[Event "Taby"]
[Site "Taby"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Engqvist, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Agrest,E"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. cxd5 cxd5 (6... Nxd5 7. e4
$14) 7. Bb5+ Nbd7 $6 $146 (7... Nc6 8. Ne5 $14) (7... Bd7 $5) 8. Qb3 e6 (8...
a6 9. Bd3 Nb8 (9... Nb6 10. a4 $1) 10. Ne5 $36) 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd3 $1 $14 b6 (
10... Nb8 $5) 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. Rfc1 Ne4 13. Be1 Nd6 (13... Nxc3 14. Rxc3 $14) (
13... Ndf6 14. Nb5 $1) 14. Nb5 Nc4 (14... Nxb5 15. Bxb5 $14) 15. Bb4 (15. Bxc4
dxc4 16. Qxc4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qg5+ 18. Kh1 (18. Kf1 Qh5 19. Kg2 Qg5+) 18... Qh5
19. Qc6 (19. Qe2 Ne5 $1 $40) 19... Rac8 20. Qxc8 Qxf3+ 21. Kg1 Qg4+ 22. Kf1
Qh3+ 23. Ke2 Qh5+ 24. Kd2 Rxc8 25. Rxc8+ Bf8 $13) 15... Re8 16. Nd6 Nxd6 17.
Bxd6 Bf8 18. Bg3 $1 Nf6 19. a4 $1 (19. Bb5 Re7 20. Bh4 Bg7) 19... Bd6 20. Bh4
Kg7 (20... Be7 $32) 21. Ne5 Re7 22. Qd1 $1 $40 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Rc1 Qd8
25. Qf3 Be7 26. g4 $1 h6 $8 27. g5 hxg5 28. Bxg5 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Qf4 Qd8
(30... Qc1+ 31. Kg2 Qxb2 32. Bxf6+ Bxf6 33. Ng4 Bd8 (33... Be7 34. Qc7) 34. Qb8
Qc3 $8 35. Qxd8 Qxd3 36. Qf6+ Kf8 37. Nh6 Qe4+ 38. Kg3 $18) 31. Qh4 $18 Qe8 (
31... Ng8 32. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 (32... Bxg5 33. Nxg5 Nh6 34. Qxh6+) 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34.
Bxg6) 32. Bb5 (32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Bxg6 fxg6 34. Nxg6 {/\ Qh8,Ne5#}) 32... Qd8 33.
Qf4 Qh8 (33... a6 34. Nc6 Qd7 35. Nxe7 Qxe7 36. Qh4 Qd8 37. Bf4 Qe7 38. Be5 Qd8
) (33... Qd6 34. Be8 Qb4 35. Bxf7 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Ba6 37. Bh6+ Kh8 (37... Kh7 38.
Bxg6+ Kg8 39. Bd3) 38. Nxg6+ Kh7 39. Nxe7 Qf1+ 40. Kg3 Qg1+ 41. Kh4 $18) 34.
Ng4 Nxg4 (34... Qd8 35. Qe5) 35. Bxe7 f5 36. f3 (36. f3 Nh6 37. Bf6+ Kxf6 38.
Qe5+) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ernst} c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4
d5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Bg5 {A reversed Tarrasch} Be6 10. Rc1 (10. cxd5 {Ernst} Bxd5
11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qa4 Ne4 13. Be3 Nd6 14. Rac1 Nf5 15. Bc4 Qd6 16. Rfd1 a6 $15
{Xu Jun - Ljubojevic, Dubai (ol) 1986.}) 10... h6 (10... dxc4 {Ernst} 11. Bxf6
Bxf6 12. d5 Bxc3 13. dxe6 Bxb2 14. exf7+ Rxf7 15. Bxc4 $1 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 $40) (
10... Ne4 $1 {Ernst} 11. Bh4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Na5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 $10) 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. Qd2 Bg7 13. Rfd1 Qd6 (13... Bg4 14. cxd5 (14. Nxd5 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nxd4)
14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 (15. dxc6 Bxc6) 15... Nxd4 $10) 14. Qe3 Rad8 15. a3 g5 16.
b4 $16 {Black cannot disentangle easily} Qf4 17. b5 Na5 18. c5 Bf5 19. Na4 Be4
20. Nb2 e6 21. Qc3 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 b6 23. g3 Qf6 24. Be2 Rc8 25. c6 Rc7 26. Rd2
Rfc8 27. Nd1 Qd8 28. Ne3 Qd6 29. Rf1 Nxc6 30. bxc6 Rxc6 31. Qb4 Qxb4 32. axb4
a5 33. bxa5 bxa5 34. Kg2 Rc1 35. Rxc1 Rxc1 36. Rc2 Rxc2 37. Nxc2 f5 38. Kf3 Kf7
39. Ke3 g4 40. Kd3 h5 41. Kc3 h4 42. gxh4 e5 43. Bb5 exd4+ 44. Nxd4 Be5 45. h5
Kf6 46. Kd3 Bxh2 47. h6 Be5 48. h7 Kg5 49. Bd7 f4 50. Ne6+ Kh6 51. Nxf4 Kxh7
52. Ne2 Kh6 53. Bxg4 a4 54. Be6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 $5 {Schlechter Slav was abandonned long
time ago by most of the serious players due to its passive nature.However
before my game with Azmaiparashvili in Calvia I have taken a fresh look at
this opening and came up with some new ideas.} 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a5
$5 {Ragozin played this.} (7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11.
Rd1 e5 12. d5 e4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nb6 15. Bb3 cxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5
Qb6 $44 {is not to everyone's taste.}) 8. cxd5 (8. Bd2 Ne4 $1 {since bishop
occupies d2 square now this move is possible.} 9. Be1 b6 $5 (9... Nxc3 10. bxc3
dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nd7 $14) 10. Nxe4 (10. Qb3 dxc4 11. Bxc4
Nd6 12. Bd3 Na6 13. Ne4 c5 $132) (10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ba6 13.
c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 $132) (10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 (11. bxc3 Ba6) 11... Ba6 12.
b3 e6 $14) 10... dxe4 11. Nd2 (11. Ng5 e5 12. Nxe4 exd4 13. exd4 Bxd4 $11)
11... f5 $13 {looks playable to me.}) ({And after} 8. b3 Bf5 $13 {since now
white does not have Qb3, bishops sortie is playable.}) 8... cxd5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10.
Qb3 Ne4 11. Rfd1 (11. Rfc1 $6 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 e5 13. dxe5 d4 $17 {and the
position opens to black's favor.}) 11... Nxc3 $1 {In the true spirit of
Gruenfeld Defence.The knight now is more valueable than a bishop.} 12. bxc3 {
An ambitious move but later in the game he could never push his pawn to c4.} (
12. Bxc3 a4 $1 (12... Qd6 13. Qb6 Bd7 14. Rac1 $14) 13. Qb5 Bf5 14. Rac1 (14.
Nh4 Be6) 14... Qd7 $11) 12... a4 13. Qb5 (13. Qa3 Bf5 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Qd7
16. Bc3 (16. Bb5 Be4) 16... Rfc8 $132) 13... Qd6 $1 {A very important move
which makes Bd7 possible.} 14. Ne1 $6 {He wants to play without c4 which
looked very strange to me during the game.} (14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bd7 16. Qd5 (
16. Qb2 b5 $1 17. Bd3 h6 $1 {Cutting Ng5-e4 out.} 18. Rac1 Rab8 $13) 16... Qxd5
17. Bxd5 Bf5 18. Rac1 Rfc8 $13) 14... Bd7 15. Qb1 Rfb8 16. Nd3 (16. e4 $6 {
makes white's center shaky.} e5 $36 (16... dxe4 17. Qxe4 Bf5 18. Qh4 e5 $40))
16... Bf5 17. Qb5 Ra5 18. Qb2 b5 $15 {Black's opening strategy so far showed
its success.} 19. Nb4 (19. Nc5 Ra7 20. Bf3 $140 $2 Ne5) 19... Ra7 20. Nxc6 {
Draw offer.} Qxc6 {Why to accept a draw?} 21. Be1 h5 $1 {In order to prove his
advantage black has to expand his kingside.} 22. h3 Qd7 23. Qd2 (23. c4 $2 dxc4
24. Bxc4 e5 25. dxe5 Qc7 $17) 23... Bh6 24. Bd3 (24. f4 Rc7) (24. f3 Qe6 25.
Bf2 h4 26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Rc7 28. e4 Bg5 29. Re1 dxe4 30. Rxe4 Qc4 31. Qxc4
Rxc4 $17) 24... g5 $6 {In the heat of the battle such decisions are justified.}
(24... Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Qf5 26. Qe2 Rc7 $17 {was keeping the adavantage.}) 25. f3
g4 26. hxg4 hxg4 27. Bg3 Rb6 28. Kf2 $1 (28. f4 $6 Rc7 29. Rab1 $15 {was
tenacious.}) 28... Raa6 (28... Rg6 29. Rab1 Rb7 30. Rh1 Bxd3 31. Qxd3 Bg7 32.
Rh5 Rbb6 33. Rbh1 gxf3 34. gxf3 Rh6 $11) 29. Rh1 $2 {He lost the control in
the game for a second time.After my mistake on the 24th move he could have
equalised by combining an attack on both wings.} (29. Rab1 Bxd3 30. Qxd3 Re6
31. Be5 $1 (31. Re1 Rab6) 31... Rab6 32. Rh1 Rg6 33. Rh5 Bg7 34. Rbh1 Rh6 $11)
29... Rg6 30. Rh5 Bxd3 31. Qxd3 gxf3 32. gxf3 Raf6 33. Rh4 $6 {After it is
impossible to defend with white.} (33. Rah1 $142 {is trickier.} Qg4 (33...
Rxf3+ $2 34. Kxf3 Qg4+ 35. Kf2 Qxg3+ 36. Ke2 Kg7 37. Kd2 Qg2+ 38. Qe2 Bxe3+ 39.
Kd1 Qe4 40. Rh7+ Kg8 41. Rh8+ Kg7 42. R8h7+ $11) 34. Bf4 Rxf4 35. exf4 Qg2+ 36.
Ke1 Bxf4 37. Kd1 (37. Qxb5 $2 Qd2+ 38. Kf1 Qc1+ 39. Kf2 Be3+ 40. Ke2 Qd2+ 41.
Kf1 Qf2#) (37. Rh8+ $2 Kg7 38. R1h7+ Kf6 $19) 37... e6 38. Rh8+ Kg7 39. R1h7+
Kf6 40. Qe2 Qxe2+ 41. Kxe2 Rg2+ 42. Kf1 Rxa2 $19) 33... Bg5 34. Rh2 $8 Qg4 $19
{Black has a vicious attack now.} 35. Bf4 $8 Rxf4 (35... Bxf4 $4 36. fxg4 Bxh2+
37. Ke2 (37. Kg2 $2 Rxg4+ 38. Kh1 Bd6 $19) 37... Rxg4 38. Qxb5 Rg2+ 39. Kd3 e6
40. Qxa4 Rff2 41. c4 dxc4+ 42. Kxc4 $18) 36. exf4 Bh4+ (36... Qxf4 $2 37. Rah1)
37. Ke2 Re6+ (37... Qxf4 $2 38. Rah1 Re6+ 39. Kd1 Re3 40. Rg1+ Kf8 41. Qh7 Ke8
42. Qg8+ Kd7 43. Qg4+ Qxg4 44. fxg4 $132) 38. Kf1 Qxf4 {Both sides played
bunch of forced moves but now white is confined to the first two ranks.} 39.
Rg2+ (39. Re2 Rg6 40. Qe3 (40. Rg2 Bg3 41. Ke2 Re6+ 42. Kf1 Kf8 $1 $19 {
Preparing 43...Re3.} (42... Re3 $4 43. Rxg3+ Kf8 44. Qh7 Rxf3+ 45. Rxf3 Qxf3+
46. Ke1 Qxc3+ 47. Ke2 $18)) 40... Qf5 $1 $19) 39... Bg3 40. Kg1 Rh6 $1 (40...
Re3 $2 41. Qd2 Kh8 (41... Qxf3 $4 42. Rf1 Qe4 43. Qf2 $18) 42. Rf1 $15) 41. Rb1
(41. Rd1 {looks trickier.} Qh4 42. Kf1 Qh1+ 43. Rg1 Qh3+ 44. Rg2 Rf6 45. Qe3
Qh1+ 46. Qg1 Rxf3+ 47. Ke2 Qh5 48. Kd2 Qg6 49. Kc1 a3 50. Rc2 e6 51. Qg2 Rxc3
$1 $19) 41... Qh4 42. Kf1 Qh1+ 43. Rg1 Qh3+ 44. Rg2 Rf6 $3 $19 {This was the
whole point in black's play.} (44... Rg6 45. f4 $1 $11) 45. Qe3 $8 ({Only after
} 45. Kg1 Rg6 46. Rbb2 (46. Qf1 Kf8 $1 47. Rxb5 Rh6 $19) 46... Bh2+ 47. Kf1 Bf4
$19) (45. f4 Qh1+ $19) 45... Qh1+ 46. Qg1 Rxf3+ 47. Ke2 Qh5 {He should have
resigned here.} 48. Kd2 Qg6 $1 {Not allowing white's king to hide.} 49. Rd1 a3
$1 {Another exact move.} (49... Qd3+ 50. Kc1 Qxc3+ 51. Kb1 e6 $19 {is winning
but the text cuts the game shorter.}) (49... Rd3+ $2 50. Kc2 Rxd4+ 51. Kb2 Rg4
52. Rxd5 $132) 50. Re1 Rd3+ 51. Kc2 Re3+ {White is losing the house!} 0-1

[Event "Moscow op 01st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sharma, Dinesh Kumar"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 {The Schlechter Slav. Impressed by the
performances of WGM Elena Sedina and IM John Donaldson I have added it to my
repertoire.} 5. h3 $5 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 $1 {Now black is ready to play
the Tarrasch Defence with colors reversed.} 8. dxc5 $6 {A very stupid move!} (
8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Re1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Na5 12. Bf1 b6 $14 {Black should
not be really worse in this set up.}) 8... dxc4 ({I could not make this one
work} 8... Na6 $6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bxa6 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 bxa6 13.
e4 Bb7 14. e5 Bxf3+ (14... Rab8 15. Ke2 Rfc8 16. Be3 Bxf3+ 17. Kxf3 Bxe5 18.
Rab1 $1 $44) 15. gxf3 Bxe5 16. Rb1 Rab8 17. Ke2 Rfc8 18. Be3 Bxb2 19. Rhd1 $44
{because at the end of this lines white's c pawn becomes very strong.}) 9. Bxc4
Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nbd7 11. Ke2 Nxc5 12. Bd2 Bd7 (12... Nce4 13. Rac1 $1) ({or} 
12... Nfe4 13. Rac1 $1 {and white keeps the balance.}) 13. Rac1 Rfc8 14. Ne5
Be8 15. Nd3 e6 16. Nxc5 Rxc5 17. Bd3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 $5 {This looked bad during
the game however Shaorma did not hesitate to exchange more pieces.} (18. Ne4
Rc6 $11) 18... Rxd5 19. Rc2 $6 {Sharma started to create difficulties for
himself by chosing passive play.} ({Even} 19. Bc3 Rad8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rhd1
Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Bb5 23. Rcc3 $11 {is possible.}) 19... Bc6 $1 (19... Rad8 20. Bc4
Rc5 21. Rhc1 Rdc8 22. b3 Bb5 23. a4 $1 $11) 20. e4 Rxd3 {I have thought I have
brought some life into the game but this fails short.} 21. Kxd3 Rd8+ (21...
Bb5+ $2 22. Ke3 Rd8 23. Kf3 Bd3 24. Rc7 $18) 22. Ke3 Bd4+ (22... Bh6+ 23. f4 e5
24. g3 f5 25. Rhc1 (25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. exf5 exf4+ 27. gxf4 Bxf4+ 28. Kxf4 Rxd2
29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Rc1 Rxb2 31. Rxc6 Rxa2 32. Rxg6+ $11) 25... exf4+ 26. gxf4
Bxe4 (26... fxe4 27. Rxc6 bxc6 28. Rxc6 Rd3+ 29. Ke2 Rxh3 30. Rc8+ Kf7 31. Rc7+
Ke6 32. Rxa7 Rh2+ 33. Ke3 Bxf4+ 34. Kxf4 Rxd2 35. Rxh7 $11)) 23. Kf3 f5 24.
Rxc6 $1 bxc6 25. exf5 Bxb2 26. Be3 exf5 {I wanted to get rid of my week pawn
on e6.} (26... gxf5 27. Rb1 Be5 28. Rb7 a5 29. Re7 $44) 27. Rb1 (27. Bxa7 Rd3+
28. Be3 Ra3 29. Rd1 Rxa2 30. Rd7 $44) 27... Be5 28. Rc1 $1 {After this black
can not even win a pawn.} (28. Bxa7 $2 Rd3+ 29. Be3 Ra3 30. g3 Rxa2 31. Rb7 $44
) 28... Rd3 29. Rxc6 Ra3 30. Rc2 $11 {Well timed.} Bd4 (30... f4 31. Ke4 fxe3
32. Kxe5 exf2 33. Rxf2 Kg7 $11) 31. g4 {Very safe. I had to accept his draw
offer.} (31. Rc8+ Kf7 32. Rc7+ Kf6 33. Rxh7 $11) (31. g4 fxg4+ 32. hxg4 Bxe3
33. fxe3 g5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lasker Memorial"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2000.05.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Saltaev, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. cxd5 $6 (6. Bd3 $142) 6...
cxd5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Qb3 Bxb5 9. Qxb5+ Qd7 10. Ne5 Qxb5 11. Nxb5 Na6 12. b3 Nd7
13. Nd3 Nb6 $2 (13... Ndb8 $1 $11) 14. Ba3 Kd7 15. Rc1 Rhc8 16. Kd2 (16. Nc5+
Nxc5 (16... Ke8 17. Nxa6 Rxc1+ 18. Bxc1 $18) (16... Kd8 17. Nxb7+ Ke8 18. Kd2
$18) 17. dxc5 a6 18. Nd4 (18. Nc3 Ke8) 18... Bf8 $3 19. cxb6 (19. f4 $2 e6) (
19. Ke2 e5 20. c6+ bxc6 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 (21... exd4 22. Bc5) 22. Nxc6 Rfe8 $14)
19... e5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Bxf8 Rc1+ 22. Ke2 (22. Kd2 Rxh1 23. Nf3 e4 24. Ne5+
Ke6 25. Nc6 Rxh2 26. Nd8+ Kd7 27. Nxb7 Kc6 28. Nd8+ Kxb6 $13) 22... Rxh1 23.
Nf3 f6 $13) 16... Rc6 17. f4 f6 $2 (17... f5 18. Ne5+ Bxe5 19. dxe5 e6 20. Nd6
Rb8 $16) 18. g4 e6 19. g5 $16 Nc8 20. gxf6 $6 (20. h4 $16) 20... Bxf6 21. Ne5+
Bxe5 22. fxe5 Ne7 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. Nd6 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rf8 26. Ke2 b6 27. Nc8+ (
27. h4 Kd7 28. h5 gxh5 29. Rg1 Nc7 30. Rg7+ Kc6 31. Rxh7 Rg8 $132) 27... Kd7
28. Nxa7 Nc7 29. a4 $6 (29. Rc6 Ra8 30. Rd6+ Ke8 31. Nc6 Rxa2+ 32. Kf3 Ra8 33.
Kg4 (33. Kf4 h6 34. h4 b5 35. e4 dxe4 36. Kxe4 $40) 33... h6 34. h4 b5 35. Nb4
Ra3 $132) (29. Nc6 Na6) 29... Ra8 30. Nc6 b5 (30... Na6 $2 31. b4 Rc8 32. b5
Nb4 33. Rf1 Nxc6 34. bxc6+ Kxc6 35. Rf6 Re8 36. Rf7 Ra8 37. Rxh7 $18 (37. Re7
Rxa4 38. Rxe6+ $16) 37... Rxa4 38. Re7 Ra2+ 39. Kf3 Rxh2 40. Rxe6+ Kb5 41. Rxg6
$18) 31. axb5 (31. a5 Na6 32. Kd2 Rf8 $44) 31... Nxb5 (31... Ra2+ $2 32. Kf3
Nxb5 33. Nb8+ Kd8 34. Rc6 Ke7 35. Rc5 $18) 32. Nb4 (32. Rc5 Ra2+ 33. Kd3 Nc7)
32... Ra3 33. Rc5 Nc7 34. Rc3 Nb5 35. Rd3 $2 (35. Rc5 $11) 35... Ra1 36. Kf3
Ra3 37. h4 h6 38. Nc2 Ra2 39. Ne1 Rb2 40. Kg3 $6 (40. Ng2 g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42.
Kg3 Ke7) 40... Na7 41. Nf3 Nc6 42. Kf4 Ne7 (42... Nb4 43. Rd1 Rxb3 44. Ra1 Nd3+
45. Kg3) 43. Rc3 (43. Rc3 Nf5 44. e4 dxe4 $1 (44... Ne7 45. Re3 dxe4 46. Rxe4
Rxb3 47. Re1 Nd5+ 48. Kg3 $11) 45. Kxe4 Ne7 46. d5 Nxd5 47. Rd3 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Summer GM 1st"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2018.06.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Soysal, Serkan"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 $5 8.
cxd5 (8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e6 $5 {is solid.}) 8... cxd5 (8... Nxd5 9. h3 Bxf3 10.
Bxf3 e6) 9. Qb3 (9. h3 Bxf3 (9... Bd7 $5) 10. Bxf3 Nc6) 9... b6 10. h3 Bc8 (
10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12. Bd2 Nc6 $14) 11. Bd2 Bb7 $6 {Wrong move order.} (
11... Nc6 12. Rfc1 Bb7 13. a4 (13. Be1 e6 14. a4 $140 $6 Qe7) 13... Rb8 $14)
12. a4 $5 Ne4 (12... a6 13. Rfc1 Nbd7 14. Na2 a5 {did not appeal to me.}) 13.
a5 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 e5 $5 {Wrong but may be the best under the circumstances.} 15.
dxe5 d4 (15... Bxe5 16. Nf3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Nd7 18. b4 $16) 16. exd4 $2 (16. Nb5
$1 Nd7 (16... Bxe5 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Bf6 19. Nbxd4 bxa5 20. Qc3 $16) 17. f4
Nc5 18. Qa3 $16) 16... Nc6 17. Nf3 (17. a6 Bc8 (17... Nxd4 $2 18. axb7 Nxb3 19.
bxa8=Q Qxa8 20. Nxb3)) (17. d5 Nd4 18. Qd1 Bxe5 $44) 17... Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4
19. axb6 (19. a6 Bc8) 19... axb6 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. Rd1 (21. Bc4 Bxe5 22. Bd5) (
21. e6 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 {exposes f2.}) 21... Qxe5 22. Qxb6 Qg5 23. Bf1 Be5
24. Qe3 Qf6 $6 (24... Bf4 25. Qd3 (25. Qe2) 25... Bc7 $44) ({It is easy to
spot the best move} 24... Qxe3 $1 {but rather difficult to accept that you are
still worse.} 25. fxe3 Rb8 (25... f5 26. Rd7 Rb8 27. Bc4+ Kh8 28. Bd5 Rxb2) 26.
Rd2 Kg7 $44 (26... f5 27. Bc4+ Kg7 28. Nb5 Kf6 $44)) 25. Nd5 $6 (25. Bc4 Rc8 (
25... Rb8 26. Rd7) 26. Ba2 $36) 25... Bxd5 26. Rxd5 (26. Rxd5 Bxb2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogoveen"]
[Date "2005.10.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 $5 {Once again I have reacted on this
closed line by Schlechter's system.} 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 (6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a5 $5
$13 {is my brainchild.}) 6... O-O 7. h3 $5 {White wants to play a reversed
Tarrasch with tempo.} ({After the normal} 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10.
Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bf1 Nb6 12. b3 Nc8 $132) 7... c5 8. O-O Na6 $5 {A funny looking
move but I had to bring the game into some obscure positions after this slow
opening to finish the tournament with a better standing on the chart.} 9. a3 (
9. cxd5 cxd4) (9. Nxd5 $6 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 (10... cxd4 11. Bxa6 bxa6 12. e4
e5 $13) 11. e4 Qd6 $36) 9... cxd4 ({Could I keep the tension by} 9... Bf5 $2
10. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 11. e4 Bd7 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. Be3
Qxb2 16. Qd3 $16 {No it does not seem to be the case.}) 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4
Nc7 {Now we ended in the position I aimed when I have played 8...Na6.} 12. Qb3
$1 Nce8 {I did not want to sac a pawn.} (12... Be6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Qxb7 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Qxe7 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 $44) 13. Bf4 Nd6 14. d5 (14. Bxd6 Qxd6
15. Rad1 a6 (15... Bd7 16. Ne5 e6 17. Qxb7 Rab8 18. Qxa7 Rxb2 $44) 16. a4 b6
$14) 14... Nxc4 15. Qxc4 e6 $1 {A very important idea to keep the balance.} (
15... Bf5 16. Rfe1 $16) 16. d6 Bd7 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. Qb3 Bc6 19. Rfd1 (19. Nxc6
bxc6 20. Be5 Nd5 (20... Qb6 $5) 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Ne4 f5 $17) 19... Nd5 20.
Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 $1 {Eye for eye tooth for tooth.I did not fully appeciate
this tactical melee at once.} exd5 22. Qxd5 $44 Qf6 (22... Rc2 23. d7 $44) (
22... Qb6 23. b4 $44) (22... Bxe5 $5 23. Qxe5 $1 $44 (23. Bxe5 Qd7)) 23. d7 $1
(23. Bg3 $6 Qe6 24. Qxe6 (24. Rd1 $4 Rc1 $19) 24... fxe6 25. Rd1 Rf5 $13) 23...
Qxf4 (23... Rcd8 $2 24. Bg3 Qe6 25. Rd1 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 f6 27. Nd3 $1 {I did not
see knights detour at once.} Rf7 28. Nc5 b6 29. Bc7 $18) 24. dxc8=Q Rxc8 25.
Nd3 Qd2 $15 {Black has a better piece but the win looks remote.} 26. Re1 $1 Bf6
$5 {I decided to sac the queen to reach f2 but...} (26... Bf8 27. Re3 $11 (27.
Qf3 $2 Rd8 28. Rd1 Qc2 $17 {is an annoying pin.})) 27. Qf3 Kg7 28. Rd1 Qc2 29.
Rc1 Qxc1+ 30. Nxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Kh2 Bxb2 32. Qxb7 Bxa3 33. Qxa7 Bd6+ 34. g3 Bc5
35. Qc7 $1 $11 (35. Qa2 Rf1) 35... Rc2 36. Kh1 (36. g4 Rxf2+ 37. Kg3 Rc2 38.
Kf3 h6 39. Qe5+ Kh7 40. h4 Bf8 $11) 36... Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Rc2 38. Kh1 Rc1+ {
A good fighting game in the last round and a mediocre result in the tournament.
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wotulo Memorial"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2001.03.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Prayitno, Sugeng"]
[Black "Juswanto, Denny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2001.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bb3 Re8 14. Rd1
Ned7 15. e4 b5 16. Bg5 Qb8 17. a3 Nc5 18. Ba2 Ncxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Be3 Qb7
21. Qc2 Rac8 22. Rd3 c5 23. Rad1 c4 24. Rd7 Rc7 25. Rd8 Rce7 26. Bb1 Qc7 27.
R8d5 a6 28. a4 b4 29. Qe2 {[%tqu "En","All Black's pieces are superbly placed.
How should he use this fact?","Use your battery on the e-file.","Weaken the
e3-bishop!","e4f2","This is very simple and very neat.",5]} Nxf2 $1 {[%csl Re3]
[%cal Ge8e2]} 30. Kxf2 (30. Qxf2 Rxe3 31. Rd7 {is strongly met by} Re1+ 32.
Rxe1 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Qxd7) 30... Bh6 (30... Rxe3 31. Qxe3 Rxe3 32. Kxe3 Qg3+ {
was also sufficient for win. Yet, the text move prepares an elegant final
combination.}) 31. Kg1 Bxe3+ 32. Kh1 {[%tqu "En","How to conclude Black's
attack?","Go after White's king.","Yes, the bishop move is the most appelaing
option in this position. Try to find the most effective destination for your
bishop.","e3g1","This is quite neat.",4]} Bg1 $1 {[%csl Re2,Rh1,Rh2][%cal
Ge8e2,Gc7h2,Gg1h2] , and White is helpless against the double threat: 33...
Qh2# and 33...Re2.} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Alkaloid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 c5 9. O-O c4 {Despite the fact that this move (which is also a first-coice
line of Rybkal) has been played by such a strong player as Mamedyarov, I don't
like the move . It seems to me positionally a bit strange, since the main idea
in the Grünfeld is to activate the dark-squared B.} ({I personally prefer the
classical} 9... cxd4 10. exd4 Bg4 {This is my game against Yannick. I think
Black equalised pretty comfortably after :} 11. d5 N8d7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3
Rc8 14. Bg5 Ne5 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Bh4 Nec4 19. Na4 Nxa4
20. Rxc4 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Pelletier,Y-Avrukh,B/Biel SUI 2007/CT-2450 (26)}) ({
Also worth serious consideration is} 9... Na6) 10. Bc2 Nc6 {[%cal Ge7e5]} 11.
Qe2 $6 ({In my opinion much stronger would have been the quiet} 11. h3 $142 $1
{preventing 11...Bg4.} {It seems to me White can fight here for the opening
advantage} e5 (11... Nb4 12. Bb1 (12. e4 $5) 12... Bd7 13. e4 $14) 12. d5 Nb4
13. e4 Nxc2 $140 14. Qxc2 Bd7 15. a4 Nc8 16. b3 $1 $14 {[%cal Ob3c4,Gc1a3]})
11... Bg4 $1 $146 {A very logical and strong novelty.} ({I found only one
example, where this position had occurred.The game continued:} 11... h6 $6 12.
Rd1 Kh7 $6 13. h3 f5 14. e4 $14 {1-0 Misojcic,M-Kovacevic,P/Belgrade 1990/EXT
1997 (42)}) 12. h3 $6 {A futher inaccuracy, which allows Black to seize the
initiative.} ({The best continuation for White would have been:} 12. Rd1 e5 13.
d5 Nb4 14. Bb1 {, although Black is absolutely OK here after} e4 $1 (14... f5
$6 15. e4 $14) 15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bb1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 N4xd5 18. Bb2 Qf6 {the play
remains double-edged.}) 12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e5 14. dxe5 ({Also after} 14. d5 {
Black retains the better chances} Nb4 15. Bb1 e4 $1 (15... f5 16. e4 $1 fxe4
17. Qxe4 N4xd5 18. a4 $1 $14) 16. Qxe4 (16. Bxe4 f5 17. Bb1 N4xd5) (16. Nxe4
N4xd5 17. a4 a5 18. Ra3 Qe7 $15) 16... N4xd5 (16... Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qf6 18. Bb2
N4xd5 19. a4 $13) 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 $15 (17... Re8 $5)) 14... Qe7 $1 15. Qe4 $2 {
This is already a decisive mistake, after which White's position becomes very
dangerous.} (15. Rd1 Nxe5 16. Qe2 Rfd8 $15) ({I would prefer} 15. a4 $142 Nxe5
16. Qe2 Rad8 17. Ra3 Nd3 18. a5 Nc8 19. Ra4 {and though Black is slightly
better, White has some play.}) 15... Nxe5 16. Rd1 (16. a4 a5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18.
Qxd5 Rfd8 19. Qb5 Qb4 $1 $17 {[%csl Gc1]}) 16... Rad8 $17 17. Bd2 {Only now
has White managed to complete his development. Menawhile Black has a decisive
initiative.} f5 18. Qf4 g5 {As always Shakhriyar plays with a lot of energy.} (
18... Nd3 19. Bxd3 Rxd3 $17) 19. Qg3 Nd3 20. Bxd3 ({White's position is
difficult after} 20. Rab1 h6 {with the idea 21...Nb2!}) 20... Rxd3 21. Qf3 f4
$1 22. Qe4 $6 {This loses immediately, but White's position was critical
anyway.} ({White could have gone on suffering for a little longer after} 22.
Qe2 $142 Rfd8 23. Rac1 $17) 22... Qxe4 23. Nxe4 Bxb2 $19 24. Rab1 Na4 {Now the
game is over, White cannot stop Black's c-pawn.} 25. Bb4 Rfd8 26. Rxd3 Rxd3 {
[%cal Of4e3,Ce4g5,Gc4c3,Gc3c2] Unexpectedly a very easy win for the World
number 7.} 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kiselev, Gennady Aleksandrov"]
[Black "Gubajdullin, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Murmansk OShK"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. exd5 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Bf5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Qb6 14. Na4
Qa5 15. Rc1 e5 16. d5 Ne7 17. Nc5 Rac8 18. Rc4 b5 19. Rc1 Qb6 20. b4 Rfd8 21.
Qb3 Nxd5 22. Kh1 Nxb4 23. Qxb4 Bf8 24. Nxe5 Bxc5 25. Qxb5 Qxb5 26. Bxb5 Bxe3 $1
(26... Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Rxc1+ 28. Bf1) 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Bc4 Bd4 ({Better was} 
28... Bd2 $1 29. Re2 Bf4 30. g4 Bxe5 31. gxf5 Rxc4 32. Rxe5 Rc1+ 33. Kg2 Rc2+
34. Kg3 Rxa2 $19) 29. Bxf7+ Kg7 30. g4 $4 ({The fight would still go on after
the correct} 30. Nf3 $1 {for example:} Bc3 31. Be6 $1 Rd8 32. Rc1 Bxe6 33. Rxc3
Rd1+ 34. Ng1 {and White is holding on.}) {[%tqu "En","How can Black use
White's last move, which badly exposed his king?","White had problems with the
shaky positions of his minor pieces, but he created even a bigger problem for
himself - his king!","The e1-rook prevents Black from delivering a devastating
blow from e4 - you need to overcome this obstacle.","c8c1","",3,"c8c1","",0]}
30... Rc1 $1 (30... Rc1 31. Rxc1 Be4+ 32. Nf3 Bxf3#) ({Not} 30... Bxg4 $2 31.
Nxg4 Kxf7 32. Nxh6+ {and White is still holding.}) ({Also not satisfactory is} 
30... Bxe5 $6 31. gxf5 Kxf7 32. Rxe5 Rc1+ 33. Kg2 Rc2+ 34. Kg3 Rxa2 35. fxg6+
Kxg6 {and White should not have problems drawing this endgame.}) 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 (4. Nf3 $5 g6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 $14) 4...
g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Be6 $5 8. b3 (8. cxd5 Bxd5 $5 (8... cxd5 9. Ne5
Nbd7 10. Nd3 $1 Bf5 {Donner,J-Hort,V/Wijk aan Zee/1967/0,5 (20) Inf 5/605/} 11.
Qb3 $16) 9. Qc2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. d5 Rac8 $10 {
Larsen,B-Smyslov,V/Bugojno/1984/0:1 (46) Inf 37/536/}) 8... c5 $1 (8... h6 9.
a4 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nd7 11. a5 a6 12. Qc2 f5 13. Bd3 $16 {Petrosian,T-Savon,V/
Moscow/1972/1:0 (36) Inf 13/670/}) 9. Bb2 (9. Ba3 cxd4 (9... dxc4 $6 10. Bxc5
Na6 11. Ba3 Qa5 12. Bb2 cxb3 13. axb3 Qb6 14. Nd2 $16 {Ree,H-Boersma,P/NED/
1981/}) 10. Nxd4 Nc6 $13) 9... Nc6 10. dxc5 (10. Rc1 b6 (10... cxd4 11. exd4
Bf5 $10) 11. dxc5 dxc4 $10) 10... dxc4 11. bxc4 Nd7 $1 (11... Qa5 12. Nb5 a6
13. Nbd4 Bd7 14. Nb3 $14) 12. Qc1 {>< Bb2/} Nxc5 13. Rd1 Bd7 $1 (13... Qa5 14.
Nd5 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 $14) 14. Nd5 e6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qb2+ f6 17. Nf4 Qe7 $10 18.
Nd3 (18. Nd4 $5 Rad8 19. Nb3 b6 $10) 18... b6 (18... Nxd3 19. Rxd3 b6 20. Rad1
Rad8 $10) 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Nd2 Rfd8 21. Ne4 Rab8 22. Qc3 Be8 23. Rxd8 Nxd8 (
23... Rxd8 24. Rb1 $14 {/\ Rb5/}) 24. Qa5 Rc8 25. Rd1 Nf7 {>< d6/} 26. h3 f5
27. Qc3+ e5 28. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. b3 (
8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Qb3 b6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Be2 (13. Qa4 Na5
14. b3 a6 15. Ne2 Nb7 16. Qc6 Nd6 $1 17. Bb4 Nfe8 $10 {Chernin,A-Haba,P/
Budapest(zt)/1993/0,5 (41) Inf 33/467/}) 13... a6 14. Rfc1 Na5 15. Qb4 Nb7 16.
b3 Re8 17. Na4 $14 {Stohl,I-Haba,P/Budapest(zt)/1993/0,5 (49) Inf 57/468/})
8... Nbd7 (8... Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 e6 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. e4 {Nikolic,
P-Speelman,J/Sochi/1982/1:0 (52) Inf 35/574/} Nf6 13. e5 Ne4 $13) 9. Bb2 Re8 (
9... Nb6 $5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. a4 a6 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Ne5 Bxe2 15.
Qxe2 Ne4 $10 {Gorelov,S-Azmayparashvili,Z/URS/1982/Inf 35/(582)/}) 10. Rc1 Ne4
11. h3 (11. cxd5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 cxd5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 $14) 11... Nxc3 12.
Bxc3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 dxc4 $6 (13... e6 $142 $14) 14. bxc4 e5 15. Qb3 exd4 (15...
e4 $5 16. Be2 b6 {/\ c5/}) 16. exd4 Rb8 17. Rfd1 $1 (17. Rfe1 Qc7 $14) 17...
Qc7 18. Qa3 Bf8 19. Qb2 c5 20. Bd5 $5 (20. d5 $6 Bd6 $10) 20... Bg7 (20... Nb6
$5 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Bh8 Bf8 $14) 21. dxc5 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Nxc5 23. Rf3 Re7 24.
h4 Rf8 $6 (24... Na4 $5 25. Qf6 Nb6 26. h5 Nxd5 27. cxd5 Qe5 $13 {Karpov/}) 25.
Qf6 $1 Ne4 $6 (25... Qe5 $2 26. Bxf7+ $1 $18) (25... Rfe8 $5 {/\ Ne4/}) 26. Qd4
Nc5 27. h5 Nd7 (27... b6 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Qf6 $18) 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rg3 $18
Qe5 (29... Qb6 30. c5 $1 Nxc5 31. Rh3 $18) 30. Rxg6+ Kh7 31. Rg3 Nf6 32. Qh4+ (
32. Qh4+ Qh5 (32... Nh5 33. Rg5) 33. Qxf6 Qxd1+ 34. Kh2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 (7... Bg4
$142) (7... Be6 $5) 8. b4 (8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Bd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Qa4 a6 12.
b4 $14 {Kuzmin,G-Shamkovich,L/URS(ch)/1972/}) (8. Qc2 $1 Bb7 9. e4 dxe4 10.
Nxe4 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 (12... Bxf6 13. Bg5 Rfe8 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15.
c5 $1 $14 {Razuvaev,Y-Timoshchenko,G/Polanica Zdroj/1979/1:0 (43) Inf 28/686/})
13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Be3 Qc7 16. c5 $1 $14 {Vaganian,R-Gligoric,S/
Niksic/1978/1:0 (68) Inf 25/696/}) 8... dxc4 (8... Bb7 9. Qb3 Nbd7 10. a4 Qb8
11. Bb2 e6 12. Rfd1 a5 $1 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rac1 $14 {Pinter,J-Flear,G/Szirak/
1986/}) 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Nxd5 (10. Qb3 $142 $1 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5
13. Ba3 $1 Nd7 14. Rab1 $14 {Timman/}) 10... cxd5 11. Be2 a6 $1 (11... Nc6 12.
b5 Na5 13. Bd2 Nc4 14. Bb4 $14) (11... Bb7 12. b5 $14) 12. a4 Nc6 13. Bd2 Bg4
$10 14. Bc3 (14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 e5 $10) 14... Qc7 $5 15. Qd2 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 e6
17. b5 $6 (17. Qb2 $142) 17... Bxf3 18. Bxf3 axb5 19. axb5 Ne5 $1 20. dxe5 $2 (
20. Rxa8 $142 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Rxa8 22. Bb4 Qd7 $15) 20... Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Qxc3 22.
Qxc3 Rxc3 $17 {>< e5/} 23. Ra8+ Bf8 24. h4 Kg7 (24... h5 25. Rb8 $13) 25. h5
Bc5 26. Ra7 (26. Rd8 Rb3 27. Be2 Rb1+ 28. Bf1 (28. Kh2 Rb2 $17) 28... gxh5 $17)
26... d4 $1 27. exd4 Bxd4 28. h6+ $8 Kxh6 $8 29. Rxf7 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Bxf2 $1 (
30... Bxe5+ 31. g3 $15) 31. Bg4 (31. Re7 $5 Rc5 32. Rxe6 Rxb5 33. Re8 Kg5 $17)
31... Bd4 32. Bxe6 Bxe5+ 33. g3 (33. Kh3 Kg5 $1 34. g3 $8 Rc3 $19) 33... Rc2+
34. Kh1 Bxg3 $19 35. Rd7 Rc7 $2 (35... Rb2 $142 $19) 36. Rxc7 Bxc7 37. Kg2 Kg5
(37... Kg7 38. Kf3 h5 39. Bd7 Kf6 40. Be8 $1 $10) 38. Kf3 $2 (38. Bg8 Kf6 (
38... h5 39. Bf7 $1 Kh6 40. Kf3 g5 41. Ke4 g4 42. Kf5 $1 $10) 39. Bd5 (39. Bxh7
$2 Kg7 $19) 39... h5 40. Bc6 Kf7 41. Kf3 g5 42. Ke4 $10) 38... Kh4 $1 $19 39.
Bf7 g5 40. Be6 h5 (40... h5 41. Bd7 g4+ 42. Kg2 Kg5 43. Be6 h4 44. Bd7 h3+ $19)
0-1

[Event "Vienna op-A"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2016.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 e5 12. d5 e4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nb6 {
Diagramm [#] Eine Stellung, die auf höchstem Niveau schon häufig erreicht
worden ist.} 15. Bb3 ({Nach} 15. d6 Re8 16. Qf4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Re6 18. Qb3 Rxd6
19. Rxd6 Qxd6 20. Qxb7 Rd8 {Diagramm [#] müsste nur Weiß mächtig aufpassen,
dass nichts schief geht. Falls jetzt} 21. Qxa7 $2 {so} Qd1+ 22. Kh2 Qe1 $17)
15... cxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Qb6 18. Qd3 Rfd8 19. e4 Bd4 20. Be3 Bxe3 21.
fxe3 {Diagramm [#]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch"]
[Site "Bad Neuenahr"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lau, Ralf"]
[Black "Serrer, Christoph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 (5... e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 {
--> Mueller-Lobron CBM24} (6... Be7 {--> Ivanovic-Horvath CBM24})) 6. cxd5 (6.
Qb3 Bg7 7. cxd5 O-O 8. Nge2 (8. Be2 Nbd7 9. Bf3 Nb6 10. Nge2 Bg4 11. Bxg4 Nxg4
12. a4 a5 13. O-O Qd6 14. Bf4 Qb4 15. Qd1 $1 Rfd8 (15... Nf6 16. d6) 16. Bc7 $1
{Polgar-Skembris, Korfu 1990 --> INF 50/161}) 8... Nbd7 9. g3 Nb6 10. Bg2 Bf5
11. O-O Qd7 12. Re1 Rfd8 13. d6 exd6 14. a4 Be6 (14... d5 $2 15. a5 Nc8 16. Bg5
{/\Nc3-a4-c5}) 15. Qb5 (15. d5 Bh3 $10) 15... Bc4 16. Qxd7 Rxd7 17. a5 $36 {
Novik-Sapis, Katowice 1990}) 6... Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 Bg7 9. Nf3 (9. Nge2
O-O 10. O-O Bf5 11. d5 Na6 12. Nd4 {+/=/=}) 9... Nc6 10. d5 Na5 11. O-O Nxb3 (
11... O-O {--> D94}) 12. axb3 O-O 13. Re1 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxd5 $10 15. Qxd5 Nxd5
16. c4 Nb4 17. Rxe7 Nc6 18. Rc7 f6 19. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Summer-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Bok,B"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 5th round of the 2018 Summer Chess Classic, one
of the quarterly invitationals in Saint Louis. After a slow start (1.5/4) I
had the Black pieces against Daniel Fridman, one of Germany's top players.} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 {One of the sidelines
against the Grünfeld.} e6 7. Be2 dxc4 {As a rule, this move makes more sense
once White has moved the bishop from f1.} 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. b4 {A typical move
in such positions, White tries to prevent Black from breaking his centre with .
..c5.} b6 10. b5 a6 11. a4 Bb7 ({Another option is} 11... axb5 12. axb5 Rxa1
13. Qxa1 Bb7 $13) 12. Rc1 ({In the event of} 12. bxa6 Bxa6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14.
O-O Qa8 {Black also has a very comfortable game.}) (12. O-O axb5 13. axb5 Rxa1
14. Qxa1 Bxf3 (14... Ne8) 15. gxf3 e5 $36 16. d5 e4) 12... axb5 13. axb5 Qe7 $6
{This looked like a very natural move to me, but the queen is not so
well-placed here as it can come under attack by an eventual Bb4.} (13... Ne8 {
is the right plan in this position, rerouting the knight to d6 to keep an eye
on the potentially weak b5-pawn.}) 14. O-O e5 15. Na2 $1 {A strong move by
Daniel which I had underestimated.} Ne4 (15... exd4 16. Bb4 Nc5 17. exd4 Rfd8
18. Re1) 16. Bb4 Nd6 17. Nc3 ({The simple} 17. Bb3 $14 {is quite awkward to
meet for Black as there is no comfortable way to protect the c7-pawn.}) 17...
exd4 (17... Bxf3 18. Qxf3 exd4 19. Nd5) 18. exd4 $6 {Continuing with the same
strategy of restricting the knight on d7, but concretely the following
complications work for Black.} ({White keeps an advantage with} 18. Nxd4 {as}
Qg5 {can be met with} 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. bxc6 Nc5 21. Qd5 $14 {and White is
definitely for choice.}) 18... Bxf3 (18... Nf6 $2 19. Ne5 $16) 19. Qxf3 Bxd4
20. Nd5 Qg5 21. Nxc7 Ne5 22. Qd1 $2 (22. Qe2 Ndxc4 23. Nxa8 Rxa8 24. Rxc4 Nxc4
25. Qxc4 Rd8 $15 {and Black keeps a bit of pressure.}) (22. Qb3 {transposes to
the line above.}) 22... Ndxc4 23. Rxc4 Rfd8 $1 {Black is winning now, as no
line works for White here.} ({Initially I was intending} 23... Rad8 {but did
not see a forced win after} 24. Qc1) 24. Qc1 ({Perhaps, White's best chance is
} 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Qe2 {where Black has to find the strong} Ra4 $1 $19 {so}
26. Bc3 {can be met with} Re4) (24. Nxa8 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rxd1 26. Rc8+ Rd8 $19)
(24. Bd2 Bxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Nxc4 26. Nxa8 Nxd2 $19) (24. Qe2 Nxc4 25. Nxa8 Qxb5)
24... Nf3+ 25. Kh1 Ra1 $1 {The point of 23...Rfd8 instead of 23...Rad8.} 26.
Qxa1 Bxa1 27. gxf3 Be5 $19 {The rest was obviously not difficult.} 28. Bc3 Bf4
29. h3 Bxc7 30. Rxc7 Qf4 31. Rc6 Qxf3+ 32. Kh2 f5 33. Be5 Qe2 {I was very
pleased to emerge on top of the complications and to get back on 50% in the
tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2006.10.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Braun, Arik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Braun,A"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2006.10.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. b4 Bg4 (6... b6 {Ist hier
der Hauptzug.}) 7. h3 {Danach entwickelt sich alles sehr forciert.} Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 e5 $5 {Ein interessantes Bauernopfer. Schwarz will den Umstand ausnützen,
dass Weiß noch nicht entwickelt ist und die Diagonale a1-h8 durch b2-b4
geschwächt ist.} 9. dxe5 Ne4 $5 (9... Nfd7 10. Bb2 (10. Qxd5 $5 Nc6 11. a3 a5
12. b5 Ncxe5 13. Bb2 Nb6 $132) 10... Nc6 11. cxd5 Nxb4 12. Qd1 c6 13. Be2 Nxe5
14. O-O Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 cxd5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Rab1 b6 19. Rfd1
Rad8 20. Rb5 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Postny,E-Shirov,A 2005}) 10. Nxd5 (10. Nxe4 $2 Bxe5
11. Rb1 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Bc3+ 13. Ke2 Nc6 $40) (10. Bb2 $6 Bxe5 $15) 10... Bxe5
11. Rb1 Ng5 (11... Nc3 $2 12. Bb2 $1 $18) 12. Qd1 c6 13. Nf4 Qe7 14. Ne2 (14.
Be2 $5 Ne4 (14... Bc3+ 15. Kf1 (15. Bd2 Rd8 16. Nd3 Ne4 $17) 15... Nd7 (15...
Bxb4 16. Qb3 a5 17. a3 Bc5 18. Qxb7) 16. Qc2 Bxb4 17. h4 Ne6 $13) (14... Bxf4
$5 15. exf4 Qe4 16. Qd3 $1 Qxg2 17. Rf1 Ne6 18. Bf3 Qxh3 19. Rh1 Qf5 20. Qxf5
gxf5 21. b5 $36) 15. Qc2 Na6 16. a3 Bc3+ 17. Kf1 Rad8 18. Bd3) 14... a5 $1 $44
15. Qc2 (15. f4 Ne6 $5 (15... Ne4 $6 16. fxe5 Qh4+ 17. g3 Nxg3 18. Nxg3 Qxg3+
19. Ke2 axb4 20. Qd4 Rxa2+ (20... Na6 21. Qf4 $18) 21. Bb2 $16) 16. fxe5 Qh4+
17. g3 Qe4 $17) 15... Na6 16. bxa5 (16. a3 axb4 17. f4 bxa3 18. fxe5 Nb4 19.
Qb3 a2 20. Ra1 Ne4 $19) 16... Bc7 $1 $17 {Weiß kann den schwarzen Angriff
nicht mehr abwehren.} 17. Nc3 Bxa5 18. a3 Nc5 (18... Ne4 $19 {gewinnt auch,
aber ich wollte erst noch den Springer von a6 aktiver stellen. Weiß kann sich
sowiso nicht befreien, da auf 19.Be2 Qe4 ! folgt.}) 19. Bb2 Nge4 20. Ke2 (20.
Be2 Qf6 21. O-O Bxc3 $19) 20... Rfd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1 22. Nxd1 Rd8 23. Bc1 Qf6 24.
Qb2 Nd3 {Weiß verliert eine Figur, daher} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 79th"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. h3
cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Na5 11. Be2 Be6 12. Re1 Rc8 {[ Black is already at
least equal ]} 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Nd5 (14... Bc4 15. Rc1 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Re8 $10)
(14... Nc4 15. Na4 Nd6 16. Nc5 Bd5 $15 {[ /\ Nf5 ]}) 15. Rc1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bf6
$2 {[ A complete misjudgement, Black was worried about the pressure on e7 but
this was no the way to relieve it. White now gets a passed d pawn and soon, a
clear advantage ]} (16... Re8 17. Bb5 Bd7 $10) (16... Nc4 $10) 17. Bxf6 exf6
18. Qa4 Bc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Qa3 b6 21. Re7 $16 Rc7 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. c4 {
[ With hindsight it looks like Black's reply should have lost a piece but
maybe not in which case this may not be best ]} Nxc4 $5 {[#]} 24. Qb4 $1 {
[ Missed that (Hodgson) ! ]} (24. Qb3 Rc8 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 {[
Threatens Rc1+ with a draw and gives Black drawing chances ]}) 24... Rc8 {
[ Black now stays in the game with some miraculous resources. After the game
the players thought Black should have lost a piece but I cannot see it ]} 25.
Nd2 b5 26. Qxb5 Qb6 27. Qa4 Qb2 $1 {[ Only move ]} 28. Qc2 (28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29.
Nxc4 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Qf4+ 31. Kg1 Qc1+ $10) (28. Nb3 {[ This was thought after
the game to be decisive since it defends c1 ]} Qe2 (28... Nb6 29. Rxc8+ Nxc8
30. Qe8+ $18 {[ The knight guards c1 ]}) 29. d5 (29. Na5 Qd2 $1) (29. Qd7 Qe6))
(28. Rc2 Nb6) 28... Qxc2 29. Rxc2 Nb6 30. Rxc8+ Nxc8 31. Kf1 {[ This ending
looked very good for White but afterwards Mark felt that a c pawn instead of a
d pawn, one file further from the kingside may been winning. In the game the
Black knight manages to cover both sides ]} Kf8 32. Ke2 Ke7 33. Nc4 Kd7 34. Kd3
Kc6 35. Ne3 f5 36. f4 h5 37. h4 f6 38. Kc4 Nd6+ 39. Kb4 Ne4 40. a4 Ng3 41. Kc4
Ne2 42. Nd5 Kd6 43. a5 a6 44. Nb4 Nxf4 45. Nxa6 Nxg2 46. Nb4 Ne3+ 47. Kd3 f4 $1
{[ Now the very real possibility of 3 Black kingside passed pawns forced White
to bale out ]} 48. a6 Kc7 49. d5 Nf5 50. Ke4 f3 51. d6+ $1 $10 Nxd6+ 52. Kxf3
Nf5 53. Nd5+ Kb8 54. Nxf6 Nxh4+ 55. Kf4 Ka7 56. Nxh5 gxh5 57. Kg5 Ng6 58. Kxh5
Kxa6 59. Kxg6 {[#]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest Utasellato IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1988.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Portisch, Gabor"]
[Black "Honfi, Karoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1988.10.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
exd4 d5 9. h3 b6 10. b3 Bb7 (10... Ne4 11. Nxd5 (11. Bb2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bb7 $11)
11... e6 12. Ne3 Nxd4 $15) 11. Ba3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Rc7 (12... Na5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 $1
14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Ba6 Rxc1 16. Qxc1 Nc7 $11) 13. Ne5 dxc4 14. Nb5 Rc8 15. Nxc6
Rxc6 16. Bf3 Qd7 17. bxc4 (17. Bxc6 $2 Qxc6 18. Qf3 Qd7 $1 $19) 17... Rcc8 18.
d5 a6 19. Nd4 Bh6 20. Nc6 Bxc6 $6 (20... Bxc1 21. Nxe7+ Kg7 22. Qxc1 Rce8 23.
Nc6 Rh8 $146) 21. dxc6 Qf5 22. Rb1 Rfd8 23. Qa4 Rd3 24. Rb3 Rxb3 25. axb3 e5
26. Qxa6 e4 27. Bg4 Nxg4 28. hxg4 Qxg4 29. Qxb6 Bf4 30. Bc1 Bxc1 31. Rxc1 Qe6
32. Re1 f5 33. f3 Rxc6 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. fxe4 Rd6 36. Qh4 Rd4 $4 37. exf5 Rxh4
38. fxe6 Kf8 39. c5 Rb4 40. c6 Rxb3 41. Rc1 Rb8 42. c7 Rc8 43. Kf2 Ke7 44. Rc6
h5 45. g4 hxg4 46. Kg3 Kf6 47. Kxg4 g5 48. Kf3 Ke7 49. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Danzhou 4th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2013.05.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2013.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 {Diese Variante könnte man getrost
Chinesische Verteidigung nennen. Ni Hua, Wang Hao, Wang Yue, Bu Xiangzhi und
Li Chao wenden sie regelmäßig an. Außerdem der Vietnamese Le Quang Liem.} 5.
Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 {Hier hat Schwarz fast schon jeden legalen Zug
probiert.} (7... Bg4) (7... Nbd7) (7... dxc4) (7... a6) (7... e6) 8. b4 Ne4 ({
Ein frühes Beispiel für diese Variante:} 8... Bb7 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5
11. Qb3 Qb8 12. a4 a6 13. b5 a5 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Rc2 e6 16. Ba3 Bf8 17. Bxf8
Kxf8 18. Qa3+ Kg7 19. Rfc1 Rc7 20. Nd1 Rxc2 21. Rxc2 Qf8 {1/2-1/2 (21)
Petrosian,T (2645)-Hort,V (2600) Moscow 1975}) 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 e6 {
Eine Neuerung.} ({Bisher spielte man} 10... Nd7 11. Qb3 Bb7 12. cxd5 (12. a4 a6
13. Rfc1 e6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Ne1 b5 16. Nd3 Re8 17. Ra2 h5 18. Rca1 Rb8 19.
axb5 axb5 20. Ra7 Qc7 21. R1a3 Nb6 22. Nc5 Nc8 23. R7a5 Nd6 24. Qa2 Bf8 25. Ra7
Qd8 26. Bf1 Bc8 27. Nd3 Nc4 28. Ne5 Bb7 29. Bxc4 dxc4 30. Qe2 Rxe5 31. dxe5 c5
32. bxc5 Bxc5 33. e6 fxe6 34. Ra1 Bxa7 35. Rxa7 b4 36. Bxb4 Bc6 37. Be1 Qd3 38.
Ra2 Rb1 39. f3 Qxe2 40. Rxe2 c3 41. Kf2 Bb5 42. Bxc3 Bxe2 43. Kxe2 Kf7 44. h4
Rg1 45. Kf2 Rc1 46. Be5 Rc2+ 47. Kf1 Ke8 48. e4 Kd7 49. Bf4 Kc6 50. Bg5 Kb5 51.
Bh6 Kc4 52. Bg5 {1/2-1/2 (52) Nepomniachtchi,I (2718)-Wang Yue (2697) St
Petersburg 2012}) 12... cxd5 13. a4 a6 14. Ne1 Nf6 15. Ra2 Ne4 16. Ba1 Rc8 17.
Nd3 e6 18. a5 b5 19. Bf3 Qe7 20. Rd1 Nd6 21. g3 Rcd8 22. Bg2 Nc4 23. Re2 Rd6
24. Bc3 Rfd8 25. f4 Bc6 26. Qb1 Na3 27. Qa1 Nc4 28. Qb1 Na3 29. Qa1 Nc4 30. Qb1
{1/2-1/2 (30) Giri, A (2730)-Wang Hao (2742) London 2012}) ({oder} 10... Bb7
11. Qb3 e6 12. a4 a6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. b5 cxb5 15. axb5 a5 16. Ne5 Qd6 17. Bb2
Rc8 18. Bg4 f5 19. Bf3 Nd7 20. Ba3 Qe6 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. bxc6 Nf6 23. Qxb6 Qxc6
24. Rfb1 Qxb6 25. Rxb6 Ne4 26. Rb5 Rc2 27. Rxd5 a4 28. Rb5 Bf8 29. g4 Bxa3 30.
Rxa3 Rf8 31. gxf5 Nxf2 32. Kf1 gxf5 33. Rxa4 f4 34. exf4 Nd3 35. Rg5+ Kh8 36.
Ra8 Rxa8 37. Bxa8 Rxh2 38. f5 Rf2+ 39. Kg1 Rf4 40. Bd5 h6 41. Rg8+ Kh7 42. Rd8
Ne1 43. Re8 Rxd4 44. Be4 Kg7 45. Kf2 Kf7 46. Re6 Nd3+ 47. Ke3 Nc5 48. Kxd4
Nxe6+ 49. fxe6+ {1/2-1/2 (49) Parligras,M (2635)-Li,C (2693) Fujairah City 2012
}) 11. a4 a6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. c5 {Die weiße Bauernführung erinnert ein wenig
an das Go-Spiel.} b5 14. Ra3 Nd7 15. Qa1 Qc7 16. Qb2 f6 17. Nd3 e5 18. Rfa1
exd4 19. Bxd4 Ne5 20. Nf4 Qe7 21. Qc3 Nc4 22. R3a2 Rae8 23. h4 ({Gut war auch
gleich} 23. axb5 axb5 (23... cxb5 24. Bf3 $18 (24. c6 Bxc6 25. Rxa6 $18)) 24.
Ra7 {mit der Idee} Ra8 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. c6 $18) 23... g5 24. Nh5 gxh4 25. axb5
axb5 (25... cxb5 26. c6 $18) 26. Ra7 Rb8 27. R1a6 Ra8 28. Qc2 Qd7 ({Zäher war
noch} 28... Rxa7 29. Rxa7 Ne5 30. Qf5 Rf7 $18) 29. Bd3 Qg4 (29... h6 {
scheitert an} 30. Bf5 Qc7 31. Be6+ Kh8 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Rxa8+ Bxa8 34. Qg6 $18
{nebst Matt}) 30. Bxh7+ Kh8 31. Qg6 ({Strenger war} 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Rxa8+
Bxa8 33. Nxf6 Qg5 34. Bg8 Qh6 35. Qf5 Bb7 36. Ng4 $18) 31... Qxg6 32. Bxg6 Bxa6
33. Rxg7 Ne5 34. Rh7+ Kg8 35. Nxf6+ Rxf6 36. Bxe5 Rxg6 37. Rh8+ Kf7 38. Rxa8
Bb7 {Der Läufe rettet sich noch, ist aber nicht gerade der Held in seiner
Wirkung.} 39. Rb8 Ba6 40. Kh2 Ke6 41. Bd4 Kf5 42. f3 Rh6 43. Kh3 Rh7 44. Rf8+
Ke6 45. Ra8 Bb7 46. Rh8 (46. Rh8 Rxh8 47. Bxh8 Kf5 48. Kxh4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Asia Clubs 1st"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Guliev, Sarhan"]
[Black "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.12.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 {
The game started as a simple Queen Pawn Opening and has transposed into a
Tarrasch Defense with colors reversed.} 8. O-O Nc6 9. h3 b6 (9... Bf5 10. cxd5
Nxd5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Nf4 13. Bg3 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Rad1
Qc5 {is recomended by book}) 10. Bg5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Na5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Qd2 Rc8
14. Rad1 Nd5 {We have an isolated pawn middlegame, and Black proceeds to
blockade the pawn. White has active development.} 15. Rfe1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4
17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Rxe7 Rxd4 {White won a pawn with the series of exchanges and
now goes on to sacrifice his queen for rook and minor piece. The ensuing
initiative leads to a mating attack.} 19. Qxd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qc6 21. Rdd7 {
Two rooks on seventh rank is a powerful asset.} Bc8 22. Rc7 Qd5 23. Bh6 Rd8 24.
Ng5 {The knight joins the fray and even giving up his rook White manages to
weave a mating net} Bd7 25. Rxf7 Qd1+ 26. Kh2 Qd6+ 27. f4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch49 Final"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1981.12.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1981.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. a3 $5 (11. Qe2 Re8 12. b3 e5 $1 13. dxe5 Nxe5
14. Bb2 d4 $1 15. Bc2 c5 16. exd4 Nc6 $15) (11. Bd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Be1
exd4 14. exd4 Nb6 $10 {Kholmov,R-Panov,V/JUG/1967/}) 11... Re8 12. Qe2 Qe7 (
12... e5 13. dxe5 (13. cxd5 exd4 14. dxc6 bxc6) 13... Nxe5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Bb5) 13. Bd2 a6 14. Rac1 e5 $6 (14... Rac8 $6) (14... b5 $6) 15. cxd5 cxd5 (
15... e4 16. Bc4) (15... exd4 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. exd4) 16. dxe5 Qxe5 (16... Nxe5
$5 17. Bb1 Nc6 18. Qd3 Rad8 19. Ne2 Ne4) 17. Be1 Nc5 18. Bb1 (18. Bc2 $5) 18...
Nb3 19. Rc2 d4 20. exd4 Nxd4 21. Qxe5 Rxe5 22. Rcd2 Rae8 23. Kf1 Nc6 24. f4 $16
Ra5 (24... R5e7 25. Bh4) 25. Bf2 Nh5 26. Nd5 (26. Bb6 Bxc3) 26... Nf6 27. Nb6
Rh5 28. Nc4 Bf8 29. Ba2 (29. g4 Rxh3 30. Kg2 Rb3 31. Bc2 Rb5 32. Ba4 Nxg4 $13)
(29. Nd6 Bxd6 30. Rxd6 Ne4 31. Rd7 Nxf2 32. Kxf2 Rb5) 29... Ne4 30. Re2 Bc5 31.
Nd2 (31. g4 Bxf2 (31... Rxh3 $1 32. Bxc5 (32. Kg2 Bxf2 33. Kxh3 Nd4) 32... Rh1+
33. Bg1 Ng3+ 34. Kg2 Rxg1+ 35. Rxg1 Nxe2) 32. gxh5 Ng3+ 33. Kxf2 Nxe2 34. Re1
Ncd4 35. Nd6 Re7 36. Bxf7+ Kg7 37. Bc4) 31... Nxd2+ (31... Bxf2 32. Nxe4 $18)
32. Rdxd2 Rxe2 33. Kxe2 Bxf2 34. Kxf2 Rc5 (34... Rb5 $5 35. Ke3 (35. b4 a5 36.
Bc4 Rf5 $13) 35... a5) 35. Ke3 g5 (35... b5 36. Rd7 Rc2 37. Bxf7+ (37. Rxf7
Rxb2) 37... Kh8 38. b4 Rxg2 39. Bd5 $16) 36. Rd7 $18 gxf4+ 37. Kxf4 Rc2 38.
Rxb7 Na5 (38... Rxg2 39. Bxf7+ Kh8 40. Bd5) 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Bd5 Nc4 41. Rb7 (
41. Rb7 Nxb2 42. Rxf7+ Kh8 43. Rxh7+ Kxh7 44. Be4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "World-ch24 Petrosian-Botvinnik +5-2=15"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1963.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1963.03.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Nach missglücktem Auftakt (Botvinnik hatte gleich die erste Partie mit den
schwarzen Steinen gewonnen) kam Petrosian mit dieser Partie zum Ausgleich.} 1.
c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 $5 dxc4 ({Als beste
Fortsetzung gilt} 6... c5) 7. Bxc4 c5 8. d5 e6 (8... a6 $5) (8... Nbd7) 9. dxe6
Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Bxe6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Bis zu einem "richtigen"
Vorteil für Weiß ist es noch weit, doch der Bauer e6 ist auf Dauer schwach.}
12. Ke2 Nc6 ({Es gab nur eine Chance für} 12... Nd5 $5 {Nach} 13. Nxd5 exd5 14.
Rd1 Rd8 15. Ng5 Na6 16. Ne6 Rd7 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 {sollte das Gleichgewicht noch
gewahrt sein.}) 13. Rd1 Rad8 ({Mit} 13... Kf7 $5 {konnte Schwarz den Pe6 per
König decken, doch ein kompletter Ausgleich ist damit nicht mehr möglich.}) 14.
Rxd8 Rxd8 15. Ng5 Re8 16. Nge4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 $14 b6 18. Rb1 Nb4 19. Bd2 $1 Nd5
(19... Nxa2 $2 20. Ra1 Nb4 21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. Rxa7 Bxb2 23. Rb7 $16) 20. a4 Rc8
21. b3 Bf8 {überdeckt das Feld d6 und bereitet damit c5-c4 vor.} 22. Rc1 Be7 $6
{Schwarz sollte mit} (22... Rb8 {aus der c-Linie gehen, um den folgenden
Vorstoß zu unterbinden. Weiß steht aber auch dann etwas besser und kann dieses
Endspiel eine Ewigkeit kneten.}) 23. b4 $1 c4 $1 ({Nach z.B.} 23... Rc7 24.
bxc5 bxc5 25. Kd3 {hat Weiß Einbruchsmöglichkeiten und Spiel gegen nun zwei
schwache Bauern.}) 24. b5 Kf7 $2 ({Erforderlich war} 24... Ba3 $1 25. Rc2 c3 $1
26. Bxc3 Bb4 27. Kd2 Rc4 28. Bxb4 Rxe4 29. Bd6 Rxa4 {, doch dass Schwarz hier
Ausgleich hat (Averbakh) darf bezweifelt werden. Die schlechte schwarze
Königsstellung springt ja förmlich ins Auge.}) 25. Bc3 $1 Ba3 26. Rc2 Nxc3+ 27.
Rxc3 Bb4 28. Rc2 Ke7 (28... e5 29. Nd2 c3 30. Ne4 Ke6 31. f3 h6 32. Kd3 Rd8+
33. Kc4 Rd2 34. Kb3 Rxc2 35. Kxc2 Kd5 36. Kd3 $1 c2 37. Kxc2 Kc4 38. Nd2+ $1
Bxd2 39. Kxd2 $18 {(Tal)}) 29. Nd2 $1 c3 (29... Bxd2 30. Kxd2 Kd6 31. Kc3 Kc5
32. Rd2 $1 $18) 30. Ne4 Ba5 31. Kd3 Rd8+ 32. Kc4 Rd1 (32... Rd7 33. Kb3 $18)
33. Nxc3 Rh1 $6 {Auch die Chance ins Turmendspiel überzugehen gibt es nur
einmal:} ({Eine mögliche, aber keineswegs forcierte Variante ist diese:} 33...
Bxc3 34. Kxc3 Rh1 35. h3 Kd7 36. Kd4 Ra1 37. Rc4 Ra2 38. Ke5 Rxf2 39. Rf4 Rxf4
40. exf4 Ke7 41. g4 Kf7 42. g5 Ke7 43. h4 $18) 34. Ne4 $1 Rxh2 35. Kd4 Kd7 36.
g3 Bb4 37. Ke5 Rh5+ 38. Kf6 Be7+ 39. Kg7 e5 40. Rc6 $1 Rh1 41. Kf7 $1 Ra1 42.
Re6 Bd8 43. Rd6+ Kc8 44. Ke8 Bc7 45. Rc6 Rd1 (45... Rxa4 46. Nc3 {/\ 47.Nd5 +-}
) 46. Ng5 Rd8+ 47. Kf7 Rd7+ 48. Kg8 {Quelle: Suetin "Schachstrategie der
Weltmeister"} 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Rc1 e6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 (8... Na6) 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qc2 b6 13. b4 Ncd7
14. e4 Bb7 15. Rfe1 a6 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Qb3 b5 18. Bf1 Ng4 19. h3 Nge5 20. Nxe5
Nxe5 21. Red1 Qe7 22. Be3 Rfd8 23. Bc5 Qg5 $10 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Be3 Qf6 26.
a4 Nd3 27. Rc2 bxa4 28. Qxa4 Qe7 29. b5 axb5 30. Nxb5 Qb4 31. Qxb4 Nxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone Pine op Louis D. Statham Masters"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1979.03.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tarjan, James Edward"]
[Black "Bohm, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1979.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. Bxf5 gxf5 8. b3
e6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Ne2 Bf8 12. a4 Rg8 13. Nf4 Qf6 14. Qe2 Bd6 15.
Ba3 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 Qe7 17. Raa1 Ndf6 18. Rfc1 Kf8 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nd3 Re8 21.
b4 Ng4 22. h3 Nexf2 23. hxg4 Nxg4 24. Rf1 Nxe3 25. Rf2 Qe4 26. Nc5 Qf4 27. Re1
Rg3 28. Qd2 Re7 29. Nd3 Qh6 30. Nfe5 f6 31. Nf3 f4 32. Nh2 Re4 33. Nxf4 Qg5 34.
Nf1 Nxf1 35. Rexf1 Rg4 36. b5 Kf7 37. bxc6 bxc6 38. Kh2 Qh4+ 39. Kg1 Qg3 40.
Nh5 Qh4 41. Nxf6 Rxd4 $18 {time} 0-1

[Event "World-ch09 Lasker-Schlechter +1-1=8"]
[Site "Vienna & Berlin"]
[Date "1910.02.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1910.01.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2] Diese Entscheidungspartie ist von Robert Hübner in SCHACH 5/99, 6/99,
8/99, 10/99 und 11/99 ausführlichst untersucht worden. Hier wird zum Großteil
auf Hübners Ergebnisse zurückgegriffen.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6
5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Qc2 Na6 8. a3 dxc4 $6 (8... c5 {Huebner}) 9. Bxc4 b5
$2 (9... Nc7 $5 10. O-O (10. e4 Bg4 $10) 10... Be6 $10 {Euwe}) 10. Bd3 b4 $6 (
10... Qa5 {(Huebner)}) 11. Na4 bxa3 12. bxa3 Bb7 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Ne5 {>= 14.
0-0 15.Bd2 16.Rfc1+/-/+- Marco / /\ Ba6, Qc6 Tarrasch} Nh5 (14... Nd7 15. Rxb7
Qxb7 16. Bxa6 $16 {Marco}) (14... Rac8 15. Bxa6 Bxa6 16. Nc5 $18) (14... Nd5
15. O-O f6 16. Nf3 $16 {Vukovic}) 15. g4 $6 {Schwächt den weißen Königsflügel
unnötig. Wieder hätte wohl} (15. O-O {am einfachsten den großen Vorteil
bewahrt.}) (15. f4 {(Marco) kommt auch in Frage.}) 15... Bxe5 16. gxh5 $2 {
Von Hübner kritisiert, der} ({nach} 16. dxe5 Ng7 17. f4 {großen Vorteil für
Weiß sieht.}) 16... Bg7 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Qc4 {/\ 19.Bg6, 19.Rb7} (18. f4 $5 c5
19. Rg1 {+/-/+- Tarrasch} Rab8 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. dxc5 $36 {
Huebner}) 18... Bc8 $2 (18... c5 $5 19. Rg1 Qxh2 20. Rxg6 Nc7 $1 {(Huebner)
scheint das Gleichgewicht zu wahren.}) 19. Rg1 {Huebner hält gleich drei Züge
für aussichtsreicher:} (19. Bd2) (19. Be4) (19. h4) 19... Qa5+ $6 (19... e6 {
(Huebner)}) 20. Bd2 Qd5 21. Rc1 Bb7 22. Qc2 (22. h4) (22. Nc3) 22... Qh5 23.
Bxg6 $2 {Der Zug vergibt den Vorteil; Schwarz ist nahe am Remis.} (23. Qb3 $1
Rab8 24. Rxg6 {(Huebner)}) (23. Bc4 $5 {(Zak)} e6 24. Qe4 {(Fritz)}) 23... Qxh2
(23... fxg6 24. Qb3+ {[%cal Rb3g8,Rb3b7]}) 24. Rf1 fxg6 25. Qb3+ Rf7 26. Qxb7
Raf8 27. Qb3 Kh8 (27... Kh7 $142 {(Huebner)}) 28. f4 g5 $2 (28... Qg3+ 29. Kd1
Rxf4 30. Rxf4 Rxf4 31. Kc2 {Lasker} Rh4 32. Qe6 Nc7 33. Qxc6 Rh2 34. Rh1) 29.
Qd3 $2 ({Nach} 29. Rxc6 {sieht Huebner Weiß im Vorteil.}) 29... gxf4 30. exf4
Qh4+ 31. Ke2 Qh2+ 32. Rf2 Qh5+ 33. Rf3 Nc7 $1 34. Rxc6 (34. Nc5 $5) 34... Nb5 (
{Auch} 34... Nd5 {ist gut. Weiß muss laut Huebner} 35. Qg6 {spielen.}) 35. Rc4
Rxf4 {Ebenso spielbar sind} (35... Nd6 36. Rc5 Nf5) ({und} 35... Rd8 36. Ke1
Qh1+ 37. Qf1 $11) 36. Bxf4 Rxf4 37. Rc8+ Bf8 38. Kf2 Qh2+ (38... Qh4+ $2 39.
Kg2 $1 $18) 39. Ke1 Qh1+ $2 $18 {Das falsche Schach!} ({Nach} 39... Qh4+ {
gibt es für Weiß kein Entfliehen aus dem Dauerschach; davon kann man sich
leicht überzeugen.}) 40. Rf1 {Jetzt verbleibt Weiß mit einer Mehrqualität.}
Qh4+ 41. Kd2 Rxf1 42. Qxf1 Qxd4+ 43. Qd3 Qf2+ 44. Kd1 Nd6 45. Rc5 $2 (45. Rb8 {
(Huebner)}) 45... Bh6 46. Rd5 Kg8 47. Nc5 Qg1+ $2 (47... Kf7) 48. Kc2 Qc1+ 49.
Kb3 Bg7 50. Ne6 Qb2+ 51. Ka4 Kf7 52. Nxg7 (52. Ng5+ Ke8 53. Qg6+ Kd7 54. Qf5+
Kc6 {Schlechter}) 52... Qxg7 53. Qb3 Ke8 54. Qb8+ Kf7 55. Qxa7 Qg4+ 56. Qd4
Qd7+ 57. Kb3 Qb7+ 58. Ka2 Qc6 59. Qd3 Ke6 60. Rg5 Kd7 61. Re5 Qg2+ 62. Re2 Qg4
63. Rd2 Qa4 64. Qf5+ Kc7 65. Qc2+ Qxc2+ 66. Rxc2+ Kb6 67. Re2 Nc8 68. Kb3 Kc6
69. Rc2+ Kb7 70. Kb4 Na7 71. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Bg7 {
[%emt 0:00:35]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:21]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:
16]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:05:28]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:41]} 6. Be2 {
[%emt 0:04:42]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 7. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:02:20]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:
08]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:58]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 9. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} a6
{[%emt 0:12:38]} 10. a4 {[%emt 0:05:00]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 11. Ba2 {[%emt 0:
08:54]} (11. Qb3 Bd7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16.
Bd2 Rad8 17. Ba5 Qd5 18. Qb4 Rd7 19. g3 Rc8 20. Rac1 Rc6 21. e4 Qe6 22. Rcd1 h5
23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Qb3 Rd6 25. Bc3 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Rd4 27. Re1 Rxa4 28. e5 e6 29.
h4 Rd4 30. Rc1 Qd5 31. Qe3 Kh7 32. Qg5 Qf3 33. Re1 Rd5 34. b4 Qf5 35. Qe3 Qg4
36. Qb6 Rd1 37. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 38. Kh2 {0-1 (38) Karimov,I (2292)-Barsov,A (2524)
Tashkent 2014}) 11... Rd8 {[%emt 0:07:54]} 12. Bd2 {[%emt 0:09:58]} e5 {
[%emt 0:04:20] Zhao Xue's opening was quite bad, and Lagno's position before
move ten was already preferable. However something went wrong and the
Ukrainian's series of mistakes were severely punished by very active play from
Zhao Xue who proceeded to sweep Lagno off the board.} 13. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:10]}
Nc6 {[%emt 0:17:10]} 14. Ng5 {[%emt 0:05:02]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:04:46]} 15. Rc1 {
[%emt 0:11:58]} e4 {[%emt 0:06:14]} 16. Ngxe4 {[%emt 0:05:49]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:
00:17]} 17. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 18. Qc2 {[%emt 0:09:49]
} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 19. Bb4 {[%emt 0:05:39]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:04:33]} 20. Ng5 {
[%emt 0:01:49]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 21. e4 {[%emt 0:07:30]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:06:
08]} 22. Nxf7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:06:33]} 23. Bd6 {[%emt 0:06:15]}
Bxe4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 24. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:04:38]} 25. Qxb7 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 26. Ng5+ {[%emt 0:02:22]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:
11]} 27. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rdxe4 {[%emt 0:03:25]} 28. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
h5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 29. a5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 30. Bf7 {
[%emt 0:00:36]} 1-0

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:11] Both players know each other very well as Tomashevsky
was one of Gelfand's second in the important match against Anand. Gelfand
neutralized his opponent completely and accepted a draw by repetition in a
position where he had a queen for a rook and a bishop but it was somewhat
dangerous to play on.} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:35]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bg7
{[%emt 0:00:16]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:11:37]} 7. dxc5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:05:24]} 8.
cxd5 {[%emt 0:19:39]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 9. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bxc3+ {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. Bd2 {[%emt 0:16:04]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 11. Qxd8+ {
[%emt 0:01:45]} Qxd8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:
05:24]} 13. Rd1 {[%emt 0:14:40]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:07:13]}
Nxc5 $146 {[%emt 0:02:08]} (14... Qxc5 15. Rd2 f6 16. Rfd1 Nf8 17. Rd8 b6 18.
Nd4 Bb7 19. Ne6 Qc6 20. Bf3 Qxe6 21. Bxb7 Rxd8 22. Rxd8 Kg7 23. Bd5 Qf5 24. e4
Qf4 25. g3 Qc7 26. Re8 a5 27. h4 h5 28. a3 Qd6 29. Ra8 Ne6 30. Rc8 Nc7 31. Rg8+
Kh7 32. Bb3 Nb5 33. Rc8 Nxc3 34. Rxc3 Qd2 35. Bd5 Qxb2 36. Rb3 Qd4 37. Re3 Kg7
38. Kg2 f5 {0-1 (38) Clarke,P-Honfi,K Wijk aan Zee 1970}) 15. Be5 {[%emt 0:06:
11]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 16. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 17. Bc3
{[%emt 0:01:34]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 18. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:03:
02]} 19. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 20. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Reeh, Oliver"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 g6
8. Bc4 {Eine originelle Entwicklungsmethode. Weiß hält den Zug d2-d4 zurück
und entwickelt seine Läufer auf c4 und a3.} ({Die Hauptvarianten beginnen mit} 
8. d4 Bg7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1) 8... Bg7 9. O-O (9. Ng5 O-O 10. Qf3
e6 11. d4 Nc6 12. O-O Na5 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Rb1 Rc8 15. Ne4 Bc6 16. Qg3 Bxe4 17.
Bxe4 Qd7 $11 {Morozevich,A-Karpov,A/Moscow 1992}) 9... O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 {
In Frage kam auch das zwischenzeitige 10...Qc7.} (10... Qc7 11. Bb3 Nc6 12. Ba3
Bf6 13. Qe2 Bf5 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. h3 h5 16. d4 Na5 17. c4 Nxb3 18. axb3 Rfd8
19. d5 $14 {Mamedov,R-Erenburg,S/Aviles 2003}) 11. h3 (11. a4 Bg4 12. Be2 e5
13. Ba3 Re8 14. h3 Bf5 15. Bb5 Rc8 (15... e4 $1 $15) 16. d4 exd4 17. Bxc6 Rxe1+
18. Qxe1 bxc6 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. cxd4 $11 {Gdanski,J-Gaertner,G/Panormo 2001})
11... b6 {Es ist bestimmt kein Fehler, aber hier und im nächsten Zug war
Nc6-a5 genauer, um die zukünftige Position des weißen Läufers zu klären.} (
11... Na5 $1 12. Bf1 (12. Bb3 Nxb3 13. axb3 b6 14. Ba3 Re8 15. d4 Bb7 $11)
12... b6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. d4 Rc8 $11) 12. a4 Bb7 $6 (12... Na5 $1
13. Ba2 Bb7 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Ng5 e6 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Rc8 $11) 13. Ba3 Bf6 {
Nun musste ich mich dieses unnatürlichen Zuges bedienen, um den Bauern e7
ausreichend zu schützen.} (13... Re8 $4 {verliert wegen} 14. Bxf7+ $3 Kxf7 15.
Ng5+ Kg8 16. Qb3+ e6 17. Rxe6 $18) 14. Ba2 Re8 $11 15. d4 e6 (15... Rc8 $5 16.
Rc1 (16. Qe2 e6 17. Rad1 Na5 $11) (16. Qd2 Na5 $11) 16... Na5 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18.
Rxe5 Nc4 $11) 16. Qd2 (16. Nd2 Na5 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11) 16... Rc8 $6
{Dies ist bereits eine Ungenauigkeit, ich habe den nächsten Zug von Weiß
unterschätzt. Sicherer wäre es, das Feld f4 mit 16...Qc7 unter Kontrolle
nehmen.} (16... Qc7 $1 17. Qh6 (17. c4 Rad8 18. Bb2 Na5 $17) 17... Na5 18. Re3
Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Bg7 $11) 17. Qf4 $1 {Droht mit 18.d4-d5, was auch nach 17...Na5
stark ist.} Na5 {Nach langem Nachdenken ließ ich mich auf eine forcierte
Variante ein, anstatt mit 17...Kg7 die Spannung in der Stellung
aufrechtzuerhalten.} (17... Kg7 $5 18. Rac1 (18. Bc1 Kg8 $11) (18. Bd6 Na5 $11)
18... Na5 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. Re3 Red8 21. h4 $36) 18. d5 $1 Bxd5 (18... g5 $2 19.
dxe6 $1 gxf4 (19... Rxe6 20. Qf5 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 $16) 20. exf7+ Kg7 21. fxe8=Q
Qxe8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Nd4 $16) (18... Bxc3 $2 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Rxe6 Kg7 21.
Rc1 $16) 19. Bxd5 g5 $1 20. Nxg5 $1 (20. Qg3 $2 Qxd5 21. Rad1 Qf5 $17) 20...
Bxg5 21. Qg3 Kh8 {Gut möglich war auch 21...Qxd5.} (21... Qxd5 $5 22. Re5 Qd8
23. Rxg5+ Kh8 24. c4 Qf6 25. Re1 Rg8 $11) 22. Ba2 (22. Be4 Qf6 23. Rad1 Nc4 24.
Bc1 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Rg8 $11) 22... Rg8 {Die Stellung ist etwa ausgeglichen. Als
Kompensation für seinen geschwächten König hat Schwarz gut koordinierte
Figuren und den Druck gegen c3. Reeh lehnte jedoch mein Remisangebot ab,
hauptsächlich aus Mannschaftsgründen.} 23. Rad1 Qf6 24. Bd6 Nc6 25. Bb1 Bh4 ({
Mit} 25... Bd2 {kann Schwarz kein Material einsammeln:} 26. Qd3 Qg7 27. Qxh7+
Qxh7 28. Bxh7 Bxe1 29. Bxg8 Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Kxg8 $11) 26. Qe3 Qg7 27. Be4 Bf6
28. Rd3 Ne5 29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. Red1 Qf6 $138 31. g3 $138 {Die Stellung ist nach
wie vor ausgeglichen, aber hier begann gegenseitige Zeitnot.} Rc4 $5 (31...
Rxc3 32. Rxc3 Bxc3 33. Rd7 $11) (31... Rc7 $11) 32. Bg2 $2 {Nach dem korrekten
32.Qe2! sollte Schwarz auf die Eroberung des Pa4 lieber verzichten.} (32. Qe2
$1 Rc7 (32... Rxa4 33. Rf3 Qg7 34. Bxh7 $1 Rc8 35. Bc2 $14) 33. Rd7 Rgc8 34.
Qh5 h6 35. f4 Bxc3 36. Rd8+ Rxd8 37. Rxd8+ Qxd8 38. Qxh6+ Kg8 39. Bh7+ Kh8 40.
Bg6+ $11) 32... Rxa4 $17 33. f4 Bc7 34. Rd7 Rc4 35. R1d4 Rc5 36. Qd3 b5 37. Kh2
Bb6 38. Rb7 $2 Rxc3 $19 39. Qxc3 Bxd4 40. Qf3 Bb6 41. Qh5 Qd4 42. h4 Qe3 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial-05"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1985.02.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Drasko, Milan"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1985.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. b4 c6 (6... b6 $5 7. Bb2
c5 8. bxc5 bxc5 9. dxc5 $2 Na6 10. c6 Ne4 11. Nd4 Rb8 $17 {Miles,A-Korchnoi,V/
Bruxelles/1986/ Inf 41/549/}) (6... Ne4 $5) 7. Bb2 Ne4 (7... a5 8. b5 Ne4 9.
Rc1 Nd7 10. cxd5 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 cxd5 12. Be2 Nf6 13. Ne5 Ne4 14. Rc1 a4 15. O-O
$14 {Bagirov,V-Gulko,B/USSR/1973/ Inf 15/570/}) 8. Bd3 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 dxc4 10.
Bxc4 Nd7 11. e4 (11. O-O Nb6 12. Bb3 Qd6 13. Rc1 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nd5
16. Bxd5 cxd5 $10 {Holmov,R-Korchnoi,V/USSR/1954/}) 11... Nb6 (11... c5 $5 12.
bxc5 Nxc5 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Be2 Rc8 $13) 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. O-O Qd6 14. h3 Be6 $6 (
14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bxd4 16. Rad1 e5 17. Rd2 a5 $5 (17... Rad8 $6 18. Rfd1 Rd7
19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Rxd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. a3 $14) 18. bxa5 Nd7 19. Rfd1 c5
$10) 15. Rc1 Rad8 16. a4 $14 Na8 $2 (16... Bc4 $1 17. Bxc4 (17. Re1 Qe6 18.
Bxc4 Qxc4) 17... Nxc4 18. b5 $14) 17. d5 Bxc3 $2 (17... cxd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19.
Qd4+ f6 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxa7 e5 23. a5 $14) 18. dxe6 Qxd1 19.
exf7+ Kg7 20. Rfxd1 $16 Bxb4 21. Ne5 {/\ Nd7} (21. Ng5 $2 Nc7 22. f4 Bd2) 21...
Bd6 22. Nd3 e5 23. g3 g5 (23... Nb6 24. f4 Nd7 25. Kg2) 24. f4 exf4 25. e5 Be7
26. gxf4 gxf4 27. Nxf4 $18 Nc7 28. Kf2 Kh6 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Kf3 c5 31. Rg1 b6
(31... b5 $1 32. axb5 Nxb5 33. Bc4 $18) 32. Rg8 Rf8 33. Ne2 b5 34. Ng3 c4 35.
Nf5+ Kh5 36. Bd1 (36. Bd1 Rxf7 37. Kf4#) 1-0

[Event "Piatigorsky Cup-01"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1963.07.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Benko, Pal C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Na6 (10... Nc6 $5 11. Qe2 a5 12. Rd1 Nxd4 13. exd4
a4 14. Bc2 Ra5 15. Be4 a3 $13 {Gligoric,S-Portish,L/Skopje/1972/ Inf 14/622/})
11. Qe2 (11. a4 $5 Nc5 12. a5 Nbd7 13. Bc2 Ne5 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Bd2
$14 {Ghitescu,Th-Uhlmann,W/Sinaia/1965/}) 11... Nc5 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. a4 e5 14.
Nf3 Be6 15. Rd1 Qe7 $36 16. a5 Bc4 17. Qe1 Nbd7 18. e4 Nb3 19. Bxb3 Bxb3 20.
Nd5 Qd8 21. Rd2 (21. Rd3 $2 Nc5 22. Rc3 Nxe4 23. Rxb3 Qxd5 $17) 21... Rc8 22.
Qe3 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qc7 24. h3 Nf6 25. Rd1 Qc2 26. Re1 Rc4 27. Qxa7 Nxe4 28. Be3
Rb4 29. Rac1 Qxb2 30. Rc7 Nd6 $2 (30... Rb5 31. Bc1 Qb4 $15) 31. Bc5 Nc8 {
32.1/4b8 []d6 33.1/4a7 []c8=} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg FIDE GP"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Duda,Jan Krzysztof"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In our first encouter I gambled playing the Petroff with Black, and was lucky
to escape. Now I was obviously in the much more comfortable situation, but
with no real intention to gamble anymore.} 1. c4 c6 {So the Slav. I was
expecting the Schlechter variation likely to happen, as it was a pet line of
my opponent against Levon Aronian in the earlier stage of the GP in Riga.
Still, I wasn't quite prepared for that, as lately my opponent had been trying
almost any opening, most notably 1...e5.} 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 {Aronian has
gotten this very position 6 times against Yu Yangyi, and in all of them he
started with 4.d4 and after 4...g6 tried different setups. However, after 5.d4
other moves were a concern for me, that's why I prefered to start with 5.Nc3.}
4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 $5 {A surprise. My opponent had
tried before:} (7... a6 8. a4 (8. h3 e6 9. b3 Nbd7 {1/2 (63) Aronian,L (2756)
-Yu,Y (2736) Riga 2019}) 8... e6 (8... a5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Qb3 {
1-0 (57) Aronian,L (2756)-Yu,Y (2736) Riga 2019}) 9. b4 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11.
Nd2 f5 12. c5 Nd7 13. Nc4 $16 {0-1 (29) Wei,Y (2721)-Yu,Y (2763)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) ({and} 7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bg4 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. e4 (10. h3
Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. d5 cxd5 13. Bxd5 Nc5 $11 {1/2 (46) Aronian,L (2756)-Yu,Y 
(2736) Riga 2019}) 10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. d5 cxd5 13. exd5 Re8 14. Bg5 h6
15. Be3 {1/2 (53) Aronian,L (2756)-Yu,Y (2736) Riga 2019; As I'm not a regular
1.d4 player, after 7...Ne4 I was already out of the book}) 8. Nxe4 {I chose
this not so popular option, mostly because I was hoping for 9...f5 which I
will try to explain later. Obviously there are some alternatives, which are
more pretending to an opening edge.} (8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 b6 {I just didn't
want to play this Grunfeld-like position, even if it looks comfortable for
White.}) ({Also I totally forgot about} 8. a4 {which had been played by Bu
Xiangzhi, and annotated by Anish Giri in some episode of NIC. Possibly if I
had recalled that game, I would have gone for 8.a4.}) 8... dxe4 9. Nd2 c5 {
He played it quickly and it was obvious he was in his prep.} (9... f5 {In this
manner my opponent had played against Wei Yi in the World Cup. I remembered
this game because I made a bet about the final result of it with a friend of
mine. Even though Yu had a disastrous position after the opening, he managed
to outplay Wei Yi in the middlegame, so that I lost an easy cash.}) 10. dxc5 f5
11. Rb1 {After some thought I went for this, because I wanted to get my rook
and black-squared bishop back to business. There are other moves, but only
with a rather modest engine's plus, which is a rarity in standards of the
Schlechter variation.} (11. Nb3 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bd7) (11. Qc2 $5) 11... a5 12. a3
(12. b3 {is not much of an improvement:} Na6 13. Bb2 Bxb2 14. Rxb2 Nxc5 15. Nb1
Qb6 $11) 12... a4 13. b4 axb3 14. Nxb3 ({After} 14. Qxb3 {my engine, in some
depth, suggests the following variation:} Nd7 15. Qb4 Nb8 16. Qb3 {with a
repetition :)}) 14... Qxd1 15. Rxd1 {I was pleased with my position.
Temporarily I'm a pawn up in a safe endgame, where I'm playing for two results
only. However, Black is very solid, and the position objectively is close to
equal.} Nd7 16. Kf1 {Awaiting and getting the king closer to the action.} h5
17. Bd2 $5 {Not seeing a way to make a progress, I decided to sacrifice back a
pawn to activate my pieces.} Rxa3 {Actually the engine doesn't mind this pawn,
and suggests some slow play instead,} ({like} 17... Kf7 18. Bb4 Ne5 19. Na5 Bf6
) 18. Na5 Nxc5 $6 {Even though it felt perfectly natural I was pleased when he
played this.} ({Instead he could have gone for} 18... Ne5 {playing for
activity. The comp evaluates everything close to the infamous 0.00. One
exemplary line is} 19. Nxb7 Bd7 20. Na5 Ba4 21. Ra1 Bxd1 22. Rxa3 Bxe2+ 23.
Kxe2 Rc8 $11) ({or even} 18... Kf7) 19. Bb4 Ra2 20. Bxc5 Rxa5 21. Bxe7 Rf7 (
21... Re8 22. Bd6 {just looks less sensible for Black, as his light-squared
bishop is tied to the b7-pawn.}) 22. Bb4 (22. Rd8+ Kh7 23. Bb4 Ra8 {is the
same.}) 22... Ra8 23. Rd8+ Kh7 24. Bd6 $1 {Basically the only try, with a
hidden tactical idea.} Rd7 $2 {And he fell for it.} ({The way to solve all
problems was} 24... Bf6 25. Re8 Rg7 $1 {and as Black is going to trade all
rooks, White's advantage is kept to the minimum:} 26. c5 Rg8 27. Rxg8 Kxg8 28.
Bc4+ Kg7 29. Ke2 Ra1 30. Rxa1 (30. Rb6 Bc3 31. f3 Re1+ 32. Kf2 Rc1 $11) 30...
Bxa1 31. Bd5 Kf6 32. f3 exf3+ (32... g5 {Some bizzare suggestion of an engine.}
33. fxe4 fxe4 34. Bxe4 Be5 35. Bxe5+ Kxe5 36. Kd3 h4 {and thanks to b6/Ba6+
Black is holding his own.}) 33. Bxf3 h4 $11 {and White has some pressure, but
it should peter out to a draw.}) 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 {He looked magnificently in my
eyes thinking we were about to agree to a draw, but missed my next move
altogether.} 26. g4 $3 {Two exclams for the combo of strength of the move,
surprise effect and the punch on the most controlled square (g4) in the
position. Now he sank into deep thought for over 30 minutes.} fxg4 {Relatively
best.} (26... hxg4 27. Rxb7 Bc8 28. Re7 $1 {Here for some strange reason (in
contrast to the game) this is crushing.} Kh6 29. c5 $18) (26... Ra1 {During
the game I thought this may be the best for Black.} 27. Rxa1 Bxa1 28. gxh5 gxh5
(28... g5 29. c5 Bf6 30. Bc4 $16) 29. Bxh5 b5 {and I don't know how to assess
this position. A deeper investigation is required}) (26... Bc6 27. gxf5) 27.
Rxb7 Bc8 28. Re7 $2 {I saw I was winning the pawn, but the position becomes
drawish.} ({A better attempt would have been} 28. Rc7 $1 {After that I didn't
see how to proceed after} Kg8 29. c5 Be6 {and indeed there isn't anything
concrete, but I have the choice between prospective possibilities like} 30. Re7
(30. Kg2) (30. Bb5) 30... Bd5 31. Bb5 {and White is pressing.}) 28... Kh6 $1 (
28... Ra1+ 29. Kg2 Re1 30. Be5 Rxe2 31. Rxg7+ Kh6 {and I didn't see a
follow-up, but had a feeling there might be some ideas connected with the
unsafe position of the black king.} 32. Rg8 Be6 33. Rh8+ Kg5 34. Re8 Bd7 $1 (
34... Kf5 35. Bh8 $1 $18) (34... Bf5 35. Rf8 Kh6 36. Bf6 g5 37. Be7 Bg6 38. Rc8
$36) 35. Rf8 Kh6 36. Bf6 g5 37. Rg8 Be6 38. Bxg5+ Kh7 39. Re8 Bxc4 40. Kg3 {
and it is very drawish, but obviously after a bit of suffering.}) 29. Bf4+ g5
30. Bxg5+ Kxg5 31. Rxg7+ {I had clearly overestimated my position. Black's
active rook and prospects of kingside play are sufficient for equality.} Kh4
32. Rg8 $5 {Pinning him and setting a trap...} Kh3 $4 {And he fell for it!
Unbelievable!} ({Black had to free his rook from the pin with} 32... Ra1+ 33.
Kg2 Be6 34. Re8 Bf5 35. Rd8 Kg5 $11 {and I'll obviously try to squeze it, but
objectively it's just a draw.}) 33. Bxg4+ $1 {It was clearly a terrible moment
for Yu. Not only he blundered the tactics on the very same square again (and
again on the most secured in the position!), but also it made him flying home.
A disaster... I didn't really believe in 32...Kh3 because I thought that 33.
Kg1 is winning as well, and even dared to say in the interview after the game
that 32...Kh3 is the biggest mistake my opponent had ever made. Only on my way
back to hotel, I did realise that after the exchange sacrifice is just a
fortress.} (33. Kg1 Ra1+ 34. Bf1+ Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Be6 36. Rg5 Bxc4+ 37. Kg1 h4
38. Re5 Bd3 $11 {and White can't win}) 33... Kh4 {There is this stalemate
trick, and White has only one but good enough move to win:} 34. Rxc8 (34. Bxc8
$4 Ra1+ 35. Ke2 Ra2+ 36. Kd1 Rd2+ $8 $11) 34... Ra1+ 35. Kg2 hxg4 36. Re8 1-0

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2010.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 $5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 $5 8.
a4 $5 {A rare move.} a5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. e4 Nb4 11. Be3 $146 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3
13. Bxf3 N8a6 14. d5 {White has to go for this kind of moves at some point, in
order to open the game and take advantage of the two bishops. But Black is
extremely solid anyway.} Nc5 15. Qe2 Qe8 $5 (15... cxd5 16. exd5 Rc8 17. Rfd1 {
would be slightly better for White, though Black is, once again, very solid.
But slowsly White will be able to improve his position.}) 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. dxc6
{This moves is quite logical. Somehow I feel like the best way to try to
punish Black for his slightly awkward play (...Qe8) would be to keep the
tension. The problem is that I don't see know (not so easy to find a plan for
White without taking on c6). So let's say the next move is fine!} Qxc6 18. e5
Qc7 19. Bf4 (19. Bg4 {followed by f4 is also possible, but I believe after} e6
20. f4 Rcd8 21. Kh2 $5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Nb5 Qb8 {Black should get a draw.}
) 19... Ne6 (19... Rcd8 $5) 20. Bg3 Rfd8 21. Bg4 Qc6 22. Nb5 Qc2 23. Qxc2 Rxc2
24. Bxe6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 fxe6 26. Nd4 Rxb2 27. Nxe6 Bh6 28. Rd8+ (28. Rd7 $1 Kf7
29. Nd8+ Kf8 (29... Ke8 $2 30. e6 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 Re1 32. Rb7 {would be bad for
Black, due to Rb8-mate problems (White is threatening Nf7).}) 30. e6 Rb1+ 31.
Kh2 Re1 32. h4 (32. Nf7 Bc1 $8 33. Ne5 Bb2 $8 34. Nc4 Bf6 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Nxb6
Rxe6) 32... Re4 33. f3 Rc4 34. Kh3 {and I believe White has some chances.})
28... Kf7 29. Nd4 Nc2 30. Nc6 Nb4 31. Nd4 Nc2 32. Nc6 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Eljanov,P/Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 {It was a morning game and I tried to confuse my
opponent by an unusual move order.} Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 $5 {But after all it's me
who was confused as according to my database Jan played this line just once
before this game and I wasn't prepared for it at all.} ({Normally he plays the
Meran} 4... e6) 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O {Eine Art Tabija in der
Grünfeld-Verteidigung (Geschlossenes System), seit langem Gegenstand
vielfältiger Untersuchungen und Spielproben.} Bg4 $5 {The modern way of
playing this variation which was further developed on highest level by my
Werder Bremen teammate Vugar Gashimov.} 8. h3 {Played after long meditation.} (
{After} 8. cxd5 {Vugar drew against the World Champion quite convincingly:}
cxd5 9. Qb3 b6 10. h3 Bc8 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Rfc1 Qd7
15. a4 Rfc8 16. a5 bxa5 17. Rxa5 e6 18. Rca1 Bf8 19. Qa2 Rcb8 20. Nd1 Ne4 21.
Be1 Rb7 22. Ba6 Rb6 23. Bd3 Rb7 24. Ba6 Rb6 25. Bd3 Rb7 {1/2 Anand,V (2800)
-Gashimov,V (2719)/Nanjing 2010/CBM 139/[Moradiabadi]}) 8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3 dxc4
10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 $5 {Only this move was new to Jan. After it he spent
about one hour on his response.} ({For example after} 11. Qxc4 {Black should
be okay despite the fact that White won in the last Grandmaster game:} e5 12.
Rd1 Qe7 13. Qb3 Rab8 14. Bd2 Rfd8 {Andriasian,Z (2585)-Petrosian,T (2604),
Yerevan ARM 2011, 1:0/41, The Week in Chess 847}) 11... Qa5 $2 {And as so
often very long thinking is followed by a mistake.} ({Most logical and
principled was} 11... Nb6 {and White has full compensation for the pawn but
I'm not sure that it's enough for more than equality:} 12. e4 (12. a4 a5 13. e4
Nfd7 (13... Qc7) 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bh4 (15. Be3) 15... Qe8 16. Bg4 e6 17. d5 $2
exd5 18. exd5 f5 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Bf3 Qxe2 21. Bxe2 Rae8 22. Bf1 Nc5 23. Rd6
Rc8 24. f3 Be5 {0:1/38, Radziewicz,I (2428) - Varga,Z (2497), Budapest 2007,
CDM}) 12... Qc7 13. e5 Nfd5 14. Ne4 f6 $5 $132) 12. Qxc4 e5 13. b4 $1 {
Probably Jan overlooked this idea. After it Black's position is quite
unpleasant.} Qc7 14. b5 Nb6 15. Qb3 exd4 16. exd4 Rac8 17. Bg5 $1 {Most
consistent way.} ({After} 17. Ba3 {White should also be better:} Rfe8 18. Rac1
Qf4 19. Bc5 Nfd7 {although here Black stands more or less solid.}) 17... Qd6
18. Bh4 Nbd5 19. Bg3 Qd8 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Rac1 Nxc3 {"?!", CDM} ({I It's hard
to suggest something useful for Black. After} 21... Qa5 22. Na4 Rfe8 23. Nc5 {
White is also much better.}) ({II} 21... Qb6 $5 22. Qc4 (22. Qa3 Rfe8 23. Rb1
Qd8 24. Nxd5 Nxd5) 22... Qa5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 $14 {ist ebenso zu bedenken, CDM})
22. Rxc3 Nd5 23. Rc5 {"+/-", CDM} Ne7 $6 ({More stubborn was} 23... Qb6 24.
Bxd5 (24. Qc2 $5) 24... cxd5 25. Qxd5 {when White is a sound pawn up but Black
may have some drawing chances:} Rfd8 26. Bd6 $1 {CDM} (26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qe4)
26... Rb8 (26... Qb2 27. Qc4) 27. Rc6 Qb5 28. Qxb5 Rxb5 29. Be7 Rdb8 30. Bc5
$16) 24. Bg4 $1 Ra8 25. Qb7 h5 26. Bc7 ({But not} 26. Bd7 $2 Qb6 27. Bxc6 Bxd4
$1 28. Qxb6 axb6 29. Bxa8 Bxc5 {with a draw}) 26... Qe8 27. Bf3 Nf5 28. Bxc6 (
28. Qxc6 $5 Rc8 29. d5 Qxc6 (29... Be5 30. d6) 30. Rxc6 Nd4 31. Rc5 Nxf3+ 32.
gxf3 {/\d6+-, CDM}) 28... Qe2 (28... Qe7 29. Bh2 Rad8 30. Qxe7 Nxe7 31. d5 $18
{CDM}) 29. Bf3 $2 {Unnecessary complication.} ({My first intention was to play
} 29. Qb1 $1 {and I don't know why I changed it; e.g.} Rac8 (29... Bxd4 30.
Rxf5) 30. Bd7 Nxd4 31. Bxc8 Rxc8 32. Re1 Qa6 33. Bd6 $18) 29... Qxa2 30. Rxf5 {
'!' CDM.} gxf5 31. d5 (31. Bd6 {CDM} a5 32. Bxf8 Rxf8) 31... a5 32. d6 {
When I played 29.Bf3 I thought that it should be winning easily. But here I
was surprised that I didn't see how to win by force. Fortunately Jan was in
time trouble and lost at once.} Be5 $2 ({After the straightforward} 32... a4
33. d7 a3 {the best I have are some endgames with a pawn up but with very good
drawing chances for Black, e.g.} 34. Qc6 $1 (34. Qxa8 Rxa8 35. Bxa8 Bf6 36.
d8=Q+ Bxd8 37. Rxd8+ Kh7 38. Be5 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Qe1 $11) (34. d8=Q Raxd8 35. Bxd8
Qb2 $1 36. Qxb2 Bxb2 37. Be7 a2 $11) 34... Qb3 $1 (34... Qb2 $5 35. Qd6 a2 36.
Bxa8 Rxa8 37. d8=Q+ Rxd8 38. Qxd8+ Kh7 39. Qg5 a1=Q 40. Qxh5+ Kg8 41. Rxa1
Qxa1+ 42. Kh2 $16) 35. d8=Q Raxd8 36. Bxd8 Qe6 {(This computer line is for
humans almost impossible to find over the board.)} 37. Qa4 a2 38. Bh4 Kh7 {
and now there is nothing better than} 39. Bd5 (39. Bxh5 Rb8) 39... Qxd5 40.
Rxd5 a1=Q+ 41. Qxa1 Bxa1 42. Rxf5 Kg6 $14 {which is not completely drawn but
very close to}) 33. Qb5 Qe6 34. Bxa8 Rxa8 35. Re1 {and Black resigned} (35. Re1
{, e.g.} Bh2+ 36. Kf1 Qc8 37. g3 $18 {CDM}) 1-0

[Event "San Agustin op 08th"]
[Site "Aviles"]
[Date "2003.08.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 $5 {It's not the first time my opponent
chooses this order of moves as attempt to get the advantage agianst the
Caro-Cann defence.} Nf6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 {transforming to a popular
theoretical line, which is usually arised after the following moves: 1.e4 c6 2.
c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3. White can continue 6.Bc4,
creating type of positions from Panov attack:} (6. Bc4 e6 (6... Nb6 7. Bb3 Bf5
8. d4 e6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. d5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mamedov,R-Kacheishvili,G/
BCSA Open, Batumi GEO 2003 (25)}) (6... Nc6 7. d4 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 $11
{1/2-1/2 Stocek,J-Meduna,E/CZE 2001/EXT 2003 (22)}) 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 Nb6 $6 (
8... O-O 9. Nc3 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bb5 Bf6 $11 {
1-0 Kritz,L-Schandorff,L/4th IECC, Istanbul TUR 2003 (52)}) (8... Nc6 9. Nc3 a6
10. Re1 O-O 11. a3 b5 12. Bd3 (12. Ba2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bb7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Sargissian,G-Volkov,S/Batumi 2002/CBM 90 (63)}) 12... Bb7 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Be4
Qd7 15. Qd3 h6 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. d5 Nb4 18. axb4 Bxf4 19. dxe6 {1/2-1/2 Banikas,
H-Volkov,S/Korinthos 2002/CBM 89 ext (19)}) 9. Bb3 N8d7 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Ne5 O-O
12. Qd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Mamedov,R-Bachin,V/WJun, Nakhchivan AZE 2003 (50)}) 6...
Nxc3 (6... Nc6 7. d4 {transforms to Panov attack variation.}) 7. bxc3 g6 8. Bc4
{Rare continuation. Usually white continues} (8. d4 {developing the
light-squared bishop on d3.}) 8... Bg7 (8... Nc6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Ba3
Bg4 12. d4 Qa5 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qg5+ 15. Kh1 Qh5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Benjamin,
J-Simutowe,A/Foxwoods Open, Connecticut USA 2003 (29)}) 9. O-O {In the
previous games white tried to weaken the dark squares in the black camp with} (
9. Ng5 O-O 10. Qf3 e6 11. d4 Nc6 12. O-O Na5 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Rb1 Rc8 15. Ne4 (
15. Qh3 h6 16. Ne4 e5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gofshtein,L-Khenkin,I/Ischia 1996/CBM 54 
(36)}) 15... Bc6 16. Qg3 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Qd7 $11 {0-1 Morozevich,A-Karpov,A/
Moscow 1992/EXT 97 (30)}) 9... O-O 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Bb3 Nc6 12. Ba3 Bf6 $1 {
defending the e7 pawn, that gives black extra resourse of transfering the
knight to c4 via a5.} ({Deserved attention:} 12... Bg4 $11) 13. Qe2 Bf5 14.
Rac1 Rac8 $11 {This position is typical for such pawn structure. As the
opponents have occupied quite a good positions by their pieces, I would
evaluate it as an approximately equal.} 15. h3 h5 {Black had another
interesting possibility, but it isn't so easy to evaluate the results of the
following variation:} (15... Na5 16. Bxe7 Rfe8 17. Bxf6 Rxe2 18. Rxe2 Nxb3 19.
axb3 $13 {[%csl Gf6] It is really the position with the chances for both of
sides. Black can achieve a material advantage, taking the h3 or b3 pawn. On
the other hand, white has a very active pieces, such as a dark-squared bishop,
the knight, which has good prospect on d4, and, probably, he is going to
occupy the open "e" line by his rooks...}) 16. d4 {Sooner or later white has
to make this move.} Na5 17. c4 {preventing from black to occupy the c4 square
by the knight.} (17. Bxe7 Rfe8 18. Bxf6 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 Qb6 $13) 17... Nxb3 18.
axb3 Rfd8 19. d5 e6 20. dxe6 (20. d6 {doesn't work, in view of} Qa5 $1 {
[%csl Gf6][%cal Yf6a1]}) 20... Bxe6 21. Bb2 $1 $14 {/=. Trading dark-squared
bishops, white emphasizes the weaknesses in the black camp.} Qf4 {not giving
up on a long diagonal a1-h8.} 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qe3 a6 24. Rcd1 {Of course,
white is interested in exchange of the rooks, as the Q+N is a powerful
combination. In opposite black needs the trade of queens, as R+B is stronger
than R+N.} Bf5 25. Ne5 Rxd1 {Black has to change white's active rook.} 26. Rxd1
Rd8 27. Rd4 {Maybe better was} (27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. c5 $14 {[%cal Ge5c4] And
white has some chance in this endgame, thanks to a powerful combination of Q+N.
}) 27... Rxd4 28. Qxd4 Be6 $11 29. b4 $2 {losing the pawn, but white has a
luck... All the pawns on the queenside are going to be eliminated, and the QQ
endgame is absolutely drawish.} (29. f4 $142 Qf5 $11 {[%cal Gf5b1]}) {[%tqu
"En","Please find the best move for black.","","","e6c4","",10]} 29... Bxc4 $1
30. Qxc4 Qxe5 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Qxb7 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qxf2 34. Qxa6 Qf4+ 35. Kh1
Qxb4 36. Qa1+ Kh7 37. Qf6 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qe6 39. Qd4 f6 40. Qa7+ Kh6 41. Qa8 {
Black doesn't succeed to realize extra pawn, as he can't advance his pawns,
because of perpetual check.} Kg5 42. Qd8 Qe1 43. Qa8 h4 44. Qc8 Qe5+ 45. Kh1
Qd4 46. Qc1+ Qf4 47. Qc5+ Qe5 48. Qc1+ Kf5 49. Qc8+ Qe6 50. Qc5+ Kf4 51. Qf2+
Kg5 52. Qd2+ Kh5 53. Qd1+ Kh6 54. Qd8 {White chooses a right strategy of
occupying the 8-th rank by the queen, as from there it is comfortable to give
many checks.} g5 55. Kh2 Kg6 56. Kh1 f5 57. Kh2 Qe5+ 58. Kh1 Qe1+ ({Doesn't
work} 58... g4 {, in view of} 59. hxg4 (59. Qxh4 $4 g3) 59... Qe1+ 60. Kh2 $11
{with following perpetual check.}) 59. Kh2 Qe6 60. Kh1 f4 61. Qd3+ Kh6 62. Qc3
Kh7 63. Qd3+ Kg7 64. Qc3+ Kf7 65. Qc7+ Kf6 66. Qc3+ Kf5 67. Qd3+ Qe4 68. Qd7+
Kg6 69. Qd6+ Kh5 70. Qf6 {Now black hasn't any chance to win, as his king is
located very bad.} Qe1+ 71. Kh2 Qg3+ 72. Kh1 Qe1+ 73. Kh2 Qg3+ 74. Kh1 Qe1+ 75.
Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Athens Akropolis 15th"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "1992.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vragoteris, Antonios"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1992.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 d5 7. h3 (7. O-O Nc6
8. Re1 cxd4 9. exd4 Be6 10. c5 Ne4 11. Bf4 Qa5 12. Nb5 Rac8 13. Qd3 a6 14. Na3
Qb4 15. Nc2 Qxb2 16. Reb1 Qc3 17. Rxb7 Bf5 18. Rd1 Qa5 $17 {Backelin-Ernst,
Stockholm 1992.}) 7... cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. O-O Be6 10. c5 Ne4 11. Bf4 Qa5 (
11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Qa3 Na5 $10 {Sturua- Gavrikov, Tiflis
1983.}) 12. Nb5 Rac8 13. a3 Qd8 14. Rc1 b6 15. b4 bxc5 16. bxc5 Qa5 $1 $132 17.
Nd2 a6 18. Nb3 Qa4 19. Nc7 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Bxa6 Rcd8 22. Qxd4 Bxd4 23.
c6 $6 (23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Ra8 27. Bb7 Rxa3 28.
c6 Nd6 29. c7 Ra7 30. c8=Q+ Nxc8 31. Bxc8 $16) (23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Be3 Nxc5 25.
Rxc5 Bxc5 26. Bxc5 $16) 23... Bf5 $1 24. g4 g5 25. Bh2 Bc8 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27.
Nxd5 Rfe8 28. c7 e6 29. Nb4 Bb2 30. Rc4 $4 Nd2 $1 $17 31. Rc2 Nxf1 32. Rxb2
Nxh2 33. Kxh2 Rxc7 $19 34. Rd2 Ra8 35. Rd3 Rca7 36. Nc2 Kg7 37. Kg2 Ra4 38. Rd7
R8a7 39. Rd8 Rc4 40. Ne3 Rc3 41. Nf1 Rcxa3 42. Ng3 Ra8 43. Nh5+ Kg6 44. Rd7
R3a7 45. Rd6 h6 46. Kg3 Ra3+ 47. Kg2 Rb3 48. Rd7 Rb2 49. Re7 Raa2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gomez, John Paul"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Estremera,S"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 {Salgado ha demostrado ser muy versátil,
lo que dificulta enormemente la preparación de sus rivales.} 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2
O-O 7. O-O Be6 $5 8. b3 {La continuación estándar} ({Contra} 8. cxd5 {ofrece
buenas posibilidades de igualar la partida la jugada de Smyslov} Bxd5 $1 {
un ejemplo clasico continuó} 9. Qc2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 e5
13. d5 Rac8 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Nb6 17. Qb3 Nc4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19.
exd5 Qd7 20. Bxa7 b5 21. Be3 f5 {Con sobrada compensación por el peón.
Recomendamos encarecidamente al lector el estudio de esta partida del séptimo
campeón del mundo. Larsen,B-Smyslov,V Bugojno 1984}) 8... Ne4 $5 {Muy
interesante, pero no lo más habitual} ({Nuestro guía en este territorio,
Vassily Smyslov, golpeó el centro con} 8... c5 {y no experimentó dificultades
para igualar la partida} 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. dxc5 dxc4 11. bxc4 Nd7 12. Qc1 Nxc5 13.
Rd1 Bd7 14. Nd5 e6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qb2+ f6 17. Nf4 Qe7 18. Nd3 b6 19. Nxc5
bxc5 20. Nd2 Rfd8 21. Ne4 Rab8 22. Qc3 Be8 23. Rxd8 Nxd8 24. Qa5 Rc8 25. Rd1
Nf7 26. h3 f5 27. Qc3+ e5 28. Nd2 {Balashov,Y (2600)-Smyslov,V (2545) Moscú
1981}) 9. Nxe4 $6 {Las blancas se internan en un insensato intento directo de
refutación} (9. Bb2 Nd7 $5 10. Nxe4 ({si} 10. cxd5 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxd5 {al
estilo Smyslov}) 10... dxe4 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. g4 e5 {con juego parecido (pero no
igual) a la partida}) 9... dxe4 10. Ng5 Bf5 11. g4 e5 $1 {La clave del juego
negro, Salgado demuestra haber estudiado muy bien esta línea.} 12. Nxf7 $2 {
esto conduce a la catástrofe pero... ?Qué hacer?} ({Los módulos recomiendan} 
12. h4 exd4 $1 13. gxf5 d3 14. Ba3 dxe2 15. Qxe2 Re8 16. fxg6 hxg6 {puede que
tengan razón, lo más seguro, pero esta línea no hace sino confirmar que las
blancas han perdido hace tiempo el control de posición}) 12... Rxf7 13. gxf5
exd4 14. fxg6 hxg6 15. exd4 c5 $1 16. Bg4 Nc6 {Salgado juega con gran energía,
con el sacrificio de calidad coordina todas sus fuerzas contra el rey en un
abrir y cerrar de ojos.} 17. Be6 Qh4 18. Bxf7+ $2 {allanando el camino a la
última pieza negra que falta} ({El mejor intento defensivo es} 18. Rb1 {
y aquí las negras tienen} Re8 $1 {muy fuerte pero difícil en la práctica} ({
la normal} 18... Nxd4 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. f3 {da ciertas oscuras posibilidades
de complicar a las blancas}) 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. f3 e3 $1 {la clave de la idea,
las negras deben ganar}) 18... Kxf7 19. f3 Bxd4+ 20. Kh1 Rh8 $1 {!Aquí está la
que faltaba!} (20... Bxa1 21. fxe4+ Kg7 22. Qd7+ {con pataleo (pero no más)})
21. fxe4+ (21. Qe2 Bxa1 {no es un opción}) 21... Ke8 22. Bf4 g5 {y las blancas
abandonan} (22... g5 23. Bd6 Qxe4+ 24. Rf3 (24. Qf3 Qxf3+ 25. Rxf3 Bxa1) 24...
Ne5 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Kg1 Rxh2) 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e3 {Quiet chess it is today. In the next few
moves, both sides bring their pieces out in unremarkable fashion.} O-O 5. Be2
b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nc3 e6 8. b3 d5 9. Ba3 Re8 10. Rc1 a6 (10... Nbd7 {was maybe
a better move order, because of the next note.}) 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 (12. f4
$5 {always deserves consideration straight after Ne5, and this is no exception.
} c5 13. Bf3 (13. dxc5 $5 Nxc5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 (15... exd5 16. Bb2
$14) 16. Bf3 Rc8 17. Rf2 {and Black might be in some discomfort here too})
13... Nxe5 (13... cxd4 14. Qxd4 $1 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Bd6 f6 17. cxd5 Nxe5
18. Bxe5 fxe5 19. Qd3 $14) 14. dxe5 Ne4 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bb2 {We have reached
a position that is almost 'hanging pawns' but not quite. White wants Qd3 and
Rfd1 and while the computer insists Black is fine, this may not in fact be
true.}) 12... Qxd7 13. Bf3 {While objectively may be fine, the problem with
this is that Black's position plays itself- at least the type he ended up with
in the game.} (13. Qc2 $5 {with the idea of Rfd1 might have been more testing
- Black has to decide what structure to try and play, since his breaks that
disrupt the structure entirely seem to not be easy to arrange. One possibility
is} dxc4 14. bxc4 Rad8 $132 {with the idea of ...Qc8 and ...c5.}) 13... Ne4 14.
cxd5 exd5 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bg4 f5 17. Be2 b5 {Avoiding Bc4 after ...Bd5,
thereby signalling what he wants to play next.} 18. Qc2 Rec8 19. f4 $6 (19. Bc5
Bd5 20. a4 c6 $11 {is not bad for White, if a little bit prospectless.}) 19...
exf3 20. Bxf3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 c6 $15 {Now Black gets the kind of light-squared
domination that Caro-Kann and Petroff players (among others) quite often end
up with.} 22. Bb4 Qd5 23. Qc5 Bf8 $1 {A mature move, recognising that the
advantage need not be kept in the form of a better minor piece, but it can be
realised in the form of c-file control too.} 24. Qxd5+ cxd5 25. Bc5 (25. Rxc8 {
was nevertheless a good option.} Rxc8 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 $1 (26... Kxf8 27. g4 $11)
27. Rf2 Rc8 28. Re2 Rc3 29. Kf2 Kf7 $15 {This position is unpleasant for White,
but drawn with best play.}) 25... Rc6 26. b4 h5 {Now the position is
complicated enough that we cannot speak of a white fortress, but neither are
there any breaks, so the defence is rather depressing.} 27. a4 {Human players
never sit still!} (27. h4 Bh6 28. g3 Re6 29. Rc3 $15 {is a fortress attempt,
but Black can play around with little things before eventually making the ...
a5 or ...g5 break.}) 27... bxa4 28. Ra1 Bh6 29. Rxa4 Re8 {Now the position is
probably lost, or else requiring supercomputer precision.} 30. Kf2 Re4 31. g3
h4 32. Ra3 Kf7 33. Kg2 (33. gxh4 Rxh4 34. h3 Re4 35. Ke2 Rce6 36. Kf2 Bg5 {
and in a few moves Black will be ready to play ...g5.}) 33... Kf6 34. gxh4 Rxh4
35. Rc3 Kf7 36. Rb3 Re4 37. Rh3 {Giving Black for free that which he wanted,
but I don't think it could be stopped in the long run anyway.} g5 38. Rf3 Kg6
39. h3 g4 40. hxg4 fxg4 41. Rg3 Rce6 42. Kf2 Kf5 43. Ba7 Bg5 44. b5 Bh4 {
Another great game by Sarin Nihal!} 0-1

[Event "RUS-CHN Summit (Women) 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.06.15"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Black "Shen, Yang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia (W)"]
[BlackTeam "China (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 c5 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxf6 16. Rfe1 Kg7 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Qf3 Bd7 19. Qg3 Bf5 20. Rac1
Rad8 21. h4 h5 22. Qf4 Qd6 23. Re3 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Qf6 25. Rce1 {[#]} Be6 $2 {
Now Black loses a pawn.} (25... e6 {After} 26. Rc5 Rfe8 {the position is
roughly equal - White has the better pieces but Black has the better structure.
}) 26. Qg3 Bxb3 27. axb3 e6 28. Rxh5 Rh8 29. Rxh8 Rxh8 30. Re4 Qf5 31. Qe3 b5
32. b4 a6 33. g3 Rc8 34. Rf4 Qd5 35. Kh2 Ra8 36. Rg4 $6 {White maneuvers her
rook into a precarious position. Safer was} (36. Re4) 36... f5 37. Rg5 Rh8 38.
Qf4 Kf6 39. Kg1 Kf7 40. Kh2 Kf6 41. Rg4 Rg8 42. Qg5+ Kf7 43. Rf4 Qc6 {[#]This
gives White a chance to liberate her rook. Safer was} (43... Rh8) 44. d5 $1
Qxd5 ({After} 44... exd5 {White opens the position with} 45. h5 {and keeps a
clear advantage.}) 45. Rd4 Qc6 46. Qd2 Re8 47. Rd6 Qf3 48. Rxa6 Rd8 49. Ra7+
Ke8 50. Qa2 Kf8 {[#]} 51. Rc7 $2 {White is a pawn up but as both kings are in
danger it is not easy to win the position with White. However, the engines
quickly discover a tactical trick to neutralize Black's attack and reach a
better endgame:} (51. Rh7 $1 {On first sight this looks like a blunder because
of} Rd1 {threatening mate. But White saves herself with} 52. Qa8+ $1 Qxa8 53.
Rh8+ Kg7 54. Rxa8 {with good winning chances.}) 51... f4 52. g4 $2 {White
panicks.} ({It was still not too late for} 52. Rh7 {e.g.} Rd3 53. Qa8+ Qxa8 54.
Rh8+ Kg7 55. Rxa8 Rxc3 56. Rb8 Rc2 {with good winning chances for White.})
52... Qxg4 {Suddenly White is totally lost. The h-pawn is hanging and Black
threatens ...f3 or ...Rd3.} 53. Qa7 Qxh4+ 54. Kg2 f3+ 55. Kxf3 Rd3+ {White
resigned. A bitter loss for Valentina Gunina and a lucky win for Shen Yang.}
0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Ne5 $5 {N} (9. Bd2) 9... Bb7 10. Bd2 Nfd7 (10... Nc6 11. f4 $14) 11. f4
f6 12. Nf3 (12. Nd3 $5 e6 13. Nb5 $36) 12... Rf7 13. Bd3 Nf8 14. f5 (14. g4 $5
e6 15. g5 $14) 14... gxf5 15. Bxf5 e6 (15... Ba6 $5 16. Rf2 e6 17. Bc2 Nc6 $13)
16. Bd3 Nc6 (16... Ba6 $5) 17. Ne2 $1 Qd6 18. Ng3 Ng6 19. Nh5 Bh8 $6 (19... Bf8
) 20. Qe2 (20. Qc2 $5) 20... Raf8 21. a3 (21. Kh1 e5 $6 22. dxe5 fxe5 23. e4 $1
) 21... e5 22. dxe5 (22. Bf5 $14) 22... fxe5 23. Ng5 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Bc8 $2 (
24... h6 $1 25. Rxf8+ Nxf8 26. Nh3 e4 $132) 25. Rxf8+ Qxf8 (25... Nxf8 26. Qf3
Nd8 27. Bb4 Qh6 28. Qxf8+ Qxf8 29. Bxh7#) 26. Be4 $1 Nce7 27. Bb4 $1 Bb7 28.
Qg4 Qc8 (28... Bc8 29. Bxe7 Bxg4 30. Bxd5+ $18) 29. Qf3 Qf8 (29... Qe8 30. Qh3
Qc6 31. Nf6+ Qxf6 32. Qxh7+ Kf8 33. Bxg6 Bg7 34. Bf7 $18) 30. Qh3 Qc8 31. Nf6+
$1 Kg7 32. Qxh7+ Kxf6 33. Bxe7+ Nxe7 34. Qh6+ Ng6 35. Qxg6+ Ke7 36. Qh7+ Kd6
37. Nf7+ Kc7 38. Bf5 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-02"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1978.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. b4 b6 7. Qb3 c6 (7... c5
$5) (7... Bb7) 8. cxd5 $1 (8. Bb2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Be6 11. Qc2 a5 $13)
8... cxd5 9. b5 $1 $14 (9. Bb2 Nc6 $1 $13) 9... Bb7 $6 (9... a5 $5) (9... a6 $5
) 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O Rc7 13. a4 Qb8 14. a5 $16 Rfc8 $6 (14...
bxa5 15. Rxa5 Rfc8 16. Raa1 $16) 15. a6 $6 $16 Ba8 16. Rac1 e6 17. Ba3 Ne4 18.
Na2 e5 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 20. Rc1 exd4 21. exd4 Nf8 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. g3 (23. Bxf8
$1) 23... Ne6 24. Bb2 Nd6 25. Nb4 Qd7 26. Nc2 Nc4 $6 27. Ne3 Nxb2 $6 28. Qxb2
$16 Qd8 29. Qc3 h6 30. Ng4 Nc7 31. Nge5 Ne8 32. Qe3 Nd6 33. Bd3 Qc7 34. Qf4 Qe7
(34... Qc3 35. Nxf7 $1 Nxf7 36. Bxg6) 35. Qg4 Qe8 36. h4 (36. Qd7 Qxd7 37. Nxd7
f6 $1) 36... Ne4 37. Qf4 h5 38. Kg2 Bf8 (38... f6 $5 39. Nxg6 Kh7 40. Qf5 $1
Qxg6 41. Qc8 $18) 39. Ng5 $1 f6 (39... Nxg5 40. Qxg5 $18) 40. Nxe4 dxe4 41.
Bc4+ Kg7 42. Nf7 $1 $18 Kh7 43. Qxf6 Bg7 44. Ng5+ Kh8 45. Qe6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. e4 Bb7 $6 {N} (10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Bb7 13. Bf4
$14 {Timman,J-Tal,M/Hilversum m-6/1988/}) 11. e5 Ne8 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh4 $1 (13.
exf6 Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 $14) 13... Qe7 14. Re1 Nc7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nb5 Nxb5
17. Bxb5 Rfc8 18. Qe2 Nf8 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Rad1 (21. g3 $5)
21... Rc7 22. Ne5 Rac8 23. Ba4 a6 24. g3 Qe7 25. a3 (25. h4 Qb4 26. Bb3 a5)
25... b5 26. Bb3 Qd6 27. h4 b4 28. a4 a5 29. Qe3 Ba6 (29... Bc6 30. h5 Be8) 30.
Ra1 $1 Qe7 (30... Bc4 31. Bd1) 31. Kg2 Qf6 32. Bd1 Qf5 33. Qd2 h5 34. Re3 Nd7
35. Rf3 Qe4 36. Nf7 $1 Qxf3+ (36... Rc2 37. Qh6 $18) 37. Bxf3 Kxf7 38. Re1 Nf6
39. Bd1 Rc6 40. Qe3 Kg7 41. Be2 Bxe2 42. Rxe2 Ng4 43. Qd3 Rb6 (43... R8c7 44.
Qb5 Rc2) 44. Rc2 Rxc2 (44... Rbc6 45. Rc5 $1 Rxc5 46. dxc5 Rxc5 47. Qd4+ $18)
45. Qxc2 Rb7 46. Qc1 Rf7 47. f3 Nh6 48. Qc5 Nf5 49. b3 (49. Qxa5 Ne3+ 50. Kf2
Nd1+ 51. Ke2 Nxb2 52. Qxb4 Nc4 $14) 49... Ne3+ 50. Kf2 Nd1+ 51. Kg2 Ne3+ 52.
Kf2 Nd1+ 53. Ke1 Nc3 54. f4 Ne4 55. Qxa5 Nxg3 56. Qb6 g5 57. hxg5 h4 58. Qxe6 {
Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nadanian, Ashot S"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. Be2 d5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. h3 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bf3 Na5 12. b3 Rc8 13. Ba3 dxc4 14. Bxb7 Nxb7 15.
bxc4 Na5 16. Re1 Re8 17. c5 $1 {White's hanging pawns are under fire and white
has to play well to defend them.} (17. Qa4 Nxc4 $1 18. Nxc4 Qxd4 19. Nxb6 Qxb6
20. Rab1 Qc6 21. Qxc6 Rxc6 {0-1 Monin,N-Horvath,G/Zalakaros/1993/ (80)}) 17...
bxc5 18. Bxc5 (18. dxc5 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Bxc3 20. Rc1 Bxe1 21. Qxe1 Qxd7 22. Qxa5
e5 $17) 18... Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Qa4 (20. Rc1 e5 (20... Nc6 21. d5 Red8 22.
Qe2 (22. dxc6 $2 Qxc6 $17) 22... Ne5 $11) 21. dxe5 Qxd1 22. Nxd1 Rxe5 $11)
20... Qxa4 21. Nxa4 Nb7 (21... Nc6 $5 22. Rad1 e6 $15) 22. Bxe7 $2 {
Pointlessly ambitious move, since with the knight on a4 white is running a
great danger of losing quickly.} (22. Rab1 $5 Nd6 23. Rb3 $11) (22. Bxa7 $2 Ra8
$19) 22... Bxd4 23. Rab1 (23. Rad1 Rc4 24. Rb1 Rxa4 25. Rxb7 Rxa2 $19) 23...
Rc2 $1 (23... Rc7 24. Bb4 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 $11) 24. Rxb7 (24. Re4 Bxf2+ 25. Kf1
f5 26. Reb4 Rxe7 27. Rxb7 Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Rxa2 $19) 24... Bxf2+ 25. Kf1 Bxe1 26.
Kxe1 Rc4 (26... Rc4 27. Rxa7 (27. Nc5 Rxc5 $19) 27... Re4+ $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Guliev, Sarhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 e5 12. d5 c5 13. d6 $1 {The best
continuation, black has great problems to neutralize opponent's supremacy on
white squares.} Nb6 $6 (13... Rb8 14. e4 Ne8 (14... a6 15. a4 Ne8 16. a5 Qf6
17. Qg4 Qd8 18. Be3 Kh8 19. Qe2 Rc8 20. Bb3 f5 21. f3 f4 22. Bf2 g5 23. Ba4 {
1-0 Saigin,V-Alatortsev,V/URS-sf 1945/ (57)}) 15. Be3 a6 16. a4 Rc8 17. Rd2 h6
18. Rad1 Nef6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Rb8 21. Qe2 Kh7 22. Rc2 Qf6 23. Ba2 {
1-0 Botvinnik,M-Ragozin,V/Leningrad m 1940/ (31)}) 14. Be2 Rb8 (14... Qd7 15.
Bb5 Qc8 16. e4 $16) 15. e4 Nh5 (15... Ne8 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Rac1 $16) 16. Be3 Rc8
17. a4 a5 (17... a6 18. Rac1 $16) 18. g3 c4 (18... Qd7 19. Kh2 $16) 19. Rd2 Rc6
20. Rad1 f5 $2 {It is understandable, that black badly needs counterplay.
Opening of the position will in this case only hasten his end.} (20... Nf6 21.
Nb5 Nxa4 22. Na7 c3 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Rc2 cxb2 25. Rxc6 $16) 21. exf5 Rxf5 22.
Bxb6 $1 Rxb6 (22... Qxb6 23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. Bxh5 Rxh5 25. d7 Qd8 26. Qxa5 $1 $18)
23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. Bxh5 Rxh5 (24... gxh5 25. Qxa5 $18) 25. Ne4 (25. Ne4 Rxh3 26.
d7 Bf6 27. Nxf6 Rxf6 28. Qxe5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Bb3 (11. Rd1) 11... e5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. e4 $6 (
13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qe2) 13... exd4 14. Rxd4 Rad8 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Bc2 (16. Rxd8
Rxd8 17. Bc2) 16... Nfd7 17. Rdd1 (17. Rd2 Ne5 18. Qe2 Rxd2 19. Bxd2 Rd8 $15 {
xd3}) 17... b5 $1 18. Qe2 $6 (18. Qg3 $5) 18... Nb6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Re1 (20.
Rd1 Re8) 20... Nc4 21. Bc1 Ne6 22. Qf1 (22. Bd1 Qc5 $17) 22... Qc5 (22... Nd2
23. Bxd2 Rxd2 24. Re2 Rxe2 25. Qxe2 Qg5 $17) 23. Bb3 Nd2 24. Bxd2 Rxd2 25. Bxe6
fxe6 26. e5 (26. Re2 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Qxc3 28. Rxd2 (28. Qe1 Rc2 $19) 28... Qxd2
29. Qa1 Qd6 $19) 26... Rxb2 27. Ne4 Qxe5 28. Qd3 Qd5 29. Qg3 $1 (29. Qa3 Re2 $1
) 29... Be5 30. f4 (30. Qg5 Qxe4 $1 31. Rxe4 Rb1+) (30. Qh4 Re2 $1 $19) 30...
Bd4+ 31. Kh2 c5 32. Qh4 Rxa2 33. Qe7 h5 $1 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Qe7+ Kh6 36. h4 Qf5
37. Ng3 Qxf4 38. Rxe6 Ra1 $138 (38... Ra1 39. Re4 Qf6 40. Qe8 Re1 $1 41. Rxe1
Qxh4#) 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kravtsov, Sergey"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Qb3 b6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12. e4 Nc6 13. Qa4 (13. Be3 dxe4 (13...
Na5 14. Qa4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nd5 16. Rac1 Qe8 17. Qxe8 Rfxe8 18. Nd6 Red8 19. Nb5
Rd7 20. b4 Nb7 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rc6 Bf8 23. a3 a6 24. Nc7 Rc8 {1/2-1/2
Zhidkov,V-Ivanov,D/Vladivostok 1994/}) 14. Nxe4 Nd5 15. Qa4 Nce7 16. Nc3 a6 17.
Bg5 f6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bh4 b5 20. Qb3 Qd7 21. Rfe1 Rad8 22. a4 Rfe8 23. axb5
Qxb5 24. Qxb5 axb5 25. Ra5 Nb4 {Koenig,D-Herndl,H/Werfen 1990/1/2-1/2 (61)})
13... b5 14. Qd1 $6 {White has in effect lost two tempos, it can hardly be an
idea to follow.} (14. Nxb5 dxe4 15. Bd1 Qb6 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Bb3 Rfd8 18. Nc3
Nxe3 19. fxe3 Ne7 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. Nxb5 Bh6 22. Kf2 Nf5 23. Rfe1 e5 24. g4 Nh4
25. Red1 {1-0 Reshevsky,S-Addison,W/USA-ch 1965/ (38)}) 14... b4 (14... dxe4
15. Nxe4 Rc8 $1 (15... Nd5 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Nc3 $15) 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. d5 Nd4 (
17... Rfd8 18. dxc6 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Qh4 $17) 18. dxe6 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20.
gxf3 fxe6 $17) 15. exd5 Nxd4 $1 (15... exd5 16. Ne2 $11) (15... bxc3 $2 16.
dxc6 cxb2 17. Bxb2 Nd5 18. Qa4 $16) 16. Qxd4 (16. Ne4 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Nxd5 $17)
16... Nxd5 17. Qd3 (17. Qg4 bxc3 18. bxc3 Qa5 19. Bd2 Rac8 $17) (17. Qc5 bxc3
18. bxc3 Qc8 $5 (18... Nxc3 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. Be3 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Bxa1 22. Rxa1
Rc8 23. Qxa7 $13) (18... Rc8 19. Qxa7 Nxc3 20. Qa6 Ne2+ 21. Qxe2 Bxa1 22. Ba3
Bd4 23. Bxf8 $11) 19. Ba3 Rd8 20. c4 Bxa1 21. cxd5 Qxc5 22. Bxc5 Rac8 $17)
17... bxc3 18. bxc3 Rc8 (18... Nxc3 19. Qa6 Rb8 20. Be3 Qc8 21. Qxc8 Rbxc8 $17)
19. Rb1 (19. Ba3 Rxc3 20. Qa6 Rxf3 21. Bxf8 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Rxf2 $1 23. Kxf2 Qf6+
$19) 19... Nxc3 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 {The result of white's play is a position
without pawn, but two bishops still offer a ray of hope.} 21. Rb7 Bd4 (21... a5
22. a3 $15) 22. Bg5 Rd6 (22... f6 23. Bh6 $5 (23. Be3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 a5 $17)
23... Nxa2 24. Re1 Rd6 25. Rg7+ Kh8 26. Re7 e5 27. Rb1 $15) 23. Be7 Ra6 24. Rd7
Rc4 (24... Bb6 $2 25. Bb7 $18) (24... Ra4 25. a3 $15) 25. a3 Kg7 26. Kh1 (26.
Bb4 Bc5 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. Ra1 h5 $17) 26... Raa4 (26... Rb6 27. Bb4 (27. Rxa7
Rb2 28. Rd7 Bxf2 $17) 27... Na2 28. Be2 Rcxb4 29. axb4 Rxb4 $15) 27. Re1 $1 {
White has to use lot of phantasy, but the attack against king is a well
defined motive.} Nd5 (27... Bxf2 28. Rxe6 $1 Bg3 (28... Ne4 29. Bxe4 Bg3 30.
Bg5 Rxa3 31. Bf3 Ra1+ 32. Bd1 Rxd1+ (32... Rc7 33. Bf6+ Kh6 34. Ree7 $16) 33.
Rxd1 fxe6 34. Rd7+ Kf8 35. Rd8+ $11) (28... fxe6 29. Bg5+ Kf8 30. Rd8+ $11) 29.
Rc6 (29. Bf6+ Kh6 30. Ree7 Rxa3 31. Rxa7 Rxa7 32. Rxa7 Ne4 33. Bb2 Nf2+ 34. Kg1
Nd3 $19) 29... Rxc6 30. Bxc6 Ra6 31. Rd3 Rxc6 32. Rxg3 $17) 28. Bd6 (28. Rxe6
fxe6 29. Bg5+ Ne7 30. Rxe7+ Kf8 $17) 28... Nb6 (28... Nf6 29. Rb7 Bxf2 30. Rxe6
Rc1+ 31. Kh2 h5 32. g3 $13) 29. Rb7 Nc8 (29... Kf6 30. Be7+ Kg7 31. Bd6) 30.
Bb4 $1 (30. Bg3 Rxa3 31. Rxe6 Ra2 32. Bd5 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 $15) 30... a5 (30...
Bxf2 31. Rxe6 a5 32. Ra6 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Bb6 34. Bd5 $13) (30... Ra6 $2 31. Be2
Rb6 32. Rxb6 Nxb6 33. Bxc4 Nxc4 34. Rc1 $16) 31. Bd1 axb4 (31... Raxb4 $5 32.
axb4 Rxb4 33. Rxb4 (33. Rc7 Nb6 34. Rxe6 Rb1 35. Re1 Bxf2 36. Rf1 Nd5 $15)
33... axb4 34. Kg1 $11) 32. Bxa4 bxa3 33. Bb3 {Suddenly black is in trouble
since e6 pawn will fall down too.} Rc6 (33... Rc3 34. Bxe6 Nd6 35. Rd7 Bxf2 36.
Rf1 Bg3 37. Bxf7 $14) 34. Rxe6 Rxe6 (34... Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Bxf2 36. Rxf7+ Kxf7 37.
Rc6+ Kg7 38. Rxc1 $16) 35. Bxe6 Nd6 36. Rd7 Bc5 (36... Bxf2 37. Rxd6 fxe6 38.
Rxe6 Bc5 39. Ra6 $14) 37. Bb3 Kf6 38. f4 Kf5 39. g3 Ke4 40. Bxf7 $4 {Last move
before the time control is a horrible mistake, a pawn will become unstoppable.}
(40. Kg2 h5 41. Rc7 $16) 40... Nxf7 41. Rxf7 Bd4 (41... Bd4 42. Re7+ Kf3 43.
Re1 a2 $19) 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 $5 (10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qxc5 $11) 10... Qxc3+
11. Qd2 Qxa1 12. O-O {[%mdl 4] The sacrifice of the exchange for the
initiative is quite radical attempt to disrupt the parity on the board.} Be6 (
12... Qg7 13. Bb2 (13. Bc4 Nc6 14. Bb2 e5 15. Ng5 Bf5 16. f4 Rad8 17. Qc1 Bd3
18. Bxd3 Rxd3 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Ne4 {1-0 Kron,V (2395)-Zaitsev,V/Voronezh 1991
(36)} f5 21. Nd6 Qe7 $15) 13... f6 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Ng5 (15. e4 e5 16. Ne1 g5
17. h4 {1/2-1/2 Lputian,S (2530)-Gavrikov,V (2550)/Riga 1985}) 15... Nc6 16. f4
Bf5 17. e4 Rad8 18. Qe3 Bc8 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. Bxe6 Qh6 $15 {1-0 Adianto,U (2610)
-Gheorghiu,F (2485)/Biel 1997 (41)}) (12... Qf6 13. Bb2 Qc6 14. Bc4 Nd7 15. e4
e5 16. Bd5 Qf6 17. Rb1 Re8 18. Ng5 Re7 19. Ba3 $14 {0-1 Ivanov-Tseitlin,M/
Leningrad 1970 (58)}) 13. Bb2 Qxa2 14. Ng5 f6 15. Bf3 {Milov had surely
prepared for this battle and is conciously avoiding the levelling of chances
after recapturing the exchange.} (15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Bf3 Kg7 17. Bxb7 Nc6 18.
Bxa8 Rxa8 $11) 15... Bc4 (15... fxg5 16. Qc3 $1 (16. Qd4 Rf6 17. Qd8+ Rf8 18.
Qd4 Rf6 {1/2-1/2 Berkell,P (2217)-Andersson,G (2198)/Sweden 2008}) 16... Kf7 (
16... Rf6 17. Bxb7 Bd7 18. Ra1 Qe6 19. Bxa8 $16) 17. Bxb7 Rg8 18. Bxa8 Na6 19.
Bc6 (19. Be4 Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Qxb2 21. f4 $16 g4 22. f5 gxf5 23. Bxf5 Bxf5) 19...
Qc4 (19... Nxc5 20. f4 g4 21. Qd4 Qb3 22. f5 gxf5 23. Rxf5+ Bxf5 24. Bd5+ $18)
20. Qe5 Nxc5 (20... Qxc5 21. Be8+ Kxe8 22. Qxe6 $18) 21. f4 $18) 16. Rc1 (16.
Bxb7 Nc6 17. Ra1 Rad8 18. Qc1 Qb3 19. Bxc6 fxg5 20. Bf3 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Be2 22.
Qc3 Qxc3 23. Bxc3 Bxf3 24. h3 $11) 16... e6 $2 {For most players defence is a
rather unpleasant task in chess. It is often enough that one misses one
critical moment for making a good choice and then the consequences can be
disastrous.} (16... Nc6 $1 17. Rxc4 Rad8 18. Bd5+ Rxd5 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Ne6
Qxb2 21. g3 Rb8 $15) 17. Ne4 (17. Bxb7 $5 Bd5 (17... fxg5 18. Qd4 Kf7 19. Rxc4
$18) 18. Ra1 Qc4 (18... Qb3 19. Bxa8 Bxa8 20. Rxa7 Bb7 21. c6 Bxc6 (21... Nxc6
22. Qd7 Ne7 23. Rxb7 $18) 22. Nxh7 Nd7 23. Nxf8 $18) 19. Bxa8 Bxa8 20. Nxh7
Kxh7 21. Rxa7+ Kg8 22. Rxa8 $18) 17... Nc6 (17... Nd7 18. Qxd7 Qxb2 19. Rxc4
Qa1+ 20. Qd1 Qxd1+ 21. Bxd1 $16) 18. Ra1 Rad8 $6 (18... Qb3 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20.
Bxf6 Bd3 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. f3 $16) 19. Qc1 $6 {The players are both making
second rate decisions. White could have won by force after the more active
retreat of the queen.} (19. Qc3 $1 Qb3 20. Nxf6+ Kf7 21. Qxb3 Bxb3 22. Bxc6 e5
23. Nxh7 bxc6 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 25. Bxe5 $18) 19... Qb3 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 (20... Kf7
21. Bxc6 Be2 22. Bd7 $18) 21. Bxf6 Rf8 (21... Rd7 22. Rb1 Qa4 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24.
f3 $14) 22. Bc3 Qb5 $6 (22... Bb5 $1 23. Rb1 Qc4 24. Qb2 a6 25. Rc1 Rf7 $14)
23. Bb2 $1 {Milov has not missed his second great chance and punished the
opponent's inaccuracy with the most unpleasant reaction.} (23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24.
Rxa7 Ba6 25. Bd4 $16) 23... Rxf3 (23... Qxc5 24. Qc3 e5 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 (25...
bxc6 26. Ra5 Rd8 27. h3 $18) 26. Qxe5 $18) 24. gxf3 Qxc5 25. Qc3 e5 26. Rd1 (
26. f4 Qd5 27. fxe5 Qe6 28. f3 $16) 26... b5 27. Qd2 {Black's counterplay is
not sufficient for the simple reason of his exposed king.} Qf8 28. Kg2 Be6 29.
Qd6 Qf6 30. h4 Kg7 (30... Kf7 31. Qc7+ Ne7 32. Rh1 Bc4 33. Bxe5 $18) 31. Qc7+
Kh6 (31... Bf7 32. Rd6 $18) 32. Bc1 {White is maybe not choosing the best
moves, but even so the defender's life is hanging by a thread.} (32. e4 Bh3+
33. Kg1 Ne7 34. Bxe5 Qxh4 35. Bf4+ Kg7 36. Rd8 Kf7 37. Qe5 $18) 32... e4 33.
Qg3 (33. fxe4 Bg4 34. Rd2 Qf3+ 35. Kg1 Qxe4 36. Rd5 Bh3 37. Rg5 $18) 33... Bf5
$2 (33... Qxf3+ 34. Qxf3 exf3+ 35. Kxf3 Ne5+ 36. Kf4 $16) 34. fxe4 (34. Rd6 Be6
35. Qg5+ Qxg5+ 36. hxg5+ Kxg5 37. Rxe6 $18) 34... Bxe4+ 35. f3 Bb1 36. e4+ Kg7
37. Qc7+ Kg8 38. Qc8+ {The knight could have safely been taken..} (38. Rd6 $18)
38... Kg7 39. Qc7+ Kg8 40. Rd7 {The model concentration of white pieces in
attacking formation easily decides the game.} (40. Rd7 Ba2 41. Bh6 Qb2+ 42. Rd2
$18) 1-0

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qb3 e6
{Kamsky does not want to start the theoretical discussion about opening of the
centre with the immediate swap on c4. Black can try to complete development
first as his position is very compact.} (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 (9... Ne8 10. Be2
Nd6 11. Rd1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd7 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Bd2 Nxe4
17. Bxe4 e5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Chernin,A (2572)-Movsesian,S (2666)/Austria 2001 (21)}
) 10. Be2 Bf5 (10... Nbd7 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Qe8 15.
Ng5 e5 16. Bf3 c5 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Nce4 c4 19. Qa3 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qe6 $11 {
0-1 Gritsak,O (2550)-Miroshnichenko,E (2483)/Polanica Zdroj 1999 (39)}) (10...
c5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. a3 Qc7 13. Qc2 Rd8 14. Bd2 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Qb3 Rb8 17.
Nb5 Nc6 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. Nxc7 $16 {1/2-1/2 Khruschiov,A (2499)-Gabrielian,A 
(2486)/Cheliabinsk 2008 (67)}) 11. Bd2 c5 12. dxc5 Nbd7 13. Qa3 Qc8 14. b4 Ne4
15. Nxe4 Bxa1 16. Ng3 Bg7 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Qd3 $14 {0-1 Antic,D (2480)-Xie,G 
(2413)/Cammeray 2008 (18)}) 9. e4 (9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. a4 Qe7 11. Be2 b6 12. a5 b5
13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Bd2 Bb7 15. Na2 Rfc8 16. Bb4 Qd8 $11 {1-0 Glicenstein,A 
(2298)-Steimer,M (2175)/Issy les Moulineaux 2003 (27)}) 9... dxe4 10. Bxe4 Nbd7
11. Be3 Qc7 12. c5 $6 {It may still be true about White, that obtaining
advantage is tough without the help of an opponent. Jakovenko has decided for
the responsible move with the risk, that he will have to pay the price.} (12.
g3 Ng4 13. Bf4 e5 14. dxe5 Ngxe5 $11) 12... Ng4 {The game will be full of
moves that fail to meet the mark of coming close to being best. A very sound
impression is made by this logical advance in the centre.} (12... e5 $1 13. Qc4
(13. Rfe1 Ng4 14. Rad1 exd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Nxc5 17. Qa3 Ne6 $15) 13...
Ng4 14. d5 (14. Rae1 exd4 15. Bxd4 Nde5 16. Nxe5 Be6 17. Qa4 Bxe5 18. g3 Bxd4
19. Qxd4 Rad8 $15) 14... Nxe3 15. fxe3 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxc5 17. Rac1 Qxc4 18.
Rxc4 f5 19. Bc2 e4 $15) 13. Bg5 $6 {White continues his play with vigour and
enthusiasm partly based on a tactical oversight in the critical position.} (13.
h3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 e5 $11) 13... e5 $1 (13... Bxd4 14. h3 Nxc5 15. Qc4 Bxf2+ 16.
Rxf2 Nxf2 17. Kxf2 Qb6 18. Kg3 f5 (18... Qxb2 19. Qxc5 Qxa1 20. Bh6) 19. Bc2
Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qxc2 21. Qxc5 $16) 14. Be7 (14. h3 exd4 15. Na4 Ngf6 (15... Nge5
16. Nxd4 $14) 16. Rfe1 $11) 14... exd4 15. Na4 {Fortunatelly the retreat to
mother earth is still possible, but the blow against c5 after 15.Bd6? would
have been a nasty awakening.} (15. Bxf8 Bxf8 16. Na4 Nxc5 17. Qb6 (17. Nxc5
Bxc5 $17) 17... Qxb6 18. Nxb6 Rb8 19. Bb1 $15) (15. Bd6 $2 Nxc5 $1 16. Bxc5
dxc3 (16... Re8 17. Bb6 Qf4 18. Nd5 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Be6 20. Rad1 $15) 17. Bxf8
Be6 18. Qc2 Rxf8 19. bxc3 f5 20. Bd3 Qf4 $15) 15... Qf4 $5 (15... Re8 16. Bd6
Qd8 17. Rae1 Bf8 $11) 16. Rfe1 (16. Bxf8 Bxf8 17. Rfe1 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19.
Rac1 Ba7 20. Bd3 $11) 16... Re8 $6 {[%mdl 64] The comedy of smaller and bigger
errors is in fact only beginning. Kamsky is neglecting the possibility of
grabbing the initiative with the immediate move of the knight.} (16... Nde5 $5
17. g3 (17. Bd6 d3 18. Nb6 Be6 19. Qa4 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Qxa4 21. Nxa4 Rfe8 $17)
17... Qh6 18. h4 Be6 19. Qd1 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Ne5 21. Nb6 Rae8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 $15)
17. Bd6 (17. Bg5 $1 Qc7 18. Bc2 (18. h3 Nge5 19. Nxd4 Qa5 $11) 18... Nde5 19.
Nxd4 Bd7 $14) 17... Be5 $2 {The centralisation of the bishop represents a
serious mistake, the move of the knight was still good for equality.} (17...
Nde5 18. h3 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 (19. Bxf3 Ne5 20. Be4 (20. Nb6 Be6 $17) 20... Qg5
$15) 19... Qxf3 20. Bxf3 Ne5 21. Nb6 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Bxh3 23. Nxa8 Rxa8 24. Re7
$11) 18. Bc2 $1 Re6 (18... Nxh2 19. Rxe5 $1 Nxe5 20. Nxh2 Qg5 21. Be4 $16) (
18... d3 19. Qxd3 Nxh2 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Rxe5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qd6 Qxd6
24. cxd6 Ng4 25. Nb6 $16) 19. h3 Nxf2 {Black have reasoned, that after the
retreats of the knight he will lose material without any compensation. In such
light the sacrifice of the knight seemed like a sensible choice.} (19... Ngf6
20. g3 Qh6 21. Nxe5 $18) (19... Nh6 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Re4 Qf6 22. Nb6 d3 (22...
Rxd6 23. cxd6 Be6 24. Qg3 $18) 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Qc3 Rf5 25. Bxd3 $18) 20. Nxe5
{We have to be restrained with the question marks, but it was objectively much
better to accept the sacrifice of the knight.} (20. Kxf2 $1 b5 21. cxb6 Rxd6
22. b7 Bxb7 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qc7 $16) 20... Nxe5 21. Rf1 $2 (21. Rxe5 Rxe5 22.
Bxe5 Nxh3+ 23. Qxh3 Qxe5 24. Qh4 Qe3+ 25. Kh2 Be6 $14) 21... Nf3+ $2 {The
final stage in the tragedy of inaccuracies has begun with a slightly desperate
sacrifice. Kamsky has failed to notice, that the fight is far from over and
the supporting of the knight would give him the chance to continue to mobilise
his forces. The jusfified result of the game would have been a draw.} (21...
Nxh3+ 22. Qxh3 Qg5 23. Qh2 Ng4 24. Qf4 $16) (21... Rf6 $1 22. Bxe5 (22. Nb6 Be6
$19) 22... Qxe5 23. Rxf2 Be6 24. Qa3 (24. Qxb7 $2 Rxf2 25. Qxa8+ Kg7 $19) 24...
Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Bc4 26. Nb6 d3 27. Nxa8 (27. Nxc4 Qe2+ 28. Kg3 dxc2 29. Qc3 (29.
Nd6 Qd1 30. Qb3 Qxa1 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Qf6+ $11) 29... Qd1 30. b4 Re8 $11)
27... Qd4+ 28. Kg3 Qe5+ 29. Kf2 Qd4+ $11) 22. Qxf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Nxh3+ 24. Kh1
Re2 25. Bd1 Nf2+ $6 {Black is fighting without the piece, on top of it the
threat of Nb6 is looming. In fact the only right he had left was the choice of
how to part with the game.} (25... Rf2 26. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 27. Kg2 Nxd1 28. Rxd1 Bf5
29. Rxd4 $18) 26. Rxf2 Rxf2 27. Kg1 Rd2 28. Nb6 Ra7 29. Nc4 {Both rooks have
got curiously trapped, the game is simply over.} 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. a4 a5
9. Ne5 {The position is well known without the pawns located on a4 and a5
squares.} Be6 (9... Na6 10. f4 Nb4 11. b3 Bf5 12. Nd3 Bxd3 13. Bxd3 c5 14. Nb5
cxd4 15. exd4 dxc4 16. bxc4 Ne8 17. Bb2 Nd6 18. Be2 Nc6 19. Kh1 Nxb5 20. axb5
Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 {Gonzalez Velez,F-Magem Badals,J/Terrassa 1994/ 0-1 (44)})
10. f4 Na6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 {Mamedyarov with much higher rating is entertaining
hopes of playing for win. For that goal he is ready to accept some risk.} (
11... cxd5 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Bf3 $11) 12. e4 Nb6 13. b3 (13. Be3 Nb4 14. Rc1 f5
$11) 13... Qd6 (13... f6 14. Nc4 f5 15. Be3 Nb4 $11) 14. Be3 f5 15. Rc1 (15. d5
$5 cxd5 16. Nb5 Qd8 17. Nd4 Qd6 18. Nxe6 (18. Nb5 $11) 18... Qxe6 19. Qd4 Nd7
20. exd5 Qd6 21. Qb2 Nb4 22. Bd4 Nxd5 23. Bc4 $11) 15... fxe4 16. Nxe4 (16.
Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Nxe4 Qd5 18. Nc5 Ra7 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. d5 cxd5 21. Qd4 Ra6 22.
Rc7 g5 23. Qc5 $13) 16... Qb4 (16... Qd5 17. Ng5 $14) 17. Ng5 $5 {Kosteniuk
feels the position quite well, but better than the risky text moves was the
direct tactical solution with surprizing swap of the knight on a6: 17.Bxa6!} (
17. Bxa6 $1 Bxe5 (17... Rxa6 18. Nc5 Nd5 19. Rf3 $16) (17... Bxb3 18. Qd3 Bxe5
19. Rb1 Bc4 20. Qc2 Bxf1 21. Rxb4 axb4 22. Bxb7 $18) 18. Bxb7 Nd5 (18... Bxb3
19. Qd2 Rab8 20. Bxc6 Bg7 21. Qxb4 axb4 22. Nc5 $16) 19. Bf2 Qxb7 20. Nc5 Qb4
21. fxe5 $16) 17... Bxb3 18. Qd3 (18. Qd2 Nd5 $17) 18... Bxe5 $2 {[%mdl 16384]
White knights in the center were a bit scary, but exchange of the only light
piece around black king is going too far.} (18... Qxa4 19. Ra1 Qb5 $15) 19.
fxe5 (19. Rb1 $1 Bc4 (19... Ba2 20. Rxb4 Nxb4 21. Qd2 Bg7 22. Bg4 $14) 20. Qc2
Bxe2 21. Rxb4 Nxb4 22. Qxe2 Bg7 23. Ne6 $14) 19... Rxf1+ (19... Qxa4 $6 20. Bf2
$1 Rf5 (20... Bd5 21. Qh3 h5 22. Bxh5 $18) 21. Ra1 Qb4 22. Be1 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1
Qc4 24. Qh3 Qxd4+ 25. Bf2 Qxa1 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Ke8 28. Qxg6+ Kd7 29. e6+
Kd6 30. Nf7+ Kc7 31. Bg3+ $18) 20. Rxf1 (20. Bxf1 Qxa4 $17) 20... Qc4 (20...
Qxa4 21. Qe4 Nb4 22. Qh4 h5 23. Bxh5 $18) 21. Qd2 $6 {The lady will attack and
thus she ignores perfect chance to go for the promising endgame after the
simple 21.Rb1!} (21. Rb1 $1 Qxd3 22. Bxd3 Bc4 23. Rxb6 Bxd3 24. Rxb7 Rf8 25.
Nf3 $16) 21... Qc2 22. Qe1 Rf8 (22... Bc4 23. Qh4 h5 24. Bxc4+ Nxc4 25. Qh3
Nxe3 26. Qxe3 Rf8 $11) 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Nxh7+ Ke8 25. Qf1 (25. Ng5 Nd5 26.
Bd2 Nab4 27. e6 $13) 25... Qe4 (25... Qf5 26. Bxa6 bxa6 27. Qe1 (27. Qxa6 $2
Bc4 $19) 27... Qd3 $15) 26. Bg5 $2 {Aggressive and wrong, chances for both
sides were still open after the correct retreat 26.Bf2.} (26. Bf2 Nb4 27. Ng5
Qf5 (27... Qf4 28. h4 Bxa4 29. Ne6 $14) 28. Nf3 Bxa4 29. Nh4 $13) 26... Qxd4+
27. Kh1 Nd7 28. Bd3 (28. e6 Bxe6 29. Bd3 Qg7 $19) 28... Nac5 $1 (28... Nxe5 29.
Qf8+ Kd7 30. Qxe7+ Kc8 31. Bf1 $15) 29. Bxg6+ Kd8 30. Qe1 (30. h4 Ne4 31. Bxe4
Qxe4 32. Nf8 Nxe5 $19) 30... b6 31. h4 (31. Be3 Qd1 32. Qxd1 Bxd1 33. Ng5 Nxe5
34. Bxc5 bxc5 $17) 31... Bd5 {Black pieces are now dominating the board.} (
31... Nxe5 32. Bh5 Ncd3 $19) 32. e6 Nxe6 33. Be3 $2 (33. Bf5 Nxg5 34. Nxg5 Nc5
35. Qg3 e5 $19) 33... Qg4 0-1

[Event "Gelsenkirchen"]
[Site "Gelsenkirchen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Qb3 b6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12. Bd2 (12. Be2 a6 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Rfc1
Na5 15. Qb4 Nd7 16. Na4 Nb7 17. Rc6 b5 18. Rac1 Re8 19. Rc7 Rb8 20. Qc3 bxa4
21. Qc6 Nbc5 $132 {Timman,J-Smyslov,V/Las Palmas izt/1982/}) 12... Nc6 13. Qa4
Na5 14. b3 a6 15. Ne2 Qd7 (15... Nb7 16. Qc6 Ra7 17. Rac1 Re8 18. Nf4 Nd6 19.
Nd3 Nb5 20. Qc2 Rc7 21. Qb2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qa8 $10 {Speelman,J-Plaskett,J/
Hastings/1986/}) 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. e4 $1 Nf6 (18... dxe4 19. Bxe4
Nf6 20. Bd3 $16) 19. exd5 Nxd5 (19... exd5 20. Nc3 $16) 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Nc3
Rcd8 (21... Rfd8 22. Bg5 (22. Nxd5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxd4 $13 (23... Rxd5 $2 24.
Rc8+ Bf8 25. Bh6 $18)) 22... f6 23. Be3 $14) 22. Na4 Nb7 (22... Bxd4 23. Bb4
Rfe8 24. Rfd1 Bg7 25. Nxb6 Nb7 26. Nxd5 $18) 23. Bg5 (23. Nxb6 Bxd4 $132) 23...
f6 (23... Rb8 24. Nxb6 Bxd4 25. Nxd5 $18) 24. Bf4 b5 25. Nc5 Nxc5 (25... Rf7
26. Nxa6 Ra8 27. Nc7 Rxa2 28. Nxd5 $16) 26. dxc5 Rfe8 27. c6 f5 (27... Re6 28.
c7 Rc8 29. Rfd1 $18) 28. c7 Rc8 29. Rc6 Kf7 30. Rfc1 Be5 (30... Re6 31. Rxe6
Kxe6 32. Rc6+ Kd7 33. Rxa6 $18) 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxa6 Re7 33. Rd6 Rcxc7 34.
Rxc7 Rxc7 35. Rxd5 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Ra1 (36... Rc2 37. Kg3 Rxa2 38. Rxb5) 37. Rxb5
Rxa2 38. Kg3 Kf6 39. Kf3 Rb2 40. h4 h6 41. g3 g5 42. Rb6+ Ke5 (42... Kg7 43. h5
$18) 43. h5 g4+ 44. Ke3 Rc2 45. f4+ $1 (45. Rxh6 Rc3+ 46. Ke2 Rxb3 47. Ra6 Rb1
48. h6 Rh1 $16) 45... gxf3 (45... Kd5 46. Rb5+ Ke6 47. Re5+ Kf6 48. Kd3 $18)
46. Kxf3 Rc3+ 47. Kg2 Rd3 (47... f4 48. Rb5+ $18) 48. Rxh6 Rxb3 49. Rg6 Rb2+ (
49... f4 50. g4 $18) 50. Kh3 Rb1 51. Kh4 Rh1+ (51... f4 52. g4 f3 53. Rg5+ Kf4
54. Rf5+ Ke3 55. h6 $18) 52. Kg5 Rg1 53. Kh6 Rh1 54. Ra6 Rg1 55. Ra3 Kf6 56.
Re3 Rg2 57. Rd3 Rg1 58. Re3 Rg2 59. Kh7 Kg5 60. h6 Ra2 (60... Rh2 61. Re6 Rh3
62. Rg6+ Kh5 63. Kg7 $18) 61. Re6 Ra3 62. Kg7 Kg4 (62... Ra7+ 63. Kg8 Ra8+ 64.
Kf7 Ra7+ 65. Re7 Rxe7+ 66. Kxe7 Kxh6 67. Kf6 Kh7 68. Kxf5 Kg7 69. Kg5 Kf7 70.
Kh6 $18) 63. Kf6 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "NED-ch53"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O (8.
a4 a5 9. O-O Na6 10. b3 Ne4 11. Bb2 Nac5 {1/2-1/2 Small,V-Garbett,P/Fencible
Masters/1997/}) 8... b5 (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 (10. Bb3 Nbd7 11. e4 b4
12. e5 bxc3 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. bxc3 c5 15. Re1 Bb7 16. Ba3 Ne4 17. Qd3 Qa5 18.
Rxe4 Qxa3 19. Rf4 Rad8 20. Rb1 Bd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Qc4 e6 {0-1 Libeau,
R-Hellsten,J/Sommerskak/1995/ (63)}) 10... c5 11. a4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 b4 13. Ne4
Ra7 14. Nc5 Rc7 15. Ndb3 Nfd7 16. Ne4 Ne5 17. Be2 Nbd7 18. Qe1 Bb7 19. Qxb4 Qa8
20. f3 Rb8 21. Qa5 Rbc8 22. Qb4 Bd5 23. Na5 Rc2 {0-1 Romanov,O-Hellsten,J/
Mlada Boleslav op/1995/ (31)}) 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Ne5 Bb7 (10... Nbd7 11. Nc6 Qe8
12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 e6 14. b4 $14) 11. Nd3 Nbd7 12. a4 {With the knight on d3
black's pawn structure a6-b5 is surprisingly vulnerable.} Ne4 (12... bxa4 13.
Nxa4 e6 14. b4 $14) (12... Qb6 13. b4 Rfc8 14. Nc5 bxa4 15. N3xa4 $14) 13. axb5
Nxc3 (13... axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Nxb5 Qa5 16. Na3 $16) 14. bxc3 axb5 15. Rxa8
Qxa8 (15... Bxa8 16. Qb3 Qa5 17. Nf4 Nf6 18. Ba3 $14) 16. Nb4 Bc6 (16... Qa5
17. Qd3 Rc8 18. Qxb5 Qxb5 19. Bxb5 Nf6 20. Bb2 $16) 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Ba3 Nf6 (
18... e6 19. Rb1 Nf6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Bxb5 $16) 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Bd3 $6 {
Very artificial move, that in effect loses tempo.} (20. Bxe7 $1 Ne4 21. Rc1 $16
) 20... Bf8 21. Rb1 Rc8 22. Bb4 (22. Bxb5 Qxc3 $11) 22... e6 23. Ba5 Rb8 24.
Bxb5 Qa8 (24... Qc8 $5 25. Qa4 Ne4 26. Rb3 Ra8 27. f3 Nd6 $14) 25. Bc7 $6 (25.
Qa4 Ne4 26. Ra1 $16) 25... Rb7 $2 {Both players are blind to the fact, that c3
pawn is vulnerable beyond hope. Black had chosen the wrong type of counterplay.
} (25... Rc8 26. Be5 Ne4 27. Rc1 Nxc3 $11) 26. Be5 Ne4 27. Qc2 Qa5 28. c4 Nc3 (
28... dxc4 29. Bxc4 Rxb1+ 30. Qxb1 Nd2 31. Qc2 Nxc4 32. Qxc4 Qe1+ 33. Qf1 Qd2
$16) (28... f6 29. Bf4 Nc3 30. Rb3 Nxb5 31. cxb5 Rxb5 32. Qc8 Rxb3 33. Bd6 h5
34. Qxf8+ Kh7 35. Qf7+ Kh6 36. Qxf6 $18) 29. Rb3 Nxb5 30. cxb5 Rxb5 (30... Qa4
31. Qc6 Qxb3 32. Qxb7 $16) 31. Qc8 $1 {The nasty surprise, black king will be
in mating danger.} Rxb3 (31... Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Rc5 33. Qe8 Rc1 34. Rb7 $18) 32.
Bd6 Kg7 33. Qxf8+ Kf6 34. Qh8+ $1 (34. Qh8+ $1 Kg5 (34... Kf5 35. Qe5#) 35.
Bf4+ Kh5 36. Qxh7#) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.30"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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 "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Bd2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 (9... b5 10. Bb3 (10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. b4 (12. e4 c5
13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. Rad1 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. g3 Qc6
19. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Lazarev,V-Roos,D/France 2003/ (19)}) 12... Qb8 13. Rac1 e5 14.
Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bf3 Rfd8 17. Ne2 Nd5 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. e4 Nb6 20.
Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Arsovic,Z-Jeremic,V/Herceg Novi 2001/ (79)}) 10... Bb7 11. e4 c5
12. e5 Nfd7 13. Bf4 cxd4 {1/2-1/2 Adamski,J-Kreutzkamp,R/Germany 1998/ (13)})
10. e4 (10. Bb3 c5 11. a4 e6 12. Qe2 b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Be1 {1/2-1/2 Mojzis,
J-Kuporosov,V/Moscow 1995/ (14)}) (10. a4 c5 11. d5 Ne8 12. e4 Nd6 13. Bd3 Rb8
14. Qe2 f6 15. Rab1 a5 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Bg3 Bd7 19. Kh1 Rc8 20. b3
Qe8 21. f3 g5 22. Nd1 h5 {0-1 Krasenkow,M-Zhang Zhong/Shenyang 1999/ (50)})
10... b5 {Black must play quite carefully, since giving up the pawn center is
not without positional dangers.} 11. Bb3 (11. Bd3 c5 12. d5 c4 13. Bc2 Ng4 $13)
11... Nb6 (11... b4 12. Na4 Nxe4 13. Bxb4 Rb8 14. Qe1 Nd6 15. Rc1 $14) 12. e5 (
12. Rc1 b4 13. e5 bxc3 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Rxc3 $14) 12... Nfd5 13. Ne4 a5 (13...
Bf5 14. Nc5 Nd7 15. Rc1 Nxc5 16. Rxc5 $14) 14. a3 Nc4 (14... a4 15. Ba2 Bf5 16.
Nc5 Nd7 17. Rc1 $14) 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Nc5 (16. Qc1 Nb6 17. Bh6 Bg4 18. Bxg7
Kxg7 19. Ned2 $14) 16... Nb6 (16... Qb6 17. Bc3 Bg4 18. Qe2 Rfd8 19. Qxc4 Bxf3
20. gxf3 Qb5 21. Qxb5 cxb5 22. Rfc1 $14) 17. Qe2 Qd5 {Conquest firmly controls
the white squares, but his pawn structure is far from perfect.} (17... Bg4 $5
18. Be3 (18. Bc3 Qd5 $11) 18... Qd5 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3 $14) 18.
h3 Nd7 (18... Bf5 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. Rfe1 $14) 19. Na4 c5 (19... Qb5 20. Nc3
Qxb2 21. Rfb1 Qc2 22. Qxc4 c5 23. Qd5 Ra7 24. dxc5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Qxe5
Qxd2 27. Nd5 $16) 20. Nc3 Qb7 (20... Qe6 21. d5 Qf5 22. Rfe1 Rb8 23. Rab1 Qd3
24. Bg5 $14) 21. Qxc4 (21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Qxc4 Nb3 23. Rad1 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 Bxh3
25. Qd5 Bc8 $13) 21... cxd4 22. Qxd4 Qxb2 23. Rfb1 Qc2 24. g4 $6 {Krasenkow
shows an honest ambition of locking up the black queen, but it was much better
to use the rook move for the purpose.} (24. Rb5 $1 Ba6 (24... Re8 25. g4 g5 26.
Rc1 Qg6 27. Bxg5 $18) 25. Rxa5 Rfd8 26. Nd5 $16) 24... Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26.
Qxe5 Qxd2 27. Nd5 f6 (27... h5 28. Nxe7+ Kh7 29. Nd5 Rd8 30. Rb5 hxg4 31. hxg4
Kh6 32. Ne3 $18) 28. Nxe7+ Kg7 (28... Kf7 29. Qc5 Kg7 30. Nd5 $16) 29. Qe4 (29.
Qc7 Kh8 30. Re1 $14) 29... Ba6 (29... Ra7 30. Rd1 (30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31. Rb7+ Rc7
32. Rxa7 Rxa7 33. Re1 Rc7 $11) 30... Qh6 31. Nxc8 Rxc8 32. Qe6 Rb8 33. Rd7+
Rxd7 34. Qxd7+ Kh8 35. Qd6 Qf8 36. Qxf8+ Rxf8 37. Rd1 $14) 30. Rd1 Qe2 (30...
Qb2 $2 31. Rab1 Qxa3 32. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 (32... Qxh3 33. Rd7+ Rf7 34. Ne7 $18) 33.
Rd7+ Kh6 34. Qf4+ g5 35. Qf5 $18) 31. Nf5+ Kh8 (31... gxf5 32. Rd7+ Rf7 (32...
Kg8 33. Qxf5 Bd3 34. Rxd3 $18) 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7 34. Qxa8 fxg4 35. Qd5+ $16) 32.
Ne3 (32. Nd6 Qxe4 33. Nxe4 f5 $13) 32... Rae8 (32... Rab8 33. Rac1 (33. Rab1 $2
Bd3 $1 34. Rxb8 Bxe4 35. Rxf8+ Kg7 36. Rfd8 Qf3 $17) 33... Rb2 34. Qf4 $14) 33.
Qf4 Bb7 (33... Bd3 34. Rac1 g5 35. Qg3 Re5 $11) 34. Rd7 Qb5 $4 {Horrible
blunder, that does nothing against the impending danger along the 7th rank.} (
34... g5 $1 35. Qc7 Be4 $11) 35. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Cancan Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1998.09.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Qc2 (12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14.
Bxe4 Qh4 15. Qg4 Qe7 16. Qe2 f5 17. Bc2 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Rb1 e5 {1/2-1/2
Ree,H-Bohm,H/Leeuwarden 1975/MCD (29)}) (12. Bd2 Qe7 (12... e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5
14. cxd5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 {1/2-1/2 Stean,M-Matulovic,M/
Smederevska Palanka 1982/MCL (16)}) 13. Be1 a6 14. b3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. cxd5
cxd5 17. Rac1 Rad8 18. Na4 d4 19. exd4 Rxd4 20. Bb1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Qc7 {0-1
Polgar,Z-Piket,J/NLD-chT 1993/EXT 97 (40)}) (12. b3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb2 d4
15. Bc2 c5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qc7 18. exd4 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Ftacnik,
L-Lechtynsky,J/Trnava 1983/MCD (18)}) (12. Rb1 a6 13. Bd2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 c5 15.
d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 b5 17. Bc3 Ra7 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bd5 Qe7 20. a4 Rb8 21. axb5
axb5 22. Bc6 Bxc3 23. bxc3 b4 {0-1 Dejkalo,S-Laketic,G/Prague 1989/EXT 97 (53)}
) 12... a6 (12... Rc8 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Qa4 Qc7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bd2 Ne4 17.
Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bf1 Nb6 19. Qa5 Qb8 20. Rac1 Red8 21. b4 Rd5 {1/2-1/2 Flohr,
S-Pithart,F/Marianske Lazne 1956/EXT 99 (88)}) (12... Nb6 13. b3 Nc8 14. Bb2
Nd6 15. Rd2 Rc8 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nfxe4 18. Bxe4 Qg5 19. Rad1 Nxe4 20. Qxe4
{1-0 Van Heste,J-Kirov,N/Groningen 1988/EXT 97 (52)}) (12... Qe7 13. Bd2 Rad8
14. Be1 Nb6 15. c5 Nbd7 16. f4 Nh5 17. Be2 f5 18. b4 Ra8 19. b5 Nxc5 20. Bxh5
gxh5 21. dxc5 {1-0 Aseev,K-Roeder,F/Krumbach 1991/Tourn D (40)}) 13. e4 {
Black structure is rock solid, and his Bc8 is already gone. On the other hand
any opening of the position favours white bishops.} (13. Bd2 Rc8 14. Be1 Qe7
15. Rac1 dxc4 16. Bxc4 c5 17. d5 Nb6 18. d6 Qd7 19. Be2 Rc6 20. Bf3 Nbd5 21.
Na4 Rec8 22. e4 {1-0 Dejkalo,S-Tomaszewski,R/POL-ch 1986/MCL (50)}) 13... dxe4
14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qh4 (15... Qe7 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Rd2 $14) 16. Be3 f5 17.
Bf3 e5 18. d5 (18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Be2 Rad8 20. Qb3 $14) 18... c5 (18... e4 19.
g3 Qf6 20. Bd4 Ne5 21. Bg2 cxd5 22. cxd5 $14) 19. Kh2 e4 20. g3 Be5 (20... Qf6
21. Bg2 Qxb2 22. Qxb2 Bxb2 23. Rab1 Bd4 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rxb7 Nc5 26. Rc7 Nd3
27. d6 $16) 21. Bg2 Qf6 22. Qd2 {This move aims to prevent the march of the f
pawn, Ioseliani is content with a draw.} (22. Rab1 f4 $1 23. gxf4 Bxf4+ $132)
22... Bxb2 23. Bg5 (23. Rab1 Bc3 $15) 23... Qe5 24. Bf4 (24. Rab1 Bc3 25. Qc1
b5 $11) 24... Bc3 25. Qc1 Qh8 {Smyslov hopes to get more than a repetition
with bishop annoying the black queen.} (25... Qf6 26. Bg5) 26. Rb1 b6 (26... b5
27. cxb5 axb5 28. Rxb5 Rxa2 29. Rb7 Ra1 30. Qc2 Rxd1 31. Qxd1 Rd8 32. Qb3 $13)
27. f3 Ba5 $2 (27... exf3 28. Bxf3 Be5 29. d6 $36) 28. fxe4 fxe4 29. Rb3 Ne5 (
29... Re7 30. Re3 Rae8 31. Bd6 Rf7 32. Bxe4 $14) 30. d6 $1 {[%mdl 128]
Something went wrong with the coordination of black pieces. The Ba5 and Qh8
occupy very unusual squares and white is ready in the center.} Rad8 (30... Nd3
$2 31. Rbxd3 exd3 32. Bd5+ Kg7 33. Bh6+ Kf6 34. Qg5#) 31. Bxe4 Ng4+ (31... Qf6
32. Bd5+ Kh8 33. Re3 Nd7 (33... Rxd6 34. Rf1 Qg7 35. Bxe5 Rxe5 36. Rxe5 Qxe5
37. Rf8+ Kg7 38. Rg8+ Kf6 39. Qf1+ Qf5 40. Rf8+ $18) (33... g5 34. Bxe5 Rxe5
35. Rf1 Qxd6 36. Qb2 Rde8 37. Rf5 $18) 34. Bc6 $16) 32. hxg4 Rxe4 33. Re3 Rd4 {
Since activating white queen would be decisive.} (33... Rxe3 34. Qxe3 Qb2+ 35.
Kh3 $18) 34. Be5 $1 R8xd6 (34... Rxd1 35. Qxd1 $18) 35. Bxd4 (35. Bxd6 $18)
35... cxd4 (35... Rxd4 36. Re8+ $18) 36. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Hasangatin, Ramil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Re8 10. Rd1 e6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Rac1 (12. Be1 Qe7 (12... Nb6 13.
b3 Qe7 14. Qe2 e5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. cxd5 Nbxd5 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19.
Bc4 Nb6 20. Ba5 {1/2-1/2 Panchenko,A-Petursson,M/Linares/1995/ (20)}) 13. Qe2 (
13. Bf1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Rad8 15. Bb3 Nb6 16. a4 e5 17. a5 exd4 18. axb6 dxc3 19.
Rxd8 Qxd8 20. bxa7 cxb2 21. a8=Q Qxa8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Qd1 Nd5 24. Bc2 {
1-0 Damljanovic,B-Velikov,P/Belgrade/1988/ (41)}) 13... a6 (13... Rad8 14. Rac1
a6 (14... dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Bb3 e5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1
20. Qxd1 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Matlak,M-Oliwa,M/Augustow/1996/ (55)}) 15. Qc2 dxc4 16.
Bxc4 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Be2 $14 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Qd1 {
1-0 Shipov,S-Gretarsson,H/Groningen/1993/ (69)}) 14. a3 c5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16.
Bxc4 Qxc5 17. Rac1 {1/2-1/2 Chernin,A-Smyslov,V/Copenhagen/1986/ (17)}) 12...
dxc4 {Opening up the position is good only in connection with the counterplay
in the center.} (12... Qe7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qg3 Rac8 15. Be1 Nf8 16. b4 Ne6
17. Na4 b6 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Nc3 b5 20. Nb1 Qd6 21. Rc2 {1-0 Veresov,G-Ragozin,V/
Moscow/1944/ (57)}) 13. Bxc4 e5 14. Bb3 exd4 (14... Qe7 15. d5 e4 16. Qg3 (16.
Qe2 Nc5 17. dxc6 Nxb3 18. axb3 bxc6 19. Na4 $11) 16... cxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18.
Bxd5 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Nf6 (19... Nb6 20. Bxf7+ Qxf7 21. Rxb2 $11) 20. Bxf7+ Qxf7
21. Rxb2 $14) 15. exd4 Nb6 16. Bg5 Qd6 (16... h6 17. Bf4 Nfd5 18. Bg3 $14) 17.
Bf4 Qd7 18. Be5 Nbd5 $2 (18... Nfd5 $1 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxg7 (20. Bxd5 Qxd5
21. Qxd5 cxd5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11) 20... Kxg7 21. Rc5 Rad8 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Rdc1
$14) 19. Bxf6 $1 Nxf6 20. d5 $1 {Suddenly black is hard pressed to limit the
damage after the impending opening of the position.} Qf5 (20... Rac8 21. Ba4
Qc7 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. b4 $16) 21. Qxf5 gxf5 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Na4 Rac8 24. Rc5
(24. Rd6 Kf8 25. Rdxc6 Rxc6 26. Rxc6 Re1+ 27. Kh2 Ne4 28. Rc8+ Ke7 29. Rc7+ Kd6
30. Rxf7 Be5+ 31. g3 Re2 32. Rxf5 Nxf2 33. Kg2 $16) 24... f4 25. Kf1 f3 $6 (
25... Ne4 26. Rc4 Rc7 27. Bc2 f5 28. b4 $16) 26. gxf3 Re7 27. Rd6 Rec7 28. Rf5
$1 {[%mdl 4096] White controls the whole board and the bishop b3 exercises
strong pressure along a2-g8 diagonal.} Nd5 (28... Ne8 29. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 30. Rd7
Nd6 31. Rxd6 $18) 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Rfxd5 Kf8 31. Ra6 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 R8c7 33. b4
(33. Rda5 Bd4) 33... R1c2 34. Nc5 Ke8 (34... Ke7 35. a4 Bc3 36. b5 $16) 35. Ne4
R2c6 36. Nd6+ Ke7 (36... Kf8 37. Rxc6 Rxc6 38. Nf5 Bf6 39. b5 $18) 37. Nf5+ Ke6
(37... Kf6 38. Rd6+ Rxd6 39. Nxd6 $18) 38. Rd6+ Rxd6 39. Nxd6 Kd7 (39... Rd7
40. Ne8+ $18) 40. Nxf7 Bf8 41. a3 Kc8 42. Nd6+ Kb8 43. Nf5 Rf7 44. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kohlweyer, Bernd"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. b4 c6 7. Qb3 (7. Bb2 Bf5
8. Qb3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 a5 11. a3 Na6 12. bxa5 Qxa5 13. O-O $14 {
Littlewood,P-Ftacnik,L/Hastings/1981}) 7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 Be6 10. Qb2
a5 11. O-O $6 (11. a3 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Qd6 14. O-O) 11... axb4 12.
Qxb4 Na6 13. Qb1 b4 14. Bxa6 (14. Na4 Qa5) 14... bxc3 15. Qd3 c5 $1 16. a4 (16.
Bb5 Rc8 $22 17. Qxc3 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Nd5) 16... Bd5 17. dxc5 Qc7 18. Bb5 (18. Ba3
Rfd8 19. Nd4 Ng4) 18... Rfd8 19. Qe2 Ne4 (19... Ng4 20. g3 Qxc5 21. Ba3 Qc7 22.
Rac1) 20. Ba3 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Nd4 (22. Rac1 Bb3) 22... e5 23. Nf3 Bb3
24. Rac1 e4 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. exd4 Qxd4 27. h4 h5 28. Rfe1 Bxa4 29. Bxa4 Rxa4
30. g3 Qf6 $1 31. Rc2 Rd3 32. Rec1 Qd4 33. Kf1 e3 34. fxe3 Rxe3 35. Qf2 Qd3+ {
Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 (9. Bb3) 9... a6 10. a4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 $6 (11. exd4 Nb6 12. Ba2 Nbd5
13. Rd1 Be6 $13) 11... e5 $1 12. Nf3 e4 13. Ng5 $6 (13. Nd4 Ne5 14. Bb3 b6 $1
$15) 13... Qe7 14. b3 $2 (14. Qc2 Nc5 15. b4 Nd3 16. Ba3 $1 (16. Bxd3 exd3 17.
Qxd3 Bf5 $36) 16... b5 $1 (16... Nxb4 $6 17. Nxf7 $1 Nxc2 18. Bxe7 Nxa1 19.
Nd6+ Kh8 20. Rxa1 $14) 17. axb5 axb5 $36) 14... Qe5 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 (15... Qxc3
$2 16. Bd2 $1 (16. Bb2 $2 Qa5 17. Nh6+ Kh8 18. Nf7+ Rxf7 19. Bxf7 Ne5 $17)
16... Qb2 17. Rfb1 Qc2 18. Rc1 $10) 16. Bb2 Qe8 17. Rad1 (17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5
Nf6 19. Bxf7+ Qxf7 20. b4 Bg4 $17) 17... Nf8 $1 18. Bxf7+ Qxf7 19. b4 (19. Rd8
Bg4 20. Qd2 Rxd8 21. Qxd8 Qxb3 22. Ba1 Bd7 $17) 19... Be6 20. Qd2 (20. Rd4 $5
Rc8 (20... Nd5 21. Nxe4 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 $132) 21. Rfd1 Bc4 $17) 20... Bb3 21. Rc1
Ne6 22. f3 Bc4 23. Rf2 Rd8 24. Qe1 exf3 25. Rxf3 Qe7 26. Qh4 Qxb4 27. Ba1 (27.
Ne2 Qxb2 28. Qxc4 Nd5 29. e4 b5 $1 $19) 27... g5 $2 (27... Ne8 $1 28. Nd5 (28.
Na2 Qxa4 29. Bxg7 Rd1+ $19) 28... Rxd5 29. Bxg7 N8xg7 30. Qxc4 Rd1+ 31. Rf1
Qxc4 32. Rxc4 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Kf7 $17) 28. Na2 $1 gxh4 (28... Qxa4 29. Qxc4 Rd1+
30. Rf1 $16) 29. Nxb4 Ne4 (29... Ng4 $2 30. h3 $1 Bxa1 31. hxg4 a5 32. Rxc4
axb4 33. Rxb4 Rd7 $15) 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Rh3 (31. Rxc4 $4 Rd1+ 32. Rf1 Rxf1+
33. Kxf1 Nd2+ $19) 31... N6c5 $6 (31... Nc3 $10 32. Rxc3 $140 $2 Rd1+ 33. Kf2
Rf1#) 32. Rxh4 Bf7 33. Nc2 Nb3 (33... Bg6 34. Nd4 Rd6 35. a5 b5 36. axb6 Rxb6)
34. Rb1 Bg6 (34... Nc3 35. Rf1 Bg6 36. Rc4) 35. Nd4 Nxd4 36. Rxb7+ Kf6 37. exd4
Rxd4 38. Rf4+ Ke5 39. Rf1 Rxa4 40. h4 $2 (40. Rc1 $132) 40... Nc5 41. Rb8 (41.
Rc7 Kd6 42. Rc8 Rxh4 43. Rd1+ Bd3 44. Rd8+ Kc6 45. R1xd3 Nxd3 46. Rxd3 a5 $19)
41... Rxh4 42. Rc1 Nd7 43. Rd8 Rd4 44. Kh2 Rd5 45. Re1+ Kd4 46. Ra8 (46. Rd1+
Bd3 $19) 46... Nc5 47. g4 Bd3 48. Kh3 Rd6 49. g5 Rd7 50. Kh4 Kc4 51. Rc8 Kb4
52. Re5 Nb3 53. Re6 a5 54. Rb6+ Ka3 55. Rf8 a4 56. Rf2 Bg6 57. Kg3 Rd2 58. Rf8
(58. Rxb3+ axb3 59. Rxd2 b2 60. Rxb2 Kxb2 $19) 58... Kb2 59. Ra8 a3 60. Rba6
Rd3+ 61. Kf4 Nc1 62. Ke5 a2 63. Kf6 Rd5 (63... Rd5 64. R8a7 Rf5+ 65. Kg7 Rxg5
$19) 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1992.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 Nbd7 8. cxd5
(8. O-O e6 (8... Qc7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Qb3 e6 12. Bd2 Nb8 13. e4
Nc6 14. exd5 exd5 15. Bb5 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Bb4 Bc5 18. Rfc1 b6 19. Bxc5
bxc5 20. Qxd5 Rb8 21. Rxc5 Qb6 22. b3 Be6 23. Qg5 Rbd8 24. Re1 $16 {Lputian,
S-Kristensen,B/Saint John op-2/1988/}) (8... Re8 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. e4 Nxc3 11.
bxc3 e5 12. Rb1 b5 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. a4 a6 17. Qd2 Kh7 18.
Qa2 Nb6 19. a5 Na4 20. Rfc1 Be6 21. Qa3 Red8 22. Bc2 Qxa5 23. Bxa4 Qxa4 24. Qe7
$15 {Basin,L-Blasi,F/Roma op (4)/1990/}) 9. b3 (9. e4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 Nxe4 11.
Nxe4 e5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Be7 exd4 14. Bxf8 Nxf8 15. c5 b6 16. Re1 Ne6 17. Rc1
Ba6 18. Qa4 Bb5 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. cxb6 Rxb6 21. Neg5 c5 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rxe6 c4
24. Rxb6 $18 {Finegold,B-Palsson,B/Reykjavik op/1990/}) 9... b6 10. cxd5 Nxd5
11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Qe2 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. Ba6 Rb8 17.
Rc2 f6 18. Rfc1 e5 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Qa6 Qb8 21. Qb5 Kg7 22. Qxd5 Re8 23. dxe5
Nxe5 24. Nxe5 $16 {Arnason,T-Apol,L/Reykjavik op/1988/1-0 (63)}) 8... Nxd5 9.
Nxd5 cxd5 10. Qb3 e5 $1 11. Qxd5 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Be4 (13. Qxd8 Nxd3+ 14.
Kd2 Rxd8 15. Kxd3 Bf5+ 16. Ke2 Bxd4 17. exd4 Rxd4 $15) (13. Qe4 f5 $19) 13...
Nd3+ 14. Ke2 Nxc1+ 15. Raxc1 Qb6 16. Qc5 (16. Rc2 Rd8 17. Qb3 Bxd4 18. exd4
Qxb3 19. axb3 Rxd4 $10) 16... Qxb2+ 17. Rc2 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Nb5 (19. Rb1
$2 Re8 20. Kd3 Bxd4 21. exd4 Rxe4 22. Kxe4 Bf5+ $19) 19... Bd7 20. Nc7 Ra5 21.
Rb1 (21. Bxb7 Ba4 22. Rcc1 Be5) 21... b5 22. Rd1 (22. Bxb7 $5 $14) 22... Bc8 (
22... Bc6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Rdd2) 23. g4 b4 24. Nd5 Be6 (24... Bc3 25. Nxc3
bxc3 26. Rd3 $14) 25. Nxb4 Ra4 26. Rb1 b5 27. Bd3 Rb8 28. Nc6 Rba8 29. Rxb5 (
29. Bxb5 Rxa2 30. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 31. Kf1 $14) 29... Rxa2 30. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 31. Kf3 Rb2
32. Ra5 (32. Rc5 Bf8) 32... Ra2 33. Rxa2 Bxa2 34. Ke4 Be6 35. Nd4 Bc8 36. Bc4
h5 $1 37. gxh5 (37. f3 hxg4 38. hxg4 Kf8 $10) 37... gxh5 38. Nf5 Bf8 39. f4
Bxf5+ $1 40. Kxf5 Be7 41. e4 Kg7 42. e5 Bd8 43. Be2 h4 44. Bc4 Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Srajber Memorial 08th"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "2003.11.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Markus, Robert"]
[Black "Drazic, Sinisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Bb3 e5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. e4 exd4 14. Rxd4 Nc5 {
In this line black has to play actively, otherwise white's bishop pair and
majority on the kingside can become very unpleasant.} 15. Bc2 Nfd7 16. Rd1 Ne6
(16... Ne5 17. Qg3 Rfd8 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. f4 Nc4 21. e5 Qg7 22. b4
Ne6 23. Bb3 Nb2 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rb1 {1-0 Ufen,S-Felser,F/Ratzeburg 1997/ 
(29)}) 17. Be3 Ne5 18. Qe2 b5 $1 {The square c4 is vulnerable and black knight
wants to use it at a first moment.} 19. Bb3 (19. Rac1 Nc4 20. Bb3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3
Nc5 $11) 19... Nc5 20. f4 Nxb3 21. axb3 Nd7 22. e5 (22. Rxa7 Rxa7 23. Bxa7 Nc5
$11) 22... f6 23. Qg4 (23. Qd3 Rfd8 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. exd6 a5 $11) 23... Rfd8
24. Ne4 (24. Ra6 fxe5 25. Rxc6 Nf6 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $15) 24... fxe5 25. f5 $1 {
Markus is using the strategical motif of pawn sacrifice with subsequent f5
known from the Benoni opening. Black will have to worry about his light
squares.} gxf5 (25... Nf6 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 (27... Rxd8 28. Bg5 $18
) 28. fxg6 Qd3 29. gxh7+ Kxh7 30. Bc5 a5 $13) (25... Nf8 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Rd1
Qe7 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Rd6 $11) 26. Qxf5 Nf8 (26... Nb6 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Bc5
Qd7 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. Qxf6 Re8 31. Qg5+ $11) 27. Rxd8 Qxd8 (27... Rxd8 28. Rxa7
Rd7 29. Ra6 Rc7 $11) 28. Qg4 Kh8 (28... a5 29. Kh2 Kh8 30. b4 a4 31. Rd1 Qe8
$15) 29. Rf1 Qd5 (29... Qd3 30. Rf3 Ng6 31. Bxa7 Qb1+ 32. Rf1 Qxb2 33. Ng5 h6
34. Ne6 Kh7 35. Bb6 $11) 30. Ng5 Ng6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Horrible blunder, there
was no need to "improve" the knight, but Drazic wanted to defend against Nf7+.}
(30... Kg8 31. b4 Qd3 $15) 31. Qh5 h6 (31... Nf8 32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. Qxh7#) 32.
Nf7+ Kh7 33. Nxh6 Qe6 (33... Nf4 34. Bxf4 Qc5+ 35. Kh2 Rf8 36. Nf7+ Kg8 37. Bh6
$18) 34. Nf7+ Kg8 35. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Mondariz zt 1.1"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2000.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Bd2
Bg4 9. Qb3 Ra7 (9... b5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. h3 (11. a4 $6 Ne4 $1) 11... Bf5 12.
a4 $14) 10. h3 Bxf3 (10... Bf5 11. Rac1 $14) 11. Bxf3 e6 12. Rfd1 Nbd7 13. e4 {
Dorfman opens up the position in order to get breathing space for his bishops.}
(13. Rac1 Qb6 14. Qc2 $14) 13... dxe4 14. Bxe4 Qc7 (14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxd4 $2
16. Bg5 f6 17. Rxd4 fxg5 18. Rad1 $16) 15. Bf3 Raa8 16. Rac1 e5 (16... Qb6 17.
Qxb6 Nxb6 18. b3 $14) 17. d5 (17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Be2 Rfe8 19. Be3 $14) 17... e4
18. Be2 (18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Nc5 20. Qf3 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxb2 22. Bf4 Qd7 $14)
18... c5 (18... Rfd8 19. Be3 $16) 19. Be3 Rfe8 20. d6 Qc6 (20... Qb8 21. Rd2
Re6 22. Rcd1 Ne8 23. Nd5 Rxd6 24. Bf4 Be5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Qe3 $16) 21. Qa4
Rac8 (21... Qxa4 22. Nxa4 Rac8 23. b4 $2) (21... Qb6 22. Rd2 Re6 23. Rcd1 $16)
22. b4 $1 {[%mdl 32] Hoping to support the d6 pawn and turn him into decisive
factor.} Qxa4 (22... cxb4 23. Qxb4 $16) 23. Nxa4 cxb4 24. c5 h5 (24... Re5 25.
Rb1 Nd5 26. Bd4 Rg5 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Bg4 $16) 25. Rb1 a5 26. a3 $1 bxa3 27.
Rxb7 Nd5 (27... Red8 28. Bd4 $16) 28. Rxd5 a2 29. Rd1 Red8 30. Bc4 (30. Rxd7 $2
Rxd7 31. Nb6 Rb8 $17) 30... a1=Q 31. Rxa1 Bxa1 32. Bg5 {White had to give up
the exchange, but his passed pawns are more than enough for a clean victory.}
Rb8 (32... Bf6 33. Bxf6 Nxf6 34. Rxf7 $18) 33. Rxb8 $1 Rxb8 34. c6 Rb1+ (34...
Bf6 35. Bxf6 Nxf6 36. c7 $18) 35. Bf1 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vunder, Andrei"]
[Black "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Bg4 10. d5 Nbd7 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Bb3 Nc5 13. h3 Bf5 14. Ne5 (14.
Nd4 Be4 (14... Bd3 15. Be3 Ba6 16. Nc6 Rxc6 17. dxc6 Nd3 18. Re2 bxc6 19. Rd2
e5 20. Qf3 Qe8 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Kh8 23. Bc4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 e4 25. Bd4 {
Kostadinov,A-Guenthner,O/GER-ch 1993/0-1 (78)}) 15. Bg5 (15. Nxe4 Nfxe4 16. Be3
Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Nc5 18. Qc4 Nd7 19. Qb3 Nc5 20. Qc4 Nd7 21. Qb3 Nc5 {1/2-1/2
Cafferty,B-Scholl,E/Hoogovens-B 1972/}) 15... Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Nf5 Nxb3
18. Nxe7+ Nxe7 19. Qxb3 Re8 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Rc1 Nc6 {0-1 Loftsson,J-Brasket,C/
Lone Pine 1976/}) 14... Nfe4 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Nxe4 (16. Nc4 Qb4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4
$15) 16... Nxe4 (16... Bxe4 $5 17. Nd7 (17. Bg3 Rfd8 $15) 17... Nxd7 18. Rxe4
Bxb2 19. Rb1 Qf6 20. Qg4 Nc5 21. Bg5 h5 $1 $15) 17. Qf3 Nd6 (17... Nf6 18. d6
exd6 19. Nc4 $14) 18. g4 f6 $8 19. Nd3 (19. Nc6 $5 bxc6 20. gxf5 Nxf5 21. d6+
Kh8 22. dxe7 Rfe8 23. Be6 Nd4 24. Qc3 Nxe6 25. Rxe6 $14) 19... Bxd3 (19... Bd7
$2 20. Rxe7 $18) 20. Qxd3 f5 $5 (20... Rf7 21. Be3 $14) 21. Rxe7 fxg4 22. Be3 (
22. Qg3 Nf5 23. Rxg7+ Nxg7 24. d6+ Kh8 25. hxg4 $13) 22... Qd8 23. Rxg7+ (23.
Bg5 Qb6 24. Be3 Qd8) (23. Re6 gxh3 $17) 23... Kxg7 24. hxg4 Kg8 (24... Qh4 25.
Qd4+ Kg8 26. Kg2 $13) 25. Kg2 Qf6 26. Bd4 (26. Bxa7 $2 Qxb2 27. Bd4 Rxf2+ 28.
Bxf2 Qxa1 $19) 26... Qf4 27. f3 Rfe8 $6 (27... a6 $1 28. Re1 Rfe8 $13) 28. Bxa7
$1 Re7 29. Bf2 Rce8 30. Qd4 (30. Bg3 $2 Re2+ 31. Kh3 Qh6+ 32. Bh4 g5 $19) 30...
Qg5 31. Rh1 (31. Qb4 Qf6 32. Qc3 Qf4 $13) 31... Re2 32. Bd1 Rd2 33. f4 $2 {
White have probably panicked and misjudged the Qb4 line, endgame will be very
difficult. Weiss ist wahrscheinlich in Panik geraten, weil er die Folgen von
Qb4 falsch berechnet hat.} (33. Qb4 Qe3 34. Rf1 Ne4 35. fxe4 Rf8 36. Qxf8+ Kxf8
37. Kg1 Qd3 38. Be3+ Kg7 (38... Qxf1+ 39. Kxf1 Rxd1+ 40. Ke2 Rb1 41. Bd4 $14)
39. Bxd2 Qg3+ 40. Kh1 Qh3+ $11) 33... Rxd4 34. fxg5 Rd2 35. Bf3 (35. Rf1 Ne4
$17) 35... Rxb2 36. a3 Rc8 $1 (36... Nf7 37. Rd1 Nxg5 38. d6 Nxf3 39. d7 Rd8
40. Kxf3 h6 $17) 37. Kg3 Rb3 38. Bd4 (38. Kg2 Rxa3 $19) 38... Rf8 39. Rf1 (39.
Bf6 Ne4+ 40. Kg2 Nxf6 41. gxf6 Rxf6 $19) 39... Ne4+ 40. Kg2 Nd2 41. d6 (41. Bd1
Rxf1 42. Bxb3 Nxb3 43. Kxf1 Nxd4 $19) 41... Rbxf3 42. Rxf3 Nxf3 43. Bf6 (43.
Bb6 Ne5 $19) 43... Rxf6 44. gxf6 Ne5 (44... Ne5 45. g5 Kf7 46. Kg3 Ke6 47. Kf4
Kxd6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Qb3 Bxb5 9. Qxb5+ Qd7 10. Ne5 Qxb5 11. Nxb5 Na6 12. b3 Ne4 (12... Nd7) 13. Ba3
(13. Nd3 Kd7 14. f3 Nd6 15. Nc3 Nc7 16. a4 b6 17. Ba3 Nf5 18. Kd2 Rhc8 19. Rac1
h5 20. Rhf1 Bh6 21. Ne5+ Ke8 22. f4 f6 23. Nf3 e6 24. g3 Bf8 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26.
e4 {1/2-1/2 Klebel,M-Schlindwein,R/BL2-S/1995/ (26)}) 13... Bxe5 (13... f6 14.
Nd3 Kd7 15. Rc1 (15. f3 Ng5 (15... Kc6 16. fxe4 dxe4 17. Nf4 Kxb5 18. Bxe7 Rhe8
19. a4+ Kc6 20. Ba3 Bf8 21. Rc1+ Kd7 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. g4 Rac8 24. Kd2 {
1-0 Klebel,M-Roeder,F/Augsburg/1991/ (50)}) 16. Rc1 e6 17. Kd2 Bf8 18. Bxf8
Rhxf8 19. Rc2 Rfc8 20. Rxc8 Kxc8 21. Rc1+ Kd8 22. Nd6 Kd7 23. Nxb7 Nf7 24.
Nbc5+ {1-0 Kozul,Z-Simic,R/Cetinje/1990/ (32)}) 15... Rhc8 16. Ke2 Rc6 17. f3
Rb6 18. Nc7 Nxc7 19. fxe4 dxe4 20. Nc5+ Ke8 21. Nxe4 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Kurajica,
B-Djuric,S/JUG-ch/1984/ (29)}) 14. dxe5 Kd7 15. f3 (15. Ke2 Rhc8 16. Rac1 Nc7
17. Nxc7 Rxc7 18. Rxc7+ Kxc7 19. f3 Nc3+ 20. Kd3 Nb5 21. Bxe7 Re8 22. Bf6 Kd7
23. Rc1 Nc7 24. g3 Re6 25. e4 {1-0 Dizdar,G-Atlas,D/Austria/1995/ (45)}) 15...
Nec5 16. Rd1 Kc6 {The whole line with king marching towards the center so
early in the game is a bit dubious. One of the main problems is the poor
location of the knight a6.} (16... Rhd8 17. Rxd5+ Kc6 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Nd4+
Kd5 20. f4 Ke4 21. Ke2 $16) 17. Nc3 (17. Nd4+ Kb6 18. b4 Na4 19. Kd2 Rhc8 20.
Rc1 Nc7 $11) 17... Nc7 (17... e6 $2 18. b4 $18) 18. Ke2 (18. e4 $5 Rhd8 (18...
dxe4 19. Nxe4 (19. Bxc5 Kxc5 20. Nxe4+ Kc6 $11) 19... Nxe4 20. fxe4 Rae8 21.
Rf1 $16) 19. b4 d4 20. Nd5 N5e6 21. b5+ Kxb5 22. Nxc7+ Nxc7 23. Bxe7 $14) 18...
b6 19. b4 N5e6 20. b5+ Nxb5 21. Nxb5 Kxb5 22. Rxd5+ $6 {[%mdl 4096] Wrong
decision that will enable black to build a solid line of defense with the
knight jumping to c5 square at a suitable moment.} (22. Bxe7 $1 Kc6 23. Rd2
Rhe8 24. Bd6 Nc5 25. Rhd1 $16) 22... Kc6 (22... Nc5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Rc1 Rac8
25. Rd7 $16) 23. Rhd1 Rhe8 24. f4 a5 25. Rd7 Nc5 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. a4 (27. g4
Rab8 28. R1d2 c4 $13) 27... Rab8 28. g4 Rb2+ 29. Kf3 Rb7 (29... Rxh2 30. Ra7
Rb2 (30... Kb6 31. Rdd7 h5 32. gxh5 gxh5 33. Ke4 Rb8 (33... h4 34. Rdb7+ Kc6
35. Rc7+ Kb6 36. Rab7+ Ka6 37. Kd5 $18) 34. Rxe7 $16) 31. Rdd7 $11) 30. R7d5 (
30. Rxb7 $5 Kxb7 31. Ke4 Kc6 32. e6 fxe6 33. Rb1 $14) 30... Rb4 31. e6 fxe6 (
31... Rxa4 32. exf7 Rf8 33. Re5 Rxf7 34. Rc1 c4 35. Ke4 $36) (31... f6 $5 32.
e4 Rxa4 33. Rc1 c4 34. Ke3 Rc8 35. Kd4 Kb6 36. Rd7 (36. Rc3 Ra1 $17) 36... c3+
37. Kd3 Ra3 38. Rc2 Rc7 39. Rd8 $17) 32. Re5 Rxa4 33. Rxe6+ Kb5 {Huebner
understands, that his days are numbered in the center and on the kingside. His
only chance is the counterplay with a ad c pawn.} (33... Kc7 34. f5 $132) 34.
Rd7 Ra1 (34... Ra2 $5 35. f5 $1 (35. Rb7+ Kc4 36. Re4+ Kd5 (36... Kc3 37. Rc7
$11) 37. Rd7+ Kc6 38. Rexe7 Rxe7 39. Rxe7 Rxh2 40. Ke4 a4 $17) 35... gxf5 36.
gxf5 Rxh2 37. f6 Rf8 38. Rdxe7 $13) 35. Rb7+ Kc4 36. Rc7 Kb5 (36... a4 37. Re5
$11) 37. Rb7+ (37. Re5 Rc1 38. Rexe7 Rxe7 39. Rxe7 a4 40. Rxh7 a3 41. Ra7 Kb4
42. Ke4 Kb3 $13) 37... Kc4 38. Re5 Rc8 (38... a4 39. Rc7 $11) 39. f5 gxf5 40.
gxf5 a4 41. Rexe7 a3 42. Ra7 Kd3 {It is a rare picture of many marching pawns
in the endgame with four rooks on the board.} (42... a2 43. Ke4 (43. Ra4+ Kb3
44. Rea7 c4) 43... Rg8 44. f6 $11) 43. Red7+ Kc2 44. Ke2 c4 (44... a2 45. Rd2+
Kb3 46. Rd3+ $11) 45. f6 Rc6 46. f7 Rf6 47. Rd4 Raf1 $1 (47... Ra2 $2 48. Rf4
Kb3+ 49. Kf3 $18) 48. Rxc4+ (48. Rxa3 $2 R6f2#) 48... Kb3 49. Rca4 {The
symmetry is complete, bith sides are stopping the pawns with concentrated
battery of both rooks.} (49. Rcc7 $5 a2 50. Rab7+ Ka4 51. Rc4+ Ka5 52. Ra7+ Kb5
53. Rca4 Rxf7 54. Rxa2 $14) 49... a2 (49... Rxf7 50. Rxa3+ Kc4 $14) 50. Ra3+ (
50. Rxa2 $2 R6f2+ 51. Kd3 Rxa2 $19) 50... Kc4 51. R7a4+ (51. Rxa2 $2 R6f2#)
51... Kd5 52. Rxa2 R6f2+ 53. Kd3 Rd1+ 54. Kc3 Rc1+ 55. Kd3 (55. Kb4 Rb1+ 56.
Ka3 Rxf7 57. Rd2+ Ke5 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden-Baden-B"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1992.12.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e6 (10... Nb6 11. Qb3 N8d7 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. e4 c5 14.
Nb5 Qb8 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qb4 Nba4 17. Be3 a5 18. Qd2 Ne6 19. Rab1 Qe5 20. Qe2
Nxb2 21. Rd5 Nf4 22. Rxe5 Nxe2+ 23. Bxe2 Bxe5 24. f4 $13 {Marin,M-Westerinen,H/
Thessaloniki olm/1988/}) 11. Qc2 (11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. e4 N5b6 14. Be3
Rfe8 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. g3 Qb4 17. a3 Qf8 18. Bg2 Bh6 19. f4 f5 20. e5 Qe7 21.
h4 a6 22. Rc2 Bf8 23. Bf2 h5 24. Qd3 $14 {Cvitan,O-Kirov,N/Palma GMA-op/1989/})
(11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Qc2 (13. Ne2 N5f6 14. g3 e5 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. dxe5
Nxe5 17. Bg2 Rad8 18. Nd4 Ned7 19. Rfd1 Nb6 20. Nb3 Ne4 21. Be1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1
f5 23. Na5 Qf7 24. b4 $14 {Portisch,L-Rubinetti,J/Toluca izt/1982/}) 13... Nxc3
14. Bxc3 Nb6 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Qb3 Nd5 17. Be1 Rad8 18. a3 Rd7 19. Qa4 a6 20.
Ba5 Qg5 21. Be1 Qd8 22. Qb3 Ne7 23. g3 Nf5 24. Bg2 $10 {Toth,B-Mokry,K/Reggio
Emilia (5)/1984/}) 11... Nd7 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Bd2 Re8 14. Rac1 Nxc3 (14... N5b6
15. Ne4 $14) 15. Bxc3 Qc7 (15... e5 $2 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bg4 f5 18. Bxf5 gxf5
19. Qxf5 Rc7 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Qxe5 $18) 16. a4 a5 (16... e5 17. d5 $14) 17. b4
axb4 18. Bxb4 Ra8 19. a5 (19. d5 exd5 20. Bxd5 $14) 19... Bf8 20. Be1 Red8 21.
Rb1 (21. d5 Ne5 $5) 21... Nf6 22. Rb3 Rd7 23. Rdb1 Ra7 24. Qc4 Nd5 25. g3 Be7
26. Kg2 Kg7 27. e4 Nf6 28. Bc3 Kg8 29. Rb6 Bd8 30. a6 $1 Qxb6 (30... Rxa6 31.
Rxb7 $18) 31. Rxb6 Bxb6 32. d5 $1 exd5 33. exd5 Nxd5 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 (34... cxd5
35. Qc8+ Rd8 36. axb7 $18) 35. axb7 Rxb7 36. Qxc6 Rdd7 37. Bf6 $1 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. a4 {
White is not afraid to admit, that Black has made a useful move a7-a6.} a5 9.
Qb3 e6 {Black has to be careful despite the potential for a symmetrical
position. One example of the possible problems was delivered in a fresh game
from the Russian-chT.} (9... Na6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bd2 Nb4 12. Rfc1 Bd7 13. Ne5
Rb8 14. Be1 Bh6 15. Na2 Nc6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qb5 Rfd8 18. b4 axb4 19. Nxb4
Nxb4 20. Bxb4 Bf8 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. a5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B (2750)-Wang Yue 
(2749)/Dagomys 2010 (77)}) 10. Rd1 (10. Bd2 b6 11. Rfd1 Nbd7 (11... Bb7 12.
Rac1 Nbd7 13. Be1 Qe7 14. c5 Rfb8 15. cxb6 Qb4 16. Qxb4 axb4 17. Na2 b3 18. Nc3
Nxb6 19. Ra1 Ne4 20. a5 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Nc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. dxe5
$16 {1-0 Lauber,A (2424)-Ottstadt,R (2184)/Hamburg 2001 (46)}) 12. Rac1 Re8 13.
Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. e4 Nc5 17. Qc2 d4 18. Be3 Bxe5 19. f4
Qc7 20. Rxd4 Bxf4 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 $17 {0-1 Mamedyarov,S (2742)-Kamsky,G (2723)/
Moscow 2008 (41)}) (10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. f4 Na6 12. Bd2 Nb4 13. Rad1 b6 14. cxd5
exd5 15. Na2 Nxa2 16. Qxa2 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Be6 18. b4 axb4 19. Bxb4 Qg5 20. Bxf8
Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 Bxf8 $11 {1-0 Dziuba,M (2587)-Gdanski,J (2509)/Warsaw 2010 (50)})
10... Qe7 {Nguyen is trying to play cleverly and prepare for all White's plans.
Black prefers to commit the queen first in order to preserve the freedom of
the knight to move to either a6 or d7.} (10... Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qc7 (11... Re8 12.
b3 Qb6 13. Bb2 Qa7 14. e4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Qb6 17. Qc2 e5 18. c5 Qd8
19. dxe5 Qe7 20. e6 Qxe6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rd2 Qf5 23. Qc3+ Kg8 $11 {1-0
Bruzon Bautista,L (2619)-Alonso,S (2441)/Mendes 2009 (24)}) 12. b3 dxc4 13.
bxc4 e5 14. Ba3 Re8 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bd6 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qd7 18. Rab1 Qe6 19.
Ne2 Qf5 20. Qxf5 gxf5 21. Nd4 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. c5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Zilberman,
Y (2505)-Murey,J (2487)/Ramat Aviv 2000 (34)}) (10... Na6 11. Bd2 Re8 (11...
Nb4 12. Be1 b6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Na2 Nxe5 15. Nxb4 Nxc4 16. Nxc6 Qd6 17. Ne5 Nxe5
18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. h3 Bb7 20. Bc3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qc5 $17 {0-1 Lahno,K (2535)
-Kryvoruchko,Y (2609)/Paleochora 2010 (54)}) 12. Rac1 Nb4 13. Na2 Nxa2 14. Qxa2
Ne4 15. Be1 Nd6 16. b3 Qe7 17. Ne5 Bd7 18. b4 axb4 19. Bxb4 Red8 20. a5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 So,W (2640)-Malakhov,V (2706)/Khanty Mansiysk 2009 (65)}) 11. Ne5 (11.
Bd3 Nbd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 (13... e5 $1 14. d5 Qb4 $11) 14. Nxe4 h6 15.
Bf4 e5 16. dxe5 g5 17. Bg3 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Re1 Bxg3 20. Qxg3 Bf5 21. Nd6
Qf6 22. h4 $16 {1-0 Ftacnik,L (2605)-Horvath,M (2270)/Slovakia 1995 (44)})
11... Nbd7 12. f4 {So finds an ambitious plan, but his chances are hampered by
the undeveloped bishop on c1.} (12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Qc2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nb6 15. b3
Qc7 16. Ba3 Rd8 17. Be2 Nd5 $11) 12... Nxe5 13. fxe5 (13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Qc2 f6
15. exf6 Nxf6 16. b3 b6 17. Ba3 c5 $11) 13... Nd7 14. cxd5 exd5 $1 {[%mdl 4]
Opening the way for the c8 bishop seems to be the natural solution. The open c
file would be of benefit only to the first player.} (14... cxd5 $6 15. e4 Qb4
16. Qxb4 axb4 17. Nb5 dxe4 18. Nc7 Rb8 19. Bd2 $16) 15. e4 (15. Bf3 Qb4 16. Qa2
Nb6 17. Ne2 Re8 18. Nf4 Bf5 $11) 15... Qb4 (15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 d4
18. Nb1 Be6 19. Qd3 Qxe5 20. Nd2 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Qb3+ Be6 23. Bc4 $16) 16.
Qc2 $2 {White players often suffer from the delusion, that nothing really bad
can happen to the player with a spare tempo.} (16. Qa3 $1 f6 17. exd5 fxe5 18.
dxc6 bxc6 19. d5 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Nf6 $11) 16... Nxe5 $1 17. h3 $6 {In shock and
disbelief White makes a meek move just to avoid the critical line 17.dxe5.} (
17. dxe5 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 d4 19. Bf4 dxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. bxc3 Re8 22. Rd6 Kf8
23. Rf1 Bxe5 24. Bc4 Bxf4 25. Rxf4 f5 26. Rf6+ Kg7 27. Rf7+ Kh6 28. exf5 Re1+
29. Bf1 Bxf5 $15) (17. exd5 Bf5 $1 18. Qd2 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 $17) 17... Nd7 (
17... Be6 $1 18. dxe5 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 d4 20. Bf4 dxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 Rae8
23. Rab1 Bc8 $17) 18. exd5 Bxd4+ 19. Kh1 Nf6 (19... Re8 $1 20. dxc6 bxc6 21.
Bf3 Ne5 22. Qe4 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qxc3 24. Bd2 Qb2 $17) 20. Bh6 Be5 {Black is
eager to play interesting, rather than the strongest moves. His lack of clear
focus will cost him the lion's share of the advantage.} (20... Re8 $1 21. dxc6
bxc6 22. Bf3 Bb7 $17) 21. Bf3 $1 (21. Bxf8 Qf4 22. Kg1 Bxh3 $1 23. Bf3 (23.
gxh3 Qh2+ 24. Kf1 Qxh3+ 25. Kf2 (25. Ke1 Bg3+ 26. Kd2 Bf4+ 27. Ke1 Qh1+ 28. Kf2
(28. Bf1 Re8+) 28... Qh2+ 29. Kf1 Be3 $19) 25... Bg3+ 26. Ke3 Re8+ 27. Kd3 Qf5+
28. Kd2 (28. Kc4 Qxc2) 28... Qf4+ 29. Kd3 Re3+ 30. Kd2 Rf3#) 23... Qh2+ 24. Kf1
Rxf8 $17) 21... cxd5 (21... Re8 22. dxc6 Ra6 23. Re1 bxc6 24. Bg5 $15) 22. Nxd5
(22. Bxf8 Qf4 23. Kg1 Bf5 24. Qf2 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Rxf8 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Rxd5 Be6
28. Rad1 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 $17) 22... Nxd5 23. Rxd5 {Finaliy White is consolidated
and has fair chances of survival.} Bf5 (23... Qxb2 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Bxf8 Bxa1
26. Rd8 h5 27. Re8 Kh7 28. Bd5 Kg8 29. Bf3 $11) (23... Re8 24. Qd2 Bxb2 (24...
Qxb2 25. Re1) 25. Rb1 Qxd2 26. Bxd2 Bf6 27. Rxa5 Rxa5 28. Bxa5 Re3 29. Bxb7
Bxb7 30. Rxb7 Ra3 $15) 24. Qe2 Bg7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rb5 (26. Rb5 Qd4 27. Rxb7
Rae8 28. Rd1 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Qc7 11. Bg5 $5 Nd7 $6 (11... c5) 12. c5 $1 e5 $2 (
12... Re8 $1) 13. Be7 Re8 14. Bd6 Qa5 (14... Qd8 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5
17. Bxe5 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Rxe5 19. Rd8+ Kg7 20. Bf3 Rxc5 21. Re1 b6 22. b4 $1 Rc4
23. h3 Bb7 24. Rxa8 Bxa8 25. b5 $16) 15. Qb3 Qd8 $8 16. Bd3 $1 (16. dxe5 Nxe5
17. Rfe1 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bf8 $14) 16... e4 17. Bc4 exf3 18. Bxf7+
Kh8 19. Bxe8 Qxe8 20. Rfe1 Qg8 21. Qxg8+ $1 (21. Qxf3 Nf6 22. Re7 Nd5 23. Rxg7
Kxg7 24. Be5+ Kh6 $13) 21... Kxg8 22. Re8+ Kf7 23. Re7+ Kg8 24. Re8+ Kf7 25.
Rae1 Bf6 26. g4 $1 a5 27. h3 h5 28. Kh2 h4 (28... hxg4 29. hxg4 Bh4 30. Kh3
Bxf2 31. R1e7+ Kf6 32. Rxd7 Bxd7 33. Rxa8 Bxd4 34. Rf8+ $18) 29. R8e3 Bg5 30.
Rxf3+ Nf6 31. Re5 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group2"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Crouch, Colin S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.09.22"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Liepaja Baltika"]
[BlackTeam "London Barbican"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Qb3 b6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Bd2 Na5 14. Qb4 Nb7 {
Black must find a way to cope with the impending Ba6, which wins the fight for
the control of the c file in white's favour. Schwarz muss einen Weg finden
gegen das drohende Ba6, welches den Kampf um die Kontrolle der c-Linie
gewinnen w�rde.} (14... Ne8 15. Rac1 Nd6 16. b3 Bf6 17. Ba6 Nc6 18. Qa4 Nb8
19. Bd3 a6 20. Nb5 Be7 21. Rc2 Nxb5 22. Bxb5 Qd6 23. b4 Ra7 24. Rfc1 h5 25. Bd3
{Vaganian,R-Christiansen,L/Reggio Emilia 1987/0-1 (74)}) (14... Qd7 15. Rfc1
Rfc8 16. Ba6 Rc7 17. Nb5 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Bf8 19. Qa4 Nc4 20. Rc2 e5 21. Bc3 Ne4
22. b3 Ncd6 23. Bb2 Qf5 24. dxe5 Nc5 25. Qd4 Ne8 26. Rxc5 bxc5 27. Qxd5 {
Sadler,M-Gretarsson,H/Gausdal Int 1994/1-0 (47)}) (14... Re8 15. Ba6 e5 16.
dxe5 Nc6 17. Qa4 Nxe5 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Be1 Red8 20. Rac1 Rab8 21. Be2 Rbc8 22.
Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxd5 Rc1 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 {Stohl,I-Seul,G/
BL9394 1994/1-0 (40)}) 15. Ba6 Nd6 16. Rfc1 Nfe4 17. Be1 (17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rc2
f5 19. Rac1 $14) 17... f5 18. Ne2 Bh6 (18... Qe7 19. Rc2 Rf7 20. Rac1 $16) 19.
Rc6 g5 20. Ng3 (20. f3 Qd7 21. Rac1 g4 22. Qa3 Nc4 23. R6xc4 dxc4 24. fxe4 gxh3
$16) 20... g4 $6 (20... Nxg3 21. Rxd6 $18) (20... Re8 21. f3 Qd7 22. Rac1 Nc5
23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Qa3 $16) 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Rxe6 f4 {Black has
lost a strategical fight so he is going for broke, white must play carefully.
Schwarz hat den strategischen Kampf schon verloren und versucht ein wildes
Gegenspiel, Weiss muss genau spielen.} (22... Qh4 23. hxg4 fxg4 24. Qb3 $18)
23. hxg4 $1 (23. Rxh6 Qg5 24. Qb3 Kh8 25. Bb4 Rg8 $132) 23... Qh4 (23... fxe3
24. f3 Nf6 25. Bh4 $18) 24. Qb3 fxe3 (24... Qxg4 25. Qxd5 $18) 25. fxe3 (25. g3
$1 $18) 25... Nf2 (25... Qg5 26. Rxe4 $18) 26. Rxh6 Qxh6 (26... Nh3+ 27. gxh3
Qxh6 28. Qxd5+ $18) 27. Qxd5+ (27. Qxd5+ Kh8 28. Bxf2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Brno-A"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. h3
b5 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Bb7 11. e4 e6 $2 (11... c5 $1 12. d5 (12. e5 Ne8) (12.
Bxb5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. dxc5 Qc6 $44) (12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bxb5
Nfxe4 $36) 12... c4 13. Bc2 b4 14. Na4 Rc8 15. Be3 Qa5 $10) 12. e5 Ne8 (12...
Nd5 13. Ne4 {/\ Bg5+/-}) 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Rc1 (14. Be7 Nxe5 15. Bxf8 Nxf3+ 16.
Qxf3 Kxf8 $44) 14... a6 15. Re1 c5 16. Be4 cxd4 (16... Rc8 17. Be7 Nxe5 18.
Bxf8 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxf8 21. dxc5 $16) 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. Bxb7 Qxb7
19. Nbxd4 Nc7 20. Qd2 Rfc8 $2 (20... Nd5 $16) 21. Nf5 $1 gxf5 22. Qxd7 Qb8 23.
Nd4 Nd5 (23... Qxb2 24. Nc6 Nd5 25. Nd8 $1 Rxd8 (25... Rxc1 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27.
Qe8+ Bf8 28. Qxf8#) 26. Bxd8 $18) 24. Nxf5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nb6 (25... exf5 26.
Qxd5 Bxe5 27. b4 $18) 26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Qc6 Bxe5 28. Qe4 Bh2+ 29. Kh1 Qe5 (29...
Kg7 30. Qh4 $18) 30. Qxa8+ $1 (30. Qxa8+ $1 Nxa8 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Rg8#) 1-0

[Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"]
[Site "Pulvermuehle"]
[Date "2000.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Zhu, Chen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. a4 a5
9. b3 Bf5 10. Ba3 Na6 11. cxd5 cxd5 (11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Rc1 $14) 12.
Rc1 h6 $6 (12... Rc8 $1) 13. Ne5 Nc7 (13... Rc8 14. g4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Rxc1 16.
Qxc1 Bxe4 17. f3 f6 18. Nc6 bxc6 19. Bxa6 $18) (13... g5 14. f4 gxf4 15. Rxf4
$14) 14. g4 Be6 (14... Bd7 15. f4 $16) 15. f4 $1 {Black has already weakened
g6 pawn with 12...h6?!, so the white's plan of f5 is even stronger.} Nce8 (
15... Rc8 16. f5 gxf5 17. gxf5 Bd7 18. Bd3 $16) 16. f5 gxf5 17. gxf5 Bc8 (17...
Bd7 18. Bd3 $16) 18. Bd3 h5 (18... Nd6 19. Qf3 $16) 19. Rc2 Bh6 20. Rg2+ Ng7 (
20... Kh8 21. Qf3 $16) 21. Qf3 Kh8 22. Kh1 b6 $2 (22... Rb8 23. Rfg1 $16) 23.
Rg6 $5 {Wells already had various ways to Rome, he choses refreshing
combination of coming closer to the black king.} (23. Nc6 Qc7 24. Bb5 Re8 25.
Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Bb7 27. Qxf7 Bxc6 28. Bxc6 Qxc6 29. f6 $18) 23... fxg6 (
23... Kh7 24. Rxf6 exf6 25. Nc6 Qe8 26. Nxd5 Qxc6 27. Bb5 Qb7 (27... Qc2 28.
Nxf6+ Kh8 29. Bxf8 $18) 28. Nxf6+ Kh8 29. Bc6 $18) 24. Bxe7 Qc7 (24... Qe8 25.
Nxg6+ Kg8 26. Bxf8 Qxe3 27. Bd6 $18) 25. Nb5 Qxe7 (25... Qb7 26. Nd6 Qc7 27.
Ndf7+ Rxf7 28. Nxf7+ Kg8 29. Nxh6+ Kh7 30. fxg6+ Kxh6 31. Qxf6 $18) 26. Nxg6+
Kh7 27. Nxe7 Re8 (27... Ba6 28. Qg3 $18) 28. Qg3 $1 {The attack is
irresistable, black king was not open without a vision.} (28. Nxd5 $18) 28...
Rxe7 29. Qg6+ Kg8 30. Qxf6 Rxe3 31. Qxh6 (31. Qxh6 Rxd3 32. Rg1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Taiyuan"]
[Date "2004.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2004.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qd6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bf1 a6 {Not the most useful move in this
position, usually black is trying to get counterplay in the center with 11...
e5.} (11... e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qe2 (14. Qf4 Qe6 (14... Rfd8 15.
Bd2 Qe7 16. Be1 Rac8 17. Qa4 Nc6 18. Rac1 Qe5 19. Qb5 Rd7 20. Na4 Ne4 21. Nc3
Rcd8 22. Rd3 Nxc3 23. Bxc3 d4 24. Qxe5 Bxe5 25. exd4 Bxd4 26. Rcd1 {1-0
Kalinitschew,S-Bode,W/Porz 1991/ (63)}) 15. Bd2 a6 16. Be1 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Rac8
18. Qb4 b5 19. a4 Bf8 20. Qb3 bxa4 21. Qxa4 Rb8 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Smyslov,V/
Haninge 1989/ (25)}) 14... Nc6 15. b3 (15. Bd2 Qe7 16. Be1 Rfd8 17. g3 Rac8 18.
Bg2 Qe6 19. Rac1 Ne4 20. Qb5 Nxc3 21. bxc3 a6 22. Qxb7 Na5 23. Qb1 Nc4 24. e4
Rb8 25. Rxd5 {1-0 Franco Ocampos,Z-Kinsman,A/Sevilla 1989/ (25)}) 15... Ng4 16.
Qxg4 Bxc3 17. Rb1 Rad8 18. Bb2 Qf6 19. Bxc3 Qxc3 20. Bb5 Ne7 21. Rbc1 Qa5 22.
Qa4 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Seirawan,Y-Donaldson,J/Seattle 2003/ (79)}) (11... Rfd8 12.
Qe2 e5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Rb1 Rac8 17. Bd2 Rc2 18.
Bc3 Qe4 19. Qb5 Qf5 20. Qxd5 Qxf2+ 21. Kh1 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Seirawan,Y-Hansen,C/
Thessaloniki 1988/ (28)}) 12. b3 Rfe8 (12... e5 $5) 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Qe2 (14.
cxd5 cxd5 15. Rac1 $14) 14... dxc4 (14... e5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17.
Rac1) 15. bxc4 e5 16. d5 $1 {Dreev is showing a bit of ambition as now black
pieces will not be so active.} cxd5 (16... c5 17. e4 $14) 17. Nxd5 (17. cxd5 e4
18. Rab1 Nc5 $11) 17... Nxd5 18. Rxd5 (18. cxd5 f5 $11) 18... Qc7 19. Rad1 Nc5
$6 (19... Nb6 $1 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Ba3 Qc7 $11) 20. Ba3 Bf8 (
20... Ne4 21. Qc2 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Nf6 23. Rd2 e4 $11) 21. Bb2 Bg7 22. Qc2 $1 Rxd5
$2 {Bu Xiangzhi will learn to regret this positional mistake, passed "d" pawn
will decide the game.} (22... f5 23. Ba3 $14) 23. cxd5 Bf8 (23... Qd6 24. e4 b5
25. Be2 $14) 24. f4 $1 Bd6 (24... exf4 25. Qc3 f6 26. Qxf6 Bg7 27. Qxg7+ Qxg7
28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. exf4 $16) 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. d6 Qd7 28. Bc4 Kg7
(28... Rxe3 $2 29. Bxf7+ $1 Qxf7 30. Qxc5 Re8 31. Qc7 $18) 29. Qb2 f6 30. Qb6
Na4 (30... Kh6 31. Qc7 f5 32. Rd4 $16) 31. Qc7 $1 Qxc7 32. dxc7 Rc5 33. Rd7+ {
[%mdl 4096] Dreev has too many pluses in this position- better pieces,
magnificient passed pawn and bishop against the knight.} Kh6 34. Bg8 Nb6 (34...
g5 35. Rxh7+ Kg6 36. Re7 Nb6 37. Bh7+ Kh6 38. Bd3 f5 39. Re6+ Kg7 40. Rxb6 $18)
35. Rxh7+ Kg5 36. h4+ Kf5 (36... Kg4 37. Kh2 $18) 37. Kh2 (37. Kf2 Ke5 (37...
Na8 38. g4+ Ke5 39. Re7+ Kd6 40. Re6+ Kxc7 41. Rxf6 $18) 38. Re7+ Kd6 39. Re6+
Kxc7 40. Rxf6 $18) 37... Na8 38. h5 $1 {Original solution, white h pawn will
run through and black has no way to stop it.} (38. g4+ $5 Ke4 39. Re7+ Kf3 40.
Bd5+ Kf2 41. c8=Q Rxc8 42. Bxb7 Rc7 43. Rxc7 Nxc7 44. h5 $18) 38... Kg5 (38...
Rxc7 39. Rxc7 Nxc7 40. h6 $18) (38... Nxc7 39. h6 Kg5 40. Rxc7 Rxc7 41. h7
Rxh7+ 42. Bxh7 $18) 39. h6 f5 40. Kg3 (40. Bd5 Nxc7 41. Bxb7 $16) 40... b5 (
40... Nxc7 41. Rxc7 Rxc7 42. h7 $18) 41. Bd5 Nxc7 42. Bg8 $1 {White want to
hit the knight and play h6-h7 with a winning advantage.} Ne8 (42... Nd5 43. Rd7
Nf6 44. h7 $18) 43. Re7 Nf6 44. h7 Nxh7 45. Rxh7 Rc8 46. Bd5 Rd8 47. e4 (47.
Bb3 a5 48. Rb7 $18) 47... fxe4 48. Bxe4 Rd4 49. Rh4 Kf6 50. Bc2 Rd2 (50... Rxh4
51. Kxh4 $18) 51. Rf4+ Kg7 52. Rf2 Rd4 53. Kf3 a5 54. Ke3 Rh4 55. Rd2 Rc4 56.
Bd3 Rc5 57. Rc2 Rg5 58. Be4 b4 59. Rc7+ Kh6 60. Kf4 (60. Kf4 a4 61. Rh7+ Kxh7
62. Kxg5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Schmidt, Bodo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 c5
9. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 10. cxd5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Bc4 Qd7 14. Rc1 {
[%mdl 4] White has obviously done something right in the opening, his active
pieces make the completion of black's development quite problematic.} e5 (14...
Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qf3 e5 17. e4 $16) 15. Nf3 Qf5 (15... Nc6 16. Ng5 Nd8 17.
Ne4 $16) 16. Bd5 (16. e4 Qf4 17. Qd5 Nc6 18. Ng5 Nd8 19. Be7 Be6 20. Nxe6 fxe6
21. Qd6 Nc6 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. Qxc6 Bf8 $14) 16... e4 (16... Nc6
17. Rxc6 bxc6 18. Bxc6 Be6 19. e4 Qf6 20. Bd6 $16) 17. Rxc8 $1 {Original and
witty tactical combination finally cements white's advantage.} Rxc8 (17... Qxc8
18. Ng5 $18) 18. Bxb7 Nc6 (18... exf3 19. Bxa8 Qa5 20. Bb7 fxg2 21. Kxg2 Rd8
22. Qc1 $16) 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Qc2 (20. Nd2 Qe6 21. Nc4 $14) 20... Rc8 (20...
exf3 21. Qxc6 Rc8 22. Qxf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Rc2 24. Rc1 $1 $16) 21. Nd2 Nb4 (21...
Qa5 22. Bd6 Qd8 23. Nc4 Na5 24. Rd1 $16) 22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxa2 24. g4 (
24. Rd1 f5 25. Ng3 Rb8 $11) 24... Rb8 25. Nc5 Nc3 {Black has managed to limit
the demage as it is far from easy for white to realize his spare pawn.} (25...
Bf8 $2 26. Nd7 Rxb3 27. Bxf8 Rb7 28. Nc5 $18) 26. Kg2 Rb5 27. Rc1 a5 28. f4 (
28. g5 h6 29. h4 hxg5 30. hxg5 Rb8 31. Rc2 Rb5 $14) 28... f5 $1 29. Kf3 Kf7 30.
g5 (30. h3 h6 31. h4 $14) 30... Bh8 31. Kf2 Bg7 32. Ke1 Nd5 33. Kd2 (33. Rd1
Nxe3 34. Rd7+ Kg8 35. Kd2 Nf1+ 36. Kd3 Nxh2 37. Rd8+ Kf7 38. Kc4 Rb6 39. Rd7+
Kg8 40. Nb7 $14) 33... Bf8 (33... Rb8 34. Rc4 Re8 35. e4 Nxf4 36. exf5 Rd8+ 37.
Kc2 Ng2 $14) 34. Kd3 Nb6 (34... Bxc5 35. Bxc5 Nb6 36. Kd4 Rxb3 37. Ra1 a4 $14)
35. Rc2 Bxc5 36. Bxc5 Rxb3+ {Black has every reason to be satisfied with his
successful defense.} 37. Kd4 Nd7 (37... Na4 $1 38. Bd6 (38. Kd5 Nxc5 39. Rxc5
Rxe3 40. Rxa5 Re4 41. Ra7+ $11) 38... Ke6 39. Rc6 (39. Bf8 Nb2 40. Rc6+ Kd7 41.
Ra6 Rd3+ 42. Kc5 Rxe3 $11) 39... Kd7 40. Ra6 Rb6 $15) 38. Bd6 Ke6 39. Rc6 Rb5 (
39... Rb6 40. Rxb6 Nxb6 41. Bc7 Nc8 42. Bxa5 Nd6 43. Bb4 Ne4 $11) 40. Ba3+ Kf7
41. Ra6 Nf8 $4 (41... Nb6 42. Ra7+ Kg8 $14) 42. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Liang, Chong"]
[Black "Yin, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8. cxd5
Nxc5 9. Bc4 b5 (9... Bf5 10. Qe2 (10. O-O a6 11. b4 (11. Nd4 Bd3 12. Bxd3 Nxd3
13. Qe2 Nc5 14. e4 Nfxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxd4 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Qe5 f6 19.
Qe6+ Kh8 20. Rac1 Qd6 21. Qf7 Rg8 22. Rfe1 g5 {0-1 Zhukhovitsky,S-Tukmakov,V/
USSR 1971 (37)}) 11... Nd3 12. Qe2 Nxb4 13. e4 Bg4 14. Rac1 a5 15. Rfd1 Nd7 16.
h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Ne5 18. Qe2 Rc8 19. Bb5 Qd6 20. Be3 Nf3+ 21. Qxf3 Bxc3 22. Qe2
{1/2-1/2 Kolbaek,J-Brinck Claussen,B/Vejle op 1974 (33)}) 10... Nfe4 (10... e6
11. Nd4 exd5 12. Bb5 Bg4 13. f3 a6 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. O-O Re8 16. Bc2 Qc7 17. Qf2
Re7 18. Rac1 Rae8 19. Bb1 Qd6 20. Nd1 Nh5 21. g4 Bxd4 22. exd4 Na4 23. Be3 Nf4
24. Qd2 g5 {0-1 Setterqvist,K-Winge,S/SVE-ch Linkoping 1984 (39)}) 11. O-O Rc8
12. Nxe4 (12. Rfd1 Nd6 13. Be1 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Bc2 15. Rdc1 Nd3 16. Qb5 Nxc1 17.
Rxc1 Be4 18. Qxb7 Bxd5 19. Qxa7 Ra8 20. Qc5 Bxa2 {1-0 Bogdanov,V-Mincsovics,M/
Spring op 1993 (39)}) 12... Bxe4 13. Rad1 Bxd5 14. Bc3 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Qb6 16.
Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rd2 Nd7 18. Qe4 Nf6 19. Qxe7 Rfe8 20. Qa3 Rc5 21. b4 Rc4 22. Rd4
Re4 23. Rb1 {Taimanov,M-Spiridonov,N/CSR-ch Brno 1975/1-0 (71)}) (9... b6 10.
Qe2 (10. O-O Bb7 11. Be1 Rc8 12. Rc1 Qd6 13. Nd4 a6 14. b4 Ncd7 15. Bb3 Nxd5
16. Nxd5 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qc6 Qxc6 20. Nxc6 Bf6 21. Bd2 Ne5
{1/2-1/2 Murugan,K-Nicholson,J/BCF-ch 1989}) 10... Nfe4 11. O-O Bb7 (11... Nd6
12. Bd3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 a5 14. Rfd1 Ba6 15. Qb1 Rc8 16. Be1 b5 17. a3 Qb6 18. Ne2
Rfd8 19. Ned4 Bb7 20. e4 e6 21. dxe6 Nxe4 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Qd3 Rc4 {Sideif
Sade,F-Dvoirys,S/URS-ch sf Aktjubinsk 1985/0-1 (70)}) 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Rac1 Qd6
14. a3 Rfd8 15. b4 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Ne4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. h3 Qf6 19. Qd3 Qf5 20.
Qd4+ Nf6 21. Qe5 Qxe5 22. Nxe5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 {1/2-1/2 Radnoti,G-Kiss,V/
HUN-chT2 1993 (39)}) (9... e6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Bxe6 Nd3+ 12. Ke2 fxe6 13. Qb1
Nb4 14. a3 Nc6 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Qa2 Rae8 17. Qc4 a6 18. Rac1 Nd7 19. Kf1 Nde5
20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Kg1 {Bielicki,C-Foguelman,A/Buenos Aires MEPH 1989/1/2-1/2 
(60)}) 10. Bxb5 Nxd5 11. O-O Rb8 {Black is playing some kind of gambit with
the hope to get enough compensation for the sacrificed pawn. Schwarz spielt
eine art vom Gambit mit der Hoffnung genugend Gegenspiel fur den Bauern zu
erwischen.} 12. a4 (12. Bc4 Nb6 13. Be2 Bf5 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Rc1 e5 16. Nb3 Nxb3
17. axb3 Be6 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Nc5 Rfd8 20. Qe1 Rbc8 21. b4 Bd5 22. e4 Ba8 23.
Be3 Nd7 24. f3 Nb8 25. b5 {Kasimdzhanov,R-Abramov,A/RUS-Cup2 1996/EXP 56/1-0 
(38)}) 12... Nb4 (12... Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 $14) 13. e4 (13. Ne4 $5
Nxe4 14. Bxb4 Bd7 15. Qc2 (15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qxd7 Qxd7 17. Bxd7 Rxb2 $132)
15... Nd6 16. Bxd6 exd6 17. Nd4 $14) 13... a6 14. Bf4 (14. Bc4 Nbd3 15. Bxd3
Nxd3 16. b3 Nc5 17. Rb1 Bxc3 $11) 14... Rb7 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Rad1 $1 (16. Be2
Nbd3 17. Bxd3 Nxd3 18. Rfd1 Rxb2 $17) 16... Nbd3 (16... Rxd1 17. Rxd1 axb5 $2
18. Rd8+ Bf8 19. Rxc8 Ne6 20. Bh6 bxa4 21. Nd4 $16) 17. Bxd3 Rxd3 (17... Nxd3
$2 18. Ne1 Rbd7 (18... Rxb2 19. Nxd3 Rc2 20. Nd5 $18) 19. Nxd3 Bxc3 20. bxc3
Rxd3 21. Rxd3 Rxd3 22. Rc1 $14) 18. Be3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 (19. Nxd1 Nxa4 $17) 19...
Ne6 20. Nd4 $6 (20. Bc1 $5 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Bd7 22. a5 Bc6 23. Nd2 Rb5 $14) 20...
Bxd4 (20... Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Rxb2 22. h3 $11) 21. Bxd4 Rxb2 22. Nd5 (22. Be5 f6
23. Nd5 fxe5 24. Nxe7+ Kg7 25. Nxc8 Nc5 $11) 22... Nxd4 23. Nxe7+ Kg7 24. Nxc8
Ne2+ (24... Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Nc3 26. Re1 Nxa4 27. Nd6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2004.05.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. b4 b6 7. Ba3 c5 8. bxc5
bxc5 9. Rc1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ba6 11. Qa4 {The concentration of white pieces on
the queenside is respectable, but the drawback is serious slowdown of the
development on the other side of the board.} (11. Be2 Re8 12. cxd5 Qa5 13. Qa4
Qxa4 14. Nxa4 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Nxd5 16. Nb5 Na6 17. Rhd1 Nb6 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5
Na4 20. Nc7 Nc3+ 21. Rxc3 Bxc3 22. Nxe8 Rxe8 23. Bxa7 {1-0 Drenchev,
P-Terzijski,K/Plovdiv 2003/ (39)}) 11... Bxc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Qd7 14.
O-O (14. Qb5 Rc8) 14... Rc8 15. Qb5 e6 (15... Qxb5 $2 16. Ncxb5 Rxc1 17. Rxc1
Na6 18. Bxe7 $16) (15... a6 $5 16. Qxd7 Nbxd7 17. Nce2 (17. Bxe7 Rxc3 18. Rxc3
Nd5 19. Rfc1 Nxe7 20. Rc7 Rd8 21. Ra7 Bxd4 22. exd4 Nf5 23. Rd1 Nc5 $15) 17...
Rxc1 18. Rxc1 e5 19. Nc6 e4 $11) 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Qa4 (17. Qe2 Qe8 18. e4 Nc6
19. Nb3 $14) 17... Qb7 18. Qb3 {Rustemov is looking for ways to control more
squares on the queenside than his opponent.} (18. Bd6 $5 Ne8 19. Bg3 Nd7 20.
Rb1 $14) 18... Qxb3 (18... Ra7 19. Nce2 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nbd7 21. Qc2 $14) 19.
Nxb3 Nbd7 20. Na4 Nd5 21. Kf1 (21. e4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nf4 23. Rc7 Ne5 $132) 21...
Bf8 (21... f5 22. Ke2 g5 $11) 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. e4 N5f6 24. f3 Rab8 (24... Ke7
25. Ke2 Rab8 26. Na5 Ke8 $13) 25. Ke2 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rb4 27. Nb2 $1 {The
correct move supporting white's ambition to get at least slightly better
endgame.} (27. Nac5 Nxc5 28. Rxc5 Ra4 29. Rc2 e5 30. Nc5 Ra3 31. Nd3 Nd7 32. g4
g5 $11) 27... Ne8 (27... Ke7 28. Rc7 $14) 28. Rc6 Rb6 (28... a5 29. Nd3 Ra4 30.
Rc2 $14) 29. Rxb6 Nxb6 30. Nc5 Nc7 (30... a5 31. Kd3 Ke7 32. a4 $16) 31. Kd3
Ke7 32. Nc4 Nxc4 $2 {[%mdl 4096] Vorobiov must have misunderstood the position,
active white king is mortally dangerous for the a6 pawn.} (32... Nd7 $142 33.
Nxd7 Kxd7 34. f4 f6 35. g4 $14) 33. Kxc4 e5 (33... f6 34. Nb7 $1 Kd7 (34... e5
35. Kc5 Ne6+ 36. Kb6 Nf4 37. Kxa6 Nxg2 38. a4 Ne1 39. a5 Nxf3 40. Kb6 $18) 35.
Kc5 Na8 36. f4 Kc7 37. Nd6 $16) 34. Nb7 $1 f5 (34... Kd7 35. Kc5 Ne6+ 36. Kb6
Nf4 37. Nc5+ Kc8 38. g3 Ne2 39. Kxa6 $16) 35. a4 (35. Kc5 $6 fxe4 36. fxe4 Nb5
37. a4 Nc3 38. a5 Nxe4+ 39. Kb6 Nc3 40. Kxa6 e4 $13) 35... fxe4 (35... Ne6 36.
Kd5 Kf6 37. Nc5 Nf4+ 38. Kd6 Nxg2 39. Nxa6 Ne1 40. a5 Nxf3 41. Nc7 $18) 36.
fxe4 Kd7 37. Kc5 {Knight endgames are similar to pawn ones and activity of the
pieces plays an enormous role in both.} h5 (37... Ne6+ 38. Kb6 Nd4 39. Kxa6 Kc7
40. a5 Ne2 41. Nc5 Nc3 42. Nd3 Nxe4 43. Nxe5 $18) 38. Kb6 h4 39. h3 g5 40. Nc5+
Kd6 41. Nxa6 1-0

[Event "United Insurance 6th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Black "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.03.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 e6 7. cxd5 {It is
rather unusual for white to clarify the situation in the center so early
without pressure from the opponent.} (7. Rc1) 7... exd5 8. Bd3 a5 (8... b6 9.
b4 Re8 10. O-O $14) 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 b6 (10... Nc6 11. a3 Bg4 12. Ne1 Ne7 $11
) 11. Rac1 Ba6 12. Rfd1 Bxd3 (12... c6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Na4 Rc8 $13) 13. Qxd3
c6 14. Ne5 Re6 {Goloshapov is not willing to give up control of the e4 square,
so he develops the b8 knight with the help of an unusual manouver.} (14... Nfd7
15. f4 a4 16. e4 Nf6 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Re1 Ra7 $11) 15. Be1 Nbd7 16. f4 Qc7 (
16... Nxe5 $2 17. dxe5 $1 Nd7 18. e4 Nc5 19. Qf3 $16) 17. Bg3 Qb7 (17... Rae8
18. f5 gxf5 19. Nxf7 Nc5 20. dxc5 (20. Bxc7 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Kxf7 22. Bxb6 Ng4 $15
) 20... Qxf7 21. cxb6 Ng4 $11) 18. f5 $1 gxf5 (18... Re7 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4
Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Rc8 $14) 19. Qxf5 Nf8 (19... Rae8 20. Rf1 R8e7 21. Nf3 h6 (21...
Rxe3 22. Bf4 R3e6 23. Ng5 $16) 22. Bf4 Nf8 23. Ne5 N8d7 $14) 20. Rf1 Ne8 $6 {
The knight was sitting on a perfect square and his moving to d6 will not solve
all the problems.} (20... Rae8 21. Rf3 c5 22. Rcf1 Ng6 $11) 21. Qg4 (21. Qxf7+
Qxf7 22. Nxf7 Rxe3 23. Ne5 Bxe5 (23... Ne6 24. Nxc6 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Bf2
Rd3 27. Bxd4 Rxd4 28. Rfd1 $16) 24. Bxe5 Nd7 25. Nd1 Re2 26. Rxc6 Nxe5 27. dxe5
Rxe5 28. Rxb6 $14) 21... Nd6 (21... f6 22. Nf3 Rxe3 23. Nh4 Re6 24. Nf5 Qd7 25.
Rce1 a4 26. Rxe6 Nxe6 27. Nxg7 N8xg7 28. Rxf6 $14) (21... Nf6 22. Qg5 Rae8 23.
Rf3 Ng6 24. Rcf1 $14) 22. Ne2 Rc8 (22... f5 23. Qf3 Ne4 24. Qxf5 Nxg3 25. Nxg3
Bxe5 26. dxe5 Qe7 27. Qg4+ Rg6 28. Qd4 $16) 23. Nf4 f5 (23... Rh6 24. Nh5 Ne6
25. Nxg7 (25. Rc2 f5 26. Qd1 Bh8 $14) 25... Nxg7 26. Qd7 f5 27. Qxb7 Nxb7 28.
Nd7 $16) 24. Qf3 Rh6 (24... Re7 25. Nxc6 $18) 25. Nh5 (25. Nxc6 $6 Rxc6 26.
Qxd5+ Nf7 27. Qxf5 $11) 25... Bh8 26. Bf4 Re6 27. g4 Ng6 (27... fxg4 28. Qxg4+
Bg7 29. Bg5 $18) 28. Kh1 $2 (28. gxf5 $1 Nxf5 29. Qg4 Rf8 30. Bg3 $16) 28... c5
$2 {The tactics proved too complicated for both players and in turn they make
serious concesions.} (28... Bxe5 $1 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Rxe5 31. Qg3 f4 $1
32. Nf6+ Kh8 33. exf4 Ne4 34. Qf3 Re7 $11) 29. gxf5 Nxf5 (29... Nxe5 30. Qg2+
Ng6 31. fxe6 $18) 30. Qh3 Rf8 (30... Nge7 31. Qg4+ Kf8 32. Ng3 Rf6 33. Bg5 $16)
31. Bh6 $1 Rxe5 (31... Nxh6 32. Qxe6+ Nf7 33. Nxf7 Rxf7 34. Qe8+ $18) 32. Bxf8
Re8 33. Qxf5 cxd4 34. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Kiev Trudova Ukraina"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2001.01.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Black "Eschenko, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Be6 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qa3 (10. Qxb6 axb6 11. b3 (11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Rfc1 Bf5 13. Ne5
Rfd8 14. g4 Be6 15. g5 Nd7 16. Nd3 Bf5 17. Nb5 e6 18. f4 {1/2-1/2 Skembris,
S-Kortschnoj,V/Moscow 1994/ (18)}) 11... Rc8 (11... Bg4 12. Bb2 (12. Na4 Nfd7
13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 15. Bd2 Nc6 16. Be2 Na7 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Kf1 Bf8 19.
b4 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8 Nxc8 22. Bd3 {1-0 Epishin,V-Gulko,B/Dos
Hermanas/1994/ (49)}) 12... Nc6 13. Rfc1 Rfc8 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 e6 16. Be2
Bf8 17. Na4 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,J-Gulko,B/Manila/1992/ (17)}) 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Na4
Nd7 14. Rfc1 h6 15. Nc3 f5 16. Ne1 Bf7 17. Nb5 Bf8 18. Nd3 e6 19. a4 Nf6 20. f3
{1/2-1/2 Gheorghiu,F-Meduna,E/Biel/1983/ (23)}) (10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Rfc1 Rfc8 (
11... Qxb3 12. axb3 Ne4 13. Be1 f5 14. b4 Rfc8 15. b5 Nd8 16. Ne5 Nf7 17. Nd3
Nfd6 18. Nf4 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Bf7 20. Bb4 {1-0 Marin,M-Kosic,D/Eforie Nord/1988/ 
(44)}) 12. Na4 Qxb3 13. axb3 Ne4 14. Be1 Bd7 15. b4 Be8 16. b5 Nd8 17. Rxc8
Rxc8 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Ra8 20. Bb4 Bf8 21. Bc5 {1-0 Hracek,Z-Summerscale,A/
Oakham/1990/ (47)}) 10... Nc6 11. Na4 Qc7 (11... Qb4 12. Qxb4 Nxb4 13. Nc5 Bc8
14. Bd2 Nc6 15. Bb5 Ne4 16. Rfc1 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 e5 18. Nf3 exd4 19. Bxc6 bxc6
20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. exd4 Rb8 22. b3 {1-0 Gavrilov,A-Seoev,R/Moscow/1996/ (46)})
12. Bd2 Bg4 13. Rfc1 Rfc8 14. h3 Bxf3 (14... Bd7 15. Nc5 Bf5 $11) 15. Bxf3 e6
16. Nc5 {White has a bishop pair, but in a half open position with fixed pawn
structure in the center he will not be able to gain any benefit from it.} (16.
Rc2 Ne8 17. Rac1 Nd6 18. Qd3 Nc4 19. Bc3 $14) 16... Ne8 17. Nd3 Qb6 (17... Nd6
18. b3 a5 $13) 18. Qa4 Nd6 19. Qd1 Qd8 20. Be1 (20. Rc2 Rc7) 20... Rc7 21. Rc2
Rac8 22. Rac1 Nc4 23. Nc5 Nd6 (23... N6e5 $5 24. Be2 (24. dxe5 $6 Rxc5 25. b3
Nb2 26. Qd2 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Bxe5 $15) 24... Nd7 25. Nd3 Bh6 $11)
24. Be2 Nb8 (24... Qh4 25. Na6 $5 bxa6 (25... Rd7 26. Nb4 Ne7 27. Rxc8+ Nexc8
28. Nd3 $14) 26. Bxa6 Nb7 27. b3 Nbd8 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. Ba5 $16) 25. Kf1 Bh6 (
25... b6 26. Nd3 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Nc6 $11) 26. Rc3 Nc4 $2 {[%mdl 64] Black was
not suspecting the devilish combination he is allowing to his opponent.} (26...
b6 $1 27. Na4 (27. Nd3 Nc4 28. Qa4 a6 $13) 27... Bg7 $11) 27. Bxc4 dxc4 28.
Rxc4 b6 29. b3 $1 Qd5 (29... bxc5 30. Ba5 Na6 31. Bxc7 Rxc7 32. dxc5 Rd7 33.
Qf3 $14) 30. Ne4 $1 Rxc4 (30... Qd8 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. d5 $16) 31.
Rxc4 Rxc4 $2 (31... Qd8 32. Qc2 Rxc4 33. Qxc4 $16) 32. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Prokopchuk, Evgeny"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Re1 Ba6 {Black doesn't like the pressure that white
squared bishop is exercising on the diagonal a2-f7, but the praxis has proven
standard methods of development were just fine.} (10... Nc6 11. Bg5 Na5 12. Bd3
Bb7 13. Qe2 h6 14. Bf4 Nc6 15. Rad1 e6 16. a3 Nh5 17. Be3 Ne7 18. Ne5 Nf6 19.
Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Marjanovic,S-Dorfman,J/Sarajevo/1988/ (19)}) (10... Bb7 11. d5 (
11. a3 a6 12. Bg5 b5 13. Ba2 Nbd7 14. Qe2 e6 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 h6 17. Nxf6+
Nxf6 18. Rad1 Qc8 {1/2-1/2 Remling,C-Liss,E/Biel 1994/ (43)}) 11... Nbd7 12.
Bf4 (12. Bg5 Rc8 13. Qe2 Re8 14. a3 Qc7 15. Ba2 Nc5 16. Ne5 Qb8 17. Rad1 Kf8
18. Qe3 Nce4 19. Nxg6+ hxg6 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 {1-0 Genba,V-Turov,M/St.
Petersburg 1994/ (45)}) 12... Nc5 13. Be5 Rc8 14. Qe2 Bxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16.
Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qe5+ Nf6 18. Qxe7 Rc7 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. b3 Nce4 {0-1 Terekhin,
A-Turov,M/St.Petersburg/1994/ (42)}) 11. Qe2 (11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qe2 Nb4 13. Bg5
$14) 11... Bxc4 12. Qxc4 e6 (12... Nbd7 13. d5 Rc8 14. Qa6 $14) 13. Bg5 Qc8 (
13... Nbd7 14. Rad1 $14) 14. Qa4 Qb7 (14... Nbd7 15. Rac1 $14) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6
16. Ne5 a6 $2 {Black neglects the development of the knight b8, Prokopchuk
will be surprisingly strong in the center.} (16... Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Rad1
Rfd8 19. Rd6 Nc5 20. Qh4 $14) 17. d5 $1 exd5 (17... Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Nd7 19. Re3
exd5 20. Rd1 $14) 18. Rad1 d4 (18... Rd8 19. Ng4 $1 Nd7 20. Nxd5 Bxb2 21. Re7
$16) 19. Qxd4 (19. Rxd4 $2 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Nc6 $17) 19... Bg7 (19... Nc6 20. Qd7
$1 Qxd7 (20... Nd8 21. Qxb7 Nxb7 22. Nd7 Bxc3 23. bxc3 $16) 21. Nxd7 Bxc3 22.
bxc3 Rfd8 23. Nxb6 $16) 20. Qh4 b5 (20... Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Nc6 22. Red5 $16) (
20... Re8 21. Nd5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Nd7 23. Qe4 Kf8 (23... Rxe5 24. Ne7+ $18) 24.
Re7 $16) 21. Nd5 f6 (21... g5 22. Qe4 Ra7 23. Qf5 $16) 22. Nxg6 $1 {Black
queenside remains undeveloped, so the attack is iresistable.} Nc6 (22... hxg6
23. Ne7+ Kf7 24. Qg4 Qxe7 (24... Re8 25. Qe6+ Kf8 26. Nxg6#) 25. Rxe7+ Kxe7 26.
Qe4+ Kf7 27. Qd5+ Ke7 28. Re1#) 23. Nde7+ Nxe7 (23... Kf7 24. Nxf8 $18) 24.
Nxe7+ Kh8 (24... Kf7 25. Qh5#) 25. Ng6+ Kg8 26. Nxf8 Rxf8 27. Qh5 f5 28. Re8
1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Bd2
Bb7 9. b4 Ne4 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Qb3 e6 12. e4 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Ba6 14.
Ne5 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Qe7 16. f4 f6 17. Nf3 Kh8 18. f5 exf5 19. exf5 Qf7 20. Qxf7
Rxf7 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Ne5 {1-0 Krasenkow,M-Okuniewski,B/Krynica/1997/ (48)})
10. Rc1 Nxd2 (10... Nd7 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ng5 $14) 11. Qxd2 Nd7 (11... dxc4 12.
Bxc4 a5 13. b5 cxb5 14. Nxb5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qd7 16. Qe2 $14) 12. Rfd1 (12. cxd5
cxd5 13. Rc2 Rc8 14. Rfc1 e5 (14... e6 15. b5 $14) 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5
17. Nb5 $14) 12... e6 13. cxd5 exd5 (13... cxd5 14. Rc2 $14) 14. b5 c5 (14...
Rc8 15. bxc6 Rxc6 16. Rc2 $14) 15. dxc5 Nxc5 $6 {Nikolic hopes to get
counterplay with a refined jump of his knight to c3, but his chances will be
seriously worse.} (15... Bxc3 16. Qxc3 bxc5 17. a4 Re8 18. a5 d4 19. Qd2 $14)
16. Nxd5 Ne4 (16... Rc8 17. Nf4 $16) 17. Qd3 (17. Qe1 Bxd5 18. Bc4 Bc3 $1 19.
Rxc3 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Rc8 $15) 17... Bxd5 (17... Nc5 18. Qb1 Bxd5 19. Bc4 Be4 20.
Rxd8 Bxb1 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Rxb1 $16) 18. Qxd5 Nc3 (18... Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Nc3 20.
Rd2 Rfd8 21. Kf1 Rxd2 22. Nxd2 Nxa2 23. Rc7 Be5 24. Rd7 Nc3 25. Bc4 $16) 19.
Qxd8 Raxd8 (19... Nxe2+ 20. Kf1 Rfxd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Kxe2 $16) 20. Re1 (20.
Rxd8 $4 Nxe2+ 21. Kf1 Nxc1 $19) 20... Rd5 (20... Nxa2 21. Rc7 Nc3 22. Bc4 Rc8
23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Rxa7 Nxb5 25. Rd7 $16) 21. Bf1 Rfd8 (21... Nxb5 $2 22. e4 Rh5
23. g4 $18) (21... Nxa2 $5 22. Rc7 Nc3 23. Rxa7 Nxb5 24. Rb7 $14) 22. a3 Rc5 (
22... Nxb5 $2 23. e4 $18) 23. Rc2 Kf8 (23... Rdc8 24. Nd4 $14) 24. h3 Rdd5 25.
Rec1 {Lautier can play this endgame without any risk, black has little
counterplay.} Na4 (25... Nxb5 $2 26. Rxc5 $18) 26. Rxc5 Nxc5 (26... Rxc5 27.
Rxc5 bxc5 28. Bd3 Nb2 29. Bc2 $16) 27. Be2 Ke7 28. Kf1 Bb2 29. Rc2 Na4 (29...
Bxa3 30. Ra2 Bb4 31. Rxa7+ Kf6 32. Bc4 Rd7 $16) 30. Rc7+ Rd7 31. Rc4 Nc5 (31...
Nc3 32. a4 f5 33. Nd4 $18) 32. a4 f5 33. a5 Kf6 34. Rc2 Ba1 (34... Ba3 35. a6
$16) 35. axb6 axb6 36. Nd2 Ra7 37. Nc4 Be5 38. g4 (38. Nxe5 $2 Ra1+ 39. Bd1
Kxe5 40. Ke2 Rb1 $11) 38... Bc7 39. Rd2 Ra4 $2 {The typical time trouble
mistake, black overlooks simple combination.} (39... Ne4 40. Rd7 Ra1+ 41. Kg2
Ra2 42. Rxc7 Rxe2 43. Rxh7 Rxf2+ 44. Kg1 $16) (39... Ke7 40. gxf5 gxf5 41. Kg2
$16) 40. Nxb6 $1 Ra1+ 41. Kg2 Bxb6 42. Rd6+ Ke7 43. Rxb6 Ra2 44. Bf3 (44. Kf3
Nd7 (44... Ne4 45. gxf5 gxf5 46. h4 $18) 45. Re6+ Kxe6 46. Bc4+ Kd6 47. Bxa2
$18) 44... Nd3 45. gxf5 gxf5 46. Rh6 Rxf2+ (46... Nxf2 47. Kg3 $18) 47. Kg3 Rb2
48. b6 Ne5 (48... Kf8 49. b7 Kg7 50. Rd6 Ne5 51. Bd5 $18) 49. Bd5 Nd7 50. Rxh7+
Kd6 51. b7 Kxd5 (51... Nf8 52. Rf7 Kxd5 53. Rxf5+ Ke4 54. Rxf8 Rxb7 55. Re8+
Kf5 56. h4 $18) 52. Rxd7+ Ke6 53. Rc7 Rb4 (53... Kd6 54. Rh7 Ke5 55. h4 Rb3 56.
Kf2 f4 57. exf4+ Kxf4 58. Ke2 $18) 54. h4 Kf6 55. Kf3 Kg6 56. Ke2 Kh5 57. Kd3
Rb1 (57... Kxh4 58. Rc4+ $18) 58. Kd4 Kg4 (58... Kxh4 59. Kc5 Kg4 60. Kc6 $18)
59. Rh7 f4 60. exf4 Kxf4 61. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Cologne TVm2"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 e5 12. Bb3 (12. Bd2 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14.
Bb3 Nfd5 15. Ne4 h6 16. Ba5 Qe7 17. a3 Rad8 18. Rac1 Rfe8 19. Nc5 Rb8 20. Qg3
Qg5 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. g3 Re2 23. Rb1 $10 {Giffard-Belkhodja/Paris-ch/1988/}) (
12. b3 Re8 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. Bb2 e4 15. Qf4 Nb6 16. Rab1 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18.
Be2 Qxa2 19. Bb5 Rec8 20. f3 Rc2 21. fxe4 Rxb2 22. Rxb2 Qxb2 23. e5 $19 {
Ostergaard,J-Samaritani,F/Lyngby op/1990/}) 12... Qe7 13. e4 $146 (13. Bd2 e4 (
13... Rfd8 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qe2 Nd3 16. Be1 {0,5/Popchev,M-Panbukchian,V/
BLG-ch/1992/}) 14. Qg3 Rac8 15. a3 Kh8 16. Na4 Nh5 17. Qh2 b6 18. Nc3 f5 19.
Ne2 g5 20. Rac1 a5 21. Bc4 c5 22. Ba6 Rc6 23. Bb5 $13 {Fries Nielsen,
JO-Clausen,S/Lyngby op/1990/}) 13... exd4 14. Rxd4 Nc5 (14... Ne5 15. Qe2 Rfd8
16. Be3 c5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 $14) 15. Bc2 Rfe8 (15... Nfd7 16. Rd1 Ne5 17.
Qe2 Rad8 18. Be3 $14) 16. Be3 Rad8 (16... Nfxe4 $2 17. Rxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxb2
19. Rb1 Bg7 20. Bc5 $16) 17. Re1 (17. Rad1 Nfd7 18. R4d2 Ne5 19. Qe2 $14) 17...
Rxd4 18. Bxd4 Nfd7 $1 (18... Rd8 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. e5 Nd5 21. Bb3 $14) 19. Bxg7
Kxg7 20. Qe3 Nb6 $1 21. f4 Rd8 22. b3 (22. e5 Nc4 23. Qf3 Nxb2 $36) 22... Ne6
23. e5 (23. f5 Nd4 24. Bd3 Qe5 $1) 23... Qc5 (23... Nd5 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. f5
gxf5 26. Bxf5 $40) 24. Qxc5 Nxc5 25. Kf2 f6 $1 (25... Nd3+ 26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27.
Ne4 $14) 26. exf6+ (26. e6 $2 Rd2+ 27. Re2 Rxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Nxe6 $19) 26... Kxf6
27. g4 Nd3+ 28. Bxd3 Rxd3 29. Ne4+ Kg7 30. Nc5 $1 (30. Kg2 $6 Nd5) 30... Rxh3
31. Re7+ Kg8 (31... Kf6 32. Rxb7 Nd5 33. Ne4+ Ke6 34. Ng5+ $18) 32. Rxb7 Nd5
33. Rxa7 (33. Ne6 Rh2+ 34. Kf3 Rxa2 35. Rg7+ Kh8 36. Rd7 h5 $10) 33... Nxf4 34.
a4 Rc3 35. Ne4 Rxb3 36. Nf6+ Kf8 37. Nxh7+ Ke8 38. Nf6+ Kd8 39. a5 Ra3 40. Ne4
Kc8 41. Nc5 Nh3+ 42. Ke1 Kb8 43. Rb7+ Ka8 44. Rb6 (44. a6 Rxa6 45. Rb3 Ra1+)
44... Rxa5 45. Rxc6 Nf4 46. Kd2 Ra3 47. Rf6 Ra2+ 48. Kd1 g5 49. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Rd1 e5 12. d5 e4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nb6
15. Bb3 (15. Rb1 $5) 15... cxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Qb6 18. Qd3 (18. Rb1
Rad8 $1 (18... Rfd8 19. Bd2 Rxd5 20. Qxd5 Rd8 21. Qa5 $16) 19. Rd2 (19. Bd2 $4
Qc6 $19) 19... Qa5 $1 20. b4 Qa4 21. Qc2 (21. a3 $2 Rxd2 22. Bxd2 Qxa3 23. Qxb7
$2 Qa2 $19) 21... Qxc2 22. Rxc2 Rc8 $1 (22... Rd1+ 23. Kh2 Rfd8 24. Rb3 $16)
23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bb2 Rc2 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. a4 $14 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Huebner,
R/Groningen/1993/0.5 (41)}) 18... Rad8 19. e4 Bd4 {[%csl Ya1,Rf2] Black hopes
to equalize due to the weakness of f2P and passivity of the Ra1.} (19... Bxb2
20. Rb1 Rxd5 21. exd5 Qd4 $14) 20. Bh6 $5 (20. Kh1 Bxf2 21. Bh6 (21. Bg5 $5)
21... Rxd5 $1 (21... Rfe8 22. Rf1 Rxd5 23. Qxd5 $1 $16) 22. exd5 Rd8 23. Rd1 (
23. Rf1 $5 Bd4 24. Qe4 f5 25. Qe2 Qd6 $14) 23... Qd6 (23... Qxb2 $2 24. d6 $16)
24. Qc3 f6 25. Rf1 Bh4 26. Qb3 $1 Bg5 $2 (26... Qd7 $2 27. Qc4 Bg5 28. d6+ Kh8
29. Bxg5 fxg5 30. Rf7 $18) (26... Rd7 27. Qc4 $16) (26... Qb6 $1 27. Qc4 Qa6 $1
28. Qf4 Bg3 29. Qxf6 Qxf6 30. Rxf6 Be5 31. Rf2 Bg7 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 $14) 27. Bxg5
fxg5 28. Qxb7 Qxd5 {Bareev,E-Kramnik,V/Novgorod/1994/1-0 (37)}) (20. Bg5) 20...
Qxb2 $1 21. Rd1 (21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 $15) (21. Rf1 Rxd5
22. exd5 Rd8 $13) 21... Rxd5 22. exd5 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Bg7 24. Be3 (24. Bxg7 Kxg7
25. d6 Rd8 26. d7 Qxa2 $13) 24... Qg3 (24... Qxa2 25. d6 Rd8 26. d7 $36) 25.
Bxa7 (25. d6 Be5 26. Bg1 Qxd3 27. Rxd3 Rd8 28. d7 b6 $17) 25... Qxd3 26. Rxd3
Rd8 $1 {[%csl Gd5] The only problem for black can come from the mobility of
d5P.} (26... Ra8 27. Bb6 Rxa2 28. d6 $16) 27. Bb6 Rd7 28. g4 f5 $10 29. gxf5
gxf5 30. Kg2 Kf7 31. Kf3 Be5 32. a4 Kf6 33. Be3 Rc7 34. h4 Ke7 35. Rb3 (35.
Bg5+ Kd6 $15) 35... Rc3 (35... Kd6 36. Rb6+ Kxd5 $2 37. Rb5+ Ke6 38. Rxe5+ Kxe5
39. Bf4+ $18) 36. Rxc3 (36. Rxb7+ Kd6 37. Ke2 Ra3 $10) 36... Bxc3 37. Bf4 h5
38. Bg5+ Kd6 39. Kf4 Kxd5 40. Kxf5 Kc4 41. Bd8 (41. Bd8 b6 42. Bxb6 Kb4 43. a5
Kb5 44. Kg5 Be1 45. Kxh5 Bxh4 46. Kxh4 Ka6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Minasian, Ara"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. b4 O-O 7. Be2 Bg4
8. Bb2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Be2 (10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nxe5 13.
Qe2 $11) 10... Nd5 11. Qb3 (11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. O-O $11) 11... Nxc3 12. Bxc3 (12.
Qxc3 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Qg5 $132) 12... e5 $5 13. Nxe5
Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Qg5 $1 {[%mdl 4] Black's compensation is real due
to the unsecure position of white's king.} 16. h4 (16. Kf1 Rad8 17. f4 Qh4 $44)
16... Qg4+ (16... Qxg2 17. Rag1 Qe4 18. f3 Qf5 19. h5 $14) 17. Kf1 Rad8 18. f3
(18. h5 Rfe8 $11) 18... Qf5 19. Qb2 Rfe8 20. f4 (20. e4 Qf4 21. Qc1 Bxe5 22.
Qxf4 Bxf4 $15) 20... Rd3 21. Kf2 (21. Bd4 f6 22. exf6 Rexe3 23. Be5 (23. fxg7
Qxf4+ 24. Kg1 Rxd4 $17) (23. Bxe3 Bxf6 24. Qe2 Bxa1 $15) (23. f7+ Qxf7 24. Bxg7
Qxg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $17) 23... Bh6 24. h5 Bxf4 25. Bxf4 Re4 $17) 21... Red8 22.
Rae1 $2 {Kempinski misses a great shot and instantly loses a spare pawn and a
queen.} (22. Qc1 R8d5 23. Rb1 a6 $15) 22... Bxe5 $1 23. Bxe5 (23. g4 Bxc3 24.
Qxc3 Qxg4 $19) 23... Rd2+ 24. Re2 (24. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 25. Re2 Rxe2+ 26. Kxe2 Qe4
$19) 24... Rxb2 25. Bxb2 h5 26. Rc1 Qg4 27. g3 (27. Bf6 Rd6 28. Be5 Rd3 $19)
27... Rd5 28. Rc4 Qh3 29. Rd4 Qh2+ 30. Kf3 (30. Kf1 Qxg3 $19) 30... Qh1+ 31.
Kf2 (31. Rg2 Rxd4 32. Bxd4 b6 33. a3 f5 $19) 31... f5 32. a3 Rxd4 33. Bxd4 {
Hecht: '[#] Bewegliche Dame mit Bauernmajorität am Damenflügel, während die
weißen Figuren nicht harmonieren.'} b6 {White has lots of weaknesses and no
counterplay, his survival prospects doesn't look good.} 34. a4 (34. Re1 Qh2+
35. Kf3 Qc2 $19) 34... Qh2+ 35. Kf3 Qg1 36. a5 Qf1+ (36... bxa5 37. bxa5 c5 38.
Be5 (38. Bxc5 Qf1+ 39. Rf2 Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qd5+ $19) 38... c4 $19) 37. Rf2 Qh1+
38. Rg2 (38. Ke2 Qb1 39. axb6 axb6 40. Bxb6 Qa2+ 41. Ke1 Qa1+ 42. Ke2 Qa6+ $19)
38... bxa5 39. bxa5 a6 (39... c5 $19) 40. Kf2 Qb1 41. Rg1 Qa2+ 42. Kf3 (42. Kf1
c5 $19) 42... Qxa5 43. Rb1 Qd5+ 44. Kf2 c5 45. Be5 Kf7 46. Rb6 Qd2+ 47. Kf3 Qe1
48. Kg2 (48. Rf6+ Ke7 49. Rxg6 Qf1#) 48... Qe2+ 49. Kh3 Qf1+ 50. Kh2 Qf2+ (
50... Qf2+ 51. Kh3 Qg1 52. Rb2 a5 $19 (52... Ke6 $19 {Hecht})) 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Wereldschaaktoernooi"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1950.11.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1950.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Be2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b6 (7...
Nbd7 $142 {/\8... c5=}) 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qe2 Ne4 (9... Nbd7 10. e4 e6 11. Bg5 $36)
10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Bd2 Qc8 (11... Nd7 $142 {/\12... c5}) 12. Rac1 Qb7 13. Bb4
Bf6 (13... Re8 $2 14. Ng5 Bd5 15. e4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 $16) 14. Rfd1 $36 a5 15. Bc3
e6 16. Ne1 Bc6 $2 (16... Bg7 $142) (16... Nd7 $142) 17. d5 $1 exd5 (17... Bxc3
$2 18. dxc6 $18) 18. Bxf6 dxc4 19. Qxc4 {/\20.Df4, 21.Dh6+-} h5 20. Qf4 Kh7 21.
Be7 (21. g4 $40) 21... Rg8 22. Qxf7+ $18 Rg7 23. Qf6 $2 (23. Qe6 $1 $18 Be4 24.
Bf6 Bf5 25. Qe8 $2 (25. Qb3 $1 a4 26. Qc3 Rf7 (26... Rd7 27. Rxd7+ Nxd7 28.
Qxc7 Qxc7 29. Rxc7 Kh6 30. Bd4) 27. Nf3) 25... Nd7) 23... Bd5 $1 24. Nf3 Nd7
25. Qg5 c6 26. Bd6 Bxa2 27. Bf4 Re8 28. Rd6 Bd5 (28... Re6 $2 29. Qd8 $1 $18 {
/\30.Sg5}) 29. Qh6+ (29. Ne5 $2 Nxe5 30. Bxe5 Qe7 $1 $10) 29... Kg8 30. Rxg6
Nf8 31. Rxg7+ (31. Rg5 $142) 31... Qxg7 32. Qxg7+ (32. Qxh5 $2 Qxb2 $17) 32...
Kxg7 33. Nd2 b5 34. Bd6 Kf7 $6 (34... Nd7 35. Kf1 Nb6 36. e4 Bxe4 37. Nxe4 Rxe4
38. Rxc6 Nc4 $10) 35. Kf1 Ng6 36. e4 $5 Bxe4 37. Nxe4 Rxe4 38. Rxc6 Ra4 39. Rb6
b4 40. Ra6 Ra1+ 41. Ke2 Ra2 (41... Ra2 42. Ke3 (42. Bxb4 Rxb2+ 43. Bd2 Nf4+ 44.
Kd1 Nd3 $1 $10 45. f3 Nc5 46. Rxa5 $2 (46. Ra7+ Kg6 47. Rc7 Nb3 48. Rc2 $2 Rb1+
49. Bc1 a4) 46... Rxd2+ 47. Kxd2 Nb3+) 42... Rxb2 43. Rxa5 $36) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. b4 Bb7
9. Bb2 $5 (9. Qb3) 9... Nbd7 10. Qb3 (10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qb3 {/\ a4}) 10... e6
11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. a4 Rab8 13. cxd5 (13. a5 dxc4 14. Bxc4 c5 $5 15. dxc5 Bxf3 16.
gxf3 bxc5 $13) 13... exd5 (13... Nxd5 $5 14. Nxd5 exd5 $13) 14. b5 c5 15. a5
Rfd8 16. axb6 axb6 17. Ra7 h6 18. Bf1 Qe6 19. g3 Ne8 20. Bg2 Nd6 (20... Nc7 $5
$14) 21. Ne1 Nf6 (21... cxd4 22. exd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Qxe1+ 24. Bf1 $44) 22. dxc5
bxc5 23. Na4 $1 c4 (23... Nde4 24. Bxf6 c4 (24... Bxf6 $2 25. Bxe4 $18) 25. Qc2
Nxf6 (25... Qxf6 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Nc5 $16) 26. Rxb7 Rxb7 27.
Nc5 Qb6 28. Nxb7 Qxb7 29. Qxc4 $16) 24. Qc2 Rdc8 $6 (24... Nxb5 25. Rxb7 Rxb7
26. Nc5 Qb6 27. Nxb7 Qxb7 28. Qxc4 $14 {xd5}) 25. Nb6 Rc5 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 (26...
Qxf6 27. Nd7 $18) 27. Rxb7 $1 Rxb7 (27... Nxb7 28. Bxd5 Qxb6 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 30.
Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Bxf7 $18) 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Nxd5 c3 (29... Nxb5 30.
Qe4 $1 Rb6 31. Qxc4 $18) 30. b6 Bg7 31. Qa4 Kh7 (31... Rb8 $16) 32. Qc6 Qg4 33.
Qxd6 (33. Qxd6 Qxd1 34. Nf6+ Bxf6 35. Qxd1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Black "Barbero, Gerardo F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
O-O 9. O-O Qd6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bd2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qe2 Nxd3
15. Qxd3 Qe5 16. Be1 (16. Be1 Rfd8 17. Qb5 Rab8 $1 18. Rd3 a6 19. Qa5 (19. Qb3
Ne4 $1) 19... Rd7 20. Rad1 Rbd8 $14 21. e4 Nxe4 22. Nxd5 Re8 $1 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 Na6 $146 (
7... Nbd7) 8. O-O Bf5 (8... Nb4 9. Be2 $14) 9. Bxf5 gxf5 10. b3 Ne4 11. Bb2 $14
e6 12. Ne2 Kh8 13. Nf4 Nc7 14. Qe2 (14. Ne5 $6 Bxe5 15. dxe5 dxc4 16. bxc4 Nd2
$1) 14... Rg8 15. Nh5 f6 (15... Ne8 $5) 16. Nd2 Qe7 (16... Qe8 17. Rad1 $14)
17. f4 {/\ 18.Ne4 fe4 19.f5} (17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. f4 exf3 $5 19. Qxf3 f5) 17...
Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Bh6 19. Kh2 Rg6 20. a4 (20. Rf3 $5 Rag8 21. Rg1 {/\ 22.Ng3})
20... Rag8 21. Rf2 Bf8 22. c5 Qe8 23. Qe2 Be7 24. Rg1 Qb8 (24... Rg4 25. hxg4
Rxg4 26. Rf3 Qxh5+ 27. Rh3 $18 {Hertneck}) 25. Qc2 Na6 26. Bc3 b6 27. b4 Nc7
28. Qd3 b5 29. Ra2 $16 bxa4 (29... a6 30. Be1 $16) 30. Rxa4 a6 31. Be1 Qf8 32.
Ra2 Bd8 33. Qf1 {/\ Nh5-g3-e2} (33. Ng3 Qg7 34. Nf1 $16) 33... Qf7 34. Ng3 Qg7
35. Ne2 {/\ Nc1-b3-a5; /\ Nc1-d3;} Rf8 36. Qf3 Kg8 37. Nc1 e5 $2 38. Qh5 $6 (
38. Ne2 $18) 38... exf4 39. exf4 Qd7 40. Ne2 Re8 41. Ng3 Ne6 42. Qxf5 Bc7 43.
Rf1 Qc8 44. Nh5 Kf7 $2 (44... Rg5 $1 45. Nxf6+ Kf7 46. Qxh7+ Kxf6 47. Bh4 Rh8
48. Bxg5+ Nxg5 49. Qd3 Qf5 50. Qxf5+ Kxf5 51. Rxa6 (51. g3 Ne6 (51... Nxh3 52.
Kg2 Kg4 53. Rh1 $18) 52. Rxa6 Nxd4 $13) 51... Bxf4+ 52. Kg1 Ke4 (52... Ne4 53.
Rxc6 $18) 53. Rxc6 Be3+ 54. Kh2 Kxd4 $14) (44... Nxd4 45. Nxf6+ Kf7 46. Qxc8
Rxc8 47. Ng4 $18) 45. Bc3 $18 Qb7 46. Re2 Qc8 47. Rfe1 Rh6 48. Kh1 Bd8 49. Bd2
Re7 50. g4 Qd7 51. Rxe6 Rxe6 52. Rxe6 (52. Rxe6 Qxe6 53. Qxe6+ Kxe6 54. f5+ Kf7
55. Bxh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2002.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Zoler, Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.01.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 {I expected this move from the contender
and studied his games in this variant.} 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 $5 {Before, I played
in this position: 6.h3 and 6.Bd3.} O-O 7. O-O Ne4 $6 ({Also dubiously:} 7...
Bf5 {in view of:} 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. h3 Be6 11. Qc2 a5 12. e4 Na6 13.
Bg5 h6 14. Bf4 $14 {Avrukh,B-Zoler,D/Tel Aviv,2001(0-1)(48)}) ({Can be
recommended:} 7... a6 $5) 8. a4 $1 $14 {[%cal Ga4a5]} Bg4 $6 $146 ({Were
checked in the preceding game of Dan Zoler:} 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 c5 10. Ba3 cxd4
11. cxd4 Nc6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Nd2 $14 {Huzman,A-Zoler,D/Tel Aviv,2001(1-0)(72)
}) ({Was checked in the primary source:} 8... f5 $5 9. a5 e6 10. Qc2 (10. Ne5
$143 Nd7 11. Nd3 Qf6 12. a6 bxa6 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Na4 $44 {Volzhin,A-Belitzkij,
A/Samara,2000(1/2-1/2)(64)}) 10... Nd7 11. b4 g5 12. b5 $36 {See comments to
Dreev,A-Galkin,A/Azov,1996/Inf 69/437(1-0)(42)}) 9. h3 $1 {[%mdl 32] The most
simple and duly reaction to the previous move of black.} ({A little bit worse
is:} 9. cxd5 cxd5 (9... Nxc3 $144 10. bxc3 cxd5 11. Qb3 $14) 10. Qb3 Nxc3 (
10... Qd7 $2 11. Bb5 $1 {[%csl Rd5]} (11. Nxd5 $2 Be6 12. Bc4 Rc8 $17 {[%csl
Yc4,Rd5][%cal Gc8c4,Yc4d5]})) 11. bxc3 $14) ({or} 9. Qb3 Qb6 (9... Qd7 $143 10.
cxd5 (10. h3 $6 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Bf5) 10... Nxc3 (10... cxd5 $2 11. Bb5 $1 {
[%csl Rd5]}) 11. bxc3 cxd5 12. h3 $14) 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. cxd5 Nxc3 12. bxc3
cxd5 13. Ba3 Nc6 $14) 9... Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 dxc4 12. a5 $1 $14 {
[%mdl 32] It is important to not give for back's pieces to locate on a point
"a5".} Qc7 ({All the same it is impossible to save a pawn "c4":} 12... Qd6 13.
Qa4 Qe6 14. Be2 {[%csl Rc4]}) 13. Qa4 Nd7 14. Qxc4 Rac8 {[%csl Rc6,Yc7,Yc8]
Now black are protected from progress "a6".} 15. Bd2 {[%csl Yd2]} Rfd8 {
[%csl Rd2][%cal Gd7e5]} 16. Qb3 ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 16.
Ra2 $5 {[%csl Ya2][%cal Gf1b1,Ya2d2]}) 16... Nf6 {[%cal Ge7e5]} ({Senselessly:
} 16... Nc5 {because of:} 17. Qc2 Na6 18. Rfb1 {<->b;קb7}) 17. Rfb1 {[%csl
Rb7]} Rd7 18. Ra4 {[%cal Ga4b4]} e5 {[%cal Ge5e4]} 19. Qc2 {[%csl Yc2][%cal
Yc2e4,Yf3e4] It is necessary to prevent progress "e4".} (19. Rb4 $143 Rb8 {
[%csl Ra5][%cal Ge5e4]}) 19... Re8 20. e4 $1 $14 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gd2e3][%mdl
32] I rather consistently spend my plan.} (20. Rab4 $143 e4 $140 21. Rxb7 $6 (
21. Be2 $142 $14) 21... Qxb7 22. Rxb7 Rxb7 23. a6 $1 Rb6 24. Be2 Reb8 25. Bc1
Rb1 26. Kh2 Bf8 $132 {[%csl Gf8,Rh2][%cal Gf8d6]}) 20... Rde7 {[%csl Re4]} (
20... Qd8 $5 21. Be3 $36 {[%csl Ra7]}) 21. Rab4 Qxa5 $6 {Not the best decision.
} ({It was much better:} 21... Qc8 $5 22. dxe5 (22. Bg5 $143 h6 23. dxe5 hxg5
24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Qb3 $14 {[%csl Rb7]}) 22... Rxe5 23. Rxb7 Rxa5 $14) ({or} 
21... exd4 $5 22. Rxb7 (22. cxd4 $2 Nxe4 23. Rxb7 $140 Nxd2 $1 {[]} (23... Qd6
$4 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Rb8+ Bf8 28. Bh6 $18 {[%csl
Rf8]}) 24. Rxc7 Re1+ 25. Kh2 (25. Rxe1 $4 Rxe1+ 26. Kh2 Nf1+ 27. Kg1 Ne3+ $19 {
[%csl Rc2]}) 25... Nf1+ 26. Kg1 Ng3+ 27. Kh2 $8 Nf1+ $11) 22... d3 $1 (22...
Qxa5 $2 23. cxd4) (22... Qd8 $143 23. cxd4 Rxb7 24. Rxb7 Qxd4 25. Bc3 $36 {
/^a1-h8;קf7}) 23. Qxd3 Qxa5 (23... Qxb7 $143 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Qa6 {[%csl Ra7,
Rc6] +/=/+/-}) 24. Bf4 $36 {[%csl Gf3,Gf4]}) 22. Rxb7 ({Very weakly:} 22. Ra4 {
in view of:} Qc7 23. Rxa7 $140 Qb8 $1 $132 {[%csl Ra7,Re4,Ge7,Ge8][%cal Ge5d4,
Gb8a7]}) 22... Rxb7 23. Rxb7 exd4 24. cxd4 Qa1+ {Beforehand I did not see this
resource.} {[%tqu "En","?Please enter the best move for white.","It is
necessary to coordinate action of white pieces.","It is necessary to use a
weakness of the black king!","d2c1","",10,"b7b1","",0,"c2b1","",0]} 25. Bc1 $3
$16 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Ge4e5][%mdl 2048]} ({Leads to equality:} 25. Rb1 $2 Qxd4 {
[%csl Rd2]} 26. Be3 $11) (25. Qb1 $6 Qxd4 (25... Qxb1+ $143 26. Rxb1 {+/=/+/-}
Nxe4 $140 $4 27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. Rb8+ Bf8 29. Bh6 $18 {[%csl Rf8]}) 26. Be3 $14 (
26. Qb3 $6 Re6 $13)) 25... Qxd4 $140 (25... Bh6 $4 {[%csl Rc1]} 26. Rb1 {
[%csl Ra1,Rh6]}) 26. Bb2 {/^a1-h8.Now bishop occupies a very strong position.}
Qd8 $2 ({My contender could render more stubborn resistance:} 26... Qd6 27. e5
Rxe5 28. Bxe5 Qxe5 29. Rxa7 $16) 27. Qb3 {[%csl Rf7]} Nd7 (27... Re7 $4 28. Rb8
) (27... Rf8 $143 28. Ba3 {[%csl Ga3,Gb3,Gb7,Rf8][%cal Yf8f7]}) 28. Bg4 $1 {
[%csl Rd7,Rf7][%mdl 2048]} Bxb2 $8 ({Loses right away:} 28... Re7 $2 29. Bxd7 {
[%csl Rd8,Rg8][%cal Gb7b8]}) ({and} 28... Ne5 $2 29. Bxe5 {[%csl Gb3,Gb7,Rf7]})
29. Bxd7 $18 {[%csl Rb2,Re8]} (29. Rxd7 $4 Qf6 {[%csl Yf6][%cal Yf6b2,Yf6f7]})
29... Bd4 $4 $138 (29... Bd4 $4 30. Bxe8 Qxe8 31. Rb8 {[%csl Re8,Rg8]}) (29...
Rxe4 $2 30. Qxb2 {[%csl Rd8,Rg8][%cal Gb7b8]} (30. Rb8 $4 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Be5+ {
[%csl Rb8,Rh2]}) 30... Re7 31. Rb8 (31. Bxc6 $4 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Qd6+ 33. f4 (33.
g3 $2 Qxc6 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Ge1h1]} 34. Rb8+ Re8 35. Qe5 Rc8 $17) 33... Qxc6
34. Rxa7 $11) (31. Bg4 $5 Rxb7 32. Qxb7 $18) 31... Rxd7 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Qb7
$18 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6]}) ({It was necessary:} 29... Be5 30. Bxe8 Qxe8 31. Rxa7 $18
) 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1999.03.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zilberman, Yaacov"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 $6 O-O 6. Be2 c5 $5 {
Is the main line,other lines are:} (6... dxc4 $5) (6... c6 $6) (6... e6) ({and
} 6... b6) 7. O-O {Is the main move,other alternatives are:} (7. cxd5) ({and} 
7. dxc5) 7... cxd4 {Is the better than:} (7... Nc6 $6) (7... dxc4) 8. exd4 Nc6
9. Bg5 $5 {Other options are:} (9. Be3 $5) (9. Bf4) (9. h3 $5) (9. Re1 $5) (9.
Ne5 $6) 9... Be6 $5 ({Dubious:} 9... Ne4 {in view of:} 10. Be3 {+/=/=}) ({and} 
9... dxc4) 10. Rc1 {Besides,white has two options:} (10. c5) ({and} 10. cxd5
Bxd5 $5 (10... Nxd5 $5) 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qa4 Ne4 13. Be3 Nd6 14. Rac1 Nf5 15.
Bc4 Qd6 16. Rfd1 a6 $15 {Xu Jun - Ljubojevic, Dubai (ol) 1986.}) 10... Rc8 $5 (
{Good enough:} 10... dxc4 $1 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. d5 Bxc3 $8 13. dxe6 (13. dxc6 $2
Bxb2 {[%cal Gc4c3]}) 13... Qxd1 (13... Bxb2 $6 14. exf7+ Kh8 (14... Rxf7 15.
Bxc4 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 $36) 15. Rxc4 Rxf7 $13) 14. exf7+ Kxf7 15. Rfxd1 Bxb2 16.
Bxc4+ Kf6 17. Rb1 Ba3 $1 18. Rxb7 $140 $4 (18. Bd3 $5 $15 {[%csl Rb7][%cal
Gd3e4]}) 18... Na5 19. Rc7 Bd6 {[%csl Rc4]} 20. Rxd6+ exd6 $19) (10... Ne4 $5 {
Ernst} 11. Bh4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Na5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 $10) ({Also possibly:} 10... h6
$5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qd2 Bg7 13. Rfd1 Bg4 $5 {Anand} (13... Qd6 $2 {-see
comments to Azmaiparashvili,Z-Bischoff,K/Dortmund,1992/CBM 29/(1-0)(Anand)(54)}
) (13... b6 $5 {/\ Na5}) 14. cxd5 (14. Nxd5 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nxd4 $11) 14... Bxf3
15. Bxf3 (15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. d5 Bd7 $11) 15... Nxd4 $10) 11. b3 ({Worse is:} 11.
c5 {in view of:} Ne4 12. Be3 (12. Bf4 $143 Bg4 $36) 12... Nxc5 $5 13. dxc5 d4
$15 {[%csl Rc3,Gd4,Re3]}) 11... Qa5 $1 $146 (11... Ne4 $6 12. Nxe4 (12. Nxd5 $2
Nxg5 13. Nxg5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Qxd5 $17 {[%csl Rd4]} 15. Nxf7 $2 Qxf7 16. Bc4 e6
17. d5 Ne5 18. dxe6 Qe7 $19 {0-1 Wittwer,M-Dubeck,M/SWZ 1997/EXT 99 (38)})
12... dxe4 13. d5 exf3 14. Bxf3 Qa5 {[%csl Rg5]} 15. Bd2 Qxa2 16. dxe6 fxe6 17.
Bg4 $36) ({and:} 11... h6 $5 {-was checked in the previous games:} 12. Bxf6 $5
(12. Be3 $5 Qa5 13. Qd2 Rfd8 $1 14. Rfd1 (14. Bxh6 $2 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 dxc4 $17 {
><d4}) 14... Kh7 {/\ Ng4} 15. h3 Qb4 (15... Rd7 $5 {/\ Qd8}) 16. Ne1 (16. Bd3
$5) 16... dxc4 17. bxc4 Ne5 $1 18. Ne4 Qa4 19. Nc3 Qa5 20. Ne4 Qa4 (20... Qxd2
$2 21. Bxd2 $16) 21. Nc3 Qa5 {1/2-1/2 Blanco Fernandez,A-Borges Mateos,J/Pinar
del Rio,1995/Inf 66/(408)[Blanco Fernandez,A] (21)}) 12... Bxf6 13. Qd2 Kg7 (
13... Bg7 $142 14. Rfd1 b6 {/\ Na5<=>}) 14. Rfd1 Qd7 15. Qe3 Rfd8 16. Na4 Qc7
17. h3 b6 18. a3 Qb8 19. Nc3 {+/=/=;1-0 Eilers,S-Oswald,H/Niedersachsen 1994/
GER (30)}) 12. Qd2 $6 ({In my opinion better is:} 12. Bd2 $5 Qd8 {[%csl Rd4]}
13. Bg5 (13. Be3 Ng4 $11) 13... Qa5 $11) 12... Rfd8 {[%csl Rd2,Gd8]} 13. Rfd1 (
{Badly:} 13. c5 $2 {because of:} Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Nd2 Nc6 $1
{=/+/-/+}) 13... dxc4 14. bxc4 Bg4 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gg4f3]} 15. Be3 ({Dubious:
} 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 $2 {in view of:} (16. d5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ne5 $15) 16...
Qxd2 17. Nxf6+ (17. Rxd2 $144 Bxf3 18. Nxf6+ exf6) 17... exf6 18. Rxd2 Bxf3 19.
Bxf3 Nxd4 $17 20. Bxb7 $140 $2 Rc7 {[%csl Rb7,Rd2][%cal Gd4f3]} 21. Rxd4 (21.
Bd5 $4 Rxd5 $19) (21. Rcd1 $4 Rxb7 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Rb1+ 24. Rd1 Rxd1#)
21... Rxd4 22. Ba6 {-/+/-+_|_}) 15... Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ne5 $1 $15 {Is the better
than:} (16... Nxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 18. Nd5 $1 (18. Qg5 $143 {[%csl Ra5,Rg5]} Rxd4
$1 19. Rxd4 $140 h6 20. Qh4 exd4 21. Qxd4 $15) 18... Qxd2 19. Ne7+ $1 (19. Rxd2
$2 Nxd5 {[%cal Gg7h6]} 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 $1 {-/+/-+} (20... exd4 $5 21. Bxb7 $140
Bh6 22. Bxc8 Bxd2 23. Rd1 Rxc8 24. Rxd2 Rxc4 $17)) 19... Kf8 20. Rxd2 Kxe7 (
20... exd4 $2 21. Nxc8 Bh6 22. Nxa7 Bxd2 23. Rb1 $14) 21. Re1 $1 (21. Bxb7 $2
Bh6 $1 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxd8 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Rxd8 $17) 21... e4 $1 (21... Nd7 $6
22. Bxb7 Rxc4 23. Bxa7 {+/=/=}) 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4+ Kf8 {=/=/+}) 17. Ne4 $6
(17. Bxb7 $142 $5 Nxc4 18. Qe1 Rc7 19. Bf3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Rdc8 $15) (17. Nd5 $2
Qxd2 (17... Nxf3+ $2 18. gxf3 Qxd2 (18... Qa3 $5) 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Rxd2 {
=/+/=_|_}) 18. Nxf6+ $8 (18. Rxd2 $4 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Nxd5 $19 {[%csl Rc1]}) (18.
Nxe7+ $4 Kf8 19. dxe5 (19. Rxd2 $2 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Kxe7 $19) 19... Qxd1+ 20.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Kxe7 22. exf6+ Bxf6 $19) 18... Bxf6 19. Rxd2 Rxc4 20. Rxc4
Nxc4 21. Rc2 b5 $17) 17... Nxf3+ (17... Nxc4 $4 18. Rxc4 Qxd2 19. Nxd2 $18 {
[%cal Yd2c4]}) 18. gxf3 Qf5 $5 ({Slightly worse is:} 18... Qh5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6
20. Kg2 (20. Qe2 $2 Bxd4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rc1,Rg1,Gh5][%cal Gh5g5]}) 20... Bxd4 $1
(20... e5 $2 21. d5 e4 22. Qe2 Be5 23. h3 $11) 21. Bxd4 e5 22. Qe3 exd4 23.
Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 b5 $1 $17 (24... Qg5+ $143 25. Qg4 $15)) 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.
Kg2 (20. Qe2 $2 {is refuted by:} Bxd4 $1 21. Bxd4 Qg5+ $1 22. Kh1 Rxd4 $19 {
[%csl Rc1]}) 20... Bxd4 $1 (20... e5 $2 21. d5 e4 22. Qe2 $13 (22. fxe4 $6 Qg4+
(22... Qxe4+ $2 23. f3 $14) 23. Kf1 Qxe4 $36)) 21. Bxd4 e5 22. Qe3 exd4 23.
Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 b5 $3 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gf5c5]} ({After:} 24... Qg5+ {
[%csl Rc1]} 25. Qg4 {[%csl Rc8]} Qxg4+ 26. fxg4 Rc5 27. Kf3 {[%cal Gf3e4,Ge4d4]
} h5 28. h3 hxg4+ 29. hxg4 {I have a slight advantage in the endgame.}) 25. Re1
(25. c5 $2 Qg5+ 26. Qg4 Rxc5 27. Qxg5 (27. Rxc5 Qxc5 $19) 27... Rxg5+ 28. Kf1
a5 $19 {/\b4,Rf5}) 25... Qg5+ $1 (25... bxc4 $143 26. Re5 {[%csl Rf5]} Qb1 {
=/+/-/+}) 26. Kf1 bxc4 27. Qxa7 c3 $17 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Gc3c2]} 28. Qd7 Qc5 29.
Qd3 (29. Re8+ $143 Rxe8 30. Qxe8+ Kg7 31. Qe1 c2 32. Qc1 Qc4+ 33. Ke1 Qxa2 34.
Kd2 Qa7 $5 $19) ({Can be recommended:} 29. a4 $5 c2 30. Rc1 $17) 29... c2 30.
Rc1 Qb4 {[%csl Ra2,Rc1][%cal Gb4b2]} 31. Qb3 ({Loses right away:} 31. Ke2 {
because of:} Re8+ 32. Kf1 Qf4 $3 {[%csl Rf1]} 33. Rxc2 Qxh2 $19 {[%csl Rf1]
[%cal Gh2h1]}) 31... Qd4 32. Kg2 Qd2 33. Qe3 Qd1 34. h4 ({Slightly better is:} 
34. a4 $5 Ra8 $17) 34... h5 35. Qf4 $2 (35. a4 $142) 35... Re8 {[%cal Ge8e1]}
36. Qa4 ({Also loses:} 36. a4 {in view of:} Kg7 $1 $19 {[%csl Rc1,Yd4,Ye5,Yf6]
[%cal Ge8e1]} (36... Re1 $4 37. Qb8+ Kg7 (37... Kh7 38. Qc7 $11 {[%cal Gc7f7]})
38. Qb2+ Kh7 39. Qb3 {[%cal Gb3f7]} (39. Qf6 $4 Rg1+ 40. Kh2 Rh1+ 41. Kg2 Kg8
$1 $19) (39. Qb7 $5) 39... Kg8 40. Qb8+ $11)) 36... Re1 $1 $19 {[%cal Gd1c1]} (
36... Qxc1 $2 37. Qxe8+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ Kh7 39. Qc7 $1 $11) 37. Rxc2 Rg1+ 38. Kh2
Rh1+ (38... Qf1 $143 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40. Qe5+ Kh7 41. Qg5 $8 (41. Qg3 $2 Rh1#)
41... Rh1+ $1 (41... Rxg5 $5 $19) 42. Kg3 Rh3+ 43. Kf4 Qd3 $1 {[%csl Rf3][%cal
Gd3c2,Gh3f3,Gd3d4]} 44. Qg2 (44. Ke5 Qxc2 $19) 44... Qd4+ 45. Kg5 Qe5#) ({
Safely:} 38... Rh1+ 39. Kg3 Qg1+ 40. Kf4 Rxh4+ {[%csl Ra4]}) 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 12th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sapis, Witalis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. Bxf5
gxf5 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 e6 11. Ne2 Kh8 {TN} (11... Nd7 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Nf4 Bf8
14. Ne1 f6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Ned3 $14 {Najdorf,M-Sanguinetti,R Mar del Plata
1957}) 12. Nf4 Bf6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Rac1 Be7 {[/\15...Bd6<=>>>]} 15. Rfd1 Bd6
16. Ne5 $5 $14 Qe7 (16... Nxe5 $6 17. dxe5 Be7 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Qh5 $40 {
(/\20.f3,21.Nxd5)}) 17. Qh5 {[/\18.Ng6+]} Nef6 $5 18. Qh4 (18. Neg6+ $2 fxg6
19. Nxg6+ Kg7 $19) 18... Qe8 $1 (18... Rg8 19. c5 $1 Bxe5 (19... Bc7 20. Nxd7
$18) 20. dxe5 $18) 19. f3 Rg8 20. Rc2 $5 {[/\21.Rdc1,22.cxd5-><<]} Rg7 21. Kh1
Be7 22. Qh3 $6 (22. Qe1 $5 {[/\23.cxd5,24.Qa5-><<]}) 22... Rd8 23. Rdc1 Bd6 24.
cxd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 (25. Nh5 Rg5 26. e4 f6 $132) 25... cxd5 26. Qh4 $5 {[/\27.
Qxd8,/\Qh4-e1a5]} Nf8 $1 27. e4 $6 (27. Qe1 $142 $14) 27... Be7 $1 {[/\28...
Bg5]} 28. Qe1 Bg5 29. Rd1 f6 $1 30. Nd3 fxe4 31. fxe4 dxe4 32. Qxe4 Qg6 $13 33.
Nc5 $1 (33. Qe2 e5 $132 {(/\34...Rgd7)}) 33... b6 34. Qxg6 hxg6 35. Ne4 Nh7 36.
d5 $5 e5 $8 (36... exd5 37. Nxg5 Nxg5 38. Bxf6 $18) 37. Rc6 (37. Rf2 $142 $14)
37... Rgd7 $2 $138 (37... Rf7 $1 $13 {(/\38...Kg7)}) 38. Nxg5 Nxg5 39. Rxf6
Rxd5 40. Rxd5 Rxd5 41. h4 (41. Rd6 $5 Rxd6 (41... Rc5 42. Rxg6 $16) 42. Bxe5+
Kg8 43. Bxd6 Kf7 44. Kg1 Ke6 45. Bb8 a6 46. Kf2 $16) 41... Ne4 42. Rxg6 Kh7 43.
h5 $1 (43. Rc6 Nf2+ 44. Kh2 Rd3 $1 $132 {(/\45...Ng4+)}) 43... Nf2+ 44. Kh2 Nd3
45. Bc3 Rc5 46. Bd2 Rc2 47. Bg5 Rxa2 {(/\48...Nf4)} (47... Nf4 48. Bxf4 exf4
49. Rf6 Rxa2 50. Rxf4 Rb2 51. Kh3 $1 (51. b4 Kh6 $10) 51... Rxb3+ 52. Kh4 a5
53. g4 b5 54. Rf7+ Kg8 55. Ra7 $18) 48. Rh6+ Kg8 49. Rf6 $5 (49. Kh3 Nf4+ 50.
Bxf4 exf4 51. Rf6 Rf2 $10) 49... Rf2 (49... Ne1 50. Rg6+ Kh7 51. Bf6 $16) 50.
Rg6+ Kh7 51. Kg3 $1 $16 {[/\Rg6-d6-d7]} Rb2 52. Rd6 $2 (52. Rc6 $1 Rxb3 53.
Rc7+ Kg8 54. Kg4 $18) 52... Nc5 $1 53. Kh3 $1 $14 Rxb3+ 54. Kh4 $1 (54. g3 $2
Rxg3+ 55. Kxg3 Ne4+ $17) 54... Rb2 (54... Rd3 55. Rc6 Rd7 56. g4 $36) 55. g3 {
[/\Rd6-c6-c7]} Rh2+ 56. Kg4 Ne4 57. Rd7+ Kg8 58. h6 {[/\59.Bh4]} (58. Bh4 $5
$16) 58... Rxh6 $5 59. Rd8+ Kh7 60. Bxh6 Kxh6 61. Ra8 Kg6 62. Rxa7 Nf6+ 63. Kh4
$1 {[/\64.Rg7,g3-g4-g5...]} (63. Kf3 Kf5 64. Rb7 e4+ 65. Ke3 Ke5 $10) 63... Kf5
64. Rg7 Nd5 (64... e4 65. g4+ Nxg4 (65... Kf4 66. Rf7 Ke5 67. g5 $18) 66. Rxg4
e3 67. Rg8 (67. Kg3 $2 e2 68. Rf4+ Ke5 $19) 67... Ke4 68. Kg3 Kd3 69. Kf3 $18)
65. g4+ Ke4 66. g5 Nf4 67. Kg4 $1 $18 Kd5 68. Kf5 b5 69. Re7 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Be6 8. cxd5
cxd5 (8... Bxd5 9. Qc2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 (10... Na6 11. Rd1 Ne8 12. e4 Nd6 13.
Bf4 $14 {Smejkal,J-Meduna,E/BL/1990/}) 11. Rd1 (11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Be2
Qe7 14. Be3 $14 {Mohr,S-Soffer,R/Bad Lauterberg/1991/}) 11... Qc7 12. e4 (12.
a4 a5 13. b3 Rac8 14. Ba3 Rfe8 15. Rac1 $14 {Douven,R-Flear,G/Wijk-B/1988/})
12... e5 13. d5 Rac8 (13... cxd5 14. exd5 Rac8 15. d6 Qb8 16. Be3 $16 {Cvitan,
O-Beil,Z/Reggio/1991/}) 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15. Be3 (15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Nb6 $10 {
Larsen,B-Smyslov,V/Bugojno/1984/}) 15... Nb6 16. Rac1 Nc4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6
Qxf6 19. Bg4 Rcd8 20. Nd5 Qg5 21. Qxc4 Qxg4 22. h3 $16 {Cvitan,O-Torre,E/Novi
Sad ol/1990/}) 9. Qb3 (9. Ne5 Nbd7 (9... Nfd7 10. Nd3 Nf6 11. Qb3 Bc8 $14 {
Mohr,S-Kamsky,G/Bad Mergentheim/1989/}) 10. Nd3 Bf5 11. Qb3 (11. a4 e6 12. g4
Bxd3 13. Qxd3 h5 $13 {Donner,J-Hort,V/Wijk/1968/}) 11... Bxd3 12. Bxd3 Nb6 13.
a4 $14 {Stohl,I-Meduna,E/Praha/1989/}) (9. b3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Nd2 Nxc3 12.
Bxc3 $10 {Rukavina,J-Djuric,S/JUG-ch/1985/}) 9... Qb6 10. Qxb6 (10. Qa3 Nc6 11.
Na4 Qc7 12. Bd2 Bg4 13. Rac1 $14 {Petrosian,A-Palatnik,S/USSR/1982/}) (10. Bd2
Nc6 11. Rfc1 Rfc8 (11... Qxb3 12. axb3 Ne4 13. Be1 f5 14. b4 $14 {Marin,
M-Kosic,D/Eforie Nord/1988/}) 12. Na4 Qxb3 13. axb3 Ne4 14. Be1 Bd7 15. b4 $14
{Hracek,Z-Summerscale,A/Oakham/1990/}) 10... axb6 {0,5/Cvitan,O-Ninov,K/
Sarajevo/1988/} 11. b3 Bg4 (11... Rc8 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Rfc1 h6 $10 {
Gheorghiu,F-Meduna,E/Biel/1983/}) 12. Na4 (12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Rfc1 Rfc8 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 e6 16. Be2 Bf8 17. Na4 {0,5/Horvath,J-Gulko,B/Manila ol/1992/})
12... Nfd7 (12... Nbd7 13. Bd2 $14 {/\Bb4}) 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 15. Bd2 Nc6
16. Be2 $14 {>< b5, >< Pb6} Na7 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Kf1 Bf8 19. b4 {/\ b4-b5,
פa7} Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Rc8 (20... Nc6 21. Bb5 $16) (20... Nc8 21. Bb5 $16) 21.
Rxc8 Nxc8 22. Bd3 {/\Ke2} (22. Bb5 Nb8 {/\Nc6//\Nd6}) 22... Nd6 23. Be1 f5 (
23... Nc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. b5 $16 {>< Pc4}) 24. Ke2 Kf7 25. f3 {>< e4} Ke8 26.
Bg3 Kd8 27. Nc3 {/\a2-a3 + e3-e4, ^^} Nf6 28. a3 Be7 29. Bf4 {/\g2-g4 ()} h5
30. h4 Nfe8 {/\Bxh4} 31. g3 {/\e3-e4} Nf6 32. Kd2 Kd7 33. Kc2 Kc6 34. Kb3 Bf8
35. a4 {/\ Nc3-e2, Bf4-e5, Ne2-f4, קe6, קg6} Be7 36. Be5 Kd7 37. Ne2 Ke8 38.
Nf4 Kf7 39. Nh3 Bf8 (39... Nd7 $5 40. Ng5+ Bxg5 41. Bxd6 Bd8 42. e4 $14) 40.
Be2 Nd7 41. Bf4 {/\g3-g4} Nf6 42. a5 $1 {()} bxa5 43. bxa5 {/\Ka4-(b5)} Ke8 44.
Ka4 Be7 {[#]} 45. Ng5 Kd7 46. Bb5+ $18 Nxb5 $8 47. Kxb5 Ng8 (47... Bd8 48. Nf7
Bc7 49. Bxc7 Kxc7 50. Ne5 {Bulletin}) 48. Nf7 (48. Kb6 Bb4 (48... Bxg5 49. hxg5
Kc8 50. Bd6 $18 {(.)})) 48... Bf6 {>< e5} (48... Nf6 49. Ne5+ {/\Nxg6}) 49. Kb6
1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O h6 {N} (7...
b6) (7... dxc4) (7... Bg4) (7... Be6) 8. Ne5 Be6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9... cxd5 $5 10.
Nd3 {/\Bf3+Nf4}) 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 {/\f4+/-} Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 h5
14. a4 Nd7 15. Ba3 Nxe5 16. Bxe7 Rfe8 17. Bg5 $14 {<->d} Bc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19.
f3 b6 (19... a5 {/\b7-b5} 20. Rab1 $16) 20. Rd4 b5 21. h3 a5 22. g4 hxg4 23.
hxg4 Kg7 24. Kf2 Ra7 25. Rb1 $16 c5 26. Rd5 Nb6 27. Rd6 Re6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29.
Rxb5 (29. axb5 a4 30. Be3 $16) 29... Nxa4 30. Bd2 {פa4} c4 31. Be3 Ra6 32.
Bd4+ $138 Kf8 $138 33. Ke3 Ke7 34. f4 Kd6 35. f5 (35. Rg5 $18) 35... gxf5 36.
exf5 exf5 37. gxf5 Kc6 38. Re5 Kd7 $138 {Hansen,C} 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kharitonov} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 $1 (6. Bd3
{Kharitonov} O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qd6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Rfd8
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. b3 $14 {Kharitonov,A-Samarin,I/ Moscow/ 1992/1/2-1/2/ 59})
6... O-O 7. O-O dxc4 (7... Bg4 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Qb3 $14) 8. Bxc4 Bg4 9. h3 (9.
Be2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. d5 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nc5 14. Be3 $14 {Lev,
R-Shvidler,E/Tel Aviv/1994/}) 9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 e5 12. d5 (12.
Bb3 {Kharitonov} Qe7 13. dxe5 Qxe5 (13... Nxe5 14. Qe2 Rfd8 15. f4 $5 {Alburt})
14. e4 $14 {Alburt,L - Finegold,B/ New York op/ 1994/ 1:0/ 29}) 12... e4 $5 {
Semenova} 13. Nxe4 (13. Qf4 $5 Qe7 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Bb3 a5 (16...
Rad8 $13 {Kharitonov}) 17. Rab1 Rfd8 (17... a4 18. Bc2 Rfe8 19. Be1 a3 20. bxa3
Nfd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Qg4 Rxa3 23. Bb3 $14 {Razuvaev,Y-Lukov,V/Geneva/1993/})
18. Be1 Nbd5 19. Bxd5 $1 cxd5 20. Nb5 Qb7 21. a4 $14 {Horvath,C-Frendzas,P/
EUCup Balatonbereny/ 1994/}) 13... Nxe4 (13... Ne5 $5 {Kharitonov} 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. Qe2 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 cxd5 17. Rxd5 Qb6 $44) 14. Qxe4 Nb6 (14... Nf6 $6
15. Qf3 cxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. e4 $1 Rc8 18. exd5 Rc2 19. Qb3 Qc8 20. Rb1 Rd8
21. Be3 b6 22. Rbc1 $16 {Hutters,T-Schwartzman,G/Groningen op/1993/}) 15. Bb3
cxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 $5 (16... Re8 17. Qf3 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Qe7 19. Rb1 Rac8 20. b3
(20. Bd2 {Kharitonov} Rc2 21. a4 Bxb2 22. e4 $14 {Muresan,M-Semenova,L (07)/
Bad Kissingen cm/ 1983/1:0/ 46}) 20... Rc2 21. a4 Bc3 22. Qd1 Qe4 23. Rd8 Rxd8
24. Qxd8+ Kg7 25. Ba3 $16 {Marin,M-Flear,G/Szirak izt/1987/}) 17. Rxd5 Qb6 18.
Qd3 $5 $146 (18. Rb1 Rad8 19. Rd2 Qa5 20. b4 Qa4 21. Qc2 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 Rc8 23.
Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bb2 Rc2 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. a4 b6 27. b5 Rc4 28. Ra1 f5 $10 {
Illescas Cordoba,M-Hübner,R/Groningen PCA/1993/}) 18... Rad8 $6 {x Rf8} (18...
Rfd8 $142 $5) 19. e4 $1 Bd4 20. Kh1 $1 Bxf2 21. Bh6 Rxd5 (21... Rfe8 22. Rd1
$36 Rc8 {Kharitonov} 23. Qf3 Bc5 24. Rd7 Be7 $14) 22. exd5 Rd8 23. Rd1 $16 Qd6
(23... Qxb2 24. d6 $16) (23... Bc5 {Kharitonov} 24. Qc3 f6 25. b3 {/\ Qc4,Re1,
Bf4+/-}) 24. Qc3 f6 25. Rf1 Bh4 (25... Qb6 $2 {Kharitonov} 26. d6 $1 (26. Rxf2
$2 Qxf2 27. Qc7 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Qe5+ $19) 26... Bd4 (26... Rxd6 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28.
Rxf2 $18) 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. Qf7 f5 29. Re1 Qb5 30. d7 $18) 26. Qb3 $1 Bg5 (26...
Qxd5 $4 27. Rd1 $18) (26... b6 27. Qa4 (27. Bf4 {Kharitonov} Qd7 28. d6+ $16)
27... Bg5 28. Bxg5 fxg5 29. Qxa7 $16) 27. Bxg5 fxg5 28. Qxb7 Qxd5 29. Qxa7 Ra8
30. Qe3 Qxa2 (30... Rxa2 $4 31. Qe8+ Kg7 32. Qf8#) 31. Qxg5 Rb8 (31... Qxb2 $4
32. Qd5+ $18) 32. b4 $1 Qc4 (32... Rxb4 $4 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qf8#) 33. Rf4 Qe6
34. Rd4 $16 Rxb4 $4 (34... Kg7 $16) (34... Qe8 $142 $16 {Kharitonov}) 35. Qd8+
$1 (35. Rxb4 $2 Qe1+ $10) 35... Kg7 36. Qc7+ Kh6 37. Qc1+ $1 (37. Qc1+ $1 g5
38. Rxb4 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikitin, Andrey"]
[Black "Hasangatin, Ramil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nfd7 9. e4 Nb6 10. Be2 Bg4 11. Be3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nc4 13. Qb3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Qb6
15. Qxb6 axb6 16. e5 Na6 17. Bd1 f6 18. Bb3+ Kh8 19. exf6 exf6 20. e4 b5 21.
Rfe1 Rfe8 22. a3 Rad8 23. Rad1 b4 24. axb4 Nxb4 25. Kf2 f5 26. e5 Re7 27. Kf3
c5 28. dxc5 Rd3+ 29. Rxd3 Nxd3 30. Rd1 Nxe5+ 31. Kg3 Nc6 32. Bd5 Be5+ 33. Kf3
g5 34. h3 Kg7 35. g4 Bxc3 36. Bxc6 bxc6 37. bxc3 {[#] Die Stellung ist in der
Balance, wenn sich Weiß gut verteidigt. Er tut es nicht unbedingt (Zug 39),
und ab Zug 56 erhält Schwarz verbundene gegen einen Doppelfreibauer, der das
Nachsehen hat.} Kf6 38. Rd6+ Re6 39. Rd7 $2 {Zeitnot?!} (39. gxf5 $1 Kxf5 40.
Rxe6 (40. c4 h5 $15) 40... Kxe6 41. Kg4 Kd5 (41... Kf6 42. Kh5 Kf5 43. Kh6 g4
44. hxg4+ Kxg4 45. Kxh7 Kf5 46. Kg7 Ke4 47. Kf6 Kd5 48. Ke7 Kxc5 49. Kd7 $11)
42. Kxg5 Kxc5 43. Kh6 Kc4 44. Kxh7 Kxc3 45. h4 $11) 39... h6 40. gxf5 Kxf5 41.
Rf7+ Ke5 42. Rd7 Rf6+ 43. Kg3 Kf5 44. Rd8 Ke5 45. Rd7 Kf5 46. Rd8 h5 47. Rh8
h4+ 48. Kf3 Kg6+ 49. Ke3 Re6+ 50. Kd4 Kf5 51. Rf8+ Rf6 52. Re8 Kf4 53. Re3 Rf8
54. Re6 Kg3 55. Rg6 Rf5 56. Rxc6 Kxh3 {[#]} 57. Rg6 g4 58. c6 Rf8 59. Kd5 g3
60. c7 Kg2 61. Kd6 h3 62. Ke7 Rc8 63. Kd7 Rxc7+ 64. Kxc7 h2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Likavsky, Tomas"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. e4 Qd8 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Be2 Nd7 13. Qc2 c5 14. d5 Qc7 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qe5 17. b3 Qxa1 18. Rxa1 Bxa1 19. Be2 Rad8 20. f4 e5 21. dxe6
fxe6 22. Bc4 Rfe8 23. f5 Nf8 24. Bb5 exf5 25. Bxe8 Rxe8 26. Qc4+ Kg7 27. Qc1
Bf6 28. Bh6+ Kf7 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Qc4+ Ne6 31. Bf4 Kg6 32. Bd6 Ng5 33. Kh2 Bd4
34. h4 Ne4 35. Bf4 Nf6 36. a4 Re4 37. h5+ Kg7 38. Qc1 {[#] Schwarz gedachte
mit einer Fesselungskombination, gewürzt mit einer Springergabel, den Sieg an
seine Fahnen zu heften. Doch da war noch eine Antifessel....!!} Rxf4 39. Qxf4
Ng4+ ({Geplant war nun} 39... Be5 40. Qxe5 {doch 40...Sg4+ scheitert an der
Fesselung des Sf6!!}) 40. Kh3 Nf2+ 41. Kg3 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Black "Terentiev, Vitaly G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Voronezh OShK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Qb3 Bc8 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Bd2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bc3 Qc7
15. Qd5 Bf5 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. g4 Rfd8 18. Qa5 Be6 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Bd4 Rdc8
21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Ra1 a6 23. a4 Bb3 24. Kg2 e6 25. h4 h6 26. Kg3 Bf8 27. Bc3
Be7 28. Bd1 Bd5 29. a5 g5 30. h5 Bc6 31. Be2 Rd7 32. Rc1 Bd8 33. b4 Ba4 34. Bd4
Bc7 35. Kg2 Kf8 36. f3 Bc6 37. fxe4 Bxe4+ 38. Bf3 Bxf3+ 39. Kxf3 {[#] Der
weiße Vorteil besteht in dem großen Raumvorteil und den fixierten schwarzen
Bauernschwächen b7 und h6. Die einzige offene Linie gehört ebenfalls Weiß.} Kg7
40. Ke4 Kf8 41. Rf1 Kg7 42. Rc1 Bd8 43. Rc8 Be7 44. Rc4 Kf8 45. Bb6 Kg7 46. Bd4
Kf8 47. Kd3 Bd8 48. Rc2 Be7 (48... Rc7 $1 {und ich kann nicht erkennen, wie
Weiß gewinnen will - mit oder ohne Turmtausch. Jetzt allerdings ist das
Lavieren vorbei, und Weiß bereitet den Abtausch seines b-Bauern gegen den
a-Bauern vor}) 49. Rc8+ Kg7 50. Kc4 Kh7 51. Kb3 Kg7 52. Ka4 Kh7 53. Bb6 Kg7 54.
Rc4 Kf8 55. Rc8+ Kg7 56. Re8 Kh7 57. b5 axb5+ 58. Kxb5 Rd5+ 59. Kc4 Rd7 {
[#] Jetzt hat Weiß einen klaren Gewinnplan, der auf dem beweglich gewordenen
a-Bauern beruht...} 60. Ra8 $1 Kg7 61. e4 Ba3 (61... f6 62. Ra7 fxe5 (62... Bd8
63. Bxd8 Rxd8 64. Rxb7+ Kg8 65. a6 $18) 63. a6 Bd8 64. Bxd8 Rxd8 65. axb7 (65.
Rxb7+ Kf6 {Achtung, Pattfalle, die mit Th7 zerstört werden kann.}) 65... Rb8
66. Kc5 $18) 62. Ra7 $1 Bb2 63. a6 Bxe5 64. Rxb7 Rxb7 65. axb7 Bb8 66. Bd4+ f6
67. Kb5 Kf7 68. Kc6 f5 69. Bc5 fxe4 (69... fxg4 70. Bd6 $18) (69... f4 70. Kd7
f3 71. Kc8 Be5 72. b8=Q Bxb8 73. Kxb8 Kf6 74. Bd4+ $18) 70. Bd6 Ba7 71. b8=Q
Bxb8 72. Bxb8 e3 73. Bg3 Kf6 74. Kd6 e2 75. Be5+ Kf7 76. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Flamenco Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Marbella"]
[Date "1999.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhu, Chen"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "1999.10.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. b4 O-O 7. Bb2 Bg4 8. Qb3
Bxf3 9. gxf3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qb3 a5 12. bxa5 Qxa5 13. Bg2 Nbd7 14. O-O
Rab8 15. Rab1 c5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qa7 18. dxc5 e6 19. Qd6 Bxb2 20. Rxb2
Nxc5 21. Rc1 Na4 22. Rbc2 b4 23. Rc7 Qb6 24. R1c6 Qb5 25. Qf4 Nc3 26. Bf1 Qf5
27. Qxf5 gxf5 28. Bc4 Rfd8 29. Ra6 Rbc8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Bb3 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Nc1
33. Ra4 Rb8 34. f4 Kg7 35. Ra7 Kf6 36. Rc7 Nxb3 37. axb3 h5 38. Ke2 h4 39. Kf3
Rg8 40. h3 Rb8 41. Rc4 Ke7 42. Rd4 Rb7 43. Ke2 Rb8 44. Kd3 Rg8 45. Rxb4 Rg1 46.
Rb7+ Kf6 47. Ke2 Rb1 48. Kf3 Rb2 49. Rb8 Kg7 50. b4 Kf6 51. b5 Ke7 52. b6 Kf6
53. Kg2 Rb1 54. f3 Rb2+ 55. Kf1 Rh2 56. Rc8 Rb2 57. Rc6 Ke7 58. Rc7+ Kd6 59.
Rxf7 Rxb6 60. Rh7 Rb1+ 61. Ke2 Rb2+ 62. Kd3 Rf2 63. Rxh4 Rxf3 64. Ke2 Rg3 65.
Kf2 Rg8 66. Rh7 Rf8 67. h4 e5 68. Rh6+ Kd5 69. Kf3 e4+ 70. Kf2 Ra8 71. Rf6 Ra2+
72. Kg3 Re2 73. Rxf5+ Kd6 74. Re5 Rxe3+ 75. Kg4 {[#] Dieses Endspiel erinnert
ein wenig an das Endspiel zwischen Timman und Short (El Escorial 1993). Dort
fehlte zwar der schwarze Bauer, doch war schwarze König zeitweise nur von der
f-Linie abgesperrt. Die Situation hier ist wesentlich besser für Weiß, denn
der e-Bauer ist bedeutungslos.} Re1 76. Kf5 e3 77. h5 e2 78. h6 Rh1 79. Rxe2
Rxh6 {[#] Diese Stellung ist leicht gewonnen, was Tablebase 1.0 untermauert.
Schwarz könnte nur remis halten, stünde sein Turm auf h8 und wäre er am Zuge.
Dann reicht Tf8+ zum Remis. Davon ist Smyslow hier meilenweit entfernt. Die
vertikale Sperre wirkt entscheidend.} 80. Kg5 Rh8 81. f5 Rg8+ 82. Kf6 Rf8+ 83.
Kg6 Rg8+ 84. Kf7 Rg1 85. f6 Kd7 86. Rd2+ Kc7 87. Ke7 Re1+ 88. Kf8 Rf1 89. f7
Rg1 90. Rd4 Rg2 91. Ke7 1-0

[Event "SUI-ch"]
[Site "Leukerbad"]
[Date "2002.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nemet, Ivan"]
[Black "Ekstroem, Roland"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2002.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Bg4 11. d5 N8d7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc5 14. Rd1
Nc8 15. Bc4 Nd6 16. Bf1 Rc8 17. Re1 Re8 18. Bf4 a6 19. g4 Qa5 20. Rac1 Qb4 21.
Rc2 Na4 22. Bd2 Nxc3 23. Bxc3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Qa5 25. Re3 Rc5 26. Qe2 Kf8 27. c4
Qc7 28. a4 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qe1 bxc4 31. Bg2 Rb5 32. Bf3 Qa5 33. Qe2 Qa1+
34. Kg2 Qd4 35. Qe1 Rb3 36. Rcc3 Reb8 37. Qd1 Qxd1 38. Bxd1 Rxc3 39. Rxc3 {
Der aktive schwarze König in Verbindung mit einem Mehrbauern und dem
schlechten weißen Läufer.} Rb2 {[%cal Rb2f2,Rd6e4]} 40. Bf3 g5 $1 $19 {[%cal
Gf8g7,Gg7f6,Gf6e5,Ge5d4]} 41. Ra3 Kg7 42. Ra7 Kf6 43. Rc7 Rb7 44. Rc6 Ke5 45.
Ra6 Kd4 46. Ra1 Kc3 47. Re1 Rc7 48. Re3+ Kb2 49. Bd1 Kc1 50. Ba4 Ra7 51. Re1+
Kd2 52. Rd1+ Kc3 {Das Endspiel spricht für sich selbst.} 0-1

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Tiayuan"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Bd3 (7. Bd2 a5 8.
a3 Bg7 9. b4 O-O 10. Be2 Ne4 11. O-O Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Bg4 13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 a4
15. Rad1 Ra7 16. f4 Qc8 17. Ng3 Nd7 18. Qe2 e6 19. Nd3 Rd8 20. Nh1 Nf8 21. g4
f6 22. Ng3 Re7 23. Qf2 e5 24. h3 Rde8 25. Rde1 Qd7 26. Kg2 exd4 27. exd4 Re4
28. f5 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Rxe1 30. Qxe1 Bh6 31. Kf3 Kf7 32. h4 Qe7 33. Qxe7+ {
1/2-1/2 Arlandi,E-Epishin,V/Reggio Emilia 1994/CBM 045 (33).}) 7... Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 a5 10. a3 Nbd7 11. Rb1 (11. Bd2 Qc7 $11) 11... b4 12. axb4 axb4 13.
Ne2 e5 14. dxe5 (14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Nd4 {führt zu einer
ausgeglichenen Stellung.}) 14... Ne4 15. Ned4 Qc7 16. Bd2 Ndxc5 (16... Rb8 $5 {
kommt in Betracht. Nach} 17. Qc2 ({Auf} 17. Rc1 Nexc5 18. Bb5 cxb5 19. Bxb4 Qb6
20. Qc2 {folgt} Ne6 21. Bxf8 Bxf8 22. Nc6 Ra8 {, und Weiß hat Schwierigkeiten;}
) 17... Nexc5 18. Be2 Re8 19. Rbc1 Bf8 {hat Weiß Mühe mit der Verteidigung des
Bauern auf e5.}) 17. Bxb4 Nxd3 18. Bxf8 $6 (18. Qxd3 {ist einfach und gut:} c5
({Die Fortsetzung} 18... Ba6 19. Qc2 c5 (19... Bxf1 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Rxf1 c5
22. b4 {ist offenbar günstig für Weiß.}) 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. Nb3 Qb8 22. Bc3 {
verheißt dem Weißen einigen Vorteil.}) 19. Rfc1 Qb6 20. Ba3 Rd8 (20... cxd4 21.
Bxf8 Bxf8 (21... Kxf8 22. Qxd4 {ist nicht besser für Schwarz.}) 22. Nxd4 {
ist angenehm für Weiß.}) 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. Nxb3 c4 23. Nbd4 {Weiß steht
bequemer.}) 18... Nexf2 19. Bd6 (19. Rxf2 Nxf2 20. Bd6 Nxd1 21. Bxc7 Nxe3 22.
Nxc6 {führt zu einer ausgeglichenen Stellung.}) 19... Nxd1 20. Bxc7 Nxe3 21.
Ra1 Ba6 22. Rfb1 c5 23. Nc6 Nc2 24. Ra5 ({Gediegener ist die Fortsetzung} 24.
Ne7+ Kf8 (24... Kh8 25. Ng5 {stürzt Schwarz in Schwierigkeiten.}) 25. Nxd5 Nxa1
26. Bd6+ Kg8 27. Rxa1 Bb7 28. Rxa8+ (28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Rd1 Nxb2 30. Rb1 Bxf3 {
verspricht dem Weißen nicht mehr.}) 28... Bxa8 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Nxg6+ (30. Nf5+
Kg8 31. Ne7+ $11) 30... Ke8 31. Ngh4 Bxf3 32. Nxf3 c4 {mit remis.}) 24... Bb7
25. Rxa8+ ({Zum Ausgleich führt auch} 25. Rd1 c4 (25... Nxb2 26. Rxd5 {ist
natürlich fatal für Schwarz.}) (25... Rxa5 26. Nxa5 Ba6 27. Nc6 {ist ebenfalls
nicht gefährlich für Weiß.}) 26. Rd2 Ne3 (26... Bxc6 27. Rxa8+ Bxa8 28. Rxc2 {
mit gleichem Spiel.}) 27. Rxa8+ Bxa8 28. Ncd4 {usw.}) 25... Bxa8 26. Nb8 $2 {
Offenbar soll der Springer nach d7 gebracht werden, aber der Textzug kostet
überflüssige Zeit. Nach} (26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Bd6 Ke8 28. Rd1 c4 29. b3 {ist die
Stellung ausgeglichen.}) 26... Bh6 (26... d4 {ist ebenfalls aussichtsreich:}
27. Rd1 (27. b3 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Bxe5 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. Rc1 d3 31. Kf2 c4 32. bxc4
Nxc4 {Schwarz erreicht ein Springerendspiel mit 3 gegen 2 Bauern am
Königsflügel. Er hat vorzügliche Gewinnaussichten.}) (27. Nd7 Bc6 28. Nf6+ Bxf6
29. exf6 Bxf3 30. gxf3 h6) 27... Bxf3 28. Rxd3 (28. gxf3 Bxe5) 28... Bxg2 {usw.
}) 27. Ba5 $2 (27. Nd7 d4 28. b3 {bot Aussichten auf Widerstand.}) 27... d4 28.
Nd7 c4 29. Bd2 {Die Lage dürfte schon hoffnungslos sein, aber dies
beschleunigt das Ende.} Be3+ 30. Bxe3 dxe3 {Jetzt ist der e-Bauer des
Schwarzen nicht mehr aufzuhalten.} 31. e6 ({Auf} 31. Kf1 {folgt} Bxf3 32. gxf3
Nd4) 31... fxe6 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS03 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 g6 6. e3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O c5
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Be3 e6 14. Rb1 Nc6 15.
d5 exd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. d6 Nf5 18. Bf4 b5 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Rc8 21. axb5
axb5 22. Be2 Nd4 23. Bxb5 Rc5 24. Ba4 Rc4 25. d7 Qa8 26. Bd6 Rd8 27. Be7 Rxa4
28. Bxd8 Ra7 29. Bb6 Rxd7 30. Bxd4 $18 Bxd4 31. Qe2 Kg7 32. Rbd1 Qd8 33. Rd2
Bf6 34. Rxd7 Qxd7 35. Rd1 Qa7 36. Qf3 (36. g4 {hätte mühelos gewonnen.}) 36...
h5 37. Rb1 (37. g3 $1 {Nun kann h5-h4 stets mit g3-g4 beantwortet werden. Weiß
bringt seine Dame nach d5 und den Turm nach b7; Schwarz muß den Punkt f7 mit
der Dame von e8 aus verteidigen. Dann macht Weiß Fortschritte, indem er den
König nach f3 bringt und Dd5-d7 spielt; nach Damentausch ist die Stellung
bequem gewonnen für Weiß. Vermeidet Schwarz den Damentausch mit De8-f8, so
wird Weiß nach geeigneter Vorbereitung mit seinen Schwerfiguren eindringen auf
der achten Reihe entscheidend eindringen. Ich bin nicht sicher, ob der Gewinn
nach dem Textzug noch erzwungen werden kann. Um seinem König einen geschützen
Platz zu schaffen, muß Weiß zu g2-g3, h4xg3, f2xg3 greifen; aber dann führt
Damentausch schon zum Remis.}) 37... h4 38. Qe4 Qa2 39. Rd1 Qb3 40. Qd5 Qb2 41.
Qd7 Qb3 42. Qg4 Qa2 43. Rd7 Qb1+ 44. Qd1 Qb2 45. Kf1 Qa2 46. Qd5 Qa6+ 47. Qd3
Qa1+ 48. Qd1 Qa6+ 49. Qe2 Qa1+ 50. Rd1 Qc3 51. Qd3 Qe5 52. Qd5 Qb2 53. Rd2 Qa1+
54. Ke2 Qa3 55. Rd3 Qe7+ 56. Kf3 Ba1 57. Rb3 Qf6+ 58. Ke2 Bd4 59. Rf3 Qa6+ 60.
Rd3 Ba1 61. Qe4 Bf6 62. Ke3 Bg5+ 63. f4 {Hiernach hat Weiß meines Erachtens
keine Gewinnaussichten mehr, weil er für seinen König keinen sicheren Platz
finden kann; Damentausch kann natürlich nicht erzwungen werden.} Bf6 64. Kf3
Qa1 65. Kg4 Qf1 66. Qf3 Qb1 67. Qe2 Qb5 68. Kf3 Qh5+ 69. Kf2 Qc5+ 70. Qe3 Qc2+
71. Rd2 Qc8 72. Kg1 Qf5 73. Rd1 Qc8 74. Qf3 Qf5 75. Kh1 Qc8 76. Qg4 Qc2 77. Rf1
Qd3 78. Qf3 Qf5 79. Kh2 Qc2 80. Rd1 Qc8 81. Qe4 Qc7 82. Kh1 Qc8 83. Rb1 Qd7 84.
Kh2 Qd2 85. Qf3 Qc2 86. Rd1 Qc7 87. Kh1 Qc8 88. Qg4 Qc2 89. Kh2 Qf2 90. Kh1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Clarin GP final"]
[Site "Villa Gesell"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Black "Garcia Palermo, Carlos H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.03.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 g6 {5...e6 gefällt mir besser.} 6.
e3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 {Es ist die Schlechter-Variante mit Einschaltung
der Züge a2-a4 und a7-a6 entstanden. Dies bedeutet einen substantiellen
Unterschied, wie Weiß sogleich demonstrieren wird. Folgende andere
Fortsetzungen sind hier probiert worden:} (8... c5 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. Qxd8 Rxd8
11. Bxc4 Nbd7 12. Rd1 Rf8 13. e4 Nxc5 14. e5 Nfd7 15. Bg5 e6 16. Be7 Re8 17.
Bd6 b6 18. b4 Nb7 19. Bc7 $16 {Bagaturov,G-Kargoll,B, Brno-C 1994, EXT 94.}) (
8... Ne4 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 cxd5 $10 {Fernandez Idoipe,J-Gomez Cabreso,L,
Zaragoza op-C 1995, EXT 95 op.}) (8... a5 $5 9. Qb3 Na6 10. Bd2 Nb4 11. Rfd1
Be6 {Baumegger,S-Gaertner, G/Oberwart op (05) ;EXP 53 1996 - (30)}) 9. Qb3 {
Weil das Zugpaar 4...a6 5.a4 im Vergleich zur Schlechter-Variante
eingeschaltet ist, fehlt dem Schwarzen jetzt die Möglichkeit zu 9...Db6.} Ra7 {
Dies ist natürlich einigermaßen häßlich.} 10. a5 e6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nbd7
13. Rd1 b5 {Obwohl der Textzug nicht überzeugend aussieht, weil der a-Bauer
des Schwarzen isoliert bleibt, ist er nicht einfach zu widerlegen. Sein
Vorteil besteht darin, daß er den Weißen daran hindert, die Initiative im
Zentrum zu ergreifen, und den Figuren des Schwarzen Bewegungsfreiheit
verschafft.} (13... Qc7 {geschah in der Partie Ehlvest,J-Miles,A, Biel 1996.
Ich gebe einige Hinweise zum weiteren Verlauf der Partie:} 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4
Nxe4 16. Bxe4 e5 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht; die Änderung der
Bauernstruktur begünstigt die Aktivität der weißen Läufer. V. Tukmakow
schreibt: "16...c5 17.d5 Sf6 18.d6! ist noch schlechter für Schwarz." (New in
Chess 6/1996, S.39). Dies ist sicherlich richtig; aber nach 16...Taa8 sehe ich
noch keinen allzu großen Vorteil für Weiß.} (16... Raa8 $5 17. Be3 Rad8 $14)
17. d5 f5 (17... c5 18. d6 {ist außerordentlich unerfreulich für Schwarz.}) (
17... Nc5 18. Qe3 cxd5 19. Rxd5 Rc8 20. b4 {kostet den Nachziehenden Material.}
) (17... cxd5 18. Bxd5 {läßt Schwarz in einer strategisch hoffnungslosen Lage
zurück.}) 18. Be3 Raa8 19. dxc6 {Solange Schwarz das Feld d5 kontrolliert, ist
der Vorstoß d5-d6 weniger wirksam. Weiß will die Stellung für sein Läuferpaar
öffnen; vielleicht war 19.d6 dennoch stärker.} bxc6 20. Bb6 {Die Dame des
Schwarzen wird abgedrängt und das Feld d8 unter Kontrolle genommen. Es spielt
keine entscheidende Rolle, daß der Läufer keine Züge mehr haben wird.} Qb7 $2 (
20... Qc8 $5 21. c5+ Kh8 22. Bd3 e4 23. Bc4 Ne5 {war ein entschieden besserer
Verteidigungsversuch.}) 21. c5+ Rf7 (21... Kh8 {wird mit} 22. Qe6 {(V.Tukmakow,
New in Chess 6/1996, S.39) beantwortet:} Nxb6 23. axb6 Rf6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25.
Qxc6 Rxc6 26. Rxa6 Rb8 27. b4 e4 28. Rd5 Rcc8 29. b5 {Schwarz wird den
Freibauern des Weißen nicht gewachsen sein.}) 22. Bb1 $1 Raf8 (22... Nf6 23.
Ba2 Nd5 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Qxd5 {kann der Nachziehende auch nicht überleben.})
23. Ba2 Kh8 24. Qxf7 Rxf7 25. Bxf7 Bf8 (25... Nxb6 26. axb6 Qxf7 27. Rd8+ Bf8
28. Rxa6 $18 {(V. Tukmakov, loc. cit.) Es gibt keine Rettung mehr für Schwarz;
seine Damenflügelbauern sind dem Tode geweiht.}) 26. Be6 {1-0 Ehlvest,J-Miles,
A/Biel SKA 1996 (37)}) 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. c5 Nbd7 16. Qa4 Qc7 17. Qa5 Qb7 18.
Be2 Rb8 19. Bd2 Ne8 20. Na2 {Obwohl das Manöver in der Partie von Erfolg
gekrönt ist, überzeugt es mich nicht besonders.} (20. b4 {war plausibler, um
auf e6-e5 gegebenenfalls d4xe5 zur Hand zu haben.}) 20... Nc7 21. Nb4 e5 $2 (
21... Rba8 {war nötig; Schwarz setzt mit Sc7-b5 fort. Der Vorteil des Weißen
ist wohl nur gering.}) 22. Qa4 $18 exd4 23. exd4 Bxd4 (23... Nb5 {ist
ebenfalls hoffnungslos:} 24. Bxb5 cxb5 25. Qb3 Nf6 (25... Nf8 26. Bf4 $18) 26.
Bg5 Ne4 27. c6 Qa8 28. Qxd5 $18) 24. Nxc6 Nxc5 25. Qxd4 ({Noch einfacher war} 
25. Ne7+ Kf8 26. Qxd4 Nb3 27. Qf6 Nxd2 28. Nc6 $18) 25... Qxc6 26. Bc3 f6 27.
Ra5 Nb5 28. Bxb5 Rxb5 29. Rxb5 axb5 30. Bb4 Na6 31. Qxa7 Nxb4 32. Qe7 Qc2 33.
Ra1 1-0

[Event "SWE-DEN"]
[Site "Skaenninge"]
[Date "1998.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hoi, Carsten"]
[Black "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1998.04.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 g6 6. e3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O dxc4 9. Ne5 Ne8 10. Nxc4 Be6 11. a5 Nd7 12. Bd2 (12. b4 $5) 12... Bxc4 13.
Bxc4 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qe2 Nd6 16. Ba2 e6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Rac1
Rac8 20. e4 Bd4+ 21. Be3 Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Ne8 23. e5 Nd7 24. f4 Qc5 (24... Qb4
$142 $11) 25. Qxc5 Nxc5 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. b4 Nd7 28. Ne4 (28. Rd1 $5 Rc8 29.
Ne4 $14) 28... Kf8 29. Kf2 $2 {Weiß sollte Sd7-b8 mit Se4-c5 beantworten
können. Stärker war die prophylaktische Deckung des Bauern auf f4 mittels} (29.
g3 {oder die Fortsetzung}) (29. Bb3) 29... Nb8 30. Ke3 Nc6 31. Rb1 Rd4 32. b5
axb5 33. Rxb5 Ra4 34. Bb3 Ra3 35. Nc5 Nxa5 36. Kd4 Nc7 37. Rb6 Nxb3+ $6 ({Nach
} 37... Na8 38. Rd6 b6 39. Nd7+ Ke7 40. Bc2 Ra2 (40... Nb7 41. Nxb6 Nxd6 42.
exd6+ Kd8 43. Nc4 Ra6 44. Kc5 {oder}) (40... Nc7 41. Nxb6 Nb5+ 42. Kc5 Nxd6 43.
exd6+ Kd8 44. Kb4 Ra2 45. Be4 {ist auch nicht überzeugend.}) 41. Kd3 Nc4 42.
Kxc4 Rxc2+ 43. Kb3 Rc8 (43... Rxg2 44. Nf6 {kostet den Schwarzen Material.})
44. Nf6 {kann sich Weiß halten.}) (37... Ke7 {kam dagegen sehr in Betracht;
jetzt ist 38...Sa8 nebst 39...b6 schon eine tödliche Drohung, und Weiß hat
keien vernünftigen Züge.}) 38. Nxb3 Ra4+ 39. Kc5 Na6+ $2 {Der Springer hat am
Rande nichts zu suchen.} (39... Nd5 40. Rxb7 Nxf4 {führte zum Gewinn.}) 40. Kd6
$2 (40. Kb5 Rb4+ (40... Rxf4 41. Rxb7 Nb4 42. g3 Rg4 43. h3 Re4 44. Nc5 Rd4 45.
Nb3 $11) 41. Ka5 Rxb6 42. Kxb6 Nb4 43. g3 {ergab eine klare Remisstellung.})
40... Rb4 41. Rxb4 Nxb4 {[#] Hecht The same good king position will lets White
neutralize the b-pawn also gives him problems with securing his kingside pawns.
[#] Hecht Die gute Königsposition, um den b-Bauern zu neutralisieren beschert
Weiß Probleme bei der Sicherung der Bauern am Königsflügel.} 42. Nc5 Nd5 43. g3
b6 44. Ne4 Ke8 $6 (44... b5 $5) 45. Kc6 Ke7 46. Nd6 Ne3 47. Ne4 Ng4 48. h3 f5
49. Nd6 $2 (49. exf6+ Nxf6 50. Nc3 h6 {überläßt dem Schwarzen noch
Gewinnaussichten; am einfachsten war}) (49. Nc3 Nf2 50. h4 Ne4 51. Ne2 {
und Weiß hält mühelos remis.}) (49. Ng5 {Hecht} Nf2 (49... h6 $2 50. hxg4 hxg5
51. fxg5 fxg4 52. Kxb6 $18) 50. Nxh7 Nxh3 51. Ng5 Ng1 52. Kxb6 Ne2 53. Kc5 Nxg3
54. Kd4 $15 Ne2+ 55. Ke3 Nc3 56. Kf3 Na4 {[%cal Ya4c5,Yc5b7,Yb7d8,Yd8f7,Rf7e5,
Rf7g5]}) 49... Nf2 50. Nc8+ Kd8 51. Nxb6 Ne4 (51... Nxh3 {Hecht} 52. Kd6) 52.
g4 fxg4 53. hxg4 h5 {[#] Hecht The distant passed pawn still leaves White in
difficulty. [#] Hecht Der entfernte Freibauer läßt Weiß nochmals in
Schwierigkeiten kommen.} 54. f5 h4 $2 (54... exf5 55. gxf5 gxf5 56. Nd5 h4 57.
Nf4 Ng5 {hätte Weiß nicht überlebt.} 58. e6 {Hecht} (58. Nd3 h3 59. Nf2 h2 60.
Kd5 Ne4 61. Nh1 Ke7 62. Kd4 Ke6 63. Ke3 Kxe5 64. Kf3 f4 65. Kg2 Ng3 66. Kxh2
Nxh1 67. Kxh1 Ke4 68. Kg2 Ke3 $19) 58... h3 (58... Ke7 59. Ng6+ Kxe6 60. Nxh4
f4 61. Kc5 $11) 59. Kd6 Ne4+ 60. Ke5 h2 $19) 55. fxg6 Ke8 56. Nc4 Ng5 57. Nd2
Kf8 58. Kd7 Kg7 59. Ke7 Kxg6 60. Nf1 h3 61. Nh2 Kg7 62. Nf1 Kh6 63. Kf6 Nf3 64.
Kxe6 Kg5 65. Kd5 Nxe5 66. Kxe5 Kxg4 67. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Peng, Zhaoqin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 g6 6. e3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. e4 b5 14. axb5 axb5
15. Rxa8 Rxa8 16. Bb3 b4 17. Na4 e5 18. Be3 Re8 19. d5 cxd5 20. exd5 Rc8 21.
Qe2 Qb7 22. Bc4 Ra8 23. Bb5 Ra5 24. Bc6 Qc7 25. b3 Bf8 26. Qc2 $2 (26. Qd2 $14)
26... h5 $2 (26... Nxd5 $17) 27. d6 $6 (27. Qb1 $14) 27... Bxd6 28. Qc4 Be7 $2
{Schwarz stellt eine Figur ein.} (28... Bf8 {genügt zum Ausgleich, denn nun
kann} 29. Bxd7 {mit} Qxc4 30. bxc4 Nxd7 31. Rxd7 Rxa4 {pariert werden.}) 29.
Bxd7 $18 Qxd7 30. Bc5 {Offenbar ist die Notation verdorben, wie so oft.} Bxc5
31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. Nxc5 Rxc5 33. Qxb4 Kf8 34. Qb7 Ke7 35. b4 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Rd1
37. f4 exf4 38. Qe4+ Kf8 39. Qxf4 Rd5 40. Qc4 Rd6 41. b5 Ke7 42. Kg3 Rf6 43.
Kh4 Nb6 44. Qb4+ Rd6 45. Kg5 Nd5 46. Qc5 Ke6 47. Kh6 Ne7 48. b6 Nf5+ 49. Kg5
Rd7 50. Qc4+ Kd6 51. Qa6 Nd4 52. b7+ 1-0

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1996.08.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Psakhis Tisdall Tukmakov} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 g6 {
Tisdall: The main alternative to 5... e6. Play is now very similar to the
Schlechter variation of the Grunfeld (Grunfeld + ...c6). The addition of the
moves a6 and a4 will of course change the nature of the position, and the
question of how much this changes the position will be critical. 5...e6
gefällt mir besser.} 6. e3 {Tisdall: This is most consistent with Schlechter
positions. White has also tried to first develop the dark-squared bishop:} (6.
Bf4 {Tisdall} Bg7 (6... Nh5 $5 7. Be5 f6 8. Bxb8 Rxb8 9. e3 {Tisdall: led to
very obscure play after} Bg4 10. Be2 e6 11. O-O f5 {Tisdall: in Anastasian,
A-Skomorokhin,V/Kstovo op (05) ;EXP 42 1994/ - (41). 10.h3!? looks more
testing to me, though black could also try to play without 9...Bg4.}) 7. e3 O-O
8. c5 $5 {Tisdall: is a natural alternative.} (8. b4 Bg4 9. Qb3 Bxf3 10. gxf3
Nh5 $5 11. Bxb8 Qxb8 12. cxd5 e5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Qxe6+ Kh8 15. Ne4 a5 {
Tisdall: led to strange complications in Genovese,M-Zichichi,A/Catania op (03)
;EXT 94op 1994/0-1 (48)}) (8. Be2 c5 $5 {Tisdall: gives the game more of a
"normal" Grunfeld flavor. Although black's central strike with his c-pawn
comes at the cost of a tempo, the insertion of a2-a4 has created inconvenient
weaknesses for white.} 9. dxc5 $6 (9. O-O $5 cxd4 (9... dxc4 10. d5 $1) 10.
Nxd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 $10) 9... Qa5 10. O-O (10. cxd5 Nxd5 $1 $17) 10... dxc4 11.
Ne5 (11. Bxc4 Qxc5 12. Bb3 Nc6 13. h3 Bf5 $10) 11... Qxc5 12. Nxc4 Nc6 13. a5
$6 (13. Qb3 Be6 14. Qb6 $10) 13... Be6 $15 {Khalifman,A-Sokolov,I/Groningen
PCA (09) ;CBM 39 1993/0-1 (61)})) 6... Bg7 7. Be2 (7. b4 {Tisdall: is natural
but very committal. It also forfeits the option of creating pressure on the
b-file with Qb3 later.} O-O (7... Bg4 8. Qb3 {Tisdall: This is the most
flexible move if white decides he is going to recapture on f3 with the g-pawn.,
but on the whole this plan is not very convincing for white.} (8. Be2 Nbd7 9.
cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Qb3 e6 12. Ba3 O-O 13. Rc1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qg5 $5 {
Tisdall: with active play for black, 1-0 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Hodgson,J Groningen
(04) ;CBM 45 1994 (33).}) 8... Bxf3 9. gxf3 O-O 10. Bd2 e6 (10... Re8 $5) (
10... dxc4 $5) (10... b6 $5) 11. Rc1 Nbd7 {Tisdall: with a solid, flexible
position for black, 1-0 Likavsky,T-Polko,J/SVK-chT (12) ;TD 94\03 1994 (39).})
8. Qb3 dxc4 $5 9. Bxc4 Ne8 10. Qa2 Nd6 11. Bb3 Bf5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Ba3 b5 {
Bd3-c4.} 14. Rfd1 Bg4 15. Qe2 Nb6 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qd7 $13 {Likavsky,
T-Betko,L/SVK-chT 9495 (03) ;EXT 95ch 1995/0-1 (46)}) (7. Qb3 O-O 8. a5 {
Tisdall: accomplishes less for white than in Ehlvest-Miles.} (8. Bd2 {Tisdall}
e6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. a5 Nbd7 13. h3 Re8 14. Qc2 Nf8 15.
Ne5 N6d7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Na4 Bf8 18. Rad1 Qh4 19. Rfe1 Bd6 {Tisdall: Gostisa,
L-Simic,Dr/Bled op (01) ;EXP 46 1995/ - (52) with active play for black - this
looks very much like a Queen's Gambit Declined gone very wrong for white.})
8... Ne4 $5 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 cxd5 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nc6 13. Bd2 e5 14.
dxe5 Bg4 {Tisdall: 0-1 Mirsch inka,D-Kuraszkiewicz,M/BL2-O 9394 (1994) ;BL2
1994 (29) with initiative for black. White has invested too much time applying
illusory pressure on the queenside.}) 7... O-O 8. O-O Bg4 {Tisdall: This plan
is consistent with the Schlechter Grunfeld, but black may have to return to
the proverbial drawing board to repair this idea, as Ehlvest takes good
advantage of the weaknesses on b7 and b6 here. Alternatives: N/ Es ist die
Schlechter-Variante mit Einschaltung der Züge a2-a4 und a7-a6 entstanden. Dies
bedeutet einen substantiellen Unterschied, wie Weiß sogleich demonstrieren
wird. Folgende andere Fortsetzungen sind hier probiert worden:} (8... c5 9.
dxc5 (9. cxd5 $5 Nxd5 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Be3 e6 14. Rb1
Nc6 15. d5 {Tisdall} exd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. d6 Nf5 18. Bf4 {Tisdall: and white
maintained an advantage in Gyimesi,Z-Keitlinghaus,L Budapest FS03 GM (03) ;CBM
53 1996/ - (90).}) 9... dxc4 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bxc4 Nbd7 {Tisdall: is what
black would like to play, but it proves difficult to mount enough pressure on
the c5-pawn.} (11... Nc6 12. e4 Bg4 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. h3 Bd7 15. Be3 $16 {
Khenkin,I-Sokolov,I, Reykjavik op 1994, EXP 39.}) 12. Rd1 Rf8 13. e4 (13. Ra3
$2 Nxc5 14. b4 Be6 $1 $15 15. Bxe6 Nxe6 16. Ne2 Rfc8 17. Rad3 Ne4 18. Nd2 Nd6
19. Nb3 b5 $17 {Tisdall: Black's active pieces, grip on the central light
squares and white's passive bishop add up to an extremely unpleasant position
for white. 0-1 Mukhnik,L-Krivoshey,S/Nikolaev zt (02) ;CBM 47 1995 (43)}) (13.
c6 bxc6 14. a5 {Tisdall: is a very safe and sensible suggestion by Huebner.})
13... Nxc5 14. e5 Nfd7 15. Bg5 e6 16. Be7 Re8 17. Bd6 b6 18. b4 Nb7 19. Bc7 $16
Ra7 20. Be2 $6 (20. Ne4 $1 {Tisdall: would keep white on top since now} Nd8 {
can be met with} 21. Nd6 Rf8 (21... Rxc7 22. Nxe8 Rxc4 23. Nd6 $16) 22. Bb8 $1
Nxb8 23. Nxc8 Rb7 24. b5 $1) 20... Nd8 $1 {Tisdall: allowed black to seize the
upper hand thanks to the weakness of the e5 pawn. Bagaturov,G-Kargoll,B /
Brno-C (05) ;EXT 94 1994/ - (49)}) (8... Ne4 9. cxd5 (9. Nxe4 $5 dxe4 10. Nd2
f5 11. a5 {verspricht dem Weißen eher Vorteil.}) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 cxd5 $10 {
Fernandez Idoipe,J-Gomez Cabreso,L, Zaragoza op-C 1995, EXT 95 op.} (10... cxd5
{Tisdall} 11. Ba3 Nc6 12. c4 {Tisdall: is much better for white than the
analogous idea from Mirschinka,D-Kuraszkiewicz,M above. After} Re8 13. cxd5 (
13. Rb1 $5) 13... Qxd5 14. h3 {Tisdall: black had no real problems in
Fernandez Idoipe,J-Gomez Cabrero,L/Zaragoza op-C (06) ;EXT 95op 1995 - (22)
This Grunfeld idea of ...Ne4xc3 looks like one of black's most reliable and
undertested ideas in this variation.})) (8... a5 $5 {Tisdall} 9. Qb3 Na6 10.
Bd2 Nb4 11. Rfd1 Be6 {Tisdall: was a new and rock-solid approach for black in
Baumegger,S-Gaertner, G/Oberwart op (05) ;EXP 53 1996 - (30)}) 9. Qb3 {Weil
das Zugpaar 4...a6 5.a4 im Vergleich zur Schlechter-Variante eingeschaltet ist,
fehlt dem Schwarzen jetzt die Möglichkeit zu 9...Db6.} Ra7 {Dies ist natürlich
einigermaßen häßlich.} (9... b6 {Tisdall: avoids the of problems experienced
in the game, but black will find it extremely difficult to develop without
endangering his weakened queenside - the a,b, and c-pawns are all potential
targets.}) (9... b6 $5 {Psakhis} 10. Bd2 $14) 10. a5 e6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3
Nbd7 13. Rd1 Qc7 (13... Qc8 $5 {Tisdall} 14. e4 dxc4 15. Qxc4 e5 {Tisdall:
looks like a more solid idea.}) 14. e4 dxe4 (14... dxc4 {Tisdall} 15. Qxc4 Rc8
$5 {Tisdall: looks more tenacious. It seems more logical to me to aim for ...
e5 in this type of position, which limits the scope of the unopposed
light-squared bishop.} (15... Raa8 {Psakhis} 16. e5 Ne8 (16... Nd5 $2 17. Nxd5
exd5 18. Bxd5 $18) 17. b3 $16)) 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 e5 {Dieser Zug gefällt
mir nicht; die Änderung der Bauernstruktur begünstigt die Aktivität der weißen
Läufer. V. Tukmakow schreibt: "16...c5 17.d5 Sf6 18.d6! ist noch schlechter
für Schwarz." (New in Chess 6/1996, S.39). Dies ist sicherlich richtig; aber
nach 16...Taa8 sehe ich noch keinen allzu großen Vorteil für Weiß.} (16... Raa8
$5 17. Be3 Rad8 $14) 17. d5 f5 {Tisdall: At first glance this seems to grant
black an active position, but Ehlvest finds an energetic continuation.} (17...
c5 18. d6 {ist außerordentlich unerfreulich für Schwarz.}) (17... Nc5 18. Qe3
cxd5 19. Rxd5 Rc8 (19... Nxe4 20. Qxa7 Qxc4 21. Qxb7 $18) 20. b4 {kostet den
Nachziehenden Material.}) (17... cxd5 18. Bxd5 {läßt Schwarz in einer
strategisch hoffnungslosen Lage zurück.}) 18. Be3 Raa8 (18... c5 {Psakhis} 19.
d6 Qb8 20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Be6 $18) 19. dxc6 {Solange Schwarz das Feld d5
kontrolliert, ist der Vorstoß d5-d6 weniger wirksam. Weiß will die Stellung
für sein Läuferpaar öffnen; vielleicht war 19.d6 dennoch stärker.} (19. c5 $5 {
Tisdall: was also tempting:} Kh8 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Qe6 {but} Nb8 $5 (21... Nxc5
22. Bxc5 Rf6 23. Rd7 Rxe6 24. Rxc7 fxe4 25. Rd1 {Tisdall: is unpleasant for
black.}) 22. Bc2 Rf6 {Tisdall: seems to repel the first wave of invaders,
though I would rate white as comfortably better here.}) (19. d6 {Psakhis} Qb8
20. Bc2 $16) 19... bxc6 20. Bb6 {Die Dame des Schwarzen wird abgedrängt und
das Feld d8 unter Kontrolle genommen. Es spielt keine entscheidende Rolle, daß
der Läufer keine Züge mehr haben wird.} Qb7 $2 (20... Qc8 $5 21. c5+ Kh8 22.
Bd3 e4 23. Bc4 Ne5 {war ein entschieden besserer Verteidigungsversuch.}) 21.
c5+ Rf7 {Tisdall: Black should have invited white to sacrifice, since he has
some surprising defensive resources in the critical lines:} (21... Kh8 {
wird mit} 22. Qe6 {(V.Tukmakow, New in Chess 6/1996, S.39) beantwortet:} (22.
Bc2 {Tisdall} e4 {Tisdall: with ...Ne5 to follow leaves the B on b6 out of
play.} (22... Nf6 {Psakhis} 23. Rd6 Nd5 (23... Ne8 24. Rd2) 24. Rd1 $16)) 22...
Nxb6 23. axb6 (23. Bxc6 Qc8 24. Qxc8 Raxc8 (24... Rfxc8 25. Bxa8 Nxa8 $13) 25.
axb6 Rxc6 26. b4 {Tisdall: Tukmakov mentioned this line without assessment. (V.
Tukmakov, loc. cit.)} e4 27. Rxa6 Bc3 $13 {Tisdall: is a clear improvement for
black over the previous variation - he has used the extra move to gain a more
active position and should have good chances to defend.}) 23... Rf6 (23... fxe4
24. Rd7 Qb8 25. Qe7 Rg8 26. b7 Ra7 27. Rad1 {(V. Tukmakov, loc. cit.).Schwarz
ist an Händen und Füßen gebunden und kann sich nicht rühren; Weiß gewinnt
mühelos, zum Beispiel:} Qf8 28. Qxf8 Rxf8 29. b8=Q) 24. Bxc6 (24. Qd7 Qxd7 25.
Rxd7 fxe4 26. Rxa6 {Tisdall: wins according to Tukmakov, but this romantic
line seems to have a tactical flaw: wird von V.Tukmakow als Gewinnvariante für
Weiß angegeben; indessen folgt} Rxa6 27. Rd8+ Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. b7 Rb6 30.
cxb6 Bd6 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.  Tisdall: and white's pawns have been
neutralized.}) 24... Qxc6 25. Qxc6 Rxc6 26. Rxa6 {Tisdall: and white
transposes into B1 below, which is his most promising line.} Rb8 27. b4 e4 28.
Rd5 {Tisdall: White's pawns should be worth more than a piece. He has ideas of
Rc7 as well as doubling rooks on the 7th rank.} (28. Ra7 {Tisdall: White's
pawns should be worth more than a piece. He has ideas of Rc7 as well as
doubling rooks on the 7th rank.}) 28... Rcc8 29. b5 {Schwarz wird den
Freibauern des Weißen nicht gewachsen sein.}) 22. Bb1 $1 {Tisdall: A powerful
move and one easily overlooked.} Raf8 (22... Nxc5 23. Qc4 {Tisdall: followed
by Ba2 wins the exchange for white.} Ne4 24. Ba2 {ist hoffnungslos für Schwarz.
} (24. Ba2 {Psakhis} Raf8 25. Rd8 $5 Rxd8 26. Bxd8 $16)) (22... Nf6 23. Ba2 Nd5
24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Qxd5 {kann der Nachziehende auch nicht überleben.}) 23. Ba2
Kh8 24. Qxf7 Rxf7 25. Bxf7 Bf8 (25... Nxb6 26. axb6 (26. Rd8+ Bf8 27. Rxf8+ Kg7
28. axb6 Kxf8 29. Bc4 $16) 26... Qxf7 27. Rd8+ Bf8 28. Rxa6 $18 {(V. Tukmakov,
loc. cit.) Es gibt keine Rettung mehr für Schwarz; seine Damenflügelbauern
sind dem Tode geweiht.} (28. Rxa6 {Psakhis} Qe7 29. Rxf8+ Qxf8 30. b7 $18)) 26.
Be6 Nf6 (26... Nxc5 {Tisdall} 27. Bxc5 Bxc5 28. Rd8+ $18) (26... Nxb6 {Psakhis}
27. axb6 Bxc5 $2 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. Rd7+) (26... Nb8 {Psakhis} 27. Rd8 Kg7 28.
Rad1 $18) 27. Rd8 Qe7 (27... Kg7 {Tisdall} 28. Rad1 $18) 28. Bc4 {[%cal Rc4a6,
Ra5a8]} Kg7 29. Rc8 Kh6 30. Rxc6 (30. Bxa6 $18 {Tisdall}) 30... Ne4 31. Rc8 Qh4
32. c6 Be7 (32... Nd6 {Psakhis} 33. Be3+ f4 34. Rxf8 fxe3 35. Bxa6 $18) 33. Bf1
(33. Bxa6 $5 {Psakhis}) 33... Bc5 34. Bxc5 Nxc5 35. Rc1 Ne6 (35... Ne4 {Psakhis
} 36. Rc2) (35... Qd4 {Psakhis} 36. Rc4 Qd6 37. c7 Kg5 38. b4) 36. Re8 Ng5 37.
Rc3 Ne4 38. Rc2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 16th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2015.02.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Ipatov,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I usually try to get out of theory as soon as possible, but in this game it
is not the case. Before the game I understood that if Alexey managed to obtain
a slight edge without risk out of the opening, then basically the game would
go for two results only. And it is not pleasant to try to equalise under
positional pressure against a player with such a high level of technique and
positional understanding. That's why I decided not go for something solid,
like a Slav or Queen's Gambit Declined. On the other hand, it cost me four
hours of preparation and memorising, because Alexey had around five systems in
his repertoire against the Grünfeld. After 3...d5 was played on the board,
Alexey thought for a while and chose one of his pet lines which I had looked
at during my preparation.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6.
Bd2 {Before I started to prepare against Alexey I was not even aware that such
a system existed!} c5 {Although the Grünfeld is not in my opening repertoire
with Black, I knew that c7-c5 is usually a good move to play in this kind of
position :) That was also the choice of Alexey's previous opponents and part
of my preparation, so I didn't hesitate much about moving my c-pawn forward.}
7. dxc5 Na6 $1 {I think, this is more concrete than 7...Nc6} (7... Nc6 {
is another way to handle this position with Black, although I am not sure
whether Black fully equalises here.} 8. Rc1 (8. Be2 {is harmless} dxc4 {
looks natural after White spent a tempo on Bf1-e2.} (8... e5 $6 {Dreev,A (2667)
-Kovalev,V (2554) Dubai 2014}) 9. Bxc4 Nd7 10. Na4 Nde5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2
Qd5 13. O-O Bd7 $36 {Black will win the pawn back and remain with the
initiative.}) 8... Bg4 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. h3 (10. a3 $5 {taking the b4-square
under control.} Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Rfd8+ 13. Kc2 $5 (13. Ke1 Rd5 $1
14. Bxg7 (14. b4 Bxc3+ 15. Rxc3 Rad8 16. Be2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 (17. Bxf3 Rd2 $15 {
White had already lost his right to castle, so 0-0 is not the choice anymore.})
17... Rd2 18. b5 Rb2 19. Kf1 Na5 $44) 14... Kxg7 15. Be2 Rad8 $44 {Black has
good chances to equalise because White is unable to castle.}) 13... Bf5+ (13...
a5 $5) 14. Kb3 a5 15. Ka4 (15. Be2 a4+ (15... Be6+ 16. Ka4 $1) 16. Ka2 Be6+ 17.
Kb1 Bf5+ 18. Ka1 Be4 $44) (15. Bc4 a4+ 16. Ka2 Na5 $1) 15... Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Rd1
17. Rg1 Rb1 $44) (10. Be2 $6 {allows the invasion on d3.} Ndb4 11. O-O Nd3 12.
Rb1 Nxc5 $11) 10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ndb4 12. Qe4 Qd7 13. Be2 (13. a3 Rfd8 14. Rd1
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 Qxd3 17. Qxd3 Rxd3 18. e4 Rad8 $11) (13. Rd1 $5)
13... Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nxa2 15. Rc2 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Rfd8 17. O-O Qd2 18. Rc2 Qb4 $11
{Ponomariov,R (2743)-Volokitin,A (2687) Kiev 2013}) 8. cxd5 Nxc5 9. Bc4 Bf5 (
9... a6 $5 {had been seen in practice more often than 9...Bf5. In general it
seems to be a fair alternative to the text move.} 10. a4 Nfe4 (10... Bf5 11.
O-O Rc8 12. Be1 Nfe4 ({Black can try to play in the same way as in the game :} 
12... Nce4 13. Ba2 $5 {, but here it is a different story ; thanks to the
addition of a2-a4 and a7-a6 moves, White has this retreat at his disposal.})
13. Nd4 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Ne4 15. Bb3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rxc3 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Rb1 Qd7
19. Qe2 $14 {[%csl Rf5] and White obtained a comfortable positional edge in
Dreev,A (2654)-Xiong,J (2470) Las Vegas 2014}) 11. O-O Bg4 12. Be1 Rc8 13. Be2
Qb6 14. Nd4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rfd8 17. e4 e6 $1 18. a5 Qd6 $44 {
and Black was fine in Anand,V (2792)-Dale,A (2274) London 2014}) 10. O-O Rc8
11. Be1 {White also fails to obtain any advantage after the other moves:} (11.
Qe2 Nfe4 12. Nd4 (12. Rfd1 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4 (14... Na4 {[%cal
Gd8a5]} 15. Rd4 Qa5 16. Ne5 Qxc3 $11) 15. Rd4 Qa5 16. g4 Qxc3 17. Rad1 Nd6 18.
gxf5 Rxc4 19. Rxc4 Qxc4 20. Qxc4 Nxc4 {1/2 Dorfman,J (2550)-Gulko,B (2565)/
Tbilisi 1978/ URS-ch'} 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Ne5 Nb6 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 $11
) (12. Rac1 Nd6 $1 {[%csl Rc4]} 13. e4 Ncxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. b3 $15 {
Rajkovic,D (2490)-Schmidt,W (2505)/ Vrnjacka Banja 1978}) 12... Nxd2 13. Qxd2
Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Qb4 Bxd4 16. exd4 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxe7 Qxd4 19.
Qxb7 Rb8 20. Qa6 Rxb2 $11 {Zhang,Z (2600)-Le,Q (2709) Ho Chi Minh City 2014}) (
11. Nd4 Bd3 12. Bxd3 Nxd3 13. Qe2 Nc5 $1 {[%cal Gf6d5]} (13... Nxb2 14. Rab1
Nc4 15. Rxb7 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Rxe7 {Lerner,K (2495)-Dorfman,J (2540)/
Tashkent 1980/MCL. Black is still required to play precisely in order to
equalise.}) 14. Qf3 (14. Rfd1 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bb4 b6 $11) (14. e4 Nfxe4)
14... Nd3 15. Qe2 ({White is not able to keep the extra pawn. For example,} 15.
b3 Ne5 16. Qg3 $2 Rxc3 $1) 15... Nc5 $11) 11... Nce4 12. Bb3 {One of the two
moments in this game when I needed to think.} ({I was only aware about} 12. Qe2
{, which had been prepared by my coach GM Evgeny Miroshnichenko. As you will
see, it will actually transpose into the game!}) 12... Nc5 $1 {This is the
only move according to Alexey Dreev during our post-mortem analysis. All other
moves fail to equalise. I also came to this conclusion after 20 minutes of
thinking.} 13. Bc4 (13. Nd4 $6 {is clearly not good because of} Bd3) (13. Bc2
Bxc2 14. Qxc2 Nxd5 15. Rd1 Nb4 16. Qb1 Qe8 $11) 13... Nce4 14. Qe2 {I was very
happy when this move was played. It meant, I was again in my preparation. Okay,
to be more precise, in my coach's preparation, because I didn't have time to
work on this particular line myself and just memorized all the variation
thirty minutes before the game :)} Bg4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qc7
$1 $146 {An improvement.} (17... Ng5 {is less precise} 18. f4 Nf3+ 19. Kg2
Nxe1+ 20. Raxe1 Qd6 21. Bb3 Rc5 22. Rc1 Rfc8 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24. Rd1 $14 {
Dreev,A (2679)-Artemiev,V (2621) Yerevan ARM 2014. The most logical outcome is
a draw, but White may keep torturing Black for a long time.}) 18. fxe4 (18. Bb3
Nc5 19. Bb4 Qd7 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Kg2 Rfc8 22. f4 a5 23. a4 b5 24. Rfd1 Qb7 $44
) 18... Qxc4 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. f3 f5 21. Bh4 Kf7 {All those moves were played
quite fast by both sides. As it turned out after the game, this position was
also in Alexey's preparation.} 22. Rac1 (22. b3 Rc3 $1 23. Rae1 (23. Rac1 Rfc8
24. Rxc3 Rxc3 {would be just a transposition into the game.}) 23... Bh6 24.
exf5 gxf5 25. Kf2 (25. e4 Rg8+ 26. Kh1 (26. Kf2 Bf4 27. exf5 (27. Rg1 Rc2+ 28.
Kf1 Bd2 $1 $36) 27... Bd6 $1 $36 {[%cal Gd6c5]}) 26... Bg5 27. Bxg5 (27. Bg3
Bd2 $1) 27... Rxg5 28. Rc1 Re3 $11) 25... Rd3 26. e4 Rc8 27. exf5 Rd2+ $11 {
Black's activity is sufficient for a draw.}) 22... Rfc8 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. b3
Rc3 $1 25. exf5 {In this position both of us still were in our own preparation.
} Rxe3 {The second and last move in the game on which I spent a considerable
amount of time. I think, this move leads to a forced draw, but don't trust to
the comp's evaluation, it favours White's side only because of his extra pawn
in the bishop ending, which is actually a fortress!} ({Of course, I remembered
that} 25... gxf5 {was the move according to my coach's file, but over the
board I found 25...Rxe3 somewhat more forcing.} 26. Bg5 Bf6 {that was my
coach's suggestion, which may have also equalised, but still required some
precise play by Black.} (26... Be5 $1 $11 {[%cal Ge5d6] Dreev}) 27. Bf4 b6 {
[%cal Gc3c2,Gc3d3]} 28. Rd1 Rc2 29. a4 Rc3 30. b4 Ra3 31. d6 exd6 32. Rxd6 Rxa4
33. Rd7+ Ke6 34. Rxh7 a6 35. Kf2 Rxb4 $11) 26. fxg6+ hxg6 27. Re1 (27. Rc1 Be5
$1) 27... Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1 e6 $1 29. d6 (29. dxe6+ Kxe6 {this position was my
main worry while calculating the consequences of 25...Rxe3. Black is in time
to build a fortress.} 30. Kf2 Kf5 31. Ke3 b5 32. Bd2 a6 33. Kd3 Bf6 34. Bc3 Be7
$11 {[%cal Gf5f4] and the white king cannot come through}) 29... Be5 30. Bb4
Ke8 31. Kf2 Bf4 $1 {As my opponent revealed after the game he missed this
essential move in his calculation.} (31... Kd7 32. Ke3 b6 ({of course, not} 
32... Bxd6 $4 33. Bxd6 Kxd6 34. Kf4 Ke7 35. Ke5 $18 {and the pawn ending is
easily won for White.}) 33. Ke4 Bg7 {is also a fortress.}) 32. Bc5 (32. Ke2 Kd7
33. Kd3 Bxd6 34. Bxd6 Kxd6 35. Ke4 {it is a different story without the white
king on e5.} e5 $1 36. f4 exf4 37. Kxf4 Ke6 38. Kg5 Kf7 39. a3 b5 40. b4 {
setting the last trap} (40. Kh6 Kf6 41. h4 a5 42. b4 axb4 43. axb4 Kf5 44. Kg7
g5 $11) 40... Kg7 $1 $11 (40... a6 $4 41. Kh6 Kf6 42. h4 Kf5 (42... Kf7 43. Kh7
Kf6 44. Kg8 $18) 43. Kg7 g5 44. hxg5 Kxg5 45. Kf7 Kf5 46. Ke7 Ke5 47. Kd7 Kd5
48. Kc7 Kc4 49. Kb6 Kb3 50. Kxa6 Kxa3 51. Kxb5 $18)) 32... b6 33. Be3 Bxd6 {
I would like to thank my coach GM Evgeny Miroshnichenko for the excellent
preparation, thanks to which I was still in my book on move 25. It seems like
the novelty 17...Qc7 equalises, which was also confirmed by my opponent at the
post-mortem analysis.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wiener Kongress Masters"]
[Site "Vienna (Messepalast)"]
[Date "1922.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "Khalifman/Kmoch/Tartakower"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1922.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%mdl 1] Dieser Partie wurde der erste Schönheitspreis zugesprochen.
TB,S.10 (VonTartakower und Leo Löwy); Kmoch: Rubinstein gewinnt! S.95.
Tartakower:Die Hypermoderne Schachpartie.S.374.} d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3
g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 $6 (7... dxc4 $142 {Tartakower}) 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 (9. e4 $5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Rb1 $14 {Portisch,L-Miagmasuren
Sousse izt 1967}) 9... cxd5 10. Qb3 Nf6 (10... Nb8 11. Ne5 $14) 11. Bd2 Ne4 $6
(11... Bg4 $5 12. Qxb7 $6 Rb8 13. Qxa7 $2 Rxb2 $17) 12. Rfd1 Nxd2 (12... Bg4 $5
13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qd7 $14) 13. Rxd2 Qd6 14. Rc1 $16 b6 15. Rdc2 Bb7 {[#]}
16. Qa4 $1 a6 (16... a5 17. Bb5 $1 Rfc8 18. Bc6 $16) 17. Rc7 b5 (17... Rfb8 18.
Rd7 $18) (17... Rac8 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 (18... Rxc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. Qe8+ $18) 19.
Bxa6 $18) 18. Qa5 Rab8 (18... Rac8 19. R1c5 $16) 19. R1c5 Rfd8 (19... Bf6 20.
Qc3 e6 21. Ne5 $1 $18) 20. Ne5 $1 Bf6 (20... Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxb7 $18)
21. Nc6 e6 (21... Bxc6 22. R5xc6 $18) 22. g3 $1 Rdc8 23. Nxb8 Rxb8 24. Bxb5 $1
Bd8 (24... axb5 25. Qa7 $18) 25. Be8 $1 Qf8 (25... Bxc7 26. Qxc7 Qxc7 27. Rxc7
Rxe8 28. Rxb7 $18) 26. Rxb7 $1 Bxa5 27. Rxb8 $18 Qd6 28. Rb7 Bb6 29. Rc6 Qb4
30. Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hutters, Tomas"]
[Black "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 (7...
Bg4 $6 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Qb3 $14) 8. Bxc4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 e5
12. d5 e4 13. Nxe4 (13. Qf4 Qe7 14. dxc6 bxc6 $13) 13... Nxe4 (13... Ne5 $1 14.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Qe2 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 cxd5 17. Rxd5 Qb6 $44 18. e4 Bxb2 19. Bxb2 {
Kharitonov,A-Shestoperov,A/SSSR/1992/0,5 (19)/}) 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qf3 cxd5 16.
Bxd5 Nxd5 17. e4 $1 (17. Rxd5 Qb6 $44) (17. Qxd5 $6 Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Rfd8) 17...
Rc8 (17... Qb6 18. exd5 Rfd8 19. Rb1 $16) (17... Qf6 18. exd5 $1 Qxf3 19. gxf3
Rfd8 20. Be3 b6 21. Rd2 Rac8 $14) 18. exd5 Rc2 19. Qb3 $16 Qc8 20. Rb1 Rd8 21.
Be3 b6 22. Rbc1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qf5 24. Rd1 Qe5 25. Qa4 $1 Rxd5 (25... Qc7 26.
Bf4 Be5 (26... Qb7 27. Qb3) 27. d6 $1 Qc5 (27... Bxd6 28. Bxd6 Rxd6 29. Qe8+
Kg7 30. Qe5+ $18) 28. Bxe5 Qxe5 29. d7 $18) 26. Rxd5 Qxd5 27. Qxa7 (27. Qe8+
Bf8 28. Bh6 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Qd6+ $10) 27... Qd1+ (27... Bxb2 28. Bxb6 $16) 28. Kh2
Qd6+ 29. g3 Bd4 30. Qa8+ Kg7 31. Qa3 $1 (31. Bxd4+ $2 Qxd4 $10) 31... Bc5 (
31... Qf6 32. Bxd4 Qxd4 33. Qc3 Qxc3 34. bxc3 Kf6 35. Kg2 Ke5 36. Kf3 Kd5 37.
Ke3 $18) 32. Qc3+ f6 33. Bxc5 bxc5 34. a4 $18 g5 35. Qc4 h5 36. Kg2 Qc6+ 37.
Kg1 Qb6 38. Qb5 Qd6 39. Qc4 f5 40. a5 f4 41. gxf4 gxf4 42. Qe4 $1 Kh6 43. Kg2
Kg5 44. Qb7 Qe6 45. a6 f3+ (45... Kh4 46. Qf3) 46. Qxf3 $1 Qxa6 47. Qd5+ Kh6
48. Qe5 Qb6 (48... Qg6+ 49. Kf3 Qc6+ 50. Kf4 $18) 49. Kg3 Kg6 50. h4 Qd8 51.
Qxc5 Qb8+ 52. f4 Qxb2 53. Qg5+ Kf7 54. Qxh5+ Kf8 55. Qg6 Qe2 56. Qf5+ (56. Qf5+
Kg8 57. Qg4+ $18) (56. Qf5+ Ke7 57. Qe5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 (10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 (11... cxd5 $6 12. Rfc1 $36
) (11... exd5 12. b4 $14) 12. Rfd1 (12. Nxd5 exd5 13. b4) 12... Qe7 $6 (12...
Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qe7 $10) 13. Rac1 $14 {Gurevich,M-Yusupov,A/Groningen/1992/0:1 
(54) Inf 54/561/}) 10... Nbd7 11. Bd2 (11. b3 $5) 11... Re8 12. Be1 (12. Qe2 e5
) (12. Rac1 $5) 12... Qe7 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. Rac1 a6 15. Qc2 dxc4 16. Bxc4 e5 17.
dxe5 Nxe5 18. Be2 $14 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Qd1 Qe7 (21... Qxd1
22. Nxd1 $14) 22. g3 Ned7 23. Qc2 Ne8 (23... Qc5 $5) (23... b5 $5) 24. Kg2 Nd6
25. b3 Bf6 26. Kh2 h5 (26... Qe5 $5) 27. Kg2 Qe5 (27... h4 $2 28. g4) 28. Qd1
Nc5 29. Bf3 Nb5 30. Na4 $5 Kg7 (30... Nxa4 31. bxa4 Nd6 (31... Nc3 32. Qd7 $16)
32. Qb3 $14) 31. Bb4 Ne4 (31... Be7 $5) 32. h4 (32. Qd7 Ng5 33. Qxb7 Nxf3 34.
Kxf3 Qf5+ $10) 32... c5 33. Ba5 Nbd6 34. Bc7 $1 b5 (34... Qe7 $2 35. Bxd6 Nxd6
36. Nxc5) 35. Nb6 Qe6 36. Nd5 Nf5 $2 (36... Be5 $1 $10) 37. Nxf6 Nxf6 38. Bf4
$16 Ne7 39. Qc2 c4 40. bxc4 Qxc4 (40... bxc4 41. Be2 $18) 41. Qb2 $2 (41. Qxc4
bxc4 42. Be5) 41... Qe6 42. Be5 Neg8 43. Bd4 Kh7 44. Qb3 $1 Qe7 (44... Qxb3 45.
axb3 $16) 45. Qc3 Qe6 46. Qc6 $1 Qf5 47. Qxa6 Ne4 48. Qb7 Nd2 49. Bc6 b4 50.
Qd7 (50. Qxb4 Qd3 51. Qb5 $18) 50... Qxd7 51. Bxd7 b3 52. axb3 Nxb3 53. Bb6 Nd2
54. f3 Nc4 55. Bd4 Ne7 56. e4 Kg8 57. Bc5 Ne5 58. Bb5 N5c6 59. Kf2 f6 60. Ke3
Kf7 61. f4 Nd8 62. Bc4+ Ke8 63. Bxe7 $1 Kxe7 64. Bd5 Kd7 65. Kd4 Ke8 66. e5 Ke7
67. Kc5 (67. exf6+ Kxf6 68. Ke4 Ne6 69. Bxe6 Kxe6 $10) 67... fxe5 68. fxe5 Kd7
69. Kd4 {/\Ke4-f4-g5/} 1-0

[Event "Wiener Kongress Masters"]
[Site "Vienna (Messepalast)"]
[Date "1922.11.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "Kmoch/Belov"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1922.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)Turnier Buch S.42 [Lokvenc] 2)Kmoch: Rubinstein gewinnt! S.92. 3)La
Strategie 1923. p.32-4 [Alekhine].} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O
6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nxc3 (7... Nb6) 8. bxc3 c5 {'=' Alekhine} 9. O-O Nc6 $6 (
9... Qc7) (9... Qd7 $1 10. Qb3 Nc6 $1 $17 {Alekhine}) 10. Ba3 cxd4 11. cxd4 a6
(11... Bg4 12. Rb1 Na5 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Rfd1 a6 16. h3 Bd7 17. Bc5
$1 $16 {(Keres)}) (11... b6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. d5 Na5 $11 {Alekhine}) (11... Na5
12. Be2 b6 13. Rc1 Bb7) 12. Rc1 b5 $6 (12... Na5 {'>='} 13. Bd3 Be6 {Alekhine})
(12... Bf5) 13. Bxf7+ Rxf7 14. Rxc6 Bb7 15. Rc5 $16 Bd5 (15... Rf8 $145 16.
Qb3+ Kh8 17. Ng5 $16) 16. Qc2 e6 (16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rxf3 18. Qe4 $16 {
Alekhine}) (16... Rxf3 $2 17. gxf3 Bxf3 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Qe6 {Alekhine}) 17.
Rc1 Bf8 (17... Qa5 18. Qc3 Qxc3 19. R1xc3 Bxa2 $2 20. Rc8+ Rxc8 21. Rxc8+ Bf8
22. Ne5 Z0 23. Nd7 {Alekhine}) 18. Ne5 (18. Rc8 Rxc8 19. Qxc8 Qa5 $15 {Alekhine
}) 18... Bxc5 $1 (18... Rb7 19. Rc8 (19. e4 Bxc5 20. dxc5 $18) 19... Bxa3 20.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. e4 $16) 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Bxc5 $16 {Alekhine: ?} (20. dxc5 $142
$16 {'>=' Alekhine}) 20... Qg5 $1 {[%mdl 256]} 21. g3 Qg4 $6 {Den
nachfolgenden Abwehrzug hat Aljechin offenbar nicht erwartet,} ({sonst hätte
er wohl versucht mit} 21... Qf5 $142 $1 {ein Endspiel mit ungleichfarbigen
Läufern herbei zu führen, das trotz des Minusbauern Remischancn geboten hätte.}
22. Qxf5+ (22. f3 Bxf3 {[%cal Yg6g5]}) 22... exf5 (22... gxf5 $14) 23. a3 Rc8
$15 {_|_ better pawn and king position Alekhine}) 22. f3 $1 {Mit diesem Zug
wird der gefährlich scheinende schwarze Angriff abgeschlagen.} Bxf3 $4 {
[%mdl 8192] Alekhine: I do not remember having made a similar blunder, not
even in a séance sans voir.. Quem Deus perdere vult dementat prius! (Wen Gott
zerstören will, den teibt er zuvor in den Whnsinn).} (22... Qg5 23. e4 (23.
Re1 $16 {Alekhine}) 23... Qe3+ 24. Kg2 $16) 23. Rf1 e5 (23... Kg8 24. Qf2 Bd5
25. Qf7+ Kh8 26. Bf8 $18) 24. e4 $1 (24. dxe5 $2 Rc8 $16 {Alekhine} 25. Qd1
$145 Kg8 (25... Rxc5 26. Rxf3+ Ke8 27. Rf8+) 26. Rxf3 $18) 24... Kg7 25. Qf2
$18 Bxe4 26. Bf8+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qg7# {Dies war Aljechins letzte
Verlustpartie gegen Rubinstein.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Vekshenkov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vladivostok Debiut-DVGU"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 c5 7. dxc5
Na6 {This variation is well known and has a reputation of quite reliable for
black.} 8. cxd5 Nxc5 9. Bc4 a6 10. a4 Bf5 11. O-O Rc8 12. Nd4 ({Another
continuation:} 12. Qe2 Nfe4 {with about equal chances.}) 12... Bd3 13. Bxd3
Nxd3 14. Qb1 ({Or} 14. Qb3 Nc5 15. Qa2 Nce4 {and black will soon equalize the
position.}) 14... Ne5 {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The first independent move in
the game proves to be a mistake. Timofeev will not be able to win back the
sacrificed pawn.'} ({The theory claims equality in the position after} 14...
Nb4 15. e4 Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Nf3 Nc7 18. Ba5 Qd7 {and so on.}) ({Judging
by what happened in the game we may assume that white was going to apply a
novelty:} 14... Nb4 15. Nce2 Nbxd5 ({Still, after} 15... Nfxd5 16. e4 Bxd4 17.
Nxd4 Nf4 {(or 17...Rc4) white would not have achieved much.}) 16. e4 {with
good chances to get an edge!}) 15. e4 Qb6 $2 {Inaccuracy; first 15...Nc4 and
then, after 16.Nf3 or 16.Nb3 - Qb6 was much stronger.} (15... Nc4 {Ftacnik} 16.
Rd1 $1 (16. Nf3 Qc7 17. Rc1 Ng4 18. Nd1 (18. Rc2 Nce5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. g3 Qh5
21. h4 Bd4 $13) 18... Nxd2 19. Rxc7 Nxb1 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rxb1 Rc4 $11) 16...
Qb6 17. Bc1 Ng4 18. Nce2 Qf6 19. f3 $16) 16. Nce2 $1 $16 {'!' Ftacnik. This
move came as a great shock for black - it turned out that he lost a pawn
without any compensatoin for it.} e6 {Trying to weaken the white stronghold in
the centre, black at the same time weakens his pawn formation.} 17. dxe6 fxe6
18. Bc3 g5 19. h3 Rf7 20. a5 Qd6 21. f4 $5 {Certainly, white could without
heist, gradually strengthen his position - Qc2, Rad1 - but he wants it faster
- he will win the square e6 for his knights! Ftacnik: 'Vekshenkov has improved
his pieces and is ready to open up the position.'} gxf4 22. Nxf4 Rc4 {It is
impossible to protect the pawn e6.} (22... Re7 23. Qa2 Rce8 (23... Rc4 24.
Ndxe6 Rxe6 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Bxe5 $18) 24. Nf5 $18) 23. Ndxe6 Nxe4 24. Qd1 Qxd1
(24... Rxf4 $6 25. Rxf4 Qxe6 $2 26. Qd8+ $18) 25. Raxd1 Nxc3 {Black would like
to recapture a pawn, but falls into a deadly pin. 25...Rc8 was more
curcumspect.} 26. Rd8+ $1 Bf8 27. bxc3 Nc6 {Now and then taking on c3 was not
possible because of Ne2! with an imediate win.} 28. Ra8 $18 Re4 29. g3 h6 30.
Rd1 Rf6 31. h4 Re5 (31... Rfxe6 32. Nxe6 Rxe6 33. Rf1 $18) (31... Re3 32. Kg2
Rxc3 $2 33. Rd7 Re3 34. Rxf8+ Rxf8 35. Rg7+ Kh8 36. Ng6#) 32. Nxf8 Rxf8 33.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Ng6+ Kf7 35. Nxe5+ Nxe5 36. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 {
A very solid system of the Schlechter Defence, especially pertinent after
Bf1-d3. Black gets rid of his "bad" bishop, and White's queen will not be
properly placed after the eventual ...Bg4xf3 Qd1xf3.} 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10.
b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Qe2 $146 {A new, quite unusual move, putting the queen
on the line of Black's rook.} ({It is well-known that} 12. e4 $2 {is poor due
to} e5 $1) ({Rook moves to d1 are the most "normal" options for White, leading
to complicated positional play. Here are two recent examples:} 12. Rad1 Qe7 13.
Qe2 Nb6 $5 14. c5 Nbd7 15. f4 b6 16. b4 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 bxc5 19. bxc5
Nh5 20. Qf2 f5 21. Ra1 Nhf6 22. Qc2 Ne4 $11 {0-1 Swiercz,D (2478)-Gajewski,G 
(2577)/Krakow 2009/CBM 128 Extra (47)}) (12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Rac1 a6 14. Bf1 Bf8
15. a3 Qb6 16. b4 Qd8 17. e4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Bg7 20. g3 a5 21. Bc3
axb4 22. axb4 Ra8 23. Qc2 Nb6 24. Qb3 Qd7 25. Bg2 h5 $11 {1/2 Onischuk,A (2672)
-Wang Yue (2691)/Poikovsky 2012/CBM 151 (56)}) 12... a6 (12... e5 $5 {is
principled here but White can probably defend his centre by means of} 13. dxe5
Nxe5 14. Rad1 d4 $140 $6 15. Bb1 c5 16. exd4 cxd4 17. Nb5 {[%csl Rd4]
Therefore Black continues quiet manoeuvring.}) 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. f4
dxc4 $1 {Otherwise White can play c4-c5 in a much better version than in the
above-mentioned game Swiercz-Gajewski.} 16. Bxc4 b5 (16... c5 17. d5 b5 18.
dxe6 fxe6 19. Bd3 Nd5 {was quite possible, too.}) 17. Bd3 Qa7 (17... c5 $2 {
doesn't work now due to} 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxb5 $1 axb5 20. b4) 18. Ne4 {
White can't successfully prevent ...c6-c5:} (18. a4 c5 $1 19. dxc5 (19. axb5
cxd4 20. exd4 Nh5 $132) 19... b4 20. Na2 Nxc5 21. Nxb4 a5 22. Nc2 Nxb3 23. Rb1
Nc5 24. Bb5 Re7 $11) (18. b4 Nd5 $1 19. Ne4 (19. a3 $2 Nxe3) 19... Bf8 20. a3
a5 21. bxa5 Qxa5 {[%csl Ra3]}) 18... Nxe4 19. Bxe4 c5 $11 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Bf3
Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Ne4 23. Rd4 (23. Rd3 $142 Ng3 $140 24. Kf2 Nf5 25. g4) 23... Ng3
$1 24. Kf2 Nf5 {[%csl Gf5]} 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rd3 Qe7 27. Qd2 h5 28. g3 e5 29.
Rd7 Qf6 30. Be4 exf4 31. exf4 Kg7 32. Kg2 Qe6 33. Bxf5 Qxf5 $15 {[%csl Rg2] As
a result of White's positional inaccuracies, he must fight hard for a draw.}
34. Rd3 Qe4+ 35. Kh2 b4 36. h4 a5 37. Qb2+ Kg8 38. Rd2 Rc3 39. Rg2 Kg7 40. Qd2
Rd3 41. Qb2+ Kh7 42. Qf6 Qd5 43. Qg5 Kg7 44. Re2 Rd1 45. Qxd5 Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096]
} 46. Kh3 Kf6 47. Rc2 Kf5 48. Rc4 Rd1 49. Rc5+ Ke4 50. Rxa5 Kf3 51. Kh2 Rd2+
52. Kh3 f5 53. Ra6 Rg2 54. Rxg6 Kf2 55. Rc6 Rxg3+ 56. Kh2 Rg4 57. Kh3 Rxf4 58.
Rg6 $2 ({An active position of the rook was required:} 58. Rc5 $1 Rf3+ 59. Kh2
Ke3 60. Rb5 {with sufficient counterplay. A possible line:} Rf2+ 61. Kh3 f4 62.
Re5+ $1 (62. Rxh5 $143 f3) 62... Kf3 (62... Kd3 63. Rxh5 Rxa2 64. Rh8) 63. Rxh5
Rxa2 64. Rb5 Ra1 65. Kh2 Kg4 66. h5 $1 $11) 58... Rf3+ ({As many commentators
mentioned,} 58... Re4 $1 {enabled Black to rearrange his pieces in the best
way and queen his pawn:} 59. Rg5 (59. Rg2+ Kf1) 59... f4 60. Rxh5 f3 $19) 59.
Kh2 Ke3 $2 ({It was not late to come back:} 59... Rf4 $1 60. Kh3 (60. Rg2+ Ke3
{[%cal Rf4f2]}) 60... Re4 $19) 60. Rg5 {White's rook now holds Black's pawn
securing a draw.} Kf4 61. Rxh5 Rf2+ (61... Kg4 62. Rh7 Rf2+ 63. Kg1 Rxa2 64. h5
$11) 62. Kh3 Rxa2 63. Rg5 Rc2 64. Rg7 Rc3+ 65. Kg2 Rxb3 66. h5 Rb2+ 67. Kh3
Rb3+ 68. Kg2 Rb2+ 69. Kh3 Rb3+ 70. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Erevan MIKA"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. h3 {Quite a rare reply to
the Schlechter system.} O-O 7. Bd3 Be6 {Entering a little-explored area.} (7...
Nbd7 {is the main move here.}) 8. Ng5 $1 {Logical. White didn't achieve
anything in the following games:} (8. b3 c5 $1 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4
dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. bxc4 b6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qe2 Na5 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Qe8
18. Nd5 e6 19. Nxd7 exd5 20. Qxe8 Rfxe8 21. cxd5 Rcd8 22. Rc7 Re7 23. Rdc1 f6
24. Ne5 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 fxe5 26. dxe5 Rxd5 27. Rc8+ Kf7 28. Rc7+ Kg8 29. Rc8+ Kf7
30. Rc7+ Kg8 {1/2 Krasenkow,M (2545)-Kamsky,G (2510)/Paris 1990/EXT 1997}) (8.
Qe2 Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. O-O Bf5 11. Bd2 Nb6 12. b3 Ne4 13. Rfc1 Qd7 14. Be1
a6 15. Rc2 Rac8 16. Rac1 Rc6 17. Nb1 Rfc8 $11 {1/2 Cramling,P (2496)-Timman,J 
(2620)/Malmo 2001/CBM 084 (33)}) 8... Bf5 9. Bxf5 gxf5 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Qc2 $5
e6 12. g4 $5 {A new interesting plan, "justifying" h2-h3.} h6 (12... Ne4 $5 13.
h4 h6 14. Ngxe4 fxe4 15. g5 $36 {[%cal Yc1d2,Ye1c1]}) 13. Nf3 fxg4 14. hxg4
Nxg4 15. e4 $5 dxc4 (15... Na6 $5) 16. e5 Nd7 17. Be3 f5 18. O-O-O c5 19. d5 $1
f4 $2 {This inaccurate move leads to a forced loss but Black's defense was far
from easy:} (19... Ndxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxh6 $44) (19... Rae8 $5 20. Rhg1 $1
$44) 20. Ng5 $1 {[%mdl 128] Starting a brilliant attack.} hxg5 (20... Rf5 21.
Nxe6) 21. Qh7+ Kf7 22. Ne4 (22. dxe6+ $142 $1 Qxe6 (22... Kxe6 23. Rxd7 $1 Kxd7
24. Qxg7+ $18) 23. Ne4 Ke8 $8 24. Qxg7 {[%cal Rd1d7]} Ngxe5 $1 25. Bxc5 $1 (25.
Nd6+ $143 $2 Kd8) 25... Nd3+ (25... Nxc5 26. Nd6+) 26. Rxd3 cxd3 27. Re1 Rg8 $1
28. Nd6+ Kd8 29. Nf7+ $1 Kc7 30. Rxe6 Rxg7 31. Bd6+ Kc6 32. Bf8+ $18) 22...
exd5 23. e6+ $1 Kxe6 24. Qxg7 Ngf6 (24... Qc6 25. Nxc5+ $1 (25. Qg6+ $143 Rf6)
25... Nxc5 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27. Rde1+ Ne3 28. fxe3 $18) (24... Rad8 $142 $1 {
although White's attack after} 25. Qxg5 Ngf6 26. Nxf6 Nxf6 27. Bxf4 $16 {
can hardly be parried.}) 25. Bxc5 $1 (25. Nxc5+ $144 $1 Nxc5 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 $8)
25... Nxc5 26. Nxc5+ Qxc5 (26... Kd6 27. Nxb7+ Kc6 28. Rde1 $1 $18 {->}) (26...
Kf5 27. Nd7 $1 Qc7 28. Rh6 $1 $18) 27. Rde1+ Kf5 28. Rh5 $3 Nxh5 29. Re5+ Kg4
30. Qxg5+ Kf3 31. Qxh5+ Kxf2 (31... Kg2 32. Qg4+) 32. Qe2+ {Authors copy games
like Ed.Lasker-Thomas from one book to another being too lazy to look for much
better examples in modern practice!} (32. Qe2+ Kg3 33. Rg5+ Kh4 34. Qh5#) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 a5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A new plan.
Black prepares queenside counterplay. Besides, if the white knight now moves
away from c3, ...a5-a4 will follow.} (12... Qe7 {is a common move in this
position played, among others, by Ivanchuk himself:} 13. Bf1 (13. Qe2 {[%cal
Ye2c2] is also possible}) 13... Rad8 14. a4 Rc8 15. Ba3 Qd8 16. Rab1 a5 17. Qe2
Bf8 18. Qb2 Ra8 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. b4 {1/2 Van Wely,L (2668)-Ivanchuk,V (2699)/
Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 093}) ({On the other hand,} 12... e5 {is premature and
only creates a weakness on d5, e.g.} 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qf4 Nxd3
16. Rxd3 Qa5 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Qf3 Red8 19. a3 $14 {[%csl Rd5] 1-0 Van Wely,L 
(2648)-Beckhuis,G (2328)/Germany 2006/EXT 2007 (40)}) 13. Rab1 {White starts
preparing b3-b4.} Qb8 14. Qe2 h5 {A typical move. Black wants to force h3-h4
and obtain the g4 square.} 15. Qc2 Nb6 16. Ne2 Nc8 17. Bc3 Nd6 18. Be1 (18. c5
Nf5 $11) 18... Bh6 19. Nc3 b5 $5 {Looks premature but how could Black prepare
this advance better? Waiting was not an option either - White would play Qe2,
f3, Bg3 etc.} 20. cxb5 cxb5 21. Qe2 b4 22. Na4 e5 $5 {Otherwise White seizes
the c5-square and stands better.} 23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. Qb2 Nd7 25. Rbc1 (25. Nc5
$5 Re7 26. Qd4 $14) 25... Bg7 26. Qc2 Ra7 27. Be2 (27. Qc6 $142 Nf6 28. Nc5 $36
{activating the knight. Instead, White starts lengthy manoeuvring, and Black
consolidates his position.}) 27... Kh7 28. Qc6 Nf5 29. Qc2 Qe8 30. Bf1 Bh6 31.
Bd3 Nf6 32. Qc8 Qe7 33. Bxf5 (33. Nb6 $5 d4 34. Qc2 {[%cal Rb6c8]}) 33... Rxf5
34. Qc5 Qb7 35. Rc2 {This allows a freeing pawn sacrifice, а la Nimzowitsch.} (
35. Qd4 $5 $14 {[%cal Yc1c5]}) (35. Qb6 $5 $14) 35... d4 $5 {[%mdl 512]
However, a pawn is a pawn!} 36. Qxd4 Rd5 37. Qa1 Rg5 38. f4 Rd5 39. Rxd5 Nxd5
40. Qd4 Bg7 41. Qd3 Qa8 42. Bd2 $6 {Converting White's material advantage is
not an easy task. He should probably start solving it with the prophylactic} (
42. Bh4 $1 Rd7 $140 43. Nc5 {the d8-square is now unavailable} Rc7 44. Rc4 {
etc. Instead, he places his bishop in a passive position.}) 42... Rd7 43. Nc5
Rd8 44. Qe4 Qa7 45. Qf3 Nc3 46. Ne4 a4 $5 47. Kh2 axb3 48. axb3 Qc7 (48... Qd7
$5 49. Be1 Nxe4 50. Qxe4 Re8 51. Qxb4 Rxe3 52. Bf2 Rd3 $44 {[%csl Rb3,Rf4] was
probably even better}) 49. Be1 Re8 50. Nxc3 {Practically resigning himself to
a draw - with the strong c3-pawn Black easily reaches one.} bxc3 51. e4 Qb7 (
51... Bd4 $5) 52. Bxc3 Qxb3 53. Rc1 Rc8 54. e5 Bh6 55. Kg3 Qe6 56. Rf1 $6 {
An oversight but} (56. Bd2 Rxc1 57. Bxc1 {is hardly promising}) 56... Bxf4+ $1
{[%mdl 64]} 57. Qxf4 (57. Kxf4 Rxc3 58. Qxc3 Qf5+ 59. Kg3 Qxf1 $11) 57... Rxc3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk"]
[BlackTeam "Erevan MIKA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bd2 Re8 12. Rac1 {This system was examined in
CBM 91, annotations to Hebden - Meenakshi by GM L.Ftacnik.} (12. Be1 {is also
played.}) 12... Rc8 (12... Qe7 13. Qe2 (13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qg3 Rac8 15. Be1 Nf8
16. b4 Ne6 17. Na4 b6 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Nc3 b5 20. Nb1 Qd6 $11 {1-0 Veresov,
G-Ragozin,V/Moscow 1944/URS-ch (57)}) (13. Qg3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 e5 15. Bb3 Rad8
16. Qh4 Nb6 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Qb4 Bf8 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. exf4 Nfd5 $11 {1/2
Kuzubov,Y (2582)-Zugic,I (2477)/Calvia 2007/CBM 120 ext (56)}) 13... dxc4 (
13... Rad8 14. Bb1 (14. Be1 a6 15. a3 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. cxd5 Nxd3 18. Rxd3
Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 cxd5 21. Qc2 d4 {1/2-1/2 Simagin,V-Ignatiev,F/
Moscow 1962/ (29)}) 14... Nf8 15. Be1 Rd7 16. a3 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Nd5 18. Qf1 Bh6
19. Rd3 f5 20. Rcd1 Red8 21. Bd2 Rc7 22. Qe2 {1-0 Lisitsin,G-Ragozin,V/Moscow
1948/ (57)}) 14. Bxc4 e5 15. d5 cxd5 16. Bxd5 e4 $6 (16... Nb6) 17. Bxb7 Rab8
18. Bc6 $6 (18. Nd5 $14) 18... Rxb2 $11 {1/2 Hebden,M (2534)-Meenakshi,S (2266)
/Torquay 2002/CBM 091/[Ftacnik] (43)}) (12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. Bb3 exd4 15.
exd4 Nb6 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Be5 $14 {1-0 Ivanov,S (2528)-Hasangatin,R
(2458)/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 071/[Ftacnik] (44)}) (12... a6 13. Qe2 $6 (13.
Be1) 13... e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Bb1 Qb5 18. Qxb5
axb5 19. b3 Red8 20. Bb4 Bf8 21. Bc3 Bg7 22. Bb4 Bf8 23. Bc3 Bg7 24. Bb4 {
1/2 Lushenkov,M (2368)-Chuprikov,D (2377)/Sochi 2006/EXT 2007}) 13. Be1 Qe7 14.
Qe2 a6 $1 {[%mdl 32]} (14... e5 {is a typical advance in such positions but
now it was not so good due to} 15. dxe5 Nxe5 (15... Qxe5 16. cxd5 cxd5 (16...
Nxd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bb5) 17. Bb5 $14) 16. cxd5 Nxd5 (16... Nxd3 17. Rxd3
cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxd5) (16... cxd5 17. Bc2 $1 {[%csl Rd5]
[%cal Yc2b3,Ye2b5]}) 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bb5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 $14) 15. b3 Rcd8 {
Black decides to wait.} (15... e5 $5 {was now quite appropriate:} 16. dxe5 Nxe5
17. cxd5 cxd5 $11 {Black's acive pieces compensate for his isolated pawn.}) 16.
Qc2 Rc8 17. Bf1 Bf8 18. Qb1 Rcd8 19. g3 {The transfer of this bishop to g2 (to
control the d5 square and therefore prevent ...e6-e5) is quite typical in this
structure.} Bg7 20. Bg2 h5 21. Ne2 h4 $6 {It was probably better to continue
waiting:} (21... Bh6) 22. g4 e5 23. Ba5 $1 Rc8 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Bc3 (25. cxd5
$1 Nxd5 (25... cxd5 26. Nf4) 26. e4 Nc7 27. f4 $14 {[%csl Ge4,Gf4,Gg4]}) 25...
dxc4 $6 (25... Red8 $1 26. Ba5 $1 Re8 27. cxd5) 26. bxc4 Qc7 ({After} 26... b5
27. cxb5 cxb5 28. Bb4 {the position opens up and White's bishop pair become
very strong but the text move allows him to fix Black's weakness on b7.}) 27.
c5 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Gc5]} Rcd8 $2 {Loses material without enough counterplay.} (
27... Nd5 28. Bd4 $16) 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Qxb7 Rd2 31. Nd4 Ne4 32.
Nxc6 Qb2 33. Ne7+ Kf8 (33... Kh7 34. Qxb2 Bxb2 35. Bxe4 Bxc1 36. c6 $18) 34.
Qa8+ Kxe7 35. Qxe4+ Qe5 36. c6 Rd8 37. c7 Rc8 38. Qb7 Qe6 39. Qxc8 (39. Qxc8
Qxc8 40. Bb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. d5 Na5 12. Re1 {An old, well-forgotten
line.} Re8 ({Theory recommends} 12... Nxb3 13. axb3 (13. Qxb3 Bxc3 14. bxc3
Qxd5 15. Rxe7 Be6 $11) {and now, say,} 13... Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Re8 16.
Be3 Nc8 17. h4 h5 18. Ra4 Nd6 19. g4 hxg4 20. Rxg4 Qc8 21. h5 Qf5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Kuzmin,G-Keene,R/Zagreb 1975/MCD (41)}) 13. Ne5 (13. Bg5 Nxb3 (13... Bg4 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qd7 16. Rad1 Nac4 17. Re2 Nd6 18. g4 a5 19. a4 Nbc4 $132 {
0-1 Sebag,M-Khotenashvili,B/Kusadasi 2006/CBM 111 ext (66)}) 14. Qxb3 Bg4 (
14... Bxc3 $5) 15. Rad1 (15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 f6 17. d6+ Kg7 $11) 15... Bxf3
16. gxf3 Qd7 17. Qb4 h6 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Re3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rc5
22. Qe4 Qd6 23. Rd4 h5 24. f4 Qd7 25. Rg3 h4 26. Rxg6+ {1/2-1/2 Marusenko,
P-Demkovich,A/Kiev 2003/EXT 2004}) 13... Nd7 (13... e6 $143 14. d6 f6 15. Nf3
a6 (15... Nxb3 16. axb3 Bf8 17. Be3 $1 Bxd6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nxf6+
Qxf6 21. Qxd6 $16) 16. Bf4 Kh8 17. Ne4 $1 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Nd5 19. Bg3 b6 20. Rac1
Ra7 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. Nc3 $1 $16 {1-0 Jansa,V-Gerusel,M/Leipzig 1975/MCL/
[Bulletin] (41)}) (13... Nxb3 $5 14. axb3 Nd7 15. Nc4 Nb6 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Bf4
Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 {N vs light-squared B is the set of minor pieces,
most optimal for White in this structure, but still it is not enough for an
advantage!} Qd6 20. Qd4 (20. Qe2 $5 Bd7 21. Re1 e6 $5) 20... Bf5 21. Rae1 f6 $1
22. R5e3 e5 23. Qa4 Kg7 24. Nb5 Qb6 25. Nd4 Bg4 26. h3 Red8 27. hxg4 Qxd4 28.
Qxd4 exd4 29. Re7+ Kg8 30. Rxb7 d3 31. Rb5 Rab8 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. d6 Rd8 34.
Rd1 Rxd6 35. f3 {1/2-1/2 Jansa,V-Fernandez,J/Decin 1976/EXT 2003}) 14. Nxf7 $1
{[%mdl 640] A brilliant sacrifice. Objectively it is hardly winning but in
reality very few humans (maybe Korchnoi?) could successfully defend in the
arising position.} (14. Bf4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 Qd6 17. Re3 $5) (14.
Ng4 $5 Nf6 15. Nh6+) 14... Kxf7 15. d6+ Nxb3 16. dxe7 (16. Qxb3+ e6 17. Nb5 Nc5
18. Qc4 Na6) 16... Rxe7 17. Qd5+ ({After} 17. Qxb3+ Kf8 18. Be3 b6 {White's
attack will be parried.}) 17... Kf8 18. Bg5 Bf6 $2 {A typical "human" mistake
in reply to a "Tal-like" attack.} (18... Nxa1 {looks dangerous but White has
no decisive blow in sight. According to the analysis of a Russian player,
Vasily Lebedev, the game should end in a draw. However, in his line White
apparently wins. Black has other options but it is very difficult to defend
anyway!} 19. Bxe7+ (19. Qd6 $143 Kg8 (19... Qb6 20. Qxe7+ Kg8 21. Qe8+ Nf8 22.
Re7 Be6 $1 23. Qxa8 Qxb2 $17) 20. Rxe7 (20. Bxe7 Qe8 21. Rxa1 Nb6) 20... Kh8
21. Qe6 Qg8 22. Re8 Nf8 23. Qe7 b6 24. Bf6 Bb7 $19 {V.Lebedev}) 19... Qxe7 20.
Rxe7 Kxe7 21. Qe4+ $1 (21. Qg8 $143 Bxc3 22. Qxh7+ Kd6 23. bxc3 Nf8 24. Qh6 $1
(24. Qg7 Bd7 $17 25. Qd4+ $140 (25. c4 Nc2) 25... Ke7 26. Qe4+ Kf6 27. Qb1 Ba4
$1) 24... Bf5 25. Qc1 Kc6 (25... Nc2 26. g4 $1) 26. Qxa1 Rd8 $17) 21... Kf8 (
21... Kf7 22. Nb5 Be5 23. f4) 22. Nd5 Ne5 $1 (22... Bf6 23. Nc7 Rb8 24. Qe8+
Kg7 25. Ne6+ $1 (25. Qe6 {V.Lebedev} Kf8 $1 (25... Bxb2 26. Qe7+ Kg8 (26... Kh6
27. Ne8) 27. Ne6 h6 28. Qe8+ Kh7 29. Qf7+ Kh8 30. Qxg6 $18) (25... h5 26. Ne8+
Kh6 27. Nxf6 Nxf6 28. Qxf6 Bf5 29. f3 $16) 26. Qe8+ Kg7 27. Ne6+ {-25.Ne6+})
25... Kh6 26. Qf7 b5 27. h4 $1 Rb6 28. Nf8 Nxf8 29. Qxf8+ Kh5 30. Qxc8 $16) 23.
Qb4+ Kg8 24. Nc7 Rb8 {and apparently White has nothing better than a draw:} 25.
Na6 Ra8 26. Nc7) 19. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Qxf6 21. axb3 $44 {White has a strong
attack for the missing piece, which Black can't parry without material
concessions.} Kg7 (21... Qb6 $5 {[%cal Yd7f6]} 22. Qf3+ Qf6 23. Qe3 $1 {
[%cal Yc3d5]}) 22. Ne4 (22. Re6 $5 Qf4 23. Re7+ Kh6 24. g3 Qc1+ 25. Kg2 Nf6 26.
Qf3 Bf5 27. Rf7 Nh5 28. h4 $5 (28. Qxb7 Rh8 29. Qxa7 Be6 30. Re7 Bxb3 {V.
Lebedev}) 28... Rg8 29. g4 Bxg4 30. Qxg4 Rg7 31. Rf3 $36) 22... Qe5 (22... Qf8
$5 23. h4 $1 $40) 23. Qd2 $1 Nf6 {The only way for Black to free his pieces
leads to a knight endgame a pawn down but with good drawing chances.} 24. Nd6
Qd5 25. Re7+ Kf8 26. Re8+ Kg7 27. Qxd5 Nxd5 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Nxc8 {[%mdl 4096]
} a5 $6 (29... a6 $142 30. Nd6 b6 {B.Macieja}) 30. Nd6 b6 31. Nc4 {Black's
queenside pawns and knight are now motionless.} Kf6 32. Kf1 Ke6 33. Ke2 Kd7 34.
Kf3 Kc6 35. Ke4 Nf6+ 36. Kd4 Kb5 37. f4 Kb4 38. Nxb6 $2 (38. Nd2 $1 {was
probably correct, e.g.} Ng4 39. h3 Nf2 40. g4 Nxh3 41. f5 gxf5 42. gxf5 Ng5 43.
Ke5 {and White should win.}) 38... Kxb3 39. h3 (39. Nc4 {was not enough either:
} a4 40. Nb6 Ng4 41. h3 Nf2 42. g4 Nd1 43. f5 (43. Nxa4 Kxa4 44. f5 Nf2 $1 45.
f6 Nxh3 46. f7 Ng5 $1 47. f8=N $11) 43... gxf5 44. gxf5 Nxb2 45. Nxa4 Nxa4 46.
f6 Nb6 47. f7 Nd7 $11) 39... Nh5 40. Ke5 Ng3 {And Black... lost on time as due
to misscoring moves he thought that the time control was over! Meanwhile, the
position is drawn:} (40... Ng3 41. h4 (41. Kf6 Kxb2 42. Nc4+ Kc3 43. Nxa5 Kd4
44. Kg5 Ke3) 41... Kxb2 42. Nc4+ Kc3 43. Nxa5 Kd3 $11 {[%cal Yd3e3,Ye3f2,Yf2g2]
}) 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 {Quite a
passive system leading to a small plus for White. However, Black's position is
solid and difficult to break.} 8. a4 {Among other options seen in practice:} (
8. b4) (8. b3) (8. cxd5) (8. Bd2) (8. Qc2) (8. Ne5) (8. Qb3) 8... a5 (8... Bf5
9. a5 Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. a6 $1 Nb8 12. Ne5 Nfd7 13. Bf3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nc6
15. Bxd5 Rc8 16. e4 Bd7 17. f4 $16 {1-0 (35) Golod,V (2576)-Meenakshi,S (2310)
Port Erin 2006}) (8... Nbd7 9. cxd5 $1 cxd5 10. b3 Bb7 11. Ba3 Ne4 12. Rc1 Rc8
13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rxc8 Qxc8 15. Nd2 Re8 16. Qb1 e5 17. Nc4 Qa8 18. Nd6 $14 {
1/2 (47) Zhou,J (2574)-Yu,R (2548) China 2014}) (8... Ba6 9. b3 (9. a5 dxc4 10.
axb6 axb6 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 b4 13. Na4 c5 $1 $11 {1/2 (41) Szoen,D (2452)
-Orzech,D (2394) Rewal 2007}) 9... c5 10. Ba3 $36 cxd4 $6 11. Nxd4 Bb7 12. Bf3
Re8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ndb5 e6 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Nd6 $18 {1-0 (26) Koziak,V 
(2489)-Orzech,D (2472) Rewal 2008}) (8... Bb7 9. a5 e6 10. b4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5
12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 b5 14. Nd2 a6 15. Nb3 Nd7 16. Qf3 f5 17. Qg3 Rf7 18. Bd2
$14 {1/2 (39) Bukavshin,I (2517)-Bu,X (2670) Moscow 2012}) 9. cxd5 (9. Qb3 $5
e6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 (10... Na6 {[%csl Yb4] looks more logical}) 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12.
Rac1 Qb8 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nd5 17. Bc4 Re8 18. Nc3
N7f6 19. Ne5 $16 {1-0 (32) Arutinian,D (2561)-Petrosyan,T (2315) Jermuk 2012})
9... cxd5 (9... Nxd5 {makes some sense here since the knight can take the
comfortable b4-square; however, White can comfortably bypass it:} 10. e4 Nb4
11. Be3 ({or} 11. h3 Nd7 12. Bg5 Ba6 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2 Ra8 16.
Rfd1 Qb8 17. Qc4 Qb7 18. e5 Nf8 19. d5 $14 {1/2 (33) Roeder,M (2440)-Sapis,W 
(2440) Cappelle la Grande 1995}) 11... Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 N8a6 14. d5 Nc5
15. Qe2 Qe8 $5 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. e5 $14 {1/2 (32) Anand,V (2800)
-Wang,Y (2732) Nanjing 2010 CBM 139 [Edouard,R]}) 10. b3 Ne4 $6 {[%mdl 32]
Black doesn't just neglect development but also trades White's "excess piece",
i.e. his c3-knight, which only blocks his activity on the c-file. Additionally,
Black obtains a vulnerable e4-pawn. Not surprisingly, he gets into trouble.} (
10... Bb7 11. Ba3 Nc6 12. Rc1 Rc8 {looks more appropriate.}) 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12.
Nd2 Bb7 13. Ba3 f5 (13... Nc6 $142 {but still after} 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Bb5 {
[%cal Yd1e2] White is clearly on top.}) 14. Rc1 Kh8 15. Nc4 Nd7 16. d5 $1 Rc8
17. d6 e6 $8 {[%csl Gd6]} 18. b4 $1 {White must open up the queenside to reach
Black's blockading d7-knight.} axb4 19. Bxb4 Bd5 20. a5 $1 bxa5 21. Bxa5 Qe8
22. Qa4 Bc6 23. Qb4 Rb8 24. Nb6 $1 Ne5 $2 (24... Nxb6 $142 25. Bxb6 Qd7 {
- although the queen is not the best blockader, White still had to work hard
to make use of his passed pawn.}) 25. Qc5 Ba8 $2 {This loses instantly but
gymnastics like} (25... Rf7 26. Bc3 Rfb7 $1 27. Bxe5 Rxb6 {would have hardly
rescued Black either.}) 26. Bc3 $1 Nd7 (26... Qc6 27. Qxe5 $1 $18) (26... Nf7
27. Bb5 Qd8 28. Nd7) (26... Bd5 27. Nxd5 exd5 28. Qxd5 $18) 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28.
Nxd7 Qxd7 29. Qe5+ {[%cal Rc1c7]} 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 e6 {Evading the main
line} (6... c5) 7. O-O b6 8. b4 (8. b3 {is the most popular move but the text
continuation is quite logical.}) 8... dxc4 (8... c5 $6 {is premature:} 9. bxc5
bxc5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 (10... exd5 11. Ba3 Qa5 $140 $2 12. Bxc5 Qxc3 13. Bxf8 Bxf8
14. Rc1) 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Ba3 Nd7 13. Qc2 Re8 {1-0 Gromek,J-Witkowski,S/
Wroclaw 1955/MCL (22)} (13... Bb7 14. Rfd1) 14. Rab1 $16 {[%cal Rd4c5]}) 9.
Bxc4 Bb7 (9... Nd5 $5 10. Nxd5 (10. Qb3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nd7 13. Be2
Nf6 14. Rac1 Ne4 15. Ba1 Qe7 16. Rc2 Rfc8 $11 {0-1 Salas,M-Stahlberg,G/
Santiago de Chile 1946/EXT 2002 (62)}) 10... exd5 11. Be2 (11. Bd3 $5) 11...
Re8 12. Ba3 a6 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Bb2 Bb5 15. a4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Bf8 $5 17. Qd2 Bd6
$132 {1/2 Frey Beckman,K (2350)-Lombardy,W (2525)/Mexico 1980/EXT 2009 (60)})
10. a4 Nbd7 (10... Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 {[%csl Rb7] is less appropriate with the
bishop on b7:} 12. Bd3 c6 13. Ba3 Nd7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Rfd1 f5 17.
Ba6 Bxa6 18. Qxa6 Rc7 19. Qd3 $14 Qf6 $6 20. b5 $16 {1/2 Orsag,M (2385)
-Ftacnik,L (2595)/Pribram 1997/EXT 2001 (53)}) 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Qe2 c5 {Black
tries to solve his problems surgically.} (12... Bf8 $5 {but, of course,
without ...c7-c5 Black will suffer a lot.}) 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. bxc5 {It turns
out that this pawn can't be recaptured without serious concessions.} Bf8 15.
Bb5 $1 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Bxc5 17. Ne5 Bxa3 18. Nxd7 Rxc3 $2 (18... Nxd7 $142 19.
Rxd7 Rxc3 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 {with good drawing chances (M.Golubev).}) 19. Nxf6+
Qxf6 20. Bxe8 {White has won an exchange but it it still not so easy to
convert it.} Be4 21. Qg4 Bd5 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 a6 24. h3 (24. e4 $142 Bb3 (
24... Bb2 25. Rb1 Ba2 26. Re1 Rc2 27. Rd8 Kg7 28. Red1) 25. h3 Bc5 26. Rd2)
24... Kf8 25. Bd7 (25. e4 Bc5 26. Rdd1 Bxe4 27. Rac1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Bxf2+ 29.
Kxf2 Kxe8) 25... Bd6 26. e4 Bc5 $6 (26... Be5 $5 27. Rb4 Bc4) 27. Rdd1 Bxe4 28.
Rac1 {After the exchange of rooks White's technical task becomes easier.} Bb4
29. Rxc3 Bxc3 {[%mdl 4096]} 30. Rc1 Bd4 $6 (30... Bd2 $142 {keeping the
a5-square under control.}) 31. a5 $6 {Missing an opportunity to trade a pair
of bishops:} (31. Bc6 $1 {If} Bb2 {then} 32. Rc5 Bd3 33. Bb7 {[%cal Yc5c8,
Yc8a8]}) 31... Ke7 32. Bc8 (32. Bc6 {was already too late due to} Bb2 33. Rc4
Bd3) 32... Bb2 33. Rc5 Bd3 $2 {This move allows White to rearrange his pieces
in the best way and successfully attack the a6-pawn.} ({After} 33... Kd6 34.
Rc4 Bd5 {it is still unclear how White can win, e.g.} 35. Rc2 Bf6 36. Bxa6 Bd8
{recapturing the a5-pawn.}) 34. Bb7 {[%cal Yc5c8,Yc8a8]} Bb5 35. Rc8 Be5 36.
Ra8 Bc7 37. Bxa6 Bc6 38. Ra7 Kd6 39. Bb7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 {An
old-fashioned, rather harmless system.} Nb6 (7... Nxc3) 8. Bb3 c5 9. O-O cxd4
10. exd4 Nc6 11. d5 Na5 12. Re1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Re8 (14... Qd7 $143
15. Bg5 Rfe8 (15... Nxb3 16. axb3 Bxc3 $6 17. bxc3 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. c4 f6
20. Bh6 $16 {1-0 Benjamin,J (2575)-Van de Mortel,J (2412)/ICC INT 2009/CBM 132
Extra (35)}) 16. Rad1 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nc8 18. Re3 (18. d6 $143 $6 Bxc3 19. dxe7 {
1-0 Iuldachev,S (2511)-Bhagwat,V (2214)/Delhi 2010/CBM 136 Extra (20)} Qb5 $1
20. Rd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 Bxe1 $15) 18... Nd6 19. g4 Rac8 20. Rde1 $14 e5 $6 (20...
Bf8) 21. dxe6 Rxe6 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Qd3 $16 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Peresipkin,V/
Minsk 1976/EXT 2001 (34)}) (14... Nxb3 15. axb3 Re8 (15... Nc8 16. h4 $5 Qd7
17. h5 $36 {1/2 Larsen,B (2620)-Dueball,J (2450)/Ribe 1973/EXT 2001 (34)}) 16.
Rd1 (16. Bg5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. c4 f6 20. cxd5 fxg5 21. Rac1
Rad8 {1/2 Brunner,L (2425)-Bass,L (2430)/Budapest 1989/CBM 015}) (16. Be3 Nc8 (
16... Bxc3 17. Bxb6 $1 Qxb6 18. bxc3 e6 19. dxe6 Rxe6 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. c4 Rf8
22. Qg3 a6 23. Re1 $14 {1/2 Tregubov,P (2613)-Swinkels,R (2428)/Gibraltar 2007/
CBM 116 ext (92)}) 17. h4 (17. Red1 {- 16.Rd1}) 17... h5 18. Ra4 Nd6 19. g4
hxg4 20. Rxg4 Qc8 21. h5 Qf5 $11 {1/2 Kuzmin,G (2600)-Keene,R (2505)/Zagreb
1975/MCD (42)}) 16... Nc8 17. Be3 (17. h4 Nd6 18. h5 Qb6 19. h6 Bh8 20. Ne4
Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Qxb3 $15 {1/2 Mamedyarov,S (2752)-Kamsky,G (2726)/Baku 2008/CBM
124 (54)}) 17... Nd6 (17... Qd7 18. Qe2 a6 19. Na4 Qb5 20. Qxb5 axb5 21. Nc3
Nd6 $11 {1/2 Kuijf,M (2470)-Bosch,J (2440)/Netherlands 1996/CBM 054 (46)}) 18.
Ra4 a6 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Raxd4 Qb6 $11 {1/2 Norri,J (2385)-Ernst,T (2480)/
Haernoesand 1994/EXT 1999 (35)}) 15. Be3 (15. Rd1 Nac4 $5 (15... Rc8 $6 16. d6
$1 Nxb3 17. axb3 exd6 18. Rxa7 Rb8 19. Rxb7 $16 {1-0 Timman,J (2635)-Khenkin,I
(2580)/Tilburg 1994/CBM 044 (54)}) (15... Nxb3 16. axb3 {- 14...Nxb3}) (15...
Qd7 $5) 16. Rb1 Rc8 17. Ne4 Qd7 18. h4 Qf5 19. Qxf5 gxf5 20. Ng3 e6 21. dxe6
fxe6 22. Nh5 Bh8 23. Nf4 Kf7 $11 {1/2 Kuzmin,A (2440)-Huzman,A (2435)/Tashkent
1987/EXT 2002 (41)}) (15. d6 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qxd6 17. Qxb7 {0-1 Bergstrom,R 
(2295)-Sveshnikov,E (2595)/Roskilde 1998/EXT 1999 (52)} Qb4 $5 $11) 15... Bxc3
(15... Nxb3 16. axb3 Nc8 {- see above.}) 16. bxc3 (16. Bxb6 $5 axb6 17. bxc3)
16... Nxb3 17. Bxb6 Nd2 {Black tries to avoid the unpleasant position from
Tregubov - Swinkels (see above), which arises after} (17... Qxb6 18. axb3) 18.
Qd3 Qxb6 19. Qxd2 Qc5 20. Re4 Rad8 21. c4 f5 $6 {A risky adventure. Black wins
a pawn but weakens his king.} (21... b5 $2 22. Qh6 {[%cal Re4h4]}) (21... e5 $5
{[%cal Yb7b5,Yf7f5]}) 22. Re5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxc4 23. Rc1 Qa6 $6 (23... Qb5 $1
{[%cal Ye7e6] still enabled Black to hold his ground.}) 24. Rce1 Qd6 25. h4 $1
{[%mdl 128]} Rd7 26. h5 gxh5 {Desperation but what else could he do?} 27. Rxf5
e5 28. Qg5+ Rg7 29. Qxh5 Rge7 $6 (29... Qg6 {was the only chance. Black agrees
to give up a pawn to trade queens. Alas, White can avoid that by means of} 30.
Qf3 $1 e4 (30... Qg4 31. Rexe5 $1) 31. Qh3 $16 Qg4 $140 32. Qxg4 Rxg4 33. f3)
30. Qf3 Rg7 31. Rf6 Qd8 32. d6 {[%csl Gd6,Rg8] The rest is clear. Black can't
both stop this pawn and defend his king.} e4 33. Qf5 Rd7 34. Re3 Rxd6 35. Rg3+
Kh8 36. Rg7 $1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.11.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. b4 Bg4 {A rare move but
the present game shows that it deserves attention.} (6... b6 {is the main
theoretical line.}) 7. h3 (7. Bb2 a5 8. a3 c6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 axb4 11. axb4
Rxa1+ 12. Bxa1 Qb6 13. Be2 Qxb4 $13 {1-0 Mezheritsky,Y-Sergeev,S/Kiev 2001/EXT
2003 (76)}) 7... Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A great idea. Black is
ahead in development, then why not seize the initiative at once?} (8... a5 $5
9. b5 c5 10. cxd5 (10. bxc6 $5 bxc6 11. Rb1 $14) 10... Nbd7 11. Ba3 cxd4 12.
exd4 Nb6 13. d6 exd6 14. Be2 Rc8 15. O-O Nc4 16. Bc1 Nd7 17. Rd1 Ndb6 18. Nd5
Re8 $11 {1-0 Kosic,D-Lundin,J/Novi Sad 2005/CBM 105 ext (28)}) (8... c6 $143 9.
Bb2 (9. Bd2 Qd6 10. c5 Qc7 11. Qf4 Qxf4 12. exf4 {1/2-1/2 Mortensen,S-Sorensen,
J/Randers 1970/EXT 98}) 9... a5 10. b5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qd6 12. O-O Qb4 13. Qe2
Nbd7 14. a3 Qd6 15. a4 c5 16. Ba3 b6 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rac8
20. Rac1 $16 {1-0 Bunzmann,D-Schwilk,M/Schwaebisch Gmuend 2001/CBM 080 ext (49)
}) 9. dxe5 (9. cxd5 exd4 10. exd4 c6 $1 $36 {[%csl Re1]}) 9... Nfd7 10. Bb2 Nc6
$1 11. cxd5 (11. Nxd5 Ncxe5 12. Qg3 (12. Qf4 c6 13. Nc3 a5 $1 14. a3 axb4 15.
axb4 Qb6) 12... c6 13. Nc3 Nb6 $44) 11... Nxb4 12. Qd1 c6 $1 13. Be2 {A
correct decision - to give up the material gains but complete development,
which eventually leads to simplifications and a draw.} (13. e4 $6) 13... Nxe5
14. O-O Nxd5 {Black is now a pawn up but it's just temporary.} 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 {
All attempts to play for a win are risky for Black, e.g.} (15... cxd5 16. Rb1
Qd7 17. Qb3 b6 18. Rbd1 $14 Rad8 $2 19. Bb5 {[%cal Ob5d7,Yb2a3]}) 16. Qxd5 cxd5
17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Rab1 b6 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Rb5 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 {For
this line - see the article by GM Evgeny Postny in CBM 143. I don't believe
Black can equalise in such a simple way.} 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b4 (10. e4
{is more common. Here is a classic example:} Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Bb7
13. Bf4 (13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Qh4 Rfe8 15. Rd2 {1/2 Leitao,R (2620)-Sasikiran,K 
(2653)/Bursa 2010/CBM 143/[Postny,E] (40)} c5 16. Rad1 e5 $11 {E.Postny}) 13...
Qe7 14. c5 bxc5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qb4 a5 17. Qa3 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Bg5 f6
20. Be3 Bf8 21. Qxa5 Nd3 {1/2 Timman,J (2640)-Tal,M (2610)/Hilversum 1988/CBM
010 (28)} 22. a4 $1 Ra8 23. Qb6 $14) 10... Bb7 11. Rb1 (11. a4 $5 a6 (11... a5
$5 12. b5 $140 c5) 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Rac1 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bb2 Qd6 16. cxd5
cxd5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. b5 a5 19. Bf3 $14 {1-0 Grabarczyk,M (2459)-Olenderek,T 
(2134)/Police 2011/CBM 143 Extra (27)}) 11... Re8 (11... a5 {deserved
attention here, too.}) 12. a4 Qc7 13. h3 Rac8 {[%cal Ye6e5]} ({It was the last
moment to play} 13... a5 {but Black has a completely different plan.}) 14. Ba3
{This move allows Black to free his position and get rid of problems.} (14. c5
$5 {was tempting and perhaps quite appropriate:} bxc5 (14... e5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5
16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. cxb6 axb6 18. a5) 15. bxc5 e5 16. a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5a6]} Rb8
17. a6 Bc8 18. Rxb8 Qxb8 19. Qa4 Qc7 20. Ba3 $36) 14... e5 $1 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16.
Nxe5 Qxe5 $11 17. Bb2 Qg5 $6 {[%csl Rg5] Amazingly, this (quite natural) move
causes Black serious trouble.} (17... dxc4 $142 18. Bxc4 (18. Nd5 c3 19. Bxc3
$4 cxd5) 18... Qg5 $132 {[%cal Rc6c5] In that case the position of Black's
queen on g5 would be appropriate.}) 18. Bf3 $1 dxc4 19. Ne2 Re7 (19... Rc7 $5
20. Qxc4 Nd7 $14) 20. Qxc4 c5 (20... Nd7 $142 $14) 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Nf4 (22.
f4 $1 {was strong although the resulting variations are not easy to calculate
and evaluate:} Qh5 {was probably the best option for Black:} (22... Qf5 23. Ng3
Qe6 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. bxc5 $16 Rxc5 $2 27. Ne4) (22... Qh4 23.
Qa6 Rbb8 (23... Rbc7 24. Be5 cxb4 25. Bxc7 Rxc7 26. Rxb4 Bf8 27. Qd3 $1) 24.
Be5 Ra8 25. Qb7 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8] with unpleasant pressure.}) 23. Qa6 (23. e4 $5)
23... Rbc7 24. Be5 cxb4 (24... Rc6 $2 25. Ng3 Qh4 26. b5) 25. Bxc7 Rxc7 26.
Rxb4 Bf8 27. Rbb1 (27. Qd3 $2 Bxb4 28. Qd8+ Kg7 29. Qxc7 Qxe2) 27... Bc5 {
with some (although objectively insufficient) compensation for the exchange})
22... Rbb8 (22... Rbc7 $142) 23. Rbc1 $6 {Once again Peter Leko misses a good
opportunity:} (23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Qe7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. bxc5 {winning a
pawn.}) 23... Qf5 24. g4 (24. Bxf6 cxb4 $1) 24... Qe4 25. Bxf6 (25. g5 $1 Qxc4
26. Rxc4 Nh5 $1 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Rd7 {and Black still faces serious problems.}
) 25... Qxc4 26. Rxc4 Bxf6 27. Nd5 Bh4 28. Rdc1 (28. bxc5 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 bxc5
30. Rc1 {was the last chance but Black should survive after} Rb2 31. f4 Re2 32.
Rxc5 f5 $1 {threatening a perpetual check.}) 28... Rd8 $1 {Phew! Black's
problems are finally over.} 29. e4 cxb4 30. Rxb4 Rbc8 31. Rbc4 Rxc4 32. Rxc4 f5
33. f3 fxe4 34. fxe4 Bg3 35. Kg2 Bd6 36. Rc6 Kf7 37. Ne3 (37. g5 $5) 37... Ke7
38. Nc4 Bb8 (38... Bf4 $5 39. Kf3 g5 {and it is Black who can fight for a win.}
) 39. e5 Kd7 40. Rf6 Ke7 41. Rc6 Kd7 42. Rf6 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2007.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 {A
useful move asking White to declare his intentions.} 8. b3 ({I myself preferred
} 8. Bd2 {against S.Conquest.}) 8... Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Bxf3 e6 {Very solid. Black has got rid of two pairs of "less necessary"
pieces, now he has a good bishop and no weaknesses.} 13. Qd2 $5 {An
interesting plan. White puts his bishop on a5 in order to provoke the
weakening ...b7-b6.} (13. Qc2 Nd7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Nf6 17. Qe3
Re8 18. Rd3 Re7 19. Rad1 Ne8 $2 (19... Rd7 $142) 20. Bb4 Nd6 21. Qf4 Rd7 22. d5
$1 cxd5 (22... e5 23. dxc6 exf4 24. cxd7 Qxd7 25. Rxd6 $16) 23. Bxd5 $1 Nf5 24.
Bxe6 $1 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Qxd3 26. Bxc8 $18 {1-0 Riazantsev,A-Sergienko,S/Sochi
2005/CBM 107 (31)}) 13... Re8 ({In case of} 13... a5 14. a4 {Black's a5 pawn
will require permanent attention} (14. e4 $143 dxe4 15. Bxe4 a4)) 14. Ba5 $1
Qe7 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Qb4 {The queen exchange looks logical to make use of
White's bishop pair but Black finds a good reply.} Qxb4 17. Bxb4 a5 18. Bd2 (
18. Bd6 Bf8 $5) 18... dxc4 $5 19. bxc4 e5 20. d5 $6 (20. Bc3 $1 {was the only
way to fight for an edge.}) 20... e4 21. Be2 Red8 (21... cxd5 22. cxd5 Re5 {
was a simpler way to equality, e.g.} 23. d6 (23. Bc4 Nb6 24. d6 Rd8) 23... Rd5
24. Rfd1 Rxd6 25. Bxa5 Rxd1+ (25... Bf8 $5) 26. Rxd1 Rxa5 (26... Ne5 $5) (26...
Nf8 $5 27. Rd5 $140 b6 28. Bxb6 Rxa2) 27. Rxd7 Rxa2 28. Bc4 Ra1+ 29. Kh2 b5 30.
Bxf7+ Kf8 31. Be6 Be5+ 32. g3 Ra6 33. Bd5 Rd6 $11) 22. Rfd1 cxd5 23. cxd5 Nf6
24. Be1 Nxd5 $6 {Starting a series of inaccuracies, which eventually lead to a
lost endgame.} (24... Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Nxd5 26. Rc5 Nb4 27. Bxb4 axb4 28. Bc4 Rd8
$1 $11) 25. Rc5 Nb4 26. Rxa5 $1 $14 Nc2 27. Bd2 Rxa5 (27... Rac8 28. Rb5 Rc7
29. Ba5 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Na3 31. Bxc7 Nxb5 32. Bb6 $14) 28. Bxa5 Ra8 29. Rd5 Bf8
$6 {It was absolutely crucial not to allow the white bishop to the a2-g8
diagonal.} (29... Na3 $1 30. Bb4 (30. Bd1 Nc4 31. Bb4 Bf8 $14) 30... Bf8 $14
31. Bxa3 Rxa3 32. Bc4 Rc3 33. Bb3 Kg7 $1 34. g3 (34. Rd7 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Rc7 $1)
34... Rc7 35. Rb5 f5 $16 {with a better defense than he had in the game.}) 30.
Bd1 Nb4 31. Bxb4 Bxb4 32. Bb3 {[%csl Gb3,Re4,Rf7][%mdl 4096] Despite the
opposite-coloured bishops, Black's position is difficult because White's
bishop is much stronger and the f7 pawn is under pressure. Material losses are
inevitable.} b6 (32... Re8 33. Rb5 Bd6 34. Rxb7 {is hardly a lesser evil.}) 33.
Rd7 {White is not hurrying to take the e4 pawn. It is more important to force
the black rook to f8.} Rf8 34. g4 g5 35. Rb7 Bc5 36. Bd5 Kg7 37. Kf1 ({Again
not} 37. Bxe4 Re8 {[%cal Ye8e7]}) 37... h6 38. Ke2 Kf6 39. a4 Kg7 40. Rc7 Bb4
41. Bxe4 {It's time now!} Rd8 (41... Re8 42. Bd5 Re7 43. Rc6 Ba5 (43... Bc5 $2
44. a5) 44. e4 {[%cal Ye2b5,Yc6b6]}) 42. Bd3 Kf8 43. Rb7 Rd6 44. Bc4 Rf6 {
The rook is not much more active on f6 than on f8. White's winning plan is:
f2-f4-f5 and then preparation of the exchange sacrifice on b6.} 45. Bd5 Be7 46.
f3 Bb4 47. Kd3 Be1 48. Ke4 Bg3 49. Bc4 Be1 50. f4 gxf4 51. exf4 Bg3 52. f5 Be1
53. Bd5 Kg7 54. Kd4 h5 55. Kc4 hxg4 56. hxg4 Bf2 57. Be6 Be3 58. Kd5 Kf8 59.
Ke5 Kg7 60. Ke4 Bd2 61. Kd3 Bf4 62. Kc4 Kf8 63. Bd5 Be3 64. Kb5 Kg7 65. Be6 Kf8
66. Bc4 Bf2 67. Bd5 Kg7 68. Bc6 Kh6 69. Rxb6 $1 {Such an exchange sacrifice,
creating a passed pawn, is a typical winning method in R+B vs R+B engings,
with opposite-coloured bishops.} Kg5 70. a5 $1 Rd6 (70... Kxg4 71. Bd7 $1 Kg5 (
71... Rxb6+ 72. axb6 Bg3 73. Ka6 Kf3 74. Kb7 $1 $18) 72. Rxf6 Kxf6 73. Kc6 Ke7
74. a6 Kd8 (74... Be3 75. Kc7 $1) 75. f6 $1 Bg1 76. Bg4 Bf2 77. Kb7 Be3 78. Bh5
$18) 71. Rb7 Kxg4 72. Rxf7 Kg5 73. Rd7 {The bishop endgame is now absolutely
winning for White.} Rh6 74. Be4 Rh8 75. a6 Rb8+ 76. Kc4 Kf4 77. Re7 Rc8+ 78.
Kd3 Rd8+ 79. Ke2 Bd4 80. Bd3 Bc5 81. Re6 Rh8 82. f6 Rh2+ 83. Kd1 Rh6 84. f7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.10.01"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Irzhanov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Lempert,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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 "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. h3 $6 (9. Re1) (9. Be3) 9... b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bf3 Na5 12. b4 $6 (12.
cxd5 $15) 12... Nxc4 $1 13. Nxc4 Rc8 14. Nb5 $6 (14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Ne5 Bxf3 16.
Nxf3 Nd5 $17) 14... Rxc4 15. Be2 Ne4 $1 16. Bb2 (16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Be3 (17. Bb2
Qd5 $17) 17... Qd5 18. a4 Ng3 $17) 16... Rxb4 17. Ba3 Rc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. f3
Ng3 20. Re1 Nf5 21. Bb2 (21. g4 Nxd4 22. Bxe7 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Bxf3 24. Bxd8 Bxa1
25. Be7 (25. Rxa1 Rxd8 $19) 25... Re8 26. Nd6 Bd4+ $19) 21... Qd5 22. Na3 Nxd4
23. Kh1 Qc5 24. Rc1 Nxf3 $1 $19 25. Rxc4 $138 Qf5 26. Rxe7 Ne1 27. Qg4 Qf1+ 28.
Kh2 Bxb2 29. Rf4 Nf3+ 30. Kg3 Bxa3 31. Rxb7 Bd6 32. Qxf3 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 g5 34. g3
gxf4 35. gxf4 Re8 36. Qg2+ Kf8 37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 38. Qd5+ Qe6 39. Qh5+ Qg6 40. Qf3
Qf5 0-1

[Event "Danzhou 3rd"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2012.06.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2012.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Bd2 Rfe8 13. Be1 a6 14. Rac1 Rac8
15. a3 h5 16. b4 Bf8 17. f4 Nh7 18. g4 hxg4 19. hxg4 Bg7 20. Qf3 Rcd8 21. Rc2
e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Ng5 24. Qg2 Qxe5 25. cxd5 Qxe3+ 26. Bf2 Nh3+ 27. Kf1
Nxf2 28. Qxf2 Qh3+ 29. Qg2 Qh4 30. Be4 Qf6+ $4 (30... f5 31. Bf3 Re3 $11) 31.
Qf3 $18 Qe7 32. Re2 Qh4 33. dxc6 Bxc3 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Qxc3 bxc6 36. Bf3 Qg3
37. Rg2 Qf4 38. Rf2 Qg3 39. Qxc6 Qh3+ 40. Ke1 Qg3 41. Kf1 Qh3+ 42. Ke2 Qg3 43.
Qe4 Qg1 44. Rf1 Qh2+ 45. Bg2 Qg3 46. Rd1 Rc8 47. Qf3 Qe5+ 48. Kf1 Rc3 49. Qa8+
Kg7 50. Qe4 Qf6+ 51. Kg1 Rxa3 52. Rf1 Ra1 53. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 54. Bf1 a5 55. b5 a4
56. b6 a3 57. b7 Qb2 58. Bc4 Qc1+ 59. Kg2 Qb2+ 60. Kf1 Qc1+ 61. Ke2 Qb2+ 62.
Kf3 Qc3+ 63. Kf2 Qb2+ 64. Kg3 g5 65. Qf3 f5 66. gxf5 Qe5+ 67. Kh3 Qb2 68. f6+
Kf8 69. b8=R+ 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Henriksson, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Be6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Qa3 dxc4 10. Qxe7 Nd5 11. Qh4 Qd8 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Ng5 c5 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15. Bg4 Re8 16. Bf3 Rd8 17. Ne4 cxd4 18. Nc5 Nc6 19. Nxe6 d3 20. Nxd8 Rxd8 21.
Rb1 b5 22. Bd2 Ne5 23. Bxd5+ Rxd5 24. Rfc1 Nc6 25. b3 Rc5 26. bxc4 bxc4 27. Bc3
a5 28. a3 a4 29. Kf1 Bxc3 30. Rxc3 Kf7 31. Rd1 Na5 $2 (31... Ne5 32. Rb1 Ke6
$16) 32. Rdxd3 $1 $18 Rb5 33. Rd7+ Ke6 34. Ra7 Kd5 35. Ke2 Kc5 36. Kd1 Kb6 37.
Rxh7 Rb2 38. Rf7 Kc5 39. h4 Nc6 40. h5 Ne5 41. Rc7+ Kd6 42. R7xc4 $2 (42. Ra7
gxh5 43. Rc2) 42... Nxc4 $18 43. Rxc4 gxh5 44. Ke1 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 12th"]
[Site "Opatija"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Kuljasevic, Davorin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. e4 Nb6 10. Be2 Bg4 11. a4 a5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne8 14. e5 Nc7 15.
Qb3 Ne6 16. Ne2 Nd5 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. Rad1 Rfb8 19. Bc1 Ra6 20. Be4 Rb6 21. Qg3
Rd8 22. f4 f5 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Bb1 Rb4 25. f5 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Rxd4 27. Rde1 Nh5
28. Qb3+ Kh8 29. fxg6 Rb4 30. Qf7 Qd4+ 31. Be3 Qh4 32. Bf2 $2 (32. Rd1 e5 33.
Bh6 $1) 32... Qg5 $2 (32... Qf6 33. Re6 Qxf7) 33. Rxe7 $18 hxg6 34. Be3 Qg3 35.
Bxg6 Rg8 36. Bxh5 Rxb2 37. Bf3 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 12th"]
[Site "Opatija"]
[Date "2012.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jankovic, Alojzije"]
[Black "Kuljasevic, Davorin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. e4 c5 12. Bxb5 Nxe4 13. O-O Nd6 14. dxc5 Nxb5
15. Qxb5 Qc8 16. Rd1 Bc6 17. Qe2 e6 18. Bf4 Qb7 19. Bd6 Rfc8 20. Ne1 Bf8 21.
Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Rd6 Rac8 23. Qe3 Nf6 24. b3 Rc7 25. f3 Rfc8 26. Nd3 Bb5 27. Qd4
$2 (27. Nxb5 Qxb5 28. b4 $18) 27... Ne8 $14 28. Nxb5 Qxb5 29. Rd8 e5 $6 (29...
Rxd8 30. Qxd8 Kf8 $11) 30. Qd5 $18 Rxd8 31. Qxd8 Kf8 32. Qd5 $2 (32. a4 Qxb3
33. Re1 $16) 32... Rd7 $17 33. Qxe5 Rxd3 34. Re1 Ng7 35. Qe7+ Kg8 36. Qxa7 Ne6
37. c6 Qxc6 38. Qb8+ Rd8 39. Qe5 Qb6+ 40. Kh1 Rd2 41. Re2 Rd3 42. Re1 Qc6 43.
Qb8+ Rd8 44. Qe5 Rd5 45. Qf6 Qc2 46. Qa1 Rg5 47. Rg1 Ra5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 {La solide variante Schlechter} 5. Nf3
Bg7 6. Be2 (6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. b3 (
11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 (12. exd5 exd4 {Polugaevsky,L-Smyslov,V Moscow CCCT 1960 (5)
0-1}) 12... Nxe5 13. Qe2 d4 14. Bc2 Nfd7 15. Na4 Qa5 16. Bd2 {Bisguier,
A-Smyslov,V URS-USA Moscow 1955 (2) 0-1} (16. f4 d3 {Smyslov}))) 6... O-O 7.
O-O {01h31} Be6 {01h29 Une ligne secondaire etB g4 ouN bd7 sont les grandes
lignes} (7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3) (7... Nbd7) 8. cxd5 {Joué après 20 mns de
réflexion} (8. b3 {L'alternative} h6 {Ivanchuk,V (2768)-Kempinski,R (2600)
GRE-chT 39th 2011 (3.2) 1-0}) 8... cxd5 9. Qb3 {67} Qb6 {87} 10. Qxb6 {65} axb6
{88} 11. b3 Bg4 12. h3 (12. Na4 Nfd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 {Epishin,V (2675)
-Gulko,B (2615) Dos Hermanas 1994 (6) 1-0} (14... e5 $143 {[%cal Gg7a1]} 15.
Bb2 {[%csl Rd5]})) 12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e6 14. Bb2 {65} Rc8 {86} 15. Rfc1 {63}
Nc6 {85} 16. Na4 $146 {[%csl Rb6] 60} (16. Be2 Bf8 17. Na4 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,J 
(2480)-Gulko,B (2560)/Manila 1992/TD}) 16... Nd7 {[%csl Rb6] joué а tempo} 17.
Be2 {[%csl Gb5] 60} Bf8 {78 Probablement le premier coup hors préparation des
Noirs} 18. Kf1 {60} Bd6 {76} 19. Nc3 (19. a3 Na5 20. Bd1) 19... Kf8 20. Nb5 {49
} Be7 {73 Les Noirs continuent de jouer très vite} 21. a3 Nf6 (21... Na5 $5 {
[%cal Ga5b3]}) 22. b4 {34} Ne4 23. Rc2 Ke8 24. Bd3 Nd6 25. Nxd6+ Bxd6 26. e4 {
32} Be7 {46} 27. Re1 $1 $14 {[%cal Ge1e8,Ge4d5] 21} Kd7 {42} 28. g3 {14} (28.
Bb5 {[%cal Gb5d7]}) 28... Bf6 {[%csl Rd4] 31} (28... dxe4 $143 {L'ouverture du
centre permettrait aux Noirs d'affaiblir le P isolé "d4" mais en contrepartie,
la paire de B serait plus active} 29. Bxe4 Bf6 30. Rd2 $16 {[%cal Gd4d5,Gd2d7]}
) 29. e5 Bg7 30. Bb5 $1 $14 {[%csl Gb5]} f5 31. Ke2 Kd8 32. Bd3 Kd7 33. Bb5 Kd8
34. Bd3 Kd7 35. h4 Na7 $6 {[%csl Ra7]} 36. Rxc8 {10} Rxc8 37. h5 $1 {Avec un
Na7 hors-jeu, il est logique d'attaquer sur l'aile opposée} Ke7 38. Rh1 Kf7 39.
f4 Nc6 40. Kd2 Bf8 41. Be2 Kg7 42. Bc3 Ra8 43. Bb2 Re8 44. Bc3 (44. g4 $5 fxg4
45. hxg6 hxg6 46. Bxg4 Kf7 47. Rh7+ Bg7 48. Kd3 {[%cal Gb2c1,Gc1h6,Gf4f5]})
44... Ra8 45. Ra1 Kf7 46. Kc2 Bh6 47. Kb3 g5 48. g4 $1 {Probablement oublié
par les Noirs lorsqu'ils ont joué g5} fxg4 (48... gxf4 49. gxf5 exf5 50. Rg1
Rc8 (50... Rg8 51. Rxg8 Kxg8 52. Bf3 Ne7 53. Ka4 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ga4b5,
Gb5b6]})) 49. fxg5 Bxg5 50. Bxg4 Be3 51. Rf1+ Ke7 52. Rf6 Nxd4+ 53. Bxd4 Bxd4
54. Rxe6+ Kf8 55. Rf6+ Ke7 56. Rh6 Rh8 57. Bf5 b5 58. Re6+ $1 {répète les
coups pour gagner du temps avec l'incrément} Kf7 59. Rf6+ Ke7 60. Rh6 Rf8 (
60... Kf7 61. Rf6+) 61. Rxh7+ Kd8 (61... Rf7 {[%csl Rb5,Rb7,Gd4,Gf5] Avec des
B de couleurs opposées, Rf7 est un coup candidat mais les P b7 et b5 tombent
ensuite} 62. Rxf7+ Kxf7 63. Bc8 b6 64. e6+ (64. Bd7 Bxe5 65. Bxb5) 64... Kg7
65. Bd7 {[%cal Gd7b5,Ge6e7]} Bf6 66. Bxb5 Bg5 (66... Kh6 67. a4 {[%csl Rh6]
[%cal Ga4a5]}) 67. Bc6 (67. a4) 67... Kf6 68. Bxd5 {Toutes les finales de B de
couleurs opposées ne sont pas forcément nulles}) 62. Rd7+ $1 Ke8 63. Rxd5 Rxf5
64. Rxd4 Rxe5 65. Rh4 $1 $40 {[%csl Rb5,Rb7,Gh4,Gh5]} Kf7 66. h6 Kg8 67. h7+ $1
Kh8 {[%csl Rh8] Il suffit de monter le K blanc pour réaliser le gain technique}
68. Kc3 Rd5 69. Rh6 b6 70. Rh3 Rd7 71. Rh5 $18 Rd6 72. Kc2 Rg6 73. Kd3 Rg3+ 74.
Kd4 Rg4+ 75. Kd5 Rg6 76. Ke5 Rc6 77. Kd4 Rg6 78. Rxb5 Kxh7 79. Rf5 Rg3 80. a4
Rg4+ 81. Kc3 Kg7 82. Kb3 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. a4 a5
9. Qb3 (9. cxd5 cxd5 10. b3 {Di Berardino,D (2480)-Kamsky,G (2741)/
Khanty-Mansiysk 2011/CBM 145/[Marin,M] (0-1, 48)}) 9... e6 10. Bd2 Ne4 11. Be1
Nd6 12. c5 Nf5 13. Rd1 Nd7 14. e4 Ne7 15. Bd2 b6 16. cxb6 Qxb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6
18. b3 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Bf4 Rd8 21. g4 $146 {This novelty does not change
the evaluation of the position as comfortable for Black.} (21. Rc1 {Iturrizaga
Bonelli,E (2611)-Kamsky,G (2730)/Moscow 2011/CBM 141 (0-1, 64)}) 21... Ra7 22.
Rb1 h6 23. Rfc1 g5 24. Be3 f5 25. exf5 exf5 26. h3 f4 27. Bd2 Nd7 28. Ne2 Rb8
29. b4 axb4 30. Rxb4 Rba8 31. Rcb1 c5 32. dxc5 Nc6 33. Rb7 Rxb7 34. Rxb7 Nxc5
35. Rb6 Ra6 36. Rxa6 Nxa6 37. h4 Bf6 38. Nc3 Ne7 39. Nb5 Kf7 40. Nfd4 Ng6 41.
h5 Ne5 42. f3 Nc4 43. Be1 Be7 44. Kf1 Ke8 45. Nf5 Bf8 46. Ke2 Kd7 47. Bc3 Nb6
48. a5 Nc4 49. Nbd4 Nc7 50. Nb3 Nb5 51. Be1 Ncd6 52. Nbd4 Nxf5 53. Nxb5 Ne3 54.
Bf2 Bc5 55. a6 Kc6 56. a7 Kb7 57. Kd3 Bb6 58. Bxe3 fxe3 59. Nd6+ Kxa7 60. Nf5
Kb7 61. Nxh6 Kc6 62. Nf7 Kd7 63. h6 Ke7 64. h7 e2 65. Kxe2 Bd4 66. Kd3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Di Berardino, Diego Rafael"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. a4 {
This mechanical way of preventing Black's queenside expansion has the
significant drawback of weakening the b4-square.} a5 $1 {Freezing the
queenside is worth losing a tempo. Besides, Black had to prevent a4-a5, which
would have yielded White a considerable space advantage.} 9. cxd5 {A rather
simplisitic approach. White relies on the fact that, apart from the initial
tempo, he has got one more after the last pawn moves. However, with only one
open file available and no constructive pawn breaks in sight, Black is
entitled to hope for gradually equalising.} (9. Qb3 {is aimed to put pressure
on the enemy queenside, preventing the active development of the bishop (as
well as ...Nbd7, in view of the hanging d5-pawn). However, if Black manages to
complete his development somehow, the queen is not especially well placed on
b3, preventing the consolidating move b2-b3.} e6 {This simple solutionprotects
d5 and is ready to start regrouping in accordance with White's own plan.
Another important aspect is that cxd5 is not a threat anymore because of ...
exd5! leading to a comfortable form of the Carlsbad structure, with no
minority attack available for White.} 10. Rd1 (10. Bd2 {may be a bit premature,
allowing} Ne4 11. Be1 Nd6 12. c5 Nf5 13. Rd1 Nd7 14. e4 {White seems to have
an active position, but his structure is not entirely coherent. I cannot stop
comparing this game with Gurevich-Salov, rom my recent article on the 4.Nbd2
d5 Bogoindian.} Ne7 15. Bd2 b6 16. cxb6 Qxb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. b3 Ba6 {
Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2611)-Kamsky,G (2730)/Moscow 2011/CBM 141 (0-1, 64).
Black has solved all his problems and it is time for White to think about his
own.}) 10... Qe7 ({Black should probably refrain from the occupation of the
b4-square:} 10... Na6 11. Bd2 Re8 12. Rac1 Nb4 13. Na2 $1 {As we see, White
has little trouble breaking the blockade.} Nxa2 14. Qxa2 Ne4 15. Be1 Nd6 16. b3
Qe7 17. Ne5 Bd7 18. b4 axb4 19. Bxb4 Red8 20. a5 Be8 21. Qb3 Bf8 22. Bc5 $14 {
So,W (2640)-Malakhov,V (2706)/Khanty Mansiysk 2009/CBM 134 (1/2, 65)}) 11. Bd2
Nbd7 {From this square, the knight controls e5 and sustains the opening of the
centre with either ...e5 or ...c5.} 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rac1 b6 14. e4 ({This does
not yield any advantage, but in the event of neutral white play Black can
become ambitious:} 14. b3 Bb7 15. Be1 Rac8 $132 {and ...c5 is in the air.})
14... dxe4 15. Nxe4 Bb7 $6 (15... e5 $5 $11) (15... Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bb7 {
transposes to the game.}) 16. Bf4 (16. Nxf6+ $1 {Forcing Black to misplace one
of his pieces. If he wishes to keep the possibility of ...e5 with} Bxf6 {then}
17. c5 $5 $14 {is unpleasant, leaving Bb7 passive.}) 16... Nxe4 17. Qxe4 e5 18.
dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 {1/2 Banikas,H (2593)-Yilmaz,M (2519)/Paleochora 2011.
Black's position looks more appealing after} c5 {He can hope for
simplification to an ending with light-squared bishops, which would leave the
white queenside in danger.}) (9. b3 {consolidates the c4-pawn and prepares the
activation of the c1-bishop. On the other hand, the c3-square is weakened.} Bg4
{Exchanging one white knight is a logical way to start fighting for the dark
squares, which have been slightly weakened by the last move.} 10. Ba3 Re8 11.
cxd5 (11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Na6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Be2 Nb4 16. Bb5
Rf8 17. Qd2 Qd6 18. Rac1 Rfc8 {White's position looks more active, but Black
will be able to simplify into a drawn ending with a pawn down.} 19. Rc3 Bf8 20.
Rfc1 Qd8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Bxb4 axb4 24. Qxb4 e6 25. Qd2 Bd6 $11
{Nyback,T (2615)-Rustemov,A (2532)/Hamburg 2009 (1/2, 30)}) 11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5
cxd5 13. Bb5 Nc6 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 e6 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Qe2 Bf8 18. Bc5 Bxc5
19. Rxc5 Qb6 (19... Re7 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Rxc6 bxc6 22. Qa6 $16 {/\Rc1. With
his rook misplaced, Black cannot coordinate his forces to defend a5 and c6.}) (
19... Rf8 $5 {/\...Na7} 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Qb5 Rxc5 22. Qxc5 b6 23. Qc6 $14) 20.
Qd2 Rb8 (20... Ra8 $1 {[%csl Ga5]}) 21. Rb1 Ra8 22. Rbc1 Rec8 23. R1c3 Na7 $11
{Berkes,F (2601)-Bu Xiangzhi (2664)/Taiyuan 2006/CBM 114 (1/2, 44)}) 9... cxd5
10. b3 ({Kamsky defended Black's point of view in a recent game after} 10. Qb3
Nc6 11. Bd2 Qd6 12. Rfc1 ({Since Black will retreat with his queen to b8
anyway, it does not make sense to take the knight away from the centre with} 
12. Nb5) 12... Rd8 13. h3 Qb8 14. Bb5 Qd6 (14... Qc7 $5) 15. Qa3 Qxa3 16. Rxa3
Bd7 17. Rb3 e6 18. Be2 Nb4 19. Ne5 Be8 20. Nb5 Ne4 21. Bxb4 axb4 22. Rxb4 Bf8
23. Rb3 Rxa4 24. Nc3 Rb4 $11 {Harikrishna,P (2669)-Kamsky,G (2741)/Ningbo 2011/
CBM 144 (1/2, 36)}) 10... Nc6 (10... Ne4 $6 11. Bb2 $6 (11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2
$14) 11... Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nc6 {1/2 Sargissian,G (2673)-Negi,P (2615)/Sestao
2010/CBM 138}) 11. Ba3 Bg4 ({Di Berardino had faced before the rather slow
regrouping} 11... Ne8 12. Rc1 Nc7 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rfd1 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3
$14 {Di Berardino,D (2492)-Cubas,J (2463)/Santos 2010/CBM 137 Extra (1-0, 38)})
(11... Bf5 {looks playable:} 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Nd2 (14. Bd3 {
Rajlich,I (2411)-Zhukova,N (2452)/Crete 2007 (1-0, 42)} Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qd7 $11)
14... Bf5 15. Rc5 Qd6 16. Qa1 Nb4 17. Qc3 b6 18. Rc7 e5 $36 {Suba,M (2528)
-Stefanova,A (2451)/Coria del Rio 2002/CBM 086 ext (0-1, 50)}) 12. h3 $146 (12.
Rc1 Rc8 13. Ne5 Bf5 $6 {It is hard to understand why Black refrained from
exchanging his problem bishop.} (13... Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Re8 15. Rfd1 e6 16. Nb5
Bf8 $11) 14. g4 Be6 15. Nd3 $14 {Jojua,D (2463)-Zarkua,D (2377)/Tbilisi 2008/
CBM 123 Extra (1/2, 20). Black has some problems of coordination.}) 12... Bxf3
13. Bxf3 Qd7 14. Qd2 Rfc8 15. Rac1 e6 16. Rfd1 {Aiming for the opening of the
centre.} (16. Nb5 {does not prepare special problems for Black:} Bf8 17. Bxf8
Kxf8 18. Rc5 b6 19. Rc3 Nb4 20. Rfc1 Rxc3 21. Rxc3 Rc8 $11) 16... Bf8 17. Bxf8
Kxf8 18. e4 $5 {A double edged decision. White is tempted to open the long
diagonal, especially since the black rooks are concentrated on a narrow space
on the queenside. However, with just few minor pieces left, the isolani is
likely to become weak in the long run.} dxe4 19. Nxe4 ({He could have avoided
further piece exchanges with} 19. Bxe4 $1 Nb4 (19... Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Kg7 21. Qb2
Qd5 22. Nc3 Qf5 23. d5 $16) 20. Bf3 {, although Black would have little to
fear after} Kg7 $11) 19... Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Nb4 21. Rc4 $6 {Overestimating his
position.} ({He should have got rid of the isolani with} 21. d5 exd5 22. Bxd5
Nxd5 (22... Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Nxd5 24. Qc5+ $14) 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25.
Rxd5 b6 26. Rb5 (26. Rd6 Rb8 {[%cal Gf8e7]}) 26... Rc6 27. g4 {White's
advantage (consisting of the more active rook and kingside space advantage) is
microscopic.}) 21... Kg8 22. h4 Qe7 ({Kamsky is not interested in
strengthening White's centre, although this would have offered some chances to
unbalance the position.} 22... Rxc4 23. bxc4 Rc8 (23... Qxa4 24. Bxb7 $36) 24.
c5 Rc7 $13) 23. g3 Rd8 24. h5 Rd7 25. Qf4 Rad8 26. hxg6 $6 {White should not
have given up the possibility of playing h5-h6.} hxg6 27. Bf3 b6 28. Kg2 {
White can only sit and hope that Black will not find a way to increase the
pressure against the d4-pawn.} Qf8 29. Qg4 (29. Qe5 $5) 29... Qg7 30. Be2 $6 {
Careless.} (30. Qg5 Rxd4 $2 31. Qxd8+ $1 $18) 30... Qf6 $1 $15 {By placing the
queen on f6, Black has improved his position considerably.} 31. Bf3 Kg7 32. Be2
Nd5 33. Bf3 Ne7 $1 {[%cal Ge7f5] One can notice that the bishop is almost
useless in the main strategic battle.} 34. b4 Nf5 35. bxa5 bxa5 $17 36. d5 exd5
37. Rc5 Rb7 38. Rxa5 (38. Rcxd5 Rxd5 39. Bxd5 Rb4 40. Qe2 Rxa4 $17) 38... Rb2
$1 $40 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Gf6b6,Gf5e3]} 39. Qf4 Qb6 $6 (39... g5 $5 40. Qc1 g4 $1
41. Bxg4 Nh4+ $1 $19) (39... Rxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Qb6+ $40) 40. Rd2 $1 Ne3+ 41. Qxe3
Qxe3 42. Rxb2 Qc3 43. Rbb5 (43. Rab5 $5) 43... Qe1 44. Rxd5 Rh8 45. Bh5 gxh5 $1
(45... Rxh5 $2 46. Rxh5 gxh5 47. Rxh5 $11 {The a4-pawn is not important.
White's fortress is 100% safe.}) 46. Rg5+ Kf6 47. Rxh5 ({It would not be
trivial to win after} 47. Raf5+ Ke6 48. Rf4 Rc8 49. Rgf5) 47... Qe4+ 48. Kg1 (
48. Kg1 Rd8) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.04"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. b3 {
Since one of the main threats created by Black's last move is ...dxc4 followed
by ...b5 and ...c5, it makes sense to overprotect the c4-pawn. The only
problem is that this move practically invites the subsequent knight move to
the centre.} ({Another important variation is} 8. Bd2 {, as in Jumabayev,R 
(2589)-Fressinet,L (2698)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2011/CBM 145/[Marin,M] (0-1, 67)})
8... Ne4 9. Bb2 ({With the long diagonal and the c3-square weakened, White
does not have the time for either} 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ng5 {because of} c5) ({
or the intermediate} 9. cxd5) 9... Nxc3 10. Bxc3 {Black has solved part of his
space problem, by having exchanged one minor piece, but in the meanwhile he
has helped White to complete his development.} Bg4 {Preparing a second
exchange, after which Black will be ready to set up a hedgehog type fortress.}
(10... Bf5 {looks active, but does not have a strong impact on the fight for
the central squares.} 11. Rc1 (11. b4 {This is the kind of premature activity
that Korchnoi sometimes resorted to before becoming an outstanding expert in
these structures. There is, for instance, the game Kortschnoj,V-Smyslov,V/
Leningrad 1967/EXT 1999 (0-1, 40). Later, he refined his strategy and carried
out the queenside attack only after thorough preparation. Please refer also to
the comments to Efimenko-Pert. The problem with the last move is that it
weakens the c4-square, speeding up Black's development.} dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13.
Rc1 Nb6 14. Bb3 Nd5 15. Bd2 Qd6 16. a3 {So far, we have followed the game
Dimitrov,A (2275)-Panbukchian,V (2350)/Bankia 1991/EXT 1998 (0-1, 66). Black
has not challenged White's space advantage yet, but has quite comfortable
development. I would suggest now:} Rad8 17. Qe2 {[%cal Ge3e4]} Nc7 {[%csl Gd4]
[%cal Ge3e4,Gf5g4]} 18. h3 Be4 {with good play on the light squares.}) 11...
Nd7 12. cxd5 $5 {An interesting practical decision. Once the tension is
released, the black bishops will be left without scope.} ({Transferring the
queen to b2 without the previous exchange would allow Black to obtain
counterplay:} 12. Qd2 Nf6 13. Qb2 Ne4 14. Bb4 c5 $132) 12... cxd5 13. Qd2 Nf6
14. Qb2 Ne4 15. Bb4 a5 16. Ba3 a4 {1/2 Markowski,T (2553)-Kempinski,R (2590)/
Opole 2007/CBM 117. The draw agreement seems a bit premature. Despite the
symmetrical character of the position, White's pieces are more active.} 17. Bb4
$5 $14 {/\Ne5-d3, /\bxa4, Bb5}) 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e6 {Any player who has
the Schlechter variation in his repertoire should be ready to defend this kind
of position. Black is solid, although somewhat passive. The presence of the
bishop in fianchetto has two consequences. The positive aspect is that the
thematic opening of the centre with e3-e4 is somewhat inhibited. On the other
hand, the queenside dark squares have been left slightly unattended, which may
make itself felt. Black has placed all his pawns on light squares, in order to
restrict the f3-bishop. This will give White a free hand on the dark squares,
allowing him to annoy Black with moves such as Bb4 or Ba5.} 13. Bb4 $146 {
Preparing the bishop's transfer to the h2-b8 diagonal. This will make the
position similar to those from the Bf4, ...c6 Grünfeld. In the Schlechter Slav,
the bishop is developed behind the pawn chain.} (13. Qd2 Re8 14. Ba5 Qe7 15.
Rac1 Nd7 16. Qb4 {offered White some very slight initiative in Carlsen,M (2710)
-Bu Xiangzhi (2685)/Biel 2007/CBM 120/[Krasenkow] (1-0, 84) According to
Krasenkow, Black's position remained entirely playable, though.}) (13. Rc1 Nd7
14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. g3 Rac8 17. Bg2 {White has regrouped flexibly,
leaving concrete action for later.} h5 18. Ba5 {Finally the typically annoying
bishop move.} b6 ({The more solid alternative was} 18... Re8 {. Black did not
feel like stepping back from the position of maximal activity, and thought
that the weakening of the c6-square would not be too relevant. The way the
game went proved him to be right, but White could have played better at a
certain point.}) 19. Be1 Nf6 20. cxd5 {Black will be absolutely fine after
this exchange.} (20. b4 {, planning a massive attack with a2-a4, would have
been more dangerous:} b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Qxa4 Qb7 24. Rc2 Rc7 25.
Ra1 Rb8 26. Bf1 $14 {Both white bishops are useful, while Black's minor pieces
still need to be activated. The control over the only open file and the
pressure against c6 offer White the better chances.}) 20... exd5 21. Qe2 a5 22.
Rc2 Qb7 23. Rdc1 Bf8 {/\...Ba3} 24. a4 Bd6 $11 {Dao Thien Hai (2524)-Negi,P 
(2620)/Ha Long City 2009/CBM 133 Extra (1/2, 44). There is no minority attack,
and no way of forcing Black to weaken his d5-pawn with ...c5.}) ({So far,
there has only been one game in which White opened the centre at an early
stage:} 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. e4 dxe4 (14... e5 $5 {Marin}) 15. Qxe4 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Nf6
17. Qe3 Re8 18. Rd3 Re7 19. Rad1 Ne8 $2 (19... Rd7 $142 {Krasenkow}) 20. Bb4
Nd6 21. Qf4 Rd7 22. d5 $1 $16 {Riazantsev,A-Sergienko,S/Sochi 2005/CBM 107 
(1-0, 31)}) 13... Re8 14. Rc1 Nd7 15. Bd6 Bf8 16. Bg3 Nf6 17. Qd2 $6 {This
careless move allows Black to exchange the dark-squared bishops, after which
he will not have the slightest problem.} ({With the bishop on f4, the most
consequent continuation would be} 17. c5 $5 {, not only preventing ...Bd6, but
also preparing the standard queenside attack with b4, a4, b5 and so on.}) ({
Or if he wanted to keep the tension at any cost,} 17. Qd3 {deserved
consideration:} Bd6 18. Bh4 h6 19. e4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 g5 21. Bg3 Bxg3 22. fxg3 {
and White has certain play on the f-file.}) 17... Bd6 18. Bxd6 ({He probably
missed the fact that} 18. Bh4 {allows the simple} Ne4 $1 19. Bxe4 Qxh4 $11)
18... Qxd6 19. Rfd1 h5 $11 {Continuing to restrict the only remaining white
bishop, since there are no dangers on dark squares anymore.} 20. b4 b5 {
Same issue.} 21. cxd5 (21. c5 Qc7 {followed by ...e5 would offer Black a clear
plan in the centre and on the kingside. With just one minor piece left, White
cannot organzie a sacrifice on b5 easily.}) 21... cxd5 22. Qc3 (22. Rc5 {
only loses time after} Nd7) 22... Qf8 23. Qc5 Rec8 24. Qxf8+ Kxf8 25. a3 (25.
Rc5 Nd7) 25... Ke7 26. h4 Kd6 27. Kf1 Rc4 28. Be2 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Nd7 30. Ke1 Nb6
31. Rc5 {White had nothing better than provoking the draw by repetition.} (31.
Bd3 Nc4 32. Ra1 a5 $36) (31. Ra1 Rc8 $36) 31... Na4 32. Rc2 Nb6 33. Rc5 Na4
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 {A
flexible move, which does not discard Black's intentions yet. He may play ...
b5, or ...dxc4 followed by ...b5, or some other half-waiting move.} 8. Bd2 {
A normal developing move. The activity of the apparently modest bishop should
not be understimated. In certain cases, it may emerge into the play via b4 or
a5. In others, defending the c3- and b4-squares is just as important. However,
it may also happen that the bishop stands in the way of White's major pieces,
obstructing their natural pressure along the d-file. Or else, the bishop may
be simply hanging. The simple enumeration of these aspects conveys to one the
feeling of the huge complexity of the position.} dxc4 (8... b5 $6 {is a bit
premature and is precisely what White had prepared for with his previous move.}
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. b4 {Justified by the presence of the bishop on d2.} Ne4 11. a4
Nxc3 $6 ({This is a premature release of the tension, the same as} 11... Nxd2
$6 12. Qxd2 bxa4 13. Nxa4 $16) (11... bxa4 {may be the best chance to get a
reasonable position out of the opening.} 12. Nxa4 Nc6 13. Nc5 Rb8 14. Ra4 Rb6
15. Qc2 e5 $5) 12. Bxc3 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Bb7 14. Qa1 $16 {Potkin,V (2606)
-Amonatov,F (2643)/Ulan Ude 2009/CBM 132 (1-0, 43)}) ({Jumabayev had had a
previous game against} 8... Ne4 9. cxd5 Nxd2 $5 ({This looks like an
improvement over} 9... cxd5 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ne5 Be6 12. a4 Nd7 13. Nc4 Qb8
14. Bb4 $14 {Narciso Dublan,M (2553)-Bergez,L (2371)/Barcelona 2009/CBM 131
Extra (1-0, 26)}) 10. Nxd2 cxd5 11. Qb3 e6 12. Rfc1 {White has a considerable
advance in development, but there are no obvious ways to make progress.
Black's position is solid and his bishop pair is useful in preventing the
invasion through the c-file.} Re8 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Na4 Bf8 15. Qc2 {1/2
Jumabayev,R (2547)-Burmakin,V (2593)/St Petersburg 2010}) 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 {
Another flexible move.} (9... b5 $6 {has similar drawbacks as if played one
move earlier.} 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. b4 a5 12. a3 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Re8 {
Bocharov,D (2607)-Vidit,S (2423)/St Petersburg 2009/CBM 132 Extra (1/2, 40)}
15. Rc1 $5 $14) (9... Bg4 {is interesting, though. If compared with the
variation 7...dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nbd7 11.Rd1 e5 12.d5 (12...
e4!?), the move ...a6 is not necessarily useful but the insertion of Bc1-d2
restricts White's possibilities at this stage of the game. At a later moment,
d4-d5 could be answered with ...Nb6, without fearing the discovered attack
d5xc6.} 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7 12. Rad1 {This looks like a logical
consequence of having developed the bishop.} ({Black is quite solid after} 12.
Rfd1 e5 13. Bb3 Qe7 14. Rac1 Rfe8 15. Na4 b5 16. Nc3 Rac8 17. Ne4 exd4 18.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxf6 Bxf6 20. exd4 {1/2 Tomashevsky,E (2646)-Bu Xiangzhi (2710)/
Ningpo 2008/CBM 126}) 12... e5 13. Bc1 exd4 $6 {This justifies White's play
completely.} ({He should have fought against the activation of the c1-bishop
with} 13... Re8 {, for instance} 14. d5 e4 15. Qe2 Rc8) 14. exd4 Nb6 15. Bb3
Nbd5 16. Rfe1 $14 b5 $6 {Just creating weaknesses for nothing.} 17. Bg5 Qd7 18.
Re5 $16 {Farago,I (2525)-Murey,J (2495)/Graz 1996/EXT 98 (1-0, 77)}) 10. a4 ({
With the queenside structure undefined yet,} 10. b4 {is premature.} Ne8 11. Bb3
e5 12. Qc2 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Bg5 Nf6 $132 {Zueger,B (2448)-Kristjansson,S 
(2371)/Ohrid 2001/CBM 084 (1/2, 40)}) (10. e4 {is interesting and needs
detailed investigation.} b5 11. Bb3 Nb6 12. e5 Nfd5 13. Ne4 a5 14. a3 Nc4 (
14... a4 15. Ba2 Nc4 {as played in the Internet game Doettling,F (2542)-Bu
Xiangzhi (2645)/Internet Chess Club 2006/CBM 111 ext (1/2, 67) may be an
improvement.}) 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Nc5 Nb6 17. Qe2 Qd5 18. h3 Nd7 19. Na4 c5 20.
Nc3 Qb7 21. Qxc4 cxd4 22. Qxd4 Qxb2 23. Rfb1 $36 {Krasenkow,M (2585)-Conquest,
S (2560)/Rethymnon 2003 (1-0, 35)}) 10... c5 11. d5 {This offers Black active
play, but maintaining the tension does not look too promising for White either.
} (11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Nxb6 $11) (11. Qe2 cxd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nbd5 $11)
11... Nb6 $1 $146 {The start of a forcing line, leading to a harmonious
regrouping for Black.} ({The thematic transfer of the knight to d6 is a bit
too slow:} 11... Ne8 12. e4 Nd6 13. Bd3 Rb8 14. Qe2 $14 {With his mobile pawn
centre, White has the upper hand already. Black's next moves are strategically
disastrous.} f6 $2 15. Rab1 a5 $2 $16 {Surprisingly, White lost in Krasenkow,M
(2647)-Zhang Zhong (2541)/Shenyang 1999/CBM 073 (0-1, 50)}) 12. Qb3 {Forced,
in order to defend the bishop and the d5-pawn. Once again, we can see a
drawback of having developed the bishop to d2 so soon.} Bg4 {This simple
developing move causes White more problems than it may seem to. Anticipating a
bit, this is the start of a truly glorious career for this bishop, supposedly
Black's main problem in the closed games.} 13. Ne5 {This seemingly active move
is one of the causes of White's later problems. Finding a good alternative is
not that easy, though.} (13. a5 $6 {leaves the bishop hanging after} Nxc4 14.
Qxc4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 e6 $15) ({I would consider} 13. Rfd1 {, although the
engines are sceptical:} Qd6 14. Be1 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 {White has
maintained his space advantage and is ready to proceed with his queenside
attack based on a4-a5. Black needs to find a concrete way to take advantage of
the weakness of the white kingside.}) 13... Bf5 14. Rfd1 {Necessary, in order
to defend the bishop.} (14. a5 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 e6 $36) 14... Ne8 $1 {This
manoeuvre, which is familiar to us already, is connected with gain of time now.
} 15. f4 {Spoiling the flexibility of the centre.} ({However,} 15. Nf3 {
would be equivalent to admitting that the knight move to the centre was a mere
loss of time.} Nd6 16. Be2 c4 17. Qa2 Rc8 $132) 15... Nd6 (15... Nd7 $5 {
is more restrictive, preventing the relatively favourable knight retreat to c4.
There will be time for ...Nd6 later.} 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 $15 {[%cal Ge8d6]}) 16. Be2
Nd7 17. Nc4 (17. g4 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. gxf5 e6 $40 20. fxe6 $2 Qh4 $19)
17... Nf6 $15 {Black's minor pieces are perfectly regrouped to keep the enemy
centre immobile. White's position lacks the needed harmony to take advantage
of his territorial superiority.} 18. Bf3 Bd3 {After a few introductory steps
along the initial diagonal, the bishop starts displaying overwhelming activity.
} 19. Ne5 c4 20. Qa3 Bc2 21. Rdc1 Bb3 22. Re1 Nf5 23. Qc5 Qd6 $1 {A typical
move for the Grünfeld Defence.} 24. Qxd6 exd6 {We have transposed to a Benoni
structure. I do not remember getting such a fabulous version of it during my
long years of practice with the Benoni, though.} 25. Ng4 Nd7 26. Nf2 Nc5 27. g4
Nh4 28. Bh1 f5 29. g5 {In principle, Black seems to be close to winning. He
has one important problem though: freeing his h4-knight.} Rae8 30. Re2 h6 31.
Nh3 Bc2 32. Kf2 Bd3 33. Ree1 Nb3 (33... Ne4+ 34. Nxe4 fxe4 $17 {would be the
simplest solution to bring the knight back into the game.}) 34. Rad1 Bc2 35.
Bc1 $2 ({Why not} 35. Rc1 {?}) 35... Bxd1 $17 36. Rxd1 Re7 37. Kg3 Nxc1 38.
Rxc1 Rxe3+ 39. Kxh4 Kf7 (39... hxg5+ $1 40. Nxg5 (40. fxg5 Kf7 $19) 40... Bf6
41. Nd1 Rd3 42. Nf2 Rd2 43. Kg3 b5 $17) 40. Nd1 Re1 41. Bf3 Rc8 42. Rc2 b5 43.
gxh6 Bxh6 44. Kg3 Kg8 45. Kf2 Re7 46. Ng5 $13 Bg7 47. Ne6 Bf6 48. Be2 Rh7 49.
Kg3 Rb7 50. Kf3 (50. axb5 axb5 51. h4 $5 $132) 50... bxa4 51. Bxc4 Rb4 52. Ne3
Rxb2 53. Rxb2 Bxb2 $19 54. Ke2 Bc1 55. Bxa6 Ra8 56. Bc4 Bxe3 57. Kxe3 a3 58.
Ba2 Rb8 59. Nd4 Rb2 60. Bc4 a2 61. Bxa2 Rxa2 62. Nb5 Ra6 63. h4 Kf7 64. Kd3 Ke7
65. Nd4 Ra3+ 66. Ke2 Rh3 67. Nf3 Rg3 0-1

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.06.10"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2007.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. a4 Be6
({The approved reaction against White's last move is} 8... a5 {, taking the
b4-square under control. It should be mentioned that Black has generally been
very succesful with it, but objectively speaking White should cont with
retaining a small advantage.} 9. cxd5 (9. b3 Bg4 10. Ba3 Re8 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12.
Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bb5 Nc6 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 e6 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Qe2 Bf8 $11 {
and Black soon neutralized White's light pressure in Berkes,F (2601)-Bu
Xiangzhi (2664)/Taiyuan 2006 (1/2-1/2, 44)}) 9... cxd5 10. Qb3 (10. b3 Nc6 11.
Ba3 Bf5 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. Rc5 Qd6 16. Qa1 Nb4 17. Qc3
b6 18. Rc7 e5 $132 {Suba,M (2528)-Stefanova,A (2451)/Coria del Rio 2002/CBM
086 ext (0-1, 50). . White's sophisticated manoeuvring has left him with the
pieces unnaturally placed and Black grabs her chance for counterplay in the
centre.}) 10... Nc6 11. Ne5 Nb4 12. Bd2 Bf5 {><d3} (12... Be6 13. Rfc1 Nc6 $5 {
Not easy to explain.} (13... Nd7 $5 14. Nd3 $5 {This move is possible because
there is no black bishop on f5.} Nxd3 15. Bxd3 Nb6 16. Rc2 {offers White some
initiative in a symmetrical position. The b6-knight is not very stable (and
will not be so on c4 either).}) 14. f4 (14. Qxb7 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 Nc5
17. Qb5 Rc8 $44 {/\...Bd7, ףb5, ><b3}) 14... Qb8 15. Be1 Rd8 16. Nb5 Rc8 17.
Bf3 Ra6 18. Bg3 Qa8 19. Rc3 Rb6 20. Rac1 $14 {Bareev,E (2683)-Nogueiras,J 
(2554)/Havana 2006/CBM 116 (0-1, 55)}) 13. Rac1 (13. Rfc1 $5) 13... Nd7 14.
Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Nb5 Nc6 16. Rc5 Rfd8 17. Bf3 e6 18. Nc3 Nb4 19. Nb5 Nc6 20. Be2
e5 $132 {Avrukh,B (2600)-Stefanova,A (2473)/Andorra 2001/CBM 083 ext (1/2-1/2,
28)}) 9. Ng5 $146 (9. b3 c5 (9... Nbd7 10. Ba3 Rc8 11. Rc1 h6 12. h3 Ne4 13.
cxd5 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Bxd5 15. Qc2 f5 16. Bc4 Nf6 17. Ne5 $14 {Volzhin,A (2515)
-Oliwa,P (2275)/Swidnica 1998/EXT 2003 (1/2-1/2, 37)}) 10. Ba3 dxc4 $6 (10...
cxd4 $5 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 {The structure is very similar to that from
certain lines of the Bf4-Grünfeld. White cannot take advantage of Black's
double pawns. In fact, his weak control in the centre invites him to prudence 
(Black's main strategic threat being ...d4, with chances to conquer the dark
squares in the centre).}) 11. bxc4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 (12... Bd7 13. Rb1 $36)
13. Nxe6 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 fxe6 15. Rab1 $16 {Mitenkov,A (2445)-Seoev,R (2205)/
Moscow 1996/EXT 2000 (1-0, 32)}) 9... Bc8 10. Qb3 b6 ({Even here,} 10... a5 {
deserves being considered.}) 11. Bd2 e6 12. Nf3 Nbd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. a5 b5 {
White has obtained a favourable queenside structure. Besides, the apparently
modest development of his queen's bishop will be entirely justified soon.} 15.
Rfd1 Re8 16. Rac1 Bf8 17. Na2 Bb7 18. Bb4 Bh6 19. Rc2 Ne4 20. Nc1 Re6 21. Nd3
Qf6 22. Nfe5 ({In order to prove an advantage, White has to exchange one of
the knights defending the c5-square and then occupy it with the d3-knight. The
main (and, possibly, better) alternative to the text move was} 22. Nd2 {
. Gelfand might have feared the piece sacrifice} Nxf2 23. Nxf2 Bxe3 {but after}
24. Nf3 Rae8 25. Bf1 {White seems to be able to stabilize the situation to his
favour.}) 22... Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rxe5 $1 {However, this sacrifice is entirely
sound.} 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Bf3 Re8 26. Bxe4 Qxe4 {Black has entirely adequate
compensation for the sacrificed exchange. White will not be able to
breakthrough on the queenside. Instead, he will have to prepare to open play
in the centre in a way or another. Until then, Black will have to put as much
pressure as possible on the white kingside in order to keep the balance even.}
27. Bc5 Bg5 28. Qd3 Qe6 29. Bd4 Be7 30. Rdc1 h5 31. Qd2 Bd6 32. b4 f6 33. Qd3
Kf7 34. Bc5 Bb8 35. f3 Bc8 36. Re2 h4 37. Qc3 h3 38. g3 Bd7 39. Rce1 g5 40. e4
dxe4 41. Rxe4 Qa2 42. R1e2 Qb1+ 43. Re1 Qa2 44. R1e2 Qb1+ 45. Qe1 Qxe1+ 46.
Rxe1 Be6 {Both sides accomplished the aforementioned plans and it will soon
appear that White cannot win this ending.} 47. Kf2 f5 48. R4e2 Bc7 49. Rd2 Rd8
50. Rxd8 Bxd8 51. Rd1 Bd5 52. f4 g4 53. Ke3 Bf6 54. Re1 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "225"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 ({The advantage of
this modest looking move over} 6. Bd3 {is that the latter allows a tabyia with
drawish tendencies, which White avoids in the game:} O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3
9. Qxf3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Rd1 e5 12. d5 e4 {Ever since the ladies'
Candidates quarter-final Muresan-Semenova 1983, Black has tried to prove that
this pawn sacrifice leads to a draw, but White has occasionally found new
resources to retain an advantage. The most recent example at a high level is
Ponomariov,R (2733)-Wang Yue (2752)/Medias 2010/CBM 137/[Rogozenco] (1/2, 63),
in which Black suffered quite a bit.}) 6... O-O 7. O-O dxc4 (7... Bg4 {can now
be answered with} 8. cxd5 $14) 8. Bxc4 Bg4 9. Be2 $5 ({Refraining from} 9. h3 {
, with a transposition to the aforementioned variation.}) 9... Qb6 $5 {
Gashimov's secret weapon for Khanty Mansyisk. Why does he deviate from the
natural course of development (first the minor pieces and then the queen) in
order to connect rooks?} ({The natural} 9... Nbd7 {allows White to get space
with} 10. e4 Bxf3 (10... Qb6 {fails to trouble White:} 11. Rb1 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e5
13. d5 cxd5 14. exd5 {Having exposed the queen prematurely to Be3, Black has
problems blocking the d-pawn with one of his knights.} Qd6 {And the queen is
not such a great blocking piece.} 15. Be3 a6 16. g3 Rac8 17. Bg2 Rfd8 18. Qe2
b5 19. Rbc1 h6 20. Rfd1 Nb6 21. b3 $14 {Black seems to have a normal position,
but he cannot make progress easily. White has a strong passed pawn and can
slowly improve his position on either wing.} Nbd7 22. h4 Kh7 23. Rc2 Qb4 24.
Rdc1 Qg4 $6 25. Bf3 Qh3 26. h5 $1 $16 {Tomashevsky,E (2707)-Danin,A (2543)/
Olginka 2011/CBM 142 (1-0, 58). Surprisingly, White strikes on the wing where
he has a pawn less.}) 11. Bxf3 e5 12. d5 cxd5 13. exd5 $1 {White should not
refrain from creating a passed pawn.} ({The timid} 13. Nxd5 {offers Black
adequate counterplay after} Nc5 {Speelman,J (2595)-Hodgson,J (2565)/Dublin
1993/CBM 038/[Speelman,J] (1-0, 39)}) 13... Nb6 14. a4 Nc4 15. Qb3 Nd6 16. a5 {
Black has managed to transfer a knight to d6, but has not solved all his
problems. First of all, he cannot find an useful job for the other knight.
Secondly, White's space advantage on the queenside and in the centre have a
stable character. I find Korchnoi's play in the next phase of the game highly
instructive. Although he has always been regarded as an original and
enterprising player, he also was a believer in what I called in the Survey
"simple chess". Do not hand over to him the bishop pair and a passed pawn too
easily!} Qd7 17. Re1 {Inviting the e-pawn to define its intentions.} e4 {
This looks active, but exposes the pawn and weakens the d4-square.} 18. Be2 Qf5
19. Be3 Rfc8 20. Rad1 {Both sides have completed their development, but the
ulterior course of the game suggests that White has better prospects of
improving his position little by little.} Nfe8 21. g3 {A somewhat mysterious
move, consolidating the kingside and enabling the bishop's activation via h3
or g2.} Qd7 22. Bf1 Qd8 {Desperately looking for a target.} 23. Bd2 Qxa5 (23...
f5 {looks active, but weakens the e6-square.} 24. Rc1 Be5 25. Na4 $16 {With
the unpleasant threat Nc5-e6.}) 24. Bh3 $3 {One of the deepest moves I saw
while working on the present Theoretical Survey. Before taking on e4, White
faces his opponent with some problems of coordination.} ({The problem is that
after} 24. Nxe4 Qd8 {Black's position remains solid. For instance, winning a
pawn with} 25. Bf4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Nd6 $1 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. Qxb7 {leaves White
with little hope to win after, say,} a5) 24... Rd8 (24... f5 {once again
weakens the e-file.} 25. Nxe4 Qb5 26. Qxb5 Nxb5 27. Nc3 $36) (24... Rcb8 25.
Nxe4 Qd8 26. Nc5 $36 {[%cal Gc5d7]}) 25. Nxe4 {There is no queen retreat to d8
available anymore.} Qb5 (25... Qb6 26. Qxb6 axb6 27. Bg5 $36) 26. Qxb5 Nxb5 27.
Bg5 f6 (27... Rdb8 28. d6 $18) 28. Be6+ Kh8 29. Bf4 $16 {Kortschnoj,V (2600)
-Wirthensohn,H (2397)/Lenzerheide 2006/CBM 113 ext (1-0, 58)}) 10. Qc2 ({
The main idea of Gashimov's novelty is that it inhibits} 10. e4 {in view of}
Rd8 $1) 10... Nbd7 11. Rd1 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e5 {So, Black has carried out the
thematic pawn break in a slightly different form.} 13. dxe5 $1 $146 {Played
simply.} ({Just a few days earlier, Gashimov had little trouble drawing after} 
13. Na4 Qc7 14. d5 e4 15. d6 Qd8 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Re8 18. Qc2 Re6 19. Bd2
Rxd6 20. Bb4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qe8 {1/2 Tomashevsky,E (2707)-Gashimov,V (2760)/
Khanty-Mansiysk 2011/ CBM 145}) (13. d5 {deserves attention. The final
evaluation of the following line, in the spirit of Semenova's sacrifice, is
far from clear:} e4 14. Bxe4 (14. Nxe4 Nxd5 {leaves the e4-knight misplaced.})
14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 cxd5 16. Rxd5 {+/=/=}) 13... Nxe5 14. Be2 $14 {Without
doing anything special, White has obtained the bishop pair and a mobile
kingside majority. At first sight, Black seems to be fine, but in the long run
he will be doomed to passive defence, without any prospect of concrete
counterplay. If we compare with Alekseev-Ragger mentioned in the survey, the
bishop is less active than on d6, failing to put pressure on White's kingside.
As a Benoni specialist, Gashimov is used to the fact that exchanging one minor
piece (as, for instance, ...Bxf3) solves Black's problems, but this is a
different opening.} Rfe8 15. h3 h6 16. Bd2 Qc5 17. Rac1 Rad8 {Both sides have
completed their development, but only White's position gives the feeling of
being explosive.} 18. a3 $5 {Preparing the minority attack.} Ned7 {The
acceptance of reality: Black has no active plan at all. The knight had little
to do in the centre and was likely to make a general offensive based on f4 and
e4 easier.} (18... a5 $6 {only creates a target for the d2-bishop.} 19. Na4 $1
$16 {[%cal Gd2a5]}) (18... Qe7 19. b4 a6 20. Be1 $14) 19. b4 Qe7 20. a4 $5 ({
Nielsen probably thought that after} 20. Qb3 a6 21. a4 Nb6 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5
c5 $14 {the insertion of ...Nb6 and Qb3 slightly favours Black. This is true,
but the text move also has a minor drawback.}) 20... Qxb4 (20... a6 21. b5 $16)
21. Rb1 Qc5 22. Rxb7 Ne4 {This is it! The pin along the c-file allows Black to
exchange one of the enemy bishops. However, his weakened structure will leave
him strruggling despite (and, at some point especially because of) the
presence of opposite-coloured bishops.} 23. Rc1 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Nb6 25. Qc2 Rd7
26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Qd2 Qe7 28. a5 $14 {White has the safer king's position and
the more compact structure. And, what is even worse for Black, he still does
not have counterplay!} Nc5 29. Qc2 Nb7 30. Qa4 Qc5 31. a6 Nd8 32. Na2 Qb6 33.
Qb4 Qc7 34. Nc3 Qe7 35. Qb3 h5 36. Bf3 Qc5 37. Ne2 Qd6 38. Rd1 Qc7 39. Nf4 Kh8
40. Qd3 Rf8 41. Qd7 Be5 42. Be2 Kg7 43. h4 Qb6 44. Bc4 Qb4 {For the time being,
the bishop helps Black keep his position together.} ({Moreover, after} 44...
Bxf4 45. exf4 $18 {followed by f4-f5, his king will get into deadly danger.})
45. Bf1 Qb6 46. Qe7 Bf6 47. Qe4 Qc7 48. Bc4 c5 $2 {The weakening of the
d5-square will have disastrous effects.} 49. Rd5 $18 Qc6 50. g3 Qa4 51. Kg2 Re8
$6 (51... Qc6) 52. Qd3 Ne6 (52... Re5 53. Rd7 $18) 53. Nxh5+ $1 gxh5 54. Bb5
Nf4+ 55. gxf4 Qe4+ 56. Qxe4 Rxe4 57. Rxc5 Bxh4 (57... Re7 58. Kg3 Kg6 59. Be2
$18) 58. Rxh5 $6 ({Missing} 58. Rc7 $1 Re7 59. Bd7 $18) 58... Bd8 59. Rd5 Bb6
60. Rd6 Re6 61. Rd7 $16 {White shoud win this, but doing it with a limited
amount of time is not easy.} Kf8 62. Rb7 Bc5 63. Rb8+ Kg7 64. Bc4 Re7 65. Kf3
Rc7 66. Bb3 Rd7 67. Ke4 Bd6 68. Rb5 Kf8 69. Kf5 Rc7 70. Rb8+ Ke7 71. Ra8 Bc5
72. Rh8 Rc6 73. Rh7 Rf6+ 74. Ke4 Bb4 75. Bc4 Be1 76. Kf3 Bd2 77. Rh8 Rc6 78.
Bb5 Rb6 79. Re8+ Kf6 80. Bc4 Rc6 81. Bd3 Ba5 82. e4 Bb6 83. e5+ Kg7 84. f5 f6
85. e6 Rc7 86. Rb8 Bc5 87. Be4 Bd6 88. Ra8 Bc5 89. Bd5 Be7 90. Ke4 Bf8 91. Bb7
Bc5 92. Kd5 Kh6 93. Bc6 Bxf2 94. Rg8 Be3 95. Rg6+ Kh7 96. Rxf6 Bg5 97. Rg6 Be7
98. Rg2 Rc8 99. Rb2 Rd8+ 100. Bd7 Rf8 101. Ke4 Kg7 102. Rg2+ Kh7 103. Ke5 Bb4
104. Rg3 Be7 105. Rg2 Bb4 106. Rc2 Be7 107. Rc7 Kh6 108. Bc6 Bd8 109. Rb7 Kg5
110. Rg7+ Kh6 111. Rxa7 Bf6+ 112. Ke4 Rc8 113. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 ({Aronian tried} 4. Bg5 {twice in recent
games against Svidler. Although White obtained promissing positions each time,
he lost both games, which explains Aronian's desire to change the background.})
4... Bg7 5. e3 c6 6. b4 {The old Makogonow system. Instead of embarking long
forced variations, White aims for a positional fight, hoping that his
queenside advantage of space will count in the long run. One important element
is that Black is deprived of the possibility of an early ...c5, which is
Black's main source of counterplay in the Grünfeld.} O-O 7. Bb2 a5 8. b5 a4 9.
Rc1 Qa5 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 e5 13. cxd5 exd4 14. exd4 Re8+ 15. Kf1
cxd5 16. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-14b"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 (6. Be2) 6... O-O 7.
O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Rd1 e5 12. d5 e4 13. Nxe4
Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nb6 15. Bb3 cxd5 16. Bxd5 Re8 17. Qf3 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Qe7 19. Rb1
Rac8 20. b3 $5 (20. Bd2) 20... Rc2 21. a4 {/\ Bd2, Rd1+/-} Bc3 (21... Qb4 22.
Qd1) 22. Qd1 Qe4 23. Rd8 $1 (23. Qd3 $6 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Be1 25. f3 Rec8 $44 {|^})
23... Rxd8 24. Qxd8+ Kg7 25. Ba3 $1 $16 Bb4 26. Bb2+ Bc3 27. Ba3 Bb4 28. Bxb4
Qxb4 29. Qd5 (29. Rd1 $5 Qxb3 30. Qd4+ Kg8 31. Qxa7 $16) 29... Re2 {/\ Re1} (
29... Rc5 30. Qd7 Rc3 31. Rd1) 30. Qe5+ f6 {<->a7-h7} (30... Kh6 31. Qf6 $18) (
30... Kg8 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Qxa7 Re1+ 33. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 34. Kh2 Qxf2 35. a5 {
/\ Qb7+-}) 31. Qd5 Rd2 (31... Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 33. Kh2 Qb4 $16 (33... Qxf2
$6 34. Qxb7+ {/\ Qa7+-})) 32. Qe6 Re2 33. g3 h5 34. Rd1 Re1+ $8 35. Rxe1 Qxe1+
36. Kg2 Qb4 37. h4 b6 $2 (37... a5 $16 {_|_}) 38. Qd7+ Kh6 39. Qc8 Kg7 40. Qb7+
Kh6 41. Qa8 g5 $8 (41... Kg7 42. Qxa7+ $18) 42. Qh8+ Kg6 43. Qg8+ Kh6 44. Qe6
Kg7 45. hxg5 fxg5 46. Qf5 Qe7 (46... Qxb3 47. Qxg5+ Kf8 48. Qf4+ Kg7 49. Qc7+ {
/\ Qa7+-}) 47. e4 Qd8 48. Qe5+ Kg6 49. Qe6+ Kg7 50. Qd5 Qe7 51. e5 Qc7 52. b4
$5 Qe7 53. b5 Qc7 54. Qe4 Qe7 55. Kg1 Kh6 56. Kh2 Kg7 57. Kg2 Kh6 (57... g4 58.
Qf5 Kh6 59. e6 Qg7 (59... Qb7+ 60. f3) 60. f3 gxf3+ 61. Kxf3 {/\ Kg2-h3, Qf7+-}
) 58. f4 $18 gxf4 (58... g4 59. e6 (59. f5)) 59. gxf4 Qh4 60. e6 Qg4+ 61. Kf2
Qh4+ 62. Ke2 Qg4+ 63. Ke3 Qh3+ 64. Kd4 Qa3 65. Ke5 (65. Kd5 $4 Qc5#) 65... Qc5+
66. Qd5 Qe3+ 67. Kd6 Qxf4+ 68. Kd7 Qg4 69. Kc7 Qf4+ 70. Qd6 Qc4+ 71. Kd8 Qh4+
72. e7+ Kg7 73. Qe5+ Kf7 74. Qxh5+ $1 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 ({
This leads to more quiet play than} 7... Qa5) 8. O-O Qa5 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bb3
Nc6 {The position is almost symetrical and theory considers that Black is
completely out of danger. It is interesting that Milov found some hidden
resources in what may seem a dull position.} 11. e4 {Simply developing.} Rd8
12. Be3 Qh5 13. Qe2 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 {The critical
moment of the game.} Nd4 {Possibly not the best. Black eliminates the strong
white bishop, but gives up his best minor piece, too. Besides, he will have to
lose some additional time to defend his a7-pawn after the opening of the
a-file.} 17. Kg2 Nxb3 18. axb3 a6 19. Rfd1 $14 {Although White has two pairs
of double pawns, his position looks more active. His minor pieces are better
placed and the advance of the e- and f-pawns can be annoying for Black.} e6 20.
f4 Nd7 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. e5 $1 {[%cal Gc3e4,Ge4d6]} f6 (22... f5 23. Na4 $36)
23. Ne4 $1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Kf8 (24... fxe5 25. Rd1 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge3b6]}) 25. Rc7
fxe5 26. Rxb7 (26. Ng5 $5 Ke7 27. Bc5+ $16) 26... Bh6 27. Bd2 $1 $16 Bxf4 $6
28. Ba5 Ke7 29. Bxd8+ Kxd8 30. Ra7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 {Not really a scary system, but as the
game shows quite effective if Black insists playing in the spirit of his
favourite opening, the Grünfeld.} O-O 5. Be2 b6 {This is still OK, but the
plan behind it is the main cause for the later problems. Black can also switch
to the King's Indian or the Benoni.} (5... d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 {Svidler,P (2727)
-Karjakin,S (2762) FIDE World Cup 2015 (7.1) 1-0 would most probably lead to a
reversed version of the game}) ({Personally I would prefer} 5... c5 {when the
modern trend is} 6. d5 {transposing to the rather modest (and earlier non
existing) e2-e3 Benoni. True, over the past years White has ocasionally won at
top level, but this was mainly caused by Black's lack of experience with the
Benoni. See for instance Mamedyarov,S (2764)-Gelfand,B (2748) Tashkent 2014
CBM 163 [Szabo,Kr] (1-0, 57)}) 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nc3 d5 $6 {As a rule, the
Grünfeld has ...d7-d5 as a reaction to Nb1-c3, but the main problem here is
that Black has wasted two tempi without preparing the standard break ...c7-c5.}
({It was safer to get some control in the centre with} 7... e6 {Sokolsky,
A-Botvinnik,M URS-ch sf Leningrad 1938 0-1 trying to transpose to a hybrid
structure known from Botvinnik's games, the most famous being} 8. b4 {The most
consistent way to cross Black's plans.} ({The other way to do so is less
effective:} 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Rb1 c6 11. Bc4 Na6 $11 {Tikkanen,H 
(2559)-Howell,D (2650) Tromso 2014 (0-1, 49)}) 8... a5 (8... d5 $5 9. c5 $2 a5
10. b5 bxc5 11. Ba3 c4 12. Bxf8 Bxf8 $44) (8... d6 $5) 9. b5 d6 10. Qc2 Nbd7
11. e4 {Yudovich,M-Yurkov,V Moscow 1965 (1-0, 25)} Re8 $11 {[%csl Rc5][%cal
Ge6e5]}) 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 $1 {A strong move in the spirit of the 4.Bd2 and
5.Bd2 lines, revealing the fact that Black has neglected his standard
counterplay with ...c5.} c5 $6 $146 {This runs straight into trouble, even
though from a practical point of view Black retains reasonable drawing chances.
} ({Black is not in time to prepare ...c7-c5 with} 9... Nd7 10. Nxd5 $1 (10.
Qb3 e6 11. Rfd1 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qa3 Qe7 $11 {Bondarevsky,I-Taimanov,M
Leningrad 1963 (0-1, 41). As we see again and again, people were not afraid to
play ...e7-e6 in the old days.}) 10... Bxd5 11. Qc2 $1 (11. Bc3 {is too slow:}
Nf6 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Ne4 $11 {Anton Guijarro,D (2626)-Lillo
Castany,V (2312) LLucmajor 2014 (1-0, 48)}) 11... c5 12. e4 Bb7 13. d5 $14 {
Voloshin,L (2426)-Schnitzspan,L (2341) Germany 2001 (1-0, 44)}) ({But maybe
Black's best is} 9... e6 $5 {[%cal Gb8d7] tested only in a few games between
lower rated players.}) 10. dxc5 $1 {Otherwise Black would have a wonderful
position.} Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd7 {A thematic pawn sacrifice, aiming
to complete the development and get some stability on dark squares.} (12...
bxc5 {offers White the initiative:} 13. Qa4 ({Actually even the endgame after} 
13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Rfb1 Bd5 15. Rb5 {Karpov,A (2705)-Kasparov,G (2715) World
Championship 31th-KK1 1984 (27) 1-0 is unpleasant. Compare for instance with})
13... Qc7 14. Rfd1 {and Black does not have a clear plan for developing yet,
while his kingside is also in danger in view of Qh4.}) 13. cxb6 axb6 $14 {
Polugaevsky,L (2620)-Kortschnoj,V (2645) Candidates sf1 1977 (10) 1/2 With the
dark-squared bishops on the board and the white knight on a worse square Black
would have entirely adequate compensation for the pawn. The classical game
which comes to my mind is} 14. Qd4 Qc7 15. Rfb1 Ra5 (15... Rfc8 {[%csl Gc3]
looks more natural.}) 16. Qb4 e6 ({Now or on the next move Black should have
considered exchanging on f3, thus eliminating the only piece which could fight
against the blockade on c5:} 16... Bxf3 17. Bxf3 e6 {Kasparov,G (2690)
-Kortschnoj,V (2610) Candidates sf1 1983 (1) 0-1 Once again a classical game
comes to mind, with the difference that in that case the pawns were equal.})
17. Qe7 Qd8 (17... Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rc8 {[%cal Gd7c5]}) 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 Bc6
20. Nd4 Ba4 21. Rdb1 e5 22. Nb3 {On b3 the knight is safe against the exchange.
Moreover, Black has weakened his kingside a bit more than he would have liked
to.} Ra7 23. Nd2 Rc8 24. c4 Bc6 25. Rb2 Kg7 26. f3 Re8 27. Kf2 $14 {The extra
pawn is by no means easy to convert but Black's position remains unpleasant.}
e4 $6 {Handing over the control over the d4-square which White immediately
takes advantage of.} 28. Nb3 $1 exf3 29. gxf3 Ba4 30. Rd1 Re5 31. Rd5 Rxd5 (
31... Re8 32. Nd4 $16 {[%cal Ge3e4] with a dominating white position.}) 32.
cxd5 Bxb3 {A necessary concession in order to prepare the king's advance.} (
32... Kf6 33. Nd2 Ke5 34. e4 f5 35. Nc4+ $16) 33. axb3 Kf6 34. f4 g5 35. Rc2
gxf4 36. exf4 Ke7 37. Rc6 Nf6 38. Bf3 Rd7 39. Rxb6 Nxd5 40. Bxd5 Rxd5 41. Kg3 {
Despite all, Black has managed to retains saving chances as "all rook endings
are drawn". But from a practical point of view, the position remains +/-} h5 $6
{Not only delaying the thematic rook activation but also unnecessarily
weakening the h-pawn.} (41... Rd2 $1 {[%csl Gh2][%cal Gd2b2] was called for
and only if} 42. h4 $6 {then} h5 $14 {In the absence of the threat Kh4, White
has problems demonstrating a concrete plan.}) 42. Kh4 Rf5 {The weakness of the
h5-pawn forces Black into keeping his rook passive.} ({It was too late for} 
42... Rd2 43. Kxh5 $1 Rxh2+ 44. Kg5 {Black is in danger on both wings. The
b-pawn is ready to run ahead and the f7-pawn is in danger.} Rd2 {[%cal Gd2d5]}
(44... Rb2 45. Rb7+ {wins the f7-pawn soon.}) 45. Rb5 Rd3 46. Kf5 Rc3 47. b4
Rc4 48. Rb7+ Kf8 49. b5 Rb4 50. Kg5 $18 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 43. Rb4 Rd5 44. Rc4 Kf6
45. b4 Kg6 46. Rc6+ f6 47. Rc2 $1 {White takes advantage of the temporary
passivity of the enemy rook to put his own behind the passed pawn.} Rb5 ({
The double attack} 47... Rd4 {would allow the b-pawn to get too far:} 48. Rb2
Rxf4+ 49. Kh3 Rd4 50. b5 Rd7 51. b6 Rb7 52. Kh4 (52. Kg3 Kf5 $5) 52... f5 53.
Kg3 $1 Kf6 54. Kf4 $18) 48. Rb2 Kf5 $1 {The only chance.} ({Passive defence
would not help:} 48... Kf7 49. Kg3 Ke6 50. Kf3 Kf5 51. Rb1 Ke6 52. Ke4 $18) 49.
Kg3 Ke4 50. Rb1 $5 {Anticipating the threat ...f6-f5.} (50. Rb3 f5 51. Rb1 (51.
h4 {prevents ...h5-h4 but insures the black kingside against Kh4.} Kd4 52. Rb1
Kc3 $11) 51... h4+ $1 52. Kxh4 Kxf4 53. Kh3 Ke3 $11 {[%cal Gf5f4]}) 50... Kd3
$2 {The drawing area in chess in general and in rook endings in particular is
quite wide and only the last move is the decisive mistake.} (50... f5 $2 {
is what White had been preparing for with his last move:} 51. Re1+ Kd4 52. Re5
$18) ({But Black should have kept his king close to the f4-pawn:} 50... Ke3 $1
51. Rb3+ Ke4 52. Rb2 Ke3 53. Rb1 Ke4 {and White has nothing better than
transposing above with} 54. Rb3 f5 55. Rb1 h4+ $1 $11) 51. Kf3 Kc2 {The king
has managed to start some counterplay but will remain out of the play during
the decisive phase.} 52. Ra1 Rxb4 53. Ra5 Rb3+ 54. Ke4 h4 (54... Rh3 55. Ra2+
Kb3 56. Rf2 $18) 55. Kf5 Kd3 56. Kxf6 Ke4 57. f5 {The king is cut off
horizontally - a decisive element in rook endings.} h3 58. Ra4+ Kf3 59. Kg5 Rb5
60. Ra2 Rb4 61. f6 Rg4+ 62. Kf5 Rf4+ 63. Ke6 Re4+ 64. Kd6 Rd4+ 65. Ke7 Re4+ 66.
Kf8 Rb4 67. f7 Rf4 68. Rb2 Ra4 69. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.11"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Meier,Georg"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 {Kamsky keeps on trying to reach the
same pawn structures. It is astonishing that he does not come under pressure
out of the opening more often since the computer is of little help with the
sort of positions he prefers.  Kamsky strebt immer wieder die gleichen
Bauernstrukturen an. Erstaunlich ist, dass er aus der Eröffnung heraus gar
nicht so oft unter Druck gerät, da der Computer keine große Stütze bei seinen
bevorzugten Stellungstypen ist.} 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Qb6 {This
prevents Qd1-b3 for the future. In terms of popularity it is the 11th move in
this position! Black can literally try out every legal move without being in
any great trouble. In preparation I limited my focus and amusingly completely
ignored ...Qb6, although Kamsky had played it quite often! It must however
have been in my favour that I had a fresh look at the position. Unterbindet
Qd1-b3 für die Zukunft. Nach Popularität ist der Textzug Nr. 11 in dieser
Stellung! Schwarz kann buchstäblich jeden legalen Zug ausprobieren ohne in
größere Nöte zu kommen. Ich beschränkte meinen Fokus in der Vorbereitung und
ignorierte ...Qb6 witzigerweise völlig, obwohl Kamsky schon öfter so gespielt
hatte! Es sollte mir jedoch zugute kommen einen frischen Blick auf die
Stellung zu haben.} (7... Bg4 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Qb3 {shows something of the
motivation of the previous move. zeigt, woher die Motivation des letzten Zuges
rührt.}) 8. Ne5 {Surprisingly almost an innovation. White usually contents
himself with a slight advantage after b2-b3, but I wanted more out of the
position and to punish Qb6, instead of "just" completing my development and
insisting on an advantage in space, since that is usually not enough against
Gata. Überraschenderweise fast eine Neuerung. Meistens gibt Weiß sich mit
etwas Vorteil nach b2-b3 zufrieden, aber ich wollte mehr aus der Stellung
herausholen und Qb6 bestrafen, anstatt "nur" die Entwicklung zu beenden und
auf etwas Raumvorteil zu pochen, denn das ist meist nicht genug gegen Gata.}
Be6 {Another artificial looking move,but Black is now ready to continue his
development with Nbd7 and at the correct moment to resolve the tension in the
centre and exchange pieces. Noch ein künstlich anmutender Zug, aber Schwarz
ist nun bereit sich mit Nbd7 weiterzuentwickeln und im rechten Moment die
Spannung im Zentrum nebst Figurentausch zu lösen.} ({After Nach} 8... Nbd7 9.
f4 {Black cannot free himself. kann sich Schwarz nicht befreien}) 9. Na4 $1 Qc7
10. Nc5 Bf5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bd2 {With 9.Na4 I was confident as to my
prospects in this position. Black cannot shake off the pressure, since another
important tempo will be won with Rc1. Ich vertraute bei 9.Na4 auf meine
Aussichten in dieser Stellung. Schwarz kann den Druck nicht abschütteln, da
mit Rc1 noch ein wichtiges Tempo gewonnen wird.} Ne4 (12... Nbd7 13. Nexd7 Nxd7
14. Rc1 Nxc5 15. Rxc5 Qd7 16. Qb3 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Rac8 {starts to look drawish,
but my intuition was correct, since sieht bereits remislich aus, aber meine
Intuition lag richtig, denn} 18. Bb5 $1 Qe6 19. Bf1 $1 {- so that after
general exchanges on c8 and the capture on d5 no counterplay with Qc8-c2 can
follow - - damit nach Generalabtausch auf c8 und Schlagen auf d5 kein
Gegenspiel mit Qc8-c2 folgt -} Rxc5 20. Rxc5 Qd7 21. Bb5 Qe6 22. Rc7 {results
in a tangible advantage. ergibt greifbaren Vorteil.}) 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Rc1 Qb6
15. Bc3 {Black has difficulties continuing his development. Schwarz hat
Schwierigkeiten die Entwicklung fortzusetzen.} Bf5 16. Qa4 a5 {Now Black would
like to continue...Nc6 and ...bxc6, then defend the Pc6 with ...Bd7and play
e7-e5, after which the position would be tenable. Nun möchte Schwarz ...Nc6
und ...bxc6 folgen lassen, danach den Pc6 mit ...Bd7 verteidigen und e7-e5
spielen, wonach die Stellung haltbar wäre.} ({The alternatives Die Alternativen
} 16... f6 17. Nd3 Bxd3 18. Bxd3 Nc6 19. Rc2) ({and sowie} 16... Nc6 17. Nxc6
Qxc6 (17... bxc6 18. Bb4) 18. Qxc6 bxc6 19. Ba5 e5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. b4 Bd7 22.
Rfd1 {appear very promising for White erscheinen vielversprechend für Weiß})
17. Bb5 {Straightforward. Geradlinig.} ({The more subtle Das subtilere} 17. Bf3
e6 18. Be2 {was also worth considering. kam ebenso in Frage.}) 17... Rd8 (17...
Rc8 18. Bd2 $1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nc6 21. Bc3 Rc8 22. Bf1 {sees Black
without any counterplay and subjected to a hemming in of his king, with Qf4
followed by an advance on the kingside. sieht Schwarz ohne Gegenspiel und
einer baldigen Einkreisung seines Königs ausgesetzt, mit Qf4 und folgendem
Aufmarsch am Königsflügel.}) 18. Rfd1 f6 {This is a tragic necessity.  Bereits
traurige Notwendigkeit.} 19. Nd3 Bd7 (19... Bg4 20. Re1 Bd7 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22.
e4) 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Be1 $1 {Preparing to double on the c-file. Bereitet die
Verdoppelung auf der c-Linie vor.} e5 (21... e6 22. Rc3 Bf8 23. Rdc1 Bd6 24.
Rb3 Qa7 25. g3 Kf7 26. Kg2 $16 {sees Black left with no sensible moves and
condemned to wait and see... sieht Schwarz ohne sinnvolle Züge und zum
Abwarten verdammt.}) 22. dxe5 fxe5 {The pawn on d5 is left completely hanging,
which quickly led me to the solution.  Der Bauer auf d5 hängt völlig in der
Luft, was mich schnell zur Lösung führte.} 23. b4 $1 axb4 24. Qb3 {Now all the
white pieces are ready to strike. It should hardly be possible for Black to
hold his own. Nun sind alle weißen Figuren bereit einzugreifen. Schwarz sollte
sich kaum halten können.} Qb5 (24... Nf6 25. Nxe5 Ra3 26. Qb1) 25. Bxb4 Kh8 (
25... Nb6 26. Nc5) 26. Rc7 $2 {Played quickly since I first thought that
following move was impossible. Otherwise I would have preferred Schnell
gespielt, da ich zunächst dachte dass der folgende Zug nicht möglich ist.
Sonst würde ich} (26. h3 $1 {, after which Black simply does not have a good
move! My best creative performance in the Olympiad might have been crowned by
a better end after bevorzugen, wonach Schwarz einfach keinen guten Zug hat!
Meine schöpferisch beste Leistung bei der Olympiade hätte nach} Bf8 $8 (26...
Rac8 27. a4 Qa6 28. Be7 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Re8 30. Ba3 $18) (26... Bf6 27. Nxe5 Bxe5
(27... Nxe5 28. Be7) 28. Rxd5 $18) (26... h6 27. Rc7 Rac8 28. a4 Qa6 29. Qc2
Rxc7 30. Qxc7 Bf6 31. a5 d4 32. exd4 exd4 33. Re1 Qxd3 34. Be7 $18) 27. Bxf8
Qxb3 28. axb3 Rxf8 29. Rc7 {. ein logischeres Ende finden können.}) 26... Rac8
27. Rdc1 (27. a4 Qa6 28. Rxc8 (28. Qc2 Rxc7 29. Qxc7 Bf6) 28... Rxc8 29. Qxd5
Qxa4 {is what I initially missed. war mir eingangs entgangen.}) 27... Nb6 $4 ({
After Nach} 27... Rxc7 28. Rxc7 Qb6 29. Rc1 {Black remains under pressure for
a long time, but he has prospects of holding out. bleibt Schwarz noch lange
unter Druck, aber mit Aussicht sich zu halten.}) 28. Bf8 1-0

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Black "Vishnu, Prasanna V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O {89} (7. h3)
7... a6 {85} (7... Bg4 {La grande ligne} 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 {
[%cal Gd1d8]}) 8. cxd5 $6 {65 Les Noirs n'ont pas encore joué Nbd7 et cet
échange parait prématuré. Cet échange internvient après une longue
réflexion des Blancs quivoulaient peut-être éviter une préparation adverse
en choisissant une ligne secondaire} (8. Qc2 $142 {Plus souple} Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6
10. c5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 (11. f4 $14 {[%cal Gf4f5]})) (8. h3 $142 b5) (8. Qb3 dxc4
9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bf5 11. Ng5 h6 12. e4 hxg5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bxg5 Qxd4 15.
Rad1 Qc5 16. Rc1 Qa7 17. Qb4 e6 18. Qh4 Nbd7 19. Bh6 Ne5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qg5+
Ng6 22. h4 Nh7 23. Qg3 f4 24. Qf3 Nxh4 25. Qxf4 Ng6 26. Qd6 Nf6 27. Qxc6 Rh8
28. Qf3 Rh6 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 Rah8 31. g3 f5 32. Qc6 Ne5 33. Qg2 Kf6 {
0-1 (33) Ramirez,A (2583)-Kamsky,G (2712) Las Vegas 2014}) 8... cxd5 9. Bd2 Bg4
10. Qb3 {60} Nc6 $1 $11 {54} 11. Qxb7 Qd6 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gf8b8]} 12. Qb3 Bxf3
13. gxf3 {50} e5 {50} 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Be2 {49} Rab8 {42} 16. Qc2 Qe6 {
[%cal Ge6h3]} 17. Kg2 h5 18. Rad1 {[%cal Gd2c1]} g5 $5 {Comme les Blancs
jouent assez passivement, les Noirs prennent l'initiative à l'aile-roi.} 19.
Kg1 g4 20. fxg4 hxg4 21. Bc1 {Les Blancs se contentent de développer leurs
pièces en espérant une faute adverse} Rfc8 22. Qa4 Nc4 23. Rd4 $6 (23. Nxd5
$142 Nxd5 24. Bxc4 Qe4 25. Bb3 $16 {[%csl Gb3,Gc1]}) 23... Nxb2 24. Bxb2 Rxb2
25. Bxg4 $2 {11} Nxg4 {12} 26. Rxg4 Rc4 27. Rxc4 dxc4 28. Qa5 {1} Rd2 $4 $138 {
4} (28... Qg4+ 29. Kh1 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Bxc3 31. Qxc3 Rb6 {[%cal Gb6g6]}) 29. Qg5
Kf8 30. Qc5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. e4 {This is a relatively unknown line in the Grünfeld with few top
games.} Nb6 {This seems to be the most principled continuation, trying to grab
the initiative from the start. I think that after this game not many people
will try to repeat this line with the white pieces.} 10. Bb3 {This move might
be the first step in the wrong direction, the next five moves seem completely
logical and still White experiences difficulties.} (10. Be2 {may not bring any
opening advantage but at least White's position remains solid and he can hope
to outplay his opponent later in the game.} Bg4 11. a4 a5 12. Bg5 Ne8 13. Qb3
Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxd4 15. Rad1 Ng7 16. Ne2 c5 17. e5 Qc7 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Qb5 Ne6
20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Bxe7 Rfe8 23. Bd6 Nf4 24. e6 Nxe6 {Gelfand,B 
(2733)-Nisipeanu,L (2690)/Fuegen 2006/CBM 115/1/2-1/2 (39)}) 10... Bg4 11. Be3
e5 {An interesting novelty by Almasi, leaving White no options, but to accept
the temporary sacrifice.} 12. dxe5 Nfd7 13. e6 {Giri probably thought that
four moves later after 17.f4 his weakened pawn structure will not prove to be
a weakness. However, Almasi saw (analysed) a bit further.} fxe6 14. Qd6 (14. h3
Bxf3 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. gxf3 Qe7 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. f4 Nc5 19. e5 Rad8 20. Qg4
Nd3 21. Rfd1 Nxb2 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Ne4 Nc4 24. Bc5 Qe8 25. Bxa7) 14... Bxf3
15. gxf3 Ne5 16. Qxe6+ $2 {There was still time to exchange the queens and
hope to defend a slightly worse position.} ({Correct was} 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17.
Qxd8 Nxf3+ 18. Kh1 Raxd8 19. Rad1 {where White can hope that his pair of
bishops will compensate Black's initiative.}) 16... Kh8 17. f4 {This was the
move that White was relying on, and at first sight it looks like it solves all
his problems and removes the strong knight from the centre. However, the next
strong move from Black changes the assessment of the position.} Qh4 $1 $17 {
Very beautiful response, taking advantage of the rather awkward placement of
White's queen on e6.} 18. Kg2 (18. fxe5 Rae8 19. Qd6 Bxe5 $19) 18... Nd3 19.
Ne2 $2 ({A bit more stubborn was} 19. f3 $5 Qxf4 20. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 21. Kg3 Nxe6
22. Bxe6 Be5+ 23. Kg2 $17 {not giving away the pawn, although this position
would be very hard to defend because of the shattered pawn structure and
Black's excellent bishop on e5.}) 19... Rae8 20. Qh3 Qxh3+ 21. Kxh3 Rxe4 22.
Kg2 Nxb2 $19 {Black is practically 2 pawns up on the queenside, which makes
the rest just a matter of technique.} 23. Ng3 Ree8 24. Bc5 Nd3 25. Bxf8 Bxa1
26. Bd6 Nc8 $2 {The only explanation behind this passive move could be time
trouble.} (26... Bf6 27. Rd1 Nb2 {was perfectly satisfying with the intention
of N6c4 and b5-a5.}) 27. Bb8 $6 {Returning the favour, giving Black the
c5-square for his knight to retreat. Instead Rd1, activating the rook, was
called for.} (27. Rd1 $1 Nxd6 28. Rxd3 {making White's life much easier.})
27... Bf6 28. f5 Kg7 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. f4 Nc5 31. f5 (31. Bc2 {was not
possible due to} Na6 $1 {leaving White with no good squares for his bishop to
retreat.}) 31... Nxb3 32. axb3 a6 33. fxg6 Kxg6 34. Kf3 Ne7 35. Ba7 Nf5 36. Bf2
Re5 37. Ne4 Rb5 38. Rb1 Nd4+ 39. Bxd4 Bxd4 {Black has managed to achieve a
completely winning position and White could as well have resigned. But hope
never dies...} 40. Ke2 Be5 41. h3 Kf5 42. Nd2 Bf4 43. Nf3 Ke4 44. Ra1 Rb4 45.
Ra3 c5 46. Ne1 Bc1 47. Ra5 Be3 48. Ra3 Bd4 49. Nd3 Rb6 50. Ra4 Kd5 51. Ra3 Re6+
52. Kd2 Be3+ 53. Kc2 Rh6 54. b4 c4 55. Nc1 Bxc1 56. Kxc1 Rb6 57. Ra4 Kd4 58.
Kc2 Rg6 59. Ra3 Rg2+ 60. Kc1 c3 61. Ra5 Kc4 0-1

[Event "Montreal 6th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2005.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2005.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. b4 Be6 {Once while
preparing this line with one of my students we found it interesting and so I
also decided to give it a try.} 7. Qb3 ({White also tried} 7. c5 {but got
nothing after} Ne4 8. Bb2 Nd7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 c6 11. Be2 Bg4 12. Ne5 Nxe5
13. dxe5 Bxe2 14. Kxe2 Qd7 15. f3 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 Plaskett,
J-Tukmakov,V/Hastings 1982/MCD (66). (65)}) 7... c6 {[%cal Ga7a5] This looks
like a solid defensive move.} ({The immediate} 7... a5 {also makes sense. Here
are two examples:} 8. b5 (8. c5 Ne4 9. Bb2 b6 10. cxb6 axb4 11. Qxb4 c5 12. Qb5
Ra6 13. Nxe4 Rxb6 14. Qe2 dxe4 $17 {and Black is already clearly better. 0-1
Drasko,M-Sokolov,I/Sarajevo 1987/CBM 005 (27)}) 8... c5 9. bxc6 bxc6 10. c5 Ne4
11. Qb7 Na6 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxa6 exf3 14. gxf3 Bd5 15. Be2 e5 16. e4 exd4 17.
Bd3 Qf6 18. Ke2 Qe6 19. Bf4 f5 {0-1 Wawor,G-Behrmann,J/Baden-Baden 1987/TD (19)
.}) 8. cxd5 ({In the only preceding game White played} 8. a4 {but already a
few moves later Black was better.} Nbd7 9. a5 b6 10. Ng5 $6 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bxc4
12. Qxc4 c5 $1 13. Nf3 cxd4 14. exd4 Rc8 $15 {0-1 Tworuszka,S-Jakubowski,M/
Krynica 2001/EXT 2003 (20). (20)}) 8... Nxd5 (8... cxd5 {was also possible,
but I didn't like my light-squared bishop. Moreover White would have a clear
plan: b5; a4 and Ba3 with some pressure.}) 9. Bc4 a5 $6 {This is the first
serious inaccuracy.} (9... b5 {was necessary. Somehow I was sure that White's
pressure on the queenside is serious, but in reality Black succeeds to
equalize.} 10. Bxd5 Bxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. a4 bxa4 (13... Nd7 14.
axb5 Rfb8 15. Ra5 Nb6 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. Kd1 (17. Ba3 Rc7 18. Ke2 Rac8 19. Ra1 e5
20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Ra2 Rc2 22. Rxc2 Rxc2 23. Kd3 Rc3+ 24. Ke2 Rc2 25. Kd1 Rc7
26. Ra6 $14) 17... Rc7 18. Ra6 Rac8 19. Nb3 e5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Nc5 Nc4 22.
Ke2 Rb8 23. Rd1 Rxb5 24. Rxd5 Rxb4 {and Black should be able to equalize.}) (
13... Nc6 14. Bd2 a5 $2 (14... Rab8 15. Ke2 $14) 15. axb5 Nxb4 16. Ke2 $16 {
[%cal Gh1b1]}) 14. Rxa4 Nd7 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Ra6 Nc4 17. Ke2 Rfc8 {[%cal Gc8c7]
with good chances for a draw.}) 10. bxa5 $1 Nxc3 (10... Qxa5 11. Bd2 {[%csl
Ra5,Rb7] is bad for Black.}) 11. Bxe6 Ne4 {At this point I though that Black
was fine, but after} 12. O-O $1 {,which I missed, I understood that Black will
have to solve serious problems.} Rxa5 ({The main problem is that after} 12...
Nc5 $2 {White simply answers with} 13. dxc5 $1 {sacrificing an exchange.} Bxa1
{and now either} 14. Rd1 ({or even} 14. Bxf7+ $1 {which was offered after the
game by Mark.} Rxf7 15. Ng5 Qd5 (15... e6 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Qxb7+ Nd7 18. Rd1
Ke7 19. e4 $1 Rb8 20. Qxc6 $1 {[%cal Gc1g5]} Ne5 21. Qa4 $1 $18 {[%cal Gc1g5]
and White wins.}) 16. Qxb7 Qxg5 17. Qxa8 Rf8 18. a6 Qxc5 19. a7 $16 {and White
is better again.}) 14... Qe8 15. Bc4 {which I considered to be rather
unpleasant}) 13. Bc4 b5 14. Be2 ({Certainly not} 14. Qc2 $6 Nxf2) 14... Qd5 $6
{After this natural move Black will have to sacrifice a pawn.} (14... Na6 $5)
15. Ba3 $1 {[%csl Rb5,Re7][%cal Ga3e7,Ga3b4] A very strong move with the
threats Bxe7 and Bb4.} Na6 $5 {An interesting practical chance. Black
sacrifices a pawn and hopes to get counterplay along the a-file.} ({I saw} 
15... Qxb3 16. axb3 c5 {but didn't like that all my pieces are hanging.} 17.
Bd3 f5 18. b4 $1 cxb4 19. Bxb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Nc6 21. Rb1 (21. Be1 Nd6 22. Rb1
Rb8) 21... Rb8 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Ng5 ({Worse is} 23. Nd2 Rd8 $1 24. Nxe4 e5 $1)
23... e5 24. d5 Nxb4 25. Rxb4 Bf8 26. Rb3 $1 ({After} 26. Rb1 b4 27. Nxe4 b3 {
[%cal Gb3b2,Gf8a3,Gb8c8] The b-pawn may become dangerous.}) 26... b4 27. Nxe4
Rd8 28. Kf1 $1 h6 29. Ke2 $1 Kf7 (29... Rxd5 $4 30. Nf6+ {[%csl Rd5,Rg8]}) 30.
Rd3 $16 {with a big advantage for White.}) 16. Bxe7 Re8 17. Ba3 (17. Bh4 $5)
17... Ra8 18. Bd3 $1 (18. Qxd5 cxd5 19. Bb2 Nac5 {[%cal Gc5a4,Ga4c3] was my
chance for counterplay.}) 18... Nc7 {[%csl Ra2]} (18... f5 $5 {is the
computer's choice, but I don't believe that such a move can work.}) 19. Bxe4
Qxe4 20. Bb4 Ra4 21. a3 Nd5 {[%csl Ra1][%cal Gd5b4]} 22. Rac1 $16 {Eventually
White succeeded to stabilize the position and now enjoys an extra pawn.} R8a6 {
[%cal Gg7f8] My only chance is to exchange the darksquared bishops to remove a
defender of the a3-pawn.} 23. Bc5 Bf8 24. Nd2 Qe8 25. Nb1 {[%csl Ra3][%cal
Gb1a3] The knight substitutes the bishop and protects the a3-pawn.} Bxc5 26.
Rxc5 Nb6 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gb6c4]} 27. Rfc1 Nc4 28. d5 {My first
achievement-White exchanges my weakness on c6.} cxd5 29. Rxb5 {[%csl Rd5,Re8,
Rg8][%cal Gb5b8]} Ra8 $6 $138 {An unfortunate move in the time-trouble.} ({
After} 29... Qe6 $5 {[%csl Ra3,Rd5] the a3 and d5-pawns would be exchanged
which promises some drawing chances.}) 30. Rxd5 Nxa3 31. Nd2 $1 {[%csl Ra3]
Unfortunately now White is not forced to trade the knights. Moreover now my
knight is stuck on a3.} Qe6 $1 32. Qd3 Kg7 (32... Qa6 $5 {would be a better
chance.} 33. Qxa6 R4xa6 34. Kf1 $16) 33. Rd7 $6 {White defenitely misses my
idea.} ({A simple} 33. h3 $5 $16 {would secure a big edge.}) 33... Nc4 $1 {
[%csl Rg1] Suddenly the knight finds his way out.} 34. Qc3+ Kh6 (34... Qf6 $5)
35. Rd4 Nxd2 36. Qxd2 Rxd4 (36... Ra1 {would be safer not creating a passed
pawn o the the d-file.}) 37. exd4+ Kg7 38. d5 Qd6 {The resulting endgame is
difficult for both sides. The chances to win it are equal to chances to make a
draw.} 39. g3 Rd8 40. Rd1 h5 41. h4 Rd7 42. Kg2 Rd8 {Black is waiting. I only
knew that it would be good to exchange the queens. So I answered} 43. Qd4+ {
with} Qf6 44. Qe4 (44. f4 Qxd4 45. Rxd4 f5 $1 {[%cal Gg7f6,Gf6e7,Ge7d6] and
the king comes to d6.} 46. Kf3 Kf6 47. Ke3 Ke7 48. Rd3 Kd6 49. Kd4 Re8 $11 {
with a draw.}) 44... Kg8 45. Qb4 {[%cal Gd5d6]} Rd6 {I have to block the
d-pawn and it seems logical to bring the rook in front of the pawn.} 46. Qc5
Qe5 47. Qd4 Qf5 ({Now} 47... Qxd4 $6 {is dangerous as Black is at least two
tempi down comparing to the previous line.} 48. Rxd4 f5 49. Kf3 Kf7 50. Kf4 Kf6
51. Rd2 {[%csl Rg6]}) 48. Rd2 Kh7 49. Kh2 Qg4 $2 {This is already a serious
mistake which could put Black on the edge of precipice.} ({Black had to
continue waiting with} 49... Qd7 $5 $16) 50. Qe5 $2 {Returning a favour.} ({
After the direct} 50. Qxg4 hxg4 51. Kg2 {[%cal Gf2f3] Black is in trouble. For
example} Kg7 52. f3 f5 (52... gxf3+ 53. Kxf3 f5 54. Ke3 {[%cal Ge3d4]} (54. Kf4
$5 Kf6 55. Rd4 $22)) 53. fxg4 fxg4 54. Kf2 Kf6 55. Ke3 Ke5 56. Rd3 Rf6 (56...
Rxd5 57. Rxd5+ Kxd5 58. Kf4 Ke6 59. Kxg4 Kf6 60. Kf4 Kf7 61. Kg5 $1 Kg7 62. g4
$18 {and White wins.}) 57. d6 Rf3+ 58. Ke2 Rxd3 59. Kxd3 Kxd6 60. Ke4 $18 {
and the pawn endgame is won for White.}) 50... Qd7 51. Rd4 Qd8 52. Qf4 Kg7 53.
Qe4 Qd7 54. Qf3 Kg8 55. Rd2 Kh7 56. Qe4 Re6 {A not really necessary beauty.
Black could continue waiting.} 57. Qf4 (57. dxe6 Qxd2 58. Kg2 (58. Qe3 Qxe3 59.
fxe3 fxe6 60. Kg2 Kg7 61. Kf3 Kf6 62. Ke4 g5 63. Kf3 gxh4 64. gxh4 e5 65. e4
$11) 58... fxe6 59. Qxe6 Qd3 $11 {and Black keeps a draw.}) 57... Rd6 58. Qe5
Qd8 59. f3 Qd7 60. Kg2 Re6 61. Qd4 Rd6 62. g4 {After this move Black obtains
counterplay. However it was already not easy, if possible at all, to break
through.} hxg4 63. fxg4 Ra6 $1 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Ga6a4]} 64. Rf2 $1 ({White had
tyo be careful as after} 64. Qe4 $2 Ra4 65. Rd4 Ra2+ 66. Kh3 Qc7 $1 $19 {
[%csl Rh3]} 67. d6 Qc3+ 68. Rd3 Qc2 69. g5 Qh2+ 70. Kg4 Rg2+ {and Black wins.})
(64. h5 $2 Ra4 65. hxg6+ fxg6 66. Qe5 Qxg4+ 67. Qg3 Qh5 $40) 64... Ra4 65.
Rxf7+ Qxf7 66. Qxa4 Qxd5+ {The resulting position is equal and so White played}
67. Kg3 {and offered a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BLR-ch"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lutsko, Igor"]
[Black "Litvinov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Mochalov,E"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 $5 (7. O-O $5
) 7... c5 $5 (7... Bf5 8. Bxf5 gxf5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Nb6 11. a4 $22 a5 12.
e4 $5 fxe4 13. Nxe4 N8d7 14. Bg5 $14) 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. a3 b6 11. Re1
dxc4 $6 (11... Bb7 $5) 12. Bxc4 Bb7 13. d5 $16 Na5 14. Ba2 Rc8 15. Bg5 a6 (
15... h6 $5) 16. Ne5 b5 17. Qd3 Ne8 $6 (17... h6 $5 18. d6 (18. Bxf6 exf6 (
18... Bxf6 $2 19. d6 Kg7 20. Bxf7 $1 $18) 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 Nc4 21. Bb1 f5
22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Qxf5 $13) 18... hxg5 19. dxe7 Qxe7 20. Nxf7 Qxe1+ 21. Rxe1
Rxf7 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Re5 $5 $16 (23. Nxb5 $5 $16)) 18. Rad1 Nd6 19. Nc6 $1
$18 Rxc6 (19... Nxc6 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Bxe7 $18) 20. dxc6 (20. Bxe7 Rxc3 $1 21.
bxc3 Qd7 22. Bxf8 Bxf8 $13) 20... Nxc6 21. Bxe7 Nxe7 22. Qxd6 Nc6 (22... Qxd6
23. Rxd6 Nf5 24. Rd7 $18) 23. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 (23... Kxf7 24. Qe6#) 24. Qxd8+
Nxd8 25. Rxd8+ Bf8 26. Ne4 Bxe4 (26... Kg7 27. Ng5 Rf5 28. Ne6+ $18) 27. Rxe4
Kg7 28. Red4 Bc5 29. Rd2 Kh6 30. g3 Rf3 31. Kg2 Rb3 32. R8d3 1-0

[Event "Litomerice 1st"]
[Site "Litomerice"]
[Date "1986.09.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Moehring, Guenther"]
[Black "Pirttimaki, Timo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Moehring,G"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1986.08.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O
Nb6 9. Bb3 Na6 10. e4 Qd6 11. e5 Qd8 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nge4 Nc7 14. Nc5 Nbd5 15.
Be3 (15. Qf3 $142 $14) 15... Kh7 16. Qf3 b6 17. N5e4 f5 18. exf6 exf6 19. Nxd5
Nxd5 20. Rac1 f5 21. Nc3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 (22. Qxe3 $1 $10 Bxd4 (22... Qxd4 23.
Qf3) 23. Qf3) 22... Bb7 23. Ne2 Qd6 24. Nf4 Rae8 25. Kh1 Re7 26. h4 h5 27. d5
cxd5 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Nxd5 Re4 30. Nf4 Rfe8 31. Rce1 Bxb2 32. Rd1 Qf6 33. Qf2
Be5 34. Rd7+ Re7 35. Rxe7+ Qxe7 36. Nxg6 $1 Qf6 37. Nxe5 Qxe5 38. Qxf5+ Qxf5
39. Rxf5 Rxh4+ 40. Kg1 Ra4 {2:29-1:55 R} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2010.10.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{An uneventful game for the two players who had had a poor 4th round in
Nanjing. The reigning world champion failed to find a fantastic save, shown
later by Dr. Karsten Mueller, and suffered an upset, while Gashimov, who had
been squeezing Carlsen for most of the game and had even had him on the ropes,
somehow failed to convert his advantage into the full point. Both players were
recovering from the shock of the previous day.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
e3 g6 5. Nf3 {This line is becoming quite popular in Nanjing!} Bg7 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O Bg4 8. cxd5 (8. b3 {was famed Blackburne's choice back in 1887! However,
in spite of its historical value, this is considered typical and even
detrimental according to modern theory.}) 8... cxd5 9. Qb3 b6 10. h3 Bc8 $5 {
An odd choice by Gashimov.} (10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12. Bd2 {might give White
better prospects due to his bishop pair.}) 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nxc6
Bxc6 14. Rfc1 Qd7 15. a4 Rfc8 {Black has now successfully completed his
development. The position is about equal and Gashimov's only care is the
positional maneuvers which he handled accurately.} 16. a5 bxa5 17. Rxa5 e6 18.
Rca1 Bf8 19. Qa2 Rcb8 20. Nd1 Ne4 21. Be1 Rb7 22. Ba6 Rb6 23. Bd3 Rb7 24. Ba6
Rb6 25. Bd3 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT (Women) 4th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2013.03.10"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Khurtsidze, Nino"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Muzychuk,M"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2013.03.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{The Women's World Team Championship was my most memorable and most successful
tournament. Our Ukrainian team won the event and for the first time became the
champion of this prestigious tournament. I am very glad that all team members
did their best and contributed a lot to this great success. Therefore, it is
also a pleasure to comment on one of my games as a good memory of the
beautiful city of Astana. I have chosen the game which was played in the 7th
round against the team from Georgia. By that time our team was leading and the
match against Georgia was one of the most important. The Georgian women's team
is very strong and our win in this match increased the team's confidence which
helped us to play well in the last rounds too.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {
Usually Nino plays 3.Nf3 followed by the system with 4.g3, so basically my
preparation was in this direction. After 3.Nc3 I decided to play the Grünfeld
Defence. I had never played this opening before, but after checking the games
of my opponent I knew that she did not have a lot of experience in this
opening either.} 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 {Probably not the most ambitious but quite a
solid line} O-O 6. b4 {One of the possibilities. White gains space on the
queenside, also preventing Black from playing c5 which is quite common for
this structure. Another option is 6.Be2.} b6 7. Ba3 ({During the game I
remembered some games after} 7. Qb3 {White makes this move most often but then}
c5 8. bxc5 bxc5 9. cxd5 {and here 9...Nbd7 or 9...Na6 promises Black quite a
comfortable position.}) 7... c5 $1 {This move is the main move and the most
principled. In one of the games it was played by Peter Svidler who is known to
be one of the greatest experts in the Grünfeld. Unfortunately I did not know
the position after 7.Ba3 so well and it took me about 30 minutes to find the
right plan.} 8. Rc1 ({A better idea was} 8. bxc5 bxc5 9. Rc1 {and the
difference between including b4xc5 b6xc5 followed by Rc1 and 8.Rc1 immediately
as was played in the game we can find in the following line:} (9. Bxc5 $6 {
taking the pawn is too dangerous for White as they have a bad development.
Black creates the forced attack on the hanging pieces, obtaining very good
compensation} Na6 10. Ba3 Qa5 11. Bb2 Rb8 12. Qd2 Qb4 13. Bc1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Ng5 Bf5) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 {and now Black cannot play 10...e5 as the rook
is hanging, also 10...Bb7 is not that good in view of 11.Qb3. That's why the
best option is 9...Ne4 which was played in the aforementioned game
Korchnoi-Svidler, 2006}) 8... cxb4 ({A better move was} 8... cxd4 $1 9. Nxd4 {
A better move was} Bb7 $1) 9. Bxb4 Nc6 10. Ba3 Bb7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Be2 Rc8 {
After a couple of moves and exchanges we can see that Black's position is
already good. He has almost finished his development and has an easy game.} 13.
Qd2 ({White had to make an additional move of Qd2 as the immediate 13.0-0 was
losing by the tactical trick:} 13. O-O $2 {White had to make an additional
move of Qd2 as the immediate 13.0-0 was losing by the tactical trick:} Nxc3 $2
14. Rxc3 Nxd4 15. Rxc8 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Qxc8 {Black is simply a pawn up. 17.Bxe7
does not work as after 17...Re8 followed by ...Ba6 wins an exchange.}) 13...
Na5 14. O-O Qd7 $6 ({With this move I played well but then entered
complications. During the game firstly I checked the line} 14... Nc4 15. Bxc4
Rxc4 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxc4 Bxc4 18. Rc1 Bd5 19. Qc2 {probably this is good
for Black but I didn't want to give up the c-file.}) ({But the easiest and the
best was} 14... Nxc3 $1 15. Rxc3 Rxc3 16. Qxc3 Qd7 {The next move will be ...
Rc8 and there aren't any problems for Black.}) 15. Bb5 Qe6 ({Unfortunately
it's not possible to play the comfortable} 15... Bc6 {as there are problems
with the e7-pawn:} 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Bxe7) 16. Ng5 $6 {This move
is interesting. White is trying to exploit the uncomfortable position of the
queen but objectively this forced line appears to be in Black's favour.} ({
Therefore it was necessary to choose} 16. Nxd5 {Therefore it was necessary to
choose} Bxd5 17. Ba6 {where Black still has to make some moves to coordinate
the pieces.}) 16... Qg4 17. Nxd5 Rxc1 $2 {I decided to include 17...Rxc1 18.
Rxc1, with the idea to have 21...Bf3 in the variation 18...Bxd5 19.e4 Bh6 20.
Bxe7 Bxe4 21.f3 Bxf3, but I missed 22.h3! and... White is winning a piece.} ({
Simple} 17... Bxd5 18. e4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Nf3 Qd7 {was
correct.}) 18. Qxc1 $2 {A mistaken reply. As was mentioned 18.Rxc1 needed to
be played.} (18. Rxc1 $1 Bxd5 19. e4 Bf6 {another possibility instead of 19...
Bh6 is not good either} 20. f4 Bxg5 21. fxg5 Qxe4 22. Re1 {then Bxe7 and White
is better as their black coloured bishop does not have an opponent.}) 18...
Bxd5 19. e4 Bf6 $2 ({At this moment I already liked my position and
overestimated my chances after 19...Bf6 20.Nxh7. Instead} 19... Rc8 $1 {
leads to an evident advantage} 20. Qe3 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Bxc4) ({Meanwhile, an
interesting draw could happen after} 19... Bxe4 20. f3 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 Qf5 22.
Bxe7 Qxb5 23. Bxf8 Be3 24. Qa1 Bd4 {and Black harries White's queen in all
variations} 25. Qc1 (25. Qe1 Bc3 26. Qf2 Bd4 27. Qe1) 25... Be3) 20. exd5 $6 {
It was not easy to calculate all these lines correctly over the board and
fortunately Nino did not find the best moves} (20. Nxh7 $1 {would bring White
the advantage} Kxh7 (20... Qxe4 21. Nxf6+ exf6 22. f3 Qxd4+ 23. Rf2 $14) 21.
exd5 Rd8 22. d6 exd6 23. Qc7) 20... Bxg5 21. Qc7 Qxd4 22. Qxa7 Qxd5 23. Qxb6 {
Finally the position became more clear. If the a-pawn doesn't move too far,
Black will equalise.} Ra8 (23... Nc4 {is not good because of} 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25.
Bxc5 Rc8 26. Bb4 {and this is the line where the a2-pawn looks quite dangerous.
}) 24. g3 {Now White has to sacrifice the pawn and try to exploit the fact
that all my pieces would be scattered over board. Black's next move will be ...
Qxa2, threatening ...Qa3, I would suggest putting the bishop immediately on b4.
Then, compared with the game, after 24...Qxa2 it is possible to make some more
useful move, than g3. For example 25.Rd1.} Qxa2 ({Another possibility was} 
24... Bf6 $5 25. Bc5 Qxa2 26. Rd1 Kg7) 25. Bb4 Nc4 {Black is a pawn up but the
pair of bishops gives good compensation.} 26. Qc5 ({For example here White had
a good opportunity to take advantage of the uncomfortable position of Black's
pieces and to win the pawn back.} 26. Qc6 Ne5 27. Qe4 Bf6 28. Bxe7 Bxe7 29.
Qxe5 Bf8 $11) 26... Nd2 27. Rd1 Ne4 ({The computer suggests} 27... Qb3 {
Probably this is really the best option but it looks very dangerous and
requires many moves which would be difficult to find} 28. Be2 Ne4 29. Qc6 Rb8
30. Qxe4 Rxb4 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Qa8 f5 33. Rh8 Qf7 34. h4 Bf6 {with advantage,
althought White has very good chances to make a draw.}) 28. Qd4 Nxf2 $1 {
The best move from a practical point of view. At this time my opponent was in
big time trouble and in such situations it is very difficult to play this kind
of position.} ({I am sure we both saw} 28... Qc2 29. Re1 Nxf2 30. Qxf2 Qxf2+
31. Kxf2 Rb8 32. Bxe7 Bxe7 33. Rxe7 Rxb5 {and despite Black being a pawn up,
it is quite easy for White to get a draw in this endgame.}) 29. Qxf2 Qb3 30.
Qe1 Rb8 31. Rd3 $1 {The only defence but not so obvious.} Qe6 $1 (31... Qb2 {
is much worse as it offers White many possibilities to equalise} 32. Rd5 (32.
Qc3 Qb1+ 33. Kg2 Qa2+ 34. Kg1 {and there is nothing better than perpetual check
}) 32... Bf6 33. Bxe7 (33. Qe4 $5) 33... Qb3 34. Bxf6 {is much worse as it
offers White many possibilities to equalise} Qxd5 35. Bf1) 32. Bd7 $2 {A huge
mistake, probably White just missed the check from b6.} (32. Ba4 $1 {was the
best, and now there is nothing better than a draw in different lines} Qb6+ (
32... Qa6 33. Qe5 Qxd3 34. Qxb8+ Kg7 35. Qe5+ Bf6 36. Qe1 Qd4+ 37. Kg2 Qd5+ 38.
Kh3 Qf5+ {with perpetual check}) 33. Kf1 Qf6+ (33... Qxb4 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Qe5+
Kh6 36. Qxb8 Qxa4 {still playable but also should finish in a draw}) 34. Kg1 ({
only not} 34. Kg2 $2 Qa6 $1 35. Qe5 Qb7+ 36. Kh3 Bf6 37. Qf4 g5 38. Qf5 h5 $1 {
for an attack it is necessary to keep the rooks} (38... Qxb4 39. Rb3 Qd6 40.
Rxb8+ Qxb8 41. Bc2) 39. Bd1 Qxb4 40. Bxh5 (40. Rb3 {is losing now} g4+ 41. Kg2
Qd2+) 40... Kg7 {this position is very difficult to defend}) 34... Qb6+ 35. Kf1
Qf6+ 36. Kg1 Qb6+ $11) (32. Qxe6 {was still much better than 32.Bd7 but the
endgame without a pawn is not so pleasant.} fxe6 33. Bd7 Rxb4 34. Bxe6+ Kg7)
32... Qb6+ 33. Kg2 Qxb4 {Now with 2 pawns up my position became winning.} 34.
Qd1 Qe4+ 35. Qf3 Rb2+ 36. Kh3 Qxf3 (36... Qc4 {objectively this is much
stronger as White's king is under attack} 37. Rc3 Qa2 38. Rc8+ Kg7 {easily
winning but I chose a safer continuation and went for an endgame. This was
quite reasonable as by this moment my team was already winning 2-1.}) 37. Rxf3
Kg7 {The rest is quite easy - Black is just pushing the pawns.} 38. Kg4 Bf6 39.
h4 h5+ 40. Kf4 Re2 41. Rd3 Re1 42. Kf3 Be5 43. Bc6 f5 44. Be8 Bd6 45. Kf2 Rb1
46. Kf3 Rb8 47. Bd7 Rb6 48. Rc3 Rb2 49. Be8 Be5 $1 {I could just move the
pawns immediately: 49...e5 but found one more idea.} 50. Rd3 {The rook cannot
leave the 3rd rank because of ...Rb3+ and the other moves, except Rd3 would
allow ...Bd4.} Bc7 51. Ra3 {It was impossible to prevent Bb6-Rf2.} Bb6 52. Kf4
Kf6 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Nakamura,H"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nd7 (9... c5 $6 10. dxc5 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. cxb6
axb6 14. Qd4 Qc7 15. Rfb1 Ra5 16. Qb4 e6 17. Qe7 Qd8 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 $14
{Giri-Vachier, Fide World Cup Baku 2015}) 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bc3 c5 (11... Nf6
12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Ne4 15. Qc2 Nxc3 16. bxc3 c5 $11 {Anton
Guijarro-Lillo Castany, Llucmajor Open 2014}) 12. Rc1 e6 13. Qa4 $146 a6 14.
Qa3 Qb8 15. dxc5 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 bxc5 $2 {Accepting a much worse pawn structure
unnecessarily.} (16... Rc8 17. Rfd1 Rxc5 18. Qd2 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qb7 $11 {
With the symmetrical structure, Black should be fine although White might have
a very small pull.}) (16... Nxc5 17. Ne5 f6 {An ugly move, but Black seems to
be only marginally worse.} 18. Ng4 Kg7 19. b4 Ne4 20. Qd4 $14) 17. Nd2 a5 $2 {
A serious positional mistake.} 18. a4 $1 {[%csl Gb5]} Qb7 19. e4 Bc6 ({
Alternately, if Black were to play} 19... Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 {White still
takes the upper hand with} 21. Bf3 Qxa4 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Rfd1 Ra7 24. Ra1 Qb4
25. Qxb4 cxb4 26. Rd4 $1 $16 {[%csl Ga5,Ga7,Gb4][%cal Gd4b4,Ga1a7]}) 20. b3 $16
{The dust has completely settled and White holds all the positional trumps.}
Rfb8 21. Qe3 Qc7 22. Rfd1 Rb4 23. Nc4 $1 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Gc4a5]} Rab8 24. Rc3
Nf6 25. f3 Nd7 26. Qd2 Nb6 27. Qg5 (27. Qd6 Qxd6 28. Nxd6 $16 {This is also
quite good.}) 27... Nxc4 28. Bxc4 e5 29. h4 Kg7 30. h5 h6 31. Qe3 Rd8 32. Rxd8
Qxd8 33. hxg6 fxg6 34. Qxc5 Qb6 (34... Qd4+ {wouldn't change anything. Ex:} 35.
Qxd4 exd4 36. Rc1 Kf6 {[%cal Gg1f2,Gf2e2,Ge2d3]} 37. Kf2 Rb8 (37... Ke5 38. Bg8
Kd6 (38... Bd7 39. Rc5+ $18) 39. e5+ $18) 38. Ke2 g5 39. Kd3 Ke5 40. Bf7 $18 {
[%cal Gc1c5]}) 35. Bb5 $1 {A clean way of ending the game while avoiding any
potential technical difficulties in resulting endgames.} (35. Qxb6 {is also
perfectly possible, but would require more work and precise play to convert.}
Rxb6 36. Be2 $1 Be8 37. Rc7+ Kf8 38. Bc4 Rc6 39. Ra7 Rc5 40. Bd5 {This should
be winning for White as well, but it will still require some technique.}) (35.
Bb5 Qxc5+ 36. Rxc5 Bxb5 (36... Bb7 37. Rc7+ $18) (36... Ba8 37. Rc8 Bb7 38.
Rc7+ $18) 37. Rxb5 Rd4 38. Rxa5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bjeljina Renome"]
[Site "Bijeljina Dvorovi"]
[Date "2000.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sahovic, Dragutin"]
[Black "Nestorovic, Dejan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "Petronic,J"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.01.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8. cxd5
Nxc5 9. Bc4 Nfe4 10. O-O Bg4 11. Be2 Rc8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Qa5
15. Rfd1 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Rc7 18. c4 b6 19. d6 exd6 20. Rxd6 Nd7 21.
Be2 Ne5 22. Rc1 Rfc8 23. Rd4 b5 $2 24. c5 $1 $16 a6 (24... Rxc5 25. Rd8+ $1
Rxd8 26. Rxc5 $16) 25. Rd6 Rc6 26. Rd5 Re6 27. f4 Nc6 28. Kf2 Re4 29. a3 Rc7
30. Rc3 Ra4 31. Rd6 b4 32. axb4 Nxb4 33. c6 Kf8 34. Bf3 Ke7 35. Rd4 Ra2+ 36.
Kg3 a5 37. Rc5 Ra3 38. Re5+ Kf6 39. Rd6+ Kg7 40. Rd7 Na6 41. Ree7 Rxd7 42. cxd7
Rd3 43. Be2 1-0

[Event "Graz op-A"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "2016.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{An important game from the seventh round. Both of us were standing on 4.5/6.} 
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 {This time I decided to deviate from the
main theoretical disputes in the Grünfeld.} O-O 5. Be2 c6 {This is by far not
the main move, but I wasn't too shocked to see it, as the Slav Defence is also
in the repertoire of my young opponent.} ({Normally Black chooses between:} 
5... d6 {in the spirit of the King's Indian,}) ({or} 5... c5 {, which can lead
to a Benoni structure or even some version of the Benko Gambit.}) 6. Nc3 d5 {
Now we have suddenly got the Schlechter Variation of the Slav Defence.} 7. O-O
b6 (7... Bg4 {is a more popular move, which is often employed by Baadur Jobava.
}) 8. a4 ({After} 8. b4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 {swapping knights makes Black's
defensive task easier.}) 8... a5 (8... Bb7 9. a5 e6 10. b4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5
12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 $14 {½-½ (39) Bukavshin,I (2517)-Bu,X (2670) Moscow
2012}) 9. cxd5 cxd5 (9... Nxd5 10. e4 Nb4 11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 $14
{1/2-1/2 (32) Anand,V (2800)-Wang,Y (2732) Nanjing 2010}) 10. b3 Nc6 $146 {
An improvement over the game of his coach and compatriot - Li Chao.} (10... Ne4
$6 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Ba3 f5 14. Rc1 Kh8 (14... Nd7 15. b4 Nf6 16.
bxa5 bxa5 17. Nc4 Nd5 18. Ne5 $16 {1-0 (32) Vachier Lagrave,M (2758)-Li,C 
(2750) Skopje 2015}) 15. Nc4 Nd7 16. d5 Rc8 17. d6 e6 18. b4 $1 axb4 19. Bxb4
Bd5 20. a5 $1 bxa5 21. Bxa5 Qe8 22. Qa4 $16 {1-0 (29) Carlsen,M (2863)
-Mamedyarov,S (2756) Shamkir 2015}) 11. Ba3 Bb7 12. Rc1 {White's bishops are
more active - this is, more or less, the only significant difference in the
position.} Rc8 13. Bd3 Qd7 14. Bb5 Rfd8 $6 {Black shouldn't allow 15.Ne5.} ({
The queen should move away from the pin by} 14... Qe6 {. White's chances are
preferable, but there is nothing concrete.}) 15. Ne5 Qe6 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxe7
$2 {I planned this before playing 16.Bxc6, but I didn't really pay attention
to an additional option which was way more effective.} (17. Ne2 $1 {In fact
this wins a pawn by force.} Bb7 18. Nf4 Qf5 19. g4 $5 (19. Bxe7 Rxc1 20. Qxc1
Rc8 21. Qd1 {is another way to win the pawn.}) 19... Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Qc8 (20...
Nxg4 $2 21. Qc7 Qc8 22. Qxc8 Bxc8 23. Nc6 $18) 21. Bxe7 Re8 22. Qxc8 Rxc8 {
Black has some compensation due to the control over the c-file, but a pawn is
a pawn!}) 17... Qxe7 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxc6 {During the game I
was optimistic about my chances here. However, it appears that White is not
better at all. White needs to swap all the major pieces and then he can slowly
win the endgame: rook + two pawns vs two minor pieces. Unfortunately, Black
can prevent it.} f5 $6 (20... Qd7 {was more precise, kicking away the rook} 21.
Rc4 {and only now} f5 {with sufficient counterplay.}) 21. Qc2 {Now I can
triple my major pieces along the c-file.} Qd7 22. Qc4 $6 {Looks tempting, in
fact - wasting an important tempo.} (22. Rc1 f4 (22... Nb4 $2 23. Qc4+ $18) 23.
e4 Ne7 24. Rc7 Qd6 25. d5 Be5 26. Qd2 $16) 22... Kf8 $6 (22... Bf8 $1 23. Rc1
Bc5 {is the trick, trapping the rook.} 24. Qb5 Ne7 25. Qc4+ Nd5 $11) 23. Rc1 {
This move took me a lot of time, as it wasn't easy to calculate the
complications which arose in the game.} (23. g3 $2 f4 (23... Bh6 {is also
perfectly playable for Black.}) 24. exf4 {White has nothing better.} Nxf4 25.
gxf4 Qg4+ 26. Kh1 Qf3+ {with a perpetual check.}) 23... f4 24. Rc8 $1 (24. e4
$2 Ne7 25. Rc7 Qxd4 {Here the knight on e7 is protected.}) 24... fxe3 25. fxe3
Bh6 {The most natural move, which I expected.} (25... Nxe3 $2 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8
27. Qe6 $1 {It was necessary to foresee this before playing 23.Rc1.} Bxd4 28.
Rc8 {winning the queen, while the discovered check is harmless for White.}) (
25... Ke7 $1 {is a difficult move to make over the board.} 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. e4
Nc3 $1 ({After} 27... Ne7 28. d5 {White should slowly, but surely, win, as
Black's pieces are passive.}) 28. e5 (28. d5 $6 Qc7 29. Qxc7+ Kxc7 {Here the
c-file is blocked, so this endgame should end in a draw.}) 28... Nd5 29. Rf1
Bh6 30. Rf3 Ke7 {and here it won't be easy for White to make progress, as all
the penetration squares are covered.}) 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Rf1+ Kg7 28. e4 Be3+
(28... Nf6 29. e5 Nd5 30. Qc6 {is also bad for Black.}) 29. Kh1 Nf6 30. e5 Ne4
(30... Nd5 31. Qc6 Bxd4 (31... Bg5 32. e6 Nf6 33. Qb7+ Kh6 34. Qf7 Qxd4 35. e7
Qe3 36. h4 $1 Bxh4 37. Qf8+ Kh5 38. Rxf6 Qe1+ 39. Rf1 Qxe7 40. Qxe7 Bxe7 41.
Rf7 $18) 32. Qe6 $1 $18 (32. Rd1 $4 Ne3)) 31. Qf7+ Kh6 32. d5 $6 {This also
wins, but requires precise calculation.} (32. e6 Qxd4 (32... Nd6 33. Qf8+ Qxf8
34. Rxf8 Bg5 35. Rb8 $18) 33. e7 (33. Qf8+ Kh5 34. Qf3+ Kh6 35. e7 Nf2+ 36.
Rxf2 Bxf2 37. g3 {also wins.}) 33... Nf2+ 34. Qxf2 {In my calculations I
forgot that my queen can also take the knight.} (34. Rxf2 $4 Bxf2 $19) 34...
Bxf2 35. e8=Q $18) 32... Nf2+ (32... Qh4 $2 33. Qf8+ Kh5 34. Qf3+ $18) 33. Rxf2
Bxf2 34. Qxf2 Qxd5 {This endgame would be difficult to win, if it were not for
the bad location of Black's king.} 35. Qf8+ $1 Kh5 (35... Kg5 36. Qf6+ Kh6 37.
h4 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qd4 39. Kh3 Qd3+ 40. g3 Qd1 41. e6 Qh1+ 42. Kg4 Qd1+ 43. Qf3
$18) 36. Qd6 $2 {That's a real shame - not to calculate the pawn endgame
properly.} (36. Qf3+ $1 Qxf3 37. gxf3 g5 (37... Kg5 38. f4+ Kf5 39. h4 h6 40.
Kg2 g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. e6 $1 (42. fxg5 $4 Kxg5 $11) 42... Kxe6 43. fxg5 Kf5
44. Kf3 Kxg5 45. Ke4 $18) 38. Kg2 Kg6 39. Kg3 Kf5 40. e6 Kxe6 41. Kg4 Kf6 42.
Kh5 Kf5 43. Kh6 Kf4 44. Kxh7 Kxf3 45. Kg6 Kg4 (45... g4 46. Kf5 Kg2 47. Kxg4
Kxh2 48. Kf3 $18) 46. h3+ Kxh3 (46... Kf4 47. Kf6 $18) 47. Kxg5 Kg3 48. Kf5 Kf3
49. Ke5 Ke3 50. Kd5 Kd3 51. Kc6 Kc3 52. Kxb6 Kxb3 53. Kxa5 Kc4 54. Kb6 $18)
36... Qxb3 37. h3 Qg3 $2 (37... Qxa4 38. e6 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 Qf6 $1 {White can't
win, as the queen can't help the e-pawn and cover the diagonal h2-b8
simultaneously.}) (37... Qb4 38. Qf6 Qxa4 39. e6 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qd6+ {was also
sufficient for a draw.}) 38. Qd5 $2 (38. Qf6 $1 Kh6 39. e6 Qd6 40. h4 Qd1+ (
40... b5 41. axb5 a4 42. Qg5+ $1 Kg7 43. Qe3 Kf6 44. b6 a3 45. b7 a2 46. Qf2+
Kxe6 47. Qxa2+ $18) 41. Kh2 Qd6+ 42. g3 Qd2+ 43. Kh3 Qd1 44. e7 Qh1+ 45. Kg4
Qd1+ 46. Kf4 Qd2+ 47. Ke5 Qc3+ 48. Ke6 Qc6+ 49. Kf7 $18) 38... Qf4 $1 39. e6+
Kh6 40. Kg1 Qxa4 $4 {The last blunder in this queen endgame, which gave quite
some material for Mark Dvoretsky's book in the new chapter on "tragicomedy".} {
[%tqu "En","How should White play?","","","d5e5","Now the pawn is unstoppable
and the queen covers the important diagonal h2-b8, so there is no perpetual
check.",3,"e6e7","",0]} 41. Qe5 $1 $18 {Now the pawn is unstoppable and the
queen covers the important diagonal h2-b8, so there is no perpetual check.} (
41. e7 $4 Qa1+ 42. Kh2 Qe1 43. Qf7 Qe5+ 44. Kg1 Qe1+ $11) 41... Qd1+ 42. Kh2
Qd8 43. e7 Qe8 44. Qf6 Kh5 45. g4+ 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Baile Herculane"]
[Date "2010.09.11"]
[Round "8.42"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Solak, Dragan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 (4... e6) (4... a6) 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O a6 8. a4 (8. Bd2) (8. Qb3) 8... a5 {[%csl Gb4]} 9. cxd5 (9. Qb3 Na6 (
9... e6) 10. Bd2 Nb4 11. Na2 Nxa2 12. Rxa2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Ne4 14. Bc3 Nd6 15.
Raa1 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd5 17. Qe2 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Rfc8 21.
f4 e6 22. Rfd1 Bf8 23. Kf1 Rd8 24. b3 Rd5 25. Kg2 f5 26. Kf3 Kf7 27. Rac1 Ba3
28. Rb1 Rd7 29. Rd2 Ra6 30. Rc2 Rd5 31. Be1 Be7 32. Ke2 h6 33. b4 axb4 34. Bxb4
Rb6 35. Rcb2 Rxb4 36. Rxb4 Bxb4 37. Rxb4 Rd7 38. h4 Kf6 {Eljanov,P (2729)
-Inarkiev,E (2645) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 1/2-1/2 (63)}) 9... Nxd5 10. e4 Nb4 (
10... Nxc3 $6 {L'échange ne ferait que renforcer le centre Blanc} 11. bxc3 $16
{[%csl Gd4,Ge4]}) 11. Be3 Bg4 $146 (11... Nd7 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. Bh6 Be6 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Ng5 Bb3 16. Ra3 Bc4 17. Rd1 e5 18. Nf3 exd4 19. Nxd4 Qf6 20. Qc1 Rad8
21. Nf3 Bxe2 22. Nxe2 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qxb2 {0-1 (23) Giddins,S (2197)-Van de
Oudeweetering,A (2364) Hoogeveen 2006}) 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 N8a6 $5 {[%csl
Gb4] La position Noire est passive mais solide} 14. Qd2 e5 $1 15. d5 cxd5 16.
Nxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Qd6 {La Q est une mauvaise bloqueuse} (17... Nb4 {Plus
naturel} 18. d6 $5 {[%csl Gf3]}) 18. Qxa5 f5 19. Qb6 $1 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Gb6d6,
Gb6b7] Force l'échange des Q et le Bb6 sera bien placé pour soutenir le P
passé} Qxb6 20. Bxb6 e4 $1 21. Be2 Bxb2 22. Rad1 $36 {[%csl Gd5] Les pièces
Blanches et la paire de B vont soutenir le P passé} Ba3 23. d6 $1 Bc5 $1 {
Probablement le seul coup pour tenir la position} 24. Bc7 Nxc7 25. dxc7 Rfc8
26. Rd7 Bb6 27. Rc1 Rxa4 28. Bc4+ $1 Kh8 29. Be6 $1 {[%cal Ge6c8,Gd7h7] C'est
une partie modèle sur le thème de la valorisation du P passé} e3 30. fxe3
Re4 31. Rxh7+ $1 {Le thème est facile à voir mais la suite est plus
compliquée à calculer} Kxh7 32. Bxc8 Bxe3+ 33. Kf1 Bxc1 34. Be6 $1 (34. Bd7
Rc4 35. c8=Q Rxc8) 34... Rf4+ $1 {Un coup digne d'une étude} 35. Ke2 $1 (35.
Kg1 $2 Be3+ 36. Kh2 Rc4 37. Bxc4 Bf4+) 35... Re4+ 36. Kd1 Rxe6 37. c8=Q Rd6+
38. Ke2 (38. Kxc1 $2 Rc6+) 38... Bf4 $1 {[%cal Gf4d6] Il est important de
protéger la R pour monter une forteresse} 39. Kf3 Be5 40. Qc7+ Kh6 41. Qe7 $1
{[%cal Ge7e5,Ge7h4]} Rd3+ 42. Kf2 Bd4+ 43. Kf1 Bh8 44. Qe1 Kg7 45. g4 Rf3+ 46.
Kg2 fxg4 47. hxg4 Rf6 $1 $11 {Les pièces Noires sont compactes et bien
protégées. La Q ne peut pas grand-chose face à la forteresse} 48. g5 Rc6 49.
Qb4 Rc2+ 50. Kf3 Kh7 51. Qh4+ Kg8 52. Qa4 Rc3+ 53. Ke4 Bg7 54. Kd5 Re3 55. Qc4
b5 56. Qc1 Re5+ 57. Kd6 Kh7 58. Qh1+ Kg8 59. Qa8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 32nd"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2016.02.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:08:29"]
[BlackClock "0:19:00"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 (7... a6
8. a4 Be6 9. Ng5 Bc8 10. Qb3 b6 11. Bd2 e6 12. Nf3 Nbd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. a5
$14 {Gelfand,B (2733)-Kamsky,G (2705) Wch Candidates final 2007 (2.4) 1/2}) 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. Qb3 Bc8 (9... b6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Qa4 Qd7
14. Rfc1 Na5 15. Qxd7 Nxd7 16. Nb5 Rfc8 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Nxa7 Ra8 19. Bxa5
bxa5 20. Nc6 a4 21. Rc1 Bf8 22. Be2 Kg7 23. Kf1 Bd6 24. Ke1 Rc8 25. Kd1 Nb8 26.
Na7 Rxc1+ 27. Kxc1 Bh2 28. Kd1 e5 29. g3 exd4 30. exd4 h5 31. Bf3 h4 32. gxh4
Bc7 33. Bxd5 Bd8 34. a3 Bxh4 35. Ke2 Bg5 36. Kd3 Bh4 37. f3 Bg5 38. Bc6 Bc1 39.
Kc3 {Wang,H (2717)-Li,C (2751) Huaian 2016 1-0}) 10. Ne5 e6 11. Rd1 Qb6 $146 (
11... Nfd7 12. Nd3 Nc6 13. Bd2 Nb6 14. Rac1 Nc4 15. Nb4 N6a5 16. Qc2 Bd7 17.
Be1 Rc8 18. b3 Nd6 19. Qb2 Nc6 20. Nd3 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxd5
Qe7 24. Qa3 Bc6 25. Rdd1 Rfd8 26. Bf1 Qe6 27. Qxa7 Qg4 28. h3 Qe6 29. Qb6 Kg7
30. Ne2 Ra8 31. Nd4 Bxd4 32. Qxd4+ Kg8 33. Bc3 {1-0 (33) Dziuba,M (2589)
-Majdan,J (2386) Warsaw 2011}) 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. b3 Bd7 14. Nxd7 Nfxd7 15. Bd2
Rc8 16. Na4 Nc6 17. Bb5 Bf8 18. a3 f5 19. Rdc1 Rc7 20. Kf1 Bd6 21. h3 Kf7 22.
Ke1 Ke7 23. Kd1 Kd8 24. Rc2 Rac8 25. b4 Ke7 26. Rcc1 Ra8 27. Rc2 Rcc8 28. Rb1 (
28. Rac1) 28... Bc7 29. Rbc1 Bd8 30. Rb1 Nf6 31. Bc1 (31. f3 {[%csl Ge4]})
31... Ne4 32. f3 Nd6 33. Nc3 Nxb5 34. Nxb5 Na7 35. Nxa7 Rxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sieciechowicz, Marcin"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Prokonex"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. b4 $5 {[%cal Gb4b5]} (9. Rd1 Re8 10. b4 b6 11. a4 a5 12. b5 c5 13. cxd5
exd5 14. Bb2 Bb7 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Qb1 c4 17. Ba3 Qc7 18. g3 h5 19. Nh4 Ng4 20.
Ng2 Ndf6 21. Rf1 Rcd8 22. Rce1 Nh7 23. Qd1 Qd7 24. Nf4 Ng5 25. h4 Ne4 26. Nxe4
Rxe4 27. Bf3 Ree8 28. Ne2 Qc7 29. Nf4 Nf6 30. Ne2 Bc8 31. Nc3 Bg4 32. Kg2 Qd7
33. Rh1 Bh6 34. Qc2 Bxf3+ 35. Kxf3 Ng4 36. Re2 Re6 37. Rhe1 Rde8 38. Bc1 f5 {
Rapport,R (2709)-Vidit,S (2625) Tsaghkadzor 2015 0-1 (64)}) (9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2
b6 11. e4 $14) 9... dxc4 (9... Re8 10. Bb2 b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Na4 $14 {
Zhou,J (2652)-Yu,Y (2585) Danzhou 1st 2010 (2) 1/2}) 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 a5 $1
12. bxa5 Qxa5 13. Bd2 Qa3 14. e4 Ba6 $6 (14... e5 15. d5 cxd5 16. Nxb5 Qc5 $132
) 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Qb3 $1 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gd2b4]} b4 18. Bxa6 Rxa6
$6 (18... Qxa6 19. Bxb4 Rfb8 $44 {Et le P "a" va se faire pilonner par les
pièces lourdes}) 19. Bxb4 Qxb3 20. axb3 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Rb8 22. Ra4 {[%cal
Gf3d2,Gd2b3,Gg1f1] Pour l'instant le P gagné n'est pas facile à valoriser
mais un P est un P} f6 23. h4 $1 h6 (23... fxe5 $6 24. Bd6 {[%csl Rg8][%cal
Gd6b8,Gd6e5,Gf3g5] La pointe} Rxb3 $2 25. Ra8+) 24. Bd6 $1 Rxb3 25. Ra7 $40 {
[%csl Re6]} Nb6 26. Re7 Nc4 27. Rxe6 {[%csl Rd5]} Rb6 28. Re8+ Kf7 29. Re7+ Kg8
30. Bc5 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 fxe5 32. dxe5 Rb8 33. Bd4 $18 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5]} Bf8 34. Rd7
Re8 35. Rxd5 Kf7 36. Rd7+ Re7 37. Rxe7+ Bxe7 38. Kg3 Ke6 39. Kg4 Ba3 40. h5 g5
41. Bc3 Bf8 42. g3 Bc5 43. Nxg5+ hxg5 44. h6 Kf7 45. Kf5 Bxf2 46. e6+ 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup final"]
[Site "Magnitogorsk"]
[Date "2011.11.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2011.11.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Bf1 a6 14. Rac1 h5 15.
Rc2 Red8 16. Qf4 Ne8 17. Qf3 Ndf6 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. Nb1 Nd6 20. Nd2 Nf5 21. Rdc1
Nd6 22. Qf4 Nde8 23. Nf3 Nd7 24. c5 Nef6 25. g4 Re8 26. Kg2 hxg4 27. hxg4 e5
28. dxe5 Nh7 29. Rh1 Nhf8 30. Qh2 Nxc5 31. Rxc5 Qxc5 32. e6 f6 33. Bxg6 Rxe6 {
[%tqu "En","","","","f3g5","",10]} 34. Ng5 $1 Re7 35. Bh7+ Kh8 36. Bd4 Qb4 37.
Bg6+ Kg8 38. Bh7+ Kh8 39. Bf5+ Kg8 40. Nh7 Rcc7 41. Qh5 Qd6 42. b4 Nd7 43. a3 (
43. g5 c5 44. bxc5) 43... b6 44. Qg6 Ne5 $2 (44... Nf8 45. Nxf8) 45. Nxf6+ $1
$18 Qxf6 {[%tqu "En","","","","h1h8","",10]} 46. Rh8+ $1 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Czarnota, Pawel"]
[Black "Urban, Klaudiusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "223"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Szkola Grudziadz"]
[BlackTeam "Poznan Pocztowiec"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Bd3 (6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6
8. b3 Bb7 9. Ba3 Re8 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bb5 Rc8 14.
Bc6 Bxc6 15. Rxc6 Nc5 16. b4 Qd7 17. b5 Nb7 18. Qd3 Na5 19. Rc3 Nc4 20. Rb1 c6
21. bxc6 Rxc6 22. Rcb3 Rec8 23. Bb4 Bf6 24. a4 R6c7 25. Ra1 Qe6 26. h3 Kg7 27.
a5 b5 28. Qd1 a6 29. Ne1 Nd6 30. Bxd6 Qxd6 31. Nd3 Rc4 32. Qf3 h5 33. g3 Rc3
34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. Nf4 Bxd4 {Jussupow,A (2608)-Shchekachev,A (2519) Bastia 2012
1-0}) 6... O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b4 c6 9. Bb2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 $146 (10... b6 11.
a4 Bb7 12. Ba3 Rc8 13. Rb1 Re8 14. Qe2 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bb5 Re7 17. a5 Rc7
18. Rfc1 Nb8 19. a6 Bc8 20. Bd3 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rc7 22. b5 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Qc7
24. Bd2 f5 25. Qe1 Nd7 26. Bb4 Bf8 27. h4 Nf6 28. Ne5 Nd7 29. Nf3 Nf6 30. Ne5
Nd7 31. Nc6 Bxa6 32. Qc1 {1-0 (32) Kasparov,G (2770)-Timman,J (2630) Tilburg
1991}) 11. Qb3 a5 12. b5 (12. a3 axb4 13. axb4) 12... Nxc3 13. Bxc3 c5 14. Rfd1
(14. Rad1 $5 Qe7 15. b6 cxd4 16. exd4 Nf6 17. Ne5 Rd8 18. Rfe1 {Aurait
économisé un coup}) 14... Qe7 15. b6 $5 {[%csl Gc7] Empêche le fianchetto
b6 et Bb7 mais le P"b6" est un peu exposé} cxd4 16. exd4 Nf6 {[%csl Gd5]} 17.
Ne5 Rd8 18. Re1 Qd6 19. Rab1 Nd5 20. Bd2 {[%csl Rd2]} (20. Ba1 Nb4 {[%cal
Gd6b6]}) 20... Nxb6 $1 21. Qxb6 Qxb6 22. Rxb6 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Rxd4 24. Rxa5 Rxa5
25. Bxa5 Rxc4 26. Bd2 Rd4 27. Rb2 Bd7 28. f3 Bc6 $11 {Les Noirs ont enfin
résolu le problème du développement du Bc8} 29. Bc3 Rc4 30. Bb4 f6 31. Kf2
Kf7 32. a3 Bd5 33. Rd2 h5 34. Ke3 g5 35. h3 Kg6 36. Rd4 Rc2 37. Rd2 Rc1 38. Rd4
Rg1 39. Kf2 Rb1 40. Ke3 Rg1 41. Kf2 Rb1 42. Ke3 Ra1 43. Ke2 Kf5 44. Ke3 Rc1 45.
Bd6 Rc3+ 46. Rd3 Rc6 47. Bb4 Rc1 48. Rd4 Rc8 49. Bd6 Rc3+ 50. Rd3 Rc2 51. Rd2
Rc1 52. Rd4 Rg1 53. Kf2 Rb1 54. Ke3 Kg6 55. Rd2 Rc1 56. Bb4 g4 $5 {Jouant pour
le gain} 57. hxg4 hxg4 58. fxg4 Rc4 59. Rd4 Rxd4 60. Kxd4 Bxg2 {[%csl Ge6]
Malgré le P passé, les chances de gain des Noirs sont très faibles mais ils
peuvent torturer longuement leur adversaire} 61. Bd2 Bf3 62. g5 fxg5 63. Ke5
Bd5 64. a4 Bc4 65. a5 g4 66. Bf4 Kf7 67. Bg3 Ke7 68. Be1 Bd3 69. Kf4 Bf5 70.
Bc3 Kd7 71. Be5 Kc6 72. Bb8 Kc5 73. Bc7 Kb4 74. Bb6 Kc4 75. Bc7 Kd3 76. Bb6 Ke2
77. Bd4 Ke1 78. Kg3 Kf1 79. Be5 Ke2 80. Bd6 Ke3 81. Bc7 Ke4 82. Bb8 e5 83. Bc7
Bd7 84. Bb8 Kd4 85. Ba7+ Kd3 86. Bc5 Ke2 87. Bb6 Kd2 88. Bc5 Kc3 89. Bb6 Kd3
90. Bc5 Bc8 91. Bf2 Ke2 92. Bc5 Bd7 93. Bd6 e4 94. Bc5 Kf1 95. Bd4 Ke2 96. Bc5
Bc8 97. Kf4 Kd3 98. Bb6 Bd7 99. Bc5 Be6 100. Bb6 Bc8 101. Bc5 Bd7 102. Bb6 Bb5
103. Kxg4 e3 {Les Noirs ont progressé un peu mais sans avoir des chances
réelles de gain.} 104. Bc5 Kd2 105. Kg3 Bc6 106. Bb4+ Kd1 107. Bc3 Ke2 108.
Kf4 Kd3 109. Bb4 e2 110. Kg3 Ke3 111. Be1 Bb5 112. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bobula, Mateusz"]
[Black "Leniart, Arkadiusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dankowice"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Qb3 Bxb5 9. Qxb5+ Qd7 10. Ne5 Qxb5 11. Nxb5 Na6 12. Bd2 (12. b3 Nd7 13. Nd3 $1
{[%csl Ra6,Rd7];Kurajica,B (2565)-Wang,Z (2505) Moscow ol (Men) 1994 (10.2) 1-0
}) 12... Ne4 13. Nd3 (13. Rc1 f6 14. Nd3 Kd7 15. Ke2 Nd6 16. Rc2 Rac8 17. Nc5+
Nxc5 18. Rxc5 {1/2-1/2 (18) Mchedlishvili,M (2629)-Gagunashvili,M (2603) Konya
2011}) 13... Kd7 14. Rc1 Nd6 15. a4 b6 16. Nxd6 Kxd6 17. Ke2 Rhc8 18. b4 Kd7
19. b5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nc7 21. Rc6 {Toute cette suite avait auparavant été
joué dans une partie de Bundesliga en 2008} Ne6 $146 22. Nb4 $14 {[%csl Ga6,
Gb4,Gc6]} Nd8 23. Rc1 {[%csl Rd2,Rd5] Les Blancs ont une bonne finale mais il
est difficile d'activer le Bd2} e6 24. Na6 {[%cal Gc1c7]} Rc8 25. Rxc8 Kxc8 {
Sans les R, les Noirs doivent pouvoir tenir la finale} 26. Bb4 {[%csl Rg7]} Kd7
27. Kd3 Bf6 28. f3 {[%cal Ge3e4]} e5 29. Bc3 exd4 30. Bxd4 Bxd4 31. exd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Even playing until all fighting resources were exhausted didn't produce
decisive games in the 7th round of the Kings Tournament. Radjabov with the
White pieces against Wang Hao achieved a slight advantage in the Schlechter
Variation, which wasn't enough to create big problems for the Chinese GM and
the game was drawn on move 44 in a bishop endgame with equal material.
Nisipeanu-Ponomariov saw a classical line of the Nimzo-Indian, where in a
complicated middlegame Black managed to gain an advantage. However, today
Nisipeanu saved half a pawn with the help of the a1-square and he did so twice:
first the Romanian GM placed the queen in the corner, which was a very strong
idea, helping White to gain the highly important pawn on g7. And then in the
bishop endgame Nisipeanu used the well-known motif of a wrong squareќ, when
even a bishop up with a marginal pawn is not enough for a win. The draw was
agreed on move 52.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 {The Schlechter
Variation is a mix between Slav and Grünfeld. The American GM Gata Kamsky is
considered to be the leading specialist for Black in this opening.} 5. Nf3 Bg7
6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e6
{"Any player who has the Schlechter Variation in his repertoire should be
ready to defend this kind of position. Black is solid, although somewhat
passive. The presence of the bishop in fianchetto has two consequences. The
positive aspect is that the thematic opening of the centre with e3-e4 is
somewhat inhibited. On the other hand, the queenside dark squares have been
left slightly unattended, which may make itself felt. Black has placed all his
pawns on light squares, in order to restrict the f3-bishop. This will give
White a free hand on the dark squares, allowing him to annoy Black with moves
such as Bb4 or Ba5" (M.Marin).} 13. Qc2 ({Magnus Carlsen treated White's
position differently:} 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Ba5 $5 {[%csl Rb6,Rc5] An interesting
idea to exploit the weaknesses in Black's queenside.} Qe7 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Qb4
Qxb4 17. Bxb4 {with a slightly better endgame for White in Carlsen,M (2710)-Bu
Xiangzhi (2685) Biel 2007}) 13... Nd7 14. Rfd1 ({After} 14. e4 {(which is one
of White's main plans in such a pawn structure: to open the position for his
bishops) Black can consider the interesting answer} e5 $5) 14... Re8 15. a4 Qc7
16. Be1 {A move which shows that Radjabov is not willing to play for e3-e4.
Instead, the Azerbaijani GM prepares the advance of the b-pawn.} Rac8 17. Be2
dxc4 {Wang Hao doesn't wish to wait passively. With all his pieces placed
optimally the Chinese GM decides to release the tension and to simplify the
position.} 18. Qxc4 (18. bxc4 c5 {offers Black a comfortable position,
according to Radjabov.}) 18... c5 19. Rac1 Qb8 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Qe4 (21. Qf4)
({and} 21. Qb4 {were other attractive options. Everywhere White is slightly
better thanks to his bishop pair.}) 21... Nf6 22. Qd3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Kf1 h5 26. Qc4 {Both sides were thinking that with queens on
the board Black's defence would be more difficult, but Radjabov didn't see a
clear way for White to keep the queens on without allowing Black some
counterplay.} ({For instance} 26. Bf3 Nd7 27. Qe4 Qc1 28. Qxb7 Nc5 {with
activity for the pawn (Radjabov).}) 26... Qxc4 27. Bxc4 Kf8 28. Ke2 Ne4 $1 29.
f3 Nd6 {The knight is optimally placed on d6 and Black needs just a little
accuracy in order to reach the draw.} 30. Bd3 Ke7 31. e4 f5 $1 32. Ke3 fxe4 33.
Bxe4 Nxe4 34. Kxe4 Kd7 35. g4 Ke8 36. Bg3 Kf7 37. Bh4 Bb2 38. Kf4 e5+ {The
most precise defence, even if} (38... Bc1+ 39. Ke5 Ba3 {is also a draw.}) 39.
Ke4 Ke6 40. Be1 Ba3 41. b4 b5 42. axb5 axb5 43. Bd2 (43. Bc3 {brings nothing
either:} Bc1 44. Bxe5 Bd2 {and the b4-pawn falls}) 43... Bb2 44. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2010.06.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 e5 12. d5 e4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nb6
15. Rb1 Re8 16. Qc2 cxd5 17. Bb5 Re6 ({Black is trying to improve on the
previously played} 17... Rc8 18. Qb3 Re6 19. Be2 h5 20. Bf3 Rd6 21. Qd3 Rd7 22.
b3 d4 23. Bb2 dxe3 24. Qxe3 Bxb2 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Rxb2 {with a similar
advantage as in the game.}) 18. Qb3 Qh4 19. Bd2 d4 20. Bf1 $1 {A strong
manoeuver. White protects pawn h3 and prepares g2-g3 followed by Bg2.} Rd8 21.
g3 Qe7 22. Bg2 Qe8 ({After} 22... d3 23. Bb4 Qd7 24. Bf1 {Black loses the
d-pawn.}) 23. exd4 Bxd4 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Qxc3 Qe7 27. Rd1 {
The position is more difficult for Black than it seems due to the superiority
of the bishop versus the knight.} h5 28. b3 ({Better is} 28. h4) 28... h4 29.
g4 Rd6 {A brave decision to sac a pawn in order to transfer the knight to the
kingside.} 30. Rxd6 Qxd6 31. Bxb7 Nd7 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. Qd8 Qe6 34. Kg2 Ne5 35.
Qd4 {Ponomariov considered that White wins automatically. As a result he
misses completely the transfer of the knight to f4.} ({Of course White should
have taken the pawn} 35. Qxh4 {then after} Qd7 36. Be4 Qd4 37. f3 Qd2+ {
White has} 38. Qf2 {with an easy win.}) 35... Qf6 36. b4 g5 {Now the knight
comes to g6 and it is not simple anymore.} 37. a4 ({After} 37. Qxa7 Nd3 38. Qe3
Nf4+ ({Bad is} 38... Nxb4 39. a4 {which is probably just lost for Black.}) 39.
Kh1 Qd6 40. a3 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qd6 {Perhaps White can win by a very precise play,
but Black's counterplay is obvious.}) 37... Ng6 38. Qxf6+ Kxf6 39. b5 Nf4+ 40.
Kf3 Ke5 {Black is right in time to stop the pawns with the king. The position
is a draw.} 41. a5 Kd6 42. Ke4 Nxh3 43. Kf5 Nxf2 44. Bf3 Kc7 45. Kxg5 h3 46.
Kf6 h2 47. g5 h1=Q 48. Bxh1 Nxh1 49. Kxf7 Ng3 50. g6 Nh5 51. Ke7 Ng7 52. Kf6
Nh5+ 53. Kg5 Ng7 54. Kf6 Nh5+ 55. Kf7 Kd7 56. Kf8 Kc7 57. Kg8 Nf4 58. g7 Ne6
59. Kf7 Nxg7 60. Kxg7 Kd6 61. Kf6 Kc5 62. b6 axb6 63. axb6 Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SCO-ch"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1999.07.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Motwani, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Rowson,J"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Trying to play to my strenghts. Before the tournament I realised that
I wasn't very sharp tactically and my opening repertiore was a mess. I was
planning to play this game in something like "plus-equals mode" as John
Speelman had against me at last year's British; just enough tension to claim a
little something and giving the opponent very little scope for activity. I
have noticed that Paul is world class in exact positions but less strong in
abstract ones. The main thing was to keep the position strategic, and keep
Paul on the defensive.} d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 $1 {Trying to fiddle with the move
order; avoiding the Slav proper and in the full knowledge that Paul doesn't
play the semi-slav.} Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 {This was pleasing, though not surprising
knowing Paul's repertoire.} 5. d4 {Now it's vaguely theoretical, but I know
these lines reasonably well.} Bg7 6. Be2 $1 {I think this is the best square
for the bishop; if Black plays ...Bg4(and ...Bxf3) I want my queen targeting
Black's weakened light squares on the queenside on b3 or a4, rather than
looking somewhat lost on f3.} O-O 7. O-O Bg4 $6 {I'm not sure if this is the
best move; I think White now has good chances to gain a stable advantage.} (
7... dxc4) (7... Be6) (7... Ne4) (7... b6) (7... Nbd7) 8. cxd5 $1 Nxd5 $6 {
I know that Paul tends to prefer fluid positions, but I think it is just a
mistake to give White an extra centre pawn like this. White will quickly
establish central control because Black is not sufficiently mobilised to
undermine White's central predominance.} (8... cxd5 {is better, when} 9. Qb3 {
is slightly better for White. The critical line is} b6 10. h3 (10. Bd2 Nc6 11.
Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 $1 {Motwani.}) 10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 {When White needs
to prevent ...a6, ...b5 and ...Nc6-a5-c4. Since this can be done, the game
will probably be quite technical with White always having some advantage due
to the two bishops.}) 9. h3 Bxf3 {Paul doesn't like to lose time;} (9... Bf5
10. Qb3 b6 11. Bd2 {is very comfortable for White.}) 10. Bxf3 {Now I have two
bishops and an extra centre pawn.} e6 11. e4 $1 {The most vigorous
interpretation of the position; quieter approaches may give White some
positional advantage but Black is very solid.} Nb6 12. e5 $1 {Consistent. In
such structures Black sorely misses his light squared bishop. Without it it is
very difficult to play freeing pawn breaks without creating weaknesses. I
think Paul only now realised that he had some problems. I think White is
already clealy better and Black will have to do something very creative to
avoid coming under heavy pressure.} (12. Be3 Nc4 13. Qb3 Nxe3 14. Qxb7 Nxf1 15.
Qxa8 Nd2) 12... N8d7 $6 {Perhaps a little routine, this may be the moment when
Black's position goes from bad to worse. It is difficult to know what to
suggest. Somehow Black has to cover d6, get ready for Ne4 and Bg5(or b3 and
Ba3) and either attack d4 or play for a pawn break.} (12... f5 $5 13. exf6 (13.
Qb3 Qxd4 14. Qxe6+ Kh8 $13) (13. g3 $14) 13... Qxf6 14. Qb3 (14. Be3 Na6 15.
Ne4 Qe7) ({But...} 14. Ne4 $1 Qxd4 15. Nd6 $1 $16 {is the correct punishment;
so ...f5 is not enough.}) 14... Na6 $1 15. Ne4 Qxd4 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 {and Black
has a free position.}) (12... Na6 13. Ne4 h6 14. b3 Nb4 $5 15. Ba3 a5 16. Nd6
Qe7 17. Qd2 Nc8 18. Nc4 $16) (12... a5 {This looks obtuse, but I like it
somehow.} 13. Ne4 Na6 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Qd2 a4 {Just inviting me to do my best,
or worst; an exhcange sacrafice on d8 may be possible if the rest of Black's
position is in order.} 16. Qf4 Nd5 17. Qh4 Nab4 $5 {It's all a bit suspicious,
and I know Paul tends not to be so provocative, but mabye Black's best bet is
just to mobilse effectively, let white get on with it, and react accordingly.})
13. Ne4 Qc7 (13... h6 14. b3 $1) (13... Nd5 14. Bg5 Qb6 15. Qd2 Qb4 (15... c5 {
critical.} 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Rac1 (18. Rfc1 $5) 18... Qb5 19. a4
Qd7 20. Rfd1 Bxe5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 f6 24. Be3 Rfd8 25. Rcd1
Rxd5 26. Rxd5 b6 27. b4 Rc8 28. f4 $1 $16 {That's a long line(not all forcing),
but the gist of it is that Black is struggling to hold on.}) 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17.
Be7 Na6 18. Bxf8 Bxf8 {This is reasonable way for Black to play; all of
Black's pieces will be good; d4 is weak and it's not easy to make use of the
extra exchange. Presumably White should be winning in the long term though.})
14. Bg5 f5 {This turns out bad, but you can understand why Paul was keen to
get some breathing space for his pieces.} (14... h6 15. Be7 $2 (15. Bh4 $1 {
after this, breaking with the f-pawn will leave the king very weak.}) 15...
Nxe5 $1) 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Nc5 $1 Rae8 17. Re1 $1 {Only now did I have some
difficult decisions to make. I didn't like to weaken my f2 pawn like this, but
I was keen to hold up ...e5 and} (17. Qb3 Nfd5 {leads nowhere.}) 17... Qf7 (
17... e5 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. Ne6) 18. Bh4 $1 {The key move which I had foreseen,
I will clamp down on ...e5, protect f2 and threaten to come to d6; things have
become fairly desperate for Black.} Nfd5 (18... Nh5 19. Ne4 $1) 19. Bg3 e5 $1 {
A good practical try. For most of the next twenty moves Paul outplays me, but
his position, on the board and the clock, was too really too bad to allow for
a full come-back.} 20. dxe5 $1 {This way I get rid of my newly passified
bishop, recentralise my knight and keep Black's position bottled up.} Nf4 21.
Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Re4 ({I decided against} 22. Qb3+ {on the grounds that it gave
Black better drawing chances than he had in the game but mabye I was mistaken.}
Qc4 23. Nxb7 Qxb3 24. axb3 Rxe5 ({Maybe} 24... Nd5 $5 {but} 25. Na5 $1 {
looks fairly convincing.}) 25. Rxe5 Bxe5 26. Bxc6 Bxb2 (26... Nc8 $1 $14 {
I think this is why I rejected this line-White will have more technical
problems than I should have had in the game.}) 27. Rxa7 $18) 22... Qf7 23. Qe2
$6 {Sensible enough; I just wanted to get all my forces mobilised and then
think about regrouping. However, Paul did well to show that my weaknesses on
the d-file make it difficult to regroup so with more than an hour on the clock
I should have thought a little longer here. The main problem is that my bishop
on f3 is not too happy.} (23. Qe1 $1 {looks better. Intending a quick Bd1-b3.
I think this would leave me with fewer technical problems.}) 23... Nd5 24. Nd3
(24. e6 $6 {is premature.} Qe7 25. Nd7 Nf6 $1) 24... Rd8 $1 {Paul calmly and
effectively regrouped despite being very short of time.} 25. Re1 Rfe8 $1 26. a3
Qe7 $1 27. Qc2 Kh8 $1 {Both of us have played the technical phase sensibly,
but now I got impatient and decentralised. I had seen the knight manouver
d5-c7-e6-d4 but for some reason I missed that the knight could also come to d4
via b5.} 28. Ra4 $6 (28. Be2 $5 Nc7 29. Bf1 Ne6 30. Qa4 Rxd3 31. Bxd3 Nc5 32.
Qc2 Nxe4 33. Rxe4 Bxe5 34. f4 Bd4+ 35. Rxd4 Qe3+ 36. Qf2) (28. Nc1 $5 Nc7 29.
Nb3) 28... Nc7 $1 {Oops; my first uneasy feeling of the game. I found a novel
way to make sense of my position, but it was by no means all part of the plan.}
29. Ree4 $5 {Partly solving the d4 problem and mabye veering towards something
on the kingside.} (29. Rxa7 Nb5 30. Ra4 Nd4 31. Qd1 b5 {And my coordination
has been badly compromised.}) 29... Nb5 30. Rac4 a5 31. Be2 Rd5 $1 32. a4 Nc7
33. Bf1 Red8 34. b4 $1 {Trying to create a second weakness to distract him
from the kingside.} Ne6 35. bxa5 Rxa5 36. Ne1 $6 {Well well. Scottish IM
Douglas Bryson once told me that he almost never plays a game that flows
smoothly from start to finish; there is always a "moment" of sorts where
someone misses a big defensive opportunity or the nature of the position
changes more than one might reasonable expect. This was such a "moment". Until
now I have more or less kept things under control but I was beginning to catch
Paul up on the clock and was somewhat frustrated by my lack of progress over
the last few moves. I had long since been wanting to put my knight on f3 and
bishop on the a2-g8 diagonal but here I momentarily took away the protection
of the e5 pawn. It's been over-protected for so long that I doubt if either
player had thought about taking it for, say, at least a quarter of an hour! I
really can't remember if I did it knowingly; trying to make his teetering flag
collapse under the shock or strain of calculation; more likely I just lost my
bearings for a moment. In any case it all passed very fast and I don't
consider it a huge blemish on the game.} (36. Qb1 $1 {keeps control; Rb4 may
follow.}) 36... Rad5 (36... Rxe5 37. Nf3 Rxe4 38. Rxe4 {White still has some
initiative; in particular the opposite bishops and Black's lack of pawn shield
holds promise for some attack. Still, with just three moves to make(in about
twenty seconds) and the most chuncky part of advantage gone, Paul would have
good defensive chances.}) 37. Nf3 {Now I have total control and at long last I
can think of attacking the black king.} c5 38. Re1 $1 b6 $6 39. Qb1 $1 {
Over-stretching Black's forces.} Qc7 40. Rh4 $1 Nd4 41. Ng5 {Suddenly White's
forces coordinate perfectly; what is luck in chess?} 1-0

[Event "Dublin zt"]
[Site "Dublin"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 $5 8.
Bxc4 Bg4 9. Be2 $5 $146 Nbd7 10. e4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. d5 (12. dxe5 Nxe5 13.
Be2 Qe7 14. Qc2 Rfe8) 12... cxd5 13. Nxd5 (13. exd5) 13... Nc5 $1 (13... Nb6
14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. b3 (15. Qb3 Qc6 16. Be3 Nc4 17. Rfc1 b5 $10)) 14. Be3 $5 (
14. Bg5 Ne6 $10) 14... Ne6 (14... Ncxe4 15. Nxf6+ (15. Bxe4 $5 Nxe4 16. Qb3)
15... Nxf6 16. Bc5 (16. Qb3 $5 e4 17. Be2 b6 $44) 16... Re8 17. Bxb7 Qxd1 18.
Rfxd1 Rab8 19. Bc6 Rec8 20. Bxa7 Rxb2 21. Rdc1 Rc7 22. Be3 $13 Ng4 (22... e4)
23. Bd5 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 (24. Bxc1 Rxf2 25. Rb1 (25. Bf3 $2 e4 26. Bxg4 Bd4 $1
$19) 25... Bf8 $1 26. Be3) 24... Nxe3 25. fxe3 Bh6) 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qb3 Qe7
(16... Bg5 $5 17. Qxb7 $5 (17. Bg4 Bxe3 (17... Nd4) 18. Bxe6 Bd4 19. Bd5 $10)
17... Bxe3 18. fxe3 Qd2 (18... Qd3 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. axb3 Rfb8) 19. Qb3 Rab8 (
19... Nc5 20. Qc3 Qxc3 21. bxc3) 20. Rf2 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Rxb3 22. axb3 Rb8 23.
Rxa7 Rxb3 24. Ra2 Nc5 25. Ke2 Rb4 (25... Nd3 26. Ra3 $1) 26. Kd2 $16) 17. Bg4
$1 Nf4 (17... Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Qd3 $14 {intending Bg4-d1-b3-d5, f4,e5 xd4}
) 18. Rac1 b6 19. g3 h5 20. Bd1 Ne6 21. Qb5 (21. h4 $10) 21... Rad8 $2 (21...
Bg5 $1 22. Qxe5 (22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Bb3 Nd4 24. Qd3) 22... Bxe3 23. fxe3 Rae8 $1
24. Bb3 (24. Ba4 Nc5 $1) 24... Nc5 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Bd5 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 $5 Rxe4
28. Rc7 a5 (28... Rxe3 29. Rxa7)) 22. Bb3 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Bd5 Bg5 25.
Rcd1 $5 (25. Rc6 Kg7) (25. Rc4) 25... Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rc8 27. Bb3 Rc1 $4 (27...
Rc7) (27... Rc5 28. Qd7 (28. Qa4 $5) 28... Rc1 $1 $10) 28. Rxc1 Bxc1 29. Qc6 $1
$16 Bxb2 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. h4 $1 (32. Qxh5 Qf6 {xf2}) 32... Bd4
33. a4 a6 (33... Bc5) 34. Kg2 b5 $22 (34... Bc5 35. Bd5 (35. Bc4) 35... Qd6 (
35... a5) 36. Qg5+ (36. Qxh5 Qf6 37. Qe2 b5) 36... Kf8 37. Qf5 Qe7 38. Bc4 (38.
Qc8+ Kg7 39. Qxa6 Qf6 40. Qe2) 38... b5 (38... a5 $1) 39. axb5 axb5 40. Bxf7 $1
(40. Bxb5 Kg7 41. Qxh5 Qf6 42. Qe2 $16) 40... Qxf7 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qxc5 $18)
35. a5 $18 Qa7 36. Qxh5 Bxf2 37. Qxf7+ $1 Qxf7 38. Bxf7+ Kxf7 39. Kxf2 {
intending g4,h5 Kf2-...d5xe5} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.17"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 $5 8. Rb1
Nbd7 9. b4 $14 {Space} b6 10. a4 (10. cxd5 $5 cxd5 $14 (10... exd5 $2 11. b5 $1
)) 10... Bb7 11. Ba3 (11. cxd5 exd5 12. b5 $2 c5 $1) 11... Qc7 12. Qb3 Rfc8 13.
Rfc1 Qd8 14. cxd5 $5 exd5 $5 (14... cxd5 $14) 15. Rd1 {x...c5} Qe7 16. Nd2 Bf8
$1 17. Ra1 Qe6 18. Bf3 {intending e4} (18. e4 $5) 18... Re8 $1 $8 19. a5 $5
Rac8 $2 (19... Rab8) 20. Bb2 $1 Rb8 21. axb6 axb6 22. b5 $1 c5 23. Ra7 {
xd5 7th rank} cxd4 24. exd4 Bh6 25. Nf1 Nf8 $1 {intending ...Ne6 xd4 /...g5} (
25... Ne4 $6 26. Nxe4 (26. Bxe4 $5) 26... dxe4 27. Qxe6 (27. d5 $5) 27... Rxe6
28. Bg4 (28. d5 $5 Ree8) 28... Rd6 (28... f5 $5 29. Be2 {x a2-g8}) 29. Ba3 Rd5
30. Be7 $1 $16 (30. Ne3 $2 Bxe3 31. fxe3 Nf6 32. Be2 Rd7 $1 {intending ..Nd5}))
26. h3 $5 (26. Ba3 {x ...Qd6} Qd7 27. Rxb7 $5 Rxb7 28. Nxd5) (26. Bc1 Bxc1 27.
Rxc1 Qd6 28. Ne3 Ne6 {xd4}) 26... Qd6 (26... Ne4 27. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 28. d5 $1 {
xdiagonal b2-h8}) 27. Ba3 (27. Nh2 {intending to attack d5} Ne6 $1 28. Ng4 $2
Nxg4 29. hxg4 Nxd4 $1) 27... Qd8 28. Rxb7 $5 {Time trouble} (28. Nh2 Ne6 29.
Ng4 (29. h4 $5) 29... Nxg4 30. hxg4 $2 (30. Bxg4 Bg7 $5 $10) 30... Nxd4 $1 31.
Rxd4 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Qh4#) (28. Bxf8 $5) (28. Bc1 $5 Bxc1 29. Rxc1 Ne6 $10) 28...
Rxb7 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Bxd5 $44 Ra7 31. Bb4 Bg7 32. Ne3 Rd7 {Time trouble} 33.
Bc6 Rxd4 34. Bxe8 Qxe8 35. Rxd4 Bxd4 36. Qd3 Ne6 $10 37. Nd5 Qa8 38. Ne7+ Kg7
39. Bc3 Qa4 40. Nd5 Bxc3 41. Qxc3+ Qd4 42. Qxd4+ Nxd4 43. Nxb6 Nxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.09"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Meduna, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik Kharitonov} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3
O-O 7. O-O (7. h3 {Kharitonov} Na6 8. O-O Bf5 9. Bxf5 gxf5 10. b3 Ne4 11. Bb2
e6 12. Ne2 Kh8 13. Nf4 Nc7 14. Qe2 $14 {Gelfand,B-Hertneck,G/Munchen/1993/1:0/
52/}) 7... Bf5 8. Bxf5 gxf5 9. cxd5 (9. b3 {Kharitonov} Ne4 10. Bb2 e6 11. Qe2
f6 12. Rac1 Rf7 13. Ne1 Nd7 14. Nd3 Nf8 15. Na4 Ng6 16. f3 Nd6 17. Nac5 Re7 18.
Qf2 $14 {Sakharov,Y-Donchenko,O/UKR/1966/1:0/45/}) 9... Nxd5 (9... cxd5 {
Kharitonov} 10. Qb3 b6 11. Ne5 e6 12. Bd2 Ng4 13. Nd3 (13. Nxg4 fxg4 14. Rfc1
Nc6 15. Qd1 f5 16. Ne2 $14 {><e6/}) 13... Nc6 14. h3 Nf6 15. Rfc1 Qd7 16. Ne2
Rfc8 {Samarin,I-Sapis,W/POL/1991/} 17. Nef4 Ne7 18. Ne5 $14) 10. Qb3 Nb6 (10...
Nxc3 {Kharitonov} 11. bxc3 $16) (10... b6 {Kharitonov} 11. Bd2 {/\Rac1+/-/}) (
10... Qd7 {Kharitonov} 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 $14) 11. Qc2 e6 12. e4 fxe4 13.
Nxe4 h6 14. Bf4 N8d7 15. Rae1 (15. Rad1 $5 {Kharitonov}) 15... Nd5 (15... Nf6 {
Kharitonov} 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Be5 $16) 16. Be5 Nxe5 (16... f6 {Kharitonov} 17.
Bg3) (16... N7f6 {Ftacnik} 17. Re2 $16) 17. dxe5 Qe7 18. Ng3 $1 {Heading for
the weak h5 square.} Nf4 (18... Kh8 {Kharitonov} 19. Re4 Rg8 20. Rh4 Bf8 21.
Qd2 Rg6 22. Nh5 Rd8 23. Rd1 Rd7 24. g3 $16) 19. Re4 {The rook joins in the
attack with tempo.} Ng6 20. Nh5 {Tempting was 20.h4 with the idea of h5 but
then the knight would be deprived of the h5 square and White's attack would
not be as dangerous.} (20. h4 $5 {Kharitonov}) 20... Rfd8 21. Rg4 Rd5 22. Qe4
Kf8 (22... Rad8 {Ftacnik} 23. Nh4 $1 (23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Nh4 Qe8 $1) 23... Rd4
24. Nxg6 Qb4 25. Qd3 $5 Rxd3 (25... fxg6 26. Qxg6 Rxg4 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Nxg4
$16) 26. Rxb4 fxg6 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Rxb7+ R8d7 29. Rxd7+ Rxd7 30. Rc1 Rd2 31.
f4 Rxb2 32. Rxc6 Rxa2 33. Rxe6 $16) 23. Nxg7 (23. h4 {Kharitonov} Bxe5 (23...
Nxe5 24. Nxe5 $1 Bxe5 (24... Rxe5 25. Qh7 $18) 25. Qh7) 24. Rxg6 fxg6 25. Nxe5
Rxe5 26. Qxe5 gxh5 27. Qh8+ $18) 23... Kxg7 24. h4 (24. Nh4 $1 {Kharitonov} Qe8
25. f4 Rad8 (25... Kh7 26. f5 exf5 27. Qxf5 Rd7 28. e6 $18) 26. f5 Rd4 27. Qe2
Rxg4 (27... Rd2 28. fxg6 Rxe2 29. gxf7+ $18) 28. Qxg4 exf5 29. Nxf5+ Kh7 30.
Nd6 Qxe5 31. Rxf7+ Kh8 32. Qxg6 Qe3+ 33. Rf2 $18) 24... h5 (24... Kh8 {
Kharitonov} 25. h5 Nf8 26. Qf4 Kh7 27. Qg3 Nd7 28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. Qg6 $1 fxg6 30.
Rxe7 $16) (24... Kf8 {Ftacnik} 25. Qe3 $16) 25. Rg5 Rh8 26. g4 $5 {Forceful
play though even after a slower buld up with 26.Re1, g3 and Kg2, White is
clearly better and Black cannot break out of the bind.} hxg4 27. Qxg4 Kf8 28.
Re1 (28. h5 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 Rg8 31. Qxg8+ Kxg8 $18) 28... Qd7 29.
Re4 Rd3 (29... Ne7 {Kharitonov} 30. Rh5 Rxh5 31. Qxh5 Nf5 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qf6+
Ke8 34. Rg4 Qe7 $13) (29... Ke8 $5 {Ftacnik} 30. h5 Ne7 31. Rf4 Rd1+ 32. Kh2
Qd5 33. Rg7 Qc5 34. Kg2 Nf5 35. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 36. Qg6+ Ke7 37. Qf6+ Kd7 38. Qxh8
$16) 30. Rxg6 $1 fxg6 31. Rf4+ Kg8 (31... Ke7 {Kharitonov} 32. Qg5+ Ke8 33.
Qxg6+ Kd8 34. Qf6+ $18) (31... Kg7 {Kharitonov} 32. Rf6 (32. Ng5 $18 {Ftacnik})
32... Rh6 33. Ng5 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Qd5 35. Nxe6+ Kh7 36. Rf7+ Kh8 37. Rf8+ Kh7 38.
Ng5+ Kg7 39. Rf7+ Kg8 40. Qc8+ Qd8 41. Rg7+ $18) (31... Ke8 {Ftacnik} 32. Qxg6+
Kd8 33. Qf6+ $18) 32. Rf6 Rh7 (32... Rh6 {Kharitonov} 33. Qf4 Rxf3 34. Qxf3 Kg7
35. Qg4 $16) 33. h5 Rf7 (33... Rxh5 {Ftacnik} 34. Rxg6+ $18) (33... Rg7 {
Ftacnik} 34. h6 Rf7 35. Qxg6+ Kf8 36. Qg7+ $18) 34. Rxg6+ (34. hxg6 Rg7 35. Qf4
Qe8 {and Black holds on.}) 34... Rg7 35. h6 Rxg6 36. Qxg6+ Kh8 (36... Kf8 {
Kharitonov} 37. h7 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Qg7 39. Qf6+ $1 Qxf6 40. exf6 $18) 37. Qf6+ (
37. Ng5 {Ftacnik} Rg3+ 38. fxg3 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Qe2+ 40. Kh3 Qf1+ 41. Kh4 Qh1+ 42.
Nh3 $18) 37... Kg8 38. Ng5 (38. Ng5 {Kharitonov} Rd1+ 39. Kh2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.11"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Wang, Zili"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 cxd4 4. cxd4 g6 5. Nc3 d5 6. e3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ $5 {-D94}
(7. Ne5 O-O 8. Bd3 Nfd7 (8... e6 $5) 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Nxd5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 e5 12.
Bd2 exd4 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. exd4 Qxd4 16. Bc3 Re8+ 17. Kf1 Qb6 18.
Qa4 a6 19. h4 Qc6 20. Qd4 Ne5 21. Re1 f6 22. f4 Bh3 23. Rxh3 Rad8 24. Qxd8 Rxd8
25. fxe5 $18 {Gonzalez,JM-Boyero,J/ESP-chT/1990/}) 7... Bd7 (7... Nc6 8. Ne5
Bd7 9. Qa4 (9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rc1 Rfc8 12. Na4 Ne4 13. O-O e5 14.
Nc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 a6 16. Ba4 Qe7 17. b4 e4 18. Bb3 Rd8 19. f3 Ne5 20. Qe2 Rd7
$132 {Kozul,Z-Nikolic,P/Portoroz/Rogaska Slatina/1993/}) 9... Qc7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7
11. O-O O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. b3 Rfe8 $5 (13... Rfc8 14. Ba3 a5 15. Rac1 Bf8
16. Bc5 Qe8 17. Qa3 Nd7 18. Na4 Nxc5 19. Qxc5 e5 20. Qc3 exd4 21. Qxd4 $14 {
Sokolov,I-Nikolic,P/Portoroz/Rogaska Slatina/1993/}) 14. Ba3 a5 15. Rac1 Qb7
16. Rc2 Bf8 17. Rfc1 Ra6 18. Ne2 Qb5 $10 19. Kf1 $6 Qxa4 20. bxa4 Rc8 21. Rb1
e6 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Nc1 Rc7 24. Nd3 Nd7 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. Rb8+ Ke7 27. Rxc5 Kd6
$15 {Sokolov,I-Salov,V/Wijk/1991/}) (7... Nbd7 8. Qb3 e6 9. Qa3 Bf8 10. Qa4 Bg7
11. Qa3 a6 12. Bd3 Rb8 13. O-O b5 14. Qb3 O-O 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. a4 Nc4 17. axb5
axb5 18. Ra2 Bd7 19. Rfa1 Re8 20. Ne2 Ne4 21. Bb4 Bc6 22. Qd1 $14 {Arsovic,
G-Laketic,G/Kladovo ch-YU/1991/}) 8. Qb3 (8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. a4 O-O
11. O-O Rb8 12. Bd2 Nc4 13. Rfc1 e6 14. Be1 Re8 15. Qa2 Bf8 16. b3 Na5 17. Ne5
Nd7 18. Nd3 Nc6 19. a5 a6 20. f4 Bd6 21. Qb2 Qe7 22. Na4 Rec8 $10 {
Calderin-Gomez,A/ch-CU Camaguey/1988/}) 8... Bxb5 (8... e6 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.
Ne5 Qc8 11. Bd2 $36) 9. Qxb5+ Qd7 10. Ne5 Qxb5 11. Nxb5 Na6 12. b3 Nd7 $6 (
12... Ne4 $142 13. Ba3 f6 14. Nd3 Kd7 $1 15. Rc1 (15. f3 Kc6 $1 (15... Ng5 $6
16. Rc1 e6 17. Kd2 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rhxf8 19. Rc2 Rfc8 20. Rxc8 Kxc8 21. Rc1+ Kd8
22. Nd6 Kd7 23. Nxb7 Nf7 24. Nbc5+ Nxc5 25. Nxc5+ $18 {Kozul,Z-Simic,R/Cetinje
tt/1990/}) 16. fxe4 dxe4 17. Nc3 exd3 18. Kd2 $10) 15... Rhc8 16. Ke2 Rc6 17.
f3 Rb6 $10 {Kurajica,B-Djuric,S/JUG-ch/1984/}) 13. Nd3 $36 {><a7,<->c} O-O $6
$146 (13... Bf8 $5 14. Ba3 e6 $14) (13... Ndb8 $5 14. Nf4 (14. Ba3 Nc6 15. Rc1
$14) 14... Nc6 $8 15. Nxd5 O-O-O 16. Ndc3 Nab4 17. Ke2 e5 $1 18. d5 Nxd5 19.
Ba3 Nxc3+ 20. Nxc3 e4 21. Rac1 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Rd5 23. Rd1 Rhd8 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25.
Rc5 Rxc5 26. Bxc5 Kd7 $10 {Kozul,Z-Spiridonov,N/Palma GMA-op/1989/}) (13... Nb6
14. a4 Kd7 15. Ba3 e6 $2 16. Nd6 f6 17. Nxb7 Bf8 18. Nbc5+ Nxc5 19. dxc5 Nc8
20. b4 a6 21. Ke2 Na7 22. f4 Rb8 23. Bb2 Bg7 24. Bc3 Rhe8 25. Rhb1 $18 {
Agrest,E-Cihocki,A/Miedzybrodzie Zyw./1991/}) 14. Ba3 Bf6 15. Rc1 $16 Rfc8 16.
Rxc8+ $1 Rxc8 17. Kd2 (17. Nxa7 Rc2 18. Bb2 {/\Kd1+/-}) 17... e5 (17... Ra8 18.
Rc1 $16 {<->c,פa6}) 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxa7 Ra8 20. Rc1 $1 (20. Nb5 Nc7 $5 21.
Nxc7 Rxa3 22. Nb4 $16) 20... Nxd3 (20... Rxa7 $2 21. Rc8+ Kg7 22. Bf8+ $18) 21.
Kxd3 Bh4 22. Rc8+ $1 (22. g3 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Rxa7 24. Rc8+ Kg7 25. Bb2+ $16)
22... Rxc8 23. Nxc8 Bxf2 24. Bd6 (24. Ne7+ Kg7 25. Nxd5 $18) 24... Bh4 25. Kd4
{/\b4-b5} f5 26. Kxd5 $18 Kf7 27. b4 Bd8 28. a4 Nc7+ 29. Bxc7 $1 Bxc7 30. Nd6+
Ke7 (30... Bxd6 31. Kxd6 $18) 31. Nxb7 Bxh2 32. Kc6 $1 {o^a,b} g5 33. a5 h5 34.
a6 Bb8 35. b5 {/\b6,a7} 1-0

[Event "Novy Bor m1"]
[Site "Novy Bor"]
[Date "2016.09.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.09.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 ({The final classical match game saw Navara trying to mix it up with
Black after} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7.
Nc3 Qe5 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Ne3 Na6 10. Qc2 Nb4 11. Qb1 Be6 12. b3 Nbd5 13. Bb2 Nxe3
14. fxe3 Bf5 15. O-O (15. Nxe4 $2 Qxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 $17) 15... Qe6 16. Rf4 Bd6
17. Rxf5 $1 {[]} Qxf5 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Qg5 20. Qc2 $44 {Hammer,J (2651)
-Navara,D (2742) Novy Bor 2016 White has compensation, but it's good enough
only for equality.}) (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5
Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6) 1... c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6
({Last year in his match against Rapport David went for a different line} 3...
Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 $5 {and the game got pretty
exciting before the dust settled down:} 8. Bf4 d5 9. c5 Bc7 10. Bxc7 Qxc7 11.
Nb5 Qb8 12. Nd6+ Ke7 13. Nd2 (13. e3 $142 b6 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd4
Bd7 17. b4 bxc5 18. bxc5 Qc7 19. Rc1 Qa5+ 20. Qd2 Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Rab8 22. Rb1
Ne4+ 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. c6 e5 25. cxd7 exd4 26. exd4 Kxd7 $11 {½,
Schlotterbeck,P (2158)-Osipov,A (2156) email 2012}) 13... b6 14. b4 a5 15. b5
Na7 16. cxb6 Qxd6 17. bxa7 Rxa7 18. a4 d4 19. Qb3 Rc7 20. Nc4 Qc5 21. e3 Rd8 (
21... dxe3 $1 22. Nxe3 Rd8 23. Bc4 Ne4 $36) 22. b6 dxe3 23. bxc7 exf2+ 24. Ke2
Rd4 25. Qa3 $5 Rxc4 26. Qxc5+ Rxc5 27. Kxf2 Rxc7 28. Bd3 $11 {½, Rapport,R 
(2731)-Navara,D (2744) Prague m 2016}) 4. e3 Nf6 (4... Bg7 $143 5. d4 d6 6. Be2
$14 {()} f5 7. O-O Nf6 8. d5 Nb4 9. a3 Na6 10. Rb1 O-O 11. b4 Kh8 12. Qb3 b6
13. Bb2 Nc7 14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. Ba1 a5 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Qc2 Rb8 18. Rxb8 Qxb8 19.
e4 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nce8 21. Ng3 Ng4 22. Bc3 $36 {Kramnik,V (2783)-Kamsky,G (2683)
Sochi 2015}) 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 {Now we have a position, which could arise
also via the Panov Caro-Kann move-order. However, this is not the last
transformation...} 7. cxd5 ({At the Olympiad we saw the alternative} 7. Bg5 Be6
({The best reaction, as} 7... Ne4 8. cxd5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qxd5 10. Qb3 $5 Qxb3 11.
axb3 $14 {gives White a pleasant and riskless edge.}) 8. Bxf6 exf6 9. h3 $146 (
9. c5 Bg7 10. Bb5 O-O 11. h3 $5 (11. O-O g5 (11... Bg4 $5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. h3
Bxf3 14. Qxf3 f5 $11 {/=/+ is even more convincing, already White must tread
with care here.}) 12. Ne2 a6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ng3 a5 15. h3 Rb8 16. b3 Rb4 17.
Ne1 Rb7 18. Nc2 Qc7 19. Qd2 Ra8 20. Nh5 Bf5 21. Ne3 Bg6 22. Ng3 Qf4 23. Ne2 Qe4
$11 {Rakhmanov,A (2641)-Alekseev,E (2636) St Petersburg 2016}) 11... Bf5 (11...
g5 12. O-O Ne7 13. Bd3 Qd7 14. Re1 h5 15. Nh2 h4 16. Qh5 Rfe8 17. Nb5 Bf5 18.
Nd6 Bxd3 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. Nxe8 Rxe8 21. Ng4 $18 {Jones,G (2635)-Lesiege,A 
(2512) Baku olm 2016}) 12. O-O Be4 13. Nh2 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 Qc7 16.
Rfe1 f5 $6 (16... Bf5 $13) 17. Rad1 Rfb8 18. Re2 a5 19. a3 f4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21.
Rxe4 Rxb2 22. Nf3 $14 {Jones,G (2642)-Idani,P (2496) Reykjavik 2015}) 9... Bb4
({Already Black's reaction is suspect.} 9... Bg7 $5 {[%cal Yf6f5,Ye6f5,Yf5e4]
retains the dark-squared B and can lead to similar positions as Jones-Idani
above.}) 10. c5 O-O 11. Rc1 b6 12. Bb5 Na5 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. Rxc3 Nc4 15. b4 a5
16. O-O axb4 17. axb4 Qb8 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Nd2 bxc5 20. bxc5 Qb4 21. Qf3 Bd5
22. Qxd5 Qxc3 23. Ne4 Qd3 24. Nxf6+ Kh8 25. Nd7 Rfe8 26. Ne5 Qf5 {1-0 (36) So,
W (2782)-Lesiege,A (2512) Baku 2016} 27. Nxf7+ Kg7 28. Ne5 $16) 7... Nxd5 8.
Bc4 {This is only a side-line.} (8. Qb3 {is the more popular main move:} {
Perhaps more solid is} e6 (8... Nxc3 9. Bc4 (9. bxc3 $6 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O $11 {
is harmless}) 9... Nd5 10. Bxd5 e6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Qd5 {is maybe
theoretically OK for Black, but in practice he must defend patiently and his
results haven't been very good.} (12... Bg7 $143 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. Qe3 O-O 15.
Bh6 $36 {and halving the bishop-pair gives White a long-term plus.}) 13. Be3 (
13. Qc3 Bg7 (13... f6 $5 14. Re1 Kf7 $13) 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Qe3 (15. Rfc1 Rd8 16.
Qe1 Qf5 17. Qe3 Bb7 18. h3 c5 19. Rxc5 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Rxd4 21. Rxf5 Bxf3 22. Be3
gxf5 23. Bxd4 Bd5 24. a3 a5 25. Rc1 a4 $11 {Graf,A (2636)-Kaphle,S (2170)
Berlin 2008}) 15... Rd8 16. h4 Bb7 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. b4 c5 19. dxc5 Bxa1 20.
Rxa1 Qd3 21. Bd6 Qxe3 22. fxe3 f6 23. b5 $44 {Sargissian,G (2674)-Grandelius,N
(2545) Plovdiv 2012}) 13... Be7 (13... f6 14. Rfc1 Bd6 15. Nd2 Kf7 16. Qc2 Bd7
17. Ne4 Rhb8 18. f3 Be7 19. Qf2 Kg7 20. b3 Be8 21. Qg3 a5 22. Nc5 Rd8 23. Rc4
Ra7 24. Rac1 $14 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2714)-Vidit,S (2625) Moscow 2015}) 14. Rfc1
Qxb3 15. axb3 Bb7 16. Ne5 O-O 17. Kf1 (17. Ra4 Rfd8 18. Nc4 Bf6 19. Na5 Rd7 20.
Rb4 Ba6 21. Nxc6 Rb7 22. h3 Kg7 23. Rxb7 Bxb7 24. Ne5 Bd8 25. b4 $14 {/=} Rc8
$2 26. Bh6+ $1 Kg8 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Nc6 $18 {[%csl Rg8] Aronian,L (2809)
-Gelfand,B (2740) London Candidates 2013}) 17... Rfc8 18. Nd7 Rd8 19. Nc5 Bxc5
20. Rxc5 Rd5 21. Ke1 f6 22. b4 a6 23. g4 g5 24. Kd2 Kg7 25. Kc3 Kg6 26. Kb3 h5
$132 {Aronian,L (2793)-Fier,A (2589) Germany 2015 This endgame is tenable for
Black despite his ugly Bb7, but later on he went astray and lost.}) 9. Bb5 (9.
Bg5 Be7 10. Bh6 Bf8 11. Bxf8 Kxf8 12. Bb5 Nce7 13. O-O Kg7 $11) 9... Bg7 10.
O-O O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Qd6 $5 (12... Qc7 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Qa3 f6 15. Rac1
g5 16. Ne1 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Nc2 Rf7 19. Qc3 Bf8 20. b3 h5 21. Nc5 h4 22.
Nd3 Qd6 23. h3 Ba6 24. Rfe1 Rd8 25. Nc5 $36 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2705)
-Areshchenko,A (2682) Reykjavik 2015}) 13. Re1 (13. Bd2 Ba6 14. Rfe1 Rfb8 15.
Qd1 c5 $5 16. dxc5 Qc6 17. Rc1 Bb5 18. Nc3 Qxc5 19. Ne5 Qd4 20. Nxb5 Rxb5 21.
Nc4 Qd3 22. b3 h5 23. Na3 Rb6 24. Nc4 {½, Khairullin,I (2638)-Bologan,V (2648)
Bilbao 2014}) 13... Rb8 14. Qd1 (14. Qc2 Nb4 15. Qc3 Nd5 16. Qc2 Nb4 17. Qc3 c5
$5 18. Nxc5 Bb7 19. Nxb7 Rxb7 20. Bd2 Rfb8 21. Qa3 Qd5 22. Bxb4 Rxb4 23. b3 a5
24. Rac1 a4 25. Rc8+ Rxc8 26. Qxb4 axb3 27. Qxb3 Qa5 {½, (27) Yilmaz,M (2582)
-Cheparinov,I (2690) Kocaeli 2015}) 14... Ne7 15. Bd2 Nf5 16. Bc3 Rd8 17. Re4
Rb5 18. Qe1 Rd5 19. Ba5 Rd7 20. Bb4 Qb8 21. Nc5 Rd8 22. Nb3 Ba6 23. Ne5 Nxd4
24. Nxd4 Bxe5 25. Nxc6 Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 Bd6 27. Nxb8 Rh5+ $11 {Aronian,L (2792)
-So,W (2770) Paris blitz 2016}) 8... Nb6 ({Now Black can avoid} 8... Nxc3 9.
Qb3 {, transposing to the line from the previous note.}) 9. Bb3 Bg7 10. O-O (
10. d5 Na5 {will probably only transpose after} 11. O-O O-O) 10... O-O {
Now we have finally arrived - in a Grünfeld Defence! This line arises after 4.
Nf3, 5.e3, 6.cxd5 and 7.Bc4; it's considered harmless for Black.} ({Taking the
pawn is hardly worth the trouble after} 10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Qxd4 Bxd4
13. Nb5 Be5 14. Re1 Bb8 15. Bg5 (15. Bh6 $5 $44) 15... e6 16. Rac1 O-O 17. Nc7
Bxc7 18. Rxc7 a5 19. a4 Nd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Ree7 Be6 22. Bf6 Rfc8 23. f3 b6
24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rb7 $14 {Brown,T (2104)-Slade,T (1818) Aberystwyth 2014})
11. d5 (11. Be3 {is too soft, Black has at least easy equality after} Na5 (
11... Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nxd4 14. Qxb7 a5 $5 15. Rfd1 a4 16. Bc2 e5 $11)
12. Bc2 Nac4 (12... Be6 13. Be4 Nd5 14. Ng5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bd5 16. Qf3 Bxe4 17.
Qxe4 e6 18. Rac1 Rc8 $15 {Ahmed,S (2283)-Summerscale,A (2492) Edinburgh 2003}))
11... Na5 12. h3 $5 {[%mdl 512] This pawn-sacrifice is the most demanding
continuation.} ({Other alternatives allow Black to resolve the tension mainly
thanks to the Bg4 sortie:} 12. Re1 Bg4 (12... Re8 13. Ne5 Nxb3 (13... e6 14. d6
f6 15. Ng4 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bd7 17. Ne3 $6 (17. Nh6+ $1 Bxh6 18. Bxh6 Bc6 19. b4
$13) 17... Bc6 18. Nc4 Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Na5 Qe5 22. Be3
Qxd6 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Bxa7 c5 $15 {Jelen,I-Stohl,I (2580)
Medulin 1997} (25... f5 $1 26. Bd4 Qf4 $17)) 14. axb3 Nd7 15. Nc4 Nb6 16. Ne5
Nd7 17. Bf4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Qd6 20. Qd4 Bf5 21. Rae1 f6 22. R5e3 e5
$1 23. Qa4 Kg7 24. Nb5 Qb6 25. Nd4 Bg4 26. h3 Red8 27. hxg4 Qxd4 28. Qxd4 exd4
29. Re7+ Kg8 30. Rxb7 d3 $11 {Jansa,V-Fernandez,J (2370) Decin 1976}) 13. h3
Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Re8 15. Be3 Bxc3 (15... Nxb3 16. axb3 Nc8 17. h4 h5 18. Ra4 Nd6
19. g4 hxg4 20. Rxg4 Qc8 21. h5 Qf5 $11 {Kuzmin,G (2600)-Keene,R (2505) Zagreb
1975}) 16. bxc3 Nxb3 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 (17... Nd2 18. Qd3 Qxb6 19. Qxd2 Qc5 20. Re4
Rad8 21. c4 f5 22. Re5 Qxc4 23. Rc1 Qa6 24. Rce1 Qd6 25. h4 $44 {->, Vachier
Lagrave,M (2715)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2733) Wijk aan Zee 2011 For more details
see the notes to this game in CBM 141 by Krasenkow.}) 18. axb3 Qxb3 19. Rab1
Qa3 20. Rxb7 Rac8 21. Re3 (21. Rd7 Rxc3 22. Qf4 Qc5 23. d6 Rc4 $1 $11 {Ribli,Z
(2588)-Kovacevic,A (2557) Ljubljana 2012}) 21... Qc5 22. Rd7 Rc7 23. Qg4 Rxd7
24. Qxd7 Kf8 25. d6 Qxd6 26. Qxa7 {½, Ehlvest,J (2598)-Kamsky,G (2702)
Philadelphia 2010}) (12. Bg5 Bg4 (12... h6 13. Bf4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Rc8
(15... Nxb3 16. axb3 Nc8 17. Rfe1 Qb6 18. d6 exd6 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Rad1 a5 21.
Rc1 Nb6 22. Ne7+ (22. Nc7 $5 $36) 22... Kh7 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qc6 Nc8 25. Nxc8
Rxc8 $11 {Rotstein,A (2520)-Mirzoev,A (2550) Barbera del Valles 2005}) 16. Rad1
Nbc4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. d6 Nxb2 19. dxe7 Qxe7 20. Bd6 Qh4 21. Bxf8 Rxc3 22. Qxb7
Nxd1 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rxd1 a5 25. Qb2 Qf6 {½, Calio,M (2115)-Ignatov,B (2140)
email 2014}) 13. Re1 Re8 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxd5
(17... f6 18. Be3 Qxd5 19. Bxb6 Qxf3 20. gxf3 axb6 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Rxe7 Ra3
23. b4 Rxc3 24. Rxb7 {½, Gleichmann,M (2540)-Cruzado Duenas,C (2600) email
2011}) 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. c4 f6 20. cxd5 fxg5 21. Rac1 Rad8 22. Rc7 Rxd5 23.
Rxb7 a5 24. Rexe7 {½, Fridman,D (2648)-Rodshtein,M (2638) Beersheba rpd 2013})
12... Bxc3 ({Black can also decline the sacrifice with} 12... Bf5 $5 13. Re1
Re8 14. Bg5 (14. g4 Bd7 15. Ne5 (15. Bf4 Nbc4 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. b3
Nb6 19. Ne5 f6 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Re3 f5 22. Be5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 fxg4 24. hxg4 Qd6
25. Qd4 Qc5 26. Qe4 Rf8 27. Rc2 Rc7 $132 {Llorach Gracia,T (2040)-Pina
Fernandez,J (2227) email 2011}) 15... Nxb3 16. axb3 e6 17. Qf3 (17. d6 Bc6 $5
18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qd3 Nd5 20. Qg3 Qb6 $13) 17... Bxe5 18. Rxe5 exd5 19. Rxe8+
Bxe8 20. Be3 Bc6 21. Bd4 Nd7 22. b4 a6 23. b5 axb5 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. Nxd5 Qe8
26. Nf6+ Nxf6 27. Qxf6 Kf8 $11 {[%cal Ye8e4] Doppelhammer,H (2233)-Bellegotti,
G (2032) email 2013 White has no more than a draw, as Black has also threats
on the long diagonal.}) 14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5
18. c4 h6 19. Bd2 Nc7 20. Bxh6 a6 21. Be3 Rac8 22. Bb6 Ne6 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24.
Bxd4 Rcd8 25. Bb6 Rd3 $11 {Mons,L (2464)-Ragger,M (2695) Germany 2016}) (12...
Nxb3 13. axb3 e6 $6 (13... Bxc3 $142 {-12...Bxc3}) 14. d6 Bd7 15. Bg5 f6 16.
Be3 Bc6 17. Bc5 e5 18. b4 Kh8 (18... a6 19. b5 axb5 20. Qb3+ $36) 19. b5 Bd7
20. Qe2 Re8 21. Qe4 Rb8 22. Rxa7 f5 23. Qe3 Nc4 24. Qe2 e4 25. Qxc4 exf3 26.
Bd4 $16 {Potkin,V (2642)-Alekseev,E (2677) Tyumen 2012}) 13. bxc3 Nxb3 14. axb3
Qxd5 {Black naturally wants to swap the queens.} ({Nobody has yet dared to play
} 14... Nxd5 $6 15. c4 (15. Bh6 {and}) (15. Qe2 $5 {also deserve attention.})
15... Nc7 16. Qe2 $44 {- here White has more than enough for the P.}) 15. Bd2
$1 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty, which presents Black with new
problems.} (15. Qe2 Qxb3 $5 (15... Qe6 16. Qb2 f6 17. c4 Qf7 (17... Bd7 18. Rd1
Qf7 19. Be3 e5 20. Ne1 Be6 {½, Prusikin,M (2545)-Olszewski,M (2532) Germany
2013} 21. Nd3 $44) 18. Be3 Bd7 19. Ra5 Nc8 20. Rc5 Nd6 21. Rc7 Bc6 22. Bc5 Rad8
23. Nd4 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Qa3 a6 26. Bxd6 exd6 27. Qxd6 Re8 28. Rd1 Kg7 29.
Nc2 Bc6 30. Nb4 Re6 31. Qd8 Re8 $11 {Grischuk,A (2754)-Dominguez Perez,L (2725)
London 2012}) 16. Qxe7 Be6 (16... Nd5 $5 17. Qe2 Qxc3 18. Bh6 Rd8 $13) 17. Qh4
Rfc8 $2 (17... Qc4 $1 18. Qh6 Qxc3 19. Be3 Qg7 20. Qh4 h5 $15) 18. Be3 $1 Rxc3
{Lagno,K (2529)-Gunina,V (2496) Huaian blitz 2016} 19. Rxa7 $1 $18 (19. Rfb1
Qc4 20. Bxb6 $16)) (15. Qc2 f6 16. c4 Qf5 17. Qc3 e5 18. Qb4 Qe6 19. Rd1 Bd7
20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. c5 Nd5 22. Qxb7 Qc6 23. Qa6 Nc7 24. Qe2 Nb5 25. Qc4+ Be6 26.
Qh4 Bf5 27. Qc4+ Be6 28. Qh4 $11 {½, Prusikin,M (2532)-Menezes,C (2366)
Austria 2016}) (15. Be3 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Bf5 17. Nd4 Be4 18. Nb5 $6 (18. f3 Bc6
19. c4 $44) 18... Bc2 19. Rd4 e5 20. Rd6 Bxb3 21. Nc7 Nc4 22. Nxa8 Nxd6 23.
Rxa7 {Grishchenko,V (2120)-Bojarinov,V (2295) Voronezh 2006} Bd5 $17) 15... Bf5
{Navara plays a natural developing move.} (15... f6 16. c4 Qd3 17. Be3 $44 {
is a better version of the 15.Be3 line.} (17. Re1 $5 Re8 18. Re3 $44)) 16. Re1
(16. c4 $5 {seems more testing, after} Qd7 (16... Qc5 17. Ra5 $44) 17. Re1 {
[%cal Yd1e2,Yg2g4] White's initiative certainly compensates a single pawn.})
16... Be4 17. Ng5 $5 {[%mdl 64] Hammer must go for the complications.} (17. c4
Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qc5 19. Ra5 Qc7 {leads nowhere}) 17... Bxg2 $8 {Black's reply is
also forced.} (17... Bf5 $2 18. c4 Qd6 19. g4 Bd7 (19... Rfd8 20. c5 $1 Qxd2
21. Qxd2 Rxd2 22. cxb6 $16) 20. Ne4 $36) 18. c4 Qc6 19. Qg4 h6 $2 {A
miscalculation, which will cost Black heavily.} ({Necessary was} 19... Bh1 $1
20. f3 h6 {and now:} {These moves cause Black no problems at all, the most
complex is} 21. Ne6 $5 (21. Nxf7 Rxf7 22. Re6 Bxf3 23. Rxc6 Bxg4 24. Rxg6+ Rg7
25. Rxg4 Nd7 26. Bxh6 Rxg4+ 27. hxg4 Ne5 $11) (21. Kxh1 hxg5 22. Rxe7 (22. Bxg5
Rfe8 23. Bxe7 (23. Rxe7 {-22.Rxe7}) 23... Nc8 24. Bb4 Nd6 $11 {/=/+}) 22...
Rfe8 23. Bxg5 Rxe7 24. Bxe7 Re8 25. Re1 Nc8 $11 (25... Qd7 $11)) 21... Bxf3 22.
Qg3 {and now:} Rfe8 (22... Rfd8 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. Bxh6 $14) (22... fxe6 $6 23.
Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Qg6+ (25. Rxe6 Qc5+ 26. Be3 Qf5 $11) 25... Kh8 26.
Bc3+ e5 27. Bxe5+ Rf6 28. Kh2 Qe6 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Rg1+ Kf7 31. Rg7+ Ke8 32.
Bxf6 Qxf6 33. Qxf6 exf6 34. c5 Nc8 35. Rh7 $36) (22... Rfc8 $5 23. Nd4 (23.
Bxh6 Nd7 24. Ng5 Qc5+ 25. Qf2 Bc6 (25... Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Bc6 27. Rxe7 $14) 26.
Qxc5 Nxc5 27. Rxe7 Re8 28. Rxf7 Ne6 $11) (23. Nd4 Qc5 24. Qf2 Bc6 25. Ra5 Qd6
26. c5 Qd7 27. cxb6 axb6 28. Rae5 Qxh3 (28... Ra2 $5 29. Rxe7 Qd5 $132) 29.
Nxc6 bxc6 30. Rxe7 Qxb3 31. Bc3 (31. Rf1 Rf8 32. Bxh6 Ra2 $11) 31... Qd5 32.
Qf6 Qg5+ 33. Qxg5 hxg5 34. Bf6 Kf8 35. R7e2 Ra4 {and the defence should hold.})
) 23. Nc7 (23. Bxh6 Nd7 24. Nc7 Be4 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. Rxa7 f6 $13) (23. Nd4 Qc5
24. Qf2 Bc6 (24... Bh5 25. Ra5 Qd6 $1 (25... Qc8 $2 26. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 27. Ne6 $1
$18) 26. c5 Qd7 27. cxb6 axb6 28. Rxh5 gxh5 29. Ne6 Kh8 $1 30. Bc3+ f6 {
and White has at most} 31. Bxf6+ exf6 32. Qxf6+ Kh7 33. Qf5+ $11) 25. Ra5 Qd6
26. c5 Qd7 27. cxb6 axb6 $11) 23... Rac8 (23... g5 24. Nxa8 Nxa8 25. Re3 $14)
24. Nxe8 Rxe8 25. Bxh6 (25. Rxa7 Nc8 $13) 25... Nd7 $5 (25... Nc8 26. Re3 Bh5
27. Rf1 $14) 26. Rxa7 Be4 $44) 20. Ne6 h5 (20... Bf3 21. Qg3 {and contrary to
the previous note White has a clear advantage due to the extra pawn on f2.}
Rfd8 ({Black can't play} 21... fxe6 $2 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Qg6+ Kh8
25. Rxe6 $18 {as now Qc5 is without check.}) (21... Rfb8 22. Nd4 $18) 22. Nxd8
Rxd8 23. Bxh6 $16) 21. Qg3 h4 22. Qg5 $1 ({White wants more than a better
endgame after} 22. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Kf7 25. Rae1 Nc8 26. Bg5
a5 $14 {[%cal Ya5a4]}) 22... Bxh3 23. Nxf8 Rxf8 24. Rxe7 $18 Rd8 (24... Qf3 25.
Re3 Qg4+ 26. Qxg4 Bxg4 27. Rxa7 $18) (24... Nc8 25. Re3 Bf5 26. Bb4 Re8 27.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Re1 Qd7 29. Bc3 Be6 30. Qf6 Kf8 31. Rxe6 $1 Qxe6 32. Qd8+ Qe8
33. Bb4+ $18) 25. Re3 (25. Bc3 Rd3 (25... Qf3 26. Re3 Qg4+ 27. Qxg4 Bxg4 28.
Rxa7 $18) 26. Re3 $1 Rxe3 27. fxe3 $18 {[%cal Rg5d8,Ra1a7]}) 25... Rxd2 26.
Rxh3 Rd4 (26... Qd7 27. Qxh4 Qd4 28. Qxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxa7) 27. Rxh4 Rxh4 28. Qxh4
{Although Black has managed to exchange the dark-squared bishop, he can't save
the game - the Nb6 is offside and he won't get time to both save the Pa7 and
coordinate his forces.} a6 (28... Nc8 29. Rd1 Nd6 30. Qd8+ Ne8 31. Re1 $18) (
28... Nd7 29. Rxa7 $18) 29. Qd8+ (29. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Nd7 30. Qe7 $18)
29... Kg7 30. Rd1 Qe6 (30... Nc8 31. Rd7 $18 {[%cal Rd7c7]}) 31. Qd4+ Kg8 32.
Rd3 Na8 (32... Qf5 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Rd4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd8b6,Rd4h4]}) 33. Re3
Qc8 34. Re7 (34. Re7 Nb6 (34... Nc7 35. Qf4 $18) 35. Qxb6 Qg4+ 36. Kf1 Qd1+ 37.
Re1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 e5 {To find more information about this
position, see my article in CBM.} 12. d5 e4 $8 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nb6 15.
Rb1 (15. Qc2 Nxc4 (15... cxd5 16. Be2 Rc8 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. Bg4 Rcd8 19. Bd2 Nc4
20. Bc3 Na5 21. Qc2 d4 22. exd4 Bxd4 23. Rac1 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 Nc6
26. Kf1 $14 {1-0 (67) Svane,R (2570)-Oleksiyenko,M (2643) Sharjah UAE 2017. It
is well known that usually R+B are stronger then R+N, but Black shouldn't lose
this game.}) 16. Qxc4 cxd5 17. Rxd5 Qb6 18. Qd3 Rad8 (18... Rfd8 19. e4 Bd4 20.
Be3 (20. Qf3 $5 Rxd5 21. exd5 Rd8 22. Bf4 Qxb2 23. Rd1 $44) 20... Bxe3 21. fxe3
{1/2 (21) Buhmann,R (2641)-Ragger,M (2686) Vienna AUT 2016}) 19. e4 Bd4 20. Qf3
Rc8 21. a4 Rc2 22. a5 Qb4 23. Bh6 Qxb2 {Black regains the pawn and levels the
game.} 24. Rf1 Bg7 25. Be3 b6 26. axb6 axb6 {1/2 (26) Dubov,D (2660)-Sutovsky,
E (2650) Poikovsky RUS 2017}) (15. Bb3 cxd5 16. Qf3 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Bxf6 18. Rb1
Rac8 (18... Rfd8 19. Bd2 Nc4 20. Bc3 Kg7 21. Bxf6+ Kxf6 22. Rd4 $14 {Narayanan,
S (2536)-Kojima,S (2399) Douglas ENG 2016 1-0 (72)}) 19. Bd2 Rfd8 20. Ba5 d4
21. e4 Rc5 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Rd3 $14 {Malakhov,V (2694)-Yu,R (2548) China 2014
1-0 (37)}) 15... Qd6 $6 {An interesting continuation, but I'm sure, after this
game, Li Chao will not play it again. I don't see if White can get something
after 15...Re8 and ...Nxc4.} (15... Re8 16. Qc2 Nxc4 (16... cxd5 17. Bb5 Re6
18. Qb3 Qh4 19. Bd2 Rd8 20. Be2 h5 21. Rbc1 Qa4 22. Rc7 Qxb3 23. axb3 $14 {
Barbosa,O (2592)-Burnett,R (2345) Arlington 2014 1/2 (74)}) 17. Qxc4 Re5 (17...
Be5 $2 {Probably there is something wrong with the notation and Peter played
17...Re5 instead of 17...Be5} 18. d6 (18. b3 Rc8 19. Bb2 $16) 18... Re6 {
1/2 (18) Banusz,T (2588)-Prohaszka,P (2554) Fano 2013}) 18. e4 (18. d6 {
leads to an equal position:} Re6 19. d7 Qc7 20. e4 Rd8 21. Qd3 Re7 22. Bg5 {
1/2 (22) Neuman,P (2470)-Sanders,I (2338) Pardubice 2015}) 18... Qe8 19. Be3
Rxe4 20. Qb3 cxd5 21. Rxd5 b6 {1/2 (21) Martinovic,S (2531) -Sumets,A (2614)
Zadar 2013} 22. Rbd1 Rc8 23. Rd7 Re7 $11) 16. Bb3 cxd5 (16... Nxd5 {As you can
see, Black is OK after 17.Bxd5 cxd5 18.Rxd5 Qa6 but I don't see a good move
for Black after 17.Qf3.} 17. Qf3 $1 (17. Qd3 $5 Qe7 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. b3 $14) (
17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Qxd5 Qa6) 17... Qe7 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Rxd5 Rad8 20. b3 Rxd5
21. Qxd5 b6 (21... Rd8 22. Ba3 $1 $16) 22. Bb2 Rd8 23. Ba3 $1 Rxd5 24. Bxe7 Rd2
25. a4 $16) 17. Qd3 $1 $146 {This is a very logical novelty, White wants to
finish his development and then he can take on d5. If Black protects his
d5-pawn then White can play Bd2, Ba5. As we could learn from the game Malakhov,
V-Yu,R China 2014, White doesn't mind playing endgames with opposite coloured
bishops. I think that Black should have played 15...Re8 instead of 15...Qd6.} (
{White doesn't have any advantage after} 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Qa6 19. a3 (19.
b4 Qxa2 20. Rd2 Qa4 (20... Qa6 $1 21. Bb2 Rfe8 $11) 21. Qxb7 Rad8 22. Qc7 Rc8
23. Qa5 Qxa5 24. bxa5 Bc3 25. Rd7 $14 {1-0 (40) Aleksandrov,A (2612)-Mu,K 
(2294) New Delhi 2012. Black should make a draw.}) 19... Rad8 $44 20. Qf3 $2
Qe6 $1 21. e4 Rxd5 22. exd5 Qe1+ 23. Kh2 Re8 $1 $17 {Shulman,Y (2617)-Li,C 
(2669) Ningbo 2011 0-1 (31)}) 17... a5 {It seems to me that Black should
include ...a5, a3 or White will play Bd2, Ba5.} (17... Rac8 18. Bd2 Nc4 19. Bc3
Rfd8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qd4+ Qf6 22. Qxa7 $16) (17... Qe7 18. Bd2 Rfd8 19. Ba5
d4 20. e4 $16) 18. a3 Qe6 {Black has to choose among many continuations which
lead to different difficult positions. It is tough work for everybody.} (18...
a4 19. Ba2 Qc6 20. Bd2 Rfd8 21. Bc3 $1 (21. Rbc1 Nc4 22. Bc3 b5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7
24. Qc3+ Qf6 25. Rd4 $14) 21... Bxc3 22. bxc3 Rac8 23. Rb4 $16) 19. Bd2 Rfc8 ({
If Li Chao could use a computer than maybe he would prefer} 19... Rfd8 {
with the following line:} 20. Be1 a4 21. Ba2 Rac8 22. Ba5 Rc5 23. Bb4 $1 (23.
Qd2 Rdc8 24. Bxb6 Qxb6 25. Bxd5 Rc2 26. Qd3 Bxb2 (26... Rxb2 27. Bxf7+ $16) 27.
Be4 Qb3 28. Qxb3 axb3 29. Bxb7 R8c3 30. Bd5 Bxa3 31. Bxb3 $14 {Black should
make a draw.}) 23... Rcc8 24. e4 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 dxe4 26. Ba5 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rc6
28. Rd8+ Bf8 29. Re8 $16 {Black's position is unpleasant.}) 20. Be1 Rc5 21. Ba2
Nc4 22. b4 axb4 23. Bxb4 $16 Rcc8 {Alexander could have chosen among different
positions with advantage and I think that he has made the right choice.} 24.
Bb3 $1 b5 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Nxa3 27. Bxa3 Rxa3 {It is very difficult to
assess correctly White's chances to win the game.} 28. Rd7 $5 ({The computer
prefers to take on b5} 28. Rxb5 Ra7 29. g3 Rcc7 {In this case Black would
protect the f7-pawn.}) 28... Rf8 29. Rb7 Bc3 30. g4 {It is obvious that sooner
or later White will win the f7-pawn, he has 3 pieces, which could attack it
and Black has only 2 defenders.} b4 31. h4 h6 32. g5 {I think that White
shouldn't hurry playing g5 and f4} (32. Kg2 {I would prefer to put the king on
g3 and then play g5.} Kg7 33. Kg3 Ra5 34. Rd1 Ra3 35. Bc4 Be5+ 36. Kg2 $16 {
threatening Rdd7 and Rxb4.}) 32... hxg5 33. hxg5 Ra5 34. f4 Bd2 35. Kf2 Rc5 {
Black has some counterplay, so the next moves are forced.} 36. Rd1 ({Or} 36.
Rb2 Rc3 37. Bxf7+) 36... Rc3 37. Bxf7+ Rxf7 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39. Rxd2 {So, White
has won a pawn and there are no more opposite coloured bishops. However now
the b4-pawn is more a passed pawn than a weakness. The position which has
arisen seems to be drawish.} Re7 40. Re2 (40. Rxb4 Rcxe3 {is a draw.}) 40... b3
41. Rb4 Rd7 42. Kf3 Re7 43. Re1 Rd7 44. Re2 (44. Kg4 Rdc7 45. e4 R7c4 46. Rxc4
Rxc4 {with the following ...Rb4. It leads to a draw.}) 44... Re7 45. Rb6 Kf7 {
White doesn't have a way to improve his position, so Black can wait.} 46. Kf2
Kg7 (46... Re6 47. Rb7+ Re7 48. Rb5) 47. e4 {I don't see other plans. White
sacrifices the pawn but he trades rooks and his king can penetrate on e5. The
computer doesn't like 47.e4 but it doesn't propose any idea, that can help
White to win the game.} Rf7 48. Re3 $8 Rxf4+ 49. Kg3 Rxe3+ 50. Kxf4 Rc3 (50...
Rd3 51. Ke5 Re3 52. Rb7+ Kg8 53. Rb5 Kf7 54. Rb4 Rf3 55. Rb7+) 51. Rb7+ Kg8 52.
Rb5 {Alexander doesn't need to hurry.} Kf7 53. Ke5 Ke7 54. Rb7+ Kd8 55. Kd6 (
55. Kf6 Rc6+ 56. Ke5 (56. Kg7 $4 Rc7+ $19) 56... Rc3) 55... Kc8 56. Rb4 Rd3+
57. Ke6 Kc7 58. e5 $1 (58. Kf7 Rd7+ 59. Kxg6 Rd6+ 60. Kf7 Rb6 61. Rxb6 Kxb6 62.
g6 b2 63. g7 b1=Q 64. g8=Q Qxe4 $11) 58... Rf3 $6 ({The easiest way to make a
draw is} 58... Kc6 59. Kf6 Kc5 60. Rb8 Rf3+ 61. Kxg6 Kd5 62. Rb5+ Kc6 63. Rb4
Kd5 $11) 59. Ke7 Kc6 60. e6 Kd5 61. Kd7 Rd3 62. Rb7 Ke5+ $6 {Objectively the
position is still drawish, but it is only mathematics. In practice, in an
overwhelming number of cases, White will win the endgame. So 62...Ke5 could be
assessed as 'the last mistake, which leads to a lost position'.} (62... Kc5+ $1
{and Black shouldn't use tablebase to prove that the position which has arisen
is drawish.} 63. Ke8 (63. Ke7 Kc6 64. Rb8 Kc7 65. Rb4 Kc6 66. Kf7 Rf3+ 67. Ke8
Kc5 68. Rb7 Kc6 69. Rb8 Rh3 70. Kf7 Rf3+ 71. Ke7 Re3 72. Rc8+ Kd5 73. Rd8+ Ke5
74. Rd2 (74. Rb8 Kf5 75. Rb5+ Re5 76. Rxe5+ Kxe5 77. Kf7 b2 78. e7 b1=Q 79.
e8=Q+ Kf4 $11) 74... Kf5 75. Kd7 Kxg5 76. e7 Kf5 77. e8=Q Rxe8 78. Kxe8 g5 $11)
63... Kc6 64. Rb8 Rh3 65. Kf7 Rf3+ 66. Kxg6 Kd6 {The strong b3-pawn helps
Black to save the game.} 67. Rb6+ Ke7 68. Kh6 Rh3+ 69. Kg7 Rc3 70. g6 Rh3 71.
Kg8 Rd3 72. g7 Rf3 $11) 63. Ke7 Kd5 64. Rd7+ Ke4 65. Rxd3 Kxd3 66. Kf6 b2 67.
e7 b1=Q 68. e8=Q Kd4 69. Qxg6 {According to the Nalimov tablebases the
position is drawish. However, the distance between 'drawish according to the
Nalimov tablebase' and draw is huge. I think that it is impossible to play
such endgames precisely and if I couldn't look at tablebase I would believe
that White's position is winning.} Qb8 70. Qg7 Ke4 71. Qh7+ Kf3 $2 (71... Kd4)
(71... Ke3) 72. Qf5+ Kg2 73. Qd5+ Kh3 74. g6 Qf8+ 75. Kg5 Qe7+ 76. Kh6 Qe3+ 77.
Kh7 Qe7+ 78. g7 Qh4+ 79. Kg6 Qg3+ 80. Kf6 Qh4+ 81. Kf7 Qf4+ 82. Ke7 Qh4+ 83.
Ke8 Qe1+ 84. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qb3 {
This is not the most popular move, though I believe that the move 8.Qb3 might
be the strongest one.} dxc4 {In his previous games G. Kamsky played 8...e6 and
had some opening problems:} (8... e6 9. e4 (9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Rfd1 Rb8 11. Qc2 $6
(11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe4 15. Nxc6 $5 (15. Bxe4 Bxe5
16. Bc3 Qf6 $11) 15... Nxd2 16. Rxd2 Qg5 17. Rad1 Bh3 18. Bf1 bxc6 19. Qxh3
Bxb2 $11) 11... b5 12. b3 Bb7 13. e4 $6 (13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Ne2 $11) 13... b4 (
13... bxc4 $5 14. bxc4 c5 15. exd5 cxd4 16. Nxd4 exd5 $15) 14. e5 bxc3 15. exf6
Bxf6 16. Bf4 $6 (16. Bxc3 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bf1 $11) 16... dxc4 $6 (16... c5
$1 17. Bxb8 Qxb8 18. Qxc3 cxd4 19. Qb4 (19. Nxd4 $2 e5 $19) 19... dxc4 20. Bxc4
Ne5 $15) 17. Be4 cxb3 18. Qxb3 c5 19. Bxb7 c4 20. Qxc3 Rxb7 21. Qxc4 Qa8 $11 {
Beinoras,M-Kamsky,G 40-th Olimpiad Istanbul TUR 2012 0-1 (58)}) 9... dxe4 10.
Bxe4 (10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nd7 12. Bf4 c5 $6 (12... e5 13. dxe5 (13. Nxe5 Nf6
14. Bf3 Qxd4) 13... Nc5 14. Qc2 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bf5 16. Qe3 Qd3 17. Qxd3 Bxd3 18.
Rfc1 h6 $44) 13. Rad1 (13. Bd6 cxd4 14. Rad1 (14. Bxf8 $6 Qxf8 15. Rfe1 Nc5 $44
)) 13... cxd4 14. Bd6 Re8 (14... e5 $5 15. Rfe1 a5 16. Bd5 $16) 15. c5 Qa5 16.
c6 bxc6 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Nxc6 Nxb3 19. Nxa5 Nxa5 20. Bxa8 $18 {1-0 Wang
Hao-Kamsky,G SportAccord Blitz Men Beijing 2012 (40)}) 10... Nbd7 11. Be3 Qc7
12. c5 Ng4 (12... e5 $5 13. d5 (13. Qc4 Ng4 14. d5 Nxe3 15. fxe3 cxd5 16. Nxd5
Qxc5 17. Rac1 Qxc4 18. Rxc4 f5 19. Bc2 e4 $15 {Ftacnik,L}) 13... Nxe4 14. Nxe4
cxd5 15. Qxd5 Nf6 16. Qd6 $11) 13. Bg5 e5 14. Be7 exd4 15. Na4 Qf4 16. Rfe1 $6
Re8 $6 (16... Nde5 $1 17. g3 (17. Bd6 Be6 18. Qxb7 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Be5 20. Bxe5
Nxe5 21. Bd1 Rfb8 22. Qe7 Re8 23. Qb7 Bd5 24. Rf1 Rab8 25. Qa7 Qe4 26. f3 Qe3+
27. Kh1 Nd3 $19) 17... Qh6 18. h4 Be6 19. Qd1 Rfe8 20. Bg5 Qh5 21. Nb6 (21.
Nxd4 Rad8 $1 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 $19) 21... Rab8 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Qxh5 gxh5 $17) 17.
Bd6 Be5 $6 (17... Nde5 18. h3 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20. Bxf3 Ne5 21. Nb6 Nxf3+
22. gxf3 Bxh3 $13) 18. Bc2 $1 $16 {Jakovenko,D-Kamsky,G Jermuk FIDE Gp 2009
1-0 (28)}) 9. Bxc4 Ne8 $5 (9... b5 {The main line. I don't think that Black
gets an equal game here.} 10. Be2 {Black has tried 10...Nd7, 10...c5 and 10...
Bf5, but he can't be happy with the results.} Bf5 (10... c5 11. dxc5 Nbd7 (
11... Qc7 12. a4 Nbd7 13. axb5 Nxc5 14. Qb4 Rb8 15. Bd2 axb5 16. Nxb5 (16. Rfc1
Ne6 17. Nxb5 Qd8 18. Rd1 $16) 16... Qb6 17. Qa3 Bd7 $6 (17... Nfe4 $1 18. Ba5
Qb7 $44) 18. Ba5 Qb7 19. Nbd4 Nfe4 20. b4 $16 {Karpov,A-Ljubojevic,L Amsterdam
1988 1/2-1/2 (79)}) 12. Qa3 (12. c6 $5 Nb8 13. a4 Be6 14. Qa3 Nxc6 15. axb5
axb5 16. Qxa8 Qxa8 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Bxb5 $16) 12... Rb8 13. b4 Nxc5 14. Bb2
Ncd7 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Rd2 $6 (16. Qb3 Bb7 17. Rac1 $14) 16... Bb7 17. Rad1 Qc7
18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Nb1 Rbc8 20. Bd4 Qe6 21. Rdc2 {1/2-1/2 Kruppa Y - Itkis,B
Platonov Memorial 3-rd Kiev 2005}) (10... Nbd7 11. e4 Nb6 12. Bf4 (12. Rd1 Be6
13. Qc2 Qc7 14. a4 Rfc8 (14... b4 15. a5 $1 Nbd7 16. Na4 Qxa5 17. Ng5 Qc7 18.
Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bc4 $16) 15. a5 Nbd7 16. h3 Ne8 17. Be3 $16 {Edouard,R-Villegas,
P 12 th Ch-EUR Aix-les-Bains FRA 2011 1-0 (39)}) 12... Be6 13. Qc2 Bc4 14. Rfd1
Rc8 15. Rac1 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qd7 17. h3 Qb7 18. Bg5 Rfe8 19. e5 Nfd5 20. Ne4 $16
{Carlsen,M-Malakhov,V FIDE World-Cup Khanty Mansiysk 2005 1-0 (34)}) 11. Ng5
Bg4 (11... c5 $6 12. e4 cxd4 13. exf5 dxc3 14. fxg6 hxg6 15. Qxc3 Ra7 16. Qh3
Qc8 17. Qh4 $16 {Ragger,M-Rapport,R Rapport-Ragger Match Szombathely HUN 2011
1-0 (71)}) 12. Bxg4 Nxg4 13. Nce4 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ exf6 15. Nf3 Nd7 16. Bd2 c5 17.
a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Qb8 19. Qa2 $14 {1-0 Bacrot,E-Nanu,C TCh-FRA Top 12 2012 1-0 
(39)}) 10. Rd1 Nd6 11. Be2 Bg4 12. e4 $146 {A new move. It would be
interesting to see how Kamsky was going to play after the simple 12.h3:} (12.
h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd7 14. Ne4 {a very solid move} (14. e4 $5 {It seems to me
that White has got an advantage} e5 $8 15. dxe5 Bxe5 (15... Nxe5 $6 16. Be2 Qc7
17. f4 Nd7 18. e5 Nf5 19. Ne4 $16) 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Rd3 Rfd8 18. Rad1 $14) 14...
Qc7 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Bd2 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Rac1 Nf6 20. Bf3
Rfd8 21. b3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Chernin,A-Movsesian,S Austria chT 2001}) 12... Nd7 13.
e5 (13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qb6 $5 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Rac1 $14) 13...
Nb5 14. a4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 b5 {The critical moment in the game. I think White
should have chosen between 16.c4 and 16.axb5. In any case, White's chances
would be better.} 16. a5 $6 (16. c4 $5 Be6 (16... Nb6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8
Qxa8 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. h3 $5 Be6 (20... Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Qa4 22. Qxa4 bxa4 (22...
Nxa4 23. Ba3 Rb8 24. Bxe7 Nc3 25. Rd3 b4 26. Kf1 $16) 23. Ba3 Rc8 24. Rb1 $1 (
24. Bc5 Nd7 25. Bxe7 Bf8 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Kf1 Rc2 $44) 24... Nc4 25. Rc1 Bf8
26. Bb7 Rb8 (26... Rc7 $2 27. Ba6 $18) 27. Rxc4 Rxb7 28. Rxa4 $16) 21. Qxb5 Rb8
22. Qc5) 17. Be3 Rb8 18. Ng5 (18. a5 $5 bxc4 19. Qc2 Bd5 20. Bxc4 e6 21. Qe2
$14) 18... bxc4 19. Qc2 Bd5 20. Bxc4 $14) (16. axb5 $5 axb5 17. Bg5) 16... c5
$1 17. h3 Be6 $1 (17... Bxf3 $2 18. Bxf3 Rb8 19. e6 $16) 18. d5 Bf5 $132 {
Black has good counterplay. Probably Sergey Karjakin overestimated his
position or miscalculated somewhere.} 19. Bf4 (19. e6 $5 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21.
Bh6 Qd6 $1 (21... Re8) (21... Re8 22. g4 c4 23. Qb2 Be4 24. exf7+ Kxf7 25. Bxc4
$1 bxc4 26. Qe2 $16) (21... Bg7 $2 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. c4 $1 b4 $2 24. g4 $18)
22. Bxf8 Rxf8 $44) 19... c4 20. Qb4 Rc8 (20... Qc7 {Kamsky, G} 21. Qxe7 Rae8
22. e6 Qxf4 23. exf7+ Rxf7 24. Qxe8+ Rf8 25. Qe7 Bxc3 $13) 21. Bg3 Be4 22. Ng5
Bd3 $1 (22... Nc5 23. Bg4 Bf5 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. e6 f6 (25... Nd3 $6 26. Rxd3
cxd3 27. Qh4 h6 28. exf7+ Rxf7 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Qh5+ Kg8 31. Qxf5 Rxc3 32.
Qe6+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ Kg8 34. Rd1 $16 {Karjakin,S}) 26. Nf7 Rxf7 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28.
Qb1 Qd7 $132) 23. Bxd3 (23. Bg4 {Black could have chosen between 23...h5 and
23...Ne5. In any case, he would have had slightly better chances.} h5 (23...
Nxe5 24. Bxc8 Qxc8 25. Qxe7 Qf5 26. h4 h6 27. Nh3 Be4 28. Nf4 Nd3 29. Nxd3 cxd3
$13) 24. Nxf7 Rxf7 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. e6 Qxd5 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Qa3 Qc5 {
with good compensation for an exchange.}) 23... cxd3 24. e6 $6 (24. d6 e6 $1
25. Nf3 Rc4 26. Qb2 Nc5 $36) 24... Rc4 (24... Bxc3 25. exf7+ Rxf7 26. Nxf7 Kxf7
27. Qg4 Bxa1 28. Rxa1 Rc4 29. Qe6+ Kg7 30. d6 Nc5 $13) 25. Qb1 $2 {A wrong
move order.} ({He should have played} 25. exf7+ $1 Rxf7 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Qb1
Nc5) 25... Nc5 26. exf7+ Rxf7 27. Nxf7 {Black could get an advantage after ...
Qd5:} Kxf7 $2 (27... Qxd5 $1 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Rxd3 Nxd3 31. Qxd3
Rxc3 $17) 28. d6 Bxc3 (28... Rxc3 29. Qa2+ e6 30. Rac1 b4 31. Qd2 Bd4 32. d7 $5
(32. Qh6 $6 Kg8 33. Qh4 Qxh4 34. Bxh4 e5 $17) (32. Qf4+ Qf6 33. d7 Qxf4 34.
Bxf4 Ke7 $1 (34... Nxd7 35. Rxc3 bxc3 36. Rxd3 e5 37. Be3 (37. Bxe5 $4 Nxe5 38.
Rxd4 c2 $19) 37... Nc5 38. Bxd4 Nxd3 39. Bxc3 $11) 35. Bd6+ Kxd7 36. Bxc5 Rxc5
37. Rxc5 Bxc5 38. Rxd3+ Kc6 $17)) 29. Ra3 $1 (29. dxe7 Qd4 $1 30. Ra2 Kxe7 $17
{Kamsky, G}) 29... exd6 30. Rxd3 Nxd3 31. Qxd3 Qf6 (31... Bxa5 $6 32. Qd5+ Kg7
33. Qb7+ Qc7 34. Qxa6 Bb4 35. Rb3 $44) 32. Qd5+ Kg7 33. Qb7+ (33. Bxd6 $5 Rd4
34. Qb7+ Kh6 35. Rxc3 Rxd6 {Kamsky,G} (35... Qxd6 36. g3 Rc4 37. Rxc4 bxc4 38.
Qc8 $11) 36. Rc1 Qf4 37. Re1 Rd2 38. Qa7 b4 39. g3 Qf3 40. Rf1 Qd3 41. Qf7 {
Due to the exposed position of the black king, White might be able to make a
draw.}) 33... Qf7 34. Qxa6 b4 35. Ra4 $6 {This move doesn't spoil anything,
but life would be easier for White if he played 35.Rb3.} (35. Rb3 $1 Rc5 $11 {
Kamsky} 36. Bxd6 Rxa5 37. Qxa5 Qxb3 38. Be5+ Bxe5 39. Qxe5+ Kf7 40. Qc7+ Kf6
41. Qd8+ $11) 35... Rd4 (35... h5 $5 36. Bxd6 (36. Qxd6 Qe8 37. Qd5 Qxa4 38.
Qxc4 Qxa5 $15) 36... Bd4 37. Bg3 h4 38. Bxh4 Qf4 39. Qxc4 Bxf2+ 40. Bxf2 Qxc4
41. a6 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 Qc6 43. Ra1 Qf6 44. Ra4 Qxf2 45. a7 Qf4+ $11) 36. Qb6 {
Both opponents have dangerous passed pawns. However the white pieces are
uncoordinated. So Black has a good opportunity to create an unpleasant attack.}
Qe8 37. Qb7+ Kh6 38. a6 $1 Qe1+ $5 (38... Qxa4 {Taking the rook also leads to
a draw:} 39. a7 Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Ra1 (40... Qa1 $4 41. Bf4+ g5 42. a8=Q $18) 41.
Qe7 $1 g5 $8 (41... Qxa7 $4 42. Bf4+ g5 43. Qxg5#) 42. Qe6+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ Kg6
44. Qe6+ Bf6 45. Qg8+ Kf5 46. Qd5+ Be5 47. Bxe5 dxe5 48. Qf7+ Ke4 49. Qc4+ Kf5
50. Qf7+ $11) 39. Kh2 Rd1 40. Bf4+ g5 41. Qf7 $4 {The decisive mistake.} (41.
Qf3 $1 gxf4 42. Qxf4+ Kg6 43. Qg4+ Kf6 44. Qf4+ Ke6 45. Qg4+ Ke7 46. Qh4+ Kd7
47. Qg4+ Kc7 48. Qc4+ Kb6 (48... Kd7 49. Qf7+ Kc6 50. Qc4+) 49. a7 Be5+ 50. f4
Qg1+ 51. Kg3 Bxf4+ 52. Qxf4 Rd3+ 53. Kh4 Qe1+ 54. Kg5 (54. g3 Qe7+ 55. Kg4 Qd7+
56. Kh4 Qe7+ $11) 54... Qe7+ 55. Kh6 Qe6+ 56. Kxh7 Qe7+ 57. Kh6 Qe6+ 58. Kg7
$11) 41... Qg1+ 42. Kg3 Rd3+ 43. Be3 (43. f3 Be1+ 44. Kg4 Qxg2+ 45. Kf5 gxf4
46. Qf6+ Kh5 $19) 43... Rxe3+ $1 {Now the game is over. Unfortunately for
White, all lines are forced and there are mostly no chances for Black to make
a mistake.} 44. fxe3 Be5+ 45. Kg4 Qxg2+ 46. Kf5 Qxh3+ 47. Ke4 Qg4+ 48. Kd5 (48.
Kd3 Qd1+) 48... Qd1+ 49. Ke6 Qxa4 50. Qf8+ Kh5 51. Qf3+ g4 52. Qb7 Qe8+ 53. Kd5
Qg8+ 54. Kc6 Qc4+ 55. Kd7 Qf7+ 56. Kc6 Qxb7+ 0-1

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 g6 {Transposing to the Schlechter
Variation.} 6. Bd3 Bg7 (6... Bf5 $5 7. Bxf5 (7. O-O $5 Bxd3 (7... Bg7 8. Bxf5
gxf5 9. Qb3 Ra7 10. cxd5 {After cxd5 cxd5, the bishop is poorly located on g7:}
cxd5 11. Ne5 $14) 8. Qxd3 Bg7 9. e4) 7... gxf5 8. Qb3 Ra7 9. Ne5 e6 10. Bd2
Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. Nf4 Ra8 15. Ke2 Bd6 16. Nd3
Ke7 17. Rhc1 Rhc8 $11 {Ernst,S - Saltaev,M Bundesliga 2007 1/2 (25)}) 7. O-O
O-O 8. h3 {White prevents Bg4. Another way to prevent Bg4 is 8 Qb3.} (8. Qb3 e6
(8... Ra7 9. Rd1 Bf5 10. Be2 $5 (10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Bd2 e6 12. Rac1 Ne4 $13)
10... b5 (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bg4 $2 12. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 13. Ng5 Qf8 14. Nxf7
Bxd1 15. Nxd1 Qxf7 16. Qb6 $18) 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 $14 {
Lysyj,I-Dimitrov,P EU-ch 9th Plovdiv 2008 1 - 0 (51)}) 9. e4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 Nbd7
11. Be3 Qc7 12. c5 $6 Ng4 {Jakovenko,D - Kamsky,G Jemruk FIDE GP 2009 1-0 (29)}
(12... e5 $1 13. d5 (13. Qc4 Ng4 14. d5 (14. Rae1 exd4 15. Bxd4 Nde5 16. Nxe5
Be6 17. Qa4 Bxe5 18. g3 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Rad8 $15 {Ftachnik,L}) 14... Nxe3 15.
fxe3 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxc5 17. Rac1 Qxc4 18. Rxc4 f5 19. Bc2 e4 $15 {Ftachnik, L})
(13. Rfe1 Ng4 14. Rad1 exd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Nxc5 17. Qa3 Ne6 $15 {
Ftachnik,L}) 13... Nxe4 14. Nxe4 cxd5 15. Qxd5 Nf6 16. Qd6 Ne8 17. Qxc7 Nxc7
18. Rfd1 f5 19. Nd6 e4 $11)) 8... b5 {I believe Black wasn't satisfied with
the position after the opening so let's see other options} (8... Nbd7 9. a4 (9.
cxd5 $5 {the most natural reply} cxd5 (9... Nxd5 $6 10. e4 $14) 10. Qb3 e6 11.
Bd2 b6 12. Rfc1) 9... Re8 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bd2 b6 12. Qe2 $6 (12. Qb3 Bb7 13.
Rac1 Rc8 14. Ne2 {Krasenkow,M}) 12... Bb7 (12... e5 $5 13. dxe5 Nxe5) 13. Rfd1
(13. Bc2 e5) (13. a5 $6 b5 14. Na2 Ne4 $1 $15 (14... e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5
Rxe5 17. Bc3 $11)) 13... e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Be1 $2 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qb8 $17 {
Aronian,L - Anand,V Moscow Botvinnik Memorial rapid 2011 0-1 (48)}) (8... dxc4
9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bb3 (10. Bd3 c5 11. dxc5 Nfd7 12. Qe2 Nxc5 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. Rd1
Nbd7 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Be1 Qb8 $11 {Illescas Cordoba,M - Granda Zuniga,J Buenos
Aires 1993 1/2 (42)}) 10... a5 11. a3 Na6 $6 12. Re1 b4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Na2
c5 15. Nxb4 cxb4 16. e4 $14 {Spraggett,K - Ipatov,A Andorra Open 28th 2010 1/2
(35)}) 9. b3 Nbd7 (9... bxc4 10. bxc4 c5 11. Nxd5 (11. dxc5 $1 Nbd7 (11... Ne4
12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nd4 $16) 12. Ba3 $5 Qa5 13. Na4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bb7 15. Nd4 Ne5
16. Rb1 $1 Nxc4 $2 17. Rxb7 Nxa3 18. Nc6 $18) 11... Nxd5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Ba3
cxd4 14. Bxe7 Re8 15. e4 Qd7 16. Ba3 {1/2 Tukmakov,V - Delchev,A Pula 1999} Bb7
17. Nd2 Nc6 18. Nc4 Ne5 $11) 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. c5 $1 Ne8 $146 (11... a5 12. a3 e5
13. dxe5 Ne8 14. Ne2 $6 (14. e4 $1 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bh6 $5
(17. Rb1 $5 Qc7 (17... Nf6 $6 18. Bg5 $16) 18. Re1 Nf6 19. Bb2 Nxe4 20. Bxe5
Qxe5 21. Bxe4 $14) 17... Bxa1 18. Rxa1 f5 19. Ng5 Nc7 (19... Rf6 20. Rd1 Qe7
21. Qc3 $16) 20. Rd1 Qf6 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Qd2 $14) 14... Qe7 15. e4 dxe4 16.
Bxe4 Nxc5 $6 (16... Qxc5 $1 17. Ra2 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bh6
Ng7 21. Bxc6 Rac8 22. Rfc1 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Rd8 $11) 17. Ng3 Nxe4
18. Nxe4 c5 19. Re1 Rc8 20. Bg5 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qe6 22. Qh4 Nc7 23. Bh6 Bxh6 24.
Qxh6 f6 25. Rad1 Rf7 26. Rd6 Qxb3 27. Rxf6 $2 {Chernin,A -Murey,J Copenhagen
1986 0 - 1 (39)} (27. exf6 $1 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Nxe8 29. Rd8 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Qe4 31.
Qg5 Rf8 32. Ne5 Qf5 33. Qxf5 gxf5 34. f7+ $18)) 12. Bb2 Nc7 13. b4 a5 14. a3
Ne6 $6 (14... e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Ne2 $5 (17. Nxb5 Bxb2 18. Nxc7
Bxa1 19. Nxa8 Be5 $1 (19... Qxa8 20. Rxa1 axb4 21. Qb2 $1 $16) 20. Nb6 axb4 21.
axb4 Bc7 $11) 17... Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Ne6 19. Rad1 Re8 20. e4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 $14) (
14... Re8 15. Rfe1 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Ne2 (18. e4 $6 axb4 19.
axb4 Rxa1 20. Bxa1 Qh4) 18... Bxb2 19. Qxb2 $14) 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. f4 axb4 (16...
f5 $5 17. Nf3 $14 (17. g4 $2 fxg4 18. hxg4 Nxf4 $1 19. exf4 Rxf4 $40)) 17. axb4
Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Ra8 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. Nf3 Bb7 $2 {Black shouldn't allow White
to play g4} (20... f5 $1 21. g4 $6 fxg4 22. hxg4 Nxf4 23. exf4 Qxf4 24. Qe2 (
24. Qg2 $4 Qe3+ $19) 24... Qxg4+ 25. Kf1 {Black needs to choose between two
options} Bxd4 (25... e5 26. dxe5 Qh3+ 27. Ke1 Qg3+ 28. Kd2 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Qxe5
30. Qxe5 Bxe5 $14 {I think Black would be able to draw if he played precisely})
26. Nxd4 Qxd4 27. Qe6+ Kf8 28. Qxd7 Qxd3+ 29. Ne2 Kf7) 21. g4 $1 $16 {Black
has problems on both sides. Probably the position is winning for White} Bc8 22.
Bc1 Nf6 23. Qa2 h6 24. Ne5 g5 $6 (24... Bb7 25. Kg2 Nd7 26. Nf3 Bc8 27. Qf2 $16
) 25. Bf5 (25. Qa8 $1) 25... Nd8 26. Bd3 gxf4 (26... Ne6 27. Qa8 Nd8 28. Kg2
$16 (28. Bf5 $6 Bxf5 (28... e6 29. Bb1 $16) 29. Nxc6 Qxc6 $1 (29... Bxg4 30.
Nxd8 $18) 30. Qxd8+ Kh7 31. gxf5 gxf4 32. Qxe7 (32. exf4 Qa6 33. Qa5 Qc8) 32...
Qa6 33. exf4 Qa1 34. Qe1 Ne4 $132)) 27. exf4 Nd7 (27... h5 28. g5 Ne8 29. Kh2
$16) 28. Nf3 Ne6 29. Ne2 Qb7 (29... Nf6 30. f5 Nf8 31. Bf4 Qb7 32. Ng3 $16) 30.
Be3 (30. f5 $5 Nc7 31. Ng3 Nf6 32. Bf4 $16) 30... Qa6 31. Qb2 Nef8 32. Ng3 e6
33. Nh5 Bh8 34. f5 $18 Nf6 (34... exf5 35. gxf5 Nf6 36. Nxf6+ Bxf6 37. Bxh6 Nh7
38. Qg2+ Kh8 39. Qe2 Bd7 40. Ne5 $18) 35. Bxh6 Ne4 36. f6 $1 Nxf6 $8 (36... Bd7
37. Bxe4 dxe4 38. Nd2) 37. Ne5 Ne4 38. Bxe4 dxe4 39. Qf2 Bxe5 40. dxe5 Qa1+ 41.
Kg2 f5 (41... Ng6 42. Nf6+ Kh8 43. Qd2 $18) 42. exf6 Kf7 43. Bxf8 Kxf8 44. Qd2
Kf7 45. Qd8 Qb2+ 46. Kg3 Qc3+ 47. Kh4 Qe1+ 48. Ng3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.10.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Vitiugov,N"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Yerevan Mika"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{Our team played very well in this European Cup - before the last round we had
5 wins, 1 draw and one extra game point over Baden-Baden, which had the same
result. So, a win in this match would give us the gold medals. That's why I
tried my best that day.} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. h3
O-O 7. Bd3 c5 {The strange Grünfield appears.} 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. a3
dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 {My opponent played very quickly in the opening. I understood
the reason only after the game.} 12. d5 {In my opinion, a very logical way,
after which White should have an advantage.} (12. Ba2 b5 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Bg5
Rc8 15. Rc1 Na5 16. Ne5 Nc4 17. Qe2 Qxd4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Qxe7 Qb6 {and Black
solved his problems in Akopian-Gagunashvili, Khanty Mansiysk 2010.}) 12... Na5
13. Ba2 b5 14. Qe2 {I was satisfied by the opening after finding this plan -
Qe2, Rd1 and then Ne5.} Bb7 15. Rd1 Rc8 (15... Qd6 {doesn't change anything}
16. Ne5 (16. Rd4 Nh5 17. Re4 Bxc3 $1 18. bxc3 Nf6 19. Bf4 Qc5 20. Be3 Qd6 $11)
16... Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bf4 $14) 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Bf4 Nxe5 (17... Re8 $2 {
is impossible because of} 18. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 19. Qe6+ Kf8 20. Ne4 Nc5 21. Nxc5
Rxc5 22. d6 Nc4 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. dxe7+ Qxe7 25. Bd6 $18) 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19.
Qxe5 Qd6 {A risky decision. Now White has a wide choice of attractive
continuations.} (19... Nc4 $5 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Re1 Re8 22. Rad1 $14) 20. Qg5 {
I prefered to play with queens - White has some chances for an attack.} (20.
Qxd6 exd6 21. Rd4 $14) (20. Re1 $5) 20... Qf6 $2 {In my opinion, Black should
play this way only if there isn't any other choice.} (20... Nc4 21. Re1 $1 ({
To play for mate is impossible:} 21. Rd4 $2 Nxb2 22. Ne4 Qb6 $1 23. Rb4 (23.
Rd2 Nc4 24. Qh6 f6 $17) 23... Nd3 24. Qh6 Rc2 $17) (21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Re1 f6
23. Qh6 g5 $1 $13) 21... Rfe8 (21... Nxb2 $2 22. Ne4 $16) 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Ne4
$1 (23. Rad1 Qf4) 23... Qd7 24. Rad1 $36) 21. Qxf6 exf6 22. Rd4 ({I rejected} 
22. Re1 {because of} Rfe8 23. d6 Kf8 {and Black would hold.}) 22... Rfd8 23.
Re1 (23. g4 $5) 23... Kf8 ({Maybe Tigran should try} 23... f5 24. Re7 Rd6 25.
Rd3 $1 ({I was going to play} 25. a4 Kf8 26. Re2 Nc4 27. axb5 axb5 $1 ({
During the game I thought I won after} 27... Nxb2 28. Nb1 $16) 28. Nxb5 Rxd5 $1
$11) 25... Kf8 26. Rde3 h5 27. g4 $1 hxg4 $140 28. hxg4 fxg4 29. b4 Rxc3 30.
Re8+ $16) 24. g4 $1 {A strong positional move, after which White has a big
advantage.} Nc4 $6 {Black's chances without the knight were close to zero.} (
24... Ba8 $5) 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Rxc4 bxc4 27. f3 $16 f5 $6 {It was difficult
to recommend any moves for Black, but I disliked this move, in spite of the
fact that it had a nice positional aim - to control the e4-square.} 28. gxf5
gxf5 29. Kf2 f4 (29... Kg7 $5 30. Rd1 $16 (30. Kg3 $6 Kf6 31. Kf4 Bxd5 $1)) 30.
Re4 Rd7 31. Rd4 Ke7 32. h4 {A useful move in the coming endgame of knight vs
bishop.} h6 33. Re4+ Kf8 34. Rxc4 Bxd5 35. Rd4 Be6 36. Rxd7 Bxd7 37. Nd5 Bc6
38. Nxf4 Ke7 39. Ke3 Kd6 40. Nd3 a5 {Of course, the position was winning for
White, but the importance of the game put some pressure for me. We had -1, but
a winning rook endgame in Zvjaginsev's game. I had confidence in Vadim. Maybe,
if we played on in both games, it would be better for us.} 41. Nf2 Ke6 42. b4
a4 $5 {The only chance for Black - the position without pawns on the queenside
was absolutely losing.} 43. Ne4 Kd5 44. b5 $1 {Nice decision.} Bxb5 {Losing
fast.} 45. Nc3+ Kc4 46. Nxb5 Kxb5 47. Kd4 h5 (47... Kc6 48. Kc4 f5 49. Kb4 Kd5
50. Kxa4 Kd4 51. Kb5 Ke3 52. a4 Kxf3 53. a5 f4 54. a6 Ke2 55. a7 f3 56. a8=Q
$18) 48. Kd5 Kb6 49. f4 Kc7 50. Kc5 ({I was afraid that} 50. Ke5 {wouldn't win
because of} Kc6 (50... Kd7 51. Kf6 Ke8 52. Kg7 Ke7 53. f5 $18) 51. f5 (51. Kf6
Kd5 $1) 51... Kd7 52. Kf6 Ke8 53. Kg5 Kf8 54. Kxh5 $2 (54. f6 $1 $18) 54... Kg7
55. Kg4 f6 $11) 50... Kd7 51. Kb5 Ke6 52. Kxa4 Kf5 53. Kb5 Kxf4 54. a4 f5 55.
a5 Ke3 56. a6 f4 57. a7 f3 58. a8=Q f2 59. Qg2 Ke2 60. Kc4 {We had won the
last match 3.5-2.5 and won the tournament - first victory for the Saint
Petersburg team in the European Club Cup. I was very happy to be one of the
players in this nice team.} 1-0

