[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.11.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. h3 Qa5 {Black chooses the
classical Volga move instead of the topical modern line} (12... Ra6 13. Re1 Qa8
{[%cal Ye7e6] /\e6<=>}) 13. Re1 Rfb8 14. Qc2 {Seirawan,Y (2600)-Polgar,J (2550)
Roquebrune rapid 1992 (7) 1/2 A rare move, which however goes contrary to
White's idea of putting both his R on the 2-nd rank and effectively defending
a2 after a further b3. A typical model example is} ({The main alternative,
which promises chances for an edge, is} 14. Re2 Ne8 15. Rc2 Nb6 16. Qe2 Qa6 (
16... Na4 $142 17. Nd1 $5 $14) 17. Qxa6 (17. Ng1 Na4 18. Qxa6 Rxa6 19. Nge2 Nc7
20. a3 f5 21. f3 fxe4 22. fxe4 Nxc3 23. Nxc3 Nb5 24. Nxb5 Rxb5 $44 {Beliavsky,
A-Khalifman,A/Linares/1995/}) 17... Rxa6 18. Rb1 $1 Na4 $6 19. Nd1 Nc7 20. b3
f5 21. Nd2 $1 Nb6 22. b4 Nd7 23. bxc5 Rxb1 24. Nxb1 Nxc5 25. Be3 $16 {Neverov,
V-Van der Weide,K/Hoogeveen/1999/}) ({Another often played continuation is} 14.
e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Rb7 17. d6 (17. Qf3 Ne8 18. Re2 Nd6 19. g4 Nc4
$5 20. d6 Nxd6 21. Nd5 Raa7 22. Bg5 {Bekker Jensen,D-Van der Weide,K/
Copenhagen/1999/} Nc8 $5 $11) 17... exd6 (17... e6 18. Re2 (18. Qf3 $5) 18...
Qa6 19. Bf4 Qc6+ 20. Kg1 Nd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. b3 Bf8 23. Rd2 d4 24. Rc1 Qd5
25. Rdc2 Bxd6 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 $11 {Shirov,A-Tregubov,P/FRA-chT Montpellier/2004/}
) 18. Qxd6 Rc8 $1 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qa6 21. Re4 c4 22. Bf4 Bxb2 23. Rae1
Qb5 24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Qxb5 Rxb5 26. Rxe8+ Kg7 27. Rc8 Rb4 28. Bd6 Ra4 29. a3
Kf6 30. Bb4 Bxa3 $11 {1/2,Piket,J-Topalov,V/Amsterdam/1995/}) 14... Nb6 15. Rb1
{This gives White nothing.} (15. Bd2 Nc4 16. b3 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Nd7 18. Re3 Nb6
19. a3 Rb7 (19... e6 $5 $132) 20. Ra2 Rba7 21. Ncb1 Kh8 22. Rf3 e6 23. Nc4 Nxc4
24. Qxc4 Qe1 25. Qc2 exd5 26. Re3 Qa5 27. exd5 Bd4 28. Re2 Qb6 29. a4 Rb8 30.
Nd2 $14 {Haba,P-Hess,M/Hohenloh/1994/}) (15. Nd1 c4 16. Bd2 Qa4 17. Qc1 Nbd7
18. Re3 Nc5 19. Ra3 Qb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Nc3 Qb7 22. Qc2 e6 $44 {1/2,Uhlmann,
W-Espig,L/Dresden/1985/}) (15. Re2 $5 Na4 (15... Nfd7 $5) 16. Nd1 Nd7 17. Rb1
c4 $5 18. Be3 (18. Qxc4 $142 Rc8 19. b4 $1 $14) 18... Nac5 19. Bd4 $6 Qxa2 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nc3 Qa6 22. Qd2 Nb3 23. Qf4 f6 $15 {Gurevich,M-Benjamin,J/Cap
d'Agde/2000/}) 15... Nfd7 16. Bg5 Nc4 $146 ({Simpler was} 16... Bxc3 $142 $5
17. bxc3 (17. Qxc3 $142 f6 $1 $11) 17... f6 18. Bh6 (18. Be3 Qxa2 19. Rb2 Qa4
20. Qxa4 Nxa4 21. Rxb8+ Rxb8 $36) 18... Qxa2 19. Rb2 Qa4 20. Qe2 Nc4 21. Rbb1 (
21. Rxb8+ Rxb8 22. Nd2 $11) 21... Nce5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Bf4 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Qc4
25. Qxc4 Nxc4 26. h4 h5 27. Rb7 Kf7 28. Kf3 Ra3 29. Rb8 Rxc3+ 30. Kg2 Kg7 (
30... e5 $5 $15) 31. Rb7 Kf8 32. Bh6+ Ke8 33. Rb8+ Kd7 34. Rb7+ Ke8 35. Rb8+
Kd7 36. Rb7+ {1/2,Anastasian,A-Alterman,B/Komotini op/1992/}) 17. Bxe7 Re8 $1 (
17... Nxb2 $2 18. e5 $1 Nc4 19. Rxb8+ Rxb8 20. Re4 Ndb6 (20... Ndxe5 21. Nxe5
Na3 22. Qa4 $1 $18) (20... Rb2 21. Qc1 Qa3 22. Bg5 $1 Ncxe5 23. Ra4) (20... Na3
21. Qa4 (21. Qc1 $5) 21... Qxc3 22. Qxd7 $18) 21. Na4 $16) (17... Rxb2 $2 18.
Rxb2 Nxb2 19. e5 $16) 18. Bg5 (18. Nd1 Qxa2 19. Rc1 $8 (19. Bg5 $2 Na3 $19)
19... Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Qxb2 21. Qxc4 (21. Qxb2 Nxb2 22. Bxd6 Nd3 $15) 21... Rxe7
$11) 18... Nxb2 19. e5 {[%mdl 64] Leads to tactical complications, which after
some mutual inaccuracies peter out into a drawn position.} (19. Bd2 Nc4 $44) ({
More ambitious was} 19. Rec1 $142 $5 Nc4 20. Nb5 Na3 21. Nxa3 Qxa3 22. Bf4 $14)
19... Nxe5 20. Nxe5 (20. Rxb2 Nxf3 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Kxf3 Bxc3 $15) 20... Rxe5
(20... Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Rxe5 22. Bf4 Nc4 23. Nb5 $1 $36) 21. Ne4 $2 (21. Rxe5 $142
Bxe5 22. Ne4 $5 Qa4 $5 $132 (22... Qxa2 23. Bf6 Qa4 $5 $11 (23... Qxd5 $2 24.
Bxe5 dxe5 25. f3 $1 $18))) 21... Qxa2 $1 22. Bf4 $6 (22. Rxb2 Qxd5 {[%cal
Re5e4,Re5g5] /\Re4,Rg5} 23. f3 Rxe4 $1 (23... Rxg5 24. Rd1 Qf5 25. Ra2 Rxa2 26.
Qxa2 $14 {[%cal Rh3h4] /\h4+-}) 24. fxe4 Qxg5 $36) (22. Bf6 Rxe4 23. Rxb2 Qxd5
(23... Qxb2 $2 24. Bxb2 Rxe1 25. Bxg7 $18) (23... Rxe1 24. Rxa2 Rxa2 25. Qxa2
Bxf6 $11) 24. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 25. Rxe4 Bxf6 $15) 22... Ree8 $1 (22... Rxd5 23. Ra1
$1 Qxa1 24. Rxa1 Rxa1 25. Qb3 $1 $18) 23. Bxd6 Qxd5 $2 (23... f5 $1 24. Nc3 (
24. Ra1 Qxd5 25. Qxc5 Qb7 $19) 24... Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qxd5+ $17) 24. Qxc5 $11 Qd3
(24... Qb7 25. Qc7 $11) 25. Qc6 $1 {[%cal Re4f6] /\Nf6} Rec8 26. Ra1 Rab8 $8 (
26... Rxc6 $2 27. Rxa8+ Bf8 28. Bxf8 h6 29. Ba3+ Kh7 30. Bxb2 $18) 27. Qd7 Qd5
(27... Rd8 $11) 28. Kh2 (28. Ra7 Rd8 29. Qe7 Re8 $11) 28... Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 {After Adams and
Topalov stopped playing the Benko almost a decade ago, the gambit went into a
decline and became a very rare guest at the higher level. Therefore Bologan
using it in Biel no less than 3 times came as a surprise. Although it brought
the out-of-form Moldavian GM only grief, the positions were perhaps not so
clear as the results indicate.} 7. e4 ({Another important line is} 7. g3 d6 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. Rb1 {and now:} Nbd7 (10... Bc8 11. Nd2 $5 Bf5 12. e4 Bc8
$6 (12... Bg4 13. Qc2 Na6 14. a3 Qc8 15. Nc4 Rb8 16. Na5 Bd7 17. O-O c4 18. Nc6
Bxc6 19. dxc6 e6 20. Rd1 Ng4 21. Bg5 Qc7 {Happel,H (2254)-Kohler,A (2298)/
Amsterdam/2002/} 22. a4 $5 $36 {[%cal Rc3b5]}) {was an unusual novelty, but
White quickly returned the pawn for a powerful initiative after} 13. O-O Ba6
14. Re1 Nfd7 15. Nf3 Bc4 16. Bf4 $1 Nb6 17. e5 Bxa2 18. Ra1 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxa1
20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Qxa1 d5 22. e6 $1 fxe6 23. Bh3 e5 24. Nxe5 Qf6 25. Qa7 $18 {
->,Wang,H (2739)-Bologan,V (2732)/Biel/2012/}) 11. O-O Qa5 {is the more
customary choice:} 12. Bd2 (12. Qc2 Nb6 13. Rd1 Nfd7 14. Bd2 Nc4 15. Be1 Rfb8
16. Qc1 Nde5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. h3 Bc8 19. b3 c4 20. f4 Nd7 21. Qe3 cxb3 22.
axb3 Qd8 23. Na4 Nf6 24. Bf2 Bf5 25. Rbc1 Rb4 26. g4 Bd7 27. Rc6 Rab8 28. Rd3 {
Korobov,A (2660)-Caruana,F (2736)/Moscow/2012/} h5 $5 $13) 12... Bb7 (12...
Rfb8 13. Qc2 {Kramnik,V (2807)-Topalov,V (2743)/Wijk aan Zee/2003/ This game
seriously affected the popularity of the whole Benko Gambit. See the more
detailed notes in CBM 93}) 13. Qc2 Qa7 $5 14. e4 Ba6 15. Rfd1 Ng4 16. Be1 Rfb8
17. b3 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. h3 $6 (19. a4 $1 $13 {/+/=}) 19... c4 $36 20. b4
Nd3 21. a3 $6 (21. b5 $142 $132) 21... Bc8 22. Ra1 Bd7 23. Ra2 Qd4 24. Ne2 Nxe1
25. Nxd4 $2 (25. Rxe1 Qd3 $36) 25... Nxc2 26. Nxc2 Ba4 $19 {[%cal Ra4b3] Le
Quang,L (2693)-Bologan,V (2732)/Astana blitz/2012/}) 7... Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9.
Nf3 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. Qe2 {A rare idea, which Carlsen connects
with the plan of building an outpost on b5. It also stops the Ra6, Qa8, e6
plan, which Black employed after the more usual moves.} ({These are} 12. Re1) (
{or} 12. h3 {The two continuations occurred in an absolute majority of the
games which feature our position. As White mostly plays both moves in quick
succession, the lines often transpose into each other.}) 12... Qb6 ({The
typical Benko move is} 12... Qa5 {, but perhaps it's not ideal:} 13. Bd2 $5 (
13. a4 Rfb8 {prevents Nb5 for the time being...} 14. Bd2 $6 (14. Ra3 $142 $5)
14... Rxb2 $1 15. Nd1 Rxd2 16. Nxd2 Nxe4 (16... Nxd5 $5 $36) 17. Nc4 Qb4 18.
Ndb2 $2 (18. Rc1 $13) 18... Nc3 19. Qxe7 Ne5 $1 20. Qxd6 Nxc4 21. Qc6 Ne3+ 22.
fxe3 Qe4+ 23. Kh3 Qf5+ 24. Kg2 Rb8 $19 {Ramirez,A (2559)-Leon Hoyos,M (2579)/
Vancouver/2012/}) (13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Ra7 (15... Rfd8 $1 $44 {
[%cal Rf6d5] shows up White's 13th move as rather premature.}) 16. Rd1 Rd8 17.
Qe2 Rad7 18. Qf3 c4 19. Be3 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 (21. Bb6 $1 $14) 21...
Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Rc1 Bxb2 24. Rxc4 Ba3 25. Rc3 Ra5 $11 {Carlsen,M (2837)
-Andreikin,D (2700)/Astana blitz/2012/}) (13. Bf4 Ng4 14. Nd2 Nge5 15. Bxe5 (
15. Be3 Rfb8 16. f4 $2 Ng4 17. Qxg4 Rxb2 18. Ne2 Rxd2 19. Bxd2 Qxd2 20. Rad1
Qc2 $17 {Gerusel,M-Pedersen,K/Grossenbrode 1971/}) 15... Bxe5 $5 (15... Nxe5
16. f4 Nd7 17. Nc4 $14) 16. Nc4 Qa6 17. Nxe5 Qxe2 18. Nxe2 Nxe5 19. b3 Rfb8 (
19... Ra3 $44) 20. Rhc1 Nd3 $6 21. Rc3 Nb4 22. a3 Ra7 23. Kf1 Rba8 24. a4 Rb8
25. f3 Rab7 26. Ke1 $14 {Yarmonov,I (2324)-Matijasevic,I (2104)/Split/2012/
The Ukrainian IM Yarmonov often plays the 12.Qe2 line.}) 13... Rab8 (13... Qb4
14. Rab1 Rfb8 15. Rhc1 Ng4 16. b3 Qa3 17. Ne1 $1 Ngf6 18. Nc2 Qa6 19. Qxa6 Rxa6
20. f3 Ne8 21. a4 Nc7 22. Na3 Ne5 23. Ncb5 Nxb5 24. Nxb5 $16 {Yarmonov,I (2277)
-Cocogne,L (1965)/Turin/2006/ In this game White achieved his strategic ideal.}
) 14. b3 Qa8 15. Rac1 $14 e6 $6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Bf4 Rb6 18. Rhd1 d5 19. Ne5
Ra6 20. a4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxc5 d4+ 24. Qe4 $18 {Horvath,
C (2505)-Gibicar,D (2085)/Vienna/2012/}) (12... Ng4 $5 13. Nd2 Ngf6 14. Nc4 Nb6
15. a4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Qa5 17. Bd2 (17. Nb5 Rfb8 {[%cal Rb8b5] /\} 18. Ra3 Qb4 $1
$132) 17... Rfb8 18. Ra2 Nd7 19. Qe2 Qa6 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21. Rb1 Rb4 (21... c4 $5
$44 {[%cal Yd7c5]}) 22. b3 c4 23. Rab2 (23. bxc4 $142 Rxc4 24. Rb7 $14) 23...
cxb3 $2 (23... h5 24. bxc4 Rxc4 $11) 24. Rxb3 Rxb3 25. Rxb3 Kf8 26. Rb4 $14 {
Yarmonov,I (2340)-Tocklin,T (1885)/Bialystok/2010/}) (12... Qc7 13. Bf4 Rfb8
14. Rab1 Rb6 15. Rhc1 Qb7 16. Rc2 e6 (16... Nh5 17. Bd2 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Rxa2 $132
) 17. Rd1 (17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Bxd6 $5 Rxd6 19. e5 $14) 17... exd5 18. exd5 Re8
19. Qd2 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. b3 Nf6 22. Qd3 Qe7 23. Bg5 h6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25.
Rc4 $14 {Yarmonov,I (2340)-Matijasevic,I (2101)/Bialystok/2010/}) 13. a4 $5 (
13. h3 e6 $5 14. Rd1 exd5 15. exd5 Rfe8 16. Qb5 (16. Qd3 $142 $14 {/<=>}) 16...
Qa7 17. Qc6 $2 Rac8 18. Qxd6 Nh5 19. g4 Ne5 $1 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Rc8d8]} 20.
gxh5 Nxf3 $2 (20... Rcd8 $17) 21. Qg3 Nd4 22. Bf4 Qb7 23. Rab1 Rcd8 24. Kh2 $14
{Tregubov,P (2545)-Barkhagen,J (2400)/Gausdal/1994/}) (13. Re1 Rfb8 14. e5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qxe5 Rb7 17. Qe2 Ne8 18. Bd2 Nd6 19. b3 Qa6 $1 20. Rac1 Qxe2
21. Rxe2 c4 $44 {1/2,Sosonko,G (2525)-Topalov,V (2670)/Polanica Zdroj/1995/}) (
13. Rd1 Qa6 $5 {A typical Benko motif - the queen swap limits White's
attacking potential without reducing Black's queenside chances.} (13... Rfb8
14. Rb1 Ne8 15. Bd2 Qa6 $5 16. Qe3 Nc7 17. b3 Rb7 18. Qg5 Bf6 19. Qh6 Nb5 20.
Nxb5 Qxb5 21. a4 Qd3 22. Qe3 Qxe3 (22... Qc2 $5) 23. Bxe3 Rab8 24. Nd2 Bc3 $132
{Muse,D (2230)-Boehle,L/Bundesliga/1991/}) 14. Qc2 (14. Qxa6 Rxa6 15. Nd2 Rb8
16. a3 Nb6 17. Ra2 Ng4 18. Ne2 f5 $1 19. h3 Ne5 20. Nf4 Na4 21. exf5 gxf5 22.
Re1 c4 23. Nf1 Bh6 $1 $15 {Ivanov,I (2515)-Alburt,L (2570)/Hastings/1983/})
14... Ng4 15. h3 Nge5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. b3 (17. Be3 Nc4 18. Rac1 Rfb8 19. b3
Na3 20. Qd2 c4 21. Qe2 h6 22. bxc4 Nxc4 23. Rc2 Na3 24. Qxa6 Rxa6 25. Rcc1 Rb4
$11 {Gerusel,M (2425)-Giorgadze,T (2535)/Dortmund/1979/}) 17... Rab8 18. Rb1
Rfc8 19. Be3 Qa5 (19... Rb4 $5 $44 {[%cal Yc5c4]}) 20. Ne2 Qb4 $6 21. Bd2 Qb5
22. Bc3 $36 {Kristiansen,E (2220)-Finnlaugsson,G (2072)/Reykjavik/2011/}) 13...
Rfb8 (13... Ng4 $6 14. Nd2 Ngf6 15. Nc4 Qb4 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Nb5
e6 19. Bc3 exd5 20. exd5 Rfe8 21. Qf3 Nd7 22. Rhe1 Ne5 23. Bxe5 (23. Qd1 $5 $16
) 23... Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. Qe2 $14 {Thorfinnsson,B (2421)-Rodriguez
Guerrero,E (2454)/England/2012/}) 14. Nb5 ({In the last round we saw} 14. Bd2
Ne8 (14... Qb3 15. Rhb1 $14 e6 $2 16. Ra3 Qb7 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Bf4 Qc6 19. Rd1
e5 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. Ng5 $18 {Bhat,V (2549)-Tirard,H (2451)/Metz/2010/}) 15.
Rhb1 Nc7 16. Nd1 $146 (16. Ra3 Qa6 17. Qd1 Ne5 $5 (17... Nb6 18. b3 $14) 18.
Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Qc2 Rb6 20. Nd1 Rab8 21. Bc3 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 (22. Nxc3 $142 Qa5 23.
b3 Rb4 $44) 22... Rb4 23. b3 Qb7 24. Rb2 f5 25. f3 fxe4 26. fxe4 e6 $36 {
1/2,Elsness,F (2499)-Byklum,B (2251)/NOR-chT/2012/}) 16... Qa6 17. Qxa6 Rxa6
18. a5 f5 19. exf5 Nxd5 (19... gxf5 $142 20. Nh4 (20. Ne3 f4 21. gxf4 Nf6 $13)
20... f4 $5 21. Bxf4 Nxd5 22. Bd2 e6 $14 {/<=>}) 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Ra4 Nb4 22.
Ne3 Rb5 23. b3 e6 24. Bxb4 Rxb4 25. Rxb4 cxb4 26. Rc1 $1 $14 {|^,Nakamura,H 
(2778)-Bologan,V (2732)/Biel/2012/}) 14... Ne8 15. Bg5 $146 ({The developing
text move seems more to the point than} 15. Nd2 Qa6 16. Ra3 Nc7 17. Re1 Nxb5
18. axb5 Qb7 (18... Qb6 $5 {/\} 19. Nb1 Ra5 20. Rxa5 Qxa5 21. Na3 Qb4 $44) 19.
Nb1 $1 $14 Rxa3 20. Nxa3 Nb6 21. Rd1 Re8 22. f3 Qa8 23. Qc2 Bd4 24. Rd3 e6 $6
25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Be3 $16 {Aliavdin,N (2382)-Licznerski,L (2269)/Lazy/2012/})
15... Qd8 (15... h6 $6 16. Bxe7 Rb7 (16... f6 $2 17. Nh4 Kf7 18. Nxg6 $1 Kxg6
19. Qg4+ $18) 17. Nd2 Ne5 18. f4 Rxe7 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Nc4 Qd8 21. Rhf1 Nc7
22. Nxc7 Qxc7 23. a5 Rae8 24. a6 Bg7 25. a7 Ra8 26. Ra6 $16 {Shaw,P (2168)
-Ledger,S (2089)/GBR-ch North Shields/2012/ Curiously enough, this game was
played on the same day!}) (15... Kf8 16. Qc2 {[%cal Yf3d2,Yd2c4]} Nc7 17. Nxc7
Qxc7 18. Rab1 $14 {[%cal Yb2b3,Yg5d2,Yd2c3]}) 16. Ra3 (16. Ra2 h6 (16... Nc7 $5
{/\} 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nxc7 Ra5 {[%cal Rb8b7]} 19. Rha1 Nf6 20. Nb5 Qxe4 $13)
17. Bd2 Nc7 18. Nxc7 (18. Rha1 Nxb5 19. axb5 Rxa2 20. Rxa2 Qb6 21. Bc3 Nf6 22.
Nd2 Nd7 $5 $132) 18... Qxc7 19. Rb1 Rb3 $44) 16... Nb6 {Black ignores play on
the b-file and starts a more complex plan of undermining White's centre.} ({
However, this backfires in the end, so} 16... h6 17. Bf4 Nc7 18. Rha1 (18. Nc3
$5) 18... Ra5 $14 {[%cal Gb8b2] /<=> possibly promises better counterchances.})
17. b3 (17. a5 $5 Nd7 18. Rha1 $14) 17... Qd7 18. Ra2 (18. Rd1 Nxd5 $5 19. exd5
Rxb5 20. Qxe7 Qxe7 21. Bxe7 Rb7 $44) 18... f6 {Bologan follows his idea.} (
18... h6 19. Bc1 Nc7 {now favours White after} 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. Bb2 $36) 19.
Bc1 f5 20. exf5 (20. Re1 fxe4 (20... Rb7 $5) 21. Qxe4 Nf6 22. Qxe7 Qxe7 23.
Rxe7 Nbxd5 {[%cal Rd5e7,Rb8b5]} 24. Ree2 Nb4 $14 {/<=>}) 20... gxf5 (20... Qxf5
21. Rd1 {also doesn't solve Black's problems:} Nf6 (21... Nxd5 22. Qc4 Rxb5 (
22... e6 23. g4 Qf6 24. Ng5 Rxb5 25. Qxb5 Nf4+ (25... Nc3 26. Qb7 Nc7 27. Qxc7
Nxa2 28. Be3 $18) 26. Kg3 Nc7 27. Qc4 $16) 23. axb5 Rxa2 24. Rxd5 Qf7 (24...
Qc2 25. Qxc2 Rxc2 26. b6 Nf6 27. Bg5 $1 Nd7 $8 28. Bxe7 Nxb6 29. Rxd6 $18 {
[%csl Rb6]}) 25. b6 e6 26. Rd3 $16 {[%cal Rb3b4,Yf3g5]}) (21... Bf6 22. h3 $16
{[%cal Yg3g4,Yc1b2] /\} Nxd5 23. Qc4 Rxb5 (23... e6 24. g4 Qb1 25. Re2 $18) 24.
axb5 Rxa2 25. Rxd5 Qe6 26. b6 $40) 22. Qxe7 (22. Nc7 $5 $36) 22... Nfxd5 23.
Qe1 $16 {[%csl Rd6]}) 21. Rd1 Nf6 22. Qe6+ Qxe6 23. dxe6 $16 {[%csl Ge6,Re7,
Rf5] Although Black's pieces are active, he can't effectively attack the
advanced e6-pawn and this in connection with the weakness on f5 (both pawn and
square) and consequently e7 give White a sizeable advantage.} Ne4 (23... f4 24.
Bxf4 Nbd5 {[%cal Rb8b5]} 25. Rc2 Nxf4+ 26. gxf4 Nh5 27. Rc4 Rf8 28. Nc7 $16)
24. Nh4 $1 {[%mdl 64] In the following short skirmish the tactics work in
White's favour.} c4 ({The passive} 24... Rf8 25. a5 $1 {[%csl Ga5]} Ra6 {
gives White a pleasant choice:} 26. Ra3 (26. Be3 Nc3 27. Nxc3 Bxc3 28. Bh6 Bg7
29. Bg5 Bf6 30. Bxf6 Rxf6 31. axb6 Rxa2 32. b7 Rf8 33. Nxf5 $18) 26... Na8 27.
Ra4 {[%cal Rg3g4]} Nc3 28. Nxc3 Bxc3 29. Rd3 Bd4 30. Rf3 $18) 25. bxc4 Nxc4 {
[%cal Rb8b5]} 26. Nc7 $1 Nc3 $8 (26... Ra7 27. Nd5 $18 {[%cal Rh4f5]}) (26...
Ra5 27. Nd5 Rxd5 (27... Rb7 28. Nxf5 $18 (28. Rc2 $5)) 28. Rxd5 Nc3 29. Rc2
Nxd5 30. Rxc4 $18 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Rh4f5]}) 27. Nxa8 Nxa2 (27... Rxa8 28. Rc2
Nxd1 29. Rxc4 $18) (27... Nxd1 28. Nc7 Nc3 29. Rc2 Rc8 30. Na6 Nxa4 (30... Ra8
31. Nb4 Rxa4 32. Nc6 $18) 31. Nxf5 $16) 28. Nc7 Nc3 ({A more testing move was} 
28... Rb1 29. Nxf5 Bf8 (29... Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Nxc1 31. Nxe7+ Kf8 (31... Kh8 32.
Ng6+) 32. Ned5 $18) (29... Nxc1 30. Nxe7+ Kh8 31. Ng6+ hxg6 32. e7 Rb8 33. Rxc1
$18) 30. Nd5 Rxc1 31. Rd4 $16 Ne5 32. a5 Rc5 33. a6 Ra5 34. Nfxe7+ Bxe7 35.
Nxe7+ Kf8 36. Nd5 $40 {[%csl Ga6,Ge6]}) 29. Rd3 Rc8 (29... Rf8 30. Bg5 $18) 30.
Nb5 (30. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Nb6 32. Rb5 Nxa4 33. Bg5 $18) 30... Nxb5 (30...
Nxa4 31. Nxf5 Bf6 32. g4 $16 {/+-}) 31. axb5 Rc5 (31... Ne5 32. Rd1 Bf6 (32...
Rc5 33. Bg5 $18 {[%csl Re7]}) 33. Nxf5 (33. Bh6 $5 {[%csl Rg8]}) 33... Rc5 34.
b6 Rb5 35. Ne3 $5 Rxb6 36. Nd5 $18) 32. Rb3 $18 {Black has managed to save the
f5-pawn for the time being, but now he can't cope with the passed b-pawn.} Na5
33. Rb1 Bd4 (33... Bf6 34. b6 Nb7 35. Bh6 {[%cal Yb1b3,Yb3f3]} Bxh4 36. Ra1 $1
Ra5 37. Rxa5 Nxa5 38. gxh4 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Yg2b5]}) 34. b6 Nb7 35. Rb4
Bxf2 (35... Bf6 36. Bh6 Bxh4 37. Ra4 $18 {and White wins as in the previous
note.}) (35... Be5 36. Be3 $18) 36. Kxf2 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 Rxc1 38. Nxf5 Rf1+ (38...
Kf8 39. Ra4 Rc8 40. Rf4 $18) 39. Kg4 Nc5 (39... Re1 40. Rc4 Rxe6 41. Rc7 $18)
40. b7 (40. b7 h5+ 41. Kg5 Nxe6+ 42. Kh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "VAM Hoogeveen op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "1998.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. h3 $5 O-O 11. Kg1 Nbd7 $5 ({Other options are:} 11...
Na6) (11... Qb6) (11... Qa5 $6) 12. Kh2 Qa5 $5 ({Other lines are:} 12... Qb6 $5
) (12... Nb6 $5) (12... Ra7 $6) (12... Ra6) 13. Re1 {[%cal Ge1e2,Ye2a2] -is
the best move.} ({Worse is:} 13. Be3) (13. Qc2) (13. Qe2) 13... Rfb8 {[%mdl 4]}
(13... Nb6 $5 14. Re2 Nfd7 15. Rc2 Nc4 16. Qe2 Qa6 17. Rb1 Rfb8 18. b3 Nce5 19.
Qxa6 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Rxa6 21. Bd2 $44 {0-1 Hjartarson,J-Vaganian,R/Oviedo 1992/
EXT 92 (44)}) 14. Re2 ({White has few options:} 14. Qc2) (14. Nd2) (14. Kg1)
14... Ne8 $5 ({Worse is:} 14... Rb4) (14... Ra7) (14... Rb7) 15. Rc2 $5 (15.
Qc2 $143 Nc7 16. Bd2 Qa6 17. Be1 Nb5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qc4
21. Qd2 f6 22. Rc1 Ra3 23. Rc2 Nb6 24. Qe3 Qa6 {1/2-1/2 Roeder,M-Nedobora,M/
Mondariz 1996/EXT 97 (24)}) 15... Nb6 $5 ({Was checked in the previous game:} 
15... Nc7 $2 16. Bg5 $1 (16. Bd2 $143 Na6 (16... Nb5 17. a4 (17. Nxb5 $6 Qxb5
18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Ra3 20. Qc1 Rba8 21. c4 Qa6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vosselman,
J-Felten,N/NLD-chT9495 1994/EXT 97 (29)}) 17... Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Ne5
20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Qd3 {+/=/+/-;1/2-1/2 Hort,V-Jimenez Zerquera,E/Palma de
Mallorca 1970/IZT (42)}) 17. a3 Rb3 18. Be1 Nc7 19. Nd2 Rb7 20. Nc4 Qa6 21. Qe2
Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5+ 23. g3 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Santos,C-Sorensen,J/Tunja
1989/TD 89\08 (37)}) 16... Kf8 17. Rac1 Nb5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. b3 Ra3 20. Re2
Qa6 21. Rcc2 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5+ 23. f4 Bg7 24. e5 $16 {1-0 Nenashev,A-Van der
Weide,K/Open, Groningen NED 1997 (32)}) (15... Qa6 $6 16. Bd2 $5 (16. Qe1 $143
Qd3 17. Qe2 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Nc7 19. Bg5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 f6 21. Be3 Ra4 22. Rc2 Kf7
23. Nd2 f5 $14 {1-0 Bartels,H-Berg,K/Copenhagen 1987/EXT 87op (41)}) 16... Ne5
17. Nxe5 Bxe5+ 18. f4 Bg7 19. Qf3 Rb4 20. Re1 Rd4 21. Re3 Rb4 22. b3 Nc7 23.
Ne2 Rb7 24. Bc3 Nb5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. f5 $16 {1-0 Nenashev,A-Georgiev,K/It,
Recklinghausen GER 1998 (40)}) (15... Rb7 $5 16. Bd2 Nc7 17. Rb1 Nb5 18. Nxb5
Qxb5 19. b3 Qd3 20. Bg5 Ne5 21. Nd2 f5 22. f4 Nf7 23. Nc4 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Nxg5
25. fxg5 fxe4 26. Re2 Bd4 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Gipslis,A/MK Cafe Cup, Koszalin
POL 1998 (26)}) 16. Qe2 Qa6 $1 {(N! Stohl.)} 17. Qxa6 (17. e5 $6 Nc7 $1 {
[%csl Rd5]} (17... Qxe2 $6 18. Rxe2 Nc7 19. exd6 exd6 20. Bf4 $14 {[%csl Rd6]})
18. Qe4 Qb7 $13) 17... Rxa6 18. Bg5 (18. b3 $2 f5 $1 {[%csl Rc3,Rd5,Re4,Gg7]
[%cal Gg7a1]}) 18... Na4 $5 $146 {From my point of view this novelty brings
black at least equality.} (18... Nc4 $5 19. Nd1 (19. Bxe7 $6 Rxb2 20. Rxb2 Nxb2
21. e5 Nd3 $15 {Blees,A-Greenfeld,A,Tel-Aviv 1988-CBM 07}) 19... Nxb2 (19...
Bxb2 $2 20. Nxb2 Nxb2 21. Rb1 Rab6 22. Bxe7 f6 23. Bd8 $16) 20. Rb1 Rab6 (20...
Rxa2 $2 21. Bc1 $1 $16) 21. Bxe7 Nxd1 22. Rxd1 f6 $15) 19. Nxa4 ({After:} 19.
e5 f6 $1 $132) 19... Rxa4 20. e5 (20. Bxe7 $2 f6 {(ץe7)} 21. e5 fxe5 $15 {
[%csl Rd5]}) 20... f6 $1 21. exf6 Nxf6 $1 (21... exf6 22. Bd2 Nc7 23. b3 Rxb3 (
23... Ra6 $6 24. b4 $1 $14) 24. axb3 Rxa1 25. b4 Nxd5 26. bxc5 dxc5 27. Rxc5
Ne7 {with equal endgame.}) 22. Re1 ({Can be recommended:} 22. Re2 $5 Nxd5 $1
23. Rd1 Nf4 24. Rxe7 Bf8 $1 $15) 22... Rxa2 ({Better is:} 22... Nxd5 $1 23. Rd2
$140 Nf6 24. Rxe7 Ne4 25. Re2 (25. b3 Nxd2 26. bxa4 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 $15) 25...
Nxg5 26. Nxg5 $15) 23. Rxe7 Nxd5 (23... Rbxb2 $2 24. Rxb2 Rxb2 25. Re6 Nxd5 26.
Rxd6 Nb6 27. Be3 $14) 24. Rd7 Raxb2 25. Rxb2 Bxb2 (25... Rxb2 $2 26. Rxd6 Nb6
27. Be3 $14) 26. Rxd6 Nb4 (26... Nb6 $6 27. Rc6 $14) 27. Bf4 $1 {Otherwise
white will have difficulties to equalize.} ({Badly:} 27. Rd7 {because of:} c4 {
[%csl Gc4][%cal Gc4c3]} 28. Rc7 c3 29. Bf6 $2 (29. g3 $5) 29... Nd5 30. Rg7+
Kf8 31. Ng5 c2 $1 (31... Nxf6 $2 32. Ne6+ Ke8 33. Nc7+ Kd8 34. Ne6+ $11) 32.
Ne6+ (32. Bxb2 Rxb2 33. Ne6+ Ke8 34. Nc7+ Kd8 35. Ne6+ Kc8 $19) 32... Ke8 33.
Nc7+ Nxc7 34. Bxb2 Ne6 $1 35. Rg8+ Nf8 36. Ba3 Kf7 {[%csl Rg8]} 37. Rh8 Kg7 $19
) 27... Rc8 ({Also equality,after:} 27... Rf8 28. Be3 (28. Bd2 $4 Rxf3 $1 $19 {
[%csl Rd6,Rh2][%cal Gb2e5]}) 28... Rc8 (28... Rxf3 $2 29. Rd8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+
Kxf8 31. Bxc5+ Kf7 32. Bxb4 $11) 29. Bd2 $5 {[%csl Rb4]}) 28. Be5 (28. Be5
Bxe5+ 29. Nxe5 Rc7 (29... c4 $143 30. Rd4 c3 31. Rxb4 c2 32. Nd3 c1=Q (32...
Rd8 $144 33. Rc4) 33. Nxc1 Rxc1 $11) 30. Nc4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv/Modiin"]
[Date "2000.12.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2000.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 d6 8. e4
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Nbd7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Kg2 O-O 12. Re1 Ra6 13. Re2 $5 (13. Qc2 Qa8
14. b3 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Rb1 d5 17. a4 Ng4 18. Nd1 c4 19. bxc4 Rxa4 20. cxd5
exd5 21. Qb3 Rc4 22. Qd3 Nc5 23. Qxd5+ Qxd5 24. exd5 Nd3 25. Bd2 Nxe1+ 26. Bxe1
Ne5 $11 {Van der Sterren,P-Riemersma,L/NLD-ch/1995/}) (13. Bf4 Qa8 14. Qd2 Rb8
15. Rad1 Ng4 16. Re2 Rb4 17. h3 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. b3 {1/2,Tichy,V-Borik,O/
CZE-chT/1995/} c4 $132) ({By far the most usual continuation is} 13. h3 Qa8 14.
Bg5 h6 15. Bd2 e6 16. dxe6 fxe6 $13) 13... Qa8 14. Bg5 (14. Bf4 h6 $5 15. Qd2 (
15. h3 $142) 15... g5 16. Be3 e6 $1 17. h4 Nxe4 $1 18. Nxe4 exd5 19. Nexg5 {
Gyimesi,Z-Solozhenkin,E/Matarushka Banya/1997/} d4 $5 20. Bf4 hxg5 21. hxg5 Ne5
22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Qd3 Re8 24. Qe4 d3 25. Re3 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 Rb8 $11) 14... h6
$146 {[%mdl 8]} (14... Rb8 15. Rc1 Kf8 $6 16. Rcc2 Ne8 17. Qd2 {White has
achieved the ideal setup.} Nc7 18. Bh6 e6 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. b3 Ne5 21. Nxe5
dxe5 22. Be3 Nd4 23. Nd5 Rd6 24. Rxc5 Nxe2 25. Qxe2 Kg8 26. Qc2 $16 {Dubinka,
I-Abramov,V/St Petersburg/1999/}) 15. Bxf6 $5 (15. Bd2 e6 $13 (15... Rb8 $44))
15... Bxf6 16. Qd2 Bg7 17. Rc1 {White has managed to stabilize his [+], but at
the cost of the important dark-sqaured B.} Rb6 (17... Rb8 $142 18. b3 Ra3 $132)
18. b3 Rb4 19. Rc2 (19. Na4 $5 $14 {[%cal Yd2d3,Ye2c2,Yf3d2,Yd2c4];Karpov,A 
(2765)-Gelfand,B (2700) Candidats FIDE f1 1995 (6) 1-0 /\Qd3, Rec2, Nd2-c4 A
similar regrouping was once successfully used by Karpov to contain Black's <<
play.}) 19... Nb6 20. Qd3 f5 $5 {A double-edged and risky break.} ({Solid, but
less enterprising was} 20... c4 21. bxc4 Nxc4 22. Nd1 Qa4 $44) 21. e5 (21. exf5
Bxc3 (21... Rxf5 22. Rxe7 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxd5+ Rxd5 25. Rce2 $16) 22.
Rxc3 Rxf5 $5 {/\} (22... Nxd5 23. Re6 Nxc3 (23... gxf5 24. Rc4 $40) 24. Rxg6+
Kf7 25. Qxc3 $44) 23. Rxe7 Nxd5 24. Re6 Kf7 $1 25. Rxd6 Nxc3 26. Qxc3 Rd4 $15)
21... g5 $1 22. exd6 exd6 23. Re7 (23. Re6 $5 g4 24. Rxd6 gxf3+ 25. Qxf3 $44)
23... Nc8 (23... g4 $142 24. Nh4 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Rd4 26. Qe3 Qxd5+ 27. f3 f4 $1
$13) 24. Re1 Nb6 25. Re7 Nc8 26. Re1 Nb6 27. Qe2 $5 Kh7 (27... Bxc3 $143 $6 28.
Qe6+ Kg7 29. Rxc3 g4 30. Nh4 Qxd5+ (30... Nxd5 $2 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Qxh6+ Kg8
33. Qg6+ Kh8 34. Kg1 $1 $18 Nxc3 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. Qg5+ Kh8 37. Ng6+) 31. Qxd5
Nxd5 32. Rd3 Rd4 33. Rxd4 cxd4 34. Re6 $16 {/\} Rf6 35. Rxd6 $1) 28. Qe6 Rf6
29. Qe8 Qxe8 30. Rxe8 Rf7 31. Re6 Rd7 32. Nd1 $5 (32. Nd2 Bxc3 33. Rxc3 Rd4 $11
) 32... f4 {Black prevents Ne3} (32... Nxd5 33. Rd2 Bd4 (33... Nb6 $6 34. Ne3
$1 c4 (34... f4 35. gxf4 gxf4 36. Nc2 Rb5 37. Rdxd6 $18) 35. Nxf5 $16) 34. a3 (
34. Ne3 Nc7 $1 $15) (34. Nxd4 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 cxd4 36. Kf1 Nc3 37. Nxc3 dxc3 38.
Ke2 Ra7 39. a4 Rb7 40. Kd3 Rxb3 41. Rxd6 Ra3 $11) 34... Rxb3 35. Nxd4 cxd4 36.
Rxd4 Rb5 37. a4 Ra5 38. h4 Kg7 39. h5 $36) 33. g4 (33. gxf4 $2 Nxd5 $36) 33...
Na8 (33... Nxd5 $5 34. Rd2 Bd4 (34... Nf6 35. Rdxd6 Rxd6 36. Rxd6 Nxg4 37. Rc6
$14) 35. Nxd4 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 cxd4 37. Kf3 Nc3 $132) 34. Ree2 Nc7 35. Nc3 Bxc3 $6
{Black unnecessarily forces matters.} (35... Kg6 36. h4 Bf6 $5 $14) 36. Rxc3
Nxd5 37. Rd3 Nf6 38. Re6 Kg7 39. Rexd6 (39. h3 d5 40. Ne5 Rdb7 $11) (39. h4 $5
gxh4 (39... Nxg4 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Rdxd6 Rxd6 42. Rxd6 c4 43. Rd4 $16) 40. Nxh4
Kf7 41. Rdxd6 Rxd6 42. Rxd6 Nxg4 {-39.Red6}) 39... Rxd6 40. Rxd6 Nxg4 41. h4
gxh4 42. Nxh4 Kf7 43. Nf5 $6 {[%mdl 256] Now active tactical defence saves tha
day for Black.} (43. Rd5 $142 $1 Rb5 (43... Rd4 44. Rxc5 Rd2 45. Rf5+ Ke6 46.
Rxf4 $18) (43... c4 44. Rf5+ Ke6 45. Rxf4 Ne5 46. Nf3 $18) 44. Rf5+ (44. Kf3
Ke6 45. Rh5 Nf6 46. Rxh6 Ra5 $16 {/+/=}) 44... Ke6 45. Rxf4 Ne5 $16) 43... h5
44. Rc6 (44. Rd5 f3+ $1 {/\} 45. Kxf3 Ke6 46. Rxc5 Ne5+ $11) 44... f3+ $1 45.
Kg3 (45. Kxf3 $4 Ne5+ $19) (45. Kf1 h4 $1 46. Rxc5 h3 $44) (45. Kg1 Rb8 46.
Rxc5 Rd8 47. Ne3 Rd2 48. Rxh5 Nxe3 49. fxe3 Rxa2 50. Rf5+ Ke6 51. Rxf3 Rb2 52.
e4 Ke5 $11) 45... Ne5 46. Rxc5 Rg4+ 47. Kh3 Nd3 $1 (47... Ke6 $6 48. Nh4 Nd3
49. Rxh5 Nxf2+ 50. Kh2 $16) 48. Nh6+ Ke6 49. Nxg4 (49. Rc6+ Kd5 50. Nxg4 hxg4+
51. Kxg4 Kxc6 52. Kxf3 Nc1 $11) 49... hxg4+ 50. Kxg4 Nxc5 51. Kxf3 Nd3 {
White doesn't have enough time to coordinate his forces and advance his P.} 52.
a3 Kd5 53. Ke3 Ne1 54. a4 Nc2+ 55. Kd3 Nb4+ 56. Kc3 Kc5 57. f3 Na2+ 58. Kd3
Nc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. Re1 Ra6 13. h3 (13. e5 dxe5 14.
Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Rd6 16. Qf3 e6 $1 17. dxe6 {1/2,Blazsik,Z-Pommerel,W/ICCF
email/1997/} fxe6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Qe4 Rxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qf6+ $11 {
Morgado}) 13... Qa8 14. Bf4 {Aimed against Black's plan with e6, which is
popular against the more usual moves} (14. Re2 e6 $132 {and}) (14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bd2 e6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Qc2 g5 18. a4 d5 19. e5 $5 d4 $2 (19... Nh7 $142 20.
Nb5 d4 21. Ra3 $14) 20. exf6 dxc3 21. Bxc3 Nxf6 22. Ra3 h5 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24.
Qe4 Qxe4 25. Rxe4 Rf8 26. Nxg5 Bxb2 27. Ra2 $18 {Shishkin,V-Averjanov,A/
Polanica Zdroj op/2001/}) 14... Rb8 {Tseshkovsky plays the typical Volga moves,
concentrating forces on the <<.} ({Another way to do this is used even more
often:} 14... Nb6 15. Qc2 (15. a4 $5 {deserves attention, although after} Rb8 {
play will probably transpose into the below note.}) 15... Na4 16. Nxa4 Rxa4 17.
a3 Rb8 (17... Qa6 18. Rad1 Rb8 19. e5 Ne8 20. Bg5 Kf8 21. Re4 Rxe4 22. Qxe4 f6
23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Qe6 Qc8 25. Qe2 Qf5 26. g4 Qd7 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Rd2 Rb3 $44
{Gurevich,M-Manor,I/EU-chT Haifa/1989/}) 18. Rad1 Ra6 (18... Nd7 19. e5 Ra6 20.
Qe2 (20. Rd2 Rab6 21. b4 Qxa3 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. exd6 exd6 24. Re3 {Ruck,
R-Turzo,A/Gyula/1998/} Qb4 $1 25. Rde2 Qb5 $11) 20... Nf8 21. Bg5 Ra7 22. Bc1
$14 {Porper,E-Manor,I/Tel Aviv/1991/}) 19. Bd2 Nd7 20. Bc3 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Rab6
22. Rd2 Rb3 23. Qc2 Rxb2 24. Qxb2 Rxb2 25. Rxb2 Qxa3 26. Rb7 Qa4 27. e5 dxe5
28. Nxe5 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Qd4 30. Rexe7 Qxd5+ 31. Kg1 c4 32. Rbc7 $11 {1/2,DuCret,
R-Nilsson,J/corr/1998/}) (14... Nh5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. b3 $5 (17. Qc1
Kh7 18. b3 f5 $13) 17... Bxc3 $6 (17... e6 $142 $1) 18. Bxc3 Rxa2 19. Qd3 Rxa1
20. Rxa1 Qb7 21. Qe3 Kh7 22. Bd2 Rh8 23. g4 Nf6 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Qf4 $16 {
Shneider,A-Bator,R/Koszalin op/1999/}) ({However, even against 15.Bf4 Black
can return to the plan with [+]<=> by playing} 14... h6 15. Qc2 (15. g4 Nb6 16.
Qc2 Nfd7 17. Rad1 Na4 18. Re2 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Ra3 20. c4 Rc3 21. Qd2 g5 {
Schoeppl,E-Fogarasi,T/Oberwart/2003/} 22. Be5 $1 Rxc4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. h4 $132
) 15... g5 16. Bd2 e6 17. Rad1 Nb6 $6 (17... exd5 $142 $13) 18. dxe6 fxe6 19.
Bxg5 $1 hxg5 20. Nxg5 Nbd7 21. Nxe6 Rc8 {Marchand,F-Guidarelli,L/Paris/2002/}
22. Nd5 $5 $40) 15. Qc2 Rb4 $146 {[%mdl 8] This novelty is not too impressive.
Although it forces a slight weakening of White's <<, he gains tempi to
consolidate his ranks.} (15... Nb6 $5 16. b3 (16. a4 Ne8 $5 {On c7 the N will
be better placed, if White after ...c4 returns the P with b4 as in Ruck's game.
} (16... Nfd7 17. b3 c4 18. b4 $1 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Rxa4 20. Rxa4 Qxa4 21. Nd4 Ra8
22. Nc6 e5 23. dxe6 Qxc6 24. exd7 Nxd7 25. Qd4 Ra6 26. Rc1 Ne5 27. Bxe5 dxe5
28. Qxc4 $16 {Ruck,R-Adontaki,E/Chania op/1998/}) 17. b3 Nc7 18. Rad1 (18. Nd2
$5) 18... c4 $1 19. bxc4 Nxc4 20. Nb5 Nxb5 21. Qxc4 $2 (21. axb5 Ra4 $11) 21...
Rxa4 22. Qc1 Nc3 $17 {Justi,L-Felgaer,R/Pan American ch-U18/1998/}) 16... c4 (
16... Rc8 17. a4 Ne8 18. Bd2 Nc7 19. h4 e6 20. dxe6 Nxe6 21. Qd1 d5 22. Rc1 d4
23. Nb5 c4 24. a5 c3 25. axb6 Rxb6 26. Nbxd4 Bxd4 27. Nxd4 cxd2 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8
29. Qxd2 Rd6 30. Qc2 $18 {Lugovoi,A-Murashko,V/St Petersburg/1997/}) 17. Rac1
Nfd7 18. Be3 Bxc3 $5 19. Qxc3 Rxa2 20. bxc4 Rc8 21. Bxb6 Nxb6 22. Qd4 Qa5 23.
e5 Qc5 24. exd6 exd6 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 26. Ng5 Rxc4 27. Rxc4 {1/2,Arlandi,
E-Liardet,F/Geneve/1999/} Nxc4 28. Re7 Nb6 29. Rxf7 Nxd5 30. Rxh7 Ne3+ 31. Kf3
Nd1 $132) 16. a3 Rb8 17. Rad1 Nb6 18. Bc1 Nfd7 (18... Nc4 19. Qe2 {leads
nowhere.}) 19. b3 $14 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Nb1 (21. f4 Bg7 22. e5 Qb7 $5 $132)
(21. h4 Nd7 $44 {[%csl Rb3] ><b3}) 21... Rc8 22. Nd2 Bg7 {Black retreats the B
to avoid lines as} (22... c4 23. b4 $5 c3 24. Nf3 $16) 23. h4 c4 $5 (23... h5
24. Nf3 {/\} c4 25. b4 c3 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Nc4 28. b5 Nxa3 29. Qb3 Ra5 30.
Rb4 $14) 24. h5 $1 (24. bxc4 Ra4 $44) (24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25. bxc4 Ra4 $132) (24. b4
c3 25. Nb1 Nc4 $13) 24... cxb3 25. Qxb3 Nd7 26. Nf3 Rc3 (26... gxh5 $2 27. Qe3
$40) (26... Rb6 27. Qe3 Rc3 28. Qg5 Bf6 29. Qg4 $14) 27. Qb5 Qc8 28. h6 Rb6 (
28... Rc5 $5 {[%cal Yg7c3] /\Bc3+/=}) 29. Qe2 Rc2 30. Qe3 Rc3 31. Rd3 (31. Qf4
Be5 $5 (31... Ne5 32. hxg7 $1 Nxf3 (32... Rxf3 33. Qh4 $16) 33. Re3 $36 (33.
Rh1 g5 $8 34. Qf5 Qxf5 35. exf5 $36))) 31... Rbb3 32. Rxc3 Rxc3 33. Qf4 $6 (33.
Qd2 $142 Rc2 (33... Bf6 34. Bb2 $16 {/\} Rc2 35. Rc1) (33... Ne5 34. Nxe5 Bxe5
35. Bb2 $1 $16) 34. Qd1 Bf6 35. Nd4 $1 $36) 33... Ne5 $1 34. Nxe5 $8 (34. Re3
Rxc1 35. hxg7 Qa6 $15) (34. hxg7 $2 Nd3 $17) 34... Bxe5 35. Qd2 (35. Qg5 f6 36.
Qd2 Bxg3 $1 37. Bb2 Be5 $11 {is similar to the game.}) 35... Bxg3 $1 {Exposes
White's K; already Korotylev has to be careful not to lose.} 36. Bb2 (36. fxg3
$2 Rc2 $17) 36... Be5 $1 {[%cal Rc8g4] /\Qg4} (36... Rc2 $2 37. Rc1 $1 Rxc1 38.
Qxc1 Qxc1 $8 39. Bxc1 $16 {_|_,o^a3}) 37. Bxc3 $8 Bxc3 38. Qe2 (38. Qc2 Qg4+
39. Kf1 Qh3+ 40. Ke2 Qg4+ $11 (40... Bxe1 41. Kxe1 Qxh6 $11)) 38... Bxe1 39.
Qxe1 Qg4+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kg2 Qg5+ (41... Qg4+ $11 42. Kf1 $6 Qh3+ 43. Ke2
Qxa3 44. Qb1 Qa8 $15) 42. Kh3 (42. Kf3 Qxh6 43. Kg2 $44 {-42.Kh3} (43. a4 Qh3+
$36 {[%csl Gh7] and the o^h7 can be dangerous.})) 42... Qxh6+ 43. Kg2 Qg5+ 44.
Kh3 Qh5+ 45. Kg2 Qg4+ 46. Kh2 {[%csl Ga3] White's o^a3 saves the day, it's
rapid advance will force Black to take a perpetual.} Qf3 47. a4 Qa3 48. Qa5 $1
(48. a5 $143 $2 Kf8 $15 {Here White can't improve his position and his Q
remains passive, while Black's K can march to the <<, or advance his >>P.})
48... Kg7 49. Qa7 Qb4 50. a5 (50. Qxe7 Qxa4 51. Qxd6 Qxe4 52. Qd8 {was perhaps
also possible, but the text is simpler.}) 50... Qxe4 51. a6 ({Black's last
winning attempt is} 51. a6 f5 {The simplest way to parry it is} 52. Qe3 $1 (52.
Qb7 f4 53. Qb2+ (53. a7 $2 f3 $1 54. a8=Q (54. Kg3 g5 $1 $19) 54... Qh4+ 55.
Kg1 Qg5+ $19) 53... Kf7 (53... Kh6 54. a7 Qxd5 55. Qb8 Qh5+ 56. Kg2 $14) 54.
Qh8 $1 $11) 52... Qh4+ 53. Kg2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skopje op 18th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2002.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosyrev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Stojanovski, Dejan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. Kg1 Nbd7 12. Kh2 Qa5 13. Re1 Rfb8 (13... Nb6
$5 {[%cal Yb6c4] /\Nc4<=>}) 14. Re2 {Before White can concentrate on his [+]
and >> play, he must overprotect his << to relieve the pressure against a2 and
b2. If Black plays well this is not so easy to achieve.} Rb4 {This is not new,
but possibly it's inaccurate.} (14... Ne8 $142 15. Rc2 (15. Qc2 Nc7 16. Bd2 Qa6
17. Be1 Nb5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qc4 21. Qd2 f6 22. Rc1 Ra3 23.
Rc2 Nb6 24. Qe3 Qa6 $44 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3] ><a2,c3,1/2,Roeder,M-Nedobora,M/
Mondariz/1996/}) {Black's best probably still remains} 15... Nb6 (15... Qa6 16.
Bd2 Qd3 $5 (16... Ne5 $2 17. Nxe5 Bxe5+ 18. f4 Bg7 19. Qf3 Rb4 20. Re1 Rd4 21.
Re3 Rb4 22. b3 Nc7 23. Ne2 Rb7 24. Bc3 Nb5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. f5 $1 $16 {
->,Graf,A-Georgiev,K/Recklinghausen/1998/}) 17. Be1 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Nc7 19. b3
Na6 20. Nb1 Ra7 21. Na3 Rf8 $5 22. Nc4 f5 23. Re2 fxe4 {1/2,Tosic,M-Georgiev,K/
Vrnjacka Banja/1998/} 24. Rxe4 Nf6 $132 {This game also shows the
characteristic trend in the A59 Volga lines-Black is often not afraid to enter
an _|_ a P down.}) 16. Qe2 Qa6 $1 17. Qe3 $5 (17. Bg5 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Bxc3 19.
bxc3 f6 20. Bc1 Nc4 21. Ne1 Kf7 22. Nd3 Nc7 23. f3 Ra4 24. Nf2 Ke8 25. Nd1 Kd7
$44 {Graf,A-Zueger,B/Geneve/1999/}) (17. e5 $6 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Nc4 $1 19. exd6
exd6 20. a4 Nc7 21. Re7 Bxc3 22. Rxc7 Bxb2 23. Bxb2 Rxb2 $15 {Ivanov,S-Sivokho,
S/St Petersburg/1999/}) 17... Nc4 (17... Na4 $5 18. Nd1 Nc7 $13) 18. Qe1 Nc7
19. b3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5+ 21. f4 Bg7 22. Bb2 Rb4 23. Rd1 Qb7 24. Ba1 $14 {
Wilhelmi,C-Mainka,R/Bad Woerishofen/2000/}) 15. Rb1 $1 $146 {[%cal Yb2b3][%mdl
12] /\b3 A clever, but logical novelty allows White to impelement his plan in
a model way-b3, followed by further << consolidation. The Pa2 will be
typically protected via the 2-nd rank-see also Graf's games in this line.} ({
Also quite good is} 15. Qc2 $5 Rab8 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. Bd2 Ne8 18. Ree1 Nc7 19. b3
R4b7 20. a4 Rb6 21. Bg5 Kf8 22. Nd2 Ne5 23. Re3 h6 24. Bh4 c4 25. f4 cxb3 26.
Rxb3 Rxb3 27. Nxb3 {Polak,T-Salmensuu,O/Elista olm/1998/} Nc4 $14) (15. a3 $143
Rb7 16. Rc2 Qa6 (16... Ne8 17. Bg5 Bxc3 $6 (17... Ne5 $5) 18. bxc3 f6 19. Bc1
Qa4 20. c4 $1 {Compared with the game Graf-Zueger Black doesn't get his N to
c4 and simply stays a P down for nothing.} Rb3 21. Qe2 Rab8 22. Ne1 $14 {
Moldobaev,E-Guner,B/Antalya/2002/}) 17. Rb1 Rab8 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20.
Qd2 Rb3 21. Re1 Kg7 $44 {Nikuljshin,K-Hudecek,J/Stare Mesto/1992/}) (15. Qe1
Ne8 (15... Qa6 $1 $132) 16. Nd1 Ra4 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. a3 Rb8 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20.
Nxc3 Ra6 {1/2,Kochetkov,G-Kasparov,S/BLR-ch Minsk/2000/} 21. Rd1 $14) (15. Kg1
Ne8 16. Qe1 Rab8 17. Nd1 Qa6 18. Bg5 $5 Bxb2 19. Nxb2 Rxb2 20. Rxb2 Rxb2 21. a4
f6 22. Bd2 Nc7 23. Qc1 Rb7 24. Qc2 {Sherbakov,R-Vuckovic,B/Belgrade/2000/} Nb6
$132) (15. b3 $2 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxa1 17. Bd2 Bg7 $17) 15... Rab8 (15... Qa6 16.
b3 (16. Bd2 $5 Qb7 17. Qc2 $14) 16... c4 17. Be3 cxb3 18. Bd4 $5 $14) 16. b3
Ne8 17. Bd2 Qa6 18. Rc1 {[%cal Yc3a4,Yd2c3] /\Na4,Bc3} (18. Na4 $2 Rxa4 $1 19.
bxa4 Rxb1 20. Qxb1 Qxe2 $19) 18... Ne5 (18... R4b7 19. Na4 $5 $14 {/+/-}) 19.
Nxe5 Bxe5+ 20. Kg1 Nf6 {><e4} 21. Qe1 Nh5 22. g3 $1 (22. Na4 $6 Nf4 23. Re3 Bd4
$132) 22... Bd4 {[%cal Rh5g3] /\Ng3} 23. Kg2 Rc8 $5 (23... R4b7 24. Na4 $16)
24. Na4 Rbb8 25. Bc3 {After careful prophylaxis White finally gets to swap
Black's active B.} (25. Rc4 Nf6 (25... e5 $5) 26. Bc3 Bxc3 27. Nxc3 Nd7 $14)
25... Bxc3 26. Nxc3 c4 {Black's only <=>, but now White defends his <<P by
playing in the [+].} 27. bxc4 Rxc4 28. e5 $1 {פh5} Rbc8 29. exd6 Qxd6 (29...
exd6 $142 $5 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxe8+ Kg7 32. Qe2 Qc8 $14 {<=>><d5}) 30. Rxe7
Nf6 31. Re3 $16 Nxd5 32. Re8+ Rxe8 33. Qxe8+ Qf8 (33... Kg7 $2 34. Ne4 Qc7 35.
Rxc4 Qxc4 36. Qxf7+ $1 Kxf7 37. Nd6+ $18) 34. Qxf8+ Kxf8 35. Ne2 Ra4 36. Rc8+
Ke7 37. Nc1 {White has good winning chances in the _|_, but it requires
patience and technique.} Ra3 38. Rc2 Ke6 (38... Nb4 39. Rb2 $16 {/\} Nd3 40.
Rb3 $1 Rxb3 41. Nxb3 $18) 39. Re2+ Kf5 (39... Kf6 $142) 40. Rb2 Rc3 41. Ne2 Ra3
42. Nd4+ Ke4 (42... Kf6 $142 $16) 43. Nb5 Ra6 44. Rd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2d5] /\Rd5+-}
Rb6 (44... Ra5 $2 45. Nd6+ {Black's K has wandered too far and he has problems
with the deserted >>P.}) 45. a4 Rc6 (45... Ke5 $142 $5 46. Re2+ Kf6 47. Ra2)
46. a5 $18 {[%csl Ga5] o^a Suddenly the passed pawn is really dangerous.} Rc5
47. Rb2 (47. Nd6+ $6 Ke5 48. Nxf7+ Kf6 49. Nd6 Rxa5 $14) 47... Rc6 (47... Nc7
48. Nxc7 Rxc7 49. a6 Ra7 50. Ra2 $18) 48. Rd2 Rc5 49. Rb2 (49. Re2+ $142 $1)
49... Rc6 50. Rd2 Rc5 51. Re2+ $1 Kd3 (51... Kf5 $4 52. Nd6+ {/\Ne4+-}) 52. Rb2
Rc6 53. Rb1 $1 f6 ({Similar to the game is} 53... Ra6 54. Rd1+ Kc4 55. Rxd5
Rxa5 56. Rd7 Rxb5 57. Rxf7 $18 {[%csl Rc4,Rh7] ׻,Kc4}) (53... Re6 54. Rd1+ Kc4
55. Rxd5 $18) (53... Nf6 54. Ra1 Kc4 55. a6 $18) (53... Ke4 54. Re1+ Kd3 55. a6
$1 Rxa6 56. Rd1+ $18) 54. a6 $1 Rxa6 55. Rd1+ Kc4 56. Rxd5 Ra5 $8 (56... Kxd5
57. Nc7+ $18) 57. Rd7 Rxb5 58. Rxh7 Rb6 59. h4 g5 60. hxg5 (60. hxg5 fxg5 61.
Rd7 $1 $18 {and White will transpose into a winning R_|_ with the f of go^
against the distant K.}) 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 73rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2004.08.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Tukhaev, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. Re1 Ng4 {Should Black try to
capitalize from White's omission of h3? This question is not fully resolved,
as the alternatives} (12... Ra6 {and}) (12... Qa5 {still remain viable.}) 13.
Qe2 (13. Nd2 Nge5 14. Qe2 Nb6 15. f4 Ned7 16. Nf3 $5 ({The main line is the
complex tactical} 16. a4 Ra7 17. a5 Qa8 $5 18. Qb5 Rb8 $44) 16... Na4 17. Nd1
Qb6 18. Rb1 Qa6 $1 19. Bd2 (19. Qc2 $5 Nab6 20. a3 Nc4 $132) 19... Rfb8 20. b3
c4 $1 21. Nf2 Nac5 22. bxc4 Qxa2 23. Rxb8+ Rxb8 $44 {Gurevich,M-Banikas,H/
Korinthos m act/2002/}) ({A nowadays mostly ignored, but playable and
interesting continuation is also} 13. Re2 $5 Qb6 (13... Qa5 14. Bg5 Rfe8 15.
Rc1 Nb6 16. h3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qd3 Qb4 19. a3 Qa5 20. Nd1 c4 21. Qd2 Qa6
22. Ne3 Bg7 23. Ng4 Nd7 24. Bh6 Bh8 25. Be3 Rab8 26. Bd4 $16 {Spassky,
B-Vaganian,R/Linares/1985/}) 14. Bg5 Rfe8 15. Qc2 Qa6 16. Rd1 Nb6 17. h3 Ne5
18. Ne1 Nec4 19. Bc1 Reb8 20. f4 Na3 21. Qd3 c4 22. Qf3 Nb5 23. e5 Nxc3 24.
bxc3 Qb7 25. Be3 Na4 26. Bd4 Nb2 27. Rb1 Rxa2 28. Nc2 $14 {Hernandez,R-Kallio,
H/Havana/2004/}) 13... Qa5 $5 ({The main difference between the text-move and
13.Nd2 is that now after} 13... Nge5 {White doesn't have to transpose into the
above line and can play the less committal and seemingly even objectively
stronger} 14. Nxe5 $5 Nxe5 15. f4 (15. Bf4 Qa5 $44) 15... Nd7 16. Bd2 Nb6 $142
(16... Qb6 17. b3 Rfb8 18. Rac1 Qb7 (18... Qa6 19. Na4 Nb6 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21.
Nxb6 Raxb6 22. Re2 Ra6 23. Rc2 Rba8 24. Be3 Kf8 25. g4 Ke8 26. Kf3 Kd7 27. h4
$16 {Genov,P-Kozhuharov,S/Plovdiv/2004/}) 19. Rc2 Nb6 20. h4 Qa6 21. Qf3 c4 22.
b4 Qc8 23. Bc1 Nd7 24. a3 Nf6 25. Bb2 e6 26. dxe6 Qxe6 27. Rce2 Qd7 28. e5 $1
$18 {Hjartarson,J-Zueger,B/Winterthur/1996/}) 17. b3 c4 18. Rac1 (18. Rab1 cxb3
19. axb3 Qb8 20. Na4 Rc8 21. Qd3 Nd7 22. Re2 Qb7 23. Be1 Qa6 24. Nb2 Qxd3 25.
Nxd3 Kf8 26. Nb4 Bc3 27. Nc6 Bxe1 28. Rbxe1 Nb6 29. Rc2 f5 $14 {Zagorskis,
D-Hansen,C/ICCF Email/2000/}) 18... Ra3 (18... cxb3 $14) (18... Qb8 $5 {/\} 19.
bxc4 Rc8 $14) 19. bxc4 Qc8 20. c5 $1 (20. Rc2 Qxc4 21. Qxc4 Nxc4 22. Nb1 Ra4
23. Rec1 Nxd2 24. Nxd2 f5 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Nc4 Rf8 $44 {[%csl Ra2,Rd5] <=>ק,
Livshits,R-Gurevich,D/Toronto/1998/}) 20... dxc5 21. Rc2 Qa8 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. e5
e6 {Horvath,P-Mensch,E/Budapest/2002/} 24. Rcb2 $1 $18) 14. Nd2 ({White can
fight for an advantage with} 14. Bg5 Rfb8 (14... Rfe8 15. Nd2 $1 Ngf6 16. Nc4
Qb4 17. Rac1 h6 18. Bd2 Qb7 19. b3 Ra6 20. Qf3 Nh7 21. Na4 Qa8 22. Bf4 g5 23.
Bd2 Nhf6 24. Bc3 g4 25. Qd3 e6 26. Ne3 h5 27. h3 Bh6 28. Rcd1 $16 {Lalic,
B-Aikhoje,O/BCF-ch Scarborough/1999/}) 15. Rab1 Qa6 16. Qd2 $5 Nge5 17. Nxe5
Nxe5 18. b3 {O'Dwyer,F-Ryan,J/Kilkenny op/1993/} c4 $5 $14 {/~~}) (14. Bd2 Rfb8
$44 {leads to a typical Volga position with reasonable compensation.}) 14...
Bxc3 15. Nc4 (15. Qxg4 Bxd2 16. Bxd2 Qxd2 17. Qxd7 Rfe8 18. b3 Kf8 19. a4 Reb8
20. Rad1 Qc2 21. e5 Rd8 22. Qc7 Rac8 23. Qb6 Rb8 24. Qc7 Rbc8 $11 {1/2,Ruether,
R-Buettner,F/CServe email/1998/}) 15... Qa6 (15... Qa4 $2 16. bxc3 Nge5 {
loses a clear tempo due to} 17. Nb2 $1 Qa6 18. f4 Qxe2+ 19. Rxe2 Ng4 20. h3 Nh6
21. g4 f6 22. e5 fxe5 23. fxe5 Kg7 24. exd6 {1-0,Vanderhallen,N-Van Gemert,R/
Vlissingen/2004/}) 16. bxc3 Nge5 $1 {As is often the case in the central Volga,
Black despite his minnus P himself aims for an _|_ to neutralize White's
possible -> chances in the [+] and on the >>.} (16... Ngf6 $143 $2 17. a4 Nb6
18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Bg5 Qb3 20. Bxf6 exf6 21. Qf3 Kg7 22. Reb1 Qc4 23. Rb6 Ra6
24. Rxa6 Qxa6 25. a5 $16 {Horvath,P-Hummel,M/Finkenstein/1998/}) 17. Nxe5 {
Now White can hardly claim an edge.} ({Hjartarson's recommendation} 17. Nb2
$142 $5 {hasn't been tested yet, but even here the issue after} c4 {or even} (
17... Nb6 $5 {isn't fully clear.})) 17... Nxe5 18. Bh6 (18. Qxa6 $143 Rxa6 19.
Bh6 (19. Bf4 Nd3 20. Reb1 f6 21. Rb7 Kf7 22. a4 g5 23. Be3 Rfa8 24. h4 g4 25.
Bf4 Rxa4 26. Rxa4 Rxa4 27. Bxd6 Rxe4 $15 {Ellenbroek,T-Knoppert,E/Enschede/
1995/}) 19... Rfa8 20. Reb1 Ng4 21. Bc1 Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Rxa2 23. Rb2 Rxb2 24.
Bxb2 Ne5 $11 {Becker,C-Burschowsky,M/AUT-ch U16/1997/}) 18... Qxe2 $146 {
[%mdl 8] Black tries to make it more difficult for White to occupy the <->b,
on the other hand even the alternative} (18... Rfb8 {seems playable:} 19. Qxa6
(19. a4 $2 Nd3 $17 {/\} 20. Red1 Nf4+ $1) 19... Rxa6 20. Reb1 (20. a4 Rba8 {
can transpose into the lines below after} 21. Reb1) 20... Rba8 (20... Rab6 $2
21. Rxb6 Rxb6 22. a4 f6 (22... Nc4 23. a5 Ra6 24. Rb1 $18) 23. Bc1 $1 Ra6 24.
a5 g5 (24... Nc4 25. Ra4 Nxa5 26. c4 Ra7 27. Ra3 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra5,Ra7]}) 25.
f4 gxf4 26. gxf4 Nd3 27. Bd2 Nb2 28. c4 $1 Nxc4 29. Bc3 Ne3+ 30. Kf3 Nc2 31.
Ra4 $18 {Danner,G-Van der Weide,K/St Poelten/2002/}) 21. Rb2 (21. Rb7 Ng4 22.
Bg5 f6 23. h3 Ne5 $1 $44) (21. a4 f6 22. a5 g5 $1 23. h4 $8 Nf7 24. hxg5 fxg5
25. Rh1 Rxa5 $11) 21... f6 22. Bd2 Ra3 23. Rc2 Kf7 24. Bc1 R3a4 25. Re2 R8a7
26. h4 h5 27. Bf4 Nd3 28. Bh6 Rc4 29. Bd2 Ra3 30. Re3 Ne5 $44 {/=/+,Krallmann,
M-Kopylov,M/Dortmund/1999/}) 19. Rxe2 Rfb8 {[%cal Gb8b1]} 20. a4 Nc4 (20... Ra5
$5 $44) 21. a5 $5 {[%cal Ra1a4][%mdl 512] /\Ra4 White decides to act before
Black sets up a blockade with f6 and Ra5. By sacrificing his extra o^ he
activates his forces and increases his pressure, Black's K will be in a tight
spot.} Rxa5 $8 (21... Ra6 22. Ra4 Nb2 23. Ra2 Nc4 24. e5 $1 $36 {/\} dxe5 25.
Re4 $16) 22. Rxa5 Nxa5 23. e5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] [+]} Nc4 $8 (23... dxe5 $2 24.
Rxe5 Rb7 25. d6 $1 $18) 24. e6 $5 (24. exd6 exd6 $5 $11 (24... Nxd6 25. Bg5 f6
26. Bf4 Kf7 27. Re6 Rb3 $132)) (24. Bg5 Nxe5 25. Bxe7 Nc4 26. Bf6 Nb6 27. Rb2
Kf8 $11) 24... Ra8 (24... fxe6 25. dxe6 $36 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Re2e4,Re4f4] עg8,
/\Re4-f4} (25. Rxe6 Kf7 26. Re4 Ne5 $11)) 25. Re1 Nb6 26. Rd1 Rd8 {Now
untangling will not be so easy, Black could have gone for active <=> with} (
26... Na4 $5 27. c4 (27. Ra1 Nb6 28. Rd1 Na4 $11) (27. Bd2 c4 $5 $11) 27... Nb6
28. Rc1 Ra4 29. Rb1 Rb4 30. Ra1 Ra4 $11) 27. h4 Na8 $6 {Too passive.} (27...
Na4 $142 {was still possible.}) 28. Rb1 $1 {[%mdl 256] Now Black must defend
with care.} Nc7 29. c4 (29. exf7+ Kxf7 30. c4 e6 31. Rb7 Rd7 $11) 29... fxe6
30. Rb7 Rc8 31. dxe6 Nxe6 32. Rxe7 $36 Nd4 33. Rg7+ Kh8 34. Rd7 Kg8 35. g4 $6 (
35. Rxd6 $4 Nf5 $17) (35. Bf4 $1 Nc6 36. Bxd6 Na5 37. Be5 Nxc4 38. Rg7+ (38.
Bc3 $5 $36) 38... Kf8 39. Rxh7 $14 {and compared with the game White has an
extra tempo and more winning chances.}) 35... Nc6 $1 36. f4 (36. Bf4 Na5 $11 {
is already a move too late.} (36... Ne5 37. Bxe5 dxe5 38. Rd5 $14)) (36. Rxd6
Ne5 $11) 36... Na5 37. Rxd6 Nxc4 38. Rd7 Nb6 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Rb7 (40. f5 $2
gxf5 {/\} 41. gxf5 Rc6 $19) 40... Nd5 41. Bg7+ Kg8 42. Be5 c4 43. Rg7+ Kf8 44.
Rxh7 {[%cal Rh7h8] /\Rh8} Rc6 $1 $44 {[%csl Gc4] <=>o^c4} 45. Rd7 Nf6 46. Rd6 (
46. Bxf6 Rxf6 47. Kf3 Rc6 48. Rd2 c3 49. Rc2 Rc4 $11) (46. Rd8+ Ke7 $11) 46...
Rxd6 47. Bxd6+ Kf7 48. Kf3 $8 c3 49. Ba3 Ke6 50. Bc1 c2 51. Bb2 (51. g5 Nh5 $11
) 51... Nd5 52. h5 {The last attempt in this _|_, otherwise White can't make
any progress.} (52. Ke4 Nf6+ $11 {leads nowhere.}) (52. Bc1 Nf6 $11) 52... gxh5
53. f5+ (53. gxh5 Kf5 54. h6 (54. Bc1 Nf6 $11) 54... Nxf4 55. h7 Ng6 $11) 53...
Kf7 54. gxh5 Kg8 55. Bc1 (55. Ke4 Nf6+ $1 {[%cal Rf6h5] /\Nh5=}) 55... Kh7 56.
Kg4 Nf6+ 57. Kh4 Ne4 58. h6 Nd6 59. Kg5 Nf7+ 60. Kh5 Nd6 61. f6 Nf7 $11 {
[%csl Gc2] White has no way to break the blockade, the o^c2 is too strong.} 62.
Bf4 Ne5 63. Bd2 Nf7 64. Bc1 Ne5 65. Kg5 Nf7+ 66. Kf5 (66. Kh5 Ne5 {/\Nf7=})
66... Nxh6+ 67. Ke6 Kg6 68. Bxh6 Kxh6 69. f7 c1=Q 70. f8=Q+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. Nge2 {A rare system, championed by Shulman and Akobian. White's N
usually goes to f3 to support play in the [+] with e5, here the idea is mainly
prophylaxis. By protecting the Nc3 White intends to avoid any problems on the /
^a1-h8, quietly finish his development and proceed with any active plans like
f4 only in due time.} Bg7 10. h3 (10. g3 {weakens the >> and doesn't fit so
well into White's plans, already Benko himself pinpointed it's drawbacks:} O-O
11. Kg2 Qb6 12. Rb1 Na6 13. b3 Nc7 14. f3 $6 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Qc6 17.
Qd2 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Bf4 d4 20. Na4 Nfd5 21. Rhf1 Ne6 22. Rf2 d3 $1 $19 {
Gross,R-Benko,P/Aspen/1968/}) 10... O-O 11. Kg1 Nbd7 (11... Qb6 12. Rb1 Nbd7
13. Kh2 Rfb8 14. Qc2 Ne8 $5 (14... Qa6 15. Rd1 c4 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Be3 Rb7 18.
Qd2 Nfd7 19. b4 $5 Nd3 $2 (19... cxb3 $142 $14) 20. Nc2 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Rab8 22.
a3 f6 23. Nd4 Ra8 24. a4 $18 {Shulman,Y-Friedel,J/Philadelphia/2001/}) (14...
Ne5 15. b3 (15. Rd1 Nc4 16. Na4 Qb4 17. Nec3 Rxa4 $5 18. a3 Qb3 19. Qxb3 Rxb3
20. Nxa4 Nxe4 21. Be3 f5 22. Rbc1 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Bh6 $44 {Shulman,Y-Vescovi,G/
WChJ Halle/1995/}) 15... c4 16. Be3 Qb4 17. bxc4 Qxc4 18. Rxb8+ Rxb8 19. Rb1
Rc8 20. Qb3 $5 Qd3 21. Qb7 Rxc3 22. Nxc3 h5 23. Rc1 $16 {Shereshevski,M-Alburt,
L/Tbilisi/1974/}) 15. Bg5 Nc7 16. Rhd1 Na6 17. Qd2 Nb4 18. b3 Ra3 19. Na4 Qa6
20. Nec3 Bxc3 21. Nxc3 f6 $11 {Shulman,Y-Fominyh,A/Minsk/1995/}) 12. Kh2 Qa5 (
12... Qb6 {-11...Qb6}) (12... Ne8 13. Rb1 Nc7 14. Qc2 f5 $5 15. exf5 (15. Be3
$142 $14) 15... Rxf5 16. Ng3 Rf7 17. Rd1 Nb6 18. Nge4 Qc8 19. Be3 Nc4 20. Bg5
Qf5 21. Qe2 Nxb2 $1 22. Rxb2 Bxc3 23. Nxc3 Qxg5 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Rd5] ><d5,a2,
Van den Bersselaar,J-Ganguly,S/Gibraltar/2006/}) 13. Qc2 ({Akobian prefers the
slow} 13. Rf1 {, but this doesn't seem too flexible - the R can go to other
squares as well.} Rfb8 14. Qc2 Qa6 (14... Ne8 15. b3 Qa6 16. Bg5 Nc7 17. Rab1
Rb4 18. f3 Kf8 19. Qd2 Bh8 20. f4 Re8 21. Rbe1 Kg8 22. e5 dxe5 23. Bxe7 $1 e4
24. d6 Ne6 25. Nd5 Qd3 26. Rd1 Qxd2 27. Rxd2 Rb7 28. f5 Be5+ 29. Kh1 Nd4 30. f6
$16 {Akobian,V-Leon Hoyos,M/Merida/2005/}) 15. Rd1 {see move 13!} e6 $6 (15...
Ne5 $132) 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Kg1 Rb4 18. Rb1 Ne5 19. Nf4 Kf7 20. b3 Rd4 21. Be3
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Ne8 23. a4 Nc6 24. Nb5 Nd4 25. Qc4 $40 {Akobian,V-Martinez,L/
Las Vegas/2005/}) 13... Nb6 $146 {[%mdl 8] The N aims for a4, but one of the
pluses of White's set-up is the Nc3 is well protected and can't be removed so
easily. The typical Volga move} (13... Rfb8 {seems more to the point:} 14. Rd1
Rb4 15. Rb1 Rab8 16. Bd2 Qa6 17. f3 (17. b3 $142) 17... Ne5 18. b3 Rc8 19. Be1
(19. f4 $5 $14) 19... Nh5 20. a4 c4 21. bxc4 Rbxc4 $44 22. Qb3 $2 Rxc3 $1 23.
Nxc3 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Qf1 $1 {0-1,Gligoric,S-Nyback,T/Stockholm op/2003/}) 14.
Rd1 {On move 17 White will move this R again, so this doesn't seem ideal.} ({
In a later round Shulman tried to improve White's play with the useful move} 
14. Rb1 $5 {However, let's not forget this was already the rapid playoff and
the tension was extremely high.} Na4 15. Bd2 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Rfb8 17. Rhe1 (17.
b3 $142 $1 $14) 17... Nd7 18. Bg5 (18. b3 {resembles the game, but with the R
already on b1 Black has} Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Qxa2 $13) 18... Kf8 19. Qd2 Bxc3 $5 20.
bxc3 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Qxa2 22. Rb2 Qc4 23. Rb7 Ke8 $13 24. Qf4 $2 Qxc3 25. Qh4 h5
26. Be3 Qe5+ 27. g3 Ra4 $19 {Shulman,Y-Khalifman,A/Khanty Mansiysk/2005/})
14... Na4 15. Bd2 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Rfb8 17. Re1 (17. b3 Qa6 {- this can transpose
into the game, as} 18. a4 Ne8 $132 {is not so clear.}) 17... Nd7 18. b3 Qa6 (
18... c4 $5 19. bxc4 Qc5 $132) 19. Rab1 Ne5 {[%cal Ya6d3,Ye5d3] /\Nd3,Qd3} 20.
Re3 c4 21. Kg1 $1 $14 {White has managed to coordinate his forces and
safeguard his extra P. However, converting his minimal material advantage is
still very difficult, as Black's pieces remain very active right into the _|_
- also a typical trait of the Volga.} (21. b4 Nd3 22. b5 Qa3 $44) 21... cxb3 ({
Black could have still kept the tension with} 21... Rc8 $5 $14 {/<=>}) 22. axb3
Rc8 23. Qd1 Rab8 (23... Nd3 24. Ne2 (24. Qe2 Bxc3 25. Rxd3 Qa2 $14) 24... Rab8
$14) 24. Ne2 Qb6 {This allows White's B to the long diagonal and leads to
simplification.} (24... Nd3 $142 $1 {/\} 25. Bc3 Bxc3 26. Qxd3 Qxd3 27. Rxd3
Bf6 $14 {/<=>}) 25. Bc3 Nc4 26. Rd3 Ne5 27. Rg3 $1 {Shulman already doesn't
want to exchange his B for the black N as in the above note.} h5 28. Bd4 Qb4
29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 {[%cal Rc1a1,Rf2f4] /\Qa1,f4} Nf3+ {Black prefers
further exchanges before he will be forced into more serious concessions.} 31.
Rxf3 Bxd4 32. Nxd4 Qxd4 33. Qf4 $14 {/+/-} Rf8 (33... f6 $2 34. Qh6 Qxe4 35.
Re3 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 $40) 34. Kh2 (34. g3 $5 {saves time.}) 34... Kg7 35. g3 f6 36.
Qe3 {[%mdl 4096] White can't make progress without getting rid of Black's
active Q, Khalifman for the time being avoids the R_|_.} Qd1 (36... Qb4 $5) 37.
Qd3 Qe1 38. Kg2 Ra8 39. Re3 Qc1 40. Qc3 $1 Ra1 {Black at least activates his R,
as keeping the Q is dubious:} (40... Qb1 $143 41. Re1 Qa2 42. b4 $16) 41. Qxc1
Rxc1 42. Rd3 Rb1 43. Rc3 f5 $5 {Black must get some <=>.} (43... g5 44. g4 $16
{[%cal Yg2f3,Yf3e3,Ye3d4] /\Kf3-e3-d4}) 44. exf5 gxf5 {[%cal Rb1d1] /\Rd1} 45.
Rd3 Kf6 46. f4 Rb2+ (46... e6 $1 47. dxe6 Kxe6 $14) 47. Kf3 h4 $6 (47... e6
$142 48. dxe6 Kxe6 49. Ke3 d5 50. Kd4 Kd6 {was still more resilient despite
the lost tempo.}) 48. gxh4 Kg6 49. Ke3 Kh5 50. Kd4 Rf2 (50... Kxh4 51. Kc3 Rf2
52. b4 Rxf4 53. b5 Rf1 54. Kb2 $5 (54. b6 Rb1 55. Rd4+ Kxh3 56. Rb4 Rc1+ 57.
Kb3 Rc8 58. Ka4 Kg3 59. Kb5 f4 60. b7 Rb8 61. Kc6 f3 62. Kc7 Rxb7+ 63. Rxb7 f2
64. Rb1 Kg2 65. Kd7 $18) 54... Rf2+ 55. Ka3 Rg2 56. b6 Rg8 57. Ka4 $18) 51. b4
Rxf4+ 52. Kc3 Rf1 53. b5 $6 $138 (53. Kb2 $1 Rf2+ 54. Ka3 {/\b5,Rb3}) 53... f4
$2 $138 (53... Rb1 $1 54. Kc4 Kxh4 55. Rf3 Kg5 $132 {/\} 56. Rb3 Rxb3 57. Kxb3
f4 58. b6 (58. Kc2 Kh4 $1 $11) 58... f3 59. b7 f2 60. b8=Q f1=Q 61. Qg8+ Kh6
$11) 54. Kc2 $1 Ra1 (54... f3 55. b6 f2 56. Rf3 $18) 55. b6 Ra8 56. Rb3 Kxh4
57. Kd2 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf4] Now Black's R is passive and White converts his
advantage by first annihilating the o^f4.} Rb8 58. Ke2 Rb7 59. Kf3 Kg5 (59...
Kxh3 60. Kxf4+ Kh4 61. Kf5 $22 Rb8 62. b7 $18) 60. Ke4 $22 f3 61. Kxf3 Kf5 62.
Ke3 Ke5 63. Rb5 e6 64. dxe6+ Kxe6 65. Kd4 Kd7 (65... d5 66. Kc5 $18) 66. Kd5
Kc8 67. Kc6 d5 (67... Rh7 68. Rg5 Rh8 69. b7+ Kb8 70. Ra5 $18 {This line shows
the Pd6 hampers Black and he tries to get rid off it, but it's too late.}) 68.
Ra5 1-0

