[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schussler} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Ne7 6. Nxe5 Ng6 7.
Bd3 (7. Qe2 Qe7 8. Qxe4 (8. Nxg6 $6 hxg6 $15) 8... Qxe5 $10) 7... Nxe5 (7...
Nxf2 $2 8. Bxg6 Nxd1 9. Bxf7+ Ke7 10. Bg5+ Kd6 11. Nc4+ Kc5 12. Nba3 Nxc3 13.
Bxd8 $18) 8. Bxe4 Bc5 9. Qh5 d6 10. Bg5 $2 (10. h3 $10) 10... Bg4 $1 11. Qh4 $2
(11. Bxd8 Bxh5 12. Bg5 $15) 11... f6 12. Bc1 (12. Bd2 Qe7 13. O-O g5 14. Qh6 (
14. Qg3 f5 $19) 14... Nf7 15. Qg7 Qxe4 16. Re1 Qxe1+ 17. Bxe1 Ke7 $19) (12. Be3
g5 13. Qh6 (13. Qg3 f5 14. f4 Bxe3 15. fxe5 Bf4 $19) 13... Qe7 14. O-O Nf7 15.
Qg7 O-O-O 16. Bxc5 Rdg8 17. Re1 Bd7 $19) 12... Qe7 13. O-O $8 g5 14. Qg3 f5 $19
15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Bxg5 Qf7 17. Nd2 Rg8 18. Rae1 h6 19. Rxe5+ dxe5 20. Qxe5+ Kd7
21. Be3 Rae8 22. Qf4 Qxd5 23. Nf3 Bd6 24. Qa4+ b5 0-1

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {King} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. d5 Ne7 7. c4 Ng6 8.
g3 (8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nh4 $1 10. Qg3 Nh5 $1 11. Qh2 (11. Qg4 Nf4 12. Bf1 h5
13. Qg3 Rh6 (13... Qf6 $13) 14. Bxf4 Rg6 $132) 11... Nf4 12. Bf1 Qg5 $15) 8...
Be7 9. Nc3 Qc8 10. Be2 O-O 11. h4 $1 (11. Nd2 Bh3) 11... c5 $6 (11... a6 $13)
12. Nd2 Bd8 $2 13. Bxg4 $1 Nxg4 (13... Qxg4 14. Qxg4 Nxg4 $14 {_|_}) 14. Nb5
Be7 15. h5 $16 Nh8 16. f3 Nh6 (16... Nf6 17. Nf1 $16) 17. g4 (17. Nf1 $1 f5 18.
Bxh6 gxh6 19. Ne3 fxe4 20. fxe4 a6 21. Nc3 Bg5 22. Nf5 Nf7 23. O-O $16) 17...
a6 {[#]} (17... f6 18. Nf1 N8f7 19. Ng3 Ng5) 18. Nxd6 $1 Bxd6 19. g5 f5 $1 $8 (
19... Nf5 20. exf5 Qxf5 21. Ne4 $18 {><h8}) 20. gxh6 f4 21. hxg7 Kxg7 22. Nb3
Nf7 23. Bd2 Rg8 24. Na5 $2 (24. Qe2 Ng5 25. O-O-O $16 {Timman}) 24... Kh6 $1
25. Qb3 Rb8 26. O-O-O Rg2 $132 {Timman} 27. Qc3 Qd7 $4 (27... Qh8 $14) (27...
Qd8 $14) 28. Bxf4+ $1 1-0

[Event "Golden Sands Europe op 1st"]
[Site "Golden Sands"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kanmazalp, Ogulcan"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 Nf6 $5 (4... d5 {I really do not know
what the Turk has against these lines.} 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. Be2 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qc4 10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nge7 12. O-O a6 13. Be3 O-O-O 14.
Rfd1 Bd6 $13) (4... dxc3 5. Bc4 (5. Nxc3 d6 (5... Bb4 6. Bc4 d6 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. Qa6 Nge7 13. Qc4 O-O 14. Ng5
Rf6 15. f4 h6 16. Nf3 Rbf8 17. Be3 $16) 6. Bc4 {transposes}) 5... d6 6. Nxc3
Nf6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Ng5 Ne5 9. Bb5 c6 10. f4 Neg4 11. Be2 h6 12. Nf3 d5 13. h3 d4
14. Nd1 $40) 5. e5 Nd5 6. cxd4 (6. Bb5 $5 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. cxd4 d6 $13) 6...
Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 (8. Nbxd2 d6 9. Bb5 O-O) 8... d6 (8... O-O 9. Nc3
Nxc3 10. bxc3 d6 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Be2 $14 {After all he has the centre.}) 9.
Nc3 (9. Bb5 O-O) 9... dxe5 10. dxe5 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Qd5 $1 {The effect of this
move is tremendous!} 12. Be2 (12. Bc4 Qe4+ 13. Kf1 O-O (13... Be6 $5 14. Bxe6
fxe6) 14. Re1 Qf4 15. g3 Bh3+ 16. Kg1 Qh6 $17) 12... Qe4 13. Qc4 Qxc4 (13...
Bf5 14. O-O O-O $15) 14. Bxc4 Bg4 15. O-O-O (15. Bd5 O-O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17.
O-O Rhe8 $17) 15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ke7 17. e6 $5 {An inspired decision.} (17.
Bd5 Rad8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. f4 Rd5 $17) (17. f4 Rad8 18. Bd5 Nb4 19. Bxb7 Nxa2+
20. Kb1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rb8 22. Kxa2 Rxb7 23. f5 g6 24. fxg6 hxg6 $17) 17...
fxe6 (17... Ne5 18. Bb3 Rhd8 19. exf7 Nxf7 $17) 18. Rhe1 Nd8 19. Rd3 Rf8 (19...
Re8 $5 20. f4 Rf8 21. Red1 Rxf4 22. Rd7+ Kf6 23. Rxc7 Rxf2 24. h4 $44 {and Ra8
worries me.}) 20. Red1 Ke8 ({I could not have appreciated the results of the
active} 20... Nf7 $142 $5 21. Re1 (21. Re3 Ng5 22. Rg1 Rf4 $17) 21... Ng5 22.
h4 (22. Rg1) 22... Rf4 23. hxg5 Rxc4+ 24. Kd2 $44) 21. Rd7 Rf7 22. Rxf7 Nxf7
23. Bxe6 Nd6 24. Rg1 Ke7 (24... Kf8 $5 25. f4 Re8 26. f5 Ne4 27. b4 Rd8 $17)
25. Bd5 $1 g6 26. h4 c6 27. Re1+ Kf8 {It could have been better to go to the
other side.} (27... Kd7 28. Be6+ Kc7 29. Bg4 (29. Bh3 Rf8) (29. Bb3 Re8) 29...
Re8 30. Rxe8 Nxe8 31. f4 Nf6 32. Be6 Kd6 33. Bc8 b6 34. f5 gxf5 35. Bxf5 Ke5
$15 {I doubt it.}) 28. Re6 Rd8 (28... Nf7 29. Bb3 Re8 30. Rf6 Re7 $17) 29. Bb3
Ne8 30. h5 Rd6 31. Re5 (31. hxg6 Rxe6 32. Bxe6 hxg6 $1 (32... h5 $2 33. f4 Kg7
34. f5 h4 35. Kd2 h3 36. f6+ Nxf6 37. Bxh3 Kxg6 38. Ke3 $11) 33. f4 Ke7 34. Bb3
Kf6 35. Kd2 Nd6 $17) 31... gxh5 32. Rxh5 Nf6 33. Ra5 a6 ({The pawn sac is no
good.} 33... h5 $2 34. Rxa7 b5 (34... h4 35. Ra4) 35. Bc2 h4 36. Bf5 Rd4 37.
Be6 $132) 34. Re5 Nd5 35. Kd2 $1 $138 {His king should participate the game.}
Kg7 36. Ke2 Kf6 37. Re4 Re6 $2 {I should have pushed immediately.} (37... h5
38. f4 Ne7 39. Kf3 Nf5 40. Re5 Nd4+ 41. Ke4 Nxb3 42. Rf5+ $5 (42. axb3 Rd5 $19)
42... Kg7 43. Rg5+ Rg6 44. axb3 h4 45. Kf3 Rxg5 46. fxg5 c5 47. Kg4 b5 48. Kxh4
a5 49. f4 c4 50. bxc4 bxc4 51. f5 c3 52. bxc3 a4 $19) 38. Kd3 Re5 (38... Rxe4
39. Kxe4 $1 (39. fxe4 $2 Nf4+ 40. Kd4 h5 41. e5+ Kg5 42. Ke4 h4 43. e6 Ng6 44.
Kf3 (44. f4+ Kf6) 44... b5 45. Bc2 c5 46. Bxg6 Kxg6 47. Kg4 c4 48. a3 a5 49.
Kxh4 a4 $19) 39... h5 40. f4 h4 41. Kf3 h3 42. Bc2 h2 43. Kg2 Nxf4+ 44. Kxh2
Ke5 45. Kg3 c5 46. Kf3 $11) 39. Kd4 Rf5 40. Rh4 $4 {A terrible blunder.} (40.
Re8 h5 41. Bc2 Rf4+ 42. Be4 Kg7 43. Ke5 (43. Re6 Rf6 44. Re5 Nf4 45. Rg5+ Kh6
46. Rg8 Rf8 47. Rxf8 Ne6+ 48. Ke5 Nxf8 49. Kf5 Nd7 50. f4 $132) 43... Rf7 (
43... Rf6 44. f4 h4 45. Bf5) 44. Re6 Nf6 45. Bf5 Nd7+ 46. Kf4 Nf8 47. Rd6 Rf6
48. Rxf6 Kxf6 49. Bc8 Ng6+ 50. Kg3 b6 51. Bxa6 Kg5 52. b4 Nf4 53. a3 $1 (53. a4
h4+ 54. Kh2 Nd5 55. b5 c5 56. Bb7 Nc3 $19) 53... h4+ 54. Kh2 Kf6 55. Bb7 c5 56.
bxc5 bxc5 57. a4 Ke5 58. a5 Kd6 59. Ba6 Kc6 60. Bf1 $11) 40... Rf4+ $1 41.
Rxf4+ Nxf4 {He resigned way too early.} (41... Nxf4 42. Bc4 (42. Kc5 b5 $19)
42... h5 43. Bf1 (43. Kc5 Nd5 44. Kd6 a5) 43... a5 44. Kc5 Nd5 45. Kd6 a4 $19 {
is the easiest of all.}) 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. d5 Nb8 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Na6 11. O-O Ne8 12. a3 c5 {[#] In such positions White
usually can choose between play on the Queen side after an eventual b2-b4 or
on the opposite flank after f2-f4. In the game White keeps both options open
for a while, but then goes for a King side attack.} (12... Bg5 $5 13. b4 $36)
13. b3 Bg5 {This idea is quite typical, e. g. it is a reason behind the
exchange of the c8-Bishop in the following opening line: 1 d4 c5 2 d5 e5 3 e4
d6 4 c4 Be7 5 Nf3 Bg4 6 Be2?! Bxf3! 7 Bxf3 Bg5, which is quite good for Black.
However, in this game White is able to keep the Bishops.} 14. Bb2 $1 g6 15. g3
$1 Nb8 16. h4 Bh6 17. h5 Nd7 18. Kg2 $1 Ng7 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Qg4 Bg5 21. Ne2
h5 22. Qh3 Qe7 23. Ng1 Bh6 24. Nf3 Rf6 25. Nh4 Raf8 26. Rae1 Bg5 27. f4 exf4
28. Bxf6 Rxf6 29. e5 dxe5 30. Nxg6 Qd6 31. gxf4 Bxf4 32. Kh1 Nf8 33. Nxf4 exf4
34. Rg1 f3 35. Ref1 Qe5 36. Rxf3 Rxf3 37. Qxf3 Nd7 38. Rf1 Qe7 39. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Na3 (7. h3 O-O
8. Re1 a6 (8... h6 9. Na3 Nh5 10. Be3 a6 11. Kh2 Qf6 12. Bf1 {Smirin-Bologan/
Debrecen/1992/} Re8 $14) 9. Bc2 $1 h6 10. Nbd2 Nh7 $6 (10... Nh5 $142) 11. Nf1
exd4 $6 (11... Ng5 $142 $14) 12. cxd4 Ng5 13. N1h2 $1 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 $16 {
Ivanchuk-Bologan/Debrecen/1992/}) 7... O-O 8. h3 (8. Nc2 Re8 9. Re1 h6 10. h3
Bd7 11. Bd2 {Krasenkov-Spraggett/Andorra/1991/} a5 $1 $13) 8... Nh5 (8... h6) (
8... Re8) 9. Bc2 $1 $146 (9. Be3 h6 10. Re1 a6 {Smirin-Bologan/Debrecen/1992/})
9... Qe7 (9... h6 {/\ a6, Qf6<=>}) 10. Re1 Nd8 {/\ Ne6-f4} 11. Nc4 f6 12. Ne3
c6 13. b3 $1 $14 Nf7 14. Ba3 (14. a4 $5) 14... Nf4 15. h4 $1 Bd7 16. g3 Nh5 17.
Qe2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bc8 19. Rd2 (19. c4 $1 {/\ c5+/-}) 19... Rfe8 20. dxe5 $6 (
20. Red1 {/\ 21.c4}) 20... fxe5 21. Red1 Bh6 $1 22. Rd3 Nf6 $132 23. Nc4 c5 $8
24. Bc1 $2 (24. Ne3 Be6 25. c4 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Bg4 $10) 24... Bxc1 25. Rxc1 d5 $1
$17 26. Ncd2 $8 (26. exd5 $2 e4 27. Re3 Bg4 $1 (27... exf3 $2 28. Qxf3 $1 $16)
28. Bxe4 Nxe4 29. Re1 Qf6 $1 $19) 26... d4 27. c4 Rf8 (27... Nd6 $5) 28. Nf1
Nd6 29. N3d2 Rf7 30. f3 Kh8 31. Nh2 Nh5 (31... Rg8 {/\ g5}) 32. Ndf1 g5 33. f4
$5 Nf6 (33... g4 34. f5 (34. Nxg4 $6 Nxf4 35. gxf4 Bxg4 $17)) 34. hxg5 Nfxe4
35. Rf3 Nc3 (35... exf4 36. gxf4 Nc3 37. Qxe7 Rxe7 38. Ng3 Ne2+ 39. Nxe2 Rxe2
$17) 36. Rxc3 $1 dxc3 37. Re1 Bf5 $2 (37... Nf5 38. Bxf5 (38. Qf3 Qd6 39. Qxc3
Qd4+ 40. Qxd4 Nxd4 $17) 38... Bxf5 39. Qe3 Rd3 $17) 38. Bxf5 Nxf5 39. Qc2 Qd6
40. Qxc3 Qd4+ 41. Qxd4 exd4 42. Nf3 $16 Re7 43. Ne5 {/\ 44.g4, 45.Ng6+-} Kg7
44. Kf2 h6 $6 45. g4 Nd6 46. gxh6+ Kxh6 47. Ng3 Rf8 48. Kf3 Kg7 49. g5 $18 Re6
50. Kg4 d3 51. Rd1 Nf7 52. Nxf7 Kxf7 53. Rxd3 Rfe8 54. Nf5 Kf8 55. Rd7 Re1 56.
g6 Rg1+ 57. Kh5 Re6 58. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 71st"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "1999.11.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1999.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Bb5 dxe4 5. Nxe5 Qd5 6. Qa4 Qxe5 7. Bxc6+ bxc6
8. Qxc6+ Kd8 9. Qxa8 Nf6 10. Na3 Qg5 (10... Bc5 11. b4 (11. Nc4 Qe6 12. b3 Re8
13. Qb8 Qd5 14. Ne3 Qc6 15. a4 Nd7 16. Qb5 Qg6 17. Qe2 Ne5 18. O-O Nf3+ 19. Kh1
Qh5 20. gxf3 Bd6 {0-1 Castillo,J-Pablo Marin,A/Lleida 1991/EXT 97 (20)}) 11...
Bxf2+ 12. Kxf2 e3+ 13. dxe3 (13. Ke1 exd2+ 14. Kxd2 Ke7 15. Qf3 Rd8+ 16. Kc2
Bf5+ 17. Kb3 Rd3 18. Qc6 Be6+ 19. Kb2 Nd5 20. Nb1 Nxb4 21. Qb7 Qe2+ 22. Nd2
Rxd2+ 23. Bxd2 Qxd2+ 24. Ka3 Qxc3+ {1-0 Baron Rodriguez,J-Pavlovic,M/Terrasa
1995/EXT 98 (24)}) 13... Ne4+ 14. Ke2 (14. Ke1 Ke7 15. Bb2 Rd8 16. Rd1 Nxc3 17.
Kf2 Nxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Qxb2+ 19. Kg3 Qe5+ 20. Kf2 Rxd1 21. Qxc8 Rd2+ 22. Kf3 Qf6+
23. Ke4 Qc6+ {0-1 Jussupow,A-Sokolov,I/Garmisch 1994/CBM 43 ext (23)}) 14...
Ke7 15. Qc6 Rd8 16. Ke1 Bg4 17. Bb2 Rd2 18. Qc4 Rxb2 19. Rc1 Re2+ 20. Qxe2 Bxe2
21. Kxe2 Qh5+ 22. Ke1 Ng3 23. Kf2 Nxh1+ 24. Rxh1 Qf5+ 25. Ke2 Qd5 26. Ra1 Qxg2+
{0-1 Comp Virtual Chess-Polgar,Z/The Hague 1995/EXT 99 (26)}) 11. g3 Qh5 (11...
Bxa3 12. bxa3 Qd5 13. Qxd5+ Nxd5 14. Rb1 $18) 12. Nc4 Bc5 13. d4 (13. O-O Ng4
14. h4 Bxf2+ 15. Rxf2 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Qf3+ $40) 13... exd3 14. O-O Re8 15. h4 (
15. b4 $5 Ng4 $5) 15... Bxf2+ (15... Ne4 $5) 16. Rxf2 (16. Kxf2 Qc5+ 17. Ne3
Ng4+ 18. Kg2 Rxe3 19. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 20. Kh2 Nxf1+ 21. Rxf1 $36) 16... Re1+ 17. Rf1
Rxf1+ 18. Kxf1 Qd1+ 19. Kg2 Qe2+ 20. Kg1 Qe1+ 21. Kg2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zagorskis, Darius"]
[Black "Seul, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game is a typical example for a consequent realisation of strategical
plan, finished by the nice endgame technique.} 1. d4 {Hecht} d6 2. e4 Nf6 3.
Bd3 e5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. d5 Ne7 7. c4 g6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Bg7 10. Nc3
O-O 11. h4 $1 {White knows that the position transposed to the Kings Indian
structures and prophylactically prevents Black´s activity on the kingside, at
the same time planning original long castle setup.} h5 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Bg5 c6
14. O-O-O $1 {Because of space advantage in the centre, Black possible attack
against long castle is quite limited.} f6 15. Bd2 cxd5 16. cxd5 Nc5 17. Bc2 f5
18. f3 f4 19. Kb1 Kh7 20. Be1 a6 21. Rc1 Bf6 22. Bf2 b5 23. a3 $1 Qb8 24. b4 $1
{[%csl Ra5,Rc5][%cal Gc1c8] The right counterplay, White starts to control
important squares on the queenside.} Nd7 25. Bd3 Nc8 26. Na2 Bd8 27. Rc6 $1 Bb6
28. Bxb6 Ndxb6 29. Qf2 Ra7 30. Nc1 $1 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gc1b3,Gb3a5]} Rb7 31.
Nb3 Ne7 32. Rc2 Rc8 33. Rhc1 Rbc7 34. Na5 Rxc2 35. Rxc2 Rxc2 36. Qxc2 $14 Na4
37. Nc6 Qc7 (37... Nxc6 $142 38. dxc6 $140 (38. Qxc6 Qb6 $1) 38... Qc7 39. Bc4
$5 bxc4 40. Qxa4 Qb6 $1 $13) 38. Ka2 Nc8 $2 {[#]} (38... Nxc6 $142) 39. Bc4 $3
{[%csl Ra4][%cal Gc4b3,Gb3a4,Ga3a4]} Nab6 40. Bb3 Na7 41. a4 $1 bxa4 42. Bxa4
Nxa4 43. Qxa4 Qb6 44. Nxa7 Qxa7 {[#]_|_ Hecht Aktivierung des wK mit 47.b5.
Deshalb besser 46...Qxg2+ aber auch 47....axb5 / Analyse!} (44... Qf2+ $5) 45.
Qc6 Qf2+ 46. Kb3 Qf1 (46... Qxg2 $142 47. Qxd6 Qxf3+ 48. Ka4 (48. Kc4 Qxe4+ 49.
Kc5 f3 50. Qe7+ Kh6 51. Qf8+ Kh7 52. d6 Qd4+ 53. Kc6 f2 54. d7 Qc4+) 48... Qd1+
(48... Qe2 {Hecht}) 49. Ka5 f3 50. Qe7+ $18 {_|_}) 47. b5 $1 {[%cal Gb3b4,
Gb4a5]} Qb1+ (47... axb5 $142 {Hecht} 48. Kb4 Qb1+ 49. Ka5 b4 50. Qxd6 b3) 48.
Kc3 Qc1+ (48... axb5 {Hecht} 49. Qxd6 Qe1+ 50. Kb3 Qb1+ 51. Ka3 Qa1+ 52. Kb4
Qa4+ 53. Kc5 Qa3+ 54. Kc6 $16) 49. Kb4 Qb2+ 50. Ka5 Qa3+ 51. Kb6 $18 axb5 52.
Qxb5 Kh6 53. Kc7 g5 54. Qb6 Qc3+ 55. Qc6 Qa5+ 56. Kxd6 1-0

[Event "GRE-GER m"]
[Site "Corfu"]
[Date "1999.10.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1999.10.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Bg4 8.
Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qc4 10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nge7 12. Be3 (12. O-O a6 13. Ra4 Bd6
14. Bg5 f6 15. Bh5+ Ng6 16. Re1+ Nce7 17. Bd2 O-O-O 18. g3 Kb8 19. Ne4 Nd5 20.
Ra5 Bb4 21. Bxb4 {1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,L-Ree,H/Amsterdam 1972/MCL (21)}) 12... a6
(12... O-O 13. O-O Rfd8 14. Ra4 a5 15. Nb5 $13 {1-0 Fluvia Poyatos,J-Landgren,
P/Paris 1996/Juniors (43)}) 13. O-O (13. Ke2 O-O-O 14. Rhd1 Rhe8 15. Ra4 Bd6
16. Ne4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sermek,D-Pavasovic,D/Finkenstein 1992/EXT 97 (39)}) 13...
Rd8 (13... O-O-O 14. Rfd1 Kb8 15. Ra4 Bd6 16. Rda1 Nb4 17. Nb5 $36 {0-1
Villafane Roca,H-Sanz Alonso,F/La Coruna 1999/EXT 2000 (44)}) 14. Ra4 Bd6 15.
b4 (15. Ne4 Bb4 $11) 15... O-O (15... Bxb4 16. Bxc6+ Nxc6 17. d5 $11) 16. b5
axb5 17. Nxb5 Rd7 18. Rc1 h6 (18... Re8 19. Rca1 $14) 19. Kf1 (19. Nxd6 $5 Rxd6
20. d5 $14) 19... Rb8 20. Rca1 Nf5 21. Ra8 (21. Bg4 Nce7 22. Kg1 $5 Re8 23. Ra7
$36) 21... Rdd8 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. h3 (23. d5 Ne5 24. Ba7 Ra8 $13) 23... Re8 24.
Nxd6 cxd6 25. Ra3 (25. d5 Ne5 26. Be2 Nxe3+ 27. fxe3 Rc8 $11) 25... Re7 (25...
Nfxd4 26. Bxd4 Nxd4 27. Bxb7 $14) 26. Rb3 (26. d5 Nxe3+ 27. fxe3 Ne5 $15) 26...
Kh7 27. g4 Nxe3+ (27... Ncxd4 28. Bxd4 Nxd4 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Bxb7 $14) 28.
fxe3 Kg6 29. Kf2 f5 (29... Na5 30. Rc3 $14) 30. Rb6 fxg4 31. hxg4 Kg5 32. Rb5+
Kg6 33. Rb6 Kg5 34. b4 Rd7 35. Kg3 Nd8 36. Bd5 Kf6 37. Kf4 (37. Kh4 g6 $14)
37... g6 38. g5+ (38. e4 Ke7 $14) 38... hxg5+ 39. Kg4 Nf7 40. Rxb7 (40. Bxf7 $5
Kxf7 (40... Rxf7 41. Rxd6+ Kg7 $18) 41. Kxg5 $16) 40... Nh6+ 41. Kg3 Rd8 $16 (
41... Nf5+ $5 42. Kf2 Rxb7 43. Bxb7 $16) 42. e4 g4 43. b5 Rc8 44. b6 (44. Rd7
Rc3+ 45. Kg2 Rc2+ 46. Kg1 Rc1+ 47. Kf2 Rc2+ 48. Ke3 g3 49. Kf4 $18) 44... Rc3+
45. Kg2 Rc2+ 46. Kf1 Rb2 $6 (46... g3 $142 $5) 47. Rh7 (47. Rb8 Kg5 48. b7 g3
49. Rh8 Ng4 50. b8=Q Nh2+ 51. Rxh2 Rxb8 52. Ra2 $18) 47... Kg5 48. b7 g3 49.
Rh8 Ng4 50. b8=Q Nh2+ 51. Rxh2 Rxb8 52. Re2 Rb5 53. Be6 Kf4 54. Kg2 Rh5 55. Kg1
Kf3 (55... Rb5 56. Bf7 Kf3 57. Re1 $18) 56. Rb2 Kxe4 57. d5 Rh8 58. Rb4+ Kf3
59. Rb3+ (59. Bg4+ $142 Ke3 60. Kg2 $18) 59... Kf4 60. Rb4+ Kf3 61. Bg4+ Ke3
62. Kg2 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ovetchkin, Roman"]
[Black "Malinin, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Be2 d5 6. Qc2 dxe4 7. dxe4 Bg4 8. b4
Bd6 9. O-O Ne7 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nc4 Ng6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Be3 Bxh3 $4 (
14... Bc6 15. Bd3 $14) 15. gxh3 Qxh3 16. Nh2 $18 Nh4 17. Bf1 Nf3+ 18. Nxf3 Qxf3
19. Bg2 Qh5 20. f3 Rad8 21. Qf2 Qg6 22. Qh4 h6 23. Kf2 Nd7 24. Nxd6 cxd6 25.
Bh3 Qf6 26. Qxf6 Nxf6 27. c4 b6 28. a4 Nh5 29. a5 bxa5 30. Rxa5 g6 31. Bxh6
Rfe8 32. Bg4 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Argentina"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gomez Baillo, Jorge H"]
[Black "Servat, Roberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 d6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8.
Ng5 (8. Nd5 Na5 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Qc3 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 Rg8 12. Bf4 Qg4 13. Bg3 f5
$17 {Ezsol,M-Horvath,Is/HUN-chT2 9293 (03) ;TD 93\10/1993/}) (8. Qc2 Ne5 9.
Nxe5 dxe5 10. O-O Bc5 11. Bg5 c6 12. h3 Qe7 13. a3 O-O 14. b4 Bd4 $17 {Zabala,
PJ-Perez Pardo,J/ESP-chT ;TD 93\10/1993/}) 8... Ne5 9. Bb5 c6 10. f4 cxb5 (
10... h6 11. fxe5 hxg5 12. exf6 cxb5 13. O-O gxf6 14. Nd5 Bg7 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6
16. Rxf6 $40 {Svatos,J-Jerabek,P/CZE-ch (09) ;TD 93\10/1993/}) (10... Neg4 $5
11. Be2 h6 12. Nf3 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nd4 Qd8 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Be3 Bb4+ $1 17.
Kf1 Nxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Bc5 $17 {Pirrot,D-Blatny,P/Baden Baden ;TD 88\04/1988/}) 11.
fxe5 dxe5 (11... Ng4 12. e6 fxe6 13. Nxb5 a6 14. Qxe6+ Qxe6 15. Nc7+ Kd8 16.
Ngxe6+ Bxe6 17. Nxa8 $18 {Reides,M-Servat,R/ARG-ch (01) ;TD 94\03/1994/}) 12.
Be3 a5 (12... Bd6 13. Nxb5 O-O 14. Rd1 Ne8 15. Nxd6 Nxd6 16. Bc5 Qg4 17. Bxd6
Qxg5 18. Bxf8 Qxg2 19. Qg3 $1 Qxe4+ $8 20. Kf2 Qc2+ $6 (20... Qf5+ $142) 21.
Ke3 Kxf8 22. Qxe5 $18 {Fortes,F-Seba,K/WchJM U18 Bratislava (03) ;TD 93\05/
1993/}) 13. a3 (13. O-O a4 14. Qxb5 Bd6 15. Rad1 Qxb5 16. Nxb5 Bb8 17. Bc5 h6
18. Nf3 Nxe4 $19 {Visser,Y-Ibragimov,I/Groningen op (04) ;EXP 26/1991/}) (13.
Rd1 a4 14. Qc2 Qc6 15. O-O Be7 $19 {Barczay,L-Halasz,T/Lillafured ;TD 89\11/
1989/}) 13... a4 14. Qxb5 Be7 (14... Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Ra5 16. Nc7+ Ke7 17. Bb6 $16
) 15. h3 O-O $17 16. Qxe5 $6 Bd6 17. Qd4 Bg3+ 18. Ke2 Qe7 19. Nf3 b6 20. Bg5 $6
(20. Nxa4 Ba6+ 21. Kd2 Nxe4+ $40) 20... Ba6+ 21. Ke3 Rfd8 $19 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 (
22... Qxf6 23. Qxf6 Rd3+ 24. Ke2 Rxc3+ 25. Kd2 Rd3+ 26. Kc1 gxf6 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Evry Grand Roque"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 {White wants to have positional play which will be
helped by the supporting of the centre with c3.} e5 4. c3 Nc6 ({Another
reaction is} 4... d5 {which allows Black from the very beginning to start the
fight for the centre.} 5. dxe5 Nxe4 (5... dxe4 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. exf6
cxb5 9. Bg5 Kc7 10. Nd2 gxf6 {Capellades Subirana M - Kunin V, 2009 XI Sants
Open and now according Rybka better is} 11. Bf4+ Kb6 12. Nxe4 $14) 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Nbd2 Nc5 8. Bb1 Bg4 9. O-O Be7 10. b4 Ne6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nb3 $14
) (4... c6 {was recently played by Akobian} 5. Nf3 Qc7 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 O-O 8.
a4 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Qc2 a6 12. Nf1 b5 13. Ng3 Rfe8 14. b3 Bf8
15. Bb2 {Stopa Ja - Akobian V, 2009 World Open. The game transposed to one of
the lines in the Breier system with a slight advantage for White.}) 5. Nf3 Be7
{A modest aproach after which White gets a comfortable development of his
pieces with an easy control over the centre.} ({More popular is} 5... g6 6. O-O
Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 Nh5 9. Be3 h6 10. Na3 Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. b4 g5 13. Nc4
Ne7 14. e5 d5 15. Ncd2 $14 {Iordachescu V - Mohannad F, 2009 11th Dubai Open})
(5... Bg4 6. d5 Nb8 7. h3 Bc8 8. c4 Be7 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Be3 O-O 11. b4 Nh5 12.
Ne2 g6 13. g4 Ng7 14. Ng3 Nf6 15. Rg1 c6 16. a3 Kh8 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Ke2 Rc8 $13
{Fluvia Poyatos Jor - Peralta Fe, 2009 XXXII Open}) 6. h3 O-O 7. O-O Nd7 {
There is a whole line with this manoeuvre in the Ruy Lopez, but the fact that
here the moves a6 and b5 are not included is working against Black.} 8. Na3 Bf6
9. Nc2 {A possible setup in the line with Bd3 and c3. From here the knight can
move to e3 and d5, or simply to protect the d4-pawn. One more plus is that in
the event of exd4, cxd4 the b4-square will be protected.} Re8 10. Re1 Nf8 11.
a4 Ng6 12. a5 {While Black was busy with the improvement of the position of
his knight, White took some space advantage on the queenside.} Nh4 $1 {When
the opponent controls the centre and has got a space advantage it is always
useful for the defender part to swap some pieces:} 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. a6 exd4 {
Actually my main problem in this game was the wide choice of good
continuations. For example now I could also take on d4 first.} 15. axb7 (15.
cxd4 bxa6 (15... b6 16. d5 Ne5 17. Nd4 Qf6 18. Be3 $14) 16. Bxa6 Bf6 17. b4 $14
) 15... Bxb7 16. cxd4 Bf6 17. Bb5 {Later in the game I regretted this move
because he managed to bring his knight to b5 with tempo after ...a6. But maybe
the move Bb5 itself is not so bad.} a6 18. Ba4 Re7 19. Bf4 (19. d5 {maybe it
was time for} Na7 20. Qd3 Nb5 21. Nb4 $14 {exploiting the weak c6-square.} (21.
Bxb5 {?!} axb5 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. Qxb5 c6 $1)) 19... g6 20. Qd2 Na7 $1 {Black
wants to have both an attack on the e-pawn by opening the b7-bishop and a good
square for the knight.} 21. f3 Nb5 22. Rad1 Re8 23. Bh6 {The beginning of the
black square strategy which finally led to a win.} c5 $5 {A sharp and
interesting move which I considered as very bad in the beginning.} 24. dxc5
dxc5 25. Qf4 Qe7 26. Bxb5 ({Here I had prepared} 26. Rd7 {with the idea on Qd7
simply to give a mate after Qf6, but I missed} Bd4+ $1 {the only move; after}
27. Nxd4 Qxd7 28. Rd1 $1 {I could get a similar pawn up as it happened in the
game.} (28. Qf6 {?} Qxd4+) 28... Qe7 29. Nf5 Qe5 30. Qg5 Nd4 31. Nxd4 cxd4 32.
Bxe8 Rxe8 33. Qxe5 Rxe5 34. Rxd4 $16) 26... axb5 27. Rd7 $1 Bd4+ $1 28. Nxd4
Qxd7 29. Nxb5 {White is an exchange down, but still he is better especially
since the best Black can do is to give the pawn back.} Ra6 ({Much more
resistant would be} 29... f5 {after which White holds the knight better by
playing} 30. Nd6 Re6 31. e5 {with strong compensation.}) 30. Nc7 Qd4+ 31. Qe3
Rb8 32. Nxa6 Bxa6 33. Ra1 {An open file is an open file!} Bc4 34. Ra4 $1 {
Small tactics often helps to realise the advantage.} Qxe3+ (34... Qd1+ 35. Kh2
Qxa4 36. Qf4 $1 {and Black can not both defend the rook and defend against the
mating threats.}) 35. Bxe3 Bb3 36. Ra7 c4 {Another problem for Black is the
bad bishop on b3.} 37. Bh6 $18 {I think here the game is over as the black
rook can not leave the 8th rank while the white king will slowly approach
together with the kingside pawns.} Re8 38. e5 Bc2 39. g4 Bd3 40. Kf2 Rb8 41.
Ke3 Bf1 42. h4 Re8 43. Kf4 Be2 44. Rc7 Bd3 45. Rc5 Be2 46. Ke3 Bf1 47. f4 f6
48. Kf2 Bd3 49. exf6 Kf7 50. Bg7 Re2+ 51. Kf3 Ke6 52. f5+ gxf5 53. gxf5+ Kd6
54. Bf8+ Kd7 55. f7 1-0

[Event "Winterthur-B"]
[Site "Winterthur"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Maric, Alisa"]
[Black "Belotti, Bruno"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1996.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Bd3 {4.Nc3 is more often played.} Nc6 5. c3 e5
6. d5 Ne7 7. O-O {Maybe it was more accurate to delay castling.} (7. h3 Bd7 8.
c4 {gives White more options.}) 7... c6 {7...Ng6 allows White to exchange off
the bad bishop by 8.Bb5+.} 8. c4 Ng6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Qb3 Qc8 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. c5
Rb8 (12... dxc5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Qxe6+ fxe6 16. Nc3 {leaves Black
with a dreadful pawnstructure.}) (12... d5 {is the critical move, intending 13.
ed5 e4! 14.Te1 cd. White should probably play a speculative piece sacrifice,
such as 14.Be4 or 14.d6.}) 13. Qc3 {[#]I felt that a normal continuation such
as 10.Nc3 would not give very much.} Bxh3 $5 (13... Nh5 14. Rd1 Nhf4 15. Bf1
Qc7 16. cxd6 Bxd6 17. Be3 {is good for White.}) 14. gxh3 Qxh3 15. Bc2 (15. Ng5
Qg4+ 16. Kh1 (16. Kh2 Nf4) 16... h6 {wins.}) (15. Nbd2 {Black probably has
more than a draw by} Nf4 16. Ne1 Qg4+ {as 16.Ng4 is met by 17.Ndf3 followed by
Bf4}) 15... Ng4 {Now there is no defence against Nf4, so White must go on the
offensive.} 16. cxd6 (16. Ba4 $2 Be7 17. Bxc6+ Kf8 18. cxd6 Nh4 19. dxe7+ Kg8)
(16. Bb3 $2 d5) 16... Bxd6 17. Qxc6+ Ke7 18. Rd1 Rhd8 (18... Rb6 {looks very
dangerous as after 19.Qc3 intenting Be3, Black has 19...Rc8. And after19.Qa4
Ra8 20.Rd6 Rd6 21.Qb3 (threatening Qf7) f6 22.Be4 with extreme complications.})
19. Rxd6 Rxd6 20. Qc7+ Rd7 21. Qxb8 Qxf3 22. Bg5+ {[#] He overlooked Bg5 as
now Black is forced to play 22...f6 which takes a flight square away from his
king.} f6 23. Qb4+ Kd8 24. Qb8+ Ke7 25. Qb4+ Kd8 26. Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Seret, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Loeffler, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 a5 6. O-O g6 7. b3 d4 8. a3 Bg7
9. Bb2 O-O 10. c3 Nh5 11. cxd4 exd4 12. Re1 Nf4 13. Bf1 g5 14. h3 f5 15. g3
fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxh3+ 17. Bxh3 g4 18. Bg2 gxf3 19. Bxf3 Rxf3 20. Qxf3 Ne5 21. Qh1
Ra6 22. Nc5 Rh6 23. Qg2 b6 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. Re1 Rh5 26. Qf3 Rf5 27. Qg4+ Kf8
28. Ne4 Bg7 (28... Rxf2 29. Qh5 Rf5 30. Qxh7 Qd5 31. Bc1 Rf7 32. Bh6+ Ke7 $10)
29. Bc1 Qd5 30. Qh4 Bb7 (30... Kg8) 31. Qxh7 Rh5 32. Qg6 Qf5 33. Qxf5+ Rxf5 34.
Bf4 Be5 35. Bh6+ Kg8 36. f4 Bd6 37. Ng5 Bc6 (37... Bxa3 38. Re8+ Bf8 39. Ne6 (
39. Rd8 Rf6 (39... c5 40. Ne6 $18) 40. Bxf8 Rxf8 41. Rxd4 $16) 39... Kf7 $1 $10
) 38. Re6 Rc5 $4 (38... Kh8 $1 39. Rg6 Be8) 39. Rg6+ Kh8 40. Nf7+ Kh7 41. Rg7#
1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Poluljahov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Glyanets, Alexander R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Maykop Universitet"]
[BlackTeam "Ekaterinburg Agat"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 exd4 8. cxd4
Nb4 9. Nc3 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 c5 11. Re1 a6 12. a4 b6 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Rad1 Re8 15.
Qc2 Qc8 16. d5 Bf8 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 $14 Nd7 19. Bg3 (19. Ng5 g6 20. Bf4) (
19. Bf4) 19... h6 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21. Bc7 Qc8 22. d6 Bc6 23. Nh4 (23. Nd5) (23.
Qf5) 23... Qb7 24. Rd3 (24. Qe2 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qg4 Nf6 27. Qg3 b4 $15)
24... Re8 25. Rg3 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Nf5 Kh8 28. Nxh6 $6 gxh6 29. Qf5 Bg7 30.
Qxf7 Rg8 31. Bd8 Ne5 (31... Qa8) 32. Qh5 (32. Qxg8+ Kxg8 33. Bf6 Nf7 34. Bxg7
Kh7 $19) 32... Qd7 $4 (32... Rxd8 $19) 33. Bf6 $1 $18 1-0

[Event "Nordic Congress-05"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Bc5 (4... c5 $6 5. O-O {Bilguer} (5. Qe2
d5 (5... d6 $2 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Be6 8. Nxf7 $18 {Akos - Csaszar, corr
Hungary 1968}) 6. exd5+ Be7 7. Bb5+ Kf8 $13 {/\a6,Nd5 Forintos, Haag}) 5... d5
(5... Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 $36) 6. exd5 Be7 7. c3 $14) (4... Nc6
{-C55/6-23}) (4... d5 $5 5. exd5 Bb4+ 6. c3 Qe7+ {-3...d5 4.ed ed 5.Bc4}) ({
Nach} 4... Nxe4 5. Qxd4 {erhält Weiß einen starken Angriff für den
geopferten Bauern. Ich bin prinzipiell gegen derartige materielle Eroberungen
im Eröffnungsstadium; sie sind stets mit Zeitverlust und
Entwicklungsstörungen verbunden, welche oft fatal werden.}) 5. O-O ({Auf} 5.
e5 {hätte Schwarz selbstverständlich} d5 {geantwortet} 6. exf6 dxc4 7. fxg7
Rg8 {-compare with C55/18}) 5... d6 (5... Nxe4 $2 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3
Qh5 $6 (8... Qd8 9. Nxe4 $36) 9. Rxe4+ Be6 10. Re5 Qg6 11. Nd5 Bd6 12. Nh4 $16
{Sozin} (12. Nf4 Qf6 13. Nh5 $40 {Caro - Suechting, Berlin 1897}) 12... Bxe5
13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bf4 $18) (5... Nc6 {-C55/15-23}) 6. c3 {Weiß will um jeden
Preis Gambit spielen.} d3 ({Mit} 6... dxc3 $6 7. Nxc3 O-O 8. Bg5 $36 {wäre
Weiß glänzend entwickelt. Der Textzug gibt den Bauern zurück und verhindert
eine schnelle und kräftige Mobilisation der weißen Figuren.} Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6
10. Qb3 Qc8 11. e5 (11. Bxf6 Rxf6 12. e5 $18 {Tarrash}) 11... Ng4 12. Ne4 $16 {
Hartlaub - Leonhardt, Hamburg 1906}) 7. Qxd3 Nc6 8. b4 $6 ({Dieser Zug
schwächt den Damenflügel. Weiß tut ihn doch, weil in der ruhigen Variante} 
8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Ne5 $15 {(Alekhin) Schwarz ein leichtes Spiel
hätte.}) 8... Bb6 9. b5 Na5 10. e5 {Das Vorgehen dieses Bauern zwingt den
Schwarzen, angesichts der etwas unsicheren Lage seines Königs, sehr
vorsichtig zu spielen; es pariert auch die Drohung 10.Sxe4, welche in
Verbindung mit der Rochade des Schwarzen die bessere Partie gewährt hätte.}
dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Bxf7 e4 13. Ne5 {Notwendig nach der Drohung Ba3 mit
Aussicht auf gutem Angriff für Weiß. Ohne diese Möglichkeit muss aber der
Anziehende vom direkten Angriff zur einfachen Entwicklung seiner noch
zurückgebliebenen Streitkräfte übergehen.} Bc5 $1 14. Nd2 Rf8 {Droht mit
Figurengewinn durch 15. ...Bd6 usw.} 15. Ndc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Ke7 17. Bg5 Bd6 $1
{Zwingt den Weißen zu} 18. f4 {und nimmt im dadurch die Möglichkeit, später
die e- Reihe durch f4 zu öffnen.} Bf5 $1 19. g4 {Weiß will den schwarzen
Läufer von der Diagonale b1-h6 vertreiben. In der Tat könnte Schwarz sonst
durch h6 seinem Läufer den Rückzug nach h7 sichern, worauf der Freibauer c4
sehr stark geworden wäre; der weiße Zug g4 hat aber auch seine
Schattenseiten: er schwächt die Königstellung.} Be6 20. Rfe1 e3 $1 21. Bd3 $2
({Für Weiß wäre es besser, sich durch} 21. Kg2 {vom e- Bauern zu befreien.
Es könnte folgen} Bxe5 22. fxe5 Bxc4 23. Rxe3 Kf7 24. exf6 gxf6 $15 {aber
auch in diesem Falle wäre das Endspiel für Schwarz günstig (Alekhin).}) (21.
f5 Bxe5 22. Bxe6 Bxc3 23. Bxe3 Nxg4 {Panov}) 21... Ke8 $1 {Dieser den Springer
befreiende Zug gestattet nicht nur, den c- Bauern zu schützen, sondern
bedroht auch dem Bauern g4} 22. h3 Nd5 {Wiederum zwei Bauern angegriffen! Ein
klarer Beweis dafür, wie gefährlich es war, sie vorzeitig vorauszuschieben}
23. f5 ({Durch} 23. Bxh7 {hätte Weiß vorerst materielle Verluste vermeiden
können, aber dann wäre seine Lage nach} Nxf4 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 $17 {fast
hoffnungslos (Alekhin). Er zieht eine Opferkombination vor, durch die er die
Initiative zu bekommen hofft.}) 23... Bxe5 24. fxe6 Bxc3 25. Bxh7 {Mit der
Drohung 26. Lg6+ usw.} Nf4 $1 {Das einzige Mittel zum Erfolg.} ({Weder} 25...
Rf3 $2 26. Bg6+ Kf8 27. Rf1 {Alekhin}) ({noch} 25... Ne7 $2 {(in Zug, den
Spielmsnn wahrscheinlich erwartet hatte)} 26. Rad1 Bxe1 27. Rd7 Bb4 28. Bxe7
Bxe7 29. Bg6+ {wären ausreichend gewesen. Jetzt muss Weiß verlieren. 
(Alekhin)}) 26. Rad1 Bxe1 27. Rd7 Bb4 ({Nach} 27... Ne2+ 28. Kg2 Rf2+ 29. Kh1
Bb4 30. Rxg7 {drohend Matt in drei Zügen und Schwarz müsste durch ewiges
Schach Remis halten.  WEIß GIBT AUG. Kommentar: A. Aljechin, "Meine besten
Partien 1908-1923", 1983, S. 22-24 MDB 15: 24756}) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 09th"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1989.11.23"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Ne7 6. Nxe5 Ng6 7. Nxg6 (7. Qd4
Qe7 (7... Qf6 8. Qxe4 Qxe5 9. Qxe5+ Nxe5 10. Bf4 d6 $10 {Dueckstein-Larsen,Le
Havre 1966}) 8. Qxe4 Qxe5 9. Qxe5+ {Lukin-Bandza} (9. Nd2 {Hickl-Hjartarson}))
(7. Bd3 Nxe5 $1 (7... Nxf2 8. Bxg6 $1 Nxd1 9. Bxf7+ Ke7 10. Bg5+ Kd6 11. Nc4+
Kc5 12. Nba3 $18) (7... Nc5 8. Bxg6 hxg6 9. Be3 $14 {Minev-Barcza,Zagreb 1955})
8. Bxe4 Bc5 $10) 7... hxg6 8. Qe2 Qe7 9. Bf4 {N} (9. Be3 Rh5 $10 {
Liebert-Minev,Berlin 1962}) (9. Na3 Nf6 {Dreev-Akopian}) 9... d6 (9... c6 $5)
10. Na3 Rh4 (10... Nf6 $10) 11. g3 Rh5 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. Re1 (13. c4 Bh3) (13.
Qb5+ c6) (13. Qc4 Bg4) 13... Rxd5 $6 (13... Qxe2 14. Bxe2 Rh8 $10) 14. Bg2 Qxe2
(14... Rc5 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Qxb7 $16) 15. Rxe2+ Be6 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Bg5 $14
Kd7 18. Rhe1 Bg4 $5 (18... Bf5 {/\ f6, g5}) 19. f3 Bf5 (19... Bxf3 20. Rf2 $16)
20. g4 {><f4} (20. Nc4 f6 {/\ g5}) 20... f6 $1 21. Bh4 (21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. gxf5
gxf5 $44) (21. gxf5 fxg5 22. fxg6 Nf4 23. Rd2 Be7 $44) (21. Be3 $1 Bd3 22. Rd2
Nxe3 23. Rxe3 (23. Rxd3 Ng2 $44) 23... Ba6 24. Nc2 $14) 21... g5 22. gxf5 (22.
Bxg5 Bxg4 23. fxg4 fxg5 {/\ Nf4-g6, Be7-f6~/=}) 22... gxh4 23. Nc2 (23. Re4 Ne7
24. Rf4 $2 g5 $1 $15) 23... Nf4 24. Rd2 g6 25. Kd1 (25. fxg6 Bh6 {/\ Rg8~/=})
25... Bh6 26. Ne3 Bg5 27. Nd5 (27. fxg6 Nxg6) 27... Nxd5 28. Rxd5 c6 $13 29.
Rd3 (29. Rd4 gxf5 30. f4 Bh6 {/\ c5 ><f4}) 29... gxf5 30. Rf1 Rg8 (30... f4 $2
{ץg5}) 31. f4 Bh6 32. c4 Rg2 33. Rd2 Rg7 34. Re2 Rg4 35. Ref2 a6 36. Kd2 b5
37. b3 Kc7 38. Ke3 Kb6 39. Rd1 bxc4 40. bxc4 (40. Rxd6 $2 Bf8 {/\ Bc5-/+})
40... Kc5 41. Rd3 {/\ Ra3} a5 $1 42. Ra3 Kb4 43. Rd3 (43. Rb3+ Kxc4 44. Rb8 Rg7
{/\ Re7}) 43... Kc5 44. Ra3 Kb4 45. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch26 Final"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yukhtman, Jacob"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1959.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. O-O (7. e5
d5 8. Bb3 Ne4 9. O-O $1 Bxc3 10. Bxd5 Bf5 11. bxc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qe1
$14) 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. e5 (9. Ba3 Bg4) 9... dxe5 (9... Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5
11. Qb3 $1 Qe7 12. Ba3 c5 13. Qb5+ Nd7 14. Rae1 $1 O-O 15. f4 $40 {
Penrose-Unzicker,Leipzig 1960}) 10. Ng5 O-O (10... Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qb3
Qd5 13. Nxe6 Qxb3 14. axb3 Kf7 15. Nxc7 Rad8 {= Aronin}) 11. Ba3 Qxd1 12. Raxd1
Bf5 13. Bxf8 Rxf8 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. Rb1 e4 17. Nd4 (17. Nd2 Rd8 18.
Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Bf5) 17... Ne5 18. Bf1 c5 19. Nb5 c4 20. f3 Bxf3 21. gxf3
Nxf3+ 22. Kf2 Ng4+ 23. Kg3 Nxe1 (23... f5 $5) 24. Rxe1 f5 25. Bxc4+ Kh7 26. Be2
Ne5 27. Kf4 Ng6+ 28. Ke3 f4+ 29. Kd4 Kh8 (29... Nh4 $1 30. Kxe4 Re8+ $1 31. Kd5
Re3 $1 32. Kc4 Ng2) 30. Rg1 Nh4 31. Kxe4 Re8+ 32. Kd3 f3 33. Bd1 Ng2 34. Kd2
Nh4 35. Nd4 Rd8 36. Rf1 Rd5 37. Kd3 Ra5 38. Bb3 g5 39. Nxf3 Rf5 40. Nd2 1-0

[Event "Lone Pine op Louis D. Statham Masters"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1979.03.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Whitehead, Paul A"]
[Black "Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1979.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d3 5. Bxd3 d6 6. h3 Be7 7. O-O Bf6 8. Be3
Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nd4 Re8 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 a5 13. Rae1 Ba6 14. Bxa6
Rxa6 15. f4 Ra8 16. g4 h6 17. Re2 a4 18. Nf3 Ng6 19. Bc1 Qb8 20. e5 dxe5 21.
fxe5 Nxe5 22. Nd4 Ng6 23. Ref2 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Re7 25. Qxc6 Qe8 26. Qc4 Rd8 27.
Bd2 Nf8 28. Bb4 Red7 29. Bxf8 Qxf8 30. Qxa4 Rxd4 31. Qb3 R8d7 32. Re1 Rd3 33.
Qb5 g6 34. Qc6 Qd8 35. Rf6 Kg7 36. Ref1 Rxh3 37. Kg2 Rhd3 38. a4 R3d4 39. a5
Rxg4+ 40. Kh1 Rgd4 41. Qf3 Qe8 42. a6 Rd3 43. Qc6 Qe5 44. R6f3 Rd2 $17 {time}
0-1

[Event "URS-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.02.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1957.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 d6 5. d5 (5. Bb5 $5) (5. dxe5 Nxe5 6. Nxe5
dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bc4 Nxe4 $1 9. Bxf7 Bc5 $1 10. O-O Rf8) 5... Nb8 6. Bd3
g6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Be3 Bg7 9. Nbd2 (9. c4 $142 {/\ 10.Nc3}) 9... Nh5 10. g3 O-O
11. Qe2 (11. Qc2 $142 {/\ c3-c4}) 11... c6 12. c4 c5 $1 (12... cxd5 $2 13. cxd5
{/\ Nc4|^<<}) 13. O-O-O $2 {>= 13.Nf1, 14.0-0-0} a6 (13... Nf4 $1 14. gxf4 exf4
15. Bxf4 Qf6 16. e5 Qxf4 17. exd6 Nf6 18. Qe5 Nh5 $17) 14. h4 $2 (14. Rdg1 $142
$1 $132 b5) 14... Nf4 $1 $19 15. gxf4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Qf6 17. Rdg1 Qxf4 18. h5 b5
19. hxg6 (19. Rh4 Qf6 20. Ng5 h6 $1) 19... hxg6 20. Kd1 (20. Ng5 bxc4 21. Bxc4
Ne5 $19) 20... Qf6 21. Ng5 Re8 22. Rh4 Nb6 23. Bc2 Nxc4 24. e5 $5 Rxe5 25. Nde4
Qe7 (25... Rxd5+ 26. Ke1 Qxb2 27. Nf6+ Qxf6 28. Qe8+ Bf8 29. Rh8+ $1) 26. f4
Rxd5+ 27. Ke1 Bf5 $19 (27... f6 $19) 28. Rgh1 {/\ 29.Rh8+! Bxh8 30.Rxh8+ Kxh8
31.Qh2+O} Rd2 (28... f6 29. Nd2 Qxe2+ 30. Kxe2 Re8+ $1 $19) 29. Qf3 f6 (29...
Rxc2 $4 30. Rh8+ Bxh8 31. Rxh8+ Kxh8 32. Qh1+ Kg8 $18) 30. Kf1 fxg5 31. Nf6+
Qxf6 32. Qxa8+ Kf7 33. Rh8 Bd3+ 0-1

[Event "Winterthur"]
[Site "Winterthur"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Forster, Richard"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Endgame-CD"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1996.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Be2 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Qa5 10. Bd2 Bg4 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ne4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6
15. Qb3 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Qxd2 18. Bf3 Qxd4 19. Qxb7 Rac8 20. a4 a5
21. Qc6 f5 22. Rac1 Kh8 23. Rc4 Qb2 24. Rc2 Qb4 25. Rc4 Qe7 26. Qc5 Qf6 27. Qc6
fxg4 28. Qxf6 gxf6 29. Bxg4 Bd3 30. Rc5 Rg8 31. Rd1 Be2 32. Rd7 f5 33. Rxf5
Rxg4+ 34. hxg4 Bxg4 35. Rdd5 Bxf5 36. Rxf5 c5 37. Kf1 Kg7 38. Ke2 Kg6 39. Rd5
h5 40. Kd3 h4 41. f4 Rh8 42. Rxc5 h3 43. Rg5+ Kf6 44. Rg1 h2 45. Rh1 Kf5 46.
Ke3 Rh4 47. Kf3 Rxf4+ 48. Kg3 Rxa4 49. Rf1+ Ke5 50. Kxh2 Rb4 $19 51. Rd1 a4 52.
Kg2 Ke4 53. Kf1 a3 54. Ra1 Rb3 (54... Ra4 $4 55. Ke2 $19) 55. Ke1 (55. Ke2 Rb2+
$4) 55... Kd3 56. Kd1 Kc3 57. Kc1 Kb4 58. Rb1 a2 (58... Rxb1+ 59. Kxb1) 59. Ra1
Ka3 60. Kc2 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Be7 (3... f5 4. d4 (4. exf5 Qf6 $132) 4... fxe4 (4...
exd4 5. exf5 $1) 5. Nxe5 Qf6 (5... Nf6 6. Bg5 Qe7 $10) 6. Ng4 (6. Nc4 {
Estrin-Spassky/Riga/1951}) 6... Qg6 7. d5 Nd8 8. Be2 Bc5 $10) (3... Nge7 4. d4
(4. Bc4 Ng6 5. d4 $14) 4... exd4 5. cxd4 {Krnic-Ciocaltea/Nis/1981} (5. Bc4 {
Tartakover-Reti/Lodz/1930})) (3... d6 {Hebden-Smyslov/London/19Я9}) (3... Qf6 {
Marie-Ramirez/Dubai olw/1986}) (3... Bc5 4. d4 (4. b4 $5 Bb6 5. b5 Na5 6. Nxe5
Qe7 7. d4 d6 8. Ba3 $14) 4... exd4 5. cxd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 (6. Nc3 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5
8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. Be2 $14) 6... Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d5 8. exd5 Nce7 $8 9.
Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bc4 Nf6 11. Nc3 $16) (3... d5 4. Qa4 f6 5. Bb5 Nge7 6. exd5 Qxd5
7. d4 e4 8. c4 {Upton-Martinez/Dubai olm/1986} Qd8 9. d5 $1 $16) (3... Nf6 4.
d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Nb8 6. Bd3 (6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Qd4 d6 (7... Nd6 8. Be2 Nf5 9. Qf4 g6
10. Nd3 {Hickl-Pinter/Zagreb izt/1987} (10. Ng4 {Lukin-Faibisovich/Leningrad/
1987})) 8. Qxe4 Qxe5 9. Nd2 {Velimirovic-Hjartarsson/Szirak izt/1987} (9. Bd3
Be7 {Simon-Muhametov/Moscow B/1990} (9... Nd7 {Sveshnikov-Agzamov/URS-ch/1985})
)) 6... Nc5 7. Nxe5 Nxd3+ 8. Nxd3 d6 (8... Be7 9. Qg4 O-O 10. Bh6 Bf6 11. d6
Re8+ 12. Be3 Nc6 13. O-O Ne5 14. Qd1 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Be5 $14 {Blau-Clarke/Lugano
ol/1968}) 9. O-O Be7 10. Qf3 (10. Nd2 {Jaeger-Staiger/2.BL/1989}) 10... O-O 11.
Nd2 (11. Be3 {Dueckstein-Korchnoi/Wien op/1986} Nd7 12. Bd4 Nf6 (12... Bf6 13.
Nd2 $6 Bxd4 14. cxd4 Nf6 15. h3 b6 $15 {Dueckstein-Zuidema/1972}) 13. h3 Bd7
14. c4 (14. Nd2 $5) (14. Nd2 $5) 14... c5 $1 15. Bc3 b5 $14 {
Dueckstein-Prameshuber/Krems /1967}) 11... Nd7 12. Nc4 (12. Re1 Nf6 13. h3 Bd7
$10 {Cohn-Schlechter/London/1899}) 12... Re8 13. Re1 Nf8 14. Bf4 a5 $10 {
Mnacakanjan-Moisejev/USSR /1968}) 4. d4 exd4 (4... d6 5. Bb5 exd4 6. cxd4 Bd7
7. Nc3 Nf6 8. O-O a6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. Re1 Bg4 {Kalashnikov-Karpov/Zlatoust/1963})
5. cxd4 d5 6. exd5 Nb4 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. O-O Nxd5 10. Ne5 Qd6 11.
Qg4 $36 Bf6 12. Nc3 Nge7 13. Ne4 Qe6 14. Qxe6 fxe6 15. Nc5 Nf5 16. Nxe6 Ke7 17.
Nf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Nxd4 19. Rae1 Ne6 20. Bg3 Rhd8 21. Re3 Kf8 22. Ng4 Kf7 23.
Rfe1 Re8 24. Nxf6 (24. Ne5+ $36) 24... gxf6 25. Kf1 Rad8 26. f3 c5 27. Bf2 b6
28. Re4 Rd2 29. Rh4 Nf8 30. Rxe8 Kxe8 31. Re4+ Kf7 32. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 {I was familiar with this idea which got a boost in
popularity when Topalov introduced it in one of the Norway Blitz events. I had
a short conversation about it with Magnus during that event, who before our
game had told me that he considered to go 3...f5 here. I pushed those devil
thoughts away from me and replied normally.} Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. c4 $5 {
very creative, now we land in a variation of some sort of an English, where
white goes e4. True, as the very same Magnus Carlsen showed in his tiebreak
games against Fabiano Caruana, you can play 1.c4 and then e4 or 1.e4 and then
1.c4 it will all boil down to the same thing.} d6 7. h3 O-O 8. Nc3 {very
creative to postpone the short castle. In fact my opponent had to make use of
this nuance later on.} Nd7 {very natural and ambitious. I hesitated quite a
bit, seeing that the variations that arise are going to be very complicated
and as my opponent kept blitzing so far, I was slightly concerned. Yet, I
decided to test my intuition, in hope that at some point his preparation will
end anyway. Another plan that came to my mind was to play for b5, with some a6
Rb8 b5, but it felt like it was from the wrong opera.} 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 f5 ({
Possibly my opponent focussed on} 10... Nc5 {in his preparation, which is also
prefered by the computer originally, though for the human player it is pretty
obvious that the reply} 11. d4 $1 {is critical} exd4 12. Nxd4 {and now both,
the f5 break as well as} Ne5 13. Qe2 $1 Ncd3+ 14. Kf1 $1 {aren't hopeless for
Black, but in both cases Black has something to prove, as structurally he is
not doing all too well.}) 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Qd2 $6 {This move was no longer
blitzed out, yet it was pretty unpleasant, as only here did I realize that
0-0-0 is a serious idea.} Nc5 13. O-O $2 {Now Black gets an excellent position.
Given the pawn structure and having the option of going 0-0-0, White
definitely had to use it.} (13. O-O-O {would pose me far more problems, though
as we were both out of book, I wasn't feeling too hopeless. The position is
highly unclear and extremely difficult to play for both sides.}) 13... Ne6 {
I was quite confused, as it looked to me as though my position is excellent.
In fact already on the next move my opponent makes pretty much a decisive
mistake. Incredible how quickly things went south for White, who was narrating
the opening in this game until just two moves ago.} 14. Nd5 $2 (14. Ne2 {
was a better choice, but still Black is better, after the immediate f4 or the
preparatory Qf6.}) 14... f4 $1 {Fortunately I didn't play the automatic Ne7
and spent enough time sitting on my hands to notice this strong resource, or
rather the follow up to it.} 15. gxf4 Ncd4 $1 {suddenly it turns out that c6
is an unstoppable threat and the tactics just don't work out for white.} 16.
Bxd4 exd4 17. Qa5 $5 {The position is actually already lost for white, but
after a 40 minute think my resourceful opponent came up with a very confusing
defensive attempt.} (17. Rae1 c6 18. Ng5 Nxf4 $1 {is the key variation. Once I
saw this, I realized there was no salvation for White.}) 17... b6 (17... Kh8 $5
{was winning as well.} 18. Rae1 (18. Ng5 Nxg5 19. fxg5 Qxg5) 18... b6 19. Qd2
c6) 18. Qe1 (18. Nxb6 {could be a bit of a shocker but it doesn't work for
about 300 reasons. Two of them are} c6 ({and} 18... cxb6 19. Qd5 Kh8 $1 20.
Qxa8 Nxf4)) 18... c6 19. Ng5 Re8 $1 {I managed to calculate a couple of moves
here and seem to have figured out a win.} 20. Qd1 {Desperate, but there was
actually no defense.} (20. Nxe6 Rxe6 {followed by Rg6 wins for Black.}) 20...
Nxg5 21. fxg5 cxd5 22. Bxd5+ Be6 {White has no compensation neither for the
piece after Bxe6, nor for the bishop pair after the move in the game.} 23. Bxa8
Qxa8 24. Qh5 Bf5 {The rest should have been a little more trivial, but my
conversion wasn't entirely to the point. Fortunately the position remained
objectively winning throughout.} 25. Rad1 Re5 26. Rd2 Qd8 (26... Bxh3 $1 {
was an instant clincher.} 27. Qxh3 Rxg5+ 28. Kh2 Qe8 $1 {my opponent saw this,
but for an older player like myself, such things are already too difficult.})
27. h4 Bh3 {The thing was that I played the previous move with the intention
of winning the exchange and although at this point I already realized that
probably it's stronger not to go for the material, but keep the full control
of the light squares with Qc8, I decided to get it over with.} 28. Qf3 Bxf1 29.
Kxf1 h6 {The reason why I took the exchange was that I could split white's
kingside pawns.} 30. gxh6 Bxh6 31. Re2 Qe7 32. Qg4+ {Now white actually ends
up helping me, as the winning plan in this position in general is to
eventually activate the king, as it is otherwise quite hard to win pawns, as
they will eventually all be places on the light squares and black's extra
bishop is going to be staring into the empty pathways.} Kf7 33. Qf3+ Kg7 34.
Qg4+ Kf7 35. Qf3+ Qf6 $1 {as we were playing on last seconds, it took me some
time to make sure I have all checks under control.} 36. Qb7+ Kg6 $1 {The king
heads towards h5, where it is feeling more comfortable than ever.} 37. Rxe5
dxe5 {white can't capture the queenside pawns, as he is going to get mated,
and otherwise Black plans to place the king on h5 , queen to f4 from where it
threatens to penetrate, and eventually either d3 pawn will fall or some e5-e4
break will seal the deal.} 38. Ke2 Qf4 39. Kf1 Kh5 40. b4 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 Kxh4 42.
Qxa7 {desperate. Now white just gets pretty much mated.} (42. Qe4+ Qf4 43.
Qxf4+ {is actually losing to both captures.} Bxf4 44. Kf3 Kg5 45. Ke4 Kf6 46.
Kd5 Kf5 {is the easiest and now if need be Bd2-Ba5 maneuvre will be
implemented.}) 42... Qg5+ 43. Kf1 Kh3 $1 {The king now joins the attack.} 44.
Qh7 Qh5 $1 {The most elegant. The threat is Qd1 mate, Ke1 fails to Bd2+ and
after Qd7+ both Qg4 as well as Kh2 win trivially.} 0-1

[Event "Bad Woerishofen op 21st"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2005.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pirrot, Dieter"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 d6 6. Nxc3 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8.
Ng5 Ne5 9. Bb5 c6 10. f4 Neg4 11. Be2 h6 12. Nf3 d5 13. h3 (13. e5 Ne4 14. Nd4
Qd8 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Be3 Bb4+ {findet kaum Freunde Pirrot- Blatny, Baden-
Baden 1988}) 13... d4 (13... dxe4 14. Ng1 Bc5 (14... Qd4 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. hxg4
Bc5 17. Qc2) 15. Bxg4 (15. hxg4 Qd4 16. Nd1 Bb4+ 17. Kf1 Nxg4 18. Qc4 Bc5 19.
Qxd4 Bxd4 {O'NeilDayneko- Acebal Muniz, Asturia 95}) 15... Nxg4 16. hxg4 Qxg4
17. Nxe4 Qxg2 18. Qf3) 14. hxg4 (14. Nb5 Nxe4 15. hxg4 Nc5 16. Qd1 cxb5 (16...
d3 17. Ne5 dxe2 18. Qxd7+ Nxd7 19. Nc7+ {Mastrovasilis- Deseatnicov, Athen 2001
}) 17. Qxd4 (17. Nxd4 a6) 17... Qxg4 18. Bxb5+ Bd7) 14... dxc3 15. Ne5 Qe7 (
15... cxb2 $5 16. Bxb2 Qe7 17. Bc4 Qb4+ (17... Be6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qxb7 Rd8
20. f5) 18. Bc3 Qxb3 19. axb3 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Ng6 Rh7 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23.
Ke2 {mit einem etwa ausgeglichenen Endspiel}) 16. Bc4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18.
Qxb7 Rd8 19. bxc3 $6 (19. Rh3 $5 Nxg4 20. Nxg4 cxb2 21. Bxb2 Qxg4 22. Qxc6+ Qd7
23. Qxd7+ Rxd7 24. Rb3 f6 25. Rd1 {, und Weiß ist besser dran}) 19... Bc5 20.
Qxc6+ Qxc6 21. Nxc6 Rc8 22. e5 Ne4 23. Nd4 Nxc3 24. Nb3 Bb6 25. Ba3 $2 (25. Bd2
) 25... Nd5 (25... Rc4) 26. f5 $2 (26. Rc1) 26... Rc2 $19 27. Rf1 Ne3 28. Rf3
Rc4 29. Rxe3 Bxe3 30. Bd6 Rxg4 31. Ke2 Bb6 32. a4 Rxg2+ 33. Kd3 Rg3+ 34. Kc4
Kd7 35. Rd1 Rc8+ 36. Kb4 Ke8 37. a5 Bf2 38. a6 h5 39. Na5 h4 40. Nb7 Rg1 41.
Rd5 Rb1+ 42. Ka3 Ra1+ 43. Kb3 Rxa6 44. Bb4 Rb8 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lukin, Andrei M"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Nd5 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bb5 Be7 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. Qd3 Qc8 12. Bf4 Qf5 13. Qxf5 Bxf5 14. Rfe1 d5
15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17. Nf3 Nd8 18. Nh4 Bh7 19. f4 c6 20. Bf1 g5 21. fxg5
hxg5 22. Nf3 Ne6 23. Re3 Kh8 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Rac8 26. Rf1 Rg8 27. h4 Rc7
28. hxg5 Nxg5 29. Nh4 Kg7 30. Nf5+ Kf8 31. Nd6 Re7 32. Rf5 Ne4 33. Nxe4 dxe4
34. Rh3 Rg4 35. Kf2 Re6 36. Rh7 Rg7 37. Rxg7 Kxg7 {T-T Motive: Bilden von
weißen verbundenen Freibauern mit wT hinter einem Frei-B} 38. Rf4 c5 39. Rxe4
cxd4 40. cxd4 Ra6 41. Re2 Ra3 42. Rd2 Kf8 43. d5 Ke7 44. g4 Rh3 45. Rd4 Rh2+
46. Kf3 Rxa2 47. g5 Ra3+ 48. Kf4 Rh3 49. Rd1 Rh2 50. d6+ Ke8 51. g6 fxg6 52.
Ke3 (52. e6 $5 Re2 $1 53. d7+ Kd8 54. Rd6 a5 $132) 52... g5 53. e6 (53. e6 Rh8
54. Rc1 Kd8 55. d7 Ke7 56. Rc8 Rd8 57. Ke4 g4 58. Kd5 g3 59. Rxd8 Kxd8 60. Kd6
g2 61. e7#) 1-0

[Event "Sao Paulo zt"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Slipak, Sergio"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d3 (4... dxc3 5. Bc4 (5. Nxc3 Bb4 6. Bc4
d6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nf6 9. e5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Ba3 c5 13.
Bb5+ (13. Qb5+ Nd7 14. Rae1 O-O 15. f4 a6 16. Qb1 $5 $44) 13... Kf8 $1 $15)
5... d6 6. Nxc3 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Ng5 Ne5 9. Bb5 c6 10. f4 Neg4 (10... cxb5 $2
11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 h6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bc5 Qc7 15. Nxb5 Qa5+ 16. Rd2 hxg5 17.
Qb4 $1 $18 {Horvath,T-Mehely/Zalaegerszeg/1970}) 11. h3 cxb5 12. hxg4 b4 $1 13.
Nd5 b6 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Rxh7 $13 {Ljubolevic-Smejkal/Wijk aan Zee/1972/Inf.
14/252}) (4... d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. Be2 Bb4+ $1 (7... Nf6 8. Nc3 Qa5
9. O-O O-O-O 10. Be3 Bc5 11. a3 Bxf3 12. b4 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Bxb4 14. axb4 Qxb4
15. Nb5 a6 16. Rfb1 Qe7 17. Na7+ $1 Nxa7 18. Rxb7 $1 Nb5 19. Rxa6 Nxd4 20. Ra8+
Kd7 21. Qc4 $1 Qd6 22. Rxc7+ $1 Qxc7 23. Qxf7+ Kc6 24. Ra6+ Kb7 (24... Qb6 25.
Qc4+ $16) 25. Ra7+ Kxa7 26. Qxc7+ Ka6 27. Bxd4 $16) 8. Nc3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qc4 10.
Qb3 (10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qe2+ Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Ne7 $10 {Horvath,T-Anderson/Suhumi/
1970}) 10... Qxb3 11. axb3 Nge7 $10) 5. Bxd3 d6 6. Nd4 $1 (6. h3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7
8. Nd4 {Velimirovic-Keres/UdSSR-Jugoslavia/1966}) 6... Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O
9. Kh1 Nd7 (9... Re8 $5 {/\Bf8; g6}) 10. Be3 Nxd4 11. cxd4 d5 (11... f5 $2 12.
exf5 $1 Nb6 13. g4 $16) 12. e5 f5 13. g4 Nb6 (13... g6 $5) 14. gxf5 Bxf5 15.
Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Nc3 g6 17. Qg4 Nc4 18. Rf3 c6 19. Ne2 Qf8 20. Raf1 Nxe3 21. Rxe3
Rf7 22. Ref3 Rg7 23. f5 gxf5 24. Qh3 Bg5 25. Rxf5 Qb4 26. Ng3 Qd2 27. Nh5 Rg6
28. Rf7 Qxd4 (28... h6 29. Qf5 $18) 29. Nf6+ Kxf7 30. Qd7+ Kf8 31. Qd6+ (31.
Qd6+ Kf7 32. e6+ Kg7 33. Qe7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 73th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2001.12.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Handke, Florian"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. d5 Ne7 7. Bg5 c6 (7... Ng6
8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qa4 Bh6 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. O-O f5
14. exf5 Ne7 15. c4 Nxf5 16. Nc3 Rhg8 17. Ne4 Rg6 18. Ng3 Ne7 19. Nh4 Rg4 20.
Nhf5 Nxf5 21. Nxf5 Bd2 22. Rad1 Ba5 23. b3 a6 24. Rd3 Rf4 25. Ne3 b5 26. Rc1
Bb6 27. Rc2 {1-0 Amer,K-West,G/Istanbul TUR 2000/(48)}) 8. Nbd2 (8. c4 Ng6 9.
Nbd2 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. b4 b5 12. Qb3 bxc4 13. Bxc4 cxd5 14. exd5 Nh5 15. Ng1
Nhf4 $17 {0-1 Petrovic,Z-Delchev,A/Ch Croatia (team) (2nd league) Pula (Cr
1998 (33)}) 8... Ng6 $6 (8... cxd5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Bb5+ (10. Qb3 Bxf3 11. Qxb7
Bh6 12. Nxf3 Rb8 13. Qxa7 dxe4 14. Bxe4 f5 $36) 10... Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.
exd5 f5 $15) 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. h3 (10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. h3 Nf4 (11... Bc8 12. g3 {
White's advantage is determined by the pawn structure.}) 12. Bf1 (12. hxg4 $5
Nxd3+ 13. Kf1 {[%csl Rf8]}) 12... Bxf3 13. Nxf3 f5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. exf5 Rb8
16. Qc2 d5 17. g3 e4 18. Nd4 Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 exd3 20. Qxd3 Rxb2 21. O-O $16)
10... Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Be7 12. O-O O-O {[%cal Yc6d5]} (12... cxd5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6
14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. Qxd5 $14) 13. dxc6 (13. c4 $5 Nh5 14. Be3 Nhf4 15. Rfd1 $14)
13... bxc6 14. Rfe1 {preventing an attempt to occupy the centre by playing "d5"
} Nd7 15. Be3 Rab8 16. Qc2 a5 (16... d5 $5) 17. Rab1 (17. Rad1 $142) 17... d5
18. Rbd1 Qb7 19. Bc1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge1e5,Gf3e5]} Bf6 20. a3 Rfe8 21. b4 axb4
22. cxb4 d4 {Black is just unable to hold their ground in the centre} (22...
Red8 23. Bb2 Nf4 24. Bf1 $14) 23. Nd2 $1 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gd2b3,Gb3c5,Gb3a5]}
Bg5 24. Nb3 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 $16 Rec8 (25... Qa8 26. Qxc6 Qxa3 (26... Nf4 27. Qxa8
Rxa8 28. Bb5 $16) 27. Qxd7 Qxb3 28. Bc4 $18) (25... Nf4 26. Bf1 $1 (26. Na5 Qb6
27. Nxc6 (27. Bf1 c5) 27... Ra8) 26... Qa8 27. Qxc6 $16) 26. Na5 (26. g3 $1 Ra8
27. Ra1 c5 (27... Qb6 28. Rec1) 28. Nxc5 Nxc5 29. bxc5 Qc6 30. Rec1 Ra5 31. a4
$16) 26... Qa8 27. Nxc6 Rb6 28. b5 Qxa3 29. g3 $1 h5 30. h4 Nb8 31. Ra1 Qf8 (
31... Qd6 32. Ra8 $16) 32. Rec1 Nxc6 33. bxc6 Ne7 $2 (33... Rcxc6 34. Qxc6 Rxc6
35. Rxc6 Qe7 36. Bc4 Kh7 $14) 34. c7 Rb7 (34... Rc6 35. Qxc6 Nxc6 36. Rxc6 $18)
(34... Nc6 35. Qxc6 $18) 35. Ra5 Rbxc7 36. Qxc7 Rxc7 37. Rxc7 $18 Qd8 38. Raa7
Nc8 39. Rd7 Qe8 40. Rab7 Nb6 (40... Qe6 41. Bb5 {[%cal Gb7b8]} Nd6 42. Rb6 $18)
41. Re7 Qf8 42. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Kaiumov, Dmitry D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Nb8 6. Bd3 Nc5 7. Nxe5 Nxd3+ 8.
Nxd3 Be7 9. Qg4 O-O 10. Bh6 Bf6 11. d6 Re8+ 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Na3 (13. O-O Ne5
14. Qd1 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Be5 16. dxc7 Qxc7 17. h3 b6 18. Nd2 Bb7 19. Rfe1 Re6 20.
Bd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Rae8 22. Rxe6 dxe6 23. Qe3 Rd8 24. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Blau,
M-Clarke,P/Lugano 1968/MCD (24)}) 13... cxd6 (13... Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Nc4
cxd6 16. O-O-O $36 {[%csl Rc8]}) 14. Nf4 Ne5 15. Qe2 Bg5 16. O-O-O b6 (16...
Bxf4 $5 17. Bxf4 Ng6 18. Qd2 d5 19. Rhe1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 d6 21. Nb5 Be6 22. Nd4
$44) 17. Nd5 Bxe3+ (17... Bb7 18. f4 (18. Nb5 Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Ng6 20. Qg3 Re5
21. Nbc7 Rc8 $17) 18... Ng6 19. Qg4 (19. Qf2 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rxe3 21. fxg5 Re5
$17) (19. fxg5 $140 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Nf4 $19) 19... Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rxe3 21. Qxg5
Qxg5 22. fxg5 $11) 18. Qxe3 Ba6 (18... Bb7 $142) 19. Qg3 Re6 (19... Nc4 20. Nc2
Bb7 21. b3 Ne5 22. f4 $36) 20. f4 Rg6 21. Qe3 Nc6 22. f5 Rg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (
22... Rxg2 23. Rhg1 Rxg1 24. Rxg1 Kh8 25. f6 g6 26. h4 $40) 23. Nc7 $1 $16 Rxf5
24. Nxa8 Qxa8 25. Rxd6 Ne5 26. Rd2 g6 (26... Bb7 27. Re1 Bxg2 28. Nc4 f6 29.
Qd4 Nxc4 30. Qxc4+ Kh8 31. Rxd7 $18) 27. Re1 Qf8 28. Qd4 d6 29. Qa4 $1 $18 Bf1
30. Qd1 $1 Ba6 31. Rxd6 Qh6+ 32. Kb1 Qxh2 33. Qd4 (33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. Qd6 $18)
33... f6 $2 (33... Qg3 $142) 34. Qa4 $1 Nf7 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Rd7 Kh6 37. Qxf7
Kg5 38. Rd5 Qxg2 39. Rxf5+ Kxf5 40. Nc2 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 73th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kleeschaetzky, Rainer"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2001.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Ne7 6. Nxe5 Ng6 7. Qd4 Qf6 8.
Qxe4 Qxe5 9. Qxe5+ Nxe5 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bg3 O-O 12. Nd2 f5 (12... Re8 13. O-O-O
Ng4 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Bc4 b5 16. Bxb5 Nxf2 17. Rde1 Bb7 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Rf1
Ne4 20. Bxd7 Nxd2 21. Kxd2 $16 {1/2-1/2 Lepelletier,B-Marcelin,C/FRA t-ch 2001/
FRA (42)}) 13. f3 (13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Bd3 d6 15. O-O Bd7 16. f4 Bf6 17. a4 a6
18. a5 Rae8 19. Rfe1 g6 20. Kf2 Kf7 $11 {1-0 Duijn,R-Mitkov,N/Haarlem NED 1999
(55)}) 13... b6 (13... Nf7 14. O-O-O Bxg3 15. hxg3 d6 16. f4 Bd7 17. Be2 Rfe8
18. Bh5 g6 19. Bf3 h5 20. Rde1 Kg7 21. Nb3 Nh6 22. Kd2 Ng8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24.
Re1 Rxe1 25. Kxe1 Nf6 26. Nd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kalinina,V-Krivec,J/Patras GRE 1999
(60)}) (13... c5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Nc4 Bb8 16. Bxe5 Re8 17. Kf2 Bxe5 18. Re1 {
1-0 Penttinen,J-Lucaroni,M/Tallinn 1997/EXT 98 (18)}) 14. O-O-O Bb7 15. Nc4 (
15. Nb3 Rae8 16. Rd2 Rf6 17. Be2 Nf7 18. Bxd6 Nxd6 19. c4 Ba6 20. Rc2 f4 21.
Nd4 Nf5 22. Nxf5 Rxf5 23. Bd3 Rh5 24. Be4 d6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dueckstein,A-Liedl,W/
AUT-chT9495 1995/CBM 45 ext (78)}) 15... Nxc4 16. Bxc4 f4 (16... Bxg3 $2 17.
d6+ Kh8 18. hxg3 c5 19. Rhe1 $16) 17. Bf2 Rae8 $11 18. Rhe1 Rxe1 19. Bxe1 (19.
Rxe1 Rf5 20. Re8+ Kf7 21. Rd8 Ke7 22. Rg8 $11) 19... Rf5 $1 {[%cal Yf5d5,Yf5h5,
Yg5g2,Yh5h2]} 20. b4 Kf8 21. Kc2 Rh5 22. h3 Be5 23. Bf1 Ke7 24. c4 c6 25. dxc6
dxc6 26. Bf2 Bd6 27. a3 c5 28. b5 Re5 29. Re1 {Already now it was a right time
to agree to a draw. White's only possible concern is not to allow a
straightforward K-side breakthrough attempt (g7-g5-h5-g4).} Rxe1 30. Bxe1 Be5
31. a4 a5 32. bxa6 Bxa6 33. Bd3 h6 34. Kb3 Bb7 35. Bf5 Bc6 36. Bc8 Bd4 37. Bh4+
Bf6 38. Be1 Kd6 39. Bd2 Be5 40. Bf5 g5 41. Bd3 Ba1 42. Ka2 Bd4 43. Kb3 Ke5 44.
Bg6 Kf6 45. Bd3 Ba1 46. Ka2 Be5 47. Kb3 h5 48. a5 bxa5 49. Bxa5 g4 50. hxg4
hxg4 51. Be2 Kg5 52. Bd8+ Bf6 53. Bc7 Bd4 54. Bd8+ Bf6 55. Bc7 Bd4 56. Bd8+ Bf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 Nc6 (4... d5) 5. Nf3 Be7 (5... Bg4) 6. O-O
O-O 7. d5 Nb8 8. c4 Bg4 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. a3 a5 11. Rb1 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Bg5 13. b4
Bxc1 14. Rfxc1 Nd7 15. Qe3 Nef6 16. h3 Qe7 17. Be2 g6 18. Bd1 Rfc8 19. Na4 axb4
20. axb4 c5 21. bxc5 Nxc5 22. Nb6 Nfxe4 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Bf3 Ng5 25. Bd1 f5
26. f4 Nf7 27. Bc2 Qf6 28. Re1 Rf8 29. Rb6 exf4 30. Qxc5 {1.27-1.27} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Heissler, Jakob"]
[Black "Appel, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 a5 8. a4
b6 9. Re1 Ba6 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Bf1 Bf8 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nc4 Qf6 14. Bd2 h6 15.
Qb3 Rad8 $2 {[#]} (15... Bb7) 16. Ncxe5 $1 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bb7 (17... Rxe5 18.
Rxe5 Qxe5 19. d4 Qh5 20. Bxa6 $18) 18. d4 Bd6 19. Nd3 Ne7 20. Re3 Nf5 21. Rxe8+
Rxe8 22. Re1 Rxe1 23. Nxe1 Qh4 24. g3 Qe4 25. Bg2 Qe2 26. Bxb7 Qxd2 27. Nf3
Qc1+ 28. Kg2 g5 29. Be4 Ne7 30. Qc2 Qa1 31. Bd3 Qa2 32. Be4 Kg7 33. h3 Nd5 34.
Bxd5 Qxd5 35. c4 Qe6 36. b3 Bb4 37. Qd3 f6 38. d5 Qe8 39. Nd4 Qe5 40. Ne6+ Kh8
41. Qg6 1-0

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.04.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sermek, Drazen"]
[Black "Rogic, Davor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 {The Ponziani Opening has no good reputation amongst
the leading grandmasters, but Sermek is an adherent of this idea.} Nf6 (3... d5
{is the other main line, which may lead to immense complication.}) 4. d4 exd4 {
When Black wants to fight for a win, this is a real alternative against the
Ponziani.} (4... Nxe4 5. d5 Ne7 6. Nxe5 Ng6 7. Qd4 Qe7 {leads to an equal game,
but without any chances for an interesting battle.}) 5. e5 Nd5 6. Bb5 {Now the
position resembles to some Ruy Lopez Berlin lines.} (6. cxd4 Bb4+ $1 7. Bd2 (7.
Nbd2 $6 d6 8. a3 $6 (8. Bb5 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 $13) 8... Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 O-O 10.
Be2 (10. Bd3 dxe5 11. dxe5 Bg4 $17) 10... Bg4 {with a strong pressure on
White's central Ps.}) 7... Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 (8. Nbxd2 d6 9. Bc4 Be6 10. O-O dxe5
11. dxe5 O-O $11) 8... d6 9. Nc3 (9. Bc4 dxe5 $1 10. dxe5 Be6 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12.
Qxc3 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 O-O 14. O-O Qe7 $11 {Malaniuk-Mikhalchishin, Kecskemet,1991}
) 9... Nxc3 10. Qxc3 O-O 11. Be2 Ne7 $5 12. O-O Nd5 13. Qb3 Nf4 14. Rfe1 Nxe2+
15. Rxe2 dxe5 16. dxe5 Qe7 17. Rd1 c5 $11 {Sermek-I.Sokolov, Ljubljana, 1993})
(6. Qb3 Nb6 7. cxd4 d6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O Be7 $13) (6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d6 8. O-O
Be7 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Qe2
Nd5 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 O-O $1 $11 {Sermek-Mikhalchishin, Vidmar mem.
Ljubljana 1993}) 6... a6 7. Bxc6 $6 (7. Ba4 {It is better to keep the tension,
than giving away the ^^.} Nb6 8. Bb3 d5 $1 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Be7
$11 {Velimirovic-Spassky, Reggio Emilia 1986}) 7... dxc6 8. Qxd4 $2 {Now the
position has an Exchange Ruy Lopez character with a virtual P majority on the
>>, because Black can hardly create a o^ on the << in the _|_. However with
his ^^ in the open position Black has no problems, and the weakening move
c2-c3 has it's drawback too.} (8. Bg5 {wants to get rid of the ^^:} Be7 9. Bxe7
Qxe7 10. Qxd4 Bf5 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qh4 Qxh4 13. Nxh4 Be4 {(Orev-Knezevic,
Olomouc 1976)} 14. Re1 $5) 8... Bf5 9. O-O c5 10. Qd1 Qd7 $1 {/\ 0-0-0} 11. Qb3
(11. Qe2 O-O-O $5 12. Bg5 (12. Rd1 $4 Nf4 $19) 12... f6 13. exf6 gxf6 $15)
11... Qc6 $1 $15 12. c4 $2 (12. Na3 $6 Be4 $1 13. Ng5 Bxg2 $1 14. Re1 (14. Kxg2
Ne3+) 14... Be7 15. Nxf7 Qe6 $1 16. Nxh8 Qg4 $40) (12. Re1 O-O-O 13. Na3 {
was still playable.}) 12... Nb4 13. Ne1 O-O-O 14. Nc3 Qe6 15. f4 f6 $1 $17 {
The Bf5 is very strong, and White suffers from the lack of development, too.}
16. Be3 {White sacrifices the P in order to finish development, but it is too
late.} (16. exf6 gxf6 {opens up the g <->.}) 16... fxe5 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Bf4
Qd4+ 19. Kh1 Be6 {Another P falls as well.} 20. Ne2 Qxc4 $19 21. Qf3 Bd6 22. a3
Nc6 23. Rc1 Nd4 (23... Qd5 $19) 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Rc3 c4 27. Nc2
Qd2 28. Ne3 Kb8 29. Rc2 Qd4 30. Rfc1 Rhd8 31. h3 (31. Nxc4 $4 Bxc4 32. Rxc4
Qxc4 $19) 31... Rc6 32. a4 c3 $6 (32... Qh4 $19) 33. bxc3 Qxa4 34. c4 Qa3 35.
Rc3 Qc5 36. Qe4 g6 37. Rb3 Ka7 38. Rcb1 Rb8 (38... b6 39. Rb5 $1 axb5 $2 40.
cxb5) 39. Rb4 Bf5 40. Nxf5 gxf5 (40... Qxf5 $2 41. Qxc6 $1 bxc6 42. Rxb8) 41.
Qh4 h6 42. Qf4 Re6 (42... Rb6 $1) 43. R4b2 b6 44. Ra1 Rbe8 45. Rbb1 Rd6 46. Rb5
$1 Re1+ $2 {Only this move lets White slip from the bound.} (46... Qd4 47. Qxd4
Rxd4 48. Rxf5 Rxc4 $19 {was still winning.}) 47. Rxe1 axb5 48. Qf3 $1 {/\ Ra1}
Qc6 49. Ra1+ Kb8 50. Qxf5 Rd8 51. cxb5 Qd5 52. Qf2 $6 (52. Qf1 $11) 52... Qxb5
53. Qf6 Qd5 54. Qxh6 Rg8 55. Rg1 b5 56. Qe3 b4 57. Qf2 $11 c5 $2 58. Ra1 $1 {
[#]} Kb7 $4 (58... Qe4 $11) 59. Qe2 $1 $18 {and the black K will be mated.} Rg7
60. Qb5+ Kc8 61. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 {Deviating from the games played in Wijk aan Zee
2013.} (3... Nf6 4. d4 d5 (4... exd4 5. e5 {Hou,Y (2603)-Carlsen,M (2861)/Wijk
aan Zee 2013/CBM 153/[Marin,M] (0-1, 66)}) 5. Bb5 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 {
Carlsen,M (2861)-Harikrishna,P (2698)/Wijk aan Zee 2013/CBM 153/[Marin,M] (1-0,
49)}) 4. Qa4 {Quite provocative. Contrary to any principles of development,
the queen is one of the first pieces to develop. Is the prize of one pawn
reward enough for such a concession?} Nf6 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. d3 O-O 8.
Be2 Re8 9. Nd2 Bg4 $146 (9... Bf4 10. O-O Bxd2 11. Bxd2 dxe4 12. d4 Qd6 13. Qa3
(13. h3 $5) (13. Rfe1 Bg4 14. Bf1) 13... Bg4 $11 {Ghaem Maghami,E (2603)
-Harikrishna,P (2672)/Ha Long City 2009/CBM 133 Extra (1/2, 30)}) 10. Qd1 Bxe2
11. Qxe2 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Qh4 14. g4 f5 15. Be3 Rxe4 16. gxf5 Qh3 (
16... Rae8 {would be simpler:} 17. O-O-O Bf4 18. Rd3 Qg5 {[%cal Gg5f5]}) 17. f6
(17. O-O-O Qxf5 $15) 17... Qe6 18. fxg7 Rb8 19. b3 {The g7-pawn is the black
king's best friend, covering it against any dangers.} a5 $44 20. Rd1 a4 21. Qf3
axb3 22. axb3 Re8 23. Rd4 Rxd4 24. cxd4 Qxb3 25. Qxc6 Rxe3+ 26. fxe3 Qxe3+ 27.
Kf1 Qd3+ 28. Kf2 Qd2+ 29. Kf1 Qd3+ 30. Kf2 Qd2+ 31. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2861"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 {Is this a psychologyc joke? Did Hou Yifan hope to
make Carlsen feel uncomfortable by using his own weapon against him? A double
edged experiment...} Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Nd5 {With a bit of imagination, we
can notice some similarities with the Alapin Sicilian.} (5... Ne4 6. Qe2 f5 7.
exf6 d5 $13 {De Mondragon,J-Palciauskas,V/USA 1972/Corr Nr. 1 (0-1, 25)}) 6.
Bc4 (6. cxd4 Bb4+ {Kanmazalp,O (2379)-Atalik,S (2608)/Golden Sands 2012/CBM
149/[Atalik,S] (0-1, 41)}) 6... Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 (7... d6 {looks quite allright,
too:} 8. O-O (8. Ng5 Nxe5 9. cxd4 h6) 8... Be7 (8... dxe5 9. Ng5) 9. exd6 Qxd6
10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Re1 {Strategically, Black is
doing great, and the pressure along the e-file allows White only to avoid
getting the worse of it.} Qd7 14. Qe2 Nd5 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 O-O $1 17. Rb1
(17. Qxe7 $2 Rae8 $19) 17... b6 18. Bf4 Bd6 {1/2 Sermek,D (2495)-Mikhalchishin,
A (2520)/Portoroz 1993/CBM 037}) 8. cxd4 Bg4 {An interesting position and I
would say no less consistent than those arising from more popular openings.
White has the centre, Black intends to undermine it. Just playing in according
to the basic rules. Maybe the Ponziani should be tried more often?} 9. Be3 (9.
Nc3 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 (10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qd7 12. f4 g6) 11. Be3 Qd7 {Emma,
J-Pilnik,H/Buenos Aires 1972/EXT 99 (0-1, 43)}) 9... f6 $146 ({It is hard to
say whether this pawn break should be played with or without the intermedioate
check on b4:} 9... Bb4+ 10. Nc3 f6 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. O-O Qd7 $13 {
Barrenechea Bahamonde,G (2261)-Maiorov,N (2574)/Paleochora 2012/ (0-1, 39).
Carlsen probably thought that the bishop on f8 is more active than the knight
on b1. This way, the developing moves from the previous game should favour
White abstratly speaking.}) 10. O-O Qd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. e6 $5 {A bit too
optimistic, I assume.} ({White should have kept developing:} 12. Re1 O-O-O 13.
Nc3 Kb8 14. Rc1 {with chances to retain some pressure.}) 12... Qd6 $1 (12...
Qxe6 13. Ng5 fxg5 (13... Bxd1 14. Nxe6 Bxb3 15. Nxc7+ Kd7 16. Nxa8 $16) 14.
Qxh5+ g6 15. Qxg5 $36) 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14. a4 a5 15. Nb5 Qxe6 16. Bf4 Rd7 17. Re1
Qf7 18. Rc1 Bb4 19. Re3 g5 20. Bh2 Nc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 $15 {Black has stabilized,
ha san extra pawn, and even if he loses it somehow, his position is better
strategically.} 22. Qc2 (22. g4 Bg6 23. Nd2 Bd3 $15) 22... Bxf3 {I would thin
twice before making his concession. Apparently, Carlsen was confident in his
ability to maintain the advantage during the process of simplifications.} ({
I would prefer} 22... Bg6 23. Qxc4 Qxc4 24. Rxc4 Bf7 25. Rc2 Rhd8 $17 {[%cal
Gh7h5]}) 23. Rxf3 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Be5 {Could he have missed this, as a
result of premature relaxing? Sounds almost like a blasphemie, but 2800+ are
human, too.} Rd2 26. Qf5+ Qd7 27. Qxf6 Re8 28. Bg3 Rd4 29. Rf1 g4 30. hxg4 Rxg4
31. Rf4 h5 32. Rxg4 hxg4 33. Rc1 c3 34. bxc3 Bc5 {Despite having given away
the bishops pair and the extra pawn, Black maintains the better chances
because of his safer king.} 35. Qg5 b6 36. c4 Re4 37. Qg6 Re2 38. Kf1 Qd2 39.
Qxg4+ Kb8 40. Qxe2 Qxc1+ 41. Qe1 Qxc4+ 42. Qe2 Qxa4 43. Be5 Bd4 44. Bxd4 Qxd4
45. g4 Qd5 46. Qe8+ (46. f4 Qh1+ 47. Kf2 Qh2+ 48. Kf3 Qxe2+ 49. Kxe2 Kc8 {
Three connected pawns can put the enemy king in zugzwang, while two pwns
cannot do the same.} 50. Kd3 Kd7 51. Kc4 c5 52. Kb5 Ke7 53. Ka4 c4 54. Ka3 b5
55. Kb2 a4 {and so on.}) 46... Kb7 47. Qa4 b5 48. Qxa5 Qd1+ 49. Qe1 Qxg4 50.
Qe5 Qc4+ 51. Kg2 Qc6+ 52. Kf1 b4 53. f4 b3 54. f5 Ka6 55. Qa1+ Kb6 56. Qh8 Qc1+
57. Kg2 Qc2+ 58. Kh1 b2 59. Qb8+ Ka5 60. Qa7+ Kb4 61. Qb7+ Ka3 62. Qf3+ Qb3 63.
Qa8+ Qa4 64. Qf3+ Ka2 65. Qd5+ Ka1 66. Qe5 c5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 {Maybe not such a bad move after all. White
threatens to occupy the centre with d2-d4, just "a bit" earlier than this
happens in the Ruy Lopez (if Black does not interfere with this sweet plan by
choosing the Open variation or the Marshall Attack, of course). And since
Carlsen does not seem to be too keen to sustain long theoretical discussions,
the Ponziani is the perfect one-game-opening.} ({It is interesting to compare
the game position after 7 moves with that arising after} 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4
5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 {Obviously, White has an extra tempo in the
Ponziani (c2-c3) with respect to an entirely approved opening! In the
two-knight defence, the main line goes} Bc5 {, to be cpmpared wth the similar
line below.}) 3... Nf6 4. d4 d5 5. Bb5 exd4 (5... Nxe4 6. Nxe5 Bd7 7. Nxd7 (7.
Qb3 {1-0 Prokopchuk,E-Sofieva,A (2385)/St Petersburg 1994/CBM 041/[Hecht] (74)}
) 7... Qxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Nd2 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 a6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Qf3 $14 {
Estrin,Y-Vasilchuk,Y/Moscow 1961/MCD (1-0, 42)}) 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 {
This looks a bit passive.} ({I have the feeling that} 7... Bc5 {may be the
critical continuation anyway, even with the extra c2-c3. After all, Black does
not necessarily want to put pressure on d4, but rather weaken the presure over
c6 and for this reason c2-c3 is not too relevant.} 8. O-O (8. Nxc6 Bxf2+ 9. Kf1
bxc6 10. Bxc6+ Kf8 $13 {Kastell,M-Jonasson,P SVE-ch Klass corr 1999 (1-0, 23)})
8... O-O 9. f3 (9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Be3 Qe8 11. f3 Nd6 $15 {Gligoric,S-Keller,D
Zuerich 1959 MCL [Bulletin] (1-0, 38)}) (9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Ba6 11. Nd2 Bxf1
12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxf1 Rb8 {Onderdelinden,D-Rosenhahn,E ICCF-Cup corr 1994 
(0-1, 34)}) 9... Ng5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Be3 f6 {Gligoric,S-Fischer,R Buenos
Aires 1960 (1/2, 20). Well, if Fischer, on a very rare occasion when he
deviated from his 1...c5, chose this line, there may be something behind it.
Unfortunately, it is impossible to put these two great players, Fischer and
Carlsen, who reached unthinkable rating peaks of their time, to rehearse this
position against eachother...}) 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 {This looks
logical,} ({but} 10. f3 Nc5 11. f4 {does not seem too bad either:} O-O (11...
f5 $2 12. b4 Ne4 13. e6 $16 {Schneider,L (2410)-Moen,O (2315)/Eksjo 1981/MCL 
(1-0, 29)}) 12. Be3 $6 (12. f5 $1 {is the critical line, leaving Black with
the permanent threats of e5-e6 and f5-f6.}) 12... f6 $132 {Panchev,P (2365)
-Schoene,R (2360) Karl-Marx-Stadt 1990 (0-1, 42)}) 10... O-O 11. Nd2 Nc5 (11...
Nxd2 12. Qxd2 c5 13. Ne2 ({It makes more sense to fight for the c5-square:} 13.
Nb3 c4 14. Nc5 Bf5 15. b3 $14) 13... Bb5 14. Rfd1 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qd7 $11 {
Dueckstein,A-Unzicker,W/Siegen 1970/EXT 2002 (1/2, 29)}) 12. b4 $146 (12. f4 $5
f5 $6 (12... a5 $6 13. f5 Nd3 14. f6 $40) (12... f6 $1 13. b4 $6 fxe5 $1) 13.
b4 Ne6 $6 (13... Ne4 $14) 14. N2b3 $16 {Basman,M-Masters,D/Bath 1963/EXT 1999 
(1-0, 31)}) 12... Nb7 $6 {Too passive, I believe.} ({The provocative} 12... Nd3
$5 {may offer better chances for counterplay.} 13. f4 (13. N2f3 Nb2 14. Qc2 Nc4
) 13... a5 (13... c5 14. bxc5 Nxc5 15. Qf3 $36) 14. Qc2 (14. a3 axb4 15. axb4
Rxa1 16. Qxa1 c5 $132) 14... axb4 15. Qxd3 c5 $44) 13. f4 a5 14. f5 $5 {
This promising pawn sacrifice would not have been possible with the black
knight on d3 rather than b7.} axb4 15. cxb4 Bxb4 16. Qg4 {White's compensation
consists of two elements: his kingside threats and the idea of blocking the
enemy queenside pawns on c5 and d4.} Bc3 (16... c5 $2 17. Bh6 g6 18. Nc6 $1
Bxc6 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Rxf7 $1 $18) 17. Rac1 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Rxa2 {It is not
easy to find a good moment to fight against the blockade with ...c6-c5. This
is a result of the combined threats on both wings, quite an effective method
of play.} (18... c5 19. e6 cxd4 20. f6 g6 21. exd7 $16) 19. e6 f6 20. Nb3 {
Now and later, Carlsen will constantly choose the static approach, refraining
from turning the game dynamic. It is not easy to judge whether he was right,
maybe sometimes he was and other times not, but the course of the game is
suggestive for his general style.} (20. Rce1 $5 Rxd2 21. e7 Qe8 22. exf8=Q+
Qxf8 23. Qf4 Rd3 24. Qxc7 $36) 20... Be8 21. Nc5 Nd6 22. Qf3 Qe7 ({I would not
resist playing} 22... Nb5 {, with constant pressure against d4. In this case,
White would have enjoyed lesser freedom to build up his attack, although play
would have remained slightly one-sided anyway.}) 23. Rf2 Ra5 24. Nb3 Rb5 25.
Bc5 Bh5 26. Qc3 {White has achieved a faourable regrouping and can count on an
advantage.} Qe8 27. Qe3 (27. Nd4 $16) 27... Qa8 (27... Ne4 28. Bxf8 Nxf2 29.
Nd4 Ng4 30. Qg3 Qxf8 31. Nxb5 cxb5 32. Qxc7 $18) 28. Nd4 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Ne4 30.
Nxc6 Nxf2 31. Kxf2 Qa2+ 32. Kg3 Re8 33. h3 $16 {The position has calmed down,
White has exchanged all the superfluous pieces and can enjoy his blockade.
Black can only sit and wait to be crushed.} Qa6 34. Qc3 Be2 35. Rxd5 Bb5 36.
Nb4 Qb7 37. Qc5 Ba4 38. Rd7 Qe4 39. Rxc7 h5 40. Kh2 Kh7 41. Qf2 Rg8 42. Na6 Be8
43. Rc5 Qd3 44. Nb4 Qd6+ 45. Kh1 Qd1+ 46. Qg1 Qd6 47. Nd5 Rf8 48. Qd4 Kh8 49.
Rc8 Bc6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund 46th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "208"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 {Back to the old days - This
is called the Sarratt Variation, that is located inside the Haxo Gambit,
itself located inside the Scotch Gambit! What a mix! Jacob Henry Sarratt was a
leading English player from the late 18th century and early 19th century, and
the first professional player to teach in England. He used this move in 1818
against an unknown player and quickly won the game. Sarratt was also known for
his studies in the Muzio Gambit (inside the King's Gambit).} Nh6 {This correct
defence was found only in 1837 by Mr. Ludwig Bledow.} (5... Ne5 $2 6. Nxf7 $1 (
6. Bxf7+ $6 {not the most precise} Nxf7 7. Nxf7 Bb4+ 8. c3 dxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3+
$2 (9... Kxf7 $1 {time is much more important than a pawn in such positions}
10. cxb4 Nf6 $16) 10. Nxc3 Kxf7 11. Qd5+ Kf8 12. Ba3+ d6 13. e5 $18 {1-0 (31)
Cochrane,J-Deschapelles,A Paris 1821}) 6... Nxf7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qh5+ g6 9.
Qxc5 $16 {1-0 (9) Sarratt,J-NN London 1818. Although Black's position is
horrible, since there are dark-square weaknesses and the d4-pawn will fall,
there was no need to resign the game this early, as happened here.}) 6. Nxf7
Nxf7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qxc5 {Now we have a position similar to the
one mentioned on the 5...Ne5 variation, but there is a big difference, Black
has a developed knight on c6, instead of g8, and that knight also defends the
d4-pawn. Black is doing ok here.} d5 (9... d6 $5 {Only here the aforementioned
Bledow game deviated, and with a fine move!} 10. Qc4+ Be6 11. Qe2 Ne5 $6 (11...
Re8 {would be more logical}) 12. b3 c5 13. f4 Bg4 14. Qb5 (14. Qf2 $1 $16 {
[%cal Ge1g1,Gf4f5]}) 14... Qh4+ 15. g3 Nf3+ 16. Kf2 Qe7 $13 {½-½ (40) Von
Heydebrand und der Lasa,T-Bledow,L Berlin 1837, with complex play}) 10. O-O (
10. exd5 $4 {is naturally very bad, White can't allow the very annoying} Re8+
11. Kd1 Re5 $19) 10... dxe4 11. c3 $1 {Trying to open up the position.} Re8 (
11... Qd6 $5 {is also very solid} 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd6 cxd6 (13... Ne2+ $1
14. Kh1 cxd6 {(stopping Nc3)} 15. Be3 {(threatens Re1)} b6 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc8a6]
}) 14. Nc3 Re8 $2 (14... Bg4 $1 $132) 15. Bf4 (15. Be3 $1 $16) 15... Bd7 16.
Bxd6 Nb5 17. Nxb5 Bxb5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (69) Szalanczy,E (2420)-Molnar,L (2260)
Balatonbereny 1994}) 12. cxd4 {We are still following games from the 1800s!
Urusov played a different move here in 1853, which is also a good alternative:}
Nxd4 (12... Qxd4 $1 13. Qg5 Bf5 14. Bd2 Ne5 (14... Kg8 $1 {was already
perfectly fine for Black}) 15. Bc3 Qd6 16. Qh6 Ng4 $2 {this was a bit excessive
} (16... g5 $1 $15 {[%cal Gd6h6]}) 17. Qxh7+ Ke6 18. Na3 {[%cal Re8h8,Yc3h8]
Black doesn't have access to the h-file now} Re7 $1 19. Qh4 Rd8 $2 {a very bad
move} (19... g5 $1 {was needed} 20. Qg3 Qxg3 21. hxg3 Kf7 $132 {[%cal Re4e3]})
20. Nc4 Qc5 21. h3 $1 Nxf2 22. Rxf2 Rd5 23. g4 $18 {1-0 (28) Shumov,I-Urusov,D
St Petersburg 1853}) 13. Nc3 (13. Be3 $5 Ne2+ 14. Kh1 $44) 13... b6 14. Qc4+
Be6 15. Qa4 c5 (15... Qd7 $1 {was good enough for a small edge, but Kramnik
wanted more I guess.}) 16. Nxe4 Bd5 17. f3 Bxe4 18. fxe4+ Kg7 19. Qc4 Kh8 20.
b4 $1 {Trying to loosen the knight on d4 by attacking its faithful defender,
the c5-pawn.} Rxe4 21. Bb2 Qg8 22. Rf7 {The position remains complex, but it
is very scary to play as Black! with a bishop on b2.} Rf8 $1 23. Rxf8 Qxf8 24.
bxc5 bxc5 25. Rf1 Qe7 {[%csl Rc5] As long as c5 is defended, Black does not
have direct problems. It is important to remember that the white king is also
awkwardly placed.} 26. Qd5 Kg7 27. h3 g5 (27... Re2 {was possible, giving the
pawn back and soon agreeing to a draw after:} 28. Bxd4+ cxd4 29. Qxd4+ Kg8 {
[%cal Ge7e3]} 30. Kh1 Re1 $11) 28. Bc3 a6 29. Kh1 Kh6 30. Rb1 Nb5 $2 {Perhaps
Kramnik was still optimistic about being a pawn up, and blundered. I assume he
missed White's 33th move.} (30... Re6 {would lead to a draw after:} 31. Bxd4
cxd4 32. Qxd4 Re1+ 33. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 34. Kh2 $11) 31. Bf6 $1 {[%csl Re4]} Qxf6 32.
Qxe4 Nc3 {Apparently Black is in great shape here, since after the queen moves,
...Nxb1 happens and there is an additional c-pawn in the queen endgame, with
huge winning chances. But...} 33. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Rf6f3,Rf3f6] Probably Kramnik
missed this one, now there is a deadly intermmediate check on b6 after Black
exchanges the queens.} Qxf3 34. Rb6+ $1 Kh5 35. gxf3 $18 {White is winning
here, but he has to be precise. Luckily Black is able to take on a2, which
makes the task much harder.} Nxa2 36. Rc6 $1 {It is more important to take on
c5, the a-pawn will be harder to defend, since the knight likes to work better
with pawns closer to the centre.} Nb4 37. Rxc5 Nd3 38. Ra5 Kh4 39. Kh2 Nf4 40.
Rxa6 Kh5 {Black is very solid, and now White gradually starts the winning plan,
bringing his king to the centre.} (40... Nxh3 $4 41. Rh6#) 41. Rd6 Ne2 42. Rd2
Nf4 43. Kg3 Ng6 44. Rd7 h6 (44... Kh6 $2 {it is very awkward for the king to
stay here.} 45. Ra7 {[%cal Rg3g4]} Ne5 46. f4 $1 gxf4+ 47. Kxf4 Ng6+ 48. Kf5
Nh4+ 49. Kg4 Ng6 50. Ra6 Kg7 51. h4 $18 {[%cal Rh4h5] and White wins by slowly
suffocating his opponent.}) 45. Rf7 $1 {Stopping ...Nf4.} Ne5 (45... Nf4 $4 46.
Rxf4 gxf4+ 47. Kxf4 Kh4 48. Ke4 Kxh3 49. f4 Kg2 50. f5 h5 51. f6 h4 52. f7 h3
53. f8=Q h2 {the pawn reaches the 7th rank, but White's king is way too close
here, making this an easy win. For example:} 54. Qf3+ Kg1 55. Ke3 $1 h1=Q 56.
Qf2#) 46. Rf5 Ng6 47. Ra5 Nf4 48. h4 $1 {The only way to break through.} Ne2+
49. Kf2 Nf4 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. Ke3 Ng2+ 52. Kf2 {Kovalev played perfectly after
he won the exchange, but now he starts going astray.} (52. Ke4 $1 {was a
forcing win with the king invasion:} Kg6 (52... Kh4 53. Ra8 Nf4 54. Rh8+ Kg3
55. Rf8 {now the king can't move since White sacrifices on f4} Nh3 56. Ke3 Ng1
(56... Nf4 $2 {makes it all easier:} 57. Rxf4 $1 gxf4+ 58. Ke4 $18) 57. Rf7 Nh3
58. Rg7 {[%csl Rg5]} Kh4 59. Re7 Kg3 60. Re4 $1 {It is interesting to note
that the black knight has trouble finding squares.} Kg2 61. Rg4+ Kh2 62. Ke4
Kh1 63. Kf5 $18) 53. Ra6+ Kh5 54. Ra2 Nf4 55. Kf5 Ng6 56. Rh2+ Nh4+ 57. Ke4 Kg6
58. f4 $1 Kf6 59. f5 $1 Kf7 60. Rh1 Kf6 61. Rg1 $1 $18 {winning either the
g5-pawn or the knight.}) 52... Nf4 53. Ra8 $2 (53. Ke3 $1 {there was still
time to go back to the same position.}) 53... Kg6 $1 {Now the endgame is drawn,
and Kramnik doesn't give any chance to his opponent.} 54. Ke3 Ng2+ 55. Ke4 Nh4
$1 {This is the key, the black king stays on the 7th rank, and the visually
awkward knight on h4 controls the super important f5-square. White can't make
any progress!} 56. Ra6+ Kf7 57. Ra2 Kf6 58. Ra1 Ke6 59. Rh1 Ng6 60. Rh6 Kf6 61.
Rh7 Nh4 62. Ke3 Ng6 63. Ra7 Nh4 64. Ra6+ Kf5 65. Kf2 {Black has to watch out
for White's new plan to bring his king to g4 (after giving check in the 5th
rank). Kramnik reacts correctly:} Ng6 $1 {Now the knight is going to e5,
guarding the g4-square.} 66. Kg3 Ne5 {[%csl Rg4]} 67. Ra8 Ng6 68. Rg8 Ne5 69.
Rf8+ Ke6 70. Kf2 Ng6 71. Rb8 Kf5 72. Rb5+ Kf6 73. Ra5 Ne5 74. Ke2 Ng6 75. Ra6+
Kf5 76. Ke3 Nh4 $1 {Going back.} 77. Ra5+ Kf6 78. Ke4 Kg6 79. Ra1 Kf6 80. Rg1
Nf5 81. Rg2 Nh4 82. Rh2 Ng6 83. Rh5 Nf4 84. Rh8 Ng6 85. Rb8 Nh4 86. Rg8 Ng6 87.
Kd4 Kf5 88. Ke3 Kf6 89. Ke4 Kf7 90. Rb8 Nh4 91. Rc8 Kf6 92. Rc1 Ke6 93. Ke3 Kf5
94. Rc5+ Kf6 95. Rb5 Ng6 96. Ke4 Nh4 97. Rd5 Kg6 98. f4 gxf4 99. Kxf4 {Now we
reach a simple theoretical draw: rook vs knight} Kf7 100. Kg5 Nf3+ 101. Kf4 (
101. Kg4 {[%csl Rf3] apparently wins the knight in a few moves, but Black has
a simple tactical resource:} Ke6 $1 $11 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Rf3e5] followed by ...
Ne5.}) 101... Nh4 102. Kg5 Nf3+ 103. Kg4 Ke6 $1 104. Kxf3 Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pap, Misa"]
[Black "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O (5. c3) 5... d6 6. c3 Bg4 7.
Qb3 Bxf3 8. Bxf7+ Kf8 9. gxf3 Nf6 10. Bc4 {Le GMI a rejoué la même variante
quelques mois plus tard mais toujours sans succés} Bb6 $146 (10... Qe8 11. Bf4
g5 12. Bg3 h5 $13 {Pap,M (2504)-Brkic,A (2569) BIH-chT 11th 2012 (5.3) 0-1})
11. cxd4 Nxd4 {65} 12. Qd1 $13 {[%csl Rf8,Rg1]} Nd7 {[%cal Gd8f6,Gd8h4] 46} 13.
f4 Qh4 14. Be3 Nf6 $1 {[%cal Gf6g4]} 15. f3 $8 (15. Bxd4 Ng4 (15... Bxd4 16.
Qxd4 Qg4+ {[%csl Rg1]}) 16. Kg2 Qxh2+ 17. Kf3 Qh3+ 18. Ke2 Re8 19. Nc3) 15...
Nc6 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Qd2 Nh5 {[%csl Rf4]} 18. Qd5 Ke7 $3 19. Qf7+ Kd8 20. Be6
(20. Nc3 Nxf4 {[%cal Gh4g5,Gg5g2]} 21. Qxg7) 20... Ne7 {20} 21. Nc3 Qf6 (21...
Nxf4 22. Kh1 Nxe6 $17) 22. f5 Qxf7 23. Bxf7 Nf4 24. Rad1 Rf8 25. Bb3 g6 26. Kf2
Ra5 27. fxg6 {Suite illisible et gain Noir au 69ème coup} 0-1

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "2004.05.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Matikozian, Andranik"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the penultimate round of the Santa Monica
Invitational and my opponent needed to win to preserve chances for the GM-norm.
I have to say that I played the game with mixed feelings as Andranik is my
friend.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {A fortunate choice. White decided to avoid the
main lines of Petroff and so couldn't hope to obtain any opening advantage.} 3.
d3 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. Nbd2 {Suddenly we transposed into Pirc with opposite
colours.} g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O ({Tricky Vasiukov prevented b4 with
immediate} 7... a5 {and after} 8. a4 O-O 9. Re1 b6 10. Bf1 Bb7 11. Qb3 h6 12.
exd5 Qxd5 13. Nc4 Rfe8 14. Qb5 Ba6 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 {1-0 Yukhtman,J-Vasiukov,E/
Tbilisi 1959/URS-ch (62). (61) obtained a good position.}) 8. Re1 {White
prepares a retreat of the light-squared bishop to f1.} ({Immediate} 8. b4 $5 {
deserved attention.} d4 $6 9. b5 (9. Bb2 $5) 9... Ne7 (9... dxc3 10. bxc6 cxd2
11. Bb2 $1 $14) 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nb3 a6 12. bxa6 Rxa6 13. Bb2 $1 (13. Qc2 Nc6
{Rykalin-Sudakova, Chigorin memorial 2001.}) 13... Nxe4 14. dxe4 d3 15. Bxg7
dxe2 16. Qxe2 Kxg7 17. Nc5 Ra7 18. Rfd1 $16) (8. Qc2 h6 (8... a5 $5) 9. Re1 a5
(9... Be6 10. Bf1 Re8 11. b4 a6 $11 {0-1 Vicol,D-Voiteanu,G/Kishinev 2001/EXT
2002 (30)}) 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Bd2 Qd7 {0-1 Aftsoglou,I-Skembris,S/
Kavala 1997/EXT 2001 (31) with a comfortable position for Black.}) 8... Re8 ({
Now playing} 8... a5 $5 {I could make White counterplay on the queenside more
difficult.} {Probably White would prepare b4 with} 9. b3 {followed by a3 and
Bb2.}) 9. b4 Nb8 $5 {A beginning of nonstandard manoeuvre. I've decided to
meet White's offensive on the queenside by simply moving my knight away from
an unfortunate square c6. The main drawback of this idea is certainly a waste
of time.} ({In case of} 9... a6 {White would play} 10. Bb2 {with the idea a4
followed by b5.}) (9... d4 {seems to only help White.} 10. Bb2 dxc3 11. Bxc3)
10. Bf1 (10. a4 $5) 10... c6 11. a4 {White's beginning to take some space on
the queenside.} Nbd7 (11... a5 $5 {looked like a logical way to stop White's
activity. However I decided not to play on the side where I'm worse...}) 12. a5
$1 {Black starts to experience lack of space.} Rb8 $1 {This way I want to
solve a problem of the light-squared bishop. My plan is b6 followed by Bb7.}
13. Qb3 b6 14. axb6 axb6 15. d4 $5 {An interesting idea which leads to big
complications. White wants to exploit weaknesses on c6 and f7.} (15. b5 $6 {
gives up the c5-square.} Nc5) 15... b5 $5 {I had to spend a lot of time
calculating 15...exd4; 15...de4; 15...Nxe4 and finally 15...Bb7, but then
decided to keep tension in the centre with this prophylactic move. I just
wanted to take control over the c4-square which is vital after 15...exd4.} (
15... exd4 16. cxd4 $1 (16. Nxd4 {yields nothing in view of simple} Bb7) {
Now Black has to choose between} 16... dxe4 ({and} 16... Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 (
17... dxe4 18. Bc4 $5 (18. Ng5 $5 Rf8 19. Bc4)) 18. Rxe4 dxe4 19. Ng5 Qf8 20.
Nxf7 $1 {with the idea} Qxf7 $4 21. Bc4) 17. Ng5 Nd5 18. Ndxe4 $13 {In both
cases Black experiences problems with the f7-square.}) ({Also} 15... Bb7 16.
exd5 Nxd5 17. c4 Nc7 {seemed playable.}) {Also White decided to maintain
tension with} 16. Bb2 $5 (16. dxe5 $6 {Only helps Black to unpin his pieces.}
Nxe5) 16... exd4 (16... Qc7 $5 {would be a move in the direction of the
previous move, but I decided it's time to determine the centre as it's
difficult to calculate a lot of variations on every move.}) 17. Nxd4 ({Now
after} 17. cxd4 $6 dxe4 18. Ng5 Nd5 $15 {I don't have to worry neither of b5
nor of Bc4.}) 17... Bb7 $1 ({At the beginning I was calculating} 17... Ne5 18.
exd5 Nxd5 19. Rxe5 {and it wasn't easy to come to any conclusion.} ({Then I
had suddenly found} 19. Nxc6 {Although after} Nxc6 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Qxd5 Nxb4
{Black seems to equalize I decided to prefer a quiet 17... Bb7}) {For example}
19... Bxe5 20. Nxc6 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 (21. Kxh2 Qc7+ 22. Kg1 Qxc6) 21... Qf6 (21...
Qd7 $5) 22. Qxd5 (22. Nxb8 Bxb8) 22... Bf4 {[%cal Gf6h4,Gc8b7]} (22... Bb7 23.
Kxh2 Bxc6 24. Qd4 $16) 23. Nf3 Bb7 24. Qd4 $1 {and thanks to this tactical
trick White keeps the decisive material advantage.}) 18. exd5 Nxd5 {
Surprisingly an almost symmetric position has been arised.} 19. c4 {An attempt
to complicate matters.} Nxb4 $1 ({In case of} 19... bxc4 20. Bxc4 {White's
pressurizing.}) 20. cxb5 (20. Qxb4 c5 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qxb5 (22. Qb3 {
leads to an immediate draw-} bxc4 23. Qxc4 cxd4 24. Bxd4) 22... Bxg2 (22...
cxd4 23. Ra7 $140 Bc8)) 20... c5 21. Bc4 $1 ({Exchange of rooks favours Black
as he protects the f7-pawn.} 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8) 21... Rf8 $1 {Black needs this
rook to protect the f7-pawn.} (21... Qf6 $2 {was interesting trying to pin the
d4-knight, but complications turns out to be in White's favour.} 22. Nc6 $1
Qxb2 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 (23... Kf8 24. Nxb8 $1 (24. Bxe8 Qxb3 25. Nxb3 Rxe8 26.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 27. Re1+ Kf8 $13) 24... Qxb3 25. Rxe8+ $1 (25. Nxd7+ $5 Kxf7 26.
Nxb3 Bxa1 27. Rxe8 Kxe8 28. Ndxc5 $1) 25... Kxf7 26. Nxb3 Kxe8 27. Re1+ Ne5 (
27... Kd8 28. Nxd7 Kxd7 $140 29. Nxc5+ Kc7 30. Re7+) 28. Nxc5) 24. Bxe8 $1 (24.
Nxb8 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qxd2 $13) 24... Qxb3 25. Nxb3 Bxc6 26. bxc6 Ne5 27. Nxc5
Rxe8 28. c7 Rc8 29. Rad1 Nbc6 30. Ne6 {and White wins.}) (21... Ne5 {looked
dangerous in view of} 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. Bxf7+ Kf8 24. Bc4 $1) 22. Rad1 $5 {
White's tring to further complicate the position.} ({After} 22. N4f3 {the
position is about equal.}) 22... Ne5 $5 {I've decided to force matters.} ({
In case of} 22... cxd4 23. Qxb4 Ne5 24. Bf1 {Black may have problems with the
d-pawn.}) 23. Nf5 {White wants to damage the kingside pawn structure, but
misses my reply.} ({At the same time} 23. Ne6 {wins a pawn, but allows strong
counterplay.} fxe6 24. Bxe5 (24. Bxe6+ Kh8 $5 (24... Nf7 25. Ne4 $40) 25. Bxe5
{see 24.Bxe5.}) 24... Bxe5 $1 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Rxe5 Qd4 $36 {[%cal Gb4d3]} 27.
Re3 Rbd8 {with an annoying pin along the d-file.}) 23... Qg5 $1 24. Qg3 $138 {
Starting from here a mutual time-pressure was the main factor.} (24. Ng3) 24...
Qxf5 {I wanted to forget about this dangerous knight and so I captured it
without hesitations.} ({Perhaps objectively better was} 24... Qxg3 25. hxg3
Nxc4 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. Nxc4 {with equality.}) 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26.
Rxe5 Qc2 27. Qb3 (27. Bb3 {looks better.} Qd3 ({Of course not} 27... Qb2 $4 28.
Nc4 {and suddenly the queen is traped.}) 28. Rxc5 Rbd8 {and despite being a
pawn down the position remains unclear.}) 27... Rbd8 28. Re2 $2 {Too passive.}
({White doesn't run risks after} 28. Qxc2 Nxc2 29. Rxc5 $13 {Also he still has
to solve the problem of the pin along the d-file.}) 28... Qxb3 29. Bxb3 Bd5 $1
{Now White has to be careful to keep an equality.} 30. Rb1 Bxb3 31. Nxb3 c4 $1
32. Nc5 $2 {After this mistake Black's advantage is becoming decisive!} (32.
Re4 $1 {was necessary} Nc2 33. Na5 Na3 34. Rc1 c3 (34... Nxb5 35. Nxc4 $11) 35.
b6 $1 c2 36. b7 {and the white b-pawn is not less dangerous then black passer
on the c-file.}) 32... c3 $1 {The c-pawn is very dangerous.} 33. Rc1 c2 34. Kf1
Rd5 $1 {This important intermediate move decides the game.} 35. Na6 Rd1+ 36.
Re1 Rxe1+ $1 ({A theoretically winning endgame arises after} 36... Rfd8 $5 37.
Nxb4 Rxc1 38. Rxc1 Rd1+ 39. Ke2 Rxc1 40. Kd3 Rb1 41. Nxc2 Rxb5) 37. Rxe1 $2 {
Loses on the spot.} ({After the only} 37. Kxe1 Nd3+ 38. Kd2 Nxc1 39. Kxc1 {
Black would still have to show some technique on the way to the win.} Ra8 40.
Kxc2 Kf8 41. Kc3 Ke7 42. Kb4 Kd6 {and eventually Black should win.}) 37... Nd3
$19 38. Ra1 Ra8 $1 {The simplest, at least in the time trouble.} (38... Rc8 $5
{also wins} 39. b6 c1=Q+ 40. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 41. Ke2 Nc5 42. Kd2 Rc4 $19) ({Also
Fritzy} 38... c1=Q+ $5 {is sufficient for a win.} 39. Rxc1 Nxc1 40. b6 Rd8 41.
g3 Rd7 42. Nc5 Rd6 43. b7 Rb6) 39. Ke2 c1=Q 40. Rxc1 Nxc1+ 41. Ke3 Nb3 0-1

[Event "URS U26-ch"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 (3... d5 4. Qa4 Bd7 5. exd5 Nd4 6. Qd1 Nxf3+ 7.
Qxf3 Nf6 8. h3 e4 9. Qe3 Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 c6 12. Be2 cxd5 13. cxd5 Bf5
14. Bc4 Rc8 $44 {Rogers,I-Romanishin,O/Malmo/1993/0:1/ (40)}) 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5
Nb8 (5... Ne7 $5 6. Nxe5 Ng6 7. Bd3 (7. Qd4 Qf6 8. Qxe4 Qxe5 9. Qxe5+ Nxe5 10.
Bf4 d6 11. Na3 Be7 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Rfe1 Bxb5 15. Nxb5 a6 16. Nd4
Bf6 $15 {Maier,A-Smeikal,J/Munchen/1992/0:1 (36)}) (7. Nxg6 $5) 7... Nxe5 (7...
Nxf2 $2 8. Bxg6 $1 $18) 8. Bxe4 Bc5 9. Qh5 d6 10. Bg5 $2 (10. h3 $10) 10... Bg4
$1 11. Qh4 f6 12. Bc1 Qe7 13. O-O g5 14. Qg3 f5 $19 {Kuijf,M-Anand,V/Wijk aan
Zee/1990/0:1/24/}) 6. Nxe5 Nf6 $6 (6... Bc5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Qxe4 d6 9. Bd3 f5 10.
Qc4 b5 11. Qxb5 Qe7 12. O-O $14 {Schussler/}) (6... Bd6 7. Qd4 O-O 8. Qxe4 Bxe5
$13) (6... Qe7 $5 7. Qd4 d6 8. Qxe4 (8. Bb5+ Nd7 9. Bxd7+ Bxd7 10. Nxd7 Nf6+
11. Be3 Qxd7 12. O-O Be7 13. h3 O-O 14. c4 a6 15. Nc3 Rae8 16. Qd3 Qd8 $10 {
Lukin,A-Meister,J/URS(ch)/1991/1/2-1/2/20}) 8... Qxe5 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O Qxe4
11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bf3 Bg4 $10 {Sveshnikov,E-Agzamov,G/Riga USSR(ch)/1985/1/2-1/
2/46}) 7. Be2 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd3 Be7 (9... Bb6 $6 10. d6 $1 cxd6 11. Bg5 $16
) 10. c4 d6 11. Nc3 Bf5 $6 (11... Re8 $5 {/\ Be7-f8,Nb8-d7}) 12. g4 $1 Bxd3 13.
Bxd3 Nfd7 (13... Nbd7 $6 14. g5 Ne8 15. f4 $16) 14. f4 Na6 $6 (14... Nc5 $5 15.
Bc2 Bf6 16. g5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 f5 18. Be3 Nbd7 19. Bd4 Qe7 $14) 15. g5 c6 (15...
Nac5 16. Bc2 a5) 16. Rf3 (16. Bxh7+ $6 Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Rf3 f5 19. Rh3 Nf6
20. gxf6 Bxf6 $13 {Chekhov/}) (16. Be3 $5 {/\ 17.Be3-d4}) 16... f5 $6 (16... g6
$142) 17. Be3 $16 Ndc5 18. Bc2 Nb4 19. Bb1 a5 20. a3 Nba6 21. Bc2 Qb6 $2 (21...
Qd7 22. Rb1 Rae8 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Ne4 25. Bxe4 (25. Nxe4 $6 fxe4 26. Bxe4
Qg4+ 27. Kh1 Bxg5 $13) 25... fxe4 26. Nxe4 $16) 22. Rb1 Qc7 23. Rh3 $1 {
/\ 24.Rh7} g6 $8 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Nd7 26. dxc6 bxc6 27. c5 Nxb4 (27... dxc5
28. Bb3+ Kh8 29. bxc5 $18 Bxc5) (27... d5 28. Nxd5 cxd5 29. Qxd5+ Rf7 30. Rxh7
$1 Raf8 31. Rxf7 Rxf7 32. Bb3 $18) 28. cxd6 $1 (28. Rxb4 $18) 28... Bxd6 29.
Rxb4 Bxb4 30. Bb3+ Rf7 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Prelim Gr-B"]
[Site "Besancon"]
[Date "1999.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Boudre, Jean Pierre"]
[Black "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 O-O-O 6. c3 e5 7. Be3 exd4 (
7... e4 $5 8. Ng1 Bxe2 9. Nxe2 f5 10. Nd2 Nf6 $15 {(Wahls in CBM 59)}) 8. cxd4
Nf6 $6 (8... Qd6 $5 {ist eine Empfehlung von GM Matthias Wahls aus CBM 59. Er
führt weiter aus:"} 9. Qb3 (9. O-O Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qxd4 12. Nc3 (
12. Qb3 Qb4 13. Qxf7 Qxb2) 12... Qxd1 13. Raxd1 Rxd1 14. Rxd1 {und jetzt nicht
14..Sf6?! wegen 15.Sd5, sondern 14..Sh6 mit guten Gewinnaussichten.}) (9. Nbd2
f5 $1 10. Nc4 Qe6 11. Qb3 {(mit der Drohung 12.Sb6)} (11. Ng5 Bb4+ 12. Nd2 Qd7
13. Bxg4 fxg4 14. O-O Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Nf6 {mit der unangenehmen Drohung 16..h6.})
11... f4 12. Bxf4 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Nxd4+ 15. Kf1 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bxd2
17. Ncxd2 a6 {mit deutlichem schwarzen Übergewicht.}) 9... Qb4+ 10. Nc3 Qxb3 (
10... Nf6 $5 {K.Müller, CBM 73}) 11. axb3 a6 12. Ra4 (12. O-O Bxf3 13. Bxf3
Nxd4 $17) (12. Ng5 Bxe2 13. Nxf7 Bh5 14. Nxh8 Nf6 15. h3 g5 $1 16. g4 Be8 17.
Bxg5 ({Was ist von} 17. h4 {zu halten ? (K.Müller, CBM 73)}) 17... Bg7 $19)
12... Nf6 13. O-O Bd6 {und mit seiner gesunden Bauernstruktur kann sich
Schwarz schon auf das Endspiel freuen."(Ende des Zitats aus CBM 59)}) 9. Nc3
Qh5 $6 10. h3 Bd6 11. Qa4 Bd7 $6 (11... a6 $6 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Bxa6 $40) (
11... Bb4 $5 12. O-O Bxh3 {und die Lage ist zumindest nicht so klar, obwohl
die schwarze Spielweise sehr verdächtig aussieht.}) 12. Ne5 $1 Qf5 (12... Nxe5
$2 13. Qxa7 Bg4 14. dxe5 Bxe2 15. exd6 Ba6 16. dxc7 $18) 13. Nxd7 ({Auch} 13.
Nxf7 {kam in Betracht.}) 13... Nxd7 14. d5 Nb4 15. O-O-O Ne5 16. a3 $1 (16.
Qxa7 $4 Qc2#) 16... Nbd3+ {[%tqu "De","Was hatte Weiß geplant ?","","","d1d3",
"danach erhält Weiß kreuzgefährlichen Königsangriff, während sein eigener
Monarch auf d2 erstaunlich sicher steht.",6]} 17. Rxd3 $3 {[%mdl 512]} (17.
Bxd3 $2 Nxd3+ 18. Rxd3 Qxd3 19. Qxa7 Qa6 $17) 17... Nxd3+ 18. Kd2 $1 Ne5 (18...
Nxf2 $2 19. Rf1 $18) (18... Nxb2 $2 19. Qxa7 h5 20. Rb1 $18) 19. f4 (19. Qxa7
$5 Qg6 (19... c6 20. f4 Bb8 21. Qa8 Rhe8 22. Rf1 $18) 20. f4 Nc6 21. Qa8+ Nb8
22. g4 $40) 19... Nd7 $2 (19... a6 $1 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Rf1 $14) 20. Qxa7 $18
h5 21. g3 $6 (21. Bd3 $5 Qf6 22. g3 $18) 21... Rde8 $6 (21... Qg6 22. Bd3 Qxg3
(22... f5 23. Qa8+ Nb8 24. Rc1 $18) 23. Qa8+ Nb8 24. Bf5+ Rd7 25. Rg1 Qf3 26.
Rxg7 $18) (21... Nb8 $5 22. Bd3 Qd7 23. Qa8 $40) 22. Bd3 $1 Qf6 23. Bd4 $1 {
nach dieser Zentralisierung der Läufer ist es aus} Qe7 24. Bf5 (24. Qa8+ Nb8
25. Bf5+ $18) 24... c5 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. Bb6 (26. Bb6 g6 27. Qa8+ Bb8 28. Qa6#)
1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.16"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Ne7 6. Nxe5 Ng6 7. Qe2 Qe7 8.
Qxe4 Qxe5 9. Qxe5+ Nxe5 10. Bf4 Bd6 {An unusual move although it had been
played before.} ({A usual line is} 10... d6 11. Na3 Be7 (11... a6 12. O-O-O Be7
13. Re1 Ng6 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Nc4 Bf6 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Ne3 Ne5 18. Be2 Rfe8 19. f4
Ng6 20. g3 {1-0 (61) Pencheva,I (1799)-Atanasova,E (1727) Vratsa 2012; with
interesting play ahead of us.}) 12. Nc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Bd7 14. Kd2 O-O 15. Rhe1
Rfe8 16. a4 a6 17. a5 Bf6 18. Bd3 h6 19. b4 Kf8 20. Rac1 {1/2-1/2 (41)
Velimirovic,D (2510)-Malaniuk,V (2600) Becici 1993. White has the initiative
in this endgame.}) 11. Bg3 f5 (11... O-O 12. Nd2 f5 {would take us to the same
position.}) 12. Nd2 O-O 13. f4 $5 {In a known position Jobava found this new
and promising pawn sacrifice.} (13. f3 f4 14. Bf2 Be7 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 d6
17. Kd2 Bf6 18. a4 Bd7 19. a5 {1/2-1/2 (48) Velimirovic,D (2515)-Littlewood,P 
(2440) Borovo 1980. Not so sharp as the Jobava game but White does have
slightly better chances after all.}) 13... Ng6 14. O-O-O Bxf4 {It was
interesting to refrain from taking the pawn:} (14... b6 $5 15. Nc4 (15. Nf3
Nxf4 16. Rd4 Ng6 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Bd3 Ne5 {it seems that Black is not doing
badly here}) 15... Bxf4+ 16. Bxf4 Nxf4 17. d6 c5 $5 18. Ne5 Re8 19. g3 (19.
Bc4+ Kf8 20. Rhf1 Rxe5 21. Rxf4 Bb7 22. g4 g6 23. gxf5 g5 24. Rf2 Bc6 25. f6 h6
{again with an unusual sharp type of endgame}) 19... Rxe5 20. gxf4 Re8 21. Bc4+
Kf8 22. Rd5 g6 23. Rg1 {with a nasty idea of Rxf5+!} Re6 24. Rd3 Re8 25. h4 Kg7
26. h5 Bb7 27. hxg6 h6 $5 {with unbalanced play.}) 15. d6 $1 cxd6 (15... c6 16.
Bxf4 Nxf4 17. g3 Ne6 18. Bc4 Kh8 19. Rhe1 {with nice play for White.}) 16. Bxf4
Nxf4 17. g3 Nh5 18. Nc4 d5 19. Nd6 Nf6 20. Bg2 Ne4 21. Rxd5 Nxd6 22. Rxd6 Re8
23. Rf1 g6 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. Kd2 {White has very strong compensation and
already Black is in danger of running out of good moves.} a5 26. Rf4 {
Imprecise although it looks logical.} (26. c4 Kg7 27. Rf3 $1 Ra7 28. Rb3 {
with a strong initiative.}) 26... Re5 27. Rc4 Rb8 28. Rc7 b6 {A bit passive} (
28... b5 $1 29. b3 Kg7 30. c4 bxc4 31. Bxc4 Kf8 32. Rf6+ Ke8 33. Bg8 Ke7 34.
Rf7+ Kd6 35. Ra7 Bb7 {Black is fine.}) 29. c4 Kg7 30. a4 Kf8 31. Rf6+ Ke8 32.
Ra7 {Black can't really activate his remaining pieces and that creates
problems in this game.} Re7 33. h4 Rg7 34. Ke3 Ke7 35. Re6+ Kd8 36. Re5 h6 $6 {
Passive.} (36... Bb7 $1 37. Bxb7 d6 38. Rd5 Rbxb7 39. Rxb7 Rxb7 40. Rxd6+ Ke7
41. Rd5 Rc7 42. Kd4 Ke6 43. Rb5 Rd7+ 44. Kc3 {Still White has some pressure
but Black has chances to defend now.}) 37. Kd4 {Now it is rather difficult to
do anything with Black.} Rh7 38. h5 Rg7 39. hxg6 Rxg6 40. Re3 Rg7 41. Rf3 Rg6
42. Rxf5 Rxg3 43. Rf8+ Ke7 44. Rf7+ Kd6 45. Rf6+ Ke7 46. Rxh6 Rg4+ 47. Ke5 Rg5+
48. Kf4 Rg1 49. Be4 Re1 50. b3 Re2 51. Ke5 $18 Kf7 52. Kd6 Rxe4 53. Kc7 Rb7+
54. Rxb7 Bxb7 55. Kxb7 Re6 56. Rxe6 dxe6 57. Kxb6 e5 58. Kxa5 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 {Jobava's specialty, a reversed Philidor Defence.
There is an interesting thing about reversed openings: they never really look
like the original.} Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bc5 6. c3 a5 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9.
h3 h6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nh2 {A new idea if one can call it that; as Black I am
sure you can see ...Nh7 a lot.} Ne7 12. Bf1 Ng6 13. Nhf3 dxe4 (13... c6 $13 14.
d4 $6 dxe4 15. dxc5 exf3 16. Nxf3 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Bb3 $15) 14. dxe4 c6 {Domingez
plays it safe.} 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. Nc4 Red8 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Rdb8 {A bit of
a waste of time but still nothing much changes.} (18... Nd7 19. b4 Ndf8 20. Bc4
Bxc4 21. Nxc4 axb4 22. cxb4 Ne6 23. Qc3 f6 $13) 19. Rad1 Rd8 20. g3 Qb6 21. Nd2
Qc7 22. Kg2 Nf8 23. Nf3 N8d7 24. b4 {Preventing ...Nc5 is essential.} axb4 (
24... Nb6 $5 25. Ra1 Qe7 $5 {not an easy move because it makes the e5-pawn
vulnarable} (25... Nc8 26. Bc4 $1 Qe7 27. Nxe5 Bxh3+ 28. Kxh3 Qxe5 29. Nf5 $36)
26. Reb1 (26. Nxe5 Bxh3+ 27. Kxh3 Qxe5 28. Nf5 g6 $1 $17) 26... Nc8 {[%cal
Gc8d6]} 27. Bc4 Nd6 28. Bxe6 Qxe6 29. Nd2 Nh7 30. h4 Nf6 $11 {this looks an
equilibrium.}) 25. cxb4 Qb6 26. Rb1 Qa7 27. Ra1 Qb6 28. Reb1 Qc7 {In the last
couple of moves Black has been losing the thread of the game.} 29. a5 $14 Rdc8
30. Bc4 $1 {Finally White has achieved his best idea.} Qd6 31. Nd2 b6 32. Bxe6
Qxe6 33. Nb3 {Now the passer and a slightly better structure with better
placed pieces give White something to hope for.} Rcb8 34. Nc4 bxa5 35. bxa5 Rb5
36. a6 (36. Ra4 $1 {keeping everything protected was a better try.}) 36... Ne8
({Black missed a chance to equalise at once with} 36... c5 $1 37. a7 Rb7 38.
Ne3 Rbxa7 39. Rxa7 Rxa7 40. Nxc5 Nxc5 41. Qxc5 Ra2 $11) 37. Rd1 $6 (37. a7 $1
$16 Rb7 $2 38. Nc5 $1 Nxc5 39. Rxb7 Nxb7 40. Nb6 $18) 37... Nc5 $1 38. Nxc5
Rxc5 39. Ra4 Nc7 $6 {Black missed a big chance not only to equalise but to
remain a pawn up in a rook endgame.} (39... Nd6 $1 40. Rc1 Rxc4 41. Rxc4 Nxc4
42. Qxc4 Qxc4 43. Rxc4 Rxa6 $15) 40. a7 Nb5 41. Qd3 Rxa7 42. Rxa7 Rxc4 {
Sad necessity. Probably Black missed the fact that the pawn is tabu now due to
his back rank problems.} (42... Nxa7 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. Ne3 $18 {[%cal Gd8f8,
Gd1d8]}) 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. Re7 Qf6 45. Qd7 $18 Rd4 46. Rxd4 Nxd4 47. Rxf7 Qg6
48. f3 c5 49. h4 h5 50. Kh3 Qh6 51. g4 hxg4+ 52. Qxg4 Kg8 53. Rc7 Ne6 54. Rc8+
Kf7 55. Qf5+ Ke7 56. Qxe5 Kd7 57. Ra8 Nf4+ 58. Kg4 Qxh4+ 59. Kxh4 Ng6+ 60. Kg3
Nxe5 61. Kf4 Kd6 62. Rd8+ Nd7 63. Rg8 c4 64. Rxg7 Ne5 65. Ke3 c3 66. f4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Prasanna,V"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Jobava had a poor start but recovered with consecutive wins and winning this
game would have brought him the gold medal.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 {
The Ponziani.} Nf6 4. d3 {Jobava plays the Reversed Philidor which has served
him well in the past.} (4. d4 {is of course the main line.}) 4... d5 5. Qc2 a5
6. Be2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. a4 h6 9. Na3 Re8 10. h3 Be6 {White has chosen an
extremely compact setup offering Black more space.} 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Bf1 Rad8 (
12... Nh5 {was possible but it is hard to recognise this as a critical moment;
12...Rad8 is perfectly natural.} 13. Be3) 13. Nb5 Bb6 (13... Nh5) 14. Be3 Bxe3
15. Rxe3 Qe7 16. Ree1 {White has played very patiently and has developed his
forces.} dxe4 17. dxe4 Rd7 18. Rad1 Red8 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 {A draw for Black would
mean that the championship was his so he was not too displeased with all the
exchanges and the position on the board.} 20. Na3 Rd8 21. Bb5 Qc5 22. Qe2 Ne8
23. Bc4 {White minimally tries to improve his position and come closer to
equality and maintain the balance.} Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Nd6 25. Na3 b6 26. h4 $5 Nb7
27. Qa6 Nd6 28. Qe2 Nb7 {Black is of course happy with a draw given the
tournament situation but Jobava wants to play on.} 29. Nb5 Qe7 30. Rd1 Nc5 (
30... Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Nb8 $1 $11 {A hard move to see and probably what Black
missed. The idea is to stop Qd5 and penetrate along the d-file.}) 31. Rd5 Rxd5
$6 (31... Rd7 $142 32. Qd1 Rd8 {Black needs to wait here and the position is
still balanced.}) 32. exd5 Nb8 33. b4 (33. Qxe5 Qxe5 34. Nxe5 Nxa4 35. Nd3 c6
36. dxc6 Nxc6 37. f4 $14 {leads to a slightly better ending for White.}) 33...
axb4 34. cxb4 Ncd7 35. Qe4 Na6 36. d6 $1 cxd6 37. Nc3 Qe6 $6 (37... Qd8 {
was necessary but a hard move to find.} 38. Qd3 (38. Nd5) 38... Nxb4 39. Qxd6
Na6 $11) 38. Nd2 (38. Nd5 g6 39. Nd2 Kg7 40. Qc4 Nf6 41. Nxf6 Qxc4 42. Ne8+ Kf8
43. Nxc4 Kxe8 44. b5 $16) 38... f5 39. Qa8+ Nab8 40. a5 $6 {Jobava could have
also been a bit more prophylactic and restricted his opponent more.} (40. Nd5
Kh7 41. Qb7 e4 42. Nf1 {White wins comfortably after winning the b6-pawn.})
40... bxa5 41. bxa5 d5 42. Nxd5 Kf7 $2 (42... Kh7 $142 $14) 43. Nc4 $2 (43. Nb6
$1 {should win for White but with queens it could be tricky practically. The
position is definitely winning for White though.} Qd6 44. Ndc4 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 Qd4
46. Nxd7 Nxd7 47. Ne3 Qxh4+ 48. Kg1 Qd4 49. a6 Nb6 50. Qb7+ Kg6 51. a7 f4 52.
Nf1 e4 53. Qxb6+ Qxb6 54. a8=Q $18) 43... Qc6 44. Qxc6 Nxc6 45. a6 Na7 46. h5
Nc5 47. Nb4 Kf6 48. Kh2 e4 {Black is in time to defend himself.} 49. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Janowski-Marshall +5-2=2"]
[Site "Suresnes"]
[Date "1908.01.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1908.01.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Le match s'est déroulé du 17 janvier au 04 février 1908 а Suresnes près
de Paris} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg4 $1 7. Qb3
Bxf3 8. Bxf7+ Kf8 9. Bxg8 $6 (9. gxf3 $142 {Cochrane,J-Staunton,H London m1
1841 0-1}) 9... Rxg8 10. gxf3 Qd7 {[%cal Gd7h3,Gh3g2,Gg7g5,Gg5g4]} (10... g5 $5
{[%cal Gg8g1];Suhle,B-Anderssen,A Cologne 1859 0-1}) 11. Kh1 (11. Qxb7 $143 Rb8
) 11... Re8 {[%csl Rg2,Rh2][%cal Ge8e6,Ge6g6,Gg6h6] Curieusement le K noir est
resté au centre mais c'est son homologue blanc qui est le plus exposé.} 12. Rg1
dxc3 $6 (12... Qh3) (12... Qf7 $142 {[%csl Rf3]} 13. Rg3 (13. Rg2 Qxf3) (13.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 $32 {[%csl Ra1,Rb1,Rc1]}) 13... dxc3 $1 {[%cal Gc5f2] le bon ordre
de coups pour prendre en c3}) 13. Rg4 (13. Nxc3 Bxf2 14. Rg4 Ne5 15. Rf4+ Ke7 {
[%cal Ge7d8]} (15... Nf7 16. Kg2 Bb6 17. Nd5 (17. Bd2 g5)) 16. Nd5+ Kd8 17.
Qxb7) 13... Ne5 14. Rf4+ Ke7 $1 {[%cal Ge7d8]} 15. Nxc3 {[%cal Gc3d5]} c6 $1
$15 {[%cal Gd7b7,Gc6d5]} 16. Rf5 Kd8 $36 17. Bg5+ Kc8 $17 {le K noir est
maintenant en sécurité alors que celui des blancs reste exposé et les noirs
sont nettement mieux} 18. Na4 Rgf8 19. Rd1 $2 (19. Nxc5) 19... Bxf2 20. Qc2
Rxf5 21. Qxf2 Rxg5 22. Qxa7 Nc4 23. e5 Qh3 24. Qa8+ Kc7 25. exd6+ Nxd6 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch49"]
[Site "Chambery"]
[Date "1974.08.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Seret, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Bessenay, Maurice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1974.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 {Le lyonnais avait obtenu un premier classement FIDE à 2400 au 01 er
juillet 1974, ce qui était particulièrement élevé à l'époque mais il
s'agissait manifestement davantage une performance que de son niveau réel et
à la fin 1974, il a d'ailleurs perdu 120 points après notamment ce
championnat de France plutôt raté. Jean-Luc SERET avait également obtenu
son premier classement FIDE à 2400 en juillet 1974. Deux joueurs classés à
2400 se rencontrant dans le cadre du championnat de France, c'était à
l'époque une petit événement mais dans cette partie le normand va
surclasser son adversaire.  Cette partie envoyée par le Champion de France en
2018 méritait néanmoins de passer à la postérité} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 $5 {
Une ouverture pas très ambitieuse mais JL SERET évitait souvent les débats
théoriques. Cette Philidor en premier est d'ailleurs devenue assez populaire
à haut niveau et le TOP GMI JOBAVA en est devenu un spécialiste depuis 2015}
g6 $6 {Une ligne secondaire un peu douteuse} (3... Nf6 $142 $1 {[%cal Gf6e4]
Il est plus logique de gagner un tempo de développement} 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 Be7
{Seret,J (2365)-Schall,A (1895) FRA-ch 56th Vitrolles 1981 (8) 1-0} (5... Bc5
$142 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 a5 $132 {Grischuk,A (2761)-Caruana,F (2808) Paris GCT
Blitz 2017 (6) 1/2})) 4. d4 (4. c3 $5 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. Na3 $5 Nf6 7. dxe5 Nxe4
8. Qd5 $1 f5 9. exd6 $16 {Jobava,B (2706)-Zaiatz,E (2423) Minsk Bronstein
Memorial op-A rapid 2014 (1) 1-0}) 4... exd4 (4... Nxd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. Qxd4
Qf6 7. Qc4 c6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rad1 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13.
Qc7 Qe5 14. Qxe5 Bxe5 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Be6 17. Rfd1 Rfc8 18. R4d2 a6 19.
Bf3 {1/2-1/2 (19) Hort,V-Milev,Z Varna 1962}) 5. Bg5 $6 (5. Nxd4 $142 Bg7 6.
Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O d5 $132 {Jobava,B (2706)-Kamsky,G (2714) RUS-chT
21st 2014 (3.2) 1-0}) 5... Be7 6. Bf4 d6 $146 (6... Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bh6 d6 9.
exd6 Qxd6 10. O-O Be6 11. Na3 O-O-O 12. Nb5 Qc5 13. Nfxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bf6 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qc1 e5 {1/2-1/2 (16) Tatai,S-Ree,H Caorle 1972}) 7. O-O Bf6 $5 8.
c3 $5 dxc3 {L'acceptation est dangereuse avec un K Noir encore au centre mais
sinon les Blancs obtiennent le centre parfait} (8... Nge7 9. cxd4 $16 {[%csl
Gd4,Ge4]} O-O 10. Nc3 {[%cal Gd1d2]} Bg4 11. d5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. Be2 Re8
14. Qd2 $36 {[%cal Gf4h6]}) 9. Nxc3 $44 {[%csl Re8]} Be6 10. Nd5 $1 {[%cal
Gd5c7,Gd5f6]} Bg7 (10... Bxb2 $6 11. Rb1 Bg7 12. Rxb7 $36 {[%csl Rc6,Re8][%cal
Gd1a4]}) 11. Qb3 (11. Rc1) 11... Qc8 $6 {[%csl Rc8] Accentue le retard de
développement des Noirs} (11... Rb8 $142 {Un moindre mal}) 12. Rac1 $1 {
[%csl Rc7,Rc8][%cal Gc1c8]} Nge7 13. Ng5 $5 Nd4 $6 {[%csl Rd4] Risqué mais
les alternatives ne sont pas attrayantes pour les Noirs} (13... Bd7 14. Rfd1
O-O 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. Bxd6 $1 $40) (13... O-O 14. Nxe7+ Nxe7 15. Bxd6 $40) 14.
Nxc7+ $6 {Une erreur dans l'ordre de coups} (14. Nxe6 $142 $3 {Le début
d'énormes complications!} Nxb3 (14... Nxe2+ 15. Kh1 fxe6 16. Rxc7 Qxc7 17.
Nxc7+ Kd7 18. Qxe6+ Kxc7 19. Qxe7+ Kc6 (19... Kc8 20. Bxd6) 20. Qxd6+) (14...
Nxe6 15. Nxe7 Kxe7 16. Bg4 $1 $40 {[%csl Rc7,Rc8][%cal Gg4c8]}) 15. Nxg7+ Kf8 (
15... Kd8 16. axb3 Nxd5 17. exd5 Ke7 18. Rfe1 {[%cal Ge1e7]} Kf6 19. Bh6 {
[%cal Gc1c3,Gc3f3] Et le K est dans un réseau de mat}) 16. Bh6 $1 {Trés
compliqué à jouer devant l'échiquier!} Nxc1 17. Ne6+ Kg8 (17... Ke8 18. Nf6#
) 18. Nf6# {Un joli mat!}) (14. Qa4+ $5 Nec6 (14... Ndc6 15. Nxe7) 15. Bd3)
14... Qxc7 15. Nxe6 Qxc1 $1 {La pointe!} 16. Bb5+ $1 {Contre-pointe!  les deux
adversaires se battent comme des chiffonniers} (16. Nxg7+ Kf8 $1 (16... Kd7 17.
Qxb7+ Qc7 {[%csl Rg7]} 18. Qa6 $13) 17. Rxc1 Nxb3 18. axb3 Kxg7 19. Rc7) (16.
Rxc1 Nxb3 17. Nxg7+ Kf8 18. axb3 (18. Bh6 Nxc1) 18... Kxg7 19. Rc7 Rhe8 20.
Bxd6 Nc6 21. Bc4 (21. f3) 21... Rad8 $1 22. Rxf7+ Kh6 23. Bf4+) 16... Nec6 17.
Nxg7+ {Gagne le B mais le N n'a plus de cases de repli et la position est
compliquée} Kf8 18. Bxc1 Nxb3 19. Bh6 $1 {[%cal Gh6f8,Gg7f5] Malgré
l'échange des Q, il y a encore des ressources tactiques et sur la découverte
le coup Kg8 pourrait mener à un mat} Nc5 $6 {[%cal Gc5e4]} (19... Nbd4 20.
Nf5+ Kg8 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Bd3 (22. Bd7 Rd8 23. Bh3 f5 24. exf5 Nxf5 25. Bxf5
gxf5 26. Rc1 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Gc1c7]} (26. Re1 Kf7) 26... Kf7 27. Rc7+ Ke6 28.
Rxb7 Rd7 $17 {Et les Noirs ont fait le plus dur}) (22. Bc4 Rc8 23. Bd5 b6 24.
f4 $14 {[%cal Ge4e5,Gd5f7]}) 22... Rc8 $1) 20. b4 $1 (20. Nf5+ Ke8 21. Nxd6+
Ke7 22. Nxb7 Nd4 $13) (20. Nh5+ Ke7 21. Bg5+ Kd7 22. Nf6+ Kc7 23. Nd5+) 20...
Nd7 (20... Nxe4 21. Nf5+ Kg8 (21... Ke8) 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Ne7#) (20... Nxb4 $4
21. Nf5+ Kg8 22. Ne7# {Elégant}) 21. Nf5+ Ke8 (21... Kg8 22. Bxc6 bxc6 (22...
gxf5 23. Bxd7 f6 24. Bxf5 Kf7 25. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Gc1c7]} Rae8 26. Rc7+ Re7) 23.
Ne7#) 22. Nxd6+ Ke7 23. Nxb7 Rhc8 (23... Rac8 $144) 24. Rd1 Rc7 25. Bf4 $1 Nce5
(25... Rxb7 $2 26. Bxc6 {[%csl Ra8]}) 26. Nc5 $1 {[%csl Rd7,Re5] Lorsque deux
N sont obligés de se protéger mutuellement, ils sont souvent en danger
tactique.  Boris SPASSKY était ainsi cité dans "101 Tips to Improve Your
Chess" en disant que "Knights are at their weakest when défending each other"}
Nxc5 27. Bxe5 Rd7 28. Bxd7 Nxd7 29. Bd4 {[%cal Gd4c5]} Nb6 30. Bc5+ Ke6 31. f4
f6 32. Rd6+ {Jusqu'au bout de la partie, le K Noir sera attaqué} Kf7 33. Bd4 {
[%mdl 1] Une belle partie} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. c3 (5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2
Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Bg4 9. Qe4 (9. d4 O-O-O 10. dxe5 Nge7 11. Qc4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nxe5
13. Qxd5 Rxd5 14. Bg2 N5g6 15. f4 Rdd8 16. Bxg7 Rhe8 $36 {1-0 Rosito,
J-Kaidanov,G/American Continental-ch Buenos Aires 2003/(73)}) 9... Bxf3 10.
Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 f6 12. Rg1 Kf7 13. O-O-O Rd8 14. f4 exf4 15. Rg4 g5 16. Rxg5
fxg5 17. Bxh8 Nh6 $132 {1-0 Jones,G-Broomfield,M/S&WYM Millfield lSchoo 2003/ 
(55)}) (5. g3 dxe4 6. dxe4 Bg4 7. c3 Qd7 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bg2 O-O-O 10. Be3 f5 11.
g4 fxg4 12. Ng5 gxh3 13. Bxh3 Bxe2 14. Kxe2 Nf6 15. Bxd7+ Rxd7 16. Nd2 h6 $15 {
0-1 Iuldachev,S-Bertholee,R/Dieren op 2002 (41)}) 5... Nf6 6. Qc2 (6. b4 Bg4 7.
a3 a5 8. b5 dxe4 9. bxc6 exf3 10. gxf3 Be6 11. cxb7 Rb8 12. f4 exf4 13. Bg2 Bd6
14. Bc6+ Nd7 15. d4 O-O 16. Qb5 Qe7 $36 {0-1 Skripchenko,A-Ulibin,M/Dubai op
2003/ (40)}) 6... a5 7. Be2 h6 $146 (7... Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Re1
Re8 11. Bf1 Ng6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. d4 exd4 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Nxd4 c6 16. Nc4
Bc7 17. Bd2 Bd7 18. Re1 Qf8 $11 {Gallagher,J-Moor,O/SUI-ch Scuol 2001//1/2-1/2
(45)}) 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Rd1 (10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 Re8 $13) 10... Re8
11. Nf1 Be6 12. Ng3 (12. Ne3 $5) 12... Qc8 (12... Qd7 $5 {[%cal Gd1d7]}) 13. h3
(13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. d4 $5) 13... a4 (13... d4 $5 14. Nh4 a4) 14. Be3
Ne7 {[%cal Gc7c5] The opening has taken a favourable turn for Black.} 15. Re1 (
15. c4 d4 (15... c6 $5) 16. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 17. c5 $13) 15... c5 $15 {Black
immediately takes this opportunity to grab some space on the queenside} 16.
exd5 Nfxd5 17. Ne4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bb8 $5 19. c4 (19. d4 exd4 20. exd4 cxd4 21.
Nxd4 Ba7 $36) 19... Ra6 (19... Nf5 20. Bf1 Nd6 $5) 20. Bf1 f5 $15 21. Nc3 Bd7
$5 {[%cal Gd7c6,Ga6g6]} 22. Nb5 Rg6 {Black got a big progress in developing
the initiative on the kingside.} (22... Bc6 $5 {[%cal Ge5e4]}) 23. Rad1 (23.
Qxa4 Bc6 24. Kh1 e4 $40) 23... Bc6 24. e4 (24. Nh4 Rg3 {[%cal Ge5e4]}) 24...
fxe4 25. dxe4 Qxh3 $17 {Black won a pawn and got excellent attacking chances
while White still has no real counter play.} 26. Rd3 Rf8 27. Qf2 b6 (27... Qg4
$5) 28. Nc3 Qg4 {Black has gained total control over the position and only
needs to find a plan of breaking through.} 29. Red1 Bc7 $6 (29... Bxe4 30. Nxe4
Qxe4 31. Rd8 {[%cal Ge2d3]} Rgf6 $19) 30. Qe3 Rf4 31. Re1 {Zhang Zhing has
managed to avoid the immediate defeat, but black's advantage is more than
obvious.} (31. Nd2 Nf5 $5) 31... Kh8 {This position probably requires more
active decisions:} (31... Nf5 $5 32. exf5 Rxf3 33. Qxf3 Bxf3 34. fxg6 Bc6 35.
Rxe5 $5 Qxg6 $17) ({or} 31... b5 $5 32. cxb5 $140 c4 $19) 32. Qe2 Kh7 (32...
Rgf6 33. Nd2) 33. Nd2 Qh4 (33... Qxe2 34. Bxe2 {[%csl Gc3,Gd5]}) 34. Rd1 Rgg4 (
34... Rf7 $5) 35. Nf3 Qf6 36. Nh2 Rg6 37. g3 $1 Qf7 $6 {Amazingly, but after
this move Black has already lost his winning chances.} (37... Qh4 $142 38. Qg2
Qg5 $17) 38. Bg2 Rff6 39. Ng4 $6 (39. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 $140 40. exd5 Bd7 41. Be4 Bf5
42. Ng4 $1) 39... Rxg4 (39... Qxc4 $5 40. Nxf6+ Rxf6) 40. Qxg4 Qxc4 41. b3 (41.
Rd7 Rg6 42. Qh3 Bxd7 43. Qxd7 (43. Rxd7 Bd6 $19) 43... a3 $1) 41... axb3 (41...
axb3 42. axb3 Qf7 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 {Baadur is always happy to play the Philidor with
reversed colours.} Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. Qc2 a5 6. a4 Bc5 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O {White's
play has been utterly unambitious, but Baadur has great experience in these
lines. Thanks to which he gained quite a substantial edge on the clock.} h6 9.
h3 Be6 10. Re1 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qe7 12. Na3 Rad8 13. Bb5 Nd7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3
f6 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Qe6 18. Na3 Ne7 19. Rd1 Nc5 20. b4 Rxd1+ (20... Qb3 $1
{would have given Black absolutely no problems.} 21. Qxb3+ Nxb3 $11) 21. Qxd1
axb4 22. cxb4 Na6 23. b5 Nc5 24. Qc2 b6 25. a5 Ra8 26. Nc4 (26. a6 c6 $1 $17)
26... bxa5 $6 (26... Nc8 $1 27. a6 Na7 $17) 27. Ncxe5 $1 Nd7 28. Nxd7 Qxd7 29.
Qc4+ Kh7 30. e5 {White has gained a very strong initiative with some tactical
motifs like a check on e4 and the rook drops on a8.} Qd5 31. Qxc7 Qd1+ 32. Re1
Qd8 33. Qxd8 Rxd8 34. exf6 Nd5 35. Rd1 a4 36. f7 a3 37. Ne5 $1 {Baadur
finishes off the game to perfection.} a2 38. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 {Die Spanische Eröffnung hat durch die Berliner
Verteidigung einiges von ihrem einstigen Schrecken verloren. Weiß sucht nach
neuen Wegen. 3.Le2 ist Philidor im Anzug. Und Spansich ist eigentlich auch: "..
. Philidor im Anzug, nur mit dem Läufer auf einem komischen Feld." (Eva Moser)
} Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bc5 ({Es ist nicht das erste Mal, dass Jobava seinen
Läufer nur bis e2 fährt.} 5... Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 a5 8. Re1 a4 9. Qc2 h6
10. Nf1 Re8 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bd2 Bc5 13. b4 axb3 14. axb3 Rxa1 15. Rxa1 d4 16.
Qb2 Bg4 17. b4 dxc3 18. Bxc3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Bb6 20. Nf5 Qxd3 21. Rd1 Qc4 22. b5
Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 24. bxc6 Qxf5 25. cxb7 Rb8 26. Bxe5 Rxb7 27. Bxc7 Bxf2+ 28.
Qxf2 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rxc7 30. h4 Rc4 31. g3 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Rd5 g4 34. Ke3
Kg7 35. Rd6 f6 36. Rd2 Kg6 37. Kf2 Kf5 38. Re2 Re4 39. Ra2 Rd4 40. Re2 Rd5 41.
Kg2 Re5 42. Rf2+ Ke6 43. Ra2 Rd5 44. Re2+ Kd6 45. Kf2 f5 46. Re8 Rb5 47. Rd8+
Ke5 48. Re8+ Kd4 49. Rd8+ Rd5 50. Re8 Kd3 51. Re3+ Kc4 52. Re2 Kd4 {1/2-1/2 
(52) Jobava,B (2695)-Adams,M (2752) Warsaw 2013}) 6. c3 a5 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O Re8
9. h3 h6 10. Qc2 b6 11. Re1 Bb7 {Alles so ähnlich, wie man es aus der
Philidor-Verteidigung kennt, nur mit vertauschten Farbe und einem Mehrtempo
für Weiß.} 12. Nf1 Bd6 (12... Qd7 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. Bd2 Rad8 15. Rad1 Qc8 16.
Bc1 d4 17. Rf1 Rd7 18. Nh2 Qd8 19. Kh1 Ne7 20. cxd4 Rxd4 21. Nf3 Nc6 22. Nxd4
Nxd4 23. Qb1 Nd7 24. Bg4 Nc5 25. Ne2 Nxa4 26. Nxd4 Qxd4 27. Be3 Qb4 28. f4 exf4
29. Rxf4 Rd8 30. Qa2 {1-0 (30) Moser,E (2453)-Newrkla,K (2133) Vienna 2013})
13. Ng3 Ne7 14. Nh4 c5 15. Bg4 ({Hat es alles schon mal gegeben. Nun ging es
im Vorgänger aber anders weiter.} 15. Bf3 Qc7 16. exd5 Nexd5 17. Nhf5 Bf8 18.
Ne4 Rad8 19. Ne3 Re6 20. Nc4 Nh7 21. Bg4 Ree8 22. h4 g6 23. h5 Nhf6 24. Bf3
Nxh5 25. Bxh5 gxh5 26. Ng3 Qc6 27. f3 Qg6 28. Kf2 h4 29. Nf1 Bg7 30. Qb3 h3 31.
gxh3 Qxd3 32. Nxa5 Ba8 33. Qc4 Qf5 34. Ng3 Qxh3 35. Rh1 Qe6 36. Nb3 Nf4 37.
Qxe6 Nd3+ 38. Kg2 Rxe6 39. Be3 Nxb2 40. a5 Nc4 41. Kf2 Rf6 42. Nd2 Nxd2 {
0-1 (42) Rossi,C (2367)-Solleveld,M (2468) Cork 2005}) 15... c4 {Schwarz wird
im Zentrum aktiv.} (15... Nxg4 16. hxg4 Bc7 17. Nhf5 Nxf5 18. Nxf5 {und der
Springer f5 ist etwas lästig.}) 16. dxc4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 $5 {Einleitung zum
nächsten Zug.} dxe4 18. Bxh6 $6 {Damit hat Weiß nun einen ganzen Turm ins
Geschäft gesteckt.} ({Objektiv besser war:} 18. Nxe4 Qc7 $17 {, aber das war
ja nicht die Intention von Weiß.}) 18... Bc5 $2 {Schwarz lässt sich bluffen.}
({Möglich (und nötig) war:} 18... gxh6 19. Rd1 {mit der Idee Dc1 oder Dd2
sowie Sf5} (19. Qc1 Ng6 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21. Qxh6 Qf6 22. Bf5 e3 {und der Angriff
wird abgeschlagen:} 23. fxe3 Bc5 24. Re1 Re7 25. Bxg6 Qc6 26. Ne4 Rf8 $19)
19... Nc8 (19... Ng6 20. Nhf5 $19) 20. Nhf5 (20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Nhf5 Re6 22.
Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 {und Weiß hat zuwenig für den Minusturm.}) 20... Qf6 21.
Qd2 Bf8 $19) 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Qc1 e3 21. Bxe3 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Qxc4 $2 {Das
verliert. Schwarz geht nun am Königsflügel unter.} (22... Rad8 23. Re1 e4 $11
) 23. Nh5 Qe4 24. Qg5 {Neben Matt auf g7 droht auch Sf6.} Ng6 25. Kh2 $6 {
Weiß geht auf Nummer Sicher.} ({Nicht} 25. Nxg6 $2 Qxg2#) ({Und nach} 25. f3
Qe2 {nun nicht} 26. Rd2 $2 Qe1+ 27. Kh2 Qxh4 $19) ({Strenger war aber} 25. Nxg7
Kxg7 26. Nf5+ Kg8 27. Bf3 Qc2 28. Rd7 Bxf3 29. Nh6+ Kh8 30. Nxf7+ Kh7 31. Nxe5+
$18) 25... Bc8 $2 ({Nun konnte Schwarz noch} 25... f6 {probieren:} 26. Qxg6
Qxg6 27. Nxg6 Red8 {und Weiß muss noch arbeiten.}) 26. f3 (26. Rd6 $18) 26...
Qc2 ({Zäher war} 26... f6 $5) 27. Rd6 Bxg4 28. hxg4 Kh7 29. Nxg6 fxg6 30. Nf6+
gxf6 31. Rd7+ Kg8 32. Qxf6 ({mit undeckbarem Matt.} 32. Qxf6) 1-0

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kranzl, Peter"]
[Black "Fauland, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Nb8 6. Nxe5 Qe7 $5 (6... Bc5 7.
Qg4 O-O 8. Qxe4 d6 9. Bd3 f5 10. Qc4 b5 11. Qxb5 Qe7 12. O-O $14) (6... Bd6 7.
Qd4 O-O 8. Qxe4 Bxe5 $13) 7. Qd4 f5 8. Be2 Qf6 9. Nd2 d6 10. Nef3 Nxd2 11. Bxd2
Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. Qxf6 Bxf6 15. Be3 Ne5 16. Rad1 Bd7 17. Nd4 {
White is minimally better.} a6 18. h3 Rae8 19. Bc1 g5 20. Bh5 Ng6 21. Ne6 Bxe6
22. dxe6 Re7 23. Rd5 Ne5 24. f4 gxf4 25. Bxf4 Rxe6 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Rd3 Kg7
28. Kf1 Kf6 29. Re2 c6 30. Rf2 Kg5 31. Bd1 Rfe8 32. Bb3 d5 33. Re2 b5 34. Bc2
h5 35. Rf3 f4 36. Bd1 h4 37. Rd2 Bc7 38. Re2 Re4 39. Rd3 R8e7 40. Rxe4 Rxe4 41.
Bg4 Re7 42. Rd2 Bb6 43. Re2 Be3 44. Ke1 Kf6 45. Kd1 Ke5 46. Kc2 c5 47. Re1 a5
48. Rd1 c4 49. Bf3 Rd7 50. Rb1 b4 51. Rd1 Rd8 52. b3 cxb3+ 53. Kxb3 bxc3 54.
Kxc3 d4+ 55. Kb3 d3 56. Ka4 Kd4 57. Kxa5 Rb8 58. a4 Kc3 59. Be4 d2 60. Ka6 Rb6+
61. Ka5 Kd4 62. Bf3 Kd3 63. Ra1 Bd4 64. Rd1 Re6 0-1

[Event "Kecskemet"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Black "Barczay, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Bb4 6. Nf3 Nf6 (6... d6 $1 7.
Qb3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qd7 9. O-O Na5 $15 {Minev-Kortchnoi, 1960.}) 7. e5 d5 8. exf6
dxc4 9. fxg7 Rg8 10. Bh6 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Bf5 12. O-O Bd3 13. Rfe1+ Kd7 14. Ng5
Rae8 15. Rxe8 Kxe8 16. Nd5 Be7 17. Nxh7 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 23rd"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2007.03.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seret, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Nalbandian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Seret,JL/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2007.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bc5 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 a5 8. b3
Re8 9. a3 dxe4 $146 (9... Ba7 10. Rb1 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nh5 12. Nc4 Qf6 13. b4 axb4
14. axb4 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. b5 Ne7 17. Ncxe5 Ng6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. e5 Bg4
20. Qd5 Bb6 21. Qxb7 Rad8 22. g3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qxf3 24. Bxf3 Rd3 25. Bg4 Rxe5
26. Rbc1 Rd2 27. c4 g5 28. h3 g6 29. Bf3 Kg7 30. Kg2 Bc5 31. Rcd1 Rc2 32. Rd7
Re7 33. Rd5 Rxc4 34. Rxg5 Rc2 35. Rd5 Bb6 36. h4 Kf6 37. g4 Re5 38. Kg3 Rxd5
39. Bxd5 {Gelashvili,T (2551)-Hellsten,J (2477) Korinthos 2002 1/2-1/2}) 10.
Nxe4 $1 {Le coup naturel de4 permettait aux Noirs de prendre une petite
initiative} (10. dxe4 Nh5 {[%csl Gf4]} 11. g3 Bh3 12. Re1 Qf6 {[%cal Gf6g6,
Gh5f4]} 13. Nc4 {Les Blancs doivent pouvoir tenir avec un jeu précis} Nf4 $1
14. gxf4 Rad8 15. Qc2 Qg6+ 16. Ng5 exf4 17. Bxf4 {JL.S}) 10... Nxe4 11. dxe4
Qxd1 12. Bxd1 f6 13. Be2 Be6 $132 14. Nd2 Red8 (14... Rad8 15. Bb5 $5 {[%cal
Gb5e8]}) 15. a4 Rd7 (15... Kf7) 16. Bb5 Rad8 17. Bc4 $1 {L'échange du bon Be6
doit soulager les Blancs} Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Rd3 $1 $32 {[%csl Ra1,Rc1]} 19. Bb2
R8d7 20. Rac1 b6 21. Rc2 (21. Rfe1 {[%cal Gg1f1,Gf1e2,Ge1d1]}) 21... Nd8 22.
Bc1 Ne6 {[%csl Gf4]} 23. Nb2 {Les Blancs souffrent mais les Noirs n'ont rien
de décisif} R3d6 24. Nc4 Rd3 25. Nb2 R3d6 {Une répétition de coups pour
tester l'adversaire sur ses intentions et gagner du temps à la pendule avec
l'incrément} 26. Nc4 $11 Rd1 $6 {Les R Blanches étaient passives et
l'échange avantage les Blancs} 27. Bd2 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Be7 29. Be3 Rd1+ 30. Ke2
Rg1 31. g3 Rb1 $1 32. Rb2 Ra1 33. Rd2 Rh1 34. h4 h5 35. Rd1 $1 {Les Blancs ont
fait le plus dur après avoir longuement souffert} Rxd1 36. Kxd1 Nc5 $1 37.
Bxc5 Bxc5 38. Ke2 Kf7 39. Nb2 $1 Ke6 40. Nd3 {La position optimale pour le N
et la finale est égale} Be7 41. f4 g6 42. Kf3 exf4 43. Nxf4+ Kf7 44. Nd5 Bd8
45. b4 c6 46. bxa5 bxa5 47. Nf4 Bc7 48. Nd3 g5 49. g4 Kg6 50. hxg5 fxg5 51.
gxh5+ Kxh5 52. Nf2 Be5 53. c4 Bd4 54. Ng4 Kg6 55. Ke2 Kh5 56. Kf3 Kg6 57. Ke2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 {A very rare opening. Jobava wants to avoid the
main lines, he would like to play a solid Philidor defence with White.} Nf6 4.
d3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bc5 6. c3 a5 7. Qa4 O-O 8. b4 Bd6 9. O-O $2 $146 {White
continues his development, but he missed Black's strong reply.} (9. b5 Ne7 10.
O-O Ng6 11. Re1 (11. Nb3 $6 Qe7 (11... Bd7 $5) 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14.
Rfe1 Nf4 15. exd5 Bh3 $1 {A very strong move by Black!} 16. Bf1 Bxg2 17. Bxg2
Qg6 18. Nh4 Qg4 $19 {with a decisive attack, Avdeenko-Keosidi, Krasnoyarsk
2009.}) 11... Bd7 $13 {with an unclear middlegame.}) 9... b5 $1 {A very strong
tactical blow! White has to take, otherwise the b4 P is lost.} 10. Qxb5 axb4 {
Now the Q is in a big trouble.} 11. exd5 ({Of course} 11. Qxc6 $2 {does not
work, because} Ra6 12. Qb5 c6 $19 {and the queen is trapped.}) 11... Na5 $6 {
This is not a bad move, but} (11... Ne7 $1 {was stronger,} 12. Re1 {White
protects the e2 B.} (12. Qc4 {could have been met by} Ba6 13. Qb3 bxc3 ({or} 
13... e4) 14. Qxc3 (14. Nc4 Nexd5 $19) 14... e4 $1 $19 {and Black is winning.})
({or} 12. cxb4 Ba6 13. Qa4 e4 $1 {is also very bad for White.}) 12... Nexd5 13.
cxb4 Nxb4 $19 {followed by Ba6, Black should be winning.}) 12. cxb4 Bd7 13.
Qxa5 Rxa5 14. bxa5 Nxd5 15. Ne4 {Black's position should be better, but the
a-P and 2 Bs can give some chance, as we will see in the game.} Qa8 16. d4 exd4
(16... Nf4 $5 {was also an interesting option. Black also wants to deprive
White of his B pair.} 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. a6 Bc8 $17) 17. Nxd6 cxd6
18. Nxd4 Qxa5 19. Bf3 Rb8 20. a4 Qc3 21. Ba3 $1 {Still White doesn't lose his
piece.} Qxd4 22. Rad1 Qxa4 23. Bxd6 Rd8 24. Bxd5 Bg4 25. f3 Be6 (25... Rxd6 26.
fxg4 {and White has also some chance of a draw.}) 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Rd2 {
With all Ps on the kingside, it is very difficult to win.} e5 28. Rfd1 Qb5 29.
h3 Kf7 30. Rd5 Qe2 31. Kh2 Qc4 32. Kh1 h5 33. Kg1 {White is threatening Rxe5.}
(33. Rxe5 $5 {looks as if it loses immediately, but} Rxd6 $1 34. Rxd6 Qc1+ 35.
Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 Qxe5 37. Rc6 {and still White can't put his R on e4; he has
some drawing chances.}) 33... Qb3 34. R1d3 Qb6+ 35. Kh1 Qc6 36. Rd1 g5 37. R5d3
Qc4 $1 {Black always has to attack the R, otherwise the e5 P is hanging. Black
wants to play for g4.} 38. Rd5 g4 {This is Black's last chance.} 39. fxg4 hxg4
40. hxg4 e4 $1 {Now Black has some unpleasant threats, White's situation is
not easy.} ({In the event of} 40... Qe2 41. Bxe5 Rxd5 42. Rxd5 Ke6 43. Rc5 Qf2
{now Black wins the B, but...} 44. Bd4 $1 Qxd4 45. Rf5 Qxg4 46. Rf3 $11 {
is a well-known fortress, White just plays Rh3-f3.}) 41. Rf5+ $2 {Error, but
the position is very complicated.} (41. Kh2 {was a tough move,} Qb3 $1 (41...
e3 42. Rf5+ $1 Kg6 43. Rdd5 $11 {and Black can't avoid the perpetual checks.})
42. R1d4 Rh8+ 43. Rh5 Rxh5+ 44. gxh5 Qe3 45. Ra4 Qh6 46. Rxe4 $1 $11 {and
White survives.}) 41... Kg6 42. Rdd5 Rh8+ 43. Kg1 Qc1+ 44. Kf2 Ra8 $2 {The
last mistake.} (44... Rh1 $1 {was the winning move} 45. Rg5+ Qxg5 46. Rxg5+
Kxg5 47. Kg3 $1 (47. Ke3 $2 {loses to} Re1+ 48. Kd2 Ra1 49. Ke3 Ra4 50. Be5
Kxg4 51. Bd4 (51. Bd6 Kf5 52. g3 Ra6 53. Bc7 Ra3+ 54. Kf2 Ke6 $19) 51... Rxd4
$1 52. Kxd4 Kf4 $19 {and White is in zugzwang! Black wins!}) 47... Rf1 48. Bc5
Kf6 49. Bf2 Ke5 $19 {and Black should be winning.}) 45. Bc5 $1 $11 {From this
moment on White can hold his position.} Ra6 46. Kg3 Qe1+ 47. Kh3 Qc3+ 48. Kh2
Qh8+ 49. Rh5 Qb8+ 50. Kh3 Qf4 51. Rdf5 Qc1 52. Bf8 Re6 53. Kh2 Qc7+ 54. g3 Qc2+
55. Kh3 Qc1 $1 56. Kg2 Re8 57. Rh6+ Qxh6 58. Bxh6 Kxh6 59. Kf2 e3+ {What an
interesting game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "United Insurance 4th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "1999.03.02"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Black "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1999.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 24624]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 g6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Bg7 7.
Re1 (7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Qe2 (9. Na3 Be6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Rd1 Qe7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Fuller,M-Miles,A/Melbourne Masters ,EXT 1992 (23)}) 9... O-O 10. Bg5 h6
11. Be3 Nh5 12. g3 Qf6 13. f3 $11 {1-0 Cooley,C-Britton,R/BCF ch Southport
1983 (30)}) (7. Na3 O-O 8. dxe5 (8. h3 Nh5 (8... h6 $11) (8... Re8 $11) 9. Bc2
Qe7 10. Re1 Nd8 (10... Re8 $132) 11. Nc4 f6 12. Ne3 c6 13. b3 $14 {1-0 Fedorov,
A-Moskalenko,V/Nikolaev zt 1993 (58)}) 8... Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 h6 11.
Bh4 Qe7 12. Re1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Danielsen,H-Sokolovs,A/Debrecen EU tt DEN-LAT ,
EU-chT 1992 (59)}) (7. Qe1 O-O 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Nb3 Kh8 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 f5 12.
exf5 gxf5 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nh4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Solozhenkin,
E-Gofshtein,L/Cappelle la Grande (8) 1993 (22)}) (7. h3 O-O 8. Re1 a6 9. Bc2 h6
10. Nbd2 $132) (7. Bb5 Bd7 8. d5 Nb8 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. Nbd2 (10. Re1 O-O 11.
c4 $14 {[%cal Gb1c3]}) 10... O-O 11. a4 a5 12. b4 $11 {0-1 Hamilton,R-Day
Lawrence A/Hamilton CAN ch 1994 (36)}) 7... Bg4 8. d5 (8. Bb5 Nd7 (8... O-O 9.
Bxc6 bxc6 10. dxe5 $16) 9. Bxc6 (9. d5 Ne7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. c4 f5
$132) 9... bxc6 10. Be3 Qb8 11. b3 O-O 12. Nbd2 $14) 8... Ne7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3
$14 c5 (10... Bd7 11. b4 $14) 11. a3 Ne8 12. h3 Bd7 (12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 $14)
13. b4 b6 {This construction is characteristic for King Indian Opening.} 14.
Bc2 (14. Rb1 $1 Rc8 $1 $14 {[%csl Rc4]} (14... f5 15. Ng5 $1 Nc7 16. exf5 gxf5
17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Qh5 h6 19. Ne6 Nxe6 20. dxe6 Be8 (20... Bxe6 21. Bxh6 $16)
21. Qh4 e4 22. Bxh6 $1 $16)) 14... Rc8 {[%csl Rc4]} 15. bxc5 dxc5 (15... bxc5
16. Ba4 $14) 16. Ba4 Nd6 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Qe2 (18. Qd3 $14) 18... Rb8 19. a4
Nb7 (19... f6 $14) 20. Be3 (20. Bb2 Na5 21. Nb5 f6 22. Rad1 Rbd8 23. Qc2 (23.
Bc3 Nb3) (23. Ra1 a6 24. Nc3 Nb3 25. Ra3 Nd4 26. Qd1 f5 $132) 23... a6 24. Na3
Nb7 25. Bc3 Nd6 26. Rb1 Rb8 $14) 20... h6 21. Nb5 a6 22. Nc3 f5 23. Reb1 Nd6 (
23... fxe4 24. Nxe4 (24. Nd2 Nf5 (24... Na5 25. g4 Rb7 26. Ndxe4 $16) 25. Rxb6
$16) 24... Nd6 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Nd2 Nf5 27. Ne4 $16) 24. Bd2 $6 $14 (24. a5 $1
b5 25. cxb5 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. Nd2 Rxb5 (27... Qxd5 28. b6 (28. bxa6 Nf5
29. Rb6 Rbd8 30. Nc4 Nd4 31. Qa2 $16) 28... Nf5 29. Ra4 Qd3 30. Qxd3 exd3 31.
Bxc5 $16) 28. Rxb5 axb5 29. Bxc5 $18) 24... Nec8 (24... fxe4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26.
Qxe4 Qf5 27. Re1 b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Ra7 (29. Qxf5 Nxf5 30. Nxe5 Bxe5 (30...
bxc4 31. Nxg6 Bxa1 32. Nxf8 Rxf8 33. Rxa1 Rd8 34. g4 Rxd5 35. Ra2 Nd4 36. Bxh6
c3 37. Be3 c2 38. Kg2 $16) 31. Rxe5 bxc4 32. Re6 g5 $14) 29... Qxe4 30. Rxe4
Nf5 31. cxb5 Rfd8 (31... Rxb5 32. Nxe5 Nd6 33. Re1 Rb2 34. Bc3 Rc2 35. Ba1 $16)
32. Ba5 (32. Nxe5 Rxd5 33. Nf3 Rxb5 $11) 32... Rxd5 33. b6 Nd6 $11) 25. Re1
Nxe4 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. Qxe4 Qf7 (27... Qf5 28. Qxf5 Rxf5 29. Nh4 Rf6 30. Bc3
Rf4 31. Nxg6 Rxc4 32. Bxe5 $16) 28. Bc3 $2 $15 (28. Rad1 Nd6 29. Qe2 e4 30. Nh2
$14) 28... Nd6 29. Qh4 (29. Qe2 e4 30. Ne5 Qe8 31. Qg4 Rf5 32. Qxg6 Qxg6 33.
Nxg6 Bxc3 34. Ne7+ Kf7 35. Nxf5 Nxf5 $19) 29... g5 30. Qg3 Nxc4 31. Qg4 (31.
Bxe5 Nxe5 32. Nxe5 Qf4 $1 $15 (32... Qxd5 $2 33. Ng6 Qd2 (33... Qb7 34. Nxf8
Bxa1 35. Nd7 Rc8 36. Qg4 Bg7 37. Re7 $18) 34. Rad1 Qc3 35. Nxf8 Qxg3 36. fxg3
Rxf8 37. Re6 Bd4+ 38. Kh2 b5 39. Rxa6 b4 (39... bxa4 40. Rxa4 $16) 40. a5 (40.
Rxh6 Ra8 41. Rg6+ Kf7 42. Rxg5 Rxa4 $16) 40... b3 41. Rxh6 b2 42. Rb6 $16)) (
31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. Bxe5 Rbe8 33. Bc3 Qxd5 $17) 31... b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Ra6 $2
$19 (33. Red1 $17) 33... Qf5 $2 (33... Qxd5 $19) 34. Qh5 $2 $19 (34. Rc6 Qxg4
35. hxg4 Rfc8 36. Bxe5 Rxc6 37. Bxb8 Ra6 $17) 34... Rb6 $2 $17 (34... b4 $19)
35. Rxb6 Nxb6 36. Bxe5 Nxd5 37. Bxg7 Kxg7 38. Re5 Nf4 $2 $11 (38... Qb1+ 39.
Re1 Qc2 (39... Qg6 40. Qxg6+ Kxg6 41. Ne5+ Kg7 42. Nd7 Rc8 43. Re5 Nf4 44. Nxc5
b4 45. f3 b3 46. Nxb3 Rc2 47. g4 Nxh3+ 48. Kh1 $11) 40. Re6 Rf6 $17) 39. Rxf5
Nxh5 40. Rxc5 Rb8 41. h4 b4 42. hxg5 b3 43. gxh6+ Kxh6 44. Nd2 b2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Breslau Games"]
[Site "Breslau"]
[Date "1865.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "Zukertort,JH"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1865.06.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[source: Neue Berliner Schachzeitung 1867, p. 255-257]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O d6 $1 6. c3 Bg4 $1 7. b4 ({Auf} 7. Qb3 {folgt
bekanntlich} Bxf3 8. Bxf7+ Kf8 9. Bxg8 Rxg8 10. gxf3 g5 {und Schwarz hat das
bessere Spiel.}) 7... Bb6 8. Bb2 Qf6 $1 {Dieser Zug ist weit besser} ({als der
hier gewöhnlich empfohlene} 8... Nge7) 9. Be2 h5 ({Hier geschieht meist} 9...
d3) 10. Nxd4 ({Bei} 10. cxd4 {spielt Schwarz} Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nxd4) 10... Nxd4
11. Bxg4 hxg4 12. cxd4 Qh4 13. h3 gxh3 14. g3 Qxe4 $1 {Eine höchst
interessante Stellung} 15. f3 ({Weiß darf nicht auf Eroberung der Dame
spielen,} 15. Re1 {da ihm} h2+ {droht.}) 15... Qe3+ 16. Kh1 O-O-O 17. Nd2 $1 d5
({Wollte Schwarz d4 nehmen,} 17... Bxd4 {so verliert er durch} 18. Nc4 {
einen Offizier.}) 18. Nb3 Ne7 {Viel besser war es, den Springer nach f6 zu
entwickeln.} 19. Bc1 $1 Qe6 20. Bf4 $1 f6 $1 21. Re1 Qf7 22. g4 g5 23. Bh2 f5
24. a4 c6 25. a5 Bc7 26. Bxc7 {Weiß deplaziert durch diesen Abtausch den
feindlichen König.} Kxc7 27. b5 fxg4 28. b6+ Kb8 29. bxa7+ Kxa7 {Ein Fehlzug;}
({es musste} 29... Ka8 {geschehen.}) 30. fxg4 Ng6 ({Hier versäumt Schwarz den
verlorenen Angriff durch} 30... Qf2 {wiederzuerlangen.}) 31. Rf1 Nf4 32. Nc5
Rde8 33. Qb3 Qc7 34. Qb6+ Qxb6 {Weiß kündigt Matt in fünf Zügen an.} (34...
Qxb6 35. axb6+ Kb8 36. Ra8+ Kxa8 37. Nd7 Re1 38. Rxe1 {und 39.Ta1#.}) 1-0

