[Event "Buenos Aires/La Plata International"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1947.04.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1947.04.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. d5
a5 (8... Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Ng4 $5 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. h3 Nf6 14.
Nxe5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bd4+ $13) 9. Ne1 (9. Bg5 {Petrosian}) 9... Nc5
10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 (11... Bxf6 $142 {/\Bg5}) 12. Nd3 Qe7 (12... b6 $5)
13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Qd2 f5 15. Rad1 Ra6 16. Nb5 fxe4 $2 (16... Rd8 $142 {
Preventing d5-d6}) 17. d6 $1 cxd6 18. Nxd6 Kh7 (18... Bf5 19. Qd5+ $1) 19. Nxe4
Bf5 20. Bf3 a4 21. Qe3 Rb6 22. Rd2 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Rd8 24. Bd5 $1 Qc7 25. Qe4 $1
a3 (25... Rb4 26. h4 $1 h5 27. Bf7 $1 Qxf7 28. Rxd8 Rxc4 29. Rd7 $1 $18) 26.
bxa3 $1 Rf6 27. g3 Ra6 28. Rb1 b6 29. Rb3 Bf6 30. Rf3 Kg7 (30... Qg7 31. Qg4
Re8 32. Be4 $1) 31. Bf7 $1 Kxf7 (31... Rxd2 32. Qxg6+ Kf8 33. Qg8+ Ke7 34. Qe8+
Kd6 35. Rxf6#) (31... Qxf7 32. Rxd8 $18) 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Qb7+ Kg8 34. Qxa6 e4
35. Re3 Bd4 36. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch17 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1949.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 (7... a5
{/\ ...Na6}) 8. O-O Nc5 9. Nd2 a5 10. Qc2 Bh6 $1 11. Nb3 Bxc1 12. Nxc5 $2 (12.
Raxc1 $142 Nfd7 13. Nd2 (13. Bg4 Nxb3 14. axb3 f5 $1 15. exf5 Nc5 16. Na4 Na6
$10 {/=/+ Bobotsov-Petrosian, Kapfenberg 1970}) 13... f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. f4
exf4 16. Rxf4 Ne5 $36 {Hort-Stein, Los Angeles 1969}) 12... Bh6 13. Nd3 Nd7 14.
a3 f5 15. b4 Nf6 16. Nb2 (16. f3 Be3+ 17. Kh1 (17. Nf2 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19.
Rxa1 fxe4 20. Ncxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Bd4 {/\ 22...Bf5 -+}) 17... Bd4 $17) (16.
exf5 $6 gxf5 (16... Bxf5 $5 $17 {^=}) 17. f4 e4) 16... fxe4 17. c5 (17. Nxe4 $2
Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bf5 19. Qf3 Qg5 $40) 17... axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 {>< f2} 19. Rxa1
Bf5 20. Qb3 e3 21. f3 e4 $18 {|^} 22. Nc4 exf3 23. Bxf3 Ng4 {/\ 24...Qh4} 24.
g3 Qf6 25. Bg2 Bd3 26. h3 Qf2+ 27. Kh1 Qxg3 0-1

[Event "October Revolution 50years"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1967.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1967.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Nbd7 (7...
c6 $5) (7... Re8 8. d5 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 h5 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. f3 Nd7 13. O-O
Nf7 14. b4 $14 {Reshevsky,S-Kavalek,L/Netanya/1971/ Inf 12/690/}) 8. O-O Re8 9.
d5 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Nf8 12. Nd2 h5 13. Bxg4 $2 (13. b4 Nh6 14. f3 $14)
13... hxg4 (13... Bxg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. b4 a5 16. a3 b6 $10) 14. f3 gxf3 15. Qxf3
Nh7 16. Bf2 f5 17. Qg3 f4 $2 (17... Nf8 18. c5 f4 19. Qd3 g5 $15) 18. Qxg6 Kh8
(18... Bd7 $6 19. c5 $16) 19. Bh4 $1 Bf6 20. Bxf6+ Nxf6 21. Kh1 Nh7 22. g3 Rg8
(22... Bh3 $5 23. Rf2 Rg8 24. Qh6 Qd7 25. Rg1 (25. gxf4 Qg4 $17) 25... Rg7 26.
Nf3 Rag8 27. gxf4 Rxg1+ 28. Nxg1 Qg4 $1 29. Nxh3 Rg6 $10) 23. Qh6 Qf6 24. Qxf6+
Nxf6 25. gxf4 Bh3 26. Rf2 exf4 27. Ne2 Nh5 28. Rg1 Kh7 (28... Raf8 29. Rxg8+
Kxg8 30. Ng1 Bd7 31. Ngf3 $16) 29. Rxg8 Rxg8 30. Nxf4 (30. Ng1 Bd7 31. Rg2 $16)
30... Nxf4 31. Rxf4 Bg2+ 32. Kg1 Bxe4+ 33. Kf2 Rg2+ 34. Ke3 Bg6 35. Rf2 Rg4 36.
b3 $6 (36. Rf8 $16) 36... a5 $6 (36... Kg7 $5 $14) 37. Rf8 $18 Rh4 38. Nf3 Re4+
39. Kd2 Kg7 40. Rc8 Bh5 (40... Re7 41. Nd4) 41. Ng5 Rh4 42. Ke3 Bg6 (42... Rxh2
43. Ne6+ Kf6 44. Rh8 $18) 43. Rxc7+ Kf6 44. Nf3 Rh3 45. Rc8 (45. Kf4 Bh5 46.
Nd4 Rh4+ 47. Ke3 Rh3+ 48. Kd2 Rxh2+) 45... Bb1 (45... Bh5 $32 46. Rf8+ Ke7 47.
Rf4 Bxf3 48. Rxf3 Rxh2 49. Rf2 $16) 46. Rf8+ Ke7 47. Rb8 Bxa2 48. Rxb7+ $18 Kf6
49. Kf4 a4 50. bxa4 Bxc4 51. Rd7 Be2 52. Rxd6+ Kg7 53. Rd7+ Kf8 54. Nd4 Bc4 55.
Nf5 Rxh2 56. Ke5 Re2+ 57. Kd6 Rd2 58. Kc5 Bb3 59. a5 Ke8 60. Rd6 Ra2 61. a6 Bc2
62. Re6+ Kd7 63. Nd4 Bd3 64. Nc6 Rc2+ 65. Kd4 Bb5 66. a7 Ra2 67. Nb8+ Kc7 68.
Na6+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch35 Final"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "1967.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1967.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 (4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nc2 Bxc3+ $5 7.
bxc3 Nf6 $10) 4... Bg7 5. d4 Nf6 (5... d6 $5 6. d5 Ne5) 6. d5 Nb8 (6... Na5 7.
e4 d6 8. h3 $1 (8. Be2 Bg4) 8... O-O 9. Bg5 $5) 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 e6
10. Bf4 $5 e5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Nd2 Nf4 (14... Nxg3 15.
fxg3 $1 $16) 15. Bg4 Nd7 16. a3 (16. Re1 {/\Nf1-e3+/-/}) 16... Nf6 17. Bxc8
Qxc8 18. b4 h5 19. f3 (19. Nb5 Ne8 20. Bxf4 $6 exf4 21. Qxh5 a6) 19... Kh7 20.
Bf2 b6 21. bxc5 dxc5 (21... bxc5 22. Rb1 $14) 22. a4 Rg8 23. Kh1 Bh6 24. Ne2
Nxe2 $6 (24... h4 25. Nxf4 gxf4 26. Bxh4 $16) (24... g4 25. Nxf4 $1 Bxf4 26.
Bh4 $16) (24... Ne8 $5 25. Nxf4 gxf4 26. a5 $14) 25. Qxe2 Ne8 26. a5 $16 Nd6
27. Ra3 Rg6 28. Be3 g4 $6 (28... Rb8 $142 $14) 29. Bxh6 Kxh6 30. f4 f6 (30...
exf4 31. e5 Nf5 32. Rxf4) 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. Qe3+ Kg7 33. Qg3 Nf7 34. Qh4 Qb7
35. Qxh5 (35. Rf2 $142 {/\Nf1/}) 35... Rh8 36. Qf5 Qe7 37. axb6 axb6 38. Kg1 b5
(38... Nd6 39. Qf2 Qg5 40. Ra7+) 39. cxb5 Nd6 40. Qf2 Nxb5 41. Rg3 Nd6 42. Qxc5
$1 Rxh2 43. Kxh2 Qh4+ 44. Kg1 Qxg3 45. Nc4 $1 $18 Qc3 (45... Nxc4 46. Qf8+ $18)
(45... Rh6 46. Qc7+ $18) 46. Qa7+ Kh6 47. Nxd6 Rxd6 48. Qb8 Ra6 49. Qf8+ Kg6
50. Qg8+ Kh6 51. Qxg4 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bg5 $1 (12. Bb5 Nbd7 13. exd5 a6 14.
Ba4 b5 15. Nc6 Qb6 16. Bb3 Bb7 $44 {Kortschnoj,V-Ghitescu/Bath/1973/}) 12...
dxe4 (12... Nc6 13. Bb5 Qb6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bxe8
Bb7 $14) 13. fxe4 Nbd7 14. Ndb5 Re5 $1 {best chance of counterplay.} 15. Bf4
Nxe4 $5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe4 Qh4 18. h3 (18. g3 Qxe4+ 19. Bf3 Qc4) 18... Qxe4
19. Qb3 (19. Nd6 $6 Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Qxe2 21. Rae1 {/\22.Re8, 23.Rf7+} Qc4 $1 {Tal
} 22. b3 Qc5 23. Re8+ Kg7 24. Qxc5 Nxc5 25. Rc1 b6 26. b4 Nd3 27. Rcxc8 Rxc8
28. Rxc8 Nxb4 $13) 19... Nf6 (19... Qxe2 20. Rae1 Qxb2 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Nd6) (
19... Bf6 20. Bc4 $1) 20. Bc4 Qh4 $1 21. Bxf7+ $2 (21. Rae1 $1 Bg3 (21... Ne4
22. Rxf7 $18) 22. Re3 Bxh3 23. Bxf7+ $1 (23. Rxg3 $2 Be6+ 24. Rh3 Qxc4 $13)
23... Kg7 24. Rxg3 Be6+ 25. Rh3 $18) 21... Kh8 (21... Kg7 $5) 22. Rf3 (22. Rae1
Ne4 $1) (22. Qe3 Ng4 $1) 22... Bf5 (22... Bd7 $1) 23. Nc3 Ne4 $22 24. Nxe4 Bxe4
25. Qc4 $1 $16 Rd8 (25... g5 $1 26. Rb3) 26. Raf1 Kg7 27. Be6 Rd2 $2 28. Qc5 $1
Bxf3 29. Qxe5+ Qf6 30. Qxf6+ Kxf6 31. Bg4 (31. Bb3 $1) 31... Rxb2 32. Rxf3+ 1-0

[Event "World-ch34-KK5 Kasparov-Karpov +4-3=17"]
[Site "Lyon/New York"]
[Date "1990.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1990.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 (9... Qe8 $5) 10. Bc1 Kh8 11. h3 Nh6 12. dxe5 fxe5 $6 13. Be3 Nf7
14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Ng5 $1 Nxg5 16. Bxg5 Bf6 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Bg4 h5 $6 (18... Nd4
19. Bxc8 Qxc8 20. Bxd4 (20. Nb5 $6 c5 $1 21. Nxd6 Qe6 22. Nb5 Qxc4) (20. f4 $1
c5 21. Nd5 $1 Bg7 22. Bxd4 $14) 20... exd4 21. Nd5 (21. Nb5 $2 c5 22. Nxd6 Qc6
23. Nb5 a6 24. Na3 Qxe4 $17) 21... Bg7 22. Rae1 {Idee Sb4-d3 unklar}) 19. Bxe6
Bxe6 20. Nd5 Bh4 21. Rac1 Kh7 22. Rc3 Rf7 23. b3 c6 24. Nb4 Rd7 25. Rcc1 Bf6
26. f4 exf4 27. Bxf4 Qa5 $2 (27... Qe7 28. Nd3 {Idee Tc-e1,Df2-g3}) 28. Nd5 $18
Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Bxd5 30. cxd5 Qd4 31. dxc6 bxc6 32. Rxc6 Re8 33. Rc4 Qxd2 34. Bxd2
Be5 35. Be3 Bg3 36. Rf3 h4 37. Bf2 Bxf2 38. Rxf2 Rde7 39. Rf4 g5 40. Rf6 Rxe4
41. Rxe4 Rxe4 42. Rxd6 Re7 43. Ra6 Kg7 44. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
Qe8 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. d5 $1 (10. Be3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ng4 $1 $10) 10... Nb4 11. Be2
a5 12. Be3 Nh5 $5 $146 (12... b6 13. a3 Na6 14. b3 Nc5 15. h3 Bd7 16. Nd2 Qe7
17. b4 Nb7 18. Nb3 Rfb8 19. Qd2 Qf8 $14 {Kiselev-Krasenkov/Moscow-ch/1989}) 13.
a3 Na6 14. h3 Bd7 15. Nd2 Nf4 16. Bf1 Nc5 17. Nb3 $5 b6 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Kh2
Qc8 20. Nb5 f5 21. g3 fxe4 $1 (21... Nh5 22. exf5 $16) 22. gxf4 exf4 23. Bd2 e3
$6 (23... Bxb5 24. cxb5 Qf5 25. Bc3 $13) (23... Bxb2 $6 24. Ra2 Be5 25. Rxe4
f3+ 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27. Nc3 $16) 24. Bc3 $1 (24. fxe3 fxe3 25. Rxe3 Bxb2 26. Rb1
Be5+ $14) 24... exf2 (24... Qd8 25. fxe3 Qh4 26. exf4 $16) (24... Bh6 $5) 25.
Re7 $16 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Re8 27. Qe2 Rxe7 28. Qxe7 Qe8 29. Qxe8+ Rxe8 30. Ra2 Bxb5
31. cxb5 Re3 32. Rxf2 Rxc3 33. a4 f3 34. Kg3 Ra3 35. b6 $1 cxb6 36. Bb5 c4 37.
h4 Kg7 38. Rc2 $18 c3 39. Kxf3 Kh6 40. Ke3 Kh5 41. Kd3 h6 (41... Kxh4 42. Rh2+
Kg4 43. Rxh7 Kf5 44. Re7 {/\ Re6}) 42. Rh2 c2+ (42... g5 43. hxg5+ Kxg5 44. Re2
) 43. Kd2 Kg4 (43... Ra1 $4 44. Be2#) 44. Rg2+ Kf5 45. Rg1 g5 46. hxg5 hxg5 47.
Kxc2 g4 48. Bd7+ Ke5 49. Rxg4 Kxd5 50. Bb5 Rh3 51. Rg2 Kc5 52. Kb2 d5 53. Rc2+
Kd4 54. Rd2+ Kc5 55. Rd3 Rh6 56. Kc3 Rh4 57. Rg3 Rh6 58. Kb3 Kd4 59. Rc3 Rg6
60. Rd3+ Kc5 61. Kc3 Rg4 62. Rh3 Rg6 63. Kd3 Rf6 (63... Rg1 64. Rh6 Rg3+ 65.
Ke2 d4 66. Rc6+ $18) 64. Rh7 Rf3+ 65. Ke2 Rf6 66. Ke3 d4+ (66... Re6+ 67. Kd3
Rg6 68. Rc7+ Kb4 69. Rc6 $18) 67. Ke4 Re6+ 68. Kd3 Re3+ 69. Kd2 Re6 70. Rc7+
Kb4 71. Rc4+ Ka3 72. Rxd4 Rh6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 h6 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Be3 Nh5 14. c5 Nf4 15.
Bb5 Qe6 16. Re1 Kh8 $5 (16... Nxg2 $2) 17. Rc1 $5 (17. Bf1) 17... g5 18. Bf1 {
/\ 19.Nd5} Qg6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 $5 20. Qxd5 (20. exd5 f5 21. d6 Rd8 $13) 20... Nb4
$5 21. Nxe5 $5 (21. Qb3 Nc6 {/\ 22...f5; 22...g4<=>}) 21... Qe6 $1 (21... Qf6
22. Qb3 Qxe5 23. Qxb4 Qxb2 24. Qa4 $1 $16) 22. Qd2 $1 (22. Qxe6 Bxe6 23. Nc4
Nxa2 24. Rc2 Nb4 25. Rd2 a5 $132) 22... Nxa2 23. Bc4 Qxe5 24. Bxa2 Qxb2 25. Rc2
Qf6 (25... Qe5 26. f4 gxf4 27. Bxf4 Qd4+ 28. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 29. Kh2 $36) 26. c6 $5
(26. f4 gxf4 27. Bxf4 Qg6 28. Bxc7 Bxh3 $132) 26... bxc6 (26... b6 $6 27. h4 $1
gxh4 28. Bf4 $16) 27. Qc1 Bd7 28. Rd1 Rfd8 29. Rcd2 Be6 $1 $10 (29... Qe7 30.
Qc5 $1 Qe8 $8 31. h4 gxh4 32. Qh5 $40) (29... Be8 30. e5 Qe7 31. Bc5 $18) 30.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Qxc6 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Qd2 (10. Bf2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. c5 Nh5 14. Qd2
Be5 15. g3 Ng7 16. Rfd1 $1 (16. Rfe1 Ne6 17. Ndb5 Ng5 18. Qxd5 Nh3+ 19. Kg2
Nxf2 20. Kxf2 a6 21. f4 Qxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxb2 23. Rab1 Bg7 24. Nbc7 Bd4+ 25. Kg2
Bf5 26. Rxb7 {Lev,R-Burgess,G/London LB/1990/0.5 (77)}) 16... Bh3 17. Ndb5 Be6
18. f4 a6 (18... Bb8 19. Bf3 a6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Ba7 22. Bf2 $16 {
Savchenko-Djurhuus/Gausdal/1992/}) 19. fxe5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Nxe5 21. Nd6 Re7 22.
Qf4 Nc6 23. Bf3 $16 {Georgadze,G-Tunik/Tbilisi/1992/}) 10... d5 11. exd5 cxd5
12. O-O Nbd7 $6 $146 (12... Nc6 13. c5 (13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rad1 Ba6 15. cxd5
Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Qf2 Bxb2 19. Bxa7 Qd7 {Portisch,L-Bouaziz/
Szirak izt (3)/1987/0.5 (19)}) (13. Rad1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Qc7 (15...
a6 16. Rfe1 Bf5 17. g4 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Qc7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Qc5+ 21. Kg2
Bg5 22. h4 Bd8 23. Qe8+ Kg7 24. Ne3 Bxh4 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. gxf5 {Polugaevsky,
L-Gurevich,M/Reggio Top 16/1991/0.5 (29)}) (15... Be6 16. Bb5 Rf8 17. Qf2 Qa5
18. Qh4 Nh5 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Qa4 {Sofrevski,J-Mukic,J/JUG-ch (02)/1991/0.5 
(20)}) 16. Bb5 Rd8 17. Qf2 Be6 18. Bxa7 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Bxa2 20. Bb6 Qe5 21. Bd4
Qd6 22. Bc5 Qe6 23. Re1 Qf5 24. g4 Qc8 25. g5 Nd7 26. Bd4 {Timoschenko,
G-Vombek,D/Maribor (07)/1990/1-0 (43)}) 13... Rxe3 $5 (13... Qe7 14. Bf2 Nxd4 (
14... a6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Ne2 a5 18. Nd4 Qb7 19. Rac1 Bd7 20. b3
Qb4 21. Qb2 Nh5 22. a3 Qb8 23. g3 Bf6 24. Rfe1 Ng7 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. Qd2 {
Olafsson,F-Gheorghiu,F/La Habana (ol) 2/681/1966/0.5 (52)}) (14... Be6 15. Rfe1
Red8 16. Ncb5 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Nd7 18. Rac1 Ne5 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. f4 Nc6 21. Bf3
Qf6 22. b4 a6 23. a4 a5 24. b5 Nb4 25. Re2 Rac8 26. Bg4 {Tisdall,J-Kupreichik,
V/EU-chT (5)/1992/0-1 (47)}) 15. Bxd4 a6 16. Rfe1 Be6 17. b4 Red8 18. Na4 Nh5
19. Nb6 Rab8 20. Rad1 Bxd4+ 21. Qxd4 Qg5 22. Bf1 Nf4 23. Kh1 h5 24. g3 Nh3 25.
Rxe6 fxe6 26. Bxh3 {Urday,H-Becerra,J/Capablanca mem-A (12)/1992/1-0 (38)}) (
13... Bd7 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Bf2 Qxc5 16. Ne6 Qd6 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. Nb5 Qe5 19.
Rfe1 a6 20. Bf1 Qh5 21. Nd4 h6 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Bd4 Re6 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Re1
Re8 26. Re5 {Gligoric,S-Tringov,G/Den Haag 2/683/1966/1-0 (40)}) 14. Qxe3 Qf8
15. Ncb5 $5 (15. Nxc6 $6 bxc6 16. Kh1 (16. Na4 Be6 17. Rad1 Rb8 18. a3 Bh6 19.
Qf2 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Nh5 21. b4 Bf4 22. Bf1 Qc7 23. g3 Be5 24. Qd2 Bg7 25. Bg2 Nf6
26. Nb2 {Papaioannou,I-Hausrath,D/Duisburg WCJ/1992/1-0 (40)}) (16. Nd1 Rb8 17.
Kh1 Be6 18. Qa3 Qe7 19. Rc1 d4 $1 20. Qa4 Bh6 21. f4 Bd5 22. Bd3 Ng4 $40 {
Obukhov,A-Sergeev,Ve/URS/1991/0-1 (40)}) 16... Rb8 17. Na4 Rb4 18. b3 Be6 19.
Nb2 $1 Nh5 20. Nd3 Rh4 21. Qf2 Qe7 22. g4 $1 Bd4 $1 23. Qxd4 Rxh2+ 24. Kxh2
Qh4+ {0,5/Karpov,An-Kasparov,G/New York-Lyon m-11/1990/}) 15... Qxc5 16. Qf2 $1
{Seirawan/Christiansen} (16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Qf2 Bd7 18. Rfd1 (18. Nb3 Ne8 (18...
Bh6 19. Rc3 Re8 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Kf2 d4 22. N3xd4 Nd5 23. Rb3 Na5 24. Ra3 Bf8
25. Ra4 Bc5 26. Rc1 {Fishbein,A-Schandorff,L/Kerteminde (05)/1991/0-1 (53)})
19. Nc3 d4 20. Na4 Qd8 21. Nac5 Nd6 22. Rfd1 Bc8 23. Bd3 Qf6 24. g3 Bh6 25. f4
Bg4 26. Re1 {Fishbein,A-Rechel,B/Groningen op (07)/1990/1-0 (64)}) 18... Re8 $1
19. Bf1 Bh6 20. Rc3 Nb4 $1 21. Nc2 $2 (21. a3 Na2 22. Rb3 Nc1 23. Rc3 Na2 $10 {
Kasparov}) 21... Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Nxc2 23. Rxc2 Be3+ 24. Ke1 Bf4+ 25. Kf2 Be3+
26. Ke1 Bg1+ 27. Kd2 Bxh2 $17 {Gelfand,B-Kasparov,G/Linares/1992/}) 16... Qb6
17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Nb3 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 a6 $5 20. Nc7 Rc8 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5
Be6 23. Rd2 Bh6 $1 (23... Nb4 $6 24. Rc1 $1 Re8 25. Rcd1 Kf8 26. Rd8 {Hansen,
LB-Heine Nielsen,P/Arhus ch-DK (06)/1992/1-0 (57)}) 24. Rdd1 Nb4 25. Nd4 Bxa2
26. g3 $1 Nc2 $1 27. f4 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Bf8 $1 $44) (12... dxc4 13. Ndb5 (13.
Rad1 a6 (13... b6 14. Bxc4 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Qf2 Rad8 18. Qh4
h6 19. Bxh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Nc5 21. Rf2 Ne6 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Rfd2 Rxd2 24. Qxd2
Qe3+ 25. Qxe3 Rxe3 26. Kf2 {Hashim,A-Tonsingh,O/Manila olm/1992/1-0 (28)}) 14.
Bxc4 b5 (14... Qc7 15. Bb3 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. Qf2 Qf5 19. g4 Qe5
20. Bd4 Qf4 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Nd5 Qd4 23. Nc7 Re2 24. Nxa8 Bxg4 25. fxg4 Rxf2
26. Rxf2 {Gligoric,S-Visier Segovia,F/Palma de Mallorca/1968/1-0 (50)}) 15. Bb3
Bb7 16. a4 bxa4 (16... b4 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Bg5 Nbd7 19. Nf5 gxf5 20. Nd6 Reb8
21. Rfe1 Qf8 22. Nxf7 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Qc5+ 24. Kf1 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 {
Wade,R-Horton,J/England 4/837/1967/0.5 (35)}) 17. Bxa4 Nbd7 18. Nb3 Qc8 19. Na5
Re5 20. b4 Bf8 21. Bf4 Bxb4 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxb7 Bxc3 24. Qe3 Qc4 25. Kh1 Rb8
26. Nd6 {Reshevsky,S-Bolbochan,Ju/Mar del Plata 1/462/1966/1-0 (37)}) 13... Qe7
(13... Nc6 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Rad1 (15. Rfd1 Bf5 16. Bxc4 Nd7 17. Bg5 Rf8 18.
Nd6 Bc2 19. Rd2 Nd4 20. Ncb5 h6 21. Be7 Nxb5 22. Bxb5 Bxb2 23. Rf1 Ne5 24. Bxf8
Kxf8 25. Rxc2 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 {Parker,J-Bibby,S/Eastbourne ch-GB/1990/1-0 (29)})
15... Bf5 16. Bxc4 Ne5 17. Bb3 Bd3 18. Rfe1 Nc6 19. Nxa7 Nxa7 20. Bxa7 Rxa7 21.
Re3 b6 22. Rexd3 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Kf1 Nc5 26. Bc2 {Tunik,
G-Belov,I/Podolsk GMA-qual/1989/1-0 (43)}) 14. Bf4 Rd8 (14... Na6 15. Bd6 Qd8
16. Bxc4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Rad1 Qb6+ 19. Qf2 Qc6 20. Bf4 Nh5 21. Be3 Qc4
22. Bd4 Bh6 23. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Nb4 25. Nd6 Qc7 26. Ndb5 {Dzhandzhava,
L-Ballesteros,D/Sebastian op (04)/1991/1-0 (37)}) 15. Qe3 Qxe3+ 16. Bxe3 Nc6
17. Rad1 Bf5 (17... Bd7 18. Bxc4 b6 19. Rfe1 Na5 20. Bf1 Rdc8 21. Nd6 Rc6 22.
Bb5 Rc7 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. b3 Ng4 25. fxg4 Bxc3 26. Nb5 {Tunik,G-Timoshenko,G/
Podolsk GMA-qual/1989/0.5 (41)}) 18. Bxc4 Ne5 19. Bb3 Bd3 20. Rfe1 Nc6 21. Nxa7
Nxa7 22. Bxa7 Rxa7 23. Re3 b5 (23... b6 24. Rexd3 Rad7 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 {
Tunik,G-Belov,I/Podolsk/1989/}) 24. Rexd3 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 b4 26. Nb5 {Tunik,
G-Kovalev,A/Kecskemet (6)/1989/1-0 (63)}) 13. Rad1 Nb6 14. c5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4
16. Qf2 $1 $16 Qe7 17. Rfe1 {/\ Ndb5;Bh6} a6 (17... Qxc5 $2 18. Ndb5 Qc6 (18...
Qe7 19. Bc5 $18) (18... Qe5 19. Bxa7 $18) (18... Qb4 19. Nc7 $18) 19. Rd6 $18)
18. Bh6 $1 Qf8 (18... Bxh6 19. Rxe7 Rxe7 20. Qh4 $1 Be3+ (20... Bg7 21. Ne4) (
20... Kg7 21. Ne4) 21. Kf1 $1 Kg7 (21... g5 22. Qh6 $18) 22. Ne4 $18) 19. Bxg7
Kxg7 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21. Nde2 $1 {/\ Qd4 X /^a1-h8} (21. Re1) 21... Be6 (21...
Bf5 22. Qd4 Bd3 23. Nf4 $18 {/\ Ncd5+-}) (21... Qe5 22. Rd8) 22. Qd4 Qd7 23.
Qe5 Qe7 24. Ne4 $18 {X /^a1-h8} Re8 (24... Rd8 25. Rd6 $18) 25. N2c3 h5 26. h4
Bf5 $6 27. Qxe7 Rxe7 28. Nxf6 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O
Na6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 h6 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Be3 c6 14. c5
$5 (14. a3 Qe7 15. b4 Nh5 16. c5 Rd8 17. Qc1 Nf4 18. Bxa6 (18. Bxf4 exf4 19. e5
$5 g5 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. Ne4 Bxe5 22. Re1 Bg7 23. Ra2 Be6 24. Rae2 $36 {
Hjartarson,J-Apicella/Reykjavik ISL-FRA/1993/}) 18... bxa6 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. e5
Rd3 $1 {Hauchard-Apicella/Bucharest/1993/}) 14... Qe7 (14... Nc7 $5 {Kortschnoj
} 15. Qd6 Nb5) 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Qa4 Qc7 (16... Rb8 17. Qxc6 Rxb2 18. Rab1 Bb7
(18... Rc2 19. Nd5) 19. Qd6 Qxd6 20. cxd6 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 $16) 17. Rfd1 Rb8 18.
Qc2 $5 (18. b3 a5 $1 {/\ Rb4}) 18... Be6 (18... Ne8 {/\ f5}) 19. Rd6 Ne8 20.
Rad1 $1 (20. Rd3 f5 $132) (20. Rxe6 $5 fxe6 21. Nd2 {/\ Nc4}) 20... Nxd6 21.
cxd6 Qa5 22. b3 Rfd8 (22... c5 23. Nd5 $1 Kh7 (23... Rfd8 24. Ne7+ Kh7 25. Nc6)
24. Nc7 $18) 23. Na4 Bf8 24. Bxa7 $5 (24. Nc5 $5 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Bxd6 26. Nxe6
fxe6 27. Qc4 Kf7 28. Bxh6 $40) 24... Rb7 25. Bc5 f6 26. Nd2 $1 (26. b4 Rxb4 $1
(26... Qb5 27. Nc3 Qc4 28. Nd2) 27. Bxb4 Qxb4 28. Nc5 Qc4 $1 $132) 26... Qb5 (
26... Bxd6 $2 27. Nc4) 27. Nc4 Bxc4 28. bxc4 Qa5 29. a3 $1 Rdb8 (29... Rdd7 30.
Bb4 Qd8 31. Nc5 $18) 30. Bb4 Rxb4 (30... Qd8 31. Nc5 (31. c5 $16 {Kortschnoj})
31... Ra7 32. Qa4 $18) 31. axb4 Rxb4 32. Nb2 c5 $1 (32... Qa2 33. d7 Be7 34.
d8=Q+ Bxd8 35. Rxd8+ Kf7 36. Qd3) (32... Bxd6 33. Rxd6 Qa1+ 34. Nd1 $18) 33. d7
$1 (33. Qd2 Qd8 34. Qd5+ Kh8 $1 35. Nd3 Rb6 $13) 33... Be7 (33... Qd8 34. Qd2
Rb6 (34... Kg7 35. f4 $1 exf4 36. Nd3 Rxc4 37. Nxf4 Rxe4 38. g3 {/\ Qd5}) 35.
Qd5+ Kg7 36. Na4 $1 Rd6 37. Qxd6 Bxd6 38. Rxd6 Kf7 39. Nxc5 $18) 34. Qd2 Bd8 $2
(34... Kg7 35. f4 $1 (35. d8=Q $2 Qxd8 $1 36. Qxd8 Bxd8 37. Rd7+ Be7 38. Nd1
Kf7 39. Ne3 Ke6 40. Ra7 Ra4 $13) (35. Nd3 {Kortschnoj} Ra4 36. Nxc5 $1 $18)
35... Qc7 (35... exf4 36. Nd3 Ra4 37. Qxa5 Rxa5 38. Nxf4 $18) 36. fxe5 fxe5 37.
Rf1 $1 {/\ Qd5+/-}) 35. Qd5+ Kh8 36. Nd3 {/\ Nc5-e6+-} 1-0

[Event "Rostov on Don"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1 (
8. Be3 $5 Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 (9... f6 $5) 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 h6 12. Bd2 Nf6 13.
Be3 Nh5 (13... Nd7 14. a3 f5 15. b4 f4 16. Bc1 c6 17. c5 Kh7 18. Bb2 Nc7 19.
Nb1 $1 $16 {Van-Wely,L-Sepp,O Manila ol 1992 Inf 55/620/}) 14. c5 (14. Re1 Be6
15. a3 c6 16. b4 $14 {Van Wely,L Morosevic,A Hyeres 1992 Inf 55/621/}) 14...
Nf4 15. Bb5 Qe6 16. Re1 Kh8 $5 17. Rc1 g5 18. Bf1 Qg6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Nb4
21. Nxe5 Qe6 $1 $132 {Gurevich,M-Gelfand,B Wijk aan Zee 1993 Inf 56/691/}) 8...
Qe8 $5 (8... c6 9. Bf1 (9. Rb1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Bf3 h6 $5 12. h3 $6 Nh7
$15 {Piket,J-Khalifman,A Wijk aan Zee 1991 Inf 51/619/}) 9... Bg4 10. d5 Nb4
11. Be2 a5 12. h3 Bd7 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Bf1 Na6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3
Nh5 18. Nd5 Nc5 19. Nd2 Nxg3 $132 {Aseev,K-Glek,I Krumbach 1991 Inf 51/620; 14.
Bd3!?+/=/}) 9. Bg5 $5 $146 (9. Bf1 Bg4 10. d5 Nh5 11. h3 Bxf3 $5 12. Qxf3 f5
13. Qd1 Qf7 14. a3 Nc5 15. Qc2 a5 (15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 $10) 16. Be3 f4 17.
Bxc5 dxc5 18. Be2 Nf6 $10 {Krasenkov,M-Kochyev,A Gausdal 1991/}) 9... h6 $6 (
9... exd4 $5 10. Nxd4 Nxe4 11. Bf3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qd7 13. Re7 Qd8 14. Bd5 $5 $44
) 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c5 $1 Nb4 (11... dxc5 12. Nd5 $16) (11... exd4 12. Nd5 Bd8
13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. cxd6) 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. Nd5 Bd8 15. h3 $1 Nd4 16.
Nxd4 exd4 17. Bg4 Bxg4 (17... c6 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. Qxb7) 18. hxg4 $14 b6 (18...
c6 $2 19. Qxb7 $14 (19. Nf4 $1 {/\Ng6,Qb7+/-/}) 19... Ba5 20. Nb4) 19. Nf4 (19.
Rac1 $5 c6 20. Nf4) 19... Kh7 20. e5 Bg5 (20... bxc5 $2 21. e6 $16) 21. Nd5 Rd8
$1 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Rad1 c5 $8 24. f4 (24. Nxb6 Rb8) 24... Qc6 (24... Qe6 $5)
25. Nb4 cxb4 26. fxg5 hxg5 27. e6 $1 (27. Qxb4 Qc5 $132) 27... fxe6 28. Rxe6
Qd7 29. Rxb6 (29. Rde1 Rde8 (29... Rf7 $6 30. Rd6 $1) 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 $132) 29...
Qxg4 30. Rxb4 Qh4 31. Qh3 Qxh3 32. gxh3 Rf4 33. Rb3 (33. a4 $5) 33... Kh6 34.
Rbd3 (34. Rg3 $5) 34... g4 35. hxg4 Kg5 36. a4 (36. Rg3 Rxg4 37. Rxg4+ Kxg4 38.
Kf2 Kf4 39. Ke2 Ke4 {/\Rh8/}) 36... Rxg4+ 37. Kf2 Rh8 $10 38. Rxd4 (38. Rxd4
Rh2+ 39. Ke3 Rxd4 40. Rxd4 Rxb2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. f4 $1 (11. Qd2 Nf4 12. Bxf4 Nxd4 $10) (11. Nxc6
bxc6 12. Qd2 c5 $10) (11. Rc1 f5 12. c5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 dxc5 14. Bxc5 Nf4 15.
Bc4+ Be6 $10 {Zlochevsky-Morozevich/Alushta/1993/}) 11... Nf6 12. Bf3 (12. Nxc6
$5 bxc6 13. Bf3) 12... Bd7 13. Qd2 a6 (13... Ng4 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. f5 $36) 14.
h3 Na5 15. Qd3 c5 16. Nb3 $1 (16. Nde2 Bc6 {/\ b5}) 16... Bc6 17. Bf2 $1 Qb6 (
17... Nxb3 18. axb3 $14) 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. Bh4 $2 (20. Qc2 $1 Qc7
(20... b5 21. e5 $1) (20... Rc8 21. Rad1) 21. a4 $1 $16) 20... b5 21. Qc2 Rc8
$1 22. Rad1 (22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Bd7 {/\ c4, b4}) 22... b4 23. Nb1 $6 (23.
Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Bd7 25. b3 $10) 23... Qxa2 24. Rxd6 b3 $2 (24... Nd7 25. e5
Bxf3 26. gxf3 Nf8 $1 27. Nd2 Qa5 28. Qe4 $1 $132) 25. Qd3 Qxb2 26. Nd2 $1 Nh5
$5 27. Bxh5 gxh5 28. Nxb3 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Qxe4 Qxb3 31. Kh2 $1 (31. Rxa6
$6 Bd4+ 32. Kh2 Qxc4) 31... Qb8 (31... a5 32. Ra6 a4 33. Ra7 $36) 32. Rxa6 Re8
33. Qf5 (33. Qf3 $14) 33... Qc8 34. Qxc8 Rxc8 35. Be7 $1 Bd4 36. Kg3 Kg7 $2 (
36... Re8 37. Ra7 Kg7 38. Kf3 $14 (38. Kh4 $4 Rxe7 $19)) 37. Kh4 $1 Re8 38. Bd6
Re2 39. g3 Re3 (39... Rc2 $2 40. f5 Rxc4 41. Kxh5 Bf6 42. Bf4 $18) 40. f5 Be5
41. Kxh5 $1 (41. Bxc5 Rf3 $1 (41... Rxg3 $2 42. Bd4 $1) 42. Kxh5 Rxg3 43. h4
Rf3 $10) 41... Bxd6 42. Rxd6 h6 (42... Rxg3 43. f6+ Kh8 44. Rd8+ Rg8 45. Rxg8+
Kxg8 46. Kg5 $18) (42... Kf8 43. Rc6 Rxg3 44. h4) (42... f6 43. Rd7+ Kg8 44. h4
Rxg3 $18) 43. h4 $2 (43. Kh4 $1 Rc3 44. g4 Rxc4 45. Kh5 Rd4 (45... Rc3 46. h4
Rf3 47. Rc6 $18) 46. Rxh6 Rd8 (46... f6 47. Rg6+ Kf7 48. Kh6 Rd3 49. Rg7+ Kf8
50. Rc7 $18) 47. Rc6 Rh8+ 48. Kg5 Rxh3 49. f6+ Kh7 50. Rc7 Kg8 51. Rc8+ Kh7 52.
Rf8 $18) 43... Rxg3 44. f6+ Kh7 45. Rd7 Rc3 $2 (45... Rf3 46. Rxf7+ Kg8 47. Rc7
(47. Rg7+ Kf8 48. Kg6 Rf4 $10) 47... Rxf6 48. Rxc5 Kf7 49. Re5 (49. Rc7+ Ke8
$10) 49... Rf4 50. c5 Rc4 $10) 46. Rxf7+ Kg8 47. Rg7+ Kf8 48. Rg4 Rf3 (48...
Kf7 49. Rf4) (48... Rd3 49. Kg6 Rd4 50. Rxd4 cxd4 51. c5 $18) 49. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[BlackTeam "Bochum"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. f4 (11. Rc1 $5) (11. Qd2 $5) 11... Nf6 12. Bf3
Bg4 $1 (12... Bd7 $5) 13. Nxc6 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 bxc6 15. Bd2 (15. Rae1 Qc8 {
/\Ng4,Qe6/}) 15... Qb8 $5 (15... Qc8 16. Rae1 Qg4 17. Qd3 $14) 16. b3 Qb6+ 17.
Kh1 Nxe4 $1 (17... Qd4 $2 18. Rad1 Nxe4 $4 19. Be1 $1 $18) 18. Nxe4 Qd4 $1 (
18... Bxa1 $2 {/\19.Ra1? Qd4-+/} 19. c5 $3 $18) 19. Nxd6 (19. Rae1 d5 $1 (19...
f5 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 $10) 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Ng5 Qxd2 22. Rd1 $1 Qe2 (22... Qa5 $5
23. Rxd5 Qxa2 $15 {Van der Sterren/}) 23. Qxd5 Qe7 $10) 19... cxd6 20. Rad1 Qe4
21. Rde1 $2 (21. Bc3 $1 $10) 21... Qxf3 22. Rxf3 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 Re8 24. Bd2 Re2
25. Rd3 c5 $1 $17 26. h3 (26. Rxd6 $2 Bd4 $19) 26... Bd4 27. b4 $6 (27. a4 Kf8
28. Bc3 Bxc3 29. Rxc3 Rf2 $1 30. g3 Ke7 $17) 27... Kf8 $1 28. b5 Ke7 29. f5 (
29. a4 d5 $1 30. cxd5 (30. a5 dxc4 31. b6 axb6 32. axb6 (32. a6 Kd6 33. a7 Re8
$19) 32... Kd6) 30... Kd6 $19) 29... d5 $1 $19 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Bf4 dxc4 32.
Ra3 Rb2 33. Rxa7+ Kf6 $1 34. h4 (34. a4 g5 $19) 34... Rxb5 35. Bg5+ Kg7 36. a4
Rb1+ 37. Kh2 c3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Nc2 Be5 (11... f5 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Rad1 f4 14. Bf2
Be5 15. b4 Qf6 16. Nd5 Qg7 17. b5 Nd8 18. c5 c6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Ndb4 dxc5 21.
Bxc5 a5 22. Na6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Notkin,M-Nevostrujev,V/RUS-ch 1996 (58)}) 12. Nd5
Ne7 13. f4 (13. Bg5 f6 14. Bc1 {_|/\15. f4} (14. Be3 $5) 14... Nxd5 15. cxd5 f5
(15... Nf4 16. Bc4 (16. Bb5 c6) 16... f5) 16. f4 Bg7 17. Bxh5 gxh5 18. exf5
Bxf5 19. Ne3 Qf6 $36) 13... Nxd5 14. exd5 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bg7 (15... Qf6 16. f5
Bxf5 (16... Rxe3 17. fxg6 Nf4 18. gxh7+ (18. Nxe3 Bd4 19. gxf7+ Kf8 20. Rb3 Qg5
21. Kh1 Bxe3 22. g3 Ng6 $13) 18... Kh8 19. Nxe3 Bd4 20. Qd2) 17. Bd3 (17. Bxh5
gxh5 18. Qxh5 Bxc2 19. Rxf6 Bxf6 20. Qg4+ Bg6 $44) (17. Rxf5 gxf5 18. Bxh5 Rxe3
19. Nxe3 Bd4) 17... Ng7 18. g4 Rxe3 (18... Bxd3 19. Rxf6 (19. Qxd3 Qc3 20. Qxc3
Bxc3 21. Rxb7 $11) 19... Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Bxf6 21. Qf2 $16) 19. Nxe3 Bd4 20. gxf5
Bxe3+ 21. Kh1 g5 22. Rxb7 Bb6 $44) 16. Bxh5 Bf5 (16... gxh5 17. f5 {ץc8} (17.
Qxh5 $5 {|_/\18.f5})) 17. Bf2 gxh5 $11 18. Rxb7 Bg4 (18... Qc8 19. Rb3 Qa6 20.
Nd4 $11) (18... Qf6 19. Rxc7 Qg6 20. Ne3 Be4 21. f5 $14) 19. Qd2 Re2 (19... Be2
20. Rc1 (20. Re1 $6 Bxc4 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Rxc7 Qe4 $15) 20... Qc8 21. Rxa7
Rxa7 22. Bxa7 Bxc4 23. Ne3 Qa6 24. Bd4 Qxa2 25. Qxa2 Bxa2 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Kf2
$11) 20. Qd3 Qc8 21. Rb3 Qf5 22. Qxf5 Bxf5 23. Nd4 $11 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 h4 (24...
Rxa2 25. Rg3+ (25. Rb7 Re8 (25... Bd3 26. Rf2 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 Bxc4 28. Rxc7 Bxd5
29. Bxa7 $11) 26. Rf2 $11) 25... Kf8 26. Bg7+ (26. Re1 h4) 26... Ke7 27. Re1+
Kd7 28. Bf6 $36) 25. h3 Rae8 26. Bf6 Rxa2 27. Bxh4 Ree2 28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Bxf2
Rc2 30. c5 $1 dxc5 31. Rb7 Be4 32. Rxa7 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Dolmatov} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O
exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. f4 Nf6 12. Bf3 Bg4 13. Nxc6 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 bxc6 15. Rae1 (15. Bf2 Qc8 $1 (15... Qb8 16. b3 Ng4 17. Qxg4 Bxc3 18. Rad1
Qb4 19. Qf3 Bg7 20. Rd3 Qa5 21. a4 $14 {Pelletier-Lyrberg, Bern op 1996}) 16.
Rae1 {-> 15.Rae1 Qc8 16.Bf2}) (15. Bd2 Qb8 16. b3 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Nxe4 $1 18. Nxe4
Qd4 $1 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Rad1 Qe4 {(Van der Sterren-Glek, Germany 1994)} 21.
Bc3 $1 $10) 15... Qc8 {[#] [#]} (15... Nd7 $6 16. Bf2 Qb8 17. b3 Qb4 {(Piket-P.
Shvidler, Groningen 1995)} 18. Re3 $1 Re6 (18... Bd4 19. Rd3 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Nc5
21. Rd1 $16) (18... a5 19. e5 Qb7 20. Rd1 $16) 19. Rd1 $1 $14 {P.Shvidler}) (
15... Qb8 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Rxe5 18. Bd4 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Qd8 $10 {
Lukacs-Kjeldsen, Budapest 1995}) 16. e5 (16. Bf2 Qg4 {(Solozhenkin-Glek, Le
Touquet 1994)} 17. Bd4 $10) 16... dxe5 17. fxe5 {N} (17. Qxc6 Ng4 18. Bc5 exf4
19. Nd5 Ne5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Qxf6 Qf5 $1 22. Qxf5 gxf5 23. Rd1 Nxc4 24. Rxf4
Nd6 $10 {Ftachnik,L-Glek,I/Wijk aan Zee/1995/}) 17... Rxe5 18. Bd4 Rxe1 19.
Rxe1 Qg4 (19... Qd8 $10) 20. Qf2 (20. Qxg4 Nxg4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Re7 Rc8 23.
Ne4 Kf8 24. Rd7 Ne5 $17) 20... Nh5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 (21... Nxg7 $2 {Dolmatov} 22.
Ne4) 22. Re4 Qd7 23. Rd4 $44 Qe7 24. Re4 {Now it became clear that White has
got nothing after the opening and he has to play carefully in order to keep
the balance.} Qd6 25. Rd4 Qc5 (25... Qe5 {Dolmatov} 26. Re4 Qg5 $5) 26. g4 (26.
Ne4 {Dolmatov} Qe5 27. Rd7 Qxe4 28. Qxf7+ Kh6 29. Qxh7+ Kg5 $19) 26... Nf6 27.
Ne4 (27. Qxf6+ $2 {Dolmatov} Kxf6 28. Ne4+ Ke5 29. Nxc5 Kxd4 $19) 27... Nxe4
28. Rxe4 Qxf2+ (28... Qd6 {Dolmatov} 29. Qd4+) 29. Kxf2 Rd8 (29... Kf6 {
Dolmatov} 30. Rf4+ Ke6 31. Re4+ (31. g5 $2 f5 32. gxf6 Rf8 $17) 31... Kd6 32.
Rd4+ $10) (29... Kf8 {Dolmatov} 30. Rd4 Re8 31. Rd7 Re7 32. Rd8+) 30. Re7 Rd2+
31. Kg3 Rxb2 32. Rxc7 Rxa2 33. Rxc6 $10 Ra3+ 34. Kg2 Rc3 35. h3 a5 (35... a5 {
Dolmatov} 36. Ra6 Rxc4 37. Rxa5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.07.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. O-O
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Qc2 (10. f3 $142) 10... Qe7 11. f3 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13.
Bd3 {N} (13. Bb5 Bd7 $1 (13... Nbd7 14. Rfe1 dxe4 15. Bf2 a6 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17.
Rxe4 $16 {Hulak-Scheeren, Wijk aan Zee 1983})) 13... Na6 $1 (13... dxe4 14.
Nxe4 Nd5 15. Bf2 $14) (13... Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bf2 $1 $14 (15. Rfe1 Ng4 $1
16. fxg4 d4)) 14. a3 (14. Bxa6 bxa6 $13) 14... Bd7 $10 15. Rfe1 dxe4 16. Nxe4
Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rac8 18. Qf2 Nc5 $10 19. Bc2 Qf6 20. Rad1 b6 21. Qd2 Ne6 22. Be4
Rcd8 23. Qc1 Ba4 24. b3 Bd7 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. Qxc6 Nc5 27. Bxc5 Qxc6 28. Bxc6
Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 bxc5 30. Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1996.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O a5 8. Be3
Na6 9. h3 exd4 10. Bxd4 $146 (10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Bf3 Nc5 12. Qc2 h6 $1 13. Nb3
Ne6 $10 {Sher-Glek (Genf 1994)}) 10... Re8 11. Nd2 c6 $1 (11... Nc5 $6 12. Bxc5
$1 (12. f3 Ne6 13. Be3 Nh5 $10) 12... dxc5 13. f4 Nd7 14. e5 f6 (14... Nf8 $142
15. Nde4 $14) 15. Nde4 fxe5 $140 $2 16. Qd5+ Kh8 17. Ng5) 12. Re1 (12. f4 Nd5
$1 $13) 12... Nc5 13. Bf1 (13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. f4 Nd7 15. e5 g5 $5 (15... f6))
13... Bd7 $1 14. g3 (14. e5 $2 Nh5) 14... Ne6 15. Be3 c5 $1 16. Nf3 $2 (16. a4
$5 {/\ Nb5}) 16... Bc6 17. Nd2 (17. e5 Bxf3 $17) 17... Nd7 18. a4 h5 $1 $17 {
/\ 19...h4 20.g4 Be5-/+} 19. h4 Ne5 20. f3 f5 $1 21. Nd5 Rf8 22. Nf4 Qe8 23.
exf5 gxf5 24. Bf2 $6 Nxf4 25. gxf4 Qg6+ 26. Kh1 (26. Kh2 Bxf3 $1 27. Nxf3 Ng4+
$19) 26... Ng4 $19 27. Bg1 Qf6 28. Kg2 Rae8 29. Kh3 Bh6 30. Ra2 Bxf4 31. b3 Qg6
32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. Ne4 Rxe4 $1 34. fxe4 Bxe4 35. Rg2 Bxg2+ (35... Nf2+ $1 36.
Bxf2 Bxg2+ 37. Bxg2 Qg4+ 38. Qxg4+ hxg4#) 36. Bxg2 Ne3 (36... Nf2+ $1 37. Bxf2
Qg4+ 38. Qxg4+ fxg4# (38... hxg4#)) 37. Bd5+ Kh7 38. Qf3 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1996.08.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
Qe8 9. Bg5 {This move is getting more and more popular nowadays.} Bg4 (9...
exd4 $6 10. Qxd4 $16) (9... h6 $2 10. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 11. c5 $1 $16) 10. h3 (10.
d5 Nh5 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 f5 {gives Black counterchances despite of the
exchange of his good B.} (12... h6 $5)) 10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 exd4 12. Qxd4 Nd7
13. Qd2 Ne5 14. Be2 Nc5 {Black is following his dark square strategy aiming
for Nd4.} 15. Bf1 (15. Rad1 {does not allow Black to invade d4.} Ne6 (15... f5
16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bf1 Qg6 18. Nd5) (15... Nc6 16. Bf1 Ne6 17. Be3 Ncd4 18. Nb5
$1 $16) 16. Be3 c5 17. Nb5 $1) 15... Ne6 16. Be3 c5 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Nd5 (18.
Nb5 $6 a6 19. Nxd6 Qe7 20. f4 Nd4 21. fxe5 Bxe5) 18... Nc6 19. f4 Ned4 20. Bf2
Qd7 21. Bh4 f6 22. b4 (22. Bd3 Rde8 23. Kh1 {looks more flexible}) 22... b6 23.
b5 Ne7 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. f5 (25. Bd3 Bh6 $1 {threatening g6-g5}) 25... gxf5
26. Bd3 (26. exf5 Qf7 27. Bf2 Nxf5 28. Bd3 Ne7 29. Qe2 Rde8 $44) 26... Qf7 27.
exf5 d5 28. Qc3 Kh8 29. Bf2 dxc4 30. Bxc4 Qd7 31. Bxd4 cxd4 32. Qd3 Bh6 $1 $10
{The endgame is equal due to the opposite coloured bishops.} 33. Kh1 Bf4 34.
Be6 Qg7 35. Re4 Be5 36. Kg1 Rde8 37. Rc1 Re7 38. Rc2 Rd8 39. Kf1 Rc7 40. Rc6
Qh6 41. Ke2 Rg7 42. g4 Qh4 43. Qf3 h5 44. Kd3 hxg4 45. Rxg4 Rxg4 46. hxg4 Kg7
47. Rc1 Qg3 48. Qxg3 Bxg3 49. Rc4 Kh6 50. Ra4 Bb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 12th Group4"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1996.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1996.09.06"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin SV Empor"]
[BlackTeam "Eupen-Kelmis Rochade"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Nxc6 {This move is only good for a slight
advantage.} (11. Qd2 Nf4 12. Rfd1 $1 {This new move will have a bright future.
White gives up the pair of bishops, but gains control over the centre, and it
is not easy for Black to find an adequate plan.} Nxe2+ 13. Ncxe2 Ne5 14. b3 c6
15. Rac1 Qc7 16. Nc3 b6 17. Nde2 Bf8 18. Bg5 Nd7 19. Bh6 $16 {Ivanchuk-Shirov,
Yerevan (ol) 1996}) 11... bxc6 12. Qd2 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Bd4 Nf6 15. Rfe1 c5
16. Bf2 Qd7 $1 (16... Qb8 {See Khuzman-P.Svidler, Haifa 1996 CBM 54.}) 17. Rad1
(17. g4 Be6) 17... Qf7 18. b3 a6 19. Bf1 Bd7 20. Rxe8+ Bxe8 21. a3 Rb8 22. Rb1
Bc6 23. b4 Nd7 24. bxc5 Rxb1 25. Nxb1 Nxc5 $10 26. Nc3 h6 27. Nd5 g5 28. Qb4
Bxd5 29. cxd5 Be5 30. Bxc5 dxc5 31. Qe4 {White has some slight advantage in
the endgame, but in case of precise defence it is hard to believe that he can
convert it into a win.} Bd4+ 32. Kh1 a5 33. g3 Kf8 34. Kg2 Qf6 35. Bc4 Qe5 36.
Qh7 Qd6 37. a4 Bg7 38. Qf5+ Ke7 39. Bb5 c4 40. Bxc4 Qe5 41. Qc8 Qd6 42. Bb5 Kf6
43. Qa8 Bf8 44. Qxa5 Qxd5 45. Qxc7 Qa2+ 46. Kh3 Qe6+ 47. Kg2 Qa2+ 48. Kh3 Qe6+
49. g4 Bd6 50. Qh7 Bf8 51. Bd3 Qd5 52. Qg6+ Ke7 53. Qf5 Qd6 54. a5 Bg7 55. a6
Bd4 56. Qe4+ Kd8 57. Qa8+ Kc7 58. Qb7+ Kd8 59. Kg2 Bb6 60. Qa8+ Ke7 61. a7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Estonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
h6 (8... Nh5 $5 9. Rd1 Nf4 10. Bf1 c5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Rb1 (12. Bxf4 exf4 13.
e5 Qe8 14. Nd5 Nxe5 15. Nc7 Bf5 16. Qb3 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Qe7 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 $17 {
Meister,P-Knaak,R/GER/1994/0:1/46/}) 12... Ne6 13. b4 g5 14. Be3 Nd4 15. Bxd4
exd4 16. Nd5 g4 17. Ne1 cxb4 18. Rxb4 {Khuzman,A-Sutovskij,E/ISR-ch/1994/0,5/})
9. Rd1 Nh7 (9... Re8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. c5 Nh7 12. Be3 Nhf8 13. b4 Ne6 14. Rac1
c6 $14 {Halldorsson,G-Kristensen,B/Kopavogur/1994/0:1/40/}) 10. Be3 (10. dxe5
dxe5 11. c5 c6 12. b4 Qe7 13. a4 Re8 14. a5 a6 15. Na4 Nhf8 16. Bc4 $14 {
Lputian,S-Yudasin,L/Podolsk/1990/1:0/34/}) 10... Ng5 11. Nxg5 hxg5 12. dxe5
Nxe5 (12... dxe5 13. c5 c6 14. Rd6 $16) 13. Qd2 g4 14. c5 Be6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16.
Nd5 (16. Qxd6 Qh4 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Nd5 $14) 16... Qh4 $5 (16... Rc8 17. Bg5 f6
18. Bh6 $16) 17. Bg5 Qh8 $8 (17... Qh5 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf6 $16) 18. Ne7+ Kh7
19. Qxd6 Nc6 $1 (19... Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Nd5 Qg5 22. Nc7 Rad8 23. Nxe6 $16)
20. Qg3 (20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Qxc6 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Qe5 23. Be3 Kg7 24. Rd2 Rfc8 $132
) 20... Be5 21. Qh4+ Kg7 22. Nd5 (22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Qxh8+ (23. Rd2 f6 $15)
23... Rxh8 24. g3 Bxb2 $10) 22... Qxh4 23. Bxh4 Bxb2 24. Rab1 Be5 25. Rxb7 Rab8
26. Rdb1 Rxb7 27. Rxb7 Rc8 (27... Nd4 28. Bd3 Rc8 29. Bg5 a5 $14) 28. Bg3 Bxg3
29. hxg3 Nd4 30. Bd3 a5 31. a4 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Rd1 33. Nf4 Bb3 34. Bb5 Rd2 35. Rd7
g5 36. Ne2 Rxe2 37. Bxe2 (37. Rxd4 Rxf2 $10) 37... Nxe2 38. Ra7 Bxa4 39. Rxa5
Bd7 $10 40. Rxg5+ Kf6 41. Rc5 Ke7 42. f4 f6 43. Rc2 Bb5 44. Rb2 Bd3 45. Rb3 Bc4
46. Rb7+ Kf8 47. Ra7 Bd3 48. Ra3 Bc4 49. Ra5 Bd3 50. e5 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.26"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 (11. Rc1 f5 12. c5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 dxc5 14.
Bxc5 Nf4 15. Bc4+ Be6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf7 18. Qb3 b6 19. Bf2 Qd6 $10 {
Zlochevskij,A-Morozevic,A/Alushta/1993/0:1/59}) (11. f4) 11... Nf4 (11... Nxd4
12. Bxd4 Nf4 (12... Bxd4+ 13. Qxd4 Nf4 14. Rf2 a5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 c5 17.
dxc6 bxc6 18. Rd1 Be6 19. Qxd6 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Piket,J/Groningen (10)/
1995}) 13. Bxg7 (13. Kh1 $1 Be5 (13... Nxe2 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nxe2 Be6 16. Nc3
$14) 14. Rad1 Ne6 $6 (14... Nxe2 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. Qxe2 $14) (14... Be6 15. Be3
Nxe2 16. Qxe2 Qh4 $132) 15. Be3 $1 Bg7 16. f4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bh5 Rf8 19.
Bf3 $16 {1-0 Krivoshey,S-Golubev,M/Nikolaev zt (04)/1995/ (35)}) 13... Nxe2+ (
13... Qg5 14. Kf2 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. g3 Nxe2 17. Nxe2 Qe5 18. Qxe5 (18. Rad1
Be6 19. b3 a6 20. Nc3 Qxd4+ 21. Rxd4 Kg7 22. Nd5 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Bialy,
R-Doettling,F/Hallsdall op (04) 1996 (42)}) 18... dxe5 19. Nc3 c6 20. Rad1 Be6
21. b3 Rad8 22. Ke2 Kf8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1 {1/2-1/2 Trettin,
U-Kassebaum,R/BL 9495/1995/}) 14. Nxe2 Kxg7 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Rac1 f6 17. Nf4
Bf7 18. Qd4 c6 19. Red1 Qa5 20. a3 Rad8 21. Rc3 Qe5 22. Ne2 {Giehring,S-Gergs,
W/RLNN 9091/1991/1-0 (74)}) (11... f5) 12. Rfd1 (12. Nxc6 Nxe2+ 13. Nxe2 (13.
Qxe2 bxc6 14. c5 $5 $14) 13... bxc6 14. Bd4 c5 (14... Bxd4+ 15. Nxd4 c5 (15...
Bd7 $6 16. b4 $14) 16. Nc2 Bb7 (16... Be6 17. Ne3 Qf6 18. Rac1 Qe5 19. Qc3 Qxc3
20. Rxc3 a5 21. Rd1 Reb8 22. Rd2 Rb4 23. Kf2 Rab8 24. Rcc2 {Weiss,C-Baumegger,
S/AUT-chT 95/96 (01) 1995/1996/1/2-1/2 (71)}) 17. Ne3 h5 18. Rad1 (18. a3 a5
19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Qg5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Re1 Ra3 23. bxc5 Qxc5 {1/2-1/2 Li
Wenliang-Peng Xiaomin/Beijing Tan Chin Cup (06) 1996 (27)}) 18... a5 (18... Bc6
19. Qa5 $14) 19. h3 Bc6 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Qf6 {1/2-1/2 Sakaev,K-Belov,I/
Cappelle op (06)/1995 (26)}) (14... f6 $5) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. Rfe1
Qf6 18. Rad1 Re7 19. Re3 Rb8 20. b3 Bc6 21. Ne2 Rb4 22. Rd3 a5 {Brglez,R-Bukic,
E/Ljubljana op/1994/0-1 (58)}) (12. Bxf4 Nxd4 13. Bg5 Nxe2+ 14. Nxe2 f6 15. Bh4
Be6 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. b3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nc3 Qf7 20. Rfe1 {Nowak,I-Pedzich,
D/POL-chT Lubniewice (05)/1994/1-0 (53)}) (12. Bd1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qg5 14. Be3
Bd4 15. Re1 Bxe3+ 16. Rxe3 Nxg2 17. Re2 Nf4+ 18. Kh1 Be6 19. b3 Qe5 {0-1 Oliwa,
M-Pedzich,D/POL-ch Brzeg Dolny (15) 1996 (25)}) 12... Nxe2+ (12... Nxd4 13.
Bxd4 Qg5 (13... Nxe2+ 14. Nxe2 Be6 15. Rac1 a5 16. b3 b6 17. a3 Bd7 18. Nc3 Bc6
19. Rc2 Bb7 20. Rdc1 Be5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Qf2 {1-0 Loseries,U-Kistella,R/BL
9596/1995 (31)}) 14. Bf1 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Be6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 f5 18. Rac1
Re7 19. Kh1 fxe4 20. fxe4 Qg4 21. Re1 Nh5 {Lindner,D-Schmaltz,R/St.Ingbert op 
(02)/1995/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 13. Ncxe2 Ne5 (13... Nxd4 $5 14. Bxd4 $14) 14. b3 c6 (
14... Bd7 15. Rac1 $14) 15. Rac1 Qc7 16. Nc3 b6 (16... Be6 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18.
Nd5 Qd7 19. Nf4 Rf6 20. b4 $14) (16... Bd7 17. Nde2 Bf8 18. Bg5 $16) 17. Nde2
Bf8 18. Bg5 $5 Nd7 (18... Bb7 19. f4 Ng4 (19... Nd7 20. e5 $16) 20. h3 Nh6 21.
f5 $18) 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Bb7 (20... Rd8 21. Rd2 (21. Qd2 Nf6 22. e5 Ne8
23. Ne4 d5 24. cxd5 Qxe5 $14) 21... Bb7 22. Rcd1 Ne5 23. Qg5 $16) 21. Qd2 Re6
22. Nd4 (22. Nd5 $5 Qd8 23. Ndf4 Rf6 24. b4 $16) 22... Ree8 23. Nde2 Re6 24.
Nf4 Rf6 25. e5 $1 Nxe5 (25... dxe5 $2 26. Qxd7 Qxd7 27. Rxd7 $18) 26. Ne4 Rf5
27. Qe3 (27. Nxd6 $2 Rd8 28. Ne2 Rxf3 $17) 27... Nd7 (27... Nxf3+ $2 28. Qxf3
d5 29. cxd5 Qxf4 30. Qxf4 Rxf4 31. Nd6 $18) (27... Rd8 28. g4 Rxf4 (28... d5
29. gxf5 dxe4 30. fxe4 $16) 29. Qxf4 $16) 28. Rxd6 Re8 29. Rcd1 Bc8 (29... Nc5
$2 30. Nf6+ $18) 30. Ne2 $1 Rfe5 (30... Kg7 31. Qc3+ (31. Rxd7 Bxd7 32. Qd4+
$16) 31... f6 32. Nd4 $18) 31. Qh6 Rxe4 (31... Kh8 32. Rxd7 Bxd7 33. Nf6 Rh5
34. Nxh5 gxh5 35. Ng3 $18) 32. fxe4 b5 (32... Rxe4 33. Nc3 Re8 34. Qf4 $16) 33.
cxb5 cxb5 34. Qc1 $1 Qd8 (34... Qb7 35. Qc6 $18) 35. Qc6 Qg5 (35... Qb6+ 36.
Qxb6 Nxb6 37. Rd8 $18) (35... Re7 36. Rc1 $18) 36. Ng3 (36. Rxd7 Qe3+ 37. Kf1
Bxd7 38. Rxd7 $18) 36... h5 (36... Qe3+ 37. Kh1 $18) 37. Rxd7 Bxd7 38. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Ingbert"]
[BlackTeam "Bochum"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qd2 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Bd4 (14.
g4 Bxc3 $1 $10) 14... Nf6 (14... Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Qf6 16. Qxf6 Nxf6 17. g4 $14 {
Akesson,R-Golubev,M/Leuven 1994}) 15. Rfe1 c5 16. Bf2 Qd7 (16... Qb8 17. Rad1
Qb4 18. g4 Be6 19. Nb5 $1 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Rec8 21. Bd3 Bf7 22. Re7 Ne8 23. Be4
$16 {Huzman,A-Svidler,P/Haifa (04) ;CBM 54 1996}) 17. Rad1 Qf7 18. b3 a6 19.
Bd3 {N} (19. Bf1 Bd7 20. Rxe8+ Bxe8 21. a3 Rb8 22. Rb1 Bc6 23. b4 Nd7 24. bxc5
Rxb1 25. Nxb1 Nxc5 26. Nc3 h6 27. Nd5 g5 28. Qb4 $14 {Kramnik,V-Glek,I/EUCup
Berlin 1996}) 19... Bxd3 (19... Bd7 20. h3 $5 (20. Ne4 Bc6 $10 21. Ng5 $6 Qd7)
20... Bc6 21. f4 Nh5 22. g3 Bf3 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 $14) 20.
Qxd3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Re3 (22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Be3 Qe5 24. f4 Qf5 25. Qxf5
gxf5 $10) 22... Kf8 (22... Rxe3 23. Bxe3 (23. Qxe3 Qe8 24. Qxe8+ Nxe8 $10)
23... Nd7 24. Ne4) (22... Bh6 $5) 23. g3 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 (24. Bxe3 Nd7 25. f4 Qf6
$132 (25... g5 $5)) 24... Nd7 (24... Qe8 25. Qf4) 25. Kg2 Ne5 (25... Bd4 26.
Qd2 Ne5 27. f4 Nc6 28. Nd5 $14) 26. Ne4 {/\Ng5} (26. f4 Ng4 27. Qf3 Qf5 $132)
26... h6 27. f4 Nc6 $2 (27... Ng4 {>=} 28. Qf3 Qf5 29. Bg1 (29. h3 Nxf2 30.
Nxf2 Qc2 $132) 29... Kf7 (29... Bd4 $2 30. h3 Nf6 31. Bxd4 cxd4 32. Nxf6 Qxf6
33. Qa8+ $16) 30. h3 Nf6 31. Nxf6 Bxf6 $10) 28. Qf3 $14 Nd4 (28... Nb4 $4 29.
Nxc5 $18) 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 (29... cxd4 30. Nf2 $16 {ץg7}) 30. g4 Ke7 31. Ng3 Kd7
32. f5 $2 $138 (32. h4 c6 33. h5 gxh5 34. Nxh5 d5 35. cxd5 (35. Qd3 $14) 35...
cxd5 36. f5 Kc6 (36... Be5 $2 37. Qe2 $16) 37. Nf4 $14) 32... c6 $2 (32... Be5
$1 33. fxg6 Qxg6 34. Qf5+ Qxf5 (34... Qe6 $2 35. Qh7+ Kc6 36. Qe4+ Kd7 37. Nf5
$14) 35. Nxf5 Bf4 36. h4 Ke6 37. Kf3 Bc1 38. Ke4 c6 39. Ng7+ Kf7 40. Nh5 Ke6
$10) 33. h4 gxf5 34. Nxf5 (34. Qxf5+ Qe6 (34... Qxf5 $2 35. Nxf5 Bf6 (35... h5
36. Nxd4 cxd4 37. gxh5 Ke6 38. b4 $18) 36. Kh3 h5 37. gxh5 $16) 35. Kf3 d5 36.
Qxe6+ Kxe6 37. Nf5 Bf6 $10) 34... Qe6 35. Kh3 (35. g5 $1 hxg5 36. hxg5 Qg6 (
36... Be5 37. Qg4 $14) 37. Qg4 (37. Qxc6+ $2 Kxc6 38. Ne7+ Kb6 39. Nxg6 Be3 $10
) 37... Kc7 $14) 35... Be5 (35... d5 $1 36. Qf4 (36. cxd5 cxd5 37. Qf4 Qe4 38.
Qd6+ (38. Qxe4 dxe4 39. Kg2 Bf6 $10) 38... Ke8 $10) 36... dxc4 37. bxc4 Qxc4
38. Qd6+ Kc8 39. Qxc6+ Kb8 40. Nxd4 Qxd4 41. Qb6+ Kc8 42. Qxa6+ Kc7 $10) 36. g5
h5 (36... hxg5 37. hxg5 d5 38. Qd3 $1 $14 (38. Qg4 Qg6) 38... Ke8 39. Kh4 {
/\Kh5,g6} Kf7 40. Qf3) 37. Kg2 d5 38. cxd5 (38. Qd3 $5) 38... cxd5 39. Ne3 d4
$2 (39... Kd6 $2 40. Qf8+ Kd7 (40... Kc6 41. Qa8+ $18) 41. Qxc5 d4 42. Qd5+ $16
) (39... Kc6 $1 40. Qf1 Kd7 (40... Kb7 $2 41. Qf5 Qxf5 42. Nxf5 c4 43. bxc4
dxc4 44. Kf3 $18 {/\g6}) 41. Qd3 Bd4 42. Nf5 Be5 $14) 40. Nc4 $16 Bc7 41. Qxh5
Qe4+ 42. Qf3 Qxh4 43. Qf5+ Kc6 44. Qf3+ Kd7 45. Qf5+ Kc6 46. g6 Qh2+ 47. Kf1
Qh1+ 48. Ke2 Qh2+ 49. Kd1 Bf4 (49... Qxa2 50. Qf3+ Kd7 51. g7 Qb1+ 52. Ke2 Qc2+
53. Nd2 $18) (49... Qg1+ 50. Kc2 Qg2+ 51. Nd2 (51. Kb1 Qe2 {/\d3,/\Qe1}) 51...
Bd6 52. Qf3+ Qxf3 53. Nxf3 Bf8 54. Nh4 Kd5 55. Nf5 $18) (49... Qg3 50. Nd2 $1 {
/\Qf3} Bf4 (50... Be5 51. Qc8+ Kd5 (51... Kb6 52. Nc4+ $18) 52. Qb7+ $18) 51.
g7 $18) 50. Qc8+ Kd5 $2 (50... Bc7 51. Qxa6+ Kd7) 51. Qb7+ Ke6 52. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
Nh5 9. Rd1 ({The move 9.Bg5 complicates the realisation of the black`s plan.} 
9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Nf4 11. Rad1 (11. Bxf4 exf4 12. Rad1 c6 (12... Kh8) 13. c5 $5
dxc5 14. d5 Kh8 (14... cxd5 15. Nxd5 g5 16. Rd2 $36) 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Rd6 (16.
Na4 $44 {>=}) 16... Qc7 17. Rfd1 Nb6 18. Na4 Re8 $1 19. Nxc5 Nd5 $17 {0-1
Zueger,B-Vogt,L/Altensteig 1993 (37)}) 11... Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Rf7 (12... b6 13.
dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 a6 15. h3 c5 16. Nf3 $14 {1-0 Hansen,C-Knaak,R/Hamburg SKA
1991 (40)}) 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. c5 c6 15. Nd2 b6 $11 {0-1 Fecht,H-Knaak,R/BL
1992 (32)}) 9... Nf4 10. Bf1 (10. Bxf4 exf4 11. Nd5 (11. c5 dxc5 12. dxc5 c6)
11... g5) 10... c5 11. d5 {Another plan for the white is to exchange pawns d
11.de de and to try to use the square d5.As practice shows owning of the
square d4 by the black makes the chances of the sides equal.} Nf6 ({The white
succeed in overgrouping pieces successfully after} 11... h6 12. g3 Nh5 13. Be2
Ndf6 14. Ne1 Nh7 15. Ng2 N5f6 16. Rb1 a5 17. a3 a4 18. f3 Bd7 19. b3 axb3 20.
Rxb3 Bc8 21. Be3 Ne8 22. Qd2 $14 {Lentao,R-Martin del Campo,1993}) 12. Bxf4
$146 (12. Rb1 Bg4) (12. Ne1 Ne8 13. Rb1 f5 14. b4 b6 15. f3 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6
17. bxc5 Nxe4 18. fxe4 bxc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hertneck,G-Vogt,L/EUCup Bayern
Muenchen-Porz 1991 (36)}) (12. Re1 h5 13. g3 Nh3+ 14. Kh1 Nh7 15. Bg2 g5 16.
Ng1 Nxg1 17. Kxg1 a6 18. Rb1 g4 19. b4 $14 {1-0 Hertneck-Knaak/München Rapid,
SW 1991 (36)}) 12... exf4 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Qd6 15. Nf3 (15. Re1 Nxd5 16.
Nxf7 $2 Nb4 17. Nxd6 Nxc2 $19) 15... Bf5 (15... Bg4 16. Be2 Rfe8) 16. Bd3 Bg4
17. Be4 Nd7 {/\18...f5,18...Ne5} (17... Rfe8 18. Re1 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qb6 {
/\20...Bf5,20...Bf3}) 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. d6 a6 20. Nc7 (20. Nc3 Ne5 21. Na4 Qa5 (
21... Qb4 22. a3 (22. Nxe5 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Bxe5 24. a3 Qa5 25. Bxb7 Rad8 $17)
22... Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Nxc4 24. Nxc5 Bxb2 25. Rab1 Bxa3 26. Nxb7 Rae8 27. Bc6 Rc8
28. Be4 Rfe8 $17) 22. Rd5) 20... Rad8 21. Nd5 (21. Qb3 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Qxb3 23.
axb3 Bd4 $15) 21... Qxd6 22. Ne3 Qb6 $1 (22... Qe6 23. Nxg4 (23. Bd5 Bf5 24.
Qb3 Qf6 25. Nxf5 Qxf5 26. Qxb7 Rb8 27. Qxa6 Rxb2 28. Rac1 Ne5 $11) 23... Qxg4
24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. h3 Qe6 26. Bd5 Qf6 27. b3 $14) 23. Nxg4 h5 24. Nh6+ (24. Rxd7
$2 Rxd7 25. Nge5 Re7 $17) 24... Bxh6 25. Qb3 $1 Qxb3 (25... Bg7 26. Bxb7 Bxb2
27. Rab1 Qxb3 28. axb3 $11) 26. axb3 Nf6 (26... b6 27. Rxa6 $14) 27. Rxd8 Rxd8
28. Bxb7 Rb8 29. Rxa6 (29. Bxa6 Rxb3 30. Ra2 Ne4 $15) 29... Rxb7 30. Rxf6 Rxb3
31. Rc6 Rxb2 32. Kf1 Bf8 33. Ne5 Rd2 (33... Rc2 34. Rc8 Kg7 35. Nd7 Bd6 36.
Nxc5 f3 37. gxf3 Bxh2 $15 {\-/+}) 34. Rc7 Rd4 (34... Bd6 $6 35. Rd7) 35. Nxf7
Rxc4 36. Ng5 $44 Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Khalifman: The game between the oldest and the youngest participants (age
difference-45 years) was highly expected. I don't want to explain once more
what the name Kortschnoj means in our city and young sociable Peter who had
already proved his chess strength first of all winning 2 Russian Championship
titles has also enough fans in St-Petersburg. After 6 rounds both were at 50%
- just 1 point behind the leader so both had some expectations.Tournament
fortune was, however, completely different.} 1. d4 {Huzman} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3
Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Be3 Qe7 9. Qc2 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6
11. Bd2 c6 12. d5 $1 $14 (12. h3 {Huzman} Nh6 13. b4 f5 $132) 12... f5 (12...
c5 $6 13. Nb5 Nb6 14. b4 a6 15. bxc5 $16) 13. Ng5 $1 $146 {Khalifman: Bad
surprise for Black! Korchnoj just didn't remember his own game. As a matter of
fact, the text move is an important improvement which pushes Black directly on
the ropes.After the game Svidler was shocked. He told me later: "Look what's
going on: in 1984 Kortschnoj played quite well, now he plays even better, so
what will happen in 2010 ?"} (13. exf5 $5 gxf5 14. Ng5 Ndf6 15. f3 Nh6 16. Bd3
c5 17. Rae1 Z0 18. f4 e4 19. Ncxe4 $40 {Kortschnoj-Mestel/Beersheva/1984 /})
13... Ndf6 $6 (13... Nc5 $6 14. b4 Nxe4 (14... Na6 15. a3 $16 (15. dxc6 bxc6
16. b5 $16 {Khalifman})) 15. Ngxe4 fxe4 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Qxe4) (13... Nb6 $1
$14) 14. f3 Nh6 15. c5 $1 cxd5 (15... dxc5 16. dxc6 b6 (16... bxc6 17. Na4 Nd7
$6 (17... Rd8 {Huzman} 18. Be3 $16) 18. Ne6 $16) 17. Nd5 Qd6 (17... Nxd5 18.
exd5 $14) 18. Rad1 $14) 16. Nxd5 (16. exd5 $5 {Huzman} dxc5 17. Bc4 Kh8 18.
Rfe1 $44) 16... Nxd5 17. Bc4 $16 (17. exd5 {Huzman} dxc5 18. Bc4 Kh8 19. Rfe1
$36) 17... f4 18. Bxd5+ Kh8 19. h4 (19. c6 {Huzman} bxc6 20. Bxc6 Rb8 21. h4
Ng8 $17 {[%cal Gh7h6]}) 19... dxc5 20. Rac1 Ng8 21. Qxc5 h6 22. Qxe7 Nxe7 23.
Nf7+ (23. Ne6 {Huzman} Nxd5 24. exd5 (24. Nxf8 Ne7 25. Rc7 Bxf8 {[%cal Ge7c6]})
24... Bxe6 25. dxe6 Rfe8 26. Rc7 Rxe6 27. Rxb7 Rb6 28. Rxb6 axb6 29. a3 e4 30.
fxe4 g5 $11) 23... Kg8 (23... Kh7 24. Bb4 Re8 (24... Nxd5 25. Bxf8 Ne3 26. Rc7
Bxf8 27. Rfc1 $18) 25. Nd6 Rd8 (25... Nxd5 26. Nxe8 Nxb4 27. Rc7 Kg8 28. Rxg7+
Kf8 29. Nc7 $18) 26. Bxb7 Rb8 27. Nxc8 Nxc8 28. Ba5 $16) 24. Bb3 $1 (24. Nxh6+
Kh7 25. Ng4 $1 (25. Nf7 Nxd5 26. Ng5+ Kg8 27. exd5 Rd8 28. Rc5 b6 29. Rc6 Rxd5
30. Bc3 Bf5 31. Ne4 Rc8 $11) 25... Rd8 26. Rc7 Nxd5 27. exd5 Kg8 $1 (27... Bxg4
$2 28. fxg4 Rxd5 29. Bc3 b5 30. g3 $1 $16) 28. Bc3 Rxd5 29. Re1 Bxg4 30. fxg4
b5 $14) 24... Rxf7 25. Rc7 Bf6 (25... Bf8 26. Bb4 Kg7 27. Rfc1 a5 28. Bd6 $18)
(25... Kf8 {Huzman} 26. Bb4 Bf6 27. Rfc1 a5 28. Ba3 $16) 26. Bb4 Kg7 27. Rfc1
a5 28. Ba3 $1 (28. Bd6 $2 Ra6) 28... b5 29. Bc5 (29. Bxf7 $2 {Huzman} b4 30.
Bd5 Rb8) 29... Ba6 30. Bxf7 Kxf7 31. h5 $1 (31. h5 gxh5 32. Bxe7 Bxe7 33. R1c6
Kf8 34. Rxh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1997.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Petursson} Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O
Na6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 h6 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Be3 Qe7 14.
a3 Nh5 (14... c6 15. b4 (15. Qc1 Nc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. b4 Qe7 18. Nd2 {/\ c5,
Nc4}) 15... Nh5 16. Re1 $5 $146 (16. c5 Rd8 17. Qc1 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. e5 $1
g5 (19... Bxe5 20. Re1 $5) 20. Bxa6 (20. Re1 $5 h5 21. Ne4 g4 22. Qxf4 gxf3 23.
Nf6+ $40) 20... bxa6 21. Ne4 $1 Bxe5 (21... Rd3 22. Nd6 Bxh3 23. Ne1 $1 $16)
22. Re1 (22. Nxe5 {N} Qxe5 23. Nd6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Mikhalchishin,A-Ryskin,A/
Ljubljana 1994 (41)}) 22... Bg7 23. Ra2 Be6 24. Rae2 $44 {Hjartarson,
J-Apicella,M/ISD-FRA/1993/1-0 (42)}) (16. Qc1 $5 Nf4 17. Rd1 {/\ Bf1}) 16...
Nf4 17. Bf1 Rd8 18. Qc2 Ne6 19. Rad1 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Na4 b6 $6 (21... c5
$5 22. Qb2 b6 $15) 22. c5 $1 $14 {0-1 Lyrberg,P-Ryskin,A/Minsk 1994 (44)}) 15.
Qc2 (15. b4) 15... c6 16. Rfe1 (16. b4 Nf4) 16... Nc5 (16... Nf4 17. Bf1 Qf6
18. Nd2 Ne6 19. Rad1 Re8 20. b4 Nd4 21. Qc1 b6 $15 {0-1 Schmidt,W-Ryskin,A/
Katowice op 1993 (44)}) 17. Rad1 Ne6 18. g3 (18. b4) 18... Bd7 19. c5 (19. Qd2
Rfd8 20. Bxh6 Nef4 21. Bxg7 Nxh3+ 22. Kg2 Kxg7 23. Qd6 (23. Rh1 N3f4+ 24. gxf4
Bh3+ 25. Kxh3 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Rh8 27. Kh2 Nxf4+ 28. Kg1 Qe6 29. Rxh8 Kxh8) 23...
N3f4+ 24. Kg1 (24. Kh2 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Nxe2 26. Rxe2 (26. Nxe2 Be6 $15) 26... Bg4
27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rd2 $11) 24... Nxe2+ 25. Rxe2 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Bg4) 19... Rad8
20. b4 Bc8 {[%cal Ge6d4]} 21. Bf1 Rxd1 (21... Nd4 $2 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Ne2 d3
24. Rxd3 Qxe4 $2 25. Ned4 Qd5 26. Qd2 $1 Rde8 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Nb5 $18) 22.
Rxd1 Rd8 23. Nb1 (23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 (23... Nxd8) 24. Qd2 Qf6 (24... Nd4 25. Nxd4
exd4 26. Ne2 Qe7 27. Bxd4 Qxe4 28. Bg2 $14) (24... Qxd2 25. Nxd2 f5 26. Nc4 f4
27. Nd6 Bd7 28. g4 Nf6 29. Bc1 $14) 25. Nh2 $14) 23... Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25.
Nbd2 (25. Kh2 $142) 25... d3 $1 26. Bxd3 (26. Qb1 Nf6) 26... Bxh3 $15 27. e5 $2
(27. Nc4 $142) 27... Qd7 28. Ne4 Nf4 29. Nd6 {The only chance} (29. gxf4 {
Petursson} Qg4+ 30. Ng3 Qxf3 31. Be4 Qxd1+ $19) 29... Bg2 $1 (29... Bg4 $5 30.
Be4 Nh3+ 31. Kg2 Ng5 $17 (31... Ng5 {Petursson} 32. Rh1 Nxf3 (32... Nxe4 33.
Qxe4 Be6 $17) 33. Bxf3 Bxf3+ 34. Kxf3 Bxe5 35. Rd1 Qh3 $19)) 30. Be4 (30. e6 {
Petursson} Qxe6 31. Bc4 Qh3 32. Nh2 Bf3 33. Bf1 Ne2+ 34. Qxe2 Bxe2 35. Bxh3
Bxd1 $19) (30. Nh2 $1 {Petursson} Nxd3 31. Qxd3 Bd5 32. f4 $15) 30... Qg4 $1
$19 (30... Qh3 {Petursson} 31. Nh2 Bxe4 32. Qxe4 Qh5 33. Qf3 $13) 31. Rd4 $2 {
This drops the exchange} (31. Nxb7 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Qh3 33. Nh2 Bxe4 $19) (31.
Ng5 $1 hxg5 (31... Bxe4 32. Ngxe4 Bxe5 33. f3 Qxf3 34. gxf4) (31... Nh3+ 32.
Kxg2 Nxg5 33. Re1) 32. Bxg2 Nxg2 33. Kxg2 Bxe5 $17) (31. Ng5 $1 $17 {Petursson}
) 31... Bxf3 32. Bxf3 Nh3+ 33. Kg2 Qxd4 $19 34. Kxh3 Bxe5 35. Nc4 Bc7 36. Kg2
Qd3 37. Qc1 h5 38. Ne3 Be5 39. Nc4 Qc3 40. Qxc3 Bxc3 41. Nd6 Rd7 42. b5 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 (10. Bh4) 10... Kh8 (10... Qe8 11. h3 Nh6 12. dxe5 dxe5
13. b3 (13. Be3 c6 14. a3 Nf7 15. b4 Qe7 16. Qc1 Be6 17. Rd1 Rfc8 18. Nd2 Bh6
19. Bxh6 Nxh6 20. c5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Magem Badals,J/Pamplona
1991 (46)}) 13... Be6 14. Ba3 Rf7 15. Qc2 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17. a3 Rd7 18. b4
$5) (10... Nh6 11. dxe5 (11. Rb1 c6 (11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Be3 Re8 14.
Nb3 Ne6 15. Qd2 Nf7 16. Rbd1 b6 17. f3 Bb7 18. Rfe1 $14 {1-0 Gausel,E-Sanden,S/
Rilton Cup96/97 1996 (30)}) 12. b4 Nc7 13. d5 Nf7 14. Qb3 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5
16. cxd5 f5 17. Nd2 f4 18. b5 g5 19. f3 h5 20. h3 Kh7 21. Nc4 Rh8 22. Qd1 Bd7
23. Ba3 Qe7 24. b6 $36 {1-0 Baigorri Navarro,F-Llanes Luno,P/Zaragoza open
1992 (40)}) (11. h3 Nf7 12. a3 c6 13. Be3 f5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16.
Rad1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 f4 18. Bc1 Be6 19. b4 Nc7 20. Bb2 Kf8 21. a4 b6 22. b5 cxb5
23. axb5 Ke8 24. Na4 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nikolic,G-Schumi,M/Oberwart op 1991 (48)}
) 11... dxe5 12. Qxd8 (12. h3 c6 13. Be3 Nf7 14. c5 Nc7 (14... Be6 15. Qa4 Qc8
16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. Rd1 Nf7 19. Nd2 Nc7 20. Nc4 $14 {1-0 Boensch,
U-Fecht,H/BL 1991 (34)}) 15. b4 Qe7 16. Qb3 Be6 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Qe6 19.
Qxe6 Nxe6 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Arlandi,E-Timoshchenko,G/Mitropa Cup
ITA-SVK 1995 (23)}) 12... Rxd8 13. Nd5 Nf7 14. Be3 Kf8 15. Rfd1 c6 16. Nc3
Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Ke7 $11 {Tisdall,J-Timoshchenko,G/Cappelle op 1993/1/2-1/2 (72)}
) 11. h3 (11. c5 exd4 12. Nxd4 f5 13. exf5 Nxh2 14. Kxh2 Qh4+ 15. Kg1 Qxd4 16.
cxd6 Bxf5 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. dxc7 Qh4 19. Be3 Rae8 20. Qa4 $1 $16 {(time) 1-0
Hutters,T-Gofshtein,L/Groningen op 1993 (32)}) 11... Nh6 12. dxe5 dxe5 (12...
fxe5 13. Be3 Nf7 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Ng5 (15. Bxc5 dxc5 $10) 15... Nxg5 16. Bxg5
Bf6 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Bg4 $1 $14 {Karpov-Kasparov,1990}) 13. Qxd8 (13. Be3 $143
Nf7 14. Qxd8 Nxd8 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Yd8e6]}) 13... Rxd8 14. Be3 Be6 15. a3 (15.
Rfd1 Nf7 16. a3 {[%cal Yb2b4]} Bh6 17. Bxh6 Nxh6 18. b4 c6 $14 {/=}) 15... Nf7
16. b4 {[%cal Gc4c5]} c6 (16... Bh6 17. Nd5 $1 (17. c5 Bxe3 18. fxe3 c6) (17.
b5 Bxe3 18. bxa6 Bb6 19. axb7 Rab8 20. Rab1 Nd6) (17. Bxh6 Nxh6 18. Nd5 Kg7 19.
b5 Bxd5 (19... Nc5 20. Nxc7 Rac8 21. Nxe6+ Nxe6 $44 {[%csl Yc5,Yd4]}) 20. cxd5
Nc5 21. Rfc1 b6 $11 {[%cal Yh6f7,Yf7d6]}) 17... Bxe3 18. fxe3 Kg7 (18... Nd6
19. Nxf6 (19. b5 Nc5 20. Nxc7 Rac8 $17) 19... Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. b5 $16 {
[%cal Ga1c1,Gc1c7]}) (18... f5 19. b5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Nc5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Rac1
b6 23. Nh4 $16) 19. c5 $1 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rxd5 21. Bc4 Rdd8 22. c6 $1 $16) 17.
Rfd1 Rxd1+ (17... Bh6 $5 $11 18. Rxd8+ $140 Rxd8 19. Bxa7 Ra8) 18. Rxd1 Nc7 19.
Nd2 {[%cal Gd2b3,Gb3a5]} Bf8 {[%cal Ya7a5]} (19... Bh6 20. Bxh6 Nxh6 21. Nb3 b6
22. Rd6) 20. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Ya3a5,Yd2b3,Yb3a5]} b6 $6 (20... f5 $142 $1 21. exf5
(21. Nb3 b6) 21... gxf5 22. f4 Bh6 23. g3 {[%cal Gg1f2]} Bg7 $132) 21. c5 $1 b5
22. a4 bxa4 (22... a6 23. Nb3 {[%cal Gb3a5]} Bxb3 24. Rxb3 $14 Bh6 $140 25.
Bxh6 Nxh6 26. Ra3 Kg7 (26... Nf7 27. Bg4) 27. axb5 axb5 28. Rxa8 Nxa8 29. Nxb5
cxb5 30. Bxb5 $16) 23. Nxa4 (23. Nc4 Nb5 24. Nxa4 Bxc4 25. Bxc4 Na3 26. Rc1
Nxc4 27. Rxc4 Rb8 $11) (23. Bc4 $5 Rb8 24. Bxe6 Nxe6 25. Nxa4 f5 26. f3 $14)
23... f5 24. exf5 (24. Nc4 fxe4 $132 {[%csl Rd5]}) (24. f3 $5) 24... gxf5 25.
Nc4 {[%cal Gc4a5]} Nd5 26. Bd2 e4 27. Na5 Rc8 (27... Ne5 $142 28. Ba6 {[%cal
Ga6b7]} Rb8 29. Bb7 $140 Nc4 30. Nxc4 Rxb7) 28. Ba6 Rc7 29. Nc3 Nxc3 (29... Bg7
30. Ne2 $1 {[%cal Ge2f4]} Bc8 31. Bxc8 Rxc8 32. Ng3 Ne7 33. Bf4 {[%cal Gb1d1]}
Rd8 34. Nh5 $36) 30. Bxc3+ Bg7 31. Bd2 Ba2 32. Rc1 (32. Rd1 $1 Rd7 33. Bc8 Rd3
34. Kf1 Bh6 35. Ke1 $16) 32... Be5 33. Nc4 (33. Bc4 Bxc4 34. Nxc4 Kg7 35. Nxe5
$140 Nxe5 36. Bf4 Nd3 $17) 33... Bxc4 34. Bxc4 Kg7 35. b5 cxb5 36. Bxb5 Bd4 $2
(36... Re7 $142 37. c6 Bc7 38. Bc3+ Kg6 39. Rd1 $16) 37. c6 Kf6 38. Rd1 Be5 (
38... Ke5 39. g3 $1 $18) (38... Rc8 $8 39. Ba5 Nd6 (39... Bb6 40. Bc3+ $16 {
[%cal Yd1d7]}) (39... Be5 40. Rd7 a6 41. Ba4 $16) 40. Rxd4 Nxb5 41. Rd5 a6 42.
c7 $1 $18) 39. Ba5 Re7 40. Bc4 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd1d7]} f4 (40... Nd6 41. Bd8 $1
Nxc4 42. Rd7 $18) 41. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. d5 Na6
9. O-O Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 c5 (11... h5 12. Ne1 Nh6 13. f3 Nf7 14. Nd3 c5
15. a3 Bh6 16. Bf2 Bd7 17. b4 b6 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Qc2 Rb8 21.
Rfb1 $14 {Tunik,G-Doroshkievich,V/Krasnodar 1991/1-0 (72)}) 12. Ne1 (12. Nd2
Nh6 13. g4 (13. a3 Qe8 14. Bd3 f5 15. Bc2 Bf6 16. Ba4 Qe7 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Bb5
f4 19. Bxa6 bxa6 20. f3 g5 $132 {Li Wenliang-Ye Jiangchuan/Beijing Tan Chin
Cup 1995/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 13... Nf7 14. a3 Bd7 15. Rb1 Nc7 16. b4 b6 17. Kg2 Bh6
18. h3 Rb8 19. Qc2 Qe7 20. Rb2 Bg5 21. Bxg5 Nxg5 22. bxc5 dxc5 23. Qd3 Nf7 24.
a4 a5 25. Rfb1 Qd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gschnitzer,O-Vogt,L/Wildbad 1990 (30)}) 12...
h5 (12... Nh6 13. Nd3 Nf7 14. Bg4 h5 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. f4 Nb4 17. f5 g5 18. Be1
g4 19. Nf2 Ng5 20. a3 Na6 21. h3 $16 {1-0 Ostenstad,B-Kozakov,M/Arnold mem,
Gausdal NOR 1997 (40)}) 13. a3 Qe7 14. Rb1 {[%cal Gb2b4]} b6 (14... Nh6 $5 15.
f3 g5 16. Bf2 f5 17. b4 b6 $132) 15. b4 Bd7 16. Nd3 g5 17. Bg3 f5 $5 18. h3 Nf6
19. bxc5 $1 (19. Bxh5 f4 20. Bh2 cxb4 21. axb4 (21. Nxb4 Nxh5 22. Qxh5 Nc5 $44)
21... Nxh5 22. Qxh5 Rac8 {[%csl Rc4]}) 19... Nxc5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Bxh5 Nxh5
22. Qxh5 Be8 23. Qf3 (23. Qe2 f4 24. Bh2 f3 $132) 23... f4 24. Bh2 Bf6 {
[%cal Ye7h7,Ye8h5,Yg5g4]} 25. g4 $6 (25. Qe2 $5 {[%cal Gf2f3,Gc3d1,Gd1f2,Gf2g4]
}) 25... Qh7 $1 {[%cal Yf6d8,Yd8a5]} 26. Nb5 Rd8 27. Kg2 Rd7 $1 {[%cal Yf6d8,
Yd8b6]} 28. Qe2 Bd8 29. f3 Ba5 30. Rb3 Rf6 31. Qb2 Rb7 32. Rh1 (32. Nxd6 $1
Rxb3 33. Qxe5 $16 {[%cal Ge5f6,Ge6e8]}) 32... Rb6 {[%cal Yh7b7]} 33. Nc3 Bg6
34. Rf1 (34. Na4 $2 Rxb3 35. Qxb3 Bxe4 36. fxe4 Qxe4+ 37. Qf3 Qxc4 $19) 34...
Qh4 35. Rxb6 axb6 36. Nb5 Bf7 37. Qf2 Qh7 38. Rh1 Be8 39. Qb2 Bxb5 40. Qxb5 Qh4
41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Qe7+ Kg6 43. Qe8+ (43. Rb1 Be1 44. Rb2 Ba5 $132 {[%cal Yh4e1]}
) 43... Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.31"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Huzman,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 "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 a6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Nbd7 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Rad1 b5 15.
cxb5 cxb5 16. Bg3 (16. Qd2 $142 Bb7 17. Nc2 Re6 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. Bf2 d5 20. Nd4
Re8 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Nf6 23. Rfd1 Qxd5 24. a4 Rad8 25. axb5 Ng4 26. Bg1
Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. bxa6 Rdd8 30. axb7 Rxe2 {Vladimirov,
E-Yermolinsky,A/Tashkent 1987/EXT 87/1-0 (78)}) 16... b4 17. Na4 Qxc2 18. Nxc2
d5 {[%cal Ye8e2]} 19. Nxb4 dxe4 20. Nc3 Bb7 (20... e3 21. Ncd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5
$16 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gd5c7,Gd5e3]}) 21. fxe4 (21. Nxe4 $5 a5 (21... Bxe4 22.
fxe4 Nxe4 (22... a5 23. Na6 $36 {[%cal Ga6c7]}) 23. Bxa6 (23. Bc7 Ndf6 {
[%cal Ye8e2]} 24. Nxa6 Nc3 25. bxc3 Rxe2 $44) (23. Rxd7 Nxg3+ 24. hxg3 Rxe2 25.
Rfxf7 Bxb2 $11) 23... Nxg3+ 24. hxg3 $16) (21... Nxe4 22. fxe4 Nc5 23. Bc4 $16)
22. Nc2 (22. Nd3 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Nxe4 $11) 22... Rac8 (22... Bxe4 23. fxe4 Nxe4
24. Bb5 Nxg3+ 25. hxg3 Rec8 26. Rxd7 Rxc2 27. Rfxf7 $40) (22... Nxe4 23. fxe4
Nc5 24. Bc4 $1 $16) 23. Na3 {[%cal Ga3c4,Ga3b5,Gc4d6,Gb5d6]} Bxe4 24. fxe4 Rxe4
(24... Nxe4 $2 25. Bb5 $16) (24... Nc5 25. Bb5 (25. e5 Nfe4 $11) 25... Rxe4 26.
Nc4 $16) 25. Bf3 Re6 (25... Rb4 26. b3 $14) 26. Nb5 Rb6 27. a4 $36) 21... a5 (
21... Nc5 22. e5 Nfe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Rd7 Nxg3+ 25. hxg3 $16) 22. Nc2 (22.
Nbd5 $1 Nxd5 (22... Nxe4 23. Bb5 Nxg3+ 24. hxg3 $16 {[%cal Gb5e8]}) 23. exd5 $1
(23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Nf6 25. Bb5 Re6 26. Bc4 (26. Rd3 Nxe4 $11) 26... Nxd5
27. Bxd5 Rae8 $11) 23... Bxc3 24. Bb5 Bxb2 25. Bxd7 Red8 26. Bc6 $16) 22... Nc5
23. Bb5 (23. e5 Nfe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 $1 (24... Bxe4 25. Ne3 Bxe5 26. Bb5 $1 Re7
27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Ng4 Re7 (28... Rg5 $2 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31. Bc6 $18)
29. Nxh6+ Kg7 30. Ng4 Rb8 31. a4 $14) 25. Rd7 Bc8 26. Rdxf7 Nxg3+ 27. hxg3 Be6
$11) 23... Red8 24. e5 Nfe4 25. Bc4 (25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Bc4 Rxd1 27. Bxf7+ Kf8
28. Rxd1 Nxg3+ 29. hxg3 Kxf7 30. Rd7+ Kf8 31. Rxb7 Bxe5 $11) 25... Nxg3+ 26.
hxg3 Ne6 $1 $11 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Nd4 Bxe5 29. Nxe6 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Re8 31. Nf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. O-O
exd4 9. Bxd4 Qe7 10. Nd2 (10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rfe1 Nc5 (11... a6 12. Rad1 b5 13.
b4 Bb7 14. Bf1 Rfd8 15. a3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Bc5 Qe8 18. a4 $14 {1-0
Uhlmann,W-Portisch,L/Skopje/Ohrid 1968 (24)}) 12. Bf1 Ne6 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bc1
Nd4 15. Qd1 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bd4 17. Nd1 f5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Newerovski,G-Odessky,I/
RUS-chT 1993 (42)}) 10... Re8 11. Re1 Na6 12. h3 (12. Bf1 $5) 12... b6 $1 {
[%cal Yc8b7,Ya6c5,Yd6d5]} 13. a3 Bb7 14. Bd3 $6 (14. Qc2 Nc5 15. Bf1 Ne6 16.
Be3 d5 $11 {/=/+}) 14... Nc5 15. Bf1 (15. Bc2 Ne6 16. Be3 d5 17. exd5 cxd5 $15)
15... Ne6 16. Be3 d5 $15 {/-/+After opening of the position the fianchetting
black bishops begin to make strong pressure on the position of the white.} 17.
exd5 (17. e5 Nd7 (17... d4 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Nde4 Bg7 (19... dxe3 20. Nxf6+
Qxf6 21. Rxe3 Rad8 $15) 20. Bd2 dxc3 21. Bxc3 Rad8 $15) 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Nf3
Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bb5 d4 $5 (21... Rec8) 22. Bxe8 dxe3 $17) 17... cxd5 18.
Bd4 (18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. Nxc4 b5 $17) 18... Rad8 (
18... Qd8 $5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. cxd5 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Bxd5 $15) 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20.
Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 {[%cal Yd8d1]} 22. Re5 $2 (22. Qc2 $142 Qf6 {[%cal
Ye6f4,Ye6d4]} (22... Rc8 23. Qa4 Bc6 24. Qb4 $11) 23. Rac1 Nf4 24. g3 $15)
22... Qf6 23. Qe1 Nc7 $15 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Qc1 Ne6 $36 {[%csl Ra1][%cal Ye6f4,
Yf6g5]} 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27. bxc3 Rc8 28. c4 Bc6 {[%csl Ra3,Rc4]} 29. a4 $6 {
[%cal Ga4a5]} a5 $1 30. Nb1 Kf6 31. Nc3 Ke5 {[%cal Ye5d4]} 32. Rb1 Rb8 {
[%cal Ye6c5]} 33. Nd5 (33. g3 Kd4 34. Nb5+ Bxb5 35. cxb5 Nc5 36. Rc1 Re8 $17 {
[%csl Ra4,Rb5,Rf1]}) 33... Bxd5 34. cxd5 Kxd5 35. Rd1+ Nd4 $17 36. Rc1 Rb7 37.
g4 Rd7 38. Kg2 Kd6 {[%cal Yd7c7]} 39. f4 Rc7 40. Rd1 Rc2+ 41. Kg3 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.05.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. d5 f5 11. Nd2 (11. Ne1 Nf6 12. f3 h6 13. Bd2 g5 14. Nd3 Qg6
15. Nf2 f4 16. b4 h5 17. c5 dxc5 18. Bxa6 bxa6 19. bxc5 g4 20. Kh1 Nh7 21. d6
c6 22. Qa4 Bd7 23. Rab1 g3 24. Nd3 Qf6 25. h3 Qh4 {0-1 Nikolic,G-Antic,D/
JUG-chT 1995/EXP 48}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 g5 (12... Nf6 13. f3 g5 14. Bf2 f4 15.
g4 fxg3 16. hxg3 Qg6 17. g4 h5 18. Kg2 Bd7 19. a3 Rad8 20. b4 Kf7 21. c5 Nb8
22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Bxa7 Ke7 24. Rc1 Rh8 {0-1 Fyllingen,R-Chekhov,V/Gausdal Int
1991/CBM 25 (40)}) 13. Bg3 Nf6 (13... h5 14. exf5 Bxf5 (14... Nf6 15. h4) 15.
Nde4 Qg6 16. h3 Bxe4 17. hxg4 h4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. f3 Qd4+ 20. Bf2 $14) 14. f3
f4 15. Bf2 Qg6 (15... h5 16. b4 $1 g4 (16... Nxb4 17. c5 $44) 17. c5 Qg6 18.
Bh4 $16) 16. Kh1 $1 g4 17. fxg4 Nxg4 18. Bg1 Rf7 19. Nf3 (19. b4 $5 Nxb4 20. c5
$44) 19... Bf6 20. Re1 $1 Rg7 21. Bf1 Nc5 22. b4 (22. h3 Ne3 23. Bxe3 fxe3 24.
Rxe3 a5 $1 $44) 22... Nd7 23. c5 (23. h3 $142 Ne3 24. Bxe3 fxe3 25. Rxe3 Be7 {
/\ Nd7-f6-h5<=>}) 23... Bd8 $1 {/\ Nd7-f6-h5-g3} (23... Be7 24. Nb5) 24. h3 Ne3
$8 (24... Ngf6 $2 25. Nh4 {/\ 26.Nf5}) (24... h5 $2 25. Rc1) (24... Ndf6 25.
hxg4 Bxg4 26. Bh2 $1 Nh5 27. Qd3 Ng3+ 28. Bxg3 fxg3 29. Ng1 $1 $18) 25. Bxe3
fxe3 26. c6 (26. Rxe3 Nf6 27. Rc1 Nh5 28. Rc2 $13) 26... Nf6 27. cxb7 $2 (27.
Rxe3 Nh5 28. Rc1 bxc6 29. dxc6 Be6 (29... Nf4 $2 30. Nxe5) 30. Rc2 Kh8 $1 $13 (
30... Nf4 $6 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. exd5 Bf5 33. Rc4 $1 $16)) 27... Bxb7 28. Rxe3 Nh5
29. Ne2 (29. b5 $142 $5) 29... c6 $1 30. g4 (30. dxc6 Bxc6 31. Qc2 Bb7 {
/\ 32... Bb6}) 30... cxd5 $1 (30... Nf4 31. Nxf4 exf4 32. Re2) (30... Nf6 31.
dxc6 Bxc6 32. Qxd6 Bxe4 33. Bg2) 31. gxh5 Qxh5 32. Nfg1 {/\ Re3-g3} (32. Nh2
Qh4 $3 (32... Bh4 $2 33. Ng4 d4 34. Rg3 $1 Bxe4+ 35. Bg2 $18) 33. Qb3 $1 (33.
Qe1 d4 34. Rg3 (34. Qxh4 Bxh4 35. Rb3 Bxe4+ 36. Nf3 Kh8 $1 37. Kh2 (37. Bg2
Rag8 38. Nxh4 (38. Rg1 Bf2) 38... Rxg2 $1 39. Nxg2 Rxg2 40. Rc1 Rxe2+ $19)
37... Bf2 $1 (37... Rf8 38. Bg2 Rfg8 39. Bh1 $1 Bf2 40. Rf1) 38. Bg2 (38. Nd2
Bd5) 38... Rag8 39. Bh1 d3 40. Nc3 Bb7 $19) 34... Qxe4+ 35. Nf3 (35. Bg2 Qxg2+
$1 36. Rxg2 Rxg2) 35... Bh4 $1 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 $19) (33. exd5 Bb6 34. Rf3 Kh8 $1
35. Qe1 Rag8 $1 36. Qxh4 Rg1+) 33... Kh8 $1 (33... Bb6 34. Rg3 Qxe4+ 35. Bg2
Qxe2 36. Bxd5+ $18) 34. Rg3 Qxe4+ 35. Qf3 d4 $5 36. Qxe4 Bxe4+ 37. Bg2 d5 $44)
32... Bh4 $1 $19 (32... d4 $2 33. Rg3 Bxe4+ 34. Bg2 $18) 33. Nf3 $2 (33. Bg2
Qg5 $19) (33. exd5 Rf8 $40) 33... Bf2 34. Qb3 Kh8 $1 35. exd5 Bxe3 36. Qxe3
Bxd5 37. Neg1 Rag8 38. Kh2 e4 39. Rd1 exf3 40. Rxd5 Qxd5 41. Qxh6+ Rh7 42. Qf6+
Rgg7 43. Nxf3 Qxa2+ 44. Kh1 Qf7 45. Qc3 Qf5 46. Kh2 Qf4+ 47. Kh1 Qg4 48. Qc6
Rxh3+ 49. Bxh3 Qxh3+ 50. Nh2 Qe6 51. Nf3 Qg4 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. d5 c5 11. h3 (11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Bd7 13. g3 Ng4 14. Bd2 f5
15. h3 Nf6 16. Nh4 Qe8 17. exf5 gxf5 18. f4 Nh5 $132 {1-0 Brglez,R-Tratar,M/
Ljubljana 1997/CBM 61 ext (46)}) 11... Bd7 12. a3 (12. Bg5 h6 (12... Kh8 13. a3
$6 Qb8 14. Qc2 (14. Bd3 Ng8 15. g4 f6 16. Bd2 Bh6 17. Kh2 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 g5 19.
Ne2 Ne7 20. Ng3 Ng6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sorokin,M-Quinteros,M/Villa Ballester 1997/
EXT 98 (45)}) 14... Ng8 15. Bd3 f6 16. Bh4 $6 Nh6 17. Rf1 Qd8 18. Nd2 Nf7 19.
Bg3 Bh6 $11 {0-1 Miles,A-Cramling,P/Malmo 1996/CBM 54/[Hazai] (69)}) 13. Be3 (
13. Bd2 Ne8 14. g3 f5 15. Nh4 Qf6 16. exf5 gxf5 17. f4 e4 18. Be3 Nac7 19. Rc1
Rb8 20. b4 cxb4 21. Nb5 a6 22. Nd4 a5 23. Qh5 Qf7 24. Be2 Qxh5 25. Bxh5 b5 $132
{1/2-1/2 Oms Pallise,J-Comas Fabrego,L/ESP-chT 1995/CBM 50 ext (49)}) 13... Nh5
(13... Kh7 14. a3 Ng8 15. Rb1 f5 16. b4 f4 17. Bd2 g5 18. Nh2 Nf6 19. Be2 Rg8
20. Ng4 Bf8 21. Rb3 Rg7 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Bg4 $16 {1-0 Gligoric,S-Reeve,J/
Montreal 1998/EXT 99 (30)}) 14. Qd2 g5 15. Nh2 Nf4 16. a3 h5 17. Be2 Nxe2+ 18.
Qxe2 g4 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Nxg4 Qh4 21. f3 f5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Ne4 $16 {
1-0 Mitenkov,A-Ziger,S/Katowice 1993/EXT 98 (34)}) (12. g3 Nh5 13. a3 Nc7 14.
b4 b6 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Qd2 f6 18. Bh6 Qc8 19. Kh2 Bxh6 20. Qxh6
Rb8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Soffer,R-Timoshchenko,G/Berlin 1994/EXT 97 (23)}) (12. Nh2 Nh5
13. g3 Nc7 14. Be2 Rb8 15. a4 a6 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. Bxh5 gxh5 19. g4
Bf6 20. Kh1 Bg5 21. Rg1 Kh8 $132 {0-1 Szymanski,A-Obsivac,J/Frydek-Mistek 1997/
EXT 98 (81)}) 12... Kh8 (12... Ne8 13. Rb1 (13. Nh2 Nac7 14. Be3 b6 15. Qd2 Kh8
16. f4 $14 {Krasenkov-Larsson, Sweden 1989/90}) (13. g3 f5 14. Bg2 f4 15. Bd2
h5 16. gxf4 exf4 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 $36 {1-0 Shariyazdanov,A-Sutovskij,E/
Medellin 1996/Juniors (57)}) 13... f5 14. b4 f4 15. Na4 b6 16. bxc5 dxc5 17.
Bb2 Qe7 18. Bc3 Nd6 19. Nb2 Nc7 20. Nd3 Nf7 21. a4 $16 {1-0 Volke,K-Reschke,S/
BL9293 1993/GER-chT (40)}) 13. b4 Ng8 14. Rb1 Bh6 (14... b6 15. Nb5 Qe7 16. Bg5
f6 17. Bh4 Nh6 18. Bd3 Nf7 19. Nh2 Bh6 20. Nf1 Bg5 {1/2-1/2 Antoniewski,
R-Szelag,M/Augustow 1996/EXT 99 (20)}) 15. Bxh6 (15. Bb2 f6 16. Ba1 Qe7 17. Bd3
Rfc8 18. Bc2 Qe8 19. Qe2 Bf8 20. Nh2 Nh6 21. Nb5 Nf7 22. Ng4 Bg7 23. Ne3 Bh6
24. Bd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Cramling,P/Malmo 1998/CBM 66/[King] (47)}) 15...
Nxh6 16. Qd2 Kg7 17. Rb3 $6 (17. Bd3 {[%cal Gd3c2,Gc2a4]}) 17... b6 18. Bd3 Qe7
19. Bc2 f6 (19... f5 20. exf5 gxf5 (20... Nxf5 21. Ne4 $14) 21. Qg5+ (21. Ne2 {
[%cal Ge2g3,Gg3h5]} Qf6 22. Ng3 Kh8 $132) 21... Qxg5 22. Nxg5 Kg6 23. f4 $36)
20. Rb2 Rac8 {[%cal Yc8c4]} 21. b5 Nc7 22. a4 {[%cal Ga4a5,Ga5b6,Ge1a1,Ga1a7,
Gb2a2]} Nf7 23. a5 Rb8 24. Ra2 Rb7 {[%cal Yb7a7]} 25. axb6 axb6 26. Nh2 Kh8 (
26... f5 27. exf5 gxf5 28. f4 $16) 27. Nf1 Ne8 28. Ra8 Nc7 29. Ra3 Qd8 30. Ng3
Ne8 31. Rea1 Ng7 32. Nce2 (32. Ra7 Qc7) 32... h5 33. Bb1 Kh7 34. Nf1 $6 f5 35.
exf5 Bxf5 {[%cal Yd8h4,Yh4c4]} (35... Nxf5 36. Nfg3 N7h6 37. Ne4 $16 {[%csl
Rd6,Rg5]}) 36. Neg3 (36. Nfg3 Bxb1 37. Rxb1 Qh4 38. Qd3 Ng5 {[%cal Yb7f7,Yf7f2]
}) (36. Bxf5 Nxf5 (36... gxf5 $5) 37. Neg3 Nxg3 (37... Qh4 38. Nxf5 gxf5 39.
Qe2 {[%cal Ga3a7]}) 38. Nxg3 Qh4 39. Qe2 Ng5 40. Ra7 Rff7 $11) 36... Bxb1 37.
Rxb1 Qh4 38. Qd3 (38. Ne3 Ng5 $36 {[%cal Yb7f7]}) 38... Ng5 39. Nd2 {[%cal
Gd2e4]} Rf4 40. Re1 Rbf7 41. Nde4 Nxe4 42. Nxe4 (42. Rxe4 $5 Nf5 43. Rxf4 Qxf4
(43... exf4 44. Nxf5 (44. Ne4 $5 Re7 45. Ra6 $36) 44... Rxf5 45. Ra7+ Kh6 46.
Qc3 Re5 47. Rb7 $36) 44. Ne4 $14 Kg7) 42... Rxe4 $1 43. Rxe4 (43. Qxe4 Qxf2+
44. Kh2 Rf4 45. Qe3 Qb2 (45... Qxe3 46. Rexe3 Rxc4 47. Ra6 Nf5 48. Re1) 46. Ra7
Kh6 {[%cal Yg7f5,Yf5h4,Yf5d4]} 47. Re2 Qb1 48. Rf7 g5 $1 $44 (48... Nf5 49.
Rxf5 Qxf5 50. g3 $18)) 43... Qxf2+ 44. Kh2 Qb2 {[%cal Yf7f2]} 45. Qb3 (45. Re2
Qc1 (45... Qd4 $5) 46. Rc2 Qf4+ (46... Qb1 47. Rca2 Qe1 48. Ra1 Qh4 49. Ra7 $16
) 47. g3 Qd4 $1 $44 48. Qxd4 $140 cxd4) (45. Qc3 Qf2 $44) 45... Qc1 46. Qe3 Qb2
47. Qb3 Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.05"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Be3
Qe7 9. d5 c5 10. Bg5 $1 {[%mdl 44] It is a typical strategical method.White
make the Black to move h6 after which prevent counterplay of the Black on the
King side by g3and Nh4.} (10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 Bb7 12. Nd2 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14.
exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Nb3 Qe6 $11 {0-1 Andonovski,L-Sofrevski,J/Struga
1993/EXT 99 (31)}) (10. Nd2 h5 11. a3 Nh7 12. b4 b6 13. Nb3 f5 14. f3 Ndf6 15.
bxc5 dxc5 16. a4 Bd7 17. a5 h4 $132 {time. 0-1 Ioseliani,N-Movsesian,S/CZE
1998/EXT 2000 (38)}) (10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 Nh6 13. Ng5 Nb8 14. Rad1
Nf7 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17. Nd5 Na6 18. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 19. Bg4 $16 {
1-0 Lambert,G-Shephard,C/Brighton 1977/EXT 99 (33)}) 10... h6 11. Bd2 Ne8 (
11... Nh5 12. g3 f5 $140 $2 13. Nh4 $18) 12. g3 $1 Ndf6 (12... f5 13. Nh4 Qf6
14. exf5 gxf5 15. f4 $16) 13. Nh4 Bh3 14. Re1 Kh7 15. Rb1 b6 16. a3 Bd7 (16...
Ng8 17. Bd3 f5 $140 18. Nxg6 $1 Kxg6 19. exf5+ Bxf5 20. Qg4+ $18) 17. b4 $16
Qd8 18. Bd3 Ng8 19. Qc2 Rc8 20. bxc5 (20. a4 cxb4 21. Rxb4 Nc7 {[%cal Yc7a6,
Ya6c5]}) 20... dxc5 (20... Rxc5 21. Be3 Rc8 22. a4 $36 {<<}) 21. f4 Nd6 (21...
exf4 $6 22. e5 fxg3 23. hxg3 $40 {[%cal Ge5e6]}) 22. a4 (22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Nf3
f6 (23... Bd4+ 24. Kg2 $16)) (22. Nf3 exf4 (22... f6 23. f5 $5 $16) 23. e5 $36)
22... Ne7 23. Nb5 (23. Nf3 $5) 23... Bxb5 24. axb5 Qd7 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Nf3 f6
27. Nxe5 fxe5 28. Bc3 Nf7 29. Rf1 Rce8 30. Kh1 (30. Qf2 Nc8 {[%cal Yc8d6]}) (
30. Rf6 $5 Ng5 31. Rbf1 Rxf6 (31... Nh3+ 32. Kh1 Rxf6 33. Rxf6 Nc8 34. Bf1 Qg7
35. Rc6 $1 Ng5 36. h4 Nf7 37. Bh3 $16) 32. Rxf6 Qg4 $132) 30... g5 31. Rf6 Ng6
32. Rbf1 Nd6 33. Rxf8 Nxf8 34. Be2 $1 Kg7 (34... Ng6 35. Qd3 $1 $16 (35. Bh5
Nxc4 36. Qe2 (36. Rf6 Rg8 37. Qf2 Nd6 38. Re6 Qf7) 36... Nd6 37. Rf6 Rg8 38.
Qf3 $16) (35. Rf6 $6 Qe7 (35... Qd8))) 35. Bh5 Re7 36. Qe2 Nh7 $1 37. Bg4 Qe8
38. Bf5 Nf6 39. Kg2 Qg8 40. h4 $1 g4 $1 {Black are defending excelently and
create maximal defeculties for the White.} 41. Bxg4 Nfxe4 (41... Ndxe4 42. Bb2
Kh8 43. Bxe5 $1 Rxe5 44. Rxf6 Qg7 45. Rf4 Nd6 46. Rf8+ $18) 42. Be1 (42. Be6 $5
Rxe6 43. dxe6 Qxe6 44. Ba1 $16 {/~~}) (42. Bb2 Kh7 $1 $132 {[%csl Rg3]} (42...
Kh8 43. Rf3 $1 {[%cal Gf3e3]} (43. Rf4 h5 44. Rxe4 Nxe4 45. d6 $1 Nxd6 (45...
Re6 46. Qxe4 Qxg4 47. Qxg4 hxg4 48. d7 $18) 46. Bxe5+ Kh7 47. Qd3+ Qg6 48.
Qxg6+ Kxg6 49. Bxd6 Re4 50. Bd7) 43... Nxc4 44. Qxe4 Nxb2 45. d6 $18) 43. Qf3
Nd2 (43... Rf7 44. Be6 Rxf3 45. Bxg8+ Kxg8 46. Rxf3 Nxc4 47. Bc1 $16) 44. Bf5+
Nxf5 (44... Kg7 45. Qg4+ Kh8 46. Qf4 $1 Nxf5 47. Bxe5+ $16) 45. Qxf5+ Qg6 46.
d6 Qxf5 47. Rxf5 Rd7 48. Rxe5 Kg8 $1 {[%csl Rc4,Rd6]} 49. Re7 Rxe7 50. dxe7 Kf7
51. Bc1 Nxc4 52. Bxh6 Kxe7 $13) 42... Qh7 43. Kh3 (43. Be6 Qg6 44. Rf3 {
[%cal Gf3e3,Gh4h5]} h5 (44... Rxe6 45. dxe6 Qxe6 46. Re3 Qg6 47. g4 $16) 45.
Bc3 Rxe6 46. dxe6 Qxe6 47. Bb2 Kg6 $13 (47... Qxc4 48. Bxe5+ Kg6 $13)) 43...
Rf7 $6 (43... Nf6 $1 44. Qf3 Nxg4 45. Qf8+ (45. Bd2 Qe4 $1 46. Qf8+ Kg6 47.
Qxe7 Nf2+ $1 48. Kh2 (48. Rxf2 Qh1+ 49. Rh2 Qf1+ 50. Rg2 Qh1+ 51. Kg4 Qd1+ $11)
48... Ng4+ 49. Kg1 Qd4+ 50. Kh1 Qe4+ $11) 45... Kg6 46. Kxg4 h5+ 47. Kh3 Qg7
$11) 44. Rxf7+ Nxf7 45. Be6 Ned6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Yh7e4]} (45... Qg6 46. g4
Ned6 47. Bg3 $16) 46. Bxf7 Nxf7 (46... Qf5+ $2 47. g4 Qxf7 48. Qxe5+ Qf6 49.
Bc3 $18) 47. Qf3 $1 (47. Bc3 Qf5+ 48. g4 (48. Qg4+ Kf6 {[%cal Yf7d6]}) 48...
Qf4 $132) 47... Qg6 (47... Qc2 $5 48. Bc3 Kg8 (48... Kf8 49. d6 (49. Bxe5 Qxc4
50. Bf4 h5 $5 $132) 49... Qg6 50. Qa8+ Kg7 51. Qd5 Kf8 52. d7 Qf5+ 53. Kg2 Ke7
54. Bxe5 (54. d8=Q+ Nxd8 55. Bxe5 (55. Qxe5+ Qxe5 56. Bxe5 Nb7 $132) 55... Nf7
56. Qb7+ Ke6 57. Qd5+ $11) 54... Qc2+ 55. Kf3 Nxe5+ (55... Qf5+ 56. Bf4 Qxd5+
57. cxd5 Kxd7 58. g4 $18) 56. Qxe5+ Kxd7 57. Qd5+ Kc7 (57... Ke7 58. Qe4+ Qxe4+
59. Kxe4 $18) 58. Qc6+ Kb8 59. Qxh6 $16) 49. d6 $5 Nxd6 50. Qa8+ Kf7 (50... Kh7
51. Qxa7+ Kg8 52. Qb8+ Kf7 53. Qxd6 Qxc3 54. Qxh6 $16) 51. Qd5+ Ke7 52. Qxe5+
Kd7 $132) 48. Bc3 Qf6 49. Qg4+ Kh7 50. Kg2 $16 Qg6 (50... Nd6 51. h5 $5 Kh8 52.
Qf3 Kg7 53. Qe2 Nf7 54. Qg4+ Kf8 55. Bd2 $16) 51. Qxg6+ Kxg6 52. g4 {[%mdl
4096] In this endgame the game will be on the different sides and in such
cases bishop is stronger than knight.} Kf6 (52... Nd6 53. Bxe5 Nxc4 54. Bf4 $16
) 53. Kf3 Nd6 54. Bd2 Kg7 (54... e4+ 55. Kf2 (55. Kg3 Nxc4 56. Bxh6 Ke5 57.
Bg7+ $1 (57. Bf4+ Kxd5 58. h5 Ke6 59. g5 Kf5 60. g6 Kf6 61. Kg4 e3 62. Kf3 Kg7
63. Ke2 Na3 64. Be5+ Kh6 65. Kxe3 Nxb5 66. Kf4 Nd4) 57... Kxd5 58. h5 Ke6 59.
Ba1 $18) (55. Kf4 $2 Nxc4 56. Bc3+ Kf7 57. Kxe4 Nd6+ 58. Kf4 Nxb5 59. Be5) (55.
Ke2 $1 Nxc4 (55... Kg7 56. Bf4 Nxc4 57. h5 $1 Na3 58. d6 Kf7 59. g5 hxg5 60. d7
Ke7 61. Bxg5+ Kxd7 62. h6 $18) (55... Ke5 56. Bxh6) 56. Bxh6 Ke5 (56... Nd6 57.
Bf4 (57. g5+ Kf5 58. h5) (57. h5 Nxb5 58. g5+ Kf5) 57... Nxb5 58. Ke3) 57. h5
Kxd5 58. Bf8 Ne5 59. h6 Kc4 60. h7 Ng6 61. Ke3 Kxb5 62. Kxe4 $18) 55... Nxc4 (
55... Ke5 56. Bxh6 Nxc4 57. Bg7+ Kxd5 58. h5 Ne5 (58... Ke6 59. Ba1 Nd6 (59...
Ne5 60. Bxe5 Kxe5 61. h6 Kf6 62. Ke3 Kg6 63. g5 Kh7 64. Kxe4 Kg6 65. Kf4 Kh7
66. Kf5 $18) (59... Kf7 60. g5 $18) 60. h6 $18)) (55... Kg7 56. Bf4 $1 Nxc4 57.
h5 $1 Na3 58. d6 Kf7 59. g5 hxg5 60. Bxg5 Ke6 61. h6 $18) 56. Bxh6 Nd6 (56...
Ke5 57. Bg7+ Kxd5 58. h5 $18) 57. h5 Nxb5 58. g5+ Kf5 59. g6 Kf6 60. Bg5+ $1
Kg7 61. Bf4 $18) 55. Bc1 Kg6 $6 (55... Nxc4 56. Ke4 Kf6 (56... Kg6 57. h5+ Kf6
(57... Kg7 58. Kf5 $18) 58. Bxh6 Nd6+ 59. Ke3 Nxb5 60. g5+ Kf5 61. g6 Kf6 62.
Bg5+ Kg7 63. Ke4 $18) 57. Bxh6 (57. g5+ hxg5 58. Bxg5+ Kf7 59. h5 Nd6+ 60. Kxe5
Nc4+ 61. Ke4 Nd6+ 62. Kf4 Nxb5 63. Ke5 a5 64. d6 Nxd6 65. Kxd6 a4 $11) 57...
Nd6+ 58. Ke3 Nxb5 59. h5 $1 (59. Bg5+ Kf7 60. Ke4 a5 $132) 59... Nd6 (59... a5
60. g5+ Kf5 61. g6 Kf6 (61... Nc3 62. d6 Nd5+ 63. Kd2 Ke6 64. Bg5 $1 $18) 62.
Bg5+ Kg7 63. Be7 $18) 60. g5+ Ke7 61. Bg7 $1 $16 Nf5+ $140 62. Kd2 Nxg7 63. h6
Kf7 64. h7 $18) 56. h5+ Kg7 57. Ke3 $1 Nf7 (57... Nxc4+ 58. Ke4 $16) 58. Kd3
Kf6 59. Bd2 Kg7 60. Be1 $1 Nd6 61. Bg3 Kf6 62. Bh4+ Kf7 63. g5 $18 e4+ 64. Kc3
Nf5 65. g6+ Kg7 66. Bd8 e3 67. Kd3 Kf8 68. Bc7 Ng7 69. Kxe3 Ke7 70. Be5 (70.
Be5 Ne8 71. d6+ Kd7 72. g7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Solin 7th"]
[Site "Solin"]
[Date "1999.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Na4 (11. Rb1 Ng4 12. Nce2 Ne5 (12... Re8 $1 13.
f3 Ne5 $17) 13. Ng3 Bg4 14. Qb3 Nc5 $1 (14... Qxd4 $2 15. Be3 $18) 15. Qc2 h5 (
15... Ne6 16. Nb3 {[%csl Rg4]}) 16. Be3 Qd8 17. f4 h4 18. Nh1 Ned7 19. Nf2 Bh5
20. g4 hxg3 21. hxg3 $16 {[%csl Rh5] 1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Kozul,Z/Solin 1999/CBM
75_02 (45)}) 11... Qa5 12. Bf4 (12. Bd2 Qe5 (12... Qc7 {[%cal Yg7d4]} 13. Bf4
Re8 14. c5 (14. f3 $14) 14... Nxe4 (14... Rxe4 15. Qd2 $5 $36) 15. Bxa6 bxa6
16. Nc3 $16) 13. Nf3 (13. Bc3 Qe7 $132 {[%csl Ra4]}) 13... Qe7 14. Nc3 Nc5 15.
Qc2 Re8 $132) 12... Re8 13. Nc3 Ng4 (13... Qb6 $5 14. Nb3 (14. Qd2 Nc5 15. f3
Nfxe4 $1 16. fxe4 Ne6 $17) (14. Na4 Qa5 $11) 14... Ng4 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Bxd6 (
16. Rad1 Ne5 $132) 16... Rad8) 14. Qd2 Be5 15. Rad1 Nc5 16. h3 (16. Bxe5 $5
dxe5 17. Nc2 Ne6 18. b4 Qc7 19. Qd6 $14 {[%cal Gd1d6] /=}) 16... Nf6 17. Bxe5 (
17. Bg5 Ne6 (17... Nfd7 18. Be3 Bg7 19. f3 $14) 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20.
Nd5 Qd8 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qb4 $14) 17... dxe5 18. Nf3 (18. Nc2 Ne6 19. b4 Qc7
20. Qd6 $14 {/=}) (18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Kg7 $11) 18... Be6 $2 (18... Kg7 $142
19. a3 Ne6 20. b4 Qxa3 21. Nb1 Qa1 (21... Qa4 22. Nxe5 a5 $132) 22. Nc3 $11)
19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Qc3 Rad8 (21... Nd7 22. Rd6 $16) 22. Rxd8 Rxd8
23. Qa5 $1 (23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Nxe5 Rd4 (24... Rd2 25. b4 Na4 26. a3 c5 $44) 25.
f3 Rd2 (25... f6 26. Ng4 Bxg4 27. hxg4 Rd2 28. b4 Na4 29. a3 $16) 26. b4 (26.
Re2 Rd1 $44) 26... Na4 $44) (23. Nxe5 Na4 24. Qb4 Qxe5 25. Qxa4 Rd2 26. Qxa7
Rxb2 $44) 23... Nd3 (23... Nd7 24. Rd1 Ra8 25. Qc7 $16) 24. Rd1 $18 b6 25. Qc3
Nc5 26. Qxe5 $1 Qe7 27. Nd4 Qf8 $2 (27... Rc8 $142) 28. b4 Re8 29. Qf4 Na4 30.
Nxc6 Nc3 31. Rd2 Bc8 32. f3 a5 33. a3 axb4 34. axb4 Be6 35. Qf6 Na4 36. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2000.05.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 h6 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Be3 Qe7 (13... c6 14. c5
Qe7 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Qa4 $5 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Rb8 18. Qc2 Be6 19. Rd6 Ne8 20. Rad1
$36 {Gurevich,M-Hjartarson,J/Munchen/1993/1-0 (36)}) 14. a3 c6 15. b4 Nh5 16.
Re1 Nf4 (16... Rd8 17. Qc1 Kh7 18. Ra2 Nc7 19. Rd2 Re8 20. Bf1 Ne6 21. Qd1 Ng5
22. Nxg5+ hxg5 23. Be2 Nf4 24. Bg4 Ne6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Iskusnyh,S-Svidler,P/
Maikop 1998/CBM 66 (31)}) (16... Qf6 17. c5 Nc7 18. Ra2 Be6 19. Rd2 Nf4 20. Bf1
a5 21. b5 cxb5 22. Nxb5 Nxb5 23. Bxb5 Rfd8 $11 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Shirov,A/Monte
Carlo 1997/CBM 57 ext (58)}) 17. Bf1 Qf6 (17... Rd8 18. Qc2 Qf6 19. Nd2 Nc7 20.
Nb3 Nce6 21. Rad1 Nd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. e5 Nxh3+ 24. gxh3 Qg5+ 25. Kh1 dxc3 $15
{1/2-1/2 Bersoult,F-San Marco,B/FRA-chT 1993/TD (41)}) (17... Ne6 18. Ra2 f5
19. Bc1 f4 20. Rd2 Nac7 21. Nd5 Qf7 22. Nxc7 Qxc7 23. c5 Re8 24. Rd6 Nf8 25.
Bb2 $16 {1-0 van Wely,L-Kindermann,S/BL 99/00 Porz-Plauen sp 99/11 1999 (32)})
18. Ra2 Re8 19. Rd2 Nc7 (19... Bf8 20. Nh2 h5 21. Qf3 Nc7 22. Ne2 Nce6 23. Nxf4
Nxf4 24. Kh1 Be7 25. Qd1 a5 26. c5 axb4 27. axb4 Be6 $15 {0-1 Vukanovic,
S-Pavlovic,N/Ulcinj 1998/EXT 99 (39)}) 20. Kh2 $146 (20. Rd6 Nfe6 21. Qc1 g5
22. Red1 Bf8 23. c5 Qg7 24. Ne2 Nf4 25. Ng3 Be6 26. R6d2 g4 27. Nh4 gxh3 28.
Ngf5 Bxf5 29. Nxf5 Qg6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Giorgadze,G-Movsziszian,K/Cala Galdana ESP
1999 (41)}) 20... g5 21. g3 Ng6 22. c5 Ne6 (22... Be6 23. Qe2 (23. Be2 Nf4 (
23... Red8 24. Qc2 Rxd2 25. Nxd2 Nf4 26. Bf1 $14 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gc4d6]}) 24. Bf1
Ng6) 23... Red8 24. Red1 $14) 23. Na4 $1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. Nb2 Be6 26. Nd2
$14 {/+/-} Bf8 27. Ndc4 Bxc4 28. Nxc4 Ne6 29. Qg4 $16 {[%csl Rf5]} Rd8 30. Qf5
Kg7 31. Qxf6+ Kxf6 32. Be2 $1 Nd4 33. Rd1 Be7 34. Bg4 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Rc6][%cal
Gg4c8,Gc4a5,Ga5b7,Ga5c6]} Nb5 (34... Ne6 35. Na5 $1 Rxd1 36. Bxd1 Nd8 37. Bg4
$16) (34... Nc2 35. Na5 Rxd1 36. Bxd1 Nxe3 37. fxe3 b6 38. cxb6 (38. Nxc6 bxc5
39. Nxe7 Kxe7 40. bxc5 Nf8) 38... axb6 39. Nxc6 $16 {+-}) 35. Rxd8 Bxd8 36. Bc8
Ne7 (36... b6 37. cxb6 axb6 38. a4 Nd4 39. a5 $18) 37. Bxb7 $18 Ke6 38. f3 f5
39. exf5+ $6 (39. a4 Nd4 40. Kg2 f4 41. gxf4 gxf4 42. Bf2 $18) 39... Kd5 $1 40.
Nd6 $2 (40. f6 Kxc4 41. fxe7 Bxe7 42. Ba6 Kd5 43. Bc1 $16) (40. Na5 Bxa5 41. f6
Bd8 42. fxe7 Bxe7 43. Bc1 Nd4 44. Kg2 a5 $132) 40... Nxd6 41. cxd6 Nxf5 42.
Bxa7 Nxd6 43. Ba6 Nb5 $1 44. Bc5 (44. Bxb5 cxb5 45. Kg2 e4 $132 {[%csl Ra3,Rb4]
[%cal Yd8f6,Yf6b2]}) 44... Nxa3 $14 45. Bd3 (45. g4 Bc7 46. Bf8 (46. Kg2 Bd6 (
46... Nc2 47. Bf8 Bd6 48. Bxh6 Nxb4 49. Bc8 Be7 $11) 47. Bxd6 Kxd6 48. Bd3 Nb5
$15)) 45... h5 46. Kg2 (46. Bg6 Kc4 47. Bxh5 Nc2 48. Be8 Nxb4 49. Bxb4 Kxb4 50.
Bxc6 Kc5 $11) 46... Ke6 47. Be4 Kd7 48. Bf5+ Kc7 49. Kf2 Nc4 50. Bf8 Bf6 51.
Be6 Nd6 52. Ke3 h4 53. g4 Nb5 54. Bc4 Nd6 55. Bd3 Kd7 56. Be4 Kc7 57. Kd3 Kd7
58. Kc3 Kc7 59. Kd2 Kd7 60. Bf5+ Kc7 61. Kd3 Nb7 62. Kc2 Nd6 63. Bd3 $2 (63.
Kb3 $2 Nxf5 64. gxf5 e4 65. fxe4 g4 66. Bh6 Kd6 67. hxg4 h3 68. Be3 Ke5 $19)
63... Kd7 64. Kb3 Be7 65. Bg7 (65. Bxe7 Kxe7 66. Be4 Kd7) 65... Ke6 66. Bh7 Ne8
67. Bf5+ Kd6 68. Bh8 Nc7 $1 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Yc7d5,Yd5f4,Yf4h3]} (68... Bf6 69.
Bg6 Bxh8 70. Bxe8 $11) 69. Kc4 Nd5 70. Bg7 $2 (70. Kd3 $142 Bf6 71. Bxf6 Nxf6
72. Kc4 Nd5 73. Bd3 Nf4 74. Bf1 Nd5 75. Be2 Nb6+ (75... Ne3+ 76. Kd3) 76. Kd3)
70... Nf4 71. Bh8 Nxh3 72. Kd3 Nf4+ $2 (72... Nf2+ $1 73. Ke3 Nh1 74. Ke2 Ng3+
75. Kf2 Kd5 $19) 73. Ke4 Bf6 $2 (73... Kc7 $1 74. Ke3 (74. Bxe5+ Bd6 75. Bd4 h3
76. Bg1 Ne2 $19) 74... Nd5+ 75. Kf2 Bf6 $19) 74. Bxf6 h3 75. Bxg5 h2 $2 (75...
Nd5 $1 76. f4 h2 77. fxe5+ Kc7 $19) 76. Bf6 Nd3 $6 (76... h1=Q 77. Bxe5+ Ke7
78. Kxf4 (78. Bxf4 Qb1+ 79. Ke3 Qxb4 $17) 78... Qc1+ 79. Ke4 Qe1+ $17) 77. Kxd3
h1=Q 78. Be4 Ke6 79. Bg5 Qa1 80. Bd2 Qa6+ 81. Kc2 Qc4+ 82. Kb2 Kd6 83. g5 $132
Qe2 84. Kc3 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 h6 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Qc1 (14. Nd5
Qd8 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. c5 Nb8 17. b4 Nc6 $13) 14... Kh7 15. c5 b6 $1 (15... Nb4
16. Rd1 Nc6 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bf5 20. Qc4 $16) (15... Rd8 16.
Bxa6 bxa6 17. c6 $14) 16. Bxa6 (16. Rd1 Nxc5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 (18...
Qxc5 {(V)} 19. Qxc5 bxc5 20. Rxd5) 19. Rxd5 Bb7 20. Rxc5 Bxe4 21. Rxc7 Qb4 $11)
(16. c6 Nb4 17. Bb5 a6 18. Ba4 Be6 $13 19. Nxe5 $140 Bxa2 20. f4 Be6) 16...
Bxa6 17. Rd1 Bb7 $11 18. Qc2 Qe6 (18... Rfd8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Qa4 bxc5 $8 21.
Qxa7 Bxe4 22. Bxc5 Qe6 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Be3 Rd7 $13) 19. Rd2 (19. b4 Rfd8 $11
(19... Qc4 20. Nxe5 Qxb4 21. c6 Ba6 22. Bd4 Rad8 23. Nd7 Nxd7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25.
cxd7 Qc4 26. Qb2 $16)) 19... Rad8 20. Rad1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 (21. Nxd2 Rd8) 21...
Re8 22. Bg5 $5 (22. Qa4 Bc6 23. Qxa7 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 $132) 22... Nh5 $5 (
22... Nxe4 23. Nxe4 f5 (23... Qc6 24. Be3 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Bxe4 26. Rd7 Kg8 27.
Nd2 Bf5 28. Rxc7 bxc5 29. Rxa7 Bf8 $11) 24. Bxh6 Bxe4 25. Ng5+ Kxh6 26. Nxe6
Bxc2 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Rxc2 $11) 23. Nd5 $6 (23. Be3 Nf4 24. Qa4 Qc6 25. Qxc6
Bxc6 26. b4 b5 27. a4 a6 28. axb5 axb5 29. Nd5 Ne6 $11) 23... Bxd5 (23... Qc6
24. Be3 $14) 24. Rxd5 (24. exd5 Qd7 25. Be3 e4 $36) 24... c6 $2 (24... Nf4 25.
Bxf4 (25. Rd2 Nxh3+ $1 26. gxh3 Qxh3 27. Qd3 Qg4+ $17) 25... exf4 26. c6 (26.
Nd2 f5 $17) 26... f5 27. Nd4 (27. Rd7 fxe4 28. Nd4 Qe5) 27... Qxe4 28. Rd7 Kh8
$1 29. Qxe4 fxe4 30. Kf1 (30. Nb5 e3 (30... Be5 31. Nxa7 $13) 31. Kf1 e2+ 32.
Ke1 Bxb2 33. Rd2 Be5 34. Rxe2 Re6 35. Nxa7 Kg7 $17) 30... a6 31. Nb3 Be5 32.
Nd2 e3 33. fxe3 fxe3 34. Nf3 Bg3 (34... Bxb2 35. Ke2) 35. Ke2 Kg8 36. Nd4 Kf8
37. Nc2 $15) 25. Rd6 Qxa2 26. cxb6 $2 (26. Be3 bxc5 27. Rxc6 Nf4 28. Rxc5 $11)
26... hxg5 27. b7 (27. Qxc6 Rf8) 27... Nf4 $2 (27... f6 $5 28. Qxc6 Rf8) (27...
Kh6 28. Qxc6 Rf8 29. Qc8 (29. Qb5 Nf4 {-27...Nf4}) 29... Qb1+ (29... Qxb2 30.
Nxg5 $3 Kxg5 31. Rd8 Qxb7 32. Qxb7 Rxd8 33. Qe7+ Bf6 34. Qxa7 Kh6 35. Qxf7 $11)
30. Kh2 Qxb2 31. Nxg5 $140 Qxf2) 28. Qxc6 (28. Nxg5+ Kh6 29. Qxc6 (29. h4 f6
$19) 29... Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Kxg5 31. Qc8 Kh6 $19) 28... Rf8 (28... Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Rf8
(29... Qf1 $2 30. Nxg5+ Kh6 31. Nxf7+ Kh5 32. Rxg6 Nxg6 33. Qd7 $18) 30. Nxg5+
Kg8 (30... Kh6 31. Nxf7+ Rxf7 32. b8=Q Ne2 33. Qh8+ Bxh8 34. Rxg6+ Kh7 35. Rh6+
Kg8 36. Qe8+ Rf8 37. Rxh8+ Kxh8 38. Qxf8+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kh6 40. Qf6+ Kh7 41.
Qh4+ Kg7 42. Qg4+ $18) 31. Rd2 $1 Qf1 32. f3 Qe1 (32... Ne2 33. Qc5 $1 $16) 33.
Qd6 Nh5 34. b8=Q Qg3+ $11) 29. Qb5 $2 (29. Qd7 g4 $1 (29... Qb1+ 30. Rd1) (
29... Qxb2 $5) 30. hxg4 (30. Qxg4 Qxb2) 30... Qxb2 $19) (29. Qc8 Qb1+ 30. Kh2
Qf1 31. Nxg5+ (31. Qg4 f6) 31... Kg8 32. Qg4 Qxf2 $19) (29. Nxg5+ Kh6 (29...
Kg8 30. Rd2 $1 (30. Qc8 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 Qf1) 30... Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Qf1 32. f3 Qe1 (
32... Nh5) 33. Qd6 Nh5 $11) 30. Qc8 Qb1+ (30... f6 31. Qxf8 Bxf8 32. b8=Q Bxd6
33. Qh8+ Kxg5 34. h4+ Kg4 35. Qxf6 Be7 36. Qxe7 Ne6 37. Kh2 $1 $18) 31. Kh2 Qf1
32. Qg4 Qxf2 33. Nxf7+ Kh7 34. b4 Ne2 35. Qxg6+ Kg8 36. Nh6+ Kh8 37. Nf7+ $11)
29... Qb1+ (29... Rb8 30. Qd7 (30. Nxg5+ Kh6) 30... Kh6 $19) 30. Kh2 Kh6 $1 31.
h4 $2 (31. Rc6 Rb8 32. Rc8 (32. Rc7 Qd3) 32... Rxb7 33. Qxb7 Qf1 34. Ne1 Qxe1
$19) (31. Rd2 a6 $1 32. Qc4 (32. Qxa6 Qxe4) 32... f5 $19) (31. b8=Q Rxb8 32.
Qxb8 Qf1 $19) (31. Rd7 $142 a6 $1 32. Qxa6 Qxb2 33. Nd2 $17) 31... g4 32. Nxe5
(32. Nd2 Qe1 33. Qf1 Qxf1 34. Nxf1 Rb8 35. Rd7 Ne6 $19) (32. Ng5 Kh5 $1) 32...
Bxe5 33. Qxe5 Ne2 34. Rxg6+ fxg6 35. Qg5+ Kg7 36. Qe5+ Rf6 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
c6 9. d5 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 c5 {This variation gives to White space
advantage +/=.} 12. Ne1 (12. Nd2 {-another mainline}) 12... h5 (12... Nh6 13.
Nd3 Qe8 (13... Nf7 14. Bg4 h5 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. f4 $14 {1-0 Ostenstad,
B-Kozakov,M/Arnold mem, Gausdal NOR 1997 (41)}) 14. f3 {-see commented game
1-0 Gelfand,B-Sutovskij,E/Tilburg 1996/CBM 56 (61)[Gelfand,B]}) 13. h3 (13. a3
Qe7 14. Rb1 b6 15. b4 {-see commented game 1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Topalov,V/
Dortmund 1997/CBM 60 (43)[Huzman,A]}) (13. Nd3 Nh6 (13... Bd7 14. h3 Nh6 15. a3
Nf7 (15... g5 16. Bg3 g4 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. Bh4 $14 {1-0 Antic,D-Arsovic,Z/It,
Jagodina YUG 1998(41)}) 16. Rb1 b6 17. b4 $14 {1-0 Ostojic,N-Arsovic,Z/It,
Jagodina YUG 1998 (60)}) 14. h3 (14. f3 Nf7 15. a3 Bd7 16. b4 b6 $14 {1-0
Vujic Katanic,B-Todorovic,V/Kragujevac YUG 2000/The Week in Chess 320 (69)} (
16... cxb4 $6 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Nxb4 Qb6+ 19. Bf2 Qxb4 20. Qc2 $18 {[%csl Rb4]}
)) 14... Qe7 15. f4 g5 16. fxg5 fxg5 17. Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. Be1 $14 {1-0 Hillarp
Persson,T-Bekker Jensen,D/Politiken Cup, Copenhagen DEN 1998 (69)}) 13... Nh6
14. a3 Nf7 (14... Bd7 15. Nd3 Rc8 16. Bg3 Nf7 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Ne5 (18...
Kh7 19. Nxg6 $1 $16 {1-0 Maksimenko,A-Kozakov,M/Werther GER 1999 (43)}) 19. Nb5
$14) 15. Nd3 Bh6 {[%cal Gh6c1] Good place for dark-colour B, but c1-h6
diagonal is empty.} (15... Bd7 16. b4 b6 17. Rb1 Qe7 18. Qc2 Bh6 19. Rbe1 Rac8
20. b5 $14 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Piket,J/FIDE WCh KO, Groningen NED (3.4) 1997 (52)})
16. b4 (16. Bg3 Qe7 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Ne5 20. Qe1 $14 {
0-1 Antic,D-Popovic,P/Vrnjacka Banja YUG 1999 (58)}) 16... Kg7 17. Qc2 Qe7 18.
Qb2 ({Or} 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Bg3 Nd6 $14) 18... Bf4 19. Bg3 $5 (
19. Nxf4 $6 exf4 20. f3 Ne5 21. Bf2 g5 $132 {[%cal Gg5g4] With blockade on
black squares.}) 19... Bxg3 20. fxg3 {[%csl Rg2,Rg3][%cal Gf1f6]} Rb8 21. bxc5
Nxc5 22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. Bd3 $6 $11 {Too passive! Now Black has enough time to
build unapproachable fortress.} ({Right was} 23. a4 $1 b6 (23... a5 24. Qb6 $16
) 24. a5 $14 {without Black counterplay.}) 23... b6 24. a4 {Too late!} a5 $1 {
Of course. Pb6 weakness can't be attacked by White B or N.} 25. Ra3 {[%cal
Ga3b3]} Rd8 {[%cal Gd8d6]} 26. Rb3 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gb2b6]} Rd6 {[%cal Gd6b6]}
27. Qb1 (27. Nb5 Rd8 $11) 27... Ba6 28. Rf2 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gf2b2]} Qd8 {
[%csl Gb6]} 29. Rfb2 Kf8 30. Be2 {[%cal Gg3g4]} Nh6 31. Kh2 Kg7 32. Bd3 Nf7 {
Black waiting for White activity, but White can't do nothing.} 33. Be2 Nh6 34.
Bd3 Kh7 35. Kg1 Kg7 36. Kh2 Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar Memorial 14th"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "2001.07.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Crisan, Alexandru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.07.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. Be3 e5 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. h3 (10. dxe5 {-another mainline.}) 10... h6 11. Bh4 $6 {
Not the best square for B.} (11. Bc1 $142 {another mainline.}) 11... Nf6 12.
dxe5 dxe5 13. a3 (13. Nd2 c6 14. Bg3 (14. Rb1 Nc5 15. b4 Ne6 16. c5 Nf4 17. Nc4
Be6 18. Re1 Rd8 19. Nd6 Qd7 20. Bf1 g5 21. Bg3 N6h5 $132 (21... Ne8 $4 22. Nxb7
$1 $18 (22. Nf5 $4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sinkovics,P-Le Quang,K/Bagneux 1998/EXT 99 (60)
}))) (14. Re1 Nc5 15. b4 (15. Bg3 $6 a5 $1 16. b3 Qe7 17. Qc2 $132 (17. a3 $2
Rd8 $17 {[%csl Rb3,Rd2,Re4][%cal Gc5b3,Gd8d2]} 18. Ra2 (18. Qc2 Rxd2 19. Qxd2
Nxb3 $17) 18... Ncxe4 $19 {0-1 De Peyer,N-Abdul,M/Dubai 2000/EXT 2001 (41)}))
15... Ne6 $132) 14... Nh7 15. a3 Nc5 16. b4 Ne6 17. c5 Qe7 18. Nc4 Rd8 19. Qb1
Nf4 20. Rd1 Be6 21. Qc2 h5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Chekhov,V-Yurtaev,L/Riga 1988/EXT 99 
(54)}) (13. Qd2 Nh5 (13... Kh7 14. Rad1 Nh5 15. Rfe1 Nc5 16. Bf1 Ne6 17. b4 c6
18. Qe3 g5 19. Bg3 Nhf4 $132 {1-0 Mueller,S-Doeres,H/Wildflecken 1993/EXT 2001
(42)}) 14. Nd5 c6 (14... Kh7 15. Be7 Rg8 16. Ba3 Be6 17. Nh2 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6
19. b4 Qe7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Zivanic,M-Pinter,G/Budapest HUN 2000/The Week in
Chess 318 (39)}) 15. Ne7+ Kh7 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. Rfd1 Nc5 18. Qe3 b6 19. Qa3 Ra8
20. Ne1 Nf4 21. Bf3 f5 (21... Nce6 $132 {[%cal Ge6d4]}) 22. b4 fxe4 23. Bg4
Ncd3 $17 {1-0 Engqvist,T-Bogo,S/Gausdal 1990/TD (42)}) (13. Nd5 $6 {The most
popular move in this position. White wins exchange for P, but as practice
shows, Black has more than sufficient counterplay:} Nxe4 $1 (13... Nxd5 $6 14.
cxd5 $14) 14. Be7 c6 15. Bxf8 Qxf8 16. Ne3 f5 17. Qc2 (17. a3 Nac5 18. Re1 (18.
Qc2 Ne6 19. Rfd1 Nxf2 $1 20. Kxf2 e4 21. Nd2 (21. Nh2 Nd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. c5
Kh7 24. Qd2 Bxc5 $17 {0-1 Hebert,J-Dzindzichashvili,R/Philadelphia 1996/EXT
2001 (39)}) 21... Nd4 22. Qb1 f4 $1 (22... Qd6 $2 {[%cal Gd6f4]} 23. Ndf1 Qf4+
24. Ke1 Be5 $13 {[%cal Gf4h4]}) 23. Nxe4 fxe3+ 24. Kxe3 Nxe2 25. Kxe2 Bf5 $19)
18... f4 19. Ng4 Bf5 20. Bf1 Re8 21. Nh4 Rd8 22. Qf3 Nd2 23. Qc3 e4 24. Qb4
Ndb3 25. Rad1 Bd4 (25... Bxg4 26. hxg4 Bd4 $19) 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 $19 {1-0
Sokolovs,A-Wall,T/Cappelle la Grande 1992/EXT 97 (39)}) (17. Bd3 Nec5 18. Be2
e4 19. Nh4 Qf6 20. g3 f4 21. Ng4 Bxg4 22. Bxg4 h5 23. Bxh5 gxh5 24. Qxh5 Ne6 (
24... Nd3 $5 $15) 25. Rae1 Ng5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Kandyba,L-Khamatgaleev,A/Briansk
1995/EXT 98 (79)}) 17... Nec5 18. a3 e4 19. Nd2 f4 20. Nxe4 fxe3 21. Nxc5 Nxc5
22. Qxg6 Bf5 23. Qg3 exf2+ 24. Qxf2 Bg6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Schleifer,M-Southam,T/
Ontario 1992/EXT 98 (42)}) (13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. a3 (14. Nd5 Bd8 15. c5 Nxc5 16.
Qc1 Ne6 17. Qxh6 c6 18. Ne3 Nd4 19. Bc4 Be6 (19... Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Be6 $15) 20.
Bxe6 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Qxe6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Lomineishvili,M-Mandel,A/Germany 2000/
CBM 75 ext (58)}) 14... Nc5 15. b4 Ne6 16. c5 c6 17. Nd2 b6 18. Nc4 bxc5 19.
bxc5 Qe7 20. Qd6 Nxc5 21. Rfd1 Be6 22. Na5 Rac8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Dekker,A-Neumann,
P/Trinec 1999/EXT 2000 (44)}) 13... Nc5 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gc5e4,Gf6e4]} (13...
Nh5 14. Nd2 Nf4 15. Nd5 (15. b4 Be6 16. Nb3 c6 17. Na5 b6 18. Nb3 f6 19. c5
Nxe2+ 20. Nxe2 Qf7 21. Nec1 bxc5 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. bxc5 Rfd8 $17 {0-1
Spassibin,P-De Gleria,F/Hiddenhausen 1997/EXT 2001 (25)}) 15... g5 16. Bg3 c6
17. Ne3 Nc5 18. b4 Nce6 19. Nf5 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Nxg7 Kxg7
23. c5 Be6 24. Rfe1 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Carlstrom,N-Trygstad,K/Hallsberg 1996/EXT
2001 (77)}) 14. Qc2 $5 ({Worth ot attention} 14. Nd2 Ne6 15. b4 Nf4 $132) 14...
Ne6 15. Bxf6 $1 ({Another continuations are in Black's favour:} 15. Rfd1 Nh5
16. b4 (16. Nd5 g5 17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 {[%csl Rf8,Rh5][%cal Ge2g5,Gg5e7]}
Nhf4 19. Be7 Nd4 20. Rxd4 exd4 21. Bxf8 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 Qxf8 23. Nxc7 Rb8 $15)
16... g5 17. Bg3 Nxg3 18. fxg3 Nd4 $15) 15... Bxf6 16. Rfe1 c6 17. Bf1 Qe7 18.
Ne2 $1 {[%cal Ge2d4] preventing Ne6-d4.} (18. b4 $6 Nd4 $15) 18... h5 19. b4
Bg7 20. c5 f5 {Black opens space for his pair of BB.} 21. Rad1 (21. exf5 $6
gxf5 $15) 21... f4 (21... fxe4 $2 $16 22. Qxe4 Qf7 23. Qc2 {[%cal Ge2g3]} Qf5 (
23... Nc7 24. Ng3 Bxh3 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Bg4 27. Rd6 $18 {[%csl Rg6][%cal
Gd6g6,Gc2g6,Gf1d3]}) 24. Qxf5 gxf5 25. Ng3 e4 26. Bc4 exf3 27. Nxh5 fxg2 28.
Nf4 $16) 22. Rd6 g5 23. Nh2 g4 $2 $16 {This move is serious mistake. Maybe B.
Gelfand undervalued white NN manoeuvres with penetration into key-square f5.} (
{Right was} 23... a5 24. Red1 axb4 25. axb4 Kh8 $132) 24. Qb3 $4 $17 ({Why not
simply to capture the P?} 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Nxg4 {Here Black has a couple of
ways to increase his initiative, but White in all of variations leaves with
serious advantage, for example:} Ng5 (25... f3 26. Ng3 {[%cal Gg3f5]} Nd4 (
26... fxg2 27. Bc4 Kh8 28. Bxe6 Bxe6 29. Ne3 $16 {[%cal Ge3f5,Gg3f5]}) 27. Qc4+
Kh8 (27... Be6 28. Nf5 $1 {[%csl Gf5]} Qe8 29. Rxe6 Nxe6 30. Qb3 {[%cal Gf1c4]}
Kh7 31. Qxf3 $16) 28. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3f5,Gg3f5]} Be6 29. Qc1 a5 30. Bc4 Bxc4 31.
Qxc4 b5 32. Qf1 axb4 33. axb4 Ra2 34. Nef5 $16) (25... Qg5 26. f3 Nd4 (26...
Nc7 27. Nf2 Nb5 28. Rd3 Be6 29. a4 Nc7 30. Red1 Rf6 31. Qd2 Kh7 32. Rd8 $16)
27. Nxd4 exd4 (27... Bxg4 28. Qb3+ Kh7 29. fxg4 exd4 30. Qh3+ $18) 28. Bc4+ Kh8
29. Be6 $16) (25... Nxc5 26. Qxc5 Bxg4 27. Rxc6 $1) 26. Nh2 $16 {[%csl Ge4]
[%cal Gc2e4,Gg5e4] Here Pe4 is protected by Qc2}) 24... Kh8 25. hxg4 hxg4 26.
Nxg4 Ng5 {[%csl Re4,Rg4]} 27. Nh2 Nxe4 {Without Pe4 Black's attack grows from
itself:} 28. Rdd1 Qh4 29. Qf3 Ng5 30. Qb3 $2 $19 ({More stubborn was} 30. Qc3
e4 31. Qc2 Bf5 32. Nd4 Bh7 $17 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gf8f6,Gf6h6]}) 30... Be6 31.
Qc2 (31. Qc3 Rf6 32. Qxe5 Nh3+ $19) 31... Rf6 32. g3 Qh5 33. Nc3 Rh6 34. f3
fxg3 35. Rxe5 Nxf3+ 0-1

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 1st"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[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. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 f6 12. Bd2 Nh6 13. Be3 c6 14. c5 Nf7 $2 ({
Right was} 14... Nc7 $1 {avoiding next strong capture.}) 15. Bxa6 $1 $16 {
Very strong novelty that brings to White serious advantage.} ({Opening review
and detailed commentaries you can find in the game from previous CBM-84:} 15.
Qa4 Nc7 16. b4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gershon,A-Piket,J/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84_01 (52) - 
[Tsesarsky,I]}) 15... bxa6 {[%csl Ra6,Ra7,Rc6]} 16. Qa4 f5 {Black hasn't
alternative active counterplay way. He had to open space for his pair of BB.} (
{Another way was to play passively:} 16... Rb8 17. b3 Qe6 18. Rfd1 Bb7 (18...
f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Ng5 $1 Nxg5 21. Bxg5 $16 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd1d6]}) 19. Rd2
{[%cal Ga1d1]} Rfd8 20. Rad1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Ra7,Rb7,Rc6] Black
avoided f6-f5 promotion that seriously weakens kingside. But position of Black
is very passive.}) 17. exf5 gxf5 (17... Bxf5 18. Qxa6 $16) 18. Rfe1 $1 {
[%cal Ge1e8] Re1 is quite unpleasant for Qe8.} Kh8 19. Rad1 Rg8 {[%cal Gg8g2]}
20. Qh4 $1 {Preventing Black activity on the kingside.} Be6 {White changes
pair of NN with further weakening black K fortress.} 21. Ng5 $1 {[%csl Rd6]
[%cal Gg5f7,Gd1d6,Gf7d6] White forces NN exchange and prepares Rd1-d6
penetration.} Nxg5 $8 22. Bxg5 Qg6 23. Rd6 {[%csl Rc6,Re6][%cal Gd6g6]} Rac8
24. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2g3,Gg3h5]} Rge8 25. Ng3 e4 $2 $18 {After this pseudo
activity White wins by force.} ({More stubborn was} 25... h6 $1 26. Be7 $1 ({
Intereating but unsufficient is} 26. Bxh6 $5 Qxh6 $1 (26... Bxh6 $2 27. Nxf5 $1
Qxf5 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Re3 $18) 27. Qxh6+ Bxh6 28. Rxe5 Bf4 29. Rexe6 Bxd6 30.
Rh6+ $1 (30. Rxd6 Re5 $132) 30... Kg8 31. cxd6 Re5 $14) 26... Qf7 27. Bd8 Kh7
28. Ba5 (28. Nh5 $2 Rexd8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Nxg7 Rd4 $17) 28... Bxa2 29. Bc3
Bd5 30. Nh5 $16 {[%csl Rg7,Rh7][%cal Gf2f4,Gc3g7]}) 26. Nh5 Bxb2 ({Or} 26...
Bh6 27. Bxh6 Qxh6 28. f3 $18 {[%csl Re4,Re6,Rh8]}) 27. Bf6+ Bxf6 28. Nxf6 {
[%csl Re6,Re8][%cal Gf6e8,Gd6e6]} Re7 29. Nxe4 $1 fxe4 (29... Rce8 30. Ng5 Kg7
31. Rxc6 $18) 30. Qxe7 Rg8 31. g3 e3 32. Rxe3 Qb1+ 33. Kg2 Bxh3+ (33... Bxh3+
34. Kh2 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 {Milov,V} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O
Na6 8. Re1 Qe8 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. d5 Nb4 11. Rb1 {Rare move.} ({Much more popular
is} 11. Qb3 a5 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Na4 Na6 14. Rb1 (14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Nb1 $6 Bd7 16.
Nbc3 Nh5 17. Bd2 f5 $132 {[%csl Ra4] 0-1 Eingorn,V-Asanov,B/Beijing 1991/EXT
2000 (29)}) (14. f3 Ndc5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Qe7
19. Be3 b6 20. Qc2 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Donk,M-Wiersma,E/Groningen 1995/CBM 50 ext 
(26)}) 14... Ndc5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Qg3 Bd7 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 {1/2-1/2
Kortschnoj,V-Gelfand,B/Wijk aan Zee 1993/CBM 34 (18)}) ({The mainline is} 11.
Be2 a5 {and here a lot of various continuations:} 12. Be3 {-most popular move.}
(12. Nh4 Bd7 13. g3 b6 14. Bd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Piesina,G-Sepp,O/Riga 1995/CBM 47 
(46)}) (12. Rb1 Na6 13. Be3 Bd7 (13... Nh5 14. Nd2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nf4 16. Qf1
Qd7 17. f3 f5 18. Kh1 Nh5 19. b3 f4 20. Bf2 g5 21. Qe2 Rf6 22. Nf1 Rg6 23. a3
Rf8 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 g4 26. fxg4 Rxg4 27. Qf3 Ng3+ 28. Kg1 Rg6 29. c5 $16 {
1-0 Bukic,E-Kozul,Z/Pula 1991/TD (57)}) 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. b3 Qe7 16. a3 Ne8 17.
Qc1 $5 (17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Na4 19. Nxa4 Bxa4 20. Qc1 f5 21. f3 $14 {[%cal
Gc4c5]}) 17... f5 18. f3 Nf6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Na4 21. Nxa4 (21. Nb5 $2 c6
22. Nc7 Rac8 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. dxe6 b5 25. Qa3 Qxe6 $15 {0-1 Kozul,Z-Tratar,M/
Charleville FRA 2000/The Week in Chess 317 (58)}) 21... Rxa4 22. Bd1 f4 23. Bf2
Raa8 24. Ra1 $14) (12. h3 Bd7 13. Be3 b6 14. Nd2 Qd8 15. a3 Na6 16. Qc2 Ne8 17.
Bf1 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 $14 {1-0 Shariyazdanov,A-Kamble,V/Sangli 2000/EXT
2001 (34)}) 12... b6 (12... Bd7 13. Nd2 Na6 14. b3 $14 {[%cal Ga2a3] With
standard plan of PP promotion on the queenside.} (14. a3 $6 h5 (14... a4 $11)
15. h3 $6 Kh7 $6 (15... a4 16. Bd3 {[%cal Gd3c2]} Nc5 17. Bc2 Nh7 {[%csl Ga4]
[%cal Ge8a4,Ga8a4]}) 16. Rb1 (16. b3 $14) 16... a4 $132 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ga4b3]
0-1 Sakaev,K-Schaefer,M/Groningen 1992/EXT 97 (31)})) (12... Na6 13. h3 (13.
Nd2 Bd7 14. b3 h6 15. a3 Nh7 16. Qc2 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. f4 Nf6 19. Kh1 Qf7
20. Rf1 Rae8 21. Rae1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Van der Sterren,P-Piket,M/Rotterdam 1990/
EXT 97 (37)}) 13... Bd7 14. Nd2 Kh8 15. Nf1 Qe7 (15... Ng8 16. Qd2 (16. Ng3 $6
{[%csl Rg3,Gg6][%cal Gg6f5,Gg6h5]} Qe7 17. Qd2 Qh4 18. Nh5 gxh5 19. Bg5 Bh6 20.
Bxh6 Nxh6 21. Qxh6 Rg8 22. Qxh5 Qxh5 23. Bxh5 Bxh3 24. Kh2 Bd7 $11 {0-1 Farago,
I-Muse,M/Split 2000/EXT 2001 (45)}) 16... f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. f4 $14 {0-1
Tunik,G-Nikolaev,N/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74 (30)}) 16. Qd2 Ng8 17. Rab1 f5 18.
exf5 gxf5 19. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Staudner,O/Bled 1999/CBM 69 ext (47)}
) (12... Nh5 13. a3 Na6 14. h3 (14. Nd2 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Nc5 16. Qc2 f5 17. f3
fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Qd7 20. Rf1 Qg4 $132 {0-1 Mitenkov,A-Makarjev,I/
Moscow 1992/EXT 97 (54)}) 14... Bd7 15. Nd2 Nf4 16. Bf1 b6 (16... Nc5 {-see
commented game 1-0 Illescas Cordoba,M-Gelfand,B/Wijk aan Zee 1993/CBM 34/
[Knaak,R] (72)}) 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. b4 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Rb1 $14
{1/2-1/2 Gurevich,D-Tkachiev,V/Cappelle la Grande 1995/EXT 97 (50)}) (12... Na6
$13 {Milov,V}) 13. b3 (13. Nb5 Na6 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. a3 Bxb5 16. cxb5 Nc5 17. Qc2
a4 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Nb1 Nd7 20. Nc3 Nb6 21. b3 axb3 22. Qxb3 Ra5 23. a4 Qe7
24. Ra2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kozul,Z-Movsesian,S/Pula 1999/EXT 2000 (47)}) (13. Rb1 Na6
14. Kh1 Kh8 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. g4 h6 17. Nh3 Nh7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Moreno
Carnero,J/Leon ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 367 (28)}) (13. a3 Na6 14. b3 Nc5 15.
h3 Bd7 16. Nd2 Qe7 17. b4 Nb7 18. Nb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kiselev,S-Krasenkow,M/
Moscow 1989/CBM 16 (42)}) 13... Na6 14. h3 Bd7 15. Nd2 Kh8 16. a3 (16. a3 {
1/2-1/2 Ftacnik,L-Movsesian,S/Germany 1999/GER-chT (16)}) 16... Ng8 17. Rb1 f5
18. f3 Nf6 19. b4 f4 20. Bf2 g5 21. Nf1 h5 22. Nh2 Rg8 23. c5 axb4 24. cxb6
cxb6 25. axb4 b5 26. Qd3 Nc7 27. Ra1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Volzhin,A-Movsesian,S/
Koszalin 1998/CBM 65 ext (30)}) 11... a5 (11... c5 12. Nb5 Qe7 13. a3 Na6 14.
h3 Bd7 15. b4 Ne8 16. Rb3 b6 17. Nh2 $14 {0-1 Nikcevic,N-Tkachiev,V/Clichy
1995/CBM 51 ext (56)}) (11... Nh5 12. Nb5 Qe7 13. a3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nc2 15. Re2
Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. Bd2 a5 19. b3 c5 20. f4 Rfe8 21. g3 Re7 22.
a4 b6 23. Rbe1 Rae8 24. Qf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Nikcevic,N-Ilincic,Z/Niksic 1996/EXT
2000 (42)}) 12. Bd2 (12. a3 {Milov,V} Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc2) 12... Nh5 {'?!' Milov,
V.} (12... Bxf3 {Milov,V} 13. Qxf3 Nc2 14. Rec1 Nd4 $11) 13. Nb5 {[%cal Gb5c7]
'!' Milov,V.} Qe7 14. a3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 (15. gxf3 $6 {Milov,V} Na6 16. Bxa5 Bh6
$36) 15... Nc2 (15... Na6 16. Bxa5 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Qe3 $16) 16. Re2 $1 {
'?!' Milov,V.} ({Black equalizes in case of} 16. Rec1 $6 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18.
b4 (18. Bd3 a4 (18... Nf6 {Milov,V} 19. Re1 $14) 19. b4 axb3 20. Rxb3 b6 $132)
18... axb4 19. axb4 Ra2 20. Be1 Nf6 21. Bd3 Rfa8 $132 {[%cal Ga8a2,Gf6d7,Gd7e5]
}) 16... c6 $5 17. dxc6 ({Worth of attention} 17. Rc1 cxb5 (17... Nd4 18. Nxd4
exd4 19. Ree1 (19. Qd3 $36 {(Milov,V) /\g3,f4}) 19... c5 (19... a4 20. Bd3 c5
21. g3 Nf6 22. Qd1 Nd7 23. f4 $14) 20. b3 $14 {[%cal Gg2g3]}) 18. Rxc2 bxc4 19.
Rxc4 $14 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Qb3 Qf7 $11 {/\22...Nf4}) 17... bxc6 18. Rc1 $6 (
{In my opinion, White can leave with a slight advantage after} 18. Bc1 $5 Nd4
19. Nxd4 exd4 20. b4 (20. b3 Rfe8 21. Qd3 c5 $1 $11 (21... Nf6 $6 22. Qxd4 (22.
Bb2 c5 $11) 22... Nxe4 23. Qd3 Rad8 24. Bd2 $1 (24. f3 Qa7+ 25. Be3 Nc5 26. Qd2
(26. Qc2 $4 Rxe3 $19) 26... Bh6 $1 27. Qd4 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Bxe3+ 29. Qxe3 d5 30.
cxd5 cxd5 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 d4 $132) 24... a4 25. b4 $14)) 20... axb4 21.
axb4 Rfc8 (21... c5 22. b5 $14) 22. Rc2 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Gf1][%cal Gb4b5,Gf3d3]})
18... Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. c5 $5 {Brave and interesting decision. White
sacrifices P (sometimes 2P) in order to open positon for his BB and RR.} ({
Equality after} 20. b3 c5 21. Ree1 Rfb8 22. Rb1 Nf6 23. Bd3 Nd7 $11) ({or} 20.
b4 axb4 21. axb4 c5 $11 (21... Nf6 $13 {Milov,V}) (21... Rfb8 {Milov,V} 22. Qd3
$14) (21... Ra2 {Milov,V} 22. b5 $14)) 20... dxc5 (20... Be5 $2 {Milov,V} 21.
cxd6 Qxd6 22. g3 $16 {/\23.Qd3}) 21. e5 $5 Bxe5 {'[]' Milov,V.} 22. Rce1 {
[%csl Re5][%cal Ge1e5]} (22. Qxc6 $6 Qd6 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gd6h2]} 23. Qxc5
Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 Rfb8 25. b4 $15) 22... f6 23. g3 {'©' Milov,V. Milov,V: 'Ч‘e,Nh5,
c6,c5'} ({or} 23. Qxc6 Qd6 24. Qxd6 Bxd6 25. g4 Ng7 (25... Nf4 26. Re4 g5 27.
Bxf4 gxf4 28. Bc4+ Kg7 $44) 26. Bg2 Ra7 27. Bd5+ Kh8 28. a4 $44) 23... Qd7 ({
Possible also} 23... Qc7 24. Rc1 Bd6 25. Bg2 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gg2c6]} Rfe8 26.
b4 (26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Qxc6 Qxc6 28. Bxc6 Re2 $17) 26... Rxe2 27. Qxe2 axb4 28.
axb4 Qd7 (28... cxb4 $4 29. Bxc6 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rc7][%cal Gc6d5]}) 29. b5 $44)
24. Rc1 (24. Bg2 $6 Rfc8 25. Qd3 Kh8 26. Qc4 a4 $17) (24. Qb3+ {Milov,V} Kh8 (
24... Qf7 {Milov,V} 25. Qc2 c4 26. Re4 $13) 25. Qc4 Qd5) 24... Bd6 25. Re6 (25.
Bg2 $5 {Milov,V} Ra6 $140 26. Qd3 Ra7 27. b4 $36) 25... Kh8 (25... Rfe8 {
Milov,V} 26. Rxe8+ (26. Rxf6 $5 {Milov,V} Nxf6 27. Qxf6 Re5 $8 28. Bc4+ Rd5 $13
) 26... Qxe8 27. g4 Ng7 28. Qxf6 Qe7 29. Qxe7 Bxe7 30. Re1 $14) 26. Rce1 f5 $1
{Black K looks vulnerable, but White hasn't enough resources for pressure
increasing.} ({Badly is} 26... Rfb8 $2 {because after} 27. Rxf6 $1 {attack is
very dangerous:} Rxb2 (27... Nxf6 28. Qxf6+ Qg7 29. Qxd6 $18) 28. Rf7 Qd8 29.
Bh6 (29. Bd3 Qg8 (29... Rxd2 30. Rxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qxh5+ $18) 30. Bg5 {[%cal
Gg5f6]} Bf8 $8 31. Ree7 Ng7 (31... Bxe7 32. Bxe7 Ng7 33. Rxg7 $1 $16) 32. Rxg7
Bxg7 33. Rxg7 Qxg7 34. Bf6 $16)) 27. Bg5 {[%cal Gg5e7]} (27. Bg2 Ng7 28. R6e2
Rfc8 (28... f4 $17 {Milov,V}) 29. Bg5 Re8 30. Qxc6 Qxc6 31. Bxc6 Rxe2 32. Rxe2
Rc8 33. Bf6 d3 34. Re6 Bf8 35. Bc3 $44) 27... Rae8 (27... f4 {Milov,V} 28. g4
Ng7 29. Bf6 $13) 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Qb3 ({After} 30. Qb3 {
[%csl Ra5,Rc5,Rc6,Gf1,Gg5] White has sufficient compensation, because one of
black PP will be captured:} Ng7 ({or} 30... Bf8 31. Bd2 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gd2a5]
} Qa8 32. Qf7 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gd2a5]} Bg7 33. Bxa5 Nf6 34. Bb6 $44) (30... f4
$5 {Milov,V} 31. Qb6 $11 {/\32.Qd8, ><c6,a5 Ivanchuk}) 31. Qb6 (31. Bf6 $11 {
(Milov,V) /\32.Bg7}) 31... a4 32. Qa7 Bf8 33. Qxa4 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
c6 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. d5 (10. Rfe1) (10. Rad1 {-another mainlines}) 10... c5 {
In my opinion - the best.} (10... Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 (12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bd2
Nc5 14. Rad1 Ne6 15. Bc1 $14 {1-0 Peist,J-Funke,M/Germany 1988/GER-chT2 (52)})
(12. Bh4 Nh6 13. Nd2 g5 14. Bg3 f5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. f3 Nc5 17. Nb3 Ne6 18. c5
$14 {1-0 Grooten,H-Szekely,P/Bratto 2000/CBM 77 ext (60)}) 12... f5 (12... h5
13. b4 Kh7 14. h3 Nh6 15. Rab1 $14 {1-0 Hess,C-Beckemeier,W/Germany 1983/
GER-chT (35)}) (12... Kh8 13. g3 f5 14. Nh4 $14 {1-0 Sakaev,K-McNab,C/Cappelle
la Grande 1994/TD (42)}) 13. exf5 (13. Ng5 Ndf6 14. f3 Nh6 15. c5 $5 $13 {
1-0 Sosulin,E-Zhelnin,V/Tula 2000/EXT 2001 (38)}) 13... gxf5 14. Ng5 Ndf6 15.
f3 Nh6 16. Bd3 $14 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Mestel,A/Beersheba 1984/MCL (43)}) (10...
Re8 11. b4 $1 cxd5 12. cxd5 Ng4 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 Nf8 15. h3 Nh6 $14 {[%cal
Gc3b5,Gf1c1] 1-0 Knazovcik,L-Hrivnak,D/CZE 1999/EXT 2000 (63)}) (10... Rd8 11.
b4 $1 cxd5 12. cxd5 Ng4 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 Nf8 15. h3 Nh6 16. Rac1 $14 {
[%cal Gc1c7,Gc3b5] 1-0 Zakharstov,V-Zhelnin,V/Tula 2000/EXT 2001 (58)}) 11. Nh4
$5 {Rare move} ({More popular are:} 11. a3 a6 (11... Ne8 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh4 Qf7
14. b4 Bh6 15. Rab1 f5 $14 {0-1 Hess,C-Beckemeier,W/Germany 1984/GER-chT (49)})
(11... Nh5 12. Rfe1 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Ng5 Ndf6 15. Qd1 Ng4 16. Bc1 $16 {
[%csl Rg4,Rh5][%cal Gh2h3]} (16. Bxg4 fxg4 17. Qd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Powell,
J-Haydon,R/England 1998/EXT 99 (49)})) 12. b4 b6 13. Nd2 Ne8 14. Rab1 f5 15. f3
f4 16. Bf2 g5 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Na4 h5 19. h3 Nef6 20. Rb3 Rf7 21. Rfb1 Bf8 22.
Qd1 Rg7 23. Nc3 Rg6 24. Nf1 $14 {[%cal Gf1h2] 0-1 Pundzas-Balashov,Y/La
Valetta 1980/EXT 2000 (73)}) (11. Ne1 Ne8 (11... h5 12. f3 Nh7 13. Nd3 f5 14.
Rab1 Ndf6 15. b4 b6 16. Rb2 h4 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. h3 $14 {1-0 Sorvari,J-Jokela,
J/FIN 1996/EXT 99 (54)}) 12. Nd3 (12. Bg4 f5 13. exf5 Nb6 14. f6 Nxf6 15. Bxc8
Raxc8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Nd7 18. Nf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Wessman,R-Winsnes,R/
SWE-ch 1989/EXT 97 (77)}) 12... f5 13. exf5 (13. f3 f4 14. Bf2 h5 15. b4 g5 16.
a4 cxb4 17. Nxb4 Nc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Nd3 $132 {1-0 Wiley,T-Lacroix,B/Antwerp
1999/EXT 2000 (41)}) 13... gxf5 14. f4 e4 15. Nf2 Ndf6 16. a3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Franic,M-Bosboom,M/Groningen 1982/EXT 2000 (49)}) (11. Nd2 Ne8 (11... h5 12. a3
$14 {[%cal Gb2b4]} (12. Bg5 a6 13. Rae1 Qe8 14. Qd1 Nh7 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Bd3 h4
17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Ne5 19. Nf3 h3 $132 {0-1 Ivanisevic,I-Movsesian,S/Zagan
1997/CBM 59 ext (54)})) 12. Rae1 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 e4 $14 (14... Nef6 $4
15. Qxf5 $18 {1-0 Flear,G-Beckemeier,W/Buende 1985/EXT 2001 (19)})) (11. Bg5 h6
12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Nd1 Ndf6 15. Nd2 Nf4 16. Re1 h5 17. f3 Bh6 18. Bf1
Ne8 19. Ne3 $14 {1-0 Farago,I-Bilek,I/HUN 1992/EXT 2000 (42)}) (11. Rab1 Ne8
12. Rfe1 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bg5 Ndf6 15. b4 cxb4 16. Rxb4 e4 17. Nd4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Henk,M-Michalczak,T/Duesseldorf 1995/EXT 99 (23)}) 11... Ne8 12. g3
Ndf6 13. Bg5 $14 ({The game where first time was played 11.Nh4 was continued:} 
13. f3 Nh5 14. Ng2 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Bd3 Kh8 17. Rae1 Qf6 18. Qc1 f4 19. Ne4
Qh6 20. Bd2 Bh3 (20... Bd7 $4 21. g4 $18 {1-0 Gurevich,D-Goelff,C/Bonnevoie
1998/EXT 99 (27)}) 21. g4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Nhf6 23. Ng3 b5 24. b3 Qg5 25. Qc2 (25.
Rh1 $2 Nxg4 26. fxg4 Qxg4 $15) 25... h5 (25... Nxg4 26. fxg4 Qxg4 27. Be2 Qg5
28. Kh1 $16) 26. h3 $16) 13... Bh3 14. Rfe1 Qd7 15. f3 Nh5 16. Nd1 {[%csl Rh3]
[%cal Gd1f2]} (16. a3 $14 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 16... f6 17. Bd2 Qe7 {[%cal Gh3d7]
Preparing Bh3 retreat.} 18. Bd3 Bc8 19. a3 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Qf7 {Preparing f6-f5
break.} 20. Ne3 $1 {[%csl Gf5] Preventing f6-f5. In other hand, nothing can't
stop b2-b4 promotion.} Kh8 21. b4 b6 22. a4 a5 $5 {Interesting decision. Black
closes queenside, but new weakness Pa5 will be factor must be took into
account.} (22... Bd7 23. a5 $14) 23. bxa5 bxa5 {[%csl Ra5]} 24. Rab1 {[%csl
Ra5][%cal Gb1b5]} Bh6 25. Bc3 {[%cal Gc3h8] Preventing f6-f5 again.} ({Worth
of attention} 25. Rb5 $5 Bg5 26. Nhg2 f5 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Reb1 (28. Rxa5 $2
Rxa5 29. Bxa5 f4 $1 30. gxf4 (30. Bf5 Bxf5 31. Qxf5 Qxf5 32. Nxf5 Rxf5 33. g4
Rf7 34. h4 Bh6 35. gxh5 Ra7 $15) 30... Nxf4 31. Nxf4 Bxf4 32. Ng2 Rg8 33. Kh1
Bh3 34. Bf1 (34. Nxf4 Qxf4 35. Qe2 Bg2+ 36. Qxg2 Rxg2 37. Kxg2 Qd4 38. Be2 Ng7
$15 {[%cal Gg7f5,Gg7h5]}) 34... Bxg2+ 35. Bxg2 Qh5 $44) 28... f4 29. Nf1 $16)
25... Bg5 26. Nhg2 Kg8 {The game goes surround f6-f5 promotion.} 27. Rf1 $1 {
[%cal Gf3f4] White also can play with P f on the kingside!} Bh3 $6 $16 (27...
f5 $142 28. exf5 gxf5 29. f4 exf4 30. gxf4 Bd8 $14 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gd8a5]})
28. f4 $1 exf4 29. gxf4 Bh6 30. Rf3 Bc8 31. Rb5 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gb5a5,Gc3a5]
At last.} Qc7 {[%cal Gc7a5]} 32. Qd2 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gd2a5] The weakness on
a5 will fall.} Neg7 33. Bc2 {[%cal Gc2a4]} (33. Rxa5 $16) 33... f5 34. e5 g5 $5
{Despair. Black tries to find tactical chances because strategical battle is
lost.} 35. e6 $4 $132 {Serious mistake.} ({Right was} 35. fxg5 Bxg5 36. Bxa5
Qd7 (36... Rxa5 37. Qxa5 $18) 37. exd6 (37. e6 $18) 37... f4 38. Nf1 Qxd6 39.
Bb6 $18 {[%csl Rc5]}) 35... gxf4 36. Nd1 Ba6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga6c4]} 37. Bxa5
(37. Rxa5 Bxc4 38. Rxa8 Rxa8 $13) 37... Qe7 38. Rb6 Bxc4 39. Bc3 Nf6 {[%csl
Rd5]} 40. Bxf6 $5 ({Strong was} 40. Nxf4 $1 Bxf4 (40... Ne4 41. Qg2 Bxf4 42.
Rxf4 (42. Bxg7 Qxg7 43. Qxg7+ Kxg7 44. Rxf4 Bxd5 45. e7 $11 {-see below.})
42... Bxd5 43. Bxg7 Qxg7 44. Qxg7+ Kxg7 45. e7 Rg8 46. Ne3 Kf6+ 47. Kf1 Nc3 48.
Rxd6+ Ke5 49. Nxd5 Nxd5 50. Rxd5+ Kxd5 51. Bb3+ Kd6 52. Bxg8 Rxg8 53. Rxf5 $11)
41. Qxf4 Bxd5 (41... Nxd5 42. Qxd6 Qxd6 43. Rxd6 Nxc3 44. Rxc3 Bxe6 45. Rxc5
$14 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Ga4a8]}) 42. Rg3 Bxe6 43. Qxd6 Qxd6 44. Rxd6 Rae8 (44...
Nfh5 45. Bxg7 Rfe8 46. Be5+ Nxg3 47. Bxg3 $16) 45. Rxe6 Rxe6 46. Bb3 Kh8 47.
Rxg7 Kxg7 48. Bxe6 Kg6 49. a5 $14) 40... Qxf6 41. Rxd6 Rfd8 42. Qc3 (42. Rxd8+
Rxd8 $132) 42... Qd4+ 43. Qxd4 cxd4 44. Rxd8+ Rxd8 45. Bb3 $2 $17 {After this
mistake Black recieves an advantage.} ({Why not} 45. Nxf4 $132) 45... Bxd5 46.
e7 Rd7 47. Bxd5+ Rxd5 48. Ra3 $2 $19 {Mistakes comedy is continued...} (48.
Nxf4 $142 Bxf4 49. Rxf4 Kf7 $17) 48... Ra5 $1 (48... Kf7 $143 $2 49. a5 Kxe7
50. a6 Rd8 51. Rh3 Bg5 52. Rxh7 Kf7 53. h4 Bf6 54. h5 Ra8 55. h6 (55. Nxf4 Rxa6
56. Nh3 Ra1 57. Nhf2 Kg8 58. Rh6 Bg5 59. Rd6 Be3 $17) 55... Rxa6 56. hxg7 Ra1
57. Rh5 Rxd1+ 58. Kf2 Bxg7 59. Rxf5+ Ke6 60. Rxf4 d3 61. Rg4 $15) 49. Nh4 Bg5 (
{Or} 49... Kf7 50. Nf3 Ne6 51. Nb2 Kxe7 $19) 50. Nf3 Bxe7 51. Ra2 Ne6 52. Re2
Ng5 $4 {Terrible mistake in this nervious dramatic game.} ({Black was very
closed to victory:} 52... Ra6 $19) 53. Rg2 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gg2g8]} Kf7 (53...
h6 54. h4 Rxa4 55. hxg5 hxg5 56. Nxg5 Bxg5 57. Rxg5+ Kf7 58. Rxf5+ Ke6 59. Rxf4
$11) 54. Nxg5+ Bxg5 55. Rxg5 Kf6 $44 56. Rg2 Rxa4 57. Rd2 Ke5 58. Kf2 Ra3 59.
Nb2 Ke4 60. Re2+ Re3 61. Nc4 h5 62. Nd6+ Ke5 63. Nc4+ Ke4 64. Nd6+ Kd3 {
Khalifman had to play for win...} (64... Ke5 65. Nc4+ $11) 65. Ra2 Re5 66. Nf7
Rd5 67. Ng5 Kc3 68. Nf3 d3 69. Nd2 h4 70. Nb1+ Kb3 71. Rd2 Kc4 72. Ra2 Rb5 $2 (
72... Kb3 $11) 73. Ra4+ Kb3 (73... Kc5 74. Nd2 $14 {[%csl Rf4,Rf5]}) 74. Rxf4
Kb2 (74... Re5 $1 $11 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gb3c2,Gd3d1]}) 75. Nd2 Kc3 76. Nf3 h3 (
76... Rd5 77. Ke1 Ra5 78. Rxh4 Ra1+ 79. Kf2 d2 80. Nxd2 Kxd2 $11) 77. Kg3 d2 $4
(77... Rd5 $11) 78. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "225"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 f6 12. Bd2 Nh6 13. Be3 c6 (13... Nf7 14.
Rb1 {-see commented game 1-0 Kasimdzhanov,R-Golubev,M/Germany 2002/CBM 87 
[Kasimdzhanov,R](39)}) (13... Qe7 14. c5 c6 15. Bxa6 (15. b4 Nf7 16. Qb3 $14 {
1-0 Simutowe,A-Philips,R/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (59)}) 15... bxa6 16. Qa4 $16 {
[%csl Ra6,Ra7,Rc6]}) 14. c5 (14. b4 Kh8 15. c5 Nxb4 16. Qa4 Na6 17. Bxa6 bxa6
18. Nd2 f5 $132 {1-0 Schenk,A-Balcerak,J/FRA 2002/EXT 2003 (32)}) 14... Nf7 (
14... Nc7 15. Nd2 (15. b4 Nf7 16. Qb3 Ne6 17. Bc4 Kh8 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Rfe1 Nc7
$14 {[%cal Gc8e6]} (19... f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Bc1 e4 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Rxe4
Nfd8 24. Ng5 $16 {1-0 Vilela,J-Lopez del Alamo,A/Madrid 2002/CBM 90 ext (35)}))
15... Nf7 16. Nc4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21.
Nd6 $16 {1-0 Goormachtigh,J-Meessen,R/Geel 2002/CBM 89 ext (29)}) 15. Bc4 {
Probably not the best move.} ({Slight advantage White can receive after} 15.
Nd2 $5 f5 16. f3 f4 17. Bf2 Nc7 18. b4 g5 19. b5 (19. Nc4 $14) 19... h5 20.
bxc6 bxc6 21. Nc4 $14 (21. Na4 $6 Ne6 22. Nb3 Nh6 23. Nb2 g4 24. hxg4 hxg4 25.
fxg4 Ng5 26. Nc4 Nxe4 $17 {0-1 Jelen,I-Tratar,M/Ljubljana 2002/CBM 88 (35)})) (
{I've recommended} 15. Bxa6 $14 {but probably I've overestimated White's
advantage.} bxa6 16. Qa4 (16. Nd2 Rb8 17. b3 f5 18. f3 f4 19. Bf2 Be6 20. Qe2
Qc8 21. Nc4 g5 22. Rfd1 h5 23. Nd6 Nxd6 24. Rxd6 $14 {1-0 Janssen,R-Vedder,R/
Amsterdam 2002/CBM 89 ext (41)}) 16... Rb8 (16... f5 {-see detailed commented
game 1-0 Xu Jun-Motylev,A/Shanghai 2001/CBM 85 [Tsesarsky,I](33)}) 17. b3 (17.
Nd2 $6 f5 $1 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Rfe1 Be6 20. f4 Rxb2 21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 exf4
23. Bxf4 Qd8 24. Bd6 (24. Rad1 Qa5 $17) 24... Rc2 $19 {0-1 Volkov,S-Volokitin,
A/Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92 no vc (39)}) 17... f5 18. Rad1 $14) (15. Qa4 Nc7 16.
Bc4 (16. b4 {-see commented game 1/2-1/2 Gershon,A-Piket,J/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 
[Tsesarsky,I](52)}) 16... Ne6 17. Rad1 (17. Qc2 Kh8 18. Rfe1 f5 19. Ne2 f4 20.
Bd2 Qe7 21. Bxe6 Bxe6 22. Kh2 g5 $15 {1-0 Barus,C-Damljanovic,B/Bled 2002/EXT
2003 (61)}) 17... f5 18. b4 $14) 15... Nc7 16. Qb3 Ne6 17. Bxe6 $2 $15 {
Very strange...Bc4 is stronger than black N. After f6-f5 position will be
opened, and pair of black BB will be strong.} (17. Ne2 $14) (17. Qc2 $14) 17...
Qxe6 18. Qxe6 Bxe6 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. b3 Bf8 21. Na4 Be7 22. Ne1 f5 23. exf5 $6
$17 {This mistake ununderstandable. Black has pair of BB, so position opening
is in his favour. Why Karpov did it? I don't know. He is sophisticated
positional player enough to avoid such things.} ({Normal continuation was} 23.
f3 $142 f4 24. Bf2 g5 $15 {[%cal Gh7h5,Gg5g4]}) 23... gxf5 24. f4 exf4 ({
Maybe White expected} 24... e4 $6 $15) 25. Bxf4 Ng5 $1 {[%cal Gg5e4]} 26. Nd3 (
26. Nf3 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Kf7 $17) 26... Ne4 {[%csl Ge4] Black has serious
advantage because of bad passive White's play.} 27. Be3 Bf6 28. Rac1 Bf7 ({
Strong also} 28... Kf7 $17) 29. Nf4 (29. Nf2 Ng3 $17) 29... Be5 30. Kf1 Kg7 31.
Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Ke1 Re8 {[%cal Ge8e1]} ({Interesting is} 32... h5 $17 {
preventing g2-g4.}) 33. Kd1 Ng3 34. Rc2 Bc7 {[%csl Re3,Rf4][%cal Ge8e3,Gc7f4]}
35. Bc1 Ne4 36. Bb2+ Kg8 37. Bc1 h6 (37... h5 $1 $17) 38. g4 $5 {Interesting
decision! White gets rid of material, increasing cances for surviving.} fxg4
39. hxg4 Ng5 $6 (39... Kh7 $17) 40. Nb2 Nf3 {[%csl Rd1][%cal Ge8e1]} 41. Nfd3
Rd8 $6 $11 ({Better was} 41... h5 $1 {In spite of last kingside PP exchange
Black still has initiative, White needs to play precisely:} 42. gxh5 Bxh5 43.
Rg2+ Kh7 44. Kc2 Nd4+ 45. Kd2 (45. Kb1 $2 Bg6 46. Ka1 Be4 47. Rf2 Re7 48. Bf4
Rg7 49. Rd2 Ba5 50. Rd1 Rg2 {[%cal Ga5c3]} 51. Kb1 Bc3 52. Bc1 Rg3 $19 {
[%csl Rd3][%cal Ge4b1]}) 45... Bf3 46. Rf2 Bg3 47. Rf1 b6 48. Kc3 Nb5+ 49. Kc2
Re2+ 50. Bd2 Be4 51. Kd1 Rh2 52. Be1 Bb8 $15 (52... bxc5 53. Bxg3 Nc3+ 54. Kc1
Nxa2+ 55. Kb1 Bxd3+ 56. Kxa2 Rxb2+ 57. Kxb2 Bxf1 $11)) 42. Rg2 Bg6 43. Ke2
Bxd3+ 44. Kxf3 (44. Nxd3 Rxd3 $1 $19) 44... Rf8+ 45. Ke3 Bb1 {[%csl Rc1][%cal
Gc7f4]} 46. Kd4 Bxa2 47. Bxh6 Rf6 48. Nd3 $1 (48. g5 $2 Rf4+ 49. Ke3 Bxb3 50.
Nd3 Rf7 51. g6 Re7+ 52. Kd4 Bd5 53. Rf2 Re4+ 54. Kc3 Re8 55. g7 Ba5+ 56. Kc2
Bf7 $17) 48... Bxb3 49. Rb2 $2 $17 ({Right was} 49. g5 $1 {[%cal Gg5g6]} Rf7
50. g6 Rd7+ 51. Kc3 Be6 52. Re2 Re7 53. Bg5 Re8 54. Bf6 $44) 49... Rxh6 50.
Rxb3 b5 51. cxb6 axb6 (51... Bxb6+ 52. Ke5 Kf7 53. g5 $44) 52. Ra3 Bh2 (52...
Rh4 53. Nf2 Bd6 54. Rf3 Bc5+ 55. Kc3 Kg7 (55... Bxf2 56. Rxf2 Rxg4 57. Rf6 $44)
56. Ne4 Be7 57. Rg3 b5 58. Kd4 Rh1 $17) 53. Ke4 Kf7 54. g5 Rd6 55. Ra2 Bg3 56.
Rc2 c5 $44 (56... Kg6 57. Ne5+ Bxe5 58. Kxe5 Rd5+ 59. Ke4 $11) (56... Re6+ 57.
Kf5 c5 58. Nxc5 Re5+ 59. Kg4 $11) 57. Nxc5 bxc5 58. Rxc5 Kg6 59. Rd5 Ra6 60.
Kf3 Bd6 61. Ke4 Be7 62. Re5 Ra4+ 63. Kd5 Bxg5 {White demonstrates right way to
neutralize Black's initiative, sometimes it is not so easy.} 64. Re4 Ra5+ 65.
Ke6 Ra6+ 66. Ke5 Bf6+ 67. Kf4 Ra1 68. Re6 Rf1+ 69. Kg4 Rh1 70. Re4 Rh5 71. Kf4
Rf5+ 72. Ke3 Be5 73. Rc4 Rf1 74. Rc2 Kf5 75. Kd3 Rd1+ 76. Rd2 Ra1 77. Kc4 Ra8
78. Rf2+ Ke6 79. Rd2 Ra4+ 80. Kc5 Re4 81. Rc2 Bd6+ 82. Kc6 Bf4 83. Rc5 Be3 84.
Rc3 Bd4 85. Rg3 Re2 86. Rg6+ Bf6 87. Rh6 Rc2+ 88. Kb5 Ke5 89. Rh5+ Kd4 90. Rh6
Be5 91. Rb6 Kd5 92. Ka6 Bc7 93. Rb3 Bd6 94. Kb5 Bc5 95. Rd3+ Bd4 96. Rb3 Rc8
97. Kb4 Rc7 98. Kb5 Bc3 99. Ka6 Kc4 100. Rb7 Rc8 101. Rb1 Ra8+ 102. Kb7 Rh8
103. Rc1 Kd4 104. Kc6 Rc8+ 105. Kd7 Rc4 106. Ke6 Ke4 107. Rd1 Bb4 108. Kd7 Rc2
109. Rh1 Bd2 110. Rh2 Ra2 111. Kc6 Ke5 112. Re2+ Kd4 113. Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2004.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Movsesian,S"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2004.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Avrukh,B} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3
Na6 8. O-O Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd2 $5 {An interesting option in
this position. White is trying to delay h2-h3.} ({More popular is} 11. h3)
11... f6 12. Bh4 h5 $5 (12... Nh6 {is another interesting continuation here})
13. a3 {Avrukh,B: 'After a very painful defeat in this line, Boris chooses the
best continuation.'} (13. h3 {'‹' Avrukh,B. looked not too impressive} Nh6 14.
Re1 $6 (14. a3 $142 {Avrukh,B}) 14... c6 15. a3 Be6 16. b4 Rd8 17. Qc2 g5 18.
Bg3 Qg6 19. c5 h4 20. Bh2 g4 $40 {in Gelfand-Topalov, Cap D'Adge (p-off) 2003}
21. hxg4 {Avrukh,B} Nxg4 22. Bxg4 Bxg4 23. f3 Bh6 $1 $17 {0-1 Gelfand,
B-Topalov,V/Cap d'Agde 2003/CBM 98 no vc (44)}) 13... c6 {Avrukh,B: 'This
typical reaction appears to be a novelty, before Black has tried to use the c6
square for his knight, in order to penetrate to d4. Unfortunately Black's last
move has a clear drawback, he is weakening the d6 square and from this moment
White has more or less an easy play.'} (13... Be6 $5 {with quick consolidation
looked more promising here} 14. b4 (14. h3 Nh6 {Avrukh,B} 15. b4 Rd8 16. Bg3 (
16. c5 Nb8 17. f3 Nc6 18. Nd5 Qf7 19. Bc4 Nd4 20. Rc1 {[#]} Rxd5 21. exd5 Bxd5
22. Bxd5 Qxd5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Mikhalevski,V-Comas Fabrego,L/Linares 1997/CBM 58/
[Baburin] (54)}) 16... Nb8 17. Qc2 Nc6 18. Nb3 f5 19. Nd5 Qf7 20. Bh4 Rde8 21.
Bg5 fxe4 22. Qxe4 Nd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Bd3 c6 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Bxh6 Bf5 27.
Qf3 Bg7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Comas Fabrego,L/Mondariz 2000/CBM 79 (91)})
14... Rd8 $13) 14. b4 Be6 15. c5 Rd8 16. Qc2 g5 {Avrukh,B: 'Black has to hurry
up in order to create a counterplay on the kingside.'} ({Too slow} 16... Nc7 {
Avrukh,B} 17. Nc4 g5 18. Nd6 Qg6 19. Bg3 (19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. f3 Bc8 21. Bf2 g4
$132) 19... h4 20. Nf5 $1 {[%cal Gf5e7]} Bxf5 21. exf5 Qh5 22. Bxe5 $1 fxe5 23.
h3 $16) 17. Bg3 h4 18. h3 Nh6 ({Just bad is} 18... hxg3 $2 19. hxg4 Qd7 20.
Rad1 gxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Bxg4 22. Nc4 $16 {and white pieces are dominating}) 19. Bh2
g4 20. hxg4 Nxg4 21. Nc4 (21. Bxg4 $6 Bxg4 22. Nc4 h3 $1 23. f3 hxg2 24. Qxg2
Be6 25. Nd6 Qh5 $13 {with a good play}) 21... Nxh2 (21... Qg6 {Avrukh,B} 22.
Nd6 h3 23. g3 $1 $14 (23. Bg3 Ne3 $1)) 22. Kxh2 Qg6 23. Nd6 Rd7 24. Rad1 (24.
Nd1 $6 {[%cal Gd1e3] Avrukh,B} Bh6 $1 {[%csl Ge3]} 25. Bc4 Bxc4 (25... Nc7 26.
Bxe6+ Nxe6 27. Qb3 Re7) 26. Qxc4+ Kh8 $13 {[%cal Gd7g7]}) 24... Bh6 25. Nf5
Bf4+ 26. Kh1 $6 ({More precise was} 26. Kg1 $16 {avoiding "h" file motifs in
the future.}) 26... Rh7 $1 27. Qd3 ({White has no time for} 27. Rd6 $2 Bxf5 28.
exf5 Qg3 $3 29. Bc4+ Kh8 30. fxg3 hxg3+ 31. Kg1 Be3+ 32. Rf2 gxf2+ $17) ({
An interesting option was:} 27. Bxa6 {Avrukh,B} bxa6 28. Qa4 {but it appears,
that Black has enough offensive resources.} Qg4 $1 {[%cal Gh4h3]} (28... Bc4
$140 $2 29. Qxc6 $1 Bxf1 30. Rxf1 h3 31. g3 Qh5 32. f3 $16) 29. Rd3 (29. f3
$140 Qg3 $1) (29. Qxc6 h3 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Qxf6+ $8 Kg8 32. Qe6+ Kh8 33. Qf6+
$11) 29... Bxf5 30. exf5 h3 31. g3 e4 $1 {[%csl Gd3]} 32. Nxe4 Qe2 {[%csl Gd3,
Ge4,Gf1]} 33. Qd1 Qxe4+ 34. f3 Qxf5 35. gxf4 Rg7 $11) 27... Kh8 28. Qh3 {
Avrukh,B: 'White managed to consolidate his position and his positional
advantage is obvious, though Black is not without chances.'} Nc7 29. Rd6 Bg8 (
29... Re8 30. Rfd1 $16) 30. Rfd1 Ne6 31. Bc4 $2 ({Better was} 31. Rd7 {to
change black's important rook Avrukh,B: 'Black manages to hold the position'}
Bg5 {[%cal Ge6f4] Avrukh,B} (31... Ng5 {Avrukh,B} 32. Rxh7+ (32. Qg4 Be6 $1)
32... Bxh7 33. Qxh4 Nxe4 34. Nxe4 Qxf5 35. Bd3 Bg5 (35... Qg6 36. Nxf6 $1) 36.
Qh5 Qg6 $1) 32. Qg4 Nf4 33. Ne7 $16) 31... Ng5 32. Qd3 Bxc4 $2 {Missing a good
chance to simplify the position:} (32... Nxe4 $1 {was a working trick} 33. Nxe4
(33. Qxe4 {Avrukh,B} Bxc4 34. Qxc4 (34. Rd8 Rg8 $1 {[%csl Gg2]}) 34... Qxf5 35.
Rd8 Bh6 $1) 33... Bxc4 34. Qxc4 Qxf5 35. Rd8 Rxd8 (35... Bh6 $143 {Avrukh,B}
36. R1d6 $1 {[%csl Gf6]} h3 $140 37. Rxf6 hxg2+ 38. Kg1 $18) 36. Rxd8+ Kg7 $13
37. Qd3 $44 {(Avrukh,B) and despite the fact that White has a clear
compensation Black should keep the position.}) 33. Qxc4 Nf7 34. Rd7 $6 (34. Qe2
$1 {was the right move, found by Boris in post-mortem} Nxd6 35. cxd6 Rg8 36.
Qf3 $16) 34... Rg8 35. Qf1 Qg4 36. R1d3 Nh6 $1 {Now black is out of a trouble}
37. Rxh7+ Kxh7 38. Rh3 {'?' Avrukh,B. Avrukh,B: 'Boris has played a very nice
positional game and has got a clear advantage, but right here he misses a
great opportunity to get a winning position.'} (38. f3 $142 $1 {Avrukh,B} Qg5
39. Rd7+ Kh8 40. Nxh6 Qxh6 41. Rxb7 {was an improvement and strangely enough
Black cannot create any serious threats f.e.} h3 42. g4 Qh4 {[%cal Gh4g3]} 43.
Ne2 {[%csl Gg3]} Rd8 44. b5 $1 cxb5 45. Nxf4 exf4 46. c6 Rc8 47. Rxb5 $18 {
[%cal Gb5h5] wins}) 38... Nxf5 (38... Nxf5 39. exf5 {Avrukh,B} Rd8 40. f3 (40.
Rd3 Rd4 $1) 40... Qxf5 41. Rxh4+ Kg7 42. Ne4 Rd4 43. Qe1 {still very
complicated position, but probably about equal.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2004.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2004.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 f6 12. Bd2 Nh6 13. c5 Nxc5 $5 {Recently
Black's new try to solve his opening problems.} ({After} 13... c6 {Black has a
serious difficulties according to the present theory.}) 14. Qc1 Nf7 15. Nd5 Ne6
16. Bb4 {The most principal continuation} ({After} 16. Nxc7 Nxc7 17. Qxc7 Nd8
$1 {[%cal Gf8f7] Black keeps equality}) 16... c6 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Ne3 Nd6 19.
Qc2 f5 20. exf5 $5 $146 (20. Nc4 $143 fxe4 21. Nfxe5 Nd4 22. Qd2 c5 23. f4 Be6
24. Ne3 Rd8 25. Qe1 N6f5 $36 {1-0 Shabalov,A-Perelshteyn,E/Stratton Mountain
2003/CBM 94 ext (40)}) 20... gxf5 21. Bc4 $1 {A very interesting strategiclal
idea,White gives up his light-squared bishop,but Black will face a serious
problems with develping his queenside piecies.} Kh8 $2 {Strangely enough,but
this logical move appears to be a serious mistake,Black should keep another
knight on e6.} (21... Nxc4 $142 22. Qxc4 (22. Nxc4 e4 23. Nfd2 (23. Nfe5 $2 b5
{[%csl Ge5]}) 23... Nd4 {and Black is fine}) 22... Kh8 (22... Qf7 $143 23. Rad1
Nd4 (23... e4 24. Nh4 f4 25. Nef5 $18) 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Nc4 $16
) 23. Rad1 e4 (23... Nf4 $2 {[%cal Gc8e6]} 24. Ng5 h6 25. Rd8 $18) 24. Ne1 {
[%cal Gf2f3]} Nf4 $1 {[%cal Gc8e6]} (24... f4 {[%csl Ge4]} 25. N3c2 Ng5 26. h4
Bg4 27. Rd2 Ne6 28. Qxe4 $16) 25. f3 Be6 26. Qc2 Nd5 $44) 22. Bxe6 $1 (22. Rad1
Nd4) 22... Bxe6 23. Rad1 {That's the point of White's play,now Black knight is
vulnerable on d6 and it's very difficult for Black to hold his central pawns,
not giving up something.} Re8 ({Let's check other possibilities:} 23... f4 24.
Ng5 Bg8 25. Ng4 $16) (23... e4 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. f3 Re8 26. fxe4 Rxe4 27. Ndxf5
$1 $18 {[%csl Ge4]}) (23... Bg8 24. Nh4 (24. Rxd6 $143 Qxd6 25. Nxf5 Qg6 26.
N3h4 Qf6 27. Nxg7 Qxh4 28. Nf5 Qf4 $1 $11) 24... f4 25. Nhf5 $16) 24. Rfe1 $2 (
{Missing a great opportunity} 24. Ng5 $1 Qe7 (24... Bg8 $140 25. Qd3 {[%csl
Gf5]} Rd8 26. Nxf5 e4 27. Nxe4 Bc4 28. Qd2 $1 $18) (24... e4 25. Qc5) 25. Nxe6
Qxe6 26. Qd3 Bf8 27. Rfe1 $16) 24... Nb5 (24... Ne4 25. Nh4 (25. Nxf5 Bxf5 26.
Rxe4 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Qf4 $1) 25... Nd6 26. Qd3 (26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Nhxf5 $14)
26... Qf6 27. Qxd6 Qxh4 28. Qc7 $1 $16) 25. a4 {Oherwise 25...e4 and 26 ...Nd4
coming} Nd4 26. Nxd4 exd4 27. Nc4 Bd5 {Black has managed to create passed pawn,
but still White's position remains preferable.} 28. Qd3 $6 (28. f3 $2 d3 $19 {
[%cal Gf8c5]}) (28. b3 $142 Rd8 29. f3 $14 {with idea to gain control of the
e-file}) 28... Be4 29. Qg3 (29. Qb3 Bd5 $1) 29... Bc2 $1 30. Rxe8 (30. Nd6 $2
Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 f4 32. Qa3 d3 $19) 30... Qxe8 31. Rf1 h6 $1 {Very strong Black
solves the problem of 8th rank and now his queen is ready to enter into play.}
(31... d3 $143 32. Ne3 Bxb2 33. Qd6) 32. Nd2 (32. Nd6 Qe6 33. Nxb7 d3) 32...
Qe2 33. Nf3 Be4 $1 {A necessary prophylactic move,otherwise White would have
penetrated with his rook along the e-file.} (33... d3 34. Qd6 {[%cal Gf1e1]} (
34. Re1 $140 Qxe1+ 35. Nxe1 d2 $19)) 34. Ne5 d3 35. Ng6+ {Shabalov once again
shows his fighting spirit,trying to continue the struggle,but Black has enough
resources to hold equality.} (35. Qg6 d2 36. Nf7+ Kg8 37. Nxh6+ Kh8 $11) 35...
Kh7 36. Nf4 Qxb2 37. f3 (37. Qg6+ Kh8 38. Qe8+ Kh7 $11) 37... Qd4+ 38. Kh2 d2
39. Ne6 (39. fxe4 d1=Q 40. Rxd1 Qxd1 41. Ne6 Qa1 $1 $11) (39. Qg6+ Kh8 40. Qe8+
$11) 39... Qe5 40. fxe4 Qxe6 41. exf5 Qe5 42. Rd1 ({Of course not} 42. Qxe5 $2
Bxe5+ 43. g3 b5 $17) 42... Qxf5 43. Kh1 Be5 (43... Qc2 44. Qf3 a5 45. Qe2 Qxa4
46. Qd3+ $11) 44. Qe3 Bf4 (44... Qf4 $2 45. Qd3+ Kg7 (45... Kh8 46. g3) 46. g3
$1 {even dangerous for Black}) 45. Qe7+ Kg6 46. Qe8+ Kg7 47. Qe7+ Kg6 (47...
Qf7 48. Qe4 c5 49. Rf1 {[%cal Gg2g3]}) 48. Qe2 h5 (48... b5 49. Qe8+ $11) 49.
Rf1 Qd5 50. Qd1 Qe4 (50... Bd6 {[%cal Gd5e5]} 51. Qb1+ Kg7 52. Qxb7+ Kh6 53.
Qb1 Qe5 54. Kg1 $11) 51. Qb3 c5 52. Qg8+ Kf6 53. Qf8+ Kg6 54. Qg8+ Kf6 55. Qf8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "HUN-GER m"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.09.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.09.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 ({The alternative is} 9... Nc6) 10. Kh1 Nh5 {Right now Black is
threatening 11...Qh4 and 11 Be3 is well met by 11...f5,so White's next move is
almost forced.} (10... d5 {not enough for equality.} 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bg5 {
Tal-Spassky 1979}) 11. g4 Nf6 12. Bf4 h5 13. g5 Nh7 14. Qd2 {[%csl Gg5]} Na6
15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Rg1 Nf8 {After a series of natural moves a very interesting
position has been arised. There are no doubts, that White has a clear space
advantage, but the White's main idea is connected with an advance of the
f-pawn, that will clearly weaken the e4-pawn. So White should make all the
necessary preparation for defending the e4-pawn.} (16... Bh3 $5 17. Nb3 (17.
Rg3 $142) 17... Be5 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Nxc5 $2 dxc5 20. Bd3 Rad8 {0-1 Galyas,
M-Dencsi,T/Budapest HUN 2003/The Week in Chess 444 (37)}) 17. Bg3 $146 {
In my opinion not the best solution, now Black's bishop finds a comfortable
square on h3.} ({More accurate is} 17. Bf1 $142 {[%csl Gh3]} Nd7 18. Bg3 Nb6
19. b3 Nc5 20. Bg2 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gf3f5]} Be5 21. f4 Bg7 22. f5 $16 {[%csl
Rb6,Rc8] 1-0 Bareev,E-Poluljahov,A/St Petersburg 1998}) 17... Bh3 $1 18. Nb3 $6
{[%csl Gd6]} (18. Bf2 Rad8 19. Rg3 Bc8 20. f4 Nc5 21. Bf3 Nfd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7b6]
with very complicated play.} (21... Bg4 $143 22. Bxg4 hxg4 23. Re1 $16 {
[%csl Gg4]})) 18... Be5 19. f4 $2 {[%csl Re4] Definitely not the best moment
for this advance.} (19. Nc1 {[%cal Gc1d3]} Rad8 20. Nd3 $11 {[%cal Gd3f2]})
19... Bxc3 (19... Bg7 20. Bf3 Rad8 21. Bf2) 20. Qxc3 Nc5 $1 ({Most probably
White expected only} 20... Qxe4+ 21. Bf3 Qe7 (21... Qe3 22. Rd3 $1) 22. Rge1 (
22. f5 Bxf5 23. Bxd6 Qe3 $17) 22... Ne6 23. Nd4 Rad8 24. Bf2 $44 {with
reasonable compensation.}) 21. Nxc5 dxc5 22. Bf3 Ne6 {[%csl Gd4] In a few
moves Black has managed to activate all his pieces, now White faces serious
problems defending his position, largely on account of the vulnerable position
of his king.} 23. Rde1 (23. Rge1 Nd4 24. Bg2 Qe6 $36) 23... Rad8 {[%csl Gf4]
[%cal Gh5h4]} (23... Nd4 24. Bf2 Nxf3 (24... Rad8 $140 25. Bxh5 {[%csl Gh3]})
25. Qxf3 Bg4 26. Qc3 Rad8 27. h3 Bc8 28. Rg3 $11 {[%cal Gg3d3]}) 24. f5 Nd4 (
24... Nxg5 $140 $2 25. Bh4 f6 26. Bxh5 gxh5 27. Qxh3) 25. Bf2 Qe5 $4 {This
mistake is very hard to explain, since it's obvious, that Black's bishop is
almost traped on h3. Probably Black simply overlooked White's 26th move.} ({
After logical} 25... Nxf3 $142 26. Qxf3 Rd2 {[%csl Rh1]} 27. Qxh3 Rxf2 28. fxg6
fxg6 29. Rg2 Rf4 $17 {Black obtains a clear edge.}) 26. Bxh5 $1 {[%csl Gh3]
[%cal Gc3h3]} Bxf5 (26... gxh5 27. Qxh3 $18 {[%csl Gh5]}) 27. exf5 Qxf5 28.
Bxd4 cxd4 29. Qf3 $1 $16 Qc5 $6 (29... Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Qxg5 31. Rg1 (31. Rf1 $5)
31... Qe3 32. Bg4 $16 (32. Qf6 Rd6 $3 33. Qxd6 $140 Qe4+ {[%cal Ge4e1] with
perpetual})) 30. Bg4 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Qxg5 32. Rf1 f5 {[%csl Rg8]} (32... Qe7 $142
33. Qd3 $16) 33. Bh3 {[%cal Gf1g1]} Kf7 $2 (33... Qe3 $142 34. Qg2 Qe4 35. Kg1
Qe3+ 36. Rf2 Kh7 37. Qg3 $16 {[%cal Gh3f1] and White should be able to convert
his advantage.}) 34. Bxf5 $1 {A very unexpeced and well-calculated tactical
blow.} gxf5 (34... Qxf5 35. Qd3 {[%csl Gf5,Gf7]}) {Now White wins by force.}
35. Rg1 Qh6 (35... Qf6 36. Qh5+ Kf8 37. Rg6 Qf7 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qe5+ $18) 36.
Qxf5+ Ke7 37. Qe5+ Kf7 38. Qc7+ {[%csl Gd8]} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Qe8 {
Recently a pet line of the Polish grandmaster, played with considerable
success.} 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. b4 {In my opinion the most principle move, which
seems cause Black serious problems.} Qe7 10. b5 c6 {[%csl Gd5]} 11. Qb3 {
[%cal Gc1a3]} Rd8 12. Ba3 Qe8 $6 $146 {This seems to me like a dubious novelty,
Black loses control over the d6-square and this allows White to penetrate with
his bishop inside.} (12... Qc7 13. Rad1 Rxd1 14. Rxd1 Ne8 15. c5 Bg4 (15... Be6
16. Nd5 $3 cxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Bc4 $1 Bg4 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 $16 {1-0
Kobalija,M-Zakharevich,I/Samara 2000/CBM 78/[Huzman] (40) /+-}) 16. h3 Bxf3 17.
Bxf3 Nd7 18. Be2 Bf8 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Nd5 Qc8 21. Nc3 Nxc5 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23.
Bg4 Qb8 24. Bd7 Qxb3 25. axb3 Rb8 26. Bxc6 {1/2-1/2 Farago,I-Wittmann,W/
Budapest HUN 2004/The Week in Chess 496 (26)}) 13. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Nbd7 (
14... Bg4 15. bxc6 Nxc6 (15... bxc6 16. Qb7 Nbd7 17. Qxc6 $16) 16. Nd5 $1 $16 (
16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qa6 Nd4 $44)) 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Bd6 $1 Nh5 {[%cal Gh5f4]} (
16... Bf8 17. Qa3 a5 {[%cal Gc8a6]} 18. c5 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Qa4 {[%cal
Ga4c4]} (20. Nd2 Bxd6 21. cxd6 Qb8 $1 22. Nc4 Qb4)) 17. c5 (17. g3 Nf8 18. c5
Ne6 {[%cal Ge6d4]}) 17... Nf4 (17... Nf8 18. Bc4 Be6 19. Rb1 $16) 18. Bc4 Nf8
19. g3 N4e6 (19... Bg4 20. gxf4 Bxf3 21. Rd3 Bg4 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5
24. Qb7 $18) 20. Ne2 $1 $16 {[%csl Gd4]} Nd8 (20... Nd4 21. Nexd4 exd4 22. Nxd4
Qxe4 23. Bxf7+ $18) 21. Qc3 {[%csl Ge5]} (21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxd8
Rb8 24. Qf3 {[%csl Gf7]} Be6 25. Bxe6 (25. Rxb8 Qxb8 26. Bxe6 Nxe6 $44) 25...
Rb1+ 26. Kg2 Qxe6) 21... Nd7 22. Nc1 $1 Ne6 (22... Nb7 23. Ng5 {[%csl Gf7]})
23. Nd3 Nd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Qb3 Nf8 26. e5 Bg4 27. Rb1 Ne6 28. f4 Bf5 29. Qb7
$18 Bf8 30. Rc1 (30. Bb8 Bxd3 31. Bxd3 Nxc5 32. Qxa8 Nxd3 33. Qxa7 c5) 30... a5
(30... Qc8 31. Ba6 $1) 31. Nf2 {[%cal Gg3g4]} h5 (31... Nxc5 32. Bxc5 Bxc5 33.
Bxf7+ $1 $18) 32. h3 Bxd6 {Positional capitalution, but it was very difficult
to find any reasonable defence against coming g3-g4 advance.} (32... Bh6 33. g4
hxg4 34. hxg4 Bxf4 35. gxf5 Bxc1 36. fxe6 fxe6 37. Ne4) 33. cxd6 $18 Rb8 34.
Qa7 (34. d7 Qf8 35. Qxc6 Qa3) 34... Ra8 35. Qe7 Qxe7 36. dxe7 Re8 (36... Ng7
37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Be6 39. Ne4 $18) (36... d3 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Nxf4 39.
gxf5 Ne2+ 40. Kf1 Nxc1 41. fxg6 $18 {[%cal Gg6f7]}) 37. g4 $18 hxg4 38. hxg4
Nxf4 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Rd1 c5 41. Nd3 Nxd3 42. Rxd3 Rxe7 43. Ra3 $1 Rxe5 44.
Rxa5 Kg7 45. Kf2 Kf6 46. Rb5 Kg5 47. a4 Kf4 48. a5 Re3 49. Rb3 Re7 50. a6 f6
51. Rb7 Re3 52. a7 Ra3 53. Re7 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 14th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2004.12.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Gelfand,B} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3
h6 8. O-O Ng4 9. Bc1 Nd7 $5 {A rare continuation, which actually can be a
serious alternative to the more popular 9...Nc6.} 10. d5 {This looks like the
most critical move, otherwise Black is doing quite well according to my
database.} (10. dxe5 $14 {Gelfand,B}) 10... Ngf6 ({Later on Black has tried to
improve on Emil's play and Black actually succeded after Gelfand,B:} 10... f5 {
'>=' Gelfand,B.} 11. g3 (11. Ne1 {Gelfand,B} Ngf6 12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4 $5)
11... fxe4 12. Nh4 g5 13. Ng2 $2 (13. Ng6 {should be critical like in the game
Gelfand-Sutovsky.}) 13... Ngf6 14. h4 gxh4 15. Nxh4 Nc5 16. Kg2 Qd7 17. Rh1 Ng4
18. Bxg4 Qxg4 $17 {1/2-1/2 Kruppa,Y-Pavlov,S/Kiev UKR 2005/The Week in Chess
531 (18)}) 11. Be3 (11. Nd2 a5 {clearly to Black's benefit to compare with
normal variation where his knight is placed on e7.}) 11... Ng4 (11... Nh7 12.
Qc1 $6 (12. Nd2 $142 f5 13. f3 $14) 12... h5 13. b4 f5 14. Ng5 Ndf6 15. Nxh7
Kxh7 16. Bg5 f4 17. g3 Bh3 18. Re1 Qd7 19. c5 Ng4 $40 {1/2-1/2 San Segundo
Carrillo,P-Mollov,E/Linares 1997/CBM 058 (58)}) (11... Ne8 {Gelfand,B} 12. Qd2
(12. Ne1 f5 13. f3 $5) 12... Kh7 13. Ne1 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. f4 Nef6 16. g3
$16) 12. Bd2 f5 {Black has lost one tempo, since he could have played f5 two
moves before, but it looks irrelevant to me because it's not so clear whether
White's dark-squared bishop is better placed on d2.} (12... Ngf6 {Gelfand,B}
13. b4 a5 14. a3 $16) 13. g3 {[%cal Gf3h4] This is a typical reaction in the
King's Indian, when Black's knight is placed on g4. Gelfand,B: '/\ Nh4 '} (13.
Ne1 {Gelfand,B} Ngf6 14. exf5 gxf5 15. f4 Ne4 $140 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. f5 $5)
13... fxe4 (13... Ngf6 {might be an improvement} 14. Nh4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16.
Nxg6 Rf7 $1 (16... Rf6 17. Nh4 Nc5 18. Be3 $1 $14) 17. Be3 Nf6 $132 {[%cal
Gc8h3]}) 14. Nh4 $1 {The point of White's idea.} (14. Nxe4 {looks natural, but
doesn't create any problems for Black, since White is unable to hold the
e4-square.} Ndf6 15. Bd3 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bf5 $1 {and Black gets a very
comfortable game.}) 14... g5 {The critical reply.} (14... e3 $2 {Gelfand,B} 15.
Bxg4 exd2 16. Nxg6) 15. Ng6 {Entering complications.} ({Gelfand,B:} 15. Bxg4
gxh4 16. Be6+ Kh7 {it is necessary to protect the h6-pawn.} (16... Kh8 $143 17.
Qh5 {[%csl Gh6]} Nf6 18. Qxh4 $16) 17. Nxe4 Nf6 18. Qc2 Kh8 {should be
playable for Black.} 19. Nxf6 {Gelfand,B} (19. f4 $5 {Gelfand,B}) 19... Rxf6 $1
{c8-h3 diagonal.} 20. Bxc8 Qxc8 21. Qe4 Qh3 $14) 15... Nxf2 (15... Rf6 $142 $1
{Gelfand,B} 16. Bxg4 Rxg6 17. Be6+ Rxe6 $1 18. dxe6 Nf6 (18... Nc5 19. Be3 Nxe6
20. Nxe4 Nd4 $44) 19. Qe2 Bxe6 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 d5 $44) 16. Rxf2 ({
Correctly rejecting} 16. Qc2 Rf7 17. Be3 Nh3+ 18. Kg2 Nf4+ $1 $17) 16... Rxf2
17. Kxf2 Qf6+ 18. Kg1 Qxg6 19. Nb5 $1 {The arising position is so complicated
that - no wonder - such a great dynamic player as Emil chooses the wrong
direction.} (19. Bh5 $6 Qf5 $1 (19... Qh7 20. Nb5 Nf6 21. Nxc7 Rb8 22. Nb5 $1
$13) 20. Bg4 Qf8 21. Nxe4 Nf6 $15) 19... Nc5 $2 ({The best answer was:} 19...
c6 $142 20. Bh5 Qf6 {and now White has two opportunities:} 21. dxc6 (21. Nc7
$143 Rb8 22. Be3 {[%csl Ga7]} (22. Qe2 Qe7 {[%cal Gd7f6]}) (22. Qa4 a6 $1 {
very good for Black.} (22... Qd8 $140 23. Qxa7 $1 Qxc7 24. Ba5 $18)) 22... c5
23. Qa4 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Ga1f1] looks great for White, but Black has a
beautiful counterblow, which turns the tables.} (23. Qc2 Qe7 {[%cal Gd7f6]})
23... b5 $3 24. Nxb5 (24. cxb5 Nb6 25. Qxe4 Bf5 26. Qg2 Nc4 $17) 24... Nb6 25.
Qb3 Bh3 $17 {[%csl Rg1]}) 21... bxc6 22. Be3 $1 d5 (22... cxb5 $140 $4 23. Qd5+
$18 {[%csl Ga8]}) 23. Nc7 Rb8 24. cxd5 Qd6 25. dxc6 (25. Ne8 Qxd5 26. Qc2 Ba6)
25... Qxc7 26. cxd7 Qxd7 27. b3 $44 {White has good compensation, but Black
should be able to hold the balance.}) 20. Nxc7 Rb8 21. Be3 $1 $16 {[%csl Ga7]
[%cal Gb2b4]} b6 {'?!' Gelfand,B.} (21... Bd7 22. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 23. Bg4 {
and White has a clear positional advantage.}) (21... Bh3 $142 $1 {Gelfand,B}
22. Bg4 (22. Bh5 Qf6 23. Ne8 Qf8 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Bg4 Bxg4 27.
Qxg4 Qf3 $132) 22... Bxg4 23. Qxg4 Qf7 24. Bxc5 (24. Ne6 Qf3 25. Qxf3 exf3) (
24. Nb5 Qf3 25. Qxf3 exf3 26. Nxd6 b6 $13 (26... Nd3 $5)) 24... dxc5 (24...
Qxc7 $2 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Qxd6 $18 (26. Bxd6 Qb6+ 27. c5 Qxb2 28. Rf1 $16)) 25.
Qe6 (25. Ne6 Qf3) 25... e3 $1 $132) 22. Nb5 Nd3 $6 {This pseudo-active move
significantly eases White's task.} ({More stubborn would have been} 22... a6
$142 {but with precise play White keeps his advantage.} 23. Bh5 $1 (23. Na7 {
This is not enough:} Bf5 (23... Bh3 24. Nc6 Rb7 25. Bg4 $1 $16) 24. Nc6 Rb7 25.
Bh5 Qf6 26. b4 (26. Qe2 {[%cal Ga1f1]} Bh3) 26... Nd3 27. Qa4 $140 Bh3 28. Qxa6
Rf7 $1 29. Be2 Nf4 $1 $40) (23. Nc3 $2 g4 24. b4 Nd3 25. Rb1 Bf5 $17) 23... Qf6
24. Nc3 Qf5 $5 {[%cal Gg5g4]} (24... Bf5 25. Qe2 {[%cal Ga1f1]}) 25. Qd2 g4 26.
Be8 Nd3 27. Rf1 Qh7 28. Qe2 {[%cal Ge8h5]} h5 29. Bf7+ Kh8 30. Bg5 Bf5 31. Be6
$16) 23. Nxa7 Nxb2 (23... Bh3 24. Nc6 Rb7 25. b4 {followed by a4-a5 etc.}) 24.
Qd2 (24. Qb3 {Gelfand,B} Nd3 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Bg4 $1 Rb8 27. a4 $16) 24... Nd3
(24... Na4 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Qb4 Nc5 27. Qxb6 $16) 25. Nxc8 (25. Nc6 Rb7) 25...
Rxc8 26. Bxb6 Rxc4 {'?' Gelfand,B.} (26... Rb8 $1 {Gelfand,B} 27. Rb1 (27. Qa5
e3 (27... Nf4 $5 28. gxf4 exf4) 28. Qa7 Rf8 29. Bxe3 Nf4 $132) 27... g4 $1 (
27... Qf5 28. Rf1 Qc8 29. Qa5 Qxc4 (29... Ra8 30. Bg4 $14) 30. Qa7 Rf8 31.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 32. Bh5 Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Qc2+ 34. Kh3) (27... Rc8 28. Bg4 Rxc4 29. Be3
Nf4 $5 $14) 28. a4 h5 29. a5 Bh6 30. Qd1 h4 $1 31. Bxg4 (31. gxh4 g3) 31...
hxg3 32. hxg3 Kh7 $1 $13) 27. a4 $1 $18 {Now suddenly Black is losing, since
White's a-pawn decides the issue.} Qe8 28. a5 Ra4 (28... Qb5 29. Bg4 Qxd5 (
29... Qa6 30. Qe2 {and White will easily seize decisive attack along light
squares.}) 30. a6 $18) 29. Qd1 $1 Rxa1 30. Qxa1 Qb5 31. Be3 Qb3 32. Bd1 $1 ({
Avoiding a last trick} 32. a6 Nf4 $3 33. a7 (33. Bxf4 exf4 {[%csl Ga1]}) 33...
Qxe3+ 34. Kh1 Qxe2 35. a8=Q+ Kh7 36. gxf4 exf4 37. Q8a7 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Qg4+ 39.
Kf2 Qf3+ 40. Kg1 $11) 32... Qb4 {[%cal Gb4e1]} 33. Bg4 Nc5 34. a6 $1 Nxa6 35.
Qxa6 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qxe3 37. Be6+ Kh7 38. Bf5+ Kg8 39. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Bermuda"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2005.02.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.01.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qc1 $5 {[%csl Gh6] Recently a very new try to
fight for the opening advantage in this line, introduced by Beliavsky in his
game against Nevednichy.} c6 (11... h6 12. Bd2 Kh7 13. c5 (13. h3 Nf6 14. Be3)
13... Nf6 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. h3 Bb7 16. Re1 Qe7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Vera,R-Alcazar
Jimenez,V/Albacete 2004/CBM 102 ext (30)}) 12. Rd1 (12. Re1 Nf6 13. Bh6 Bg4 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Gleizerov,E-Moradiabadi,E/Tehran IRI 2005/The Week
in Chess 536}) (12. h3 Nf6 13. Qe3 Nh5 $132) 12... f6 $146 {A natural reaction
.} (12... h6 $6 13. Bd2 {[%cal Gh2h3]} Kh7 14. h3 Nf6 15. Be3 $1 $14 {1-0
Beliavsky,A-Nevednichy,V/Paks 2004/CBM 102/[Avrukh,B] (33) This is exactly the
position White is aimed for: he has a very clear plan of the play on the
queenside (a3, b4, c5, Nd2-c4-d6) on the other hand it's very difficult for
Black to create any serious counterplay on the kingside.}) 13. Bd2 f5 {Forced,
White was threatening 14 h3.} 14. h3 Nf6 15. exf5 gxf5 (15... e4 16. Nh4 gxf5
17. Bh6 {transfers to the game.}) 16. Bh6 e4 ({Too risky would have been} 16...
f4 $6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Re1 $1 {and Black's e-pawn becomes a clear target. For
example} e4 19. Bd3 $1 Nc5 20. Bxe4 Nfxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Qc2 Bf5 23. Nh4 $16
) 17. Nh4 {[%csl Gg6]} (17. Nd4 $143 Bxh6 (17... Qg6 $5) 18. Qxh6 Qg6 $11)
17... Bxh6 {Otherwise White was threatening with 18 Qg5.} 18. Qxh6 Qf7 {
with clear idea to swap QQ after 19...Qg7.} ({It would be too dangerous for
Black to keep White's queen on h6:} 18... Qe5 19. Rd2 f4 20. Re1 Nc5 21. Bd1 {
[%csl Ge4,Gf4][%cal Cc8e6,Ce6c4,Gd1c2] and Black is in trouble.}) 19. Qf4 ({
The alternative was:} 19. Rd6 Ne8 $1 (19... Qg7 20. Qf4 {[%csl Gf5]}) 20. Rd2
Qf6 21. Qxf6 (21. Qf4 $143 Ng7 {[%cal Gg7e6]}) 21... Nxf6 22. Rad1 Kf7 $14)
19... Qc7 $1 {Important resource.} 20. Qxc7 (20. Rd6 Ne8 21. Qg5+ Qg7 22. Qxg7+
Kxg7 23. Rd2 Nf6 $14) 20... Nxc7 21. f3 $1 $14 exf3 ({Sooner or later Black
has to take on f3, so it's better to capture immediately, since} 21... Be6 {
would allow White an interesting possibility.} 22. Kf2 exf3 23. Kxf3 $5 {
[%cal Gf3f4]}) 22. Bxf3 {After logical play White has got a slightly better
endgame, due to the better pawn structure and the weak f5P, at the same time I
am sure that Black should be able to hold this endgame with precise defence.}
Be6 23. Rd4 Rad8 $1 {Black has not so much space for his pieces, that's why
it's essential to exchange one pair of RR.} (23... Rae8 24. Rad1 $14) 24. Rad1
Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Nd7 {Black transfers his knight to much better square, at the
same time Black's K gets a comfortable place on f6.} 26. b3 {[%csl Ge6]} Ne5
27. Bd1 {[%cal Gd1c2]} Kf7 $6 {First inaccuracy.} (27... Kg7 $142 28. Bc2 Ng6
$1 29. Nf3 Kf6 {and Black should hold the balance.}) 28. Bc2 Kf6 $2 {and this
is already a serious mistake, which fortunately for Black wasn't used by
Harikrishna.} (28... Ke8 $142 29. Kf2 $14) (28... Ke7 $2 29. Rf4 $16 {[%csl
Gf5]}) 29. Ne2 ({Missing a golden tactical opportunity:} 29. Bxf5 $3 Bxf5 30.
Rf4 Kg5 (30... Ke6 31. g4 $16) 31. g3 {and Black is hopeless against white's
idea 32 Rf5 following by 33 Ne4 and 34 Nf5 regaining a piece and remaining
with extra pawn.}) 29... Ng6 30. Nf3 Rf7 {[%cal Gf7d7] Aiming for a rook swap
with 31..Rd7.} 31. Ng3 (31. Rd6 Rd7 $11) 31... c5 (31... Rd7 $140 $2 32. Nxf5
$1 $16) 32. Rd6 Ke7 33. Rd1 h6 {[%csl Gg5]} 34. h4 $1 Ne8 (34... Kf6 35. Nh5+
Ke7 36. Kf2 $14) 35. Kf2 $6 {This allows Black finally to equalise.} ({Very
strong was :} 35. Rf1 $1 {[%csl Gf4]} Kd6 36. h5 Ne7 37. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2f4]} Nc6
38. Nf4 Ng7 39. Rd1+ Kc7 40. Kf2 $14 {and White still keeps very unpleasant
pressure.}) 35... Ng7 36. Rh1 Kf6 $11 {Black has managed to consolidate his
piecies and to take control over important central squares.} 37. Rd1 Rd7 38.
Ne2 Rxd1 39. Bxd1 Bd7 40. g3 Ne6 41. Ne1 f4 42. Nd3 fxg3+ 43. Nxg3 Bc6 44. Bf3
Bxf3 (44... Bxf3 45. Kxf3 Nxh4+ 46. Kg4 Ng6 47. Ne4+ Kf7 48. Nexc5 Nxc5 49.
Nxc5 b6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "David, Alberto"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 Nd7 {A seldom played continuation.} ({More common is} 9... g5) ({or} 
9... Nc6) 10. O-O Nh6 11. d5 $6 {In my opinion this approach is a bit
premature and significantly eases Black's play.} ({Both} 11. Qd2) ({and} 11.
dxe5 dxe5 12. b4 {would have been preferable to the game continuation.}) 11...
g5 ({The alternative} 11... Nf7 12. Ne1 Ng5 {[%cal Gf6f5] with complicated
play.}) 12. Bg3 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Nd2 Nd4 $146 (14... Nf6 15. Nde4 Nxe4 16.
Nxe4 Nd4 (16... h6 17. h3 Kh8 18. Bg4 Bd7 19. b4 Qe7 20. Re1 Rad8 21. Rc1 $14 {
0-1 Rossmann,H-Uhlmann,W/Stralsund 1975/EXT 2000 (46)}) 17. Bg4 Bf5 18. Bxf5
Rxf5 19. f3 Qd7 20. Bf2 Raf8 $11 {1-0 Drasko,M-Riemersma,L/Belgrade 1988/TD 
(56)}) 15. Nde4 Nxe2+ (15... h6 $143 16. Bg4 Nf6 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. f3 $14) 16.
Qxe2 h6 {Defending the g5-pawn and preparing 17...Nf6.} 17. b4 {Logically
starting his offending on the Q-side. On the other hand White could have tried
first to improve his dark-squared bishop.} (17. f3 {[%cal Gg3f2]} Nf6 18. Bf2 (
18. Nxf6+ $143 Qxf6 19. Ne4 Qg6 $11) 18... b6 $1 (18... Nh5 19. c5 Nf4 20. Qc4
g4 $140 21. fxg4 Bxg4 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Qb4 $16 {[%csl Gd6]}) (18... Bf5 19. c5
$14) 19. b4 a5 20. a3 Nh5 $13 21. c5 $140 $2 bxc5 22. bxc5 Ba6 $17 {[%csl Ge2,
Gf1]}) 17... Nf6 18. h3 {It's hard for me to understand the idea behind
White's last move.} (18. f3 Nh5 19. Bf2 Nf4 20. Qd2 Bf5 $13) 18... Bf5 19. Rfe1
Qd7 {keeping eye on d5-pawn.} ({The straightforward} 19... Qe8 {[%cal Ge8g6]} {
allows} 20. c5) 20. a3 {Unnecessary preventation.} ({Much better was an
immediate} 20. c5 $142 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Rad8 $13 {[%cal Ch3h4,Ch4g5,Gd7f7]} ({
Most probably White was afraid of} 21... a5 {but after} 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. b5
Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qxb5 25. Rab1 Qd7 26. a4 $44 {[%cal Gb1b5,Ge1b1] White has a
very nice compensation.})) 20... Qf7 {[%cal Gf7g6]} 21. Nxf6+ ({Once again
better was} 21. c5 $142 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Qg6 (22... dxc5 $143 $6 23. Nxc5 b6 24.
Na6 Rad8 25. Rad1 $14 {[%csl Gc7]}) 23. Rac1 {and White has important extra
tempo to compare with the game.}) 21... Qxf6 22. c5 Qg6 23. Rac1 $2 {White
doesn't feel the danger. It was obligatory to prevent Black's activity on the
kingside.} (23. Nb5 $140 $2 Bd3 $19 {[%csl Gb5]}) ({The correct decision would
be:} 23. Ne4 $142 h5 24. h4 $1 gxh4 (24... g4 25. Rac1 {with a balanced
position.}) 25. Bxh4 Bh6 26. Ng3 {[%csl Gh5]} Bg4 27. Qb5 $132) 23... h5 $1 $17
{Suddenly Black seizes a crushing attack.} 24. Kh1 ({Strangely enough I didn't
manage to discover any reasonable defence for White, for example:} 24. h4 Bd3
$1 25. Qd1 (25. Qd2 $2 gxh4 26. Bxh4 Bh6 $19 {[%csl Gc1,Gd2]}) 25... Bf6 {
and Black's attack looks very strong.}) (24. Nd1 h4 25. Bh2 g4 26. hxg4 Bxg4
27. Qe4 Qg5 {[%cal Og5c1,Gg4f3]} 28. Rc3 Rf7 $17 {[%cal Ce4e3,Ce3g5,Ga8f8]}) ({
and certainly} 24. Ne4 h4 25. Bh2 g4 26. hxg4 Bxg4 {following by 27..Bf3 leads
to a decisive Black's advantage.}) 24... Rf7 $1 {[%cal Ga8f8]} ({Less
advisable would be} 24... h4 $140 25. Bh2 g4 26. hxg4 Bxg4 27. f3 Bf5 28. Ne4 {
and White manages somehow to consolidate his position.}) 25. f3 (25. Ne4 $140
h4 26. Bh2 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Qxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxf2 $17) 25... Raf8 26. Rcd1 (26. Ne4
g4 $40) 26... g4 $40 27. fxg4 hxg4 28. h4 {The only defensive possibility,
which doesn't allow Black to crush through immediately.} Bf6 $1 $19 {[%csl Gh4]
Unfortunately White has another weakness his h4-pawn is undefendable.} 29. Ne4
Be7 30. cxd6 cxd6 31. Qd3 (31. Qe3 Bxe4 32. Qxe4 Rf1+ {wins}) 31... Qh7 32. Kg1
Bg6 {White could have continued for a few moves, but ojectively speaking his
position would have been lost.} 0-1

[Event "Linares 22nd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2005.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
Qe8 {Recently this quiet move has became a very serious alternative to the
well-known 8...c6 mostly thanks to the efforts of Motylev and Kozul.} 9. Bf1
Bg4 10. d5 Nb4 {Typical idea in this line.} 11. Be2 {Unfortunately White has
to make this strange-looking move, since Black was threatening 11...Bxf3 and
White cannot take with his Q due to following Nc2.} a5 12. Rb1 {With the idea
13 a3 followed by 14 b4.} (12. h3 Bd7 13. Rb1 Na6 14. Bg5 Kh8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16.
b3 Nc5 17. a3 Bg7 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Na4 20. Nxa4 Rxa4 21. c5 Bb5 {1-0  Wang,
R- Areshchenko,A/Dubai 2005/CT-1612 (65)}) 12... Na6 $1 {Certainly Black
doesn't allow White to develop his play on the queenside.} 13. Bg5 (13. Be3 Bd7
14. Nd2 Nc5 15. b3 Qe7 16. a3 Ne8 17. Qc1 f5 18. f3 Nf6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4
Na4 21. Nb5 c6 22. Nc7 Rac8 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. dxe6 b5 25. Qa3 Qxe6 26. Qb3 Rb8
27. Red1 $44 {0-1 Kozul,Z-Tratar,M/Charleville 2000/CBM 079 ext (57)}) ({
It would be premature to play} 13. a3 {since it runs into} Nc5 14. Ng5 (14. Nd2
Bxe2 (14... Nd3 $5) 15. Qxe2 a4) 14... Bxe2 15. Qxe2 a4 $1 {fixing White's
Q-side pawns.}) 13... Bd7 14. Nd2 $146 {Strangely enough this logical move
appears to be a novelty and certainly he is much stronger than} (14. Qd2 Kh8
15. h3 Nc5 16. Bf1 Ng8 17. Nh2 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 Qg6 20. Nf3 Rae8 $15 {
0-1 Bilobrk,F-Kozul,Z/Zadar 2003/CBM 097 ext (36)}) 14... Kh8 {[%cal Gf6g8]}
15. Bxf6 $5 {By this typical idea Rustam decides to simplify the game. Telling
the truth, this is not the way White can fight for an advantage.} ({The
alternative} 15. b3 Ng8 16. a3 f5 17. f3 {would have led to a very complex
King's Indian play.}) 15... Bxf6 16. Bg4 Bg5 {Of course Black immediately
activates his dark-squared bishop.} 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Nf3 Bh6 19. a3 {[%cal
Gb2b4]} Nc5 {Obviously Black cannot remain with badly-placed knight on a6.} 20.
b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na4 22. Qd3 {It doesn't look like a mistake, but it
significantly eases Black's play.} ({I would prefer to avoid knights swap with
} 22. Nb5 Ra6 ({Doesn't work} 22... c6 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Nxe5 Qe8 25. Ng4 $16 {
[%csl Gd6,Gh6]}) 23. Qd3 Rfa8 24. h3 $13) 22... Nxc3 23. Qxc3 f5 24. c5 Qb5 $1
{A very unpleasant 25.c6 was threatening, while Black's queen gets a very nice
square.} 25. h4 $1 {A very good positional move, making an escape hole for his
king White at the same time creates some attacking ideas like h5 or Ng5.} fxe4
(25... Ra2 26. exf5 gxf5 (26... Rxf5 27. Ra1 $1) 27. Ra1 $1 ({Our silicon
friend likes} 27. Ng5 Bxg5 28. hxg5 {as well, but I don't understand it).})
27... Rxa1 (27... Rfa8 $140 28. Rxa2 Rxa2 29. Nxe5 $18) 28. Rxa1 Bg7 29. Ng5 e4
30. Qc1 Bxa1 31. Qxa1+ Kg8 32. Ne6 $18) 26. Rxe4 Ra2 27. Rbe1 Qa4 {It might
seem, that Black has managed to seize the initiative, but White's position
remains very solid and his counterplay shouldn't be underestimated.} 28. cxd6
cxd6 29. Qc7 Qc2 30. Qb6 $1 {It goes without saying, that White should avoid
queens swap, since the endgame clearly favours Black.} Bg7 $1 (30... Rfa8 31.
R4e2 $1 Qxe2 32. Rxe2 Rxe2 33. Ng5 $1 Rf8 34. Qxd6 Rfxf2 35. Qb8+ Bf8 $11 (
35... Rf8 36. Qxb7 Bxg5 37. hxg5 e4 38. Qe7 {[%cal Oe7f8,Gd5d6]})) 31. Qe3 (31.
R4e2 {would have led to balanced position after forced line:} Qxe2 32. Rxe2
Rxe2 33. Qxd6 e4 34. Ng5 Rfxf2 35. Qb8+ Rf8 36. Qc7) 31... b5 (31... Rb2 {
might be interesting .}) 32. Rc1 Qb2 33. Rf1 Ra1 ({Too slow} 33... h6 34. Qb6
Qc2 {[%csl Ge4]} 35. Rfe1 {and White is threatening 36 R4e2}) 34. Rxa1 $2 ({
White should have played} 34. Qd3 $142 $1 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Qc1+ 36. Ne1 Qb2 37.
Nf3 $11) 34... Qxa1+ 35. Kh2 Qb1 $2 ({Black could have won one of the pawns
with} 35... Qa2 $1 {[%csl Gd5]}) 36. Qe2 h6 {[%csl Gg5]} (36... Rc8 $143 37.
Ng5 Rc2 38. Qxb5 Rxf2 39. h5) 37. Rg4 h5 $6 {[%csl Gg5]} ({Much stronger was} 
37... Kh7 {keeping the tension in the position.} {Although after correct} 38.
Nd2 Qc2 39. Qe4 Rc8 $1 40. h5 Qxe4 41. Nxe4 gxh5 42. Rg3 Rc4 43. Nxd6 Rxb4 44.
Rf3 {White easily holds the balance.}) 38. Re4 Bh6 39. Ng5 Bxg5 40. hxg5 Rxf2 (
40... Rxf2 41. Qxf2 Qxe4 42. Qf8+ Kh7 43. Qf7+ {with perpetual}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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 "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 c6 8. Nf3
e5 9. O-O exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Qf4 ({Of course} 11. f3 $2 {is bad in view of
the typical blow} Nfxe4 $1 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Oe4d2,Gg7d4]}) 11... Qe7 {[%cal
Ge7e5] The pin along the h4-d8 diagonal is extremely annoying, so Peter
logically removes his Q from this dangerous zone.} 12. Rad1 Qe5 ({After} 12...
Ncxe4 13. Nxe4 Qxe4 14. Qxd6 {White has clearly better chances according to
the theory.}) 13. f3 Ne6 (13... Qxf4 14. Bxf4 Ne8 {looks a bit passive, though
Black has managed to equalise after} 15. Be3 a5 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 f5 18.
exf5 Bxf5 19. Bd3 Rf7 20. Bxf5 gxf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Moskalenko,V-Schlosser,M/
Groningen 1989/EXT 98 (50)}) 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Kh1 $5 $146 (15. Qe3 Qa5 16.
Rxd6 Nd7 17. Rfd1 (17. f4 $5 {[%csl Ge5]}) 17... Nb6 18. c5 Na4 19. e5 Nxc3 20.
bxc3 Rfe8 21. f4 Qxa2 $13 {0-1 Palatnik,S-Gallagher,J/Baku 1988/CBM 010 (37)})
(15. Qh4 $5 {comes into consideration.}) 15... Rfe8 ({Premature would have been
} 15... Nd7 {in view of} 16. Qc1 $1 {[%csl Gd6]} (16. Rxd6 h6 $1) 16... Qa5 17.
Be7 Rfe8 18. Bxd6 $16) 16. Rxd6 {In my opinion this move is too soft and
significantly eases Black's task.} ({Keeping the queens on the board would
cost Black definite problems, for example :} 16. Qh4 $1 Nd7 17. f4 Qa5 18. Rxd6
Nb6 19. Bf6 $36) 16... Nd7 {I wouldn't say this move is a mistake, but much
easier would be} (16... Qxf4 17. Bxf4 Nh5 $1 18. Be3 Be5 19. Rdd1 (19. Rd2 Nf4)
19... Nf4 {with comfortable play in all lines :} 20. Bxf4 (20. b3 Nxg2 $1 21.
Kxg2 Bxc3 $11) 20... Bxf4 21. g3 Be5 $44 {[%csl Ge5,Ge6]}) 17. Qxe5 ({After} 
17. Rfd1 Nb6 (17... Qxf4 $143 $6 18. Bxf4 Ne5 19. c5 $16) 18. c5 (18. Qh4 Bxc4
19. f4 Qa5) 18... Qxf4 (18... Qxc5 19. Bf6 $36) 19. Bxf4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Na4 21.
Be5 Nxc5 {we actually reach the position similiar to the game.}) 17... Bxe5 18.
Rd2 Nb6 19. c5 (19. f4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nxc4 $11) 19... Bxc3 20. bxc3 Na4 {
[%csl Gc3,Gc5]} 21. Bf6 Nxc5 22. Rfd1 {The arisen endgame looks very
attractive for White, it may seem that he has an obvious advantage, due to his
very strong dark-squared bishop and absolute control of d-file.Nonetheless
things are not that easy, Black is pretty solid. He is not afraid of getting
mated, like it would easily happen in the middlegame (with QQ).} (22. c4 Nd7
23. Bh4 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 {and Black should be fine,due to White's poor bishop
on e2.}) 22... b5 $1 {Black has a clear plan of counterplay - pushing his
queenside pawns, which allows him to maintain the balance.} 23. g4 a5 24. Kg2 (
{The alternative would have been} 24. a3 {which stops Black's idea to push
further with b5-b4, but that is a clear drawback of White's last move - it
weakens the b3-square.} Bb3 25. Rb1 Be6 $1 {[%cal Gc5d7]} 26. Kg2 (26. Rbd1 $11
) 26... Nd7 27. g5 (27. Bg5 Ne5) (27. Bd4 Rad8 {[%cal Gd7e5]}) 27... Nxf6 28.
gxf6 Rad8 29. Rbd1 Rb8 $1 {[%cal Gc6c5,Gb5b4] and Black should be able to hold.
}) 24... b4 25. cxb4 (25. g5 b3 $1 26. Bd4 Nd7 27. axb3 Bxb3 28. Ra1 a4 $11)
25... axb4 $11 {[%csl Ga2]} 26. Rc1 Nd7 $1 {It is very important to drive away
the bishop from f6.} ({Less accurate would be} 26... Ra5 27. Bc4 Rea8 28. Rd6
$1 {[%csl Gc6]} Bxc4 $140 29. Rxc4 Rxa2+ 30. Kg3 Ne6 31. Rdxc6 $40 {[%csl Gg8]}
) 27. Ba1 c5 (27... Rec8 28. Bc4 Bxc4 29. Rxc4 c5 $11) 28. Bb5 (28. Bc4 Bxc4
29. Rxc4 Rec8 $1 {[%cal Gd7b6]} 30. Kg3 Nb6 31. Rc1 c4 32. Rd6 Rab8 33. Be5 Rb7
{should be equal as well.}) 28... Rec8 29. Bxd7 Rd8 30. Rxc5 ({After} 30. Rxc5
Rxd7 31. Rxd7 (31. Rdc2 Rda7) 31... Rxa2+ 32. Kg3 Bxd7 33. Bf6 Ra8 $11 {
the position is absolutely equal.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2005.07.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
c6 9. Be3 {Ein seltener Zug.} Ng4 10. Bg5 Bf6 $146 (10... f6 {wurde u.a. in
der Schnellschachpartie Anand-Topalov, Monaco 1999, gesehen.}) 11. Bxf6 Qxf6
12. h3 (12. d5 Qe7) 12... exd4 13. Qxd4 Ne5 14. Rad1 $1 {Es galt, die folgende
Variante richtig einzuschätzen.} (14. Qe3 Nb4 15. Rac1 Nxf3+ $5 16. Bxf3 c5 17.
Red1 Nc6 18. Nb5 Rd8 $13) 14... Bxh3 15. Qxd6 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Qg5 $2 ({
Volokitin versteht, dass das Endspiel nach} 16... Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Be6 18. Be2
Rfd8 19. e5 Rxd6 20. exd6 Rd8 21. Rd1 {schwierig ist. Trotzdem wäre das eine
objektiv bessere Wahl gewesen.}) 17. e5 $2 ({Der überraschende Zug} 17. Qh2 $1
{kam mir nicht einmal in den Sinn. Er verspricht Weiß aber eine klare
Überlegenheit, man sehe:} Be6 18. e5 {[%csl Gd6,Gf6][%cal Gc3e4]} f5 (18... Bf5
19. Be4 $16) 19. exf6 (19. Rd6 $16) 19... Qxf6 20. Ne4 $16) 17... Rad8 18. Ne4
Rxd6 19. Nxg5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Bf5 21. g4 $6 ({Riskant. Zu leichtem Remis führte} 
21. Be4 h6 22. Bxf5 hxg5 23. Bd7 Rd8 24. e6 Kf8 25. exf7 Nc5 26. Bg4 Rxd1+ 27.
Bxd1 a5 28. Bc2 Kxf7 29. Kh2 Nd7 $11) 21... Bc2 22. Rd2 h6 23. Nh3 ({Der
Springer steht plötzlich sehr dumm, aber Weiß verfügt über genug Spiel am
Damenflügel.} 23. Rxc2 hxg5 24. Rc3 Nc5 $15 {[%cal Gc5e6,Ge6f4]}) 23... Bb1 24.
b4 $1 Re8 25. a3 {[%csl Ra6,Rh3]} Kf8 26. Rd7 Re7 27. Rd8+ Re8 28. Rd7 (28.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. g5 h5 30. Nf4 Nb8 $11) 28... Re7 29. Rd8+ Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.31"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 {
This move is situated in a shadow of its two big brothers 7...Nc6 and 7...Na6,
but it may also lead to very interesting and eventful play.} 8. Be3 Qe7 9. Qc2
c6 10. Rad1 {The most logical continuation.} ({A beautiful attack was
conducted by Shulman in the game Shulman,Y-Ginsburg,M, Continental Open 2001.} 
10. Rfe1 Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 h5 13. h3 Nh6 14. Rad1 Nf7 15. Bg3 Kh7 (15...
g5) 16. Nh4 Bh6 17. f4 $1 exf4 18. e5 f5 19. Nxg6 $1 Kxg6 20. Qxf5+ $3 Kg7 21.
Bd3 Rh8 22. Qg6+ Kf8 23. e6 Rg8 24. Bh4 Rxg6 25. Bxe7+ Kxe7 26. exd7+ Re6 27.
dxc8=Q {and Black resigned in view of} Rxc8 28. Bf5 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1+ {[%csl Rc8,
Re7]}) 10... h6 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gf6g4] Usually this way Black prevents Bg5
and thus prepares Ng4.} 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. h3 {Similar positions with the queen
knight on a6 occur in the 7...Na6-line.} Re8 {A useful move. Black not only
frees the f8-square for his pieces, but also asks White to open his cards.} ({
Not less than 15 years ago Smirin played} 12... Kh7 {, but got outplayed.} 13.
Rfe1 Nc5 14. b4 Ne6 15. a3 Nh5 16. Bf1 Qc7 17. c5 Re8 18. Na4 Rd8 19. Rxd8 Qxd8
20. Rd1 Qf6 21. Rd6 Nhf4 22. Qd1 Bf8 23. Rd2 Nc7 24. Nb2 Be6 25. Nc4 $16 {
Tisdall,J-Smirin,I/Gausdal 1990. and Black eventually lost without any
counterplay.}) ({The immediate} 12... Nh5 {[%cal Gh5f4,Ge7f6] with the idea of
Nf4 followed by Qf6, which is Black's main idea in these positions, also
deserved attention.}) 13. Na4 $6 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gc4c5,Gb2b4,Ga4b2,Gb2c4] Not
the best square for the knight, but the move in text has an idea behind it.
White has been preparing to take space on the queenside by means of c5 while
the knight may eventually go via b2 and c4 to d6.} ({One game saw} 13. a3 Nh5
14. Rfe1 Nf4 15. Bf1 Qf6 16. Nh2 Nf8 17. c5 N8e6 {Dziuba,M-Sergeev,V/Swidnica
2000. and Black obtained counterplay.}) (13. Rd2 {preparing the doubling of
rooks along the d-file looks more natural. F.e.} Nh5 14. Rfd1 Nf4 15. Bf1 $14 {
and} Qf6 $2 {is impossible in view of} 16. Rxd7) 13... Nh5 {[%cal Gh5f4]
Black's plan is obvious. The knight goes to f4.} 14. Rd2 {White decides to
allow the exchange of his light-squared bishop.} ({In case of} 14. Rfe1 Nf4 15.
Bf1 Qf6 {Black creates some pressure on the kingside.}) 14... Nf4 15. Rfd1
Nxe2+ 16. Rxe2 Nf8 {[%cal Gf8e6,Ge6f4] Another knight is going to f4.} 17. c5
Ne6 18. b4 Nf4 19. Bxf4 (19. Red2 Qf6 20. Bxf4 {allows Black to choose between}
Qxf4 ({and} 20... exf4)) 19... exf4 {[%csl Gc8,Gg7][%cal Gg6g5,Gh6h5,Gg5g4]
Black has won the opening fight. With two bishops and an option of attack on
the kingside by means of g5-g4 he is at least not worse.} 20. a3 {White has
been preparing a manoeuvre of the queen knight via b2 and c4 to d6.} ({The
immediate} 20. Nb2 {allows opening of the a-file for the black rook.} a5 21. a3
axb4 22. axb4 Ra3 $1 $15) 20... Be6 21. Nb2 Rad8 22. Red2 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 a5 $1 {
Black exchanges a potential weakness.} 24. Kh2 $6 axb4 25. axb4 g5 {It's time
for some action on the kingside.} 26. Nd4 g4 $1 $15 {[%csl Rh2] Suddenly the
king on h2 starts to feel unsafely.} 27. Nxe6 Qxe6 28. hxg4 Qxg4 {Threatening
f3.} 29. Qd3 Qg6 $1 {This direct attack of the e4-pawn is strong.} (29... Qh5+
{is less convincing.} 30. Qh3 Qxh3+ 31. Kxh3 Bxb2 32. Rxb2 Rxe4 33. Kg4 Kg7 34.
Kf5 {and activity of the king compensates a pawn.}) 30. Qf3 ({White can't
protect the e4-pawn as after} 30. f3 $2 Qg3+ 31. Kg1 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Re5 {he gets
mated.}) 30... Bxb2 (30... Kh7 $1 {would be more precise since the e4-pawn is
anyway gone while Black wins a tempo for improving position of his king.} 31.
Re2 Bxb2 32. Rxb2 Qxe4 $15) 31. Rxb2 Qxe4 $15 {Black has won a pawn, but his
weak pawns on the kingside make a win a very difficult task.} 32. Qg4+ Kh7 33.
Rb3 Re6 (33... Re5 $5) 34. Qh4 Kg7 35. b5 $6 {White creates a problem to
himself.} cxb5 $5 ({Black could exchange one of his weak pawns for the c-pawn
also the following way:} 35... Qc2 $5 36. bxc6 $1 bxc6 (36... Qxb3 37. c7 Rc6
38. Qg4+ {with equality.}) 37. Rb4 Qxc5 38. Rxf4 $17) ({Also} 35... Rg6 {
allows to exchange a weak pawn on the kingside for the c-pawn, but this time
together with the queens which favours White.} 36. Qh3 Rg5 37. bxc6 bxc6 38.
Qf3 Qxf3 39. Rxf3 $15) 36. Rxb5 Rg6 37. Qh3 Qc6 38. Rb4 Qxc5 39. Rxf4 Qe5 $17 {
[%csl Rf4,Rh2] Black obtained a passed pawn on the b-file, but it's still far
from a win as his king doesn't have a safe refuge.} 40. Qf3 Rf6 41. Qg3+ Kh7
42. Rb4 Qh5+ 43. Qh3 Qd5 ({Probably Black had to agree with the exchange of
queens as it's almost impossible to advance the b-pawn while the queens are on
the board.} 43... Qxh3+) 44. Qb3 Qd6+ 45. Kg1 b6 46. Rg4 Qc5 47. Qd3+ Rf5 48.
Rd4 ({Of course not} 48. Rf4 $4 Qc1+ $19) 48... Kg7 49. Rg4+ Rg5 50. Rc4 Qd5
51. Qc3+ Qe5 52. Qc1 b5 53. Rb4 Qd5 54. Qa1+ Kg8 55. g3 Rh5 (55... Qf3 $5 56.
Rd4 Qf6 {[%csl Ra1,Rd4]}) 56. Rg4+ Kf8 {Black allows perpetual check, but it's
hardly possible to make any progress also after} (56... Rg5 57. Rb4) 57. Qa3+
Ke8 58. Rg8+ Kd7 59. Qa7+ Ke6 60. Qb6+ Ke7 (60... Qd6 $4 {loses to} 61. Re8+
Kd5 62. Qxb5+ Qc5 63. Qd3+ Kc6 64. Rc8+) 61. Qa7+ Kf6 (61... Qd7 {changes
nothing:} 62. Qe3+ Qe6 63. Qa7+) 62. Qb6+ Ke7 63. Qa7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Ashdod"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Qe7 9. Qc2 c6 10. Rad1 h6 11. d5 c5 12. g3 $146 (12. Ne1) 12... Nh7 $1 13. Nh4
(13. Qd2 $5) 13... Ng5 14. Rb1 (14. Bg4 $6 h5 15. Be2 Nb6) (14. Ng2 Nb6 $13 (
14... Nf6 15. f3)) 14... Nf6 15. b4 $6 (15. f3 $142 Nh5 16. Ng2 (16. Rfe1 $5
Nf4 17. Bf1) 16... Bh3 (16... f5 17. exf5 gxf5 (17... Bxf5 18. Ne4) 18. f4 Nh3+
19. Kh1 Nf6 20. Nh4 $16) 17. Rbe1 $14) 15... cxb4 16. Rxb4 Ng4 17. Bxg4 (17.
Bd2 Nh3+ 18. Kg2 Nf4+ $15) 17... Bxg4 18. f3 Bh3 19. Rfb1 b6 20. a4 $2 (20. Nd1
$142 $1 Bd7 (20... f5 $2 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. Nf2 $18) 21. Nf2 Nh3+ 22. Nxh3 Bxh3
23. a4 $13) 20... f5 $3 (20... Rac8 21. a5 bxa5 22. Rb7 $36) 21. Nxg6 (21. a5
f4) (21. exf5 gxf5 22. a5 f4 (22... Qf6 23. axb6 axb6 24. Rxb6) (22... e4 23.
f4 Nf3+ 24. Nxf3 exf3 25. Bf2) 23. gxf4 exf4 24. Bf2 Bd7 $40) 21... Nxf3+ 22.
Kh1 Qf6 $2 (22... Qf7 $1 23. Nxf8 (23. exf5 Rfe8) 23... Rxf8 24. exf5 (24. a5
f4) (24. Qf2 Qh5) (24. R4b2 f4) 24... Bxf5 (24... Nd4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Ne4
Qxf5 27. Qd3 Bf1 (27... Bg4 28. R4b3) 28. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 29. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kg2 Re1
31. Kf3 $15) 25. Qe2 (25. Qg2 Qh5 $19) 25... Nd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Nb5 d3 $19)
23. Nxf8 Rxf8 24. exf5 $6 (24. a5 f4) (24. Qf2 $1 Bg4 (24... fxe4 25. a5) 25.
h3 Qg6 26. hxg4 Qxg4 27. Kg2 $11) 24... Bxf5 $6 (24... Nd4 $1 25. Bxd4 (25. Qf2
Bxf5 26. g4 (26. Qg2 Nc2) (26. R4b2 Qg6 27. Qg2 Bxb1 28. Rxb1 Qd3) 26... Bxg4
27. Qxf6 Rxf6 $17) 25... exd4 26. Ne4 Qxf5 $15 {-22...Qf7}) 25. Qg2 Bxb1 26.
Rxb1 e4 (26... Qg6 27. Rf1 e4 28. Ne2 $13) 27. Nb5 $5 (27. Ne2 $15) 27... Qe7 (
27... Rf7 28. Bf4 Qg6 (28... Bf8 29. Qc2) 29. Qe2) 28. Qh3 $1 a6 29. Na3 Nd4 (
29... Ng5 30. Qg4) 30. Qg4 Nf5 (30... Kh8 31. Rd1 Nf5 32. Nc2) 31. Nc2 Qe5 $5
32. Bf4 (32. Bxb6 $6 e3 $17) (32. Qe2 Nxe3 (32... Qxg3 33. hxg3 Nxg3+ 34. Kg2
Nxe2 35. Rxb6) 33. Nxe3 Qc3 $11) 32... Qc3 33. Qe2 Re8 (33... Qf3+ 34. Qxf3
exf3 35. Rf1 Rc8 36. Na3 $11) (33... Re8 34. Ne3 (34. Qh5 Qf3+) 34... Nxe3 35.
Bxe3 Qd3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
c6 {This relatively rare move was tested in Karpov-Kasparov matches. See an
example below.} 9. d5 {Ftacnik prefers to keep the position closed.} (9. dxe5
dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Rfd1 Re8 12. h3 Bf8 13. Nd2 b6 $1 14. a3 Nc5 15. b4 Ne6
16. Nb3 Ba6 $1 {and Black equalized without big efforts. Karpov,A-Kasparov,G,
World Championship New York(5) 1990.}) 9... Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 (11. Bh4 {
is the main and more popular alternative.}) 11... c5 {Black closes position on
the queenside and prepares to start active actions on the other side of the
board.} ({Smirin started with the immediate} 11... f5 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. exf5 Bxf5
$146 14. Bf3 (14. Be3 $5) 14... Nc5 15. b4 e4 $1 16. Be2 Nd3 17. g4 (17. Bxd3
exd3 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. dxe6 $11) 17... Nb2 $1 $36 {and after fantastic
complications the game ended by a perpetual. Komarov,D-Smirin,I, Vienna op
1996/CBM53ext [Smirin].}) 12. h3 {White forces the knight to h6, but loses an
important tempo. The correctness of this move can be judged from the
evaluation of the following line.} (12. Ne1 $5 {The knight goes to d3 anyway,
so why to lose a tempo on h3?} f5 {If the knight has to retreat to h6, then 12.
Ne1 is better than 12.h3. So only this move may explain Ftacnik's 12.h3.} (
12... Nh6 13. Nd3 (13. Qc1 {leads to the text with an extra tempo, which is
saved by avoiding h3.} Nf7 14. Nd3 f5 15. f4 Nb4 $6 (15... exf4 $5) 16. Nf2
exf4 17. a3 Na6 18. exf5 $1 (18. Bxf4 g5 19. Bd2 f4 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gf7e5,
Ga6b8,Gb8d7,Gd7e5]}) 18... g5 $1 19. g4 $1 fxg3 20. Nfe4 $1 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 h6 22.
hxg3 (22. Nxg3 $5) 22... Nc7 23. g4 Ne8 24. Qc2 Bd7 25. f6 $6 (25. Rae1 $142)
25... Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Polak,T-Ljubicic,F/Split CRO 2006/The Week in Chess 599}) (
13. f3 Bd7 14. a3 Nf7 15. Nd3 b6 16. Rb1 f5 17. b4 Rc8 18. Qb3 Bf6 19. Be3 f4
20. Bf2 Bh4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Gausel,E-Kristensen,B/Gausdal 1995/CBM 045 ext (49)})
13... f5 14. f3 {A possible, but not necessary move.} (14. a3 $5 {[%cal Gb2b4]}
) 14... Nc7 15. b4 (15. a3 $5 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 15... b6 16. bxc5 (16. Rb1 $5)
16... bxc5 17. Rb1 Ne8 18. Qc1 Nf7 19. Bd1 Nf6 20. Ba4 $14 {0-1 Papaioannou,
I-Nogueiras,J/Chalkidiki 1992/EXT 2000 (41)}) 13. Bxg4 (13. exf5 $6 gxf5 14. h3
(14. Bxg4 fxg4 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. f3 $1 $11) 14... Nf6 15. f4 Ne4 $1
16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Bc3 Rxf1+ 19. Bxf1 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qg5 21. Qc1
Qg3 22. Qh6 Qxc3 $6 {1/2-1/2 Murshed,N-Sharif,M/Doha 1993/EXT 97 (26)} (22...
Bf5 $5 $17)) 13... fxg4 14. Nd3 Bd7 15. a3 Bf6 16. b4 b6 17. Nb5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Brunner,L-Chiburdanidze,M/Geneve 1990/CBM 021/[Wahls] (30)}) 12... Nh6 13. Qc1
{I'm not sure whether it was worth forcing the knight to f7, where it goes to
anyway.} (13. a3 $5 {[%cal Ga1b1,Gb2b4] Preparing b4.}) 13... Nf7 14. Ne1 {
[%cal Ge1d3] Transfering the knight to d3.} f5 {Black is a tempo ahead
comparing to 12.Ne1.} 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 {A typical way to stop Black's
activity on the kingside, which however can't set any problems in this
concrete position. Black's pieces are ready for opening of the position, while
White still needs some time to consolidate the position.} Bd7 $1 {Completing
development.} 17. g3 {In an attempt to stabilize the position White weakens
his king, but it's not easy both to find a good alternative and to exploit the
move 17.g3.} exf4 {Determining the position in the centre.} (17... Qf6 $5 {
Keeping the tension deserved serious attention.}) 18. gxf4 (18. Bxf4 $1 {
allows access to the e5-square. From the other hand Black remains with a weak
pawn on f5. In any case White is at least not worse here.} Qf6 19. Kh2 Rae8
$132) 18... Nh8 {[%cal Gh8g6] Black improves the position of his knight, which
was restricted by the f4-pawn., but misses a chance to seize the initiative.} (
18... Re8 $1 19. Bf3 Qh4 $1 20. Kh2 Ng5 $3 {Probably Kasimdzhanov missed this
brilliant attacking resource.} 21. Bg2 (21. fxg5 $2 {loses by force to} Be5+
22. Kg1 Bd4+ $1 23. Kh2 f4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rh3] and White gets mated.}) 21... Ne4
22. Nxe4 fxe4 $15) 19. Nf3 Ng6 20. Kh2 Qf6 21. Rf2 Rae8 22. Qc2 Re7 $11 {
Now the position is about equal.} 23. Rg1 Rfe8 24. a3 Nc7 25. Bd3 a6 26. a4 {
Trying to prevent b5 White weakens the b4-square, which allows the following
manoeuvre of the black knight. Nevertheless the move can't be called a mistake
since White's play in the game could be improved.} (26. b3 $5 {stabilizing
position on the queenside and preparing a transfer of the knight to the
kingside deserved serious attention.} b5 27. Ne2 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Ge2g3,Gg3h5]}
) 26... a5 {[%cal Gc7a6,Ga6b4]} 27. Ne2 $1 {[%cal Ge2g3,Gd2a5] Bringing the
knight to g3 and attacking the pawn a5.} Na6 $5 {Rustam feels the initiative.
He's ready to sacrifice the pawn a5 in order to obtain the e3-square for the
rook.} 28. Bc3 {Probably it would be better to leave the queen on f6, which
allows Ng3-h5 with a tempo.} (28. Bxa5 $5 Nb4 (28... Re3 29. Ng3 {[%cal Gd3f5,
Gg3h5]} Nb4 30. Bxb4 cxb4 31. Nh5 Qe7 32. Bxf5 b3 33. Qb1 Bxf5 34. Qxf5 Re2 35.
Rgg2 Rxf2 36. Rxf2 Qe3 37. Kg3 $18) 29. Bxb4 cxb4 30. b3 Re3 $44 {[%csl Rf4]})
28... Qf8 29. Bxa5 Re3 {[%cal Gd7a4,Ga6b4]} 30. Ng3 b6 $1 {A useful move,
which fixes the a-pawn on a4.} 31. Bd2 Nb4 32. Bxb4 cxb4 33. Bxf5 b3 34. Qb1
Bxf5 35. Nxf5 {Makes White's task in the time-trouble more difficult.} ({
It's easy for White to play after} 35. Qxf5 Nxf4 36. Qg4 Ne2 $1 37. Rgg2 $1
Nxg3 38. Nd4 $1 Qe7 39. Rxg3 Qe5 (39... Rxg3 40. Qxg3 Qe5 41. Ne6 Qxg3+ 42.
Kxg3 Rc8 43. Kf3 $1 {[%cal Gf2g2]} Be5 44. Kg4 $1 Rxc4+ 45. Kh5 {[%cal Gf2f8]}
Rc8 46. Rf3 $1 Bxb2 47. Rxb3 $16 {[%csl Rb6]}) 40. Ne6 (40. Nf3 Qe7 41. Rfg2
Kh8 42. Qxg7+ Qxg7 43. Rxg7 Rxf3 $16) 40... Rxg3 41. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 42. Kxg3 {
see 39...Rxg3.}) 35... Re2 36. Rgg2 $1 {Taking control of the second rank.}
Rxf2 37. Rxf2 Nxf4 38. Ng5 (38. Kh1 {would be safer.} Bf6 39. Nh2 Nxh3 40. Rf1
Kh8 41. Qd3 Ng5 42. Qxb3 $16) 38... Be5 39. Kh1 Qf6 $1 40. Rf1 $2 {A serious
mistake.} (40. Nxh7 $1 {was strong.} Kxh7 (40... Qh8 41. Qe4 $1 Qxh7 42. Rxf4
Qxh3+ 43. Kg1 $18) 41. Nxd6+ {[%csl Re8,Rh7]} Kh6 42. Nxe8 Qh4 43. Qe1 $1 Qxh3+
44. Rh2 Qxh2+ 45. Kxh2 Nd3+ 46. Qxe5 Nxe5 47. Nd6 Nd3 48. Ne4 $16 {and White
should be able to convert his advantage into a win.}) 40... Rf8 $2 {Black
retruns the favour.} ({After the correct} 40... Qg6 $1 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gg6h5]
White starts to experience problems.} 41. h4 Qh5 42. Qe1 (42. Nf3 Rf8 43. N3d4
Kh8 $1 $40) 42... Bxb2 43. Qg3 Be5 44. Ne6+ Kh8 45. Nxd6 Nxe6 46. Qxe5+ Qxe5
47. Nf7+ Kg7 48. Nxe5 Nc5 $17 {[%csl Gb3]}) 41. Ne3 $2 {Ftacnik misses a
chance to restore his advantage.} (41. Nxd6 $1 Qg6 42. Qxg6+ hxg6 43. Ndf7 $1
Rxf7 44. Nxf7 Kxf7 45. Rf3 $18 {[%cal Gf3b3]}) 41... Qh6 $1 $17 {[%csl Rh1,Rh3]
The initiative is on Black's side and Kasimdzhanov leads the game to a full
point.} 42. Qd1 $2 {After this move the game is over. Three consecutive
mistakes crossed out good play on the preceding stage of the game.} (42. Nf5 {
was the only chance to put some resistance.} Qh5 43. Qe4) 42... Nxh3 $19 43.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 44. Ne6+ Qxe6 (44... Kg8 45. Qg4+ Kh8 46. Kg2 Qxe3 47. Qxh3 Qxh3+
48. Kxh3 Bxb2 49. c5 dxc5 50. a5 bxa5 51. Nxc5 Kg7 $1 52. Kg4 Kf6 $19) 45. Qf3+
(45. dxe6 Nf2+ 46. Kg2 Nxd1 47. Nxd1 Ke7 $19 {is also hopeless for White.})
45... Qf7 46. Qxh3 Bxb2 47. Nf5 ({or} 47. Qc8+ Qe8 48. Qf5+ Kg8 49. Qg4+ Kh8
$19) 47... Be5 {[%csl Gb3] Now the b-pawn decides the fate of the game.} 48.
Qh6+ Ke8 49. Nxd6+ Bxd6 50. Qxd6 Qh5+ $1 {and White resigned in view of the
following exchange of the queens.} (50... Qh5+ $1 51. Kg2 Qg6+ 52. Qxg6+ hxg6)
0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 Nf6 {A relatively rare continuation.} ({
The popular} 11... h6 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Be3 {transposes to the game with the
h-pawn on h6. Right now it's difficult to say whether it's useful or not. I
believe this inclusion has its pluses and minuses.}) ({While} 11... f6 {
is another popular alternative.}) 12. Be3 {I believe the main difference
between 11...h6 and 11...Nf6 is that by means of Nf6 Black doesn't force White
to come to e3. However e3 is a good square for the bishop anyway and so it
comes there even without h6.} b6 $6 {[%cal Gc8b7,Ga6c5] Black prepares Bb7,
which is similar to the line with 11...h6. Somehow I feel that this idea is
too slow and allows White to obtain a comfortable advantage.} ({Black also
tested the immediate} 12... Nh5 {, but White got an upper hand after} 13. Re1
Nf4 14. Bf1 c6 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Qd6 $14 {[%csl Rf4] 1-0 Sharavdorj,D-Eisen,L/
Las Vegas USA 2003.}) ({and} 12... c6 13. c5 Nh5 14. Nd2 Nf4 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16.
Nc4 Qe6 $1 {[%cal Gf4g2] The idea prepared by Mc Shane for the following game.}
({Earlier Black played} 16... Bxh3 $2 {and got no compensation for the
sacrificed piece.}) 17. Nd6 Nxg2 $1 18. Kxg2 Qxh3+ 19. Kg1 Bg4 $1 20. f3 Qg3+
21. Kh1 Qh3+ {and a draw was agreed in Carlsen,M-McShane,L/Drammen NOR 2004/
CBM105 [Avrukh]. I believe this is for the moment a way to play for Black.})
13. a3 {[%cal Gb2b4,Gd1c2] Also White copies his play from the 8..h6-line. The
idea is to prevent Nb4 and thus to prepare a parking lot for the queen on c2.}
({Earlier this year White also tried the immediate} 13. Qc2 {and obatined
advantage after} Nb4 14. Qb1 c5 15. Nd5 $1 Nbxd5 (15... Nfxd5 $5 16. cxd5 f5 {
deserved attention.}) 16. cxd5 $14 {Petkov,V-Cheparinov,I/Pleven BUL 2005.})
13... Bb7 {Kempinski deviates from his win over the same opponent earlier the
same year believing that Bacrot found an improvement.} ({An interestig
regrouping of pieces was demonstrated in the following game:} 13... Nc5 {
[%cal Gf6d7,Gc5e6]} 14. Qc2 (14. Bxc5 {led to an approximately equal position
after} bxc5 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. Rb1 Qe7 17. Qc2 c6 18. Nb3 h5 19. Na5 Bd7 20. Rfd1
Rfc8 21. Na4 Bf8 22. Bf3 Be6 23. Nb3 Nd7 $11 {0-1 Bacrot,E-Kempinski,R/
Gothenburg SWE 2005.}) 14... Nfd7 15. Rad1 Ne6 16. Qd2 (16. b4 $5) 16... Ndc5 {
[%cal Gc5b3,Gb3d4] with the idea of Nb3.} 17. Qc2 f5 18. b4 {Marzolo,
C-Kazhgaleyev,M/Paris FRA 2004. but despite a loss of two tempi White still
looks slightly better.}) 14. Qc2 Nh5 {Only this move is new in this position,
although the idea itself is typical for these type of positions. It's curious
that players still follow the game Beliavsky-Jobava with the h-pawn on h7
instead of h6. See below.} ({The only preceding game saw} 14... Nd7 $6 15. Rad1
(15. b4 $5) 15... Nac5 16. Rd2 Nf6 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 $16 {
Jedrzejowski,M-Craig,T/ICCF Email 2000. and White got an upper hand thanks to
a better pawn structure.}) 15. b4 $1 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gc4c5] Bacrot as well as
Beliavsky a day earlier allows to exchange the light-squared bishop for a
knight. This idea has to be noticed. By the move in the game he restricts
mobility of the knight on a6 and prepares c5.} ({White could save the
light-squared bishop by moving a rook from f1 and thus freeing the f1-square
for retreat of the bishop.} 15. Rfe1 {[%cal Ge2f1]}) 15... Nf4 16. c5 $1 Nxe2+
17. Qxe2 {It's curous that the same position with the h-pawn on h6 occuried in
Beliavsky,A-Jobava,B, WCC Khanty Mansiysk 2005 only one day earlier.} f5 {
Probably this move is the only way to look for counterplay. However now Black
will be missing the h-pawn on h6.} ({Jobava's} 17... Nb8 {is not less
dangerous than in his game.} 18. b5 $1 c6 (18... a6 $2 {is hopeless in view of}
19. c6 Bc8 20. a4 $18 {and the knight on b8 has no way out.}) 19. cxb6 axb6 20.
Bxb6 cxb5 21. Bc5 $16 {[%csl Rf8] and White wins an exchange.}) 18. Rfc1 $1 {
[%csl Ra6][%cal Gc5c6] White prepares c6.} ({In case of the immediate} 18. c6
$6 {Black captures the pawn by means of} Qxc6 {[%csl Rc3] and the knight on c3
is hanging.}) 18... bxc5 $2 {This is already a serious mistake. Black
shouldn't allow a recapture on c5 by the dark-squared bishop.} ({He had to play
} 18... f4 {forcing the bishop to d2.} 19. Bd2 {and then} c6 {preparing Nc7-e6
manoeuvre.} 20. Na4 b5 $14 {and so on.}) 19. b5 $16 Nb8 20. Bxc5 Rf7 21. Ng5 {
Probably now Kempinsky started thinking of his opening choice. The move h6
would be very useful now.} Rd7 22. Rd1 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg8] Correctly exchanging
the only active piece in Black's camp, which covers both the f7 and c7 squares.
} (22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Rd1 Bf6 24. Qe6 Qxe6 25. Nxe6 {transposes to 22.Rd1. See
22...Bf6.}) 22... h6 (22... Bf6 {is slightly better than the game, but Black
is already in a big trouble.} 23. Qc4+ Kh8 (23... Kg7 24. Rxd7+ Nxd7 (24...
Qxd7 25. Rd1 {is even worse for Black.}) 25. Ne6+ Kh8 26. Nxc7 Qg8 27. Qxg8+
Kxg8 28. Nxa8 Nxc5 29. Nc7 Nxe4 30. Nxe4 Bxe4 31. Rd1 $18 {with a decisive
advantage.}) 24. Qe6 Qxe6 25. Nxe6 c6 26. a4 $1 $18 {and Black can hardly move.
} (26. Bd6 $5 {[%cal Ge6c5,Ge6c7] with the ideas Nc7 and Nc5 is also strong.}))
(22... Kh8 23. Qc4 {leads to the same position.}) 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Qe6 {
[%csl Rc7] Now look at the black pieces which will remain after exchanges of
heavy pieces.} Qxe6 (24... Qg8 $5 {would be a better practical chance.} 25.
Qxg8+ $1 {The simplest.} (25. exf5 $5 {is also possible, but allows some
counterplay.} hxg5 (25... gxf5 26. Qxf5 $1 Rxd1+ (26... hxg5 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28.
Qxd7 Qc4 29. Bb4 $18) 27. Rxd1 hxg5 28. Be7 $1 Nc6 $1 29. bxc6 Bxc6 30. Qxg5
$16) 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Qxd7 Qc4 $1 28. Bb4 gxf5 29. Qxf5 c5 $1 {and White
still has to work to win the game.}) 25... Kxg8 26. Ne6 $1 {Getting the game
position with the king on g8 instead of h8, which is not a big difference.} a6
$1 (26... Bxe4 27. Nxe4 fxe4 28. Rac1 $1 Kf7 29. Rxd7+ Nxd7 30. Nxc7 Rc8 31.
Bxa7 $18 {and White wins.}) 27. b6 $1 cxb6 28. Bxb6 {[%cal Ge6c7]} fxe4 29. Nc7
$18) 25. Nxe6 fxe4 (25... a6 $1 {And this is already the very last chance to
put up some resistance.} 26. b6 $1 (26. a4 $5) (26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Rd1 Nxc5 28.
Nxc5 Bxe4 29. N3xe4 axb5 $1 (29... fxe4 30. Nxa6 {is hopeless for Black.}) 30.
Nc3 c6 $1 {and White has to be precise to win the game.}) 26... cxb6 27. Bxb6
fxe4 28. Nc7 $18 {[%csl Ra8]}) 26. Be3 $1 {[%cal Ge6c5] This cold-blooded move
decides the game. The threat of Nc5 is too strong.} Bc8 {Black is starting to
set up the initial position.} ({Now} 26... a6 {is hopeless in view of} 27. Nc5
Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 axb5 29. Nxb7 Rxa3 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Nxe4 $18) 27. Nd5 $1 Rxd5
28. Nxc7 $1 {[%csl Ra8] A brilliant win of the French top player, who showed
his overwhelming superiority in this game. The final position will be seen in
many chess manuals. Probably also a number of funs to play this position
without h6 will significally decrease after this game.} 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gonfreville"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 (10. c5 $1 {la ligne critique} exd4 11. Nd5 Qxe4 (11...
Nxc5 {Navara,D (2663)-McShane,L (2625) EU-chT (Men) 15th 2005 (7.1) 1-0}) 12.
Ne7+ Kh8 $13) 10... dxe5 11. h3 h6 (11... f6 12. Bd2 Nh6 13. c5 (13. Be3) 13...
Nxc5 14. Qc1 {[%cal Gd2h6,Gc1c5,Gc3d5,Gd5c7]} Nf7 15. Nd5 Ne6 16. Nxc7 Nxc7 17.
Qxc7 Nd8 18. Rfc1 Be6 19. b4 Rf7 20. Qc3 Bf8 $132) 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Be3 Qe7 14.
Nd5 Qd8 15. Nxf6+ (15. Qc2 $142 c6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. c5 {[%cal
Gf3d2,Gd2c4,Gc4d6]} Nc7 {[%csl Rd4,Rf4][%cal Gc7e6,Ge6d4]} 19. Rd6 (19. b4)
19... Be6 20. Rad1 $16) 15... Qxf6 16. a3 ({RR} 16. c5 b6 17. Rc1 Rd8 18. Qa4
Nxc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rxc5 Qb6 21. Qc2 Bb7 22. Rc1 Qd6 23. Rb5 Bc8 24. Rd1 Qe7
25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Bc4 Bd7 27. Rc5 Be8 28. Nxe5 Qd6 29. Nf3 Rd8 30. Rd5 Qe7 {
Kramnik,V (2740)-Shirov,A (2690)/Monte Carlo 1997/CBM 057 ext/1-0 (51)}) 16...
c6 17. Qc2 (17. c5 Nc7 {[%cal Gc7e6,Ge6d4,Ge6f4]} 18. Nd2 (18. Bc4 Be6 (18...
Ne6 19. Bxe6 Bxe6 20. Qc1 Bxh3) 19. Qc1 {[%cal Gc1c4,Ge3h6]} Bxh3 20. Bxh6 Bxh6
21. Qxh6 Be6 22. Ng5 Rfe8 23. Bxe6 Nxe6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Nxe6+ Rxe6 26. Rad1
$13 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gd1d7,Gf1d1]} Ke7 {[%cal Ga8h8]} 27. Qh3 Rh8 28. Qb3 Qf4
29. Rd7+ $1 Kf8 (29... Kxd7 30. Qxb7+ Ke8 31. Qb8+ Ke7 32. Qxh8) 30. Qg3 Qxe4
31. Rfd1) 18... Ne6 19. Nc4 Nf4 20. Bg4 Qg5 21. Nd6 f5 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Bf3
Be6 24. Qc2 Rab8 25. Rad1 Qg5 26. Be2 Kh7 27. Bc4 Bd7 28. Nxf5 Bxf5 29. exf5
gxf5 30. Qd2 Rbd8 31. Qxg5 hxg5 {Quist,J (2295)-Cherniaev,A (2455)/Wijk aan
Zee 1997/EXT 2002/0-1 (63)}) 17... Nc7 $146 {[%csl Gd4,Gf4][%cal Gc7e6,Ge6d4,
Ge6f4]} (17... Qe7 {Przewoznik,J (2414)-Jakubowski,T (2311) POL-chT Zakopane
2000 (3) 1/2}) 18. Rad1 (18. Rfd1) 18... Ne6 19. c5 Nf4 20. Bxf4 {[%cal Ge4e5]}
(20. Rd6 $5 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Be6 22. Rfd1 $16) 20... exf4 21. e5 $1 Qe7 22. Rfe1
Kh8 (22... Be6 23. Rd6 $14) 23. b4 a5 24. Bc4 $1 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Gc4e6]} (24.
Bf1 $143 Be6 {[%csl Ge6]}) 24... axb4 25. axb4 Bf5 26. Qb3 Rae8 27. Rd6 {
Les blancs ont un net avantage d'espace mais la position noire reste solide} g5
{[%cal Gg5g4] risqué mais les noirs doivent jouer activement pour ne pas
laisser les blancs prendre l'initiative au centre.} 28. Bd3 g4 29. hxg4 Bxg4
30. Bc2 {[%cal Gb3d3,Gd3h7]} Bxf3 31. Qd3 {[%csl Rh7] un coup intermédiaire
intéressant pour affaiblir l'aile-roi mais le coup naturel Qf3 était peut-être
meilleur} (31. Qxf3 Qg5 32. e6 $5 Re7 33. Qd3 f5 (33... Qg6 34. Qxg6 fxg6 35.
Bxg6 Bf6 $44) 34. Rd7) 31... f5 32. Qxf3 Qg5 33. e6 Re7 34. Rd7 (34. Bb3 Qg4 $1
) 34... Bf6 35. Qh3 Rfe8 36. Rxe7 Bxe7 37. Bxf5 {[%csl Rh8]} Rd8 38. Bc2 Kg7
39. Qf3 (39. Qc3+ $5 Bf6 40. Qf3 Rd4 (40... Kf8 {[%cal Gf8e7]} 41. Re4 {
[%cal Ge4f4]} Be5 42. Bb3 $16 {[%cal Gb3e6]}) 41. Re4) 39... Rd4 40. Qc3 Qf6
41. Be4 Rd8 $1 42. Qf3 Rd4 {proposant tacitement la nulle par répétition de
coups} 43. Qc3 Rd8 44. Qb3 Rd2 45. Bb1 Kf8 (45... f3 $5 46. g3 (46. Qxf3 Qxf3
47. gxf3 $11 {[%csl Rf2,Rf3,Gh6]})) 46. Qf3 Rd4 47. Qa3 (47. Re4 Rxe4 48. Qxe4
f3 49. g3 h5 50. Kh2) 47... Kg7 48. Qc3 Kf8 49. Ba2 Kg7 50. Bc4 Kf8 51. Qb3 Kg7
52. Rc1 Qe5 53. Qf3 Re4 54. Kf1 h5 55. Qb3 Qd4 56. Kg1 Qd2 57. Qb1 Qd4 58. Qb3
Qd2 59. Rd1 Re1+ 60. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 61. Bf1 Kf6 62. Qc4 Ke5 63. b5 Qe4 64. Qc3+ Qd4
65. Qf3 Bxc5 66. bxc6 bxc6 67. e7 Bxe7 68. Qxc6 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 38th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2006.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.08.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Qe8 $5 {
A move which was introduced by the Belarus GM Kupreichik.} 8. dxe5 {To close
the center is not justified against black's strategy.} (8. d5 a5 (8... Nh5 9.
g3) 9. Ne1 Na6 10. Nd3 Nd7 $11) 8... dxe5 9. b4 Qe7 10. b5 c6 {This is a known
position.} 11. a4 $5 $146 {The idea is a4-a5-a6 but the move also weakens
white's queenside pawns.} (11. Qb3 Rd8 12. Ba3 Qe8 13. Rad1 $14 {seems to be
normal.}) 11... Rd8 12. Qc2 (12. Qb3 Nbd7 13. Ba3 Nc5 14. Qb4 Nfd7 15. bxc6
bxc6 16. Qa5 Bf8 17. Rfd1 Re8 18. Rab1 $11) 12... Bg4 13. Ba3 Qe8 $6 {This
aint't the best square for the black's queen.} (13... Qc7 $1 14. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 15.
Rxd1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nbd7 17. Bd6 Qa5 18. c5 Bf8 19. Be2 Re8 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21.
Rd6 $13) 14. a5 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Bf8 16. Bb2 (16. a6 $6 bxa6 17. bxc6 Nxc6 18. Nd5
Nxd5 19. exd5 Nd4 20. Qe4 $13) 16... a6 17. bxc6 bxc6 $2 ({It is not so clear
if white has any advantage after} 17... Qxc6 18. Nd5 Nbd7 $14) 18. Na4 c5 {
In many games Socko runs into this structure.} (18... Nbd7 19. c5 $1 Rab8 20.
Ba3 $16) 19. Nb6 Ra7 20. Nd5 Qe6 21. Rab1 Nc6 22. Bc3 Nd7 23. h3 $1 $16 {
White has an undisputable advantage.} h5 24. Qd3 $5 {White is better but how
to convert the advantage.} (24. Qd2 Kh7 25. Qg5 Bh6 26. Qh4 f6 $1) 24... Nd4
25. Bd1 $1 {Now all white pieces are working.} Qc6 26. Rb2 $2 {Here I started
to lose the trend of the game.} (26. f4 $6 exf4 27. Rxf4 Rb7 28. Rxb7 Qxb7) (
26. Qg3 $1 {is very powerful.} Kh7 27. Qh4 Re8 28. f4 $1 exf4 29. Rxf4 $1 (29.
Qxf4 Bg7 30. Qxf7 Rf8 31. Qe7 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Qe6 33. Qxe6 Nxe6 34. Ba4 Bxc3 35.
Bxd7 Rxd7 36. Nxc3 Rd4 $132) 29... Kg8 30. Rb6 $1 $16) (26. g4 $5 h4 (26...
hxg4 $2 27. hxg4 $16 ({or} 27. Bxg4 $40 {ends up in a vicious attack.})) 27. g5
Ne6 28. Bg4 Bd6) 26... Rb8 27. Rxb8 Nxb8 28. Nb6 (28. g4 hxg4 29. Bxg4 Rb7 30.
Rb1 $16) (28. f4 $6 exf4 29. e5 Nd7 30. Qe4 Qe6) 28... Qe6 29. Ba4 Rb7 30. Kh1
Nbc6 31. Bxc6 Qxc6 32. f4 $2 {Meek play by white.} (32. Nd5 Rb3 33. f4 exf4 34.
Rxf4 Qb7 35. e5 $36) ({I had to be consistent with} 32. Rb1 $1 Bd6 33. Nd5
Rxb1+ 34. Qxb1 Qa4 35. Kh2 $1 $40 {and still black has more weaknesses to
worry about.}) 32... exf4 33. Bxd4 cxd4 34. Qxd4 Bc5 35. Qd5 Qc7 36. e5 Bxb6
37. axb6 Rxb6 38. Rxf4 Re6 39. Rf6 $1 $11 {White has to force a draw before
things may start going ugly.It is very annoying that after having established
a great position I spoiled by some small mistakes here and there.} Rxe5 40.
Rxg6+ Kh7 41. Qd6 Qxd6 42. Rxd6 Rc5 43. Rxa6 {Another pathetic result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cheboksary"]
[BlackTeam "Pardubice"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Re1 $5 {This relatively rare variation, which is in fact a
waiting move, scores extremely well. For instance this year White scored
almost the hundred percents of points giving away just one draw!} {Now Black
has to choose out of four continuations.} c6 {[%csl Gd5] The main purpose of
this move is to cover the d5-square.} ({Other three are:} 10... f6 {Avrukh,
B-Huang Qian, WchT 6th Beer-Sheva 2005/CBM110[Avrukh].}) (10... exd4 $5 {
According to Avrukh, Gelfand's teammate, this is the critical continuation.
See Popov-Nevostrujev,V, RUS-ch semi-final 2005/CBM109[Mueller,K]}) (10... h6 {
was also tested recently.} 11. Bh4 c6 12. Bf1 g5 $6 (12... exd4 $5 13. Nxd4
Nxh2 14. Kxh2 Qe5+ 15. Kg1 Qxd4 16. Be7 $14) 13. Bg3 Qe7 $2 14. h3 (14. c5 $1 {
[%cal Gf1a6]} dxc5 15. d5 $1 $16 {was extremely strong.}) 14... exd4 15. hxg4
dxc3 16. Bxd6 Qd8 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. e5 $14 {Timoscenko,G-Mrva,M/Banska
Stiavnica SVK 2006.}) 11. h3 {The most logical. White wants to make use of his
rook on e1 and thus provokes an exchange on d4.} ({White also tested} 11. d5 h6
12. Bc1 Qe7 13. g3 (13. h3 $5 Nf6 14. Be3) 13... c5 14. Nh4 Nf6 15. a3 Nh7 16.
Bg4 $14 {Kruppa,Y-Jianu,V/Bucharest ROM 2006.}) 11... f6 {[%cal Gg4h6,Gh6f7]
Preparing a manoeuvre of the knight from g4 to f7 via h6.} ({Once again Black
had a number of options to choose from.} 11... h6 12. Bc1 (12. Bh4 $5) 12...
Nf6 13. Bf1 Qe7 $6 (13... Nd7 $5 {was better.}) 14. c5 $1 {[%cal Gf1a6] This
typical idea works perfectly here.} dxc5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. Qd6 $14
{Timoscenko,G-Apicella,M/Rethymnon 2003.}) (11... Nf6 12. dxe5 (12. Bf1 $5)
12... dxe5 13. Be3 Qe7 14. c5 $2 (14. Qc2 $5 {[%cal Ga1d1]}) 14... Nxc5 $17 {
Tegshsuren,E-Paunovic,D/Dos Hermanas 2004.}) 12. Bc1 {It's not always easy to
choose the right square for this bishop. What's more important , a
well-protected d4-pawn or a developed bishop, which may support b4? I like
Gelfand's choice here, which looks more in harmony with the position.} ({
White also tried} 12. Bd2 Nh6 13. Bf1 Nc7 14. b4 g5 $6 (14... Nf7 $5) 15. c5 $1
dxc5 16. bxc5 g4 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. d5 $1 $16 {Sundararajan,K-Shashikant,K/New
Delhi IND 2006.}) 12... Nh6 13. Bf1 {This is the position White wants to reach
on the first stage.} Nf7 14. Rb1 {[%cal Gb2b4,Gb4b5] Preparing b4.} Qe7 {
This turns out to be a novelty. Black aims to connect the rooks.} ({The only
preceding game featured} 14... f5 15. a3 $6 {A little bit slow.} ({White may
play} 15. b4 $5 {at once.}) 15... f4 $132 {Cifka,S-Tratar,M/Aschach 2003. with
mutual chances.} (15... Qe7 $5)) 15. b4 Nc7 {A funny position. Black knights
hide behind the f and c-pawns.} 16. b5 $1 $14 {[%cal Gb5c6] Gelfand creates an
object of attack on the queenside. Black suddenly finds himself in an
unpleasant position without useful moves.} Ng5 $6 {I don't like this move.
Despite Black tries to create counterplay on the kingside, he in fact takes
away from himelf the idea of f5, which will be essential after exchange on c6
and closing of the centre by means of d5 and c5.} ({I believe Black had to
choose between the modest} 16... Bd7 $5 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. d5 (18. Ba3 Ne6 19.
d5 Nc5 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Nd5 Qd7 $14) 18... c5 $14) ({and more critical} 16...
c5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Qc2 $14 (18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Nd6 20. Qc2 b6 {allows
Black to block the position.})) 17. Nxg5 fxg5 18. bxc6 bxc6 (18... exd4 $6 {
is dubious in view of} 19. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 20. cxd5 $1 ({Also} 20. exd5 Be5 21.
cxb7 Bxb7 22. Qxd4 $1 (22. Bb2 {allows} Qf6) 22... Bxd4 23. Rxe7 Rxf2 $1 24.
Be3 Rf7 25. Re6 Bxe3+ 26. Rxe3 $16 {and White's extra pawn on the queenside is
much more essential than Black's one on the kingside.}) 20... bxc6 21. dxc6 $16
{and now both the strong c6-pawn and the weak d4-pawn don't leave Black many
chances for escape, e.g.} Be6 22. Rb7 Qf6 23. Qc2 $16) 19. d5 $1 {Now Black's
dark-squared bishop is out of play.} c5 20. Be3 $1 h5 {[%cal Gg5g4] Black's
only hope to solve this problem is to play g4 and then Bh6.} 21. Be2 $1 $16 {
White's play is simple and strong.} ({After the immediate} 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. d6
Qf6 23. dxc7 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 Be6 25. Qd6 Rae8 {Black is still alive.}) 21... Rf4
$2 {A desperate attempt to get out of pressure. Unfortunately for Black
White's not forced to touch the rook.} (21... Qd8 $5 {Preventing Bxc5.}) ({and
} 21... Kh7 $5 {securing the king are the only useful moves one can find.}) 22.
Bxc5 $1 $18 {The decisive blow.} ({Definitely not} 22. Bxf4 $2 exf4 {which
would liven Black's "bad" bishop.}) 22... Bxh3 {Frankly speaking I see no idea
behind this sacrifice.} (22... dxc5 $2 {is bad in view of} 23. d6 Qf8 (23...
Qd8 24. dxc7 Qxd1 25. Rexd1 $18 {[%cal Gb1b8,Gd1d8] is more than hopeless.})
24. dxc7 Be6 25. Nd5 $1 {with the idea} Rxf2 $2 26. Rb8 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf2]}) (
22... g4 23. hxg4 hxg4 24. Be3 Rf7 25. Bxg4 $18 {is also hopeless.}) 23. Be3 $5
{White decides to avoid any possible risk.} ({Although the was nothing wrong
with accepting the sacrifice.} 23. gxh3 $1 Rh4 (23... dxc5 24. d6 Qf8 (24...
Qe6 25. dxc7) 25. dxc7 $18) 24. Be3 Rxh3 25. c5 $18) 23... Bd7 24. c5 $1 {
[%cal Gb1b7] Preparing to strengthen the pressure with Rb7. Black is
completely lost.} Raf8 25. Rb7 $1 Bc8 26. Rxa7 g4 27. Nb5 $1 {[%csl Rc7]} Rxf2
{Why not? Anyway the position is completely lost.} 28. Bxf2 Rxf2 29. g3 $1 {
[%csl Gh4][%cal Gg1f2] The most precise.} (29. Kxf2 {gives Black minimal
practical chances after} Qh4+ 30. Ke3 Bh6+ 31. Kd3 Nxb5 32. Ra8 Qg3+ 33. Kc4
Nc3 34. Rxc8+ Kh7 35. Rc7+ Kg8 36. Qa1 Nxe4 {although his position is still
lost.}) 29... Qf6 30. Rxc7 h4 31. Rxc8+ Kh7 32. Rf1 $1 hxg3 33. Qe1 $1 Qh4 34.
Rxf2 g2 35. Kxg2 (35. Rh8+ $1 {wins the queen, but also the move in text is
also more than enough for a win.} Bxh8 (35... Kxh8 36. Rf8+ $18 {[%csl Rh4]})
36. Rf7+ $18 {[%csl Rh4]}) 35... Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Qg3+ 37. Kf1 (37. Kh1 $5 $18)
37... Qh3+ 38. Rg2 Qh1+ 39. Kf2 Qh4+ 40. Rg3 Qh2+ 41. Ke3 {and finally Black
does what he could do long ago. A clear positional win of Gelfand and a
headache for Black in the line with 10.Re1. At least it's clear that
Movsesian's plan is unsound.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Be3
Re8 $5 {A relatively rare move. Black provokes his opponent into locking the
centre, but theory considers that the rook will remain misplaced after:} 9. d5
{, when Black's counterplay is based on ...f5.} Nh5 10. g3 Bf8 {A couple of
years ago, a very good friend of mine mentioned this plan to me. In the King's
Indian, Black frequently suffers from lack of space for his minor pieces.
After the bishop's retreat, such a regrouping is enabled: ...Nh5-g7, ...Be7, ..
.f5, ...Rf8 and ...Nf6. My friend also added that White can spare several
tempi (four, if I counted well, although this is slightly exaggerated: With
the bishop on g7, White has to spend a tempo with g3, weakening his kingside
position at the same time) by playing the Czech Benoni: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5
e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7, later to be followed by ...Nd7, ...Ne8 or ...Nh5, ...g6,
Ng7, etc. We both included this out of fashion opening in our repertoire and
obtained good results with it (each one at his own level, of course). We also
decided to call it "The Romanian Benoni", because decades ago it served Victor
Ciocâltea and Florin Gheorghiu rather well... In any case, the "worsened" form
of the Czech Benoni will work out well in this game, too.} 11. Ne1 Ng7 12. Nd3
f5 13. f3 Be7 14. Qd2 Nf6 ({There seems to be a higher priority to play this
move, putting the enemy kingside under immediate pressure, than} 14... Rf8 {
Shipov,S (2635)-Saltaev,M (2525)/Hastings 1999/CBM 069/[Huzman] (1-0, 52)}) 15.
c5 {Well, in the Czech Benoni you do not have to fear this move really.} (15.
Bh6 $5 {is a very interesting attempt to prevent Black's activation.} fxe4 ({
Maybe Black should switch to a Czech Benoni strategy with} 15... Rf8 16. c5 Kh8
{for instance} 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Rfc1 Bd7 19. a4 a6 20. a5 {[%csl Gb6,Re7]
[%cal Gd3e5,Gd5d6]} Ng8 21. Be3 Rc8 $13) 16. fxe4 Ng4 (16... Bh3 $2 17. Rxf6 $1
Bxf6 18. g4 $18 {[%cal Gd3f2,Gd2e3]}) 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Kg2 (18. Nf2 $5) 18...
Rf8 19. h3 Bd7 20. g4 $14 {[%csl Gg7] Cvitan,O (2543)-Popovic,D (2552)/Zadar
2007 (1-0, 30)}) 15... fxe4 (15... Rf8 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. exf5 $6 {Not really
necessary.} Nxf5 18. Bf2 Nd4 $132 {Kalugin,S (2255)-Komliakov,V (2460)/Sochi
1997/EXT 99 (0-1, 30)}) 16. fxe4 Bh3 ({The immediate} 16... Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 {
should not be met with the mechanical} 18. Rfc1 $6 (18. Rac1 $1 {is better}) {
when after} 18... Rf8 {Black was a whole tempo up compared to our main game,
Krush,I (2432)-McNab,C (2445)/York 1999/CBM 073 ext (1/2-1/2, 67)}) 17. cxd6
cxd6 18. Rfc1 {This is the fastest way to develop the queenside attack.} (18.
Rf2 {would leave rooks disconnected and vulnerable.} Rc8 $132 {[%csl Rc3,Rd2,
Rf2][%cal Gc8c3,Gf6e4]} (18... Qd7 $6 19. Rxf6 $5 Bxf6 20. Nf2 {[%csl Re8,Rh3]
[%cal Ge2b5,Gg3g4]})) (18. Rxf6 $6 Bxf6 19. g4 h5 $132) 18... Ng4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4
20. Nb5 Rf8 {The whole sequence of moves after the opening has been quite
natural. It is not entirely surprising that White's next (21st) move will be
the first new one...} 21. Rc3 $6 $146 {If this was the fruit of home
preparation, it is difficult to guess what went wrong with Gelfand's analysis.
Soon, he will find himself fighting for equality.} ({White should not refrain
from} 21. Nxa7 {, although it leaves Black a free hand on the other wing.} h5
22. Nb5 h4 23. Nf2 Bf3 {[%cal Gg7h5]} 24. Nc7 (24. Bh6 $5 {looks like a better
chance for an advantage. In the event of} Rf7 25. Nc7 {the rook will be
misplaced on f7, in view of a later dxe6.}) 24... Rc8 25. Ne6 Nxe6 26. dxe6
Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 d5 $132 {Prusikin,M (2567)-Bologan,V (2636)/Dresden 2007/CBM
118 (1/2-1/2, 37)}) 21... a6 22. Nc7 {This knight will become a source of
worries soon.} Rc8 23. Rac1 Qd7 24. Nf2 Bd8 25. Qc2 $6 ({Maybe it would have
been better to return with} 25. Nb5 $5 {, although after} Rxc3 (25... Ba5 26.
Nxg4 Qxg4 27. Nxd6 $44) 26. Nxc3 Bf3 {Black has a nice position.}) 25... Rf3 $1
$36 {White is hanging now.} 26. Qb3 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Bxc7 28. Nxg4 Qxg4 29. Rxc7
Ne8 $2 (29... Nh5 $1 $19 {[%cal Gh5g3]}) 30. Re7 Qxe4 31. Rxe8+ Kf7 32. Rc8
Rxe3 (32... Qxe3+ 33. Qxe3 Rxe3 34. Rc7+ Kf6 35. Rd7 e4 36. Kf2 Rd3 37. Rxd6+
Ke5 38. Rb6 Rxd5 39. Rxb7 Rd2+ $15) 33. Qxb7+ Kf6 34. Rf8+ Kg5 {With both
kings exposed, a draw by perpetual is not completely out of the question.} 35.
Qxh7 $2 ({Overlooking a simple detail. He should have driven the enemy king
back with} 35. Qe7+ Kh6 {, when after, say,} 36. Qxd6 {Black could have forced
a draw in several ways, for instance with} Re1+ 37. Rf1 Qd4+ 38. Kg2 Re2+ 39.
Kh3 Qxb2 40. Qf8+ Kg5 41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. Qf8+ {and so on, but nothing more than
that.}) 35... Re1+ 36. Rf1 Qd4+ 37. Kg2 Re2+ ({The difference is that after} 
37... Re2+ 38. Kh3 {the black king becomes a useful attacking piece, enabling
mate in one with} Qg4#) 0-1

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 c6 11. h3 Nh6 12. c5 $1 {A typical blow, for unknown
reasons quite rare in this particular position - despite the fact that Black
has not found a way to equalize so far.} (12. Be3 {is the main line.}) 12...
exd4 (12... Nf7 13. cxd6 b5 14. dxe5 fxe5 15. a4 b4 16. d7 Bb7 17. Nb1 Nc5 18.
a5 a6 19. Be3 Nxd7 20. Bc4 $16 {1-0 Arsovic,Z-Markovic,M/Nis 1995/EXT 2000 (59)
}) (12... dxc5 13. dxe5 $16) 13. Bxa6 dxc5 $146 {This piece sacrifice is
Black's only chance; otherwise he is clearly worse:} (13... dxc3 14. Bc4+ d5 (
14... Kh8 15. cxd6 Re8 (15... cxb2 16. Bxb2 Nf7 17. Bxf7 Rxf7 18. e5 $16 {
M.Gurevich}) 16. Re1 $6 (16. Qd3 Be6 17. Rd1 $16) 16... Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18.
e5 Nf7 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. bxc3 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. Ba3 b6 23. Qa4 Rd8 24. Rad1
c5 $17 {0-1 Glicenstein,A-Kozakov,M/Rosny sous Bois 2004/EXT 2005 (36)}) (14...
Nf7 15. cxd6 Kh8 16. Bxf7 Rxf7 17. bxc3 $16 {1-0 Noori,A-Moradi,E/IRI 2000/EXT
2003 (56)}) 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Qxd5+ Kh8 17. bxc3 Qc7 $5 18. Nd4 a6 19. Re1 Nf7
$5 {[%cal Yf7e5,Yf8d8]} 20. Nf3 $1 Bf5 21. Qd4 $1 Rad8 22. Bd5 Ne5 23. Bf4 Qd7
24. Rad1 $16 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Hansen,C/Groningen 1992/CBM 034/[Gurevich,M] (62)}
) (13... bxa6 14. Qxd4 (14. Nxd4 dxc5 15. Nxc6 $14 {M.Gurevich}) 14... Nf7 15.
cxd6 (15. Rd1 $5) 15... Qxd6 16. Qxd6 Nxd6 17. Bf4 Nb7 (17... Nc4 18. b3 f5 19.
e5 Nb6 20. Rad1 Bb7 21. Nd2 g5 22. Bxg5 Bxe5 23. Ne2 a5 24. Nf3 Rae8 25. Nxe5
Rxe5 26. Nf4 $16 {1-0 Nill,J-Jelica,M/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 107 ext (72)}) 18.
Rad1 Be6 19. Rfe1 Rac8 20. e5 f5 21. Nd4 Kf7 22. Nxe6 Kxe6 23. Ne2 c5 24. Bg5
f4 25. Nxf4+ Kf5 26. g4+ Kxg5 27. Ne6+ Kh4 28. Nxf8 Bxf8 29. Rd7 Nd8 30. Rxh7+
Kg5 31. Re4 Ne6 {1-0 Sargissian,G-Dancevski,O/Ohrid 2001/CBM 084}) 14. Na4 {
Going for a positional advantage rather than material.} (14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Ne2
b5 16. Bd3 c4 17. Bb1 (17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nexd4 Re8 $132) 17... d3 $44) 14...
Qe7 15. Qc2 bxa6 (15... b6 $6 16. Bd3 {and Black has not sufficient
compensation for the piece.}) 16. Bxh6 Bxh6 17. Nxc5 $14 {[%csl Gc5]} Rd8 18.
Rad1 (18. Rfd1 $142 Bf8 19. Rac1 $14) 18... Bf8 19. b4 d3 $1 20. Nxd3 (20. Rxd3
Rxd3 21. Nxd3 a5 $1) 20... a5 $1 {Black plays energetically to lift the
blockade.} 21. bxa5 Qxe4 22. Rfe1 Qf5 23. Qxc6 Bd7 {White is a pawn up but
Black's bishop pair gives him some compensation.} 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Nd4 $6 {
After this move Black has no problems.} (25. Nf4 $142 $1 Bb5 (25... Qxa5 $2 26.
Qf7) (25... Rac8 26. Qd4 $16) 26. Qb3 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rc8 28. g3 $1 $14 (28. Nd4
$143 Qxf4 29. Nxb5 a6 30. Nd4 Rc1 31. g3 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Qe5 $44)) 25... Qxa5
26. Ne6 (26. Qf7 Bxh3 $1 $11) 26... Bxe6 27. Qxe6 Rd6 28. Qe2 Rad8 29. Nf4 Rxd1
30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Qxa2 {Black is even a pawn up now but White creates
counterplay, which eventually saves the game.} 32. Qd8 Kg7 (32... Qf7 33. Ne6
Kg8 34. Qc8) 33. Qd7+ Qf7 34. Ne6+ Kg8 35. Qc8 a5 36. g4 a4 {What else?} 37.
Nxf8 Qxf8 38. Qc4+ Qf7 39. Qxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 {This modest move preparing to call up the
last reserve from the square a1 represents currently the main line. The modern
method with 10...Nh5 is trying to undermine the white centre even at the cost
of few tempi.} (11. f4 Nf6 12. Bf3 $13) 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nf4 13. Rfd1 Bxd4+
14. Qxd4 Nxe2+ 15. Nxe2 b6 {The discovery of recent years; Black is building a
very solid position in the centre and will try to generate enough counterplay.}
16. Nc3 Bb7 17. Nd5 (17. Rac1 Qg5 18. Qd2 (18. b3 a5 19. Qd2 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 f5
21. exf5 gxf5 22. Kf2 Re7 23. Re2 Rae8 24. Rce1 Re5 {1/2 Nielsen,P (2628)-Glek,
I (2571)/playchess.com INT 2004 (41)}) 18... Qh5 19. b4 Re7 20. Ne2 Qe5 21. c5
dxc5 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Qe3 Qe6 24. Nf4 Qa6 25. Rxc5 Qxa2 26. Qc3 $18 {0-1
Malakhatko,V (2600)-Jones,G (2562)/Canberra 2008 (108)}) 17... Bxd5 18. cxd5
Qg5 19. Rac1 Re7 20. Qd2 (20. Rc3 f5 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. h3 Rf8 23. b4 Qg5 24.
Qg4 Qe5 25. Rc4 Qe3+ 26. Kh2 Qe2 {1/2 Topalov,V (2780)-Mamedyarov,S (2760)/
Nice 2008 (31)}) 20... Qh5 {Volokitin has no interest in exchanging queens,
since his backward c7-pawn would become an ideal target for the white rooks.} (
20... Qh4 21. Qf2 Qh5 22. Rc4 f5 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Qc2 Qf7 25. Re4 {1/2
Vitiugov,N (2573)-Khairullin,I (2533)/Cheboksary 2006}) (20... Qe5 21. Rc4 Rd8
22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 a5 24. Rdc1 Rdd7 25. Kf2 $14 {1/2 Ivanov,S (2534)
-Kalegin,E (2458)/Moscow 2006 (44)}) (20... Qxd2 $6 21. Rxd2 $14) 21. g4 (21.
Rc4 f5 22. e5 Rxe5 23. Rxc7 Qh4 $14) 21... Qh4 22. Qf2 Qg5 23. Qd2 Qh4 24. Kh1
$1 {Jakovenko has decided to try realizing his modest advantage.} Rf8 (24... f5
$2 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. exf5 Qf6 27. Re1 $16) 25. Rg1 h5 (25... f6 26. Rc6 Qg5 27.
Qc1 $14) 26. Rc3 {The other attempts by White to get more from this position
have shown little hope of success.} (26. g5 f5 27. gxf6 Qxf6 28. Rc3 Kh7 $11) (
26. Qh6 Qf6 27. gxh5 Qxf3+ 28. Rg2 Qxe4 29. Rf1 Rfe8 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Qxg6+
Qxg6 32. Rxg6+ Rg7 $11) 26... hxg4 27. Rxg4 Qh3 (27... Qh5 28. Kg1 $14) 28. Rg3
Qf1+ 29. Rg1 Qh3 30. Rg3 Qf1+ 31. Rg1 Qh3 32. Qg5 {White is thus avoiding the
threefold repetition with the immediate draw.} Rfe8 (32... Re5 33. Qg2 Qxg2+
34. Rxg2 Rc8 35. Rgc2 Re7 36. Rc6 Rd7 37. Kg2 $14) 33. f4 Qh8 $1 34. f5 (34. e5
dxe5 35. f5 e4 36. fxg6 f6 $11) 34... Qd4 35. Re3 (35. fxg6 Qxe4+ 36. Rg2 f5 $1
$15) 35... Rxe4 $2 {[%mdl 64] In the impending time trouble the defender could
not find enough energy to calculate the equalising continuation with the
pinning of the f-pawn.} (35... Re5 36. Qh6 Rxf5 37. Rxg6+ fxg6 38. Qxg6+ Kf8
39. Qxf5+ Ke7 $11) 36. fxg6 $1 f5 (36... Rxe3 37. gxf7+ Kxf7 38. Rf1+ $18) 37.
Qxf5 $1 R4e7 (37... Rxe3 38. Qf7+ Kh8 39. Qh7#) 38. Rf3 $6 {The clock can
become an enemy for both human players. The exact and consequent doubling of
the rooks on the e-file would have decided the game within a few moves.} (38.
Rge1 $1 Rf8 39. Qh5 Rg7 40. Rf3 Rxf3 41. Qxf3 Qa4 42. Qf6 $18) 38... Qe4 $1 39.
Qxe4 {Curious secrets are being revealed by computers trying to solve similar
situations. The very desirable advance 39.h4!? is not winning due to the
fascinating sacrifice of black queen on move 41.} (39. Qf7+ Rxf7 40. gxf7+ Kh7
41. fxe8=Q Qxf3+ 42. Rg2 Qd1+ $11) (39. h4 $5 Qxh4+ 40. Rh3 Qd4 (40... Qe4+ 41.
Qxe4 Rxe4 42. g7 $18) 41. g7 Qxg1+ $1 42. Kxg1 Re1+ 43. Kg2 R8e2+ 44. Kg3 Re3+
45. Kh4 Re4+ 46. Kg5 Re5 47. Rh8+ Kxg7 48. Rh7+ Kg8 49. Rxc7 Rxf5+ 50. Kxf5
Re5+ 51. Kg6 Kf8 $14) 39... Rxe4 40. Rf7 R8e7 41. Rgf1 Rxf7 42. Rxf7 Re2 {
The tempest is over and the rook endgame turnas out to be hopeless for Black.
Jakovenko's main task is to activate the white king.} (42... Rc4 43. b3 Rc5 44.
h4 Rxd5 45. Kg2 c5 46. Kg3 $18) (42... Rg4 43. Rxc7 Rxg6 44. Rxa7 Rg5 45. Rb7
Rxd5 46. Rxb6) 43. h4 Rxb2 44. h5 Rb4 45. Kg2 $1 Rh4 46. Rh7 Rd4 47. Kg3 Rxd5
48. Kg4 Ra5 49. Rxc7 Rxa2 50. Kg5 {Black could already have resigned without
any remorse.} Ra5+ (50... Kf8 51. Kh6 Rg2 52. Rxa7 $18) 51. Kf6 Rc5 52. Rxc5 (
52. Rxc5 dxc5 53. h6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Elista FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. d5 Nd7 12. O-O f5 13. exf5 Nc5 {In previous
grandmaster praxis the move 13...Nxf5 was preferred, but Cheparinov has his
own solutions in quite a few openings.} (13... Nxf5 14. Nd2 Nd4 (14... Nf6 15.
Nde4 Nxe4 (15... h6) 16. Nxe4 Nd4 (16... h6 17. h3 Kh8 18. Bg4 Bd7 19. b4 Qe7
20. Re1 Rad8 21. Rc1 $14 {0-1 Rossmann,H-Uhlmann,W/Stralsund 1975/ (46)}) 17.
Bg4 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. f3 Qd7 20. Bf2 Raf8 $11 {1-0 Drasko,M (2510)
-Riemersma,L (2380)/Belgrade 1988 (57)}) 15. Nde4 Nxe2+ (15... h6 16. Bg4 Nf6
17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. f3 $14) 16. Qxe2 h6 17. b4 (17. f3 Nf6 18. Bf2 b6 $1 19. b4
a5 20. a3 Nh5 $13) 17... Nf6 18. h3 (18. f3 Nh5 19. Bf2 Nf4 20. Qd2 Bf5 $13)
18... Bf5 19. Rfe1 Qd7 {0-1 David,A (2573)-Bologan,V (2683)/Moscow 2005 (32)})
14. Qd2 (14. h4 gxh4 15. Bxh4 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. b4 e4 18. Nd4 Nxf5 19. Ndb5
Nh4 20. bxc5 Qg6 21. g3 Rf3 {0-1 Simeonidis,I (2283)-Tzermiadianos,A (2418)/
Kallithea 2003 (29)}) 14... g4 $1 $146 {This is the face of the novelty
prepared by Black; the white pieces should be robbed of harmony.} (14... Nf7
15. b4 Na6 16. Ne4 h6 17. Bd3 Bxf5 18. Rab1 Nh8 19. Qc2 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Rf7 21. b5
Nb8 22. c5 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Nd7 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Nd4 $16 {1-0 Kovalyov,A (2510)
-Henry,L (2118)/Ottawa 2007 (45)}) 15. Nh4 (15. Bh4 $2 Qe8 16. f6 gxf3 17. fxg7
Rf4 $1 18. Bxf3 (18. Bg5 Qg6 $17) (18. Bg3 fxe2 19. Rfe1 Rf6 $17) 18... Rxh4
19. b4 Na6 20. Ne4 Qg6 $17) 15... a5 16. f3 (16. f6 Qxf6 17. f3 e4 18. fxe4
Qd4+ 19. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 20. Bf2 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nxe4 22. Bd4 Bd7 $11) 16... gxf3 17.
Rxf3 (17. Bxf3 Nxf5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Rae1 $11) 17... Ng4 $6 {Unfortunately
even Black's homework is not always perfect. Analysis of the critical position
hints that there were at least two sensible moves, that would deserve
preference to the knight move.} (17... Nxf5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Raf1 Qd7 20. Nb5
$14) (17... e4 $5 18. Rf2 Qe7 19. Qe3 Bxf5 20. h3 Bd7 $11) 18. h3 (18. Bd1 $1
e4 (18... Re8 19. Qe2 e4 20. Rf4 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Nf6 22. Qd2 $16) 19. Rf4 e3 20.
Qe2 h5 21. h3 Be5 22. Ng6 Bxf4 23. Bxf4 Nf2 24. Qxh5 $18) 18... Bh6 19. Qe1 e4
{The transposition to te middlegame is reminiscent of a walk in a minefiled.
Both players are avoiding variations, that they deem favourable for the
opponent.} (19... Ne3 20. Bxe5 $1 dxe5 21. Qg3+ Kh8 (21... Kf7 22. f6 $18) (
21... Qg5 22. Rxe3 Kf7 23. Rf3 $16) 22. Qxe5+ Bg7 $1 (22... Qf6 23. Rxe3 Bxe3+
24. Qxe3 Qxh4 25. Qxc5 $16) 23. f6 $1 Bh6 (23... Bxf6 24. Qxe3 $16) 24. Rxe3
Nd7 25. Qg3 Bxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Qxf6 27. Nf3 $16) (19... Be3+ 20. Kh1 e4 21. hxg4
exf3 22. gxf3 Qf6 23. Bf1 $16) 20. Rf1 (20. hxg4 exf3 21. Nxf3 $1 Be3+ 22. Bf2
Qe7 23. Nd4 $16) 20... Ne5 (20... Ne3 21. Bf4 Bg5 22. Qg3 $1 Nxf1 23. Rxf1 h6
24. Be3 $1 Qf6 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Ng6 Rf7 27. h4 Bd2 28. Nb5 $16) 21. Bxe5 (21.
Bf4 $5 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Qg5 23. Qd2 Ng6 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. h4 Qh6 26. Raf1 Bxf5 27.
Nb5 $14) 21... dxe5 22. g4 $6 {The former world champion has solved the
problems with the clear intention of advancing his kingside pawn mass.
Unfortunately it leaves his dark squares critically vulnerable.} (22. Bg4 $1
Qf6 23. g3 $16) 22... Be3+ 23. Kh1 Ra6 24. Ng2 Bd4 (24... Rh6 25. Qg3 (25. Nxe3
Rxh3+ 26. Kg2 Rxe3 27. Qf2 Qg5 28. Nd1 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 Nd3 $13) 25... Bd4 26. Nb5
Qg5 $13) 25. Qg3 Qg5 (25... Bd7 26. Rab1 Rf7 $13) 26. Rad1 (26. Nb5 Rh6 27. h4
$1 (27. Nxc7 Rxf5 $1 $13) 27... Bxb2 28. Rab1 Qd2 29. Qe1 $16) 26... Bxf5 $2 {
[%mdl 2048] The more you have, the more you want... and the temperamental
young man is overreaching himself. Nearly any other sensible move was less
exposing, now White will be fully in the driving seat again.} (26... h5 $5 27.
Nb5 (27. h4 Qg7 28. g5 (28. Ne3 hxg4 29. Bxg4 Rh6 $11) 28... Bxf5 29. Ne3 Bg6
$11) 27... hxg4 28. Nxd4 exd4 29. Qxc7 Rh6 30. Qxc5 Rxh3+ 31. Kg1 d3 $11) (
26... Bd7 27. h4 Rh6 28. Qh2 $14) (26... Rh6 27. Kh2 $1 $14) 27. Nb5 $1 Qg7 (
27... Rf7 28. Nxd4 exd4 29. Rxd4 $16) (27... Rh6 28. Nxd4 exd4 29. Rxd4 $16)
28. Kh2 {Kasimdzhanov might have tried to win the piece with the strange move
28.Qa3!?, but the complications with Black's counterplay were too dangerous.
White is able to get an advantage with the help of peaceful means.} (28. Qa3 $5
Rh6 29. gxf5 e3 30. Rf3 Rxf5 31. Rdf1 (31. Nxd4 exd4 32. Nf4 Ne4 33. Rg1 Rg5
34. Rxg5 Nxg5 35. Rg3 Qe5 36. Rg4 Kf7 $16) 31... Rxf3 32. Rxf3 e4 33. Rxe3 Bxe3
34. Qxe3 $16) 28... Bg6 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $6 {One more unnatural move which
exposes the king and only makes an already critical position worse.} (29...
Qxf8 30. Nxd4 (30. g5 $5 Bxb2 31. Nxc7 Rb6 32. Nb5 $14) (30. Nxc7 $6 Rf6 $1 $15
) 30... exd4 31. Rxd4 Rf6 32. Kg1 $16) 30. Nxc7 $1 Rf6 (30... Qxc7 31. Rxd4 Rb6
32. Rd2 Nd3 33. b3 $16) 31. Nb5 Bxb2 (31... Kg8 32. Nxd4 exd4 33. Rxd4 Nd3 34.
Qe3 Rf2 35. d6 Rxe2 36. d7 Qe5+ 37. Kg1 Rxe3 38. d8=Q+ Kg7 39. Rd7+ Bf7 40.
Nxe3 Qg3+ 41. Ng2 $18) 32. g5 $1 {A tiny, but very important move. Black is
losing the chance to use the square f6 and White gains a tempo and a lovely
g4-square for his pieces.} Rf5 (32... Rf7 33. Rb1 Na4 34. Ne3 $1 (34. Rxb2 Nxb2
35. Qa3+ Kg8 36. Qxb2 Rf2 37. Nc3 Bh5 38. Kg1 Qf8 39. Qb6 $16) 34... Kg8 35.
Ng4 $18) 33. Bg4 Rf7 34. Rb1 $1 Nd3 35. Rxb2 $1 Nxb2 36. Qa3+ Kg8 (36... Ke8
37. Nd6+ $18) 37. Qxb2 {Kasimdzhanov has finally gained the decisive
positional and material advantage.} Rf1 (37... e3 38. Be6 $18) 38. Nd6 Qe7 39.
Be6+ Kf8 (39... Kh8 40. Qxe5+ $18) 40. Qxe5 Qg7 41. Qxg7+ Kxg7 42. Nxb7 Rf2 {
White's pawns have open files for their advance to the promotion squares, so
Cheparinov is trying the last desperate counterplay motive.} (42... Rc1 43. d6
$18) (42... Rb1 43. Nxa5 Bf7 44. Bxf7 Kxf7 45. c5 $18) 43. c5 Rd2 (43... e3 44.
Kg1 Rxa2 45. Nxe3 $18) 44. c6 e3 45. Kg3 e2 46. c7 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 {For the second time in a few months I have met this
system vs Wang Yue. Last time in the FIDE GP in Elista. Now the theory is too
heavy here to give an express view, so I will go through the game.} 11. d5 Nd7
12. O-O f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 (13... Nc5 14. Qd2 g4 {was played in
Kasimdzhanov-Cheparinov from Elista GP and White got a very big advantage soon.
}) 14. Nd2 {Occupying the e4-square.} Nd4 15. Nde4 h6 {Preparing ...Nf6} 16.
Bg4 b6 {Now I wanted to put my knight to c5 somehow in order to take back with
the b-pawn after an exchange.} 17. f3 (17. Be6+ Kh8 18. Qh5 {looks beautiful,
but it's just bad :)} Nf6 (18... Nxe6 19. dxe6 Nc5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Rad1 Kh7
$15) 19. Nxf6 Bxe6 20. dxe6 Rxf6 21. e7 Qd7 {With ...Re6 to follow and just a
very fine position for Black.}) 17... Nc5 18. Bxc8 Qxc8 19. Bf2 (19. Nxc5 bxc5
{and with ...Qf5 and ...h5 Black seems to be just fine.}) 19... Qd7 (19... Qe8
{with the intention to play ...Qg6 was quite interesting.}) (19... Qf5 $5) 20.
Ng3 {Now Wang starts a plan for domination. But it didn't work as we will see.}
a5 21. Nce2 Nf5 $1 (21... Rxf3 $4 {Too early for such an attack.} 22. gxf3
Nxf3+ 23. Kh1 Qh3 24. Bg1 {And White protects vs all threats, now the only
chance is to go for central play but...} e4 25. Nc3 $1 Be5 26. Qe2 $1 Bxg3 27.
Rxf3 exf3 28. Qxf3 {and White ends with a piece up and a winning position.}) (
21... Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 $14 {and here Black is a tempo or even two tempi down
compared to the game as the knight is already on g3 and White's queen is on e2,
when Black's d7-queen is too far away from the action arena.}) 22. Nxf5 Qxf5
23. Ng3 (23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Ng3 {To avoid the Qd3 possibility as the knight on
c5 has already been taken. But here Black may go for} Qg6 {The same as in the
game, so we will explore this position after Wang's Ng3 anyway. I prefer the
queen on g6 here rather than the pseudo-active f4 position.} (24... Qf4 25. Ne4
$1 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Rab8 27. Qc2 a4 28. Rad1 Rb4 29. Rfe1 Qf4 $14 {I dont see a
real plan for White here for example} 30. Re2 h5 31. Rde1 Qf5 32. Kg1 Rfb8 33.
Qc3 Qf4 (33... h4 $6 34. h3 Kh7 35. a3 Rb3 36. Qa5 $16) 34. a3 R4b6 35. Qa5 g4
36. fxg4 Qxg4 37. Rf2 Qd7 {with ...Rb3-d3 to follow and nice counterplay.}))
23... Qg6 (23... Qd3 $5 {This is a very interesting idea to let White go to
the endgame and still Black seems very ok.} 24. Bxc5 Qxd1 25. Raxd1 bxc5 26.
Ne4 Rab8 27. Rd2 Rb4 28. Rc2 Rfb8 29. Rb1 Ra4 $11) 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Qb1 (25.
Ne4 g4 26. Qe2 gxf3 (26... Rf4 27. Rae1 Rb8 28. b3 h5 29. fxg4 Qxg4 30. Qxg4
hxg4 31. Nc3 Kh7 32. Nb5 a4 33. Rxf4 exf4 34. Re7 Kg6 35. Rxc7 Bd4+ (35... axb3
36. axb3 Be5 $11) 36. Kf1 axb3 37. axb3 Rh8 $11 (37... Be5 $13)) 27. Rxf3 Rxf3
(27... Rf4 28. Re1 Raf8 29. Rg3 Qf5 30. h3 Kh7 $13) 28. Qxf3 h5 29. Qd3 Rf8 30.
Re1 Rf4 31. b3 h4 $11 (31... Qg4)) (25. Qe2 {Black has a lot of good
possibilities.} Rf4 $5 (25... e4 26. fxe4 {and with knight to f5 coming, it is
not easy to play with Black here.}) 26. Ne4 g4 27. Rae1 a4 28. fxg4 Rxg4 29. g3
Rf4 30. Kh1 Rff8 31. Qd3 h5 32. Kg2 Rab8 (32... h4 33. Rxf8+ Rxf8 34. Nxc5 h3+
35. Kg1 e4 (35... Qxd3 36. Nxd3 Rf3 37. Nf2 a3) 36. Nxe4 Bxb2 37. Rf1 Rb8 $1
$44) 33. Rxf8+ Bxf8 34. Re2 Kg7 35. h3 Be7 36. Qc2 Rb4 $11 (36... h4 37. g4 Bg5
$11)) 25... Qxb1 $1 (25... e4 $5 26. fxe4 Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1 Bxb2 28. Rb1 Rb8 29.
Nf5 {and it's really more pleasent to play with White here. Still the position
remains about equal, I think the way I chose in the game was better.}) 26.
Raxb1 e4 $3 {A very interesting idea! Now Black's structure is totally bad for
the endgame, all his pawns are on dark squares (the colour of his bishop) and
Black is a pawn down! But he is slightly better!} (26... Rab8 $11) 27. Nxe4 (
27. fxe4 Bd4+ 28. Kh1 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Bxb2 $15 {with ...Rb8-b4 to follow}) 27...
Bd4+ 28. Kh1 a4 (28... Rfb8 $5 29. b3 a4 {was quite good too! The position is
equal objectively, but Black might press here.}) 29. h4 (29. Rfc1 $1 Rfb8 30.
Nc3 Rb4 31. b3 axb3 (31... Bxc3 32. Rxc3 Re8 33. Kg1 Re2 34. Ra1 Rb8 $15) 32.
axb3 Ra3 33. Nb5 Raxb3 34. Rxb3 Rxb3 35. Nxc7 Kf7 36. Nb5 Be5 $15) 29... gxh4
30. Kh2 Rfb8 31. b3 axb3 32. axb3 {All moves starting from gxh4, were quite
logical and almost forced.} Ra2 33. Rfd1 Kf7 {Now ...Rg8 is coming, the
position is pleasant for Black and White has to take measures to decrease
Black's activity.} 34. Rd2 Ra3 $1 35. Kh3 Raxb3 36. Rxb3 Rxb3 37. Kxh4 Kg6 $5
38. Rc2 Rb1 $6 (38... h5 $5 {This seems more strong to me.}) 39. Ng3 $1 {
Somewhere here White offered a draw, but I declined it and decided to play on.}
h5 40. f4 $4 (40. Re2 $1 {This move seems to give a draw finally.} Bf6+ 41. Kh3
Be5 42. Re4 Rc1 43. Rh4 Bf6 44. Re4 {and due to the e4 rook it is very hard to
make any progress.} Kg5 45. Rh4) 40... Bf6+ 41. Kh3 Rb3 $1 (41... h4 42. Ne2
Kf5 43. g4+ Ke4 44. g5 Bb2 $17 {But why does Black need such measures if he
can win easily?}) 42. Kh2 h4 43. Ne2 (43. Ne4 Kf5 $19 44. Nxf6 Kxf6 {and Black
is winning. c4 and f4 are too weak and White's king is cut off.}) 43... Kf5 44.
Ra2 Rb4 $1 45. Ra8 Rxc4 46. Re8 Rb4 47. Re6 Rb3 $1 {The last finesse. Black is
winning.} 48. g4+ hxg3+ 49. Nxg3+ Kg4 $1 50. Ne2 Rb2 51. Kg2 Be5 $1 52. Kf2 (
52. Rg6+ Kf5 53. Rg5+ Kf6 54. Kf3 Bxf4 $19) 52... Bxf4 53. Re7 Kf5 54. Rf7+ Ke5
55. Kf3 Bd2 56. Rxc7 Kxd5 57. Ng3 Rb3+ 58. Kg2 Bf4 59. Ne2 Be5 60. Kf2 Ke4 61.
Rh7 Rf3+ 62. Ke1 d5 63. Kd2 d4 64. Rh4+ Kd5 0-1

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. h3 Ng4 12. hxg4 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxd4 {#} 14. Rd1
{A novelty, which failed to impress.} (14. g5) 14... Bxc3 $1 15. bxc3 Bxg4 16.
f3 Be6 17. Bf4 Rfd8 18. Bxd6 b6 19. a4 Nc5 20. Bxc5 (20. a5 {runs into} Nb3 {
and White must continue} 21. axb6 Nxa1 22. b7 Rab8 23. Bxb8 Rxb8 24. Rxa1 Rxb7
{where there is not even a shadow of advantage.}) 20... bxc5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.
Rb1 Kg7 23. a5 (23. Rb7 Rd7 $11) 23... Rd2 24. Rb7 a6 25. Rb6 Ra2 26. Rxc6 (26.
Rxa6 $4 Ra1 27. Kf2 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Bxc4+ {and Black wins}) 26... Rxa5 27. f4
Kf8 28. Bd3 Ke7 29. f5 gxf5 30. exf5 Bd7 31. Rb6 f6 32. g4 h6 33. Be4 Ra4 34.
Bd5 a5 35. Kf2 Ra3 36. Be6 Bxe6 37. Rxe6+ Kf7 38. Rc6 Rxc3 39. Rxc5 a4 40. Rc7+
Kg8 41. c5 a3 42. Ra7 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. d5 Nd7 12. O-O ({The main move is} 12. Nd2 {
which Wang Yue already played against Radjabov:} f5 13. exf5 Nf6 14. Nde4 Nxe4
15. Nxe4 Bxf5 16. Bd3 {White is slightly better, but the game finished with a
draw in 46 moves, Wang Yue (2736)-Radjabov,T (2751)/Elista 2008}) 12... f5 13.
exf5 Nc5 {Following in footsteps of Ivan Cheparinov, Topalov's second, who
introduced this move on the high level only few months ago.} ({Previously
Black used to answer automatically} 13... Nxf5) 14. b4 {This new and most
natural-looking move leads to a forced play.} (14. Qd2 g4 15. Nh4 a5 16. f3
gxf3 17. Rxf3 {let to a messy game in Kasimdzhanov,R (2672)-Cheparinov,I (2696)
/Elista 2008.}) 14... e4 {The point of 13...Nc5.} 15. Nd4 Nd3 {#} 16. Nxe4 Bxd4
17. Rb1 {Black must return the extra piece. Everything is still more or less
forced.} Nxf2 ({The dark-squared bishops are most important minor pieces and
each side can allow to exchange it only for opponent's dark-squared bishop.
That's why} 17... Bxf2+ $2 18. Nxf2 {is bad for Black.}) 18. Bxf2 (18. Nxf2 $2
Nxf5 {this is a similar picture for White, who is in troubles now because
black will exchange the bishop g3 for his knight.}) 18... Bxf2+ 19. Nxf2 Bxf5
20. Rb3 {# Finally the forced sequence finished. How to evaluate this
position? White is marginally better thanks to a small space advantage and
some attacking ideas due to the slightly broken black structure on the
kingside. However, Black will soon have a good control in the center and the
attacking ideas won't work out, while the space advantage itself is not enough
for a win.} Qe7 21. Qd2 Rae8 22. Bh5 Bg6 $1 (22... Nf7 {is too passive. After}
23. c5 {White enjoys the initiative.}) 23. Rh3 ({In case of} 23. Bxg6 hxg6 {
the doubled pawns control very important squares on the f-file. For instance}
24. Rg3 {is answered with} Rf4 {and Black has nothing to fear.}) 23... Qg7 ({
Here} 23... Bxh5 24. Rxh5 Nf7 {is just bad in view of} 25. Ng4 {with a strong
attack for White.}) 24. Bxg6 Qxg6 ({It is curious that even here} 24... hxg6 {
was an option (though rather unnecessary now), since} 25. Qxg5 {allows the
nice sacrifice} Rxf2 {with a draw:} 26. Kxf2 (26. Rxf2 $2 Re1+ 27. Rf1 Qd4+)
26... Qd4+ 27. Kf3 (27. Kg3 $2 {loses:} Re3+ 28. Rf3 Nf5+ 29. Kf2 Qd2+) 27...
Qd3+ ({Not} 27... Qe4+ $2 28. Kg3) 28. Kf2 Qd4+ 29. Kf3 $11) 25. Re3 Rxe3 26.
Qxe3 b6 27. Re1 Nf5 28. Qe4 Qg7 29. Nd3 a6 30. Rf1 Qd4+ 31. Qxd4 Nxd4 32. Rxf8+
Kxf8 {#} 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. Ke3 Nc2+ 35. Ke4 b5 36. c5 h6 37. c6 Kf6 38. g3 Na3
39. g4 Nc2 40. h3 Na3 41. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Re8 9. Qc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 c6 11. Rad1 a6 {An alternative to the normal} (11...
Qe7) {Black wants either to prepare ...b7-b5 or to provoke a2-a4 and then play
...a6-a5. However, this plan is too slow: while Black is arranging his pieces
for ...b5, White will find a good moment to play a4.} 12. f3 {This move has
become quite popular recently. Other options:} (12. Rfe1) (12. Kh1) 12... d5 {
White is well prepared for this break, but in the event of "normal" play he
keeps a small positional advantage:} (12... Qc7 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. Rc1 Bd7 15.
Rfd1 Rad8 16. a4 a5 17. Bf1 Bc8 18. Qf2 $14 {0-1 Feller,S (2523)-Bacrot,E 
(2691)/Pau 2008/CBM 126 (32)}) 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. f4 $5 {[%mdl 4] An unusual
idea discovered by French players.} (14. Kh1 b5 $4 (14... dxe4 $5) (14... Qc7
$5 15. Nxd5 $140 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qxc2 17. Nxc2 Bxb2) 15. Bf4 $4 ({both players
missed} 15. Nc6 Qc7 16. Nxb5 $1 $18) 15... Qb6 $13 {1-0 Ovsejevitsch,S (2370)
-Komliakov,V (2535)/Nikolaev 1995/CBM 047 (28)}) 14... Nxe4 (14... dxe4 {
gives White a strong attack:} 15. g4 $1 h6 16. g5 hxg5 17. fxg5 Nh7 18. Rxf7 $3
{The point!} Nxg5 (18... Kxf7 19. Bc4+ Kf8 20. Qf2+ Nhf6 (20... Ndf6 21. Nb3
$18 {[%cal Re3c5]}) 21. Nc6 $3 bxc6 22. Bc5+ Nxc5 23. Rxd8 $18) (18... Bxd4 19.
Bxd4 Qxg5+ 20. Kh1 Kxf7 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Qxe4 $18 {->}) 19. Rff1 Re5 20. Kh1
Kh7 21. Bf4 $16 {1-0 Feller,S (2539)-Apicella,M (2521)/Le Port Marly 2009/CBM
130 Extra (35)}) 15. Nxd5 Nef6 {Black must give up material to release White's
pressure.} (15... Ndc5 16. f5 $1 $40 Qxd5 $140 17. fxg6 $1 hxg6 18. Bc4 Qd7 19.
Nb3 $1 $18) 16. Nc7 Rxe3 17. Nxa8 Nd5 {The knight is trapped on a8 but can't
be picked up.} 18. Bc4 $1 N7f6 19. f5 Bd7 (19... Re8 20. Qb3 $1 $16) 20. Bxd5
Nxd5 21. Qc5 $1 Qxa8 $2 (21... Re5 {was the best attempt:} 22. Qd6 $1 (22. fxg6
hxg6 23. Nf3 Bf8 $1 24. Qa7 Rh5 25. Qxb7 Be6 {is even less convincing}) 22...
Qe7 ({or} 22... Ne3 23. Nf3 $1 Re7 24. Rfe1 $1 Nxf5 25. Qc7 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxc7
27. Nxc7 Bxb2 28. Rb1 Ba3 29. Rxb7) 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. f6 $1 Nxf6 25. Nb6 {
In both variations White keeps the better prospects in the endgame but there
is a lot of fight remaining.}) 22. Qxd5 $18 {White is now an exchange up and
attacking.} Be8 23. f6 Bf8 24. Kh1 Qb8 25. Qg5 Re4 26. Rfe1 h6 27. Qg3 Rxe1+
28. Rxe1 Qd8 {The queen exchange is equally hopeless.} 29. Nf5 Kh7 (29... Qxf6
30. Nxh6+ Bxh6 31. Rxe8+ Bf8 32. h3 Qxb2 33. Qd6 Qg7 34. a4 $18) 30. Ne7 h5 31.
Qe5 Bb5 32. b3 Qd2 33. a4 Bd3 34. Rg1 Bc2 35. h3 Qb4 36. Rc1 (36. Rf1 $142 $1
Qxb3 37. Rf3 Qxa4 $140 38. Qb8 $18) 36... Qxb3 37. Kh2 $2 (37. Re1 $1 {[%cal
Re5b8]} Qb4 38. Re2 $1 h4 $1 (38... Qc4 39. a5 $1) 39. Qd5 $1 (39. Qb8 $2 Qd4
$1) 39... Qb1+ $1 (39... Bb3 40. Re4 $1) (39... Qb3 40. Rxc2 $1) 40. Kh2 Qb3 (
40... Bb3 41. Qe5 {[%cal Re5b8,Re2e4]} (41. Qg5 $18) 41... Qf1 42. Re4 Qf2 43.
Qg5 $18) 41. Qxb3 Bxb3 42. Re4 Kh6 43. Rxh4+ Kg5 44. Rb4 $18) 37... Bh6 $1 (
37... Qxa4 38. Qc7 $1 (38. Qb8 Qe4) 38... Bd3 (38... Be4 39. Rc4) 39. Qb8 Qe4
40. Rc8 Bf1 41. Qg3 Bxe7 (41... h4 42. Qg5) 42. fxe7 Bb5 (42... Qxe7 43. Qc3
$18) 43. Qc7 $18 Bf1 $140 44. Qc2 $1 Qe5+ 45. Kg1 Bb5 46. Qc3) 38. Rf1 Qd3 $4 {
[%mdl 8192] Losing at once. Meanwhile after} (38... h4 $1 39. Rf3 (39. Qb8 Qg3+
40. Qxg3 hxg3+ 41. Kxg3 Bxa4 {is probably better but White's task in this
endgame is far from easy}) 39... Qb4 $1 (39... Qe6 $143 40. Qxe6 fxe6 41. Rc3
$1 Bxa4 42. Rc4 $18 {[%cal Yc4h4]}) 40. Qb8 Bd2 $1 41. Nd5 (41. Qf8 $4 Bf4+)
41... Qc5 $1 42. Qxb7 Qd6+ 43. Kg1 Qe6 {White can hardly win.}) 39. Qb8 Bd2 40.
Qf8 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O c6 8. d5 Na6
9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne1 Nh6 13. Nd3 g5 14. Bg3 f5 15. exf5
Bxf5 16. f3 Bg6 17. Be1 Nf5 18. Bd2 Nd4 19. Nf2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 h6 21. Nfe4 Nc7
22. Rab1 b6 23. a3 Ne8 24. b4 Nf6 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Rb7 Rf7 27. Rfb1 Rxb7 28.
Rxb7 Rb8 29. Rxa7 Rb2 30. Qd1 Qb6 31. Nxf6+ Bxf6 32. Qa4 Qd8 33. Ne4 Bxe4 34.
fxe4 Rb1+ 35. Kf2 Qf8 {# Gelfand played an excellent strategig game, and is
completely winning. Fritz 12 points out the prophylactic 36 Kg3! as the
easiest way to progress.} 36. Ra8 $2 Bd8+ 37. Kg3 $2 (37. Ke3 Rg1 38. Qd7 Qf4+
{is a draw by perpetual.}) 37... Rf1 $1 38. Be3 Re1 $1 39. Qb3 Re2 $1 40. h3 {
#' Amonatov's tactic of making a quick draw as White almost pays off, as he is
now one move away from eliminating the top seed.} Qf1 $4 (40... Kg7 {Once
again a prophylactic king move is required. It threatens 41...Qf1 and White's
only clearly insufficient try is 41 Rxd8.}) 41. Rxd8+ {Black resigns as he
probably missed} (41. Rxd8+ Kg7 42. Qb7+ Kg6 43. Rg8+ Kh5 44. Rxg5+ {#}) 1-0

[Event "London Classic"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2009.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2009.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
Qe8 9. Bf1 c6 10. Rb1 Bg4 11. d5 c5 {The pawn structure produces a complicated
positional battle. The pawn on c5 makes White's queenside attack less
'automatic' than in the main lines of the King's Indian, but Black's
counterplay on the kingside is necessarily slower.} 12. Be2 Kh8 13. a3 Bd7 14.
b4 b6 15. Bg5 Ng8 16. Nb5 f6 17. Bh4 (17. Nxd6 $2 {just blunders a piece to}
Qe7) 17... Qe7 18. Nd2 ({Over the next few moves} 18. Qa4 {can be met by} Nc7)
18... Nh6 {[%cal Yh6g4] Preventing the positional threat of Be2-g4, and f7 is
a useful square to cover d6.} 19. Nf1 Rfc8 20. Ne3 Nc7 21. bxc5 Nxb5 {In
hindsight, I wonder whether this was a bad decision. I thought Black's rooks
would be quite strong on the c-file. However, they lack entry points and White
can continue preparing an assault on the queenside pawns.} (21... bxc5 {
was a solid alternative, with a tense position.}) 22. cxb5 Rxc5 23. f3 (23. a4
{would allow Black an interesting possibility:} g5 24. Bg3 f5 25. exf5 Nxf5 {
and with the Ne3 about to be exchanged, the rook on c5 becomes much more
useful than it was in the game.}) 23... Rac8 24. Bd3 $1 {A strong move, after
which I understood that Black is going to face difficulties. There are three
ideas behind this move. Firstly, it is harder to achieve .. 6-g5 and ...f6-f5.
Secondly (although it never materialised in the game) the maneouvre
Ne3-c2-b4-c6 becomes possible. Finally the rooks are restricted on the c-file.}
Qf8 25. Bf2 f5 26. a4 R5c7 27. h3 ({If I remember correctly, I wanted to
maintain the tension on f5/e4 to keep the possibility of answering} 27. Nc2 {
with} g5 28. Nb4 g4 {with counterplay.}) 27... Bf6 28. Qd2 $1 {The knight is
still useful on e3.} (28. Nc2 fxe4 29. fxe4 g5 30. Ne3 (30. Be3 g4 31. Qd2 Nf7
32. Rf1 Bh4 33. hxg4 Bxg4 {looks unclear}) 30... g4 $5 31. hxg4 Qg7 32. Nf5
Bxf5 33. gxf5 Ng4 {is a pawn sacrifice I considered during the game. All
Black's pieces are active and White has no pressure left on the queenside.})
28... Bg5 (28... f4 29. Nc2 g5 30. Nb4 Ng8 31. Nc6 (31. a5 $5) 31... h5 32. a5
{isn't totally clear, but White's attack seems to be ahead.}) 29. a5 fxe4 30.
fxe4 Nf7 {It wasn't easy to decide whether to leave a weakness on a7 or b6.} (
30... bxa5 31. Qxa5 {is also unpleasant as the a7-pawn is very weak.} Qe7 {
aims to exchange the dangerous bishop with ...Bg5-h4 but White maintains a
little pressure. Still, maybe this was better than the way I played.}) 31. axb6
axb6 32. Qe2 Rb7 33. Nc4 Qd8 {Naturally, I wasn't delighted by this grim
defence of the b-pawn, but there is nothing better.} 34. Rf1 Kg7 35. Kh1 (35.
Bxb6 {would be too eager} Rxb6 36. Qf2 ({Or} 36. Rxf7+ Kxf7 37. Qf2+ Kg7 38.
Nxb6 Bh4 (38... Rc3 {[%cal Yg5e3]} 39. Nxd7 Rxd3 40. Qf8+ Qxf8 41. Nxf8 Kxf8
42. b6 {looks drawn too}) 39. Qe3 Bg5 {promises at least a draw}) 36... Rxb5
37. Qxf7+ Kh6 38. Nxd6 Qb6+ 39. Kh1 Rxb1 40. Nxc8 (40. Qxd7 Rxf1+ 41. Bxf1 Rf8
42. Nf7+ Rxf7 43. Qxf7 Qf6 (43... Bf4 $5) 44. Qxf6 Bxf6 {is very similar})
40... Rxf1+ 41. Bxf1 Bxc8 42. Qf8+ Kh5 43. Qxc8 Qf2 {must be drawn.}) 35... Be8
36. Qb2 Nh6 37. Bxb6 $1 {I must admit that I hadn't seen this move was
possible right here. Under time pressure my last few moves had to be made
rather quickly.} Qe7 $1 {A good fighting decision. Clearly with an extra pawn
White is doing very well, but the bishop is rather awkward to extricate from
b6 so Black will continue to have fighting chances.} (37... Rxb6 38. Qf2 Bxb5
39. Nxb6 $1 (39. Qxb6 Bxc4 40. Qxd8 Bxd8 41. Rb7+ Kg8 42. Rc1 Bxd3 43. Rxc8 Nf7
44. Rd7 {looked decisive to me during the game, but Black can keep the game
going with} Kf8 $1 45. Rdxd8+ Nxd8 46. Rxd8+ Ke7 {and it is not at all obvious
that White will be able to win.}) 39... Bxd3 40. Nxc8 Bxf1 41. Qa7+ Kh8 42. Rb7
Qf8 (42... Qg8 43. Nxd6 {[%cal Yb7b8] is also hopeless}) 43. Nxd6 {[%cal Yd6f7,
Yb7b8,Ya7g1] and Black's position is hopeless.}) 38. Qf2 Rcb8 {[%csl Rb5][%cal
Yb8b5] Somehow these miserable rooks are pulling their weight much more on the
b-file than they ever were on the c-file!} 39. Rb3 Ng8 40. Be2 $6 {Black's
potential counterplay with ...Nf6-h5 was the reason for this maneouvre, but
the bishop was already doing a useful job supporting the b5-pawn.} (40. Ra1 {
was probably stronger.} Nf6 41. Ra6 (41. Ba7 Rc8 {a reasonable defence} (41...
Ra8 $5 {leads to similar lines to those with 41...Rc8} 42. b6 Nd7 43. Rbb1 (43.
Na5 Rbxa7 44. bxa7 Nc5 45. Rba3 Rxa7 46. Nc6 Rxa3 47. Rxa3 Qf6) 43... Nc5) (
41... Rxb5 $2 42. Bxb8 Rxb3 43. Bxd6 $18) 42. Ne3 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ye3f5,Yf2a7,
Ya1a7] intends b6 and Bd3-a6 but it's not so easy, e.g.} Ra8 43. b6 Nd7 44.
Rbb1 (44. Ba6 Rbxa7 45. bxa7 Nc5 46. Rba3 Rxa7 {with clear compensation for
the exchange}) 44... Nc5 45. Bc2 Rbxa7 46. bxa7 Rxa7 47. Rxa7 Qxa7 {and again
it will certainly be hard for White to win despite the extra exchange.}) 41...
Rc8 $5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Yf6e4]} (41... Nh5 {is another way to fish for
counterplay but I don't entirely trust it}) 42. Qe1 {[%cal Ye1e4]} Rcb8 {
and it still isn't totally obvious how White should improve his position.})
40... Nf6 41. Bf3 {Now we had passed move 40 I had a while to try to figure
out how to defend.} Rxb6 $5 {This was certainly a good practical try, but
since I can't see any real improvement for Black in the game, it might have
been better to keep grovelling.} (41... Nd7 42. Ba7 Ra8 43. b6 {this looks
very bad but the bishop is still quite awkward on a7 so Black has good chances
to sacrifice an exchange, for example.} Nc5 44. Rbb1 (44. Ra3 $6 Bb5 45. Qc2 (
45. Rc3 Na4 $1 46. Rc2 Qd8 {and the b6-pawn seems to drop off in a couple of
moves}) 45... Bxc4 46. Qxc4 Rxb6 47. Rfa1 {and now Black has a few different
approaches to try to save the position, although it isn't an easy choice.} Rb7
(47... Rxa7 48. Rxa7 Rb1+ $5 (48... Rb7) 49. Rxb1 (49. Kh2 Rxa1 50. Rxe7+ Bxe7
{yet again gives good drawing chances}) 49... Qxa7 {etc.}) 48. Bxc5 Rc8 49.
Bxd6 Rxc4 50. Bxe7 Bxe7 51. Ra7 Rxa7 52. Rxa7 Kf6 {with some chances to hold})
44... h5 {and it still isn't obvious how White should move forward.} (44...
Rbxa7 $2 45. bxa7 Rxa7 46. Rb6 {causes a big problem just here, because} Rd7
47. Nxd6 Rxd6 48. Qxc5 {wins}) 45. Na5 {it might be better to delay this} Rbxa7
46. bxa7 Qxa7 47. Nc4 Qc7 {with a resilient position.}) 42. Nxb6 Qc7 43. h4 $1
{Undermining the defence of f6.} (43. Na4 Rxb5 44. Rxb5 Bxb5 45. Ra1 {is
exactly what I was hoping for. Black's active minor pieces offer good
compensation. In practice it would be extremely difficult for White to win.})
43... Bh6 $1 (43... Bf4 44. g3 Rxb6 (44... Bxg3 {I didn't consider, but} 45.
Qxg3 Qxb6 46. Be2 {and White's b-pawn combined with pressure on the f-file is
likely to be decisive.}) 45. gxf4 exf4 46. Be2 {should win quite easily for
White}) 44. Na4 $1 {Keeping the e2-b5 diagonal open...} (44. Be2 Bf4 $1 {
is the nice point of Bg5-h6. Opening the f-file removes the e-pawn's defence,
so Black is threatening Nf6xe4.}) (44. Nc4 Rxb5 $1 {offers Black nice
compensation again.} (44... Qxc4 $2 45. Be2 $1 Qxb3 46. Qxf6+ Kg8 47. Qe6+ Kg7
48. Qxd6 Bf4 49. Qc7+ $1 $16)) 44... Rxb5 45. Be2 $1 (45. Rxb5 Bxb5 46. Be2 Bf4
$1 {is a key resource as usual. I saw that after} 47. Bxb5 Nxe4 48. Qe1 (48.
Qb6 $2 {loses material} Ng3+ 49. Kg1 Qxb6+ 50. Nxb6 Be3+ 51. Kh2 Nxf1+ 52. Bxf1
Bxb6 $11) 48... Ng3+ (48... Qe7 $5 {isn't a bad idea either}) 49. Kg1 Nxf1 (
49... Qa7+ $5 50. Rf2 Be3 {also gives practical chances}) 50. Kxf1 {and Black
has reasonable compensation for the piece. White's king is never going to be
safe. In fact} Qf7 $5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yf4g3] wins a second pawn immediately,
though White can try to win the endgame after} 51. Qe4 Bg3+ 52. Qf3 Qxf3+ 53.
gxf3 Bxh4) 45... Rxb3 46. Qxf6+ Kg8 47. Nc5 $1 {A crucial (and very pretty)
tactical shot. It didn't quite knock me off my chair as I had seen it
somewhere betwen playing 41...Rxb6 and here (I forget exactly where) but my
moves had been forced up to here. Now I faced a difficult decision about where
to place the rook.} (47. Bg4 Bg7 48. Qe6+ Bf7 {and the defence holds. White
must play} 49. Qxf7+ Qxf7 50. Be6 Qxe6 51. dxe6 Rb8 {with a probable draw})
47... Rg3 $5 {I arrived at this odd looking move by the need to prevent the
Be2-g4-e6 idea, as well as the ideas with Qf6-d8-g5.} (47... Rc3 {is the
obvious candidate, hitting the knight, but it's not good enough.} 48. Ne6 (48.
Bg4 {also seems to be good enough as after} Bg7 49. Ne6 Bxf6 50. Nxc7 Rxc7 51.
Rxf6 {the d-pawn is falling.} g5 $5 (51... h5 52. Be2 $1 Rd7 53. Bb5 Rf7 54.
Rxg6+ Kh7 55. Bxe8 Kxg6 56. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {is a hopeless pawn ending for Black}) (
51... Bd7 52. Bf3 Ra7 53. Rxd6 Kf7 $16 {may be toughest}) 52. Rxd6 Bg6 53. Rc6
$18) 48... Qf7 49. Qd8 Qd7 50. Qg5 $1 Bg7 (50... Qxe6 51. Qxh6 Qe7 52. Bg4 Bf7
53. Be6 $1 Bxe6 54. dxe6 {[%cal Yf1f7] and Black can resign}) 51. Nxg7 Qxg7 (
51... Kxg7 52. Qf6+ $18) 52. Qd8 (52. Bg4 Rc7 53. Qd8 Qe7 54. Qxe7 Rxe7 55. Rf6
{should also win.}) 52... Qd7 53. Qf6 Bf7 (53... h5 54. Qf8+ Kh7 55. Rf6 {
should also win}) 54. Bg4 Qe8 55. Qxd6 {White wins.}) (47... Rb2 {was
interesting but also insufficient.} 48. Bg4 $1 (48. Ne6 Qf7 49. Qd8 Qd7 50. Qg5
Bg7 51. Nxg7 (51. Bg4 h6 $1 {is OK for Black}) 51... Qxg7 52. Bg4 (52. Qd8 $6
Qd7 53. Qf6 h5 {seems to be fine.}) 52... Rb8 {and with d8 covered, nothing
disastrous is happening immediately. After} 53. Be6+ Kh8 {White still has a
positional advantage and practical chances but there's no concrete follow-up.
Black will continue with h6 and Kh7.}) 48... Bg7 49. Ne6 Qf7 50. Nxg7 Qxf6 (
50... Qxg7 $2 51. Be6+ Kh8 52. Qd8 {wins}) 51. Rxf6 Kxg7 52. Rxd6 $16 {and
White should probably win this endgame.}) ({Hopeless is} 47... Qxc5 $4 48. Qe6+
Kg7 49. Qe7+ Kg8 50. Qxe8+ Kg7 51. Rf7#) (47... dxc5 $4 {is no better} 48. Bc4
$1 {[%cal Yd5d6] with too many threats.}) 48. Ne6 (48. h5 $5 {is a odd looking
move pointed out by the engines but it clears the h4-square for the queen.} Bf4
49. Ne6 Qf7 50. Qd8 Qd7 51. Qh4 g5 {other moves just lose a bit more slowly}
52. Qxg3 $1 Bxg3 53. Rf8#) 48... Qf7 49. Qxf7+ (49. Qd8 Qd7 {leads nowhere.})
49... Bxf7 50. Rb1 $1 {Even without queens, the attack goes on.} Be8 (50...
Bxe6 51. dxe6 {and the pawn cannot actually be stopped.} Kf8 52. Rb7 $18 {
[%cal Ye2b5,Ye6e7]}) 51. Bf3 {This is the downside to the rook being on g3.
It's immobilised by the bishop and can't contribute to the defence.} Kf7 52.
Rb7+ Kf6 53. Rxh7 Bf4 {This position was likely to arise after 47...Rg3 and I
retained hopes of saving the game here. The rook is trapped on g3 but ...g6-g5
may extricate it at some point and White's winning plan isn't totally obvious.
Unfortunately Magnus found an elegant way to finish things off.} (53... Be3 54.
Kh2 Bf2 55. Rb7 {also wins.}) 54. Nxf4 (54. Ng5 Rxg5 $1 (54... Bxg5 55. hxg5+
Rxg5 56. g4) 55. hxg5+ Bxg5) 54... exf4 55. e5+ $1 dxe5 (55... Kxe5 56. Re7+
$18) 56. d6 {There's no way to stop this pawn.} e4 (56... g5 57. hxg5+ Kxg5 58.
d7 Bxd7 59. Rxd7 Kf5 {If Black could achieve ...e5-e4 here it might be
difficult for White to win the game. But after} 60. Rf7+ Ke6 61. Rf8 {[%cal
Yf8e8] as Magnus pointed out, Black will never get e5-e4 in, so White will
gradually bring up his king and win the pawns.}) (56... Kf5 $5 {is tricky} 57.
Rf7+ $1 {is the way to win.} (57. d7 $2 Bxd7 58. Rxd7 e4 59. Rd5+ Ke6 60. Bxe4
Re3 61. Rg5 Rxe4 62. Rxg6+ Kf5 {and Black should hold}) 57... Bxf7 (57... Ke6
58. Re7+ $18) 58. d7 e4 59. Be2 f3 (59... Re3 60. d8=Q Rxe2 61. Qg5+ Ke6 62.
Qg4+ $18) 60. gxf3 exf3 61. Bd3+ Ke5 62. d8=Q $18) (56... Ke6 $2 57. Re7+ $18)
57. Bxe4 Re3 58. Bd5 $1 Kf5 (58... Re5 59. d7 $1 Bxd7 60. Rf7# {would have
been a pretty finale.}) 59. Kh2 (59. d7 Bxd7 60. Rxd7 Kg4 61. Rd6 {was also
sufficient.}) 59... Re5 60. Bf3 Kf6 61. d7 1-0

[Event "London Classic"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2009.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. c5 {A very sharp variation. This is a move which looks like
it should be premature, but when the position opens up the Qe8 and both
knights turn out to be on slightly silly squares whereas White's pieces
coordinate beautifully.} exd4 11. Nd5 Be6 $5 {A tricky and rare move.} 12. Be7
Bxd5 13. Bxf8 Qxf8 (13... Kxf8 $5 14. exd5 Nxc5 {deserved attention, with the
idea} 15. Nxd4 Ne3 $1) 14. exd5 dxc5 {A messy position. Black is trying to
coordinate his pieces to win the d5 pawn before White can create too many
threats.} 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. Rfe1 ({Spoiling the pawns is tempting but bad:} 16.
Bxa6 $6 bxa6 17. Qc2 Qd6 {and the d5 pawn drops off shortly.}) 16... Qd6 (16...
b5 {was a key idea which doesn't quite work here:} 17. Bxb5 c6 18. Qa4 $1 {
is good for White} (18. dxc6 Nc7 19. a4 a6 {would have been the point.})) 17.
h3 Nf6 18. Bxa6 (18. a3 $5 b5 $5 {was a critical possibility now.} 19. Bxb5 c6
20. dxc6 Nc7 21. a4 a6 22. Ne5 Qf8 $1 (22... axb5 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. axb5 {
and there are simply too many threats}) 23. Nd7 Nxd7 24. cxd7 {is the mess I
was trying to analyze during the game. Now} Qd8 $1 25. Qg3 $1 axb5 26. axb5 {
is still extremely messy.} Qxd7 27. Ra7 $1 {is the idea.}) ({But after} 18. a3
{there is nothing particularly wrong with the simpler line} c4 $5 19. Bxc4 Nc5
{and Black recovers the d5-pawn.}) 18... Qxa6 19. Rac1 (19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Nc6 $2
{doesn't work.} c4 $1 21. Qb5 a6 {and Black wins.}) 19... Bf8 20. Ne5 Qb6 $6 {
Allowing 21.d6.} (20... Bd6 $5 {was better, and then} 21. Qf3 (21. Nd3 Nd7 {
leaves White struggling for counterplay against ...b7-b5}) 21... Bxe5 22. Rxe5
Qd6 23. Rce1 Rf8 $1 {looks like giving Black slightly better chances.}) 21. Qf3
$6 {Maybe too ambitious.} (21. d6 $1 Qxb3 22. dxc7 $1 Rc8 23. axb3 Nd5 $5 {
and after the natural moves} 24. Nd3 b6 25. b4 $1 Rxc7 26. Re5 Nf6 27. bxc5
bxc5 {[%cal Yf8d6] the position looks balanced.} 28. Nxc5 $2 Bd6 $19) 21... Qd6
22. g4 {Black was threatening Kg7 (to defend the Nf6) and then Qxd5.} (22. Nxf7
$2 {leads nowhere:} Kxf7 23. Re6 Qd8 {followed by Kf7-g7 and wins.}) 22... Bh6
23. Rc2 Re8 $1 {Deflecting White's rook from the c-file is an important idea.}
(23... Rf8 $6 24. Nd3 b6 25. b4 $1 {was best avoided, intending} cxb4 $2 26.
Rc6) 24. Rce2 Rf8 {With the d5-pawn about to drop, White is in trouble.} 25.
Nc4 $5 (25. Rc2 $5 {was tricky, but Black should just play} b6 (25... Nxd5 26.
Nc4 Qd8 27. Na5 $1 {is the nifty idea, as} b6 28. Nc6 Qd6 29. Qxd5 $1 {wins})
26. Nc6 Qf4 {with the advantage.}) 25... Qxd5 26. Qxf6 Bg7 $1 {An important
intermezzo, even though White gains the extra option of retreating the queen
to f4.} (26... Qxc4 27. Re8 {it turns out this is not just a better version
for White compared with the game - he has the advantage as well!} Qd5 28. Rxf8+
Bxf8 29. Re8 {and here is the crucial difference - in the game Black could
play ...Kg7 here to defend against the threat of Qe7} Qd6 (29... Qd7 30. Rd8
Qe6 31. Qxe6 fxe6 32. Kf1 {is similarly problematic}) 30. Qxd6 cxd6 31. Ra8 {
and Black's queenside is in trouble.}) 27. Qh4 (27. Qf4 Qxc4 28. Re8 {was a
decent alternative. The c7-pawn comes under attack and the d-pawn is
temporarily pinned.} Qd5 29. Qxc7 d3 {should still give Black the better
chances.}) 27... Qxc4 28. Re8 Qd5 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Re8 Kg7 $1 {Stepping out
of the pin.} 31. g5 (31. Qd8 Qxd8 32. Rxd8 a5 {and b7-b6 / Bf8-d6 covers all
the pawns, so all the winning chances are with Black.}) 31... Qd6 {Now the
check on h6 leads nowhere.} 32. Kf1 b5 33. Ke1 c4 34. Qe4 c5 $2 {This natural
move actually gives up a fair bit of my advantage. The pawn phalanx remains
solid, but the bishop on f8 gets shut in.} (34... d3 $1 35. Qe5+ Qxe5+ 36. Rxe5
c6 {was possible. I didn't like having all my pawns on light squares but there
are important dynamic benefits, and they are not so easy to attack after all.
For example} 37. Re8 Bd6 38. Rc8 Be5 $1 39. Rxc6 Bxb2 40. Kd2 Ba3 41. Rc7 $2
Bd6 $1 42. Rxa7 Bb4+ 43. Kd1 (43. Ke3 Bc5+) 43... c3 {and White can resign.})
35. h4 $5 c3 (35... b4 {allows} 36. Qf3 $1 {threatening Qf3-f6+} Be7 37. Qa8
Bf8 38. Qf3 {which more or less forces a draw. So perhaps 35.Qf3 Be7 36.h4!?
was the toughest defence after all, although Black has other options there.})
36. bxc3 dxc3 37. Qe5+ {White has run out of attacking ideas, so has to seek
his chances without queens.} (37. Qf3 $2 Qd2+ 38. Kf1 c2 {is strong now -} 39.
Qf6+ Kg8 40. Qe7 c1=Q+ 41. Kg2 Qd5+ {wins.}) 37... Qxe5+ 38. Rxe5 a5 39. Kd1 (
39. Re8 b4 $1 (39... a4 $6 40. Ra8 {stops the pawns}) 40. Kd1 (40. Ra8 c4 $1
41. Rxa5 b3 42. Kd1 c2+ 43. Kc1 Bb4 {and Bb4-c5 comes next, winning.}) 40... a4
{would be similar to the game.}) 39... a4 40. a3 $5 {A committal decision, but
not a bad one I feel.} (40. Kc2 b4 41. Rd5 {is not obviously bad, but I can
see why this didn't appeal. Black retains the option of playing ...a4-a3 and
slowly trying to create problems on the kingside. By fixing the pawn on a4,
Black has to play with some urgency.}) 40... b4 41. Kc2 {The time control is
reached, and Black still has winning chances, but it's not easy to see how to
continue.} h6 $1 (41... f5 {was my first instinct, as its very natural to try
to bring the king over, but I realised that checks from the side would prove
quite annoying.} 42. Re8 Kf7 43. Ra8 b3+ 44. Kxc3 Bg7+ 45. Kd2 (45. Kd3 {
might have been even better}) 45... c4 46. Ra7+ {with at least a draw.}) (41...
h5 {was also possible, but it is sometimes useful to soften up the g5-square.})
42. Rd5 $2 {For a while I thought this was the losing mistake, but perhaps it
is not.} (42. Re8 {was better, and I can't find anything more than a draw} hxg5
43. hxg5 Bd6 44. Ra8 b3+ 45. Kxc3 Be5+ 46. Kd2 (46. Kd3 $2 c4+ $1 47. Kxc4 b2 {
forces a pawn through as the bishop controls b8}) 46... c4 47. Rxa4 c3+ 48. Kc1
Bd6 49. Kb1 {and now White threatens Ra4-c4, so Black has to take a draw with}
c2+ 50. Kb2 Be5+ 51. Kc1 Bd6 {neither side can make progress as the rook must
guard f4 and a3.}) 42... hxg5 43. hxg5 Kh7 $1 {Creating a space on g7 so that
the bishop defends c3.} 44. Rd7 $2 ({I think} 44. axb4 $1 {was the last chance.
After} cxb4 45. Rb5 $1 {the pawns are held up for a while.} (45. Ra5 $2 b3+ 46.
Kxc3 Bb4+ $1 {is a vital resource. After} 47. Kxb4 b2 {the pawn can't be
stopped}) 45... Kg7 46. f3 {here I cannot find a way for Black to make
progress, as the rook hassles the bishop so the king doesn't have time to get
out from g7. Omitting 42....hxg5 would allow h6-h5 in this position but I'm
not sure that helps.}) 44... Bg7 $1 45. Rxf7 b3+ 46. Kb1 ({After} 46. Kc1 Kg8
47. Ra7 Bd4 48. Rxa4 Kf7 $1 {wins just as in the game.}) 46... Kg8 ({One idea
which I considered actually loses!} 46... c4 $4 47. Ra7 c2+ 48. Kc1 c3 49. Rxa4
Bf8 {White is in a mating net, but after} 50. Rb4 $1 Bxb4 51. axb4 {it's Black
that can resign}) 47. Ra7 Bd4 $1 48. Rxa4 Kf7 $1 {With the reinforcements
finally arriving it's all over.} 49. Ra6 (49. Rxd4 cxd4 50. a4 d3 {wins.})
49... Be5 $1 {using the f4-square} 50. Ra4 Ke6 51. Rh4 Kd5 52. a4 c4 53. Rh1
c2+ 54. Kc1 c3 55. Rh4 (55. Rh3 Bf4+ 56. Re3 Bxe3+ 57. fxe3 Ke4 58. a5 Kd3 59.
a6 b2# $1 {mate.}) 55... Bd6 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. d5 Ng4
9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 c5 11. O-O Nh6 12. a3 Na6 13. Ne1 Qe7 14. Nd3 g5 15. Bg3 f5
16. f3 f4 17. Bf2 Rf6 {A typical KI position has arisen, with Black attacking
on the kingside and White trying to break through on the queenside. White's
task looks more difficult; therefore it is extrenely instructive to see how
Vladimir Kramnik solves it.} (17... Bd7 {, played in another game featured by
the same position, doesn't allow the white queen to a4. The game continued} 18.
b4 b6 19. Rb1 Bf6 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Rb7 Rfb8 22. Rxb8+ Rxb8 23. Nb5 Rb7 24. h3
Nf7 25. Qc2 Qf8 26. Rb1 Qb8 27. Rb2 Bd8 28. Be1 Bb6 29. Qb1 Bd8 30. Bd1 h5 31.
Kf1 Nc7 32. Ba4 Nxb5 33. Bxb5 Bc8 34. Bc3 Kf8 35. Ke2 Qc7 36. Ba4 Rb6 37. Rxb6
Qxb6 38. Qb5 Qxb5 39. cxb5 Ke7 40. Bb3 g4 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. a4 gxf3+ 43. gxf3
Kd7 44. Bc4 Kc7 45. Nb2 Kb7 46. Bd3 Bd7 47. Nc4 Bc7 48. Be1 Bd8 49. Bc3 {
1/2 Markus,R (2586)-Damljanovic,B (2625)/Vrsac 2006/CBM 115}) 18. b4 {[%mdl 32]
} b6 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Rb1 Nf7 21. Qa4 {[%cal Ra4c6]} Nd8 22. Rb2 h5 23. Rfb1
Rg6 (23... g4 $2 24. Bh4) 24. h3 {Most of Black's pieces are caught up on the
queenside so it is not easy for him to prepare ...g5-g4.} Bf6 (24... g4 25.
fxg4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Nc7 27. Rb8 Bxg4 28. Bxg4 Rxg4 29. Qd1 $16) 25. Kf1 Qd7 26.
Bd1 g4 {Still! But after the queen exchange Black has no attack.} 27. fxg4 hxg4
28. hxg4 Qxa4 29. Bxa4 $5 Bxg4 30. Bb5 Nc7 31. Bc6 Rc8 (31... Nxc6 32. dxc6 {
[%csl Gc6]}) 32. Rb8 Rxb8 33. Rxb8 {[%mdl 4096]} Kh7 34. Ba4 Rg7 {White has
invaded b8 but what can he do next?} 35. Bd1 $1 {The white bishop has
fulfilled its task facilitating the invasion of the white rook (moves 30-31).
Now it is time to exchange the protector of the light squares.} Na6 (35... Bd7
{is hardly good as this bishop will disturb Black.}) 36. Ra8 Bxd1 37. Nxd1 Rb7
38. Nc3 Nc7 39. Rc8 Nf7 40. Bxc5 $3 $16 {[%mdl 512] An excellent piece
sacrifice! White's passed pawn must now decide the game.} dxc5 41. Nxc5 Nd6 $8
42. Nxb7 Nxc8 43. c5 Na6 $1 44. Ke2 (44. d6 $2 Nxc5 45. Nxc5 Nxd6) (44. Nb5
$142 $5 Kg7 (44... Nb8 45. N7d6 Nxd6 46. Nxd6 {[%cal Yc5c6,Yd6b7]}) (44... Nxc5
45. Nxc5 Be7 46. Nd3 a6 47. Nc7 Nd6 48. Nc5) 45. c6 Kf8 {and only now} 46. Ke2)
44... Kg6 (44... Bg7 $5 45. c6 Bf8 46. Nb5 Nb8 {[%cal Ya7a6]}) 45. Kd3 $2 {
"Centralization of the king in the endgame is almost never wrong. However, it
can be ill-timed." (M.Shereshevsky. Endgame strategy)} (45. Nb5 $1) 45... Be7 (
45... Kf7 $5 46. Kc4 Ke7 47. Nb5 Nb8 48. c6 (48. N7d6 Nxd6+ 49. Nxd6 Kd7 50.
Nb5 a6 51. c6+ Nxc6 52. dxc6+ Kxc6 $11) 48... a6 49. Nc7 Bh4 {and it is
unclear how White is going to win.}) 46. Na4 (46. Kc4 $2 Bxc5 $1 47. Nxc5 $140
$2 Nd6+) (46. d6 Nxc5+) 46... Kg5 $1 47. Kc4 Bxc5 $2 {Losing by force.} (47...
Nxc5 {still led to a draw:} 48. Naxc5 Kg4 49. a4 $1 (49. Nd3 Bxa3 $1 (49...
Nd6+ $2 50. Nxd6 Bxd6 51. Kb5) (49... Kg3 50. a4) 50. Nxe5+ Kg3 51. Nd3 Kxg2
52. e5 (52. Nxf4+ Kf3) 52... f3 53. d6 f2 54. Nxf2 Kxf2 55. Kd5 a5 56. e6 Ne7+
$1) 49... Kg3 50. Nd3 Kxg2 (50... Nd6+ $2 51. Nxd6 Bxd6 52. Kb5 Kxg2 53. Kc6
$18) (50... Bd6 $2 51. Kb5 $18) 51. Nxe5 Nb6+ $1 (51... f3 52. Nd3 f2 $2 53.
Nxf2 Kxf2 54. Kd4 $3 (54. e5 Ke3 55. d6 Ke4 56. dxe7 Nxe7 $11) 54... Kf3 55. e5
Kf4 56. d6 Kf5 57. a5 $1 $18 {[%cal Yd4d5]}) 52. Kb5 (52. Kd4 $2 Bf6) 52... f3
53. Nd3 Nd7 $1 54. d6 Bg5 55. Ne1+ (55. Nbc5 Ne5 $1) 55... Kg3 56. Nxf3 Kxf3
57. Kc6 Ne5+ 58. Kd5 Bf4 59. Nc5 Ng4 $1 60. d7 Bc7 61. Nb7 Kf4 {etc.}) 48.
Naxc5 Nxc5 49. Kxc5 Kg4 50. d6 Nb6 51. Kc6 Kg3 52. Nc5 Kxg2 53. d7 Nxd7 54.
Nxd7 f3 55. Nxe5 f2 56. Ng4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
Qe7 9. Qc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 c6 11. Rad1 Re8 12. Bg5 {Quite a rare continuation 
(not surprisingly - a second move with the same piece in a tense position
doesn't feel right).} (12. f3) 12... h6 (12... Nc5 13. Rfe1 (13. f3 a5 14. Rfe1
a4 15. b4 axb3 16. axb3 Qc7 17. b4 Na6 18. b5 Nc5 19. Be3 Nfd7 20. Bf2 Ne5 21.
Ra1 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Ne6 23. Nxe6 {1/2 Gruenberg,H (2470)-Kochyev,A (2465)/
Dresden 1985/MCL}) 13... a5 (13... Qf8 14. Bf1 Nfd7 15. Be3 a5 16. h3 Nf6 17.
Bf4 Nh5 18. Bh2 Be5 19. Qd2 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Nf6 21. Qf4 Nh5 22. Qd2 Nf6 23. Qf4
Nh5 24. Qh4 f6 25. Be2 $14 {0-1 Antunes,A (2405)-Magem Badals,J (2425)/Andorra
1987/CBM 004 (59)}) 14. Bf1 Qc7 (14... Qf8 15. h3 h6 16. Bc1 Kh7 17. b3 Qe7 18.
g3 Nfd7 19. Bg2 h5 20. Re2 $14 {1-0 Khasin,A-Cheremisin,F/Soviet Union 1971/
EXT 2010 (32)}) 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Ndb5 $6 (16. Be3 a4 $132) 16... cxb5 17. Bxd6
Qb6 18. Nxb5 Na6 (18... Bg4 $1 19. f3 Bd7 20. Bc7 Qf6 $17) 19. c5 Qc6 20. e5
$44 {0-1 Byrne,R (2560)-De Castro,E (2320)/Lugano 1968/MCD (42)}) 13. Bh4 Nc5
14. f3 (14. Rfe1 $5) 14... a5 (14... Ne6 15. Bf2 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Be6 17. Rfe1 Qc7
18. Bf1 Rad8 19. Kh1 a6 20. b4 a5 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 Nd7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24.
Ne2 Kh7 25. Qc3 Nb6 26. Nf4 $14 {1-0 Gritsak,O (2527)-Rudolf,M (2380)/Ustron
2009/CBM 132 Extra (72)}) 15. Kh1 Qf8 (15... g5 16. Bf2 Nh5 17. Rfe1 (17. g3 $5
) 17... Be5 18. Bf1 Qf6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 (19... Ng7 $5 20. Nxg7 Kxg7) 20. exf5 Ng7
$6 21. g4 $16 {1-0 Golod,V (2599)-Hug,M (2344)/Zuerich 2009/CBM 131 Extra (39)}
) 16. Rfe1 {A typical position has arisen, and typical manoeuvring starts.} Nh5
17. Bf2 Nf4 18. Bf1 a4 19. Qd2 Nfe6 20. Nde2 $6 {Hardly a good square for the
knight.} (20. Nxe6 $5 Nxe6 21. Be3 {[%cal Yf3f4]}) 20... Nd7 $5 {[%mdl 512]} (
20... Rd8 21. f4 $5) 21. Qxd6 $6 {A risky decision. After the acceptance of
this pawn sacrifice Black's pieces become extremely active.} (21. f4 $5 Nec5
22. Qc2 (22. Ng3 h5) 22... Nb6 23. Nd4 Bg4 24. Rd2) 21... Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Ne5 23.
b3 axb3 24. axb3 Bf8 25. Rd2 Bb4 26. Rb1 Nc5 $44 {[%mdl 2048] Consolidating
White's position "under enemy fire" is a difficult task.} 27. Rc2 (27. Ra2 $5)
27... Ned3 $5 (27... f5 $5 28. Ng3 $1 fxe4 29. Bxc5 $1 (29. Ncxe4 Nxe4 30. Nxe4
Bf5 $44) 29... Bxc5 30. Ncxe4 $14) 28. Be3 f5 29. Nf4 $2 (29. Ra2 $1 {was now
a must, e.g.} Be6 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. exf5 Bxf5 $140 32. g4 $1 Nf2+ 33. Bxf2 Bxb1
34. Nxb1 Nxb3 35. Kg2 $16) 29... Nxf4 30. Bxf4 fxe4 $17 {Black has recaptured
the pawn while keeping his positional advantage.} 31. Na2 $2 (31. fxe4 Nxe4 32.
Nxe4 Rxe4 33. Bd2 $1 Bxd2 34. Rxd2 Bf5 35. b4 $1 {was the best defence.}) 31...
Ba3 {[%cal Rc8f5] White has no good reply now. His next move loses at once.}
32. b4 $2 exf3 33. Rd1 Bf5 34. Rf2 Ne4 35. Rxf3 Bg4 36. Kg1 Bb2 37. c5 Bxf3 38.
Bc4+ Kh8 39. gxf3 Ng5 40. Kg2 Ra3 41. Bxg5 hxg5 42. Rd7 g4 43. fxg4 Re4 44. Bf7
Rxg4+ 45. Kf1 Bd4 46. Rxb7 Rg1+ 47. Ke2 Re3+ 48. Kd2 Rg2+ 49. Kd1 Rd3+ 50. Ke1
Bf6 0-1

[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2010.06.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nd5 f6 12. Bf4 d3 {The d-pawn will be lost
anyway, so Black is trying at least to gain some time by attacking later a
piece on d3.} (12... c6 {catches the knight, but White takes two important
central pawns and has a powerful initiative. The first player who implemented
this idea with the White pieces was Gelfand's second, Alexander Huzman:} 13.
Bxd6 cxd5 14. exd5 Qd8 15. c5 f5 16. Qb3 Rf7 17. h3 Nh6 18. Bc4 Bf6 19. Ne5 Rg7
20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. Nc6 Qd7 {and White is better, Huzman,A (2577)-McShane,L 
(2625)/Saint Vincent 2005. Later White's play was even improved: 16.Bxa6 bxa6
17.Bxf8 Bxf8 18.d6, with almost winning position for White.}) (12... c5 13.
Bxd6 Rf7 {runs into the simple} 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bxg4 {winning.}) (12... Qxe4
{is also bad due to} 13. Bd3 ({or} 13. Bf1 Qf5 14. Ne7+)) 13. Qxd3 $1 {A new
move, made after half an hour of thinking.} (13. Bxd3 Ne5 14. Be2 {was met in
just one game before.}) 13... Ne5 ({After} 13... Nc5 14. Qc2 {the pawn c7 is
under attack and Black has no time to take on e4:} Qxe4 $2 15. Qxe4 Nxe4 16.
Nxc7 Rb8 17. c5 $1 {with the threat Bc4+.}) 14. Qd2 {Now comparing to 13.Bxd3
White has the queen placed on d2, so basically White won an important tempo.
On the other hand soon White will place the queen to c2, that's why the
immediate 14.Qc2 is probably better.} Qf7 15. Rad1 {This natural move allows
Black to centralize his knight from a6 with tempo.} (15. b4 $5) 15... Nc5 16.
Qc2 c6 17. Nc3 (17. Ne3 Ne6 18. Bg3 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. c5 Kh8 {
looks good for Black.}) 17... f5 {Now White must play accurately to keep the
balance.} (17... Nxc4 $2 {loses due to} 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Bxd6 Re8 ({or} 19...
Rd8 20. Bxc5 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Qxc5 22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. Rd8+ Bf8 24. Qf7) 20. Rd4) 18.
Bxe5 {A very dubious decision. Instead White had to choose between two other
options:} (18. Ng5 Qf6 19. b4 Nf7 (19... Na6 20. Qb3 h6 $4 {runs into} 21. Rxd6
Qxd6 22. c5+) 20. bxc5 Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Bxc3 22. cxd6 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 {with
compensation for the exchange.}) (18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Be3 Ne6 20. exf5 gxf5 21.
f3 Nd4 22. Qa4 {with a complicated position.}) 18... dxe5 19. b4 Ne6 20. c5 Nd4
21. Nxd4 {This just doesn't work.} ({It was necessary to run away with the
queen, for instance} 21. Qa4 {White is worse, but better than the game.}) 21...
exd4 22. Nb1 Be6 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Bd3 a5 {Now the rook from a8 enters the
game and White is not able to hold the position any longer.} 25. b5 (25. a3 {
loses to} axb4 26. axb4 Ra2) 25... cxb5 26. Na3 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 Rac8 28. Rf1 ({Or
} 28. Nxb5 Rxc5 29. Qxc5 Qxf2+ {and mate}) 28... Qd5 29. Qd2 b4 30. Nb5 Rxc5
0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-B 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Le Quang Liem"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{We met in the seventh round. Having played quite badly the previous rounds 
(minus 1 before this game), I was very motivated to try my best against
McShane. However, I supposed it would be a tough game, as Luke had been
playing strongly in recent tournaments, and he was also the leader at that
moment.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 {An expected choice! The
King's Indian Defence is the pet opening of my opponent. A big fight is ahead
of both sides.} 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 (7... Nc6 {is considered to be
the main line.}) 8. Be3 Qe8 ({Alternatives are} 8... Ng4) ({and} 8... c6) 9.
dxe5 Ng4 $5 {An interesting move. The idea is quite logical: Black takes the
chance to attack White's bishop with tempo and avoid capturing on e5 with his
pawn, thus keeping his dark-squared bishop active. I am a little bit surprised
that there are only a few games in which Black has tried this, since I think
it is in no way less strong than 9...dxe5} ({Much more often played is} 9...
dxe5 {, when after} 10. h3 b6 11. a3 Bb7 12. Qc2 Nc5 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14. Nd5 $14
{White enjoys a slightly better position.}) 10. Bc1 ({Not so good is} 10. exd6
{because of} Nxe3 11. fxe3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 cxd6 13. Qxd6 Qxe4 {and Black has
enough compensation for the pawn. It is difficult to claim an advantage for
White with such a weakened pawn structure.}) (10. Bg5 {is also playable, when
play may continue} Nxe5 (10... dxe5 11. h3 h6 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Be3 $14) 11. Nd4
{with a pleasant position, similar to what happened in the game.}) 10... Nxe5 (
10... dxe5 11. h3 Nf6 12. Be3 {would transpose to the position which I noted
on Black's 9th move.}) 11. Nd4 Nc5 $146 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Ndb5 {White is
slightly better thanks to his space advantage.} Ne6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Qd2 f5 {
Black has to do something, otherwise White will just play f2-f4-f5 with a
crushing attack.} ({Of course not} 15... a6 $2 16. Nbxc7 $1 Nxc7 17. Bb6 $16)
16. exf5 Rxf5 {So he wanted to try solving his problems by bringing the rook
to defend c7 in advance, before kicking my knight away.} (16... gxf5 {makes
the Black king exposed} 17. Rad1) 17. Rae1 {It is hard to decide where to put
White's rooks. They might be on d1 and e1, but I thought it was likely that I
would soon have to play f4, so better to keep a rook on f1, and leave the
other one on the open file.} Rf7 (17... a6 {is still early because of the
tactic} 18. Nbxc7 Nxc7 19. Bb6 Rf7 20. Nxc7 Rxc7 21. Bf3 $1 $16) 18. f4 ({
Exchanging the bishops also makes sense} 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 a6 20. Nbc3 Ncd4
21. Bg4 c6 22. Re4 $1 {(You have to see this move in advance, and I didn't)}
Bd7 (22... Nf5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Rxe6 Bxe6 25. Qxe6 cxd5 26. Nxd5 $14) 23. Nf4
Qf6 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. Bxe6 Bxe6 26. Qd2 $36 {Generally speaking, the exchange
of the dark-squared bishops may help White, but it is hard to judge so on move
18, when both the bishops look very active. Also, White has to see 22.Re4! to
maintain the initiative.}) 18... a6 19. Nbc3 Ncd4 20. Bf3 $6 ({I saw} 20. Bg4
$5 {but did not like it very much because of} b5 21. Ne4 Nf5 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23.
Ng5 Nxg5 24. fxg5 Be6 {I thought it was unclear here, but actually after} (
24... Bb7 {loses to} 25. g6 $1 hxg6 26. Bg5 Qd7 27. Ne7+ Rxe7 28. Rxe7 $16))
20... c6 21. Nb4 c5 22. Nbd5 Nxf3+ 23. Rxf3 Nd4 {Black equalises completely.
Now it is White who must play carefully, since Black's bishop pair is very
powerful.} 24. Rff1 b5 25. b3 Bf5 26. Bf2 bxc4 27. bxc4 Rb8 28. Kh1 h6 $6 {
Here we were both nearly in time trouble, so naturally we tried to improve our
positions by making useful quiet moves.} (28... Rfb7 29. Qd1 Kh8 {and Black is
slightly better. His pieces are extremely active.} (29... Bc2 30. Qd2 Bf5 31.
Qd1 {could be a repetition.})) 29. h3 Kh7 $6 {This is a prophylactic move.
However, as it later turned out, Black's king should stay on h8 instead of h7.}
30. Ne4 Rfb7 $2 {Black wants to penetrate on the b-file. But this move just
leaves the kingside undefended.} 31. Qd3 $2 {Played according to my plan, but
spoiled a golden chance.} ({Obviously we both missed this lovely tactic} 31.
Nef6+ $1 {(now you see why 29...Kh8 would be better for Black)} Bxf6 32. Re8
Rb2 33. Qc3 $1 Be4 $8 34. Rxe4 $1 Rb1 35. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 36. Kh2 Bg7 37. Bxd4 $1
Bxd4 38. Qd3 Rb7 39. Re6 Rg7 40. Qe4 {with decisive advantage}) 31... Kh8 32.
g4 Be6 33. f5 {Here White takes the initiative again.} gxf5 34. gxf5 Nxf5 (
34... Bxf5 $6 35. Bxd4 Bxe4+ 36. Qxe4 cxd4 37. Ne7 {gives White a dangerous
attack.}) ({Black may hold with} 34... Bxd5 35. cxd5 c4 36. Qxc4 Nxf5) 35. Nxc5
Bxd5+ 36. cxd5 dxc5 (36... Rf7 37. Ne6 Qd7 38. Rb1 $14) 37. Qxf5 Rd7 $2 {
The losing mistake.} ({Necessary is} 37... Qd6 {, when Black seems to be OK.
With accurate defence Black should draw this without too much effort.} 38. Re6
Rf8) 38. Bh4 $1 {After this move White is just winning.} Qc8 (38... Qc7 39. Bg3
) 39. Bf6 $1 {Exchanging an important defender of Black's king.} Rf7 (39... Kg8
{is more stubborn, but White should still win anyway.} 40. Qh5 Qb7 41. Rg1 $18)
(39... Bxf6 40. Qxf6+ Rg7 41. Qxh6+ Rh7 (41... Kg8 42. Re7 $1) 42. Qf6+ Rg7 43.
Qf3 $1 Qg8 44. Re6 $18) 40. Bxg7+ Rxg7 41. Re6 {White's major pieces come
closer and closer to Black's king. Black does not have enough time to defend
it, so he has to part with his queen, or else he gets checkmated.} Kg8 42. Qh5
$1 Qc7 43. Rxh6 Rh7 44. Rxh7 Qxh7 45. Rg1+ Kh8 46. Qe5+ {And Black resigned. I
managed to score 50 percent after this win!} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis m1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.05.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
c6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Qe8 12. c5 {White is rushing to create crises
on the board, since both black knight can easily dream up better locations.
The c-pawn advance was played in nearly all the games where this position has
arisen.} dxc5 (12... exd4 13. Nxd4 (13. Bxa6 dxc3 14. Bc4+ Be6 15. Bxe6+ Qxe6
16. Qxd6 Qf7 17. bxc3 h5 {1/2-1/2 Hoegy,K (2145)-Bracker,A (2219)/Wismar 2009}
18. h3 Rad8 19. Qg3 Nh6 20. e5 $16) 13... dxc5 14. Nb3 h5 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Bg3
c4 17. Na5 Be6 18. Qa4 Ne5 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Qxc6 Qf7 (20... Rb8 21. Re2 Rb6
22. Qxe8 Rxe8 23. Rd1 Rc8 $11) 21. Re2 Rac8 22. Qxa6 h4 23. h3 Rfd8 24. Rd1 Rd4
25. Rxd4 exd4 26. Nd5 d3 27. Rd2 {1-0 Bilobrk,F (2372)-Viskic,P (2222)/Sibenik
2008 (36)} Qe8 28. Ne3 Bh6 $11) 13. dxe5 (13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. d5 Nh6 15. dxc6
Qxc6 16. Qd5+ Qxd5 17. Nxd5 g5 18. Bg3 Rf7 19. Rac1 Bf8 20. b4 $2 (20. h4 gxh4
21. Bxh4 Kg7 $11) 20... cxb4 21. Rc6 Bg7 $17 {0-1 Schildt,R (2001)-Meissner,H 
(2221)/Berlin 2007 (64)}) 13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5 fxe5 $6 {[%mdl 4] Recapturing
with the pawn on e5 is strategically risky. Black is ready to defend the
position with 2 doubled and 5 isolated pawns.} (14... Qxe5 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16.
Qa4 f5 17. Qxc6 Rb8 18. exf5 Qxf5 19. Nd5 Kh8 20. Ne7 Qd7 21. Qxc5 Rxb2 22.
Rad1 Qb5 $11 {1-0 Gavrilov,A (2484)-Shimanov,A (2520)/Moscow 2011 (51)}) 15.
Bxa6 bxa6 16. Qd6 (16. Na4 $5 c4 (16... Rb8 17. Qc2 c4 18. Qxc4+ Rf7 19. f3 $16
) 17. Qc2 Be6 18. Nc5 $14) 16... c4 17. Rad1 Be6 $6 {Even the
supergrandmasters are finding it difficult to play this complicated position
with any degree of precision.} (17... Rf7 18. Qa3 Bf8 19. Qa5 $14) 18. Bg3 (18.
Be7 $1 Bg4 19. f3 Rf7 20. fxg4 Rxe7 21. Qc5 Bf8 22. Qxc4+ Rf7 23. h3 $14) 18...
Rf7 (18... Rb8 19. Bxe5 (19. Re2 $6 Rd8 $15) 19... Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Rxb2 21. Nd5
Rbxf2 22. Nc7 Rxg2+ 23. Kh1 Qf7 24. Rf1 Rf2 25. Rxf2 Qxf2 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27.
Qe5+ Kg8 $11) 19. Bxe5 (19. f3 Rd7 (19... Rb8 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Rxb2 22.
Rd6 $14) 20. Qc5 Bf8 21. Qxe5 Rd3 $132) 19... Bg4 20. Bxg7 Bxd1 21. Bf6 $6 {
Ponomariov must have felt, that the dark squares are promising him enough
counterplay for the sacrificed pawn. Unfortunately his choice of solution is
among the least precise in the position.} (21. Rxd1 Kxg7 22. Qd4+ Kg8 23. e5
Qe6 24. Ne4 Qd5 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 26. exf6 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Rb8 $11) (21. Be5 Rd8 22.
Qc5 Bc2 23. f3 $11) 21... Bg4 22. e5 Qd7 $6 {Nakamura is handling the position
by intuition and also misses the most exact continuations.} (22... Bf5 23. Bg5
Qe6 24. Qb4 Rc8 $15) 23. Ne4 (23. Qc5 $1 Be6 (23... Rb8 24. Qxc4 Qe6 25. Qxe6
Bxe6 26. b3 $11) 24. h3 Rb8 25. Re2 $11) 23... Bf5 24. Qb4 (24. Rd1 Re8 25.
Qxd7 Rxd7 26. Nd6 Rb8 27. f3 $15) 24... Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Re8 $1 {Finally the
tactical idea, that Black can understand well. White has to worry about the
back rank as well as about the e-file.} (25... Qd1+ 26. Re1 c5 27. Qa5 Qd5 (
27... Qd4 28. Qxa6 Rb8 29. h3 Qxb2 30. Qxc4 Qb4 31. Qc1 $11) 28. h3 Rb8 $15)
26. f3 (26. Re1 Qd4 27. Rf1 c5 28. Qa4 Rb8 29. Qxa6 Qxb2 30. Qxc4 Qd4 $17)
26... Rxf6 27. exf6 Rxe4 28. fxe4 Qd4+ 29. Kf1 Qxe4 {Black is only a pawn up
in the queen ending, but his lady is active and the f6-pawn can be eliminated.}
30. Qb7 (30. Qb8+ Kf7 31. Qxa7+ Kxf6 32. Qb8 Qf5+ 33. Kg1 Qc5+ 34. Kf1 Qd5 $17)
30... Qf5+ 31. Ke2 Qxf6 32. Qb8+ Kf7 33. Qxa7+ Ke6 34. Qb7 (34. Qxa6 Qxb2+ 35.
Kd1 Qd4+ $17) 34... Qe5+ (34... Kf5 $5 $17) 35. Kf3 Qf5+ 36. Ke3 Qc5+ 37. Kf3
$2 {Tired by the unpleasant defence Ponomariov makes a serious mistake. The
quiet king's retreat to e2 would make the realisation of the advantage very
difficult.} (37. Ke2 Qd5 (37... Qb5 38. Qc8+ Kf6 39. Qf8+ Kg5 40. Qe7+ $13) 38.
Ke3 $15) 37... c3 $1 38. Qc8+ Kd5 39. bxc3 Qxc3+ 40. Kg4 {White is now doomed,
as he cannot prevent further pawn losses or the exchange of queens.} (40. Kf2
Qf6+ 41. Kg1 (41. Ke2 Qe6+ $19) 41... Qd4+ 42. Kf1 Qf4+ 43. Ke1 Qe3+ 44. Kf1
Qd3+ 45. Kf2 Qf5+ $19) 40... Qd4+ 41. Kh3 Qe3+ 42. Kh4 (42. g3 Qe6+ $19) 42...
Qe7+ 43. Kg3 Qg5+ (43... Qg5+ 44. Kf3 Qf5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Last year, I managed to win the Dortmund tournamewnt, in large measure thanks
to a striking win against one of the favourites, Vladimir Krtamnik, at the
start of the tournament. This time, the draw brought us together in the very
first round, and there was no doubt that a principled battle would ensue,
which might well have a large say in the future course of the tournament.} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 $5 {A small surprise. Here Vladimir thought for a time,
wondering whether I was planning to play the Grünfeld Defence, which he had
pointedly avoided in his Candidates match against Grischuk, by playing English
setups.} 3. Nc3 {But no; I had decided to trust my luck with the King's Indian.
} Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O exd4 ({In his match with me,
Nakamura chose either} 7... Nc6) ({or} 7... Na6 {and although he did not solve
all his opening problems, the positions reached are quite complicated, with
chances to confuse matters. In preparing for the match, I had to look at other
alternatives for Black, one of which I decided to try here.}) 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3
c6 10. Kh1 {Logical prophylaxis against ...Qb6.} ({It is well known that the
transposition into the Gligoric System favours Black after} 10. Be3 d5 $1 {
Admittedly, if White wishes to simplify the game, this is not so bad. For
example, several games have continued} 11. cxd5 Nxd5 ({or} 11... cxd5 12. Qb3)
12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. Rad1 {and it is not so easy for Black to
complicate matters, if he needs to win at all costs.}) 10... Nbd7 ({Not} 10...
d5 $6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bg5 {which looks dangerous for Black. The most
well-known example of this is the game Tal -Spassky,Montreal 1979.}) ({But
there is the interesting} 10... Nh5 $5 {which Alexander Grischuk tried at the
recent Monaco tournament. In choosing the game continuation I was motivated
more by subjective criteria than by trying to find the strongest move. During
the Candidates matches in Kazan, Kramnik's opponents were Radjabov and
Grischuk, so he was bound to have looked at the King's Indian. But I thought
he was likely to have given less attention to the text move, whilst such a
development of his pieces should not be so bad for Black.}) 11. Be3 $5 {
But Vladimir is not caught out and shows that in every line, he has his ideas.}
({The main move is considered to be} 11. Bg5 {preventing d5.}) 11... a6 $5 ({
Here too, Black should look at} 11... d5 $5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 $1 ({If} 12... cxd5 {
then there is the very unpleasant} 13. Ndb5 dxe4 14. Bf4 $1) {But I did not
like the fact that White has quite a pleasant choice between simplifying with}
13. exd5 ({and the more ambitious} 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Nb5 Nb6 (14... dxe4 15.
Nd6 $14) 15. Bf4) 13... Rxe3 14. dxc6 {Probably, Black should have
compensation for the pawn here. But White is not risking much. In the game, I
wanted to retain more tension and not exchange so many pieces.}) ({In any
event, this variation has not been explored much and it is hard to say what is
best. Again, an interesting alternative is the Grischuk-style idea} 11... Nh5
$5 12. g4 Nhf6) ({or} 11... a5 $5 12. Qd2 a4 {If one looks at the games from
the 1953 Zurich Candidates tournament, one can find games with the same pawn
structure, only there it was with the white bishop on g2, rather than e2. So,
whom does this favour?}) 12. Nc2 $5 {[%csl Rd6] Judging by the times, I think
here Vladimir started to play on his own resources, The move he played is
quite ambitious; he emphasises the main weakness of the black position, the
weak pawn on d6. But at the same time, without positional grounds, White
retreats his knight from the centre. However, at the board it is impossible to
calculate every line and the choice is about one's confidence in one's own
strengths.} ({Admittedly, White cannot play totally routinely. On} 12. Qd2 {
there is already the very strong} d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. exd5 Nb6 $132) ({
But the cautious} 12. Bg1 {is possible, after which I intended to drive the
white knight from the centre by} c5 $5 ({The computer even recommends losing a
couple of tempi by} 12... Nh5 13. f4 Nhf6 14. Bf3 Nb6 15. b3 c5 16. Nde2 Bg4
17. Qd2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 $13 {[%csl Rd6,Rf3,Rf4] but I think it is easier to play
White here.}) ({Black does not solve all his problems by} 12... d5 13. cxd5
cxd5 14. exd5 Nb6 15. Qb3 Nfxd5 (15... Nbxd5 16. Bc4 $16) 16. Ne4 $36 ({or} 16.
Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bc4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Be6 19. Rfd1 Qg5 20. Bf1 Re7 21. Rac1 $14 {^^})
) 13. Nc2 Ne5 {and the later possibilities include Be6, Nc6, Nd7 in general,
Black has sufficient counterplay}) 12... Ne5 {Also principled. Black must play
actively, else his weaknesses will gradually tell.} 13. f4 (13. Qd2 Be6 14. b3
b5 $132) 13... Neg4 14. Bg1 h5 $1 {The last three moves are reminiscent of the
Modern Benoni. Black is prepared to sacrifice a knight for active play.} 15.
Bf3 ({A good example of Black's idea is the direct} 15. h3 $6 Nxe4 $1 16. Nxe4
Rxe4 17. hxg4 Qh4+ 18. Bh2 hxg4 $5 19. g3 Qe7 20. Bd3 b5 $1 {and the white
king is quite unsafe.}) 15... Be6 16. b3 $6 {The first step in the wrong
direction. Of course, it is natural to defend the pawn on c4, but at the same
time, the move b2-b3 weakens the long diagonal and gives Black additional
tactical possibilities.} ({The correct continuation for White was pointed out
by Konstantin Landa, in his online analysis:} 16. Qd3 $1 {after which I think
White's chances are better, although Black still has ways to defend his
position} b5 ({Either} 16... g5 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. h3 $1 gxf4 19. hxg4 hxg4 20.
Rxf4 Be5 21. Qg3 $16) (16... Nd7 17. Qxd6 $1) 17. Rfd1 $1 Bh6 $5 ({The
exchange of queens turns out to be bad for Black after} 17... Bxc4 18. Qxd6 {
since the knight on g4 is out of play.}) 18. g3 g5 19. cxb5 axb5 $13 {and
White still has to find a series of accurate moves to neutralise Black's
activity.}) 16... Qa5 $1 $13 17. Qe1 $6 {[%csl Rc3,Re4][%cal Ge8e1] A strange
move, which I did not even consider during the game. The white queens stands
on the e-file, opposite the black rook on e8. As a result, the number of
possible tactical blows grows.} (17. Qd2 {is stronger although White has to
see in advance that after} Nd5 $5 {he has the not very human move} 18. Nb1 $1
Qxd2 19. Nxd2 {and Black now has} Nxf4 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21. Rxf4 Bc3 $1 $132 22.
Nf3 (22. Be3 Bxa1 23. Nxa1 Be2) 22... Bxa1 23. Nxa1 Bxf3 24. gxf3 d5 25. cxd5
cxd5 $132 {and the bad position of the white pieces cancels out his small
material advantage, although not more than that.}) ({I would note too that on} 
17. Qd3 {Black has another tactical trick} d5 $1 {Although here too, White
should be able to maintain equality.} 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxa1 20. Bb6 Qb5
21. Qxb5 axb5 22. Nc7 Bc3 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. h3 Nf6 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 $11)
17... b5 $6 ({Of course, we both saw the pin} 17... Bf5 $1 {but it seemsed to
us both that Black is not threatening to take on e4, and so White has a move
to consolidate. However, this is not the case. On} 18. h3 $6 ({Or} 18. Nd4 Qd8
$36) {I did not see the quiet move} 18... Qd8 $3 {after which White has very
serious problems with the e4 pawn. But such retreating moves are not so easy
for a human to see, especially when the queen has only recently come from d8.
Instead of this, I played another natural move, keeping the tension.}) 18. c5
$2 {It is strange, but my opponent did not take long over this decision,
although the position appears very complicated. In addition, White does not in
any way solve the problem of his hanging centre.} ({This was a good moment for
the consolidating move} 18. h3 $1 {and if} bxc4 19. Nd4 $1 {returning the
knight to the centre. Frankly speaking, I do not see anything clear for Black,
and if his activity dioes out, his position is strategically hopeless.}) 18...
b4 19. Na4 {Another important moment in the game, and maybe the tournament.}
Bc4 $2 {Sadly, I saw this move and could immediately understand why it was bad.
} ({I saw the blow} 19... Nxe4 $1 {If there were no other moves in the
position, one would play it automatically. But I was rather put off by the
fact that Vladimir had allowed it so happily. The variations are not so
complicated, but I did not manage to assess them properly.} 20. Qxe4 (20. Bxe4
$6 Bd5 $5 ({Less clear is} 20... Bf5 21. Bxf5 Rxe1 22. Raxe1 gxf5 23. cxd6 $13
{Black has won the queen, but the white passed pawn is very unpleasant}) 21.
Qxb4 Qxb4 22. Nxb4 Bxe4 23. Rae1 a5 24. Nb6 axb4 25. Nxa8 d5 $1 26. Nb6 Bc3 $5
$36 ({Or} 26... Nh6 {and Black has excellent compensation for the exchange})) (
20. Qxb4 Qxb4 21. Nxb4 Nxc5 {Unlike the game, Black cannot be worse in the
complications} ({Also interesting is} 21... Nef2+ $5 22. Bxf2 Nxf2+ 23. Kg1
dxc5 (23... Ng4 24. Nxc6 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 dxc5 26. Nb6 Rab8 27. Nxb8 Rxb8 28. Na4
c4 29. Nc5) 24. Kxf2 Bd4+ 25. Kg3 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 cxb4 27. Bxc6 Bf5 $11)) 20...
Bxb3 21. axb3 Rxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 {I was afraid that I could lose all
my queenside pawns and the minor pieces would be stronger than the queen. But
in reality, White has more problems here, because of the bad position of his
king. The computer suggests} Re8 $1 ({but also good is the human move} 23...
Qc7 $5) 24. cxd6 (24. Bxc6 $140 Re2 25. Nb6 Nf2+ 26. Bxf2 Rxf2 $19) 24... Qd8
25. Bxc6 Re6 $36 {[%csl Rh1] with excellent play}) 20. Qxb4 {Giving up the
exchange, but at the same time, the queens are exchanged and many dangers are
past for White.} Qxb4 21. Nxb4 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Nxe4 23. Nb6 {Only now did I
understand that things are not so simple for Black. Although he has an extra
exchange, it is his move, and his pieces, especially the knights, are very
active, I could not find anything to do. The white pieces somehow seem to slip
away from the attacks.} ({ÏFor some reason, at first I only reckoned on the
capture} 23. cxd6 Rad8 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Bc5 Bf8 $1 26. Nxc6 Rxd6 27. Bxd6 Bxd6
{White has regained the exchange and even has an extra pawn, but because of
his king, he still has problems.}) 23... Ra7 $5 ({Nor is there anything clear
for Black after} 23... dxc5 24. Nxc6 {I decided not to hurry returning the
exchange.}) 24. cxd6 Nxd6 25. Bxc6 {Staring from move 20, with queens gone,
Vladimir starts to play very well, choosing the most unpleasant moves for
Black.} ({Black's play would be easier after} 25. Nc4 Nxc4 (25... Rae7 $5 26.
Nxd6 Re1 27. Rxe1 Rxe1 28. h3 Bd4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. Bxg4 Bxg1 31. Nd3 Ra1 32.
Nc4 $13) 26. Bxa7 Nd2 27. Bxc6 (27. Rd1 Nxf3 28. gxf3 Ne3 $132) 27... Re7 $1
28. Bc5 Re6 29. Rc1 (29. Rd1 Bf8 $1) 29... Bb2 30. Rd1 Ba3 31. Bf3 Nxf3 32.
gxf3 Nf2+ 33. Bxf2 Bxb4 $132 {and because of his weak pawns, it is quite hard
for White to realise his small material advantage.}) 25... Re2 26. N6d5 ({
Someone at the press conference suggested} 26. Bf3 {, but again, it is easier
for Black to play here:} Rd2 27. Nc4 Nxc4 28. Bxa7 Nce3 {and the activity of
his pieces gives Black good grounds for optimism.}) 26... Nc8 $8 {Almost
unnoticed, my knight has retreated from the centre to the edge of the board,
whilst White has brought his knight from a4 into the centre!} 27. h3 Nh6 $2 {
I was still too optimistic and hoped to seize the initiative, although after
his latest knight manoeuvres, Black should be a little careful.} ({Otherwise I
would of course have played} 27... a5 $1 $14 {with good drawing chances, eg.}
28. hxg4 (28. Nd3 Nh6) 28... axb4 29. Nxb4 (29. Bxa7 Nxa7 30. Nxb4 Nxc6 31.
Nxc6 Rxa2 32. gxh5 Rc2 33. Ne7+ Kf8 34. Nd5 Rd2) 29... hxg4 30. Bb5 Re4 31. Rc1
Nd6 32. Bxa7 Nxb5 33. Bc5 Rxf4 34. Nd5 Re4 35. a4 Nd4 $132) 28. Rc1 $1 {
It turns out that White does not have to rush to take the rook on a7, as it is
not going anywhere.} Nf5 {To my horror, I realised that in the tactics, White
can take the Nc8 with check, after which the Ra7 becomes indefensible. At the
same time, I cannot even organise perpetual check, because when the bishop on
g1 takes the Ra7, it frees g1 for the white king!} ({No better is} 28... Kh7
29. Ba4 Nf5 30. Kh2 $1 Nfd6 31. Bxa7 Nxa7 32. Rc2 {and White neutralises the
activity of the black pieces.}) 29. Bb5 $1 Ng3+ ({Maybe more practical chances
were offered by} 29... Rc7 $5 {which at least is a very striking move. But
after} 30. Nxc7 (30. Rxc7 $140 $2 Ng3+ 31. Kh2 Nf1+ $11) 30... axb5 31. Nxb5
Nce7 {there are still no threats to the white king, whilst the white passed
pawns should decide.}) 30. Kh2 Nf1+ 31. Rxf1 axb5 {Unfortunately, now Black
does not have the resource a6-a5 and the white knight feels totally
comfortable.} 32. Bxa7 Nxa7 33. Kg3 $1 ({After} 33. Rc1 {White traps the enemy
knight, but after} h4 {his king still has problems.}) 33... Nc8 34. Rd1 {
[%csl Rc8]} Bf8 $138 35. Kf3 Rb2 36. g4 $5 Kg7 {It is hard for Black to defend
and my time-trouble made White's task easier.} ({It was dangerous, but still
possible to open the h-file by} 36... hxg4+ 37. hxg4 Kg7 38. g5 Rh2 $1 {
Instead, I decided to try to activate my pieces at the cost of a second pawn,
but my opponent was very accurate.}) 37. gxh5 Nd6 ({Here too, there was the
more tenacious} 37... gxh5 38. Rg1+ Kh6 {and in any event, White cannot play
for a direct attack:} 39. Nd3 $6 Rd2 $1 40. Ke3 Rh2 41. Ne5 $4 Bc5+) 38. hxg6
fxg6 39. Nc7 $1 Kf7 $6 (39... Nf5) 40. Nd3 $1 Rxa2 41. Ne5+ Kf6 ({Or} 41... Kg8
42. Nxg6 $18) 42. Nd7+ {and in view of further material losses Black resigned.
Probably, the choice of opening in this game, and my play in general, was
rather risky. But as Vladimir's game from the final round showed, it is
perfectly possible to play the King's Indian against him. If I had utilised my
chances in this game, with 17...Bf5 or 19...Ne4, maybe the tournament also
would have ended differently. In the next two rounds, I managed to win both in
a row, despite this defeat. But after his start, Vladimir made a fantastic 4,5
out of 5 in the first cycle and as a result, won Dortmund for the tenth time.
I would like to congratulate him on this unique achievement! .} 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+10:3600+10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 {A side-line.
Nakamura is a fighter! Ok, everyone knows it.} 7. Be3 e5 8. O-O Re8 9. dxe5
dxe5 10. b4 c6 11. c5 Nh5 $146 12. Nd2 Nf4 13. Nc4 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Qe7 15. Rab1
Nf8 16. Nd6 Rd8 {Black is slightly worse, but these kinds of positions are not
at all easy to break with White.} 17. Na4 (17. b5 $5 Ne6 18. Rfd1 Nd4 19. Qd3 {
is one way to play. White is better, but I don't know how much.}) 17... Ne6 18.
Nb2 b5 19. a4 a6 20. Ra1 Rb8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra3 (22. Nd3 {with the idea of
facing} Nf4 {with} 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. e5 $1 {is a decent idea, and after} Bf5 $1
25. Ra6 (25. Nxf5 gxf5 {breaks Black's pawn structure but also solves many of
his problems: White doesn't have much advantage here.}) 25... Bxd3 26. Qxd3
Qxe5 27. Rxc6 Bf8 28. Rd1 {White is surely a bit better, but Black should get
a draw, by playing ...Rd7 & ...Rbd8 and taking on ...d6 at some well chosen
point.}) 22... Nf4 23. Qd2 Be6 24. g3 Nh5 $6 (24... Nh3+ 25. Kg2 Nf4+ $1 {
seems like a draw:} 26. Kh1 (26. gxf4 Qh4 $11) 26... Nh3 {and White should
repeat or some ...f5 moves are coming. Difficult to say if Nakamura missed
this line or deliberately chose not to play it.}) 25. Rfa1 Nf6 26. Bg5 Qf8 {
Here White seems much better, but actually he needs to be very precise.} 27.
Bxf6 $6 {Too early.} (27. Qd3 {looks great, but after} h6 (27... Rd7 28. Ra6
$16) 28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Ra6 Be7 30. Rxc6 Bd7 {somehow it looks like Black more
or less holds:} 31. Rca6 (31. Rc7 Bxd6 32. Qxd6 Qxd6 33. cxd6 Rb6 34. Nd3 Rxd6
35. Nxe5 Bh3 36. f3 Rd2 37. Nxf7 Rg2+ 38. Kh1 Ra2 $1 39. Nxh6+ Kf8 40. Rcc1 Rb2
{should be drawn.}) 31... Bc8 32. Ra8 Bxd6 33. cxd6 Rb6 (33... Rxd6 $4 34. Rxb8
$18 {The deep point of playing Qd3 first: the queen is protected.}) 34. d7 $1
Rxd7 35. Rc1 (35. Qc3 Rd8 36. Rd1 Re8 37. f3 Bh3 38. Rxe8 Qxe8 39. Nd3 Rd6 $11)
35... Rxd3 36. Rcxc8 Rd2 $1 {(a lucky move!)} 37. Rxf8+ Kg7 38. Rg8+ Kf6 $1 {
and Black should escape.}) (27. Qc2 $5 {should simply be the best:} h6 (27...
Ra8 28. Ra5 {and Black is still under huge pressure.}) 28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Nd3
Be7 30. Nxe5 Bxd6 31. cxd6 (31. Nxc6 Bc7 32. f4 {is maybe good too, due to
Black's bishop's passivity.}) 31... Rxd6 32. Qc5 {and White is definitely
slightly better.}) 27... Bxf6 28. Nd3 (28. Ra6 Be7 29. Rxc6 Bd7 {is fine for
Black for the same reasons that 27.Qd3 was (as the d2-queen is not protected
like on d3, it is actually even easier for Black!).}) 28... Be7 29. Nxe5 Bxd6
30. cxd6 Rxd6 31. Qc3 Rbd8 {Now Black is definitely all right!} 32. h4 Qe8 33.
Ra6 f6 34. Nf3 Bg4 35. Qb3+ Kh8 36. Nh2 $2 (36. Qe3 $1 Rd3 37. Qf4 Bxf3 38.
Qxf6+ Kg8 39. Ra7 Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Qf8 41. Qe6+ Kh8 42. Rf7 $5 (42. Qe5+ Kg8 $11)
42... Qd6 43. Qxd6 R8xd6 44. Ra8+ Rd8 45. Rxd8+ Rxd8 46. Rxf3 Rd4 $11) 36...
Qxe4 {Strange!} (36... Rd1+ {just wins a pawn:} 37. Nf1 $8 (37. Rxd1 $2 Rxd1+
38. Nf1 Be2 $19) 37... Qxe4 (37... Be2 $2 38. Qc2 $11) 38. Rxd1 Rxd1 39. Ra8+
Kg7 40. Ra7+ Rd7 {and Black is up a big pawn, and a probably winning position.}
) 37. Nxg4 Qxg4 38. Qf7 Qf3 39. Rf1 Rd1 40. Ra1 {time. Drama! Everyone knows
the rest.} (40. Ra1 R1d7 {and Black is up a pawn, with all the winning chances
on his side.}) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. O-O
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. f3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Rc1 (13. Qb3 {
is played more often}) 13... a5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Black anticipates Qd1-b3 as
that is White's most logical way of development.} (13... dxe4 14. fxe4 Bxd4 (
14... Rxe4 $2 15. Ne6 $1 Qd7 16. Nxg7 Kxg7 17. Qb3 $40) 15. Bxd4 Nc6 16. Bf6
Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Be6 18. b3 $14 {1/2 Dimitrijeski,B (2222)-Jovanic,O (2476)/
Rijeka 2011/EXT 2012 (44)}) (13... a6 14. Qb3 dxe4 15. fxe4 Rf8 16. Rxf7 Rxf7
17. Rf1 Bf6 18. e5 Kg7 {0-1 Handke,F (2413)-Atalik,S (2575)/Cappelle la Grande
2000/CBM 074 ext (28)} 19. exf6+ Rxf6 20. Qc3 $1 $18) (13... Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Rxc6 Bb7 16. Rc1 $1 (16. Rc2 dxe4 17. f4 (17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. f4 Bd4 19.
Bxd4 (19. Kf2 Bxe3+ 20. Kxe3 Rd3+ $1) 19... Rxd4 20. Rc7 Bd5 21. Rd7 e3 22. Re1
Rd2 $15 {1/2 Shankland,S (2539)-Vorobiov,E (2574)/Dresden 2011/CBM 143 Extra 
(29)}) 17... Qe7 18. f5 Rac8 19. Bc4 Rxc4 20. Rxc4 Ba6 $11 {0-1 Guo Qi (2351)
-Ju Wenjun (2557)/Xinghua CHN 2012/The Week in Chess 909 (63)}) 16... dxe4 17.
Qxd8 Raxd8 18. f4 Bd4 19. Kf2 Bxe3+ 20. Kxe3 Kf8 21. Rc7 Re7 22. Rfc1 Bd5 23.
b3 h5 24. f5 gxf5 25. Bxh5 $14 {1/2 Gustafsson,J (2647)-Maze,S (2559)/
Aix-les-Bains 2011/CBM 142 (47)}) 14. Qb3 {Other moves are harmless but maybe
it was time to moderate ambitions, e.g.} (14. Bd3 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rxc6
dxe4 17. Bxe4 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Bb7 19. Rc4 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Bxb2 $11) 14... a4 15.
Qxd5 (15. Qa3 $142 $1 dxe4 16. Rcd1 $44 {needs further checking}) 15... Qxd5
16. exd5 a3 $1 17. b3 (17. bxa3 Bd7 18. Nc2 Rxe3 19. Nxe3 Bd4) 17... Nc6 $1 {
[%cal Re8e3]} 18. Nc2 Rxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512] An excellent exchange sacrifice.
Black's a3-pawn becomes a decisive factor.} 19. Nxe3 Nb4 20. Rc4 (20. Rc7 $142
$1 Bd4 (20... Nxa2 21. d6 $1 $132) 21. Re7 Bf5 $1 {more convincing than} (21...
Nxa2 22. Re8+ Kg7 23. d6 Nc3 24. Kf2 $1 Nd5 25. d7) (21... Nxd5 22. Re8+ Kg7
23. Kh1 $1 Nxe3 24. Rc1) 22. Rd1 $1 Bc5 23. d6 Nxa2 {In this sharp position
Black keeps better prospects after all.}) 20... Nxa2 21. Ra4 $2 {A bad move
but White faces difficult defence in any case, e.g. after} (21. Nc2 Nc3 22. Bd3
a2 {[%csl Ga2]}) 21... Rxa4 22. bxa4 Bd4 23. Kf2 $2 (23. Bc4 $142 Bxe3+ 24. Kh1
Nb4 25. Ra1 {, although after} Bc5 26. Rxa3 Nxd5 27. Rd3 Ne7 {Black's material
advantage should be enough to win.}) 23... Nb4 24. Rc1 (24. Rd1 Ba7 25. Bc4 Nc2
26. Rd3 Bf5 27. Rc3 Nxe3 28. Rxe3 Bb1 29. d6 Kf8 30. d7 Bxe3+ 31. Kxe3 Ke7 $19)
24... a2 $1 25. Rxc8+ Kg7 26. Rc1 Nxd5 27. Rd1 Nxe3 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qe5 12. Nf3 Qc5 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Nd2 {
This system was examined by GM Dejan Bojkov in CBM 141.} h5 $5 (14... Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Ne5 {1/2 Korotylev,A (2616)-Kokarev,D (2551)/Krasnoyarsk 2007/CBM 120} 16.
Nb3 Qb6 17. Rb1 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Bf6 $36) (14... Ne5 15. Nd5 (15. Rc1 Qb6
16. Rb1 Nc5 17. Qc2 a5 18. Be7 Rfe8 19. Bg5 c6 20. Be3 Qd8 21. Rbd1 Qh4 $132 {
0-1 Bauer,C (2602)-McShane,L (2619)/Germany 2003/EXT 2004 (51)}) (15. Nb3 Qb6
16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 (17. Qxd5 Nd7 18. Qd2 Ndc5 19. Bf3 Nxb3 20. axb3 Nc5 $17
{0-1 Collas,D (2365)-Berthelot,Y (2295)/France 1997/EXT 1999 (72)}) 17... Nd7
$1 (17... Nc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 {0-1 Zhigalko,A (2601)-Ivkina,O (2272)/St
Petersburg 2009/CBM 132 Extra (58)} 19. Bg5 $14 {[%cal Yg5e3]}) 18. Bg5 {
1/2 De Jong,J (2474)-Brandenburg,D (2435)/Hilversum 2008/CBM 124}) 15... Qd4 $1
(15... Bxd5 16. cxd5 Qb6 17. Rb1 Nb4 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 a5 20. a3 Na6 21.
Bg5 Qd4 22. Qc2 Nc5 23. Bb5 Rfc8 24. Bd2 $1 $16 {1-0 Gurevich,M (2633)
-Stubberud,O (2231)/Tromsoe 2007/CBM 119 ext (32)}) 16. Rb1 (16. Bg5 {1-0
Nikolov,S (2394)-Bojkov,D (2509)/Pleven 2005/CBM 106 ext (47)} Qxb2 17. Rb1
Qxa2 18. Ra1 Qb2 $11) 16... Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nc5 18. Bf1 a5 $5 $132 (18... f5 19.
b4 Na4 20. Qxa4 (20. Qc2 $6 Bh6 21. Red1 Nc3 22. Nb3 Qxe4 23. Qxc3 Qxh4 $15 {
0-1 Van Wely,L (2618)-Kleijn,C/Netherlands 2008/CBM 127 Extra (51)}) 20... Qxd2
21. exf5 gxf5 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Rd2h6,Rf5f4]} 22. Bg3 Qxd5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24.
Rbc1 $44 {D.Bojkov})) 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. Qd3 $6 {After this
careless move Black seizes the initiative.} (17. Qd2 $142 Be6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19.
cxd5 Rae8 $132 {[%cal Yf7f5,Yb6b4]}) 17... Nb4 $1 18. Qb1 {[%csl Ra1,Rb1]} (18.
Qd2 Nxa2) 18... a5 $1 $146 (18... Rfe8 $143 19. Bg5 c5 20. Nd2 Be6 21. Be3 Nc6
22. Rc1 Nd4 23. Kh1 Rac8 {1/2 Bernal Moro,L (2424)-Torrecillas Martinez,A 
(2365)/Sabadell 2008/CBM 126}) 19. Nd2 (19. a3 Nc6 20. Nd2 Ne5 $36 21. Nd5 $140
Qd4) 19... Qd4 (19... Bh6 $142 $1 20. Nf1 Be6 {[%cal Rg6g5,Re6c4] , and White
can hardly avoid material losses.}) 20. Bg5 Qd3 21. Nd5 Qxb1 22. Raxb1 Nxd5 23.
cxd5 a4 24. Rec1 $6 {[%csl Rb1]} (24. Rbc1 $142 Rfc8 25. h3 Bd7 26. Bf4) 24...
Rfc8 25. Be3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25. f3 Bd7 26. Be3 {although Black keeps a
strong initiative after} f5 $1) 25... Be2 {White loses an exchange. He now
decided to stop resistance. It could still be rendered after} (25... Be2 26. b4
$1 Bd3 27. b5 Bxb1 28. Nxb1 f5 $1 29. Nd2 {but, of course, Black's win is a
matter of technique.}) 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis SPICE Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Meier,Georg"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2012.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 {Der Grund für meine Zugreihenfolge ist
das Vermeiden von Grünfeldindisch. Diese Berechenbarkeit in der Wahl meines 1.
Zuges wurde wenig später in der Partie gegen Vachier-Lagrave bestraft.} d6 5.
d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 {Also kein echtes Königindisch. Damit war meine
Vorbereitung (7...Nc6 usw.) zwar umschifft, aber ich habe sicher nichts
einzuwenden, wenn mein Gegner das Zentrum aufgeben möchte.} 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3
c6 10. Kh1 Nh5 $5 {Ich bin kein Fan der schwarzen Spielanlage in Verbindung
mit 7...exd4, aber der Textzug ist nicht so zahnlos, wie es scheint. Wenn
beide Seiten nur danach streben, ihre Entwicklung zu beenden, wird der weiße
Raumvorteil mehr und mehr ins Gewicht fallen und den strategischen Vorteil des
Weißen stabilisieren. Ding strebt auf sehr konkrete und originelle Weise nach
Gegenspiel, solange sich dafür noch die Gelegenheit bietet.} 11. g4 (11. Be3 f5
) 11... Nf6 (11... Qf6 12. Be3 Nf4 13. Nf5) 12. Be3 Qe7 $5 $146 {Bis hierher
spielte Ding a tempo. Wir können davon ausgehen, dass seine Hauptidee in der
spektakulären Antwort auf 13.Dd2 lag.} (12... h5 {Wird hier fast
ausschließlich gespielt, brächte mich aber nicht gerade ins Schwitzen.}) 13.
Rg1 $1 {Als ich diesen Zug sah, fühlte er sich absolut richtig an. Ich
entkräfte nicht nur jegliches Schlagen auf g4 sondern stelle die Weichen
bereits auf Angriff in der g-Linie. Ein Springeropfer auf f5 muss Schwarz nun
jederzeit auf der Rechnung haben.} ({Der natürliche Entwicklungszug} 13. Qd2 {
läuft in einen messerscharfen Konter:} Bxg4 $1 14. fxg4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 16.
Rf3 Bxd4 {Soweit hatte ich gerechnet und 'glaubte' meinem Gegner den Rest.
Offenbar ergibt sich forciert ein Endspiel, dass Schwarz problemlos remis
halten sollte, wenn es Teil der Vorbereitung ist.} 17. Bxd4 Qxe2 18. Qf4 f5 19.
Raf1 (19. gxf5 Re4 20. fxg6 Rxf4 21. gxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxf4 Nd7 23. Rg1 Qh5) 19...
Nd7 20. gxf5 Re4 21. Qh6 Rxd4 22. fxg6 Qe7 23. Rg3 Nf6 24. gxh7+ (24. Rxf6 Qe1+
25. Kg2 Qd2+) 24... Kh8 25. Rxf6 Qe1+ 26. Kg2 Qd2+ 27. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 28. Rf2 Rxf2+
29. Kxf2 Kxh7 30. Re3 Kg6 31. Re7 Rb8 32. Re6+ Kf5 33. Rxd6 Rh8 34. Kg3 Rg8+
35. Kf3 Rh8 36. Rd2 a5 {Der h-Bauer kommt nicht voran, und der weiße König ist
dominiert. Es ist schwer, überhaupt Gewinnversuche zu unternehmen.}) 13... Na6
14. Rg2 {Die Reihenfolge ist falsch.} (14. Qd2 $142 $1 Nc5 {Erst hier ist
neuerliche Prophylaxe gegen Einschläge auf g4 und e4 nötig} 15. Rg2 $1 $14 {
Aus eröffnungstheoretischer Sicht wohl die Widerlegung. Schwarz kann sich
nicht befreien. Dafür müsste er an dieser Stelle a5 und h5 spielen können.} Bd7
(15... a5 16. Rag1 {/\Nf5}) (15... h5 {wird hier bereits sehr hart bestraft:}
16. b4 Ncxe4 (16... Ncd7 17. gxh5 Nxh5 18. b5) 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 c5 19.
Nf5 Bxf5 20. gxf5 Bxa1 21. fxg6 f5 22. exf5) (15... d5 16. g5) 16. Rd1 (16.
Rag1 d5 $1 17. cxd5 (17. g5 Nfxe4 18. fxe4 Bh3 19. Rg3 Nxe4) 17... Nxd5) 16...
Rad8 17. b4) 14... h5 $1 15. gxh5 $1 {Die Öffnung der g-Linie gehört zum
weißen Plan, allerdings hat Schwarz aufgrund des verfrühten Rg1-g2 viel Zeit,
sich auf die neue Bauernstruktur einzustellen.} Nxh5 16. Qd2 Bh3 ({In Betracht
kam} 16... Nc5 17. Rag1 Qf6 $5 18. Bd1 Nf4 19. Rg3 {doch Schwarz hat immer
noch Probleme zu lösen.}) 17. Rg5 Nf6 18. Rag1 Nc5 {Schwarz scheint nach und
nach alles unter Kontrolle zu bringen. Die Entwicklung ist so gut wie beendet
und ein erleichternder Abtausch durch Nc5-e6 bahnt sich an.} 19. Bd3 $1 {
Ein sehr starker Zug, und der einzige der den weißen Vorteil festhält. Auf e2
ist der Läufer eine nutzlose Figur, nun soll er von c2 aus das Zentrum stützen
und gleichzeitig nach g6 schielen... Ebenso wichtig ist die nun mögliche
Umgruppierung Nc3-e2-f4 wiederum mit Blickrichtung g6.} Rad8 (19... Nxd3 $142
20. Qxd3 Nd7 21. R5g3 $14) 20. Bc2 d5 $1 {Jetzt oder nie! Von nun an mit den
kompliziertesten Momenten der Partie konfrontiert, schlitterten wir leider
beide auf eine schwere Zeitnot zu, sodass es unmöglich wurde die Verwicklungen
zu überblicken.} (20... Ne6 21. R5g3 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Be6 23. f4) 21. e5 (21. cxd5
$1 {Mein Gefühl sagte mir, dass dies der korrekte Weg ist, aber der Textzug
war ungleich verlockender...} Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 {So viel Vereinfachung wollte
ich einfach nicht zulassen.} (22... cxd5 23. e5 $1 Bxe5 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Rxg6+
Kf7 26. Bg5) 23. exd5 (23. R5g3 Rh5 24. b4 Ne6 25. Nf5 gxf5 26. Bd4 Rd8 27.
exf5 Bxf5 28. Bxf5 Rxf5 29. Bxg7 Rxd2 30. Bf6+ Ng5 31. Bxe7 f6) 23... Qxe3 24.
Qxe3 Rxe3 25. Bxg6 $1 {Diese Möglichkeit war mir entgangen. Schwarz schlittert
nahe am Abgrund, kann sich jedoch halten.} (25. dxc6 Bxd4 26. Rd5 Bxb2 27. Rxc5
bxc6) 25... fxg6 26. Rxg6 Re7 27. dxc6 bxc6 28. Nxc6 Rc7 29. R1g3 Ne6 30. Rxh3
Rxc6 31. f4 Rc1+ 32. Rg1 Rxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Bxb2 $14) 21... dxc4 22. Bxg6 $1 (22.
exf6 $2 Qxe3 23. Qxe3 Rxe3 24. fxg7 Rxd4 25. Rxc5 Rxf3) 22... fxg6 23. Rxg6 Nh5
$2 (23... Ng4 $1 {Diesen Knaller hatte ich ehrlich gesagt völlig übersehen.
Der Gang der Ereignisse hätte sich völlig verändert. Durch das Verstopfen der
g-Linie wird die weiße Initiative gestoppt und ein wildes Hauen und Stechen
mit Chancen für beide Seiten hätte begonnen.} 24. f4 (24. fxg4 Qxe5 25. Bh6
Qxd4 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxg7+ Kh8 28. Rg5 Kh7 29. Rxc5 Bxg4 30. Rxg4 Rxg4 31. h3
$11) ({Wegen} 24. Bh6 {hatte mein Gegner 23...Ng4 verworfen. Tatsächlich
übernimmt aber Schwarz das Kommando nach} Ne6 25. Bxg7 (25. Rxe6 $142 Qxe6 26.
Bxg7 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 Kxg7 28. Ne2 $1 $11) 25... Nxg7 26. fxg4 Qxe5) 24... Ne6 25.
Ne4 c5 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Nxe6 Rxd2 28. Bxd2 Rxe6 29. Rg3 Rh6 30. Ng5 Nxe5 31.
fxe5 Bf5 32. Bc3 Rh5 33. e6 Bxc3 34. e7 Bd7 35. bxc3 Kg7 36. Kg1 $11) 24. f4 $5
{Weiter maximalistisch gespielt. Der objektiv richtige Weg war mir wiederum
nicht genug.} (24. Bh6 $142 Ne6 25. Bxg7 Nexg7 26. Qh6 Qxe5 27. Nxc6 bxc6 28.
R6g5 Qxg5 29. Qxg5 Kf8 30. Qc5+ Re7 31. Qxc4 Ne6 $13) 24... Ne6 25. Qe2 {
Diese Stellung hatte ich angestrebt, der Druck auf die schwarze Stellung
erschien mir überwältigend zu sein.} Nhxf4 26. Bxf4 Nxf4 $2 {Nun bricht
Schwarz tatsächlich zusammen.} ({Richtig war} 26... Rxd4 27. Bh6 Rf8 $1 {
Kaltblütig und stark!} 28. Bxg7 Nxg7 {Die Stellung bleibt sehr kompliziert,
doch Schwarz, mit allen Figuren im Spiel, behauptet sich.} 29. Qe3 (29. Ne4
Qxe5 30. Nf6+ Qxf6 31. Rxf6 Rxf6 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qe3 Rd3 34. Qe7 Rg6 35. Qh4+
Rh6 36. Qe7 Rg6 $11) 29... Rg4 30. R6xg4 Bxg4 31. Rxg4 b5) 27. Qxc4+ Nd5 $4 {
Mit wenigen Minuten auf der Uhr war es schwer, nun nicht den primitivsten Weg
zu wählen. An dieser Stelle gab es subtile Möglichkeiten sofort zu gewinnen.} (
27... Kh8 $1 28. Rxg7 Qxg7 29. Rxg7 Kxg7 30. Nf5+ Bxf5 31. Qxf4 Rf8 32. h4 $14)
28. Rxg7+ $2 (28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. Qb3 $1 Qxe5 30. Rxg7+ Qxg7 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32.
Qg3+ Kf7 33. Qxh3 Rxd4 34. Qh5+ Kf8 35. Qc5+ $18) (28. Qd3 Nf4 29. Rxg7+ Qxg7
30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qg3+ Ng6 32. Nce2 $1 $18) 28... Qxg7 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qd3
Nf4 $2 ({Mit} 30... Nxc3 31. bxc3 Rh8 {konnte sich Schwarz noch zäh
verteidigen. Es bedarf hier von Weiß großer Präzision aufgrund des eigenen
schwachen Königs.} 32. e6 Rdf8 33. Qg3+ Kf6 34. Qd6 Rfg8 35. Qf4+ Ke7 36. Qc7+
Kf6 37. Qf7+ Ke5 38. Nf3+ Kd5 39. Qd7+ Ke4 40. Ng5+ Rxg5 41. Qd4+ Kf5 42. Qxh8
Bg2+ 43. Kg1 Bd5+ 44. Kf2 Kxe6 45. h4 $18) 31. Qg3+ Ng6 {Nun musste ich mit
jeweils guten 30 Sekunden die nächsten Entscheidungen treffen.} 32. Nce2 $1 {
Dies sollte die entscheidende Umgruppierung sein, doch...} Rxe5 33. Qxh3 {
Hier gingen die Nerven mit mir durch... Die folgende Taktik mit Übergang in
ein remisliches Endspiel sah ich sofort, aber in den verbleibenden Sekunden
konnte ich mich nicht beruhigen und} ({nach} 33. Nf4 Rd6 {...einen Zug weiter
rechnen... Ich sah für einen Moment Gespenster in Form von Matt in 1. Das ist
zumindest für mich nicht leicht zu verarbeiten, wenn ich nur 30 Sekunden habe.}
34. Nxg6 $18) 33... Rxd4 34. Nxd4 Re1+ 35. Kg2 Nf4+ 36. Kf2 Nxh3+ 37. Kxe1 {
Noch vor ein paar Zügen war ich dabei, eine gut geführte Kampfpartie stilvoll
zu beenden. Es ist kaum zu glauben, dass diese Stellung und die nach
beispielweise 20...d5 zur selben Partie gehören. Nachdem ich mich sammelte 
(ich hatte gerade ein paar 30sek-Boni gehamstert), wurden mir zwei Dinge klar.
1. Kommt der schwarze König ohne Weiteres nach e5 wird das Remis
unausweichlich, der Damenflügel würde sich dann unter Schutz in Bewegung
setzen.  2. Ich muss sofort etwas unternehmen und darauf hoffen, dass der
h-Bauer später genug Ablenkung schafft um Gewinnchancen zu generieren.} Kf6 38.
Nb3 $1 {In diesem Moment ist der Damenflügel noch schutzlos! Wir verlassen
zwar nicht die Remisbreite und die objektive Bewertung bleibt bei Ausgleich,
doch diese Partie hatte bereits viel Energie gekostet und bewegte sich auf die
fünfte Stunde zu. Jedes bisschen Druck kann entscheidend sein. Denn Druck
bedeutet letztlich, dass Schwarz weiter die besten Züge machen muss, um den
Ausgleich zu erhalten und sich nicht entspannen kann.} b6 39. Nd4 $1 c5 40. Nb5
(40. Nc6 a6 41. Nb8 Ke6 42. Nxa6 Kd6 {- 41.Nc7}) 40... a6 41. Nc3 $5 {Als ich
Nd4-b3 spielte, sah es so aus, als würde Na4 nun ein Problem darstellen,
tatsächlich hätte Schwarz sich hier endlich stabiliseren können.} (41. Nc7 Ke5
(41... Nf4 42. Kd2 a5 43. b3) 42. Nxa6 Kd6 43. a4 Kc6 44. b4 cxb4 45. Nxb4+ Kc5
46. Nd3+ Kc4 {schätzte ich als remis ab. Die Variante ist zu forciert und
macht es Schwarz damit einfach.}) 41... Ng5 $2 (41... Nf4 $1 {und Nc3-a4 wird
einfach mit Nf6-d5 abgefedert.}) 42. Ke2 {Jetzt wird es schwierig für Schwarz,
der keine Koordination mehr herstellen kann.} b5 43. Nd5+ Ke5 44. Nc7 $1 {
Hier ist der Bauernraub viel stärker als zuvor, denn der Springer kommt heraus,
ohne den a-Bauern anfällig zu hinterlassen.} Kd6 45. Nxa6 (45. h4 $2 Kxc7 46.
hxg5 Kd6 $11) 45... Kc6 46. b4 cxb4 47. h4 $2 {Erlaubt eine rettende Ressource.
} (47. Nxb4+ Kc5 48. h4 Ne6 49. Nd3+ Kd4 50. h5 Ke4 51. Kd2 Kf5 52. Kc3 Kg5 53.
Kb4 Nd4 54. Nc1 $18) 47... Ne4 $2 (47... b3 $1 {macht den a-Bauern zu einem
anfälligen b-Bauern in Reichweite des schwarzen Springers!} 48. axb3 Ne6 49.
Ke3 Kd5 50. Nb4+ Ke5) 48. Kd3 Ng3 49. Kc2 $1 {Eine saubere technische
Abwicklung. Der weiße König strebt bereits Richtung Zielscheibe b5 und lässt
den schwarzen Kollegen nicht aktiv werden.} (49. Nxb4+ Kc5 50. Nc2 b4) 49...
Kb6 50. Nxb4 Ka5 51. Kb3 {Nun ist die Stellung idiotensicher gewonnen. Dies
wird besonders durch meine nächsten 3 Züge unterstrichen, deren Erklärung ich
dem Leser ersparen möchte.} Nh5 52. Nc2 (52. Nd5 {hätte zur sofortigen Aufgabe
geführt.}) 52... Nf6 53. Ne1 Kb6 54. Nd3 Kc6 55. Nf4 Kd6 56. Kb4 Ke5 57. Ne2
Kf5 58. Kxb5 Kg4 59. a4 Nd5 60. Kc5 Nc7 61. Nc3 Kxh4 62. Nd5 Na6+ 63. Kb5 Nb8
64. Nb4 {Eine inhaltsreiche Partie, die mich zufriedenstellte, da ich unter
Druck einige schwierige und starke Entscheidungen traf. So macht Schach Spaß
und ich halte die Lust auf mehr davon aufrecht, auch wenn es schwer ist, in
solch nervenaufreibenden Partien den roten Faden immer festzuhalten.} 1-0

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:59:36"]
[BlackClock "1:10:44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 Nh5 11. g4 Nf6 12. Bf4 h5 13. Nf5 $1 {[%mdl 512] This
interesting piece sacrifice was found just recently.} (13. g5 {is the main
theoretical move.}) 13... gxf5 14. gxf5 {[%cal Yf1g1,Gg1g8]} d5 {Black failed
to parry White's attack in two previous games:} (14... Nbd7 15. Rg1 Kh8 16. Qe1
Ne5 (16... Nh7 $5 {needs checking}) 17. Qh4 Nh7 18. Qxh5 Qe7 19. Rg3 Nd7 20.
Rag1 Ndf6 21. Qh4 Nxe4 22. Qxh7+ $1 Kxh7 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 24. fxe4 $18 {1-0 (35)
Shomoev,A (2557)-Ganguly,S (2626) Moscow 2013}) (14... Kh8 15. Rg1 Nh7 16. Bxd6
Nd7 17. Qd2 Be5 18. Bxe5+ Rxe5 19. f4 Re8 20. Bxh5 Qe7 21. Qg2 Qf8 {1/2 (39)
Antic,D (2473)-Markovic,M (2486) Pozarevac 2013} 22. e5 $16) 15. cxd5 cxd5 16.
e5 $6 (16. Rg1 $142 $1 $40 {(Indicated by GM M.Golubev), e.g.} dxe4 17. Nxe4 $1
Qxd1 (17... Nxe4 18. fxe4 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Kh8 20. f6 $1 Bxf6 21. Rd5 Bg4 22.
Bxg4 hxg4 23. Rxg4 $18) (17... Bxf5 18. Nd6) 18. Nxf6+ Kh8 19. Raxd1 Bxf6 20.
Rd6 Nd7 21. Bb5 $16) 16... Bxf5 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Nxd5 Qxb2 19. Ne7+ $1 Rxe7
20. Qd8+ Kh7 (20... Bf8 $142 $1 {, which apparently led to equality:} 21. Rg1+
(21. Bc4 Nd7 $1 22. Qxa8 Re4 $3) 21... Bg4 22. fxg4 Nd7 $1 (22... h4 $143 23.
Bf3) 23. gxh5+ Kh8 24. Qxa8 Rxe2 {(M.Golubev)} 25. Rae1 $1 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Qf2
27. Bg3 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Kh7 29. Bf2 Qg4+ 30. Bg3 Qf3 $11) 21. Qxe7 Bg6 (21... Nc6
$2 22. Qxf7 Bg6 23. Bd3 $1 Bxd3 24. Qxh5+ Kg8 25. Qd5+ $18) 22. Rad1 $6 (22.
Qe8 $142 $1 $16 {keeping Black's queenside frozen.} Qb4 23. Bg3 Bxa1 $6 24.
Rxa1 {is obviously bad for Black.}) 22... Nc6 23. Qe3 Qxa2 {Black has two
pawns for the exchange. White finally manages to capture one of them but
doesn't get winning chances:} 24. Bd3 Rd8 25. Bxg6+ fxg6 26. Rxd8 Nxd8 27. Be5
Ne6 28. Ra1 Qd5 29. Bxg7 Nxg7 {White's king is too exposed.} 30. Qe4 (30. Rxa7
Nf5 31. Qe2 {is hardly sufficient either.}) 30... Qd7 31. Rxa7 Qd1+ 32. Kg2
Qd2+ 33. Kh3 Qd7+ 34. Kg2 Qd2+ 35. Kg3 Qd6+ 36. f4 Kh6 37. Rxb7 Nf5+ 38. Kg2
Qd2+ 39. Kg1 Ne3 40. Rh7+ Kxh7 41. Qe7+ Kg8 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 41st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2013.08.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 (6... Nbd7) ({or} 
6... e5 {are more common lines.}) 7. O-O e5 8. Re1 c6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11.
Bh4 h5 $6 (11... Nh6 {also allows the typical breakthrough} 12. c5 $1 exd4 13.
Bxa6 dxc3 14. Bc4+) (11... Kh8 {is fighting against the c4-c5 breaktrough.} 12.
h3 Nh6) 12. h3 Nh6 13. c5 $1 {A typical crushing move in the King's Indian.}
exd4 $146 {The first novelty in the game. It is so interesting, because there
are two novelties in this game.} (13... g5 14. Bg3 g4 15. hxg4 hxg4 16. Nh4
dxc5 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. dxe5 fxe5 {(Chabanon-Libiszewski, Evry 2008)} 19. Na4
$16 {Black has a terrible P structure. White's chances are much better.}) 14.
Bxa6 bxa6 15. Nxd4 $146 {The second novelty, but 15.Qxd4 was also strong.} (15.
Qxd4 Nf7 (15... g5 16. Bg3 dxc5 17. Qxc5 Qb6 18. Qc4+ Kh7 19. Bd6 $18 {
Sergeev-Nikitin, Simferopol 1989}) 16. Rad1 $16) 15... dxc5 16. Nxc6 Qe8 ({
The exchange of the Qs with} 16... Qxd1 {also looks hopeless for Black.} 17.
Raxd1 Be6 18. Nd5 Rf7 19. Bg3 $16 {Black's P structure is very bad and the
h6-N is completely out of play.}) 17. Qd6 $1 Kh7 18. Nd5 (18. Rad1 {was also
strong.}) 18... Bb7 19. Nce7 Rd8 20. Qxc5 Qb5 ({Probably} 20... Rd7 {is more
precise.} 21. Rac1 Ng8 22. Nxg8 Kxg8 {, but Black's position is already bad.})
21. Qc3 $18 g5 22. Bg3 Rf7 23. Rad1 {All White's moves are very logical. His
pieces are very active. He needs some exact moves, and Black's position will
collapse.} h4 24. Bh2 Qe8 25. Qc7 $1 Bxd5 26. exd5 f5 27. d6 Qd7 28. Nc6 Rc8
29. Qxd7 Rxd7 30. Re7 Rxe7 31. Nxe7 {A great win by Khenkin!} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.16"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nf4 12. Rf2 (12. Rfd1 {is the main line.})
12... Ne6 (12... Nxe2+ 13. Rxe2 Be6 (13... Ne5 14. b3 a6 (14... c6 15. Rc1 Qd7
16. Rd1 b6 17. h3 f6 18. f4 Nf7 19. f5 Qb7 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Qe1 Ne5 22. Qg3
$16 {1-0 (32) Lalic,B (2522)-Bilic,M (2352) Zagreb 2007}) 15. Bg5 $1 f6 16. Bh4
c6 17. Rf1 (17. Rd1 $142 $14 {Y.Pelletier}) 17... Bd7 18. Nc2 Qa5 19. Na4 Qc7
20. f4 Nf7 21. Bf2 b5 22. Nb6 $14 {1-0 (63) Pelletier,Y (2568)-Glek,I (2590)
Zuerich 2001 CBM 088 [Pelletier]}) 14. b3 (14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Rd1 b6 16. Rf2 Ne5
17. b3 a6 18. h3 Qf6 19. Ne2 $14 {1/2 (68) Jovanic,O (2543)-Plenkovic,Z (2370)
Sibenik 2009}) 14... Qf6 (14... Qd7 15. Rd1 Rad8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bd4 f6 18.
Rde1 Qf7 19. Nd1 c5 20. Bb2 Rb8 21. Bc3 Rbd8 22. Nf2 Bd7 23. Qb2 a6 24. Nd3 $14
{1/2 (38) Herraiz Hidalgo,H (2494)-Hernandez,G (2544) Cullera 2003}) 15. Rd1
Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 18. Rxd4 Re7 19. Kf2 Kg7 20. Rc2 Rae8 21. b4
f5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Rb2 b6 24. h4 Be6 25. a4 Bc8 26. Nb5 a6 27. Nc3 Bb7 28. c5
$14 {1/2 (46) Rodshtein,M (2622)-Kantsler,B (2468) Israel 2010}) (12... Nxd4
13. Bxd4 Be5 (13... Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qg5 {1-0 (49) Pelletier,Y (2604)-Weindl,A 
(2295) Zuerich SUI 2012} 15. Nd5 $1 $14) 14. Bf1 Qg5 (14... c6 15. Kh1 a6 16.
Rd1 Qe7 17. Be3 Nh5 18. Bg5 f6 19. Be3 f5 20. Bg5 Qg7 21. Bh6 $14 Qf6 $2 22. g4
$1 Ng7 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Rg2 $16 {1-0 (31) Krivoshey,S (2450)-Salai,L (2435)
Prievidza 1997}) 15. g3 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Ne6 17. Qd1 $14 {1/2 (37) Huzman,A (2610)
-Stanec,N (2485) Dresden 1998 CBM 065 [Huzman]}) 13. Nc2 (13. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 (
13... Bxe6 14. Nd5) 14. f4 {looks like a simpler way to a stable plus.}) 13...
f5 {Logical but White is well-prepared for the opening of the position - he
has the better development.} (13... b6 14. Bf1 Bb7 15. Rb1 a5 16. Nd5 Nc5 17.
Bg5 f6 18. Be3 Ne5 19. Nd4 c6 20. Nc3 Qe7 21. b3 Rad8 22. a3 Kh8 23. b4 axb4
24. axb4 Ncd7 25. Ra1 $14 {1-0 (50) Skoberne,J (2492)-Srebrnic,M (2333) Otocec
2009}) 14. exf5 gxf5 15. f4 Nc5 16. Rf3 $146 {Not a bad move but hardly an
improvement on the previous game, in which White obtained a comfortable
davantage:} (16. Bf3 Be6 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Rd1 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bc6 20. b4 Bxd4 21.
Qxd4 Ne6 22. Qd2 Qf6 23. Bd5 Kh8 24. b5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Qf7 26. Rf3 Rad8 27. Re3
c5 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Rde1 $1 Ng7 30. Ne7 $16 {1/2 (71) Huzman,A (2576)
-Bachmann Schiavo,A (2414) Turin 2006}) 16... Be6 17. Rg3 Bf7 18. b4 Ne6 19.
Nd5 Bg6 20. Rd1 a5 21. a3 $6 {[%mdl 16384]} ({White didn't want to play} 21. b5
{, giving up the c5-square, but that was better than allowing an invasion by
Black's rook. Black should probably sacrifice a pawn:} Nb4 $1 22. Ncxb4 axb4
23. Nxb4 Ra3 {but after} 24. Bf2 {his compensation is hardly sufficient
although the position remains tense.}) 21... axb4 22. axb4 Ra2 23. Qd3 Rxc2 $1
{[%mdl 512] White underestimated this exchange sacrifice. Black gains the
f4-pawn and obtains an active position.} 24. Qxc2 Ncd4 25. Qd2 Nxe2+ 26. Qxe2
c6 27. Bb6 (27. Nb6 Nxf4 28. Qd2 Ne6 $44 {[%cal Yg7e5]} (28... Ne2+ $5 29. Qxe2
f4)) 27... Qd7 28. Ne3 Nxf4 29. Qf3 $2 {Not the best place for the queen.} (29.
Qd2 {was more accurate.}) 29... Re4 $1 {[+]} 30. Rf1 $2 {White has lost the
thread of the game.} (30. Qf2 $142) 30... d5 $1 31. cxd5 cxd5 32. Kh1 d4 33.
Nd1 Nh5 34. Rh3 Nf4 35. Rg3 Nd5 36. Ba7 {[%csl Ra7]} Be5 {[%csl Gd4,Gd5,Ge4,
Ge5] It is now Black who enjoys perfect centralisation.} 37. Rh3 b6 {[%csl Ra7]
White's bishop is now completely out of play.} 38. Qa3 {All White's pieces are
on various edges of the board!} f4 39. Nf2 Re3 40. Qa2 Qb5 41. Kg1 Kg7 42. Ng4
(42. Bxb6 Nxb6 43. Qa7+ Kg8 {is equally hopeless.}) 42... Nc3 43. Qa1 Rxh3 44.
gxh3 d3 {[%csl Gd3]} 45. Nxe5 Qxe5 46. Bxb6 d2 47. Qa7+ Kh6 48. Qd7 Qg5+ 49.
Kf2 Qh4+ 50. Kg1 Ne2+ 51. Kg2 Be4+ 52. Rf3 Bxf3+ 53. Kxf3 Nd4+ $1 54. Ke4 (54.
Qxd4 d1=Q+ 55. Qxd1 Qh5+) 54... f3+ 55. Ke3 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 15th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2014.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nc6 (9... c6 {is another main move.}) 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nf4 12.
Rad1 (12. Rfd1 {is more popular, but very similar to the text move. A long
time ago Shirov had a game with Black with} Nxe2+ 13. Ncxe2 Ne5 14. b3 c6 (
14... Bd7 15. Rac1 $14) 15. Rac1 Qc7 16. Nc3 b6 17. Nde2 Bf8 18. Bg5 Nd7 ({
In case of} 18... Bb7 19. f4 $1 Nd7 (19... Ng4 20. h3 Nh6 21. f5 $18) 20. e5
$36 {and White has a great initiative.}) 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 $16 {and White
was better, later he managed to win, Ivanchuk-Shirov, Yerevan 1996.}) 12...
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qg5 14. g3 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Nxe2+ 16. Nxe2 b6 17. Nc3 Bb7 18. Nd5
$146 {The first novelty in the game.} (18. Rf2 Re7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxd5
21. cxd5 Rf8 22. Rd4 f5 $11 {with an equal endgame, Prohaszka-Videki, Hungary
2008.}) 18... Bxd5 19. cxd5 Re7 {This is a typical major piece endgame. White
has gained some space and Black's c7 P is a little bit weak. On the other hand
Black's position is solid and he can play for f5, so the position is balanced.}
20. Kf2 {First this move looks very strange, but White is preparing for h4, so
he protects the g3 P.} f5 {Of course, Black also continues his plan, moreover
White's K on f2 can be a target for Black.} 21. h4 Qh5 22. exf5 Rae8 $1 {
The right move, Black doesn't take back immediately, first he brings in his
last piece.} 23. Rd2 ({The engine also suggests} 23. f6 Re2+ 24. Kg1 Qf5 $1 {
Black is threatening both Qh3 and Qc2.} 25. g4 $1 Qc2 26. f7+ $1 Kxf7 27. Qf4+
Kg8 28. Rc1 $1 Qxb2 29. Rxc7 Rf8 30. Qxd6 $11 {ect. A typical line by Houdini4!
}) 23... Qxf5 24. Kg2 Re2+ 25. Rf2 Re1 {Black doesn't want to exchange the Rs,
because he is very strong on the e-file.} 26. Qd3 {An important move,
otherwise Qb1 is dangerous.} Qe5 27. Rc2 Re7 {Black dominates the e-file, his
position looks more comfortable. On the other hand White's position is stable,
it is not so easy to find any weakness in his position.} 28. Rc4 {White
activates his R and he tries to create some weaknesses on the queenside.} b5 ({
The solid} 28... a5 {was also possible} 29. a4 Re3 30. Qd2 {with a drawish
position.}) 29. Rb4 a6 30. a4 bxa4 ({In the event of} 30... Re3 31. Qd1 {
and White is safe.}) 31. Rxa4 {After some exact moves by White Black's a6 P
became weak, so now Black has to play for the draw.} Re2 32. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 33.
Qxe2 Rxe2+ 34. Kh3 Rxb2 35. Rxa6 Rb5 36. Ra8+ Kf7 37. Rc8 h5 38. Rxc7+ Kf6 39.
g4 hxg4+ 40. fxg4 Rxd5 41. g5+ Ke6 42. Rg7 Rd3+ 43. Kg4 Rd4+ 44. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
c6 9. d5 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne1 h5 13. a3 Nh6 14. h3 Nf7 15. Nd3 {
A usual position in the Na6 line. Such a position can also be reached from
different move orders in the King's Indian. For that matter it is a rather
important line.} Bh6 (15... Bd7 16. b4 b6 17. Rb1 Qe7 18. Qc2 (18. bxc5 Nxc5
19. Nxc5 dxc5 {with similar play to that in the game}) 18... Bh6 19. Rbe1 Rac8
20. b5 Nc7 21. Bd1 Ne8 22. Bg3 Ng7 23. a4 Rce8 {0-1 (52) Van Wely,L (2655)
-Piket,J (2630) Groningen 1997, with a complicated game ahead of us.}) 16. b4 {
White can also try to go for a fast f4, for example} (16. Rb1 Bg5 17. Bg3 h4
18. Bh2 Kg7 19. b4 b6 20. f4 $5 exf4 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 $6 (21... Qe7 22. Qd2 Bd7
23. bxc5 Nxc5 24. Nxc5 dxc5 $13) 22. Rxf4 g5 $6 23. Rf2 Qe7 24. Bg4 Ne5 25. Bf5
(25. Nxe5 $1 Qxe5 26. Bxc8 Raxc8 27. Nb5 Rf7 28. Qg4 Re8 29. Rbf1 $18) 25...
Re8 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. Nb5 Re7 28. Qa4 Bxf5 29. Rxf5 Qxe4 30. Rbf1 $18 {0-1 (41)
Bitalzadeh,A (2370)-Sparenberg,E (2041) Hoogeveen 2008}) (16. Bg3 Qe7 17. f4
exf4 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Ne5 20. Qe1 Nc7 21. Rc1 {It is not easy to
understand such a move} Ne8 22. Nd1 Ng7 23. Qg3 Kh7 24. Ne3 f5 $1 $13 {0-1 (58)
Antic,D (2494)-Popovic,P (2490) Vrnjacka Banja 1999}) 16... Bd7 (16... Kg7 17.
Qc2 Qe7 18. Qb2 Bf4 $5 {a typical idea in this and similar lines} 19. Bg3 Bxg3
20. fxg3 Rb8 21. bxc5 Nxc5 22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. Bd3 b6 24. a4 a5 25. Ra3 Rd8 26.
Rb3 Rd6 27. Qb1 Ba6 28. Rf2 Qd8 29. Rfb2 Kf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (36) Topalov,V (2707)
-Georgiev,K (2661) New Delhi/Teheran 2000}) 17. Rb1 b6 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5
dxc5 (19... bxc5 20. Rb7 $14) 20. a4 Nd6 21. Qd3 Kg7 22. Rb2 Bg5 23. Bg3 h4 24.
Bh2 Qe8 {I don't like this move so much, the queen belongs on the e7-square.} (
24... a5 $5 {preventing White's a5 is a serious option} 25. Qb1 (25. f4 Bxf4
26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Rxf4 g5 28. Rf1 Rb8 29. Qb1 Qe7 30. Rxb6 Rxb6 31. Qxb6 Qe5
32. Qxc5 Bxh3 33. Qe3 Nf5 $3 $132) 25... Rb8 26. Rb3 Rb7 27. Qb2 Qc7 28. Rb1
Rfb8 $13) (24... Qe7 25. a5 Rfb8 26. Rfb1 Qd8 {this was a possible alternative
for Black, for instance} 27. Kh1 {[%cal Gh2g1,Gf2f3]} bxa5 $5 28. Bg1 Qc7 29.
f3 Rb4 $13) 25. Ra1 Nb7 26. Kh1 Qe7 {Black has prevented a5 but the knight on
b7 is passive.} 27. Qc2 Bf4 28. Bg1 f5 29. Bd3 Rf6 30. d6 $1 {The key idea
that troubles Black all the time when the knight is absent from the d6-square.}
Rxd6 31. Nd5 Qf7 {To sacrifice an exchange is tempting as usual in such
positions, but it is not sure that Black can achieve much.} (31... Rxd5 $5 32.
cxd5 (32. exd5 e4 $15) 32... Rf8 33. Ba6 $5 (33. f3 Nd6 $44) 33... Nd6 34. a5
$1 b5 35. Qxc5 fxe4 36. Qxa7 Rf7 37. Rb3 $1 {White stops Black's threats.}) 32.
Qc3 Kh7 33. Re1 Re8 34. Rbe2 {White is accumulating pressure.} fxe4 35. Bxe4
Nd8 36. Nxf4 exf4 37. Bd5 Ne6 38. Bh2 Qg7 39. Re5 g5 {Black is a pawn up, but
his position looks rather strange, on the other hand the bishop on h2 is
locked up and that helps Black a lot.} 40. Qf3 Kh6 41. Bxf4 Rf8 (41... Nxf4 42.
Rxe8 Bxe8 43. Rxe8 Qa1+ 44. Kh2 Qf6 $13) 42. Rxe6+ Rxe6 43. Bxg5+ Kxg5 44. Qg4+
Kf6 45. Rxe6+ Bxe6 46. Qxe6+ Kg5 47. Qg4+ Kf6 48. Qe6+ Kg5 49. Qg4+ Kf6 50.
Qxh4+ Qg5 51. Qe4 Qe5 52. Qh4+ Qg5 53. Qe4 Qe5 54. Qc2 Qe1+ 55. Kh2 Kg7 56. f3
$6 {A mistake that doesn't lose the game but loses the momentum to keep the
initiative with queens on the board.} (56. Qb2+ $1 Kh6 57. f3 $36) 56... Re8 $1
57. Qf5 {Or 52.Qb2+.} Qe5+ $1 58. Qxe5+ {We have reached an interesting
endgame.} Rxe5 59. Be4 {I think straightforward play was much better, it seems
that Wojtaszek missed the main point here for Black.} (59. g4 $1 a5 $1 {
probably the only defence} (59... a6 60. Kg3 b5 61. axb5 axb5 62. Kf4 Kf6 63.
h4 $18) (59... Re2+ 60. Kg3 Ra2 61. g5 Rxa4 62. f4 b5 63. f5 bxc4 64. f6+ Kg6
65. h4 c3 66. f7 Kg7 67. h5 c2 68. h6+ Kg6 69. f8=Q $18) 60. f4 Re2+ 61. Kg3
Re3+ 62. Kh4 Ra3 63. g5 b5 $1 64. axb5 (64. cxb5 Rxa4 $19) 64... a4 65. f5 Re3
66. f6+ Kg6 67. Kg4 a3 68. h4 Re8 69. h5+ Kh7 70. h6 Kg6 71. f7 Rf8 72. Be4+
Kxf7 73. g6+ Kf6 74. g7 Rd8 75. Bb1 Rb8 $11) 59... Re6 $1 60. Kg3 $6 Rd6 61.
Bd5 a5 $1 {A key move and an important resource.} 62. Bb7 $6 b5 $1 63. cxb5 c4
64. Be4 c3 65. Kf4 Rd2 {Due to huge mistakes in the last part of the game
Black even manged to pull off a win.} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 16th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2015.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 (6... e5 {is the
real main line, but Kempinski usually plays 6...Na6.}) 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 Ng4 9.
Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 ({In a top rapid game} 11. Qc1 {happened,} c6 12.
Rd1 f6 13. Bd2 f5 14. h3 Nf6 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 e4 {
(Carlsen-Nakamura, Gjovik rapid 2009)} 18. Nd4 $1 $14 {and White has a
comfortable position.}) 11... Nf6 12. Be3 b6 13. a3 Bb7 14. Qc2 Nh5 ({2 years
ago, Kempinski tried} 14... Nc5 {too,} 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Rfd1 Nd7
18. Nd2 c6 19. Nc3 Qe7 20. Nb3 Nb6 21. a4 a5 22. Qc1 Rfb8 23. Qe3 Bf8 $11 {
with a balanced game, Dobrowolski-Kempinski, Poronin 2013.}) 15. b4 c5 (15...
Nf4 {was also played by Kempinski} 16. c5 $1 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 f5 18. Rfc1 $1 bxc5
({In the event of} 18... f4 19. Bd2 c6 20. Na4 b5 21. Nb2 $16 {followed by Bc3,
Nd3.}) 19. b5 Nb8 20. Bxc5 $16 {and White has a wonderful position,
Bacrot-Kempinski, Khanty-Mansiysk 2005.}) 16. Nd5 Rc8 17. Qd2 Nf4 $146 {
The first new move in the game.} (17... f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Bh6 (19. Bg5 $5)
19... Nc7 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. bxc5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Rxc5 23. Rfc1 e4 24. Rxc5 bxc5
25. Ng5 h6 26. Ne6 Nxe6 27. dxe6 Qxe6 28. Rc1 e3 $1 (28... Qf6 $2 {was bad,}
29. Rxc5 Qg7 30. Qf4 $18 {and White has a decisive attack, M.Gurevich-Milov,
Brussels 1995.}) 29. fxe3 Qe5 $132 {with a complicated position.}) 18. Bxf4
exf4 19. Qxf4 $1 {A very typical exchange sacrifice. Black's g7 "Dragon" B is
obviously very important in his position.} Bxa1 {Black accepts the exchange,
which involves a dangerous attack for White on the kingside.} (19... cxb4 20.
axb4 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Nxb4 23. Qh6 $1 $36 {and White has a huge
initiative for his material disadvantage.}) 20. Rxa1 Bxd5 {Obviously Black had
to remove White's d5-knight.} ({In the event of} 20... f5 21. e5 $16 {and
White's position is very powerful.}) 21. cxd5 Nc7 22. Bd3 ({The engine suggests
} 22. e5 $5 {immediately, because} Nxd5 $2 {could have been met by} 23. Qh6 $1
{, for example:} Qe7 24. Bc4 $1 Rcd8 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Rb1 $1 $18 {with a
decisive attack.} (26. Ng5 $2 f6 $1 $132)) 22... Nb5 $2 {A mistake, which
allows the advance of White's strong central Ps.} ({Probably} 22... f6 {
was more accurate, the attempt to stop e5, but} 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Rb1 $36 {
and still White's position is more promising.}) 23. e5 $1 Nc3 24. d6 {White's
Ps are very strong, Black is in big trouble.} b5 ({The attempt to protect the
7th rank with} 24... Qd7 {could have been met by} 25. Qh6 c4 26. Bf1 ({the
immediate} 26. Ng5 $2 {was bad, because of} f6 $1 27. e6 Qg7 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29.
e7 fxg5 30. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 {and Black is OK.}) 26... b5 27. Re1 $18 {and White
should be winning.}) 25. Qh6 Qd7 26. Ng5 ({Probably} 26. bxc5 $18 {was easier.}
) 26... f6 27. e6 Qg7 28. Qxg7+ ({The engine suggests} 28. Qxh7+ $1 Qxh7 29.
Nxh7 Kxh7 30. bxc5 $18 {and Black has no hope.}) 28... Kxg7 29. e7 fxg5 30.
bxc5 Rxc5 $6 {Loses immediately, but Black's situation was already difficult.}
(30... Rh8 {was tougher} 31. d7 Kf6 32. dxc8=Q Rxc8 33. Re1 Re8 34. Rc1 $16 {
and White is better, but Black doesn't have to resign yet.}) 31. d7 $1 Rcc8 32.
exf8=Q+ Rxf8 33. Rc1 1-0

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.27"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 {I will give one interesting example here of what happens if White
closes the centre at once.} (9. d5 c5 10. Bg5 Kh8 11. Ne1 Rg8 12. Nd3 Qf8 {
An interesting plan for Black!} 13. Kh1 Ne8 14. a4 Bh6 15. Bxh6 Qxh6 16. f4
exf4 17. Rxf4 Ne5 18. Raf1 f5 19. Nb5 g5 20. R4f2 f4 21. Qc3 Qg7 {0-1 (46)
Berkes,F (2687)-Kozul,Z (2586) Skopje 2014 with unclear play}) 9... Qc7 {
A slightly unusual choice, the Qc7 move at such early stage in the King's
Indian is rare. Obviously Ivanchuk wants to leave the well known paths as
early as possible. The normal way would be 9..Qe7.} 10. d5 {Due to a lack of
any new games in this system I will try to improvise with some ideas that
perhaps Ivanchuk was considering as well.} ({If let's say White goes as usual} 
10. Rb1 a5 11. b3 (11. a3 a4 $1) 11... Re8 12. a3 Nf8 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 d5
$5 {a surprising encounter that gives Black interesting chances.}) 10... cxd5
11. Nb5 $5 {A new idea at this moment, but not a new motif, usually they go} (
11. cxd5 Nc5 12. Nb5 $5 Qe7 13. Nd2 a6 (13... Bd7 $1) 14. Nc3 b5 15. b4 Nb7 16.
a4 $16 {1-0 (27) Kasparov,G (2800)-Rodriguez Pena,X Galicia 1991}) 11... Qb8
12. cxd5 Nc5 13. Nd2 a5 14. Nc4 $5 {This looks like a strong move, Black is
facing difficulties and Ivanchuk's surprise didn't catch on.} Ncxe4 15. f3 {
Innacuracy.} (15. a4 $1 Bd7 16. Nb6 Bf5 17. Bd3 Ra6 18. Be3 Ng4 19. Nc4 Nxe3
20. Nxe3 $16) 15... Bd7 16. a4 Bxb5 17. axb5 Nc5 18. Nb6 Ra7 19. Be3 Rd8 20.
Ra3 Bf8 21. Rda1 {Obviously White is doing ok, even here the strong pressure
on the queenside gives him adequate play for the pawn.} Qc7 {Ivanchuk now
plays inaccurately.} ({A better move was} 21... a4 22. Qd1 Qc7 23. Nxa4 Rxa4
24. Rxa4 Nxa4 25. Rxa4 Rc8 {and Black is ok here.}) 22. b4 $1 Qxb6 23. bxa5
Rxa5 24. Rxa5 Nxd5 25. Bf2 Bh6 {Perhaps Ivanchuk was counting on this position,
but it doesn't look like real compensation for the exchange.} 26. R5a3 Nf4 27.
Ra8 Kg7 28. Bc4 $16 {I think now that White is clearly better.} Rxa8 29. Rxa8
Qc7 30. Kf1 (30. Kh1 {looks more natural:} Qd7 (30... Nce6 31. Bb3 $16) 31.
Bxc5 dxc5 32. g3 Nh5 33. Qe2 $16) 30... Qd7 31. Qd1 Nce6 32. g3 $2 {White was
focused on chasing the knight from the f4-square and on the plan he started
with 30.Kf1, but tactically it is just wrong.} Nh3 (32... Ng5 $1 33. Ra3 $1 {
very difficult move for tournament play,} ({instead} 33. gxf4 Qh3+ 34. Ke1
Nxf3+ 35. Ke2 Nxh2 36. Bd5 Bxf4 {leads to a highly complicated position, it
seems that Black has enough for the sacrificed material.}) 33... Qh3+ 34. Ke1
Qxh2 35. Qxd6 $1 Qh1+ 36. Bf1 Nfe6 37. Qxe5+ Kg8 {The position is not clear
now.}) 33. Bb6 $1 Neg5 34. Bc5 $2 (34. Rd8 Qf5 35. Bd5 {White is winning,
there is really very little that Black can do here.}) 34... Nf4 $2 (34... Nxf3
$1 35. Qxf3 dxc5 36. Rb8 Ng5 37. Qd3 Qxd3+ 38. Bxd3 c4 39. Bxc4 Ne4 40. Bd5 Nd6
41. Rd8 Nxb5 42. Rd7 $16) 35. Bxd6 Qh3+ 36. Ke1 Ng2+ 37. Ke2 Nf4+ 38. Ke1 Ng2+
39. Ke2 Nf4+ 40. Kd2 Nfe6 41. Kc3 Qf5 42. h4 {White has repulsed the black
attack and the game is over.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Bronznik,V"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 {
Diese Fortsetzung ist keine Hauptvariante, kommt aber trotzdem relativ oft vor
- es gibt Tausende Partien damit.} 8. Be3 {(die verbreitetste Antwort)} c6 ({
Häufiger wird} 8... Ng4 9. Bg5 {gespielt.} Qe8) 9. Qc2 $5 {Eine ziemlich
seltene, aber trotzdem beachtenswerte Option. Weiß erhält die Spannung in
der Mitte noch aufrecht, befestigt den Bauern e4 und kann jetzt bei Bedarf
einen seiner Türme nach d1 bringen.} ({Die Hauptlinie ist} 9. d5 Ng4 10. Bg5
f6 11. Bh4) 9... Ng4 (9... exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. f3 d5 13. cxd5
Nb4 14. Qd2 Nbxd5 $1 (14... Nfxd5 $6 15. Bf2 Nc7 16. a3 Rd8 (16... Nba6 17. b4
c5 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Ndb5 $1 $16 {Lastin,A (2510) - Krivoshey,S (2434)/Rovno
2000}) 17. Qc1 Nba6 18. f4 $16 (18. b4 $6 c5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Bc4 {(+/= laut
GM Huzman)} Bd7 $1 $132 {[%cal Ya8c8,Yc5a4]}) 18... Bd7 (18... Nc5 $2 19. Nxc6
$1 bxc6 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Bxc5 $18) 19. e5 Nc5 20. Nf3 $16 {[%cal Rf2h4,Rd1d6]
}) 15. exd5 Qxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Rxe3 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Nxc6 Bd7 19. Nd4 Rb8 20. Bb5
({Huzman empfiehlt} 20. Nc2 {, aber nach} Re5 $1 21. b3 Rc8 22. Bc4 Be6 {
ist Weiß derjenige, der sich um Ausgleich Gedanken machen muss}) 20... Bxb5
21. Ndxb5 Bf8 {[%cal Rf8c5] (so weit die Analyse von Huzman)} 22. Nd6 $1 Rb4 (
22... Rxb2 {ist mindestens zweifelhaft wegen} 23. Nc4 Rxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Rxc3 25.
Rc1 {- vermutlich kann Schwarz dieses Endspiel nicht halten}) 23. a3 (23. Rd2
Re6 24. Nde4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 f5 26. Nc3 Bc5+ 27. Kh1 Rd4 28. Rc2 Red6 {sieht
sehr remisverdächtig aus}) 23... Rb8 24. Nc4 Ree8 25. Na4 Rec8 26. Ne3 (26.
Rc1 Nd5) 26... Bh6 27. Rfe1 Kg7 {- dank seiner aktiven Position verfügt
Schwarz trotz eines Minusbauern über gute Remisaussichten, andererseits
läuft hier das Spiel nur auf zwei Ergebnisse.}) 10. Bg5 Qe8 ({Öfter wurde
hier} 10... f6 {gespielt.} {Übrigens entsteht dann im Falle von} 11. Bh4 (11.
Bd2 exd4 12. Nxd4 f5 13. Bxg4 fxg4 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Rad1 Nc5 $13 {Ragger,M 
(2632) - Milov,V (2622)/Wch Rapid Dubai 2014}) 11... Qe8 12. Rad1 {durch
Zugumstellung die gleiche Position, wie später in der Hauptpartie.}) 11. Rad1
f6 $146 {In dieser Partie wird es zwei Neuerungen geben, weil die Gegner bald
in einer Position landen, die die frühere Turnierpraxis mit einer
Zugumstellung bereits gesehen hat.} (11... h6 12. Bc1 Nf6 13. a3 $14 {,
Kivisik,B (2312) - Stubberod,O (2327)/Lillehammer 2013}) 12. Bh4 {In der
Partie Svane,R - Mohammad,N kamen die Gegner zu dieser Stellung mittels der
oben bereits erwähnten Zugfolge 10...f6 11.Bh4 Qe8 12.Rad1.} (12. Bc1 $5)
12... Kh8 $146 {Die zweite und dieses Mal "endgültige" Neuerung. Jetzt wird
der König im Falle des Vorstoßes c4-c5 keinen Schachs auf der Diagonale
a2-g8 ausgesetzt.} (12... Nh6 13. c5 $1 g5 (13... exd4 14. Bxa6 dxc3 (14...
bxa6 15. Nxd4 dxc5 16. Nb3 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6]}) 15. Bc4+ {(bereits diese
Variante zeigt uns, dass der König auf g8 nicht optimal steht)} Be6 16. Bxe6+
Qxe6 17. cxd6 (17. Rxd6 $5 Qxa2 18. Qxc3 Nf7 19. Rd7 g5 20. Bg3 f5 21. Be5 Qe6
22. Bxg7 Qxd7 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Re1 $36) 17... Rad8 18. Bg3 Nf7
19. bxc3 Nxd6 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Rxd6 Qxd6 22. Qb3+ Rf7 (22... Kh8 23. Qxb7 $16)
23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Nd4 Qb6 25. Ne6 h5 26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Qxb6 axb6 28. f4 $16) 14.
Bg3 g4 15. Nh4 (15. Nd2 $5 exd4 16. Na4) 15... exd4 16. Bxa6 bxa6 {(Svane,R 
(2570) - Mohammad,N (2408)/Sharjah Masters 2017)} 17. Ne2 $1 dxc5 18. Bd6 Qf7 (
18... Rf7 19. Bxc5 $18) 19. Bxc5 $5 (19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. b4 $1 $16) 19... Re8 20.
Bxd4 Qxa2 21. Ng3 {[%cal Rg3h5,Rc2c6]} Qf7 22. Be3 {[%cal Rc2c1]} Kh8 23. Qxc6
Be6 24. Rfe1 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Ra7,Rg7,Rh6]}) ({Eigentlich ist in solchen
Positionen der Zug} 12... f5 {typisch, aber in dieser konkreten Stellung
scheint er mir wegen der Antwort} 13. d5 $1 {zweifelhaft:} fxe4 (13... c5 $2 {
(grundsätzlich ist es eine typische Reaktion) scheitert hier an} 14. Nb5 $1 {
, z. B.} Qd7 (14... fxe4 15. Nd2 $18) (14... Nb4 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. a3 Na6 17.
exf5 gxf5 18. Ng5 Nc7 19. Ne6 $1 $18) 15. exf5 gxf5 (15... Rxf5 16. Ng5 Nf6 17.
Ne6 $18) 16. Ng5 Bf6 17. Bxg4 Bxg5 (17... fxg4 18. f4 $1 $18) 18. Bxg5 fxg4 19.
Bh6 Rf6 20. Qd2 Qf5 21. f4 $1 Rxh6 22. fxe5 Qh5 23. Qf4 Bd7 24. Nxd6 $18 {
[%cal Re5e6,Rd6f7,Rd6e4]}) (13... Nf6 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Qd2 $16 {
[%csl Rd5,Rd6]}) (13... Nc5 14. dxc6 Qxc6 $2 (14... bxc6 15. Rxd6 $16) 15. Be7
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Re8 (16... fxe4 17. Ng5 $18) (16... Qxe4 17. Qb3 $1 $18 Qxe2 $140
18. c5+ Kh8 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Qf7) 17. Nfg5 $1 Rxe7 18. Rxd6 Qe8 19. Rfd1 Bd7
20. Nc5 Bc6 21. Nce6 $18) 14. Nxe4 (14. Ng5 $6 e3 $1 15. f3 Nf2 16. Bxf2 Bf5
17. Qc1 exf2+ 18. Rxf2 Qe7 $13) 14... Bf5 15. Nfd2 cxd5 16. cxd5 Nc5 (16... Rc8
17. Qb3 $16 {[%csl Ge4]}) 17. Bxg4 Nxe4 (17... Bxg4 18. Nxd6 Bxd1 19. Qxc5 Qd7
20. Rxd1 $16) 18. Bxf5 (18. Nxe4 $5 Bxg4 19. Nxd6 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Qd7 21. Ne4
Rac8 22. Qd3 h6 23. f3 {mit mehr als ausreichender Kompensation für die
Qualität}) 18... gxf5 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Bg5 (20. Qxe4 $4 Rf4 $19) 20... Qg6
21. Be3 {, und Schwarz muss hart ums Remis kämpfen}) (12... g5 13. Bg3 Nh6 14.
c5 $1 {- s. 12...Nh6 13.c5 g5 14.Bg3}) 13. h3 (13. d5 c5 14. Nb5 {ist jetzt
nicht so kritisch wegen} Qd7 {, z. B.} 15. a3 Nc7 (15... f5 $4 16. exf5 gxf5
17. Ng5 {[%cal Re2g4,Rc2h7]} Nf6 18. Ne6 $18) 16. Nc3 Nh6 (16... f5 $5) 17. b4
b6 18. Rb1 Nf7 {[%cal Yg7h6,Yf6f5]} 19. Ne1 (19. bxc5 dxc5 $5 {[%cal Yf7d6]})
19... f5 $132 {[%cal Rg6g5,Rf5f4]}) ({Die Idee, bei dem (später in der Partie
kommenden) Plan Rf1-e1, a2-a3, b2-b4 sich den Zug h2-h3 zu ersparen, versprach
nicht viel:} 13. Rfe1 Nh6 ({im Falle von} 13... Nc7 {kann Weiß} 14. b4 {
spielen, ohne dies mittels a2-a3 vorbereiten zu müssen}) (13... f5 $2 {
erweist sich als schlecht, wobei in vielen Varianten die Gegenüberstellung
Re1-Qd8 eine große Rolle spielt:} 14. h3 exd4 (14... Nf6 15. exf5 gxf5 16. c5
e4 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. cxd6 Qh5 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Ne5 Rxd6 21. Ne2 $16) (14...
Nh6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Rd8 Qe6 17. Red1 $16) 15. Nxd4 (15. hxg4 {ist auch gut
genug:} dxc3 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bd3 $16) 15... Bxd4 16. hxg4 (16. Rxd4 $6 Qe5)
16... Be5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bf1 Qf7 19. Qd2 Be6 (19... fxg4 20. Ne4 $18) 20.
gxf5 Bxf5 (20... Qxf5 21. Ne4 $18 {[%cal Re4d6]}) 21. f4 Bg7 22. Re7 Qg6 23.
Qxd6 $16) 14. a3 Nc7 15. b4 (15. h3 Nf7 {führt zur Partie} ({interessant ist
hier außerdem} 15... f5 $5 {, weil die Abwicklung} 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Rd8 Qf7
18. Red1 {wegen} Ne6 {nicht mehr gefährlich ist, z. B.} 19. Ng5 Qc7 20. Nxe6
Bxe6 21. R8d6 Rae8 $13)) 15... g5 ({oder} 15... Bg4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f3,Re5d4] , z.
B.} 16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 f5 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nb5 {[%cal
Rf8f3]} 21. Be2 Nd4 $13) 16. Bg3 g4 17. Nh4 Ne6 18. d5 (18. dxe5 fxe5 $1 $13
19. Rxd6 $140 $6 Nd4 20. Qd1 Nf7 {[%csl Rd6]}) 18... Nd4 19. Qd2 f5 $13) 13...
Nh6 14. Rfe1 Nf7 15. a3 Nc7 16. b4 Ne6 17. d5 Nf4 18. c5 (18. Bf1 cxd5 19. Nxd5
Nxd5 20. cxd5 g5 $5 21. Bg3 g4 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Be2 Rc8 24. Qd3 f5 25. exf5
Nh6 $13) 18... cxd5 $6 {Eine etwas unglückliche Reaktion.} ({Stärker war} 
18... dxc5 19. bxc5 b6 $1 {M.E. würde sich die Stellung in diesem Fall im
dynamischen Gleichgewicht befinden. Ein paar Varianten dazu:} 20. Bc4 (20. d6
g5 $5 21. Bg3 Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2 g4 23. hxg4 Bxg4 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 24. Nh4 $5 Bxe2
25. Nxe2 bxc5 26. Nf5 Nh6 27. d7 Qe6 28. Rd6 Qf7 29. Nxh6 Bxh6 30. Qxc5 Rfb8 {
[%cal Rb8b1,Rf7h5]} 31. Rd1 Qe6 {[%cal Rh6f8]} 32. Rd6 Qf7 33. Rd1 Qe6 {
mit Zugwiederholung}) (20. Bf1 cxd5 21. exd5 bxc5 22. Nd2 (22. Ne4 Bf5 23. Qxc5
Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Qd7 25. Bg3 Nd6 26. Ree1 {[%cal Rg3f4]} Rfc8 27. Qa5 Bh6 28. Nd2
Qc7 29. Qxc7 Rxc7 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. Rxe4 Rd8 $11) 22... Bf5 (22... f5 23. f3 Bd7
24. Nc4 $44) 23. Qa2 Bd3 24. Bxd3 Nxd3 25. Re3 Nf4 26. Nde4 f5 27. Nxc5 g5 28.
Bg3 e4 $132) 20... bxc5 21. dxc6 Qxc6 22. Bg3 Rb8 (22... Ba6 23. Bxa6 Qxa6 24.
Bxf4 exf4 25. Nd5 Qd6 26. Qc1 Bh6 27. Qc3 Bg7 28. Qc1 $11) 23. Bxf4 exf4 {
- die weiße Kompensation reicht nur zum Ausgleich, z. B.} 24. Bd5 Qa6 25. Bxf7
Rxf7 26. Nd5 Be6 27. Qxc5 (27. Nxf4 $2 Bb3) 27... Rc8 28. Qb4 Rb7 29. Qd2 Qxa3
30. Nxf4 (30. Qxf4 Qf8 $13) 30... Rd7 31. Ra1 Qe7 32. Qe3 Bg8 33. e5 fxe5 34.
Nxe5 Qxe5 35. Qxe5 Bxe5 36. Rxe5 $11) 19. Bb5 $1 Bd7 ({Sehr interessant war} 
19... Qe6 {(die rein analytiche Einschätzung dieses Zuges ist im besten Fall
"?!", aber aus praktischer Sicht verdient er eher "!?")} 20. exd5 Nxh3+ $5 (
20... Qf5 21. Qxf5 Bxf5 22. c6 $16) 21. gxh3 Qxh3 22. Re3 g5 (22... f5 23. Be7
$1 {(die einzige Antwort)} (23. Bf1 $2 Qg4+ 24. Bg2 g5 25. Bg3 f4 26. Re4 Bf5
$17) 23... f4 24. Red3 Bf5 25. Qe2 Qg4+ 26. Kf1 Rfc8 27. Ne4 $16 {- die
Stellung ist immer noch verzwickt, aber objektiv gesehen hat Schwarz keine
genügende Kompensation für den fehlenden Springer}) 23. Rde1 $3 {(wer außer
Computer ist fähig, so was zu finden!?)} ({bei den "normalen" Fortsetzungen
hat Schwarz beträchtliche Initiative für das geopferte Material :} 23. Bf1 $6
Qd7 24. Bg3 f5 25. Ree1 f4 26. Bh2 Qg4+ 27. Bg2 Qh5 28. Ne4 g4 29. Nfd2 Bf5 30.
Qb3 Qg6 $44 {[%cal Rh7h5,Rh5h4]}) (23. Bg3 $6 Qh5 $44 {[%cal Rf6f5,Rg5g4]})
23... gxh4 (23... dxc5 24. bxc5 gxh4 25. Nxe5 Qf5 26. Qxf5 Bxf5 27. Nxf7+ Rxf7
28. d6 Bh6 29. Re8+ Rf8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Nd5 $16) (23... f5 $6 24. Nxe5 Qxh4
25. Nxf7+ Rxf7 26. Re8+ Bf8 27. cxd6 Qg4+ 28. Kf1 Qh3+ 29. Ke2 Qg4+ 30. Kd3 a6
31. Ba4 b5 32. d7 Qc4+ 33. Kd2 Bxd7 34. Rxa8 bxa4 35. Qd3 $18) (23... Bf5 24.
Ne4 gxh4 25. Nxe5 Ng5 26. Nf7+ Rxf7 27. Rxh3 Nxh3+ 28. Kh1 $16) 24. Nxe5 Nxe5
25. Rxh3 Bxh3 26. Kh1 $16) 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 $14 {Nach
kurzen Komplikationen bekam Weiß dank seiner aktiveren Schwerfiguren und des
Raumvorteils am Damenflügel eine angenehme, etwas bessere Position.} Qc7 23.
Rc1 Rac8 (23... dxc5 24. Rxc5 Qb6 25. Rc7 $36) 24. Qa4 (24. Nd2 $5 {[%cal
Yd2c4,Yd2b3,Yd2f1,Yf1e3]}) 24... a6 (24... dxc5 $6 25. Rcxc5 $1 (25. Rdxc5 Qb8
26. Nd2 $14) 25... Qb8 26. Nd2 Rxc5 27. bxc5 {[%cal Yd2c4,Yc4d6,Yf2f3,Yh4f2]
mit klarem Vorteil.}) 25. Nd2 Qc6 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 ({Die nach} 26... bxc6 $6 27.
Rd3 dxc5 28. Rxc5 Rfd8 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6][%cal Yf2f3,Yh4f2]
entstehende Position ist klar besser für Weiß.}) 27. Nb3 Rfc8 28. Rcd1 g5 ({
Eine wichtige Alternative ist} 28... dxc5 29. Nxc5 b5 $5 (29... R6c7 $2 30. f3
Kg8 31. Rd7 $16 {[%cal Rc5b7,Rc5e6]}) 30. Rd7 Kg8 {[%cal Yg7f8] - die Lage des
Nachziehenden ist natürlich unangenehm, aber sein Verteidigungspotential ist
auch nicht zu unterschätzen. Das weitere Spiel kann z. B. so verlaufen:} 31.
Ra7 R8c7 32. Ra8+ Rc8 33. Rxc8+ Rxc8 34. Nxa6 g5 {(um später Bg7-f8 spielen
zu können)} 35. Bg3 {[%mdl 32768] (in einer späteren Variante kommt diese
Stellung aufs Brett über eine veränderte Zugfolge - um dem Leser Übersicht
zu erleichtern, habe ich die beiden Positionen mit der hellblauen Medaille
markiert)} Rc3 (35... Ra8 36. Nc7 Rxa3 37. Rb1 Nd6 38. f3 $36 {[%cal Rg3f2,
Rf2c5]}) 36. f3 (36. Ra1 h5 $1 37. Nc5 (37. f3 g4 $1 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. a4 bxa4
40. Be1 Rc2 41. Rxa4 Nd6 42. Nc5 Bh6 {mit ausreichender Kompensation}) 37... h4
38. Bh2 Nd6 39. Kh1 (39. f3 Nc4 40. a4 bxa4 41. Nxa4 Rb3 42. Kh1 Bf8 $11) 39...
Bf8 $1 40. f3 Nc4 41. Nd7 Be7 42. a4 bxa4 43. Rxa4 Kf7 44. Bg1 Rc1 45. Kh2 Nd2
46. Bc5 Re1 47. Bxe7 Nf1+ 48. Kg1 Ng3+ 49. Kf2 Re2+ 50. Kg1 Re1+ $11) (36. Rb1
h5 $1 (36... Rxa3 37. Nc7 Nd6 38. f3 $36 {[%cal Rg3f2,Rf2c5]}) 37. f3 g4 38.
hxg4 hxg4 39. Be1 Rxa3 40. Nc7 Nd6 $11) 36... Rxa3 37. Nc7 Bf8 38. Be1 {
Der weiße Plan ist, den Bauern b4 durch Nc7-d5 zu überdecken und nach Rd1-c1
den Turm über die c-Linie ins gegnerische Lager zu schicken, damit er die
Bauern b5 und f6 angreifen kann} (38. Nxb5 $143 $6 Rb3 {mit Remis}) 38... h5 $1
{[%cal Rg5g4] (ich glaube, dieser aktive Plan ist der beste)} ({die weiße
Absicht illustriert z. B. folgende Variante:} 38... Ra4 39. Nd5 Kg7 40. Rc1 Nd8
41. Rc7+ Kg6 42. Rc8 Ne6 43. Rb8 {, und der Bauer b5 fällt} Ra1 44. Kf2 h5 45.
Rxb5 Ra2+ 46. Kf1 Nf4) 39. Nxb5 ({hier erreicht} 39. Nd5 {sein Ziel nicht:} Kg7
40. Rc1 Nd6 41. Rc7+ Kg6 42. Bf2 {[%cal Rf2c5]} g4 $1 43. Bc5 gxf3 ({gut ist
auch} 43... g3 44. Ra7 Rxa7 45. Bxa7 Nc4 $11) 44. Bxd6 Bxd6 45. Rc6 Ra1+ 46.
Kf2 fxg2 47. Kxg2 Ra2+ 48. Kg3 Ra3+ 49. Kh4 Bxb4 50. Nxb4 Ra4 {mit Remis})
39... Rb3 40. Nc7 g4 $1 (40... Bxb4 $4 41. Bxb4 Rxb4 42. Nd5 $18) 41. fxg4 hxg4
42. h4 (42. hxg4 Ng5 43. Nd5 ({oder} 43. Bh4 Nxe4 44. Re1 Rxb4 45. Nd5 Rb5 46.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 47. Bxf6 Bg7 {mit Remis}) 43... Nxe4 44. Rc1 Kf7 45. Rc4 Rd3 46.
Rxe4 Rxd5 {, und Weiß kann seinen Mehrbauern nicht verwerten}) 42... Nd6 43.
Ne6 Be7 (43... Nxe4 $2 44. Rd8) 44. Nc5 Rb2 45. Kh2 (45. Ra1 Nb5 46. Kf1 Bxc5
47. bxc5 Rc2 $11) 45... Kg7 46. Kg3 Kg6 47. Kxg4 Rxg2+ 48. Kf3 Rg1 49. Ke2 Rg4
$11 {Aber selbstverständlich bietet dieses Abspiel genug Platz für
Alternativen - villeicht gibt es darunter etwas für Weiß, womit er doch
zufrieden sein könnte.}) 29. Bg3 Bf8 $6 ({Meines Erachtens würde Schwarz im
Falle von} 29... dxc5 $5 30. Nxc5 b5 {über bessere Verteidigungsaussichten
verfügen, als nach der Partiefortsetzung.} {Dann entstünde nach} 31. Rd7 Kg8
32. Ra7 R8c7 33. Ra8+ Rc8 34. Rxc8+ Rxc8 35. Nxa6 {[%mdl 32768] die Position,
die wir in den Anmerkung zum 28. Zug von Schwarz bereits analysiert haben 
(dort ist sie mit der gleichen Medaille versehen).}) 30. Na5 R6c7 31. cxd6 Rd7
32. f3 $2 {Mit diesem Zug erlaubt Wojtaszek dem Gegner, das Spiel praktisch
auszugleichen.} ({Mit Abstand die stärkste Fortsetzung war} 32. Rc5 $1 {
. Natürlich kann Schwarz auch dann das materielle Gleichgewicht
wiederherstellen, aber seine Probleme werden dadurch noch lange nicht gelöst:}
Rcd8 33. Nc4 b5 (33... Nxd6 $6 34. Rcd5 Kg8 35. f3 b5 36. Ne3 Kf7 37. Bf2 Ke6
38. Rc1 $16) 34. Nb6 Rxd6 35. Nd5 Kg7 (35... R8d7 36. Rdc1) 36. Rdc1 {Weiter
erhöht Weiß seinen Druck am Damenflügel, indem er den Rc5 nach c6, c7 oder
c8 bringt und den Läufer nach f2 überführt - dieser Plan kann durchaus zu
materiellen Eroberungen führen. Eine anschauliche Variante wäre z. B. die
folgende:} R8d7 37. Rc8 Nd8 (37... Rd8) 38. f3 Ne6 39. Bf2 {[%cal Rf2c5,Rf2b6]}
Rd8 40. Bb6 Rxc8 41. Rxc8 {[%cal Rc8a8] , und der Bauer a6 geht verloren, ohne
dass Schwarz dafür genügende Kompensation erhält. Natürlich kann der
Nachziehende an mehreren Stellen dieser Linie anders agieren und es ist gar
nicht ausgeschlossen, dass er den Zug 28.Rc5! überleben kann, aber einfach
wäre es für ihn keinesfalls.}) 32... b6 33. Nb3 Rc3 $6 ({Einfacher und
stärker wäre} 33... Rxd6 {, z. B.} 34. R1d3 Kg7 35. Bf2 Rcc6 $11) 34. R1d3
Rxd3 35. Rxd3 Bxd6 $6 {Danach gerät Schwarz wieder in eine ziemlich
unangenehme Situation.} (35... Rxd6 $142 36. Rc3 Kg7 37. Bf2 {, und der weiße
Vorteil ist gering.}) 36. Bf2 Rb7 (36... b5 $6 37. Nc5 Ra7 38. Ne6 Ra8 39. Rc3
h5 40. Rc6 $16 {[%cal Rh3h4,Rf2c5]}) 37. Nd2 {[%cal Rd2c4]} b5 38. Nb3 $6 (38.
Nf1 $1 $36 {[%cal Rf1e3,Re3f5,Rf1g3,Rg3f5,Rg3h5] scheint mir gefährlicher zu
sein.}) 38... Rc7 39. Kf1 Kg8 40. Bc5 Bxc5 41. Nxc5 a5 (41... Rc6 $5 42. Rd7 (
42. a4 bxa4 43. Nxa4 Rc4 44. Nc3 Rxb4 45. Nd5 Ra4) 42... a5 43. Rb7 axb4 44.
axb4 Nd6) 42. Rd5 (42. Nd7 {würde dem Schwarzen keine großen Probleme
bereiten -} Kg7 43. bxa5 Ra7) 42... axb4 (42... a4 $5) 43. axb4 h5 44. Nd3 Rc3
45. Nf2 Rb3 46. Rxb5 Nd6 ({Einen guten Eindruck macht} 46... Kf8 $5 {, z. B.}
47. Rb8+ Ke7 48. Nd1 Nd8 49. Ke1 Nc6 50. Rb7+ (50. Rb6 Nd4) 50... Kd6 51. b5
Nd4 52. b6 Rb1 53. Kd2 Kc5 {Schwarz steht aktiv, und ich konnte für den
Anziehenden keinen Weg finden, seinen Mehrbauern zu verwerten. Eine mögliche
Abwicklung wäre} {z. B.} 54. Ne3 Rb2+ 55. Kc1 Rxb6 56. Rxb6 Kxb6 57. Nd5+ Kc5
58. Nxf6 Ne2+ 59. Kc2 Nf4 60. Kd2 Kd4 61. Nh7 Nxg2 62. Nxg5 Nf4 63. h4 Ng6 64.
Ne6+ Kc4 65. Ke2 Kc3 66. Ng7 Nf4+ 67. Ke3 Kc4 {, und Weiß kommt nicht weiter.}
) 47. Rb6 Nc4 48. Rxf6 Kg7 49. Rc6 Ne3+ 50. Ke2 Nxg2 51. Nd3 Nf4+ $1 52. Nxf4
exf4 ({Auch nach} 52... gxf4 {ist die schwarze Stellung haltbar:} 53. Re6 Rxb4
(53... Rb2+) 54. Rxe5 Rb2+ 55. Kd3 Rf2 (55... Rb3+ 56. Kd4 Rxf3 57. Rxh5 Kf6
58. h4 Rf1 59. Rh6+ Ke7) 56. Rxh5 Kg6 (56... Rxf3+ 57. Kd4 Kg6 58. Rh4 Kg5 59.
Rh8) 57. Rf5) 53. Rc5 Kg6 54. b5 Rb2+ $4 {Ein ganz schlimmer Fehler - Schwarz
zwingt den gegnerischen König, die Bewegung des b-Bauern zu unterstützen.
Wahrscheinlich meinte Demchenko, dass die Eroberung des Bauern f3 ihm
genügendes Gegenspiel geben würde, und hatte dabei falsch gerechnet. Es gab
hier mehr als einen Weg, Remis zu erzielen.} ({Der einfachste davon wäre} 
54... Re3+ 55. Kf2 (55. Kd2 Rxf3 56. Kc2 Re3 57. b6 Rxe4 58. Rb5 Re8 59. b7 Rb8
60. Kd3 g4 61. hxg4 hxg4 62. Ke4 f3 63. Ke3 Kf6 64. Kf2 Ke6 $11) 55... g4 $1
56. hxg4 hxg4 57. fxg4 Rxe4 58. Kf3 Rb4 59. Re5 (59. g5 Kh5 $1 $11) 59... Kf6
60. Rf5+ Kg6 61. Rc5 Kh6 62. g5+ Kh5 $11) ({Die spektakulärste Möglichkeit
bestand in} 54... h4 $1 55. Rc6+ Kg7 56. b6 g4 57. hxg4 ({oder} 57. fxg4 Rxh3
58. Kf2 Rb3 59. g5 h3 60. Rh6 h2 61. Kg2 Rg3+ 62. Kxh2 Rxg5 63. Rd6 f3 64. Rd2
f2 65. Rxf2 Rb5) 57... h3 58. Kf2 Rb1 59. Rc7+ Kg6 60. b7 h2 61. Rc6+ Kg7 62.
b8=Q Rxb8 63. Kg2 Rb3 64. Kxh2 Rxf3 $11) ({Lässt sich die schwarze Stellung
auch im Falle von} 54... Kf6 {halten:} 55. h4 g4 56. Rf5+ Kg6 57. Rxf4 gxf3+
58. Rxf3 Rxb5 59. Ke3 (59. Rg3+ Kh6 60. Ke3 Rb1 $11 {[%cal Rb1h1]}) 59... Rb1
60. Kd4 (60. Rg3+ Kh6 {nebst 61...Rh1}) 60... Rh1 61. Rf4 Ra1 {, und die
Schachs von der Seite sichern dem Schwarzen das Unentschieden}) ({Außerdem
endet der Kampf sogar nach} 54... g4 55. hxg4 hxg4 56. fxg4 Re3+ 57. Kd2 Rxe4
58. Rf5 Rb4 59. Kc3 Rb1 60. Kc4 {friedlich - obwohl hier der Pb5 die
Unterstützung seines Königs genießt, rettet der schwarze f-Bauer den Tag:}
Rc1+ 61. Kd5 Rb1 62. Kc6 Rc1+ 63. Kb7 Rf1 64. b6 f3 65. Kb8 f2 66. b7 Kg7 {
mit Remis.}) 55. Kd3 Rb3+ (55... g4 56. hxg4 hxg4 57. fxg4 f3 58. Rf5 f2 59.
Kc4 $18) (55... h4 56. Kc3 Rb1 57. Rd5 g4 58. fxg4 Rc1+ 59. Kb4 f3 60. Rf5 Rf1
61. Ka5 f2 62. Kb6 $18) 56. Kc4 Rxf3 57. b6 Rf1 58. Rb5 Rc1+ 59. Kd5 Rd1+ (
59... Rc8 60. b7 Rb8 61. Kc6 g4 62. Kc7 Rf8 63. hxg4 hxg4 64. b8=Q Rxb8 65.
Rxb8 g3 (65... f3 66. Rf8 $18) 66. Rg8+ Kh5 67. e5 $18) 60. Kc6 Rd8 61. b7 g4
62. hxg4 hxg4 63. Rf5 g3 64. Rxf4 Kg5 65. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Summer-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.05.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Prohaszka, Peter"]
[Black "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In this game White demonstrates an excellent understanding of the issues with
...Na6 in the King's Indian, and then retains a clear head when the execution
turns a little bit messy.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6.
Nf3 e5 7. O-O Na6 {This move is in third place behind ...Nc6 and ...Nbd7, but
it has had its periods of popularity and it's still not totally clear to me
that White has any advantage. Notably, the move is popular with Ukrainian
players - the ideological descendants of the old Lviv KID school, such as
Golubev.} 8. Be3 (8. Re1 $5 {is the second-most-played move, and it asks again
whether Black would like to play with the centre open or closed.} c6 9. Bf1 {
is main, and now Black should probably head for the Philidor-esque positions
after ...exd4, because he lacks other useful moves that preserve the central
tension.}) 8... Ng4 {This is Black's main move. Against most other things
White has a simpler choice of what to do with the centre, and against minor
moves White should simply consolidate (Qd2, Rac1, Rfe1, etc.)} (8... b6 $5 {
looks like a logical way to prepare ...exd4, intending to play ...Bb7, ...Nc5
and ...a5 in some order after that is done. Furthermore, the obvious move 9.d5
also makes ...b6 look useful. The problem is simply that Black's preparatory
moves are less useful than White's, because he is making them in less space.}
9. Re1 $1 (9. d5 Nc5 10. Nd2 a5 {Here I was able to find interesting ways to
make incidental use of the move 8...b6 in my research.} 11. b3 (11. a3 a4 12.
Bxc5 bxc5 13. Nxa4 Bd7 14. Nc3 Bh6 $44) 11... h5 $5 12. h3 Nh7 13. a3 f5 14. f3
f4 15. Bf2 g5 16. b4 Nd7 17. c5 $1 (17. Nb3 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Ndf6
20. c5 g4 $40) 17... axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 bxc5 20. bxc5 Nxc5 $11) 9...
exd4 (9... Qd7 10. Rc1 $14 {is more of the same: eventually Black will need to
enter an inferior version of either the ...exd4 structures or the d5 ones.})
10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. f3 Nc5 12. Qd2 $14) (8... exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. f3 a5 {is a
major way of playing, but this has not taken off among elite players.}) (8...
Qe8 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. h3 Nh5 11. c5 Nf4 $5 12. Bxa6 bxa6 $132 {Wojtaszek,
R-McShane,L Germany 2016}) 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 (10. Bh4 {is of course a major
direction White can take the game in, and here Black's choice is between 10...
Qe8 and my preferred} Nh6 $5) 10... f5 $6 {Not a novelty, but probably
ill-advised improvisation rather than preparation.} (10... Nh6 {is again the
most flexible move - Black will probably want to play ...f5 in the future, but
it should be suitably prepared with ...Nf7 and maybe also ...c6. For instance,}
11. Rb1 Nf7 12. b4 c6 (12... exd4 $5 {Maximalist play, but this is probably
wrong because the squares left in Black's centre will be too weak after the
pawns are liquidated.} 13. Nxd4 c5 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. Ndb5 f5 16. Be3 (16. Qb3
$14) 16... fxe4 $132 {Khalifman,A-Novikov,S Budva 2009}) 13. d5 f5 $132 {
Hainke,G-Hirsch,S Germany 2008}) 11. exf5 $1 exd4 (11... gxf5 {Black should
probably have played this, but White has a few ways to claim an edge, of which
two of the simplest are:} 12. dxe5 (12. h3 e4 13. hxg4 exf3 14. Bxf3 fxg4 15.
Bxg4 Qh4 16. Bxc8 Raxc8 17. Be3 $14) 12... dxe5 (12... Nxe5 13. Bf4 $14 {
slightly resembles the game, with Black's isolated f-pawn being a weakness
more than anything else}) 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. h3 e4 15. hxg4 exf3 16. Bxf3 fxg4
17. Bd5+ Kf8 18. Bg5 Rd7 19. Rae1 $14) 12. Bg5 $1 Qe8 13. Nxd4 gxf5 (13... Qe5
14. Bxg4 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Bh6 $16 {is not an improvement - White obtains
great concessions while Black is busy trying to regain his pawn on f5.}) 14. h3
(14. Nd5 $16 {immediately is also rather convincing.}) 14... Nf6 15. Re1 Qg6
16. Bf4 $16 Nc5 17. Bf3 Bd7 18. Ndb5 Rfc8 $6 ({The computer advocates the
unpalatable} 18... Rac8 19. Nxa7 Rce8 $16 {rather than let both rooks be tied
down!}) 19. Re7 {Introducing some new ideas, like Nxc7 or h4-h5.} Bf8 ({
An obvious question is what happens if Black tries to shift the menacing enemy
knight.} 19... a6 {Most probably what White intended was} 20. h4 $5 h5 (20...
axb5 21. h5 Nxh5 22. Bxh5 Qf6 23. Nd5 Qxb2 24. Rb1 Qd4 25. Qxd4 Bxd4 26. Be3 $1
$18) 21. Nxc7 $1 Rxc7 22. Qxd6 {This is the most energetic continuation. Be5
and Nd5 come next, and even if White is not winning material by force, it is
clear that Black's construction on the kingside and in the centre is in an
advanced state of collapse.}) 20. Re3 Kh8 {Humanly, this might be the best
thing Black could do about the latent ideas of Rg3, but it is another small
inaccuracy.} 21. Nd5 $1 Ne6 $2 {A mistake in a difficult situation.} 22. Rxe6
$1 {Now White's pieces become exponentially more active.} Bxe6 23. Ndxc7 Bxc4
24. Bxb7 Rxc7 25. Nxc7 Rb8 26. Bf3 (26. Qd4 Rxb7 27. Qxc4 Rxb2 28. Ne6 $18 {
is similar}) 26... Rxb2 27. Qd4 Rxa2 28. Rb1 Bg8 29. Bd5 (29. Rb8 {immediately
is marginally more accurate.}) 29... Rc2 30. Rb8 $1 {The last instructive move.
The rest could have been spared.} Bg7 31. Bxg8 Nxg8 32. Qd5 Bf6 33. Ne8 Rb2 34.
Ra8 {An interesting middlegame example of domination - in the final position,
material is still completely level, but Black has been totally tied down. The
most obvious threat is Nxf6, but also Nxd6 would be immediately decisive.} 1-0

[Event "Prague Masters 1st"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Wojtaszek,R"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.03.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Second round of the tournament. At the first round I drew against Vidit while
Richard lost a crazy game against Duda with White. Having that in mind I felt
that I should get some chances in this game.} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4.
Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Qe8 $5 {It's never easy to guess Richard's
preparation. Before the game I had this feeling that he might try some sort of
KID's position and even checked some sidelines but obviously not this one.} 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. b4 $1 {By far the most promising reaction, White needs to gain
some space on the queenside. Black on the other hand will try to exploit the
d4 and c5 squares (after White goes b5).} Bg4 $5 {This was new to me but I
didn't feel particularly worried as white's position looks quite easy to play.}
(9... Nc6 $2 {is to early as Black loses material after} 10. b5 Nd4 11. Ba3 {
[%csl Gf8]}) 10. b5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qe6 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. Nxf6+ $1 {Not the most
obvious move but probably the best one. The idea is that it's stops
development of Black's knight.} (13. Ba3 $6 Bf8 $1 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 {and Black is
doing at least fine.}) 13... Qxf6 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Qb3 $1 {Funnily enough
Richard played exactly the same position himself... but with White! He went 15.
Qc1 but I felt that b3 is more natural square for the queen.} (15. Qc1 Qe7 16.
c5 c6 17. a4 Nd7 {and I don't see many problems for Black.}) 15... Nd7 16. c5
c6 17. Rfd1 Bf8 18. Rac1 $14 {Both sides are making natural moves but it's
quite visible that white is putting up pressure on the queenside while it's
difficult to see what exactly Black is doing - his position is just passive.}
Be7 $6 {It's easy to criticise this move, but on the other hand it's not too
simple to offer an improvement.} ({Maybe objecitvely it was better to play
ugly looking} 18... cxb5 $5 19. Qxb5 Qc6 {but also here White's advantage is
obvious, for instance after} 20. Be2 Nf6 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. f3 $14) 19. Be2 $1 {
I liked this move as my bishop was the last piece which was not doing anything.
} Nf8 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Bc4 $6 (21. Qb7 $1 Rab8 22. Qa6 $16 {would be similar
to the game but Black wouldn't have a chance to put the rook on the 7th rank.})
21... Kg7 $6 (21... Rab8 $1 22. Qa4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rb7 {and Black is still
worse of course but it's not simple to increase the pressure with White.}) 22.
Qb7 Rab8 23. Qa6 (23. Qxa7 $2 Ra8 24. Qb7 Rdb8 $1 25. Qc7 Rc8 $11) 23... Nd7
24. Qa5 $16 h5 25. h3 $6 {Around here we were approaching time trouble and I
just played this normal looking move to save some time, but it turns out that
now Black is getting some practical chances.} (25. Rd3 $1 {[%cal Gc1d1] and
Black's position is probably already lost:} Qh4 26. f3 Nf8 (26... Bg5 $2 27.
Bf2 $1) 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Qxa7 $18) 25... g5 $1 {The move I completely forgot
about.} 26. Rd3 $2 (26. Be2 $1 Qg6 27. Qc3 {and according to the engine White
keeps a big advantage but moving pieces back two moves in a row is not easy to
do.}) 26... g4 $1 27. hxg4 (27. h4 $5 {was objectively stronger, but also here
Black was already very much back in the game.} Qxh4 28. Qc7 (28. Rcd1 $2 g3 $1)
28... Rbc8 29. Qxa7 Nf8 30. Rcd1 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 {should be better for White,
but the position remains complicated.}) 27... hxg4 28. Rcd1 g3 $1 29. Rxd7 (29.
fxg3 Qg6 30. Bf2 Qxe4 31. Qc3 Qg4 {with mutual chances.}) 29... Rxd7 30. Rxd7
Qe6 $4 ({We both miscalculated} 30... Qh4 $1 31. fxg3 Rb1+ $1 32. Bf1 Qxe4 33.
Qd2 (33. Qc3 Qf5 {[%csl Gd7,Gf1]}) 33... Qf5 34. Bf2 (34. Qd3 Rxf1+ $1) 34...
Bxc5 $1 35. Rc7 {I saw all this and thought I was just winning, but Black has
an amazing resource:} Rd1 $3 (35... Rxf1+ $4 {would be premature because of}
36. Kxf1 Bxf2 37. Qd7 $3 {and White is winning.}) 36. Qe2 Rxf1+ 37. Qxf1 (37.
Kxf1 Bxf2 38. Qxf2 Qb1+ $11) 37... Bxf2+ 38. Qxf2 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Qh7+ 40. Kg1
Qb1+ $11 {and White has to take a draw because of} 41. Qf1 $4 Qb6+ $19) 31. Qc7
$1 $18 {I saw this while playing 26.Rd3 and that was the reason I went for
this line in the first place.} Rb1+ 32. Bf1 gxf2+ 33. Bxf2 Rxf1+ $5 (33... Qc4
34. Qxe5+ Bf6 35. Qg3+ Kf8 36. Qd3 $18) 34. Kxf1 Qc4+ 35. Ke1 Qxe4+ 36. Kd1
Qa4+ 37. Ke2 Qg4+ 38. Kd2 Qb4+ 39. Ke2 Qg4+ 40. Kd2 Qb4+ 41. Kd3 $1 {The key
move, now White is avoiding all checks.} Qb1+ 42. Ke2 Qc2+ ({I was a bit more
worried about} 42... Qe4+ {but also here White is winning:} 43. Be3 Qxg2+ 44.
Kd3 e4+ 45. Kc3 Bf6+ 46. Bd4 Qf3+ 47. Kb4 $18) 43. Rd2 Qe4+ 44. Kf1 Qb1+ 45.
Be1 Qf5+ 46. Rf2 Qd3+ 47. Re2 Qf5+ 48. Bf2 Qb1+ 49. Re1 {And I finally managed
to escape from all checks.} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.10.27"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{This was the only decisive game in a close match against the Netherlands.
White was doing well in the early middlegame, but the game turned after I
sacrificed a pawn to create complications.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4
d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3 c6 9. d5 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Nh6
12. Ne1 c5 13. Nd3 g5 14. Bg3 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 {During the game, I felt it was
important to control the e4 square, but perhaps this was a bad decision, since
Erwin got a nice position in a few moves time.} (15... Nxf5 16. Ne1 Nc7 17. Nc2
Ne8 18. Ne4 h6 19. Ne3 Nf6 20. Bd3 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Qf6 {was OK for Black ½-½ 
(36) Ragger,M (2696)-Demchenko,A (2589) Gjakova 2016}) 16. Bf3 b6 17. Be4 Bd7 {
Although White wins the battle for the e4-square (and the Be4 is a good piece),
Black can be happy that it is not occupied by a knight.} 18. f3 Nf5 19. Bf2 Nd4
20. a4 Nc7 21. Be3 $1 {A clever regrouping. The knight on d3 is not especially
well placed, and will be happier on e4.} Rf7 22. Nf2 Bf8 23. Bd3 Be7 {Playing
h7-h6 creates some additional weaknesses, which is why I reposted this bishop
to protect g5 (and d6)} 24. Nfe4 Kh8 25. Nb5 $1 {A good decision. White has
manoeuvred effectively, but now his pieces are competing for the e4 square. So
it makes sense to offer an exchange of knights, since the dream scenario is
one strong piece (e.g. a Ne4) facing one sad piece (e.g. Be7).} Ne8 26. Nxd4
cxd4 $1 {The longer I pondered this decision, the less I liked my position.
After either recapture, the passed pawn will be well blockaded. At first, I
wanted to capture with the e-pawn, to keep some stability on the queenside.
But after} (26... exd4 27. Bd2 Ng7 28. g4 $1 {my knight (and bishops) would be
very poorly placed. Black has no constructive plan, and can only await a
breakthrough with f3-f4. Capturing with the c-pawn leaves Black positionally
busted, since a4-a5 and b2-b4/ c4-c5 become unstoppable in the long run. But
Black has better chances to create counterplay on the kingside.}) 27. Bd2 Nf6
$1 {A good move, sacrificing a pawn to get the attack moving. I knew it wasn't
sound, but the attack is not easy to refute.} 28. Nxg5 Rg7 29. f4 {This is the
best way of dealing with the threat of Nf6xd5, but it does make the game
sharper.} (29. Ne4 Bf5 30. Qe2 Nxe4 31. Bxe4 Qd7 {and Black will soon double
rooks, with counterchances.}) (29. Ne6 Bxe6 30. dxe6 Qg8 31. Qe2 Qxe6 {is also
rather unclear}) 29... Qg8 30. Qe2 (30. fxe5 dxe5 31. d6 {is good for White.}
Bd8 {passive but probably best} ({I considered} 31... Rxg5 32. Bxg5 Qxg5 {
but after} 33. Qf3 $1 Re8 34. dxe7 Kg7 35. Rae1 Rxe7 {Black's compensation is
clearly insufficient.}) 32. Qf3 Rc8 33. Ne4 Bc6 {and White is doing well, but
the game continues.}) 30... Re8 31. Rae1 {A good move, calmly bringing all the
pieces to the relevant sector.} Ng4 {Now Black threatens e5xf4} 32. Kh1 $2 {
In this tense position, it's natural to want to remove the king from the
g-file, but Black can grab the initiative.} (32. Ne6 {was the move I expected.
After} Bxe6 33. dxe6 Qxe6 {there is a big mess, but Black is OK} ({but not} 
33... Bh4 $2 34. f5 Bxe1 35. Rxe1 {when White has fantastic play for the
exchange})) (32. Ne4 $1 {was the best move, but it takes a very cool head to
be confident that White can refute the attack.} Bh4 33. g3 $1 (33. Nxd6 {
is not too convincing} Bxe1 34. Rxe1 Rf8 35. Rf1 (35. fxe5 $2 Nf2 $19) 35...
exf4 36. Bxf4 Ne3 37. Bxe3 dxe3 38. Bf5 Bxf5 39. Nxf5 Rgf7 40. Nxe3 Qg5 $14)
33... Nxh2 {the most direct, but not the only move White needs to look at} (
33... Bf5 $5 34. fxe5 $1 Rxe5 35. Rxf5 Rxf5 36. gxh4 {and White wins in spite
of the discovered check}) 34. Kxh2 Bxg3+ (34... Rxg3 35. f5 $1 $18) 35. Nxg3
Rxg3 36. Rf3 $1 exf4 (36... Rg4 37. Qf2 $18) 37. Qf2 {refutes the attack. Even
here, the move} Re3 $5 {looks tempting but it doesn't work} (37... Re5 {is best
} 38. Rxe5 Rxf3 39. Qxf3 dxe5 $16) 38. Bxe3 $1 dxe3 39. Rexe3 fxe3 40. Qxg3 $18
) 32... exf4 33. Ne6 Bh4 34. Bxf4 $2 {It looks nice to sacrifice the exchange,
but this is actually a decisive mistake.} (34. Bf5 {is very unclear} Bxe1 35.
Bxe1 (35. Rxe1 Ne3 36. Nxg7 Qxg7 37. Bxd7 Qxd7 $13) 35... Ne3 36. Nxg7 Qxg7 37.
Bxd7 Qxd7 38. Rxf4 Nxg2 $1 39. Re4 Rxe4 40. Qxe4 Nxe1 41. Qxe1 Qf5 $11) 34...
Bxe1 35. Rxe1 {Stumbling into the trap.} (35. Qxe1 {was slightly less bad, but
Black should still win after} Bxe6 36. dxe6 Qxe6) 35... Bxe6 36. dxe6 Rxe6 $3 (
{Although 36. ..Rxe6 is certainly the best move, Black is comfortable anyway.} 
36... Ne3 37. Bxe3 Rxe6 38. Bxd4 Rxe2 39. Rxe2 Qf8 $11 {and Black is not in
danger}) 37. Qd2 (37. Qxe6 Nf2+ 38. Kg1 Rxg2+ 39. Kf1 Rg1+ 40. Kxf2 (40. Ke2
Qxe6+) 40... Qg2#) 37... Ne3 38. g3 (38. Bxe3 dxe3 39. Rxe3 Rxg2 $1 $19) 38...
Qa8+ 39. Kg1 Qf3 {Forcing another concession} 40. Qf2 Qxf2+ 41. Kxf2 Ng4+ 42.
Kf1 Nxh2+ 43. Kf2 Ng4+ 44. Kf1 Rxe1+ 45. Kxe1 Ne5 46. Kd2 Kg8 47. b3 Kf7 {
White has no prospect of counterplay so it's time to resign.} 0-1

