[Event "BCF-ch 82nd"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lawton, Geoffrey W"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 {"Here Geoff misses 3 cxd5, drawing." - Martin.} 3. Nf3 Nf6
4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bd2 e6 {Geoff missed 7 cxd5, drawing...now
there will be no further opportunity - Martin.} 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 c5 10. cxd5
exd5 11. O-O a6 12. b3 {In view of White's next move, he may as well have
taken the c-pawn immediately.} b5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 Bb7 15. b4 Nxd3 16.
Qxd3 Qd6 17. h3 Rfc8 18. a4 bxa4 19. Nxa4 Ne4 20. Rfb1 Rab8 (20... Rc4 {
is better here. The a-rook is needed to defend the a-pawn.} 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22.
bxc5 Qe7 23. c6 Bxc6 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Qxd5 Rac8) 21. Be1 h5 22. f3 {
Castigated by Graham Lee as a positional blunder of the first magnitude. White
stands better...} Ng3 23. Nc5 h4 24. Nxb7 Rxb7 25. Rxa6 Qd7 26. b5 (26. Ne2 {
is a much better consolidating move.}) 26... Bxd4 $1 27. exd4 Rcb8 28. b6 Qd6
29. Qb5 Qe6 {threatening Ne2+ and real counterplay. Black can think in terms
of saving the game now.} 30. Bxg3 (30. Bf2 Ne2+ 31. Kh1 Nc3) 30... hxg3 {
White's winning chances are decreasing and in the time-scramble they disappear
completely.} 31. Qb3 Qe2 32. Qb5 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Qxd4 34. Qc6 Kh7 35. f4 $2 {
Panic!} Qxf4 36. Qxd5 Rxb6 $1 {[#]} 37. Raxb6 Rxb6 38. Rd1 (38. Rxb6 Qc1+)
38... Rb2 39. Rg1 Qf2 {Threat ...Qxg1+.} 40. Qd1 Qf5 {Threat ...Qxh3+. The
time-scramble has been disastrous for Lawton.} 41. Rf1 Qe4 42. Rg1 Rf2 43. Qb3
Qf4 44. Qb6 Rf1 45. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 46. Qg1 Qxg1+ 47. Kxg1 Kh6 48. Kf1 Kg5 49. Ke2
Kf4 50. Kd3 Ke5 51. Ke3 f5 52. Kd3 f4 53. Ke2 Ke4 54. Ke1 Ke3 {[#]} 0-1

[Event "Match Eliskases-Bogoljubow +6-3=11"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1939.01.15"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D95"]
[Annotator "Eliskases,E"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1939.01.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)DSB 1939, S.65 Bericht, S.67-68.Partiekommentar [Eliskases] Spielort
der 15.-16.Partie: Kaisersautern.} Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7
6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bd2 e6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Rad1 (10. Rfd1 dxc4 11. Bxc4
Nxc4 12. Qxc4 Nd7 13. e4 e5 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. d5 Nb6 {1/2-1/2 (15) Stern,R (2483)
-Gustafsson,J (2646) Bonn 2011}) 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 Nd7 13. e4
e5 14. Bg5 Qe8 (14... Bf6 15. Bh6) 15. Bh4 $1 exd4 (15... Nb6 $142 16. Qd3 Bg4
$11) 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. Qb3 b6 (17... b5 $142 18. f4 Nc4) 18. f4 Ng4 19. Rfe1 Bb7
20. h3 Nf6 21. e5 Nd5 (21... Nh5 22. Nde2 Bh6 23. Ne4 $18 (23. g4 Nxf4 24. Nxf4
Bxf4 25. Ne4 $18)) 22. Nxd5 $18 cxd5 23. Bf6 $1 Rc8 (23... Bc8 24. Qxd5 Be6 25.
Qf3 $18) 24. Nf5 (24. Nf5 Bxf6 (24... gxf5 25. Qg3) 25. exf6 Qd7 26. Nh6+ (26.
Ne7+ $18) 26... Kh8 27. Re7 Qc6 28. Nxf7+ Kg8 29. Qe3 Qxf6 30. Nh6+ Kh8 31.
Rxb7) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. Bd2 (9. Qb5 Qc7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Rd8 12. e4 e6 13. Bc4 Bd7 14.
Qb4 Nc6 15. Qa3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Be3 Qe5 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Be2 Qxe4 20. f3
Qe5 21. Qb4 Rac8 22. Rc1 b6 {0-1 Larusdottir,A-Dongart,D/Copenhagen/1999/ (84)}
) 9... Qxc5 10. Nb5 Nc6 (10... a6 11. Rc1 (11. Bb4 Qc6 12. Nbd4 Qe8 13. Qa3 $14
) 11... Be6 12. Bxe6 Qxb5 13. Qxb5 axb5 14. Bb3 Ne4 $11) 11. Rc1 Qh5 (11... Qb6
$5 12. O-O Bg4 $11) 12. h3 Ne4 (12... Bd7 13. Bc3 (13. Nbd4 Na5 $15) 13... Rad8
$11) 13. Bb4 (13. Nc7 Rb8 14. Bd5 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Bd7 $11) 13... Bg4 (13... Bd7
14. Nbd4 Nxb4 15. Qxb4 Nd6 16. Bb3 $11) 14. Nfd4 {Black queen on h5 square is
a double edged sword, as she is a bit out of play even though castling for
white is much more difficult.} (14. Be2 $2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Qh4+ 17.
Kg2 Qxb4 $17) 14... Rad8 (14... Nxb4 $6 15. Qxb4 e5 16. Nb3 $1 Qh4 17. O-O Bd7
18. Nc3 a5 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxe4 $16) 15. Nxc6 (15. O-O Bxh3 $1 (15... Bd7
16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Nxa7 Rb8 18. Qd3 Rxb4 19. Qxd7 Rxb2 20. Nxc6) 16. gxh3 Qxh3
17. Rc2 Qg4+ 18. Kh1 Nxb4 19. Qxb4 Be5 $17) 15... bxc6 16. Nxa7 c5 17. Ba5 (17.
O-O Bxh3 18. gxh3 cxb4 $17) 17... Rb8 18. Nb5 (18. Bxf7+ Kh8 19. Qc4 Bf5 (19...
Rxb2 20. Qxe4 Be6 21. O-O Bxf7 22. Qxe7 $18) 20. b3 (20. b4 cxb4 21. Nc6 Nd6
22. Qb3 (22. Qe2 Qxe2+ 23. Kxe2 Nxf7 24. Nxb8 Rxb8 $15) 22... Rb5 $17) 20...
Nd6 21. Qe2 Qxe2+ 22. Kxe2 Rxf7 23. Rxc5 Ne4 $13) 18... Bd7 19. a4 {White has
basically won a battle for the queenside, but he has to survive unpleasant
black's initiative on the kingside.} (19. Bc7 Rb7 20. Bf4 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 Rd8 22.
a4 Rd2 23. O-O $14) 19... Qg5 20. Rg1 (20. g3 Qf6 21. Rc2 Rfc8 22. Rh2 $1 $14)
(20. Bf1 Rfc8 21. Bc3 Qh4 22. Qc2 $14) 20... Kh8 21. Bc7 Rbc8 22. Bh2 (22. Bf4
$5 Qh4 23. Qc2 f5 24. Bd3 e5 25. Bh2 Bc6 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Qd2 $14) 22... f5
23. Qc2 (23. Rd1 $1 Bc6 $2 (23... Bxb5 24. Bxb5 Qh4 25. Qc2 c4 26. Bd7 Rc5 27.
Rf1 $14) 24. Na7 $18) 23... Qh4 24. Rd1 $2 {[%mdl 256] Aleksandrov is finding
all the right moves, but the move order is anything but perfect. Suddenly
black gets strong play along the d file.} (24. Bd5 $1 Bc6 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Rd1
$16) 24... Bc6 25. Bd5 (25. Na7 $2 Bxa4 $1 26. b3 Rcd8 27. bxa4 Rxd1+ 28. Kxd1
Nc3+ 29. Ke1 Qxc4 $17) 25... Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Rfd8 27. Rd1 (27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rf1
Rd2 29. Bg3 (29. Qc1 Rxf2 30. g3 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Qxh3+ 32. Kg1 Qg4 $19) 29...
Qf6 30. Qb3 Rxb2 $19) 27... Rxd1+ 28. Kxd1 Rd8+ 29. Kc1 (29. Ke1 Rd2 30. Bg3
Rxc2 31. Bxh4 Rc1+ 32. Ke2 Rxg1 $19) 29... Rd2 30. Qb3 (30. Qxd2 Nxd2 31. Kxd2
Qxf2+ 32. Kd3 Qxb2 $19) 30... Qxf2 {It becomes obvious, that white has failed
misserably in the defensive phase.} (30... Bxb2+ 31. Kb1 Qxf2 32. Qf7 Rd8 33.
Qa2 Nd2+ 34. Kxb2 Nf1+ 35. Kb3 c4+ 36. Ka3 Rd3+ $19) 31. Nc3 (31. Nd4 h6 32.
Nc2 Ng3 33. Qc4 (33. Bxg3 Rxc2+ 34. Qxc2 Qxg1+ $19) 33... Ne2+ 34. Kxd2 Nxg1+
$19) 31... Qxe3 32. Kb1 Nxc3+ (32... Bxc3 33. Be5+ Nf6 34. Qxc3 Qxg1+ 35. Ka2
Qxg2 36. Bxf6+ $132) 33. bxc3 Bxc3 34. Rc1 Qd3+ (34... Qd3+ 35. Rc2 Rd1+ 36.
Ka2 Ra1#) 0-1

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Kladovo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 e6 6. d4 O-O 7. Bd2 c6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Ne5 13. Qxd8 {N} (13. Be4
Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Qxd5 15. Bxd5 cxd4 $10) 13... Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Rxd8 15. Rfd1 (15.
Rfc1 $5) 15... cxd4 16. e4 $1 Be6 17. Rdc1 Rdc8 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. f4 Bf8 (
19... f5 20. f3 $14 (20. e5 g5 $132)) 20. f3 Rc5 21. b3 a5 22. Kf2 b6 23. Rg1
Bh6 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 a4 26. Bc4 axb3 27. axb3 b5 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Ke2 $16
e5 30. Kd3 Kf7 31. Bd2 Bg7 32. fxe5 Bxe5 33. h3 Ke6 34. Bc1 Kd6 35. Ba3+ Kc6
36. Be7 Kd7 37. Bc5 Ke6 38. Bxd4 Bd6 39. Be3 Be5 40. f4 Bc7 41. Bd4 h5 42. Be3
Ba5 43. Bc5 Bc7 44. Ke3 Ba5 45. Bd4 Bc7 46. Ba7 Ba5 47. Kd4 Be1 48. Bb8 Bf2+
49. Kc3 Be1+ 50. Kd3 Ba5 51. Be5 Bb6 52. Ke2 Ba5 53. Kf2 Bb6+ 54. Kg3 Ba5 55.
Bd4 Be1+ 56. Bf2 Ba5 57. Kf3 Bd8 58. Bc5 Ba5 59. Ba3 Bc7 60. Bb2 Ba5 61. Bg7
Bb6 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup final 5th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2001.10.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2001.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Qxb6
axb6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. a3 Bd7 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Bb5 f6 14. Rc3 e5
15. Rb3 Rfe8 16. O-O e4 17. Ne1 Re6 18. Nc2 Bf8 19. f3 f5 20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Nb4
Rd6 22. Be2 Na7 23. Be1 Ba4 24. Rc3 Bb5 25. Bxb5 Nxb5 26. Rb3 Rc8 27. Bg3 Rd7
28. Na2 Nd6 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Nc3 Bh6 31. Re1 Kf7 32. Kf2 Bg5 33. Ke2 Ke6 34.
Rb5 Be7 35. Rf1 h5 36. Kd2 g5 37. h3 Rh8 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Rh2+ 40. Kd1 Rh3
41. Rf5 Rxe3 42. Re5+ Kf7 43. Nxd5 Rd3+ 44. Ke2 Bf6 45. Nxf6 Rxf6 46. Rxe4 Rh3
47. Kd2 Rf2+ 48. Re2 Rf4 49. Rxg5 Rxd4+ 50. Kc2 Rc4+ 51. Kb1 Rh6 52. Rf5+ Rf6
53. Ref2 Rxf5 54. Rxf5+ Ke6 55. Rb5 Rc6 {[#] Hauptmangel bei Schwarz ist neben
dem weißen Mehrbauer die schlechte Bauernstruktur} 56. b3 Kd7 57. a4 Kc7 58.
Kb2 Kd7 59. Ka3 Rd6 60. Kb2 Rc6 61. Rb4 Kd8 62. Rc4 Rg6 63. Kc3 {[%csl Rb7,Yc7]
} b5 (63... Rg5 64. Re4 {[%cal Rc3d3,Rd3e3,Re3f4] vertikale Sperre} b5 65. a5)
64. axb5 b6 65. Re4 Kd7 66. Kd4 Kd6 67. b4 Rg5 68. Ke3 Kd5 69. Kf3 Rg8 70. Rf4
Ke6 71. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 c6 {A rare reply to a
rare system. Both players were probably trying to avoid major theory.} 7. Qb3
e6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Qe7 (9... b6 {is the main move in this position.}) 10.
Na4 {[%cal Yd2b4] Otherwise Black pushes ...e6-e5 and equalizes.} (10. e4 dxc4
11. Bxc4 e5 12. d5 $6 {1-0 Zagoriansky,E-Rokhlin,Y/Moscow 1944/EXT 1999 (40)}
b5 $1 13. Be2 Nc5 14. Qc2 (14. Qa3 $2 a5) 14... cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf5
$36) (10. Rfe1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. e4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Bf4 {1/2 Malaniuk,
V (2525)-Stambulian,A (2394)/Krasnodar 2004/EXT 2006}) (10. cxd5 exd5 {OK, no .
..e6-e5 but the Karlsbad structure with White's Bd2 is safe for Black:} 11. Qc2
Re8 12. b4 Ne4 13. b5 Nb6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. a4 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 Be6 17. a5 Nd7 18.
Nb3 c5 $11 {1/2 Trifunovic,P-Bogdanovic,R/Belgrade 1952/EXT 2000 (23)}) 10...
Re8 $6 {To be followed by a strange retreat (11...Qd8). Black didn't like} (
10... a5 {but it was probably the best option.}) 11. Bb4 Qd8 12. Bd6 $1 dxc4
13. Qxc4 Nb8 $6 (13... Nb6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Be5 $14) 14. Qc5 b5 $6 (14... a5)
15. Nc3 Bb7 16. Rac1 $6 (16. a4 $1 Na6 17. Qa3 $16 {was a severe punishment of
Black's opening strategy. After the text move he gradually consolidates his
position, and the white queen and bishop get trapped in the opponent's camp.})
16... a5 17. Bg3 $6 (17. Bxb8 Qxb8 18. Ne4 $14 {[%csl Rb7] was probably a
quite comfortable "must".}) 17... Nbd7 (17... e5 $142 $1 {[%cal Rg7f8]} 18.
dxe5 (18. Bxe5 $143 $6 Nfd7 19. Qd6 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7 $15) 18... Nh5 19. Rfd1
Nxg3 (19... Nd7 20. Qd6 $1 Nxg3 21. e6 $3 Rxe6 22. Qxg3 $11) 20. hxg3 Nd7 $15)
18. Qd6 Bf8 19. Qc7 Qxc7 20. Bxc7 Rec8 21. Be5 b4 22. Na4 Nd5 {[%cal Yc6c5]}
23. Nc5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] An unfortunate decision - to block the c-file.
Besides, White's c5-pawn now becomes weak, and his bishop on g3 badly
restricted.} (23. Rfd1 $142 c5 $140 24. Bb5 Nxe5 (24... Bc6 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26.
e4 N5b6 27. d5 $14) 25. dxe5 $14 {[%csl Gc4,Rc5]}) 23... Nxc5 24. dxc5 f6 25.
Bg3 e5 26. Rfd1 Ba6 $1 27. Bxa6 Rxa6 28. Nd2 a4 {[%cal Ra4a3]} 29. e4 $6 (29.
Ne4 $142 {in order to control the c3-square or provoke ...f6-f5, which frees
the g3 bishop. Black, however, keeps the better prospects after} Kf7 ({but not
the premature} 29... a3 30. b3 f5 $2 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. cxd6 Nc3 33. Rd2)) 29...
Nc7 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Yc7b5,Ya4a3,Yc7e6]} 30. f3 $6 (30. Nc4 Ne6 $17) (30. f4 $5
) 30... Bh6 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Obvious but bad!} (30... a3 $1 31. b3 Nb5 {
[%cal Rb5c3]} 32. Nb1 Nd4 33. Kf1 Ra5 $17) 31. Rb1 a3 {Too late!} (31... Be3+
32. Bf2 Bd4 (32... Bxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Ne6 34. Nc4 Nxc5 35. Rbc1 Ne6 36. Rd6 $44)
33. Bxd4 exd4 34. Nc4 $11) 32. Nc4 $1 {With the black bishop on f8 this would
lead to the loss of the c5-pawn.} Nb5 33. Be1 $1 {Attacking the b4-pawn and
protecting the c3-square. The game now moves towards a draw.} axb2 34. Rxb2
Rca8 35. Bxb4 Rxa2 36. Rxa2 Rxa2 37. Kf1 Bf8 38. Nd6 Nd4 39. Be1 Rc2 40. Bf2
Nb3 41. Nb7 Nxc5 42. Nxc5 Bxc5 43. Bxc5 Rxc5 44. Rd8+ (44. Rd8+ Kg7 45. Rd7+
Kh6 46. Rf7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.05.05"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rishon Le Zion Kasparov"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 {It looks like a concession;
however, Black plans to push White's Bc4 and Qb3 back.} 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nf3 c5 (
7... a6 {is another plan, e.g.} 8. a4 (8. O-O b5 9. Be2 c5 10. dxc5 Nfd7 11.
Rd1 Bb7 12. e4 Qc8 13. Nd5 Re8 14. Bg5 Nxc5 15. Qc2 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Na4 17. Qxc8
Rxc8 18. Bxe7 Nc6 19. Bd6 Bxb2 $17 {-/+ Krizsany,L-Steingrimsson,H/Kecskemet
1991}) 8... c5 9. d5 Qa5 10. Bd2 b5 $5 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. Bxa5 bxc4 13. Qxc4
Rxa5 14. O-O $6 (14. Qc3 Ra8 15. Qxc5 Na6 16. Qxe7 Nxd5 $44) 14... Na6 15. Rfd1
Nb4 $44 16. d6 Be6 17. Qh4 exd6 18. Rxd6 h6 19. Rb6 g5 20. Qg3 Ne4 21. Qc7 Nd5
22. Qb7 Nxb6 23. Qxb6 Rfa8 24. Qc6 Bf5 25. Qd5 Bg6 26. Ne5 c4 27. Nxg6 Rxd5 28.
Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nxd5 Bxb2 {0-1 Banhazi,I-Zezulkin,J/Budapest Spring op 1991}) 8.
d5 {Now the position of Qb3 and Bc4 proves quite unfortunate.} (8. dxc5 {
is completely harmless especially as the bishop is still on c1. Black easily
recaptures the c5 pawn although not all the ways are equally good:} Qa5 {
probably the simplest} (8... Nfd7 $2 9. Ne4 Nxc5 10. Nxc5 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxc5 12.
Bb4 Qc7 13. Ng5 Qe5 14. Nxf7 Qxb2 {1-0 Yewdokimov,O-Haas,C/Bern op 1992}) (8...
Nbd7 9. Qa3 Qc7 10. c6 (10. b4 $5 b6) 10... Ne5 $1 11. Be2 (11. Nxe5 Qxe5 $44)
11... Nxc6 12. O-O Rd8 13. h3 e5 14. Qa4 h6 15. Bd2 Qe7 16. Rad1 Bd7 17. Qb3 e4
18. Ne1 Be6 {1/2-1/2 Lindenmaier,R-Namyslo,H/GER-ch Sued Mengen 1994 (48)}) 9.
Qb5 Qc7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Rd8 12. e4 e6 13. Bc4 (13. Bb3 $5 Na6 14. Bg5 $13
) 13... Bd7 14. Qb4 Nc6 15. Qa3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Be3 Qe5 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19.
Be2 Qxe4 20. f3 Qe5 21. Qb4 Rac8 22. Rc1 b6 {Larusdottir,A-Dongart,D/Politiken
Cup 1999/0-1 (84)}) 8... Nbd7 9. e4 Nb6 10. Be2 (10. Be3 $5 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 b6
$13) 10... e6 11. d6 $6 {This is White's only chance to justify his strategy;
however, the d6 pawn can become weak rather than strong.} (11. dxe6 Bxe6 12.
Qc2 $11) 11... e5 $1 {[%csl Rd6]} 12. Qd1 Bg4 13. Be3 {White doesn't take the
possibility to swap the d6 pawn and/or the "bad" e2 bishop.} (13. Nxe5 Bxe2 14.
Qxe2 Nxe4 $1 (14... Qxd6 $11) 15. Nxe4 Bxe5 {doesn't end his troubles, e.g.}
16. Bg5 f6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. O-O-O $6 Bxb2+ $1 19. Kxb2 f5 $17) 13... Bxf3 14.
gxf3 ({After} 14. Bxf3 Nc4 ({or} 14... Rc8 15. Qd3 Qd7 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Qb5 Qc6
$1) 15. Bxc5 Nxb2 16. Qe2 Qa5 17. Qxb2 Qxc5 {White is likely to end up a pawn
down. However, after the text move his pawn structure is seriously compromised
and his king has no safe haven.}) 14... Nh5 $5 {Black sacrifices a pawn for
the initiative.} (14... Rc8 {enabled White to support his d6 pawn by means of}
15. f4 $5 $13) 15. Qd2 $6 (15. Bxc5 {was probably better. Of course, Black has
a good compensation for the pawn after, say,} Qf6 {[%cal Yh5f4]}) 15... Nf4 $1
16. Bxf4 (16. O-O-O Ne6 $1 {[%cal Ye6d4]}) 16... exf4 17. Qxf4 Re8 {[%csl Rd4,
Re5,Rf4,Gg7][%cal Gg7c3] The g7 bishop is now very strong and the dark squares
are defenseless.} 18. O-O-O Be5 19. Qe3 Qf6 20. Qxc5 (20. Kb1 $5 $17) 20... Na4
$1 (20... Rac8 21. Qb4 {or}) (20... Rec8 21. Qb4 {were not quite clear.}) 21.
Nxa4 {White decides to give up his queen for a rook and a knight; however, his
poor pawn structure doesn't allow him to organize any kind of fortress.} ({
After} 21. Qa3 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Re6 $1 {activating the rook} (22... Bxc3 23. d7
Red8 {[%csl Ra8,Rd8] is more passive}) 23. d7 Rc6 {White can hardly
successfully defend his king, e.g.} 24. c4 Ra6 25. Qb3 Rb6) 21... Rec8 22. Kb1
Rxc5 23. Nxc5 Bxd6 24. Nd3 Rc8 25. h3 Bf4 26. Rhe1 h5 27. Nb4 Kg7 28. Nd5 Qe5
29. Bd3 Bh6 30. Bf1 b5 31. a3 a6 32. Nb4 Qf6 33. Rd3 Qb6 {[%csl Rf2]} 34. Red1
Qxf2 35. Nxa6 Qc2+ 36. Ka2 Bc1 37. Rxc1 Qxc1 38. Be2 0-1

[Event "World op 37th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2009.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2009.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 {This mix of the Slav with the Gruenfeld
defence is part of Kamsky's repertoire.} 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bd2 e6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O a6 {An extremely rare move. Black prepares 10...dxc4 with the
following 11...b5 and 12...c5.} ({The main line is} 9... b6 {1/2-1/2 Andruet,G
(2400)-Roos,L (2410)/Ales 1984/EXT 2004/[Primel,D] (43)}) (9... c5 {1/2-1/2
Damljanovic,B (2535)-Kozul,Z (2575)/Kladovo 1990/CBM 017/[Ftacnik] (61)}) (9...
a5 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G (2735)-Ljubojevic,L (2620)/Brussels 1987/CBM 002/
[Nikitin,A] (15)}) (9... Nb6 {1/2-1/2 Botvinnik,M-Nenarokov,V/Moscow 1927/
URS-ch/[Chekhov] (36)}) (9... dxc4) 10. Rac1 {I decided to place my rooks on
c1 and d1, getting ready for the opening of the centre.} dxc4 11. Qxc4 {
My idea was to prevent b5, but I completely missed Black's reply.} ({Otherwise
I would have played} 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 $14) 11... e5 $1 ({In the only
preceding game Black played} 11... Nd5 {, which is not enough for equality.}
12. Rfd1 N5b6 13. Qb3 e5 14. Ne4 $14 {1-0 Golombek,H-Menchik,V/Margate 1938/
HCL (35)}) 12. Bb1 ({After} 12. dxe5 $6 Ng4 $1 {A move which is easy to miss.}
13. Be2 (13. Qxg4 Nxe5 14. Qg3 Nxd3 $15) 13... Ndxe5 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Qxb7 Rb8
16. Qxa6 Rxb2 {Black obtains the initiative.}) 12... exd4 ({Also} 12... Nb6 {
leads to equality after} 13. Qe2 Bg4 14. dxe5 Nfd7 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nxe5
17. Qe2 Nec4 18. Be1 a5 19. Bd3 Ne5 20. Bb1 $11) 13. Qxd4 $1 ({In the event of
} 13. Nxd4 $6 {Black gets the e5-square for the knight.} Ne5 14. Qe2 c5 $15)
13... Nb6 $1 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Ne2 $1 {[%cal Gd2a5,Gd2c3] Activating the
dark-squared bishop.} Re8 16. Rfd1 (16. h3 $5 {preventing B g4 was also
possible.}) 16... a5 {Black grabs some space on the queenside and prevents Ba5.
} ({The computer's} 16... Na4 17. b3 Nb2 18. Re1 Bg4 {is too risky as the
knight on b2 may not find a way out.} 19. Nfd4 {[%csl Rb2]}) 17. Bc3 Bg4 18.
Bd4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nfd5 {When I reached this position, I saw on Gata's face
that he was happy as he had managed to create weaknesses in my position and to
exchange one of my bishops and he made his next few moves rather quickly.} 20.
a3 $1 {I found this strong idea after spending a good 10-15 minutes. My idea
is to activate the light-squared bishop and create pressure on the centre.}
Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Kf8 22. Ba2 Red8 23. Rcd1 Rd7 24. Ng3 $1 {[%cal Gg3e4,Ge4c5]
Suddenly this knight is getting very active. Now it was Gata's time to
evaluate the consequences of his quick play. It's getting clear that he cannot
deal with White's pressure.} Nf6 ({In the event of} 24... f5 {White undoubles
his pawns and obtains a slight edge.} 25. e4 fxe4 26. fxe4 Nf6 27. Rxd7 Nfxd7
28. f4 $14 {[%cal Gg1f2,Gf2e3]}) 25. Rxd7 Nfxd7 26. Ne4 {[%cal Ge4d6,Ge4g5] So}
f5 27. Ng5 $1 ({In the event of} 27. Nd6 $6 {Black equalises by means of} Nc5
$11) 27... Kg7 {[%cal Gg5e6]} ({If} 27... h6 {, I would play} 28. Nf7 (28. Ne6+
Ke7 $11) 28... Ke7 (28... Kg7 29. Kg2 Nc5 30. Nd6 $14) 29. Nxh6 Ne5 30. f4 Nec4
31. Rc1 $1 Nxb2 32. Nf7 $1 $14) 28. Rd6 $1 {On the next day Gata told me how
he should have played here, but somehow I don't remember it and don't see a
clear way to neutralise White's pressure.} Re8 ({Probably} 28... Rb8 {was the
lesser of the evils with the idea of meeting} 29. Ne6+ $6 {with} Kf6 {[%cal
Gf6e7] and the b7-pawn is protected.}) 29. Ne6+ Kh8 30. Kg2 $1 $16 {White is
clearly better now. All his pieces are clearly superior to their counterparts
and so White can slowly improve his position.} Ne5 {[%cal Gb6c4]} 31. Rd4 $1 {
[%csl Rc4] White covers the weak c4-square.} Nc8 $2 {A decisive mistake in the
mutual time trouble.} (31... Nec4 32. Nc5 $1 Nxb2 33. Nxb7 $16) (31... Nbc4 $2
32. f4 $18) 32. h3 $2 {Returning the favour.} ({White wins easily with} 32. Nc7
$1 Rf8 33. f4 c5 (33... Ng4 34. Ne6 $1 Re8 35. Rd7 $18) (33... Nf7 34. Bxf7
Rxf7 35. Rd8+ $18) 34. Rd5 $18) 32... Nf7 33. h4 $1 {This idea of opening of
the h-file turned out to be very annoying, especially in time trouble.} b6 34.
h5 gxh5 {A sad necessity. Now all kingside pawns will be weak.} ({After} 34...
Ncd6 {White can win at least a pawn by means of} 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Ng5 $1 Re7 (
36... Kg7 $2 37. Bxf7 Nxf7 38. Rd7 $18) 37. Nxf7+ Nxf7 38. Bxf7 Rxf7 39. Rd6
$18) 35. Rh4 Ncd6 36. Rxh5 $16 {White obtained a huge advantage. All my pieces
are more active, while Black has weak pawns.} c5 {[%cal Gc5c4] An attempt to
close down my bishop.} (36... Ne5 $5 37. Ng5 Re7 38. Rh6 Ng6 39. Kg3 $16) 37.
Bd5 (37. f4 $1 {[%csl Rf7] would be even more precise, restricting the
f7-knight since} c4 {is strongly met by means of} 38. Nd4 $18) 37... Re7 (37...
Rg8+ {would be the lesser of the evils.} 38. Kf1 Ne5 39. Ng5 Rg7 40. b3 c4 41.
bxc4 Nexc4 42. a4 $16) 38. Rh1 {[%cal Gh1d1]} (38. f4 $5 {[%csl Rf7]}) 38... h6
({Once again} 38... Ne5 {was a better defence trying to create at least some
counterplay.}) 39. f4 $1 {[%csl Rf7] Finally.} Ne8 $6 40. Kf3 $6 (40. Ng5 $1
$18 {wins a pawn.}) 40... Nf6 41. Ba2 h5 42. Ke2 Nd6 43. Rd1 Nde4 $6 (43...
Nfe8 $16 {was a better defence, but Black's position would remain very
difficult.}) 44. f3 {Inviting the knight to g3, where it will be out of play.}
Ng3+ 45. Kf2 h4 46. a4 $1 $18 {Fixing the queenside. Now Black is paralysed.}
Ngh5 47. Bc4 Rd7 48. Rxd7 Nxd7 49. Kg2 {The king picks up the h-pawn. Black is
helpless.} Ng7 50. Nc7 $1 {Leaving Black with a bad knight on g7.  This was
too much for Kamsky. So he resigned. Needless to say that I was very happy to
win this game as it's not easy to beat Gata on his territory.} 1-0

[Event "Brussels"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1987.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Nikitin,A"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1987.04.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 {Though Kasparov has obtained some excellent wins
against the Slav defence, he didn´t want to play the opening in the usual way:
4. Sf3 dxc4 5. a4 or 5. e4. This opening did not occur in the matches with
Karpov and the world champion´s knowledge still dates from 1984.} 4. e3 g6 $1 {
A very simple solution of the problems. Ljubo leads the game into the waters
of a quiet and safe variation of the Gruenfeld defence.} 5. Nf3 {Such a simple
move took Gary eight minutes. What was there to think about? Gary did not like
the beginning of the game and he was desperately looking for something new.}
Bg7 6. Qb3 {A stereotyped and, although it is not strange, useless move.} ({
Perhaps} 6. b4 {offered more prospects and allowed White to gain some space on
the queenside.}) 6... O-O 7. Bd2 e6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O {In the Yugoslavian
chess encyclopaedia this position is assessed not totally satisfactory for
Black, who has a small path leading to equality. But Ljubo makes a move which
is not yet mentioned in ECO.} a5 $5 {An idea, not new in the schemes of the
Queen´s gambit, and here too it works effectively enough. Black assures
himself of some space on the queenside and wants to continue with a5-a4 for
the same reason. The impulsive 10.a4 would only weaken square b4 unnecessarily.
} ({ECO gives:} 9... b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e4 $1 c5 12. Nxd5 cxd4 13. Nxf6+ $1
Bxf6 $11 {etc.}) 10. Rfe1 {As he confessed after the game, White was looking
for a long time for the right positions for his rooks, but did not find them.
All Black´s hopes of equalizing completely are connected with the moves e6-e5
and c6-c5. Because the c- and d-file will then be opened, it would be best to
place the rooks on c1 and d1, and only then think about e3-e4.} Re8 11. e4 $2 {
A thoughtless decision and allowing Black to free his position without the
obliging e6-e5.} ({It was necessary to play either} 11. Rac1 e5 $5 12. cxd5 e4
13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Ng5 $1 exd3 15. Nxf7 Qe7 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Nxe8 Nxe8 18. Qc4
$16) ({or} 11. Qc2 {, and after} e5 {only now} 12. e4) 11... a4 12. Qc2 ({
Of course not} 12. Nxa4 $6 dxc4 {and in view of b7-b5 it is impossible to take
in c4:} 13. Qxc4 b5 14. Qxc6 Rxa4 15. Bxb5 Ra7 {. And in such positions a
piece is worth more than three pawns.}) 12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 $6 {Again a
stereotyped reaction, which throws away the remaining advantage.} ({After} 13.
Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf6 15. Bg5 {White firmly controls the centre and retains a
small positional advantage. Black has some problems to develop his bishop on
c8.}) 13... Nxe4 14. Bxe4 c5 $1 {This move would not have been possible with a
knight on e4. But now Black opens the diagonal for his bishop on g7 and wants,
after the exchange c5xd4, to put his knight on c5.} 15. d5 Nf6 {Black´s
position is at least not worse and he has several ways to obtain good play.
Probably the world champion now made his best move in this game which took an
unfortunate turn for him: he offered a draw. Ljubojevic accepted without any
thoughts: it is customary to respect a champion.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch59 Championat"]
[Site "Ales"]
[Date "1984.08.16"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Andruet, Gilles"]
[Black "Roos, Louis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1984.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 {Une variante assez passive
contre la Gruenfeld mais il est étonnant de voir que la première partie
recencée dans les bases avec ce coup remonte а celle jouée par Cochrane en
1855! Gruenfeld n' a en effet pas inventé la défense éponyme} (5. cxd5 Nxd5 6.
e4 {La grande ligne} Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5) (5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 {
[%cal Ge6d5,Gd8g5]} 8. Nf3 {Villeneuve,A (2330)-Roos,L (2380) FRA-ch Angers
1990 (8) 0-1}) (5. Qb3) (5. Bf4) 5... O-O 6. Qb3 (6. cxd5 Nxd5 {Cochrane,
J-Mahescandra Calcutta 1855 1-0}) 6... c6 (6... e6) 7. Bd2 e6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9.
O-O b6 10. Qc2 $6 $146 (10. e4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bb7 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Rac1 h6 14.
Bh4 b5 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kh7 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. Nd6 Rae8 19. Nxe8 Rxe8 20.
Qh3 Bc8 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Qh4 g5 23. Nxg5+ Kg6 24. Nh3 Rxe4 {Pokorny,A-Sajtar,
J/Zlin 1943/HCL/1/2-1/2 (44)}) 10... c5 $1 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nd4
Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Bb7 15. Nce2 Ne4 16. Bc3 (16. Bb4 Re8) 16... Rc8 17. Rac1 Re8 18.
Rfd1 Nc5 19. Qb1 Ba6 20. Nf4 Ne4 21. Be1 Qd7 22. Nf3 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 (23. Rxc1)
23... Rc8 24. Qb1 Qb5 25. Bd2 $6 Qxb2 26. Qxb2 Bxb2 27. Nxd5 Nxd2 (27... Rc2
28. Be1 Be2 $17) 28. Nxd2 Kg7 29. Nb3 Bc4 30. e4 b5 31. f3 a5 32. Nxa5 Bxa2 33.
Rd2 Rc1+ 34. Kf2 Rb1 35. h3 h5 36. Ke3 Bxd5 37. exd5 Bc3 38. Ra2 b4 39. Kd3 Be1
40. Kc4 Rc1+ 41. Kb5 {Ajournement} Rd1 42. Kc5 Rc1+ 43. Kb5 Rd1 {Avec cette
nulle difficile et avec les blancs, G. Andruet laisse passer une occasion de
prendre l'avantage sur ses concurrents directs au titre Seret et Kouatly qui
ont conclu une nulle rapide.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1937.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D95"]
[Annotator "Suetin,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1937.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 c6 {La variante russe était assez récente
а l'époque mais la théorie moderne préfère la prise dc4} (4... dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7
6. Nf3 O-O 7. e4 a6) 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. e3 (6. cxd5) (6. Bf4) 6... O-O 7. Bd2 e6 8.
Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 {[%csl Rb6]} (9... b6 10. e4) (9... Nh5 10. e4 e5 {
Botvinnik,M-Romanovsky,P Leningrad Six men 1927 1/2}) 10. Rfd1 dxc4 11. Bxc4
Nxc4 12. Qxc4 {Les Noirs ont gagné la paire de B mais la position Noire est
assez passive} Nd7 13. e4 $14 Qc7 14. e5 $1 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gc3b5,Gb5c7,Gb5d6]
Suetin: Fine takes a decision wich is hightly committal yet in a profond sense
correct. White considers, that the concession of the d5 square to is opponent
plays no susbtancial role in the current situation} Nb6 $8 15. Qe2 f5 16. exf6
Rxf6 17. Ne4 $14 {[%csl Ge4]} Rf5 18. Bb4 Rd5 19. Ne5 Rd8 (19... Nd7) 20. Rac1
Nd5 21. Ba3 Ne7 22. Qf3 Nd5 23. Qg3 Bh6 24. Rc2 Bf8 25. h4 {[%cal Gg3g8]} Bxa3
26. Qxa3 Rf8 27. h5 $36 Rf4 28. Re2 gxh5 29. Qg3+ Qg7 30. Rd3 h4 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7
32. g3 $1 hxg3 (32... Rf8) 33. Rxg3+ Kf8 34. f3 Nf6 35. Rh2 Rxe4 36. fxe4 Nxe4
37. Rg4 Nf6 38. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 {White tries to
prevent ...c5. He puts his bishop on d2 instead of the usual f4-square.} c6 {
Jan prefers to play a good version of the Schlechter variation.} ({At the
moment, Black doesn't have many problems after} 6... c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 {looks a
little bit artificial. I think Black should try to attack the c5-pawn.} (7...
Na6 8. cxd5 Nxc5 9. Bc4 {Black has many ways to get an equal position.} Bf5 (
9... a6 10. a4 b6 (10... Bf5 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qe2 Nfe4 $11) 11. O-O Bb7 12. Be1
(12. b4 $5 Nce4 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qb3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qb2
$13) 12... Rc8 (12... b5 $5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Nxb5 Nxd5 16. b4
Na4 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Nc7 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qa7 $44 {Lenderman,A (2626)-Cumming,R 
(2140) London ENG 2015 1/2 (41)}) 13. Rc1 Qd6 14. Rc2 $6 Rfd8 15. h3 e6 16. Qe2
Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 $15 {Kovalenko,I (2650)-Ruck,R (2568) Bastia
2014 0-1 (55)}) 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qe2 Nfe4 12. Nd4 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Ne4 14. Nxe4
Bxe4 15. Qb4 Bxd4 16. exd4 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxe7 Qxd4 ({In the following
correspondence game Black managed to get a better position after} 18... Rfe8 $1
19. Qa3 a6 20. Qd3 Re4 21. Rad1 Rc4 22. b3 Rcxd4 23. Qf3 h5 24. h3 b5 25. a3
Qd6 26. b4 Qd5 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 $15 {Bradney,R (1979)-Ristea,T (2338) ICCF 2013
0-1 (55); and Black has won this correspondence game. Now White could trade
queens, exchange his 2 queenside pawns for the a6-pawn and find Dvoretsky's
article, in which he explains how to make a draw.}) 19. Qxb7 Rb8 20. Qa6 Rxb2
21. Rad1 $11 {Zhang,Z (2600)-Le,Q (2709) Ho Chi Minh City 2014 1/2 (31)}) 8.
Rc1 Bg4 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ndb4 12. Qe4 Qd7 13. Be2 $6 {Now
Black could regain the pawn.} (13. Rd1 $1 Rfd8 14. Be2 Rac8 15. Qb1 Nd3+ 16.
Bxd3 Qxd3 17. Qxd3 Rxd3 18. Ke2 Rcd8 19. Na4 $16) 13... Bxc3 $1 14. Bxc3 Nxa2
$11 15. Rc2 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Rfd8 17. O-O Qd2 18. Rc2 Qb4 19. Bf3 {1/2 (19)
Ponomariov,R (2743)-Volokitin,A (2687) Kiev 2013}) 7. Qb3 e6 8. Bd3 {If Black
takes on c4 then there is no difference between 8.Bd3 and 8.Be2; but Bd3
prevents the manoeuvre Ne4, Nd2.} (8. Be2 Ne4 (8... Nbd7 9. O-O Ne4 10. Rfd1
Nxd2 11. Rxd2 Qe7 12. Qc2 b6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nb5 a6 15. Qc6 Rb8 16. Nd6 Nf6 (
16... Qd8 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. Qa4 a5 19. Rc2 $14) 17. Rc2 (17. Ne5) 17... Bd7 18.
Qc7 Rfd8 19. Ne5 $2 (19. Rc6 Bf8 20. Rxb6 Ba4 21. Qxe7 Bxe7 22. Nb7 Rdc8 23.
Ne5 $11) 19... Bf8 $1 20. Nexf7 Ne8 21. Qc3 (21. Nxe8 Qxf7 22. Nd6 Qe7 $19)
21... Nxd6 22. Nxd8 Qxd8 $17 {Burmakin,V (2590)-Cori,J (2608) Barcelona 2014 1/
2 (33)}) 9. Rd1 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxd2 11. Rxd2 c5 $6 (11... Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. e4
Bb7 {with a roughly equal position}) 12. d5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Qb6 14. Qxb6 $6 {
This is a concession, Black's rook becomes an active piece and the c5-pawn is
protected.} (14. Ng5 $1 Qxb3 15. Bxb3 Nc6 16. Nce4 $14) 14... axb6 15. Ne4 Nc6
16. Nd6 Be6 (16... Ne7 $1 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. a3 Rfd8 $11) 17. Bxe6
fxe6 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Ng5 Rd7 20. Nge4 $14 {Sivuk,V (2512)-Gupta,A (2633)
Olongapo City PHI 2015 1-0 (41)}) 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. Rfd1
Qe7 $146 (11... cxd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Ne5 Bc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bf4
Nfd5 17. Bg3 Nc8 18. Qb7 Nce7 19. Nxd5 (19. Ne4 $6 Nf5) 19... cxd5 20. Bc7 Qc8
21. Ba6 Qxb7 22. Bxb7 Rab8 $8 23. Bxb8 Rxb8 $44 {Aleksandrov,A (2595)-Sturua,Z
(2600) Elista 1998 1-0 (54)}) 12. Rac1 b6 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxd5 $5 Rb8 (14...
Nxd5 $6 15. Nxd5 Qd8 16. e4 h6 17. Bc3 $16) 15. e4 Ne5 16. Bf4 Nh5 (16... Nxf3+
$5 17. gxf3 Nd7 18. Bxb8 Nxb8 $44 {Black can create dangerous threats by means
of ...Qh4, ...Be5 and if White plays Ne2 then ...Ba6.}) 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5
Qxe5 19. g3 {If White wants to get some advantage he needs to grab space.
However Anton took risks because his king became less protected.} Bg4 20. Rd2
$14 Qe7 21. f4 $6 ({White should have preferred} 21. Re1 Rbd8 22. Kg2 Nf6 23.
f3 Be6 24. Red1 $14 {with some pressure.}) 21... Rbd8 22. e5 $6 {Another
careless move.} (22. Qc2 Nf6 23. e5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Qe6 25. Nf6+ Kg7 $11) 22...
Nf6 {With the help of tactical tricks Ian has got an equal position. I think
he could have got more after 22...g5:} (22... g5 $1 23. Ne4 gxf4 24. Nd6 Rd7
25. Qc3 Qg5 $40 26. Ne4 Qg6 $15) 23. Rcc2 (23. exf6 $4 Qe3+ $19) (23. Qc2 $11)
23... Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Qe6 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Nxg4 {White has no advantage and even
more, Black can create some threats because White's king is exposed.} (26. Qxe6
Bxe6 27. b3 $11 a5 ({or} 27... Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Rc8 29. Kf2 c4 30. bxc4 Rxc4 31.
Ke3 Ra4 32. Rd8 h5 33. Rg8+ $11) 28. Kf2 a4 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. bxa4 Ra8 31. Rb2
Rxa4 32. Rxb6 Rxa2+ 33. Ke3 Rxh2 34. Rb8 h5 35. Rg8+ Kh6 36. Rh8+ Kg7 37. Rg8+
$11) (26. Qc3 Bf5 (26... Qxa2 $4 27. e6 $18) 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29.
Qxd2 Qxa2 30. Qd8 Qb1+ 31. Kf2 Qxb2+ 32. Kf3 Qc3+ 33. Kg2 Qc2+ 34. Kg1 Qb1+ 35.
Kg2 Qc2+ 36. Kg1 $11) 26... Qxg4 27. Kg2 Qf5 $1 {Ian puts some problems to
Anton. For example if he plays 28.Qe3 then ...Rd4 and White needs to make a
choice between 29.Rxd4 cxd, which is really unpleasant or Black will grab the
d-file after ...Rfd8.} 28. Kf3 {Probably Wilhelm Steinitz would have approved
of this move.} (28. Qe3 $6 Rd4 29. Rxd4 $6 (29. Qe2 Rfd8 30. b3 g5 $1 31. fxg5
Qxg5 $15) 29... cxd4 30. Qd2 d3 $17) (28. h4 h6 {and at the right moment Black
will play ...g5.}) ({White should get an equal position after} 28. Qc4 $1 h5
29. Rd6 h4 30. Rcd2 Rxd6 31. exd6 hxg3 32. hxg3 Rh8 33. Qc3+ f6 34. Qf3 $1 $11)
28... h5 $1 29. Qe3 $6 ({Once again Anton should have played} 29. Qc4 $1 Qg4+
30. Kg2 $1 (30. Ke3 h4 31. Qe2 Qe6 32. b3 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 hxg3 34. hxg3 Rh8 $36)
30... h4 31. Qe2 Qf5 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Rd2 {and White has almost levelled the
game.}) 29... Qh3 $1 30. Qe2 h4 31. Rxd8 hxg3 32. hxg3 $8 (32. Rxf8 $4 gxh2+
33. Kf2 h1=Q $19) 32... Rxd8 {Objectively White's position is not worse, but
it is not easy to play it, especially in time trouble.} 33. Rd2 Rh8 34. Rd1 $2
(34. e6 Qh5+ $1 35. Kf2 Qxe2+ 36. Kxe2 fxe6 (36... Rh2+ $4 37. Kf3 Rxd2 38. e7
$18) 37. Kf3 Kf6 $17) (34. Qg2 Qe6 35. b3 Rh3 36. Kf2 g5 $40) (34. b3 $1 {
intending e6.} Qh5+ (34... g5 35. fxg5 Qf5+ 36. Kg2 Re8 37. Rd5 Qxg5 38. Qe4
$11) 35. Ke3 $1 (35. Kf2 Qh1 $1 $17) 35... Qf5 36. Kf3 g5 37. Qe4 Qh3 38. fxg5
Qf1+ 39. Kg4 Rh1 40. Qf3 Qh3+ 41. Kf4 $11) 34... Qh5+ 35. g4 Qh4 $2 {Ian could
have won the game after} (35... Qh3+ $1 36. Ke4 Re8 37. Rd7 Qh1+ 38. Kd3 Qc6
39. Rd6 (39. Rxa7 $2 Rh8 $19) 39... Qa4 40. Ke3 g5 41. Qf2 Rh8 $1 $19) 36. Ke4
$2 (36. Qg2 $1 Qe7 37. Rd5 Qb7 38. Kg3 $11) 36... Qe7 37. Kd3 $2 {The decisive
mistake.} Qd7+ $1 38. Ke3 $2 (38. Kc2 {was more stubborn.} Qa4+ 39. Kb1 Rh2 $1
40. Qd3 Qb4 $1 (40... Qxf4 41. e6 fxe6 42. Qd7+ Kh6 43. Qxe6 Qf2 $19 {and
Black should win the endgame.}) 41. Qc3 Qe4+ 42. Ka1 Rc2 43. Qg3 c4 44. Re1 c3
$1 45. bxc3 Qc4 $19) 38... Rh3+ 39. Ke4 Qc6+ {If 40.Rd5 then 40...Qa4+ -+} 0-1

