[Event "Vojvodina-ch 6th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2015.07.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radovanovic, Nikola"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2015.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 (7... Qe8
{I have had some games with this move on both sides of the board after which}
8. Re1 {makes sens due to the pawn sac.} Qf7 9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nc6 $13) 8.
Re1 $6 Na6 $1 9. Rb1 {If White could not have pushed e4 so why the rook has
moved there?} (9. e4 $2 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 e5 (11... Bf5 12. Re1 e5
$40) 12. dxe5 dxe5 $40) 9... Nc7 10. b4 Be6 11. Qd3 Ne4 $5 $146 (11... d5 12.
c5 Ne4 {is also OK for Black.}) (11... b5 $5 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. Nxb5 Nxb5 14.
Qxb5 Bxa2 $11) 12. Ng5 d5 (12... Nxg5 13. Bxg5 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. b5) 13. c5
(13. Nxe6 $142 Nxe6 14. e3 N6g5 $40) 13... Bc8 $1 14. Nf3 a5 15. a3 axb4 16.
axb4 (16. Rxb4 Na6 $17) 16... f4 $1 $17 {Black already took the control in the
game.} 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. gxf4 Ra3 19. Rbc1 Bf5 {I was in between the text} ({
and} 19... Nb5 $142 20. Nxb5 Rxd3 21. exd3 Nf6 22. Nc3 (22. Na7 $5 Bd7 23. b5
Nh5 (23... cxb5 24. Ne5) 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Rb1 Nxf4 26. Rb7 $132) 22... Nh5 23.
Ne2 Qf8 $40) 20. Nh4 Nxc3 21. Nxf5 N3b5 22. Qb1 (22. Qd2 gxf5 23. e3) (22.
Nxe7+ $2 Qxe7 23. Qd2 Nxd4 $19 {get sthe critical central pawn.}) 22... gxf5
23. e3 $15 e6 24. Qb2 Ra8 $1 {I rightfully thought to keep the rook.} (24...
Qa8 25. Ra1 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 {makes the defence easier.}) 25. Ra1 Rb8 26. Kh1 Kf7
27. Bf3 Bf6 28. Rg1 Qh8 29. Qd2 Ke7 30. Be2 $15 Rg8 $5 {Could not make the
presence of my rook useful.} 31. Rxg8 Qxg8 32. Bd3 Kd7 33. Be2 Qf8 34. Bd3 Qh6
35. Bf1 Qh5 36. Be2 Qh4 37. Bf1 Bg7 38. Bd3 Qh3 39. Bf1 Qf3+ 40. Bg2 Qh5 41.
Bf1 Bf6 42. Be2 Qh6 43. Ra2 $11 {Cautious!} (43. Bf1 Nxd4 $5 44. exd4 e5 45.
Ra3 e4 46. b5 $1 cxb5 47. f3 $1 {is very sharp.}) 43... Bh4 44. Bf1 Ke7 45. Bd3
Qg7 46. Bf1 Bf6 47. Be2 Kd7 (47... Nxd4 $5 48. exd4 Bxd4 49. Bd3 Qg4 (49... Bc3
50. Qe3 Bxb4 51. Bxf5 $13) 50. Ra7 $11) 48. Bf1 {He could have exchanged a
pair of light figures to get into the 8th.} (48. Bxb5 $5 Nxb5 49. Ra8 Bd8 $11)
48... h5 (48... Nxd4 49. exd4 Bxd4 50. Ra3 $132) 49. Be2 h4 $1 (49... Nxd4 50.
exd4 Bxd4 51. Bxh5 Bc3 52. Qe3 Bxb4 $13) 50. h3 Qh8 $2 {Having control of the
g3-square thus depriving White from Ra3-g3 I should have finally sacrificed
the knight for 2 pawns.} (50... Nxd4 $142 $5 51. exd4 Bxd4 52. Bd3 Bc3 53. Qe2
(53. Qc2 Bxb4 54. Ra4 Qc3 55. Qxc3 Bxc3 56. Kg2) 53... Bxb4 (53... Qd4 54. Qh5
$1) 54. Rc2 $17) 51. Kg2 Ke7 52. Kh1 Qe8 53. Ra5 Qb8 54. Ra2 $2 {I insisted on
not playing Nd4 and he did the same with Bb5, so the duel continues.} (54. Bxb5
$5 Nxb5 (54... cxb5 $5 $11) 55. Qa2 Nc7 56. Ra7 b5 57. Qa5 Kd7 58. Qb6 Qc8 $11)
54... Kd7 (54... b6 55. Bxb5 Nxb5 56. Ra6 $11) 55. Bd3 Be7 (55... b6 56. Ra4
bxc5 57. bxc5 $13) 56. Qc2 Na6 57. Qb3 (57. Bxb5 Nxb4 58. Bxc6+ Nxc6 (58...
bxc6 $2 59. Qb1) 59. Qe2 $11) 57... Bd8 58. Ra1 (58. Bf1 Nxd4) 58... Nxd4 $2 {
Finally I have broke the statusquo in mutual time trouble.It turned out to be
a total bluff.} 59. Qb2 $5 {One of the two options but maybe not the best one.}
(59. Qc3 $1 Bf6 60. Bxa6 bxa6 (60... Ke7 $2 61. exd4 Qxf4 62. Qe3 $18) 61. Rd1
(61. Rxa6 Qb5 62. Ra7+ Ke8 63. Kg2 Nf3 64. Qxf6 Ne1+ $11) 61... e5 62. exd4 (
62. fxe5 $2 Nb5) 62... e4 63. Qd2 Qb5 $44) (59. exd4 $2 Qxf4 60. Kg2 Qxd4 61.
Ra4 Nc7 $17) 59... Bf6 60. b5 $2 $138 (60. Bxa6 Ke7 61. exd4 Qxf4 62. Qe2 bxa6
63. Qe3 (63. Re1 Qe4+) 63... Qe4+ 64. Qxe4 fxe4 65. Rxa6 Kd7 66. Ra7+ Kd8 67.
Kg2 Bxd4 68. f3 exf3+ 69. Kxf3 e5 $16) 60... Nxc5 61. exd4 Nxd3 62. bxc6+ Kc7
63. Qd2 Bxd4 64. Rb1 Nxf2+ 65. Kh2 Qg8 66. Rb3 $2 {After a lot of forced moves
he missed a beautiful stalemate.} (66. Rxb7+ $1 Kxc6 67. Qc2+ Kxb7 68. Qc6+ $1
$11) {I think everybody else in the whole saw the winning move except me.}
66... Bc5 $2 (66... Nd3 $1 $19) 67. cxb7 Ne4 68. Qa5+ Kd7 69. b8=N+ $2 {
This underpromotion sends him again on the losing side!} (69. Qa4+ Ke7 70. Qa1
Bd6 (70... Qb8 71. Qg7+ Kd8 72. Qg8+ Kc7 73. Qxe6 Nd6 74. Qxd5 Nxb7 75. Rxb7+
Qxb7 76. Qxc5+ $11) 71. b8=Q Bxb8 72. Rb7+ Kd6 73. Qa6+ Kc5 74. Qb6+ Kc4 75.
Qb3+ Kd4 76. Rb4+ Kc5 77. Rb5+ $11) 69... Ke8 70. Qa4+ Kf7 71. Rb7+ Be7 $2 ({
I have seen but I have forgotten} 71... Kg6 $1 72. Qa1 (72. Nd7 Kh6 $19) 72...
Kh6 73. Rb3 Bd6 $19) 72. Qa3 $1 $11 Qg3+ $6 (72... Nd6 $1 73. Rxe7+ (73. Qxd6
Qg3+ $11) 73... Kxe7 74. Nc6+ Kd7 75. Ne5+ Ke7 76. Nc6+ $11) 73. Qxg3 hxg3+ 74.
Kg2 Ke8 75. Nc6 Bd6 76. Nd4 (76. Ne5 d4 $44) 76... Nc5 77. Rb6 Bxf4 78. Nxe6 {
Now it is a draw.} (78. Rc6 Be3 (78... Nd3 79. Rxe6+ Kf7) 79. Nxe6 Ne4 $13)
78... Nxe6 79. Rxe6+ Kf7 80. Ra6 d4 81. h4 Be5 $1 82. Kf3 f4 83. Ra5 (83. h5 d3
84. Ra3 d2 85. Rd3 Bc3 $11) (83. Ke4 g2 84. Ra1 d3 85. Rd1 d2 86. Kf3 Kg6 87.
Kxg2 Kh5 88. Kh3 Bc3 $11) 83... Ke6 $1 $11 {I only had to find this move at
the 6th hour of play.} 84. h5 (84. Ke4 Bd6 85. Kxd4 f3 86. Ke3 g2 87. Rg5 Bf4+
88. Kxf3 Bxg5 89. Kxg2 $11) 84... d3 85. Ra3 d2 86. Rd3 Bc3 87. h6 Kf7 88. h7
Kg7 89. Rd7+ Kh8 90. Kg2 (90. Kg2 Bb4 $11 (90... Bg7 91. Rxd2 Kxh7 $11))
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Na6
9. Bb2 Qc7 10. d5 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. e3 {A new and passive but solid move.} (
12. Ng5 {has been seen a few times.}) 12... Rad8 13. Ne2 Rfe8 14. Nf4 Bc8 15.
Rc1 Nc5 16. b4 Nce4 17. b5 Nc5 18. Qc2 Nfe4 19. Bd4 {Both sides have well
placed pieces. With the lack of attackable weaknesses it is somewhat awkward
to remaneuver.} Qf7 20. Rfd1 Bd7 21. Qb2 Bf8 22. h4 h6 23. Bxc5 {Grandmasters
never trade a bishop for a knight lightly. In this case Kasimdzhanov thought
that it would be the best way to open up lines against the d6 and c6 pawns.
However Nakamura's position remains very strong.} Nxc5 24. Qa3 Ne4 25. Qa5 (25.
Qxa7 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 {starts to look very risky.}) 25... g5 26. bxc6 Bxc6 27.
Nd5 b6 28. Qa3 Bg7 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Nd4 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Bxd4 32. exd4 f4 33. Rc2
Re7 34. Re2 Nf6 35. Rxe7 Qxe7 36. gxf4 Nh5 {A relatively strange time to agree
to a draw. Black's attack is annoying but it won't crash through, while White
doesn't seem to have a good way to repel it.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vrsac"]
[Site "Vrsac"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1989.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 d6 7. Nc3 Na6 8. Rb1 (
8. b3 c6 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. Rc1 Qe8 {Davies,N-Vasiukov,E/Vrsac/1989/  ->}) 8... c6
9. d5 Qe8 10. b3 Bd7 11. Bb2 Rc8 {11...Nc7} 12. Nd4 Qf7 13. e3 Nc5 14. Nde2 g5
15. f4 Qh5 16. Nd4 Qh6 17. Nf3 gxf4 18. exf4 Ng4 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. b4 $6 (20. h3
Nf6 21. Ng5 $13) 20... Bxc3 $1 21. Bxc3 Ne4 22. Ba1 cxd5 23. cxd5 Rc4 24. Bf1
Rcc8 25. Qd4 a6 26. Rbc1 Ngf6 27. Bb2 Bb5 28. Bg2 Qh5 29. Nd2 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 $2
(30. Bxc1 Ng4 (30... Rc8 31. Bxe4) 31. h3 Ngf2 32. Nxe4 Nxe4 33. Bxe4 fxe4 34.
Bb2) 30... Qe2 $1 31. Nxe4 fxe4 32. Bf1 Qh5 33. Bg2 Bd3 34. Re1 Rc8 35. h3 Rc2
36. g4 Qh4 $138 {-+} 0-1

[Event "Linares 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b3 Qc7
9. Ba3 {verhindert 9...e5} a5 10. Rc1 Na6 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Rfe1 Nb4 13. Bb2 e5
$6 14. a3 Na6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nb5 $1 cxb5 17. cxb5 Nc5 18. Bxe5 Qb6 19. Bxf6
Bxf6 20. Qd5+ Ne6 (20... Be6 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Rxc5 Bxb3 23. Ne5 b6 24. Bxa8
bxc5 25. Nd7 Rxa8 26. Nxf6+ Kf7 27. Nd7 Rc8 28. b6 Bd5 29. Rb1 Bb7 30. Rc1 c4
31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Ne5+ Ke6 33. Nxc4 $18) 21. Qxd7 Rad8 22. Rc6 $1 Rxd7 (22...
bxc6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Ne5 Rde8 25. Qxc6 $16) (22... Qxc6 23. bxc6 Rxd7 24.
cxd7 Nc5 25. Rd1 Nxb3 26. Ne5 Rd8 27. Bxb7 Bxe5 28. Bd5+ Kf8 29. Bxb3 $16) 23.
Rxb6 Nc5 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Ne4 26. e3 Kf7 27. h4 Rb8 28. Rc1 Ke7 29. Nd4 Kf7
30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. Ne6 Bd8 32. Ng5+ Bxg5 33. hxg5 Re8 34. Rc4 Kg7 35. Kg2 Rf7
36. Rd6 h6 37. gxh6+ Kxh6 38. b6 Re5 39. Rc7 Rf8 40. Rxb7 Ref5 41. Rd2 Rb5 42.
Rd4 1-0

[Event "Berliner Sommer 15th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Renner, Christoph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Chuchelov,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e5
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qd3 Re8 $5 {An interesting continuation. Black's idea is to
meet 11.Bf4 with 11..Ne4(12.Ne4??fe13.Qe4Bf5-+)} (10... Na6 11. Bf4 (11. Ng5
Re8 (11... Qe7 12. Bf4 Rad8 13. Rad1 (13. Qe3 Nc5 14. b4 Ng4 15. Qc1 Nd7 16. h3
Nge5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Rc8 19. Ne6 Rfe8 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Rd1
$14 {1/2-1/2 Southam,D-Palatnik,S/Philadelphia World op 1992 (40)}) 13... Ng4 (
13... Nh5 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Nxf4 16. gxf4 h6 17. Ne6 Nc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19.
Qb3 cxd5 20. Bxd5+ {1/2-1/2 Dobosz,H-Dybowski,J/Naleczow 1985}) 14. Nxe6 (14.
Nd5 Qe8 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. b3 Ne5 17. Qc2 Kh8 18. Nc3 Nc5 $13) 14... Qxe6 15. b3
Nc5 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. Bc1 h5 18. h3 Ne5 19. e4 Qf6 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Ne2 h4 22.
Nf4 hxg3 23. fxg3 Bh8 24. Be3 (24. Ne2 $140 $14 {-d4}) 24... a5 25. Bd2 a4 26.
Ba5 axb3 27. axb3 Rd7 28. Bc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Zhidkov,V-Kholmov,R/URS-ch40 Baku
1972 (65)}) (11... Qd7 12. Bf4 Rad8 13. Rad1 Ne8 14. b3 Nc5 15. Qd2 a5 16. Rfe1
Bf6 17. e4 Qg7 18. Na4 Bc8 19. Qxa5 Nxa4 20. bxa4 $16 {1-0 Padevsky,
N-Borngaesser,R/Pula zt 1975 (43)}) (11... Bc8 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Qxd6 (13. Rad1
Nxf4 14. gxf4 h6 15. Nf3 Rf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Garcia Palermo,C-Ivkov,B/Havana
Capablanca-mem-A 1986 (23)}) 13... Nxf4 14. Qxf4 h6 15. Nf3 g5 16. Qc1 Be6 17.
Rd1 Qe7 18. h4 f4 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Ne4 fxg3 (20... Bf5 21. Nfxg5 fxg3 22. Nxg3
Qe5 23. Nf3 Qxb2 24. Nxf5 Qxa1 25. Ne7+ Kf7 26. Qd2 Rad8 27. Nd5 Qb2 28. Qf4+
Bf6 29. Qf5 Rg8 30. Rb1 {1-0 Naumkin,I-Yilmaz,T/Moscow Tal 1992}) 21. Nxg3 g4
22. Nd4 Bd7 23. e4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Nc5 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 Qf6 27. Rxg4+ Kf7
28. Rg6 Qd4 29. Qg5 $16 {1-0 Dukhov,A-Yilmaz,T/Moscow Tal 1992 (43)}) (11...
Nc5 12. Nxe6 Nxe6 13. b3 Qe7 14. Ba3 Nc5 15. Qc2 Ng4 16. Rad1 a5 17. Qd2 Rad8
18. Na4 $5 Rfe8 19. Qxa5 Nxa4 20. Qxa4 Qxe2 $13 {1-0 Kozul,Z-Kovacevic,V/
JUG-ch Novi Sad 1985 (45)}) 12. Rd1 (12. Bf4 Qb6 (12... Ng4 13. Nxe6 Rxe6 14.
e4 Nc5 15. Qc2 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Qb6 $36 {Wittwer,M-Bernstein,D/
EUchT-qual Luzern 1982/1/2-1/2 (57)}) 13. b3 {+/= Smejkal,J-Lutikov,A/Leipzig
1977}) (12. Nxe6 Rxe6 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. Bd2 Nc5 15. Qc2 Qa6 16. b3 Nfe4 17. Nxe4
Nxe4 18. Rad1 Nxd2 19. Rxd2 Qa3 20. e3 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bernstein,D-Kaiszauri,K/
Skara EUchT 1980 (23)}) 12... Nc5 13. Nxe6 Rxe6 14. Qc2 Nfe4 $6 (14... Qe7 $1
15. Bd2 (15. Be3 $2 Rxe3 $1 $17) 15... Nfe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bb4 $13) 15. Nxe4
Nxe4 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Bd4 $1 $14 {~~ Grivas,E-Palatnik,S/Iraklion 1992}) 11...
Qa5 (11... Qb6) (11... Ne8 $5 12. Ng5 $1 (12. Rad1 $6 Nb4 13. Qe3 Bxc4 {
0-1 Breutigam,M-Rakic,T/Delmenhorst 1987 (32)}) (12. b3 $6 Nc5 (12... Qf6 13.
Rac1 d5 14. cxd5 Nb4 15. Qd2 Nxd5 16. Be5 Qe7 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. Nd4 Nxc3 19.
Rxc3 Bf7 20. Rd1 a5 21. Rd3 Nh5 $11 {0-1 Neverov,V-Malaniuk,V/URS-sf
Ukraine-ch Kherson 1989 (40)}) 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Rad1 a5 15. Nd4 Bf7 16. Rfe1 Ne4
17. Nxe4 fxe4 $13 {0-1 Titlianov,Y-Kasjanov,V/URS-chT 1988 (38)}) 12... Bc8 $5
(12... Nc5 13. Nxe6 Nxe6 14. Bd2 Qe7 15. Rad1 (15. b4 $5 $14) 15... Rd8 (15...
Nc5 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. e3 Rfe8 18. b4 Nce4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bc1 a5 21. b5 Rac8
$11 22. Qd3 Red8 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Ba3 Qe6 25. Rc1 Kh8 26. Rfd1 h5 27. Rc2 Bf6
28. Bb2 $14 {1-0 Gausel,E-Silseth,S/Gausdal Int 1992 (48)}) 16. Be3 a6 17. Bb6
Rd7 18. f4 Nf6 19. b4 $16 {1-0 Gabriel,C-Schwekendiek,U/Bad Woerishofen op
1992 (29)}) 13. Rad1 (13. Rfd1 h6 14. Nf3 Be6 15. Qe3 Bxc4 16. Bxh6 Bxh6 17.
Qxh6 Qf6 18. Ng5 Qg7 19. Qh4 Bf7 $14 {1-0 Keene,R-Wirthensohn,H/Hannover 1976 
(36)}) 13... h6 14. Nf3 Be6 15. Be5 (15. Bxd6 Nxd6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Bxc4
$15) (15. b3 $14) 15... Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qf6 17. Nf3 Nb4 18. Qe3 Bxc4 19. a3 Nd5
20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxh6 $13 {~~ Obukhov,A-Kharlov,A/URS 1990}) (11... d5 12. Ng5
Nc5 (12... Bf7 13. Nxf7 Rxf7 14. cxd5 Nb4 15. Qc4 Nbxd5 16. Rad1 Rd7 17. Be5
Kh8 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. Bxd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Drasko,M-Rakic,T/
JUG-chT 1993 (37)}) 13. Qc2 d4 14. Na4 Nfd7 15. Rad1 Qe7 (15... h6 16. Nxc5
Nxc5 17. Nf3 g5 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Rxd8 Bxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Raxd8 22. h4
$16 {1-0 Andersson,U-Tatai,S/Dortmund 1978 (29)}) 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. b4 Nd7 18.
e3 dxe3 (18... Nb6 19. c5 Nd5 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Bd6 dxe3 22. Bxf8 e2 23. Rfe1
exd1=Q 24. Qxd1 Qf7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. Qd4+ $16 {1-0 Muco,
F-Yilmaz,T/Novi Sad olm ALB-TRK 1990 (54)}) 19. Rfe1 {+/- Andersson,U-Marovic,
D/Banjaluka 1979}) (11... Ne4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Qxe4 Bf5 (13... Nc5 14. Qe3 (
14. Qc2 Bf5 15. Qd2 Ne4 (15... Qb6 16. Nd4 Ne4 17. Bxe4 Bxd4 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19.
e3 Be5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Rad1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Beil,Z-Dybowski,J/TCH-chT 1993 (40)}
) 16. Qb4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Rad1 (18. Nh4 Bxb2 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Rad1 {
1/2-1/2 Kaabi,M-Barbero,G/Dubai olm 1986}) 18... Rxa2 19. Nd4 Rxb2 20. Bxe4
Bxe4 21. Ne6 Re8 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. f3 Bf5 24. e4 Bh3 25. Rf2 Rb4 $13 {1/2-1/2
Yrjola,J-Barbero,G/Mendoza u-26 tt 1985 (42)}) 14... Bxc4 15. Rad1 Re8 16. Qc1
Bxe2 17. Rxd6 Qa5 18. Bd2 (18. Be3 Ne4 19. Rd7 Qf5 20. Rxg7+ Kxg7 21. Nd4 Qh5
22. Nxe2 Qxe2 23. Re1 Qh5 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Bh6+ Qxh6 26. Qc3+ Kg8 27. Rxe4 Qf8
28. Qe3 Qf6 29. Re7 b6 30. Qb3+ Kh8 31. Re6 Qf7 32. Qc3+ Kg8 33. Rxc6 $16 {
Cebalo,M-Kovacevic,V/Zagreb Vukovar 1993/1/2-1/2 (58)}) 18... Qb5 19. Nd4 Qd3
20. Be3 Ne4 21. Rd7 c5 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Nxe2 Qxe2 24. Re1 Qh5 25. Bxe4 Rxe4
26. Bh6+ Qxh6 27. Qxh6+ Kxh6 28. Rxe4 Rg8 29. Kf1 Rg7 30. Ke2 Rd7 31. h4 Kg7
32. Re5 b6 33. Re6 Kf7 34. Rc6 Ke7 35. h5 Kf7 36. hxg6+ hxg6 37. f4 Kg7 38. Ke3
Kf7 39. b3 Kg7 40. Ke4 Kf7 41. Kf3 Re7 42. Kg4 Rd7 43. Kh4 {Yusupov,A-Barbero,
G/Mendoza 1985/1-0 (54)}) 14. Qe3 Bxb2 (14... Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bxd6 Rfe8
17. Ba3 Nc5 (17... Rxe2 18. Rfe1 Rae8 19. Bf1 Rxe1 20. Nxe1 Rd8 21. Rc1 Nc5 22.
h3 h5 23. Nf3 Bf6 24. Re1 Kf7 25. Kg2 Na4 26. Ne5+ Kg7 27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Bb1
29. b3 Nc3 30. Bb2 Nd1 31. Nxc6 bxc6 32. Re7+ Kf8 33. Bxf6 $18 {1-0 Umezinwa,
G-Beckman,T/New York op 1994 (38)}) 18. Rad1 (18. Rac1 $6 Na4 $36 {1/2-1/2
Olivier,P-Brault/FRA-chT 1989 (23)}) 18... Rxe2 19. Nd4 $16) 15. Rad1 Re8 16.
Qd2 Qf6 17. e3 Ba3 18. Nd4 Bb4 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. h4 Nc7 21. Qb2 c5 22. Qb3 a5 23.
Nc2 a4 24. Qd3 Bc3 25. Bxd6 Na6 26. Bxb7 Ra7 27. Be5 Qxe5 28. Qxd7 $16 {
time 1-0 Vukic,M-Kaiszauri,K/Skara EUchT 1980}) (11... Re8 12. Bxd6 Ne4 13. Be5
Nac5 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rfc1 Nd2 17. b3 Ndxb3 18. axb3 Nxb3 19.
c5 Bc4 20. e3 Nxa1 21. Rxa1 Rd3 22. Ra3 Red8 23. Nd4 a6 24. Bf1 {1-0 Petursson,
M-Barillaro,L/Reykjavik op 1994}) 12. Bxd6 (12. Ng5 Rfe8 (12... Nc5 $2 13. Qb1
$1 (13. Qxd6 Bxc4 14. Qd4 Bf7 15. b4 Qa3 16. Qxc5 Nd7 17. Qe7 Bxc3 18. Qxd7
Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Qxb4 20. Rd1 Qb2 21. e4 fxe4 22. Bh3 e3 23. Bxe3 {1-0 Bergstrom,
C-Gravaeus/SWE-ch 1981}) 13... Bxc4 14. b4 Qa3 15. bxc5 Qxc3 16. Rc1 Qd4 17.
Be3 $18) 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. a3 Ng4 15. Nxe6 $8 Rxe6 16. h3 Ne5 17. Qc2 Rde8 (
17... Nxc4 18. Qb3 d5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Rxd5 $1 Rxd5 21. Qxc4 $18) 18. e4 $1
Qc5 $2 (18... Nxc4 19. Qb3 Nxb2 20. Qxb2 Bxc3 21. Qxb7 fxe4 22. Qxc6 $16) (
18... Nf7 $5) 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Be3 Qxc4 21. Qxf5 $16 {1-0 Adianto,U-Yilmaz,T/
Novi Sad olm 1990 (40)}) 12... Rfd8 13. Rad1 Ne8 (13... Bf7 $6 14. Ng5 Ne8 15.
Nxf7 Kxf7 16. c5 Nxc5 17. Bd5+ $1 $16 Ne6 18. Bxe6+ Kxe6 19. Qc4+ Kf6 20. Bc5
Qc7 21. Bd4+ Ke7 22. Bxg7 Nxg7 23. Nd5+ Rxd5 24. Rxd5 $16) 14. Qe3 Bxc4 15. Be5
Nf6 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Rd1 $14) (10... Ng4 11. b3 $5 (11. Ng5 Qe7 $6 (11... Ne5
12. Nxe6 Qe7 13. Qc2 Qxe6 14. b3 Na6) 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. cxd5 c5 14. Ne6 Re8 15.
e4 (15. Nxg7 Kxg7 16. Bd2 $5 Qxe2 17. Qc3+ Nf6 18. Rfe1 Qb5 19. Bf4 $14) 15...
fxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qh4 Na6 18. Bd2 Nc7 19. Rae1 Qf7 20. Ng5 (20. Nxg7 Qxg7
21. Bc3 $16) 20... Qf8 21. Bh3 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 $13 {Ostenstad,B-Gretarsson,H/
Gausdal TM 1992/1-0 (69)}) 11... Na6 12. Bf4 $5 (12. Bb2 Nc5 13. Qc2 (13. Qd2)
13... Qe7 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Nd4 Bf7 16. e3 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 {Line Novikov,
I-Kalinichev,S/Berlin 1991} (17. Rfe1 Nf6 $10)) 12... Nc5 13. Qd2 (13. Qxd6 $2
Bxc3 14. Qxc5 Bxa1 15. Rxa1 Qb6 $17) 13... Qa5 (13... Ne4 $2 14. Nxe4 fxe4 $8
15. Ng5 Bf5 16. Rad1 $16) 14. Rac1 Rad8 15. Bg5 $14 (15. Rfd1 $2 Nxf2 16. Kxf2
Bxc3 $17) 15... Rd7 16. Nd4 $14) (10... Nbd7 11. Bf4 (11. Ng5 Ne5 12. Nxe6 Qe7
13. Qc2 Qxe6 14. b3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Ba3 e3 17. f3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Rxf3 19.
exf3 e2 20. Rfe1 Bxa1 21. Qxe2 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 d5 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Re7 Rc8 25.
Rxb7 Rc2 26. Rd7 Rxa2 27. Bc5 Rd2 28. Bxa7 Rb2 29. Rxd5 Rxb3 30. Kg2 $14 {
Spassov,L-Jahr,U/Copenhagen op 1981/1-0 (53)}) 11... Nb6 12. b3 Ne4 13. Nd4
Nxc3 14. Nxe6 Qe7 15. Bd2 Qxe6 16. Bxc3 Rae8 (16... Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Nd7 18. Rad1
Nc5 19. e3 Qe5 20. Qc2 a5 21. Rd4 Rad8 22. Rfd1 Rf6 23. Qd2 $14 {Meduna,
E-Palatnik,S/Trnava 1987/0-1 (60)}) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. e3 Rf6 19. Rad1 Qe5 20.
Rd2 Nd7 21. Rfd1 Nc5 22. Qc2 Ne4 23. Rd4 Ng5 24. Qd2 Nf7 25. b4 Qe7 26. Qc3 Kg8
27. Qa3 a6 28. b5 axb5 29. cxb5 d5 30. Qb3 Nd6 31. a4 Nc4 32. Ra1 Qd8 33. Qc3
Na5 34. Rb1 Rd6 35. bxc6 bxc6 36. Qc5 Rd7 37. Rdb4 Qa8 38. h4 Rc8 39. h5 Nc4
40. h6 Rdc7 41. Rxc4 dxc4 42. Bf1 Rd7 43. Bxc4+ Rd5 44. Qe7 {1-0 Uhlmann,
W-Zwaig,A/Halle 1967}) (10... Kh8 $6 {Chuchelov,V} 11. Bf4 Ne8 (11... Re8 $2
12. Ng5 Bg8 13. Rad1 Na6 14. Bxd6 Qb6 15. b3 Rad8 16. Na4 Qa5 17. Qd2 Qxd2 18.
Rxd2 $16 {1-0 Jaster,R-Jaeger,U/DDR-chJ U18 1981 (45)}) (11... d5 12. Ng5 Bg8
13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rfd1 Nc6 15. Qb5 $16 {1-0 Shvedchikov,A-Alieva,E/Moscow op
Russian Winter 1991 (43)}) 12. Ng5 Bg8 13. e4 (13. Rad1 Na6 14. b3 $14 {
Chuchelov}) 13... Na6 14. Rad1 Nc5 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. Rfe1 fxe4 17. Ncxe4 Nxe4 18.
Bxe4 Rd8 $13 {1-0 Huebner,R-Akvist,H/Oslo CI 1974 (57)}) (10... h6 $6 {
Chuchelov,V} 11. Bf4 d5 12. Rad1 Na6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Be5 Nac7 15. e4 fxe4 16.
Qxe4 Bf7 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. Qd4 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Qf6 20. f4 Rad8 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. Ng4
Ne6 23. Qe5 Kf8 24. Qh8+ Bg8 25. Nxh6 $18 {1-0 Amado,C-Tempone,M/Buenos Aires
1983 (37)}) 11. Ng5 Nbd7 12. b3 $146 Nc5 13. Qc2 Bd7 (13... Qe7 $5 14. Bb2 Rad8
$13) 14. Bf4 {White tries to exploit a weakness on d6 immediately,but in a
long term it gives blakc sufficient conterplay. Deserved attention} (14. Bb2
Qe7 15. Rad1 {With a complicated play.}) 14... Nh5 $1 15. Bxd6 Na6 (15... Nxb3
16. Qxb3 $1 Qxg5 17. Rac1 $16) 16. Bf4 $8 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Qa5 $8 18. Rac1 (18.
Rad1 Qxc3 19. Qxc3 Bxc3 20. Rxd7 Nc5 21. Rxh7 Rxe2 22. Rh6 Kg7 23. Rh7+ Kg8 24.
Rh6 $11) 18... Nb4 19. Qd2 (19. Qb2 $6 Nxa2 20. Qxa2 Bxc3 21. Qxa5 Bxa5 22. e3
Bb4) 19... Rad8 (19... Nxa2 $2 20. b4 $18) 20. Rfd1 Bc8 (20... h6 $1 21. Nd5
hxg5 $8 (21... cxd5 22. Bxd5+ Kf8 23. Nh7+ Ke7 24. Qe3+ Kd6 25. Bf7+ Kc7 26.
Bxe8 Rxe8 27. Rxd7+ Kxd7 28. Rd1+ Nd5 29. Qg3 $16) 22. Nxb4 gxf4 23. Nd3 Qxd2
24. Rxd2 Be6 $15) 21. Nd5 $1 {After this blow white is gaining decisive
advantage.} cxd5 22. Bxd5+ Rxd5 23. cxd5 Rd8 24. Rc4 (24. d6 Bd7 $5) 24... h6 (
24... Nc6 25. Qxa5 Nxa5 26. Rc7 $18) 25. Rdc1 $1 Bd7 26. Qxb4 Qxb4 27. Rxb4
hxg5 28. Rxb7 Bd4 (28... Bf6 29. fxg5 Bxg5 30. Rcc7 Be8 31. Rxa7 $16) 29. fxg5
Kf8 30. e3 Bb6 31. a4 Be8 32. h4 Rxd5 33. Rc8 $18 Re5 34. h5 f4 35. exf4 Re1+
36. Kg2 gxh5 37. f5 Re2 38. f6 Rxf2+ 39. Kg3 Rf5 40. Re7 1-0

[Event "Ostrava"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Danner, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 Bd7
9. Rb1 Na6 10. b4 Rc8 11. dxc6 (11. Be3 $5 cxd5 (11... Ng4 $5) 12. Nxd5 b6 13.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 14. Qd3 Nb8 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nc6 17. c5 $1 bxc5 18. bxc5 Nd8 19.
c6 $1 $16 {Schwarz-Buecker/BL 9192}) 11... Bxc6 (11... bxc6 $5) 12. Qb3 (12. c5
$5 e6 13. Ng5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qd7 15. Qb3 d5 16. Rd1 b6 17. Qa4 h6 18. Qxd7 Nxd7
19. Nxe6 Bxc3 20. Nxf8 Nxf8 21. Bxh6 d4 $13 {Rashkovsky-Popov/St.Petersburg/
1994}) 12... Kh8 13. Be3 b6 14. Nd5 Nc7 (14... Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bb5 16. Nd4 Bc4
17. Qa3 $16) 15. Nd4 Bd7 (15... Bxd5 $2 16. cxd5 Ng4 17. Nc6 $16) 16. b5 $1 {
><c6} Ng4 (16... e6 17. Nxf6 (17. Nb4 $5 $16) 17... Qxf6 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. bxc6
e5 20. Qa3 f4 21. Bd2 Ra8 22. Bb4 $16) (16... e5 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. bxc6 Ng4 19.
Qa3 Nxe3 20. Nxe3 f4 21. Nd5 $16) 17. Nb4 (17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. bxc6 e6 19. Nxc7
Qxc7 {/\Ne5} 20. Bf4 $2 e5 21. Bd2 e4 $17) 17... Ne6 18. Nxe6 (18. Ndc6 $5 Bxc6
19. Nxc6 (19. bxc6 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Nd4 21. Rfd1 e5 $13) 19... Qd7 20. Bd5 (20.
Bd2 Nd4 $10 21. Qd3 $2 Ne5 $1 22. Nxe5 dxe5 $17) 20... Nxe3 (20... Nc5 $2 21.
Bxc5 dxc5 22. Rbd1 Qc7 23. Be6 $18) 21. Qxe3 Nc5 22. Qxe7 Qxe7 23. Nxe7 Rce8
24. Nc6 Rxe2 $10) 18... Bxe6 19. Nc6 Qd7 20. Bd5 (20. Bg5 Rfe8 21. Bd5 h6 22.
Bd2 Bg8 $14) 20... Bg8 21. Bxg8 Rxg8 {/\Ne5} 22. Bf4 $14 h6 23. f3 Nf6 24. Rbd1
Kh7 25. Qd3 Rc7 26. Rfe1 (26. e4 fxe4 27. fxe4 Qh3 $132) 26... Qe6 27. e4 (27.
Kg2 $1 $14 {>=} Nd7 $6 28. e4 Nc5 29. Qd5 fxe4 30. fxe4 $16 {/\e5}) 27... fxe4
28. fxe4 Ng4 $132 (28... Qh3 29. e5 Ng4 30. Rd2 dxe5 31. Nxe5 Nxe5 32. Bxe5
Bxe5 33. Rxe5 $14) 29. Qd5 Qc8 30. Qd3 (30. Kg2 $6 g5 31. Bd2 Ne5) (30. h3 $2
Nf6 $17) 30... Rf8 31. Re2 (31. h3 $2 e5 32. hxg4 exf4 $36) 31... Qe6 32. Qd5
Qf7 33. Qxf7 Rxf7 34. h3 Ne5 35. Bxe5 Bxe5 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. Rd3 Bf6 $6 (37...
Rf8 $1 38. Ra3 (38. Nxe5 dxe5 $10) 38... a5 $10) 38. Nd8 (38. Ra3 $1 Rf8 (38...
e6 39. Rd2 Be5 40. Ra6 $16 {/\Rd3-a3}) 39. Rxa7 (39. Ra6 Rfc8 {/\ Rc6}) 39...
Rxa7 40. Nxa7 Ra8 41. Nc6 Ra4 42. Rc2 $16) 38... Rxc4 39. Nxf7 Kxf7 40. Ra3 Rc7
41. Rd2 Ke6 $14 42. Kf3 h5 43. Rdd3 Be5 44. Ra4 Bc3 45. Kf4 Kf6 46. g4 e5+ 47.
Kf3 Ke6 (47... Bd4 $5 48. gxh5 gxh5 49. Rda3 Kg5 50. Rxa7 Rc2 51. Rg7+ Kh4 52.
Rg2 Rc7 $44) 48. gxh5 gxh5 49. Ke2 h4 50. Kf3 Bd4 51. Kg4 Bf2 52. Rda3 Rf7 53.
Rf3 Rg7+ 54. Kh5 Be1 55. Rc4 Rg2 $132 56. a3 Rd2 {><e4} 57. Rc7 Re2 58. Rc6 Bf2
59. Kg6 Bc5 60. Rf6+ Kd7 61. Kf5 Rf2+ 62. Kg5 Re2 63. Rf7+ Ke6 64. Rf6+ Kd7 65.
Rf7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Haguenau"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalonnais Echiquier"]
[BlackTeam "Strasbourg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. d4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qc2 {
Not the main move. Just an improvement over the board!} (8. d5 $5) (8. b3 $5) (
8. Qb3 $5) 8... Na6 9. Bd2 $5 (9. a3 {is main here.}) 9... Qc7 (9... Qe8 $5)
10. e4 e5 11. c5 $1 {Giving a sharp and very interesting position.} exd4 (11...
dxc5 $6 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Qb3+ $16) 12. cxd6 Qd8 (12... Qd7 {seemed to me
better, and for example after} 13. e5 dxc3 14. exf6 cxd2 15. fxg7 Rf6 $1 {
Black should escape problems.}) 13. e5 $1 dxc3 14. Bg5 cxb2 (14... h6 15. exf6
Bxf6 16. Bxh6 $40) 15. Rad1 $6 (15. Qc4+ $1 Kh8 16. Rab1 {would give White a
big advantage. But I considered my move 15.Rad1 to be winning.}) 15... Be6 16.
Nd4 (16. Rfe1 $2 Bd5 17. Nd4 Qb6 $17) 16... Qd7 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 (18.
Nxe6 $5 Qxe6 19. Rfe1 Qf7 (19... Qxa2 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 $2 21. Qc3 $18) 20. Bxf6
Qxf6 21. Qb3+ Kh8 22. Re6 Qg7 23. Re7 Qf6 24. Qa3 $1 Rab8 (24... Rad8 $2 25.
Rxb7 $18) 25. Rb1 $40) 18... Rxf6 19. Qxb2 Raf8 20. Rfe1 Nc5 {All those forced
moves were precisely what I calculated while playing 15.Rad1; but here for
some reason, I had seen many things as clearly better for White, but none of
them is clear at all! The logical move 21.Nxe6 was best.} (20... Bd5 $2 21. Re7
Qxd6 22. Qxb7 $18) 21. Qa3 $6 (21. Qb4 Na6 $1 (21... Ne4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Nxe6
Rxe6 24. Rxe4 $14)) (21. Nxe6 Rxe6 (21... Nxe6 22. a4 $40) 22. Qd4 Ne4 23. Bxe4
fxe4 24. Rxe4 $14) 21... Ne4 22. f3 Ng5 23. Nxe6 (23. Qe3 {was my initial
intention, but after} f4 {Black is doing very well.}) 23... Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Qxe6
25. Qxa7 Qe2 26. Qa4 Qe3+ (26... Nxf3+ $4 27. Bxf3 Qxf3 28. Qc4+ Kg7 29. Re1
$18) 27. Kh1 Rd8 28. Qc4+ $2 $138 (28. d7 {should hold a draw. But suddenly I
am the one suffering both on time and on the position.}) 28... Qe6 (28... Kf8
$5) 29. Qb4 Nf7 (29... Rd7 $1 {would create more problems.}) 30. Re1 $2 (30.
Qxb7 Rxd6 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Qb2+ $11) 30... Qxa2 31. Qxb7 Rxd6 (31... Qd2 $142)
32. f4 Qd2 $6 (32... Qf2 $142) 33. Re8+ $1 Kg7 34. h4 $1 {Now White holds.} Rd7
(34... Qc3 35. Re7 $11) 35. Qxc6 Nh6 36. Qc5 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Ng4+ 38. Kh3 Kh6 39.
Re7 $1 Rd2 (39... Nf2+ 40. Kh2 $11) 40. Rxh7+ Kxh7 41. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chB playoff"]
[Site "Ayamonte"]
[Date "2002.10.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Herraiz Hidalgo, Herminio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 Qe8 8. d5 (
8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Na6) 8... Na6 9. c4 Bd7 10. Nc3 c6 11. Nd4 Nc7 12. Rc1 {
Letting black to play c5, however also after 12.b4 black doesn't face serious
problems.} (12. b4 e5 13. dxe6 Nxe6 14. Nb3 Rd8 (14... Qe7 15. Qd2 Rad8 16.
Rad1 Be8 17. f4 Bf7 $13 {Olafsson,H-Hjartarson,J/Island 1995}) 15. Na5 Bc8 16.
Rb1 Qe7 17. b5 c5 18. Nd5 $14 {Drazic,S-Konikowski,J/Dortmund 1990}) (12. e3 c5
13. Nf3 b5 14. Nd2 Ng4 15. Qc2 bxc4 16. bxc4 Rb8 17. Rae1 e5 $132 {Georgiev,
K-Grigorov,J/Pernik 1983}) 12... c5 13. Nf3 (13. Nc2 b5 14. Nxb5 Nxb5 15. cxb5
Bxb5 16. Na3 a5 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. a4 Qb7 19. Bc3 Rfb8 $13 {Wockenfuss,K-Gupta,
M/Nuremberg 1990}) 13... b5 {Black's plan is to play on the quuenside while
white is supposed to play on the kingside and in the center.} (13... Rb8 14.
Qc2 a6 15. Nd2 g5 16. e3 f4 17. exf4 gxf4 18. Nce4 Qh5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxf6+
Rxf6 $36 {Horvath,J-Ionescu,V/Timisoara 1993}) 14. Qc2 (14. cxb5 Nxb5 15. Nxb5
Bxb5 16. Rc2 (16. Nd2 Bh6 17. Rc2 Rb8 18. Nc4 f4 19. Re1 fxg3 20. hxg3 Bg7 21.
e4 $14 {Jacobs,J-Goebel,W/GER 1999}) (16. Ng5 Bd7 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Rb8 19.
Rc4 Qc8 $13 {Jirovsky,P-Mann,G/Stockerau 1991}) 16... h6 17. Nd2 Qf7 18. Nc4
Bd7 19. Re1 g5 20. e3 Rae8 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. f4 $14 {Larusdottir,A-Lang,H/
Istanbul 2000}) 14... a5 {[%cal Ga5a4]} 15. cxb5 Nxb5 16. Nxb5 Bxb5 17. Ng5 {
[%cal Gg5e6]} Bd7 {Of course black can't tolerate the knight on e6.} (17... Bh6
18. f4 Bd7 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. dxe6 Ra7 21. e4 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Bg7 $14
) 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. dxe6 Rb8 20. Bc3 Qc8 (20... Qd8 21. Qd3 Ne8 22. Bd2 Qb6 23.
e4 $14) 21. Bxa5 Qxe6 22. Bc3 d5 $6 {Black doesn't get sufficient counterplay
for a pawn that's why it was better to play} (22... Ne4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qb2+
Qf6 25. Qxf6+ Rxf6 26. f3 Ng5 27. h4 Ne6 28. f4 $14 {with minimal advantage
for white.}) 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qxc5 Qxe2 25. Qxd5+ Kg7 26. a4 Rfd8 27. Qc4 Qa2
28. Bd5 Rd6 29. Rc2 (29. Rfd1 Rbd8 30. Kg2 e6 31. Bf3 Rd2 (31... Rxd1 32. Rxd1
Rxd1 33. Bxd1 Qd2 34. Be2 $16) 32. Rxd2 Rxd2 33. Rf1 Bd4 $44 {[%csl Rf2]})
29... Qa3 30. Re1 (30. Be6 $5) 30... Rb4 31. Qd3 $4 {Blundering a piece!} (31.
Qc5 $16) 31... Rxa4 $2 {Refusing to take a gift!} (31... Rd4 $1 32. Rxe7+ Kh6
33. Qe2 (33. Qe3+ f4 $19) 33... R6xd5 34. Rf7 Qa1+ 35. Kg2 Re4 $19) 32. Qf3 Rd4
33. Bc4 Qb4 $11 {After mutual mistakes the position has finally become
balanced.} 34. Rce2 e5 35. Qa8 e4 (35... Rd8 $5) 36. Qg8+ Kh6 37. h4 Rd1 38.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 39. Kg2 Qb7 40. Qe6 Kg7 41. Qa6 Qb4 (41... Qxa6 $5 42. Bxa6 Bd4 43.
Bc4 Kf6 $15) 42. Qa7+ Kh6 43. Qe3+ Kg7 44. Ra2 Rd7 45. Ra7 Rxa7 46. Qxa7+ Kh6
47. Bg8 Qe7 48. Qxe7 Bxe7 49. f3 exf3+ 50. Kxf3 Bd6 51. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal 3rd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2002.07.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Hebert, Jean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 f5 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Na6
9. Bb2 Bd7 10. a3 Nc7 $6 (10... Qe8 11. Re1 (11. b4 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qb3 e4
14. Ne1 Be6 $13 {Fuglsang,F-Jensen,V/Copenhagen 1981}) (11. d5 Rd8 12. Nd4 e5
13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. e3 $14 {Gomez
Esteban,J-Ochoa de Echaguen,F/Lisbon 1993}) 11... e5 12. e4 f4 13. dxe5 dxe5
14. gxf4 Nh5 15. Nxe5 Bh3 $1 $36 {[%csl Rg1] Gomez Esteban,J-Ochoa de Echaguen,
F/Bilbao 1993}) (10... b5 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. b4 Nc7 13. d5 Ng4 14. Qd2 Rc8 15.
Rfc1 Na8 16. Nd1 $14 {Radke,R-Glek,I/Bad Zwesten 1997}) (10... Rc8 11. Rc1 Qe8
12. Nd2 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. e4 Nc5 15. Qe2 Bh6 $15 {Schmidt,F-Lutz,K/
Wiesbaden 1992}) (10... Qc7 11. Rc1 Rae8 12. d5 e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. e3 Kh8 15.
Qc2 Bg8 16. Rfd1 Nc5 17. b4 $14 {Angantysson,H-Kolbak,J/Ybbs 1968}) 11. Rc1 Kh8
12. Qd3 Rb8 (12... Qe8 $5 {[%cal Ge7e5]} 13. d5 Rd8 14. Rfd1 e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6
16. Nd4 Bc8 $14 {[%cal Gd6d5]}) 13. d5 {Black got too passive position after
the opening and he doesn't manage to create sufficient counterchances.} a5 $6
14. Ba1 Na6 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. Qd2 cxd5 (16... e5 17. dxe6 Nxe6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19.
Rfd1 $16 {[%csl Rd6]}) 17. cxd5 Qb6 18. Rb1 Rfc8 19. h3 {White is not in the
hurry.} Qd8 20. Rfe1 Qg8 (20... b5 21. b4 axb4 22. Rxb4 Nfe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24.
Qe3 $14) 21. Qe3 Qe8 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Nce4 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxh3 (
25... Nxe4 $2 26. Qxe4 Bxh3 27. g4 $1 {[%csl Rh3]} h5 28. Ne6 Bxa1 29. Rxa1 Kg8
30. Qd4 Qf7 31. Ng5 $18) 26. Bf3 Qf7 27. Ne6 Bxe6 28. dxe6 Qg8 29. Rbc1 Qd8 (
29... Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Rc8 31. Bxb7 Rxc1+ 32. Qxc1 Qxe6 33. e3 $16 {[%cal Gb4b8]})
30. Bd4 d5 $6 {[%csl Rd5]} (30... b5 $5) 31. Rcd1 Qe8 (31... Qd6 $6 32. Be5
Qxe6 33. Bxb8 Qxe3 34. fxe3 Rxb8 35. Bxd5 $16) 32. Kg2 $1 {[%csl Rh7] After
this move white's plan becomes clear- it's very difficult for black to do
something against an attack over the h-file.} Qb5 33. Rh1 Rf8 34. Rh4 Kg8 35.
g4 Qa4 (35... Qxb4 36. g5 Nh5 37. Bxh5 gxh5 38. Rdh1 Bxd4 39. Rxd4 Qd6 40. Rxh5
Rf5 41. Rdh4 Re5 42. Qd3 $18) 36. Rdh1 h5 37. gxh5 Qc2 38. h6 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[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 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 {
The Leningrad variation of the Dutch Defence is quite playable for Black.
Gelfand is testing the most ambitious line connected with the d-pawn advance.}
e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Na6 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Ng5 Bd7 {Kamsky is for me a very
good classical positional player. He respects the value of his bishop, even
though in other games players have often tested his exchange on the e6-square.}
13. Qd2 {One of the annotators of earlier games expressed an interesting idea.
He did not believe in the pressure against the d6-pawn and suggested putting
the queen directly on c2. White would probably agree after the bitter
experience in this battle.} (13. Qc2 Rad8 14. Rad1 Bc8 (14... Rfe8 15. e3 (15.
a3 h6 16. Nf3 Be6 17. Rfe1 Bf7 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. b4 $14 {1-0 Ivanov,S-Yagupov,I/
Podolsk 1992/ (43)}) 15... Bc8 16. Rfe1 Nc5 17. b4 Ne6 18. Nf3 a6 19. a3 Qf7
20. Na4 Qc7 21. Qb3 Ng4 22. h3 Ne5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. c5 $14 {1-0 (68) Berczes,
D (2450)-Pavasovic,D (2534) Hungary 2006}) 15. Nf3 (15. Rfe1 Nc5 16. e3 a5 17.
Nf3 Rfe8 18. Nd4 Ne6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Re2 Qc7 21. Red2 Rd7 22. Ne2 Red8 23.
Nd4 Bf7 24. h3 d5 {1/2 (24) Velikov,P (2450)-Knezevic,M Vrnjacka Banja 1985})
15... Rfe8 16. e3 d5 17. cxd5 Nb4 18. Qc1 Nfxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11
{1/2 (74) Torre,E (2570)-Kovacevic,V (2540) Indonesia 1983}) 13... h6 {Black's
position is quite promising evenif the defender should decide not to push away
the knight from g5 right away.} (13... Rad8 14. Rad1 (14. Rfe1 h6 15. Nh3 Nc5
16. Rad1 (16. Nf4 Be8 17. Rad1 g5 18. Nd3 Nce4 $11) 16... Be6 17. Qc2 (17. Nf4
Bf7 18. h4 Rfe8 $11) 17... g5 18. f4 Nfe4 19. e3 (19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxg7 Qxg7
21. fxg5 hxg5 22. Rf1 d5) 19... Bf7 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nf2 $6 (22.
Bxe4 $142 fxe4 23. Nf2 gxf4 (23... d5 $143 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Qb2+ Kh7 26. f5
$36) 24. exf4 d5 25. cxd5 cxd5 $11) 22... d5 {1/2 (26) Krivoshey,S (2499)
-Kalinitschew,S (2533) Germany 2005}) 14... Bc8 15. Rfe1 (15. h4 Nh5 16. e3 h6
17. Nh3 g5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. f4 g4 20. Ng5 Nc5 21. Nd5 cxd5 22. Bxd5+ Be6 23.
b4 Bxb2 24. bxc5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5+ Kh8 {0-1 (50) Gonzales,G (2475)-Agrest,E (2460)
Gyula 1997} 26. Ne6 Rf6 27. Nxd8 Qxe3+ 28. Rf2 Nxf4 29. gxf4 g3 $15) (15. Na4
h6 16. Nf3 Ne4 17. Qc1 g5 18. e3 Qf7 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 20. Nd4 Rde8 21. Ne2 Nac5
$11 {1-0 (41) Fominyh,A (2530)-Yilmaz,T (2385) Alushta 1992}) 15... h6 (15...
Ng4 16. Nh3 Bh6 17. Nf4 Qf7 18. h4 Nc5 19. e3 Ne5 20. Qc2 Bg7 21. Ba3 Qf6 22.
Rd4 Nf7 23. Bb2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Yilmaz,T/Budapest 1992/ (31)}) 16. Nf3
Kh7 17. Qc2 Nc5 18. e3 Rfe8 19. Nd4 Nce4 20. h3 a6 21. Nde2 h5 22. Nf4 $14 {
1/2 (27) Dorfman,J (2595)-Dolmatov,S (2620) Moscow 1990}) 14. Nh3 Be6 (14...
Rad8 15. Rad1 (15. Ba3 Bc8 16. Rae1 Nc5 17. f3 g5 18. Nf2 Rfe8 19. e4 fxe4 20.
Ncxe4 Nfxe4 21. Nxe4 Qe5 22. Nf2 Qd4 $11 {0-1 (70) Loos,S (2100)-Mueller,H 
(2200) Bayern 1998}) 15... Bc8 16. Rfe1 g5 17. f4 Nc5 18. fxg5 Ng4 19. e4 Qf7
20. b4 Ne6 21. exf5 $16 {1/2 (59) Siebrecht,S (2487)-Nijboer,F (2529)
Amsterdam 2005}) 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Ba3 {Unfortunately for the first player a
plan promising an advantage is not known even after extensive experience of
numerous games. Gelfand is trying to exercise pressure along the a3-f8
diagonal, but it does not bring him anything special.} (16. Nf4 Bf7 17. Nd3 Nc5
18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Qc2 $11) 16... Nc5 17. f4 Qc7 18. Nf2 Rfe8 19. Kh1 $6 {
This somewhat alibistic retreat will have serious consequences. It was much
more natural to continue concentrating the forces towards the centre.} (19. e3
Bf7 20. Rfe1 $11) 19... Qb6 20. Qc2 (20. e3 d5 21. cxd5 cxd5 $15) 20... d5 $1 {
[%mdl 64] Kamsky is always trying to build a positionally sound structure and
it often helps him to take the initiative in seemingly equal situations.} 21.
cxd5 cxd5 22. Nxd5 {White must have bitten the bullet without much enthusiasm,
but a passive approach would only have made matters worse.} (22. e3 Nce4 23.
Nfxe4 dxe4 24. Na4 Qa5 $17) 22... Nxd5 (22... Bxd5 23. Qxc5 Qe6 24. Bb2 Bxg2+
25. Kxg2 Nd5 26. Be5 Bxe5 27. fxe5 Qxe5 28. Kg1 $15) (22... Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Bxd5
24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25. Bxc5 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rxe2 27. a4 b6 $15) 23. Bxc5 (23. Qxc5
Ne3 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qxb6 axb6 26. Rb1 Ra8 27. Bb2 Rxa2 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 $15)
23... Qc7 24. Rd2 $2 {The modern chess is dramatically dependent on excellent
calculating abilities in complicated positions. If one of the players makes a
serious mistake, the battle could be in principle simply be over.} (24. Rd3 $1
b6 25. Rfd1 Nxf4 26. Rxd8 (26. gxf4 Rc8 $15) 26... Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. gxf4
bxc5 29. e3 Qb6 $15) 24... Bc3 25. Nd3 $6 {If the position became critical
after the weak 24th move, after this mediocre idea the game is virtually over.
The computer is helping to prove that only the hair-raising 25.Rxd5! for White
could have given much hope for the resistance. Thanks to some small miracle he
would end up in an only somewhat worse position with chances for survival.} (
25. Rxd5 $1 Rxd5 26. Bb4 Be5 27. Qxc7 Bxc7 28. Bxd5 Bxd5+ 29. e4 fxe4 30. Kg1
Bb6 31. Rc1 a5 32. Ba3 e3 33. Nd3 e2+ 34. Bc5 e1=Q+ (34... Bxc5+ 35. Rxc5 e1=Q+
36. Nxe1 Rxe1+ 37. Kf2 Rd1 38. Ke2 Rd4 39. Ke3 $11) 35. Nxe1 Rxe1+ 36. Rxe1
Bxc5+ 37. Kf1 b6 $15) 25... b6 $1 (25... Bxd2 26. Qxd2 b6 27. Bd4 $11) 26. Bf2
Bxd2 27. Qxd2 Qc3 $1 {Kamsky will be quite relentless in pursuing his
advantage, Gelfand will not be offered a second chance.} 28. Qc1 (28. Rd1 Qxd2
29. Rxd2 Nb4 $17) 28... Qxc1 29. Rxc1 Rc8 30. Ra1 (30. Rxc8 Rxc8 $19) (30. Re1
Rc2 31. Ne5 Kh7 $19) 30... Nc3 31. Bf3 (31. Ne5 Nxe2 32. Nxg6 Rc1+ 33. Rxc1
Nxc1 $19) 31... Nxe2 $1 {White really had an opportunity to become sorry about
his alibistic retreat 19.Kh1 after this small combination.} 32. Re1 (32. Bxe2
Bd5+ 33. Kg1 Rxe2 $19) 32... Nc3 33. Nb4 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Orel"]
[Site "Orel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kiselev, Sergey"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 d6 5. Nf3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3 Qa5
9. Bb2 e5 10. Qd2 $5 (10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rad1 e4 (12... Re8 $5) 13.
Ng5 Ne5 14. Nb5 $1 cxb5 15. Bxe5 h6 16. Nh3 g5 17. Rd6 Qc7 18. Qb2 Qf7 19. cxb5
Be6 20. f3 $16 {Kiselev,S-Litus,V/Czestochowa/1990/1-0 (30)}) 10... Na6 (10...
e4 $4 11. Nxe4 $18) (10... Re8 11. Rad1 Nbd7 12. Rfe1 Nh5 13. e3 $1 Qd8 $2 (
13... Qc7 $1) 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. e4 $16 Qf6 (15... f4 16. Bh3 Qe7 17. Nd5 $1
cxd5 18. Qxd5+ Kf8 (18... Kh8 19. Bxd7 Rd8 20. Nxe5 $18) 19. Bxd7 Rd8 20. Ng5
$1 $18) 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Ng5 Qg6 $2 (17... h6 $5) 18. Bd5+ $1 $18 {Gagarin,
V-Litus,V/Czestochowa/1990/1-0 (24)}) (10... Nbd7 11. Rad1 $14) (10... Qc7 11.
dxe5 dxe5 12. e4 Na6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Rad1 Rfe8 $1 15. h3 Nc5 16. Qe3 Nd3 $1
17. Ba1 Nb4 $132 {Polugaevsky,L-Dolmatov,S/Reykjavik/1990/0,5 (24)}) 11. Rfd1
exd4 $6 12. Nxd4 $14 Bd7 13. a3 Rad8 14. b4 Qc7 15. Rac1 Ng4 16. e3 $1 Rfe8 17.
Nb3 $1 Be6 18. Nd5 $6 (18. Na5 $5 $16 {/\ Nd5}) 18... Qf7 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 20. Nf4
Bc8 21. b5 (21. h4 $142 $1 h6 $6 22. b5 $16 {>< >>}) 21... Nb8 22. h3 $6 (22.
a4 $5 $14 {/\ a5}) (22. Na5 $5 c5 23. Nb3 $16 {>< d5}) 22... Ne5 23. h4 Qe7 24.
bxc6 bxc6 25. Nd4 Qc7 $14 26. Rb1 Bd7 27. Qc3 Na6 28. Nb3 Rb8 29. Rb2 Be6 $6
30. Nxe6 Rxe6 31. Rbd2 Rd8 32. e4 $6 $138 fxe4 33. Bxe4 Re7 {<=> <->e} 34. Bg2
Nb8 35. Nd4 Rde8 36. Nc2 $1 Nf7 37. Ne3 Nd7 38. Re2 $1 {/\ Rde1,Nf5} Qb6 39.
Rde1 Qc5 $6 (39... Kf8 $1 $14 {/\ Qc5,d5}) 40. Nf5 Re5 41. Rxe5 Nfxe5 $6 (41...
Rxe5 $2 42. Ne7+ Kf8 43. Nxc6 $18) (41... Ndxe5 $5 $14) 42. Nd4 $1 $16 {>< c6}
(42. Ne3 $6 d5 $132) 42... Rf8 43. Re2 Rf6 44. f4 $1 Nxc4 (44... Qxc4 45. Qd2
$5 $16 (45. Qxc4+ Nxc4 46. Bxc6 $16 {>< d5})) 45. Bxc6 Nf8 46. Kh2 Nxa3 $6 (
46... Na5 $5 47. Qb2 $16) 47. Qd3 $1 Nc4 48. Bg2 Nb6 49. Rc2 Qa5 50. Qb3+ Kh8
51. Nc6 Qe1 $2 (51... Qa1 $142 $16) 52. Qb2 $18 Nbd7 53. Re2 Qd1 54. Ne7 {
/\ Nd5} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. d4 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Na6 8. b3 c6
9. Bb2 Qe8 10. d5 Bd7 11. Rb1 Rc8 (11... Nc7) 12. e4 $1 $146 (12. Nd4 {-52/110}
) 12... Nxe4 (12... fxe4 13. Ng5 e3 14. fxe3 h6 15. Nf3 $14 (15. Nge4 Ng4)) 13.
Nxe4 fxe4 14. Ng5 Bxb2 (14... e3 15. Bxg7 (15. f4 $5) (15. fxe3 Rxf1+ 16. Qxf1
Qf8 $14) 15... exf2+ 16. Rxf2 Rxf2 (16... Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Kg8 18. Rbf1 $16) 17.
Qd4 $16) 15. Rxb2 Rf5 (15... e3 16. fxe3 Rxf1+ 17. Qxf1 Qf8 18. Rf2 Qg7 19. Bh3
$1 $18) 16. Nxe4 (16. h4 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nc5) 16... cxd5 17. cxd5 (17. g4 Re5 (
17... Rf7 18. Ng5 Rf4 19. Qxd5+ Kg7 20. f3 $5 Nc5 21. Re2 $16) (17... Rf4 18.
Qxd5+ Kg7 19. Qxb7 Nc7 20. Qxa7 Rxg4 21. Ng3 $16) (17... dxe4 18. gxf5 gxf5 19.
f3 $1 (19. Qd5+ Qf7 $13) 19... Nc5 20. fxe4 fxe4 (20... Nxe4 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22.
Rg2+ $18) 21. Qd5+ (21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Qxe4 Bc6 $13) 21... Kh8 (
21... Be6 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Rbf2 $16) 22. Qd4+ $16) 18. cxd5 (18. f4 Rxe4 19.
Qxd5+ Re6 20. f5 Nc7) (18. Ng3 dxc4 19. Bxb7 c3 20. Bxc8 Qxc8 $44 21. Re2 Bxg4
22. f3 Qc5+ 23. Kg2 Bd7 24. Ne4 Qc8 $13) (18. Nc3 dxc4 19. Bxb7 cxb3 20. Nd5
Rc5 21. Bxa6 Bxg4 22. f3 Rcxd5 23. Bc4 Be6 $13) 18... Nc5 19. Nc3 g5 $5 (19...
Bb5 20. Nxb5 Qxb5 21. Rc2 Rf8 22. Rc4 Nd7 23. f4 Re3 24. g5 $14) 20. f4 gxf4
21. Rxf4 Qg6 $13) (17. Nc3 e6 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxd5+ Rxd5 20. Qxd5+ Qf7 21.
Qxb7 Nc5 $17) 17... Nc5 18. Re1 (18. Qd4 $5 b6 19. Nc3 $1 {Ivanchuk} Rf7 20. h4
(20. Re1 a5) (20. Re2 a5 (20... Qf8 21. b4 Na4 22. Nxa4 Bxa4 23. Bh3 Bb5 $1)
21. Rfe1 Qf8) 20... a5 21. b4 axb4 22. Rxb4 Rb8 23. Rfb1 Qd8 24. a4 $14) 18...
Nxe4 19. Rxe4 (19. Bxe4 Rf7 20. Qd4 b6 21. Rbb1 Rf8 22. Rbc1 Qf7 $10) 19... Rc5
20. Rc4 (20. Qe1 Rf7 (20... Qc8 21. Rb1 Rc2 $132) 21. Rbe2 Qc8) 20... Rxc4 21.
bxc4 b6 22. Re2 Rf7 23. Qd4 Qf8 24. f4 Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Re3 Bc8 27. h4 (
27. Ra3 e5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Schussler} f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 d6 7. O-O
Na6 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Qe8 10. d5 Bd7 11. Nd4 Nc7 12. Qd2 c5 13. Ne6 $5 (13. Nf3)
(13. Nf3 {Schussler} a6 14. Rae1 b5 15. Qd3 Rb8 16. Ba1 {+/=/= -
Stefanov-Marasescu, Rumania (ch) 1983}) 13... Bxe6 (13... Nxe6 14. dxe6 Bxe6
15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bg2 $14) 14. dxe6 Rb8 15. Nd5 Nxe6 $2 (15... Ncxd5 16. cxd5 b5
$14 (16... b5 {Schussler} 17. b4 $16)) (15... Nfxd5 $5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. cxd5
b5 {/\ 18...b4<=>} (17... b5 {Schussler} 18. b4 $16)) 16. Nxf6+ exf6 (16...
Bxf6 17. Bd5 Kf7 18. e4 $18) 17. Rad1 (17. Qxd6 $4 {Schussler} Rd8 $19) 17...
Kh8 18. e3 (18. Qxd6 $4 Rd8 $19) 18... Qf7 19. Qa5 $5 b6 20. Qa4 Rfd8 21. Rd2 (
21. f4 $1 $16 {/\ 22.Rd3, 23.Rfd1}) 21... f4 $5 22. gxf4 f5 23. Qa3 Bxb2 24.
Qxb2+ Ng7 $6 (24... Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rfd1 Kf6 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Ke7
$14) 25. Rfd1 Qe7 26. b4 h6 $6 $138 (26... cxb4 27. Qxb4 Ne8 28. Bc6 Nf6 29.
Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Qxd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Kg7 $14) 27. b5 Kh7 28. Rd3 $5 {/\ 29.Qd2; xd6
} Nh5 29. Qd2 g5 30. Rd5 $1 $16 Ng7 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Qxd6 Re8
34. Qg3 Qf6 35. Qh3+ Kg6 36. Qg3 Rd8 37. Bd5 Qe7 38. h4 $5 $18 g4 39. e4 Rf8
40. exf5+ Nxf5 41. Qxg4+ Kh6 42. Be4 Qe6 43. Rd8 $1 1-0

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6
8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Na6 11. Ng5 Qe7 12. Ba3 Rad8 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Rc1
$5 (14. e3 Rfe8 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. Rad1 Nce4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rd3 Rd7 19. Rfd1
Red8 20. Bb2 Nc5 21. Rd4 Qe7 22. R4d2 Ne4 23. Rd4 Nc5 24. R4d2 Ne4 {1/2-1/2
Bareev,E-Agrest,E/New York 1998/CBM 64 (24)}) 14... Rfe8 15. Qc2 Nc7 $5 {
[/\ 16...d5]} (15... Nc5 16. Rfd1 Nce4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rd3 $14) 16. Rfd1 d5
17. cxd5 Nfxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Qxd5 (20... cxd5 $5 21. Qd3
d4 (21... Qxe2 22. Qxd5+ Kh8 23. Qd7 $5 $14) 22. Rc2 $14) 21. Rd1 Qf7 (21...
Qa5 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Qf7 $36) (21... Qe6 22. e3 $14) 22. Rd3 $5 {[/\23.Qd2]}
Re5 $2 (22... f4 $5 23. Qd2 fxg3 (23... Qe6 24. Qxf4 Qxe2 25. Rd7 $14) 24. hxg3
b6 $11 {[/\ c6-c5-c4]} 25. Rd7 $2 Rxe2 $17) 23. Rd8+ Re8 24. Qd3 $1 $14 Rxd8 $6
(24... a6 25. Bc5 $14) 25. Qxd8+ Bf8 26. Qa8 $1 $16 b6 27. Bxf8 Qxf8 28. Qxc6 {
Hecht: 'Geschwächte schwarze Position bei sicherer weißer Königsstellung sowie
unzulängliche (nicht zäh genug) schwarze Verteidigung erleichtern Weiß den
Gewinn. Technik. '} Qa3 29. Qc4+ Kg7 30. Qd4+ Kg8 31. Qa4 Qb2 (31... Qe7 $142 {
Hecht nebst Stillhaltetaktik...}) 32. Qc4+ Kg7 33. a4 h5 34. Kg2 Kh6 35. h4 Kh7
36. Qf7+ Kh6 37. Qf8+ Kh7 38. Qe7+ Kg8 (38... Kh6 {Hecht} 39. Qxa7 Qxb3 40. Qb8
{[%cal Rb8h8]} Qd5+ 41. Kh2 Qd4 42. Qf4+ $18) 39. Qxa7 Qxb3 40. Qa8+ Kh7 41.
Qb7+ (41. Qb7+ Kh6 42. a5 b5 43. a6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Heusenstamm Schloss op-A 5th"]
[Site "Heusenstamm"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Noe, Christopher"]
[Black "Pap, Misa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2018.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:06:23"]
[BlackClock "0:08:10"]

{[%evp 0,169,32,27,61,32,45,38,78,65,54,63,57,52,30,52,71,56,64,33,10,9,11,-14,
48,-32,-11,-19,10,-14,-1,3,16,18,16,-10,47,27,36,28,57,-10,50,5,27,28,29,9,15,
11,4,9,12,17,32,29,103,26,66,47,51,34,45,-4,19,60,50,71,70,120,110,124,126,126,
133,116,127,133,136,133,139,147,139,139,181,147,147,139,139,139,139,139,139,
139,135,131,134,141,154,153,163,147,145,178,183,182,182,187,192,192,192,204,
204,178,204,204,204,204,195,202,202,204,215,200,215,215,225,223,225,226,233,
225,232,206,228,218,273,261,299,305,316,331,370,332,332,332,332,390,390,401,
250,1016,1015,1015,1015,1015,1014,1014,1014,1014,1012,1014,1022,1022,1022,1022,
1022,1032,29977,29978,29979,29980]} {Die entscheidende Partie der letzten
Runde.} 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O c6
8. d5 $5 (8. b3 a5 9. Bb2 Na6 10. d5 Bd7 11. Nd4 cxd5 (11... Rc8 12. e3 Nc5 13.
Qe2 Qb6 14. Rab1 Qa6 15. Rfd1 Nfe4 $11 {Werner-Pap, Runde 1}) 12. cxd5 Nc5 13.
Rc1 Qb6 14. Ba1 Rfc8 $11 {Siddharth-Pap, Runde 3}) 8... e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3
Na6 11. Ng5 Qe7 ({Zu beachten ist} 11... Nc5 $5 12. Bb2 Qe7 {mit der Idee} 13.
Nxe6 Nxe6 14. e3 Rad8 15. Qc2 Rfe8 $11 {Chuchelov-Kindermann, Cuxhaven 1993})
12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Bb2 Nc5 14. Qc2 a5 ({Die Experten wie Hikaru Nakamura,
Sergey Dolmatov, Vladimir Malaniuk und Stefan Kindermann haben bevorzugt ohne
a7-a5 auszukommen, etwa} 14... Rad8 $5 15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. e3 Nfe4 ({dies ist
etwas solider als} 16... Nce4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 {Gelfand-Nakamura, Tata Steel 2012}
) 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 {remis Sosonko-Dolmatov, Polanica Zdroj 1993})
15. Rad1 Rad8 16. e3 Rfe8 17. a3 $5 ({Weniger konsequent erscheint} 17. Ne2 Qe7
18. Bd4 Qc7 19. Nf4 {Uhlmann-Casper, Berlin 1979} Ng4 $5 20. h3 Ne5 $11) 17...
h5 $5 ({Auf der Suche nach Gegenspiel. Besseres ist kaum zu finden, man sehe} 
17... Ra8 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Ncd7 20. b5 Ne5 21. Rfe1 $14) (17... Ng4 18. b4
axb4 19. axb4 Nd7 20. b5 Rc8 21. Nd5 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Nge5 23. Qd4 Nc5 24. Nb6
Rcd8 25. Rfe1 $14) (17... Qe7 18. b4 Ne6 (18... Ncd7 19. b5 Rc8 20. bxc6 bxc6
21. Na4 $14) 19. Ne2 axb4 20. axb4 Ng5 21. h4 Nf7 22. Ra1 $14) 18. b4 axb4 19.
axb4 Nce4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 ({Nach der Muster von Nakamura, bei} 20... Nxe4 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rd4 $14 {bleibt Weiß am Ruder.}) 21. Rd2 $6 ({Zu langsam,
vorzuziehen war} 21. b5 $5 h4 22. gxh4 Ng4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. h3 Nf6 25. bxc6
bxc6 26. Rb1 $14) 21... Nh7 ({Attraktiver erscheint} 21... h4 $5 22. gxh4 (22.
Rfd1 h3 23. Bf1 Nh7 $11) 22... Ng4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Bh3 (24. Rfd1 Nf6 25. Rd4
Qe5 $11) 24... Rf8 25. Qd1 Rf3 26. Bg2 Rff8 27. Rd4 Nf6 28. f3 exf3 29. Rxf3
Nh5 30. Rxf8 Rxf8 31. Re4 Qf7 $11) 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. h4 Nf6 24. Rfd1 d5 $6 (
24... Rf8 25. b5 c5 $11) 25. b5 Rc8 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Qc3 Kh7 $2 (27... Qe5 28.
Qb3 $14) 28. Rb2 $2 ({Der Weiße verpasst} 28. Bh3 $1 Qxh3 29. Qxf6 $16) 28...
Rcd8 29. Rb7+ Re7 30. Bh3 Qf7 31. Rb6 Rc7 32. cxd5 Nxd5 33. Qc2 Rf8 34. Rb2 Qe7
35. Rd4 Nf6 36. Rb6 Rd8 37. Rc4 Rd6 38. Rbxc6 Rdxc6 39. Rxc6 Rxc6 40. Qxc6 Kg7
41. Be6 Qa7 42. Kg2 Qe7 43. Qb6 Kh7 44. Kf1 Kg7 45. Ke2 Kh6 46. Kd2 Ng4 $2 (
46... Kg7 $14) 47. Bxg4 hxg4 48. Kc3 Qe5+ (48... Qf7 49. Qd6 Kh7 50. Kd4 Qxf2
51. Qd7+ Kh6 52. Qxg4 $16) 49. Kc4 Qe7 50. Qc5 Qf7+ 51. Kd4 Qxf2 52. Qg5+ Kh7
53. Qxg4 Qb2+ 54. Kxe4 Qc2+ 55. Kf3 Qd1+ 56. Kf4 Qd6+ 57. Ke4 Qc6+ 58. Kd3 Qa6+
59. Kd2 Qa5+ 60. Ke2 Qa2+ 61. Ke1 Qd5 62. Kf2 Qd2+ 63. Qe2 Qd5 64. e4 Qe5 65.
Kg2 Kg7 66. Kh3 Kh7 67. Qg4 Qd6 (67... Qa1 68. Qf3 $18) 68. h5 gxh5 69. Qxh5+
Kg7 70. Qg5+ Kh7 71. Qf5+ Kg7 72. e5 Qd5 73. Qg5+ Kf7 74. Qf6+ Ke8 75. Qg6+ Ke7
76. Qd6+ Qxd6 77. exd6+ Kxd6 78. Kg4 Ke6 79. Kg5 Kf7 80. Kh6 Kg8 81. g4 Kh8 82.
g5 Kg8 83. Kg6 Kh8 84. Kf7 Kh7 85. g6+ 1-0

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b3
Na6 9. Ba3 c6 10. Qd3 h6 (10... Rb8 11. e4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 b5 $132) 11. Rae1 (11.
Rfe1 $6 g5 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Qh5 {Cooper,J-Kotronias,V
Thessaloniki OL 1988 inf. 46/136}) (11. e4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bf5 14.
Qe3 g5 15. h3 Qf7 16. Rae1 Rae8 $132 {Dzhandzhava,L-Basin,L URS-FL56
Simferopol 1988/Petran,Pa-Tolnai,T Budapest ch Hungary 1989}) 11... g5 12. Nd2
(12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Qh5 $132) 12... Qg6 13. e3 (13. e4 $6 fxe4
14. Ndxe4 Bf5 {/\Rf7+Raf8 <=>}) 13... Bd7 14. f4 $14 Kh8 15. b4 Nc7 16. b5 cxb5
17. cxb5 Rab8 {><b7} 18. Rb1 gxf4 19. exf4 Qf7 {/\20. - Be6, /^f7-a2, ><d5} 20.
d5 a6 21. bxa6 bxa6 22. Nc4 {/\22.Nb6} Nb5 23. Bb2 Rfc8 $2 (23... Nxc3 24. Bxc3
Bb5 25. a4 Bxa4 26. Qxf5 $13) 24. Na4 $1 $16 {/\25.Nab6} Rc7 25. Nab6 Be8 26.
a4 (26. Qxf5 $16) 26... Ne4 27. Rfe1 $6 (27. Bxe4 $5 fxe4 28. Qxe4 Nc3 (28...
Bxb2 29. Rxb2 Nc3 30. Qd4+ (30. Qf3 Qf6 31. Rc1 $16) 30... Qg7 $132) 29. Bxc3
Bxc3 $16) (27. Bxg7+ Qxg7 28. axb5 axb5 29. Bxe4 (29. Ne3 $6 Rc3 $1 30. Nxf5 (
30. Qe2 Qd4) 30... Rxd3 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. Bxe4 Re3 $10) 29... fxe4 30. Qxe4
bxc4 31. Nxc4 $14) 27... Nbc3 $1 28. Bxc3 Nxc3 29. Rb3 {/\פc3} Bxa4 $1 30.
Rxc3 Rxb6 31. Ne5 dxe5 32. Rxc7 e4 33. Qa3 Bb3 $1 34. Rxe7 Qxd5 $44 {ץg2} 35.
Re8+ Kh7 36. R8xe4 Bd4+ 37. Kh1 $4 (37. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 38. Kh1 $14) 37... fxe4 38.
Bxe4+ Kg7 $19 39. Qe7+ Qf7 40. Qd8 Bc5 41. Qc8 Bf8 42. Rb1 Bd5 43. Rxb6 Bxe4+
44. Kg1 Qd5 45. Qc3+ Kh7 46. Qc7+ Kh8 47. Rb8 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1991.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Schussler} f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 (5... O-O {
Schussler} 6. Nh3 c6 7. d5 e5 8. d6 {See CBM 24/game 816 for a wild game!}) 6.
d5 O-O 7. Nh3 c6 8. O-O (8. Nf4 {Schussler} e5 9. dxe6 Qe7 10. O-O Bxe6 11.
Nxe6 Qxe6 12. Bf4 Qxc4 13. Qxd6 Na6 14. Rfd1 {White has a minimal advantage,
Kasparov-Gurevich, Amsterdam 1991.}) 8... e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 (10. Qd3 Na6
11. Bf4 Ne8 12. Ng5 {!Nf3-g5} Bc8 13. Rad1 h6 14. Nf3 Be6 $10 {Obukhov,
A-Kharkov USSR 1990}) 10... Na6 11. Ng5 (11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Ng5 {!Nf3-g5} Bd7 13.
Qd2 Rad8 14. Rad1 Bc8 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Nf3 $14 {Dorfman,I-Dolmatov,S Moskva 1990
}) 11... Qe7 $1 {N} (11... Bc8 $6 12. Bb2 Nc5 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rad1 $14 {
Gulko,B-Dolmatov,S Moskva 1990}) 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Bb2 Rad8 (13... Ne4 14. Qc1
Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxe2 17. Rfe1 Qg4 18. Re7 Rf7 19. Rae1 $36 {/\Re8+}
) 14. e3 Nc7 $1 {/\d5} (14... Nc5 15. Qc2 $14 {><d6}) 15. Qc2 d5 16. cxd5 Ncxd5
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rad1 {/\Lxd5+/=} Nf6 20. Qc3 Qe7 {/\c5} 21. b4
Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rd4 (23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Bf3 Qd6 $10 (24... g5 $6 25. h3
Kg6 (25... h5 $2 26. Bxh5) 26. g4 $14)) 23... Qe5 24. f4 Qe7 25. h3 h5 26. Kf2
Rxd4 27. Qxd4 Kf7 28. Bf3 (28. Qxa7 Qxb4 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Canada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O c6 8. Rb1
Ne4 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Nd2 d5 11. e3 Be6 12. b4 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. a4 bxa4 15.
Qxa4 Nd7 16. Qa2 Bf7 17. Bb2 e5 18. Qa1 Qe7 19. Nb3 Nb6 20. Na5 Be8 21. dxe5
Bb5 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. Rbc1 Qxb4 24. Bc3 Qe7 25. Bh3 Bd7 26. Bxd7 Qxd7 27. Bd4
Qe6 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Nb3 Nd7 30. Qxa7 Bxe5 31. Qa5 Nf6 32. Bxe5 Qxe5 33. Qa6
Rf8 34. Nd4 Ng4 35. Rd2 Nf6 36. Qc6 Rb8 37. Kg2 Re8 38. Ra2 Rf8 39. h3 Qe8 40.
Qd6 Qf7 41. Ne6 Re8 42. Ra6 Qe7 43. Nc7 Qxd6 44. Rxd6 Re7 45. Nxd5 Nxd5 46.
Rxd5 h5 47. h4 Kg7 48. Rg5 Kh6 49. g4 hxg4 50. Rxg4 Re5 51. Kf1 Kh5 52. Rf4 Re6
53. Ke2 Re5 54. Ke1 Kh6 55. Kd2 Rf5 56. Kc3 Rxf4 57. exf4 Kh5 58. Kd4 Kxh4 59.
Kxe4 {[#] Diesmal reicht der doppelte f-Bauer nicht zum Gewinn, weil Schwarz
sich rechtzeitig um den Hintermann kümmern kann.} Kg4 60. Ke3 Kh3 61. Kf3 Kh2
$1 (61... Kh4 $2 62. f5 gxf5 (62... Kg5 63. fxg6 Kxg6 64. Kg4 Kf6 65. Kf4 $18 {
Opposition}) 63. Kf4 Kh3 64. Kxf5 Kg2 65. f4 $18) 62. Ke3 Kg2 63. Ke2 Kh3 64.
Kd3 {Weiß kommt nicht weiter.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2004.01.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b3 Qa5
9. Bb2 e5 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. d5 h6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. c5 d5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Nxd5
Ne4 16. Bxe5 Nxd2 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rfd1 Na6 19. Rxd2 cxd5 20. Rxd5 Rb8 21.
Rad1 Rb5 22. c6 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Nc7 24. Rd4 Kf6 25. f4 Ke7 26. Kf2 Rd8 27. Rxd8
Kxd8 28. e4 Nb5 29. Ke3 Nc3 30. a3 Nxe4 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Kxe4 Kc7 33. Ke5 {
[#] Theme: the bishop is on the wrong colour for the potentially winning pawn
on a7.  [#] Thema: der Läufer hat nicht die Felderfarbe des potenziellen
Gewinnbauern a7} h5 34. Kf6 Bf5 35. h3 Kxc6 36. Kg5 Kc5 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4
Bc2 39. b4+ Kb5 40. f5 gxf5 41. gxf5 Ka4 42. f6 Bb3 {Once all the kingside
pawns have been swapped off, the white king hurries towards a1. Nachdem alle
Königsflügelbauern abgetauscht sind, eilt der weiße König Richtung a1.} 43. Kf4
Kxa3 (43... a6 44. Ke3 Kxa3 45. Kd2 Kb2 (45... Bf7 46. Kc3 Bg6 47. Kc4 $11) 46.
Kd3 Bf7 47. Kd4 Kb3 48. Kc5 $11) 44. b5 $1 Kb4 45. Ke3 Kc3 {The bishop is tied
up, so the white king cannot be pushed away.  Der Läufer ist gebunden und so
kann der weiße König nicht abgedrängt werden.} 46. Ke2 Kc2 47. Ke3 Kc3 48. Ke2
Bf7 49. Kd1 Bh5+ 50. Kc1 Bg6 51. f7 Bxf7 52. Kb1 Kb3 53. Ka1 Kc2 {The only way
for Black to win would be if White had an extra tempo wasting pawn on b4,...
Nur mit einem zusätzlichen weißen Temposchluckerbauern auf b4 könnte Schwarz
gewinnen,...} 54. b6 axb6 {... which would now have to move to b5, meaning
Black would remove the stalemate threat and win. ...der nun nach b5 ziehen
müsste, wonach Schwarz die Pattstellung aufhebt und gewinnen würde.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Johnson,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Na6 8. Rb1
c6 (8... Qe8 9. d5 Nc5) 9. d5 Bd7 (9... c5 $1) 10. b3 (10. dxc6 Bxc6 (10...
bxc6 $6 11. b4 $16) 11. b4 $14) 10... Nc5 11. Bb2 a5 12. Nd4 Qe8 13. e3 e5 (
13... Nfe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Qd4+ Rf6
19. dxe6 Qc8 20. Qxe4 Qxe6 $10) 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Qc2 Bf7 16. Rbd1 Qe7 17. Rfe1
Qc7 18. Nde2 Rfe8 19. Nf4 Qe7 20. Nd3 Nce4 21. f3 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 d5 23. cxd5
Nxd5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. e4 fxe4 26. fxe4 Nb4 27. Qb2+ Kg8 28. Nf2 Qe5 29. Qxe5
Rxe5 30. Rd7 Kf8 31. Rxb7 Nxa2 32. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 04th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ziegler, Ari"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Johnson,M"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. d5 Bd7
9. e4 (9. Nd4 Qb6 10. Rb1 Na6 11. b3 Nc7 12. Bb2 Rad8 13. e3 e5 14. dxe6 Nxe6
15. Nde2 Bc8 16. Qc2 Rd7 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Nd4 Rdd8 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Bd4 Qf7 21.
Nc3 a6 22. Rfd1 Ng4 23. Bxg7 Qxg7 {Bialas,W-Buecker,S/B'liga 1992/0-1 (37)})
9... Nxe4 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Ng5 Na6 12. Nxe4 Rb8 13. Qe2 Kh8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bd2
(15. Be3) 15... Nc7 16. Bc3 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. Nxd6 exd6 20.
Bxd5 Bc6 21. Rad1 Qf6 22. b3 Rbe8 23. Qc2 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Re6 25. Qd2 $14 Rfe8
26. Qd3 Rc8 27. Rd4 Rc6 28. Rd1 a6 29. a4 Qf5 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. R1d3 Kf7 32.
Kg2 Ke7 33. Kf3 Rc2 34. Re3 Rxe3+ 35. Kxe3 Rb2 36. Rb4 $16 b5 37. axb5 axb5 38.
Rxb5 Ke6 39. h4 Rc2 40. f3 Rb2 41. Kf4 Rd2 42. Rb8 Rd4+ 43. Ke3 Rd1 44. Rh8 Ke5
45. Re8+ Kf6 46. Rb8 Ke5 47. Rb5+ d5 48. f4+ Kd6 49. Rb6+ Kc5 50. Rxh6 $18 Rb1
51. Rg6 $4 {throwing away the win} (51. Rf6 $1 Rxb3+ 52. Kf2 d4 53. Rxf5+ Kc4
54. Rf8 $18) 51... Rxb3+ 52. Kd2 Kd4 53. g4 fxg4 54. Rxg4 Rb2+ 55. Kc1 Rh2 56.
Rg1 Rxh4 57. Rf1 Ke3 58. Re1+ Kd3 59. Rd1+ Kc4 60. Rf1 Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1996.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Johnson,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. c4 d6 4. d4 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Na6 8. Rb1
c6 (8... Qe8 9. d5 Nc5) 9. d5 Bd7 (9... c5 $1) 10. b3 (10. dxc6 Bxc6 (10...
bxc6 $6 11. b4 $16) 11. b4 $14) 10... Nc5 11. Bb2 Rc8 (11... a5 12. Nd4 Qe8 13.
e3 e5 (13... Nfe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18.
Qd4+ Rf6 19. dxe6 Qc8 20. Qxe4 Qxe6 $10) 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Qc2 Bf7 16. Rbd1 Qe7
17. Rfe1 Qc7 18. Nde2 Rfe8 19. Nf4 Qe7 20. Nd3 Nce4 21. f3 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 d5 23.
cxd5 Nxd5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. e4 fxe4 26. fxe4 Nb4 27. Qb2+ Kg8 28. Nf2 Qe5 29.
Qxe5 Rxe5 30. Rd7 Kf8 31. Rxb7 Nxa2 32. Nd3 {1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J-Nikolic,P/
Erevan (07) ;CBM 53 1996}) 12. Nd4 Nce4 13. Nc2 (13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 fxe4
15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Rf6 $1 18. dxe6 a6 19. Qxe4 Qg8 $10) 13...
Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qb6 15. a4 Ne4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Qd3 a5 19. Bxe4
fxe4 20. Qxe4 Bf5 21. Qf3 e5 22. Qc3 Qc5 23. Kg2 Rf6 24. Rbc1 g5 25. Qe3 Qxe3
26. Nxe3 Bg6 27. Rc3 Rcf8 28. f3 h5 29. h3 Kf7 30. Nd1 Ke6 31. Nf2 R6f7 32. Rd1
Rb7 33. e4 Rfb8 34. Rcd3 Rd8 35. h4 gxh4 36. gxh4 Rbd7 37. Nh3 d5 38. cxd5+
cxd5 39. Ng5+ Ke7 40. Rxd5 Rxd5 41. exd5 Bc2 42. Rc1 Bxb3 43. Rc3 Bxa4 44. Ra3
Bb5 45. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Denmark"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Kristiansen, Jens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Johnson,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Nc3 d6 8. d5 Bd7
9. Re1 (9. Rb1) 9... Na6 10. Nd4 (10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Nc5 13.
Re1 cxd5 14. Qxd5+ Kh8 15. Ng5 Qe8 16. Re2 Bc6 17. Qd1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rc8 19.
Bf4 h6 20. Nf3 g5 21. Bc1 Qf7 22. Ne1 Ne4 23. Qd5 Rxc4 24. Qxb7 Nxf2 25. Rxe7
Qf5 26. Rxg7 Ng4 27. Bf4 gxf4 28. Rxg4 Qxg4 29. Qf3 Qg7 30. Qb3 Re4 {0-1 Hoyer,
BW-Kubach,G/corr WT/M/437 1988}) 10... Qb6 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Bg5 Rae8 13. Rc1 e5
$4 (13... Ne4 14. Bxe4 $1 (14. Bf4 cxd5 15. cxd5 Qa5 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qxa2
18. Ra1 Qc4 $17) 14... fxe4 15. Nc3 Qb6 16. Be3 c5 $10) 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Bxf6
Rxf6 16. Nxe6 Rfxe6 17. Bd5 $1 Qa5 18. Bxe6+ Rxe6 19. Qb3 Re7 20. Red1 Qe5 21.
e3 h5 22. Qd3 Re6 23. h4 Qa5 24. b3 Nb8 25. Qd2 Qe5 26. Nc3 Nd7 27. Ne2 Qe4 28.
Qc2 Be5 29. Nf4 Rf6 30. b4 Kg7 31. c5 d5 32. Qxe4 fxe4 33. Nxd5 cxd5 34. Rxd5
Rf7 35. Rcd1 Nf6 36. Rxe5 Ng4 37. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.07.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1991.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik Schussler} f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nf3 d6
7. O-O Qe8 8. d5 {N} c6 (8... Na6 $5) 9. c4 Na6 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Rc1 (11. Qd2 {
Schussler} Rc8 12. Rad1 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Ne3 15. fxe3 $2 {CBM 24/
game 471.}) 11... Rd8 {/\e5} (11... h6 {Schussler} 12. e3 Rc8 13. Nd4 Qf7 14.
Ba3 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Ne4 $13 {Kasparov-Malaniuk, Soviet (ch) 1988.}) (11... Rc8 {
Ftacnik} 12. Nd4 Qf7 13. Ba3 g5 14. e3 f4 15. exf4 gxf4 16. Nde2 Nh5 $10 {
Moldobaev,E-Kramnik,V/Belgorod GMA-qual/1989/}) 12. Ba3 (12. Nd4 {Ftacnik} e5
13. dxe6 Bxe6 $13) 12... Nc5 $1 13. Nd2 (13. dxc6 $5 Bxc6 (13... bxc6 14. Bxc5
dxc5 15. Na4 e5 $146) 14. Nd4 $10) (13. Ne5 Bc8 (13... dxe5 $5 14. Bxc5 b6 15.
Ba3 e4 $13) 14. Nd3 Nce4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 $10) (13. b4 {Ftacnik} Nce4 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 $132) (13. Nd4 {Ftacnik} e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6) 13... a5 $1 14. b4 (14. Bxc5
dxc5 15. Na4 cxd5 16. Nxc5 Bc8 $1 $15) (14. dxc6 $5 Bxc6 $10 (14... Bxc6 {
Schussler} 15. Nd5 e6 $10 (15... e6 {Ftacnik} 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $15))) 14... axb4
15. Bxb4 e5 16. Nb3 $2 (16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Qc2 Qf7 $15) (16. dxc6 $5 Bxc6 (16...
bxc6 $13) 17. Nd5 e4 18. Nb3 $10) (16. Bxc5 {Ftacnik} dxc5 17. Nb3 b6 18. dxc6
Bxc6 $15) 16... Nxb3 17. axb3 (17. Qxb3 $2 c5 18. Ba5 $2 Ra8 19. Bc7 Qe7 20.
Qxb7 Rfc8 {/\Be8,Ne8-+}) 17... c5 $17 18. Ba3 e4 (18... b5 19. b4 $1 Ra8 $140
20. bxc5 $1 Rxa3 21. c6 $44) (18... g5 $142 $1 {|^>>}) 19. Bb2 (19. b4 {Ftacnik
} b6 20. bxc5 bxc5 $17) 19... Ng4 (19... g5 $5) 20. h3 (20. Qc2 {Ftacnik} h5
$40) 20... Ne5 21. Qd2 Qe7 (21... b5 $5 22. cxb5 Bxb5 23. Ra1 Rb8 {/\Bc4-/+})
22. Ra1 h5 23. Ra7 Bc8 24. f4 (24. Na4 f4 25. gxf4 Bh6 26. e3 Nf3+ 27. Bxf3
exf3 28. Qc3 Kh7 $40) (24. h4 {Ftacnik} Kh7 25. Nb5 Bh6 $40) 24... exf3 25.
exf3 f4 (25... h4 26. f4 $13 (26. f4 $1 {Ftacnik} Nf7 27. Re1 $13)) 26. gxf4 (
26. Ne4 {Ftacnik} g5 $17 (26... Bh6 27. Qc3 fxg3 28. Nxd6 Rxd6 29. Qxe5 $36) (
26... fxg3 27. f4 Bh6 28. Nxg3 $13)) 26... Bh6 27. Ne2 Qh4 (27... Rde8 28. Bxe5
dxe5 29. d6 Qf7 $146) (27... Kh7 $5) 28. Bxe5 (28. Qe1 {Ftacnik} Qxe1 29. Rxe1
Nd3 30. Rb1 Rde8 $17) 28... dxe5 29. Qe3 $1 Rxf4 $5 (29... Bxh3 30. Qf2 $1 $10)
(29... exf4 {Ftacnik} 30. Qxc5 Bxh3 31. Rxb7 $132) 30. Qxc5 (30. Nxf4 {Ftacnik}
Bxf4 31. Qf2 Bg3 32. Qxc5 Bxh3 33. Bxh3 Qxh3 34. Ra2 Rf8 $40) 30... Rd4 $5 31.
Qb6 $5 $138 (31. Qc7 Be3+ 32. Kh2 Rd2 33. Ra8 Rxe2 34. Rxc8 Bf4+ 35. Kg1 Rxc8
36. Qxc8+ Kh7 $19) (31. Ra8 Be3+ 32. Kh2 Rg4 33. Qxe3 Rxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Bxh3+ 35.
Kg1 Rxa8 $36) (31. Nxd4 {Schussler} Be3+ 32. Kh2 Bxh3 $1 33. Bxh3 Bf4+ 34. Kg1
Qg3+ 35. Bg2 Be3+ $19 (35... Be3+ {Ftacnik} 36. Kh1 Qh4+)) 31... Be3+ $6 (31...
Kh8 $1 32. f4 $1 (32. Nxd4 $2 Be3+ 33. Kh2 Bxh3 $19) (32. Ra8 Rd2 33. Qc7 Be3+
34. Kh1 Rxe2 $40) (32. Qc7 Rd2 33. Qxe5+ $140 Bg7 34. Qe3 Rxe2 35. Qxe2 Bd4+
$19) 32... Bxf4 33. Nxf4 (33. Nxd4 Be3+ 34. Kh2 Bf4+ 35. Rxf4 Qxf4+ 36. Kh1
Qc1+ $10) 33... Rxf4 34. Rxf4 exf4 35. Qxg6 f3 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Bxf3 $2 (37.
Qg6+ $10) 37... Qg3+ 38. Bg2 Re8 39. Ra1 Re2 $19) 32. Kh2 Kh8 (32... Qg5 $5 33.
Nxd4 Bf4+ 34. Kh1 exd4 35. Ra8 Rf8 $146 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Qe6+ Kh7 38. Qd7+ $1
Kh6 39. Qxc8 Qg3 40. Qh8+ Kg5 41. Qd8+ $10) 33. Nxd4 $2 (33. Ra8 $142 Rg4 $5 (
33... Bf4+ 34. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 35. Kh1 Rg8 36. Qc7 Bxh3 37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Bxh3 $16)
34. Qxe3 Rxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Bxh3+ 36. Kg1 Rxa8 37. Qxe5+ Kh7 38. Rf2 Bf5 $146) (33.
Qxg6 {Ftacnik} Rg8 $19) 33... Bxh3 $1 34. Bxh3 $2 (34. Qxd8+ $142 Qxd8 35. Bxh3
Bf4+ $40 (35... Bf4+ {Ftacnik} 36. Kg1 Qg5+ $19)) 34... Bf4+ $19 35. Kg1 Qg3+
36. Bg2 Be3+ {Yusupov} (36... Be3+ 37. Rf2 Qxf2+ 38. Kh2 Bf4+ 39. Kh1 Qe1+ $19)
0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Tyomkin,D} f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. d4 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3
c6 8. Qb3 Kh8 9. Rd1 Na6 (9... Qe8 {Tyomkin,D} 10. d5 Na6 11. Bd2 Nc5 12. Qa3
Bd7 13. Rac1 a5 14. Be3 Nce4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Ng5 $14 {0-1 Preuschoff,
M-Kalinichev,S/BL2N 1993 (42)}) 10. Qa3 $146 {White has applied a new
treatment in a rather well-known position. He is going to start an assault on
the queen side by b2-b4-b5. Tyomkin,D: 'This moves looks very logical - white
intends to gain the space on the queenside by b2-b4 and then b4-b5. Bc1 will
be developed on-b2. In other games white tried with d4-d5, but it was helping
black to insert Na6 to the game (Na6-c5-e4). Now black has to move the knight
to-c7, preparing the standard e7-e5. The only question - if this new setup
gives white an advantage after black move e7-e5.'} Qe8 (10... Ne4 {was
interesting here:} 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nxc5 $14 {, at least
solving a problem of a solitary standing knight a6.}) 11. b4 Nc7 ({Or} 11...
Be6 12. b5 cxb5 13. cxb5 Nc7 14. Ng5 $16) 12. Bb2 {Tyomkin,D: 'The same
question is underway: "Is standard e7-e5 good for black?" Dolmatov didn't see
a danger after 12...e5 and played it.'} (12. Rb1 $5 {was an alternative. Then
after} e5 {but} 13. b5 $1 ({white had to continue not} 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qa5 {
, due to the following line:} Qe7 15. Nxe5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. f4 exf3 18.
Nxf3 Qxe2 $13) 13... e4 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Qxd6 exf3 16. Bxf3 {followed by
taking on c6 with advantage.}) 12... e5 $6 {[%mdl 16384] '?' Tyomkin,D. A
dubious move. 12...Be6 or 12...d5 had to be preferred.} (12... Be6 {Tyomkin,D}
13. d5 (13. Nd2 Qf7) 13... cxd5 14. Nd4 (14. Ng5 dxc4 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Qxa7 h6
$15) 14... Bg8 (14... dxc4 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Qxa7) 15. cxd5 f4 $1 $132 (15...
Ncxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxf5 Rxf5 18. e4 $14)) 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qa5 {[%mdl
2048] '!' Tyomkin,D. Tyomkin,D: 'That is the point! White uses backwardness of
black in development and begins to press on weaknesses. '} Na6 (14... Qe7 15.
Nxe5 b6 $2 (15... Ne4 16. f4 $16) 16. Nxc6 $18) 15. b5 b6 {'?' Tyomkin,D. The
best.} (15... cxb5 16. cxb5 Nc5 17. b6 Nfd7 (17... Ncd7 18. Nb5) 18. Ba3) (
15... Nb8 $142 {Tyomkin,D} 16. b6 Na6 17. Qxe5 $16 Ne4 $140 18. Qxe8 Rxe8 19.
Nxe4 $1 Bxb2 20. Nd6 $16) 16. Qa3 Nc5 (16... e4 $5 17. bxa6 exf3 18. Bxf3 {
'+/-' Tyomkin,D.} Be6 19. Qa4 Rc8 20. Rd6 $6 (20. Rd2 $14) 20... Ne4 $13) 17.
bxc6 e4 18. Nd4 Qf7 (18... f4 19. gxf4 g5 20. fxg5 $2 ({Stronger is} 20. Nd5
Nxd5 (20... gxf4 21. Nxf4) 21. cxd5 gxf4 22. Kh1 Qh5 23. Rg1 $1 {and white
will repel black's assault (23...Qd5 24.Nb5!+-)}) 20... Ng4 {and white would
have serious problems.}) 19. Rac1 Be6 (19... g5 $5 {/\ f4}) (19... f4 {Tyomkin,
D} 20. gxf4 Nh5 21. e3 Nd3 22. Nxe4 $18) 20. Ncb5 a6 21. Nd6 Qc7 $2 {More
stubborn was 21...Qe7.} 22. Nb7 $1 (22. Nb7 Rae8 (22... Bf7 {Tyomkin,D} 23.
Nxc5 bxc5 24. Qxc5 {with two pawns up and completely winning position.}) 23.
Nxc5 bxc5 24. Qxc5 f4 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Bxf6 Rexf6 $8 27. Bxe4 fxg3 28. fxg3
$16) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.30"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Lempert,I"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[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 "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Qa5
9. Bb2 e5 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. d5 $5 (11. dxe5 dxe5 12. e4 (12. Rad1 e4 13. Ne1 Re8
14. Nc2 Na6 $132) 12... Na6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. h3 Nc5 $13 {
Polugaevsky,L-Dolmatov,S/ISL/1990/}) 11... c5 (11... e4 12. Nd4 c5 13. Ne6 Bxe6
14. dxe6 Nc6 15. f3 $16 e3 16. Qxe3 Ng4 17. Qd2 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Ne3 (18... Nf2+ $2
19. Rxf2 Bxf2 20. e3 $16) 19. Rfe1 Qe7 20. Nd5 $16) (11... Na6 12. dxc6 bxc6
13. Rad1 Ne8 (13... Rd8 $2 14. Nxe5) 14. Na4 $14) 12. Ng5 (12. Nb5 $5 Qe7 (
12... Qb6 13. Bc3 a5 14. Ng5 $14) (12... Qd8 $1) 13. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 14. d6 Qd8
15. Nc7 $16) 12... Na6 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 Rae8 15. Nb5 Qb6 16. Qxd6 $2 (16.
Bc3 $1 Nb4 (16... e4 $2 17. Ba5 Qc6 18. Nxa7 $18) (16... d5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18.
Qxd5 Rd8 19. Qg2) 17. a3 (17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. Qxb4 (18. Qxd6 e4 19. Qxb4 Nd5 20.
cxd5 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 a6 22. e7 Rf7 23. d6 axb5 24. Rd1 $18) 18... Rxe6 19. Qa3 a6
20. Nc3 e4 21. Rad1 $14) 17... Nc6 18. Qxd6 a6 19. Qc7 Qxc7 20. Nxc7 Re7 21.
Bxc6 Rxc7 22. Bd5 $16) 16... e4 17. Rfd1 Rxe6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. a3 Nb8 20. Rab1
Nc6 21. Bc1 (21. f3 $5) 21... Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. Bf4 Nc6 24. f3 Nd4 25.
Nxd4 cxd4 26. fxe4 Nxe4 27. Kf1 h5 28. Rd1 Kh7 29. Bf3 Bf6 30. h4 Kg7 31. Kg2
Nc3 32. Re1 (32. Rd2 $142) 32... d3 33. Kf1 $6 (33. e3 d2 34. Rh1 Be5 $19) (33.
Bxb7 $5) 33... Nxe2 34. Bc7 (34. Bxe2 Bc3 $1 $19) 34... Re7 35. Bb8 Re3 36. Kg2
d2 37. Rd1 Nd4 38. Bxb7 Nxb3 $19 39. Bf4 Re1 40. Bf3 Bc3 41. Kf2 Bd4+ 42. Kg2
Kh7 43. a4 Bc3 44. Kf2 Nd4 45. Rxd2 Bxd2 46. Bxd2 Ra1 47. Bd5 Nb3 48. Bf4 Nc5
49. Bc7 Nxa4 50. Ke3 Rb1 51. Bc6 Nc5 52. Kd2 Ne6 53. Be5 Rb3 54. Bc3 Nc5 55.
Kc2 Ra3 56. Be5 Ne4 57. Bd5 Rxg3 58. Bxg3 Nxg3 59. Kd3 g5 60. hxg5 Kg6 61. Ke3
Kxg5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.30"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Nikolaidis, Ioannis"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Lempert,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Qa5
9. Bd2 e5 $6 (9... Qc7 $1 10. d5 (10. Qc1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bh6 Nbd7 (12...
Na6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qa3 Be6 15. Rad1 Bf7 $10) 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. e4 f4 $10 {
Malich,B-Dolmatov,S/GER/1992/0:1/40/}) 10... Na6 11. Rc1 Nc5 (11... Bd7 $5) 12.
Be3 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bd4 e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Bxg7 Qxg7 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18.
Nxd4 Kf7 $1 $14 {Nikolic,P-Dolmatov,S/Hastings/1989/0,5/33/}) 10. e4 $1 Qc7 11.
exf5 Bxf5 (11... gxf5 12. dxe5 (12. c5 e4 $1) 12... dxe5 13. Qc2 $14) 12. dxe5
dxe5 13. Ng5 Nbd7 (13... Na6 14. Nce4) 14. Nge4 Rfd8 $6 (14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4
Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nc5 17. Qe2 $1 (17. Bg2 e4 18. Rb1 Rad8 19. Qe2 Bd4 $13) 17...
Ne6 (17... Nxe4 18. Qxe4 $14) 18. Bc3 Nd4 19. Qg4 $36) 15. Qe2 Nf8 16. Bg5 Nxe4
17. Nxe4 Re8 18. Rad1 h6 19. Be3 Ne6 20. Nd6 Re7 21. Rfe1 Nd4 22. Bxd4 Qxd6 23.
Bc3 $1 (23. Bxa7 Qa3 24. Bb6 Qxa2 25. Rd8+ Kh7) 23... Qe6 24. Be4 Rae8 25. Rd3
h5 26. Qe3 a6 27. Bb4 Rd7 28. Ba5 Bxe4 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Qxe4 Kf7 31. Bc3 Qf5
32. Qe3 Kg8 33. Kg2 Rf8 34. Re2 h4 35. Qe4 h3+ (35... hxg3 36. hxg3 $16) 36.
Kf1 Qd7 $2 (36... Rd8 37. Ke1 $16) (36... Qf3 $142 37. Qxf3 Rxf3 38. Bxe5 Bxe5
39. Rxe5 Rc3 $16) 37. Qxg6 Rf3 38. Bxe5 Qd1+ 39. Re1 Qd3+ 40. Qxd3 Rxd3 41.
Bxg7 Kxg7 42. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O c6 8. d5 {
Gelfand chooses the classic old line.} ({One would expect that Nakamura had
found a viable plan for Black after} 8. Rb1 {Kramnik,V (2788)-Nakamura,H (2708)
/Wijk aan Zee 2010/CBM 135/[Marin,M] (1-0, 44)}) 8... e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 {
This is the most flexible way to defend c4, since the instant weakening of the
long diagonal is not really dangerous.} (10. Qd3 {places the queen on a
vulnerable square, while b2-b3 will be necessary at a later stage anyway.} Re8
11. Ng5 Nbd7 {Chuchelov,V (2540)-Renner,C (2445) Berlin 1997 CBM 059 ext 
[Chuchelov] (1-0, 40). According to the winner's comments, Black was doing
fine in this game.}) 10... Re8 ({I see no difference between this move order
and} 10... Na6 11. Bb2 Re8 {, as Nakamura had played against Ponomariov.}) (
10... Ne4 {is considered to be risky, but Nakamura played it twice in blitz
games:} 11. Nxe4 ({One of the games is saved as} 11. Nd4 $4 Bf7 $4 {They might
have played so quickly that the moves 11.Nxe4 dxe4 were not perceived by the
sensors.}) 11... fxe4 (11... Bxa1 12. Nxd6 $16 {has long been known to be good
for White.}) 12. Nd4 Bf7 13. Rb1 d5 (13... Re8 14. Bb2 Nd7 15. Nc2 Nf6 16. Ne3
a5 17. a4 Qe7 18. Qd2 Red8 19. Rfd1 d5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 $11 {
Agdestein,S (2570)-Nakamura,H (2741)/Oslo 2010/CBM 139 Extra (1-0)}) 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. Ba3 Re8 16. e3 Nd7 17. Qe2 Rc8 18. Rfc1 Qa5 19. Bb2 Ne5 $36 {
Johannessen,L (2514)-Nakamura,H (2741)/Oslo 2010/CBM 139 Extra (0-1, 25).
Although Nakamura did not play this line in games at normal time rate, we can
infer that he likes the structure with a pawn on e4, the same as in our main
game.}) 11. Bb2 Na6 12. Ng5 {The critical continuation. By exchanging the
e6-bishop, White hopes to add force to his thematic queenside attack b4-b5.} (
12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. e3 Nb4 15. Qb1 a5 16. Ng5 Bc8 {Black has
regrouped flexibly and preserved the bishop pair at the same time. White needs
to find a way to prepare the queenside attack.} 17. Ne2 Ng4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19.
Nf3 Qf6 20. a3 Na6 21. b4 Be6 22. Rc1 axb4 23. axb4 Bf7 24. Ned4 c5 $1 25. bxc5
dxc5 26. Nb5 b6 27. h3 Ne5 28. Nxe5 Qxe5 29. Qa2 Nb4 $132 {Ponomariov,R (2754)
-Nakamura,H (2774)/Saint Louis 2011/CBM 142 Extra (1/2, 93)}) (12. Nd4 Rc8 $6 (
12... Bf7) 13. e4 $1 $36 {Gheorghiu,F (2525)-Zimmer/Baden-Baden 1987/TD (1-0,
27)}) 12... Qe7 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. e3 {So far, both
sides have played natural moves. Having completed the development, they need
to take concrete decisions. For Black, it is important to choose in which way
he will make use of the e4-square, controlled by the majority of his pieces.}
Nce4 (16... Ng4 {is likely to lead to loss of time.} 17. Rfe1 Qf7 18. h3 Nf6
19. b4 Nce4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxg7 Qxg7 22. b5 Qe5 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Rd4 Rd7
25. Red1 {Black is in no immediate danger yet, but my feeling when having this
structure is that the defence is sometimes hanging by a thread. Any wrong step
may result in losing the coordination.} h5 $6 26. h4 Kh7 $6 27. Qa4 $2 (27.
Bxe4 $1 fxe4 28. Qa4 Rc8 29. c5 $1 Qxc5 30. Rd5 $1 $16) 27... Qc5 $2 (27...
Nxf2 $1 28. Kxf2 Qxe3+ 29. Kf1 Qxg3 $132) 28. Rd5 $1 $16 {Carlsen,M (2801)
-Cmilyte,V (2480)/Oslo 2009/CBM 133 Extra (1-0, 31)}) (16... Nfe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4
(17... fxe4 $6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rd4 d5 {Laxman,R (2511)-Chua Zheng Yuan,T 
(2256)/Kolkata 2009/CBM 133 Extra (1-0, 51)} 20. cxd5 $1 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Qxd5 22.
Rd1 Qe5 23. Rd4 $16) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 {1/2 Sosonko,G (2525)-Dolmatov,S (2630)/
Polanica Zdroj 1993/CBM 037. In fact, Dolmatov managed to defend Black's point
of view in this line more than once. However, Black is struggling slightly,
even without having lost two tempi like in the game above.} 19. Rd4 Ng5 20.
Rfd1 Qf6 21. b4 Re7 22. a4 Qe5 23. b5 Qc5 24. Qb2 Kg8 25. a5 $36 {Gomez
Esteban,J (2400)-Santo Roman,M (2500)/Las Palmas 1991/EXT 1997 (1-0, 41)}) 17.
Nxe4 fxe4 {This is what Nakamura had in mind: the same structure as in his
blitz games above. Although optically speaking Black's centre seems weak, it
is no less important that the g2-bishop is restricted. There is no effective
minority attack (b4-b5) available and the weakness of the f3- and d3-squares
may tell.} 18. Rd2 $146 {A novelty suggested by Tsesarsky.} ({Black did fine
after} 18. Rd4 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Qd2 Rd7 21. Rd1 Nh5 22. Ra4 Bxb2 23. Qxb2
a6 24. Rad4 Nf6 $11 {Huzman,A (2581)-Neiksans,A (2378)/Batumi 1999/CBM 074/
[Tsesarsky] (1-0, 55)}) 18... d5 {Completely neutralising White's space
advantage.} 19. cxd5 cxd5 {With the e4-pawn on f5 still, the d5-pawn would be
chronically weak.} 20. Qc5 {Hoping to get some benefit from weakening the
enemy queenside.} (20. Rfd1 Re7 {[%cal Ge7d7]}) 20... b6 21. Qb5 {With the
g2-bishop restricted by two black pawns, the weakness of the c6-square is not
that relevant.} Nh5 {In order to reach absolute stability on the dark squares,
Black needs to exchange the bishops.} 22. Ba3 (22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rc1 Nf6 24.
Rc7+ Re7 25. Bh3 Qd6 26. Rxe7+ Qxe7 $11) 22... Bf8 23. Bb2 Bg7 24. Ba3 Be5 $5 {
It seems that Nakamura trusted his position a lot, since he avoids taking an
immediate draw by repetition.} (24... d4 $5 25. exd4 Bxd4 26. Bb2 $11) 25. Rc1
Nf6 26. Rdc2 d4 27. Rc6 (27. exd4 Bxd4 28. Re2 {looks more cautious.}) 27...
Qf5 28. exd4 Bxd4 29. Qxf5 gxf5 {Black has some initiative now.} 30. Bh3 e3 31.
Bxf5 exf2+ 32. Kf1 Be3 33. Rb1 Ne4 34. Bxe4 Rxe4 35. Rc2 $2 {losing
immediately.} (35. Bb2 $15 {[%csl Gd4]}) 35... Red4 $1 36. Ke2 Rd1 $1 37. Rxd1
Rxd1 0-1

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b3 ({
Gelfand has had some bad experiences with the classical main line:} 8. d5 e5 9.
dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Na6 (10... Re8 11. Bb2 Na6 12. Ng5 Qe7 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Qc2
Nc5 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. e3 Nce4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Rd2 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 $11 {
Gelfand,B (2739)-Nakamura,H (2759) Wijk aan Zee 2012 CBM 147 [Marin,M] (0-1,
37)}) 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Qd2 h6 14. Nh3 Be6 15. Rad1 Rad8 {Gelfand,B 
(2751)-Kamsky,G (2762) Tashkent 2012 CBM 152 [Ftacnik,L] (0-1, 33). In my
article published with CBM 160, I have advocated 8.b3 as a flexible and
promising way to fight for an opening advantage.}) 8... a5 ({The game that
inspired me most when picking up 8.b3 was} 8... Qc7 9. Ba3 a5 10. Rc1 Na6 11.
Qd2 Bd7 12. Rfe1 Nb4 13. Bb2 e5 14. a3 Na6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nb5 cxb5 17. cxb5
Nc5 18. Bxe5 Qb6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qd5+ Ne6 21. Qxd7 Rad8 22. Rc6 $3 Rxd7 23.
Rxb6 $18 {Karpov,A (2750)-Jussupow,A (2610) Linares 1989 CBM 011 [ChessBase] 
(1-0, 42). Quite an impressive display of White's dynamism. In our main game,
Gelfand took the first step along a similar path but then prematurely released
the tension thus limiting his advantage.}) 9. Bb2 Na6 10. Rc1 {In the article,
I manifested a certain sympathy towards this move,} ({but I favoured the rare} 
10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Rad1 e5 12. d5 $1 {Rotstein,J (2376)-Zoller,W (2095) Bad
Bevensen 2002 (1-0, 25)}) 10... Bd7 (10... Qc7 11. Re1 (11. Qd2 e5 12. dxe5
dxe5 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. Nd6 e4 15. Ng5 Rd8 16. Nxc8 Rdxc8 $11 17. Qxa5 $2 Nd7 18.
Bxg7 Nb4 {[%csl Gb6]} 19. Bf6 $8 Nxf6 20. Qb6 Rxa2 $17) 11... e5 12. Nb5 {
This is somewhat similar to Karpov's play. However, in Timman,J (2591)
-Muzychuk,A (2532) Marianske Lazne 2009 (1-0, 85) Black could have avoided
problems with the calm retreat} Qd8 $1 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nd6 (14. Ba3 e4 15.
Bxf8 Qxf8 16. Ng5 cxb5 17. cxb5 Nb4 $17) 14... e4 $11) 11. Qd2 (11. d5 Nc5 12.
Ne1 Qb6 13. Nd3 $14 {Portisch,L (2600)-Kovacevic,V (2540) Indonesia 1983 (1-0,
48)}) 11... Rc8 $146 {Preparing an uninspired pawn break.} ({But Black would
be slow with preparing ...e7-e5:} 11... Re8 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. e4 $1 {Mednis,E 
(2435)-Ftacnik,L (2590) Amsterdam 1988 (1/2-1/2, 47)}) 12. Rfd1 b5 $6 13. cxb5
cxb5 14. Ne5 $1 {Not really a sacrifice, due to the latent pressure along the
d-file.} Be8 (14... dxe5 $2 15. dxe5 Nc5 16. exf6 Bxf6 (16... exf6 17. Qd6 $18)
17. Nd5 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 $18) 15. Nd3 $6 $14 ({With such a fantastic mobilisation
of forces, White should have increased the pressure (rather than releasing it)
with the active} 15. Bb7 $1 dxe5 16. Bxc8 Qxc8 17. dxe5 Ng4 18. Nd5 Qb7 (18...
Qd7 $2 19. h3 Nxe5 20. Qe3 e6 21. Nc7 $18) 19. e6 $16 {/+- The material is
about equal, but White's superior coordination offers him an overwhelming
advantage.}) 15... Nc7 16. Nf4 ({Before moving away with the knight, White
could have induced some favourable structural changes:} 16. b4 $5 a4 (16...
axb4 17. Nxb4 $16 {[%csl Gc6]}) 17. Nf4 Bf7 18. d5 $14 {In the game, the
potential threat ...b5-b4 could have made some difference in at least two
cases.}) 16... Bf7 17. d5 Rb8 18. e4 (18. e3 $14 {[%csl Gc6,Ge6][%cal Gc3e2,
Gh2h4]}) 18... fxe4 $6 {Black is tempted by the d5-pawn, but taking it plays
into White's hands.} (18... b4 $5 19. Nce2 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 fxe4 {
looks like a better option.}) 19. Nxe4 Ncxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 {
Seven moves after the active 14.Ne5, White keeps his superior mobilisation.
This allowed (and actually required) an attacking policy.} 22. Nxd6 $2 {
But this just leads to a draw.} (22. Qb2+ $5 {would have left Black under
serious pressure despite his extra pawn:} Kg8 (22... Nf6 $2 23. g4 h6 24. h4 g5
(24... Kh7 25. Rxd6 $1 $18 exd6 26. Nxf6+ Kh8 27. Ne8+ Kg8 28. Qg7#) 25. hxg5
hxg5 26. Nxg5 $16) 23. Rd3 {[%cal Gc1d1,Gb2d2]} b4 {[%cal Gb8b5]} 24. Qd2 Rb5 (
24... Nc7 25. Ng5 $36 {[%cal Gh2h4]}) 25. Bf1 {[%cal Gd3d4]} Nc3 26. Nxc3 bxc3
27. Rdxc3 $36) 22... Qxd6 23. Bxd5 Rfd8 $11 {The rest is simple, the game only
continued because of the 30-moves rule.} 24. Qc3+ Qf6 25. Qxf6+ Kxf6 26. Bxf7
Kxf7 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rc5 Rd2 29. a4 b4 30. Rxa5 Rd3 31. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O c6 8. Rb1 {
From theoretical point of view, this is less topical than 8. d5 and 8.b3, but
has a lot of strategic substance. White removes the rook from the corthe event
of the opening of the centre and prepares either a bold attack with b4-b5 or,
in some other cases, the more solid b3.} Ne4 {This is considered to be one of
Black's best replies, but after this game the evaluation may change. After all,
Black's whole queenside is undeveloped, why start exchanging already developed
pieces?} ({Kramnik had faced} 8... Na6 {15 years ago in a semi rapid game.} 9.
b4 Ne4 10. Bb2 $5 (10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Nd2 d5 12. b5 {looks more consistent,
like in Beliavsky,A (2620)-Nikolic,P (2670)/Polanica Zdroj 1996/CBM 055/
[Beliavsky] (1-0, 38)}) 10... Be6 11. b5 {This was recommended by Beliavsky in
the Chess Informant.} (11. Qb3 $2 b5 12. Nxe4 Bxc4 13. Qe3 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Nxb4
15. Bh3 Kh8 $17 {Kramnik,V (2715)-Ivanchuk,V (2700)/Monte Carlo 1995/CBM 046
ext (1/2, 51)}) 11... cxb5 $5 ({Beliavsky only analyses} 11... Nc7 12. bxc6
bxc6 13. Qa4 Rb8 14. Ba1 $1 $14) 12. cxb5 Nc7 (12... Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Nc7 14. Ng5
Bxa2 15. Rc1 d5 16. Qa4 Bc4 17. Ba5 $36 {[%cal Gc1c4]} Bxb5 18. Qb3 $16 {
[%cal Gc1c7]}) 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Ng5 Bxa2 15. Rc1 Bh6 16. h4 Bd5 $13) (8... Qe8
{[%cal Ge7e5]} 9. d5 $5 Na6 (9... e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. b3 $1 {We can see the
usefulness of the Rb1.} Qe7 $14 {Black has practically lost a tempo and has
failed to get early counterplay.}) 10. b4 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5+ Kh8 13.
Bb2 $14 {Larsen,B (2540)-Kortschnoj,V (2605)/Buenos Aires 1993/CBM 035 (1-0,
43). In his youth, Korchnoi was one of the promoters of the Leningrad Dutch,
but his later tastes changed radically and it is surprising to see him on the
black side in 1993.}) (8... Qc7 9. d5 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. b3 $14 {Black has
avoided losing a tempo in this line, but his queen is not especially well
placed on c7.}) 9. Qc2 ({According to Kramnik, it was around 3 a.m. when he
realized that White should refrain from} 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Nd2 d5 11. e3 Be6 12.
b4 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. a4 bxa4 15. Qxa4 Nd7 16. Qa2 Bf7 17. Nb3 (17. Bb2 {
Beliavsky,A (2645)-Spraggett,K (2560)/Elista 1998/CBM 066 ext/[Hecht] (1/2, 64)
}) 17... Nb6 {Beliavsky,A (2618)-Agrest,E (2554)/Batumi 1999/CBM 074/
[Tsesarsky] (1-0, 35)}) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 $1 {This move gives meaning to
White's previous play. The b-file has been opened for the rook and, since ...
e5 is unavoidable, we can also state that the white centre has been
strengthened.} (10. Qxc3 e5 {does not pose Black any problems.} 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. e4 (12. Qa3 {Adla,D (2435)-Tovillas,D (2335)/Buenos Aires 1991/EXT 2000 
(1-0, 33)} e4 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh3 Be6 15. b3 g5 $11) (12. Nxe5 Nd7 13. f4 Qe7
$15) 12... f4 13. b4 (13. b3 Qe7 14. Bb2 Bg4 15. Qa5 c5 $15 {[%cal Gb8c6,Gc6d4]
Skembris,S (2455)-Leow Leslie M (2455)/Novi Sad 1990/TD (1/2, 22)}) 13... g5
14. Bb2 Qe7 15. Rfe1 (15. Nxe5 $2 Nd7 $19) 15... Be6 (15... g4 16. Nh4 {
[%csl Gf5]}) 16. Rbd1 Nd7 17. c5 Bf6 18. a3 g4 $132 {Ionesi,C (2232)-Grunberg,
M (2403)/Predeal 2006/CBM 113 ext (0-1, 36)}) 10... e5 $146 {Black
consequently fights for space on the whole board, but his poor development
will prevent him from consolidating properly. I find it hard to recommend an
entirely adequate continuation.} (10... Qa5 11. c5 dxc5 12. Qb3+ e6 13. Bf4 Re8
14. Ne5 cxd4 15. cxd4 $32 {Giri,A (2517)-Reinderman,D (2560)/Hilversum 2009/
CBM 131 Extra (1/2, 43)}) 11. Rd1 e4 {Black is more or less forced to release
the tension. Otherwise, White would get a strong initiative.} (11... Qe7 12. c5
$1 dxc5 (12... e4 13. cxd6 Qxd6 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Ne5 $16) 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. dxe5
Qxe5 15. Bh6 ({If I reached this position in a game, I most surely would
continue with} 15. Bf4 $16 {[%cal Gf4d6,Gd6c5] but the surprising line
suggested by the computer is even better.}) 15... Re8 16. Rxb7 Bxb7 17. Qb3+
Kh8 18. Qxb7 $18) (11... Qe8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Ba3 Rf7 14. e4 $16) 12. Ng5 h6 {
This creates new weaknesses, but the white knight is incredibly versatile, as
we can notice in the following line.} (12... Na6 13. f3 exf3 14. exf3 Nc7 15.
Re1 Qf6 16. f4 $1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gg5f3,Gc1a3,Gc4c5] followed by Ba3, c5 and
the d6-pawn and the occupation of the e5-square. We can feel the power of the
doubled pawns. One of them is used for active purposes, while the other stays
back to defend the d4-pawn.}) 13. Nh3 g5 14. f3 d5 ({Once again, White would
have a clear plan of installing his knight on e5 if Black releases the tension:
} 14... exf3 15. exf3 Na6 16. f4 g4 17. Nf2 Nc7 18. Nd3 $14 {[%csl Ge5][%cal
Gc4c5]}) 15. Nf2 Kh8 {This move does not seem to be connected with any
concrete plan. In some lines Black must have feared an attack along the a2-g8
diagonal. However, it should be mentioned that the king move does not
contribute to the queenside development in any way.} (15... Rf7 $5 {[%cal
Gc8e6]} 16. Qb3 {White should delay the exchange on d5 until Black has
developed his knight, in order to avoid ...Nc6} (16. cxd5 cxd5 17. c4 Rc7 18.
c5 Nc6 $11) 16... Na6 (16... Be6 $2 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. fxe4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 $16) (
16... Qb6 $5) 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. c4 Be6 $14) 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. c4 {Black will
lose stability soon, but Nakamura had prepared an interesting trick.} e3 $5 {
Only this way can the activation of the g2-bishop be prevented. However, Black
may lose the courageous pawn later.} 18. Nd3 (18. Bxe3 $2 f4 {[%cal Gc8f5]} 19.
Bd2 Bf5 20. Qb2 (20. Nd3 $2 Nc6) 20... Bxb1 21. Rxb1 Nc6 $15) 18... Nc6 19.
Bxe3 ({The hurried} 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 {would leave the g2-bishop caged
after} f4 $44 {[%csl Gg2]}) 19... Nxd4 ({According to the joint post mortem
analysis by Kramnik and Nakamura,} 19... Qe8 {would have been better, although
they concluded that after} 20. Qc1 dxc4 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. f4 $36 {
White maintains the initiative.}) 20. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 {The position has
been opened and White has achieved a huge advance in development. However, the
situation is not entirely clear yet, because the next move will leave the
g2-bishop passive.} f4 22. Rb5 $5 {An elegant move, increasing the pressure in
the centre.} (22. Nxf4 gxf4 23. Rxd4 Bf5 {[%csl Gb1]}) (22. cxd5 Be3 {[%csl
Gg2]}) 22... Qf6 23. Rxd5 Be6 $2 {The decisive mistake, probably caused by a
miscalculation.} ({Black could have stayed in the game with} 23... Be3 $5 $14 {
consolidating his grip on the dark squares. Although White is a pawn up and
has an impressive domination in the centre, for practical purposes he is a
piece down for the time being. Probably, he should look for a way to exploit
the exposed position of the black king (to be compared with the absolutely
safe residence of his white rival), combined with the possibility of
exchanging the e3-bishop for his knight. Engines are very enthusiastic when
evaluating the position, but the passivity of the g2-bishop is something they
do not understand easily.}) 24. Nxf4 gxf4 ({He might have overlooked that after
} 24... Bxd5 25. Ng6+ Kg8 26. Nxf8 Bc6 {the knight gets out with} 27. Ne6 $1
$18) 25. R5xd4 fxg3 26. hxg3 $18 {White is two pawns up and can repel Black's
attack quite easily. The game is practically over.} Rg8 27. Rf4 Qg5 28. Rh4 Rg6
29. Qc3+ Kh7 30. f4 Qxg3 31. Qxg3 Rxg3 32. Bxb7 Rb8 33. Be4+ Kg7 34. Kh2 Re3
35. Rg1+ Kf7 36. Bg6+ Ke7 37. Bd3 Rb2 38. Rg2 Rxa2 39. Rxh6 Bf7 40. Rh7 Kf6 41.
c5 Ra4 42. c6 Rxf4 43. c7 Re8 44. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Calimanesti Caciulata"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Badea, Bela"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. b3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bb2 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5 ({
The seemingly solid} 8. Nbd2 {allowed me a spectacular win in recent years:}
Nc6 9. Re1 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e4 f4 12. h3 fxg3 13. fxg3 Nh5 14. Kh2 Be6 15.
Qe2 Rd8 16. Rad1 a6 17. Nc4 b5 18. Ne3 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Ng4 Nxg3 $1 21.
Kxg3 Bc4 $1 $19 {Donchenko,A (2577)-Marin,M (2580) Medias 2015 (0-1, 32)}) ({
White could also transpose to normal schemes without defining his intentions
with respect to the d-pawn:} 8. c4 Na6 9. Qc2 Nb4 $5 10. Qc1 a5 11. Nc3 Bd7 12.
d5 c6 13. Nd4 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Rd1 Bf7 $13 {Romanishin,O (2556)-Marin,M 
(2604) Sovata 2001 (1/2-1/2, 26)}) 8... Na6 9. c4 Bd7 10. Nc3 c6 11. Rb1 ({
A classical game went} 11. Nd4 Nc7 ({This is the thematic regrouping but the
simpler} 11... Nc5 $5 {may be better, for instance} 12. b4 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4
$132) 12. Qd2 c5 (12... Rb8 $5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Gc6c5]}) 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6
Rb8 15. Nd5 Nxe6 (15... Ncxd5 16. cxd5 b5 $132) 16. Nxf6+ exf6 17. Rad1 $36 {
Hodgson,J (2565)-Gurevich,M (2610) Wijk aan Zee 1993 CBM 034 [Gurevich,M] (1-0,
43)}) 11... h6 $5 {Before defining my queenside intentions I decided on making
this generally useful move on the other wing.} (11... Rc8 12. e4 {Gelfand,B 
(2700)-Ivanchuk,V (2735) Wijk aan Zee 1996 CBM 051 [Gelfand,B] (1/2-1/2, 27)})
({I refrained from the immediate} 11... Nc7 {in view of} 12. b4 {Preventing ...
c6-c5. Black may have to play} h6 {anyway as in Lukacs,P (2480)-Dao,T (2560)
Budapest 1993 (½-½, 59), so why not do it at once?!}) 12. Re1 (12. Ba1 Rc8
13. b4 {Van der Sterren,P (2510)-Onischuk,A (2605) Germany 1996 (0-1, 56)} Qf7
$132 {This is just one of the moments when ...h7-h6 is useful.}) (12. Ne1 Rc8
13. Nd3 Nc7 14. Qd2 Qf7 15. e4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 cxd5 18. cxd5 Bf5
$132 {[%csl Gd5] Mohr,G (2450)-Vasiukov,E (2545) Belgorod 1990 (1/2-1/2, 54)})
12... Nc7 (12... Qf7 {is another way of making use of ...h7-h6:} 13. Nd4 Rac8
14. Rf1 Nc5 15. e3 Nce4 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Qc2 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Ne4 19. Bb2 c5 20.
Ne2 Bc6 $13 {Stone,R (2415)-Chernin,A (2560) Saint John 1988 (0-1, 40)}) 13.
Nd4 ({My point was that after} 13. b4 {I could play} cxd5 14. cxd5 Qf7 {
[%csl Gd5,Gg5]} 15. Qb3 g5 (15... Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Ng5 hxg5 18. Bxd5 e6
19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Bxb7 $14) 16. e3 Rac8 $132 {[%cal Gc7b5,Rc7a8,Ra8b6,Rb6c4,
Yf5f4]}) 13... c5 14. Ne6 $146 {Even though he has the habit of offering a
draw repeatedly during the game, Bela does not shy away from principled
decisions.} ({The simplistic} 14. Nc2 {Heyken,E (2450)-Van Mil,J (2385)
Groningen 1988 (½-½, 26), allows Black to start his queenside counterplay
with} b5 $132) 14... Bxe6 ({Immedately after the game Mariya Yugina, who
arrived at the championship to sustain and help me somewhere in the middle of
the tournament, suggested:} 14... Nxe6 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Bxb7 Rd8 $1 {Her
intuition looks right. White does not give up the bishop and the rook stands
well on the d-file, inhibiting e2-e4-e5 and preparing ...e7-e5. As e will see
there is no need of attacking the bishop with ...Rb8.} 17. e4 (17. Bg2 g5 18.
e4 Qf7 $132) 17... Qd7 18. Bd5 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. cxd5 Bg4
$132) 15. dxe6 Nxe6 ({In for a penny... There was no time for} 15... Rb8 16. e4
(16. Nd5 Ncxd5 17. cxd5 b5) 16... Nxe6 17. exf5 Nd4 18. fxg6 Qxg6 19. Rxe7 $18)
16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Bg2 $14 {With such a strong bishop and the prospect of
breaking with e2-e4-e5, White is at least better.} Qf7 18. Nd5 Ne4 19. e3 Kh7
20. Qd3 Bxb2 21. Rxb2 Nf6 22. f4 Rbe8 23. Rbe2 h5 24. Nxf6+ ({White could
ignore the threat ...h5-h4.} 24. Qc3 h4 25. gxh4 Ng7 26. Bf3) 24... Qxf6 25. h4
Ng7 26. e4 {Carelessly weakening the d4-square.} (26. Rd2 $5 $14) 26... e5 $11
27. exf5 Nxf5 {Around this moment, I was starting to have some hope of
outplaying my opponent, just like I had hoped when choosing the opening. But
everything ended up peacefully.} 28. Re4 Re7 29. fxe5 Rxe5 (29... dxe5 30. Rf1
$36) 30. Rxe5 dxe5 31. Rf1 Kg7 32. Be4 Qe6 33. Kh2 Rf6 34. Bxf5 Rxf5 (34...
gxf5 35. Qe3 $16) 35. Rxf5 Qxf5 (35... gxf5 36. Qe3 $11) 36. Qe3 e4 37. b4 cxb4
38. Qxa7+ Kh6 39. Qe3+ Kh7 40. Qa7+ Kh6 41. Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qb3 {
This move came into the limelight on the occasion of the KO match between
Korchnoi and Dolmatov, Las Vegas 1999.} Kh8 9. Rd1 Na6 10. Qa3 Nc7 11. d5 c5
12. b4 $146 {White opens the queenside before Black gets to do it with ...b5.}
(12. Rb1 {was played before in a couple of games.}) 12... cxb4 13. Qxb4 Na6 14.
Qb1 Bd7 15. Nb5 Rc8 16. Nd2 Qb6 17. e3 Nc5 18. a4 Qa5 19. Ba3 a6 20. Bb4 Qd8
21. Nd4 Nxa4 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. dxe6 Qe8 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Bxa6 $5 {At first
sight, this looks impossible.} Nc3 26. Bxc3 $1 Rxb1 27. Rdxb1 {With his better
coordination and the molesting e6-pawn, White has excellent compensation for
the small material investment.} g5 28. Rb7 Ng8 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rb5 Qg6 31.
c5 dxc5 32. Rxc5 Qxe6 {Judging from the ulterior course of the game, vacating
this square for the enemy knight does not seem like a good idea.} (32... f4 $5)
33. Nf3 Qd6 34. Nd4 Kh8 35. Rc6 Qd7 36. Rac1 f4 37. Bc8 Qa7 38. Ne6 {This is
starting to look like a general invasion already. White's position is easier
to play already, if not objectively better.} Rf6 39. exf4 gxf4 40. Rc7 Qa4 41.
Nxf4 Rd6 42. Be6 Rd1+ 43. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 44. Kg2 Nf6 45. Rxe7 $16 Qe1 46. Rf7 Qe4+
47. f3 Qd4 48. Kh3 Qe5 49. Kh4 Qd4 50. Bg4 Qe5 51. Ne6 h6 52. Rf8+ Ng8 53. f4
Qb2 54. Kh3 Qa1 55. Bh5 Kh7 56. Rf7+ Kh8 57. Bg6 Nf6 58. Rf8+ Ng8 59. Bf7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.06"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Black "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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 "Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 {Arriving at a Dutch position by a move order
which avoids the Staunton Gambit or more maverick gambits, and setups with Nc3
and f3.} 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10.
Qd3 Ng4 {Though ...Na6 is the most popular move here, virtually everything has
been played in this position. Black has a backward pawn on d6, but White's
queen is momentarily tied to the defence of the c4-pawn, and after b3, the
knight on c3 may be under attack from Bg7.} 11. b3 Na6 12. Bb2 Nc5 (12... Qe7
13. Rad1 Rad8 14. e3 Rfe8 15. h3 Ne5 16. Qb1 Nc5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 (17... dxe5 $6
18. Ba3 e4 19. Na4 b6 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 $14) 18. Ne2 Bxb2 19.
Qxb2 Ne4 20. Nf4 Bf7 $11 {Mirzoev,A (2518)-Spraggett,K (2588) Seville 2008 1/
2-1/2 (42)}) 13. Qc2 a5 14. Rad1 $146 (14. h3 Nf6 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. e3 Rad8 17.
Nd4 Bf7 (17... Rfe8) 18. Nde2 Nfd7 (18... Rfe8 19. Rd2 Nfd7 20. Rad1 Ne5 $11)
19. Rd2 Nb6 $6 (19... g5 20. Rad1 Bg6 21. Rxd6 Be5 22. Rxg6+ hxg6 23. Nd4 $13)
20. Rad1 Rd7 21. h4 Rfd8 22. Nf4 h6 23. Nd3 a4 $2 (23... Nxd3) 24. Nf4 $2 (24.
Nxc5 $16) 24... axb3 {1/2-1/2 (39) Recoulat,E (2301)-Ibanez,F (2093) Buenos
Aires 2004}) 14... Qe7 {Black's only weakness is the backward pawn on d6, but
in compensation he has active piece play.} 15. e3 Rad8 16. h3 Nf6 17. Ne1 g5 (
17... Nfe4 {is less committal. Frequently in the Dutch Black pushes his g-pawn
forward at some point but often the disadvantage of weakening the kingside
outweighs the illusion of a kingside attack.}) 18. Nf3 h6 19. Nd4 Nfd7 {
Since the f-pawn is attacked twice, Black has no time to retreat the bishop.}
20. Nce2 Ne5 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 {White has a distinct advantage: Black's kingside
pawn structure is weakened, the black pawn on d6 can become a liability and
White has the two bishops. But he shouldn't rush into things and should
patiently build up his position} 22. f4 $2 {Too impetuous. With the black
queen still on e7, this is not a good idea. White too now has a backward pawn.}
(22. Nd4 Qf7 23. f4 Ng6 24. fxg5 Nxd4 25. exd4 hxg5 26. Rde1 $14) 22... Nd7 23.
Bxg7 (23. Bc1 $1 {is not a move one likes to play if one thinks one is
attacking, but it would have protected the weakness on e3 and forced Black to
find better squares for his knights, which are slightly in the way of the
major pieces. By exchanging off the dark-squared bishop, White gives Black
more space and compromises the defence of the e3-pawn. In fact after keeping
the bishop on, White would still have been a bit better.}) 23... Nxg7 24. fxg5
$2 (24. Qd2 Rfe8 25. Nd4 Qxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Rxe3 27. fxg5 hxg5 28. Nxf5 Nxf5 29.
Rxf5 Re5 $1 30. Rxe5 Nxe5 $11) 24... Qxe3+ 25. Kh2 hxg5 26. Rxd6 Ne5 $17 {
The knight is excellently placed here, both for defending its own weakened
kingside and for attacking the enemy king.} 27. c5 Rde8 $1 $15 28. Nd4 f4 29.
gxf4 Rxf4 30. Rxf4 $4 (30. Qc1 {was absolutely necessary. White just doesn't
see what is coming and fatally weakens his back rank; defeat is imminent.} Qxc1
31. Rxc1 Rf2 $15) 30... Qxf4+ 31. Kh1 Ng4 $1 {Ouch... game over.} 32. Qc4+ Kh8
0-1

[Event "EU-ch 15th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2014.03.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Popilski, Gil"]
[Black "Pavlidis, Anastasios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2014.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qb3 {
In his old Batsford book on The Leningrad Dutch, T.D. Harding calls this
'another primitive move, but one which must be respected'. In comparison with
the hugely popular 8.d5 and even 8.b3, this is a rare continuation indeed.} h6
(8... Kh8 9. Rd1 Na6 10. Qa3 {In his book Harding gives a game Naranja-Larsen,
1974, in which 10.h3 was played, to say that after 9.Rd1 the white queen 'is
misplaced and White has no good plan'. Opinions have changed in the meantime...
(Meulders)} Nc7 11. d5 c5 12. b4 $146 {White opens the queenside before Black
gets to do it with ...b5.} (12. Rb1 {was played before in a couple of games.})
12... cxb4 13. Qxb4 Na6 14. Qb1 Bd7 15. Nb5 Rc8 16. Nd2 Qb6 17. e3 Nc5 18. a4
Qa5 19. Ba3 a6 20. Bb4 Qd8 21. Nd4 Nxa4 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. dxe6 Qe8 (23... b5 24.
Bb7 Rb8 25. Bxa6) 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Bxa6 $5 {At first sight, this looks
impossible.} Nc3 26. Bxc3 $1 Rxb1 27. Rdxb1 {With his better coordination and
the molesting e6-pawn, White has excellent compensation for the small material
investment.} g5 28. Rb7 Ng8 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rb5 Qg6 31. c5 dxc5 32. Rxc5
Qxe6 {Judging from the ulterior course of the game, vacating this square for
the enemy knight does not seem like a good idea.} (32... f4 $5) 33. Nf3 Qd6 34.
Nd4 Kh8 35. Rc6 Qd7 36. Rac1 f4 (36... e5 37. Nf3 Qg7 38. R1c5 f4 39. exf4 exf4
40. Nxg5 fxg3 41. hxg3 Qd4 42. Nh3 Ne7 43. Rc7 Nd5 44. Rc8 Kg7 45. Bc4 Rxc8 46.
Rxc8 h6 47. Rc6 Qa1+ 48. Kh2 Qd4 49. Bxd5 Qxd5 50. Rg6+ Kh7 51. Nf4 Qf3 52. Kg1
Qxf4 53. gxf4 Kxg6 54. Kg2 Kf5 55. Kg3 h5 $11 {This line by Meulders}) 37. Bc8
Qa7 38. Ne6 {This is starting to look like a general invasion already. White's
position is easier to play already, if not objectively better.} Rf6 39. exf4
gxf4 40. Rc7 Qa4 41. Nxf4 Rd6 42. Be6 Rd1+ 43. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 44. Kg2 Nf6 45. Rxe7
$16 Qe1 46. Rf7 Qe4+ 47. f3 Qd4 48. Kh3 Qe5 49. Kh4 Qd4 50. Bg4 Qe5 51. Ne6 h6
52. Rf8+ Ng8 53. f4 Qb2 54. Kh3 Qa1 55. Bh5 Kh7 56. Rf7+ Kh8 57. Bg6 Nf6 58.
Rf8+ Ng8 59. Bf7 {1-0 (59) Aronian,L (2805)-Nakamura,H (2759) Wijk aan Zee
2012 CBM 147 [Marin,M]}) ({Relevant:} 8... Kh8 9. Rd1 Na6 10. Rb1 Qe8 11. Qa3
Nc7 12. d5 Bd7 13. Be3 b6 14. b4 Ng4 15. Bd4 Nf6 16. c5 dxc5 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18.
bxc5 Ne6 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Qb3 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxg2 {1/2-1/2 (21) Svidler,P 
(2746)-Radjabov,T (2733) Riga 2013}) 9. Re1 Ne4 $146 (9... g5 10. c5+ Kh8 11.
cxd6 exd6 12. h4 g4 13. Nh2 Nh5 14. e3 Nd7 15. Ne2 Nb6 16. a4 Qe7 17. a5 Be6
18. Qa3 Nd5 19. a6 b5 20. Bd2 Qd7 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Bb4 Rfd8 23. Nf1 Nhf6 24.
Nd2 Rb8 25. Ba5 Rdc8 26. Qd3 b4 27. b3 Ng8 28. Nc4 Nge7 29. Ra1 Rb5 30. Ra4
Rcb8 31. Rc1 Nf6 32. Nf4 Bd5 33. Nxd5 Nfxd5 34. Qd2 Qe6 35. Nb2 f4 36. gxf4 Nc3
37. Rxb4 Rxb4 38. Bxb4 Na2 39. Rc4 {Manaj,K (2234)-Gelashvili,T (2512) Athens
1999 0-1 (87)}) 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Nh4 g5 12. Ng6 Rf7 13. Bxe4 Bxd4 14. Be3 Qb6
15. Qxb6 Bxb6 16. c5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Red1 Kg7 19. Rd8 Na6 20. Re8 Nc7
21. Rxe7 Be6 22. Rxf7+ Bxf7 23. Ne7 Rd8 (23... Be6 24. Nf5+ Kf6 $15) 24. Nf5+
Kf6 25. Nxh6 Be6 26. g4 $2 {This gives Black a clear advantage.} (26. Bf3 $1 {
keeps the balance:} Rd2 27. b3 c4 28. bxc4 Bxc4 29. Ng4+ Kg7 30. Rb1 Ba6 31.
Rb4 Rxa2 32. Rd4 Kf8 33. Rd7 Nd5 34. Kg2 Rd2 35. Nf6 Bxe2 36. Nxd5 Bxf3+ 37.
Kxf3 Rxd5 38. Rxb7 $11) 26... Rd2 27. e3 Rxb2 $19 28. h4 Bd5 $6 (28... gxh4 29.
Rc1 c4 30. f4 Rxa2 31. g5+ Kg7 32. f5 Bd5 33. f6+ Kf8 34. g6 Ne8 $1 $19) 29.
Rb1 Rxa2 $2 (29... Rb4 $1 $19) 30. Bxd5 Nxd5 31. hxg5+ Kxg5 32. Nf7+ Kxg4 33.
Rxb7 a5 34. Ne5+ Kf5 35. Nxc6 $11 c4 36. Rb5 Ke4 37. Rc5 c3 38. Rc4+ Kf3 39. e4
c2 40. Nd4+ Kxe4 41. Nxc2+ Kd3 42. Rd4+ Kxc2 43. Rxd5 a4 44. f4 Rb2 45. Ra5 Kb3
46. f5 Rc2 47. f6 Rc7 48. Rb5+ Kc4 49. Rf5 a3 50. f7 a2 51. Ra5 Rxf7 52. Rxa2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 (8.
d5 {is by far the most popular and most analysed move.}) 8... Na6 9. Bb2 Bd7 (
9... Qc7 10. d5 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. e3 (12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. Rad1 Nc5
15. e3 a5 16. Rfe1 Bc8 17. Qb1 Rfe8 18. Qc2 Qe7 19. Nf3 Ng4 20. h3 Ne5 21. Nd4
Nf7 22. f4 Qc7 $11 {0-1 (53) Giri,A (2734)-Ponomariov,R (2731) Beijing 2013})
12... Rad8 13. Ne2 Rfe8 14. Nf4 Bc8 15. Rc1 Nc5 16. b4 Nce4 17. b5 Nc5 18. Qc2
Nfe4 19. Bd4 Qf7 20. Rfd1 Bd7 21. Qb2 Bf8 22. h4 h6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (36)
Kasimdzhanov,R (2706)-Nakamura,H (2764) Tashkent 2014}) (9... Qe8 10. d5 Bd7
11. Rb1 Rc8 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Ng5 Bxb2 15. Rxb2 Rf5 16. Nxe4 cxd5
17. cxd5 Nc5 18. Re1 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Rc5 20. Rc4 Rxc4 21. bxc4 h6 22. Re2 Rf7 23.
Qd4 Qf8 24. f4 Qg7 $10 {Gelfand,B-Ivanchuk,V/Wijk aan Zee/1996/}) 10. e3 Nc7 (
10... Re8 11. d5 e5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rad1 Rad8 $10 15. Rd2 $6 {
>=15.a3} d5 16. cxd5 Nb4 $1 17. Qb1 Nbxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rfd1 Be4 20. Qc1
Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Nd5 22. Bxg7 Qxg7 23. Rd4 Qe7 24. Qd2 Rd8 25. Nh4 $4 (25. b4 $5
b6 26. Qb2 c5 27. bxc5 bxc5 28. Rd1 $15) 25... c5 $1 26. Bxe4 (26. Rc4 Nb6 $19)
26... cxd4 27. Bxd5+ Rxd5 28. Nf3 d3 29. Nd4 Rxd4 $1 30. exd4 Qe2 {0-1 (30)
Sturua,Z (2560)-Garcia Ilundain,D (2520) Yerevan 1996 CBM 055 [Vorotnikov]} (
30... Qe2 31. Qc3 d2 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. Qc7+ Kh6 34. Qf4+ g5 35. Qd6+ Kh5 $19)) (
10... b5 $2 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. Ng5 Rb8 13. Nd5 e6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Nh3 g5 16.
Qd2 b4 17. Rac1 Nc7 18. f4 h6 19. e4 Bb5 20. Rfe1 $16) 11. Rc1 b5 $5 {Now that
the knight no longer is on a6, ...b5 is better than on the previous move.} (
11... Rb8 $5) 12. Ne1 (12. cxb5 cxb5 13. a3 Rc8 14. Qd3 a6 15. Rfd1 e6 $11) (
12. Qd3 Rb8 13. Rfd1 a6 $11) 12... Rb8 13. Nd3 bxc4 14. bxc4 e5 $6 {...e5 is
often a desirable move for Black in the Dutch, but usually only after the
white advance of the d4-pawn to d5. Here the immediate exchange on e5 would
have given White the advantage. Instead of ...e5 a quieter move like ...Qc8
would have led to equality.} (14... Qc8 15. c5 Qa6 16. Re1 Ncd5 17. Bf1 Nxc3
18. Rxc3 Qa5 19. Ra3 Qc7 $11) 15. Ba3 $6 (15. dxe5 $1 dxe5 16. Na4 e4 17. Ndc5
$14) 15... e4 $2 {This leads to an inferior position for Black and even though
materially White's advantage is only small, in a way the game is already over
here. But here too there was a way to equality:} (15... exd4 $1 16. exd4 (16.
Bxd6 dxc3 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Rxc3 Ne4 19. Rb3 {and now there's a long line,
giving Black the advantage.} Ra8 $1 20. Nf4 Nc5 21. Rb1 Ne8 22. Nd3 Rd8 $1 $17
23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Rb7 Nd6 25. Rc7 Bc3 26. Qb3 Ba5 27. Bd5+ Kf8 28. Qb2 Nf7 29.
Qf6 Qe7 30. Qxe7+ Kxe7 31. Rxa7 Bb6 32. Rb7 cxd5 33. Rxb6 dxc4 $17) 16... Nce8
$11 17. Qa4 c5 18. Qxa7 Ne4 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxd4 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Bg2
Nf6 {with active chances for Black despite being a pawn down.}) 16. Bxd6 exd3
17. Bxf8 Bxf8 (17... Qxf8 18. c5 $14) 18. Qxd3 $14 {Counting traditionally, 2
minor pieces are somewhat better than a rook and one pawn, and somewhat worse
than a rook and two pawns. However, much depends on the position: the activity
of the pieces (not impressive for Black here) and other factors like the pawn
structure. It's clear the weak c- and a-pawns make Black's disadvantage even
more telling than in the 'traditional' count.} c5 $6 {Black gets rid of his
weak c-pawn at once, but now the powerful white bishop on g2 increases its
domination of the h1-a8 diagonal. 18...Bb4 was a bit better but White's
advantage remains distinct.} (18... Bb4 19. Rb1 Kg7 20. Rb3 Be7 21. Rfb1 Rxb3
22. Rxb3 $16) 19. Rb1 Rb6 20. Rxb6 axb6 21. Rb1 $16 {Black has improved his
pawn structure, but only to be landed with a weak and backward b-pawn.} cxd4
22. exd4 Nce8 23. Nd5 Be6 (23... Nxd5 24. Bxd5+ Kg7 25. Qb3 Nf6 26. Bb7 $18)
24. Nxb6 $18 f4 25. Rb3 (25. Qc3) 25... Bf5 26. Qd1 Bg4 27. Qd2 f3 28. Bf1 Ng7
29. h3 Be6 30. Qb2 Ne4 31. Rxf3 Nf5 32. d5 Bg7 33. Qa3 Nd4 34. dxe6 $18 {
Funny, because now it's Black that gives up two pieces for a rook so that the
pieces are equal now. But in the meantime Black is four pawns down so of
course he didn't want to see the rest...} (34. dxe6 Nxf3+ 35. Qxf3 Nxf2 $4 (
35... Ng5 36. Qe3 Bd4 37. e7 $18) (35... Nf6 36. Nd5 $18) 36. Qf7+ Kh8 37. e7
$18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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 "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 {If you don't mind having to play the King's or
Old Indian, delaying ...f5 to this point is a good way to avoid the more
unusual and berserk lines against the Dutch.} 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Rb1 a5 9. Qb3 {A less usual and not so logical move, since the
queen is in the way of an intended b4 (why else play the rook to b1?). Of
course the queen stops the bishop on c8 playing for the time being, and there
is the 'Röntgen' attack on the king at g8, but this is not so terrible for
Black.} ({The most popular move here is} 9. d5 {e.g.} e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. b3
Na6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Rfd1 Rae8 16. Be3 f4 17. Bd4 fxg3
18. hxg3 Nf6 19. Rbc1 Bf5 20. Nh4 Bc8 21. Bf3 Qe7 22. Ng2 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 (22)
Gustafsson,J (2647)-Halkias,S (2579) Reykjavik 2011}) 9... h6 ({The king can
sidestep the gaze of the white queen by moving to h8 at once:} 9... Kh8 10. Rd1
Qc7 11. c5 Na6 12. cxd6 (12. Na4) 12... exd6 13. d5 Nc5 14. Qc2 f4 15. Bxf4 Bf5
16. Qc1 Bxb1 17. Qxb1 Nh5 18. Be3 Rae8 19. Bd4 (19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. d6 $14) 19...
Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Qf7 21. Rf1 cxd5 22. Bxd5 Qg7 23. Qd1 Nf6 24. Bf3 {Matiakov,
Maxim (2689)-Dubov, Daniil (2614), Wch Bliz Dubai bliz (13) 20.06.2014 1-0 (87)
; with a dynamic equilibrium compensating for the exchange.}) (9... Ne4 {
is riskier, given Black's lag in development.} 10. Be3 Kh8 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12.
Nd2 d5 13. f3 e5 14. fxe4 exd4 15. Rxf8+ Qxf8 16. Bf2 dxc4 17. Qxc4 b5 $6 (
17... Qd6) 18. Qd3 c5 19. e5 Ra7 20. Qxb5 Ba6 21. Qb6 {With a clear advantage
for White.} Rf7 22. Ne4 Bxe2 23. e6 Re7 24. Re1 Bg4 25. Nxc5 Re8 26. e7 Qf7 27.
Qd6 Qf6 28. Qxb8 Rxb8 29. e8=Q+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Bf8 31. Rxf8+ {1-0 (31)
Gustafsson,J (2647)-Cmilyte,V (2526) Aix-les-Bains 2011}) (9... Nh5 {also
ignores being behind in development. The idea to push the f-pawn, freeing the
way for Bc8 and opening the f-file for Rf8 does not impress me.} 10. Na4 Ra6
11. c5+ d5 12. Bd2 f4 13. e4 Kh8 14. Rbe1 fxg3 15. fxg3 Nf6 16. e5 Ne4 17. Bf4
Ra7 18. Ng5 Nxg5 19. Bxg5 Re8 $16 {1/2-1/2 (75) Mareco,S (2583)-Rodriguez Vila,
A (2481) Santos 2011. Black's position is very cramped and Ra7 looks quite
stupid. White went on to obtain a completely winning position, but ruined it
and had to settle for a draw.}) 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Qc2 {Hereby admitting that
the sortie to b3 was not so hot. But of course White can easily permit himself
a little loss of time in a position like this.} Qe8 12. b3 $146 ({As always
the stock move here is} 12. d5 {Since Black intends to play ...e5, White wants
to be able to take en passant and saddle Black with a weak and backward pawn
on d6.} cxd5 13. cxd5 Nc5 $11 ({Of course in this position, without a pawn on
c6, the advance ...e5 would be suicidal.} 13... e5 $4 14. dxe6 Qxe6 15. Bf4 $18
) 14. Be3 b6 15. b4 axb4 16. Rxb4 Bd7 17. Nd4 Ng4 18. Bc1 g5 19. Ne6 Nxe6 20.
dxe6 Bxe6 21. Bxa8 Qxa8 22. Bb2 {1/2-1/2 Wojtaszek-Ivanchuk, 2013 (41); with a
dynamic balance.}) 12... Qf7 13. Ba3 {Another way to stop ...e5.} Rb8 {If
given the chance, Black will now play ...b5, but White prevents this.} 14. d5
cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 b6 {Black is OK here. He has almost completed his
development, and the immediate threat is ...Bb7 and ...Be4, winning the
exchange.} 17. Rdd1 f4 $6 {Active but weakening the kingside.} (17... Bb7) 18.
Bb2 $1 Nc5 19. Bxg7 Bf5 $1 {A nice Zwischenzug, restoring the balance.} 20. Qb2
Qxg7 21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rbc1 Bd7 $11 23. Nd4 Rf6 24. Bc6 Be6 (24... Bxc6 25.
Nxc6 Rb7 26. Nd4 fxg3 27. hxg3 $11) 25. Rc3 (25. Nxe6+ Rxe6 26. Rd2 Rf8 27. Kg2
Ref6 28. g4 $11) 25... Rbf8 26. gxf4 $5 {It looks strange to ruin your pawn
structure like this, but White is looking for pressure along the e-file.} Rxf4
27. Re3 Kf6 (27... R4f6 $2 28. a3 $1 {and White develops an initiative, the
immediate threat being b4, winning a piece.}) 28. Nb5 ({Now, with e7 being
protected, Black can easily parry} 28. a3 {with ...Bf5.}) 28... Rc8 29. Bg2 Rf5
30. Nd4 Re5 31. Rg3 Rg5 32. Rf3+ Bf5 $6 (32... Kg7) 33. h4 Rh5 34. Bh3 Rxh4 35.
Nxf5 gxf5 36. Rxf5+ Kg6 37. Rf3 Rg8 38. Kf1 Kg7 39. e3 Ne4 40. Bg2 Nf6 {
The smoke has cleared and this should be a draw but Black overstepped the
time-limit.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 69th"]
[Site "Kolomna"]
[Date "2016.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khegay, Dmitriy"]
[Black "Prizant, Jaroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2016.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 Qe8 8. c4 h6
{A flexible and potentially aggressive alternative to the more traditional
moves ...Na6 or ...c6, where Black goes for counterplay on the queenside.
After ...h6, the idea is not just to take the g5-square from White, but to
advance on the kingside if the time is right.} (8... Na6 9. Nbd2 (9. Nc3 e5 10.
dxe5 dxe5 11. e4 fxe4 12. Ng5 Bg4 13. Qb1 Nc5 14. Ngxe4 Bf5 15. Ba3 Ncxe4 16.
Nxe4 Rf7 17. Re1 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 c6 19. Bd6 Qe6 20. c5 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qf5 22. Qxf5
Rxf5 23. Re2 $14 {1/2-1/2 (67) Gupta,A (2643)-Smirin,I (2657) New Delhi 2012})
(9. Qc2 h6 10. Nc3 g5 11. a3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd5 c6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bc3
e4 16. Nd4 Qe7 17. g4 fxg4 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. Bxe4 Nc5 20. Bc2 Bd7 $11 {1-0 (52)
Mu,K (2325)-Van Wely,L (2685) Canberra 2014}) 9... Rb8 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rad1 Bd7
12. Rfe1 b5 13. cxb5 Bxb5 14. a4 Nb4 15. Qc1 Ba6 16. dxc5 Rc8 17. Qc3 dxc5 18.
Nc4 $14 {1/2-1/2 (33) Hracek,Z (2635)-Bologan,V (2672) Tromsoe 2013}) 9. Nc3 (
9. Nbd2 g5 10. Qc2 Qh5 11. e3 Nc6 (11... Na6 12. a3 (12. d5 Nb4 13. Qd1 c5 14.
dxc6 Nxc6 15. Bc3 Bd7 16. b4 Qe8 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. c5 dxc5 19. bxc5 e5 20. Nc4
Be6 21. Nfd2 Rb8 22. Rab1 $11 {1-0 (40) Dreev,A (2650)-Lastin,A (2535) Elista
1997}) 12... c6 13. b4 Nc7 14. a4 Bd7 15. b5 Rf7 16. Ra3 Raf8 17. bxc6 bxc6 18.
Rb3 Ne6 19. Rb7 Bc8 20. Rb8 Bd7 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Bc3 f4 23. exf4 gxf4 24. Nh4
Ng4 $11 {1/2-1/2 (60) Cramling,P (2525)-Valles Moreno,I (2428) Burguillos 2009}
) 12. d5 Ne5 13. Bxe5 (13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. f3 $1 $16) 13... dxe5 14. Nxe5 Ng4 15.
Nxg4 Bxa1 16. Nxh6+ Qxh6 17. Rxa1 e5 18. dxe6 Qf6 19. Re1 c6 20. f4 g4 21. h3
gxh3 22. Bxh3 Bxe6 23. Nf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 (40) Laznicka,V (2642)-Jakubiec,A 
(2526) Czechia 2010}) 9... c6 (9... g5 10. Qc2 Qh5 11. e3 Na6 12. a3 c6 13.
Rae1 Rb8 14. d5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. cxd5 Qg6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19.
f4 (19. b4 Rbc8 20. Qd3 $16) 19... Rbc8 20. Qb2 Qf6 21. fxg5 hxg5 22. Bh3 Qe5
23. e4 $18 {1/2-1/2 (41) Stohl,I (2540)-Topalov,V (2635) Budapest 1993}) 10. d5
Na6 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Qd2 Nc7 (12... Nc5 13. Rab1 a5 $11) 13. e4 c5 14. Nde2 b5
15. exf5 Bxf5 16. cxb5 Nxb5 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. Nf4 g5 19. Ne6 (19. Ne2 Qd3 20.
Rad1 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Rab8 $11) 19... Bxe6 20. dxe6 Rab8 21. f4 (21. h3 a5 22. f4
c4 23. Bd4 cxb3 24. axb3 Qb4 25. Qd3) 21... g4 22. Rac1 Nh7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24.
Rc4 Nf6 {Though the position of the black king looks a bit precarious, the
black knight is an absolute tower of strength. White has no real chances of a
kingside attack, because of his weakness on the black squares. His best try is
an endgame, where his bishop may prove powerful, controlling the h1-a8
diagonal.} 25. Ra4 (25. Qc3 Qb6 26. Rd1 a5 27. f5 Kh7 28. Qe3 Qa6 29. a3 Rg8
$11) 25... Qb6 26. Qa5 Qxa5 27. Rxa5 $16 Ne8 28. Rxa7 Kf6 29. Bd5 Ng7 30. a4 (
30. Kf2 Rb4 31. Bc4 Rfb8 32. Re1 Nf5 33. h4 gxh3 34. Rh1 (34. g4 $2 {is met by
a tactical counterstroke:} d5 $1 35. Re5 Nd6 36. Rxd5 Nxc4 37. bxc4 Rxc4 $17)
34... Rxc4 35. bxc4 Rb2+ 36. Kf3 h2 $11 {Again the mighty knight allows Black
to keep the balance:} 37. g4 Nd4+ 38. Kg3 Rc2 $1 39. Ra3 Ne2+ 40. Kxh2 Nxf4+
41. Kg3 Kg5 42. Rf1 Rxc4 43. Ra8 Rc3+ 44. Rf3 Ne2+ 45. Kf2 Rc2 46. Ke3 Nd4 47.
Rg8+ Kh4 48. Rf2 Rc3+ 49. Ke4 Nxe6 $11) 30... Nf5 31. Re1 Nd4 32. a5 (32. Re3
$14 Rfc8 33. Rd7 {Making way for the advance of the a-pawn to a7.}) 32... Nc2
33. Re2 Nb4 34. Bg2 Rb5 35. Rd2 Rfb8 {White has an excellent bishop and an
extra pawn, but Black has a fantastic knight. I don't see how White can make
any progress.} 36. Bf1 (36. Kf2 {Intending to 'walk' to a4. Of course Black
moves as well.} Rc8 37. a6 (37. Ke1 Nc6 38. Bxc6 Rxc6 39. Rd3 c4 40. bxc4 Rxc4
41. Ra8 {and now several moves lead to equal play: ...Ra4, ...Rb1+, ...Re4+})
37... Rb6 38. Bf1 Nc6 39. Rb7 Rxb7 40. axb7 Rb8 41. Bg2 Nd8 $11) 36... R5b7 37.
Rxb7 Rxb7 38. h3 gxh3 39. a6 Ra7 40. Rd1 Nc2 41. Be2 Kxe6 42. Bg4+ Kf6 43. Bc8
Nb4 44. Kh2 Ra8 {Threatening ...Nxa6, because now the pin by Ra2 is harmless
since the knight can then move to c7.} 45. Bb7 Ra7 {Again threatening ...Nxa6.}
46. Ra1 e5 47. Kxh3 Nd3 48. Kg4 exf4 49. gxf4 h5+ 50. Kf3 Nb4 51. Kg3 Kf5 52.
Bc8+ Kf6 53. Kh4 Nd5 54. Rd1 Nxf4 55. Rxd6+ Ke5 56. Rd2 (56. Rd7 Rxd7 57. Bxd7
Nd5 58. a7 Nc7 59. Bb5 Kd6 60. Kxh5 c4 61. bxc4 Kc5 62. Kg5 Kb6 63. Kf6 Kxa7
64. Ke7 Kb6 $11) 56... Nd5 57. Kxh5 Nb4 58. Rd1 Ra8 59. Bb7 Ra7 60. Ra1 Kd4 61.
Ra5 Kc3 62. Rxc5+ Kxb3 $11 63. Ra5 Nd3 64. Kg5 Kb4 65. Ra1 Nc5 66. Kf5 Kb5 67.
Rb1+ Ka5 68. Bc6 Kxa6 {And White has run out of winning attempts.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malachite Sverdlovsk Region"]
[BlackTeam "En Passant"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Qa5
{The alternatives are 8...Na6, 8...a5 and 8...Qc7, as advocated by Victor
Moskalenko in his recent book 'The Diamond Dutch'. Moskalenko finds 8...Qa5
more suitable for rapid games. The idea of this move is to advance ...e5
quickly and not be bothered by the sortie Ba3.} 9. Bb2 e5 10. Qd2 $1 {I think
this is a hard move to meet for Black. It certainly puts the early black queen
sortie to the test, as in several variations the unprotected position of the
Qa5 is crucial.} (10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e4 f4 12. Qd6 (12. gxf4 Nh5 13. Ne2 Bg4 14.
h3 Nxf4 $4 (14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nxf4 16. Nxf4 Rxf4 $11) 15. Nxf4 $2 (15. hxg4
$1 $18) 15... Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rxf4 17. Bg4 Na6 18. Qd6 Raf8 19. Rad1 $11 {
1-0 (62) Jakovenko,D (2725)-Gurevich,M (2614) Odessa 2010}) 12... Ne8 (12...
Na6 13. gxf4 exf4 14. e5 Rd8 15. Qa3 Qxa3 16. Bxa3 Ng4 $11) 13. Qd2 Bg4 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Na6 16. Rad1 Nac7 17. Na4 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Ne6 $11 {1-0 (42)
Korobov,A (2678)-Bartel,M (2677) Lublin 2012}) (10. d5 e4 11. Ng5 h6 12. Ne6
Bxe6 13. dxe6 Qe5 14. Qd2 Qxe6 15. Rad1 Rd8 16. f3 e3 17. Qd3 Na6 18. Bc1 Re8
19. Qxd6 Qf7 20. Bb2 Bf8 21. Qd3 Nc5 22. Qc2 h5 23. f4 (23. Ne4 $11) 23... Ng4
24. b4 Na6 $2 (24... Ne6 25. Ne4 $5 fxe4 26. Bxe4 $13) 25. b5 $18 {0-1 (79)
Tregubov,P (2607)-Gurevich,M (2669) Corsica 2005}) 10... Na6 11. Rad1 $14 (11.
Rfd1 Qc7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Ba3 c5 14. Nd5 (14. Ng5) 14... Nxd5 15. Qxd5+ Kh8
16. Bb2 Nb4 $2 (16... e4 $11) 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxe5 $18 {1-0 (58) Markos,J 
(2559)-Ehlvest,J (2601) Riga 2012}) 11... Re8 12. d5 $1 {Threatening to simply
take on c6 and d6.} c5 ({The alternative} 12... Bd7 {is less committal, but it
leaves Black with little or no counterplay and White methodically mopping up
the black position.} {One possible line illustrating White's comfortable game
is:} 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. e4 $1 fxe4 (14... f4 15. a3 Qb6 16. b4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4
Bxe4 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Rac8 20. c5 Nc7 21. Ng5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 h6 23. Ne4
Ne6 24. Rd7 Rc7 25. Rxg7+ $1 Rxg7 26. Nf6+ $18) 15. Nxe4 Qxd2 16. Nfxd2 Rad8
17. Ba3 d5 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5+ Rxd5 21. Ne4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1
Be7 23. Rd7 Bxa3 24. Nf6+ Kf8 25. Nxh7+ Kg8 26. Nf6+ Kf8 27. Nxe8 Kxe8 28. Rxb7
Bc5 29. a3 Bb6 30. Rg7 Nc5 31. b4 Ne4 32. Kg2 Nxf2 33. Rxg6 Bd4 34. h4 $18) 13.
e4 (13. Ng5 Bh6 (13... Nc7 $14) 14. f4 Bxg5 15. fxg5 Nh5 16. e4 Ng7 (16... f4
$2 17. gxf4 Nxf4 18. Nb5 Qd8 19. Rxf4 exf4 20. Qxf4 $18) 17. exf5 gxf5 $2 (
17... Bxf5 18. g4 $1 Bxg4 19. Ne4 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Nh5 21. Nxd6 Re7 22. Nxb7 $1
$18) 18. g6 $18 hxg6 19. Qh6 Kf7 20. Ne4 Qd8 21. Ng5+ Kf6 22. Qh4 Qe7 23. Bxe5+
dxe5 24. d6 Qd7 25. Bd5 Nh5 26. Ne6+ {1-0 (26) Chuchelov,V (2540)-Haenisch,U
Bad Zwesten 1998}) 13... Qd8 {This retreat is an admission of defeat. Black
can't play ...Nc7 since this leaves Qa5 isolated} ({After} 13... Rb8 14. exf5
Bxf5 15. Nh4 Bd7 16. f4 $1 {seizes the initiative on the kingside.}) 14. Ng5 f4
$6 (14... Bh6 15. f4 fxe4 16. Ncxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bf5 18. Rde1 Nc7 19. a3 a5
20. h3 $16) 15. gxf4 Nh5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Ne2 h6 18. Nf3 Qd6 $16 {At the
expense of a pawn Black has freed his position somewhat but his pieces lack
co-ordination. He has to use his strongest piece to blockade the white d-pawn,
The Na6 is out of the play and he is still behind in development. His only
active piece is Bc8. Unfortunately Black has no means of directing the Na6 
(the natural blockader) to d6.} 19. Ne1 g5 20. a3 Bd7 (20... Rd8 21. Nd3 Nc7
22. Bf3 Nf4 23. Nexf4 gxf4 24. Kh1 Ne8 25. Rg1 $18) 21. Nd3 Rf8 22. Kh1 Rae8 (
22... Rad8 23. Ng3 Nf4 24. Nxf4 Rxf4 25. Nh5 Rf7 26. Nxg7 Rxg7 27. Qc3 Re8 28.
Rd3 Ree7 29. Rg3 $18) 23. Rde1 Re7 24. Bc3 b5 (24... b6 25. Qb2 Nc7 26. f3 Kh7
(26... g4 27. fxg4 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Bxg4 29. Ng1) 27. b4 Na6 28. Rd1 $16) 25. Rg1
bxc4 26. bxc4 Bc8 27. Ng3 Nf4 (27... Nxg3+ 28. fxg3 {Unfortunately the knight
on a6 can't be brought into the game:} Nb8 $2 29. Nxc5 $1 Qxc5 30. Bb4 $18) 28.
Nxf4 exf4 (28... Rxf4 29. Nh5 Rff7 30. Qe3 Nc7 31. Bf3 Ne8 32. h4 $18) 29. Bxg7
Kxg7 30. Nf5+ $6 ({A stronger try was} 30. e5 $1 Rxe5 31. Qc3 Rfe8 32. Ne4 Qe7
{and now yet another tactical blow decides the game} 33. Bh3 $3 Bxh3 34. Nxg5
$1 hxg5 35. Rxe5 Qxe5 36. Rxg5+ $18) 30... Bxf5 31. exf5 Rxf5 (31... Rxe1 32.
Rxe1 Nc7 33. Qb2+ Kg8 34. Bf3 a6 (34... Rxf5 35. Qb8+ Rf8 36. Qxa7 Rd8 37. Qb7
Kf8 38. Bh5 Kg8 39. a4 Ra8 40. Re6 $18)) 32. Rxe7+ Qxe7 33. d6 {At last the
pawn is free!} Qd8 34. Qb2+ {and the black king has no squares. Either Black
loses the knight on a6 or - if the king goes to a white square - a move by the
white bishop is lethal.} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.20"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O c6 8. b3 Na6
9. Bb2 Qc7 10. d5 e5 {The typical freeing move in many Dutch positions.} 11.
dxe6 Nc5 12. Qc2 Bxe6 13. Ng5 Bd7 (13... Rae8 {is a valid alternative since
the black bishop often remains hemmed in by the pawn on f5.}) 14. e3 a5 15.
Rad1 Rad8 16. Ne2 Bc8 17. Bd4 h6 18. Nf3 g5 19. Bb2 Rde8 20. Nfd4 Rf7 21. Nc3
Nfe4 22. Rfe1 h5 23. Nf3 h4 (23... Qe7) 24. gxh4 gxh4 25. Ne2 (25. Nxh4 Nxc3
26. Bxc3 Ne4 27. Bxg7 Rxg7 28. Kh1 Qe7 29. Nf3 Kf7 {and Black gets enough
counterplay along the g-file to give him equal chances.}) 25... Qe7 26. Nf4
Bxb2 27. Qxb2 Rg7 28. h3 Ne6 29. Kh2 Kf7 30. Nd3 Rxg2+ $2 {I suppose this
optimism is the result of the onset of time-trouble, when one tends to have
hallucinations, either of despair or of grandeur. There was no need to give up
the exchange, as White can defend coolly and consolidate the material
advantage.} (30... Rh8 31. Bh1 Qf6 32. Qxf6+ Kxf6 $11) 31. Kxg2 Rg8+ 32. Kh2
N6g5 33. Ng1 $16 Ne6 34. Nf4 $1 {It's more important to stop the possible
advance of the black f-pawn than to think of the pawn structure. White has the
advantage of being the exchange up anyway, so he needn't trouble about an
isolated f-pawn.} Nxf4 35. exf4 Qf8 36. Nf3 Qh6 37. Qc1 Be6 38. Ng5+ $18 Ke7 (
38... Nxg5 39. fxg5 Qxg5 40. Qxg5 Rxg5 41. Rxd6 Rg6 {and many ways lead to a
white victory here.}) 39. Qe3 Nxg5 40. fxg5 Rxg5 41. Qd2 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 {Im
Vergleich zu 7...Nc6 (scharf) und 7...Qe8 (führt zum strategisch schwierigen
aber auch interessanten Kampf) ist 7...c6 zweifellos eher langweilig aber auch
von den drei Möglichkeiten am solidesten und daher fast eine Remisvariante.} 8.
d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Na6 11. Ng5 Qe7 12. Ba3 Rad8 {Alles schon mermals
dagewesen.} 13. Nxe6 (13. Qc2 Ng4 (13... Bc8 14. Rad1 h6 15. Nf3 Nc5 16. e3 Ng4
{1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Garcia Ilundain,D/Terres Catalanes 1996/CBM 56}) 14. Nxe6
Qxe6 15. Bb2 Nc5 16. Rad1 a5 17. e3 Rfe8 18. h3 Nf6 19. Ne2 Nfe4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. a3 Qf6 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Nd7 24. Ra1 Nb6 25. Ra7 {1/2-1/2 Dlugy,
M-Kovacevic,V/Toronto 1989/EXT 89}) 13... Qxe6 14. e3 (14. Qc2 Nc5 15. Rad1
Nfe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bb2 Bxb2 {1/2-1/2 Thorsteins,K-Dolmatov,S/Reykjavik op
1990/EXP 18}) (14. Rc1 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Vaganian,R-Dolmatov,S/Reykjavik op 1990/
EXP 18}) 14... Rfe8 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. Rad1 Nce4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rd3 Rd7 19.
Rfd1 Red8 20. Bb2 Nc5 21. Rd4 $6 {Ein kühner aber auch riskanter Versuch die
Stellung etwas Leben ein zu blasen. Schwarz ignoriert aber das Geschenk.} Qe7 (
{Wahrscheinlich aus Respekt greift Schwarz nicht zu. Die Folgen von Bxd4
führen wahrscheinlich auch zum Remis:} 21... Bxd4 {z.B.} 22. exd4 (22. Bxd4 h6
23. Ba1 Kh7 24. b4 Ne4 25. f3 Nf6 26. Qc3 Nh5 $17) 22... Ne4 23. d5 $1 (23. Re1
Qf7 (23... d5 $2 24. f3 $16) 24. Bxe4 (24. f3 Nf6 $17) 24... fxe4 25. Qxe4 d5
$1 {mit mindestens += Spiel. Vielleicht hatte Schwarz aber keine Lust zum
spielen.}) 23... cxd5 24. cxd5 Qf7 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Qc3 Kf8 27. Re1 Qxd5 28.
Qh8+ Qg8 29. Qf6+ Qf7 30. Qh8+ Qg8 31. Qf6+ $11) 22. R4d2 Ne4 23. Rd4 Nc5 24.
R4d2 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 15th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2014.03.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jianu, Vlad Cristian"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Re1 {
The best scores for White are after the crucial and main move 8.d5, with 8.b3
or 8.Rb1 as good alternatives. The text move prepares e4, but this is more
logical in the line with ...Qe8 instead of ...c6.} Na6 (8... Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3
10. bxc3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Rad1 Qf6 14. e4 f4 15. Rd6 Be6 16.
Bh3 fxg3 17. hxg3 Na6 18. Bxe6+ $6 (18. Qb3 $1 Rab8 19. Bxe6+ Rxe6 20. Rxe6
Qxe6 21. Bd6 $1 Re8 22. Ng5 Qf6 23. c5+ $18) 18... Rxe6 19. Rxe6 Qxe6 20. Qb3
b5 21. cxb5 Qxb3 22. axb3 cxb5 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. Rd7 h6 25. Rxa7 Nc5 26. Bxc5
Rxc5 27. Nh4 Rxc3 28. Nxg6 Rxb3 29. Ne7+ $16) 9. b3 {Preparing for e4 and then
not playing it, doesn't pose Black any problems.} (9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11.
Rxe4 Bf5 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Bg5 Rae8 14. Qd2 Bg4 15. Nh4 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bh6
Bg7 18. Bxg7 Qxg7 19. h3 Be6 20. b3 Qf6 21. f4 Bf7 (21... Bc8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23.
Rd1 Rd8 24. Kh2 $14) 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Nf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 (77)
Yakovich,Y (2585)-Kuczynski,R (2479) Saint Vincent 2000}) 9... Ne4 ({Relevant:
} 9... Qa5 10. Bb2 e5 11. e4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Bf5 14. Re1 e4 15. Ng5
d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. f3 Nc5 18. fxe4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Rae8 21. Bxf5
Qxf5 22. Rf1 Qe4 23. Re1 Qf5 24. Qd2 Bh6 25. Qg2 Be3+ 26. Kh1 Qd7 27. Rf1 Rxf1+
28. Rxf1 Bxd4 29. Bxd4 Qxd4 30. Qxb7 Rf8 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Qf3+ Kg7 33. Qe2
Qd5+ 34. Kg1 Qd4+ 35. Kg2 Qd5+ 36. Kf2 Qd4+ 37. Kf3 Qd5+ 38. Ke3 Qe5+ 39. Kd3 {
Bogner,S (2587)-Grover,S (2475) Dubai 2014 1-0, probably time.}) 10. Bb2 Nxc3
11. Bxc3 Nc5 $1 {A typical tactical trick to centralise the knight. Black
already has a fine game.} 12. Nd2 d5 $1 {Switching to a Stonewall Leningrad.}
13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. e3 Be6 16. f3 Nxc3
17. Rxc3 Qb6 18. f4 Rac8 19. Nb1 Rc6 20. Qd3 Rfc8 21. Rec1 Bf7 22. Nd2 e6 23.
Nf3 Be8 24. Bf1 Bf8 25. Ne5 R6c7 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Qd2 Ba3 29.
Kf2 a6 30. Bd3 Bd6 31. Nf3 a5 32. Qe2 Qc1 33. Bb5 Qc8 34. Bxe8 Qxe8 35. Qc2 Qd7
36. h3 $11 {1-0 (74)}) 15... fxe4 16. f3 Bf5 17. Qd2 Qb6 18. Bb2 Rac8 $11 19.
fxe4 Bxe4 (19... dxe4 {is a worthy alternative, e.g.} 20. e3 Bf6 21. Rc3 Rxc3
22. Bxc3 Rc8 23. Rc1 Kg7 $11) 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qe3 Qe6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1
Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Qd7 (24... Qc6 {is another way to achieve a draw.} 25. Qc4+ Kf8
26. Qxc6 (26. d5 $4 Qb6+ {and Black wins.}) 26... bxc6 27. Kf2 Bh6 28. g4 Kf7
29. h4 Bd2 30. e3 Ke6 $11) 25. Kg2 Kf7 26. Qc4+ e6 27. Qc2 Qc6 28. Qxc6 bxc6
29. Kf2 Bh6 30. Ba3 e5 31. dxe5 Ke6 32. Bc5 a6 33. Bd4 Kd5 34. e3 Bf8 35. Ke2
h5 36. h3 Bb4 37. Kd1 c5 38. Bb2 Ba5 39. Ke2 Bc7 40. Kd2 Ba5+ ({Of course
Black must not take the pawn or he'll lose the resulting pawn ending:} 40...
Bxe5 $4 41. Bxe5 Kxe5 42. Kc3 Kd5 43. b4 $1 Kc6 44. Kc4 cxb4 45. Kxb4 Kd5 46.
a3 g5 47. g4 h4 48. a4 $18) 41. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.26"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Jepson, Christian"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "221"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Limhamn"]
[BlackTeam "En Passant"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e5
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Na6 11. Ng5 Bc8 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Nf3 (13. Qd2 h6 14. Nh3 Be6
15. Rfe1 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 fxe4 18. Qd4 Bf5 19. f4 $2 e3 $17 {0-1 (33)
Riemersma,L (2420)-Nijboer,F (2525) Hoogeveen 2012}) (13. Qc2 Bd7 (13... Nc5
14. Rad1 a5 15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. e3 Rad8 17. f4 Rfe8 18. Qd2 h6 19. Nh3 Be6 20. Nf2
Qc7 $2 (20... d5 $1 $15) 21. Qc2 $11 {0-1 (37) Van der Sterren,P (2490)-Klip,H
(2340) Netherlands 1993}) 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Rfe1 (15. Qd2) 15... Bc8 16. Ba3 $2
(16. Qc1) 16... Ng4 17. Bc1 Nb4 $36 18. Qd2 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Nxa2 20. Qd2 Nxc1 21.
Qxc1 f4 $19 {0-1 (30) Richter,C (2435)-Nijboer,F (2545) Netherlands 2005})
13... Be6 14. Nd4 (14. Ng5 Bc8 15. Nf3) (14. Re1 Ne4 15. Qc1 Nac5 16. Nxe4 Bxb2
17. Qxb2 fxe4 18. Nd4 e3 19. f4 Bg4 20. Qc2 g5 21. b4 Ne6 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. b5
Bf5 24. Qb3 gxf4 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Bxc6 Be4 27. Bxe4 Qxe4 28. c5+ d5 29. Rad1
Rad8 30. Qd3 Qe6 31. gxf4 Rxf4 32. Rf1 Re4 33. Kh1 Kh8 34. c6 Qe5 35. Rf3 d4
36. c7 Re8 37. Qc4 Rh4 38. h3 Rc8 39. Rg1 Qe4 40. Rg2 Qe7 41. Rfg3 h6 42. Qg8+
Rxg8 43. Rxg8+ Kh7 44. Rh8+ {1-0 (42) Tan,Z (2429)-Cmilyte,V (2525) Shenzhen
2011}) (14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Rad1 Nfe4 16. Qc2 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Ne4 19.
Qc2 d5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Nd4 Rad8 22. Qc1 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 (20) Moranda,W (2533)
-Malaniuk,V (2496) Warsaw 2007}) 14... Bf7 15. Qd2 Rac8 (15... Nc5 16. Rad1
Rfe8 $11) (15... Rfe8 16. e3 Rad8 17. Rfd1 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Qe1 Nab4 20.
Ba3 a5) 16. e3 Nc5 17. Rac1 a6 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Qc2 Qe8 20. Ba3 (20. b4 Ncd7
21. Na4) 20... b5 21. Bb4 (21. cxb5 axb5 22. Bb4) 21... bxc4 22. bxc4 Nb7 23.
Na4 Ne4 24. c5 dxc5 25. Bxc5 Nbxc5 26. Nxc5 Nxc5 27. Qxc5 Bf8 28. Qb6 c5 29.
Nc6 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 c4 31. Qxa6 $16 Rc7 32. Qb5 $1 (32. Rd8 Rxc6 33. Qa8 Qxd8
34. Qxd8 Rc5 35. Qd2 c3 36. Qc2 Bg7 37. a4 Be5 38. f4 Bf6 39. e4 Bd4+ 40. Kh1
Be6 $11 41. Bh3) 32... c3 33. Rc1 Bg7 (33... Qd7 $5 34. Nd4 (34. Rxc3) 34...
Qxb5 35. Nxb5 Rc5 36. Nxc3 $16) 34. a4 $16 Bf6 35. a5 Qd7 36. a6 c2 $2 {
I assume both players were in terrible time-trouble here.} (36... Kg7 37. Qb6
$18) 37. a7 $4 (37. Rxc2 $1 Qd1+ 38. Bf1 Qxc2 39. Qb8+ Be8 40. Qxe8+ $1 Kg7 41.
a7 $18) 37... Rxa7 38. Nxa7 Qd2 39. Rxc2 Qxc2 40. Nc6 Qc1+ 41. Qf1 Qd2 {
With the extra pawn White has an edge, but the pair of bishops should offer
ample compensation.} 42. Bf3 Bb3 43. Qb1 Qc3 44. Kg2 Kg7 45. h4 Qb2 46. Qd3 Bf7
47. Qd7 Qb5 48. Qd6 Qb6 49. Bd5 Be8 50. Qe6 Bxc6 {Shifting to an ending with
bishops of opposite colour, an almost guaranteed draw.} 51. Bxc6 h5 52. Qd7+
Kh6 53. Bd5 Qd8 54. Qc6 Kg7 55. Bc4 Qe7 56. Qd5 Kh6 57. Qc6 Kg7 58. Be6 Kh6 59.
Bd5 Kg7 60. e4 fxe4 61. Bxe4 Qf7 62. Qd6 Qe7 63. Qd3 Qf7 64. Bd5 Qd7 65. Qe4
Qf5 66. Qc4 Qd7 67. Be4 Qe7 68. Bc2 Qb7+ 69. Be4 Qe7 70. Bc2 Qb7+ 71. Kg1 Qe7
72. Qd3 Qe8 73. Kg2 Qc6+ 74. Kg1 Qe8 75. Kf1 Kh6 76. Kg1 Kg7 77. Kg2 Qc6+ 78.
Kh2 Qe8 79. f4 Kh6 80. Qf3 Qe1 81. Bd3 Qd2+ 82. Kh3 Qe1 83. f5 gxf5 84. Bxf5
Qe5 85. Be4 Qe6+ 86. Kg2 Qa2+ 87. Kh3 Qe6+ 88. Bf5 Qe5 89. Bc2 Kg7 90. Bd3 Qe6+
91. Kg2 Bxh4 $1 {Based on the 'joke' that White has the pawn of the wrong
rook-pawn colour.} 92. Qxh5 (92. gxh4 Qg4+ 93. Qxg4+ hxg4 94. Kg3 Kh8 $11)
92... Bf6 93. Qg6+ Kf8 94. Bc4 Qxc4 95. Qxf6+ Kg8 96. Kh3 Qd3 97. Kh4 Qe4+ 98.
Kg5 Qe3+ 99. Qf4 Qe7+ 100. Kh5 Qe8+ 101. Kh4 Qe1 102. Qg4+ Kh7 103. Qf5+ Kh6
104. Qf6+ Kh7 105. Kg4 Qe2+ 106. Kg5 Qe3+ 107. Qf4 Qe7+ 108. Kh5 Qe8+ 109. Kh4
Qe1 110. Qf5+ Kh6 111. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 (8.
d5 {is the main line, e.g.} e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qd3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 d5 (11... Nb6)
12. Ng5 dxc4 13. Qd6 Bf7 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. Qxe6+ Kh8 16. Qxc4 Re8 17. Rad1 Qa5
18. b4 Qb6 (18... Qa3 $14) 19. Na4 $16 {1-0 (35) Harikrishna,P (2727)
-Mamedyarov,S (2765) Beijing 2014}) 8... Na6 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. Rc1 e5 11. Nb5 Qe7
(11... cxb5 12. cxb5 Qa5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. bxa6 e4 15. axb7 Bxb7 16. Ng5 Rfd8
17. Qc2 Rd2 18. Qb1 Rxe2 19. Ne6 Bh8 20. Qa1 Rxb2 21. Qxb2 $11 {1-0 (41)
Polugaevsky,L-Kholmov,R Kislovodsk 1972; Afterwards the game became very
spectacular, with White eventually winning.}) (11... Qd8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd6
(13. Ba3 e4 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3 cxb5 16. cxb5 Re8 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. bxa6 b6 19.
Nf4 g5 20. Ng6 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 (20) Buhmann,R (2612)-Vallejo Pons,F (2689)
Germany 2015} 21. Rfd1 $16) 13... e4 14. Ng5 Qe7 15. h4 $6 (15. c5) 15... h6
16. Nxc8 Raxc8 17. Nh3 Nh5 $11 (17... e3 $1 $15) 18. Bxg7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (75)
Van Scheltinga,T (2330)-Van der Weide,P (2290) Wijk aan Zee 1973}) 12. dxe5
dxe5 13. Ba3 c5 (13... Nb4 14. Qd6 Qxd6 15. Nxd6 a5 16. Nxe5 Nxa2 17. Ra1 Nc3
$11) 14. Qd6 Qxd6 15. Nxd6 e4 16. Ng5 {Remarkably we now have a position that
was already reached a few years ago in a game between two players with a huge
difference in rating.} Nb4 (16... h6 17. Nh3 $14 Ne8 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Nf4 Kf7
$6 (19... Kh7 $14) 20. Rcd1 $16 Nf6 21. f3 g5 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Ke6 $2 (
23... exf3 24. Rxf5+ Kg6 25. R5xf3 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Rxf3 27. Bxf3 Re8 28. Rd1 $16)
24. fxe4 $18 {1-0 (42) Tan,Z (2466)-Roberts,L (1903) Reykjavik 2013}) 17. Bxb4
$2 (17. Rcd1 $1 $14 {moving away from an attack after ...Nxa2 is the only way
to fight for an advantage.} Bh6 18. h4 Bg7 19. f3 Nxa2 20. Nxc8 Raxc8 21. Ne6
Rfe8 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Bb2 exf3 24. Bxf3 Kf7 25. g4 $1 $14 {The powerful white
bishops give Black a hard time.}) 17... cxb4 $11 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Nxc8 Raxc8 20.
Ne6 Rfe8 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. f3 Rc7 23. Rd4 exf3 24. Bxf3 b6 25. a3 $2 {Careless.
Black now even gets a tiny advantage.} (25. Rcd1 g5 26. Rd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8 g4
28. Bg2 Rd7 29. Rxd7+ Nxd7 30. e4 Kf6 31. Kf2 fxe4 32. Ke3 Nc5 33. Bxe4 Ke5 34.
Bg2 $11) 25... bxa3 26. Ra1 Nd7 27. Rxa3 Re3 28. Kf2 Rc3 $15 29. Rd3 Rc2 30.
Re3 Kf6 31. Re8 a5 $2 (31... Rb2 $15) 32. Bd5 Nc5 33. Rb8 Nd7 34. Re8 Nc5 35.
Rb8 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.17"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1 a5
9. d5 (9. Qb3 h6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qe8 12. d5 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nc5 14. Be3 b6
15. b4 axb4 16. Rxb4 Bd7 17. Nd4 Ng4 18. Bc1 g5 19. Ne6 Nxe6 20. dxe6 Bxe6 21.
Bxa8 Qxa8 22. Bb2 Qe8 23. h3 Nf6 24. Nb5 f4 25. g4 Qf7 26. Nd4 Rc8 27. Qd3 Bc4
28. Qc2 Be6 29. Qd2 Bd7 30. Rxb6 Qxa2 31. Rb7 Qd5 32. Ra7 h5 33. Ra5 Rc5 34.
Rxc5 Qxc5 35. Rc1 Qd5 36. Nf3 hxg4 37. Bxf6 Qxd2 38. Nxd2 Bxf6 {Wojtaszek,R 
(2701)-Ivanchuk,V (2731) Riga 2013 1/2-1/2}) 9... e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. b3 Na6
12. Bf4 Nh5 {A typical manoeuvre: Black protects the pawn on d6 indirectly by
attacking the knight on c3 with his bishop. At the same time he threatens to
exchange his own knight for the white bishop, so White must either retreat to
d2 or attack the queen.} 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Rfd1 Nf6 $146 (15... Rae8
16. Be3 f4 17. Bd4 fxg3 18. hxg3 Nf6 19. Rbc1 Bf5 20. Nh4 Bc8 21. Bf3 Qe7 22.
Ng2 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 (22) Gustafsson,J (2647)-Halkias,S (2579) Reykjavik 2011}) 16.
Nd4 (16. Qxd6 {leads to a completely different game, for example} Qxd6 17. Rxd6
Ne8 18. Rd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Nf6 20. Be3 Ng4 21. Bf4 Rad8 22. Na4 Rxd4 23. Nxc5
Bc8 24. h3 Nf6 25. Be3 Rd6 26. f3 b6 27. Bf4 Rd4 28. Nd3 Re8 29. Kf2 Rd7 30.
Bf1 c5 31. Nb2 Kg7 32. Na4 Re6 33. Rb2 h6 34. Rc2 g5 35. Bc1 $11 {but of
course this is just one of the possibilities. It seem best for White not to
advance his queenside pawns and keep the options open for positioning his
knight.}) 16... Rfe8 17. Bf4 Rad8 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. a3 Qf7 20. Na4 $1 Nxa4 21.
Qxa5 Rde8 22. bxa4 $1 Rxe2 23. Qa7 R2e7 24. Bxd6 Rd7 25. Bf4 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 h6
27. a5 g5 {White now has to make a critical decision, whether to retreat the
bishop to e3 or switch to the queenside by way of d6. The latter seems the
better option.} 28. Be3 $6 (28. Bd6 Ne4 29. Bb4 c5 {allows some nice tactics:}
30. Bxe4 $1 Rxe4 31. a6 $3 bxa6 (31... cxb4 32. axb7 Be5 33. Rd7 Qe8 34. Qc5
Re1+ 35. Kg2 Bb8 36. Qd5+ Qe6 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Rxb8 Qxd5+ 39. cxd5 bxa3 40. Ra8
$18) 32. Rd7 Qf6 33. Qa8+ Kh7 34. Bxc5 Re1+ 35. Kg2 Qa1 36. h3 $1 Rg1+ 37. Kh2
Rd1 38. Ra7 Qb2 39. Qf8 $1 Qe5 40. Re7 $18) 28... Ng4 29. a6 $2 {White misses
the last opportunity to keep the advantage.} (29. Rb1 $1 Nxe3 ({After} 29...
Re7 30. Bc5 Rd7 31. a6 bxa6 32. Qa8+ Kh7 33. Bxc6 {the power of the white
bishops is decisive.}) 30. Rxb7 Qf6 31. fxe3 Qa1+ 32. Bf1 f4 $1 33. Rb8 Qe5 34.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 35. a6 fxe3 36. Be2 Qd8 37. h3 Qd2 38. Kf1 Bc3 39. Qb8+ Kf7 40. Qc7+
Kg8 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qb7+ Kh8 43. Qb1 Qd7 44. Kg1 {White must have the better
chances here, but a clear win is far from visible.}) 29... Nxe3 30. fxe3 bxa6
31. Qxf7+ $6 (31. Qxa6 {would have kept a slight edge, but White prefers half
an egg to an empty shell...}) 31... Kxf7 32. Rd7+ Re7 33. Bxc6 Rxd7 34. Bxd7
Bf8 {Well, bishops of opposite colour and no other material. It's not
difficult to predict the outcome...} 35. a4 Kf6 36. g4 fxg4 37. Bxg4 a5 38. Kf2
Bc5 39. Bh5 Bd6 40. h3 Ke5 41. Kf3 Bc5 42. Be8 Bb6 43. Bg6 Kf6 44. Be4 h5 45.
Bd5 Ke5 46. Bc6 g4+ 47. hxg4 hxg4+ 48. Ke2 g3 49. Bg2 Bc5 50. Kf3 Bb6 51. e4
Kd4 52. Kxg3 Kxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 16th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2015.03.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Esen, Baris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[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"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qc2
Kh8 {Sometimes the dark-squared bishop goes to e6 and Kh8 prepares for the
retreat Be6-g8 in case of a possible Ng5 by White.} 9. Rd1 (9. Bg5 Be6 10. b3
Nbd7 11. Rad1 d5 12. Ne5 Ne4 13. Bf4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qa5 16. Nxe4
dxe4 17. f4 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 b5 19. Qc3 bxc4 20. b4 Qb6 21. g4 Rad8 22. gxf5 gxf5
23. Bh3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Qf2 {0-1 (24) Beliavsky,A (2655)-Jussupow,A (2615)
Reykjavik 1988}) 9... Na6 10. d5 Bd7 11. Be3 Qe8 (11... cxd5 12. cxd5 Nc5 13.
Ne5 Rc8 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bd4 b5 16. e3 b4 17. Ne2 Nfe4 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Bxc5
Qf5 20. Nf4 Rxc5 21. Qd2 g5 22. Ne6 Rxd5 23. Qxd5 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 Qf3+ 25. Kg1
Qf2+ $11) 12. Qd2 {This stops a possible ...e5 by Black, since after dxe6 en
passant the pawn on d6 would be lost. So Black takes another route.} cxd5 13.
cxd5 b5 $1 $11 {This takes advantage of the awkward position of Be3. White
can't allow ...b4, because Nc3 has no decent square of retreat (the e2-pawn is
in the way). And after the logical a3, the Na6 comes into play.} 14. a3 Nc5 15.
Nd4 Nce4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Nc2 $6 {Of course White wants to redeploy this
knight and the bishop on e3, but there was a better way to do this:} (17. Bg5
$1 Qf7 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qe3 Rac8 20. Rd2 Rc4 21. Rad1 b4 22. axb4 Rxb4 23.
Bxe4 a5 24. f3 Ra8 (24... Rfb8 25. Nc6 $18) 25. Kg2 Qf8 26. Nc6 Rxb2 27. Rxb2
Bxb2 28. Qb6 Bf6 29. Nxa5 Qh6 30. h4 Ba4 31. Nb3 $14) (17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6
Qc8 19. Bh3 a6 20. Rac1 Qb7 21. Bg5 Rac8 $11) 17... Qf7 18. Bd4 Kg8 19. Ne3 Bh6
20. Qe1 a6 21. f4 g5 (21... exf3 22. Bxf3 Rac8 $11) 22. f5 g4 23. Qf2 Rac8 24.
Bxf6 {This forces a clarification of the position.} Bxe3 (24... Qxf6 25. Nxg4
Qg5 26. Nxh6+ Qxh6 27. Bxe4 $16) 25. Qxe3 Qxf6 26. Bxe4 Qxb2 27. Bd3 Qe5 $11
28. Qxe5 dxe5 29. e4 $11 Rc3 30. Kf2 Rfc8 31. Ke2 Kf7 32. Kd2 h5 33. Rdb1 (33.
Rdc1 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Rxc1 35. Kxc1 Be8 36. Kb2 a5 $11 {This can be quite a
tricky position but the outcome should be a draw. One possible line is:} 37.
Kc3 Bd7 38. Be2 Ke8 39. Kb3 Kd8 40. Bf1 Kc7 41. Be2 Kd6 42. Kb2 Kc5 43. Bd3 {
And now Black should do nothing because if he overreaches, he can get into
trouble:} Kd4 $6 44. Bc2 a4 $2 (44... Kc5 $11) 45. d6 $1 exd6 46. f6 Be8 47.
Bb1 $1 {intending Ba2+-} d5 48. exd5 Kc5 49. Kc3 $14) 33... R3c5 {This
position looks so drawn that it seems impossible for either side to lose it.
But through sheer will-power Beliavsky succeeds in doing just that.} 34. Rb2 a5
35. Rc2 Rxc2+ 36. Bxc2 Kf6 37. Bd3 Rc5 38. Rb1 Be8 39. Be2 Kg5 40. Rb3 Kf6 41.
Rd3 $6 Rc8 42. Rb3 Rc5 43. Bf1 Kf7 44. h3 $2 {One can play for a win and one
can play for a loss. It's not realistic for White to try and force matters. He
should have kept c4 under control and the b5-pawn under attack.} gxh3 45. Bxh3
Rc4 $1 {This is why the white bishop should not have left the f1-a6 diagonal.}
46. Bg2 b4 $15 {Now White has to fight for the draw he had all along.} 47. axb4
axb4 48. Bf3 Ba4 $1 49. Rb2 Kf6 $15 50. Ra2 b3 51. Rb2 Kg5 52. Bd1 $2 (52. Rb1
Rc2+ 53. Ke3 Rc3+ 54. Kf2 Bb5 55. Bd1 Bc4 $17) 52... Rxe4 (52... Rd4+ 53. Kc1
Rd3 $19) 53. Kc3 Re1 $19 54. Be2 Rc1+ 55. Kb4 Rc2 56. Ka3 e4 57. Rxc2 bxc2 58.
Kb2 e3 59. Kc1 Kxf5 60. Bxh5 Ke4 61. Be2 Kxd5 62. Kb2 Kd4 63. Ba6 e2 $1 {
After 64.Bxe2 Ke3 White has to give up the bishop or the black king gets to d2
and the c-pawn promotes.} 0-1

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.10.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[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"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Na6
9. Bb2 Qc7 10. d5 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Qd2 Rad8 14. Rad1 ({Die
üblichen Plätze für die weißen Türme sind auf d1 und c1, also z.B.} 14. Rfd1
Bc8 15. Rac1 Nc5 (15... Qe7 16. Ba3 Nc5 17. b4 Nce4 18. Ncxe4 fxe4 19. b5 Rfe8
20. bxc6 (20. Bxd6 $2 e3 21. fxe3 Rxd6 22. Qxd6 Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 Qxg5 $17) 20...
bxc6 21. f4 $13) 16. b4 h6 17. Nf3 (17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Qe3 hxg5 19. Qxc5 Qf7 (
19... Be6 20. Nd5 Qf7 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qxa7 $14) 20. Qxa7 Rxd1+
(20... Qxc4 $2 21. Nd5 $16) 21. Nxd1 Re8 $44) 17... Nce4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qc2
Qb6 20. Bd4 Qxb4 21. Nh4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Qc5 23. Rcd1 g5 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Qxe4
Rf6 26. Ng2 Rdf8 27. Ne3 Rxf2 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qh6+
(31. Rxd6 $4 Rf1+ $1 32. Rxf1 Qxe3+ 33. Kg2 Qxe2+ $19)) 14... Bc8 15. Rfe1 Nc5
16. Qc2 a5 17. Nf3 Rfe8 18. Nd4 Qf7 19. Bc1 h6 20. Bb2 Kh7 21. e3 Nfe4 22. Rf1
(22. f3 Nxc3 23. Bxc3 Qc7 24. Qd2 b6 25. Qc2 Bb7 26. a3 {und Weiß hat einen
gewissen Druck.}) 22... Nf6 23. Rfe1 Nfe4 24. Rf1 Nf6 {Es genügte Gelfand ein
halber Punkt zum geteilten Turniersieg mit Caruana, also wozu sich anstrengen?}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1
Ne4 (8... a5 {The major alternative to 8...Ne4 is 8...a5. Both moves of course
want to hinder White's advance on the queenside.} 9. d5 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. b3
Na6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Rfd1 Rae8 16. Be3 f4 17. Bd4 fxg3
18. hxg3 Nf6 19. Rbc1 Bf5 20. Nh4 Bc8 21. Bf3 Qe7 22. Ng2 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 (22)
Gustafsson,J (2647)-Halkias,S (2579) Reykjavik 2011}) 9. Qc2 Nxc3 (9... e5 10.
Rd1 Qf6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nd7 14. c5 e4 15. Bd4 Qe7 16. Bxg7
Qxg7 17. Nd4 a5 18. Rbc1 Nf6 19. e3 g5 (19... Nd5 20. Qa3 g5 21. Rc4 Qe5 22.
Ra4 f4 23. Nc2 Bf5 24. Rdd4 fxg3 25. hxg3 h5 26. Bxe4 $2 (26. Qb3 Rf7 27. Ne1
Nf6 $11) 26... Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Qf5 28. f4 Qg4 $19) 20. Bf1 Kh8 21. Bc4 Re8 (21...
Qe7) 22. Ne2 Nd7 23. Rd6 $6 (23. Qa3 $14) 23... Nxc5 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Nd4 a4
26. Rc3 Ra5 27. Kg2 h6 28. b4 axb3 29. axb3 Ra3 30. h4 Rf8 31. Be2 Na4 32. Rc1
Nb6 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Rh1 $2 (34. Nxc6 bxc6 35. Rcxc6 Nd7 36. Rg6+ Kf7 37. Rge6
Rxb3 38. Bd1 Rb2 39. Bh5+ Kg8 40. Rg6+ $11) 34... Rf6 35. Rh7+ Kxh7 36. Rxf6
Kg7 37. Rd6 Kf7 38. Bh5+ (38. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 39. Rxc6 Rxb3 40. Rxc8 Nxc8 41. Bc4+
$11) 38... Ke7 39. Rg6 Nd5 40. Rxg5 c5 $15 {1/2-1/2 (60) Tomashevsky,E (2733)
-Wang Hao (2739) St Petersburg 2012}) 10. bxc3 {This strengthens the position
of the d4-pawn but on the other hand it leaves a weakling on c4. Throughout
the game, this is an annoying factor for White. Taking with the queen keeps
the pawn structure harmonious, but the vis-à-vis of Bg7-Qc3 is unpleasant for
White.} (10. Qxc3 Nd7 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. c5 dxc5 13. dxc5 Nd5 14. Qb3 b6 15. Rd1
e6 $11) 10... e5 ({Relevant:} 10... Qc7 11. c5 dxc5 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. Qb3+ Kh8
14. Ng5 Bf6 15. Nf7+ Kg8 16. Nd6+ Kh8 17. Nxb7 Bxb7 18. Qxb7 Na6 19. Bxc6 Rac8
20. Bd7 Rcd8 21. Bb5 g5 22. Qxa6 Qxa6 23. Bxa6 gxf4 24. dxc5 Rd5 25. c6 Rc5 26.
Bb7 Be5 27. Rfd1 fxg3 28. hxg3 f4 29. g4 Bd6 30. Rd3 Rg8 31. f3 Rgg5 32. Kf2
Kg7 33. a4 Rc4 34. Rb5 h6 35. Rxg5+ hxg5 36. a5 Kf6 37. a6 Ke5 38. c7 Rxc7 39.
Rd5+ Ke6 40. Rxg5 {Jakovenko,D (2747)-Motylev,A (2686) Yaroslavl 2014 1-0 (71)}
) 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ba3 Rf7 13. Rfd1 Nd7 (13... Rd7 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nd2 e3 16.
fxe3 Bf8 17. c5 Bh6 18. Nc4 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1 $14) 14. e4 Bf8 15.
Bxf8 Qxf8 16. Qd2 $146 (16. exf5 gxf5 17. Ng5 Re7 18. Rd6 Nc5 19. Qd1 Be6 20.
Qd2 Bd7 21. Qe3 b6 22. Rbd1 {1/2-1/2 (22) Moreno,A (2383)-Polsterer,H (2448)
ICCF email 2009; and now that the game really begins, the players agreed on a
draw.}) 16... Rf6 (16... f4 17. Qd6 Rf6 18. Qxf8+ Rxf8 $11) 17. exf5 gxf5 18.
Qg5+ Rg6 19. Qe3 e4 20. Nh4 Rg7 21. f3 exf3 22. Qxf3 $14 {White has the more
active position (Ra8 isn't doing anything yet) and there's the weakling on f5
to worry about. The only drawback of the white position is that in a possible
endgame the doubled isolated c-pawns are a disaster.} Nc5 23. Rd4 $6 (23. Rf1
Rf7 24. Bh3 f4 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Ng2 f3 (27... Nd3 28. Nxf4 Nxf4
29. Rxf4 Rxf4 30. Qxf4 Qxf4 31. gxf4 b6 32. Kf2 $14)) 23... Ne6 (23... Be6 $2
24. Bh3 $16) 24. Rd2 (24. Nxf5 Rg5 (24... Nxd4 $4 25. Nh6+) 25. Nd6 Qxf3 26.
Bxf3 Nxd4 27. cxd4 Ra5 28. Rb2 Bh3 29. Nxb7 Rf5 30. Bg2 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Rb8 32.
Rb3 $11) 24... Ng5 25. Qf4 $14 Be6 26. Re1 (26. Rf2 Re8 27. Nxf5 Bxf5 28. Qxf5
Qxf5 29. Rxf5 Ne4 30. Rc1 Rd7 31. c5 h6 32. Re1 Rde7 33. Re3 $14) 26... Qf6 27.
Qd4 (27. Rde2 $14) 27... Rf8 $11 {Black is fully developed, his pieces are
active and the weakness of the f5-pawn is compensated for by White's c3 and c4.
} 28. Rf2 Rgf7 29. Qxf6 (29. Rf4 Qxd4+ 30. Rxd4 f4 $15) 29... Rxf6 30. Rf4 h6
31. a3 Kg7 32. Re5 Kg8 (32... a6 33. a4 R6f7 34. a5 Bc8 35. Bf1 Be6 $11) 33.
Bf1 a6 34. Kg2 Rd8 $6 {Black is playing for a win and avoids a possible
repetition of moves, e.g.} (34... Nf7 35. Re3 Nd6 36. Re5 Nf7 $11) 35. g4 $1
$14 {Immediately exploiting the unprotected position of the Rf6.} Rd2+ 36. Re2
Rd3 $6 {Still playing for a win, which is unwise in the present position,
where Black should strive for the balance.} (36... Rxe2+ 37. Bxe2 Ne4 38. gxf5
Nxc3 39. Rg4+ Kf8 40. Bd3 Bf7 41. Ng6+ Bxg6 42. fxg6 Kg7 43. Rd4 b5 44. Rd7+
Kg8 45. Ra7 Rd6 46. cxb5 axb5 47. Bf5 Rf6 48. Bc2 c5 49. Rc7 c4 50. Rb7 Rd6 51.
Kf3 Re6 $11) 37. gxf5 Bf7 38. Re8+ $1 {Simplifying the position and getting
rid of the active rook on d3.} Bxe8 39. Bxd3 c5 40. Rg4 Rb6 $5 {Black might
still reach a draw by swinging the other rook to an active position, but now
he has to work hard for it.} (40... Rd6 41. Be4 (41. Rg3 Bc6+ 42. Kf2 Kf7 43.
Ke3 Kf6 44. Ng2 Kf7 45. h4 Nf3 46. Be2 Ne5 47. Kf4 Rd2 48. Re3 Nd7 49. Ne1 Ra2
50. Bh5+ Kg8 51. Re8+ Nf8 52. Re7 Rf2+ 53. Ke5 Nd7+ 54. Ke6 Rf1 55. Nd3 $18)
41... Bh5 42. Rg3 Rd2+ 43. Kg1 Rd1+ 44. Kg2 Rd2+ $11) 41. Ng6 Rb2+ 42. Kg3 Bxg6
43. fxg6 Rb3 44. Bf5 $6 ({The active} 44. Kf4 $1 {gives White good chances}
Rxc3 45. Rg3 Kg7 (45... Rxa3 $2 46. Ke5 $18) 46. Ke5 b5 47. cxb5 c4 48. Bf5
Rxg3 49. hxg3 axb5 50. g4 Nh3 51. Kd4 $16) 44... Rxc3+ 45. Kg2 Rxa3 (45... Kg7
46. h4 Nf3 47. Re4 Kf6 48. Rf4 Nxh4+ 49. Rxh4 Kxf5 50. g7 Rc2+ 51. Kf1 Rc1+ 52.
Kf2 Rc2+ {and White has to acquiesce in a repetition of moves or allow the
rook to go to g2.}) 46. h4 Ra2+ $2 {This hastens the end. As so often in these
cases, Black should have adhered to the adage that it's better to keep the
king cut off than to chase him to good squares by checking him. But in the end
the game most likely couldn't be saved anyway.} (46... Nf3 47. Re4 Kf8 48. Bc8
Nd4 49. Rf4+ Kg7 50. h5 $16) 47. Kg3 $18 Ra3+ 48. Kg2 (48. Kf4) 48... Ra2+ 49.
Kg3 Ra3+ 50. Kf4 $1 Nh3+ 51. Ke5 Kg7 52. Rg2 Rf3 53. Rd2 Nf4 54. Rd7+ Kg8 55.
Rxb7 Nh5 56. Be6+ 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 12th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Solomon, Kenny"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. b4 Kh8
9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Qb3 {Always a useful move in Leningrad Dutch positions.} Nb6
$146 11. Rad1 $6 (11. a4 {intending to chase the knight seems logical and
strong.} Be6 12. d5 cxd5 13. cxd5 Bg8 (13... Nbxd5 $4 14. Nd4 Bf7 15. Nxd5 e5
16. Nc2 $18) 14. Rfd1 {and White has a very fine game.}) 11... d5 $1 12. cxd5
cxd5 13. Ne5 Be6 14. Na4 $6 {White is aiming for a draw. However, often draws
can be achieved by more ambitious play.} (14. b5 Rc8 15. e3 Bg8 16. Rc1 {
with an edge.}) 14... Nxa4 15. Qxa4 $11 Ne4 16. Qb3 $6 (16. Rc1) 16... Rc8 17.
Nd3 (17. e3) 17... b6 18. Ne5 {Ever since move 14, White appears to have been
playing without a plan, other than achieving a draw.} Rc7 19. Bxe4 $2 {Why
give up this beautiful bishop?} (19. f3 Nd6 20. e3 Nc4 21. f4 {is about equal.}
) 19... fxe4 20. Rc1 $11 Bh6 21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22. f4 exf3 23. Rxf3 Rxf3 24. exf3
Bg7 25. Qc3 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Qd7 {Of course everything in the position points to
a probable quick draw, but the stronger player wants to 'milk' the position a
little.} 27. Qd2 Kg8 28. Kf2 Qb5 29. g4 {This smells of time trouble because
it's typical for a player who has been aiming for a draw to suddenly burst
into activity when short of time. White should simply have done nothing.} (29.
Kg2 h5 30. Bd4 Qc4 31. h4) 29... Qc4 30. Bd4 Kf7 31. a3 Qb3 32. Qc3 (32. Qh6
Kg8 33. Qe3 Qc2+ 34. Kg3 Qd1 35. Qg1 Qd2 36. Qf2 {and White draws every time.})
32... Qd1 33. Kg3 h5 $5 {A bit of bluff in time trouble can sometimes win the
day, especially against a lower-rated opponent.} 34. gxh5 $2 {White is playing
with fire.} (34. h3) 34... gxh5 35. Qa1 $4 {What a horrible move, putting the
queen out of the game. I have a suspicion Black had been hoping for this:
White is desperately trying to exchange queens and this seems a plausible way
to do so but he now loses on the spot.} ({After} 35. Qe3 {White will suffer a
little, but should still manage to hold on to a draw.} Qf1 36. Qf4+ Ke8 37. Be3
Qa1 38. Bc1 Qc3 39. Qe3 Qc4 40. Qf4 Qf1 41. Be3 {etc.}) 35... h4+ {Ouch...
nothing works any more.} 36. Kxh4 (36. Kf4 Qd2+ 37. Be3 Qxh2+ 38. Kg5 Qg3+ {
and Black soon mates}) ({The longest and cruellest way to lose would have been
} 36. Kg2 Qe2+ 37. Bf2 Bh3+ $1 38. Kxh3 Qxf3+ 39. Bg3 hxg3 40. hxg3 Ke6 41. Qd4
Kf5 42. Kh2 Qe4 43. Qf2+ Kxe5 $19) 36... Qxf3 37. Qg1 Qf4+ 38. Kh5 Kf8 (38...
Kf8 39. Be3 Bf7+ 40. Qg6 Qf5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 12th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2014.02.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 c6 {
Virtually every move has been tried in this position, 8.d5 (intending to
hinder 8...e5) being by far the most frequently encountered and employed among
others by Carlsen, Ponomariov and Gelfand. Of the alternatves the quiet 8.b3
is the most popular, chosen by e.g. Aronian and Karpov. 8.b4 is more
aggressive and relatively unknown.} 8. b4 e5 {Black seizes the opportunity to
play the liberating ...e5.} 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 (10. Nxe5 $2 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Ne4
12. Nxe4 Bxe5 $17) 10... Qe7 $6 (10... Be6 $1 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Nxe5 Qxd1 13.
Rxd1 Nfd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Bb2 Nb6 16. Rac1 Bxc4 17. Ba1 Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 
(56) Gelfand,B (2777)-Caruana,F (2782) Zuerich 2014}) 11. c5 $6 (11. Qb3 $1 Na6
(11... f4 12. b5 Nfd7 13. Ba3 (13. bxc6 $5 bxc6 14. Na4 Na6 15. Ba3 c5 16. Nc3
$14) 13... Nc5 14. Qb4 b6 15. Na4 Re8 16. Nxc5 a5 17. Qa4 bxc5 18. bxc6 $16 {
1-0 (60) Miroshnichenko,E (2696)-Boros,D (2485) Leros 2009}) 12. Ba3 c5 13.
bxc5 Nxc5 14. Rad1 $1 Re8 15. Qb5 b6 16. Ng5 Bd7 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Qb7 $14)
11... Na6 12. Rb1 Be6 (12... fxe4 13. Ng5 Bf5 14. Ngxe4 Qe6 15. Re1 Rad8 16.
Qb3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nc7 18. Qxe6+ Nxe6 {and Black seems OK.}) 13. Qe2 Nc7 14. Re1
Nxe4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Ng5 Nb5 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Rb2 e3 (18... Nd4 19. Qxe4
Rad8 20. b5 $5 {breaking up Black's pawn structure on the queenside} Nxb5 21.
a4 Nc3 22. Qc2 e4 23. Rxb7 Bd4 24. Be3 {with some advantage to White.}) (18...
Rad8 $5 19. a4 Nd4 20. Qxe4 Rd7 {with equal chances.}) 19. Qxe3 e4 20. Rc2 Rae8
21. Bb2 (21. Bxe4 $2 Nd4 22. Rc3 Qf6 {and the subsequent ...Ne2+ gives Black
the advantage.}) 21... Bxb2 22. Rxb2 Qf6 $6 {Essentially this must be the
losing move. The bishop proves too strong for the knight. Black will soon drop
a pawn and the rest is a technical matter.} (22... Qc4 {limits White's
advantage.} 23. Bf1 (23. Bxe4 Rf7 24. f3 Nd4 {gives Black enough counterplay.})
23... Qd4 24. Qb3+ Kg7 25. Rd1 Qf6 26. Bxb5 {Otherwise the knight invades on
d4.} cxb5 27. Re2 Re7 28. Qc2 Rfe8 29. Rde1 Qd4 {The black king is less safe,
but the pawn on e4 limits White's possibilities.}) 23. Rd2 Nc3 24. Rd6 Qg7 25.
Qd2 Nb5 26. Rd7 Qc3 27. Qxc3 Nxc3 28. Rxb7 {The bishop is far better than the
knight, Black has several weak pawns and in addition he is a pawn down. This
is a technical win, which Black can only try to slow down.} Rf7 29. Rxf7 Kxf7
30. a3 a5 31. bxa5 $1 (31. Re3 axb4 32. axb4 Nd5 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. Bxe4 Nxb4
35. f4 Na6 36. Bxc6 Nxc5 37. Kf2 $16) 31... Ra8 32. Re3 Nd5 33. Rb3 Nf6 34. Rb6
Rxa5 35. Rxc6 Rxa3 36. Bh3 Ra1+ (36... e3 $5 37. fxe3 Rxe3 38. Rc7+ Re7 39.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 40. Kf1 $1 $16) 37. Kg2 Rc1 38. Rc7+ Ke8 39. Rc6 Kf7 40. Rc7+ Ke8
41. Be6 $1 Kd8 42. Rc6 Ke7 43. Ba2 e3 44. Re6+ Kd7 45. Rxe3 Rxc5 46. h4 {
White is only a pawn up, but as before, the bishop is superior to the knight
and wins the day.} Rc2 47. Be6+ Kd8 48. g4 Rd2 49. g5 Nd5 50. Rf3 Ke7 51. Bg8
Rd4 52. Kg3 Ke8 53. Bxh7 Ne7 54. Rf6 Nf5+ 55. Kf3 Nxh4+ 56. Ke3 Rg4 57. Bxg6+
Ke7 58. f4 Rg3+ 59. Kf2 (59. Ke4) 59... Rg2+ 60. Ke3 Rg3+ 61. Kf2 Rg2+ 62. Kf1
Rb2 63. Be4 Rb4 64. Kf2 $1 {An elegant tactical finish.} Rxe4 65. Kg3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 15th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2014.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 {
This is the second most popular move after 8.d5.} (8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3
Na6 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Ng5 Rad8 {I tend to side with Bobby Fischer, that in
general a bishop is worth 3 1/4 pawns (a knight 3 pawns) and is therefore
worth keeping, if possible, so...Bd7 instead of ...Rad8.} (12... Bd7 13. Qd2
Rad8 14. Rad1 Bc8 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Nh3 Nc5 17. Nf4 Qf7 18. Ba3 g5 19. Nd3 Nce4
20. Qc2 Rfe8 (20... Nxc3 21. Qxc3 Ne4 22. Qc2 Rfe8 23. Bb2 Nf6 $11) 21. Bb2 Ng4
22. e3 $2 (22. h3 $11) 22... Qh5 (22... Nexf2 $1 23. Nxf2 Nxe3 24. Qd2 Nxd1 25.
Ncxd1 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Re8 27. Qa5 Bxb2 28. Nxb2 f4 29. Nbd3 f3 30. Bf1 a6 $17)
23. h3 Ne5 $2 (23... Nexf2 $1 24. hxg4 Nxg4 25. Bf3 Qh3 26. Bxg4 (26. Qg2 Qxg2+
27. Bxg2 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Nxe3 29. Re1 Nxg2 30. Kxg2 Kf7 $15) 26... Qxg3+ 27. Qg2
Rxe3 $1 28. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 29. Qf2 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 fxg4 $17) 24. Nxe5 Nxc3 25. g4 (
25. Nxc6 $1 Nxd1 26. Bd5+ Kh7 27. Nxd8 Rxd8 28. Bxg7 $18) 25... fxg4 26. hxg4
Bxg4 27. Nxg4 Nxd1 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qxd1 $18 Qg6 30. Qd4+ Kf7 31. Qxa7 Re7 32.
e4 Qe6 33. Ne3 Kg6 34. Rd1 Red7 35. Nf5 Qe5 36. Qe3 Qf4 37. Qxf4 gxf4 38. Kf1
h5 39. Nh4+ Kf6 40. Nf3 Rf7 41. Bh3 Ke7 42. a4 Rf6 43. Nh4 Ke8 44. Ke2 d5 45.
cxd5 cxd5 46. exd5 b5 47. a5 Rf7 48. Be6 Rc7 49. Nf5 Rc3 50. Rg1 {1-0 (50)
Nguyen,N (2616)-Chua Zheng Yuan,T (2256) Kolkata 2009}) 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. e3
Nc5 15. Qc2 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Ng4 17. Rfe1 Qf7 18. h3 Nf6 19. b4 Nce4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4
21. Bxg7 Qxg7 22. b5 Qe5 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Rd4 Rd7 25. Red1 h5 26. h4 Kh7 27.
Qa4 $2 Qc5 $4 (27... Nxf2 $1 28. Kxf2 Qxe3+ 29. Kf1 Qxg3 30. Qc2 c5 31. Rd5
Qf4+ 32. Kg1 Rde7 33. Qf2 Qg4 $15) 28. Rd5 $1 Qb6 29. c5 $1 Nxc5 $4 (29... Qc7
30. cxd6 $16) 30. Rxc5 $1 Qxc5 31. Bxc6 {1-0 (31) Carlsen,M (2801)-Cmilyte,V 
(2480) Oslo 2009}) 8... Na6 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. d5 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Ng5 Bd7 13.
Qd2 ({Relevant:} 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. Rad1 Nc5 15. e3 a5 16. Rfe1 Bc8 17. Qb1 Rfe8
18. Qc2 Qe7 19. Nf3 Ng4 20. h3 Ne5 21. Nd4 Nf7 22. f4 Qc7 23. Kh2 Re7 24. Re2
Rde8 25. Rde1 Qb6 $11 {Giri,A-Ponomariov,R Beying Sportaccord blitz 2013.
White lost afterwards - he fell prey to mate in one in a completely winning
position.}) 13... Rad8 14. Rfd1 Bc8 15. Rac1 Qe7 {This position, after Black's
15th move, is identical to Nguyen-Chua Zheng Yuhan 2009, with the exception of
the position of the white rooks. In the Nguyen game they're on f1 and d1; in
this game they're on d1 and c1. The rook on d1 is always well-placed, bearing
down the d-file with pressure on d6. Neither the f1-rook nor its colleague on
c1 are doing very much. That rook should be on e1, but in order to reposition
to achieve this, Yilmaz would need 2 moves. Paradoxically Yilmaz, being a
tempo up on Nguyen in his game, would have to waste one to reach the same
position as Nguyen.} 16. e3 Nc5 17. b4 $146 (17. Qc2 Ng4 18. Nf3 Ne4 19. Rf1
Ngf6 20. Rcd1 Be6 21. Nd2 d5 22. cxd5 Nxc3 23. Bxc3 Bxd5 24. Bd4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2
Qc7 $11 {Georgiev,K (2625)-Vovk,A (2605) Skopje 2014, 1-0 (46)}) 17... h6 18.
Nh3 Nce4 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Nf4 Bf5 21. h3 g5 22. Ne2 h5 23. b5 {The normal
recipe: a queenside attack versus a kingside attack. Only defending the king
is so much more difficult than trying to get a queenside advantage.} Qd7 24.
bxc6 bxc6 25. Kh2 Rf7 $5 {The most complicated and ambitious move. Other lines
are more simplifying.} (25... h4 26. gxh4 g4 27. Ng3 Qe6 (27... gxh3 28. Bxf6
Rxf6 29. Bxe4 Bg4 30. Rg1) 28. Nxf5 Qxf5 29. Rg1 Nh5 30. Bxg7 Nxg7 $11) (25...
c5 26. Nc3 Qe6 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Kf6 31. Rcd1
Be6 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Ke5 34. Rc6 Rxf2 35. Rxc5+ Kf6 36. Kg1 Re2 37. h4
gxh4 38. gxh4 Bf5 39. Rc6+ Ke5 40. Rc5+ Kf6 41. Rc6+ $11) 26. Bc3 Qc8 27. Ba5 {
This is risky. White goes for a pawn, but is distracted from the defence of
his king.} (27. Qc2 $1) 27... Rdf8 28. Qxd6 h4 29. Qd8 $2 (29. Nd4 g4 30. Nxf5
Qxf5 31. Be1 gxh3 32. Bxh3 Ng4+ 33. Kg1 Qf3 34. Bg2 Qf5 35. Bh3 $11) 29... Bxh3
$1 30. Bxh3 $4 {This quickly loses. It was absolutely necessary to exchange
queens and settle for a marginally inferior to equal position.} (30. Qxc8 Bxc8
31. Bb4 Re8 32. Rf1 $11 {/=/+}) 30... Ng4+ 31. Kg1 Qf5 $19 32. Bxg4 Qxg4 33.
Nf4 (33. Qd6 Qf3 $1 (33... Qxe2 34. Rd2 Qf3 35. Qe6 hxg3 36. fxg3 Qxe3+ $19)
34. Nf4 hxg3 35. fxg3 Qxg3+ 36. Ng2 Be5 37. Qg6+ Rg7 38. Qe6+ Kh7 $19) 33...
hxg3 34. fxg3 Qxg3+ 35. Ng2 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.11.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Oleksienko, Mikhailo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:30"]
[BlackClock "1:30:30"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e5
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qd3 Qe7 (10... d5 $2 11. Ng5 $16) 11. Bf4 d5 {Now this move
can be played without any problem.} 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Be5 {In a way this sets
the pattern for the whole game: faced with an opponent rated nearly 250 elo
points higher, White wants to exchange off as many pieces as soon as possible..
.} ({White is not interested in the possible complications resulting from} 13.
Bg5 Qf7 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bf4 {Even though he need not fear them:} Bxb2 $2 (
15... h6 16. Rad1 Nd7 17. Qd2 $13) 16. Ng5 Qd7 17. Bxd5+ cxd5 18. Rab1 Bf6 19.
Rb5 Rd8 20. Qb3 b6 21. Rd1 $18) 13... Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Nb4 15. Qd2 $146 N8a6 16.
a3 Rad8 17. Qc1 Nd5 18. Nd3 Qf6 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5+ Rxd5 21. Qc4 Kh8 22. b4
Nc7 {Black has equality but not more. To get more than a draw, Oleksienko has
to depend on his opponent overreaching or making another kind of mistake.} (
22... Rfd8 23. Nf4 Rd4 24. Qb3 Nc7 25. Rad1 a6 26. e3 R4d6 27. Nd3 Kg7 28. Nc5
b6 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Na4 Nd5 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. Qd3 Ra8 33. f3 a5 34. b5 Re8 35.
bxc6 Qxc6 36. Qxd5 Qxa4 37. Qd7+ Qxd7 38. Rxd7+ Kf8 39. Kf2 Rc8 {with equal
chances.}) 23. Nf4 Rd6 24. Rad1 Rfd8 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. h4 Kg7 27. Rc1 Kf6 {
Quite provocative, this king sortie at this stage. It's clear that Black won't
settle for a draw.} 28. Qc3+ $2 {'Patzer sieht Schach...' It's not so much the
check in itself that brings White into trouble, but the idea behind it.
Apparently Khademalsharieh wants to exchange queens, and this is a bad idea,
since in a reduced endgame, Black's queenside pawn majority is a definite
advantage. White should have kept the queens on the board. Given the exposed
position of the black king, this would have sufficed for a comfortable draw at
least. Unfortunately White still appears to be thinking that simply exchanging
pieces will lead to a draw, a mistake he continues in the rest of the game.} (
28. e4 fxe4 29. Qxe4 Kg7 30. Qe3 Qd2 31. Qe5+ Kg8 32. Rf1 $11) 28... Qd4 29.
Qxd4+ $6 (29. Qb3 $11) 29... Rxd4 30. Nd3 Ne6 31. Rc3 Ke7 32. e3 Rd5 33. Kf1
Kd6 34. Ke2 c5 35. bxc5+ $2 {White allows Black to penetrate even further.} (
35. f3 $1 cxb4 36. axb4 a5 37. bxa5 Rxa5 38. Rc2 Nc5 39. Nf4 b5 40. Rd2+ Kc6
41. h5 {and now there are several lines leading to a draw, e.g.} gxh5 42. Nxh5
b4 43. Ng7 b3 44. Nxf5 Ra2 45. Nd4+ Kb6 46. Nxb3 Nxb3 47. Rxa2 Nc1+ 48. Kf2
Nxa2 49. g4 Nc3 50. Kg3 Kc5 51. Kh4 $11) 35... Nxc5 36. Nxc5 $2 (36. Nf4 Re5
37. f3 $11) 36... Rxc5 37. Rb3 b5 $15 {The beginning of the end is coming near.
..} 38. Kd3 a5 39. e4 fxe4+ 40. Kxe4 Rc4+ $1 {Chasing the king back.} 41. Ke3
Kc5 42. Kd2 ({It's too late to try and start a counter-offensive:} 42. f4 a4
43. Rd3 b4 44. axb4+ Kxb4 45. g4 a3 46. f5 a2 $19) 42... b4 43. axb4+ axb4 44.
Rf3 {At last the white rook is liberated and poised to move to the back rank,
but it's too late.} h5 $1 45. Re3 Kb5 46. Re6 (46. f3 Rc6 $1 {En route to
protecting the pawns from the back.} 47. g4 Ka4 48. Re8 Ka3 49. Ra8+ Kb2 50.
gxh5 gxh5 51. Ra5 Rh6 $19) 46... b3 47. Rxg6 b2 48. Rg8 Ka4 49. Ra8+ (49. Rb8
Ka3 50. f4 Rc5 51. Kd3 Rc8 52. Rb5 Ka2 53. Ra5+ Kb3 54. Rb5+ Ka3 55. Rb7 Ka2
56. Ra7+ Kb1 $1 {Now that White can't take on h5, the black king moves to the
bottom rank, behind the pawn.} 57. Kd2 Rc2+ 58. Kd1 Rc5 59. Rd7 Ka2 60. Ra7+
Kb3 61. Rb7+ Kc3 62. Rb8 Rc4 63. Rb7 Rd4+ 64. Ke2 Rb4 $19) 49... Kb3 50. Rb8+
Ka2 51. Ra8+ Kb1 52. f4 Rc5 $1 53. Ra7 Rd5+ 54. Ke3 {It would have been no
crime to resign in this long lost position.} Kc2 55. Rc7+ Kb3 56. Rb7+ Kc3 57.
Rxb2 (57. Rc7+ Kb4 58. Rb7+ Rb5 $19) 57... Kxb2 58. Ke4 Rd8 59. f5 Kc3 60. f6
Rf8 61. Kf5 Kd4 (61... Kd4 62. Ke6 Ke4 63. Ke7 Ra8 64. f7 Kf3 $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 {
By far the most popular move.} Qe8 (8... e5 9. dxe6 (9. e4 cxd5 10. cxd5 Na6
11. exf5 gxf5 12. Nh4 f4 13. a3 Bg4 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Bd2 b5 16. b4 Rc4 17. h3
Bd7 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Nc7 20. Qg5 $11 {0-1 (57) Kovalenko,I (2694)-Anton
Guijarro,D (2630) Reykjavik 2015}) 9... Bxe6 10. Qd3 (10. b3 Na6 11. Bb2 Qe7
12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Qd2 Rad8 14. Rad1 Bc8 15. Rfe1 Nc5 16. Qc2 $11 (16. e4 $14)
16... Ng4 17. Nh3 f4 18. Nxf4 ({An amusingly spectacular line arises after} 18.
gxf4 Qh4 19. e3 Ne5 20. Ng5 Bf5 21. Nce4 h6 22. fxe5 Qxg5 23. Nxg5 Bxc2 24. Rd2
Bf5 25. e4 Bg4 26. h3 Bh5 27. b4 hxg5 28. bxc5 dxc5 $15) 18... Rxf4 19. gxf4
Qh4 {In positions like these, with exchange sacrifices against a shattered
kingside, you often see constant shifts of advantage, as the lines are often
difficult to calculate over the board.} 20. e3 Qxh2+ 21. Kf1 Nh6 (21... Bf5 $15
) 22. b4 Na6 (22... Nf5 $1 23. bxc5 Nh4 $17) 23. Ne4 $16 Nxb4 24. Qb3 Nf5 25.
Bf6 Re8 26. Rxd6 $2 (26. Bxg7 Rxe4 27. Qxb4 Kxg7 28. Qc3+ $16) 26... c5 $2 (
26... Nxd6 $11) 27. Rd8 $18 Rxd8 28. Bxd8 b6 29. Qa4 Kf8 30. Qxa7 Be6 31. Nd6
$4 (31. Rc1 $18) 31... Kg8 $11 32. Qa8 (32. Nxf5 Bxc4+ 33. Re2 Bxe2+ 34. Kxe2
Qh5+ 35. Bf3 Qxf5 36. Qa3 $11) 32... Nxd6 33. Bxb6+ Bf8 34. Bxc5 $4 (34. Re2
$15 Bxc4 35. a3 Nd3 36. Bd5+ Kg7 37. Bd8 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 Qg4+ 39. Kf1 Qf5 40. Qa7+
Kh8 41. Bxc4 Nxc4 42. Qa8 $17) 34... Bxc4+ {0-1 (34) Bellahcene,B (2498)
-Shankland,S (2661) Biel 2016}) 10... Na6 (10... Nbd7 11. Bf4 d5 12. Ng5 dxc4
13. Qd6 Bf7 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. Qxe6+ Kh8 16. Qxc4 Re8 17. Rad1 Qa5 18. b4 Qb6 19.
Na4 Qd8 20. Nc5 Qc8 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. b5 $16 {1-0 (35) Harikrishna,P (2727)
-Mamedyarov,S (2765) Beijing 2014}) 11. Bf4 Ne8 12. b3 Qf6 13. Rac1 h6 14. h4
Kh7 15. Rfd1 Nc5 16. Qe3 Bg8 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Qxc5 $16 {0-1 (60) Ernst,S 
(2530)-Petrosian,T (2671) Moscow 2015}) 9. e4 (9. Qc2 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. b3
Na6 12. a3 Nc7 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Rd2 d5 (15... Nh5) 16. cxd5 $2 (
16. Bxc7 $1 $14) 16... Ncxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. b4 Ne4 19. Rd3 $11 {0-1 (49)
Akobian,V (2606)-Gurevich,M (2634) Beijing 2008}) 9... fxe4 10. Ng5 Bg4 11. Qb3
Nbd7 12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Rb8 (13... cxd5 14. cxd5 b6 15. Bd2 Nc5 16. Nxc5
bxc5 $11) 14. Re1 Qf7 15. Be3 $6 (15. Bf4 $14 h6 16. c5 g5 17. Be3 dxc5 18.
Nxc5 Ne5 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Qxf7+ Rxf7 21. Bd4 Nf3+ 22. Bxf3 Bxd4 23. Bxg4 Bxc5
24. Re2 $14) 15... c5 (15... cxd5 16. cxd5 b6 $11) 16. f3 Bf5 17. Ng5 Qf6 18.
g4 h6 19. Nh3 Qxb2 {This leads to a forced advantage for White.} (19... b5 $5
20. gxf5 bxc4 21. Qxc4 Rxb2 22. Rab1 (22. Rad1) 22... Ne5 23. Qf1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1
Qxf5 $13) 20. gxf5 Qxb3 21. axb3 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Rxf5 23. Rxa7 Ne5 24. f4 Ng4 25.
Bc1 Rff8 26. Nf2 Nf6 27. Bh3 $14 (27. Bd2 $1 {Avoiding a later pin if a black
rook gets to a1.}) 27... Nh5 (27... Ra8 28. Rxb7 Rfb8 29. Rxe7 Ra1 30. Re1 Rxb3
31. Bf1 Rbb1 32. Nd3 Nxd5 33. cxd5 c4 34. Nb2 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Rxc1 36. Nxc4 $14)
28. Nd3 (28. Be6+ $1 Kh7 29. Nd3 Ng7 30. Bd7 $16) 28... Ng7 29. Kg2 $6 (29. Bd7
$1 Rfd8 30. Bb5 Nf5 31. Bb2 $16) 29... Nf5 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Kf3 $5 (31. Ra5 {
to keep the rook may lead to an advantage for Black.} Ra8 32. Rb5 b6 33. Bb2
Ra6 34. Nc1 Kf7 35. b4 Rg8+ 36. Kf1 Rg4 37. Nd3 h5 38. Bc1 h4 39. bxc5 bxc5 40.
Rb2 Ra3 41. Nf2 Rg8 $15) 31... Kf7 $2 (31... Ra8 $1 32. Rxb7 Rfb8 33. Rxe7 (33.
Rxb8+ $6 Rxb8 34. b4 cxb4 35. Ke3 Kf7 36. Kd4 Rg8 37. Nxb4 Rg2 38. h3 Rh2 $17)
33... Rxb3 34. Ke2 Ra2+ 35. Bb2 Raxb2+ 36. Nxb2 Rxb2+ 37. Kd3 Rxh2 38. Re6 Rh3+
39. Kc2 Rf3 40. Rxh6 Rxf4 41. Kb3 $11) 32. Ra5 $1 Ra8 33. Rb5 Rfb8 34. Bb2 b6
35. b4 Ke8 (35... e6 $1 36. dxe6+ Kxe6 37. Ne1 Ra4 38. Nc2 Kd7 $11) 36. Nf2 Kd7
(36... Ra4 $1 37. Nd3 Raa8 38. Ne1 Ra4 39. Nc2 $1 $14) 37. Nd1 Kc7 38. bxc5 $2
{Too soon!} (38. Ne3 $1 Rf8 (38... Ra2 39. bxc5 $1 bxc5 40. Rxb8 Kxb8 41. Bg7
$18 Rxh2 42. Nxf5 Rc2 43. Nxe7 Rxc4 44. f5 Ra4 45. f6 Ra1 46. Ke4 $18) 39. Bg7
$16 Rf7 40. Bc3 Ra3 41. Bb2 Ra4 42. bxc5 bxc5 43. Kg3 $1 Rb4 44. Kh4 Rxb5 45.
cxb5 Rf8 46. Kh5 $16 Rb8 47. h4 Rxb5 48. Bg7 Kd7 49. Bxh6 Rb3 50. Nxf5 c4 51.
Kg6 c3 52. Ne3 Rb2 53. h5 c2 54. Nxc2 Rxc2 55. Bg5 Rc8 56. h6 Rg8+ 57. Kf7 Rc8
58. h7 $18) 38... bxc5 $11 {Here the draw might have been agreed already.} 39.
Rxb8 Rxb8 40. Bg7 h5 41. Ne3 Rb3 42. h4 Kd7 43. Ke2 e6 44. dxe6+ Kxe6 45. Bh6
Rb8 46. Bg5 Rf8 47. Nd5 Rf7 48. Kd3 Rh7 49. Kc3 Rh8 50. Kd3 Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS U26-ch"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1983.02.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1983.01.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nh3 c6 6. d5 e5 (6... Bg7 7. Nf4 O-O
8. Nc3 e5 9. dxe6 Qe7 10. O-O Bxe6 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. Bf4 Qxc4 13. Qxd6 Na6 14.
Rfd1 $14 {Kasparov,G-Gurevich,M/Amsterdam/1991/0,5 (38) Inf 51/90/}) 7. dxe6
Bxe6 8. b3 Bg7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. Ng5 Nc5 13. Nxe6 Qxe6
14. Qc2 Ng4 15. Rad1 (15. b4 Nd7 $132) 15... a5 16. h3 (16. Nb5 Bxb2 17. Qxb2
Qe5 $10) 16... Ne5 $2 (16... Nh6 $13) 17. Nb5 $1 Rf7 (17... Rad8 18. Ba3 $1 b6
19. f4 $6 (19. Nd4 $5) 19... Nxc4 $1 20. bxc4 Qe3+ {/\cb/}) (17... Qe7 18. Nxd6
Rad8 19. Qd2 $1 Bf6 (19... Rf6 20. Nxf5 $18) 20. f4 Nf7 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qe3
$16) 18. Nxd6 (18. Rxd6 Qe7 $6 (18... Qc8 $142 19. Nc3 f4 $132) 19. Ba3 cxb5
20. Bxc5 Qc7 (20... Rc8 21. Rc6) 21. Rd5 bxc4 22. Bd6 $18) 18... Rd7 19. Ba3 b6
20. Nb5 $1 $16 Rad8 21. Nc3 a4 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rd1 axb3 24. axb3 Ra7 (24...
Bf8 $5) 25. Nb5 Rd7 26. Nd4 Rxd4 (26... Qf6 27. e3) 27. Rxd4 Nf3+ 28. Bxf3 Bxd4
29. e3 Bf6 30. Bxc5 $1 bxc5 31. Qa2 h5 (31... f4 32. exf4 Qxh3 33. Qa8+ Kg7 34.
Qa7+ $18) 32. h4 Kg7 33. Qa8 f4 (33... Qd6 34. Bxc6 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qxb3 36. Qa7+)
34. exf4 Bd4 35. Kg2 (35. Qa2 Qh3) 35... Qe1 36. Qa2 Qe6 37. Qd2 Kf6 38. Qc2
Kg7 39. Be4 Qf6 40. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-06"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1978.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Tatai, Stefano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1978.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d4 d6 7. d5 c6 8. O-O e5
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qd3 Na6 11. Bf4 d5 $2 (11... Ne4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Qxe4 Nc5
14. Qe3 $1 Bxc4 15. Rad1 Re8 16. Qc1 Bxe2 17. Rxd6 Qa5 $1 18. Bd2 Qb5 19. Nd4
Qd3 20. Be3 $5 $14 {Yusupov,A-Barbero,G/Mendoza/1985/1:0/54/}) (11... Ne8 12.
b3 (12. Ng5 Qd7 13. b3 $14) 12... Qf6 13. Rac1 d5 14. cxd5 Nb4 15. Qd2 Nxd5 16.
Be5 Qe7 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. Nd4 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Bf7 $10 {Neverov,V-Malaniuk,V/
Kherson/1989/0:1/40/}) 12. Ng5 Nc5 13. Qc2 d4 (13... h6 14. Nxe6 Nxe6 15. cxd5
cxd5 16. Rad1 $16) 14. Na4 Nfd7 $8 15. Rad1 (15. b4 $2 h6) 15... h6 $2 (15...
Qe7 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. b4 Nd7 18. c5 $16) (15... Bf7 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. b4 Ne6
18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Bc1 $16) 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Nf3 g5 18. Nxd4 $1 $18 Bxd4 19.
Be3 Bxe3 20. Rxd8 Bxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Raxd8 22. h4 gxh4 23. gxh4 Rd4 24. Bf3 Kh7 25.
Rg2 Ne4 (25... Rxc4 26. Qd2 Ne4 27. Qa5) 26. Qb3 Rf7 27. Qe3 c5 28. b3 Bd7 {
/\b6/} 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Qg3 1-0

[Event "POL-ch"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2004.05.06"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lagowski, Patryk"]
[Black "Jakubiec, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2004.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1 {
This move is a side line. The main line goes with 8.d5.} Ne4 ({Popular
alternatives are:} 8... Qe8) (8... a5) 9. Qb3 (9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 e5 11. dxe5
dxe5 12. e4 f4 13. b4 Bg4 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. c5 Nd7 $11 {1-0 Malisov,
B-Veremeichik,V/Minsk 1978/EXT 2003 (36)}) (9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Nd2 d5 11. e3 Be6
12. b4 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. a4 {- see the annotated game Beliavsky,A-Agrest,E/
Batumi 1999/CBM 74 [Tsesarsky]}) 9... Kh8 {Moving the king to a safer place.}
10. Rd1 Nxc3 ({Possible alternative is} 10... Na6) 11. bxc3 Qe8 $146 (11... Nd7
12. c5 d5 13. Bf4 b6 14. c4 e6 15. Bd6 Re8 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. Rd2 $14 {1-0 Stocek,
J-Szabolcsi,J/Budapest 1996/CBM 54 ext (40)}) 12. Qa3 $1 {[%csl Rd6][%cal
Ga3f8] Typical queen manoeuvre. White is preventing the e7-e5 advance.} Na6 {
Transfering the knight to c7 and then, probably to e6, where it will support
f5-f4 advance.} 13. Be3 h6 {Covering g5 square and preparing typical attacking
plan by g6-g5 and f5-f4.} 14. h4 {Preventing g6-g5 advance.} Qf7 {[%csl Rc4]}
15. c5 $1 {White correctly trying to make use of his advantage in development.}
dxc5 $6 {Principled decision, but a risky one.} ({Probably safer is} 15... Rd8)
16. Ne5 Qf6 (16... Qe6 17. Bf4 $36 {[%cal Gd4d5]}) 17. f4 $5 {Securing e5
stronghold, but this move weakens the position of white's monarch.} ({Deserved
serious attention} 17. h5 $5 gxh5 18. Bf3 h4 19. Kg2 $36 {[%csl Rh8][%cal
Gd1h1,Gh1h8]}) 17... Kh7 18. dxc5 Nc7 19. c4 $6 ({More troublesome for black is
} 19. Bd4 Qe6 20. e4 $1) 19... Qe6 20. Qa5 Ne8 21. Rd8 {White's position looks
very impressive, but the matters far from clear.} Nf6 (21... Bxe5 22. fxe5 Qxe5
23. Bf4 Qg7 24. Rbd1 e5 25. Bc1 Nf6 26. Rxf8 Qxf8 27. Qc7+ Qg7 28. Qxe5 $14)
22. Rbd1 Nd7 $1 23. R8xd7 (23. Rxf8 Bxf8 (23... Nxe5 $6 24. Bd5 $1 cxd5 25.
cxd5 Nc4 26. dxe6 Nxa5 27. Rf7 Nc6 28. Bd4 Nxd4 29. Rxd4 Bxe6 30. Rxe7 $14) 24.
Qd8 Nxe5 25. Qxf8 Nd7 26. Rxd7 Qxe3+ 27. Kh2 Bxd7 28. Qxa8 Qxc5 29. Qxb7 Be6
30. Qxc6 Qxc6 31. Bxc6 Bxc4 {[%csl Ra2,Re2] and black is winning the pawn.}) (
23. Bd5 cxd5 24. cxd5 Qg8 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. Nxd7 {is identical to the game.})
23... Bxd7 (23... Bxe5 24. R7d2 $14) 24. Bd5 cxd5 25. cxd5 Qg8 26. Nxd7 Rfc8 {
In this irrational position the chances are approximately equal.} 27. Qb5 Qd8
28. c6 $2 {White is in a hurry to make benefits from his position, but this
move simply ruins white's nice pawncentre.} ({Much stronger was} 28. h5 gxh5
29. d6 {with immense complications.}) 28... bxc6 29. dxc6 Qc7 30. Rc1 Qd6 {
Black's queen got back to business, while white has simply lost control in the
centre.} 31. h5 Rc7 32. Ne5 gxh5 33. Bc5 Qe6 34. Bd4 Rd8 $19 35. e3 Rdc8 36.
Rc5 h4 37. g4 {The last attempt to stir complications.} fxg4 38. Qd3+ Kg8 39.
f5 Qd6 40. Qc4+ Kh7 41. Qf7 Rf8 42. Qh5 (42. Qg6+ Qxg6 43. fxg6+ Kg8 44. Nxg4
Bxd4 45. exd4 Rf4 46. Ne3 Rxd4 47. Nd5 Rxd5 48. Rxd5 Rxc6 $19) 42... Bxe5 43.
Rxe5 Rxc6 {Black parried all white's threats and his material advantage
promise black an easy win.} 44. Qxh4 Rc1+ 45. Kf2 Rf7 46. Qxg4 Qc6 47. Rc5 Rc2+
48. Kg3 Rxc5 0-1

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Czarnota, Pawel"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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 "Wroclaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e5
9. e4 (9. dxe6 {La grande ligne}) 9... cxd5 (9... Na6 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Bg5 Nc5
12. Nd2 Qb6 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 c5 15. h3 Rae8 16. g4 Bd7 17. Qc2 a6 18. Rae1
h6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Ne4 Rf4 21. Ng3 Rf6 22. Be4 Kf7 23. f3 Rh8 24. h4 Bf8 25.
f4 Bxg4 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Bxg6+ Kg7 28. Bf5 h5 29. Bxg4 hxg4 30. Nf5+ Kg8 31.
Rxe5 Qc7 32. Qe4 Qf7 33. Re6 Rh7 34. Kg2 b5 35. Rxf6 Qxf6 36. Qe6+ Qxe6 37.
dxe6 bxc4 38. bxc4 Rb7 39. Kg3 {Ehlvest,J (2565)-Neiksans,A (2560) Jurmala
2014 1-0}) (9... fxe4 10. Ng5 $44 {Koziak,V (2503)-Wacker,P (2300) Donau op
21st 2012 (5) 1-0}) 10. cxd5 Na6 (10... f4 11. gxf4 Nh5 $6 (11... exf4 $142 12.
Bxf4 Nxe4) 12. fxe5 Bg4 13. e6 $40 {[%csl Ge6];Milos,G (2589)-Rodriguez Vila,A
(2502) Mario Covas 6th 2006 (7) 1-0}) 11. exf5 gxf5 (11... Bxf5 12. Ng5 $1 {
[%csl Re6]} Nc7 13. Qb3 $14 {Bocharov,D (2565)-Berg,E (2495) Moscow Aeroflot
op-A 2004 (4) 1-0}) 12. Ng5 Nc7 $146 (12... Qe7 13. Be3 Nc7 14. Qb3 Ng4 {
1/2-1/2 (14) Santos,C (2414)-Spraggett,K (2526) Maia 2003}) 13. Qb3 $14 {
[%csl Rb7][%cal Gg5e6,Gb3d5]} Qe7 14. Rd1 b6 {[%csl Rc6]} (14... h6 15. Ne6
Nxe6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5+ Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Rxf7 21.
Rxd6 e4 $132 {[%csl Rb2,Gg7]}) 15. Qa3 $6 {[%cal Gd1d6,Ga3d6,Gg5e6]} (15. Bd2
$5 {Un peu passif mais les Blancs peuvent terminer le développement alors que
la manoeuvre Qb3a3 est assez lente} Bb7 16. Rac1) 15... Bb7 16. Ne6 $5 Nxe6 17.
dxe6 Bxg2 $1 $11 18. Kxg2 Rad8 $32 19. Bg5 (19. Nb5 {[%cal Gb5a7,Gb5d6]} Ne4 (
19... Qxe6 20. Rxd6 Rxd6 21. Qxd6 Qf7 (21... Qxd6 22. Nxd6 f4) 22. Nc3 (22. Bg5
$2 Ne4) 22... Ne8)) 19... Qxe6 20. Qb3 $6 Qxb3 21. axb3 Rd7 $15 {[%csl Gd6]
[%cal Gd6d5]} 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nd5 Bg7 24. Rac1 f4 (24... e4 $5 {[%csl Gg7]})
25. Rc6 f3+ 26. Kf1 (26. Kg1 {[%csl Rh2]} e4 27. Rc4 Bxb2) 26... e4 $132 {
[%csl Gg7]} 27. Rc4 Re8 28. Re1 Re5 29. Rd4 Rh5 30. Rd2 Rxh2 31. Kg1 Rh5 32.
Rxe4 Re5 33. Rg4 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Rf7 35. Rc2 (35. Ne3 $2 Rxe3 $1 36. fxe3 f2)
35... h5 36. Rf4 Be5 $1 $40 {[%cal Ge5h2,Gh5h4]} 37. Rfc4 Re2 $1 38. Kh3 Kg7
39. Kh4 Kg6 $19 40. g4 hxg4 41. Kxg4 b5 42. Rc6 Re4+ 0-1

[Event "Sautron op 13th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2013.11.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Terrieux, Kevin"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2013.10.26"]
[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+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f5 {[%emt 0:05:54] Avec un mauvais départage, le GMI
doit jouer pour le gain} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 3. Bg2 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} d6 {[%emt 0:04:06]} (3... e6 4. c4 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7.
Qc2 O-O 8. Nc3 Ne4 (8... dxc4 9. e4 $13) (8... Bd7 9. Rb1 Be8 10. Ng5 Qd7 11.
Qb3 Bh5 12. Re1 Na6 13. c5 Be7 14. Nf3 b6 15. Ne5 Qb7 16. Bf4 $14) 9. Rb1 Qe7 (
9... Nd7 10. b4 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 b5 12. Bg5 $14) 10. b4 Bd7 11. b5 Nxc3 12. Qxc3
$14) (3... g6) 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:
42]} (5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 $14 {[%csl Ge5]}) 5... Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. c4 {
[%emt 0:00:40]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:09]
} 8. d5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 9. dxe6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Bxe6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. b3 {[%emt 0:01:33]} (10. Qd3) 10... Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:11]}
11. Nxe4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} (11. Nd4 Bf7 12. Rb1 Re8 13. Bb2 Nd7 14. Nc2 Ndf6
15. Ne3 a5 16. a4 Qe7 17. Qd2 Red8 18. Rfd1 d5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Ncxd5 Nxd5 {
1-0 (20) Agdestein,S (2570)-Nakamura,H (2741) Oslo 2010}) 11... fxe4 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} (11... Bxa1 12. Nxd6 Qd7 13. Ng5 $44 {Plaskett,J (2440)-Vincent,S 
(2200) Paris op 1983 (3) 1-0}) 12. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:52]}
13. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:02:19]} d5 $146 {[%emt 0:22:24]} (13... Qe7 14. Bg2 c5 15.
Nc2 Bxa1 16. Nxa1 Nc6 17. Nc2 Qe5 18. Qd2 Rae8 19. e3 a6 20. f4 Qf6 21. Ne1 Qe7
22. Nd3 Be6 23. Nf2 Rd8 24. Bb2 Kf7 25. Ne4 Ke8 26. Rd1 Bg4 27. Rc1 Be6 28. Nc3
Rd7 29. Nd5 Qd8 30. Rd1 Bg4 31. Re1 Be6 32. e4 Nd4 33. b4 Kf7 34. Bxd4 Bxd5 35.
cxd5 cxd4 36. Bh3 Rc7 37. Qxd4 Qe7 38. Be6+ Ke8 39. a4 Rf6 40. e5 Rxe6 41. dxe6
dxe5 42. Rxe5 {1-0 (42) Masarik,D (2337)-Chiricuta,M (2204) ICCF email 2010})
14. cxd5 {[%emt 0:11:42]} Re8 {[%emt 0:07:36]} 15. Bf3 {[%emt 0:05:59]} Bxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} 16. Rb1 {[%emt 0:13:19]} Na6 {[%emt 0:03:38]} 17. Bb2 {[%emt 0:
07:42]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 18. e3 {[%emt 0:10:32]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 19.
Bg2 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:05:50]} 20. a3 {[%emt 0:09:36]} Rad8 $132 {
[%emt 0:02:55] Les pièces Noires sont trés actives} 21. b4 {[%emt 0:01:40]}
Qb6 {[%emt 0:07:01]} 22. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 23. Nf3 {
[%emt 0:00:46]} (23. Ne2 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gb2g7]} Bxb2 24. Rxb2) 23... Bxb2 {
[%emt 0:05:27]} 24. Rxb2 {[%emt 0:02:12]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 25. axb4 {
[%emt 0:02:08]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 26. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:07:
09]} 27. Bxd5+ {[%emt 0:01:03]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 28. Qc5 {[%emt 0:02:56]}
Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 29. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 30. Qb3 {
[%emt 0:04:13]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 31. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Red8 {[%emt 0:06:
57]} 32. Ra2 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 33. Rc2 {[%emt 0:02:01]} (
33. Nf3 {[%cal Gf3d4]}) 33... Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 34. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:04:33]}
Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 35. e4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 36. Nf3 {
[%emt 0:05:16]} Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:01:35]} 37. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0:
01:27]} 38. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 39. h4 {[%emt 0:00:38]}
b5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 40. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (40. h5) 40... b4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
41. h5 {[%emt 0:07:14]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 42. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rb8 {
[%emt 0:03:29]} 43. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 44. Rf5 {[%emt 0:
01:10]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:04:43]} 45. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:16:44]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Guliev, Sarhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 {
A solid opening choice.White wants to finish the development and to seize a
space by d4-d5.} ({The main continuation here is} 8. d5) 8... Bd7 9. Bb2 Na6 {
[%cal Gb7b5]} 10. Re1 {[%cal Ge2e4]} ({Besides,white has a large choice of
possiblities:} 10. e3 Re8 11. d5 e5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rad1 Rad8 $11
{0-1 Sturua,Z-Garcia Ilundain,D/Yerevan ol (Men) 1996}) (10. Rc1 Nc7 11. d5 c5
12. a4 a6 13. a5 Rb8 14. Qc2 b6 15. axb6 Rxb6 16. Ra1 Qb8 17. Nd2 g5 $132 {
0-1 Andrianov,N-Lutikov,A/URS-ch48 sf Krasnojarsk 1980}) (10. Qc2 b5 11. cxb5
cxb5 12. Rfc1 Rc8 13. Qd2 b4 14. Nd1 Ne4 15. Qe1 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qa5 $11 {
0-1 Miles,A-Ochoa de Echaguen,F/Zaragoza op 1993}) (10. a3 Qe8 11. d5 (11. Re1
$6 e5 12. e4 f4 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. gxf4 Nh5 15. Nxe5 Bh3 $1 $36 {0-1 Gomez
Esteban,J-Ochoa de Echaguen,F/Bilbao m 1993}) 11... Rd8 (11... c5 $5 {[%cal
Ga6c7,Gb7b5]}) 12. Nd4 e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. Rad1 $14
{1-0 Gomez Esteban,J-Ochoa de Echaguen,F/Lisbon zt 1993}) 10... b5 ({deserves
attention is:} 10... Qa5 $5 {[%cal Ge7e5,Gb7b5,Gf6e4]} 11. e4 (11. a3 $5) 11...
fxe4 12. Nxe4 Rae8 13. Neg5 Nc7 14. Qd2 Qxd2 15. Nxd2 h6 16. Ngf3 g5 17. Rac1
Nh7 18. Bc3 Rf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Panno,O-Bronstein,D/Candidates Tournament 1956})
11. Nd2 Rb8 $1 $146 {Black is not in a hurry.He has a different ways of
counterplay.} (11... bxc4 12. Nxc4 Rb8 13. Rc1 Nb4 14. a3 (14. e3 $14) 14...
Nbd5 15. b4 f4 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Na5 fxg3 18. hxg3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ruck,R-Danner,
G/Honved-B Budapest 1997}) 12. a3 (12. e3 Nb4 $1 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Nf3 e6 $11 {
[%cal Gb4d5]}) 12... Nc7 (12... e5 $5 13. d5 (13. dxe5 dxe5 14. cxb5 cxb5 15.
Nf3 Re8 16. e4 (16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5+ Be6 18. Qxd8 Rbxd8 19. Bxe5 Bxb3 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 $11) 16... Nc5 $1 17. exf5 e4 $132) 13... cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nc7 $11) 13.
e3 a5 $6 {[%mdl 16384] That pawn will become very weak.At the same time,black
could get a good position after the standard e7-e5.} (13... e5 14. c5 (14. dxe5
dxe5 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. e4 f4 17. gxf4 Nh5 $36) 14... e4 $1 (14... exd4 $6 15.
cxd6 dxc3 16. dxc7 Qxc7 17. Bxc3 c5 18. Rc1 $14) 15. cxd6 Nce8 {Black has a
lot of space and his chanses are not worse.}) 14. Qc2 Qe8 {[%cal Gg6g5,Ge8h5]
The only black's counterplay is on the king side. He is planning to play g6-g5
and Qe8-h5.} 15. Ne2 $1 {[%csl Rc7,Gd3][%cal Ge2f4,Gf4d3,Gc2c7] White has a
clear plan of improvement-he will put his knight on d3 and attack the wekaness
on a5 by Bc3.At the same time,black cannot create any serious threats on the
king side.} Ne6 (15... g5 16. cxb5 $1 Rxb5 17. a4 Rb7 18. Nc4 $16 {[%csl Ra5]
[%cal Gb2c3]}) 16. Nf4 $1 g5 (16... Nxf4 17. exf4 Qf7 18. Re2 $16 {[%csl Ra5,
Re7][%cal Ga1e1,Gb2c3]}) 17. Nd3 h5 $2 {That move looks like a desperation
because black has to spend too much time for creating a threats.} (17... Qh5
$142 18. f4 $1 (18. Bc3 $6 f4 $1 19. Bxa5 fxe3 20. fxe3 c5 $1 $132 {[%csl Rd4,
Rh2][%cal Gf6g4]}) 18... Rfc8 19. Bc3 a4 20. bxa4 bxc4 21. Nxc4 Ne4 $14) 18.
Bc3 h4 19. d5 $1 {[%csl Re6] A classical reaction! The knight has no good
place.} cxd5 20. cxd5 Nd8 21. Bxa5 Rc8 {Black is just pawn down without any
compensation.White pieces are controlling the most important squares,so black
has no chanses for an attack.} (21... hxg3 22. hxg3 (22. fxg3 $16) 22... Qh5
23. Rac1 Ng4 24. Nf3 $16) 22. Qd1 hxg3 23. hxg3 Qf7 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gf6d5]} (
23... Nf7 24. Bb6 $1 {[%cal Gb6d4]} Ne4 25. Bd4 $16 (25. Nxe4 Bxa1 26. Nxg5 $16
)) 24. Bxd8 $6 (24. Nb4 $1 Nb7 25. Bb6 Nc5 26. Rc1 $16) 24... Rfxd8 25. Nb4 {
[%csl Rc6]} Ng4 26. Rc1 $2 {That natural move is a serious mistake.Better was
to leave the rooks on the board.} (26. Ra2 {[%cal Ga3a4,Gb4c6]} Qh5 27. Nf1 Bc3
28. Ree2 $16) 26... Rxc1 (26... Qh5 27. Nc6 Re8 28. Nf1 $16) 27. Qxc1 Rc8 28.
Nc6 Bf6 $2 {Missing a nice tactical resource!} ({After} 28... Ne5 $1 29. Qc2 {
[%csl Rd3][%cal Yc2d3,Ge1c1]} e6 $1 30. Nxe5 (30. Rc1 Bf6 {and i don't see the
way to consolidate white's position}) 30... Rxc2 31. Nxf7 Kxf7 32. Nf3 Bf6 33.
dxe6+ Bxe6 {white has no real chanses of winning.}) 29. a4 $1 bxa4 (29... Ne5
30. Qb1 $1 bxa4 31. bxa4 Nxc6 32. dxc6 Bxc6 33. Qxf5 $18) 30. b4 $2 {[%csl Gc6]
[%cal Gb4b5] White is too optimistic! Now black gets good counterchanses due
to his passed pawn on a4.} (30. bxa4 $142 e6 (30... Ne5 31. Qb1 Nxc6 32. dxc6
Bxc6 33. Qxf5 $16) 31. Qb1 exd5 32. Na7 $1 Rc5 33. Nb5 $16) 30... Ne5 $2 {
After this natural move white could realize his strategical idea-to keep his
knight on c6.} ({The only was} 30... e6 $1 31. b5 (31. dxe6 Qxe6 32. b5 Ne5 33.
Qc2 Nxc6 34. bxc6 (34. Bxc6 $6 Bxc6 35. bxc6 a3 $36 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Gf6b2]})
34... d5 35. Qxa4 Bxc6 $11) 31... exd5 32. Qc2 d4 $1 33. e4 f4 $132 {and black
has good counterchanses.}) 31. Qc2 $1 e6 (31... a3 32. b5 a2 33. Nb3 $16 {
[%cal Gb5b6,Gb6b7]}) 32. b5 exd5 33. Qa2 $1 {[%csl Ra4,Rd5][%cal Ga2a4,Ga2d5]}
Nc4 (33... Be6 34. Qxa4 Nxc6 35. bxc6 Bc3 36. Rd1 Qe8 37. Nf3 $1 $16) (33...
Kh8 34. Bxd5 Qe8 35. Nc4 Nxc4 36. Qxc4 a3 37. Qb4 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra3,Rd6][%cal
Gb4a3,Gb4d6]}) 34. Nxc4 dxc4 35. Qxa4 d5 $2 {That is losing immediately-black
just cannot keep the position any more.} ({More resistant was} 35... c3 36. Rd1
{[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd1d6,Gg2d5]} Bxc6 37. Bxc6 Qe7 {but probably white is
winning here.}) 36. Rd1 Be6 37. Qa6 $1 $18 {Black cannot avoid material losses.
} Rc7 (37... Re8 38. b6 Bc8 39. Qa7 $18) 38. b6 $1 Rd7 (38... Rxc6 39. Qa8+ Rc8
40. b7 Re8 41. b8=Q Rxb8 42. Qxb8+ Kg7 43. Rb1 $1 $18 {[%cal Gb1b7]}) 39. Rb1
c3 (39... Rb7 40. Qa8+ Kg7 41. Na5 $18) 40. b7 {The rest is like an agony!}
Rxb7 41. Qa8+ Qf8 42. Qxb7 c2 43. Rc1 Qc5 {[%mdl 40]} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Krivoshey, Sergei"]
[Black "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 {
That is the most ambitious continuation. White seizes a space and tries to
exploit the permanent weakness of e6.} e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 {The weakening
of the long diagonal is not critical here.} (10. Qd3 {--> is another
theoretical possibility.}) 10... Na6 {The most solid continuation.} ({Too
risky is:} 10... Ne4 $6 11. Nxe4 Bxa1 12. Qxd6 Qxd6 13. Nxd6 b6 14. Bg5 Bc3 15.
Be7 $16 {1-0 Ibragimov,I-Beshukov,S/Smolensk 1991/CBM 24 (38)}) 11. Ng5 Qe7 {
Black is ready to exchange his light-squared bishop.} ({The retreat leads to a
somewhat passive position:} 11... Bc8 12. Rb1 Qe7 13. Qc2 h6 14. Nf3 Nc5 15.
Ba3 Be6 16. Rbd1 Rad8 17. e3 Bf7 18. Ne2 Qe4 19. Qc1 Qe7 20. Bb2 $14 {1/2-1/2
Petrosian,T-Knezevic,M/Banja Luka 1979/EXT 99 (39)}) 12. Bb2 {White is not
hurrying with taking on e6, so black could finally avoid that.} (12. Nxe6 Qxe6
13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Qc2 Nb4 15. Qd2 d5 $2 16. Nxd5 Nbxd5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxg7
Kxg7 19. Qd4+ Nf6 20. Qxa7 $16 {1-0 Greenfeld,A-Beim,V/Israel 1992/TD (39)})
12... Bd7 ({The alternative is:} 12... Nc5 {--> see comments to 1-0 Huzman,
A-Neiksans,A/Batumi 1999/CBM 74/[Tsesarsky] (55) Tsesarsky}) 13. Qd2 {There is
a standard question for that type of position: where white should place his
queen in order to connect the rooks? The alternative 13.Qc2 looks more logical,
since usually white should attack black's Pd6 with a rook.} (13. Qc2 Rad8 14.
Rad1 Rfe8 15. a3 h6 16. Nf3 Be6 17. Rfe1 Bf7 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. b4 $14 {1-0
Ivanov,S-Yagupov,I/Podolsk 1992/EXT 97 (43)}) 13... Rad8 14. Rfe1 $146 {
Intending to push e2-e4 at some moment. At the same time, that move looks a
bit slowly and allows black to regroup his pieces.} ({I would prefer:} 14. Rad1
{in order to force black to play a somewhat passive} Bc8 15. Rfe1 Ng4 16. Nh3
Bh6 17. Nf4 Qf7 18. h4 Nc5 19. e3 Ne5 20. Qc2 Bg7 21. Ba3 Qf6 22. Rd4 Nf7 23.
Bb2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Yilmaz,T/Budapest 1992/EXT 97 (31)}) 14... h6 15. Nh3
Nc5 {That is a standard square for the knight in that type of positions. Later
it can be delivered to e4.} 16. Rad1 (16. Nf4 Be8 17. Rad1 g5 18. Nd3 Nce4 $11)
16... Be6 {That is the point! Here the bishop is placed much better than on c8.
} 17. Qc2 {That allows black to play g6-g5,cutting the Nh3.} ({Nothing special
promised:} 17. Nf4 Bf7 {[%cal Gg6g5]} 18. h4 Rfe8 $11 {and i don't see any
useful plan for white,since b3-b4 will weaken the Pc4.}) 17... g5 {[%csl Rh3]
Ofcourse,white should play f2-f4 in order to improve the placement of Nh3.
However,that weakens an important central square e4.} 18. f4 Nfe4 19. e3 ({
White may be only worse after:} 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. fxg5 hxg5 22.
Rf1 d5 {[%csl Ge4] and black's activity compensates some weakness of the dark
squares.}) 19... Bf7 {[%cal Gf7h5] Black has completely consolidated. Now 20...
Bh5 is an unpleasant threat, so the simplifications are unavoidable.} 20. Nxe4
Nxe4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nf2 $6 {White's play is too harmless!} ({He should
exchange the light-squared bishop, keeping the knight on the board:} 22. Bxe4
$142 fxe4 23. Nf2 gxf4 (23... d5 $143 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Qb2+ Kh7 26. f5 $36)
24. exf4 d5 25. cxd5 cxd5 $14 {[%csl Rg7] This position is very complicated,
but I prefer white here due to the weakness of black's king.}) 22... d5 {
Now black may always take on e4 with Pd5.} 23. cxd5 (23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qc3+ Qf6
$11) 23... Bxd5 {Of course, black should avoid an additional weakness.} ({
Much worse would be:} 23... cxd5 $6 24. Nd3 (24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Qc3+ Qf6 $11)
24... Rc8 25. Qb2+ Qf6 26. Ne5 $14) 24. Nxe4 (24. Bxe4 Bxe4 ({Ofcourse,not} 
24... fxe4 25. Ng4 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gg4e5] +/=/+/-}) 25. Nxe4 Qxe4 $11) 24...
fxe4 $6 {An inaccuracy. Now the Pe4 becomes more vulnerable.} ({Better was to
swap the bishops:} 24... Bxe4 25. Qc3+ Qf6 $11) 25. Rf1 Rde8 26. fxg5 {Here
the draw was agreed.} ({At the same time it looks like black's mistake allowed
white to get some advantage. For example:} 26. fxg5 hxg5 (26... Qxg5 27. Qc5
$14) 27. Qe2 $14 {[%cal Ge2g4]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Tovillas, Daniel R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O d6 8. d5 Bd7
(8... e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 {-->is another common line.}) 9. Rb1 {[%cal Gb2b4] White
is intending to seize a space by advancing his queen-side pawns.} a5 10. Nd4 {
Exploiting some drawback of black's previous move-now 10...c5 is pointless in
view of 11.Nb5.} ({The alternative is:} 10. b3 Na6 11. Bb2 Nc5 12. Nd4 {
-->see my comments to 1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Bauer,C/Belfort 2003/CBM 99/[Roiz,M] 
(19)}) 10... Qc7 {In my opinion, Black should play more actively in this
system.} ({I would prefer:} 10... Qe8 11. b3 Na6 12. Na4 c5 13. Nf3 b5 14. Nb6
Rb8 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. cxb5 Rxb5 $132 {1-0 Horvath,P-Kliukin,B/St Veit 1999/EXT
2004 (60)}) ({or} 10... Qb6 11. e3 Na6 12. b3 Nc5 13. Bb2 Rfc8 14. Qe2 Qa6 15.
Rfd1 Nce4 $132 {0-1 Molnar,L-Grunberg,M/Budapest 1998/EXT 2002 (37)}) 11. c5
$146 {This hardly promises White more than a sufficient compensation for the
pawn.} (11. a3 $6 Na6 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nc5 15. Bg2 a4 $15 {
0-1 Burijovich,L-Tovillas,D/Buenos Aires 1992/EXT 97 (52)}) ({Deserved
attention:} 11. e4 $5 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Na6 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Bg2 $14 {
1-0 Frias Pablaza,V-Leow Leslie M/Luzern 1982/EXT 97-B (43)}) 11... dxc5 ({
Another tackle was also possible:} 11... cxd5 12. Nxd5 (12. Bxd5+ Nxd5 13. Nxd5
Qxc5 14. Nb3 Ba4 $1 {(an important tactical resource)} 15. Be3 (15. Nxc5 Bxd1
16. Rxd1 dxc5 17. Be3 Nc6 18. Bxc5 Kf7 $11) 15... Qc4 16. Nb6 Qe4 $132 {
[%cal Ga4c6]}) 12... Nxd5 13. Bxd5+ Kh8 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. Nf3 Bc6 $11 {and
Black is not worse.}) 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Nb3 b6 $1 {Restricting the mobility of
the Nb3. Now it should be transfered to another spot.} (13... Na6 14. Nxa5 Nb4
15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Nc4 $14) 14. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2c4]} Kh8 $6 {That prophylactic
move is a loss of time which gives White time for developing the initiative.} (
{Better was:} 14... e6 15. d6 (15. Nc4 $2 Qa6 $1 $17) 15... Nd5 16. Nc4 Qa6 17.
Ne5 Be8 $132 {[%cal Gb8d7,Gg6g5] with a very complicated play.}) 15. Nc4 Ra6 {
Now Black's pieces are not coordinated.} ({Hardly advisable would be also:} 
15... Qa6 16. Ne5 cxd5 (16... Qb7 17. Nxd7 Nfxd7 18. Qa4 Rc8 19. Rfd1 $16) 17.
Nxd5 Ra7 18. Nxe7 {[%cal Ge7g6]} Be8 19. Qd8 $1 $36) 16. d6 {Taking control of
the dark squares.} e6 {Black avoids an immediate penetration of White's heavy
pieces, but now his position looks quite ugly due to a strong Pd6.} (16... Re8
17. dxe7 Rxe7 18. Qd6 Re8 19. Rfd1 $36) (16... exd6 17. Nxd6 Qd8 18. Qd2 $36)
17. e4 {It's important to start the active operations before Black could
consolidate.} (17. Qd2 $5) 17... fxe4 $2 {A serious strategical mistake-now
the weaknesses in Black's camp become obvious.} ({It was necessary to push
White's knight from c4:} 17... b5 $142 18. Nd2 (18. Ne5 $6 Nh5 $132) 18... Ng4
{[%cal Ge6e5]} (18... fxe4 19. Be5 $1 Be8 20. Ndxe4 Nbd7 21. Bxf6 $16) {
although after} 19. Bg5 {white has a full compensation for the pawn.}) 18. Nxe4
$16 {[%csl Ra6,Rb8,Re5,Re6] Black's queen-side pieces are completely out of
play.} Nd5 ({After} 18... Be8 19. Nxf6 Bxf6 20. Be5 Nd7 21. f4 $16 {Black's
extra pawn isn't significant at all.}) 19. Be5 Nf6 $6 {A strange move- Black
just wastes time.} ({More resistant would be:} 19... Bxe5 $142 20. Nxe5 Rf5 21.
f4 Be8 $16 {[%cal Gb8d7]} (21... Ne3 $2 22. Qb3 Nxf1 23. Bxf1 $18 {[%csl Rh8]
[%cal Gb3c3]})) 20. Nxf6 {Exchanging the main defenders of the Kh8.} Bxf6 21.
Bxf6+ Rxf6 22. Qe2 Qf8 ({After} 22... b5 23. Ne5 c4 24. Qe3 $18 {White's
position is winning due to the control of the dark squares.}) 23. Rbd1 Qg7 24.
Rfe1 {White is not in a hurry- Black has no counterplay at all.} Rf8 25. h4 $1
{Intending to create an additional weakness in Black's camp.} Be8 $6 {Black is
trying to consolidate at cost of the pawn,but the Pd6 will decide the game.} ({
More resistant would be:} 25... Qf6 26. f4 Bc8 {although after} 27. Ne5 {
White's position is winning. For instance, he may breakthrough by h4-h5 at
some moment.} ({or} 27. Qe3)) 26. Qxe6 Bf7 27. Qe2 $18 Bxc4 (27... b5 28. Ne5
Bxa2 29. d7 $18) 28. Qxc4 Ra7 29. Re2 Rd7 {The Nb8 is very poor! It cannot
make the first step for a long time!} ({Nothing changed} 29... Raf7 30. Rdd2
$18 (30. f4 $18)) 30. Qe6 Rdf7 31. f4 Rf6 32. Qb3 {Provoking the additional
weakening.} b5 33. Qc3 {[%csl Ra5,Rc5][%cal Gc3c5,Gc3a5] A double threat!
Black cannot avoid the loss of a pawn.} c4 34. Qxa5 R6f7 35. Qa3 Rd8 ({Of
course,after} 35... Ra7 36. Qc5 Rxa2 37. d7 $18 {Black cannot stop the Pd7.})
36. Qc5 Qf6 37. a4 Rfd7 ({Hopeless would be also:} 37... bxa4 38. Qxc4 Rfd7 39.
Re6 Qxb2 40. Qxa4 $18) 38. axb5 cxb5 39. Qxb5 Rxd6 40. Rxd6 Qxd6 41. Qxc4 {
Now White is already 2 pawns up, so the rest should be easy.} Nd7 42. Qc3+ Nf6
43. Bf3 h5 44. Kg2 Kh7 45. Qe5 {Any kind of endgame is completely winning for
white.} Qb6 46. f5 {Now Black cannot avoid additional exchanges due to the
weakness of his monarch.} Re8 47. fxg6+ Kg7 48. Qc3 Rxe2+ 49. Bxe2 Kxg6 50. Bf3
Qa7 51. Qc8 ({Inaccurate would be:} 51. b4 $6 Qa2+) 51... Qb6 52. Qc2+ Kf7 53.
Qd2 Qb3 54. Qc3 Qa2 55. Qc2 Kg7 56. Qd2 Kf7 57. Qe2 $1 {Attacking the Ph5 and
preparing the advance of the Pb2.} Kg7 (57... Qb3) 58. b4 Qb3 59. b5 Kg6 ({
After} 59... Kh6 60. Kh3 {black has no useful moves. For instance,} Qb1 61.
Qe3+ Kh7 62. b6 $18) 60. Bxh5+ $1 {Winning one more pawn.} Nxh5 61. Qg4+ Kh6
62. Qg5+ Kh7 63. Qxh5+ Kg7 64. Qe5+ Kg6 65. Qe4+ Kg7 66. Qb7+ Kg6 67. Qc6+ Kg7
68. b6 Qa2+ 69. Kh3 Qf2 70. b7 Qf1+ 71. Kh2 Qf2+ 72. Qg2 Qb6 73. Qf3 Qb2+ 74.
Kh3 Qb1 75. h5 (75. Qg4+ Kh7 76. Qh5+ Kg7 77. Qe5+ $18 {[%cal Gb7b8]}) 75...
Qb5 76. Qg4+ Kh7 77. Qf3 (77. Qe4+ Kh8 78. Kh4 $18) 77... Qb1 78. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Jakarta Makita Lakoni"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2004.02.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Juswanto, Denny"]
[Black "Hoang, Thanh Trang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2004.02.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. b3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 Na6
({another common continuation here is:} 8... Qa5 {[%cal Ge7e5] followed by the
typical e7-e5.}) 9. Bb2 Qe8 {[%cal Ge7e5] That move is connected with a plan
of e7-e5.} ({Another standard plan in that kind of positions is counterplay on
the qside by b7-b5.Usually black starts to realize it by} 9... Bd7 {[%cal
Gb7b5,Ga8b8]}) ({or} 9... Rb8) 10. Re1 $5 {In order to meet 10...e7-e5 with
e2-e4.In my opinion,that move is a good alternative to the main 10.d5 which
promises white an excellent chanses of getting advantage.} (10. d5 Bd7 11. Nd4
{is another principal continuation which leads to a very complicated
strategical struggle.}) 10... e5 {That logical move is logical,but quite risky.
Black is not developed yet,and white has an opportunity of exploiting his
development advantage.} ({Black doesn't manage to equalize also after:} 10...
h6 11. e4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Qf7 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Re3 Bd7 15. Qe2 Rae8 16. Bc3 Qf7
17. Re1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Gavrikov,V/Germany 1992/GER-chT2 (27)}) (10...
Bd7 $6 11. e4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Bf5 14. Re3 {[%cal Ge3e7]} Nb4 15.
Nh4 $1 Bd7 16. Qd2 Na6 {()} 17. Rae1 Rf7 18. f4 Bf6 19. Nf3 h6 20. Ne5 $1 {
typical idea in this structure} Rh7 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. d5 $16 {Vyzmanavin,
A-Sanz Alonso,F/Benidorm op 1993 (33)/1-0}) (10... Ne4 11. Qc2 $1 (11. Qb1 $143
Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nc5 {[%cal Gc5e4]}) 11... Nxc3 (11... Nb4 12. Qb1 Nxc3 13. Bxc3
$14) 12. Bxc3 $14 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Ge2e4]}) 11. dxe5 {That exchange is not
necessary at all.} ({even stronger is an immediate} 11. e4 $1 {[%cal Ge1e8]} f4
12. Ba3 c5 13. Nb5 exd4 14. Nxd6 Qe7 $4 {[%cal Ga3e7]} 15. e5 Ng4 16. Nxc8
Raxc8 17. Qxd4 $1 $18 {-see comments to an important game 1-0 Filippov,
V-Potapov,A/Perm 1997/CBM 58/[Tyomkin,D] (31)}) 11... dxe5 12. e4 f4 {That
pawn structure is considered O.K for black,as he has a lot of space and a
clear plan of attack by h7-h6,g6-g5 e.t.c.On the other hand,his central pawn
e5 is quite weak and white is usually trying to seize an initiative,putting
pressure on it.} 13. Ba3 {The most logical move-black is forced to place his
rook on f7,there it will be quite vulnerable in view of possible Nf3-g5.It's
also important to notice that white can put his bishop on d6,attacking e5 and
cutting Na6.} ({White has also tried:} 13. gxf4 $6 Nh5 14. Ne2 Nxf4 15. Nxf4
Rxf4 16. h3 Qe7 17. Bc1 Rf8 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Qd2 Be6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Gonzalez
Garcia,J-De la Riva Aguado,O/Ubeda 1998/CBM 62 ext (23)}) (13. Na4 fxg3 14.
fxg3 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qe7 17. Qe2 Rf7 18. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Holst,
P-Petersen,S/Denmark 1992/EXT 2000 (18)}) 13... Rf7 14. h3 $1 $146 {[%csl Rg4]
[%cal Yh3g4][%mdl 8] A good profilactic move.Now it's not easy for black to
find a comfortable square for his bishop.} (14. Qe2 Nh5 15. Ng5 Rd7 16. Bh3 Rd8
17. Bxc8 Raxc8 18. c5 Rd4 19. Rad1 Rcd8 20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1
$11 {1/2-1/2 Braemigk,U-Schoen,R/Lahnstein 1999/EXT 2001 (28)}) 14... fxg3 {
That exchange wasn't necessary at all,but black had no chanses of attack
anyway.} ({after} 14... h6 15. Qe2 g5 16. Rad1 $14 {Ra8,Na6 and Bc8 are out of
play,so white has nothing to worry about.}) 15. fxg3 Nh5 {According to
Siegbert Tarrasch,one of the great players in past-''the knight can be never
placed well at the corner of the board''.As we see-there are 2 black's knights
on a6 and h5!On the other hand,now black can at least put his bishop on e6.} ({
there was another way for Bc8:} 15... b6 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. Rad1 c5 (17... Nc5 18.
Bxc5 bxc5 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Qa5 $16) 18. Nd5 $14 {In this position white has a
stable advantage,but black's position is solid enough.}) 16. Kh2 Be6 {Black
had somehow completed his development,but his Na6 is still out of play.} ({
deserved attention} 16... b6 $5 17. Qe2 Nc5 {[%cal Gc5e6]} 18. Bxc5 {otherwise
black's knight will occupy an excellent square on e6} bxc5 19. Na4 Qe7 20. Qe3
Bf8 21. Rad1 $14 {with a very complicated position in which white's chanses
are slighty preferable due to some weaknesses of black's pawn structure.}) 17.
Qe2 (17. Ng5 $143 Rf2 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Re2 Rxe2 20. Qxe2 Rd8 {and black is
close to equality.}) 17... Rd8 18. Rad1 $14 {After the exchange of the rooks,
white's minor pieces will be much better than black's.} Rfd7 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20.
Nd1 $1 {Although black has control over the ''d'' file,there are no squares
for penetration.That's why white avoids an exchange of the rooks at this
moment.} h6 {That is a useful move,since Nf3-g5 can be quite unpleasant for
black,but black waste an important time and allows white to put a strong
pressure on e5.} (20... Nc7 21. Nf2 Bf7 22. Bb2 $1 $16 (22. Ng4 $6 Ne6 $1 $11 {
[%cal Ge6d4]})) (20... Qd8 $142 21. Bb2 (21. Nf2 Qa5 22. Bc1 Nc5 $14) 21... Nc5
22. Nf2 Qc7 23. Qe3 b6 $14) 21. Nf2 Qd8 ({black cannot create any counterplay:
} 21... Qb8 22. Nd3 b5 23. c5 $16) 22. Bb2 Nc5 23. Bf1 $1 {That is one of the
most important moves in the game.Now ''d3'' is under control and white is
prepared for 24.Qe3.} ({white shouldn't hurry:} 23. Bxe5 $6 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Rd2
25. Qe3 Qg5 $1 $44 {and black's activity cannot be understated.}) 23... Kh7 $2
{An inaccurate move,which allows white to win an important pawn.} ({better was:
} 23... Qc7 24. Qe3 b6 25. Be2 Rf7 26. Rd1 Kh7 $14 {and black has a passive
but defensible position.}) 24. Qe3 b6 25. Bxe5 {White can safely take the pawn.
} Bxe5 26. Nxe5 Rd2 {Now that penetration is not powerful at all.} 27. Re2 Rxe2
28. Bxe2 Qd6 29. Ned3 $1 {Exchanging black's active knight.} ({worse was:} 29.
Bxh5 Qxe5 30. Bg4 Bf7 {and black has a type of blockade.}) 29... Nxd3 30. Nxd3
Ng7 $8 31. c5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc6] Seizing a space on the qside and fixing
black's pawn on c6.} (31. e5 $143 Qe7 (31... Qa3 32. Qd2 $16) 32. Nf4 Bf7 33.
Bd3 $16) 31... Qc7 32. Kg2 {Black is completely passive,so white is not in a
hurry.} ({Anyway,i would prefer an immediate} 32. Qd4 b5 33. Qf6 {[%cal Gd3f4,
Gd3e5] with a full domination.}) 32... b5 {[%cal Gc7a5] Black is trying to
activate his queen-otherwise white will improve his position very easily.} 33.
Qd4 Qa5 34. Qb2 {Now white's plan is simple:he wants to stabilize the
situation on the qside and neutralize activity of black's queen.} (34. Nb4 Qa3
35. Qd2 Qa5 36. h4 Bf7 $16 {[%cal Gg7e6]}) 34... Qd8 ({after} 34... b4 35. Qd2
g5 36. Bf3 {[%cal Ge4e5] white's position seems to be completely winning.}) 35.
Qc3 a5 36. a3 Qe7 (36... a4 37. bxa4 bxa4 38. Nb4 (38. Bf3 $5 Qd7 39. Nf4 $18)
38... Qd7 39. g4 $18 {[%csl Rc6,Rg7]}) 37. Nf4 ({another sufficient
possibility was:} 37. Bf3 $5 Qf7 38. Ne5 Qf6 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4 $18) 37... g5
{Now black's monarch is too weak.} (37... Bf7 38. Bd3 Ne6 39. b4 $18 (39. Nxe6
$5 Qxe6 40. Bc2 Qe7 41. Qd4)) 38. Nxe6 Nxe6 (38... Qxe6 39. Bd3 h5 40. Bc2 g4
41. h4 Qf7 42. Qe3 {[%cal Ge4e5] was also hopeless}) 39. Qe5 $1 {White has got
a full domination!} Qd7 40. Qd6 {The most simple-now white doesn't has to
worry about some checks.} Qxd6 41. cxd6 Kg6 42. a4 $1 {An important move,which
would allow white to advance his monarch.} ({much worse was:} 42. b4 $2 axb4
43. axb4 Kf6 44. Bg4 Nd8 (44... h5 45. Bxh5 Ke5 46. d7 Kd6 47. Bg4 Kxd7 48. h4
$18) 45. Kf3 Ke5 46. d7 Kd4 47. Bf5 h5 48. h4 gxh4 49. gxh4 Ke5 {with some
chanses of draw.}) 42... bxa4 43. bxa4 Kf6 44. Bg4 Nc5 ({more resistant was:} 
44... Nd8 45. Kf3 Ke5 46. d7 Kd4 47. Bf5 c5 48. Kg4 Ke5 (48... c4 49. Kh5 Ke5 (
49... c3 50. e5 Kxe5 51. Bc2 Kf6 52. Kxh6 Nf7+ (52... Ne6 53. h4 gxh4 54. gxh4
Ke7 55. h5 Kf7 (55... Nd4 56. Kg6 Nxc2 57. d8=Q+ Kxd8 58. h6 $18) 56. Bb1 Ke7
57. Kg6 $18) 53. Kh5 Ke7 54. Kg6 Ne5+ 55. Kxg5 Nc4 56. h4 Ne3 57. h5 Nxc2 58.
d8=Q+ Kxd8 59. h6 $18) 50. Bg4 {49...Ke5}) {although white has a win also:} 49.
Kh5 c4 50. Bg4 c3 51. Bd1 Kxe4 52. Kxh6 Kf5 53. Bc2+ Kf6 54. h4 gxh4 55. gxh4
Ke7 56. h5 Ne6 57. Kg6 Nf4+ 58. Kg5 Ne6+ 59. Kg4 $18) 45. Kf3 Nb7 (45... Nxa4
46. e5+ $18) 46. Ke3 ({only not} 46. d7 $2 Ke7 47. e5 Nc5 48. e6 Nxa4 $11)
46... Nxd6 ({black cannot just wait:} 46... Ke5 47. d7 Nd8 48. Kd3 Nb7 49. Bf5
Nd8 50. Kc4 Nb7 51. g4 Kd6 52. Kd4 c5+ 53. Kc4 $18 {[%cal Gc4b5]}) 47. Kd4 Nf7
(47... Nb7 48. Bc8 Nd8 49. Kc5 Ke5 50. Bf5 {[%cal Gc5b6]} Nb7+ 51. Kxc6 Nd6 52.
Kb6 $18) 48. Kc5 Ke5 ({after} 48... Ne5 {the strongest is:} 49. Kd6 $1 c5 50.
Kxc5 Nxg4 51. hxg4 Ke5 52. Kb5 Kxe4 53. Kxa5 $18) 49. Kxc6 $6 {That allows
black to prolong the fight.} ({I would prefer:} 49. Bf5 $142 Nd6 (49... Nd8 50.
Kb6 $18) 50. Kxc6 $18) 49... Kxe4 (49... Nd6 50. Bf5 $1 h5 (50... Nxe4 51. Bxe4
Kxe4 52. g4 $1 Kf4 53. Kb5 Kg3 54. Kxa5 Kxh3 55. Kb4 Kxg4 56. a5 $18) 51. Kb6
h4 52. gxh4 gxh4 53. Kxa5 $18) 50. Kb5 Ne5 $6 ({Black could defend much
stronger:} 50... Kd4 $1 51. Kxa5 Kc5 52. Ka6 Ne5 $1 {and t's not easy for
white to advance his pawn.} (52... Nd6 $2 53. a5 Kb4 54. Be2 Kc5 55. Ka7 $18)
53. Be2 $1 {At this moment white is controlling all the important squares,and
black cannot make some ''waiting'' move like h6-h5.} (53. a5 $2 Kb4 {[%cal
Ge5c4]} 54. Kb6 Nc4+ 55. Kc6 Nxa5+ 56. Kd5 Kc3 57. Ke5 Kd3 58. Kf5 Kd4 59. Kg6
Ke5 60. Kxh6 Kf6 $11) 53... Nc6 (53... Kb4 54. Bb5 Kc5 55. a5 h5 56. h4 $1 gxh4
(56... g4 57. Be8 Nc4 58. Bxh5 Kb4 59. Bf7 Nxa5 60. Bd5 $18) 57. gxh4 Ng6 58.
Kb7 $18) 54. Bb5 Nd4 55. Be8 Ne2 56. a5 $18) 51. Kxa5 Kd4 52. Kb5 {[%cal Ga4a5]
Now the way for white's passed pawn is open-the game is over.} Nc4 53. a5 Nd6+
54. Kc6 Nc4 55. a6 Na5+ 56. Kb5 {[%mdl 32]} 1-0

[Event "Belfort Masters 6th"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2003.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O c6 8. d5 {
The most principal continuation. White has seized a space and fixed a weakness
on e6.} Bd7 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Yd7c6] Protecting on c6 and preparing a standard
move Na6-c5.} (8... e5 9. dxe6 {is a rare guest in modern practice.}) 9. Rb1 a5
10. b3 Na6 11. Bb2 Nc5 12. Nd4 Qb6 {The queen puts pressure on white's knight
d4 and can be useful for counterplay (b7-b5 and a5-a4 are always possible
options for black in that kind of structures). On the other hand, it can be
vulnerable in view of possible plan of white:a2-a3 and b3-b4.} (12... Qe8 13.
e3 e5 (13... Nfe4 {Johnson,M} 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bxe4
fxe4 18. Qd4+ Rf6 19. dxe6 Qc8 20. Qxe4 Qxe6 $10) 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Qc2 Bf7 16.
Rbd1 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Qc7 18. Nde2 Rfe8 19. Nf4 Qe7 20. Nd3 Nce4 21. f3 Nxc3 22.
Bxc3 d5 23. cxd5 Nxd5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. e4 fxe4 26. fxe4 Nb4 27. Qb2+ Kg8 28.
Nf2 Qe5 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 30. Rd7 Kf8 31. Rxb7 Nxa2 32. Nd3 {1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,
J-Nikolic,P/Yerevan 1996/CBM 53/[Johnson,M] (32)}) 13. e3 (13. Qd2 Qa6 14. Rfd1
Rae8 15. e3 Nce4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20.
Qd4+ Rf6 21. dxe6 $14 {1-0 Marin,M-Gual Pascual,A/Badalona 1996/EXT 2004 (51)})
({deserves attention is:} 13. Ba1 $5 {[%cal Gc3a4]} Rfc8 (13... Qa6 14. a3 $36
{[%cal Gb3b4]}) 14. Na4 Nxa4 (14... Qd8 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Nc2 $14
) 15. bxa4 Qa6 16. Qb3 cxd5 17. cxd5 Rc7 18. Rfd1 $14 {[%cal Gd4b5] and
white's position is preferable.} (18. Nb5 $6 Bxb5 19. axb5 Qb6 {[%csl Rc5]
[%cal Gf6d7]})) 13... Rfc8 (13... Qa6 $5 14. a3 cxd5 15. cxd5 Rfc8 16. Ba1 a4
17. b4 Nb3 18. Nxb3 axb3 19. Rxb3 Ng4 20. Re1 Rc7 21. h3 Ne5 $44 {1-0
Kopjonkin,G-Varitski,I/Pardubice 1999/EXT 2000 (48)}) 14. Qe2 Nce4 $146 {
That is new and probably not the best continuation.} (14... a4 15. Ba1 axb3 16.
axb3 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5+ e6 19. Bg2 Na6 20. b4 $36 {1-0 Villeneuve,
A-Akesson,R/Oslo 1981/MCD (34)}) (14... Qa6 15. Rfd1 Nce4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. h3
$6 (17. Ne6 $142) 17... cxd5 18. cxd5 Qxe2 19. Nxe2 Rc5 $15 {0-1 Molnar,
L-Grunberg,M/Budapest 1998/EXT 2002 (37)}) 15. Nxe4 $6 {Missing a nice
opportunity of getting a clear advantage.} ({White had to keep the knights on
the board, since Ne4 has no good squares:} 15. Na4 $142 $1 Qd8 (15... Qa6 16.
f3 Ng5 (16... Nc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Nc2 $14) 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. c5
$1 Qxe2 19. Nxe2 $14 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ga4b6]}) 16. f3 Ng5 (16... Nc5 17. Nxc5
dxc5 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Nc2 $14) 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. c5 $14) 15... fxe4 {[%cal
Gd7g4] Black chooses a forced line that leads to an equal position.} ({
deserved attention also:} 15... Nxe4 $5 16. Bxe4 $140 (16. f3 Nc5 $11) 16...
fxe4 17. f3 cxd5 18. cxd5 Bxd4 $1 19. Bxd4 Qb5 $1 $15) 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6
Qc5 $1 {White is not able to keep his pawn on e6.} (17... Rf8 $143 $6 18. Bd4
Qc7 19. Qc2 Qc8 20. Bxe4 Qxe6 21. Bg2 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Gg2]}) 18. Bxf6 exf6 19.
Bxe4 Re8 $11 {Now black has no weaknesses, since he can easily protect on d6.
Any side just cannot improve his position, so the draw was agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nagykanizsa 1st"]
[Site "Nagykanizsa"]
[Date "2003.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Antal, Gergely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O c6 8. d5 e5
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bf4 {That is not the most principal approach,since d6 is
weaker than c4. White is trying to use some develoment advantage, but that is
not enough.} ({There are more common alternatives:} 10. b3) (10. Qd3) 10...
Bxc4 11. Bxd6 ({White has no advantage in the endgame:} 11. Qxd6 Qxd6 12. Bxd6
Re8 13. Ne5 Ba6 14. f4 Nbd7 15. Rfd1 Nb6 16. Bf3 Nfd7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 $11 {
1-0 Gareev,T-Malaniuk,V/St Petersburg 2003/EXT 2004 (52)}) 11... Re8 {Black
has a comfortable development without weaknesses of his pawn structure - that
means that he has no difficulties.} 12. Ne5 {That move seems to be slighty
inaccurate, since the knight is vulnerable here.} ({White should probably care
about equality:} 12. Qd4 Bd5 $1 13. Bxb8 Bxf3 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Bxf3 Raxb8 $11
{1/2-1/2 Larsen,B-Palatnik,S/Palma de Mallorca 1989/TD (46)}) (12. Ba3 Qxd1 13.
Rfxd1 Na6 14. Nd4 Rad8 15. e3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 $11 {0-1 Luckans,A-Cmilyte,V/
Mezezers 2000/EXT 2001 (61)}) 12... Be6 $1 (12... Bd5 $2 13. Nxd5 Qxd6 14.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qb3+ Qe6 16. Qxb7 $18 {1-0 Djukic,N-Neiksans,A/Rimavska Sobota
1996/EXT 97 (72)}) 13. Nf3 {It is funny, but that knight's retreat is not a
novelty! It looks strange, but that move is not so wrong.} (13. Qd3 Nbd7 14.
Nxd7 (14. Nc4 Nb6 15. Ne3 Qd7 16. Rad1 Qf7 17. b3 Rad8 $15 {1-0 Schebitz,
S-Renner,C/Passau 2000/CBM 76 ext (37)}) 14... Qxd7 (14... Nxd7 15. Rfd1 Ne5
16. Qc2 Qf6 $15) 15. Rfd1 (15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Qc2 Qf7 $15 {0-1 Vanderstricht,
G-Posazhennikov,A/Netherlands 1995/EXT 99 (45)}) 15... Qf7 (15... Rad8 $142 $15
) 16. Bc5 Nd7 17. Be3 Nb6 $11 {1-0 Bohm,H-Van der Weide,P/Leeuwarden 1979/MCD 
(32)}) (13. Qd2 Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Rfd1 Qf7 (15... Rad8 $15) 16. Qc2 g5 17.
e3 Ng4 $36 {0-1 Izquierdo,D-Rodriguez,A/Villa Ballester 1995/EXT 2002 (40)}) (
13. Rc1 Nbd7 14. Nd3 Bf7 15. b3 Nb6 16. Ba3 Nbd5 17. Bb2 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Bd5 {
1/2-1/2 Piket,J-De la Riva Aguado,O/Escaldes 1998/CBM 68 (18)}) 13... Kh8 $146
{That is always a useful move for black, since Nf3-g5 can be unpleasant. At
the same time, black doesn't allows white to consolidate his position by 14.
Qc2 and 15.Rfd1.} ({there is nothing wrong also with} 13... Nbd7 14. Qc2 (14.
Ng5 Bc4 15. Re1 Nb6 $15) 14... Nd5 15. Nxd5 (15. Rad1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 $13 Qa5
$140 $6 17. Bb4 $1 Qa6 18. Ng5 $36) 15... Bxd5 16. Nh4 Nf6 17. Bxd5+ Nxd5 18.
Bc5 Qf6 $15 {0-1 Touzane,O-Bologan,V/Biel 1995/CBM 48 ext (40)}) 14. Ba3 $6 {
Only that move is a serious inaccuracy. The bishop is out of play here.} ({
white could keep a balanced position after:} 14. Qd2 $142 Nbd7 (14... Bd5 15.
Ng5 $1 (15. Bf4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 $15) 15... Kg8 16. Nxd5 Qxd6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6
18. Bd5+ cxd5 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Nf7+ Kg8 21. Ng5+ $11) 15. Rfd1 Nb6 16. Qc2 $11
) 14... Nbd7 ({There was a better way for the Nb8:} 14... Nd5 $142 $1 15. Nxd5
Bxd5 16. Qc2 Qf6 17. Rad1 a5 $1 $15 {[%cal Gb8a6]} (17... Nd7 {-14...Nbd7.}))
15. Qc2 ({after} 15. Nd4 Bf7 16. Qc2 Qb6 17. Rfd1 Rad8 $15 {[%cal Gf6g4,Gd7c5]
black's position is preferable.}) 15... Nd5 {[%csl Gg7] Black has to change
the Nc3 - that will allow him to put a strong pressure on the long diagonal.}
16. Nxd5 ({I would prefer to wait with that exchange. For example:} 16. Rad1 $5
Qa5 (16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bc4 18. Rfe1) 17. Nd4 (17. Nxd5 Bxd5 $15 {[%csl Ra3,
Gd5,Gg7]}) 17... Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Nb6 (19... Bd5 $5 20. Bxd5 cxd5
21. e3 Nb6 $15) 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. e3 Bxc3 22. Rd3 Bf6 23. Rb1 $15 {and white
has some compensation for the pawn, although black's chanses are better.})
16... Bxd5 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. Rd2 {[%cal Ga3b4,Gb4c3]} ({after} 18. b3 a5 19. Bc1
a4 20. bxa4 Re4 $15 {black's pressure is unpleasant.}) 18... a5 $1 {Preventing
activization of Ba3.} 19. Ne1 Nb6 20. Bc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A blunder of pawn.} (
{At the same time after} 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 (20... cxd5 21. b3 Rac8 22. Qd3 $11) 21.
Nd3 (21. Bc5 $6 Qe6 {[%cal Gd5b4]} 22. Nd3 b6) 21... Rad8 ({after} 21... b6 22.
b3 Qc3 23. Bb2 Qxc2 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rxc2 c5 {black's advantage is symbolic})
22. b3 {[%cal Ga3b2] white is only slighty worse.}) 20... Nc4 21. Rd1 (21. Bd4
Qe7 22. Rd1 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 (23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Rxd4 Ne3 $19) 23... Ne3 $1 $19 {
that is what white has probably overlooked.}) 21... Qxb2 {The endgame is
unavoidable and that is completely lost for white.} 22. Bxd5 Qxc2 23. Nxc2 cxd5
24. Rxd5 $2 {That is already a decisive mistake.} (24. e3 $142 Rad8 25. Bd4 b5
$17) 24... Rxe2 25. Ne3 (25. Rc1 {was more resistant but after:} Rc8 $1 (25...
b5 $143 26. Kf1 Rae8 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Nxe1 $17 {[%csl Gd5]}) 26. Nd4 Re5 27.
Rxe5 Nxe5 28. Rc2 Nd7 29. Bd6 Rxc2 30. Nxc2 Kg8 $19 {[%cal Gg8f7,Gf7e6,Ge6d5,
Gb7b5] black has a winning endgame.}) 25... Nxe3 26. Bxe3 Rxa2 27. Rfd1 (27.
Rb1 Ra1 $19) 27... Ra1 28. Bc1 (28. Rxa1 Bxa1 29. Rb5 a4 30. Rxb7 a3 $19) 28...
Bf6 $19 {Now black has just 2 extra passed pawns, so the rest is an easy job.}
29. Kg2 Kg8 30. Rd6 Rc8 $1 {The most simple way.} 31. Rxf6 Raxc1 32. Rd5 (32.
Rd7 R8c7 $19 (32... R1c7 $19)) (32. Rxc1 Rxc1 33. Rb6 Rc7 34. Rb5 a4 35. Kf3 (
35. Ra5 Rc4 36. Rb5 a3 $19) 35... a3 36. Ke3 a2 37. Ra5 Rc2 $19) 32... R1c5 33.
Rd7 R8c7 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Rb6 R5c6 36. Rd6 (36. Rb5 Ra6 37. Rd3 (37. Rdd5 a4
38. Ra5 Rcc6 39. Rab5 b6 40. Rd7+ Kf6 $19) 37... Kf6 $19) 36... Rxd6 37. Rxd6
b5 38. Rb6 Rc5 39. Kf3 a4 40. Kf4 a3 41. Kg5 h6+ 42. Kf4 a2 {[%mdl 2064]} (
42... a2 43. Ra6 Rc4+ 44. Kf3 Ra4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Sochi Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Panchenko, Alexander N"]
[Black "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Qa5
{White misplaces his bishop but gains time so that he is able to play d4-d5.}
9. Bd2 $5 Qc7 10. d5 h6 11. Rc1 Nh5 $6 12. e4 e5 $2 {Much too ambitious. White
is ahead in the development and is now happy to be able to open up the
position.} (12... f4 $14) 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nh4 $18 Qf7 16. g4
Bd3 17. gxh5 Bxf1 18. Qxf1 g5 19. Ng6 Re8 20. Ne4 Qe6 21. Re1 Qd7 22. Qd3 Rd8
1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Qa5
9. Bb2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e4 f4 12. Na4 Re8 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Qd6 Nbd7 15. Bc3
Qd8 16. Rad1 Bf8 17. Qd3 Qc7 18. gxf4 Nh5 19. fxe5 Nf4 20. Qd2 Nxg2 21. Kxg2
Nc5 22. Qf4 Bh5 23. Qg3 Ne6 24. Nb2 Bh6 25. Nd3 Rad8 26. Kh1 Qf7 27. Nh4 Bg5
28. Ng2 Bf3 29. Nb2 Rxd1 30. Nxd1 Rf8 31. Qh3 {Time.} 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d5 O-O 7. Nh3 c6 (7... Na6
8. O-O Bd7 9. Rb1 c6 10. b4 Rc8 11. Qb3 $14 {Gavrikov-Schwartzman, San
Bernardino 1990.}) 8. Nf4 e5 9. dxe6 Qe7 10. O-O Bxe6 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. Bf4
Qxc4 13. Qxd6 Na6 14. Rfd1 {White has a minimal edge.} Nh5 15. Bg5 (15. Be5
Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Rae8 17. Qd4 {As Andersson would say: very slightly better for
White. This endgame, similar to that ensuring in the game, occured in
Hjartarson,J - Gurevich,M in a later round in Amsterdam. See CBM 23, game 39.})
15... Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Rac1 Qb4 18. Qxb4 Nxb4 19. a3 Na6 20. e4 fxe4 21.
Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Rad8 23. h4 Nc7 24. Bb1 Kg7 25. Ba2 Kf6 26. Kg2 Nb5 27. g4
h5 28. g5+ Kg7 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Re1 Rd7 31. Re8 Nd6 32. Rg8+ Kh7 33. Rb8 Kg7
34. Rg8+ Kh7 35. Rb8 Kg7 36. Bb1 Nc4 37. Re8 Nxb2 38. Re6 {38. - Nd3 39.Bxd3
Rxd3 40.Re7+ Kf8 41.Rxb7 Rxa3 42.Rc7 =. White`s active rook secures the draw.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bern"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Summermatter, Daniel"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Qe8
9. Ba3 h6 10. Qc2 g5 11. Rad1 Na6 12. Rfe1 Qh5 13. b4 Nc7 14. b5 cxb5 15. c5 d5
16. c6 Qe8 17. cxb7 Bxb7 18. Nb1 Qd8 19. Rc1 Nfe8 20. Nbd2 Ne6 21. Qb1 a6 22.
e3 Nd6 23. Ne5 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Nxc8 25. Rc1 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Nb6 27. g4 Ng7 28. gxf5
Rxf5 29. Bh3 g4 30. Bxg4 Rg5 31. h3 Nc4 32. Nf3 Nxa3 33. Qd3 Rxg4+ 34. hxg4 Nc4
35. Kg2 d4 36. Qxd4 Qxd4 37. exd4 Nd2 38. Rc7 Bxf3+ 39. Kg3 Ne6 40. Rxe7 {
40.Rc2 Nf1 - +} Nxd4 {40. - Bd5!?} 41. Kf4 Bd5 42. Rd7 Ne6+ 43. Kf5 Bxa2 44.
Rxd2 Bc4 45. Kf6 a5 46. Rd7 a4 47. Ra7 Nc5 48. f4 b4 49. f5 b3 50. e6 b2 51.
Ra8+ Kh7 52. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Salento op 5th"]
[Site "Gallipoli"]
[Date "2016.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "L'Ami, Alina"]
[Black "Sprenger, Jan Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Sprenger,J"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2016.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 $5 {Confronted with the surprising choice of the Dutch defense,
which I had never played in a tournament game, Alina deviates from her usual 2.
Nc3.} Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O c6 8. b3 Qa5 $5 {
Not the main line, but an interesting move. White has to play precisely to
maintain his initiative.} 9. Bb2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e4 f4 12. Qd6 (12. Na4
Re8 {ist the mainline and perhaps more testing.}) 12... Ne8 $1 {Looks a bit
artifical, but it is important to disturb the white queen, which is strongly
placed on d6.} 13. Qa3 Qc7 14. Ne2 Bg4 $5 {It looks a bit strange to give up
the bishop pair, but on the other hand, Black increases his control over the
black squares.} 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Na6 17. gxf4 $5 {The principled move.}
exf4 18. Nd4 Qe5 19. Rab1 Qg5+ 20. Kh2 Nac7 21. Rg1 Qh4 22. Rg2 {Here I
thought about an immediate attack on the white king, and indeed, it would have
been interesting:} Rf7 {I was very tempted to force matters, but I could not
find anything clear and with my opponent short of time, I considered it more
promising to maintain the tension.} (22... Bxd4 $5 {Strategical suicide, but
Black obtains some initiative.} 23. Bxd4 Ne6 24. Rd1 (24. Rg4 $2 {runs into}
Nxd4 $1 25. Rxh4 Nxf3+) (24. Bc5 Rf7 25. Rg4 Qh5 {and Nf6 is coming.}) 24...
Ng5 25. Bg4 Nf6 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. Rd7 {I assessed this position as favorable
for White, but the computer is not impressed and considers the position better
for Black after the quiet} (27. Qe7 $1 {keeps the balance.} Rf7 28. Rd8+ Rxd8
29. Qxd8+ Kg7) 27... Re8 {The threat h7-h5 is quite annoying.}) 23. b4 $6 {
Allows the Black queen to return to the center and weakens the white pawn
structure.} Qe7 24. e5 $5 a5 $1 (24... Qxe5 25. b5 $44) (24... Bxe5 $2 {
runs into a crushing exchange sacrifice:} 25. Re1 Qf6 26. Rxe5 $1 Qxe5 27. Nxc6
$40) 25. e6 $2 {Tempting, but bad: the white weaknesses are more exposed after
this pawn thrust.} Rf8 26. bxa5 {The emergency brake (White gives material to
stop the Black initiative), but probably best.} Qxa3 27. Bxa3 Bxd4 28. Bxf8
Kxf8 $17 29. Rxb7 Ra6 $6 (29... Rxa5 30. Bxc6 Rxa2 31. f3 $17 {did not look so
clear to me, but it was perhaps the way to go.}) (29... Nxe6 30. Bxc6 Rxa5 31.
Rb8 N6c7 32. f3 {and the a-pawn may become dangerous.}) 30. h4 $1 {White has
to open the g-file for his rook. In the following moves, both sides are facing
extremely difficult decisions about which pawns to swap/conquer. Serious
commentary would probably require several days of analysis, so I will just
move on to the decisive moment.} Ke7 31. h5 Kf6 32. Be4 $6 gxh5 33. Bxh7 Rxa5
34. Be4 c5 $6 (34... Ra6 {was more accurate. After} 35. Rg6+ Ke5 {the white
bishop is hanging and Black can finally capture e6.}) 35. Rg6+ $6 (35. f3 Kxe6
36. Kh3 $17) 35... Ke5 36. Bc6 Ra6 $4 {I wanted to make a particularly
intelligent move and played a particularly stupid one.} (36... Rxa2 $1 {
was simple and good} 37. Bxe8 (37. e7 Rxf2+ 38. Kh3 Rf1 39. Rg8 f3 $19) 37...
Nxe8 38. Rg8 Bxf2 $1 {and Black is giving checkmate, e.g.} 39. Rxe8 Bg3+ 40.
Kg1 f3 41. Rb1 Rg2+ 42. Kf1 Rh2 $19) 37. e7 $1 {I simply missed that this pawn
move defends the c6-bishop. Now Black has lost a crucial tempo.} Rxa2 38. Rg8
Rxf2+ {Accompanied by a draw offer, hoping that my opponent would not yet
realize in which danger Black was. But she did.} 39. Kh3 Kd6 $2 {The wrong
square.} (39... Kf6 $1 40. Bxe8 Rf3+ 41. Kg2 Rf2+ 42. Kh3 Rf3+ {White cannot
escape the perpetual, since} 43. Kh4 Bf2+ 44. Kxh5 Rh3+ 45. Kg4 Rg3+ {loses.})
40. Bxe8 Rf3+ 41. Kh4 $1 {With the black king on d6, this is possible and
strong.} Bf6+ 42. Kxh5 Bxe7 $2 (42... Re3 $16 {would still make things
difficult for White.}) 43. Kg4 $3 {A brilliant idea, which I had missed
completely. White wins the f4-pawn for free.} Rc3 (43... Rg3+ 44. Kxf4 Rxg8 45.
Rb6#) 44. Kf5 Nxe8 45. Rxe8 Re3 46. Rg8 Kc6 47. Kxf4 Re1 48. Ra7 Bd6+ 49. Kf3
Kb6 50. Ra2 Re6 51. Rag2 Rf6+ 52. Ke3 Be5 $2 {I saw that this would lose on
the spot, but for some reason I played it nevertheless. It was clearly not my
day.} (52... Re6+ 53. Kd3 Kc6 54. R8g6 Re1 {was the originally planned defense,
which would at least prolong the struggle.}) 53. R8g6 Bd4+ 54. Ke4 $18 Rxg6 55.
Rxg6+ Kc7 56. Kd5 Kd7 57. Rh6 Kc7 58. Rh7+ Kd8 59. Kc6 Kc8 60. Rf7 Kd8 61. Rf8+
Ke7 62. Ra8 Be3 63. Ra7+ Ke8 64. Rd7 Bd4 65. Rd5 Ke7 66. Rxc5 {A strong
technical display by White, whereas Black just collapsed after his blunder in
move 36.} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 {After draws in the initial round both players are
perky and still full of fighting spirit. Ivanchuk with his incredibly wide
repretoire is the first to show his ambitions by going for the Leningrad Dutch.
} 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 {An important theoretical position.
The text move has a long history and has its fans even nowadays.} ({The
revival of the Dutch in the 1980s and 1990s, led by Malaniuk, M.Gurevich, P.
Nikolic and also Topalov, who was just an emerging star at that time, was
connected mainly with} 7... Qe8 {However, this continuation has fallen
somewhat out of fashion, one of the plausible ways to fight for an edge is} 8.
Nd5 $5 (8. d5 {is the main move, which occurs in more than half of the games
which reach this position.}) 8... Nxd5 9. cxd5 Qb5 10. Ng5 c6 11. a4 Qb6 12. a5
Qb5 (12... Qxd4 13. Qb3 $36) 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 cxd5 15. Nc3 Qd7 16. Nxd5 e6
17. Nf4 d5 18. Re1 Qf7 19. Be3 Nc6 20. Qd2 Bd7 21. h4 Rac8 22. Ra3 Ne7 23. Nd3
Nf5 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Nxe3 26. Raxe3 Qe7 27. Rc3 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Qc5 29. Rb1
Bc6 30. h5 $14 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2682)-Kuzubov,Y (2615)/Plovdiv/2012/}) ({
The sharpest option is the risky} 7... Nc6 8. d5 $142 ({Ivanchuk could have
hardly have hoped for the repetition of} 8. b3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ba3 Re8 11.
e4 $6 (11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Rad1 $11) 11... Nd4 12. Re1 c6 13. exf5 $2 (13. Bc5 $5
$13) 13... Bxf5 14. Nh4 Bc2 15. Qc1 e4 16. Bb2 Bd3 17. Rd1 Qa5 18. Qd2 Rad8 19.
Rac1 Qh5 20. Kh1 g5 $19 {Radjabov,T (2735)-Ivanchuk,V (2751)/Odessa rpd/2008/})
8... Ne5 (8... Na5 9. Qa4 (9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. b3 d5 13.
cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Ba3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nc6 17. Nf3 {1/2, Aronian,L 
(2805)-Nakamura,H (2751)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/} b6 $11) 9... c5 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11.
Rd1 Ne4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ng5 Nd4 14. Be3 $1 Bd7 15. Qb4 Nc2 16. Qxb7 Nxe3 17.
fxe3 Rf5 18. Qxe4 Rb8 19. Rd5 Bxb2 20. Rxf5 Bxf5 21. Qh4 h5 22. Rf1 Qb6 23. Kh1
$1 Rf8 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. Ne6 Be4+ 26. Qxe4 Rxf1+ 27. Kg2 Rf6 28. Nf4 $40 {
Zielinski,S-Schroeder,G/corr/2012/}) 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. c5 Kh8 11. Qb3 h6 12. Rd1
g5 13. Bd2 a6 14. Be1 (14. Na4 $5 $36) 14... Qe8 15. d6 exd6 16. cxd6 c6 17.
Na4 e4 18. Nc5 Nd5 (18... f4 19. Bc3 e3 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. d7 exf2+ 22. Kf1 Bxd7
23. Nxd7 Re6 {Giri,A (2690)-Aronian,L (2808)/Monte Carlo rpd/2011/} 24. Bf3 $16
{/+-}) 19. d7 Bxd7 20. Qxb7 Be6 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. Rc2 $14 {
Mekhitarian,K (2531)-Pogosian,V (2146)/Golden Sands/2012/}) 8. Rb1 {This move
became popular after Kramnik used it to beat Nakamura in Wijk 2010.} ({Earlier
White played almost exclusively} 8. d5 {, but in recent practice Black has
been doing quite fine after} e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Na6 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Ng5 Bd7
{and now:} 13. Qc2 ({Direct, but unpromising is} 13. Qd2 h6 14. Nh3 Be6 15.
Rad1 Rad8 16. Ba3 Nc5 17. f4 Qc7 18. Nf2 Rfe8 19. Kh1 $6 Qb6 20. Qc2 d5 $1 21.
cxd5 cxd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxc5 Qc7 {Gelfand,B (2751)-Kamsky,G (2762)/
Tashkent/2012/} 24. Rd3 $1 b6 25. Rfd1 $15 {For more details see the notes to
this game by Ftacnik in CBM 152.}) 13... Rad8 14. Rad1 Nc5 (14... Rfe8 15. e3
Bc8 16. Rfe1 Nc5 17. b4 Ne6 18. Nf3 a6 19. a3 Qf7 20. Na4 Qc7 21. Qb3 Ng4 22.
h3 Ne5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. c5 Qf7 25. Nb6 Nf8 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. Nc4 $16 {
Berczes,D (2450)-Pavasovic,D (2534)/HUN-chT/2006/}) (14... Bc8 15. Nf3 Rfe8 16.
e3 d5 17. cxd5 Nb4 18. Qc1 Nfxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Ne1 Be6 22.
Nd3 Bf7 23. Rd2 Nf6 24. Rfd1 Rd7 25. Qc5 Red8 $11 {Torre,E (2570)-Kovacevic,V 
(2540)/Indonesia/1983/}) 15. e3 (15. b4 Ne6 16. Nf3 f4 17. Qd2 Bc8 18. b5 Nd7
$132 19. bxc6 {1/2, Petkov,S (2387)-Tucci,A (2404)/corr/2009/}) 15... Ng4 16.
Nf3 Ne4 $5 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd4 Nf6 20. h3 Be6 21. Rd2 Bg8 22.
Ne2 d5 23. cxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Bxd5 25. Rd1 Re8 26. Nc3 Qe5 27. Qc1 Re7 $11 {
1/2, Nyvlt,Z (2444)-Tauber,H (2431)/corr/2010/}) ({Another way to fight for an
opening advantage is the restrained} 8. b3 Qc7 (8... Qe8 {is played more often,
transposing into 7...Qe8 lines.}) 9. Ba3 Re8 10. Qc1 a5 (10... e5 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. e4 $13 {/+/=}) 11. Rd1 Na6 12. Ne1 Nb4 13. Nc2 Nxc2 14. Qxc2 e5 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. Bd6 Qf7 17. Na4 Nd7 18. e4 f4 19. c5 Bf8 20. f3 Kg7 21. Qc3 fxg3 22.
hxg3 Qf6 23. Rac1 h5 24. f4 exf4 25. gxf4 Qxc3 26. Rxc3 $16 {Aronian,L (2825)
-Nakamura,H (2775)/Moscow blitz/2012/}) 8... Ne4 {Perhaps Black should look
for an alternative already to this knight sortie. However, it's not so easy to
prove full equality in the positional struggle:} (8... Na6 9. b4 (9. d5 Bd7 10.
b4 Qe8 {once again leads to positions from the 7...Qe8 branch. One of the most
recent examples:} 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. a3 Nc7 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. e3 h6 15. c5 $1 dxc5
16. bxc5 Ncd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxd5+ e6 20. Qc4 Be7 21. Ne5 Rxc5
22. Qd4 $36 {Wojtaszek,R (2723)-Hoang Thanh Trang (2469)/Gibraltar op/2013/})
9... Nc7 10. a4 Be6 11. Qd3 Kh8 12. b5 Bg8 13. Ba3 Qd7 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. e4
fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Ne8 18. Ng5 Nf6 19. Qe2 Qg4 20. Nf3 Qd7 21. Rc3
cxb5 22. axb5 a6 {Gelfand,B (2736)-Van Wely,L (2688)/ECC Eilat/2012/} 23. b6 $5
$36) (8... a5 9. Qb3 Kh8 10. Rd1 Na6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. d5 c5 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. a4
Nb4 15. Ng5 Qc8 16. Nb5 h6 17. Nh3 Ne4 18. Be1 Kh7 19. f3 Nf6 20. Bc3 Bxb5 21.
axb5 e5 22. Nf2 Nd7 23. Ra1 Ra8 24. e4 f4 25. Bd2 h5 26. Bh3 $14 {Wojtaszek,R 
(2723)-Cmilyte,V (2515)/Gibraltar/2013/}) (8... Qe8 9. d5 $5 (9. b4 e5 10. dxe5
dxe5 11. e4 f4 12. b5 Bg4 13. bxc6 Nxc6 14. Rxb7 Qc8 15. Rxg7+ Kxg7 16. gxf4
Nd4 17. fxe5 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nd5 20. Qg3 Nxc3 21. Qxc3 Qg4+ 22.
Kh1 Qxe4+ 23. f3 Qe2 24. Kg1 Rf5 $13 {Khenkin,I (2655)-Bartel,M (2635)/
Bundesliga/2012/}) 9... Na6 10. Nd4 (10. b4 {- 8...Na6}) 10... Bd7 11. b3 Nc7
12. Bb2 cxd5 $6 (12... c5 $142 $132) 13. Nxd5 Nfxd5 14. cxd5 Qf7 15. Ne6 Nxe6
16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Bf3 f4 19. Qd2 Rb5 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. Rbc1 Bh3
22. Rfd1 g5 23. Rc7 $16 {Bosiocic,M (2562)-Bartel,M (2665)/Plovdiv/2012/}) 9.
Qc2 {Instead of swapping the knight, White forces Black to do it himself.} (9.
Nxe4 fxe4 10. Nd2 d5 11. e3 {gives White a more compact pawn structure, but
Black has probably more than one way to hold his own. The reason, why Kramnik
chose the text on move 9, was allegedly} Be6 (11... a5 12. b4 axb4 13. Rxb4 e6
14. Qc2 Nd7 15. Ra4 Rxa4 16. Qxa4 Rf7 17. Ba3 Nf6 18. Qa8 Ng4 19. Bb4 h5 20. h3
Nh6 21. Nb3 Bf8 22. Nc5 Qe8 23. Rb1 Nf5 24. h4 g5 25. hxg5 h4 $132 {Bokar,J 
(2571)-Timmerman,G (2703)/corr/2006/}) (11... Nd7 12. b4 a6 13. Qb3 e6 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. Bb2 b5 16. f3 exf3 17. Nxf3 Nb6 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. Rf1 Qe8
21. Qd1 a5 22. Bc3 axb4 23. Bxb4 Rxa2 24. Rf7 Nc4 $1 $11 {Bu Xiangzhi (2695)
-Nakamura,H (2733)/Cap d'Agde rpd/2010/}) 12. b4 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. a4 bxa4
15. Qxa4 Nd7 16. Qa2 Bf7 17. Nb3 Nb6 18. Na5 e6 19. Bd2 Be8 20. b5 Rf7 21. Rfc1
a6 22. bxa6 Rxa6 23. Qb2 Nd7 24. Nc6 Qa8 25. Qb7 Bf6 26. Qxa8 Rxa8 27. Bb4 Nf8
$11 {Tallaksen,G (2326)-Reinderman,D (2509)/Gausdal/2005/}) 9... Nxc3 (9... e5
10. dxe5 (10. Rd1 Qf6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nd7 14. c5 e4 15. Bd4
Qe7 16. Bxg7 Qxg7 17. Nd4 a5 18. Rbc1 Nf6 19. e3 g5 20. Bf1 Kh8 21. Bc4 Re8 22.
Ne2 Nd7 $132 {Tomashevsky,E (2733)-Wang Hao (2739)/St Petersburg/2012/CBM 149 
(60)}) 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 $5 (11. Qxc3 dxe5 12. e4 f4 $5 (12... Na6 13. b4 Nc7
$2 14. Nxe5 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Re8 {Zhou Jianchao (2625)-Lu,S (2514)/
Beijing/2012/} 17. Qc3 $1 Rxe4 18. Bb2 $18) 13. b4 (13. Nxe5 $2 g5 {[%csl Re5]}
) 13... g5 (13... Bg4 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. c5 Nd7 16. Rbd1 Rf7 17. Rd6 Raf8 18. Qb3
Kh8 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 fxg3 21. fxg3 $36 {Malisov,B (2320)-Veremeichik,V 
(2300)/Minsk/1978/}) 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Rbd1 Nd7 17. c5 Bf6 18. a3 g4
19. Nd2 {Ionesi,C (2232)-Grunberg,M (2403)/Predeal/2006/} Qf7 $13) 11... dxe5
12. Ba3 {- 9...Nc3}) 10. bxc3 e5 {Consistent central play, but now White's
lead in development starts to show.} (10... Na6 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. c5 $1 Nc7 (
12... dxc5 13. Qb3+ e6 14. Ne5 $44) 13. cxd6 exd6 14. c4 Ne8 15. d5 cxd5 {
Matlakov,M (2630)-Jakubiec,A (2528)/CZE-chT/2011/} 16. Rxd5 Qc3 17. Qxc3 Bxc3
18. c5 $1 $36) (10... Qa5 11. c5 $1 dxc5 12. Qb3+ e6 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Ne5 cxd4
15. cxd4 Qd8 16. Qc2 g5 17. Be3 $32 Nd7 {Giri,A (2517)-Reinderman,D (2560)/
Hilversum/2009/} 18. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 19. Qxc6 Rb8 20. Bxg5 $16) 11. dxe5 $5 {
Logically opens the centre while Black's queenside pieces are still asleep.
The only drawback the text move could have is that it makes the doubled
c-pawns more vulnerable, but to profit from this Ivanchuk first has to survive
White's direct and dangerous onslaught.} ({Instead, Kramnik opted for} 11. Rd1
e4 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 g5 14. f3 d5 15. Nf2 Rf7 $5 (15... Kh8 16. cxd5 (16. Ba3
Rf7 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. c4 Nc6 19. cxd5 {Vazquez Igarza,R (2566)-Moreno Tejera,E
(2319)/Madrid/2012/} Nxd4 20. Qd2 exf3 21. exf3 Rd7 22. d6 b6 $132) 16... cxd5
17. c4 e3 (17... Nc6 18. e3 exf3 19. Bxf3 dxc4 20. Qxc4 f4 {Tanygin,V (2167)
-Taztdinov,R (2223)/Sterlitamak/2010/} 21. exf4 Bf5 (21... Nxd4 22. Be4 $16 {
[%csl Rd4]}) 22. Rb5 Rc8 $14) 18. Nd3 Nc6 19. Bxe3 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1
f4 22. Rb5 Qf6 23. Rxd5 Be6 $2 (23... Be3 $5) 24. Nxf4 $1 gxf4 25. R5xd4 fxg3
26. hxg3 $18 {Kramnik,V (2788)-Nakamura,H (2708)/Wijk aan Zee/2010/ For more
details about this game, which was already mentioned above, see the notes by
Marin in CBM 135.}) 16. Ba3 Be6 17. fxe4 fxe4 18. Rf1 Na6 19. Nd1 Rxf1+ 20.
Bxf1 Qa5 21. Qb2 Rd8 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. e3 Nb8 24. Qb4 Nc6 25. Qxb7 Nxd4 26.
cxd4 Qxa3 $11 {Levin,E (2486)-Sivuk,V (2432)/Donetsk/2011/ Here Black managed
to finish his development without suffering any major damage.}) 11... dxe5 12.
Ba3 Rf7 (12... Re8 13. Rfd1 (13. e4 Na6 14. Qa4 Qc7 15. Bh3 Bf8 16. exf5 gxf5
17. Nh4 f4 18. Bxc8 Raxc8 19. Nf5 Re6 20. Rfd1 e4 21. c5 Nxc5 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23.
Qc4 Qe5 $132 {Rau,M (2006)-Alf,H (2090)/corr/2008/}) 13... Nd7 14. e4 (14. c5
Bf8 15. e4 Qf6 16. Qe2 Bxc5 17. Qc4+ Qe6 18. Qxe6+ Rxe6 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Rd8+
Kg7 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Bh3 {Packroff,H (2222)-Polsterer,H (2463)/corr/1999/} Rf6
23. Nxe5 Rf8 $11 {[%cal Yc8e6]}) 14... fxe4 (14... Qf6 15. Rd6 Re6 16. Rbd1 Bf8
17. Rxe6 Qxe6 18. Bxf8 Nxf8 19. Rd8 Qe7 20. Qd2 fxe4 21. Qg5 $1 $16 {1-0 Xiu,D
(2492)-Mu Ke (2286)/Beijing 2012/EXT 2013 (25)}) 15. Nd2 e3 16. Ne4 $5 (16.
fxe3 Bf8 17. c5 (17. Bb4 Qb6 18. Ne4 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Bxb4 20. cxb4 Rf8 21. Re1
Qh6 22. c5 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Rxe5 Bh3 {1/2, Raijmaekers,R (2433)-Pirs,M 
(2328)/corr/2009/}) 17... Bxc5 18. Ne4 Bxa3 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Qxa3 Qe7 21. Nd6
Rf8 22. c4 Nf6 23. c5 Nd5 24. Rd3 Qg7 25. Rdb3 a5 26. e4 Nf6 27. Nxc8 Raxc8 28.
Rxb7 Qh6 $14 {Yloenen,A (2051)-Chouraqui,G (2249)/corr/2008/}) 16... Qa5 (16...
exf2+ 17. Qxf2 $40) 17. Bd6 Nb6 18. Rb4 exf2+ 19. Qxf2 Bg4 20. Re1 Nc8 21. Rxb7
Nxd6 22. Nxd6 Rf8 23. Qe3 $14 {Witzschel,P (2372)-Chiricuta,M (2208)/corr/2009/
}) 13. Rfd1 Qe8 $6 $146 {A novelty, but undoubtedly unintentional - Ivanchuk
was consuming too much time to be still in his preparation.} ({It seems that} 
13... Nd7 $142 $1 14. e4 Bf8 {gives Black better chances to unravel his
queenside. Although his position is definitely dangerous, in previous practice
White hasn't achieved too much:} (14... fxe4 15. Qxe4 $32 {[%csl Re5]}) 15.
Bxf8 (15. Nxe5 $5 Bxa3 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. exf5 Qe7 (17... Qc7 $5 $14) 18. Re1 (
18. Bh3 $5 $36) 18... Qf6 19. fxg6+ hxg6 20. Re4 (20. Re3 $142 $13 {/+/=})
20... Nc5 $1 21. Rf4 Bf5 22. Be4 Nxe4 23. Rxb7+ Be7 24. Rxe4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qe6
26. Qh4 Qf6 27. Qe4 Qe6 28. Qh4 Qf6 {1/2, Sales,J (2340)-West,G (2350)/
Melbourne/2005/}) (15. c5 $5 Qf6 16. c4 Nxc5 17. Bb2 Bd6 18. Rxd6 Qxd6 19. Nxe5
$44) 15... Qxf8 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Ng5 Re7 18. Rd6 Nc5 19. Qd1 (19. Qe2 $5 Bd7
20. Rbd1 $14) 19... Be6 20. Qd2 Bd7 21. Qe3 b6 22. Rbd1 {1/2, Moreno,A (2383)
-Polsterer,H (2448)/corr/2009/} Rc8 $13) (13... Rd7 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nd2 e3 16.
fxe3 Bf8 17. c5 $36 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yd2c4,Yd2e4]}) 14. e4 {The difference now
is that Black has to reckon with the sortie Ng5.} f4 (14... Bf8 15. Qb3 $5 $36
(15. c5 Na6 16. Bf1 $14 (16. Rd6 $5 $44))) (14... fxe4 $2 15. Ng5 $40 {[%cal
Rf5e4,Re4d6]}) (14... Bf6 $5 15. Bd6 fxe4 16. Nd2 e3 17. fxe3 (17. Ne4 $5 $44)
17... Bg5 $14) 15. Rd3 $5 {Prepares doubling on the open file. However, White
had more than one tempting alternative:} (15. Ng5 Rf6 (15... Rd7 16. Rxd7 Nxd7
17. c5 $16) 16. Rd3 $36) (15. Bd6 h6 (15... Bg4 16. Ng5 Rd7 (16... Bxd1 17.
Qxd1 Rd7 18. Bh3 b6 19. c5 $1 $16) 17. f3 h6 18. Nh3 Be6 (18... Qe6 19. fxg4
Rxd6 20. gxf4 $16) 19. gxf4 $36) 16. Nh4 Kh7 17. c5 Nd7 18. Bh3 $32 (18. Qa4
$36)) 15... fxg3 $6 {Now Black doesn't have to calculate with gxf4 in the
future, but releasing the tension makes life easier also for White.} (15... Nd7
{gives White a choice between strengthening his position with} 16. Rbd1 $36 ({
or an attractive tactical solution} 16. Ng5 $5 Rf6 17. Bh3 h6 18. Rxb7 Bxb7 19.
Bxd7 Qb8 20. Ne6 $16 {The latter is naturally preferred by the metal friend...}
)) 16. hxg3 Na6 (16... Bf8 17. Rbd1 Nd7 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Qd2 Nf6 (19... Nb6
20. Qg5 $16 {- this is an extra option White wouldn't have without 15...fxg3.})
20. Rd8 Qe7 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Qd8+ Qxd8 (22... Ne8 23. Bh3 $18) 23. Rxd8+ Ke7
24. Rh8 b6 25. Nxe5 Bb7 26. Rxa8 Bxa8 $14 {/+/-}) 17. Ng5 $16 Rc7 {Other moves
are not much better:} (17... Rf8 18. Bh3 $1 (18. Bxf8 Qxf8 $14) 18... Bxh3 19.
Nxh3 $16 {[%cal Ra3f8,Rb1b7]}) (17... Rd7 18. Rxd7 Bxd7 (18... Qxd7 19. Qb3 $1
$18 {[%cal Rc4c5,Rb1d1,Rg2h3]}) 19. Rxb7 $16) 18. Bd6 Bf6 {Black tries to
stave off the attack with an exchange sacrifice.} (18... Rd7 19. c5 Kh8 (19...
h6 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. Ne6 $18) 20. Bh3 $16 {/+-}) 19. Qd2 $1 {[%mdl 192]
Radjabov already seeks a more direct tactical solution.} Rd7 (19... Rg7 20.
Bxe5 $1 $18 {is similar to the game.}) 20. Bh3 Rg7 (20... Rxd6 21. Rxd6 Bxg5 (
21... Be7 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxb7 $18) 22. Qxg5 Bxh3 23. Rxb7 {[%cal Rg5h6]} Nc5
24. Re7 Nxe4 (24... Qf8 25. Rxg6+ $18) 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rxg6+ hxg6 27. Qxg6+
Kf8 28. Qxe4 $18) (20... Nc5 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Kg2 $18 {/\} Nb6 23. Nxh7 $1 $40
) 21. Bxe5 $1 Bxe5 (21... Qxe5 22. Rd8+ $1 Bxd8 23. Qxd8+) (21... Bxg5 22. Qxg5
Bxh3 23. Bxg7 Nc5 (23... Qxe4 24. Rd8+ Rxd8 25. Qxd8+ Kxg7 26. Rxb7+ Kh6 27. f3
$1 Qe1+ (27... Qxf3 28. Qh4+ Qh5 29. Qf4+ Qg5 30. Qf8+ Kh5 31. Rxh7+ Kg4 32.
Rh4+ $18) 28. Kh2 Qf2+ 29. Kxh3 Qf1+ 30. Kh4 Qh1+ (30... Qxc4+ 31. f4) 31. Kg4
Qh5+ 32. Kf4 Qf5+ 33. Ke3 Qc5+ 34. Ke2 Qxc4+ 35. Kf2 Qxa2+ 36. Kg1 $18) 24. Re3
(24. Qxc5 $4 Qxe4 25. f3 Qxd3 $19) 24... Kxg7 25. Qxc5 $18) 22. Rd8 Bxh3 23.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Nxh3 $18 {White has a decisive material advantage and the rest
should be a matter of technique. However, we are still in for some excitement..
.} Nc5 25. Qe3 Bd6 26. f3 Ne6 (26... Rd7 27. Kg2 Be7 28. Nf2 Red8 29. Rb2 $18 {
[%cal Ye4e5,Yf2e4]}) 27. Kg2 g5 {[%cal Yg5g4,Ye6f4]} (27... Bc5 28. Qe2 Rd7 29.
Rd1 $18 {gradually loses, so Ivanchuk's last hope is a counterattack.}) 28. Nf2
h5 (28... Nf4+ 29. Kf1 Nh5 30. Qxa7 Bb8 31. Qa8 $1 Rf8 32. Rxb7 Bxg3 33. Rxg7+
Kxg7 (33... Nxg7 34. Qxc6 Rxf3 35. Kg2 Rxf2+ 36. Kxg3 $18) 34. Qa5 $18) (28...
Bc5 29. Qe2 {[%cal Yf2g4]} h5 30. e5 $18 {[%cal Yf2e4,Ye4f6]}) 29. Qxa7 ({
The text move is probably good enough, but a more technical route was} 29. e5
$5 Nc5 (29... Nf4+ 30. Kf1 Rxe5 31. Qd4 $18) (29... Bc5 30. Qe2 Bxf2 31. Qxf2
$18) 30. Qd4 $1 Be7 31. Ne4 $18) 29... Bc5 30. Qa4 Rf8 (30... g4 $5 31. f4 Bxf2
32. Kxf2 Nc5 33. Qc2 Nxe4+ 34. Kg2 $16 {/+-}) 31. Nd3 h4 32. Qa5 ({Simpler was
} 32. Nxc5 $142 $1 Nxc5 33. Qa7 Nd3 (33... g4 34. fxg4 Nxe4 35. Rxb7 Rxg4 36.
Rb8 $18) 34. Rxb7 $18 (34. Qd4 $5)) 32... b6 33. Rxb6 $2 {The idea was to
simplify into a won endgame, but this could have achieved the exact opposite,
as it misplaces both White's major pieces.} (33. Qa4 $18 {still seems good
enough.}) 33... Bxb6 $2 {Black was too short of time (he will indeed lose on
time on the following move) to make use of his fantastic chance. Needless to
say, Houdini points it out almost immediately:} (33... g4 $3 34. f4 (34. fxg4
Rxg4 35. Rxc6 (35. Nxc5 Rxg3+ 36. Kh1 Rf1+ 37. Kh2 Rf2+ $11) 35... Rxg3+ 36.
Kh2 Bg1+ 37. Kh1 Be3 38. Qd5 Rf1+ 39. Kh2 Bg1+ 40. Kh1 Bf2+ $11) (34. Nxc5 $2
gxf3+ 35. Kf1 (35. Kh2 hxg3+ 36. Kh3 Rf6 $19) 35... hxg3 36. Nd3 (36. Rb1 Rh7
37. Ke1 (37. Kg1 Nf4 $19) 37... Rh2 $1 $19) 36... g2+ 37. Kg1 Nf4 $1 38. Nxf4
f2+ $19) 34... h3+ 35. Kh2 (35. Kf1 Rh7 36. Nf2 h2 37. Nh1 Rd8 {and White just
barely scrapes a draw with} 38. Rxc6 (38. Rb1 Ra7 $1 $19 {[%csl Ra5]}) 38...
Rd1+ 39. Ke2 Rxh1 40. Rxc5 Re1+ 41. Kf2 Nxc5 (41... h1=Q 42. Rc8+ Kf7 43. Rc7+
Nxc7 44. Qxc7+ $11) 42. Qd8+ Kf7 43. Qd5+ Ne6 44. Qf5+ Kg7 45. Qxe6 h1=Q 46.
Qe7+ $11) 35... Rd8 (35... Rd7 36. Nxc5 Rd2+ 37. Kg1 Ng5 $1 $11 {[%cal Yg5f3,
Yf3h2]} (37... Nxf4 $5 38. gxf4 g3 39. Rb1 Rg2+ 40. Kh1 Rh2+ 41. Kg1 Rg2+ 42.
Kf1 Rf2+ $11 43. Ke1 $4 h2)) 36. Nxc5 Rd2+ 37. Kg1 h2+ 38. Kh1 Rd1+ 39. Kxh2
Rh7+ 40. Kg2 Rd2+ 41. Kg1 Rd1+ 42. Kf2 Rh2+ 43. Ke3 Re1+ 44. Kd3 Rd1+ 45. Ke3
Re1+ $11) 34. Qxb6 hxg3 $138 (34... hxg3 35. Kxg3 Nf4 (35... Rd7 36. Qxc6 Rxd3
37. Qxe6+ Rf7 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. Qh5 $5 g4 40. Kxg4 Rdxf3 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Qe5+
$18) 36. Qxc6 Rg6 (36... Nxd3 37. Qd5+) 37. Qb5 $18) (34... g4 $142 35. f4 Rd8
36. Qe3 (36. Qxc6 $2 Rg6 {[%cal Rd8d3,Re6f4]}) 36... h3+ 37. Kh2 Rgd7 38. Qe2
$1 {[]} Rxd3 39. Qxg4+ Kf7 (39... Ng7 40. f5 R8d6 41. Qg5 $18) 40. Qf5+ Ke7 41.
Qh7+ Ke8 42. e5 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.04"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Genov, Petar"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 Na6 8. Nbd2
Qe8 9. Re1 (9. c4 c6 10. Qc2 {Main line}) 9... c6 10. c4 h6 $6 {The idea of
Re1 - to promote e2-e4.} (10... Bd7 11. a3 $5 (11. e4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13.
Rxe4 Bf5 14. Re2 (14. Re3 Bh6 15. Re1 Nb4 16. Nh4 Qf7 17. Nxf5 Qxf5 18. f4 (18.
Re2 Nd3 19. Be4 Nxb2 20. Bxf5 Nxd1 21. Be6+ Kg7 22. Rxd1 $11) 18... Nd3 19. Be4
Nxb2 20. Bxf5 Nxd1 21. Be6+ Kg7 22. Raxd1 g5 23. f5 Kf6 $14) 14... Bg4 15. Re4
Bf5 16. Re2 Bg4 17. Re3 Bh6 18. Re4 Bf5 19. Re2 Bg4 20. Re4 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 Palm,
T-Segna,U/OLNW 1993 (20)}) 11... e5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Qc2 dxe5 14. h3 Nh6 15. e4
$14) (10... Ne4 $142 $1 {This move is impossible in variations with Qc2} 11.
Nxe4 (11. Qc2 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Qf7 $132) 11... fxe4 12. Ng5 (12. Nd2) 12... d5 13.
cxd5 cxd5 14. f3 h6 15. Nh3 Bf5 (15... g5 16. fxe4 dxe4 17. Qd2 e5 (17... Qf7
18. Rf1 Qd5 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Nf2 Bf5 21. Qe3 $16 {1-0 Loiza,M-Scarpa,J/
Saladillo ch-ARG U16 1992 (71)}) 18. d5 Bf5 (18... Qh5 19. Nf2 $18) 19. Nf2 $16
) 16. fxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. Qe3 Qc6 $11) (10... e5 $2 11.
dxe5 Ng4 12. Ba3 dxe5 13. Bxf8 Qxf8 14. e4 $16 {1-0 Vegh,E-Bagonyai,A/HUN tt
1992 (25)}) (10... d5 11. Ne5 Be6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Nd3 dxc4 14. bxc4 Nb6 15. Qc2
Rd8 16. e3 g5 17. Rac1 Qf7 18. a3 Qg6 19. f4 $14 {1-0 Stohl,I-Kontic Vladimir/
Vrnjachka Banja (YUG) 1989 (39)}) (10... Nc7 $5 11. e3 b5 12. Qe2 bxc4 13. bxc4
Rb8 14. Bc3 Ba6 15. Qd1 Ne4 16. Ba5 Ne6 17. Qc2 Kh8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ilic,
Z-Georgiev,K/Wijk B 1984 (34)}) 11. e4 (11. a3 g5 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14.
Rxe4 Bf5 15. Re3 Qf7 16. Qe2 Bf6 17. Re1 e6 18. Nd2 $14 (18. g4 $6 Bxg4 19.
Nxg5 Bxg5 20. Qxg4 Qxf2+ 21. Kh1 Nc7 (21... Qxb2 22. h4 Rf7 23. hxg5 hxg5 24.
Rxe6 Qd2 $132) 22. Bc1 Rf4 (22... Kh8 23. R3e2 Qf5 24. Qxf5 exf5 25. Bxg5 hxg5
26. Re7 Rfe8 27. Kg1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Friedersdorff,F-Potapov,A/Katowice FIBAK
1993 (34)}) 23. Qh5 Rf6 24. Re4 (24. R3e2 Qh4 25. Qxh4 Bxh4 $17) 24... Bxc1 (
24... d5 25. Bxg5 (25. R4e2 Qh4 26. Qxh4 Bxh4 $17) 25... dxe4 26. Rf1 Qxf1+ 27.
Bxf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kg2 $14) 25. Rxc1 Raf8 26. Rf1 Qd2 (26... Qxf1+ 27. Bxf1 Rxf1+
28. Kg2 R1f6 29. Rg4+ Kh7 $44) 27. Ref4 $1 Rxf4 28. Qg6+ $11)) 11... fxe4 12.
Nxe4 Qf7 (12... Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Bf5 14. Re3 Qf7 (14... Nb4 15. Nh4 Qf7 (15... e5
$16) 16. Rf3 Qf6 17. Bc3 $16 {1-0 Damljanovic-Tejero/Ponferrada 1992 (17)}) 15.
Qe2 Rae8 (15... Bf6 16. Nd2 d5 $14 (16... Qg7 17. Rd1 Nb4 18. g4 (18. Ne4 Bxe4
19. Bxe4 d5 (19... Nxa2 20. Qg4 g5 (20... Kh7 21. h4 $16 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 21.
Qd7 $44) 20. Bb1 Rad8 21. c5 Na6 22. Kg2 Rde8 23. Qg4 g5 24. Re6 Nc7 25. Re2 e6
26. Rf1 Re7 27. a3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Siebrecht,S-Dao Thien Hai/Budapest Elekes ,EXT
1993 (52)}) 18... Bd7 (18... Bc2 19. Rc1 Bxd4 (19... c5 20. a3 cxd4 21. Rf3 Nc6
22. g5 $3 hxg5 23. Rxc2 d3 24. Qxd3 Bxb2 25. Qd5+ $18 {[%cal Gf3h3]}) 20. Bxd4
Qxd4 21. Rxe7 Rxf2 22. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Nd3+ 24. Kg3 Nxc1 25. Rxb7 $16) 19.
Ne4 $14)) 16. Re1 Bf6 17. a3 $14) 13. Qd2 Bg4 14. h3 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Bf5 (15...
Bxf3 16. Rf4 $14) 16. Re3 Rae8 17. Nh4 d5 $2 $16 {ununderstandable.} (17... e5
18. Rae1 exd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Rxe3 21. Qxe3 Bd7 22. Qxa7 Nc5 23. Rf1 g5
24. Nf3 Bf5 $14) (17... Nc7 $2 18. Rae1 $16) 18. Nxf5 (18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rae1
$18) 18... gxf5 $2 $18 {Of course, black has bad position.But why to transform
it in lost one?} (18... Qxf5 19. Rae1 $16) 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rae1 Nc7 (20...
Bf6 21. Qa5 e6 22. Qa4 {[%csl Rd5]} (22. Rxe6 b6 23. Qxa6 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Qxe6
25. Kh2 Rf7 26. Qd3 $44) 22... f4 23. gxf4 Bh4 24. Ba3 Qxf4 25. Rf3 Qd2 26. Rf1
$1 $18) (20... f4 21. Rf3 Qg6 22. Rxf4 $18) 21. Qa5 (21. Rc3 e5 (21... Nb5 22.
Rc5 $18) 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. dxe5 Rd8 24. Bxd5+ Kh7 (24... Kh8 25. e6 $18 {
[%csl Rh6]}) 25. Ba3 Rfe8 26. Bd6 $18) 21... e6 22. Rc1 (22. Qxa7 Ra8 23. Qxb7
Rfb8 24. Qc6 Rxa2 25. Rxe6 Nxe6 26. Bxd5 Kh8 27. Bxe6 Qf6 28. Re2 $18) 22...
Na6 23. Ba3 $2 $16 {Scoring of quality for a pawn - too small achievement for
such position.} (23. b4 Qd7 (23... f4 24. Rf3 Qe7 25. b5 $18) 24. b5 Nc5 25.
Qxa7 Qxb5 26. Ba3 Bxd4 27. Bxc5 $18) 23... Bxd4 24. Rd3 Bb6 25. Qd2 f4 26. Bxf8
(26. Rf3 Bc7 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. b4 Be5 29. a3 $16) 26... Rxf8 27. gxf4 $5 (27.
Rf3 $16) 27... Qxf4 28. Qxf4 Rxf4 29. Rf3 (29. Rd2 Nc5 30. Rc3 Ba5 31. Rg3+ Kf7
32. Rc2 $16) 29... Rxf3 30. Bxf3 Nc5 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. Ke2 Kf6 33. h4 $5 (33. b4
Nd7 34. Rc8 Ne5 35. Rf8+ Ke7 36. Rb8 $16) 33... a5 34. Rg1 Bc7 35. Ke3 $6 (35.
Rg8 {Was keep advantage.Maybe winning position. For example:} Bf4 36. Rc8 Bd6
37. Bg2 Kf5 38. Bh3+ Kf6 39. f4 Ne4 40. Kf3 Nc5 41. Ke3 b6 (41... Ne4 42. Rh8
Bc5+ 43. Kf3 $18) (41... b5 42. Rh8 Kg6 43. Kd4 Kh5 44. f5 Nd7 45. fxe6 Be5+
46. Kxd5 Bxh8 47. exd7 Bf6 48. Ke6 Bd8 49. Kf7 Kxh4 50. Ke8 Bc7 51. Be6 $18)
42. Rh8 Kg7 43. Rd8 Be7 44. Rb8 Na6 45. Rc8 $18 {[%cal Gc8c6]}) 35... Bb6 36.
Ke2 Bc7 37. Ke3 $6 Bb6 (37... Bb6 38. Kd2 (38. Ke2 Bc7 {Position is repeating
the third time} 39. Rg8 $16) 38... Bc7 39. Rg8 Bf4+ 40. Ke2 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.05"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e5
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Na6 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Ng5 Nc5 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Qc2 Rad8 15.
Rad1 Rfe8 (15... a5 16. e3 Qe7 17. Rd2 Rfe8 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Ba1 Kh8 20. a3 Kg8
21. b4 $14 {1-0 Lukacs,P-Radev,N/Pamporovo BUL 1981 (53)}) 16. e3 Nce4 (16...
Nfe4 17. Ne2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 a5 (18... Qe5 19. Qc2 Na6 20. a3 Nc7 21. b4 Kg7 22.
Rd3 Re7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Agrest,E/Bela mem, Gyula HUN 1997 (22)}) 19. Qc2
Qe5 20. a3 Na6 21. Rd4 Ng5 22. Rb1 Ne6 23. Rd2 Qc5 24. b4 $1 $14 {1-0 Smejkal,
J-Priehoda,V/Sumperk Czech ch 1984 (30)}) 17. Nxe4 fxe4 $14 (17... Nxe4 18.
Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rd4 Nf6 20. Rfd1 $14 {0-1 Schlosser,P-Bricard,E/Montpellier ,EXT
1993 (47)}) 18. Rd4 $5 (18. Rd2 d5 19. Rfd1 Rf8 $14) 18... d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20.
Qd2 Rd7 (20... Ng4 21. Bh3 $1 (21. Rb4 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 b6 23. Rd1 Rf8 24. Rd2 Ne5
25. Rbd4 Nd3 $132) 21... h5 22. Ra4 $14) 21. Rd1 Nh5 22. Ra4 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 a6
24. Rad4 Nf6 25. Rc1 Rd6 26. Rd2 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Bf1 Kf7 (28... Rc6 29.
Kg2 $132) 29. Kg2 Qe6 30. Be2 Rc6 31. b4 Qc8 (31... b5 $11) 32. Bd1 Rd6 (32...
Qe6 33. b5 Rd6 34. Be2 $14) 33. h3 Qe6 34. Qd4 g5 (34... Rc6 35. Bb3 Rd6 36.
Rc2 $14) 35. Rc2 Rc6 36. Rxc6 Qxc6 37. Qe5 Kg6 (37... h6 38. Bb3 Qb5 39. Qd6 h5
40. a4 Qd3 41. Ba2 Kg6 42. h4 gxh4 43. gxh4 Qe2 44. Bb3 Qf3+ 45. Kf1 Kf5 $11)
38. Bb3 Qb5 $6 $14 (38... h5 $1 39. h4 g4 $11) 39. h4 gxh4 (39... h6 40. h5+
Nxh5 (40... Kf7 41. Qf5 $16) 41. Qxd5 $16) 40. gxh4 Kf7 (40... Qxb4 $2 41. Qg5+
(41. Bxd5 Nxd5 42. Qxd5 Qe7 43. Kg3 h5 $11) 41... Kf7 42. Bxd5+ Nxd5 43. Qxd5+
Kf6 44. Kg3 $16 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gg3f4]}) (40... Qd7 $1 41. h5+ (41. Qg5+ Kf7
42. a3 (42. h5 b6 43. h6 Ke6 44. Bd1 a5 45. bxa5 bxa5 46. Bg4+ Nxg4 47. Qxg4+
Kd6 48. Qg7 (48. Kg3 Qf7 49. Qf4+ Ke6 50. Qxf7+ Kxf7 51. Kf4 Ke6 52. f3 exf3
53. Kxf3 Kf5 $19) 48... Ke6 49. Qg4+ Kd6 $11)) 41... Kf7 42. a4 b6 43. Kg3 h6
44. Bd1 $14) 41. Qd6 h5 $2 {[%csl Rh5] Black obviously is more weak than the
partner in technic of the endings playing...} (41... Kg6 42. Qe5 Kf7 43. Kg3
Qd7 44. Bd1 h6 $14) 42. Kg3 Kg6 43. Qe5 Qd3 $2 $18 (43... Qd7 44. Qg5+ Kf7 45.
Bd1 Ke6 46. Bxh5 Qd6+ 47. f4 exf3+ 48. Kxf3 Qxb4 49. Bg6 $16) (43... Kf7 44.
Kf4 $16) 44. Kf4 Qd2 45. Qf5+ Kg7 46. Kg5 Nh7+ 47. Kxh5 Nf6+ 48. Kg5 Nh7+ 49.
Kg4 Nf6+ 50. Kg3 Qxb4 51. Qg5+ Kf7 52. Bxd5+ Nxd5 53. Qxd5+ Kg6 54. Kg4 Kh6 55.
Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O c6 8. Rb1
Ne4 9. Nxe4 (9. Bf4 h6 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 g5 12. Bc1 e5 13. Ba3 Rf7 14. Rfd1
e4 $132 {0-1 Suetin-Malaniuk,V/Ljubljana-Portoroz 1973 (39)}) (9. Qc2 Nxc3 (
9... Kh8 10. b4 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bf4 $14 {1-0 Adu,O-Bibasa,G/Tanta EGY
1998 (33)}) 10. Qxc3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qa3 (12. e4 f4 13. b3 Qe7 14. Bb2 Bg4
15. Qa5 c5 16. Ba3 b6 17. Qd2 Rd8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Skembris,S-Leow,L/Novi Sad olm
GRC-SIP 1990 (22)}) 12... Be6 13. b3 Re8 14. e4 h6 15. Nh4 Kh7 16. exf5 gxf5
17. Be3 $14 {1-0 Adla,D-Tovillas,D/Buenos Aires Cup Lat 1991 (33)}) (9. Bd2
Nxd2 10. Qxd2 e5 11. d5 c5 $11 {0-1 Shestoperov,A-Yagupov,I/Smolensk Alekhine ,
EXT 1992 (56)}) 9... fxe4 10. Nd2 (10. Ne1 d5 11. Nc2 (11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Be3
Nd7 (12... Qxa2 13. Bxe4 $14) 13. Nc2 (13. b3 Nf6 14. Qc2 Qh5 15. Qd2 Ng4 16.
h4 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bh6 18. Qc3 Qxe2 $17 {0-1 Plesec,D-Legky,N/Cannes 1993 (27)})
13... Nf6 14. b3 Qh5 15. Qd2 Bh3 16. f3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 $11 {0-1 Ahmed,E-Kobese,
W/Tanta EGY 1998 (47)}) 11... Nd7 12. b4 Nb6 13. c5 Nc4 14. Ne3 Nxe3 15. Bxe3
e5 16. Qd2 Bf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Berry,J-Spraggett,K/Toronto ch-CAN 1978 (37)})
10... d5 11. e3 Be6 12. b4 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. a4 bxa4 15. Qxa4 Nd7 16. Qa2
Bf7 17. Nb3 $146 {This novelty doesn't bring advantage to white.} (17. Bb2 e5
18. Qa1 Qe7 19. Nb3 Nb6 20. Na5 Be8 21. dxe5 Bb5 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. Rbc1 Qxb4
24. Bc3 Qe7 25. Bh3 Bd7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Spraggett,K/Elista RUS 1998 
(64)}) 17... Nb6 18. Na5 Qd7 19. Ba3 e5 $6 $14 (19... Rfc8 $11) 20. dxe5 (20.
b5 $1 Rfe8 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Bc5 (22. Bb2 Bc7 23. Ba1 a6 $11) 22... Bg7 23. Qd2
(23. Rfc1 d4 24. Qd2 d3 $132) 23... Rac8 24. Rfc1 $14) 20... Bxe5 21. Bb2 Bxb2
22. Qxb2 $14 Rac8 (22... Be6 23. Rfc1 $14) 23. Qd4 $6 $11 (23. Rfc1 Be6 24.
Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Bh3 27. Bxh3 Qxh3 28. Nc6 Qd7 29. b5 $14)
23... Nc4 24. Rfc1 Na3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rd1 Nb5 (26... Qe7 27. Qb2 (27. Bf1
Nc2 $17) 27... Nb5 28. Bf1 a6 29. Qd2 (29. Bxb5 axb5 30. Qd2 Rc7 31. Nb3 Rc4
32. Nc5 Qf6 $132) 29... Nc3 (29... Rc7 30. Ra1 Qf6 31. Nb3 $14) 30. Ra1 Qxb4
31. Bxa6 $11) 27. Qb2 Qc7 (27... Qe7 $11 {This move with standing on square
"b5" was enouph for draw.}) 28. Bf1 Nd6 (28... Nc3 $11) (28... a6 29. Qf6 $14)
29. Qe5 (29. Bh3 Rb8 $11 {[%csl Gb5]}) 29... Re8 30. Qa1 Rc8 $2 (30... Qb6 $1 {
[%csl Gb5]} 31. Qf6 Rc8 (31... Qxb4 32. Nc6 Qa4 33. Rc1 {[%csl Rd6]} Nf5 34.
Ra1 Qb3 35. Rxa7 Rf8 36. Ne5 $18) 32. Bh3 Rc7 33. Be6 Ne8 34. Bxf7+ Rxf7 35.
Qxb6 axb6 36. Nc6 $132) 31. b5 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Yb5][%cal Ga5c6]} Ra8 32. Nc6
Nc8 33. Rc1 (33. Qf6 Qd6 34. Qxd6 Nxd6 35. Ne7+ $16) 33... Qd6 (33... Nb6 34.
Qf6 $16) 34. Qd4 Be6 $2 $18 (34... Ne7 35. Nxa7 Nf5 36. Nc8 $16) 35. Qf6 {
[%cal Gc6d4]} 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leski, Marc"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Qa5
9. Bb2 e5 10. Qd2 (10. dxe5 {Tyomkin,D} dxe5 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rad1 e4 (12...
Re8 $5) 13. Ng5 Ne5 14. Nb5 $1 cxb5 15. Bxe5 h6 16. Nh3 g5 17. Rd6 Qc7 $2 (
17... bxc4 18. Qxc4+ Kh7 19. Qd4 Ne8) 18. Qb2 Qf7 19. cxb5 Be6 20. f3 $16 {
Kiselev,S-Litus,V/Czestochowa/1990/1-0 (30)}) 10... Ng4 (10... Nbd7 {Tyomkin,D}
11. Rfe1 (11. Rad1 $14) 11... Qc7 (11... Ng4 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Rad1 Qc5 14. e3
e4 15. Na4 Qe7 16. Bxg7 Qxg7 17. Nd4 Nde5 18. h3 Nh6 19. Nb2 Nhf7 20. c5 Ng5
21. Qc2 Bd7 22. Rd2 Rad8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Macek,V-Lagvilava,G/Erevan olw 1996/EXT
96ch2 (55)}) 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. e4 f4 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Bd6 Qd8 16. Rad1 fxg3 17.
hxg3 Ng4 18. Qe2 Qf6 19. Rd3 Nf8 20. Red1 Nh6 21. Nh2 Ne6 22. Qe3 Nf7 23. Ne2
Nxd6 24. Rxd6 $14 {0-1 Rechmann,K-Bany,J/Porz op23 1989/EXT 89op (41)}) (10...
Qc7 11. dxe5 {Tyomkin,D} (11. d5 $5 {Lempert} c5 (11... e4 12. Nd4 c5 13. Ne6
Bxe6 14. dxe6 Nc6 15. f3 $16 e3 16. Qxe3 Ng4 17. Qd2 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Ne3 (18...
Nf2+ $2 19. Rxf2 Bxf2 20. e3 $16) 19. Rfe1 Qe7 20. Nd5 $16) (11... Na6 12. dxc6
bxc6 13. Rad1 Ne8 (13... Rd8 $2 14. Nxe5) 14. Na4 $14) 12. Ng5 (12. Nb5 $5 Qe7
(12... Qb6 13. Bc3 a5 14. Ng5 $14) (12... Qd8 $1) 13. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 14. d6 Qd8
15. Nc7 $16) 12... Na6 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 Rae8 15. Nb5 Qb6 16. Qxd6 $2 (16.
Bc3 $1 Nb4 (16... e4 $2 17. Ba5 Qc6 18. Nxa7 $18) (16... d5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18.
Qxd5 Rd8 19. Qg2) 17. a3 (17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. Qxb4 (18. Qxd6 e4 19. Qxb4 Nd5 20.
cxd5 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 a6 22. e7 Rf7 23. d6 axb5 24. Rd1 $18) 18... Rxe6 19. Qa3 a6
20. Nc3 e4 21. Rad1 $14) 17... Nc6 18. Qxd6 a6 19. Qc7 Qxc7 20. Nxc7 Re7 21.
Bxc6 Rxc7 22. Bd5 $16) 16... e4 17. Rfd1 Rxe6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. a3 Nb8 20. Rab1
Nc6 21. Bc1 (21. f3 $5) 21... Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. Bf4 $14 {0-1 Georgiev,
K-Malaniuk,V/Erevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2/[Lempert] (61)}) 11... dxe5 12. e4 (12.
Rad1 $6 e4 13. Ne1 Re8 14. Nc2 Na6 15. Na4 Be6 16. Qd6 Qf7 17. f3 exf3 18. exf3
Re7 19. Rde1 Rae8 20. Qd2 Rd7 21. Qf2 b5 22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Nc3 Nd5 24. Nd1 Ndb4
$17 {0-1 Avrukh,B-Gretarsson,H/WchJM-U14 1991/EXT 91ch (34)}) 12... Na6 (12...
f4 13. Rad1 Nh5 14. Qd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Na6 16. Na4 Re8 17. Rfd1 Bf8 $2 (17...
Bg4 $142) 18. Rd8 Bg4 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Bxe5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Kistella,R-Skulener,
W/Porz op28 1992/TD 92\03 (49)}) 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Rad1 (14. Qe2 $6 Rfe8 15. h3
Nb4 16. Rad1 $2 Bd3 17. Rxd3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 e4 $17 {0-1 Lugovoi,A-Agrest,E/St.
Petersburg op2 1994/EXP 43 (25)}) 14... Rfe8 15. h3 Nc5 16. Qe3 Nd3 17. Ba1 Nb4
18. Ne1 h5 19. a3 Nc2 20. Nxc2 Bxc2 21. Rd2 Bxb3 22. Nb5 cxb5 23. Qxb3 bxc4 24.
Qxb7 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Polugaevsky,L-Dolmatov,S/Reykjavik op 1990/EXP 18}) (10...
Na6 {Gagarin} 11. Rfd1 exd4 $6 12. Nxd4 $14 Bd7 13. a3 Rad8 14. b4 Qc7 15. Rac1
Ng4 16. e3 $1 Rfe8 17. Nb3 $1 Be6 18. Nd5 $6 (18. Na5 $5 $16 {/\ Nd5}) 18...
Qf7 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 20. Nf4 Bc8 21. b5 $14 {/\ Nd5 1-0 Kiselev,S-Popov,V/Orel
1994/CBM 42/[Gagarin] (53)} (21. h4 $142 $1 h6 $6 22. b5 $16 {>< >>})) (10...
e4 $4 {Gagarin} 11. Nxe4 $18) (10... Re8 {Tyomkin,D} 11. Rad1 Nbd7 12. Rfe1 Nh5
13. e3 $1 Qd8 $2 (13... Qc7 $1) 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. e4 $16 Qf6 (15... f4 16. Bh3
Qe7 17. Nd5 $1 cxd5 18. Qxd5+ Kf8 (18... Kh8 19. Bxd7 Rd8 20. Nxe5 $18) 19.
Bxd7 Rd8 20. Ng5 $1 $18) 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Ng5 Qg6 $2 (17... h6 $5) 18. Bd5+ $1
$18 {Gagarin,V-Litus,V/Czestochowa/1990/1-0 (24)}) 11. h3 $146 (11. dxe5 {
Tyomkin,D} dxe5 12. e4 f4 13. Rad1 fxg3 14. hxg3 Nd7 15. Na4 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 b5
$2 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Nc3 {[%cal Gc3d5]} Rb8 19. Nd5 Nc5 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Nc6
$16 {1-0 David,P-Priehoda,V/CSR-ch Bratislava 1991/EXT 91ch (42)}) (11. Rad1 {
Tyomkin,D} Na6 12. h3 Nh6 13. e3 Nf7 14. a3 Qb6 15. Qc2 e4 16. Nd2 Qd8 17. b4
Nc7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kelly,B-Bauer,C/World Juniors, Zagan POL 1997 (74)}) 11...
Nh6 12. d5 (12. Rad1 $5) 12... Nf7 13. dxc6 $6 (13. a3 $5) 13... bxc6 14. e4 f4
15. Ne2 $6 (15. Rad1 $5) 15... Qxd2 16. Nxd2 fxg3 (16... Ng5 $5 17. h4 (17.
gxf4 Nxh3+ 18. Bxh3 Bxh3 19. Rfc1 exf4 $15) 17... Nh3+ (17... f3 $6 18. hxg5
fxe2 19. Rfe1 $14) 18. Kh2 fxg3+ 19. fxg3 Rf2 20. Rxf2 Nxf2 21. Rf1 $132) 17.
fxg3 Na6 {[%cal Ga6c5,Ra6b4,Rb4d3,Rb4c2]} 18. Rad1 Nb4 19. c5 $2 (19. a3 $5 Nc2
20. Rf3 Ng5 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Rf1+ Ke7 $15) 19... dxc5 $17 (19... Nd3 $6 20.
Ba3 Nxc5 21. Nc4 Ba6 22. Bxc5 Bxc4 23. bxc4 dxc5 24. Rd7 $44 {[%cal Rf1b1,
Rb1b7]}) 20. Nc3 (20. Nc4 Nxa2 21. Ra1 Nb4 22. Nb6 axb6 (22... Bxh3 $6 23. Nxa8
Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rxa8 25. Ra5 $13) 23. Rxa8 Ba6 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 $17) 20... Be6 21.
Nc4 Bh6 22. Bc1 $6 (22. Nd6 Be3+ 23. Kh2 Bd4 $17) 22... Bxc1 $1 23. Rxc1 Bxc4
$1 $17 {/-+} 24. bxc4 {[%csl Ra2,Rc4,Re4,Rg2,Rh3]} Ng5 (24... Rad8 $5 25. Rfd1
Rd4 26. a3 Nd3 27. Rc2 Rfd8 $17) 25. h4 Ne6 {[%csl Rd4]} 26. Bh3 Nd4 27. Bg4 $6
Nbc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2e3]} 28. Be2 (28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Rf8+ 30. Kg1 Ne3 31. Be2
Kg7 $17) 28... Ne3 29. Rf2 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Nec2 31. Rb1 Rf8+ 32. Kg1 Ne3 33. Rc1
h5 34. Re1 Kg7 35. Rc1 Kh6 36. Re1 g5 $22 37. hxg5+ (37. Rb1 gxh4 38. gxh4 Rf4
$19) 37... Kxg5 38. Rb1 Rf7 39. Rb2 Nxe2+ 40. Rxe2 Rf1+ (40... Rf3 $5 $19) 41.
Kh2 Ng4+ 42. Kg2 Rc1 $19 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d4 c6 8. Re1 {
Rare continuation. The idea is to advance e2-e4; Black can prevent it by 8...
Ne4 ot let white push it- in both cases black gets balance, but 8...Ne4 looks
exacter;  Main lines are:} (8. d5) (8. b3) 8... Ne4 (8... Na6 9. e4 Nxe4 10.
Nxe4 fxe4 11. Rxe4 Bf5 (11... e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bg5 Re8 15.
Re2 Bf5 16. Rd2 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,Y-Spraggett,K/Santo Antonio 2000/CBM 76
ext (16)}) 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Bg5 Rae8 14. Qd2 Bg4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,
Y-Kuczynski,R/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM 78 (77)}) 9. Qc2 (9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Ng5 d5
11. Be3 h6 12. Nh3 g5 (12... Bf5 $11) 13. f3 exf3 14. exf3 dxc4 15. f4 g4 (
15... Bxh3 $5 16. Bxh3 gxf4 17. Be6+ Kh8 18. gxf4 Na6 {[%cal Ga6c7]}) 16. Nf2
h5 17. h3 gxh3 18. Be4 Nd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7f6]} (18... Qe8 {1-0 Shabalov,
A-Palatnik,S/Chicago 1995/EXT 98 (31)})) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 (10. Qxc3 e5 11.
dxe5 dxe5 12. e4 f4 13. b3 Qe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shneider,A-San Marco,B/Paris FRA
2000/The Week in Chess 298 (51)}) 10... e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ba3 $146 {12.e4
leads to the same cause white gonna play Ba3 anyhow (as well as after 12.Ba3
white would play e2-e4 next); After 12.e4 f4 white doesn't get clear advantage,
although it has some chances for it;} (12. e4 f4 (12... Na6 $5 13. Ba3 {
-transforms to the game;}) 13. Ba3 Re8 (13... Rf7 14. Rad1 Rd7 $2 (14... Qe8
$142) 15. gxf4 exf4 16. e5 Rxd1 17. Qxd1 Qe8 (17... Qxd1 $2 18. Rxd1 Bd7 19.
Bh3 $1 $18) 18. e6 Na6 19. Qb3 h6 20. e7 Bf6 21. Bd6 $16 {1-0 Epishin,V-Danner,
G/Graz 1997/EXT 98 (28)}) 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. gxf4 exf4 16. e5 Bg4 17. Bd6 Qf7 18.
Qb3 {[%cal Rf3g5]} h6 19. Rb1 b6 20. c5 Be6 21. Qa4 bxc5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Epishin,
V-Beim,V/Frankfurt 1998/CBM 65 ext (53)} (21... b5 22. Qe4 Bd5 (22... Bxa2 23.
Rxb5 $1) 23. Qd4 Bxa2 24. Rb2 {[%cal Gf3h4]} Bd5 25. Rxb5 $1)) 12... Re8 13. e4
Na6 {New way to play with black in this position-black doesn't advance f5-f4
and keep the centre flexible;} (13... f4 {-transforms to 12.e4 line;}) 14. Rad1
Qa5 15. Bd6 Nc5 16. Nd2 Qa4 17. Qb1 Nxe4 {After it white achieves permanent
advantage; probably better was to keep the center under pressure by 17...Bf8,
but white gets advantage there as well:} (17... Bf8 18. Bxc5 (18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19.
Qb4 Qxb4 20. cxb4 Nd3 $15 {[%csl Yb4]}) 18... Bxc5 19. exf5 gxf5 (19... Bxf5
20. Qxb7) 20. Nb3 Bf8 21. Nd4 Qxc4 22. Nxf5 Qxc3 23. Be4 $14 {white pieces are
very active and also black kingside is vulnerable;}) 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. c5 Qa6 (
19... Bg4 20. Rd2 e3 21. Rxe3 Bh6 22. Re4 $16) 20. Bxe4 Be6 21. h4 $6 {There
was no reason to give black a chance ti grab a pawn a2, complicating the game;}
(21. Bd3 Qxa2 22. Qxb7 Bd5 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Qc2 25. Rde1 Qxc3 26. Qxc6 $16
{[%csl Re5][%cal Gf2f4]}) (21. Rd2 $5 $16 {[%cal Gh2h4]}) 21... Kh8 $6 {
Black didn't take that chance:} (21... Bxa2 22. Qc2 (22. Qb2 Bc4 23. Rb1 Bd5 $1
) 22... Qc4 $1 23. Ra1 Bb3 24. Qb1 $44 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 22. Rd2 (22. Bd3 Qxa2 (
22... Bc4 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Qxb7 Qxa2 25. Qxc6 Qe6 26. Qe4 $16 {[%cal Rf2f4]})
23. Qxb7 Bd5 24. Bxe5 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra8]}) 22... Rad8 23. h5 gxh5 24. Bxh7 $16
{[%cal Gh7d3,Yb1g6]} e4 $6 {Another suspicious move of Agrest. Black could try
to enter the queen to the game by:} (24... Qc4 $1 25. Bg6 Bf7 26. Be4 $16 {
[%cal Gb1b7]} Qxc3 $140 27. Rde2 $16 {[%csl Yb7]}) 25. Bg6 (25. Bxe4 Bf7 (25...
Bxc3 26. Qc1 $1 Bxd2 27. Qxd2 $18 {[%cal Gd6e5,Rd2h6]}) 26. Red1 $16) 25...
Bxc3 26. Bxe8 Rxe8 (26... Bxd2 27. Qb2+ $18) 27. Rxe4 Bxd2 {[%tqu "En","","",
"","b1b2","White has missed forced mate here!",0,"d6e5","",5]} 28. Qb2+ $2 {
White has missed forced mate here!} (28. Be5+ Kg8 {[%tqu "En","","","","e4g4",
"",5]} 29. Rg4+ Kf8 30. Qh7 {mating;}) 28... Kh7 29. Qxd2 Bf7 $2 {More
resistant was:} (29... Bh3 {[%cal Ra6f1] and white has to make some exact
moves to achieve the win;} 30. Qe1 $8 Rxe4 31. Qxe4+ Kg7 32. Qe7+ Kg6 $8 33.
Qe8+ Kf6 $8 34. Be7+ Ke5 $8 35. Bf8+ Kd4 $8 36. Bg7+ Kc4 37. Qxh5 $18) 30. Rxe8
Bxe8 31. Bf8 $1 {Now everything is simple;} Kg6 32. Qd6+ Kf5 33. Qf4+ Kg6 34.
Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 34th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1 (
8. Qc2 {is a most popular continuation}) 8... a5 (8... Ne4 {-may be this is a
reason that white usually play8.Qc2.But Malaniuk has a big experience in Dutch
and plays 8...a5}) 9. d5 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. b3 Na6 (11... Qc7 {Tyomkin,D} 12.
Nd4 (12. Bf4 $142) 12... Bf7 (12... Re8 $5) 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4
Nd7 16. Bg2 a4 17. Be3 axb3 18. axb3 Ra2 19. Bh3 Re8 {Kapu,J-Horvath Jozsef/
HUN tch 1992/1-0 (46)}) 12. Bf4 $146 (12. Ng5 {Tyomkin,D} Bc8 $6 (12... Re8
$142 13. Bf4 $140 Nh5) 13. Bb2 h6 14. Nf3 g5 {[%csl Rf5]} (14... Be6 15. Nd4
Bf7) 15. e3 Ng4 $6 16. Qd2 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gb1d1] @} Qe7 17. Rbd1 Rd8 18. Na4
Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Be6 20. Nd4 $16 Rf8 $2 21. Qd2 $18 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Rd4e6]
winning a pawn Rossetto,H-Pelikan,J/Mar del Plata 1961/MCD-r6/1-0 (44)}) 12...
Nh5 {[%csl Yc3,Yf4]} 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Nd4 Rae8 $1 $11 {Black succesfully
finished development,and white didn't achive anything in the opening} (14...
Bf7 $6 15. e4) 15. Qd2 Nc5 16. Rbd1 Bc8 17. Be3 Rd8 18. Bg5 {Both sides don't
want to risk and repeat moves} Rde8 19. Be3 Rd8 20. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Paschall, William M"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5
cxd5 (8... e5 {-main line}) 9. cxd5 Na6 10. Be3 Nc5 (10... Bd7 {Tyomkin,D} 11.
Qb3 $6 Qa5 12. a3 Nc5 13. Qc2 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Ng5 Ba4 16. Qd3 Bb5 $1 (
16... Rfc8 $2 {Naumkin Igor-Stone Raymond/It (open), Amantea (Italy) 1995/1-0
(30)})) 11. Rc1 (11. b4 $5 Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 $14) 11... Qa5 12. Qd2 (
12. Nd2 {Tyomkin,D} Bd7 13. Nb3 (13. a3 $5) 13... Nxb3 14. Qxb3 b5 15. a3 Rfc8
16. Na2 Qa4 17. Qxa4 bxa4 18. Nb4 Ng4 $132 {Zhu Chen-Spraggett,K/Open,
Cappelle la Grande FRA 1998/1/2-1/2(34)}) (12. a3 $5 Nce4 $13) 12... Bd7 13.
Bh6 (13. Ng5 $5 Rac8) 13... Rac8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nd4 (15. Qd4 Nce4 16. Nxe4
fxe4 17. Nd2 (17. Ng5 e5 $5) 17... Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxe4 Bc6 $11) 15...
Na4 16. Nb3 Qb4 17. Nxa4 Qxd2 18. Nxd2 Bxa4 19. e4 (19. Nf3 Bd7 (19... Nxd5 $2
20. Nd4) 20. Nd4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 $11) 19... fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bd7
22. f4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Magai, Vladimir"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kyrgyzstan"]
[BlackTeam "Canada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KGZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5
cxd5 (8... e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Na6 11. Bb2 {White may expect to get slight
advantage here.}) (8... Bd7 {1-0 Andersson,U-Danner,G/Istanbul TUR 2000/The
Week in Chess 314 (33)}) 9. cxd5 Na6 10. Be3 Bd7 (10... Nc5 11. Bd4 a5 12. Ne1
{1-0 Comas Fabrego,L-Gomez Benitez,D/Barcelona 2000/CBM 77 ext (22)}) 11. Bd4
$146 (11. a3 Nc5 12. Rc1 a5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Ne5 Be8 15. Qb3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 fxe4
17. d6+ $16 {[%cal Gd6d7] 1-0 Hracek,Z-Gazik,I/Novy Smokovec 1992/CBM 33 (28)})
11... Qa5 {[%cal Gf8c8] Blacks idea is to create the typical Kings Indian play
on the queenside by Rfc8, and then b5 or Nc5.} (11... Nc5 12. b4 Nce4 13. Nxe4
Nxe4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ $14) 12. a3 Rfc8 13. e3 Qd8 14. Rc1 $14 {White has
very strong control all over the board: pawn d5 gives white an advantage in
the center, bishops is perfectly outposted on d4. On the other hand black has
very few weaknesses: a7 and e6 are very deep in blacks position.} Qe8 {This
move was played with idea to have the square a4 for the knight after Nc5 b4;
But actually black had that square immediatly:} (14... Nc5 15. b4 Na4 16. Nxa4
Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Bxa4 18. Ng5 $14 {[%cal Gg5e6]}) 15. Ng5 $1 Nc5 16. b4 h6 17. Ne6
{In case of bxc5 white keeps an advantage thanks to new created weaknesses in
blacks position.} (17. bxc5 hxg5 18. cxd6 exd6 19. Qb3 b6 20. Qb4 Qe7 21. a4
$14 {[%csl Rc6,Rd6] Pawns of black are broken, and white has an outpost on
only open c-file.}) 17... Nxe6 18. dxe6 Bc6 19. Qb3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 {[%cal Gd4f6,
Yc3d5]} Qc6+ 21. f3 Qc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Bxf6 (23. Nb5 {After this move the
best for black to sac a7 pawn, developing the counterplay over c-file.} Rac8 $1
(23... Rxc1 24. Rxc1 a6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Nd4 $14 {[%cal Gc1c7]}) 24. Rxc4 Rxc4
25. Bxa7 Nd5 26. Rf2 (26. Rd1 Rc2+ $132 {[%cal Gd5c3]}) 26... Rc1 {[%cal Gd5c3]
} 27. Rd2 Nc3 28. Nxc3 Rxc3 29. Ra2 Rb3 $11 {[%cal Gg7b2]}) 23... Bxf6 24. Nd5
Rac8 $1 25. Nxf6+ exf6 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Rd1 {[%mdl 4096]} Kf8 (27... Rc6 28.
b5 Rb6 {It was a bit dangerous to insert rook to such passive position, but
white has no clear way to advantage.} 29. a4 (29. Rc1 Kf8 30. Rc7 Rxb5 31. Rf7+
Ke8 32. Rxf6 Rb2+ {[%cal Gb2b3] and black is not much worse here too.}) 29...
Kf8 {[%cal Gf8e7]} 30. Rc1 Ke7 31. Rc7+ Kxe6 {[%cal Ga7a6] and black is
completely ok.}) 28. Rxd6 {[%cal Rd6d7]} Rc7 {[%cal Gf8e7] The only thing
white can earn from this position is h-pawn.} 29. Rd8+ Ke7 30. Rh8 (30. Rg8 g5
(30... Rc2+ 31. Kh3 g5 32. Rg7+ Kxe6 33. Rxb7 h5 {[%cal Rg5g4]} 34. g4 $16) 31.
Rg7+ Kd6 $11) 30... Kxe6 31. Rxh6 g5 32. g4 (32. h4 g4 (32... Rc2+ 33. Kh3 gxh4
34. gxh4 Rc3 35. Rh7 Rxe3 36. Kg3 Rxa3 37. Rxb7 Ra1 {and black is close to
make a draw here.}) 33. fxg4 fxg4 34. Rg6 Kf5 35. h5 Rc2+ $11) 32... Rc2+ {
Black easily makes a draw here thanks to the active rook.} 33. Kg3 fxg4 34.
fxg4 b5 {Probably black was in some time trouble in this moment, but his
unaccurate play did not lead to the loss.} (34... Rc3 $11) 35. Rh7 a6 36. Ra7
Rc6 {[%cal Ge6e5] Black removes rook from active position, but now black king
has an access to the game.} 37. h4 gxh4+ 38. Kxh4 Kd5 39. Rd7+ Ke6 (39... Kc4
40. g5 fxg5+ 41. Kxg5 Kb3 42. Rd3+ Kc2 $11 {[%cal Gc2b3]}) 40. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elgoibar 07th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1997.11.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1997.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e5
9. b4 $2 $146 {Strange decision.After 9.dxe6 white gets an advantage.} (9. dxe6
{Tyomkin,D} Bxe6 10. Qd3 $142 {CBM 60-7...c6 8.d5 e5 9de6 Be6 10Qd3/ Survey
1997(23) Chuchelov,V} (10. Qb3 $6 b5 11. Nd4 Bxc4 12. Qc2 b4 $1 $146 {Yakovich,
Y-Malaniuk,V/Russian Cup f 1997/0-1(18)})) (9. e4 $5 Na6 $5 10. exf5 gxf5 11.
Ng5 Qc7 12. c5 $3 (12. dxc6 $2 bxc6 13. Nb5 cxb5 $1 14. Bxa8 bxc4 $44) 12...
Nxc5 (12... dxc5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Qb3+ Kh8 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. Qxe6 $44) 13. b4
$1 Nce4 14. Ngxe4 $1 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Bf5 $1 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Be3
a5 $11 {Miles-Obuhov, London 1994}) 9... e4 $17 {[%csl Rg2,Gg7]} 10. Nd4 a5 $2
(10... cxd5 $142 11. cxd5 Qb6 $1 {[%csl Rb4,Rd4][%cal Gf6g4]} (11... a5 $6 12.
b5 {[%csl Rb8]}) 12. Ne6 $1 (12. Be3 Ng4 $1 $17) (12. Ndb5 Ng4 $17 {[%cal
Gc8d7]}) (12. Rb1 Ng4 $17) 12... Bxe6 13. dxe6 Qxb4 14. e7 Re8 15. Nd5 Qc4 16.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 $17) 11. dxc6 $6 (11. b5 $5 c5 (11... cxd5 $2 12. cxd5 {[%csl Rb8,
Re6]}) 12. Ne6 $5 (12. Nc2 Nbd7 $15 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd7e5] ()}) 12... Bxe6 13.
dxe6 Qe7 14. Bf4 {[%cal Gf2f3] with some compensation for white.}) 11... Nxc6
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. b5 Be6 14. Ba3 Rc8 (14... c5 15. Rc1) 15. Rc1 (15. Bxd6 Rf7
$36 {[%cal Gf7d7]}) 15... Rc7 16. bxc6 Rxc6 $17 17. c5 (17. Nd5 Nxd5 (17...
Bxd5 $6 18. cxd5 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 $1) 18. cxd5 Rxc1 19. Bxc1 Bf7 20. f3 Qb6+ $17)
17... Nd7 $1 (17... dxc5 18. Qa4 $1 (18. Na4 Bxa2 $17) 18... Qa8 (18... Qb6 19.
Rb1 {[%cal Gb1b5]}) 19. f3 $44) 18. Na4 d5 19. Qd2 f4 $2 (19... Ne5 $142 {
[%cal Ge5c4]} 20. Nb6 Nc4 (20... d4 $6 21. Bb2) 21. Nxc4 dxc4 $17 {[%csl Ra2,
Rg2][%cal Gc4c3]}) 20. gxf4 Qh4 21. Bb2 $2 (21. e3 Nf6 22. Bb2 $1 (22. f3 exf3
23. Bxf3 Ne4 24. Qe1 (24. Qxa5 $2 Bh3 25. Qe1 Qxe1 26. Rfxe1 Rxf4 $3 $132 (
26... Ra8 27. Bd1)) 24... Qxe1 25. Rfxe1 (25. Rcxe1 Nd2 26. Rf2 Nxf3+ 27. Rxf3
d4 28. Bb2 $132 (28. e4 Bxa2)) 25... g5 $1 $36) 22... Ng4 23. h3 Nf6 24. Bxf6
$1 {[%csl Rd5]} Bxf6 25. f3 $16) 21... Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Qxf4 $17 {[%csl Rc5,Rg1]
[%cal Gd7e5]} 23. e3 $2 (23. Qb5 Qc7 $17 {[%csl Rc5]} (23... Ne5 24. Rc3 $1 {
[%cal Gc3g3]})) 23... Qg5 24. Kh1 Ne5 25. Rb1 Rfc8 $6 (25... Qh5 {[%cal Ge5f3]
was winning immediatly}) 26. Nb6 Rf8 27. Rbd1 Ng4 28. Kg1 Qh5 (28... Qh5 29. h3
{[%tqu "En","","","","g4f2","",10]} Nxf2 $1) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 13th final"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lev, Ronen"]
[Black "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.12.28"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Herzliya Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "Graz Merkur Versicherung"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 f5 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Qa5
9. Bd2 (9. Bb2 {Tyomkin,D} e5 10. Qd2 Ng4 (10... Qc7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. e4 Na6
13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Rad1 (14. Qe2 $6 Rfe8 15. h3 Nb4 16. Rad1 $2 Bd3 17. Rxd3
Nxd3 18. Qxd3 e4 $17 {0-1 Lugovoi,A-Agrest,E/St.Petersburg op2 1994/EXP 43 (25)
}) 14... Rfe8 15. h3 Nc5 16. Qe3 Nd3 17. Ba1 Nb4 18. Ne1 h5 19. a3 Nc2 20. Nxc2
Bxc2 21. Rd2 Bxb3 22. Nb5 cxb5 23. Qxb3 bxc4 24. Qxb7 Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:18] 1/
2-1/2 Polugaevsky,L-Dolmatov,S/Reykjavik op 1990/EXP}) (10... Re8 11. Rad1 Nbd7
12. Rfe1 Nh5 13. e3 $1 Qd8 $2 (13... Qc7 $1) 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. e4 $16 {Gagarin,
V-Litus,V/Czestochowa/1990/1-0 (24)}) 11. h3 $146 Nh6 12. d5 (12. Rad1 $5)
12... Nf7 13. dxc6 $6 (13. a3 $5) 13... bxc6 14. e4 f4 15. Ne2 $6 (15. Rad1 $5)
15... Qxd2 16. Nxd2 fxg3 17. fxg3 Na6 18. Rad1 Nb4 19. c5 $2 (19. a3 $5 {
Tyomkin,D} Nc2 20. Rf3 Ng5 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Rf1+ Ke7 $15) 19... dxc5 $17 {
Leski,M-Bauer,C/FRA-ch 1997/0-1(42)}) 9... Qc7 10. d5 (10. Qc1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Bh6 Nbd7 $5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. e4 f4 15. Qa3 Re8 16. Rfd1 Nf8 17. Qd6 Qxd6
18. Rxd6 Bg4 $132 {B.Malich - Dolmatov, Bundesliga 1992}) 10... Na6 (10... h6 {
Schussler} 11. Rc1 Nh5 $6 12. e4 e5 $2 {Much too ambitious. White is ahead in
the development and is now happy to be able to open up the position.} (12... f4
$14) 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nh4 $18 {1-0 Panchenko,A-Beshukov,S/Sochi
1990 (22)}) (10... e5 {Tyomkin,D} 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Ng5 Bc8 13. h4 (13. Rc1 h6
14. Nh3 g5) 13... Na6 14. Bf4 Rd8 15. Rc1 $14 {Langeweg,K-De Prado,O/Candas op
1992/0-1(40)}) 11. Rc1 (11. Nd4 $5 {Tyomkin,D} Bd7 12. e3 Nc5 13. Nce2 g5 14.
Rc1 (14. f4 $6 g4) 14... h6 15. Bc3 a5 16. Ba1 cxd5 17. cxd5 Qb6 18. Qc2 $14 {
Quinteros Miguel A-Rodriguez Andres/It (open) "Clarin", San Luis (Argentina
1995/1/2-1/2 (47)}) 11... Bd7 (11... e5 $5 $146 {The most logical continuation
Tyomkin,D} 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Ng5 Rfe8 14. Bf4 Rad8 15. Nd5 $1 (15. e4 $6 Nc5
16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Be3 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Qa5 20. Qc2 d5 $36) 15... Qd7
16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qd2 (17. e4 Nc5 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Be3 fxe4 20. Bxe4 d5 21.
cxd5 cxd5 22. Bd3 $13 (22. Bg2 d4 23. Bd2 d3 $36)) 17... Qe7 18. e4 Bc8 19.
Rfe1 Be5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Nf3 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 $14) (11... Nc5 {Tyomkin,D} 12.
Be3 Bd7 $5 $146 (12... Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bd4 e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Bxg7
Qxg7 17. Nd4 (17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Kf7 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. e3 a5 21. Ne2 Nc5 22.
Nc3 Ke7 $10 {Nikolic,P-Dolmatov,S/Hastings A1 1989/1/2-1/2(32)}) 17... Rae8 18.
e3 Bf7 19. Qc2 d5 20. cxd5 {1/2-1/2 Lerner,K-Dolmatov,S/URS-ch56 Odessa 1989})
13. dxc6 (13. Ng5 $6 h6 14. b4 Na6) (13. Bd4 $5) 13... Bxc6 (13... bxc6 14. Ne5
$5 dxe5 15. Bxc5 Be6 16. e4) 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Nd4 Bxd5 16. cxd5 $14 {Foisor,
C-Agrest,E/Open, Biel SUI 1997/0-1(35)}) 12. e4 $2 $146 {After this move it is
not so easy to take back a pawn} (12. Nd4 {Tyomkin,D} Qb6 13. Na4 $4 (13. Be3
$14) 13... Qxd4 $19 14. e3 Qg4 15. Bf3 Qh3 16. c5 Ng4 17. Bxg4 fxg4 {0-1 Tuzan,
O-Berkovich,M/Moscow5 1990}) 12... fxe4 13. Ng5 Bg4 14. Qe1 Nc5 15. Qe3 Bh6 $15
{/-/+} (15... e6 16. Ncxe4 (16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4
Rae8 $10) 16... Nfxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 exd5 19. cxd5 c5 $10) 16. h3 Bf3
$6 (16... Bxg5 $142 17. Qxg5 Bf3 18. Bxf3 exf3 19. Rce1 Qd7 20. Qh6 Rae8 $17) (
16... Bf5 17. g4) (16... Bd7 17. Qe2 (17. b4 $2 Nd3 18. Rb1 Ne5 $17)) 17. Bxf3
exf3 18. Qd4 (18. Qxf3 $2 Nfe4 $19) 18... Qd7 19. Kh2 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qf5 (20...
e5 $5 21. Qh4 Ne8 $15) 21. Bh6 Rf7 22. g4 $1 (22. Rfd1 Qh5 $1 23. Be3 Nce4 $1 (
23... e5 24. dxe6 Nxe6 25. Qh4 $8 Qxh4 26. gxh4 Rd7 27. Kg3 $15) 24. h4 $8 (24.
Nxe4 Ng4+ 25. Kg1 Qxh3 $19) (24. Rh1 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 cxd5 $19) 24... Qf5 25. Nxe4
Nxe4 26. Bf4 g5 $17) 22... Qd3 $2 (22... Qd7 23. Qe3 e5 {and black keeps the
extra pawn}) 23. Rfd1 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 {In the ending the f-pawn turns to
weekness,also Rf7 has no moves.} Ncd7 25. Re1 c5 26. Rdd1 Ne5 27. Kg3 a6 28. a4
Rb8 29. Bf4 Nfd7 30. Bh6 $1 {preparing monouevre Ne4-g5 which gives a draw} b6
31. Ne4 b5 32. cxb5 axb5 33. Ng5 Rf6 34. Ne4 Rf7 35. Ng5 Rf6 36. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Premier 33rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Siegel, Georg"]
[Black "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 16416]} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7.
O-O c6 8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qd3 Ng4 11. Ng5 (11. Bg5 Qc7 (11... Qa5 12.
Qxd6 Bxc4 13. h3 Ne5 14. Nd2 Re8 $11 {Munoz,G-Mellado,J/Ibercaja op 1994/0-1 
(58)}) (11... Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. b3 Na6 14. Rac1 Rad8 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4
Bf7 $11 {Zaitsev,V-Touzane,O/Budapest FS10 IM-B 1995/1/2-1/2(44)}) 12. Nd4 Bf7
13. b3 Na6 14. Rad1 Nc5 15. Qd2 (15. Qc2 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Ne6 17. Rxg4 fxg4 18.
Bh6 Ng7 19. Ne4 $44 {Wiedenkeller,M-Gretarsson,H/Rilton Cup 1991/1/2-1/2(34)})
15... Rfe8 16. Bf4 Rad8 17. f3 Ne5 18. Kh1 Qa5 19. Qc2 Ne6 $15 {Calvo,J-Ochoa
de Echaguen,F/ESP-chT 1995/1/2-1/2(38)}) (11. b3 Na6 12. Bb2 (12. Ba3 Qa5 13.
Bb2 Rad8 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. Qc2 d5 16. Ng5 Nb4 17. Qb1 d4 $132 {Izeta Txabarri,
F-Magem Badals,J/Las Palmas3 1993/1-0(37)}) 12... Nc5 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Rad1 Rad8
15. h3 Nf6 16. Nd4 Bf7 17. e3 Rd7 18. Qc2 Rfd8 $11 {Hausrath,D-Kalinitschew,S/
Muenster op 1993/0-1 (54)}) 11... Bc8 (11... Re8 12. Nb5 h6 13. Nxe6 Rxe6 14.
Nd4 Rf6 15. b4 Na6 16. Rb1 Qe7 17. e3 $14 {Roeder,M-Ruckschloss,K/Cappelle op
1995/1/2-1/2 (55)}) (11... Qe7 $2 12. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 (12... cxd5 13. Nxe6 $18) 13.
cxd5 c5 14. Ne6 Re8 15. e4 $16 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qh4 Na6 18. Bd2 Nc7 19.
Rae1 Qf7 20. Ng5 Qf8 21. Bh3 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Be6+ Nxe6 24. Nxe6 Qf7 25.
Re3 Qd7 26. Qg5 Nh5 27. Bc3 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Ng7 29. Qf6 Nf5 30. Rf3 Qe7 31. Qxe7
Nxe7 32. c4 Nf5 33. Kf1 Ng7 34. Nc7 Re4 35. Rc3 Nf5 36. a4 Re7 37. Ne6 Ng7 38.
Nxg7 Kxg7 39. f3 Kf6 40. Kf2 b6 41. Re3 Rd7 42. Re6+ Kg7 43. Ke3 Kf7 44. f4 a6
45. Kd3 Rd8 46. g4 Rd7 47. g5 Kf8 48. h4 Kf7 49. Ke4 Kf8 50. f5 gxf5+ 51. Kxf5
Kg7 52. h5 Rf7+ 53. Ke4 Rd7 54. Rf6 Rd8 55. Kf5 b5 56. axb5 {Ostenstad,
B-Gretarsson,H/Troll Masters 1992/1-0 (69)}) 12. Qc2 $146 (12. e4 Na6 13. Qe2
Nc5 14. h3 Nf6 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Rd1 Re8 17. Be3 Nfe4 18. Ngxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4
Bxe4 20. Rd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Re6 22. Rad1 Qe7 $11 {Spraggett,K-Mellado,J/
Barcelona 1993/1-0 (77)}) 12... Na6 13. Nf3 $6 (13. e4 $5) 13... Nc5 14. b3 (
14. b4 Ne4 15. Bb2 Qe7 (15... Nexf2 $5 16. Rxf2 Nxf2 17. Kxf2 Qb6+ 18. Kf1 Qxb4
19. Qb3 $14) (15... Qb6 16. Nxe4 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 fxe4 18. Nd4 c5 19. Nb5 cxb4 20.
Bxe4 Be6 21. Qd4 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxc4 23. Bxb7 $14) 16. Nxe4 (16. h3 Nxc3 17.
Bxc3 {[%tqu "En","","","","g4e3","",10]} Ne3 $1) (16. Nd1 f4 $1 17. Bxg7 Qxg7
$1 {[%csl Ra1][%cal Gc8f5]}) 16... Bxb2 17. Qxb2 fxe4 18. Nd4 Bf5 $132) 14...
Qe7 15. Bb2 f4 $1 {[%cal Gc8f5]} 16. Rad1 Bf5 17. Qd2 fxg3 18. hxg3 Rad8 19. b4
$2 {[%csl Rc4]} (19. Nd4 $142 Bc8 (19... Bh6 $140 20. Nxf5) 20. b4 (20. e4 $5)
20... Ne6 21. Nc2 Bh6 22. f4 $14 {[%cal Ge2e4]}) 19... Bh6 20. Qe1 (20. Qd4 Ne6
(20... Bg7 21. Qd2 Bh6 $11) 21. Qxa7 (21. Nd5 cxd5 22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. Qxh7+ Ke8
$17) 21... Ra8 22. Qb6 Ra6 $19) 20... Nd7 {[%cal Gd7e5]} 21. e4 $2 (21. Nd4
Nde5 $17) 21... Be6 $19 {[%csl Rc4]} 22. Qe2 Nde5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Rd4 Qf7 25.
f4 Bxc4 26. fxe5 Bxe2 27. Rxf7 Be3+ (27... Be3+ 28. Kh2 Bxd4 29. Nxe2 Bxb2 30.
Rxb7 Bxe5 31. Rxa7 Ra8 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup Final"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1997.09.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1997.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e5
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qb3 $6 (10. Qd3 $142 {CBM 60-7...c6 8.d5 e5 9de6 Be6 10Qd3/
Survey 1997(23) Chuchelov,V}) 10... b5 11. Nd4 (11. Nd2 $2 {Tyomkin,D} a6 12.
a4 Qa5 13. Na2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Qb4 Qxb4 16. Nxb4 bxc4 17. Bxe4 d5 18. Bg2
a5 $17 {Boehnke,M-Jahr,U/Porz op22 1989/0-1(27)}) 11... Bxc4 12. Qc2 b4 $1 (
12... Ne4 $2 {Tyomkin,D} 13. Nxe4 Bxd4 (13... fxe4 14. Be3 (14. Qxe4) 14... c5
$140 15. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 16. Qxe4 {[%csl Ra8,Re6]}) 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Rad1 $1 Be5 (
15... fxe4 16. Rxd4 $16 {[%cal Rb2b3]}) 16. f4 $1 Bg7 (16... fxe4 17. fxe5
Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 dxe5 19. Qxe4 $36) 17. Nxd6 $16 {Ondy-Kungel/Berlin op 1987/1-0
(39)}) 13. Ne4 $2 (13. Na4 $142 Bf7 $1 (13... Bd5 $6 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Bxd5+
Nxd5 16. Qxc6 Qa5 17. Rd1) 14. Rd1 $142 $1 $44 {[%csl Rb8,Rc6,Gg2] white has
some compensation,because the weekness of-c6.} (14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Qxc6 Rc8 (
15... Qa5 16. a3 $1 Rac8 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Qb7 $1 $15) 16. Qa6 (16. Qb7 $2 Qa5
17. b3 Ne4 18. Bb2 Rc7 $1 {[%csl Rb7]}) 16... Qd7 $17) 14... Qe7 $142 $13 (
14... Qa5 $2 15. Bf4) (14... a5 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Qxc6 d5 $13)) 13... Nxe4 $17
14. Nxc6 $4 (14. Qxc4+ d5 $1 (14... Rf7 15. Ne6 (15. Nxc6 {-14.Nxc6}) 15... Qe7
16. Nxg7 Kxg7 17. Qxb4 $16 {^^}) 15. Qxb4 c5 $1 (15... Na6 16. Qa4 Nac5 17. Qd1
Qf6 18. Be3 $16) 16. Qb7 cxd4 17. Qxa8 Qd7 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gb8c6] catching
the queen}) (14. Bxe4 d5 $1 15. Ne6 Qe7 $19) 14... Qc7 15. Qxc4+ Rf7 $1 {
[%cal Yf7c7] Yakovich missed this move.Now white doesn't have Ne5,because Qc7
protected byR} 16. Na5 Qxa5 17. Qc8+ Rf8 18. Qb7 Na6 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Potapov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1
c6 9. b3 (9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Rxe4 Bf5 12. Re3 Nd7 13. b4 Bg4 14. Bb2
Bh6 15. Re4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qf7 17. Kg2 e5 $1 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Qe2
$14 {Gheorghiu - Grigorov, Praha zt 1985-39/(144)}) 9... Na6 10. Bb2 e5 $146 (
10... Bd7 $6 11. e4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Bf5 14. Re3 {[%cal Ge3e7]} Nb4
15. Nh4 $1 Bd7 16. Qd2 Na6 {()} 17. Rae1 Rf7 18. f4 Bf6 19. Nf3 h6 20. Ne5 $1 {
typical idea in this structure} Rh7 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. d5 $16 {Vyzmanavin,
A-Sanz Alonso,F/Benidorm op 1993 (33)/1-0}) (10... Ne4 $5 11. Qb1 (11. Nxe4
fxe4 12. Nd2 (12. Ng5 d5) 12... d5 13. f3 $13) 11... Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nc5 13. Nd2
Qf7 14. Qc1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Qe3 d5 {Horak,J-Danner,G/Hradec Kralove op
1992 (52)/0-1}) 11. e4 $1 {[%cal Ge1e8]} f4 (11... fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4
Bf5 14. Re3 Rd8 (14... Nb4 15. Nh4 $1 $16) 15. dxe5 Bh6 (15... dxe5 16. Qe1 e4
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. g4 $1 $16) 16. Re1 $16) 12. Ba3 c5 (12... exd4 13. Nxd4 (13.
e5 dxe5 14. Rxe5 dxc3 $1 15. Rxe8 Rxe8 $132) 13... fxg3 14. hxg3 Qe5 $14 {
[%cal Ge5a5]}) 13. Nb5 exd4 (13... Qe7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. gxf4 exf4 16. e5 Ng4
17. Nd6 Be6 18. Qd2 $16 {[%cal Ga1d1]}) 14. Nxd6 Qe7 $4 {[%cal Ga3e7]} (14...
Qe6 15. e5 {[%cal Gf3d4,Yg2d5]}) (14... Qd8 $142 15. e5 Ng4 16. Nxc8 (16. h3 $6
Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxd6 18. Bd5+ Kh8 $15) 16... fxg3 (16... Rxc8 17. h3 Nh6 18. g4
$16) 17. hxg3 $16 {[%cal Gg2h3,Ga3c1] ^^}) 15. e5 Ng4 16. Nxc8 Raxc8 17. Qxd4
$1 $18 Rce8 (17... cxd4 18. Bxe7 Rfe8 19. Bd6 $18) 18. Qe4 g5 (18... Nxe5 19.
Qd5+ Kh8 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bb2 $18) 19. Rad1 Nb4 20. e6 Nf6 21. Qb1 fxg3 22.
hxg3 Bh6 23. Bxb4 {[%cal Gf3d4,Gd4f5]} cxb4 24. Nd4 Ng4 25. Nf5 Qc5 26. Nxh6+
Nxh6 27. Re2 Ng4 28. Rd5 {[%cal Gd5c5,Gd5g5]} Qe7 29. Rd7 Qxd7 30. exd7 Rxe2
31. Qd1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Black "Shovunov, Baatr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht} f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6
8. Qc2 Na6 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Rfe1 $146 (10. a3 e5 11. Bxf6 Rxf6 12. e3 Nc7 13. b4
Be6 14. Ne2 e4 15. Nd2 g5 $36 {De Las Heras Juan Carlos-Rodriguez Andres/It
open 1996/0-1 (45)}) 10... Qf7 (10... e5 $5) 11. b3 Nb4 12. Qd2 Ne4 13. Nxe4
fxe4 14. Qxb4 exf3 15. exf3 Bxd4 16. Bxe7 Re8 17. Bxd6 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 {the
result of last moves operation-white has a couple of pawns for exchange and
very promising position} a5 $1 {black opens more files for his rooks} 19. Qd2
$6 (19. Qc5 $142 $14) 19... a4 20. Rc1 axb3 21. axb3 Rd8 22. b4 Be6 23. c5 Ra2
24. Qg5 Rda8 25. h4 Bd5 26. Re1 Re8 (26... Bxf3 27. Re7 Bxg2 (27... Rxf2 28.
Kxf2 Ra2+ 29. Ke3 Re2+ (29... Qb3+ 30. Kf4 $18) 30. Kd4 Rxe7 31. Bxf3 Re1 32.
Qf4 $18) 28. Rxf7 Bd5 29. Rg7+ Kxg7 30. Be5+ Kf7 31. Qf6+ Ke8 32. Qh8+ $18) 27.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Be5 Re2 29. f4 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 {[#]_|_ Hecht
Mattangriff auf der langen Diagonalen führt zum gewinnbringenden
Generalabtausch; bessere Verteidigungen waren möglich.} Qd7 $2 (31... Qe6 32.
Qd8+ Kf7 33. Qc7+ Qe7 (33... Ke8 $2 34. Qxh7 Qd5+ 35. f3 Qd2+ 36. Kh3 $18) 34.
Qc8 Rd1 $15) 32. Qf6 Qd5+ 33. Kh3 Qd7+ $4 (33... Rh1+ {was the last chance for
black to fight for a draw,or maybe more! Move in the game is losing immidiatly}
34. Kg4 Qd1+ $1 {It's importent to make white play f2-f3 for the forthcoming
endgame} (34... Qd7+ 35. Kg5 (35. Kf3 Qd5+ 36. Ke2 Qd1+ 37. Ke3 Re1#) 35...
Qf5+ (35... h6+ 36. Kxg6 Qh7+ 37. Kh5) 36. Qxf5 gxf5 37. Kxf5 Kf7 $1 $16 (37...
Rb1 38. Ke6 Rxb4 39. f5 Rb3 40. f4 $18) (37... Kf7 {Hecht} 38. Kg5 $18 {
[%cal Rg5h6,Rg3g4,Rf4f5,Rh4h5] Analyse!})) 35. f3 Qd7+ 36. Kg5 Qf5+ 37. Qxf5
gxf5 38. Kxf5 Kf7 {now bishop can't protect kingside's pawns-a result of
intermidiate check-34...Qd1,and black has good chances to draw}) 34. Kh2 h5 (
34... Rd1 {Hecht} 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Qxh7+ Ke6 37. Qxg6+ Kd5 38. h5 Kc4 39. h6
Qd5 40. Kh3 Rh1+ 41. Kg4 Qd1+ 42. f3 Qd7+ 43. f5 $18) 35. Qxg6+ Kf8 36. Bd6+
Re7 37. Qf6+ Ke8 38. Qxe7+ 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 0102"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2001.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e5
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Na6 11. Bb2 {White has some alternatives here, and the
main one is:} (11. Ng5) 11... Qe7 12. Ng5 Rad8 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Qc2 (14. e3 {
Hansen,Cu} Nc7 $1 {/\d5} (14... Nc5 {Hansen,Cu} 15. Qc2 $14 {><d6}) 15. Qc2 d5
16. cxd5 Ncxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rad1 {/\Lxd5+/=} Nf6 20. Qc3 Qe7
{/\c5} 21. b4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rd4 (23. Rxd8 {Hansen,Cu} Qxd8 24. Bf3 Qd6
$10 (24... g5 $6 25. h3 Kg6 (25... h5 $2 26. Bxh5) 26. g4 $14)) 23... Qe5 24.
f4 Qe7 25. h3 h5 26. Kf2 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 Kf7 28. Bf3 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,C-Lobron,E/
Hamburg 1991/CBM 24/[Hansen,Cu] (28)} (28. Qxa7 {Hansen,Cu} Qxb4 $15)) (14. Qd2
{Pointless; The right square for white queen is c2;} Rfe8 15. Rad1 Nc5 16. e3
Nfe4 17. Qc2 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qe5 {1/2-1/2 Serper,G-Dolmatov,S/
Novosibirsk 1993/CBM 36 (19)}) ({Dubious is:} 14. Rc1 Rfe8 (14... d5 $5) (14...
Ne4 $5) 15. e3 Qf7 16. Rc2 Rd7 17. Rd2 Red8 {Black played passively, but it
was enought to keep the balance;} 18. Qe2 d5 19. cxd5 Nc7 20. d6 Rxd6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Alterman,B-Oratovsky,M/ISR-chT 1996/CBM 52 ext (36)}) 14... Rfe8 (14...
Nb4 {just wrong direction for this knight;} 15. Qd2 {[%csl Rb4]}) 15. Rad1 (15.
e3 Nc5 16. Ne2 Nce4 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,C-Barbero,G/AUT-chT 1994/TD (16)}) 15...
Nc5 {[%cal Yc5e4,Yf6e4] the target square is e4;} 16. e3 Rd7 $146 {16...Nfe4
looks as the most exact way to equalize;} (16... Nce4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxg7
Kxg7 19. Rd4 Nf6 20. Rfd1 Re7 21. b4 $14 {0-1 Schlosser,P-Bricard,E/
Montpellier 1993/EXT 97 (47)}) (16... Nfe4 17. Ne2 (17. Nxe4 fxe4 $5 (17...
Nxe4 {-see 16..Nce4;}) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. b4 Nd3 20. Bxe4 Nxf2 21. Qxf2 Qxe4 22.
Qf6+ $11) 17... Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Qe5 19. Qc2 Na6 20. a3 Nc7 21. b4 Kg7 22. Rd3 Re7
{1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Agrest,E/Gyula 1997/CBM 58 ext (22)}) 17. b4 Nce4 18. Nxe4
fxe4 19. b5 $14 {opening lines and diagonals for bishops and rooks; White got
slight advantage which is typical for Dutch Leningrad, but this is always very
difficult to break thru black's position;} cxb5 20. cxb5 h5 $5 {[%cal Yf6g4]
black sacures g4 spot for the knight;} (20... d5 21. Bd4 $14) (20... Qxa2 21.
Ra1 Qe6 22. Rxa7 $14) 21. Rd2 Qxa2 22. Ra1 Qe6 {All trades are usually in
blacès favour;} 23. Rxa7 d5 24. Qb3 Ng4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Bh3 Rc8 27. Qd1 Rc4 {
It was right time to put pressure on only weakness fo white-b5 pawn;} (27...
Rc5 $1 $11 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gd7c7]}) 28. Ra1 Qf6 $6 {It loses a tempo- g4 has
to be guarded by queen anyhow;} (28... Rc5 {[%csl Rb5]} 29. Rb1 Rdc7 $11) 29.
Rb1 Qf5 30. b6 {Now black has temporarely lost access to c-file for Rd7;} Rc5
31. Rb4 Kh7 (31... Rd6 32. Bxg4 hxg4 33. Rc2 $1 (33. Rbd4 Rxb6 34. Rxd5 Rxd5
35. Rxd5 Rb1 $1) 33... Rxc2 34. Qxc2 Kh7 (34... Rc6 35. Qxc6 $1 bxc6 36. b7 Qf3
37. Rb1 $1 $18) 35. Qc7+ Rd7 36. Qc5 $14 {d5 is weak, and white controls
c-file here;}) 32. Rbd4 Rd6 33. Bxg4 Qxg4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Tactical blunder,
which was made probably in time-pressure;} (33... hxg4 34. Rc2 Rxc2 35. Qxc2
Rc6 36. Qb3 Qf3 {and black is not worse thanks to control of c-file and
weakness of white king;}) 34. Qxg4 hxg4 35. Rxe4 {[%cal Yd2d6]} Rxb6 36. Rxg4
Kg7 37. h4 {[%cal Rh4h5]} Kf6 38. Kg2 Re6 39. Rgd4 {White is up a pawn, and
the rest of black pawns remain weak;} Re5 $2 {It loses another pawn; More
resistant was:} (39... Ke5 40. f4+ Kf6 (40... Kd6 41. e4 {[%cal Yd4d6]}) 41.
Rxd5 Rxd5 42. Rxd5 Rxe3 43. Rb5 Re7 44. Rb6+ $18 {[%cal Gg2f3] and white is
winning thanks to the active rook and pawn majority over the kingside-not a
big deal for the big master of endgames- Ulf Andersson;}) 40. Rb4 Rc7 41. Rb6+
(41. Rb6+ Kf7 (41... Kg7 42. Rd6 Rc5 43. Rd7+ {[%csl Yb7]}) 42. Rd6 Rc5 43.
Rd7+ Re7 44. R2xd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Politiken zt"]
[Site "Munkebo"]
[Date "1998.09.18"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Qe8
9. Ba3 Na6 10. Qd3 Rb8 11. e4 b5 12. e5 Ng4 $6 (12... b4 $142 13. exf6 Bxf6 14.
Bb2 (14. Bc1 bxc3 15. Bh6 e5 $5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Ne1 e4 $44 {
Babula - Tabatadze, Brno/Morava 1991}) 14... bxc3 15. Bxc3 Qf7 (15... f4 16.
Rfe1 Bg4 17. h3 Bd7 18. Qd2 g5 19. d5 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 g4 $13 {Butnoris -
Tabatadze, Brno/Morava 1991}) 16. Rfe1 g5 17. Qd2 h6 18. d5 c5 19. Re2 $14 {
Lerner,K-Malaniuk,V/URS-ch56 1989/1/2-1/2 (94)}) 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Nd5 $1 $146
(14. Bb2 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nc5 16. dxc5 Nxe5 17. Qd2 $14 {Serrer,C-Buchal,S/BL2-W
1992/1/2-1/2(22)}) 14... b4 $6 (14... Bb7 15. Ng5 $1 (15. Nxe7+ $5 Qxe7 16.
Bxd6 Qd7 17. h3 Be4 18. Qe2 Nh6 19. Ng5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nc7 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 {
[%cal Gh6f7]} 22. Rfd1 f4 $132 (22... Nf7 23. Nxf7 Qd5+ 24. Qf3)) 15... dxe5
16. dxe5 $1 (16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. f3 e4 $1 $17) 16... b4 (16... Bxe5 17. Bxe7 (17.
Rae1 b4 18. h3 bxa3 19. hxg4 $36) 17... Bxa1 18. Bxf8 Qe5 19. Ba3 b4 20. Qc4 $1
bxa3 $140 21. Nf4+ $18) (16... Nxe5 17. Qe2 b4 18. Ne6 Ng4 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20.
Bb2+ $16) 17. Bb2 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Rae1 Bd6 20. Qc4 $16) 15. Bb2 e6 16.
Nf4 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Re6]} d5 $2 {[%csl Ra6,Rc8,Rg4,Rg7] This move is horrible
from two reasons:at first it loses on tactics,and on second hand it cuts of
all black light pieces!} (16... dxe5 $1 17. dxe5 (17. Nxe5 g5 $1 (17... Qb5 18.
Nxg4 Qxd3 19. Nxd3 $16) (17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 {[%cal Rf4e6]} Qb5 19. Qe3 $16)
18. Nxg4 fxg4 19. Ne2 Nc7 $132) 17... Qb5 $1 (17... Bb7 $6 18. h3 Bxf3 (18...
Nh6 19. Qc4 {[%csl Re6] winning e6-pawn}) 19. Bxf3 Bxe5 20. Qxa6 Bxb2 21. hxg4
$16) 18. Qxb5 Rxb5 19. Rfe1 $16 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gh2h3]}) 17. Rac1 Rf7 18. Ng5
Rc7 $2 {loses immediatly} (18... Re7 19. Ngxe6 Rxe6 20. Bxd5 Rbb6 21. h3 Nh6
22. Qc4 $1 (22. Bxe6+ Bxe6 23. d5 Bd7 24. Qe3 $18) 22... Bd7 23. Bxe6+ Bxe6 24.
Nxe6 Rxe6 25. d5 Rb6 26. d6+ $18) {[%tqu "En","","","","g5e6","",10]} 19. Ngxe6
$1 $18 Bxe6 20. Qxa6 Rb6 21. Qxb6 $1 axb6 22. Rxc7 Bh6 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. h3
Nxf2 25. Kxf2 f4 26. g4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Timofeev, Artiom"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Volokitin,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Skopje Alkaloid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. d4 {Normalerweise spielt Timofeev 1. e4. Unsere letzte Partie in Dagomys
2009 hat er mit 1. c4 begonnen. Warum spielte er jetzt 1.d4 - das ist ein
Rätsel.} f5 {Eine große Überraschung! Ich spielte 1...f5 zum ersten Mal.} 2. g3
{Mein Gegner überlegte hier fast 10 Minuten!} Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 {Die sogenannte
Leningrader Variante. Meiner Meinung nach ist das die beste Eröffnung nach 1.
d4, wenn Schwarz auf Erfolg spielt.} 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 {
Die Hauptvariante. Hier hat Schwarz verschiedene Züge.} c6 {Auch sehr
interessant ist 7...Qe8 mit der Idee e5.} 8. b3 ({Ich glaube nicht, dass
Schwarz nach} 8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 {irgendwelche Probleme hat. Zum Beispiel}
10. Qd3 Re8 $1 {mit der Idee nach} 11. Bf4 Ne4 $1) ({Zdenko Kozul hat gegen
mich sehr interessant gespielt:} 8. Qc2 $5 Na6 9. a3 Qe8 10. b4 e5 11. dxe5
dxe5 12. e4 f4 {und ich dachte, dass Schwarz ausgezeichnet steht, aber die
Stellung ist etwas besser für Weiß.} 13. Bb2 $14) 8... Qa5 $1 {Der typische
Zug, mit der Idee den Läufer auf b2 zu hindern. So spielte schon Dolmatov 1989!
} 9. Bd2 ({Nach} 9. Bb2 e5 $1 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e4 f4 {kann der Springer nach
d7 gehen und den Punkt e5 verteidigen.}) 9... Qc7 10. d5 {Sonst e7-e5} Na6 11.
Rc1 Nc5 12. Be3 {Bis jetzt waren alle Züge sehr logisch. Über den nächsten Zug
habe ich ein bisschen überlegt.} a5 {Die Frage bestand darin, Ne4 zu spielen.
Nach} (12... Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 {hat mir} 14. Ng5 $5 {nicht gefallen} ({Nach} 
14. Bd4 e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.}) 14... Nxg5 15. Bxg5
{Ich beurteile diese Stellung als etwas besser für Weiß wegen seines
Raumvorteils.}) 13. Bd4 Bd7 {Schwarz hat alle nützlichen Züge gemacht und nun
habe ich hier 14.a3 erwartet, aber...} 14. Ne5 $3 {Sehr interessant gespielt!
Ich habe diesen Zug überhaupt nicht gesehen! Totale Überraschung!} ({Nach} 14.
a3 {hat Schwarz eine interessante Möglichkeit:} a4 $5 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Nxa4
Ne4 $1 {Schwarz hat eine gute Kompensation.} 17. Nd2 cxd5 18. cxd5 (18. Nxe4
dxe4 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Qxd7 Rxa3 21. Qxb7 Ra7 22. Qd5+ Qxd5 23. cxd5 Rb8 $11)
18... Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Bxa4 20. bxa4 Rxa4 21. Qc2 Ra5 22. Qb3 Kh8 23. a4 Rb8 $11)
14... Be8 {Ich habe verstanden, wenn ich den Läufer retten will, muss ich den
Bauern opfern.} (14... dxe5 $2 15. Bxc5 Rfe8 16. Bxe7 $1 Rxe7 17. d6 $16) (
14... Rad8 15. Nxd7 Nfxd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. a3 $14) 15. dxc6 {Eine
Ungenauigkeit.} ({Ich habe nur mit} 15. Bxc5 {gerechnet:} dxc5 16. Nd3 Bf7 $1 (
16... Qd6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Rc2 $1 $16) 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Nxc5 Rfd8
19. Qc2 e5 20. e4 f4 {mit Kompensation.}) 15... bxc6 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Nd3 {
Der Unterschied ist, dass Schwarz ohne den Zug Bf7 spielen kann.} e5 $1 18. e4
({Nach} 18. Nxc5 Qe7 19. N3a4 e4 20. Qd2 Ng4 {hat Schwarz Kompensation.}) 18...
f4 19. Na4 g5 {Logisch. Ich muss meine Bauern bewegen.} 20. Naxc5 Bh5 21. f3 $8
Qd6 {Die Kritische Stellung. Timofeev spielte} 22. g4 $2 ({Rybka empfiehlt} 22.
gxf4 gxf4 23. Kh1 Rfd8 24. Qc2 Qe7 25. Bh3 Rd6 26. Qc3 {und ich bin mit Rybka
einverstanden, der Läufer steht auf h3 wunderbar. Schwarz hat Kompensation 
(Läuferpaar), aber Weiß steht doch besser.}) 22... Bf7 {Jetzt hat der Läufer
auf g2 keine freundliche Zukunft.} 23. Qe2 h5 $2 {Sehr menschlich gespielt!
Ich verstehe meinen Wunsch, die Verteidigung zudurchbrechen, aber objektiv
wäre besser} (23... Rfd8 24. Rfd1 Qe7 25. Na4 Rd4 26. Ndc5 Rad8 $44) 24. h3 $2
(24. gxh5 $1 {Hier war noch ein Chance für den Läufer g2.} Nxh5 25. Rfd1 Qe7
26. Bh3 $1 $16) 24... hxg4 25. fxg4 {Artiom spielte diesen Abschnitt sehr
zerrissen.} Rfd8 26. Rfd1 Qe7 $1 {Ich hatte ein schönes Feld für den Turm
erspäht - d4!} 27. Na4 Rd4 $1 28. Ne1 Bg6 $1 {Auch der Bauer auf e4 ist
schwach.} 29. Rxd4 exd4 30. e5 Rd8 $1 {Hier hatten wir beide eine Zeitnotphase.
Mein letzter Zug ist sehr unangenehm. Plötzlich steht Weiß sehr gefährlich.}
31. Nb2 {Ein klarer Wunsch den Springer auf d3 zu stellen.} ({Eine andere
Möglichkeit war} 31. Rd1 $1 Nd7 32. Rxd4 $1 Nxe5 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Nf3 Nxf3+
35. Bxf3 {Die schwarzen Läufern sind unglaublich stark, aber es reicht nur zum
Remis:} Qd4+ 36. Kg2 $8 Qa1 37. Be4 $8 (37. Bxc6 Bd4 $19) 37... Bd4 (37...
Bxe4+ 38. Qxe4 Qxa2+ 39. Kf1 Qxb3 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Qh5+ $11) 38. Bxg6 Qg1+ 39.
Kf3 Qh1+ 40. Qg2 Qe1 41. Qe2 Qh1+ $11) 31... Nd7 $1 32. Bxc6 Nxe5 33. Bd5+ Kf8
$1 {Vielleicht hatte Artiom diesen Zug nicht gesehen. Jetzt ist es unmöglich
Nd3 zu spielen.} 34. Rd1 Re8 $1 {Der Turm geht nach e3!} 35. Qf2 Qb4 $6 {
Sehr hastig gespielt.} ({Besser war} 35... Bf6 $1 $15 {Das ist sehr schwer mit
Weiß zu spielen, zum Beispiel} 36. Na4 (36. Nbd3 Nxd3 37. Nxd3 Qe3 $1 $17) (36.
Kg2 Qh7 $1 $17) 36... Kg7 $15) 36. Nbd3 ({Besser war} 36. Kg2 {und Schwarz hat
keine Idee, denn} Qc3 $2 37. Na4 $1 Qe3 38. Qxe3 dxe3 39. Nc5 {und die Bauern
sind zuverlässig blockiert.}) 36... Nxd3 37. Nxd3 Qd6 38. Ne1 Re3 39. Nf3 Qe7
$1 {Ich war sehr zufrieden mit dieser Stellung, aber nur der letzte
Kontrollzug ist der entscheidende Fehler:} 40. Rd2 $4 (40. Qd2 $1 {Einziger
Zug. Das sieht phantastisch aus, aber ich habe keinen Weg zum Erfolg gefunden.
Zun Beispiel} Rd3 ({Während der Partie wollte ich natürlich so spielen:} 40...
Re2 41. Qxa5 $1 Qe3+ 42. Kh1 Bf6 43. h4 Qf2 44. Rg1 $16 {Aber hier ist kein
Matt!}) 41. Qe1 ({Sogar möglich ist} 41. Re1 Rxd2 42. Rxe7 Rd1+ 43. Re1 Rxe1+
44. Nxe1 Bb1 45. a3 d3 46. Nf3 Bc2 47. Be4 Bxb3 48. Bxd3 Bf6 $15 {Schwarz
steht etwas besser, aber wahrscheinlich reicht es nur zum Remis.}) 41... Qe3+
42. Kg2 Rxd1 43. Qxd1 d3 44. Qd2 Bf6 45. Qxa5 Qe2+ {und nur Dauerschach für
Schwarz.}) 40... d3 $19 ({Hier gewinnt leichter} 40... Be4 $1 41. Bxe4 Qxe4 42.
Kg2 d3 $19) 41. Nh4 (41. h4 Bc3 $19) 41... Re1+ {Dieser Zug ist nicht
technisch. Ich war 100% sicher, dass ich gewinne.} (41... Be4 $1 42. Nf5 Bxf5
43. gxf5 Bd4 44. Kf1 Qe5 $19) 42. Kg2 gxh4 43. Qxf4+ Qf6 {Das ist komisch,
aber Weiß gab zu früh auf.} ({Nach} 43... Qf6 44. Qb8+ Re8 45. Qc7 Re2+ 46.
Rxe2 dxe2 47. Qc8+ Be8 48. Qc5+ Qe7 49. Qxe7+ Kxe7 50. Kf2 Bg6 51. Kxe2 Bd4 {
hat Schwarz auf jeden Fall eine gewonnene Stellung, aber Weiß kann noch
spielen.}) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.25"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Black "Garcia Ilundain, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Vorotnikov,V"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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 "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. d4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b3 (8.
d5 Bd7 9. Rb1 Na6 10. b3 Nc5 11. Bb2 a5 12. Nd4 Qb6 13. e3 Qa6 14. a3 cxd5 15.
cxd5 Rfc8 16. Bc1 $14 {Marin,M-Grunberg,S/ROM/1996/}) 8... Na6 9. Bb2 Bd7 (9...
Qe8 10. d5 Bd7 11. Rb1 Rc8 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Ng5 Bxb2 15. Rxb2 Rf5
16. Nxe4 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nc5 18. Re1 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Rc5 20. Rc4 Rxc4 21. bxc4 h6
22. Re2 Rf7 23. Qd4 Qf8 24. f4 Qg7 $10 {Gelfand,B-Ivanchuk,V/Wijk aan Zee/1996/
}) 10. e3 Re8 11. d5 e5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rad1 Rad8 $10 15. Rd2 $6
{>=15.a3} d5 16. cxd5 Nb4 $1 17. Qb1 Nbxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rfd1 Be4 20. Qc1
Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Nd5 22. Bxg7 Qxg7 23. Rd4 Qe7 24. Qd2 Rd8 25. Nh4 $4 (25. b4 $5
b6 26. Qb2 c5 27. bxc5 bxc5 28. Rd1 $15) 25... c5 $1 26. Bxe4 (26. Rc4 Nb6 $19)
26... cxd4 27. Bxd5+ Rxd5 28. Nf3 d3 29. Nd4 Rxd4 $1 30. exd4 Qe2 (30... Qe2
31. Qc3 d2 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. Qc7+ Kh6 34. Qf4+ g5 35. Qd6+ Kh5 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup Final"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Yakovich,Y"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e5
9. e4 Na6 (9... cxd5 10. cxd5 Na6 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Ng5 Qe7 13. h3 h6 14. Nge4
Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Kh7 16. Be3 b6 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. b4 cxb4 20. Qxb4
Rab8 21. Qa3 Rb6 22. Rac1 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Rc1 {Magerramov,E-Vaisser,A/
Nimes op 1991/EXT 91op/1-0 (36)}) (9... c5 10. Ng5 fxe4 11. Ncxe4 Qe7 12. Nxf6+
Bxf6 13. Ne4 Bg7 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Qd2 Bf5 16. Rae1 Nd7 17. h3 a6 18. Nc3 Nf6 19.
f4 exf4 20. g4 Bd7 21. Bxf4 Rae8 22. Rxe8 Bxe8 23. Qe1 Bd7 24. Qg3 Ne8 25. b3
Qa5 26. Ne4 Qxa2 27. Nxd6 Nxd6 28. Bxd6 Bd4+ 29. Kh1 Rxf1+ 30. Bxf1 b5 31. Qf3
Qf2 32. Qxf2 Bxf2 33. Kg2 {1/2-1/2 Koniushkov,I-Malaniuk,V/RUS-Cup8 1997/EXP 58
}) 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Nh4 $1 $146 (11. Ng5 Qc7 12. c5 (12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Nb5
cxb5 14. Bxa8 bxc4 $44) 12... Nxc5 13. b4 Nce4 14. Ngxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16.
Bxe4 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Be3 a5 {1/2-1/2 Obukhov,A-Miles,A/London Lloyds
1993/EXT 97}) 11... c5 $8 (11... cxd5 12. Nxd5 $16) 12. Bg5 $1 {some day black
will have to play h6 and point g6 will weak} Nc7 13. Qc2 h6 $8 (13... Qd7 14.
Bh3 $5 Nh5 15. f4 h6 16. fxe5 $1 hxg5 17. Bxf5 (17. Nxf5 Qd8 $8) 17... Rxf5 (
17... Qd8 $4 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Ng6+ Kxh7 20. Nxf8+ Kg8 21. Qh7#) 18. Nxf5 dxe5 (
18... Bxe5 $2 19. Nh6+ Kg7 20. Rf7+) 19. Ne4 $16) (13... f4 14. Be4 $1 (14.
gxf4 h6 15. Ng6 (15. fxe5 hxg5 $44) 15... hxg5 (15... Re8 16. Bh4 $16) 16. Nxf8
Qxf8 17. fxg5 Nh5 $13) 14... Qd7 15. Bf5 Qf7 16. gxf4 exf4 (16... h6 17. fxe5
hxg5 18. exf6 gxh4 19. Bxc8 $16) 17. Bxc8 $1 (17. Bxf4 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 (18. Nxf5
Nfxd5 19. Nh6+ Bxh6 20. Bxh6 Qh5) 18... Nfxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxf7+ Rxf7 21.
Bxd6 Nb6 $11) 17... Raxc8 18. Bxf4 Nfxd5 19. Bxd6 Nxc3 20. Bxf8 $16) 14. Bd2
Nfe8 15. Kh1 Qf6 16. f4 e4 17. Rae1 {[%cal Yc3d1,Yd1e3,Yd2c3]} b5 $1 18. b3
bxc4 19. bxc4 h5 20. Nd1 Qf7 21. Nf2 $2 $138 (21. Bc3 $6 Bd4 22. Ne3 Qf6) (21.
Ne3 {/\} Z0 22. Bh3 Z0 23. Rb1 $16 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Rb1b8,Rc2a4,Ra4a5]}) 21...
Bd4 22. Nh3 Ng7 23. Ng5 Qf6 24. Rb1 Re8 25. Rb3 Na6 26. a3 (26. Rfb1 Nb4 $1)
26... Rb8 27. Bh3 Rxb3 28. Qxb3 Nc7 29. Re1 $2 (29. Qb8 $1 $16 Na6 30. Qxa7 e3
31. Ba5 e2 32. Re1 Bf2 33. Bc3 $1) 29... Na8 30. Ng2 Nb6 31. Ne3 $138 Ba6 $14
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