[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schussler} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7.
Re1 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14.
a4 h6 15. Bc2 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Bb1 c5 18. d5 Nd7 19. Ra3 f5 20. Nh2 $1 {
Eine großartige Neuerung!} (20. Rae3 {Schussler} Nf6 21. Nh2 Qd7 {19. - Kh8 -
Kasparov,G-Karpov,A, Lyon (m20) 1990.} 22. Rf3 (22. exf5 Rxe3 23. fxe3 Bxd5 24.
Ng4 Be7 25. e4 Bf7 26. Nf3 Rd8 $13 {Kasparov,G-Karpov,A, Amsterdam 1991.})
22... Re5 23. b3 fxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxd5 $15 {Oll,L-Hjartarson,J, USA
1991.}) 20... Nf6 21. Rf3 Re5 {Im Vergleich zu Oll - Hjartarson, Philadelphia
1991 hat Weiß ein Tempo gewonnen, weil Schwarz nicht ...Qd7 gespielt hat.} (
21... fxe4 $6 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 $2 24. Rxe4 Bxd5 25. Rxf8+ $1 Qxf8
26. Rxb4 $1 cxb4 27. Qxd5+ Kh8 28. axb5 axb5 29. Be3 $1 Ra1+ 30. Nf1 Qf6 31.
Qxb5 Qxb2 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ Kh8 34. Bd4 Qb1 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Bxa1 Qxa1 37.
Qe4+ $18) 22. Rxf5 Rxf5 23. exf5 Bxd5 24. Ne4 (24. Ng4 {Schussler} Nxg4 25.
hxg4 $13 {23.Qxg4? Qg5!}) 24... Bxe4 25. Bxe4 d5 26. Bf3 (26. Bb1 {Schussler}
d4 27. Ng4 d3 $19) 26... c4 27. Re6 Nd3 28. Be3 d4 29. Bxh6 $1 (29. Bxd4 {
Schussler} Qxd4 30. Bxa8 Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 Qxb2 $19) (29. Bxa8 {Schussler} dxe3 $19
) 29... Nxb2 30. Qc2 Nxa4 31. Bg5 $36 d3 32. Qd2 Nc5 (32... c3 33. Qa2 Kh8 34.
Bxf6 $6 gxf6 35. Re4 Bh6 36. Rh4 Qf8 37. Bxa8 c2 38. Qa1 d2 $19) (32... c3 33.
Qa2 Kh8 34. Bxa8 $1 Qxa8 35. Rxf6 $5 d2 36. Rxf8+ Qxf8 37. Bxd2 cxd2 38. Qxd2
Qxf5 $10) (32... c3 33. Qa2 Kh8 34. Bxa8 $1 Qxa8 35. Bxf6 $6 gxf6 36. Nf3 c2
$17) 33. Bxf6 gxf6 34. Rc6 Rc8 35. Rxc8 Qxc8 36. Bd5+ Kh7 37. Qf4 $16 d2 38.
Qg4 d1=Q+ 39. Qxd1 Qxf5 40. Ng4 Bh6 41. Qe1 Bf8 42. Qe8 Qb1+ 43. Kh2 Bd6+ 44.
g3 Qg6 45. Qd8 1-0

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8 12. h4 Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 fxg6 15.
Qg4 Qe7 (15... Qa5 $2 16. Qxe6+ Kd8 17. Bg2 $3 Nxc3 18. Kf1 $1 Nd5 19. Qxc6
N5b6 20. Rh8 Qb4 21. e6 Rb8 22. exd7 Nxd7 23. a3 $1 Qe7 24. Qxg6 $1 Rb6 25. Qh5
$16 {Knaak,R-Van der Wiel,J/Lugano/1989/1-0 (33)}) 16. Rh8 (16. Qxg6+ Qf7 17.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 18. O-O-O (18. Ne4 $5 Bb4+ 19. Ke2 c3 $1 20. bxc3 Nxc3+ 21. Nxc3
Bxc3 22. Rd1 b4 $1 23. Bg2 Ba6+ 24. Ke3 Rg8 $1 25. Bxc6 $13 {Lobron,E-Shirov,A/
Deutschland/1993/0-1 (41)}) (18. Bg2 N7b6 (18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rb8 20. f4 (20.
Bxc6 Bb7 21. Rh7+ Kg6 22. Rxd7 Bxc6 23. Rxa7 Bf3 24. Kd2 Bh6+ 25. Kc2 {Shirov,
A-Stisis,Y/London Lloyds (01)/1991/1-0 (43)}) 20... b4 21. Kd2 a5 22. Bxc6 Nb6
23. g4 Bb7 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Rh7+ $13 {Bareev,E-San Segundo,P/Madrid (04)/1994/
0.5 (46)}) (18... Bb4 19. Kd2 Nf8 20. f4 (20. Raf1 Bb7 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Kc1
Bc8 23. f4 Bf5 24. g4 Bd3 25. Rf2 $13 {Schmidt,Wl-Urban,K/Gdansk ch-PL (09)/
1994/0.5 (74)}) 20... Bd7 21. Raf1 Rd8 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. g4 Ba5 24. f5 Kg7 25.
Rh5 $10 {Piesina,G-Khenkin,I/Pardubice op (2)/1993/0.5 (28)}) (18... Bg7 19.
Ne4 Nf8 20. Kd2 Bd7 21. f4 a5 22. Raf1 a4 23. a3 Rb8 24. Nd6+ Kg8 25. Be4 $36 {
Szabo,Zs-Horvath,P/HUN-chT1 9394/1994/1-0 (40)}) 19. Ne4 Bd7 20. Ke2 Bg7 21.
Nd6+ Kg8 22. Rh5 Na4 23. Rg5 Nxb2 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rh1 $40 {Yusupov,A-Chekhov,
V/USSR ch/1980/1-0 (34)}) 18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 Nb6 20. Re1 Bd7 21. Be2 Bg7 22.
Bh5+ Ke7 23. Bg6 Be8 24. Be4 Rc8 25. f4 $13 {Knaak,R-Hertneck,G/Potsdam
DDR-FRG/1988/1-0 (35)}) (16. Bg2 $5 Qf7 $1 17. Be4 Ne7 18. O-O-O $6 (18. Nxb5
cxb5 19. Bxa8 Nb6 20. Be4 Bd7 21. Rh8 Bc6 22. f3 Nbd5 23. Kf2 Nb4 24. a3 Nd3+
25. Bxd3 $13 {Shirov,A-Morovic,I/Las Palmas (09)/1994/1-0 (40)}) 18... Ba6 $1
19. Ne2 Bg7 $1 20. Nf4 Nf8 $15 {Beliavsky,A-Kramnik,V/Linares/1993/0-1 (59)})
16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qa3 $1 $146 (17... Qf7 $132 18. Bg2 Bb7 19. Be4 O-O-O 20.
Bxg6 Qe7 21. a4 $1 a6 $8 22. Rh7 Bg7 23. Be4 Rg8 24. Qf3 $5 Kc7 25. axb5 $13 {
Kamsky,G-Serper,G/Groningen/1993/0.5 (44)}) 18. Qxg6+ (18. Qxe6+ Kd8 19. Rd1
Qxc3+ 20. Ke2 (20. Rd2 Qb4 21. Qxc6 c3 22. Rd3 c2+ 23. Ke2 Qb2 24. Rxf8+ Nxf8
25. Qf6+ Ke8 26. Qc6+ Bd7 (26... Kf7 27. Rf3+ Bf5 28. Rxf5+ gxf5 29. Qf6+ Kg8
30. Qg5+ Kh7 31. Qxf5+ Ng6 32. Qh3+ Kg7 33. Qd7+ Kf8 34. Qf5+ $10) 27. Qxa8+
Ke7 $19) 20... Qc2+ (20... Qb2+ 21. Rd2 Qb4 22. Qxc6 Rb8 $132) 21. Ke1 (21. Rd2
Qe4+ 22. Kd1 Qb1+ 23. Ke2 c3 24. Qd6 Qe4+ 25. Kd1 Qf5 26. Rc2 $13) 21... Kc7
22. Rxf8 $140 Nxf8 23. Qd6+ Kb6 24. Qc5+ Kb7 25. Bg2 Qc3+ 26. Kf1 Bd7 27. Qxb5+
Kc7 $13) 18... Kd8 19. Rd1 (19. Qc2 Nb6 (19... Kc7 20. Qc1 Qe7 21. Bg2 Qg7 22.
Rh5 Bb7 $13) 20. Bg2 Bd7 21. Qc1) 19... Qxc3+ 20. Ke2 (20. Rd2 Kc7 21. Ke2 Bb4
22. Rd1 Qb2+ 23. Ke3 c5 $17) 20... Qb2+ 21. Rd2 (21. Kf3 Kc7 22. Qxe6 $140 c3
23. Qb3 c2 $1) 21... Qb4 (21... Qa3 22. Qxe6 c3 23. Rc2 $13) 22. Qxe6 c3 23. a3
(23. Rd3 c2 24. Qh6 Kc7 25. Qd2 (25. Qc1 Qb1 26. Kd2 Bb4+ $19) 25... Qc4 26.
Qc1 Ba3) (23. Rc2 Qxd4 24. Bg2 Bb7 $15 (24... b4 $6 25. Rxf8+ Nxf8 26. Qf6+))
23... Qxa3 $6 (23... Qb1 24. Qd6 Qf5 25. Rd3 $40 (25. Bh3 Qe4+ $10)) 24. Rc2 (
24. Qxc6 $4 cxd2 25. Qxa8 Qc1 $19) 24... Kc7 (24... Bb7 25. Bh3) 25. Rh7 $1 (
25. Bg2 Bb7 26. Rh7 Rd8 27. Bh3 Bc8 28. Ra2 Qc1 (28... c2 $2 29. Rxc2 $16) 29.
Rxd7+ Rxd7 30. Rxa7+ Kb6 31. Rxd7 c2 $19) 25... b4 (25... Kb6 26. Bg2 Nxe5 27.
Qxe5 Bg4+ 28. Kd3 Qd6 $16) 26. Ra2 $1 b3 (26... c2 27. Rxc2 Qa6+ 28. Kd2 Qxf1
29. Qxc6+ Kd8 30. Qc7+ Ke8 31. Qxc8+ Rxc8 32. Rxc8#) (26... Qc1 27. Bg2 Ba6+
28. Rxa6 Qd2+ 29. Kf3 Qd3+ (29... Qd1+ 30. Kf4 Bh6+ 31. Rxh6 Qd2+ 32. Kg4 Qe2+
33. Kh3 Qxa6 34. Qd6+ $18) 30. Kg4 Qxh7 31. Qxc6+ Kd8 32. Qxa8+ $18) 27. Rxa3
c2 28. Ra4 $1 (28. Kd2 Bxa3 $17) (28. Bh3 Bxa3 29. Qxb3 c1=Q $17) 28... c1=Q
29. Rc4 (29. Rc4 Qb2+ 30. Ke3 c5 (30... Kd8 31. Qxc6 $18) 31. Bg2 Rb8 32. Bc6
Rb6 33. Rxd7+ Kb8 34. Rd8 cxd4+ 35. Kf3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow PCA-Intel qual"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 g6 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 a6 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 Be6 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Nd5 Nxe3 15.
fxe3 Qb7 16. c6 Qa7 17. c7 Bxd5 18. c8=Q Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Nc6 20. Qg4 Be6 21. Qh4
Bf6 22. Qf2 Qxf2 23. Rxf2 Rac8 24. Qd2 Rfd8 25. Qh6 Bg7 26. Qh4 h6 27. Rff1 g5
28. Qf2 Bxb2 29. Rad1 Ne5 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Bxb5 axb5 32. Qxb2 Bc4 33. Nxe5
Bxf1 34. Kg1 Rd1 35. Kf2 e6 36. Qc2 1-0

[Event "Parnu-A"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.02.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 dxc3 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. bxc3 Qd3
14. Bc2 Qxc3 15. Nb3 Rd8 $5 (15... Nxb3 16. Bxb3 Nd4 17. Qg4 Qxa1 18. Bxe6 Rd8
19. Bh6 Qc3 20. Bxg7 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Anand,V (10)/PCA-Wch (New York)/1995 (38)}
) 16. Bd2 Rxd2 (16... Qxe5 $5 17. Qg4 (17. Re1 Qd5 18. Bf4 (18. Qg4 {Wedberg}
Ne5 (18... e5 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Be4 $16) 19. Rxe5 Qxe5 20. Re1 Qd5
21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Rxe6+ Kf7 23. Bb3 {+-}) 18... Nb4) 17... Bd6 (17... Nxb3 18.
Rae1 Nxd2 19. Rxe5 Nxe5 20. Qxe6+ Be7 21. Qxe5) 18. f4 Qf6) (16... Qc4 17. Qh5+
Kd7 18. Rac1 $40) 17. Nxd2 $14 {Kasparov} Nxe5 $6 (17... Qxe5 18. Re1 Qf6 19.
Nb3 $14) 18. Nb3 Ned7 (18... Ncd3 19. Bxd3 Nxd3 20. Qf3 $16) (18... Bd6 19. Rc1
Ncd3 20. Bxd3 Qxd3 21. Nc5 $16) 19. Nd4 $1 Bd6 20. Rc1 Qb2 (20... Qa3 21. Qh5+
Kf8 22. Bb3 $16) 21. Bb3 Nxb3 (21... O-O 22. Rc2 Qa3 23. Nxe6 Nxb3 24. Nxf8 $18
) 22. axb3 {Black has too many weaknesses: a6,c7 and e6 pawns.} O-O (22... c5
$2 23. Re1 $18) (22... e5 {Wedberg} 23. Ne6 $16) 23. Rc2 Qa3 24. Nxe6 Qxb3 (
24... Rf7 25. Nxc7 Qxb3 26. Nxa6 $18) 25. Nxf8 Nxf8 (25... Kxf8 $6 26. Rxc7 $1
$18) 26. Qb1 Qxb1 (26... Qe6 27. Qa2 $18) (26... Qf7 {Wedberg} 27. Qa2 Ne6 28.
Re1 {+-}) 27. Rxb1 Nd7 28. Rd1 (28. Rc6 Nb8) 28... Nc5 (28... Nb6 29. Rc6 Be5
30. g3 g5 31. Re1 $18) 29. Rd5 Ne4 30. Rc6 (30. Rc6 Nf6 31. Rf5 b4 32. Rxa6 $18
) 1-0

[Event "Parnu-A"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.02.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bd7 6. e4 Bg7 $1 {N} (6... e5 7.
Nf3 exd4 (7... Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. c5 $1 Bg7 10. Qb3 Qb8 11. cxd6 cxd6 12. Bb5 O-O
13. a4 Bg4 14. Nd2 $14 {Psakhis,L-Wolff,P/New York 55/564 1992}) 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9.
Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. f3 Nc6 12. Nc2 Nh5 13. g4 Nf6 14. Be3 a6 15. Qd2 Ne5
16. Rad1 Be6 17. b3 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. g5 Nfd7 20. Bxb5 $16 {Sokolov,
I-Hodgson,J/Groningen (03) ;CBM 45 1994}) 7. Be2 (7. f4 $6 e5 $1 8. Nf3 exd4 9.
Nxd4 O-O 10. Be2 Re8 11. Bf3 Nc6 $15) 7... O-O 8. Nf3 e5 {Schwarz bekam eine
bekannte theoretische Stellung mit einem Mehrtempo-der Läufer steht bereits
auf d7. Ob dies von Vorteil für ihn ist, läßt es sich noch nicht sagen.} 9. Be3
$1 (9. O-O Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 $6 a5 $10 {Hier steht der Läufer auf d7 gut,
z.B 12.a3? a4!}) 9... Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Nc6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qd5+ {
Hauptsächlich wegen dieser Schachmöglichkeit wählte Khalifman seinen 9. Zug.
Stünde nun der Läufer wie üblich auf c8, könnte nun Qxd5 folgen, mit einem für
Schwarz günstigen Endspiel.} Kh8 (13... Rf7 $6 14. c5 Qe7 15. Bc4 Nd8 16. O-O-O
Be6 17. Qd3 Kh8 (17... Qxc5 $4 18. Qxd8+ $18) (17... Bxc4 18. Qxc4 $16) 18. h3
Nh6 19. Nxe5 Bxc4 20. Nxc4 Qxc5 21. Qd5 $16) 14. O-O-O $1 Be8 15. Qe6 $6 (15.
h3 Nh6 16. Qxd8 (16. g4 $5 Nf7 $13) 16... Rxd8 17. Rxd8 Nxd8 18. Rd1 (18. Nxe5
$2 g5 $19) (18. Nb5 $5) 18... Ne6 $10) (15. Qxd8 $5 Rxd8 16. Rxd8 Nxd8 17. Nb5
Bxb5 (17... c6 $2 18. Nxa7 $16) 18. cxb5 Ne6 19. Rd1 $14 {^^}) 15... Qc8 16.
Qxc8 Rxc8 17. h3 Nh6 18. Rhe1 Nf7 $10 {Weiß handelte zu passiv, die Stellung
ist schon zumindest ausgeglichen, eher etwas besser für Schwarz wegen der
Schwäche des Punktes d4. Erstaunlicherweise führt aber diese passive Taktik
zum weißen Erfolg.} 19. Kb1 Nfd8 20. Bf1 Ne6 21. Bg3 Rf7 22. Nd2 Ncd4 23. Nb3
Bf8 $6 (23... Nxb3 $1 24. axb3 Bf8 25. f3 Bc5 $15) 24. Nxd4 exd4 (24... Nxd4
25. f4 exf4 26. Bxf4 Ne6 27. Bg3 $10) 25. Nd5 g5 $2 {/\c6 Ein grober Fehler.
Schwarz sah nur seine Drohungen...} (25... c6 26. Nf4 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 c5 28. Bd3
Bc6 29. f3 $10) 26. Be2 $1 $16 {/\Bg4,Bh5,><f6} c6 (26... c5 27. Bg4 Bd7 28.
Bh5 Rg7 29. Nxf6 $16) 27. Bg4 Bd7 28. Bh5 Kg8 $5 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Ne3 $8 Rd8
31. Nf5 c5 32. Bd6 $18 b5 $2 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 34. cxb5 Bxb5 35. g3 c4 36. e5 $1
Ba4 37. Rd2 fxe5 38. Rxe5 Kf7 39. Nh6+ Kf6 40. Ng4+ Ke7 41. f4 gxf4 42. gxf4
Kf7 43. Ra5 c3 44. bxc3 1-0

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Khalifman,A"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht Ftacnik Cifuentes,R} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6
6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 O-O 9. f4 Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8
13. g4 (13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 b6 16. Qf2 Bb7 17. f5 Bf6 18. fxe6
fxe6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Galkin,A-Sokolov,A/RUS-ch 1996 (24)}) 13...
Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. g5 Rd8 (17... Rxa7 18. gxf6 Bxf6
19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Qc1 (21. Qe1 $40 {Cifuentes,R}) (21. Qe1 b6 22.
Rg1+ Kh8 23. Qh4 f5 24. Qh6 f6 25. Rg6 Rf8 26. Rag1 Qe7 {0-1 Rivera,D-Larrosa,
J/La Coruna (02)/1993 (38)}) 21... Kh8 22. Rg1 (22. Qh6 Rg8 23. Bh5 Bg4 24.
Bxg4 Rxg4 25. Rad1 Qe7 26. Rg1 f5 27. Rxg4 fxg4 28. Rd7 Qe8 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30.
Rd8 {1-0 Oll,L-Cvitan,O/Eupen op 25' (06)/1995}) 22... Rg8 23. Qh6 Rg6 24. Rad1
Qe7 25. Qd2 Be6 {1/2-1/2 Sutovskij,E-Zoler,D/ISR-ch (06)/1994/ (42)} (25... Be6
{Ftacnik} 26. Qd8+ Qxd8 27. Rxd8+ Kg7 28. a5 {1/2-1/2 Sutovskij,E-Zoler,D/
ISR-ch (06)/1994 (42)})) (17... Bb4 18. gxf6 (18. Na2 a5 (18... Ba5 19. Be3 Rd8
20. Qe2 Ne8 21. c4 Be6 22. Rfc1 Qe7 23. Nc3 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 {Dolmatov,S-Kalegin,
E/RUS-ch Elista (07)/1995/1/2-1/2 (76)}) 19. Be3 Nd7 20. Nxb4 axb4 21. Qd2 Nf8
22. Qxb4 Qxc2 23. Rfc1 Qd3 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Marcantoni,H/Paris-ch (08)/1991/ 
(51)} (23... Qd3 {Ftacnik} 24. Ra3 Qa6 25. Bg2 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Marcantoni,H/
Paris-ch (08)/1991 (51)})) 18... Bxc3 19. Qc1 {! N} (19. bxc3 Rxa7 20. Qd2 Qc5
21. Qg5 g6 22. Rad1 Be6 23. Rd2 b5 {1/2-1/2 Lawson,D-Morrison,G/Edinburgh op/
1989 (29)}) 19... Bb4 20. Be3 Bf8 $2 (20... gxf6 21. Bh6 Kh8 22. Rg1 $18) (
20... g6 21. c3 Bd6 22. Bh6 $40) (20... Be6 $5 21. Bh6) 21. Bh6 $3 $16 {
1-0 Tiviakov,S-Beshukov,S/RUS-ch 1996 (29)} (21. Bh6 Qc6 22. Bxg7 Bxg7 23. fxg7
Be6 24. Rf2 a5 25. Qg5 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Beshukov,S/RUS-ch Elista (09)/1996 (30)}
)) (17... Nd7 18. Nd5 Qc6 19. Be3 Bc5 20. Bh5 g6 21. Qf3 Rf8 22. Bg4 b6 23.
Bxd7 Bxd7 24. Bxc5 bxc5 {1-0 Fishbein,A-MacArthur,J/New York op '60 Newark (01)
1996}) 18. Qe2 (18. Qc1 Rxa7 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Qc6 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Bh5
Qh4 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Bd5 Bh3 25. Rf3 {Kaiumov,D-Semeniuk,A/Vladivostok2 op 
(06)/1995/1-0 (78)}) 18... Ne8 (18... Rxa7 $2 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Rxd5 (20...
Qc6 {Cifuentes,R} 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Bh5 Qh4 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Bd5 $16) 21.
exd5 Be7 22. Be4 $16 {Tiviakov,S-Andruet,G/Torcy/1991/} (22. Be4 {Ftacnik} Bd6
23. Qd3 h6 24. Rf3 b6 25. Raf1 f6 26. Rg1 Qc5 27. Rxf6 Qxg1+ 28. Kxg1 gxf6 29.
Bf5 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Andruet,G/Torcy op/1991/})) 19. Be3 Be6 20. Bg4 $5 {
Van der Wiel} (20. Qf2 Rdc8 (20... Qc4 21. Nd5 $1 (21. Bb6 Rdc8 22. Be3 Bc5 $15
23. Rad1 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Qb4 25. Rd3 Rd8 26. b3 Rd4 $1 (26... Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Qe7
28. Qd2 Rd8 29. Nd5 $15) 27. Rfd1 Rc8 28. R1d2 Qc5 29. Kg2 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31.
Nd1 Rxd3 32. Qxd3 f6 33. gxf6 Nxf6 34. Ne3 Kh8 $1 35. c4 bxc4 36. Nxc4 h6 37.
Rc2 Qb5 38. Rc1 Qc5 39. Rc2 Qb5 40. Rc1 Qb4 41. Qc3 Qe7 42. Qe3 Nd7 43. Be2 Rb8
44. Nd2 Nf8 45. Kh1 {Topalov,V-Kasparov,G/Erevan olm 1996/0-1 (63)}) 21... Bxd5
22. b3 Qc3 23. exd5 Nd6 24. Rac1 Rac8 25. Bd2 Qb2 26. c4 $16 Qxb3 27. c5 Nf5
28. d6 Bxd6 29. cxd6 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Qxa4 $2 (30... Nxd6 31. a5 $16) 31. Qb6 Qd7
32. Ba5 Re8 33. Bb4 Ng3+ $2 34. hxg3 {1-0 Dolmatov,S-Namgilov,S/RUS-ch 1996})
21. Rad1 (21. a5 Nd6 22. Na4 Nc4 $132 (22... Rf8 23. b3 Nb5 24. Nb6 Rad8 25.
Nd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Nc3 27. Bb6 Qd7 28. Qg2 e4 29. Bg4 Qxd5 {1/2-1/2 Sax,
G-Bairachny,R/Budapest Spring op 1996 (48)} (29... Qxd5 30. Rf5 Qc6 {1/2-1/2
Sax,G-Bairachny,R/Budapest Spring op (06)/1996 (49)}))) (21. Bg4 Nd6 22. Bxe6
fxe6 23. g6 Bf6 (23... Rf8 {Ftacnik} 24. Qg2 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Rf8 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8
27. Qh3 hxg6 28. Qxe6+ Kh7 29. Qh3+ Kg8 30. Qe6+ Kh7 31. Qxe5 {1/2-1/2
Riemersma,L-Ligterink,G/NLD-ch/1987 (36)}) 24. Qg2 Qe7 25. Rf3 Nc4 26. Bc1 hxg6
27. b3 Na5 28. Qxg6 Qf7 $15 29. Qg4 Nc6 {0-1 Fishbein,A-Gligoric,S/Moscow
GMA-op 1989 (75)}) (21. Bb6 $6 {Cifuentes,R} Qc4 22. a5 Qb4) 21... Bc5 22. Bxc5
Qxc5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxc2 25. Rxe5 Qxf2 26. Rxf2 g6 $11 {Anand,
V-Kasparov,G/Las Palmas/1996/}) 20... Bc4 (20... Nd6 {Cifuentes,R} 21. Bxe6
fxe6 22. Qg4 $16 (22. Qg4 {Ftacnik} Qc4 23. g6 $14)) 21. Qf2 Qc6 (21... Bxf1
22. Rxf1 f6 23. Be6+ Kh8 24. g6 $16) 22. b3 $1 (22. Rfe1 {Cifuentes,R} Nd6 23.
b3 $2 Nxe4 $1 24. Nxe4 Bd5 $19) 22... Bxf1 23. Rxf1 f6 (23... Qg6 24. Qf3 (24.
h4 $40 {Cifuentes,R}) 24... Nd6 (24... Nc7 {Ftacnik} 25. Bh5 Qd6 26. Bxf7+ Kh8
27. g6 $40) 25. h4 $16) (23... Nd6 24. Nd5 Bf8 25. c4 $44) 24. Nd5 Rxd5 (24...
Bf8 25. c4 $44 (25. Qg2 $1 {Cifuentes,R} Kh8 26. c4 b5 27. Qh3 bxc4 28. Bf5 h6
29. gxh6 g5 30. Qh5 Qb7 31. Qg6 Rxd5 32. exd5 cxb3 33. Bxg5 $1 fxg5 34. Be6 $18
)) 25. exd5 Qxd5+ 26. Bf3 (26. Kg1 $5 {Cifuentes,R} Nd6 (26... Rd8 $5) 27. c4
Qd3 28. Rd1 $1 Qxb3 29. gxf6 Ne4 $8 {[#]} (29... gxf6 $2 30. Rxd6 $1 Bxd6 31.
Be6+ Kg7 32. Bh6+ $3 Kxh6 33. Qxf6+ Kh5 34. Bf7+ Kg4 35. h3+ $18) 30. fxe7 $1 (
30. Be6+ $2 Kh8 31. fxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33. Re1 Qc3 34. Re2 Rf8 $1 $19)
30... Qxd1+ 31. Bxd1 Nxf2 32. Kxf2 Kf7 33. Bc5 $16) 26... e4 27. c4 {N} (27.
Be2 Rc8 (27... b5 $5) (27... b5 $5 28. c4 Qe6 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Bxb5 Qxb3) 28.
c4 (28. Bc4 Rxc4 29. bxc4 Qxc4 $13) 28... Qc6 (28... Qe5 $5 {Cifuentes,R} 29.
Bg4 Rd8 30. Bf4 Qc5 31. Be6+ Kh8 32. Qxc5 Bxc5 33. Bd5 Nd6 $11) 29. c5 Kf8 30.
b4 Qd5 31. Qh4 Kg8 32. Qh3 Rd8 33. Rc1 $16 {Van der Wiel-Dao Thien Hai/Wijk-B/
1997/}) 27... Qe6 (27... Qe5 $1 {Cifuentes,R} 28. Be2 Rc8 $13) 28. Be2 Rd8 $6 (
28... fxg5 29. c5 Qf6 (29... Qxb3 30. Bxg5 Bf6 31. Bxf6 Nxf6 32. Qd4 b5 $8 33.
cxb6 Rc8 34. Bxa6 $18) 30. Bc4+ Kh8 31. Bd5 (31. Qg3 $1 {Cifuentes,R} Qc6 32.
Qe5 Bf6 33. Bd5 $1 Nc7 34. Bxc6 Bxe5 35. Bxb7 Rb8 36. Bxe4 $16) 31... Qxf2 32.
Rxf2 $14 (32. Bxf2 Rb8 33. Bxe4 a5 $1 34. Re1 $1 Nf6 35. Bxh7 Bxc5 36. Bxc5
Kxh7 37. Bb6 Ra8 38. Re7 Nd5 $1 39. Rxb7 Nxb6 40. Rxb6 Rc8 41. Rb5 Rc3 42. Rxa5
Rxb3 43. Rxg5 Ra3 44. a5 Ra2 $11) (32. Rxf2 Rb8 33. Bxe4 (33. Rf7 Nf6 34. Bc4
Re8 35. Bxg5 h6 (35... Bxc5 $2 36. Rxf6 $1 $18) 36. Be3 Kh7 $13) 33... Nf6 34.
Bf3 $8 a5 $1 $11)) (28... b5) 29. c5 $1 Qxb3 (29... Nc7 $2 30. Bc4 Nd5 31. Qf5
$18 (31. Qf5 {Ftacnik} Qf7 32. Rd1 $18)) (29... Rd3 30. Bxd3 exd3 31. b4 $16)
30. Qf5 $1 (30. Rc1 Kf8) 30... Kh8 (30... Qxe3 $2 31. Qe6+ Kh8 (31... Kf8 32.
Bc4 $18) 32. Qxe7 $18) (30... Qa2 31. Re1 Kh8 (31... b5 {Ftacnik} 32. cxb6 (32.
axb5 axb5 33. Qxe4 $40) 32... Nd6) 32. Qxe4 Qd5 33. Bf3 Qxe4 34. Bxe4 $16) (
30... Kf8 31. Qxh7 $16) (30... Qxa4 {Ftacnik} 31. Qe6+ Kf8 32. Bc4 $18) 31.
Qxe4 Qd5 (31... Rd7 32. Rb1 (32. Bc4 $2 Qxa4 33. Qe6 Qc6+) (32. Bf3 {Ftacnik}
Qd3 33. Qxd3 Rxd3 34. Re1 Nc7 35. gxf6 Bxf6 36. Bxb7 $16) 32... Qa2 33. Bg4 $16
) 32. Bf3 Qxe4 33. Bxe4 $16 Nc7 (33... Rd7 34. Rb1 $16 (34. Rb1 {Cifuentes,R}
fxg5 35. Bxb7 Nc7 36. c6 Rd3 37. Bb6 Bd6 38. Re1 $18)) 34. Bxb7 Kg8 (34... fxg5
{Ftacnik} 35. Rf7 $16) 35. gxf6 gxf6 (35... Bxf6 {Ftacnik} 36. Bf4 Ne6 37. c6
$18) 36. c6 (36. Bf4 $2 Bxc5 37. Bxc7 Rd7 $11) (36. Be4 $5 Nd5 37. Bg1 $16)
36... Rd3 (36... Kf7 {Ftacnik} 37. Bb6 Bd6 38. Bxa6 $18) 37. Bb6 Bd8 (37... Nd5
{Ftacnik} 38. a5 Rc3 39. Rd1 $18) (37... Bd6 {Ftacnik} 38. Rxf6 $18) 38. a5 Kf7
39. Bc8 Rd6 40. Bd7 Rd2 41. Rf3 h5 42. Rb3 Rd5 (42... Ke7 {Ftacnik} 43. Bc5+
Kf7 44. Rb8 Be7 45. Bb6 Bd6 46. Rb7 Nd5 47. c7 Rxh2+ 48. Kg1 Bxc7 49. Rxc7 Rb2
50. Rb7 $18) 43. Kg2 (43. Bxc7 $2 Bxc7 44. Rb7 Rd1+ 45. Kg2 Rd2+ $11 (45...
Rd2+ {Cifuentes,R} 46. Kf3 Bxa5 47. c7 Bxc7 48. Rxc7 Rxh2 $11)) 43... h4 44.
Kf3 f5 (44... Rd1 {Ftacnik} 45. Kg4 $18) 45. Ke2 Re5+ (45... Ke7 {Ftacnik} 46.
Be3 (46. Ke3 Kd6 47. Kf4 Bf6 48. Bxf5 (48. Re3 Bg7) 48... Be5+ 49. Kg4 Bxh2 50.
Be4 Rb5 51. Rd3+ Ke6 52. Kxh4 $16) 46... Ne6 47. Bxe6 Kxe6 48. Bb6 $16) 46. Kd3
Ke7 47. Rb4 $1 Nd5 $6 (47... Rd5+ 48. Rd4 Kd6 49. Kc4 $16 (49. Kc4 {Cifuentes,R
} Rxd4+ 50. Kxd4 Bf6+ 51. Kc4 $14) (49. Rxd5+ {Ftacnik} Kxd5 50. Bxf5 Kxc6 51.
Kc4 $16)) 48. Kd4 $1 Nxb6 (48... Nxb4 49. Kxe5 $18 (49. Kxe5 {Ftacnik} Nd3+ 50.
Kxf5 $18)) 49. Kxe5 (49. axb6 $2 {Ftacnik} Re4+) 49... Nxd7+ 50. cxd7 Kxd7 (
50... Bc7+ 51. Kd5 $1 (51. Kxf5 Bxh2 52. Rxh4 Bc7 53. Rh7+ Kd6 $11 (53... Kd6 {
Cifuentes,R} 54. Rh6+ Kxd7 55. Rxa6 Kc8 $11)) 51... Kxd7 (51... Bxh2 52. Kc6)
52. Rxh4 Bxa5 53. Rh7+ $18) 51. Rd4+ Kc8 52. Rxd8+ Kxd8 {[#] Hecht Einfaches
Tempo- bzw. Abzählproblem} 53. Kxf5 (53. Kxf5 {Ftacnik} Kd7 (53... Ke7 {Hecht}
54. Kg4 Kf6 55. Kxh4 Kf5 56. Kg3 (56. Kh5) 56... Kg5 57. Kf3 {[%cal Yg5h4,
Yh4h3,Yh3h2,Yh2g3,Yg3f4,Yf4e5,Yf3e4,Ye4d5,Yd5c6,Yc6b6,Yb6a6,Ya6b7] Und nun
kommt Schwarz via h2 in 6 Zügen bis nach e5. In der gleichen Zeit landet der
weiße König aber schon auf b7. Also +-}) 54. Kg4 Kc6 55. Kxh4 Kb5 56. Kg5 Kxa5
57. h4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Skolernes Skakklub"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "1997.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 g6 6. a3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ba2
b5 9. Re1 Rb8 10. c3 a5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb6 13. Nf1 Bg4 14. Be3 Bxf3 15.
gxf3 Qb7 16. Ng3 a4 17. f4 Na5 18. Bd2 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Bb4 h5 21. d5 h4
22. Nf1 Nh5 23. Qg4 Qc8 24. f5 Bxb2 25. Qxh4 Bf6 26. Qg4 Bxa1 27. Rxa1 Nf6 28.
Qg2 c3 29. Ne3 Kh8 30. Rc1 Rxb4 31. axb4 a3 32. Kh1 a2 33. f4 Qa6 34. Ra1 Qd3
35. fxg6 fxg6 36. Qh3+ Nh5 0-1

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Khalifman,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 {Yudasin,L} d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O $6 (5... c6 $142
) (5... a6 $142) (5... Ng4 {Yudasin,L} 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nc6 8. h3 Nf6 9. Bb5)
6. Qd2 Bg4 (6... c6 7. Bh6 b5 8. Bd3 $36) (6... Ng4 {Yudasin,L} 7. Bg5 f6 8.
Bh4 e5 9. Bc4+ Kh8 10. h3 Nh6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nxe5 g5 14. Nd5
gxh4 15. Nxc7 fxe5 16. Nxa8 Na6 $13) 7. Ng5 Nc6 (7... h6 $2 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nxf7
$1 Rxf7 10. g4 $16) (7... e5 {Yudasin,L} 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bc4 Rf8
11. h3 Bd7) 8. d5 $5 $146 (8. h3 Bd7 9. O-O-O (9. d5 Nb4 $5 10. Nf3 c6 11. Be2
cxd5 12. Nxd5 Na6 $11 {Wirthensohn-Khalifman (Hamburg 1991)}) 9... a6 10. Kb1
b5 11. Nd5 $13 {Wirthensohn-Vogt [Arosa 1996; Inf. 67/(148)]}) 8... Nb8 (8...
Nb4 9. f3 Bd7 10. Nd1 $5 Na6 11. h4 $36) 9. f3 Bd7 (9... h6 10. fxg4 hxg5 11.
Be2 Nh7 12. O-O-O $16) (9... Bc8 {Yudasin,L} 10. h4 h6 11. g4 hxg5 12. hxg5
Nfd7 13. Qh2 Re8 14. Qh7+ Kf8 15. O-O-O e6 $13) 10. h4 h5 (10... c6 11. h5 Qa5
(11... Nxh5 12. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 13. g4 $16) (11... h6 12. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 13. hxg6+
Kxg6 14. Bxh6 $44) 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Bc4 $36) (10... h6 11. Nh3 h5 (11... Kh7
12. Bd3 $16) 12. Bh6 $14) 11. g4 $1 c6 (11... hxg4 12. h5 $5 (12. Be2 $5) 12...
Nxh5 13. fxg4 Bxg4 14. Be2 $44 (14. Be2 {Yudasin,L} Bxe2 15. Qxe2 $40 {/\Rh5}))
12. gxh5 Nxh5 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Bd4 Bxd4 $6 (14... Bh6 15. f4 c5 (15... f6 16.
Bc4 c5 17. Be3 fxg5 18. hxg5 Bg7 19. e5 $44) 16. Be3 Bg7 17. Kb1 $36) 15. Qxd4
$16 b5 (15... Qb6 16. Qd2 Ng3 (16... Na6 {Yudasin,L} 17. f4 $40) 17. Rh2 $16)
16. Kb1 b4 (16... Rc8 17. Qd2 $1 (17. e5 Qb6 $1) 17... Na6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19.
Bxb5 $1 Bxb5 20. Qd5 $16) 17. Ne2 Rc8 (17... Qb6 18. Qd2 Qf2 19. Qxb4 $16 (19.
Bh3 {Yudasin,L} Bxh3 20. Nxh3 Qxf3 21. Qh6 Qxe2 22. Ng5 Nf6 23. h5 $18)) (17...
cxd5 18. exd5 Rc8 19. Qd2 Qc5 (19... Qc7 20. Rc1 $16) (19... Bf5 20. Nd4 Qxd5
21. Nxf5 Qxd2 (21... Qxf5 22. Bh3 $18) 22. Nxe7+ Kf8 23. Nxg6+ fxg6 24. Rxd2
$18) 20. Ne4 $16) 18. Qd2 $1 cxd5 19. Nf4 $1 (19. exd5 $16) 19... b3 $5 (19...
Ng3 20. Nxd5 Nxh1 (20... Nc6 21. Qf4 $18) 21. Nxe7+ Kg7 22. Nxc8 Bxc8 23. Bc4
$16) (19... Nc6 20. Nxh5 b3 21. cxb3 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 gxh5 23. Rxd5 $16) (19...
dxe4 20. Nxh5 gxh5 21. Rg1 $18) (19... Nf6 20. exd5 Bf5 21. Bd3 $16) (19...
Nxf4 {Yudasin,L} 20. Qxf4 f6 21. h5 $40) 20. Qxa5 bxc2+ 21. Kc1 cxd1=Q+ 22.
Kxd1 Nxf4 23. exd5 (23. Qd2 $5 e5 24. h5 gxh5 25. Rxh5 $1 $16) 23... Bf5 (23...
Rc5 24. Qd8+ Kg7 25. Bc4 $1 (25. Qxe7 Rxd5+ 26. Kc2 Rc5+ $13) 25... Rxc4 26.
Qxe7 Rd4+ 27. Kc2 Bf5+ 28. Kb3 Rd3+ (28... Rb4+ 29. Ka3 $18) 29. Kc4 Be6 30.
dxe6 d5+ 31. Kb5 a6+ 32. Ka4 $18) 24. Qd2 Nh5 (24... e5 25. dxe6 Nxe6 26. Nxe6
Bxe6 27. h5 $18) 25. Qe3 (25. Bd3 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Nd7 $13) 25... Rc7 $6 (25...
Rc5 26. Qxe7 Rxd5+ 27. Kc1 Rc5+ 28. Kd2 Rd5+ 29. Kc3 Rc5+ 30. Bc4 $18) (25...
Nd7 26. Qxe7 Ne5 27. Qxd6 $18) (25... Kf8 $5 26. Qd4 Kg8 27. Bb5 $16) 26. Bb5
$1 Kf8 (26... Nf6 27. h5 Nxh5 28. Be8 $18) 27. Qd4 $18 Nf6 28. Nh7+ Kg7 29.
Nxf6 exf6 30. h5 gxh5 31. Rxh5 (31. Rg1+ Bg6 32. f4 $18) (31. Rxh5 Bg6 32. Rh2
Rc5 (32... Nd7 33. Qf4 $18) 33. Qd2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.15"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. e4 Nd7 10. Bf4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Rc8 12. Qb3 Be7 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Qb5+
Qd7 15. Ne5 Qxb5 16. Bxb5+ Kf8 17. f3 Ne8 18. Bd7 Rd8 19. Bc6 Bc8 20. Be3 f6
21. Nd3 Bd7 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Ke2 Kf7 24. Rhc1 Nd6 25. a4 Nb7 26. Rc3 Na5 27.
g4 Bd6 28. h3 Rc7 29. Rxc7+ Bxc7 30. Rc1 Bb8 31. f4 Rd8 32. e5 Ke7 33. Rc3 Kd7
34. f5 fxe5 35. Nxe5+ Bxe5 36. dxe5 exf5 37. gxf5 Rf8 38. e6+ Kd6 39. Rd3+ Kc6
40. e7 Re8 41. Bg5 Nb7 42. Kf3 Nd6 43. Kf4 Kc7 44. Bh4 Nf7 45. f6 g6 46. Ke4
Kc6 47. Rc3+ Kd6 48. Bg3+ Kd7 49. Kd5 Ra8 50. Rc7+ Ke8 51. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5
O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qa6 17. a3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. axb4 Rxd5 20. Qe2
cxb4 21. Nc3 Qc6 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 {Dieses Qualitätsopfer wurde zuerst in der
Partie W.Iwantschuk-A.Shirow (Novgorod 1994) gespielt. Als Kompensation erhält
Schwarz einen starken Springer auf d3. Wie es scheint, hat Schwarz
vollwertiges Spiel.} 23. f3 Nd3 24. h4 b3 $1 {Eine neue Idee. Bislang wurde
automatisch 24...Bc5+ gespielt. Iwantschuk konsolidiert stattdessen seine
Stellung, da Weiß nichts unternehmen kann.} (24... Bc5+ 25. Kg2 Bd4 {1/2-1/2
Pedersen,H-Petersen,S/Copenhagen BSF-B 1995/EXP 46 (46)} (25... Kb7 26. Ra5 $1
{1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Shirov,A/Novgorod 1994/CBM 43/[Ftacnik] (46) Ftacnik})) 25. Kg2
Kb7 26. Ra4 Bb4 27. Bd2 Bc5 28. Be3 Rg8 29. Bg5 {Die Manöver des Läufers
machen keinen berauschenden Eindruck, aber Weiß kann ohnehin nichts machen.}
Qd4 30. Rb1 Kc6 31. Qd2 Bb6 32. Kh3 e5 $2 {Gibt Weiß eine Möglichkeit,
auszubrechen.} (32... Kb5 $1 {gibt Schwarz Vorteil. Weiß kann sich nach wie
vor nicht bewegen.}) 33. Be3 $1 Qxe3 34. Rxc4+ Kd5 35. Qxe3 Bxe3 36. Rc3 {
Das entstandene Endspiel ist unklar.} e4 37. Ra1 {Gemäß Drejew in SCHACH 7/98
war sowohl 37...Bb6 als auch 37...Bf2 besser.} Ke5 $2 {Gemäß Drejew in SCHACH
7/98 war sowohl 37...Bb6 als auch 37...Bf2 besser.} (37... Bb6 $5 38. fxe4+
Kxe4 39. Ra4+ (39. Rxb3 $13) 39... Bd4 40. Rcc4 $2 {scheitert an} (40. Rxb3 Nc5
41. Rxd4+ Kxd4 42. Ra3 Ne4 43. Rxa7 Rxg3+ 44. Kh2 $13) 40... Kf3 $1 41. Rxd4
Rxg3+ 42. Kh2 Rg2+ $19) (37... Bf2 $5 38. fxe4+ (38. Ra5+ Ke6) 38... Kxe4 39.
Ra4+ Bd4 {- 37...Bb6}) 38. Ra5+ $16 Kxf6 39. fxe4 Nf2+ 40. Kg2 Ng4 41. Rc6+ Kg7
(41... Ke7 $5) 42. Kf3 Kh7 43. Rc7 Bb6 44. Rh5+ Nh6 45. Rc6 Rg6 46. Rxg6 fxg6
47. Rb5 Kg7 48. g4 Nf7 49. e5 Nd8 50. Rxb3 Ne6 51. Rb4 Kf7 52. Ke4 Ke7 53. Rc4
Bf2 54. h5 gxh5 55. gxh5 Kf7 56. Kd5 Bb6 57. h6 {Hecht [#] Tactics. A
transition into a won pawn-versus-bishop ending, because the bishop can't
control the h-pawn. [#] Taktik. Übergang in ein gewonnenes Endspiel Bauern
gegen Läufer, weil der Läufer nicht den h-Bauern kontrollieren kann.} Nc7+ (
57... Ng5 {Hecht} 58. e6+ Ke7 (58... Nxe6 59. h7 $18) 59. Rg4 Be3 60. h7 Nxh7
61. Rg7+ $18) (57... Nf8 {Hecht} 58. e6+ Ke7 59. Rf4 Be3 60. Rxf8 Kxf8 61. e7+
$18) 58. Rxc7+ Bxc7 59. e6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[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"]

{After loss in first game,Khalifman had to win this game in any case,to lead
the match to tie-breaks.Once,he did it already in this championship against
Barua in first round.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. e4 Rc8 12. O-O Nxe4 $146 (
12... c5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Rfe1 Re8 (14... dxc4 15. bxc4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bc5 17.
Qa4 Nb8 18. N4b3 Nfd7 19. Rad1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Shneider,A-Dzuban,O/Pavlodar KAZ
1982 (41)}) 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Ba1 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Bb7 18. Nce5 cxd4 19. Qxc7 Rxc7
20. Nxd4 Nxe5 21. Nb5 Rc5 22. Rxe5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rc2 $11 {Andrianov,N-Korolev,
A/corr. 1987}) (12... b5 13. e5 Ne8 14. c5 b4 $8 15. Bxb4 Bxf1 16. Bxf1 $44 a5
17. Bc3 Ra8 18. Bd3 g6 19. Re1 Ng7 20. a3 {[%cal Gb3b4]} Qc7 21. b4 axb4 22.
axb4 f6 23. exf6 Bxf6 (23... Rxf6 $1) 24. Nb3 Rfe8 {[%cal Gg7f5]} 25. Na5 {
[%csl Gc6] 1-0 Avrukh,B-Sakaev,K/Belgrade 1999/CBM 69/[Avrukh,B] (35) '+/-'
Dautov.}) 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 b5 15. c5 {[%mdl 512] This is an exchange
sacrifice.It looks semilar to Avrukh's sacrifice(see 12...b5),doesn't it? In
other cases black gets convenient play:} (15. Nd2 $6 bxc4 16. bxc4 Nb6 {
[%csl Rc4]}) (15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 bxc4 17. bxc4 Bc5) 15... b4 16. Bxb4 Nf6
17. Qe1 $5 {[%cal Gb4a5] An interesing and unusual idea:white intends Ba5 on
next move moving black queen on worse place.} Nd5 18. Ba5 Qe8 19. Qe4 Bxf1 20.
Bxf1 {Whay has white for sacrificed marerial? First,there is not a big loss of
material-just bishop and pawn for exchange.There are no open files on the
board for using blacks extra rook.In addition white has advantage in space and
attacking chances.} Bf6 21. h4 g6 22. h5 (22. Bd2 $5 Bg7) 22... Bd8 $1 {
[%cal Gd5f6]} 23. Bd2 $6 (23. Bxd8 $142 Qxd8 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Ne5 $44 {
white still keeps a pressure,but position is equal about,but maybe playing
this best move,Khalifman was withdraw the Championship making a draw,which
looks most objective result after 23.Bxd8!}) 23... f5 $2 (23... Nf6 24. Qe2 (
24. Qe3 Nxh5 25. Qh6 Ng7 26. Bd3 f6 $17) 24... Nxh5 25. Bh6 (25. Ne5 Bf6 $17)
25... Ng7 26. Ne5 f6 27. Nc4 Bc7 $17 {and I don't see a way for white to
develope an initiative.}) 24. Qe2 {[%csl Re6]} gxh5 25. Re1 {Now white is
looking great.} Rf6 26. Bh3 {[%cal Rd2g5] threatening 27.Bg5 Rg6 28.Bxf5!} h6
27. Nh4 {[%cal Rh4f5]} Qf7 28. Bg2 {[%cal Gg2f3]} Bc7 29. Bf3 Qg7 30. Qa6 Qd7 {
missing a way to create a counterplay.} (30... Rd8 $5 31. Bxh5 (31. Qxc6 $140
Bxg3) 31... f4 32. g4 {[%cal Gh4f3]} f3 $132) 31. Bxh5 Bb8 32. Nf3 Kh7 33. Ne5
Bxe5 34. dxe5 Rff8 {Still black has the same material advantage,but his king
finds himself under an attack of white pieces during couple of moves.} 35. Qe2
{[%csl Rh6,Rh7][%cal Gg1g2,Ye1h1]} Rg8 36. Kg2 Qg7 37. Rh1 f4 (37... Qf8 38.
Qc4 $1 {[%cal Gc4h4]} Rc7 39. Qh4 Kh8 40. Bf7 $1 $18) 38. Bf3 (38. Qe4+ $5 Kh8
39. Bf7 Qxf7 (39... Rgf8 40. Bxe6 Rce8 41. Bxd5 cxd5 42. Qxd5 Rd8 43. Qc6 $18)
40. Rxh6+ Kg7 41. Rh7+ $18) 38... Rgf8 39. Be4+ Rf5 (39... Kg8 40. Rh4 {
[%cal Gh4g4]}) (39... Kh8 40. Qh5 {[%csl Re6,Rh6]}) 40. Bxf5+ exf5 41. Qh5 Qg6
42. Qxg6+ Kxg6 43. Kf3 {winning the second pawn.The ending is hopeless for
black.} Rd8 44. Bxf4 h5 (44... Nxf4 45. Kxf4 Rd4+ 46. Kf3 Rd5 (46... Re4 47.
Rd1 $18) 47. Re1 Kf7 48. Kf4 Ke6 49. Rh1 Rd4+ 50. Kf3 Kxe5 51. Rxh6 $18) 45.
Rd1 Kf7 46. Rh1 Kg6 47. Re1 {intending to advance passed pawn-d.} Nb4 48. Re2
Nd3 49. e6 Nxc5 50. e7 Re8 51. Rc2 Nd3 52. Rxc6+ Kf7 53. Bd6 {[%csl Rd3][%cal
Rf3e2] That is not blunder!The following transformation leads to easily
winning ending "B:N" for white.} Rxe7 54. Bxe7 Ne5+ 55. Kf4 Nxc6 56. Bc5 Ke6
57. b4 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Rb4b5,Yf4g5]} a6 58. Kg5 Ne5 59. Kxh5 Kd5 60. Kg5 Ke4
61. f4 Nd3 62. Be7 Nb2 63. a3 Nd1 64. a4 Nc3 {[%tqu "En","How did GM Khalifman
forced GM Kamsky to resign  in 3 moves?","","","b4b5","",5]} 65. b5 $1 {
The final break!} axb5 66. a5 Nd5 67. a6 (67. a6 Nc7 68. a7 Na8 (68... Ne6+ 69.
Kf6 Nc7 70. Bd8 Na8 71. Ba5 $22) 69. Bb4 Nc7 70. Ba5 Na8 71. Kf6 $22) 1-0

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.03.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7.
bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5
h6 14. Be3 Nc6 15. d5 Ne5 {This move is rarely successful in the Gruenfeld. e5
is not the safest square for the black knight. However, in this position it's
quite popular. Alternatives are:} (15... Na5 {or}) (15... Bxf3) 16. Rxb7 (16.
Rb4 $5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 b5 (17... b6 $4 18. Ra4 Qb2 19. Bd4 $18 {1-0 Ruiz,R-Sion,
M/Pamplona op/1995/ (26)}) 18. Bxb5 (18. Rxb5 Rfb8) 18... a5 19. Ra4 Qb2) (16.
Re1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 g5 $5 18. Rxb7 Ng6 19. Qb1 Qxb1 20. Rexb1 a5 21. R1b3 Be5 22.
Ra3 Bd6 23. Ra4 Bb4 24. h4 Nxh4 25. f4 gxf4 26. Bxf4 Kh7 27. Bg3 Ng6 28. e5 Rg8
29. d6 Rab8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. d7 e6 {1/2-1/2 Haba,P-Votava,J/CZE-ch 1999})
16... e6 17. d6 (17. Re1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rfd8 19. Rb4 $5 (19. d6 {leads to a
transposition of moves}) (19. f4 Nc4 20. Qb1 Qxb1 21. Rexb1 exd5 {1/2-1/2
Richter,M-Horvath,C/FSGM December 1999}) 19... exd5 (19... Qa5 20. Ra4 Qc7 21.
f4 Nd7 22. d6 Qc3 23. e5 g5 24. Bd4 Qc6 25. Bf3 Qb5 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Qf3 Rc8
28. Rxa7 Qb4 29. Rd1 {1-0 Letreguilly,O-Duquesnoy,J/ch-FRA (team) 1999}) (19...
Qa3 20. Ra4 Qf8 21. Ba6 f5 22. Kg2 exd5 23. exd5 Qf7 24. d6 Kh7 25. Bf4 Re8 26.
Bb5 Nd7 27. Re7 Rxe7 28. dxe7 Nf6 29. Qd8 Qg8 30. Bc7 Qd5 31. Qxd5 Nxd5 32. Bc6
Nxc7 33. Bxa8 {1-0 Letreguilly,O-Blandnet,J/Open 2000}) 20. Ra4 Qb2 21. exd5
Nc6 $5 $13) (17. dxe6 {is harmless:} Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bxe6 19. e5 Rfd8 20. Rxa7 {
1/2-1/2 Kalantarian,N-Holmsten,A/Ciudad de Ubeda op 5th 2000}) 17... Rfd8 18.
Re1 Bxf3 (18... Qa5 $2 19. Rb5 Qc3 20. Rc5 Qb2 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxg4 Bxd6 23.
Qc1 {1-0 Biriukov,O-Rogovoi,M/White Nights 1999}) 19. gxf3 Qa5 {/\ Rd6 Black
should parry the f3-f4 and e4-e5 threat. The other possibility: Schwarz will
seine Eröffnungsprobleme mit Hilfe des ungedeckten Re1 lösen.} (19... Qa3 {
is insufficient in view of} 20. f4 $1 (20. d7 Qe7 21. Bb5 Qh4 22. Bf1 {1/2-1/2
Gelfand,B-Ivanchuk,V/Manila (izt) 1990}) 20... Rxd6 21. Qc1 $1 (21. Qb1 Nc6 22.
Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Qb7+ Ne7 24. Qxa8 Bd4 $132) (21. Qc2 Rc6 22. Qd2 Rd6 23. Rb3 $5
Qxb3 24. Qxd6 Nc4 $1 25. Qc6 Nxe3 26. Qxa8+ Kh7 27. Qxa7 Qc3 28. Rb1 Qc2 29.
Qxe3 {1/2-1/2 Solozhenkin,E-Daniliuk,S/RUS-ch Elista 1995}) 21... Qxc1 22. Rxc1
{The black knight is now trapped in the very centre of the board!} Nc6 23. e5
Nd4 24. Rcc7 $1 Nxe2+ 25. Kf1 Rdd8 26. Rxf7 Bf8 $2 (26... Bh8 27. Kxe2 $16) 27.
Kxe2 Rdb8 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Rf6 $1 $18 {Gelfand,B-Kamsky,G/Dos Hermanas 1996/
1-0 (46)}) 20. Rf1 ({After} 20. Bd2 Qa2 {the bishop must come back:} 21. Be3) (
{Loses material} 20. d7 $2 Rxd7 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 {or}) (20. Rb5 $2 Nxf3+ $1) 20...
Bf8 (20... Qa3 {is not enough for equality:} 21. f4 Rxd6 22. Qc1 (22. Qb1 $5
Nc6 23. Rxf7 Rb8 24. Rb7 Rxb7 25. Qxb7 Nd4) 22... Qa2 23. Bb5 $1 Nf3+ (23...
Nc6 $2 24. Bxc6 Rc8 25. Bd5 $1 {1-0 Pelletier,Y-Jelen,I/Dresden (zt) Inf 72/
(422) 1998}) 24. Kg2 Nh4+ 25. Kh3 e5 $1 26. Qc4 (26. Bc4 Qa5 27. Bxf7+ Kh8 28.
Kxh4 exf4 29. Bxf4 g5+ $13) 26... Qxc4 27. Bxc4 exf4 28. Rxf7 Kh7 29. Bxf4 (29.
Bc5 Rf6 30. Kxh4 Rc8 31. Be7 Rxf7 32. Bxf7 Rc7) 29... Rf6 30. Rxf6 Bxf6 31. e5
$14 {Pelletier,Y}) (20... g5 21. f4 {or}) (20... Rd7 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Qc1 $1 {
(Ftacnik,L) yields White the better chances, too.}) 21. d7 (21. Rb5 $2 Qa2 22.
Rxe5 $140 $2 Bxd6 23. Rb5 Bxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 Qc4 $19 {Kasparov,G})
21... Qa2 {The point of Black's idea: because of the poor position of the e2
bishop 22...Rxd7 is threatened.} 22. Bb5 (22. Re1 Qa5 $1 {again threatening 23.
..Rxd7} 23. Rf1 (23. Kf1 Nxf3 24. Bxf3 Qa6+ 25. Kg1 Qxb7 26. e5 Qc7 27. Bxa8
Rxa8 $13) 23... Qa2 {is just a repetition of moves. Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G/
Linares Inf 72/422 1998 (25) ended in a draw this way.}) 22... a6 23. Ba4 $1 {
A good move underestimated by Leko (and perhaps by Kasparov?).} (23. f4 axb5
24. fxe5 Qa6 25. Rc7 b4 $13 {Kasparov,G}) 23... Nxf3+ 24. Kg2 (24. Qxf3 Qxa4
25. Rd1 Qc6 26. Rb6 Qc7 27. e5 Rxd7 $1 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Qxa8 Qd1+ 30. Kg2 Qg4+
$11 {Kasparov,G}) 24... Ne5 {'!?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'It is rather surprising,
that Leko was willing to defend this dubious position. The experiences for
black were rather discouraging so far, d7 pawn is just too strong.'} (24...
Nh4+ $142 25. Kh3 $1 {An important improvement introduced by P.Haba.} ({
Kasparov only analysed} 25. Kh1 Qc4 26. f3 Be7 27. Bb6 Rf8 $13 {However, the
text move is stronger: the white king takes part in the attack! Cranky
Steinitz was sometimes right! Those who are unaware of the classics of the
19th century can recall a more recent example: Alekhine-Capablanca/AVRO/1938.})
25... Qc4 {'?' Ftacnik.} (25... g5 $5 {Ftacnik}) 26. f3 Be7 $6 (26... g5 {
,freeing the g6 square for the knight, was probably more appropriate:} 27. Rf2
(27. Bb6 $6 Ng6 $1 28. Bxd8 Nf4+ 29. Kg3 Rxd8 30. Rf2 Bg7) 27... Qc3 $5 {
needs further investigation. Black seems to hold his ground:} (27... e5 28. Qb3
{(the queen is trapped!)} Qxb3 29. Bxb3 {the endgame is better for White, e.g.:
} Be7 (29... Rab8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Rc2 Rxb3 (31... Rd8 32. Ba4) 32. Bxg5 $1 (
32. d8=Q Rxe3 33. Rc8 Rxf3+ 34. Kg4 Rf4+ $11) 32... Nxf3 (32... Rd3 33. d8=Q
Rxd8 34. Bxd8 Nxf3 35. Ra2 $16) 33. d8=Q Nxg5+ 34. Kg4 $16) 30. Rc2 {and Black
is completely tied up.}) 28. Bd4 (28. Qd2 Qa1) (28. Qd4 Qe1) 28... Qa3 29. Bb6
(29. Bb2 Qe7 30. f4 $13) 29... Ng6 30. Bxd8 Nf4+ 31. Kg3 Rxd8 $44) 27. Rf2 Qc3
(27... e5 28. Bb3 Qc6 29. Bd5 Qd6 (29... Qf6 30. Rb6 $18) 30. f4 $16) 28. Qd4 {
'!' Ftacnik.} Qa5 $2 (28... Qxd4 29. Bxd4 $16 {_|_}) 29. Bxh6 {Ftacnik: '1-0/
Haba,P-Skyte/Capelle op/2000/ (31)'} Bf8 $2 (29... e5 30. Qc4 {was quite poor
anyway}) 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. Kxh4 Kh7 32. Kh3 {1-0 Haba,P-Skytte,R/16th open 2000
}) (24... Ng5 {Ftacnik} 25. Qc2 Qa3 26. Rd1 e5 27. Bc6 Qe7 28. Rb3 Rab8 29.
Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Qc3 Bg7 31. Bc5 Qf6 32. Bd6 $16 {Pelletier,Y-Stohl,I/Mitropa Cup/
1998/ (50)}) 25. Bb6 Qc4 26. Qd4 $1 {After the exchange of queens White's
bishop pair and passed d7 pawn guarantee him a huge advantage in the endgame.}
({Of course, much inferior was} 26. f3 g5 $1 (26... Qb4 27. Bxd8 Qxb7 28. Bf6
Nc4 29. Qd4) 27. Bxd8 Rxd8 $44 {[%csl Ge5]}) 26... Qxd4 (26... Qe2 {Ftacnik}
27. Qxe5 Qg4+ 28. Qg3 Qxe4+ 29. Qf3 Qxa4 30. Rc1 $18) 27. Bxd4 Nd3 ({After} 
27... Bg7 28. Bb6 Rf8 {White wins in a nice way:} 29. Rd1 Bf6 30. Bc7 $1 Kg7 (
30... g5 31. d8=Q Rfxd8 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Bxd8 Bxd8 34. Rb8 $18) 31. Rb4 $1 g5
32. Rbd4 $1 $18 {Pay attention to the fate of Black's poor e5 knight!}) 28. Bc6
{[%cal Rd4b6,Rd4f6,Rb7b3] Now White has a lot of threats!} Nc5 (28... Nb4 {
Ftacnik} 29. Rc1 $16 (29. Ba4 Nd3 $5)) 29. Rc7 $1 Bd6 30. Bxc5 $1 Bxc7 31. Bxa8
Rxa8 32. Be7 $1 {The point of White's combination. In spite of his extra pawn,
Black has no defense against 33.Rc1. Ftacnik: 'Now it became clear, that white
d pawn will decide the game.'} Rd8 (32... f5 33. Rc1 Kf7 34. Rxc7 Kxe7 35. Rc8
$18) (32... Bd8 {Ftacnik} 33. Rc1 $1 Bxe7 34. Rc8+ $18) 33. Rd1 f5 34. Bxd8
Bxd8 35. exf5 gxf5 36. Rd6 Kf7 37. Rxa6 {Ftacnik: 'This endgame is not even
technically difficult for white.'} Ke7 38. Kg3 Bc7+ (38... Kxd7 39. Ra7+ Kd6
40. Rh7 $18) 39. Kh4 Kxd7 (39... Bxh2 40. Rxe6+ Kxd7 41. Rxh6 $18) 40. Ra7 $1 {
Well-judged! The pawn endgame with an outside passed pawn is the simplest way
to win.} Kc6 41. Rxc7+ Kxc7 42. Kh5 e5 (42... Kd6 43. Kxh6 Ke7 44. Kg6 $18) 43.
Kxh6 Kd6 44. Kg5 Ke6 45. h4 f4 46. h5 f3 47. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Japfa Classic"]
[Site "Bali"]
[Date "2000.04.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 {Alexander Khalifman often
used this risky and complicated line in last tournaments.} 6. b4 (6. Bd2 Nc6 7.
Qg4 $5) 6... cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Nb5 Bc7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 a6 11. Nxc7+ Qxc7
12. Bb2 (12. Ne2 Qxe5 13. f4 Qf6 14. Bb2 Nbc6 15. Qd3 Nf5 16. O-O-O Qh6 17. Re1
Bd7 18. Kb1 Rc8 19. Nxd4 Nfxd4 20. Bxd4 Qxf4 21. Bb2 Ne7 22. g3 Qf2 {0-1
Elliott,S-Spence,D/BCF t-ch2 9900 2000 (51)}) 12... Qxe5+ 13. Ne2 Qc7 (13...
Nbc6 14. O-O-O Qf6 15. f4 e5 16. fxe5 Qg5+ 17. Kb1 Bf5 18. h4 Qe3 19. Qh5 Nxe5
20. Nxd4 Bg4 21. Rh3 Qe4 22. Qh6 Bxd1 23. Re3 Ng4 24. Rxe4 Nxh6 25. Re5 Bg4 {
0-1 Devide,Z-Zaja,I/Zagreb 1997 (36)}) 14. Ng3 $2 $146 {It is difficult to
explain reasons why Timman made this move. According to theory, white keep
small edge after} (14. f4 $142 $1 Nbc6 15. Qd3 (15. O-O-O $2 e5 16. fxe5 Bf5
17. Qh6 Nxb4 18. c3 Na2+ 19. Kd2 dxc3+ 20. Nxc3 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 d4 22. Bb4 Qc2+
23. Ke1 Qe4+ 24. Kf2 Rg6 $19 {0-1 Soentges,K-Reinhardt,W/corr 1988 (30)}) 15...
Nf5 16. O-O-O {for example} Bd7 17. Re1 Rc8 18. Kb1 Nce7 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4
Qxf4 21. g3 Qf5 22. Qd2 Rg4 23. Bb2 Bb5 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. cxd3 $14 {1-0 Nunn,
J-Kinsman,A/London LB 1993 (36)}) 14... e5 {[%csl Gd4,Gd5,Ge5]} 15. Be2 ({
Maybe Jan missed in preparation that after} 15. Nh5 Qb6 $5 (15... Bf5 $2 16.
Nf6+ Kd8 17. Qh4 $5 $16) 16. f4 $140 Kf8 {[%cal Rc8f5] his queen will be in
danger?}) 15... Be6 {Black is very close to finish development and his
advantage is obvious now.} 16. f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Terrible blunder} (16. O-O {
[%cal Gf2f4] was the last chance to organize resistance.}) 16... exf4 17. Nh5
Qe5 {[%csl Re1][%cal Rg8g2]} 18. O-O Bf5 $1 $19 {[%csl Rh7] And everything
became clear- Black wins game by force.} 19. Qh6 Rg6 $1 20. Qxf4 Rxg2+ $1 21.
Kxg2 Qxe2+ 22. Kg3 Qxh5 23. Bxd4 Nbc6 24. Rae1 Nxd4 25. Qxd4 Qh3+ 26. Kf2 Qxh2+
(26... Qxh2+ 27. Ke3 Rc8 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Graz Merkur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O d4 {Ein geradliniger
Versuch auszugleichen. Die anderen plausiblen Fortsetzungen sind 12...Bg4 und
12...Qf6.} 13. e4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 ({Nach} 14... Qf6 15. hxg4 Qxf4 16. Nh2 Ne5
17. g3 Qf6 18. f4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 {erreicht Weiß eine angenehm zu spielende
Blockadestellung.} Rac8 20. Kg2 Rfe8 21. Rfe1 Qe6 22. Re2 f6 23. Rd1 h6 24. Kh3
Qc4 25. Nf3 $14 {Van Wely,L-Doettling,F/BL 00/01}) 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nd2 $1 {
Die weißen Leichtfiguren räumen den Weg für den f-Bauern.} Re8 (16... Bc7 17.
Bxc7 Qxc7 18. f4 f6 19. h4 Rae8 20. Qf3 $14 {Krasenkow,M-Skalik,P/Suwalki 1999}
) (16... f6 17. Nc4 Bc7 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. f4 Rac8 20. Rc1 Rfe8 21. Qf3 b5 22.
Nd2 Qb6 23. h4 $14 {Gurevich,M-Lutz,C/Forchheim 2000}) 17. Bg3 Kh8 $6 $146 {
Eine Neuerung, die wie ein Tempoverlust aussieht. Auch im weiteren
Spielverlauf handelt Beliavsky sehr zögernd und läßt Weiß die
Königsflügelbauern aufrollen. Besser gefällt mir die energische
Stellungsbehandlung von Gomez Esteban.} (17... f6 18. f4 Qd7 19. Qf3 Bf7 20.
Kg2 Na5 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. h4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 {/\Qc1} 25. Qd1
Qd7 26. Qe2 Qc6 27. f5 Bc7 $132 {Oms Pallise,J-Gomez Esteban,J/Barcelona 2000})
18. f4 f6 19. Kh2 Rc8 20. Rc1 Bf7 21. Qf3 Bg8 (21... Qd7 $5 {/\Na5}) 22. h4 Rf8
23. Qe2 $1 ({Khalifman ist auf der Hut. Zu früh wäre} 23. g5 $6 fxg5 24. hxg5
Ne5 25. Qe2 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Qe8 $5 $132 {, und Schwarz kann mit seinem
Läuferpaar auf Gegenspiel hoffen.}) 23... Na5 {Diese Aktion kommt um einige
Tempi verspätet und kann dem Schwarzen bereits zu keinem vollwertigen
Gegenspiel verhelfen.} 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. g5 Nb3 26. Nxb3 Bxb3 27. h5 $1 {/\h6}
fxg5 28. fxg5 Rxf1 29. Qxf1 $16 {/\h6} Bc7 {Trotz des reduzierten Materials
hat Schwarz erhebliche Probleme mit der Verteidigung seines Königs, die weit
vorgerückten weißen Bauern sind sehr gefährlich.} (29... Qe8 30. h6 $1 Qh5+ (
30... gxh6 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. gxh6 $16) 31. Kg2 Qxg5 32. Qf8+ Bg8 33. Bc4 Qd2+
34. Kf3 Qd1+ 35. Kf4 $18) 30. h6 $1 (30. e5 Qe8 $132) 30... Bxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Qd8
32. Qf5 $18 {Die schwarze Stellung ist verloren, da alle Läuferendspiele
hoffnungslos sind.} gxh6 33. Qe5+ Kg8 34. gxh6 Qd7 35. Qf6 Qf7 36. Qd8+ Qf8 37.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 38. Kf4 Bf7 39. e5 b6 40. Bxh7 Bd5 41. Be4 Bc4 42. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2000.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. Re1 c6 14. a3 Na6 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. Bd3 f5 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Qb3 Bf6 19. Be5 Qe7 20. Rac1 Bg8 21. Bxa6
bxa6 22. Ne2 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Rb8 24. Qh3 Rb6 25. Nf4 Bf7 26. f3 g5 27. fxe4 gxf4
28. exf5 Qg5 29. Rc8 Qg7 30. Rxf8+ Qxf8 31. Nd7 Qg7 32. f6 Rxf6 33. Nxf6 Qxf6
34. Kh1 Qxd4 35. Qc3 Qg7 36. Re7 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2000.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Bg3
Qxa5 15. O-O Rh8 $1 {It is interesting why Judit decided to repeat this line -
just two round ago Khalifman won nice game against Galkin - without preparing
real improvement.} 16. Qg7 $146 (16. Qxf7 Rdf8 17. Qg7 Rhg8 18. Qh6 Rxf3 19.
gxf3 Nd4 20. Qf4 Nef5 21. Kh1 Bb5 22. Rfd1 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Qc5 24. Qc1 Kb8 $15 {
0-1 Galkin,A-Khalifman,A/Hoogeveen Essent 2000/ (37)}) 16... d4 17. Qg4 Nf5 $1
{[%mdl 4] Black manage to keep material balance ( rare achievement in this
variation! ) and I think that his position already better.} 18. Rfb1 (18. Bxf5
exf5 19. Qf4 Be6 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) 18... Nxg3 {Eliminating main defender of e5
pawn.} (18... Rdg8 19. Qf4 Nxg3 20. hxg3 $13) 19. Qxg3 {What else?} (19. hxg3
$2 Nxe5 20. Qxd4 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Qh5 $17 {lose almost by force}) 19... Qc7 $1 {
[%cal Gc7g3]} 20. Kf1 {Trying to escape fronm the dangerous zone.} (20. Qf4 f5)
20... Rhg8 21. Qf4 (21. Qh4 Nxe5) 21... f5 $1 {[%cal Gg8g4]} ({Worth
consideration and} 21... f6 $5 22. Qxf6 Rdf8 23. Qh4 Nxe5) 22. h3 Kb8 $5 {
Khalifman hasn't reasons to hurry up and find  time to improve position of the
king} 23. Re1 (23. Nxd4 $2 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 Bc6 $19) 23... Bc8 {[%cal Gb7b6]} 24.
Ng5 Rd5 (24... Qg7 25. h4 Ne7 $5 $17 {[%cal Ge7d5,Ge7g6]}) 25. Nf3 $8 Ne7 (
25... Qg7) 26. Rab1 ({Maybe} 26. Nxd4 $5 {was better, at least after posiible
continuation} Ng6 27. Qe3 f4 28. Qe4 Rxe5 29. Qf3 Nh4 30. Rxe5 $8 Nxf3 31. Nxf3
$17 {White have chances for successful defence.}) 26... Ng6 27. Qh2 (27. Qg5
Rg7 $1 {[%csl Re5]}) 27... Qh7 {Black's pieses coming to the king's fland one
after another.} 28. Rb4 (28. Rb5 $5 Rd7 $5 {[%cal Gd7g7]}) 28... Nh4 $19 29.
Nxd4 (29. Nxh4 Qxh4 {[%csl Rf1,Rh2,Gh4] looks terrible for White}) 29... Nxg2
30. Reb1 Qd7 31. Ne2 (31. Bb5 Qd8 32. Nc6+ bxc6 33. Bxc6+ Kc7 34. Bxd5 Qxd5 $19
) 31... Rxd3 $1 {Nice end of good game!} 32. cxd3 Qxd3 {[%csl Rf1,Rh2][%cal
Rd3f1]} 33. Rc1 c2 {[%cal Gb7b6,Gc8a6]} 34. Rd4 $8 Qf3 35. Nf4 (35. h4 b6)
35... b6 $1 36. Nxg2 Ba6+ 37. Kg1 Bb7 0-1

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2000.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 a6 $6 {In this line it's imperative for Black to create effective
<=> as soon as possible, thus} (9... b5 {has profiled itself as the most
promising (and arguably only satisfactory) continuation.} 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11.
Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. N2c4 Nd7 15. O-O Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17.
Nxc8 Raxc8 18. Rb1 Rfd8 19. Bf4 Qb7 20. d6 Bf8 21. Qd3 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Rc6 23.
Rfd1 Rcxd6 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Kg7 $146 (25... c4 $5 $11 {/+/=}) 26. Rd2 Qa6
27. a3 Qc4 28. Re1 h5 29. Rde2 h4 30. Re4 Qb3 31. Rxh4 Qxb2 32. Rc4 $14 {
Kolev,A-Suba,M/Mallorca op/2000/}) 10. a4 Qc7 (10... Re8 11. O-O c4 12. Bc2 $16
{This line is playable without the moves a4 and a6, which allows an immediate
b5.}) 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Re1 (12. Bf4 Re8 13. Qd2 Nh5 14. Bh6 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxh6
16. Qxh6 dxe5 17. Rfc1 Bd7 18. Bf1 Nf6 19. Qe3 b6 20. Nb1 a5 21. b3 Rf8 22. Na3
Ne8 23. Bb5 Nd6 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Nc4 $16 {Salov,V-Hjartarson,J/Amsterdam/1989/
}) 12... Re8 13. Bf4 Rb8 14. Bc4 (14. Qd2 c4 15. Bc2 $36 {/\} Nc5 16. e5 $1
dxe5 17. d6 $16) 14... Nb6 (14... Nh5 $5 15. Bh2 Ne5 16. Be2 (16. Nxe5 dxe5 17.
d6 Qd8 18. Qf3 Rf8 19. g4 Qg5 20. Kh1 Nf6 21. Qg3 Re8 22. f4 exf4 {Belmonte,
D-Acosta,T/Salta/1993/} 23. Qxf4 Qxf4 24. Bxf4 Be6 25. d7 Bxc4 $44) 16... Nxf3+
(16... Qe7 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 (18. Bxh5 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Qe5+ 20. g3 Qxh5 21.
Qxh5 gxh5 22. f4 $14 {Hrbolka,L-Orsag,M/Plzen/1999/}) 18... Qxe5 19. Bxh5 Qxh5
20. Qxh5 gxh5 21. f4 f6 22. Kf2 Re7 23. Re3 Bd7 {Szelenyi,N-Juhasz,J/HUN-chT/
1998/} 24. a5 b5 25. axb6 Rxb6 26. Ra2 $36 {[%csl Ra6,Rd6,Rf6,Rh5,Rh7] _|_ק})
17. Bxf3 Nf6 18. e5 dxe5 19. d6 Qa5 (19... Qd7 20. Bxe5 Re6 21. Qd2 Ne4 22.
Nxe4 Rxe5 23. Bg4 $1 f5 24. Ng5 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bd4 26. b4 $1 Qxd6 27. Qa2+ Kg7
28. Qf7+ Kh6 29. h4 $18 {Kozul,Z-Kljako,D/Bled op/1993/}) 20. Bxe5 Bd7 {
Lima,D-Peralta,E/Sao Paulo/1991/} 21. Qd2 $14) 15. Bf1 {[%cal Re4e5] /\e5} Nfd7
16. Rc1 {Not the only promising move for White.} (16. Qd2 f6 17. a5 Na8 18.
Rec1 Ne5 19. b4 cxb4 20. Nd1 Qe7 21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. Be3 b5 23. axb6 Nxb6 24.
Qxb4 Nd7 25. Qe1 $16 {Brumen,D-Kljako,D/Pula op/2000/}) (16. a5 $5 Na8 17. Nd2
(17. Ra3 $5 b5 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. Qa1 $16) 17... b5 18. axb6 Naxb6 19. Bxa6 Bxa6
20. Rxa6 Ne5 21. Qe2 c4 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Qe3 Rb7 (23... Bxc3 $1 24. bxc3 Nxd5
25. Qd4 Qc5 26. Nxc4 Nxc3 $1 27. Qxc3 d5 $14) 24. Na4 Nxa4 25. Rxa4 c3 26. bxc3
Qxc3 27. Nf3 $16 {Karpov,A-Timman,J/FIDE WCh Kuala Lumpur/1990/}) 16... Ne5 17.
Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 $146 (18... Rxe5 $143 19. f4 Re8 20. e5 $1 Bf5 (20...
dxe5 21. d6 $16) 21. a5 Nc8 22. e6 c4 23. g4 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Bd3 25. Bxd3 cxd3 26.
Qxd3 Qf2 27. Ne4 $18 {Adler,J-Kljako,D/Bled op/1992/}) 19. Qd2 {Despite the
improvement on move 18 Black hasn't solved the opening problems. Khalifman
decides to play for the attack, a positional course was also enticing:} (19. a5
Nd7 20. Qa4 (20. Ra1 $14) 20... b5 21. axb6 Rxb6 22. Qa5 $1 $36 {[%csl Ra6,Rc5]
}) 19... Nd7 $6 {Ignoring development backfires.} (19... Bd7 $5 20. a5 (20. d6
Qd8 21. a5 Nc8 $132) (20. b3 Nc8 21. d6 Nxd6 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Rxc5 Rc8 $11) (20.
b4 cxb4 21. Nb5 Qd8 22. Nd6 a5 $5 $44) 20... Nc8 21. Nb1 Nd6 22. Na3 $14) 20.
d6 $1 Qa5 21. Red1 $32 {[%csl Gd6,Rf6,Rg7,Rh6] o^d6,עg8} Kg7 (21... b5 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Ra1 (23. Nd5 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 c4 25. Ra1 $36) 23... Qb4 24. Ra7 $16
(24. Nd5 Qxe4 25. Ra7 Bb7 $14)) 22. Qe3 b6 {[%csl Ra5] ףa5} (22... b5 23. axb5
axb5 24. Nd5 $16) 23. b3 $1 Bb7 24. Bc4 {White patiently prepares his attack,
Black's Q is offside.} Bc6 25. Bd5 Rbc8 26. f4 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128]} b5 (26... f6
27. f5 $16) 27. axb5 axb5 28. fxe5 Rxe5 (28... Nxe5 29. Qxc5 $5 (29. Bxc6 Rxc6
30. Rd5 $16) 29... Bxd5 30. Qxd5 Rxc3 31. d7 Nxd7 32. Qd4+ $16) 29. Qf4 Bxd5 (
29... f6 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. Ra1 $5 (31. Qg4 $16) 31... Qxc3 32. Ra7 $40) (29...
f5 $142 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. exf5 (31. Rd5 Qb4 $1 32. Rxe5 Qd4+ 33. Kh2 Nxe5 34.
Nxb5 Qxe4 35. Qxe4 fxe4 $14) (31. Ra1 $5 Qxc3 32. Ra7 Rxe4 33. Rxd7+ Kf6 34.
Qh6 $40) 31... Rxf5 32. Qe4 $16) 30. Nxd5 Qd8 31. Ne7 $18 Ra8 (31... Rxe7 32.
dxe7 Qxe7 33. Qd6 Qxd6 34. Rxd6 $18) 32. Nc6 Qg5 $8 33. Qxg5 Rxg5 34. Ra1 Rxa1
(34... Rc8 35. Ne7 Rd8 36. Ra5 $18) 35. Rxa1 c4 (35... Kf6 36. Rf1+ $1 (36. Ra7
Ne5 $1 $11) 36... Ke6 (36... Kg7 37. Nd8 $18) 37. Nd8+ Kxd6 38. Nxf7+ $18) 36.
bxc4 bxc4 37. Ra7 c3 (37... Rc5 38. Nd4 Nf8 39. d7 $18) 38. Nd4 $1 Rc5 39. Nc2
Rb5 {Black loses his N even after} (39... Nf8 40. d7 Ne6 41. Ra6 $1 (41. Ra8
Rb5 42. d8=Q Nxd8 43. Rxd8 Rb2 $11) (41. Nd4 Nd8 42. Ra8 c2 43. Nxc2 Rxc2 44.
Rxd8 Rd2 45. e5 $18) 41... Rc7 (41... Nd8 42. Ra8 $18) 42. Rxe6 Rxd7 43. Rc6
$18) 40. Rxd7 Rb2 41. Ne3 Re2 42. Nd5 (42. Nd5 c2 43. Rc7 Re1+ 44. Kf2 c1=Q 45.
Rxc1 Rxc1 46. d7 Rc2+ 47. Kf3 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O
O-O 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14.
Rb5 Nb6 15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 Rfe8 19. Be3 Rad8 20. Rfb1
Bc7 21. Be4 Nxa4 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (21... c3 22. Rc5 Re7 23. a5 Na4 24. Rd5 Qe8
25. Rxb7 Rxd5 26. Bxd5 Nb2 27. Bb3 h6 28. a6 Nc4 29. Bxc4 Qa4 30. Bd3 g6 31. g3
{1-0 Hilchenko-Borisov,V/Memorial Ljubomirov corr. 1997 (31)}) 22. Rd5 Bd6 $2 (
22... Qe7 $1 23. Rxb7 Nc3 24. Rc5 (24. Re5 Qd6 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qxf7 Rxe5 27.
Rxc7 Ne2+ 28. Kf1 Ng3+ 29. fxg3 (29. Kg1 Qg6 $1 30. Qxg6+ Kxg6 31. dxe5 Rd1+
32. Kh2 Nf1+ 33. Kg1 Nxe3+ $19) 29... Rf8 30. dxe5 Rxf7+ 31. Rxf7 Qxe5 $17) (
24. Rxd8 Rxd8 (24... Qxd8 25. Bg5 (25. Bc6 Re7 $17) 25... Qc8 (25... Qd6 26.
Qxc3 Rxe4 (26... Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Rxe4 (27... Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Rxe4+ (28... Qxg2 29.
Rxc7 $18) 29. Be3 $16)) 27. Be3 Qd7 28. Rb4 $11) 26. Qxc3 Rxe4 27. Rxa7 Bb6 (
27... Bb8 28. Ra1 $11) 28. Rxf7 Bxd4 29. Qf3 Re1+ 30. Kh2 $11) 25. Bf4 Qxe4 (
25... Nxe4 26. Rxc7 Qe6 27. Be5 Qg6 $11) 26. Qxe4 Nxe4 27. Rxc7 Nc3 28. Be3 Nd5
29. Rxc4 $11) 24... Qxe4 (24... Rd7 $2 25. Bc6 $16) 25. Rcxc7 Qxf3 26. gxf3 Rb8
27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Rxc4 (28. Rxa7 Nd5 (28... Nb5 29. Rd7 c3 30. Kf1 $11)) 28...
Nd5 29. Rc5 Rd8 30. Ra5 Rd7 31. Kf1 f5 32. Ke2 Kf7 33. Kd3 $11) 23. Rh5 $1 g6
24. Rxb7 $16 Bc7 (24... Qxb7 25. Bxb7 gxh5 26. Bc6 $18) 25. Rd5 (25. Bc6 $5 Qd6
26. Bxe8 Rxe8 27. Re5 (27. Rxh7 Re7 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 (28... Qxc7 29. Rh4 f5 30.
Qa8+ Kf7 31. Bf4 $18) (28... Kxh7 29. Rxc4 $16) 29. Bf4 Qc6 30. Qg3 Kxh7 31.
Bxc7 Nb6 $11) 27... Rxe5 28. dxe5 Qxe5 29. g3 $16) 25... Qc8 (25... Qe7 26. Re5
$1 Qd6 27. Bd5 Rf8 (27... Re7 28. Bg5 $18) 28. Bh6 $18) 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 (26...
Qxd8 27. Bc6 $18) 27. Bd5 Rd7 28. Qf6 Qd8 $2 (28... Qf8 $8 29. Qc6 Qe7 30. Rxc7
Rxc7 31. Qxa4 c3 $132 {/+/-}) 29. Qxd8+ Rxd8 30. Bc6 $18 Bb6 31. Bxa4 Bxd4 32.
Bxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxa7 c3 34. Bb3 Rb4 35. Ra3 Kg7 36. Kf1 f5 37. Bc2 Rc4 38. Ke2
Kf6 39. Kd3 Rf4 $1 40. f3 Kg5 {[%cal Yg5h4,Yh4g3]} 41. Ke3 Rc4 42. Ra4 $1 f4+ (
42... Rxa4 43. Bxa4 Kh4 44. Kf4 $18) 43. Kf2 Rxa4 44. Bxa4 {Hecht: '[#] Der
Gewinn ist nur eine Frage der Zeit und der sauberen Technik. Der schwarze
c-Bauer spielt keine entscheidende Rolle. Man beachte, daß der Läufer nicht
das Umwandlungsfeld des Randbauern beherrscht. '} Kh4 45. Bc2 Kg5 46. g3 fxg3+
47. Kxg3 Kh5 48. f4 ({Einfacher ist es, den Gewinnbauern zu schonen und den
abtauschfähigen h-Bauern zu aktiveren} 48. h4 {Hecht} h6 (48... g5 49. hxg5
Kxg5 50. Bxh7 $18) (48... Kh6 49. Kg4 Kg7 50. h5 gxh5+ (50... Kf6 51. hxg6 hxg6
52. f4 $18) 51. Kxh5 h6 52. f4 $18) 49. Bb3 $18 g5 (49... c2 50. Be6 c1=Q 51.
Bg4#) 50. Bf7#) 48... Kh6 49. Kg4 Kg7 50. h4 $1 {[%cal Gh4h5]} h6 51. Kf3 Kf7
52. Ke4 Kf6 53. Kd4 g5 54. hxg5+ hxg5 55. f5 g4 56. Ke4 (56. Ke4 Kg5 57. Ke3
$18) 1-0

[Event "Europe-Tartarstan m"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2001.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.08.15"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ribli} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 ({After} 5. Nc3 {
Rublevsky often transposes from the Paulsen to the Scheveningen with} Qc7 6.
Be2 Nf6 7. O-O d6 8. f4 Be7) 5... Nf6 (5... Nc6 {is a rather passive
alternative:} 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Nd2 e5 8. Nc4 Nf6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bd2 $5 b5 (10...
Bg4 11. Qe1 b5 12. Ne3 Bc5 13. Nxg4 Nxg4 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. b4 Bb6 16. c4 Bd4 17.
Rac1 Qd6 18. Bc2 O-O 19. Bb3 Rfd8 20. Rc2 Rd7 21. Rfc1 Rc7 22. g3 h6 23. Kg2
Rac8 24. a4 $14 {Leko,P-Khalifman,A/Budapest m/2000/}) 11. Ba5 Qb8 12. Nb6 Ra7
13. Nxc8 Qxc8 14. a4 Rd7 15. Qe2 Qb8 16. c4 b4 17. c5 Bxc5 18. Rac1 Bb6 19.
Bxb4 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Qxb4 21. Rxc6 Ke7 $1 $13 {Reefat,S-Miezis,N/Dhaka/2001/}) (
{More popular are other moves as} 5... g6) (5... Bc5 {or}) (5... Qb6 $5) 6. O-O
d6 7. c4 {Ribli: 'Das ist eine für Weiß typische Fortsetzung und eigentlich
die Hauptidee in der Variante mit 5.Bd3. Mit diesem Zug verschafft sich Weiß
dauerhaften Raumvorteil.'} (7. Nc3 {Ribli Dieser Zug wird seltener gespielt.
Die Idee besteht hier in der schnellen Entwicklung der Figuren und im Aufbau
einer Angriffsstellung.}) 7... Bd7 {Rublevsky's pet move, which he used even
after this game. Ribli: 'Das ist Rublevskys Lieblingsvariante - Schwarz will
anschließend Bc6 spielen und seine Entwicklung mit Be7 und 0-0 beenden.'} (7...
g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 {or}) (7... Be7 {leads to typical Hedgehog positions.}) 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Nxc6 {White doesn't want to commit his Bc1 yet.} ({After} 9. Be3 {
White has to reckon not only with normal development, but also the more complex
} Ne5 10. Be2 Be7 11. f4 Ng6 12. Qe1 O-O 13. Kh1 Kh8 14. Qg3 Qa5 15. Nb3 Qc7
16. Rac1 Rac8 17. h4 h5 18. Nd4 Qa5 19. Nb3 Qd8 20. Rcd1 Qc7 $13 21. Nd4 Qa5
22. Nb3 Qc7 {1/2,Leitao,R-Milov,V/Buenos Aires/2000/}) (9. Be3 {Ribli}) (9. Nc2
{Ribli}) 9... Bxc6 10. b4 $1 {'!?' Ribli. The idea behind this move is twofold:
White gains space and b5 hangs in the air, as Black will need d7 for his N.
The Bc1 will be developed to the long diagonal, while Black's Q is denied the
important a5-square: Ribli: 'Eine aggressive Fortsetzung - Schwarz muss nun
mit b4-b5 rechnen.'} (10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qe2 Qa5 $1 13. f4 (13. a3 Rfe8
14. Rad1 Rac8 15. b4 Qh5 16. Qd2 Red8 17. Rfe1 Be8 18. Re3 Qg5 19. Ne2 {
1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Rublevsky,S/Polanica Zdroj 1997/CBM 61 (19)}) 13... Qh5 $132
{The Q-exchange helps the defence and an attempt to avoid it} 14. Rf3 (14. Qxh5
Nxh5 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Be2 Nf6 17. Bf3 Nd7 18. Ba3 Nc5 19. Kf2 b6 20. Rd2 {
1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Rublevsky,S/Niksic 1997/CBM 59 ext (20)}) 14... Rfe8 $142 $5
$13 {[%cal Rd6d5] /\d5<=> leads to an unclear position.} (14... d5 $6 15. exd5
Bc5+ 16. Kh1 exd5 17. Nxd5 $36 {/\} Ng4 $2 18. Rh3 Nf2+ 19. Qxf2 Qxh3 20. Qxc5
Qxd3 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qg5+ $18)) ({After} 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Rd1 {
'!?' Ribli. the Qa5-h5 manoeuvre is not so effective, but also the R on d1 is
not well posted for a >>->.} (11. b4 $5 {Ribli} O-O 12. Rd1 (12. Bb2 $5) 12...
Qc7 13. Bf4 b6 14. b5 axb5 15. cxb5 Bb7 16. Rac1 Qb8 {1/2-1/2 Reinaldo
Castineira,R-Kovacevic,S/Dos Hermanas 2000/CBM 75 ext (24)}) 11... Nd7 12. Bf4
O-O (12... b6 $5) (12... Ne5 $142 $5) 13. Bc2 Qc7 14. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 e5
16. Be3 Rfc8 17. Rdc1 Qd8 18. Qd2 h6 19. Bd1 Nf6 20. Qb4 Qd7 21. h3 Bd8 22. Bf3
Kh7 23. a4 Be7 24. b3 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rc4 $14 {Rasik,V-Rublevsky,S/
Ostrava/1992/}) (10. a4 {Ribli} b6 11. Be3 Be7 12. f3 O-O 13. Qd2 Qb8 14. Rfd1
Rc8 15. Bf1 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Rublevsky,S/Montecatini Terme 2000/CBM 79
no vc (25)}) 10... b6 {Ribli: 'Ein sinnvoller prophylaktischer Zug - jetzt
kann Schwarz nach b4-b5 Bb7 spielen.'} (10... Be7 {is possible, but the text
is sooner or later necessary anyway.}) (10... g6 11. Bf4 $5 $32 {is playing
with fire.}) (10... Be7 {Ribli} 11. b5 Bd7 12. a4 O-O 13. Be3 Qc7 14. a5 axb5
15. Bb6 Qc8 16. Nxb5 Bc6 17. Na7 Qd7 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Qa4 {1/2-1/2
Lobzhanidze,D-Lastin,A/Kstovo 1997/CBM 59 (24)}) 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13.
Rad1 $14 {[%cal Re4e5] (),|^>>,/\e5 Ribli: 'Weiß hat Raumvorteil und
Initiative - es droht 14.e5, Schwarz muss daher entweder mit 13...Qc7 oder 13..
.Nd7 reagieren. '} ({Too soft is} 13. a3 Nd7 14. Rad1 Re8 15. f4 Qc7 16. Bb1
Bf8 17. Qc2 g6 18. Qd2 Bb7 {Ribli: '1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Milov,V/Pula 2000/CBM 77 
(24)'} 19. Bd3 Rad8 20. Kh1 Bg7 21. Rc1 Nf6 22. Qe2 Nh5 23. Qf2 Bh6 24. Qh4 Bg7
$132 {1/2,Lutz,C-Milov,V/Pula zt/2000/}) 13... Nd7 ({Later Black came up with} 
13... Qc7 14. f4 Rac8 ({White's tactical chances are well illustrated by} 14...
Rad8 $6 15. Kh1 Bb7 16. Rf3 g6 17. Rh3 Nd7 $2 18. Nb5 $1 {1-0,Kindermann,
S-Thesing,M/Bundesliga 0001/2001/ Ribli: '1-0 Kindermann,S-Thesing,M/Bremen
GER 2001 (18)'} (18. Nd5 $1 $18 {Ribli}) 18... axb5 19. Qh5 $1 $18 {'!!' Ribli.
}) 15. Rf3 Rfd8 16. Rh3 h6 17. Rg3 Bb7 18. a3 a5 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Ne8 21.
Nb5 Qb8 22. Rf1 (22. Nd6 $5 $36) 22... axb4 23. Qh5 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Rd7 25. axb4
Bxb4 26. Nd6 Bxd6 27. exd6 Qxd6 28. Qxh6 f5 $15 {Luther,T-Rublevsky,S/WChT
Yerevan/2001/}) 14. f4 Bb7 $146 {Formally this is new.} (14... Rc8 15. Kh1 ({
The better} 15. Rf3 $142 Bb7 16. Rh3 {leads to a position, which could have
been also in the game}) 15... Bb7 16. a3 Qc7 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Rcd8 19. Nb1
a5 20. Bc3 Nb8 21. Nd2 axb4 22. axb4 Nc6 23. Bb1 Nd4 24. Qe3 Nf5 25. Bxf5 exf5
26. Rxf5 Qc6 $44 {Kaiumov,D-Rublevsky,S/Cheliabinsk/1993/}) ({Premature is} 
14... Bf6 $2 15. Bc2 Qc7 16. Qd3 $16 {[%cal Rd3d6,Re4e5] /\Qd6,e5}) (14... Qc7
{Ribli}) (14... Rc8 {Ribli}) 15. Rf3 {'+/=' Ribli. Ribli: 'Ein typisches
Turmmanöver - Weiß bereitet 16.Rh3 vor, mit direktem Angriff auf den schwarzen
König.'} g6 {Ribli: 'Ein vielseitiger Zug - Schwarz verteidigt sich im voraus
gegen Drohungen auf h7 und bereitet das Manöver Bf6-Bg7 vor.'} 16. Rh3 Bf6 $2 {
This serious tactical mistake enables White to realize the central break with
tempi and get a strong attack.} ({More or less necesary was} 16... Rc8 $1 {
Now forcing moves as} 17. e5 $6 (17. Nd5 $2 exd5 18. Qh5 gxh5 19. Rg3+ Bg5)
17... dxe5 18. Be4 Qc7 {lead nowhere and although the Q still can't go to its
natural square on c7, Black has other useful moves at his disposal (Re8, Bf8).}
) (16... Qc7 $2 17. Nb5 $1 (17. Nd5 $1 $18) 17... Qd8 (17... axb5 18. Qh5 $1
$18) 18. Nxd6 $1 $18 {/\} Bxd6 19. Qh5 Re8 (19... gxh5 {Ribli} 20. Rg3+ $18)
20. Qxh7+ Kf8 21. Qh6+ Ke7 22. Qg5+ {mates.}) 17. e5 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] '!'
Ribli. Very strong due to Black's misplaced forces. Ribli: 'Dieses
vorübergehende Bauernopfer öffnet die d-Linie und ermöglicht den Schwenk des
Rh3 nach d3.'} dxe5 18. Be4 Qc7 (18... Bxe4 $143 19. Nxe4 Bg7 20. Rhd3 Ra7 21.
Bxe5 $16 {/+- and Black is completely paralyzed.} (21. Qd2 $2 Qa8) (21. Bxe5 {
Ribli} f6 22. Bd6 $16)) (18... Ra7 19. Bxb7 (19. Rhd3 $6 Bc8 {/\} 20. Bc6 exf4
21. Qd2 Qe7 $13) 19... Rxb7 20. Ne4 $40 {'+/-' Ribli.}) 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Ne4 {
Ribli: 'Droht 21.Rxd7 und 22.Nxf6+.'} Bg7 (20... Be7 21. fxe5 (21. Rhd3 $14 {
Ribli}) 21... Qc7 22. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Re3h6] /\Qh6} Rfd8 23. Nd6 Nf8 24. c5 $16 {
[%cal Gf1f8] /+-,-><->f} (24. Rf1 $5)) 21. fxe5 {[%cal Rh3d3] /\Rhd3 Keeps the
N options open.} (21. Rhd3 Nf6 22. Nd6 Qc6 23. fxe5 Ne8 $16 {is somewhat
easier to play for Black.}) 21... Qc7 {Black must attack the [+] wedge.} (21...
Nxe5 $2 22. Nd6 $18) (21... Bxe5 $2 {Ribli} 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Nf6+ $18) 22.
Nf6+ Bxf6 ({Losing by force is} 22... Nxf6 $2 23. exf6 Bh8 24. Qe3 {'!?' Ribli.
} (24. Be5 $16 {Ribli}) 24... Rfd8 (24... h5 25. Rxh5 gxh5 26. Qg5+ Kh7 27.
Qxh5+ Kg8 28. Qg5+ Kh7 29. Rd4 $18) 25. Qh6 {'!?' Ribli.} (25. Rxd8+ {Ribli}
Qxd8 26. Qh6 Qd1+ (26... Bxf6 27. Bxf6 Qxf6 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 (29...
Qxh8 30. Rxh8+ $18) 30. Qxa8 Qd4+ 31. Kf1 Qxc4+ 32. Kf2 Qc2+ 33. Ke3 (33. Kg3
Qc7+ $11) 33... Qc3+ $11) 27. Kf2 Qc2+ 28. Ke3 $18) 25... Rxd1+ 26. Kf2 Rd2+
27. Ke1 Re2+ (27... Rd1+ 28. Kxd1 Qd8+ 29. Kc2 Bxf6 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 31. Qxh7+ Kf8
32. Qh8+ $18) 28. Kxe2 (28. Kf1 {Ribli} Qf4+ 29. Qxf4 Rxb2 $16) 28... Qxc4+ 29.
Ke3 Bxf6 30. Bxf6 {'+-' Ribli.} Qc1+ 31. Ke2 $18) 23. exf6 {Black has somehow
managed to keep his posiiton from falling apart completely, but the threat
Qe3-h6 forces a further weakening. Ribli: 'Nach Vereinfachungen behält Weiß
großen Raumvorteil. Der Nd7 steht schlecht, zudem hat Schwarz Probleme am
Königsflügel. '} e5 24. Rf3 $1 {White still has use for his advanced pawn and
doesn't want to give Black any <=> after e.g.} (24. Rhd3 Nxf6 25. Rd6 (25. Bxe5
Rae8 $1 (25... Qe7 26. Re3 Rfd8 (26... Rfe8 27. Rdd3 $1 $18) 27. Rf1 Ne8 28.
Bf6 $1 $18) 26. Bxc7 Rxe2 27. Bxb6 Rxa2 $16 {/+/=}) 25... Qe7 26. Rxb6 Rfd8 $16
{We will see a similar prudent decision from Khalifman 12 moves later.}) 24...
Rfd8 25. Rd5 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gd1d8] White switches his attention from mating
Black's K to the d-file and the ><e5.} (25. Qe3 $2 Qxc4 26. Qh6 Nxf6 $19) 25...
h5 (25... Rac8 26. Qd2 Kf8 27. Rfd3 $1 Ke8 28. Re3 Qxc4 29. Bxe5 $18 {->}) 26.
Rfd3 {'+/-' Ribli. Ribli: 'Droht 27.Qd2 oder 27.Qd1 mit sofortigem Gewinn.'}
Nf8 {With the R on d8} (26... Nxf6 $2 {loses a piece after} 27. Qxe5 $1 Qxe5
28. Rxd8+ Qe8 29. Bxf6 $18) (26... Qxc4 $2 {Ribli} 27. Qd2 $18) 27. Qxe5 (27.
Bxe5 $6 {Ribli} Qxc4 $14) 27... Qxe5 (27... Rxd5 {Ribli} 28. cxd5 (28. Qxc7 $6
Rxd3 $14) (28. Qxd5 $16) 28... Qc2 29. Qd4 $16) 28. Bxe5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 {
Ribli: 'Weiß hat einen Mehrbauern und die aktivere Figurenstellung.'} Ne6 (
29... Rc8 {Ribli} 30. c5 $16) 30. c5 {Ribli: 'Weiß mobilisiert seine
Bauernmehrheit. Schwarz hat kaum noch Rettungschancen.'} bxc5 31. bxc5 Rc8 32.
Bd6 g5 33. Kf2 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Although the c-pawn is temporarily blockaded,
White's pieces are more active and most importantly Black's K can't
effectively join in. Khalifman convincingly hauls in the point.} Kh7 34. Be7 {
Ribli: 'Der Be7 steht gut und verteidigt gleichzeitig die Bauern auf c5 und f6.
'} Kg6 35. Ke3 {Ribli: 'Der weiße König strebt nach c4, um den Rd5 von der
Verteidigung des Pc5 zu entbinden.'} Rb8 36. Rd2 $1 {A rational prophylactic
decision. White is not interested in any complications after} (36. c6 Rb1 $142
$1 (36... Rb2 37. Rd2) (36... Rc8 37. Rd6 Kf5 38. Kd3 Ke5 (38... Nf4+ 39. Kd4
Nxg2 40. Kc5 Nf4 41. Kb6 $18) 39. Kc4 $18) 37. Rc5 Rb2 38. c7 Nxc7 39. Rxc7
Rxg2 40. a4 Rxh2 $16 {/<=>}) 36... Kf5 (36... Rb4 $142 37. Kd3 $1 (37. c6 $6
Rc4 {or}) (37. Rc2 Nd4 {lead nowhere}) 37... Rd4+ (37... Kf5 38. Kc3 {with the
game position}) 38. Kc3 Rxd2 39. Kxd2 Kf5 (39... Nd4 40. Kd3 Nc6 41. Ke4 $18)
40. Kc3 Ke5 41. Kb4 Kd5 42. Ka5 Kc6 43. Kxa6 $18 {and any possible black <=>
is too slow.}) (36... Rc8 37. Rc2 (37. h3 $16 {Ribli}) 37... Kf5 38. Kd3 $18 (
38. c6 $2 Ke5 {[%csl Rc6] costs White the c-P})) 37. Kd3 {The rest is easy,
White's K decides, as Black's K can't stop him.} Rb4 (37... Ke5 $4 38. Bd6+ $18
) 38. Kc3 Rb1 (38... Ra4 {Ribli} 39. c6 $18 (39. Kb3 $18)) 39. Kc4 Rc1+ 40. Kd5
{'+-' Ribli. Ribli: 'Der Mehrbauer auf c5 entscheidet - dank der Unterstützung
durch seinen König - die Partie.'} h4 41. c6 g4 {Ribli: 'Schwarz sucht etwas
Gegenspiel am Königsflügel, aber kann dort keine Drohungen aufbauen.'} 42. Kd6
g3 43. hxg3 hxg3 44. Kd7 Rc3 45. Bd6 Kxf6 46. c7 (46. c7 {Ribli} Nxc7 47. Bxc7
$18) 1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 1st"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Be7 12. Be2 Nd7 13. h4 (13. exd5 {
Tyomkin,D} cxd5 14. Rhe1 O-O 15. g4 Bb7 16. Rg1 Re8 $1 {Intending e6-e5.} (
16... Bg5 {Tyomkin,D} 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. f4 Qh4 19. g5 $13 {But whites attack
on the kingside looks dangerous.}) 17. g5 hxg5 (17... e5 {Tyomkin,D} 18. gxh6
$1) 18. Bxg5 Bxg5 19. Rxg5 Qf6 20. Rdg1 g6 {0-1 Montell Lorenzo,J-Tyomkin,D/
Salou 2000/CBM 80/[Tyomkin,D] (34) g6-point is a key square now. Black can
protect it by Nf8 and Kg7, and probably in time.}) 13... Qb6 $146 {That's a
new move but black doesn't solve opening problems of this line by 13...Qb6;
For some reason, Xu Jun went to the line which known as dubious for black up
to modern theory, and he didn't show any improvement...} ({Very important game
was played after another principal reply of black:} 13... Qa5 14. Qg3 Ra7 15.
Qxg7 Bf6 16. Qg3 d4 17. e5 $1 dxc3 18. exf6 Qb4 19. bxc3 Qa3+ 20. Kd2 Nxf6 21.
Qg7 $1 Ne4+ 22. Ke1 Qxc3+ 23. Qxc3 Nxc3 24. Be5 $18 {1-0 Nataf,I-Cao,S/Ohrid
MKD 2001/The Week in Chess 345 (44)}) (13... e5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. exd5 Qc7 16.
f4 $16 {[%cal Gd5d6]}) (13... O-O $5 {[%cal Re6e5]} 14. Rh3 $1 $40 {[%cal
Rf4h6]} (14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qxh6 Bf6 {[%cal Gf6g7,Yd8f6]}) (14. Qg3 Kh8 $13))
14. Qg3 d4 $2 {Black's position was already unpleasant, but after d5-d4 white
got c4 square for the knight. Black is not able to prevent all white's threats
now;} ({Probably more resistant was:} 14... g6 15. h5 g5 16. Bc7 Qb7 17. Bd6
$14 {Black doesn't have safe place anywhere on the board;}) 15. Nb1 {[%csl Yd6,
Rg7][%cal Gb1d2,Gd2c4]} Qa5 (15... g6 16. h5 g5 17. Bc7 $16 {[%cal Gb1d2,Gd2c4,
Yc4d6]}) (15... c5 16. Nd2 $16 {[%cal Gd2c4]}) 16. Rxd4 e5 $2 {After his last
move black gets losing position by different ways;} (16... Qxa2 17. b3 {
[%cal Rd4a4]} Qa5 18. Ra4 $16 {[%cal Rg3g7]}) 17. Bd2 {Khalifman choses the
way to get position with up a pawn for him; There was possibility for white at
this point and on next move as well, to sacrifice exchange on d7 and then to
take couple of pawns:} (17. Rxd7 Bxd7 18. Qxg7 Rf8 19. Bxh6 $18) 17... Qb6 (
17... Qxa2 18. Bc4 Qa1 19. Qxg7 Rf8 20. Rd3 $18) 18. Rc4 {Again Khalifman
doesn't sacrifice on d7, although it looks better than the game;} (18. Rxd7
Bxd7 19. Qxg7 Rf8 20. Be3 $18 {[%csl Re5,Rh6]}) 18... Rb8 19. b3 Bf6 20. Rb4
Qc7 21. Rxb8 Qxb8 22. Qc3 c5 23. Be3 O-O 24. g4 $1 {White doesn't miss the way
to create direct attack on black king after castle;} (24. Bxc5 Nxc5 25. Qxc5
Bb7 {[%cal Gf8c8] black gets some counterplay in this case;}) 24... Be7 25. g5
hxg5 26. hxg5 Qd6 27. Bd2 {Clearing pass for white queen to the kingside;
There was another way for white with the same idea:} (27. Bf4 $5 Nb6 (27...
exf4 28. Qh3 {[%csl Rh7,Rh8]}) 28. Bxe5 Bxg5+ 29. Kb2 Qxe5 30. Qxe5 Bf6 31.
Qxf6 $18) 27... Nb6 28. a4 c4 29. a5 cxb3 30. Qxb3 $1 {White doesn't give
black any counterchances;} (30. axb6 $143 bxc2 {black has some practical
chances here;}) 30... Na8 31. Qg3 {[%cal Gg3h2]} Qg6 32. Qh2 f5 33. Qh8+ $2 {
Here Khalifman missed a way to finish the game at once:} (33. gxf6 $1 Qxf6 {
Other captures are even worse;} 34. Qh7+ Kf7 35. Rh6 $18 {winning the black
queen at least;}) 33... Kf7 34. Bh5 Rxh8 35. Bxg6+ Kxg6 36. Rxh8 {The exchange
and the pawn up for white in this endgame was good reason for black to give up
right now, but probably there was some time trouble;} Bb7 37. exf5+ Kxf5 38.
Rg8 Kg6 39. Re8 Kf7 40. Rb8 Bf3 41. Be3 {[%cal Gb1d2]} Nc7 42. Nd2 Bg2 43. Rb6
Nd5 44. g6+ {[%cal Gb6a6]} 1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 1st"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 Ne8 13. c5 a5 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. Nb5
Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Nd6 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Bd2 Ra8 20. Rb1 Qa7 21. Bc4
Bd7 22. Be3 Qb8 23. Ne6 Rc8 24. Qd3 f4 25. Bg1 Ra4 26. Bb5 Bxb5 27. Qxb5 Rxa2
28. Qd7 Bf6 29. Rxb7 Qa8 30. Nxf4 Bh4 31. Nd3 Qa3 32. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.02.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 a6 12. Kb1 b5 13. Qe3 Qc7 14. Bd3 Bxd4
15. Qxd4 Qc5 16. Ne2 b4 17. Rc1 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Rhd1 Na4 20. Re1 Bd7 21.
Re3 Rfc8 22. f5 exf5 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Nxf5 Re8 25. Rd1 Nb6 26. b3 g6 27. Nd4
Rac8 28. e6 f5 29. c3 bxc3 30. Rc1 Kg7 31. Rexc3 Kf6 32. Rc6 Rb8 33. Kc2 a5 34.
Kd3 a4 35. Rc7 axb3 36. axb3 h6 37. h4 Rbc8 38. Rf7+ Ke5 39. Re1+ Kf4 40. h5
Kg5 41. hxg6 Kxg6 42. Nxf5 Rcd8 43. Ne7+ Kg5 44. Re5+ Kg4 45. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Qb3
b5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. h4 c5 11. e6 c4 12. Qd1 Nb6 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. h5 Nc6 15.
hxg6 hxg6 16. Be3 Bf5 17. Ng5 Rf6 18. g4 Be6 19. Nce4 Bd5 20. f3 (20. Qd2 Rd6 (
20... Qd7 $1 $13) 21. f3 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Nd7 23. Qh2 Nf8 24. e5 Rd7 25. Ne6 Qa5+
26. Bd2 Nxe5 27. Be2 {1-0 Anand,V-Svidler,P/Linares 1999/ (31)}) 20... e5 $3 {
[%mdl 8] Khalifman is not afraid to unleash a small bomb in a theoretical
position, black quickly wants to benefit from the active location of all
pieces in the center.} 21. dxe5 (21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. dxe5 (22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. fxe4
exd4 24. Bf2 Qf4 $15) (22. Bc1 exd4 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Ne5 $15) 22... Nxe5 (
22... Qxe5 23. Qd2 Re8 24. Kf2 Na4 25. Rd1 Nb4 26. Bd4 Nd3+ 27. Qxd3 cxd3 28.
Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Ne4 $14) 23. Rh3 (23. Be2 Re8 24. Bxb6 (24. Ne4 Nxf3+ 25. Bxf3
Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Rh3 Qxb2 28. Qd8+ Kf7 $15) 24... Nxf3+ 25. Nxf3 Bxf3 26.
Rh2 Qxb6 $17) 23... Re8 24. Ne4 Nxf3+ 25. Rxf3 Qxb2 26. Rb1 Qxa2 $19) 21...
Nxe5 22. Be2 (22. f4 $5 Nf7 $1 (22... Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Nd5 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. fxe5
Nxe3 26. Qb1 $16) (22... Ned7 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Rh2 c3 25. Bd3 cxb2 $14) 23.
Nxf7 (23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Rh2 Nxg5 25. fxg5 Qe6 26. Qe2 Na4 $11) 23... Kxf7 24.
Nxf6 Bxh1 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Bxb6 Rd6 $11) 22... Bxe4 23. Nxe4 (23. Qxd8+ Rxd8
24. Nxe4 Re6 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 $15) 23... Re6 24. g5 $2 {In a higher sense very
dubious move, white had no right to lose time for aggressive moves. The king
on e1 is a primary cause of an immediate catastrophy.} (24. Qc2 Nd3+ (24... Qc7
25. O-O-O $1 $14) 25. Bxd3 Qxd3 26. Qxd3 cxd3 $11) 24... Qc7 $1 25. Qc2 Rd8 26.
Rd1 $6 (26. Kf1 Nd5 27. Bd2 Qf7 $15) 26... Nd5 27. Qc1 (27. Bc1 Nb4 28. Rxd8+
Qxd8 29. Qd2 Qxd2+ 30. Kxd2 Nxa2 $17) 27... Ng4 28. Bf4 (28. fxg4 Rxe4 29. Rh3
Nxe3 30. Rxd8+ (30. Rxe3 Bxb2 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $19) 30... Qxd8 31. Rxe3 Qxg5 $19)
28... Qb6 (28... Qb6 29. Bg3 $1 Bd4 $1 (29... Nge3 30. Rd2 Ng2+ 31. Kf1 Nde3+
32. Kg1 $15) 30. fxg4 Rxe4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 h5
$5 {'?' Ernst. Ernst: 'Why does van Wely avoid the main line? The text is an
unneccessary weakening.'} 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. Bc4 Ne5 (9... b5 10. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 11.
Nxe6 Qa5 12. b4 Qxb4 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Nxa8 $18) 10. Bb3 b5 11. O-O-O Bb7 12.
Bg5 {Exactly this represents the adverse side of an h7-h5 idea, black has no
chance to expell the bishop from the g5 square. Ernst: 'Now various sacrifices
are in the air.'} Qa5 (12... Be7 13. f4 (13. Rhe1 b4 14. Nce2 Qa5 $13) 13...
Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Ng4 17. Bf4 Rb8 $13) 13. Kb1 Nc4 (13...
b4 {Ernst} 14. Ba4+ $1 (14. Nce2 {Ernst} Rc8 15. h4 (15. Nf4 {Ernst} Nc4 16.
Bxc4 Qxg5 $15) 15... Be7 16. Nf4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 $13) 14... Nfd7 (14... Ned7
{Ernst} 15. Nb3 bxc3 16. Nxa5 cxd2 17. Nxb7 Rb8 18. Bc6 $16) 15. Nb3 $1 bxc3
16. Nxa5 cxd2 17. Nxb7 Rb8 18. Na5 $16) 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. Rhe1 $1 Rb8 (15...
Be7 16. f4 (16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qd7+ Kf7 20. Qxb7 Rab8
$19) (16. Bxf6 {Ernst} gxf6 $1 (16... Bxf6 {Ernst} 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qxd6 Qd8
19. Qxe6+ Qe7 20. Qxc4 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 (21. Qa4+ $6 {Ernst} Kf8 22. bxc3 $14)
21... O-O $16 {White has 4 pawns for a bishop and the attack.}) 17. Qe2 Rc8 18.
f4 Rg8 19. g3 $14 {White has a slight positional advantage.}) (16. Nf5 $2 {
Ernst} exf5 17. exf5 Rd8 $17) 16... Rb8 17. f5 $14) 16. Nf5 $1 {Ernst: 'This
sacrifice totally destroys the black bastions.'} exf5 (16... Bc6 17. Nxd6+ Bxd6
18. Qxd6 Qb6 19. Bc1 $16) 17. e5 $1 {[%mdl 128] The point of the refreshing
Khalifman's combination, black will succumb due to the poorly developed pieces.
} (17. exf5+ Kd7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qd4 Qxf5 $17) 17... Bc8 {'?' Ernst. Ernst:
'This loses at once.'} (17... dxe5 $2 18. Bxf6 Bc5 19. Bxg7 $18) (17... Nh7 18.
exd6+ Kd7 19. Be7 (19. Re7+ Bxe7 20. dxe7+ Bd5 21. Qxd5+ (21. Qe3 {Ernst} Qb4
22. Rxd5+ Kc6 $17) 21... Qxd5 22. Rxd5+ Ke6 23. Bf4 Nf6 (23... Rbc8 {Ernst} 24.
Re5+ Kd7 25. Nd5 (25. Na4 {Ernst} Rc6 26. Nc5+ Ke8 27. Rxf5 Kxe7 28. Rxh5 $14)
25... Rc6 26. Kc1 $14 {The king's attack continues in the ending and white
keeps a slight edge although an exchange down for a pawn.} (26. Rxf5 {Ernst}
Nf6 27. Bg5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5+ Rd6 $15)) 24. Re5+ Kd7 25. Na4 Rhe8 $11) 19... Bc6 (
19... Qb4 20. Bxf8 Rhxf8 21. a3 Qb6 22. Re7+ Kd8 23. Na4 Qb5 24. Qe3 Bc6 25.
Rc7 $16) 20. Bxf8 Nxf8 21. Re7+ Kd8 22. Qg5 $18) (17... Kd7 18. exf6 g6 19. Qd4
$16) (17... Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 $16) 18. exf6+ Be6 (18...
Kd7 {Ernst} 19. fxg7 Qb4 20. gxf8=N+ Rxf8 21. Re7+ {This leads to a forced
mate.}) 19. fxg7 $1 (19. Qd4 Qb6 20. Qxb6 Rxb6 21. Nd5 Rb7 22. Re3 $16) 19...
Bxg7 20. Qxd6 $1 {Ernst: 'Threatening mate.'} Rxb2+ $8 {Ernst: 'Now it's black
who comes an exchange down in the ending after a few further moves. The
counter-attack is easily parried.'} (20... Rb7 21. Qd8+ Qxd8 22. Rxd8#) 21.
Kxb2 Qxc3+ (21... Bxc3+ 22. Kc1 $18) 22. Kc1 Qb2+ 23. Kd2 Qd4+ (23... Bc3+ 24.
Ke2 Qxc2+ 25. Kf1 $18) (23... Bf6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Rb1 c3+ 26. Kd1 $18) 24.
Qxd4 Bxd4 25. Ke2 Bb6 (25... f6 26. Rxd4 fxg5 27. Rd6 Ke7 28. Rxa6 $18) (25...
Rg8 26. Rxd4 Rxg5 27. Kf2 $18) 26. Rb1 (26. Rd6 Bc7 27. Rxa6 $18) 26... Bc7 27.
Rb7 $1 {The endgame is easily won for white, but the convincing realisation
will shorten defender's suffering.} Bxh2 28. f4 O-O 29. Rh1 Bg3 30. Rxh5 Kg7
31. Bh6+ Kg6 32. Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd2 $5 {4...Nd7 has become extremly popular during the last
couple of years, but I won't be surprised if after Corus tournament it's
popularity will decrease drusticaly!} (9. Bg5 Qa5+ (9... h6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rd1 Qc6 14. Nf3 O-O 15. O-O Rfd8 $11 {Fedorov,
A-Van Wely,L/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001}) 10. Bd2 Qc7 (10... Bb4 11. Bxb4 (11. c3
Be7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. c4 Qb6 16. b4 Qd4 17. Rac1 a5 18.
Bc3 $14 {Nevednichy,V-Negulescu,A/Cupa Dinamo 1998}) 11... Qxb4+ 12. c3 Qc5 13.
Nf3 b6 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. Ba6 Rd8 16. O-O Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Rd7 18. Rad1 Rad8 $11 {
Asrian,K-Nalbandian,T/Yerevan 1999}) (10... Qb6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. f4 (12. Nh3
$5 h6 13. Qe1 $6 {[%cal Gd2a5]} (13. Bc3 O-O-O 14. Qf3 Bc6 15. Qg3 Rhg8 $11)
13... a5 $5 (13... O-O-O $2 14. Ba5) 14. Bc3 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Rc8 17.
Qe5 O-O $132 {Asrian,K-Feoktistov,A/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74}) 12... O-O-O 13.
Nf3 Ng4 14. Ng5 f5 15. Nf7 Nf2 16. Nxh8 Rxh8 17. Kb1 Re8 18. Bc3 Nxh1 19. Rxh1
$11 {Lastin,A-Feoktistov,A/Voronezh 1998/EXT 99}) 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O-O b6 13.
Ne5 Bb7 14. f4 (14. Rhe1 Rac8 15. Kb1 Rfe8 16. g4 Nd5 17. g5 Bd4 18. c4 Bxe5
19. cxd5 Bd6 20. Qe4 $14 {Korneev,O-Zlochevskij,A/RUS-Cup8 1997/EXP 58}) 14...
Rfd8 (14... Nd5 15. Rhf1 $1 Nb4 $6 16. Bxb4 $5 Bxb4 17. g4 Rad8 18. g5 Bd6 19.
h4 $36 {Fedorov,A-Daschian,N/RUS-Cup02 1998}) 15. Kb1 Rac8 16. Rhf1 $14 {
Glek,I-Nogueiras,J/Linares op 1996}) (9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. h4 $1 Qa5+ 12.
Bd2 Qa4 13. Ne5 Qd4 14. c3 Qd5 15. O-O-O $1 Qxa2 16. g4 Qa1+ 17. Kc2 Qa4+ 18.
Kb1 $16 {Rublevsky,S-Zakharevich,I/St.Petersburg Petrov 1996 (24)}) 9... O-O
10. O-O-O Qd5 $6 {After 2 games played in this variation in Wijk aan Zee we
may regard this move as dubious: indeed both games lasted 20 moves each and in
each one of the black got crushed severely!} 11. Kb1 (11. Bc3 Qg5+ 12. Kb1 Nd5
13. Be5 Qxg2 $2 14. Qh5 f5 15. Nf3 Qg4 16. Rhg1 $1 $18 {Sadler,M-Miles,A/Hove
1997/CBM 61}) 11... Qxg2 12. Nf3 Qxf2 13. Qe5 Be7 $146 {This move is the
novelty, but as shows this game, it doesn't change the evaluaton of the
position- black is in serious danger and it's not perfectly clear wether he
may withstand white's attack.} (13... Qxf3 14. Qxc5 b6 15. Qg5 h6 16. Qh4 Qh5
17. Qg3 Kh8 18. Rhg1 Rg8 19. Rdf1 $40 {Ivanisevic,I-Supatashvili,K/Panormo
1998/CBM 67 ext}) (13... Nd7 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Rhg1 Be3 17. Bc3
f6 18. Rdf1 Qe2 19. Re1 Qf2 20. Ref1 Qe2 21. Re1 Qf2 22. Qg4 Rf7 23. Rgf1 $16 {
Anand,V-Van Wely,L, Monaco,2001}) 14. Rdf1 Qc5 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qh3 g6 17. Rhg1
{This position looks extremly dangerous for black and it's not so simple to
find satisfactory reply.} Nf4 $6 {This move loses on the spot, but also after
natural} (17... Bf6 18. Ng5 {[%cal Gg5h7]} Bg7 19. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 20. Rg5 f5 21.
Rfg1 Qb6 22. Bc3 $1 Bxc3 23. Qxh5+ $1 $18 {white decides the game in his favor}
) 18. Bxf4 e5 19. Qh6 exf4 20. Rg5 $1 {[%cal Gg5h5]} (20. Rg5 f5 21. Rxg6+ hxg6
22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Bc4+ Qxc4 25. Rg1+ Kf7 26. Qg6#) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.05"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rfe1 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Qc1 a4 14. b4 Qe7 15.
Bf1 c5 16. Qe3 h6 17. Rac1 cxd4 18. Bxd4 e5 19. Bb2 Qe6 20. Nd2 Bb7 21. Qd3 a3
22. Ba1 d5 23. cxd5 Qxd5 24. e4 Qxa2 25. Nc4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Rac8
28. Bd3 Nf6 29. Qxe5 Rcd8 30. Qf5 Rd5 31. Qf3 b5 32. Nxa3 Ra8 33. Bxf6 Qxa3 34.
Rd1 Qa2 35. Qg4 g6 36. Kg2 h5 37. Qf4 Ra6 38. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7.
Bg5 Ba6 8. Qf3 {After my games against Lev Psakhis 1999 and Judit Polgar 2000
this idea became very popular. Probably, white can not expect a big advantage
in this variation.} Nc6 9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 Bb7 11. Qd1 {White's queen has
finished the travel and has returned on the "d1".} d6 12. Ne2 {[%cal Ye2c3]} ({
After:} 12. Nf3 $6 Nb8 {(/\Nbd7,c5) Black receive a convenient game.}) 12...
Nb8 $6 ({In my opinion,it was better:} 12... g5 $5 13. Bg3 $140 Ne4 {[%csl Rg3]
[%cal Ge4g3] You can see comments to Stohl,I-Rozentalis,E/Germany,2001/CBM 87
(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(29)}) (12... Ne7 {Ftacnik} 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nc3 c5 15. b4
$14) 13. Nc3 Nbd7 14. Bd3 ({Also good enough:} 14. d5 $5 {with obvious
positional advantage of white.}) 14... c5 (14... Bxg2 {Ftacnik} 15. Rg1 Bb7 16.
Ne4 Kh8 17. b4 $44) 15. O-O Qe7 ({The main Black's idea in structures of this
type:} 15... cxd4 16. exd4 d5 {is pleased is bad,because of:} 17. cxd5 exd5 18.
Qf3 {[%cal Gf1e1]}) ({It deserves attention:} 15... a6 {/\Qc7}) (15... Qc7 {
Ftacnik} 16. b4 $14) 16. Rc1 $5 $146 ({Were checked in the preceding game:} 16.
Re1 Rfe8 17. d5 $5 Ne5 18. Bf1 Ba6 19. Qa4 (19. b3 $5) 19... Bb7 20. Qd1 Ba6
21. b3 $14 {Erdos,V-Schenk,A/Pula,2003(1/2-1/2)(27)}) 16... Rfc8 $6 ({I do not
think,that it was much better:} 16... Rfe8) ({or} 16... Rfd8) ({Can be
recommended:} 16... Rac8) 17. Re1 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Gc3,Gd1,Gd3,Ge1,Gh4] All
White's pieces are located ideally.} a6 {[%csl Ya6][%cal Ya6b5] Black don't
have any clear plan,they wait and prepare for active actions on the part of
White.} 18. b4 {()} Rc7 19. bxc5 $1 bxc5 ({Hardly is better:} 19... dxc5 {
'!?' Ftacnik.} 20. d5 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5,Ge3][%cal Ge3e4]} (20. Qb3 {Ftacnik} Rd8
21. Red1 cxd4 22. exd4 Rcc8 23. Rc2 $14) 20... exd5 {Ftacnik} (20... Qd6 {
Ftacnik} 21. Bg3 Ne5 22. e4 exd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Re7 25. Qa4 $14) (20...
exd5 21. cxd5 (21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Qd6 23. e4 Ne5 24. Bb1 g5 25. Bg3 b5 $14)
21... Qd6 22. Bg3 Ne5 23. e4 c4 24. Be2 g5 25. Qd4 $16) 21. cxd5 (21. Nxd5 Bxd5
22. cxd5 Qd6 23. e4 Ne5 24. Bb1 g5 25. Bg3 b5 $14) 21... Qd6 22. Bg3 Ne5 23. e4
c4 24. Be2 g5 25. Qd4 $16) 20. d5 {Now,after exchange of the pawns "b", Black
are deprived a counterplay: "b5". Ftacnik: 'Khalifman is enjoying a bishop's
pair and very favourable solution of the central problems.'} Ne5 (20... exd5 {
Ftacnik} 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Ne5 (22... g5 23. Bg3 Nxd5 $2 24. Bc4 $18) 23.
Bf5 $14) 21. f4 {[%mdl 32]} (21. Bf1 $143 Ng6) 21... Ned7 $6 (21... Nxd3 $142
22. Qxd3 Re8 $14) 22. Bc2 Qf8 23. Rb1 {[%cal Gb1b7] The game of White
corresponds to the requirements of a position.} Rb8 24. Qd3 exd5 25. cxd5 Ba8 (
{Pretty dubiously:} 25... c4 26. Qd4 {[%csl Rc4]}) 26. e4 $16 {[%cal Ge4e5]
Whites makes this move in the most suitable moment.} Rxb1 27. Bxb1 {[%csl Ra6]
[%cal Ge4e5]} c4 28. Qd4 {[%csl Yd5,Ye4,Yf4][%cal Ge4e5] It is impossible to
avoid approach of the White's pawns.} Qb8 (28... Nh5 $5) 29. e5 Ne8 30. Bf5 {
[%csl Gf5,Yh4][%cal Gf5d7,Yh4d8] Black takes under control two important
diagonals. Ftacnik: 'The difference in the activity of white and black pieces
is becoming enormous.'} Qb6 $6 ({More stubborn resistance after:} 30... Nf8)
31. Qxb6 $1 Nxb6 $140 32. Bd8 Rb7 33. e6 Rb8 ({Loses right away:} 33... fxe6
34. Bxe6+ Kf8 35. Rb1 $18 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Yc3b1,Gb1b6,Gd8b6]}) 34. Bxb6 (34.
Bh7+ $1 {Ftacnik} Kxh7 (34... Kf8 35. e7#) 35. exf7 Nxd5 (35... Nf6 36. f8=Q
Nbd7 37. Qe7) 36. fxe8=Q Nxc3 37. f5 $18) 34... Rxb6 35. e7 {[%cal Gf5d7] '?'
Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The former FIDE world champion has done everything in
exemplary manner, but in this phase the tactical acumen has badly failed him.
The proud e pawn could have immediatelly made a home run into queen.'} (35.
Bh7+ $1 {Ftacnik} Kxh7 36. exf7 $18) 35... Rb7 {[%cal Yb7d7]} (35... Rb8 $143
36. Bd7 f6 37. Be6+ Kh8 38. Re4 {[%csl Rc4]}) 36. Bc8 {[%csl Ra6,Re8][%cal
Gc8d7]} Ra7 37. f5 g6 38. f6 $1 Kh7 39. h4 h5 {Differently after 40.g4 and 41.
g5 Black will be in a complete clip.} 40. Be6 Kg8 (40... fxe6 $2 41. f7 Rxe7
42. f8=Q) 41. Bc8 {Sometimes it is desirable to repeat the moves.} Kh7 42. Kf2
g5 43. hxg5 Kg6 44. Kf3 Kxg5 45. Ne4+ Kh6 46. g4 $1 {The accuracy is necessary
up to the end. Ftacnik: 'The black king is in mating net and his pieces are
extremely passive.'} Bxd5 $140 47. Kf4 Kh7 48. Bf5+ Kg8 49. Nxd6 Bc6 50. Nxe8
Bxe8 51. Rd1 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gd1d8] Good achievement of Alexander Khalifman!}
1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-Moscow"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.05.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2003.05.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. h3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 c5 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. c4 Nd7 15. f4
Re8 16. Nd2 Bf8 17. Bc2 g6 18. Rb1 Bg7 19. b3 Qh4 20. Rf1 Nf6 21. Qf3 Re7 22.
Bb2 Rae8 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qd3 Bc3 25. Qxd6 Re6 26. Qc7 R6e7 27. Qd6 Re6 28.
Qc7 Qd8 29. Qxb7 Qxd2 30. Bd1 Rxe4 31. Bf3 R4e7 32. Qxa6 Bd4+ 33. Kh1 Re1 34.
Qc6 Rxf1+ 35. Rxf1 Re1 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.26"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O Be6 14. Rab1 a5
15. a3 N8d7 16. Rfc1 g6 17. Nd2 Nb6 18. b4 axb4 19. Rxb4 Nfd7 20. Qb2 c5 21.
dxc5 Nxc5 22. Rxb6 Nxd3 23. Rxd6 Nxb2 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxa3 26. Rc7 b6
27. Rdd7 Rd3 28. Rxf7 Rxd2 29. Rg7+ Kh8 30. Rxh7+ Kg8 31. Rhg7+ Kh8 32. Rh7+
Kg8 33. Rcg7+ Kf8 34. Rf7+ Kg8 35. Rfg7+ Kf8 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rhg7+ Kh8 38.
Rxg6 Rb8 39. Rff6 b5 40. Rh6+ Kg7 41. Rhg6+ Kh8 42. Rh6+ Kg7 43. h4 Nc4 44.
Rhg6+ Kh8 45. Rh6+ Kg7 46. Rfg6+ Kf7 47. h5 Rbd8 48. Rh7+ Kf8 49. Rh8+ Kf7 50.
Rh7+ Kf8 51. Rgg7 R2d6 52. Rf7+ Kg8 53. Rhg7+ Kh8 54. Rh7+ Kg8 55. Rfg7+ Kf8
56. Rb7 Kg8 57. Rhg7+ Kh8 58. Rh7+ Kg8 59. Rhg7+ Kh8 60. Rge7 Rb6 61. Rh7+ Kg8
62. Rbg7+ Kf8 63. Rc7 Kg8 64. Rcg7+ Kf8 65. Rc7 Kg8 66. g4 Rbd6 67. Rcg7+ Kf8
68. Rf7+ Kg8 69. Rfg7+ Kf8 70. Rb7 Kg8 71. Rhg7+ Kh8 72. Rge7 Rh6 73. Rxb5 Nd6
74. Rb6 Rf6 75. Kg2 Rg8 76. f3 Ra8 77. f4 Ne4 78. Rxf6 Nxf6 79. Kf3 Rg8 80. g5
Nxh5 81. Re6 Kg7 82. Kg4 Kf7 83. f5 Ng7 84. g6+ Kf8 85. Rf6+ Ke8 86. Ra6 Kd7
87. Kg5 Ne8 88. f6 Nc7 89. f7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Youth of"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Bg3
$5 {Sakaevs Zug, die Idee besteht darin, nach 15...0-0 sofort 16.e5 antworten
zu können. Der Nachteil gegenüber der Hauptvariante 16.Rad1 ist natürlich,
dass der Pd4 hängt.} Qxd4 (15... b4 $2 16. Na4 Qxd4 17. Bxc4 c5 $2 18. e5 $18 {
1-0 Sakaev,K-Borovikov,V/Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92/[Lutz] (26)}) (15... O-O $5 16.
e5 (16. Rad1 {führt zu 15.Rad1 0-0 16.Bg3}) 16... Nh7 {Nun sind wir per
Zugumstellung bei Kramnik,V-Akopian,V/Dortmund 2000 angelangt:} (16... Nd7 $5 {
muss Weiß nicht mit 17.Rad1 und Übergang zu bekannten Varianten beantworten,
sondern kann mit} 17. Ne4 $1 {(plant Ng5)} f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Be5
$40 {begegnet werden.}) 17. Rad1 f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. f3 Qf5 20. Qd2 Qg6 21.
fxg4 hxg4 22. Qe3 Rf5 23. Ne4 c5 $1 24. Nxc5 Bd5 25. a4 Raf8 26. axb5 Rf3 $1
27. gxf3 gxf3 28. Kh2 $13) (15... Nh7 16. e5 Qxd4 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Ne4 O-O 19.
b3 $1 $40 {Sakaev}) 16. Rfd1 (16. Rad1 Qc5 $5 {0-1 Wendt,J-Van Wely,L/
Minneapolis 2005/CBM 107/[Lutz] (39)}) 16... Qb6 17. a4 {Es droht a4-a5 mit
Kaltstellung der schwarzen Dame. Andererseits hat Schwarz zwei Bauern mehr.} a6
(17... a5 $5 18. Qd2 b4 19. Qg5 Kf8 20. Be5 $6 (20. e5 $5 Nd5 21. Ne4 $44)
20... Rh6 21. Bd4 Qc7 22. Bc5+ Kg8 23. Bd6 Qc8 $19 24. e5 Nh7 25. Qf4 bxc3 26.
bxc3 Nf8 27. Rab1 Ng6 28. Qg5 c5 29. Rb6 Be4 30. Bxc4 Qd8 31. Rb5 Nxh4 32. Qe3
Bxg2 33. Rdb1 Nf5 34. Qxc5 Qh4 35. Rb8+ Rxb8 36. Rxb8+ Kh7 {0-1 Witt,R-Al
Sayed,M/Amsterdam 2004/CBM 101 ext (36)}) 18. Qd2 Bh6 {Schwarz will die weisse
Dame nicht nach g5 lassen, aber nun dringt Weiss über d6 ein.} (18... O-O 19.
Qg5 Nh7 20. Qxh5 b4 21. a5 Qa7 22. Na4 Nf6 23. Qg5 Nxe4 24. Qxg4 f5 $13) 19.
Qd6 Bf8 20. Qe5 Be7 21. Bf4 {Mit den Ideen Bg5 und Be3.} Rg8 22. Bg5 g3 23.
Qxg3 Nh7 24. a5 Qa7 25. Bxh5 Nxg5 26. hxg5 Rxg5 27. Qf3 Rg7 28. Qf4 Qb8 29. e5
{Weiss hat natürlich Kompensation für den Bauern, aber klar ist die Lage noch
lange nicht. In den nächsten Zügen verschlechtert sich die Lage des Schwarzen
jedoch rapide.} Rh7 $6 (29... Qc7 $5 30. Ne4 c5) 30. Bf3 f5 $2 {So
kontrolliert Schwarz das Feld e4, schwächt aber gleichzeitig den Bauern e6 und
das Feld g6.} (30... Rh4 31. Qg3 c5 $5) 31. Ne2 c5 32. Qg3 Kf7 33. Nf4 $16 Rg7
34. Qh3 Bxf3 35. Qxf3 Qxe5 $6 36. Re1 Qb8 37. Rxe6 $18 Rg4 38. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. c5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Bd2 Ng4 13. f4 Nh6 14. Qb3 Rb8 15.
h3 Kh8 16. Na4 f6 17. Nb6 Bf5 18. g4 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nf7 20. Kg2 e5 21. dxe5 fxe5
22. Bc3 Qe7 23. b4 Rbe8 24. Rae1 Kg8 25. a3 g5 26. fxe5 Nxe5 27. Bxe5 Rxf1 28.
Rxf1 Qxe5 29. Rf3 Qb2+ 30. Rf2 Qe5 31. Rf3 Qb2+ 32. Rf2 Qc3 33. Qxc3 Bxc3 34.
Kf3 Rf8+ 35. Ke2 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Bb2 37. e4 Bxa3 38. exd5 Bxb4 39. Na4 cxd5 40.
Ke3 Kf7 41. Kd4 Ke6 42. Nb6 Be1 43. Nxd5 Bf2+ 44. Kc4 Ke5 45. Ne7 b5+ 46. cxb6
Bxb6 47. Nd5 Ba5 48. Ne7 Kf4 49. Nd5+ Kg3 50. Nf6 Kxh3 51. Nxh7 Kxg4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O
Nbc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. c4 dxc4 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Na3 c3 14. bxc3 Nd5
15. Nxf5 exf5 16. Nc4 Be7 17. Rfd1 O-O 18. Nb6 Nxb6 19. Bxb6 Qe6 20. Bc7 f6 21.
Qb3 Kf7 22. Bd6 fxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxb3 24. axb3 Rfd8 25. Kf1 g5 26. f4 gxf4 27.
Bxf4 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Ra7 29. Ra1 Bf6 30. Ra5 Bxc3 31. Rxf5+ Ke8 32. Ke2 Rf7 33.
Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Kd3 Bb4 35. g4 Be7 36. Kd4 Ke6 37. Bg3 Bf8 38. h4 Be7 39. h5 Bf8
40. Bf4 Be7 41. Ke4 Bd8 42. g5 Be7 43. Bd2 Bd8 44. g6 hxg6 45. hxg6 Be7 46. Bc3
Ba3 47. Kf4 Bc1+ 48. Kg4 Be3 49. Kh5 Bc1 50. Ba5 Be3 51. Bd8 Bf4 52. Bg5 Be5
53. Kh6 c5 54. Bd2 Kd5 55. Kh7 c4 56. bxc4+ Kc5 57. Kg8 Bd4 58. Kf7 Kxc4 59.
Bg5 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. d3 a6 8.
Qb3 Be7 9. a4 Nd5 10. a5 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nc4 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 14. Rd1 Rc8
15. e4 Ndb4 16. Be3 f5 17. Nfe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Kh8 19. d4 c4 20. Nxc4 fxe4 21.
Nb6 Rc7 22. Bxe4 Bc6 23. Qxe6 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Bg5 25. Bxg5 Qxg5 26. d5 Rc2 27.
Nd7 Rd8 28. Qxb4 Qf5 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Rxd7 31. d6 h5 32. Rd1 h4 33. Qd5
Qg6 34. Rd4 Qb1+ 35. Rd1 Qg6 36. Kg2 Qf6 37. Qh5+ 1-0

