[Event "Reunion IBM op"]
[Site "Reunion"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 (5... Nxc3 $142 6. bxc3
Bd6) 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 f6 11. a4 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sharjah FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "L'Ami, Alina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2014.08.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{A strange opening led to a open game in which l'Ami was too eager to take
control of squares and her weakening move d5 led to severe problems. A
beautiful exchange sacrifice uncorked the power of White's pieces and Black's
position fell apart like a house of cards.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4.
Bg2 Bc5 5. Nge2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. h3 d6 8. Kh2 Ne8 9. d3 f5 10. f4 fxe4 11. Nxe4
Bb6 12. N2c3 d5 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. d4 Ng6 16. Rxf6 $1 Rxf6 17. Qh5
$1 (17. Bxd5+ Kh8 18. Qh5 h6 19. Nge4 {was also possible.}) 17... c6 18. Qxh7+
Kf8 19. Nf3 (19. Bd2 $1 {Was better}) 19... Bc7 20. Ne2 Qe8 21. Bg5 Rf5 22. Re1
Qf7 23. Bd2 Rxf3 {A blunder in a difficult position.} (23... Qf6 $1 $16) 24.
Bb4+ $1 Ne7 25. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Lopota FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Lopota"]
[Date "2014.06.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Khotenashvili, Bela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. O-O c6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 h6 9. a3 Bf8 10. Bf4 d6 11. h3 Na6 12. Re1 Nc5 13. g4 a5 14. Qd2 Qb6 15.
b3 Bd7 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. gxf5 Rad8 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Bd4 Ncd7 20. f4 b5 21. b4 c5
22. Bf2 Rb8 23. bxc5 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 dxc5 27. e5 Nb6 28.
Qc6 Qxc6 29. Bxc6 Rec8 30. Bb5 Rc7 31. e6 Be7 32. Ra6 fxe6 33. Rxe6 Nc8 34. Bc4
Kf8 35. Kf1 Rbb7 36. Ra8 Ra7 37. Rb8 $2 (37. Ra6 $1 {which the official
tournament reporter Alina l'Ami calls "subtle, aesthetic and strong, all at
the same time", would have let Wenjun collect the full point.} Rxa8 38. Rxa8
Ke8 39. Be6 {and Black will lose material.}) 37... Rab7 {Now for some time it
looked like Bella, who was stubbornly defending, might hold on.} 38. Ra8 Ra7
39. Rb8 Rab7 40. Rxb7 Rxb7 41. Rc6 Nd6 42. Bd5 Rb8 43. f6 gxf6 44. Bxc5 Ne8 45.
Be3 Rd8 46. Be4 Nd6 47. Bd3 Rb8 48. Rb6 Rxb6 49. Bxb6 Nb7 50. Be3 Nc5 51. Bc4
Kg7 52. Ke2 Kg6 53. Kf3 f5 54. Bd5 Na4 55. Bd4 Nc3 56. Bc6 Bd6 57. Be8+ Kh7 58.
Bd7 Kg6 59. h4 Nd5 60. h5+ {To take or not to take, that is here the question.}
Kxh5 $2 ({After} 60... Kf7 61. Bxf5 Nxf4 {Black is suffering, but she has kept
her drawing chances alive.}) 61. Be8+ Kh4 62. Bf2+ Kh3 63. Bd7 Ne7 64. Bg3 $1 {
Now Black has to give up too much material in order to prevent Bd7-b5-f1 mate.}
Bxf4 65. Bxf4 h5 66. Bd6 Nd5 67. Bxf5+ Kh4 68. Be6 b3 69. cxb3 Nf4 70. Be7# {
The game ended in mate anyway.} 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1989.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Nd7 9. d4 $6 {N; ECO: 9.Rb1, 9.d3} exd4 10. cxd4 Nb6 {/\ ...Be6-d5, c6; ><
d5,c4} 11. Ng5 $1 Be7 12. h4 h6 13. Ne4 c6 14. a4 Be6 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Nc4
$15 17. Rb1 Qe7 (17... Qa5 $5 18. Rxb7 Qxc5 $15) 18. Qh5 Rad8 19. Bf4 {>= 19.
Rfe1} Rd7 {>= 19...Bd5} 20. Rfe1 Qf6 21. Be4 Rfd8 $2 (21... Nd2 22. Bxd2 Rxd2
23. Qf3 Qxf3 $10) 22. Bd3 (22. Bg5 $2 hxg5 $1 23. hxg5 g6 $1) 22... Rd5 23. Bg5
$5 (23. Qe2 $5 Rxc5 24. Rxb7 $14) 23... Qc3 24. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 25. Rxb7 Rf8 {
/\ 26...Qe1+} 26. Kg2 Qd4 $2 (26... Rxd3 $1 27. cxd3 hxg5 28. dxc4 Qd2 29. Kh3
Qxf2 30. Qxg5 $10) 27. Qg6 $1 Rxf2+ 28. Kh3 Qg4+ 29. Kxg4 Ne5+ 30. Kh5 Nxg6 31.
Kxg6 hxg5 32. Rxg7+ Kf8 33. h5 $1 (33. hxg5 $2 Rxg5+ $1) 33... g4 34. h6 a5 35.
h7 $2 (35. Rc7 Rh2 36. h7 Rdh5 37. Rc8+ Ke7 38. Kg7 Rg5+ 39. Bg6 $18) 35...
Rg5+ 36. Kxg5 Kxg7 37. Kxg4 e5 $2 {>= 37...Rf8} 38. Be4 Rd2 39. Kf5 Rd4 40.
Kxe5 $2 (40. Bxc6 Rc4 41. Bd5 Rxc2 42. c6 Re2 43. Be4 $18) 40... Rxa4 41. Bxc6
Rc4 42. Kd5 Rxc2 43. Bb5 Rd2+ 44. Ke5 Rg2 45. c6 Rxg3 46. Bc4 Re3+ 47. Kd6 Re8
48. Kd7 Ra8 49. Bg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leipziger SG Augustea 40 Years"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1888.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1888.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Tarrasch,Siegbert: Dreihundert Schachpartien. 1925. Nr.117, S.190 
(Turnierbericht S:189).} e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 a6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. d3
Ng4 7. O-O h5 8. h3 Nh6 (8... h4 9. hxg4 hxg3 (9... h3 $1 {Tarrasch: sehr stark
} {Nach} 10. Bh1 (10. Bf3 Qf6 11. Bh1 h2+ 12. Kg2 Qg6 13. Nd5 Qxg4 14. Nef4
Qxd1 15. Rxd1 exf4 16. Nxc7+ Kd8 17. Nxa8 $18) 10... h2+ 11. Kg2 {hatte
Schwarz eine starke Angriffsstellung.RR: Kluger Weise gibt Tarrasch nicht an,
wie er den Angriff führen will. Mit seiner Mehrfigur dürfte Weiß klar auf
Gewinn stehen.}) 10. g5 $1 $14 (10. Nxg3 Qh4 11. Re1 Qxg3 12. Be3 Qh2+ 13. Kf1
Bxe3 14. Rxe3 d6 $15)) 9. Nd5 d6 10. c3 Be6 11. d4 Ba7 12. Qd3 Qd7 13. Bg5 Ng8
14. Rad1 f6 15. Be3 Nd8 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. Bxa7 Rxa7 18. f4 Nf7 19. Rf2 Bxd5 20.
exd5 Nf6 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Qe3 Ra8 23. Nf4 Qe7 24. Ne6 Kd7 25. Qg5 Rag8 26. c4
b6 27. Qf5 Ke8 28. Re1 Rh6 29. Rfe2 Qd7 30. Rxe5 dxe5 31. Rxe5 Kf7 32. Ng5+ Kf8
33. Re6 Qa4 34. b3 1-0

[Event "Match Janowski-Mieses +6-6=2"]
[Site "Paris (Cafe de la Regence)"]
[Date "1895.02.04"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Annotator "Deutsche Schachzeitung"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1895.01.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)"Deutsche Schachzeitung" 1895 p76} e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bc5
5. d3 a6 6. Nge2 d6 7. h3 h6 8. O-O Bd7 {Wir wuerden die Rochade vorziehen.} 9.
Nd5 $1 Nxd5 {Auch an dieser Stelle kam die Rochade fuer Schwarz in Betracht.}
10. exd5 Nd4 $2 ({Schwarz sollte mit} 10... Ne7 {nebst baldigem c7-c6 sich von
dem auf sein Spiel drueckenden Bauern d5 zu befreien suchen.}) 11. Nxd4 Bxd4
12. c3 Bb6 13. Kh2 Qe7 14. Qe2 O-O $2 {Hin offenbarer Fehler, da nun Woiss den
Bauern vorstossen kann, wodurch das schwarze Spiel noch mehr eingeengt wird} ({
Besser war} 14... c6) 15. f4 $1 Rae8 16. f5 f6 17. h4 $1 {Jetzt ist Mieses in
seinem Elemente: der stuermische Angriff wird mit aller Kraft gefuehrt.} Rc8
18. g4 Kf7 19. g5 {Der Angriff wird nun unwiderstehlich.} hxg5 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21.
hxg5 fxg5 22. Be4 Qe8 23. Qg4 $1 Kf7 24. Bxg5 Rh8+ 25. Kg2 Kg8 26. Rh1 Rxh1 27.
Rxh1 c6 {Schwarz macht noch einen Versuch, durch Heranziehung des auf b6
unthaetig dastehenden Laeufers dem bedraengten Koenigsfluegel zu Huelfe zu
kommen, es ist aber zu spaet, um damit das Verderben abzuwenden.} 28. Qh4 Bd8
29. f6 $1 {Ein eleganter Schluss} Bxf6 30. Bxf6 Kf7 (30... Kf7 {Weiss kuendigt
Mat in drei Zuegen an} 31. Bg6+ Kxg6 32. Qg5+ Kf7 33. Qxg7#) 1-0

[Event "World U16-ch10"]
[Site "Champigny sur Marne"]
[Date "1984.04.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Dvoretzky,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1984.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 {My most talented was definitely Alexey Dreev. His talent was not less
than Kasparov or Karpov.   When he was young, his results were also better
than Kasparov's results. Kasparov became a Soviet Master when he was 15. Dreev
became one at 13! And he didn't have the support that Karpov or Kasparov
received.  When Dreev played the World Cadets Championship under-16 twice, he
was 14 and 15 years old. He won both of them. He didn't lose any games.
Kasparov didn't win both his Cadet Championships. There was no doubt that
results of Dreev were higher than anybody at that age. But then the Soviet
system coupled with his own family, environment, and the city in which he
lived stopped him from progressing. He missed his opportunity to travel abroad.
All these factors prevented him from becoming a real star. He became a very
strong grandmaster who represented his country at the Olympiad. So it's not a
bad result, but he had potential for more.} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nc6
5. d3 a6 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nd5 (8. h3 Be6 9. Kh2 h6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3
d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 {1/2-1/2 (13) Stoica,V (2415)-Lukacs,P (2465) Tuzla
1981}) 8... Nxd5 9. exd5 Ne7 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nf5 12. Nb3 Ba7 $146 (12...
Bb6 13. Bd2 Re8 14. Ba5 Ba7 15. Qd3 Ne3 16. Be4 Nxf1 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Rxf1 Bh3
19. Bc3 Qg5 20. Be4 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Re7 22. Qf3 f5 23. Bd3 Qg4 24. Qxf5 Qxf5 25.
Bxf5 Rf8 26. g4 Kg8 27. Bd4 c5 28. Be3 g6 29. Be6+ Kh7 30. Nd2 b5 31. Ne4 Bb8
32. Kg2 Kg7 33. f4 Rh8 34. b4 Kf8 35. bxc5 Reh7 36. Bg1 Ke7 37. c6 Bc7 38. Ng5
Rh4 39. h3 Rf8 40. Bd7 Ba5 41. Be3 Bc3 42. Be6 {Sanz Alonso,F (2355)-Jones,I 
(2245) Marbella 1982 1-0}) 13. Qd3 Qf6 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Qc3 Nd4 16. Kh1 Bf5 17.
Rac1 Rfe8 18. Be3 Nxb3 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. cxb3 Bd3 21. Rfe1 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rac8
23. Rc3 Be4 24. Rec1 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Re7 26. g4 Kg7 27. Kf3 Rce8 28. R1c2 Re5
29. Re2 R8e7 30. e4 a5 31. h3 Kg6 32. Rc4 c6 33. dxc6 bxc6 34. Rd2 d5 35. exd5
cxd5 36. Ra4 Re3+ 37. Kg2 R7e5 38. Rxa5 d4 39. b4 Re2+ 40. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 41. Kf3
Rxb2 42. b5 d3 43. Ke3 d2 44. Ke2 f5 45. gxf5+ Kxf5 46. a4 Ke4 47. Ra7 f5 48.
Re7+ Kf4 49. Rxh7 Kg3 50. h4 f4 51. h5 f3+ 52. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 5. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (5. Nf3 {looks a bit
inconsistent, but may be White's best attempt at trying to use every wrinkle
in the position.} d5 6. Nxe5 (6. d3 d4 7. Ne2 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 {is just a
standard King's Indian Attack}) 6... dxe4 7. d3 $5 Bxf2+ 8. Kxf2 Qd4+ 9. Kf1 $5
({After} 9. Be3 Qxe5 10. h3 (10. Bf4 $11 {is just a repetition}) 10... exd3 11.
Qxd3 O-O 12. Rhe1 $44 {White has full compensation for the missing material.})
9... Qxe5 10. Bf4 Qd4 11. Nxe4 O-O $132) 5... d5 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 6. exd5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:57]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bg4
{[%emt 0:00:12]} 10. Nde2 {[%emt 0:00:07] A standard-looking move, unleashing
some kind of pressure against the d5-pawn, but here the pawn is free to
advance, which was what White should have tried to avoid.} (10. Qd3 Bxd4 11.
Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qc5 d4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Re8 $11 {at least gives White the
bishop pair in exchange for Black's dynamism.}) 10... Qc8 {[%emt 0:01:13]
Perceptively played.} ({After the immediate} 10... d4 {there is a slight
problem with} 11. h3 $1 (11. Na4 Qe8 12. Nxc5 Bxe2 13. Qe1 Nc6 $44) 11... Bxh3
12. Bxh3 dxc3 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nxc3 Nc6 15. Bf4 $14 {Here Kramnik would have
risked losing the exact same type of game which he won yesterday.}) 11. Bg5 {
[%emt 0:01:05] On this move and indeed the next few Adhiban plays extremely
well.} (11. Be3 $6 d4 $5 12. Bxd4 Rd8 13. Qd3 Nc6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 $11 {is
unpleasant for White, but playable if he jumps through a few more hoops.})
11... d4 {[%emt 0:04:58]} 12. Na4 {[%emt 0:11:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 13. Qd3
{[%emt 0:06:14]} h6 {[%emt 0:05:18]} 14. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:10:58]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 15. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} (15. Nxd4 $6 Rd8 16. Qb3 $1 $11 {clings to
equality tactically, but this is hard to calculate.}) 15... Nc6 {[%emt 0:15:38]
} (15... Nd7 $11 {was marginally more accurate.}) 16. Nd5 {[%emt 0:11:14]} Be5
{[%emt 0:06:08]} 17. Qb5 {[%emt 0:12:13]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:06:33]} 18. Nc5 {
[%emt 0:02:51]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:16:48]} 19. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:05] Suddenly the
bishop pair is gone and Black should think about equality.} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:17]
} (19... Bh3 {should have been almost an impulse for a Catalan player like
Vladimir Kramnik!}) 20. b4 $14 {[%emt 0:12:23]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:06:22]} 21. Rfe1 {
[%emt 0:04:00]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:08:48]} 22. Nc7 {[%emt 0:05:12]} Rxe1+ {[%emt 0:
02:44]} 23. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:06:28]} (23... Rc8 {prevents
White's strong next move because} 24. Ne8 Qxc5 25. bxc5 Nb4 $132 {gives Black
too much play.}) 24. Ne8 $1 {[%emt 0:05:53]} (24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Nxe8 Kg8 26.
Nd6 Qxc5 27. bxc5 $14 {is also good for White, but a bit less convincing.})
24... Qxc5 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 25. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Be6 {[%emt 0:04:48]} 26.
Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 27. a3 {[%emt 0:04:54] The first
hesitation.} (27. Rb1 Bxa2 28. Rxb7 Rxb7 29. Nxb7 $16 {would have left Black
in a lot of trouble.}) 27... Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 28. Nb5 {[%emt 0:04:39]} Rc8
{[%emt 0:00:56]} 29. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 30. f4 {[%emt 0:
01:37]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 31. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:05] The second hesitation,
seemingly looking for another move repetition.} Rd7 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 32. Nd6 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} Na5 {[%emt 0:02:35] But Kramnik is mentally tough enough to
not take it, even though his position is far from being better.} 33. Rb1 {
[%emt 0:04:20]} (33. Nxb7 Rxb7 34. Bxb7 Nxb7 35. c6 Nd6 {might have occupied a
fair bit of White's time, and while the position isn't technically winning as
such, Black certainly faces more challenges after} 36. Rd1 $14 {because he
will be unable to hold the d-pawn.}) 33... Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 34. Rb5 {
[%emt 0:01:48]} b6 $11 {[%emt 0:01:00] Just like that, the advantage is gone.}
35. Rxa5 $2 {[%emt 0:00:48] Imaginative, but not correct.} ({It was a good
time for} 35. cxb6 axb6 36. Rb2 Nc4 37. Nxc4 Rxc4 38. Be4 f5 39. Bd3 (39. Rxb6
fxe4 40. Rxe6 e3 $36) 39... Rc6 40. Rb4 Rd6 $11) 35... bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:16]}
36. c6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:58] The point is that between this move
and ...Re7, Black is able to both discourage Nb5 ideas and hold off the White
king.} 37. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} (37. a4 Re7 38. Nb5 axb5 39. axb5 a4 $19) 37...
Re7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 38. a4 {[%emt 0:04:52]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 39. Ne4 {
[%emt 0:00:36]} (39. Nb5 axb5 40. axb5 a4 41. b6 Bc8 42. b7 Bxb7 43. cxb7 Re8
44. Bc6 Rb8 45. Bxa4 Rxb7 $19) 39... Kf8 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 40. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:02:18]} (40... Bf5 {was marginally faster.}) 41. Be4 {
[%emt 0:12:53]} h5 {[%emt 0:08:35]} 42. h4 {[%emt 0:04:45]} f6 {[%emt 0:09:40]
Asking for a move from White.} 43. Bxg6 {[%emt 0:08:55]} (43. Bd3 Rc7 44. Be4
Ke7 45. Nc4 f5 46. Bg2 Bd1 $19) 43... Re2+ {[%emt 0:01:37]} 44. Kf1 {[%emt 0:
00:14]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 45. Nb7 {[%emt 0:06:33]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 46.
Nxa5 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Rc3 $19 {[%emt 0:01:10] The front c-pawn being dead, the
game is now over. A curious feature of this tournament, first in variations
and now in an actual game, seems to be nearly-trapped White knights on a5.} 47.
Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 48. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Rxa4 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 49. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 50. Ke1 {[%emt 0:
06:46]} Be6 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 51. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ra1+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 52.
Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 53. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:52]} a4 {[%emt 0:
00:29]} 54. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 55. Kxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 0-1

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 3rd "]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Zhu, Chen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1997.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 a6 (6... O-O 7. Na4 $1
$14) 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 (8. h3 h6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Be6 11. Nh4 g6 $5 12. Kh2
Nh7 13. d4 Bd7 $13 {Biro,S-Lukacs,P/Zalakaros op 1996/EXP 52 (43)}) 8... Nd4 $5
(8... Re8 $6 9. h3 Bd7 10. d4 $5 Ba7 (10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4
13. Qxd4 Bc6 14. Rfe1 $14) 11. Re1 b5 12. a3 $14 {Guyot,P-Letreguilly,O/
FRA-chT 1993/TD 93\08 (25)}) (8... Be6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4
12. Qxd4 Qd7 13. Rfe1 Rad8 14. Rad1 $14 {Makarichev,S-Jussupow,A/URS-ch47
Minsk 1979/URS-ch (29)}) (8... Bxe3 9. fxe3 Ne7 10. Nh4 Bg4 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. d4
Rad8 13. Rf2 c6 14. Raf1 $14 {Marinkovic,I-Papatheodorou,T/Athens op 1993/TD
93\07 (48)}) (8... h6 9. h3 Be6 10. Kh2 Qe7 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4
Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Bc6 17. f4 Nd7 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Nd5
Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Nc5 21. c4 c6 22. Qd2 Ne6 23. Qf2 {Fichtl,J-Plachetka,J/CSR-ch
Rimavska Sobota 1974/MCD-ch/1-0 (41)}) 9. h3 Ba7 $5 (9... Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Bxe3
11. Qxe3 c5 12. f4 b6 13. Rf2 $14) 10. Nh2 $5 c6 11. Qd2 Ne8 $5 {Interesting
decision leading to lively piece play.} 12. Rae1 f5 13. f4 {[%cal Ga7g1]} (13.
exf5 Nxf5 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15. Ng4 Qb6 16. Na4 Qc7 $15) 13... fxe4 (13... exf4 $6
14. Rxf4 Nc7 15. Ref1 Qe7 16. Nf3 $14) 14. dxe4 (14. Nxe4 exf4 15. Rxf4 Rxf4
16. gxf4 d5 17. Ng5 Nf6 $11) 14... Qa5 $5 15. Rf2 Qb4 16. Qc1 exf4 17. gxf4 {
Despite of the fact that white has a pair of weak pawns in the center and all
his pieces take quiet passive positions he still has better chances in
forthcoming struggle because black pieces lack coordination.} b5 18. a3 Qa5 19.
Qd2 Ne6 20. f5 Nd8 (20... Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Nd8 22. Ng4 b4 23. axb4 Qxb4 24. e5 $36
) 21. e5 dxe5 22. Ng4 $1 $36 Qc7 (22... Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Bxf5 $6 24. Qxe5 Qb6 25.
Kh1 Be6 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qh5 $40 {[%csl Rf8]}) 23. Nxe5 Nf6 24. Ng4 $5 Nxg4
25. hxg4 Qg3 $5 26. Bxa7 Rxa7 27. Qe3 $6 (27. Ne4 $5 Qh4 (27... Qxg4 $4 28. Qd4
$18) 28. Qg5 Qxg5 29. Nxg5 $14) 27... Qxe3 28. Rxe3 h5 $1 {Solving the problem
of 'bad' bishop.} 29. gxh5 Bxf5 30. Re5 Raf7 31. Rd2 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Bxd7 33. Ne4
Rf5 $11 34. Re7 Rf7 35. Re5 Rf5 36. Re7 Rf7 37. Rxf7 Kxf7 38. Nc5 Bc8 39. Ne4
Bg4 40. Nc5 a5 41. Nb3 a4 42. Nd4 Bxh5 43. Nxc6 Nxc6 44. Bxc6 Bg6 45. b4 axb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Kfar Sava weekend"]
[Site "Kfar Sava"]
[Date "2000.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Black "Lev, Ronen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2000.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Nd7 9. d4 c5 $5 {Possible continuation,which however is rarely seen in
tournament practice.The draback of this move is that white gets quiet
significient advantage in development,but on my opinion this move should be
enough for eqaulity} (9... h6 10. Re1 exd4 11. cxd4 Nb6 12. Nd2 Bb4 13. Rb1 a5
14. a3 Bc3 $13 {Stripunsky,A-Kazhgaleyev,M/Komercni Banka op 1996}) (9... exd4
10. cxd4 Nf6 11. c4 c6 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Nh4 Be6 14. d5 cxd5 15. cxd5 Bg4 16. Qd3
Bb4 17. Rf1 Re8 18. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Zarnicki,P-Morovic Fernandez,I/ARG-ch 1995})
10. Re1 exd4 (10... Qc7 11. a4 $5 a6 $6 12. a5 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14. Bd2 Bxd2
15. Qxd2 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nf6 17. Qb4 $14 {Bakalarz,M-Schlehoefer,R/NRW-I 1993})
11. cxd4 cxd4 12. Bb2 $5 {Giving black a choice to decide which pieces he
prefers to change!} (12. Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qd5 Qb6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Nf6 16. Qb3
Be6 $11) (12. Nxd4 $5 Nf6 13. Bb2 (13. Nb5 Bc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Bf4 Ng4 $11)
13... Bg4 14. Qd3 Rb8 15. h3 Bh5 $132) 12... Bc5 $6 {Inaccuracy permitting
white to get something from the opening} (12... Nf6 $5 13. Qxd4 (13. Nxd4)
13... Qb6 $1 $11) 13. Bxd4 Qc7 14. Qd3 $1 $14 {The only way to get an opening
advantage.} Bxd4 (14... Rd8 15. Qc3 $5 Qd6 16. Bxg7 Bb4 17. Qb2 Bxe1 18. Rxe1
f6 19. Bh6 $36) 15. Nxd4 Nc5 (15... Nf6 16. Qa3 $1 Rd8 17. c3 Bg4 18. Re7 Rd7
19. Rae1 $14) 16. Qc4 Bd7 {Sacrificing a pawn in order to get counterplay.This
move is probably the best option that black may choose:} (16... Be6 17. Nxe6
fxe6 18. Bxb7 $1 $16 {[%cal Gc4c7]}) (16... Rb8 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. Re5 Ne6 19. Rd1
$14) 17. Bxb7 $1 ({Nothing promises} 17. Nb3 Rac8 18. Nxc5 (18. Re7 Qd6 $1 $13)
18... Qxc5 19. Qxc5 Rxc5 20. Re7 Bc6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rxa7 Rxc2 $11 {with the
draw.}) 17... Qxb7 18. Qxc5 Bh3 19. f3 (19. Qc6 Qb2 20. Qe4 Rad8 21. Nc6 Rd2
$13) 19... Rac8 20. Qa3 $1 h5 21. Re4 $1 {White knight on d4 is the ''central
defender'' so white has to protect it as strongly as he is able to.} (21. Re7
$6 Qb6 22. Qxa7 (22. Qe3 Rfd8 23. c3 Qb2) 22... Qb4 $1 {[%cal Gb4d2]} (22...
Qxa7 23. Rxa7 Rc4 24. Ne2 Rxc2 25. Nf4 Bf5 $14) 23. Rae1 Ra8 24. Nc6 Qc3 $44 {
[%csl Rc2,Rf3,Rg1]}) 21... Rc4 22. Rae1 Qd7 (22... Qb6 $2 23. Qxf8+ $1 Kxf8 24.
Re8#) 23. Qd3 (23. Qe3 $5) 23... Rfc8 24. Kf2 $6 {Giving black an opportunity
to get counterchanses.Better was} (24. R1e3 $1 $16) 24... Be6 $6 {Missing the
chance:} (24... Rxc2+ $1 25. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 26. Nxc2 Be6 27. a3 $14) (24... Rc3 $6
25. Re8+ Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qxc3 $18) 25. R1e3 $1 Bd5 (25... g6 $5) 26.
Re5 (26. Re7 Qa4 27. Qf5 R4c5 $132) 26... g6 27. Ne2 {[%cal Gd3d7]} R4c5 28.
Qd4 $1 Qc6 29. a3 $1 Be6 30. Rxc5 Qxc5 31. Qxc5 Rxc5 32. Rc3 $16 {The arising
endgame should be winning for white,but it's far from being easy.} Ra5 33. Nf4
Bf5 34. h3 $1 ({After} 34. Nd3 $6 Bxd3 35. cxd3 Kf8 36. Ke3 Ra4 37. d4 Ke7 $14
{black shoud hold the position without problems.}) 34... Kf8 35. g4 hxg4 36.
hxg4 Bd7 37. Ke3 g5 38. Nd3 f5 39. Nc5 $1 {[%csl Ra5]} Ke7 $8 (39... Bc8 40.
gxf5 Bxf5 41. a4 Ke7 42. Kd4 $18 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gd4b4]}) 40. gxf5 $2 ({
All my previous play was dedicated to the idea to take the advantage of the
fact that black rook is cut of the game on a5,but I was too hasty:after
another preparation move black is helpless-} 40. Kd4 $1 Rb5 (40... fxg4 41.
Re3+ $18 Kd8 42. Nb7+ {[%cal Gb7a5,Gb7d8]}) (40... f4 41. Kc4 Bc6 42. a4 $1 $18
) 41. Re3+ Kd6 42. Re5 $1 $18) 40... Bxf5 41. a4 $6 (41. Kd4 $5) 41... Bd7 $1
42. Rc4 {Only now I descovered that my whole idea was not more than the
fiction:after} (42. Kd4 Bxa4 43. Ra3 Rxc5 44. Kxc5 Bxc2 45. Kd5 Kf6 $1 46. Rxa7
Bb3+ $11 {black easily holds the position,which I totally overlooked}) 42...
Be6 $5 43. Kd4 $5 {The only chanse to fight for a win.} (43. Nxe6 Kxe6 44. Re4+
Kd6 45. Kd3 Rf5 $11) 43... Bxc4 44. Kxc4 Kf6 45. Kb4 Rxc5 46. Kxc5 Ke5 47. Kb5
Kf4 48. c4 Kxf3 49. c5 g4 50. c6 g3 51. c7 g2 52. c8=Q g1=Q 53. Qf5+ Ke2 54.
Qc2+ (54. a5 $5) 54... Kf3 55. Qd3+ $6 {Depriving myself the last chanse to
win the game} (55. a5 $5) 55... Kf4 56. a5 Ke5 57. Ka6 Qc5 58. Qg3+ Ke6 59. Qb8
Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Guseinov, Aidyn"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 Be6 $6 {This quiet
oftenly played move on my opinion is serious inaccuracy.Much better is 6...a6
keeping the bishop on the board.} 7. Na4 $1 $14 h6 8. O-O Qd7 (8... Bb6 $5 9.
Nxb6 axb6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 $14 {with very comfortble position.}) 9. Nxc5 dxc5
10. Be3 $5 {Another option was to develop a bishop on b2:} (10. b3 $5 O-O-O 11.
Bb2 Qd6 12. Nh4 Nd4 13. f4 $14) 10... b6 11. a3 {Starting the game on the
queenside.} Bg4 (11... O-O-O $6 12. b4 c4 13. b5 Nd4 14. Nxe5 Qxb5 15. f4 $16)
(11... Bh3 $5) 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. b4 {Deserved attention 13.b3 with following Nh4
and f4.} Bxf3 (13... c4 $5 14. dxc4 (14. b5 $5 Bxf3 15. bxc6 Qg4 16. h3 (16.
Qc3 Bxg2 17. Qxe5+ Qe6 18. Qxe6+ fxe6 19. Kxg2 cxd3 $11) 16... Qh5 17. Bxf3 (
17. g4 Nxg4 $1 18. Bxf3 Qxh3 $11) 17... Qxf3 18. Qc3 Qh5 19. Kg2 cxd3 20. cxd3
$14) 14... Qe6 15. Qe2 Nxe4 16. Rfe1 O-O $11) 14. Bxf3 Nd4 15. Bd1 $1 {Keeping
an option to transfer a bishop to the queenside.} c4 16. dxc4 Qc6 (16... Nxe4
$6 17. Qe1 Qf5 $6 18. f4 $1 O-O 19. c3 Ne6 20. Bc2 $18) 17. Qe1 Qxc4 (17...
Qxe4 18. f3 Qf5 19. c3 Nc6 20. Ba4 Qe6 21. Qe2 $16) 18. c3 Ne6 19. f3 O-O 20.
Be2 Qc6 21. a4 $1 {Intending to transfer a bishop on diagonal a2-g8,where it
can put a lot of pressure on the black pieces.} Ne8 22. Bb5 Qb7 23. Bc4 Nd6 24.
Bd5 $1 {Weakening the black pawns on the queenside.} c6 25. Bb3 a6 26. Qe2 Ra8
$6 {Useless move,creating the additional difficulties in defense.} 27. Rad1 $16
Rad8 28. Rd2 Nc8 29. Rfd1 (29. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 30. Qc4 Rde8 31. Kg2 b5 32. axb5
axb5 33. Qc5 $16) 29... Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Re8 (30... Rd8 $5 31. Bxe6 Rxd2 32. Bxf7+
Qxf7 33. Bxd2 Nd6 34. Kf2 $16) 31. Qd1 Re7 32. f4 exf4 33. gxf4 Nf8 34. e5 {
The difference in the strength of the pieces is huge and inspite the material
balance black's position is nearly lost.} Re8 35. Qg4 Ne7 36. f5 Qc8 $6 {
Missing 38th move of white.36...Qb8 would let black hold the position a little
more.} 37. Rg2 Nxf5 38. e6 $1 $18 fxe6 39. Qxf5 Qd7 40. Bd4 Re7 41. Rf2 Nh7 42.
Bxb6 Ng5 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Bc2+ g6 45. Rf6 Rg7 46. Qd8 1-0

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1998.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Black "Hommeles, Theo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. O-O Nc6 7. h3 (7. d3 a6
8. h3 d6 9. Kh2 Re6 $2 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. c3 Ba7 13. Bg5 $16 {
Hellsten,J-Pedersen,N/Aarhus op 1993 (33)}) 7... Nd4 (7... a6 8. Kh2 Nd4 9. d3
c6 10. f4 d5 11. fxe5 Rxe5 $13 {Kaulfuss,H-Kraft,M/Hofheim MVT 1995 (15)}) 8.
Kh2 c6 9. d3 (9. f4 $5 Nxe2 10. Nxe2 d5 11. fxe5 Nxe4 12. d3 Ng5 13. h4 Ne6 14.
d4 $14 {Motwani,P-Van Gisbergen,S/Sas van Gent 1992 (24)}) 9... d5 10. f4 (10.
Bg5 $2 Ng4+ 11. hxg4 Qxg5 12. f3 h5 13. Qc1 Qxc1 14. Raxc1 hxg4 $17 {
Wagenmakers,E-Van Gisbergen,S/NLD-ch sf 1993 (32)}) 10... Nxe2 11. Qxe2 Bd4 $1
12. Bd2 $6 ({Deserved attention} 12. f5 $5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qa5 15.
c4 $13 {with complicated position.}) 12... dxe4 13. dxe4 exf4 14. gxf4 Bf5 $1
$15 {Now black seizes the initiative and white has to be very carefull to keep
the balance.} 15. Rad1 $5 Qc8 (15... Qc7 16. Qd3 $5 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Bxe4 18. Bxe4
Nxe4 19. Be5 Rxe5 20. fxe5 Qxe5+ 21. Kg2 f5 $13) (15... Qb6 $5 16. Na4 Qc7 17.
c3 (17. Qd3 $6 Bxe4 18. Qxd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Re4 $17) 17... Bb6 18. Nxb6 axb6 19.
e5 Rxa2 20. Bc1 $15) 16. e5 Bxc2 17. Rc1 (17. Qc4 $6 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Bxd1 19.
exf6 Be2 20. Qg3 g6 21. Qg5 Re6 22. f5 Re5 $19) 17... Bf5 (17... Bxc3 18. Rxc2
$1 (18. bxc3 Bf5 19. c4 Qe6 20. Bc3 Rad8 21. Qb2 Ne4 $15) 18... Bxd2 19. Rxd2
Nd7 (19... Qf5) 20. Rfd1 Nf8 21. b4 Qf5 22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 Ne6 24. Kg3 $44)
18. Nb5 {Forcing the endgame with almost equal chanses.} Qd7 (18... Bb6 $6 19.
Nd6 $16) 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Be3 Qd3 $8 21. Qxd3 Bxd3 22. Rfd1 Bf5 23. Rc3 $1 {
[%cal Gc3b3]} Nd7 24. Rb3 $132 ({Another possibility was} 24. Be4 $5 Bxe4 25.
Rxd7 b5 26. Bxa7 Red8 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Be3 $11) 24... Nb6 (24... Reb8 25. Rb4
Kf8 26. Be4 $5 Bxe4 27. Rxd7 Bd5 28. Rbxb7 Rxb7 29. Rxb7 Bxa2 30. Bc5+ Kg8 31.
Bxa7 $11) 25. Rb4 $5 h6 $6 (25... Rad8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Bxb6 axb6 28. Rxb6 Bc8
29. Kg3 f6 $11) (25... f6 $1 26. Bxb6 axb6 27. Rxb6 (27. exf6 b5 $1 28. fxg7
Rxa2 $17) 27... fxe5 28. Rxb7 (28. fxe5 Bc8 $17 {[%csl Ra2,Re5]}) 28... exf4
29. Bxc6 Re2+ 30. Kg1 Bxh3 31. Bf3 $15 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gb7g7]}) 26. Bxb6 axb6
27. Rxb6 Re7 $11 28. a3 {Now the position is totally balanced and the draw is
not far away.} Ra4 $5 29. Kg3 g5 30. Rb4 Rxb4 31. axb4 Rd7 $1 {The simplest
way to draw.} 32. Rxd7 Bxd7 33. h4 f6 $6 {Of course this move also leads to
draw,but there was no reason to sacrifice anything.} (33... gxf4+ 34. Kxf4 b6
35. Be4 Kf8 36. Bf5 Be8 $11) 34. exf6 gxh4+ 35. Kxh4 Kf7 36. Kh5 Kxf6 37. Kxh6
Bg4 $1 {Cutting the white king off.} 38. Be4 Bf5 39. Bf3 Bh3 40. b5 cxb5 (40...
Kf5 41. Bxc6 Bf1 (41... bxc6 $2 42. b6 Kxf4 43. b7 $18) 42. b6 Ba6 $11) 41.
Bxb7 Bg4 42. Be4 (42. b4 $5 Kf5 43. Kg7 Kxf4 44. Kf6 Bh3 45. Bc6 Bg4 $1 46.
Bxb5 Ke4 $11) 42... b4 43. Bd3 Bd1 44. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia (w)"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Nd7 9. Re1 (9. d4 $5 exd4 10. cxd4 Nf6 (10... Nb6 11. Qd3 Qf6 12. c4 $5 Bf5
13. Qb3 Be6 14. d5 $5 Qxa1 15. Bb2 Qxf1+ 16. Bxf1 $14) 11. c4 c6 12. Re1 Bf5
13. Nh4 Be6 14. d5 (14. Qd3 $5 $14) 14... cxd5 15. cxd5 Bg4 16. Qd3 $6 (16. Qd4
$1) 16... Bb4 $1 $132 17. Rf1 Re8 18. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Zarnicki Pablo-Morovic
Fernandez Ivan/Ch Argentina, Argentina 1995}) 9... h6 (9... Re8 10. d4 exd4 11.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 12. cxd4 Nf6 13. Bg5 Qd8 $5 (13... Ne4 $6 14. Qd3 $1 Bf5 15. Nh4 $1
$16) 14. c4 $40 h6 15. Bxf6 (15. Be3 $5 $14 c6 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Rd1 $40 Be6 $140
$6 18. d5 $1 cxd5 19. cxd5 $16) 15... Qxf6 16. c5 Bf8 17. Rb1 $14 {Motwani,
P-Arencibia,W/Erevan olm 1996 (24)}) 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Nb6 (11... Re8 12.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. c4 c5 14. Bb2 Nb6 15. Rc1 $5 Be6 16. d5 $14 {Lima,D-Rubinetti,J/
Sao Paulo zt 1993/1-0 (50)}) 12. Qd3 (12. Ne5 $6 c6 13. Qh5 Qf6 14. c4 Bxe5 $1
15. dxe5 Qe6 16. c5 Nd5 $132 {Brustkern,J-Meissner,H/OLNO 1992 (44)}) 12... c5
$5 {Interesting move which nevertheless does not fully equalizes position.} (
12... Be6 $2 13. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 14. Bxh6 $1 Qd7 (14... gxh6 $2 15. Qg6+ Kh8 16.
Qxh6+ Kg8 17. Bh3 $1 Rf6 18. Bxe6+ Rxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kg7 20. Qg4+ {[%csl Rg7]
[%cal Ga1e1,Ge1e6,Ge6h6]} (20. c4 $6 Qd7 $1 21. Qxd7+ Nxd7 22. Kg2 Rf8 $13)
20... Kh8 21. Re1 Qd7 22. Re6 $18) 15. Be3 Rf5 16. Nh4 Rf7 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Be4
$16) 13. a4 $1 $14 {Probably the best reaction.An attempt to open the position
and try to use an advantage in development does not succede:} (13. dxc5 Bxc5
14. Qb5 Qd5 $1 {[%cal Gd5b5,Gc5f2]} 15. Rb1 Bd7 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. cxb3 Bc6 $1
$11) 13... c4 (13... Qf6 14. a5 Bf5 15. Qb3 Nd7 (15... c4 16. Qb5 Nd7 17. Qxb7
Rfb8 18. Qd5 $16) 16. Bb2 $1 c4 $1 17. Qxc4 (17. Qxb7 $2 Rab8 $19 {[%cal Gb8b2]
}) 17... Rac8 18. Qd5 Rxc2 19. Ba3 $14) 14. Qd2 Be6 15. c3 Rc8 16. Ba3 Nd5 (
16... Bxa3 17. Rxa3 Qd6 18. Raa1 Nd7 19. Rab1 (19. Ne5 Rfd8 $5 20. Nxd7 Rxd7
21. Rab1 b6 22. a5 $14) 19... Rc7 20. Re2 Rd8 21. Rbe1 b6 22. Qc2 $14) 17. Ne5
Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Re8 19. a5 Rc7 20. Bf1 $6 {The best place for the bishop is
square g2 and there was no reason to move it.Better was immediate} (20. Ra4 $14
) 20... Nf6 21. Ra4 Qc8 22. Rb4 Bd5 $5 23. Rb5 a6 24. Rb6 Ne4 $1 $132 {Using
the fact that bishop has moved from g2 black creates counterplay.} 25. Qc2 Ng5
26. f4 $8 Rxe5 (26... Nh3+ 27. Bxh3 Qxh3 28. Rd6 Bc6 (28... Be6 $6 29. Re3 Rce7
30. Qe2 Kf8 31. d5 Bf5 32. Nxc4 Rxe3 33. Nxe3 Be4 34. c4 $16) 29. d5 Bd7 30.
Qf2 Bf5 31. Rb6 $14 {[%cal Gd5d6]}) 27. Rxe5 Nf3+ $13 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.10.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 a6 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 (
8. h3 h6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Be6 11. Nh4 g6 12. Kh2 Nh7 13. d4 Bd7 14. Nd5 Kg7
15. c3 f6 16. Rc1 Ne7 17. c4 c6 18. Nc3 Qc7 19. c5 dxc5 20. dxc5 Be6 21. Qa4
Rad8 22. Rcd1 Ng5 {Biro,S-Lukacs,P/Zalakaros op 1996/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 8... Bxe3 (
8... Be6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 Qd7 13. Rfe1 Rad8 14.
Rad1 Qc8 15. Qb4 b6 16. a4 Qb8 17. Qd4 Rfe8 18. h3 Qc8 19. Kh2 Bd7 20. f4 c5
21. Qd3 Bc6 22. g4 h6 23. b3 Qa8 {1/2-1/2 Makarichev,S-Jussupow,A/URS-ch47
Minsk 1979/URS-ch (29)}) 9. fxe3 Ne7 10. Nh4 c6 (10... Bg4 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. d4
Rad8 13. Rf2 c6 14. Raf1 Rfe8 15. d5 Rc8 16. a3 Rc7 17. Qd3 Rec8 18. Na4 cxd5
19. Nb6 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Qe6 21. Nxc8 Nxc8 22. Bg2 {Marinkovic,I-Papatheodorou,T/
Athens op 1993/1-0 (49)}) 11. d4 Ng4 12. Qd2 Nh6 13. Rad1 (13. dxe5 dxe5 14.
Rad1 Be6 $15) 13... Bg4 14. Bf3 (14. Nf3 Qc7 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Rad8 $11)
14... Be6 15. Qe2 (15. d5 cxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 $15) 15... b5 16. b3 (16. dxe5 Bc4
17. Qe1 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 b4 19. Nb1 Ng6 $17) 16... Qa5 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Kh1 (18. d5
cxd5 19. exd5 Bh3 $17) 18... Rad8 19. Bg2 f6 20. a4 (20. d5 Bg4 $17) 20... b4
21. Nb1 (21. Ne2 a5 22. c4 bxc3 23. Qxc3 Rb8 24. d5 Bg4 $15) 21... a5 22. Qe2 (
22. c4 $5 bxc3 23. Qxc3 Rb8 24. Nd2 $15) 22... d5 $1 {Black pawns tructure,
unlike the one of his opponent, remains very flexible and dynamic. Im
Gegenteil zum Weiss ist die schwarze Bauernstruktur sehr flexibel un beweglich.
} 23. Nd2 Rfe8 24. Nhf3 (24. dxe5 fxe5 $15) 24... Nf7 25. Qf2 (25. dxe5 Nxe5 (
25... fxe5 26. exd5 cxd5 27. e4 $1 Rf8 $15 (27... Qxc2 $6 28. Rc1 Qb2 29. Rb1
$11)) 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 $17) 25... Bc8 26. Rfe1 Ng6 27. dxe5 dxe4 (27... Nfxe5 28.
exd5 Ng4 29. Qg1 cxd5 30. Nd4 $15) 28. Nxe4 (28. e6 $5 Nd6 29. Nd4 Bxe6 30.
Nxe4 Nxe4 31. Bxe4 Bg4 32. Bf3 Ne5 $15) 28... Ngxe5 29. Nd4 (29. Nxe5 Nxe5 $17)
29... c5 30. Nb5 Qe7 31. h3 Bb7 32. Nd2 (32. Qf5 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Nc4 34. bxc4
Bxe4 35. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 36. Qxe4 Rxe4 37. Rd2 Rxe3 $17) 32... Ng5 33. e4 (33. Bxb7
Qxb7+ 34. Qg2 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Rd7 36. Nb1 Red8 37. Rxd7 Rxd7 $17) 33... Rd7 34.
h4 Ngf7 (34... Ne6 35. Nf1 Red8 36. Rxd7 Rxd7 37. Ne3 $15) 35. Nf1 c4 $1 36.
Ne3 (36. Rxd7 Qxd7 37. Qb6 $1 cxb3 38. cxb3 Nd3 (38... Nc6 $6 39. Ne3 $11) 39.
Re2 Re5 40. Qxa5 Nd6 41. Kh2 Nxb5 42. axb5 Rxb5 $15) 36... cxb3 37. Nf5 (37.
cxb3 $2 Nd3 38. Qd2 Bxe4 $19) 37... Qd8 38. Rxd7 (38. Nfd4 b2 $1 39. Bh3 Nd6
40. Bxd7 Nxe4 41. Be6+ Rxe6 $19) 38... Qxd7 39. cxb3 g6 $1 (39... Nd3 $6 40.
Qd2 $1) 40. Ne3 (40. Qb6 gxf5 41. Nc7 Rc8 $19) 40... Nd3 {Decisive, since the
attacker is better coordinated and white has lot of weaknesses (b3,d3,e4,g3).
Entscheidend, weil der Angreiffer ist besser koordiniert, Weiss hat ganze
Rheie von Schwachen (b3,d3,e4,g3).} 41. Qd2 $8 Bxe4 42. Kh2 (42. Bxe4 $2 Qh3+
$1 43. Qh2 Qxh2+ 44. Kxh2 Nxe1) 42... Bxg2 43. Nxg2 (43. Kxg2 $2 Nf4+ $19)
43... Rxe1 44. Nxe1 Nfe5 (44... Nfe5 45. Kg2 (45. Kg1 Nxe1 46. Qxd7 Nxd7 $19)
45... Qd5+ 46. Kf1 Qh1+ 47. Ke2 Nxe1 48. Qxe1 Qf3+ 49. Kd2 Qxb3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Bad Woerishofen op 26th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2010.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Pirrot, Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2010.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 a6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nd5 (
{Damit ist nicht viel zu erreichen,} 8. h3 {wird meist gespielt.}) 8... Nxd5 9.
exd5 Ne7 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nf5 12. Nb3 (12. Nf3 Qf6 13. c3 Bd7 14. Bf4 h6
15. Nd2 Bb6 {ergab Ausgleich in Babrikowski-Vogt, Suhl 1979.}) 12... Ba7 $5 ({
Dies ist etwas genauer als} 12... Bb6 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Ba5 Bxa5 $5 ({nach} 14...
Qf6 15. Bxb6 cxb6 16. c3 Rfe8 17. Nd2 b5 18. Re1 {[%emt 0:33:04] gefällt die
weiße Stellung etwas besser, remis Spassky-Rivas Pastor, Saloniki Olympiade})
15. Nxa5 Qf6 16. c3 Rfe8 {und das Spiel steht gleich.}) 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Bd2 Bd7
15. c4 Qf6 16. Bc3 Qg5 17. Rae1 h5 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Re1 Rxe1+ 20. Bxe1 h4 21.
Bd2 Qf6 ({Der Schwarze gibt sich respecktvoll mit Zugwiederholung zufrieden,
wobei} 21... Qg4 $5 22. Bf3 Qg6 23. g4 h3 24. Bd1 Ne7 25. Qxh3 Qe4 {gute
Angriffschancen versprach.}) 22. Bc3 Qg5 23. Bd2 Qf6 24. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 a6 7. O-O Bd7 8. Be3
Bxe3 9. fxe3 O-O 10. Nh4 g6 11. Qd2 Kg7 12. Rf3 Ne7 13. Raf1 Neg8 14. h3 c6 15.
Qe1 h5 16. R3f2 Nh7 17. Kh2 Ng5 18. Ne2 Qe7 19. Ng1 Nh6 20. Ngf3 Nh7 21. Nd2
Rad8 22. Qe2 f6 23. d4 Be6 24. c4 c5 25. Qd3 Nf7 26. d5 Bd7 27. Rb1 a5 28. a3
Ra8 29. b3 Rfb8 30. a4 Rh8 31. Rbf1 Raf8 32. Qe2 Nh6 33. Rh1 Ng5 34. Kg1 Qd8
35. Nhf3 Rf7 36. Nxg5 fxg5 37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 38. Kf2 Kg7 39. Ke1 g4 40. h4 g5 41.
Kd1 Be8 42. Qe1 Bg6 43. Rf1 Ng8 44. Nb1 Nf6 45. Nc3 Rf8 46. hxg5 Nh7 47. Rxf8
Kxf8 48. Ke2 Nxg5 49. Qf1+ Kg7 50. Kd3 Nf7 51. Qf2 Ng5 52. Qf1 Be8 53. Qf2 Bd7
54. Nb5 Qe7 55. Ke2 Bxb5 56. axb5 {[#] Ideeller Mehrbauer und die bessere
Leichtfigur auf schwarzer Seite. Bei fast vollständig blockierter Stellung
muss Schwarz zu h4 kommen. Danch folgt eine lange Lavierphase mit viel Hin-
und Herzieherei. Das Gebot in solch langwierigen Endspielen lautet gewiss
"Bonussekunden schinden". Kleine Taktik: Pattidee} Qf6 57. Qe1 b6 58. Qh1 Kh6
59. Qh4 Nh7 60. Ke1 (60. Qxf6+ Nxf6 61. Kf2 Kg5 62. Kg1 h4 63. Kh2 (63. gxh4+
Kxh4 64. Kf2 Nh7 65. Bh1 Ng5 66. Bg2 Nh3+ 67. Ke1 Kg3 68. Bf1 Nf2 $19) 63... h3
64. Bf1 Nxe4 65. Bd3 Nd2 66. Bc2 Nf1+ $19) 60... Qg5 (60... Qxh4 $2 61. gxh4
Nf8 62. Kf2 Ng6 63. Kg3 $11) 61. Ke2 Nf8 62. Qh1 Qf6 63. Qe1 Ng6 64. Qh1 h4 65.
Qh2 Kg7 66. gxh4 Qxh4 67. Qg1 Kh6 68. Qf1 Qg3 69. Bh1 Kg7 70. Kd2 Qh2+ 71. Kc3
Nh4 72. Qd1 Qg3 73. Kd3 Ng6 74. Kc2 Kh6 75. Qf1 Qh2+ 76. Bg2 Kg7 77. Kd3 Nh4
78. Bh1 Ng6 79. Bg2 Nh4 80. Bh1 g3 81. Qd1 Qh3 82. Bf3 g2 83. Bxg2 Qxg2 84. b4
axb4 85. Qa1 b3 {Löst die Pattstellung durch Freimachen des Feldes c3 auf.} (
85... Nf3 $2 86. Qa7+ Kh6 87. Qh7+ Kg5 88. Qg6+ Kh4 89. Qh5+ (89. Qxg2 Ne1+ $19
) 89... Kg3 90. Qh4+ {mit Pattschluss}) 86. Qa7+ Kg6 87. Qg7+ Kxg7 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2003.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 a6 7. h3 h6 8. Be3
Bxe3 9. fxe3 Ne7 10. Nh4 c6 11. Qf3 d5 12. g4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Qa5+
15. b4 Qd5 16. c4 Qxe4 17. Bxe4 g6 18. Kd2 Be6 19. Kc3 O-O 20. a4 Kh7 21. Rhg1
Nc8 22. Bh1 Nd6 23. c5 Nc8 24. Nf3 f6 25. Nd2 Ne7 26. Nc4 Rad8 27. Nd6 b6 28.
Nc4 Bxc4 29. Kxc4 bxc5 30. bxc5 Nd5 31. Bxd5 cxd5+ 32. Kb4 d4 33. e4 Rc8 34.
Rgc1 f5 35. Kc4 fxe4 36. dxe4 Rfd8 37. Ra3 Rc7 38. Rb3 g5 39. Rcb1 Rdc8 40. Rb7
Rxb7 41. Rxb7+ Kg6 42. Rb6+ Kf7 43. Rxa6 Rd8 44. c6 Ke7 45. Ra5 Kd6 46. Rd5+
Kc7 47. a5 Rd6 48. Kd3 Re6 49. Rc5 Re8 50. Kc4 Rd8 51. Rd5 Rd6 52. Kd3 Re6 53.
Rb5 Re8 54. Rc5 Kd6 55. Kc4 Kc7 56. a6 Ra8 57. Ra5 Kb6 58. Rxe5 Rxa6 59. Kxd4 {
Zwei Mehrbauern als Einzelfreibauern mit Königsunterstützung Der entscheidende
Vorteil für Weiß ist leicht nachvollziehbar. Doch nachdem Schwarz ebenfalls
einen Freibauern erhält, bekommt das Remis klare Konturen.} Ra4+ 60. Kd5 Ra3
61. Kd6 Rxh3 62. Kd7 Rd3+ 63. Rd5 Rf3 64. Rd6 $5 (64. e5 $1 $18 {ist ein
Selbstläufer}) (64. c7 Rf7+ 65. Kd8 Rxc7 66. Rd6+ Rc6 67. e5 (67. Rxc6+ Kxc6
68. Ke7 h5 69. gxh5 g4 70. h6 g3 71. h7 g2 72. h8=Q g1=Q {gewinnt zwar auch,
wäre aber sehr mühsam.}) 67... h5 68. Rxc6+ Kxc6 69. e6 $18) 64... Rf7+ 65. Ke6
Rf4 66. Kd7 Rf7+ 67. Kd8 Rf8+ 68. Ke7 Rf4 69. e5 Kc7 70. Rxh6 Rxg4 71. Rg6 Rg1
72. Ke8 g4 73. Kf8 g3 74. e6 g2 75. e7 Rf1+ 76. Ke8 g1=Q 77. Rxg1 Rxg1 78. Kf7
Rf1+ 79. Ke6 Re1+ 80. Kf7 Kxc6 81. e8=Q+ Rxe8 82. Kxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Rama, Lorenc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Albania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ALB"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 a6 7. Be3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 Ne6 11. Qd2 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 h5 13. Ne2 h4 14. O-O-O Nh5
15. d4 Qg5 16. Qxg5 Nxg5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Rd5 f6 19. Rhd1 Ne6 20. Bf3 g6 21.
gxh4 Rd8 22. Bg4 Rxd5 23. exd5 Nef4 24. Ng3 f5 25. Bxh5 Nxh5 26. d6 c6 27. Nxh5
Rxh5 28. Rg1 Rxh4 29. Rxg6 Kd7 30. Kd2 Rxh3 31. Rg7+ Kxd6 32. Rxb7 Rh2 33. Ke3
f4+ 34. Kf3 e4+ 35. Kxe4 Rxf2 36. c3 Kc5 37. a4 {[#] Der Randkönig - Taktik}
Kc4 $2 (37... a5 $11) 38. Rb4+ Kc5 39. a5 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6][%cal Rb4b6]} Rf1 40.
Kd3 $2 (40. Rb6 $1 Kc4 41. Rxc6+ Kb5 42. Rf6 Kxa5 43. Rxf4 Rxf4+ $2 (43... Rh1
$142 $16) 44. Kxf4 Ka4 45. Ke3 Kb3 46. Kd3 a5 47. c4 a4 48. c5 Kxb2 49. c6 a3
50. c7 a2 51. c8=Q a1=Q 52. Qb7+ Kc1 53. Qc6+ Kb2 54. Qb5+ Kc1 55. Qc4+ Kb2 56.
Qb4+ $18) 40... f3 41. Rf4 Kb5 42. Rf5+ Ka4 43. Kc4 c5 $2 (43... Rb1 $1 44. b4
Rf1 45. Rf4 f2 46. Rf3 Ka3 47. Kc5 Kb3 48. Kxc6 Rh1 (48... Rc1 49. Rxf2 Rxc3+
50. Kb6 Kxb4 51. Rf4+ Kb3 52. Kxa6 $18) 49. Rxf2 Rh6+ 50. Kb7 Kxc3 51. Rf4 Rg6
52. b5 axb5 53. a6 b4 $11) 44. Kxc5 Kxa5 $2 (44... Kb3 45. Kb6 Kxb2 46. c4 Kc3
47. c5 f2 48. c6 Rb1+ 49. Kxa6 f1=Q+ 50. Rxf1 Rxf1 51. c7 Rf8 52. Kb7 Kb4 53.
a6 Kb5 54. a7 $18) 45. b3 $1 {[%cal Rc5c6]} 1-0

[Event "Rishon Le Ziyyon YM"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Rb1 Bc5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. d3 Bb6 11. c4 Ne7 12. h3 Nf5 13. Kh2 c6 14. Nc3 Qf6 15.
Ne4 Qg6 16. a4 h5 17. h4 Nd4 18. c3 Ne6 19. Nd6 Rf8 20. Bf3 Nc5 21. Nxc8 Rfxc8
22. a5 Bxa5 23. Ba3 b6 24. Bxh5 Qxd3 25. Bxc5 Qxd1 26. Rfxd1 bxc5 27. Rd7 Rc7
28. Bxf7+ Kf8 29. Be6 Re8 30. Rxc7 Bxc7 31. Rb7 Rxe6 32. Rxc7 e4 33. Rxa7 e3
34. fxe3 Rxe3 35. Ra5 $18 {Die weissen Figuren (R+K) sind aktiver als die
scharzen, außerdem verfügt er über Raumvorteil. Der Gewinn wird durch Umgehung
am Königsflügel erzielt..} Re5 36. Kg2 Rf5 (36... Ke7 37. Kf3 Kf6 38. g4 Ke6
39. Kf4 $18) 37. Ra7 Re5 38. Kf3 g6 39. Rc7 Re6 40. g4 Kg8 41. Kf4 Kf8 42. Kg5
Kg8 43. Kh6 Re4 44. Rg7+ Kf8 45. Rxg6 Rxc4 46. h5 Rxc3 47. g5 Ke7 48. Rxc6 Kd7
49. Rf6 Ke7 50. Rf2 Rg3 51. g6 1-0

[Event "Serbian-ch 29th"]
[Site "Sabac"]
[Date "1998.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marciano, David"]
[Black "Tosic, Miroslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "1998.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 a6 7. O-O h6 8. Be3
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Bd7 14. Rfe1 Re8
15. e5 dxe5 16. Rxe5 c6 17. Rxe8+ Bxe8 18. Rd1 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Kf8 20. Kf1 Ke7
21. Ke2 a5 22. Ke3 Bd7 23. Na4 Re8 24. Nb6 Kd8+ 25. Kd2 Kc7 26. Nxd7 Nxd7 27.
Rf4 Nf6 28. Bf1 Ne4+ 29. Kd1 Re7 30. Bd3 Nd6 31. a4 Re5 32. Kd2 Kd8 33. Rd4 Kc7
34. Rf4 Kd7 35. Rg4 g5 36. f4 Rd5 37. fxg5 hxg5 38. c4 Re5 39. h4 f6 40. Rd4
Ke6 41. h5 c5 42. Rd5 f5 43. h6 Rxd5 44. cxd5+ Kf6 45. g4 Kg6 46. Ke3 Kxh6 47.
gxf5 {[#] A lengthy endgame with a good blockading knight. On an empty board,
the bishop would clearly be stronger. Maneuvering. [#] Langwieriges Endspiel
mit einem guten Blockadespringer. Mit sich leerendem Brett wird der Läufer
freilich stärker. Lavieren.} Kg7 48. Kf3 Kf6 49. Kg4 Nf7 50. Kh5 Ne5 51. Bb1
Nc4 52. b3 Nd6 53. Kg4 c4 54. bxc4 Nxc4 55. Kh5 Nd6 56. Kg4 b5 57. axb5 Nxb5
58. Bc2 Nd6 59. Ba4 Nxf5 60. Kh5 Ng3+ 61. Kg4 Ne4 62. Bc2 Nd6 63. Kh5 Nf7 64.
Kg4 Ne5+ 65. Kh5 Nc4 66. Bb3 Nd6 67. Bc2 Nf5 68. Ba4 Nh6 69. Bb3 Nf7 70. Bc2
Ne5 71. Bd1 Kf5 72. d6 Kf4 73. Bb3 g4 74. Kh4 g3 75. Bd5 a4 76. Kh3 a3 77. Kg2
Nd7 78. Ba2 Nc5 79. Bc4 Ke5 80. Kxg3 Ne4+ 81. Kf3 Nxd6 82. Ba2 Kd4 83. Ke2 Kc3
84. Ke3 Nc4+ 85. Ke4 Nd2+ 86. Ke3 Nb3 87. Ke2 Nc1+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1909.03.12"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Annotator "Lasker,Emanuel"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1) Lasker:The international congress St.Petersburg 1909.Translation by
R.Teichmann (2) Lasker: Der internationale Schachkongreß zu St.Petersburg.
1909. Berlin.1909. (Nachdruck Olms.1989.)} e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 {
The slow line of play selected by Duras, is answered quite correctly on the
part of Mieses by the isolation of the d-pawn.} ({Here Black might very well
play} 4... d5) 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 cxd5 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10.
O-O Bb6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. b3 Bh3 14. Rad1 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rc8 16. Rfe1
$2 {A regrettably gross blunder, which throws away the fruit of his consistent
and logical play.} (16. Ne2 $142 {would have been very strong. He should
change the Black KB, in order to secure the position of the Knight at d4. e.g.}
Bxe3 (16... Ng4 {would probably be a little better.}) 17. Qxe3 Nc6 18. c4 Re8
19. Qf3 d4 20. Nf4) (16. Nb5 $142 $14) 16... Ba5 17. b4 Nc4 18. Qc1 Bxb4 19. c3
Ba3 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. Qb3 Bc5 22. Nc2 Qf5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Re7 Na5 25. Qa3 b6
26. Ne3 Qc8 27. Rxa7 Rxc3 28. Qd6 Rxe3 29. Qxb6 Nc4 30. Qb5 Re2 31. Kf1 Rfe8
32. Kg1 Qh3 0-1

[Event "Match Janowski-Mieses +6-6=2"]
[Site "Paris (Cafe de la Regence)"]
[Date "1895.01.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Annotator "Le Matin"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1895.01.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. d3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 7. O-O d6 8. Kh1
(8. h3 {ou}) (8. Bg5 {valaient mieux}) 8... Ng4 9. Qe1 Nb4 10. h3 Nxc2 11. Qd1
Nxa1 12. hxg4 Bxg4 13. Be3 {Ce coup qui cause la perte d'un autre pion est
faible} ({il fallait jouer} 13. Bd2) 13... Bxe3 14. fxe3 Qg5 15. Qd2 Nc2 16.
Qxc2 Qh6+ 17. Kg1 Qxe3+ 18. Kh2 c6 19. Ng1 Rae8 20. Nd1 Qh6+ 21. Nh3 Kh8 {
Joue pour pouvoir avancer le PFR sans craindre l'echec de la Dame adverse a b3}
22. Rh1 {Les Noirs ayant l'avantage materiel de la T et 3 pions contre 2
pieces mineures et le Roi adverse etant dans une situation tres exposee, les
Blancs ne peuvent plus sauver la partie} f5 23. Kg1 Bxd1 24. Qxd1 Qe3+ 25. Kh2
fxe4 26. dxe4 Re6 27. Rf1 Rxf1 28. Qxf1 Rf6 29. Qd1 Rg6 30. g4 h6 31. Kh1 Qg3
32. g5 hxg5 33. Kg1 Qe3+ 34. Nf2 g4 35. Qd3 Qa7 36. Qg3 Rf6 37. Qh4+ Kg8 38.
Bf1 b5 39. Be2 Qe3 40. Bxg4 g5 41. Be6+ Kg7 {Temps Blancs: 2h 10 Temps Noirs:
1h 25 Analyse Le Matin 1895-02-05} (41... Kg7 {si les Blancs avaient joue} 42.
Qh2 Qe1+ 43. Kg2 Rxf2+ {gagnerait la Dame}) 0-1

[Event "Julian Borowski-B 2nd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2000.04.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Seul, Georg"]
[Black "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.04.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 (3... d5 {is the other main continuation.}) 4.
Bg2 c6 {/\ d5} 5. Nge2 (5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 (6. Nge2 d5 $1 {is Black's main threat
in this variation.}) 6... Bb6 7. Nge2 d5 $1 8. d3 a5 9. bxa5 Rxa5 10. O-O dxe4
11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 O-O 13. Bd2 Ra8 $15 {and White is worse on both flanks,
Pedersen-Barkhagen, Arhus Sommer 1995.}) (5. d4 d5 $1 {This counterattack is
the clearest way for equalization.} (5... d6 {is rather passive, although
Black has already activated his dark-squared B.} 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. O-O (7. f3 Be6)
7... Bxc3 (7... Nbd7 8. Be3 Qc7 9. f3 Be6 10. a3 Ba5 11. d5 cxd5 12. exd5 Bf5
13. Nb5 Qb8 14. b4 Bb6 15. Bxb6 Nxb6 16. f4 $13 {Watson-Shwidler, Beersheba
1987}) 8. bxc3 O-O $13) (5... Qa5 6. Nge2 d5 7. exd5 ({The light-hearted} 7.
O-O $6 {may pose some problems for White.} dxe4 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Nxc3 Bf5 10. Re1
O-O 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bxe4 exd4 13. b4 Qb6 14. Bf5 c5 15. Qd3 {
(Spangenberg-Freire), Wch U16 Mamaia 1991} cxb4 16. axb4 Nc6 $15) 7... Nxd5) 6.
exd5 (6. dxe5 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bd2 Bf5 10. O-O-O Nd7) 6...
Nxd5 {- Wahls-Ivanchuk, FIDE-Wch k.o. 1999 CBM 72}) 5... d5 $142 {Black has to
attack the [+] quickly using the pin on the e1-a5 /^.} (5... O-O 6. O-O d5 7.
d4 $5 (7. exd5 cxd5 8. d4 exd4 9. Qxd4 (9. Nxd4 {- 5...d5}) 9... Nc6 {winning
an important tempo. Black's isolated P is compensated by the well-developed
pieces.} 10. Qd3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 (11. Nxc3 Nb4 12. Qd1 Bf5 {>< c2}) 11... Re8 12.
Nd4 Qb6 (12... Ne4 $6 {allows White to liquidate for a better _|_ after} 13.
Nxc6 $1 Nxc3 14. Nxd8 Ne2+ 15. Kh1 Rxd8 16. Be3 d4 17. Bd2 Bf5 18. Bxb7 Rab8
19. Bf3 d3 20. cxd3 Rxb2 (20... Nd4 21. Be4 Bh3 22. Rfc1 $16 {is even worse,
Arakhamia-Maric, FIDE Candidates (Women) 1997.}) 21. Be3 Bxd3 22. Bxa7 $14) 13.
Nxc6 (13. Be3 Ne4 $132) 13... Qxc6 $11) 7... exd4 8. Qxd4 c5 9. Qd1 (9. Qd3 c4)
9... dxe4 10. Qxd8 {White has to play carefully.} (10. Nxe4 $6 Nxe4 11. Qxd8 (
11. Bxe4 $2 Qe7 12. Qd3 Re8 $1 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. c3 c4 $1 15. Qc2 Qxe2 16. cxb4
Qxf1+ {0:1 Worotnikov-I.Ivanov, SU 1977}) 11... Rxd8 12. Bxe4 Nd7 $11) 10...
Rxd8 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bxe4 Nc6 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Nxc3 {with only
slightly better chances because of the weaknesses in Black's P structure.}) 6.
exd5 (6. O-O {allows Black to gain space in the [+] after} d4 $15) (6. d4 Nxe4
7. dxe5 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bc5 $132) 6... cxd5 7. d4 (7. O-O {is weaker because of
the advance in the [+]} d4 8. Ne4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 O-O $15) 7... exd4 8. Nxd4 O-O
9. O-O Bxc3 {Now White's P structure is also corrupted.} (9... Nc6 $6 10. Bg5
Be7 {This is a sad retreat. Now White has a good play against the isolated P.}
11. Re1 h6 12. Rxe7 $1 {A bold from the blue!} (12. Bf4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bb6 $11 {
Sanz-Beliavsky, Alicante 1978}) 12... Nxe7 (12... hxg5 $6 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Qd2
Qb6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Qb5 17. b3 Bf5 18. Re5 Ne4 19. Qd4 g6 20. g4 f6 21.
Re7 $16 {Konstantinopolski-Brglez, corr 1980-82}) 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qh5 $44)
10. bxc3 Qa5 (10... Nbd7 11. Bf4 $5 {It is not easy to decide which is the
best /^ for the B.} (11. Ba3 Re8 12. Re1 (12. Nb5 $2 Qa5 $17) 12... Ne5 $13)
11... Nb6 12. Nb5 Bf5 13. Nd6 Be4 14. Bh3 $5 {White is pushing too hard.} Nc4
15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qd4 Qa5 17. Rfe1 {(Mariotti-Korchnoi, Rom 1982)} Nxc3 $1 18.
Bf1 (18. Re7 Rfe8) 18... Rac8 $15) 11. a4 $1 $146 {White is not defending his
weaknesses, but creates counterplay on the << threatening with Nb5.} (11. Qd3
Nbd7 {and Black can win tempi by attacking the exposed Q.} 12. Bf4 Nc5 13. Qb5
(13. Qe3 $6 Re8 14. Qc1 Bd7 15. Qb2 Rac8 $17 {Worotnikov-Slotnik, Daugavpils
1978}) 13... Qxc3 $1 14. Bd6 b6 $1 15. Bxf8 (15. Ne2 Qxc2 16. Bxf8 Ba6) 15...
Ba6 16. Qb1 Bxf1 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf5+ Kh8 19. Qxf1 Re8 20. Qd1 Qe5 $13) 11...
Bg4 $6 (11... Qxc3 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Nb5 $44 {gives a strong pressure on the
dark squares for the P.}) (11... Re8 $11 {was the best reply.}) 12. f3 (12. Qd3
{allows Black to win tempi again.} Rc8 $1 (12... Re8 13. c4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nc6
$1 {leads to mass exchanges} 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bxc6 Be2 17. Qf4 Bxf1 18. Bd2 (
18. Bxa8 $4 Qe1 $19) 18... Qc5 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Rxf1 Qxc2 $11 {with a dead
draw.}) 13. Bd2 (13. Bb2 Nbd7) 13... Nc6 14. c4 Qc5 $1 15. Nxc6 dxc4 $1 $15)
12... Bh5 (12... Bd7 13. Bg5 $5 Qxc3 14. Bxf6 {corrupting Black'a >> P
formation.} gxf6 15. Nb3 (15. Re1 Nc6) 15... Bc6 (15... Nc6 16. Qxd5 Be6 17.
Qc5 $14) 16. f4 $44) 13. g4 $1 (13. Qd3 Bg6) 13... Bg6 14. g5 (14. h4 $5 {
deserved serious attention.} Qxc3 $1 15. Ba3 (15. Ra3 $2 {doesn't win a piece
because of} Qc5 16. h5 Bxc2 $1 $19) 15... Re8 16. h5 Nxh5 17. gxh5 Bxh5 18. Nb5
Qc6 19. Qd4 $14 {with very active white pieces.}) 14... Nfd7 15. c4 (15. Rb1
Nb6) 15... Re8 (15... dxc4 $6 {gives White free hand on the >>.} 16. f4 $1 Nc5
17. f5 Bh5 18. Qxh5 Qc3 19. Ra3 $1 Qxd4+ 20. Be3 Qe5 21. Qh4 $16 {with ^^ and
good attacking chances.}) (15... Nc6 $5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. f4 Qc3 18. Ra3 Qxc2
19. Qxc2 Bxc2 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Bxd5 Rac8 22. Be3 Rc7 23. Rc1 {with ^^ and a
nasty pin on the c <->.}) 16. Ba3 (16. f4 $1 {was stronger} Qc3 (16... Be4 17.
Re1 Qc3 18. Rb1 Qxc4 19. Nf5 Qc5+ (19... Qxa4 20. Bb2 $40) 20. Be3 Qxc2 21.
Bxe4 Qxd1 22. Rexd1 dxe4 (22... Rxe4 23. Rxb7 $16) 23. Rxb7 $16) 17. Ra3 Qxc4
18. f5 Bh5 19. Qxh5 Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 $16) 16... Nb6 17. cxd5 (17. c5 $2 Nc4 $19)
17... Nxd5 18. Nb3 Qb6+ 19. Bc5 Qc6 20. f4 (20. Qd2 Na6) 20... Be4 $1 $11 {
exchanging White's strong B Black has chances for blockading the light squares.
} 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Qd3 Re8 23. Rad1 Nc7 24. Qd6 (24. Bd4 Nba6 $15) 24... Ne6
25. Rfe1 Qxd6 26. Bxd6 Nc6 27. Nc5 $2 ({The _|_ was still playable after} 27.
Kf2 {White has to come with his K in the _|_.} Rad8 28. h4 f5 (28... g6 29. Nc5
Nxc5 30. Bxc5 b6 31. Ba3 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 $11) 29. h5 Kf7 30. Rd5 g6 31. Red1 $11)
27... Nxc5 28. Bxc5 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rd8 {Now White's pawns are very weak.} 30.
f5 f6 $1 31. gxf6 gxf6 32. c4 Kf7 33. Re4 Rg8+ 34. Kf2 Rg5 35. Rf4 Ne5 36. Kf1
$4 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This is a serious blunder.} (36. Ke3 b6 37. Bd6 {was still
playable.}) 36... Nd3 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 Bxc3 $5 5. bxc3 O-O 6. Ne2 d5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] Black wants to invade the [+]. However this opens the position and
White has a ^^.} (6... b6 {keeping the position closed was the old variation.}
7. d3 {/\ c4 is another P structure, where White's << is not weakened.} (7. d4
d6 {Now White grabs the |^ in the [+], but his << remains irreversibly
weakened.} 8. O-O Bb7 9. f3 Nbd7 10. g4 {/\ Ng3 with |^ on the >>.} Re8 11. Ng3
h6 (11... Nf8 {allows White to gain space on the >>.} 12. g5 N6d7 13. f4 exf4
14. Bxf4 Ne6 15. Be3 (15. Qh5 $5 {<-> f}) 15... g6 16. h4 c5 17. d5 Nef8 $13 {
Schoeneberg-Plachetka, DDR-CSR Erfurt 1972}) 12. g5 {With a fianchettoed B
this sort of -> doesn't seem to be very prospectful.} (12. Re1 d5) 12... hxg5
13. Bxg5 Nf8 14. f4 N8h7 {successfully defending the position.}) 7... Bb7 8. c4
c6 {Black probably wanted to continue this move with d5, but he changed his
mind.} 9. O-O d6 {but now 8...c6 was not very useful.} 10. f4 Nbd7 11. h3 {
/\ Be3, g4, Ng3} Ne8 12. Be3 Nc7 13. g4 exf4 14. Nxf4 Ne6 15. Qe1 Nxf4 16. Bxf4
Ne5 17. Qg3 Qe7 18. h4 Rad8 19. h5 c5 20. g5 $14 {with space advantage and
pressure on the >>, Sax-Gligoric, Novi Sad 1976.}) 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. O-O (8. d4 {
occupies the [+], but leaves weaknesses behind.} exd4 9. cxd4 Re8 10. O-O Bg4 {
provoking the weakening move} 11. f3 {and then} Bf5 $132) 8... Nc6 9. Rb1 (9.
d4 {is again met by} Bg4 $13) 9... Qd6 ({or} 9... Re8 $5) 10. c4 (10. d4 Rd8
11. Re1 Nb6 {with a nasty pressure on >< d4 and c4.}) 10... Nf6 11. Rb3 $6 {
This is the beginning of a sophysticated plan.} (11. d3 Rd8 $11) 11... Re8 12.
Ba3 Qd7 {/\ b6, Bb7 finishing the development.} 13. Nc3 (13. d3 b6 14. Bb2 Bb7)
13... Nd4 {Now Black is rather strong in the [+], and White's ^^ doesn't work
together.} 14. Rb1 c6 {/\ Qc7 and developing the B on the h3-c8 /^.} 15. d3 Qc7
16. h3 Bf5 {Black's pieces are ideally posted, especially the N on d4 is
strong.} 17. Bc5 (17. Kh2 Rad8 18. Re1 Nxc2 $1) (17. g4 Bg6 18. Re1 Rad8) 17...
h5 $1 {securing the space advantage and threatening sometimes by h5-h4.} 18.
Bxd4 exd4 19. Ne2 Rad8 $1 {Black still has his space advantage, and White had
to give up his ^^ for the excellent centralized N.} (19... Qd7 20. Nf4) 20. Qd2
h4 $5 {This push was successful in the game, but the modest} (20... Re7 $15 {
was objectively better.}) 21. gxh4 $2 {ruining his own P structure.} ({There
was nothing wrong with} 21. g4 $1 Bc8 (21... Bxg4 22. hxg4 Nxg4 23. Qf4 $1) (
21... Nxg4 $5 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Qf4 $1 Qd7 24. Rxb7 $1 Qxb7 25. Qxg4) 22. Rfe1
$11) 21... Bc8 (21... Qd7 $5 22. Nf4 (22. Rfe1 $2 Bxh3 23. Bxh3 Qxh3 24. Rxb7
Ng4 $17) (22. Kh2 Re7 $44) 22... b6 23. Rfe1 c5 $44) 22. Ng3 (22. Rfe1) 22...
Re5 23. Kh2 $2 {This is a completely useless move.} (23. Rfe1 Rde8 24. Rxe5
Qxe5 25. Qg5 {was certainly better.}) 23... Rh5 $1 $17 24. Kg1 {Sad, but true.}
(24. Rfe1 Rxh4 25. Qg5 Rh5 {and the Q has to retreat.}) 24... Rxh4 {>< h3} 25.
Qg5 Rh6 26. Rfe1 {White has to give the h P.} (26. Kh2 {is useless because of}
Ng4+ 27. Kg1 Ne5 $17) 26... Bxh3 27. Bxh3 Rxh3 28. Kg2 Rh6 {Black is a healthy
P up.} 29. Rh1 Rg6 30. Qh4 Rh6 31. Qg5 Rg6 32. Qh4 Kf8 {Certainly Timman is
playing for a win.} 33. Rbe1 c5 34. Qh8+ Ng8 {Now the black K is safe.} 35. Rh7
Qc6+ 36. Kg1 Qf3 (36... Re8 $1 {was simpler:} 37. Rxe8+ (37. Rb1 Re2) 37...
Qxe8 $19) 37. Rh3 b6 38. Kf1 Rg4 39. a4 g6 (39... Rg6) 40. a5 Rd6 (40... bxa5 {
is already giving some counterchances for White:} 41. Qe5 $1 Qc6 42. Rh7 $132)
41. axb6 (41. Rh7 Qf6 $17) 41... Rf6 42. Qxg8+ {White 's hopes are connected
with the R _|_, where the drawing chances are always high.} (42. Re2 $5 Rxb6 (
42... axb6 43. Rh7 $1 $18) 43. Qe5 $1 (43. Rh7 Qf6) 43... Rb1+ 44. Re1 Rxe1+
45. Kxe1 {and at least the Q is very active.} (45. Qxe1 Rf4 $19)) 42... Kxg8
43. Re8+ Kg7 44. Nh5+ gxh5 45. Rxf3 Rxb6 (45... axb6 46. Rxf6 Kxf6 47. Rb8 h4
48. Rxb6+ Kg7 49. Rb1 Kg6 (49... h3 50. Ke2) 50. Ke2 Rf4 51. Rg1+ Kf6 $15 {
and the o^ h4 is strong.}) 46. Re7 Rf6 47. Rh3 (47. Rxf6 Kxf6 48. Rxa7 h4 $15 {
is similar to the previous note.}) 47... Rgf4 48. Rh2 a6 49. Re8 {Now Black
has already two passed pawns, but it is difficult to push them.} R4f5 50. Rg2+
Kh7 51. Rc8 h4 52. Kg1 h3 53. Rgg8 h2+ (53... Rg6+ 54. Rxg6 fxg6 55. Rc6 Kh6
56. Rxa6 Kh5 57. Re6 g5 58. Re4 g4 59. Re8 $11) 54. Kxh2 Rxf2+ 55. Rg2 R2f5 56.
Rgg8 Re6 57. Rh8+ Kg7 58. Rcg8+ Kf6 59. Rh6+ Ke5 60. Rxe6+ Kxe6 (60... fxe6 61.
Kg1) 61. Ra8 Ke5 (61... Rf2+ 62. Kg3 Rxc2 63. Rxa6+ Ke7 64. Ra7+ $11) 62. Kg3
$11 {Now White can simply hold the _|_ because of his active R.} (62. Rxa6 Kf4)
62... Rf6 63. Rd8 Rd6 64. Rc8 Rg6+ 65. Kf3 Rf6+ 66. Kg4 Kd6 67. Kg3 Re6 68. Kf3
Re1 69. Ra8 Ra1 70. Ke4 Re1+ 71. Kf4 Ra1 72. Ke4 Re1+ 73. Kf4 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Najdorf Memorial Great fin"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2000.09.16"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.09.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 (3... d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 {is the old main line.}) 4.
d4 Bb4 {This pin is Black's main idea in this variation.} (4... exd4 $6 {
develops quickly White's pieces.} 5. Qxd4 {It is not easy to chase the
centralized Q because of c6.} d5 6. Bg5 $1 (6. Bg2 Be6 7. exd5 cxd5 {creates
an isolated P, but Black's development is too quick.} 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. Qd1 Bc5 {
with a successful fight for >< d4.} 10. O-O O-O 11. Na4 Be7 12. Be3 Qa5 13. c3
{Now the N on a4 is off-side.} Ne5 14. b4 Qc7 15. Bc5 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. Bxe7
Bxa4 18. Qxa4 Qxe7 $15 {J.Pedersen-V.Mikhalevski, Europa-ch Saint Vincent ITA
2000}) 6... Be7 7. O-O-O c5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Bb5 d4 10. e5 $1 {No retreat!} Ng4
11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Bxd7+ $16 {W.Watson-Show, London Lloyds 1993}) 5.
Bg2 d5 $1 {Black has to play in the [+].} 6. exd5 (6. dxe5 Nxe4 7. Nge2 (7.
Bxe4 dxe4 (7... Bxc3+ {comes into consideration as well, because of the ^-.} 8.
bxc3 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ba3 Be6 11. f4 Nd7 12. Bd6 Nb6 13. Ne2 Nc4 14.
O-O-O Bd5 15. Bc5 Kc7 16. Rhe1 {(Ackermann-Naes, FS IM Budapest 2000)} b6 $15 {
and the B cannot find his place.}) 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bd2 Bf5 10. O-O-O Nd7 $11)
7... O-O 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Nxc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Re8 11. Re1 Nd7 {White has got the
^^, but his structural weaknesses deprive him to exploit it.} 12. f4 {Black
has to blockade the position on the light squares.} Qa5 (12... Nb6 $5 {/\ Nc4})
13. Be3 Nf8 (13... Qxc3 $5 {looks brave, but deserves attention, for example:}
14. Bd4 Qc4 15. f5 c5 16. Bb2 d4) 14. g4 Ng6 15. Bf1 (15. h3 f5) 15... Qd8 16.
h3 f5 17. exf6 (17. g5 Be6) 17... Qxf6 18. Qd4 Qd6 19. Bd2 Bd7 20. c4 $14 {
GeurinkVan den Doel, NED-chT Leewarden 2000}) 6... Nxd5 7. Bd2 $6 {This seems
to be rather passive.} (7. Nge2 Nxc3 (7... exd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. Bxd5 (9. O-O
Nxc3 $11) 9... Qxd5 10. Qxd5 cxd5 $11 {because Black's ^^ fully compensates
the isolani.}) 8. bxc3 Bd6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Re1 (10. f4 $6 {clearly
overestimates White's possibilities.} exd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. c4 (12. Qd3 Re8 13.
Kh1 Nf6 14. f5 (14. Bd2 Bg4 15. Rae1 Qd7 16. f5 Re7 17. Nc3 Rxe1 18. Bxe1 Re8
19. Bd2 Bb4 $1 {The weaknesses in White's camp begin to tell.} 20. Rf2 Qe7 $15
{Kholmov-Rosentalis, SU-FL Sverdlosk 1984}) 14... Qe7 15. Nc3 h6 $13) 12... Re8
) 10... O-O $11 {and Black keeps the important >< e5 in his hands.}) 7... Bxc3
8. bxc3 exd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Ne2 Re8 11. O-O Bg4 {closing the long /^.} 12. f3
Bf5 13. Nf4 (13. Re1 {- Wahls-Ivanchuk, FIDE-Wch k.o. 1999}) 13... Nd7 (13...
Na6 $5 {is also worthy of attention.} 14. c4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 Nb4 16. Qd2 Nd3 17.
Be3 Qe7 18. Bf2 Qe6 $15 {>< d4,c4}) 14. Rf2 (14. Nxd5 cxd5 $15 {and a backward
P remains on the c <->.}) (14. c3 N7b6 $15 {>< c4}) (14. c4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 Nb6
16. c5 {weakens the light squares.} Nc4 $15) 14... N7b6 15. Bf1 Nxf4 (15... Qf6
{looks also pretty strong, for example:} 16. c4 Ne3 17. Bxe3 Rxe3) 16. Bxf4 Qd5
(16... Nd5 17. Bd2 b5 $15 {strengthening the excellent position of the
blockading N on d5.}) 17. c3 Nc4 {This leads to ^- with good drawing chances
for White.} (17... Re6 18. Qb3 Rae8 19. Bc7 {allows White to simplificate
matters.} Qxb3 20. axb3 Nd5 21. g4 Bg6 22. Bg3 Nxc3 23. Rxa7 $11) (17... c5 $5
{was the best try keeping the tension.} 18. Rd2 (18. Rc1 Rac8) 18... cxd4 19.
cxd4 (19. Rxd4 Qc5 $15) 19... Rac8 $15 {and the isolated P is under strict
arrest.}) 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Qb3 b5 $11 20. Qxc4 bxc4 {Now Black's small
advantage has vanished completely.} 21. Rb2 f6 22. Kf2 g5 23. Bd6 Bd3 24. Re1
Kf7 25. Rb7+ Kg6 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Re7 Rxe7 28. Bxe7 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Solovjov, Sergey"]
[Black "Virovlansky, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 {The ''Glek'' Variation becomes more and
more popular these days among players who want to avoid the long-lasting
theoretical discussions.} Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 a6 {Black wants to keep his
strong B, otherwise Na4 would have come.} 7. O-O O-O (7... h6) (7... Be6 $142 {
is more flexible, in some lines 0-0-0 comes into consideration with sharp play.
}) 8. Be3 (8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 {White has provoked h7-h6, but this is not a real
weakness here.} Nd4 (9... Be6 10. Nh4) (9... Bxe3 10. fxe3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12.
Nxd5 Qxd5 13. d4 Qd6 14. c3 exd4 15. exd4 Be6 16. Nd2 $14 {Vorotnikov-Khavsky,
SU 1973}) 10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Ne2 Bg4 12. Qd2 d5 $1 13. exd5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nxd5
15. Nf4 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 c6 $11 {with completely equal position, Ahn-Geenen,
Belgium-ch Charleroi 1994}) (8. Nd5 {leads only to simplifications.} Nxd5 9.
exd5 Ne7 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nf5 $1 12. Nb3 Ba7 13. Qd3 Qf6 $11 {with a
typical equalization, Dreev-Ivanchuk, Champigny sur Marne 1984}) (8. h3 h6 (
8... Be6 9. Nh4 Nd4 10. Be3 Ba7 11. f4 $1 {This push is the main idea of this
setup.} exf4 12. gxf4 Nd7 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 $14 {with a strong [+],
Glek-Magerramov, Warsaw 1989}) 9. Nh4 (9. Be3 Bxe3 {after this exchange Black
has a stabil position.} 10. fxe3 Be6 $11) 9... Be6 (9... Nd4 {is already met by
} 10. Be3 $1 {/\ f4 Glek} (10. Ne2 {leads nowhere after} Re8 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12.
Qf3 {/\ Nf5} c6 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 d5 15. Re1 Re6 $1 $11 {and Black has a
strong central P formation, while White's ^^ doesn't play any serious role,
Kuzmin-Makarichev, Moscow 1986})) 10. Be3 $1 Bxe3 (10... Nh7 11. Nf5 Ne7 {
These N moves do not make a good impression.} 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. Ne3 Qd7 14. Kh2
Rad8 15. Qh5 f6 16. f4 $14 {Glek-Khuzman, Belgrade op 1989}) (10... Ne7 11.
Bxc5 dxc5 12. f4 Nc6 13. f5 {This P structure is dangerous for Black because
of the >> ->.} Bc8 14. Nf3 Re8 15. g4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 17. Kh1 b5 18. h4 $16
{Kuzmin-Vladimirov, Tashkent 1987}) 11. fxe3 g6 $11 {and Black can stabilize
his position.}) 8... Bg4 $6 {This pin usually do not get the desired result.} (
8... Bxe3 $142 {was required again.} 9. fxe3 h6 10. Nh4 g6 $11 {and Black can
hold the >> neutralizing the pressure on the <-> f.} (10... Kh7 {is less
precise.} 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Rf2 Ne7 13. Raf1 c6 14. h3 Nfg8 15. d4 f6 16. g4 Qc7
17. Nf5 $14 {Arbakov-Ageichenko, SU 1985})) (8... Be6 {is again met by the
standard} 9. Bxc5 (9. d4 {leads to unnecessary exchanges helping only for
Black.} exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 Qd7 13. Rfe1 Rad8 14. Rad1
Qc8 15. Qb4 b6 16. a4 Qb8 $11 {Makarichev-Yusupov, SU-ch Minsk 1979}) 9... dxc5
10. Ng5 $1 {/\ f4} Qd6 11. f4 $14 {Glek} (11. Nxe6 fxe6 {corrupts Black's P
structure at first sight, but in order to activate the White pieces he has to
exchange them.} 12. a4 Rad8 13. b3 Nd4 (13... b6) 14. a5 $5 Nd7 15. Nb1 Nb8 16.
Nd2 Nbc6 17. Nc4 Qe7 18. c3 Nb5 19. Qd2 g5 $11 {Glek-Kuzmin, Biel op 1995})) 9.
h3 Bxe3 (9... Be6 {is again met by} 10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. Ng5) 10. fxe3 Be6 11. Nh4
g6 {against Nf5.} 12. d4 (12. Kh2 Kg7) 12... Bd7 13. Kh2 Ne8 (13... Kg7 {
is the best setup for a passive defence on the >>.} 14. Qd2 h6 {/\ Nh7-g5}) 14.
Qd2 Qg5 $2 {Later the Q will feel herself badly here. This is just a move
which demonstrates only the vision of the strenth.} (14... Ne7 15. Rad1 (15.
dxe5 $6 dxe5 16. Rad1 Nd6) 15... f6 $13 {was still playable, Black's position
is a tough nut to crack!}) 15. Rad1 Rd8 $6 ({It was still better to retreat
with the Q by} 15... Qd8 $14) 16. Rf2 Kg7 17. Rdf1 Bc8 18. Qd3 f6 {This is the
neutralizing move here, but the Q is badly placed on g5.} 19. Nd5 Rd7 20. a4 $1
{White grabs the |^ on the <<, because on the >> Black can still hold the
front.} Rdf7 21. b4 Ne7 22. Nxe7 Rxe7 23. c4 {The P invasion begins!} Ref7 24.
Qc3 Bd7 $2 ({Black had to fight back with} 24... c5 $1 25. bxc5 dxc5 26. dxc5 (
26. dxe5 Qxe5) 26... Bd7 27. a5 Bc6) 25. b5 $1 axb5 26. cxb5 $1 $16 b6 (26...
c6 27. b6 $16 {/\ a5-a6}) 27. Nf3 $1 {The backward P on the <-> c secures
White the edge.} Qh5 28. Qb2 Kg8 29. Ne1 $1 {/\ Nd3-b4} Ng7 30. Nd3 Qh6 31. Nb4
Be6 (31... Qxe3 $2 {loses to} 32. Nd5 $1 (32. dxe5 fxe5 $1) 32... Qxd4 33. Qxd4
exd4 34. Nxf6+ Kh8 35. Nxd7 Rxf2 36. Nxf8 $18) 32. Qc1 g5 $2 ({It was time to
get rid if the off-side Q by playing} 32... exd4 33. exd4 Qxc1 34. Rxc1 Ne8 {
although} (34... f5 $2 35. Na6 $1 Ne8 (35... fxe4 36. Rxf7 Rxf7 37. Bxe4 Rf2+
38. Kg1 Rd2 (38... Ra2 39. Nxc7 $18) 39. d5 $1 $18) 36. exf5 gxf5 37. Re2 $18)
35. Rfc2 $16 {gives White the much better _|_ because of the better P
structure.}) 33. Rc2 $1 $18 {White simply ignores Black's threat.} Bxh3 (33...
Rc8 34. Na6 Ne8 35. a5 $1 bxa5 36. b6 c6 37. d5 Bxh3 38. dxc6 $18) 34. Rxc7 $1
{demonstrating that there are no good discovered checks.} (34. Bxh3 g4) 34...
g4 35. Rxf7 Bxg2+ (35... Rxf7 36. Nd5) 36. Kxg2 Qh3+ 37. Kf2 {The K is running
away to the [+], where he feels himself safely.} Qh2+ 38. Ke1 Qxg3+ 39. Ke2
Rxf7 40. Nd5 $1 Nh5 41. Kd3 $2 (41. Qc8+ $6 {was also not enough} Rf8 42. Qf5
Qh2+ 43. Kd3 g3 $1) (41. a5 $1 {would have won creating a dangerous o^.} bxa5
42. b6 Qg2+ (42... exd4 43. b7 $1 $18) (42... Kg7 43. Nc7 $18) 43. Kd3 Qa2 44.
Qc8+ $18) 41... Qh4 $2 ({missing} 41... Nf4+ $1 42. Nxf4 exf4 43. Rxf4 (43. Rg1
Qxe3+ 44. Qxe3 fxe3 45. Rxg4+ Kf8 $11) 43... h5) 42. Rh1 $18 {and the position
is won again.} Qg5 43. Qc8+ Kg7 44. Qf5 $1 Qxf5 45. exf5 Kh6 (45... Ng3 46. Rg1
) 46. Nxb6 Kg5 47. Nc8 e4+ 48. Kd2 Ng3 49. Rb1 h5 50. b6 h4 51. Nxd6 Rf8 52. b7
Rb8 53. a5 h3 54. a6 1-0

[Event "Drammen Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen"]
[Date "2005.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Ne2 (7.
Nf3 {- Finkel-Mikhalevski, Rehovot 2001 CBM 86}) 7... Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Rb1 {
White's main plan is to combine the pressure on the b file with the pressure
on the long /^.} Bb6 (9... Re8 10. d3 Bb6 (10... Qd6 11. Kh1 Bg4 12. f3 {
White's play looks rather passive.} Be6 13. c4 {/\ Nc3, f4 freeing the pieces.}
(13. Rxb7 $2 Bb6 {and the R is trapped.}) 13... Bb6 14. Nc3 f5 15. f4 {
(Marinkovic-Todorovic, Vrnjacka Banja 1990)} e4 $1 $132) 11. Be3 (11. c4 Qd6 $5
(11... Ne7 {/\ Nf5, c6 neutralizing the pressure on the long /^, but it costs
precious time.} 12. h3 Nf5 13. Kh2 c6 14. Nc3 Qf6 15. Ne4 $14 {
Finkel-Mikhalevski, Rishon Le Ziyyon 1995})) 11... Bg4 $142 $5 {provoking some
weakness on the >>.} (11... Rb8 12. c4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 (13. Nc3 c6 14. Na4 $14 (
14. Ne4 Bf5 15. Rb2 Ba5 16. f4 Bxe4 17. dxe4 (17. Bxe4 f5 18. Bg2 Bc3 $17)
17... c5 (17... Bc3 18. Rb1 Qe7 19. fxe5 Rbd8 $44) 18. f5 Bc3 19. Rb1 Qa5 $5 (
19... Nc6 $6 20. Bxc5 Bd4+ 21. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Nxd4 23. Rf2 $14 {Arakhamia
Grant,K-Ferguson,M/England 1997}) 20. f6 (20. Qg4 f6 $17) 20... g6 $15)) 13...
exd4 14. Bf4 $14) 12. h3 Be6 13. c4 Qd7 (13... Nd4 14. Nxd4 (14. Nc3 $6 Nf5 (
14... Qd7 $5 15. Kh2 Nf5) 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Bxb7 Ra3 {White has won a P, but
his P structure is rather shattered.} 17. Rb3 (17. Nb5 $2 Rxa2 18. Ra1 Rxa1 19.
Qxa1 Qd7 20. Bg2 c6 $17 {Bakic-Todorovic, Banja Vrucica 1991}) 17... Ra7 18.
Bg2 Nd4 $44) 14... exd4 15. Bf4 c6 $11) 14. Kh2 Rab8 (14... Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4
16. Bf4 c6 $11 {looks also rather safe for Black.}) 15. c5 $140 Ba5 $15) 10. c4
(10. Ba3 Re8 11. c4 e4 {and Black gets a good counterplay in the [+].} 12. Nc3
(12. c5 Ba5 $132) 12... Ne5 $1 (12... Qd4 13. c5 $1 Ba5 (13... Bxc5 $2 14. Nb5
$18) 14. Nxe4 $14 {Narciso Dublan-Skembris, Paretana 1999}) 13. c5 Bg4 14. Qc1
Ba5 15. Nxe4 Nf3+ $17) 10... e4 $1 {This is a very effective P sacrifice for
the quick development and exploiting the weak light squares on the >>.} (10...
Bg4 {however was not without poison at all.} 11. h3 Bh5 $15 {keeping the pin
looks more to the point.} (11... Be6 12. Ba3 Ne7 13. d3 Rb8 14. Nc3 {Now White
has got some pressure on the light squares.} (14. Kh2 c6 15. Nc3 Bc7 16. Ne4 f6
17. Qe2 $14 {Suttles-Bisguier, New York 1965}) 14... Re8 15. Ne4 $14)) 11. Nf4
(11. Bxe4 Bg4 12. Kg2 Qd7 $44) 11... Re8 12. Rb5 $6 (12. Nd5 $6 Ne5 $17) (12.
d3 {was the best chance in order to annihilate Black's strong e4 P.} exd3 13.
cxd3 Ne5 $15) 12... Ne5 $1 13. Rd5 Qe7 ({The aggressive} 13... Qf6 $1 {was
crisper.} 14. d4 (14. Bb2 Nf3+ 15. Bxf3 Qxb2 $17) (14. c5 $2 Bg4 $1 15. Qe1
Nf3+ 16. Bxf3 exf3 17. Qd1 c6 18. Rd6 Qe7 $19) 14... Nxc4 15. Re1 Bf5 $17) 14.
Re1 c6 $2 {This allows White to liquidate to a playable _|_.} (14... e3 $5 15.
fxe3 c6 16. Rxe5 Qxe5 17. d4 Qe7 $15) (14... f5 $142 {was the correct plan
maintaining the pressure in the [+].} 15. d3 (15. c5 Ba5 (15... Bxc5 $4 16. d4
$1 $18) 16. Bb2 Nc4 $17) (15. d4 Nxc4 16. Bf1 Nd6 (16... Qb4 $5) 17. c4 Nf7 $17
) 15... c6 $17) 15. Rxe5 $1 Qxe5 16. Rxe4 Qxe4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. d3 {White has
a Q and P for the two rooks, but the ^^ remains strong.} Re8 (18... Re7 19. Ba3
Re8 20. Bd6 $13) 19. Bb2 f6 {closing the long /^.} (19... Bc7 20. Qf3 Bd7 21.
Kg2 (21. Nh5 Bh3) 21... Re7 22. Nh5 f5 $13) 20. h4 {/\ h5-h6 before Black
finishes his development.} (20. Kg2 Bd7 $13) 20... Bd7 21. h5 h6 {against h6,
but now >< g6 becomes weak.} 22. Bc3 Bc7 23. Ng2 Re6 24. Bd2 Rae8 $13 25. Be3
b6 26. Kh2 c5 27. c3 R8e7 28. Qf3 Bc6 {Black has finished his mobilization of
pieces, but it is difficult to go ahead.} 29. Qg4 Bd7 30. Qf3 Bc6 31. Qg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 75th"]
[Site "Hoeckendorf"]
[Date "2004.01.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Scheerer, Christoph"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2004.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. Nge2 {The Vienna game has no big
reputation these days, White's setup is too positional.} a6 {securing the
retreat of the important B.} 6. O-O d6 {Black is still waiting with castles...}
7. h3 h5 $5 {This is the aggressive continuation here.} 8. d3 (8. Kh2 $6 {
runs into Black's main attacking idea after} h4 9. g4 Bxg4 $1 10. hxg4 Nxg4+
11. Kh1 h3 12. Bf3 Nxf2+ 13. Rxf2 Bxf2 $17 {Fontana Sotomayour-Baron Rodriguez,
Zaragoza 1999}) (8. Nd5 Ba7 (8... h4 9. g4 Nxd5 $142 (9... Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4
11. Ne3 g6 (11... Bxe3 $5 12. fxe3 Be6 13. d4 $14 {White's central P formation
is a bit corrupted, but his ^^ has a future and he has the space advantage in
the [+].}) 12. d3 Be6 13. c3 Ba7 14. d4 $14 {and White came first in the [+],
Ackermann-Sinkovics, Budapest FS 2000.}) 10. exd5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 $11 {
is the simple way for equalization.}) 9. c3 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. d4 h4 12. g4
f5 13. gxf5 Bxf5 (13... Nxf5 $5 14. dxe5 (14. Qa4+ Bd7) 14... dxe5 15. Qa4+ Bd7
16. Qe4 Qe7 $13 {with a complicated struggle in the middlegame, where both
have their trumphs.}) 14. Kh2 Qd7 $142 $5 {/\ 0-0-0} (14... Ng6 15. Be3 O-O $13
{Smirnov-Varavin, Alushta 2001})) 8... h4 9. Bg5 {White is frightened from
sacrifices on the >>.} (9. g4 {is asking for trouble, but the standard
sacrifice by} Nxg4 {is not that clear after} 10. hxg4 Bxg4 (10... h3 11. Bf3
Qh4 12. Kh2 Bxf2 13. Bg5 Qxg5 14. Rxf2 $14 {and Black's first wawe of -> is
repelled, S.Farago-Acs, Budapest FS 1995.}) 11. Kh2 h3 12. Bh1 $14 {and the
white K is relatively safe.}) 9... hxg3 10. Nxg3 Nd4 (10... Bxh3 {was also
possible:} 11. Bxh3 (11. Nd5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qd7 13. Rh1 O-O-O {and the white K
is not safe.}) 11... Rxh3 12. Kg2 Qd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nd5 O-O-O 15. Nxf6 Qe6
$44) 11. Nh5 Ne6 (11... Rxh5 $1 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxh5 c6 $132 {Black
sacrifices the exchange but grabs the |^ and if he can finish his development,
the -> will be very strong.}) 12. Bxf6 (12. Nxg7+ $5 {wants to make profit
from the pin on the h4-d8 /^.} Nxg7 13. Nd5 Ngh5 14. Qf3 Bxh3 15. Qxh3 Rg8 16.
Qh4 Rxg5 17. Qxg5 Nxd5 18. Qxd8+ (18. Qxh5 Nf4 19. Qg4 Ke7 $44 {and the N is
excellent on f4 fully compensating the sacrificed exchange.}) 18... Rxd8 19.
exd5 Nf4 20. Be4 Ke7 $11 {and Black has the |^ in the _|_ for the exchange.})
12... gxf6 13. Nd5 Kf8 $1 {The f6 P is of no importance.} 14. Kh2 (14. c3 c6
15. Ne3 f5 $1 $15) 14... c6 15. Ne3 {White wants to blockade the position, his
K is rather vulnerable.} (15. Ndxf6 Nf4 $1 $40) 15... Ng5 ({The positional P
sacrifice by} 15... f5 $5 {deserved attention activating the black pieces.} 16.
Nxf5 (16. exf5 Qh4 $17) 16... Qg5 17. Nhg3 Nd4 $44) 16. Nf5 (16. c3 $13) 16...
Bxf5 17. exf5 Qd7 (17... d5 $1 {immediately advancing in the [+] was the best
reaction.} 18. f4 exf4 19. Nxf4 (19. Qg4 Bd6) 19... Be3 $15) 18. Qg4 (18. f4 $5
exf4 19. Qg4 d5 $13) 18... Ke7 {/\ Rag8} 19. f4 {[#]} Rag8 $1 {Black has some
pressure on the >>, while his K is completely safe in the [+].} 20. Rae1 (20.
fxg5 Rxg5 21. Nxf6 Kxf6 $17) 20... Ne4 21. Qh4 Qxf5 22. fxe5 Qxe5+ 23. Qf4 Qxh5
24. Rxe4+ Kf8 $2 {Here the K is not so well-placed.} (24... Kd7 $15) 25. d4 d5
26. Re3 $6 (26. Qb8+ Kg7 27. Qg3+ $11 {would have led to a draw by perpetual
checks.}) 26... Rg4 $1 27. Qxf6 Bxd4 28. Qd6+ Kg7 (28... Kg8 29. Re8+ Kh7 (
29... Kg7 30. Rxf7+ $1 Qxf7 31. Re7 {- 28...Kg7}) 30. Rxf7+ Qxf7 31. Re7 Rf4
32. Rxf7+ Rxf7 $15) 29. Rxf7+ $1 Qxf7 30. Re7 Rg6 $2 (30... Rf4 31. Rxf7+ Rxf7
$15) 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. Qd7+ ({missing the tactical blow by} 32. Bxd5+ $1 cxd5
33. Qxd5+ Ke7 34. Qxd4 $16) 32... Kf6 33. Qd6+ (33. Qxb7 Be5+ 34. Kh1 Rhg8 35.
Qxc6+ Kf5 36. Qd7+ Kf6 37. Qc6+ $11 {and White has to be satisfied with the
perpetual.}) 33... Kf5 34. Qd7+ Kf4 $1 35. Qf7+ (35. Qxb7 Rhg8 36. Qf7+ Bf6 37.
Kh1 R8g7 38. Qf8 Ke3 $19) 35... Rf6 36. Qg7 (36. Qxb7 $5) 36... Rhf8 37. h4 (
37. Qxb7 Rg8 38. Qxa6 Bxb2) 37... Ke5 38. Bh3 $2 (38. Qe7+ Kf5 39. Qd7+ Kf4 40.
Qg7 {was the last chance to hold on.} Ke5 $11) (38. Qxb7 Kd6 $1 {/\ Be5}) 38...
R8f7 {Now Black can consolidate his pieces and the -> will be helped by the ^-.
} 39. Qg3+ Rf4 40. Qg5+ $2 (40. c3 Bf2 41. Qg5+ Kd6 42. h5 Bh4 43. Qg8 $17)
40... Kd6 $19 41. Qd8+ Kc5 {The K has escaped, and Black's -> crashes through.}
42. Be6 (42. c3 Be5) 42... Rg7 43. Qa5+ Kd6 44. Bh3 Rf2+ 45. Kh1 Be5 46. Qd8+
Kc5 47. Qa5+ b5 48. Qa3+ b4 49. Qa5+ Kc4 50. Qxa6+ Kd4 51. Qd3+ Kc5 52. Qe3+
Bd4 {and the checks are exhausted.} 53. Qe1 Rxc2 54. Bg4 Rxg4 55. Qe7+ Kb5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.29"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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 "Tel Aviv Shlomo Har Zvi"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. Nf3 (7.
Ne2 {- Fressinet-Tkachiev, Cap d'Agde KO rapid 2002 rapid CBM 78}) 7... O-O 8.
O-O Nd7 (8... c5 {Black wants to get the maximum pressure in the [+].} 9. d3
$142 {creates a flexible P structure, where White wants to exploit the
weaknesses of the light squares.} (9. Re1 Nc6) (9. d4 $143 {Black is
well-prepared against this central action, which creates weaknesses in White's
camp.} Nc6 (9... Nd7 10. Re1 {- Finkel-Lev, Kfar-Sava weekend Kfar-Sava ISR
2000 CBM 78}) 10. Be3 (10. dxe5 Nxe5 {and the weaknesses on White's << are
irreversible.} 11. Rb1 Bg4 $1 12. Rxb7 Qf6 13. Bf4 Rad8 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 $15) (10.
Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4 $1 $15) 10... cxd4 (10... Bg4 $6 {is strongly met by} 11.
dxc5 Bc7 {and there is a strong pressure against >< b7.} 12. Qd3 (12. Qb1 $5
Rb8 13. Ng5 Qf6 14. Ne4 Qg6 $13) 12... Ba5 13. Rab1 (13. c4 $14) 13... Rb8 14.
c4 $14 (14. Qc4 $143 Be6 15. Qa4 Bxc3 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Qc7 19.
Rfd1 Bd4 20. Rd3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Rfd8 $11 {Soltis-Kaufman, Marshall op New York
1979}) (14. Ng5 $143 Qxd3 15. cxd3 Be2 $15) (14. Rb3 Be6 15. c4 $14 {and the
tripled pawns control a lot of central squares.})) 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. d5 (12.
dxe5 Nxe5 $11) 12... Na5 {Now Black can successfully blockade o^ d5, and gets
a strong counterplay on the c <-> against >< c2.} (12... Ne7 $13) 13. Qd3 Bxf3
14. Bxf3 f5 {Black's P formation on the >> can easily be mobilized.} 15. Bg2
Qc7 $15 {Finkel-Kozakov, Halkidiki 2002 CBM 92}) 9... Nc6 10. Nd2 Be6 (10...
Qc7 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. c4 {White's ^^ is strong, but Black's
pressure in the [+] cannot be underestimated.} Rad8 14. Rb1 b6 15. Be3 Qc7 16.
Qh5 Ne7 17. Rbe1 Ng6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 {(Arapovic-Businger, Mendrisio op
1985)} Nxf4 20. Rxf4 Qd7 $11) (10... Qd7 11. Qf3 Qc7 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Be3 c4 14.
d4 Be6 (14... f5 $5 15. Nc5 e4 (15... Bxc5 $2 16. Qd5+ $16) 16. Qe2 Na5 $13)
15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Qe2 exd4 (16... Bd5 $6 17. Rab1 exd4 18. cxd4 Rfe8 $14 {
Spassky-Korchnoi, Candidats final Belgrade 1977}) 17. cxd4 Nb4 $11) 11. Ne4 (
11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 Qd7 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Qf3 f5 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. fxg5 Rad8 17.
Bf4 c4 {White's ^^ is again impressive, but his P structure is rather ugly.}
18. Rfe1 Qf7 19. Re3 Bd5 20. Qe2 Bxg2 21. Qxg2 cxd3 22. cxd3 Ne7 $1 23. Qxb7
Nd5 24. Qxf7+ Rxf7 25. Rf3 Nxf4 26. Rxf4 Rxd3 $11 {Finkel-Mikhalchishin, EUCup
Belgrade 1998}) 11... Rc8 12. f4 {Otherwise White cannot attack Black's [+].}
exf4 13. gxf4 $5 (13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Bxf4 Qd7 $11) 13... Ne7 14. c4 (14. Nxd6
Qxd6 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bg2 Bd5 $44) 14... Nf5 15. Qd2 Be7 16. Bb2 b6 17. Kh1 Bd7
18. Ng3 Nxg3+ 19. hxg3 Bf6 $11 {Marinkovic-Gligoric, Cacak 1995}) (8... Nc6 9.
Rb1 (9. d4 {- Finkel-Krasenkov, Panormo 2001 CBM 84 ext}) 9... Rb8 10. d4 {
The insertion of Rb1 and Rb8 looks favourable for White at first sight.} (10.
d3 b6 $5 {/\ Bb7 neutralizing White's pressure on the long /^.} (10... h6 {
fighting against Ng5?} 11. Ng5 $5 {White is still willing to continue with
this N jump.} hxg5 12. Bxc6 Bh3 13. Bg2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qd7 15. Bxg5 Qc6+ 16. Qf3
Qxc3 17. Rxb7 Rxb7 18. Qxb7 Qxc2 19. Qxa7 {(Riemens-Van Hul, Antwerp 1998)}
Qxd3 $11 {liquidating the half of the board.}) (10... Bd7 11. Re1 h6 12. Nh4 (
12. d4 $5 Re8 {Black wants to keep the vital e5 square forever.} 13. d5 Na5 {
Now White's P structure is not so nice.} 14. Qd3 b5 15. Nd2 f5 $132) 12... f5 {
Now White can grab material.} 13. Ng6 (13. d4 e4 14. Ng6 Re8 15. h4 Qf6 16. Nf4
{White uses the blockading square f4 for his pieces.} Qf7 $13 {Fries
Nielsen-Hartman, Stockholm 1998}) 13... Re8 (13... Rf6 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Nxe5
Bxe5 16. Rxe5 {and White is not afraid of the weakened long /^?}) 14. Bd5+ Kh7
15. Bf7 {White wins the exchange, but loses the |^ and a lot of tempi.} Be6 16.
Bxe8 Qxe8 17. Nh4 g5 18. Ng2 Bxa2 19. Ra1 Be6 $44 {and Black has the ^^, a P
and a nice position for the exchange.}) 11. Ng5 Bb7 12. Qh5 (12. Nxh7 Kxh7 13.
Qh5+ Kg8 14. Be4 g6 15. Bxg6 {is pretty, but leads only to a draw by perpetual
checks after} fxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kh8 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. Qg6+ {1/2:1/2
Sarno-Mantovani, Vincent 1999}) 12... h6 13. Ne4 Be7 (13... f5 14. Nxd6 Qxd6
15. f4 $14 {with somewhat better chances for White due to the ^^.}) 14. f4 f5
15. Nf2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Qd7 17. Rbe1 Bf6 $11 {and Black has successfully
finished the development.}) 10... exd4 {There are several other options as
well.} (10... h6 {- Shaked-Morovic Fernandez, FIDE-Wch k.o. 1997 CBM 83}) (
10... Bf5 {- Hector-Stefansson, Nordic-ch Visa 1997 CBM 62}) (10... Bg4 11. h3
(11. Qd3 {- Voitsekhovsky-Yandemirov, Russian Cup 1997 CBM 62}) 11... Bxf3 (
11... Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. dxe5 Bc5 $5 (13... Nxe5 $6 {loses precious material
after} 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. f4 Bxc2 17. Rb2 Bd3 18. fxe5 Bxf1 19.
Bxf1 $16) 14. Qe2 Qd5 15. Rb5 b6 16. Nh4 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxc5 $1 {
The same motif again, White wins material.} bxc5 19. f4 Nc4 (19... Nd3 $2 {
loses a whole piece after} 20. Nxg6 Nxc1 21. Nxf8 Ne2+ 22. Kf2 Nxf4 23. Nd7 $18
{Glek-Berzinsh, Biel op MTO 1997}) 20. f5 Rfd8 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Nf3 $14) 12.
Bxf3 {Now White's ^^ is rather active fully compensating the structural
weknesses on the <<.} Qf6 13. Be3 Na5 14. Bg2 b6 15. h4 h6 16. Qd3 $14 {
W.Watson-Z.Polgar, Brussels 1987}) (10... Re8 11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 (12. d5 e4 13.
dxc6 bxc6 14. Rxb8 Qxb8) 12... Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. dxe5 $1 {and suddenly >< a7 
(!) begins to tell!} Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Bxa7 Ra8 17. f4 Re8 18. Rxb7 $5 (
18. Bd4 Be4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Qf3 $1 $14 {Finkel-D.Pedersen, Holon EU-Jr 1995})
18... Rxa7 19. Rxa7 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Bxa7 21. f5 $16) 11. cxd4 {The P structure
has similarities to the Russian Game, but White's fianchettoed B is a real
difference.} (11. Nxd4 Ne5 $5 {and the doubled pawns remain.} (11... Nxd4 12.
cxd4 Re8 $11) 12. Bf4 (12. Nb5 Bg4) (12. f4 Bg4) 12... Bg4 $13) 11... Bg4 {
Schmaltz-Galdunts, Griesheim 2002 CBM 88} (11... Bf5 12. Nh4 Bd7 13. c3 (13. c4
$14 {Finkel}) 13... Be7 14. Nf3 Bf6 15. Re1 {The N on c6 is badly placed, but
Black has to fight against c4.} Re8 16. Rxe8+ (16. Bf4 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 b6 18.
Rb2 Na5 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nc4 21. Re2 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Qf8 $11 {
Messa-Pederzoli, Reggio Emilia 1978}) 16... Qxe8 17. Bg5 Bf5 18. Rb2 $14 {
Finkel}) (11... Ne7 {- Ye Jiangchuan-Xie Jun, TCN Cup 1997 CBM 61})) 9. d4 h6 (
9... c5 $5 {- Finkel-Lev, Kfar-Sava ISR 2000 CBM 78}) (9... exd4 10. cxd4 Nf6
11. c4 c6 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Nh4 Be6 14. d5 cxd5 15. cxd5 Bg4 16. Qd3 Bb4 17. Rf1
Re8 18. Be3 {1/2:1/2 Zarnicki-Morovic Fernandez, ARG-ch 1995}) 10. Re1 exd4 11.
cxd4 Nb6 {Black wants to control the vital >< c4 and d5 squares.} (11... Re8 {
allows White to grab the |^ in the [+]} 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {after} 13. c4 $1 c5 14.
Bb2 Nb6 15. Rc1 Be6 {provoking d5, which was in the air anyway.} 16. d5 Bg4 17.
h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qd7 19. Bf1 Re8 20. Ba1 $14 {with a strong o^ on d5 and ^^,
Lima-Rubinetti, Sao Paulo, zt 1993.}) 12. Qd3 (12. Ne5 c6 {/\ Be6} 13. c3 (13.
Qh5 Qf6 14. c4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qe6 {>< c4} 16. c5 Nd5 {The N is very well-posted
here.} 17. h3 f5 18. Bd2 Qf7 19. Qh4 Be6 $13 {Brustkern-Meissner, Oberliga
Nord 1991}) (13. a4 a5 14. Qd3 Nd5 15. Nc4 Bb4 16. Bd2 Qf6 17. Re5 Rd8 18. c3
Bf8 19. Rb1 Ra6 20. Qe2 Qg6 21. Be4 f5 22. Bd3 $16 {Soltis-Kobese, Mechanics
1998}) 13... Be6 14. a4 {as in the previous moves was required.} (14. Qh5 $6
Bd5 $15 {exchanges the important fianchettoed B in order to put pressure on
the weakened light squares.} (14... Re8 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Qd1 Bd5 18.
Rb1 $1 {was the best move to use the b <->.} (18. f3 c5 19. Bf4 (19. c4 $2 cxd4
$1) 19... cxd4 20. cxd4 Rc8 $15) (18. Qc2 $2 {This simply loses a vital P.}
Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qd5+ $17 {Leko-Kramnik, Budapest 2001 CBM 81})
18... Bxg2 (18... Qc7 19. c4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Rxe5 22. Bf4 Nd7 23.
dxe5 Nxe5 24. Qh5 f6 $1 (24... Re8 25. Re1) 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Re1 Qf7 $11) 19.
Kxg2 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qd5+ 21. Qf3 Qxd2 22. Red1 Qxa2 23. exf6 Qe2 $11)) 14...
Bxe5 15. Rxe5 Bd5 $11) (12. Nd2 Bb4 (12... c6 13. Ne4) 13. Rb1 a5 (13... Bc3 {
is also enough for equalization:} 14. Ba3 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Nc4 16. Qc3 Nxa3 17.
Qxa3 Qxd4 $11) 14. Bb2 (14. a3 {is too optimistic:} Bc3 15. Re3 Bxd2 16. Bxd2
Qxd4 17. Qe1 Nc4 18. Bc3 Qc5 $15 {Stripunsky-Kazhgaleyev, Komercni Banka op
1996}) 14... Na4 15. Ba1 Nc3 16. Bxc3 Bxc3 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bxc8 Rxb1 19. Qxb1
Qxc8 20. Rd1 Bxd4 $11 {wins back the P.}) (12. a4 a5 (12... c6 {allows White
to chase the N.} 13. a5 Nc4 14. Qd3 Nxa5 15. Bd2 b6 16. Bxa5 bxa5 17. Ne5 Bxe5
18. Rxe5 $14) 13. Ne5 (13. Nd2 c6 14. Ne4 (14. c4 $2 Bb4) 14... Be7 $11) 13...
c6 14. Ba3 (14. Qd3 Be6 (14... Nd5 15. Nc4 Bb4 16. Bd2 Qf6 17. Re5 Rd8 18. c3
Bf8 19. Rb1 $14 {Soltis-Kobese, San Francisco Mechanics 1998}) 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16.
Rxa3 Re8 $11 {and Black has nothing to fear.}) 14... Bxa3 15. Rxa3 Be6 $11)
12... Qf6 (12... Be6 $2 {allows the nice cascade of combinations:} 13. Rxe6 $1
fxe6 14. Bxh6 $1 Qd7 (14... gxh6 $2 15. Qg6+ Kh8 16. Qxh6+ Kg8 17. Bh3 $1 {
This "quiet" move is the point of the whole combination!} Rf6 18. Bxe6+ Rxe6
19. Qxe6+ Kg7 20. Qg4+ (20. c4 $6 Qd7 $1 21. Qxd7+ Nxd7 22. Kg2 Rf8 $13) 20...
Kh8 21. Re1 Qd7 22. Re6 $18) 15. Be3 Rf5 16. Nh4 Rf7 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Be4 $16 {
Finkel}) (12... c5 $5 13. a4 $1 $14 {Arakhamia-Kazhgaleyev, WchT Luzern 1997
CBM 62} (13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qb5 Qd5 $1 15. Rb1 Bd7 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. cxb3 Bc6 $1
$11 {Finkel})) 13. c4 Bf5 (13... c5 14. Bb2 Na4 15. dxc5 Nxb2 16. Qxd6 Be6 17.
Qd4 Rfd8 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Reb1 Nd3 20. Rxb7 Nxc5 21. Rc7 $16 {
Finkel-Christiansen, Internet ICC rapid 2003}) 14. Qb3 Be6 15. d5 $5 (15. Ne5
$142 {still secures a small edge for White due to his advantage in the [+].} c6
(15... Nxc4 $5 16. Nxc4 Qxd4 17. Rxe6 fxe6 18. Bb2 Qxf2+ 19. Kh1 Rae8 20. Nxd6
cxd6 21. Ba3 $14 {and White's ^^ begins to tell.}) (15... Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qg6 17.
Be3 $1 Bxc4 (17... Nxc4 18. Qxb7 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 $14) 18. Qc3 Bd5 19. Qxc7 $14) (
15... Rfe8 16. Bf4 c6 17. a4 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qg5 19. Bf1 $14 {holding the strong
central pawns.}) 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. a4 $14) 15... Qxa1 {Now Black gets two rooks
for the Q, which is a good deal for him.} 16. Bb2 Qxe1+ 17. Nxe1 Bf5 18. g4 (
18. Bd4 Nd7 (18... Rfe8 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. Qb2 g5 {- 18...Nd7}) 19. Qb2 Rfe8 20.
Nf3 g5 21. h3 b6 22. Bg7 Kh7 23. Nd4 (23. Bd4 Nc5) 23... Bg6 $13) (18. Nd3 Rfe8
19. Bd4 Nd7 20. h3 b6 $11) 18... Rfe8 19. gxf5 (19. Nd3 {looks a bit better.}
Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Re1+ 21. Bf1 Rae8 22. h3 (22. Kg2 R1e4 $17) (22. Bd4 Rc1 $17)
22... Na4 (22... Be5 23. Ba3) 23. Bd4 Nc5 24. Qa3 b6 (24... Ne4 25. c5 Bxc5 26.
Bxc5 Nd2 27. Qb2 $14) 25. Qxa7 Nd3 (25... Ne4 26. Kg2) 26. Be3 Ne5 27. Kg2 Ng6
$11) 19... Rxe1+ 20. Bf1 f6 ({More natural looks} 20... Rae8 $1 21. Bc3 R1e4
$15 {and Black grabs the |^ due to his strong rooks on the e <->.}) 21. c5 Bxc5
22. Qc3 (22. d6+ Kf8 23. dxc7 Re7 24. Ba3 Bxa3 (24... Rxc7 25. Bxc5+ Rxc5 26.
Qa3 Rac8 27. Qxa7 Nd5 28. Qxb7 Ne7 $11) 25. Qxa3 Nd5 26. Qxa7 Nxc7 27. Qxb7
Rxa2 $11) 22... Rb1 23. Qc2 Rxb2 $1 24. Qxb2 Rd8 {Black has certainly a full
compensation for the sacrificed material, but not more than that.} 25. Qb3 Kf8
26. Be2 (26. Bg2 Bd6 27. a4 a5 $11) (26. a4 Nxd5 27. Qxb7 Bb6 28. Bc4 Nf4 $11)
26... Re8 27. Bf3 Re5 28. h4 (28. a4 a5 (28... Rxf5 29. a5 $16) 29. Qc3 Bd6 30.
Qxa5 Rxf5 31. Kg2 Rg5+ $11) 28... Bd6 29. Kg2 Rxf5 (29... Ke7 30. a4 a5 31. Qb5
Bb4 32. Bh5 Kd6 $11) 30. Bg4 Rxd5 31. Be6 Re5 32. Bg8 Re7 33. Bh7 Ke8 (33...
Rf7 34. Bg6 (34. a4 g5) 34... Re7 35. Bh7 Rf7 $11) 34. a4 {[#]} c6 $4 {This
loses by force.} ({The simple} 34... a5 {leads to a repetition of moves after}
35. Bf5 $1 (35. Qg8+ Kd7 36. Bf5+ Kc6 37. Qb3 Bb4 $17) (35. Qb5+ Kd8 36. Qxa5
g5 $1 $17) 35... Kf8 36. Bh7 Ke8 37. Bf5 $11) 35. Qg8+ Kd7 36. a5 $18 {and the
material losses are inevitable.} Kc7 (36... Nd5 37. Bf5+ Kc7 38. Qc8#) 37.
axb6+ axb6 38. Bg6 $1 b5 39. h5 b4 40. Bf7 Re5 41. Kf3 Rf5+ (41... Rg5 42. Bg6
$18) 42. Ke2 Bc5 43. f3 Re5+ 44. Kd1 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.24"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Black "Kazakov, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tel Aviv Shlomo Har Zvi"]
[BlackTeam "Karpaty"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7.
Nf3 O-O 8. O-O c5 {Black wants to get the maximum pressure in the [+].} (8...
Nc6 9. Rb1 (9. d4 {- Finkel-Krasenkov, Panormo 2001 CBM 84 ext}) 9... Rb8 {
- Schmaltz-Galdunts, Griesheim GM 2002 CBM 88}) (8... Nd7 9. d4 h6 {-
Leko-Kramnik, Budapest RWE Gas m rapid 2001 CBM 81}) 9. d4 $143 {Black is
well-prepared against this central action, which creates weaknesses in White's
camp.} (9. Re1 Nc6) (9. d3 $142 {creates a flexible P structure, where White
wants to exploit the weaknesses of the light squares.} Nc6 10. Nd2 Be6 (10...
Qc7 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. c4 {White's ^^ is strong, but Black's
pressure in the [+] cannot be underestimated.} Rad8 14. Rb1 b6 15. Be3 Qc7 16.
Qh5 Ne7 17. Rbe1 Ng6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 {(Arapovic-Businger, Mendrisio op
1985)} Nxf4 20. Rxf4 Qd7 $11) (10... Qd7 11. Qf3 Qc7 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Be3 c4 14.
d4 Be6 (14... f5 $5 15. Nc5 e4 (15... Bxc5 $2 16. Qd5+ $16) 16. Qe2 Na5 $13)
15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Qe2 exd4 (16... Bd5 $6 17. Rab1 exd4 18. cxd4 Rfe8 $14 {
Spassky-Korchnoi, Candidats final Belgrade 1977}) 17. cxd4 Nb4 $11) 11. Ne4 (
11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 Qd7 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Qf3 f5 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. fxg5 Rad8 17.
Bf4 c4 {White's ^^ is again impressive, but his P structure is rather ugly.}
18. Rfe1 Qf7 19. Re3 Bd5 20. Qe2 Bxg2 21. Qxg2 cxd3 22. cxd3 Ne7 $1 23. Qxb7
Nd5 24. Qxf7+ Rxf7 25. Rf3 Nxf4 26. Rxf4 Rxd3 $11 {Finkel-Mikhalchishin, EUCup
Belgrade 1998}) 11... Rc8 12. f4 {Otherwise White cannot attack Black's [+].}
exf4 13. gxf4 $5 (13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Bxf4 Qd7 $11) 13... Ne7 14. c4 (14. Nxd6
Qxd6 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bg2 Bd5 $44) 14... Nf5 15. Qd2 Be7 16. Bb2 b6 17. Kh1 Bd7
18. Ng3 Nxg3+ 19. hxg3 Bf6 $11 {Marinkovic-Gligoric, Cacak 1995}) 9... Nc6 (
9... Nd7 10. Re1 {- Finkel-Lev, Kfar-Sava weekend Kfar-Sava ISR 2000 CBM 78})
10. Be3 (10. dxe5 Nxe5 {and the weaknesses on White's << are irreversible.} 11.
Rb1 Bg4 $1 12. Rxb7 Qf6 13. Bf4 Rad8 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 $15) (10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4
Bb4 $1 $15) 10... cxd4 (10... Bg4 $6 {is strongly met by} 11. dxc5 Bc7 {
and there is a strong pressure against >< b7.} 12. Qd3 (12. Qb1 $5 Rb8 13. Ng5
Qf6 14. Ne4 Qg6 $13) 12... Ba5 13. Rab1 (13. c4 $14) 13... Rb8 14. c4 $14 (14.
Qc4 $143 Be6 15. Qa4 Bxc3 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Qc7 19. Rfd1 Bd4
20. Rd3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Rfd8 $11 {Soltis-Kaufman, Marshall op New York 1979}) (
14. Ng5 $143 Qxd3 15. cxd3 Be2 $15) (14. Rb3 Be6 15. c4 $14 {and the tripled
pawns control a lot of central squares.})) 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. d5 (12. dxe5 Nxe5
$11) 12... Na5 {Now Black can successfully blockade o^ d5, and gets a strong
counterplay on the c <-> against >< c2.} (12... Ne7 $13) 13. Qd3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3
f5 {Black's P formation on the >> can easily be mobilized.} 15. Bg2 Qc7 $15 16.
Rab1 {White's ^^ is of no use, the light-squared B is half-dead becaose of ><
d5.} (16. Rad1 Rac8 $15) 16... b6 17. Bd2 $6 (17. Rfd1 Rac8 $15) 17... Nc4 18.
Bc3 {The B is more vulnerable here than before.} (18. Bb4 e4 19. Qe2 Rac8 $17)
18... Rac8 $15 19. Rfd1 $2 {This allows Black's penetration on the c <->.} (19.
Rfe1 e4 20. Qe2 Rfe8 21. Rb3 $15) 19... e4 20. Qe2 Ne3 $1 $17 21. Qxe3 (21.
Bxg7 $2 Nxd1 $19) 21... Qxc3 22. Qxc3 Rxc3 {The ^- is not drawish at all, if
there are rooks on the board.} 23. Rd2 Rfc8 24. Rb2 (24. Bh3 g6 $17) 24... Kf7
{/\ Kf6-e5 centralizing the K.} 25. Bf1 $6 (25. Kf1 {was more persistant.} R8c4
26. h4 $17 (26. Ke2 Ba3 27. Rb3 Bc1 $19) (26. Ke1 Kf6 (26... Ba3 27. Rb3) 27.
Kd1 Ke5 $17)) (25. g4 $6 g6 26. gxf5 gxf5 $19 {helps only for Black.}) 25...
Kf6 26. Bb5 R8c5 27. a4 Ke5 {White is completely paralized, he can only sit
and wait while Black mobilizes his P majority on the >>.} 28. Bc6 (28. f4+ exf3
29. Kf2 Rxd5 30. Bd3 Bc5+ 31. Kxf3 Ra3 $19) 28... g5 29. Kf1 f4 30. Ke2 h5 31.
Kd1 h4 32. gxf4+ gxf4 33. Re2 R5c4 34. Bd7 Rd4+ 35. Rd2 Bc5 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 $5 (3... Nc6) (3... d5) 4. d4 $6 {This is not the
best reaction here.} (4. Bg2 $142 {is natural and better.}) 4... Bb4 {Black
makes profit from the pin on the b4-e1 /^.} (4... exd4 $6 {centralizes White's
Q, which was the main idea of 4.d4.} 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Bg5 $1 {Development first!}
Be7 7. O-O-O c5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Bb5 d4 10. e5 $1 Ng4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nd5 Qd8
13. Bxd7+ $16 {W.Watson-Show, London Lloyds 1993}) (4... Qa5 5. Bg2 (5. dxe5
Nxe4 6. Qd4 Nxc3 (6... Bb4 {- 4...Bb4}) 7. bxc3 Bc5 8. Qd3 d6 9. exd6 O-O {
Black has already the lead of development!} 10. Ne2 Re8 11. Bg2 Bg4 12. O-O $1
{White is not losing because of the back rank motifs.} Rxe2 (12... Bxe2 13. Re1
) 13. h3 Re6 14. hxg4 Rxd6 15. Qf5 Nd7 16. Bf4 g6 17. Qe4 Re6 {and Black has
everything in order, the ^^ is not dangerous, meanwhile White's weakened << P
structure is an excellent target, J.Pedersen-Sobjerg, Aarhus-ch 1995.}) 5... d5
(5... d6 {is a passive plan.} 6. Nge2 Be7 {The B is not an active piece now.}
7. O-O O-O 8. h3 $14 {and White has finished his development harmoniously
taking control over the central squares.}) 6. Bd2 exd4 7. Nxd5 Qd8 8. Nxf6+
Qxf6 9. Nf3 {Now White is ahead of developing his pieces.} Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11.
Ne1 {/\ Nd3} Nd7 12. Nd3 Bb6 13. Qh5 Re8 14. f4 $16 {/\ e5, Hoelzl-Van
Riemsdijk, IBM-B Amsterdam 1979.}) 5. Bg2 (5. dxe5 Nxe4 6. Qd4 Qa5 (6... Bxc3+
{gives up the tension too early.} 7. bxc3 d5 8. exd6 $14) 7. Nge2 d5 $1 (7...
Nxc3 {exchanges a strong central N for a bad one.} 8. Nxc3 O-O 9. Bd2 Re8 10.
O-O-O $1 Rxe5 (10... Bxc3 $2 11. Bxc3 Qxa2 $2 12. Bc4 $18) 11. a3 Bxa3 12. Nb1
$1 {double-attack} Qc5 13. Bc3 Qxd4 14. Bxd4 $18 {Kristensen-N.Pedersen,
DEN-chT 1994}) (7... f5 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O-O d5 11. a3 Bxc3 (11...
Bc5 $2 {is met by the pretty intermediate move} 12. Nxd5 $1 Bxd4 13. Nxf6+ Rxf6
14. Bxa5 Bxf2 15. Nc3 Rf8 16. Bc4+ $16 {and White has a big lead of
development, Arnason-Cela, Heraklio op 1993.}) 12. Nxc3 $14 {with good
perspectives on the dark squares.}) 8. exd6 Nxd6 {Now White's strong [+] has
disappeared.} 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O (10. a3 Bxc3+ (10... Bc5 $6 11. Qf4 $16) 11.
Qxc3 (11. Nxc3 Re8+ {reminds the white K of the importance of castles.}) 11...
Qxc3+ 12. Nxc3 Re8+ 13. Kd1 (13. Kf1 Bf5) 13... Bg4+ 14. f3 Bf5 $11 {and
although White has obtained the ^^, his K in the middle causes some headache
for him.}) 10... Nf5 $11) 5... d5 $1 (5... d6 {is again a passive method.} 6.
Nge2 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 $14) 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 $2 (7. Nge2 Nxc3 ({giving
away the B is less logical:} 7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 O-O 9. O-O) (7... exd4 $5 8.
Qxd4 O-O 9. Bxd5 (9. O-O Nxc3) 9... Qxd5 10. Qxd5 cxd5 11. O-O (11. Be3 Bg4)
11... Bxc3 ({or} 11... Be6 12. Be3 (12. Nd4 Nc6) 12... Nc6 {and despite of the
isolated P Black has a good game because of the weak light squares.}) 12. Nxc3
d4 13. Nb5 Nc6 14. Rd1 Bf5 $11 {with a completely even position in the _|_.})
8. bxc3 Bd6 {Black wants to exploit the weaknesses on the <<.} 9. O-O Nd7 10.
f4 {forcing to give up the strong e5 P, but this again weakens the P structure.
} exd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Qd3 Re8 13. Kh1 Nf6 14. Bd2 Bg4 15. Rae1 Qd7 16. f5 Re7
{/\ Rae8} 17. Nc3 Rxe1 18. Bxe1 Re8 19. Bd2 Bb4 $1 20. Rf2 Qe7 21. Kg1 Bxc3 22.
Bxc3 Be2 $17 {Kholmov-Rosentalis, SU-FL Sverdlovsk 1984}) 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 (8.
Bxc3 {looks better if White is fighting for equality!} Nxc3 9. bxc3 exd4 10.
cxd4 O-O (10... Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Be6 {is already a very comfortable
position for Black.}) 11. Ne2 Be6 12. O-O Nd7 $11) 8... exd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10.
Ne2 {White has to finish his development as soon as possible.} (10. c4 $2 {
is not well-prepared yet:} Re8+ 11. Ne2 Nb6 12. Rc1 (12. c5 Nc4) 12... Bg4 13.
f3 Be6 $17) 10... Re8 11. O-O Bg4 {closing the long /^.} 12. f3 Bf5 13. Re1 (
13. c4 $2 {is now founders on} Bd3 $1) 13... Na6 $1 14. c3 (14. c4 {is met by}
Ndb4 {>< c2,d3}) (14. a3 $5 {/\ c4 seems to be better.}) 14... c5 $1 $17 {
Now White's weaknesses begin to tell.} 15. Qb3 (15. Nf4 $5 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 cxd4
17. cxd4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Qxd4+ 19. Be3 {sacrifices the weak isolated P in order
to get the ^^ with some practical chances.}) (15. g4 Bd3) 15... Nb6 16. Rad1 $2
{Defending passively the weak isolated P will lose without any counterplay.} ({
Again} 16. Nf4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qxd4+ 18. Be3 {was the last chance to change the
course of the game.}) 16... Rc8 17. Bc1 $2 {White's pieces move backwards,
which is not a good sign.} Qe7 $1 $19 {Using the pin on the e <-> Black wants
to force White's K to an exposed place.} 18. Kf2 (18. Nf4 $4 Qxe1+ $19) (18. d5
c4 $1) 18... Qf6 $1 {The pressure is growing move by move.} 19. Ba3 Be6 $1 {
regrouping the B.} 20. Qb1 Bc4 21. dxc5 {Finally White had to give up the [+],
but the weaknesses on the << are still there.} Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 23. Kxe2
Nxc5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Qe4 g6 26. Qxb7 Qxc3 {materially it is still equal, but
now the white K is a precious target.} 27. Kf1 (27. Qxa7 $2 Qc2+ 28. Rd2 Re5+
29. Kf1 Qc1+ $1 $19 ({immediately} 29... Qxd2 $2 {is answered by} 30. Qb8+))
27... Nd5 $1 {Domination in the [+].} 28. Kg1 (28. Rxd5 Qc1+ 29. Ke2 Rc2+ 30.
Kd3 Rc3+ 31. Ke4 Qe3#) 28... Ne3 29. Rb1 Kg7 {The last prophylactical move
before the final assault.} 30. Bf1 Nxf1 31. Rxf1 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Qe2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[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 "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nf6 (4... a6 $5 {/\ d6 waiting with the
development of the N is a flexible alternative.}) 5. d3 a6 {securing the B's
position on the g1-a7 /^.} 6. h3 {against Ng4} d6 7. Nge2 Be6 (7... O-O 8. O-O
Ne8 {The N is not particularly well-placed on f6.} 9. Kh2 {/\ f4} f5 10. f4
fxe4 (10... exf4 11. Bxf4 Ba7 12. Qd2 $14) 11. Nxe4 Ba7 12. fxe5 Rxf1 13. Qxf1
Nxe5 14. Ng5 Nf6 (14... Qf6 15. Bd5+ Kh8 16. Bf4 h6 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Nf7+ Kh7
19. Qg2 $16 {Godena-Arlandi, 1994}) 15. d4 Ng6 16. Nc3 c6 (16... d5 $2 17. Nxd5
Bxd4 18. Qc4 $18) 17. d5 $14) 8. O-O (8. Nd5 h6 (8... Bxd5 $6 9. exd5 Ne7 10.
Bg5 $1 h6 11. d4 Ba7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Kb1 $16 {
Epstein-Belakovskaia, USA-ch (Women) 1998}) 9. c3 O-O 10. Kf1 {This is rather
sad...} Bxd5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. Qb3 {1/2:1/2 Popovic-Schussler, Tuzla 1981}) (8.
f4 h6 {Black is not afraid of f4-f5.} (8... Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Qf3 c6 11. f5
Bd7 12. g4 h6 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. h4 h5 16. g5 Ng4 17. Rdf1 Qb6 18.
Nd1 $14 {Gufeld-Danov, URS-chT Riga 1975}) 9. Bd2 Qe7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nd4
12. c3 Nf5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Rf1 Ne3 15. Bxe3 Bxe3 16. Be4 O-O-O 17. Rf3 Bb6
18. Qb3 g6 19. O-O-O Ne8 20. g4 h5 $15 {Short-Jussupow, Linares 1989}) 8... Qd7
$5 {This aggressive plan connected with opposite side castles loks rather
risky.} (8... h6 {is the simple way for equalization.} 9. Be3 (9. Nd5 {is now
not that dangerous, because Bg5 cannot come.} Bxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12.
Nxd4 O-O 13. Nb3 Bb6 $11) 9... Bxe3 10. fxe3 O-O $11 {and this central
structure is not annoying for Black, the g2 B remains passive.}) (8... O-O {
may also lead to harmless simplifications after} 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nd4 {
looks even simpler.} (10... Ne7 11. Bg5 Ng6 12. c4 (12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Re8
14. c3 h6 {and the B has to leave.}) 12... h6 13. Be3 Qd7 (13... Re8 14. Qd2
Bxe3 15. fxe3 e4 16. d4 b5 17. b3 $14) 14. Qd2 Nh7 $1 {/\ f5} 15. b4 (15. d4
exd4 16. Nxd4 Rfe8 $11) 15... Bxe3 16. fxe3 f5 17. c5 Nf6 $13) 11. Nxd4 (11.
Nc3 h6) 11... Bxd4 12. c3 Bb6) 9. Kh2 h5 10. Nd5 O-O-O $6 ({Still} 10... Bxd5
$1 {was required} 11. exd5 Ne7 (11... Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. c3 Bb6 14. Bg5 {
Now the weakness of >< g5 begins to tell.} O-O-O 15. Qd2 $14) 12. Nc3 (12. c4
Nf5 $132) (12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 O-O-O 14. c4 (14. Bg5 Rde8 15. c4 Nf5) 14...
Nf5 $132 15. Nxf5 Qxf5 $15 {Dabrowska-Gazik, POL-ch ( Women) 2000}) (12. Bg5
Qf5 $1 (12... Nfxd5 13. c4 $1 (13. Bxe7 {is not enough because of} Nxe7 14.
Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bxa6 Rxb2 16. Rb1 Rxb1 17. Qxb1 O-O) 13... Nb4 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15.
Bg2 Nbc6 16. Rb1 f6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 $14 {with chances in the [+] and on
the <<.}) (12... O-O-O {- 10...0-0-0}) 13. Bxf6 (13. Qd2 $5 Nexd5 14. c4 Nb4
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Bg2) 13... gxf6 $5 {is interesting.} (13... Qxf6
14. Nc3 (14. f4 Nf5 $1 15. fxe5 Qxe5 16. d4 $1 Nxd4 17. Re1 (17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18.
Qe2+ Qe5 19. Rae1 O-O) 17... O-O-O) 14... Qg6 (14... h4 15. Ne4 Qh6 16. Nxc5
dxc5 17. Re1 hxg3+ 18. fxg3 f6 19. Qg4 $14) 15. Ne4 Bb6 $13 {yields nothing
for White.}) 14. d4 Ba7 15. f4 Qg6 16. c3 O-O-O $13) 12... O-O-O 13. Bg5 Ne8 $1
14. Ne4 (14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Ne4 Bb6) 14... Bb6 $13 {is better keeping the
strong B on the /^.} (14... f6 {allows} 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Be3 h4 17. Bxc5 (17.
g4 Nxd5) 17... hxg3+ 18. fxg3 Nxd5 19. Qf3 $14)) 11. b4 $1 {Crisper than} (11.
Bg5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Rde8 15. c4 Nf5 $11) 11... Ba7 ({
Accepting the sacrifice is out of question.} 11... Nxb4 $2 12. Nxf6 gxf6 13. c3
Nxa2 (13... Nc6 14. d4 $18) 14. Be3 $16 {and the N is trapped.}) (11... Bxb4 $2
12. Nxb4 Nxb4 13. c3 Nc6 (13... Nxa2 14. Bg5 $16) 14. f4 $1 $44 {<-> b, ^^} (
14. d4 d5 $1 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. f4 dxe4 $1 17. fxe5 Ng4+ 18. hxg4 Qxd1 19. Rxd1
Rxd1 $19)) (11... Bxd5 $2 {is met by} 12. bxc5 $1 Be6 13. f4 $1 exf4 14. gxf4
dxc5 15. f5 Bc4 16. Bf4 $16) 12. Be3 Bxd5 (12... Bxe3 13. fxe3 h4 (13... Bxd5
14. exd5 Ne7 15. c4 Nf5 16. Qd2 $14 {with attacking chances on the <<.}) 14. g4
Bxg4 {is not correct, for example:} (14... Bxd5 15. exd5 Nxb4 16. c4 $16) 15.
hxg4 Nxg4+ 16. Kh1 h3 17. Bf3 Nxb4 18. Ng3 $1 $18 (18. Nxb4 Nxe3 19. Qd2 Nxf1
20. Rxf1 c6)) 13. exd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 (14. c3 $2 {is a serious blunder because of
} Ng4+ $1 15. hxg4 hxg4+ 16. Kg1 Nf3+ 17. Bxf3 gxf3 $19) 14... Bxd4 15. Rb1
Bxe3 16. fxe3 $16 e4 17. dxe4 h4 18. g4 {It is not easy to put the N on e5,
where he can blockade the position, and even then White has a dangerous |^ on
the <<.} Qe7 (18... Rhe8 19. Qd4 Kb8 20. b5 axb5 21. Qd3 $40) 19. Qd4 Kb8 20.
a4 (20. b5 $5 a5 (20... axb5 21. Rxb5 Nd7 22. Rfb1 Nc5 23. e5 $1) 21. b6 $16 {
ruining Black's << position.}) 20... Rde8 21. Rf4 (21. b5 $5) 21... Qe5 22. Kg1
Re7 23. Qd3 g6 24. c4 $1 {It is not easy to stop White's advance on the <<,
while Black has no counterchances on the >>.} (24. Rbf1 {is strongly met by}
Nd7 $1 25. Rxf7 (25. b5 $5 a5 (25... axb5 26. axb5) 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. Rxf7 Qa1+
28. Rf1 Qxa4 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. exd4 Re8 31. Rf7 Kc8 32. Rg7 Nf6) 25... Rxf7 26.
Rxf7 Qa1+ 27. Qf1 (27. Rf1 Qxa4) 27... Qxa4 {This P was more valuable for
Black than the f7 one.} 28. b5 Ne5 29. Rf8+ Rxf8 30. Qxf8+ Ka7) 24... Nd7 25.
Qd4 Nb6 26. c5 $1 Nxa4 27. Rc1 Rhe8 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxf7 R5e7 30. Rf6 Nb2 31.
Rc3 g5 32. Kf1 (32. cxd6 cxd6 33. Rxd6 $18 {was the easiest way.}) 32... Na4
33. Rc2 a5 {Black is looking for counterplay at any rate, and this is the best
strategy here.} (33... dxc5 34. bxc5 a5 35. Ke2 Re5 36. Kd3 b6 37. cxb6 Nxb6
38. Kd4 $18) 34. cxd6 (34. Ra2 {is worse in view of} Nc3 35. Rxa5 Nxe4) 34...
cxd6 35. bxa5 (35. Ra2 Nc3 36. Rxa5 Nxe4 37. Bxe4 Rxe4 38. Rxd6 Rxe3) 35... Rc7
36. Rxc7 Kxc7 37. Rf7+ Kc8 38. Rg7 Re5 39. Ke2 $1 Nc5 40. Kd2 Kb8 41. Kc3 Kc8 (
41... Nxe4+ $2 42. Bxe4 Rxe4 43. Kd3 Re5 44. Kd4 Kc8 45. e4 $1 Kb8 46. Rd7 $18)
42. Kc4 $1 Kb8 43. Kb5 Kc8 44. Kb6 Na4+ 45. Ka7 {This was a phantastic K march!
} Nc5 46. Bf3 Nb3 47. a6 bxa6 48. Kb6 Nd2 49. Kc6 Kd8 50. Kxd6 $2 (50. Bg2 $1
Nc4 (50... Re7 51. Rg8+ Re8 52. Rxg5 $18) 51. Ra7 a5 52. Bf1 Rxe4 (52... Nd2
53. Kxd6 $18) 53. Bxc4 Rxc4+ 54. Kxd6 $18) 50... Nxf3 51. Rf7 Ke8 $1 $11 {
Black has defended himself very well, and now the _|_ is not that bad.} 52.
Rxf3 Rxe4 {Now Black can save his skin.} 53. Rf6 (53. Rf5 Rxe3 54. Rxg5 Rxh3
$11) 53... Rxe3 54. Kc7 Rxh3 55. Rc6 Rd3 56. d6 h3 57. Rc2 a5 58. Re2+ Kf7 59.
d7 Rc3+ 60. Kd6 Rd3+ 61. Kc7 Rc3+ 62. Kd8 a4 63. Rf2+ Kg7 64. Rd2 Kf7 65. Rf2+
Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Selfoss Milk Masters 1st"]
[Site "Selfoss"]
[Date "2002.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 d6 (4... Nc6) 5. Nge2 (5. Na4 {White can
immediately attack the strong B.} Bg4 6. Ne2 Nc6 {- 5.Nge2 Nc6}) 5... a6 (5...
Nc6 6. Na4 {White can get the ^^, but his pieces are not active enough and
Black has a strong [+].} Bg4 $5 {provoking} (6... Be6 7. d3 (7. Nxc5 dxc5 {
This P structure is favourable for Black despite of his doubled pawns because
of the pressure on the semi-opened d <->.} 8. d3 Qd7) 7... Qd7 8. h3 Bb6 9.
Nxb6 axb6 10. c4 O-O 11. f4 $14 {Mieses-Blackburne, Leipzig 1894}) (6... Bb6 {
Since 7.Nxc5 was not a big threat, the B move is not yet necessary.} 7. O-O (7.
Nxb6 axb6 8. d4 O-O 9. O-O $14 {Krasenkow-Lehti, Jyvaskyla op 1991}) 7... O-O
8. Nxb6 axb6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 (10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 {White has the
advantage in the [+], and the ^^. This is the typical position White is aiming
for.} Be6 12. b3 Qc8 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. f4 $16 {Benko-Riberio, Tel aviv ol (Men)
1964}) 11. b3 {/\ Bb2 and the two fianchettoed bishops are strong.} Re8 12. Re1
d5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. e5 Nd7 (14... Ne4 15. Bb2 $14) 15. Bb2 $14 {
Gdanski-Macieja, POL-ch Polanica Zdroj 1999}) 7. h3 {although in many cases
White wants to play it.} Be6 8. d3 Bb6 (8... a6 9. Nxc5 dxc5 10. b3 Qd6 11. f4
$14 {Mi.Ceijtlin-L.M.Kovac, Bagneux 1991}) 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. c4 $1 Nd7 11. a3 {
The idea waiting with castles is not so impressive.} f5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nd5 b5
14. exf5 Bxf5 15. cxb5 Nd4 16. b4 Nxb5 17. Bb2 c6 18. Ne3 Be6 $11 {Mi.
Ceijtlin-Lukacs, Lodz 1980}) 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O Re8 (8... Bg4 $5 {
deserves attention as well.} 9. Qd2 (9. f3 {is met by the intermediate move}
Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Qd2 Re8 $11) 9... Re8 (9... Qd7 10. b3 Bh3 11. Bb2 Nc6 12.
Nxc6 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qxc6 14. f3 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nd7 17. Rad1 $14 {
S.Polgar-A.Ivanov, Bermuda 1995}) 10. Nb3 (10. h3 Bd7 {/\ Nc6}) 10... Bb6 $13)
9. h3 Nc6 $5 (9... Bd7 $5 {/\ Qc8 and Nc6 avoiding the corruption of the P
structure.} 10. Be3 (10. e5 $6 Bxd4 11. Bxb7 Bxc3 12. Bxa8 Bxh3 $17) 10... Qc8
11. Kh2 Nc6 $13) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 {This P structure is not that bad for Black, as
it looks at first sight.} 11. Re1 (11. e5 $2 Rxe5 12. Bxc6 Bxh3 $19) 11... Rb8
12. b3 {/\ Bb2 and neutralizing the pressure on the semi opened b <->.} Be6 (
12... Nd7 $5 {comes into consideration.} 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Qf6 $13) 13. Qd2
(13. Bb2 Qd7 (13... d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Na4 {is a better P structure for White
than before.}) 14. g4 $13) 13... d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Bb2 Ba7 16. Ne2 (16. Na4 {
is already met by} Nc5 (16... Qe7 17. Rad1) 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Kh2 $11) 16...
Nc5 17. Nf4 (17. Nd4 {was the natural move.} Qd7 18. Nxe6 (18. Kh2 Ne4) 18...
Qxe6 19. Rad1 Bb6 20. Kh2 $14) 17... Bf5 $1 {Here the B can escape.} 18. Bd4
Bb6 (18... Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Rad1 Qxd4 (20... c5 21. Bc3 $14) 21. Qxd4 Bxd4
22. Rxd4 Rxe5 23. g4 $14 {and the weakness of the << begins to tell.}) 19. g4
Ne4 20. Qd3 Qh4 (20... Nxf2 $6 21. Qe3 Nxg4 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Bxb6 Rxb6 24. Nd3
$14 {Black has got three pawns for the piece, but his weaknesses on the <<
still remain.}) 21. Bxb6 (21. gxf5 Qxf4 22. Bxb6 cxb6 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4
Qxe4 (24... Qg5+ 25. Qg4 $16) 25. Rxe4 Rbd8 26. Rae1 $14 {and although Black
has the opened d <-> in the R _|_, White's extra P is of great importance.})
21... cxb6 22. Qe3 Bg6 (22... g5 $6 23. Nh5 Bg6 24. Bxe4 Bxh5 25. Bf5 Bg6 26.
Bd7 $14) 23. Nxg6 $6 {This is an early exchange.} (23. Rad1 Ng5 (23... Rxe5 $4
{was not a threat in view of} 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. f3) 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. c4 $14)
23... hxg6 24. f4 (24. Bxe4 $2 {is now met by} Rxe5 $1) 24... g5 $1 $132 {
blowing up White's impressive P chain.} 25. Bxe4 dxe4 $11 26. Kg2 (26. Rad1
Rbd8) 26... Rbd8 27. Rad1 gxf4 28. Qxf4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Qe7 30. Qxe4 Qxe5 31.
Qxe5 Rxe5 {and the R _|_ is dead draw.} 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Kf3 a5 34. c4 b5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2004.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 c6 $5 {[%mdl 4]} 5. d3 (5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5
(6. d3 {- 5.d3}) 6... cxd5 (6... Bg4 $5 {is the gambit version.} 7. dxc6 Nxc6
8. d3 Nd4 $5 (8... Qd7 9. h3 Be6 (9... Bh5 $6 10. Be3 Nd4 11. g4 $16 {and
White will finish the development, Spangenberg-Borghi, Buenos Aires 1990.}) 10.
Bg5 O-O-O $44 {and White has problems with 0-0.}) 9. h3 (9. O-O Nd5 10. Qd2
Nf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bxf3 {The B is rather nasty here.} 12. d4 (12. Re1 O-O 13. d4
exd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Qd5 $44 {and Black has good
attacking chances because of the ^-.}) 12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Bxe2 14. Qxc5 Bxf1
15. Qxe5+ Qe7 $13) 9... Bf3 (9... Nf3+ $2 10. Kf1 Bh5 11. g4 $18) 10. O-O Qd7
$44 {with some pressure on the >> for the P.}) (6... Nxd5 7. Nxd5 cxd5 8. d4
exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O {Now White firmly blockades the vital d4 square.} Bb6
11. Be3 Nc6 12. c3 $14 (12. Qd2 {runs into} Ne5 13. b3 Bh3 $1 14. Rad1 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 Rc8 $13 {Mieses-Duras, St Petersburg 1909})) 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 O-O (8...
Nc6 9. Qe2+ Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O $14 {with a successful blockade of the
isolated P, Dmitriev-Gavrilov, Orel 1992.}) 9. Be3 (9. O-O Bg4 10. Qd3 Bxd4 (
10... Nc6 11. Nb3 Ne5 12. Qb5) 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qf4 Qd7 $13 {and White has
lost the control over >< d4, Dmitriev-B.Lengyel, Budapest 1995.}) 9... Bg4 10.
Qd3 Nbd7 (10... Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Re8+ 12. Be3 Nc6 13. O-O (13. Nxd5 Ne5 $36) 13...
Ne5 14. Qd4 Bf3 $13) 11. O-O Ne5 {Black has a nice piece play for the isolated
P.} 12. Qb5 b6 13. Rae1 Rc8 14. Qb3 Nc4 15. Nce2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bxe2 17. Rxe2
Re8 $11 {Finkel-Erneste, Baile Herculane 1994}) 5... d5 (5... h6 6. Nf3 Qe7 {
is a somewhat passive setup.} 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Na6 9. Nh4 d6 10. Qe2 Nc7 11.
Rae1 Re8 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. f4 {White grabs the |^ on the >>.} exf4 14. Rxf4 Nh7
15. Ref1 Ng5 16. Qh5 Bh3 17. Kh1 Be6 18. Nd1 Rf8 19. Ne3 Rae8 20. Nhf5 Bxf5 21.
Nxf5 $14 {Tiller-Petursson, Graz 1978}) 6. Qe2 {/\ Nf3} (6. Nge2 $143 {is not
a good place for the N in this P structure.} dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 O-O (
8... Bh3 $5) 9. O-O Bh3 $15) 6... O-O 7. Nf3 (7. exd5 cxd5 $15 {gives up the 
[+] for nothing.}) 7... Re8 (7... Nbd7 8. O-O Re8 {and Black's setup looks
harmonious.}) 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 h6 10. Nh2 {It is not easy to find a plan for
White here, a Nbd2, c3 setup would be more suitable.} Nf8 11. Ng4 (11. Kh1 Ne6
12. Nf3 {This is a sad retreat.} Nd4 $15) 11... N8h7 (11... Nxg4 12. hxg4 d4
13. Nb1 {/\ f4}) 12. Nxf6+ (12. exd5 Bxg4 13. hxg4 cxd5 $15 {and Black's
strong P [+] cannot be challenged easily.}) 12... Nxf6 13. Kh2 Bd4 14. Nd1 {
This N simply cannot find his place.} Be6 15. Ne3 (15. f4 {looks active, but
with the undeveloped white pieces helps only for Black.} exf4 16. gxf4 dxe4 17.
dxe4 Bf5 18. e5 Nd5 $15) 15... b5 16. Bd2 $6 (16. c3 Bb6 (16... Bc5 $15) 17.
Bd2 {- 16.Bd2} (17. exd5 cxd5 $15)) 16... Bb6 $6 ({Why not} 16... Bxb2 17. exd5
Nxd5 18. Rab1 Bd4 19. c4 bxc4 20. dxc4 Ne7 $15 {with a healthy P up?}) ({
Or even better first} 16... dxe4 $142 17. dxe4 {and then} Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bd4 $17
{and White has nothing for the P.}) 17. c3 Qd7 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Be1 {White
has to defend himself passively.} a5 $15 20. b3 (20. f4 {is again premeture:}
exf4 21. gxf4 dxe4 22. dxe4 Qa7 $15) 20... Bxe3 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Qxe3 Bxg2 23.
Kxg2 Nh7 $17 {Black has a strong centre and the space advantage.} 24. a4 bxa4
25. Rxa4 Qd5+ 26. Kh2 Qxb3 27. Rda1 Qc2 $1 28. Rxa5 Rxd3 29. Qb6 Rdd8 $5 ({
Safer was} 29... Rd6 $142 30. Ra8 Nf6 31. Qc7 Rde6 32. R1a7 Qg6 $17 {with a
healthy extra P for Black.}) 30. Qxc6 Qf5 (30... Ng5 31. h4 Ne4 32. Kg2 (32.
R5a2 Qd3 $17) 32... Rc8 33. Qa4 $15) 31. h4 Nf6 32. Kg2 Rd3 (32... Qd3 33. Qf3
(33. Ra8 e4) 33... Qc4 34. R1a4 $15) 33. R1a4 Re6 34. Qa8+ Kh7 35. Rd4 {[#]}
Ra6 $1 {This is real study-like move, although the game is far from over!} 36.
Qxa6 (36. Rxa6 exd4 37. cxd4 Nd5 $17 {with a tremendous attack on the weakened
light squares.}) 36... Qf3+ 37. Kg1 exd4 38. cxd4 Ng4 (38... Ne4 39. Ra1 Rxd4
$15) 39. Ra1 f5 $5 {Black wants to continue the attack, gaining back the d4 P
is not necessary.} (39... Rxd4 40. Qa3 Qf5 41. Qb2 $15) 40. Qd6 Qe2 41. Qf4 Rf3
42. Qd2 Qe4 43. Ra2 Rd3 44. Qc1 f4 $5 (44... Rxd4 $15) 45. Rd2 Rb3 (45... fxg3
46. Rxd3 (46. fxg3 $2 Qe3+ $19) 46... Qxd3 47. fxg3 Qxd4+ $11) 46. Qc2 Qxc2 47.
Rxc2 {White has repelled the attack an in the _|_ he has good chances for a
draw because of the limited material on one flank.} Rb1 48. Re2 f3 49. Re4 (49.
Re7 Rd1 50. Kf1 Kg6 $15) 49... h5 50. Kf1 Rd1 51. Rf4 Kg6 52. d5 (52. Re4)
52... Ne5 53. Re4 Kf6 54. Re3 Kf5 55. d6 $1 g6 56. d7 Rxd7 57. Bc3 $11 Rd1+ 58.
Re1 Rxe1+ 59. Kxe1 {[%mdl 4096] White can hope for an impregnable fortress.}
Ke4 60. Kf1 Nd3 61. Ba5 Kd4 62. Bb6+ Kc3 63. Ba7 Kd2 64. Bb6 Kd1 65. Ba7 Ne5
66. Bc5 Nc4 67. Bd4 Nd2+ 68. Kg1 Ke2 69. Ba7 Ne4 70. Bb6 Ke1 71. Ba5+ Ke2 72.
Bb6 g5 73. hxg5 Nxg5 74. Kh2 Kf1 75. g4 hxg4 76. Kg3 Ne4+ 77. Kxg4 Ke2 78. Kf4
Nxf2 79. Ba7 Nd1 80. Bd4 Nc3 81. Ba7 Nb5 82. Bg1 Nc7 83. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Motwani, Paul"]
[Black "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Nd7 (8... Nc6 $5 9. d4 Bd7 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. Re1 Re8 $10) 9. Re1 Re8 10. d4
exd4 11. Rxe8+ Qxe8 12. cxd4 Nf6 13. Bg5 Qd8 $5 (13... Ne4 $6 14. Qd3 $1 (14.
Qe2 $6 Bd7 $1 $10) 14... Bf5 15. Nh4 $1 $16) 14. c4 $40 h6 15. Bxf6 (15. Be3 $5
$14 c6 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Rd1 $40 Be6 $140 $6 18. d5 $1 cxd5 19. cxd5 $16) 15...
Qxf6 16. c5 Bf8 17. Rb1 Be6 $2 (17... b6 $2 18. Ne5 Rb8 19. Nc6 Rb7 20. Qe2 $16
) (17... c6 $142 $5 18. Qa4 $14 (18. Ne5 $6 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qxe5 20. Qd8+ Kh7 $13
)) 18. Rxb7 (18. d5 $2 Rd8 $1) 18... Bd5 19. Rxc7 $1 (19. Rb2 $2 Rd8 $15) 19...
Qd8 20. Ne5 $1 Bxg2 (20... Qxc7 $6 21. Bxd5 $16) 21. Rd7 Qe8 22. Kxg2 f6 23.
Qb3+ Kh7 24. Qd3+ (24. Qd5 $142 $1 $16 fxe5 25. c6 Rc8 (25... exd4 26. c7 $18
Be7 27. Qe4+) (25... Be7 26. c7 Bf6 27. dxe5 $18 Be7 (27... Bxe5 28. Rd8 $18)
28. Rxe7 $18) (25... Bb4 26. dxe5 $16) 26. c7 Be7 (26... Qg6 27. Rd8 Rxc7 (
27... Qf5 28. Qxe5 $1 $18) 28. Rxf8 Qc6 29. Qxc6 Rxc6 30. dxe5 $18) 27. Qe6 Bf6
28. Qxe8 $1 Rxe8 29. dxe5 $1 $18 Be7 (29... Bxe5 30. Rd8) (29... Bg5 30. f4)
30. Rxe7) 24... Kg8 25. Qb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.11.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[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 "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 {Diese "geschlossene Variante der Wiener Partie" ist
eine solide, zurückhaltende Eröffnung, die gerade gegen einen
unternehmungslustigen Spieler eine gute Wahl sein mag.} Bc5 ({Eine Alternative
ist} 3... d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bc5 {/Ld6. Mit dem Textzug
verlagert sich das Hauptkampfgeschehen nach einigen positionellen Manövern ins
Mittelspiel.}) 4. Bg2 Nc6 ({Eher durchwachsene Erfahrungen hat McShane mit} 
4... c6 5. d3 d5 6. Qe2 {(remis/83, McShane - Morozevich, Biel 2004), und}) (
4... d6 5. Nge2 a6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 {(remis/34, McShane - Sokolov, I.,
Selfoss 2002), gemacht.}) 5. d3 a6 {Um die Stellung des Läufers auf der
Schrägen a7-g1 (gegen evtl. Na4) zu sichern, investiert Schwarz eine Tempo.} 6.
h3 {Ebenfalls eine Prophylaxe, hier gegen mögliches Ng4 gerichtet.} d6 7. Nge2
Be6 8. Nd5 ({Oder z.B.} 8. O-O O-O (8... h6 9. Be3 (9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Ne7
11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Nb3 Bb6 $11) 9... Bxe3 10. fxe3 O-O $11) (8... Qd7
$5 9. Kh2 h5 10. Nd5 O-O-O $6 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Almasi,Z/Istanbul 2000} (
10... Bxd5 $1 11. exd5 Ne7)) 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nd4 $11 {, CBM/Lukacs}) 8...
Bxd5 9. exd5 Ne7 $6 (9... Nd4 $142 {nebst weiterem Tausch war im
Ausgleichssinne die gegebene Fortsetzung.}) 10. Bg5 $1 Nd7 (10... h6 $6 11.
Bxf6 gxf6 12. d4 Bb6 13. Qd3 $14) 11. c3 h6 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Qb3 Bb6 (13... O-O
14. O-O (14. Qxb7 $4 Bb6) 14... Qd7) 14. O-O O-O 15. Kh2 Re8 16. Rae1 Qd7 17.
c4 Nf5 18. Bc3 $14 Re7 $6 {Um nach (einem Tausch auf d4 nebst) Öffnung der
e-Linie die Türme gleich verdoppeln zu können. Dieser Plan hat aber einen
Haken, weswegen Schwarz auch bei nächster Gelegenheit davon abweichen wird.
Alternativen, z.B.:} ({I Sofortiges} 18... Nd4 $6 {überläßt Weiß nach} 19. Nxd4
exd4 (19... Bxd4 {gibt den Pb7 ab.}) 20. Bd2 $16 {einen komfortablen
Positionsvorteil (ץb6):} Qf5 21. g4) ({II Das prophylaktische} 18... Rab8 {
erscheint okay. Falls darauf} 19. g4 {, so folgt} Nd4 (19... Nh4) 20. Nxd4 Bxd4
21. Bxd4 exd4 $13 {/=}) ({III Vielleicht ist sogar} 18... h5 {spielbar:} 19.
Qd1 (19. Bd2 e4) 19... h4 20. g4 Nd4) 19. g4 $1 Nh4 (19... Nd4 $4 {gibt
Schwarz hier nach} 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Bd2 Rae8 22. Qd1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Rxe1 24.
Qxe1 $16 {/+- (^^ קd4 ץb6) ein miserables, wahrscheinlich verlorenes
Endspiel.}) 20. Ng3 Nh7 ({Der Einschub von} 20... Rae8 {kam auch in Betracht:}
21. Ne4 (21. Bd2 Nh7 $14) 21... Nh7 $14) 21. Be4 {[#]} g6 $2 ({Erweist sich
als fatale Schwächung des Königsflügels, zumal der Zutritt auf das Feld f5
wegen einer taktischen Finesse nicht verwehrt bleibt! Nach dem konsequenten} 
21... Ng5 $5 {ergreift Weiß mit dem gegebenen Hebel f4 zwar in jedem Fall die
Initiative, z.B.} 22. Qd1 Rae8 (22... Ng6 23. Bf5 (23. Nf5 Ree8 24. f4 $5)
23... Qd8 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. f4) 23. f4 Nxe4 24. dxe4 exf4 25. Rxf4 Ng6 26. Rff1
f6 {, aber dennoch bleibt die schwarze Stellung robust:} 27. Qd2 (27. Bxf6 $6
gxf6 28. Nh5 Rf8 29. Nxf6+ Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Qe8 31. Qd3 Rg7 32. Ref1 Qe5+ $15) (
27. Nh5 Rf7 $13 (27... Rxe4 28. Bxf6)) 27... Ne5 28. Nf5 Rf7 29. b3 Kh7 $14)
22. f4 exf4 23. Rxf4 Rae8 (23... Ng5 24. Qd1 Ree8 25. Bf6 $16) 24. Qd1 c6 25.
Nf5 $3 {[#] Ein überraschendes, bärenstarkes Enteropfer trifft plötzlich
mitten ins Herz der schwarzen Stellung.} Nxf5 ({Die Annahme} 25... gxf5 $2 {
führt nach} 26. gxf5 $18 {mit der Öffnung etlicher Angriffsschleusen
schnurstracks in den Orkus.}) 26. gxf5 cxd5 (26... Ng5 {ist beispielsweise
wegen} 27. Qg4 $5 (27. Bf6 $5) (27. Rh4 $5) 27... cxd5 28. cxd5 Nxe4 (28... Bd8
29. h4 Nxe4 30. dxe4 $18) 29. dxe4 Kh7 30. Bf6 $18 {indiskutabel.}) 27. cxd5 g5
{[#]} 28. Rff1 $4 ({Schade! Das resolute (und nicht so fern liegende)} 28. f6
$1 $40 {+- hätte einen spaltenden Keil ins feindliche Lager geschlagen und die
Schlacht sofort entschieden. Ein Ende mit Pauken und Trompeten wäre dann} gxf4
(28... Re5 29. Rff1 Bd8 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. d4 Re8 32. Bxh7+ Kxh7 33. Qd3+ Kh8
34. Qf5 {usw. +-}) 29. fxe7 Bf2 (29... Rxe7 30. Qh5) 30. Qh5 Rxe7 (30... Bxe1
31. Bxh7+ Kxh7 32. Qxf7#) 31. Qxh6 f5 32. Bxf5) 28... f6 $8 {Glücklich, mit
einem blauen Auge davon gekommen zu sein, macht Shirov seinen Laden sofort
wieder dicht.} 29. Qh5 {Erobert zwar einen Bauern, aber stellt die Dame auch
eine Zeitlang ins Abseits.} Rg7 30. Qxh6 (30. Re2 $6 Qf7 $1 31. Qxh6 Bd8 {
(/\Nf8, Rh7)} 32. Bf3 Rxe2+ 33. Bxe2 Qxd5) 30... Rf8 (30... Qf7 31. Bf3 (31.
Kg2 $5 {/\} Bd8 32. Bf3 $1) 31... Re3 32. Rxe3 Bxe3 33. Re1 Bf4+ (33... g4 $2
34. Qxe3 gxf3 35. Qxf3 $18) 34. Kh1 (34. Kg2 g4 35. Qxf4 gxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Qh5+
37. Ke3 Qxh3+ 38. Kd2 Qg2+ 39. Kc1 Qxd5) 34... g4 35. Qxf4 gxf3 36. Re3 Ng5 (
36... Qxd5 37. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 38. Rxf3 $16) 37. h4 $16 {mit heftigen Verwicklungen,
die gute Nerven und etwas Bedenkzeit bedürfen.}) 31. Bf3 $6 {Freilich mit dem
Plan Re6, der aber leicht durchkreuzt wird. Kritisch war hingegen} (31. Re2 $1)
31... Qb5 (31... Qxf5 $4 32. Be4 Qd7 33. Bf5 Qd8 34. Bxf6 $18) 32. Be4 Ba5 33.
Re2 Bxc3 34. bxc3 Qc5 35. c4 b5 36. cxb5 axb5 37. Rfe1 g4 $6 {Nachdem es
Shirov gelungen ist, sich mit dem Tausch der schwarzfeldrigen Läufer zu
entlasten, bläst er gleich übermütig zum Befreiungsschlag.} 38. h4 $2 {Vergibt
die zweite Großchance und gerät überdies in eine Falle.} ({I} 38. hxg4 $2 Ng5
39. Kg2 Rh7 40. Qg6+ Rg7 41. Qh5 Rh7 $11) ({II} 38. Rg1 $1 $16 {hätte noch
beträchtlichen Vorteil festgehalten, z.B.} Ng5 39. Rxg4 Rh7 40. Rxg5+ fxg5 41.
Qg6+ Rg7 (41... Kh8 $2 42. f6 $18) 42. Qe6+ Rgf7 43. Rg2 Qe3 44. Qxd6 $16 {/+-}
) 38... Ng5 $1 {[#] Shirov revanchiert sich mit einem Springer-Scheinopfer,
das McShane kurz vor der Zeitkontrolle aus dem Konzept bringt.} 39. Rg2 $6 ({
Der falsche Turm! Danach gerät Weiß sogar noch in Schwierigkeiten.
Alternativen, z.B.: I} 39. Rg1 $5 {wäre stärker gewesen:} Qd4 (39... Nxe4 $2
40. dxe4 Qc4 41. Reg2 Qxe4 42. Qxg7+ Kxg7 43. Rxg4+ Qxg4 44. Rxg4+ Kh7 45. a4
$16) (39... Rh7 $2 40. Qg6+ Rg7 41. Qh5 Rff7 42. Rxg4 (42. Qxg4 $4 Nh7) 42...
Rh7 43. Qg6+ Rhg7 44. hxg5 $1 Qc3 (44... Rxg6 45. fxg6 $18 Rf8 46. g7 Kxg7 47.
gxf6+) 45. gxf6 Rxg6 46. fxg6 $1 Rxf6 47. g7 $18) (39... g3+ 40. Rxg3 Rh7 41.
Qg6+ Kh8 $1 42. Rg4 Qc8 43. Kg3 Rg7 44. Qh6+ Rh7 45. hxg5 Rxh6 46. gxh6 Qc1 $13
{/=}) (39... Nh3 40. Rg3 Rh7 41. Rxg4+ Ng5 42. hxg5 Rxh6+ 43. gxh6+ Kh8 44. Rg6
$13 {/=}) 40. Rxg4 ({auch} 40. hxg5 Rh7 41. Qxh7+ Kxh7 42. Rxg4) 40... Rh7 41.
hxg5 (41. Qg6+ Rg7 (41... Kh8 $2 42. Kg2 Rg8 43. hxg5 Rxg6 44. fxg6 $18)) 41...
Rxh6+ 42. gxh6+ Kh8 43. Rg6 $13 {/=}) ({II} 39. hxg5 Rh7 40. Qxh7+ Kxh7 41. Kg3
fxg5 42. Kxg4 Kg7 43. Kxg5 Qd4 44. Rh1 Rg8 45. Rh6 $13) 39... g3+ $1 40. Kh1 ({
Im Gegensatz zur Variante mit 39.Rg3 scheitert hier das wünschenswerte} 40.
Rxg3 {offensichtlich an} Qf2+) 40... Rh7 41. hxg5 $1 {Zieht im rechten Moment
die Notbremse.} fxg5 42. Qxh7+ Kxh7 43. Rxg3 {[#]} Kg7 ({Oder} 43... Qf2 $5 {
, z.B.} 44. Reg1 Kg7 (44... Qxa2 $2 45. Rxg5 Qe2 46. f6+ Kh8 47. f7 $18) 45.
Rxg5+ Kf6 46. Rh5 Ke5 ({Nach} 46... Qxa2 {muß die Verteidigungsressource} 47.
d4 $8 {gefunden werden:} (47. Rh2 $2 Qa7 48. Rh6+ Ke5 49. Re6+ Kd4 $19) 47...
Kf7 48. Rh7+ (48. Rh6 $2 Qe2 $1 $19) 48... Ke8 49. Rc1 Kd8 50. Rcc7 $11 {, z.B.
} Rh8 51. Rcd7+ Kc8 52. Rc7+ Kb8 53. Rb7+ Kc8 $8) 47. Rh2 Qf4 $15 {, und auch
in dieser Stellung kommt Schwarz vermutlich nicht weiter.}) 44. Rxg5+ Kf7 $6 (
44... Kf6 $142 45. Rh5 (45. Rg6+ $2 Ke5) 45... Qf2 (45... Rg8) 46. Rg1 {
wie in der vorigen Variante}) 45. Rh5 Qc3 $6 (45... Qf2 $142 {Etwaige
Gewinnversuche können m. E. nur darin bestehen, den Turm f8 vorerst auf dem
Brett zu behalten und ein Spiel gegen den weißen König und den schwachen
Bauern a2 zu kombinieren.}) 46. Rf1 Rh8 $6 47. Rxh8 Qxh8+ 48. Kg2 $11 Kf6 49.
Rf3 Qh6 50. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 a6 7. h3 h6 8. Nh4 $5
(8. Be3 $5) 8... Be6 $1 (8... Nd4 $5 9. Ne2 g5 $5 (9... d5 $5 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11.
c3 Bb6 $13 {Mikhalchishin}) 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Nf3 Bb6 12. c3 Be6 13. Qe2 Qd7
14. d4 $14 {Glek-Strater,Dortmund 1988}) 9. Nf5 (9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11.
c4 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. O-O Qb6 $15) 9... Bxf5 10. exf5 Qd7 11. g4 (11. Ne4 $5
Qxf5 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Be3 $44) 11... d5 (11... O-O-O $2 12. Ne4
$1 Nxe4 13. dxe4 $16) 12. Ne2 O-O-O (12... h5 $5) (12... g6 $5) 13. O-O (13. c3
d4 $1 14. c4 e4 $1 15. dxe4 d3 16. Nc3 Nb4 $19) 13... h5 $1 (13... g6 $5 14. g5
hxg5 15. Bxg5 Be7) 14. g5 (14. Ng3 hxg4 15. hxg4 Rh4 $1 16. Bg5 Rxg4 17. Bxf6
Rxg3 18. Bxd8 Qxd8 {->}) 14... Nh7 (14... Ne8 $5) 15. c3 (15. h4 Qxf5 16. Kh2
Kb8 17. Bh3 Qf3 $17) 15... Qxf5 16. Ng3 Qe6 (16... Qg6 17. Qxh5 Qxd3 18. Qg4+
Kb8 19. Rd1 Qc2 20. Rd2 $13) 17. d4 (17. Qxh5 Be7 $1 {/\ Ng5-/+}) (17. Nxh5 g6
18. Ng3 Be7 19. h4 Nf8 $17) 17... exd4 18. Nxh5 Kb8 $1 $17 19. Re1 Qd7 20. h4 (
20. Nxg7 Rdg8 21. Nh5 Nxg5 22. Nf6 Nxh3+ 23. Kf1 Qf5 $19) 20... Nf8 21. Bf4 Ng6
22. Bg3 f5 $1 23. gxf6 gxf6 24. Rc1 d3 $1 25. Qxd3 Nxh4 (25... Qf7 $1 $17) 26.
Nxf6 (26. Bxh4 Rxh5 27. Bxf6 Rg8 $19) 26... Qf7 27. Bxh4 Rxh4 28. Qf5 Rd6 $1
$19 (28... Rh6 29. Re6 $1 Be7 $2 30. Nd7+) 29. Re8+ Ka7 30. Qc8 Rxf6 31. Qa8+
Kb6 32. b4 Bxf2+ 33. Kf1 Bg3+ 34. Ke2 Rf2+ 35. Kd1 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 a6 7. h3 (7.
Be3 Bg4 {seeAlmasi,Z-Jussupov,A FIDE -Wch1997[Mikhalevski,V]} (7... Bxe3 8.
fxe3 Bg4 {seeGeorgiev,K-Alterman,B FIDE-Wch1977[Mikhalevski,V]})) 7... O-O (
7... Be6 8. Nh4 h6 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. g4 Qd6 12. Ne2 O-O-O 13. c3 d4
14. c4 e4 15. Bf4 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 Qe7 17. Ng3 e3 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qf3 Bd6 20. a3
Bxf4 21. Qxf4 g5 22. Qf3 Qd6 23. Kg2 h5 24. Nxh5 Nxh5 25. gxh5 Qf4 26. Rae1
Qxf3+ 27. Kxf3 exf2 28. Kxf2 Rxh5 29. Kg3 Rdh8 30. Re4 Rh4 31. Rg4 f6 32. c5
Rxg4+ 33. Kxg4 Rh4+ 34. Kg3 Kb7 35. Rf1 Kc8 36. Rf2 Kb7 {1/2-1/2 Kurajica,
B-Wedberg,T/EU-chT 1980}) (7... h6 8. O-O (8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Bxe3 10. fxe3 d5
11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Qd2 Be6 13. e4 Nde7 14. Kh2 Qd7 15. Rae1 Rad8 16. a3 f6 17.
Ne2 Ng6 18. Rd1 Rfe8 19. b4 Qd6 20. Qc1 Bf7 21. Rd2 b6 22. Qb2 Nd4 23. Neg1 c5
24. c3 Nc6 25. Ne2 Qe7 26. Rc1 Qd7 27. Rcd1 Qc7 28. Rb1 Rb8 29. Rc1 Qe7 30. Qc2
Red8 31. Qa4 Qb7 32. Rb1 b5 {Kosanski,S-Franic,M/CRO-ch 1994/1/2-1/2 (71)}) (8.
Bd2 Be6 9. Qe2 Qd7 10. O-O-O Nd4 11. Qf1 Nb5 12. a3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qc6 14. Nd2
Bxa3 15. bxa3 Qxc3 16. Nb1 Qa5 17. Qe1 Qxe1 18. Rdxe1 O-O 19. f4 Bd7 20. f5 Nh7
21. Nc3 c6 22. Rd1 f6 23. d4 Rad8 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Na4 Bc8 26. h4 b5 27. Nb2
Rd7 28. Rxd7 Bxd7 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. Nd3 Bc8 31. Nb2 Rxd1+ 32. Kxd1 Nf8 {Miller,
P-Kast,H/Erevan olm 1996/0-1 (53)}) 8... Be6 9. Ne2 (9. Nh4 Qd7 10. Kh2 g5 11.
Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 d5 13. f4 gxf4 14. gxf4 exf4 15. Qe2+ Be7 16. Bxf4 O-O-O 17.
Kh1 Bc5 18. Qe1 Rde8 19. Qh4 Be7 20. Qf2 Qxf5 21. Bh2 Qd7 22. Qf5 Rhf8 23. Nxd5
Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Qxf5 25. Rxf5 Nd8 26. Raf1 Bd6 27. Bxd6 cxd6 28. R1f2 Re3 29. Kh2
Rg8 30. R2f3 Rxf3 31. Rxf3 Re8 32. Rf2 Re5 33. c4 Re3 34. Be4 Kd7 35. Kg2 Ke7
36. Rf4 Ne6 37. Rh4 Re2+ 38. Kf1 Rxb2 39. Rxh6 Rxa2 40. Bxb7 Nc5 41. Bd5 Nxd3
42. Rh8 a5 43. Ra8 Ra1+ 44. Ke2 Nf4+ 45. Kd2 Nxd5 46. cxd5 Ra4 47. Kc3 Kf6 48.
Ra7 Rh4 49. Rd7 Ke5 50. Rxf7 a4 51. Rf3 Kxd5 52. Rg3 Kc5 53. Rf3 d5 {Brustkern,
J-Cooper,L/Hastings Challengers9596 1995/0-1 (74)}) 9... Qd7 10. Kh2 d5 11.
exd5 Bxd5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 O-O 16. c3 Rad8 17. Be3
Be7 18. Rfd1 Qc8 19. Nd2 Rfe8 20. b4 Bf8 21. a4 Rd7 22. Rdb1 Red8 23. Rb2 Rd3
24. Rc2 R3d7 25. Rcc1 g6 26. Nf3 Bg7 27. a5 f5 28. b5 axb5 29. Qxb5 fxe4 30. a6
bxa6 31. Qxc6 Bd5 32. Qxg6 exf3 33. Bf1 Rd6 34. Qc2 e4 35. Ra5 Re8 36. Rd1 Bf7
37. Rda1 Rc6 38. Rc5 Rxc5 39. Bxc5 Qf5 40. Be3 a5 41. Ra4 Kh7 42. h4 Bg6 43.
Rc4 Be5 44. Rc5 Qf6 45. Kh1 Re7 46. Rxa5 Bxc3 47. Ra6 {1/2-1/2 Kremenietsky,
A-Kholmov,R/Moscow-ch 1984}) 8. Be3 (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Be6 10. g4 g5 11. Bg3 Ne7
12. h4 Bxg4 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Qd2 Ng6 15. Qxg5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Bb4 17. Qh6 Re8
18. O-O-O Bxc3 19. bxc3 d5 20. Rdg1 dxe4 21. Bxe5 {1-0 Schreiner,R-Weigel,H/
Bayern-chB 1982}) (8. O-O Be6 9. Kh2 h6 10. Nh4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5
13. Qg4 Be6 14. Nf5 Qf6 15. Bxh6 Bxf5 16. Bxg7 Qxg7 17. Qxf5 Nd4 18. Qd7 Bd6
19. c3 Ne6 20. Rae1 Nc5 21. Qf5 Qg6 22. Qf3 c6 23. d4 exd4 24. cxd4 Ne6 25. Rd1
f5 26. d5 Ng5 27. Qb3 c5 28. f4 Ne4 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Qxb7 Rab8 {0-1 Lukin,
A-Vladimirov,E/Pavlodar 1987}) 8... Bxe3 9. fxe3 d5 (9... Nh5 10. Ne2 (10. g4
Nf6 $13 (10... Ng3 11. Rg1 h5 12. Nh2 $13 Qh4 13. Kd2 $5)) 10... Ne7 (10... f5
$2 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. g4 e4 13. Nh2 Qh4+ 14. Kd2) 11. g4 (11. Qd2 f5 12. exf5 $2
Nxf5 13. g4 Nh4) (11. O-O f5) 11... Nf6 $13) 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 $11
12. O-O Qd6 13. Qe1 Bd7 (13... f6) (13... Be6) 14. Rd1 Rae8 (14... Rad8) 15.
Qf2 f5 16. d4 $1 exd4 17. Nxd4 $1 Qe5 18. Rfe1 Re7 19. c3 Nd8 20. Rd2 Bc8 21.
Qf4 Nf7 22. Nf3 Qc5 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. exd4 $14 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Re8 26. Nd3 a5 27.
h4 g6 28. a3 Kg7 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Nd6 (30... h6) 31. Ne5 Nf7 32. Nxf7 Kxf7
{[#] Hecht:  Ungenaues Spiel des Holländers versetzt Adams in die Lage, mit
seinem beiden Figuren dominierende Positionen einzunehmen und beide Flügel von
Schwarz zu paralysieren. Als Schwarz zu spät aktiv wird, erliegt er einem
Mattangriff.} 33. Kf2 c6 (33... b6 34. Ra2 h6) (33... h6 $142 $1 {Hecht} 34. c4
g5 $11) 34. d5 cxd5 $2 (34... Rd8 $1 35. c4 cxd5 36. Bxd5+ Kf6 $11 (36... Kf6 {
[%cal Yc8e6] Hecht} 37. Re2 (37. Ke3 Be6 38. Bxb7 Rxd2 39. Kxd2 Bxc4 40. Kc3
Bf1 41. Kd4 g5 $14) 37... b5 $11)) 35. Rxd5 Re7 (35... Ke7 36. Rb5 Kd6 (36...
Ke6 37. Bd5+) 37. Bxb7 Bxb7 38. Rxb7 Rc8 39. Rxh7 Rxc3 (39... Ke6 40. b5 Rxc3
41. b6 Rb3 42. b7) 40. Rg7 Ke5 41. Rxg6 Rb3 42. h5 $1 (42. Rb6 Rb2+ $1 (42...
Ke4 43. Re6+ (43. Kg2 f4 44. gxf4 Kxf4 45. h5 Rb2+ 46. Kh3 Rb3+ 47. Kh4 Rb1 48.
Rf6+ Ke5 49. Rb6 Kf4 50. Kh3 Rb3+ 51. Kg2 Rb2+ 52. Kf1 Kf3 53. Ke1 Ke3 54. Kd1
Kd3 55. Kc1 Rc2+ $1 56. Kb1 Rh2 57. h6 Kc3) (43. h5 $1) 43... Kd5 44. Rb6 Ke4
45. h5 $1 Rb2+ 46. Kg1 Kf3 47. h6 Rg2+ (47... Rb1+ 48. Kh2 Rb2+ 49. Kh3 Rb1 50.
Kh4 $18) 48. Kh1 Rxg3 49. Rc6 $1 Rg4 50. Rc3+ Kf2 51. Rc2+ Kf3 (51... Kf1 52.
h7) 52. b5 Rh4+ 53. Rh2 Rb4 54. Rh3+ Kg4 55. h7 $18) 43. Kf3 Rb3+ 44. Kg2 Rb2+
45. Kh3 Rb3 46. h5 f4 47. h6 Rxg3+ 48. Kh4 Rg1 $11) 42... Rxb4 43. h6 Rb2+ 44.
Kg1 (44. Kf3 Rh2) 44... Rb1+ 45. Kg2 Rb2+ 46. Kh3 Rb1 47. Kh4 Rh1+ 48. Kg5 Rh3
49. Rg7 $1 Rxg3+ 50. Kh4 $18) (35... Ke6 $142 {Hecht} 36. Rb5 Re7 37. c4 Kd6
$14 38. Rb6+ Ke5 $1) 36. Rc5 Be6 37. Rb5 Bc8 38. Rb6 $16 Ke8 (38... Rc7 39. c4)
(38... Rd7 {[%cal Yf7e7,Yd7d6] Hecht} 39. c4 Rd2+ 40. Kf1 $16 {[%csl Rb7]}) (
38... Re6 $2 {Hecht} 39. Bd5 $18) 39. Bd5 Kd8 40. c4 Kc7 41. Rf6 Bd7 (41... Rd7
{Hecht} 42. Ke3 Rd6 43. Rf7+ Rd7 44. Kd4 Rxf7 45. Bxf7 Kd6 46. c5+ Ke7 47. Bd5
{[%cal Rd4e5]} Kf6 48. b5 g5 49. hxg5+ Kxg5 50. Bxb7 Bxb7 51. c6 Ba8 52. Kc5
$18) 42. b5 b6 43. Kf3 Re1 (43... Rg7 44. c5 $1) 44. Kf4 Be8 (44... Rd1 $5 45.
Bg8 (45. Rf7 $2 Kd6 46. Rxh7 Bxb5 47. Kg5 Rg1 48. Kxg6 Bd7) (45. Kg5 Bxb5)
45... Rf1+ (45... Rd4+ 46. Ke5 Re4+ 47. Kd5) 46. Kg5 Rg1 47. c5 Rxg3+ 48. Kh6 (
48. Kf4 $5) 48... bxc5 49. b6+ Kc8 50. Bd5 Re3 51. Rf7 Re8 52. Rxh7 Rd8 $1 53.
Kxg6 (53. Kg5 $5) 53... Be8+ 54. Bf7 Rd6+ $1 (54... Bxf7+ 55. Rxf7 Rd6+ 56. Kg7
$1 $18) 55. Kxf5 (55. Kg5 $5) 55... Bxf7 56. Rxf7 Rxb6 $11) 45. Kg5 $1 Rg1 (
45... Re7 $142 46. Kh6 Bd7) 46. Kh6 Rxg3 47. c5 $1 $18 bxc5 48. b6+ Kb8 49. Rd6
(49. Rd6 {Hecht} Kc8 50. b7+ Kc7 51. Rd8 $18) 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1998.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.01.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. d3 {This position has been known
from Paulsen-Schwarz,1879!Black usually played 5...a6,5...h6 or 5...0-0.5...
Nd4 is absolutely new move and has the few ideas:to play c6-d5 without wasting
time for d6,to refrain from a6 and to surprise the opponent!} Nd4 $5 $146 (5...
d6 6. Na4 Nd7 7. c3 Qf6 8. Nxc5 Nxc5 9. Be3 Qg6 10. Ne2 f5 11. b4 Nd7 12. exf5
Qxf5 13. O-O O-O 14. f4 Qe6 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 exf4 17. Nxf4 Nb6 18. Bxb6
cxb6 19. Bd5+ Kh8 20. Ng6+ hxg6 21. Rxf8+ Kh7 22. Re1 Ne5 23. d4 Nd7 24. Rd8
Nf6 25. Bg2 a5 26. b5 g5 27. Rxd6 Bf5 28. Re7 Kg6 29. Rxb6 a4 30. bxa4 {
Lauterbach,I-Ford,E/4NCL, Birmingham ENG 1998/1-0 (45)}) ({Huebner} 5... a6 6.
f4 d6 7. f5 (7. Nf3 Ng4 8. Qe2) 7... h6 (7... d5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. Bg5 Bxf5 10.
Bxf6 gxf6 $13) 8. h4 $2 (8. g4 $142 d5 9. exd5 Ne7 10. Qf3) 8... Ne7 $2 (8...
d5 $142 $17) 9. g4 c6 10. Nh3 Nd7 $6 (10... d5 11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 Nh5 13. Nf2
Qb6 {mit ausreichendem Gegenspiel.}) 11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 f6 $2 (12... Nb6 {
/\Ld7, Dc7, 0-0-0 und der Vorteil des Weißen ist nicht entscheidend.}) 13. Qf3
$6 (13. Bd2 $142 {/\0-0-0 Turnierbuch}) 13... Qb6 14. Ne2 d5 15. Ng3 Kd8 16. g6
$6 (16. Nh5 $142 g6 17. Ng7) (16. c3 a5 17. Rb1) 16... Kc7 17. Nf2 Rg8 $2 (
17... Bxf2+ $142 18. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Rg8 20. Rh7 Nf8) 18. Ng4 Nf8 19. Nh5
Bd7 20. Nhxf6 $2 (20. c3 $142 a5 21. Rb1 {/\Sh5xf6 Die Anziehenden widmen sich
zu einseitig ihren Aktionen am Königsflügel statt brettumfassend zu operieren;
die ist ein für die damalige Spielweise typischer Fehler.}) 20... gxf6 21. Nxf6
Rg7 {/\Sfg6-/+} 22. Rh8 $2 (22. Bh6 Qxb2 23. Qd1 {+- Turnierbuch} Nfxg6 24.
Bxg7 Nf4 25. Bf1 Qc3+ $19) 22... Nfxg6 23. Nxd7 (23. Rxa8 $142 Nh4 24. Qh3
Nxg2+ 25. Kd1 Bd6 26. c3 Qf2 {/\Se3, Tg1-+}) 23... Rxh8 (23... Kxd7 24. Rxa8
Nh4 25. Qh3 Rxg2 26. Kd1 {Weiß hat noch beachtliches Gegenspiel}) 24. Nxb6 Nh4
25. Qf1 Rxg2 26. Na4 Ba7 27. f6 (27. Bg5 Nf3+ 28. Kd1 Rxg5 29. Qxf3 Rh2 $19)
27... Neg6 28. exd5 Rg1 29. dxc6 Nf3+ {Line Paulsen,L-Schwarz,A/
Beratungspartie 1879}) (5... h6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Na4 Bb6 8. Nxb6 axb6 9. O-O O-O
10. h3 Be6 11. a3 d5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Kh2 Rad8 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16.
Rad1 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Qd2 c5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Gombac,J-Cibej,M/SLO-chT sf
1996 (51)}) (5... O-O 6. Be3 d6 7. Bxc5 dxc5 8. Nge2 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6
11. Qd2 Nd7 12. h4 f6 13. O-O-O Nd4 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Ne5 16. g5 fxg5 17.
Nxg6 Nxg6 18. hxg5 $40 {1-0 Horvath,G-Salinnikov,D/Budapest FS06 IM 1997 (38)})
6. Nce2 (6. Na4 Be7) (6. Nf3 $5) 6... Nxe2 7. Nxe2 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O
10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 c6 $1 $11 (11... Nb4 $6 12. a3 $1 (12. Be3 $5 Bxd4 13.
Bxd4 Nxc2 14. Qxc2 (14. Bxg7 $2 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Kxg7) 14... Qxd4 15. Qxc7 Qxb2
$11)) (11... Nf6 12. Nb3) 12. c3 Re8 $5 13. Qd3 Bb6 $1 {White has a problem to
find any useful move.} (13... Nf6 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Qc4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 {[%csl Rf7]
} Qe7 {[%csl Re3]} 17. Rf2 $5 {[%cal Ga1f1]}) (13... Nb4 14. Qc4 Bxd4 15. Qxb4
$1 Bb6 $11) 14. Bd2 $2 (14. a3 $1 {/\Bd2(Yudasin,L) was probably a right
desision}) 14... Nb4 $1 {Now Black is better.} 15. cxb4 $8 (15. Qc4 Nc2 $1 $17
{[%csl Rd2]}) 15... Bxd4 {[%cal Rd4f2,Rd4b2]} 16. Qc2 (16. Be4 $5 Bxb2 17.
Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Rae1 (18. Rad1 $5) 18... Qxd3 19. Bxd3 Be6 20. Bb1 Rad8 $15) (16.
Qb3 Re2 17. Bc3 Bxf2+ $3 {Greenfeld,A} 18. Rxf2 Rxf2 19. Kxf2 Qb6+ 20. Kf3 Be6
21. Qc2 h5 $1 $40) 16... Re2 (16... Bg4 17. Rfe1) 17. Bf3 (17. Rae1 $5 Bg4 18.
Rxe2 Bxe2 19. Re1 Bd3 20. Qb3 Qd7 21. Be3 (21. Bc3 Bb6 $1 {[%csl Rf2]}) 21...
Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Rd8 $11 {/=/+}) 17... Bf5 (17... Bh3 $3 18. Rae1 $3 (18. Bxe2 $2
Qd5 {[%cal Gd5g2]}) 18... Rxe1 (18... Bf5 $5 19. Qd1 $140 $2 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Bxb2
) 19. Rxe1 Qf6 20. Qe4 Be6 $15 (20... h6 $5)) 18. Qd1 (18. Qxf5 Rxd2 {[%csl
Rb2,Rf2] ><f2,b2}) 18... Re6 $1 {[%cal Ge6d6]} 19. Bc3 Rd6 20. Qc1 (20. Qd2 $5
Qf6 $15 (20... Bxc3 $140 21. Qxc3 Rd3 22. Rfd1 Rxc3 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. bxc3 Rd3
25. Rd1 $1 $11 {[%csl Rg8]})) 20... Qf6 (20... Bh3 $5 21. Bg2 $8 (21. Rd1 Qf6 {
[%csl Rf2]} 22. Qf4 $8 Qxf4 23. gxf4 Rg6+ 24. Kh1 Bxf2 $17) 21... Bxg2 22. Kxg2
Qf6 $15) 21. Bxd4 (21. Rd1 $2 Bh3 $1 22. Qf4 $8 Qxf4 23. gxf4 Rg6+ 24. Kh1 Bxf2
$17) 21... Rxd4 22. Qc3 Rad8 23. Rad1 g5 $5 $138 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Bg2 (25. Rd1
$5 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Kg7) 25... Kg7 26. Re1 a6 27. a3 Be6 28. Qc5 $2 $138 Rd2 $17
{[%csl Rb2]} 29. f4 $2 gxf4 30. Rf1 Qxb2 $19 31. Qg5+ Kf8 (31... Kh8) 32. Qc5+
Ke8 33. Be4 Bh3 $6 $138 {[%cal Rd2g2] White lost on time,but after the only
defence 34.Re1 Be6 leads to the absolutely winning position.} (33... fxg3 $142
34. hxg3 Qxa3 $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 a6 7. Be3 Bxe3 (7...
Bg4 $5 {see Almasi,Z-Jussupow,A FIDE-Wch k.o.1997[Mikhalevski,V]}) 8. fxe3 Bg4
$5 (8... Be6 9. d4 Bg4 10. O-O Qd7 11. Qd2 O-O-O 12. Rab1 Rhe8 13. b4 Bh3 14.
b5 axb5 15. d5 Na7 16. Nxb5 Nxb5 17. Qa5 Qg4 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Qxb5 Rd7 20. Qa4
Kd8 21. Rxb7 Ke7 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Qa3+ Rd6 24. Rxc7+ Nd7 25. Rc6 Qh6 {1-0
Watson,W-Abramovic,B/Hastings8485 1984}) (8... O-O 9. O-O (9. Qe2 Be6 10. O-O
h6 11. Nh4 g6 12. d4 Bg4 13. Qf2 Nh7 14. h3 Bd7 15. Rad1 Kg7 16. g4 f6 17. Ne2
Ne7 18. Ng3 a5 19. Kh2 b6 20. Bf3 Qc8 21. Be2 Qb7 22. Qg2 Rae8 23. Nf3 Qc8 24.
Ne1 Kh8 25. Nd3 Be6 26. b3 c5 27. d5 {1/2-1/2 Radu,E-Krupkova,P/Nadole ztW 1995
}) 9... Ng4 10. Qe2 f6 11. Nh4 Nh6 12. Nd5 Ne7 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. c4 Rb8 15.
Rac1 Be6 16. Qd2 Qd7 17. Rf2 b5 18. b3 c5 19. Rcf1 Bf7 20. h3 a5 21. Qxa5 b4
22. Nf5 Nxf5 23. exf5 Rfc8 24. d4 cxd4 25. exd4 exd4 26. Rd1 Rc5 27. Qa6 Rxf5
28. Rxf5 Qxf5 29. Qxd6 Re8 30. Qxd4 h5 31. Kh2 h4 32. gxh4 Re2 33. Rd2 {
Marinkovic,I-Jovcic,M/JUG-Cup 1990/1-0 (61)}) (8... Ne7 9. O-O (9. Qd2 Bg4 10.
Nh4 c6 11. h3 Be6 12. d4 Qc7 13. Qf2 O-O-O 14. O-O h5 15. Rad1 Kb8 16. Rd2 Bc8
17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 d5 {1/2-1/2 Popchev,M-Manic,J/Belgrade-B 1991}) 9... Ng6
10. d4 O-O 11. h3 Re8 12. Qd3 Qe7 13. Rae1 Bd7 14. g4 h6 15. Rf2 Rf8 16. Ref1
Rae8 17. g5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 c6 19. Qd1 Ng4 20. Rf5 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 Nh6 22. Qh5 f6
23. Qxg6 fxg5 24. Rxg5 Qf6 25. Qh5 Re6 26. d5 Qf2+ 27. Kh2 Ref6 28. dxc6 bxc6
29. Qd1 Qxe3 30. Rg3 Qf4 31. Ne2 Qf2 32. Qd3 a5 33. c4 {Palma,T-Bloessl,W/
Mannheim MB 1990/0-1 (49)}) 9. O-O (9. h3 Bxf3 (9... Be6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O d5
12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 h6 14. Nc5 Qe7 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Rae1 Nde7 17. c4 Rad8
18. d4 exd4 19. exd4 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Nf5 21. Kh2 Rfe8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. d5 Nb4
24. Rf2 Nxa2 25. Nd2 Ne3 26. Bf3 b6 27. b3 Nc3 28. Kg1 a5 29. Nf1 a4 30. bxa4
Nf5 31. Rc2 Nxa4 32. Bg4 Nd4 33. Ra2 Nc5 34. Ra7 {Kourkounakis,I-Karlsson,L/
Luzern olm 1982/0-1 (46)}) 10. Qxf3 Qe7 (10... Ne7 11. O-O-O c6 12. d4 Qa5 13.
Rhf1 O-O-O 14. g4 h6 15. h4 exd4 16. exd4 Rhf8 17. Qg3 Ne8 18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5
Nc7 20. Bh3+ Kb8 21. Kb1 Ka7 22. Rf2 d5 23. exd5 Ncxd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. c4 Nb6
26. Rc2 Rh8 27. Qg4 Qb4 28. a3 Qa4 29. Rdc1 Rhe8 30. Qf4 Re7 31. Ka2 Qa5 32.
Bg4 Na8 33. Bf3 Qc7 34. Qd2 c5 35. d5 Qg3 36. Rc3 Re5 37. Bh5 Qxg5 38. Qf2 Qe7
39. d6 Rxd6 40. Qxf7 g5 41. Rb3 Rb6 42. Rcc3 Ree6 {...(46) 0-1 Willmoth,
R-Barua,D/Lloyds Bank op 1989}) 11. g4 Nb4 12. O-O-O Qe6 13. Kb1 a5 14. g5 Nd7
15. h4 a4 16. a3 Na6 17. Bh3 Qe7 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Rdf1 Rf8 20. Qf5 Nac5 21. Qxh7
c6 22. Qxg7 cxd5 23. h5 dxe4 24. h6 exd3 25. h7 dxc2+ 26. Kxc2 Qb6 27. Bxd7+
Kxd7 28. Rxf7+ Kc6 29. Rxf8 Qb3+ 30. Kb1 Nd3 31. Rf2 Nxf2 32. Rc1+ Kd5 33. Qf7+
Ke4 {Pillsbury,H-Gossip,G/New York 1893/1-0 (47)}) 9... Ne7 10. h3 Bxf3 11.
Rxf3 c6 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Raf1 Ne8 14. Qf2 f6 15. h4 b5 16. g4 b4 17. Ne2 d5 (
17... Qa5 18. Qe1 Nc7) 18. Ng3 Nd6 (18... Qa5 19. Qd2) 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Nh5 (
20. Qd2) 20... Rc8 21. Bh3 $6 (21. Qd2) 21... e4 22. Rg3 Ng6 23. Rg2 (23. Nf4
$5 Nxf4 24. exf4 f5 $13) 23... Qe7 $6 (23... Qa5 $1 24. Nf4 (24. Ra1 b3) (24.
Qe1 Qxa2 25. Qxb4 Nf7 $17 26. g5 Rb8 27. Qd4 Nxh4 28. gxf6 g6 $19 (28... Nxg2
$2 29. fxg7 $18)) 24... Qxa2 $17) 24. Kh1 Qe5 25. d4 Qe7 26. Qg3 Rf7 27. Rgf2 (
27. g5 f5) 27... Rcf8 28. Kh2 a5 29. Rg1 f5 30. g5 a4 31. Rgf1 Kh8 32. Kh1 Kg8
33. Kg1 (33. Nf4 Nxf4 34. Qxf4 $13) 33... Kh8 34. Kh1 Kg8 35. Kg1 Kh8 36. Kh1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Elgoibar 07th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1997.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O a6 7. d3 Nd4 (7...
Be6) (7... O-O) 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. h3 Be6 (9... c6 10. Kh2 h6 11. Ne2 Ba7 12. f4
g5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. c3 h5 15. d4 h4 16. g4 Qe7 17. Ng1 Nh7 18. Be3 Be6 19. Qf3
f6 20. Kh1 O-O 21. dxe5 fxe5 22. Qe2 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Rxf1 24. Rxf1 Rf8 25. Rxf8+
Kxf8 26. Qa7 Bxa2 27. Qb8+ Kg7 28. Nf3 Kf6 29. Nxe5 Qxe5 30. Qh8+ Ke6 31. Qxh7
Bb1 32. Qg6+ Kd7 33. Qf7+ Qe7 34. Qb3 Kc7 35. Qc4 Qe5 36. Kg1 b5 37. Qf7+ Kd6
38. Qf8+ Kc7 39. Qf7+ Kd6 40. Qf3 Kc7 41. Qe3 c5 42. Qf3 c4 43. Qf7+ Kd6 44.
Qb7 Qc5+ 45. Kh1 Ke5 46. Qg7+ Ke6 47. Qg6+ Ke7 48. Qxa6 Qe3 49. Qb7+ Kf8 50.
Qc8+ Ke7 51. Qc7+ Kf8 52. Qd6+ Kf7 53. Qd7+ Kg8 54. Qf5 Qe1+ 55. Kh2 Qg3+ 56.
Kg1 Qe1+ 57. Qf1 Qxf1+ 58. Kxf1 {1-0 Hirschinger,T-Stopp,H/PF-ch 1994}) 10. Ne2
Bb6 (10... Ba7 11. b3 d5 12. Bb2 dxe4 13. Bxe5 exd3 14. Nf4 c6 15. Nxe6 fxe6
16. cxd3 Bd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Qe2 Kf7 19. Rac1 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Rhe8 21. Rc4 Qd6
22. b4 Re7 23. a4 e5 24. Kh2 Kf8 25. Qe1 Qe6 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 Rxd3 28. Rxd3
Qxc4 29. Rd8+ Kf7 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. Bf1 Qc5 32. Rd1 Kg6 33. Rc1 Qb6 34. Rb1 Qc7
35. Rc1 {Glek,I-Adams,M/BL9697 1996/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 11. c4 $14 Qd7 (11... c6)
12. Kh2 h5 13. f3 $1 (13. f4 Ng4+ 14. Kh1 Qc6 $13) 13... c6 14. b3 h4 $6 (14...
O-O-O) 15. g4 Qc7 16. Qe1 O-O-O 17. f4 $16 Kb8 18. Kh1 Bc8 19. b4 Qe7 20. a4
Nd7 21. Qc3 f6 22. b5 a5 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Rb1 Kc7 25. d4 Bb7 26. Be3 Ra8 27.
Rfd1 exd4 28. Nxd4 g6 29. Qb3 Rhb8 30. c5 $1 dxc5 31. Ne6+ Kc8 32. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7
33. Rd1 $2 (33. Bxc5 $1 $18) 33... c4 $1 34. Qxb6 Qxd1+ 35. Kh2 (35. Bg1 $5 Qd6
36. f5 Ra6 37. Qb2 $13) 35... Qd7 $2 (35... Qd6 $1 $17) 36. f5 $1 g5 $2 (36...
Qe7 37. Bc5 Qd7 38. Be3 $11 Ba6 39. Qc5 $40) 37. Qc5 $18 c3 (37... Ba6 38. Qf8+
Kb7 39. Qxf6 $18) 38. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 a6 7. Be3 Bg4 $5 $146
(7... Bxe3 {see Giorgiev,K-Alterman,B FIDE-Wch k.o.1997[Mikhalevski,V]}) 8. h3
(8. Bxc5 dxc5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Qd1 $14) 8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10.
Qd1 h5 $1 11. Ne2 $1 Nxe2 12. Qxe2 Bxe3 $1 13. Qxe3 h4 $1 {[%csl Rg2]} 14. g4
Nh7 15. f4 Nf8 16. f5 Nh7 17. O-O Qg5 $15 18. Qf2 Nf6 19. a4 a5 20. Ra3 O-O 21.
Rb3 Rfb8 $6 (21... b6 22. c3 (22. Rc3 Rac8 (22... c5 23. Rb3 Rab8) 23. Rc6 Nd7)
22... Rfe8 23. Re1 Re7 {/\d6-d5} 24. d4 exd4 25. cxd4 (25. e5 Rae8) 25... Rae8
{[%csl Re4,Rg1]}) 22. c3 Nd7 23. d4 b6 24. Rd1 Re8 25. Ra3 Nf6 (25... exd4 $6
26. e5 $1 (26. cxd4 Rad8 27. Rc3 c5) 26... Nxe5 27. Bxa8 Nxg4 28. Qd2 $1 Ne3+
29. Bg2) 26. d5 g6 27. Rf1 Kg7 28. Raa1 Re7 29. Qe2 Ng8 30. Rf2 f6 31. Raf1 Nh6
32. fxg6 Kxg6 33. Kh2 Rf7 34. Rg1 Kh7 35. Bf1 Rg8 36. Qe1 f5 $6 (36... Kg7 $2
37. Rf5) (36... Kh8 $142) 37. exf5 Kg7 38. Bd3 Rgf8 $4 (38... Kf6 39. Be4 Ra8
$13 {Ng8,Ke7,Nf6}) 39. f6+ $1 Rxf6 (39... Kh8 40. Qe4 $18) 40. Rf5 $1 $18 Nf7 (
40... Nxf5 41. gxf5) (40... Qg6 41. g5) 41. Rxg5+ Nxg5 42. Kg2 e4 43. Bc2 Rf4
44. Bd1 R8f6 45. Qxh4 Nf7 46. Qg3 Ne5 47. Be2 Ng6 48. h4 e3 49. Qxe3 Nxh4+ 50.
Kg3 Ng6 51. Bd3 Ne5 52. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Belfort"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marciano, David"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 a6 7. O-O Be6 8. Be3
Bxe3 9. fxe3 Ne7 (9... Bg4 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Ne7 12. Raf1 c6 13. Nd1 O-O
14. Qe2 Ng6 15. Rxf6 gxf6 16. Qh5 Kh8 17. Nf2 Re8 18. Ng4 Re6 19. Nh6 Qf8 20.
Bh3 Qg7 21. Nf5 Qf8 22. Nh4 Nxh4 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qxh4 Kg7 25. Qg4+ Kf7 26.
Qh5+ Kg7 27. Qg4+ Kf7 28. d4 Qh6 29. Qf3 Ke7 30. c4 Rf8 31. Qe2 Qg5 {- Glek,
I-Gyimesi,Z/BL9697 1996/BL9697}) 10. Nh4 c6 11. d4 Ng6 (11... Qc7 12. a4 d5 13.
exd5 Nfxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qd2 Ne7 16. a5 O-O 17. Qb4 Rad8 18. Qc5 Qd6 19.
Qxd6 Rxd6 20. dxe5 Rd7 21. Ra4 c5 22. Ra3 h6 23. Rd3 Rc7 24. Rd6 g5 25. Nf3 Nf5
26. Nd2 {Hector,J-Aleksandrov,A/Koge op 1997/EXT 97/ - (43)}) 12. Nf5 Bxf5 (
12... O-O $5 13. Qd3 Qc7 14. Rad1 $14) 13. exf5 Ne7 14. Ne4 $6 (14. Qd3 $142 $5
{/\Rad1}) 14... Ned5 $1 (14... Nxe4 $5 15. Bxe4 Ng8 $1 16. Bg2 Nf6 {see14...
Ned5}) 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. c4 exd4 $5 (16... O-O $5 {/\Re8,ed}) 17. Qxd4 (17.
exd4 O-O 18. Re1 Qb6 $1 {/\Rfe8=/+}) 17... O-O 18. Rad1 Re8 (18... Qa5 $5 19.
Qxd6 Rfe8 $1 (19... Qxa2 $2 20. Qb4) 20. Qd4 (20. e4 {see 18...Rae8}) 20...
Rad8 21. Qa7 (21. Qc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxe3 24. Rd8+ Re8 $15) 21...
Qb4 22. b3 h6 $44) 19. e4 (19. Qxd6 $6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Rxe3 21. Rfd1 Rae8 $15) (
19. b4 $142 $1 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Rad8 (20... Ne4 $5 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 Rxe4 23.
Rxd6 Rxc4 24. Red1 $140 Re8) 21. e4 $13) (19. Rfe1 $6 Qa5 20. Qxd6 Qxf5) 19...
Qa5 20. Qxd6 Nxe4 $1 21. Bxe4 (21. Qf4 Nf6 $15 {<->e}) 21... Rxe4 $15 {><g1}
22. f6 $1 $132 Qxa2 (22... g6 $5 23. Qd2 $1 Qc5+ $1 24. Kh1 Rxc4 $15) 23. Qd8+
$1 (23. Rf4 Re6 24. Qd8+ Re8 25. Qd4 Qa5 $1 26. fxg7 $140 $2 Rad8) (23. fxg7
Qxc4 $17) 23... Re8 24. Qd4 g6 (24... gxf6 $4 25. Qxf6 Qxc4 26. Rf5 $18) 25.
Qf4 (25. b4 $5 Qb3 $1 26. Qd2 $1 b6 $1 27. Qh6 Qe3+ 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Rd6 Rb3
30. Ra1 $1 h5 31. Ra4 b5 32. cxb5 cxb5 33. Raxa6 Rxa6 34. Rxa6 Rxb4 (34... g5
35. Rd6 $1) 35. Ra8+ Kh7 36. Rf8 g5 37. Rxf7+ Kg6 38. Rf8 Rd4 39. Rb8 {/\Rb6=})
25... Qa5 26. Rd7 $1 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 b5 28. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 29. Qc7+ Ke6 30. Re1+
Kxf6 (30... Kf5 $4 31. Qf4#) 31. Rf1+ Ke6 32. Re1+ (32. Qf7+ Kd6 $8 (32... Ke5
$2 33. Qf6+ Ke4 34. Qf4+ Kd3 35. Rd1+ Kc2 36. Qd2+ Kb3 37. Qc3+ Ka2 38. b3 $1
$18) 33. Rd1+ (33. Rf6+ Ke5 34. Re6+ $1 Kd4 $8 (34... Rxe6 35. Qf4#) 35. Qf6+ (
35. Qf2+ $4 Kxc4 36. Qc2+ Kb4 $19 (36... Kd4 $4 37. Qe4#)) (35. Qf4+ $2 Kd3 36.
Qe4+ (36. Qf3+ Kc2 37. Qc3+ Kb1 $19) 36... Kd2 37. Qe2+ (37. Qe1+ Kc2 (37...
Kd3 $4 38. Qc3#) 38. Qc3+ Kb1 $19) 37... Kc1 $19) 35... Kxc4 $8 (35... Kd3 $4
36. Qc3#) 36. Qc3+ Kd5 37. Qe5+ Kc4 38. Qc3+ $11) 33... Ke5 34. Re1+ Kd6 35.
Rd1+ Ke5 36. Qc7+ Kf6 37. Rf1+ Ke6 38. Re1+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Israel op"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1997.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Uritzky, Maxim"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 Re8 6. Nge2 c6 (6... Nc6 7. O-O
Nd4 8. h3 c6 9. Kh2 Nxe2 10. Qxe2 d5 11. Bg5 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6
14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. f4 Bd7 16. f5 b6 17. Rae1 Rac8 18. Be4 c5 19. h4 Bc6 20. Qg2
Bxe4 21. dxe4 Rcd8 22. Re2 Rd4 23. Kh3 Red8 24. g4 Qd6 25. Rff2 Rd1 26. g5 Qd4
27. g6 hxg6 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. Qxg6 Rh1+ 30. Kg2 Rxh4 31. Rf7 Rh7 32. Ref2 {
1-0 Gaprindashvili,N-Alexandria,N/WchW Pitsunda 1975}) 7. O-O d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 (
8... cxd5 9. Bg5 d4 10. Nd5) 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 $1 12. c3 $2
(12. Nb3 Bb6 13. c3 (13. Bxd5 $6 Nb4 14. c4 (14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16.
Bg5 Re5 17. Rfe1 Qxg5 18. Rxe5 Qxh5 19. Rxh5 Nxc2 20. Rc1 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22.
Rd5 Bf6 23. f4 Be6 24. Rd6 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Kg2 Kf7 27. b3 Ke7 28. Rd2 {
1/2-1/2 Bauer,E-Kunz,W/Wuert-ch Stuttgart 1985}) 14... Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16.
cxd5 Bh3 17. Rd1 Re2 18. Be3 $15)) (12. Be3 $11) 12... Bxd4 $1 13. cxd4 Bf5 14.
Be3 Qd7 (14... Be4 $5) 15. Rc1 Be4 16. Rc5 (16. f3 Bb1 $5) 16... b6 17. Rc3 Ne7
$1 18. Qh5 (18. f3 $5) 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Nf5 (20... Rxc3 $5 21.
Rxc3 Nf5 $15) 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Qg5 f6 24. Qf4 g5 25. Qf3 Qe6
26. h3 Kf7 $6 (26... Kg7 $142) 27. Bxg5 $1 (27. Qh5+ Kg7 28. Qf3 Kg6) 27...
fxg5 (27... Nxd4) 28. g4 Kg6 (28... Qe4 29. gxf5 $8 (29. Qxe4 $2 Nh4+) 29...
Kf6 (29... Qxf3+ 30. Kxf3 h5 31. Kg3 Kf6 32. f4 Kxf5 33. fxg5 Kxg5 $11) 30.
Qxe4 dxe4 31. Kg3 Kxf5 32. d5 $1 (32. h4 $2 gxh4+ $1 33. Kxh4 Ke6 34. Kg5 Kd5
35. Kh6 Kxd4 36. Kxh7 e3 37. fxe3+ Kxe3 $19) (32. a4 $2 h5 33. h4 g4 34. b4 a6
$19) (32. b4 $6 b5 33. d5 h5 $1 (33... h6 $2 34. d6 (34. h4 $2 gxh4+ 35. Kxh4
Ke5 36. Kh5 Kxd5 37. Kxh6 Kd4 (37... Kc4 38. a3 Kb3 39. Kg5 Kxa3 40. Kf4 Kxb4
41. Kxe4 a5 42. f4 a4 43. f5 Kc5 44. Ke5 a3 $19) 38. Kg5 e3 39. fxe3+ Kxe3 40.
Kf5 Kd4 41. Ke6 Kc4 42. Kd6 Kxb4 43. Kc6 a5 44. Kb6 a4 45. Ka6 a3 $19) 34...
Ke6 35. Kg4 Kxd6 36. Kh5 Ke5 37. Kxh6 Kf6 38. Kh7 $11) 34. h4 (34. d6 Ke6 35.
h4 gxh4+ 36. Kxh4 Kxd6 37. Kxh5 Kd5 38. Kg5 (38. Kg4 $2 e3 $1 $19) 38... Kc4
$15) 34... gxh4+ 35. Kxh4 Ke5 36. Kxh5 Kxd5 37. Kg5 (37. Kg4 $2 e3 $1 $19)
37... Kc4 38. Kf5 Kxb4 39. Kxe4 Ka3 40. f4 Kxa2 41. f5 b4 42. f6 b3 43. f7 b2
44. f8=Q b1=Q+ $15) (32. b3 $2 h5 33. h4 g4 $19) 32... h6 (32... h5 33. h4
gxh4+ 34. Kxh4 Ke5 35. Kxh5 Kxd5 36. Kg4 Ke5 $13 (36... Kd4 37. Kf4 $8 b5 38.
b4 $11) (36... e3 37. Kf3 $1 $11) 37. Kg3 (37. f4+ Kd4 38. f5 e3 39. f6 e2 40.
f7 e1=Q 41. f8=Q $15) 37... b5 38. b4 a6 39. a3 (39. Kg2 Kd4 40. Kf1 (40. Kg3
e3 $1 $19) 40... Kc3 41. Ke2 Kxb4 42. Ke3 Ka3 43. Kxe4 Kxa2 $19) (39. f4+ exf3
40. Kxf3 Kd4 41. Ke2 Kc3 $19) 39... Kf5 40. f4 $1 $11) 33. h4 (33. d6 Ke6 34.
Kg4 Kxd6 35. Kf5 Kd5 36. Kg6 Ke5 $1 37. Kxh6 Kf4 38. Kg6 $1 (38. Kh5 $4 Kf3 $19
) 38... g4 $8 39. hxg4 $8 Kxg4 $11) 33... gxh4+ $1 34. Kxh4 Ke5 35. Kh5 Kxd5
36. Kxh6 Kd4 37. Kg5 e3 38. fxe3+ Kxe3 $19) 29. gxf5+ Qxf5 30. Qc3 (30. Qxf5+
$2 Kxf5 $17) 30... g4 $2 $138 (30... Kh5 $5) 31. hxg4 Qxg4+ 32. Kf1 Qd1+ 33.
Kg2 Qg4+ 34. Kf1 Qe4 35. Qg3+ Kf5 36. Qc7 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qe4+ 38. Kf1 Qxd4 39.
Qxh7+ Ke6 40. Qh3+ Kd6 41. Qa3+ Ke6 42. Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 05th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1997.06.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 a6 7. O-O Be6 8. Be3 (
8. h3 h6 9. Be3 Qd7 10. Kh2 Bxe3 11. fxe3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Nh4
Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Bd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Nf5 Rae8 18. e4 Qd7 19. Rf2 Nd4 20. Raf1
Re6 21. Qd2 Rb6 22. b3 Nxf5 23. Rxf5 f6 24. Qg2 Re6 25. h4 Kf7 26. Qd2 Ke8 27.
Qb4 Qb5 28. Qd2 Qb6 29. Qe2 Qc6 30. a4 Kd8 31. R1f2 Kc8 32. Qg4 Qd7 {Rodriguez
Talavera,J-Korneev,O/Sevilla op 1994/1/2-1/2 (102)}) 8... Bxe3 (8... Qd7 9.
Bxc5 (9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bh3 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nxd4 {
1/2-1/2 Lima,D-Rodriguez,A/Capablanca mem 1995}) 9... dxc5 10. Qd2 h6 11. Nh4
c4 12. Na4 O-O-O 13. Nc5 Qd4 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Nf3 Qxb2 16. Rfb1 Qa3 17. Qe3
Ng4 18. Qe2 Rhf8 19. h3 Nf6 20. Rd1 g5 21. d4 exd4 22. Qxc4 e5 23. Rab1 Nd7 24.
Rb3 Qe7 25. Rb2 Rf6 26. Ne1 Rdf8 27. Nd3 Nb6 $17 {0-1 Gadia,O-Letelier Martner,
R/Havana Panamerican 1966 (40)}) (8... Qc8 9. Bxc5 dxc5 10. Nh4 Qd8 11. Nf5 O-O
12. Ne3 Ne8 13. f4 f6 14. Ncd5 Kh8 15. c3 Nd6 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. d4 cxd4 18.
cxd4 Nec4 19. b3 Nxe3 20. Nxe3 c6 21. Kh1 Re8 22. Qc2 Bf7 23. Rae1 Qd7 24. Bf3
Rad8 25. Qg2 Bg6 26. Nc2 Nb5 27. d5 Re5 28. a4 Nc7 29. Ne3 cxd5 30. Nxd5 Rde8
31. Nf4 Qf7 32. Qc2 Ne6 33. Nd3 {Hector,J-Slobodjan,R/BL2-N 1996/1/2-1/2 (71)})
(8... O-O 9. Bxc5 dxc5 10. Ng5 Qd6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. a4 Rad8 13. b3 Nd4 14. a5
Nd7 15. Nb1 Nb8 16. Nd2 Nbc6 17. Nc4 Qe7 18. c3 Nb5 19. Qd2 g5 20. Rfc1 Kg7 21.
Qe3 h6 22. Ra2 Rd7 23. Bf1 Rdd8 24. Be2 Kg6 25. Nd2 Rf7 26. Nf3 Rdf8 27. Bd1
Kh7 28. h3 Rg7 29. Nh2 Kg6 30. Bg4 Rh8 31. Kg2 Rd8 32. Qf3 Kh7 33. Bh5 {
Glek,I-Kuzmin,A/Biel op 1995/1-0 (57)}) 9. fxe3 Qd7 (9... Bg4 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11.
Rxf3 Ne7 12. Raf1 c6 13. Nd1 O-O 14. Nf2 Rc8 15. Bh3 Rc7 16. Qa5 Ng6 17. c4 Re7
18. Qa3 Qc7 19. b4 Rd8 20. Rc1 Nf8 21. Bg2 Ne6 22. h4 a5 23. Rb1 axb4 24. Rxb4
Nc5 25. Rb1 Ree8 26. Qc1 Ra8 27. Rb2 Ra3 28. Qb1 Qa5 29. g4 Ra8 30. g5 Nfd7 31.
d4 Ne6 32. Rxb7 Rxa2 33. Kh2 Ra1 34. Qb2 Ra2 35. Qb1 Ra1 36. Qb2 Ra2 37. Qb1 {
1/2-1/2 Glek,I-Gyimesi,Z/Vienna op 1996}) 10. d4 $146 (10. Nh4 Ne7 11. Qf3 Bg4
12. Qf2 c6 13. Na4 Qc7 14. c4 Be6 15. Nf5 Nxf5 16. exf5 Bd7 17. h3 c5 18. Nc3
Bc6 19. g4 h6 20. Qg3 Rd8 21. Rac1 Qe7 22. Rf2 Bxg2 23. Qxg2 e4 24. dxe4 b5 25.
cxb5 axb5 26. Nxb5 O-O 27. Nc3 Rfe8 28. g5 hxg5 29. Qxg5 Nxe4 30. Nxe4 Qxe4 31.
f6 Qh7 32. fxg7 Qxg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Rg2+ Kf8 35. Kf2 Ra8 36. a3 {1/2-1/2
Romero Holmes,A-Winants,L/Wijk op 1995}) 10... Bg4 11. Qd3 (11. dxe5 $6 Bxf3 $1
$15 (11... dxe5 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. Nd5 $14) (11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd7+
Nxd7 14. Nd5 Rc8 $11)) 11... O-O 12. Nh4 (12. Rf2 $5 {/\Raf1,Nh4}) 12... Ne7 $5
13. Nf5 (13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 (14... Qxd3 $4 15. Nxe7+ $18) 15. exf5 Qxd3
16. cxd3 c6 $11 {><d3}) 13... Bxf5 (13... Nxf5 $2 14. exf5 exd4 15. exd4 {><g4}
) 14. exf5 exd4 15. exd4 c6 $14 16. Qf3 $6 (16. Ne4 $5 Ned5 $1 {[]} (16... Nxe4
$6 17. Bxe4 d5 18. Bg2 f6 19. Rae1 {><e6;+=/+/-}) 17. Rae1 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf6
19. Bg2 Rfe8 20. c4 $14 {()}) 16... Ned5 $5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 $1 {<=> ><e4,<->c}
18. Qb3 $6 (18. c3 $5 {/\Rae1,g4,Qf4,g5}) 18... Qc6 19. Rf3 (19. Rae1 $5) 19...
b5 20. a4 $6 (20. Re1 $5 Rfe8 21. Rfe3 {<->e}) 20... Rab8 $1 $132 {<->b} 21.
axb5 (21. a5) 21... Rxb5 22. Qc3 (22. Qa4 Qb6 $1 23. b3 Rb4 24. Qxa6 Qxd4+ 25.
Kh1 Ne4 $36) 22... Qb6 (22... Qxc3 $143 $6 23. Rxc3 (23. bxc3 Rb2 $1 24. Rxa6
Ne4 $1 $11) 23... Rxb2 24. Rxa6 $14 {><d6,d5}) 23. b3 a5 $5 {/\Rb4} 24. Rf4 Rb4
25. Re1 h6 26. g4 $6 (26. Qd3 $5) 26... a4 27. bxa4 Rc4 (27... Rxa4 $5 $15 {
><d4,<->c}) 28. Qd3 (28. Qb3 Qa5 (28... Qc7 $5 {/\Rb8})) 28... Qa5 $1 $15 29.
Re2 (29. Ra1 Rfc8 30. h3 $5 Rxc2 31. Rf2 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 Rc4 $17) 29... Qxa4 30.
h4 Rfc8 $17 31. g5 Nh5 $1 (31... hxg5 32. hxg5 Nh5 33. Rh4 Rc3 34. Qd1 Ng3 35.
g6 $1 $132) 32. Rg4 hxg5 33. Bxd5 $2 (33. Rxg5 $4 Nf4) (33. hxg5 $142 Rc3 $1
34. Qd1 Ng3 $1 $17) 33... Rxc2 $19 {><g1} 34. hxg5 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 34th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1999.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Comas Fabrego, Luis"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. d3 a6 8. O-O
Be6 9. Be3 $6 {A novelty and the first cause of future difficulties.} (9. a3 h6
10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Qe1 Qd7 14. g4 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Rae8
16. Nh4 Bd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Nf5 f6 19. Rf2 Kh7 20. Raf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vallejo
Pons,F-Podgaets,M/Havana CUB 1999 (30)}) (9. Kh2 {is the main line.}) 9... Bxe3
10. fxe3 d5 $1 11. exd5 (11. Ng5 d4 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. exd4 Nxd4 $15 {[%cal
Gc7c5,Gd8d6]}) 11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. e4 $2 {[%csl Rg2][%mdl 16384]
White should refrain from this move as long as possible.} (13. Nh4 $142 $1)
13... Be6 $15 {Now weak black squares and better bishop secure Black's
advantage.} 14. Kh2 Qd6 $1 {[%mdl 32] preparing Ne7 and then c7-c5.} 15. Nh4
Ne7 16. Nf5 Qd7 17. Qg4 {This move can be done only in the case White provokes
g6 and then exchanges knights,but shouldn't be followed by 18.Nh6?!} (17. Qh5 {
[%cal Gf5e7] is senceless in view of} f6) 17... g6 18. Nh6+ $6 {A dubious
adventure.} ({After} 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $15 {Black is better.His plan is very
clear.He is going to prepare c4 while White has no any active idea and must
submit with the role of defender.}) (18. Qg5 $5 f6 (18... Nxf5 19. exf5 Bxf5
20. g4 $1 (20. Bxb7 Rab8 $17) 20... f6 21. Qh4 $1 g5 22. Qg3 Be6 23. Bxb7 $13)
(18... Bxf5 $6 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Bxb7 Rab8 (20... f6 $6 21. Qg4 Rab8 $140 $2
22. Be4) 21. Be4) 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qe3 c5 $15) 18... Kg7 19. Qh4 f6 {Black
has been preparing a nice hidden trap.He intends to play 20...Qe8 threatening
g5 and White will have to give a piece up.Otherwise White's queen will be
traped.} 20. Rf2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] White is falling down to afore-mentioned trap
and loses the game.} ({White should already think about saving his skin or by
means of} 20. g4 g5 $1 (20... Qe8 $6 {[%cal Gg6g5]} 21. g5) 21. Qh5 Bf7 $5 (
21... Ng6 22. Nf5+ Bxf5 23. gxf5 Nf4 $17) 22. Nxf7 Rxf7 $17 {[%cal Ge7g6,Gg6f4]
} 23. h4 $140 h6 {and White has to start sacrifice pawns} 24. d4 {to save his
queen}) ({or} 20. Ng4 {in order to save the knight retreating to e3 and then
g4 saving the queen.} Ng8 $1 (20... Bxg4) 21. Nf2 $8 {and White is still alive.
} (21. Ne3 $2 Qd4 22. Nd1 h5 $1 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gg8e7,Gg6g5,Gg5g4,Rf8h8]
preparing Ne7,then g5-g4 and Rh8 will be unavoidable. White's queen again
feels unsafe.For instance:} 23. Bf3 g5 $1 24. Qxh5 Ne7 {[%cal Gf8h8]} 25. Bg2 (
25. Bg4 Bf7 {[%csl Rh5]}) 25... g4 $1 $19 {[%cal Gf8h8]})) 20... Qe8 $1 $19 {
[%csl Rh4,Rh6][%cal Gg6g5] Suddenly White loses a piece.} 21. Ng4 (21. g4 g5
$19 {[%csl Rh6]}) 21... Ng8 $1 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gg6g5]} (21... Ng8 $1 22. Raf1
g5 23. Nxf6 gxh4 24. Nxe8+ Raxe8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 3rd "]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Sermek, Drazen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1997.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 a6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 h6
9. Nh4 Be6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Ne7 (11... g6 12. Kh2 Nh7 13. d4 Bd7 14. Nd5
Kg7 15. c3 f6 16. Rc1 Ne7 17. c4 c6 18. Nc3 Qc7 19. c5 dxc5 20. dxc5 Be6 21.
Qa4 Rad8 22. Rcd1 Ng5 23. Rf2 Qc8 24. g4 h5 25. Nf5+ gxf5 26. exf5 {Biro,
S-Lukacs,P/Zalakaros op 1996/EXP 52/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 12. Rxf6 (12. Nf5 Nxf5 13.
exf5 Bc8 $11) 12... gxf6 13. Qh5 Kg7 14. Rf1 (14. Nf5+ $6 Bxf5 15. exf5 d5 $17)
(14. Nd5 $6 c6 15. Nxe7 (15. Nxf6 $2 Kxf6 16. Qxh6+ Ng6 17. Rf1+ Ke7 $19) 15...
Qxe7 $17) 14... c6 15. Kh2 Rg8 16. d4 Rc8 (16... Bc4 $6 17. Rf2 exd4 $6 18.
exd4 Qb6 $2 19. e5 $1 dxe5 20. Rxf6 $1 Ng6 $8 (20... Rh8 21. Bd5 $1 $18) 21.
Ne4 $18) 17. Qf3 Ng6 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 19. exf5 Nf8 {'=/+' Mikhalevski,V.} 20. d5 (
20. Rd1 d5) 20... Nd7 21. Rd1 c5 (21... Nb6 $5 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Ne4 d5 24.
Qg4+ Kh7 25. Qh4 Nd7 26. Nf2 (26. Nd6 $2 Rb8 27. Nxf7 Qf8 $19) 26... Rg5 27. c4
Nb6 28. cxd5 cxd5 29. Ne4 (29. Ng4 h5 30. Bxd5 $2 Rc2+ $17) 29... Rxf5 (29...
Qe7) 30. Qg4 Qd7 31. Nd6 Rf2 32. Qxd7 Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Rc2+ 34. Kf3 Nxd7 35. Rxd5
$11) 22. Ne4 Qb6 23. c4 Kf8 24. Rd3 Ke7 {'=/+' Mikhalevski,V.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Parma,B"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. Ne2 $5 (7.
Nf3) 7... O-O 8. O-O c6 9. d3 Nd7 10. f4 {/\f5} exf4 11. Bxf4 Ne5 $1 12. Rb1
Rb8 13. c4 $14 Bg4 14. h3 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Ng6 $1 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qf2 f5 18. c5
$1 Qc7 19. Rbe1 Rf6 20. Bf3 $1 (20. Re2 $2 f4 21. g4 f3 $17) 20... Rbf8 21. d4
b6 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Re2 Qd8 24. Rfe1 f4 25. g4 Rd6 26. c3 Nh4 27. Re7 Nxf3+ (
27... g5 28. Be4) 28. Qxf3 Qa8 (28... c5 29. Qb7 Rg6 30. R1e6 $14) 29. R1e2 c5
(29... c5 30. Qxa8 Rxa8 31. dxc5 bxc5 32. Rc7 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUT-chT 1011"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2011.01.22"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2010.11.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hohenems"]
[BlackTeam "Salzburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 a6 7. O-O h6 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. exd5 Nd4 10. Nd2 {'N'} (10. Nxd4 Bxd4 $11) 10... Ba7 11. c3 Nf5 12. Nb3
h5 {'!'} 13. d4 h4 14. Qd3 exd4 15. Re1+ (15. Be4 $5 hxg3 (15... Nh6 $5 16.
Bxh6 Rxh6 17. Nxd4 $11) 16. Bxf5 (16. hxg3 Qf6 $19) 16... Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Qh4 18.
h3 g6 19. Qg4 Qxg4 20. hxg4 dxc3 21. Kg2 Bxf2 22. Rh1 Rxh1 23. Kxh1 cxb2 24.
Bxb2 Kd7 $15) 15... Kf8 16. cxd4 (16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Qf6 18. Be3 Bf5 $15) (
16. g4 h3 $15) 16... Qf6 17. Re4 (17. g4 $5 h3 18. g5 Qg6 19. Be4 Bd7 20. Bd2
Rh4 21. Rac1 Bb6 22. a4 a5 $15) (17. Be3 Bd7 $17) 17... hxg3 18. fxg3 (18. hxg3
Bd7 $5 $17 (18... g5 $5 19. Qd2 (19. Rg4 Ne3 $19) 19... Qh6 20. Qxg5 Qh2+ 21.
Kf1 Bd7 22. a4 b5 $40)) 18... Bd7 19. Rg4 {'?' Diagramm} (19. Bd2 Bb5 20. Qc3
Re8 21. Rae1 Rxe4 22. Rxe4 Bb6 $15) (19. h4 Kg8 20. Bg5 Qg6 21. Rae1 $15) 19...
Re8 {'!!' Dieser Zug war einfach zu logisch, um falsch zu sein! Damit kommt
die letzte untätige Figur ins Spiel.} 20. Bg5 (20. Bd2 Bb5 21. Qc3 Re2 22. Kh1
Qe7 23. Rg1 Ne3 24. Bxe3 Rxe3 $19) 20... Nxd4 {'!!'} (20... Qe5 $5 21. Re4 Nxd4
$1 22. Be3 Ne2+ $1 23. Qxe2 Qxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Re1 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 27.
Rxe3 Rh5 28. Rc3 Rxd5 29. Rxc7 Bc6 $19 {sollte zwar auch gewonnen sein, ist
aber mit deutlich größeren technischen Schwierigkeiten verbunden.}) 21. Nxd4 (
21. Bxf6 Nf3+ 22. Kf1 (22. Kh1 Rxh2#) 22... Nxh2#) 21... Qe5 {'!' Dieser Zug
hat mich bei 19...Re8 viel Zeit gekostet. Schwarz gewinnt einfach die Figur
zurück!} 22. Rf4 Qxg5 23. h4 Qe5 24. Kh1 Qxf4 {'!' Es gelingt nicht alle Tage,
ein und die selbe Dame zweimal zu opfern!} 25. gxf4 Rxh4+ 26. Kg1 Rxf4 27. Qh7
Bxd4+ 28. Kh1 Bf2 $19 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 a6 7. O-O h6 8. a3 O-O
9. b4 Ba7 10. Be3 Nd4 11. h3 Bd7 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 c5 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. Ne5
Re8 16. f4 Rc8 17. Kh2 Bb8 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. c4 dxc3 20. Nxc3 Rcd8 21. e5 Qxd3
22. Qxd3 Rxd3 23. Rf3 Rxf3 24. Bxf3 b5 25. Bb7 Nh5 26. Bxa6 b4 27. axb4 cxb4
28. Nd5 Rd8 29. Rd1 Kf8 30. Be2 g6 31. Nxb4 Rxd1 32. Bxd1 Ng7 33. Nc6 Bc7 34.
Bg4 Bb6 35. Bd7 Bc7 36. Kg2 h5 37. Kf3 Bb6 38. g4 hxg4+ 39. hxg4 Bc7 40. Ke4
Bb6 41. Nb4 Ba5 42. Nd5 Be1 43. f5 gxf5+ 44. gxf5 Bf2 45. Nf4 Be1 46. Ng2 Bc3
47. Nf4 Bb2 48. Ba4 Bc3 49. Nd5 Bb2 50. Nf6 Ba1 $6 (50... Bc1 51. Bb5 Bd2 $16)
51. Nd7+ $6 (51. Nh7+ Kg8 52. Ng5 $18) 51... Ke8 $16 52. Bb5 $2 (52. Nf6+ Kf8
53. Nh7+) 52... Bb2 53. Nb6+ Kf8 54. Nc4 Bc3 55. Nd6 Nh5 56. Bc4 Ng3+ 57. Kf4
$6 (57. Kd5 Ba1 58. Bd3 $18) 57... f6 $11 58. Nf7 Nxf5 59. Kxf5 fxe5 60. Ng5
Ke7 61. Ne4 Bd4 62. Ba2 Bb2 63. Nd2 Bc3 64. Nc4 Bd4 65. Ke4 Bc3 66. Ne3 Bd4 67.
Ng4 Bb2 68. Kf5 Bd4 69. Nf6 Ba1 70. Nd5+ Kd6 71. Ke4 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "China Chess King 1st"]
[Site "Taizhou"]
[Date "2015.11.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. d4 ({Nach} 4. Bg2 d5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. d4 exd4 7.
Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qd1 d4 {spricht die Statistik für Schwarz.}) 4... exd4 5. Qxd4 d5
6. Nf3 ({Lu hat auch schon andere Züge probiert:} 6. Bg5 Be7 7. O-O-O h6 8.
Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Qd3 O-O 10. exd5 Qb6 11. Nge2 Na6 12. a3 Bg4 13. Qe4 Bxe2 14. Qxe2
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rfe8 16. Qc4 cxd5 17. Qd4 Qa5 18. Kb2 Re6 19. Ka2 Nc5 20. Bg2 Na4
21. Rd3 Re2 22. Rb1 Rc8 23. Bxd5 Nxc3+ 24. Rxc3 Qxc3 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rxb7+
Kf8 {0-1 (26) Lu,S (2526)-Adhiban,B (2558) Chennai 2013}) 6... Nbd7 7. exd5 (7.
Bh3 dxe4 8. Ng5 Be7 9. Be3 c5 10. Qd2 Qb6 11. Nd5 Qd6 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. O-O-O O-O
14. Bf4 h6 15. Ngxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6 17. Bg2 Bg4 18. Rde1 Rad8 19. Qc3 Nd5
20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. axb3 Nxf4 22. gxf4 b6 23. Re3 Bd6 24. Nxd6 Rxd6 25. Rhe1 Rfd8
26. Re8+ Rxe8 27. Rxe8+ Kh7 28. Be4+ g6 29. Bd3 Be6 30. Kd2 {1/2-1/2 (30) Lu,S
(2558)-Prasanna,R (2410) Ho Chi Minh City 2014}) 7... Bc5 {Schwarz gibt einen
Bauern und beschleunigt seine Entwicklung.} 8. Qd3 O-O {Schon mit ein paar
Drohungen: Te8, Db6 und/oder Sg4.} 9. dxc6 Qb6 10. Be3 ({Die Maschine schlägt
} 10. Bg2 $5 {vor:} Bxf2+ 11. Kf1 bxc6 12. Na4) 10... Bxe3 11. fxe3 bxc6 {
Vorteil Schwarz. Bauer b2 hängt, Bauer e3 ist schwach. Weiß liegt in der
Entwicklung hinten.} 12. O-O-O Nc5 13. Qd4 Bg4 14. Bg2 Rad8 15. Qf4 Rb8 16. b3
Rfe8 17. Rhe1 Nfe4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Qd6 {Das letzte Feld, das der weißen
Dame noch bleibt.} (19. Qg5 f6 20. Qh4 Bxf3 $19) {[#]} 19... Ra4 $1 {Ein
schicker Zug. Schwarz hat die Initiative, es ist aber noch nichts entschieden.}
20. Kb1 $2 (20. bxa4 $2 Qb2+ 21. Kd2 Ne4+ $19) ({Weiß hatte zwei
Möglichkeiten, um im Spiel zu bleiben:} 20. Qxb8+ Qxb8 21. bxa4 Nxa4 22. Rd4
Qb2+ 23. Kd2 Qc3+ 24. Ke2 $15) ({Oder:} 20. Rd4 Rxa2 21. Red1 $15) 20... Ne4
21. Qe7 Qa5 ({Gut war auch} 21... Nc3+ 22. Kc1 (22. Ka1 Rxa2#) 22... Rxa2 $19 {
mit der Idee} 23. Z0 Rxc2+) 22. Qe5 Qxe5 $6 (22... Nc3+ $5 23. Kc1 Nxa2+ 24.
Kb2 Qb4 $19) 23. Nxe5 Bxd1 24. Kb2 $2 ({Nach} 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Nxc6 Bxc2+ 26.
Kxc2 Rc8 27. Kd3 Re6 28. Nd4 $17 {hätte Schwarz noch arbeiten müssen.}) 24...
Bxc2 25. Nxc6 Rb6 26. Rc1 Rc4 27. Bxe4 Bxb3 28. axb3 Rxe4 29. Nxa7 Kf8 30. Rc8+
Ke7 31. Rc3 Kd7 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2015.10.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. Nge2 d6 6. h3 Be6 7. Na4 a6 8. Nxc5
dxc5 9. d3 Qd6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. O-O f6 12. c3 O-O-O 13. Qc2 f5 14. Rad1 Nf6 15.
f4 fxe4 16. dxe4 Qe7 17. f5 Bf7 18. g4 h6 19. Nc1 Na5 20. b3 b6 21. Bf3 Kb8 22.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 {[#]} 23. h4 {Die Partie begann mit 1. e4 e5, nahm aber bald den
Charakter der Königsindischen Verteidigung mit vertauschten Farben an. Wie
dort üblich, geht Weß am Königsflügel vor, aber Schwarz hat lang rochiert
und so ist der Angriff hier viel ungefährlicher als bei vergleichbaren
Positionen, in denen auch Schwarz kurz rochiert hat.} Nh7 24. Qh2 c4 25. b4 Nb7
26. Kg2 $2 {[#] Weiß agiert zu sorglos. Der Bauer e4 wird unter Beschuss
geraten und nach dem Königszug ist ein Deckungszug wie Dg2 nicht mehr
möglich.} Nd6 27. g5 Be8 28. Qg3 Bc6 29. Qg4 hxg5 30. Bxg5 {[#]} ({Auf} 30.
hxg5 {folgt} Nf7 {z.B.:} 31. g6 Nf6 32. Bg5 Rd2+ 33. Kg1 Nxg5 34. Qxg5 Rc2 $19)
30... Nxg5 $6 ({Nach} 30... Nf6 $1 {gewinnt Weiß auch den e-Bauern, aber die
Damen bleiben auf dem Brett, was angesichts der schwachen weißen Königs
günstiger für Schwarz ist.} 31. Ne2 Qf7 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Kh3 Rg8 34. Qh5 Qf8
$19 {mit der Drohung Le8 und Damenfang.}) 31. Qxg5 Qxg5+ 32. hxg5 Bxe4 33. Re1
Bxf5 34. Rxe5 g6 {Schwarz hat einiges an Vorteil eingebüßt. Der Mehrbauer am
Damenflügel ist nicht einfach zu verwerten.} 35. Re7 Bd3 36. Bc6 Nb5 37. Bxb5
axb5 38. Re5 Kb7 39. Kf2 {[#] Eine witzige Bauernstruktur am Damenflügel.
Schwarz hat sich eine Art hochgestellte "Badewanne" gebaut.} Kc6 40. Ke3 {[#]}
Rh8 $6 (40... Bf5 {Mit den beiden Leichtfiguren auf dem Brett behielt Schwarz
mehr Chancen auf den Sieg.}) 41. Nxd3 Rh3+ 42. Kd2 Rxd3+ 43. Kc2 Kd6 44. Rxb5
Rg3 45. a4 Rg2+ 46. Kb1 Re2 47. Kc1 Kc6 48. Kb1 Re3 49. Kc2 Re1 50. Kb2 Re8 51.
Ka2 Kd6 52. Kb2 Re1 53. Kc2 Re2+ 54. Kc1 Ra2 55. a5 Kc6 56. Re5 bxa5 57. Rc5+
Kb6 58. Rxc4 a4 59. Rc5 Rg2 60. Kb1 a3 61. Ra5 Rb2+ 62. Ka1 Rg2 63. Kb1 c6 64.
Rc5 Rb2+ 65. Ka1 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Kladovo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vukovic, Zdravko"]
[Black "Lazic, Miroljub"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nge2 c6 6. O-O Re8 7. d3 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bb6 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Nb5 Be6 14. h4 Re7
15. Nc3 d4 16. Ne4 Qd7 17. Bg5 Ree8 18. Qd2 $4 f5 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik zt"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the first of three straight wins from Swedish GM Jonny Hector. Here
he disguises his aggressive style with a quiet opening and caps patient positi
onal play with a patented attack.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5.
Bg2 d6 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Be3 Nd4 9. Bxd4 Bxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Ne2 c5 12.
c3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 Qb6 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Rad1 Rac8 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 17. Re2 Bc6 18. d4
cxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 {Black's weak d-pawn gives white a lingering
advantage.} Kf8 21. Red2 Ke7 22. Nd1 g6 23. Ne3 Bb5 24. f4 Rc1+ 25. Kf2 Bc6 26.
g4 $1 (26. e5 Ne8 27. Nc4 d5 28. Ne3 Nc7 {does not break down black's defences.
}) 26... Ne8 27. g5 Nc7 28. f5 $1 {Preventing ...Se6 and planning an attack
based on his growing space advantage.} Nb5 29. R4d3 Rc5 30. h4 a5 31. f6+ Kf8
32. a4 Nc7 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Bxa4 {White has traded a healthy pawn for a
weaklling but more important is his penetration of black's position.} 35. Rd8+
Ne8 36. Bh3 Rb5 37. Bd7 $1 {Now white's attack is decisive, despite reduced
material.} Rxb2+ 38. Kf3 Bxd7 39. Rxd7 a4 40. Rd8 Rb6 41. Nc4 Re6 42. Rb8 h6
43. Kf4 $1 hxg5+ 44. hxg5 b5 45. Ne5 a3 46. Nd7+ Kg8 47. Nc5 a2 {[#] Now the
stage is set for a patented Hector crowd-pleasing finish.} 48. Nxe6 $1 a1=Q 49.
Rxe8+ Kh7 50. Nf8+ Kg8 51. Nxg6+ $1 Kh7 52. Rh8+ (52. Rh8+ Kxg6 53. Rh6# {
is mate.}) 1-0

