:41]} 67. Ke7 $2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} (67. Kd5 $1 Kg8 (
67... Rf8 68. Ke6 Ra8 69. Rh1 Ra6+ 70. Kd5 {Black can't improve his position.})
68. Nxg6 Rxg6 69. Rxh5 $11 {There is a huge difference between king on e7 and
on d5. For example} Rf6 70. Rh1 g6 (70... g5 71. Rg1) 71. Ke5 Kg7 72. Rg1 Rf5+
73. Ke4 Kf6 74. Rg3 $11) 67... Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 68. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:11:28]
This leads to a lost rook endgame, but even after the more stubborn
continuation} (68. Rh1 Nf4 69. Kd7 g5 70. Rg1 Ng6 71. Nd3 Rf5 72. Ke6 Ra5 {
White's position is lost.}) 68... Rxg6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 69. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} Ra6 $1 $19 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 70. Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:18]}
71. Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ra7+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 72. Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg7
{[%emt 0:00:03]} 73. Rf3 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Ra5 $1 {[%emt 0:06:08] Now the white
king can't cross the 5th rank.} 74. Rf7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
75. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 76. Kf6 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Ra4 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} 77. Rh1+ {[%emt 0:08:59]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 78. Rg1 {
[%emt 0:00:31]} Rf4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 79. Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 80. Rh1 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:11] Then he would play g4, Kg5
and Ra3 etc.} 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Borge, Nikolaj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. Nf3 (3. e3) 3... h6 4. Bh4 Qb6 $1 5. Qc1 $6 (5.
b3 {looks more prudent. According to Borge, the game continuation is a
sacrifice of Hodgson's. Borge's assessment is that it used to be a sacrifice,
now it is the loss of a pawn.}) 5... g5 (5... Bf5 6. e3 (6. c4 e6 (6... Nd7 7.
Nc3 Ngf6 (7... dxc4 8. e4 Bg4 9. Qe3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. Rxd7
Kxd7 13. Qxf7 b5 14. Be2 Rd8 15. O-O Kc7 16. Bg3+ Kb7 17. e5 {1-0 Hodgson,
J-Andonov,B/Sochi/1987/ (26)}) 8. c5 Qd8 9. b4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. e3 Bg7 12.
Qd1 Nxg3 13. hxg3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nd4 Bg6 16. g4 O-O 17. Rc1 f5 18. Ne6
Qf6 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 20. Be2 fxg4 21. O-O h5 22. f4 gxf4 23. Rxf4 {1-0 Hodgson,
J-Van der Wal,J/Leeuwarden op (05)/1993/ (41)}) 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bg3 Nf6 9. c5 Qd8
10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 b6 12. b4 a5 13. a3 Qc8 14. Na4 Nbd7 15. Ne5 Qb7 16. Nxc6
Qxc6 17. b5 Qb7 18. c6 Qa7 19. cxd7 Nxd7 20. Qb2 {1/2-1/2 Hodgson,J-Chernin,A/
Pardubice (02)/1993/}) 6... e6 (6... Nd7 7. Nbd2 Ngf6 8. c4 e6 9. c5 Qd8 10. h3
Be7 11. Bg3 O-O 12. b4 a6 13. a4 Re8 14. Be2 Ne4 15. Bh2 Bf6 16. Nb3 e5 17. O-O
g5 18. Ra2 Kh7 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nfd4 Bg6 21. f3 {1-0 Ochs,H-Ottstadt,R/BL2-O
9495/1995/ (40)}) 7. c4 g5 8. Bg3 Bg7 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Be2 Qd8 11. Qd1 Ngf6 12.
Ne5 O-O 13. h4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bd3 Qf6 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18.
cxd5 cxd5 19. Qf3 Qc2 {0-1 Foldi,I-Varga,Zo/HUN-chT1 9495 (02)/1995/ (31)}) 6.
Bg3 g4 7. Ne5 (7. Be5 f6 8. Bxb8 gxf3 (8... Rxb8 9. Nh4 Qxd4 10. e3 Qb6 11. Bd3
h5 $5) 9. Bg3 fxg2 10. Bxg2 Qxd4 {are two creative attempts that also fail to
net compensation for a healthy center pawn.}) 7... Qxd4 8. Nd2 (8. c4 Nf6 9.
Nc3 Be6 10. e3 Qb6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bb5+ Nc6 13. a4 a5 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. Nxd7
Nxd7 16. O-O Bg7 17. Nf4 Nf6 18. Bh4 e6 19. Qc3 Nh5 20. Qa3 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6
22. Rac1 {1-0 Hodgson,J-Ziatdinov,R/Guernsey op (04)/1991/ (39)}) 8... Nd7 $5 {
Borge felt that he could have chosen a more materialistic approach, since
White's compensation is flimsy in the extreme after something like} (8... Bg7
9. e3 Qb6 10. c4 Nd7 {On the other hand, returning the material for a huge
center and lasting initiative has its practical advantages.}) 9. c3 (9. e3 Qb6
10. Nxg4 Bg7 11. c3 h5 $19) 9... Qb6 10. Nxg4 h5 11. Ne5 (11. Ne3 $2 h4 12. Bf4
e5 13. Bg5 f6 $19) 11... Nxe5 12. Bxe5 f6 13. Bf4 (13. Bg3 h4 14. Bf4 e5 15.
Be3 c5) 13... e5 14. Be3 c5 15. f3 {It is difficult to "correct" white's
position after this, but it is not a pretty job trying to find improvements.} (
15. b4 {looks like a naturally desperate way to solve the twin problems of a
massive black center and white's horribly misplaced dark-squared bishop. After
the straightforward} d4 16. bxc5 Bxc5 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Bf4 Bf5 19. Nc4 {
Perhaps white should try the hysterical} (19. g4 $5 hxg4 20. Bg2 {with chances
of generating confusion.}) 19... Qe6 {disaster looms on the c-line, and white
is still a long way from completing development. Djurhuus' choice is more
rational, and he still has chances to neutralize black's initiative.}) 15...
Be6 16. Bf2 O-O-O 17. Qc2 Kb8 18. O-O-O (18. e4 d4 $15) 18... Ne7 19. Kb1 Bh6
20. e4 (20. e3 c4 $19 (20... Nf5 $15)) 20... d4 21. c4 $2 (21. Nc4 {must be
the only way to resist, when white has chances of getting some pieces into
play.} Qc7 22. Na3 $5 {makes the possibility of trades on c4 and d4 feasible
and leaves the result open.} (22. Bd3 Rhg8 23. g3)) 21... Rhg8 22. Rg1 (22. g3
Be3 $17) 22... Nc6 23. a3 {Black's advantage is terrifyingly clear now, and
Borge puts the ball cleanly in the net.} (23. Nb3 Nb4 24. Qe2 d3 25. Qe1 Qa6
26. a3 Qxc4 $19) 23... Be3 $1 24. Bxe3 (24. Nb3 Bxf2 25. Qxf2 Qxb3 $19) 24...
dxe3 25. Nb3 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Rd8 27. Qc2 Nd4 28. Nxd4 Rxd4 $1 (28... exd4 29.
Bd3 $15) 29. Qc3 (29. Bd3 Qd6 (29... Qd6 30. Be2 Rd2 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1
Bxc4 $19)) (29. Kc1 Qd6) 29... Rd1+ (29... Rd1+ 30. Ka2 e2 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Belozerov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 {Too modest move.} (3. e4 {-mainline}) 3... c5 4. Nd2
d5 (4... Be7 5. Bd3 (5. c3 d5 6. Bd3 O-O 7. f4 Nc6 8. Ngf3 Qb6 $132 {1-0
Rabchonok,G-Petrik,K/Martin 1996/EXT 98 (47)}) 5... Nc6 6. Ngf3 b6 7. c3 O-O 8.
Ne5 Bb7 9. f4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qh5 f5 12. Qf3 Rab8 $132 {1-0 Just,
G-Wagner Michel,A/Groeditz 1976/EXT 2000 (57)}) (4... b6 5. Ne4 Be7 6. Bxf6
gxf6 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. Nd6+ Bxd6 9. Qxd6 Qb6 10. O-O-O Qxd6 11. Rxd6 Bb7 $132 {
0-1 Hertneck,G-Horvath,C/Austria 1994/TD (47)}) (4... cxd4 5. exd4 Be7 6. c3
O-O 7. Ngf3 d6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rfe1 a6 12. h3 Re8 $132 {
0-1 Winterton,K-Chow,A/North Bay 1996/EXT 98 (61)}) (4... Nc6 5. c3 d5 (5... b6
6. Ngf3 Bb7 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. Ne4 d5 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Bh4 Bg7 11. Qa4 O-O 12.
Qg4 e5 13. Rd1 $16 {1-0 Klaric,Z-Vargic,D/Medulin 1997/EXT 2000 (57)}) 6. f4
Qb6 7. Rb1 Bd6 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb4 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Ngf3 h6 12. Bh4 g5 $15 {
0-1 Moser,G-Cvek,R/Aschach 1999/CBM 73 ext (31)}) 5. c3 {White wants to play
first f2-f4 and then Ng1-f3.} Nbd7 (5... Nc6 6. f4 Qc7 (6... h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8.
Bd3 Qb6 9. Rb1 Bd7 10. Ngf3 $132 (10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Ngf3 g5 $15 {0-1 Mensch,
E-Hauchard,A/Montpellier FRA 2001/The Week in Chess 339 (49)})) 7. Nh3 (7. Ngf3
$5 $132) 7... Be7 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. exd4 Qb6 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. Nf2 Rc8 12. Qb1 Nh5
13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. g3 Bb5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Eriksson,A-Livner,A/Stockholm SWE 2001/
The Week in Chess 322 (58)}) 6. f4 Be7 (6... h6 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. Qf3 Qb6 9.
O-O-O Bd7 10. Bd3 O-O-O 11. Ne2 Kb8 12. g4 Ka8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Bellon Lopez,
J-Ubilava,E/Elgoibar 1998/CBM 69 (40)}) 7. Bd3 h6 (7... b6 8. Qf3 Bb7 9. Ne2 h6
10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. e4 $132 {1-0 Bellon Lopez,
J-Cuadras Avellana,J/Barcelona 1988/EXT 97 (25)}) 8. Bxf6 (8. Bh4 g5 9. fxg5
Nh7 10. Ngf3 Nxg5 11. Bg3 $132) 8... gxf6 $5 {Interesting non-standard
decision.} ({Good also natural} 8... Nxf6 $132) ({or} 8... Bxf6 $132) 9. Ngf3
f5 10. O-O c4 $5 {another non-standard decision. Usually side which has pair
of BB wishes to open positon...} (10... Nf6 11. Ne5 Rg8 $132) (10... Qb6 $132)
11. Bc2 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. fxe5 h5 (14... Rg8 15. Qh5 Bg5 16. Rf3
Qe7 $132) 15. Rf3 (15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Rf3 Rg8 17. Rh3 h4 18. Nf3 Rg4 19. Qf2 Qd8
20. a4 a6 21. Bd1 $11) 15... Qc7 16. Rh3 h4 17. Kh1 O-O-O 18. a4 ({Worth of
attention} 18. b3 $5 Rdg8 (18... cxb3 19. Bxb3 (19. Nxb3 $16) 19... f6 20. exf6
(20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 fxe5 $132) 20... Bxf6 21. a4 $16) 19. a4 (19. bxc4 bxc4
$132) 19... b4 20. cxb4 Bxb4 {-like in our game- see below.} (20... c3 21. Nf3
Rg4 (21... Bxb4 22. Rxh4 Rxh4 23. Nxh4 f6 24. exf6 Qf7 25. Nf3 Qxf6 26. Bd3 $16
) 22. b5 Rhg8 23. Ne1 f6 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Rf3 $16)) 18... b4 19. cxb4 Bxb4 20.
b3 Rdg8 (20... c3 $2 21. Nf3 $16) 21. Nf3 (21. bxc4 dxc4 22. Nf3 (22. e4 Rg4
23. Rc1 Bxd2 24. Qxd2 Rhg8 25. Rg1 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Rc3 Rd8 28. Rd1 h3
29. Rxh3 Qxe5 $17) 22... Rg4 $132) 21... Rg4 22. g3 (22. bxc4 dxc4 $132) 22...
Be7 23. gxh4 Bxh4 24. Qe2 (24. Rc1 Kb8 25. Bd3 Qd8 26. Bf1 Rhg8 $132) 24... Bf6
25. Rxh8+ Bxh8 26. a5 $2 $17 {Too slowly!} ({It was necessary to play} 26. Rc1
Kb8 (26... cxb3 27. Qb5 Rg8 28. Qxb3 Kb8 29. Qa3 Rc8 $132) (26... f6 27. exf6
Bxf6 28. Bd3 $16) 27. Bd1 Qa5 $132) 26... f6 27. a6 Bc6 28. exf6 Bxf6 29. Qd2 (
{Black keeps his advantage also after.} 29. bxc4 dxc4 {[%csl Rf3,Rh1][%cal
Gc6h1]} 30. Rc1 Bd5 31. Bb3 Rh4 32. Rxc4 Bxc4 33. Bxc4 (33. Qxc4 Qxc4 34. Bxc4
Re4 $17) 33... Qc6 34. Bd3 Kd8 $17) 29... Qh7 $1 {"Long move" - Q will take
active part in kingside Attack.} 30. Ng1 (30. Rc1 Qh3 31. Qe2 (31. Ng1 Qh6 {
[%csl Rd4]} 32. Nf3 f4 $17) 31... Rg3 32. Bd1 Bd8 33. Qf2 Bc7 34. Rc3 Bb5 (
34... Ba5 35. Rc2 Bc7 36. Rc3 (36. Ng1 $2 Qh6 37. Bf3 Bb5 38. bxc4 Bxc4 39. Be2
Qxe3 40. Qxe3 Rxe3 41. Bxc4 dxc4 42. Rxc4 Ra3 $17 {[%csl Ra6]}) 36... Ba5 $11)
35. Ng1 Qh6 36. bxc4 dxc4 {[%cal Gb5c6]} 37. Bf3 Bxa6 $17) 30... Qh6 31. Bd1 $2
$19 {Of course, blunder.} ({but Black keeps an advantage in any case:} 31. Qb4
Bd8 $17) (31. Nf3 f4 $17) 31... Rxd4 (31... Bxd4 $19) 32. Qb4 Rxd1 33. Qd6 Bxa1
34. Qxc6+ Kd8 35. Qa8+ Ke7 36. Qxa7+ Kf6 37. Qc5 Qg7 0-1

[Event "Pula zt 1.2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.04.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Stanec, Nikolaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. h3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
(8. g4 $5 {Idea of P.Blatny} Qa5 {See comments to the game 0-1 Blatny,
P-Krasenkov,M/Nimes ,EXT 1991/ (57)} (8... Qb6 9. Rb1 {See comments to the
game 1/2-1/2 Maderer,G-Barten,R/cr 1991/[Barten] (56)} (9. Rb1 {See also
comments to the game Blatny,P-Georgiev,K/Novi Sad olm 1990/Inf 51/ (17)})))
8... Ne8 $6 $14 {Right plan in wrong implementation...Black must wait for
Nf3-e5 or another move make e3-e4 promotion not so effective like in this game.
} ({Another lines are:} 8... Re8 $6 9. Ne5 (9. a4 a5 10. Re1 (10. Bh2 b6 $132 {
[%cal Gc8b7]} (10... Nb6 11. Bd3 Bf5 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. g4 fxg4 15.
hxg4 $14 {1-0 Ftacnik,L-Heinemann,T/City-ch, Hamburg GER 1998/(45)})) 10... b6
(10... Qb6 11. Ra3 e6 12. Bf1 Qb4 13. Rb3 Qf8 14. Bh2 $14 {[%cal Ge3e4] 1-0
Horvath,C-Sepp,O/Debrecen EU tt HU3-EST ,EU-chT 1992/ (46)}) (10... h6 11. Bh2
Nf8 12. Nb1 Bf5 13. c3 Qb6 14. Qc1 N6d7 15. Nbd2 c5 $11 {1-0 Keitlinghaus,
L-Uhlmann,W/BL 1996/BL 90/ (52)}) 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bf3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 e6 14. Qc1
Rc8 15. e4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Wockenfuss,K-Zysk,R/BL 1988/ (71)}) (9. Re1 Nf8 10. Bf1
Ne6 11. Be5 a5 12. a4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,C-Lanka,Z/Debrecen EU tt HU3-LAT
1992/ (32)}) (9. Kh2 b5 10. a3 a6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bh6 13. Bf3 Nd7 14. Bf4
Bg7 15. e4 e6 $11 {0-1 Itkis,B-Sepp,O/32nd ol, Yerevan ARM 1996/ (34)}) (9. Bh2
Ne4 (9... Nb6 10. Bd3 Nc4 $6 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Ne5 $14 {1-0 Dunnington,A-Ahn,M/
Eupen 1993/ (33)}) (9... Nf8 10. Bd3 Bf5 11. Re1 (11. Bxf5 gxf5 $11) 11... Ne4
12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 e5 15. c3 exd4 16. exd4 $14 {1-0
Dunnington,A-Hernandez,A/Andorra 1994/(87)}) 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 e5 12. Nxe4
exd4 13. Nd6 Rf8 14. exd4 Qb6 15. c3 Qxb2 16. Qd3 $14 {1-0 Dunnington,
A-Valensi,B/Cannes Martinez ,EXT 1992/ (29)}) 9... Ne4 (9... Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bh6
11. Bh2 Bf5 12. g4 Bc8 13. f4 Bg7 14. g5 Nd7 15. Bg4 Nb6 $132 {0-1 Forbes,
C-Fantin,L/York ENG 2000/ (38)}) 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nc4 f5 12. f3 exf3 13. Bxf3
e5 14. dxe5 Qe7 15. Nd6 Rd8 16. Bd5+ Kf8 $1 $15 (16... cxd5 17. Qxd5+ Kf8 18.
Bg5 $16 {1-0 Kohler,A-Lange,W/Bad Oeynhausen 1939/(59)})) (8... Qb6 $6 9. Rb1
Re8 {[%cal Ge7e5]} 10. Bh2 Nf8 (10... Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 f5 13. Nc4 Qd8
14. c3 $14 {[%cal Gd1b3]}) 11. Bd3 Ne6 12. b4 a6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Na4 Qd8 15. c4
$14 {1/2-1/2 Pavlov Pianov,N-Romanovsky,P/URS-ch05 Moscow 1927/ (46)}) (8...
Nb6 $5 9. Ne5 Ne8 $1 {[%mdl 4] Rihgt plan in right implementation!} 10. e4 (10.
Bd3 Nd6 $11) 10... Nd6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. c3 Bf5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Sorokin,N-Kasparian,G/Moscow URS ch 1931/ (33)}) (8... h6 $5 9. Ne5 Nb6 10. a4
a5 11. Bd3 Ne8 $1 {[%cal Ge8d6,Gc8f5][%mdl 4] We noted this plan - the best
solution in positions like this} 12. Qe2 Nd6 13. Rad1 Bf5 $11 {0-1 Terentiev,
S-Petrushin,A/Rostov 1981/ (42)}) (8... a5 $5 9. Ne5 (9. a4 Ne8 $11) 9... a4 $5
(9... Ne8 $1 $11 {[%mdl 4]}) 10. Bf3 Qa5 $11 {0-1 Pantelidis,I-Arakhamia,K/
Heraklion 1993/ (44)}) (8... b6 9. a4 (9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bf3 (10. a4 Ne8 $1 11.
Ng4 f6 12. h4 e5 $132 {0-1 Palacios De la Prida,E-Mellado,J/ESP ch ,EXT 1989/
(30)}) 10... Ne8 $1 $11 (10... Rc8 11. a4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14.
e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bf3 e5 $11 {0-1 Bernstein,O-Letelier Martner,R/
Montevideo 1954/ (37)})) 9... a5 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Re8 12. Bf3 e6 {1/2-1/2
Malaniuk,V-Aronian,L/Batumi 1999/CBM 74/ (12)}) 9. e4 $1 {This promotion is
logical continuation - Black replaced Nf6 and don't control e4 square} dxe4 10.
Nxe4 Ndf6 (10... Nef6 11. Ned2 $1 {[%mdl 32]} (11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $11 {A little
space advantage is not important - compare with Caro-Cann PP structure.}) 11...
a5 12. Re1 a4 13. a3 Re8 14. Nc4 Nd5 15. Bg3 N7f6 16. Bf1 $14 {1-0 Degerman,
L-Hjelm,N/SWE-ch Borlange 1995/ (42)}) 11. Ned2 $1 {[%mdl 32]} (11. Nxf6+ Nxf6
$1 $11 {See comment to previous move.} (11... Bxf6 12. c3 Nd6 13. Be5 Be6 14.
Re1 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qc1 $14 {1-0 Dunnington,A-Nalbandian,T/Paris ,EXT
1995/ (56)})) 11... Nd6 12. Re1 Nf5 13. c3 a5 (13... b6 14. Ne5 $14) (13... Nd5
14. Bh2 $14) 14. a4 Nd5 15. Bh2 Nd6 16. Bf1 Bd7 17. Ne5 Bf5 18. Ra3 {[%cal
Ga3h3] Both sides play slowly. Black have no active plan. White prepare Attack.
..} Nf6 19. g4 $1 {At last! White increase Space advantage} Bc8 20. c4 $1 {
[%cal Ga3g3] Playing on whole board!} Nde8 21. Ndf3 Nc7 (21... h5 $5 22. g5 Nh7
(22... Nd7 23. Nxd7 Bxd7 24. Rae3 $16) 23. Bg2 Nd6 $14) 22. Bg2 Ne6 23. Rd3 {
Black "chokes" because of lack of space.} Qb6 {[%cal Gb6b4]} 24. Rb3 {Go away,
dear Queen!} Qd8 25. Qd2 Nd7 26. Qe3 ({Sacrifice} 26. Nxf7 $6 {was not
effective enough:} Rxf7 $1 (26... Kxf7 27. Rxe6 Nc5 (27... Kxe6 28. Ng5+ Kf6
29. Qf4#) 28. dxc5 Qxd2 29. Rxe7+ Kxe7 30. Nxd2 Rd8 31. Bd6+ $14) 27. Rxe6 Nc5
28. Ree3 (28. dxc5 Bxe6 29. Rxb7 Qxd2 30. Nxd2 Bd4 31. Bg3 Bxc5 $132)) 26...
Nxe5 27. dxe5 (27. Bxe5 $14) 27... Qc7 $6 $16 (27... c5 $142 28. Rd3 Qb6 29. b3
Rd8 30. Red1 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 $14) 28. c5 $1 Rd8 29. Bf1 {[%cal Gf1c4]} Rd5 30.
Rc3 Qd8 31. Rcc1 {to avoid RR change} (31. Bc4 Rd1 32. Rc1 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 $14)
31... Qf8 {Black still have problem with Bc8 development} (31... Nc7 $2 32. Bc4
Rd7 33. Bxf7+ $18) 32. Nd2 Qd8 {Passive waiting for "death" - that's all Black
can do...} 33. Nb3 Nd4 $2 $18 {To stand quietly, to not twitch is unpleasantly
and difficultly...} ({Better was} 33... Qc7 34. Bc4 Rd8 35. Rcd1 $16 {and it
is not easy for White to increase pressure.}) 34. Bc4 {[%cal Gc4f7]} Nxb3 (
34... Rd7 35. Nxd4 (35. Bxf7+ Kxf7 36. e6+ Nxe6 37. Qxe6+ Kf8 38. Be5 Bh6 39.
Rc3 Rd3 40. Qc4 Rd5 41. Rf3+ $16) 35... Rxd4 36. e6 f6 37. Bc7 Bh6 38. f4 Qxc7
39. Qxd4 Bxf4 40. Rcd1 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8]}) 35. Qxb3 {Black lose material and
the game...} Be6 (35... e6 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. f4 $18) 36. Qxb7 Rb8 (36... Rd7
37. Qxc6 Bxc4 38. Rxc4 Rc8 39. Qe4 Rd2 40. e6 $18) 37. Qxc6 Rxb2 38. Bxd5 Bxd5
39. Rcd1 e6 40. Rxd5 Qxd5 (40... exd5 41. e6 Qf6 42. Qe8+ Bf8 43. exf7+ Qxf7
44. Qxf7+ Kxf7 45. c6 Rc2 46. c7 $18) 41. Qxd5 exd5 42. Rd1 Bf8 43. Rxd5 Rc2
44. c6 {[%cal Gd5a5]} 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Terentiev, Vitaly G"]
[Black "Donchenko, Anatoly G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Voronezh OShK"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Phoenix"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Nbd7 $6 {Another continuation
lead to equal position:} (5... Nc6 6. Bd3 (6. Be2 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Ngf3 O-O
$11 {1-0 Chrenow-Nade/cr ch we 0/ (25)}) (6. Bg3 Qb6 7. Rb1 Bd7 8. Bd3 Rc8 (
8... Be7 9. h3 cxd4 10. exd4 Na5 11. Qe2 O-O $132 {0-1 Sorensen,H-Bogdanovich,
G/Copenhagen op ,EXT 1994/ (49)}) 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. f4 Be8 12. Bf2
Nd7 $11 {0-1 Janowski,D-Showalter,J/Lexington m 1916/ (67)}) 6... Bd6 (6... Qb6
7. Rb1 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. h3 Bd7 10. Ngf3 O-O 11. O-O Rac8 $11 {(...). 0-1
Romi,M-Vistaneckis,I/Prague olm ,HCL 1931/ (43)}) (6... Be7 7. Nh3 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qb1 h6 10. Nf3 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. g4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 $132 {1/2-1/2
Szabolcsi,J-Tokmachev,M/Budapest HUN 1999/ (43)}) 7. Bg5 (7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. f4
Bd7 (8... O-O 9. g3 b6 10. Ngf3 Bb7 $11 {1-0 Doderer,H-Windhorst,W/cr QTV-24
Durlach-Luebbecke [1] 1991/ (62)}) 9. Ngf3 (9. Nh3 Ne7 10. O-O Bc6 11. Qb1 b6
12. Ng5 h6 13. Ngf3 O-O $11 {1-0 Szabolcsi,J-Lukacs,P/Budapest FS08 GM 1996/
EXP 54/ (28)}) (9. Qf3 O-O $11 (9... O-O-O 10. Ne2 Kb8 11. O-O $14 {0-1
Polyakova,N-Shadrina,T/Moscow RUS 1999/ (47)})) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Bb1
Bb5 12. Ne5 {1-0 Gulko,B-MChess Pro/Harvard 1995/[ 5] (81)}) 7... h6 (7... cxd4
8. exd4 O-O 9. Ngf3 h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Qc2 Be6 14.
Nf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Marks-Kirby,J/California 1986/ (44)}) 8. Bh4 e5 $11) (5... Bd6
6. Bg3 (6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. f4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb4 10. Bb1 O-O 11. a3 Nc6
12. Ngf3 b6 13. Bd3 a5 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. O-O $11 {0-1 Gulko,B-Virtual Chess/
Sixth Harvard Cup New York USA 1995/ (51)}) 6... Bxg3 (6... O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8.
Ngf3 (8. Qe2 cxd4 9. exd4 a5 10. f4 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Nh3 Qd7 $11 {0-1
Millivojevic-Jovovcic/cr YU 0/(33)}) 8... Bb7 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Qb1 Nbd7 11. Nxd7
Qxd7 12. Bh4 $14 {0-1 Kovacevic,S-Stanisic,M/Sokobanja 1989/(50)}) 7. hxg3 Nc6
8. Ngf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bd7 $11) (5... Qb6 6. Rb1 (6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Qc6 8. Ngf3
Nbd7 9. Be2 b5 $132 {0-1 Zenner,C-Klatt,O/cr ch DDR 1987 (49)}) 6... Bd7 7.
Ngf3 cxd4 8. exd4 Bb5 9. Qb3 Bxf1 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Rxf1 Nc6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Tartakower-Gudmundsson/Amsterdam 1950/ (44)}) (5... Be7 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6
8. Ne5 a5 (8... Bb7 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. Ng4 c4 11. Bb1 b5 12. Qf3 Nxg4 13. Qxg4 f5
14. Qe2 Nf6 15. O-O a5 16. f3 $14 {1-0 Kaunzinger-Jahrsdoerfer,G/BEM M II
Wuerzburg 1995/ (50)}) 9. Qf3 Ba6 10. Bc2 cxd4 11. exd4 Qc8 12. Qg3 Nc6 $132 {
0-1 Lipsanen,E-Nokso Koivisto,A/FIN ch Helsinki ,EXT 1990/ (29)}) (5... b6 6.
Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bd3 Bc6 8. Ngf3 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. f4 Nbd7 12. Qf3 a5
13. a4 Ba6 14. Bc2 $11 {0-1 Salac,J-Trojek,P/Lilie Open, Litomysl CZE 1997 (46)
}) 6. Bd3 b6 (6... Qb6 7. Qc2 $14) 7. Ngf3 Bb7 (7... Be7 8. Ne5 (8. O-O Nh5 $11
) (8. h3 O-O 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne5 Ne4 $11) 8... Nxe5 (8... Bb7 9. Qf3 $1 $14 {
-like in this game}) 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. e4 (10. Qg4 g5 11. Bg3 h5 $19 {[%csl Rg3]}
) 10... O-O 11. exd5 exd5 12. Qh5 $14) 8. Ne5 Be7 9. Qf3 $1 {White prevent Ne4
and develop Q to active position} O-O (9... Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Qd7 11. O-O O-O 12.
Qh3 h6 13. f4 Bc6 14. f5 $14) 10. Qh3 {[%cal Gh3h7,Gd3h7]} g6 (10... h6 11. O-O
Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nd7 13. Bf4 Bg5 (13... Bf6 14. Bxh6 $18) 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. f4 Qf6
16. Nf3 $14) (10... Ne4 11. f3 Nef6 $14) 11. Bh6 Re8 12. f4 a6 (12... a5 $5 {
[%csl Rb5][%cal Gb7a6]} 13. O-O-O $1 {and White organize K Attack faster than
Black:} Ba6 (13... Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bb5 $16) 14. Bc2 $1 Rc8 15. g4 b5 16.
f5 exf5 17. gxf5 b4 18. fxg6 hxg6 $8 19. Bxg6 $1 {Strong sacrifice.} (19. Nxg6
fxg6 20. Qe6+ Kh8 21. Qxa6 (21. Qf7 Rg8 $19) 21... bxc3 22. bxc3 cxd4 23. cxd4
Qc7 24. Qd3 Ba3+ 25. Kb1 Qb8+ 26. Nb3 Ne4 $17) 19... Nxe5 (19... fxg6 20. Qe6+
Kh8 21. Nf7+ $18) 20. dxe5 {[%csl Rg8]} (20. Bxf7+ $2 Kxf7 (20... Nxf7 21.
Rhg1+ Kh8 22. Bg7+ Kg8 23. Bxf6+ $18) 21. dxe5 Qd7 $17) 20... fxg6 21. Rhg1
bxc3 (21... Bd3 22. e4 $3 $18) 22. Rxg6+ Kh7 23. Rg7+ Kh8 24. Bf4+ Kxg7 25.
Rg1+ $18) 13. Qf3 $1 {[%csl Ge4] after f2-f4 promotion Q turn back!} (13. g4
Ne4 $1 $132) ({Here} 13. O-O-O {is not such strong:} b5 14. g4 (14. f5 exf5 15.
Bxf5 Nf8 $1 $132) 14... b4 15. g5 (15. cxb4 cxd4 16. exd4 Bxb4 17. f5 (17. Ndf3
Ne4 $17) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 $17) (15. f5 bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 $19) 15... bxc3
16. bxc3 Nh5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Qxg6 cxd4 21. Qxh5
dxc3 22. Nc4 dxc4 23. Bf8+ Kg8 24. Qg6+ Kxf8 25. Qh6+ Kf7 26. Qh7+ $11) 13...
Bf8 14. Bg5 {Attack will be more dangerous with the BB!} h6 15. Bh4 Bg7 16. O-O
{King-side castle will not stop the Activity!} (16. O-O-O b5 $132) 16... Qc7
17. g4 $36 b5 18. Bg3 {The B release a way to the Ph2} Qd8 (18... b4 19. cxb4
cxb4 (19... cxd4 20. exd4 Qb6 21. Nb3 Qxb4 22. g5 $1 $18) 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21.
Bxg6+ Kg8 (21... Kxg6 22. f5+ $18) 22. Rac1 Qd6 23. Bxe8 Nxe8 24. Nc4 $1 $16) (
18... c4 19. Bc2 a5 20. f5 $16) 19. h4 h5 $4 $18 {[%mdl 16384]} (19... Qe7 20.
g5 $1 ({Very interesting and complicated is piece sacrifice:} 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21.
Bxg6 Rf8 22. g5 Nh7 23. Qh5 b4 24. Kh2 (24. gxh6 Bf6 25. Bd3 Kh8 $15) 24...
bxc3 25. bxc3 Bc6 (25... Rfc8 26. Rab1 Ndf8 27. gxh6 Bf6 28. f5 $16) 26. Rg1 (
26. gxh6 Ndf6 27. hxg7 Kxg7 28. Qe5 Kxg6 29. f5+ Kf7 30. fxe6+ Qxe6 $17) (26.
Rab1 Rab8 27. gxh6 Bf6 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 (28... Nxb8 29. Rg1 Kh8 30. Nf3 $16) 29.
f5 Rb2 30. Rf2 e5 $15) 26... Rab8 27. Rg2 Rb2 28. Rag1 Kh8 29. Bd3 Rg8 30. Be1
Bf8 $132) 20... Nxe5 21. fxe5 (21. dxe5 Nh5 22. e4 Nxg3 23. Qxg3 Rad8 $15)
21... Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 hxg5 25. Qg4 $14) 20. g5 Nh7 21.
Nxg6 $1 {Black didn't evaluate properly this sacrifice!} fxg6 22. Bxg6 Ndf8 23.
Bxh5 {Here 3P are much better than B because position is closed} Re7 24. Bg4 (
24. dxc5 Rc8 25. Nb3 Nd7 26. Nd4 Nxc5 27. f5 $1 $18) 24... Rf7 (24... cxd4 25.
exd4 {[%cal Ga1e1]} b4 26. Rae1 bxc3 27. bxc3 Rc8 28. f5 $1 $18) 25. Qe2 (25.
dxc5 $18) 25... Rf5 (25... Rc8 26. f5 Nxg5 27. hxg5 exf5 28. Bh5 Qxg5 29. Bxf7+
Kxf7 30. Rxf5+ $1 $18) 26. Nf3 {White don't hasten.Rf5 will not run away.} (26.
Bxf5 exf5 27. dxc5 Qe7 28. Qd3 Re8 29. Bf2 $18) 26... Ng6 27. dxc5 (27. Bxf5
exf5 28. dxc5 $18 (28. h5 $18)) 27... Ne7 28. Nd4 Nf8 {Black try to build
something like Blockade on White squares...} 29. h5 $1 Qc7 30. Bh4 (30. Bxf5
$18) 30... Qxc5 31. a3 Re8 32. Qd3 (32. Nxf5 $18) 32... Bc8 33. g6 Qd6 (33...
Nfxg6 34. hxg6 Nxg6 35. Bxf5 exf5 36. Bg5 $18) 34. Rae1 Nd7 35. Bxe7 Rxe7 36.
Bxf5 {White break "Blockade"} Nc5 37. Qc2 exf5 38. Nxf5 Bxf5 39. Qxf5 Ne4 40.
Qh3 (40. Qc8+ Bf8 41. Rf3 $18) 40... a5 41. Re2 Bh6 42. Rd1 Kg7 43. Rd4 Nf6 44.
Qf5 Qc6 45. Kf2 Qc7 (45... Ne4+ 46. Kf3 $18 (46. Rxe4 $18)) 46. Kf3 Qc6 47. Kf2
Ne4+ 48. Rxe4 (48. Kf3 $18) 48... dxe4 49. Rd2 b4 50. Rd8 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.04.28"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Kudischewitsch, David"]
[Black "Zilberman, Yaacov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netanya"]
[BlackTeam "Herzliya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{[%mdl 704]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 f6 3. Bc1 $6 $15 {White make for Black dear gift
- 2 tempi including f7-f6...} (3. Bf4 {-mainline}) (3. Bh4 {-mainline}) 3... c5
4. c4 $5 Nc6 $6 $11 (4... cxd4 5. Qxd4 dxc4 6. Qxc4 e5 7. e4 $11) ({Better is} 
4... dxc4 $1 5. e3 (5. d5 b5 6. e4 e6 7. Nc3 b4 $15) 5... cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7.
Nf3 (7. d5 Ne5 8. f4 Nd3+ 9. Bxd3 cxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Nc3 exd5 $15) 7... Bg4
8. d5 Qa5+ (8... Ne5 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qd1 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Bg4 $15) 9. Nc3 Ne5 $15)
5. e4 $2 $17 {Unnecessary P sacrifice. Kudishewitsch wants to complicate and
to confuse the game at any cost...} ({Better is naturally} 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. dxc5
Qxc5 7. Nc3 $11) 5... dxe4 6. d5 Nd4 7. Nc3 f5 (7... Bf5 $2 8. Nge2 e5 9. Ng3
$132 {[%csl Re4,Rf5]}) 8. f3 $5 Nf6 9. fxe4 fxe4 10. Nge2 (10. Be3 Qb6 11. Qd2
Bd7 12. Nge2 Nf5 13. Bf4 Rd8 $17) 10... Bg4 $2 $14 {Serious mistake. Zilberman
plays well standard positions.} ({Good was} 10... Qb6 $1 11. Ng3 Bg4 12. Qa4+
Bd7 13. Qd1 Qb4 $17 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Gb4f1]}) 11. h3 (11. Be3 e5 (11... e6 12.
Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. Nxd4 exd5 $132 (14... cxd4 15. Bxd4 exd5 16. cxd5
Bb4 17. Bb5+ $14) 15. cxd5 cxd4 16. Bxd4 $14) 12. h3 Bh5 (12... Bd7 13. Qd2 Bd6
14. Ng3 O-O 15. O-O-O $14 {[%csl Re4]}) 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. O-O-O
$14 {[%csl Yd5,Re4,Re5]}) 11... Bh5 12. g4 $5 {Non-standard strategy
continuation. White permit to Black Nf3+...} (12. Be3 e5 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+
Kxd7 15. O-O-O Bxe2 16. Bxe2 Nxe2+ 17. Nxe2 Bd6 18. Nc3 $14 {[%csl Gd5,Re4,Re5]
}) 12... Nf3+ {[%csl Re1]} 13. Kf2 Bg6 (13... Bf7 14. g5 Nd7 15. Nxe4 Nfe5 16.
Nf4 $14) 14. Nf4 Bf7 15. Nxe4 $1 Nxe4+ 16. Kxf3 {Despite of dubious White K
position in the centre, White have advantage! Remember Wilhelm Steinitz...} Nd6
(16... Nf6 17. Qa4+ Qd7 18. Qxd7+ Nxd7 19. Be3 $16) 17. b4 $6 {Following the
same unexpected and chaotic style...} ({Simply and good was to try to change
QQ:} 17. Qa4+ Qd7 (17... b5 $6 18. cxb5 Qd7 19. Kf2 $1 {Very good move -
keeping advantage} (19. Kg2 a6 20. Be2 Nxb5 21. Rd1 Nd4 22. Qxd7+ Kxd7 23. Bc4
$14) (19. Qa6 Rb8 (19... g5 20. Ne6 Rc8 21. Kf2 Bxe6 22. dxe6 Qxe6 23. Bg2 Bg7
24. Bc6+ Kd8 25. Qa5+ Rc7 26. Re1 $132) 20. Qc6 (20. a4 g5 $17 {[%csl Rd5]})
20... Nxb5 21. Qxc5 g5 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. dxe6 Nd4+ 24. Kg2 Nxe6 25. Qe5 {
[%cal Ge5b8]} Qc6+ 26. Kh2 Qd6 27. Qxd6 exd6 28. Bc4 Nf4 29. Re1+ Kd7 30. a4 $1
$14 {[%cal Gc4b5]}) 19... a6 20. Ne6 $1 c4 (20... Bxe6 21. dxe6 Qxe6 22. bxa6+
$18) (20... Nxb5 21. Bxb5 $18) 21. Bg2 Nxb5 22. Re1 $18 {[%csl Re8,Rf8]}) 18.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. Be3 $16) 17... g5 $2 $18 {Black total confused and put mistake
after mistake...} (17... Rc8 $5 18. bxc5 Rxc5 19. Qa4+ b5 20. cxb5 Qd7 21. Qd4
$16) 18. Bb2 $2 (18. bxc5 $1 gxf4 19. cxd6 exd6 20. Bxf4 (20. Rb1 b6 21. Bd3
Bg7 22. Re1+ Be5 23. Qa4+ Kf8 24. Bxf4 Bxf4 25. Kxf4 Qh4 26. Qc2 h5 $132) 20...
Qf6 21. Bd3 Bh6 22. Re1+ Kd8 23. Bf5 Bxf4 24. Qa4 $18) 18... Rg8 19. Ne6 $2 $14
({Right was} 19. bxc5 $1 gxf4 20. cxd6 Qxd6 21. Qa4+ Kd8 22. Re1 $16) 19...
Bxe6 20. dxe6 Qc7 21. Qa4+ b5 $4 $18 {This mistake is not a last...} ({Of
course, better was} 21... Qc6+ 22. Qxc6+ bxc6 23. bxc5 Nb7 24. Ba3 (24. Bd3 Bg7
25. Be4 O-O-O (25... Rc8 $2 26. Bxg7 Rxg7 27. Rab1 Nxc5 28. Bxc6+ $1 $18) 26.
Bxg7 Rxg7 27. Rad1 Nxc5 28. Bxc6 Nxe6 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. Rd1+ Kc7 $132) 24...
Bg7 25. Rb1 Nd8 26. Bg2 Nxe6 27. Rhe1 (27. Ke3 Bd4+ 28. Kd2 Rc8 $132) 27...
Rf8+ 28. Kg3 Nd8 $14) 22. cxb5 Qb7+ 23. Kf2 $1 O-O-O (23... Ne4+ 24. Ke3 $18) (
23... Qxh1 24. b6+ $18 {[%csl Rd7]}) 24. bxc5 $1 {good move!} ({Bad was} 24.
Bg2 $2 Ne4+ $1 (24... Qxb5 25. Qxa7 Qxb4 26. Qa8+ Kc7 27. Qc6+ Kb8 28. Bc3 Qf4+
29. Bf3 $18) 25. Ke1 $1 (25. Kg1 Rd2 26. Qa6 Qxa6 27. bxa6 Rxb2 28. Bxe4 Rxb4
$11) 25... Qd5 26. Qc2 (26. Rd1 Qxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 28. Kxd1 Nf2+ 29. Ke2 Nxh1
30. bxc5 Rg6 31. Bxh1 Rxe6+ $44) 26... Rg6 27. Kf1 Rxe6 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Qxc5+
Qxc5 30. bxc5 Rb4 31. Rh2 Rxb5 32. Rc1 $11) 24... Ne4+ (24... Qxh1 25. Bg2 Qh2
(25... Ne4+ 26. Qxe4 Rd2+ 27. Kg3 Qxg2+ 28. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 $18) 26. Qa6+
Kb8 27. cxd6 Qf4+ 28. Kg1 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Qb6 30. d7 $18) 25. Ke3 (25. Kg1 $1 Nxc5
(25... Rd2 26. b6 Nxc5 27. Rc1 $18 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gf1a6]}) 26. Rc1 $18) 25...
Ng3 (25... Nxc5 26. Rc1 Qc7 (26... Qxh1 27. Rxc5+ Kb8 28. Be5+ Rd6 29. b6 $1
$18) 27. Qb4 Qg3+ 28. Ke2 Qd3+ 29. Kf2 Qd2+ 30. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 31. Ke3 (31. Be2
Rxb2 32. Rxc5+ Kb8 33. Rd1 Bg7 34. Rxg5 Bd4+ 35. Rxd4 Rxg5 36. Kf3 $16) 31...
Rxb2 32. Rxc5+ Kb8 33. Bc4 Bg7 34. Rd1 Rh2 35. Rd7 Rxh3+ 36. Ke4 $18 {[%csl
Rb8][%cal Gc5c7]}) 26. b6 $4 $132 (26. Rg1 $1 Qd5 27. Qd4 (27. Rxg3 $4 Qd2+ 28.
Kf3 Bg7 29. Rg2 (29. Bxg7 Rgf8+ 30. Bxf8 Rxf8+ 31. Ke4 Rf4+ 32. Ke5 Rxa4 $19)
29... Qd5+ 30. Kg3 Bxb2 $19) 27... Qxe6+ 28. Qe5 Nxf1+ 29. Rgxf1 Qxe5+ 30. Bxe5
Rd5 31. Ke4 Rxc5 32. Rac1 $18) 26... Rg6 27. Qc4 (27. Kf2 $5 Nxf1 (27... Nxh1+
28. Kg1 $18 {[%cal Gf1a6,Gb2e5]}) 28. Raxf1 (28. Rhxf1 Rd2+ 29. Ke3 Rxe6+ 30.
Kxd2 Qg2+ 31. Kd3 Qe2+ 32. Kc3 Bg7+ $19) 28... Rxe6 29. Qc2 axb6 $132) 27...
Qxh1 ({After} 27... Nxh1 $1 $13 {position is very complicared, but despite of
R lack White try to win:} 28. Be5 $5 ({or} 28. bxa7 $5 Qxa7 (28... Ng3 $2 29.
Bg2 Qxa7 30. Rb1 Bg7 (30... Rd6 31. Bb7+ $3 Kd8 32. Bd5 Bg7 33. Bxg7 Rxg7 34.
Kd3 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc5d6] Unbelievable! White win with rook less!} Ra6 35.
Qd4 $18 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gd4d8]}) 31. Bxg7 Rxg7 32. Bb7+ Kc7 33. Kf2 (33. Qc3
Nf1+ 34. Rxf1 Kxb7 $19) 33... Qa3 34. Rb3 Qxa2+ 35. Kxg3 Qa1 36. Qb4 Qe5+ 37.
Kf2 Qh2+ 38. Bg2 Rf8+ 39. Rf3 Rxf3+ 40. Kxf3 Qf4+ 41. Qxf4+ gxf4 42. Kxf4 Rg6
43. Bd5 $16) 29. Qa6+ (29. Bd3 Rxd3+ 30. Kxd3 $132) 29... Qxa6 30. Bxa6+ Kc7
31. Bc4 Nf2 32. Be5+ Kc6 33. Kxf2 Bg7 34. Bxg7 Rxg7 35. Rc1 Kxc5 36. Ke3 $44)
28... Ng3 (28... Bg7 29. Bxg7 Rxg7 30. Bd3 Ng3 31. Rb1 axb6 32. Rxb6 Qa8 33.
Qb5 Rxd3+ 34. Qxd3 Qa4 35. Qd5 Qf4+ 36. Kd3 Qf1+ 37. Kc2 $18) 29. Bxg3 Bg7 30.
c6 (30. Bc7 axb6 31. Bxd8 b5 32. Qxb5 Qxb5 33. Bxb5 Bxa1 34. Bb6 Rxe6+ 35. Kd2
Bd4 36. Kd3 Bf2 (36... Rxb6 37. cxb6 Bxb6 $11) 37. a4 Re3+ 38. Kc4 Rxh3 39. a5
Rh4 40. a6 Rxg4+ 41. Kd5 Rd4+ 42. Ke5 Rd6 43. cxd6 exd6+ 44. Kxd6 Bxb6 $11)
30... Qxb6+ 31. Kf3 {[%cal Gc4a6]} Rf6+ 32. Kg2 Rd2+ 33. Kh1 Rf4 34. Bxf4 gxf4
35. Rc1 Be5 $1 (35... Qf2 36. Qa6+ Kc7 37. Qa5+ Kd6 38. Qb4+ (38. Qc5+ $2 Qxc5
39. Rxc5 Kc7 $44) 38... Kxe6 39. Qe4+ Kf7 40. Bg2 Be5 41. Qxh7+ Kf8 42. Qf5+
Ke8 43. Rg1 f3 44. Qxe5 fxg2+ 45. Kh2 Rxa2 46. c7 Rc2 47. Qh8+ Kf7 48. Qh7+ $18
) 36. Rc2 (36. Qc5 Qxc5 37. Rxc5 Bd6 38. Rh5 f3 39. Rf5 Rxa2 40. Rxf3 Kc7 $44)
36... Rxc2 37. Qxc2 f3 $44) 28. c6 $4 $19 {[%mdl 8192]} (28. Be2 Qe4+ 29. Qxe4
Nxe4 30. bxa7 (30. Ba6+ Kb8 31. Kxe4 Rxe6+ 32. Kf5 Re3 $17) 30... Kb7 31. Bf3
Rxe6 32. Bxe4+ Kxa7 $44) 28... Nxf1+ $4 $16 (28... Qg1+ 29. Kf3 Qxb6 30. Qa6+
Qxa6 31. Bxa6+ Kc7 32. Be5+ Kxc6 33. Rc1+ Kd5 (33... Kb6 34. Bc7+ Kxa6 35. Bxd8
Rxe6 36. Kxg3 Re3+ $19) 34. Rd1+ Kxe5 35. Rxd8 Ne4 36. Rxf8 Rf6+ 37. Rxf6 Nxf6
$19) 29. Rxf1 Qxh3+ 30. Rf3 Rd3+ 31. Kxd3 $4 {A lot of mistakes in this game I
can explain: time pressure and complexity of this crazy game} ({Was keep
advantage} 31. Qxd3 Rxe6+ 32. Kd2 Qg2+ 33. Kd1 Qg1+ 34. Qf1 Rd6+ 35. Kc1 Rxc6+
36. Kb1 Qxf1+ 37. Rxf1 Bh6 38. bxa7 Kb7 39. Rf7 Kxa7 (39... Re6 40. Bd4 Re4 41.
Bc5 $18) 40. Rxe7+ Kb6 41. Rxh7 Bf8 42. Rf7 $16) 31... Qxf3+ 32. Kc2 Qf2+ 33.
Kd1 Qxb6 34. Bd4 Qc7 35. Be5 Qa5 36. Qb3 Qb6 37. Qd5 Qg1+ 38. Ke2 Qxg4+ 39. Kd2
Qxe6 40. Qb5 Qxc6 41. Qb8+ Kd7 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.05.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kuporosov, Viktor"]
[Black "Skomorokhin, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. Nf3 Qb6 4. b3 Bg4 5. e3 $146 (5. c4 $6 {Tyomkin,D} Nd7 6.
Nc3 e6 7. c5 Qa5 8. Bd2 Qc7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Ngf6 11. Ng3 $2 (11. Bd3 $15)
11... g6 $2 (11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Bxc5 $1) 12. h3 $2 {Both sides were missing
this tacktical blow in the game Hodgson,J-San Segundo,P/Ubeda op 1996 and here
they agreed a draw} Bxf3 13. gxf3 (13. Qxf3 Bxc5 $1 $17 14. dxc5 $140 Qe5+)
13... Bg7 $17) 5... e6 6. Be2 Nd7 7. O-O f5 $6 ({after} 7... Ngf6 {black
equalizes without problems}) 8. Nbd2 Ngf6 9. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 (9... Nxf6 10. Ng5 $1
Bxe2 11. Qxe2 c5 12. c4 $1 h6 13. Ngf3 $36 {[%cal Gc4d5]}) 10. c4 $16 Qd8 11.
Ne1 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Bd6 13. Nd3 Ke7 14. c5 Bc7 15. b4 {()} Qb8 16. Kh1 h5 {
[%cal Rc7h2]} 17. h3 (17. Z0 Bxh2 $140 18. g3 h4) 17... e5 $2 (17... a6 $142
$16) 18. b5 Qc8 19. Rab1 a5 $6 20. f3 $1 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ye3e4]} Qg8 21. b6 $1
Bb8 {[%csl Ra8,Rb8]} 22. e4 Kd8 (22... dxe4 23. fxe4 exd4 24. exf5+ Be5 25. Nf3
$16 {/+-}) 23. dxe5 fxe5 (23... Nxe5 24. exd5 (24. Rbd1 $6 Qg3 {[%cal Yb8h2]})
24... Qxd5 25. Nb3 Nxd3 26. Rbd1 Kc8 27. Rxd3 Qe5 28. Qxe5 fxe5 29. a4 $16 {/+-
}) 24. a4 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rb8]} h4 25. Rbd1 Kc8 26. Rfe1 Qf8 27. Rc1 Qf7 28. Nf1
$1 {[%cal Gf1e3] decisive manouevre of the khight} Rg8 29. Ne3 fxe4 30. fxe4
dxe4 31. Nf2 Nf6 32. Neg4 e3 (32... Qg6 33. Qc4 {[%cal Gc4e6]} Nd5 34. Nxe4 $18
) 33. Qxe3 Qg6 34. Qf3 Nd5 (34... Nd7 35. Ne4 $18 {and black cann't move}) 35.
Nxe5 Qg5 (35... Bxe5 36. Rxe5 Nf4 37. Rce1 $18 Nxg2 $140 38. Re6 {[%cal Ge6e8]}
) 36. Nfd3 Ne7 $4 {[%tqu "En","enter a last move of this game","","","e5f7","",
5]} 37. Nf7 {[%csl Re7]} 1-0

[Event "Quebec op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2000.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2000.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. c3 Qb6 4. Qb3 Bf5 5. Nf3 h6 (5... Nd7 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Bh4
Ngf6 8. e3 e6 9. Be2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg3 Be7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Willemze,J-Ernst,
S/Leiden 1997/EXT 98 (22)}) 6. Bh4 Nd7 7. e3 Ngf6 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. c4
dxc4 $6 {probably I found only way, where white has chances for advantage.} (
10... Qxb3 11. axb3 g5 (11... Bxb1 $5 12. Rfxb1 g5 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Ne4
15. Bd3 f5 {black is ok.}) 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Ne4 {black has comfortable
play.}) (10... O-O 11. c5 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bc7 $11 {[%cal Ga7a6,Ya8e8,Ye6e5] this
ending should be equal. Black can put pieces like a7-a6, then Ra8-e8 and e6-e5.
}) 11. Bxc4 Qxb3 12. Bxb3 Ne4 13. Nc3 g5 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3
Ke7 17. Nd2 Bd3 $6 (17... Bd5 18. Rfc1 (18. Ba4 {[%cal Re3e4] during the game
I was warried of this move, but black just leads c6-c5 in that case,solving
all problems.} b5 19. Bc2 c5 $11) (18. Bc2 {[%cal Re3e4]} c5 $11) 18... Bxb3
19. Nxb3 {white still create some pressure on the queenside by Na5 and
b2-b4-b5, but it doesn't look like black has serious problems in this ending.})
18. Rfc1 h5 19. Rc3 Bg6 (19... Ba6 {was possible too, and probably better,
because in forthcoming stage of the game the bishop is in out of play, which
develops on the queenside.}) 20. a4 Nf6 21. f3 h4 22. g4 Nd5 (22... Rhd8 23. a5
Rac8 {[%cal Rc6c5]} 24. Rc5 Nd5 25. Bxd5 $14) 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Nb3 $14 {
White has got perspectives on the queenside, and black should stay in defense
fo a while.} Rac8 25. e4 dxe4 26. fxe4 Rhd8 27. Kf2 Rd6 28. Re1 Kf8 29. g3
hxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Re8 31. Rce3 (31. e5 Rd5 32. a5 Rb5 $11) 31... b6 32. e5 Rd7 33.
Rc1 Re6 34. Rc4 f6 $1 {The right time to break white center-black is
well-prepared for it.} 35. a5 fxe5 36. axb6 axb6 37. Rb4 Bf7 38. Rxb6 (38. dxe5
c5 $15) 38... exd4 39. Rxe6 Bxe6 40. Nc5 Rd6 41. Rb8+ {After hard mutual
time-trouble I found myself with a pawn up in this ending. Unfortunately I
have no way to use it.} Kf7 (41... Ke7 42. Rb7+ Kd8 43. Rg7 {[%cal Rc5b7]} Kc8
44. Ne4 $11 {white destroys g5-pawn.}) (41... Kg7 $2 42. Rd8 $1 $18) 42. Rb7+
Kg6 43. Nxe6 Rxe6 44. Rd7 {All arising rook endings are drawn now.} c5 45. Rd5
Re3+ 46. Kf2 Re4 47. Rxc5 Rxg4 48. b4 {It is enough for white to change his
pawn for one of blacks to get a draw.} Rf4+ 49. Kg3 Kh5 50. Rc8 Rg4+ 51. Kf3
Rf4+ 52. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sapis, Witalis"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 Qb6 4. b3 (4. Qc1 Bf5 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 h6 7. c4 Nf6
8. h3 c5 9. a3 Nbd7 10. b4 cxb4 11. c5 Nxc5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Bd6 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. Bb5+ Ke7 16. Nbd4 Bh7 17. Qb2 bxa3 18. Rxa3 Rhb8 19. O-O Kf8 20. Rc1
a6 21. Bf1 Nd7 22. Rac3 e5 {1/2-1/2 Kovacevic,S-Kharlov,A/Linares ESP 1999 (22)
}) 4... Bf5 (4... Nf6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Ne2 Nbd7 7. O-O e6 8. c4 Be7 9. Nbc3 O-O
10. f3 Bh5 11. Bg3 Bg6 12. c5 Qd8 13. b4 Nh5 14. f4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 f5 16. Be1 b5
$11 {1-0 Shirov,A-Garcia,J/Oviedo rapid45 1992 (54)}) 5. Bd3 $146 (5. a3 Nf6 6.
c4 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. c5 Qd8 9. b4 a6 10. h3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Ne2 Be7 13.
Nc3 Bg6 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O f6 16. Bg4 Bf7 (16... e5 $5 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. dxe5
Qf5 19. exf6 Bxf6 $44) 17. Bg3 Re8 18. f4 $14 {1-0 Kovacevic,V-Vukelic,T/Porec
CRO 1998 (52)}) 5... Bg6 6. Ne2 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8. c4 Be7 9. Nbc3 Nh5 $6 (9...
Nbd7 $142) 10. Be5 Nd7 (10... f6 $2 11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. g4 $18) 11. h3 Bxd3 (
11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 {[%csl Rh5]}) 12. Qxd3 Nhf6 13. Bh2 dxc4 $6 14. bxc4 Qa6 {
That was blacks idea-to put pressure on c4-pawn,but white has a nice
refutation.} 15. a4 $1 O-O (15... Nb6 16. Nb5 $1 {[%csl Ra6]}) 16. Rfb1 Rad8 (
16... Nb6 17. Nb5 {[%cal Rb5c7,Ga4a5]}) 17. Qc2 b6 18. a5 Qb7 19. e4 Ne8 20. e5
$14 {White has achieved a big advantage in space,but black doesn't have
serious weaknesses in her position.} Nc7 21. Qe4 Rb8 22. Bf4 Rfd8 (22... b5 23.
a6 $1) 23. axb6 axb6 24. Qf3 {[%cal Gc3e4]} b5 25. Ne4 {[%cal Gf4g5] White
intends to start an attack on the kingside,but black finds a break via the
center.} c5 $1 26. cxb5 Nxb5 27. N2c3 {The beginning of tactical fight.} Nxd4
28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Qxb7 Rxb7 30. Rxb7 Nxe5 31. Kf1 $1 {[%csl Ye2][%cal Gc3e4]
Very smart move,which make some connection in whites position.But,actually,
black should get a draw by accurate play.Elmira creates additional weaknesses
with her next move,but,probably, it doesn't miss a draw too.} (31. Raa7 $6 Ndc6
{[%cal Ge5g6]}) 31... g5 32. Bxe5 Bxe5 33. Ne4 {[%csl Rc5,Rg5]} c4 $4 (33...
Nb5 $1 34. Ra5 (34. Rb1 Nc3 $11) (34. Ra2 Nd6 (34... Nc3 35. Nxc3 Bxc3 36. Raa7
$11) 35. Nxd6 Bxd6 36. Rd2 Kg7 {[%cal Gd8b8]}) 34... Nd6 35. Nxd6 Bxd6 36. Raa7
Rf8 {[%cal Gd6e5,Ge5d4]}) (33... h6 $5 34. Nxc5 $140 $2 (34. Rc1 $142) 34...
Nb3 $1) 34. Nxg5 $18 Nc6 (34... f6 35. Nf7 Rb8 36. Nh6+ Kf8 37. Rxb8+ Bxb8 38.
Ra4 $18) 35. Rc1 $1 {winning another pawn.} Bf4 36. Rxc4 Na5 37. Rxf4 Nxb7 38.
Rxf7 Nc5 (38... h6 39. Rxb7 hxg5 40. Rb5 $18) 39. Rc7 Rd5 40. Rc8+ (40. Rc8+
Kg7 41. Rxc5) 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 54th"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Murdzia, Piotr"]
[Black "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 e5 6. Nf3 exd4 7. exd4 Ne7 (7...
Bf5 {Tyomkin,D} 8. Be2 (8. c3 $6 {@} Nd7 9. Be2 Ngf6 10. O-O Bd6 $11 11. c4 $6
(11. Re1 O-O $11) 11... dxc4 12. Nbd2 Bf4 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 O-O 15. Nxc4
Qc7 $15 {[%csl Rd4] Kosic,D-Drazic,S/Wch-stud Sofia 1994/0-1 (66)}) 8... Be7 9.
O-O Bxh4 10. Nxh4 Be6 11. c3 g5 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. Nbd2 Ne7 14. Bd3 g4 15. Nh4 $14
{Fernandes-Blatny/32nd Chess Olympiad, Yerevan 1996/1/2-1/2 (64)}) (7... Be7 {
Tyomkin,D} 8. Bg3 Bf5 $5 (8... Nf6) 9. Bxb8 Rxb8 10. Qf4 Rd8 11. Qxf5 Qxb2 12.
Qd3 Qxa1 13. Qb3 $132 {Miladinovic,I-Timoshchenko,G/EU-chTM 1997/1/2-1/2 (48)})
8. Bd3 Nf5 9. O-O $6 $146 {white sacrifices a pawn with idea to get advantage
in development.But in my opinion this sacrifise is good only for one game} (9.
c3 {Tyomkin,D} Bd6 10. Nbd2 $6 (10. O-O $142) 10... Nxh4 11. Nxh4 Qd8 12. g3
O-O (12... Qe7+ $142 13. Kf1 (13. Kd1 O-O 14. Re1 Qf6 $15) 13... Bh3+ 14. Kg1
$13) 13. O-O Qf6 14. Qc2 $11 {Zichichi,A-Giertz,N/Credis-Meisterturnier 1995/1/
2-1/2(51)}) 9... Nxd4 10. Re1+ Ne6 (10... Be6 $5 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Bg3 Nd7 13.
Bf5 $13) 11. c4 d4 12. Qf4 c5 (12... g5 $2 13. Bxg5 hxg5 $140 14. Nxg5 {
black can not defend "f7"}) (12... Be7 $5 13. Qg4 $13) 13. Nbd2 Nc6 $15 {/-/+}
(13... Bd6 14. Qf5 $36 {[%cal Gd2e4]}) (13... Be7 14. Qg4 (14. Qf5 Bxh4 15.
Nxh4 Nc6 {[%cal Gc6e7]}) 14... g5 15. Bg3 Nc6 {-see a game}) 14. Qg4 g5 15. Bg3
Be7 16. Qe4 Rf8 {[%cal Yf7f5]} (16... Bd7 17. a3 {[%cal Yb2b4]} Qxb2 18. Rab1
Qxa3 19. Rxb7 Qa6 $17) 17. a3 Qxb2 (17... f5 $6 18. Qd5) 18. Rab1 Qc3 (18...
Qxa3 19. Ra1 Qb2 20. Reb1 Qc3 21. Rc1 f5 22. Qe2 Qxc1+ (22... Qb2 23. Rcb1 Qc3
$11) 23. Rxc1 f4 24. Bg6+ Kd8 $15 {/-/+}) 19. Qh7 Kd8 (19... g4 20. Ne4 Qxa3
21. Ra1 Qxd3 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Qxd3 gxf3 24. Qxf3 Be7 $17) 20. Qe4 g4 21. Rec1
Qa5 22. Qxg4 Qxa3 23. Bf5 Qa6 24. Ne4 Nb4 25. Ne5 h5 26. Qh3 Ke8 27. Re1 h4 28.
Bxh4 Rh8 29. Bg6 $8 fxg6 30. Qg3 Bxh4 (30... Rxh4 31. Qxg6+ Kd8 32. Qg8+ (32.
Nf6 Bd6 33. Qe8+ Kc7 34. Qf7+ Kb8 35. Ned7+ Bxd7 36. Nxd7+ Kc8 $17) 32... Nf8
$17) 31. Qxg6+ Kd8 (31... Ke7 $2 32. Nxc5 Qb6 (32... Nxc5 33. Qg7+ Kd6 34. Nf7+
) 33. Qf7+ Kd8 34. Ned7 $1) 32. Nf7+ Kc7 33. Nxh8 Bd7 34. Nf7 Nd3 35. Red1 Ndf4
$4 (35... Qa2 $1 36. Qf5 Bxf2+ $1 $17 37. Nxf2 $140 Qxf2+ 38. Qxf2 Nxf2 39.
Kxf2 Rf8 $19) 36. Qf5 $18 {[%cal Gf5e5]} Rf8 $2 (36... Be7 37. Qe5+ Kc6 38.
Ned6 $1 {[%csl Ra6]} Ne2+ 39. Qxe2 Bxd6 40. Ra1 Qb6 41. Rdb1 $18 {[%cal Ge2e4]}
) 37. Qe5+ $18 Kc8 38. Nfd6+ Kd8 39. g3 (39. Nxb7+ $142 {[%cal Rb7c5]} Ke7 40.
Nbxc5 {[%cal Gb1b7]} Ng6 41. Qd5 $18 Qc6 $140 42. Nxd7) (39. g3 Nh3+ 40. Kg2
Nhf4+ 41. gxf4 Nxf4+ 42. Kh1 Bc6 43. Qxc5 {[%cal Rd6b7]} Ne6 44. Nxb7+ $1 (44.
Qe5 Qa3 45. Qxe6 $4 Qf3+ 46. Kg1 Bxf2+ $19) 44... Bxb7 45. Rxd4+ Ke8 46. Qh5+
Rf7 47. Qxh4 Nxd4 48. Qh8+ Rf8 49. Qxd4) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "Wagner,D"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:3600+30"]

{Grischuk and Anand had both lost the first round, giving their encounter in
round two a certain importance.} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2.
Bf4 $5 {[%emt 0:00:12] A rare guest in elite tournaments. Nakamura used it
recently to beat MVL at the Fide Grand Prix in Khanty Mansiysk.} d5 {[%emt 0:
01:23]} (2... b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 d5 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6
9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qa4+ Kf8 11. g3 $14 {1-0 (27) Nakamura,H (2799)-Vachier
Lagrave,M (2754) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:
38]} 4. dxc5 $1 {[%emt 0:02:05] This specific version of the London System is
very rare, but not that harmless, as I expected it to be.} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]}
5. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:08] Curiously Anand had already faced exactly the same line
against the same opponent in a Blitz game at Norway Chess. Maybe blinded by
the success of this game he repeats it, though the resulting position looks
rather dangerous for Black and offers improvements for White along the way.}
Qa5+ $2 {[%emt 0:05:31] This move is the origin of Anand's problems in this
game. The queen sortie loses important time, which White can use to unleash a
dangerous initiative.} (5... e6 $1 {Is the correct way to handle this position.
I guess Anand was afraid of having to prove compensation for the pawn against
Grischuk's prep, but anyway this was the way to go. Esprecially after their
encounter in Blitz he should have checked this line more deeply in his
preparation.} 6. b4 a5 7. c3 Bd7 8. Qb3 (8. Nf3 axb4 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. cxb4 b6
11. Ne5 Ba4 12. Qc1 bxc5 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. bxc5 Bxc5 $15 {1/2-1/2 (43) Meister,J
(2464)-Delchev,A (2607) Wunsiedel 2015}) 8... Ne4 $5 (8... Nh5 9. Ne2 Nxf4 10.
Nxf4 g6 11. a4 Bg7 12. Ra2 $14) 9. f3 e5 {Now it's becoming pretty complicated,
but Black is not worse, for example:} 10. fxe4 exf4 11. Ne2 Qh4+ 12. g3 fxg3
13. Nxg3 dxe4 14. O-O Be6 15. Qa4 Rc8 16. Nd2 Be7 $11) 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:15]}
a6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 7. Bxc6+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. Nf3 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:24] An easy but important improvement. It's already quite difficult
to make good suggestions for Black now, because White can always find ways to
use his development advantage.} (8. Qd4 {happened in their blitz game.} e6 9.
b4 Qa3 10. Nge2 a5 11. Rb1 (11. b5 Bxc5 12. Qa4 Ke7 13. bxc6 Qxa4 14. Nxa4 Bd6
$11) 11... axb4 12. Rxb4 Ba6 (12... Nd7 $1 $17) 13. O-O Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Be7 {
with a pleasant position for Black} 15. Bd6 Bxd6 16. cxd6 O-O 17. Ng3 Rfc8 18.
Qd2 Rd8 19. e4 dxe4 20. c4 Qxa2 21. Qxa2 Rxa2 22. Rb6 h5 23. Rxc6 h4 24. Nh1
Rc2 25. Rd1 Ng4 26. c5 e3 27. Rc7 exf2+ 28. Nxf2 Nxf2 29. Rf1 Ne4 30. Rfxf7
Rc1+ {0-1 (30) Grischuk,A (2781)-Anand,V (2804) Stavanger 2015}) 8... e6 {
[%emt 0:04:51]} (8... Ne4 $1 {should have been preferred, but it's difficult
to go for it without proper preparation.} 9. Qd4 (9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qxc5 11.
Re1 e6 12. e4 Be7 {White's initiative is sufficient for not more than equality.
}) 9... Nxc3 (9... Qxc5 10. Nxe4 Qxd4 11. exd4 dxe4 12. Ne5 $14) 10. bxc3 f6 $1
11. O-O e5 12. Bxe5 fxe5 13. Qxe5+ Kf7 (13... Be7 14. e4 $36 {Although still
very unclear, this definitely looks threatening.} (14. Qxg7 $5 Rf8 15. Qxh7 $40
)) 14. Ng5+ Kg8 15. Ne6 Ra7 {The position has turned into a mess, but Black
should have enough defensive resources.}) (8... Qxc5 9. Ne5 $1 e6 10. O-O Bb7 (
10... Be7 11. Na4 Qa5 12. c4 $16) 11. Na4 Qa7 12. c4 $36) 9. O-O {[%emt 0:15:
05]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:04:33] White is already at choice now; he has lots of
promising continuations.} ({After the immediate} 9... Bxc5 10. Nd4 $1 {seems
to be annoying, that's the reason, why in the game Anand preferred to protect
c6 first.} (10. Ne5 Bb7 11. a3 Qd8 12. b4 Bd6 13. Nd3 a5 $132) 10... Qb4 11.
Rb1 (11. Nxc6 Qxb2 $1) 11... Qb7 12. b4 Be7 13. Na4 O-O 14. c4 $14) 10. a3 {
[%emt 0:19:45]} (10. Bd6 $5 {is also sensible and better for White.} Bxd6 11.
cxd6 O-O 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 $14) ({When I followed this game
online, the commentators suggested another move, which is also really
dangerous for Black.} 10. e4 $1 Bxc5 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Nb3 Qb6 (12... Qd8 13. e5
$1 Ng8 14. Na4 $16) 13. Re1 O-O 14. Be3 Qd8 15. Bc5 $16) 10... Qxc5 {[%emt 0:
00:48]} 11. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:02:49]} (11... Qb5 12. c4 $1) 12.
c4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 13. Rc1 {[%emt 0:07:46]} (13. b4 $5
O-O 14. c5 Rad8 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Qe2 $14 {is another strategy, giving White a
good edge.}) 13... Rc8 $2 {[%emt 0:03:05] Black can't bear delaying castling
for so long.} (13... c5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bg5 $14) (13... O-O {was the lesser
evil, allowing the weakening of the structure.} 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Ne5 $14) 14.
cxd5 {[%emt 0:21:36] Grischuk decides two open up the position, which makes
some sense taking into account that the Black king is still stuck in the
centre.} (14. c5 $5 {with the idea of seizing more space and squeezing Black
is pretty good, too.} O-O 15. b4 Rcd8 (15... Rfe8 16. Nb6 Rcd8 17. Ne5 $18) 16.
Nb6 Ne4 17. Nd4 $16) 14... cxd5 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 15. Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:00:28]}
Bxc8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 16. Qd4 $5 {[%emt 0:00:03] An interesting decision. The
queen is the only defender of the queenside, hence it is exchanged.} Qxd4 {
[%emt 0:01:06]} 17. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:27] The queen exchange hasn't eased
Black's problems. His lack of development will cost him and important pawn.}
Bd7 {[%emt 0:07:01]} (17... O-O 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. Nb6 {changes nothing.}) 18. Nb6
{[%emt 0:19:45]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:16:49]} (18... O-O 19. Rc1 Bb5 20. a4 $1 Be2 (
20... Be8 21. Ne5) 21. Ne5 $16 {the white pieces are dominating.}) 19. Nxd7 {
[%emt 0:01:02]} Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 20. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:
37] This gives the pawn at once, but anyway, it was difficult to hold onto it
in the long run.} (20... a5 21. Rc6 Nb6 22. Ne5 a4 23. Nd3 $16) 21. Rc6 {
[%emt 0:03:48]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 22. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:03:49] The rest is
basically a matter of technique.} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 23. Bd2 {[%emt 0:02:28]}
(23. a4 $1 Rc8 24. a5 Bd8 25. h4 {would have been more accurate.}) 23... g5 {
[%emt 0:04:22]} (23... Rc8 $5 24. Bc3 e5 {could have created more problems.}
25. g3 Rb8 26. a4 (26. dxe5 Nc5 $1) 26... exd4 27. Bxd4 Bxd4 28. Nxd4 Rxb2 29.
Ra7 Ke8 30. a5 $16) 24. h3 {[%emt 0:05:33]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 25. Bb4 {
[%emt 0:02:45]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 26. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:
18]} 27. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:06:28]} 28. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e5
{[%emt 0:00:17]} 29. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 30. Bb4 {
[%emt 0:01:06]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 31. Nxe5+ {[%emt 0:01:57]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 32. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} e4 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 33. f3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
d3+ {[%emt 0:01:46]} (33... e3 34. Kd3 $18 {Black's pawns are safely blocked.})
34. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} exf3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 35. Rf8+ {[%emt 0:00:19] A
severe defeat for Anand caused by poor handling of this rare opening.} 1-0

[Event "BEL-chT 0001"]
[Site "Belgium"]
[Date "2000.10.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Winants, Luc"]
[Black "Sziva, Erika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.11.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 {Pour éliminer le Cavalier centralisé 
(points d5, e4 etc.) et jouer avec deux pièces mineures contre deux sur les
cases blanches.} gxf6 5. c4 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg7 ({Le meilleur coup devrait être} 
6... Be6 {. Après} 7. Nc3 {puis} Nc6 {, on obtiendrait une position de la
défense Caro-Kann - attaque Panov : 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.ed5 cd5 4.c4 Nc6 5.Nc3
Nf6 6.Bg5 Be6 7.Bf6 gf6.}) 7. cxd5 $146 ({Apparemment plus fort que} 7. Nc3 {
qui avait été essayé а diverses reprises.}) 7... Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qd8 ({Une autre
possibilité était} 8... Qa5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qg4 $1 {Et les Blancs conservent
l'initiative.}) 9. Bb5+ Bd7 ({Si} 9... Nd7 10. Qh5 $5 {Menaçant 11.Bc4.}) 10.
Bxd7+ {Pour échanger l'un des deux Fous ennemis.} Qxd7 {Il valait mieux
prendre du Cavalier, afin de ne pas permettre la poussée en d5 avec gain de
temps.} (10... Nxd7 11. Nf3 Nb6 12. O-O $14) 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O {Les Noirs
devront tôt ou tard effectuer le coup ...f5, pour dégager la diagonale du Bg7.
Les Blancs en profiteront alors pour instaurer le siège des pions adverses,
via d4-d5, Re1 et Nd4, puis obtiendront une forte pression contre e6 et f5.}
Nc6 13. d5 Nb4 ({Ou} 13... Ne5 14. Nd4 {[%csl Yf5][%cal Gd1h5] Menaçant Qh5,
puis Nf5.}) 14. a3 Na6 15. Qd4 {[%csl Ya6] Pour maintenir le Cavalier sur la
touche et préparer l'intervention des Tours.} Rfd8 16. Rad1 b6 17. Rfe1 (17.
Qh4 Nc5 18. d6 exd6 19. Nd5) 17... Nc5 18. Qh4 {[%cal Yf3d4,Rd5d6,Ge1e3,Ge3g3,
Gg3h3] Les Noirs doivent désormais tenir compte du coup de bélier en d6, de
l'arrivée du Cavalier sur d4 et du transfert des Tours vers l'aile Roi
affaiblie (Re3-g3).} Nb7 19. Nd4 Nd6 20. Rd3 Rac8 21. Rde3 $1 {Un petit coup
intermédiaire important.} ({Si immédiatement} 21. Rg3 Kh8 22. Ree3 Nf5 23. Nxf5
Qxf5 {[%cal Rf5b1,Gc8c1] Et les Noirs menacent d'administrer le fameux mat du
couloir, via 24... Qb1+ !}) 21... Re8 22. Rg3 Kh8 23. Ree3 Rg8 $2 {Perd
sur-le-champ.} (23... Nf5 {était maintenant contré par} 24. Qg4 $18 {[%csl Rd7,
Ye8] exploitant le clouage et la position non défendue de la Dame.}) ({Le
moindre mal était donc} 23... e5 24. Rxg7 Kxg7 25. Rg3+ (25. Rh3 Qxh3 $1) 25...
Kf8 26. Nc6 Rxc6 (26... Nf5 27. Qxh7 $18) 27. dxc6 Qxc6 (27... Qf5 28. Qb4) 28.
Qxf6 Re6 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qxh7 $16 {Avec un bon pion de plus et l'attaque.})
24. Rh3 h6 25. Reg3 {Menaçant d'abord et surtout 26.Qxh6+ !} Nf5 26. Qg4 ({Ou} 
26. Qf4 $18) ({mais pas} 26. Nxf5 $2 Qxf5 27. Rxg7 $4 Qb1+ 28. Nxb1 Rc1#) 26...
e6 27. Nxf5 exf5 28. Qf4 {Les Noirs abandonnent juste avant le mat :} (28. Qf4
Kh7 29. Rxg7+ Rxg7 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Qh8#) 1-0

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Barkhagen, Jonas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[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. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 {Det finns en del förespråkare
för den så kallade Milner-Barry attacken mot Grünfeld. Själv förhåller jag mig
skeptisk. Mark Hebden är den ledande fanbäraren. Vi ser det inte så ofta på
hög nivå eftersom man där oftast spelar med bönderna i centrum. Det kan
knappast kommit som någon överraskning för Jonas eftersom Pia spelade det mot
Thomas Ernst i fjol.} Bg7 5. e3 c5 {Jag kritiserade det här draget i fjol. Men
Jonas är uppenbarligen av annan åsikt.} 6. dxc5 O-O 7. Be2 Qa5 8. Nd2 Qxc5 9.
Nb3 Qb6 10. Nb5 ({I ovan nämnda parti spelade Pia:} 10. O-O) 10... Na6 {
Även på denna nivå respekteras hot som Sc7.} 11. Be5 Qd8 ({Svart har lite
bråttom. Han kunde låtit vit hota bort damen istället:} 11... Bd7) 12. O-O Ne8
13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. Nc3 {Vit låser in svarts löpare.} (14. c4 {Ger vit en
akademisk fördel.}) 14... e6 15. e4 ({En strukturalist hade nog föredragit.} 
15. Bxa6) 15... dxe4 (15... Nc7 {Var nog lite bättre trots allt. Frågan är om
vit har något nyttigt väntedrag inför ...dxe4 i nästa.} {Kanske var Jonas
orolig för:} 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 exd5) 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Nxe4
Nc7 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Kf8 20. Bf3 {[#] Ett bra löpardrag som fixerar
svarts damflygel.} e5 $2 (20... Rb8) 21. Nd6 Nge6 22. Bxb7 Bxb7 23. Nxb7 Na6
24. c3 Rb8 25. N7a5 Rc8 26. Rd6 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 {[#] Vits merbonde ser mer
eller mindre ut som två stycken med tanke på tre mot en situationen på
damflygeln. Men Pia gör ett litet fel direkt. Det betyder egentligen inget
rent teoretiskt, men ger Jonas återhämtningschanser. Jag tror att källan till
felet är vits överlägsna ställning. Det är lätt att man tänker: "Det här borde
vara vinst med bakbundna händer", och så sölar man iväg några drag istället
för att fortsätta den fina trenden som man haft så långt i partiet.} 28. Nc4 {
Pia backar med springaren till c4 för att eventuellt gå vidare till e3, där
den blickar åt båda flyglarna samtidigt. Det hade varit mer naturligt att
satsa på ett snabbt avancemang av damflygelbönderna.} (28. Nc1 Ke7 29. b4 h5
30. a3 Kd7 31. c4 {Och vits spel kommer att flyta av sig självt.}) 28... f6 29.
f3 Ke7 30. Kf2 {Pia följer den gyllene principen att det aldrig kan vara fel
att aktivera kungen i slutspel. Det stämmer i stort sett. Vad som kan vara fel
är "timingen". Ett springardrag som tar tillvara på det lilla initiativ som
vit har hade varit att föredra.} h5 31. Nc1 Nc7 32. Nd3 Nde6 33. h4 $2 {
Draget tappar fokus på damflygeln, där hon är som starkast. Samma typ av
misstag gjorde Pia mot Per Vernersson i ett liknande slutspel i fjol.} Ng7 34.
g3 Ke6 35. Na5 {Vi börjar om från början.} Nf5 36. Nc6 a6 37. Ncb4 Kd6 38. Nc2
g5 {Mycket bra av Jonas. Han utnyttjar Pias obeslutsamhet och startar således
ett motspel riktat mot Pias h4.} 39. hxg5 fxg5 40. Ne3 Nxe3 41. Kxe3 {Hecht: '
[#] Entfernter schwarzer Freibauer und aktiver König als Gegengewicht für
einen Minusbauern'} h4 {[#] Svart offrar en bonde för att avleda kungen från
centrum så att den egna kungen skall kunna tränga in och angripa
damflygelbönderna.} 42. gxh4 gxh4 43. f4 exf4+ 44. Kxf4 Kd5 45. b3 (45. Kg4 {
Hecht} Ke4 {Der aktive König sollte Schwarz retten.} 46. Nc5+ Ke3 47. Kxh4 Kd2
48. c4 Kc2 49. b3 Kb2 50. Kg4 Kxa2 51. Kf4 Ka3 52. Ke5 Kb4 53. Kd6 a5 {sieht
in der Tat nach Remis aus}) 45... Ne6+ 46. Kf3 Ng5+ 47. Kf4 Ne6+ 48. Kf3 Ng5+
49. Kg4 Ne4 50. c4+ (50. Nb4+ Kc5 51. Nxa6+ Kb6 52. Nb4 Nxc3 {Blir remi.})
50... Kd4 51. Nb4 Nc5 52. Kxh4 Kc3 53. Nd5+ (53. Nc6 {Hecht} Nxb3 54. axb3 Kxb3
55. Ne5 Kb4 $1 56. Kg5 a5 $11) 53... Kd4 54. Nb4 Kc3 55. Nd5+ Kd4 56. Kg4 Nd3 (
56... a5 {Hecht} 57. Nf4 a4 58. b4 Kxc4 59. bxc5 Kxc5 $11) 57. Kf5 a5 58. Nb6
Nc1 59. Na4 Nxa2 60. Ke6 Nb4 61. Kd6 Kd3 62. Kc7 (62. Kc5 {Hecht} Kc2 63. Kb5
Kxb3 64. c5 Nc2 65. Kxa5 Nd4 66. Nb6 Kc3 67. Ka6 Kb4 68. Nd7 Nc6 69. Kb6 Ne7
$11) 62... Kc2 63. Nc5 Kc3 64. Kb6 a4 65. Nxa4+ (65. bxa4 {Hecht} Kxc4 $11)
65... Kxb3 66. Kb5 Nc2 {En utomordentlig försvarsprestation av Jonas.} 1/2-1/2

