[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Rfd1 Qe7
15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c5 17. Nd3 cxd4 18. Qxd4 e5 19. Qe3 Rac8 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21.
Qxe4 f5 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Ne1 Rcd8 24. Nf3 e4 25. Nh4 Qf6 26. Qd4 Kh7 27. Qxf6
Rxf6 28. Rd5 Rdf8 29. Rad1 Bb4 30. Rd7 b6 31. Kf1 f4 32. g4 f3 33. Nf5 R8f7 34.
exf3 exf3 35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. Rd3 h5 37. h3 hxg4 38. hxg4 Kg6 39. Nh4+ Kg5 40.
Nxf3+ Kf4 41. Kg2 Re7 42. Nd4 Bc5 43. b4 Bxb4 44. Rf3+ Kg5 45. Rf5+ Kg6 46. Nc6
Re4 47. Kf3 Re1 48. Nxb4 Ra1 49. Nd5 Ra3+ 50. Kg2 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 81st"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2012.07.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "202"]
[EventDate "2012.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. exd5 exd5 7. Nb3 Nbd7 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. Nf3 Nxc5 10. O-O Be6 11. Re1 O-O-O 12. Bd4 Kb8 13. c3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5
15. Be2 Ne6 16. Be5 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nfd4 Bg6 19. a4 Ne4 20. Bf1 Rhe8 21.
a5 Qf4 22. Qf3 Qc7 23. h4 Rd6 24. Qe3 f5 25. Bd3 f4 26. Qh3 Qf7 27. Rad1 Bh5
28. Qf5 Qxf5 29. Nxf5 Bxd1 30. Nxd6 Nxd6 31. Rxd1 Nc4 32. Bxh7 Rh8 33. Bf5 Nc7
34. Re1 Rxh4 35. Re7 Rh5 36. Bg4 Rg5 37. f3 Ne5 38. Nc5 Nxg4 39. fxg4 Rxg4 40.
Nd7+ Kc8 41. Nb6+ Kb8 42. Kf2 Rg5 43. Nd7+ Kc8 44. Nc5 Rg6 45. Rf7 Ne6 46. Na4
Rg5 47. Re7 Nc7 48. Nb6+ Kb8 49. Rd7 d4 50. Rxd4 Rxa5 51. Rd8+ Ka7 52. Nc8+ Kb8
53. Nd6+ Ka7 54. Kf3 g5 55. Nc8+ Kb8 56. Nd6+ Ka7 57. Rd7 Kb8 58. c4 Ra2 59. b4
b6 60. Rd8+ Ka7 61. Rd7 Kb8 62. Rg7 Rd2 63. Rg8+ Ka7 64. Rd8 Rb2 65. Rd7 Kb8
66. Rd8+ Ka7 67. Rd7 Kb8 68. c5 bxc5 69. bxc5 Ne6 70. Ne4 Rb4 71. Rd6 g4+ 72.
Kxg4 Rxe4 73. Rxa6 Re5 74. Kf3 Re3+ 75. Kg4 Kb7 76. Rd6 Kc7 77. Ra6 Re5 78. Kf3
Kd7 79. Ra3 Rg5 80. Ra7+ Kc6 81. Re7 Rg3+ 82. Kf2 Nxc5 83. Rf7 Nd3+ 84. Kg1 Kd5
85. Kh2 Ke4 86. Ra7 Nf2 87. Ra4+ Kf5 88. Ra5+ Kf6 89. Ra6+ Kg5 90. Ra5+ Kg6 91.
Ra6+ Kh5 92. Kg1 Nd1 93. Kh2 Ne3 94. Ra2 Ng4+ 95. Kg1 Rb3 96. Ra1 Kh4 97. Rf1
Kg3 98. Kh1 Re3 99. Kg1 Ne5 100. Ra1 Nd3 101. Kf1 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch 83rd"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
O-O e5 9. Qc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. b3 ({RR} 11. b4 Bf8 12. Bb2 a5 13. f3 c6
14. Kh1 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 g6 17. Bf1 Bg7 18. N4b3 Qe7 19. Bd4 c5 20.
bxc5 dxc5 21. Bb2 Ne5 22. Nb1 Nh5 23. Qf2 f5 24. Nc3 fxe4 25. Nxe4 b6 {Eljanov,
P (2707)-Tomashevsky,E (2709) Kiev 2013 1/2-1/2 (51)}) 11... Bf8 12. Bb2 g6 13.
Rfe1 c6 $146 ({RR} 13... a5 14. Bf1 Bg7 15. g3 c6 16. Bg2 Nc5 17. h3 Bd7 18.
Rad1 Qb6 19. Bc3 Re7 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na4 22. Ra1 c5 23. bxc5 Qxc5 24. Ne2
Qc8 25. Bd4 Ne8 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Nf4 Nf6 28. g4 {Vidit,S (2602)-Horvath,A 
(2536) Abu Dhabi 2014 1/2-1/2 (52)}) 14. Bf1 Bg7 15. Rad1 a5 16. g3 Qb6 17. Bg2
Nc5 18. h3 Nfd7 19. Ba1 h5 20. Nf1 Nf6 21. Kh1 Bd7 22. f3 Nh7 23. Bc3 Ng5 24.
f4 Ngxe4 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Qxe4 c5 28. Ne2 Bc6 29. Rd5 Re8 30.
Qd3 Bxd5+ 31. cxd5 Qxb3 32. Ne3 c4 33. Qd2 Qb1+ 34. Kg2 Qd3 35. Kf2 Bxc3 36.
Qxd3 Be1+ 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch 83rd"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2] The decisive game for Kuzubov - after surprisingly losing in the
penultimate round to a tail-ender, the competition cought up with him and only
a win would give him the gold.} 1. e4 ({If White plays the King's Indian
reversed with the move-order} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 {
, here quick castling} O-O (5... c5 {enables} 6. e4 $1 Nc6 ({Nobody has dared
to accept the sacrifice,} 6... dxe4 7. dxe4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Nxe4 9. Ne5 Nd6 10.
Na3 f6 11. Nec4 Nxc4 12. Nxc4 $44) 7. Qe2 O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 d4 10. h4 Kh8 11.
Bf4 f5 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. hxg5 Qc7 14. g6 $5 hxg6 15. Nd2 Kg8 16. Nf3 Re8 17. Ng5
Nf8 18. g4 Nd8 {Svidler,P (2758)-Karjakin,S (2766)/Khanty-Mansiysk/2014/} 19.
gxf5 $1 $36 {For more details see the notes to this game by Motylev in CBM 160.
}) {is already more accurate, forcing White to invest a tempo into the e4 push
with} 6. Nbd2 {However, there is no guarantee Ponomariov would have reacted
this way to 1.Nf3...}) 1... c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 {Avoiding a highly theoretical
clash to fight for an advantage in the (early) middlegame is a time-honored
method:} ({We have seen even Carlsen spurning} 3. d4 {in the Sochi match.})
3... Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 {This natural developing move is the most usual choice,
but Anand in keeping with his style opted for} (4... d5 $5 {forcing an early
confrontation:} 5. exd5 (5. d3 $6 dxe4 6. dxe4 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 b6 8. c3 Ba6 9.
Bf1 O-O-O+ 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Kc2 Nf6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Re1 g5 14. h3 g4 15. hxg4
Nxg4 16. Rf1 h5 17. a4 Nce5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Be2 h4 $36 {Ree,H-Portisch,L/
Wijk aan Zee/1968/}) 5... exd5 6. O-O (6. d4 Nf6 {would probably only
transpose after} 7. O-O) 6... Nf6 7. d4 Be7 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg4 $1 ({
Actively develops his bishop, forcing White to commit his queen.} 9... O-O {
allows} 10. h3 $5 (10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Qd3 Qd7 (11... a6 $6 12. Rfe1 Qd7 13. Nxc6
$1 bxc6 14. Na4 Qf5 15. Bf4 (15. Qc3 $5) (15. Bd4 $14) 15... Bb4 16. Qxf5 Bxf5
17. c3 Ba5 18. Bf1 Bd8 19. b3 Ne4 20. h4 Bf6 21. Rac1 g5 22. hxg5 Nxg5 $132 {
Jones,G (2635)-Caruana,F (2767)/Reykjavik/2012/}) 12. Rfe1 Rac8 (12... Rfe8 $5)
13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd4 Rfe8 15. Qa6 Bf5 16. Re2 Bg4 17. Re3 Be6 18. Ree1 c5 19.
Be5 Ng4 20. Bf4 g5 21. Bd2 h6 22. Qa4 Qxa4 23. Nxa4 Bf6 24. Nc3 Ne5 25. Rad1
Nc4 $11 {Jones,G (2624)-Tregubov,P (2602)/Bastia/2011/}) {although even here
Balck can hold his own after} 10... Re8 11. Re1 (11. Nc3 Bb4 12. Nce2 Bd6 13.
c3 Bd7 14. Nf4 Bxf4 15. Bxf4 Qb6 16. Nb3 Ne5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Bd4 Bb5 19. Bxe5
Rxe5 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Rxe5 Rxe5 22. Nd4 Bc6 23. Qd2 h6 24. Re1 Qe7 25. Rxe5
Qxe5 26. Nc2 Kf8 27. Ne3 Ne4 28. Qd3 h5 29. h4 g6 $14 {/=, Adams,M (2740)
-Kryvoruchko,Y (2678)/Tromsoe WCup/2013/CBM 156 (54)}) 11... Bf8 (11... h6 12.
Nd2 Bd6 13. c3 Bd7 14. Qb3 a6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Nf1 Re7 17. Qc2 Rae8 18. Nf5
Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qa5 20. Qb1 Qb5 21. b3 {Short,N (2696)-Caruana,F (2675)/Wijk aan
Zee/2010/} Qa5 $132) 12. c3 Bd7 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Nf1 h6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bxa7
c5 17. Rxe8 Bxe8 18. b4 cxb4 19. cxb4 Bxb4 20. Ne3 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Qd4
Ra5 $11 {Carlsen,M (2881)-El Debs,F (2511)/Caxias do Sul rpd/2014/}) 10. Qd3
Qd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. N2f3 Rfe8 13. Rfe1 ({Black has no reason to fear} 13. Nxc6
bxc6 14. Ne5 Qe6 $5 15. Nxg4 Nxg4 $11) 13... Bd6 14. c3 h6 15. Qf1 {[%cal
Yh2h3]} (15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bd4 Ne4 17. c4 Bf5 18. cxd5 c5 $5 19. Be5 Bxe5 20.
Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rxd5 $11) 15... Bh5 ({A typical isolated QP
position; Black has more than one alternative, giving him good piece play:} 
15... Ne4 16. Nh4 g5 $5 17. Nhf3 f5 $13) (15... Bc7 16. h3 Bh5 $11 {and once
White pushes g4, Black can build up a battery on the h2-b8 diagonal.}) (15...
Rad8 $132) 16. h3 (16. Nh4 $5) 16... Bg6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. c4 Be4
$6 ({This is a nice square for the knight,} 19... Qb7 $142 20. cxd5 cxd5 21.
Bd4 Ne4 $13 {ostava dost nejasna.}) 20. Bd4 Nh7 21. cxd5 Bxd5 (21... cxd5 $5
22. Qa6 $14) 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Qd3 Nf8 24. Nh4 ({Simplification eases Black's
task, subsequently Magnus pointed out the more refined} 24. Bc3 $5 $36) 24...
Be5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. b3 Ne6 28. Nf3 Qf6 29. Kg2 Rd8 30. Qe2 Rd5
$5 31. Rxd5 cxd5 $11 {Carlsen,M (2863)-Anand,V (2792)/WCh Sochi (4)/2014/}) 5.
d3 (5. Qe2 {has lately become fashionable, White retains the option to play
d2-d4 after either c3, or 0-0 and Rd1. Dejan Antic wrote an article about this
line in CBM 161. Here a good reaction for Black, which Ponomariov experienced
firsthand, is} e5 $5 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 $6 (8. d3 $142 Re8 9. Nbd2 d6 {
is complex and roughly equal.}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 $1 (9... d5 10. exd5 (
10. dxe5 dxe4 11. exf6 exf3 12. Qxf3 Bxf6 13. Nc3 Nd4 14. Qd1 Re8 15. Bf4 Nc6
16. Nb5 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Be5 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Nc7 Rb8 21. Na6 Bf5
22. Nxb8 Bxb1 23. Rxb1 Rxb8 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Bxb7 Kf8 $11 {Grover,S (2475)
-Mchedlishvili,M (2628)/Dubai/2014/}) 10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qe5 (12. Qc4
Qb6 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. a4 Rac8 15. Qd3 {Bachmann,A (2652)-Lei,T (2450)/Benasque/
2014/} Rfe8 {/\} 16. Nb3 Ng4 $132) 12... d3 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Bf4 $2 (14. Qd4 Bf5
15. Bf4 Qd7 $11) 14... Ba3 $1 15. Qd4 Bxb2 16. Qxd3 Bxa1 17. Rxa1 Bd7 18. h3
Rc8 19. Be3 Bf5 20. Qxf5 Rxc3 $17 {Ponomariov,R (2751)-Caruana,F (2779)/
Bucharest/2013/ For more details about this game see the notes by Caruana in
CBM 157.}) 10. e5 Ne8 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Nbd2 d5 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3
Nc7 16. Bg2 a5 17. Bf4 Rfe8 18. Qd3 Ne6 19. Bxd5 Nb4 20. Qf3 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Red8
$36 {Zhurikhin,A (2333)-Bukavshin,I (2607)/Vladivostok/2014/}) 5... d5 ({
The normal reaction, but even here} 5... e5 $5 $146 {seems possible:} 6. O-O
Be7 7. Nc3 d6 8. h3 O-O 9. Nh4 Nd4 10. Ne2 Ne8 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Nf5 Bg5 13. f4
Bxf5 14. exf5 exf4 15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 Qb6 17. a4 Nf6 18. a5 Qc5 19. Bxb7
Rab8 20. a6 Rfe8 $44 {Anand,V (2793)-Giri,A (2768)/London blitz/2014/}) 6. Nbd2
Be7 7. O-O b6 {An important crossroads, Black has to decide about the future
of his king. Ponomariov puts it off, toying with the 0-0-0 option.} ({However,
more usual and perhaps objectively better is} 7... O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 {
The traditional approach, championed already by Fischer ao. White shifts his
attention to the kingside.} (9. exd5 exd5 10. d4 (10. Nb3 Re8 11. h3 Qb6 12. c3
Bb7 13. Be3 Rad8 (13... Nd7 $5 $13) 14. d4 $5 c4 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. b4 cxb3 17.
axb3 b4 18. cxb4 Qxb4 19. Rc1 $14 {[%csl Gc5]} Ne4 (19... h6 20. Bf4 $14) 20.
Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bd2 (21. Rxc6 exf3 22. Rc4 $36) 21... Qb6 22. Rxe4 Bf5 (22... Be6
$5) 23. Re1 (23. Re3 $1 {/\} Nxd4 24. Qe1 {[%cal Re3e7,Rd2a5]}) 23... Nxd4 24.
Be3 {Zvjaginsev,V (2655)-Lysyj,I (2686)/RUS-ch Kazan/2014/} Bf6 25. Nxd4 Bxd4
$11) (10. a4 b4 (10... Rb8 11. axb5 Rxb5 12. b3 Be6 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 Ng4 16. Bc3 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Ra6 Rc8 19. Qa1 Rc7 20. Nf3 $36 {
[%csl Ra7] Movsesian,S (2700)-Karjakin,S (2756) WChT Antalya/2013/}) 11. d4 Bf5
$5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Nfd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Be4 16. a5 Bc5 17. Be3 Rc8
$6 (17... Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Re8 $132) 18. Bh3 Nd7 19. f3 Bg6 20. c3 bxc3 21. bxc3
Rc7 22. Bf4 Rb7 {Kabanov,N (2502)-Hou,Y (2571) Khanty-Mansiysk/ 2009/} 23. Qa4
$36) 10... Bg4 $5 (10... c4 11. a4 $14) 11. h3 Bh5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Bb6
14. a4 (14. Bg5 Rc8 15. c3 b4 $5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxd5 Bg6 $44) 14... bxa4 15.
Rxa4 Re8 16. Bg5 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 h6 18. Be3 Bg6 19. c3 Bc2 20. Ra3 Rb8 21. Nfd4
Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Rxb2 24. Kh2 Be4 $11 {Topalov,V (2772)-Caruana,F 
(2791)/Norway blitz/2014/}) 9... Nd7 10. Nf1 b4 11. h4 a5 {A recent twist is}
12. h5 ({Earlier White attacked mainly with his pieces after} 12. Bf4 {[%cal
Yf1h2,Yf3g5,Yd1h5]} a4 13. a3 $5 ({Already Fischer came to the conclusion it's
advisable to prevent} 13. N1h2 a3 14. b3 Ba6 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Yc6a7,Ya7b5,
Yb5c3] , for example} 15. Ng5 Qe8 $5 16. Qh5 h6 17. Ng4 Bxg5 18. hxg5 f5 $1 $15
) 13... bxa3 14. bxa3 Ba6 15. Ne3 (15. N1h2 Rb8 16. Ng5 Nd4 17. c3 Nb3 $132)
15... Rb8 $1 (15... Nd4 $143 16. c4) 16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Nb6 18. Nd6 (18. Nxb6
Rxb6 19. Re3 {Amin,B (2551)-Sadek,S (2384)/Cairo/2009/} Nd4 20. Qxa4 Nf5 $36)
18... Nd5 19. Qxa4 Rb6 (19... Nxf4 20. gxf4 Rb6 $44) 20. Rac1 (20. Bg5 $142 $5)
20... Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxd6 23. Qe3 Rb3 24. a4 Qc7 $11 {/=/+,
Svidler,P (2756)-Karjakin,S (2772)/RUS-chT Loo/2014/}) {Despite the dangers of
weakening the kingside, Black should prefer} 12... h6 $5 {It seems that he has
ample resources to to deal with the potentially threatening sacrifice on h6:} (
12... a4 13. h6 g6 14. N1h2 Ba6 15. Ng4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 (16. c4 dxc4 17. dxc4 Bxc4
18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Nb6 21. Ne3 Ra5 22. Rd1 Nxd5 23. Qe4 Qa8
24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 (25... Qxd5 $142 $132) 26. Qd4 Rc8 27. e6 f6 28.
Bd2 Rc4 29. Qd3 $36 {[%csl Ge6,Rg8,Gh6] Markos,J (2602)-Leitao,R (2649)/
Tromsoe olm/2014/}) 16... cxd4 17. b3 {[%cal Yc1b2]} a3 $6 {Blockading the
queenside deprives Black of any effective counterplay. White can combine play
on the dark squares with attacking d4.} 18. Nh2 $1 Rc8 19. Nf3 Qb6 20. Bg5 Bxg5
21. Nxg5 Rc6 (21... Rc3 22. Bh3 Qc6 23. Rc1 $16 {[%csl Rd4,Rf7][%cal Yd1d2,
Yd2f4]}) 22. Qd2 Qc5 23. Nf3 $5 Qxc2 24. Qxb4 Qc5 (24... Qxd3 25. Qe7 Rc7 26.
Ng5 $18 {[%cal Rg5e6]}) 25. Qd2 Rfc8 26. Rad1 Qb6 27. Qg5 Qb4 28. Rd2 Rc1 29.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kh2 Qf8 31. Bh3 Rc3 32. Nxd4 $18 {Kamsky,G (2713)-Lenderman,A 
(2582)/USA-ch Saint Louis/2014/}) 13. N1h2 Re8 (13... a4 14. Ng4 Ba6 15. a3
bxa3 16. Rxa3 Bb7 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qd2 Bg5 (18... Nd4 $142 $1 $13 {/=/+}) 19.
Nxh6+ Bxh6 20. Qxh6 f6 $2 (20... Qe7 $8 {/\} 21. Ng5 f6 22. Bh3 Nd4 23. c3 fxg5
24. cxd4 Rae8 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. dxc5 Nxc5 27. Rc1 Nb3 28. Qh6+ Kg8 $11) 21. Bh3
Re8 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Bxe6+ Rxe6 24. Rxe6 $18 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2730)-Le,Q 
(2712)/Dubai blitz/2014/}) 14. Ng4 ({Rather too slow is} 14. Bf4 Ba6 15. Qd2
Bf8 16. Bh3 a4 17. g4 Qc7 18. Bg3 Be7 19. Re2 c4 $36 {Sevian,S (2464)-Perez
Garcia,R (2357)/Montreal/2014/}) 14... Bf8 15. Bf4 a4 16. c4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Ba6
18. Bf1 a3 19. Qc1 Qe7 20. Rb1 Rec8 $132 21. Bxh6 $6 gxh6 22. Nxh6+ Bxh6 23.
Qxh6 Qf8 24. Qf4 Rcb8 25. h6 Ne7 26. c4 Ng6 27. Qg5 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Rb8 29. Re1
Bb7 30. Bh3 Qe7 31. Qh5 dxc4 32. Ng5 Ndxe5 33. h7+ Kh8 34. f4 Qxg5 $1 35. fxg5
Bf3 36. Qh6 cxd3 {0-1, Grischuk,A (2783)-Dominguez Perez,L (2754)/Beijing rpd/
2013/ A model counterattack by Black.}) ({Another way to postpone castling is} 
7... Qc7 8. Re1 b6 9. Nf1 ({Play usually transposes to the game with} 9. c3 Bb7
({, but Black can also consider the alternative} 9... Ba6 $5)) 9... dxe4 10.
dxe4 Ba6 11. e5 Rd8 12. Bd2 Ng4 13. c3 O-O 14. Qa4 Bxf1 15. Qxg4 Bxg2 16. Bh6
g6 17. Kxg2 Rfe8 18. Re4 Rd3 $132 {Kasparov,G (2815)-Kramnik,V (2780)/Moscow
blitz/1998/}) 8. Re1 Bb7 9. c3 (9. e5 Nd7 10. c4 (10. c3 {transposes back to
the game after} Qc7 {, but Black has also} (10... g5 $5 $15)) (10. Nf1 g5 $1
11. h3 h5 $132 {/=/+}) 10... dxc4 (10... Nb4 11. Nf1 dxc4 12. dxc4 Qc7 13. a3
Nc6 14. Qe2 O-O) 11. Nxc4 (11. dxc4 g5 $1) 11... O-O (11... b5 $2 12. Nd6+ Bxd6
13. exd6 Nf6 14. d4 Qxd6 15. Bf4 $32 Qe7 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. Be3 Qa6
19. Bc5 Rd8 20. Qb3 Na5 21. Qe3 h6 22. Red1 $40 {[%csl Re8]} Bd5 $2 23. Qa3 $1
$18 {1-0 Naiditsch,A (2715)-Blomqvist,E (2506)/Bilbao 2014/CBM 163 (27)}) 12.
h4 Qc7 13. Bf4 Rad8 14. Rc1 Nb4 15. a3 Nd5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 (16... h6 $5 $11 {
is a safe choice}) 17. hxg5 Ne7 18. b4 Ng6 19. d4 (19. Qe2 $142 $13) 19... Qb8
20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Nfd2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 cxd4 23. Qh5 Ndxe5 24. Rxe5 $2 (24. Nxe5
Nxe5 25. Rh1 Qb7+ 26. f3 h6 27. gxh6 f5 28. Rc5 Nd3 29. Rc6 $1 $132) 24... Nxe5
25. Rh1 {Amin,B (2544)-Burmakin,V (2590)/Cappelle la Grande/2010/} f5 $1 $17 {
/\} 26. gxf6 Qb7+ 27. f3 gxf6 $19) 9... Qc7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nf1 $5 (11. d4 cxd4
12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Re3 Qc2 $36) ({White uses a tactical finesse to avoid} 11. Qe2
g5 12. h3 h5 13. g4 hxg4 14. hxg4 O-O-O 15. Nf1 Rdg8 {[%csl Gc8,Rg1][%cal
Yd7f8,Yf8g6,Yf7f6] , when his king is more vulnerable, than Black's:} 16. a3 c4
$5 17. dxc4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Nc5 19. b4 Ba6 20. b5 Na5 21. Qe2 Bb7 22. Be3 Nd7 23.
Bd4 Nf8 24. N3d2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Ng6 $40 {Ribeiro,F (2305)-Illescas Cordoba,M 
(2620) Linares/1995/}) 11... d4 (11... Ndxe5 $2 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bf4 Bd6 14.
Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Qh5 Bd6 (15... Bf6 16. Rxe6+ Kd8 (16... Kf8 17. Rxf6 gxf6 18.
Qh6+ Kg8 19. Ne3 $18) 17. Re2 $16) 16. Rxe6+ Kf8 17. Re2 g6 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19.
Rae1 $40) ({Ponomariov's reaction is very natural, as} 11... O-O-O {already
enables White to play} 12. d4 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5] safely.}) 12. Qe2 ({White is
unwilling to expose his bishop with} 12. Bf4 h6 13. h4 dxc3 (13... O-O-O 14.
cxd4 cxd4 15. a3 Kb8 16. Rc1 Nf8 17. b4 b5 {Reinke,M-Kirwald,D/Germany/1995/}
18. N1d2 Ng6 19. Nb3 $36 (19. Re4 $5)) 14. bxc3 g5 $5 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Nxg5
Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Ncxe5 $132) 12... dxc3 (12... h6 13. h4 O-O-O 14. N1h2 Kb8 15. a3
Ka8 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. b4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qb7+ 20. Qe4 Nb8 21. Nf3
Rd5 {Kochyev,A (2500)-Keitlinghaus,L (2400)/Dortmund/1991/} 22. Bb2 g5 23. hxg5
hxg5 24. Rh1 $36) (12... O-O-O 13. a3 h6 14. h4 (14. cxd4 $1 $14) 14... g5 15.
hxg5 hxg5 16. N1h2 Rxh2 $5 17. Nxh2 Ncxe5 18. cxd4 cxd4 19. f4 Ng6 20. Bd2 Bxg2
21. Qxg2 Kb8 22. fxg5 {Seidl,S (1913)-Balacek,T (1988)/Kouty nad Desnou/2009/
EXT 2011} Nc5 $44) 13. bxc3 b5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 O-O $146 (15... Nb4 $5 16.
Bd2 a6 17. Rec1 Qd8 18. h4 (18. a4 $5 bxa4 19. Rxa4 a5 20. Ne3 O-O 21. Qb5 Be4
22. Ne1 Bxg2 23. N1xg2 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Nd3 $44) 18... h6 $6 {[%csl Rh6]} (18...
Nb6 $142 $132) 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Nb6 21. Qg4 {[%csl Rg7]} g5 22. Bxb4 Bxb4
23. Nfe3 Be7 24. Rc6 Nd5 25. Qe4 gxh4 26. Nxd5 (26. Nf4 $1 $40) 26... Qxd5 27.
Qxd5 exd5 28. Nxh4 Kd7 29. Rac1 Rhc8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8 Kxc8 32. Nf5 Bf8
33. Kf1 Kd7 {Yermolinsky,A (2660)-Ehlvest,J (2610)/Tallinn/Parnu/1998/} 34. g4
$14 {[%csl Rh6] h6, Yermolinsky For more details about this game see the notes
by Horn in CBM 066.}) 16. Ne3 (16. Qxb5 Rab8 17. Qe2 Nb6 18. Be3 $11 {/+/=
Kuzubov spurned this greedy alternative, as it's very difficult to make any
progress. Still, White should be slightly better here.}) (16. d5 exd5 (16...
Ncxe5 $5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Bf6 20. Bb2 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxd5
22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Ne3 Rfd8 $11 {also seems defensible}) 17. Ne3 Ncxe5 (17...
Nb6 18. Qxb5 (18. Nf5 $5) 18... Qc8 $132) 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 (18... Qxe5 19. Bb2 Qe6
20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Qd1 Qd6 22. Qxd5 $14) 19. Bb2 Bf6 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rae8
22. Ba3 Be7 (22... Qa5 23. Bxf8 Nf3+ 24. Bxf3 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Kxf8 26. Rd1 $36)
23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Qxb5 Rb8 $11 {/+/=}) 16... b4 $2 {White was obviously
preparing the following central break and this impetuous advance only enhances
its strength.} (16... a6 $142 17. d5 (17. Bb2 Nb4 $11) 17... Ncxe5 18. Nxe5
Nxe5 19. Bb2 Bf6 (19... Nc4 20. Nxc4 bxc4 (20... Qxc4 $2 21. d6 Bxg2 22. dxe7
$18) 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Qg4 g6 23. Qd4 (23. dxe6 Bxg2 24. Qd4 f6 25. Kxg2 Qb7+
$132 {[%cal Yf8d8]}) 23... e5 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Bxe5 Bb4 26. Red1 $14) 20. Rac1
Qb6 21. Bxe5 (21. Nd1 Nd7 22. dxe6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 (23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. e7 Rfe8 25.
Kxg2 Qb7+ 26. Qf3 Qxf3+ 27. Kxf3 Nd5 {[%csl Re7]}) 23... Qxe6 $11) 21... Bxe5
22. Nf5 Bf6 23. dxe6 Bxg2 (23... fxe6 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Qxe6+ Qf7 26. Rc7 Qxe6
27. Rxe6 $11 {/+/=}) 24. e7 $1 (24. Kxg2 Qxe6 $11) 24... Rfe8 25. Kxg2 g6 26.
Nh6+ Kg7 27. Qf3 Kxh6 28. Rc6 Qb7 (28... Qa5 29. Rxf6 Qxe1 30. Rxf7 Qe5 31. g4
Rxe7 32. Qh3+ Qh5 33. Rxe7 Qxh3+ 34. Kxh3 g5 35. Re6+ Kg7 36. Kg3 $14) 29. h4 {
[%cal Rf3f4]} Bc3 $1 30. Qe3+ Kg7 31. Qxc3+ Kg8 32. Qf3 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34.
Rxg6+ hxg6 35. Qxa8+ Kg7 36. Qxa6 Qe4+ 37. Kh2 Qd4 $11) 17. d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}
Ncxe5 (17... exd5 18. Nxd5 Qd8 19. Rd1 $5 $16) 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bb2 Bf6 20.
Rac1 Qb8 {An ugly retreat, but other moves are not much better and can't solve
Black's problems.} (20... Qb6 $2 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Nc4 $18 {highlights the
main drawback of 16...b4?}) (20... Qd7 21. f4 $16 (21. Red1 $5 $40)) (20... Qd6
21. dxe6 (21. f4 Ng6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. dxe6 Bxg2 24. exf7+ Rxf7 25. Kxg2 $36 {
[%csl Rf5,Rg8]}) 21... Bxg2 22. Nxg2 Ng4 23. Nf4 $16) 21. Nd1 $6 ({More
energetic was} 21. Nc4 $1 Nxc4 22. Bxf6 gxf6 (22... exd5 23. Qg4 g6 24. Ba1 Qd8
25. Qd4 f6 26. Rxc4 dxc4 27. Qxc4+ Kg7 28. Bxb7) (22... Nb6 23. Qg4 g6 24. dxe6
) 23. Rxc4 $1 {, which wins practically by force after} Bxd5 (23... f5 24. Qh5
$18 {[%cal Rc4h4,Rd5e6]}) 24. Rh4 Qe5 (24... Bxg2 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Qh5 $18) (
24... Rd8 25. Qg4+ Kf8 (25... Kh8 26. Qh3 Kg7 27. Rxh7+ Kf8 28. Qg4) 26. Rxh7
Ke7 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Qxe6+ $18) 25. Qd1 $1 Qc3 26. Bxd5 exd5 (26... Rfd8 27.
Re3 Rxd5 28. Qg4+ Rg5 29. Rxc3 $18) 27. Re3 Qc8 28. Qh5 Qc2 29. Kg2 $1 {
[%cal Rh4g4,Rh5h6]} Kh8 30. Re7 $1 {[%cal Rh5h6]}) 21... Nd7 22. dxe6 fxe6 $2 (
{Black slips up again and this time he won't get back into the game properly.
Necessary was} 22... Bxg2 23. Kxg2 $142 (23. exd7 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 (24. Nxb2 Qb7
$36 {[%cal Rg2h3]}) 24... Bh3 25. Rc4 Bxd7 (25... a5 26. g4 {[%csl Rh3]}) 26.
Rxb4 Qc7) 23... Qb7+ 24. Qe4 (24. Kg1 fxe6 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Qd6 Rac8 $132)
24... Qxe4+ 25. Rxe4 fxe6 26. Rxb4 $14 {White has a slightly better endgame,
but is certainly far from winning.}) 23. Qxe6+ Rf7 $8 24. Rc6 ({More forcing
was} 24. Bf1 $5 {[%cal Rf1c4]} Nb6 (24... Bxb2 25. Bc4 Ne5 26. Rxe5 Bxe5 27.
Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Be6 Ba6 (28... Bc3 29. Nxc3 bxc3 30. Rxc3 $16) 29. Rc8+ Qxc8 30.
Bxc8 Rxc8 31. Qe6 Rd8 32. Qxa6 Rxd1+ 33. Kg2 $16 {/+-}) 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Ne3
$40 (26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Qxb4 $16)) 24... Nb6 (24... Qf8 25. Rc7 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 $16
) (24... Bxc6 25. Bxc6 Bxb2 26. Nxb2 Nb6 27. Nd3 Qc8 28. Bxa8 Qxe6 29. Rxe6
Nxa8 30. Nxb4 $16) 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rd6 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qc8 28. Qe4 Qc4 29. Qf3
$36 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Rd6b6,Yd1e3,Ye3f5][%mdl 128] Despite mutual inaccuracies
White has kept his iniative alive and proceeds to attack Black's exposed king
for the rest of the game. His persistence finally nets him the full point.}
Qxa2 (29... Raf8 $142 $5 30. Ne3 Qc3 (30... Qxa2 31. Nf5 $18) 31. Red1 $16) 30.
Ne3 Kh8 31. Re2 Qa1 $8 (31... Qa6 $2 32. Qxa8+) (31... Qa5 32. Rxf6 $18) 32.
Nf5 {[%cal Rf3a8]} Raf8 33. Nh6 (33. Qh5 $142 $1 {[%cal Rh5f7]} Nd7 34. Re8 $18
) 33... Rc7 34. Rde6 f5 35. Re8 (35. R2e5 Qc3 36. Qh5 $18 {[%cal Re6e8,Re5f5]})
35... Qg7 36. Nxf5 (36. Qxf5 Rc8 $14) (36. R2e6 $1 {(.)} Qxh6 (36... Rc8 37.
R8e7) (36... b3 37. Rxf8+ Qxf8 38. Qf4) 37. Qxf5 Kg8 38. Rxh6 Rxe8 39. Rxh7
Rxh7 40. Qg6+ $18) 36... Rcf7 $8 (36... Qf6 37. R2e6 $18) 37. g4 Qf6 (37... Nd7
$5 38. Rxf8+ Qxf8 39. Qf4 $40) 38. R2e6 Rxe8 (38... Qg5 39. R6e7 Qxe7 40. Rxe7
Rxe7 41. Qd1 $18 {[%cal Rd1d4,Rd1a1,Rf5e7]}) 39. Rxf6 (39. Rxe8+ $5 Rf8 40. Qe4
Nd7 41. Re7 $18) 39... Rxf6 40. Qf4 Kg8 ({More resilient was} 40... Ref8 $142
$1 {At some point Black can take the beastly Nf5 in an attempt to build a
fortress.}) 41. Qxb4 $18 {Black is losing, as his knight won't manage to help
ou the defence.} Ref8 42. Ne7+ Kg7 (42... Kf7 43. Qe4 Kg7 44. Qe5 Kf7 45. Qc7
$18) 43. Qd4 {[%cal Rg4g5]} h6 44. f4 Kh7 45. Kg3 R8f7 (45... Rxf4 $2 46. Qd3+
Kh8 47. Ng6+) 46. Qd8 Rf8 47. Qd3+ Kg7 48. Qd4 Kf7 (48... Kh7 49. h4 $18 {
[%cal Rg4g5]}) 49. Qe4 Kg7 50. h4 R8f7 (50... Nd7 51. g5 hxg5 52. hxg5 Rb6 53.
Nf5+ $18) 51. g5 hxg5 52. hxg5 Rxf4 53. Qe5+ (53. Qe5+ Kf8 54. Ng6+ Kg8 55.
Qh8#) 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT Div Honor"]
[Site "Monzon"]
[Date "2016.09.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jaime Casas"]
[BlackTeam "Sestao Fundacion EDP"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O h6 11. Bf4 Nf8 12. h3 a6 13. Rab1 Ne6 14. Bh2 Bd6
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. b4 Nd7 17. Rfe1 b6 18. e4 Bb7 19. e5 Qc7 20. Rec1 Ndf8 21.
Ne2 a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 Ra3 24. Qd2 Rea8 25. Ng3 Ng6 26. Rc3 Ngf4 27. Bf5
Ra2 28. Qe3 Ra1 29. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 30. Kh2 Qe7 31. Bxe6 Nxe6 32. Nf5 Qxb4 33. Rb3
Qa5 34. Nxh6+ gxh6 35. Qxh6 Ra3 36. Ng5 Nxg5 37. Qxg5+ Kf8 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39.
Qf6+ Kg8 40. e6 fxe6 41. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 85th"]
[Site "Rivne"]
[Date "2016.12.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2016.12.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3
Bg7 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Na3 O-O 11. Nc2 a5 12. b3 Re8 13. Ba3 Nde5 14. Ng5 Bg4 15.
f3 Bf5 16. Ne4 b5 17. Nf2 Rc8 18. f4 Nd7 19. g4 Be6 20. Ne4 b4 21. Bc1 Nf6 22.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. a3 bxa3 24. Bxa3 Bd7 25. Qf3 e5 26. Rf1 e4 27. dxe4 d3 28. Qxd3
Bxa1 29. Rxa1 Bxg4 30. Qc3 f6 31. Bb2 Be6 32. Ne3 Nb4 33. Rd1 Qe7 34. f5 Bxf5
35. Rf1 Rcd8 36. Nd5 Qc5+ 37. Kh1 Nxd5 38. exd5 Rd6 39. Qc1 Qe3 40. c5 Rdd8 41.
Bxf6 Rd7 42. Qxe3 Rxe3 43. d6 Rf7 44. Bg5 Rd3 45. Re1 Bd7 46. Bh6 Rf6 47. c6
Rfxd6 48. cxd7 Rxd7 49. Bf1 Rd1 50. Bc4+ Kh8 51. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 52. Kg2 Ra1 53. Kg3
Ra3 54. Bc1 Ra2 55. Be3 Kg7 56. Bb5 Kf6 57. Ba4 g5 58. Bb6 h5 59. Bxa5 Kf5 60.
Bd7+ Ke4 61. Bc7 Rc2 62. Ba5 Rb2 63. Be6 Rb1 64. Bd2 Ke5 65. Bc4 h4+ 66. Kh3
Kf6 67. Bc3+ Ke7 68. Bd4 Re1 69. Bf2 Re4 70. Bd3 Rf4 71. Kg2 Kf6 72. Bb6 Ke6
73. Be3 Rb4 74. Bc4+ Kf5 75. Kh3 Rb8 76. Bd3+ Ke5 77. Bc4 Kf5 78. Bc5 Rh8 79.
Be2 Rd8 80. Be3 Rb8 81. Bd1 Rb4 82. Bc2+ Kf6 83. Bd2 Rb5 84. Kg4 Rd5 85. Be3
Rb5 86. Bd4+ Ke7 87. Bc3 Rb8 88. Bd2 Ke6 89. Bd3 Ke5 90. Bc4 Rd8 91. Bxg5 Rd4+
92. Kh3 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2017.07.30"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.07.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Manisa TS Alyans"]
[BlackTeam "Mersin Zeka"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nd6 8.
Re1 O-O 9. c3 Re8 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Nbd2 Nf8 12. h3 c6 13. Qb3 Ne6 14. Bh2 g6 15.
Re2 Bf8 16. Rae1 Ng7 17. Rxe8 Ngxe8 18. c4 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Be6 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21.
Nxd6 Bxd6 22. Qxe6+ Kg7 23. Be5+ Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Qc7 25. Ng4 Qd6 26. Qe3 Nc7 27.
h4 Nd5 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. g3 Qf8 30. Qc1 Nf6 31. Ne5 Kg7 32. Qg5 Qe8 33. Bc4 Ne4
34. Qf4 Nd6 35. Bd3 Qe7 36. Qg4 Nf7 37. h5 Nxe5 38. dxe5 Qxe5 39. hxg6 Kh8 40.
gxh7 Qxb2 41. Qf5 Qd4 42. g4 Qd6 43. Qf3 Rd8 44. g5 Rf8 45. Qe3 Qf4 46. Qxf4
Rxf4 47. Kf1 c5 48. g6 c4 49. Bc2 b5 50. Ke2 b4 51. Ke3 Rh4 52. f4 b3 53. axb3
cxb3 54. Bxb3 Rh3+ 55. Ke4 Rxb3 56. f5 a5 57. f6 Rb5 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Monzon Jaime Casas"]
[BlackTeam "Merida Patrimonio"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. b3 Bf5 6. Nge2 e6 7. Ng3 Bg6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. f4 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Rad8 14. c5 h5 15.
Kh1 h4 16. Nge2 Ng4 17. Ng1 Nh6 18. Nf3 Nf5 19. Rg1 Nf6 20. Ne5 Nd7 21. Ne2
Nxe5 22. dxe5 f6 23. g4 hxg3 24. Nxg3 Nxg3+ 25. Rxg3 f5 26. Qe2 g5 27. Qh5 Kg7
28. Rcg1 Rf7 29. Rh3 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Monzon Jaime Casas"]
[BlackTeam "Solvay CA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. O-O
Ba6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nfd7 12. Rc1 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 O-O 14. Qc7 Qd7
15. Qxd7 Nxd7 16. Rc7 Bc8 17. Bf4 Bd8 18. Rc2 Bf6 19. Bd6 Re8 20. e4 Bxd4 21.
exd5 e5 22. Nc3 Ba6 23. Bc7 f5 24. Rd1 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 e4 26. d6 Re5 27. Rd4 Kf7
28. g4 g6 29. Rh3 Kg7 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Rg3+ Kf7 32. b4 Rg8 33. Rxg8 Kxg8 34.
Bh3 Kf7 35. Kg2 Bb7 36. Kf1 Bc6 37. Ke1 Ke6 38. Ke2 a5 39. a3 axb4 40. axb4 Rb5
41. Kd2 Ke5 42. Kc3 Rd5 43. Rxd5+ Bxd5 44. Bf1 f4 45. Bb5 Be6 46. Bc6 Bh3 47.
Bd8 Bf5 48. Be7 Be6 49. Bg5 Bf5 50. Bb7 Nf8 51. Bh6 Ng6 52. Bg7+ Kxd6 53. Kd4
e3 54. fxe3 fxe3 55. Kxe3 Bd7 56. Be4 Bc6 57. Bd3 Bd5 58. Kd4 Nh4 59. Be5+ Ke6
60. Bc7 h5 61. Ke3 Nf3 62. Be2 Ne1 63. b5 Nc2+ 64. Kd3 Na3 65. Kd4 Nc2+ 66. Kc3
Ne1 67. Bxh5 Nf3 68. Bxf3 Bxf3 69. Bxb6 Be2 70. Kb4 Kd6 71. h4 Bd1 72. Bf2 Be2
73. b6 Kc6 74. Kc3 Bd1 75. Bd4 Kd6 76. Kd2 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2017.08.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Monzon Jaime Casas"]
[BlackTeam "Sestao Bizkaialde"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qb3 c5 6. d5 g6 7. Nc3 exd5 8. Nxd5
Nxd5 9. cxd5 Bg7 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. e3 d6 13. h4 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Qe7 15.
Qc2 Nd7 16. h5 f5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Ng5 Nf6 19. f3 Rae8 20. Kf2 Nh5 21. Ne6
Nxf4 22. exf4 Bd4+ 23. Kg3 Qf6 24. Rae1 Rf7 25. b4 Rfe7 26. Qd3 Bc3 27. Rc1 Bd4
28. Rce1 Bc3 29. Rd1 cxb4 30. axb4 Bxb4 31. Rh6 Rxe6 32. dxe6 Rxe6 33. Qc4 Kg7
34. Qc8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 b5 {This looks like
the most aggressive answer, but in fact it leads to a position where Black is
just suffering a pawn down in the hope Black's imperfect structure will
prevent him from finding a winning plan.} 7. Nxb5 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 ({By far more
popular than} 8. Nd2 Nd5 9. Bg3 N7b6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Be2 Ba6 12. Nc3 c5 13.
dxc5 Bxc5 (13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxc5 {Aronian,L (2786)-Anand,V (2762) Moscow
2016 CBM 172 [Marin,M] (½-½, 31)}) 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Rc8 {
Gelfand,B (2735)-Grachev,B (2639) Moscow 2016 CBM 171 [Besenthal,K] (1-0, 119)}
) 8... Nd5 9. a3 $5 {This simple move forces Black into releasing the tension
without having beneffited from the pin too much.} (9. Rc1 {offers Black the
time to get coordinated.} N7b6 (9... Nxf4 $6 10. exf4 Nb6 11. Bxc4 $1 {This is
why the exchange is premature! The black bishop is hanging to Qa4+.} O-O 12.
Be2 {Mamedyarov,S (2761)-Aronian,L (2795) Moscow 2016 (1-0, 61)}) {But now the
threat ...Nxf4 is real.} 10. Bg3 (10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. Be2 c5
$132 {Kempinski,R (2615)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2682) Poland 2016 (0-1, 38)}) 10... O-O
11. Be2 c5 $11 {Wojtaszek,R (2727)-Grandelius,N (2635) Gibraltar 2016 (½-½,
30)}) 9... Nxc3 10. Qd2 $1 Nd5 11. axb4 Nxf4 12. exf4 Bb7 13. Be2 Nb6 ({
It makes sense to delay castling, in order to place the other pieces on
optiimal positions. If} 13... O-O 14. O-O Nb6 15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Rfd1 Rfb8 17.
Rac1 Qd5 18. Bf1 h6 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Rxc4 $16 {Nakamura,H (2787)-Carlsen,M 
(2855) Paris (blitz) 2016 CBM 173 [Besenthal,K] (0-1, 59)}) 14. O-O Qd6 15. Ra5
(15. Rfc1 O-O 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Rxd4 20. f5 Bc8
(20... exf5 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rxc7+ Kf6 23. Rxb7 Rad8 24. g3 Rd1+ 25. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 26. Kg2 Rd4 27. h4 $14) 21. fxe6 Bxe6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rxc7 Rxb4 24. Rd1
Rxb2 25. f3 Kh8 26. Rdd7 Rb1+ 27. Kf2 Rb2+ 28. Kg3 Rg8 29. Rxa7 Rbb8 30. h4 h6
31. Re7 Rbe8 {Gustafsson,J (2630)-Naiditsch,A (2685) Linares 2015 (½-½, 47)
with a drawn ending.}) ({One important point is that with Black's pieces well
placed already} 15. Ne5 {is premature due to} f6 16. Nxc4 $2 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Qc6
$19) 15... O-O 16. Rc5 (16. Ne5 {is still premature due to} f6) 16... Rfd8 ({
Another game on the same theme went} 16... Rfb8 17. Ne5 Bd5 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19.
Nxc4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Rb7 21. Rfc1 Rab8 22. g3 h5 23. Qd1 g6 {Rambaldi,F (2544)
-Studer,N (2462) Biel 2016 (½-½, 41)}) 17. Rd1 Na4 {Offering a draw by
repetition. This does not really lose two tempi, as the rook also returns to
a5, but under the new circumstances Ne5 will be possible and good.} ({Therefore
} 17... f6 $5 {deserves mentioning} 18. Ne1 Bd5 19. Ra1 {[%cal Ge1c2,Gg2g3,
Gc2e3]}) 18. Ra5 Nb6 19. Ne5 Bd5 (19... f6 $6 {weakens the kingside without
preventing the pawn capture:} 20. Nxc4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Qc6 22. Bf1 $1) 20. Rc5
Rab8 21. Ra1 Rb7 22. h4 {White can win the pawn whenever he wants, but this
does not guarantee a win. Mamedyarov decides on gaining kingside space first,
but this is not one-sided.} (22. Nxc4 $6 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Qxd4 $11) (22. Bxc4 Nxc4
(22... Bxc4 23. Nxc4 Qxd4 $2 24. Qxd4 Rxd4 25. Na5 Rb8 26. Nc6 $18) 23. Nxc4
Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rdb8 25. Ra4 h6 26. g3 Rb6 27. Qc3 (27. Rxa7 Rxb4 28. Rxb4 Qxb4
29. Qxb4 Rxb4 30. Rxc7 Rxb2 31. Kg2 Rb4 32. Rd7 Kf8 33. d5 exd5 34. Rxd5 {
is just drawn.}) 27... R8b7 28. h4 a6 $14 {The typical position where playing
with Black is not fun, but it may bring half a point home...}) 22... h6 23. Ra6
Qe7 24. h5 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Ra3 ({The h5-pawn can easily turn into a
weakness after, for instance,} 26. Bxc4 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 Rd5 28. Ra5 Qh4 29. Rxd5
exd5 30. Rc5 Qxh5 31. b5 Qf5 $14 {White still has has the more pleasant
position, but this time with equal pawns.}) 26... Rd6 (26... Qd8 $5 $11 {
seems to solve all Black's problems at once.} 27. Bxc4 $2 Be4 $15) 27. Bxc4
Bxc4 28. Rxc4 Rdb6 29. Ra4 Qd7 {Finally the typical major piece position with
an extra pawn has arisen.} 30. Ra5 Rb5 31. Qc3 $6 {Typical rapid chess
carelessness.} (31. g3 Qd6 32. Rxb5 Rxb5 33. Rc5 $14) 31... Qd6 $1 {[%csl Gb4,
Gf4]} 32. Rxb5 (32. g3 Rxb4) 32... Rxb5 33. Rxc7 Qxf4 34. Rc5 Rb8 {The worst
is behind already for Black.} 35. b5 (35. d5 {is a better try, but Black has a
foced draw after the accurate} Rd8 $1 (35... exd5 36. Rxd5 Re8 37. g3 $14) 36.
Rc8 Rxc8 37. Qxc8+ Kh7 38. dxe6 Qxb4 39. Qc2+ Kh8 40. exf7 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+
42. g3 Qxh5+ 43. Kg1 Qxf7 $11) 35... Qe4 36. Re5 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Qf1 (37... Qd1
$11) 38. Qc2 Rxb5 $4 (38... Rd8 $5) 39. Rc5 $4 (39. Qc8+ $1 Kh7 40. Qa6 {
pins and wins the rook!!}) 39... Rb8 40. d5 exd5 41. Rxd5 $11 {As sometimes
happens, insisting on playing for a win in a dead draw position will backfire
painfully.} Re8 42. Qf5 Qe2 43. g3 (43. b4 Qe4 $11) 43... Qxb2 {Why not?? It
is for free!!} (43... Qe4 $11) 44. Rd7 Qa2 45. Kg2 a6 46. Rd6 Qc4 47. Kh2 Qb5
48. Qf3 (48. Qxb5 axb5 49. Rb6 Re5 50. g4 Kf8 51. Rb7 $15 {should draw.}) 48...
a5 49. Rd5 Qc6 50. Qd3 a4 51. Rd6 $2 Qc5 $1 {A decisive double attack, winning
the second pawn.} 52. Kg2 Qxh5 53. Ra6 Qg4 54. Qb5 Qe4+ 55. Kg1 Ra8 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 Nh5 8. Be3
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Bg1 Kh8 12. h3 Nf6 13. O-O-O Nb4 14. g4 c6 15.
Be2 Qa5 16. Bc4 b5 17. Bb3 Qc7 18. Ng5 d5 19. Ne2 a5 20. c3 a4 21. cxb4 axb3
22. a3 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Bh2 Qb6 25. f5 gxf5 26. Be5 Bxe5 27. dxe5 c5 28.
Kb1 fxg4 29. hxg4 Qg6 30. Nf4 Qxg4 31. Rhg1 e3 32. Qxe3 Qf5+ 33. Ka1 Be6 34.
Ng6+ hxg6 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Rxg6+ Kf7 37. Rg5 Rxa3+ 38. bxa3 b2+ 39. Kxb2 Qf2+
40. Kc1 Qe3+ 41. Rd2 Qxa3+ 42. Kd1 Qa1+ 43. Kc2 Qa2+ 44. Kc1 Qa3+ 45. Kb1 Qxb4+
46. Kc1 Qc3+ 47. Kb1 Qb4+ 48. Kc1 Qc4+ 49. Kb1 Qe4+ 50. Kb2 Qb4+ 51. Kc1 Qc3+
52. Kb1 Qb3+ 53. Kc1 Qc4+ 54. Kb1 Qe4+ 55. Kb2 Qb4+ 56. Kc1 Qa3+ 57. Kb1 Qb3+
58. Kc1 Qc3+ 59. Kb1 Qb3+ 60. Kc1 Qc4+ 61. Kb1 Qf1+ 62. Kb2 Bf5 63. e6+ 1-0

[Event "SLO-chT 27th"]
[Site "Slovenia"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Oleksienko, Mikhailo"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.09.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Maribor"]
[BlackTeam "Ptuj"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 O-O 7. e4 d6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Nge2 Ne5 10. O-O Re8 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. a3 Ba5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Rc8 15.
Rb1 Qe7 16. Bb5 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 a6 18. Nbc3 Ng6 19. Bf2 b5 20. Ng3 Qd7 21. Nce2
Ne5 22. Nf5 g6 23. Bh4 Bd8 24. Nxh6+ Kg7 25. Nf5+ gxf5 26. Ng3 f4 27. Bxf6+
Kxf6 28. Nh5+ Ke7 29. Nxf4 Rh8 30. Ne2 Bb6 31. Ng3 Rxh2+ 32. Kxh2 Rh8+ 33. Nh5
Rxh5+ 34. Kg3 Qc8 0-1

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Baile Govora"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Timisoara Medicina"]
[BlackTeam "Iasi Politehnica"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. O-O {This was the last
round of the team championship. With our team already as a winner and a huge
personal score on the top board in his pocket already, Kuzubov chooses a solid
opening. But it does not mean he played without ambition as we will soon see.}
h6 ({From the years when I played 1.Nf3 and 2.g3 almost exclusively I have
noticed my opponent's tendency to ensure the bishop's retreat at an early
stage. This did not bother me, of course, as it meant I had an extra tempo in
the first phase of the game. But even if useful, ...h7-h6 could be played at a
later stage. For instance after} 6... Nbd7 7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O {White has to
choose between c2-c4 and e2-e4 (the latter after preparing it) and with his
development complete Black could already play ...h7-h6. If} 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. h3
Bh5 11. g4 Ne8 {things do not run the way White would wish them.}) 7. d3 Nbd7 {
Delaying the kingside development for the second time in a row already allows
White to save a tempo on the plan with e2-e4.} ({A safer way is} 7... Be7 8.
Nbd2 O-O {when White has to spend a tempo to play e2-e4:} 9. Re1 Bh7 10. e4 {
Here are two previous games of Kuzubov, which his opponent must have seen
during preparation.} a5 11. a3 c5 (11... Nbd7 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. e5 Ne8 14. h4 c5
15. a4 Nc7 16. Nf1 Qa6 $6 17. g4 c4 $6 {Instead of counterplay, Black just
ends up missing a pawn.} 18. dxc4 dxc4 19. bxc4 Rac8 20. g5 h5 21. Nd4 $16 {
Kuzubov,Y (2624)-Vishnu,P (2369) Chennai 2011 (1/2-1/2, 59)}) 12. exd5 Nxd5 13.
Ne5 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Nc4 Ra6 16. a4 $14 {Kuzubov,Y (2628)-Gustafsson,J 
(2647) Reykjavik 2011 (1/2-1/2, 49)}) 8. Nbd2 Bh7 {Black reckons with the fact
that developing his king's bishop would allow e2-e4 at once and plays a
half-waiting move hoping to provoke Re1 or Qe1.} (8... Bd6 9. e4 {[%cal Ge4e5]}
dxe4 (9... Bg4 $14 {means losing a tempo over the normal ...Bg4 lines.}) 10.
dxe4 Bxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxg7 Rg8 13. Bb2 $16 {Soors,S (2176)-Ulziibayar,B
Vung Tau 2008 (1-0, 24)}) (8... Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bh7 11. Qe2 {The queen
gets to this best square without wasting a tempo with Qe1.} O-O 12. Rfd1 Qc7
13. a3 Rfd8 14. e5 Ne8 15. Nc4 Nb6 16. Ne3 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. c4 Nd7 19. b4
$14 {Kuzubov,Y (2624)-Chadaev,N (2568) Moscow 2011 (1-0, 58)}) 9. e4 $1 {
Shattering Black's hopes. White spent 11 minutes on this move, possibly
meaning that the concrete position was not familiar to him.} Bc5 {Black also
reacted after a while, 9 minutes. He probably did not like the surprise at all.
} (9... dxe4 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Qe2 {leaves Black with the king
in the centre as he cannot develop his kingside easily.} Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qg5 14.
Rad1 Be7 15. h4 Qg6 16. Qf4 O-O-O {Defending against the intrusion on c7, but
exposing the king to a long term attack.} 17. Qa4 Bc5 (17... Kb8 18. b4 $36)
18. b4 Qg4 19. c4 Qxc4 20. Bxc6 Nb6 21. Qxa7 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Qxc6 23. Bd4 $40 {
Forster,R (2459)-Dunis,A (2405) Leipzig 2002 (1-0, 34)}) 10. e5 Ng8 11. d4 $1 {
Causing a lack of coordination between Black's minor pieces.} ({Slow play
would allow Black to complete the development adequately:} 11. Qe2 Ne7 12. Kh1
a5 13. Nh4 Nf8 14. f4 Nfg6 15. Ndf3 a4 16. Bh3 O-O 17. f5 $6 Nxh4 18. Nxh4 Nxf5
19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Rxf5 axb3 22. axb3 Rxa1+ 23. Bxa1 Qd7 $15 {
Thiede,L (2280)-Hracek,Z (2510) Germany 1994 (0-1, 64)}) 11... Bb6 {Played
instantly and dooming Black to a hopeless position. Of course it was desirable
to keep the e7-square available for the knight but abandoning the a3-f8
diagonal to White's mercy is a fatal idea. There were two good alternatives.} (
11... Bf8 $5 12. c4 Ne7 13. Ne1 g5 14. Qe2 Nf5 {with reasonable play even
though White has the better of things..}) (11... Bb4 $5 12. c3 Bf8 13. a4 Ne7
14. b4 a5 $132 15. b5 $6 cxb5 16. axb5 Bd3 17. Re1 Bxb5 {1-0 (70) Adithya,B 
(2311)-Adu,O (2199) Rockville 2013}) ({But} 11... Be7 $6 {is too sophisticated:
} 12. c4 g5 13. Ne1 Bg6 14. Qe2 ({Black's delay in development requires more
active moves:} 14. f4 $1 h5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. f5 Bxf5 17. Bxd5 {[%cal Gd2c4,
Gc4d6]} Bg4 18. Bf3 Nh6 19. Ne4 $16) 14... h5 15. Nd3 Nh6 {Dannevig,O (2325)
-Royset,P (2240) Norway 1997 (1-0, 61), with reasonable play for Black,}) 12.
c4 Ne7 13. Ba3 $16 {Actually this game could have been an excellent example
for my article published on this same DVD about natural moves. Apparently
Black has not done anything wrong but his position is already hopeless after
13 moves.He has no space the b6-bishop is passive and its rival on a3 is
killing. All these must have prematurely relaxed White when playing the next
move.} O-O ({Black spent 17 minutes on this natural move. He might have
investigated the consequences of} 13... c5 14. cxd5 exd5 (14... Nxd5 15. Nc4
$16) 15. Bh3 cxd4 16. e6 {and Black is doomed as he has no time to castle.})
14. Bd6 $2 {Played after less than one minute and giving Black the chance to
get out of deep water.} ({He should have taken measures against ...c5 with} 14.
Rc1 $1 {for instance} Rc8 15. Bd6 c5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bh3 $16) 14... dxc4 $2 {
Mircea probably abandoned the hope of freeing his position during the long
thought over the previous move. Obviously he as worried about being burried
alive after c4-c5.} ({And yet, now was a good moment for} 14... c5 $1 15. cxd5
exd5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 $11) 15. bxc4 Bc7 16. Qb3 {White plays now at his leisure.}
Rb8 17. Qa3 Re8 18. Rac1 Ra8 19. Nb3 a5 20. Rfd1 Nf5 21. Bxc7 $5 {Flexible
thinking. White gives up the outpost for getting a different (dynamic) sort of
advantage.} (21. c5 {at least offers Black the d5-square after} Ne7 $16 {
and it will take some time to break the fortress.}) 21... Qxc7 22. d5 $1 exd5
23. cxd5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 (24... Qxe5 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. Bxc6 $18) 25. d6 {
With White's army perfectly coordinated and Black's army chaotically displayed
the d6-pawn decides quickly.} Qb6 26. Nc5 Rd8 27. Qc3 f6 28. d7 Ne7 29. Qc4+
Kh8 30. Ne6 $1 Bg8 31. Nxd8 $1 Qxd8 (31... Bxc4 32. Nxb7 Qxb7 33. d8=Q+ Kh7 34.
Rxc4 $18) 32. Qd4 {The rest is pure inertia.} Nd5 33. Bh3 Re7 34. Qa7 Rxd7 35.
Bxd7 Qxd7 36. Qxa5 Qg4 37. Qd2 Bh7 38. Re1 Be4 39. Rc4 f5 40. Qe2 {Even though
Medicina were already champions, this match was very important. There had been
voices claiming that we would lose on purpose to allow our opponents get the
bronze medals. This was far from our intention and we won the match by a large
margin.} 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Ankara"]
[Date "2018.07.25"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.07.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tarsus Zeka"]
[BlackTeam "Turk Hava Yollari"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qb3
Na6 9. Rd1 Kh8 10. Bf4 Nc7 11. d5 c5 12. Qc2 Qe8 13. Rab1 h6 14. a3 g5 15. Bc1
Bd7 16. b4 b6 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. h4 Ne4 19. Bb2 Kg8 20. Rdc1 Qf7 21. Ba1 g4 22.
Ne1 Nxc3 23. Bxc3 f4 24. Rb7 Bf5 25. Qd2 fxg3 26. fxg3 Ne8 27. e4 Bxe4 28. Qe2
Bf3 29. Qxe7 Bxg2 30. Nxg2 Bxc3 31. Rxc3 Qxe7 32. Rxe7 Ng7 33. Nf4 Nf5 34. Re4
Rab8 35. Ne6 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 Rb2+ 37. Kg1 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 Ne3+ 39. Ke2 Rb2+ 40. Kd3
Rff2 41. Rxe3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Fall-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Ne3 c6 7. b3 d5 8. Bb2
Na6 9. g3 Be6 10. Bg2 O-O-O 11. c4 Nf6 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nxd5
Qxa1 15. Ndc3 Nc7 16. O-O Qb2 17. Qc4 Be7 18. d4 Kb8 19. Rd1 Rhe8 20. Bf3 Bf6
21. Na4 Qa1 22. Nac3 Ne6 23. d5 cxd5 24. Nxd5 Qxa2 25. Nd2 Qa6 26. Qxa6 bxa6
27. Nb4 Rd6 28. Kg2 Red8 29. Rc1 a5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Fall-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. b3
Qa5 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. e3 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Bd3 12. Re1 Nd7 13. a3 Nf6 14. Rc1 Bf5 15.
b4 Qb6 16. Nb3 Rad8 17. h3 h5 18. Qe2 g5 19. Nc5 g4 20. h4 Ne4 21. cxd5 cxd5
22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rc5 f5 25. Rec1 e6 26. b5 Rf7 27. Qc4 a6 28. a4
axb5 29. Rxb5 Qa6 30. Qb3 Rd6 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. d5 exd5 33. Rxd5 Rfd7 34. Rxd6
Qxd6 35. Qg8+ Kh6 36. Re8 Bxb2 37. Re6+ Bf6 38. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "GER CupT final"]
[Site "Wolfhagen"]
[Date "2019.05.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.05.18"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Bad Emstal / Wolfhagen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. d3 Be7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Qe2 d5 13. Nf3 d4 14. e5 Nd7 15. c4
b5 16. b3 Rb8 17. g3 bxc4 18. bxc4 Qa5 19. Bg2 Qa4 20. a3 Bd8 21. Qe4 Ne7 22.
h4 h6 23. h5 Ba5 24. Rf1 Qc2 25. Bf4 Rb3 26. Rad1 Rfb8 27. a4 Nb6 28. Bd2 Bxd2
29. Rxd2 Qc3 30. Qh4 Kf8 31. Qf4 Nxa4 32. Nh4 Kg8 33. g4 Rb1 34. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 35.
Kh2 Nb2 36. Be4 Qc1 37. Ng2 Na4 38. g5 Qh1+ 39. Kg3 Qxh5 40. gxh6 Nc3 41. hxg7
Nxe4+ 42. dxe4 Ng6 43. Qf6 Rb3+ 44. f3 Qxe5+ 45. Qxe5 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2019.07.23"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tarsus Zeka"]
[BlackTeam "Sertel GenclikK Sport"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. Nc3
b6 9. d5 a5 10. a3 Nc5 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Bf1 Bd7 13. Nd2 Kh8 14. b4 Nb7 15. Qe2
Qc8 16. Qc4 Ne8 17. Nf3 f6 18. Bd2 Nd8 19. Nh4 Nf7 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. a4 Bh6 22.
Nf3 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Nb5 Bxd2 25. Nxd2 Ra8 26. Ra3 Bd7 27. Qh4 Ng7 28. Rc3
Bxb5 29. Bxb5 Nf5 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Ne4 Ra7 32. f4 exf4 33. gxf4 Qd8 34. Rh3
N7h6 35. Qxd8 Rxd8 36. Ng5 Nf7 37. Nxh7 Nd4 38. Be8 Kg7 39. Bxf7 Kxf7 40. Ng5+
Kf6 41. Rh7 Kf5 42. Rf7+ Kg4 43. h3+ Kh4 44. Kg2 Rh8 45. Ree7 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2019.10.05"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.09.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jaime Casas"]
[BlackTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. e4 d5 8. cxd5
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nc3 Nxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qd7 13. Kg2 Nc6 14. Rad1
O-O 15. Ne1 Bb4 16. Nc2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne7 18. Rhe1 Rac8 19. Qd3 Qf5 20. Nb4 Qe6
21. Qf3 c6 22. h4 Rc7 23. Nd3 Qf5 24. Qe2 h5 25. Nf4 g6 26. e6 f6 27. Rd3 Kg7
28. Qd2 Rh8 29. Nh3 Qg4 30. f3 Qf5 31. Qd1 g5 32. hxg5 Ng6 33. gxf6+ Kxf6 34.
Rde3 Rg7 35. Kh2 a5 36. e7 Re8 37. g4 Qd7 38. g5+ Kf7 39. f4 Kg8 40. Qxh5 Rexe7
41. Rxe7 Nxe7 42. Qe2 Qf5 43. Qe6+ Kh7 44. Qxf5+ Nxf5 45. Re5 Kg6 46. Re6+ Kh5
47. Nf2 Rg6 48. Re5 Ng7 49. Re7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. a3 Nbd7 8. g3
Qa5 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. Ra2 Be7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O a5 13. Qe2 dxe4 14. dxe4 e5 15.
Nd1 Nc5 16. Ne3 Rfe8 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. a4 Bf8 19. b3 Nfd7 20. Rb1 Ne6 21. Qe1 b6
22. Qf1 Bb4 23. c3 Bf8 24. h4 Nf6 25. Rba1 h6 26. Qc1 Red8 27. Qc2 Rab8 28. Be1
Nc5 29. Nb2 Qc8 30. b4 axb4 31. cxb4 Ne6 32. Nc4 Nd4 33. Qc3 Qe6 34. Ne3 Ra8
35. Qc4 Qd7 36. Qf1 b5 37. axb5 Rxa2 38. Rxa2 cxb5 39. Bd2 Qe6 40. Qb1 Rc8 41.
Ra3 h5 42. Qd1 g6 43. Bc3 Bxb4 44. Bxb4 Rc1 45. Qxc1 Ne2+ 46. Kh2 Nxc1 47. Bh3
Qb6 48. Rc3 Ne2 49. Rc8+ Kh7 50. Bc5 Qa5 51. Nd5 Nxe4 52. Rc7 Qe1 53. Rxf7+ Kg8
54. Rf8+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.10.28"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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 "England"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Nd7 7. Bc4 Nf6
8. Ne5 e6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 Qc7 11. d4 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bf4 a5 14. c3 c5 15.
dxc5 Qxc5 16. Rad1 Bc7 17. Rd4 Bb7 18. Rfd1 a4 19. Bc2 a3 20. bxa3 Rxa3 21. Bb3
Bd5 22. Nd3 Qxc3 23. Be3 Bxb3 24. axb3 e5 25. Rh4 Rd8 26. g4 Qxb3 27. g5 Rxd3
28. Rc1 Ne8 29. Qh5 Rxe3 30. Qxh7+ Kf8 31. Rb1 Qd3 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.09.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jaime Casas"]
[BlackTeam "Paterna Andreu"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 a6 4. c5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. e3 Nf6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Rc1 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5
15. Qd4 Qe7 16. Bd3 c6 17. b4 g6 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. Qh4 Re8 20. Ne2 Nh5 21. Qxe7
Rxe7 22. Nd4 Ng7 23. f3 Bf5 24. Bf1 Bd7 25. Kf2 Nf5 26. Bd3 Nxd4 27. exd4 Kf8
28. Rc3 h6 29. Bc2 Rae8 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Re3 g5 32. f4 f6 33. Bg6 Bg4 34. h3
Bd7 35. f5 Rxe3 36. Kxe3 h5 37. g3 Be8 38. Bxe8 Kxe8 39. Kd3 Kd7 40. Kc3 Kc7
41. Kb3 a5 42. Ka4 axb4 43. Kxb4 Kb8 44. Ka5 Kc7 45. a3 h4 46. g4 Kb8 47. Kb6
Kc8 48. Ka7 Kc7 49. a4 Kc8 50. a5 Kc7 51. a6 1-0

