[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E95"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
Re8 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 c6 11. Nb3 (11. Bg5 {- Lundin-Boleslavsky (4)}) 11...
Qc7 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. h3 Be6 14. Nd2 Nfd7 15. Rc1 Nc5 16. Qc2 a5 17. Nb3 b6 (
17... Nxc4 $2 {(17...Bxc4?)} 18. Nxc5 $18) 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Bh2 {[/\ f2-f4-f5]
} f5 20. f4 Nf7 21. g4 fxg4 22. hxg4 $1 $8 (22. f5 g3 $1) 22... Bxg4 23. Qg2 h5
$6 (23... Bd7 {e.g.} 24. f5 $2 Be5) 24. Be2 Nh6 25. e5 Rad8 26. Ne4 Kh8 27. Bg3
Rf8 28. Bxg4 Nxg4 29. Ng5 $16 {[o^]} Qc8 30. e6 {[/\ 31.e7, 31.Nf7+; 30...Rde8
31.Nf7+ Kg8 32.Nd6 +-]} Rd3 31. Rcd1 Bd4+ 32. Kh1 Rxg3 33. Qxg3 Nf2+ 34. Kg2
Nxd1 35. Rxd1 Qc7 36. Re1 Qe7 37. b3 Kg7 38. Re2 Bf6 (38... Rf5 $5 {/\ 39...Bf6
}) 39. Nh3 Bd4 40. Qf3 Qd6 41. Ng5 Bf6 42. Nf7 Qd1 43. f5 $1 Qd4 $2 (43... Rg8
$1 $8) 44. Re4 Qd2+ 45. Kh3 Rg8 46. fxg6 Kxg6 47. Re2 Qc3 $8 48. Qxc3 Bxc3 49.
Nd6 $1 Bf6 50. e7 Bxe7 51. Rxe7 Kf6 52. Re1 $2 (52. Rc7 $18 {e.g.} Ke6 53. Rxc6
Kd7 54. Rxb6 Rg6 (54... Kc7 55. Ra6 Rg6 $2 56. Nb5+ $18 (56. Rxa5 $18)) 55. Nc8
$1) 52... Rd8 53. Ne4+ Kf5 54. Ng3+ Kg5 55. Re5+ Kf4 56. Re6 $10 Rd3 57. Rf6+
Kg5 58. Rf5+ Kg6 59. Rf2 a4 $1 60. bxa4 Rc3 61. Rb2 h4 $1 $10 62. Rxb6 (62.
Kxh4 Rxc4+ 63. Kh3 Rxa4 64. Ne2 b5 $10) 62... hxg3 63. Rxc6+ Kf7 64. Rxc5 Ke6
65. a5 Kd6 66. Rd5+ Kc6 67. a6 g2+ 68. Kxg2 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Reshevsky-Gligoric +2-1=7"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E95"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[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. O-O (7. d5 Nbd7
8. Bg5 {Petrosian}) 7... Nbd7 8. Re1 c6 9. Bf1 Re8 10. d5 c5 11. a3 Rf8 12. g3
Ne8 13. b4 Qe7 (13... h6 $5 {/\f5}) (13... f5 $5 14. Ng5 Ndf6 (14... Nc7 15.
exf5 gxf5 16. Ne6 Nxe6 17. dxe6 Nf6 18. Qb3 $16) 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Bh3 {/\Ne6})
(13... b6 $5) 14. Ra2 Nc7 {passiv} 15. Be3 b6 (15... f5 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5
dxc5 18. d6 $18) 16. Nh4 Ne8 {He is waiting} (16... f5 $5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. f4
e4 $132) 17. Qc1 Nc7 {Still waiting} 18. Bg5 Bf6 (18... f6 19. Bh6 {Stopping f5
} f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Bxg7 Qxg7 22. Bh3 f4 23. Nf5 $18) 19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Bh3 $1
{Stopps f5 and prepares to exchange the "bad bishop".} Re8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22.
Qd2 Nf8 23. Bxc8 Rexc8 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Rb2 Nd7 26. Na4 {To prevent Nb6} (26.
Rb7 $6 Nb6 27. Qa2 Rcb8 $1 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Rb1 Qd8 $10) 26... Rcb8 27. Reb1
Qd8 (27... Rxb2 $2 28. Rxb2 Rb8 29. Qa5 $1 $16) 28. Kg2 $1 h6 (28... Rxb2 $5
29. Rxb2 Rb8 30. Nf3 $36 {/\Nf3-e1-d3}) 29. Qa5 Nb6 30. Nxb6 axb6 31. Qc3 {/\f4
} Kg8 32. Qd2 (32. Rxb6 $2 Rxb6 33. Rxb6 Nxd5 $17) 32... Rxa3 $2 (32... Kg7
$142 33. Rxb6 Rxb6 34. Rxb6 Rxa3 35. Qb2 Ra8 36. Rb7 $36) 33. Qxh6 $16 Ne8 34.
f4 exf4 35. Rf2 Qe7 (35... fxg3 36. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 37. Qxg6+ Ke7 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39.
Rf1+ Kg7 40. Qg6+ Kh8 41. Rf8#) (35... Qf6 $142 36. Rxf4 Qg7 37. Qg5 $40) 36.
Qxf4 Ra4 37. Rbf1 Rb7 (37... Rxc4 38. Nxg6 $1 fxg6 39. Qf8+ Qxf8 40. Rxf8+ Kh7
41. R1f7+ Kh6 42. Rh8+ Kg5 43. h4+ Kg4 44. Rf4#) 38. Nxg6 fxg6 39. Qh6 Qxe4+
40. Kg1 Qd4 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Kh3 Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Match Reshevsky-Najdorf +6-5=7"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1953.06.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E95"]
[Annotator "Morgado,J"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1953.06.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[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 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
Re8 9. Bf1 c6 10. Rb1 Ng4 11. Bg5 (11. d5 c5 12. Ng5 (12. a3 f6 13. b4 Nh6 14.
Nd2 Nf7 15. Nb3 $14 {Najdorf,M-Pilnik,H/Mar del Plata 1954}) 12... Nf8 13. f3
Nh6 14. Be3 $14 {Rabar,B-Gligoric,S/Belgrade 1952}) 11... f6 12. Bc1 a5 13. h3
Nh6 14. Be3 Nf7 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Rbd1 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Nxh6 18. Na4 exd4 19. Nxd4
Nf7 20. Nb3 b6 21. Qd2 Rb8 22. Nd4 Bb7 23. b3 Qf8 24. h4 Rbd8 25. Qf4 Qh6 26.
Qxh6 Nxh6 27. g3 c5 $2 (27... Nc5 28. Nxb6 Nxe4 29. c5 dxc5 30. Ne6 Rxd1 31.
Rxd1 Nf7 32. Rd7 Ne5 33. Rxb7 Rxe6 34. Bc4 Nxc4 35. Nxc4 $14) 28. Nb5 Rxe4 29.
Rxe4 Bxe4 30. Rxd6 Nf7 31. Rd1 Nde5 32. Rxd8+ Nxd8 33. Bg2 Bxg2 34. Kxg2 Nd7
35. Nd6 Nc6 36. Kf3 Nb4 37. a3 Nc2 38. Ke4 Nxa3 39. Kd3 Kf8 40. Kc3 b5 41. Nxb5
Nxb5+ 42. cxb5 Ke7 43. f4 f5 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.10.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E95"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1956.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[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. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O c6 8. Re1 (
8. d5 $5) 8... Nbd7 9. Bf1 Re8 10. d5 c5 11. a3 Rf8 (11... Nf8 $5) 12. Rb1 Ne8
13. b4 b6 14. g3 f5 15. Ng5 Ndf6 16. Bh3 $6 (16. exf5 gxf5 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18.
dxe6 Nc7 19. Bh3 Nfe8 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Qh5 Qf6 22. Nd5 $1 Qxe6 23. Bxf5) 16...
Nc7 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Nb5 Nxb5 (19... Nfe8 20. Qh5 h6 21. Ne6
Nxe6 22. dxe6 Bxe6 23. Bxh6 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Qf6 $13) 20. cxb5 (20. Rxb5 $5) 20...
Rb8 (20... Qe7 $5) 21. Ne6 Bxe6 22. dxe6 Ne8 (22... Ne4 23. Bxf5 Nxf2 24. Qh5)
23. Qh5 Qf6 24. e7 Rf7 (24... Qxe7 25. Bxf5 Nf6 26. Qh3 $16) 25. Rd1 Qg6 26.
Qf3 e4 (26... f4 $5 27. Bd2 Rxe7) 27. Qb3 Rb7 28. a4 Rbxe7 29. a5 Bd4 30. Bf1
Nf6 (30... Kh8 31. Bc4 Rg7 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Bb2 d3 34. Bxg7+ Qxg7 35. b6 $13)
31. Bc4 d5 32. Bxd5 Nxd5 33. Qxd5 Rd7 34. Qb3 c4 35. Qc2 Qh5 36. Be3 (36. Bf4
Qf3 {/\ Bf2/} 37. Rf1 c3 $36) 36... Bxe3 37. fxe3 Qf3 38. Re1 (38. Rxd7 Qxe3+
39. Qf2 Qxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Rxd7 41. b6 axb6 42. axb6 Rb7 43. Ke3 c3 $10) 38... Rd3
39. Qxc4 $1 Rd2 40. Qc8+ Rf8 (40... Kg7 41. Qc3+ $18) 41. Qc4+ (41. Qc4+ Rf7
42. Qc8+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.03.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ng4 11. Qxg4 Bxd4 12. Qd1 Qf6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Ne5
15. Qd2 $14 {Space advantage and weakness of pawn d6 give positional edge to
white.The nearest plan of the white is to prepare the move f4.} h5 16. Rd1 Rd8
17. b3 (17. Ree1 Bg4 18. Be2 g5 19. b3 Kg7 20. Qe3 Re8 21. h3 Bd7 22. Rd2 Re6
23. Red1 Rh8 24. c5 g4 25. Rxd6 $18 {1-0 Rashkovsky,N-Saltaev,M/Tashkent
Agzamov mem 1986 (40)}) 17... h4 (17... Be6 18. Ne2 Ng4 19. Rf3 Qe5 20. Qf4 g5
21. Qxe5 dxe5 22. Rfd3 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Nf6 24. Nc3 Kf8 {1/2-1/2 Sosonko,G-Nunn,J/
EU-chT Plovdiv 1983}) 18. Be2 Be6 19. g3 (19. Rf1 g5) 19... Ng4 (19... hxg3 20.
Rxg3 $1 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21. f3 Be6 22. g4 Rd7 23. Rd3 Rad8 24.
Qh6 $16 a6 25. g5 Qf4 (25... Qh8 26. Qxh8+ Kxh8 27. Na4 b5 28. Nb6 bxc4 (28...
Rb7 29. c5 d5 30. exd5 $16) 29. Rc3 $1 (29. bxc4 Rb7 30. c5 d5) (29. Nxc4 Bxc4
30. bxc4 Kg7 31. Kf2 (31. c5 d5) 31... f6 $14) 29... Rb7 30. Nxc4 Bxc4 31. Rxc4
$16) 26. Ne2 Qe5 27. Qxh4 d5 (27... b5 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Nd4 $16) 28. Qf4 Qxf4
$2 29. Nxf4 dxe4 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. fxe4 Kf8 32. e5 Ke7 33. e6 1-0

[Event "Vidmar Memorial 13th"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1999.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
h6 9. Qc2 Nh7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 (11. b4 Re8 12. Be3 Nhf8 13. Rad1 Ne6 14.
c5 c6 15. Bc4 Qc7 16. Rd6 Ndf8 17. b5 Bd7 18. Red1 cxb5 19. Nxb5 Bxb5 20. Bxb5
Rec8 21. R1d5 $16 {1-0 Petursson,M-Cabrilo,G/Smederevska Palanka 1984/MCD-r8 
(34)}) 11... c6 (11... Re8 12. c5 (12. Rad1 Nhf8 (12... c6 13. c5 Qe7 14. Rd6
Ndf8 15. h3 Ne6 16. Bc4 Kh8 17. Red1 Rf8 18. b4 {1/2-1/2 Serrer,C-Poldauf,D/
GER 1991/CBM 24 (18)}) 13. c5 Ne6 14. c6 bxc6 15. Na4 g5 16. Qxc6 Rb8 17. h3
$16 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,U-Kasparov,G/Moscow 1982/IZT (28)}) 12... Nhf8 13. Red1
Ne6 (13... c6 14. b4 Ne6 15. Bc4 Qc7 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. h3 Re7 19.
Nc4 $16 {1-0 Roeder,M-Carstens,A/BL8687 1987/BL 80 (35)}) 14. Rac1 c6 15. b4
Qc7 16. Na4 Nf6 17. h3 Nf4 18. Bf1 g5 19. Nd2 g4 20. h4 g3 21. fxg3 Ng4 22. Nc4
Ne6 23. Qc3 Nd4 24. Nd6 Re7 25. Nb2 Be6 26. Nbc4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Pytel,K/
Polanica Zdroj 1984/MCL 01 (74)}) 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Qc1 $1 h5 14. c5 $1 $16 Ndf6
(14... Nxc5 $140 $2 15. Nd5 $18) 15. h3 Ne8 16. b4 Kh8 17. b5 (17. Nd2 Ng5 18.
Nc4 Ne6 $132) 17... Bd7 (17... f5 18. exf5 gxf5 (18... Bxf5 19. bxc6 bxc6 20.
Qa3 $16) 19. Bh6 Qxc5 (19... e4 20. Bxg7+ Qxg7 21. Nh4 Qf6 22. g3 $16 (22. Qf4
$16)) 20. Bxg7+ Nxg7 (20... Kxg7 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Bxh5 $18) 21. Qh6 Qe7 (21...
Kg8 22. Na4 $1 Qb4 $8 (22... Qc2 23. Rc1 Qxa4 24. Bc4+ $18) 23. Nb2 $1 $16 {
[%cal Ge2c4,Gb2d3,Gd3e5,Gf3e5]}) 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Qxc6 Bb7 24. Rd7 Bxc6 25.
Rxe7 $16) 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Qa3 Nc7 20. Rd6 $16 Rfb8 (20... Ne6 21. Rb1 $16 {
[%cal Gb1b7]}) 21. Red1 Be8 22. Bc4 Nf8 23. Bg5 (23. Bb3 $5 Nfe6 24. Ba4 $16)
23... f6 24. Be3 Nce6 25. Qc1 (25. Bb3 $5) 25... Rb7 26. Bb3 Rd8 $1 27. Ba4
Rxd6 (27... Qc7 28. Qd2 Rdb8 29. Qd3 $36 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gd3a6]} (29. Bb3 Qe7)
) 28. cxd6 Qd8 29. Ne2 c5 $132 30. Bxe8 Qxe8 31. Rd5 (31. Bxc5 $2 Qb5 $19)
31... Nd7 32. Ng3 Kh7 33. Kh2 Bf8 (33... Nd4 34. Nd2 Qe6 35. Nb3 Nxb3 36. axb3
Bf8 $132) 34. Nh4 Nb6 (34... Rb6 35. Qd1 Nd4 {[%csl Rd6]} 36. Qa4 $132) 35. Rd2
Rd7 36. Bxc5 Nxc5 37. Qxc5 Qe6 $11 38. Qa3 Bh6 (38... Bxd6 $11) 39. Rd1 Bf4 40.
Kg1 Nc8 41. Qf3 Qf7 (41... Nxd6 42. Nxg6 $1 Kxg6 43. Qxh5+ Kg7 44. Rxd6 Rxd6
45. Nf5+ Kg8 46. g3 Bd2 47. Qg6+ Kf8 48. Qg7+ Ke8 49. Nxd6+ Qxd6 50. Qxa7 $15)
42. Qa3 Bh6 $6 43. Nf1 Bf8 44. Rd3 $1 Rxd6 45. Rg3 $36 Rc6 46. Qd3 g5 47. Nf5
$14 Nd6 48. Nxd6 Bxd6 49. Qd1 $1 Bc5 50. Rd3 Rc7 51. Ng3 $16 h4 52. Nf5 Bb6 53.
Rd5 Kg6 54. a4 $1 Qh7 55. a5 Bc5 56. Rd8 $18 Rb7 57. Rc8 Rb5 58. Qc2 Ba3 59.
Qa2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Tratar, Marko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia III"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 {Seems like Marco wants to see a Classical King's Indian.}
3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O {Here we go!} Na6 8. Re1 c6 9.
Rb1 Re8 $5 (9... exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. f3 a5 12. Be3 $14) 10. d5 Nc5 11. Bg5 $1
a5 {Since tactics works for white Marco decides to play like nothing has
happened and we have a normal KID position over the board but usually black
does not allow white with Bg5 and Nd2 that easy neither in KID nor in Benoni.}
(11... cxd5 12. cxd5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Nfxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bb5 Rf8 17.
Rxe4 f5 18. Re1 f4 19. Bd3 fxg3 20. hxg3 $16) 12. Nd2 $14 Bd7 13. Nb3 $1 {
A move a la Kortschnoj.Trying to kick the knight would have created weaknesses
in queenside to make black base his counterplay.} Nxb3 14. axb3 $5 {I did not
want to lose any tempi since in my opinion whites chances lie in the kingside.}
(14. Qxb3 Rb8 15. Qd1 h6 16. Be3 c5 $14) 14... c5 15. Qd2 Qe7 {Black is
heading for the typical maneuver Qe7-f8.} (15... Qb6 16. Bd1 Qb4 17. Rf1 $1 b5
18. f4 Ng4 19. h3 f6 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 fxg5 22. f5 $16) 16. Rf1 $1 $16 {
Black can never attain Nd7-e5 after a possible f4 ef4 so whites plan seems to
be fully justified.} Reb8 (16... Qf8 17. f4 Qe7 18. f5 $1 (18. fxe5 $2 Qxe5 19.
Qf4 Qxf4 20. Rxf4 Nxe4 $1 21. Rxe4 (21. Nxe4 f5) 21... Bxc3 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.
bxc3 Rxe2 24. Bf4 Bf5 $132) 18... gxf5 19. exf5 e4 20. Qe3 $16) 17. Kh1 {
Always useful.} Qf8 $6 {This invites more trouble.} (17... Ra6 18. Qe3 $5) 18.
f4 $1 exf4 19. Rxf4 Ne8 20. Rbf1 Be5 {Black jettisons a pawn to get relieved.}
(20... f6 21. R4f2 Qe7 22. Bh4 $16) 21. Rxf7 Qxf7 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Bf4 Nf6 24.
Bxe5 dxe5 25. Qg5 $1 {Trying to tie black more.} Re8 {Thus Ne8-d6 is
impossible.} 26. h3 Kg7 27. Bf3 $1 {Nd1-f2-d3 is coming.} Ra6 28. Nd1 a4 29.
Qe3 $1 b6 30. Qc3 $1 axb3 (30... a3 31. bxa3 Rxa3 32. Qb2 Ra6 33. Nf2 $18) 31.
Nf2 $1 $18 {Finally white has a bind.} Ng8 $1 {Stiff resistance.} (31... Ra1+
32. Kh2 Ba4 33. Nd3 Nd7 34. Bg4 Nf6 35. Be6 Bd7 36. Qxe5 Bxe6 37. dxe6 Ra7 38.
Nf4 Rae7 39. g4 h6 40. g5 $18) 32. Nd3 Kf6 33. g4 $6 {Like Predrag indicated I
had to remove bishops to convert my advantage.} (33. Bg4 Bxg4 34. hxg4 h6 (
34... Nh6 35. Nxe5 Ra1+ 36. Kh2 Rxe5 37. g5+ Kf7 38. gxh6 $18) 35. Qxb3 Rea8
36. Qb5 $18) 33... g5 34. h4 h6 35. h5 $1 {Making space more confined for
black pieces.} Ba4 36. Kg2 Ra7 37. Kg3 Rae7 38. Bd1 Kf7 39. Bxb3 Bd7 40. Bd1
Nf6 41. Nf2 Ra8 42. Bf3 Kf8 43. Qb3 $2 {Here I could have won the game by
force.Actually I have calculated the line but forget about the power of my d
passer.} (43. Nd3 Bxg4 44. Nxe5 Bxf3 45. Qxf3 $1 (45. Kxf3 Nxe4 $1 (45... Kg7
46. d6 Re6 47. Ng4 Rf8 48. Nxf6 Rexf6+ 49. Kg3 $18) 46. Kxe4 Rae8 47. Kf5 Rxe5+
48. Kg6 g4 $1 49. Kxh6 $2 Kf7) 45... Kg7 46. Qf5 Nxh5+ 47. Kh2 Nf4 48. d6 Re6 (
48... Ree8 49. Qf7+ Kh8 50. Qf6+ Kg8 51. d7 Rf8 52. Qxh6 $18) 49. Qf7+ Kh8 50.
d7 Rd8 51. Nd3 $1 $18) 43... Ra6 {Now we have to rewind it again.} 44. Nd3 Be8
(44... Bc8 45. Qb5) 45. Qc3 Nd7 46. Kf2 $5 (46. b4 $142 $18 {is more to the
point.}) 46... Ra1 47. Qb3 Ra5 (47... Ra6 $5) 48. Kg2 {Adjusting the king's
position.} Rf7 49. Nf2 {Now Nf2-d1-f3 is coming.} ({Quite unnecessary is} 49.
Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 50. Qxb6 Nxf3 (50... Nxc4 51. Qxh6+ Kg8 52. Qxg5+ Rg7 53. Qd8 Kf8
54. Be2 Ra4 55. b3 Ra2 56. bxc4 Rxe2+ 57. Kf3 $13) 51. Qxa5 Nh4+ 52. Kg1 Bd7
53. Qxc5+ Kg7 54. Qd6 Bxg4 $13) 49... Ke7 50. Nd1 Rf6 51. Ne3 Kf8 52. Nf5 Bf7
53. Qc3 Ra2 $6 {Making things easier.} (53... Bg8 54. b4) 54. Bd1 Bg8 55. Bb3
Ra7 56. Qc2 Bh7 57. Ba4 $18 {Finally I have rounded it up.} Bxf5 58. exf5 Rd6
59. Bxd7 Raxd7 60. Kf3 $1 {The plan is clearcut king will blockade the passer
and queen will penetrate from a line.} Kf7 61. Ke4 Ra7 {This is giving up
another pawn but anyway black was lost.} (61... Kf6 62. Qa4 Rd8 63. b3 $1 R8d7
64. Qa1 Re7 (64... Kf7 65. Kxe5 Rf6 66. Ke4 Re7+ 67. Kd3 $18) 65. Qa8 $18) 62.
Kxe5 Rd8 63. f6 $1 {The simplest.} Re8+ 64. Kd6 $1 Rd8+ 65. Kc6 Kxf6 66. Qf5+
$1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.02.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Godesberg"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
({"Black is worse after} 8. Be3 $1 {", J. Gallagher in "Play the King's
Indian" (Everyman, 2005), z.B.} c6 9. d5 c5 10. a3 Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Qe7
13. b4 f5 14. Ng5 Ndf6 15. f3 Nh6 16. Rb1 f4 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Ne6 Rf7 19. Ng5
Rf8 20. Qa4 Rd8 21. Rfd1 Bf8 22. Ne6 Bd7 23. Qc2 Bxe6 24. dxe6 Rab8 25. Qa4 a6
26. Rb6 {(+/-, CDM)} Rd6 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Bxf4 Qxe6 29. Be3 Nf7 30. Qa5 Qc6
31. Rb1 Be7 32. Qb6 $2 (32. Nd5 $142 $16 {CDM}) 32... Qxb6 33. Rxb6 Nd7 34. Rb1
Bd6 35. Na4 {1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu,L (2679)-McShane,L (2625)/Gothenburg 2005/CBM
109}) 8... h6 9. Bf1 ({Zu beachten ist auch} 9. Qc2 {, z.B.} Nh7 (9... exd4 {
CDM}) 10. dxe5 dxe5 (10... Nxe5 {CDM}) 11. Be3 c6 (11... Re8 12. Rad1 Nhf8 13.
c5 Ne6 14. c6 bxc6 15. Na4 g5 16. Qxc6 Rb8 17. h3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,
U-Kasparov,G/Moscow 1982/IZT (28)}) 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Qc1 $1 h5 14. c5 $1 $16 {
1-0 Beliavsky,A (2650)-Kozul,Z (2585)/Portoroz 1999/CBM 72/[Huzman] (59)}) 9...
c6 10. Rb1 (10. d5 c5 11. g3 Kh7 $5 $14 {ECO (E2)}) 10... Nh7 11. b4 (11. dxe5
dxe5 12. b4 f5 13. b5 Qa5 14. bxc6 bxc6 $13 {Geller - Tukmakov, UdSSR 1972 /
ECO}) 11... Ng5 (11... a5 12. b5 exd4 13. Nxd4 c5 14. Nde2 Nb6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16.
exd5 Re8 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. Ng3 Rxe1 19. Qxe1 b6 20. h3 Ra7 21. Rb3 Kf8 22. Re3
Ng8 23. Bd3 Bd4 {1/2-1/2 Cerveny,M (2262)-Sergeev,V (2489)/Ceska Trebova 2006/
CBM 114 ext}) 12. d5 $1 $14 (12. Nxg5 exd4 $1 (12... hxg5 13. d5 c5 {ist
Zugumstellung zur Partie}) 13. Ne2 (13. Nxf7 $143 Rxf7 14. Ne2 Qb6) 13... hxg5
14. Nxd4 Re8 $13 (14... Ne5 $13)) 12... c5 (12... Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 c5 14. a3 a5
15. Nb5 Qe7 16. Bd2 axb4 17. axb4 b6 18. Ra1 Bb7 19. Qb3 $14) 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14.
Nb5 Qe7 15. Be3 b6 16. a3 a6 17. Nc3 f5 18. f3 Bf6 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Qa4 ({
Ein zweischneidiger Damenausflug. Die folgenden Alternativen wirken solider
und besser: I} 20. Re2 $5 g4 21. fxg4 fxg4 (21... f4 22. Bf2 Bh4 23. h3 $14)
22. Re1 g3 (22... Bh4 23. g3 (23. Qxg4 $5) 23... Bg5 24. Qxg4 Bxe3+ 25. Rxe3
Kg7 26. Qd1 Nf6 27. Be2) 23. hxg3 Bg5 24. Qd2 Bxe3+ 25. Qxe3 $14) ({II} 20. Bd3
$5 g4 21. fxg4 f4 (21... Bh4 $2 22. exf5 $1 Bxe1 (22... e4 23. Nxe4 Bxe1 24.
Qxe1 Ne5 25. Bg5 $18) 23. Qxe1 gxf5 24. gxf5 Nf6 25. Bh6 Rf7 26. Qg3+ Kh8 27.
Bg5 $18) 22. Bf2 Bh4 23. Qd2 Bxf2+ 24. Qxf2 $14) 20... g4 21. Qc6 $6 ({Damit
verliert die Dame den Kontakt zum Königsflügel,} 21. fxg4 $142 {erscheint
genauer:} Bh4 (21... fxg4 22. Qd1 $1) 22. Re2 fxg4 23. Qc6 Rb8 24. g3 Rxb1 25.
Nxb1 Bf6 26. Rf2 $14) 21... Ra7 $6 ({Zwar schwierig zu entscheiden, aber hier
war Schwarz vermutlich besser mit} 21... Rb8 $142 $5 {beraten:} 22. fxg4 Bh4 (
22... fxg4 23. Ne2 Bh4 24. Ng3 $14) 23. Red1 (23. g3 f4 $5) (23. Re2 $2 Rxb1
24. Nxb1 f4 25. Bc1 Nb8 26. Qa4 Bxg4) 23... fxg4 (23... f4 24. Bd2) 24. Ne2 (
24. Kh1 $6 g3) (24. g3 $6 Bg5) 24... Qd8 $5 25. Qxd6 (25. a4 Nb6 26. a5 (26.
Bd2 $2 Bf2+ 27. Kh1 Rb7 $1 {/\Qh4 und Rh7}) (26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 28.
Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qg6+ $11) 26... Nxc4 27. Rxb8 Nxe3 28. Rdb1 $13 {/=}) (25. Ng3 Nb6
26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 28. Nf5 $5 (28. Qh6+ $11) 28... Bxf5 29. exf5 $13 {
/=}) 25... Rf6 26. Qxb8 Nxb8 27. Rxb8 Rb6 28. Rb1 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 $13) 22. fxg4
Bh4 $5 ({Die Schlüsselstellung der Partie! Geschickt beschwört McShane
hochinteressante, undurchschaubare Verwicklungen herauf, denn die schlichte
Alternative} 22... fxg4 {ist nach beispielsweise} 23. Be2 Bg5 24. Bxg4 Bxe3+
25. Rxe3 Nb8 26. Rxb8 Bxg4 27. Qb6 Rxb8 28. Qxb8+ Kg7 29. h3 $16 {unstrittig
vorteilhaft für Weiß.}) 23. Re2 $2 ({Danach nimmt Schwarz das Heft in die Hand,
während Weiß mit} 23. g3 $1 {seinen Vorteil festgehalten hätte. Allerdings hat
es der folgende Versuch der Beweisführung angesichts der enormen
Komplikationen in sich und ist er ohne "elektronische Hilfe" kaum denkbar:} f4
24. gxh4 Qxh4 $1 (24... fxe3 $2 25. g5 $18) 25. Qxd6 $1 (25. Bf2 $6 Qxg4+ 26.
Bg2 f3 27. Bg3 Nf6 28. Qxd6 fxg2 29. Rb2 Nxe4 30. Qxf8+ $1 Kxf8 31. Nxe4 $13) (
25. Bd2 $4 Nf6 $40) 25... Rf6 26. Qe7 fxe3 27. Qe8+ Kg7 28. Re2 Rf8 (28... Rf2
29. Bg2 (29. Rxf2 $2 Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 Rb7 31. Qe7+ Kh8 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qe7+ {
, Dauerschach}) 29... Nf6 $5 (29... Rxe2 30. Nxe2 Qf2+ 31. Kh1 Nf6 $5 {führt
zum Text}) 30. Qxe5 $1 (30. Qxc8 $2 Rxe2 31. Nxe2 Qf2+ 32. Kh1 Qxe2 33. Qb8 Rf7
34. Qxe5 Qd3 35. Qa1 Kg8 36. g5 Nxe4 37. Rb8+ Rf8 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Qh8+ Kf7
40. Qh7+ Kf8 41. Qh8+ $11 {Dauerschach}) 30... Rxe2 31. Nxe2 Qf2+ 32. Kh1 {
und unter Zugumstellung haben wir dieselbe Position wie nach 28...Rf8/33.Qxe5,
siehe dort}) 29. Qe6 Rf2 30. Bg2 Rxe2 31. Nxe2 Qf2+ 32. Kh1 Nf6 $5 (32... Qxe2
33. Qe7+ Kh6 (33... Kg8 34. Rf1 $18) 34. g5+ Kh5 35. Qh7+ Kxg5 36. h4+ Kf6 37.
Rf1+ Qxf1+ 38. Bxf1 $18) (32... Nb6 33. Qxe5+ (33. Qxb6 Rb7 34. Qxb7+ Bxb7 35.
Rxb7+) 33... Kh7 34. Rxb6 Qxe2 35. Rb1 Qxc4 (35... Bxg4 36. Qg3 Bh5 37. Re1
Qxc4 38. Qxe3 $18) 36. Qf4 Qc3 (36... e2 37. Bf3 Qd3 38. Re1 $18) 37. Qg3 c4
38. Re1 Qxa3 (38... Bxg4 39. h3 Bh5 40. Rxe3) 39. Rxe3 c3 40. Rf3 $1 $18) (
32... Qf6 33. Qe8 (33. Qxf6+ Nxf6 34. h3 $16) 33... Qf8 (33... Nb6 34. g5 Qd6
35. Rf1 Qe7 36. Qc6 Bg4 37. Rf6 $1) 34. Qxf8+ Nxf8 35. h3 $16 {/+-, ><e3}) 33.
Qxe5 (33. Qxc8 $2 Qxe2 {ist Zugumstellung zu 28...Rf2/32...Qxe2, siehe oben})
33... Bxg4 (33... Kh7 34. Rf1 Qxe2 (34... Nxg4 $2 35. Qb8 Qxe2 36. Qxa7+ Kh6
37. Qxc5 $18) 35. Qxf6 Bxg4 (35... Qxg4 36. Bf3 Qd7 (36... Qh3 37. Be2 $18) 37.
Qh4+ Kg7 38. Qg5 $18) 36. Qh4+ Bh5 37. e5 Qd3 38. Re1 Qd4 (38... Qd2 39. e6)
39. Qe4 (39. Qxd4 $5 cxd4 40. Be4 Bg4 41. d6) 39... e2 40. Qxd4 cxd4 41. Be4 {
und das weiße Freibauern-Trio entscheidet:} Rf7 42. Kg2 Rf4 43. Bd3 Rg4+ 44.
Kh3 Rg5 45. Bxe2 Rxe5 46. d6 d3 (46... Re3+ 47. Kg2 d3 (47... Bxe2 48. d7 $18)
48. Bxh5 Rxe1 49. d7 $18) (46... Re8 47. Bxh5 $18) 47. Bxh5 Rxh5+ 48. Kg4 d2
49. Rd1 Rc5 50. Rxd2 Rxc4+ 51. Kg5 Rc8 52. d7 Rd8 53. Kf6 $18) 34. Rf1 Qh4 35.
Qf4 $1 (35. Qg3 Qxg3 36. Nxg3 Nh5 (36... Rb7 $2 37. e5 Nd7 38. h3 Bf5 39. e6
Ne5 40. d6 Rb8 41. e7 Bd7 42. Bd5 Rh8 43. Re1 Rxh3+ 44. Kg2 $18) 37. Nxh5+ Bxh5
38. e5 e2 39. Re1 (39. Rb1 $2 Re7 40. e6 Kf6 41. Kg1 Rb7) 39... Rb7 $132) 35...
Nh5 36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Bf3 Bxf3+ (37... Bh3 38. Rb1 Bg4 39. Rb8 Bxf3+ (39... Qe1+
40. Ng1 Bxf3+ 41. Qxf3 Qc3 42. Qf8 Qd4 (42... Qe5 43. Nf3 Qg7 44. Qxg7+ Kxg7
45. Rb3 e2 46. Kg2 Re7 47. Re3 $18) 43. d6 $5 e2 44. Nxe2 Qxe4+ 45. Kg1 Qe3+ (
45... Qg4+ 46. Kf2 Qh4+ 47. Ke3 Qg5+ 48. Kd3) 46. Kf1 Qe5 47. Qg8+ Kh6 48. Qh8+
Qxh8 49. Rxh8+ Kg5 (49... Kg7 50. Rc8) 50. Rc8 $18) 40. Qxf3) 38. Qxf3 Re7 39.
d6 $1 Re6 (39... Rxe4 $2 40. Qf8 Ng7 41. d7 $18) 40. e5 Rxe5 41. Qb7+ $1 (41.
Qf8 Qe4+ 42. Kg1 Rf5 (42... Rg5+ $2 43. Ng3 $18) 43. Rxf5 gxf5 44. Qe7+ $1 Qxe7
45. dxe7 Nf6 46. Nf4 Ne8 47. Nd3 Kg7 48. Nxc5 $16) 41... Ng7 (41... Kh6 $2 42.
d7 $18) 42. d7 Qe7 43. Rd1 (43. Qc7 $2 Rf5 $1) 43... Ne6 44. d8=N Qxb7+ 45.
Nxb7 $18 Nd4 46. Re1 Nc2 (46... Rf5 47. a4 Kg7 48. Ng3 Re5 49. Nf1 Nf5 50. Kg2)
47. Rc1 Nd4 48. Nf4 e2 49. Nd3 $18 {Allem Anschein nach hätte sich Weiß mit 23.
g3! auf die Siegerstraße begeben.}) 23... f4 24. Bf2 Bxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Nf6 26. h3
(26. Be2 Bd7 27. Qb6 Bxg4 {/\Bc8 nebst g5-g4 ->}) 26... Rc7 {Vertreibt erst
die Dame, um dann den geplanten Einschlag auf g4 vorzunehmen.} 27. Qa4 Bxg4 $1
28. Qxa6 ({I Daß es sich um ein Scheinopfer handelte, zeigt die Variante} 28.
hxg4 $2 Nxg4 $40 {drastisch:} 29. Be2 (29. Rf3 Qh4 30. Rh3 Qf2+ 31. Kh1 f3 $19)
29... Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Qh4+ 31. Kf1 (31. Kg1 f3 32. Bxf3 Rxf3 33. gxf3 Qg3+ 34.
Kf1 Qxf3+ 35. Ke1 Qxc3+ 36. Ke2 Rf7 $19) 31... g5 32. Qd1 (32. Nd1 g4 33. Bxg4
Qxg4 34. Nf2 Qg3 {/\f3-+}) 32... f3 33. Bxf3 g4 34. Ke2 Qg3 $19 35. Kd2 (35.
Qf1 gxf3+ 36. gxf3 Rh7) 35... gxf3 36. gxf3 Rxf3 37. Ne2 Qg5+ 38. Kc2 Qg2) ({
II Die schwarze Angriffsmaschinerie rollt auch nach} 28. Rb6 Bc8 29. Be2 g5 30.
Qd1 Qd8 31. Rb8 (31. Rc6 Rh7) 31... Rh7 $40) 28... Bc8 29. Qa4 g5 $40 30. Rb8 (
30. Qc2 g4 31. Nb5 Rd7 (31... Rb7) 32. Rb3 Qd8 {/\Rh7(Rg7)->}) 30... g4 31. Nb5
Rd7 32. Qc2 Qh7 33. Be2 gxh3 34. Bf3 Kh8 35. Qc3 ({Nun dürfte die weiße
Stellung nicht mehr zu halten sein. Betrübliche Aussichten hat Weiß aber auch
nach} 35. gxh3 {, z.B.:} Rdd8 $5 (35... Rg8+ $5 36. Rg2 Rdg7 37. Nxd6 Bxh3 38.
Rxg8+ Qxg8 39. Rxg7 Qxg7+ 40. Kh1 Qg3 41. Qe2 (41. Nf7+ $2 Kg8 42. Nxe5 Qe1+
43. Kh2 Nd7 $19) 41... Kg8 42. Nf5 Bxf5 43. exf5 Qh3+ 44. Kg1 Qxf5 45. d6 Kf7
$17 (45... e4 $2 46. Bxe4 Nxe4 47. d7 Qxd7 48. Qxe4 $13 {/=})) 36. Qe2 (36.
Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Nxd6 Rg8+ 38. Kh1 Rc7 39. Rg2 Rcg7 40. Rxg7 Qxh3+ 41. Qh2 Qxh2+
42. Kxh2 Rxg7 $19) 36... Qh4 37. Bg2 Rg8 38. Rxc8 Rxc8 39. Nxd6 Rcf8 40. Qd3
Qh5 (40... Rg3 41. Nf5 Rxd3 42. Nxh4 Rg8 43. Kh2 Rxa3) 41. Qf3 Qxf3 42. Rxf3
Rg6 $1 {/\Nxd5 -/+}) 35... Qh4 $5 ({Auch nicht von Pappe ist} 35... h2+ $5 36.
Kh1 Nxe4 37. Bxe4 Qxe4 $40 {-/+}) 36. Re2 (36. gxh3 Qxh3 37. Bg2 Qxc3 38. Nxc3
Rg8 {/\Rdg7->-/+/-+} 39. Kf1 Rdg7 40. Rf3 (40. Nb5 Nxe4 $1 41. Rxc8 (41. Bxe4
Rg1+ 42. Ke2 Bg4+ 43. Kd2 Rxb8 $19) 41... Ng3+ 42. Ke1 Rxc8 43. Nxd6 Rb8 44.
Nb5 Rf8 45. Nc3 e4 46. Bxe4 Re7 $19) 40... Rg6 {/\Ng4} ({auch} 40... Ng4 41.
Rh3+ Rh7 42. Ke1 Ne3 43. Rxh7+ Kxh7 44. Bf3 Nxc4)) 36... Qg5 37. Rb6 Rh7 38.
Nxd6 Bg4 $6 $138 ({Dem an "chronischer Zeitnot" leidenden McShane entgeht der
forcierte Gewinn mittels} 38... Nh5 $1 {, z.B.} 39. Bxh5 (39. Re1 Ng3 {/\h2(+)
-+}) (39. Rb1 h2+) (39. Nf5 h2+ 40. Kh1 Qxf5 $1 $19) 39... Qxh5 40. Nf5 (40.
Rf2 h2+ 41. Kh1 Qd1+ {nebst Matt}) (40. Qd2 hxg2 41. Rxg2 f3 $19) 40... Rxf5 $1
41. Qf3 Rg7 $19) 39. Nf5 ({Trotzdem ist keine Rettung in Sicht. Oder z.B.} 39.
Rb7 h2+ (39... Rh6 $2 40. Rb8 $1 (40. Rf7)) 40. Kh1 Nh5 41. Rxh7+ Kxh7 42. Kxh2
Bxf3 43. Qxf3 Ng3 44. Re1 (44. Kg1 Nxe2+ 45. Qxe2 f3 46. Qf2 Qc1+ 47. Kh2 Qh6+
48. Kg1 fxg2 $19) 44... Qh6+ 45. Kg1 Qxd6 $19) 39... Rg8 $2 $138 ({Der zweite,
diesmal schwere Fehlgriff: Vernichtend war} 39... Bxf3 40. Qxf3 h2+ 41. Kh1 Nh5
42. Re1 (42. g4 Rxf5 $19) (42. Kxh2 Ng3+ {nebst Mattsetzung}) 42... Rxf5 $19 {
und Exitus (} 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. Rb7+ Rf7 {)}) (39... h2+ 40. Kh1 Bxf3 41. Qxf3
Nh5 {ist Zugumstellung zu 39...Bxf3}) 40. Rb3 $2 ({Bietet dem Gegner eine
dritte, unverhoffte Gelegenheit. Indes hätte sich Weiß mit} 40. Bxg4 {
berechtigte Remishoffnungen machen können:} hxg2 (40... Nxg4 41. Qf3 hxg2 42.
Rxg2 Qh5 {ist Zugumstellung}) 41. Rxg2 Nxg4 42. Qf3 Qh5 43. Qxg4 Qxg4 (43...
Rxg4 $4 44. Rb8+ {nebst Matt}) 44. Rxg4 Rxg4+ 45. Kf2 Rh2+ 46. Kf3 (46. Kf1 $2
f3) 46... Rg1 47. Rb8+ Rg8 (47... Kh7 48. Rb7+ Kg8 49. d6 Rh3+ 50. Kf2 Rd1 51.
d7 Rh2+ (51... Rhd3 52. Ne7+ Kf7 53. Nd5 R1d2+ $11) 52. Kf3 Rd3+ 53. Kg4 Rg2+
54. Kh4 Rd1 55. Kh5 Rgd2 56. Ne7+ Kf7 57. d8=N+ $1 (57. Nd5 $4 Rh2+ 58. Kg4
Rg1+ 59. Kf5 (59. Kf3 Rg3#) 59... Rh5#) 57... Rxd8 58. Nc6+ Ke6 59. Nxd8+ Rxd8
60. Kg4 Rg8+ 61. Kh4 Rg2 62. a4 Re2 63. Kg4 Rxe4 64. Rb6+ Kd7 65. a5 Rxc4 66.
Kf5 Rb4 67. Rh6 $11) 48. Rb6 Ra8 49. Rh6+ Rxh6 50. Nxh6 Rxa3+ 51. Kf2 Re3 (
51... Kg7 52. Ng4 Ra7 53. Nxe5 Kf6 54. Nc6 Ra2+ 55. Kf3 Kg5 56. Ne5 Ra3+ 57.
Kf2 Rc3 58. Nc6 Rc2+ 59. Kf3 Rh2 60. Ne5 Rh3+ 61. Kf2 $11) 52. d6 (52. Nf5 $2
Rh3 $1) 52... Kh7 53. Ng4 Rd3 54. d7 Kg7 55. Nxe5 $15 Rd4 56. Kf3 Kf6 57. Kxf4
Ke6 58. Nf3 Rxd7 59. Ng5+ Ke7 60. Ke5 Rd6 61. Nf3 Rd7 (61... Rd1 62. Nh4) (
61... Kd7 62. Nh4) 62. Ng5 Rd4 63. Ne6 Rxc4 64. Kd5 $11) 40... Bxf3 $2 $138 ({
Zu allem Überfluß verbarg die Stellung beim Kontrollzug auch noch die
prächtige Entscheidung} 40... h2+ 41. Kh1 Rh3 $3 $19 {, z.B.} 42. g3 (42. Nd6
Rxf3 43. gxf3 Bxf3+ 44. Qxf3 Qg1#) 42... fxg3 43. Bxg4 (43. Qd2 g2+) 43... Qxg4
44. Nxg3 Qf4 45. Rxh2 Rxh2+ 46. Kxh2 Ng4+ 47. Kh3 {/Kh1} (47. Kh1) 47... Qh6+ {
(nebst Matt)}) 41. Qxf3 $11 {Als Bilanz aus dem Zeitnotdrama sind die Chancen
wieder ausgeglichen.} Ng4 42. Qxh3 $1 f3 $8 ({Nur so! I} 42... Ne3 $2 43. Rbxe3
fxe3 44. Qf3 $16 (44. Qxe3 $2 Qh5 45. Kf2 Rg4 46. Ke1 Qh1+ 47. Kd2 Rxg2 $13 {/=
}) 44... Rb8 45. Qxe3 Rb1+ 46. Kf2) ({II} 42... Rxh3 $4 43. Rxh3+ Nh6 44. Rxh6+
Qxh6 45. Nxh6 $18) 43. Rxf3 Qc1+ ({Auch in Betracht kam beispielsweise} 43...
Rb8 {(drohend 44...Rb1+ 45.Rf1 Rxf1+ 46.Kxf1 Qf4+ nebt Matt)} 44. Re1 Rb6 45.
d6 $5 (45. Qg3 Qh5 46. Qh3 Qg5 47. Qg3 $11) 45... Rxh3 46. Rxh3+ Kg8 47. Rf1 $5
$13 {/=} (47. Rd1 $5 Qd2 48. Rf1 $13 {/=})) 44. Rf1 Qxc4 45. Qf3 Nh2 46. Qe3
Nxf1 47. Kxf1 $13 {/= Die Qualitätseinbuße kann Weiß leicht verschmerzen, da
dem schwarzen Königsangriff die Spitze genommen ist und der Nf5 plus die
beiden Mehrbauern ausreichend Kompensation bieten.} Rh1+ 48. Kf2 Rg4 $5 49. g3
({Die Position ist offenbar in einem dynamischen Gleichgewicht, wie auch die
folgenden Varianten belegen: I} 49. Ne7 Qa6 50. Qxc5 Rf4+ 51. Ke3 (51. Kg3 $2
Kh7 $1 $19 52. Re3 Qh6 (52... Qf6)) 51... Ra1 52. a4 Rb1 53. Qc8+ Qxc8 54. Nxc8
Rb3+ 55. Kd2 Rb2+ 56. Kd3 Rxe2 57. Kxe2 Rxe4+ 58. Kf3 Rxa4 59. Ne7 $11 Kg7 60.
Nc6 Kf6 61. g4 Rf4+ 62. Ke3 Rxg4 63. d6 $11) ({II} 49. Nd6 Qa6 (49... Qd4 50.
Qxd4 Rf4+ 51. Kg3 cxd4 52. Nc4 d3 53. Re3 Rc1 54. Nd2 Rc3 55. Rf3 Rxf3+ 56.
Kxf3 Rxa3 57. Ke3 Kg7 58. Nc4 $11) 50. Qxc5 Qd3 51. Qc8+ Rg8 52. Nf7+ Kg7 53.
Qg4+ Kxf7 54. Qf5+ Kg7 (54... Ke7 55. Qe6+ $11) 55. Qxe5+ Kh6 56. Qf6+ Kh7 57.
Qf5+ Rg6 58. Qf7+ Kh6 59. Qf8+ Kg5 60. Qf5+ $11) 49... Rh2+ 50. Kf3 Qxe2+ 51.
Qxe2 Rxe2 52. Kxe2 Rxe4+ 53. Kd3 Ra4 54. d6 $11 Kh7 55. Kc3 Ra7 56. Kc4 Kg6 57.
g4 $6 ({Objektiv besser waren: I} 57. Ne7+ Kf6 58. Nc6 Rg7 59. Kxc5 $11) ({II} 
57. Ne3 Kf6 58. Kxc5 Rxa3 59. d7 Ke7 60. Nc4 $11) 57... Kf6 58. Kxc5 Ke6 59.
Kb4 Ra8 60. a4 {Bemerkenswerterweise hatte McShane - im Gegensatz zu
Kasimdzhanov - hier noch sehr geringe Restbedenkzeit, doch sollte es der
Usbeke sein, dem in diesem Remisendspiel gleich ein fataler Fehler unterläuft!}
Rg8 61. Kb5 $2 ({I} 61. Kc5 Rxg4 (61... Rc8+ 62. Kb5 Rg8 63. Kc6 Rc8+ ({
In eine hübsche Falle wäre Schwarz mit} 63... Rxg4 $2 {getappt:} 64. d7 Rg8 65.
Nd6 Rd8 66. Nb7 $18 Rxd7 67. Nc5+) 64. Kb5 $11) 62. d7 Rg8 63. Ne3 Kxd7 (63...
Ke7 64. Nc4) 64. Kd5 Rg5 65. Nc4 Ke7 66. a5 $11) ({II} 61. Ne3 Kxd6 62. a5 Kc6
63. Kc3 Rd8 64. g5 Rg8 (64... e4 65. Kc4) 65. Kd3 Rxg5 66. Ke4 Kd6 67. a6 Rg1
68. a7 Ra1 69. Kf5 Rxa7 70. Nc4+ Kd5 71. Nxe5 $11) 61... Rxg4 $19 62. Ne3 Rg3
63. Nc4 e4 64. a5 e3 65. Nxe3 (65. Na3 e2 66. Nc2 Rb3+ 67. Kc4 Rb2) 65... Rxe3
66. Kc6 (66. a6 Kxd6 67. a7 Rb3+ 68. Ka4 Rb1 69. Ka5 Kc7) 66... Ra3 67. d7 Rc3+
68. Kb7 Kxd7 69. a6 Rb3+ 70. Ka8 Kc7 71. a7 Kb6 $8 72. Kb8 Rh3 (72... Ka6+ 73.
Ka8 Rh3) 73. a8=N+ Kc6 74. Ka7 Rb3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 {
This setup is becoming popular again. I use it because it was taught to me by
Chebanenko a long time ago and it's easy for me to play this type of positions.
Also there is less theory.} 8. Re1 (8. Be3 {The alternative move to 8.Re1.} Re8
{Black wants to force White to play d5 and then to transfer his knight to g7
after Nh5, Bf8 followed by f5.} 9. d5 (9. Qc2 {preparing for the game I didn't
pay too much attention to this move even though I knew that my opponent had
played it twice already. The idea is to maintainthe tension in the centre.}
exd4 10. Nxd4 c6 11. Rad1 a6 {of course I could play the "long" game with} (
11... Qe7 12. f3 a5 {for example Akopian had a nice win with Black against
Pelletier in this tournament.}) 12. f3 d5 $6 {After the game I thought I would
repeat it again.} 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. f4 $1 dxe4 15. g4 $1 Qa5 16. g5 Nh5 17.
Bxh5 gxh5 18. b4 $1 Qc7 19. Nd5 Qxc2 20. Nxc2 Nf8 21. f5 Be5 22. Bd4 $16 {
Gyimesi,Z-Bologan,V/11th EICC 2010}) 9... Nh5 10. g3 Bf8 11. Ne1 Ng7 12. Nd3 f5
13. f3 a5 14. Qd2 b6 15. Bd1 Ba6 16. b3 Nf6 17. Nf2 (17. Bc2 Be7 18. Nf2 Nfh5
19. Bh6 f4 20. g4 {Rodshtein,M-Fressinet,L/11th EICC 2010. Actually my idea
was to play here} Bg5 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. Kg2 Nf6 23. Nh3 Qh4 $13) 17... Be7 18.
Bh6 Nfh5 {threatening f4} 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Bf6 21. Bc2 Bc8 22. Rae1 Bd7 $11
{Iotov Valentin-Bologan Victor Viorel/Rijeka 2010}) 8... Re8 9. Bf1 a6 $1 {
(Chebanenko). Again a6 and again with many ideas. Black is waiting for the
white reply and according to it he will choose the plan. If d5 then a5 and the
rook on e1 is misplaced. If dxe5 then dxe5 and Black has already equalised, if
Rb1 then exd4 and a6 will help later for b5.} 10. d5 (10. Rb1 exd4 11. Nxd4 c6)
10... a5 11. Rb1 Nc5 12. b3 Bd7 13. a3 a4 $1 {Typical and was already played -
in some variations I might lose a pawn, but White will have to pay a high
price for it.} 14. b4 Nb3 15. Be3 Ng4 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bh4 h5 {Typical play for
Black in the Gligoric variation.} 18. h3 {It was threatening the capture of
the bishop h4.} Nh6 19. Bd3 Nf7 20. Bc2 Nd4 $1 {Another typical King's Indian
sacrifice.} 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Ne2 ({After White takes with the queen on d4:} 
22. Qxd4 {there follows} g5 23. Bg3 f5 24. Qd3 f4 {with a very strong square
for Black on e5 and good prospects for the attack.}) 22... g5 23. Bg3 f5 $1 {
This I had to foresee when sacrficing on d4.} 24. exf5 (24. Nxd4 f4 25. Bh2
Bxd4 (25... Qf6 {is also possible} 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. exf5 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Qd4 {
but it's still not clear whether Black has enough compensation.}) 26. Qxd4 Ne5)
24... Nh6 (24... Qf6 25. f3) 25. f3 Nxf5 26. Bf2 Ne3 27. Qd2 g4 $1 28. hxg4 Qg5
$1 {It is unpleasant to come up against such moves in time trouble.} 29. Be4
hxg4 30. Nxd4 {Here I spent all my time - more then 20 minutes and realised
that there is nothing concrete for me and I have to satisfy myself with a
symbolic edge.} Bxd4 31. Qxd4 gxf3 (31... Nxg2 32. Kxg2 gxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Kf7 $1 {
} 34. Rg1 Qh5+ 35. Ke3 Rxe4+ 36. Qxe4 Re8 37. Qxe8+ Kxe8 38. Rg8+ Kf7 39. Rbg1
$11) 32. Bxf3 Nxg2 $3 {This move took me a time to find and to believe that it
works.} 33. Rxe8+ $6 ({After the best} 33. Bxg2 Bh3 34. Bg3 Qxg3 35. Qf2 Qg5
36. Kh2 Bg4 {I could still create few threats in mutual time-trouble, but the
result should be a draw.}) 33... Rxe8 34. Kh2 (34. Bxg2 Bh3 35. Bg3 Qxg3 (35...
Re2 36. Rb2) 36. Qf2 Re3 $17) 34... Qh6+ 35. Kxg2 Qg6+ 36. Kh2 Qxb1 37. Qf4
Qh7+ 38. Kg2 Qg7+ 39. Kh2 Rf8 40. Qg3 b6 41. c5 $6 {Anyway the position should
be already lost.} Qxg3+ 42. Kxg3 bxc5 43. bxc5 Rb8 $1 44. c6 Be8 45. Kf4 Bf7
46. Bh4 Kf8 47. Ke4 Rb3 48. Bd8 Rxa3 49. Be2 Rh3 50. Bg4 Rb3 51. Bxc7 Rb4+ 52.
Kf5 Ke7 53. Ba5 Rb5 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Fed"]
[BlackTeam "Rostov PGMB"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
h6 {A line that has been essayed by McShane amongst others. Black's play is
not as aggressive as in other King's Indian lines, but he remains solid
nonetheless.} 9. Rb1 Nh7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. b4 Ng5 {A logical continuation of
his previous strategy, that is to create a clump of pawns on the kingside that
will cramp White.} ({In another game Black elected to advance on the kingside
immediately:} 11... f5 12. b5 Kh8 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Qc2 f4 15. c5 c6 16. Red1 Bf8
17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Qa4 $1 {was Del Rio de Angelis,S-Movsziszian,K La Roda 2009.
And White's achievements on the queenside are significantly more telling than
Black's rather slow advance on the kingside; he went on to win a few moves
later.}) 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. c5 c6 14. Be3 f5 $5 {Logical, but as it turns out,
too weakening. Allowing your king to be denuded so early in the game isn't
really advisable against someone with the aggressive intentions of Svidler.
But in general I find it hard to believe that this variation will catch on for
Black, as his opening position looks rather horrible in any case. The g5-pawn
is an obvious target for White, and active play is hard to come by.} ({
Objectively Black already had to think about taking passive measures with} 
14... Bf6 {but this is a hard decision to bring yourself to make. In any case
Black's task would remain unpleasant after} 15. Qc1 Re8 {at least with the
plan of ...Nf8-e6 etc..} 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. b5 $1 {but players like Jobava are
loathe to adopt such a passive policy - this is why they are 2700. He would
rather fall on his sword than fade away quietly.}) 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Bc4+ Kh7
17. Qh5+ Bh6 18. Rbd1 Qe8 19. Qh3 Qg6 20. Bc1 (20. Rd6 Nf6 21. Bd2 {was
another way to play, immediately trying to hit on the pawns. In general
Black's armada of pawns looks rather impressive, but they can also become weak
and overextended, and whats more his king lacks long-term protection.} e4 (
21... Re8 $2 22. Bf7 $1 Qxf7 23. Bxg5 {is a good example of the perils that
can befall Black}) 22. b5 {the most direct route although this requires some
courage - the queen looks vulnerable on h3, but in reality Black has no way of
taking advantage of that, as his own position is too loose.} (22. Ne2 {is
another option, giving space for the queen on b3 for example, but probably not
necessary}) 22... f4 23. Be6 g4 24. Qh4 Kg7 {with a seemingly very strong
threat of ...Bg5, but the problem is that this runs into} 25. Nxe4 $1 {when
Black's position collapses like a pack of cards:} Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Qxe4 27. Bc3+
Kh7 28. Qe7+ Kg6 29. Bf7+ Kh7 30. Bg6+ Kg8 31. Qh7#) 20... a5 21. Rd6 Rf6 22.
Bd3 $6 {True to his style, Svidler is playing as directly as possible. Leaving
the queenside to the winds, he is staking all on a direct mating attack. But
for once Svidler, who greatly impressed with his play in the 2013 candidates,
and dazzled even more with his press conferences afterwards, quoting
incredibly complex variations and lines here there and everywhere, is let down
by his calculation in this ultra-sharp position. Surely fatigue was weighing
heavily on him at this point, as after the exhausting tournament that was
London, he went straight to the Bundesliga, then on to this event.} ({After
the direct} 22. Red1 $1 {Black would have faced an impossible task, trying to
keep all the loose strands of his position together.} Rxd6 (22... Nf8 23. Rxf6
Qxf6 24. Rd6 {just looks bad} Qg7 25. Bd3 e4 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. Bxe4+ Kg8 28.
Qxh6 $18) 23. Rxd6 Nf6 24. Na4 $1 {with the threat of Nb6, is rather killing.})
22... axb4 23. Ne4 Rxd6 24. cxd6 ({The alternative} 24. Nxd6 $5 {Is not as
crushing as it looks at first sight.} Nxc5 {pretty much forced,} (24... e4 25.
Nxe4 {is disastrous}) 25. Nxc8 g4 $1 (25... e4 26. Ne7 Qe6 27. Bc4 $1 Qxe7 28.
Qxf5+ $18) (25... Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Qe6 27. Nd6 e4 28. Nxe4 fxe4 29. Rxe4 {rather
favours white, as the black king remains exposed}) 26. Qxh6+ Qxh6 27. Bxf5+ Qg6
28. Rxe5 Qxf5 29. Rxf5 Nd3 30. Be3 Rxc8 {leading to an ending which is
extremely difficult to evaluate, although my feeling is that Black's chances
are no worse.}) 24... Nf8 25. Nxg5+ Kg7 26. Qh4 $2 ({Of course the computer
crunches out} 26. Rxe5 $1 $40 {without a second thought. The attack works
because the black king is too exposed.} Bxg5 27. Bxg5 (27. Bb2 Kf7 28. Bxf5
Bxf5 29. Rxf5+ Ke8 30. f4 {also leads to a very dangerous attack}) 27... Qxg5
28. Re7+ Kg6 29. Qh8 Qf6 30. Qg8+ Kh6 31. h4 $1 ({The immediate} 31. Rf7 {
is premature after} Qa1+ 32. Bf1 Be6 {so White prepares this idea, so he will
have mate on g5 at the end}) 31... Be6 {what else?} 32. Rxe6 Nxe6 33. Qxa8 {
and White, a pawn to the good but a much safer king, must be winning.}) 26...
Qxd6 27. Bb2 Ra5 $1 {Now Black is in time to defend his weak points.} 28. Bc4
Qd2 $4 (28... Qf6 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Bxe5 Qxe5 31. Qxh6+ Kxh6 32. Nf7+ Kg7 33.
Nxe5 Be6 {if anything rather favours Black, as his queenside clump is more
dangerous than the trumps White holds on the other side of the board.}) 29. Nf3
$1 Ng6 (29... Qxb2 30. Qe7+ Kh8 31. Qf6+ Kh7 32. Qf7+ Bg7 33. Qh5+ Bh6 34. Ng5+
$18) 30. Nxd2 $4 {A comedy of errors has appeared on the board. But it is easy
to sit there with a computer program at home and critique - during the game
you don't have that luxury.} ({Doubtless though, a month ago Svidler would
have found the winning line} 30. Qh5 $1 Qxb2 31. Nh4 $1 {in his sleep, but as
indicated before, fatigue had no doubt kicked in.} Nh8 32. Qe8 $1 {Regaining
material, and winning.}) 30... Nxh4 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Bxe5+ Kh7 33. Nb3 Ng6 34.
Bd4 {Now the ending probably slightly favours Black, but Svidler was at least
able to hold on for a draw - to lose such a game would have been quite an
injustice!} Bg7 35. Bc5 Bf8 36. Bb6 Ne5 37. Be2 Be6 38. Bc7 Nd7 39. Bd3 Nc5 40.
Nxc5 Bxc5 41. Bb1 Bd4 42. h4 Kg7 43. Kf1 b5 44. f3 c5 45. Ke2 Bc4+ 46. Kd2 Be6
47. Ke2 Bc4+ 48. Kd2 1/2-1/2

