[Event "New York/Los Angeles m"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1961.08.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1961.07.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 (5. e5 {Letelier,R-Fischer,R
Leipzig ol 1960}) 5... d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O (7. d5 {Olafsson,F-Fischer,R Zьrich
1959}) 7... Nc6 8. d5 (8. Be3 Re8 9. dxe5 (9. d5 Nd4 $1 $10) 9... dxe5 10. Qxd8
Nxd8 11. Nb5 Ne6 12. Ng5 Re7 $10 {Reshevsky,S-Fischer,R (9) Los Angeles 1961})
8... Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. exf5 (11. f3 f4 {/\ g6-g5 -> >>}) 11... Nxf5
(11... gxf5) 12. f3 Nd4 (12... Nf6 {Gligoric,S-Fischer,R Bled 1961}) 13. Ne4 b6
14. Bg5 $2 (14. Bd2 {>=}) (14. Re1 {>=}) 14... Qe8 15. Bd2 a5 16. Re1 Nxe2+ 17.
Qxe2 h6 18. b3 (18. a3 {/\ b2-b4} a4 $1) 18... g5 19. a3 Qg6 20. b4 Nf6 21.
bxa5 $2 (21. Ndf2 {>=} Nh5 $17) 21... g4 $1 (21... bxa5 22. Ndf2 Nh5 23. c5
$132) 22. Ndf2 (22. axb6 $2 gxf3 23. Qxf3 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Bf5 $19) (22. Nxf6+
Bxf6 23. f4 Bf5 $17) 22... gxf3 23. Qxf3 Nh5 (23... Nxd5 24. Qg3) 24. Qe3 bxa5
25. Rac1 (25. g3 Nf4 26. Kh1 Nh3 $1 $40) 25... Bf5 26. c5 (26. g3 Rf7 {/\ Raf8
->}) 26... Nf4 27. Qg3 (27. g3 Nxd5 $19) 27... Bxe4 $1 28. Rxe4 $2 (28. Nxe4 {
>=} Qxg3 29. hxg3 Nd3 30. cxd6 cxd6 31. Rc6 Nxe1 32. Bxe1 $36) (28. Bxf4 $2
exf4) 28... Qxe4 $1 29. Nxe4 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 Nxg3+ 31. hxg3 Ra6 $1 32. cxd6 cxd6
33. a4 {-+ / -/+; Evans,L} Rf7 34. g4 Bf8 35. Kh2 Kh7 36. Rc8 Rb6 37. Ra8 Rb3
38. Bxa5 Rf4 $2 (38... Re3 $1 39. Nc3 (39. Ng3 Rd3) 39... e4 40. Re8 Bg7 41.
Nxe4 Be5+ $19) 39. Bc7 $1 Rxe4 40. Rxf8 Rd3 41. Rf6 Rxg4 42. Rxd6 Rg7 $2 (42...
Rd2 $1 43. Rd7+ Kg6 44. Bxe5 Rgxg2+ 45. Kh3 Rg5 $19) 43. Rc6 $1 (43. Bb6 Rd2
$19) (43. Ba5 Rdg3 $19) 43... Rxd5 (43... Rd2 44. Bxe5 Rgxg2+ 45. Kh3 Rg5 46.
Bf4 Rd3+ 47. Kh2 (47. Kh4 $2 Rd4 48. Rf6 Kg7) 47... Rh5+ 48. Kg2 Rdxd5 49. Rc7+
Kg6 50. Rc6+ $10) 44. Rc2 $1 e4 45. a5 Rd3 (45... e3 46. Bf4 Re7 47. Re2 $10)
46. Bf4 Rf7 47. g3 e3 48. Rc1 (48. Kg2 Rxf4 49. Rc7+ $10) 48... Re7 49. Re1 Ra3
50. Re2 Kg6 51. Kg2 (51. Bd6 $2 Rd7 $1 52. Bxa3 Rd2 $19) 51... Rxa5 52. Rxe3 (
52. Bxe3 $10) 52... Ra2+ 53. Kf3 $2 (53. Kh3 $1 Rxe3 54. Bxe3 h5 55. Bf4 Ra1
56. Bc7 Kf5 57. Bf4 Rb1 58. Bc7 $1 Rh1+ 59. Kg2 Rc1 60. Bf4 $1 Rb1 61. Kh3 $1
$10) 53... Rb7 (53... Rxe3+ {Evans,L} 54. Bxe3 h5 55. g4 $2 (55. Ke4 Kf6 $1 56.
Bd4+ Ke6 57. Kf4 Ra4 58. Ke3 Kf5 $19) (55. Kf4 Ra5 $1 56. Bd2 Rf5+ 57. Ke4 Kf6
58. Bf4 (58. Ke3 $2 Kg5) 58... Ra5 $19 {/\ Ra4+, Kf5}) (55. Bf4 Kf5 56. Bd6 Rb2
57. Bf4 Rb3+ 58. Kg2 Kg4 59. Bd6 Rb2+ 60. Kg1 Kh3 61. Be5 Rb4 $1 62. Bc7 (62.
Bf4 $2 h4) 62... Rg4 $1 63. Kf2 Kh2 64. Be5 Kh1 65. Kf3 Rg8 66. Bf4 Rf8 67. Kf2
(67. Ke3 Kg2) 67... h4 68. Kf3 h3 69. Kf2 h2 70. Kf1 Ra8 71. Kf2 Ra2+ 72. Kf1
Ra3 $1 73. Kf2 Rf3+ $3 74. Kxf3 Kg1 75. Be3+ Kf1 $19) 55... h4 $19) 54. Re6+
Kf5 55. Re5+ Kf6 56. Rd5 Rb3+ 57. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled 30th Anniversary"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1961.09.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. exf5 (11. f3 f4) 11... Nxf5 (11... gxf5 12. f4)
12. f3 Nf6 13. Nf2 Nd4 14. Nfe4 {Both sides played there knights to the
"strong squares" e4 and d4.} Nh5 $6 (14... c5 $1) 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. g3 c5 (16...
h6 17. Be3 c5 {Gligoric,S-Fischer,R/Bled/1961/}) 17. Nb5 $1 Nxb5 (17... Nf5 18.
g4) 18. cxb5 Nf6 19. Qd2 (19. b4 $1 {/\20.Qb3!}) 19... Qc7 20. Rfc1 Nxe4 21.
fxe4 Bh3 22. b4 b6 23. a4 h5 24. a5 Kh7 25. axb6 axb6 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Ra6 Qf7
28. Qe3 (28. Be3 Bh6 $1 29. Bxh6 $2 Qf2+) 28... Rxa6 29. bxa6 Rb8 30. Ra1 Qa7
31. Qd2 (31. Qc1 $1 Rb2 (31... Rb4 32. Bc4 $1) 32. Bf1 $1 Bxf1 33. Qxb2) 31...
Rb2 (31... Rb4 32. Bd3 c4+ 33. Be3 c3 34. Bxa7 cxd2 35. Be3 $18) 32. Qxb2 c4+
33. Kh1 Qf2 34. Rg1 Bg4 35. Rg2 (35. a7 Bxe2 36. Qxe2 Qxe2 37. a8=Q Qxe4+ 38.
Rg2 Qe1+ $10) (35. Be3 Bf3+ 36. Bxf3 Qxb2 37. a7 Qa2 $17 {/\Bg7-h6}) 35... Qe1+
36. Rg1 Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 c5 (11... f4 12. Bf2 h5 (12... g5 13. b4 (13.
c5 Ng6 14. a4 Rf7 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. a5 h5 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. Na4 $14 {
O'Kelly-Ghitescu Sandefjord 1975}) 13... Ng6 (13... h5 14. c5 Rf7 15. a4 Bf8
$13 {Obad-Nurkic Tuzla 1989}) 14. c5 Rf7 $13 {Alonso-Aldama Cuba ch 1989}) 13.
c5 g5 14. cxd6 (14. Rc1 Ng6 (14... Rf6 15. Nd3 Rg6 16. cxd6 cxd6 $15 {
Gachon-Lagunes French tch 1992}) 15. a4 (15. cxd6 cxd6 16. b4 $6 Bh6 17. Rc2
Rf7 $15 {Havenaar-Archer Guernsey Open 1988}) 15... Rf7 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nb5
$14 {Farago,I-Szekely HUN chT 1987}) (14. a4 Ng6 15. a5 Bh6 16. b4 Kh7 17. cxd6
cxd6 18. Nb5 g4 $13 {Kortjnoj-Kasparov Debrecen EU tch 1992}) 14... cxd6 15. a4
(15. Nb5 Rf7 $6 16. Nxa7 $16 {Ganesan-Koshy IND ch 1988}) 15... Ng6 16. Nb5 $14
{Shirov-Kasparov Manila OL 1992} (16. b4 Rf7 17. a5 Bf8 18. Nb5 $14 {
Mishra-Agarwal Calcutta 1992})) (11... Kh8 12. b4 f4 13. Bf2 h5 14. c5 Rf7 15.
Rc1 Ng8 $13 {Rasmussen,N-Sogaard Aarhus 1991}) 12. dxc6 (12. Rb1 $5 f4 13. Bd2
g5 14. Nd3 h5 15. Nf2 Nf6 16. h3 $13) 12... bxc6 13. Qd2 (13. c5 $2 d5 $17)
13... Be6 {פe1} 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. f4 $1 {/\Nf3-g5} exf4 (15... g5 16. fxe5 f4
17. exd6 fxe3 18. Rxf8+ Bxf8 19. Qd3 $14) 16. Bxf4 {/\c4-c5} fxe4 17. Nxe4 (17.
c5 Nd5 $15) 17... Qb6+ (17... Nf5 18. b3 $14) 18. Be3 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 Qxb2 20.
Qxb2 Bxb2 21. Nxd6 a5 22. Bc5 Nf5 $6 (22... Nxd6 23. Rxd6 (23. Bxd6 Nf5 24. Bc5
a4 $132) 23... Bf7 $10) 23. Ne4 $1 h6 (23... Nf6 $5 24. Ng5 Bd7 $14) 24. Bf2 $1
{/\Nc5 + Bf3 ><c6} a4 (24... Nf6 25. Nc5 Bf7 26. g4 $16) 25. g4 Nfg7 26. Nd3
$14 {פg7,פe8} a3 27. Nxb2 axb2 28. Rb1 Rxa2 29. Bd4 h5 30. h3 Ra3 $2 $138 (
30... Ra1 31. Rxa1 bxa1=Q+ 32. Bxa1 hxg4 33. hxg4 $14) (30... Ra4 31. Nc5 Ra1
32. Rxa1 bxa1=Q+ 33. Bxa1 $14) 31. Rxb2 $16 Rxh3 32. Rb8 Rh2 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34.
Rxe8 Bf7 35. Re7 Kf8 36. Rc7 hxg4 37. Rxc6 Rh5 38. Bxg4 Re5 39. Nd2 {Hansen,Cu}
1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Kortschnoj Shirov} Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Be3 (10. Nd3 $5) 10... f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2
h5 13. c5 g5 14. a4 Ng6 15. a5 Bh6 16. Nb5 $1 $146 (16. b4 Kh7 17. cxd6 cxd6
18. Nb5 g4 19. fxg4 hxg4 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21. Qxg4 Nf6 $13 {Kortschnoj,V-Kasparov,
G/Debrecen EU-chT/1992/}) (16. b4 $2 {Shirov Kortschnoj,V-Kasparov,G/Debrecen
EU-chT/1992/}) 16... a6 17. Na3 Kh8 18. Nc4 Rg8 19. Ra3 Nf6 20. cxd6 cxd6 21.
Nb6 (21. Qb3 {Shirov /\ Qb3+-} Qe7 (21... g4 {Kortschnoj} 22. Qb6 $16) 22. Qb4
$1 Bf8 (22... Rd8 {Kortschnoj} 23. Nb6 Rb8 24. h3 $16) 23. Nb6 Rb8 24. Rc3 Bh6
25. Nd3 g4 26. Rfc1 $16) 21... Rb8 22. Rc3 (22. Nxc8 $5) (22. Qc2 $5 {
Kortschnoj}) 22... g4 $1 23. fxg4 (23. Kh1 {Shirov} g3 24. Bg1 gxh2 25. Bf2 $1
h4 26. Qc2 Nh5 $40) 23... Nxe4 $5 (23... Bxg4 $36) (23... hxg4 {Kortschnoj} 24.
Qc2 $13) 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Nxc8 Qxc8 26. Bb6 Ne7 (26... h4 $5) 27. gxh5 $13 Nf6
28. b3 (28. Bf3 $5) (28. Bf3 {Shirov} Qf5 $1 {/\ e4}) 28... Nexd5 29. Bc4 Qc6
30. Rf2 Rc8 $2 (30... Rf8 {Shirov}) (30... Rf8 {Shirov} 31. Bxd5 Nxd5 32. Qg4 (
32. Rc2 $2 Qb5 {/\ Ne3-+} (32... Qb5 {Kortschnoj} 33. Nf3 Qxb3 34. Rd2 Qxd1+
35. Rxd1 Nxb6 36. Rxd6 Bg7 37. axb6 $15)) 32... Nxb6 33. axb6 $15) 31. Bxd5
Nxd5 (31... Qxd5 {Shirov} 32. Rd2 $18) 32. Rc2 Nc3 33. Qg4 $1 Bf8 (33... Qe8 {
Kortschnoj} 34. Qh3 $16) 34. Nd3 Qe8 35. Nb4 $1 (35. Nxf4 exf4 36. Bd4+ Kh7 $13
) 35... d5 36. Nxd5 Bc5+ 37. Bxc5 Rxc5 (37... Nxd5 38. Bf8 $1 $18) 38. h6 Qf8
39. Rxc3 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 h5 13. c5 g5 14. a4 Kh8 15. a5 dxc5
{TN} 16. Bxc5 Nd6 17. Nd3 $6 (17. Nb5 $1 Ng8 18. Nxa7 Bd7 19. a6 $16) 17... Ng8
18. b4 $6 (18. Nf2 Nh6 19. Nb5 $14) (18. Bf2 $5 Nh6 19. Nc5 Rf6 20. Ne6 $146)
18... Nh6 19. Nf2 Rg8 20. Ra3 Bf8 21. h3 b6 $1 $15 22. axb6 cxb6 23. Bxd6 Bxd6
24. Nb5 Bxb4 25. Rxa7 Rxa7 26. Nxa7 Bc5 27. Nc6 Qf6 28. Qa1 Nf7 29. Rc1 g4 30.
hxg4 hxg4 31. fxg4 Bxg4 32. Bxg4 Bxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Rxg4 (33... Qh4+ 34. Ke2 Qxg4+
35. Kd3 $13) 34. Rh1+ Kg7 35. Qa3 $2 (35. Qa7 Qg5 36. Rh7+ $15) (35. Qa7 Qd6
36. Rh7+ Kxh7 37. Qxf7+ Kh6 38. Kf1 $1 $15) 35... Qg6 36. Qh3 Rg3 $19 37. Qf5
Rxg2+ 38. Kf1 Qxf5 39. exf5 Rd2 40. Rg1+ Kf6 41. Rg6+ Kxf5 42. Ne7+ Ke4 43.
Rxb6 Ng5 44. Rb3 f3 45. Rb4+ Kd3 46. d6 Kc3 47. Ra4 Rxd6 48. Nf5 Rd2 49. Ng3
Kd3 50. Ra5 Ne4 51. Ra3+ Nc3 52. Ra8 Ke3 53. Nf5+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Polgar,Zsu"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. f3 (10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Kh8 12. f3 f4 13. c5 h5 14. Rc1 g5
15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Nf2 Rf6 17. h3 Rg6 18. a4 Ng8 19. Nb5 Nh6 20. Rc3 a6 21. Na3
Nf6 22. Nc4 b5 23. Na5 g4 24. Nc6 Qe8 25. fxg4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Nhxg4 27. Nxg4
Bxg4 28. Bxg4 Rxg4 29. Rh3+ Kg8 30. Be1 Bf8 31. Bh4 Qh5 32. Qe1 Qh7 $17 {
Piket,J-Polgar,J/Monte Carlo/1994/}) 10... f5 11. Nd3 (11. Be3 h5 12. c5 f4 13.
Bf2 g5 14. a4 Rf6 15. a5 Rg6 16. cxd6 Nxd6 17. h3 Kh8 18. Nd3 Ng8 19. Nc5 Qe7
20. Ra3 Nh6 21. Nb5 g4 22. fxg4 hxg4 23. Nxd6 cxd6 24. Ne6 Bxe6 25. dxe6 f3 $40
{Kortschnoj,V-Polgar,J/Monte Carlo/1994/}) 11... f4 $5 12. g4 Bf6 13. Bd2 h5
14. h3 (14. gxh5 g5 {/\ Kf7,Rh8}) 14... Kg7 (14... Bh4 $5 15. Be1 Bxe1 16. Qxe1
g5 $13) 15. Be1 Rh8 16. Kg2 Ng8 (16... hxg4 17. hxg4 Bh4 18. Bxh4 Rxh4 19. Rh1
Rxh1 20. Qxh1 g5 $13) 17. Bf2 (17. Rh1 $5) 17... Bh4 18. Qe1 Bxf2 19. Qxf2 g5
20. Rh1 Ne7 21. Rag1 (21. c5 $1) 21... Ng6 (21... b6 $5) 22. c5 Bd7 23. b4 Nf6
24. Nb2 Rh6 25. Nc4 Qh8 26. b5 (26. cxd6 cxd6 27. Nxd6 hxg4 28. hxg4 Nh4+ 29.
Kf1 Nxg4 30. fxg4 (30. Qc5 Ne3+ 31. Ke1 Nhg2+ 32. Kd2 Rxh1 33. Rxh1 Qxh1 34.
Qc7 Qe1+ 35. Kd3 Qc1 36. Qxd7+ Kh6 $17) 30... Rxd6 $17) 26... b6 27. c6 Be8 28.
a4 Nh4+ (28... Bf7 29. a5 (29. Qe1 Qh7 30. Nd1 Nh4+ 31. Kf1 Nxe4 $1 $17) 29...
Qh7 30. h4 hxg4 31. hxg5 Rh3 $1 32. gxf6+ Kxf6 $19 {/\ Rh8}) 29. Kf1 Ng6 30.
Qg2 $1 Nh4 (30... Bf7 $2 31. h4 $1) 31. Qf2 Ng6 32. Qg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 Kh8 12. a4 Ng8 13. Nd3 $146 (13. a5 Bh6 14.
Bf2 Ngf6 15. g4 {V.d.Sterren+Ivanov,M,1994}) 13... f4 (13... Bh6 $5 14. Bf2 $13
(14. Bxh6 Nxh6 15. f4 Nf7 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 $132 18. c5 $2 b6 19. b4
bxc5 20. bxc5 Qe7 $5)) 14. Bf2 h5 15. c5 g5 16. cxd6 cxd6 (16... Nxd6 17. Nc5
$16) 17. Nb5 a6 (17... Bd7 $5 18. Nxa7 g4 19. Kh1 g3 20. Bg1 gxh2 21. Bf2 h4
22. Re1 h3 23. Bf1 $13) 18. Na3 Nh6 19. Nc4 g4 20. Kh1 Rb8 21. Rc1 $5 Rg8 (
21... g3 22. Bg1 gxh2 23. Ba7 Ra8 24. Bf2 $13) 22. Nb6 Bf6 $6 (22... g3 23.
Rxc8 $1 Rxc8 24. Nxc8 Qxc8 (24... gxf2 25. Qc2 $16) 25. Bb6 $16) (22... Bd7 $5)
23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Qb3 (24. Bb6 $1 Qd7 (24... Rxc1 25. Bxd8 Rxd1 26. Bxf6+ Nxf6
27. Rxd1 $16 Rc8 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Nxc1 Nf7 30. Nb3 Nd7 31. Na5 Nd8 32. b4 {
/\NB7}) 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Qb3 $16 h4 $6 27. Nf2 $1) 24... Rb8 $1 25. Bb6 Qd7
26. Rc4 Bd8 27. Rfc1 Nf7 28. Nf2 (28. Bg1 $5 {Karpov,/\Qc2,Rc8}) 28... Bh4 29.
Qd1 Nh6 30. b3 $2 (30. Nd3 Bd8 31. Bg1 $5) 30... Bd8 $1 31. Bxd8 Rxd8 (31...
Qxd8 $5 32. fxg4 $6 Qh4) 32. Nd3 Qh7 33. Rc8 $138 Rd7 34. Ra8 Rdg7 35. Rcc8 Qg6
36. Nf2 Nf6 37. Rxg8+ Nfxg8 (37... Nhxg8 $5) 38. Qc2 Kh7 $6 (38... Qg5 $5) 39.
Qc8 Qg5 40. Rb8 Qh4 41. Nd3 (41. Kg1 gxf3 42. Bxf3 Ng4 $5 43. Bxg4 hxg4 $17)
41... Qe7 $2 (41... gxf3 $1 42. Bxf3 Ng4 43. h3 Ne3 (43... Nf2+ 44. Nxf2 Qxf2
45. Qf5+ Kh8 46. Qxh5+ Rh7 $10) 44. Rxb7 Ne7 45. Qc1 (45. Qe6 Nxg2 $5 46. Rxe7
Rxe7 47. Qf5+ Kh6 48. Bxg2 Rg7 $13) 45... Nxg2 46. Bxg2 f3 47. Bf1 $13) 42. b4
$16 Nf6 43. Qe6 $1 (43. b5 axb5 44. axb5 gxf3 45. Bxf3 (45. gxf3 $2 Nd7 $1)
45... Nhg4 $132) 43... Kg6 (43... gxf3 44. gxf3 Nxd5 45. Qxe7 Nxe7 46. Rxb7 $18
) (43... Kg6 44. Qxe7 $1 (44. b5 axb5 45. axb5 Qc7 $1 46. Rc8 Qa5 $1 (46... Qb6
$2 47. Nxe5+ $18) 47. Qxd6 Qd2 48. Qxe5 gxf3 49. gxf3 Kh7 50. Qxf6 Qxe2 51.
Rh8+ $10) 44... Rxe7 45. Rc8 $1 $16 {/\Nb2-c4} (45. b5 axb5 46. axb5 Rc7 47. b6
Rc2 48. Bf1 Ra2 49. Rxb7 Ra1 50. Kg1 Rb1 $132)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 h5 13. c5 g5 14. a4 dxc5 $6 $146 (
14... Rf6 {-64/562}) 15. Bxc5 Rf6 16. Nd3 Rg6 17. Bf2 $1 (17. Nf2 $5) 17... g4
(17... Nd6 18. Nc5 b6 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. dxe6 Rxe6 21. Qb3) (17... Bf6 18. g4 $1
(18. h3 $5) 18... hxg4 (18... fxg3 19. Bxg3) 19. fxg4 Nd6 20. Nc5 $16) 18. Bh4
a6 (18... Nd6 19. Nc5 Qf8 20. Nb5 $5 (20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. dxe6 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6
23. fxg4 $13) 20... Nxb5 21. axb5 Bf6 22. Be1 $1 $16) 19. g3 $1 (19. Nc5 Qd6
20. Ne6 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Qb3 Kh8 23. Kh1 (23. Qa3 Bxe6 24. Qxd6 cxd6 25.
dxe6 Nc6 $13) 23... h4 24. fxg4 Nxg4 25. Bxg4 Rxg4 26. Nd1 $14) 19... Qd6 (
19... fxg3 20. hxg3 $16) (19... gxf3 20. Bxf3 Bg4 21. Bxg4 $16) 20. fxg4 (20.
Kh1 Bf6 21. fxg4 (21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. gxf4 g3 23. Rg1 Qh4 24. Rg2 exf4 25. Qd2
Bh3 26. Rag1 Bxg2+ 27. Rxg2 Rf6 28. Nc5 $44) 21... hxg4 22. gxf4 Bxh4 23. fxe5
Qb6 $13) 20... Bxg4 21. Bxg4 (21. Kh1 $5 fxg3 22. Bxg3 c6 $5 23. Bxg4 hxg4 24.
Qb3 cxd5 25. exd5 (25. Nb4 Nf6 26. Nbxd5 Nexd5 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Rad1 Kh8 $14)
(25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. exd5 Nc7) 25... Qb6 26. Qc2 $16 Rg5 $140 27. Bh4) 21... Rxg4
22. Nf2 (22. h3 Rg6 (22... Rxh4 23. gxh4 Qg6+ 24. Kh1 Qg3 25. Qf3 $16) 23. Qxh5
Nf6) 22... Rg6 (22... Rxh4 23. gxh4 $16) 23. Qxh5 Nf6 24. Qe2 $6 (24. Bxf6 $1
Bxf6 (24... Qxf6 25. Ng4 Qb6+ (25... Qg5 26. Qxg5 Rxg5 27. h3 fxg3 28. Ne2 $16)
26. Rf2 Rf8 27. Raf1 $16) 25. Kh1 Kg7 (25... fxg3 26. Ng4 Kg7 27. Rxf6 Rxf6 28.
Nxf6 Qxf6 29. Rg1 $16 (29. Qg4+ $16)) 26. gxf4 exf4 27. Nd3 Rh8 28. e5 $5 Rxh5
29. exd6 Nf5 30. dxc7 Ng3+ 31. Kg2 Nxf1+ 32. Kxf1 $18) 24... Kf7 $1 25. Kh1 Rh8
26. Rg1 fxg3 (26... Bh6 27. Raf1 (27. Bxf6 Qxf6 28. Ng4 Qg7 $132) 27... Ke8 28.
Nd3 $14) 27. Bxg3 (27. hxg3 Rgh6 28. Kg2 Ng6 29. Bg5 Rh5 30. Be3 (30. Bxf6 Rh2+
31. Kf1 Qxf6 {/\Bf8}) 30... Rh2+ 31. Kf1 Bh6 $44) 27... Nh5 28. Ng4 $2 (28. Nd3
$3 Rgh6 (28... Rxg3 29. Qf2+ Qf6 30. Rxg3 (30. Qxf6+ $2 Bxf6 31. hxg3 Nf4#))
29. Raf1+ Ke8 30. Rf2 $16) 28... Ke8 $1 29. Bf2 (29. Nd1 Nxd5 $1) (29. Raf1 Qd7
30. Be1 Nf4 31. Qd1 Rg5 $1 $15) 29... Nf4 30. Qd1 Qd7 31. Rg3 (31. Be3 Nh3 32.
Rg2 Rh4 33. Nf2 Rxg2 34. Kxg2 Nxf2 35. Bxf2 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Qxh2+ 37. Kf1 Rf4 $19)
31... Rh3 $2 (31... Rh4 $1 32. Ne3 Rxh2+ 33. Kxh2 Rxg3 $19) 32. Qf3 $1 Rxg3 33.
hxg3 Qxg4 (33... Nh3 34. Nh2) (33... Rxg4 34. gxf4 Rxf4 35. Qh5+ Kd8 36. Rg1 (
36. Bg3 Rf8) 36... Rxf2 37. Rxg7 $13) 34. Qxg4 Rxg4 35. gxf4 exf4 36. Rg1 Rxg1+
37. Kxg1 Nc8 $5 38. Bc5 $1 Kd7 39. Kg2 $6 (39. Kf2 $10) 39... Nd6 40. Bxd6 (40.
Kf3 Nc4) 40... Kxd6 41. Ne2 (41. Kf3 Bxc3 42. bxc3 Ke5 $19) 41... Bxb2 42. Nxf4
b5 43. Nd3 Be5 (43... Bd4 44. axb5 a5 45. Kf3 a4 46. Ke2 a3 47. Nc1 (47. b6 $2
a2 48. b7 Ba7 $19) 47... Bb2 (47... Kc5 48. Nb3+ Kc4 49. Nxd4 Kxd4 50. b6 $10)
48. b6 cxb6 (48... Bxc1 49. b7 a2 50. b8=Q a1=Q 51. Qd8+ Kc5 $10) 49. Na2 Kc5
50. Kd3 b5 51. d6 $1 (51. Kc2 Kc4 52. d6 b4 53. d7 (53. Nc1 Bxc1 54. Kxc1 Kc3
55. Kb1 b3 56. d7 a2+ $19) 53... b3+ 54. Kb1 Bf6 $19) 51... Kxd6 (51... b4 52.
d7 Bf6 53. Kc2 Kc4 54. Nc1 $10) 52. Kc2 $10) 44. axb5 a5 $1 45. Kf3 a4 46. Ke2
(46. Kg4 a3 47. Nc1 Kc5 48. Kf5 Kd4 $13) 46... a3 47. b6 $1 (47. Nc1 Kc5 48.
Kd3 Kxb5 49. Na2 Kc5 $17) 47... cxb6 48. Nc1 Kc5 49. Kd3 Bf4 (49... b5 50. d6
$1 $10 (50. Kc2 Kc4 51. Kb1 Bf4 52. d6)) 50. Kc2 Kc4 51. Kb1 b5 52. d6 $1 Bxd6
53. Ka2 Kd4 54. Nb3+ Kxe4 55. Nc1 Kd4 56. Nb3+ Kc3 57. Nc1 Kb4 58. Nb3 Ka4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hazai Gelfand} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7.
O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 Kh8 12. a4 Ng8 13. a5 Bh6 14.
Bf2 Ngf6 15. Nd3 $146 (15. g4 {van der Sterren-Ivanov,M,Reikiavik,95}) (15. g4
fxg4 16. fxg4 Bf4 $1 (16... Qd7 {Hazai} 17. h3 $14 {Van der Sterren-Mi.Ivanov,
Reykjavik 1994}) 17. Ng2 Nd7 (17... g5 18. Nxf4 gxf4 19. Kh1) 18. Nxf4 exf4 (
18... Rxf4 19. Be3) 19. Bd4+ Ne5) 15... Nh5 16. c5 Nef6 17. b4 (17. c6 $5 a6 $1
$13) 17... a6 $1 (17... Qe7 18. b5) 18. Nb2 Nf4 19. Nc4 Qe7 (19... N6h5 20. Kh1
) 20. Kh1 (20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Nb6 Rb8 22. b5 $5 axb5 23. Bxb5 fxe4 $132) 20...
Bd7 21. cxd6 cxd6 22. Nb6 Rad8 23. exf5 (23. b5 axb5 (23... Nxe2 24. Qxe2 axb5
25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Rab1) (23... fxe4 24. fxe4 axb5 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Bxb5 Rc7
27. Ra3 $13) 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Bxb5 Rc7 26. Ra3 Rfc8 27. Qa1 fxe4 28. fxe4 Ng4
29. Bg1 Nh5 $5 30. Ne2 $13) 23... gxf5 (23... Bxf5 $5) (23... Bxf5 $5 24. Re1
g5 $13) 24. b5 Bxb5 $6 (24... axb5 $5 25. Nxd7 (25. Bxb5 Bxb5 26. Nxb5 Rg8 $132
) 25... Rxd7 (25... Nxe2 26. Qxe2 Qxd7 27. Rab1 $10) 26. Bxb5 Rc7 $132) (24...
Nxe2 25. Qxe2 Bxb5 26. Nxb5 axb5 27. Qxb5 $13 (27. Qxb5 Rg8 $13)) 25. Nxb5 axb5
26. Bxb5 Rg8 27. Rg1 Rg5 (27... N6h5 $5 28. Qe1 $5 {/\29.Bf1} (28. Bf1 Ng3+ 29.
Bxg3 (29. hxg3 Qg5 30. g4 Bf8 31. Bg3 Rg6 32. Qe1 Rh6+ 33. Bh2 Rxh2+ 34. Kxh2
Qh6+ 35. Kg3 Be7 36. Kf2 Qh2 $19) 29... Rxg3) (28. Ra2 Rg6)) 28. Bf1 Rdg8 29.
g3 N4h5 30. Nc4 $16 Bf8 31. a6 (31. Rb1 $5) 31... bxa6 32. Rxa6 $16 Qd7 33. Be2
R5g6 34. Ra7 (34. f4 $6 exf4 $1 (34... Ng4 35. Bxg4 Rxg4 (35... fxg4 36. fxe5
Qf5 37. Qe2) 36. Ne3 Qb7 37. Rc6 $16) 35. Bxh5 Nxh5 36. Qxh5 Qb5 37. Bd4+ Bg7)
34... Qc8 35. Nb6 Qd8 36. Qc2 Ng7 37. Ra8 (37. Qc7 $5) (37. Rga1 Nfh5 38. Rd7
Qg5 39. Ra8 (39. Raa7 $5 Rh6 (39... Nf6 40. Rf7 $16)) 39... Rh6 $132) 37... Qe7
38. Rga1 Nfh5 39. R8a7 (39. R1a7 $142 Qg5 40. Nd7 Be7 (40... Rh6 41. Kg1 Be7
42. Rxg8+ Kxg8 43. Ra8+ Kf7 44. Qc8 Qd2 45. Bf1 $16) 41. Rxg8+ Kxg8 42. Qc8+
Kf7 43. Ra8 Nf6 44. Nxe5+ dxe5 45. d6 Rh6 46. dxe7 $18) 39... Qg5 40. Rg1 Ne8
41. Bd3 Nhg7 42. g4 (42. Qe2 $16 {/\g3g4}) 42... Qf4 43. Qe2 Rh6 44. Bg3 (44.
Be3 $2 Rxh2+ 45. Qxh2 Qxf3+) (44. Rg3 Qc1+ $5) 44... Qg5 (44... Qd4 45. Rb1 {
/\Ra4}) 45. Nd7 Nf6 46. Nxf8 (46. Nxf6 Qxf6 47. g5 $6 Qxg5 48. Bxe5 Qxg1+ 49.
Kxg1 dxe5 $132) 46... Rxf8 47. gxf5 Qh5 48. Bxe5 (48. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 49. Bxe5+
Kh8 50. Bb2 $16) 48... dxe5 (48... Nxf5 49. Bb2 $16) 49. Raxg7 Nxd5 $2 (49...
e4 $1 50. fxe4 Qxe2 51. Bxe2 Nxe4 52. Re7 Nf2+ 53. Kg2 Rxf5 $14) 50. Bc4 Nf6
51. Qg2 Qe8 52. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.08.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1996.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hazai} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6
8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 h5 13. c5 g5 14. cxd6 (14. a4
Rf6 $5 (14... dxc5 15. Bxc5 Rf6 {Here White is not forced to play 16.a5.} 16.
Nd3 Rg6 17. Bf2 $1 $14 {clearing the square for the N.}) 15. cxd6 (15. a5 {
Hazai} Rg6 (15... dxc5 16. Bxc5 Nd6 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Bb6 Qe8 20.
Rc1 $14) 16. cxd6 Nxd6 $1 {This is the main line nowadays. The main idea of
Black is to blockade the d6 square with the N defending the queenside.} (16...
cxd6 17. Nb5 a6 18. Bb6 Qd7 19. Qa4 $1 g4 20. Nc3 $16 {After exchanging the
queens in this Kings Indian main line the endgame usually favours for White.}))
15... Nxd6 16. Nd3 {comes into consideration with the threat of Rc1.} (16. Nb5
$14 {comes into consideration with the threat of Rc1.}) 16... Rg6 $13) 14...
cxd6 (14... Nxd6 {Hazai} 15. Nd3 {threatening Nc5} b6 16. a4 a5 17. b4 Bd7 18.
bxa5 Rxa5 19. Nb4 $14 {The fight is continuing on the queenside, which is not
very encouraging for Black, since he has to attack on the kingside.}) 15. Kh1
$5 $146 (15. a4 Ng6 16. a5 Bh6 17. b4 Kh7 18. Nb5 $13) (15. a4 $1 {Hazai 
would have transpose to the main lines with 14.a4 with an important difference:
White has avoided the Nd6 lines!}) 15... Ng6 16. Rc1 {This plan is dubious
here, even here 16.a4 was worthy of  consideration.} Bd7 {Black was afraid of
17.Nb5} (16... Bh6 $5) (16... Bh6 {Hazai} 17. Nb5 a6 18. Na7 Bd7 (18... Rxa7 $2
19. Bxa7 b6 20. Bxb6 $1 {explains the idea behind 15.Kh1}) 19. Qb3 Rb8 (19...
b5 20. a4) 20. Bb6 Qe7 21. Bc7 Nxc7 22. Rxc7) 17. a4 Bh6 {This move is
threatening with18... g4 19.fxg4 f3 making profit from the inferior position
of the R on c1.} 18. Nd3 (18. Bb5 {Hazai} g4 (18... Bc8 19. Bxe8 Rxe8 20. Nb5)
19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Bg1 {was more to the point. The exchange of the
light-squared bishops helps for White in most of the cases.}) 18... g4 $6 (
18... Nf6 $2 19. Nb5 $16) (18... Rf7 $5 19. Qb3 Rg7 20. Qxb7 g4 $40) 19. fxg4 (
19. Bg1 $2 {Hazai} g3 $17 {Black has a ferocious attack here.}) 19... f3 20.
gxf3 Bxc1 21. Qxc1 hxg4 (21... Kh7 $5 {Hazai}) 22. Qh6 (22. fxg4 Nf4 23. Nxf4
Rxf4 (23... exf4 24. Be1 Qg5 25. Bd2 $16) 24. Be3 Rxf1+ 25. Qxf1 Qh4 26. Qf2
Qh3 27. Qf3 $14) 22... Qf6 23. fxg4 Qg7 (23... Nf4 $2 24. Qxf6 Nxf6 25. Nxf4
exf4 26. Bh4 $16) 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Kg2 (25. h4 $2 {Hazai} Nxh4) 25... Rh8 26.
Be3 Nf6 27. h3 (27. Kg3 $142) 27... a6 {White has a slightly better position,
but a breakthrough is not easy.} 28. Kg3 (28. b3 {Hazai} Rac8 29. Bd2 {plan is
Nb2-c4}) 28... Rac8 29. Nf2 Rcf8 (29... b5 $5) 30. Rh1 Nf4 31. Bd1 Rh6 (31...
b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Ne2 $14) 32. h4 Rg6 33. g5 N6h5+ 34. Kh2 Rh8 35. Bg4 (35.
Ng4 Nd3 36. Nh6 Nhf4 $13) 35... Bxg4 36. Nxg4 Kf7 (36... Nf6 $5 37. Kg3 (37.
gxf6+ $2 Kf7 38. Kg3 Rhg8 $17) (37. Nh6 Ng4+ $1 $19) 37... N6h5+ 38. Kf3 Rf8
39. Nh6 $14) 37. Rg1 (37. Rf1 $1 Rg7 38. Nh6+ Kg6 39. Bxf4 Nxf4 40. Kg3 $14)
37... Rg7 (37... Nf6 38. Kg3 $14 (38. Nh6+ $2 Rhxh6 39. gxh6 Ng4+ $17)) 38.
Nh6+ Kg6 39. Rf1 (39. Nf5 Rd7 40. Bxf4 Nxf4 41. Kg3 $14) 39... Rc8 40. Nf5 Rd7
41. Ng3 $4 (41. Bxf4 Nxf4 42. Kg3) 41... b5 42. axb5 axb5 $17 43. Bxf4 Nxf4 44.
Nf5 Rc5 (44... b4 $5 45. Nb5 Rc2+ 46. Kg3 Rxb2) 45. Kg3 b4 46. Nd1 Rc2 47. Kg4
Rg2+ 48. Kf3 Rd2 49. Kg4 Nh5 50. Nde3 Rxb2 51. Nc4 Rg2+ 52. Kf3 Rc2 53. Nfxd6
Rc3+ 54. Kg2 Kh7 $4 (54... Ra7 55. Nxe5+ Kh7 (55... Kg7 56. Ne8+ Kg8 57. Nf6+
Nxf6 58. gxf6 Ra2+ 59. Kg1 $10) 56. Rf7+ Rxf7 57. g6+ Kg7 58. gxf7 Nf4+ 59. Kf2
b3 60. Nd7 Ng6 61. h5 Rc7 62. Nf5+ Kxf7 63. hxg6+ Kxg6 64. Ne5+ Kf6 65. Nd3 $10
) (54... Nf4+ $1 55. Kh2 (55. Rxf4 exf4 56. Ne5+ Kh5 57. Nxd7 b3 58. Nf6+ Kxh4
59. e5 Rg3+ 60. Kf2 b2 $19) 55... Kh5 56. Nxe5 Rxd6 57. Rxf4 Ra6 58. g6 b3 $17)
55. Ra1 $1 $13 Nf4+ 56. Kf2 Rc7 57. Ne3 $1 (57. Nxe5 $2 Ra3 $19) 57... Ra3 58.
Rb1 Rc1 $2 (58... Rcc3 $1 59. Ndc4 Nh3+ 60. Ke2 Nf4+ $10) 59. Rxc1 Nd3+ 60. Kf3
Nxc1 61. Ndc4 $16 Rc3 (61... Rd3 62. Nxe5 $16) 62. d6 Nb3 (62... Rd3 63. Kg4 b3
64. Nd5 $18) 63. d7 Nd4+ 64. Kg4 Nc6 65. Kf5 b3 66. Kf6 Rxe3 (66... b2 67. g6+
Kh8 (67... Kg8 68. Nf5 $1 b1=Q 69. Nh6+ Kh8 70. g7+ $18) 68. Nxe5 $1 b1=Q 69.
Nf7+ Kg8 70. Nh6+ Kh8 71. g7+ $18) 67. Nxe3 $4 (67. g6+ Kh8 68. Nxe5 $1 Rg3 $8
69. Nxc6 Rf3+ 70. Kg5 Rd3 71. d8=Q+ Rxd8 72. Nxd8 Kg7 (72... b2 73. Kf6 b1=Q
74. Nf7+ Kg8 75. Nh6+ Kh8 76. g7+ $18) 73. h5 b2 74. h6+ $18) 67... b2 68. g6+
Kh8 69. g7+ (69. Kf7 Nd8+ 70. Kf8 Ne6+ 71. Ke7 b1=Q 72. Kxe6 Qa2+ 73. Ke7 Qa3+
74. Ke8 Qf8+ $1 $10) 69... Kh7 70. Nf5 b1=Q 71. g8=Q+ Kxg8 72. Ne7+ Kh7 73.
Nxc6 Qxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Endgame-CD"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1997.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Nd3 f5 11. f4 exf4 12. Nxf4 Be5 13. Nd3 Bd4+ 14. Nf2 Bg7 15.
g3 h6 16. Be3 Nf6 17. c5 fxe4 18. Nfxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxf1+ 20. Qxf1 Nf5 21.
Bf2 Bxb2 22. Rd1 Qe7 23. Bf3 Be5 24. Qe1 g5 25. Qd2 Qg7 26. Bg2 Bd7 27. Rc1 Be8
28. Kh1 Bg6 29. a4 b6 30. cxd6 Nxd6 31. Nxd6 Bxd6 32. Bd4 Qd7 33. Ba1 Re8 34.
a5 Qa4 35. axb6 axb6 36. Re1 Be4 37. Qb2 Be5 38. Qe2 Bxa1 39. Bxe4 Kg7 40. Qg4
Re5 41. Re2 Bd4 42. Kg2 Bc5 43. Qf3 Qd4 44. h4 b5 45. hxg5 Rxg5 46. Kh3 Bd6 47.
g4 h5 48. Bf5 b4 49. Re4 Qf6 50. Qe3 Rxf5 51. gxf5 Qxf5+ 52. Kh4 Kf7 53. Qd4 b3
54. Re2 Bc5 55. Qc4 Bf2+ 56. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 57. Kxh5 Qf5+ 58. Kh4 b2 59. d6+ Kg7
60. Qc3+ Kh7 61. Qxb2 cxd6 $11 {Endspiel-CD} 62. Qd4 d5 63. Kg3 Kg6 64. Qg4+
Kf6 65. Qxf5+ Kxf5 66. Kf3 Ke5 67. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. c5 Ng6 14. a4 (14. cxd6 Nxd6
15. Nd3 Rf6 16. Rc1 h5 17. Nc5 Nf8 18. Nb5 Nxb5 19. Bxb5 Rg6 20. Qe1 g4 21. Bh4
Bf6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Nd3 Rg7 24. Qa5 Qd6 25. Qb4 Ng6 26. Qxd6 cxd6 27. Kf2 Nh4
28. Rg1 g3+ {Ivanchuk,V-Van Wely,L/Amber-rapid6th 1997/EXP 57/1-0 (49)}) 14...
Rf7 15. Nd3 (15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Nb5 a6 17. Na3 Nf6 18. Nc4 g4 19. Nd3 g3 20.
hxg3 Nh5 21. gxf4 Ngxf4 22. Qe1 Qg5 23. Nxf4 Nxf4 24. g4 Rf6 25. Nb6 Rh6 26.
Bg3 Rh3 27. Bh2 Qh6 28. Rf2 Bf6 29. Bf1 Rb8 30. Rc1 Bh4 31. Bxf4 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2
Rxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Qxf4+ 34. Kg2 Bxg4 35. Rc3 Rf8 36. Rg3 Kh8 37. Kg1 h5 38. Bg2 h4
39. Rxg4 Qxg4 40. Qe3 Kh7 41. Kh2 Rf4 42. Nc4 Qg6 43. a5 Rg4 44. Bh3 Rxe4 45.
Bf5 Qxf5 46. Nxd6 Rxe3 47. Nxf5 Rd3 {0-1 Sunthornpongsathorn,V-Williams,L/
Erevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2}) (15. a5 Bf8 16. b4 Rg7 17. Rc1 h5 18. Nd3 g4 19.
Kh1 Qg5 20. g3 Nf6 21. Qd2 gxf3 22. Bxf3 Bh3 23. Rg1 Ng4 24. Ne2 Be7 25. gxf4
Nxf4 26. Nexf4 exf4 27. Be1 Rf8 28. Nf2 Nxf2+ 29. Bxf2 Qh6 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31.
Rg1+ Kh7 32. Qd3 Rg8 33. e5+ Kh8 34. Qe4 dxe5 35. Qxe5+ Bf6 36. Qxh5 Qxh5 37.
Bxh5 Rxg1+ 38. Kxg1 Bc3 39. c6 bxc6 40. dxc6 Bxb4 41. a6 f3 42. Bxf3 {1-0
Kelly,B-Williams,L/Hastings Challengers 1995/EXP 50}) 15... Bf8 16. a5 Rg7 17.
a6 $5 $146 bxa6 $6 (17... b6 18. Nb4 $5 (18. cxb6 cxb6 19. Nb4 Nf6 20. Nc6 Qe8
21. Nb5 g4 $13) 18... dxc5 19. Nc6 Qf6 20. Nb5 Nd6 21. Nbxa7 $14) 18. Nb4 Nf6
19. Nc6 Qd7 (19... Qe8 $5 20. Bxa6 dxc5 (20... g4 $6 21. Bxc8 Qxc8 22. fxg4
Nxg4 23. Nxa7 $16) 21. Bxc8 Qxc8 22. Nxa7 Qb7 23. Nc6 Rxa1 24. Qxa1 g4 25. Kh1
$14) 20. Nxa7 dxc5 21. Nxc8 $6 (21. Bxa6 $142 $1 Bxa6 (21... Rxa7 22. Bxc8 Rxa1
23. Bxd7 Rxd1 24. Be6+ $16) 22. Rxa6 c6 23. Rxc6 Nxd5 24. Qxd5+ Qxd5 25. exd5
Rgxa7 26. Bxc5 $16) 21... Qxc8 22. Rc1 $14 h5 $2 (22... Rb8 $5) (22... Bd6 $5)
23. Na4 $16 g4 24. Nxc5 g3 (24... Bxc5 25. Rxc5 h4 26. Rc6 $1 $16) 25. Be1
gxh2+ (25... Nh4 26. hxg3 fxg3 (26... Bxc5+ 27. Rxc5 fxg3 28. d6 $18) 27. Ne6
$18) 26. Kxh2 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Ne8 28. Rh1 Qd8 29. Kg1 Qg5 30. Rh2 Rb8 31. b4 Rb6
32. Ra5 h4 33. Bxa6 Nd6 34. Bf1 $18 Rb8 35. Qc2 Qe7 36. Qc6 Rh7 37. Ra7 Qd8 38.
b5 Rb6 39. Ra8 Rb8 40. Rxb8 Qxb8 41. Bf2 Kf8 42. Rh1 Ke7 43. Bc5 Nf8 44. Bd3
Rh6 45. Bf2 Ng6 46. Kh2 Kd8 47. b6 (47. Ra1 $142 $1 Ne7 48. Qc3 Ng6 49. b6 cxb6
50. Qc6 $18) 47... Ne7 48. Qc3 (48. Qc3 Nf7 49. bxc7+ Qxc7 50. Qa3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Samba Cup 1st"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2003.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Bd2 Ne8 10. Ne1 f5 11. Nd3 fxe4 $5 {To my great surprise,after checking
my database i discovered,that this continuation almost disappeared from the
tournament practice.And actually i don't know why!Black is losing control over
important e4-square,but in return for he gets an active piece play,like Nf5-d4,
Bf5,Nf6 ,or opportunity to attack white's center : c6 and b5.} 12. Nxe4 c6 (
12... Nf5 {[%cal Gf5d4] was another alternative}) 13. Qb3 (13. dxc6 $5 bxc6 {
[%csl Gc6,Gd6]} 14. Bc3 Nf5 15. Re1 Nc7 16. Qa4 c5 $2 (16... d5 $142) 17. Rad1
Bd7 18. Qa3 Ne6 19. Nxd6 $1 Nxd6 20. Nxe5 $16 {1-0 Akopian,V-Dimitrov,V/
Linares 1996/CBM 51 ext (42)}) 13... Kh8 14. Rae1 $5 $146 {Probably white
intends to play f4 on the next move.} (14. f4 b5 15. c5 dxc5 (15... cxd5 16.
Nxd6 e4 17. Ne5 Nxd6 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. Bb4 $44) 16. Nexc5 exf4 $13 {0-1
Sosonko,G-Nijboer,F/NED 1993/EXT 97 (40)}) 14... b5 (14... cxd5 15. cxd5 Nf5
16. Bc3 Nf6 17. Nxf6 Bxf6 18. Bf3 $14 {[%cal Gf3e4,Gf2f4]} (18. f4 e4 19. Nf2
Nd4 20. Qd1 Qb6 $1 $13)) (14... Qb6 $5) 15. Nb4 (15. dxc6 $2 bxc4 16. Qxc4 d5
$19) 15... bxc4 (15... c5 $143 16. Nc6 Nxc6 17. dxc6 b4 18. f4 Bf5 19. Bf3 {
clearly favours white,as c6-pawn looks very strong}) 16. Bxc4 Rb8 $1 {[%csl
Gb3,Gb4] Very imortant intermediate move.} 17. Qa3 Qb6 18. b3 (18. dxc6 Nxc6
19. Nxc6 Qxc6 {[%cal Gd6d5]}) 18... cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Qa6 (20... Ba6
$140 21. Be3 Qb5 22. Bc4) 21. Qc1 $2 {White loses a thread and allows black to
swap the light-squared bishops .} ({Much stronger was} 21. Bb4 $142 Nc7 (21...
Nf6 22. Nxf6 Rxf6 23. Rc1 {looks unpleasant for black}) (21... Rb6 22. Rc1) 22.
Bc4 Qxa3 23. Bxa3 d5 24. Bd6 $1 dxc4 25. Bxc7 Rb7 26. Bd6 Rd8 27. bxc4 Rb2 {
and despite the fact,that white is clearly better black's counterplay should
be enough for draw}) 21... Bb7 $1 ({Not falling into nice trap} 21... Qxa2 22.
Bc4 $1 {[%csl Ra2,Ga6]} Bb7 23. Bc3 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge1e2]}) 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. b4
(23. Bh6 d5 24. Nc5 Qe7 $11) (23. f4 $143 Rc8 24. Qa3 Rc2 $40) 23... d5 24. Nc5
Qf7 25. a3 Nd6 26. Bh6 $1 {It was looking already,that black has obtained a
slightly better chances,due to his strong center,but after bishop exchange
black's central pawns become vulnerable and white gets a decent play.} Bxh6 27.
Qxh6 Rfe8 (27... Nc4 28. Rd1) 28. Qd2 Nc4 29. Qc3 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Kg8 30. Re2
Rb6 (30... a5 31. bxa5 $1 (31. Rd1 $143 axb4 32. axb4 Ra8 $1 {and black gets
some initiative}) 31... Rec8 32. Nb3 Nxa3 33. Qg3 Nc4 34. Nd2 $1 $11) 31. Rd1
Rf6 32. Qd3 Rd6 (32... Rd8 $2 33. Qxc4 dxc4 34. Rxd8+ Kg7 35. Rd7 $18) 33. h3
$11 Qc7 34. Rc2 {[%cal Gc2c4]} Red8 35. Ne6 $1 {A very nice tactical blow,
which helps white to simplify the position.} Rxe6 36. Rxc4 Rc6 (36... Qf7 37.
Rc5 Red6 38. Rdc1 {and already black should be careful}) 37. Rxc6 Qxc6 38. Qe3
{[%csl Ga7,Ge5]} Qc7 39. Rc1 Qe7 40. Rc5 d4 $1 {A well-timed decision,black
sacrifices e-pawn,but he correctly assumed,that strong d-pawn will secure a
draw.} 41. Qe4 (41. Qxe5 Qxe5 42. Rxe5 d3 43. Re1 Kf7 $11) 41... Qd6 42. Rxe5
d3 43. Re6 (43. Qc4+ Kf8 44. Re1 d2 45. Rd1 Qd3 $11) 43... Qf8 44. Re7 (44. Qc4
Qf7 $1) 44... d2 45. Qe6+ Kh8 46. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-B 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Bf3 (13. f3 {is the
other theoretical move.}) 13... Nf5 (13... Bf5 $5 14. Qe2 (14. Re1 c6 15. dxc6
bxc6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bc3 Qc7 18. Nb4 Kg7 19. g4 a5 20. Nd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 h6
22. h4 Rad8 $13 {0-1 Jumabayev,R (2547)-Savchenko,B (2627)/St Petersburg 2010/
EXT 2011 (50)}) 14... Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf5 16. Bg5 Nd4 17. Qd1 Qd7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6
19. Nc1 b5 20. b3 {1/2 Khalifman,A (2638)-Zhou Jianchao (2551)/Moscow 2008/CBM
123}) (13... c6 $5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Bg5 Bf5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nb4 Rb8 18. Qa4
Bd7 19. Qa3 c5 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5+ Be6 23. Bxe6+ Rxe6 24.
Rad1 Qc7 25. Rd2 Rf8 26. g3 e4 27. Re1 Qf7 28. Qe3 Rf6 29. b3 {1/2 Pribyl,
J-Portisch,F/Zalaegerszeg 1977/EXT 1998}) 14. Bc3 (14. Nxf6+ $5 Qxf6 (14...
Bxf6 15. Be4 Nd4 16. Bc3 Bf5 17. Re1 c5 18. dxc6 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 bxc6 {1/2 Panno,
O-Garcia,R/Mar del Plata 1968/MCD (35)} 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Qa4 $14) 15. Be4 Bd7
(15... Qh4 16. Re1 Nd4 17. Bc3 {- game}) 16. Qb3 (16. Re1 Rae8 17. Rc1 Qh4 18.
Bc3 Nd4 19. g3 Qg5 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. f4 Qf6 22. Rc2 Re7 23. Qf3 {1/2 Sosonko,G
(2530)-Gligoric,S (2565)/Ljubljana 1977/MCD}) 16... b6 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Qd1 a5
19. Qc1 Kh8 20. b3 Qd8 21. Bc3 g5 22. f3 Nd4 23. Nf2 Qf6 24. Bd2 h6 25. Qb1 $14
{1/2 Miles,A (2565)-Byrne,R (2550)/Bugojno 1978/MCL/[Bulletin] (55)}) 14... Nd4
(14... Nh4 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Be4 Bf5 17. Qe2 Bxe4 (17... g5 18. f3 Ng6 19. g3
Rf7 20. Nf2 Raf8 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Ne4 $16 {1/2 Huebner,R (2620)-Scheeren,P 
(2430)/Nijmegen 1982/EXT 1998 (70)}) 18. Qxe4 Qf5 19. Rae1 g5 20. f3 Ng6 21. g3
Rf7 22. Kg2 Raf8 23. a4 Ne7 24. Qxf5 Nxf5 25. Nf2 Bf6 26. Ne4 $14 {1-0
Khalifman,A (2545)-Pieterse,G (2415)/Groningen 1989/EXT 1998 (55)}) (14... Bd7
15. Re1 b6 16. b4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nd4 18. a4 a5 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. c5 Qg5 21. Bxd4
exd4 {0-1 Langeweg,K (2440)-Boersma,P (2350)/Ramsgate 1979/EXT 1999 (41)} 22.
Rb1 $14) (14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qh4 16. Qe2 (16. Re1 b6 17. g3 Qg5 18. Bg2 a5 19.
Re4 Bd7 20. Qe2 Rae8 21. Re1 Qd8 22. Qd1 Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Rxe8 {1/2
Neverov,V (2475)-Belov,I (2435)/Podolsk 1989/EXT 1997}) 16... Bd7 17. Rae1 Rae8
18. b4 Bh6 19. g3 Qg5 20. Kh1 Rf7 21. Qd1 Rfe7 22. Bb2 Bg7 23. a4 Nd4 24. f3
Nf5 25. Rf2 $14 {1-0 Ftacnik,L (2535)-Portisch,F (2435)/Bratislava 1983/MCD 
(57)}) 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Be4 Qh4 17. Re1 $14 {[%mdl 32] White has set up an
ideal arrangement of pieces. He controls the e4 square and is ready to get rid
of Black's d4 knight at any moment.} Bd7 (17... Bg4 18. f3 Bd7 19. a4 Bh6 20.
c5 Nf5 21. Bd2 Nd4 22. Ra3 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 b6 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Nb4 Rad8 26. Rc1
$14 {1-0 Dreev,A (2520)-Belov,I (2425)/Moscow 1989/CBM 014 (66)}) (17... Bf5
18. f3) 18. b4 Rae8 19. a4 c6 $6 {Not the best idea as White now obtains a
queenside pawn advantage.} (19... Bf5 20. f3 Bh6 {[%cal Yh6g5,Yh4h6] looks
more appropriate.}) 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. b5 c5 22. a5 Kh8 23. f3 Bh6 24. a6 Be6
25. Ra4 Rb8 26. Bb7 Qe7 27. Nf2 $1 Bf4 28. Ne4 Bf5 29. Ra2 Be6 30. Qd3 Kg8 (
30... Nxb5 31. cxb5 $1 Bxa2 32. g3 Bh6 33. Nxd6 $1 Bg7 34. f4 $16) 31. Bxd4 $6
{Too early.} (31. Rb2 $5 {[%cal Yb5b6]}) 31... cxd4 (31... Bxh2+ {doesn't work
due to} 32. Kh1 $1 cxd4 (32... Qh4 33. Bf2 Bg3+ 34. Kg1) 33. g3 Bxg3 $1 34.
Nxg3 Qh4+ 35. Rh2 Qxg3 36. Rg1 Qf4 (36... Bf5 37. Qd2 Qf4 38. Qxf4 exf4 39. b6
axb6 40. Bd5+ Kg7 41. a7 $16) 37. Rxg6+ Kh8 38. Rg4 $1 ({but not} 38. Rxe6 Qc1+
39. Kg2 Rg8+ 40. Rg6 $8 Rxg6+ 41. Qxg6 Qb2+ 42. Kg3 (42. Kf1 Qc1+) 42... Qxh2+
43. Kxh2 hxg6 44. Kg3 (44. b6 d3 45. bxa7 Rf8 46. a8=Q Rxa8 47. Bxa8 d2 48. a7
d1=Q 49. Be4 Qd2+ $11) 44... e4 $3 45. b6 $1 (45. fxe4 $2 Rf8 $1) 45... d3 $1
46. Kf2 d2 47. Ke2 exf3+ 48. Kxd2 f2 49. Ke2 Rf8 50. Kf1 axb6 51. a7 Kg7 52.
a8=Q Rxa8 53. Bxa8 Kf6 54. Kxf2 Ke5 55. Ke3 d5 $1 56. cxd5 b5 57. Kd3 g5 $11)
38... Qf7 39. Rgh4 $18) 32. Rb1 Qc7 33. Rc2 Kg7 34. Bd5 Bf5 35. Re2 h5 36. Qa3
Rb6 37. Rbe1 h4 38. Nf2 Qd8 39. Nd3 Be3+ 40. Rxe3 dxe3 41. Rxe3 {White's
strong queenside pawns give him good compensation for the exchange but Black's
position is still solid.} Qc7 42. Nf2 Rc8 43. Ne4 h3 $5 44. gxh3 Qe7 45. Qb2
Qh4 46. Qf2 Qf4 47. Re1 Bxh3 48. Qg3 (48. Bc6 Rd8) 48... Bf5 $2 (48... Qxg3+
49. hxg3 Bf5 $14) 49. Qxf4 exf4 50. Nc3 {[%cal Re1e7]} Kf8 51. Ne2 $2 {A wrong
plan.} (51. Na4 $1 Rbb8 52. b6 axb6 53. Ra1 $1 (53. a7 Ra8 54. Nxb6 Rxa7 55.
Nxc8 Bxc8 $11) 53... b5 $8 (53... Rc7 54. Nc3 $18) 54. Nb2 $1 b4 55. a7 Ra8 56.
Kf2 $16) 51... Bd3 $1 (51... Re8 52. Kf2 $16) 52. Nd4 $1 (52. Nxf4 $2 Bxc4 53.
Rc1 Rxb5 $1 54. Bxc4 Rb4) 52... Rxc4 $6 {Missing a study-like escape:} (52...
Bxc4 $1 53. Rc1 Rc5 $3 54. Ne6+ (54. Bxc4 d5) 54... Ke7 55. Bxc4 (55. Nxc5 Bxd5
56. Na4 Rxb5 57. Nc3 Rc5 58. Nxd5+ Rxd5 59. Rc7+ Ke6 60. Rxa7 $11) 55... Rxc4
56. Rxc4 Kxe6 $11) 53. Ne6+ Ke7 54. Nxf4+ Kf6 $2 (54... Kd8 $1 55. Nxd3 (55.
Bxc4 Bxc4 56. Nxg6 Rxb5 $11) 55... Rd4 56. Bc6 (56. Be4 d5) 56... Rxc6 57. bxc6
Rxd3 {, and Black should not lose, although his task is more difficult than in
the previous line.}) 55. Nxd3 Rd4 56. Bc6 Rxd3 57. Re8 Rc3 58. Ra8 Rxa6 59.
bxa6 Rxc6 {[%mdl 4096]} 60. Rxa7 $16 {_|_ White's winning plan: Ra7-a8, a6-a7 
(Black must put his king to g7 and rook to a6), then h4, f4 and finally h4-h5
g6xh5 f4-f5-f6+, deflecting Black's king or rook. What can Black do to prevent
it?} d5 {This pawn is absolutely meaningless and doesn't help Black.} (60... g5
61. Ra8 Kg7 62. Kg2 Rc2+ (62... Rc4 63. Rd8 $1) 63. Kg3 Ra2 64. Kg4 Ra5 65. a7
Kh7 66. h4 gxh4 67. Kxh4 d5 68. f4 d4 69. Kg3 $18) ({It is probably better for
Black to move his king forward to hide it in the shadow of the d-pawn:} 60...
Ke6 61. Ra8 Kd5 {This plan needs a detailed analysis but the first impression
is that} 62. a7 Rc7 (62... Ra6 63. f4 Kd4 (63... Ra2 64. h4 $18 {[%cal Rf4f5]})
64. Kf2 d5 65. h4 Kd3 66. Kf3 $18) 63. f4 $1 Kc5 64. h4 d5 65. Kf2 Kb6 66. Kf3
{, then trading the a7-pawn for one of Black's pawns, should be winning for
White}) ({Or} 60... Ke5 61. Ra8 Kd4 62. a7 Rc7 63. f4 {with similar variations}
) 61. Ra8 Kg7 62. a7 Ra6 63. h4 d4 64. Kf2 Ra2+ 65. Kf1 d3 66. Ke1 Kh7 67. Kd1
Kg7 68. f4 Kh7 69. h5 gxh5 70. f5 1-0

