[Event "Rilton Cup 34th"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2004.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "Aagaard,J"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 {This move is a little harmless compared to
4.Nf3, but as we shall see it is not so easy for Black to equalise. Of course
there is a wide choice of 4...a6, 4...e6 and 4...g6 as alternatives to the
text move.} Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Bc8 {The main disadvantage with 4...Bf5 is
the loss of time. The main advantage is the release of the tension in the
centre.} 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. f4 $1 {Of course. Otherwise the White play makes little
sense.} e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Nxe5 {I do not like this move much.
Better seems to be} (11... Nd7 {to get rid of the right knight. In the game
the f6-knight goes to b8 and c6. Surely there are some loss of time to be
accounted for?} 12. Bd2 Ndxe5 13. fxe5 {and now while there is time} f5 $1 14.
exf6 Rxf6 15. Rxf6 Bxf6 16. Rf1 Qe7 {and the Black disadvantage has been kept
at a minimum.}) 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Qc2 g6 {This is a move Black does not want to
play. Maybe} (13... f5 $5 {was better. After} 14. g4 Nb6 15. gxf5 exf5 16. Bxf5
Bxf5 17. Rxf5 Qd7 {the White king would be very open and White lacking in
development. So maybe something calmer was forced. Still the outcome is very
open here after} 18. e4) 14. Bd2 a6 (14... f5 15. Nb5 {would not be nice now.})
15. Ne2 Nb8 (15... f5) 16. Rf3 Nc6 (16... f5 {must be played or the position
is strategically lost, and this was maybe the last chance. White has a very
nice position anyway, but without ...f5 Black will not have any space to
manoeuvre his pieces on on the kingside, and White will have free hands to
inflict maximum damage.}) 17. Raf1 {Now ...f5 cannot be played.} Bd7 18. a3 Rc8
19. Qb1 Qb6 ({The problem for Black is that she cannot free herself. After} 
19... f5 {White has} 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Rxf6 Bxf6 22. Bxg6 {winning a couple of
pawns, based on} hxg6 23. Qxg6+ Bg7 24. Rf7 {and wins.}) 20. b4 Be8 21. Qe1 Nb8
22. Nc3 Qd8 23. Qf2 {White is finished manoeuvring and ready to creak the
Black position down. Now 23...Nc6 was possible, trying to prevent e3-e4 by
hitting on the d4-pawn. White will probably find a way to decide the game, but
at least it is not blatantly obvious.} a5 24. bxa5 Bxa3 (24... Qxa5 25. e4 $1 {
is also very strong for White. After} Rxc3 26. Qe1 {Black can resign.}) 25. e4
{Just one among many winning moves. But the most natural one. Now Black will
never be able to defend himself against Bh6, though this is not the only
winning plan for White,} Bb2 26. Ne2 dxe4 27. Bxe4 Bb5 28. Bd3 Bxd3 29. Rxd3
Nc6 30. Bh6 Nxe5 31. Bxf8 1-0

[Event "Malmo2"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Agrest,E"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 d4 5. Ne4 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Qxe5 7. Ng3 c5 8. Nf3
Qc7 9. e3 Nc6 10. exd4 cxd4 (10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Bd3 $16) 11. Bd3 Bd6
(11... Nb4 12. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 13. Kf1 $36) (11... Nf6 12. O-O Be7 13. Ng5 $1 h6 (
13... O-O 14. Nh5 $1 g6 (14... h6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Nh7 $18) 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6
16. f4 $40) 14. N5e4 O-O 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Nh5 {/\ f4-f5->}) 12. O-O Nge7 13.
Qc2 Bg4 14. Ng5 $1 $146 (14. c5 Bf4 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Ne2 Qf6 17. Nd2 Bf5 18.
Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 h6 20. Rad1 O-O 21. Nc1 Rac8 22. Nd3 b6 23. Rfe1 Nd8 24. b4
Ne6 25. Qa4 bxc5 26. Nxc5 Nxc5 27. bxc5 Rfd8 28. Qxa7 Nd5 29. Bxd5 {0,5/Ionov,
S-Tregubov,P/Rossia ch/1992/}) 14... h6 15. N5e4 Bb4 (15... O-O 16. Bxh6 $1) (
15... Bf4 16. h3 $1 Bd7 17. Nh5 $1 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 O-O $140 19. Nef6+ $1 $18) 16.
h3 (16. c5 $5) 16... Bd7 (16... Be6 17. Nh5 $1 O-O (17... Bxd2 18. Nxg7+ $18) (
17... Rg8 18. Bf4 {/\ c5}) 18. Nef6+ $1 Kh8 (18... gxf6 19. Bxb4 Nxb4 20. Qd2
$1 $18) 19. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 20. Nh5+ Kg8 21. Bxb4 Nxb4 22. Qd2 $18) 17. c5 $1 Bxd2
(17... O-O 18. Bxh6 $1 f5 (18... gxh6 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Qc1 Ng8 21. Nxg8 Kxg8
22. Qxh6 f5 23. Bc4+) 19. Nd6 gxh6 20. a3 $18) 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Qxd2 b6 20. b4
bxc5 (20... Nxb4 $4 21. Qxb4 bxc5 22. Qb7) (20... a5 21. Nb5 Qb8 22. cxb6 axb4
23. Rfe1 $16) 21. bxc5 $16 Be6 (21... Nd8 $5 {/\ Ne6}) 22. Rfe1 {/\ Re6} Kg8 {
/\ Qa5} 23. Be4 $1 Rd8 24. Rad1 a5 $138 (24... Qa5 $4 25. Qxa5 Nxa5 26. Rxd4
Bxa2 27. Ra4) 25. Nh5 g6 26. Nf4 Bf5 27. Bxc6 Nxc6 28. g4 $1 $18 Bc8 29. Nd5
Qa7 30. Rc1 $138 Kg7 31. Qf4 Rhf8 32. Qf6+ Kh7 33. Ne7 $3 Nxe7 34. Rxe7 Rd7 35.
Nxc8 (35. Ne8 $5) 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Be2 {An idea
which Azmaiparashvili has been trying frequently this year} Ne4 {At least we
would both be out of our preparation!} (7... Bf5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Qb3 e6 10. Qxb7
Na5 11. Qc7 Qxc7 12. Bxc7 Bb4 {Azmaiparashvili -Akopian Wijk aan Zee and
Azmaiprashvili-Morovic Las Palmas. The pawn sac seems to offer reasonable
compensation but Azmai obviously had something in mind. Therefore...}) 8. Nxe4
(8. Nf3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 g6 $5) 8... dxe4 9. f3 e5 $1 (9... exf3 $2 10. Nxf3 $16 {
And White threatens e4 and 0-0.}) 10. dxe5 Qa5+ (10... Be6 $5 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8
12. a3) 11. Kf2 Be6 $1 12. Qc2 $1 (12. fxe4 {The e-pawns are only millstones
around White's neck} Rd8 13. Qc1 h6 $1 $17) 12... Rd8 $1 13. Qxe4 Rd2 $44 {
The bishop is cut off from the queenside by his extra pawns!} 14. Nh3 Bd5 $6 (
14... Qb5 $1 15. Rhe1 Bc4 $1 16. a4 (16. Ng1 Bd3 $1 $19) 16... Qb3 17. Rad1 Bd3
(17... Rxb2 18. Rb1 $1) 18. Qxc6+ bxc6 19. Rxd2 Bxe2 20. Rdxe2 $15) 15. Qf5 Be6
16. Qe4 Bd5 17. Qf5 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mar del Plata op 34th"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "2003.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Labollita, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2003.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 $5 {The Argentinian Champion takes an interesting
route in the game with Winawer's Gambit in Slav Defence.} 4. e3 $5 {Too
solid!Sometimes I am fascinated with Epish's performance in this type of game.}
exd4 (4... e4 5. Bd2 Nf6 6. Rc1 $13 {I can not say that white has an advantage
in French Advance even with tempo up but still he has an easy game.}) 5. Qxd4
Nf6 {Now we have a Sicilian Alapin with tempo up.} 6. cxd5 (6. Nf3 Na6 {
will keep the game in the boundaries of Sicilian Alapin.}) 6... cxd5 7. Nf3 Nc6
8. Bb5 {After every move the game's opening could be classified under a
different nomenclature.Now we have omething like a Nimzo 4.e3 with tempo up.}
a6 {Very ambitious!} (8... Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Rd1 a6 12. Be2 Re8
13. Qh4 $13) 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. O-O Be7 (10... Bd6 $6 11. e4 c5 12. Qd1 dxe4 13.
Nxe4 $16) 11. b3 {Fianchetto should be included.} (11. Na4 O-O 12. b3 Ne4 13.
Bb2 f6 $1 (13... Bf6 14. Qd3) 14. Rac1 c5 15. Qd3 Be6 $13) 11... O-O 12. Bb2 c5
13. Qd3 h6 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Rac1 Qb8 16. Qb1 Rd8 17. h3 $6 {A slow move.} (17.
Ne2 Ne4 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 a5 $13) 17... a5 18. Ba3 {White has to attack
hanging pawns otherwise he may stand worse and worse.} ({I did not like either
} 18. Na4 Ne4) ({nor} 18. Qa1 Bf8) 18... Qa7 19. Qc2 Rac8 20. Qe2 Ne4 21. Nxe4
dxe4 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $1 $15 {Black's command in the game is getting increased.}
(22... Rxd8 $6 23. Ne5) 23. Nd2 a4 24. bxa4 $5 (24. Bb2 axb3 25. axb3 Qb7 (
25... Qa2 $2 26. Nxe4) 26. Rb1 $15 {Requires a tough defence.}) 24... Qxa4 25.
Nb1 $2 (25. Bxc5 $1 {only looks dangerous.} Be7 26. Nb3 Bxb3 27. axb3 Qxb3 28.
Ba3 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Qb1 {In my calculations when I have reached this point I
started to get worried about the faith of Bc1.} 30. Qc4 (30. Qb2 Qd3 31. g3 Bf6
32. Qa3 $11) 30... g6 (30... h5 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 g6 33. Kg2 $11) 31. Qc3
Bf8 32. Qc8 Qb4 33. g4 $11) 25... f5 $6 {A bad move losing the advantage.} (
25... Bf6 $6 26. Bxc5 Qa5 27. Ba3 Rb8 28. Qc2 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Qxa3 30. Qxe4 g6
$11) (25... f5 $6 26. Bxc5 (26. Rxc5 $2 Rb8 $19) 26... Qxa2 27. Qxa2 Bxa2 28.
Nc3 Be6 29. Bd4 $11) (25... c4 $1 26. Bd6 Bf6 27. Nc3 Qc6 28. Bb4 Rd8 $17)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Valle d'Aosta op 11th"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2003.02.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2003.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 $5 {Whose idea was this Winawer's ?} 4. dxe5 d4 5.
Ne4 Qa5+ 6. Nd2 {I like this more than} (6. Bd2 Qxe5 7. Ng3 Nf6 8. Nf3 Qd6 $13)
6... Bg4 $5 {Shaba's move!} (6... Nh6 7. Ngf3 Nf5 8. g3 Ne3 9. fxe3 dxe3 10. a3
$1 $14) (6... Nd7 7. e6 fxe6 8. g3 Ne5 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. Bg2 Nf7 11. Ngf3 e5 12.
O-O $14) 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Ngf3 Nd7 $6 {This should not be the idea
behind Shaba's move.} (9... h5 10. Bg2 hxg4 11. Nxd4 Nd7 12. e6 Ne5 $13 {
was a mess in Epishin-Shabalov,Tilburg 1993.}) 10. e6 $5 {This looks
interesting.} (10. Bg2 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. O-O $13) 10... fxe6 11. Bg2 $6 {
I have wrongly decided not to touch d4.} (11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. a3 O-O-O 13. b4 Qc7
(13... Nd3+ 14. exd3 Qe5+ 15. Qe2 Qxd4 16. Ra2 $16) 14. N4f3 Ne4 15. Qa4 $14)
11... e5 12. O-O Be7 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Ng5 $5 {White has to do something
otherwise he will get worse.} Nf8 15. f4 $1 {The follow up.} Bxg5 16. fxg5 Ne6
(16... O-O-O 17. Nc5 Qe7 18. b4 $13) 17. e3 d3 18. e4 (18. h4 O-O-O (18... e4
$2 19. Nd4 Qe5 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. h5 Bf7 22. Rf4 $16) 19. e4 {is the game
continuation.} (19. h5 Be8 20. e4 h6 {gives to many squares for black pieces.}
21. gxh6 gxh6 22. Qf3 {is another tranposition to the game.})) 18... O-O-O 19.
h4 h6 {Cautious.} (19... h5 $6 20. gxh6 Nxh6 21. h5 Bh7 22. g5 d2 $8 23. Bxd2
Nxg5 24. Qe1 {keeps the options open for white.} Ne6 (24... Nhf7 25. Bxg5 Nxg5
26. Qe3 Qe7 27. Qxa7 Nxe4 (27... Bxe4 $2 28. Nc5 $18) 28. Rae1 $16) 25. Bh3 Qe7
(25... Bg8 26. Bg5 Re8 27. Be3 (27. Nc5 Kb8)) 26. Qg3 $16) 20. h5 Be8 21. gxh6
$1 (21. g6 $6 Nf6) 21... gxh6 22. Qf3 (22. Rf3 $6 Qg7) 22... Qg7 {Black plays
the most natural moves.} (22... Rh7 23. Qf5 Re7 24. g5 $13) 23. Be3 Bd7 24. Qg3
Nf6 $6 (24... Nf4 $5 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Rxf4 {could give black some serious
compensation.}) 25. Qxe5 Nxg4 26. Qxg7 Nxg7 27. Bxa7 $1 {The star move in the
game.} (27. Bd4 Rhg8) 27... Nxh5 28. Nc5 {Showing sang froid.} Ng3 29. Rf3 Ne2+
30. Kh1 Ne5 ({After this once again white should try to catch the knight which
will land to g3 square as aresult of the coming combination.} 30... d2 $6 31.
Rd1 Ne5 32. Rxd2 $1 Nxf3 33. Bxf3 Ng3+ 34. Kg2 Rhg8 (34... Bh3+ $2 35. Kxg3
Rxd2 36. Kxh3 Rxb2 37. Bg4+ Kc7 38. Ne6+ Kd6 39. Bd4 $18) 35. Kf2 Kc7 36. a4
$16) (30... Nd4 31. Rf7 Ne5 32. Rxd7 Nxd7 33. Bh3 $40) 31. Nxd3 Nxf3 32. Bxf3
Ng3+ $2 {Black thinks that he is winning in this stage but actually he walks
towards the blade.} (32... Nd4 $2 33. Bxd4 Rhf8 34. Ne5 $18) (32... Rhe8 $1 33.
Re1 (33. Bxe2 Rxe4) 33... Nd4 $1 34. Bxd4 Be6 35. Nf4 Rxd4 36. Nxe6 Rxe6 37.
Bg4 Kd7 $11) 33. Kh2 Rhg8 34. Rg1 Be6 $2 {Chosing the wrong direction.} (34...
Be8 $1 35. Nf2 Bh5 36. Rxg3 Rxg3 37. Bxh5 (37. Kxg3 Rg8+ 38. Ng4 b6 (38... Kc7
39. Kh4 Bxg4 40. Bxg4 b6 41. c5) 39. Bxb6 Bxg4 40. Bxg4+ Kb7 $14) 37... Rdg8
38. e5 Kc7 (38... R3g5 $2 39. Bf7 Rg2+ 40. Kh3 R8g3+ 41. Kh4 Rf3 42. e6 $18)
39. Ne4 Rg2+ 40. Kh3 Rxb2 41. Bc5 Rb1 42. Bf3 Rf1 43. Bg2 Rc1 44. Bd6+ $16) 35.
Nf2 Rd2 (35... Bxc4 36. Rxg3 Rd2 37. b4 $18) 36. Rxg3 Rxg3 37. Kxg3 Rxb2 38. c5
$18 {Now black is stone cold lost.} Rxa2 39. Bb6 Kd7 40. Ng4 Ra3 41. Nxh6 Ra8
42. Kf4 Rf8+ 43. Nf5 Rf7 44. Ke5 Rf8 45. Bh5 Rh8 46. Bg6 Rg8 47. Bh5 {I did
not wanna give him} (47. Kf6 Rf8+ 48. Kg7 Rg8+ 49. Kh7 Rf8 50. Nd6 Rf1) 47...
Rh8 48. Bg4 (48. Ng7 Ke7 49. Bc7 $1 $18 {was even easier.}) 48... Re8 49. Kd4
Rf8 (49... Rg8 50. Bf3) 50. Ke5 (50. Be2 Rxf5 51. exf5 Bxf5 52. Ke5) 50... Re8
51. Kf4 Rf8 52. Bd1 Rf7 53. Ke5 Rf8 54. Nd6 {White with his winning position
pulls a cat and mouse type of play.} Rf1 55. Bh5 Rg1 56. Bf3 (56. Be8+ Ke7 57.
Bd8+ Kxd8 58. Kxe6 Kc7 59. e5 Rc1 60. Ne4 $18) 56... Rf1 57. Kf4 Bb3 58. Ke3
Re1+ 59. Kf2 Rb1 60. Nxb7 $18 {Finally I have snatched a pawn out!} Bd1 61. Bg2
Bg4 62. Kg3 {Bishops ending was also winning but I wanted to keep things
simpler.} (62. Nd8 Rxb6 63. cxb6 Kxd8 64. e5 c5 65. Bd5 Kc8 66. Ke3 Bh3 67. Kd3
Bf1+ 68. Kc3 Bb5 69. e6 Kb8 70. e7 Kc8 71. Bc4 Bc6 72. Ba6+ Kb8 73. Kc4 $18)
62... Be6 63. Nd6 Rg1 64. Nf5 Bc4 65. Kf2 Rb1 66. Nd4 Be6 67. Nxe6 {Anything
wins.} (67. e5 Bd5 68. Bxd5 cxd5 69. c6+ Ke8 (69... Kc8 70. e6 Rb2+ 71. Ke3 Rh2
72. Nf5 $18) 70. c7 Rc1 71. Nf5 $18) 67... Kxe6 68. Bc7 $18 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 31st"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2001.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 {One of the oldest continuations.} Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4
$6 {Kozul's speciality.He applied it first time against Gelfand in Batumi 1999.
} Bg6 6. h4 h5 7. g5 Nd7 8. Nge2 Bd6 9. Qb3 Ne7 $1 $146 {A very intuitive over
the board novelty.} 10. Bg2 (10. Qxb7 $6 dxc4 11. Bg2 O-O $44) (10. cxd5 cxd5
11. Qxb7 O-O 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Bg2 Nb4 $40) 10... Qa5 $6 {Though I do not agree
with this move.Black is trying to force dc4 which is already in whites agenda.}
11. Bd2 Qa6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nb5 Bb8 14. a4 O-O 15. Bb4 $1 {Zdenko eliminates
the knights since due to the nature of the game this exchange helps white.} Re8
16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. O-O Qa5 18. Rfc1 Re8 $2 {A very bad move.Black should have
tried to resolve his problems with the open file.} (18... a6 19. Nc7 $1 Bxc7 (
19... Ra7 $2 20. Qa3 Kf8 21. Nxd5 $1) 20. Qxb7 Nb6 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Qxc7 Rc8
23. Qb7 Qb4 24. Nf4 Qxb2 25. Rf1 $16) (18... Nf8 $1 19. f4 a6 20. Nbc3 Bd6 $13)
19. Qc3 Qb6 20. Bf3 Nf8 (20... Rd8 21. Nc7 Bxc7 22. Qxc7 Qxb2 23. Nf4 $36) 21.
Qc5 Qa6 $6 (21... Qxc5 22. Rxc5 Re7 23. Rac1 a6 24. Na3 (24. Nc7 Ra7 25. a5 Nd7
26. R5c3 b5) 24... Bd6 25. R5c3 $16) 22. Rc3 Nd7 23. Qb4 Nb6 24. b3 Nc8 {
Black has completely lost the conrol over the game.} (24... e5 $5 25. Ng3 e4 (
25... exd4 26. Nxd4 Bxg3 27. Be2 $1 Bd6 28. Qxd6 $18) 26. Be2 Bxg3 27. fxg3 Nd7
$16) 25. Nc7 Bxc7 26. Rxc7 Nd6 27. Nf4 $18 Nf5 28. Be2 Qd6 29. Qxd6 Nxd6 30.
Rac1 Rad8 (30... Rac8 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Rxc8+ Nxc8 33. Bxh5 Bxh5 34. Nxh5 Nd6
35. Ng3 b5 36. axb5 Nxb5 37. Kf1 $18) 31. Kh2 Nf5 32. Kh3 e5 33. dxe5 ({
Even simpler is} 33. Nxg6 fxg6 34. Bb5 $18) 33... Rxe5 34. R1c5 Rde8 35. Bb5
R8e7 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Nxd5 R7e6 38. Nf4 Rxc5 39. Rxc5 Re7 40. Rd5 Rc7 41. Nxg6
fxg6 42. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hopman, Pieter"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 $6 {For some reason my opponent is fond of
this risky gambit which was not picked up by any serious player.} dxc4 $1 {
Gambits should be accepted .When he tried this against Katia some rounds ago I
have decided to take a fresh look in this line.} 5. a4 Qa5 6. Nf3 (6. Bd2 $6 e5
$1 7. dxe5 Qxe5 8. Nf3 Qc5 $17) 6... Bg4 $1 $146 ({After the common} 6... Ne4
7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Nxd2 $44 {white presumably has some compensation.}) 7. Ne5 Nbd7
8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Qd2 $6 {Another inaccuracy.} (9. Nxg4 Nxg4 10. e3 Qf5 (10...
Qb4 $5) 11. Qf3 Qxf3 12. gxf3 Nf6 13. Bxc4 e6 $11) 9... Rd8 10. Nxc4 (10. e4 $6
Be6 $1 (10... Bc8 $5 11. Bxc4 e6 $40)) (10. e3 e6 11. f3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. h4
Bd3 $15) 10... Qc7 11. e4 Be6 $1 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Bf5 $17 {White's center is
very loose.} 14. f3 (14. Ng3 e6 $1) 14... g6 $1 ({There is no need to sac an
exchange yet!} 14... e6 $6 15. Ncd6+ Bxd6 16. Nxd6+ Rxd6 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. a5 (
18. Bc4 Nb4 19. O-O a5) 18... Nb4 19. Rc1 O-O 20. Be2 Rd8 21. Rc4 c5 22. Rxc5
Nc6 $15) 15. g4 $6 {This only makes the things faster.} Bxe4 16. fxe4 Nb6 17.
a5 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Bg7 $1 (18... e6 19. O-O-O) 19. Qc3 (19. O-O O-O 20. Qf2 e6
21. b4 Qe7 $17) 19... O-O 20. h4 {White is desperately trying to have an
attack in return for his center in danger.} (20. O-O-O c5 21. b4 b6 22. Ba6 Qb8
$19) 20... c5 $19 21. h5 Rxd4 22. hxg6 Rxe4+ 23. Kd2 {I was calculating more
the lines when his majesty sails to the other side of the board.} (23. Kf2 hxg6
(23... e6 24. gxh7+ Kh8 $19) 24. Qh3 Rd8 25. Bxf7+ Kf8 $1 26. Qf3 Qxe5 $19)
23... hxg6 24. Rae1 (24. Qh3 Rd8+) 24... Rd8+ 25. Kc2 Qxe5 $1 26. Qxe5 (26.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Qf3+ Kg8 $19) 26... Rxc4+ 27. Kb3 Rb4+ 28. Kc3 (28. Kc2 Bxe5 29.
Rxe5 Rd7 30. Rxc5 Rxg4 $19) 28... e6 $1 {Curtains!} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 $5 {The solid Schlechter System!} 5. Bd3
Bg7 ({Like in my game with Azmai} 5... Bf5 $6 {is not a good idea either in
this position.} 6. Bxf5 gxf5 7. cxd5 (7. Qb3 Qb6) 7... cxd5 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Nf3
Nc6 10. Ne5 (10. O-O e6 11. Bd2 Ne4 $40) 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. f4 $1 e6
13. h3 Nh6 14. Bd2 $1 $16) 6. Nge2 $6 {I can not understand the merit of this
move.} (6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 $14) 6... O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 $6 {
A risky move.We know that this allow an exchange of central pawns and than
black experiences difficulties on his queenside due to his misplaced Nd7.A
typical example of this Rubinstein-Bogoljubow,Vienna 1922.However in this game
I have thought that since Ne2 does not exert pressure to the center I would
have been able to turn the things in my favor on the queenside.} (7... dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Nbd7 9. e4 (9. Bb3 e5) 9... e5 10. f4 $1 {I have exaggerated the value of
this move.} (10. f3 $2 exd4 11. Nxd4 (11. Qxd4 $2 Ng4) 11... Nb6 $17) 10...
exd4 11. Qxd4 Nb6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bb3 Bg4 14. e5 Nfd5 $36) 8. cxd5 $1 {
Gabriel does definitely know about Rubinstein.} cxd5 9. Qb3 e6 10. Bd2 Ne8 $1
11. Rac1 Ndf6 12. Rc2 (12. Na4 Nd6 13. Bb4 Re8 $13) 12... Nd6 13. Nb5 Nxb5 14.
Bxb5 a6 $1 {That was the base of my plan.When I have decided for 7...Nbd7 I
have thought eventually I will start pushing my queenside pawns and not only I
will gain space there but put his queen in dire straits too.} (14... Bd7 $6 15.
Rfc1 $16) 15. Bd3 b5 16. Qa3 Bd7 17. Rfc1 $2 {This makes my plan to work.} ({
But actually} 17. Ba5 Qb8 18. Rfc1 $16 {looks pretty bad for black.}) 17... a5
$40 18. Qc5 Re8 19. Qc7 Bf8 20. Qxd8 Rexd8 21. f3 b4 $1 {Black has to fight
for initiative.} (21... Ne8 $2 22. e4 Nd6 23. Bg5 Rdc8 24. Rc7 $16) 22. e4 dxe4
(22... b3 $2 23. axb3 Rdb8 24. Ra1 Rxb3 25. Nc1 Bb5 26. Nxb3 Bxd3 27. Rc3 dxe4
28. Nc5 Nd5 29. Rca3 Bg7 30. Bc3 $18 {casts doubt on this attempt.}) 23. fxe4
Ne8 $1 24. e5 Rdb8 25. b3 a4 26. Ng3 axb3 27. axb3 Ra3 $1 {By exact moves
black developped his own attack!} 28. Rb1 $1 {White should not allow black to
put his bishop on c6 at once.} (28. Bc4 $2 Bc6 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Rxc6 Rxb3 31.
Rxe6 Rd3 $17) 28... Be7 29. Ne4 Ba4 $1 30. Bc4 Bc6 {Now I have thought that I
will take over the initiative since I have accomplished objective number one.}
31. Nf2 Ba8 $5 {This clears the b line but on the other hand weakens the back
rank.} (31... Nc7 $2 32. Bd3) (31... Ng7 32. g4 $132) (31... Bb7 $6 32. Bb5 $1
Bd5 $140 33. Ba4 $16) 32. Rbc1 Rd8 33. Bb5 $1 (33. Nd3 $6 Be4 $17) 33... Bd5 $1
(33... Rxb3 $2 34. Rc8 Rxc8 35. Rxc8 Rb1+ 36. Bf1 $18) 34. Rc8 Ra8 35. Rxa8
Bxa8 36. Nd3 $1 (36. Rc4 $2 Bd5 37. Bxb4 Bg5 $17) 36... Be4 {Now the game
became very tactical and I was relying on my ability to calculate however
Armen showed his capability in this field too.} 37. Bxb4 $5 (37. Nxb4 Rxd4 38.
Bc3 Rd8 39. Nc6 Bc5+ 40. Kf1 Ra8 41. b4 Be3 42. Re1 Nc7 43. Rxe3 Nxb5 44. Rxe4
Nxc3 45. Rc4 Nd5 $132) 37... Bg5 38. Re1 $1 $11 Bxd3 {This looks like giving
him and easy draw but alternatives were not better.} (38... Nc7 39. Ba5 (39.
Nc5 $5 Rxd4 (39... Nxb5 40. Nxe4 Rxd4 41. Bc5 Rd5 42. Nxg5 Rxc5 43. Rf1 Rxe5
44. Nxf7 $11) 40. Bc3 Rd5 41. Bc4 Rxc5 42. Rxe4 Nd5 43. Bd4 Ra5 $11) 39... Rxd4
(39... Nxb5 $4 40. Bxd8) 40. Bxc7 Bxd3 41. Bxd3 Rxd3 42. b4 Rb3 43. Bd6 Bd2 44.
Re4 $11) 39. Bxd3 Rxd4 40. Bc4 Bd2 41. Bxd2 Rxd2 42. Re2 {Since my Ne8 does
not participate the game fully he is able to equalize.} Rd1+ 43. Kf2 Nc7 44.
Re1 {He wants to repeat the moves and get a draw.There is not much to do for
black.} ({He could have tried} 44. Ke3 Nd5+ 45. Bxd5 Rxd5 46. Ke4 Rb5 47. Rb2
Rb4+ 48. Kd3 Kf8 49. Kc3 Re4 50. b4 Ke7 51. b5 Kd7 52. b6 (52. Rf2 Rxe5 53.
Rxf7+ Kd6 54. Kb4 Re2 55. Rxh7 Rxg2 $11) 52... Kc8 53. Rf2 Kb7 54. Rxf7+ Kxb6
55. Kd3 Rxe5 56. Rxh7 Kc6 $11) 44... Rd2+ 45. Re2 Rd1 46. Re1 Rd2+ 47. Re2 Rd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Ne4 $6 {This move
is risky.} (6... Bg4 $5 7. f3 Bd7 $13) (6... a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. f3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6
10. h4 e6 11. h5 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 h6 $13) 7. Nge2 $1 {Surprise,surprise!} (7. Nxe4
dxe4 8. Ne2 e5 9. dxe5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Qc2 O-O 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Qxc3+
14. bxc3 a6 15. Bc4 Re8 16. Bd5 Nxe5 17. Bxe4 Ng6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 $11) 7... Nxc3
{Good or bad I had to go for that.} (7... Qa5 $6 8. a3 $1 $16) (7... Bf5 {
I have realised that} 8. Qb3 e5 9. Bxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. dxe5 Qa5+ 12.
Nc3 Bb4 13. Bc4 O-O 14. e6 $1 $16) 8. Nxc3 e6 9. Bd3 Bd6 (9... Bd7 10. O-O Be7
11. Qh5 $16) 10. Qg4 $1 {A very strong move based on simple calculation.} g6 (
10... O-O $2 11. Bh6 Qf6 12. Bg5 $18) 11. Bxd6 $6 (11. Qg3 Bxf4 12. Qxf4 $16 {
is a very bad position for black.}) 11... Qxd6 12. Qg3 Qxg3 13. hxg3 Bd7 14.
Kd2 Ne7 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. e4 f6 $1 $14 {Black should be able to defend this
position.} 17. exd5 exd5 18. Bb5 $1 Kd8 $6 {I have obviously had a bad day!} (
18... Rd8 19. Ba4 $1 Kf7 20. Bb3 Bc6 21. g4 $14) (18... a6 $1 19. Bd3 (19.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 20. Na4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Nc6 22. Nc5+ Kc7 23. g4 $11) 19... h5 $11) 19.
Be2 Nf5 $2 {Another very bad move based on miscalculation.} (19... Rc6 $1 20.
Bf3 Rd6 21. g4 h6 $14) 20. Nxd5 Rxc1 (20... Nxd4 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Nxf6 Be6
23. Bd3 $18) 21. Kxc1 $1 ({Even the other one is better for white.} 21. Rxc1
Nxd4 22. Nxf6 Rf8 (22... Bc6 23. Bd3 Ke7 24. Ne4 Rd8 25. Re1 $16) 23. Ne4 Bc6
24. Bd3 $16) 21... Nxd4 22. Bc4 Rf8 $2 (22... b5 23. Rd1 $1 $18 {was what I
have missed.}) 23. Rxh7 Bc6 24. Kd2 a5 25. Kc3 $1 Nf5 $2 {loses on the spot.} (
25... Ne2+ 26. Kd3 b5 27. Kxe2 bxc4 28. Ne3 Re8 29. Kd2 $18) 26. Nf4 $18 {
e6, g6 everywhere is weak in blacks camp.} Bd7 27. Be6 {Time to check out of
the tournament hall for black.} 1-0

[Event "Subasic Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Zenica"]
[Date "2005.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Atalik, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2005.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 e6 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
f4 O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. a3 Bb7 12. Nf3 Rfc8 (12... Ne7 13. O-O Ne4
$132) 13. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRE-chT 36th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.07.10"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.07.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 $5 {An almost forgotten line.} b5
6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Be2 (11. Bb2 e6
12. Bd3 Bd6 13. c5 Bc7 14. O-O-O e5 15. f3 $14 {is another way to play this
position.}) 11... e6 12. O-O Rc8 $6 {He had to get the bishop out.} (12... Bd6
13. e4 $5 (13. Rd1 O-O 14. a3 {is slow.}) 13... b4 14. exd5 bxc3 15. dxc6 Nb8
16. Bf3 Qc7 17. d5 O-O 18. Be3 exd5 19. cxd5 a5 $1 {in order to prevent b4.}
20. Qxc3 $1 Nbd7 $1 $13 {is very sharp.}) 13. c5 $1 $16 {Now, with the bishop
locked in, White simply expands his queenside.} e5 14. b4 e4 (14... Be7 15. a4
exd4 16. exd4 Nf8 17. Be3 Ne6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra6 O-O 20. Rfa1 Nh5 21. Bg4 $1
$16) 15. a4 Be7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ra6 Nf8 $2 (17... O-O 18. Bd2 Nh7 19. Rfa1
$16) 18. Rxc6 $1 {An obvious and sound sacrifice.} Rxc6 19. Bxb5 Qc8 (19... Qa8
20. Qa2 $1 {makes no difference to things.}) 20. Qa4 Kd7 21. Bxc6+ (21. Bd2 {
may even be simpler than the game.} Ne6 (21... g5 22. Ra1 g4 23. hxg4 $18) 22.
Bxc6+ Qxc6 23. b5 Qa8 24. c6+ Kc7 25. b6+ $18) 21... Qxc6 22. b5 Qc8 23. b6+ {
I have only looked at this move.} (23. c6+ {is an alternative.} Ke6 (23... Kc7
24. b6+ $1 Kxb6 25. Ba3 $1 Bxa3 26. Rb1+ Kc7 27. Nb5+ Kd8 28. c7+ $18) (23...
Kd8 24. b6 Ne6 25. b7 Qb8 26. Nb5 Nc7 27. Bd2 Nxb5 28. Qxb5 Bd6 29. Ra1 Ke7 30.
Ra8 $18) 24. f3 Bd6 (24... exf3 25. e4 $1 $18) 25. fxe4 dxe4 26. d5+ Ke7 $18)
23... Ke6 (23... Qc6 24. Nb5 $1 {finishes him off.} (24. Qa7+ Ke6 25. b7 N8d7
26. Bd2 Rb8 27. Rb1 Bd8 28. Qa4 Qxa4 29. Nxa4 Bc7 30. c6 $16 {should also win.}
) 24... Ne6 25. Qa7+ Kc8 (25... Ke8 26. b7) 26. Qa5 $1 $18) 24. f3 {The sharp
way.} (24. Qb5 {looks very powerful too.}) 24... exf3 (24... N8d7 25. fxe4 Nxb6
26. Qb3 Bxc5 27. exd5+ Nfxd5 28. dxc5 Qxc5 29. Ne4 Qb4 30. Ng5+ $16) 25. e4 (
25. Rxf3 {should also be possible.} N8d7 26. e4 Bxc5 27. exd5+ $1 Nxd5 28. Nxd5
Kxd5 29. Qb3+ Kc6 30. dxc5 $18) 25... Bxc5 26. exd5+ (26. b7 Bxd4+ 27. Qxd4
Qxb7 28. exd5+ $16) 26... Ke7 27. Re1+ $6 {I felt like I had gone slightly
wrong around here.} (27. dxc5 $142 Qxc5+ 28. Rf2 $18) 27... Ne6 $2 ({I am for} 
27... Kd8 $142 28. b7 (28. Nb5 Bxb6 29. Nd6) 28... Bxd4+ 29. Qxd4 Qxb7 30. Ba3
$18) 28. dxc5 Qxc5+ 29. Re3 $1 {This seals his fate.} Qxb6 30. Qa3+ $1 {
This collects everything like in checkers.} (30. Ba3+ $2 Kd8 31. Qa8+ Kc7 32.
Nb5+ Kd7 $1 33. dxe6+ fxe6 34. Qxf3 Nd5 $11) 30... Qd6 31. dxe6 fxe6 32. Qa7+
Qd7 33. Ba3+ Kf7 34. Qxd7+ Nxd7 35. Rxf3+ Nf6 36. Ne4 Rb8 37. g4 (37. Ng5+ Kg8
38. Nxe6 $18 {is also good enough.}) 37... Kg8 (37... Rb1+ 38. Kf2) 38. Nxf6+
gxf6 39. Rxf6 Rb3 40. Bf8 Rxh3 41. Kg2 Rc3 ({I was anticipating} 41... Rh4 42.
Kg3 Rh1 43. Bc5 $1 Rc1 44. Rxg6+ Kf7 45. Rg5 Kf6 46. Bd4+ $18 {from the
endgame genius.}) 42. Bh6 Kh7 43. g5 e5 (43... Rc7 44. Rxe6 Rf7 45. Kg3 $18 {
and the black rook has to leave the f-file after which White's bishop switches
to f6 via f8.} ({Possibly he realised that I am too old for} 45. Re8 $4 Rf2+ $1
$11)) 44. Rf7+ Kh8 45. Re7 1-0

[Event "Star Palmyra op 2nd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sumets, Andrey"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 {This is a dangerous system
if white plays with some real ambitions. However I have felt in this very
moment that Andrey wants to have a solid game.} Qb6 $5 {Probably the most
risky approach. GM Dreev championed this move.} 6. Qd2 $5 {A very solid move
produced after a long thought.} (6. Rc1 Bd7 7. e3 Qxb2 8. Bd3 {transposes to
the line below.}) (6. e3 Qxb2 7. Rc1 (7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. Nge2 Qa3
10. Rb1 (10. O-O $6 a6 11. Rb1 b6 $17) 10... b6 11. Nb5 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Rc8 13.
Rc1 Rc4 14. Rxc4 dxc4 $13) 7... Bd7 8. Bd3 e6 9. Nge2 Qa3 10. O-O a6 11. Be5
Nc6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 f5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Rd8 $13) 6...
Nc6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3 $1 $146 {This gives a very equal game.} Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6
10. Nge2 $6 {This is simply not the very best square for white's knight. Dr
Tarrasch would definitely be very critical about this move.} (10. Nf3 $5 Be7 (
10... Qxb2 11. O-O $1 (11. Rb1 $6 Qa3 12. O-O Bb4 13. Rb3 Qa5 $17) 11... Qa3
12. Qb5 $1 Qa6 13. Rab1 $44) 11. O-O O-O $11) 10... Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qb5 {
White is losing potence in his position by going for exchanges.} (12. a3 $142
$13) 12... Qxb5 13. Nxb5 a6 14. Nbc3 b5 $36 15. Bg5 Rfc8 16. Nf4 Nh5 $1 {
The very first tactical punch in the game.} 17. Nxh5 (17. Bxe7 $2 Nxf4 18. exf4
(18. Ba3 b4 19. Bxb4 Nxb4 20. exf4 Nc2 $5 (20... Nd3 $17) 21. Rac1 (21. Rad1
Rab8) 21... Nxd4 $17) 18... Nxe7 $17) 17... Bxg5 18. Ng3 $2 {He already
started to drift away. He had a great option instead of this.} ({This would
have generated some serious counterplay. The idea is very simple and natural:
f2-f4-f5 and then Nf4.} 18. f4 $1 Bd8 19. f5 Bg5 (19... Nb4 $2 20. fxe6 fxe6
21. Nf4 Nc2 22. Nxe6 $1 (22. Rac1 $2 Nxe3 23. Rf3 e5 $15) 22... Bf6 23. Rac1 (
23. Nxd5 $2 Nxa1 24. Rxa1 Rc2 $17) 23... Nxe3 24. Rf3 $16) 20. Nf4 Bxf4 21.
Rxf4 Rc7 $36) 18... Rc7 19. Nge2 (19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. Kf1 $140 $2 Nxd4 21. f4 b4
$19) 19... Rac8 $17 {Black is simply dominating because of his control over
the c line.} 20. Nc1 ({He still can not step into the c line.} 20. Rfc1 $2 b4
$19) 20... Na5 21. Nd3 Nc4 22. Nd1 $2 {Another mistake. The knight has no
future on d1.} (22. Ne2 Be7 (22... Nxb2 $4 23. Nxb2 Rc2 24. Rfc1 $18) 23. Rfc1
f6 $17) 22... a5 $6 {I was reluctant to pull my pseudo active Bg5 back but it
has already accomplished its mission on that square.} (22... Be7 $17) 23. Re1
$1 {He is trying to get out of my hook.} b4 24. Re2 Nb6 $1 25. Kf1 $6 {He
could have tried to confuse the issue.} (25. a3 b3 26. Nc5 a4 27. Nc3 Rxc5 (
27... Ra8 28. Nb5 Rc6 29. Rc1 Ra5 30. Nc3 Be7 31. Nd3 Nc4 32. Ree1 $17) 28.
dxc5 Rxc5 29. Kf1 Bf6 30. Nd1 Kf8 31. Ke1 Ke7 32. f3 Kd6 $17) 25... Be7 $1 $17
{Now black is in full command of the position.} 26. Ke1 Bd6 $1 {Preparing for
central thrust with f6 and e5.} 27. g3 g5 28. Kd2 $6 {Another strange idea.} (
28. f3 f6 29. e4 Kf7 30. Ne3 h5 $17) 28... f6 $6 ({I was afraid that the
position might turn out to be closed to utmost after} 28... g4 $142 {Alas this
is not the case.} 29. b3 Nd7 $1 $19) 29. b3 e5 30. Rc1 (30. dxe5 fxe5 31. e4
Rc2+ $19) 30... e4 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Ne1 a4 ({However now g4 will really close
the position unnecessarily.} 32... g4 $2 33. Nb2 Kf7 34. Ng2) 33. bxa4 $4 $138
{An unforced error in time trouble.} (33. f3 f5 34. Rf2 Kg7 35. Ng2 Kg6 36. Rf1
exf3 37. Rxf3 axb3 38. axb3 Nd7 39. Rf1 Nf6 40. Nf2 Rc3 41. Rb1 h5 $19) 33...
Nc4+ $4 {Of course I could have immediately finished the game with} (33... b3
$19) 34. Kc1 Nxe3+ 35. Nc2 {Believe or not I have missed this one.} (35. Kd2 $4
Nf1#) 35... Nc4 $5 {Another weird move.} (35... Nxd1 36. Kxd1 Kf7 37. Kc1 f5
38. Kb2 f4 39. a3 Rc4 $17) 36. Nde3 Nxe3 37. Rxe3 Ra7 38. Kb2 Rxa4 39. Kb3 Ra8
40. Re2 (40. Nxb4 $5 {He could have tried a brave attack in the rook ending.}
Bxb4 41. Kxb4 Rxa2 42. Kc5 Rxf2 43. Kxd5 Kf7 44. g4 (44. Rxe4 Rxh2 45. Kd6 h5
46. d5 Rh3 $19) (44. Kxe4 Rxh2 45. Rd3 h5 46. d5 Re2+ 47. Kf3 Re8 $19) 44...
Rxh2 45. Rxe4 Rh4 46. Kd6 h5 47. Re7+ Kg6 48. gxh5+ Rxh5 49. d5 g4 $19) 40...
Kf7 $1 41. Nxb4 Ke6 $19 {Now since his kingside pawns are immobilised he can
not do much against my coming pawns avalanche with f5-f4.} 42. h3 (42. Nd3 Ra3+
) 42... f5 43. Rc2 f4 44. g4 (44. gxf4 gxf4 45. a3 h5 {And he is doomed to
passivity.} 46. Kb2 f3 $19) 44... h5 45. Nc6 $4 {A howler in a lost position,
also he had no time.} (45. a3 Rh8 46. Ka4 hxg4 47. hxg4 Rh2 48. Kb3 f3 $19 {
followed by e3 wins easily.}) 45... Ra3+ 46. Kb2 Rxh3 47. gxh5 Ba3+ 0-1

[Event "Vojvodina op 8th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2017.07.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Marjanovic, Annamaria"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 $5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 (6... Bc8 7.
f4 $5) 7. Qxb7 Bd7 8. Qb3 Rb8 9. Qd1 e5 {A relatively new idea, circa 2012.}
10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 (11. Nge2 $5 Bc5 (11... Bd6 12. Nf4) 12. Nd4 O-O 13. Be2)
11... Bd6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Qe7 14. a4 $5 (14. Nd4 Rfc8 15. a4 {is also
possible.}) 14... Rfd8 15. Nb5 $6 {I still can not believe I had given the
pawn back and started to walk on a very thin line within the possibility of a
draw.} (15. Nd4 $142) 15... Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxb5 17. axb5 Rxb5 18. Qa4 Rb7 19.
g3 Be5 20. Ra2 Rdb8 21. b3 $5 (21. Rd1 Bxb2 22. Bxb2 Rxb2 23. Qxa7 $14) 21...
Rxb3 22. Qxa7 Qxa7 23. Rxa7 d4 $6 {I am not so sure of this decision either.} (
23... Bb2 $142) (23... R3b7 $142) 24. Kg2 (24. Bd1 Rc3) 24... dxe3 (24... d3 $2
25. Rd1 {and the pawn is under danger.}) 25. Bxe3 h6 26. Re1 $5 (26. Rd1) 26...
Bc3 27. Rd1 Bb2 $1 {A good move threatening ...Ra3.} 28. h4 (28. Bf4 Re8) 28...
Ra3 $1 29. Re7 (29. Rb1 Rxa7 30. Bxa7 Rb4 {White can not gain anything
particular despite the pin.} 31. Bc5 Rc4 32. Be3 Be5 $11) (29. Rd2 Rxa7 30.
Bxa7 Rb4 $11) 29... Ra1 $11 30. Rxa1 Bxa1 31. g4 Rd8 32. Bb6 (32. g5 hxg5 33.
hxg5 Nd5 $11) 32... Rd7 33. Re2 Nd5 34. Re8+ Kh7 35. Ba5 g6 (35... Bc3 36. Bxc3
Nxc3 37. Re5 Rc7 $11) 36. Re1 Bg7 (36... Bc3 37. Rd1 $11 (37. Bxc3 Nxc3 38. Re5
Rd4 $11)) 37. Kg3 Bf8 $1 {With absolute equality.} 38. Rd1 Nf6 39. Rxd7 Nxd7
40. Bc6 Bd6+ 41. Kh3 Ne5 42. Bb5 h5 43. gxh5 (43. g5 Nf3) 43... gxh5 44. Be2
Kg6 45. Bd2 Nd7 46. Bd3+ Kg7 47. f3 Nf8 48. f4 Ng6 49. f5 (49. Kg3 Bxf4+ $5 50.
Bxf4 Nxf4 $11 {and White ends up with the wrong bishop.}) 49... Nf4+ 50. Bxf4
Bxf4 51. Be2 Kh6 52. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SLO-chT 12th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2002.11.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Maribor SK Piramida"]
[BlackTeam "Ptuj"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 $5 {A favorite line of Zdenko.} b5
{The common response.} (5... Bf5 $5 {is still an interesting alternative.I
believe there is nothing immediate.} 6. Qb3 (6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Qb3 Ra7 (7... Nc6
$2 8. Qxb7 Na5 9. Qb4 e5 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qd1 $16) 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. Nf3 e6 10. Nh4
$14) 6... Ra7 7. Nf3 e6 8. Nh4 $14) 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Be7 {I
somehow wanted to have Be7 rather than Bd6 in order to be able to have Nxe5
without being forked.} (8... Bd6 $5 9. Bd3 O-O (9... Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. f4
Ne4 12. a4 b4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bc4 O-O 15. a5 $14 {Kozul-Movsesian,Bled(ol)
2002.}) 10. O-O Bb7 11. a4 (11. f4 Nbd7 (11... Ne4 12. Qc2 Nxd2 (12... f5 13.
Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qb3 Qe7 15. Be1 Re8 $13) 13. Qxd2 $13) 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 Ne4) (
11. a3 Nbd7 12. f4 Ne4 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qe2 f6 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17.
Bb1 Bd5 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rc1 $11) 11... b4 12. Ne2 Nbd7 $13) 9. Bd3 O-O 10.
O-O Bb7 11. f4 Ne4 $5 {Maybe this is too refined!} (11... Nbd7 12. Rc1 (12. a4
b4 13. Ne2 Ne4 14. Rc1 a5 15. Nc6 Bxc6 16. Rxc6 Ndf6 17. Be1 Qd7 18. Rc1 (18.
Bb5 Nd6) 18... Rfc8 19. Bb5 Qd8 20. h3 Nd6 21. Bd3 Nfe4 $11) 12... Ne4 13. a4 (
13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bc2 f6 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bb3 Bd5 $11) 13... b4 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Bc4 $13) 12. Qc2 Nxd2 $1 {This was my idea but there are others in the
position!} (12... f6 $2 13. Nxe4 fxe5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. dxc5 e4
17. Bg6 $18) (12... f5 $6 13. Bxe4 dxe4 (13... fxe4 14. a4 b4 15. Ne2) 14. Qb3
Qd6 15. a4 (15. a3 $5 Ra7 (15... Nc6 16. Na4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qd5 18. Qxd5 Bxd5
19. Nb6 Ra7 20. Rac1) 16. Rac1 Nc6 17. Ne2 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Qd7 19. Nf4 Bd5 20.
Nxd5 exd5 21. Bb4) 15... b4 16. a5 Ra7 17. Na2 Bd5 18. Qxb4 Rb7 $1 19. Qxd6
Bxd6 20. Rfb1 (20. Bc3 Rc8 $44) 20... Nc6 21. Nc3 Rc8 22. Na4 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Be7
24. Rc1 Rcb8 25. Nb6 $16) 13. Qxd2 f6 14. Nf3 {There is nothing to worry about
the piece sacrifice!} (14. Qc2 $2 fxe5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. dxe5 (16. fxe5 {
is not that dangerous,bishop will sut itself eventually h line with Bg5-h6.}
Nd7 $19) 16... Bc5 $1 17. Rf3 Rxf4 $1 18. Rxf4 Bxe3+ 19. Rf2 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2
Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Qxh7 $19) 14... Nd7 15. a4 ({It is too early for} 15. g4 e5 $1 16.
fxe5 fxe5 17. dxe5 (17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 d4 $40) 17... d4 18. Nxd4 Nxe5 19.
Be4 (19. Be2 b4) (19. Bf5 Qd6) 19... Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Nc4 21. Rxf8+ Bxf8 $44)
15... bxa4 $5 {I wanted to keep the position fluid!} (15... b4 16. Na2 (16. Ne2
a5 17. Rac1 (17. Qc2 h6 18. Bb5 Rc8 19. Qg6 Rf7 20. Rac1 Nf8 {goes nowhere.})
17... Qb6 18. Qc2) 16... a5 17. Nc1 Nb6 18. Nb3 Nc4 19. Qe2 Rc8 20. Rac1 Qb6
21. Rc2 $13) 16. Nxa4 a5 17. Rfc1 Bb4 18. Qc2 g6 {Looks like only move to me.}
(18... h6 {Kozul} 19. Qc7 Rb8 20. f5 $1 $16) 19. Qc7 {Interesting moment for
the game.} (19. Bxg6 hxg6 $8 (19... f5 $2 {with my tournament situation,I was
counting on some tactics but they do not work!} 20. Qc7 $1 {Kozul} (20. Bxh7+
$2 Kxh7 21. Ng5+ Kh6 22. Nxe6 Qe7 23. Nxf8 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 Rxf8 25. Qc7 Rc8 26.
Rc6+ Bxc6 27. Qxc8 Bxa4) 20... Bc8 21. Bxh7+ (21. Bf7+ Kxf7 22. Nb6 Ra7 23.
Ne5+ Kg7 24. Qxd8 Rxd8 25. Nxc8 Rb7 $44) 21... Kxh7 22. Nb6 Ra7 23. Qxa7 Qxb6
24. Qxb6 Nxb6 25. Rc7+ Kg8 26. Ne5 $16) 20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Qh6+ $11 {White has
to take a draw!} (21. Rf1 $2 Qe7 22. Ng5 fxg5 23. Rf3 Rf7 $19)) 19... Rb8 {
After this it is obvious that white did not get much.} 20. Qxd8 (20. Bb5 Bc8 {
is not that consequent for white.}) 20... Rfxd8 21. Kf2 {Protecting e3 square.}
(21. g4 $6 e5 $1 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. dxe5 Re8 24. Bb5 Nxe5 {the point!} 25. Bxe8
Nxf3+ 26. Kf2 Rxe8 27. Kxf3 d4+ $17) 21... Kf7 22. g4 Ke7 23. h4 (23. g5 $5
Rdc8 $1 $13 (23... f5 24. Bb5 Bc8 25. Be2) (23... fxg5 24. Nxg5 Nf6 25. Nc5))
23... f5 24. g5 Rdc8 $11 25. h5 $1 {Good but followed with the wrong idea!}
Rxc1 26. Rxc1 gxh5 $5 27. Bb5 $6 {King's walk is required in the position!} (
27. Kg3 Bd6 (27... Kd6 28. Bb5 (28. Kh4 Bc6 29. Ra1 h6 30. gxh6 Rh8 31. Kxh5
Ke7 32. Nc3 Nf6+ 33. Kg5 Rg8+ 34. Kh4 Rh8 35. Ne5 Rxh6+ 36. Kg3 Be8 $11) 28...
Bc8 29. Kh4 $1 (29. Rc6+ $6 Ke7 30. Kh4 Bd6 31. Be2 Nf8 32. Rb6 Bd7 33. Rxb8
Bxb8 34. Nc5 Be8 $17) 29... Nf8 30. Kxh5 Ke7 31. Kh6 Bd6 32. Nc3 $16) 28. Kh4
Ba8 (28... Nf8 29. Kxh5 Bc8 30. Rc2 Bd7 31. Nc5 Be8+ 32. Kh6 a4 33. Ne5 $14)
29. Kxh5 Rb4 30. Bc2 Bc6 31. Ra1 Nf8 32. b3 $14) 27... Bc8 28. Be2 Bd6 29. Rh1
Nf8 $1 {Saves the pawn and keeps it!} (29... Rb4 30. Bd1 Nf8 (30... Nb6 31.
Nxb6 Rxb2+ 32. Kg3 Rxb6 33. Rxh5 Kf7 34. Rxh7+ Kg8 35. Rh2 $1 Bd7 36. Ra2 Rb1 (
36... Bb4 37. Ne5 Be8 38. Ba4 $16) 37. Bc2 Rc1 38. Nd2 $14) 31. b3 Bd7 32. Rxh5
Bxa4 33. bxa4 $11) 30. Ra1 Ng6 $1 (30... Bd7 31. Nc5 Bxc5 32. dxc5 a4 33. Nd4
$44) 31. Ne1 (31. Nc5 Bc7) 31... h4 32. Bh5 Bd7 33. Nd3 Rb3 34. Nc3 $8 {
Stiff resistance.} (34. Bxg6 $2 hxg6 35. Nc3 a4 $19) 34... Bc7 $1 (34... Bb4
35. Bd1 Rxb2+ 36. Nxb2 Bxc3 37. Ra2 $13) (34... Bb5 35. Nxb5 Rxb5 36. Bxg6 hxg6
37. Rh1 Kf7 38. Rxh4 Kg7 39. Rh1 a4 40. Ra1 Rb3 41. Ke2 a3 42. bxa3 Rxa3 $11)
35. Rh1 Be8 36. Bd1 Rb8 37. Ba4 $1 $15 {After this bishops exchange nothing is
clear.} Bxa4 (37... Bf7 $5 38. Nb5 (38. Bb5 h6 39. gxh6 Rh8 40. Nc5 Rxh6) 38...
Bd8 39. Nc3 {very difficult for black to make headway.}) 38. Nxa4 h6 (38... Bd6
39. Rc1 Rb3 40. Ke2 Rb7 {and black can not improve his position.}) 39. gxh6 Rh8
40. Kg2 Rxh6 41. Kh3 Rh8 {Simply losing the advantage.} (41... Nh8 $1 42. Rc1 (
42. Rg1 Nf7 43. Nac5 Rh7 $13) 42... Bd8 $13) (41... Rh7 42. Rc1 Kd6 43. Nc3 Bb6
44. Nb5+ Kd7 45. Nc5+ Bxc5 46. Rxc5 (46. dxc5 Ne7 47. Nd4 Nc6 48. Ra1 Rg7 49.
Nxc6 Kxc6 50. Rxa5 Rg3+ 51. Kxh4 Rxe3 52. b4 d4 53. Kg5 Kd5 54. Ra8 Rc3 55.
Rd8+ Ke4 $13) 46... Kd8 47. Rc6 Rb7 48. Rxe6 Nxf4+ 49. exf4 Rxb5 50. Kxh4 Rxb2
51. Kg5 a4 52. Ra6 (52. Kxf5 a3 53. Ra6 a2 54. Ke5 Rf2 55. Ra7 Kc8 56. f5 Kb8
57. Ra3 Kb7 58. f6 Kc6 $11) 52... Rb4 $11) 42. Rc1 Bd6 (42... Kd6 43. Ne5 Nxe5
44. fxe5+ Kd7 45. Nc5+ Ke7 46. Nb7 Kd7 $11) 43. Nb6 Rb8 (43... Bb4 44. Nxb4 $1
(44. Rc7+ Kd6 45. Rg7 Ne7 46. Ne5 Rg8 $40) 44... axb4 45. Rc7+ Kd6 46. Ra7 Kc6
(46... Nf8 47. Ra8) 47. Nd7 $14) 44. Rc6 $1 {Now the advantage is with white.}
Bb4 (44... a4 $6 45. Nxa4 Rb3 46. Nc3 $16) 45. Nxd5+ $1 {Excellent fighting
spirit!} (45. Nxb4 axb4 46. Nxd5+ Kd7 47. Ra6 exd5 48. Rxg6 Re8 49. Kxh4 Rxe3
50. Kg5 Re4 51. Rb6 Rxd4 52. Kxf5 Re4 53. Kg5 Kc7 $11) 45... exd5 46. Rxg6 Bd2
$4 {In mutual time trouble for many moves I was trying to find a way to have
some adavantage but now instead of going blind I had to try to defend!Good
question is if I ever learn how to defend?} (46... Bd6 $1 47. Rg2 Rb3 48. Rd2
Bb4 49. Rd1 Bd6 50. Kxh4 a4 51. Kg3 a3 (51... Kd7 52. Kf3 Kc6 53. Rc1+ Kb5 54.
Ke2) 52. bxa3 Rxa3 53. Kf3 Kf6 54. Ke2 Ra2+ 55. Rd2 Rxd2+ 56. Kxd2 $11 {
looks drawish since white also has weakness.}) (46... a4 47. Rg2 (47. Kxh4 Bd2
48. Nc5 (48. Rg2 $2 Rh8+ 49. Kg3 Rg8+) 48... Kf7 49. Kg5 Bxe3 50. Rf6+ Kg8 $11)
47... a3 48. Nxb4 (48. bxa3 Bxa3 49. Kxh4 Rh8+ 50. Kg3 Rg8+ 51. Kf3 Rxg2 52.
Kxg2 Kf6 $11) 48... Rxb4 49. bxa3 Rb3 50. Rg7+ Ke6 51. Rg6+ Ke7 52. Ra6 Rxe3+
53. Kxh4 Re4 54. Kg5 Rxd4 55. Kxf5 Re4 $1 $11 56. a4 Re1) 47. Rg2 $1 $16 {
Horrible to miss this one!} Bb4 48. Ne5 $1 {After this it was clear that I
would lose first time my third game in a row in a tournament.} Rc8 49. Kxh4 Rc1
$2 {Collapse!} (49... Be1+ 50. Kg5 Ke6 51. Rh2 Rg8+ 52. Ng6 Bb4 53. Rh7 (53.
Rh6 Bd2 (53... Be7+ 54. Kh5 Bf6 55. Rh7 Rb8 56. Ra7 Bd8 (56... Rxb2 $2 57. Nf8+
Kd6 58. Kg6) 57. Ra6+ $18) (53... Bf8 54. Rh7 Bd6 {transposes to the main line.
} (54... Bg7 55. b3 Bf6+ 56. Kh6)) 54. Rh7 Kd6 $14) 53... Bd6 54. b3 Bb4 (54...
Rb8 55. Rh6 Rxb3) 55. Ra7 Rb8 56. Ra6+ Bd6 $14 {was very resilient!}) 50. Rg7+
Ke8 51. Ra7 Rg1 52. Nc6 Be1+ 53. Kh5 Kf8 54. Ne7 $18 {The rest is simply agony!
} Rg2 55. Nxd5 Ke8 56. b3 Kd8 57. Ne7 Rb2 58. Nc6+ Ke8 59. Nxa5 Ra2 60. Nc6
Rxa7 61. Nxa7 Bf2 62. Kg5 Bxe3 63. Nb5 Kd7 64. d5 1-0

[Event "Burgas Black Sea"]
[Site "Burgas"]
[Date "2012.09.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2012.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 $5 {An old flame of mine!} g6 $5 {
and an old flame of his.} 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nf3 (7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O {Is this ever
played?} Nbd7 (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 $13) 9. cxd5 cxd5 $11) 7... O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. b3 c5 (10... Nbd7 11. f4 (11. Nxd7 Qxd7 (11... Nxd7 12. Bb2)
12. Na4 Rae8 (12... Rad8 13. Nc5 Qc8 14. Bd2) 13. Nc5 Qc8 14. Bb2 Bf5 15. Bxf5
gxf5 16. f3 $16 {is not preferred by players with the black pieces.})) 11. cxd5
$5 {I have never been sure if Ivan's brainchild was 100% correct.} (11. Ne2
cxd4 12. exd4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Be5 dxc4 16. Bxc4 $14 {is
enough for an advantage.}) 11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qxc5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 (15. Rd1 $5 Nd7 (15... Bf3 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Qxe7 $18 {
and there ain't no compensation.}) 16. Qd4 Bf3 17. Rd2 e6 18. Qf4 Bc6 19. Bb2 (
19. Ba3 $2 Qa5) 19... Nc5 20. Bxg6 Qxd2 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 $11) 15... Qxd3 16. Qxe7
Nc6 (16... Qd5+ 17. f3 Nc6 18. Qf6 Qxe5 19. Qxe5 Nxe5 20. Bb2 f6 $14) (16...
Nd7 17. e6 (17. Bb2 Rfe8) (17. Qd6 Qf5 18. e6) 17... Qd5+ 18. f3 fxe6 19. e4
Qe5 20. Bh6 Rf7 21. Qh4 $14) 17. Qxb7 Rfc8 $6 {This move does not have a
healthy look.} (17... Qd5+ 18. e4 $1 (18. f3 Qxe5 19. Ba3 Rad8 20. Rad1 Rxd1
21. Rxd1 Qxe3 22. Bxf8 Qe2+ 23. Kg3 Qxd1 $11) 18... Qxe4+ 19. f3 Qxe5 20. Bh6
Qb2+ 21. Kh1 Rfc8 22. Rac1 Qf6 23. Rc4 $14) ({Therefore} 17... Qe4+ $1 18. f3
Qxe5 {transposes to the line mentioned above.}) (17... Qc3 $2 18. Ba3 (18. Bd2
$5) 18... Rab8 19. Rfc1 Qa5 (19... Qxa1 20. Qxb8 $18) 20. Qxc6 Qxa3 21. Qc5 $16
{and it is a clear pawn.}) 18. e6 Qe4+ 19. f3 Qxe6 20. Bb2 (20. Ba3 $2 Rab8 21.
Qxa6 Ra8 $19) 20... Qxe3 21. Rac1 Ne7 $2 (21... Qg5+ 22. Kh1 Qd2 23. Ba1 (23.
Rxc6 Rcb8) 23... Qd5 24. Qb6 $40 {and the weakness of a1-h8 diagonal may have
its word to say in what happens.}) (21... Qd2+ 22. Rf2 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Qe3 24.
Rcc2 Rd8 25. Bf6 Nd4 26. Rcd2 Rdc8 27. Qe4 $16) ({The best ought to be} 21...
Rd8 $142 22. Kh1 Nd4 23. Qe4 $14) 22. Kh1 $1 (22. Ba3 Re8 $132) (22. Bf6 Qd2+
23. Kh3 Qh6+ $11) 22... Rcb8 (22... Rxc1 23. Qxa8+ Rc8 24. Qxa6 $16) 23. Qe4 $1
(23. Qc7 Nd5) 23... Qxe4 24. fxe4 $14 {In spite of the seemingly big advantage
of bishop against knight in an open position things are not that clear here.}
Rb7 (24... Rb4 25. Rfe1 Rb7 $14 (25... Re8 26. Kg2 $14)) 25. Rf6 (25. Bf6 Kf8
$14) 25... Kf8 26. Rcf1 (26. Rd1 a5 27. Ra6 Rbb8 28. Rad6 Ke8 29. Bf6 a4 $11 {
Even this might have been equal since White does not have any real bite.})
26... Ng8 27. Ba3+ (27. Re6 a5) 27... Kg7 (27... Ke8 28. Rd6 {is a slight
improvement for White.} (28. Re6+ Ne7 (28... fxe6 $2 29. Rf8+ Kd7 30. Rxa8 Nf6
31. e5 Ne4 32. Rxa6 Rc7 33. Bd6 $18) 29. Re5 a5 30. Rc1 f6 31. Rec5 Kf7 32. Rc7
Raa7 $14)) 28. Rd6 (28. Rc6 a5 29. Bb2+ Kf8 $14) 28... a5 29. Bb2+ Kf8 30. Bd4
{This move may have no punch after all.} (30. Kg2 Ke8 $14 (30... a4 31. b4)) (
30. Rfd1 Ke8) 30... Ne7 31. Rdf6 Ng8 32. Rd6 Ne7 {With my terrible tournament
situation maybe I should have repeated the moves and cut my losses. Alas I
will never do that.} 33. Bf6 Ng8 34. Rd8+ $6 {A very risky plan since the rook
swap relieves the pressure.} (34. e5 $6 Nxf6 35. exf6 Rb4 $36) (34. Bc3 $1 Ke8
35. Rd4 $1 $14) 34... Rxd8 35. Bxd8 a4 $1 {Somehow this looked impossible due
to strength of my potential doubled pawns on the a-file.} 36. bxa4 Rb4 37. e5
$6 $138 ({I had to be consistent and stick to my original idea.} 37. a5 Rxe4
38. Bb6 Ra4 39. Rf3 $1 (39. Rc1 Ne7 40. Rc7 Nd5 41. Rd7 $11) 39... Ne7 (39...
Rxa2 $2 40. Bc5+ Ke8 41. Ba3 Rc2 42. a6 Rc7 43. Rf4 $40) 40. a3) 37... Ke8 $1 {
A mixture of good and bad moves by both sides: a typical time trouble phase
now and in what follows.} (37... Rxa4 $2 38. e6 f5 39. Rb1 Re4 40. Rb7 Rxe6 41.
Rxh7 Re1+ 42. Kg2 Re2+ 43. Kf3 Rxa2 44. Bg5 $11) 38. Rd1 Rxa4 39. Bg5 Ra8 $6
$138 (39... Ne7 40. Rd2 Ra5 41. Bf6 Nd5 $17) 40. Rd2 h6 41. Bh4 (41. Be3 Ke7)
41... g5 42. Bg3 $2 (42. Bf2 Ne7 43. Bc5 $15) 42... Ra3 $2 (42... Ne7 43. Rd6 (
43. Rb2 Nf5) 43... Ng6 44. Rf6 (44. e6 f5 45. e7 Nxe7 46. Rxh6 Kf7) 44... Ke7
$17) 43. Rb2 $1 $11 Ra8 44. h4 $2 {I had to take a draw with one of these
lines.} (44. e6 {is correct and as highly rated by my opponent.} fxe6 (44... f5
45. Rb7) 45. Rb8+ Rxb8 46. Bxb8 $11) (44. Kg2 Ne7 45. Kf3 h5 46. h4 Nf5 47. Bf2
$11) 44... Kd7 $1 (44... g4 45. Bf4 h5 46. Bg5 Ne7 47. e6 fxe6 48. Bxe7 Kxe7
49. Rb5 $11) 45. hxg5 {The material is to be reduced in such endings.} (45. h5
$2 Ra6 46. Kg2 f5 47. exf6 Nxf6 $19) 45... hxg5 46. Kg2 (46. Rb8 $5 {was still
possible.} Rxb8 47. e6+ Kxe6 48. Bxb8 Ne7 49. a4 Nc6 50. Bc7 f5 51. a5 Nb4 52.
Kg2 f4 53. Kf3 Kf5 54. Bd6 g4+ 55. Kf2 Na6 56. Ba3 Ke4 57. Be7 $44) (46. Rh2
Ne7 (46... Ra3 47. Rh8 Ne7) 47. Rf2 $15) 46... Ke6 47. Kf3 $2 {Being low on
time I pressed the panic button.} (47. Rf2 Ke7 48. Rf5 $11) 47... Kf5 48. Kg2 {
Back is the only way.} (48. Bf2 Ra3+) 48... Ra3 49. Rf2+ $6 (49. Kh3 Kg6 50.
Re2 Ne7 51. Kg2 Nf5 52. Bf2 Ng7 $17) 49... Kg4 50. Bh2 Nh6 51. Rf6 $6 ({
I had to play the tricky:} 51. Re2 Nf5 52. e6 fxe6 53. Re4+ Kh5 54. Rxe6 Rxa2+
55. Kg1 Kg4 56. Bb8 Nh4 57. Re4+ Kf3 58. Rxh4 $3 gxh4 $11) 51... Rxa2+ 52. Kg1
$4 {The wrong square!} (52. Kh1 Kh5 53. Bg3 Re2 54. Kg1 $17) 52... Ra1+ 53. Kf2
Kh5 $1 $19 {and Black is ready to fork in a way I cannot prevent!} 54. Kg2 (54.
Kg3 Ra3+ $19) 54... Ra2+ {Curtains!} 0-1

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Taiyuan"]
[Date "2004.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2004.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Nbd7 13. b4 Rc8 14. Rac1 b5
15. Na5 e5 16. Rfd1 Re8 17. Ne2 Qb6 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nd4 Kh8 20. h3 Nd5 21.
Ndb3 f5 22. a3 Qa7 23. Nc5 Nd7 24. Nab7 Nxc5 25. Nxc5 Re7 26. Re1 Rce8 27. Nb3
Re6 28. Qd3 Rd6 29. e4 fxe4 30. Rxe4 Red8 31. Qe2 Qf7 32. Re1 h6 33. Nc5 Nc3
34. Bxc3 Bxc3 35. Re7 Qf8 36. Rf1 Bf6 37. Rc7 Re8 38. Qc2 Be5 39. Ne4 $2 ({
A big mistake, ruthlessly punished by Black. After Ein schwerer Fehlgriff, der
von Schwarz drastisch bestraft wird. Nach} 39. Rd7 {White has good play. hat
Weiß gutes Spiel.}) 39... Rd4 $1 {[%csl Rc7,Gd4,Re4,Ge5]} 40. Rxc6 {[%tqu "En",
"Black is a pawn down, but his pieces are ready for a big strike. How should
Black continue?","Exploit the shaky position of the white knight.","Use your
d4-rook for the decisive blow.","d4e4","This move yields Black decisive
advantage.",3,"De","Schwarz hat einen Bauern weniger, aber seine Figuren
stehen zum großen Schlag bereit. Wie soll er fortsetzen?","Schlagen Sie
Kapital aus der unsicheren Stellung des weißen Springers.","Versetzen Sie mit
Ihrem Turm d4 den entscheidenden Schlag.","d4e4","Der Zug verschafft Schwarz
entscheidenden Vorteil.",3]} Rxe4 $1 {[%csl Re4,Ge5,Ge8][%cal Ge5h2] Winning
the knight and obtaining decisve advantage. Gewinnt den Springer mit
entscheidendem Vorteil.} 41. Rxg6 Bd4 42. Qc6 Kh7 43. Rd6 R8e7 44. Qc2 Kh8 45.
Qd2 Bg7 46. Rxa6 Re2 47. Qd5 $1 Rxf2 48. Rxf2 Re1+ 49. Kh2 Qxf2 50. Qd8+ (50.
Ra8+ {is met by wird pariert durch} Bf8 ({of course, not aber natürlich nicht} 
50... Kh7 $4 51. Qd3+ {, winning. mit Gewinn.})) 50... Qf8 51. Qxf8+ Bxf8 52.
Kg3 Kg7 53. h4 Re4 54. Rb6 h5 55. Rxb5 Bd6+ 56. Kf3 (56. Kh3 $4 {falls short
of scheidet aus wegen} Re3+ 57. g3 Rxg3+ 58. Kh2 Rg5+) 56... Rf4+ 57. Ke3 Rxh4
58. Rd5 Be7 59. Kf3 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2007.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 $5 {Usually my opponent prefers 3...Nf6, but as
I noticed during my preparation 3...dxc4 has been tried in his practice a few
times.} 4. e4 ({Another option is} 4. e3) 4... b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5
8. Bxc4 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Bd2 {Obviously White cannot fight for the advantage
with such a badly placed N on a2.} a5 11. Nc1 Nd7 12. Nb3 Bb7 13. Qe2 {A
relatively rare continuation.} (13. O-O {is considered to be the main move in
this position.}) 13... O-O {I wouldn't say this is an inaccuracy, but it
simply allows White an additional option.} ({Black could have played} 13... c5
{, then White has to play} 14. O-O O-O 15. Bd3 Qb6 (15... cxd4 16. Rfc1 Qb6 17.
Nbxd4 Rfc8 18. Bb5 Nf8 19. g3 Rc7 20. Rxc7 Nxc7 21. Bd3 Rd8 22. Re1 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Yakovich,Y-Sadler,M/Pula 1997/CBM 057 ext/[Huebner,R] (42)}) 16. Rfe1
Ba6 17. Rac1 Rfc8 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 {1/2-1/2 Dobrov,
V-Dieb fritz,D/playchess.com 2005/CBM 106 ext (41)}) 14. Bd3 $5 $146 {A new
move, which has been found over the board.} c5 15. Qe4 {The point of my
previous move. My idea was to force Black to play g6, weakening the dark
squares around the king, which might be useful for White in the middlegame.} ({
Another interesting alternative would have been the typical} 15. h4 {but it
didn't appeal to me, due to the following line:} cxd4 16. Qe4 ({Doesn't work} 
16. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Kg8 18. Qh5 N5f6 $19) 16... f5 $1 (16... g6 17. h5
Qb6 18. hxg6 (18. Qg4 Ba6 19. Bxg6 Kh8) 18... fxg6 19. Qg4 Rf7 20. Bh6 {
looks very risky for Black.}) 17. exf6 N7xf6 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. O-O (19. Nbxd4
Nc7 20. Qc4 Ng4 $44) 19... Ne3 $1 20. fxe3 Bd5 21. Qf5 dxe3 22. Bxe3 Bxb3 $11)
(15. O-O Qb6) 15... f5 $2 {But this came as a shock to me, I don't know what
he was afraid of after the natural 15...g6, while the game-move is already a
decisive mistake!} (15... g6 $142 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7,Rh6]} 16. Bh6 ({The point
that after} 16. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5] Black has a very strong (maybe he missed that)
} Rc8 $1 {[%cal Gc5c4]} ({After} 16... Qc7 17. h5 {it seems to me the
complications in White's favour} c4 18. Rc1 $1 Nc3 (18... c3 19. Bh6 $1 $40 (
19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Qg4 Rf5 21. bxc3 bxc3 $13)) 19. Qe3 cxd3 20. bxc3 Bxf3 21.
cxb4 Qb7 22. Qxf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Bxb4 (23... axb4 24. Rc7 Rfd8 25. a5 $16) 24.
Bxb4 axb4 25. a5 $16) 17. Qe2 (17. h5 $2 c4 18. hxg6 (18. Bb1 cxb3) 18... fxg6
19. Rxh7 (19. Bb1 Rf5 $19) 19... Nf4 $1 $19) 17... cxd4 18. h5 Nc5 19. Nxc5
Bxc5 20. hxg6 fxg6 $15) 16... Re8 17. O-O Qb6 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 $13 {
with a complicated game.}) 16. exf6 N7xf6 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Ne5 $1 {A very
strong move, which secures White's advantage.} ({Things are far from clear
after obvious} 18. O-O Nb6 $1 {threatening 19...Bd5} 19. Rfe1 c4 20. Bxc4 Bd6
$1 (20... Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Bd6 23. Bg5 $16) 21. Ne5 (21. Ng5 Bxh2+
22. Kxh2 Qc7+ 23. Kg1 Nxc4 24. Qh3 Rfe8 $44) 21... Nxc4 (21... Bxe5 22. dxe5
Re8 23. exf6 Rxe6 24. fxg7+ Kxg7 25. Bxe6 $16) 22. Qxc4 (22. Nxc4 Bxh2+ $1 23.
Kxh2 Bd5 24. Qe2 Ne4 $44 {[%csl Gf2,Gh2][%cal Gd8h4]}) 22... Bd5 23. Qd3 Bxe5
24. dxe5 Ng4 25. Be3 Nxe5 26. Qd1 $14) 18... Bc8 ({It's difficult to suggest
an improvement, since} 18... Nb6 19. dxc5 (19. O-O $2 Bd5 20. Qh3 c4) (19. Qh3
c4 $13) 19... Nbd7 20. Nxd7 Bd5 21. Qh3 Qxd7 22. Bf5 Qc7 23. O-O $16 {leaves
White with a healthy extra pawn, or}) (18... cxd4 19. Qh3 (19. Nf7+ Rxf7 20.
Qxf7 Qd6 $19 {/\ 21...Rf8}) 19... Bc8 (19... Kg8 20. Bxh7+ Nxh7 21. Qe6+ Kh8
22. Ng6#) 20. Qh4 Kg8 21. O-O Bd6 22. Qxd4 $16) 19. Qc6 $1 {This is stronger
than} (19. Nf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxf7 Ra7 21. Bg5 Rc7 22. O-O c4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Rfc1
Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 $14) 19... Rb8 ({After} 19... Nc7 20. O-O cxd4 21. Rfe1 {
anyway Black is going to lose d4-pawn, for example} Be6 (21... Bd6 22. Bf4 Nfd5
23. Bg3 $16) 22. Bc4 $16) (19... Ra7 20. Nxc5 Bd6 21. Rc1 $16 (21. O-O Rc7 22.
Qb5 Rxc5 $1)) 20. O-O $16 {Finally we can see that White managed to keep his
extra pawn while Black didn't manage to get sufficient counterplay. It's funny,
but White's Q on c6 is very well placed, disturbing Black pieces to get into
play.} Bb7 (20... Rb6 21. Qa8 $1 {A very good square for the Q!} Bd6 22. Qxa5
$18) (20... Ng4 21. Rae1 cxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Bb7 24. Qe6 Nf6 25. Be3
$16) 21. Qe6 Bc8 22. Nf7+ {Forced, but quite strong} Rxf7 23. Qxf7 Rb7 24. Bg5
$1 $18 {The winning move, now White keeps a huge material advantage.} ({After} 
24. Ba6 $6 Rc7 25. Bxc8 Qxc8 26. Rae1 c4 {Black gets some counterplay} 27. Nxa5
Bf8 28. Qe6 Qa8 {[%csl Ga5]}) 24... Bd6 25. Qh5 $1 {[%csl Gd8,Gg5] The rest
doesn't require any special comments. White is absolutely winning.} c4 26. Bxc4
Qc7 27. Qe2 Bxh2+ 28. Kh1 Nf4 29. Qe5 Qxc4 30. Rac1 Qg8 31. Bxf4 Ng4 32. Qe4
Bxf4 33. Qxf4 Rf7 $2 {A final blunder, which of course doesn't change nothing.}
34. Qxf7 $1 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.14"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. c5 $5 $146 {6 Bd2 87/383}
Nbd7 $1 {/\ 7...e5} (6... e5 7. dxe5 Nfd7 8. f4 Nxc5 9. Nf3 g6 {/\ 10..Bf5} 10.
Nd4 f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. b4 $1 $13) 7. Nf3 (7. f4 $140 $2 b6 $1 8. cxb6 (8. b4
a5 9. b5 Bb7 $15) 8... c5 $15) 7... g6 (7... e5 $5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. e6 $1 fxe6
10. Bd3 $13 {><h7,e8}) 8. e4 (8. b4 Bg7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Be2 Re8 11. O-O e5 $11)
8... e5 $1 (8... dxe4 $2 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Bg7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O {><c8}
e5 $8 13. Bg5 $1 (13. Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qe7 $11) 13... Qa5 14. Be7 Re8 15.
Bd6 Nf6 $8 16. Qe1 $1 (16. Qh4 $5 $36) 16... Qxe1 17. Rfxe1 exd4 18. Ng5 $16 {
><f7}) 9. dxe5 $6 (9. Nxe5 $142 $1 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bc4 $1
(12. Be3 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Be6 $17 {/\ 15...0-0-0 ><e5,c5}) (12. Qxe4
Bxc5 {/\ Bf5}) 12... Qa5+ (12... Qd4 $2 13. Be3 Qxe5 14. Rd1 $1 $36 {/\ Bd4})
13. Bd2 Qxc5 14. Qxe4 Bf5 15. Qe2 Bg7 16. f4 O-O 17. Rc1 $11) 9... Nxe4 10.
Nxe4 dxe4 11. e6 $2 (11. Qxe4 $142 Nxc5 12. Qe3 (12. Qd4 $6 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bg7
14. f4 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Be3 Bg4 $1 $17 {><e1}) 12... Bf5 $1 (12... Ne6 $6
13. Bc4 $11) 13. Nd4 $140 Ne4 $1 14. Nxf5 gxf5 $17 {/\ Bc5,Bb4;><e1}) (11. Bg5
Be7 (11... Qa5+ $140 12. Bd2 Qxc5 13. Qxe4 $11) 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qxe4 Nxc5 14.
Qe3 Bg4 $1 $15) 11... exf3 $1 (11... Nxc5 $2 12. exf7+ Kxf7 13. Bc4+ Ke8 14.
Qc3 $1 $16 {><h8}) (11... fxe6 12. Qxe4 Nxc5 (12... Qf6 $2 13. Bg5 Qf5 14. Qxf5
gxf5 15. O-O-O $1 $40 {><e8,e6}) 13. Qe5 Rg8 14. Qe3 $1 $44 {><d3}) 12. exd7+
Bxd7 13. Qc3 Rg8 $1 (13... fxg2 14. Bxg2 Rg8 15. O-O Be6 16. Bf4 $44 {><e8})
14. gxf3 Bg7 (14... Be6 $142 $1 15. Be3 Qd5 16. Be2 (16. Rd1 Qxa2 $17) 16...
O-O-O 17. O-O Bg7 18. Qb4 Qh5 $1 $40) 15. Qb4 $1 a5 $5 (15... Qe7+ 16. Be3
O-O-O 17. O-O-O Be6 18. Bc4 $15 (18. Rd6 Be5 $1)) 16. Qxb7 (16. Qa3 Qh4 $1 {
/\ Qb4} 17. Bd2 Be6 18. O-O-O Qxf2 $17) 16... Qb8 $1 (16... Rb8 17. Qa7 Bxb2
$140 (17... Ra8 18. Qb6 $13) 18. Bxb2 Rxb2 19. O-O-O $1 Rxa2 20. Kb1 (20. Bc4
Ra1+ 21. Kc2 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rg7 $1 $13) 20... Bf5+ 21. Bd3 Be6 22. Rhe1 $40 {
><e8,d8}) 17. Qxb8+ (17. Qb6 Bd4 $1 18. Be3 Bxb2 $1 (18... Qe5 $6 19. Rd1 $1
Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxe3+ 21. Be2 $13) 19. Rd1 Bc3+ 20. Ke2 Qc8 $1 {/\ 21..Rb8} 21.
Qb3 Qa6+ 22. Rd3 Bb4 $17 {><e2 /\ Be6,0-0-0}) 17... Rxb8 18. Bd3 (18. Bc4 Rb4
$1) 18... Bxb2 19. Bxb2 $2 (19. Rb1 $142 Bc3+ 20. Ke2 Ke7 (20... Rxb1 21. Bxb1
Bb4 22. Be3 Be6 23. Be4 $1 {><c6} Bc4+ 24. Kd1 Kd7 25. Kc2 {><d7}) 21. Rb6 $1
$11) 19... Rxb2 $17 {><f2,f3,c5,a2} 20. O-O Ke7 $1 21. Rfe1+ Kf6 $2 (21... Be6
$142 $1 22. Bc4 (22. Be4 Rd8 $1 23. Bxc6 Rdd2 $17 (23... Rc8)) 22... Rd8 23.
Re4 Rdd2 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rae1 Rxf2 26. Rxe6+ Kf7 $17) 22. Be4 Be6 23. Red1 $1
{><c6} (23. Bxc6 $2 Rc8 24. Be4 Rxc5 $19) 23... Rxa2 24. Rxa2 Bxa2 25. Rd6+ $2
$138 (25. Ra1 Bd5 26. Bxd5 $1 (26. Rxa5 Ke5 $1 27. Ra7 f5 28. Bxd5 Kxd5 29.
Rxh7 Kxc5 $17) 26... cxd5 27. Rxa5 Rc8 28. Kf1 Ke5 29. Ra7 f6 (29... f5 30.
Rxh7 Rxc5 31. Rg7 Kf6 32. Rd7 $11) 30. Rxh7 Rxc5 31. Re7+ Kf4 32. Re6 Kf5 33.
Rd6 Ke5 34. Rd8 $11) 25... Ke5 26. Rxc6 (26. Bxc6 Rc8 27. Kg2 Bb3 28. Kg3 {
[%cal Gf3f4]} g5 {/\ a4}) 26... f5 $1 27. Bc2 Bd5 28. Rb6 Bxf3 $19 {><g1} 29.
c6 (29. Ra6 Ra8 $1 $19) 29... Kd6 30. Ba4 Re8 31. Kf1 (31. c7+ Kxc7 32. Bxe8
Kxb6 $19) (31. h4 Re1+ 32. Kh2 f4 $19 {><h2}) 31... Re4 32. Bb5 Rb4 33. Ke1 Rd4
0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 15th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4
Bf5 9. Nf3 e6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nc1 O-O 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nb3 f6 15.
Re1 Bg4 16. exf6 Qxf6 {Diagramm [#] Alles noch absolut ausgeglichen, doch
gefallen kann es einem eigentlich nicht, wenn der Nachziehende plötzlich
Drohpotential in der f-Linie entwickelt, nachdem man selber ihn noch vor
kurzem mit dem Be5 am Königsflügel eingeengt hatte.} 17. Nbd2 Nf4 18. Qb3 Kh8
19. Qe3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Nb6 21. Bd3 Rad8 {Diagramm [#]} 22. Be4 (22. Qe4 $1 {
Die Preisgabe des Feldes c4 ist überflüssig und bringt Weiß nur in
Schwierigkeiten.}) 22... c5 $1 23. dxc5 Nc4 24. Qb3 Nxb2 ({Oder} 24... Nd2 25.
Qe3 Nc4 {usw. mit Remisschluss.}) 25. Qxb4 Nbd3 26. Qc4 Nxe1 {Weiß hat
genügend Kompensation für die Qualität.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 {Weiß hat seinen Damenläufer freiwillig
eingeschlossen und Schwarz versucht davon zu profitieren, wofür er wiederum
Verpflichtungen eingehen muss. Es entsteht frühzeitig ein positionelles
Ungleichgewicht, das einen interessanten Kampf verspricht.} 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Qb3
{Die natürliche Reaktion auf den frühen Läuferausflug des Schwarzen.} Qc7 6.
Nc3 e6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Nh4 {Diagramm [#] Dieser Zug wurde bislang nur einmal im
Amateurbereich gespielt.} Be4 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. d5 {Verschärft das
Spiel.} (11. g3 {war ruhiger, auch wenn dem Weißen seine Struktur kaputtgehen
könnte.}) 11... exd5 (11... Bxh4 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 {wäre nicht schlecht
für Weiß gewesen: Er bekommt den Bauern zurück und hat anschließend in der
offenen Stellung gute Aussichten.}) 12. Nf5 g6 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. Bb5 Bf6 15. Bc3
Kf8 16. O-O Kg7 17. f3 Nxd4 18. exd4 Qd6 19. fxe4 dxe4 {Diagramm [#]} 20. Rae1
(20. Rf2 {mit Konzentration auf die f-Linie war wohl besser.}) 20... Rc8 $2 (
20... a6 $1 $11) 21. Rxe4 Rc7 (21... a6 22. Bc4 {und im Gegensatz zur
vorstehenden Variante ist der Bauer d4 gedeckt.}) 22. Bb4 Bxd4+ $2 (22... Qb6 {
war notwendig, doch Weiß hätte weiterhin großen Vorteil.}) 23. Kh1 Qb6 24.
Rxd4 $2 (24. Re6 $3 {mit sofortigem Gewinn}) 24... Qxd4 25. Bc3 Rxc3 26. bxc3
Qd6 27. Qxf7+ Kh6 28. Qf8+ Qxf8 29. Rxf8 Kg7 30. Rb8 {Diagramm [#]} b6 31. Rb7+
Kh6 32. Rf7 g5 33. Bd3 {Schwarz ist völlig paralysiert, doch Weiß muss noch
eine Weile arbeiten.} g4 34. Kg1 Kg5 35. Rf8 Kh6 36. Ra8 a5 37. Rb8 Kg7 38.
Rb7+ Kf8 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Rb7+ Kf8 41. Rxb6 Ne7 42. Rb8+ Kg7 43. Rxh8 Kxh8 44.
Be4 Kg7 45. Kf2 Kf6 46. Ke3 Ke5 47. Bxh7 Nd5+ 48. Kd2 Kf4 49. Kd3 g3 50. hxg3+
Kxg3 51. Be4 1-0

[Event "Match/Club Leipzig SG-Moscow GU"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1981.05.09"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bilunov, Boris Nikolaevich"]
[Black "Boehnisch, Manfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Boehnisch,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1981.05.09"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bg5 Nc6 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. e3 e6 8.
Bd3 Qb6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Nge2 Bd6 11. O-O f5 12. Kh1 Nb4 $6 (12... Rc8 $1 $11)
13. Bb1 Nc6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. g3 Na5 16. b3 Ba3 17. Rd1 Nc6 18. Rg1 Qa5 $2 (18...
Rg8) 19. g4 fxg4 20. Rxg4 Ne7 21. Rg1 Bb5 $2 (21... b6 $11) 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23.
Qxd3 Bb2 24. Nb5 Bxa1 25. Nd6+ Kd7 26. Nxc8 Nxc8 27. Rxa1 Nd6 28. f3 Qa3 29. e4
dxe4 30. fxe4 Qa5 31. Rf1 f5 32. d5 fxe4 33. dxe6+ Kxe6 34. Qd4 Rd8 35. Qg7 Nf5
36. Qxh7 Rf8 37. Nd4+ Nxd4 38. Qxe4+ 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-A 21st"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1986.05.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Garcia Palermo, Carlos H"]
[Black "Kirov, Nino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1986.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 9/1986 Seite 14} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 {
Beide Spieler haben frühzeitig ausgetretene theoretische Pfade verlassen. Es
entwickelt sich ein spannender Kampf, in dem besonders die phantasievollen
weißen Ideen auffallen.} 6. f3 Be6 7. c5 Qc7 (7... Qxb3 $2 8. axb3 Nbd7 9. b4 {
nebst b5 mit großem weißen Vorteil.}) 8. Nge2 Bc8 $2 ({Die sofortige
Entwicklung mit} 8... g6 {verdient den Vorzug. Durch den Zeitverlust kommt
Weiß mittels Bauernopfer zu einem gefährlichen Angriff.}) 9. e4 dxe4 10. Bf4 $1
Qa5 11. O-O-O exf3 12. Ng3 Na6 ({Auf} 12... fxg2 {folgt} 13. Bxg2 e6 14. Rhe1
Be7 15. Nf5 $1 {mit durchschlagendem Angriff.}) 13. gxf3 b6 (13... e6 {lässt
Weiß die gleiche Idee wie eben:} 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. Rhe1 {nebst Sf5.}) 14. Bc4
e6 15. a3 (15. Rhe1 Qb4 $1 {und Schwarz erzwingt Damentausch.}) 15... bxc5 16.
d5 $1 {Linienöffnung um jeden Preis!} cxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Be7 $1 (18...
Nxd5 $2 19. Qxd5 Nc7 20. Qd8#) 19. Bc6+ Bd7 20. Bxd7+ Kf8 {[#]} (20... Nxd7 {
verliert wegen} 21. Rxd7 $1 Kxd7 22. Qb7+ Nc7 23. Rd1+ Ke6 24. Qc6+ Bd6 25.
Qxd6#) 21. Qb5 $1 Qb6 (21... Qxb5 22. Bxb5 Nb8 23. Rhe1 {hat Schwarz gegen die
Drohung Sf5 keine Verteidigung, da} g6 {an} 24. Bh6+ {scheitert.}) 22. Bc6 Rd8
({Oder} 22... Rc8 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Bb7) 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Bb7 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 {
Ein sehenswerter Springerfang. Schwarz gab auf.} 1-0

[Event "Reunion IBM op"]
[Site "Reunion"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nbd7 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
Bd3 f6 9. Bh4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 g6 12. Bg3 Bg7 13. h4 O-O 14. h5 g5
15. h6 Bh8 16. Rc1 Qb2 {[#]} 17. Nxg5 fxg5 18. Bxh7+ Kf7 (18... Kxh7 19. Qd3+
Kg8 20. Qg6+) 19. Qh5+ Ke6 20. Qg6+ Bf6 (20... Nf6 21. Qf5+ Kf7 22. Bg6+ Kg8
23. Rxc8 Qa1+ (23... Raxc8 24. Qe6+ Rf7 25. Qxf7#) 24. Ke2 Qxa2+ 25. Kd1 Qa4+
26. Rc2 Qa1+ 27. Rc1 Qa4+ 28. Ke1 Qa5+ 29. Kf1 Qa6+ 30. Kg1 $16) 21. Bg8+ Rxg8
22. Qxg8+ Kf5 23. Qxd5+ Ne5 24. e4+ Kg4 (24... Kg6 25. Qg8+ Bg7 26. Qxg7#) 25.
Re1 e6 {[#]} 26. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1978.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 e6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. f4 $1 Ne7 10. Nf3 Ng4 11. Qe2 Nf5 12. Ne5 $1 Ngxe3 13. g4 Nh4 14.
Bb5+ Kf8 15. Rg1 a6 16. Bd3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. O-O-O Ng6 19. Rgf1 Ne7 (19...
b5 20. f5 exf5 21. gxf5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qh6+ 23. Kb1 Bb7 24. Rd7 $18) 20. Qxc4
Nd5 21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. dxc5 f6 (22... Ke7 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Nxd5+ $18) 23. Nc4
Ke7 24. Nxd5+ exd5 25. Rfe1+ Kd7 26. Nb6+ $18 Kc6 27. Nxa8 Bxg4 28. Nb6 Bxd1
29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. b4 a5 31. a3 axb4 32. axb4 d4 33. Kc2 Kb5 34. Kb3 d3 35. Kc3
Re8 36. Nc4 Re2 37. Rxd3 Rxh2 38. Rd6 Rh3+ 39. Kd4 g5 40. Rb6+ Ka4 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 2nd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1998.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Bunzmann,D"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1998.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Qb6 6. Qd2 Nc6 7. e3 e6 8. f3
Be7 9. g4 O-O 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. Nge2 a5 12. a3 a4 13. Qc2 Na5 14. Ng3 Qb3 15. g5
Qxc2 16. Bxc2 Ne8 17. Nxa4 Nc4 18. b3 Nxa3 19. Kd1 Nxc2 20. Kxc2 Nd6 21. Nb6
Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Bc6 23. Rg1 Bb5 24. Be5 Nc8 25. Na4 Na7 26. Nh5 Rc8+ 27. Kb2 Bd3
28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. dxc5 Nc6 30. Bc3 e5 31. Re1 Kf8 32. b4 Ra8 33. Ng3 g6 34. f4
Bc4 35. Ra1 Rxa1 36. Kxa1 d4 37. exd4 exd4 38. Bd2 Bd3 39. Kb2 Ke7 40. Nh1 Na7
41. Nf2 Bc4 42. Ng4 Ke6 43. Kc2 Nc8 44. Ne5 Bb5 45. Nf3 Kd5 46. Ne5 Be8 47. Kc1
Ne7 48. Ng4 Kc4 49. Nf6 Ba4 50. Ne4 Nf5 51. Nd6+ Nxd6 52. cxd6 Kd3 53. Be1 Ke2
54. Bd2 Bd7 55. Kc2 Bf5+ 56. Kc1 b5 57. h4 Be6 58. Kc2 Bd7 59. f5 gxf5 60. Bc1
Bc6 61. Bd2 Bd7 62. Bc1 Be6 $17 63. Bd2 Bc8 64. Bc1 Kf3 $2 65. Kd3 f4 66. Kxd4
Kg3 67. Kd5 $1 {/\ 68.Kc6} Bd7 68. Ke5 f3 69. Be3 f2 70. Bxf2+ Kxf2 71. Kf6 Kg3
72. Kxf7 Kf4 (72... Kxh4 73. g6 $1 hxg6 74. Kxg6 $18) 73. Kf6 Kg4 74. g6 hxg6
75. Kxg6 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. f3 Bh5 12. Bg3 Rc8 13. Nf4 Bg6 14. Na4 Nd7
15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Nd3 Na5 $146 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Qe1 Nc4 19. b3 Nd6 20. Qd2 Nb5
21. Rc1 Qa8 22. Rc2 b6 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Qb7 25. Bg3 Re8 26. Qc1 Ba3 27.
Qd2 Rd8 28. Qd3 Rc8 29. h3 Rc6 30. Kh2 Be7 31. Nb2 a5 32. Qd2 {Caruana now
knew he needed a win, and his} Bg5 {provoked his opponent into pushing his
pawn to h4.} 33. Rxc6 Qxc6 34. h4 Be7 35. Nd3 Nd6 {Under normal circumstances
all this would have changed little, but Fridman was coming off a run of three
losses in four games, and short of time he overlooked a simple pawn-winning
tactic:} 36. Bxd6 $2 Qxd6+ 37. f4 Bxh4 38. Qc1 Bd8 39. Qc8 g5 40. g3 gxf4 41.
gxf4 Qc7 42. Qxc7 Bxc7 43. Kh3 Kh7 44. Kg4 Kg6 45. Ne1 Bd6 46. Nf3 f6 47. Ne1
Bb4 48. Nf3 Ba3 49. Ng1 Bc1 50. Kf3 Bd2 51. Ne2 Bb4 52. a4 Bd2 53. Ng3 Be1 {
In this ending Black was the clear favourite, but with both players exhausted
and a play-off place up for grabs anything could still happen. Fridman had had
a disappointing tournament overall, but he at least managed to demonstrate
some endgame wizardry at the close with} 54. f5+ $1 {and after} exf5 (54... Kf7
$5 {was another try.}) 55. Ne2 Kf7 56. Nf4 g5 57. Nxd5 Ke6 58. Nc7+ Kf7 59. Nd5
Bb4 60. Nxb6 {pawns were suddenly level, although the Italian still had
chances of disturbing Vishy Anand's evening.} g4+ 61. Kf2 Ke6 62. Ke2 Kd6 63.
Nc4+ Kd5 64. Kd3 g3 {The final chance came after} 65. Ke2 Ke4 $2 {Caruana
still had almost twenty minutes to think at this point.} ({The} 65... f4 $1 {
break would have allowed the black king to rush towards the white pawns on b3
and a4.}) ({or} 65... g2 66. Kf2 f4) 66. d5 $1 {Now Black still had a long
time to contemplate the ruins of his position, but there was no longer any way
to avoid an inevitable draw.} Kxd5 67. Kf3 Be1 68. Nb2 g2 69. Kxg2 Ke4 70. Nc4
Bc3 71. Kf2 f4 72. exf4 Kxf4 73. Ke2 f5 74. Kd3 Bb4 75. Ne3 Bc5 76. Nc4 Bb4 77.
Ne3 Bd6 78. Nc4 Bc7 79. Ne3 Bd8 80. b4 axb4 81. Nd5+ Kg3 82. Nxb4 f4 83. Ke2
Kg2 84. Nd3 f3+ 85. Ke3 Kg3 86. Ke4 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dilijan FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Dilijan"]
[Date "2013.06.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Girya, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2013.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Olga Girya sacrificed a pawn in the opening and had enough compensation for
it, but Antoaneta Stefanova played very well and soon traded all active white
pieces, centralized her queen and started to push the passed pawns on the
queenside. The only moment that White made an inaccuracy was on move 46.} 1. d4
d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Qxb7 Bd7 8. Qb3 Rb8
9. Qd1 e5 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Qe7 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15.
f4 Qe6 16. Bf3 Bc5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxe3+ 19. Kh1 Qb6 20. Bxe3 Qxe3 21.
b3 Bb5 22. Qc1 Qd4 23. Rd1 Qf6 24. Qe3 Rbe8 25. Qxa7 Qxf4 26. Kg1 Be2 27. Qd4
Qg5 28. Rd2 Bg4 29. Rf1 Be6 30. h4 Qg3 31. Bf3 Rc8 32. Qf2 Qb8 33. Bd5 Bxd5 34.
Rxd5 Rc7 35. Rfd1 Qc8 36. a4 Rc2 37. Qd4 Qb7 38. b4 h6 39. h5 Re8 40. b5 Ra2
41. Rd2 Rxd2 42. Qxd2 Qa7+ 43. Qd4 Qa5 44. Qf4 Re1+ 45. Kh2 Qb6 46. Rd3 $6 (46.
Re5 Rxe5 47. Qxe5 $18) 46... Ra1 $2 (46... Qg1+ 47. Kg3 Qc5 $1 {and Girya
could have made the task much more difficult for her opponent.}) 47. Re3 Qc5
48. Re8+ Kh7 49. Qe4+ f5 50. Qe3 Qxe3 51. Rxe3 Rxa4 52. Rb3 Ra7 {and Black's
rook is forced to a very passive position.} 53. b6 Rb7 54. Kg3 g5 55. hxg6+
Kxg6 56. Kf4 Kf6 57. Rb5 Ke6 58. g3 Rb8 59. b7 Kd7 60. Kxf5 Kc7 61. Kg6 Rg8+
62. Kh7 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.09.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2877"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 {Hikaru tried this line recently against
Mamedyarov in the Olympiad.} 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 Qd5 7. Nd2 c3 8. bxc3 {
Mamedyarov played 8.Ndf3. For some reason, Hikaru was either unfamiliar with
this line (the main line) or forgot his analysis.} bxc3 9. Nb1 Qa5 10. Qc2 {
This is a common position. Black usually plays 10...Na6. Hikaru went into a
long think, and played an interesting move.} e5 $5 11. Nf3 {And now Hikaru
thought for a long time, and made the losing move.} Na6 $4 (11... exd4 12. Nxd4
Nf6 {is better for white, but the game goes on. Perhaps Hikaru thought this
was too simple and played for complications, but they were not in his favor.})
12. Nxe5 {Black is simply lost. He will be 1-2 pawns in the ending with no
compensation.} Nb4 {Played after long thought, but there is nothing else.} 13.
Qb3 $1 Be6 14. Bc4 c2 $6 (14... Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Qd5 (15... Nc2+ $2 16. Kd1 Nxa1
17. Qxf7+ Kd8 18. Qd7#) 16. O-O {is best, but white should be winning.}) 15.
Bxe6 Nd3+ 16. Ke2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Ne7 19. Nd2 Qd5 {The computer
says this is best, but black has little chance of survival in the ending.} 20.
Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Ne4 Rb8 22. Bd2 Bb4 23. Rhc1 Bxd2 24. Nxd2 Nb4 25. Nf3 Ke7 26.
Ne1 Rhd8 27. f4 $1 (27. Nxc2 $6 Nd3 28. Rcb1 Nxe5 {is great for white, but not
completely winning.}) 27... c5 28. Nxc2 Nd3 29. Rcb1 Nb2 30. Ra2 Nxa4 {A bit
tricky, but unfortunately, not tricky enough.} 31. Rxb8 Nc3+ 32. Kf3 Nxa2 33.
Rb5 Nb4 34. Nxb4 cxb4 35. Rxb4 Ra8 36. Ke4 a5 37. Ra4 Kf7 38. g4 Ke7 39. f5 h6
40. h4 Kf7 41. e6+ Kf6 42. Rd4 Ke7 (42... Ra7 43. g5+ hxg5 44. Rd7 Rxd7 45.
exd7 Ke7 46. f6+ gxf6 47. h5 {is a funny computer line.}) 43. Rd7+ Kf8 44. e7+
Ke8 45. Rd8+ Rxd8 46. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 47. Kd5 Ke7 48. g5 a4 49. Kc4 hxg5 50. hxg5
Kd6 51. e4 Ke5 52. Kb4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 13th"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2012.03.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2012.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Rc1 e6 8. Qb3
Bb4 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 bxc6 12. f3 Nh5 13. Ne2 Nxf4 14. Nxf4
Rb8 15. Qa3 Rb5 16. Rxc6 Qb8 17. b3 e5 18. Ne2 Bd3 19. Qd6 Qe8 20. dxe5 d4 21.
exd4 Qa8 22. Rc7 Rd5 23. Qe7 a5 {White is now three pawns up and clearly
winning.} 24. e6 Rf5 25. Qd6 fxe6 26. Ng3 R5f6 27. Nh5 R6f7 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29.
Kd2 Bf5 30. Rc1 a4 31. b4 Qe8 32. Ng3 Rd7 33. Qf4 Bg6 34. Rc5 Qd8 35. Ke3 h6
36. Ne2 a3 37. Qe5 Bb1 38. Nc3 Bf5 39. g4 Bg6 40. Ne4 Kh7 41. g5 h5 42. h4 Qb6
43. Rb5 Qa6 44. Qb8 Rf7 45. Nd2 Qa4 46. Nb3 Rf8 47. Qb7 Rf7 48. Qb8 Rf8 49. Qb6
Qa8 50. Qb7 Qd8 51. Qc6 {White is still two pawns up, but her advantage is
slipping rapidly.} Be8 52. Qc2+ Bg6 53. Qc3 Qe7 54. Ke2 Rf4 55. Rb8 Rxh4 56.
Qc8 $2 {Understandable: a mate-in-one threat should save the day, shouldn't it?
} Rh2+ 57. Ke1 Bc2 58. Nd2 Rh1+ 59. Kf2 Rh2+ 60. Ke1 Rh1+ 61. Kf2 Rh2+ 62. Ke1
Bd3 63. f4 Qd6 64. Qg8+ Kg6 65. Nf3 $2 {White was in a bad way, but now it is
a forced win for her opponent.} Rh1+ 66. Kf2 Rf1+ 67. Kg2 Rxf3 (67... Qd5 68.
f5+ Kxf5 69. Rf8+ Kg4 {was even more devastating.}) 68. Kxf3 {and Black mates.}
Qd5+ 69. Kg3 h4+ 70. Kxh4 Qh1+ 71. Kg3 Qe1+ 72. Kh3 Bf5+ 73. Kg2 Be4+ 74. Kh3
Qh1+ 75. Kg3 Qg2+ 76. Kh4 Qf2+ 77. Kh3 Bf5# {What a tragedy for the former
women's world champion.} 0-1

[Event "ESP-ch ko"]
[Site "Ayamonte"]
[Date "2007.11.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Moreno Ruiz, Javier"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.11.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nce2 Ba6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ng3
Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Rc1 c3 11. bxc3 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 bxc3 13. Rxc3 O-O 14. h4 (14.
Qc2 Na6 15. Ke2 Nb4 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Qc4 h6 18. Be3 a5 19. Rd1 Nd7 20. Kf1 Nb6
21. Qb3 Nd7 22. Rcc1 Qb6 23. Kg1 Qa6 24. Qb2 Nb6 25. Qa1 Nc4 26. Bf4 Rbd8 27.
Nh5 f6 28. Qc3 Nb6 29. Qb3 Qc8 30. Nh4 Rf7 31. Ng6 Qd7 32. Qg3 Kh7 33. Bc7 Bd6
34. Bxd6 Qxd6 35. e5 Qd5 36. Ngf4 Qe4 37. Nxe6 Rg8 38. Nc5 Qf5 39. e6 Re7 40.
Nf4 g5 41. Ne2 N6d5 42. Qd6 Rgg7 43. Ng3 Qf4 44. Qd8 Qg4 45. h3 Qf4 46. Nh5 Qf5
47. Nxg7 Rxg7 48. Re1 Ne7 49. Nd7 Nd3 50. Nf8+ Kg8 51. Ng6+ Kh7 52. Nxe7 Qxf2+
53. Kh1 Nxe1 54. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 55. Kh2 Qxe6 {0-1 Akesson,R-Rausis,I/Stockholm 2000
}) 14... c5 ({intentando resolver el problema del peón aislado; la alternativa
era presionar en d4 con} 14... Qa5 15. Rc4 h6 (15... Rd8 16. Qc2 h6 17. Bxf6
Bxf6 18. Ne2 Na6 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. Nxc3 Rac8 21. e5 Be7 22. Ke2 c5 $11) 16. Bxf6
Bxf6) 15. Bxf6 (15. h5 cxd4 16. Rc4 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e5 Be7 19. Rxd4 Qb6
20. Kg1 $11) 15... gxf6 (15... Bxf6 16. Rxc5 $16) 16. d5 Kh8 17. Rd3 c4 18. Rd4
Bc5 19. Rxc4 Nd7 20. Qc2 Qb6 {Diagrama #} 21. Ne1 $6 (21. h5 Rac8 22. Rh4 Qa6
23. Qe2 Rb8 24. Rc1 Qxa4 $13) (21. Rh3 $5 Rac8 22. Ne2) 21... Rac8 22. Rh3 Qa6
(22... Ne5 23. Rc3 Qa6+ 24. Kg1 $11) 23. Ne2 Bxf2 24. Rxc8 (24. Rc6 Bxe1 25.
Rxa6 Rxc2 26. Rxa7 $11) 24... Rxc8 25. Rc3 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Bb6 27. Qc6 Ne5 28.
Qe8+ Kg7 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Qe7+ Nf7 31. Qxe6 Qxa4 $11 32. Nf4 Qb5+ 33. Ned3 Be3
34. Qg4+ Kh6 35. Qg8 Bxf4 36. Qf8+ Kg6 {Diagrama #} 37. Qg8+ (37. h5+ Kxh5 (
37... Kg5 38. Qg7+ Kh4 39. Qxf6+ Ng5 40. Qxf4+ Kxh5 41. Ke2 a5 42. Qh2+ Kg6 43.
Qd6+ Kh5 44. Qd5 Qxd5 45. exd5 a4 46. d6 a3 47. Nb4 Nf7 48. d7 Kg6 $11) 38.
Qxf7+ Kg4 39. Ke2 Kg3 40. Qxh7 Kxg2 41. Qg7+ Bg5 42. Qxa7 Qb1 $14) 37... Kh6
38. Qf8+ Kg6 39. Qg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT (Women) 5th"]
[Site "Chengdu"]
[Date "2015.04.22"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Russia (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 e6 7. Bxc4 Nf6 8. e5 Nd5
9. Nf3 Be7 10. Bd2 a5 11. Nc1 Nd7 12. Nb3 Bb7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd3 Ba6 15. Bxa6
Rxa6 16. Qe2 Ra7 17. Rfc1 Qb6 18. Bg5 Rd8 19. Rc2 Rc7 20. Rac1 h6 21. Bxe7 Nxe7
22. Nfd2 Qa7 23. Nc4 Nf5 24. Nd6 Qa8 25. Qf3 Nb6 26. Nxf5 exf5 27. Qxf5 Rd5 28.
Rc5 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Ra7 30. Qc2 Nxa4 31. Rxc6 Nc3 {White has a crushing position.
She is currently up a pawn and her pieces are active. Also there are very
serious problems with the pin on the knight on c3.} 32. Rc4 $6 (32. d5 $1 a4
33. Qf5 $1 {with the unstoppable Rc8+ and a winning advantage.}) 32... a4 33.
Na1 $2 {Why put this knight in a corner?} (33. Nc1 $18) 33... Rb7 34. h3 $2 (
34. Qf5 $1) 34... Rb8 {Suddenly the position is not so clear. Humpy makes
matters worse.} 35. bxc3 b3 36. Qb1 b2 $2 (36... a3 $1 {and stopping the pawns
is very difficult. For example} 37. Nxb3 a2 38. Qf5 g6 $1 $19) 37. Nc2 a3 38.
Rb4 Rxb4 39. cxb4 $4 {An amazing blunder.} (39. Nxb4 {Makes Black work very
hard for the point, if it is possible at all...} Qc8 $1 40. Qc2 Qe6 $1 41. Qb1
Qb3 42. Na2 {and I still don't see how to break through.}) 39... Qa4 {now the
game is obviously over. White has lost the support needed to play Nb4.} 40. b5
Qb3 41. Nxa3 Qxa3 42. b6 Qa1 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{As was true of another young player yesterday, Carlsen opted to take a rest
against his opponent - World Champion Anand. Reinvigorated today, the
Norwegian brought his A-game to the A section, in a demolition worthy of the
world's top-ranked, A-grade player.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5.
Qc2 g6 6. Bd3 Be6 $146 {leaving well-tested lines early.} 7. b3 Bg7 8. Nge2 c5
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. e4 Be6 12. Qxc5 Nc6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Qa3 O-O 15.
Rd1 Nxd4 (15... a5 {with the idea of providing an outpost for the knight,
facilitating an exchange for White's light-squared bishop, may have been
better.}) 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Bb1 Bc5 18. b4 Qxd1+ {with this move, things go
from bad to worse.} (18... Bxf2+ {was to be much preferred.}) 19. Kxd1 Bxf2 20.
Nf4 Bc4 21. Bd3 Rfd8 22. Ke2 Bxd3+ 23. Kxf2 Rc2+ 24. Kf3 Bc4 25. Rc1 Rxa2 26.
Qc3 b5 27. Ra1 Rdd2 28. Rxa2 Rxa2 29. h4 h5 30. g4 hxg4+ 31. Kxg4 f6 32. e5 Kf7
33. exf6 exf6 34. Qe3 Rc2 35. Qa7+ {With Black's position in tatters, Ivanchuk
mericfully put himself out of his own misery.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.21"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Chandler,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 {This game deservedly won Kasparov the Olympiad brilliancy prize of 50.
000 pesos (around DM 2.800,-). It is a pity he was named as one of the judges.}
d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 d4 5. Ne4 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 $5 $146 {It is hardly to
believe, that this is a theoretical novelty, but there is no mention in ECO or
my laptop computer.} (6. Nd2) 6... Qxe5 7. Ng3 Qd6 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Qc2 Be7 10.
O-O-O O-O 11. e3 dxe3 {Here Kasparov sank into thought, which appeared to some
onlookers to be a waste of precious minutes. Why not immediately play the
obvious 12.Bxe3 and see, where Black's queen goes, before thinking?} 12. fxe3 {
The question was answered. Remarkable. White deliberately gives himself an
isolated e-pawn.} Qc7 13. Bc3 Bg4 {Alternative ways of to develop are not easy
to find.} (13... Na6 14. a3 Nc5 15. b4 $1 Ne6 16. Nf5 $16) 14. Bd3 Nbd7 15. Bf5
Bxf5 16. Nxf5 Rfe8 17. Nxg7 $3 {A tremendous sacrifice, reminiscent of the
play of Mikhail Tal.} Kxg7 18. Qf5 $1 Nf8 {The most logical way to meet 19.
Rxd7. Black can meet 19.Qg5 with 19...Ng6.} (18... Rad8 19. Qg5+ Kf8 20. Ne5 $1
{Very strong} Nc5 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Ng4 $18) (18... Kf8 19. Qg5 $1 {/\ Ne5, Qh6,
Ne5-g4} (19. Ne5 $6 Nc5 $5)) 19. h4 $1 {/\ 20.Qg5 Ng6 21.h5} h6 20. g4 Qc8 $1 {
Seeking salvation in a queen exchange. White will be left with a positional
advantage due to the akward Black knight on h7, but the game is far from over.}
21. Qxc8 Raxc8 22. g5 N8h7 23. e4 Rcd8 24. Rdf1 Kf8 25. gxf6 Bxf6 26. e5 Bg7
27. Rhg1 c5 28. Kc2 $5 {An all-purpose move, stopping ...Rd3 and removing the
king from the h6-c1 diagonal.} (28. Rg4 h5 $5 29. Rf4 $2 Bh6) 28... Re6 29. Rg4
Bh8 30. b4 b6 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Rb1 Ra6 33. Rb2 $5 {/\ 34.Rf4 /\ 35.Rb7} (33.
Rb7 {Tempting} Rxa2+ 34. Kb3 Ra6 $1 35. e6 $2 Rxe6 $1 36. Bxh8 Rd3+ {/\ 37...
Rd3xf3} 37. Ka4) 33... Bg7 $2 {After this the combinations work.} (33... Rb6 {
Could be tried} 34. Rb5 $1 Rxb5 35. cxb5 {Sets White up with a potentially
decisive outside passed pawn.}) 34. Rb7 $1 Rxa2+ 35. Kb3 Ra6 36. e6 $1 Rxe6 (
36... Bxc3 37. e7+ Ke8 38. Rg8+) 37. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 51st"]
[Site "Lubniewice"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1995.09.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gorzow Welkopolski"]
[BlackTeam "Warszawa Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Bc8 7. Nf3 (7. Bb5+
Nc6 8. Nf3 e6 9. Ne5 Bd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Qa4 O-O 13. Bd2 Nb6 14.
Qd1 Rc8 15. Qe2 a6 $10 {Sokolov,I-Cifuentes Parada,R/Leeuwarden/1994/0,5/61/})
(7. Bd2 e6 8. Rc1 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O Bd7 12. e4 Nb4 13. Bb1
dxe4 $10 {Flear,G-Thorhallsson,T/Oakham/1994/0,5/22/}) (7. f4 Nc6 8. Nf3 e6 9.
Bd2 a6 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Bd3 Be7 12. O-O Ndxe5 13. fxe5 O-O 14. Rac1 Na5 15. Qc2
h6 16. Ne2 $14 {Farago,I-Kuczynski,R/Polanica Zdroj/1986/0,5/42/}) 7... e6 8.
Ne5 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. f4 Nd7 12. Bd2 Ndxe5 13. fxe5 Bd7 14. Rf3
Nb4 $6 (14... Rc8 $5 15. Raf1 a6 16. Be1 g6 17. a3 Na5 18. Qc2 $14) 15. Bb1 Rc8
16. a3 Nc6 17. Bd3 Na5 18. Qc2 g6 19. Raf1 a6 20. Be1 Nc4 21. Qf2 $16 Be8 22.
Rf6 Kh8 23. Qh4 (23. Bxc4 $5 Rxc4 24. Qf4 Rg8 25. Bh4 b5 (25... Qb6 $2 26. Nxd5
$18) 26. Bg5 a5 27. Rf3 b4 28. axb4 axb4 29. Rh3 Rg7 30. Bh6 Rg8 31. Qh4 bxc3
32. Bf8 h5 33. Qxh5+ $1 $18) 23... Rg8 (23... Nxb2 $2 24. Bxg6 $1 $18) 24. Qh6
Bf8 (24... Nxb2 $4 25. Rxf7 $18) 25. Qh3 Be7 26. Qh6 Bf8 27. Qh3 Be7 28. Nd1 (
28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Bh4 g5 $1 30. Bg3 Bxf6 31. exf6 b5 $13) 28... Nd6 $1 29. Bh4
(29. Rxg6 $5 fxg6 30. exd6 Bxd6 (30... Qxd6 $2 31. Bg3 Qd8 32. Be5+ $18) 31.
Bh4 Be7 32. Qxe6 Bxh4 33. Qe5+ Bf6 34. Rxf6 Qc7 35. Rd6+ Qg7 36. Qxg7+ Rxg7 37.
Nc3 Rd7 $13) 29... Nf5 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Rh6 (31. Nc3 $5 Rg4 32. Rf4 Rxf4 33.
exf4 Qb6 $13) 31... Bxh4 32. Rxh4 Rg7 33. Nc3 Bb5 34. Rff4 $6 (34. Rf3 Bd3 35.
Rg3 Qg8) (34. Rc1 $5) 34... Bd3 35. Rh6 (35. Qf3 Qb6 36. Qf2 Rxc3 $19) 35...
Qb6 36. Rfh4 f4 37. Rxf4 Rxc3 (37... Rxc3 38. bxc3 Qb1+ 39. Kf2 Qf1#) 0-1

[Event "World-ch01 Steinitz-Zukertort +10-5=5"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1886.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1886.01.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Games 1 to 5 were played in New York City.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. a3
e6 5. c5 $6 a5 $1 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Nc3 Nd7 (7... Ne7 {/\Ne7-c8}) 8. Na4 Ngf6 9.
Ne2 (9. Nb6 Nxb6 10. cxb6 Qd8 $17 {Nf6-d7}) 9... Be7 10. Ng3 (10. Nec3 {
! Minckwitz /\Na4-b6, Nc3-a4}) 10... Bg6 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Be2 Rfb8 13. O-O $6 (
13. Qd1 b5 $1 (13... b6 14. b4 $10) 14. Nc3 a4 $17) 13... b6 14. cxb6 Nxb6 15.
Nxb6 Rxb6 16. Qc3 Qb7 17. Ra2 (17. Bc1 $17 {Steinitz}) 17... Nd7 18. Bd1 $5 c5
$1 (18... Bb1 19. Ra1 Rxb2 20. Ba4 $1 $14 {G.Barcza} Nb8 21. Rc1 Ra6 $17 {
Minckwitz /\Bg6}) 19. Ba4 c4 20. Qc1 {1h} Nf6 21. Bc3 Bd6 {1h} 22. f3 $2 (22.
f4 $13 {Steinitz}) (22. Qd2 {Minckwitz /\Ra2-a1, Rf1-c1}) 22... Qb8 $1 23. f4
Bd3 24. Re1 h5 $1 {/\25...h4, 26...Ne4|^ Steinitz} 25. h4 {?: Minckwitz !:
Steinitz} Qd8 26. Bd1 g6 27. Qd2 Rbb8 (27... Rb5 $1 $13 {Steinitz}) (27... Rb7
$13 {Minckwitz}) 28. Qf2 Be7 29. Bf3 (29. Be2 Bxe2 30. Nxe2 Ng4 $19) 29... Ne4
(29... Ne8 $1 {Steinitz /\Ne8-d6-b5} 30. e4 Bxh4 31. exd5 exd5 32. Re5 Rb5 $17
{/\Ne8-g7-f5}) 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Nh1 Bxh4 $19 32. g3 Be7 33. Qd2 Qd5 34. Nf2 a4
$6 (34... g5 $1 35. Kg2 (35. fxg5 Qxg5 36. Kg2 Bd6 $19 {/\ 37...h4, 37...Kh7})
35... gxf4 36. gxf4 Kh7 $19) 35. Kg2 Rb3 $6 (35... Rb7 {Minckwitz}) (35... Bd8
{/\Bd8-a5 Minckwitz}) 36. Rh1 Kg7 {36...f5!} 37. Raa1 Bd8 {2h} 38. g4 hxg4 {
Sealed move. Steinitz: 2h 5min Zukertort:1h 57min} (38... Ba5 $1 $19 39. gxh5 (
39. Bxa5 Qxa5 40. Qxa5 Rxa5 $19 {(+) b2}) 39... Bxc3 40. bxc3 Rab8 41. hxg6
fxg6 42. Qd1 Qf5 $19 {/\Rb2, Rc3, Ra3}) 39. Nxg4 {2h} Ba5 $2 (39... Be7 {
/\Rg8, Kf8 Steinitz}) (39... Kf8 {/\Kf8-e7 Barcza}) 40. Rh7+ $1 Kf8 (40... Kxh7
41. Nf6+ Kg7 42. Nxd5 Bxc3 43. Nxc3 $18) 41. Rh8+ Kg7 (41... Ke7 42. Rxa8 Bxc3
(42... Qxa8 43. Bxa5 $18) 43. Ra7+ $1 $18) 42. Rh7+ Kf8 43. Qf2 $1 Bd8 (43...
Bxc3 44. bxc3 (44. Qh4 $2 Rxb2+ 45. Kg3 g5 $1) 44... g5 45. Ne5 $18) 44. Ne5
Kg8 (44... Ra7 45. Rh8+ $18 Ke7 46. Qh4+) 45. Rah1 Bf6 46. Rxf7 Rf8 47. Rxf6 (
47. Rxf6 Rxf6 48. Qh4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Match Keres-Euwe +6-5=3"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1940.01.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1939.12.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 (3... e5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 e4 6. Ne5 Qa5 7. e3
Bb4 8. Bd2 $16) 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 $1 (5. Bxc4 exd4 6. Nf3 $6 dxc3 $1 7. Bxf7+ Ke7
8. Qb3 cxb2 9. Bxb2 Qb6 $1 10. Ba3+ c5 11. Bxg8 Rxg8 $1 $17) 5... exd4 6. Qxd4
Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 (7... b5 8. a4 $16) 8. Be3 Nf6 {/\ 9... Ng4} (8... b5 9. a4 b4
10. Nd1 Ba6 11. Nf5 $16 (11. Rc1)) 9. f3 b5 $2 {Time used on this move: 0:30h
Zeitverbrauch für diesen Zug: 0:30h} (9... Nbd7 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Kf2 Nb6 $14)
10. a4 b4 11. Nd1 Ba6 (11... O-O 12. Nxc6 Bxe3 13. Ne7+ Kh8 14. Nxe3 $16) 12.
Rc1 (12. Nxc6 Bxe3 13. Nxb8 Rxb8 (13... Bd2+ $1 14. Kxd2 Rxb8 $16) 14. Nxe3 Rc8
15. Rc1 $16 {+/-/+-}) 12... Nfd7 $1 {/\ 13... Ne5} 13. f4 $1 O-O 14. Bxc4 Re8
15. Nf2 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxc4 17. Rxc4 c5 18. Be3 (18. Bxc5 $2 Rc8 19. Nd3 Na6 $19
) 18... Nb6 $1 (18... Na6 19. a5 Rac8 20. O-O Ndb8 $16) 19. Rxc5 Nxa4 20. Rc2 (
20. Rb5 Nc6 $1) 20... Nd7 (20... b3 $1 21. Re2 Nc6 22. O-O Nb4 23. Ra1 Na2 24.
e5 $16) 21. Ke2 a5 22. Rd1 Nab6 (22... b3 $5) 23. b3 a4 $2 24. bxa4 Rxa4 25.
Rc6 $1 Ra2+ (25... Ra6 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Rxa6 $18) (25... Rb8 26. Bxb6 Nxb6 27.
Rxb6 Raa8 (27... Rxb6 $2 28. Rd8#) 28. Rxb8+ $18) (25... Re6 26. Rxb6 $1 $18)
26. Ke1 $2 (26. Kf3 $2 Ra3 $1) (26. Kf1 $18) 26... f5 $1 27. e5 (27. Bxb6 Nxb6
28. Rxb6 fxe4 29. Rxb4 e3 30. Ne4 Rxg2 {/+/-}) 27... Nxe5 $8 28. fxe5 Rxe5 29.
Rd8+ Kf7 30. Rc7+ Kg6 (30... Re7 31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 32. Bxb6 $18) (30... Ke6 31.
Re8+ $18) (30... Kf6 31. Rd6+ $18) 31. Rd6+ Kh5 32. g4+ Kh4 $2 $18 (32... fxg4
33. Rc5 (33. Nd1 Ra1 34. Kd2 $2 {Or 34.Ke2? or 34.Kf2? Oder 34.Ke2? oder 34.
Kf2?} (34. Rd3) (34. Rc5) 34... Nd5 $1 35. Rc5 Rxd1+ 36. Kxd1 Nxe3+ $19) (33.
Nxg4 Kxg4 34. Rxg7+ Kf5 35. Rf7+ Kg4 $10) (33. Rxg7 Rxe3+ 34. Kf1 Rf3 35. Rxh7+
Kg5 $10) 33... Rxc5 34. Bxc5 Nc4 35. Rd5+ g5 36. Bxb4 Ne3 $1 $10 {Flohr}) 33.
Rxg7 Rxe3+ 34. Kf1 h5 35. Rh6 (35. Rh6 fxg4 36. Rxg4#) 1-0

[Event "World-ch16 Alekhine-Euwe +10-4=11"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1937.10.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1937.10.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 (3... e5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. e4 $1 dxe4 6. Bb5+ $16 {
Alekhine}) (3... Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. f3 Bg7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 $1 8. d5 O-O 9.
Nf3 $14 {Alekhine}) 4. e4 e5 (4... b5 5. a4 e5 (5... b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Bxc4) 6. axb5 exd4 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. Ra4 a5 9. bxa6 $16 {Alekhine}) 5. Bxc4 exd4 (
5... Qxd4 6. Qb3 Qd7 7. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Ya1d1] /\Td1-> Alekhine}) 6. Nf3 {!!?} b5
$2 (6... Bc5 7. O-O $1 Nf6 8. Na4 Be7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 $14) (6...
dxc3 7. Bxf7+ Ke7 8. Qb3 cxb2 $3 (8... Nf6 9. e5 Ne4 10. O-O $1 Na6 (10... Qb6
11. Qc4 $1 cxb2 (11... Bf5 12. Nh4) 12. Bxb2 Qxb2 13. Qxe4 Kxf7 14. Ng5+ Ke8
15. Qf4 Be7 16. Qf7+ Kd8 17. Rad1+ Bd7 18. Ne6+ Kc8 19. Qxe7 Qxe5 20. Rfe1 Qf6
21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Qd6 $18) 11. Qc4 Nac5 12. Bg5+ $1 Nxg5 13. Nxg5 $40) 9. Bxb2
Qb6 $1 10. Ba3+ (10. Bxg8 Rxg8 11. Qxg8 Qb4+ 12. Nd2 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qc2 $19)
10... c5 11. Bxg8 Rxg8 12. Bxc5+ (12. Qxg8 Qa5+) 12... Qxc5 13. O-O Qh5 $3 $17
{Gontscharov} 14. Qxg8 Be6 15. Qh8 Nc6) 7. Nxb5 Ba6 8. Qb3 Qe7 (8... Bxb5 $2 9.
Bxf7+ Kd7 10. Nxd4 $1 $18 {->} (10. Bxg8 $2 Rxg8 $1)) 9. O-O Bxb5 10. Bxb5 Nf6
(10... cxb5 $2 11. Qd5) 11. Bc4 Nbd7 12. Nxd4 $1 (12. e5 $6 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5)
12... Rb8 13. Qc2 Qc5 14. Nf5 (14. Nxc6 $2 Rc8) 14... Ne5 15. Bf4 (15. Nxg7+ $2
Kd8 16. Rd1+ Kc7) 15... Nh5 16. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 17. Qxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxe5 Rb5 (18...
Rbe8 19. Bd6) 19. Bd6 Bb6 20. b4 Rd8 21. Rad1 c5 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Rd5 1-0

[Event "World-ch01 Steinitz-Zukertort +10-5=5"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1886.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1886.01.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Games 1 to 5 were played in New York City.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3
Bf5 $2 5. cxd5 $1 cxd5 6. Qb3 Bc8 (6... Qd7 $2 7. Bb5 Nc6 8. Nf3 e6 (8... O-O-O
9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Ba6+ $16) 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Qa4 Rc8 11. Qxa7) (6...
b6 $2 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Nxd5) 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Ne5 $1 (8. Bd3 e6 9. O-O Bd7 $1 (9...
Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Nb5 $16) (9... Be7 10. Ne5 {/\ f4 >>}) (9... Bd6 10. e4
dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 O-O 13. d5 $1 (13. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 14. Ng5+ Kg6 15.
Qd3+ f5) (13. Qc2 h6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qxc6 Rb8 $13) 13... exd5 14. Qxd5 $16)
10. Bd2 (10. Ne5 $6 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. f4 Bc5 $17) (10. e4 $6 Nb4 11. Bb1
dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bc6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 $17) (10. Qxb7 $4 Nb4 11. Ba6 Bc6 $19) 10...
Qb6 11. Qd1 Bd6 12. Rc1 (12. e4 Nxd4 13. exd5 (13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Be3 Qb4 $15)
13... O-O $10) 12... O-O 13. Na4 Qd8 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 (15. dxc5 e5 $132 {
_|_}) 15... Ne4 16. Bxe4 (16. Rc2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Qb6 $10) 16... dxe4 17. Ne5 (
17. Ng5 $4 b6 $19) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 {Draw: Alekhine-Capablanca New York
1924 Remis Aljechin-Capablanca New York 1924}) 8... e6 (8... Nxe5 $2 9. dxe5
Nd7 10. Qxd5 e6 11. Qe4 Nc5 12. Qd4) 9. Bb5 Qc7 {9...Nd7!} 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. f4
$1 O-O 12. Rc1 Bxe5 $8 (12... Bd7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 (13... Bxc6 14. Nb5 Qe7 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rxc6) 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Rxc6) 13. fxe5 Ne8 (13... Nd7
14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nb5 Qb6 16. Nd6 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc2 Nd7 (18... Ne4 19.
Nxc8 $18) 19. Qa4 $16) 14. O-O f6 (14... f5 15. g4 $1) 15. Bd3 $1 Rf7 (15...
fxe5 $2 16. Bxh7+) (15... Bd7 $2 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18. e6 Bc8 19. Qh5
g6 20. Bxg6 Qe7 21. d5 Ne5 22. Bb4 $18) 16. Qc2 f5 (16... fxe5 17. Bxh7+ Kh8
18. Bg6 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Nf6 20. Qd1 $18) (16... g6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kh8
19. exf6 $18 {/\ Rf4}) (16... h6 17. Bg6 Re7 18. Bxe8 Rxe8 19. exf6 $18) 17.
Ne2 Bd7 {1h} 18. Rf2 {18.g4 Steinitz} Rc8 19. Bc3 Qb6 20. Qd2 Ne7 21. Rcf1 Bb5
22. Bb1 Qa6 23. g4 g6 24. h3 Rc7 $2 (24... Bc4 25. a3 {Steinitz}) 25. Re1 Ng7
$6 $18 (25... Bxe2 $1) 26. Nf4 Nc8 27. gxf5 gxf5 (27... Nxf5 28. e4) 28. Rg2
Kh8 29. Kh2 Qc6 30. Reg1 {/\ Nh5} Ne7 31. Qf2 Qe8 $2 {2h} (31... Ne8 32. Qh4 {
/\ 33.Rg8 Ng8 34.Ng6 Kg7 35.Ne7 then 36.Rg8 mate. nebst 36.Rg8 Matt} Rg7 33.
Rxg7 Nxg7 34. Qh6 Nc8 35. Nh5 $18) (31... Ng8 32. Ng6+ hxg6 33. Qh4+ Nh5 34.
Rxg6 $18) (31... Rc8 32. Qh4 Rg8 33. Rg4 Nh5 34. Qxe7 fxg4 35. Qxf7 Ng7 36.
Ng6+ hxg6 37. Qxg6 Nf5 38. Qh5+ Kg7 39. Rxg4+ Kf8 40. Bb4+ Ne7 41. Rf4+ Kg7 42.
Qh7#) (31... Qd7 32. Qh4 (32. Bb4 Nc6 33. Bd6 Rc8 34. Qh4 $18) 32... Rc8 33.
Nh5 (33. Qh6 Rg8 34. Bb4 $18) 33... Rg8 34. Nf6 $18) 32. Rxg7 {32...Rg7 33.Rg7
Kg7 34.Ne6  Time:Steinitz:2h 33min   Zukertort:  57min Zeit:Steinitz:2h 33min 
Zukertort:  57min} 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Girya, Olga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} e5
{[%emt 0:00:24]} 5. dxe5 {[%emt 0:03:11]} (5. Nc3 e4 6. Bc2 Bd6 7. f3 O-O 8.
fxe4 Nxe4 9. Nf3 f5 10. cxd5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 cxd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bb3 Be6 14. e4
fxe4 15. Ng5 Qe7 16. Re1 h6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Qh5 Rf5 19. Qh3 Raf8 20. Be3 Qf7
21. g3 Na5 22. Bd1 h5 23. Kh1 Nc4 24. Bg1 g6 25. Be2 b5 26. a4 b4 27. cxb4 Bxb4
28. Rf1 a5 29. Rxf5 Qxf5 30. Qxf5 Rxf5 31. Rc1 Bd2 32. Rd1 e3 33. Rb1 Na3 34.
Rb2 Bc1 {Zvjaginsev,V (2659)-Korneev,O (2622) St Petersburg 2013 1/2-1/2}) 5...
dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 6. exf6 {[%emt 0:07:08]} cxd3 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 7. fxg7 {
[%emt 0:00:06] It is very unclear to me what Zhao Xue was thinking during the
opening. After only seven moves of chess she was clearly worse with White and
such a mistake is not forgivable for a grandmaster level player. Girya took
her advantage and kept putting pressure on White's position, until eventually
winning a queen endgame that was difficult to defend for White, if defendable
at all.} Bxg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:15]} Na6 $146 {[%emt 0:19:18]
} (8... O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 a5 12. Rb1 Na6 13. a3 Nc7 14. Re1 a4
15. Nf1 f5 16. b3 Nb5 17. Bb2 Nc3 18. Bxc3 Bxc3 19. N1d2 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Bxe1 21.
Nxe1 d2 22. Nf3 Qd3 23. bxa4 Rfd8 24. Rxb7 Qc3 25. Kh2 Rab8 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27.
Nxd2 Rd8 28. Qb3+ Qxb3 29. Nxb3 Rd3 30. Nc5 Rc3 31. Nb7 Rxa3 32. a5 Kf8 33. Kg3
Ra4 34. Nd8 Rxa5 35. Nxc6 Rc5 36. Nd4 Kf7 37. Kf4 Kf6 38. f3 {Cvitan,O (2410)
-Kirov,N (2445) Baku 1983 1/2-1/2}) 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:53]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:22]
} 10. h3 {[%emt 0:05:19]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 11. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Nc5 {
[%emt 0:01:42]} 12. Rb1 {[%emt 0:02:13]} f5 {[%emt 0:12:09]} 13. b4 {[%emt 0:
12:34]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 14. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:20:12]} 15.
Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 16. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rg8 {
[%emt 0:01:40]} 17. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Qd6+ {[%emt 0:02:11]} 18. f4 {[%emt 0:
01:30]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:01:46]} 19. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Rxg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
20. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rdg8 {[%emt 0:09:24]} 21. Rg3 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Qd5 {
[%emt 0:03:45]} 22. Rbg1 {[%emt 0:06:29]} Rxg3 {[%emt 0:08:18]} 23. fxg3 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 24. Rg2 {[%emt 0:10:30]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:
40]} 25. Kg1 {[%emt 0:07:29]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:05:29]} 26. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} h4
{[%emt 0:00:43]} 27. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:40]} hxg3+ {[%emt 0:03:13]} 28. Rxg3 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} Rxg3 {[%emt 0:04:23]} 29. Kxg3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 30. Qb2 {[%emt 0:04:44]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 31. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:13]}
Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 32. Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 33. Qd2 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 34. bxa5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:
40]} 35. h4 {[%emt 0:03:08]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 36. h5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qc5 {
[%emt 0:02:02]} 37. h6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 38. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:
00:37]} c2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 39. h7 {[%emt 0:02:40]} c1=Q {[%emt 0:00:06]} 40.
h8=Q {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qg1+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qc6+ {
[%emt 0:01:15]} 42. e4 {[%emt 0:02:20]} fxe4+ {[%emt 0:01:28]} 43. Qxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd1+ {[%emt 0:00:49]} 0-1

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs"]
[Black "Girya, Olga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. e3 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 7. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:
23]} 8. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rc8
{[%emt 0:01:06]} (9... e6 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. Be5 Nc6 12. Qe2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 g6 14.
Nf3 Bb4 15. O-O a6 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Qb3 Qa5 18. Rfc1 O-O 19. a3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3
Rxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 Rc8 23. Rc1 Ng7 24. Kf1 Ne8 25. Ke2 Kf8 26. Kd2 Nc7
27. Nd4 Ke7 28. Rb1 b5 29. h4 Na8 30. h5 Nb6 {1/2-1/2 (30) Vitiugov,N (2737)
-Dreev,A (2673) Caleta 2014}) 10. Bd3 {[%emt 0:06:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 11.
Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:01:54]} a6 {[%emt 0:
00:39]} 13. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Bb5 $146 {[%emt 0:26:17]} (13... Bc6 14. Rac1
O-O 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. Rfd1 f5 17. Rc2 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 b5 19. h3 Qd7 20. Rdc1 Nc4
21. Bf4 Bf6 22. Nb1 e5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Nd2 d4 26. Nf3 Bxf3 27.
Qxf3 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 dxe3 29. Qxe3 Re8 30. Qf3 g6 31. g3 Bg7 32. h4 h5 33. Kh2
Kh7 34. b3 Rd8 35. Rd2 Qd5 36. Qe2 Qe5 37. Qf3 Rd4 38. Re2 Qd6 39. Bc2 Rxh4+
40. Kg1 Rg4 41. Kf1 h4 42. gxh4 Rxh4 43. a4 {Nakhbayeva,G (2307)-Girya,O (2439)
Tashkent 2013 0-1 (107)}) 14. Bxb5+ {[%emt 0:08:40]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 15.
Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 16. Qb5+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:31]} 17. Na4 {[%emt 0:01:52]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:48]} 18. Qxb7 {
[%emt 0:09:12] Tuvshintugs won a pawn in the Exchange Slav against Girya but
the Russian obtained a nagging rook on c2 that bound all of White's pieces.
She further sacrificed another pawn to obtain a blockading bishop on b4, and
despite White's material advantage it was unclear how to make progress.
Tuvshintugs managed to liberate herself by giving one pawn back, but the
resulting rook endgame was closer to a draw than to a win.} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:03:
06]} 19. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Rc2 $44 {[%emt 0:02:12][%csl Gc2]} 20. Bxf6 {
[%emt 0:11:39]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 21. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:
00:26]} 22. Qxc8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rfxc8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 23. Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 24. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:16:54]} 25.
Kf1 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:06:02]} 26. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:53]} b3 {[%emt 0:
02:13]} 27. axb3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} 28. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:08]
} Kd7 {[%emt 0:04:32]} 29. g4 {[%emt 0:07:23]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:07:26]} 30. Kg2 {
[%emt 0:01:16]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:05:40]} 31. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:
39]} 32. h4 {[%emt 0:01:15]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 33. Rg1 {[%emt 0:08:05]} Kc7 {
[%emt 0:06:07]} 34. Rf1 {[%emt 0:13:05]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:11:12]} 35. Ra1 {[%emt 0:
13:34]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 36. Rg1 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 37.
Rf1 {[%emt 0:01:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 38. dxe5+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} fxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} 39. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 40. Nb6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. e4 {[%emt 0:11:15]} dxe4+ {[%emt 0:05:18]} 42.
Kxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 43. f4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} exf4 {
[%emt 0:02:50]} 44. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 45. Nxf4+ {
[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 46. Kxf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:
01:31]} 47. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 48. Rc3 {[%emt 0:03:01]}
Kd5 {[%emt 0:07:50]} 49. Rc7 {[%emt 0:07:09]} Rf1+ {[%emt 0:01:26]} 50. Kg3 {
[%emt 0:01:36]} f5 {[%emt 0:06:44]} 51. gxf5 {[%emt 0:04:41]} Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 52. Kg4 {[%emt 0:06:04]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 53. Rb7 {[%emt 0:05:15]} Kc6
{[%emt 0:02:03]} 54. Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 55. Kh5 {
[%emt 0:00:56]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 56. Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 57. Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 58. Ra6 {[%emt 0:01:55]}
Kf5 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 59. Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 60. Ra4 {
[%emt 0:01:57]} Rb6+ {[%emt 0:00:49]} 61. Kh5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:
16]} 62. Ra5+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 63. Ra6+ {[%emt 0:00:19]}
Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 64. Ra7+ {[%emt 0:00:41]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 65. Kg6 {
[%emt 0:00:37]} Rb6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 66. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rb5+ {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 67. Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rb6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 68. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Rb5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 69. Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chA"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "2004.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moreno Ruiz, Javier"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Cifuentes Parada,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Ne4 $5 (6... a6) 7.
Nge2 $1 (7. Bd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 g6 9. Nf3 Bg7) (7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Ne2 e5 $1 9. dxe5
Bb4+ 10. Nc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Bc4 Nxe5 14. O-O Nxc4 15. Qxc4
Bf5 $11) (7. Bd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 g6 {D13}) (7. Nf3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 g6) 7... Nxc3 (
7... Bf5 $6 8. Qb3 $1 (8. f3 $143 Nxc3 9. Nxc3 e6 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. O-O Bd6 12.
Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Rc1 O-O $11 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Na4 e5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd2 Rad8
18. Nc5 Qe7 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Nb3 Ne5 21. Nd4 Nc4 22. Qf2 Rc8 23. b3 Ne5 24.
Qd2 a6 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 Rc5 27. Rxc5 {1/2-1/2 Hauchard,A-Filippov,V/
Shenyang 1999/EXT 2000 (27)}) 8... e5 9. Bxe5 $1 (9. dxe5 $2 Nc5 10. Qxd5 Qb6
$1) 9... Nxe5 10. Nxe4 (10. dxe5 Nc5 11. Qxd5 Nd3+ 12. Kd2 Nxf2 13. Nd4 Qxd5
14. Nxd5 O-O-O 15. Rc1+ Kb8 16. Bc4 Be6 17. Rhf1 Ng4 18. Nf4 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 Nxe5
$11) 10... Bxe4 (10... Be7 11. dxe5 dxe4 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bc4 $16) 11. dxe5 Qa5+
12. Nc3 Bb4 13. f3 Bf5 14. a3 Bxc3+ 15. Qxc3 $16) 8. Nxc3 e6 9. Bd3 Bd6 $6 (
9... Be7 $142 10. Qh5 (10. Rc1 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. Qh5 f5 13. g4 Be8 14. Qh3
Bg6 15. gxf5 $6 (15. Qg2 $11) 15... Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Ne2 Qd7 18. Bg3 Raf8
$15 19. Nf4 Bd6 20. Nd3 Rf3 (20... e5 $1) 21. Rfd1 Nb4 22. Nxb4 Bxb4 23. Qh5
Bd6 24. Rd2 R3f5 25. Qd1 h5 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. f4 Qb6 28. Rc3 Kh7 29. Rg2 Kh6
30. h4 g6 31. Qa4 e5 32. Rb3 Qd8 33. Rxb7 Qxh4 34. Qxa7 Qe1+ {1/2-1/2 Peng
Zhaoqin-Zhukova,N/Dresden 2004}) 10... Bd7 11. O-O g6 12. Qf3 (12. Qh6 Bf8)
12... O-O 13. Bh6 Re8 14. e4 Nxd4 15. Qf4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Qa5 $6 (16... Bc6 $1
17. Rad1 Bd6 $1) 17. Bxg6 $1 Nf5 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Qxf5 exf5 20. Nd5 $14 Rac8
21. Rfd1 Be6 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Rd3 f6 24. Be3 b6 25. a3 Rc2 26. b4 Ra2 27.
Rxa2 Bxa2 28. h3 Kf7 29. Rd8 Ke6 30. Bf4 Rd7 31. Re8+ Kd5 32. Rc8 Ke4 33. Bb8
Be6 34. Re8 Kd5 35. Bf4 Bf7 36. Rc8 Ke4 37. Bb8 Be6 38. Re8 Kd5 39. Kh2 Bf7 40.
Rc8 Kd4 41. Rc6 Bd5 42. Rxf6 Rg7 43. f3 Rf7 44. Rxf7 Bxf7 45. Bxa7 Kc4 46. Bxb6
Kb3 47. Bc5 Kxa3 48. Kg3 Bc4 49. b5+ Ka4 50. b6 Ba6 51. Kf4 Kb5 52. Be3 Bc8 53.
Kg5 Kc6 54. Kh6 Ba6 55. h4 Bf1 56. g3 Bg2 57. f4 {1-0 Stefanova,A-Zhukova,N/
Dresden GER 2004}) 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Qh5 $1 Nb4 (11... g6 12. Qh6 Qf8 13. Qf4
Qe7 14. h4 $14) 12. Bb1 Qa6 13. Kd2 $1 (13. Qe2 Bd7 $11) 13... Bd7 14. Rc1 Qb6
(14... Nc6 15. Bd3 Qb6 16. Rab1 Rc8 17. b4 $1) 15. a3 Nc6 (15... Na6 16. b4 Nc7
17. Bc2 $14) 16. b4 a5 17. b5 Ne7 18. Bd3 Qd6 19. Na4 b6 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21. dxe5
Rb8 22. Rc7 Kd8 23. Rac1 Nc8 $6 (23... f6 $142 $1 24. exf6 (24. f4 fxe5 25.
fxe5 Ng6 $1 26. Bxg6 (26. Ra7 Nxe5 27. Nxb6 Be8 28. Ra8 Rxa8 29. Nxa8 Nxd3 30.
b6 Bd7 31. Kxd3 Ke7 32. Nc7 Rb8 33. Rb1 Kd6) 26... hxg6 27. h3 Rf8 $1) 24...
gxf6 $13) 24. f4 Re8 25. g4 Re7 26. g5 Be8 27. R7c2 Na7 28. Rb2 Bd7 $1 29. Rg1
Re8 30. Rg3 Rh8 $1 31. Nc3 Ke7 32. Rb1 h6 $11 33. g6 f6 34. exf6+ Kxf6 35. f5
exf5 36. Nxd5+ Ke5 37. Nf4 Rhe8 38. a4 Nc8 39. Rc1 Nd6 40. Rc7 Rb7 41. Rc3 Rc8
42. Nh5 Rxc3 43. Kxc3 Rc7+ 44. Kb2 Be6 45. Rg1 Bd5 46. Rf1 (46. Rc1 $2 Rxc1 47.
Kxc1 Bf3 48. Nf4 Nb7 49. Bc2 Nc5 50. Kb2 Ne6 51. Nd3+ Kf6 52. Bb3 Be4 53. Nf2
Nc5 $19) 46... Be6 $2 $138 (46... Be4 $1 47. Bxe4 (47. Rd1 $2 Bf3) 47... Nc4+
48. Ka2 Nxe3 $1 49. Rf4 (49. Bd3 $8 Nxf1 50. Bxf1 f4 $19 51. Kb2 Ke4 52. Bg2+
f3 53. Bh3 Ke3 54. Ng3 (54. Kb3 Kd2 55. Ng3 f2 56. Nf1+ Ke1 57. Bg2 Rc8 58. Ne3
Re8 59. Nf1 Re6 $19) 54... Kf2 55. Ne4+ Kg1) 49... fxe4 50. Rf7 Rc2+ 51. Kb3
Rxh2 52. Nxg7 Rh3 $1 53. Ka2 Rg3 54. Re7+ Kf6 55. Nh5+ Kxe7 56. Nxg3 Kf6 $19)
47. Rg1 Ne8 48. Rf1 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Snowdrops-Old Hands"]
[Site "Podebrady"]
[Date "2013.12.05"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Cvek,Ro"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2013.11.30"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Old Hands"]
[BlackTeam "Snowdrops"]
[WhiteClock "0:20:39"]
[BlackClock "0:05:11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 {This is a favorite move of GM Gulko. I remember his
old games where he played exactly the same moves.} cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Bf5 6.
Nc3 {In positions like this it seems to me that Black has no problems with
compensation, but you need to know this and have to have the temperament to
play such positions. That is not easy at all, especially for the aggressive
Snowdrop.} e6 7. Qb3 Bb4 8. a3 $5 {GM Plachetka proposed this move during
analysis, as a possible improvement for White, and that was exactly what
happened.} Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 ({Taking back with the queen:} 9. Qxc3 {would just
help Black, especially after} Rc8) 9... Qd7 10. Nf3 Nge7 11. a4 $1 {Nice
strategic move. To be honest, after a first look at the position I thought
that Black is okay. She would play 11...b6, then move her knight to a5 with a
blockade. However the white bishops would be strong. That is an instructive
strategic lesson.} b6 12. Ba6 $1 {Yes, he took control of the square c8, so
the plan for Black is not that clear anymore.} O-O 13. O-O Na5 14. Qa2 Nec6 15.
Nd2 Nb8 16. Bb5 Qb7 17. Rfe1 $1 {This is a nice move, with an idea of playing
e4 after preparing f3. Now, we can see that the position of White is a bit
better.} Rc8 18. Rac1 a6 19. Bf1 b5 20. Qb2 $6 (20. axb5 $1 {recommended by
the GM Plachetka, is the key to lock in the advantage.} axb5 21. Qb2 Nc4 22.
Nxc4 dxc4 23. f3 {with a better game.}) 20... bxa4 {The ending is better for
the White, but it is still is not too clear.} 21. Qxb7 Nxb7 {The pawns on the
a file are complicating life for White.} 22. c4 Nc6 23. Rc3 Nb4 $1 {The
correct activity of the knight.} 24. Ra1 Bc2 $1 25. Rc1 ({It would be good to
consider} 25. c5 {but Black has a nice square for the knight after 25...Na5
and 26...Nac6!}) 25... dxc4 $2 {Unnecessarily complicated. Black did not have
too much time and she thought that the position was not too good for her. That
is why she went for tactic complications. However, if she moved her bishop
back she would be okay.} 26. R3xc2 Nxc2 27. Rxc2 Na5 28. Bd6 c3 29. Ne4 Nb3 30.
g4 $1 {This is really good move - it creates space and also controls the
square f5.} ({After} 30. g4 Rc6 31. Rxc3 Rac8 32. Bc5 {White has a clear
advantage. But he offered a draw, which Black gladly accepted.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.04.10"]
[Round "15.7"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. h3 {Diese Fortsetzung ist relativ
selten. Weiß führt einen nützlichen Zug aus, ohne seine Pläne festzulegen.} e6
(5... dxc4 $6 6. a4 e6 7. e3 c5 8. Bxc4 {führt zu einer Stellung aus dem
angenommenen Damengambit mit einem Mehrtempo für Weiß.}) 6. cxd5 {Die anderen
erprobten Fortsetzungen sind 6.Bg5 und 6.e3.} cxd5 {Seine Vorteile hat auch 6..
.exd5.} (6... exd5 7. Qc2 (7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Qc2 g6 $11) 7... Bd6 $1
8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. e3 h6 10. Bf4 (10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Bd3 $11) (10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3
Bxg3 12. fxg3 Qc7 $13) 10... Bxf4 11. exf4 O-O 12. O-O-O Re8 13. Bd3 c5 $11 {
Legky,N-Prie,E/La Reunion 1997}) 7. Bf4 (7. Bg5 Bd6 8. e3 h6 $11) 7... Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. e3 Nc6 {Hier verbrauchte ich viel Zeit für die Entscheidung, wie
ich meinen Damenflügel entwickeln soll. Wie so oft, wurde dabei die falsche
Entscheidung getroffen.} ({Es war nicht einzuwenden gegen das typische
Entwicklungsschema} 9... O-O 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O b5 (11... b6 $5) 12. Rc1 Bb7
$11) 10. Bd3 b5 $2 {Dies ist ein klarer positionelle Fehler. Zum Springer auf
c6 paßte der Zug Bd7 ,und, umgekehrt, zum Zug b7-b5 paßt die Entwicklung Nbd7.
Wie Alexander bald beweisen wird, ist die Schwäche des Feldes c5 nach dem
Textzug erheblich.} (10... Bd7 $1 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Rac8 $11) 11. Rc1 Bb7 12.
O-O O-O 13. Ne2 $1 {Der Springer macht sich sofort auf den Weg nach d3. Dabei
sollte Weiß nach Möglichkeit seine Damenflügelbauern nicht fortbewegen, um den
Gegener keine Angriffsziele zu bieten.} (13. a3 Na5 $1 $11) 13... Rac8 14. Nf4
h6 {Der typische Vorstoß 14...e5 bringt Schwarz keinen vollständigen Ausgleich,
er war jedoch der beste Weg.} (14... e5 $1 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 (16. Rxc8
Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Rxc8 18. Ne2 Qb4 $132) (16. Be2 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Rc8 18. Qd1 Nxf3+
19. Bxf3 Qe5 20. Qe2 $14) 16... Qxe5 17. Qd2 Ne4 18. Qb4 Rfe8 19. Rxc8 (19. Ne2
$2 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 $2 Nxf2 $1 $15) 19... Rxc8 20. Ne2 $14) 15. Be2 $1 Nd7 $6 ({
Besser war wohl} 15... Ne4 16. Nd3 Nb4 {, um den starken Nd3 sofort
abzutauschen. Aber Weiß behält seinen Druck nach} 17. Nfe5 $1 {A.Graf} Rxc1 18.
Qxc1 Rc8 19. Qd1 f6 20. Nxb4 Qxb4 21. Nd3 $14) 16. Qd2 $1 $14 {Weiß hat keine
Eile mit seinem Springermanöver.} (16. Nd3 $6 Nb4 $1) 16... b4 $6 {Hier faßte
ich eine taktische Abwicklung ins Auge und verrechnete mich dabei.} (16... Qb4
17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. a3 Nc6 19. b4 $14) (16... Nf6 17. Nd3 Ne4 18. Qe1 $14) (16...
f6 $5 17. Nd3 e5 $132) 17. Nd3 a5 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 e5 $2 {Das war die
Idee hinter 16...b4, aber meine Berechnung war falsch. Die entstandene
Stellung ist allerdings bereits recht unangenehm für Schwarz.} (19... Ne5 20.
Rfc1 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Rxc5 22. Rxc5 $14) 20. Rb5 $1 (20. Rfc1 $2 e4 21. Ne1 Rfd8
$11) 20... Ba6 21. dxe5 Qe6 22. Rb6 $2 {Netterweise revanchiert sich Alexander
mit einem Gegenfehler. Mit 22.Rc5! konnte er seinen Mehrbauern festhalten.} (
22. Rc5 $1 Nxe5 23. Nd4 Qd6 (23... Qb6 24. Rxd5 Nc4 25. Qd3 $1 $16) 24. Rxa5
Nc4 25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. Rc1 Rfd8 27. Ra4 Rb8 $16) 22... Bxe2 $11 {Nun ist
Schwarz außer Gefahr.} 23. Nd4 (23. Qxe2 $2 Nd4 $1 $15) 23... Qxe5 24. Nxc6 Qc7
(24... Rxc6 $5 25. Rxc6 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Qe4 $11) 25. Qxe2 Qxb6 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27.
Nxc8 Rxc8 28. Qd2 Qe6 (28... Qe6 29. Rd1 Rc5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-West 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Cuijpers, Frans Andre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[BlackTeam "Muenster"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 (5... e5 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Qxd4
Qxd4 8. Nxd4 b4 9. Nd1 Ba6 10. Bf4 Nf6 11. f3 Bc5 12. Nf5 O-O 13. Rc1 c3 14.
bxc3 g6 15. Ng3 Nfd7 16. cxb4 Bxb4+ 17. Bd2 $14 {Kasparov-Huebner/Belfort/1988}
) 6. Na2 e5 7. Nf3 (7. Bxc4 $6 Qxd4 8. Qb3 Qxe4+ 9. Ne2 Qg6) 7... exd4 {N} (
7... Be6 8. Nxe5 Nf6 9. Bxc4 Bxc4 10. Nxc4 Nxe4 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. O-O b3 13. Re1
bxa2 14. Qg4 $16 {Addison-Benediktsson/Reykjavik/1968}) 8. Bxc4 (8. Qxd4 $6
Qxd4 9. Nxd4 Ba6 {פa2}) 8... Ba6 (8... Bc5 $2 9. Ne5 $16) 9. Bxa6 (9. Qb3 $2
Bxc4 10. Qxc4 c5 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Qd5 Nf6 13. Qxa8 Qxe5 $17 {/\b3}) 9... Nxa6
10. Qxd4 Qxd4 (10... Nf6 11. Qc4 Nc5 12. Nxb4 $16) (10... Nc5 11. O-O (11. Nxb4
$2 Nb3 $17) 11... Nb3 12. Qc4 Nxa1 13. Qxc6+ Ke7 14. Qb7+ Ke8 15. Ne5 Be7 16.
Qc6+ Kf8 17. Nd7+ Ke8 18. Nb8+ Kf8 19. Qxa8 $18) 11. Nxd4 Ne7 $6 (11... c5 $1
12. Nb5 Nf6 13. f3 Be7 (13... b3 $2 14. Nac3 c4 15. Be3 $16) 14. Be3 O-O (14...
O-O-O $2 15. Nxa7+ Kb7 16. Nb5 Rd3 17. Ke2 Rb3 18. Rab1 $16 {/\Nc1}) 15. Rc1
Rfc8 16. Ke2 $14) 12. Be3 c5 13. Nb3 $1 (13. Nb5 $6 Nc6 14. Rd1 (14. Ke2 O-O-O
$1 {פa2}) 14... Be7 15. Ke2 O-O 16. Rd7 Rfd8 $132) 13... Nc6 14. Rc1 Ne5 15.
Ke2 c4 (15... Rc8 16. Rhd1 Be7 17. f4 Ng4 18. Bg1 $16) 16. Nd2 (16. Na5 $2 b3
17. Nc3 Bb4 18. Bd4 Nd3 19. Nxc4 Nxc1+ 20. Rxc1 O-O $13) 16... b3 (16... Nd3 $2
17. Rxc4 Nxb2 18. Rc6 Nb8 19. Rc8+ Kd7 20. Rhc1 $18) 17. Nc3 $16 Nd3 (17... Bb4
18. Nd5 Bxd2 19. Kxd2 f5 20. Bd4 fxe4 21. Bxe5 Rd8 22. Rxc4 Rxd5+ 23. Ke3 O-O
24. Bd4 $16) 18. Rb1 Rc8 19. Nb5 $1 (19. Nxc4 Nxf2 20. Bxf2 Rxc4 21. Bxa7 Bc5
22. Bxc5 Nxc5 $14) 19... Be7 (19... Nab4 20. Nxa7 Rc7 21. Nb5 Rc8 22. Na3 $18)
20. Nxa7 Rc7 21. Nb5 Rc6 22. Nd4 Rc8 23. Nf5 (23. N2xb3 cxb3 24. Kxd3 Nc5+ 25.
Ke2 Nxa4 $16) 23... Nab4 24. Bd4 Kd7 25. Ne3 $18 Ke6 (25... Bc5 26. Bxc5 Nxc5
27. a5 $18) 26. Ndxc4 Rhd8 27. Bc3 Nf4+ 28. Kf3 Nbd3 29. h4 g6 30. g3 Nh5 31.
Rhd1 f5 32. exf5+ gxf5 33. Ba5 Rd7 34. Ke2 Nc5 35. Nb6 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Rf8 37.
Ned5 Bd6 38. Nc4 Bb8 39. Bb4 Rc8 (39... Rd8 40. Ncb6 Nxa4 41. Nxa4 Rxd5 42.
Nc5+ $18) 40. Ncb6 Rc6 41. Rc1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "205"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Qb3 $5 {Ein neuer Zug in dieser bekannten Stellung. Wie
auch bei anderen Fortsetzungen, hat Schwarz hier bei umsichtigem Spiel nichts
zu befürchten.} (10. b3) (10. Bd2) (10. c5) 10... Qc7 $146 (10... Ra7 $6 11.
Bd2 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Ne2 Bh6 15. Rfc1 Nb8 16. Bb4 Qd7 17.
Bc5 Ra8 18. Nc3 Nc6 19. Na4 $16 {Pedersen,N-Tischbierek,R/Bundesliga 2002/03})
11. Bd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 (13. Nxc4 b5 14. Ne5 Nbd7 (14... c5 $11)
15. Nxd7 Nxd7 $11) 13... Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 $6 ({Genauer war} 14... Qxd7 $1 15.
Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Qd6 17. h3 e5 $11) 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Ne4 Rfd8 17. Qb3 e6 18.
Rc4 Rb8 $5 {Weiß bekam einen leichten Druck, deswegen wird der Springertausch
mittels Nd7-f6 vorbereitet.} (18... e5 $6 19. d5 $14) (18... Nf6 19. Nc5 Rb8
20. Ra4 $1 $14) 19. Bb4 Nf6 20. Nxf6+ (20. Nc5 a5 $11) 20... Bxf6 21. Bc5 $2 {
Nach diesem oberflächlichen Zug wird Weiß selbst um Ausgleich bangen müssen.
Besser war 21.Qc3.} (21. Qc3 Rd7 $11) 21... b6 22. Bb4 (22. Ba3 $2 b5 23. Rc2
b4 24. Bxb4 a5 $17) 22... a5 23. Bd2 (23. Bc3 $2 b5 24. Rc5 Be7 $17) (23. Be1
e5) 23... e5 24. Qc2 Rbc8 25. dxe5 $6 {Richtig war laut FRITZ das schwer zu
findende 25.Bc3!} (25. Bc3 $1 b5 26. dxe5 $1 Bg7 27. Rd4 b4 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29.
Bd4 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Qxe5 31. Qxc6 Qxb2 32. Qc7 $11) 25... Qxe5 (25... Bxe5 $5 26.
f4 b5 $15) 26. Bc3 Qe6 27. Bxf6 Qxf6 28. Rc1 c5 $15 {Schwarz hat die d-Linie
unter Kontrolle und steht somit besser.} 29. h4 Rd5 30. Rf4 Qd6 31. Qb3 Rd8 32.
Qc4 Qe6 33. Kh2 Rd2 $17 {Nach und nach gelang es mir, den Vorteil zu
vergrößern.} 34. Qb5 (34. Qxe6 fxe6 35. Rb1 Kg7 36. Kg3 R8d3 $17) 34... R8d6
35. a3 $2 Qe5 {/\Rxb2, Rxf2} 36. Rcc4 Rxb2 $19 37. Qa6 Rd8 38. Qb7 Rf8 (38...
f5 $1 $19) 39. g3 $2 Qxe3 40. Kg2 Qxa3 41. h5 Rb4 $2 {In Zeitnot hat Pedersen
drei Bauern eingestellt, aber hier beginne ich, ihm gleich zu tun.} (41... Qa2
$19) (41... Rb1 $1 $19 {/\Qa1}) 42. Rxb4 axb4 43. Qxb6 Qc3 44. Qc6 $138 Qe5 $2
$138 {Ich habe die Zugsequenz, die in der Partie vorkam, falsch berechnet.
Gewonnen hätte 44...b3!} (44... b3 $1 45. Rf3 Qb4 46. h6 b2 47. Qf6 Qd4 48.
Qxd4 cxd4 49. Rb3 d3 50. Rxb2 Rd8 51. Rd2 g5 52. Kf3 f5 53. Ke3 Kf7 54. Rxd3
Rxd3+ 55. Kxd3 Kg6 $19) 45. Rc4 Qe7 46. Rxc5 Rb8 47. h6 Qf8 48. Rb5 $1 b3 49.
Rxb8 Qxb8 50. Qf6 Qf8 {In meiner Vorausberechnung plante ich hier 51...Qb7+
und 52...Kf8 mit Gewinn und übersah dabei das Matt 53.Qd8!} (50... Qb7+ $4 51.
Kh2 Kf8 52. Qd8#) 51. Qc3 Qxh6 52. Qxb3 $11 {Wie gewonnen, so zerronnen! Das
Endspiel ist natürlich remislich, aber mit der neuen FIDE-Zeitkontrolle kann
man schier endlos auf Gewinn spielen. Mein Gegner hielt es irgendwann nicht
mehr aus...} Qg5 53. Qc3 h5 54. Qc8+ Kg7 55. Qc3+ Qf6 56. Qd3 Qe5 57. Qc4 g5
58. Qd3 Qe6 59. Qd4+ Kg6 60. Qd3+ Qf5 61. Qd6+ Kg7 62. Qd4+ Qf6 63. Qd5 Kh6 64.
Qe4 Qe6 65. Qa8 Kg7 66. Qd8 Qe4+ 67. Kg1 f6 68. Qd7+ Kg6 69. Qc8 h4 70. gxh4 $2
{Nach diesem Fehler bekommt Schwarz reale Gewinnchancen. Zum leichten Remis
führte 70.Qg8+.} (70. Qg8+ Kh5 71. Qh8+ Kg4 72. gxh4 $11) 70... gxh4 71. Qg8+
Kh5 72. Qh8+ Kg5 73. Qg7+ Qg6 74. Qc7 Kg4 75. Qc3 Qf5 $2 (75... Qg5 $1) 76. Kg2
Qd5+ $2 77. f3+ Kg5 78. Qe3+ Kf5 79. Qh6 $2 (79. Qe8 $1 $11) 79... Qg8+ $19 80.
Kf2 Qg3+ 81. Ke2 Qg2+ 82. Ke1 Qg5 83. Qf8 Kf4 84. Qb4+ Kxf3 85. Qb7+ Kg3 86.
Qb3+ Kh2 87. Qb2+ Kh3 88. Qb6 Qg3+ 89. Kf1 Qg2+ 90. Ke1 f5 91. Qf6 Qe4+ 92. Kf1
Qf4+ 93. Ke1 Qe3+ 94. Kf1 Qf3+ 95. Ke1 f4 96. Kd2 Qf2+ 97. Kd1 Kh2 98. Qf5 h3
99. Qe6 f3 100. Qe5+ Kh1 101. Qh5 h2 102. Qh6 Qg1+ 103. Kd2 0-1

[Event "Seefeld op 08th"]
[Site "Seefeld"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Milov, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Qb3 Qc7 6. Bb5+ Nd7 (6... Bd7 7.
Nc3 e6 8. Bd2 a6 9. Bd3 Bc6 (9... Nc6 10. Rc1 Nf6 (10... Na5 $6 11. Qc2 Nc4 12.
e4 $36) 11. Nf3 Be7 (11... Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. e4 $14) 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne5 Bd6
14. f4 $14) 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Nf6 12. Rfc1 O-O 13. Na4 Bxa4 14. Qxa4 Nc6 15.
h3 Qe7 16. Bc3 Rfc8 17. Ne5 $14 {Salov-Beliavsky/Belgrad 1987}) 7. Nc3 (7. Bd2
e6 8. Nf3 Ne7 $1 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Na4 O-O 13. a3 Qb8 14.
Bxc6 Rxc6 15. Bb4 Rxc1+ 16. Rxc1 Rc8 $11 {Yusupov-Ivanchuk/Dortmund 1997}) 7...
e6 8. Nf3 $5 $146 (8. Bd2 Ne7 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. Na4 (10. Nf3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12.
Ne2 Rfc8 $2 (12... Qb6 $11) 13. Bb4 $1 Bxb4 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qxb4 Rab8 16. Qa3
Qb6 17. b3 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Ned4 Bg6 20. Ne5 $16 {Stangl,M-Gretarsson,H/
EUCup Eupen 1994}) 10... Rc8 11. Ne2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Nf4 (13. Bb4 $5) 13...
Ndb8 $11 {Nogueiras,J-Sokolov,I/Olympiad Yerevan 1996}) 8... Bd6 $1 (8... Ngf6
9. Bd2 a6 10. Rc1 $1 axb5 (10... Qb6 11. Qa4 Rd8 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Nd1 $1 $14)
11. Nxb5 Qb8 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Nxa8 Qxa8 16. O-O
$40) (8... Ne7 9. Bxd7+ $1 Qxd7 10. Ne5 Qc7 (10... Qc8 $5) 11. e4 $1 Bxe4 12.
Bf4 $36) 9. Bd2 Ne7 $2 (9... a6 $1 10. Bxd7+ (10. Qa4 Rd8 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 $11)
10... Qxd7 11. O-O (11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Ne7 13. Na4 Qb5 $1 14. Nb6 (14. Qxb5+
axb5 15. Nc5 Ra7 $11) 14... Qxb3 15. axb3 Rd8 16. Bb4 Nc8 $1 $11) (11. Na4 Qb5
12. Nb6 (12. Qxb5+ axb5 13. Nc3 Bd3 $11) 12... Qxb3 13. axb3 Rd8 $11) 11... Ne7
12. Rfc1 Nc6 (12... O-O 13. Na4 Rac8 (13... Qb5 14. Qxb5 axb5 15. Nc3 Bd3 16.
Ne1 Bc4 17. b3 b4 18. Ne4 dxe4 19. bxc4 $14) 14. Bb4 Rxc1+ 15. Rxc1 Rc8 16.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 $11) 13. Na4 Rb8 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 O-O 16. Rac1 Rfc8 $11) 10.
Rc1 Rc8 $2 (10... Qd8 11. Bxd7+ (11. Ba4 O-O 12. Qxb7 Nb6 13. Bb3 a5 (13... e5
14. Qa6 e4 15. Ng1 $16) 14. Nb5 Rb8 15. Nxd6 Rxb7 16. Nxb7 Qd7 17. Nxa5 Qb5 18.
Rc5 Qa6 $14) (11. Be2 Nb6 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. Bb4 $14) 11... Qxd7 12. Nb5 O-O 13.
Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Bb4 Qd8 15. O-O Re8 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Rc3 Rc7 18. Rfc1 Rxc3 (
18... Rac8 $2 19. Qxb7 $3 $16) 19. Qxc3 $14) 11. O-O $16 (11. Nxd5 $1 Qxc1+ 12.
Bxc1 Rxc1+ 13. Kd2 Rxh1 (13... Rc2+ 14. Qxc2 Bxc2 15. Nxe7 Be4 16. Nc8 $16) 14.
Bxd7+ Kf8 (14... Kxd7 $2 15. Qxb7+ Kd8 16. Nxe7 Bxe7 17. Qb8+ Kd7 18. Ne5#) 15.
Nc3 $1 $16 (15. Nxe7 $2 Kxe7)) 11... Nc6 (11... Qd8 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nb5 Bb8
(13... Nc6 14. Nxd6+ Qxd6 15. Qxb7 $18) 14. Nxa7 $1 Rxc1 15. Rxc1 Bxa7 16. Ne5
$18) 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Nxd6+ Qxd6 15. Bb4 Qb8 16. Rc3 f6 (16... Bg4
17. Rfc1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qb7 19. Ba3 Qxb3 20. Rxb3 Nb6 21. Bc5 $16) 17. Rfc1 Kf7
(17... Qb7 18. Ba3 Nb6 (18... Qxb3 19. Rxb3 Nb6 20. Bc5 $16) 19. Nh4 $1 Bg4 (
19... Kf7 20. Nxf5 exf5 21. Qc2 $18) 20. Qb4 g5 21. Rxc6 $1 Rxc6 22. Rxc6 Kf7 (
22... gxh4 $2 23. Rc8+ $1 Qxc8 24. Qe7#) 23. Qd6 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Qe7+ Kg8
26. h3 $18) 18. Rxc6 Rxc6 19. Rxc6 Rc8 20. Qc3 Nb6 $6 (20... Rxc6 21. Qxc6 Qxb4
22. Qxd7+ Kf8 23. Qc8+ Kf7 24. Qc1 a5 $16) 21. Rc5 $1 Nc4 22. b3 Nd6 23. Ba3 $5
(23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. Bxc5 Nc8 26. Kf1 $18) 23... Qb7 24. Qa5 Bb1 (
24... Bd3 $142) 25. Nd2 Bd3 $2 (25... Bxa2 $2 26. Rxc8 Nxc8 27. Qc3 $18 {/\Qb2}
) 26. Rc3 $1 Rxc3 (26... Qb5 $2 27. Rc7+ Kg6 28. Qxb5 Bxb5 29. Bxd6 $18) 27.
Qxc3 Nb5 28. Qxd3 Nxa3 29. Qxh7 Qb5 (29... Qc7 30. Qh5+ Kf8 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32.
Nf1 Qc2 33. Qb8 $18) 30. Qh5+ Ke7 31. Qh8 Kf7 32. Qa8 a6 33. Qa7+ Kg6 34. Qc5
$2 (34. Qe7 $1 Qe2 35. Qxa3 Qxd2 36. Qxa6 $18) 34... Qxc5 35. dxc5 Kf7 36. Kf1
(36. h4 $1 Ke7 37. g4 Kd7 38. h5 Kc6 39. f4 $18 Kxc5 40. g5 $18) 36... Ke7 37.
Ke2 $2 $138 (37. e4 $1 $18) 37... Kd7 38. Kd3 Kc6 39. b4 Kb5 40. Kc3 Ka4 $1 41.
e4 $1 Nb5+ 42. Kd3 dxe4+ (42... Kxb4 43. exd5 exd5 44. Nb3 $18) 43. Nxe4 Kxb4
44. h4 Nc7 45. g4 Kb5 (45... f5 46. gxf5 exf5 47. Nd6 g6 48. Kd4 Ne6+ 49. Ke5
Nxc5 50. Kf6 Nd3 51. Kxg6 Nxf2 52. Kxf5 $18) 46. h5 Nd5 (46... a5 47. a4+ $1
Kxa4 (47... Kc6 48. Kc4 $18) 48. Nxf6 gxf6 49. h6 Nd5 50. h7 Nf4+ 51. Ke3 Ng6
52. c6 $18) 47. Nd6+ Kxc5 48. Ne8 Nb4+ 49. Ke3 Nxa2 50. Nxg7 Nc3 51. h6 Nd5+
52. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. b3 (10. Bd2 dxc4 11. Nxc4 b5 12. Ne5 c5 13. dxc5 Qc7 14. Nf3
Qxc5 $11 {Olafsson,H-Rogozenko,D/Istanbul olm 2000}) (10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5
cxd5 $11) 10... c5 $1 (10... Nbd7 $6 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Rfc1 f6 14.
e4 Bf7 15. Qe2 dxe4 16. Nxe4 $16 {Ftacnik,L-Agdestein,S/Bundesliga 99/00}) 11.
Ne2 $5 $146 {Eine Neuerung. Die Hauptidee besteht darin, daß Weiß sein Zentrum
nicht auflösen will und bereit ist, mit hängenden Bauern zu spielen.} (11. cxd5
Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bb2 (13. Qxc5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Bxg2 15. Rd1 $11) 13... cxd4
14. Bxd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qd5+ 17. Be4 Qxe5 18. Bxb7 Ra7 $15 {
Wells,P-Hodgson,J/Bundesliga 99/00}) (11. dxc5 Qc7 $11) 11... dxc4 (11... cxd4
12. exd4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Re1 $14) (11... Nfd7 $5 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. cxd5
Bxd5 14. e4 Be6 15. Bb2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bg4 $1 $11) 12. bxc4 Nfd7 (12... Nc6 13.
Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rb1 $14) (12... Nbd7 $5 13. Nf4 cxd4 14. exd4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ng4
16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rb1 Nxe5 18. Be4 $44 {, und die Schwächen e7+e6 kompensieren
den geopferten weißen Bauern.}) 13. Nxd7 (13. Nf4 $6 Nxe5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15.
dxe5 Nc6 16. Be4 Bxe5 17. Rb1 Qc7 $15) 13... Bxd7 $5 {Julian behandelt die
Stellung weiter auf die grünfeld-indische Art. Der schwarze Springer wird auf
einen aktiven Posten c6 entwickelt, wofür Schwarz bereit ist, einen Bauern zu
geben.} (13... Nxd7 14. Bb2 cxd4 15. exd4 Rc8 (15... b5 16. c5 $14) 16. d5 Bxb2
17. Qxb2 (17. dxe6 $2 Bxa1 18. exd7 Qxd7 19. Rxa1 Rfd8 20. Rd1 b5 $15) 17...
Nc5 18. Bc2 Bd7 $14) 14. Rb1 Nc6 (14... cxd4 $5 15. exd4 b5 (15... Nc6 16. d5
Na5 17. Be3 $16) 16. Be4 Ra7 17. Bf4 Nc6 18. d5 Na5 19. c5 $14) 15. dxc5 {
Ähnliche Stellungen sieht man häufig in den Hauptvarianten des
Grünfeld-Indisch. Schwarz hat einen Bauern weniger und eine Schwäche auf b7,
dafür ist der weiße Doppelbauer sehr anfällig.} Rb8 $1 {Mit der Idee Qa5.} (
15... Qc7 $2 16. Nc3 Ne5 17. Nd5 Qxc5 18. Rxb7 e6 19. Rc7 $1 Qd6 20. c5 $3 Qxd5
21. Be4 Qc4 22. Qxc4 Nxc4 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Rxd7 $18) 16. Bd2 (16. Rb6 $5 Ne5
$1 (16... Qc7 17. Nf4 $1 e6 (17... Ne5 $2 18. Nd5 Qxc5 19. Qb3 Nxd3 20. Ba3 $16
) 18. Ba3 $14) 17. Nf4 (17. Bb2 Qc7 (17... Bc6 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 $44) 18. Rb1 Qxc5
19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxb7 Rxb7 21. Rxb7 Bc6 22. Rb1 Rd8 $44) 17... Bc6 18. Ba3 Nd7
19. Rbb1 e6 20. Be4 Qc7 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Rfd1 Rfc8 $1 (22... Nxc5 $2 23. Nd3
b6 24. Rxb6 $1 Rxb6 25. Bxc5 $16) 23. Nd3 Qe4 $1 $11 {/\Bf8}) 16... Ne5 17. Be4
Qc7 18. Bb4 Be6 $1 (18... Ng4 19. Nf4 $1 (19. g3 Qe5 $132) 19... g5 20. Bxh7+
Kh8 21. h3 gxf4 22. hxg4 fxe3 23. Bf5 exf2+ 24. Qxf2 $16) (18... Rfd8 19. Nf4
e6 20. Rfd1 Bf8 21. Qc3 $1 {/\Ba5} Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Bxb7 $16) 19. Nf4 $1
({Wenn Weiß auf Gewinn spielen will, muß er den Bauern zurückgeben.} 19. Bd5
Bf5 20. Be4 (20. e4 $2 Bc8 {/\e6}) 20... Be6) 19... Bxc4 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 $2 {
Hodgson erkennt nicht rechtzeitig die Gefahren, die auf ihn lauern. Schwarz
hat in der Diagrammstellung ein schwerwiegendes Problem, seinen hängenden Bc4.}
(20... e6 $2 21. c6 $18) (20... b5 $2 21. cxb6 Rxb6 22. Ba5 $18) ({Richtig war
} 20... Rfc8 $1 {Nun ist} 21. h4 $1 {(R.Hübner) der beste weiße Versuch.} (21.
a4 $2 b5 $1 22. cxb6 Qxb6 23. Bxe7 Bb3 24. Qd2 Nc4 25. Qd7 Nxe3 $1 $132) (21.
Bc3 $6 Qxc5 22. Bxb7 Rc7 23. Bd4 Qa3 24. Bd5 Rbc8 $11) (21. Rd4 $6 b5 $1 22.
cxb6 Qxb6 $15) 21... Bf6 $1 (21... b5 $2 22. cxb6 Qxb6 23. Bxe7 $16) (21... a5
$2 22. Ba3) (21... e6 $2 22. c6 bxc6 23. Bd6 Rxb1 24. Bxc7 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Rxc7
26. Qd8+ $18) 22. h5 e6 $1 {Endlich ist dieser Zug möglich!} (22... Rd8 $2 23.
hxg6 hxg6 24. Bc3 $1 Bb5 25. Bd4 $1 {/\Nd5} Bc6 26. Bxg6 $1 Nxg6 27. Nxg6 $16)
23. hxg6 hxg6 24. c6 bxc6 25. Bd6 Rxb1 26. Bxc7 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Rxc7 $11 {
, und Schwarz ereicht eine befriedigende Stellung mit ausreichender
Kompensation für die Dame.}) 21. Bc3 $1 {Das hat mein Gegner übersehen. Nun
hat Schwarz einen schweren Stand.} Bb5 $2 (21... Qxc5 $2 {verliert eine Figur:}
22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Nd3 $18) (21... b5 $2 22. cxb6 Rxb6 (22... Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1
Rxb6 24. Ba5 $18) 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Rxb6 Qxb6 25. Bxe5 $18) ({Am zähesten war
} 21... Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Be6 $1 (22... Bb5 $2 23. Nd5 Qd7 24. Bxe5 $1 Bxe5 25.
Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 27. Qb3 Rc8 28. Qb6 Bc6 29. Bxc6 Rxc6 30. Qa7 $18 {
/\g3,Kg2, a4-a5,Qxb7.}) 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qb3 Kf7 25. Bd4 $16) 22. Nd5 $18 Rxd5
(22... Qxc5 $2 23. Bxe5 Qxc2 24. Nxe7+ {Die Pointe. Weiß schlägt die
gegnerische Dame nicht sofort, sondern nach zwei Zwischenschachs.} Kf8 25.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Bxc2 $18) (22... Qd7 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Nf6+ exf6 25. Rxd7 Rxd7
26. f4 Bc7 27. a4 Bc6 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Rxb8+ Bxb8 30. Qe4 $18) 23. Rxd5 ({Oder
} 23. Bxd5 Ng4 24. g3 Qxc5 25. Rbc1 Rc8 (25... e6 26. Bf3 $18) 26. Bxb7 $18)
23... Ng4 24. g3 Bc6 25. Rdd1 Nxe3 ({Oder} 25... Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Nxf2 27. Kxf2
Bxc3 28. Rdc1 $1 Bf6 29. c6 bxc6 (29... b5 30. Rd1 $18) 30. Qxc6 $18) 26. fxe3
Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Bxc3 28. c6 (28. Rdc1 $18) 28... bxc6 29. Rxb8+ Qxb8 30. Qxe7 Qb4
(30... Kg7 31. Rf1 $18) 31. Qxb4 {Das Endspiel ist leicht gewonnen.} Bxb4 32.
Kf2 Kg7 33. Ke2 Kf6 34. Kd3 Ke5 35. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nce2 (6. Nb1 {was
Aronian-Vallejo, in round 1 in Sao Paulo.}) 6... Ba6 {A rare but quite logical
move.} (6... Nf6 {or}) (6... e6 {are the two main options played.}) 7. Nf3 e6
8. Ng3 c5 9. d5 $146 Be7 $6 {Not only strange, but also not so good.} (9...
exd5 10. exd5 Nf6 {should be played. I suppose Anand had some cool idea
prepared here, since he played very fast and the computer likes Black!}) 10.
Bf4 exd5 11. Qxd5 $5 (11. exd5 {should also be good.}) 11... Qxd5 12. exd5 Nh6
(12... Nf6 13. Nf5 g6 14. Nxe7 Kxe7 15. d6+ Kd8 16. Ne5 {followed by 0-0-0 is
definitely good for White.}) 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Nf5 Bf6 (15...
Bg5+ 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. h4 $16) 16. Nxh6+ Kg7 17. Nf5+ Kg6 (17... Kh8 18. d6 $16
) 18. g4 c3 19. bxc3 bxc3 {A logical move. Somehow Black needs the b-file in
order to get some tactical possibilities. That's why, even not taking into
account the fact 20.d6 seems to win easily, I cannot understand Anand's next
move.} (19... Bxc3 20. Ne7+ Kg7 21. Bxa6 Nxa6 22. d6 $16) 20. Bxa6 $4 {
Developing Black's knight, which will happily go to b4, while the b8 square
will be free for the rooks.} (20. d6 {seems crushing, and I have no idea what
Black can do:} Bxf1 21. Rhxf1 Nd7 {(the only difference I see with Bxa6, but
anyway, the knight is supposed to go to b4!)} 22. Ne7+ Kg7 23. g5 $18) 20...
Nxa6 21. d6 h5 $2 {A weird move! Opening lines in favour of White. Most
probably Black was afraid of something after 21...Rab8. I guess Anand also saw
something, since he took on a6. But I cannot see it myself!} (21... Rab8 $1 {
just draws, for example:} 22. d7 Rb2 23. N3h4+ Kg5 24. f4+ Kxg4 25. Rhg1+ Kxf4
26. Rgf1+ Kg5 27. Rg1+ Kf4 $11) 22. Ne7+ Kh7 23. Rd5 Nb4 (23... Rfb8 {seems
like the good choice again, but it seems White still wins, even though it is
complicated:} 24. Rf5 (24. Rxh5+ Kg7 25. Nf5+ Kf8 26. g5 (26. Ng5 Bxg5+ 27.
Rxg5 Rb2 {and Black will get a draw.}) 26... Bg7 27. Nxg7 (27. Rh7 $2 Rb2 $19)
27... Kxg7 28. Kc2 Rb2+ 29. Kxc3 Rab8 30. Nd2 Ra2 {with enough counterplay for
a draw.}) (24. Nc6 hxg4 25. Nxb8 Rxb8 26. Ne1 Rb2 27. Nd3 Nb4 28. Nxb4 cxb4 29.
Rg1 b3 30. Rxg4 Bg7 $11) 24... Bxe7 (24... Rb2 25. Nd5 {seems winning for
White since no tactic is working.}) 25. dxe7 Nb4 26. gxh5 $1 Na2+ 27. Kc2 Rb2+
28. Kd3 c2 29. Ng5+ $1 Kh6 (29... Kg8 30. h6 c1=R 31. Rxc1 Nxc1+ 32. Kc3 Rb6
33. h7+ Kh8 34. Rxf7 Na2+ 35. Kc4 Rb4+ 36. Kxc5 Rc8+ 37. Kd6 Rbb8 38. Ne6 Nc3
39. Nf4 $18) 30. Nxf7+ Kh7 31. Ng5+ Kh6 32. Rf8 $1 c1=Q 33. Rxc1 Nxc1+ 34. Kc4
Rbb8 35. Nf7+ Kg7 36. Nd8 $18) 24. Rxh5+ Kg7 25. Nf5+ Kg8 26. g5 Bd4 27. Rg1 (
27. Rd1 $1 {seems stronger to me:} Na2+ $8 (27... Rfb8 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nxd4
cxd4 30. Rxd4 $18) 28. Kb1 Rab8+ 29. Kxa2 Rb2+ 30. Ka3 Rfb8 31. N5xd4 cxd4 32.
Nxd4 Rd2 33. Rc1 Rxd4 34. Rxc3 Rxd6 35. Rch3 $18) 27... Rab8 28. g6 Nd3+ $2 ({
After} 28... fxg6 29. N5xd4 Nd3+ $1 30. Kc2 cxd4 $1 {White should be better,
but it's not entirely clear. It looks like the game should carry on with} 31.
Rxg6+ Kf7 32. Rhh6 Nb4+ 33. Kd1 d3 34. Ne5+ Ke8 35. f4 Rb7 36. Rg3 $16) 29. Kc2
Nf4 30. N3xd4 cxd4 31. Rh8+ Kxh8 32. g7+ Kg8 33. gxf8=Q+ (33. Ne7+ Kh7 34.
gxf8=N+ $8 (34. gxf8=Q $2 Rb2+ 35. Kd1 $8 Rb1+ $11) 34... Rxf8 35. Rg4 Ne6 36.
Nc6 $18 {Total domination! I don't know whether Anand failed to realise that
Ne7+ matters, or whether he simply missed the knight promotion! I suppose the
first option is much more probable.}) 33... Kxf8 34. Nxd4 Nd5 $6 (34... Rb2+ $8
35. Kxc3 Rb6 {and Black will recover a pawn, which is not entirely lost,
though it should be.}) (34... Rb6 35. Rb1 $1 $18) 35. Nb5 $5 (35. Rb1 $18)
35... Rc8 36. Rg4 a5 37. Nc7 $1 Nxc7 38. Rc4 Ke8 39. dxc7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 14th"]
[Site "Legnica"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Eljanov,P"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before this round I was in the leading group and was very happy with the
pairing. For a long time I was dictating matters in this game was but at the
decisive moment I unfortunately did not knock the ball into an empty net.} 1.
d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+
Bd7 9. Bb5 e6 $5 {Apparently my opponent was guided by Levon Aronian's game
that was played on the day before against Nakamura in Stavanger tournament} (
9... Nc6 10. Qd1 $5 {By this cunning move order Levon managed to drag his
opponent into another branch of the Exchange Slav which was apparently little
known by Nakamura} a6 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Nge2 e6 13. O-O Be7 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Na4
Rc8 16. f3 Bh5 17. Nc5 $14 {1-0 (70) Aronian,L (2813)-Nakamura,H (2775)
Sandnes NOR 2013}) 10. Rc1 {After this move Black strangely enough has even
more comfortable play} ({The main move here is} 10. Nf3 {but it also promises
too little:} a6 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. O-O {Black is rather behind in development
but the position is so solid that the game will have to be decided with daring}
b5 $5 (12... Be7 13. Rac1 Nc4 14. Qc2 (14. e4 $5 O-O (14... dxe4 15. Nxe4 b5
16. Qc2 O-O 17. b3 Ncb6 18. Bc7 Qc8 19. Neg5 g6 20. Qe4 $36) 15. exd5 Ndb6 16.
Qc2 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Rfe1 Rc8 19. Qf5 {and White exerts some pressure})
14... O-O 15. b3 Na3 16. Qd3 Rc8 17. e4 Nf6 18. e5 Nd7 $13 {0-1 (88) Socko,M 
(2463)-Muzychuk,A (2606) Ankara 2012}) 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Qd3 Be7 15. a4 (15. Rfc1
O-O 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. Rc2 Rxc2 18. Qxc2 {1/2 (18) Sumets,A (2590)-Mihok,O (2446)
Wunsiedel 2013}) 15... b4 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. Rac1 O-O {and Black is just in time
to complete his development and equalise} 18. b3 Qb7 19. Qb1 h6 $11 {1/2 (30)
Moldovan,D (2409)-Hamdouchi,H (2559) Port Barcares 2005}) (10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11.
Nb5 {does not achieve anything} Rc8 $1) 10... Rc8 $1 {In this position the
rook opposition is in Black's favour.} 11. Nf3 Rc4 $1 12. Qd1 $6 {After this
move White's position becomes very dangerous.} ({After} 12. Bxd7+ {White can't
prevent the exchange on c3 and damage of the structure. However after accurate
play the position remains level} Nxd7 13. Qd1 Bb4 14. Nd2 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rc6 16.
Qa4 O-O 17. O-O a6 18. Qb4 $132) 12... Bxb5 13. Nxb5 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 Rxc1 15. Qxc1
O-O 16. Qc2 Qb6 17. Qa4 Rc8 18. Bc7 $8 Qa6 19. a3 Bc3 $1 {A very nice move and
the strongest one as well.} 20. b4 $2 {The last moves have been more or less
forced. Black attacked, White protected. But it was from the first a more or
less complicated puzzle and both my opponent and I were unable to solve it.} (
20. Ne5 $1 {was necessary:} Rxc7 21. Kf3 $1 Rc8 22. Nxc3 Qb6 23. Rc1 {and
White holds.}) 20... b6 $2 (20... Bb2 $3 {Another study like move led to an
almost decisive advantage} 21. Qxa5 (21. Bxa5 Ne4 $19) (21. Bg3 Ne4 22. Qxa5
Qxb5+ 23. Qxb5 Nc3+ 24. Kd3 Nxb5 25. a4 Nc3 $17) 21... Qc6 {White's pieces are
so bad that the material advantage is irrelevant} 22. Nd2 Ne4 23. f3 Qxb5+ 24.
Qxb5 Nc3+ 25. Kd3 Nxb5 $19) 21. Bg3 (21. Rc1 $5) 21... Ne4 22. Rc1 $2 ({
White again found himself on the edge of the abyss and did't find the only move
} 22. Ng5 $3 Nxg5 23. f3 h6 24. Rd1 Nh7 25. Kf2 $15) 22... Bxb4 $1 23. Rxc8+
Qxc8 24. Qxb4 (24. axb4 Qc4+ 25. Ke1 Nb3 $19) 24... Qc2+ 25. Kf1 Nc4 $2 {
The first of two moves that I can't explain otherwise than like a blackout .
The position is still better for Black but I had two ways to win by force:} (
25... Qd3+ 26. Ke1 (26. Kg1 Nc6 27. Qe1 Qxb5 $19) 26... Nb3 $19) (25... Nb3 26.
Qe1 $8 Qd3+ 27. Qe2 Qb1+ 28. Qe1 (28. Ne1 Nc1 29. Nc3 Nxc3 $19) 28... Nbd2+ 29.
Nxd2 Qxb5+ $19) 26. Qe1 $8 Nb2 $4 {No comments.} ({After} 26... a6 27. Na7 f6 {
despite the lack of material Black is dominating.}) 27. Kg1 Nd3 28. Qf1 $16 a6
29. Nd6 Nc3 30. h3 f6 31. Kh2 Ne2 32. Ng1 Nc3 33. Nf3 Ne2 34. e4 g6 ({A more
tenacious try was} 34... dxe4 35. Nxe4 Ndc1 36. Nd6 h6) 35. exd5 exd5 36. Ng1
$19 Nc3 37. Nf3 Ne2 38. Nc8 f5 39. Ne7+ Kf7 40. Nxd5 f4 41. Bh4 h6 42. Bd8 1-0

[Event "Hampstead op"]
[Site "Hampstead"]
[Date "2014.12.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "Fier,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bf5 {This line was considered dubious for a
long time, but now some new ideas have been found for Black and it's coming
back to life.} 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Bc8 $6 {But not because of this. Now White
has some kind of Slav Exchange with e3 and Qb3 extra. It looks like e3 is not
the best move, since the bishop is closed in on c1, but I have a friend who
plays e3 even in the Slav, so White should be doing well here.} (6... Nc6 {
is the main idea nowadays} 7. Qxb7 Bd7 8. Qb3 Rb8 9. Qd1 e5 {reaching a
isolated pawn position where White is a pawn up, but Black has some
development advantage due to the Qd1-b3-b7-b3-d1 manoeuvre. Things are far
from clear, but I believe White should be slightly better with precise play.})
7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Ne5 {This is usually the idea when White has the pawn on e3.
After 9.f4 White has good attacking prospects.} e6 9. f4 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11.
O-O Nd7 {Also the standard manoeuvre in this kind of position. Black will
exchange on e5 and play ...f6. When White takes on f6 the structure will be
symmetrical, so White needs to be energetic to take advantage of his lead in
development.} 12. Bd2 Ndxe5 13. fxe5 f5 14. exf6 Bxf6 (14... Rxf6 {will not
greatly change the character of the position} 15. Rxf6 Bxf6 16. Rf1 Qe7 17. Be1
$14 {and Black still need some time to develop the pieces.}) 15. Rf3 Qe7 16.
Raf1 Bd7 17. Be1 {This move arrives just in time to avoid Black's same idea.} (
17. Qxb7 $6 {is playable, but there is no reason to open the b-file for
Black's rook} Rab8 18. Qc7 Rxb2 19. Bc1 Rbb8 {and Black is ok}) 17... b6 (17...
g6 {with idea of 18...Bg7 doesn't work:} 18. Qxb7 Rab8 19. Qc7 $1 {because of
17...g6 Black's queen is overloaded} Rxb2 (19... Rbc8 20. Qg3 $16) 20. Rxf6
Rxf6 21. Rxf6 Qxf6 22. Nd1 (22. Qxd7 Nxd4 {is still winning for White but it's
better to avoid complications}) 22... Rxa2 23. Qxd7 Nxd4 24. exd4 Qxd4+ 25. Nf2
{and White is winning}) (17... Be8 18. Bh4 $1 {This is not the only time we
are going to see the problem of cutting the a8-rook off from the defence of f8.
}) 18. Bg3 Nb4 19. Bb1 (19. Nb5 {was another idea, but I think Black has a
good way to meet it} Nxd3 20. Bd6 Qe8 21. Nc7 Ba4 22. Qxd3 Qd7 23. Bxf8 Rxf8
24. Rc1 Rc8 25. b3 Bb5 $1 {and the knight on c7 has no way to come back, even
if the position is equal after 26.Qc2.}) 19... Bg5 $2 {The idea is good, but
there are tactical problems.} (19... Nc6 20. Nb5 Bg5 {loses to a long and
interesting line} (20... Na5 21. Qc2 g6 22. Bd6 $18) 21. Bd6 Rxf3 22. Rxf3 Qd8
23. Nc7 Rc8 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Qxd5+ Kh8 26. Rf8+ Qxf8 27. Bxf8 Bxe3+ 28. Kf1
Rxf8+ 29. Ke2 $18 {Black can't defend both bishops}) (19... Rac8 {probably was
the best} 20. a3 Nc6 21. Nb5 Na5 22. Qd3 g6 23. Nd6 {with strong pressure} (23.
Bd6 $4 Bxb5 {now attacks the queen})) 20. h4 $6 {Since I could not find
anything concrete I tried to simply bring my pawn to h5, avoiding ...g6 ideas.}
(20. a3 $1 {was already winning. I saw the idea, but missed the last move} Rxf3
21. Rxf3 Nc6 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Qxd5+ Kh8 24. Be5 $1 {I spent time trying to
find a way to continue the attack, but the e3-pawn is hanging in most of the
lines. Because of the unprotected rook on a8 this move is possible, and now 25.
Rf7 will come with huge power} Be8 (24... Bxe3+ {Black has nothing better than
this, but White will be a pawn up and the attack continues} 25. Rxe3 $18) 25.
Bd6 $18 {just because the rook is not defending f8 for a second.}) 20... Bh6
21. a3 Rxf3 22. Rxf3 Nc6 23. h5 (23. Nxd5 $1 {was again possible} exd5 24.
Qxd5+ Qe6 (24... Kh8 25. Rf7 Qxe3+ 26. Kh2 {and Black needs to give the piece
back} Qxd4 27. Qxd4 Nxd4 28. Rxd7 Ne2 29. Bf2 {with a dominating position}) 25.
Ba2 {I had this plan one move later when it doesn't work any more} Qxd5 26.
Bxd5+ Kh8 27. Rf7 Bxe3+ 28. Kh1 Rd8 29. Bc7 Rc8 30. Rxd7 Nb8 31. Rf7 Bxd4 32.
b4 {and again White's pieces are much better than Black's ones.}) 23... Rf8 (
23... Be8 $2 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Qxd5+ Kh8 26. Bd6 {winning.}) 24. Qc2 (24. Rxf8+
{leads nowhere} Kxf8 25. Nb5 $2 Na5 26. Qd3 Bxb5 27. Qxb5 Bxe3+ $17) (24. Nxd5
{was an idea onwhich I spent a lot of time, but finally I could not make it
work properly} exd5 25. Qxd5+ Qe6 26. Ba2 $1 Rxf3 {and now White can take
almost every Black piece, but there is time to take just one per move} 27. Qxd7
(27. Qxc6 Bxc6 28. Bxe6+ Rf7 $19) 27... Qxa2 28. gxf3 {White is threatening
mate and the knight on c6, but Black is just in time} Qb1+ (28... Bxe3+ 29. Kg2
h6 30. Qe8+ (30. Qxc6 Qxb2+ 31. Kh3 Qxd4) 30... Kh7 31. Qxe3 Qxb2+ 32. Bf2 Qb5
33. Qe4+ $16) 29. Kg2 Qc2+ 30. Kh3 g6 31. d5 Qd1 32. dxc6 Qh1+ 33. Bh2 Qxf3+
34. Bg3 Qh1+ $11) 24... Rxf3 $2 {Now White wins by force.} (24... g6 $8 {
was necessary, but even after this White will emerge better from the
complications} 25. hxg6 $1 (25. Rxf8+ Qxf8 26. Bf2 {is the solid option, but
Black can hold} Be8 $1 (26... Qf5 27. hxg6 hxg6 (27... Qxc2 28. Bxc2 hxg6 29.
Bxg6 Na5 30. Bd3 Nc4 31. Bxc4 dxc4 32. Ne4 {and the bishop pair gives Black
some compensation for the pawn}) 28. Qe2 Qf7 29. Qg4 (29. e4 Qf4 $11) 29... Kh7
30. b4 {with some pressure.}) 27. hxg6 Bxg6 28. Qa4 Bxb1 29. Nxb1 Qe8 30. Nc3
Qd7 {and Black has nothing to worry about.}) 25... Rxf3 26. gxh7+ Kh8 27. gxf3
Bxe3+ 28. Kg2 {and it's important to notice that Black cannot take the d4-pawn}
Qg7 (28... Bxd4 $6 29. Ne2 $1 Bg7 30. Nf4 Ne5 31. Qc7 Qf7 32. Qxa7 $18) (28...
Be8 29. Ne2 Bh6 30. b4 Bg7 31. Qd3 {here Black will suffer}) 29. Ne2 Bg5 (29...
Qh6 30. Qd1) 30. b4 {with a pawn up.}) 25. Qxh7+ Kf7 (25... Kf8 26. Bg6 Rf1+
27. Kh2 $1 $18 {and Black has no way to liberate the e7-square and avoid 28.
Bd6+ at the same time.}) 26. Bg6+ Kf6 27. gxf3 (27. Bh4+ {I had a minute of
fantasy} Bg5 28. Be4 {threatening 29.Qg6 mate} (28. Bxg5+ {still wins} Kxg5 29.
gxf3 Qf6 30. f4+ Kg4 31. h6 gxh6 32. Kg2 $1 {and Black's position is hopeless})
28... Be8 (28... Rf1+ $5 {an original idea} 29. Kxf1 Qf8 30. Bxg5+ Kxg5+ 31.
Bf3) 29. Bxd5 $2 {was my idea, trying to give mate on e4, but} (29. gxf3 {
is still good enough} Bxh4 (29... Qd7 30. Bxg5+ Kxg5 31. h6 gxh6 32. Qg8+ Kf6
33. Bxd5 $1 $18) 30. Nxd5+ exd5 31. Qf5#) 29... Rxe3 $19 {defends everything.})
27... Bxe3+ 28. Kg2 Qf8 (28... Kg5 {also does not save the game, but it was
the move I was expecting} 29. h6 $1 {in order to open the g-file} (29. Kh3 $4 {
doesn't work} e5+ {and now Black is winning}) 29... gxh6 30. Bf7 Qf6 31. Qg8+
Kf5 32. Qg4#) (28... Nxd4 29. f4 $18 {30.Bh4+ is hard to avoid.}) 29. f4 Ke7
30. Bh4+ {And my opponent resigned. After he finished, he shared first
together with me and managed to get the second GM norm in less than 3 weeks 
(the other one was in London Classic Fide Open)!} (30. Bh4+ Kd6 31. Nb5# {
would be a nice way to finish the game!}) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2009.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Black "Foisor, Sabina Francesca"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Finegold,B"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 {The a6 Slav is very popular
nowadays. Black could also choose 5...b5!? but the text move is also quite
popular.} 6. Bd3 {Preventing 6...Bf5} Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 {
When looking at this game in my database, I was shocked to find 100 examples
of this position! Now, I thought Camilla played a very commital move, but, it
turns out to be the most common at the GM level, and scores 70%! For someone
who did not bring her computer, she certainly knows her stuff!} 10. c5 Nfd7 {
I expected this move, but, 10...Nbd7 is more common, and, was once played by
Gary Kasparov.} 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. b4 {The most popular, but, visiting GM
Pascal Charbonneau actually lost to 12.Bd2 in 2004, against Moiseenko.} f6 13.
Bd2 {A novelty. 13.e4, 13.f4, and 13.Bb2 have all been played previously. I
like the text move as well.} Bf7 14. f4 e5 15. f5 e4 16. Be2 {Excellent play
by both players. White would like the kingside closed, so she can use her
space advantage on the queenside. Black tries to force play and open up the
kingside.} gxf5 17. Bd1 $5 {During the live commentary, I expected this move,
thinking white would want to play Ne2-f4. Rybka prefers the pedestrian 17.Rxf5.
} Bh6 18. Ne2 Kh8 19. Kh1 Rg8 20. Ng3 {White wants to play Nxf5, but, Foisor
has other ideas, and plays an interesting exchange sacrifice.} Rxg3 $5 21. hxg3
Qc7 22. g4 {Jen and I thought white may give back the exchange with 22.Rf4!?
but, instead, Camilla plays a move Jen liked, that I had not considered. Rybka,
of course agrees that 22.g4 is best.} Qg3 {Jen and I both thought black had
excellent compensation for the exchange.} 23. Rxf5 Bg6 24. Rf1 Bxe3 25. Bxe3
Qxe3 26. Qf2 Qc3 ({Sabina should have tried the equalish endgame after...} 
26... Qxf2 27. Rxf2 Kg7 {Instead, she keeps the queens on, and black has
trouble defending her king in the end. A difficult decision.}) 27. Be2 Re8 28.
Rac1 Qa3 29. Qf4 Re7 {White was in time trouble here, and Sabina, although
having 20-25 minutes left at this point, makes some mistakes. Now white can
enter the queenside effectively with 30.Qc7! but, with the clock ticking, her
main concern was to make the time control! Camilla only had about 7 minutes
left at this point.} 30. Rce1 Rf7 31. g5 f5 $1 32. g3 Qxb4 33. Qe3 Nf8 34. Rb1
Qa4 35. Bd1 Qxa2 36. Bb3 Qa5 37. g4 Qc7 38. gxf5 Bxf5 39. Bd1 Be6 $5 {The
bishop is poorly placed on e6. Black is still doing fine, but, white is able
to make the time control!} 40. Bh5 Ng6 41. Rf6 $1 {Now Camilla thought she had
a big advantage. It was now clear, as Krush had lost her game to Abrahamyan,
that a draw would secure clear second, but, Camilla said she wanted to win the
game now, as she felt comfortable here, and that black had little
counter-chances. Rybka likes white's position after the excellent 41.Rf6.} Rxf6
42. gxf6 Kg8 43. Qh6 Qf7 44. Rg1 Bf5 $2 {I thought black had to play 44...Qc8
here, but, I felt white was already close to winning. Rybka thinks black can
defend, but, in a tournament game, this seems unlikely, as black has to watch
out for mate, the g6 knight, and the b7 pawn.} 45. Qg5 Bh3 46. Qg3 ({In the
commentary room, we all thought...} 46. Bxg6 hxg6 47. Qh5 {was winning for
white... but, we all overlooked the computer move...} Bf5 $1 {and black is
better!} 48. Qxf5 $4 Qh7+) 46... Bf5 47. Qb8+ Qf8 48. Qe5 $1 Qc8 49. Rg5 Be6
50. Bxg6 hxg6 51. Rxg6+ Kf8 52. Qd6+ Kf7 53. Rg7+ (53. Rg7+ Kxf6 54. Qe5#) 1-0

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. f3 Bf5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Qb3 Bc8 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. Nge2 e6 10. e4 Be7 11. Bg5 a6 $5 (11... h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. exd5
exd5 14. Qxd5 $16) (11... O-O 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. O-O $14) (11... dxe4
12. fxe4 O-O 13. Rd1 $14) 12. Bxc6+ (12. e5 $6 axb5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bf4 b4
$17) (12. exd5 axb5 $1 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Ba6 $15) 12... bxc6 13. Rc1 (13.
O-O a5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rfe1 $10) 13... a5 $1 14. e5 (14. Na4 dxe4
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. fxe4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 (17. Rd1 Qh4+) 17... Qxd4 18. Rc4 Qe5 $1
$17) 14... Nd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Na4 $2 (16. O-O $5 Ba6 17. Rfe1 c5 18. Qa3
Bxe2 19. Nxe2 c4 20. Qxe7+ Kxe7 21. b3 Nb6 22. Nc3 $10) 16... Ba6 (16... Qb4+
17. Qxb4 axb4 18. b3 Ba6 19. Rxc6 Bb5 20. Rc2 Bxa4 21. bxa4 Rxa4 22. Nc1 $10)
17. Rxc6 (17. Nc5 Bc4 18. Qb7 Rb8 19. Qxd7+ Qxd7 20. Nxd7 Rxb2 $1 $17) (17. Qe3
Qb4+ 18. Nec3 c5 $1) 17... O-O $1 18. Rd6 (18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 Rfc8 $1 20.
Qe3 (20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 $17) 20... Rxc5 21. dxc5 Rc8 22. Kd2 Rxc5 23. Nd4 Qb7 $40)
(18. Nac3 Rfb8 19. Qc2 Qb4 20. O-O (20. b3 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Qxd4) 20... Qxb2 $17)
(18. Rc7 Qg5 $1 19. g3 Nxe5 $1 20. dxe5 Bxe2 $17) 18... Qg5 $1 (18... f6 19.
Rxd7 Qxd7 20. Nb6 Qc6 21. Nxa8 $13) (18... Bc4 19. Qe3 $1) 19. Qd1 $8 (19. Rxd7
Qxg2 (19... Bxe2 20. Kf2 Rab8 21. Qe3 Qxe3+ 22. Kxe3 Bb5 23. Nc5 Bxd7 24. Nxd7
Rxb2 25. Nxf8 Kxf8 $17) 20. Ng3 Rfc8 21. Nc3 Rab8 22. Qd1 Rxb2 $19) (19. Nac3
Qxg2 20. Rg1 Qxh2 21. Rxd7 Rfc8 $1 22. Qd1 (22. Rg4 h5 23. Rg5 Rxc3 24. Nxc3
Qh4+ $19) 22... Rxc3 23. bxc3 Bxe2 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qxe2 Qg1+ 26. Kd2 (26.
Qf1 Qe3+ $19) 26... Rb8 $19) (19. Rxa6 Rxa6 20. Qb7 Nb8 21. Nc5 Rc6 22. Nd7 Rc2
$1 $19) 19... Nxe5 $1 (19... Qxg2 20. Rf1 $1 Rfd8 21. Rf2 $13) 20. dxe5 (20.
Rxa6 Qxg2 $1 21. Rf1 Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Qxf3 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 $19) 20... Bxe2 21. Qxe2
(21. Kxe2 Qxe5+ $19) 21... Qh4+ 22. g3 (22. Qf2 Qxa4 23. b3 Qf4 $1) 22... Qxa4
23. b3 Qd4 (23... Qb4+ 24. Qd2 Rfc8 25. Ke2 $17) 24. Kf1 a4 25. Kg2 axb3 26.
axb3 h6 $1 27. Rb1 (27. Rd1 Qb4 28. Rd3 Ra3 29. Qc2 Rfa8 (29... Rb8 $5) 30. Qc7
Ra2+ 31. Kh3 Qe1 $19) 27... Rfb8 28. f4 (28. Rc6 Ra3 29. b4 Rd3) 28... Ra3 29.
Qc2 Rba8 $1 (29... Qb4 30. Rc6) 30. Kh3 (30. Rb2 g5 $5 $40) 30... Ra2 31. Rd8+
$8 Rxd8 32. Qxa2 Rc8 33. Qe2 $138 (33. Rb2 Qe4 $1 (33... Rc3 34. Qa4 $1 Rxg3+
35. hxg3 Qxb2 36. Qe8+ $10) 34. Qa4 (34. b4 Rc3 35. b5 Qxf4 36. b6 Qf1+ $19)
34... Qf5+ 35. Kg2 Rc3 36. Rf2 h5 $1 $40) 33... Rc3 34. Ra1 $2 (34. Kg2 Re3 35.
Qc2 Rd3 36. Rb2 Qe4+ 37. Kh3 Qf5+ 38. Kg2 h5 $1) 34... Qxf4 $1 35. Rf1 (35. Qb5
Qf5+ 36. Kg2 Rc2+ $19) 35... Qd4 36. Qb5 (36. Qh5 g6 37. Qxh6 Qxe5 $19) 36...
Qxe5 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Qxf7 (38. Rxf7 Qh5+ 39. Kg2 Rc2+ $19) 38... Rxb3 39. Rf4
(39. Qe8 Rb8 $1) 39... Rc3 40. Rg4 Rc8 (40... Qf6 $19) 41. Qg6+ Kh8 (41... Kg8
42. Qxh6) 42. Rf4 Rd8 43. Kg2 Kg8 $1 44. Qf7+ (44. h4 Rf8 $1) 44... Kh7 45. h4
d4 46. g4 Rc8 (46... d3 47. g5 $1) 47. Rf2 (47. g5 Qe2+ 48. Rf2 Qg4+ $19) 47...
Rc3 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. a4 Nd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 b5 8. Nf3
Bg4 (8... a6 $1) 9. axb5 cxb5 10. Qb1 a6 11. Ne5 Bc8 12. Be3 f6 13. Nxc4 bxc4
14. Bxc4 e6 15. Qa2 Qd6 16. f4 Be7 17. e5 Qd7 (17... fxe5 $143 18. fxe5) 18. d5
exd5 19. Bxd5 Bb7 20. Bf7+ Kf8 21. O-O Qc6 22. Bh5 g6 23. Bf3 Qc8 24. Bxb7 Qxb7
25. f5 g5 26. Qe6 Qc6 27. Bd4 (27. exf6 $142 Bxf6) 27... Qxe6 28. fxe6 f5 $1
29. Rxf5+ Ke8 30. Be3 h6 31. Rb1 Rf8 32. g4 Nc6 33. Rb6 Rxf5 34. gxf5 Nxe5 35.
Bd4 Nf3+ 36. Kf2 Nxd4 37. cxd4 a5 38. Ke3 a4 39. Rb2 a3 40. Ra2 Rb8 41. f6 Rb3+
0-1

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hertneck} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 d4 5. Ne4 Qa5+ 6. Nd2 Nd7 (6...
Nh6 {Hertneck} 7. Ngf3 Nf5 8. g3 Ne3 9. fxe3 dxe3 10. a3 $1 {+/=/+/- Beliavsky,
A-Gelfand,B, Linares 1992}) 7. e6 fxe6 8. g3 e5 9. Bg2 Ngf6 10. Ngf3 Be7 11.
O-O Qc7 (11... O-O {Hertneck +/= ECO}) 12. Qc2 O-O 13. b3 {/\ 14.Bb2, Tae1, e3}
(13. Ng5 $6 Nc5 14. b4 h6 $10 (14... Ne6 {Hertneck} 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. a3 $13))
13... Re8 (13... Nc5 $5 14. Bb2 g6 $1 $10) 14. Bb2 Bf8 15. Ng5 (15. e3 d3 16.
Qc3 e4 17. Ng5 Nc5 18. f3 exf3 19. Rxf3 Bd6 $10) 15... Nc5 16. h3 {Weiss engt
die Möglichkeiten des Bc8 ein, er lässt ihn im folgenden nicht nach f5.
Typisch Karpov.} (16. Nde4 Ncxe4 17. Nxe4 Qf7 $10) 16... g6 17. g4 Bg7 $2 (
17... Ne6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Ne4 Bg7 $10) 18. Nde4 $6 (18. e3 dxe3 (18... d3 19.
Qd1 $1 $16) 19. fxe3 Bh6 20. Rxf6 Bxg5 21. Rxg6+ $1 $16) 18... Nfxe4 19. Nxe4
Ne6 20. b4 (20. e3 {Hertneck}) 20... Nf4 21. e3 Nxg2 22. Kxg2 a5 23. a3 Rf8 $6
(23... Qe7 24. c5 Be6 25. Nd6 Rf8 $17) 24. Rad1 $2 (24. f3 $1) 24... axb4 25.
axb4 dxe3 26. f3 (26. fxe3 Rxf1 27. Rxf1 Qe7 28. c5 Be6 $40) 26... Qe7 27. Bc1
Bh6 28. Rde1 Be6 $1 (28... Qxb4 29. g5 Bg7 30. Bxe3 $15) 29. Bxe3 Bxe3 30. Rxe3
Qxb4 31. Rb1 Qe7 32. Nf2 Qf7 33. Qb2 (33. Nd3 e4 34. fxe4 Bxc4 35. Ne5 Ra2 36.
Qxa2 Bf1+ $1 $19) 33... Bxc4 34. Qxb7 Qf4 35. Qxc6 $1 Qxe3 36. Qxc4+ Kh8 37.
Rb3 Qd2 38. Qc5 Rae8 39. Rd3 Qf4 40. Qc3 $2 (40. Re3 $5) 40... Rc8 41. Qb2 Rc4
$3 (41... Rc7 42. Qe2 Rfc8 43. Rd5 $132) 42. Qe2 h5 $1 43. Ne4 h4 44. Re3 Rfc8
45. Qf2 Rc2 46. Re2 Rxe2 47. Qxe2 Kg7 48. Qf2 Qc1 49. Qxh4 Rc2+ 50. Nf2 g5 51.
Qg3 Qe1 52. h4 Kg6 $6 (52... Kf6 $1) 53. hxg5 (53. f4 $5 Rc3 54. Qh2 Qe2 55.
f5+ Kf7 56. hxg5 Qf3+ $19) 53... Kxg5 54. f4+ exf4 55. Qf3 Rd2 56. Kh3 Qf1+ 57.
Qg2 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Helsinki op"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Qb6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Rc1 (6. e3 Qxb2 7. Bb5+
Bd7 $1 (7... Nc6 $6 8. Nge2 Qa3 9. Ba4 $1 $36 {Seirawan,Y-Dreev,A/Reykjavik/
1990/}) 8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. Nge2 Qa3 10. O-O a6 11. Rb1 b6 $1 $10 {Rodriguez,
O-Dreev,A/Logrono/1991/}) 6... Bd7 $1 $146 (6... Nc6 7. e3 Qxb2 8. Bd3 Bg4 9.
Nge2 Bxe2 10. Bxe2 e5 11. dxe5 Bb4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bf3 $16 {
Gulko,B-Dvoretsky,A/Vilnius/1978/}) 7. e3 (7. Qd2 Ne4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 $13) 7...
Qxb2 8. Bd3 e6 9. Nge2 (9. Nf3 Bb4) 9... Qa3 $1 10. O-O a6 11. Be5 $1 (11. e4
dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nd5 $1 $17) (11. Rb1 b5 12. Bc7 Bc6 13. Rb3 Qe7 $17) (11. Nb1 $6
Qb4 $1 12. a3 Qb6 13. Nec3 Bd6 $15 {Gleizerov-Filipenko/RSFSR ch Kursk/1987/})
11... Be7 (11... Nc6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 $36) (11... Bc6 12.
Bxf6 gxf6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 $44) 12. e4 Bc6 (12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nc6 14. Rc3
Qa5 15. Nd6+ $13) (12... Nc6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. exd5 Nxd4 15. Ne4 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2
Be7 17. Rc7 $40) 13. exd5 exd5 14. Ng3 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nf4 O-O 16. Ncxd5 Qd6
(16... Nd7 $2 17. Rc3 Qd6 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Rh3 $18) 17. Nxf6+
Qxf6 18. Qd2 $14) 14... Nbd7 $1 (14... O-O 15. Nf5 Re8 16. Nb1 $1 Qb4 17. a3
Qb6 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qg4+ $18) 15. Nf5 g6 (15... O-O $2 16. Nb1
$18) 16. Nb1 Qa4 17. Nd6+ Kf8 (17... Bxd6 18. Bc2 Qa5 19. Bxd6 $44) 18. Qxa4
Bxa4 19. Nxb7 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7 21. f4 Ra7 (21... Kg7 22. Nc3 Bc6 23. Na5 $16)
22. Nd6 Kg7 23. Nc3 Bc6 24. Ne2 Bb5 (24... Ba4 25. Nd4 $16) 25. Nxb5 axb5 26.
Bxb5 Nc5 (26... Rxa2 27. Nc3 Ra7 28. Nxd5 $16) 27. f5 $1 gxf5 (27... Bg5 28.
f6+ Kh6 29. Rc3 Bd2 30. Rh3+ Kg5 31. Nd4 $18) 28. Ng3 Rb8 29. Nxf5+ Kf8 30.
Nxe7 Rxb5 31. Nxd5 Kg7 (31... Nd3 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Nf6 Nxe5 34. Rg8+ Kh6 35. h4
$1 $18) 32. Rc4 Ra4 33. Ne3 Rxa2 34. Nf5+ Kg6 $138 (34... Kg6 35. Rg4+ Kh5 36.
Rg7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 {Modern chess theory often takes
some unexpected forms and turns. Black players have been trying to prove of
late that the chances for equality are alive even in the event of early, risky
play with pawns.} b4 6. Ne4 Qd5 7. Ng3 Nf6 8. Be2 e6 {Wang hao has found
himself at the first real crossroads in this modern variation. It is hard do
decide, if the future will not proclaim the fighting move 8...Ba6 to be more
promising.} (8... Ba6 9. e4 (9. Nf3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Ne5 Nfd7 13.
f4 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7 15. Rf4 Rad8 16. Bf3 Qa5 17. Rc1 c5 {0-1 (44) Mamedyarov,
S (2753)-Khairullin,I (2658) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 9... Nxe4 (9... Qa5 10. Nf3
e6 11. Ne5 c3 12. bxc3 bxc3 13. O-O Be7 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. Qb3 O-O 16. Qxc3 Rc8
17. Bg5 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Bf8 20. Rfd1 $14 {1/2 (22) Khairullin,I (2658)
-Nguyen,N (2625) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 10. Bf3 f5 11. N1e2 Qf7 (11... g6 12.
Nf4 Qf7 13. Nxe4 (13. O-O Ng5 14. d5 Bg7 (14... Bb7 15. Re1 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 cxd5
17. Ne6 Nd7 18. Nc7+ Kd8 19. Ne6+ Ke8 $11 {1/2 (98) Pashikian,A (2607)
-Grigoryan,A (2599) Yerevan 2013}) 15. dxc6 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 O-O 17. c7 Nd7 18.
Qc6 e5 19. Rd1 exf4 20. Rxd7 Qf6 21. Qd5+ Kh8 22. Bxf4 $14 {1-0 (54)
Gustafsson,J (2633)-Balogh,C (2662) Porto Carras 2011}) 13... fxe4 14. Bg4 h5
15. Be6 Qf6 16. Bh3 c3 17. Ne6 cxb2 18. Bxb2 e3 19. Qf3 g5 20. Nc7+ Kd8 21.
Ne6+ Ke8 22. Bf5 Bc8 {0-1 (48) Yu,Y (2672)-Balogh,C (2643) Ningbo 2011} 23. d5
$1 Qxb2 24. Bg6+ Kd7 25. O-O $18) 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Bxe4 e6 14. Bf4 Be7 15.
Bxb8 Rxb8 16. Bxc6+ Kf8 17. O-O Bd6 18. Ng3 h5 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. Qf3+ Kg8 21. d5
$11 {1/2 (27) Wojtaszek,R (2734)-Korobov,A (2702) Czechia 2012}) 9. e4 $5 Nxe4
{If some fans are having a hard time wondering about every other move, they
should reserve more energy for Black's adventures. White had excellent reasons
to try imprinting the character of a sharp shootout to the play. Black on the
other hand has to be very careful due to his neglected development.} (9... Qa5
10. Bxc4 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Qxa6 (11... Nxa6 12. Nf3 Be7 13. Ne5 (13. O-O O-O 14. Ne5
Rac8 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Nc4 Qb7 17. Bd6 Rfd8 18. e5 Ne8 19. Ne4 c5 20. Qf3 $18 {
1-0 (32) Delchev,A (2621)-Guramishvili,S (2319) Zaragoza 2010}) 13... Rc8 14.
Nc4 Qd8 15. e5 Nd5 16. Qg4 Kf8 17. O-O h5 18. Nxh5 g6 19. Ng3 c5 20. Ne4 cxd4
21. Ncd6 $14 {1-0 (33) Jankovic,A (2584)-Ortega,L (2475) Rome 2011}) 12. Bg5
Nbd7 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 c5 15. Nf3 h5 16. h4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 a6 18. f3 Bd6
19. Nf1 O-O 20. Nd2 Rfc8 $11 {0-1 (54) Lysyj,I (2656)-Ernst,S (2578) Plovdiv
2012}) 10. Bf3 f5 11. Qe2 (11. N1e2 Bd6 12. O-O (12. Nf4 Bxf4 13. Bxf4 Nd7 14.
Bxe4 fxe4 15. O-O O-O 16. Be3 e5 17. Re1 exd4 18. Bxd4 c5 19. Be3 Bb7 $17 {
0-1 (54) Salem,A (2531)-Popov,I (2632) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 12... Nd7 13. Nf4
Bxf4 14. Bxf4 O-O 15. Re1 Ndf6 16. Be5 Qd7 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Rxe4
$14 {1/2 (50) Sjugirov,S (2625)-Popov,I (2609) Tyumen 2012}) 11... c3 {The
Chinese superstar is trying to keep in step withhis opponent's very sharp play.
To my taste his approach involves too many pawn moves.} (11... Nxg3 12. hxg3
Qxd4 13. Bf4 Be7 (13... c3 14. Rd1 cxb2 15. Be5 Qc5 16. Bh5+ g6 17. Bxh8 $16)
14. Rd1 Qb6 15. Bh5+ Kf8 16. Nf3 Na6 17. Ne5 Nc5 18. Nxc4 Qa6 19. Bf3 (19. Bd6
$1 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Ke7 21. Bf3 $18) 19... Qxa4 20. Ne5 Ba6 21. Qd2 Rc8 22. Bg5
Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Qa5 24. Ng6+ hxg6 25. Rxh8+ Kf7 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 $11 {1-0 (33)
Borovikov,V (2539)-Dehmel,J (2061) Germany 2012}) 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Qb3 {
It is hard to believe, that Black was playing extempore. The conflict is so
sharp that it was most likely analysed at home in the preparation phase. From
the point of view of an independent observer more attention should have been
given to the line 13...Qxd4.} (13... Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qc5 15. Be3 (15. Ng5 cxb2 16.
Qxb2 Qc3+ 17. Qxc3 bxc3 18. Nxh7 Bb4 19. Bf4 $11) 15... cxb2 16. Qxb2 Qc3+ 17.
Qxc3 bxc3 18. Bd4 Bb4 19. Rc1 O-O 20. O-O $14) 14. Bd3 Ba6 $1 {Black has to
defend with a great imagination. Even after the transfer to middlegame his
position will remain difficult.} (14... Be7 $2 15. Bc4 Ba6 16. Bxb3 Bxe2 17.
Kxe2 $18) 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Qxa6 cxb2 17. Qxc6+ Kf7 (17... Ke7 18. Bxb2 Qxb2
19. Rc1 Rd8 20. Nf3 Kf6 21. O-O $18) 18. Bxb2 Qxb2 19. Rc1 b3 {Already the
choice of continuation was a very difficult problem. Black is not able to
enhance his counterplay and at the same time complete the development of his
own pieces.} (19... Bd6 20. Nf3 Rhe8 21. O-O Rad8 22. Ng5+ Kg8 23. Qc4 h6 24.
Rc2 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Bxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Rxd4 27. Nf3 $16) 20. Qb7+ Be7 (20... Kg8 21.
Ne2 Rd8 22. Qe4 Bb4+ 23. Kf1 h5 24. Qxe6+ Kh7 25. Qe4+ Kg8 26. Qe6+ Kh7 27.
Qf5+ Kg8 28. Rb1 $16) 21. Qf3+ $1 {The joy of chess is an expression used for
the phase of the game, when one of the sides can enjoy looking for the good
lines. Especially in cases, when chess logic indicates that pleasant choices
are present.} Kg6 (21... Bf6 22. Rc7+ $1 Kg6 23. Qd3+ Kh6 24. g4 $18) 22. Ne2
Rhf8 23. Qe4+ {Mamedyarov is most likely working hard on improving his
strategical understanding of the chess fight. The tactical line with check of
the knight to f4 was relatively easy, but he might have not liked the fact,
that the rook on h1 would not be in play for a while.} (23. Nf4+ $1 Rxf4 24.
Qxf4 Bb4+ 25. Kf1 Bd6 26. Qg4+ Kf7 27. Qf3+ Ke7 28. Qb7+ Kf6 29. Re1 $16) 23...
Kf7 24. O-O Rac8 25. d5 $2 {[%mdl 128] The origin of this premature advance
can be traced to the combination of youth and distinct tactical inclinations
of the player with White. A more mature and older grandmaster would have
surely invested more time on the dangerous line 25.Rfe1! with unpleasant
threats to the black king. Without the help of the black queen the defence of
the e6-square would not have been easy at all.} (25. Rfe1 $1 Qa3 (25... Rxc1
26. Nxc1 Kg8 27. Nd3 Qc3 28. Rc1 b2 29. Qxe6+ Rf7 30. Rxc3 b1=Q+ 31. Ne1 $18)
26. Rb1 $16) 25... Qf6 (25... exd5 $2 26. Qxd5+ Kg6 27. g4 $18) 26. Qxh7 {
White must have been looking forward to the execution of his attacking chances.
Unfortunately he managed to underestimate the counterplay tied to the enemy's
passed pawn on the b-file.} (26. Rb1 Rb8 27. Nd4 Rb4 28. Qxe6+ Qxe6 29. dxe6+
Kf6 30. Nc6 Rb7 31. Na5 Rb6 32. Rxb3 Rxb3 33. Nxb3 Rb8 $11) 26... Rxc1 $1 27.
Nxc1 Rb8 28. Nd3 b2 (28... exd5 29. Rb1 b2 30. Qh5+ Kg8 31. Qxd5+ Kh8 $11) 29.
Rb1 Rb3 {The position has became very playbale for Wang Hao, but he might have
had problems switching gears and preparing for the fight in the position with
approximate equality.} (29... exd5 30. Qh5+ Kg8 31. Qxd5+ Kh8 32. g3 Ba3 $11)
30. g3 Bd6 $6 (30... exd5 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. Qxd5+ Qf7 33. Qa8+ Qf8 34. Qd5+ Qf7
$11) 31. dxe6+ Ke7 (31... Qxe6 32. Rxb2 $18) (31... Kxe6 32. Qg8+ Qf7 33. Re1+
Kf6 34. Qd8+ Be7 35. Qd4+ $18) 32. Qe4 Qc3 $2 {Defence is an ungrateful task
even in cases, when one of the great motives is a striving for active
counterply. Fair chances for survival were promised by 32..g6!} (32... g6 $1
33. Qe3 Qc3 34. Qf3 Qf6 35. Qd5 Qc3 $14) 33. Qf5 (33. Qf3 Qf6 34. Qa8 Qxe6 35.
Qxa7+ Ke8 36. Qa6 $16) 33... Qf6 34. Qd5 Qc3 35. Qh5 $2 (35. Qf3 $1) 35... Kd8
$2 {We can quite openly regret the diminished level of moves towards the end
of the game. Black could have saved himself after the elimination of the
dangerous e6-pawn, but he most likely was too drained of energy.} (35... Kxe6
$1 36. Qg6+ Ke7 37. Qe4+ Kf8 38. Qf3+ Ke7 39. Qe2+ Kf6 40. Qf3+ $11) 36. Nxb2
Rxb2 37. Rd1 (37. Rd1 Rb6 (37... Rd2 38. Qg5+ $18) 38. Qf7 Kc8 39. e7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hertneck} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3
a6 (7... Be7 {Hertneck} 8. h3 O-O (8... Bd6 {/\ 9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.f4 0-0 11.Sf3 
><g3} 9. Qf3 $6 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bxe5 12. Nge2 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 $1 {
Douven,R-Kuijf,M, Hilversum ch-NL 1989}) 9. Nf3 Qb6 $6 10. a3 Bd7 11. O-O Rfc8
12. Qe2 {+/= Klinger,J-Smyslov,V, Palma de Mallorca 1990, i48/498}) (7... Bd6 {
Hertneck} 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. f4 O-O 10. Nf3 b6 (10... Nb4 11. Bb1 b6 12. a3 Nc6
13. O-O Ba6 14. Rf2 Ne7 15. Ne5 {/\ Rf3-h3 +/- Rashkovsky,N-Gufeld,E, URS 1980}
) 11. a3 Bb7 12. O-O Ne7 13. Rc1 $6 (13. Ne5 {/\ Rf3-h3 ->}) 13... Rfc8 14. Nb5
Qd8 15. Rxc8 Nxc8 {Savchenko,S-Oll,L, URS-YM Tbilisi 1989}) 8. Rc1 (8. h3 {
Hertneck} Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. f4 O-O 11. Nf3 $14) 8... h6 9. Qe2 $5 (9. Bg3 $5
{Hertneck  /\ 9...Bd6 10.f4, 11.Nf3, 12.Ne5}) 9... Bd6 (9... Be7 10. Nf3 $14)
10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. f4 $1 g5 $5 (11... O-O 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. Ne5 Rac8 14. g4 $16)
12. g3 gxf4 13. gxf4 Bd7 14. Nf3 Rg8 15. Ne5 Qe7 (15... Qb4 {Hertneck  /\ Ke7,
Rg8<->a8}) 16. Kd2 $1 Rc8 $6 (16... O-O-O $5 17. a3 Kb8 $14) 17. Rhg1 Rxg1 18.
Rxg1 Qb4 19. Kc1 $1 Ke7 (19... Nxe5 20. fxe5 Rxc3+ 21. bxc3 Qxc3+ 22. Kb1 $18)
20. Qe1 Be8 (20... Nxe5 21. fxe5 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qh4+ Kf8 24. Qxh6+ Ke7
25. Qh4+ Kf8 26. Qe1 $18) (20... Rg8 $2 21. Rxg8 Nxg8 22. Nxd5+ $1 exd5 23.
Nxc6+ $18) 21. Kb1 Qa5 22. a3 Nb8 (22... Bd7 23. Qh4 $16) 23. f5 $1 exf5 (23...
Bd7 24. Rg7) 24. Bxf5 Rc7 25. e4 $1 dxe4 (25... Kf8 26. Qh4 $40 (26. Nxd5 Qxe1+
27. Rxe1 Nxd5 28. exd5 $16)) 26. Bxe4 Qb6 (26... Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Kf8 28. Nd5 Rc8
29. Ng6+ $1 $18) 27. Bc6 $1 Bxc6 (27... Kf8 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. Ng6+ Kg7 30. Nf4+
Kh7 31. Qe4+ $18) 28. Nxc6+ (28. Nc4+ Be4+ $1) 28... Kf8 29. Nxb8 $18 Qxd4 30.
Qg3 Rc5 31. Rd1 (31. Qg7+ Ke7 32. Re1+ Re5) 31... Qe5 32. Qxe5 Rxe5 33. Nd7+
Nxd7 34. Rxd7 Rh5 35. Rd2 Kg7 36. Kc2 Rh3 37. Rf2 h5 38. Ne4 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. f4 Bd7 10. Rc1 h6 11. Nf3 g5 12. O-O $6 (12. g3) 12... gxf4 13.
Nb5 Qb8 14. Ne5 a6 15. Rxf4 axb5 16. Rxc6 $5 Bxc6 17. Rxf6 Rf8 18. Qh5 Qd6 $1 (
18... Qc7 19. Nxf7 Ke7 20. Qxh6 $16) 19. Nxf7 Qb4 20. Rxe6+ (20. Ne5+ Kd8 21.
Qxh6 Rxf6 22. Qxf6+ Kc7 $15) 20... Kd7 21. Qf5 Kc7 $1 22. h3 Rxa2 23. Qh7 Kb6
24. Qg7 Qxb2 $1 25. Ne5 Rf2 26. Rg6 (26. Bf1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Ra1#) 26... Qc1+
27. Kh2 Qxe3 28. Rg4 h5 29. Qg5 Rxg2+ $1 30. Rxg2 Qxg5 31. Rxa2 Qf4+ 32. Kg2
Qxd4 33. Re2 b4 34. Bg6 Bb5 35. Nf3 Qf6 36. Ne5 Qg5+ (36... Bxe2 $2 37. Nd7+)
0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Black "Houska, Jovanka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[BlackTeam "Hofheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Rd1 {White players were unable to show way to get advantage
in this critical opening position.} Nfd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. cxd5 (12. b3 b5 13.
cxd5 cxd5 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Qd2 Nf6 16. Ba3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Bb4 Re8 19.
Rac1 Qd7 20. Ng3 Bd5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 {1/2-1/2 Tanaka,Y-Hajnal,Z/Budapest 2002/ 
(72)}) 12... cxd5 (12... Bxd5 $2 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qb3 Nb6 15. Bd2 $16) 13. Qb3
Rb8 (13... Nb6 14. Qb4 (14. Bd2 Qd6 15. Ne2 Nc4 16. Bb4 Qd7 17. Rac1 a5 $13)
14... a5 15. Qc5 Nc4 16. Bxc4 b6 17. Qb5 dxc4 18. d5 $14) 14. a4 {Due to the
unnatural defense of the d5 pawn white can hope to claim some small plus.} Qb6
(14... Nf6 15. Bd2 Qd6 16. Ne2 $14) 15. Qa3 (15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. a5 Nd7 17. Bd2
$14) 15... Qd8 (15... Rfe8 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. a5 $14) 16. Bd2 f5 (16... Nf6 17.
Rac1 Re8 18. a5 $14) 17. Ne2 Bf7 18. Bb4 Re8 19. a5 Rc8 (19... e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5
21. Nd4 $14) 20. Rac1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Nb8 (21... e5 22. Bd6 e4 23. Bc2 $14) 22.
Bc5 Nc6 23. Bb6 Qd7 24. b4 $1 {Houska has taken a long time to coordinate her
pieces. White's queenside strategy looks more dangerous than black's central
counterplay.} Qd6 (24... Rc8 25. b5 axb5 26. Bxb5 e5 27. dxe5 Bxe5 28. a6 bxa6
29. Qxa6 $16) 25. Bc5 Qf6 (25... Qc7 26. Qa4 e5 27. Bxa6 $1 bxa6 28. Bb6 $16)
26. b5 axb5 (26... Nb8 27. Bb4 Bf8 28. Qa4 axb5 29. Bxb5 Rd8 30. Rc7 $16) 27.
Bxb5 Ra8 28. Bxc6 (28. Bb4 Nxb4 29. Qxb4 e5 30. Rc7 exd4 31. Nxd4 Qd8 $14)
28... Qxc6 (28... bxc6 29. Bxe7 Qe6 30. Nf4 Qc8 31. Ra1 $18) 29. Bxe7 Qb5 30.
Nf4 (30. Nc3 Qxa5 31. Qxa5 Rxa5 32. Rb1 h6 33. Kf1 $16) 30... Rxa5 (30... Qxa5
31. Qxa5 Rxa5 32. Rc8+ Be8 33. h4 Kf7 34. Rc7 $18) 31. Qd6 $1 {[%mdl 128] The
material balance was restored, but the position is very difficult for black.
Kalinitschew can hope to defeat the opponent with kingside attack.} (31. Rc8+
Be8 32. Rxe8+ $2 Kf7 $1 $17) 31... Ra8 32. h4 Qb2 33. Rc7 h6 (33... Ra1+ 34.
Kh2 Qxf2 35. Qd8+ $18) 34. h5 g5 (34... Ra1+ 35. Kh2 Qxf2 36. Rc8+ $18) 35.
Bxg5 $1 (35. Qd7 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Be8 37. Qxd5+ Bf7 38. Bf6 Rf8 39. Rxf7 Rxf7 40.
Bxg7 gxf4 41. Bxh6 $18) 35... hxg5 36. Rxf7 $1 {A fine combination clearing an
access to black king.} Ra1+ 37. Kh2 Qxf2 (37... Kxf7 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39. Ng6#) (
37... gxf4 38. Qg6 $18) 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. h6+ Kg8 (39... Kf7 40. Qe6+ Kf8 41.
Ng6#) 40. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hertneck} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 (5. e4 dxe4 6. Bb5+
Bd7 7. dxe5 Bb4 8. Bd2 e3 9. fxe3 Nh6 10. e6 fxe6 11. Qh5+ Nf7 12. Nf3 g6 13.
Qg4 $14 {Van der Sterren,P-Hector,J/Kerteminde/1991/ ->CBM 23}) 5... e4 6. Ne5
Nc6 7. Bf4 (7. Qa4 {Hertneck} Bd7 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. Bf4 Nf6 10. e3 Be7 11. Bb5
O-O $14 {ECO D10/4}) 7... Bb4 (7... Nge7 8. e3 Qb6 9. Be2 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 a6 11.
O-O Qe6 12. Qb3 f6 13. Bg3 $14 {Wiedenkeller,M-Zapolskis,A/Stockholm op/1990/})
8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qa4 (9. e3 {Hertneck}) 9... Qb6 10. Rc1 Ne7 11. e3 O-O 12. Qb3
(12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qb2 $36) (12. Be2 {Hertneck} Ng6 13. Bg3 f5 $36) 12...
Ng6 13. Bg3 f5 14. a3 Be7 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bc7 f4 $1 (16... b5 17. Na2 $1 $14)
(16... b5 $1 {Hertneck  /\ f4, /\ b4 |^}) 17. Bxb6 fxe3 18. fxe3 Rb8 19. Na4
Ra8 20. Nc3 Rb8 21. Na4 Ra8 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT 9900"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2000.04.28"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.02.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Ra7 (6... b5 7. cxd5
cxd5 8. f3 Bc8 (8... Bh5 9. a4 bxa4 (9... b4 10. Qxb4 Nc6 11. Qb3) 10. Qb7 Nbd7
11. Nxd5 $16) 9. f4 Nc6 10. Nf3 $14) 7. h3 Bh5 8. cxd5 $146 (8. Nge2 Bg6 9.
Bxg6 hxg6 10. O-O e6 11. e4 dxc4 12. Qxc4 b5 13. Qb3 b4 14. e5 bxc3 15. exf6
cxb2 16. Bxb2 gxf6 17. d5 e5 18. dxc6 {1-0 Miton,K-Sammour Hasbun,J/CCA
ChessWise Int 1999 (32)}) 8... cxd5 9. g4 (9. e4 e6) 9... Bg6 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11.
g5 Ne4 (11... Nh7 12. Nf3 e6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nc6 15. Be3 Qd5 $13) 12. Nxe4
dxe4 13. Qc2 (13. d5 b5 (13... Nd7 $5 14. Qa4 b5 15. Qxe4 Nb6 16. Qd4 Qxd5 17.
Qxb6 Rb7 (17... Rd7 18. f3) 18. Qxa6 Qxh1 19. Qa8+ Kd7 20. e4 Qxg1+ (20...
Qxe4+ 21. Be3 $13) 21. Ke2 Rc7 $11) 14. a4 Rb7 $13) 13... Rh4 $6 (13... Qd5 $5
14. Ne2 (14. Qc8+ Qd8 15. Qg4 e6 16. h4 Qd5 17. Ne2 Bd6 $15) 14... e6 (14...
Nc6 15. Nc3 Qxg5 16. d5 (16. Qxe4 e6 17. d5 Rh4) 16... Qg2 17. Rf1) 15. Qc8+
Qd8 16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 17. h4 $14) 14. f4 exf3 (14... Qd5 15. Ne2) 15. Nxf3 Rh5 16.
e4 (16. Ne5 $5 Nd7 (16... e6 17. Rf1 b5 18. Rxf7) 17. Nxg6 Rxg5 18. Nxf8 (18.
Nf4 e5) 18... Kxf8 19. e4 Rh5 $5 (19... Rg3 20. Bf4 Rf3 21. Bc7 Qe8 22. Qe2 Rf6
23. Rc1 Rc6 24. O-O $13) 20. Be3 Ra8 $13) 16... e6 17. Be3 $14 (17. Bf4 Bd6 18.
Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qc8+ Qd8 20. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $11) 17... b5 18. a4 (18. d5 Rc7 19. Qb3
exd5 $1 20. Bb6 dxe4 21. Bxc7 Qxc7 $17) (18. Rc1 $5 Bd6 19. Kf2 (19. Qg2 $5
Qa5+ (19... Rc7 20. O-O) 20. Ke2 (20. Kf1 Rc7 (20... Qxa2 21. e5 Bc7 22. d5))
20... Qxa2 $140 21. e5 Qxb2+ 22. Nd2) 19... Rc7 20. Qd2 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 $14)
18... Rb7 (18... Rc7 19. Qe2 (19. Qb3 Rc4 20. axb5 Rb4 21. Qc2 Rxb5 {-game})
19... bxa4 20. d5 $13) 19. axb5 Rxb5 20. Ra4 Bb4+ (20... Bd6 21. Rc4 Qb6 22.
Bc1 $14) 21. Ke2 a5 22. Ne5 $6 (22. h4 Nd7 23. Rc1 $14) (22. Raa1 Bd6) 22...
Nd7 (22... Rb7 23. Raa1) 23. Nd3 (23. Nc6 Qb6 24. Nxb4 Rxb4 25. Rxb4 Qxb4 $11)
(23. Qc4 Rb8) 23... Be7 $2 (23... Rhxg5 24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. Rf1 $16) (23... Rbxg5
24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. Raa1 $16) (23... Rh4 $1 24. Nxb4 Rxb4 25. Rxb4 axb4 26. Qc6
Qb6 (26... Qa5 27. Kf3) 27. Qxb6 (27. d5 Qxc6 (27... Rxe4) 28. dxc6 Ne5) 27...
Nxb6 28. Bf2 Rh8 $14 (28... Rh5 29. h4)) 24. Rc4 $1 Nb6 (24... Rb8 25. Bf4 $1 (
25. h4)) 25. Rc7 Bxg5 26. Qc6+ Kf8 27. Rf1 (27. Qxb5 Qxc7 28. Bxg5 Qc2+ $132)
27... Bf6 (27... f5 28. Nc5 Rxb2+ 29. Kd1 $3 (29. Kd3 Rxh3 $1) 29... Kg8 30.
Nxe6 $18) (27... f6 28. Nc5 Rxb2+ 29. Kd1 Kg8 30. Nxe6) (27... Be7 28. d5 $18 (
28. Qxe6 Rhf5 29. Qc6 Rxf1 30. Kxf1 Rb3 31. Ke2 Qd6 $14)) 28. d5 $1 (28. e5
Rxh3 $132 29. exf6 Rxe3+ 30. Kxe3 Nd5+ 31. Ke2 Nxc7 32. fxg7+ Kxg7 33. Rc1 Qxd4
34. Qxc7 $13) 28... exd5 29. Bxb6 Rxb6 30. Qxb6 Qe8 31. e5 (31. Qc5+ Be7 32.
Qc6) 31... Kg8 32. Qc6 Rxe5+ 33. Kd1 (33. Nxe5 $4 Qxe5+ $11) 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.05.05"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rishon Le Zion Kasparov"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 {Huebner,R.} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nce2 e6 7. Nf3
Nf6 8. Ng3 Ba6 9. Bg5 $5 (9. Be2 c5 $1 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4
13. Bxd4 Be7 14. Rc1 Rc8 $15) (9. Qc2 b3 $1 10. Qc3 Qb6 11. Bd2 Bd6 (11... h5
12. h4 Bd6 13. a5 Qb7 14. Ng5 $13) 12. e5 Nd5 13. Qc1 Bb4 14. Bxc4 O-O 15. Ne4
$13) 9... Qa5 (9... Be7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Nc5 c3 14.
Nxa6 cxb2 15. Rb1 $16) 10. Be2 Nbd7 (10... b3+ 11. Bd2 Bb4 12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1
$16) (10... c3 $5 {Huebner,R}) 11. O-O h6 $5 $146 (11... c3 12. Bxa6 (12. bxc3
Bxe2 13. Qxe2 bxc3 $13) 12... cxb2 13. Bb7 bxa1=Q 14. Qxa1 Rd8 15. Bxc6 h6 16.
Bxf6 gxf6 17. d5 $40) (11... Be7 12. Rc1 c5 $2 (12... Nb6 13. Ne5 Rc8 {Huebner}
) 13. d5 exd5 14. e5 $18 {Ovsejevitch-Varga,99,Hungary}) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 {
'?!' Huebner,R. Huebner,R: 'Dies mißfällt mir. Schwarz sollte meines Erachtens'
} (12... Nxf6 {(Huebner,R) spielen und die kurze Rochade anstreben; nach dem
Textzug findet sein König keinen sicheren Platz mehr.} 13. Rc1 $16 {(Gelfand)})
13. Qc1 (13. Rc1 Nb6 14. Nd2 Qxa4 15. Nxc4 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4
18. Rxc4 a5 $1 19. Rxc6 a4 $13) 13... Nb6 14. Nd2 (14. Qf4 Be7 15. Qc7 $140 (
15. Qg4 Kf8 $13) 15... Rc8 16. Qxa7 Bd8 $19) 14... O-O-O {'?!' Huebner,R.} (
14... Rd8 {Huebner,R} 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Qc7 17. Rd1 h5 {sieht etwas
besser aus.}) 15. Bxc4 $1 (15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Rxd4 $17) 15... Nxc4 16. Nxc4
Qc7 17. Rd1 Bc5 $2 (17... f5 $5 18. exf5 Bg7 19. fxe6 (19. Ne4 Rxd4) 19... fxe6
20. Ne4 $5 (20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Qxe5 23. Rc1 (23. Qd2 c5 24.
Rd1 Bb7) 23... c5 $13) 20... Rxd4 (20... Bxd4 21. Ncd6+ Rxd6 22. Nxd6+ Qxd6 23.
Rxd4 Qxd4 24. Qxc6+ Kb8 25. Qxa6 Qxb2 26. Qb5+ Ka8 27. Qc6+ Kb8 28. Rc1 $14)
21. Rxd4 (21. Ned6+ Kb8 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Qe1 (23. Qd2 c5 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. axb5
Rf8) 23... Rd8 (23... c5 24. Nb5 $13 Bxb5 $140 25. axb5 Rf8 26. b6 $16) (23...
Rf8 24. Qxb4+ Ka8 25. Nb5 Bxf2+ 26. Kh1) 24. Qxb4+ Ka8 $132) 21... Bxd4 22. Na5
Bxf2+ 23. Nxf2 Qxa5 24. Qxc6+ Kb8 25. Qxe6 Bb7 26. Re1 $14) (17... e5 $1 18.
Nf5 (18. d5 cxd5 (18... Bc5 19. Nxe5 (19. Ne3 $16) 19... Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 fxe5
$14) 19. Na5 Bc5 20. exd5 Qxa5 21. Ne4 Bb7 22. Nxc5 Rxd5 23. Na6+ Kd7 24. Qc4
Rc8 $15) 18... exd4 19. Rxd4 (19. Qc2 Bc5 $132 (19... c5 20. Rac1 $44)) 19...
Bc5 $1 (19... Rxd4 20. Nxd4 Bc5 21. Nb3 Be7 22. Qc2 $16) 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qc2
Bd4 (21... Kb8) (21... b3 22. Qxb3 Qf4 23. Qg3 $140 Qxg3 24. hxg3 Bxc4 25. Rc1
Rd2 26. Rxc4 Bxf2+ 27. Kh2 Kd7 $11) 22. Rb1 c5 (22... Kb8 23. Rc1 c5 24. Nce3)
23. g3 $14) (17... h5 18. Qc2 Bh6 (18... h4 {Huebner,R} 19. Nf1 Bh6 20. Nfe3 {
ist die Lage des Schwarzen unbequem, aber die Partie ist noch nicht zu Ende.
Jetzt gewinnt Weiß zwangsläufig.}) 19. Ne3 $16) (17... c5 18. d5 f5 19. Qc2 f4
(19... fxe4 20. dxe6) 20. Nf1 $16) 18. dxc5 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Bxc4 20. Qd4 $1 $16
Ba6 21. Qxf6 (21. Qxb4 Rd8 22. Re1 Rd7 $16) 21... Rd8 22. Re1 $1 (22. Qxh6 Qe5
23. Qc1 b3 $44) (22. h4 $5 {Huebner,R}) 22... Qd7 (22... b3 $5) (22... Rd2 23.
Qxh6 Qd8 24. h4 $16) 23. Qxh6 Qd2 (23... Qd1 24. Qc1 Qxa4 25. h4 $16 (25. e5
Bd3)) 24. Qxd2 Rxd2 25. h4 $18 Kd7 ({Auch nach} 25... Rxb2 {Huebner,R} 26. h5
Rd2 27. Rb1 Rd4 28. h6 Rd8 29. Rxb4 Rh8 30. e5 Rxh6 31. Rf4 Rh7 32. Ne4 {
muß Schwarz aufgeben.}) 26. h5 Ke7 27. h6 (27. e5 Bd3 28. Re3) 27... Kf6 (27...
Rd8 28. e5) 28. e5+ Kg6 29. Re4 Kxh6 (29... Rxb2 30. Rh4 Kh7 31. Ne4 (31. Ne4 {
Huebner,R} Bd3 32. Nf6+ Kh8 33. Rd4 {, und Weiß gewinnt.})) 30. Rxb4 Rd5 31.
Rf4 Kg7 32. b4 Rxe5 33. Ne4 Bd3 (33... f5 34. Nd6 Re1+ 35. Kh2 Rb1 36. Rh4 $18
(36. g4 e5)) 34. Nd6 Bg6 35. Rc4 Re1+ 36. Kh2 a6 37. Rc3 Kf6 (37... Ra1 38. b5
axb5 39. axb5 cxb5 40. Nxb5) 38. b5 axb5 39. axb5 cxb5 40. c6 b4 41. c7 (41.
Rf3+) 41... bxc3 42. c8=Q Rc1 43. Qd8+ Kg7 44. Ne8+ Kf8 45. Nf6+ Kg7 46. Nd7
Kh6 47. Qh8+ Kg5 48. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 {I didn't know what to expect from Jorden, I mean I did, but
he also did that I did, so I knew I didn't.} 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg5 {This obscure
line screams surprise weapon.} Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 {A very solid way to handle it,
I expected something far more forcing from Jorden.} 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. e3 {
Now we have a position that resembles some sort of a trompowsky. Initially I
was thrilled with the fact that we got a playable position where I even seem
to have a small edge, but I soon realized that it wasn't that easy to play for
white, once the initial opening moves are completed.} e6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Nf3 (9.
Nge2 {felt more natural, but then I realized my knight's only future is on f4,
where it will be captured, so I decided to place it on f3, having in mind some
abstract maneuvre of Nh4-g2, Ne2 and only then Nf4.}) 9... f5 10. g3 Bd7 11.
O-O Rc8 12. Rc1 O-O {So far all moves seemed too natural not to be made and
here I had to choose a plan. The idea of Nh4-Ng2 and Ne2 started seeming a
little too far fetched, as Black would start bothering me somewhat on the
queenside with moves like Nb4 and Qb6 and so on. I decided for now to give
Black a move and see what happens.} 13. a3 (13. Ne2 {was nevertheless possible.
} Qb6 (13... Nb4 14. Rxc8 Qxc8 15. Bb1 Bb5 {was something I was slightly
hesitant to allow, but already two moves in, I realized a position like the
one White gets after eventually Bxe2 is a dream for White here.}) 14. Qd2 Qa5
15. Nc3 {would trick Black into making a weird move Qa5.}) 13... Kh8 {Clever
waiting move. I was hoping for Na5, which I would meet with Nd2. Already here
I started getting tempted with allowing this Nc4 business, but obviously here
it would be a much better version for me than what I eventually got in the
game.} (13... Na5 14. Nd2) 14. Qe2 {This I already played after some serious
hesitation. The alternatives didn't seem to give me anything clear either and
so I decided to keep the tension and at the same time I am once again ready to
meet Na5 with Nd2.} (14. b4 a5 15. b5 Ne7 16. Qb3 b6 {didn't look like much,
upon closer look.}) (14. Na4 $2 Nxd4 $1 {is what them kids live for.}) (14. Ne2
{would allow} Qb6) 14... Rg8 15. Kh1 ({For fun I like to sometimes consider
some suicidal lines, here is one.} 15. b4 f4 $5 16. e4 $2 {positionally the
right way to meet the f4 push, but there is a minor tactical issue here-} fxg3
17. fxg3 Bxg3 $1 18. hxg3 Rxg3+ 19. Kf2 Nxd4 $1 20. Nxd4 Qh4 21. Nf3 {and here
...Rxf3+ is obviously an issue, but even more painful is} Rg2+ $1) 15... Na5 {
A clever idea to do this after including Rg8 Kh1, as there will now be Qc6+
further down the line.} 16. Nd2 {I sort of realized that what I am about to do
with my position is very much uncalled for, but on the other hand, I saw some
potential for counterplay against Black king in some lines and decided that
there will be chances. Also, I didn't fancy any of the alternatives.} ({
I considered bailing out with} 16. Nb5 {but I didn't think I had anything
after both ...Bxb5 as well as the simple retreat} Bb8 $1 (16... Bxb5 17. Bxb5
a6 18. Bd3 b5 $6 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. a4 $1) 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Nc3 a6) 16... Qb6
17. b4 $5 {Somewhat dubious, but playing it solid at this point looked a
little sad.} (17. Rc2 Nc4 18. Rb1 (18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Kg1 {was another version,
but actually I was kinda happy to have my pawn on b4. Not sure, as in both
cases Black has very clear plans on the queenside.})) 17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4
19. Kg1 {I wasn't actually sure if and when I want to push e4, but if I wanted
to do it, I could have done it immediately.} (19. e4 $5 {Black shouldn't
capture the pawn and stick to his idea - remove the queen, go b5 and a5. In
the meantime White's play in the center is not so dangerous, as Black's
bishops control most of the key squares.} Qc7 $1 (19... Qxd4 20. Rfd1) (19...
Qa6 $5)) 19... Qa6 {I thought this was some sort of a mistake, but then I
realized that the planned b5 is not what I want to play.} (19... Qc7 $5 {
is where I felt my position would be really suspect.} 20. e4 b5 {not clear how
to develop something out of this, as} 21. Nf3 {is well met with} fxe4 $1 22.
Nxe4 Bc6 $1) 20. Ra1 {Pathetic move played with great confidence.} (20. b5 Bxb5
21. Nxb5 Qxb5 22. Rxc4 Rxc4 (22... Bxa3 23. Rb1 {wins White back the pawn, but
didn't seem too tempting.}) 23. Qxc4 Qxc4 24. Nxc4 {This endgame looked very
fine for Black.}) (20. Rb1 {I wasn't sure about 20...b5 21.a4!?, but also} Qxa3
21. Nxc4 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Rc8 23. Rb3 Rxc4 24. Rxa3 a5 $5 {is a mess, but I
rather be the one pushing pawns.} (24... Bxb4 25. Rxa7 Bxc3 26. Rxb7 Bc6 27.
Rxf7 Bb4 {holds the balance too.})) 20... b5 21. Nf3 $5 {I had given up on my
queenside and hoped for counterplay and tricks. Otherwise I could have
considered a4, trying to weather the storm there.} Qb6 22. e4 {White probably
can't do anything without this push.} a5 $5 {Rushing the counterplay is often
a safe thing to do, but I actually felt it gives me some concrete play that I
was looking for. Still, Black's position is excellent.} (22... f4 $5 {was
interesting and even more ambitious.}) 23. exf5 $1 axb4 24. fxe6 {I was mostly
choosing between this and capturing on b4 first. Finally I decided to take and
see how Black reacts. I for some reason expected fxe6 back.} (24. Ne4 $5 exf5
25. Nf6 {is a complete, yet relatively balanced mess.}) 24... Bxe6 $5 (24...
fxe6 25. axb4 Bxb4 {here I was planning to go for the vague} 26. Ne4 ({while
the following line leads to a semi-forced perpetual -} 26. Qe5+ Rg7 27. Ng5 Rf8
$5 28. Ra8 $1 Rxa8 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Nh6+ {Of course, being a top player I spot
such repetitions instantly.})) 25. axb4 Bg4 $5 (25... Bxb4 $5 26. Qe5+ Rg7 {
was what I had assumed we are going for, when taking on b5 is bad, but
bringing the knight to the center would give White adequate play in return for
the queenside passers.} 27. Ne4 $1 (27. Nd5 {also an option.})) (25... Rce8 $5
{is another cunning idea, with unclear play -} 26. Qb2 Bg4 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28.
dxe5 Qd4 {with equality is a likely scenario.}) 26. Qe3 (26. Ra5 {Had suddenly
entered my mind, but fortunately I didn't trust it-} Rce8 27. Qd1 Bxb4 28. Rxb5
Qf6 29. Rxb4 Bxf3 {is a disaster for white, as the queen comes to h3.}) (26.
Qe4 $5 {to be frank allowed so many options, I didn't really understand what
was going on.} f5 27. Qd5 Bxb4 28. Qe5+ Rg7 29. Nd5 Qb8 30. Nxb4 Bxf3 {is one
of the possible variations, with a balanced position.}) 26... Rce8 $6 {Black
decides to play for a draw and although he eventually succeeds, it was only
due to walking down a very narrow path.} (26... Bxb4 27. Nd5 Qb7 {was what I
felt was the strongest.}) (26... f6 $1 {was too strong a move for me to see,
but covering e5 square, now it actually is up to White to make a good move.})
27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Qxe3 29. fxe3 Bh5 $1 (29... Rxe5 {wasn't better -} 30.
Rxf7 Bh5 31. Rc7 {and the endgame like this seems like a fifty-fifty to me.})
30. Nxb5 (30. Ra5 {was possible, but at this point going for a 3 vs 2 seemed
like selling it too cheap.} Rxe5 31. Rxb5 Rxb5 32. Nxb5 Rb8 33. Rf5 Bg6 34. Rc5
c3 35. Nxc3 Rxb4) 30... Rxe5 31. Nd6 Rxe3 32. Nxf7+ {Objectively not a mistake
as such, as probably Black can also hold it after 32.Ra5, but there his path
was a little more vague and in hindsight, that was a better try.} (32. Ra5 $5
Bg6 33. Nxf7+ Kg7 $1 {This option wasn't there in the game, but even here it's
still not easy -} (33... Bxf7 34. Rxf7 Re2 {To be very honest it didn't seem
obvious to me that having rook on a5 is in my favour, but now I realize that
it was -} 35. Rc5 $1 Rd8 36. Rf2 {and the difference is that now after trading
one pair of rooks, Black won't be able to trade the c-pawn for b-pawn. Had the
white rook been on c1, he'd manage.}) 34. Ra7 Rb8 (34... c3 {is losing -} 35.
Kf2 $1) 35. Ne5+ Kh8 36. Nxg6+ (36. Nxc4 Rb3 37. Ne5 Be4 {holds too, as Black
regains the b-pawn and has to defend a 2 vs 1, which he should manage.}) 36...
hxg6 {and Black should hold this endgame too, but it is probably not as
straightforward as in the game.}) 32... Bxf7 33. Rxf7 Re2 $1 {Played after
some hesitation, but in fact it is strictly the only move. Cutting the white
king is essential.} (33... Rd8 {was what I was hoping for and a move my
opponent was about to make, but here White wins after securing the freedom of
the king -} 34. Kg2 $1) (33... c3 {also loses -} 34. Raa7 Rd8 35. Rxh7+ Kg8 36.
Kf2) 34. Rc7 {To be honest even here I wasn't yet sure that I am not winning,
as Black can't double on the second rank after giving up the c4 pawn, but I
underestimated the quiet 35...Rb2!} Rd8 $1 35. Rxc4 Rb2 $1 (35... Rdd2 $2 36.
Rc8+ Kg7 37. Ra7+ Kg6 38. Rc6+ Kf5 39. Ra5+) 36. Rc7 {I actually do win the
second pawn, but it is not enough to win the game because my own king will now
be caged in.} Rxb4 37. Raa7 h5 $1 {Strictly in this order, but having made so
many precise moves already, this one was no longer too big a challenge.} 38.
Rh7+ Kg8 39. Rxh5 Rb2 {From afar I calculated till here and saw Ra1 back, but
already few moves into the line I realized this was a dead draw, but there no
longer was a sensible way to deviate.} 40. Rg5+ Kh8 41. Rh5+ Kg8 42. Rg5+ Kh8
43. Ra1 Rdd2 44. Rh5+ Kg7 45. Kh1 {White has no way of improving this position.
A peculiar draw, though given that both black rooks enjoy the second rank, it
isn't all too surprising.} Rf2 46. g4 Kg6 47. Rg1 Rb8 48. Rh3 Kg5 49. Rhg3 Rbb2
50. Rh3 Rb8 51. Rh7 Kg6 52. Rh5 Rc8 53. Ra1 Rcc2 54. Ra6+ Kg7 55. Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1998.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Qb3 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd2 $5 Ngf6 8.
Nh4 Bg6 (8... Be4 $5 9. f3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd5 11. e4 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Be7 13. g3
$13) 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. h3 Bd6 11. Bd3 a6 $1 12. cxd5 (12. c5 Be7 13. f4 g5 $132)
12... exd5 (12... cxd5 13. Rc1 Qb6 $11) 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 b5 15. f3 Qb6 $6
(15... Qa7 $1 16. Rc1 c5 $1 $132) 16. g4 a5 17. h4 a4 18. Qc2 a3 $6 (18... b4
$5 19. Nxa4 Qa5 20. b3 c5 21. dxc5 Rfc8 $132) 19. b3 b4 20. Na4 Rxa4 (20... Qc7
21. h5 gxh5 22. g5 $18) 21. bxa4 Rb8 22. Rc1 c5 23. Bb5 $1 $16 cxd4 24. Qc6 Ne5
25. Qxb6 Rxb6 26. Rhf1 d3 27. g5 Nh5 28. f4 Nc4 29. Bxc4 dxc4 30. Rxc4 b3 31.
Rd1 (31. Bc3 Ng3 32. Rd1 $16) 31... Ng3 32. a5 bxa2+ 33. Kxa2 Rb2+ 34. Ka1 Kh7
35. Bc1 Rc2 36. Rxc2 dxc2 37. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Stuttgart-ch op-A"]
[Site "Ditzingen"]
[Date "2012.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Graf, Felix"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2012.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 Qd5 7. Ng3 e5 ({Nach} 
7... Nf6 8. Be2 {gewann Weiß in Gustafsson-Balogh, Porto Carras 2011.}) 8. Nf3
exd4 9. e4 Qd8 ({Dies sollte eine Verbesserung gegenüber} 9... Qa5 10. Bxc4 Ba6
11. Qxd4 $16 {, Rapidpartie Radjabov-Stefanova, Cap d' Agde 2006, sein.}) 10.
Bxc4 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 c5 $6 ({Notwendig war} 13... Nc5
14. Be3 Rc8 15. Nf3 Nf6 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Rc1 Bb6 18. O-O $14 {mit weißem
Druckspiel.}) 14. Nb3 $2 ({Harmlos reagiert, während nach} 14. Nb5 $16 {
die schwarze Lage kritisch ist.}) 14... c4 15. Na5 Rc8 16. Ke2 ({Zum Ausgleich
führt} 16. Be3 c3 17. O-O-O Nc5 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Nb7 Nh6 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. f3
cxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Ke7 23. Rd2 Rd8 $11) 16... Rc5 17. Nb7 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 (4. e4 e5 (4... b5 5. a4 b4 (5... a6 6.
axb5 cxb5 7. Nxb5 axb5 8. Rxa8 Bb7 9. Ra1 Bxe4 $13 {Amman,P-Costa,J/SWZ-ch/
1993/}) 6. Na2 (6. Nb1 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. O-O a5 11. Re1
Ba6 $13 {Wintzer,J-Hennig,D/2.BLW/1991/}) 6... e5 7. Nf3 Be6 8. Nxe5 Nf6 9.
Bxc4 Bxc4 10. Nxc4 Nxe4 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. O-O b3 13. Re1 $16 {Addison,
W-Benedictsson,B/Reykjavik/1968/}) 5. Nf3 (5. Bxc4 exd4 6. Nf3 b5 $2 7. Nxb5
$16 {Alekhine,A-Euwe,M/NLD WCH/1937/}) (5. dxe5 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 b5 7. Be3 Nd7 8.
f4 $13 {Karpov,A-Salov,V/Wijk/1993/}) 5... exd4 (5... b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nb1 exd4
8. Bxc4 Ba6 9. Qd3 Bxc4 10. Qxc4 Nf6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e5 Be7 14.
Nxd4 O-O 15. Nd2 $14 {Farago,I-Ljubisavljevic/Aosta/1989/}) 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7.
Nxd4 b5 (7... Bc5 8. Be3 Nf6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bxc4 O-O (10... Ne5 11. Be2 Bd7 12.
h3 O-O 13. f4 $16 {Tal,M-Zeid/Riga/1951/}) (10... Nb6 11. Bb3 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 $16
{Wallinger,M-Witke,T/2BLS/1987/}) 11. Kf2 Nb6 12. Bb3 Re8 13. Rhd1 $14 {
Portisch,L-Saidy,A/San Antonio/1972/}) 8. a4 b4 9. Nd1 (9. Nb1 Ba6 10. Be3 Nf6
11. f3 Nfd7 12. Nd2 Ne5 13. Rc1 c3 14. bxc3 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 a5 16. Ke2 bxc3 17.
Rxc3 $14 {Jelen,I-Ljubisavljevic,Z/Pula YU-cup/1991/}) 9... Ba6 (9... Nf6 10.
f3 Ba6 (10... Bc5 11. Be3 Ba6 (11... O-O 12. Nxc6 Bxe3 13. Ne7+ Kh8 14. Nxe3
$16 {Lingnau,C-Busse,K/Dortmund op/1992/}) (11... c3 12. bxc3 a5 13. Nxc6 Bxe3
14. Nxb8 Rxb8 15. Nxe3 bxc3 16. Bb5+ Bd7 17. Kf2 $14 {Seirawan,Y-Hubner,R/Biel
izt/1993/}) 12. Rc1 (12. Nf5 Bf8 13. Rc1 Nbd7 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Rxc4 Nb6 16.
Rc1 Nxa4 17. Ra1 g6 18. Rxa4 gxf5 19. exf5 $13 {Gligoric,S-Martin/Hollywood/
1952/}) 12... Nfd7 13. f4 O-O 14. Bxc4 Re8 15. Nf2 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxc4 17. Rxc4
c5 18. Be3 Nb6 19. Rxc5 Nxa4 20. Rc2 Nd7 $14 {Keres,P-Euwe,M/NLD m/1939/}) 11.
Be3 Nfd7 12. Rc1 c5 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. axb5 Nb6 15. Bf4 N8d7 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17.
Rxc4 O-O-O 18. Ne3 Kb7 $14 {Kortschnoj,V-Prokhorovich,T/Sverdlovsk/1957/}) 10.
Bf4 (10. Ne3 Bc5 11. Ndc2 Nf6 12. f3 b3 13. Na3 c3 14. Nac4 c2 $17 {Andruet,
Gil-Kirov,N/Sofia tt/1990/}) 10... Nf6 11. f3 (11. Rc1 Nxe4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13.
Rxc4 Nd6 14. Rc2 Kd7 15. O-O Be7 16. Ne3 Rd8 17. Re1 $44 {Smejkal,J-Chandler,M/
BL/1988/}) 11... Bc5 12. Nf5 O-O 13. Rc1 c3 14. bxc3 g6 15. Nfe3 (15. Ng3 Nfd7
$132 {Kasparov,G-Hübner,R/Belfort WCup/1988/}) 15... bxc3 (15... Re8 16. cxb4
Bxb4+ 17. Kf2 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Nfd7 19. Nc4 $14 {Bewersdorff,O-Herman,Man/2.BLW/
1991/}) 16. Be5 Nfd7 17. Bxc3 $14 {Geschnitzer,O-Herman,Man/BL/1989/}) (4. a4
e5 (4... Na6 5. e3 Be6 6. Nf3 Nb4 7. Ne5 Nf6 8. Bxc4 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 e6 10. O-O
$14 {Colin,B-Grob,H/Bern/1932/}) (4... Nf6 5. e4 e5 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Nxd1 Nxe4
8. Bxc4 Be6 $10 {Ward,C-Cuijpers,F/Bern op/1993/}) 5. dxe5 (5. e3 Be6 6. Nf3
Nd7 7. Be2 Bb4 8. O-O exd4 9. Nxd4 Qe7 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. Qd4 $16 {Kestler,
H-Hess,R/BL/1980/}) 5... Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 Na6 (6... Be6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Ng5 Nxe5 9.
Nxe6 fxe6 10. Kc2 Nf6 11. f4 Neg4 12. e4 Nf2 13. Rg1 N6xe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
Bxc4 Bb4 16. Bxe6 Nc5 $10 {Rodriguez,O-Costa,J/Manila ol/1992/}) 7. e3 (7. e4
Bg4+ 8. f3 O-O-O+ 9. Ke1 Nb4 10. Kf2 Be6 11. f4 Bc5+ 12. Kg3 g6 $13 {Trujillo,
I-Lezcano,P/Isla de Fuerteventura/1992/}) 7... Be6 8. Nf3 O-O-O+ 9. Bd2 Nh6 $13
{Fine,R-Euwe,M/Zandvoort/1936/}) 4... b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nb1 (6. Na2 e6 7. Bxc4 Nf6
8. Bd2 (8. Nf3 {D15}) 8... a5 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Nc1 Be7 11. Nb3 O-O 12. Qe2 c5
13. O-O Bb7 $10 {Douven,R-Greenfeld,A/Groningen/1988/}) 6... Ba6 7. Qc2 Nf6 8.
Bxc4 Bxc4 9. Qxc4 Qd5 (9... e6) 10. Qxd5 (10. Qxb4 $5 Na6 (10... Qxg2 $2 11.
Qb7 $18 {Hansen,C}) 11. Qb7 Rb8 12. Qxa6 Qxg2 13. Nd2 Qxh1 14. Ndf3 $44 {
Bulletin}) 10... cxd5 11. Nd2 e6 12. Nb3 $10 {>< c5, >< Bc1} Nbd7 13. Ne2 $6 (
13. a5 $1) 13... a5 14. Bd2 Nb6 $15 15. Nf4 Nc4 16. Nd3 Bd6 17. Ke2 Ke7 18.
Rhc1 h5 {()} 19. h3 g5 20. Be1 g4 (20... Nd7 $5 {>< c5}) 21. Nbc5 {/\b3} Bxc5
22. dxc5 b3 $6 (22... Nd7 $5 $13) 23. Rc3 Rab8 24. Rac1 $1 Rhc8 25. hxg4 hxg4
26. Rxc4 dxc4 27. Rxc4 {>< Pa5, קg4, /^ e1-a5} Nd5 $6 (27... Ra8 $16) 28. Rxg4
Nb4 29. Nxb4 axb4 30. Bxb4 $18 e5 31. Kd3 {/\Kc4} Rg8 32. Rxg8 Rxg8 33. g3 Ra8
34. Kc4 (34. a5 $5) 34... Rxa4 35. Kxb3 Ra1 36. Kc4 Kd7 37. Bc3 e4 {קf2} 38.
Kd5 (38. b4 Rf1 39. b5 Rxf2 40. c6+ Kd6 41. Bb4+ Kc7 $13) 38... Rf1 39. b4 Rxf2
40. c6+ Kc7 41. Be5+ Kb6 42. Bd4+ Kc7 43. b5 Rf5+ 44. Be5+ Kb6 45. Kd6 Rf1 46.
Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik zt"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Sammalvuo, Tapani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Huebner} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 $5 b5 (5... g6 6. Nf3
Bg7 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Rc1 Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. a4 Re8 11. Be2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13.
Nd4 $13 {Hansen,LB-Jelling,E/Denmark/1995/}) 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 e6 $6 {X Bg4} (
7... Bh5 8. Nf4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. g3 Nbd7 11. Bg2 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. e4 $14
dxe4 {Huebner} 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Rc8 16. a4 O-O $10 {Ivanchuk,V-Bareev,E/
Munich/1994/ ;CBM 42}) (7... Nbd7 8. h3 (8. Ng3 {Huebner} e5 9. h3 exd4 (9...
Be6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. f4 Bd6 12. c5 (12. fxe5 Bxe5 $44 {Bareev, Inf. 61/375.})
12... Bc7 13. Nge2 $16) 10. hxg4 dxc3 11. g5 Ng4 12. g6 Qf6 13. Rxh7 Rxh7 14.
gxh7 g6 $13 {P.Nikolic-Short, London PCA 1994, EXP 42}) 8... Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10.
Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bb2 (11. Be2 e6 12. O-O Bd6 {>= 12...Le7} 13. e4 b4 14. exd5 exd5
15. Na4 {Bareev-Sirov, Pardubice 1994, Inf. 61/375, CBM 42.} O-O 16. Bf3 $14 {
Bareev,E-Shirov,A/Pardubice/1994/}) 11... e6 12. Bd3 Be7 13. Ne2 Qa5+ 14. Bc3
Bb4 15. O-O $14 {Nikolic,P-Short,N/Moscow olm/1994/}) 8. Ng3 Nh5 $5 {Dies ist
zu gekünstelt und löst das Problem der schlechten Stellung des Läufers auf g4
nicht. Schwarz sollte mit 8...Lh5 einfach den Abtausch dieser Figur gestatten.}
9. Bd3 Bd6 10. a4 bxc4 {Schwarz steht schon gefährdet und sollte die Stellung
geschlossen halten.} (10... b4 11. Nce2 $14 (11. Na2 a5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bb5+
Ke7 {ist auch noch nicht tödlich für Schwarz.}) 11... Bxe2 {Huebner} 12. Nxe2
Nf6 {Weiß steht besser, aber die schwarze Stellung hat wieder Stabilität.}) 11.
bxc4 Nd7 12. Ba3 $1 Bxa3 13. Rxa3 Qh4 $5 {Dies kostet noch mehr Zeit, aber die
Stellung des Schwarzen ist wohl schon hoffnungslos.} 14. O-O Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qd8
16. Rb1 Nf6 $2 (16... Bh5 $142 $14) 17. c5 $1 O-O 18. Rb6 $16 Qc8 19. a5 Nd7
20. Na4 $1 Qc7 $6 (20... f5 21. Rbb3 $1 Qc7 22. Nb6 Ra7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Rb6
$16) 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Bd3 e5 $6 (22... Nxb6 23. cxb6 $16) 23. Qc3 $1 Nxb6 24.
cxb6 $18 exd4 $6 (24... Qe7 25. Nc5 (25. dxe5) 25... exd4 26. exd4 Bc8 27. Ra2
{/\ Re2+-}) 25. Qxd4 Qc8 26. Nc5 (26. Nc5 Rb8 27. b7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Mondariz zt 1.1"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2000.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Rad1 Rb8 12. c5 Qc7 13. b4 a5 14. a3 Ra8 15. h3 Nh5
16. Rd2 e6 17. Qb1 f5 18. Ng5 Rae8 19. f4 Ng3 20. Rfd1 Ne4 21. Ngxe4 fxe4 22.
Bf1 g5 23. g3 h5 24. Rg2 h4 25. Ne2 Kh8 26. gxh4 gxf4 27. Nxf4 Rxf4 28. exf4
Qxf4 29. Qc1 e5 30. dxe5 Qxc1 31. Rxc1 Bxe5 32. Bxb5 axb4 33. axb4 Bxb2 34.
Rxb2 cxb5 35. c6 Bxc6 36. Rxc6 {[#] Aktive weiße Türme} Ne5 37. Ra6 Nf3+ 38.
Kf1 Rc8 39. Rba2 Rc4 40. Kf2 d4 41. Re6 d3 42. Ra7 Rc8 43. Rxe4 Rd8 44. Ree7 (
44. Ree7 d2 45. Rh7+ Kg8 46. Rag7+ Kf8 47. Rd7 d1=Q 48. Rh8#) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Potapov, Alexander"]
[Black "Frolov, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nge2 e6 8. Nf4
Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Be2 b5 11. b3 Bd6 12. Bf3 g5 13. g4 Nbd7 14. e4 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Rc8 17. Kf1 bxc4 18. bxc4 c5 19. d5 Qf6 20. Rb1 Ne5 21. Be2
Ng6 22. dxe6 O-O 23. exf7+ Rxf7 24. Qf5 Rcf8 25. Qxf6 Rxf6 26. f3 Bf4 27. Kf2
Bxc1 28. Rhxc1 Nf4 29. Bf1 Rd6 30. Rd1 Rfd8 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 {[#] Der schlechte
weiße Läufer wird durch die schlechte schwarze Bauernstruktur am Königsflügel,
die den Hebel h4 erlaubt, mehr als kompensiert.} 32. Kg3 Rd2 (32... Kf7 33. h4
Kf6 34. a4 Z0 35. a5 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gb1b6]}) 33. h4 Rxa2 34. hxg5 Ne6 35. g6
{Der Sargnagel. Zudem kommt der Läufer mit Wucht ins Spiel.} Kf8 36. Bd3 (36.
Rb7 $5 Ra3) 36... a5 37. Bf5 Nd4 38. Rb8+ Ke7 39. Rb7+ Kf6 40. Rb6+ Ke7 41.
Rb7+ Kf6 42. Rf7+ Kg5 (42... Ke5 43. f4+ Kd6 44. Rd7+ Kc6 45. Rxg7 Ra3+ 46. Kh4
Nf3+ 47. Kh5 Ra2 48. Be4+ $18) 43. f4+ Kh6 44. Rf8 Ra3+ 45. Kg2 Ra2+ 46. Kf1
Nxf5 47. gxf5 Kh5 48. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.04.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Sivokho, Sergey V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2001.04.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Qb3 b6 7. h3 Be6 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Na4 b5 11. Nc5 Bc8 12. a4 b4 13. Bd2 e6 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. O-O
Nd7 16. a5 Nxc5 17. axb6 Nxb3 18. Rxc6 Bd7 19. Rc7 Bd6 20. Bxb4 Bxc7 21. bxc7
Bb5 22. Rd1 Kd7 23. Ne5+ Kxc7 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Rd3 Na5 26. Rc3+ Kb6 27. Nxf7
Rhc8 28. Bc5+ Kc7 29. e4 dxe4 30. Nd6 Rcb8 31. Nxe4 Kd7 32. Rf3 Kc6 33. g4 Kd5
34. Ng5 h6 35. Nf7 Nc6 36. b4 Nxd4 37. Rd3 e5 38. Nxe5 Kxe5 39. Rxd4 Rd8 40.
f4+ Kf6 41. Kg2 Rxd4 42. Bxd4+ {[#] Allein das Vorhandensein der b-Bauern gibt
Schwarz Gewinnchancen. Am Königsflügel steht für Weiß alles wie gemalt.} Kf7
43. f5 Ra3 44. Bc5 Rd3 45. Bf2 (45. h4 Kf6 {[%cal Rh6h5]} 46. Bf8 h5 47. gxh5
Rd8 48. Bc5 Kxf5 49. Kf3 Rd3+ 50. Ke2 Rh3 51. Be7 Kg4 52. Bf8 Kxh4 53. Bxg7
Kxh5 $19) 45... Kf6 46. Bc5 h5 $1 {Dieser Sprengungszug gewinnt einen Bauern
und sichert den Gewinn.} 47. gxh5 Kxf5 48. Bf8 Kf4 49. h4 Kg4 50. Bxg7 Kxh5 51.
Bf6 Kg4 52. Bg5 Rd4 53. Kf2 (53. Be7 Re4 $19) 53... Rxb4 54. Ke3 Rc4 55. Kd3
Rc6 (55... Rc7) 56. Be7 Rc7 57. Bf6 b4 58. Kd2 Rc6 59. Be7 b3 60. Ba3 Kxh4 61.
Kd3 Kg4 62. Bb2 Rc2 63. Ba3 Kf5 {[%cal Gf5e6,Ge6d7,Gd7c6,Gc6b5,Gb5a4]} 0-1

[Event "Cancan Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1998.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1998.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Qb3 Qb6 5. cxd5 Bxb1 6. Qxb6 axb6 7. Rxb1 cxd5
8. Ne2 e6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Bb5 Nf6 11. a3 Be7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Na4 Na7 14. Bd3 Nc8
15. Nc3 Nd6 16. Ke2 Nfe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Be1 Rfc8 19. f3 Nd6 20. Bb4 Kf8 21.
Rhc1 Nc4 22. Be1 Rc6 23. Rc3 Rac8 24. Rb3 Nd6 25. e4 h5 26. Bc3 g6 27. a4 Bd8
28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Re1 Ra8 30. Rb4 Ra5 31. exd5 exd5 32. Re5 Bh4+ 33. g3 Bf6 34.
Re2 Ra8 35. f4 Rd8 36. h3 Kf8 37. Kf3 Be7 38. Rb3 Bf6 39. g4 hxg4+ 40. hxg4 Ra8
41. Bb5 Nxb5 42. Rxb5 g5 43. fxg5 Bxg5 44. Rxd5 Rf6+ 45. Kg2 Rg6 46. a5 bxa5
47. Bxa5 Kg7 48. Re4 Bc1 49. Bc3 Rb6 50. Re2 Ra2 51. Rd8 Rb3 52. Rc8 Bxb2 53.
d5+ Bxc3 54. Rxa2 {[#] Die Koordinierung der weißen Kräfte erweist sich als
schwierig. Mit dem zentral postierten König und gut zusammenarbeitenden Türmen
bekommt der Mittelfreibauer Beine. Lavieren, Technik, Taktik.} Be5 55. Rd2 Rg3+
56. Kf2 Rh3 57. Rd1 Rh6 58. Rd8 Bd6 59. Kf3 b5 60. Rc1 Rf6+ 61. Ke2 Be5 62. Re8
Bg3 63. Rc6 Rf2+ 64. Kd3 Rf1 65. Re3 Bh4 66. Ke4 Rg1 67. d6 Rxg4+ 68. Kd5 Rg5+
69. Re5 Rg4 70. Rc8 Bg3 71. Rf5 Rg6 72. d7 Rd6+ 73. Kc5 {[%cal Rf5g5,Rd7d8]}
1-0

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2002.03.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Turner, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2002.03.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O b5
9. b3 Be6 10. c5 Qc7 11. h3 Bc8 12. Ne5 Nfd7 13. f4 Nxe5 14. fxe5 f6 15. e4
fxe5 16. Rxf8+ Bxf8 17. exd5 exd4 18. d6 exd6 19. cxd6 Bxd6 20. Ne4 Be5 21. Ba3
Bf5 22. Rf1 Nd7 23. g4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Nf6 25. Qxc6 Qxc6 26. Bxc6 Rc8 27. Rc1 Rc7
28. Bf3 Rc3 29. Rxc3 dxc3 30. Bc1 b4 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Ke2 Ke6 33. Kd3 a5 34. Bg5
Nd7 35. Be3 Bd6 36. Bd1 Kd5 37. Bf3+ Ke6 38. Bd1 Bc5 39. Bf4 Kf6 40. Ke4 g5 41.
Bg3 Ke6 42. Bc2 h6 43. Kf3 Bb6 44. Bf5+ Ke7 45. h4 Nf6 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. Bd3
Nd5 48. Ke4 Ke6 49. Be1 Nf4 50. Bb1 Bg1 51. Bg3 Nd5 52. Be5 Bf2 53. Bb8 Bc5 54.
Bg3 Nf6+ 55. Kf3 Kd7 56. Bf5+ Ke7 57. Bc2 Bb6 58. Bf5 Nd5 59. Be4 Bg1 60. Bb8
Ke6 61. Bf5+ Ke7 62. Be4 Bd4 63. Ke2 Ne3 64. Bc7 Nxg4 65. Bxa5 Bc5 66. a3 Nf6
67. Bb1 Nd5 68. Be4 bxa3 69. Bxd5 {[#] Mattidde gegen schwarze Freibauern} c2
70. Kd2 Kd6 71. Bg2 a2 72. Bc3 Ba3 {Die Fesselungsidee Lb4 scheitert am Nehmen
des Läufer mit "Schach"!} 73. Kxc2 Kc5 74. Bf3 Kb5 75. Bb2 Kb4 76. Bd4 Kb5 77.
Bf6 Kb4 78. Ba1 $1 Kb5 79. Kc3 {Die richtige Idee.} Ka5 (79... Kc5 80. Be2 {
kostet Material; z.B.} Bb4+ 81. Kb2 Kd4 82. Kxa2+ Ke3 83. Bg4 Kf4 84. Bd7 g4
85. Bc6 $18 {[%cal Ga2b1,Gb1c2,Ga1c3,Gc2d3]}) 80. Kc4 Bb4 81. Bg4 Be1 (81...
Be1 82. Bc3+ $141) 82. Bc8 $1 Bb4 {Läuft ins Matt} ({Technisch nicht ganz
einfach war} 82... Kb6 83. b4 Bd2 84. Bg4 Be1 85. Be2 Bd2 86. Bd4+ Kc6 87. b5+
Kd6 88. Kb3 Kd5 89. Bb2 Kc5 90. Kxa2 g4 91. Ba3+ Kb6 92. Bd6 Be1 93. Kb3 g3 94.
Kc4 Bf2 95. Bf3 $18) 83. Bf6 a1=N 84. Bd8# 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.10"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 Bh5 8. Nf4
Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. g3 e6 11. Bg2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rd1 Nbd7 14. e4 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rc8 17. a4 bxc4 18. bxc4 a5 19. Rb1 Bb4 20. Bd2 Bxd2 21.
Rxd2 Qc7 22. Qc3 Rb8 23. Rdb2 Rxb2 24. Rxb2 Rb8 25. c5 Rxb2 26. Qxb2 {[#]
Raumvorteil für Weiß; schwarze Bauernschwächen.} Kf8 27. h4 Ke7 28. Qd2 Nf6 29.
Bf3 Kd7 30. Kg2 Ke7 31. Qe2 Nd7 32. Qe4 e5 33. Qe2 Kf8 34. Qb2 Ke7 35. dxe5
Nxe5 36. Be4 f6 37. f4 Nd7 38. Bxg6 Nxc5 39. Qe2+ Kd7 40. Bf5+ Kd8 41. Qd2+ Ke8
42. Kh3 Kf8 43. Qd4 Nb7 44. h5 Qf7 45. Kg4 Qd5 46. Qb2 Nd8 47. h6 Qd1+ 48. Kh4
g5+ 49. fxg5 fxg5+ 50. Kh3 (50. Kxg5 Nf7+ 51. Kg6 Qd6+ 52. Qf6 Qxg3+ 53. Kh5
Qh2+ 54. Kg4 Qxh6 $17) 50... Qf1+ 51. Kg4 Qd1+ 52. Kh3 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. a4 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd2 Bg4
9. Ne5 Be6 10. Qb3 Nbd7 11. Qxb7 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. f4 Rb8 15.
Qxa6 Nc5 16. Qa7 Qc8 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rc1 Qg4 19. Qxc5 Rfd8 20. Qxe7 Bf8 21.
Qg5 Qxg5 22. fxg5 Rxb2 23. Bc3 Ra2 24. Be2 Rc8 25. Kf2 Ba3 26. Bb2 Rxc1 27.
Bxc1 Bb4 28. Rd1 Bc4 29. Bd2 Bxe2 30. Kxe2 Kf8 31. Kd3 Bxd2 32. Rxd2 Rxa4 33.
e4 Ke7 34. Ke3 Ra1 35. g3 Re1+ 36. Re2 Rxe2+ 37. Kxe2 {[#] Bauern auf einem
Flügel - schlechte weiße Bauernstruktur (Doppelbauer)} Ke6 38. Ke3 Kxe5 39. Kd3
Ke6 40. Kd4 Kd6 41. e5+ Ke6 42. Ke4 Ke7 43. Kd5 Kd7 44. g4 Ke7 45. h3 (45. e6
fxe6+ 46. Ke5 Kd7 47. h3 (47. Kf6 $2 Kd6 48. Kg7 e5 49. Kxh7 e4 50. h4 e3 51.
h5 e2 52. hxg6 e1=Q 53. g7 {ist höchstens ein Verlustversuch}) 47... Ke7 48. h4
Kd7 49. Kf6 e5 50. Kxe5 Ke7 $11 {siehe auch Partie}) 45... Kd7 46. h4 Ke7 47.
e6 fxe6+ 48. Ke5 Kf7 49. Kd6 e5 50. Kxe5 Ke7 51. Kd5 Kd7 52. h5 gxh5 53. gxh5
Ke7 54. Ke5 Kf7 55. Kd6 h6 56. g6+ Kg7 57. Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Czebe, Attila"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Be2 e6 8. e4
Bb7 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Nf3 c5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. d5 O-O 14. O-O b4 15.
d6 Qd8 16. Na4 Nc6 17. Rc1 Ncxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. f4 Nd7 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3
Rc8 22. b3 Rc6 23. Rd3 Qf6 24. Qd2 g6 25. Qe3 Rfc8 26. Qe4 c4 27. bxc4 Nc5 28.
Nxc5 Rxc5 29. Rd4 Rd8 30. Rcd1 Rd7 31. Qa8+ Kg7 32. Qxa6 e5 33. fxe5 Rxe5 34.
Qb6 Rde7 35. Rf4 Qxf4 36. dxe7 Rxe7 37. Qxb4 Qe3+ 38. Kh1 h5 39. h3 Kh7 40. Qd2
Qa7 41. Qc2 Qc5 42. a4 Re3 43. Rf1 Re7 44. Qc3 Kg8 45. Qd3 Qe5 46. Qd5 Qe2 47.
Rb1 Re5 48. Qd4 Kh7 49. Qb2 Qe4 50. Rf1 Re7 51. Qc3 Qe2 52. Rc1 Rd7 53. Re1 Qf2
54. Rc1 Qe2 55. c5 Rd1+ 56. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 57. Kh2 Qxa4 {[#] Die Verwandlung des
Freibauern stösst auf technische Schwierigkeiten wegen  a) der Nähe des
schwarzen Königs; b) wegen der Unmöglichkeit den Bauern nach  c7 zu bringen
bei gleichzeitiger Position der Dame auf d6 Verteidigungsressourcen: Fesselung,
Abdrängen der weißen Dame von der Diagonalen b8-h2, Dauerschach.} 58. c6 (58.
Qf6 Qa7 59. Qd6 Qa3 $1 60. Qc7 Kg7 61. c6 h4 62. Qf4 Qc5 63. c7 f6 $11 {
[%cal Rg6g5]}) 58... Qf4+ 59. Kg1 Qc7 60. Qc5 Kg7 61. Qc4 Kf6 62. Kf2 Ke7 63.
Qc5+ Qd6 64. Qa7+ Ke6 65. Qa2+ Ke7 66. Qa7+ Ke6 67. Qa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Najdorf Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2001.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Mecking, Henrique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2001.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Qxb6 axb6 7. f3 Bf5 8. g4
Be6 9. g5 Nfd7 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Bd3 Na6 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bd2 e6 14. Ne2 Nb4
15. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 16. Kf2 h6 17. g6 f5 18. Nf4 Nf8 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 fxe4 21.
Bxe4 Rd8 22. Ke3 Be7 23. h4 Bf6 24. Rad1 Ke7 25. Bxb7 Nd7 26. Bc6 Nb8 27. Be4
Na6 28. Nh5 Rhf8 29. Nxf6 Rxf6 30. Rhf1 Rxf1 31. Rxf1 Rd7 32. Rf7+ Kd6 33.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 {[#] Ausspielen eines passiven Springers - Achtung Falle! Die
schwarze Verteidigung beruht auf dem Erreichen einer theoretischen
Remisstellung.} 34. a3 Kd6 35. b4 b5 36. Bc2 Nc7 37. Bb3 Ne8 38. a4 bxa4 39.
Bxa4 Nc7 40. Bb3 e5 41. Bc4 exd4+ 42. Kxd4 Na8 43. Bb3 Nb6 44. Bf7 Nd7 45. Bd5
Nb6 46. Be4 Nd7 47. Kc4 Nf6 48. Bf3 Nd7 49. Kb5 Ne5 50. Be4 Nd7 51. Bb1 Nf6 52.
Ba2 Nd7 53. Bf7 Ne5 54. Kb6 Nf3 (54... Nc6 $2 55. b5 Nd4 56. Ka6 Nxb5 57. Kxb5
Ke7 58. Kc6 Kf8 59. Kd6 h5 60. Ke5 $18) 55. h5 Nd4 {Jetzt droht Sc2 nebst
Opfer des Springers, weil nach dem weißen h5 die Festung wasserdicht wäre!} 56.
Kb7 Kd7 57. Bd5 Kd6 58. Be4 Kd7 59. Bd3 Kd8 60. Kb6 Kd7 61. Bb5+ Kd6 62. Ba4
Ne6 63. Kb7 Nd4 64. Kc8 {Die Umgehungsdrohung erzwingt den Gewinn des Feldes
c7. Radjabov gewinnt damit entscheidendes Terrain.} Ke7 (64... Ne6 65. Bd7 Nf8
66. Bh3 $18) 65. Kc7 Ne6+ 66. Kc6 Nd4+ 67. Kd5 Ne6 68. Ke5 Nc7 69. Bc6 Ne6 70.
b5 Nd8 71. Bd5 Kd7 72. b6 Ke7 73. Be4 ({Nochmals} 73. b7 $2 Nxb7 74. Bxb7 Kf8
$11) 73... Kd7 74. Bg2 Ke7 75. Bh3 Nb7 76. Kd5 Nd8 77. Bc8 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kalugin, Sergei G"]
[Black "Sretenskij, Nikolai V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. f3 Bh5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. g4
Bg6 9. g5 Nh5 10. Qxd5 Nc6 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12. Bd2 h6 13. gxh6 Rxh6 14. Kf2 e6
15. e4 Rh8 16. Be3 Bd6 17. e5 Bc7 18. f4 Nb4 19. Rd1 Bb6 20. Nf3 Rac8 21. Bb5+
Kc7 22. a3 Nc2 23. Na4 Be4 24. Rhg1 Bxf3 25. Kxf3 Nxe3 26. Kxe3 g6 27. Rc1+ Kb8
28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. Nxb6 axb6 30. Bd3 Ng7 31. h4 Rh8 32. Rh1 Rh5 33. Be4 Nf5+
34. Bxf5 Rxf5 {[#] 1 weißer Mehrbauer} 35. Ke4 Kc7 36. Rh3 Kc6 37. Rd3 Rh5 38.
d5+ exd5+ 39. Rxd5 f5+ (39... Rxh4 40. Rd6+ Kc5 41. Rf6 $18 {[%csl Rf7]}) 40.
Kd4 Rxh4 41. Rd6+ Kc7 42. Rxg6 Rxf4+ 43. Kd5 Rf1 44. Rg7+ Kc8 45. e6 Rd1+ (
45... f4 46. Rg8+ Kc7 47. e7 Rd1+ 48. Ke6 Re1+ 49. Kf7 f3 50. e8=Q Rxe8 51.
Kxe8 f2 52. Rf8 $18) 46. Ke5 f4 47. Kxf4 (47. Rg8+ Kc7 48. e7 Re1+ 49. Kf6 f3
50. Rg1 (50. e8=Q Rxe8 51. Rxe8 f2 $19) 50... f2 51. Rf1 Rxf1 52. e8=Q Re1 53.
Qf7+ Kb8 $17) 47... Re1 48. Kf5 Re2 49. b4 Re3 50. a4 Re1 51. Kf6 Re2 52. Ke7
Re4 53. Kd6 Rd4+ 54. Ke5 Rd1 55. Rg4 Rh1 56. Kf6 Kc7 57. Rc4+ Kd6 58. Rd4+ Kc7
59. e7 Rf1+ 60. Kg7 Rg1+ 61. Kf8 Rf1+ 62. Ke8 Re1 (62... Rf2 63. Rc4+ Kb8 64.
Kd7 Rd2+ 65. Ke6 Re2+ 66. Kf6 Re1 67. a5 bxa5 68. bxa5 Ka7 69. Rc5 {[%cal
Rc5e5] Brückenbau}) 63. Rd2 (63. Rf4 Kd6 64. Rf6+ Kc7 65. Kf8 Kd7 66. Rf7 $18 {
[%cal Re7e8]}) 63... Re3 64. Rf2 Rh3 65. Kf8 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Be2 $5 Bf5 (
7... Ne4 $5 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. f3 e5 $1 10. dxe5 Qa5+ 11. Kf2 Be6 12. Qc2 Rd8 13.
Qxe4 Rd2 $44 {Azmaiparashvili,Z-Anand,V/Las Palmas/1993}) 8. g4 Bg6 9. Qb3 e6
$8 10. Qxb7 Na5 11. Qc7 Qxc7 12. Bxc7 Bb4 $44 13. f3 $146 (13. a3 $2 Nb3 $1 14.
Rd1 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Bc2 $15) (13. Nf3 Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Nd2 Bd3 16. g5 Bxc3
17. bxc3 Nd5 18. Bg3 Nxc3 {1/4/Azmaiparashvili,Z-Akopian,V/Wijk op/1993}) 13...
Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Nge2 Nd5 16. Bf4 Bd3 17. O-O-O $6 (17. Kf2 Bxc3 18. Nxc3
(18. bxc3 Bxe2 19. Kxe2 Nxc3+ 20. Kd2 Nd5 21. Rab1 $13) 18... Nxf4 19. exf4 Rb8
20. Nd1 Ke7 $44) 17... Nxc3 (17... Nxc3 18. Nxc3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Be2 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 $5 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Ne2 e6 8.
Qb3 Bxe2 $6 (8... Bb4+) 9. Bxe2 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O $14 Bxc3 $6 (11... Rc8
12. Rfc1 Qd7) 12. bxc3 Na5 (12... Ne4 13. Qxb7 Nxc3 14. Bd3 $16) 13. Qb4 Ne4 (
13... Rc8 14. Rfc1 Ne4 15. Bd3 $14) 14. f3 Nd2 15. Rfe1 (15. Rfd1 $6 Ndc4 16.
Bxc4 $2 (16. e4 $14) 16... Nxc4 17. Qxb7 g5 $1 $132) 15... Ndc4 $2 (15... Rc8
$1 16. e4 Ndc4 17. Bd3 $14) 16. Bxc4 $1 $16 Nxc4 (16... dxc4) 17. Qxb7 Qa5 18.
Qb4 Rfc8 19. Qxa5 Nxa5 20. Rec1 Rc6 21. Rab1 a6 22. Kf2 f6 23. Ke2 g5 24. Bb8
Nc4 25. Rb7 Na5 26. Rb4 Kf7 27. Kd3 h5 28. e4 Kg6 29. Rcb1 h4 30. h3 Kf7 31.
Rb6 Rc8 32. Bd6 Nc4 33. Rb7+ Kg6 34. Bc5 Re8 35. Rd7 Rad8 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Rb7
Re8 38. Ba7 a5 39. Bc5 Kh6 40. Rd7 Nb2+ 41. Ke2 Kg6 42. Ba3 Na4 43. Rc7 Rb8 44.
Kd3 Nb2+ 45. Kc2 Nc4 46. Bc1 a4 47. Ra7 a3 48. Rd7 Rb5 49. Re7 Rb6 50. Rd7 Rb5
51. Rc7 Rb8 52. Rc5 Rd8 53. Rc6 Kf7 54. Rc7+ Kg6 55. Kd3 Rb8 56. Rc5 Rd8 57.
Rc6 Kf7 58. Rc7+ Kg6 59. Re7 Rd6 60. Rb7 f5 61. Rb8 f4 62. Rg8+ Kh5 63. Ra8 Rb6
64. Rd8 Rb5 65. exd5 exd5 66. Rxd5 Rxd5 67. Kxc4 Rd8 68. Bxa3 Kg6 69. Bc5 Ra8
70. a3 Kf5 71. Kb5 Ke6 72. a4 Kd7 73. a5 Kc7 74. Bb6+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. e4 dxe4 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. dxe5 Nc6 8.
Bf4 {TN} (8. Qd5 Bb4 9. Nge2 a6 10. Bc4 Qe7 11. Bf4 {+/= Mueller-Haas, cr 1922,
ECO D10/4(24)}) 8... Nge7 9. Nge2 Ng6 10. Qd5 Bb4 11. Qxe4 Qh4 (11... O-O 12.
O-O Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Re8 $44) 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Rad1 Ngxe5 $1 15. g3 (
15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qxe5 Rfe8 17. Qg5 Qxg5 18. Bxg5 Rxe2 19. Rd2 $10) 15... Qh5 (
15... Qg4 $2 16. f3 Qe6 17. Bxe5 $18) 16. Bxe5 (16. Bxc6 $4 Bxc6 17. Qxe5 Qf3
$19) 16... Rae8 17. Rxd7 (17. Nf4 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Rxe5 19. a4 $13) 17... Rxe5 {
=/+ >< c3} 18. Nf4 Qg4 19. Qd3 Rxb5 20. h3 Qg5 21. Re1 $2 (21. c4) 21... Ne5 $1
$19 22. Qd1 (22. Qxb5 Nf3+ $19) 22... Nxd7 23. Qxd7 Qf5 24. Qd1 h6 25. Kg2 Rb2
26. Qd4 Rxa2 27. Re5 Qf6 28. Qe3 Qb6 29. Qf3 Qd6 30. Re3 Qc6 31. Nd5 Kh8 32.
Re5 Rd2 33. Qe4 Qg6 34. Rf5 Rd8 35. Ne7 Qe6 36. Re5 Qb6 37. Qf4 Qf6 38. Nf5
R2d5 0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 $146 (10. Bg3 {- 54/352}) (10. Rc1 {- 54/(352)})
10... O-O 11. b4 Rc8 $6 (11... b5 12. f3 $14) 12. Na4 a5 $6 (12... b5 $142 13.
Nc5 Qb6) 13. b5 $16 {|^<<} Nb8 14. f3 Bh5 (14... Bf5 $2 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Qd3
$16) 15. Qb3 (15. b6 $5 {>< a5}) 15... Bd6 (15... b6 $5 {Mueller,Ka} 16. Bxb8
$5 (16. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nf4 $14) 16... Rxb8 17. Rfc1
{/\ Rc6 +/-}) 16. Rfc1 Qe7 17. Nb6 $1 Rce8 $6 (17... Rxc1+ $2 18. Rxc1 Bxa3 19.
Rc7 Qb4 20. Qxb4 axb4 21. Rxb7 $18) (17... Rc7 18. Qa4 $140 $2 (18. Rc3 $142
Qd8 $1 19. Na4 $1 $16) 18... Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Qd8 20. Rxc7 Qxc7 21. Qxa5 Nbd7 22.
Nc4 b6 $19) 18. Qc3 e5 19. dxe5 (19. Bg5 $2 Qd8 $1 (19... e4 $2 20. Nxd5 Nxd5
21. Bxe7 Nxc3 22. Bxd6 $18) 20. Bxf6 Qxb6 $1 $13) 19... Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21.
Qxe5 Rxe5 22. Kf2 (22. Rc7 $5 Rxe3 23. Nf4 g5 $1 24. Nxh5 Nxh5 25. Bf1) 22...
Rfe8 (22... Re6 23. Nc8 $1 $16) 23. Rc7 $1 {>< Nb8} (23. Rc3 Kf8) 23... Rxe3
24. Nf4 Bg6 $2 (24... g5 25. Nxh5 (25. Nfxd5 $5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxd3 27. Nf6+ Kf8
28. Nxe8 Kxe8 29. Rxb7 Nd7 30. Rb1 $5 (30. b6 Bg6 $132) 30... Bg6 31. Rb2 Rxa3
32. b6 Nc5 33. Rb8+ Kd7 34. b7 Nd3+ 35. Kg3 Nxb2 36. Rd8+ Kxd8 37. b8=Q+ Kd7
38. Qb5+ Kd6 39. Qxb2 $16) 25... Nxh5 26. Bf1 Nf4 27. Rac1 $1 (27. Rxb7 Rc3 $1
$132) 27... d4 (27... Rxa3 28. Rc8 Ra2+ 29. Kg3 $16) 28. Rxb7 $16) 25. Rd1 $1
R3e7 (25... d4 26. Rxb7 Bxd3 27. Nxd3 Re2+ 28. Kf1 $16) 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Bxg6
fxg6 28. Nfxd5 Re8 (28... Nxd5 29. Rxd5 Kf7 30. Rd8 Re8 31. Rxe8 Kxe8 32. Nc4
a4 33. Nb6 $16) 29. Nxf6+ gxf6 30. a4 Kf8 31. Nc4 $4 (31. Rc1 Kf7 32. Nc4 $1
$18) 31... Rc8 $1 $132 32. Nxa5 (32. Rd4 Nd7 33. Nxa5 Nc5 34. Rc4 Ra8 35. Rxc5
Rxa5 36. Rc4 $14) 32... b6 33. Nb3 (33. Nb7 Ke7) 33... Ke7 34. Re1+ $5 (34. Ra1
Rc2+) 34... Kd6 35. Nd2 Rc2 $6 (35... f5 $1 36. Ra1 $14) 36. Ke3 $1 (36. Re2
Kd5 37. Ne4 Rxe2+ 38. Kxe2 Nd7 39. Kd3 f5 $13) 36... Ra2 37. Ne4+ Ke6 $1 (37...
Ke7 $2 38. Nc3 $1 (38. Kd4 Rxa4+ 39. Kd5 Ra5 40. Nc3+ Kd7 41. Re6) 38... Rxg2
39. Nd5+ Kd6 40. Rd1 $1 Rxh2 41. Nxf6+ Ke6 42. Rd8 $16) (37... Kc7 $2 38. Nxf6
Rxg2 39. Nd5+) 38. Kd3 $1 Rxg2 39. Nd2+ Kd7 (39... Kd5 40. Nc4 $1 Rxh2 41. Re7
$18) (39... Kf7 40. Nc4 Nd7 41. Nd6+ Kg8 42. Re8+ Nf8 43. a5 $18) 40. Nc4 Kc7
41. Re7+ Nd7 42. Rxh7 Kd8 $2 (42... Ra2 43. Nxb6 Kxb6 44. Rxd7 Rxa4 45. Rd6+
Kxb5 46. Rxf6 Kc5 47. Rxg6 Kd5 48. Ke3 $16) 43. Kd4 $18 Rf2 44. Kd5 Rxf3 45.
Kc6 Ne5+ 46. Nxe5 fxe5 47. Rh8+ $1 Ke7 48. Kxb6 e4 49. Rh4 (49. Rc8 $18) 49...
Rf6+ 50. Ka7 $8 (50. Kc7 $2 e3 51. b6 e2 52. Re4+ Re6 53. Rxe2 Rxe2 54. b7 Rc2+
55. Kb6 Rb2+ 56. Ka7 Ra2 $1 $10) 50... e3 51. b6 e2 (51... Re6 52. b7 e2 53.
b8=Q e1=Q 54. Rh7+ Kf6 55. Qf4#) 52. Re4+ Re6 53. Rxe2 Rxe2 54. a5 $1 (54. b7
$4 Ra2 $10) 54... Rxh2 55. b7 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Cosma, Ioan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 d4 5. Ne4 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Qxe5 7. Ng3 Nf6 8.
Nf3 Qd6 9. Qc2 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. e3 (11. Bc3 {Kasparov,G}) 11... dxe3 12.
fxe3 (12. Bxe3 {Kasparov,G}) 12... Qc7 13. Bc3 Na6 14. a3 (14. Kb1 $2 Nb4 15.
Qc1 Ng4 $1 16. a3 a5 $1 $36 {Gurevich,M-Piket,Je/Antwerpen/1993}) 14... Ng4
$146 15. Re1 (15. Bd4 $2 c5 16. h3 cxd4 17. hxg4 g6 $17) 15... Bf6 (15... g6 $5
{/\ Nh2}) 16. Bd4 (16. h3 Bxc3 17. hxg4 h6 18. Qxc3 Qxg3 19. g5 hxg5 20. Bd3
$44) 16... g6 (16... c5 $5 17. h3 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Qxg3 19. Bd3 h6 20. Qd2 {/\ Bf4
} Qc7 21. Bxh6 $1 Bxb2+ $1 $13) 17. Bd3 Re8 18. Kb1 Bd7 19. Ne4 Bxd4 20. exd4
Bf5 21. Ne5 (21. h3 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Nf6 23. Bd3 $14) 21... Bxe4 22. Nxg4 Qf4 $10
23. h3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rd8 26. d5 h5 27. Ne5 Nc5 28. Qc2 Re8 29.
Nd3 Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1 Qf1 31. Qd1 Qxc4 32. d6 Qe4+ 33. Nc2 Nd7 34. Qd2 Kg7 35. b4
Qd5 36. Qxd5 cxd5 37. Ne3 Kf6 38. Nxd5+ Ke5 39. Ne7 Nb6 40. Nc8 Ke6 41. Nxa7
Kxd6 42. Nb5+ Kc6 43. Nc3 Nd5 44. Ne2 Kb5 45. g3 Kc4 46. Kc2 g5 47. Kd2 f6 48.
Nc1 b5 49. Ke2 f5 50. Kf3 g4+ 51. hxg4 hxg4+ 52. Kf2 Kc3 53. Ne2+ Kd3 54. Nc1+
Ke4 55. Ne2 Ke5 56. Kg1 Nc7 57. Kf2 Ke4 58. a4 bxa4 59. Nc3+ Ke5 60. Nxa4 f4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 (4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 e4 6. Ne5 Be7 7. Qa4+
Kf8 8. h3 f6 9. Ng4 Nc6 10. Bf4 Be6 11. Ne3 $13 {Uhlmann,W-Hector,J Debrecen
1989, i47/455}) 4... d4 5. Ne4 Qa5+ 6. Nd2 Nh6 $5 (6... Nd7 7. Ngf3 Nxe5 8.
Nxd4 Nxc4 9. N4b3 Qa4 $10 {ECO}) 7. Ngf3 Nf5 8. g3 Ne3 9. fxe3 dxe3 10. Bg2
exd2+ {TN} (10... Bc5 $2 11. a3 exd2+ 12. Bxd2 Qb6 13. b4 {+/- Taimanov}) 11.
Bxd2 Bb4 12. O-O Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Qxd2 14. Nxd2 Nd7 15. Nf3 a5 $1 16. Rad1 Ke7 17.
Rd4 Nc5 18. b3 Be6 19. Ng5 $5 (19. Kf2 $5) 19... h6 20. Nxe6 $6 (20. Ne4 $14)
20... Nxe6 {Now only black plays for a win} 21. Rd6 Nc5 22. Rfd1 Rhe8 $1 {
/\ Kf8} 23. a3 Red8 $1 (23... Rad8 $2 24. Bh3 Nxb3 25. Rd7+ Rxd7 26. Rxd7+ Kf8
27. Rxb7 $14) 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Nd7 26. e6 fxe6 27. Bh3 Nf8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8
29. Rxd8 {(1.50/1.22)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. e4 dxe4 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. dxe5 Bb4 8.
Bd2 (8. e6 $5 fxe6 $13 (8... Bxb5 $4 9. exf7+ Ke7 10. fxg8=N+ Qxg8 11. Bg5+ $18
)) (8. Qd5 $5) 8... Bxc3 {TN} (8... e3 $6 9. fxe3 $1 Nh6 10. e6 $1 fxe6 11.
Qh5+ $40 {Van der Sterren,P-Hector,J Kerteminde 1991}) 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Bxc3
Nc5 (10... Qg5 $5 11. Ne2 (11. Qd5 $2 Ngf6 (11... Qxg2 $2 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13.
e6 $1 fxe6 14. Qc4+ Kb8 15. Rxd7 $1 Qg5+ 16. Bd2 $18) 12. Qxb7 O-O 13. Nh3 (13.
exf6 Nc5 $40) 13... Qxg2 14. Rg1 Qxh3 15. exf6 Nc5 16. Rxg7+ Kh8 17. Rxf7 Nxb7
18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. f7+ Qxc3+ 20. bxc3 Rxf7 $19) 11... Ne7 $1 12. O-O Nxe5 13.
Qa4+ (13. Ng3 O-O 14. Nxe4 Qg6 15. Bxe5 Qxe4 16. Bd6 Rfd8 17. Re1 Qg6 18. Rxe7
Rxd6 $10) 13... N5c6 14. Qxe4 O-O $14) 11. Ne2 (11. Nh3 $5 Nd3+ 12. Kf1 Qd5 13.
Ng5 h6 14. Qa4+ b5 15. Qxe4 Ne7 $44) 11... Nd3+ (11... Ne7 $6 12. O-O O-O 13.
Ng3 {/\ Bb4 +/-}) 12. Kf1 Qd5 13. Ng3 O-O-O $5 (13... Ne7 14. Qa4+ b5 15. Qxe4
Rd8 $44) 14. Qa4 (14. Qg4+ Kb8 15. e6 $5 (15. Qxg7 Ne7 $44) (15. Qxe4 Ne7 $44 (
15... Qc5 $6 16. Qe3 $16)) 15... Nh6 $8 16. Qxg7 Qxe6 17. Bf6 Nf5 $1 (17...
Rhg8 $2 18. Qxh6 Rg6 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Bxd8 $13) 18. Nxf5 Rhg8 19. Bxd8 (19.
Nd4 $2 Qa6 $19) 19... Rxg7 20. Nxg7 Qe5 {/\ Qb2, /\ Qf4, /\ Qg7 -/+}) 14... Ne7
15. Kg1 $2 (15. Qxa7 $1 Nxb2 (15... Nxe5 16. Qa8+ Kd7 17. Qa4+ $16) 16. Ba5 $1
(16. Rc1 Nd3 17. Rc2 Nc5 18. Bd4 Qxd4 19. Qxc5+ Nc6 $13) 16... Rde8 (16... Qb5+
17. Kg1 Nc6 18. Qa8+ Kd7 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 (19... Qb4 20. Ba5 $1 $16) 20. Qa3 $16)
17. Rc1+ (17. Qb6 Qc4+ 18. Kg1 Na4 19. Qd6 Nd5 $13) 17... Kd7 18. Qb6 Rc8 19.
Qxb2 Rxc1+ 20. Qxc1 Qxa5 $13) 15... Nc5 16. Qxa7 Nc6 17. Qa3 h5 $1 18. h3 (18.
Nf1 $5 {/\ Ne3}) 18... e3 19. fxe3 Kc7 20. Bb4 Nxb4 21. Qxb4 Qxe5 22. Qf4 Qxf4
23. exf4 Nd3 24. Kh2 h4 25. Ne4 Rhe8 26. Ng5 f6 27. Nf3 Nxf4 28. Rac1+ Kb6 29.
Rhe1 g5 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Rc2 Re3 32. Rf2 Re4 33. Nd2 Re1 34. Nf3 Re4 35. Nd2
Ra4 36. a3 Rd4 37. Nf3 Rc4 38. Nd2 Rc2 39. Ne4 Rxf2 40. Nxf2 f5 41. g3 Ne6 42.
gxh4 gxh4 43. Nd3 Kb5 44. Ne5 Ka4 45. Nf3 Kb3 46. Nxh4 Ng7 47. Nf3 Kxb2 48. Nd4
Kxa3 49. Kg3 Kb4 50. Kf4 Kc4 51. Nc2 Kd5 52. Nb4+ Ke6 53. Ke3 Kf6 54. Kd4 Ne6+
55. Kd5 Nc7+ 56. Kd6 Ne8+ 57. Kc5 f4 58. h4 Kf5 59. Nd3 f3 60. Kd4 Kg4 61. Ne5+
Kg3 62. Nxf3 Kxf3 63. h5 Kf4 64. h6 Nf6 65. Kc5 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Antwerp"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 d4 5. Ne4 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Qxe5 7. Ng3 Nf6 8.
Nf3 Qd6 9. Qc2 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. e3 (11. Bc3 dxc3 (11... Qf4+ 12. e3 dxe3
13. Rd4 $16) 12. Rxd6 cxb2+ 13. Kb1 Bxd6 $44 {Kasparov,G}) 11... dxe3 12. Bc3 (
12. Bxe3 Qc7 13. Nf5 $14) 12... Qc7 13. fxe3 Na6 14. Kb1 $6 $146 (14. a3 Ng4 $1
(14... Nc5 $2 15. b4 Ne6 16. Nf5 $16 {Krasenkov,M-Yanofsky,D/Hastings op/1992})
15. Re1 $13) 14... Nb4 15. Qc1 (15. Qb3 a5) 15... Ng4 $1 16. a3 a5 $1 17. axb4
(17. Be1 Na6 $15) 17... axb4 18. Be1 Qa5 19. Rd3 (19. Kc2 Bc5 20. Nd4 Re8 21.
Nb3 Qa4 $40) 19... Qa2+ 20. Kc2 b5 $1 21. h3 (21. cxb5 cxb5 22. Kd1 (22. Qb1
b3+ 23. Rxb3 Qa4 $17 {Piket,J}) 22... Be6 $40) 21... bxc4 22. hxg4 cxd3+ 23.
Bxd3 g6 24. e4 (24. Nd4 c5 25. e4 $1 Qa4+ $1 26. Nb3 (26. b3 Qa2+ 27. Kd1 cxd4
28. Qh6 Bxg4+ 29. Ne2 Bxe2+ $19) 26... Be6 27. Qh6 Qxb3+ 28. Kd2 Qxb2+ $19)
24... Rd8 25. Qh6 b3+ 26. Kd2 (26. Kc1 Qa1+ 27. Bb1 Qxb1+ 28. Kxb1 Rd1+ 29. Qc1
Ra1+ 30. Kxa1 Rxc1#) 26... Qxb2+ 27. Ke3 Bc5+ 28. Kf4 Rxd3 29. Qxh7+ Kf8 30. e5
Ra4+ 31. Ne4 Rxe4+ 32. Kxe4 Rd4+ 0-1

[Event "Valby K41"]
[Site "Valby"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Danielsen, Henrik"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 e5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 (5. e4 dxe4 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. dxe5
Nc6 8. Bf4 Nge7 9. Nge2 Ng6 10. Qd5 Bb4 11. Qxe4 Qh4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O
14. Rad1 Ngxe5 $1 {Krasenkov,N-Shabalov,A, URS-ch58 1991}) 5... e4 6. Ne5 f6 $1
(6... Be7 7. Qa4+ Kf8 8. h3 f6 9. Ng4 Nc6 10. Bf4 Be6 11. Ne3 a6 12. g4 $1 {
+/=/+/- Uhlmann-Hector, Debrecen 1989, 47/455}) 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. Nxd5 {TN} (8.
Ng4 Kf7 $1 9. Ne3 (9. Nxd5 Nb6 10. Nxb6 Qxb6 11. Ne3 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13.
Kxd2 Qxb2+ 14. Nc2 Be6 15. Qb4 Qxb4+ 16. Nxb4 Ne7 $15) 9... Nb6 10. Qb3 Be6 11.
a4 a5 {=/+ Wiedenkeller-Engqvist, SVE-ch 1990, 50/(401)}) (8. Nxd7 Bxd7 9. Qb3
Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Qd1 g5 $5 13. Bg3 h5 14. h4 g4 15. e3 Bh6 {
/\ Ne7-f5 =/+ Lukacs-Janofsky, Budapest 1991}) 8... fxe5 9. dxe5 b5 $1 10. Qxb5
Ne7 11. Bg5 (11. e6 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Bb4+ $19) 11... Rb8 12. Qa4 Bb7 $17 13. Ne3
Bc6 14. Qxa7 Ra8 15. Qd4 Qa5+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Nxe5 18. f4 Nf7 19. Bxe7
Bxe7 20. Nc2 Bf6 21. Rb1 O-O 22. e3 Rfd8+ 23. Kc1 Rxa2 24. Nb4 Ra5 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. e4 dxe4 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. dxe5 Bb4 8.
e6 $2 {TN} fxe6 (8... Bxb5 $4 9. exf7+ Ke7 10. fxg8=N+ $1 $18) 9. Qh5+ g6 10.
Qe5 Qf6 (10... Nf6 11. Qxe6+ (11. Bh6 $5) 11... Qe7 12. Qc4 (12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 $15
) 12... Nc6 $13) 11. Bf4 a6 (11... Nc6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Nge2 Rd8 14. O-O Bd6
15. Qxf6 Nxf6 {=/+/-/+}) 12. Bc4 Nc6 13. Qxf6 Nxf6 {=/+/-/+} 14. Nge2 Na5 15.
Bb3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bb5 17. Nd4 Bd3 18. Nxe6 Ke7 19. Nd4 Rhd8 20. Nde2 Rac8 21.
Rc1 Rc6 22. Bd2 a5 23. h4 Kf7 24. Rh3 h5 25. Bg5 Rdc8 26. Nf4 Ba6 27. Bxf6 Kxf6
28. Rg3 Kf7 29. Re3 Bd6 30. Rxe4 Re8 31. Rxe8 Bxf4 32. Re3 Bxe3 33. fxe3 Rb6
34. Kd2 Rxb3 35. Kc2 Rb4 36. e4 Rd4 37. Ra1 b6 38. Re1 Bd3+ 39. Kd2 Bc4+ 40.
Kc2 Ke6 41. Re3 Ke5 42. Rg3 Rd6 43. b3 Bf1 44. Rg5+ Kf4 45. e5 Re6 46. g3+ Kf3
47. Nd5 Bh3 48. Kd3 Bg4 49. Kd4 Kxg3 50. Nf6 b5 51. Rxg6 a4 52. bxa4 bxa4 53.
Nxh5+ Kxh4 54. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Barrage 30'} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 $5 (5. f3) 5... Qb6
6. Qxb6 (6. f3 Be6 7. c5 Qc7 8. Nge2 Bc8 9. e4 dxe4 10. Bf4 Qa5 11. O-O-O $36 {
Garcia Palermo-Kirov, La Habana 1986, 42/(464)}) 6... axb6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5
cxd5 9. Bd2 Bd7 10. Nf3 Nc6 $6 (10... e6 11. Ne5 $140 Bc6 12. Bd3 f6 $10) 11.
Ne5 $1 Nxe5 12. dxe5 $14 e6 13. a3 Bc6 14. Bc3 b5 $5 15. b4 Be7 16. Bd3 f6 17.
f4 O-O 18. O-O $6 (18. Ke2 $1 d4 $140 19. Bxd4 Bxg2 20. Rhc1 Bc6 21. Bc5 $16)
18... Ra6 19. Bb2 Bd8 $1 20. Bd4 Bb6 21. Bxb6 Rxb6 22. Rfc1 fxe5 23. fxe5 Rd8
24. Rc5 d4 $1 25. e4 Ra8 26. Kf2 Kf7 27. Ke2 Ke7 28. Kd2 Kd7 $2 (28... Rf8 $1
$10) 29. a4 $1 $16 Rba6 30. Bxb5 Bxb5 31. Rxb5 b6 32. Rc1 R8a7 33. Kd3 Rxa4 34.
Rxb6 Ra2 35. Rcc6 R7a3+ 36. Kxd4 Rd2+ 37. Kc5 Rc3+ 38. Kb5 Rxc6 39. Rxc6 Rxg2
40. Kb6 Rxh2 41. Rc7+ Kd8 42. b5 g5 43. Rg7 h5 44. Kc6 g4 45. b6 Rc2+ 46. Kd6
Kc8 47. Kxe6 Rc3 48. Rg5 Rc6+ 49. Kf7 Kd7 50. b7 Rb6 51. e6+ Kc7 52. e7 Rxb7
53. e8=Q Kd6+ 54. Qe7+ Rxe7+ 55. Kf6 Re6+ 56. Kf7 Re5 {Time} 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bg4 {A new idea
introduced by V. Kramnik} 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Qa4 (9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qb5
{Hertneck,G-Kramnik,V/Bundesliga/1993}) 9... e6 (9... Nc6 10. Nf3 a6 11. Bxc6
Bxc6 12. Qb3 e6 13. Ne5 $13) 10. Bg5 (10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Nb5 $2 Rc8 12. Nxa7
Rc4 13. Qb5 Rb4 $1 $36) (10. Nf3) 10... Nc4 (10... Nc6) 11. e4 (11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. b3 Bb4 15. Nge2 $14) 11... Nxb2 12. Qb3 Nc4
13. exd5 (13. e5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 $13) 13... exd5 14. Nf3 $1 (14. Nxd5 $2 Qa5+ 15.
Ke2 Nxd5 16. Bxc4 Bc6 $15) (14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nxd5 Qa5+ 16. Ke2 Bxb5 17. Qxb5+
Qxb5 18. Nc7+ Kd7 19. Nxb5 $13) 14... Bxb5 (14... Be7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. O-O O-O
17. Nxd5 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Nd6 $13) 15. Qxb5+ Qd7 16. Bxf6 Qxb5 $5 (16... gxf6 17.
Qxd5 $14) 17. Nxb5 gxf6 18. Nc7+ Kd7 19. Nxa8 Bb4+ 20. Ke2 Re8+ $6 (20... Rxa8
21. Rab1 a5 $44) 21. Kd3 Nb2+ $2 (21... Rxa8) 22. Kc2 Re2+ 23. Kb3 Ba5 24. Rhc1
Nc4 25. Rc2 Re8 26. Rxc4 $2 (26. Ka4 $1 b6 (26... Rxa8 $2 27. Rxc4 $18) 27.
Nxb6+ Bxb6 28. Rd1 $16) 26... dxc4+ 27. Kxc4 Rxa8 28. Rb1 Rc8+ 29. Kd5 b6 $10
30. Rb2 a6 31. Nh4 b5 32. Nf5 Rc1 33. g3 Bc3 34. Re2 Bb4 35. Rb2 Bf8 36. h4 Kc7
37. Ne3 Kd7 38. Nf5 Kc7 39. Ne3 Kd7 40. h5 Rh1 41. g4 Rc1 42. Nf5 Rc6 43. Re2
Rb6 44. Rb2 a5 45. a4 Bb4 46. axb5 Rxb5+ 47. Kc4 Rb8 48. Ne3 Kd6 49. Nf5+ Kc6
50. Ne7+ Kd6 51. Nf5+ Kc6 52. Ne7+ Kd6 53. Nf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bf4 e5 6. Bxe5 (6. dxe5 d4 7. Ne4
{is untested}) 6... Nxe5 7. dxe5 d4 8. Ne4 Qb6 (8... Qa5+ $2 9. Nd2 Qxe5 10.
Ngf3 {/\ Qa4 +/-}) 9. Nf3 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Bb4+ 11. Ned2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Qxa2 13. e3
dxe3 14. Bb5+ $146 (14. fxe3 Be6 15. Rxb7 $13 {Yusupov,A-Timman,J, Linares
1987 47/454}) 14... Kf8 15. fxe3 Be6 16. O-O Rd8 17. Rf2 Nh6 18. h3 $1 g6 19.
Qc1 Qd5 $2 (19... Rc8 20. Qf1 Qd5 $13) 20. Bc4 Qc6 $6 (20... Qxe5 21. Bxe6 Qxe6
22. Qc3 $1 $16) 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Rxb7 Kg7 23. Nf3 $16 Rhf8 24. Rxa7 Ra8 25.
Rc7 Nf5 26. Kh2 Rac8 27. Rfc2 Ne7 28. e4 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Rc8 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31.
Qf4 Ng8 32. Qd2 Qc7 33. Kg3 h6 34. Qd4 Kh7 35. Qd6 Qe7 36. Kf4 Kg7 37. Ke3 Qa7+
38. Qd4 Qxd4+ 39. Kxd4 Ne7 40. Kc5 g5 41. Kd6 Kf8 42. e6 Nc8+ 43. Kc7 Na7 44.
exf7 Kxf7 45. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 $1 Nbd7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Be2 e6 12. O-O Bd6 13. e4 $1 b4 (13... dxe4
14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Rc8 16. a4 $14) 14. exd5 $1 (14. e5 $2 Nxe5 $17) 14...
exd5 (14... bxc3 15. dxc6 $1 (15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Qxg6+ Kf8 17. Qc2 Qa5) 15...
Nb8 16. Bf3 Qc7 17. d5 $44) 15. Na4 $14 O-O 16. Bf3 Re8 17. Bg5 Qb8 18. Rfe1
Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bh2+ $1 20. Kf1 (20. Kh1 Bf4 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Qc6
Ra7 24. Nc5 (24. Bxd5 $6 Rc7 25. Qa8 Qxa8 26. Bxa8 Rc2 $132) (24. Qb6 $5 Ra8) (
24. g3 $2 Bxg3 25. fxg3 Qxg3 26. Qc8+ Kh7 27. Rf1 Rc7 $40) 24... a5 25. Bxd5 (
25. Rd1 Rc7 26. Qa6 Ra7 27. Qc6 Rc7 $10) 25... Qd8 $1 $132) 20... Bf4 21. Bxf6
Nxf6 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. g3 Bd6 24. Qc6 (24. Kg2 {/\ Rc1, Qc6}) 24... Qb5+ $10
25. Qxb5 axb5 26. Nb6 Rxa2 27. Nxd5 Kf8 28. Rc1 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Rd2 30. Ra1 Rxd4
31. Ra8+ Ke7 32. Ra7+ Kd8 33. Bxf7 Bc5 34. Ra2 Rd6 35. Re2 Rf6 36. Bd5 g5 37.
Kg2 Kc7 38. Bf3 Bd4 39. Re4 Bc3 40. Re7+ Kd6 41. Rb7 Rf5 42. Be4 Rc5 43. Bd3
Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 e5 5. dxe5 $146 (5. Nf3 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4
7. Nxd4 $14) 5... Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 b5 7. Be3 Nd7 8. f4 Bc5 9. Ke2 a5 10. Nf3 Ne7
11. f5 $1 Bb6 12. Bxb6 Nxb6 13. Ke3 f6 $1 14. exf6 (14. e6 $2 g6 15. Nd4 b4 16.
Nd1 gxf5 17. exf5 Bb7 $36) 14... gxf6 $13 15. g4 b4 16. Nd1 h5 17. Rg1 hxg4 18.
Rxg4 Kf7 19. Kf4 Ba6 20. Ne3 a4 21. a3 c3 22. bxc3 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 b3 24. Rfg1
Rag8 25. Rxg8 Rxg8 26. Rd1 Rb8 27. Ne1 Rh8 28. Kg3 Rg8+ 29. Kf2 Rh8 30. Nf3 Rb8
31. h4 b2 32. Rb1 Nd7 33. Nc4 Nc5 34. Ke3 Rd8 35. Nd4 Rh8 36. Nd6+ Kg8 37. Rxb2
Rxh4 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Re8 Ng8 40. Ne6 Nd7 41. Kd4 Rh1 42. Nc4 Rd1+ 43. Ke3 Re1+
44. Kd3 Rd1+ 45. Ke2 Rc1 46. Kd2 Rg1 47. Ra8 Ne5 48. Nxe5 fxe5 49. Rxa4 Nf6 50.
Nc5 Rg2+ 51. Kd3 Rg3+ 52. Kc2 Ng4 53. Ra7+ Kg8 54. Rd7 Ne3+ 55. Kb3 Rg1 56. a4
Rb1+ 57. Ka2 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Be2 $5 $146 (
7. Bd3 Bg4 $13) 7... Bf5 $5 (7... e6 $13) 8. g4 Bg6 9. Qb3 e6 $8 (9... b5 $2
10. Nxb5 axb5 11. Bxb5 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Rc8 13. Rc1 Qa8 14. Nf3 Kd8 15. Bxc6 Rxc6
16. Rxc6 Qxc6 17. Qb8+ Qc8 18. Bc7+ Kd7 19. Ne5+ $18) 10. Qxb7 Na5 (10... Nb4
11. Nb5 $5) 11. Qc7 Qxc7 12. Bxc7 Bb4 $44 13. Nf3 (13. a3 Nb3 $1) 13... Nc4 14.
Bxc4 (14. a3 $142 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Nxg4 16. Nh4 $14) 14... dxc4 15. Nd2 Bd3 16.
g5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nd5 18. Bg3 (18. Bg3 Nxc3 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Anand Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 (4. cxd5 {Anand} cxd5 5.
Nf3 e4 6. Ne5) (4. e3 {Anand} exd4 (4... e4 5. Qb3 Nf6 6. Nh3 {And White is a
tempo up in a French}) 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 $14) 4... d4
5. Ne4 Qa5+ 6. Nd2 Nh6 (6... Nd7 7. e6 fxe6 8. g3 e5 9. Bg2 Ngf6 10. Ngf3 Be7
11. O-O Qc7 $13 {Karpov,An-Bareev,E, Linares 1992}) (6... Nd7 $5 {Anand Karpov,
An-Bareev,E/Linares/1992/}) 7. Ngf3 Nf5 8. g3 (8. a3 Nd7 9. g4 Ne3 10. b4 $1
Bxb4 (10... Nxd1 11. bxa5 Nc3 12. Nxd4 Nxe5 13. h3 a6 $2 14. a4 {/\ Ba3 +/-
Shabalov,A-Roeder,M, Gausdal 1991, 51/(378)}) 11. axb4 Qxa1 12. fxe3 dxe3 13.
Ne4 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Qd3 Bxg4 17. Bxe3 a5 18. Bd4 Qe6 {
Shirov,A}) 8... Ne3 9. fxe3 dxe3 10. a3 $1 {TN} (10. Bg2 exd2+ 11. Bxd2 Bb4 12.
O-O (12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Be6 15. Kc3 Nd7 16. Rad1 Ke7 $44 {
Flear,G-Van der Sterren,P, San Bernardino 1991, 52/369} (16... Ke7 {Ftacnik}
17. Rd4 a5 18. Rhd1 h6 $10 {Flear,G-Van der Sterren,P/San Bernardino op/1991/})
) 12... Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Qxd2 14. Nxd2 Nd7 $10 {Seirawan,Y-Hansen,Cu, Wijk 1991,
51/(378)} (14... Nd7 15. Nf3 a5 16. Rad1 Ke7 17. Rd4 Nc5 $10 {Seirawan,
Y-Hansen,Cu/Wijk/1991/})) 10... Bf5 (10... Na6 11. Bg2 (11. b4 $4 Nxb4 12. axb4
Qxa1 $19) 11... Be7 (11... Bc5 $2 12. b4 Bxb4 13. axb4 Qxa1 14. Ne4 $18) 12. b4
$1 (12. O-O exd2 13. Bxd2 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Qxc4 $13) 12... Nxb4 13. Nb3 $3 (13.
axb4 Qxa1 14. Ne4 Bxb4+ 15. Kf1 O-O $44) 13... Nc2+ 14. Kf1 Qc3 15. Ra2 Bf5 16.
Nbd4 Rd8 (16... O-O-O $2 17. Rxc2 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Qxc2 19. Bh3+ $18) 17. Rxc2 (
17. Bb2 $2 Qxc4) 17... Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Qxc2 19. Nxc2 Rd1+ 20. Nfe1 Rxc1 21. Be4
O-O 22. Kg2 Rd8 23. Bd3 $16) (10... exd2+ {Anand} 11. Bxd2 $14) 11. Bg2 (11. b4
$2 Bxb4 12. axb4 Qxa1 $19) 11... Bc5 $2 (11... Nd7 12. Qb3 $5 (12. O-O exd2 13.
Bxd2 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Qxc4 $13) 12... Bc5 13. Qxb7 Rb8 14. Qxc6 O-O $36) (11...
exd2+ {Ftacnik} 12. Bxd2 $14) 12. b4 $1 (12. Nh4 {Anand} Be6 13. b4 Bxb4 14.
axb4 Qxa1 15. Ne4 $16) 12... Bxb4 13. axb4 Qxa1 14. O-O (14. Nb3 $4 Qc3+ 15.
Kf1 Bc2 $19) 14... exd2 15. Qxd2 $16 O-O 16. Bb2 Qa6 (16... Qa4 {Anand} 17. Nd4
{/\Ra1+-}) 17. Ng5 Bg6 (17... Be6 18. Qd3 g6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21.
Qd8+ Kf7 22. Qf6+ Ke8 23. Qxe6+ Kd8 24. Qf6+ $1 $18) 18. e6 $18 f6 (18... Qxc4
19. exf7+ Bxf7 20. Nxf7 $18) (18... Qb6+ {Ftacnik} 19. c5 Qc7 20. exf7+ Bxf7
21. Qc3 Bg6 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Ne6+ $18) 19. e7 Re8 20. Bh3 $1 Qb6+ (20... fxg5
{Ftacnik} 21. Be6+ Kh8 22. Rf8+ $18) 21. c5 Qc7 22. Be6+ Kh8 23. Rxf6 Nd7 (
23... Qxe7 24. Rxg6 hxg6 25. Qf4 $18 (25. Qf4 {Anand} Qxg5 26. Qxg5 Rxe6 27.
Qh6+ $18)) 24. Rxg6 (24. Rxg6 hxg6 25. Qd4 Nf6 26. Qxf6 Qxe7 27. Qxg6) 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1992.12.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 e5 6. Be3 (6. Nf3 exd4 7. Qxd4
Qxd4 8. Nxd4 b4 9. Nd1 Ba6 10. Bf4 Nf6 11. f3 (11. Rc1 $5 Nxe4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4
13. Rxc4 Nd6 14. Rc2 $44 {Smejkal,J-Chandler,M/Bundesliga/1988/}) 11... Bc5 12.
Nf5 O-O 13. Rc1 $14 {Kasparov,G-Huebner,R, Belfort 1988, 45/428}) 6... b4 7.
Nb1 Ba6 8. Nf3 $6 (8. dxe5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 c3 $1 10. Nf3 cxb2 11. Ra2 c5 $13)
8... exd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Nf6 11. f3 Nfd7 12. Nd2 c3 $1 (12... Ne5 13.
Rc1 c3 14. bxc3 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 $14 {Jelen,Iz-Ljubisavljevic,Z, Pula 1991}) 13.
bxc3 bxc3 14. Nb1 Nb6 (14... Bb4 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Nxc6 Rc8 17. Nxb4 Nxb4 $13)
(14... Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Bb4) 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Ke2 (16. Nxc3 Bb4 17. Bd2 O-O-O 18.
Nxc6 Nc4 $17) 16... Nc4 17. Bf2 $2 (17. Nxc3 Nxe3 18. Kxe3 Bc5 19. Nce2 $10)
17... Rb8 $17 18. Bg3 Rb2+ 19. Kd3 Na5 20. Nc2 Nb4+ 21. Nxb4 Bxb4 22. Nxc3 Ke7
23. Bc7 Rc8 24. Bxa5 Bxa5 25. Rab1 Rxg2 26. Rb7+ Rc7 27. Rxc7+ Bxc7 28. h3 Rf2
0-1

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mozetic, Dejan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bg4 $5 (6... a6) 7.
Qb3 (7. Nf3 e6 $10) (7. f3 $5 $14) 7... Na5 8. Qc2 (8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ (9.
Qa4 Nc6 10. Nf3 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Qb3 e6 13. Ne5 Nd7 $10) 9... Qxd7 10. Qb5
Nc6 11. Nf3 e6 12. O-O Nh5 $6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 f6 15. Qe2 g6 16. g4 $1
fxe5 17. gxh5 $14 {Hertneck,G-Kramnik,V/Bundesliga/1993}) 8... a6 9. h3 Bh5 10.
Qa4+ Nc6 (10... b5 $4 11. Bxb5+ axb5 12. Nxb5 e5 (12... Nc6 13. Nc7+ $18 (13.
Nd6+ $2 Kd7 $17))) 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Qb3 (13. g4 Bg6 14. Nf3 b5 15.
Bxb5 $2 axb5 16. Qxb5 Qd7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ne4 19. Qxd7+ Kxd7 20. Nxd5 Kc6
$17) 13... Ra7 $5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nf3 e6 16. Ne5 Be7 17. Be2 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7
19. Rc1 (19. Na4 b5 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 e5 22. Bg3 $14) 19... O-O 20. Na4
Bb4+ 21. Kf1 Bd2 (21... Qe7 22. Nc5 $140 $2 e5 $1 $17) 22. Nc5 Qd8 $6 (22...
Qe7 23. Rd1 Bb4 (23... Nxd4 $4 24. Qb6 $18) 24. Rc1 Bd2 $10) 23. Nxb7 Nxd4 (
23... Nxd4 24. exd4 Rxb7 25. Qxb7 Bxf4 26. Rc3 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 $5 b5 (5... Bf5 $142) 6. Bd3 Bg4 7.
Nge2 e6 8. f3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 Nbd7 11. c5 $14 e5 12. Ng3 Qc7 13. Kf2 Bxd3
14. Qxd3 h5 15. g5 Ng8 16. f4 e4 17. Qd1 g6 18. f5 $1 Bg7 19. Nce2 $5 (19. f6
$2 Ngxf6 $8 20. gxf6 Bxf6 {/\ Nc5, /\ Qd8} 21. Nge2 Qd8 22. Kg3 Bxh4+ $1 23.
Rxh4 Qg5+ 24. Kh3 Qf5+ 25. Kg2 Qg5+ 26. Kh3 Qf5+ $10) (19. Bd2 $1) 19... Nxc5
20. Nf4 Nd3+ 21. Nxd3 exd3 22. Qxd3 f6 $1 23. Ba3 fxg5 24. hxg5 h4 25. Ne2 gxf5
26. Qxf5 Ne7 27. Qe6 Rf8+ $1 28. Kg2 Qd7 29. Qxd7+ Kxd7 30. Bxe7 $1 (30. Rxh4
Nf5 31. Bxf8 Nxh4+ 32. Kh3 Rxf8 33. Kxh4 Rf3 34. Rd1 $13) 30... Kxe7 31. Raf1 (
31. Rxh4 Rf5 32. Rg4 Raf8 33. Nf4 Bxd4 34. Nxd5+ (34. Ng6+ $2 Kf7 $15) 34...
cxd5 35. exd4 Rg8 $10) (31. Nf4 Rf5 $132) 31... Rxf1 32. Rxf1 Re8 33. Kh3 Kd6
34. Rf3 Re4 35. Nf4 c5 $1 $132 36. dxc5+ Kxc5 37. Kxh4 d4 38. exd4+ Bxd4 39.
Kh5 Kb4 40. Nd5+ Ka3 $10 41. Nc7 b4 42. Nxa6 Re2 43. Nc7 Kxa2 44. Nd5 Ka3 45.
Rd3 Bh8 46. Kg6 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 d4 5. Ne4 Qa5+ 6. Nd2 (6. Bd2 $142 Qxe5 7.
Ng3) 6... Bg4 $5 $146 (6... Nd7 $13) 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 (8. Qb3) 8... Bg6 9. Ngf3
h5 $1 10. Bg2 hxg4 11. Nxd4 (11. hxg4 Rxh1+ 12. Bxh1 Nh6 $44) 11... Nd7 (11...
gxh3 12. Bxh3 {/\ Bd7}) 12. e6 Ne5 13. exf7+ Bxf7 14. N4b3 Qc7 (14... Qb4 15.
a3 Qe7 16. Qc2 Rd8 $44) 15. Ne4 Nxc4 16. Bg5 Bd5 17. Qd4 $16 {@} Bb4+ 18. Kf1
Ne7 19. hxg4 Rxh1+ 20. Bxh1 O-O-O 21. Bf3 (21. Qxg7 Qh2 22. Bg2 Bxe4 23. Bxe4
Qh3+ 24. Bg2 Qxg4 25. Bh6 $16) 21... Qh2 22. Rd1 Ne5 23. Bg2 (23. Qxb4 $2 Nxf3
24. exf3 Qh1+ $1 (24... Bc4+ $2 25. Qxc4 Rxd1+ 26. Ke2 Qg1 27. Qe6+ Kb8 28.
Nbd2 $18) 25. Ke2 Bc4+ 26. Ke3 (26. Qxc4 $2 Qxd1+ 27. Ke3 Nd5+ $19) 26... Qxd1
27. Bxe7 Rd3+ 28. Kf4 Qxf3+ $19) 23... Nf7 $1 {/\ Bb3; /\ Ng5} 24. Qxb4 Nxg5
25. Qxe7 Nh3 $1 26. Ke1 $8 (26. Bxh3 $4 Qh1#) 26... Qxg2 27. Nd6+ (27. Nbc5 $2
Qh1+ 28. Kd2 Qxd1+ $3 29. Ke3 (29. Kxd1 Bb3+ 30. Ke1 Rd1#) 29... Qc1+ 30. Nd2
Qxb2 $19) 27... Rxd6 28. Qxd6 Qxf2+ 29. Kd2 Ng5 $1 (29... Nf4 30. Qf8+ Kc7 31.
Qxg7+ Kc8 32. Qf8+ Kc7 33. Qe7+ Kc8 34. Qe3 $18) 30. Kc1 Ne4 31. Qe7 Qe3+ 32.
Nd2 g5 33. Qf8+ Kc7 34. Qe7+ Kb6 35. Qb4+ Kc7 36. Qe7+ Kb6 37. Qa3 Qxe2 $2 (
37... Qxa3 $1 38. bxa3 Nf6 39. Rg1 Bxa2 {/\ Bf6 was the best chance to survive}
) 38. Qb4+ Kc7 39. Nxe4 $18 Qxe4 40. Qxe4 Bxe4 41. Rf1 Kd6 42. Rf7 b5 43. Rxa7
Ke5 44. Rf7 Kd4 {What a game!} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mozetic, Dejan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 $2 (11. Na4 $142 {Shirov}) 11... b5 (11...
Rc8 $2 12. Na4 a5 $6 13. b5 Nb8 14. f3 Bh5 15. Qb3 $16 {Hertneck,G-Shirov,A/
Munich/1993}) 12. Rc1 $6 (12. f3 Bh5 13. Bg3 Rc8 14. Qd2 (14. Nf4 $2 Nxd4 15.
Bxh7+ Nxh7 16. exd4 Rxc3 $15) 14... Bg6 15. Nf4 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 Nd7 17. Nc5 $10)
12... Rc8 13. f3 (13. h3 Bh5 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qb3 $10 {/\ Nf4
Shirov}) 13... Bh5 14. Bg3 Bg6 15. Nf4 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 Nd7 17. Nc5 Nb6 18. Nxa6
Nc4 $1 $36 19. Qe2 $6 (19. Re1 $5) 19... Ra8 20. Nc5 (20. Nc7 Rxa3 21. N7xb5
Rb3 $15 {Shirov}) (20. a4 Rxa6 21. axb5 Nxd4 $1 22. exd4 Ra3 $17 {Shirov})
20... Rxa3 21. Nxb5 Rxe3 22. Qf2 Qb6 $1 23. Nc7 (23. Rxc4 dxc4 24. Qxe3 Qxb5
25. Rc1 Rd8 26. Qc3 Rxd4 27. Bf2 Bf6 $1 $19) 23... Nxd4 24. Nd7 (24. Rxc4 Ne2+
25. Kh1 dxc4 {Shirov} 26. Qxe3 Nxg3+ 27. hxg3 Qxc7 $19) 24... Qxb4 25. Rb1 (25.
Rxc4 Qxc4 26. Qxe3 Ne2+ 27. Kf2 Nxg3 28. Rc1 Nf5 $19 {Shirov} 29. Rxc4 Nxe3 30.
Ra4 Rd8 31. Kxe3 Rxd7 32. Ra8+ Rd8 $19) (25. Nxf8 Re2 $1 $19) 25... Rb3 26. Na6
Qb5 27. Rxb3 Nxb3 28. Nxf8 Qxa6 29. Qc2 (29. Nd7 Qb7 $1 30. Rb1 (30. Qa2 Nbd2
$19) 30... Nca5 $1 $19) 29... Bxf8 (29... Bxf8 30. Qxb3 Nd2 31. Qd1 Qxf1+ 32.
Qxf1 Nxf1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Huebner,R} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 $5 4. e4 b5 (4... e5 5. Bxc4 $6 (5.
dxe5 $146 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 b5 7. Be3 Nd7 8. f4 Bc5 9. Ke2 a5 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. f5 $1
$14 {Karpov,An-Salov,V (02)/Wijk m (04) ;CBM 34 1993/1-0 (57)}) (5. Nf3 exd4 6.
Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. f3 Bc5 9. Be3 b5 $6 (9... Nbd7 10. Bxc4 $14) 10. a4 b4
11. Nd1 Ba6 12. Rc1 $16 {Keres-Euwe, Nederland (m) 1940}) 5... exd4 6. Nf3 b5
$2 (6... dxc3 $1 7. Bxf7+ Ke7 8. Qb3 cxb2 9. Bxb2 Qb6 $1 10. Ba3+ c5 11. Bxg8
Rxg8 12. Bxc5+ Qxc5 13. O-O Qh5 $1 14. Qxg8 Be6 15. Qh8 Nc6 $17 {Botvinnik}) 7.
Nxb5 $16 {1-0 Alekhine,A-Euwe,M (06)/Wch17-NLD (Haarlem) ;MAINB 1937 (23)}) 5.
a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6 {Huebner,R: Dies ist eine Neuerung; bisher wurde meist 6...e5
versucht. Der Partieverlauf sieht für Schwarz nicht attraktiv aus.} 7. f3 (7.
e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6 9. Nf3 $13) 7... e5 $1 (7... b3 $6 8. Nc3 Ba6 9. g4 $5 (9.
Be3 $14) 9... e5 10. dxe5 Nfd7 11. f4 Qh4+ 12. Ke2 Bc5 (12... Qxg4+ 13. Nf3 $44
) 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nf3 Qe7 15. Nd4 $16 {1-0 Sadler,M-Horvath,C/Gausdal Int (07)
;EXT 94 1994 (35)}) (7... e6 8. Bxc4 c5 {Huebner,R: verdient Erwägung.}) 8.
dxe5 $146 (8. Bxc4 Qxd4 9. Qc2 $6 (9. Qxd4 exd4 10. Ne2 c5 $1 (10... Bc5 11.
Bd2 a5 12. Nac1 $44) 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Bd5 Nb6 13. Bxa8 Nxa8 $44) 9... Bc5 10.
Bg5 Ba6 $17 {0-1 Lautier,J-Sokolov,I/Groningen (09) ;CBM 51 1995 (21)}) 8...
Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nfd7 10. e6 (10. f4 $5 Ba6 (10... Nc5 11. Bxc4 Nxe4 12. Be3 $14)
11. Be3 f6 $13) 10... fxe6 (10... Ne5 {Huebner,R} 11. exf7+ Kxf7 12. f4 (12.
Bf4 Nd3 13. Bxd3 cxd3 14. Nc1 Ba6 15. Nh3 Nd7 {führt zu gutem Spiel für
Schwarz.}) 12... Bg4+ (12... Nd3 13. Bxd3 cxd3 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. Be3 $16) 13. Ke1
Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 cxd3 15. f5 Bc5 (15... Nd7 16. h3 Be2 17. Nxe2 dxe2 18. Kxe2 $16)
16. h3 Bxg1 17. hxg4 Bc5 18. e5 $16) 11. Bxc4 Ba6 (11... Ne5 $142 $1 12. Be2 (
12. Bb3 c5 $17) 12... Ba6 13. b3 $13) 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Be3 (13. b3 $6 c5 $1
14. Bb2 c4 $17) 13... Bc5 14. Ke2 O-O-O $6 (14... Bxe3 15. Kxe3 c5 {Huebner,R}
(15... O-O-O 16. Nh3 (16. Ne2 $2 Ne5 $17) 16... Ne5 17. Rac1 $13) 16. Ne2 Ke7)
15. Bg5 $1 Nf6 16. b3 $14 Bd4 17. Rc1 Kb7 18. Nh3 e5 19. Rhd1 c5 20. Be3 Bxe3 (
20... Rhe8 $142 {Huebner,R}) 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Kxe3 h6 $2 (22... Rd6 $1 23. Nf2
Nd7 24. Rc2 Nab8 25. Nd3 Kb6 26. Nb2 Kb7 27. Nd3 Kb6 28. Rd2 $5 $14) 23. Nf2
Rd6 24. Rc2 Nd7 25. Nc1 h5 26. Nfd3 g5 27. Nb2 g4 28. Ncd3 gxf3 29. gxf3 Rg6
30. Nc4 $16 Rg1 31. Rb2 Nc7 32. Ncxe5 Nxe5 33. Nxe5 Re1+ $6 (33... Ne6 34. Nd3
Kb6 35. f4 Nd4 36. e5 $16) 34. Kf2 Rh1 35. Kg2 Rc1 36. f4 Ne6 37. f5 Ng5 38. f6
Kc7 39. f7 Nh7 40. Ng6 Re1 41. e5 Kc6 42. Kf2 Re4 (42... Rh1 43. e6 $18) 43.
Re2 Rg4 44. e6 1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy sim"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2001.10.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[Annotator "Hracek,Z"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.10.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 $5 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. c5 $5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 (11. f4 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Ng4 $13 (12... Nd7
13. e4)) 11... Qxd7 12. Na4 (12. Bd2 $142 Bf5 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. Ne2 Kh8 (14...
Ne4 15. Be1 $14) (14... Bh6 15. f3 Kh8 16. Nf4 $14) 15. Nf4 Rg8 16. f3 Bh6 17.
Nd3 Rg7 18. b4 Rag8 19. Rf2 e6 20. a4 $14) 12... Rae8 13. Nb6 Qc7 14. b4 (14.
Bd2 Nd7 (14... Ng4 $5 15. f4 Nh6 16. b4 Bf5 17. a4 e6 18. b5 $13) 15. Nxd7 (15.
Ba5 $5 Nxb6 16. Bxb6 Qc8 17. f4 Bf5 18. Bxf5 gxf5 $11 (18... Qxf5 19. Qxf5 gxf5
$11)) 15... Bxd7 16. f4 f6 17. f5 $5 gxf5 18. Rxf5 $1 e5 $1 (18... Bxf5 19.
Bxf5 $36) (18... e6 19. Rh5 f5 20. Rf1 $36) 19. Rf2 f5 (19... e4 20. Be2 f5 (
20... Qc8 21. Raf1 Bg4 22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23. Rf5 $14) 21. Raf1 Bh6 $13 22. Qc3) 20.
Qc3 $13) 14... Nd7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. f4 f6 17. e4 $6 (17. Bd2 e5 18. a4 exd4
19. exd4 f5 20. Qc3 $11) 17... dxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 $1 (18... Be6 $2 19. f5 gxf5
20. Rxf5 $40) 19. Qc4+ Kh8 20. Bf3 Rd8 (20... Qc8 21. Re1) 21. Be3 Be8 (21...
Qc8 $1 22. a4 (22. Rad1 Be6 23. d5 $2 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rxd5 Qe6 $19)
22... Be6 23. Qc3 Bd5 24. Be2 $1 Qe6 $15 (24... Rd7 25. b5 $11)) 22. Rad1 Bf7
23. d5 Qd7 $2 (23... cxd5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Qxd5 Rd8 27. Qe6 (27.
Qc4 Qc6 (27... Qd7 28. Rc1 Qa4 29. h3 $11)) 27... Qc6 (27... Qd7 28. Qxd7 Rxd7
29. Rc1 $11) 28. Qxc6 bxc6 29. Kf2 Rd3 30. a4 Ra3 (30... Bd4 31. Re1 Bxe3+ 32.
Rxe3 Rd4 33. g3 Rxb4 34. Rxe7 $11) 31. Rd1 Kg8 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. a5 Bc3 34. Ra8
Bxb4 35. Rxa6 Rxa5 36. Rxc6 $11) 24. Bd4 $2 (24. dxc6 $3 $18 Qxd1 25. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Bxc4 27. cxb7 e5 (27... Bd5 28. Bf3 $18) 28. Bb3 $3 {(J.
Smejkal)} (28. c6 $5 Bd5 29. Ba4 exf4 30. Bxf4 Bd4+ 31. Kf1 Re8 $1 (31... Ba7
32. Bb3 $18) 32. g4 Bc4+ 33. Kg2 Bd5+ $1 (33... Re2+ 34. Kf3 fxg4+ 35. Kxg4 h5+
36. Kh4 Bf6+ 37. Kh3 $18) 34. Kg3 (34. Kh3 fxg4+ 35. Kxg4 h5+ 36. Kh3 g5 37.
b8=Q Rxb8 38. Bxb8 Bxa2 $14) 34... g5 35. Bxg5 Rg8 (35... Be5+ 36. Bf4 Bxf4+
37. Kxf4 $16) 36. Kf4 fxg4 37. Be7 h5 38. Bd6 Ba7 $13) 28... Bb5 (28... exf4
29. Bxf4 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 $18) 29. Bd5 Re8 (29... Bh6 30. c6 Bxc6 31. Bxc6 Bxf4 32.
Ba7 e4 33. Bd4+ $1 Kg8 34. Bd5+ $18) (29... Rd8 30. c6 $18) (29... g5 30. c6
Bxc6 31. Bxc6 exf4 32. Bc5 Rd8 33. Be7 Rb8 34. Bd6 Bd4+ 35. Kf1 Ba7 36. a4 Kg7
37. b5 axb5 38. axb5 Rg8 39. Bc7 Bb8 40. b6 Kf6 41. Bd7 $18) 30. h3 Rd8 (30...
Bf8 31. fxe5 Bg7 32. Bd4 $18) (30... g5 31. c6 $18) 31. c6 Bxc6 32. Bxc6 exf4
33. Bxf4 Bd4+ 34. Kf1 Ba7 35. Bc7 Rb8 (35... Rd1+ 36. Ke2 Rc1 37. Be5+ Kg8 38.
Bd5+ Kf8 39. b8=Q+ Bxb8 40. Bxb8 $18) 36. a4 Kg7 37. b5 axb5 38. axb5 Rf8 39.
b6 Bb8 40. Bd7 $18) 24... Bxd5 $11 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Qc3 Bf6 27. Rfe1 Kg8 28.
Qb3 Bxd4+ 29. Rxd4 e6 30. a4 Rc8 31. a5 Qg7 32. Re5 Rce8 33. Qe3 Qd7 34. h3 Kf7
35. Qe1 h6 36. Kh2 Qd8 37. Qe2 Qd7 38. Qe1 Qd8 39. Qe2 Qd7 40. Qe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 9899 9th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1998.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 e5 5. Nc3 e4 6. Bc2 Bd6 7. f3 exf3 8. Nxf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bd3 h6 11. Qb3 b6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Kh1 Be6 14. Qa4 Nbd7 15.
Qa6 Rc8 16. Bd2 Ne4 17. Qxa7 Ra8 18. Qb7 Ndc5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Qc6 Nxd3 21.
Qb5 $2 (21. Nb5 Be5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Qc7 Nc4 24. Bc3 Nxe3 25. Rf3 {führt zu
einer unklaren Lage.}) 21... Nc5 22. Rad1 Bc8 $19 23. Nxd5 Ba6 24. Qxb6 Bxf1
25. Rxf1 Rxa2 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Bc3 Ne4 28. Bd4 Bc5 29. Nc3 Nxc3 30. bxc3 Bxd4
31. Nxd4 Rc8 32. Nb5 Rc5 33. Nd6 Rxc3 34. h3 Rcc2 0-1

[Event "NED-ch54"]
[Site "Rotterdam "]
[Date "1999.05.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nce2 {Für diesen Zug habe
ich keinen Vorgänger gefunden. Weiß vermeidet es, den Springer auf dem
abseitigen Feld a2 aufzustellen; er bringt ihn zum Königsflügel, wo er
möglicherweise bei einem Königsangriff gute Dienste leisten kann. Die Vorteile
des Zuges liegen darin, daß Weiß seine Figuren schneller mobilisieren kann;
der Rückgewinn des Bauern bereitet keine Schwierigkeiten. Die Nachteile des
Zuges bestehen darin, daß der Springer auf g3 doch weniger wirksam steht. Von
a2 aus kann er über c1 nach b3 gebracht werden; dort übt er Druck auf den
geschwächten Damenflügel des Schwarzen aus. Die beiden Züge dürften etwa
gleichwertig sein; es ist aber immer wirksam, in einer frühen Phase der Partie
von den bekannten, tausendmal betretenen Pfaden abzuweichen und etwas ganz
Neues zu spielen.} e6 (6... Nf6 {ist hier unwirksam, denn Weiß kann} 7. Ng3 {
antworten.}) (6... e5 {ist nicht ganz befriedigend:} 7. Nf3 (7. dxe5 Qxd1+ 8.
Kxd1 Nd7 9. Nf3 Nc5 {mit besserem Spiel für Schwarz.}) 7... exd4 8. Nexd4 Ba6 (
8... c5 9. Bxc4) 9. Qc2 {mit Vorteil für Weiß.}) 7. Nf3 c5 ({In Betracht kommt
} 7... Ba6 {, zum Beispiel} 8. Ng3 Nd7 9. Nd2 (9. b3 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5
Nb6 {ist ungünstig für Weiß.}) 9... c5 10. Nxc4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc5 {, und
Schwarz hat keine Sorgen.}) 8. Ng3 cxd4 9. Bxc4 Ba6 (9... Bc5 {sieht
befriedigend für Schwarz aus.}) 10. Qd3 Qc8 (10... Bxc4 11. Qxc4 Nd7 {ist eine
einfache und gesunde Fortsetzung.}) 11. Bb5+ Bxb5 12. Qxb5+ Nd7 13. Nxd4 a6 14.
Qe2 Nc5 15. O-O Qb7 16. Re1 Nf6 17. Bg5 Nfd7 (17... Be7 {kommt in Betracht.
Nach} 18. Bxf6 (18. e5 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Nf4 $11) (18. Ndf5 {(vorgeschlagen von J.
van der Wiel in "Schach" 7/1999, S.38) ist zu verwegen} exf5 19. Nxf5 Kf8 (
19... Ne6 {wird mit} 20. e5 {beantwortet.}) 20. Nxe7 Qxe7 21. e5 h6 22. Bh4 g5
{, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 18... Bxf6 19. e5 Be7 20. Nh5 g6 (20... O-O {ist
schwächer:} 21. Qg4 g6 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 (22... Kg7 23. Re3) 23. exf6 Rac8 24. Qh4
{mit Angriffsmöglichkeiten für Weiß.}) 21. Nf6+ Kf8 22. Qg4 h5 {steht Schwarz
gut.}) 18. Rad1 g6 $6 ({Nach} 18... h6 19. Bc1 Nxa4 {ist es für Weiß nicht
leicht, eine überzeugende Angriffsfortsetzung zu finden.} ({Nach} 19... Be7 20.
b3 Bf6 21. Bb2 {steht Weiß meines Erachtens etwas besser.})) 19. e5 Bg7 20. Nf3
h6 21. Bf4 a5 {Schwarz überhastet sich nicht. Plausibler sieht jedoch} (21...
Nb6 {aus, um den Springer nach d5 zu überführen.}) 22. h4 h5 23. Qe3 Nxa4 {
Zum gegenwärtigen Zeitpunkt ist dieses Schlagen riskant, weil dem Springer g3
das Prachtfeld e4 eingeräumt wird; einen zwingenden Weg für Weiß, Vorteil zu
erreichen, habe ich jedoch auch nach diesem Zuge nicht entdecken können.
Indessen scheint mir} (23... Rc8 {gesünder auszusehen: Schwarz bereitet
wiederum das Manöver Sd7-b6-d5 vor.}) 24. Ne4 O-O 25. Bh6 Nxb2 $2 {Die
unglückliche Stellung dieses Springers wird dem Weißen Möglichkeiten zu
entscheidenden taktischen Wendungen geben.} (25... Rad8 {scheint mir ein
plausibler Verteidigungszug zu sein.} 26. Rd4) ({Nach} 25... Rfd8 {(J. van der
Wiel, "Schach" 7/1999, S.38)} 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Nd6 Qa7 28. Qf4 Rf8 29. Ng5 {
hat Schwarz Sorgen mit der Verteidigung des Punktes f7.}) (25... Nxe5 {(J. van
der Wiel, "Schach" 7/1999, S.38) scheitert an} 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Qg5 Bg7 (27...
Bxb2 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Bxf8 {führt zum Matt.}) 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Rd7 Qc6 30. Qxg6
{nebst matt.}) (25... Nab6 {mit der bekannten Idee, den Springer nach d5 zu
überführen, verdient ebenfalls Beachtung.}) 26. Rd4 {Jetzt droht Weiß, mit 27.
Lg7: nebst 28.Dd2 eine Figur zu gewinnen.} ({Nach} 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Nf6+ Bxf6
28. exf6 {hat Schwarz die Verteidigung} Qd3 {(J. van der Wiel, loc. cit.)})
26... Na4 (26... Nxe5 {rettet auch hier den Schwaerzen nicht:} 27. Nxe5 Bxe5
28. Qg5 (28. Nc5 {ist schwächer:} Qc7 29. Qxe5 (29. Rd7 {scheitert an} Nc4) ({
Die Fortsetzung} 29. Nd7 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Qc3 31. Qxc3 bxc3 32. Nxf8 Rxf8 33. Bxf8
Kxf8 {braucht Schwarz jedenfalls nicht zu fürchten.}) 29... Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Rfc8
{mit unklarer Stellung.}) 28... Kh7 29. Qxe5 Kxh6 30. Nf6 Qb8 (30... Na4 31.
Qf4+ Kg7 32. Nxh5+ Kh7 33. Rd7 {mit entscheidendem Angriff.}) 31. Qg5+ Kg7 32.
Nxh5+ Kh7 (32... Kg8 33. Qf6 gxh5 34. Qg5+ {nebst matt.}) 33. Qf6 gxh5 34. Rxe6
{, und Weiß gewinnt.}) (26... Nb6 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 (27... Kh8 28. Nxh5 {führt zu
einem raschen Sieg für Weiß.}) 28. exf6 {läßt Schwarz ebenfalls ohne
Verteidigung gegen die Drohung Lh6-g7 nebst De3-h6.}) 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Nf6+
Bxf6 29. exf6 {Jetzt gibt es keine zureichende Verteidigung gegen die Drohung
Lh6-g7 nebst De3-h6.} Qa7 ({Auf} 29... Qd5 {folgt} 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Qh6+ Ke8
32. Ne5 Qd6 33. Nxf7 Qf8 34. Rxe6+ Kd7 35. Re7+ {, und Weiß gewinnt.}) 30. Qg5
Qc5 31. Re5 Rfc8 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Ne5 Rxe5 34. Qxe5 b3 35. Bc1 Rc8 36. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1999.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2
Nbd7 8. Nf4 (8. h3 Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Be2 e6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rd1
Bd6 14. Bf3 Nh7 15. e4 Ng5 16. Qe2 Bb4 17. Nb1 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 bxc4 19. bxc4 Nb6
20. exd5 cxd5 21. c5 Nc4 22. Bd2 Ba5 23. Bc3 {1/2-1/2 Savchenko,S-Belikov,V/
RUS Army-ch 1995/CBM 48 (23)}) 8... e5 {Danach erhält Schwarz eine ungünstigen
Bauernstruktur.} (8... e6 {war solider.}) 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. h3 Be6 11. Be2 Bd6
12. O-O O-O 13. Bb2 Ng6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bf3 Rc8 17. Qd2 Bb8 18.
Rfd1 Qc7 19. g3 Rfd8 20. Rac1 Qd7 21. h4 Ba7 22. Ne2 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Bg4 24. Bxg4
Qxg4 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rd2 Re8 27. Qd1 Qf3 28. Nf4 Qxd1+ {Jetzt muß Schwarz
das Endspiel mit einem Bauern weniger bestreiten.} (28... Rxe3 {genügt
indessen auch nicht:} 29. Qxf3 (29. fxe3 {führt zum Remis:} Qxg3+ 30. Kf1 (30.
Kh1 Bxe3 31. Nxd5 Qxh4+ 32. Rh2 Qe4+ 33. Rg2 Qh4+ {ergibt Dauerschach.}) 30...
Qxe3 (30... Bxe3 31. Nxd5 Bxd2 32. Qxd2 Qxh4 {ist weniger klar.}) 31. Nxd5 Qg1+
32. Ke2 Qg2+ $11) 29... Rxf3 30. Kg2 Rc3 (30... Rxf4 31. gxf4 d4 32. Kf3 f5 33.
Rc2 {ist gänzlich hoffnungslos für Schwarz.}) 31. Nxd5 Rc1 32. Nxf6+ Kg7 33.
Ne4 {Die Drohung 34.Td7 nebst 35.Sg5 ist äußerst lästig für Schwarz.}) 29. Rxd1
d4 30. exd4 Rd8 31. d5 Bb8 32. Ne2 Kg7 33. Kg2 f5 34. Kf3 Bd6 35. Nf4 Rd7 (
35... Rc8 {sieht besser aus.}) 36. Ng2 Bb8 37. Ne3 Ba7 38. h5 Bc5 {Es ist
schwierig, etwas Besseres vorzuschlagen, zum Beispiel:} (38... Bxe3 $2 39. Kxe3
gxh5 40. Kd4 $18) (38... gxh5 39. Nxf5+ Kf6 40. Kf4 Bxf2 $2 41. Rc1 $18) (38...
Kf6 39. h6 $18) 39. a4 bxa4 {Schwarz macht dem Springer des Gegners das Feld
c4 zugänglich. Vermutlich helfen aber auch andere Versuche nicht, zum Beispiel:
} (39... Kh6 40. g4 (40. hxg6 fxg6 41. Ng2 g5 {ist weniger überzeugend.}) 40...
Bxe3 41. fxe3 fxg4+ 42. Kxg4 gxh5+ 43. Kf5 bxa4 44. bxa4 h4 45. e4 {, und Weiß
sollte gewinnen.}) 40. bxa4 Bxe3 41. Kxe3 gxh5 42. Kd4 $18 Kf8 43. Rb1 f4 44.
a5 fxg3 45. fxg3 Ke7 46. Rb6 Rd6 47. Kc5 Rg6 48. d6+ Kd7 49. Rb7+ Kc8 50. Rc7+
Kd8 51. Ra7 Rxg3 52. Rxa6 Rc3+ 53. Kb4 Rc1 54. Ra8+ Kd7 55. a6 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 e6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. O-O (9. Nf4 e5 10. h3 exf4 11. hxg4 fxe3 12. Bxe3 dxc4 13. bxc4 Nxg4
14. Bf4 $13 {Poluljahov,A-Maiorov,O, Novorossysk 1995, EXT 95.}) 9... Rc8 10.
Bd2 ({In Betracht kommt} 10. Ng3 $5 bxc4 (10... e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bf5 Bxf5
13. Qxf5 Bd6 14. cxd5 g6 (14... cxd5 15. Bb2 {macht keinen Unterschied.}) 15.
Qb1 cxd5 16. Bb2 $14 {Weiß hat einen kleinen, aber sehr dauerhaften Vorteil.})
11. bxc4 c5 12. cxd5 cxd4 (12... Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd4 14. Qa4 {ist natürlich
unbefriedigend für Schwarz.}) 13. dxe6 Bxe6 ({Nach} 13... Rxc3 14. exd7+ Nxd7 (
14... Qxd7 15. Qd2 {ist ebenfalls höchst ungemütlich für Schwarz.}) 15. Qb1 Nc5
16. Be2 {hat Schwarz unüberwindliche Schwierigkeiten.}) 14. exd4 Nd5 15. Nge2 {
Schwarz hat keine genügende Kompensation für den aufgegebenen Bauern.}) 10...
c5 $2 ({Richtig war laut A. Shirov ("Schach 12/1996, S.8)} 10... e5 11. f3 (11.
dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bf5 Bxf5 (12... Rc7 13. Bxg4 Nfxg4 14. h3 Nf6 15. Qf5 {
verschafft dem Schwarzen keine Verbesserung.}) 13. Qxf5 Bd6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Rad1 $14 {Der Stellungstypus ist ähnlich wie der, welcher bei der Anmerkung
zum 10. Zuge von Weiß unter A erreicht wird.}) 11... Be6 12. c5 g6 $14 {
war laut Shirov die Absicht von Karpov.}) 11. cxb5 c4 12. bxc4 dxc4 13. Be4
axb5 (13... Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 axb5 16. Rfb1 $16 {ist nicht
aussichtsreicher für Schwarz.}) 14. f3 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bf5 16. a3 (16. Rab1 c3
$13 {Nach dem Textzug ist der Bauer auf b5 nicht zu halten (Shirov, loc. cit.).
}) 16... Be7 17. Rfb1 O-O {Schwarz entschließt sich richtigerweise, seinen
b-Bauern sofort aufzugeben; er hofft, mit seinem freien c-Bauern und dem
Läuferpaar Gegenspiel zu erhalten. Es dauert eine Weile, ehe der a-Bauer des
Weißen gefährlich wird.} ({Nach} 17... Rb8 18. N2c3 b4 19. axb4 Bxb4 (19...
Rxb4 20. Rxb4 Bxb4 21. Nb5 Bxd2 22. Ned6+ $18) 20. Qa4 Bxe4 (20... Qe7 21. Nd5
exd5 22. Bxb4 $18) (20... Bxc3 21. Rxb8 Qxb8 22. Bxc3 $18 {A. Shirov, "Schach"
12/1996, S.8.}) 21. Nxe4 Bxd2 22. Nxd2 Rxb1+ 23. Rxb1 {verliert Schwarz seinen
c-Bauern und verbleibt ohne Gegenspiel in einer hoffnungslosen Lage.}) 18. Rxb5
e5 19. a4 ({Zur Partiefortsetzung führt} 19. Ba5 Qe8 20. a4 exd4 21. exd4 Bg6)
19... exd4 20. exd4 Bg6 21. Ba5 Qe8 22. N2c3 (22. Nf4 $5 {ist viel
naheliegender und wird auch von A.Shirov in "Schach" 12/1996, S.8, angegeben.
Jedoch ist auch nach dem Textzug die Stellung des Weißen überwältigend.}) 22...
Nf6 ({Nach} 22... f5 23. Nf2 Bf6 24. Bb4 Rf7 25. Qd2 {hat Schwarz keine
Möglichkeit, den Druck gegen d4 zu verstärken; seine Stellung ist hoffnungslos.
}) 23. Rd1 (23. Bb6 $5 {kommt in Betracht.}) 23... Qd7 24. Bb4 $2 {Nach diesem
Zug kann Schwarz sich merklich entlasten. Weiß sollte versuchen, sein
Bauernzentrum zur Geltung zu bringen.} ({Die Fortsetzung} 24. d5 Bc5+ 25. Rxc5
Nxe4 (25... Rxc5 26. Nxc5 Qa7 27. Qf2 Qxa5 28. Qd4 $16) 26. Nxe4 (26. Rxc8 $2
Qa7+) 26... Bxe4 27. Qxc4 Rxc5 28. Qxc5 Qxa4 29. Re1 Bf5 30. d6 Be6 31. Bc3 Qf4
{ist nicht ganz überzeugend.}) (24. Bb6 $16 {wird von A. Shirov ("Schach" 12/
1996, S.8) angegeben. Es könnte folgen:} Nxe4 25. Nxe4 (25. fxe4 f5 26. e5 f4
27. Qf2 f3 (27... Bh5 28. e6 {ist nicht wirksamer.}) 28. d5 fxg2 29. Qxg2 Rf5 (
29... Bh5 30. e6 Qe8 31. Bd4 $18) 30. e6 Qd6 31. Ne4 {und das Bauernpärchen
des Weißen sollte den Gewinn sicherstellen.}) 25... Rfe8 26. Qc3 Bf8 {Schwarz
wehrt sich.}) 24... Bxb4 25. Rxb4 Nxe4 (25... Bxe4 26. fxe4 (26. Nxe4 $2 Nd5 {
und das Loch auf e3 macht sich fühlbar.}) 26... Ng4 {(laut Shirov ein
Vorschlag Karpovs in der Analyse)} 27. Qb2 Qd6 28. g3 Ne3 29. Rd2 ({Nach} 29.
Nb5 Nxd1 30. Nxd6 Nxb2 31. Nxc8 c3 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. Rb7 Nxa4 34. Rc7 Re8 {
dürfte Schwarz überleben können.}) 29... f5 30. e5 Qg6 {gab dem Schwarzen auch
Gegenchancen.}) 26. Nxe4 (26. fxe4 f5 27. e5 f4 (27... Bh5 28. Rd2 f4 29. d5 {
sieht nicht stärker aus.}) 28. Qf2 f3 29. g3 $14 {(A. Shirov, "Schach" 12/1996,
S.8, der die Stellung als "zweischneidig" bezeichnet)} Bd3 {sieht nicht
überzeugend aus.}) 26... c3 $44 {(A. Shirov, loc. cit.)} 27. d5 Rfd8 28. h3 h6
29. Kh1 Qe7 30. Rbd4 Qa3 31. Rb1 Qe7 32. Rc1 Qe5 33. Rcd1 Qb8 34. Rb1 Qe5 35.
Rbd1 Qb8 36. d6 Qb2 37. Rc1 Qa3 38. Qd1 Rc6 39. d7 Rc7 40. Rc2 Bxe4 41. fxe4
Qe7 42. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.01.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Guliev, Sarhan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. dxe5 d4 6. Ne4 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 Nc6 8.
Ngf3 Nh6 9. g3 Ng4 10. Bg2 Ne3 11. fxe3 dxe3 12. O-O exd2 13. Bxd2 Qb6+ 14. Kh1
Be7 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Ng5 (17. Qd6 Nc6 18. Qd2 h6 19. Rfd1 Be6 $11
{1/2-1/2 Chirila,R-Sandu,M/ROM-chT 1992 (37)}) 17... h6 (17... Nf5 $6 18. Qd3 (
18. Qc2 $2 {ist nicht empfehlenswert:} Nxg3+ 19. hxg3 Qh6+ $19) 18... h6 19. g4
hxg5 20. gxf5 Qxb2 21. Qe4 (21. Qe3 {wird mit} Bxf5 {beantwortet.}) 21... Re8
22. e6 fxe6 23. f6 {kann sich Schwarz nicht erlauben.}) (17... Qxb2 {ist nicht
besser als der Textzug:} 18. Nxf7 Bg4 (18... Be6 19. Nh6+ gxh6 20. Qd6 {
sieht auch nicht vertrauenerweckend für Schwarz aus.}) 19. Bd5 Qb5 (19... Bxe2
{scheitert an} 20. Nd8+) 20. Bb3 (20. Nh6+ Kh8 21. Nxg4 {birgt ebenfalls
einige Risiken für Schwarz.}) 20... Qc6+ 21. Kg1 Qb6+ 22. Rf2 Be6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6
24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Nxd6 {und Schwarz kämpft um das Remis.}) 18. Qd6 Nf5 19. Qxb6
axb6 20. e6 (20. Nxf7 Ne3 21. Nd6 Nxf1 22. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Be6 {ist
offensichtlich ungünstig für Weiß.}) (20. Ne4 Ne3 21. Rfc1 Be6 {führt zu
besserem Spiel für Schwarz.}) (20. Nf3 Be6 21. a3 Ne3 22. Rfc1 Bd5 {verursacht
dem Nachziehenden auch keine Probleme.}) 20... Ne3 {Dies ist ein scharfer
Gewinnversuch. Schwarz erobert die Qualität, muß dem Weißen jedoch einen
gefährlichen Freibauern auf f7 einräumen. Zum Ausgleich führte} (20... fxe6 21.
Nf3 (21. Ne4 Bd7 $11) 21... Ne3 22. Rfc1 Ra5 $11) ({oder} 20... hxg5 21. Rxf5
Bxe6 22. Rxg5 Bxa2 23. Rc1 Rfc8 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Bxb7 Rc1+ 26. Kg2 Rc2 $11)
21. exf7+ Kh8 22. Nf3 Nxf1 23. Ne5 Nxg3+ 24. hxg3 Bf5 ({Nach} 24... Kh7 25.
Be4+ g6 26. Nxg6 Rxf7 27. Ne5+ Bf5 28. Nxf7 Bxe4+ 29. Kg1 {muß Schwarz um das
Remis kämpfen.}) 25. b4 {Weiß versucht die Stellung seines Springers auf e5 so
lange wie möglich zu erhalten.} ({Nach} 25. Rf1 g6 26. e4 (26. b4 Kg7 $17)
26... Ra5 27. Nc4 (27. exf5 Rxe5 28. fxg6 Kg7 $17) 27... Rc5 28. exf5 Rxc4 29.
fxg6 Kg7 {bleibt Schwarz im Vorteil.}) 25... Ra3 $2 (25... Kh7 26. Rf1 g6 27.
Bd5 (27. g4 Be6 28. Rf6 (28. Be4 Kg7 $17) 28... Bxf7 29. Rxf7+ Rxf7 30. Nxf7
Rxa2 31. e4 Rb2 {sieht gefahrlos für Schwarz aus.}) 27... Rad8 28. e4 Rxd5 29.
exd5 Be4+ 30. Kh2 Bxd5 31. Rf6 Bxa2 {kann Schwarz wohl überleben.}) (25... Rad8
{zur Kontrolle der Felder d5 und d7 kommt auch in Betracht.}) 26. e4 (26. Rf1
g6 27. g4 ({Die Fortsetzung} 27. e4 Re3 28. g4 Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Nxg6+ Kg7
31. Nxf8 Kxf8 {ist nicht gewinnträchtig für Weiß.}) 27... Re3 28. Nc4 Rc3 29.
Ne5 (29. gxf5 Rxc4 30. fxg6 Kg7 {ist unvorteilhaft für Weiß.}) 29... Re3 {
ergibt nur remis.}) 26... Re3 ({Nach} 26... Bh7 27. Rf1 {ist 28.Sd7 nicht mehr
zu verhindern:} Raa8 28. Nd7 Bg6 29. Nxf8 Rxf8 30. e5 Rxf7 31. Rxf7 Bxf7 32. a4
{und der a-Bauer ist nicht mehr aufzuhalten.}) 27. g4 Bh7 (27... Rxe4 28. Bxe4
Bxe4+ 29. Kh2 g5 30. Re1 Bh7 31. Rc1 Kg7 32. Rc7 Be4 33. a4 $18 {führt zum
Verlust.}) 28. Rf1 g5 29. Nd7 Kg7 30. Nxf8 Kxf8 31. Rf6 b5 $2 ({Nach} 31...
Bxe4 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. Rxb6 Re1+ (33... Kxf7 34. Rxb7+ Kf6 35. a4 Rxg4 36. a5 {
sieht hoffnungslos für Schwarz aus.}) (33... Re7 34. Rxh6 Rxf7 35. Rb6 {
bringt auch keine Rettung.}) 34. Kg2 Re2+ 35. Kf3 Rxa2 36. Rxb7 {schwebt
Schwarz in höchster Verlustgefahr. Der Textzug verliert aber auf der Stelle.})
32. Kg1 Rg3 33. e5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6
9. Nf3 Be7 10. Bd2 a5 11. Nc1 Nd7 12. Nb3 Bb7 13. Qe2 c5 14. O-O O-O 15. Bd3
cxd4 16. Rfc1 Qb6 17. Nbxd4 Rfc8 18. Bb5 Nf8 19. g3 Rc7 20. Rxc7 Nxc7 21. Bd3
Rd8 22. Re1 Na6 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Bc5 25. Be3 Rd5 26. Nb3 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Qb7
28. Nfd4 Nb8 29. Nb5 Nc6 30. f4 Ne7 31. N3d4 Nfg6 32. Nd6 Qb8 33. N4b5 Nf5 $2 (
33... h6 $14) 34. Nxf5 exf5 35. Nd6 $2 (35. e6 $18 {vgl. "Schach" 5/1997, S.21.
}) 35... Ne7 36. Kf2 h6 37. Re2 Rd1 38. Re1 Nd5 39. Qe2 Rxe1 40. Qxe1 Qa7+ 41.
Kg2 Qa6 42. Kf2 Qa7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1999.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6
9. Nf3 Be7 10. Bd2 a5 11. Nc1 Nd7 12. Nb3 Bb7 13. O-O h6 $6 {Schwarz
beschließt, auf die kurze Rochade zu verzichten. Dieses Verfahren birgt stets
beachtliche Gefahren, weil es lange dauert, bis der Königsturm des Schwarzen
ins Spiel eingreifen kann. Die Folgen der kurzen Rochade werden im folgenden
Partiebeispiel vorgestellt:} (13... O-O 14. Qe2 c5 15. dxc5 (15. Bd3 cxd4 16.
Rfc1 Qb6 17. Nbxd4 Rfc8 18. Bb5 Nf8 19. g3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,Y-Sadler,M/
EU-chTM 1997 (42)}) 15... Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Bd3 Ne7 {Dieser Rückzug
erregt mein Mißtrauen. Nach} (17... Be7 18. Qe4 g6 {ist die Stellung des
Schwarzen meines Erachtens solide genug.}) 18. Rad1 h6 $6 (18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3
Qb6 20. Qe4 Ng6 {ist noch keineswegs fatal für Schwarz.}) 19. Bxh6 Bxf3 $6 (
19... gxh6 20. Bh7+ Kxh7 21. Rxd8 Raxd8 22. Qc2+ Nf5 23. Qxc5 Bxf3 24. gxf3
Rg8+ 25. Kh1 Rd5 {lohnte vielleicht einen Versuch; die Festung des Schwarzen
ist schwer zu knacken, zum Beispiel} 26. Qc7 Rg7 27. f4 h5 28. h3 h4 29. Rc1 (
29. Qc2 Rg8) 29... Rd2 30. Rc2 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Nd4) 20. Qxf3 gxh6 21. Qf4 Qb6 $2 (
{Die richtige Verteidigung bestand in} 21... Qe8 22. Qxh6 Ng6 23. Be4 Ra7 24.
Rd3 f5 25. exf6 Rxf6 {doch wird der Angriff des Weißen nach} 26. Qg5 Be7 27.
Rg3 {durchdringen.}) 22. Qxh6 Nf5 23. Qg5+ Ng7 24. Qh4 Nf5 25. Qg4+ Ng7 (25...
Kh8 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. g4 {ist ebenfalls hoffnungslos.}) 26. Qe4 Nf5 27. g4 Kg7
28. Kh1 {1-0 Slipak,S-Rojas,L/Villa Martelli 1998/CBM 65/[Huebner,R] (28)}) 14.
Qc2 Rc8 15. Qe4 c5 16. Rac1 Kf8 {Schwarz deckt den Bauern auf g7
prophylaktisch, so daß Weiß kein Tempo mit dem Zuge De4-g4 gewinnen kann. Es
ist nun die Aufgabe des Weißen, die Stellung möglichst rasch zu öffnen; dann
wird es fühlbar werden, daß der Turm auf h8 nicht ins Spiel eingreifen kann.}
17. Bb5 Ba8 $2 (17... Bc6 {sollte meines Erachtens versucht werden. Nach} 18.
Bxc6 Rxc6 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 (20... Bxc5 21. Be3) 21. Rc4 g6 22. Rfc1
Rxc4 23. Qxc4 Kg7 {kann Schwarz sich halten.}) 18. Qd3 g5 19. Bxd7 {Mit diesem
Zug erreicht Weiß sein Ziel, eine weitgehende Öffnung der Stellung; außerdem
gewinnt er (zunächst) einen Bauern.} ({Nach} 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 ({Die Fortsetzung} 
19... g4 20. Ne1 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qxa5 22. f3 {ist riskant für Schwarz.}) 20. Bxd7
Rd8 21. Bb5 Nc7 {erhält Schwarz prächtiges Gegenspiel.}) 19... Qxd7 20. dxc5
Qxa4 (20... Bc6 21. Nxa5 Bxa4 22. c6 Bxc6 23. Qa6 g4 24. Nd4 Nc7 25. Qxc6 Qxd4
26. Rfd1 {führt zu einer Verluststellung für Schwarz.}) 21. Nfd4 $2 (21. Ra1
Qd7 22. Rxa5 {war meines Erachtens das richtige Verfahren. Weiß setzt mit
Sf3-d4, Tf1-a1 usw. fort; eines Tages wird der Bauer auf b4 nicht mehr haltbar
sein. Nach dem Textzug kann sich Schwarz erholen.}) 21... Qe8 22. c6 Bxc6 ({
Die Folge} 22... a4 23. Na5 Qd8 24. Nb7 (24. Qa6 Kg7 {führt zu einer unklaren
Stellung.}) 24... Qb6 ({Die Fortsetzung} 24... Qc7 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Qxe5
27. Ra1 {birgt für Schwarz Gefahren, weil sein Läufer eingeschlossen bleibt.})
25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. exd6 Bxc6 27. Rxc6 Rxc6 28. Nxc6 Qxc6 29. Bxb4 {überläßt dem
Weißen einige Initiative; der Textzug ist sicherer.}) 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. Nxa5
Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Kg7 $6 {Schwarz sollte keine Schwierigkeiten haben, diese
Stellung zu halten. Am einfachsten scheint mir die Fortsetzung} (25... Qa4 26.
Nc6 Bc5 27. Rxc5 Qd1+ 28. Qf1 Qxd2 {zu sein; Schwarz hat keine Probleme.}) 26.
Nc6 Qd7 27. Bxb4 Rc8 $6 (27... Bxb4 28. Nxb4 Rd8 {kam in Betracht. Nach} 29.
Nxd5 Qxd5 {hat Weiß meines Erachtens kaum Gewinnaussichten.}) 28. Bxe7 Rxc6 $6
(28... Qxe7 {bietet nach wie vor prächtige Remischancen.}) 29. Bf6+ Kg8 30.
Rxc6 Qxc6 31. Qd2 Qa4 $6 {Schwarz kann auf die Dauer nicht vermeiden, daß die
Partie in ein Damenendspiel übergeht,weil sein König auf Matt steht, und er
verliert mit dem folgenden Manöver nur Zeit. Bessere Rettungsaussichten bot
meines Erachtens die Fortsetzung} (31... Nxf6 32. exf6 e5 33. b4 Qxf6 34. b5 e4
) 32. h3 Qe4 33. f3 Qf5 $2 {Hiernach ist Schwarz definitiv verloren. Nötig war}
(33... Qc4 {, um den Versuch zu unternehmen, eine Art Festungsstellung
aufrechtzuerhalten.}) 34. Qa5 Nxf6 35. Qd8+ Ne8 36. Qxe8+ Kg7 37. Qb5 Qc2 (
37... Qf4 38. Qc5 {ist ebenfalls hoffnungslos für Schwarz.}) 38. Qb4 Qe2 39.
Qd4 h5 40. b4 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 h4 42. b5 Qg3+ 43. Kh1 Qe1+ 44. Qg1 Qxe5 45. Qb1 Qd5
46. b6 Qb7 47. Qb4 e5 48. Qc5 Kg6 49. Qc7 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.14"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Rc1
Bg4 9. Qb3 $6 (9. Ne5 Bf5 10. Qb3 {sieht besser aus.}) 9... Bxf3 10. Qxb7 Nbd7
11. gxf3 e5 (11... c5 {ist weniger überzeugend, obwohl Schwarz die
Beispielpartie rasch gewann:} 12. dxc5 Ne5 13. Rc2 $4 (13. Be2 $16) 13... Rb8
14. Qxa6 d4 15. exd4 Nxf3+ 16. Kd1 Nxd4 17. Bg2 Ng4 18. Be3 Nxc2+ 19. Kxc2
Nxe3+ 20. fxe3 Rxb2+ {0-1 Doroshkievich,V-Ovsejevitsch,S/Krasnodar 1996/EXT
2000 (20).}) 12. Qxc6 exd4 13. exd4 Re8+ 14. Kd1 $2 (14. Be3 {könnte zu einer
etwa ausgeglichenen Stellung führen:} Re6 15. Qa4 Nb6 16. Qa5 dxc4 17. Bh3 Re8
18. O-O {usw.}) 14... Re6 15. Qa4 Nb6 16. Qb3 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Rc8
19. Qd3 Nd7 20. Ne4 Rb8 21. Kc2 $2 {#} (21. Bc3 Ne5 22. Qe2 Nc6 {sieht nicht
gesund für Weiß aus.}) (21. Qc3 {bietet jedoch treffliche Überlebensaussichten:
} Nb6 22. Qc7 Qe8 (22... Qf8 {scheitert an} 23. Bb4) 23. Nc5 Rc8 (23... Rc6 24.
Qf4 {ist nicht aussichtsreicher für Schwarz.}) 24. Qf4 Na4 25. b3 $13) 21...
Ne5 $19 22. dxe5 ({Nach} 22. Qc3 Nc6 {fällt die Stellung des Weißen
auseinander.}) 22... Rc6+ $6 ({Einfacher gewann} 22... Rxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Qxd3 {
, denn nach} 24. Rc8+ Bf8 25. Bh6 Qb5+ 26. Ka1 (26. Kc2 Rc6+ $19) 26... Qxe5+
27. Kb1 (27. Nc3 Re8 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 27... Rb6+ 28. Kc2 Rb8 {deckt
Schwarz das Matt und siegt mühelos.}) 23. Qc3 (23. Bc3 {wird mit} Rxb2+ 24.
Kxb2 Qxd3 25. Rhd1 Qb5+ 26. Ka1 Bxe5 {beantwortet.}) 23... Qd5 {Jetzt muß
Schwarz noch ein wenig arbeiten; er hat jedoch eine technische Gewinnstellung.}
24. Kb1 Rxc3 25. Bxc3 Bxe5 26. Ka1 Bxc3 27. Rxc3 Qe5 28. h4 h5 29. a3 Qf4 30.
Re3 Rc8 31. Kb1 Rc7 32. Rd3 Re7 33. Ka1 Kg7 34. Rc3 Rc7 35. Re3 Rc2 36. Ng5 Qc7
37. Ka2 Qc4+ 38. Kb1 Rxf2 39. Rc3 Qb5 40. Rc2 Qd3 0-1

[Event "Cannes m1"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2000.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.04.18"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 Qd5 {Schwarz verteidigt
seinen Mehrbauern; das ist plausibel. Versucht wurde auch:} (6... Nf6 7. Nxf6+
exf6 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Qb3 (9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bd3 g6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. b3 f5 13. Bb2
Be6 14. Bc4 Bd5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Qxc7 Bxc7 17. Rc1 Bd6 18. Ke2 f6 19. h4 Kf7
20. Ne1 a5 21. Nd3 Ra6 22. Rc2 Rc6 23. Rxc6 Nxc6 24. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Epishin,
V-Sakaev,K/St.Petersburg 1997/CBM 58 (24)}) 9... O-O 10. a5 Nd7 11. Ne2 f5 12.
Bd2 Nf6 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rfc1 Bd7 15. Nf4 Rab8 16. Nd3 Ne4 17. Be1 Rfd8 18. f3
Ng5 19. Ne5 Be8 20. Bf2 c5 21. Nd3 cxd4 22. exd4 Qf6 23. Re1 Qg6 24. Kh1 Qh5
25. Ne5 Kh8 $2 26. f4 Ne4 27. Rxe4 $1 fxe4 28. Bxf7 $2 (28. g4 Qh6 29. g5 Qh5
30. Bxf7 $1 Qe2 (30... g6 31. Qe6 $1 Bf8 32. d5 Bg7 33. Bxe8 $18 Rxe8 $2 34.
Nf7+ Kg8 35. Nh6+ Kh8 36. Qg8+ Rxg8 37. Nf7#) 31. Re1 $1 Qxf2 32. Ng6+ hxg6 33.
Qh3+ Qh4 34. Qxh4#) 28... Qf5 29. g4 (29. Bxe8 Bxe5 30. dxe5) 29... Qxf4 30.
Bg3 Qg5 31. Bxe8 Bxe5 32. Bxe5 Rxe8 33. Bxb8 Rxb8 34. Qe6 $2 (34. Qg3 $1) 34...
Qe3 $1 35. d5 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Rf8 37. Qd6 Qxg4+ 38. Qg3 Qe2 39. Re1 Qxb2 40. Rxe4
b3 41. Qe1 Qc2 {0-1 Freiman,S-Botvinnik,M/Leningrad 1933/URS-ch/[RR] (41)}) (
6... Bf5 7. Ng3 Bg6 8. Bxc4 e6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. b3 Nd7 11. Bb2 Ngf6 12. Rc1 $14 {
1-0 Epishin,V-Fang,J/Philadelphia 1998/EXT 99 (43)}) 7. Ng3 Nf6 (7... e5 {
ist auch nicht schlecht; in der folgenden Beispielpartie setzt Schwarz sehr
schwach fort:} 8. Nf3 exd4 9. e4 Qc5 10. Nxd4 b3 $6 (10... Nf6 {ist besser.})
11. Be2 Qa5+ $6 (11... Nf6) 12. Bd2 Bb4 $2 (12... Qc5) 13. Bxc4 $18 {1-0
Gonzalez Velez,F-Gual,A/Salamanca 1998/EXT 99 (39)}) 8. Nf3 (8. Be2 {ist
erwägenswert.}) 8... Ba6 (8... h5 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 11. Be2 {geschah
in der Partie Epishin-L. Ortega, Bozen 1999; Weiß hat eine gefährliche
Initiative für die beiden geopferten Bauern.}) 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O ({Die
Fortsetzung} 10. Ne5 Qxg2 11. Bf3 Qh3 12. Nxc6 Nd5 {sieht nicht
vertrauenerweckend für Weiß aus.}) 10... Bd6 11. Bd2 ({Die Folge} 11. Qc2 b3
12. Qb1 (12. Qc3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Ne4 {mit Vorteil für Schwarz.}) 12... Bxg3 13.
hxg3 c3 14. Bxa6 c2 {kostet den Weißen die Dame; dagegen erobert er nach dem
Textzug die Dame des Gegners.}) 11... h5 12. Ne5 h4 13. Bf3 hxg3 (13... Qa5 14.
Nxc6 Qb6 (14... Qc7 15. Nxb4 Bb7 16. Ne2 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 h3 18. Nc3 {ist
ebensowenig deutlich.}) 15. Nxb8 Rxb8 16. Ne2 {führt zu einer etwa
ausgeglichenen Stellung. Natürlich konnte Schwarz der Versuchung nicht
widerstehen, die Dame zu opfern; in der Tat dürften die beiden Fortsetzungen
etwa gleichwertig sein.}) 14. Bxd5 gxh2+ 15. Kh1 cxd5 16. a5 {Weiß könnte auch
versuchen, die Stellung zu öffnen. Nach} (16. Qe1 c3 17. bxc3 Bxe5 ({Der in
der "Schachwoche" 19/2000, S.12 gemachte Vorschlag} 17... b3 {ist nicht besser;
Weiß antwortet} 18. c4) ({die Folge} 17... Bxf1 18. Qxf1 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Ne4 20.
Be1 {erleichtert die Aufgabe des Weißen.}) 18. dxe5 Ne4 19. c4 (19. f3 Bxf1 20.
fxe4 Bxg2+ 21. Kxg2 h1=Q+ 22. Qxh1 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 b3 24. exd5 exd5 25. Rh8+ Kd7
26. Bc1 Ke6 27. Re8+ Kf5 {führt zu einem Endspiel, das Weiß nicht halten kann.}
) 19... Bxc4 20. Bxb4 Nd7 21. Bd6 {dürfte sich die Stellung in etwa im
Gleichgewicht befinden.}) 16... Bb5 17. a6 (17. Qe1 {kann nun mit} Na6 {
pariert werden.}) 17... Nc6 ({Nach} 17... c3 18. bxc3 Bxf1 19. Qa4+ Ke7 20.
Rxf1 {hätte Weiß eine recht günstige Version des oben angeführten
Stellungstyps erhalten. Schwarz hält zu recht die Stellung geschlossen und
entwickelt sich ruhig.}) 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Ra5 {Weiß versucht, den Gegner am
Damenflügel zu beschäftigen; vermutlich plante er mit diesem Zuge die Aufgabe
der Qualität, um den starken schwarzfeldrigen Läufer des Schwarzen zu
eliminieren. In Betracht kommt vielleicht auch} (19. g4 {mit der Absicht,
f2-f3, Kh1-g2, Tf1-h1 und Ld2-e1-g3 folgen zu lassen.}) 19... Rb8 20. Qe2 Ne4
21. Rfa1 Bc7 22. Be1 $1 ({Nach} 22. R5a2 b3 23. Ra3 Bd6 24. Ra5 Nxd2 25. Qxd2
Bb4 {hat Schwarz eine technische Gewinnstellung.}) 22... Bxa5 23. Rxa5 c3 {
Mit einem ruhigen Verfahren erreicht Schwarz nicht mehr:} (23... Kd7 24. f3 Nd6
25. Bg3 Rb5 26. Rxb5 Bxb5 27. Qe1 Nf5 (27... c3 28. bxc3 b3 29. c4 {ist
ungesund für Schwarz.}) 28. Bf4 {mit unklaren Folgen.}) 24. f3 Nd6 25. Bg3 Rb5
26. Ra1 Nc4 (26... cxb2 27. Qxb2 Nc4 28. Qb3 {mit unklarer Stellung.}) (26...
Nf5 27. Bf2 cxb2 28. Qxb2 O-O {war vielleicht am wirksamsten.}) 27. b3 (27.
bxc3 b3 {ist natürlich unerfreulich für Weiß.}) 27... Nb6 $6 (27... Nd2 28. Qd1
Kd7 29. Be1 Rb6 30. Bxd2 cxd2 31. Qxd2 {führt zu einer ausgeglichenen Stellung.
}) (27... Na3 28. Bd6 {sieht nicht günstiger für Schwarz aus.}) 28. Bd6 Kd7 $6
(28... Nd7 {war vorsichtiger.}) 29. Bc5 Rb8 $2 ({Nach} 29... g5 30. Qf2 f6 31.
Qg3 Nc8 {wäre die Stellung im Gleichgewicht geblieben.}) 30. Qf2 {Jetzt kann
Schwarz seine schwarzfeldrigen Schwächen nicht mehr decken.} Nc8 31. Qg3 R8b6 (
{Nach} 31... g6 {gewinnt Weiß zum Beispiel mit der Folge} 32. Qf4 Ke8 (32... f5
33. Qe5) 33. Qc7 Bd7 34. g4 {, und Schwarz kann sich nicht mehr rühren; auf} g5
{folgt} 35. Ra2) 32. Qxg7 Nd6 33. Qf8 1-0

[Event "Solin 12th"]
[Site "Solin/Split"]
[Date "2004.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jankovic, Alojzije"]
[Black "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6
9. Nf3 Be7 10. O-O a5 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. Qe2 h6 13. Nc1 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Qb6 {
Schwarz hat sich aufgebaut wie in der Partie Kasparov-Svidler, Moskau 2004;
auch in dieser Partie zeigt sich, daß die Struktur des Schwarzen freudlos ist.}
15. Nd3 Qa6 16. Rfc1 Qxc4 17. Rxc4 Kd7 18. b3 Na6 19. Rac1 Rhc8 20. R4c2 Rc7
21. Nb2 c5 22. Nc4 Nb8 $6 (22... cxd4 23. Nxd4 (23. Nxa5 $2 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Nc5
$19) 23... Nc5 {führt zu einer ungefähr ausgeglichenen Stellung, da der Druck
gegen den Bauern auf a5 durch den Druck gegen den bauern auf b3 ausgeglichen
wird. Nach dem Textzug wird Schwarz auch mit der Schwäche des Feldes b5 zu
kämpfen haben.}) 23. Be3 Ra6 24. dxc5 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Rxc5 26. Nd4 Nc6 $6 ({Nach
} 26... Rd5 27. Kf2 (27. Nb5 {führt zu nichts:} Rc6 28. Nxa5 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 Bc5
30. Nc4 Nc6 31. Kf1 Nxe5 32. e4 Nxc4 33. Rxc4 Re5 $11) 27... Nc6 28. Nb5 f5 29.
exf6 Bxf6 30. Ke2 {hält sich der Vorteil des Weißen in Grenzen.}) 27. Nb5 Rd5
$2 (27... f5 {scheitert hier an} 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Rd2+ Rd5 30. Rxd5+ exd5 31.
Rd1) ({aber nach} 27... Bd8 {gefolgt von f7-f6 kann Schwarz Widerstand leisten.
}) 28. Nxa5 Rxa5 $6 {Schwarz sollte sich seinen Springer erhalten. Zäher ist} (
28... Bc5 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Rxa5 {, aber denn och hat Weiß nach} 31. Kf2 {
eine Gewinnstellung.}) 29. Rxc6 Rd1+ 30. Kf2 Rd2+ (30... Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Ra6 32.
Rc7+ Kd8 33. Kf3 {ist auch hoffnungslos.}) 31. Kf3 f5 32. Rc8 Bd8 33. Rb8 Ke7
34. Nd4 Rd5 35. Rcc8 R5xd4 36. exd4 Rxd4 37. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Clarin GP final"]
[Site "Villa Gesell"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Slipak, Sergio"]
[Black "Ginzburg, Maximiliano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.03.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4
Bf5 {Dies ist eine plausible Fortsetzung. Zum Ausgleich führte} (8... e6 9. Nf3
Be7 10. Bd2 a5 11. Nc1 Nd7 12. Nb3 Bb7 13. Qe2 c5 14. O-O O-O 15. Bd3 cxd4 16.
Rfc1 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,Y-Sadler,M/EU-chTM 1997 (42)}) 9. Ne2 e6 10. Ng3
{Die Spielführung des Weißen erscheint mir zu hurtig.} (10. O-O Be7 11. Bd2 a5
12. Nac1 {ist meines Erachtens vorzuziehen.}) 10... Bg6 11. O-O Be7 12. f4 ({
Nach} 12. Bd2 a5 {ist die Drohung Sd5-b6 lästig für Weiß.}) (12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2
{nebst Sa2-c1 war aber solider.}) 12... O-O 13. f5 exf5 14. Nxf5 a5 15. Nxe7+
Qxe7 16. Qg4 $2 (16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Bf4 {nebst Sa2-c1 hätte meinem Geschmack
mehr entsprochen. Jetzt kommt Weiß deutlich in Nachteil.}) 16... Qd7 17. Qh4 (
17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Be3 Rfc8 20. Rf2 Rc6 {ist schon nicht mehr
gemütlich für Weiß.}) {Ab jetzt wird er aber mit dem Schutz des Bauern auf d4
die größten Sorgen haben.} 17... Na6 18. Bd2 Nb6 $6 (18... Nac7 {nebst Sc7-e6
gefällt mir besser.}) 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Nc1 Qd5 21. Bg5 Re8 22. Qf2 c5 23. Ne2
cxd4 24. Nf4 Qd7 25. Rad1 (25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. Rad1 {bot ebenfalls
Rettungsaussichten.}) 25... Qf5 26. Rxd4 Nxa4 (26... Qxg5 27. Nxg6 {ist nicht
überzeugend.}) 27. h4 $2 ({Nach} 27. e6 fxe6 28. Nxg6 Qxf2+ 29. Rxf2 hxg6 30.
Rc2 {ist der Gewinn für Schwarz noch keineswegs einfach zu erzielen.}) 27... h6
28. Bd8 Qxe5 $19 29. h5 Be4 30. Nd3 Qxh5 31. Re1 Ra8 32. Nf4 Qf5 33. Qd2 Kh7
34. Bc7 Nc5 35. Nd5 Nb3 0-1

[Event "Mondariz zt 1.1"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2000.09.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. e3 e4 6. Qb3 Nf6 7. Nh3 Bd6 8. Bd2
Bc7 {Es ist die Durchstoßvariante der Französischen Verteidigung mit
umgekehrten Farben entstanden. Natürlich hat Weiß einen zusätzlichen
Entwicklungszug; dennoch sehe ich keine Möglichkeit für ihn, Vorteil zu
erzielen.} 9. f3 ({Nach} 9. Nb5 Bxh3 10. Nxc7+ Qxc7 11. gxh3 O-O {ist die
Stellung des Nachziehenden durchaus befriedigend.}) 9... exf3 10. gxf3 Nc6 11.
Nf2 a6 12. Bd3 b5 {Schwarz möchte mit dem Rochieren warten; aber auch} (12...
O-O {war einfach und gut.}) 13. a4 bxa4 ({Mindestens ebensosehr kommt} 13... b4
14. Ne2 O-O 15. Ng3 {mit etwa ausgeglichener Stellung in Betracht.}) 14. Qxa4 (
14. Nxa4 $5) 14... Bd7 15. Qa3 ({Besser gefällt mir} 15. Nb5 Bb8 16. Qa3 Qe7 ({
Nach} 16... Qb6 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Qxd6 {ist die Position des Schwarzen äußerst
unerfreulich.}) 17. O-O {mit einigem Druck.}) (15. Bb5 Ne7 16. Bxd7+ Nxd7 17.
Nd3 O-O {ist weniger wirksam für Weiß.}) 15... Ba5 16. Ne2 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Ne7 {
Jetzt steht der König des Weißen ein wenig exponiert, solange die Damen nicht
getauscht werden.} 18. Qd6 Rb8 19. b4 Rb6 20. Qc5 Bb5 21. Bxb5+ Rxb5 22. Qc3
Rb6 (22... Qd6 23. Nd3 O-O {sieht noch plausibler für Schwarz aus.}) 23. Rhc1 {
Weiß strebt danach, die Damen zu tauschen.} O-O 24. Qc7 Rxb4 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26.
Rxa6 Rb2+ 27. Rc2 Rxc2+ 28. Kxc2 Nf5 29. e4 dxe4 $6 {Damit erschwert sich
Schwarz seine Aufgabe. Nach} (29... Nh4 30. e5 Ne8 31. f4 Nc7 32. Ra7 Ne6 33.
Kd3 h5 {hatte er nicht das Geringste zu fürchten.}) 30. fxe4 Ne3+ (30... Nh4 $5
) 31. Kd3 Neg4 {Vielleicht sollte Schwarz danach streben, beide Springerpaare
auf dem Brett zu halten:} (31... Ng2 $5) 32. Nxg4 Nxg4 33. h4 Ne5+ ({Nach} 
33... Re8 34. e5 (34. Ng3 g6 35. d5 (35. e5 Nxe5+ 36. dxe5 Rxe5 {führt zu
einer klaren Remisstellung.}) 35... Ne5+ {sieht nicht gefährlich für Schwarz
aus.}) 34... g6 35. Ke4 {hat Schwarz weiterhin Schwierigkeiten.}) (33... g6 {
mit der Drohung f7-f5 sieht am stärksten aus. Mit dem Textzug verschenkt
Schwarz Zeit.}) 34. Ke3 Ng4+ 35. Kf4 h5 36. e5 {Jetzt ist die Lage des
Nachziehenden schon kritisch, weil sein Springer nicht mehr ohne weiteres ins
Spiel kommt.} Rc8 $6 {Dies läßt den d-Bauern unbeaufsichtigt.} (36... g6 {
mit der Absicht, Sg4-h6-f5 zu spielen, sieht am plausibelsten aus. Nach} 37.
Kg5 Kf8 {kommt Weiß nicht ohne weiteres weiter.}) 37. Kg5 Rc2 $6 ({Die Folge} 
37... g6 38. e6 {ist schon höchst unangenehm für Schwarz; er kann leicht beide
Königsflügelbauern verlieren.}) (37... Re8 {erzwang jedoch ein unmittelbares
Remis.}) 38. Nf4 Rc4 $2 ({Mit} 38... Nh2 39. e6 fxe6 ({Nach} 39... Nf3+ 40.
Kxh5 fxe6 41. Ra8+ {fällt Schwarz demselben Mechanismus zum Opfer wie in der
Partie.}) 40. Kg6 Rc8 41. Ra7 Nf3 {konnte Schwarz noch kräftigen Widerstand
leisten, der meiner Einschätzung nach zum Remis reichen sollte:} 42. Rxg7+ Kh8
43. Nxe6 Nxh4+ {usw.}) 39. e6 (39. Ra8+ Kh7 40. e6 {führte auch zum Sieg.})
39... fxe6 (39... Rc8 40. e7 Re8 41. Nd5 {ist ebenfalls hoffnungslos für
Schwarz.}) 40. Ra8+ Kf7 41. Ng6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 9. Rc1 Rc8 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 Nd7 12. Rc2 Nb6 13. Qc1 Bh5 14. Bg3 Bg6
15. Nf4 O-O 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Nb1 Bd6 18. Nd2 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Na7 20. Nb3 Rxc2
21. Qxc2 Nd7 22. Rc1 Qb6 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25. dxc5 f5 26. f4 Kf7 27.
Kf2 Kf6 28. g4 fxg4 29. Kg3 Nc6 30. Kxg4 e5 31. Rd1 e4 32. Bb1 Ne7 33. Kg3 g5
34. fxg5+ Kxg5 35. Ba2 a5 36. Rc1 ({Ich sehe nicht, warum Weiß auf} 36. Bxd5 {
verzichtet.}) 36... a4 37. Bb1 Nf5+ 38. Kf2 Nd4+ 39. Ke1 Nb3 40. Rc3 Rc8 41.
Bc2 $2 ({Zum Ausgleich führt} 41. Ba2 Rxc5 42. Rxc5 Nxc5 43. Bxd5 $11) 41...
Rxc5 42. Bd1 Rxc3 43. bxc3 Kf6 44. Kf2 0-1

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1998.11.10"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Soffer, Ram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.11.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4
Bf5 {Dies ist eine plausible Fortsetzung. Zum Ausgleich führte} (8... e6 9. Nf3
Be7 10. Bd2 a5 11. Nc1 Nd7 12. Nb3 Bb7 13. Qe2 c5 14. O-O O-O 15. Bd3 cxd4 16.
Rfc1 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,Y-Sadler,M/EU-chTM 1997 (42)}) 9. Bg5 {Dies ist
ein neuer Versuch, der von Schwarz unzureichend beantwortet wird. Ich zitiere
den wichtigsten Vorgänger:} (9. Ne2 e6 10. Ng3 {Die Spielführung des Weißen
erscheint mir zu hurtig.} (10. O-O Be7 11. Bd2 a5 12. Nac1 {ist meines
Erachtens vorzuziehen.}) 10... Bg6 11. O-O Be7 12. f4 ({Nach} 12. Bd2 a5 {
ist die Drohung Sd5-b6 lästig für Weiß.}) (12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 {nebst Sa2-c1
war aber solider.}) 12... O-O 13. f5 exf5 14. Nxf5 a5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qg4 $2
(16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Bf4 {nebst Sa2-c1 hätte meinem Geschmack mehr entsprochen.
Jetzt kommt Weiß deutlich in Nachteil.}) 16... Qd7 {0-1 Slipak,S-Ginzburg,M/
Clarin GP f 1998 (35)}) 9... h6 $6 (9... f6 {scheint mir wesentlich aktiver zu
sein.}) 10. Bh4 Nf4 $2 {Dieses Manöver kostet zu viel Zeit.} 11. Bg3 Be6 12.
Bxe6 Nxe6 13. Ne2 a5 14. O-O g6 {Die Entwicklung des Schwarzen läßt zu
wünschen übrig; außerdem leidet er an Raummangel und hat Schwächen auf der
c-Linie. Der Besitz einiger weißer Felder dürfte keinen ausreichenden Ersatz
für diese Nachteile bilden.} 15. Nec1 {In Wirklichkeit dürfte} (15. Nac1 {
gespielt worden sein.}) 15... Na6 16. Nb3 h5 17. Qc2 Qd5 18. Nxa5 h4 19. Bf4
Rc8 20. Nc4 h3 21. Ne3 Qd7 22. Rac1 hxg2 23. Rfd1 Bh6 24. Bxh6 Rxh6 25. Qe4 Ng5
26. Qxg2 Nh3+ 27. Kf1 Kf8 28. d5 cxd5 29. Qxd5 Qe8 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31. Rc1 Qe8
32. Rc6 Qa8 33. Rb6 Qxd5 34. Nxd5 Nc5 35. a5 Kg7 36. a6 1-0

[Event "Elgoibar 08th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1998.11.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 Bh5 8. O-O e6
9. f3 Bg6 10. Nf4 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. f4 Bb4 13. Ne2 Qa5 14. c5 Ba3 15. Bd2
Bb4 16. Bxb4 Qxb4 17. a3 Qa5 18. a4 b4 19. Ng3 O-O-O 20. Qf3 Kb7 21. Rac1 Qc7
22. a5 Ka7 23. Ra1 Rb8 24. Ra4 Rb7 25. Rc1 Rh4 26. h3 Nb8 27. Qf2 Ne8 28. Rf1
Qd8 29. e4 $2 {Dazu steht Weiß nicht parat; der Punkt d4 wird böse geschwächt.}
(29. Qd2 $5 Ka8 30. Rf2 {hätte zu Bauerngewinn geführt:} g5 31. Rxb4 Rxb4 (
31... Qxa5 $2 32. Rxb7 Qxd2 33. Rxb8+ $18) 32. Qxb4 {mit Vorteil für Weiß.})
29... g5 30. f5 dxe4 31. Bc4 (31. Bxe4 exf5 32. Bxf5 Qxd4 {wäre fatal für Weiß.
}) 31... Rf4 32. Qe3 exf5 33. Nxf5 Rxf1+ (33... g6 $5 34. Nd6 Nxd6 35. cxd6
Qxd6 36. d5+ c5 {sieht noch gefährlicher für Weiß aus.}) 34. Bxf1 g6 35. Nd6
Nxd6 36. cxd6 Qxd6 37. d5+ c5 {Es scheint mir eine Fehleinschätzung von
Schwarz zu sein, ins Unentschieden einzuwilligen. Er läuft keine Gefahr; der
Turm des Weißen steht auf a4 außer Spiel, und der Bauer auf d5 ist schwach.
Nach 38.De4: Te7 gibt der Besitz der e-Libie dem Schwarzen hübsche
Möglichkeiten.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.18"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bd3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. h3 (8.
Nge2 e5 9. h3 Be6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. O-O Bd6 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nd4
Rc8 15. Qd1 Bb8 $11 {0-1 Doroshkievich,V-Alavkin,A/Togliatty 2001/CBM 83 ext 
(31). (31)}) 8... Bh5 9. f4 {Weiß will den Vorstoß e7-e5 verhindern.} (9. Nge2
e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nf4 {verdient Prüfung.}) 9... bxc4 10. bxc4
dxc4 11. Bxc4 e6 {Die Struktur der weißen Stellung gefällt mir nicht.} 12. Nge2
Bb4 13. O-O O-O 14. g4 $6 (14. Bd2 $11) 14... Bg6 15. f5 exf5 16. gxf5 Bh5 17.
Nf4 Nb6 18. Bb3 (18. Bd3 {sieht besser aus; es ist wichtig das Feld e4 unter
Beobachtung zu halten.}) 18... Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Nbd5 20. Qe1 $2 (20. Qxc6 {
muß versucht werden:} Rc8 (20... Nxf4 21. Rxf4 {sieht jedenfalls nicht
gefährlich für Weiß aus.}) 21. Qxa6 Rxc1 {scheint nicht korrekt zu sein:} 22.
Raxc1 Nxe3 23. Nxh5 Nxh5 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. Bxh5 Qg5+ 26. Bg4 Nxg4 27. hxg4 (27.
Qe2 $5) 27... Qxg4+ 28. Kf2 Qxd4+ 29. Kg3 Qe3+ 30. Kh2 Qd2+ 31. Kh1 Qd5+ 32.
Kg1 Qd4+ 33. Rf2 Qg4+ 34. Kf1 Qh3+ 35. Ke2 Re8+ 36. Kd1 Qh1+ 37. Kc2 Qe4+ 38.
Qd3 Rc8+ 39. Kd2 Qxd3+ 40. Kxd3 Rxc1 41. Rc2 Rd1+ 42. Ke2 Rd8 43. a4 Ra8 44. a5
g6 {Schwarz hält wohl soeben remis.}) 20... Re8 21. Qh4 Re4 22. Bc2 Rxf4 23.
Rxf4 (23. exf4 Nb4 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 23... Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Qa5 25. Qf2
Re8 26. a4 {Weiß stellt dem Gegner das Feld d5 für die Dame zur Verfügung.} (
26. Bb2 {ist zäher.}) 26... Qd5 27. Bd2 Bf3 {Nun dürfte Weiß strategisch auf
Verlust stehen.} 28. Rc1 Be4 29. Bd1 Qd7 (29... Bxf5 30. Rc5 Qa2 31. Rxf5 Ne4
32. Qg2 Qxd2 33. Qxd2 Nxd2 34. Rc5 {führt keineswegs zu einem klaren Ergebnis.}
) 30. Rc5 h6 31. Re5 Rb8 (31... Rxe5 32. dxe5 Nd5 33. Bg4 c5 {sieht auch
äußerst ungemütlich für Weiß aus.}) 32. Be2 Rb1+ 33. Kh2 $2 ({Nur mit} 33. Be1
{konnte Weiß Widerstand leisten.}) ({oder mit} 33. Bf1 {zum Beispiel} Bd3 34.
Be1 Ne4 35. Qh4 Bxf1 36. Kxf1 Nd2+ 37. Ke2 Nc4 38. Rc5 Rb2+ 39. Kf3 Rb3 40. Bf2
Ra3 41. Qf4 {und die Lage bleibt unklar.}) 33... Qb7 (33... Qd6 {gewinnt auf
der Stelle:} 34. Qf4 Rb2) 34. Kg3 Rb2 (34... c5 {führt zu entscheidenden
Linienöffnungen.}) 35. Qe1 Qb3 36. Qc1 Rb1 37. Qc3 Rg1+ 38. Kf2 Qb1 39. Be1
Rg2+ 40. Kf1 Rh2 (40... Nd5 $19) 41. Qb4 Qa2 42. Qc4 Qb2 43. Qb4 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 39th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2004.05.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 Bg4 6. f3 Bh5 7. Qb3 b5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. g4 Bg6 10. g5 Nfd7 11. h4 $6 ({Nach} 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. e4 e6 13. Qb3 Bd6
14. Be3 {hat Weiß einen gesunden Mehrbauern.}) 11... h6 $2 (11... Nb6 {führt
zu etwa gleichem Spiel.}) (11... e6 12. h5 Bf5 13. e4 dxe4 (13... Nc6 14. exf5
Nxd4 15. Qd1 Nxf5 16. Bd3 {ist unbefriedigend für Schwarz.}) 14. fxe4 Bg4 15.
Rh4 {muß vermieden werden.}) 12. h5 hxg5 (12... Bh7 13. Qxd5 Ra7 14. gxh6 gxh6
15. e4 {ist auch nicht ganz befriedigend für Schwarz.}) 13. hxg6 Rxh1 14. Qxd5
Qc7 $2 {Schwarz sollte dem Gegner keinen Bauern auf f7 gestatten. Nach} (14...
fxg6 15. Qxa8 (15. Nh3 Nb6) 15... Rxg1 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Ne2 Rh1 18. Rc1 Qh2 {
ist der Kampf noch nicht zu Ende.}) 15. gxf7+ Kd8 16. Nh3 (16. Qxa8 Qg3+ 17.
Ke2 Qxg1 18. Bd2 Qh2+ 19. Kd3 Nb6 20. Qb7 Nc4 21. Ne4 {führt ebenfalls zum
Gewinn. Der Textzug ist einfacher, weil die Stellung übersichtlich bleibt.})
16... Ra7 17. f4 Qc6 18. Nxg5 Qh6 19. Bd2 Qh4+ 20. Ke2 Kc8 21. Nxb5 $18 Rh2+ ({
Auf} 21... axb5 {folgt} 22. Rc1+ Rc7 23. Rxc7+ Kxc7 24. Bg2 {, und Weiß
gewinnt.}) 22. Kd3 axb5 23. Ne6 Rxd2+ 24. Kxd2 Qf2+ 25. Be2 Nb6 26. Rc1+ Nc4+
27. Rxc4+ bxc4 28. Qc5+ Kb7 29. Nd8+ Ka8 30. Qd5+ Nc6 31. Qxc6+ Kb8 32. Qb6+
Ka8 33. Nc6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nadanian, Ashot S"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. e4 dxe4 6. Bc4 $6 {Für diesen Zug
habe ich keine Vorbilder gefunden. Üblich ist} (6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. dxe5 Bb4 (7...
Qa5 $2 {ist verfehlt:} 8. e6 $1 fxe6 9. Qh5+ Kd8 10. Bg5+ Be7 11. Rd1 g6 12.
Bxe7+ Kxe7 13. Qc5+ Kf7 14. b4 Qd8 15. Nh3 Qe7 16. Ng5+ Kf8 17. Bxd7 Qxc5 18.
bxc5 Ke7 19. Bb5 {1-0 Makogonov,M-Model,A/Odessa 1929/URS-ch (19)}) (7... Nc6 {
ist spielbar:} 8. Bf4 {TN} (8. Qd5 Bb4 9. Nge2 a6 10. Bc4 Qe7 11. Bf4 {+/=
Mueller-Haas, cr 1922, ECO D10/4(24)}) 8... Nge7 9. Nge2 Ng6 10. Qd5 Bb4 11.
Qxe4 Qh4 (11... O-O 12. O-O Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Re8 $44) 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O
14. Rad1 Ngxe5 $1 15. g3 (15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qxe5 Rfe8 17. Qg5 Qxg5 18. Bxg5
Rxe2 19. Rd2 $10) 15... Qh5 (15... Qg4 $2 16. f3 Qe6 17. Bxe5 $18) 16. Bxe5 (
16. Bxc6 $4 Bxc6 17. Qxe5 Qf3 $19) 16... Rae8 17. Rxd7 (17. Nf4 Qxe5 18. Qxe5
Rxe5 19. a4 $13) 17... Rxe5 {=/+ >< c3} 18. Nf4 Qg4 19. Qd3 Rxb5 20. h3 Qg5 21.
Re1 $2 (21. c4) 21... Ne5 $1 $19 22. Qd1 (22. Qxb5 Nf3+ $19) 22... Nxd7 23.
Qxd7 Qf5 {0-1 Krasenkow,M-Shabalov,A/Moscow 1991/URS-ch/[Hertneck] (38)}) 8.
Bd2 {Damit erhält Weiß keinen Vorteil. Noch weniger verspricht indessen} (8. e6
fxe6 (8... Bxb5 $4 9. exf7+ Ke7 10. fxg8=N+ {'+-!' Hertneck.} Qxg8 11. Bg5+ $18
) 9. Qb3 (9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qe5 Qf6 (10... Nf6 11. Qxe6+ (11. Bh6 $5) 11... Qe7
12. Qc4 (12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 $15) 12... Nc6 $13) 11. Bf4 a6 (11... Nc6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6
13. Nge2 Rd8 14. O-O Bd6 15. Qxf6 Nxf6 {=/+/-/+}) 12. Bc4 Nc6 13. Qxf6 Nxf6 $15
{1-0 Beliavsky,A-Lautier,J/Belgrade 1991/CBM 27/[Hertneck] (54)}) 9... Qe7 10.
Be2 Bc6 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Nh3 Bd5 13. Qc2 O-O 14. O-O Nbd7 $15 {0-1 Stalne,
K-Ronneland,D/Borlange 1992/EXT 99 (39)}) (8. Qd5 $5 {(Hertneck) ist
vielleicht einen Versuch wert.}) 8... Bxc3 {Andere Fortsetzungen sind
schwächer:} (8... e3 9. fxe3 (9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Bxe3 {with equal play is
mentioned by the encyclopedia.} (10. Bxe3 Nxe5 11. Qa4+ Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 {
1/2 Siskin-Nei, SU 1959, ECO D10/4 n.24})) 9... Nh6 ({Sicherer ist} 9... Bxc3
10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Bxc3 Qh4+ 12. Kf1 Nh6 $11) 10. e6 $1 {White gets an
advantage.} (10. Nf3 O-O 11. Qb3 {was also promising.}) 10... fxe6 11. Qh5+ {
'->' Hertneck. 'Van der Sterren,P-Hector,J Kerteminde 1991'} Nf7 12. Nf3 g6 13.
Qg4 Qe7 14. O-O Bxb5 15. Nxb5 Bxd2 16. Nxd2 Nc6 17. Ne4 O-O 18. Rf6 Rae8 19.
Raf1 $16 {0-1 Van der Sterren,P-Hector,J/Kerteminde 1991/CBM 23/[Kortschnoj] 
(44)}) (8... Nh6 9. Nxe4 (9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Qd5 $5) 9... Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11.
Be2 $2 (11. Rd1 $16) 11... Bc6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bf3 Nd7 14. e6 Ne5 15. exf7+
Nhxf7 16. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Trichkov,V-Keitlinghaus,L/Pardubice 1994/EXT 97 (33)})
9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (9... Nxd7 10. Bxc3 Nc5 (10... Qg5 $5 11. Ne2 (11. Qd5 $2 Ngf6 (
11... Qxg2 $2 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. e6 $1 fxe6 14. Qc4+ Kb8 15. Rxd7 $1 Qg5+ 16.
Bd2 $18) 12. Qxb7 O-O 13. Nh3 (13. exf6 Nc5 $40) 13... Qxg2 14. Rg1 Qxh3 15.
exf6 Nc5 16. Rxg7+ Kh8 17. Rxf7 Nxb7 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. f7+ Qxc3+ 20. bxc3 Rxf7
$19) 11... Ne7 $1 12. O-O Nxe5 13. Qa4+ (13. Ng3 O-O 14. Nxe4 Qg6 15. Bxe5 Qxe4
16. Bd6 Rfd8 17. Re1 Qg6 18. Rxe7 Rxd6 $10) 13... N5c6 14. Qxe4 O-O $14) 11.
Ne2 (11. Nh3 $5 Nd3+ 12. Kf1 Qd5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Qa4+ b5 15. Qxe4 Ne7 $44) 11...
Nd3+ (11... Ne7 $6 12. O-O O-O 13. Ng3 {/\ Bb4 +/-}) 12. Kf1 Qd5 13. Ng3 O-O-O
$5 (13... Ne7 14. Qa4+ b5 15. Qxe4 Rd8 (15... Rd8 {0-1 Hertneck,G-Stangl,M/
Garmisch 1994/CBM 43 ext (43)})) 14. Qa4 (14. Qg4+ Kb8 15. e6 $5 (15. Qxg7 Ne7
$44) (15. Qxe4 Ne7 $44 (15... Qc5 $6 16. Qe3 $16)) 15... Nh6 $8 16. Qxg7 Qxe6
17. Bf6 Nf5 $1 (17... Rhg8 $2 18. Qxh6 Rg6 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Bxd8 $13) 18. Nxf5
Rhg8 19. Bxd8 (19. Nd4 $2 Qa6 $19) 19... Rxg7 20. Nxg7 Qe5 {/\ Qb2, /\ Qf4, /\
Qg7 -/+}) 14... Ne7 15. Kg1 $2 (15. Qxa7 $1 Nxb2 (15... Nxe5 16. Qa8+ Kd7 17.
Qa4+ $16) 16. Ba5 $1 (16. Rc1 Nd3 17. Rc2 Nc5 18. Bd4 Qxd4 19. Qxc5+ Nc6 $13)
16... Rde8 (16... Qb5+ 17. Kg1 Nc6 18. Qa8+ Kd7 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 (19... Qb4 20.
Ba5 $1 $16) 20. Qa3 $16) 17. Rc1+ (17. Qb6 Qc4+ 18. Kg1 Na4 19. Qd6 Nd5 $13)
17... Kd7 18. Qb6 Rc8 19. Qxb2 Rxc1+ 20. Qxc1 Qxa5 $13) 15... Nc5 16. Qxa7 Nc6
17. Qa3 h5 $1 18. h3 (18. Nf1 $5 {/\ Ne3}) 18... e3 19. fxe3 Kc7 20. Bb4 Nxb4
21. Qxb4 Qxe5 22. Qf4 Qxf4 23. exf4 Nd3 $15 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,L-Nikolic,P/Bled
1991/CBM 24/[Hertneck] (65)}) 10. Bxc3 Ne7 11. Ne2 Nd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Qa4 e3
14. f4 O-O 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Qb3 $13 {0-1 Langeweg,K-Donner,J/Amsterdam 1965/
MCL (40)}) (6. d5 {wurde auch mehrmals gespielt; der Zug sieht nicht danach
aus, als könne der dem Weißen Vorteil verbürgen.} Nf6 7. Bg5 a6 (7... Qb6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Nge2 f5 12. Qa4 O-O-O $17 {0-1
Marshall,F-Winawer,S/Monte Carlo 1901/EXT 98 (40)}) 8. Bc4 Nbd7 9. Nge2 b5 10.
Bb3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. b4 $2 (12. O-O {ist besser.}) 12... Nd3+ 13. Bxd3 exd3
14. Qxd3 Bxb4 $17 {1/2-1/2 Hartmann,K-Doeve,M/Germany 1989/EXT 97-B (59)}) (6.
Be3 {ist ebenfalls keine überzeugende Fortsetzung:} exd4 7. Bxd4 Nf6 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. Qa4 Be7 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxe4+ Kf8 14. Nge2
g6 15. O-O Kg7 $11 {0-1 Thomas,G-Ahues,C/Liege 1930/HCL (46)}) {Weiß versucht
etwas Neues, nachdem die bisherigen Vorbilder keinen Vorteil für ihn ergeben
haben; aber der Versuch ist zweifelhaft.} 6... exd4 7. Qb3 $2 (7. Nxe4 {
ist solider; aber Weiß hat nicht 6.Lc4 gespielt, um danach sofort um Ausgleich
kämpfen zu müssen.}) 7... Nf6 8. Bxf7+ Ke7 9. Nd5+ Kxf7 10. Nc7+ Kg6 11. Nxa8 (
11. Qg3+ Bg4 12. Nxa8 Na6 13. h3 Bd6 {führt den Weißen straks zum Verlust.})
11... Na6 12. Ne2 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 h6 $19 ({Auch} 13... d3 14. Nf4+ Kf5 {führte zu
einer Gewinnstellung für Schwarz; doch muß man gute Nerven haben,um eine
solche Fortsetzung zu wählen.}) 14. a3 (14. Bf4 d3 (14... Nd5 15. Qg3+ Kh7 16.
Be5 {ist dagegen verfehlt}) 15. Ng3 Bd6 {rettet den Weißen auch nicht.}) 14...
Be7 15. Bd2 Nc5 16. Qg3+ Kh7 17. Rc1 e3 18. Bb4 Nce4 19. Qc7 Bxb4 20. axb4 Nxf2
21. Rg1 d3 22. Nf4 Qxc7 23. Nxc7 d2 0-1

[Event "Gistrup"]
[Site "Gistrup"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1996.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 Re8 8. Rc1 a6
9. a4 Nbd7 10. Nf3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. b4 e6 13. Qb3 Qb8 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rc2
Rc8 16. Rfc1 Ne8 17. b5 a5 18. Bd3 Nd6 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. Ba3 Bf8 21. Nf3 Rc7 22.
Ne5 Qd8 23. Nc6 Qe8 24. f3 Rac8 25. e4 Nc4 26. Bxf8 Qxf8 27. Nb1 Bxc6 28. bxc6
Rxc6 29. Bxc4 dxc4 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Qxc4 h5 33. Qc3 h4 34. Kf2
Qb8 35. d5 Qf4 36. Nd2 exd5 37. g3 Qh6 38. Nf1 Qh8 39. e5 Nh7 40. Qc8+ Nf8 41.
Qc7 Ne6 42. Qxb6 Qxe5 43. Qxa5 Qd4+ 44. Ke2 Qc4+ 45. Kf2 Nd4 46. Qd2 Nb3 (46...
Qxa4 47. Ne3 {führt zum Remis.}) (46... Nxf3 47. Kxf3 Qxf1+ 48. Ke3 {bietet
dem Schwarzen wohl auch keine erheblichen Gewinnchancen. Mit dem Textzug
bereitet Schwarz einen Selbstmord vor.}) 47. Qa2 d4 $4 48. a5 d3 49. Ne3 Qc1
50. a6 Qh1 51. a7 Qxh2+ 52. Ng2 hxg3+ 53. Ke3 Qg1+ 54. Kf4 Nd4 55. a8=Q+ Kg7
56. Qa1 Qf2 57. Qe4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vasovski, Nikola"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. f4 O-O 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. Qd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2
Rc7 15. Rf3 Na5 16. Rcf1 Nc4 17. Rh3 g6 18. g4 Qb4 19. g5 Ne8 20. Nd1 f5 21.
gxf6 Nxf6 22. Rg3 Nd6 23. Nc3 Nf5 24. Rg2 Rac8 25. Kh1 b5 26. Qe1 Kf7 27. Rc2
Qf8 28. a3 Qh6 29. Re2 Qh3 30. Qf2 $2 (30. Rg1 $15) 30... Ng4 $19 31. Qf3 Ng3+
32. Kg1 Qxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Nxf1 34. Kxf1 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "London Agency"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1998.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. b3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. Bb2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Ng5 Ne5 13. Be2 h6 14. h4
Re8 15. Nce4 (15. Rh3 $5 {Baburin}) 15... Nxe4 16. Qxe4 ({Baburin: Better was} 
16. Nxe4 Bb4+ 17. Kf1 $16 {- White has good prospects of a kingside attack.})
16... Ng6 17. Nxf7 $6 {Baburin: This is a very interesting idea and a 'real'
sacrifice. Though White does not win here, Black's defensive task isn't easy.
Dies dürfte nicht korrekt sein.} Qxf7 18. Bh5 Kh7 (18... Rf8 19. Qc2 Bb4+ 20.
Kf1 Kh7 21. Rd4 {läßt Weiß im Vorteil.}) 19. Rh3 {Baburin: This is yet another
good point about the move h2-h4 - the rooks enter the action via the 3rd rank.}
Qf5 20. Bxg6+ Qxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kxg6 22. Rg3+ Kf5 $6 ({Baburin: To choose the line
} 22... Kh5 23. Rxg7 Bf8 24. g4+ Kxh4 25. Rg6 b6 26. f3 Kg3 27. Ke2 Kg2 {
one needs nerves of steel. I believe that White can at least draw here.}) ({
Baburin: But perhaps Black should have preferred} 22... Kf7 23. Rxg7+ Kf8 24.
Be5 (24. Rh7 e5) 24... Re7 25. Rd8+ Re8 26. Rd3 Re7) 23. Rf3+ $6 Kg6 24. Rg3+
Kf5 $6 {Besser war} (24... Kh5 25. Rxg7 Bf8 26. Rg3 (26. g4+ Kxh4 27. Rg6 e5
28. f3 Kg3 $19) 26... b6 $17) 25. Rxg7 $2 (25. Bxg7 {führt zu einer etwa
ausgeglichenen Stellung.}) 25... e5 26. h5 Be7 $2 {Mit der Fortsetzung} (26...
Re6 27. g4+ Kf6 28. Rg8 Rc6 $17 {konnte sich Schwarz erfolgreich gegen die
Versuche des Weißen, ein Mattnetz zu spinnen, zur Wehr setzen und Vorteil
behalten.}) 27. Rg6 Bg5 (27... Rf8 {Baburin} 28. Rd5 Bf6 29. Ba3 $1 $18) 28. f3
Bxe3 29. Ke2 Bd4 $2 {Mit} (29... Bg5 30. Kf2 Bh4+ 31. g3 Bxg3+ 32. Kxg3 Be6 33.
Rd6 $16 {konnte Schwarz den Kampf noch fortsetzen, obwohl seine Stellung
ziemlich hoffnungslos aussieht, zum Beispiel} Rac8 34. f4 {usw.}) 30. Bc1 e4
31. Rxd4 exf3+ 32. Kxf3 Be6 33. Bf4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Mihail Marin} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc2 Be6 6. Nf3 {
Damit erreicht Weiß nicht viel. In der einzigen Partie, die ich mit dieser
Stellung gefunden habe, geschah} (6. c5 Qc7 7. b4 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. f4 $6 ({Nach
} 9. Nge2 {oder}) (9. Nf3 {hat Weiß ein schönes Spiel.}) 9... Qc8 10. Nge2 Bf5
11. a4 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nbd7 13. Bd2 O-O 14. O-O e6 15. h3 Qc7 16. Rfc1 b6 17.
Rab1 a5 18. cxb6 Nxb6 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. bxa5 Nc4 21. Na3 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Ne4 23.
Qe1 Rfc8 24. Rb6 Bf8 25. Nb1 c5 26. Nbc3 Nxc3 27. Nxc3 cxd4 28. exd4 Bd6 29. f5
gxf5 30. Nb5 Bf4 31. Rc5 Qd8 32. g3 $2 Qg5 33. h4 Qg4 34. Kh2 Qxh4+ 35. Kg2 Qg5
36. a6 Kh8 37. a7 Rg8 38. Qf2 Bxg3 {0-1 Prokop,F-Hromadka,K/Prague 1937/HCL 
(38).}) 6... dxc4 {Nun muß Weiß mit der Rückeroberung des Bauern auf c4 Zeit
verlieren, und inzwischen findet Schwarz zu einer normalen Aufstellung seiner
Figuren.} 7. Ng5 Bg4 8. Bxc4 e6 9. f3 Bh5 10. Qf2 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5
13. Bxd5 Nc6 14. O-O Nb4 {Schwarz beginnt wieder zu künsteln.} (14... Be7 $11 {
sieht gesund und natürlich aus.}) 15. Bc4 f6 {Schwarz opfert das Feld e6.
Diese überraschende Fortsetzung scheint spielbar zu sein.} ({Auch} 15... Be7 {
sieht noch immer gut genug aus.}) 16. Qh4 Bg6 17. Ne6 Bf5 (17... Nc2 18. Nf4
Bf5 19. Nd5 Qd6 20. e4 g5 21. Qf2 Nxa1 22. exf5 O-O-O 23. Nc3 {überlebt
Schwarz nicht:} Qd4 24. Be6+ Kb8 25. Be3 {usw.}) 18. Nxf8 Kxf8 19. a3 Nd3 ({
Nach} 19... Nc2 20. Ra2 {sitzt das Roß in einer Falle.}) 20. Kh1 {Das sieht
etwas langsam aus; es ist aber schwer, etwas Besseres vorzuschlagen.} (20. Rd1
Rd8 21. b3 (21. b4 cxb4 22. Bxd3 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Bxd3 24. axb4 Kf7 $11 {mit
Ausgleich.}) 21... Ne5 22. Bb2 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 Be6 {, und Weiß
hat keinen Vorteil.}) (20. e4 Be6 {bringt dem Weißen ebensowenig etwas ein.})
20... Rd8 21. b4 h5 $6 (21... cxb4 22. e4 Be6 {sieht einfacher aus, denn} 23.
Be3 Qxe3 24. Bxe6 bxa3 {dürfte für Weiß nicht gesund sein.}) 22. e4 Be6 23.
Bxd3 (23. bxc5 Qxc5 (23... Nxc5 24. Bxe6 Nxe6 25. Re1) 24. Bxd3 (24. Bxe6 Nf2+
{ist kein Gewinnversuch für Weiß.}) 24... Rxd3 25. Rb1 b5 26. Bb2 Kf7 {
verschafft dem Weißen keinen nennenswerten Vorteil.}) 23... Rxd3 24. e5 f5 25.
Bg5 c4 26. Rad1 Kf7 27. Rxd3 cxd3 28. Rd1 Qb5 (28... Qa6 $11) 29. Qd4 Qd5 30.
Qxd3 (30. Qxa7 Rc8 31. h3 Rc2 {verspricht dem Weißen auch nichts; die Stellung
des Schwarzen ist zu aktiv.}) 30... Qxd3 $11 {Der Mehrbauer des Weißen ist
bedeutungslos.} 31. Rxd3 Rc8 32. h4 Rc2 33. Kh2 Kg6 34. Kg3 Kf7 35. Be3 b6 36.
Bg5 {Mihail Marin: 'Kasparov misses his chance.'} ({He could have tried the
more active} 36. Kf4 $5 {Mihail Marin threatening to occupy the g5-square with
his king and thus keep the enemy king under pressure.} Kg6 ({Probably safer
than} 36... Rxg2 {Black picks up the gauntlet. However, the g2-pawn is not too
important.} 37. Rc3 Rh2 38. Rc7+ Kg6 39. Kg3 Re2 40. Bf4 {and White will soon
have an aditional passed pawn on the queen side.}) 37. Rd6 Kf7 (37... Rc4+ 38.
Bd4) 38. Bd2 Ra2 39. Rd3 Kg6 {and although it is not entirely clear yet how
White will make further progress, the permanent danger of occupying the
g5-square would certainly put Black under pressure.}) 36... Rc4 37. Be3 Ke7 {
Mihail Marin: 'In the meanwhile, Morozevich seems to have noticed the idea. He
will not allow Kasparov a second chance to activate his king.'} 38. b5 {
'!?' Mihail Marin. Mihail Marin: 'This looks risky, but what else could have
tried White?'} Ra4 39. Bd2 Bc4 40. Bg5+ Ke6 41. Rd6+ Kf7 ({Of course, not} 
41... Kxe5 $2 {Mihail Marin} 42. Bf4#) 42. Rc6 Bxb5 43. e6+ Kg6 {Mihail Marin:
'Black's progress on the queen side is obvious, while the mechanism R+B+P
failed to yield the desired effects.'} 44. Rc3 f4+ {'!' Mihail Marin. Mihail
Marin: 'A nice resource, underlining the relative character of the king side
blockade. As stated by Nimzovich, a pawn is safely locked only by phisical
means (by placing a piece in front of it). Permanent control of the square in
front of it might be insufficient.'} 45. Bxf4 (45. Kh2 {Mihail Marin would be
too passive.}) 45... Kf5 46. Rc7 g6 47. Rg7 Kf6 48. Rb7 Kxe6 49. Bb8 Rxa3 50.
Bxa7 Ra6 {'!' Mihail Marin. Mihail Marin: 'A last finesse. In order to
maintain his extra-pawn, White has to allow the exchange of rooks, with
inevitable draw.'} 51. Bxb6 {Mihail Marin} Bc6 52. Rb8 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Be2 e6 12. Bb2 Bd6 13. Rd1 {Dies sieht
solider aus als 13.0-0:} (13. O-O g5 14. Qd1 Qb8 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bf3 Bh2+ 17.
Kh1 Rh4 18. Be2 Bd6 19. Bd3 Ng4 20. Rb1 Ba3 21. Qxg4 Rxg4 22. hxg4 Bxb2 23.
Rxb2 Ke7 24. Kg1 Nf6 25. f3 e5 26. Ne2 e4 27. Bb1 Qd6 28. Kf2 Rh8 29. Rg1 Rh2
30. Ng3 g6 31. Nf1 exf3 32. Kxf3 Rh8 33. g3 Qe6 34. Nh2 Ne4 35. Bd3 Rh3 36. Bf1
Qf6+ {0-1 Malaniuk,V-Kuporosov,V/Tula 2001/EXT 2002 (36).}) 13... Rc8 14. Ba1
Qa5 15. Kf1 Bb8 16. g3 {Es scheint mir unwahrscheinlich zu sein, daß Schwarz
nach dem letzten Kraftzug des Weißen an dieser Stelle aufgab. Entweder wurde
die Partie hier remis gegeben - oder Weiß (Schwarz??) gewann nach längerem
Kampfe.} 1-0

[Event "San Roque"]
[Site "San Roque"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. a4 {Dies ist keine sehr wirksame Entgegnung;
Schwarz hat nicht die geringste Mühe, auszugleichen.} e5 5. dxe5 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1
Na6 7. e4 Be6 8. Be3 f6 9. f4 (9. exf6 Nxf6 10. f3 {sieht natürlicher aus,
wenngleich Schwarz nach} Nd7 {aktives Spiel erhält.}) 9... Rd8+ (9... fxe5 10.
f5 Bf7 11. Nf3 O-O-O+ 12. Ke1 {ist nicht überzeugend für Schwarz; er hat
Schwierigkeiten mit den Drohungen 13.Sg5 und 13.Se5:.} (12. Kc1 Bc5 13. Bg5 Re8
14. Nd2 h6 15. Bh4 Be3)) (9... O-O-O+ $5) 10. Ke2 (10. Ke1 $5 Nb4 (10... fxe5
11. f5 Nb4 12. Rc1 Bf7 13. Nf3 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 cxd3 15. Nxe5 $13) 11. Rc1 Nd3+
12. Bxd3 cxd3 13. Nf3 $13) 10... Bg4+ 11. Kf2 fxe5 12. Bxc4 (12. f5 Bb4 {
ist riskant für Weiß; der Bauer auf e4 ist schwach.}) 12... exf4 13. Bxf4 Nc5
14. Nf3 Nf6 15. Rhd1 (15. Ng5 $5) 15... Be6 $6 (15... Nfxe4+ $5 16. Nxe4 Nxe4+
17. Kf1 Bb4 18. Rxd8+ (18. Re1 Bxe1 19. Rxe1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rd4 21. b3 Rf8 22.
Be3 (22. Be5 Nd2+ $19) 22... Rxc4 $17) 18... Kxd8 {Der Mehrbauer scheint mir
gesund zu sein.}) 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Rd1+ Kc8 18. Bxe6+ Nxe6 19. Bd6 Bxd6 (
19... Ng4+ 20. Kg3 Ne3 21. Rd3 Bxd6+ 22. Rxd6 Re8 23. b4 $11) 20. Rxd6 Re8 21.
e5 Ng4+ 22. Kg3 Ne3 23. Rd3 Nf5+ 24. Kf2 Nc5 25. Rd1 a5 26. g4 Ne7 27. Ke3 Ng6
28. Ne4 Nxe4 (28... Nxe4 {Auf} 29. Kxe4 Rf8 {folgt} 30. Rd4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Scandic Hotels CC"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2000.08.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Matros, Alexander"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. a4 {Dies ist ein neuer Versuch; besonders
kräftig sieht er nicht aus.} (11. Bb2 {ist konventionell:} e6 12. Bd3 Be7 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Gagarin,V-Zagrebelny,S/Moscow 1996/CBM 56 ext (51)}) 11... bxc4 12.
bxc4 e5 13. Be2 Bd6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 exd4 17. exd4 Qb6 ({
Die Fortsetzung} 17... Qa5 18. O-O O-O {sieht plausibler aus; Schwarz mag
einen geringfügigen Vorteil besitzen.}) 18. O-O Qxd4 $2 (18... O-O $11) 19.
Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rd1 Qe5 ({Unerfreulich war auch} 20... Qb4 21. Rb3 Qd6 22. Qe4+
Qe6 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 Ra7 {mit besserem Endspiel für Weiß;}) ({oder} 20...
Qc5 21. Qxc5 ({Nach} 21. Qe4+ Kf8 22. Qxd5 Re8 {hat Schwarz gute
Überlebensaussichten.}) 21... Nxc5 22. Rxd5 Ne6 23. Ra5 {Das Endspiel ist für
Schwarz natürlich ebenfalls sehr unerfreulich.}) 21. Bf3 O-O 22. Bxd5 Rad8 (
22... Rac8 $2 {wird mit} 23. Bxf7+ {widerlegt.}) 23. Re3 Qg5 $2 (23... Qf6 {
war nötig; jetzt kann} 24. Qc7 {mit 24...Sb6 pariert werden.} ({Nach} 24. a5
Rc8 25. Qe2 Nc5 {behält Weiß Vorteil, aber die Partie ist noch nicht zu Ende.})
) 24. Qc7 $18 Kh7 25. Bb3 Nc5 (25... Nb8 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Qxd8 Rxd8 28. Bxf7 {
läßt Schwarz in einer hoffnungslosen Stellung.}) 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. f4 Qh4 28.
Qxc5 Rd2 29. Rf3 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Montecatini Terme"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme"]
[Date "2000.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 9. Qb3 Nb4 {Dies ist besser als} (9... Bxe2 10. Bxe2 $14 {1/2-1/2
Seirawan,Y-Illescas Cordoba,M/Biel 1993/CBM 37 (49)}) 10. Bb1 Bxe2 11. Kxe2 (
11. Nxe2 {gefällt mir besser, obwohl Weiß auf Eröffnungsvorteil nicht zählen
kann:} Nh5 12. a3 Nxf4 13. Nxf4 Nc6 {mit gleichem Spiel.}) 11... Bd6 12. Bxd6
Qxd6 13. Na4 O-O 14. f4 ({Auf} 14. Nc5 {folgt} a5 15. a3 Na6 {mit guter
Stellung für Schwarz.}) 14... Rac8 15. Nc5 b6 16. Nd3 Nc6 {Dies ist
einscharfer Versuch, das unkonventionelle Spiel des Weißen auszunutzen.} (16...
Nxd3 17. Bxd3 a5 {ergibt Ausgleich.}) 17. Qxb6 (17. Ne5 Na5 18. Qd3 Ne4 {
ist unbequem für Weiß.}) 17... Rb8 18. Qc5 Qd7 19. Rc1 Rfc8 20. Qa3 e5 $1 21.
dxe5 (21. fxe5 Ne4 {ist ungünstiger für Weiß, weil die f-Linie bloßgelegt ist
und die Dame des Schwarzen das Feld g5 zur Verfügung hat.}) 21... Ne4 22. Kf1 (
{Der Versuch} 22. b3 {ist nicht von Risiko entblößt:} d4 {usw.}) 22... Nb4 23.
Re1 ({Nicht mehr versprach die Fortsetzung} 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. h3 Nd2+ 25. Kg1
d4 (25... Nxb1 26. Rxb1 Qc2 27. Rc1 Qxd3 28. Qxb4 Qxe3+ 29. Kh2 {bietet dem
Weißen Gewinnaussichten.}) 26. exd4 Nxb1 27. Rxb1 Qc2 28. Nxb4 Qxb1+ 29. Kh2
Qe4 {, und Weiß könnte in Schwierigkeiten geraten.}) 23... Nd2+ 24. Kg1 Qg4 ({
Zu ungefähr ausgeglichenem Spiel führt auch} 24... Nxb1 25. Raxb1 Nc2 26. Qxa6
Ra8 ({oder} 26... Nxe1 27. Rxe1 Ra8 28. Qd6 Qb5 (28... Qxd6 {ist nicht besser:}
29. exd6 Rxa2 (29... Rd8 30. a3 $14) 30. d7 Rd8 31. Rc1 Kf8 32. Rc8 Ke7 33. Ne5
{mit Vorteil für Weiß}) 29. Rd1 Qa4 30. Nf2 {mit etwa gleichem Spiel.}) 27. Qd6
Qf5 28. Qxd5 Rd8 29. e4 Rxd5 30. exf5 Rxd3 31. Red1 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Ne3 {
mit Ausgleich.}) 25. Nf2 $2 {Dieser Zug sollte den Weißen in Schwierigkeiten
bringen. Richtig war} (25. Nxb4 Nf3+ 26. Kf1 ({Die Fortsetzung} 26. Kh1 Nxe1
27. Bxh7+ Kxh7 28. Rxe1 Qe2 29. Qd3+ Qxd3 30. Nxd3 Rc2 {führt zu gutem Spiel
für Schwarz.}) 26... Nxe1 (26... Nxh2+ 27. Kf2 {schlägt nicht durch.}) 27.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 28. Rxe1 Rxb4 29. h3 Qg3 30. Qxb4 Rc2 31. Re2 Rc1+ {mit
unentschieden.}) 25... Nf3+ 26. Kf1 ({Die Folge} 26. Kh1 Qh4 27. gxf3 Qxf2 {
ist offenbar hoffnungslos für Weiß.}) 26... Nd2+ {Zu Unrecht bescheidet sich
Schwarz in der Schlußstellung mit Zugwiederholung. Folgendes Abspiel ist für
ihn höchst vielversprechend:} (26... Nxh2+ 27. Kg1 Nf3+ 28. Kf1 Nd2+ 29. Kg1
Qg3 30. e4 {Ich sehe keine andere Verteidigung.} (30. Rd1 Nc2 {führt zu
entscheidendem Angriff.}) 30... Qxf4 31. exd5 Nxb1 32. Raxb1 Nc2 33. Qxa6 Nxe1
34. Rxe1 Qd2 35. Rd1 Qxb2 36. e6 fxe6 37. Qxe6+ Kh8 38. d6 Rf8 {Ich zweifele
daran, daß Weiß überleben kann.}) 27. Kg1 Nf3+ 28. Kf1 Nxh2+ 29. Kg1 Nf3+ 30.
Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5
8. Bxc4 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Bd2 a5 11. Nc1 Nd7 12. Nb3 h6 {Ftacnik: 'Svidler is
preventing the jumps of the White pieces to g5 and prepares for the tough
defence.' Meist zieht Schwarz hier 12...Bb7, um so bald wie möglich c6-c5
durchsetzen zu können. Weiß spielt dann auf Königsangriff, wie die unten
angefügten Beispielpartien zeigen. Svidler wählt einen anderen Plan. Er
bereitet mit dem Textzug Qd8-b6 vor, indem er sowohl Bd2-g5 wie Nf3-g5-e4
ausschaltet; dann tauscht er die weißfeldrigen Läufer mit Bc8-a6. Weiß hat nun
keinerlei Aussichten auf Königsangriff. Einen Nachteil hat jedoch die
Verfolgung dieses Planes: Schwarz kommt nicht mehr zu c6-c5. Die Bauern auf a5
und c6 bleiben schutzbedürftig, und Schwarz hat keinerlei aktives Spiel.} (
12... Bb7 13. O-O (13. h4 h6 14. Rh3 Kf8 15. Qe2 N5b6 16. Bd3 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5
18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Rg3 Rc8 20. Rg4 Bc6 21. Bb5 Bd5 22. h5 Rc7 23. Kf1 Nd7 24.
Ng1 Be7 25. Bf4 b3 26. Qe3 Rc2 27. Qg3 Nc5 28. Rxg7 Bg5 29. Rxg5 hxg5 30. Bxg5
Ne4 31. Bxd8 Nxg3+ 32. fxg3 Bxg2+ 33. Ke1 Rxh5 34. Rd1 Rxe5+ 35. Ne2 Bf3 36.
Bf6 Rexe2+ 37. Bxe2 Rxe2+ 38. Kf1 Rf2+ 39. Kxf2 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Piket,J/
Vlissingen 2001/CBM 83 ext (39).}) 13... h6 (13... O-O 14. Qe2 c5 15. dxc5 (15.
Bd3 cxd4 16. Rfc1 Qb6 17. Nbxd4 Rfc8 18. Bb5 Nf8 19. g3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,
Y-Sadler,M/EU-chTM 1997 (42)} Rc7 20. Rxc7 Nxc7 21. Bd3 Rd8 22. Re1 Na6 23. Be4
Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Bc5 25. Be3 Rd5 26. Nb3 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Qb7 28. Nfd4 Nb8 29. Nb5
Nc6 30. f4 Ne7 31. N3d4 Nfg6 32. Nd6 Qb8 33. N4b5 Nf5 (33... h6 $14) 34. Nxf5
exf5 35. Nd6 (35. e6 $18 {vgl. "Schach" 5/1997, S. 21.}) 35... Ne7 36. Kf2 h6
37. Re2 Rd1 38. Re1 Nd5 39. Qe2 Rxe1 40. Qxe1 Qa7+ 41. Kg2 Qa6 42. Kf2 Qa7+ {
1/2-1/2 Yakovich,Y-Sadler,M/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext/[Huebner,R] (42)}) 15... Nxc5
16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Bd3 Ne7 {Dieser Rückzug erregt mein Mißtrauen. Nach} (17...
Be7 18. Qe4 g6 {ist die Stellung des Schwarzen meines Erachtens solide genug.})
18. Rad1 h6 $6 (18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qb6 20. Qe4 Ng6 {ist noch keineswegs fatal
für Schwarz.}) 19. Bxh6 Bxf3 $6 (19... gxh6 20. Bh7+ Kxh7 21. Rxd8 Raxd8 22.
Qc2+ Nf5 23. Qxc5 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rg8+ 25. Kh1 Rd5 {lohnte vielleicht einen
Versuch; die Festung des Schwarzen ist schwer zu knacken, zum Beispiel} 26. Qc7
Rg7 27. f4 h5 28. h3 h4 29. Rc1 (29. Qc2 Rg8) 29... Rd2 30. Rc2 Rd1+ 31. Kh2
Nd4) 20. Qxf3 gxh6 21. Qf4 Qb6 $2 ({Die richtige Verteidigung bestand in} 21...
Qe8 22. Qxh6 Ng6 23. Be4 Ra7 24. Rd3 f5 25. exf6 Rxf6 {doch wird der Angriff
des Weißen nach} 26. Qg5 Be7 27. Rg3 {durchdringen.}) 22. Qxh6 Nf5 23. Qg5+ Ng7
24. Qh4 Nf5 25. Qg4+ Ng7 (25... Kh8 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. g4 {ist ebenfalls
hoffnungslos.}) 26. Qe4 Nf5 27. g4 Kg7 28. Kh1 {1-0 Slipak,S-Rojas,L/Villa
Martelli 1998/CBM 65/[Huebner,R] (28)}) 14. Qe2 (14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Qe4 c5 16.
Rac1 Kf8 17. Bb5 Ba8 (17... Bc6 {sollte meines Erachtens versucht werden. Nach}
18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 (20... Bxc5 21. Be3) 21. Rc4 g6 22.
Rfc1 Rxc4 23. Qxc4 Kg7 {kann Schwarz sich halten.}) 18. Qd3 g5 19. Bxd7 ({Nach
} 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 ({Die Fortsetzung} 19... g4 20. Ne1 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qxa5 22. f3 {
ist riskant für Schwarz.}) 20. Bxd7 Rd8 21. Bb5 Nc7 {erhält Schwarz prächtiges
Gegenspiel.}) 19... Qxd7 20. dxc5 Qxa4 (20... Bc6 21. Nxa5 Bxa4 22. c6 Bxc6 23.
Qa6 g4 24. Nd4 Nc7 25. Qxc6 Qxd4 26. Rfd1 {führt zu einer Verluststellung für
Schwarz.}) 21. Nfd4 (21. Ra1 Qd7 22. Rxa5 {war meines Erachtens das richtige
Verfahren. Weiß setzt mit Sf3-d4, Tf1-a1 usw. fort; eines Tages wird der Bauer
auf b4 nicht mehr haltbar sein. Nach dem Textzug kann sich Schwarz erholen.})
21... Qe8 22. c6 Bxc6 ({Die Folge} 22... a4 23. Na5 Qd8 24. Nb7 (24. Qa6 Kg7 {
führt zu einer unklaren Stellung.}) 24... Qb6 ({Die Fortsetzung} 24... Qc7 25.
Nc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Qxe5 27. Ra1 {birgt für Schwarz Gefahren, weil sein Läufer
eingeschlossen bleibt.}) 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. exd6 Bxc6 27. Rxc6 Rxc6 28. Nxc6 Qxc6
29. Bxb4 {überläßt dem Weißen einige Initiative; der Textzug ist sicherer.})
23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. Nxa5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Kg7 (25... Qa4 26. Nc6 Bc5 27. Rxc5 Qd1+
28. Qf1 Qxd2 {zu sein; Schwarz hat keine Probleme.}) 26. Nc6 Qd7 27. Bxb4 Rc8 (
27... Bxb4 28. Nxb4 Rd8 {kam in Betracht. Nach} 29. Nxd5 Qxd5 {hat Weiß meines
Erachtens kaum Gewinnaussichten.}) 28. Bxe7 Rxc6 (28... Qxe7 {bietet nach wie
vor prächtige Remischancen.}) 29. Bf6+ Kg8 30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31. Qd2 Qa4 (31...
Nxf6 32. exf6 e5 33. b4 Qxf6 34. b5 e4) 32. h3 Qe4 33. f3 Qf5 (33... Qc4 {
, um den Versuch zu unternehmen, eine Art Festungsstellung aufrechtzuerhalten.}
) 34. Qa5 Nxf6 35. Qd8+ Ne8 36. Qxe8+ Kg7 37. Qb5 Qc2 (37... Qf4 38. Qc5 {
ist ebenfalls hoffnungslos für Schwarz.}) 38. Qb4 Qe2 39. Qd4 h5 40. b4 Qe1+
41. Kh2 h4 42. b5 Qg3+ 43. Kh1 Qe1+ 44. Qg1 Qxe5 45. Qb1 Qd5 46. b6 Qb7 47. Qb4
e5 48. Qc5 Kg6 49. Qc7 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Sokolov,I/Sarajevo 1999/CBM 71/[Huebner,
R] (49).}) 14... Qb6 15. Rfc1 Kf8 16. Ne1 g6 17. Nd3 Kg7 18. Rc2 Qd8 19. Bxd5
cxd5 20. Ndc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Bc8 22. Rac1 Ra7 23. Qf3 h5 24. h3 h4 25. b3 {
1/2-1/2 Baikov,V-Rustemov,A/Elista 2001/CBM 83 (25).}) 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 Ba6
15. Rfc1 O-O 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 {Auch ohne Damentausch behält Weiß die bequemere
Stellung:} (16... Rxa6 17. Be3 {nebst Nf3-d2 (zum Beispiel).}) 17. Qxa6 Rxa6
18. Kf1 Rc8 19. Ke2 Kf8 {Ftacnik: 'Svidler has reached nearly an equal
position, the weakness of a5 and c6 pawns is compensated by the d4-e5 pawn
structure.'} (19... Ra7 {Ftacnik} 20. Rc2 N7b6 $11) 20. Rc2 Ke8 21. Be3 {
'!?' Ftacnik.} N5b6 22. Ne1 h5 23. Nd3 {Ftacnik: 'Kasparov was playing in
Moscow with a great energy, he has managed to discover the most unpleasant set
up of his pieces.'} Nd5 24. g3 f6 $6 {Dies ist vermutlich schlecht; die
Bauernstruktur des Schwarzen wird geschwächt, indem h5 isoliert und e6
schutzbedürftig wird. Nach} (24... Raa8 25. Rac1 N7b6 26. Nbc5 Rcb8 {kann sich
Schwarz vielleicht halten: gelegentlich mag der Stich b4-b3 für Weiß pieksend
sein, und falls der Anziehende selbst b2-b3 zieht, entsteht ein Loch auf c3,
und a5 kann nicht mehr von einem Springer auf b3 angegriffen werden.}) 25. Rac1
Kf7 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Nf4 Nxf4+ 28. Bxf4 Nf8 $6 {Schwarz sollte wohl den
folgenden Abtausch nicht gestatten} (28... Bf8 29. Nd2 {mag schließlich zu
einer beinahe gleichen Stellung führen wie die Partiefortsetzung;}) (28... e5 {
kommt in Betracht.}) 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. Rxc5 {Ftacnik: 'Black has got additional
weaknesses, but White's bishop is only half a piece due to the d4 pawn.'} f5 {
Das sieht nicht schön aus, aber nach} (30... Kg6 31. R5c4 Nd7 32. Bd6 {hat
Schwarz keine fruchtbaren Züge mehr.}) 31. Bg5 Nd7 32. R5c2 Kg6 33. h4 Kf7 34.
f3 c5 $6 {Ftacnik: 'It is only natural, that the defender was not willing to
suffer forever. Spirited pawn sacrifice enables him to show surprising
activity. '  Die Öffnung der Stellung begünstigt Weiß.} ({Auf} 34... e5 {folgt}
35. dxe5 (35. d5 c5 36. Be3 Rd6 {gibt dem Weißen keinen Vorteil.}) 35... Nxe5
36. Rc5 Re8 37. Kf1 Kg6 38. Rd1 Nf7 39. Bf4 {Es ist nicht zu vermuten, daß
Schwarz dem Druck auf die Dauer standhalten kann.}) ({Passives Ausharren mit} 
34... Nf8 {oder}) (34... Kg6 {ist geboten; um weiterzukommen, wird Weiß g3-g4
anstreben müssen. Ob er diesen Vorstoß unter Umständen zuwege bringen kann,
die ihm den Gewinn garantieren, ist nicht sicher. Wo der entscheidende Fehler
von Schwarz liegt, ist mir nicht klar; deshalb habe ich nirgendwo ein volles
Fragezeichen gesetzt. Erstaunlicherweise dürfte 24...f6 die Hauptursache der
Schwierigkeiten gewesen sein.}) 35. dxc5 Rac6 36. Rd1 Nb6 (36... Nxc5 {führt
zum Verlust:} 37. Rdc1 Nb3 38. Rxc6 Rxc6 39. Rxc6 Nd4+ 40. Kd3 Nxc6 41. Kc4
Ne5+ 42. Kb5 Nxf3 43. Bd8 (43. Be3 Ne5 {ist weniger klar.}) 43... Nd4+ 44. Kxa5
Nc6+ (44... e5 45. Bb6 Nc2 46. Kb5 Ke6 47. a5 Kd7 48. a6 Kc8 49. Bc5 Kb8 50.
Bd6+ {ist ebenfalls hoffnungslos für Schwarz.}) 45. Kb6 {, und Weiß gewinnt.})
37. Be3 Nxa4 38. Ra1 b3 39. Rd2 Nxc5 40. Rxa5 $18 {Der Bauer auf b3 ist
unhaltbar, der Läufer dem Springer überlegen, und auch die Bauernstruktur am
Königsflügel weist Schwächen auf. Schwarz ist verloren.} Na6 41. Rb5 {Ftacnik:
'The good form is manifesting itself by strong moves in all phases of the game,
ex-champion is mounting his pressure.'} Rb8 42. Rd7+ Ke8 43. Rxb8+ Nxb8 44. Rb7
Rc2+ 45. Kf1 Nd7 46. Rxb3 {Ftacnik: 'White has excellent chances for win
because of the assymetry of the pawns and the domination of the Bishop against
Knight.'} Ke7 47. Bg5+ Kd6 48. Rd3+ Kc6 49. Rd2 Rc4 50. Ke2 e5 51. Be7 e4 52.
Rd6+ Kc7 53. Rd5 Rc2+ 54. Ke3 Rxb2 55. Rxf5 exf3 56. Kxf3 Rb3+ 57. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2001.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2001.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. b3 c5 11. Ne2 cxd4 {Dies ist natürlich viel plausibler als
die Aufgabe des Punktes d5 in der Vorgängerpartie:} (11... dxc4 12. bxc4 Nfd7
13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Rb1 Nc6 15. dxc5 Rb8 16. Bd2 Ne5 17. Be4 Qc7 18. Bb4 Be6 19.
Nf4 Bxc4 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Bc3 Bb5 22. Nd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Ng4 24. g3 Bc6 25.
Rdd1 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Bxc3 28. c6 bxc6 29. Rxb8+ Qxb8 30. Qxe7 Qb4
31. Qxb4 Bxb4 32. Kf2 Kg7 33. Ke2 Kf6 34. Kd3 Ke5 35. Kc4 {1-0 Dautov,
R-Hodgson,J/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (35); siehe dazu die Anmerkungen von R.
Dautov in "Schach" 12/2000, S.34-35.}) 12. exd4 ({Es ist wichtig, sicher zu
sein, daß Weiß mit} 12. Nxd4 {nichts erreichen kann:} Qd6 13. f4 ({Nach} 13.
Nxe6 Qxe5 14. Nxf8 Ng4 15. f4 Qxa1 {hat Schwarz Vorteil.}) 13... Nfd7 14. Nxe6
Qxe6 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Be4 (16. Bc4 Qc5) 16... Qe6 17. Bxb7 Ra7 18. Bc8 Bxe5
19. fxe5 Qxe5 {usw. Der Zug f2-f4 schwächt die Bauernstruktur des Weißen
erheblich.}) 12... Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 $11 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Be5 dxc4 16. Bxc4 ({
Nach} 16. bxc4 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qa5 18. c5 Rfd8 {erhält Schwarz die Initiative.})
16... Bf5 $6 (16... Bd5 {gefällt mir besser.}) 17. Qc3 Nf6 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Rfe1
Bh6 20. h3 Nd5 21. Qf3 a5 22. Ne4 (22. Bxd5 {Nach} cxd5 23. Qxd5 Be6 {hat
Schwarz keine Sorgen.}) 22... Nb6 23. Nc5 Bd2 24. Re2 Bb4 25. Bd3 Nd5 26. a3 $6
(26. Rc1 $5 $14) 26... Bxc5 27. dxc5 f6 28. Bb2 e5 29. Bc4 Be6 $11 30. Rd2 Qe7
31. Rc1 Rfd8 32. g3 Rd7 33. h4 Kg7 34. Qe2 Rad8 35. Qe1 Bg4 36. Bf1 Qe6 37. b4
axb4 38. axb4 Bf3 39. Kh2 Rb8 $2 ({Nach} 39... Rc7 {hat Schwarz bestimmt
nichts zu befürchten.}) 40. b5 cxb5 {Wenn der b-Bauer des Weißen nach b6
gelangt, hat Schwarz nichts zu lachen.} 41. Bh3 Qc6 ({Die Folge} 41... Bg4 42.
Bxg4 Qxg4 43. c6 Rd6 44. Bxe5 Re8 45. Bxd6 Rxe1 46. Rxe1 {führt zu einer
Verluststellung für Schwarz.}) 42. Bxd7 Qxd7 43. c6 $2 {Mit der Fortsetzung} (
43. Rd3 Qf5 ({Nach} 43... e4 44. Ra3 Rc8 (44... Nf4 45. gxf4 Qg4 {scheitert an}
46. Bxf6+ Kf7 (46... Kxf6 47. Qc3+ {nebst matt.}) (46... Kg8 47. Qg1 Qxf4+ 48.
Qg3 Qxc1 49. Qxb8+) 47. Rxf3 $18) 45. Qd2 {hat der schwarzfeldrige Läufer des
Weißen entscheidende Wirksamkeit.}) 44. Qd2 {hätte Weiß die im folgenden für
Schwarz so wichtige taktische Möglichkeit Sd5-f4 entkräftet und ausgezeichnete
Gewinnaussichten bekommen:} Rd8 45. c6 Nf4 46. Rd7+ {usw.}) 43... Qf5 44. c7 (
44. Qf1 Nf4 {führt zum Remis, wie weiter unten ausgeführt wird.}) 44... Rc8 45.
Rc5 $2 (45. Qf1 Nf4 46. Kg1 Nh3+ (46... Bg2 {scheitert an} 47. Qxb5) 47. Kh2
Nf4 {mit remis.}) 45... Nf4 46. Qf1 b4 $2 (46... Bg2 47. Qxg2 Nxg2 48. Kxg2 b4
{sollte zum Gewinn führen.}) 47. Rc4 $2 ({Der oben angegebene Remismechanismus
sitzt auch hier in der Stellung:} 47. Kg1 Nh3+ (47... Bg2 48. Qb5 $18) 48. Kh2
Nf4 49. Kg1) 47... Bg2 $19 48. Qxg2 Nxg2 49. Kxg2 Qe6 50. Rc1 Qf7 51. Rdc2 Qd5+
52. Kg1 h6 53. Rc4 Qd2 54. R4c2 Qd7 55. Rc4 g5 56. hxg5 hxg5 57. Rxb4 Rxc7 58.
Rxc7 Qxc7 59. Ba3 Qc3 60. Ra4 Kg6 61. Ra6 Qd3 62. Ra7 Qd1+ 63. Kg2 Qd5+ 64. Kg1
Qd4 65. Rc7 Qa1+ 66. Bc1 f5 67. Kg2 Qa8+ 68. Kg1 f4 69. gxf4 gxf4 70. Rc3 Kf5
71. Kf1 Qa1 72. Rc7 Qa6+ 73. Kg2 Qa8+ 74. f3 Qa2+ 75. Kf1 Qa6+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.04.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Nf4 (
8. h3 Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Be2 e6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rd1 Bd6 14. Bf3
Nh7 15. e4 Ng5 16. Qe2 Bb4 17. Nb1 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 bxc4 19. bxc4 Nb6 20. exd5
cxd5 21. c5 Nc4 22. Bd2 Ba5 23. Bc3 {1/2-1/2 Savchenko,S-Belikov,V/RUS Army-ch
1995/CBM 48 (23)}) 8... e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. h3 Be6 11. cxd5 $2 {Die Öffnung
der c-Linie sieht nicht richtig aus.} (11. Be2 Bd6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. O-O Ng6 14.
cxd5 cxd5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Qd3 Bb8 18. a3 Qd6 19. g3 Rc6 20. Rc2
Ne5 21. Qd4 Qc7 22. Rfc1 Ba7 23. Qd2 (23. Qd1 {konnte zu einem schnellen Remis
führen:} Nc4 24. bxc4 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Qxg3+ $11) 23... Rc8 24. Qd1 Qf7 (24... Nc4
{kommt auch jetzt in Betracht, denn nach} 25. bxc4 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Qxg3+ {
scheitert} 27. Kf1 {an} Ng4 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 25. Bf1 ({Ich sehe keine
Einwände gegen den Bauerngewinn} 25. Nxd5 {Nach} Nxd5 (25... exd5 26. Bxe5 Ne4
27. Rxc6 {genügt nicht.}) 26. Bxe5 Nxe3 27. Rxc6 {muß Schwarz aufgeben.}) 25...
Qg6 26. Bg2 Kh8 (26... Nd3 {läßt wieder} 27. Nxd5 {zu. Deshalb nimmt Schwarz
dem Weißen die Möglichkeit, Sd5-e7 mit Schach auszuführen.}) 27. Rd2 h5 28. Qe2
({Die Fortsetzung} 28. Ne2 Rxc1 29. Nxc1 {hätte dem Weißen ein vollkommen
befriedigendes Spiel gewährt.}) 28... Ne4 29. Nxe4 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Kh2
dxe4 ({Die Fortsetzung} 31... Bb6 32. Rc2 {Nach anderen Fortsetzungen behält
Schwarz ohne weiteres Vorteil.} Rxc2 33. Qxc2 dxe4 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. Qb7 Nf3+
36. Bxf3 exf3 37. Qxb6 Qc2 38. e4 Qxe4 {bot dem Schwarzen ausgezeichnete
Gewinnaussichten.}) 32. Rd8+ (32. Bxe4 {führte zum sofortigen Gewinn für Weiß:}
Ng4+ (32... Rh1+ 33. Bxh1 $18) (32... Qe8 33. Qxh5+ Qxh5 34. Rd8+ {nebst matt.}
) 33. Qxg4 hxg4 (33... Qxg4 34. Rd8#) 34. Bxg6 Rc8 35. hxg4 {mit mühelosem
Sieg.}) 32... Kh7 33. Bxe4 Ng4+ {0-1 Popov,V-Kobalija,M/Moscow 1999/CBM 75/
[Huebner,R] (33).}) 11... cxd5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. f4 $2 {Dies ist ein
Selbstmordversuch, der glückt.} (13. Qb2 Rc8 14. a3 {ist nicht schön vermeidet
aber sofortigen Verlust.}) 13... Rc8 14. Qb2 d4 15. Nxb5 ({Oder} 15. exd4 Bb4
16. Bd2 Qxd4 17. Rc1 Nh5 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 15... Ne4 16. Qxd4 Qh4+ 17.
Ke2 Qf2+ 18. Kd1 Qc2+ 19. Ke1 Bc5 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. fxe5 Bb4+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Stepovoj, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 e4 5. Qb3 Nf6 6. Bd2 Be7 7. f3 (7. Nh3 b6 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. Nf4 Bb7 10. Bb5+ Kf8 11. Be2 g6 12. f3 Nc6 13. fxe4 Na5 14. Qd1
dxe4 15. O-O Kg7 16. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Shaked,T-Morozevich,A/WchJM U20 1997 (94)})
7... O-O 8. fxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne2 Qb6 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Be2 Nd7 13.
O-O-O Qxb3 14. axb3 Bd6 15. g4 Bg6 16. h4 h6 17. Rdg1 Rae8 18. c5 Bc7 19. b4 a6
20. Be1 Kh8 21. g5 Bh7 22. Bg3 Bxg3 23. Rxg3 f5 24. Kd2 Rd8 25. Rhg1 f4 26.
exf4 Rxf4 27. h5 hxg5 28. Rxg5 Rf7 29. Ke3 Nf6 30. Rd1 Rfd7 31. Re5 Bg8 32.
Nxe4 Bb3 33. Rf1 Nxe4 34. Rxe4 Bc2 35. Ref4 Kh7 36. Kd2 Re7 37. Bc4 Ba4 38.
Bd3+ Kh6 39. Rg4 Kxh5 $2 ({Nach} 39... Bb5 {hat Schwarz ausgezeichnete
Remisaussichten.}) 40. Rg2 Rxd4 41. Rh1+ Rh4 42. Rg6 {Ich vermute, daß Weiß in
Wirklichkeit 42.Lg6+ gespielt hat.} 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qc2 b5 $6 ({Mit} 9... Bb4 {kann Schwarz darum kämpfen, das Feld e4
unter Kontrolle zu behalten. Nach} 10. Bd2 {hat Schwarz verschiedene
Möglichkeiten:} a5 {kommt auch in Betracht. Vgl. E. Bareev, "New in Chess" 5/
1997, S.21.} (10... O-O {ist nicht empfehlenswert:} 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Bxd2
(12... Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Bxd2 14. dxc6 $18) 13. Bxg6 (13. dxc6 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Rc8 {
ist weniger kräftig.}) 13... hxg6 14. dxe6 {und Weiß gewinnt.}) (10... Bxc3 11.
Bxc3 O-O {mit ungefähr ausgeglichener Stellung.})) 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. e4 dxc4 {
Schwarz hat andere Möglichkeiten:} (11... dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 (12... Be7 13.
Neg5 $16 {Der Druck des Springers auf die weißen Felder ist sehr unangenehm
für Schwarz.}) 13. Qxe4 Rc8 14. Qe2 {mit einigem Vorteil für Weiß.}) (11... Bb4
12. exd5 (12. e5 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Ne4 14. Qd3 bxc4 15. bxc4 Nb6 {führt zu gutem
Spiel für Schwarz.}) 12... exd5 (12... cxd5 13. c5 O-O 14. Bf4 {ist günstig
für Weiß.}) 13. Re1+ Kf8 14. Bd2 {mit besserem Spiel für Weiß; Sf3-e5 zur
rechten Zeit ist unangenehm für Schwarz.}) (11... b4 12. exd5 cxd5 (12... bxc3
13. dxe6 $16 {kommt nicht für Schwarz in Betracht;}) (12... exd5 13. Ne2 Be7
14. c5 O-O 15. Bd2 a5 16. a3 $16 {Schwarz hat Probleme mit der Verteidigung
seiner Damenflügelbauern.}) 13. Ne2 dxc4 {Sonst folgt wieder 14.c5 nebst
Angriff auf b4.} 14. bxc4 Be7 15. a3 a5 16. Bd2 $14 {E. Bareev, "New in Chess"
5/1997, S.21.}) 12. bxc4 bxc4 13. Qa4 {Laut E. Bareev (loc. cit.) war} (13. Rb1
{viel stärker. Auf} Qc7 ({Nach} 13... c5 14. d5 exd5 15. e5 Ng4 16. Nxd5 {
wird die Stellung des Schwarzen rasch zusammenbrechen;}) {folgt nach Bareev}
14. g3 {nebst Lc1-f4, doch kann Schwarz hier vielleicht} Qa5 {nebst Da5-h5
versuchen.}) 13... Be7 $2 ({Mit} 13... Qc7 14. Qxc4 ({Nach} 14. Rb1 Nb6 15. Qa5
Nbd5 16. Qxc7 Nxc7 17. a4 {Es drohte 17...Sb5.} a5 {hat Weiß keinen Vorteil.})
14... c5 {drohend 15...Ld6 16.e5 cd4:, konnte Schwarz ausgleichen: E. Bareev,
"New in Chess" 5/1997, S.21.}) 14. Qxc6 Qc8 15. Qa4 {Jetzt stellt der Bauer
des Schwarzen auf c4 eine unangenehme Schwäche dar.} O-O ({Nach} 15... Rb8 16.
Ba3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 {kommt Schwarz nicht mehr zur Rochade.}) 16. Rb1 Qc7 (16...
Rb8 17. Rxb8 Nxb8 18. Bg5 {ist sehr unerfreulich für Schwarz.}) 17. Bg5 Rfe8 {
Schwarz muß sich gegen die Drohung 18.e5 verteidigen.} (17... Nb6 18. Qa5 (18.
Rxb6 Qxb6 19. e5 Qb4 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Bd2 $14 {wird von Bareev angegeben,
scheint mir aber viel schwächer zu sein.}) 18... Bd8 (18... Rab8 19. e5 $18) (
18... Nbd5 19. Qxc7 Nxc7 20. Rb7 Bd8 (20... Rfc8 21. e5 $18) 21. a4 $18) 19.
Rfc1 {mit entscheidendem Druck.}) 18. Rfc1 Bf8 19. g3 {So nimmt Weiß das Feld
b8 unter Kontrolle und verhindert, daß sich Schwarz durch Turmtausch entlasten
kann.} Rec8 {Bareev ("New in Chess" 5/1997, S.22) hält} (19... Nb6 {für
stärker und gibt folgende Variante an:} 20. Qa5 Nbd5 21. Qxc7 Nxc7 22. e5 $1
Nfd5 23. Ne4 Nb5 24. a4 Na3 25. Ra1 Reb8 26. Nfd2 {mit Bauerngewinn.} (26. Nd6
Bxd6 27. exd6 Rb3 28. Nd2 Rd3 29. Nxc4 Nxc4 30. Rxc4 f6 $13) (26. Nc5 Bxc5 27.
dxc5 Rb3 28. Nd2 Rd3 29. Nxc4 Nxc4 30. Rxc4 f6 $13 {schätzt er als unklar ein.}
) {Ich bin aber gar nicht sicher, daß Weiß nach} 26... Rb2 27. Nxc4 Nxc4 28.
Rxc4 Rab8 {einen zum Gewinn ausreichenden Vorteil hat. Der Zug 22.e5 gefällt
mir nicht und verdient meines Erachtens das Ausrufezeichen nicht. Ich halte 22.
a4 für stärker; Schwarz kann den Bauern auf c4 auf die Dauer doch nicht halten,
und Weiß braucht das Feld d5 nicht zu opfern.}) 20. Bf4 Qc6 ({Nach} 20... Qd8
21. Rb7 {mangelt es dem Schwarzen an sinnvollen Zügen (E. Bareev).}) 21. Qxc6
Rxc6 22. Rb7 Rd8 (22... Rb6 23. Rc7 Ba3 24. Rc2 Rb2 25. Rxb2 Bxb2 26. Na4 $18 {
E. Bareev, New in Chess, loc. cit.}) 23. Bc7 Rc8 24. Ba5 Ba3 25. Rd1 Rb8 (25...
e5 26. d5 (26. dxe5 Nc5 $13) (26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. dxe5 Ng4 $13) 26... Rc5 27. Bb6
Nxb6 28. Rxb6 {dürfte dem Schwarzen keine Rettung bringen, obwohl es
vielleicht zäher war.}) 26. Rdb1 Rcc8 ({Auch nach} 26... Rxb7 27. Rxb7 Nf8 28.
Ne5 {ist die Stellung des Schwarzen hoffnungslos.}) 27. e5 $18 Nd5 28. Rxd7
Rxb1+ 29. Nxb1 Bb2 30. Ng5 c3 (30... Bxd4 31. Na3 c3 32. Nc2 Bxe5 33. Nxf7 {
Dies scheint mir einfacher als Bareevs 33.Td8+.} Bf6 34. Nd6 {und Weiß gewinnt.
}) 31. Nxc3 Bxc3 32. Bxc3 Nxc3 33. Nxf7 Nxa2 34. Nd6 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Nb4 36. Rd8+
Kh7 37. Nf7 g5 38. Nxg5+ Kg6 39. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nge2 e6 7. Qc2 dxc4 {
Schwarz geht in einen Stellungstyp über, wie er aus dem Angenommenen
Damengambit bekannt ist. Mit der Fortsetzung} (7... Bxe2 8. Bxe2 dxc4 9. Bxc4
c5 {konnte dieselbe Idee verwirklicht werden. Schwarz hat in der Folge
keinerlei Schwierigkeiten, so daß die Idee gesund erscheint.}) 8. Bxc4 c5 9.
dxc5 Bxc5 10. Ng3 Nc6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nxh5 Nxh5 13. O-O O-O 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Ne4
Ba7 $6 (15... Bb6 {war vorsichtiger.}) 16. b3 $6 (16. Bxa6 Nb4 17. Qe2 bxa6 18.
a3 {führte zu Bauerngewinn.}) 16... Bb8 17. f4 $6 {Dieser Zug trifft nicht
meinen Geschmack.} (17. Bb2 Be5 {führt zu einer ausgeglichenen Stellung.})
17... Ba7 18. Kh2 Rfd8 19. Ng5 Nf6 20. Qe2 Rxd1 21. Qxd1 h6 22. Nf3 Rd8 23. Qe1
b5 24. Bf1 Qc5 ({Nach} 24... e5 25. Bb2 (25. a4 bxa4 26. Rxa4 exf4 {sieht
vorteilhaft für Schwarz aus.}) 25... e4 26. Ne5 (26. Nh4 $5 {entsteht ein
zweischneidiges Spiel.})) 25. a4 Nd5 ({Einfacher war} 25... Ne4 {mit bequemem
Spiel für Schwarz.}) 26. axb5 axb5 27. e4 Nc3 $2 ({Richtig war} 27... Ne3 {Nach
} 28. Bxe3 Qxe3 {entsteht eine ausgeglichene Stellung; die Fortsetzung} 29.
Bxb5 Qxf4+ 30. Kh1 Nd4 {braucht Schwarz nicht zu fürchten.}) 28. Bd2 $2 (28. b4
{gewann Material.}) 28... b4 29. Rc1 Nd4 30. Nxd4 Qxd4 31. Bxc3 bxc3 32. Rxc3
g5 33. fxg5 (33. Bc4 {war sicherer, doch scheint die Initiative des Schwarzen
auch nach dem Textzug nicht zum Gewinn zu genügen.}) 33... Qg1+ 34. Kg3 hxg5
35. Rf3 Qd4 {Auch andere Fortsetzungen führen nicht zum Gewinn:} (35... f5 36.
exf5 Bb8+ 37. Kg4 Qd4+ 38. Kh5 Qh8+ 39. Kxg5 {Die Gegendrohungen des Weißen
sind zu stark (40.De6:+), so daß Schwarz nicht mehr als Dauerschach hat.}) (
35... Bb8+ 36. Kg4 f5+ 37. Kxg5 Qa7 38. Qc3 (38. exf5 Qg7+ {leitet in die oben
angeführte Variante über}) 38... Qe7+ 39. Qf6 Qxf6+ 40. Kxf6 fxe4 41. Ke7 {
führt ebenfalls zum Remis.}) 36. Kh2 g4 {Dies ist ein interessanter
Gewinnversuch: Schwarz öffnet die h-Linie. Zum Erzwingen des Sieges genügt die
Idee jedoch nicht.} (36... Qg1+ {führt zum Remis wie oben ausgeführt.}) 37.
hxg4 Qg1+ (37... Kg7 38. Bc4 {fruchtet nichts; jetzt ist das Feld g1 gedeckt,
und} Rh8+ {wird mit} 39. Rh3 {pariert.}) 38. Kg3 Kg7 $2 ({Nach} 38... Bb8+ 39.
e5 (39. Kh4 Qh2+ 40. Rh3 (40. Kg5 Kg7 {ist ebenfalls hoffnungslos für Weiß.})
40... Kg7 41. Rxh2 Rh8+ 42. Kg5 f6# {ist fatal für Weiß.}) 39... Rd5 40. Re3
Rd1 (40... Rxe5 41. Rxe5 Qd4 42. Bc4 Bxe5+ 43. Kh3 {gefolgt von g2-g3 führt
zum Remis.}) 41. Qxd1 Qxe3+ 42. Kh4 Qh6+ 43. Kg3 Qf6 44. g5 Qxe5+ 45. Kg4 Qf4+
46. Kh5 {kann Schwarz nicht gewinnen. Der Textzug bringt ihn jedoch in
Verlustgefahr.}) 39. Qc3+ Bd4 $2 (39... Qd4 40. Qxd4+ Rxd4 {bot wesentlich
bessere Verteidigungsaussichten.}) 40. Qc7 Rd7 41. Qf4 f6 42. g5 $18 Kg6 43.
gxf6 Rh7 44. Kg4 Kf7 45. Qc7+ Kg6 46. Qd8 Rh4+ 47. Kxh4 Qh2+ 48. Kg4 Qh5+ 49.
Kg3 Qe5+ 50. Rf4 Bf2+ 51. Kf3 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[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 "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Qb3 Qc7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nd7 7. Bd2 e6 8.
Nf3 Ne7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. a3 Bg4 12. Ne1 Ndb8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nd3 b6 $2
(14... Bd6 $6 15. Bb4 O-O 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Bxc6 $16) (14... Be7 15. Bb4 O-O
$14) 15. Ne5 Qb7 16. Nxc6 (16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Qa4 Kd7 18. Ba6 $18) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Gonzalez, Renier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nf3 a5 (10... Qc7 11. Bd3 h6 12. e4 c5 13. Be3 cxd4 14.
Qxc7 Bxc7 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. O-O-O Bb6 17. Nc2 Bxe3+ 18. Nxe3 Bb7 19. Bc4 Rc8 20.
f3 Ba6 21. b3 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 $16 {1-0 Vallejo Pons,F-Felgaer,R/Mallorca 2004/
CBM 104 no vc (75). (74)}) 11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O Bb7 (12... Qc7 13. Bd2 Bb7 $6 (
13... Be6 $5) 14. Rac1 Nd7 15. h3 Rfc8 16. Nh4 c5 17. Qd1 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19.
Nf5 Bf8 20. e4 Qb7 21. d5 c4 22. Qe2 Nb6 23. Ra1 Re8 24. Rfe1 Raa8 25. Bxh6 {
1-0 Radjabov,T-Eliet,N/France 2004/CBM 098 ext (25).}) 13. e4 Nd7 14. Nh4 Qc7
15. f4 Rfe8 16. e5 $6 (16. Nf5 {sieht natürlicher aus.}) 16... Bf8 17. Qe2 $2 {
Es gibt für Weiß keinen Grund, seinen Angriff derartig zu überstürzen.} (17.
Be3 c5 18. Rac1 {ist solider.}) 17... c5 {Jetzt fällt das Zentrum des Weißen
auseinander.} 18. Qh5 (18. Qg4 cxd4 19. Nf5 g6 20. Nxd4 Bc5 21. Be3 h5 22. Qg3
fxe5 23. Nb5 Qb6 {führt ebenfalls zu einer Verluststellung für Weiß.}) 18...
cxd4 19. Nf5 ({Die Fortsetzung} 19. Qf5 g6 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Bg7 22. Qh7+
Kf8 {ist nicht ausreichend für Weiß. Sein Angriff dringt nicht durch: der
Damenflügel des Weißen schlummert noch, und Dc7-c6 schafft Gegenspiel.}) 19...
Nc5 $2 {Ich sehe keinen Grund dafür, auf das Verdauen eines zweiten wichtigen
Bauern mit} (19... fxe5 {zu verzichten.}) 20. Bc4 Ne6 21. b3 Qd8 $2 ({Mit} 
21... fxe5 22. fxe5 Ba6 {kann Schwarz die aktivste Figur des Gegners
abtauschen. Die übrigen Figuren können nicht genügende Drohungen schaffen.})
22. Nxh6+ gxh6 23. f5 {Jetzt hat Weiß schon einen sehr gefährlichen Angriff.}
Bd5 24. fxe6 Rxe6 25. Bd3 Rxe5 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Bf4 Bg7 28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. Qf5
Kg8 ({Besser ist} 29... Qg8 {, denn nun kann} 30. Be4 {mit} Be6 {beantwortet
werden.}) 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Be4 Bxb3 $4 ({Nach} 31... Rc8 {dürfte Schwarz immer
noch besser stehen.}) 32. Bxa8 $18 Qxa8 33. Rf3 Qd5 34. Rg3 Bf6 35. Qxh6+ Ke7
36. Rf1 Qd6 37. Rgf3 d3 38. Rxf6 Qd4+ 39. R6f2 e4 40. Re1 Bd5 41. Qe3 Qxe3 42.
Rxe3 Ke6 43. Rd2 Kd6 44. h4 f5 45. h5 f4 46. Rh3 Bg8 47. g3 f3 48. Kf2 1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 15th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "De Vreugt, Dennis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. b3 b5 {Die Schwächung des Punktes c6 ist in der
gegenwärtigen Stellung riskant. Solider ist} (10... Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Bb2
Rc8 $11 {1-0 Ftacnik,L-Agdestein,S/Germany 1999/EXT 2000 (43)}) 11. Ba3 Nfd7 $2
(11... dxc4 12. bxc4 Nfd7 {war nötig.}) 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. cxd5 Nxd4 14. exd4
Bg4 15. h3 Bxh3 $2 ({Nur die Fortsetzung} 15... Bxd4 16. hxg4 Rc8 17. Qe2 Bxc3
18. Bxe7 Qb6 {war geeignet, den Widerstand zu verlängern.}) 16. gxh3 Bxd4 17.
Rac1 Rc8 18. Qd2 Qa5 19. Nb1 Qb6 20. Bxe7 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Re8 22. d6 Nf6 23. Nc3
1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dyachkov, Sergej"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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 "Saratov GShK"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Qb3 Qc7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 e6 7. e4 {Ich habe
einen Vorgänger zun diesem Versuch gefunden, der unten zitiert wird. Das Opfer
ist schwerlich genügend.} Bxe4 8. Bf4 Qb6 9. Qxb6 $2 (9. f3 Bg6 10. Nb5 Na6 11.
Rc1 Kd8 12. h4 f6 13. Kf2 Rc8 14. Rxc8+ Kxc8 15. Be2 e5 16. Be3 exd4 17. Nxd4
Qxb3 18. axb3 Nc7 19. Nh3 Bd6 {geschah in der Partie Gurevich,D-Kogan,B/USA-ch
1984/1-0 (58). Auch dieses Beispiel dient nicht dazu, dem Zug 7.e4
Überzeugungskraft zu verleihen. Der Textzug ist allerdings noch viel schlaffer:
Schwarz behält ohne Weiteres einen Mehrbauern im Endspiel.}) 9... axb6 10. Bxb8
Rxb8 11. Bb5+ Kd8 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne2 Bb4+ 14. Nc3 Rc8 15. Rc1 Nf6 16. Ke2
Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ke7 18. c4 h5 19. h3 h4 20. Ke3 Rh5 21. a4 Rg5 22. Rhg1 Rf5 23.
Rgf1 g5 24. f3 Rf4 25. Ra1 exf3 26. gxf3 Nh5 27. Rfd1 Ng3 28. d5 Nf5+ 29. Kf2
Nd4 30. Ra3 e5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup-B"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Kobese, Watu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2002.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 {Dies ist eine radikale Lösung des
Entwicklungsproblems des weißfeldrigen Läufers, das den Schwarzen in dieser
Stellung plagt. Sie hat jedoch ihre Schwierigkeiten.} 5. Qb3 Qd7 {Es gibt
keine andere befriedigende Möglichkeit, den Bauern auf b7 zu decken (einen Zug
wie 5...Lc8 nenne ich nicht befriedigend), aber jetzt taucht der
Königsspringer des eißen unter Tempogewinn auf e5 auf.} 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Nf3 e6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. cxd5 exd5 $2 (10... Nxd5 {ist unumgänglich.}) 11. f4 Be4
12. Rg1 h6 {Dieser Zug führt rasch zum Verlust, aber die Stellung des
Nachziehenden ist schon rettungslos verloren:} (12... Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. g5
Nfd7 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bc4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Be7 18. Rg4 {, und Schwarz wird bald
auseinandergenommen; der weißfeldrige Läufer hat überwältigende Kraft, und oft
ist e5-e6 entscheidend.}) (12... a5 13. g5 Nfd7 14. Nxe4 Nxe5 15. fxe5 dxe4 16.
Bd2 {gibt kein erfreulicheres Bild für Schwarz.}) 13. g5 hxg5 14. fxg5 Nfd7 15.
Nxf7 Qh2 $6 {Damit erreicht Schwarz nichts, und zu allem Überfluß hängt noch
b7. Aber auch nach} (15... Rh4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. Bd3 Rh4 18. Bg6 Ke7 19. Bd2 {
bereitet der Anblick der Stellung des Schwarzen keine Freude.}) 16. Nxe4 $18
Qxg1 (16... Kxf7 17. Rg4 {mit Gewinn.}) 17. Nxh8 dxe4 18. Qf7+ Kd8 19. Qf4 Na6
20. Bd2 Nb4 21. O-O-O 1-0

[Event "Ordzhonikidze zt 1.9"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2000.06.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2000.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Wells} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 Bh5
8. e4 {Dies ist ein neuer Versuch. Besonders beeindruckend sieht er nicht aus.}
b4 9. e5 bxc3 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Qc2 e5 {Dies gefällt mir strukturell gesehen
nicht. Zu einer soliden Stellung führt die Fortsetzung} (11... e6 12. Qxc3 Nd7
$11) ({Interessant ist das gierige} 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qxd4 14.
O-O Qe5) 12. Qxc3 Bd6 13. O-O $5 {'!' Wells.} ({Die Folge} 13. cxd5 cxd5 14.
Ng3 Bg6 15. Nf5 {führte zu bequemem Spiel für Weiß.}) (13. Ng3 exd4 (13... Bg6)
14. Qc2 (14. Qxd4 {Wells} Qe7+ 15. Qe3 {also looks worth an edge. White wants
more. There are great spoils to be had from provoking ...e4.}) 14... Bg6 15.
O-O {war ebenfalls nicht schlecht. Mit dem Textzug leitet Weiß ein
interessantes Figurenopfer ein.}) 13... e4 {Wells: 'Positionally horrible, but
it is the critical test of white's idea.'} (13... dxc4 {Wells} 14. Bxc4 Bxe2
15. Bxe2 exd4 16. Qh3 $1 $40) 14. Nf4 (14. Re1 O-O 15. Bc2 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 f5 {
führt zu einer ausgeglichenen Stellung.}) 14... Bxf4 (14... Bg6 {Wells} 15. Be2
) 15. Bxf4 exd3 16. Rfe1+ {Wells: 'How to summarise? Well, although a piece
sacrifice per se, it is particularly relevant to our theme because there was a
key exchange in the middle. White has really given two pieces in return for a
key defender! The sac has opened lines, left black with a dreary bishop on h5,
a terrible structure, and no pieces which are placed to offer serious
assistance to his king.'} Kd7 $2 ({Nötig war} 16... Kf8 {. Nach} 17. Bh6+ Kg8
18. Qxd3 Nd7 (18... Bg6 {Wells} 19. Qf3 Nd7 20. h4 $1 dxc4 (20... f5 21. h5 Qh4
22. cxd5 $16) 21. bxc4 c5 22. Rad1 $16 {[%csl Yd1,Ye1]}) 19. Qg3+ Bg6 20. cxd5
cxd5 21. h4 f5 22. h5 Nf6 {entsteht eine ungefähr ausgeglichene Stellung.}) 17.
Qxd3 $2 (17. Qb4 Kc8 18. Re7 Nd7 19. Qd6 Ne5 20. Qc5 {erzwang sofortigen Sieg.}
Re8 21. Bxe5 Rxe7 22. Qxc6+ {usw.}) 17... Bg4 ({Die Folge} 17... Bg6 18. Qh3+
f5 19. cxd5 {überläßt dem Weißen entscheidenden Angriff, denn} cxd5 20. Qf3 $18
{ist sofort fatal für Schwarz.}) 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rac1 Be6 (19... Nc6 20. Rc5
Be6 {kommt auf dasselbe hinaus wie die Partiefortsetzung.}) 20. Rc5 Ra7 $2 ({
Richtig ist} 20... Nc6 {mit unklarer Lage.}) 21. Qf3 $18 Qb6 ({Keine Rettung
verheißt die Fortsetzung} 21... Ke8 22. Bxb8 Qxb8 23. Qxf6 Rf8 24. Rxe6+ fxe6
25. Qxe6+ Re7 26. Rc8+ Qxc8 27. Qxc8+ Kf7 28. Qf5+ {, und Weiß gewinnt.}) 22.
Rxd5+ {'!' Wells.} Ke8 23. Rd6 $2 (23. Bxb8 Qxb8 24. Qxf6 Rf8 25. Rde5 {
führte zu einem einfachen Sieg.}) 23... Qb4 24. Qe3 (24. Rc1 {gewinnt; Schwarz
ist hilflos gegen die Drohung d4-d5.} Rc7 (24... Rd7 25. Rxd7 Kxd7 (25... Nxd7
26. Qa8+) 26. d5) 25. Rxe6+ $18 {Aber auch der Textzug ist gut.}) 24... Rd7 25.
a3 {Keinen Gewinn kann Weiß mit der Fortsetzung} (25. Rxe6+ fxe6 26. Bxb8 Re7 (
26... Qxb8 27. Qxe6+ Kd8 28. Qxf6+ Kc7 29. Rc1+ Kb7 30. Qc6+ $18) 27. Bg3 {
erzwingen; auch wenn er einigen Vorteil behält. Der Textzug ist stärker.})
25... Qxd6 26. Bxd6 Rxd6 {Wells: 'A shame. It looks right in principle to
stick with piece play, rather than bringing in the pawns. '} 27. f4 $4 {
Danach kommt Weiß schon in Verlustgefahr.} ({Zum Sieg führt} 27. Qf3 Kf8 (27...
Ke7 28. d5 $18) (27... Nd7 28. Qa8+ $18) (27... Nc6 28. d5 Ne5 29. Qxf6 $18)
28. Qxf6 Rg8 29. Qe5 Rd8 30. d5 Rxd5 (30... Bxd5 31. Qe7+ Kg7 32. Qg5+ $18) 31.
Qxb8+ $18) (27. Qf3 $1 $16 {Wells would have been strong.}) 27... Rd5 28. Qe4
Kf8 29. g4 $2 {Danach gewinnt Schwarz mühelos. Weiß muß stehenbleiben:} (29.
Rc1 {usw.}) 29... Rg8 30. h3 f5 31. Qe3 fxg4 32. hxg4 Rxg4+ 33. Kf2 Nc6 34. Qc3
Nxd4 35. Qb4+ Kg7 36. Rg1 Rxg1 37. Kxg1 h5 38. Qe7 h4 39. Kf2 h3 40. b4 h2 41.
Qh4 Nf5 42. Qg5+ Kf8 43. Qh5 Rd2+ 44. Ke1 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Queens-Kings"]
[Site "Jinan"]
[Date "2002.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Zhu, Chen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.07.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. a4 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. a5 e6 $2 {
Dies führt meines Erachtens zu einer strategisch verlorenen Stellung. Nötig ist
} (7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 e6 {usw.}) 8. Qb6 Qxb6 9. axb6 Ra8 10. c5 Nbd7 11. b4 Rb8
12. Nf3 {Schwarz kann nicht verhindern, daß der Königsspringer des Weißen nach
a5 wandert; und dies scheint mir für Schwarz tödlich zu sein.} Ne4 13. Nxe4
Bxe4 14. Nd2 Bg6 15. Nb3 Kd8 (15... Be7 16. Na5 e5 17. Bb2 {verschaft dem
Schwarzen keine Erleichterung.}) 16. Na5 Kc8 17. Nxb7 Rxb7 18. Bxa6 $18 {
Ein leichter Sieg für Weiß.} Nxb6 19. cxb6 Bxb4+ 20. Bd2 Bxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Kb8 22.
Bxb7 Kxb7 23. Ra7+ Kxb6 24. Rha1 Rb8 25. Kc3 Rb7 26. Rxb7+ Kxb7 27. Kb4 Kb6 28.
Ra8 Be4 29. f3 Bd3 30. Rg8 g6 31. Rg7 h5 32. Rxf7 Bf1 33. g3 g5 34. Rf6 Bg2 35.
Rxe6 Bxf3 36. Re5 g4 37. Rxh5 Bg2 38. Rg5 Bf3 39. Rg6 Bd1 40. Rh6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. d4 {Baburin} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Be2
{Baburin: 'This is a pet line of Azmaipparashvili. White plans to develop his
knight to f3 only after the move ...e6, which will lock up Black's
dark-squared bishop.'} Ne4 (7... Bf5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Qb3 e6 10. Qxb7 Na5 11. Qc7
Qxc7 12. Bxc7 Bb4 {geschah in den Partien Azmaiparashvili -Akopian, Wijk aan
Zee 1993 und Azmaiprashvili-Morovic, Las Palmas 1993. Schwarz hat einige
Kompensation für den geopferten Bauern, aber es ist doch fraglich, ob sie nach}
13. f3 Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Nge2 Nd5 16. Bf4 {zum Ausgleich genügt.}) ({
Black can also play} 7... e6 {(Baburin) here. For example, after} 8. Rc1 Be7 9.
Nf3 O-O 10. Ne5 Bd7 11. O-O Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qa5 13. Bd3 Rfc8 14. Qf3 Qd8 {
he obtained quite solid position in the game Azmaiparashvili-Dorfman, Cap
d'Agde 1998.}) 8. Nf3 {Dies ist ein neuer Versuch, der plausibel und solide
aussieht. Zuvor hatte Azmaiparashvili in dieser Stellung 8.Se4: gespielt: '!?'
Baburin.} (8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. f3 {Baburin: 'but after a further'} e5 $1 (9... exf3
$2 10. Nxf3 $16) 10. dxe5 Qa5+ (10... Be6 $5 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. a3) 11. Kf2 Be6
$1 12. Qc2 $1 (12. fxe4 Rd8 13. Qc1 h6 $1 $17) 12... Rd8 $1 13. Qxe4 Rd2 $44 {
Baburin: 'Black obtained good compensation in the game Azmaiparashvili-Anand,
Las Palmas 1993.'} 14. Nh3 Bd5 $6 (14... Qb5 $1 15. Rhe1 Bc4 $1 16. a4 Qb3 17.
Rad1 Bd3 18. Qxc6+ bxc6 19. Rxd2 Bxe2 20. Rdxe2 $15) 15. Qf5 Be6 16. Qe4 Bd5
17. Qf5 Be6 {1/2-1/2 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Anand,V/Las Palmas 1993}) 8... Nxc3 9.
bxc3 g6 $6 {Der Königsläufer des Schwarzen steht auf g7 nicht wirkungsvoll.
Solider scheint mir die Fortsetzung} (9... e6 10. O-O Bd6 (10... Be7 $5 {
und der Vorteil des Weißen ist nur gering.})) 10. Ne5 {'!' Baburin.} Bg7 {
Dieser Zug überläßt dem Weißen die absolute Herrschaft über die b-Linie, aber
auch nach} (10... Nxe5 11. Bxe5 f6 12. Bg3 {Baburin: 'White is better, as the
advance of the c3-pawn is hard to stop.'} Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 {ist die
Stellung des Schwarzen alles andere als bequem.}) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 {
'!' Baburin. Baburin: 'The pawn structure is nearly symmetrical, so it's
important for White to use his slight lead in development and to put the
opponent onto defensive. Here a natural plan for White is to seize control
over the only open file. The strategic placement of his bishop on f4 makes
this plan easier to implement.'} Bd7 13. Rb1 O-O (13... c5 14. Qa3 cxd4 (14...
c4 15. Bf3 Bc6 16. Qc5 {überläßt dem Weißen starken Druck.}) 15. cxd4 Bb5 16.
Bc7 Qc8 {kam auch in Betracht.}) 14. Rb7 {'!' Baburin.} Bc8 15. Rb2 Bd7 16. O-O
f6 $2 (16... c5 {war nun unbedingt nötig. Der Textzug verschleudert nicht nur
ein Tempo (denn die b-Linie kann dem Weißen doch nicht mehr streitig gemacht
werden), sondern schwächt auch die Diagonale b3-g8 unheilvoll.}) 17. Bg3 e5 {
Baburin: 'This move is practically forced, as otherwise after Rfb1 White's
would invade to b8. However, the text makes Black's position in the centre
rather unstable.'} (17... c5 18. Qb3 c4 19. Qb7 Bf5 20. f3 e5 21. e4 Be6 22.
dxe5 fxe5 {kam auch hier noch in Betracht,obwohl der Vorteil des Weißen außer
Zweifel steht.}) 18. Rb7 Rf7 ({Die Fortsetzung} 18... Bc8 19. Rxg7+ Kxg7 20.
Qxc6 {Baburin: 'followed by 21 dxe5.'} Rb8 21. dxe5 {läßt den Schwarzen
zwischen den Trümmern einer positionellen Ruine sitzen.}) 19. Rfb1 c5 {Mit
großer Verspätung entschließt sich Schwarz doch noch zur Durchführung dieses
Vorstoßes, nachdem alle anderen Möglichkeiten erschöpft sind.} 20. Qd1 Bc6 $2 (
20... cxd4 21. cxd4 Be8 {war eher geeignet, die Aufgabe des Weißen zu
erschweren, denn} 22. R7b6 Bb5 {ist jetzt nicht ratsam für den Anziehenden.})
21. R7b6 {Baburin: 'Without making obvious mistakes Black has got into serious
trouble, as the pressure of White's rooks is very unpleasant. Meanwhile,
Black's rooks are idle.'} Qc7 {Schwarz kann sein wackliges Zentrumsgebäude
nicht instand halten. Nach} (21... Bb5 22. dxc5 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Qc8 24. c6 Rc7
25. Qd1 Qe6 26. e4 dxe4 (26... Rd8 27. Rb8 Rcc8 28. c7 {ist nicht besser für
Schwarz.}) 27. Rb8+ Rc8 28. c7 {gewinnt der c-Bauer des Weißen entscheidende
Kraft.}) 22. dxe5 ({It was also possible to take a pawn -} 22. Bxa6 {Baburin
but White decided to strike in the centre instead.}) 22... fxe5 23. e4 {
'!' Baburin.} d4 (23... Rd8 {war zäher, doch ist die Stellung des Schwarzen
nach} 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Qa4 {nicht zu retten.}) 24. Bc4 Bxe4 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26.
cxd4 Bxb1 (26... cxd4 27. Qb3+ Kf8 28. Re1 $18) 27. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 33rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Black "Borges Matos, Juan R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3
Bg4 8. Nge2 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. f3 Bh5 11. Rc1 Bg6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nf4 O-O 14.
Nxg6 hxg6 15. f4 Rfc8 16. g4 b5 17. g5 Nd7 18. h4 Kf8 19. Kg2 Ke7 20. a4 bxa4
21. Nxa4 Qb4 22. Rf2 Nd8 23. Nc3 Nb7 24. e4 dxe4 25. Bxe4 Rab8 26. h5 Nd6 27.
Bb1 gxh5 28. Qxh5 Qb7+ 29. d5 Nb6 30. Ba2 Nf5 31. Qe2 Rh8 32. Re1 Rbd8 33. Qe5
Nh4+ $4 (33... Kf8 {bringt den Schwarzen in Vorteil. Nach} 34. Kg1 Ne7 (34...
Rh1+ 35. Kxh1 Nd7 {gewinnt die Dame, führt aber nach} 36. Qxf5 exf5 37. Rh2 Kg8
38. Re3 {zu einer unklaren Stellung.}) 35. Rd2 Nbxd5 {hat Weiß den d-Bauern
eingebüßt; auch andere Züge als 34.Kg1 überzeugen nicht.}) 34. Kg1 {Jetzt sind
die Bauern g7 und e6 angegriffen; Weiß gewinnt.} Kf8 35. dxe6 Ng6 36. Qc5+ (36.
Qe4 $18) 36... Ne7 37. Rh2 Rxh2 38. Kxh2 Rd2+ 39. Re2 Rxe2+ 40. Nxe2 Na4 41.
Qd6 Qb6 42. Qxb6 Nxb6 43. exf7 g6 44. Nd4 Nbd5 45. Bxd5 Nxd5 46. Kg3 Kxf7 {
[#] Hecht White's extra pawn in conjunction with his much better king position
and the pawn weakness on g6 is of decisive effect.  A little tactical joke
expedites Black's downfall. [#] Hecht Der weiße Mehrbauer in Verbindung mit
der weitaus besseren Königsstellung und der Bauernschwäche g6 wirkt
entscheidend. Ein kleiner taktischer Witz beschleunigt den scharzen Untergang.}
47. Kf3 Nb4 48. Ke4 a5 49. Nb3 Nc6 50. Nc5 Ke7 51. Nd3 Ke6 (51... Kd6 {Hecht}
52. Ne5 Ne7 53. Nc4+ Kc5 54. Nxa5 Kb4 55. Nb7 Kb3 56. Ke5 Kxb2 57. Ke6 $18 (57.
Kf6 Nd5+)) 52. Ne5 Ne7 53. Nxg6 Nxg6 54. f5+ Kf7 55. fxg6+ Kxg6 56. Kd5 1-0

[Event "ESP-ch sf1"]
[Site "Ayamonte"]
[Date "2002.10.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Herraiz Hidalgo, Herminio"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.10.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 8. Bd3
e6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 (10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. f4 Bd6 12. Nf3 g5 13. g3 gxf4 14. gxf4
Rg8 15. Qe2 Nb4 16. Bb1 Rc8 17. Rf1 a6 18. a3 Nc6 19. f5 Na5 20. e4 Bf4 21.
fxe6 fxe6 22. exd5 $2 (22. Ba2 $13) 22... Nb3 23. dxe6 Qxe6 24. Ba2 Qxe2+ 25.
Nxe2 Nxa1 26. Bxg8 Nc2+ 27. Kf2 Be3+ 28. Kg3 Bb5 29. Rf2 Rc7 {0-1 Gerber,
R-Khenkin,I/Geneve 1997/EXT 98 (29).}) 10... Be7 11. f4 Qb6 12. Rb1 g5 13. fxg5
Ne4 14. Qh5 (14. Bxe4 hxg5 (14... dxe4 15. Qh5 Qa5 16. Nge2 {muß Weiß sicher
nicht fürchten.}) 15. Bxd5 {kommt in Betracht.}) 14... Nxg5 15. Bg3 $2 {
Es kann nicht verkehrt sein, etwas für die Entwicklung zu tun, zum Beispiel} (
15. Nge2 Nb4 16. Nf4 {Auf} e5 {folgt} 17. Nfxd5 Nxd3+ 18. Kd2 {, und die Lage
ist äußerst unklar.}) (15. a3 {sieht am solidesten aus.}) (15. Nh3 Nxh3 16.
Bxe7 Nf4 17. exf4 Qxd4 {ist hinwiederum ungünstig für Weiß.}) 15... Nb4 16. Be2
(16. Qd1 {Nicht besser ist} Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Bb4 18. Nge2 (18. a3 Bb5 19. Qc2
Bxc3+ 20. Qxc3 Ne4 $19) 18... Bb5 19. Qc2 Ne4 20. O-O Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qa6 {
, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 16... Rc8 17. Nh3 $6 ({Zäher ist} 17. Rc1 {, obwohl
Schwarz nach der mutigen Fortsetzung} Ne4 18. Nf3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. bxc3
Nxa2 21. O-O Nxc3 22. Bd3 Bb5 23. Ne5 Bxd3 24. Rxf7 Kd8 25. Nxd3 Qb1+ 26. Ne1
Qe4 {auf Gewinn steht.}) (17. Nf3 Nc2+ 18. Kf2 Rxc3 19. Nxg5 Rxe3 20. Qxf7+ Kd8
{ist für Weiß ebenso unerfreulich wie die Partiefortsetzung.}) 17... Nc2+ 18.
Kd2 (18. Kf2 Rxc3 19. Nxg5 (19. bxc3 Ne4+ 20. Kf3 Nd2+ $19) 19... Rxe3 20.
Qxf7+ Kd8 {, und Schwarz gewinnt, siehe die Anmerkung zum vorigen Zuge.}) 18...
Ne4+ 19. Kxc2 Ba4+ 20. Kc1 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qb3 Ra7 8. cxd5 {
Gespielt wurde in dieser Stellung} (8. Nge2 Bxe2 9. Bxe2 e6 10. a4 Bd6 11. a5
Nbd7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. O-O Bc7 14. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Sadler,M-Hodgson,J/Isle of Man
1995/EXT 97 (42)}) 8... cxd5 9. g4 Bg6 10. g5 Ne4 11. Qxd5 Qxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxg5 {
Die Idee des Weißen kann nur dann etwas taugen, wenn er aus der augenblicklich
ungünstigen Stellung des Springers auf g5 Kapital schlagen kann.
Wahrscheinlich geht dies nicht: Weiß ist ungenügend entwickelt.} 13. Nc3 {
Auch mit anderen Zügen kann Weiß nicht mehr erreichen, zum Beispiel} (13. Bg2
Be4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 {, und Schwarz hat keinerlei Schwiewrigkeiten; oder}) (13. f3
Ne4 14. Rh2 Ng3 {, und wenn Weiß den Abtausch seines weißfeldrigen Läufers
vermeiden will, muß er dem Schwarzen viele Entwicklungstempi schenken:} 15. Bc4
b5 16. Bb3 e6 17. Nf4 Bd6 {mit befriedigendem Spiel für Schwarz.}) 13... Nc6 ({
Die Fortsetzung} 13... Ne4 14. Bg2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 e6 {führt ebenfalls zu einer
befriedigenden Stellung für Schwarz.}) 14. h4 {Nach} (14. Bg2 Nb4 {oder}) (14.
Bd2 Ne4 {hat Schwarz keine Schwierigkeiten.}) 14... Ne4 15. h5 Bf5 16. Bg2 Nxc3
17. bxc3 e5 18. Ne2 Bd6 $6 (18... Bd3 {sieht besser aus.}) 19. e4 Bd7 20. f4 f6
{Verständlicherweise möchte Schwarz den Halt im Zentrum nicht aufgeben. Nach} (
20... exd4 21. cxd4 Bg4 22. Be3 Nb4 23. Kd2 {kommt er in Schwierigkeiten.}) 21.
Be3 Ra8 22. dxe5 $6 (22. Rd1 $5 {sieht verständiger aus.}) 22... fxe5 23. f5 h6
24. Rd1 Be7 25. Rd5 $6 {Dies ist kein nützlicher Zug.} (25. Bb6 {sieht
plausibler aus, desgleichen}) (25. Kf2) 25... Bf6 26. Kf2 Ne7 27. Rd6 Bb5 28.
Rhd1 O-O {Jetzt sind die Figuren des Weißen schlecht koordiniert, und er muß
sich vor taktischen Einschlägen auf f5 in acht nehmen.} 29. Bc5 Bh4+ 30. Kf3 (
30. Ke3 {sieht sicherer aus.}) 30... Rac8 ({Mit der Fortsetzung} 30... Nxf5 31.
exf5 e4+ 32. Kg4 Bxe2+ 33. Kxh4 Bxd1 34. Rxd1 Rxf5 35. Be3 {erreicht Schwarz
keinen Vorteil.}) 31. Bb6 Kh7 32. Bf1 $2 (32. Rh1 {war nötig, um dem König
Atemluft zu verschaffen. Jetzt geht Weiß an der Schwäche des Bauern e4 und der
exponierten Stellung seines Königs zugrunde.}) 32... Bc6 $19 33. Rxc6 {Nach} (
33. Bh3 Ng8 34. Re6 Nf6 35. Rxe5 Rce8 {fällt die Stellung des Weißen
auseinander.}) 33... Rxc6 34. Ba5 Ng8 35. Rd7 b6 36. Bb4 Rd8 37. Rd5 a5 38. Ba3
Rxd5 39. exd5 Rc4 40. Bb2 Nf6 41. Nd4 Rc8 42. Ne6 e4+ 43. Kg2 Nxd5 44. Ba6 Rb8
45. Ba3 Be7 0-1

[Event "Montreal-A 5th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2004.08.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. c5 Nfd7 (10... Nbd7 {ist vielleicht solider:} 11. Nxd7 (11.
f4 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Ng4 $13 (12... Nd7 13. e4) (12... Ne8 13. Bd2 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6
15. Ne2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Krasenkow,M-Savchenko,S/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96 (66). (65)}))
11... Qxd7 12. Na4 Rae8 13. Nb6 Qc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z-Kasparov,G/Prague
2001/CBM 86/[Hracek] (40). (39)}) 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Bd2 {Die folgende Partie
bietet ein Beispiel für eine andere Art von Aufbau:} (12. b4 f5 13. Rb1 Bf7 14.
f4 Nf6 15. a4 Ne4 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Qc7 (17... b6 $11) 18. Na4 Qa5 $2 (18...
Rxa4 $14) 19. Nb6 Ra7 20. Bb2 $18 {1-0 Milov,V-Sokolov,I/Dordrecht 2002/EXT
2004 (48). (47)}) 12... b6 (12... b5 {hat Nachteile:} 13. a4 (13. Ne2 Re8 (
13... f5 {ergibt mit Zugumstellung die folgende Partie.}) 14. a4 Nf6 15. Ra3
Qb8 16. Rfa1 Qb7 17. b4 $16 {1-0 Maric,A-Zhu Chen/Moscow 2001/CBM 85 ext (38).
(37)}) 13... f5 (13... b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. Nf4 Qc8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. f4 {führt
zu einer unangenehm passiven Stellung für Schwarz; Weiß kann in aller Ruhe den
Bauernsturm am Königsflügel vorbereiten.}) 14. Ne2 Bf7 15. f4 Nf6 16. Ra3 Qc7
17. Rfa1 Qb7 18. b4 Be6 19. Qa2 Bc8 20. axb5 $16 {1-0 Akesson,R-Aaberg,A/
Sweden 2001/EXT 2003 (36). (35)}) (12... f5 {mag spielbar sein:} 13. f4 Qe8 14.
Kh1 Qf7 15. b4 Nf6 16. a4 Ne4 17. Ne2 Qf6 18. Kg1 Qh4 19. Be1 Qh6 20. Ra2 {
1/2-1/2 Soppe,G-Labollita,M/Mar del Plata 2001/CBM 81 ext (20).}) 13. b4 (13.
cxb6 c5 {gewährt dem Schwarzen schönes Spiel gegen das Zentrum.}) 13... a5 {
Schwarz erreicht eine Reihe von erleichternden Bauerntäuschen am Damenflügel.}
14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 bxc5 16. bxc5 Qc7 {Meines Erachtens sollte die Stellung
verteidgungsfähig für Schwarz sein.} 17. Ra4 Ra7 18. h3 Rfa8 19. Rb1 f6 20.
Rxa7 Rxa7 21. Na2 (21. e4 dxe4 22. Nxe4 (22. Bxe4 {ist nicht besser:} f5 23. d5
Nxc5 24. dxe6 Bxc3) 22... Nf8 {ergibt für Weiß nicht viel.}) 21... Nf8 $2 ({
Nach} 21... Bf7 22. Nb4 e5 {sollte Schwarz ohne große Mühe überleben.}) 22. Nb4
{Jetzt droht der Turm des Weißen auf b8 einzudringen.} Bc8 $6 (22... Ra8 23. e4
Bf7 {bietet vielleicht bessere Rettungsaussichten.}) 23. e4 {Jetzt ist dieser
Vorstoß viel stärker als im 21. Zuge; wenn Schwarz auf e4 schlägt, wird der
Bauer auf c6 anfällig.} e6 24. Qc1 {Es ist deutlich, daß Schwarz die
Koordination seiner Figuren verloren hat.} dxe4 $6 25. Bxe4 f5 26. Bf3 Bd7 27.
Bf4 Qc8 28. Be5 $18 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Rb7 30. Qc3 Qc7 ({Auf} 30... Qb8 {geschieht}
31. Rb2 {mit der Drohung 32.Lc6:.}) 31. Ra1 Rb5 32. Qd4 Qb7 33. Ra4 Qc7 34. Ra6
Qb7 35. Rb6 Rxb6 36. cxb6 Be8 37. Qd8 1-0

[Event "Rotherham m"]
[Site "Rotherham"]
[Date "1997.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.03.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 dxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Nf3 c5 {
Der Aufbau des Schwarzen ist nicht vertrauenerweckend; Weiß hat gegenüber der
Normalvariante des Angenommenen Damengambits den Extrazug Lc1-d2 erhalten, der
sich nach der von Weiß gewählten Folge als recht nützlich herausstellt.} 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qc2 b6 13. Bc3 Bb7 14. O-O
Qc7 (14... Bxf3 $5 {kam in Betracht:} 15. gxf3 O-O $14 {usw.}) 15. Rfd1 Ng4 $6
{Dies ist sehr riskant, denn in der Folge bekommt Schwarz Schwierigkeiten,
weil er den Punkt g7 nicht decken kann und für seinen König keinen sicheren
Platz findet. Besser war} (15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 O-O {Der Vorteil des Weißen ist
nur geringfügig.}) 16. Qa4+ Qc6 (16... Bc6 17. Bb5 axb5 18. Qxg4 f5 19. Qh5+ g6
{gefolgt von Lc6xf3 kam auch in Betracht.}) (16... Ke7 {scheitert an} 17. Bxe6)
17. Bb5 axb5 18. Qxg4 Rg8 19. Rac1 Qe4 20. Qg3 Qg6 21. Qh3 Qh6 22. Qg3 Qg6 23.
Qh3 Qh6 24. Qg4 Qg6 25. Qf4 f6 26. Kf1 Qe4 (26... e5 27. Bxe5 fxe5 28. Qxe5+
Kf8 29. Rxc5 bxc5 (29... Bxf3 {wird mit} 30. Qf5+ {widerlegt.}) 30. Qxc5+ Ke8
31. Qe5+ Kf8 32. Rd7 Qb1+ 33. Ke2 Qe4 (33... Qc2+ 34. Nd2 $18) 34. Rf7+ Kxf7
35. Ng5+ {überlebt Schwarz nicht.}) 27. Qc7 Qc6 (27... Bd5 $5) 28. Qg3 Kf7 (
28... e5 29. b4 {sieht nicht erfreulich für Schwarz aus.}) 29. Qh3 (29. Nd4 $5
{verschafft dem Weißen einigen Vorteil, denn} Qe4 {wird mit} 30. f3 Qxe3 31.
Nc2 $18 {beantwortet.}) 29... b4 $2 (29... Qe4 30. Qh5+ (30. Rd7+ Ke8 31. Rxb7
Qxb7 32. Qxe6+ Kf8 {genügt nicht zum Sieg.}) 30... Ke7 31. b4 Bd6 {mußte
versucht werden.}) 30. Qh5+ Ke7 {Es gibt keine Rettung mehr:} (30... g6 31.
Qxh7+ Rg7 32. Ng5+ $18) (30... Kf8 31. Bxb4 Qb5+ 32. Kg1 Qxb4 33. Rd7 Be7 34.
Nd4 g6 35. Qh6+ Ke8 36. Rxb7 Qxb2 37. Rxe7+ $18) 31. Bxf6+ $18 gxf6 32. Qxh7+
Kf8 33. Rd7 Qxd7 34. Qxd7 Bd5 35. e4 $2 (35. Nd4 {führte zum Sieg:} Re8 (35...
Bxd4 36. Rc7 $18) 36. g3 $18) 35... Rg7 36. Qb5 Bxe4 37. Qc4 $2 (37. Rxc5 {
bot meines Erachtens bessere Chancen:} bxc5 38. Qxc5+ Kg8 39. Qxb4 Bxf3 40.
gxf3 Rxa2 41. h4 $16) 37... Bd5 $44 38. Qh4 Ke7 39. Ne1 Rxa2 40. Nd3 Bxg2+ 41.
Ke2 Bd5 42. Qh8 Rg4 {Diese Partie war für den Kommenta-Tor zu schwierig.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Be2 e6 12. O-O Bd6 13. e4 b4 14. exd5 bxc3 (
14... exd5 15. Na4 $14 O-O 16. Bf3 Re8 17. Bg5 Qb8 18. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bh2+
20. Kf1 Bf4 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. g3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Shirov,A/
Pardubice 1994/CBM 42/[Hertneck] (43)}) 15. dxc6 ({Nach} 15. dxe6 fxe6 16.
Qxg6+ Kf8 {läuft Schwarz keine Gefahren, und die Eroberung des Bauern auf c3
ist für Weiß keine bequeme Aufgabe.}) 15... Nb8 16. Bf3 Qc7 17. d5 O-O 18. Be3
(18. b4 exd5 19. cxd5 Bxb4 20. Rb1 Bd6 21. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Alterman,B-Ye
Rongguang/Beijing 1995/EXT 97 (21)}) 18... exd5 19. cxd5 Rd8 ({Sofortiges} 
19... a5 {kommt in Betracht, aber der Unterschied zur Partiefortsetzung ist
natürlich gering.}) 20. Rad1 a5 21. Qxc3 {Der Damenspringer des Schwarzen kann
sonst über a6 ans Tageslicht kommen und eventuell nach c7 überführt werden, um
gegen d5 zu drücken.} Nbd7 22. g3 Nb6 23. Qc2 {Keine der beiden Seiten kann
viel unternehmen. Schwarz hat die Freibauern des Weißen gründlich blockiert,
so daß dieser nicht weiterzukommen vermag; den Schwarzen hindert Raummangel
daran, Aktivität zu entfalten. Die Stellung ist im Gleichgewicht.} Be5 24. Qc5
Nc8 25. Rfe1 Bd6 26. Qc2 Re8 27. Kg2 Ne7 28. Bc5 Nf5 29. Bxd6 Nxd6 30. Qd2 Rab8
31. Rxe8+ Nfxe8 32. Re1 Kf8 33. Qc3 Qa7 34. h4 Nf6 35. Qe5 Qc7 36. Qc3 Qb6 37.
Qe5 Qc7 38. Qc3 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 28th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1998.05.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 9. O-O Bh5 10. Qb3 Ra7 11. Rfc1 Be7 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Bb5 {Dies ist ein
originelles Opfer; leider dürfte es jedoch dem Weißen eher als dem Schwarzen
Ungelegenheiten bereiten.} axb5 14. Nxb5 Qa5 15. Bc7 Qa4 16. Nxa7 Qxa7 17. Bb6
Qa6 18. Bc5 Nd7 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. a4 Qb6 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. a5 Nc4 23. a6 Rb8
24. Rc3 ({Auf} 24. b3 {folgt} N4a5 25. b4 Nb3 26. b5 Nca5 {und Schwarz gewinnt.
}) 24... bxa6 25. Rxa6 N6a5 26. Ra7+ Kf6 27. h4 Rxb2 28. h5 Bb1 29. Rc7 g5 30.
hxg6 Bxg6 31. Rc1 Nb3 32. Re1 Nbd2 33. Ne2 Ne4 34. f3 Ned6 35. Nf4 Kg5 36. Nh3+
Kh4 37. Nf2 Nf5 38. e4 Nxd4 39. exd5 exd5 40. Rd7 Nd2 41. Ra1 Kg3 42. Nh1+ Kf4
43. Rxd5 Ne2+ 44. Kf2 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.03.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Alavkin, Arseny Nailievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 e6 8. Qc2 Bh5
9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. O-O bxc4 13. bxc4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 c5 15.
Qa4+ Kf8 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. Ba5 Qd6 18. h3 g5 19. Rab1 cxd4 20. Rb6 Qa3 21. Qxa3
Bxa3 22. exd4 Nd7 23. Rxa6 Ke7 24. Rb1 Rxa6 25. Bxa6 Ra8 26. Bb7 Rxa5 27. Bxe4
f5 28. Bd3 Bd6 29. Bc4 Ra4 30. Bb3 Ra5 31. Nc3 g6 32. Rd1 Bb4 33. Rd3 Nf6 34.
Re3 Bxc3 35. Rxc3 Kd6 36. Re3 Nd5 37. Rg3 Rb5 38. Bxd5 Rxd5 39. Rxg5 Rxd4 40.
Rxg6 Ra4 41. Rg7 Rxa2 42. g3 e5 43. Rf7 Ke6 44. Rf8 e4 45. Kg2 Ra5 46. g4 fxg4
47. hxg4 Ra3 48. Re8+ Kd5 49. Kf1 Kd4 50. Re7 Rb3 51. g5 Rb6 52. Kg2 Rb5 53.
Kg3 Rxg5+ 54. Kf4 Rh5 $2 {Danach ist Schwarz verloren. Die natürliche
Fortsetzung} (54... Rg8 55. Rd7+ (55. Rxe4+ Kd5 56. Re5+ Kd6 {bietet dem
Schwarzen keinerlei Schwierigkeiten.}) 55... Kc5 56. Kxe4 Re8+ 57. Kf3 Rf8+ {
führt zu einer toten Remisstellung.}) 55. Rxe4+ Kd5 56. Re8 Kd6 57. Kg4 Rh7 58.
f4 Kd7 59. Re4 Rh8 60. Kg5 Rg8+ 61. Kf6 Rg4 62. Re7+ Kd8 63. f5 Rf4 64. Re1 Kd7
65. Kg6 Rg4+ 66. Kf7 1-0

[Event "USA-CHN Summit 2nd"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2002.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.07.11"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. a4 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Nf3 e6 8. Nh4 (8.
Be2 Bd6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a5 O-O 11. Bd2 Bc7 12. Qa2 Ne4 $11 {1-0 Grivas,
E-Morris,C/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext (42). (41)}) 8... Be4 9. a5 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Bxd5
(10... cxd5 {sieht plausibler aus:} 11. f3 Bg6 12. g3 (12. Nxg6 hxg6 {mit
gleichem Spiel.}) 12... Be7 13. Be2 {mit üblichen Stellungsbildern. Aber auch
der Textzug ist spielbar.}) 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Qe7
15. Ra4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 f5 18. Nc4 Nf6 19. g3 Bc7 $2 ({Nach} 19...
Nd5 {sehe ich keine direkten Gefahren für Schwarz.}) 20. Bd2 Qf7 (20... Nd5 21.
Bb4 Nxb4 22. Rxb4 {ist auch äußerst ungemütlich für Schwarz:} Bb8 (22... Rb8
23. Rc1 Qf7 24. Nb6 {verspricht keine Erleichterung.}) 23. Nb6 Bc7 24. Rc1 Bxb6
25. Rxb6 {mit Gewinnstellung für Weiß.}) 21. Bb4 Re8 (21... Rd8 22. Bc5 Raa8
23. Qxb7 Nd5 24. Nb6 {mit hoffnungsloser Lage für Schwarz.}) 22. Bd6 Qd7 23.
Bxc7 Qxc7 24. Nb6 $18 {Der Turm auf a7 wird nun seines Lebens nicht mehr froh.
Die Türme des Weißen dringen auf der c-Linie ein.} Qf7 25. Rc4 Qh5 (25... Nd5
26. Rfc1 Nxb6 27. Qxb6 Raa8 28. Rc7 {ist ebenfalls hoffnungslos für Schwarz.})
26. Rc8 Kf7 27. Rxe8 Nxe8 28. d5 1-0

[Event "VISA Nordic GP Final"]
[Site "Gentofte"]
[Date "1999.08.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nb1 Ba6 7. Qc2 Nf6 8. Bxc4
Bxc4 9. Qxc4 Qd5 10. Qxd5 cxd5 11. Nd2 e6 12. Nb3 Nc6 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Rc1 Rc8
15. Ne2 Nd6 16. Nf4 Nc4 17. Nd3 Bd6 18. f3 Ke7 19. e4 a5 20. Ke2 Rhd8 21. Be3
Nb6 {Schwarz beginnt, eine verfehlte Idee zu verwirklichen. Nach} (21... f6 {
braucht er sich über seine Stellung nicht zu beklagen.}) 22. Rc2 Nxa4 23. e5
Bb8 24. Rhc1 Na7 25. Nxa5 Rxc2+ 26. Rxc2 {Schwarz verliert nun seinen b-Bauern
und die Partie.} Kd7 27. Nxb4 Bc7 28. Nb3 Bb6 29. Nd3 Nc6 30. Rc1 Ra8 31. Ra1
Ra6 $2 {Nach} (31... Kc7 {muß Weiß noch beträchtliche Arbeit leisten, um den
Sieg zu erreichen.}) 32. Rxa4 Rxa4 33. Nbc5+ Bxc5 34. Nxc5+ Kc7 35. Nxa4 1-0

[Event "VISA Nordic GP Final"]
[Site "Gentofte"]
[Date "1999.08.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 b5 6. b3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O
9. Bb2 Bb7 (9... Nbd7 10. Qe2 Rb8 11. Rfd1 Qa5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14.
Nxd7 Nxd7 15. a4 b4 16. Na2 Qb6 17. a5 Qxa5 18. Nc1 Qb6 19. Bxa6 Ra8 20. Bxb7
Rxa1 21. Bxa1 Qxb7 22. Nd3 Rc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Doroshkievich,V-Lobzhanidze,D/
Cherkessk 1997/EXT 99 (43)}) 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Rfd1 Qb6 13. a3 e6
14. Rc2 Rad8 15. Na2 bxc4 16. bxc4 c5 17. Rdc1 cxd4 $2 {Dies führt unmittelbar
zum Verlust. Offenbar handelt es sich um ein Versehen, denn es gab für Schwarz
keinen Grund zur Verzweiflung:} (17... dxc4 18. Bxc4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 ({Die
Fortsetzung} 19. Bxd4 Qa5 20. Nb4 Qxa3 21. Nxa6 Rc8 {ist auch nicht
gewinnträchtig für Weiß.}) 19... Ne5 20. Bb3 Be4 {mit etwa gleichem Spiel.})
18. c5 $18 Qb3 19. Nxd4 Qxa2 20. Ra1 Qxb2 21. Rxb2 Nxc5 22. Rc1 Nfd7 23. Rxb7
Nxb7 24. Bxa6 Nbc5 25. Bb5 e5 26. Nc6 Ra8 27. Qa2 d4 28. Bc4 Ne6 29. a4 dxe3
30. fxe3 Bh6 31. Rc3 Ndc5 32. a5 e4 33. Bd5 Ra6 34. Kf1 Bf8 35. Nb4 Rd6 36.
Rxc5 Rxd5 37. Nxd5 Bxc5 38. Nf6+ Kf8 39. Nxe8 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Black "Bricard, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 (7. f3 e5 8.
Bxc4 Qxd4 9. Qc2 Bc5 10. Bg5 Ba6 11. Bb3 Be7 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. Ng3 h6 14. Bd2 g6
15. Rc1 Nfd7 16. Nf1 Nc5 17. a5 Qb7 18. Nxb4 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 c5 20. Qd5 cxb4 21.
Qxe5 f6 {0-1 Lautier,J-Sokolov,I/Groningen 1995/CBM 51}) 7... Nd5 8. Bxc4 a5 (
8... e6 9. Nf3 (9. Ne2 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. a5 Rc8 13. a6 Ba8 14. Rc1
Be7 15. dxc5 O-O 16. Nxb4 Nxe5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Bc3 Ng6 19. Bd4 Qa5 20. Nd3
Qxa6 21. Ra1 Qb7 22. Qa4 Rfe8 23. Ng3 Bf8 24. b4 f5 25. Qxa7 Qb5 26. Rfd1 f4
27. Nf5 Qc6 28. Ra6 Qb5 29. h4 Re4 30. Nd6 {1-0 Jussupow,A-Vera,R/Anibal op4th
1997/CBM 58/[Huebner,R]}) 9... Be7 10. O-O a5 (10... O-O 11. Qc2 a5 12. Rd1 Bb7
13. Qe4 Nd7 14. Qg4 Re8 15. Bh6 g6 16. Nc1 c5 17. Nb3 Rc8 18. Rac1 Qb6 19. Bb5
Bc6 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Nbd4 Bxb5 22. axb5 Na4 23. Nc6 Bc5 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Ne7+
{Shaked,T-Podkriznik,G/WchJM U20 1997/EXP 59/1-0 (44)}) 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. Bb3 h6
13. Be3 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Nd5 15. Nc1 Qb6 16. Nd3 Nd7 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19.
dxc5 Qb8 20. Bd4 Nf4 21. Rd2 Bg5 22. Be3 Rd8 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.
Rd1 Qc7 26. Bxe6 O-O 27. Rd7 Qc8 28. Bh3 Qe8 29. Ra7 Bc8 30. Ra8 Bf5 31. Qxf5
Bxh2+ 32. Kxh2 Qxa8 33. e6 Qb8+ 34. Qe5 Qa8 35. Nd4 fxe6 36. Bxe6+ Kh7 37. f3
Re8 38. Bf5+ Kg8 39. Ne6 {1-0 Watson,J-Milov,L/Berliner Sommer 1997/EXP 59}) 9.
Nf3 e6 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. O-O h6 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Nd2 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Qa6 15. Qc2 Nd7
16. Nc1 N7b6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Nb3 Be7 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. Qe4 Kd7 $2 {Dies ist
eine strategisch anfechtbare Entscheidung; die Stellung ist ja keineswegs
gänzlich geschlossen. Auf jeden Fall wird Schwarz auf Grund der unsicheren
Stellung seines Königs gezwungen sein, passiv zu verharren; es wird kaum
jemals tunlich sein, c6-c5 zu spielen, wenn der Springer von b3 auf Reisen
geht (Sb3-d2-c4, zum Beispiel), noch f7-f5 zu spielen. Meines Erachtens war es
besser,} (20... O-O {zu ziehen mit dem Ziel, so bald wie möglich f7-f5
durchzusetzen. Schwarz hat dann meiner Meinung nach nichts zu befürchten.}) 21.
Qg4 Rhg8 22. Qf3 Rgf8 23. Qg4 Rg8 24. Qf3 Rgf8 25. Rc4 Kc7 $2 ({Die Fortsetzung
} 25... f5 26. exf6 Rxf6 27. Qg3 {sieht nicht besonders gesund für Schwarz aus,
bot aber noch bessere Aussichten auf Widerstand als der Textzug.}) 26. Rfc1 Kb7
27. Qg4 Rg8 28. Qf3 Rgf8 (28... f5 29. exf6 gxf6 30. Qe4 {ist ungünstig für
Schwarz.}) 29. Qe4 Rfe8 30. Qc2 Ka7 {Es gibt keine befriedigende Verteidigung
gegen die Drohung 31.Tc6:.} (30... Nxe3 31. fxe3 {führt zu einer strategischen
Verluststellung für Schwarz.}) 31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Qxc6 Qxc6 33. Rxc6 Bd8 34. Kf1
Kb7 35. Rc2 Kb6 36. Ke2 f6 37. exf6 Bxf6 38. Rc5 Rd8 39. Rb5+ Kc7 40. Rxa5 e5
41. Rc5+ Kd6 42. Na5 Ke6 43. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 ({Sehr
befriedigend für Weiß ist auch die Fortsetzung} 7. f3 e5 8. dxe5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1
Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Bxc4 $16 {Hjartarson-Gulko, Reykjavik op 1996.}) 7... Nd5
8. Bxc4 e6 9. Ne2 Bb7 (9... a5 10. O-O Ba6 11. b3 Nd7 {war vielleicht auch
geeignet, Ausgleich zu erzielen.}) 10. O-O c5 11. Bd2 Nd7 (11... a5 12. Nac1
Nd7 13. Nb3 Be7 14. Bb5 {ist unbequem für Schwarz.}) 12. a5 Rc8 13. a6 Ba8 14.
Rc1 Be7 15. dxc5 O-O $6 ({Zum Ausgleich führte meines Erachtens} 15... Nxe5 16.
Bb5+ (16. Nxb4 Nxc4 17. Rxc4 Rxc5 $11) 16... Bc6 17. Bxc6+ Nxc6 18. Qa4 O-O $11
{oder}) (15... Rxc5 16. Nxb4 N5b6 $11) 16. Nxb4 Nxe5 $2 (16... Nxb4 17. Bxb4
Nxe5 {dürfte dem Schwarzen immer noch ein vollkommen befriedigendes Spiel
geben.}) 17. Bxd5 $16 {Jetzt hat Weiß erklecklichen Vorteil.} exd5 (17... Bxd5
18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. b4 $16) 18. Bc3 Ng6 (18... Bxc5 19. Bxe5 Bxb4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Qd4+ (21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Qd4+ Kg8 23. Qxb4 Qxa6 {ist wohl etwas weniger
günstig, obwohl die Stellung des Weißen mir auch hier gewonnen zu sein scheint.
}) 21... Qf6 22. Qxb4 Qxa6 23. Ng3 $18) 19. Bd4 Qa5 20. Nd3 Qxa6 21. Ra1 Qb7
22. Qa4 Rfe8 23. Ng3 Bf8 $2 ({Einzig} 23... Nf8 {bot Möglichkeiten zu
Widerstand:} 24. b4 Ne6 25. Bb2 d4 26. f3 Bg5 {und Schwarz hat etwas
Gegenspiel.}) 24. b4 $18 f5 25. Qxa7 Qb5 26. Rfd1 f4 27. Nf5 Qc6 28. Ra6 Qb5
29. h4 Re4 30. Nd6 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Anic, Darko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hansen,Cu} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 (
6... Ne4 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bf5
13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qe2 a6 15. h3 b5 16. Bb3 Bd7 17. d5 Na5 18. Ne5 Nxb3 19. axb3
e6 20. Rcd1 Qe8 21. d6 f6 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. e4 Rc6 {1/2-1/2 Jussupow,A-Sokolov,
I/Groningen 1994/CBM 45}) 7. Bb5 Rc8 (7... Bd7 8. Nf3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rc1 O-O
11. h3 Rc8 12. Bd3 Na5 13. Qe2 Bc6 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. a3 a6 17. Rc2
Nb6 18. Rfc1 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Nb1 g6 21. Nd2 Ne7 22. Nb3 {Kanstler,
B-Bykhovsky,A/Tel Aviv ASA 1996/EXP 55/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 8. Nf3 (8. Qa4 e6 9. Qxa7
Nd7 10. Qxb7 Nb4 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. Ke2 Nd3 14. Kf3 Nxb2 15.
Nge2 Bb4 16. e4 dxe4+ 17. Nxe4 Rc2 18. N2g3 Bxe4+ 19. Nxe4 f5 20. Nc5+ Bxc5 21.
dxc5 Ra8 22. Rhc1 Ra3+ {Mueller,H-Osswald,D/Porz op22 1989/EXT 89op/0-1 (40)})
8... Ne4 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir natürlich nicht besonders gut; ich würde
lieber etwas für die Entwicklung des Königsflügels tun:} (8... e6 9. Qa4 Nd7 (
9... Qb6 {kommt auch in Betracht.}) 10. Bxc6 Rxc6 11. Qxa7 Ra6 (11... Rb6 $5)
12. Qxb7 Rb6 {mit Gegenspiel.}) 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 e6 11. Qa4 Qb6 12. Ne5 f6
(12... Be7 13. c4 $16) 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Be2 {Hansen: In this position there
is only one open line (<->b). So of course white would like very much to play
his rook to b1. Just like black wants to play his rook to b8. Because of the
Bs on f4 and f5 that is not possible at the moment. But the fight resolves
around this positional theme - control of the b-line. And to some extent
whites better developement.} a5 {Schwarz hat schon Schwierigkeiten. Nach dem
natürlichen Zug} (14... Be7 {ist die Antwort} 15. Bh5+ {lästig, weil Schwarz
sich nicht auf} (15. c4 $14 {Hansen,Cu}) 15... Bg6 16. Bxg6+ hxg6 17. Rab1 {
einlassen kann.}) 15. Qb3 (15. c4 {wird mit} Qb4 {abgewehrt.}) 15... Qa7 (15...
Qxb3 {Hansen,Cu} 16. axb3 $16 {[%csl Ra5] Hansen: The b-line is closed which
is fine for black. But his a5-P has become terribly weak}) 16. c4 (16. Bh5+ g6
17. Be2 a4 18. Qd1 ({Auf} 18. Qb2 {geschieht} h5 {mit der Absicht, g6-g5
folgen zu lassen.}) 18... g5 {ist hier nicht so wirksam. Weiß eröffnet seiner
Dame das Feld c3.}) 16... a4 17. Qc3 Be7 18. Rfc1 (18. Bh5+ {kommt hier wieder
in Betracht.}) 18... O-O 19. c5 Bd8 20. Bd6 Rf7 21. Bd3 {Hansen: White has
managed to block his oponents control over the b1 square and is now ready to
put his rooks in the b-line. Weiß verschafft seinen Türmen Zugang zur b-Linie.}
Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Bc7 {Hansen: Black has also managed to get control over his b8
square. But because whites Bd6 is protectet by the P on c5 it is much more
complicated to get rid of the white B.} (22... Rb7 23. Rab1 Bc7 24. Rxb7 Qxb7
25. Rb1 {bleibt für Schwarz unerfreulich.}) 23. Rab1 Bxd6 $2 (23... Rd7 {
mußte versucht werden. Der Freibauer des Weißen auf d6 entfaltet bald
entscheidende Kraft.}) (23... Rb8 {Hansen,Cu} 24. Rxb8+ Bxb8 (24... Qxb8 25.
Qa6 $16) 25. Bxb8 Qxb8 26. Qa6 $16 {[%csl Ra4,Rc6]}) 24. cxd6 Rd7 25. Qa3 {
Hansen: Black has to watch out for his own Ps on a4 and c6, + whites passed P
on d6. And make sure nothing bad happens in the b/c <->.} Rb8 26. h3 Rxb1 27.
Rxb1 e5 28. Qc5 Rb7 29. Rxb7 Qxb7 30. Qa5 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Kallio, Heikki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qb3 b5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. a4 (9. Nge2 e6 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Nf4 Bg6 12. a4 b4 13. Bd2 a5 $2 14.
Bb5+ Nd7 15. Rc1 $16 {1-0 Doettling,F-Gibson,C/Boston 2001/CBM 83 ext (41). 
(40)}) 9... b4 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bd2 $6 ({Nach} 11. Qxb4 Nc6 12. Qc3 Qd7 13.
Bd2 e6 14. Rc1 Nb4 {hat Schwarz gute Kompensation für den geopferten Bauern.})
(11. Ne2 {analog der oben zitierten Partie ist wohl vorzuziehen.}) 11... e6 12.
a5 Nc6 13. Qa4 Qd7 14. Ne2 Bd6 15. Nf4 $5 ({Nach} 15. Nc1 O-O 16. Be2 (16. Nb3
e5 {ist auch unbequem für Weiß.}) 16... Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Rfb8 {hat Schwarz
prächtiges Spiel.}) 15... Bxf4 16. exf4 Nxd4 17. Bxb4 Bg6 18. Kd2 Nc2 19. Ra2
Nxb4 20. Qxb4 Qc7 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Kxd3 Rc8 ({Die Fortsetzung} 22... Rb8 23.
Rc1 {(Das einzig Spielbare)} Qxc1 (23... Qa7 24. Qd6 {ist nicht besser.}) 24.
Qxb8+ Ke7 25. Qxh8 Qb1+ 26. Ke3 Qxa2 27. Qxg7 Qxa5 28. Qd4 {führt zu einer
ausgeglichenen Stellung.}) 23. b3 f6 {Es ist für Schwarz nicht leicht,
Fortschritte zu machen, zum Beispiel} (23... Qb8 24. Ra4) ({oder} 23... d4 24.
g3) 24. Qb6 Qc3+ 25. Ke2 Kf7 (25... O-O 26. Qxa6 Qxb3 27. Rha1 {macht keinen
großen Unterschied.}) 26. Qxa6 Qxb3 27. Rha1 Rhd8 28. Qd3 Rc3 29. Qd2 Qc4+ (
29... Qb5+ 30. Ke1 Rc4 31. f3 Qa6 {führt zu gleichem Spiel.}) 30. Ke1 Rc8 $6 (
30... Ra8 31. a6 Ra7 {ergibt gleiches Spiel.}) 31. a6 {Jetzt wird der a-Bauer
des Weißen schon sehr gefährlich.} Rd3 $2 (31... Rb3 {scheint die letzte
Möglichkeit zu sein, Ausgleich zu wahren:} 32. a7 Qe4+ 33. Kf1 Rb1+ 34. Rxb1
Qxb1+ 35. Ke2 Qe4+) 32. Qa5 $4 (32. Ra4 {bietet dem Weißen gar keine
schlechten Gewinnaussichten. Er erzwingt Damentausch:} Qb5 (32... Qb3 33. Qb4)
33. Qb4 {usw.}) 32... Qxf4 $19 33. f3 Rdc3 34. Qxc3 Rxc3 35. a7 Qe3+ $2 (35...
Rc2 $19 36. Rxc2 Qe5+) 36. Kf1 Rc8 37. a8=Q Rxa8 38. Rxa8 d4 $6 (38... Kg6 {
Die Stellung sollte für Schwarz gewonnen sein, aber einfach ist es nicht.}) 39.
R8a7+ Kg6 40. Re1 Qd3+ 41. Kf2 Qc2+ 42. Re2 Qc5 43. Rd7 e5 44. Ra2 h5 (44...
d3+ 45. Kg3 Qc4 {führt zum Gewinn, zum Beispiel} 46. Raa7 Qf4+ 47. Kf2 Qd2+ 48.
Kg3 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 d2 50. Rxg7+ Kf5) 45. Kg3 Qc1 46. Kh2 h4 47. Ra8 Qh6 48. Rg8
Kh7 49. Rf8 Qg6 50. Kh1 Qg3 $2 {Die Stellung muß noch stets für Schwarz
gewonnen sein, zum Beispiel} (50... Qb1+ 51. Kh2 Qf5 52. Rff7 Qg5 53. Kg1 Kh6
54. Kh1 Qc1+ 55. Kh2 Qf4+ 56. Kg1 g6 {nebst Kh6-g5 usw.}) 51. Rxf6 Qg5 52. Rfd6
Qf4 53. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Black "Maljutin, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Qb3 Qc7 6. Bd2 e6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8.
Bb4 Bxb4+ 9. Qxb4 Nge7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Qd2 Nb4 12. Na3 Qa5 13. O-O Rfc8 14.
Rfc1 a6 15. Be2 Qb6 16. Rc3 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Nbc6 18. c4 Qb4 19. Qc1 h6 20. cxd5
Nxd5 21. Nc4 Rc8 22. a3 Qc3 23. Qf1 Rd8 $2 ({Nach} 23... Bh7 24. Rc1 Qb3 25.
Na5 Qb2 {hat Weiß nichts.}) 24. Rc1 Qb3 25. e4 Bxe4 26. Nfd2 Qa2 27. Nxe4 Nxd4
28. Bd3 b5 29. Ra1 Qb3 30. Rb1 bxc4 (30... Qa2 31. Rb2 $18) (30... Qa4 31. Nc5
$18) 31. Rxb3 $18 cxb3 32. g3 f5 33. Nc5 Nc3 34. Qa1 Nde2+ 35. Bxe2 Nxe2+ 36.
Kg2 Rb8 37. Qe5 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 89th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2002.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Collins, Sam E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 e4 {Ich hätte wohl den Mut nicht, die
Vorstoßvariante der Französischen Partie mit einem Tempo weniger zu spielen.} (
4... exd4 {sieht solider aus.}) 5. Bd2 Nf6 6. Rc1 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Ng3 Bg4 {
Dies sieht nicht plausibel aus; die Entwicklung des Weißen wird gefördert, und
insbesondere bleibt der Punkt f5 schutzlos.} (8... a6 {kommt in Betracht.}) (
8... Na6 {verdient ebenfalls Erwägung.}) 9. Be2 (9. Qb3 Qd7 (9... Qb6 10. Qxb6
axb6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. a3 $14) 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bb5 {führt ebenfalls zu gutem
Spiel für Weiß.}) (9. f3 exf3 10. gxf3 Be6 11. f4 {ist zweischneidig.}) 9...
Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Re8 $6 {Danach entbehrt der Punkt f7 der Deckung.} (10... Na6 11.
f3 exf3 12. gxf3 (12. Qxf3 dxc4 {braucht Schwarz nicht zu fürchten.}) 12... Re8
{ist die konsequente Folge des Aufbaus von Schwarz.}) 11. O-O a6 $6 (11... Na6
{ist noch immer stärker.}) 12. c5 $6 (12. f3 exf3 13. Rxf3 {ist energischer.})
12... Nbd7 13. f3 exf3 14. Qxf3 b6 15. cxb6 Qxb6 16. b3 Bb4 $2 ({Nach} 16...
Ba3 {ist die Stellung des Weißen nur wenig besser.}) 17. Na4 Qa5 18. Bxb4 Qxb4
19. Rxc6 $18 Qd2 20. Nf5 Re6 21. Qg3 g6 22. Rc7 Qxa2 23. Nc5 $6 ({Einfacher
gewinnt} 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. Rxf7+ Kh8 26. dxc5 {usw.}) 23... Nxc5
24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Nxf7+ Kg8 26. dxc5 Qxb3 27. Qf4 Qc4 28. Qh6 Rf8 $2 ({Nach} 
28... Ng4 29. Qh3 h5 30. Nh6+ Kh8 31. Nxg4 Qxg4 32. Qxg4 hxg4 33. c6 {gewinnt
Weiß wohl auch, muß aber auf jeden Fall noch ein wenig schwitzen..}) 29. Ng5
1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "Martinovsky, Eugene Simeon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. f4 O-O 10. Nf3 Nb4 11. Bb1 Bd7 $6 {Besser setzte Timman fort:} (
11... b6 12. a3 Nc6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. O-O $2 (14. Ne5 Ne7 15. Qf3 {war
angewiesen; Weiß sollte verhindern, daß sich der Springer des Schwarzen auf e4
festsetzt.}) 14... Ne7 15. Nb5 Qd8 16. Rc1 a6 17. Nc3 Ne4 $11 {0-1 Gulko,
B-Timman,J/Linares 1989 (80)}) 12. Ne5 Bc6 13. a3 Na6 {Die Leichtfiguren des
Schwarzen stehen - vom Sf6 abgesehen - offensichtlich auf den falschen Feldern.
} 14. g4 Ne4 {Hiernach kann Weiß wirksam vereinfachen, aber die Lage des
Nachziehenden ist in jedem Falle schon prekär.} 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17.
Qc2 Qb6 {Schwarz sollte Damentausch versuchen, obwohl seine Stellung nach} (
17... Qxc2 18. Bxc2 f5 19. gxf5 ({Die Fortsetzung} 19. Bb3 Nc7 20. gxf5 Rxf5
21. Bc2 Rb5 22. Rb1 Nd5 23. Kd2 Nf6 {führt zu keinem klaren Ergebnis.}) 19...
exf5 20. Bb3+ Kh8 21. Rc1 {sehr unerfreulich ist.}) 18. Qxe4 f5 19. Qg2 e5 {
Ingeniös, aber hoffnungslos.} 20. fxe5 fxg4 (20... f4 {verspricht nicht mehr:}
21. Qe4 Qh6 (21... g6 22. Ba2+ Kg7 23. O-O-O $18) 22. O-O $18) 21. Ba2+ Kh8 22.
O-O-O Qg6 23. e4 Rf3 24. Rhe1 Rc8+ (24... h5 {war besser, aber die Stellung
des Schwarzen ist auf jeden Fall verloren.}) 25. Kb1 b5 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1
h5 (27... Qxe4+ 28. Ka1 g6 29. Qd2 {bringt auch keine Rettung.}) 28. Rc8+ Kh7
29. Bg8+ Kh6 30. Qd2+ Qg5 31. Rc6+ g6 32. Qxg5+ Kxg5 33. Rxa6 Rf1+ 34. Ka2 h4
35. e6 g3 36. hxg3 hxg3 37. e7 g2 38. e8=Q Ra1+ 39. Kb3 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bd2 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Ne5
Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bxe5 $6 (10... Nc6 $5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13.
Rc1 Bd6 $13) 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. f4 d4 13. Ne4 Nc6 (13... f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15.
Nxc5 $16) 14. h3 Nxe3 $6 (14... dxe3 $5 15. Bc3 Nh6 (15... Nf2 16. Nxf2 exf2+
17. Rxf2 $16) 16. g4 (16. Nxc5 Bf5 $13) 16... Nd4 $5 17. Nxc5 Qh4 18. Kg2 e2
19. Bxe2 Nxe2 20. Qxe2 b6 $13 {Hier ist mehr Analysearbeit erforderlich als
ich zur Zeit leisten kann.}) 15. Qh5 Bf5 16. Bxe3 Bg6 (16... g6 17. Qh6 Bxe4
18. Bxe4 dxe3 19. f5) 17. Qf3 dxe3 18. Qxe3 $16 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Qd4 (19... Nd4
20. b4 (20. Bxb7 $6 Rb8 21. Bxa6 Rxb2 $13)) 20. Qxd4 cxd4 (20... Nxd4 21. Bxb7
Rab8 22. Bxa6 Rxb2 23. Bc4 $16) 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 23. Kf2 Kf8 24. Ke2
Ke7 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Rc1 g5 28. fxg5 Rd5 29. Rxc6 Rxe5+ 30. Kd3
Rxg5 31. Rxa6 Rxg2 32. b4 f5 33. Kxd4 Re2 34. Kd3 Re1 35. Ra7+ Ke6 36. b5 f4
37. Kd2 Rb1 38. a4 Rb4 39. Ra8 Kd5 40. Kc3 Rb1 41. Rf8 Ke4 42. Kc4 f3 43. a5
Rc1+ 44. Kb4 Ke3 45. b6 f2 46. a6 f1=Q 47. Rxf1 Rxf1 48. a7 Kd4 49. Kb5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m3-4"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.04.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Ne2 e6 6. O-O Bh5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nf4
Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. g3 $2 (11. f4 {war besser.}) 11... Ng4 12. Be2
$6 (12. h4 Rxh4 13. Be2 $13) 12... Nxh2 13. Re1 Qd7 14. e4 dxc4 15. Qxc4 e5 $19
16. dxe5 Qh3 17. e6 f6 18. Be3 Bd6 19. e5 Ng4 20. Bf3 Nxe5 21. Qe2 Nxf3+ 22.
Qxf3 Na6 23. Rad1 Ke7 24. Ne4 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Qh1+ 26. Ke2 Qxf3+ 27. Kxf3 Rhd8 28.
Nxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Kxd6 30. g4 Ke7 31. g5 b6 32. Bd4 Nc7 33. Rh1 Nxe6 34. gxf6+
gxf6 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen K41"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kjeldsen, Jens"]
[Black "Ye, Rongguang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 e6 {Eine
solide Fortsetzung ist 7...Bh5 8.Nf4 Bg6 9.Ng6 hg6, Ivanchuk,V- Bareev,E,
München 1994, (vgl. Anm. zum 12.Zuge von Schwarz). Sonst wurde 7...Nbd7
gespielt:} (7... Nbd7 8. h3 (8. Ng3 e5 9. h3 exd4 10. hxg4 dxc3 11. g5 Ng4 12.
g6 Qf6 13. Rxh7 Rxh7 14. gxh7 g6 $13 {Nikolic,P-Short,N, London PCA 1994, EXP
42.}) 8... Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bb2 (11. Be2 e6 12. O-O Bd6 {
Besser ist 12...Be7=} 13. e4 b4 14. exd5 exd5 15. Na4 $14 {Bareev,E-Shirov,A,
Pardubice 1994, CBM 42}) 11... e6 12. Bd3 Be7 13. Ne2 $14 Qa5+ $6 14. Bc3 Bb4
15. Bxb4 {Nikolic,P-Short,N/Moscow olm/1994/}) 8. Ng3 Nbd7 {In der Partie
Hansen,LB-Sammalvuo,T, Rejkjavik zt 1995, geschah der gekünstelte Zug 8...Nh5.
Schwarz folgt meiner im Kommentar ausgesprochenen Empfehlung, sich den
weißfeldrigen B ruhig nehmen zu lassen.} 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nxh5 Nxh5 11. Be2 {
In Betracht kam sofortiges 11.Bd3, denn 11...f5 scheitert an 12.g4.} Nhf6 12.
O-O Be7 {Der strukturelle Unterschied zum Abspiel mit 7...Bh5 besteht darin,
daß der schwarze Königsturmbauer auf h7 steht statt auf g6. Die Stellung mit
dem Bauern auf g6 ist günstiger für Schwarz.} 13. Bd3 (13. f4 b4 14. Na4 Ne4
15. Bf3 f5 $13) (13. Rd1 $5 O-O 14. e4 $14) 13... e5 $6 (13... Rc8 $5 14. e4 (
14. f4 bxc4 15. bxc4 c5 $15) (14. a4 bxc4 15. bxc4 c5 $15) 14... dxe4 15. Nxe4
Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf6 $10) (13... O-O 14. e4 bxc4 (14... dxe4 15. Nxe4 Rc8 (15...
Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf6 17. Bxc6 Rc8 18. Bb7 $16) 16. Ng5 $14) 15. bxc4 dxe4 16. Nxe4
Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf6 18. Bxc6 Rc8 19. Bb7 Rc7 (19... Qxd4 20. Bxc8 Qxa1 21. Bb2
Qxa2 22. Ra1 Qxa1+ 23. Bxa1 Rxc8 24. Qa4 $16) 20. Bxa6 Qxd4 21. Be3 $16) 14.
cxd5 cxd5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bb2 Rc8 {Hier und in den folgenden Zügen
entwickelt Schwarz eine mir unverständliche Aversion gegen die Ausführung der
Rochade.} 17. Qe2 (17. Bf5 {war stärker.}) 17... Qd7 18. Rad1 Qe6 19. Bb1 b4 $2
{Schwarz ruiniert sinnlos seine Bauernstellung am Damenflügel. Nach 19...0-0
20.Qd2 (20.Nd5 Nd5 21.Qh5 scheitert an 21...f5) kann Schwarz 20...Bb4
antworten (21.Qd4 Nc6; 21.a3 Ba5, und 22.b4 wird mit 22...Nc4 pariert).} (19...
Bb4 $5 {kommt auch in Betracht.}) 20. Na4 Ned7 $2 {Kennt Schwarz die
Rochaderegel nicht oder tut ihm etwa das unschuldige Bäuerlein auf a6 leid?}
21. Qf3 g6 22. Rfe1 Ne5 (22... O-O 23. e4 $18) 23. Qg3 Bd6 24. f4 Nc6 25. e4
$18 d4 26. e5 Nh5 27. Qf3 Bb8 28. Be4 Ne7 29. Bxd4 Nf5 30. Bf2 Qe7 31. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Minasian, Ara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 {Diese Variante ist für
Schwarz äußerst wenig attraktiv. Zu etwas lebhafterem Spiel führt 5...Sd5:,
obwohl auch dies nicht besonders verlockend ist: Weiß hat ein Übergewicht im
Zentrum erlangt.} 6. Qb3 Bc8 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bd6 9. f4 O-O 10. Bd3 Nh5 $6 {
Ein Versuch, den Damenflügel zu entwickeln, würde mir besser gefallen, zum
Beispiel} (10... Nc6 11. Nxc6 (11. O-O Ne7 12. Bd2 b6) 11... bxc6 12. Na4 a5
13. Bd2 Ba6) 11. O-O f5 (11... f6 {war vielleicht etwas besser:} 12. Nf3 (12.
Qd1 g6 13. Nxg6 (13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Nxg6 Ng7 $13) (13. Nf3 Nc6 $14) 13... hxg6
14. Bxg6 Ng7 15. Qg4 Nc6 16. Qh4 Rf7 17. Rf3 Ne7 $13) (12. Nxd5 fxe5 13. fxe5 (
13. dxe5 Bc5 $13) 13... Rxf1+ 14. Bxf1 Bf8 {ist nicht überzeugend für Weiß.}) (
12. Be2 fxe5 (12... Qe8 13. Nb5 $18) 13. fxe5 (13. dxe5 Nxf4) 13... Rxf1+ 14.
Kxf1 Qh4 $13) (12. g4 fxe5 13. fxe5 Qg5 $13) 12... f5 {Schwarz hat ein Tempo
gewonnen.}) 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Nb5 Be7 (13... Ne4 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16.
Bb4 $18) 14. Rac1 Ne8 15. Qc2 (15. g4 a6) 15... Bd7 16. g4 g6 $2 (16... Bxb5
17. Bxb5 Nd6 {erlaubt viel zäheren Widerstand.}) 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Nc7 Nxc7 19.
Qxc7 Bc6 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Kh1 Rc8 22. Rg1+ Kf8 23. Rg3 Nd7 24. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch KO"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.12.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Nf4 (
8. h3 Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Be2 e6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rd1 Bd6 14. Bf3
Nh7 15. e4 Ng5 16. Qe2 Bb4 17. Nb1 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 bxc4 19. bxc4 Nb6 20. exd5
cxd5 21. c5 Nc4 22. Bd2 Ba5 23. Bc3 {1/2-1/2 Savchenko,S-Belikov,V/RUS Army-ch
1995/CBM 48 (23)}) 8... e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. h3 Be6 11. Be2 Bd6 12. Bb2 O-O 13.
O-O Ng6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Qd3 Bb8 18. a3 Qd6 19. g3
Rc6 20. Rc2 Ne5 21. Qd4 Qc7 22. Rfc1 Ba7 23. Qd2 (23. Qd1 {konnte zu einem
schnellen Remis führen:} Nc4 24. bxc4 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Qxg3+ $11) 23... Rc8 24.
Qd1 Qf7 $2 (24... Nc4 {kommt auch jetzt in Betracht, denn nach} 25. bxc4 Bxe3
26. fxe3 Qxg3+ {scheitert} 27. Kf1 {an} Ng4 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 25. Bf1
$2 ({Ich sehe keine Einwände gegen den Bauerngewinn} 25. Nxd5 {Nach} Nxd5 (
25... exd5 26. Bxe5 Ne4 27. Rxc6 {genügt nicht.}) 26. Bxe5 Nxe3 27. Rxc6 {
muß Schwarz aufgeben.}) 25... Qg6 26. Bg2 Kh8 (26... Nd3 {läßt wieder} 27. Nxd5
{zu. Deshalb nimmt Schwarz dem Weißen die Möglichkeit, Sd5-e7 mit Schach
auszuführen.}) 27. Rd2 h5 28. Qe2 $2 ({Die Fortsetzung} 28. Ne2 Rxc1 29. Nxc1 {
hätte dem Weißen ein vollkommen befriedigendes Spiel gewährt.}) 28... Ne4 29.
Nxe4 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Kh2 dxe4 $4 ({Die Fortsetzung} 31... Bb6 32. Rc2
{Nach anderen Fortsetzungen behält Schwarz ohne weiteres Vorteil.} Rxc2 33.
Qxc2 dxe4 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. Qb7 Nf3+ 36. Bxf3 exf3 37. Qxb6 Qc2 38. e4 Qxe4 {
bot dem Schwarzen ausgezeichnete Gewinnaussichten.}) 32. Rd8+ $4 (32. Bxe4 {
führte zum sofortigen Gewinn für Weiß:} Ng4+ (32... Rh1+ 33. Bxh1 $18) (32...
Qe8 33. Qxh5+ Qxh5 34. Rd8+ {nebst matt.}) 33. Qxg4 hxg4 (33... Qxg4 34. Rd8#)
34. Bxg6 Rc8 35. hxg4 {mit mühelosem Sieg.}) 32... Kh7 33. Bxe4 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Bd2 c5 {Für diesen Zug an
dieser Stelle habe ich keine Vorbilder gefunden.} 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 exd5 9.
Nb5 Nbd7 (9... Ne4 {kommt in Betracht. Nach} 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. b4 axb5 12. Bxe4 (
12. bxc5 {scheitert an} Qf6) 12... dxe4 {steht Schwarz gut.}) 10. b4 Bb6 {
Diese Fortsetzung sieht riskant aus, scheint jedoch spielbar zu sein. Zu einer
ungefähr ausgeglichenen Stellung führt noch stets} (10... Ne4 11. bxc5 axb5 12.
Nf3 Ndxc5 13. Bxb5+ Bd7 {usw.}) 11. Nd6+ Ke7 12. Nf5+ Kf8 13. Bc3 g6 14. Nd4 ({
Nach} 14. Ng3 {reagiert Schwarz mit} d4 15. exd4 (15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. exd4 Qe7+ {
ist nicht besser für Weiß.}) 15... Nd5 16. Bc4 N7f6 17. N1e2 Kg7 {; er hat
befriedigendes Spiel.}) 14... Ne4 $1 {Das Qualitätsopfer bietet dem
Nachziehenden vorzügliche Aussichten.} (14... Ne5 15. Ngf3 {überläßt dem
Weißen einen bequemen Vorteil.}) 15. Ne6+ ({Nach} 15. Nc6 bxc6 16. Bxh8 {
kann Schwarz mit} f6 17. Qxc6 Qe7 ({Unklar ist die Folge} 17... Rb8 18. Qxd5
Qe7 19. a3 Bb7 (19... Nxf2 {scheitert an} 20. Bc4) 20. Qb3) 18. a3 (18. Rb1 Rb8
) 18... Nxf2 19. Qxa8 Qxe3+ 20. Ne2 Nd3+ 21. Kd1 Nf2+ {mindestens remis
erreichen.}) 15... fxe6 16. Bxh8 Qe7 17. Qb2 $6 {Danach erreicht Schwarz
vermutlich Vorteil.} ({Nach} 17. Qb3 {(um e6-e5 zu verhindern) kommt Schwarz
mit} a5 {zu starkem Gegenspiel, zum Beispiel} 18. a3 (18. Bd3 axb4 19. Bxe4 Nc5
20. Qc2 dxe4 {ist nicht vertrauenerweckend für Weiß.}) 18... Ndf6 19. Bd3 Kg8
20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Ra2 Nc3 22. Rc2 axb4 {usw.}) (17. a3 {führt ebenfalls zu
unklarem Spiel, zum Beispiel} e5 18. Qd3 Qe6 19. Rd1 Kg8 20. f3 Ng5 21. f4 exf4
22. Bd4 fxe3 $13 {usw.}) (17. Bc3 {ist der plausibelste Versuch; Schwarz
entwickelt eine gefährliche Initiative, aber Weiß kann standhalten:} e5 (17...
Ndf6 18. Bd3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 d4 (19... e5 20. Qb2 ({Nach} 20. Ne2 d4 21. Qd2 dxe3
22. fxe3 Ng4 {hat Schwarz genügendes Gegenspiel.}) 20... a5 21. Ne2 {überläßt
dem Weißen einigen Vorteil.}) 20. exd4 Nd5 21. Qd2 (21. Qb2 Qxb4+ 22. Qxb4+
Nxb4 {führt zu einer etwa ausgeglichenen Stellung.}) 21... Bxd4 ({Nach} 21...
Qxb4 22. Nf3 {hat Weiß deutlichen Vorteil:}) 22. Rc1 Qxb4 23. Qxb4+ Nxb4 24.
Bb1 {Weiß steht besser.}) 18. Nf3 (18. Ne2 Ndf6 19. f3 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 d4 {
Schwarz hat mehr als ausreichende Kompensation für das geopferte Material.}) (
18. Bd2 Ndf6 19. Bd3 Bf5 20. Ne2 Rc8 21. Qa4 (21. Qb2 {ist von zweifelhaftem
Wert:} Nxd2 22. Kxd2 (22. Bxf5 {scheitert an} Nc4) 22... Bxd3 23. Kxd3 d4 {
Man möchte nicht in der Haut des Weißen stecken:} 24. e4 Nxe4 25. Kxe4 Qg5 26.
Ng3 Qf4+ 27. Kd3 Rc3+ 28. Ke2 d3+ 29. Kd1 Rc2 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) (21.
Qb3 Nxd2 22. Kxd2 Bxd3 23. Kxd3 Ne4 {sieht ebenfalls nicht erfreulich für Weiß
aus.}) 21... d4 22. exd4 Nxd2 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Kxd2 Ne4+ 25. Ke1 exd4 {
Schwarz steht auf Gewinn.}) 18... Ndf6 19. Bd2 (19. Bxe5 Qxb4+ 20. Ke2 Bd7 21.
a4 Rc8 22. Qa2 Ng4 {dürfte zu raschem Zusammenbruch führen.}) (19. Nxe5 Bf5 {
sieht zu riskant für Weiß aus.}) (19. Be2 d4 20. Bd2 Nxf2 {überläßt dem
Schwarzen ebenfalls starken Angriff.}) 19... Ng4 20. Be2 Nexf2 21. O-O Nxe3 22.
Bxe3 Bxe3 23. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 e4 25. Qc3 exf3 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Bxf3 (27.
Qxh7+ Kf6 28. Qh8+ Qg7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Bxf3 Be6 31. Rc1 Kf6 {ergibt ein
ungefähr ausgeglichenes Endspiel.}) 27... Qh4+ 28. Kf1 (28. Kg1 {wird mit} Be6
{beantwortet.}) 28... Qxh2 29. Bxd5+ Be6 30. Bxe6+ Kxe6 31. Re1+ Kf7 32. Qxa8
Qf4+ {mit Dauerschach.}) 17... e5 (17... a5 {kann hier befriedigend mit} 18.
Bd3 {pariert werden.}) 18. Nf3 Bc7 19. Qb3 Nb6 20. Bd3 Bf5 21. Rc1 Bd6 22. h3 (
{Natürlicher sieht} 22. O-O {aus, doch kann Weiß auch damit keinen Ausgleich
erreichen:} Kg8 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. g4 Ng5 (24... Bxh2+ {führt zum Dauerschach:}
25. Nxh2 (25. Kxh2 Nd2 $11 (25... Be6 $13) (25... Bxg4 26. Bxe4 Qxe4 27. Ng5
Qe7 28. f4 Re8 $13)) 25... Nd2 26. Qc3 Nxf1 27. Bxf1 Rc8 28. Qd2 Rxc1 29. Qxc1
Be6 $11) 25. Nxe5 (25. Nxg5 Qxg5 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Kh1 Kh8 {ist unerfreulich
für Weiß.}) 25... Bxd3 26. Nxd3 Qe4 27. Rfd1 Nc4 28. Kf1 Re8 {Weiß wird nicht
überleben.}) 22... Kg8 (22... Bxb4+ $2 23. Ke2 a5 24. Bxe5 Nc5 25. Rxc5 Bxd3+
26. Qxd3 Bxc5 27. Rb1 {gibt dem Weißen das bessere Spiel.}) 23. g4 $6 ({
Besser ist} 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. g4 Bg3 25. fxg3 (25. gxf5 Bxf2+ 26. Kf1 (26. Ke2
Bxe3 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) (26. Kd1 Ng3 27. Re1 gxf5 {mit Vorteil für
Schwarz.}) 26... Bxe3 27. Re1 Ng3+ 28. Kg2 Nxh1 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Bxg6 Nc4 31.
Qd3 Rd8 32. Kxh1 Qf6 33. Be4 Kg7 34. Bxd5 Qxf3+ 35. Bxf3 Rxd3 36. Be2 {, und
die Partie bleibt remis.}) 25... Nxg3 26. Be2 Nxh1 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. a4 {
Weiß hält sich; der Mehrbauer des Schwarzen spielt keine große Rolle.}) 23...
Nxf2 $6 ({Wirksamer ist} 23... Ng5 24. gxf5 (24. Nxg5 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Qxg5 {
sieht düster für Weiß aus.}) 24... Nxf3+ 25. Ke2 e4 ({Weniger genau ist} 25...
Kxh8 26. Kxf3 e4+ 27. Ke2 exd3+ 28. Qxd3 Qf6 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Rhg1 {mit
unklarer Stellung.}) 26. Bb2 exd3+ 27. Qxd3 Qe4 {Schwarz hat Gewinnaussichten.}
) (23... Bxb4+ 24. Kf1 ({Nach} 24. Ke2 Nc5 25. Qxb4 Bxd3+ 26. Kd1 Nc4 27. Nxe5
a5 {gewinnt Schwarz.}) 24... Kxh8 ({Nach} 24... Ng5 25. Nxg5 Bxd3+ 26. Qxd3
Qxg5 {hat Weiß jetzt die Verteidigung} 27. f4 {; Schwarz hat kein Schach auf
h4.}) 25. gxf5 Rf8 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Nxe5 Rxf5 28. Ng4 h5 29. Ke2 {führt
dagegen zu unklarem Spiel.}) 24. Kxf2 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 ({Schwach ist} 25. Bxe5 Be4
26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Kg2 Nd7 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 25... Rf8 26. e4 Kxh8 27.
Rhe1 $6 (27. a3 dxe4 28. Qxe4 Rf4 29. Qe3 e4 30. Qxb6 Rxf3+ 31. Ke2 Rxa3 32.
Qd4+ Be5 33. Qxe4 Ra2+ {sieht nicht gemütlich für Weiß aus.}) ({Die Fortsetzung
} 27. Kg2 $5 dxe4 (27... Bxb4 28. exd5 {ist nicht gefährlich für Weiß.}) 28.
Qxe4 Rf4 29. Qd3 Bxb4 30. Rhd1 {ist aber wohl genauer als der Textzug.}) 27...
Bxb4 28. Re2 d4 29. Kg2 Na4 30. Rf1 Nc5 $6 ({Nach} 30... b5 $5 31. Ref2 Rf4 32.
Qb3 Bd6 {hätte Weiß schweren Zeiten entgegengesehen.}) 31. Qc4 Bc3 32. a4 $6 (
32. Qd5 Nd3 ({Die Fortsetzung} 32... d3 33. Ref2 Rd8 34. Qc4 Ba5 35. Ng5 {
überläßt dem Weißen einen gefährlichen Angriff.}) 33. Nxe5 Rxf1 34. Nxd3 {
führt zu befriedigendem Spiel für Weiß:} {die Folge} Rd1 35. Nc5 b6 36. Ne6 h6
37. Rf2 {ist für den Nachziehenden nicht zu empfehlen.}) 32... Kg7 $6 (32...
Rf6 $17 {gibt dem Schwarzen großen Vorteil, denn} 33. Ref2 Nxe4 34. Re2 Nd6 35.
Qd5 e4 {kommt hier für Weiß nicht in Betracht.}) (32... b6 33. Qd5 d3 34. Ref2
Qe6 {sieht ebenfalls prekär für Weiß aus.}) 33. Ref2 ({Auch} 33. Ng5 Rxf1 34.
Kxf1 {führt zum Ausgleich:} b6 $2 {scheitert an} 35. Rf2) 33... Nxe4 34. Re2
Nd6 35. Qd5 e4 36. Nxd4 Rxf1 37. Ne6+ Kf6 38. g5+ Kf7 39. Nc5+ Ke8 40. Kxf1
Qf7+ 41. Qxf7+ Kxf7 42. Nxe4 Nxe4 43. Rxe4 b5 {Es ist eine theoretische
Remisstellung entstanden.} 44. Ke2 bxa4 45. Rxa4 a5 46. Rc4 Bg7 47. Rc7+ Kg8
48. Ra7 h6 49. gxh6 Bxh6 50. Rxa5 Bg7 51. Kf3 Bc3 52. Ra7 Bb2 53. Ke4 Bc3 54.
Kd5 Bb2 55. Ke6 Bc3 56. Rd7 Bb2 57. Rd2 Bc3 58. Rg2 Kg7 59. Rg4 Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER CupT semifinal"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2003.03.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. c5 e5 7. dxe5
Nfd7 8. f4 ({In Betracht kommt auch} 8. Na4 Nxc5 9. Nxc5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11.
Bc3 {mit angenehmer Stellung für Weiß.}) 8... Nxc5 9. Nf3 g6 {Dies gefällt mir
besser als das in der Vorgängerpartie Gespielte:} (9... f6 10. b4 Ncd7 11. a3
a5 12. Rb1 $6 (12. e6 $5 Nb6 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. f5 $16) 12... axb4 13. axb4 Na6
14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. e6 Nb6 16. Nd4 Nc4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kallio,H-Nakamura,H/Linares
2002/CBM 87 ext (40). (39)}) 10. Nd4 f6 $6 {Dies sollte mit} (10... Be7 {
vorbereitet werden.}) 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. b4 Ne6 13. Nxd5 Qh4+ 14. g3 Qd8 15.
Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Nc3 $6 {Stärker ist} (16. Nf6+ Qxf6 (16... Kf7 17. Bb2 Bxb4+ 18.
Kf2 {ist ebenfalls unbequem für Schwarz.}) 17. Bb2 Qe7 (17... Bxb4+ 18. Kf2 Qf8
19. Qe4 {ist fatal für Schwarz.}) 18. Bxh8 Bd5 19. Bg2 Bxg2 (19... Qxe3+ 20.
Kf1 {ist noch ungünstiger für Schwarz.}) 20. Qxg2 Qxe3+ 21. Qe2 Bxb4+ 22. Kf1
Qxe2+ 23. Kxe2 Nd7 24. Rab1 {mit Vorteil für Weiß.}) 16... Bxb4 17. Bb2 Nd7 18.
O-O-O $6 {Hier steht der König des Weißen nicht sicher, und Schwarz kommt zum
Abtausch der schwarzfeldrigen Läufer. Richtig ist} (18. Bg2 Qb6 19. O-O {
, und Weiß hat eine gefährliche Initiative.}) 18... Qe7 19. e4 Ba3 20. f5 $6 {
Ich muß bekennen, daß ich es nicht wagen würde, die Bauernstruktur im Zentrum
so zu entwerten. Nach} (20. h4 Nf6 21. Bh3 {ist die Stellung des Weißen
durchaus noch befriedigend.}) 20... Bf7 21. Na4 O-O 22. Bc4 Bxb2+ $6 (22... Ne5
{sieht plausibler aus:} 23. Bb3 b5 {ist für Weiß unangenehmer als die
Partiefolge.}) 23. Nxb2 Ne5 24. Bb3 $11 b5 25. Rhf1 Bxb3 26. Qxb3+ Kg7 27. Nd3
Nxd3+ 28. Rxd3 Rae8 29. Qc3+ Qe5 30. Rf4 Qxc3+ 31. Rxc3 Rf6 32. fxg6 Rxf4 33.
gxf4 Rxe4 34. gxh7 Rxf4 35. Rxc6 Kxh7 (35... Ra4 36. Rh6 Kh8 37. Kb2 a5 38. Rh5
Rb4+ (38... b4 $2 39. Rh3 $18) 39. Ka1 a4 $11) 36. Rxa6 Rf2 37. h4 Rh2 38. Ra5
Kg6 39. Kb1 b4 $2 (39... Rxh4 40. Rxb5 Kf6 $11) 40. Rg5+ Kf6 41. Rg4 {Obwohl
es in den Turmendspielen "Zwei Bauern gegen keinen" bei zwei Randbauern viele
Remisstellungen gibt, sehe ich hier keine Rettung für Schwarz.} Ke5 42. Rxb4
Kd5 43. a4 Kc5 44. Rg4 Kd5 45. a5 Kc6 46. a6 Kb6 47. Ra4 Ka7 48. Kc1 Rg2 49.
Kd1 Rh2 50. Ke1 Rg2 51. Kf1 Rh2 52. Kg1 Rb2 53. h5 Rb5 54. Rh4 Kxa6 55. h6 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 03rd"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e3 Ne4 {Dies ist
offenbar Sokolov s Spezialzug. In der Partie Yusupov,A-Sokolov,I, Groningen
1994, folgte 7.Bd3 Nc3 8.bc3 g6 9.Nf3 Bg7 10.0-0 0-0 11.c4 dc4 12.Bc4 Bf5 mit
etwa ausgeglichener Stellung.} 7. Bb5 e6 8. Nge2 Nxc3 9. Nxc3 Be7 10. O-O O-O
11. a3 Bd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bd3 Na5 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bf6 16. b4 Nc6 17. d5
Nd4 18. Be3 Qb6 19. Kh1 g6 20. Qd3 Bg7 21. dxe6 (21. f4 $5) 21... fxe6 22. Rfd1
e5 23. h3 Bf5 24. f4 (24. Bxf5 $5) 24... Qe6 25. fxe5 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 $2 (26.
Nxe4 $10) 26... Nb3 $19 27. Rc2 Qxe5 28. Qxe5 Bxe5 29. Bh6 Rf5 30. Rb1 Bxc3 31.
Rxb3 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Villa Martelli"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "1998.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Slipak, Sergio"]
[Black "Rojas Keim, Luis Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6
9. Nf3 Be7 10. Bd2 a5 11. Nc1 Bb7 12. Nb3 Nd7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qe2 c5 15. dxc5 (
15. Bd3 cxd4 16. Rfc1 Qb6 17. Nbxd4 Rfc8 18. Bb5 Nf8 19. g3 $11 {1/2-1/2
Yakovich,Y-Sadler,M/EU-chTM 1997 (42)}) 15... Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Bd3 Ne7 {
Dieser Rückzug erregt mein Mißtrauen. Nach} (17... Be7 18. Qe4 g6 {ist die
Stellung des Schwarzen meines Erachtens solide genug.}) 18. Rad1 h6 $6 (18...
Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qb6 20. Qe4 Ng6 {ist noch keineswegs fatal für Schwarz.}) 19.
Bxh6 Bxf3 $6 (19... gxh6 20. Bh7+ Kxh7 21. Rxd8 Raxd8 22. Qc2+ Nf5 23. Qxc5
Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rg8+ 25. Kh1 Rd5 {lohnte vielleicht einen Versuch; die Festung
des Schwarzen ist schwer zu knacken, zum Beispiel} 26. Qc7 Rg7 27. f4 h5 28. h3
h4 29. Rc1 (29. Qc2 Rg8) 29... Rd2 30. Rc2 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Nd4) 20. Qxf3 gxh6 21.
Qf4 Qb6 $2 ({Die richtige Verteidigung bestand in} 21... Qe8 22. Qxh6 Ng6 23.
Be4 Ra7 24. Rd3 f5 25. exf6 Rxf6 {doch wird der Angriff des Weißen nach} 26.
Qg5 Be7 27. Rg3 {durchdringen.}) 22. Qxh6 Nf5 23. Qg5+ Ng7 24. Qh4 Nf5 25. Qg4+
Ng7 (25... Kh8 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. g4 {ist ebenfalls hoffnungslos.}) 26. Qe4 Nf5
27. g4 Kg7 28. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Yopal"]
[Site "Yopal"]
[Date "1997.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "COL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 4. a4 c6 5. Nc3 (5. axb5 cxb5 6. Nc3 (6. b3 e5 $1
7. bxc4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Qxd4 9. Bxb4 Qxa1 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bc3 Qa4 12. cxb5 Qxe4+
13. Be2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bxd4 Bb7 16. f3 Qh4+ 17. g3 Qg5 18. O-O Ne7 $19 {
0-1 Gartner,G-Vegh,E/Honved 1997 (30)}) 6... Bd7 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 Nf6 9. O-O
Be7 10. d5 b4 11. d6 Bf8 12. e5 bxc3 13. exf6 Nc6 14. fxg7 Bxg7 15. bxc3 O-O
16. Bxc4 $16 {1-0 Yermolinsky,A-Zaltsman,V/St.Martin op 1993 (26)}) (5. b3 Nf6
6. e5 Nd5 7. axb5 (7. bxc4 bxc4 8. Bxc4 e6 9. Ne2 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Be7 11. O-O O-O
12. Nbc3 Ba6 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. a5 Nd5 16. Qc4 Ndb4 17. Rfc1 c5 $11
{Menyhart Tibor-Almasi Istvan/It (open), Hajduszoboszlo (Hungary) 1995/0-1 (68)
}) 7... cxb5 8. bxc4 bxc4 9. Bxc4 e6 10. Ne2 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13.
Nbc3 Bb7 14. Rb1 Nb6 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Be4 Qd7 17. Be3 Nb4 $11 {[%csl Rd5] 1-0
Herndl,H-Almasi,I/Vienna Chess Festival Open 1996 (27)}) 5... b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7.
e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Bd2 a5 11. Nc1 {[%cal Gc1b3]} Ba6 12. Qc2 Bxc4
13. Qxc4 O-O 14. Nb3 $14 Nb6 15. Qc2 h6 (15... Qd5 16. Bg5 $16) 16. O-O Qd5 17.
Be3 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gf3d2,Gd2e4]} Qc4 18. Qxc4 Nxc4 19. Rfc1 Nb6 20. Nfd2 Rc8
21. f4 {[%cal Gg1f2,Gg2g4,Gf4f5,Gf2f3]} N8d7 22. Kf2 f5 23. Kf3 Kf7 24. h3 Nb8
(24... h5 25. g4 hxg4+ 26. hxg4 g6 27. Rh1 $16) 25. d5 $5 (25. g4 N8d7 $14)
25... Nxd5 26. Nc4 {[%csl Ra5]} g5 27. g3 Nd7 28. Ncxa5 Nxe3 29. Kxe3 Nc5 $2 (
29... gxf4+ $142 30. gxf4 Rg8 $132) 30. Rxc5 $1 (30. Nxc5 Rxa5 31. Nb3 Rd5 $132
{[%cal Yc8d8]}) (30. Rc4 gxf4+ 31. gxf4 Nxb3 32. Nxb3 Rg8 $132) 30... Bxc5+ 31.
Nxc5 Rxa5 32. Nb7 Raa8 33. Nd6+ Ke7 34. Nxc8+ Rxc8 35. a5 $18 Kd7 36. a6 Kc7
37. Kd4 Kb6 38. a7 Ra8 39. Kc4 gxf4 40. gxf4 b3 (40... c5 41. b3 $16) 41. Ra3
$22 Rxa7 42. Rxa7 Kxa7 43. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bg4 7. f3 (7. Qb3
Na5 8. Bb5+ (8. Qc2 $5) 8... Bd7 9. Qa4 (9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qb5 Nc6 $10 {
Hertneck,G-Kramnik,V/BL 9394/1994/1/2-1/2/40/}) 9... e6 (9... Nc6) 10. Bg5 Nc4
11. e4 Nxb2 $2 (11... Nb6 $142 12. Qb3 Be7 {Shirov}) 12. Qb3 $16 {Salov,
V-Shirov,A/Madrid/1994/1/2-1/2/53/ CBM 41}) 7... Bd7 8. Bd3 e6 9. Bg3 (9. Bg5
Be7 10. f4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nf3 g5 13. g3 gxf4 14. gxf4 Rg8 $10 {
Vera-Nenashev/Luzern/1993/1/2-1/2/}) 9... Be7 10. Nge2 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Nc1
$5 $146 (12. e4 dxe4 13. fxe4 Ng4 $132) 12... Na5 13. Nb3 Nc4 (13... Rc8 14.
Nxa5 Qxa5 15. a3 $14) 14. Qe2 Rc8 (14... b5 15. Nc5 $14) 15. e4 $14 b5 16. e5
Nh5 $1 17. f4 Nxg3 (17... g6 18. Rf3 a5 $6 19. Bf2 $16) 18. hxg3 a5 $132 {
/\a4, Qb6} 19. Bxh7+ $5 (19. f5 Bg5 $132) 19... Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Kf2 f5
$10 (21... f6 $5 22. Rh1 Bb4 $5 $13 (22... fxe5 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Qh5+) 23. a3
$5 (23. Qh7+ $140 Kf7 24. Rh6 fxe5 (24... Rh8 $2 25. Qg6+ Kg8 26. Rxh8+ Kxh8
27. Qf7 $18) 25. Nc5 (25. Qg6+ Ke7) (25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Qg6+ Ke7 27. Qg5+ Rf6
28. Qxg7+ (28. dxe5 Qb6+) 28... Rf7 29. Qg5+ Ke8 30. Rh8+ Bf8) 25... Qe8 $17)
23... Bxc3 24. bxc3 Qe8 (24... fxe5 25. dxe5 {/\Nd4}) 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Rh6 $40
Ke7 27. Qxg7+ Rf7 28. exf6+ Kd8 29. Qg6 (29. Qg5 $5) 29... Nd6 30. Re1 $5 $44 {
/\Nc5}) (21... f5 22. Rh1 Nxb2 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Qh5+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 31st"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Black "Gonzalez, Renier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. f3
(8. Nge2 Bxe2 (8... e6 9. O-O Be7 (9... Bd6 10. f3 $10) 10. Rc1 O-O 11. a3 (11.
f3 Bh5 12. Na4 Nd7 13. Qb3 Nb4 14. Bc7 Qe8 15. Bb1 b5 16. Nb6 Ra7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7
18. Ba5 Nc6 19. Qc2 {Jacinovic,D-Pajkovic,V/YUG/1994/1:0/19/}) 11... Rc8 12.
Na4 Bh5 13. b4 b5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 (15. bxc5 $5) 15... e5 16. Bg5 e4 17.
Bb1 Ne5 $13 {Vera,R-Hoffman,A/Matanzas/1994/0:1/24/}) 9. Qxe2 e6 10. O-O Be7
11. Rac1 $5 O-O 12. Bg3 Rc8 13. Rfd1 g6 14. f3 Re8 15. Bb1 b5 $13 {Jacimovic,
D-Sturua,Z/Moscow(olm)/1994/1:0/30/}) 8... Bh5 (8... Bd7 9. Nge2 e6 10. Bg3 Be7
11. O-O O-O 12. Nc1 Na5 13. Nb3 Nc4 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. e4 $14 {Yusupov,A-Shirov,A/
Horgen/1994/0,5/21/}) (8... Bc8 9. Nge2 e6 10. e4 Be7 (10... dxe4 $5 11. fxe4
e5 $13) 11. e5 Nd7 12. Be3 b5 13. O-O Nb6 14. b3 Bd7 15. f4 $14 {Kanstler,
B-Bykhovsky,Av/ISR/1996/0,5/27/}) 9. Nge2 (9. Qb3 Na5 10. Qa4+ Nc6 (10... b5
11. Nxb5 $1 axb5 12. Bxb5+ Nd7 13. b4 Nc6 (13... Nc4 $2 14. Bxd7+ $18) 14. Qb3
$14)) 9... e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Na4 Nd7 13. a3 (13. Nc5 $6 Nxc5 14.
dxc5 e5 $13) 13... Rc8 14. b4 b5 15. Nc5 $14 Nxc5 16. bxc5 $5 Qa5 17. a4 (17.
Qb3 $5 {/\ Nc3-a2-b4/}) 17... bxa4 18. Ra1 a3 19. Qb3 e5 $5 20. Rxa3 Qd8 21.
Bg3 (21. dxe5 $5 $14) 21... a5 22. Qa4 $1 exd4 23. exd4 $16 Nb4 24. Nf4 $6 (24.
Bf5 $5 Ra8 (24... Rc6 $2 25. Qxa5 $18) 25. Nf4 $5 (25. c6 $6 Bd6 (25... Nxc6
26. Rc3 Nb8 (26... Nb4 27. Bc7 Qe8 28. Bd7 $18) 27. Rc8 Qb6 28. Nf4 $18) 26.
Rc3 Bc7 $13) 25... Bg6 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. Bd7 $16) 24... Nxd3 $8 (24... Bg6 $2
25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Qxa5 $16) 25. Rxd3 Bg6 26. Nxg6 $6 (26. Ra3 $5 Bf6 (26... Ra8
$2 27. Qc6 $18) (26... Bf5 27. Qxa5 Qd7 28. Qa7 Rc7 29. Qa4 $16) 27. Rd1 Bf5
28. Qxa5 Qd7 29. Qa7 Rc7 30. Qa6 (30. Qa4 $2 Qxa4 31. Rxa4 Bc2 32. Raa1 Bxd1
33. Rxd1 Rd7 34. Ne2 $44) 30... Rcc8) 26... hxg6 27. Rb1 Bf6 28. Kf1 $6 Bh4 29.
Be5 Re8 30. Rdd1 (30. Rb6 $6 Qg5 $132 31. g3 (31. Qxa5 Qc1+ 32. Ke2 f6 $19)
31... Qf5) 30... Bf6 31. Bd6 Be7 32. Bg3 Bh4 33. Be5 Bf6 34. Bd6 Be7 35. Bg3
Bh4 36. Re1 Rxe1+ 37. Rxe1 Bxg3 38. hxg3 Qg5 39. Re8+ $6 (39. g4 $5 Qd2 40.
Re8+ Rxe8 41. Qxe8+ Kh7 42. c6 $16) (39. Qd7 Rd8 40. Qe7 Qxe7 41. Rxe7 Ra8 $14)
39... Rxe8 40. Qxe8+ Kh7 41. Qe1 (41. Qxf7 $2 Qc1+ 42. Ke2 (42. Kf2 $2 Qd2+ 43.
Kf1 Qd1+ 44. Kf2 Qxd4+ 45. Kf1 Qxc5 $17) 42... Qc4+ 43. Ke1 Qxd4 $15) (41. c6
Qc1+ 42. Kf2 Qc2+ 43. Kg1 Qc1+ 44. Kh2 Qh6+ $10) 41... Qf5 42. Qc1 (42. Qc3 a4
43. c6 a3 44. Qxa3 (44. c7 a2 45. Kf2 $10) 44... Qb1+ 45. Kf2 Qc2+ 46. Kg1 Qxc6
$10) 42... Qd3+ 43. Kg1 Qxd4+ 44. Kh2 Qe5 45. c6 Qc7 46. Qc5 a4 (46... d4 $6
47. Qd5 $5 (47. Qxd4 Qxc6 48. Qh4+ Kg8 49. Qd8+ $10) 47... d3 48. Qd7 Qe5 49.
c7 Qh5+ 50. Kg1 Qc5+ $10) 47. Qxd5 a3 48. f4 Qa7 49. Qd8 a2 50. c7 Qc5 51. Qh4+
Kg8 52. Qd8+ $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kerteminde"]
[Site "Kerteminde"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hertneck} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. e4 (5. Nf3 {Hertneck} e4
6. Ne5 Nc6 {ECO D10/4}) (5. dxe5 {Hertneck} d4 6. Ne4 Qa5+ $13) 5... dxe4 (5...
Nc6 $5 {Hertneck} 6. Bb5 Bb4 7. Qa4 Bd7 $13) 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. dxe5 Bb4 8. Bd2 e3
9. fxe3 {Novelty.} (9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Bxe3 {with equal play is mentioned by
the encyclopedia.} (10. Bxe3 {Hertneck} Nxe5 11. Qa4+ Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 {
1/2 Siskin-Nei, SU 1959, ECO D10/4 n.24})) 9... Nh6 (9... Qb6 $2 {Hertneck} 10.
Nd5 $16) (9... Nc6 $2 {Hertneck} 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Qg4 $16) (9... Ne7 $5 {
Hertneck}) 10. e6 $1 {White gets an advantage.} (10. Nf3 O-O 11. Qb3 {was also
promising.}) 10... fxe6 11. Qh5+ Nf7 12. Nf3 g6 (12... O-O $2 {Hertneck} 13.
Bd3 g6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qxg6+ Kh8 16. Qh5+ Kg7 17. Qg4+ $18) 13. Qg4 Qe7 14.
O-O Bxb5 15. Nxb5 Bxd2 16. Nxd2 Nc6 17. Ne4 O-O 18. Rf6 Rae8 19. Raf1 Nh6 {
Black's position is difficult. Black defends himself against the main threat 
Rg6.} 20. Qg5 Nf5 (20... Qg7 21. Nbd6 Rb8 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Nde8
Nf7 25. Qc5 Qh6 26. Ng4 $18) 21. g4 {Black loses a piece.} Rxf6 (21... Ng7 22.
Qh6 {/\ Ng5 and mate.}) 22. Nxf6+ Kh8 23. gxf5 exf5 24. Nc3 Qxe3+ 25. Qxe3 Rxe3
26. Rd1 Re6 27. Nfd5 Kg7 28. Nf4 Re7 29. Rd6 Kh6 30. Ne6 Ne5 31. Nd5 Re8 32.
Nec7 Rc8 33. Re6 {White has a big material advantage, but he still needs to
demonstrate a good technic. If black into white's camp, he will win.} Nc4 34.
Re7 Nxb2 35. Nf6 g5 36. Nce8 g4 37. Rxh7+ Kg5 38. Rg7+ Kf4 39. Nc7 {The
activity of the black king has become an important factor in the position. If
black's rook penetrates into white's camp, he will win.} Nd3 40. Nfd5+ Kf3 41.
Re7 f4 42. Nc3 Nf2 43. N7d5 $2 {A grave error.} (43. Ne6 $1 {and white still
had better chances.}) 43... g3 44. Rh7 Re8 {0-1 because of 45.Ne7 Re7! or 45.
Re7 gh+.} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 g6 {
This is a new plan. Dies ist ein neuer Plan.} (7... Bg4 {is much more common:
ist viel geläufiger:} 8. Nge2 e6) 8. h3 {This prevents ...Bg4 and ...Nh5 ideas.
Dies verhindert ...Bg4- und ...Nh5-Ideen.} (8. Nf3 Nh5 (8... Bg4) 9. Bg5 h6 10.
Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 (11. Nd2 Nf4 12. exf4 gxh4) 11... Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bg7) 8... Bf5 {
That is the idea of the previous move, otherwise White is better. Dies ist die
Idee des vorigen Zuges, ansonsten steht Weiß besser.} (8... Bg7 9. Nf3 {
with a pleasant advantage. mit angenehmem Vorteil.}) 9. Nf3 (9. Bxf5 gxf5 {
Here Black can get some counterplay on the g-file. Hier kann Schwarz einiges
Gegenspiel in der g-Linie erlangen.} 10. Nf3 e6 11. Rc1 Rg8) 9... Bxd3 10. Qxd3
Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 {White has a small plus due to his more active pieces.
Weiß hat ein kleines Plus aufgrund seiner aktiveren Figuren.} e6 13. Na4 Ne4
14. Nc5 {In time before Black gets counterplay on the kingside. Rechtzeitig,
bevor Schwarz Gegenspiel am Königsflügel bekommt.} (14. a3 g5 15. Bh2 f5 $132
16. Nc5 Qe7) 14... Nxc5 15. Rxc5 Qd7 (15... f6 {was an interesting defensive
idea, followed by ...Rf7 and ...Bf8. war eine interessante Verteidigungsidee,
gefolgt von ...Rf7 und ...Bf8.}) 16. Rac1 Rfc8 17. a3 Bf8 18. R5c2 f6 (18...
Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qb3 $1 Qd7 21. Qb6 $14) 19. Nd2 Bd6 $2 {A serious
mistake. Ein ernster Fehler.} (19... Na7 $1 {is a very precise defensive move
which seems to equalise: ist ein sehr präziser Verteidigungszug, welcher
auszugleichen scheint:} 20. Rc7 Qd8 {and all tactics work for Black here: und
die Taktik funktioniert hier für Schwarz:} 21. Nb3 Rxc7 22. Rxc7 $2 (22. Bxc7
Qd7 {is just equal. ist einfach ausgeglichen.}) 22... e5 $1 23. Rxb7 exf4 24.
Qxa6 Qc8 $1) 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Nb3 {Now Black is under serious pressure
already. Nun steht Schwarz bereits unter ernstem Druck.} Rc7 $2 (21... b6 {
was needed, although still after the accurate war erforderlich, obwohl nach
dem genauen} 22. Nd2 $1 Qd7 23. Qb3 b5 24. Qc3 Ne7 25. Qa5 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Qd8
27. Qb4 {White has a serious positional advantage. Weiß trotzdem ernsten
positionellen Vorteil hat.}) 22. Na5 $1 {Strangely enough there is no adequate
defence anymore for Black after the following combination. Seltsamerweise gibt
es nach der folgenden Kombination bereits keine ausreichende Verteidigung mehr
für Schwarz.} (22. Nc5 {keeps a pleasant advantage, of course, but the text is
even stronger. behauptet einen angenehmen Vorteil, versteht sich, aber der
Text ist sogar noch stärker.}) 22... Rac8 23. Nxb7 $1 Rxb7 24. Qxa6 Rbc7 {
Only move. Einziger Zug.} 25. b4 Qd7 {Only move again. Wieder einziger Zug.}
26. Qb6 $1 {The point of the combination. Der Clou der Kombination.} (26. b5 {
After this natural move Black still can hold: Nach diesem natürlichen Zug kann
sich Schwarz doch noch halten:} Ne7 $1 (26... Nd8 27. Qxc8 $1 Rxc8 28. Rxc8 {
winning und gewinnt.}) 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Qxe6+ Kf8 30. Qxf6+ Ke8
31. a4 Qa5 {and it is not certain that White will manage to convert his
advantage. und es ist nicht sicher, dass Weiß es schaffen wird, seinen Vorteil
zu verwerten.}) 26... Qe8 {Desperation, but other moves do not work either.
Verzweiflung, aber andere Züge funktionieren ebenfalls nicht.} (26... Rb7 27.
Rxc6 $1 Rxb6 28. Rxc8+ Kf7 29. R8c7 $18) (26... Kf7 27. b5 Rb7 28. Qxc6 $1 $18)
(26... Rb8 27. Qxb8+ Nxb8 28. Rxc7 Qb5 29. R1c5 Qb6 30. Re7 (30. b5 $18) 30...
Kf8 31. Rcc7 $18) 27. b5 $1 {The simplest, falling into the trap :) Am
einfachsten, man tappt in die Falle :)} Nxd4 {The point of ...Qe8. Die Pointe
von ...Qe8.} 28. Rxc7 Ne2+ 29. Kh1 Nxc1 {It seems that Black managed to trick
his opponent, but the 31st move of White clarifies matters. Es scheint, als
hätte Schwarz es geschafft, seinen Gegner reinzulegen, aber der 31. Zug von
Weiß macht die Sache klar.} 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31. Qc6 Qd8 (31... Qb8 32. b6 Nd3 33.
Qc7 $18) (31... Qxc6 32. bxc6 {queening. mit Umwandlung.}) 32. b6 Kf7 (32...
Nd3 33. Qc7 Nxf2+ 34. Kg1 Qf8 35. b7 $18) 33. Qc7+ (33. b7 $18) 33... Ke8 34.
Qa7 d4 35. b7 1-0

[Event "Staunton Memorial 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "L'Ami,E"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 Be6 5. Nh3 $5 {An interesting new attempt,
trying to improve on 5.Nge2.} Bxh3 ({After 5.Nge2 the main move is 5...b5
which is not possible here;} 5... b5 6. a4 b4 7. Ne4 Bd5 (7... Nf6 8. Nxf6+
exf6 9. Nf4 Bd5 10. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 11. Qf3 $1 {followed by Bxc4}) 8. Ng3 Nf6 9.
f3 c5 10. e4 Bb7 11. d5 {with a clear advantage.}) 6. gxh3 Nf6 7. Bxc4 e6 8.
Qf3 Nbd7 9. Bd2 Rc8 $5 ({During the game I was expecting} 9... g6 10. O-O-O Bg7
{where I would prefer White. Ivan however -true to his style- goes for the
sharper 9...Rc8 preparing queen-side action with b5 and a5.}) 10. O-O-O b5 11.
Bb3 a5 12. Kb1 a4 13. Bc2 Nb6 $6 ({More precise is the immideate} 13... a3 14.
e4 {which -compared to the game- gives Black the extra option of taking on b2.}
) 14. e4 a3 15. Bg5 {Now both pawn pushes, d5 and e5, become serious threats.}
h6 16. Bh4 axb2 $2 ({Now Black gets into trouble, critical is} 16... g5 17. Bg3
axb2 (17... Be7 $5 {may be a better choice}) 18. d5 cxd5 19. exd5 Nbxd5 20.
Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Be5 Rg8 22. Bh7 {and now Black seems to be surviving with} g4 $1
23. hxg4 ({or} 23. Rxd5 $5 exd5 24. hxg4 Rc1+ 25. Kxb2 Rxh1 26. Bxg8 Qe7 27.
Bxf7+ Qxf7 28. Qxh1 Qxf2+ 29. Kb1 {with equality}) 23... Rg5 24. Bxb2 Qa5 {
with chances for both sides.}) 17. d5 {Naturaly!} cxd5 ({White's attack is
faster after} 17... Nc4 18. dxe6 Qe7 (18... Qd2 19. Bxf6 Na3+ 20. Kxb2 Qxc2+
21. Ka1 Nc4 22. Na4 $1 Qxa4 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Bxg7+ Kg8 25. Bxf8 {is mating.})
19. e5 $1 Na3+ 20. Kxb2 Nc4+ 21. Ka1 Qa3 22. Rb1 Bb4 23. Bb3 {crashing through.
}) 18. exd5 Be7 ({Surely not} 18... Qc7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. dxe6 Qxc3 21. exf7+
Kxf7 22. Bb3+ {winning the queen or mating.}) 19. d6 ({The most natural move
but perhaps there was an even more promising alternative;} 19. dxe6 $5 Qc7 20.
exf7+ Kxf7 ({ignoring the pawn is not the solution either} 20... Kf8 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. Rhe1 {and since} Qxc3 {fails to} 23. Bg6 $1 {Black is lost.}) 21. Bb3+
Kf8 (21... Nc4 22. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 (22... Bxf6 23. Nxb5 Qc5 24. Bxc4+ Qxc4 {
allows a small check on d6}) 23. Nxb5 Qc5 24. Na3 $1 {and because of} Qxa3 25.
Bxc4+ {winning the queen, Black is lost.}) 22. Nxb5 Qe5 23. Nd4 {and it looks
like White is simply crashing through.}) 19... Bxd6 20. Ne4 Nc4 ({After} 20...
Nbd5 {I was planning to go for the forced line} 21. Rxd5 exd5 22. Nxf6+ gxf6
23. Bxf6 Qc7 24. Qe2+ Kd7 25. Bf5+ Kc6 26. Qxb2 {when the combined threats of
Rc1 and Bxh8 seem to much for Black.} {(} Qb8 27. Rc1+ Kb7 28. Bxc8+ Rxc8 29.
Qxb5+ Ka8 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31. Qxd5+ Qb7+ 32. Qxb7+ Kxb7 $18 {)}) 21. Bxf6 gxf6
22. Rxd6 Qc7 23. Rhd1 $1 {This was the position I was aiming for, White
shouldn't fear the check on a3.} Na3+ 24. Kxb2 Qxc2+ 25. Ka1 f5 {I had seen
this defence beforehand and figured I would find 'something' when getting
there. However, despite some 15 minutes remaining I failed to find a win and
in the subsequent time-trouble even got into trouble.} 26. Qxa3 $4 (26. Nf6+
Ke7 27. Nh5 $1 {threatens both Qxa3 and Qb7+ and is therefore decisive.}) 26...
Qxe4 27. R6d4 $2 ({A second mistake finaly changes the evaluation in Black's
favour. The nasty} 27. Qb2 $1 e5 28. Qxb5+ Kf8 29. Rd7 {would still be highly
unpleasant for Black. The next moves were made in mutual time-trouble.}) 27...
Qe5 28. f4 Qc7 29. Qb2 Rg8 30. Qxb5+ Kf8 31. Qb2 Rg6 (31... Rg7 $1 {was
indicated after the game, preventing the mating-threat Rd8+}) 32. a4 Kg8 33.
Rd7 Qa5 34. Qd4 Qc3+ 35. Qxc3 Rxc3 36. R7d3 Rc4 37. Ra3 e5 38. a5 Ra6 39. Rd5
exf4 40. Rxf5 Kg7 {The smoke has cleared and what emerged is a rook ending
where I have to be a bit carefull.} 41. Kb2 Kg6 42. Rb5 f5 43. Rb6+ $5 ({
I like this decision, which leads by force to a drawn queen-ending, although a
move like} 43. h4 {(preventing Kg5) suffices as well, but at least Black can
continue to fight here by for example} Kh5 $5) 43... Rxb6+ 44. axb6 Rb4+ 45.
Rb3 Rxb3+ 46. Kxb3 f3 47. b7 f2 48. b8=Q f1=Q 49. Qg8+ Kh5 50. Qf7+ Kh4 51.
Qf6+ Kxh3 52. Qxh6+ Kg2 53. h4 Kh3 54. Qg5 (54. h5 Qf3+ 55. Kc2 Kh4 {would
lose the pawn. In general this type of ending is not someting to take lightly.}
) 54... Qd3+ 55. Kb2 Qd4+ 56. Kc2 f4 57. h5 {Although this is by far the most
logical move, it is perhaps interesting to note that this is the only move
that draws.} f3 58. h6 Qc4+ 59. Kd2 ({It is not to late to go wrong, White
should avoid the first rank} 59. Kb1 $2 f2 {queening with check!}) 59... Qe2+
60. Kc3 f2 61. h7 Qe1+ 62. Qd2 Qa1+ 63. Qb2 Qa5+ 64. Kb3 Qd5+ 65. Ka3 Qa5+ {
and a draw was agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 Bg4 $6 6. f3 $1 Bh5 7. Qb3 Ra7 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. g4 Bg6 10. g5 Nfd7 11. h4 $1 $16 (11. Nxd5 e6 12. Nf4 Qxg5 13.
Nge2 Qh4+ 14. Ng3 Nc6 $13) 11... Nb6 (11... e6 $2 12. h5 Bf5 13. e4 dxe4 14.
fxe4 Bg4 15. Rh4 f5 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Rxg4 Nxg4 18. Qxe6+ $18) (11... h6 12.
gxh6 e6 (12... Rxh6 $2 13. e4 Rh8 14. Nxd5 Nc6 15. Be3 e6 16. Nf4 Rxh4 17. Nxe6
$1 Bb4+ 18. Ke2 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kf8 20. Rxh4 Qxh4 21. Qxg6 $18) 13. e4 (13. hxg7
Bxg7 14. Bd2 Rxh4 $15) 13... dxe4 (13... Be7 $2 14. hxg7 Bxh4+ 15. Kd1 Rg8 16.
exd5 Rxg7 17. dxe6 Nc5 18. Qd5 Nxe6 19. Qxd8+ Bxd8 20. Rh8+ Kd7 21. d5 Nc5 22.
Be3 $18) (13... Nc6 14. h5 Bh7 15. Be3 gxh6 16. exd5 Nb4 17. Rc1 Nxd5 18. Nxd5
exd5 19. Qxd5 $16) 14. h5 $1 (14. fxe4 gxh6 15. h5 Bh7 16. Be3 b5 $13) 14...
Bh7 15. hxg7 Bxg7 16. Be3 Qa5 (16... exf3 17. d5 b6 18. dxe6 (18. Nxf3 Nc5 19.
Bxc5 bxc5 20. dxe6 {->> 18.de6}) 18... Nc5 19. Bxc5 (19. Rd1 Nxb3 20. Rxd8+
Kxd8 21. Bxb6+ Rc7 22. axb3 fxe6 23. Nxf3 $14) 19... bxc5 20. Nxf3 fxe6 (20...
Re7 21. Bc4) 21. Rd1 Qc8 22. h6 $36)) 12. e4 {/\ h5} (12. h5 $5 Bf5 13. e4 Be6
(13... dxe4 $2 14. fxe4 Bd7 15. Be3 $18) 14. Bf4 Nc6 15. O-O-O Ra8 16. Kb1 Rc8
17. Nge2 $16) 12... f6 (12... dxe4 13. h5 Bf5 {->> 12.h5}) 13. a4 $1 (13. exd5
$2 Bf7 $36) (13. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. exd5 Bf7 16. Bc4 Nd7 17. Ne2
Nb6 $11) (13. Bf4 $6 Nc6 14. O-O-O Bf7 $132) 13... e6 (13... dxe4 14. Be3 $16)
(13... Nc6 $142 14. a5 (14. Be3 Na5) 14... Nd7 15. Be3 (15. Qxd5 $4 Bf7 $19) (
15. Nxd5 e6 16. Nc3 Nxd4 17. Qd1 e5 $132) 15... e5 (15... Nxa5 16. Qxd5 Nc6 17.
Qb3 $16) (15... e6 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxa5 (17... Bf7 18. Bc4 $16) 18. Qa2
(18. Qc3 Nc6 19. Bf4) 18... Nc6 19. Bf4 Bf7 20. Bc4 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Bb4+ 22. Kf1
$16) 16. Nge2 $1 (16. dxe5 $2 d4 17. exf6 gxf6 (17... Bf7 $2 18. Bc4 $18) (
17... Nc5 18. Qb6 dxe3 19. Nd5 Ne6 20. Bh3 $36) 18. Bf2 (18. gxf6 Nc5 $17)
18... Nc5 19. Qb6 dxc3 $17) (16. h5 Bf7 17. dxe5 Nc5 (17... d4 $2 18. e6 Bg8
19. exd7+ Qxd7 20. Nd5 dxe3 21. Qxe3 fxg5 22. O-O-O $16) 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. exf6
gxf6 20. exd5 Qe7+ (20... O-O $2 21. g6 Re8+ 22. Be2 Nd4 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qd1
$18) 21. Be2 Nb4 (21... Nd4 22. Qa4+ Kf8 23. Ne4 fxg5 24. O-O-O $16) 22. gxf6 (
22. Ne4 $6 Bxd5 23. Qc3 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Qxe4 $36) 22... Qe3 23. Qa4+ Kd8 $132)
16... dxe4 17. fxe4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bc5 20. gxf6 gxf6 (20... Bxd4
$2 21. Qe6+ Kf8 22. Qd6+ $18) 21. O-O-O $16) 14. a5 N6d7 (14... Nc8 15. exd5
exd5 16. Nxd5 Bd6 17. Ne2 $16) 15. exd5 exd5 16. Nxd5 (16. Bf4 $5 Bf7 (16...
Nc6 17. Nxd5 $16) 17. Nxd5 Ne5 18. dxe5 Bxd5 (18... Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 20. exf6
$18) 19. Qe3 Bb4+ 20. Kf2 $16) 16... Bd6 17. Bc4 (17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Bf7 19.
Qe3+ Qe7 20. Qxe7+ Kxe7 21. Bd3 $16) 17... Nc6 (17... O-O 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19.
Nxg6+ hxg6 20. Ne2 $16) 18. Qe3+ Kf8 19. Bd2 (19. Nf4 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 b5 $132)
19... Bf7 20. Ne2 b5 21. Bb3 Ra8 22. Kf2 b4 $6 (22... Rc8 23. Rac1 $16) 23.
Ndf4 $1 Qe7 24. Ne6+ Kg8 25. Rhc1 Nd8 26. Nc7 $1 $18 Qxe3+ 27. Bxe3 Ra7 28. Ne8
Bxb3 29. Nxd6 Kf8 30. Rc8 Ke7 (30... Ke7 31. Nf5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Le Quang Liem"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Generally speaking, I played quite well in Gibraltar. As for annotating a
game for ChessBase Magazine, I decided that this was my most interesting game
of the tournament.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nb1 {
This knight retreat is not considered to be the main line, but it's not new at
all. White's idea is to keep the knight a bit more active (comparing to the
more or less "restricted" square a2). On the other hand, White has to
sacrifice a pawn for his quick development.} ({A more frequently played move is
} 6. Na2 {when play might continue} Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4) 6... Ba6 7. Qc2 e5 {
According to my database, there is only one game that had reached this
position before. I did not pay much attention to it in my preparation, so I
was out of book pretty early.} ({It is known that White has compensation for
the pawn after} 7... Qxd4 8. Nf3 Qd7 (8... b3 9. Nxd4 bxc2 10. Nxc2 Nf6 11. f3
e6 12. Nba3 $36) (8... Qb6) 9. Bxc4 e6 10. O-O {Whether it is enough for an
advantage or not, I think this position needs more practical tests.}) 8. Nf3 (
8. dxe5 $6 {is wrong because of} Qa5 {and Black takes the upper hand.} 9. Be3
Nd7 $15) 8... b3 9. Qc3 Qb6 ({In the game Sargissian-Balogh, World Team
Championship 2011, Black opted for} 9... Nf6 10. Bxc4 (10. Nbd2 $5) 10... exd4
11. Qxb3 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 c5 13. b4 Nc6 14. Ba3 Be7 15. bxc5 Nxe4 $11 {with an
eventual draw. Obviously there is room for improvements. I feel that White can
still fight for a small opeing advantage with my suggestion on move 10.}) 10.
a5 ({Perhaps the strongest move is} 10. Bd2 $5 exd4 ({Black cannot play} 10...
Nf6 $2 11. Nxe5 Nxe4 12. Qe3 {and due to the vulnerable queen, Black is not
able to take on d2.}) 11. Nxd4 Nf6 (11... Nd7 12. Na3) 12. f3 Nbd7 (12... Bc5
13. a5 (13. Nf5 {Unfortunately, this tempting move doesn't quite work} Bf2+ 14.
Ke2 O-O 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Bxg7 Nbd7 $13) 13... Qc7 (13... Bxd4 14. axb6 Bxc3 15.
Bxc3 axb6 16. Bxc4 $14) 14. Na3 {White is positionally better.}) 13. a5 Qc7 14.
Na3 {White is slightly better, as he is going to gain his pawn back with a
good pawn structure and harmoniously placed pieces.} (14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4
Ne5 16. Qc3 Bb4 $13)) 10... Qb7 11. Bd2 exd4 12. Qxd4 (12. Nxd4 {I would very
much have liked to capture with the knight, but it was no longer good.} c5 {
and the difference between positions of the black queen (b6 and b7) tells.})
12... c5 13. Qd5 Nc6 (13... Qxd5 {is another possibility. Black goes for the
endgame, which should be equal as well.} 14. exd5 Nf6 15. Nc3 Bd6 16. Ra4 O-O
17. Bxc4 Re8+ 18. Be3 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 Nbd7 20. O-O Rab8 $11) 14. Bxc4 Nf6 15. Qd3
(15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Qxb3 {gives White nothing, as Black can simply take the pawn
} Nxe4 ({or} 16... Bd6) 17. Qa4 Nxd2 18. Nbxd2 O-O-O $11) 15... Nb4 16. Bxb4
Qxb4+ 17. Nbd2 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Qxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxe4 {After forced sequences, Black
is now a pawn up. That is only temporary of course, as he will have to give it
back in order to finish development. The question is whether White has enough
time to create some pressure or not.} 20. O-O (20. O-O-O {looks nice, but is
nothing special for White.} Be7 21. Rhe1 f5 22. Rd3 O-O 23. Rxb3 Bf6) 20... Be7
21. Rfe1 f5 22. Ra3 O-O 23. Rxb3 {Black is very close to equality. His pieces
may compensate for the slightly weakened pawn structure. But here he made a
mistake with a natural-looking move} Rab8 $6 ({Probably Black did not want to
allow the penetration of White's rook to the seventh rank after} 23... Bf6 24.
Rb7 Rfb8 25. a6 {but actually this is not so dangerous} Rxb7 $1 26. axb7 Rb8
27. Na5 (27. g4 Rxb7 28. gxf5 Re7) 27... Nd6 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Nxb7 30. Nc6
Rf8 $11) 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Nfe5 {White's main hope is connected with the
domination of his strong knights and the vulnerability of Black's queenside
pawns. Black would be fine if he managed to exchange a pair of knight, but he
does not have time for that.} Rb4 26. Rd1 {Not allowing ...Nd6. I wanted to
force my opponent into a passive defence.} (26. f3 Nd6 27. Nc6 Bh4 28. Nxb4
Bxe1 29. Nxd6 Bxb4 30. a6 c4 $1 31. Nxc4 Bc5+ 32. Kf1 Kf7 {I am not sure White
can win this endgame.}) 26... Bf6 $6 ({It was time to play} 26... Nf6 27. f3 (
27. g3 Ng4) 27... Kf8 28. Kf2 Ke8 29. Ke2 g6 {White is clearly better, but
maybe Black can still hold it. At least there is no direct threat at the
moment, and Black may have the possible manoeuvre Nf6-h5-g7-e6}) 27. f3 (27.
Rd7 {is premature because of} Bxe5 (27... Ra4 28. g3 a6 29. Ra7 h5 30. Rxa6 Nd2
31. Nxd2 Bxe5 32. b3 {is also not easy to convert the advantage for White.}) (
27... Nc3 28. Rxa7 g6 29. f4) 28. Nxe5 h6 29. f3 Nf6 30. Rxa7 Rxb2 31. a6 Ra2 {
Black keeps decent drawing chances.}) 27... Ng5 28. Rd7 Nf7 {Black tries to
solve his problem by tactical means} (28... a6 29. Ra7 h6 30. Rxa6 Bxe5 31.
Nxe5 Rxb2 32. h4 $18) 29. Nxf7 (29. Rxf7 Rxc4 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Nxc4 Kf7 {
Black can still defend tenaciously despite being a pawn down.}) 29... Rxc4 30.
Rxa7 {White's passed pawn is well-supported with his rook and knight. White
should be winning, although it requires accuracy.} Bd4+ (30... Bxb2 {is more
persistent} 31. Nd6 Rc1+ 32. Kf2 g6 33. Nb5 $1 Bd4+ 34. Ke2 Rb1 35. Nxd4 cxd4
36. Kd3 Rd1+ 37. Kc4 d3 38. a6 $16) 31. Kf1 Rc1+ 32. Ke2 c4 33. Rb7 Rc2+ 34.
Kd1 Rxg2 35. Nd6 $1 (35. a6 $2 {falls into the trap Black has set up} Rg1+ 36.
Kc2 Rg2+ 37. Kb1 Rg1+ {and White's king cannot go to a2 due to ...Rg6}) 35...
g6 36. Nxc4 Rxh2 37. a6 Rh1+ 38. Ke2 Ra1 39. Rd7 $1 {White forces the exchange
of rooks. Computers do not evaluate this plan correctly, but in my opinion
that is the most human way. The rest is more or less forced and is just a
matter of technique and calculation.} Bg1 40. Rd1 Rxd1 41. Kxd1 Kf7 42. Ke2 f4
{Black has to stop Ne3.} 43. Kf1 Bd4 44. b4 {White's plan is clear: give two
queenside pawns for the bishop, and then collect the kingside pawns. White
must be careful not to allow Black to exchange his f-pawn} (44. Ne5+ Ke6 45.
Nc6 Be3 46. a7 Bxa7 47. Nxa7 Kd5 {also might win for White, but I find this
continuation a bit more difficult to calculate than the text move. The black
king is now very active, therefore it's not easy to attack the black pawns.})
44... Ke6 45. b5 Kd5 46. b6 Kc6 47. a7 Kb7 48. Na5+ Ka8 49. b7+ Kxa7 50. Nc6+
Kxb7 51. Nxd4 {Now White knight is much closer to the kingside than the black
king, so Black has no defence.} g5 (51... Kc7 52. Ne6+ Kd6 53. Nf8 $1 Ke5 54.
Nxh7 Kf5 55. Kg2 g5 56. Kh3 $18) 52. Ne6 h6 53. Nd8+ Kc7 54. Nf7 {Just in time!
} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 (3... Nf6 {La grande ligne}) 4. e4 (4. a4 $143 e5
5. dxe5 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 Na6 $132 {Azmaiparashvili,Z (2660)-Gulko,B (2615) San
Roque 1996 (1) 1/2}) (4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4) 4... b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nb1 (6. Na2
{La grande ligne} Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6 (8... Bf5 9. Ne2 e6 10. Ng3 Bg6 11.
h4 h6 12. h5 Bh7 13. O-O $6 (13. Qg4 $142 {[%csl Rg7]} Nd7 14. O-O N7b6 15. Bb3
a5 16. Bd2 $14 {Bartel inf 114}) 13... Qh4 $132 {[%csl Rh5];Wojtaszek,R (2706)
-Bartel,M (2658) POL-ch Warsaw 2012 (4) 0-1}) 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Bd2 a5) (6. Nce2 {
L'alternative} Nf6 7. Ng3 Ba6) 6... Ba6 7. Qc2 (7. Nf3 e6) (7. Be3 Nf6 8. f3 e5
$132) 7... Nf6 (7... e5) 8. Nd2 {La tentative d'amélioration sur une partie
précédente de l'adversaire} (8. Bxc4 {Akobian,V (2628)-Vitiugov,N (2692) WchT
7th Bursa 2010 (3.4) 0-1}) 8... e6 $146 (8... c3 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. bxc3 e6 {
Onischuk,A (2701)-Caruana,F (2697) Reggio Emilia 53rd 2010 (7) 1/2}) 9. Bxc4
Bxc4 10. Qxc4 (10. Nxc4 $5 {Les Blancs ont des bonnes compensations après ce
gambit} Qxd4 11. f3 {[%cal Gc1e3]} Be7 12. Bf4 {[%cal Ga1d1]} (12. Ne2) (12.
Be3 Qd8 13. Rd1 Nbd7 (13... Qc7) 14. Ne2 O-O 15. O-O c5) 12... O-O 13. Rd1 Qc5
14. Ne2 Nbd7 15. Be3 $36) 10... c5 $1 11. Ngf3 (11. dxc5 Nbd7 12. Nb3 Rc8 13.
Be3 Ng4 14. Bd4 e5 15. h3 exd4 16. hxg4 Nxc5 (16... Bxc5) 17. Nf3 $14) 11...
Nbd7 12. O-O cxd4 {[%cal Ga8c8,Gc8c4]} (12... Be7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 (14. Nb3)
14... cxd4 15. Qxd4 O-O) 13. e5 {[%cal Gd2e4]} Nd5 14. Nb3 {[%csl Gc5][%cal
Gb3d4,Gc1g5]} (14. Ne4 Rc8 (14... Qb6 15. a5) 15. Qxd4 Bc5 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17.
Qg4 {[%csl Rg7]} g6 (17... O-O 18. Bh6) 18. Bh6 $16 {[%csl Re8]}) 14... Be7 15.
Qxd4 (15. Nbxd4 Rc8 $132) 15... Qc7 (15... O-O 16. Qg4 {[%cal Gc1h6]}) 16. Qe4
Rc8 17. Nbd4 {[%cal Gd4b5,Gb5c7,Gb5d6]} O-O 18. Bd2 Qc4 (18... a5 19. Rac1 Nc5
$11 {[%cal Gc7d7,Gc5e4,Gc5a4]}) (18... Nc5) 19. Rfd1 (19. Rac1 Qa6 20. b3 Nc5 (
20... Nc3)) 19... Nc5 20. Qg4 $1 {[%cal Gd2h6,Gg4g8]} Rfd8 21. Bh6 $36 (21.
Rac1 $5 Qa6 {[%csl Ra6]} 22. b3 Bf8) 21... Bf8 22. Bg5 Rd7 23. h3 b3 {[%csl
Rb2]} (23... Nb3 $5 24. Nxb3 Qxb3 {[%cal Gb3b2]}) 24. Nd2 Qb4 $1 25. N4xb3 $2 (
25. N2f3 $142 $13) (25. Ne4 h5 $1) 25... Qxg4 26. hxg4 Nd3 $36 {[%csl Gd3]
[%cal Gd3b2,Gd3e5]} 27. Nf3 Nxb2 28. Rdb1 Nd3 $19 29. Nbd2 h6 30. Bh4 Nc3 31.
Rb3 Nxe5 32. Nxe5 Rxd2 33. Rb7 g5 34. Bg3 Ne2+ 35. Kf1 Nxg3+ 36. fxg3 Rcc2 37.
Rxf7 Bg7 0-1

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Margvelashvili,G"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {This is one of those tournaments that Mamedyarov will want to forget.
Today was clearly not his day.} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6.
Nce2 (6. Ne4 {is the most popular move, but Mamedyarov has already played 6.
Nce2 once and decisively beat his opponent.}) 6... Nf6 (6... Qd5 7. Ng3 Nf6 8.
Be2 e5 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nd2 c3 12. bxc3 bxc3 13. e4 Qe6 14. Nf5 O-O
15. Bc4 Nd5 16. Nf3 N7b6 17. Bb3 Ba6 18. Re1 Bc7 19. dxe5 {1-0 Mamedyarov,S 
(2733)-Brunello,S (2575)Porto Carras 2011}) 7. Nf3 Ba6 8. Ng3 c5 $1 {A strong
improvement by Nakamura. I think this move calls into question Mamedyarov's
whole opening plan.} 9. Bd2 (9. Ne5 e6 10. Nh5 $5 {is suggested by chess
engines.} Nbd7 11. Bxc4 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Rc8 {and Black has solved all the
opening problems.}) 9... e6 10. Rc1 Qd5 11. Ne5 (11. dxc5 Nbd7 12. Bxb4 Nxc5
13. Bc3 Rb8 {leads to a slightly better endgame for Black.}) 11... cxd4 12.
Nxc4 Nbd7 13. Be2 $1 {Good move by Mamedyarov.} Rc8 (13... Qxg2 $4 14. Bf3 {
is losing for Black.}) (13... Bxc4 $1 14. Bxc4 (14. Rxc4 {is also possible} d3
15. Qc1 $1 Rd8 (15... dxe2 $2 16. Rc8+ Rxc8 17. Qxc8+ Ke7 18. Bxb4+ $18) 16.
Bf3 Qa5 17. Ne4 {with some, but clearly not enough compensation for the
sacrificed pawn.}) 14... Qxg2 15. Bb5 Rd8 16. Bc6 Qh3 17. exd4 Bd6 18. Qf3 O-O
{with advantage for Black.}) 14. Bf3 Qc5 15. b3 Be7 16. Ne2 $6 {This is an
inaccuracy.} (16. O-O $1 {would be a lot stronger, since after} O-O 17. exd4
Qxd4 18. Ne2 Qd3 19. Nf4 Qd4 20. Ne2 {White forces a draw.}) 16... d3 $1 17.
Nf4 O-O 18. Nxd3 Qf5 $1 {Now Mamedyarov is dangerously behind in development.}
19. e4 $2 {A terrible blunder. Such blunders sometimes happen when player is
clearly unsatisfied with his previous play and is psychologically stressed.
There is no other way to explain this blunder by Mamedyarov, who is one of the
strongest players in the world.} (19. Nxb4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Rxc4 21. bxc4 Ne5 22.
Nc6 $1 Nxc6 23. Bxc6 {would give Mamedyarov excellent drawing chances.}) 19...
Nxe4 20. g4 Qd5 {I do not know what Mamedyarov overlooked, but nothing works
here for White.} 21. Qe2 f5 {Nakamura has an extra pawn and a winning position.
} 22. O-O Rxc4 $6 {Not the best move, but one which surprisingly led to
Mamedyarov's resignation.} (22... Bxc4 $1 23. bxc4 Qb7 24. Rfe1 Ndc5 {would
give Black a winning position.}) (22... Rxc4 $6 23. bxc4 Bxc4 24. Nxb4 $1 {
Probably both players overlooked this resource that saves White from immediate
disaster.} Bxe2 (24... Bxb4 25. Rxc4 Bxd2 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Rxe4 {is worse for
White, but the position is still playable.}) 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Bxe2 Nxd2 27.
Rc7 Nf6 28. Rxe7 Nxf1 29. Kxf1 Rf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. gxf5 {This endgame looks
winning for Black, but White has some drawing chances. Good win for Nakamura
and a game to forget for Mamedyarov.}) 0-1

[Event "Andorra op 16th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 9. Rc1 Bd6 10. f3 Bh5 11. O-O Bg6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nf4 Nd7 14. Qb3 (
14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. f4 g5 $5 16. Qg4 gxf4 17. Qxg7 O-O-O 18. Rxf4 (18. exf4 Kb8
$44) 18... f5 $44 19. Qg3 Rdg8 20. Qf3 Nf6) 14... Qb4 (14... Nxd4 15. Qxb7 O-O
16. Nxg6 hxg6 (16... Rfb8 17. Qc7 $3 Qxc7 18. Nxd5 $18) 17. exd4 Rfb8 18. Ne4
dxe4 19. Qxe4 f5 (19... Nf6 20. Qe5) 20. Qe3 Rxb2 21. Bc4 $14) (14... Na5 15.
Qa4 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 Nc4 17. Nc5 Qc6 $1 (17... Nxe3 18. Rfe1 Nc4 19. Nxb7 Qf4 20.
Nxd5 Qxd4+ 21. Ne3 $16) 18. Qxc6 (18. Nxd7 Kxd7 19. e4 $14) 18... bxc6 19. Nxd7
Kxd7 20. Nd1 $14 a5 21. b3 Nb6 22. Nb2 Kd6 (22... a4 23. Nd3 axb3 24. Ne5+ Ke8
25. axb3 $16) 23. Nd3 Rhc8 24. e4 $14) 15. Qxb4 Nxb4 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. e4 $14
g5 (17... dxe4 18. Nxe4 Ke7 (18... Nxa2 19. Rc7 b6 20. Nd6+ Kd8 21. Ra7 $3 Ke7
22. Nxf7 $16) 19. Rc7 b6 20. Rfc1 Nxa2 21. R1c6 Nb4 22. Rxb6) 18. Nh3 dxe4 19.
Nxe4 (19. Nxg5 exf3 20. Rxf3 Nf6) (19. fxe4 f6) 19... f6 20. f4 (20. Rc7 Rb8 (
20... b6) 21. Rxb7 (21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. dxc5 O-O $13) 21... Rxb7 22. Nd6+ Ke7 23.
Nxb7 Rb8 $15) 20... g4 (20... gxf4 21. Nxf4 $16) 21. Nhf2 Ke7 (21... Nxa2 22.
Rc7 $14) 22. Nc3 f5 (22... Nb6 23. Nxg4 Rhd8 24. Rfd1 Nc6 25. Ne2 $16) 23. a3
Nc6 (23... Nd5 24. Nxd5+ exd5 25. Rc7 Rab8 26. Rfc1 $16) 24. d5 exd5 25. Nxd5+
Kf7 26. h3 (26. Rfd1 Rad8 (26... Nf6 27. Nxf6 Kxf6 28. Rd7 $16) 27. Ne3 Ke6 (
27... g6 28. Nc4 $16) (27... Kf6 28. Rd6+ $18) (27... Kg6 28. Nc4) 28. h3 $14
gxh3 29. Nxh3 Nb6 30. Ng5+ Kf6) 26... gxh3 27. Nxh3 Nf6 28. Ng5+ Kg6 29. Nxf6 (
29. Rxc6 bxc6 30. Ne7+ Kh5) 29... Kxf6 (29... gxf6 30. Nf3) 30. Rfe1 Rhe8 31.
Kf2 Rad8 (31... Rad8 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. Rd1 Rd8 34. Rxd8 Nxd8 35. Ke3 Ne6 36.
Nxe6 Kxe6 37. Kd4 Kd6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 41st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2013.07.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be2 $5 ({
If White intends to delay the king's knight's development in order to cause
Black some problems with his c8-bishop,} 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nge2 {is the more
popular move order.}) 7... Bf5 8. g4 {This is White's main idea.} Be6 $5 {
This was played only once before and may have been unexpected by Andreikin.} ({
All the legal retreats have been tried in practice, but} 8... Bg6 {is the most
popular among them. There are several games played by Azmaiparashvili
available, for instance} 9. Qb3 e6 10. Qxb7 Na5 11. Qc7 Qxc7 12. Bxc7 Bb4 13.
Nf3 (13. f3 Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Nge2 Nd5 16. Bf4 Bd3 17. O-O-O Nxc3 {1/2
Azmaiparashvili,Z (2655)-Morovic Fernandez,I (2570)/Las Palmas 1993/CBM 036/
[Hertneck]}) 13... Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Nd2 Bd3 16. g5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nd5 18.
Bg3 {1/2 Azmaiparashvili,Z (2655)-Akopian,V (2615)/Wijk aan Zee 1993/CBM 034/
[Hertneck]}) 9. h4 $146 {White prepares to gain massive anounts of space.} ({
The previously played} 9. Bf3 {, putting pressure on d5, is not bad, actually.}
h6 10. h4 Qb6 ({Maybe Black should have taken the bull by the horns with} 10...
Nd7 $6 {, getting the knight out of the g-pawn's range and preparing ...Nd7-b6.
If} 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Qa5+ 13. Nc3 e5 $44 {Black's advance in development
should compensate for the pawn.}) 11. g5 (11. Rb1 $5 g6 12. b4 $5 $14) 11...
hxg5 12. hxg5 Rxh1 13. Bxh1 Nh5 (13... Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Qxb2 16. Rb1
Qxa2 17. Rxb7 $36) 14. Bh2 Rd8 15. Nge2 $16 {Glavina Rossi,P (2435)-Kogan,A 
(2539)/Zaragoza 2003/EXT 2004 (1/2, 106)}) 9... Ne4 {Now it is easier to
anticipate the threat of g4-g5.} 10. Rc1 g6 {This offers White an early target
on g6 and does not contribute to the dynamic fight in any way, not in the
short term, at least.} (10... Qb6 $5) (10... Rc8 $5) 11. Qb3 {Tempting,
provocative, thematic, but not the only move.} (11. f3 $6 {[%cal Ge2h5]} Nxc3
12. Rxc3 h5 $1) (11. Bf3 $5 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 Bg7 13. h5 $14) (11. Nh3 $5) 11...
Na5 (11... b5 $2 {may lead to a fascinating tactical fight:} 12. Nxb5 $5 ({
The simple} 12. a4 Na5 13. Qc2 {looks good enough.}) 12... axb5 13. Qxb5 (13.
Bxb5 $2 Qa5+ {wins material or mates.}) 13... Bd7 (13... Qa5+ 14. Kf1 $1 {
and there is no fork on d2 anymore, while the pin is maintained.}) 14. Rxc6
Rxa2 15. Rc1 $3 e6 (15... Bxb5 16. Bxb5+ Qd7 17. Rc8#) 16. Qb7 {Black does not
have compensation for the pawn.}) 12. Qd1 {Too timid.} ({The critical move was
} 12. Qa4+ b5 ({If} 12... Bd7 13. Qd1 {Black would have to lose a tempo to
restore his coordination.}) 13. Nxb5 {This works once again, but this time
Black seems to have resources to maintain the equality. Not a dead equality,
but a fighting one!} axb5 14. Bxb5+ Bd7 15. Rc7 Nf6 16. g5 Nc6 (16... Bxb5 17.
Qxb5+ Nd7 18. h5 $36) 17. Qb3 e5 (17... Na5 18. Bxd7+ Nxd7 19. Qxd5 $14) 18.
Rxc6 Ne4 {[%cal Gd8a5]} 19. Rb6 (19. Nf3 Qa5+ 20. Kf1 Nd6 21. a4 Nxb5 22. Nxe5
Bxc6 23. Nxc6 Qxa4 24. Qxd5 Qd1+ 25. Kg2 Qg4+ {White should accept the draw
with 26.Kh2, since} 26. Bg3 $2 {pins the bishop allowing} Nd6 {wit a good
black regrouping.}) 19... exf4 20. Bxd7+ Qxd7 21. Rb8+ Rxb8 22. Qxb8+ Qd8 23.
Qe5+ Qe7 {White could deliver perpetual at once, or allow Black to choose one
of the numerous ways of doing it after} 24. Qxh8 $11) ({After} 12. Qd1 {
Black has no reason to avoid the repetition:} Rc8 (12... Bg7 $2 13. Nxe4 dxe4
14. Bc7 $18) 13. Nxe4 Rxc1 14. Qxc1 dxe4 15. Qc3 {[%csl Ga5,Gh8][%cal Gc3h8,
Gd4d5,Gf4c7]} Qd5 16. b3 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 $5 ({
Deviating from the clasical move order} 7. Nf3 e6) 7... Na5 {By far the most
popular way of dealig with the early pressure against b7.} (7... Qb6) 8. Qa4+
Bd7 9. Qc2 {This is just the start of a curious mechanism of moving the pieces
forth and back all over the board. Optically, this is somewhat confusing, but
judged individually all the moves make sense.} e6 {White has managed to force
his opponent into retreating with his bishop behind the pawn wall, but this
has caused some delay with the kingside development. It should be mentioned
that the whole variation is highly transpositional.} ({For instance, another
possible move order transposing elsewhere below is} 9... Rc8 10. Bd3 e6 11. Nf3
Be7 {with two recent games which were annotated for CBM:} 12. h3 (12. O-O {
1/2-1/2 (69) Tuvshintugs,B (2340)-Girya,O (2450) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014 CBM 160 
[ChessBase Website]}) 12... O-O 13. O-O {1-0 (135) Svidler,P (2746)-Le Quang,L
(2702) Tromso 2013 CBM 156 [Sumets,A]}) 10. Nf3 ({Playing with black, Aronian
had faced} 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Nf3 Bb4 {Deviating from the games above.} 12. O-O
Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 (13... dxc4 14. Bg5 O-O 15. Ne5 {would leave White with
space advantage in the centre.}) 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Qb3 Qa5 (15... Bxc3 16. bxc3
Ne4 17. Qxb7 f6 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 $132) 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Qxb7 O-O 19.
bxc3 Nb6 20. Bc7 {and Black did not equalise in Kramnik,V (2780)-Aronian,L 
(2783) Shanghai 2010 (1-0, 45)}) 10... Be7 ({Both sides seem to be avoiding
the line from the comment to the 9th move. Black could have more or less
transposed to it with} 10... Rc8 {when there seems to be nothing better than}
11. Bd3) 11. Bd3 Nc6 {The knight returns to its usual location, controlling e5
and winning a tempo by threatening ...Nb4 on the way.} 12. a3 ({The
alternative way to parry the double attack ...Nb4 is} 12. Qe2 Nh5 13. Be5 f6
14. Bg3 f5 15. Bb5 O-O 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. O-O Bd6 20.
Rc2 Qc7 21. Nd3 Nxg3 22. hxg3 {Black does not have any problems, Vachier
Lagrave,M (2766)-Motylev,A (2698) Biel 2014 (1/2-1/2, 40)}) 12... Nh5 {A new
minor piece dialogue starts on the opposite wing. The f4-bishop is too strong
to be tolerated.} 13. Be5 f6 {The only reasonable answer, although it weakens
the light squares.} ({If} 13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5 ({Actually, the standard
reaction is} 14. dxe5 {, leaving the h5-knight out of play, but for concrete
reasons the main move is even stronger.}) 14... Nf6 15. Nxd7 $1 {White gives
up his active knight for the passive bishop light-heartedly, since Black has
no satisfactory way of re-capturing.} Nxd7 {Other moves wouldexpose either the
queen or the king to Bb5.} 16. Bxh7 g6 ({Or if} 16... Qc7 {as played in
Ju-Sebag, Beijing 2013, the simplest would be} 17. g3 {defending the h2-pawn
before retreating with the bishop.}) 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kf8 19. Qxe6 {
With a whole bunch of pawns for the piece.}) 14. Bf4 $5 $146 {A new move,
deviating from a recent game played by Navara.} ({After} 14. Bg3 f5 15. Be5 O-O
16. h3 Nf6 17. g4 Ne4 {Black seems to have enough counterplay.} 18. gxf5 Rxf5
19. Bxe4 (19. Nxe4 Rxf3 $17 {Brunello,S (2580)-Eljanov,P (2702) Legnica 2013 
(0-1, 29)}) 19... dxe4 20. Qxe4 Qb6 $13 {Sokolov,I (2650)-Navara,D (2708)
Saint Quentin 2014 (1/2-1/2, 35). With his move, Aronian kindly invites his
opponent to take on f4, thus opening the e-file and turning e6 into a real
weakness. We can also understand why he kept his queen on c2 on move 12, to
put pressure along the b1-h7 diagonal.}) 14... Rc8 {Navara took his time (13
minutes) before answering.} ({His first impulse might have been the same as
mine when playing over the game: what would happen if Black plays the same way
as in the aforementioned game:} 14... f5 {The difference is that White could
fight for the e5-square with} 15. Bb5 {. With the bishop on g3, Black could
have reduced White's influence on dark squares with ...Nxg3, while an exchange
on f4 would only increase it.}) 15. h3 {The threat of retreating with the
bishop practically forces Black's next move.} Nxf4 16. exf4 Qb6 17. Rd1 {
The weakness of the e6-pawn is still latent, but Black needs to find the best
way of defending h7.} f5 {This looks the most solid, but it weakens the
e5-square chronically.} ({The main alternative was} 17... g6 {David might have
disliked} 18. h4 {when, quite probably, Black could not have been able to
refrain from ...f6-f5 in the long run anyway.}) 18. Bb5 {Immediately starting
the fight for the weakened square.} Bd6 19. g3 Na5 $6 {A risky decision. Black
gives up the right to castle for the sake of exchanging his bad bishop and
keeping the knight as an important defender of the e5-square.} ({Any neutral
move such as} 19... O-O {would have been safer, although White would have a
pleasant position.}) 20. Bxd7+ Kxd7 21. O-O Rhe8 22. Rd3 $5 {An interesting
multi-purpose move. White prepares doubling (or even tripling) his major
pieces, without revealing whether this would happen on the e-file or on the
c-file.} Nc4 {Preventing Re3, just in case this was White's true intention.
But now Aronian switches to plan B.} 23. Na4 Qc6 24. Rc3 b5 $2 {The losing
move, played after only three minutes. Navara obviously wanted to consolidate
his active knight, but the weakness of the c5-square will be a perfect (for
White!) complement to that of the e5-square.} ({True, the attempt to get
castled artificially with} 24... Ke7 25. Re1 Kf8 {would fail to} 26. Ng5 {
, attacking two pawns.}) ({But it would have made sense to restrict the
a4-knight with} 24... b6 {since} 25. b3 $6 {would run into} Nxa3 {White could
have prepared b2-b3 with 25.Ra1, but then 25...Qb7 might have made Black's
position survivable.}) 25. Nc5+ $1 {The bishop cannot keep both enemy knights
under control.} Bxc5 26. Rxc4 $1 {Just two moves earlier, the e5-square was
rather well defended, but not any more.} bxc4 27. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 Qd5 7. Nd2 c3 8. Ndf3 $5
{A rare move.} ({The usual continuation is} 8. bxc3) 8... Qa5 ({Now and in the
whole next phase of the game, Black refrains from} 8... cxb2 {, which would
make the extra pawn look more real, but at the same time allow White's rapid
development with} 9. Bxb2 {Over the board and against such an aggressive
player like Mamedjarov, it is not easy to embark on such a continuation. With
hindsight, it is easy to recommend precisely this continuation. But if
Nakamura had played like that and lost anyway, commentators may well have
criticised him for treating the issue of development so superficially. Only
further practice and analysis will show the best way to react.}) 9. Ne5 Nf6 10.
Ngf3 e6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. bxc3 $1 {A good moment to relese the tension. After
castling, White will not have to worry about ...c3-c2+ anymore.} bxc3 13. O-O {
Black's extra pawn is rather vulnerable and, what's worse, he is well behind
in development.} Nbd7 {Black gives away the c6-pawn, hoping that after the
opening of the c-file the c3-pawn will become strong.} ({He must have
refrained from} 13... Be7 {on account of} 14. Ba3 {, when the natural} Bxa3 {
would actually lose a tempo. Once again, choosing between two evils is by no
means easy.}) 14. Nxc6 {Mamedjarov spent 12 minutes on this natural move.
Eventually, he must have realised that, far from having to give up anything in
exchange for the c6-pawn, he will manage to activate his position radically
over the next moves.} Qb6 15. Nfe5 Bb7 16. a5 Qc7 17. Qa4 Bd6 18. a6 Bxc6 19.
Qxc6 O-O $6 {After 20 minutes Nakamura enters an ending with very improbable
chances of saving it.} ({But there was no obvious way out of the trouble
anyway, for instance} 19... Rc8 $5 20. Qxc7 Bxc7 (20... Rxc7 {would help White
develop his initiative with} 21. Nc4 Be7 22. Na3 {with the threat of Nb5,
attacking the c3- and a7-pawns.}) 21. f4 {with such threats as Bb5 and Ba3.})
20. Qxc7 Bxc7 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Ba3 Rfd8 (22... Rfc8 {would fail to secure the
c3-pawn after} 23. Be4 Rab8 24. Bb7 {followed by Rfc1.}) 23. Rfc1 e5 24. Be4
Rab8 25. Rxc3 Ba5 26. Rcc1 {Combined with the bishop pair and the queenside
space advantage, White's extra pawn ensures a decisive advantage, but there
might be technical problems along the way.} Bb4 {According to the engines this
makes things even worse, but anticipating a bit it looks like offering
reasonable chances to save the game.} 27. Bxb4 Rxb4 28. Rc7 {The start of a
forced manoeuvre, winning a piece.} exd4 29. Rxa7 ({With hindsight,} 29. exd4
Rxd4 30. f3 {inevitably followed by Rxa7 may be recommended as a more reliable
way to win.}) 29... dxe3 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. a7 exf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rxa7 33. Rxa7 g6 {
Despite the extra bishop, White still needs to prove he has a convincing
winning plan, especially since the colour of the h8-corner offers Black the
saving prospect of exchanging all his pawns for the g2-pawn and, of course,
the rooks. But with all the pawns on board, the rook exchange would generally
yield White an easy win.} 34. Ke3 Rb6 35. Bd5 Rf6 {By using the Chessbase
function "similar endings", I got a whole bunch of grandmaster games 
(including Kasparov-Shirov, Linares 2000, in which Black defended too badly to
show it here) ending with the same result: a win. But in almost all the games
Black made the same mistake (or at least inaccuracy) of principle as in this
one: weakening the g6-pawn by advancing his h-pawn. When quoting the game
below, I had to make 1-2 neutral moves to reach the exact position (with
different move numbering, of course). But this was not too painful, since most
strong players tend to place their pieces on the same squares. And what about
the evaluation? I believe the answer stays beyond human possibilities (and
even more of the computer's!) But I would use Bronstein's system: I feel that
White's chances to win are not worse than Black's to draw.} 36. g4 $6 {As
strange as it may be, space is not so important yet in this ending. The last
move has the drawback of weakening his own structure.} ({I would first try the
plan from the following game, aimed at provoking the advance of the f7-pawn in
order to weaken the king's defence. For this purpose it is important that the
centralised bishop defends the g-pawn.} 36. Kd4 Kg7 37. Rb7 h5 38. Ke5 Rf2 39.
Bf3 ({The typical intrusion} 39. Kd6 Rf6+ 40. Ke7 {does not offer anything due
to} Rf5 41. Bb3 Rf2 {But with different structures this will work, we will see
later.}) 39... Rd2 40. Ra7 Rb2 41. Rb7 Rd2 42. Bd5 Rf2 43. Ra7 Rf6 44. Ra3 $1 {
The pieces are in the right places and White prepares the rook's transfer to
the f-file. Black is not in time to reach the seventh rank with his rook.} Rf2
45. Kd6 Re2 (45... Rf6+ 46. Ke5 Rb6 47. Rf3 {[%csl Gb7] is similar.}) 46. Ra2
Re1 47. Rf2 f5 48. Bf3 Kf6 49. Re2 Rd1+ 50. Bd5 h4 51. Re6+ Kg7 $6 {I have
taken this as the main line because it occurred in the game where the whole
previous sequence was played.} (51... Kg5 {this is more stubborn.} 52. h3 Rd2
53. Kc5 Rc2+ 54. Kb4 $1 {The king gets out of the way in order to allow Bc6-e8.
} Rc7 {This is too passive, but Black seems to be helpless anyway.} (54... Rd2
55. Bc6 Kh6 {The only way to parry Be8.} 56. Kc3 Rf2 57. Kd4 $18) 55. Bc6 Rg7
56. Be8 Rg8 57. Kc5 Rg7 58. Kd6 Kh6 59. Ke5 Kg5 60. Kd6 Kh6 61. Re7 Rg8 62. Ke6
Rf8 63. Bf7 Kg7 64. Be8+ Kh6 65. Bd7 Kg5 66. Ke5 Ra8 67. Be8 Ra2 68. Re6 {
1-0 (93) Panczyk,K (2365)-Pokojowczyk,J (2390) Warsaw 1981 EXT 2003 [Marin,
Mihail]}) 52. h3 g5 (52... Rd2 53. Ke5 Re2+ 54. Kf4 Rd2 55. Bf3 Kh6 56. Ke5 Kg5
57. Bc6 $18) 53. Ke5 g4 54. hxg4 fxg4 55. Be4 (55. Re7+ Kh6 56. Be4) 55... h3
56. g3 Rg1 57. Kf4 Re1 58. Rg6+ Kf7 59. Rxg4 h2 60. Rh4 {1-0 (59) Kruppa,
Y-Kozlov Samarkand 1983}) ({Actually, against ...h7-h5 there is another plan,
similar to that from our main game.} 36. Bc4 h5 37. g3 Kg7 38. Rb7 Kf8 39. h3
Kg7 40. g4 hxg4 41. hxg4 Kf8 42. Rc7 Kg7 43. Ke4 g5 $1 {The only chance. White
won most of the games with this structure, but I did not find any really
relevant among them.} (43... Rf2 $2 44. g5 {Jussupow,A (2610)-Boensch,U (2558)
Bundesliga 0001 2000 (13.3) 1-0 leads to the same as in Mamedyarov-Nakamura)})
{A possible plan is} 44. Ke3 Rf4 45. Be2 Rf6 46. Rc5 Re6+ 47. Kf3 Kh6 48. Bd3
Re7 49. Rf5 Ra7 50. Ke3 Rb7 51. Kd4 {and White's attack looks promising.})
36... h6 {This offers White the posibility of winning the pawn ending after a
well timed sacrifice and general exchange on f7.} ({White's task would have at
least been more difficult after} 36... Kg7 37. h4 Kg8 38. g5 ({Once again, the
intrusion does not work:} 38. Ke4 Kg7 39. Ke5 Rf1 40. Kd6 Rf4 41. g5 Rf2 42.
Ke7 Rf5) 38... Rf5 39. Ke4 Kg7 {For instance, the attempt to exchange rooks
with} 40. Ra3 $2 {would lead to a rook and bishop versus rook ending after} h6
$1) 37. Ke4 Kg7 ({Black loses in very instructive way after} 37... g5 $5 {
True, the sacrifice on f7 does not work at all, but now finally the intrusion
is decisive!! The point is that the f5-square is defended by the g4-pawn and
the pawn itself is defended, too.} 38. h3 Kg7 39. Rb7 Rf4+ 40. Ke5 Rf1 41. Kd6
Kf8 (41... Rf2 42. Ke7 Re2+ 43. Kd8 Rf2 44. Ke8 Re2+ 45. Re7) 42. Rb8+ Kg7 {
and now in Plachetka,J (2445)-Danner,G (2412) Stary Smokovec 1981 EXT 1998 
(1-0, 91) the simplest would have been} 43. Rb3 Ra1 44. Rb7 Rf1 45. Ke7 {
as in the last subline.}) 38. h4 Rf1 39. Rb7 Rf2 (39... g5 $2 {does not work
at all:} 40. h5 Rf4+ 41. Ke5 Rxg4 42. Bxf7 {1-0 (51) Flohr,S-Bondarevsky,I
Moscow 1945 and the pawn ending is won with the white pawn on h5.}) 40. g5 $2 {
This should have led to an immediate draw. Instead, it won.} ({The most
dangerous plan is} 40. Ke5 Rf1 $2 (40... Re2+ 41. Kd6 Rf2 42. Bxf7 Rxf7 43.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 44. g5 {is curtains, since, unlike in the similar later line in the
game, the white king is far advanced already.}) ({The only defence is} 40...
Kf8 $3 {and I could not find a way to make progress.}) 41. Re7 $1 {This was
probably the sealed move, meaning Najdorf found it over the board! The rook
stands well on e7 for two reasons, illustrated by the game continuation and
the next comment.} (41. Kd6 {is premature.} Rf6+ 42. Ke7 Rf4) 41... Rf6 (41...
Kf8 42. Kd6 Rf6+ 43. Kd7 $1 {With the rook elsewhere on the seventh rank,
Black could play ...Rf4, but now this loses to the exchanges on f7.}) 42. Bxf7
Rf2 ({The point is:} 42... Rxf7 43. Ke6 $3 Rxe7+ 44. Kxe7 g5 45. h5) 43. Bd5+
Kh8 44. Be4 {Reshevsky,S-Najdorf,M Buenos Aires m 1953 (7) 0-1 with reversed
colours}) 40... hxg5 $2 {Heading straight for disaster.} ({Black should have
kept the h-pawns:} 40... Rf5 41. Be6 Rf1 42. Bc4 Rf5 $1 ({Allan Beardsworth
kindly tried to prove on his site that my initial evaluation in the daily
articles was true and that White would win anyway. The next move of his
analysis is not the best, but it allows White win in a very instructive way:} 
42... Rf2 $2 43. Ke3 Rf5 44. Bd3 Re5+ 45. Kd4 Re8 46. Bc4 Rf8 47. Bd5 Kg8 48.
Ke5 Kg7 49. Re7 {with complete domination and zugzwang.}) 43. Rxf7+ Rxf7 44.
Bxf7 Kxf7 45. Kd5 Ke7 46. Ke5 {and now the h-pawn saves Black with:} h5 $1 $11)
41. hxg5 (41. hxg5 {And in view of the simple line} Rf5 42. Rxf7+ Rxf7 43. Bxf7
Kxf7 44. Kd5 Ke7 45. Ke5 {Black resigned.}) 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 95th"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2008.08.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Haslinger, Stewart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Martin,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. Bf4 $5 {As long as b2 can be safely protected there
seems nothing wrong with this unusual bishop move. It forces Haslinger to
think at a very early stage in a variation with which he presumes he is very
familiar.} d5 (3... d6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Nf3 Qa5 $5 {going into an Old Indian
set-up, might be a good option for Black.}) 4. e3 a6 {Black sticks to what he
knows.} ({Instead} 4... Qb6 $5 {looks reasonable:} 5. Qb3 e6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Nf3
Be7 8. h3 O-O 9. Be2 {Izoria,Z-Belov,V/Kusadasi 2006 and now} Qxb3 10. axb3 b6
11. O-O a5 $11) 5. Nf3 (5. c5 Bg4 6. f3 Bf5 7. g4 Bxb1 8. Qxb1 Nbd7 9. Bd3 e6
10. Ne2 Be7 11. b4 b5 12. a4 Nf8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bg3 N6d7 15. Nc3 Ng6 16. Ra2
O-O 17. O-O Bh4 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Bxg6 Bxg3 {Hartmann,D-Ouadi,A/France 2007})
5... e6 6. Nc3 Bb4 $146 ({I wonder why Stewart didn't continue with ....b7-b5,
as that is what he seems to have been preparing:} 6... b5 7. cxd5 (7. c5 $5
Nbd7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O Nh5 10. Be5 O-O 11. Qc2 $14) 7... cxd5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O
Nc6 10. Rc1 Be7 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. Bxb5 Qb6 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Bxc6 Qxb3 15. axb3
Bxc6 16. Rxc6 {1/2-1/2 Ferrero,P-Montagard,G/France 2000}) 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
Qa5 9. Qb3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. O-O O-O $2 {The source of Black's difficulty.
He should certainly take the bishop:} (11... Nxf4 12. exf4 O-O 13. Rfe1 (13.
Bd3 c5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Ne5 Nd7 $11) 13... c5 (13... Qf5 $5 14. g3 b5 15. Bf1 c5
16. Bg2 Ra7 $13)) 12. Bg3 b5 13. Bd3 Qxc3 14. Qb1 Qa5 {Black finds to his
consternation that he cannot protect his kingside with obvious moves:} (14...
h6 15. e4 Nf6 16. Bd6 Rd8 17. Bb4 $18) (14... g6 15. e4 Nf6 16. Bd6 $18) 15.
Bxh7+ $16 Kh8 16. Bd6 Rd8 17. Ne5 $1 {From here on, Conquest's manner of
finishing the game is a joy to behold. He looks for the best move every time,
rather than settling for any routine continuation.} f5 18. Bg6 Rxd6 19. Nf7+
Kg8 20. Nxd6 Qd8 21. Nxc8 Qxc8 22. e4 $1 ({Many would have settled for} 22. Bh5
Nd7 23. Bf3 {with the win in sight, but not immediately.}) 22... Nc3 23. Qb3 $1
Ne2+ (23... Nxe4 24. Bxf5 Ng5 25. Rae1 $18) 24. Kh1 Nf4 25. exf5 Ra7 26. Rae1
Re7 27. Qf3 $1 Nxg6 (27... Qc7 28. Re5 {comes to the same.}) 28. fxg6 Nd7 29.
Rxe6 {A very fine performance by Conquest against a tough, resilient opponent.}
1-0

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Hilverda, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 (4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4) 4... b5 (4... e5
{L'altenative} 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Nd1 Ba6 10. Be3
Nf6 11. f3 Nfd7 12. Rc1 Ne5 13. Nf2 {Hausrath,D (2425)-Miltner,A (2375)
Bundesliga 9697 1996 [4] 1-0} (13. f4 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 cxd3 15. Nxc6 {Jones,G 
(2645)-Lalic,B Kilkenny Masters 2013 (4.3) 1/2} (15. Nf2 $142 {Lalic inf 119}))
) 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6 9. Nf3 a5 10. Bd2 (10. O-O {La
grande ligne} Be7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Nc1) (10. Ng5 Be7 11. Qh5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 Qb6
13. Qh4 b3 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Ra3 c5 18. Rxb3 Qc4 19.
Rb7 O-O 20. Qg3 cxd4 21. cxd4 Nc6 22. Bh6 g6 23. Qb3 Qxd4 24. O-O Rfb8 25. Qb5
Qd5 26. Qxd5 exd5 27. Rd7 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Bg5 Rb8 30. h3 Rb4 31. Rd1
Rxa4 32. Rxd5 Rc4 33. Bh6 Rh4 34. Bg5 Rc4 35. Bh6 Rh4 36. Bg7 Nb8 37. Rd7 {
1/2-1/2 (37) Aronian,L (2813)-Bluebaum,M (2511) Meissen 2013}) 10... Ba6 11.
Qe2 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Nb6 13. Qc2 Qd5 14. Nc1 c5 $5 $146 {[%cal Gb8d7,Ga8c8,Gc8c2]
Les Noirs veulent jouer activement à l'aile-dame pour essayer de profiter de
l'exposition de la Qc2 mais au risque de laisser le K Noir au centre} (14...
N8d7 15. Nd3 c5 16. Nf4 Qb7 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. O-O b3 19. Qb1 g6 20. Rc1 Be7 21.
Be3 Nbxa4 22. h4 Qb4 23. h5 Rd8 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Nxg6 fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kd7 27.
Qf7 Nd3 28. Nd4 Nac5 29. Rxc5 Nxc5 30. Rd1 Kc8 31. Rc1 Rd7 32. Qxe6 Kb7 33.
Qc6+ Kb8 34. e6 Rxd4 35. Bxd4 Qxd4 36. Qb6+ Kc8 37. Qc6+ Kd8 38. Qb6+ Ke8 39.
Qb8+ Qd8 40. Qe5 Rh6 {0-1 (40) Korobov,A (2670)-Grigoryan,A (2595) Moscow 2011}
) 15. Ne2 N8d7 16. O-O (16. Nf4 Qb7 17. Be3 Rc8 $132) 16... Rc8 $11 {[%cal
Gc8c2,Gc5d4]} (16... cxd4 17. Nf4 Qb7 18. Qd3 Bc5 19. Rfc1 Nd5 (19... O-O $2
20. Ng5) 20. Nxd4 Nxe5 21. Qe4 Nd7 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 exd5 24. Nb3 Bb6 25.
Rc6 $32 O-O 26. Rac1 Rfe8) 17. Nf4 Qb7 18. Rfc1 $32 {[%csl Re8]} cxd4 (18...
Be7 {Plus solide} 19. Qd3 O-O 20. Qb5 {Moins bon dans cet ordre de coups que
dans la partie} Qa8 (20... c4 21. Qxa5 g5 $13 (21... c3)) 21. dxc5 Rxc5 $132)
19. Qd3 Bc5 (19... Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 (20. Rxc1 Nxa4) 20... Be7 (20... Bc5)) 20.
Qb5 $1 {[%csl Ra5]} O-O 21. Nd3 Qd5 22. Qxa5 {[%csl Ga4]} Nc4 23. Qb5 Nxd2 24.
Nxd2 Rb8 (24... Rc7 {[%cal Gf8c8,Gf8b8]}) 25. Qc4 Rfc8 26. Qxd5 exd5 {[%csl
Ga4,Rd4,Rd5] La partie devient difficile pour les Noirs avec une mauvaise
structure et face à un P passé} 27. a5 $36 Be7 28. Kf1 (28. Nb3) 28... Kf8
29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. Nb3 $18 f6 31. f4 fxe5 32. fxe5 Bg5 33. a6 Nb6 34. a7 Ke8
35. Ra6 Na8 36. Nxd4 Be3 37. Nf5 Bc5 38. Nxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jankovic, Alojzije"]
[Black "Vishnu, Prasanna V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 {La variante d'échange de la Slave a un
caractère très annulant mais elle donne des positions assez techniques
pouvant avantager le meilleur joueur.} cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 $5 {
Une idée intéressante retardant le coup naturel Nf3 pour tenter de profiter
de la sortie Bf5} Na5 $8 (7... Qb6 $143 $6 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. Bb5 $16) 8. Qa4+ {84
} (8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Qa4 e6 10. Nf3 a6 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 $11 {Shishkin,V (2507)
-Sieciechowicz,M (2390) Poznan op-A 18th 2009 (4) 1/2-1/2}) 8... Bd7 {87} 9.
Qc2 Rc8 10. Bd3 {Retarde à nouveau la sortie Nf3 afin de garder l'option de
jouer Nge2} e6 11. Nf3 (11. Nge2 {Possible également mais après la poussée
e6, le clouage Bg4 n'est plus à craindre et Nf3 est donc plus naturel.}) 11...
Bb4 $1 (11... Be7 {Plus passif} 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne5 $14 {Fressinet,L (2718)
-Gelfand,B (2751) EU-Cup 26th Plovdiv 2010 (5.1) 1/2-1/2}) 12. O-O h6 (12...
Nc4 $5) 13. Ne5 {69} O-O {68} 14. h3 Qe8 $146 (14... a6 15. a3 Bxc3 {Nguyen
Thanh Son (2444)-Nguyen Huynh Minh,H (2500) VIE-chT Nha Trang 2009 (11) 1/2-1/2
}) (14... Qe7 15. Rfc1 Rfd8 16. Qd1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Be8 18. c4 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4
20. Bxc4 Bc6 21. Be5 Nd7 22. Bg3 Nb6 23. Bf1 Nd5 24. Qb3 Qd7 25. Qa3 a6 26.
Rab1 Ba4 27. Rc5 Rxc5 28. dxc5 Bc6 29. Rd1 Qe8 30. Qa5 Rd7 31. Bd6 Ne7 32. Rd2
Qd8 33. Qb4 Nf5 34. Bd3 Qg5 35. Be4 Bxe4 36. Qxe4 Qd8 37. g4 Nxd6 38. cxd6 Rxd6
39. Rxd6 Qxd6 40. Qxb7 Qd1+ 41. Kg2 Qa4 42. Qb8+ Kh7 43. Qb1+ g6 44. Qb7 {
Soffer,R (2516)-Postny,E (2635) Acre 2013 1/2-1/2}) 15. a4 Nc6 {36 Joué
après une longue réflexion et l'indien a maintenant un sérieux retard à la
pendule.} 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. Rfc1 Rfd8 18. Ne2 Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 19. Qxb7 Rb8
20. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rxb7 21. Nxe7+ Bxe7 22. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rb3 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} 23. Nc3 Rxb2 24. Rxa7 Rb3 25. Bc7 $36 (25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Bc7 Ba3
27. Rc2 $14) 25... Rc8 26. Ba6 $1 Rxc7 (26... Rxc3 $2 27. Bxc8 Bxc8 28. Ba5 {
[%csl Rc3,Re7]}) 27. Rxc7 Bd6 28. Ra7 $2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} (28. Nxd5 $142 {
Curieusement, les Blancs qui avaient encore 15 mns à la pendule, ratent ce
coup intermédiaire qui aurait probablement assuré un gain rapide.} exd5 29.
Rb7 $18) 28... Rxc3 29. a5 Rb3 30. Rb7 Rc3 31. Ra7 {Une petite répétition de
coups pour gagner du temps avec l'incrément} Rb3 32. Bb7 {[%cal Ga5a6]} Kf8
33. a6 $18 Ke7 34. Ra8 Rb2 35. Rh8 Ne8 36. Rxe8+ $1 Bxe8 37. a7 1-0

[Event "Skopje Karposh op"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2013.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.03.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bf4 e5 $5 {An interesting sharp
line.} ({Black is afraid of the White's space adavntage and activity after} 
5... Nf6 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. f4) 6. dxe5 d4 7. Ne4 Qa5+ 8. Nd2
Nge7 (8... Nxe5 {is wrong:} 9. Bxe5 Qxe5 10. Ngf3 Qf6 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qxd4 $16
) 9. Ngf3 Nd5 ({Other interesting options here are:} 9... Be6 10. a3 Ng6 11. b4
Qd5 12. e4 dxe3 13. Bxe3 Ngxe5 $13) (9... Ng6 10. g3 Be7 11. Bg2 O-O (11... f6
12. exf6 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Bxf6 14. O-O Qf5 15. Qb3 Qxf4 16. Nc4 Be7 17. Rad1 Rb8
18. e3 dxe3 19. fxe3 Qc7 20. Ng5 Rf8 21. Rxf8+ Bxf8 22. Qc2 Bg4 23. Qe4+ Ne5
24. Rd4 Be7 25. Nxe5 Qc1+ 26. Kf2 Qxb2+ 27. Kg3 h5 28. Qg6+ {1-0 Kiss,A (2340)
-Payen,A (2300)/Bagneux 1994/EXT 2001}) 12. O-O Rd8 13. Nc4 Qa6 14. b3 Be6 15.
Qd3 Rac8 16. a3 b5 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. exd6 Nxf4 19. gxf4 f6 20. f5 Bf7 21. Rfc1
Qb6 22. e4 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 fxe5 25. Bf1 a6 26. a4 Qxd6 27. axb5
axb5 28. Qxb5 Rb8 29. Rc6 Rxb5 30. Rxd6 Rb8 31. f4 exf4 32. b4 g6 33. f6 Bb3
34. b5 Kf7 35. e5 Re8 36. b6 Rxe5 37. b7 Re8 38. Rb6 {1-0 Naiditsch,A (2704)
-Burg,T (2502)/Germany 2012/EXT 2013}) (9... h6 10. h4 Bg4 11. g3 Bxf3 12. exf3
Nxe5 13. Qe2 N7c6 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5+ Nxe5 16. Bb5+ Nc6 17. Rc1 Bb4 18. a3
Bxd2+ 19. Kxd2 O-O 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Rxc6 a5 22. Rb6 Rfb8 23. Rxb8+ Rxb8 24. b4
axb4 25. Rb1 b3 26. Rb2 {Ghaem Maghami,E (2606)-Yu,Y (2652)/Jakarta 2011; with
a clearly better endgame.}) 10. g3 ({Black obtained a very good game after} 10.
Bg3 Ne3 (10... Bb4 11. a3 Be7 12. b4 Qd8 13. Nb3 O-O 14. b5 Na5 15. Nfxd4 Qb6
16. e3 Rd8 17. Bd3 $16 {Solem,T (2185)-Sidselrud,S (2150)/Norway 2002/EXT 2003
(45)}) 11. fxe3 dxe3 12. Bf4 Bc5 (12... exd2+ 13. Bxd2 Qb6 14. Qb3 Bb4 15. e3
Be6 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Qxe3+ 18. Qe2 Bxd2+ 19. Nxd2 Qxe5 20. Nf3 Qxe2+ 21.
Kxe2 O-O-O {0-1 Mikhailov,S (2377)-Volkov,S (2590)/Taganrog RUS 2013/})) 10...
h6 (10... Bf5 {is not sufficient for equality:} 11. Bg2 Nxf4 12. gxf4 d3 13.
O-O Qa6 14. exd3 Bxd3 15. Re1 Be7 16. Bf1 Bxf1 17. Nxf1 Qc4 18. Qc1 Qd5 19. Qe3
O-O 20. Red1 Qe6 21. Ng3 f5 22. a3 Rfd8 23. b4 a6 24. Ne2 g6 25. Kg2 Rd5 26.
Qb3 {1-0 Ilinsky,Y-Nadezhdin,D (2210)/Novgorod 1997/CBM 060 (58)}) 11. h4 Qb6
$2 (11... Be7 $142 12. a3 (12. Bg2 O-O (12... Rg8 13. Kf1 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Bg4 15.
a3 O-O-O 16. Nc4 Qb5 17. Qd3 Kb8 18. b4 g6 19. Nfd2 Bf5 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Nxe4
Qd5 22. Rh3 g5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. b5 Qxb5 25. Rb1 Qd5 26. Ncd6 Bxd6 27. Nf6 Nxe5
28. fxe5 Qxe5 29. Qa6 b6 30. Rxb6+ axb6 31. Qxb6+ Kc8 32. Qc6+ {1-0 Persson,H 
(2215)-Iruzubieta Villaluenga,J (2340)/Eger 1994/EXT 1997}) 13. O-O Nxf4 14.
gxf4 Rd8) 12... O-O (12... Be6 13. b4 Qc7) 13. b4 Qb6 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Rc1 Be6
16. Bg2 Rac8 {with very good play.}) 12. Nc4 ({An equally strong try was} 12.
Qb3 Ndb4 13. a3 Be6 14. Qa4 Nd5 15. Nc4 Qc5 16. Rc1 b5 17. Nd6+ Qxd6 18. exd6)
12... Qb4+ ({It was better to go back:} 12... Qd8) 13. Nfd2 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Be7
15. a3 Qb5 16. e4 (16. Qb3 {was possible:} Qxb3 17. Nxb3 Be6 18. Rc1) 16... O-O
17. Bd3 $6 ({The black queen would feel very unlucky after} 17. b4) 17... Na5
$6 (17... Be6 $142 18. b4) 18. b4 ({Not necessary:} 18. f5 {was simpler}) 18...
Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Qe8 20. f5 $16 Bd8 21. Nf3 Bc7 22. Qxd4 Kh7 23. Rd1 Bb6 24. Qd6
Bxf5 $5 {A risky bluff, but what can Black do?} 25. Ng5+ hxg5 (25... Kh8 26.
exf5 Rd8 27. Qxf8+ Qxf8 28. Nxf7+ Kh7 29. Nxd8 Bxd8 30. Rd7 $18) 26. exf5 $2 ({
The correct winning procedure was} 26. hxg5+ Kg8 27. exf5 Rd8 28. Qxf8+ Qxf8 (
28... Kxf8 29. Rh8+ Ke7 30. f6+ gxf6 31. gxf6#) 29. g6 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Qd8+ 31.
Ke2 $18) 26... g4 (26... Rd8 27. Qg6+ Kg8 28. Rxd8 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Qxd8 30. Qd6
Qc8 31. Qd3 Rd8 32. Qe4 $18) 27. Qd5 f6 ({An alternative was} 27... Rd8 28. Qe4
Rxd1+ 29. Kxd1 Qa4+ 30. Ke2 Qxa3 31. Rd1 Kh8) 28. e6 Rd8 29. Qe4 Qa4 $4 ({
The only chance for survival was} 29... Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Qa4+ 31. Ke2 Rd8 32. e7
Re8 33. Be6 (33. Kf1) (33. Rd1 Rxe7 34. Qxe7) 33... Rxe7 34. Rd1 Qb5+ 35. Kd2
Bxf2 36. Qxg4 Qe8 37. Kc1 Bb6 $14) 30. Qxg4 (30. Rxd8 {was a slightly simpler
way to finish things off:} Rxd8 31. Qxg4 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Qc2+ 33. Be2) 30...
Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Qe8 (31... Qxd1+ 32. Kxd1 Rd8+ 33. Kc2) 32. Rg1 Qe7 33. Qh5+ Kg8
34. Qh6 (34. Qg6 Rc8) 34... Rc8 35. Rxg7+ Qxg7 36. e7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Huebner,R} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2
Nbd7 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bb2 e5 $5 (11... e6 12. Bd3 Be7 13.
Ne2 (13. O-O $5 {/\ 14.e4}) 13... Qa5+ 14. Bc3 Bb4 $11) 12. c5 $5 $146 (12.
dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxd5 (13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Be2 Rc8 15. Qd2 Bb4 $13) 13... cxd5 14.
Bxe5 Bb4+ 15. Bc3 Qa5 16. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 dxc4 19. bxc4 Rd8+
20. Ke1 (20. Kc2 Rc8) 20... b4 $44) 12... Qc7 13. O-O-O $14 Be7 (13... a5 14.
Kb1 a4 15. b4) 14. Kb1 O-O-O $2 {'??' Huebner,R. Huebner,R: 'Dieser krasse
Urteilsfehler verdient ein doppeltes Fragezeichen. Der König steht auf dem
Damenflügel äußerst unsicher, weil Opfer auf b5 (nach vorbereitenden a2-a4 und
a4xb5) stets in der Luft hängen. Nach'} (14... O-O $6 15. Be2 $36 {/\h3-h4-h5})
(14... e4 15. Be2 $14) (14... exd4 $5 15. exd4 Nf8 16. Bd3 (16. g3 Ne6 17. f4
b4 18. Na4 Ne4 $13) 16... Ne6 17. Ne2 $14) (14... O-O {(Huebner,R) entsteht
ein offener Kampf; vielleicht steht Weiß etwas bequemer, weil er auch hier
langfristig einige Angriffsaussichten hat. Die sind aber bei weitem nicht so
deutlich wie nach dem Textzug.}) 15. a4 exd4 (15... e4 16. Na2) 16. exd4 Kb7
17. Na2 $16 Ne4 (17... Nf8 $142 18. Bd3 Ne6 19. g3) 18. Bd3 f5 19. f3 Ng3 {
Huebner,R: 'Hier steht der Springer des Schwarzen völlig außer Spiel.'} 20.
Rhe1 {><Ng3} Bf6 21. Nb4 Nb8 22. axb5 (22. Bc3 $5 Rhe8 (22... a5 23. Nxc6 Nxc6
24. Bxb5 (24. axb5 $5 Nxd4 25. c6+ Kb8 26. Qa2 Nxc6 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. bxc6 Rd6
29. Bb5 $16) 24... Rhe8 (24... Rh4 25. Re6 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Bxd4 28.
Rb6+ Ka7 29. Qd2 $18) 25. Qd2 $16 {/\Ba5}) 23. Qa2 Kc8 (23... a5 24. Rxe8 Rxe8
25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. axb5 $18) 24. Nxa6 Nxa6 25. axb5 Nb8 (25... Nxc5 26. dxc5
Bxc3 27. Qa8+ Qb8 28. Qxc6+ $18) 26. Qa4 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 $16 {/\Re6,b4,bc6,b4-b5}
) 22... axb5 23. Bc3 (23. Re6 $6 {/\Nc6} Qc8 (23... Rhe8 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Rb6+
Kc8 26. Bxb5 $40) 24. Rde1 $140 Ne4) 23... Rhe8 (23... Rh4 24. Re6 $1 Qc8 (
24... Bxd4 25. Nxc6 Nxc6 26. Bxb5 $18) 25. Rde1 Bxd4 (25... Ne4 26. fxe4 Qxe6 (
26... fxe4 27. Rxf6) 27. exd5 Qc8 28. Qa2 $40) 26. Bxb5 $1 cxb5 27. Bxd4 Rxd4
28. Rb6+ Kc7 29. Qa2 $18) 24. Qa2 Rxe1 $2 (24... Qd7 25. Kc2 (25. Qa5 Qc7 26.
Qxc7+ (26. Nxc6 Nxc6 27. Qxb5+ Kc8) 26... Kxc7 27. Nxd5+ cxd5 28. Ba5+ Kc8 29.
Bxd8 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Kxd8 31. Bxb5 f4 (31... Bxd4 $2 32. Rd1) 32. b4 Nf5 $13)
25... Rxe1 26. Bxe1 $1 (26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Ra1 Kc8 28. Qb2 $5 (28. Qa8 Qb7) 28...
Qb7 (28... Ne2 29. Ra8 Nxc3 30. Qxc3 Qb7 31. Qa1 Re7 32. f4 Rc7 33. g4 $16) 29.
Ra5 Ne2 30. Qa1 Re7 (30... Nxc3 $2 31. Ra7 (31. Kxc3 $4 Bxd4+ 32. Kxd4 Qe7 $19)
31... Re1 32. Qa5 $18) 31. Ra8 Nxc3 32. Kxc3 Bh4 $13) 26... Nh5 27. g4 (27. Ra1
Kc8 28. Qa8 Qb7 29. g4 fxg4 30. fxg4 Qxa8 31. Rxa8 Kb7 32. Rxb8+ Rxb8 33. gxh5
gxh5 $13) 27... fxg4 (27... Nf4 28. Ra1 Kc8 29. Bg3 Bg5 30. h4 $18) 28. hxg4
Nf4 29. Bg3 Bg5 (29... Ne6 30. Ra1) 30. Ra1 Kc8 31. Bxg6 Nxg6 32. Bxb8 $18) (
24... Kc8 25. Kc2 (25. Nxd5 Rxe1 $1 (25... cxd5 26. Bxb5 $40)) (25. Nc2 $5 Qd7
26. Qa5 (26. Qa8 Qb7) 26... Rxe1 (26... Nh5 27. Bd2 $16 {/\g4}) 27. Bxe1 Nh5
28. Bd2 Re8 29. g4 Ng3 30. Qa8 Bd8 31. Re1 $16) 25... Qb7 (25... Nh5 26. Bxb5
cxb5 27. Nxd5 Qc6 28. Nb6+ Kc7 29. Qa5 $18) 26. Qa5 Nh5 (26... Qc7 27. Qxc7+
Kxc7 28. Nxd5+ cxd5 29. Ba5+ $16) 27. Nxd5 $1 (27. Ra1 Nf4 28. Bf1 Ne6 29. Red1
Re7 30. Qa8 Nc7 $13) 27... cxd5 28. Bxb5 Nc6 (28... Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Nf4 30. g3
Nxh3 31. Re6 $18) 29. Bxc6 Qxc6 30. b4 Kb8 (30... Qc7 31. Qa4 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Nf4
33. b5 $18) 31. Ra1 Rxe1 32. Bxe1 Qb7 33. b5 Rc8 34. c6 $18) 25. Rxe1 Qd7 (
25... Kc8 26. Re6 Qd7 27. Rxc6+ Nxc6 28. Bxb5 $18) 26. Qa5 Qc7 27. Nxc6 $1 $18
(27. Qxc7+ $2 Kxc7 28. Bd2 g5 $13) 27... Nxc6 (27... Qxc6 28. Bxb5 Qc7 29. c6+
Kc8 30. Ba6+ Nxa6 31. Qxa6+ Kb8 32. Ba5 $18) 28. Qxb5+ Ka8 (28... Kc8 29. Re6)
29. Qa4+ Na7 (29... Kb8 30. Re6 Na7 31. Ba5 Qf7 32. Rb6+ Ka8 33. c6 $18) 30.
Ba5 Qf4 (30... Qb7 31. Bxd8 Bxd8 32. Re8 $18) 31. Bb6 (31. Bxd8 $4 Qd2 $13)
31... Qb8 32. Bb5 Rc8 33. Re8 Ne2 34. Bc6+ (34. Bc6+ Rxc6 35. Qxa7#) 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 48th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2015.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Nf3 (10. Bd3 Be7 ({Black can delay castling as Aronian
and Anand did in the following games} 10... Rc8 11. Nf3 (11. h3 Nc4 (11... b5
$5) 12. Nf3 Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3+ (13... Ba5 $5 14. b4 Bc7) 14. bxc3 Qa5 {1/2-1/2
Aronian,L (2815)-Anand,V (2775)/London 2012 (51); with a solid position for
Black.}) 11... Bb4 12. O-O Nc4 $5 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Qb3 $14 {
1-0 Kramnik,V (2780)-Aronian,L (2783)/Shanghai 2010 (45); but it is White who
is still slightly better.}) ({Another option is to go for} 10... Bb4 11. Nf3
Nh5 12. Bg5 f6 13. g4 (13. Bxh7 $5) 13... fxg5 14. gxh5 Qf6 15. Ne5 Nc6 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Vitiugov,N (2712)-Aronian,L (2809)/Paris/St Petersburg 2013/CBM 154 
(41)}) 11. Nf3 Nc6 {would transpose to the game.}) 10... Be7 ({The other way
to play was} 10... Rc8 {transposing to the comment to White's 9th move after}
11. Bd3) 11. Bd3 (11. h3 Ne4 12. Bd3 (12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Bb4+ 14. Nd2 O-O
$44) 12... f5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Qb3 Na5 15. Qd1 O-O 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Ne5 Nc6 18.
Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Qa4 Nf6 20. Nb1 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Smirnov,P (2592)
-Mamedov,R (2652)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2014/The Week in Chess 1044 (37)}) 11...
Nc6 (11... Nh5 $6 12. Be5 f6 (12... Nc6 {just loses a pawn.} 13. Bxh7 $16) 13.
Bxh7 Kf8 (13... fxe5 $2 14. Nxe5 $18) 14. Bg6 (14. Bg3 f5 15. Bg6 Nxg3 16. fxg3
Nc4 $15 {[%cal Gh8h6]}) 14... fxe5 15. Nxe5 Be8 16. Bxe8 Qxe8 17. Ng6+ Kg8 18.
Nxh8 Kxh8 $14) 12. a3 (12. Qe2 Nh5 (12... Nb4 13. Bb1 Nh5 14. Be5) 13. Be5 f6
14. Bg3 f5 15. Bb5 ({After} 15. Be5 Nf6 16. O-O O-O 17. Rac1 Ne4 18. h3 {
Black played the typical manoeuvre} Be8 $1 19. Qd1 Bh5 {0-1 Svane,R (2440)
-Brunello,S (2580)/Legnica 2013/CBM 155 (98); solving his problems.}) 15... O-O
16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. O-O Bd6 20. Rc2 Qc7 21. Nd3 Nxg3 22.
hxg3 Ba4 23. Rcc1 Qa5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Vachier Lagrave,M (2766)-Motylev,A (2698)/
Biel 2014/CBM 162 (40)}) 12... Nh5 13. Be5 f6 (13... Nxe5 $6 14. Nxe5 $1 {
[%cal Gd3h7,Ge5d7]} Nf6 15. Nxd7 $1 Nxd7 $8 16. Bxh7 $16) 14. Bg3 (14. Bxh7 $2
fxe5 15. Bg6+ (15. Qg6+ Kf8 16. Qxh5 exd4 17. exd4 Be8 18. Qh3 Bg6 $17) 15...
Kf8 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 d4 18. exd4 Nf4 $36) (14. Bf4 Rc8 (14... f5 15. Bb5
$5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gb5c6]}) 15. h3 Nxf4 16. exf4 Qb6 17. Rd1 f5 18. Bb5 Bd6
19. g3 Na5 $6 ({Navara would have still had things under control with} 19...
O-O 20. O-O a6 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 $11 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) 20. Bxd7+ Kxd7 21. O-O $14 {
[%csl Rd7] 1-0 Aronian,L (2805)-Navara,D (2716)/Tromso 2014/CBM 162/[Marin,M] 
(27)}) 14... f5 15. Be5 (15. O-O Nxg3 16. hxg3 Rc8 $132) 15... O-O 16. h3 Nf6
17. Bf4 $146 {A novelty, but not one to pose any serious problems for Black.} (
17. g4 Ne4 (17... fxg4 $2 18. hxg4 $40) 18. gxf5 Rxf5 19. Bxe4 (19. Nxe4 $2
Rxf3 20. Nd2 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rf8 22. Bxh7+ $2 Kh8 23. Ke2 Rc8 24. Qb1 d4 $1 25.
Bd3 dxe3 26. fxe3 Be8 $1 27. Nf3 Bh5 28. Be4 Qb6 29. Rg1 Rc4 {0-1 Brunello,S 
(2580)-Eljanov,P (2702)/Legnica 2013/CBM 155}) 19... dxe4 20. Qxe4 Qb6 21. b4
Raf8 (21... Nxb4 22. axb4 Bxb4 23. O-O Bxc3 24. Rab1 $13) (21... Rc8 $5) 22.
Rg1 R8f7 (22... g6 $5) 23. Bf4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I (2650)-Navara,D (2708)/
Saint Quentin 2014/CBM 160 Extra (35)}) (17. O-O Ne4 18. Bh2 Rc8 $11 {[%cal
Gd7e8] with ...Be8 coming soon Black is perfectly ok.}) 17... Ne4 18. O-O (18.
Bxe4 $6 fxe4 19. Ne5 Nxd4 $1 $17) 18... Rc8 19. Rfc1 Bf6 20. Qb3 (20. Qe2 Be8
$11 {[%cal Ge8h5]}) 20... Na5 21. Qa2 Nxc3 (21... Qb6 $5 $11 {[%cal Gb6b3] /\..
.Qb3}) 22. bxc3 (22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. bxc3 b5) 22... b5 23. Nd2 (23. a4 bxa4 {
does not promise anything for White.}) 23... Nc4 24. a4 a6 (24... Nxd2 25. Qxd2
bxa4 26. Ba6 Ra8 ({Black could himself choose to play for compensation after} 
26... Qa5 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 {but it is more or less equal.}) 27. Qa2 $44 {/\c4})
25. axb5 axb5 26. Bxc4 (26. Nxc4 dxc4 {followed by ...Bc6 and Black is doing
fine.}) 26... dxc4 27. Nf3 Bc6 28. Qe2 Qd5 29. Qf1 Ra8 30. Ne5 Bb7 ({Black
could have fought for the initiative after} 30... Ra4 $142 31. f3 (31. Rxa4 $6
bxa4 32. f3 (32. Nxc4 $2 Bb5 $17) 32... a3 $15) 31... Rfa8 $36) 31. f3 Be7 ({
Aggressive play with} 31... g5 $5 32. Bg3 h5 {would be interesting although it
is hard to see how much Black could gain with the inevitable R exchanges.}) 32.
Bg3 Bg5 33. Qe1 Ra4 34. Rxa4 bxa4 35. Ra1 Ra8 (35... Bc6 $142 36. Bh4 Bf6 $11 {
This retreat remains possible when the R is kept on f8.}) 36. Bh4 $1 {
Challenging Black's active B.} Bh6 (36... Bf6 {does not work now because of}
37. Bxf6 gxf6 38. e4 $1 fxe4 39. fxe4 Qxe4 40. Qg3+ Kf8 $8 41. Rf1 f5 42. Nd7+
Kf7 43. Re1 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc6,Rd3,Rd5,Re4][%cal Gd7e5,Gd7b6]}) (36... Bxh4 37.
Qxh4 $14) 37. Be7 Bc6 (37... g6 {[%cal Gh6g7]} 38. Qh4 Bg7 39. Bf6 Bf8 (39...
Bxf6 $2 40. Qxf6 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) 40. Qg5 $40 {[%cal Gh3h4,Gh4h5,Ge5g6] and
Black has to be careful.}) 38. h4 $138 {Time pressure creeps in and provokes a
few inaccuracies.} (38. Ba3 Rb8 {[%cal Gb8b3]} 39. Bb4 Bg5 40. Qe2 Bf6 41. Qxc4
Bxe5 42. Qxd5 exd5 43. dxe5 Kf7 44. f4 Ke6 $11) (38. Rb1 $142 Bb5 (38... a3 $2
39. Bxa3 $18) 39. e4 Qb7 40. Qh4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge5c4]} (40. exf5 Qxe7 41. Rxb5
exf5 42. Qe2 {[%csl Rc4]} g6 43. Qxc4+ Kg7 $132 {[%csl Ga4] Black's o^ gives
counterplay.})) 38... Be8 (38... g6 $142 $5 $13 {[%cal Gh6g7] /\...Bg7}) 39.
Rb1 $6 (39. Bc5 $142 $14) 39... a3 40. e4 Qa5 41. exf5 ({It would be better
for White to play} 41. Nxc4 {but still Black would have the dynamic chances in
the ensuing complications. For example} Qc7 (41... Qa6 42. Nxa3 $16) 42. Bc5 $8
a2 43. Ra1 Bf4 {[%cal Gf4g3,Gg3h2]} 44. exf5 Bh2+ 45. Kh1 Bg3 46. Qe4 (46.
Qxe6+ $2 Bf7 $17) 46... Rb8 $36) 41... a2 42. Ra1 exf5 43. Nxc4 $6 (43. Bb4 Qa6
$15) 43... Qb5 $1 44. Nd6 $2 (44. Na3 $2 Qb3 $19) ({White could have chosen
the forcing variation leading to an endgame after} 44. Qe6+ Bf7 45. Qxf7+ Kxf7
46. Nd6+ Kxe7 47. Nxb5 Bc1 48. Rxc1 a1=Q 49. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 50. Kf2 Ra2+ (50... Rb1
$5 51. Nc7 Rc1 52. Nb5 (52. Ke2 Rc2+ 53. Kd3 Rxg2 54. Nd5+ Kf7 (54... Kd6 55.
Ne3)) 52... Rc2+ 53. Kg3 (53. Ke3 Rxg2 54. Kf4 g6 55. c4 Rh2 $19) 53... g6 $15)
51. Kg3 Kd7 $15 {Black keeps chances but White can still fight it out,
especially since Black does not have a o^ here. The N is a slow piece but its
a tricky one, and there are quite a few fortresses in R+P vs N+P endgames.}) (
44. Ne5 $5 Qb3 (44... Qb2 45. Nd3 $1 {leads to some interesting variations} Bd2
(45... Qd2 46. Qxd2 Bxd2 47. Nb4 Bf7 48. d5 Re8 49. d6 Bxc3 50. d7 (50. Rxa2
Bxb4 51. d7 Bxe7 52. dxe8=Q+ Bxe8 $15) 50... Ra8 51. Rxa2 Bxa2 52. Nxa2 (52.
Nc6 Bd5 53. d8=Q+ Rxd8 54. Nxd8 Bf6 $1 55. Bxf6 gxf6 $19 {[%csl Rd8][%cal
Gg8f8,Gf8e8]}) 52... Ba5 53. Nb4 Kf7 54. Nc6 Ke6 55. d8=Q Bxd8 56. Bxd8 Kd7 57.
Nd4 Rxd8 58. Nxf5 {[%cal Gf5g3,Gg3e4] +/=/= The position is quite similar to
Vidmar vs Alekhine 1930.}) 46. Nxb2 (46. Qe6+ Bf7 $19) 46... Bxe1 47. Rxe1 a1=Q
48. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 49. Kh2 {[%cal Ge7b4]} (49. Kf2 $2 Ra2 $19) 49... Re1 50. Bc5 (
50. Bb4 Bb5 $15 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ge1e2,Gb5a4,Gb5d3,Ge2b2]}) 50... Re3 $15) 45.
g3 (45. Bg5 Bxg5 46. hxg5 Rb8 47. Nd3 Bf7 $17 {[%cal Gb8e8,Gb3b1]}) 45... Bb5 (
45... Bf7 46. Nxf7 Kxf7 47. Bd6 Re8 48. Be5 Re6 49. Qf1) 46. f4 Re8 47. Bb4 Bd3
$15) 44... Qd5 $17 {[%csl Rd6,Re1][%cal Gh6f4,Ge8e1,Ga8e8] Suddenly White's
pieces get stuck awkwardly. There is nothing he can do about Black's threat of
...Bf4.} 45. Qe2 (45. Nxe8 Rxe8 $19 {[%cal Gg8f7] and the pin is decisive.})
45... Bf4 46. Nxe8 (46. Nc4 Bb5) 46... Rxe8 47. Rxa2 Kf7 48. Ra7 Bb8 49. Qa2
Qxa2 50. Rxa2 Bg3 {The final touches!} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 {Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is known among chess players for his flamboyant
attacking style, creativity and original approach to the royal game. In this
game, he faced another original and attacking player, Super-GM Richard Rapport,
whose uncompromising approach has brought him brilliant results. All these are
indicative of a tense and exciting battle.} d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 $5 {An
interesting choice after some thought! What is Mamedyarov up to?!} cxd5 4. Nc3
Nf6 5. Bf4 {} Nc6 {} 6. e3 Bf5 (6... a6 {is another well-probed continuation.
} 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nge2 e6 9. Rc1 (9. O-O) 9... Be7 (9... Bd6 10. f3 Bh5 11. O-O
Bg6 12. Na4 O-O 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qb3 Na5 15. Qc3 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Rc8 17. Qb4 Rc4
18. Rxc4 Nxc4 19. Qc3 g5 20. Ne2 g4 21. Nc5 gxf3 22. gxf3 Nh5 23. Nxb7 Qg5+ 24.
Kf2 Qh4+ 25. Kg2 Qg5+ 26. Kf2 Qh4+ 27. Kg2 Rb8 28. b3 Qg5+ 29. Kf2 Qh4+ 30. Kg2
Qg5+ 31. Kf2 Qh4+ {1/2-1/2 (31) Nakamura,H (2764)-Mamedyarov,S (2764) Baku 2014
}) 10. O-O Bh5 11. Na4 Nd7 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qc3 Nc6 14. Bg3 Rc8 15. a3 Bg6 16.
Nf4 Bxd3 17. Nxd3 O-O 18. Ndc5 Na5 19. b4 Nxc5 20. bxc5 Nc4 21. Qb3 Qd7 22. Nb6
Nxb6 23. Qxb6 Rc6 24. Qa7 e5 25. Rb1 Qf5 26. Qxb7 Re6 27. c6 Bd6 28. dxe5 Bxa3
29. Qxa6 Be7 30. Qb7 Bg5 31. c7 Ree8 32. Qxd5 {1-0 (32) Landa,K (2613)
-Svetushkin,D (2561) Mulhouse 2011}) 7. Qb3 {This move leads to some
complications. In most of the games in this line, White has just a small edge
but Black does not have so much counterplay.} Na5 8. Qa4+ {} Bd7 9. Qd1 {}
Rc8 {A rare move by Rapport. Nevertheless, different move orders tend to
transpose positions to one another due to the restricted number of choices in
this position.} (9... e6 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Nf3 (11. Nge2 Be7 12. O-O Nc4 {
and Black is more than 'just fine'.}) 11... Nc4 12. Qe2 {transposes to the
game.}) 10. Nf3 e6 11. Bd3 {} Nc4 {} 12. Qe2 {} Qa5 (12... Bb4 13. Bxc4 $5
Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Rxc4 15. O-O O-O (15... Qc8 16. Ne5 $146 (16. Qb2 O-O 17. Rfc1
Ne4 18. Ne5 Rc7 19. f3 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21. Nxd7 Re8 22. Nc5 Rc4 23. Nxb7 Rc2
24. Qb5 a6 25. Qa4 Rc4 26. Qb3 Rc1+ 27. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 28. Kf2 Qd2+ 29. Kg3 f6 30.
Bc7 Qe1+ 31. Kh3 g5 32. Bg3 Qe2 33. Qa4 Re7 34. Qb4 g4+ 35. Kh4 Qxe3 36. f4 Re8
37. Qd6 Qe4 38. Qd7 Rf8 39. Nc5 Qxg2 40. Qxe6+ Kh8 41. Qxg4 Qc2 42. Qh5 Rg8 43.
Qxd5 Qd1 44. Qe6 Rg6 45. Qc8+ Rg8 46. Qe6 Rg6 47. Qe8+ Rg8 48. Qh5 Qxd4 49. Kh3
Rc8 50. Ne6 Qd3 51. Kh4 Qe4 52. Qf7 Qg6 53. Qxg6 hxg6 54. Kg4 Rc4 55. Bh4 Kg8
56. Kf3 Kf7 57. Nd8+ Ke7 58. Nb7 Rc2 59. a4 Rc4 60. Bf2 Rxa4 61. h4 f5 62. Nc5
Ra3+ 63. Ke2 Ra2+ 64. Ke3 a5 65. Be1 a4 66. Bb4 Kf7 67. Nd3 Kg7 68. Kd4 Kh6 69.
Kc3 Kh5 70. Be7 Re2 71. Ne5 Re4 72. Bg5 Re3+ 73. Kb2 Rg3 74. Ka2 Rb3 75. Nd7
Kg4 76. Nc5 Rb4 77. Nd3 Rb6 78. Ne5+ Kg3 79. Ka3 Ra6 80. Nd3 Rd6 81. Nc5 Rd4
82. Ne6 Rd6 83. Nc5 Rc6 84. Nd7 Ra6 85. Ne5 Kf2 86. Nd3+ Kf3 87. Nb2 Re6 88.
Nc4 Ra6 89. Kb4 Ke4 90. Ka3 Kd5 91. Ne5 Kc5 92. Be7+ Kb5 93. Bf8 Re6 94. Kb2
Rf6 95. Ba3 Rb6 96. Kc3 Ka6 97. Bb4 Kb5 98. Bf8 Ra6 99. Ba3 Ra7 100. Kd4 Rg7
101. Kd5 Rh7 102. Nxg6 Rh6 103. Ne7 Rxh4 104. Nxf5 Rxf4 105. Nd6+ Ka6 106. Kc5
Rf3 107. Nc4 Rb3 108. Bb4 Rb1 109. Ba3 Rb3 {1/2-1/2 (109) Lei,T (2450)-Gunina,
V (2548) Ningbo 2015}) 16... Ra4 17. Rab1 O-O 18. Rfc1 (18. Qc2 b6 $11) 18...
b6 19. h4 Qa6 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21. c4 dxc4 22. Bg5 Be8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Nxc4 Rxa2
25. Nd6 Ba4 26. Rc7 Bc2 27. Rb4 Bd3 28. d5 $1 {with a complex but balanced
position.}) 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ng4 Qd8 $13) 13. Bxc4
Rxc4 14. O-O {} Bb4 {} 15. Ne5 {} Rc8 {} 16. Qf3 $146 {An interesting move
which artificial intelligence is fond of!} (16. Rfc1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Bb5 18. Qb2
Nh5 19. a4 Ba6 20. Qb4 Qd8 21. a5 f6 22. Qa4+ Ke7 23. Qb4+ Ke8 24. Nf3 Rc4 25.
Qb2 Nxf4 26. exf4 Qc7 27. g3 Kf7 28. Nd2 Rc6 29. Nb3 Bc4 30. Nc5 b6 31. axb6
axb6 32. Na6 Bxa6 33. Rxa6 Rc8 34. Kg2 Rxc3 35. Rxc3 Qxc3 36. Ra7+ Kg8 37. Qe2
Qc6 38. f5 e5 39. dxe5 d4+ 40. Kh3 d3 41. Qh5 Kh8 42. e6 d2 43. Rd7 Qb5 44. Kg2
Qc6+ 45. Qf3 Qxf3+ 46. Kxf3 Kg8 47. Ke2 Kf8 48. Rf7+ Kg8 49. Rb7 h5 50. Kxd2
Kf8 51. h3 Rc5 52. g4 Rb5 53. Rb8+ Ke7 54. Rg8 Rb2+ 55. Kc3 Rxf2 56. Rxg7+ Kd6
57. Rd7+ Kc6 58. Rd2 {1-0 (58) Li,C (2721)-Nguyen,N (2659) Ho Chi Minh City
2015}) 16... h6 {The engines suggest this move on depth 27! Nevertheless, this
is a logical move. White has the threat of Bg5. That simple' isn't it?
Nevertheless, now Black cannot castle due to Bxh6 tricks.} 17. Rfc1 Bxc3 {}
18. bxc3 {} Rxc3 19. g4 {Logical! White sacrificed a pawn and now he is
trying to capitalise on his superior development.} Bb5 (19... Qa3 $5 {After
this move a complex battle which requires several accurate moves arises:} 20.
Rxc3 Qxc3 21. Rb1 b6 22. g5 {would not have worked for White due to} (22. Qd1
Qa3 23. Qc1 (23. Rc1 O-O $15) 23... Qa4 24. Rb3 O-O 25. Ra3 Qb5 26. Rxa7 Rc8
27. Qd1 Qb2 28. Nxd7 Rc1 29. Ra8+ Kh7 30. Nf8+ Kg8 31. Nxe6+ Kh7 32. Nf8+ Kg8
$11) (22. Bxh6 Qc2 23. Re1 Rxh6 24. g5 Rh7 25. gxf6 Qe4 26. Qxe4 dxe4 27. fxg7
Rxg7+ 28. Kh1 f6 {with an equal but practically playable endgame.}) 22... hxg5
(22... Qc2 23. Re1 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Qe4 $15) 23. Bxg5 Qc2 24. Re1 Qe4 $15) 20. g5
hxg5 21. Bxg5 {} Rg8 $2 {Nimzowitsch would have loved this 'mysterious' rook
move. Unfortunately for Rapport, this original rook move is not only a waste
of time, it is a serious mistake!} (21... Qc7 22. Rxc3 Qxc3 23. Rb1 Ba6 24.
Bxf6 Qc2 25. Re1 gxf6 26. Qxf6 Rf8 {should have kept the balance, despite
White's unpleasant grip thanks to his knight on e5.}) 22. Kh1 $6 {This does
not throws away White's entire advantage but it misses a win!} (22. h4 Qc7 23.
Rxc3 Qxc3 24. Qd1 Be2 25. Rc1 Bxd1 26. Rxc3 Kd8 27. f3 $3 {with this fantastic
prophylactic move Black would be dead lost. I cannot blame Mamedyarov for
missing this move.} Ba4 28. Kf2 Be8 29. Ng4 Bc6 30. Nxf6 gxf6 31. Bxf6+ Kd7 32.
h5 $18) 22... Qc7 23. Rxc3 Qxc3 24. Rg1 Rf8 25. Bxf6 gxf6 {} 26. Qxf6 {
White is in full control and close to winning.} Bd3 27. h4 {} Be4+ {} 28. Kh2
{} Qc7 {} 29. h5 {} Bf5 30. h6 (30. Rg7 Qc2 31. Kg3 {seems simpler.}) 30...
Qc2 31. Qh4 {} Qe4 {} 32. Qxe4 (32. Ng4 $1 Bxg4 33. Rxg4 {wins on the spot.
Black does not have even a check!}) 32... Bxe4 33. Rg7 f6 {} 34. Ng6 {} Bxg6
{} 35. Rxg6 {} Rh8 36. Kg3 $1 {The king should be activated! Good technical
play by Mamedyarov.} Kf7 37. Rg7+ Kf8 {} 38. Rxb7 Rxh6 39. Rxa7 {As we saw,
'Shakh' could have won earlier in a number of occasions, nevertheless, he
managed to maintain his grip and as a result he now has a winning rook endgame.
Black's king is cut-off and White's extra pawn will prove decisive.} Rh1 40. a4
{} e5 {} 41. a5 {} Rg1+ 42. Kh2 {} (42. Kf3 {looks more normal to me!})
42... Ra1 43. a6 Ra3 44. Kg2 Ke8 45. dxe5 $1 {Mamedyarov finds the winning
plan!} fxe5 46. f4 d4 {} (46... exf4 47. exf4 d4 48. Ra8+ Kf7 49. a7 Kg7 50.
f5 d3 51. Kf2 Ra5 52. f6+ Kf7 53. Rh8 {and White wins!}) 47. exd4 exf4 {} 48.
d5 {A fine victory for Mamedyarov. His opening choice and the way he handled
the middlegame were exceptional. Rapport has only himself to blame for his 21..
.Rg8.} (48. d5 Kd8 (48... Rd3 49. Rh7) 49. d6 Ra4 50. Kf3 Kc8 51. Rc7+ Kb8 52.
a7+ Rxa7 53. Rxa7 Kxa7 54. d7 {and a primitive win for White}) 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2017.02.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Shen, Yang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 {And unexpected choice by Nana. Does it mean
that she just wants to make a draw? I believe that this is more of a good
psychological idea against Shen Yang.} 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 {
The most accurate move order.} Bg4 8. Nge2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rc1 Rc8 (10... O-O
11. Na4 Nd7 12. a3 e5 13. dxe5 Ndxe5 14. h3 Bh5 15. Bb1 Bf6 16. Qc2 Bg6 17. Qb3
$14 {1-0 (46) Sargissian,G (2686)-Laznicka,V (2679) Dubai 2014}) 11. Bg3 (11.
a3 {is the most common.} O-O 12. Na4 Nd7 13. b4 e5 14. dxe5 Ndxe5 15. h3 $14
Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 d4 18. Rfd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 (72) Sargissian,G (2671)
- Artemiev,V (2524) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 11... Bh5 12. f3 Bg6 13. Nf4 Bxd3
14. Nxd3 Nd7 15. Na4 O-O 16. Rf2 $146 (16. Qd2 Qa5 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Kf2 f6 19.
Ke2 b5 20. Nac5 Nxc5 21. dxc5 Nc6 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 23. Bf2 Kf7 24. g4 e5 25. a3 a5
26. h3 Ke6 27. f4 g6 28. Bg3 Ra8 29. Rf1 b4 30. a4 e4 31. f5+ gxf5 32. Nf4+ Kf7
33. gxf5 d4 34. Ne6 Rg8 35. Rg1 d3+ 36. Kd2 Ra7 37. Bd6 Raa8 38. Rg4 Rxg4 {
1/2-1/2 (38) Adla,D (2492)-Dreev,A (2680) ICC INT 2000}) 16... Qa5 $6 {Shen
Yang mixes up the plans.} (16... Bg5 17. f4 Be7 18. Rfc2 Na7 19. b4 (19. Rxc8
Nxc8 20. Qb3 b6 21. Ne5 $14) 19... Rxc2 20. Rxc2 a5 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 Nb5
23. Nac5 b6 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Qc1 h6 26. h3 Ra8 27. Ne5 Qb7 28. Be1 Bd6 29. Qd1
Bxe5 30. fxe5 Na3 31. Rf2 Nc4 32. Rf3 Ra3 33. Bf2 Qa6 $19 {1-0 (48) Stefanova,
A (2486) -Ushenina,A (2501) Beijing 2013}) 17. a3 Bg5 $6 {This move is just a
waste of time in this position.} 18. f4 Be7 19. b4 Qb5 $6 {The third
inaccuracy - which gives White a huge advantage. Shen Yang is playing with
fire. Her queen is misplaced and White's advantage increases every other move.}
(19... Qd8 {was necessary so Black can still hope to hold.}) 20. f5 $1 {
This move is justified both tactically and strategically.} a5 $6 {This was
Black's last moment to stay in the game and Shen Yang lets it go with this
over-optimistic move.} (20... exf5 {loses to} 21. Nc3 Qb6 22. Nxd5 Qd8 23. Rxf5
) (20... Na7 {was necessary.}) 21. Nac5 $1 {Strong and effective. From here
onward, Nana does not give Black a second chance to come back.} Bxc5 22. Nxc5
Nf6 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Nxe6 Rf7 25. Nxg7 $1 {A human way of delivering the full
point.} Kxg7 26. Rxf6 Rxf6 27. Qg4+ Kf7 28. Qxc8 axb4 29. Qd7+ Kg8 30. Qe8+ Rf8
31. Qe6+ Rf7 32. axb4 Nd8 33. Qg4+ Kf8 34. h3 Ke8 35. Bh4 {Dzagnidze's best
game so far.} 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 {Hmmm....Is Vallejo worried about the Exchange
Slav?!} 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nb1 {A rare continuation that doesn't have a lot
of takers.} Ba6 7. Qc2 $5 {I like this choice of Aronian, both practically and
psychologically.} Qxd4 $6 $146 {Vallejo plays with fire. Personally I have
always praised his uncompromising style but I believe he is too optimistic in
this game.} ({Vitiugov has faced this several times as Black over the last few
years, with excellent results.} 7... Nf6 8. Nd2 e6 9. Bxc4 Bxc4 10. Qxc4 c5 11.
Ngf3 Nbd7 12. O-O cxd4 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nb3 Be7 15. Qxd4 Qc7 16. Qe4 Rc8 17. Nbd4
O-O 18. Bd2 Qc4 19. Rfd1 Nc5 20. Qg4 Rfd8 21. Bh6 Bf8 22. Bg5 Rd7 23. h3 b3 24.
Nd2 Qb4 25. N4xb3 Qxg4 26. hxg4 Nd3 27. Nf3 Nxb2 28. Rdb1 Nd3 29. Nbd2 h6 30.
Bh4 Nc3 31. Rb3 Nxe5 32. Nxe5 Rxd2 33. Rb7 g5 34. Bg3 Ne2+ 35. Kf1 Nxg3+ 36.
fxg3 Rcc2 37. Rxf7 Bg7 {0-1 (37) Khismatullin,D (2662)-Vitiugov,N (2720) Aix
les Bains 2011}) (7... e5 {is what one of Aronian's seconds, Sargissians,
faced a few months ago against Balogh. This move is the first choice of
Houdini and Rybka, besides which its logic is quite simple. White has better
development as a result of the temporary pawn gambit there, so why not
reciprocate?!} 8. Nf3 b3 9. Qc3 {We are still within "engine" territory!} Nf6
10. Bxc4 exd4 11. Qxb3 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 c5 13. b4 Nc6 14. Ba3 Be7 15. bxc5 Nxe4
16. Nbd2 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 O-O 18. O-O Qd7 {1/2-1/2 (72) Sargissian,G (2663)
-Balogh,C (2643) Ningbo 2011. And Black got a fairly "easy" position!}) 8. Nf3
Qd7 9. Bxc4 e6 {Let's have a look at the position: White's compensation thanks
to his better development is indisputable.} 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bg5 Be7 (11... Bxc4
12. Qxc4 Qc7 13. Bxf6 (13. Nbd2 Nbd7 {seems sound for Black.}) 13... gxf6 14.
Nbd2 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Be7 {Although the computer likes Black's position, I do not
know how it plans to improve the position. Black's king has no shelter, the
pawn structure is weakened and his pieces suffer from a lack of coordination,
and all this for just ONE pawn! Nevertheless, it was preferable to what
happened in the game.}) 12. Nbd2 h6 $6 {Again the silicon mind likes this move,
however to my eyes, a humble human being, it is just a waste of two tempi.
Note that the bishop has to go back to e7 after White's e5).} ({I prefer:} 
12... O-O 13. Rfd1 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Qc7 15. Bh4 $1 {with a slight edge for White.}
) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rfd1 O-O 15. e5 Be7 16. Ne4 Qc8 $6 {No doubt planning to
play ...Bxc4 followed by ...Qa6 to improve his piece play, but Aronian is
having none of it.} (16... Qc7 $1 {This at least could hinder Aronian's plan.}
17. Ba2 Nd7 {attacks e5 immediately. White cannot go for the typical} 18. Rxd7
$2 Qxd7 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Bb1 {since after} Rfd8 21. Nd6 g6 {he is just lost due
to insufficent counterplay for the sacrificed material.}) 17. Ba2 $1 {Now the
bishop on a6 is just shooting at the ground, Bang Bang! And now, Ladies and
Gentleman! A typical retreat such as one expects from players of this level.
White's bishop joins its heavy arsenal for a final blow. Aronian plays like a
champion and no wonder, we have seen this typical plan played by so many of
them!} b3 $5 {Black returns the pawn to force White to take and give Black
time to regroup, and possibly survive this opening fiasco.} 18. Bxb3 {Black is
really struggling here and needed to take more energetic measures to recover
some ground in his development.} Nd7 {Vallejo has avoided the mating attack,
nevertheless White's advantage is clear now and Aronian proves it in a
spectacular way.} 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 c5 21. Rad1 c4 22. Ba2 Nc5 23. Bb1 {
All White's pieces are beautifully placed. A Triumph of Harmony! Smyslov would
have loved to see it!} g6 24. h4 {Typical. White tries to create weaknesses on
the kingside.} h5 (24... Nd3 $2 25. Qd2 Kg7 26. Bxd3 cxd3 27. Rc1 Qb7 28. Rcc6
{loses the bishop.}) 25. Qc1 Bb7 $1 {Vallejo tries to complicate things though
sadly for his sake, it is rather late.} 26. Nd4 (26. Ng5 {was stronger, not
only preventing ...Ne4, but if} Nd3 27. Bxd3 cxd3 28. Qf4 Bd5 29. Rxd3 Qc2 30.
Rc3 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 Qf5 32. Qxf5 gxf5 {the position is easily won, with the
queens off, the extra pawn and the rooks on the seventh.}) 26... Ne4 $2 {
Really not the Spaniard's day as he continously fails to find the moves which
offer the most resistance.} 27. Qh6 $1 {The attack that follows is really
textbook stuff.} Nxd6 28. Bxg6 $1 {The continuation is a straightforward line
to calculate and Aronian has no problem reeling in the point.} fxg6 29. Qxg6+
Kh8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Nxe6 Nf5 32. Qg6+ Kh8 33. Qxh5+ Kg8 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Nxf8
Qxf8 36. Rd7 Qh6 37. Qxf5 Rf8 38. Qg5 Qxg5 39. hxg5 Be4 40. Rxa7 Rb8 41. f3 Bf5
42. Rc7 Be6 43. Rc6 Bg8 44. f4 Rxb2 45. e6 Re2 46. f5 Re5 47. g4 Re4 48. Kf2
Rxg4 49. e7 Bf7 50. g6 Kg7 51. gxf7 Kxf7 52. Re6 Ke8 53. f6 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.04.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Be2 e6 12. a3 Rc8 13. c5 g5 14. Bb2 g6 15.
O-O-O Bg7 16. Bd3 e5 17. Kb1 e4 18. Be2 Nf8 19. f3 exf3 20. Bxf3 Ne6 21. e4 g4
22. Be2 gxh3 23. Rxh3 Rxh3 24. gxh3 Kf8 25. e5 Nd7 26. Bg4 Qe7 27. Bc1 Rd8 28.
Ne2 Kg8 29. h4 Qxh4 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Nf4 Qg4 32. Nxg6 Kf7 33. Be3 Nf8 34. Nxf8
Rxf8 35. Rh1 a5 36. Bc1 Ke7 37. Ka2 a4 38. bxa4 bxa4 39. Bb2 Qe4 40. Qxe4 dxe4
41. Re1 Rf4 $6 ({I like} 41... Rf2 42. Rxe4 Bh6 43. Kb1 Rf1+ 44. Kc2 Rf2+ 45.
Kc3 Bf4 $11 {more. gefällt mir besser.}) 42. Re2 Bf8 $6 43. Bc1 Rg4 44. Kb2 Kf7
45. Kc3 Kg6 46. Kb4 Bh6 47. Bxh6 Kxh6 48. Ka5 $5 {A dramatic race follows.
White wins by a very small margin. Es folgt ein sehr spannendes Wettrennen,
dass Weiß um einen Wimpernschlag für sich entscheidet.} Kg5 49. Kb6 Kf4 50.
Kxc6 Kf3 51. Re1 Kf2 52. Rb1 e3 53. d5 exd5 54. Kxd5 e2 55. c6 Rg1 (55... Rg8
56. c7 e1=Q 57. Rxe1 Kxe1 58. Kd6 Kd2 59. e6 Kc3 60. Kd7 $18) 56. Rb2 Rd1+ 57.
Ke6 Rc1 58. Kd7 Rd1+ 59. Kc8 Rd3 60. e6 Rb3 61. Rxe2+ Kxe2 62. c7 Rxa3 63. e7
Re3 64. Kd7 Rd3+ 65. Ke6 Re3+ 66. Kd5 (66. Kd5 Rxe7 67. c8=Q Re3 68. Qc4+ $18)
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2015.12.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Navara,D"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 {I hoped this could be a slight surprise.} cxd5 4.
Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 ({
A more common move order would be} 10. Nf3 Be7 ({Correspondence players seem
to like the following line:} 10... Nh5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Rc8 {
. I would not feel very safe weakening my kingside like that, but it might be
tolerable.}) 11. Bd3 {with a transposition to the game.} (11. h3 {allows Black
to sacrifice the pawn with} Ne4 $5 {, when} 12. Nxe4 $6 (12. Bd3 f5 {should be
equal}) 12... dxe4 13. Qxe4 Bb4+ 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Rd1 Bc6 {offers Black quite
nice compensation.})) 10... Be7 ({Another decent option was} 10... Nc6 {
, threatening not only 11...Nb4, but also 11...Nh5. I failed to find a way to
an edge for White there.}) 11. Nf3 ({It makes sense to preserve the bishop:} 
11. h3 $5 Rc8 12. Nf3 b5 ({or} 12... O-O 13. O-O Nc4 14. Ne5) 13. a3 {. White
might then castle, put the queen on e2, provoke Na5-c4 or a7-a6 and then even
consider the a3-a4 push. The position is probably equal, but Black needs to be
a bit careful.}) 11... Nc6 $1 {This is a positionally inspired double attack,
allowing Black to exchange one of the White's bishops for his knight.} 12. a3 (
12. Qb3 {does not prevent Black from playing} Nh5 {.}) 12... Nh5 13. Be5 f6 14.
Bf4 {cf. Aronian - Navara, Tromso olympiad 2014. The position remains equal
but complex and true to his "bad habit", Levon outplayed me very easily.} (14.
Bg3 f5 15. Be5 O-O 16. h3 Nf6 17. g4 Ne4 18. gxf5 Rxf5 {was played in the
games Brunello - Eljanov, 2013 and I. Sokolov - Navara, 2014 among others.
Black should have sufficient compensation for the pawn, e.g.} 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20.
Qxe4 Qb6 {and after} 21. Rb1 {there might follow} Be8 $5 {and eventually
Be8-g6.}) 14... Rc8 15. O-O (15. h3 Nxf4 16. exf4 Qb6 17. Rd1 f5 18. Bb5 Bd6
19. g3 Na5 20. Bxd7+ Kxd7 21. O-O Rhe8 22. Rd3 Nc4 23. Na4 Qc6 24. Rc3 b5 25.
Nc5+ Bxc5 26. Rxc4 bxc4 27. Ne5+ {1-0 (27) Aronian,L (2805)-Navara,D (2716)
Tromso 2014 CBM 162 [Marin,M]}) 15... a6 $5 16. Rac1 (16. Bxh7 $2 Nxf4 17. exf4
f5 18. Bg6+ Kf8 $17 {/\ Rh6}) 16... Nxf4 17. exf4 f5 $6 {The weakening of e5
would be tolerable in itself, but it becomes serious in connection with
White's grip on the queenside.} (17... g6 $1 {would have solved all the
opening problems.} 18. h4 $13 {Black can always parry h4-h5 with f6-f5, but he
might also leave his rook on h8 and move his king to g7. White would then need
to think twice before opening the h-file.} (18. b4 b5 $5 $11 (18... a5 $5 19.
b5 Nb4 $1 20. axb4 axb4 21. Bxg6+ hxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23. Ne2 $13)) (18. Qe2 {
brings nothing now, as Black can even play} b5 (18... Kf7 $5) {, e.g.} 19. a4
$6 Nb4 $1 20. axb5 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 axb5 22. Nxb5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qb8 24. Nc7+ Kf7 {
and Black regains a pawn with a slight edge.})) 18. Qe2 $1 O-O (18... b5 19. a4
$1 b4 20. Na2 $5 $14) (18... Qa5 $2 {looks bad and indeed it is. Komodo shows
a nice refutation:} 19. b4 $1 Qxa3 20. Bxf5 $1 exf5 (20... Nxb4 21. Bxe6 Rxc3
22. Ra1 Qb3 23. Rfe1 {gives White a crushing attack.}) 21. Nxd5 Qb3 22. Nb6 $16
{and White regains the material with interest, e.g.} Qe6 23. Qxe6 Bxe6 24. Nxc8
(24. d5 $16) 24... Bxc8 25. b5 $1 axb5 26. d5 $16 Na7 27. Ra1 $1 Bc5 28. Rfc1
$18 {. I would hardly find such a line, but intuition tells us that the moves
like 18...Qa5 are rarely good.}) 19. Na4 $1 $14 Rc7 20. Qe3 Bf6 21. Nc5 Qe7 22.
b4 ({It was more accurate to play} 22. Rc3 {, exploiting the fact that tactics
favour White:} Nxd4 $4 23. Nxd4 Rxc5 24. Nxf5 $1 $18) 22... Rfc8 {I was
concerned about a6-a5, but White always has Bd3-b5.} 23. Ne5 $6 {This move
releases the pressure against e6. It was better to slowly improve the position.
} (23. g3 a5 24. Bb5) (23. Rfe1 a5 $6 24. Bb5 $16) 23... Be8 (23... Bxe5 {
was somewhat safer} 24. fxe5 Be8 {is a more solid option. Black should
equalise.} ({Komodo shows crazy lines like} 24... Na7 $5 {(threatening ...Bb5)}
25. a4 b6 26. Nxd7 Qxd7 27. Bxa6 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Qxa4 30. Be2 $1 (
30. Bf1 $6 Nc6 $11 31. Qc3 Nxb4 $5 $11) 30... Nc6 31. Qc3 $1 Nxb4 $2 (31... Kf7
$1 32. g4 $36 fxg4 33. Bxg4 Qb5 $1 {should hold, even though it is hard to
believe.}) 32. Qc8+ Kf7 33. Qc7+ Kf8 34. Qd6+ Kf7 35. g3 $18)) 24. Nxb7 {
This is not as strong as I thought.} Nxb4 $6 (24... Bxe5 25. fxe5 Rxb7 26. Bxa6
Ra8 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. Rc5 {looked promising to me, but Black is doing very
well after} Na7 29. Rfc1 $6 (29. Ra5 $1 Rc8 30. Rc5 $11) 29... Nb5 $1 {- an
important detail which I missed.}) (24... Rxb7 25. Bxa6 Bxe5 26. fxe5 {just
transposes to the above-mentioned line}) 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Nc5 Nxd3 27. Nexd3
Bb5 28. Re1 $6 {Black was getting short of time. I decided to play quickly,
hoping to increase my slight advantage.} (28. Rc1 $1 {was stronger. I did not
know how to improve my position after} Bxd3 29. Qxd3 Rc6 $14 {, as} 30. Rb1 $2
{fails to} Bxd4 {. Still, White can make some useful moves like 30.g3 and 31.
Kg2 before thinking what to do next. Black has to look out for his king.})
28... Bxd3 29. Qxd3 Rc6 30. Nxa6 (30. Rc1 $5 {was still a better try. I was
not sure how White should then continue, but Black also does not have many
constructive ideas. Still,} Qc7 31. g3 Be7 32. Qe3 Kf7 {should hold without
too many problems.}) 30... Qa7 $6 $138 {After this move Black remains a pawn
down.} (30... Bxd4 $1 {was correct and lead to equality, but this was not so
easy to calculate in limited time.} 31. Nb4 Qc5 $1 (31... Rc4 $5 32. Nxd5 Qc5
33. Ne3 {is also equal in more than one way, e.g.} Bxe3 34. Qxe3 (34. Qd8+ Kf7
35. Qd7+ Kf6) (34. fxe3 Rxf4) 34... Re4 $1 35. Qd2 Qd6 $1 36. Qc1 Qxa3 $5 37.
Qc8+ Kf7 $11) 32. Nxc6 Bxf2+ 33. Kh1 Bxe1 34. Qa6 {suffices just for a draw, e.
g.} h6 {(Black has many other options as well.)} 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qxe6 Qc1 37.
Qxf5+ Kh8 38. Qf8+ $11) 31. Nb4 Rc4 32. g3 Qd7 33. Qe2 Bxd4 (33... Kf7 34. Qh5+
Kg8 35. Nxd5 $1 $14) 34. Qxe6+ Qxe6 35. Rxe6 Bb2 ({I was afraid of} 35... Rc3
$2 {, but then} 36. Rd6 $1 {wins a second pawn:}) 36. Nxd5 Bxa3 {I suppose the
endgame should be drawn, but White can push for a long time without any risk.
He should keep all the pieces on the board, hoping to attack Black's pawns by
means of h2-h4-h5.} 37. Kg2 Rd4 38. Ne3 g6 39. Rc6 (39. h4 $5 {does not change
much:} Kf7 (39... Bd6 $5) 40. Rc6 Be7 41. h5 Rd6) 39... Bf8 40. Nc4 Rd5 41. Ne5
Rc5 42. Rb6 Rc2 43. Rb8 (43. h4 $2 Rxf2+ $1 44. Kxf2 Bc5+ $11) 43... Kg7 44.
Rb7+ Kg8 45. Nd7 $6 ({A better move was} 45. h4 $1 Bc5 46. Nd3 {followed by a
timely h4-h5 advance.}) 45... Bg7 46. Ne5 {I admitted my mistake.} Bf6 ({
It seems that the rook endgame was tenable. Still, it is rather complicated:} 
46... Bxe5 47. fxe5 Re2 48. Rb5 $1 (48. Re7 Kf8 49. Rxh7 Rxe5 {might hold:} 50.
Kf3 Kg8 $1 (50... Re4 $2 {loses to} 51. Rh4 $1 {with the decisive penetration
of White's king, e.g.} Re1 52. Kf4 Rf1 53. Kg5 Rxf2 54. Kxg6 $18) 51. Ra7 Re4
$14) 48... g5 49. Kf1 (49. Kf3 Re4 50. e6 Rxe6 51. Rxf5 h6 {should be a draw,
e.g.} 52. Kg4 Kg7 53. Kh5 Re1 $1 54. Rb5 Rh1 55. Rb7+ Kf6 $14 {and Black holds.
}) 49... Re4 50. f3 Re3 51. Kf2 f4 52. h4 g4 $1 (52... Ra3 $5 {might hold, but
there is no need for such drastic measures.}) (52... h6 $2 53. hxg5 hxg5 54. e6
$1 Rxe6 55. Rxg5+ Kh7 56. g4 {I even saw this, but felt uncertain about the
evaluation. According to the Nalimov tablebases, White is winning, here. The
sample line goes} (56. gxf4 {leads to a drawish endgame.}) 56... Rf6 57. Kg2
Kh6 58. Rh5+ Kg6 59. Kh3 Ra6 60. Rf5 Ra4 61. Kh4 Rb4 62. Rg5+ $1 Kh6 (62... Kf6
63. Kh5 $18) 63. Rd5 Kg6 (63... Rb3 64. g5+ Kg6 65. Kg4 $18 {was the point
behind 62.Rg5+.}) 64. Rd6+ Kg7 65. Kg5 $18 {and White wins the f4-pawn.}) 53.
fxg4 Rxg3 54. e6 (54. g5 Rh3 55. e6 Re3 $11) 54... Re3 $11) 47. h4 Re2 48. h5 {
Perhaps some slower approach was called for, but I felt fairly optimistic
about this advance.} (48. Rb5 $5) 48... gxh5 (48... Bxe5 $6 49. Re7 $1 Kf8 50.
Rxe5 Ra2 51. h6 $1 $16 {leaves Black with quite some problems to solve. White
will put his rook on b5, bring the king to g5 and then either attack the
h7-pawn with the rook from h8 or push f2-f3, g3-g4, depending on the
circumstances.}) 49. Nf3 ({My original intention} 49. Nf7 {fails to} Kg7 $1 {.}
) 49... Re4 $6 ({We both somehow missed} 49... Rb2 $1 50. Rxb2 Bxb2 51. Nh4 Kf7
$14 {, when Black could hold. I had even realised that such an endgame might
be drawish, but still failed to notice the move Rb2.}) ({Even} 49... h4 {
was not outright bad.} 50. gxh4 (50. Nxh4 Bxh4 51. gxh4 Re4 52. Kg3 Re1 53. f3
$14 {should be a draw.}) 50... Rb2 $1 51. Rd7 $14 {and Black still has some
problems.}) 50. Rb5 Kg7 51. Rxf5 Kg6 52. Rb5 h4 $1 (52... Ra4 $6 {looks very
dangerous for Black, even though I cannot see anything concrete.} 53. Rb6 Kf5 (
53... Kg7 54. Rb7+ Kg6 55. Ne5+ Bxe5 56. fxe5 {should be winning for White, as
the connected passed pawns might become a decisive force.}) 54. Nd2 Rd4 55. Nf1
$1 Kg6 56. Ne3 {and Black has big problems. White will activate his knight
sooner or later.}) 53. Nxh4+ (53. Kh3 hxg3 (53... Re2 $5) 54. fxg3 h5 {did not
look convincing to me, either.}) 53... Bxh4 54. Kf3 $16 {This endgame is
probably still drawish, but it is not easy to defend.} Re1 55. gxh4 Rh1 {
I believed this move to be wrong, but it was me who was not right!} 56. f5+ {
This looked better than the alternatives.} (56. Rg5+ Kf6 (56... Kh6 $2 57. Rg4
Ra1 58. f5 Ra3+ 59. Kf4 $1 Ra6 60. Kg3 $5 {should be lost for Black.}) 57. h5 {
also looks tenable for Black.}) 56... Kf6 (56... Kh5 $2 57. Rb7 $1 (57. f6+ $2
Kg6 58. Rf5 Kf7 59. Kg4 Rg1+ 60. Kh5 Rg6 61. Rf4 Kf8 $1 62. f7 Rb6 $11) (57.
Rb4 h6 58. Ke4 $1 {wins as there is no stalemate.}) 57... Kh6 (57... h6 $2 58.
Rg7 $1 $18) 58. Kg3 Ra1 59. Kf4 {and White should be winning.} Ra4+ $6 60. Ke5
Rxh4 61. f4 $1 $18) 57. Kg4 Rg1+ $2 {Only this is the losing mistake.} (57...
h5+ $1 58. Kxh5 Rf1 $1 {leads to a theoretical draw in all the lines.} (58...
Rg1 {also suffices, but it is unnecessarily complicated.}) 59. Kg4 (59. Rb8
Rxf2) (59. Rb6+ Kxf5 60. Rb8 Kf6 61. Kh6 Kf7 62. Rb2 Rg1 $11) 59... Rxf2 60.
Rb6+ Kg7 61. Rg6+ Kf7 $11 {.}) 58. Kf4 Rh1 $6 {It seems that Black had already
given up hope.} (58... Ra1 {also looks lost for Black, but White still needs
to prove that. The following lines are based on an analysis with Komodo and
tablebases. In the game it would have been a different story. Still, I had
much more time left.} 59. Rb6+ Kf7 60. h5 $5 (60. Rb7+ Kf6 $1 61. Rxh7 $2 Ra4+
$14) 60... Rc1 61. h6 {White can win with correct play. The following lines
are rather complicated, but no one is forcing you to read them!} Ra1 62. f3 $1
{This little move proves useful in many lines.} (62. Rb7+ Kf6 63. Rxh7 $2 (63.
Rb6+ $1) 63... Ra4+ 64. Kg3 {is only a draw} Kg5 $5 (64... Kxf5 65. Rf7+ Kg5 $1
66. h7 Rg4+ $1 67. Kf3 Rh4 {also suffices for a draw. I recommend looking in
Mark Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual to learn more (not only) about this endgame!})
65. Rh8 $6 Rg4+ $1 66. Kf3 Rf4+ 67. Ke3 Rxf5 68. f4+ Kg6 $11) 62... Ra2 63.
Rb7+ Kf6 64. Rxh7 Ra4+ 65. Kg3 Kg5 (65... Kxf5 66. Rf7+ {and with the pawn on
f3, Black no longer has the defence 66...Kg5 67.h7 Rg4+, 68...Rh4.} Kg6 67. h7
Ra8 68. Rc7 $18) (65... Ra1 66. Rg7 $1 Kxf5 67. Rg4 $1 {The point. The rook
goes behind the pawn. Black's king cannot get to the h-file in time, therefore
Black's rook has to go to a passive position.} Ra7 68. Rh4 Rh7 69. f4 Kg6 70.
Kg4 Kf7 71. Kg5 Kg8 72. f5 $18) 66. Rh8 $1 Ra5 (66... Kxf5 67. Rg8 $1 Ra7 68.
Kh4 $18) (66... Ra7) 67. h7 $1 Kh6 68. Kg4 $1 Kg7 69. Rc8 $1 (69. Re8 $2 Kxh7
70. Kg5 Kg7 71. Re7+ Kf8 {Now White has no time for 72.Kg6 and} 72. Kf6 Ra6+
73. Re6 Ra7 74. Rb6 Rf7+ {only leads to a draw.}) 69... Kxh7 70. Kg5 Ra7 71.
Re8 {is winning for White thanks to the poor position of Black's pieces.}) 59.
Rb6+ Kf7 (59... Kg7 60. Rb7+ Kh6 {was more tenacious, but I saw the winning
continuation} 61. Ke5 $1 Rxh4 62. f6 Ra4 63. f4 $1 $18 {, when Black's king
would be unable to cope with the f-pawns.}) 60. Rb7+ {This victory helped my
team Muelheim Nord to win a tough match.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 {Hecht Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7.
Nge2 Nbd7 (7... Bh5 8. Nf4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. g3 Nbd7 11. Bg2 e6 12. O-O Be7
$14 {Ivanchuk,V-Bareev,E/Munchen/1994/0,5/21/}) 8. h3 (8. Ng3 {Ftacnik} e5 9.
h3 exd4 10. hxg4 dxc3 11. g5 {Nikolic,P-Short,N/London PCA/1994/}) 8... Bh5 9.
Nf4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bb2 (11. Be2 e6 12. O-O Bd6 (12... Be7 $5 {Bareev/})
13. e4 b4 14. exd5 exd5 (14... cxd5 15. Na4 O-O $10) 15. Na4 O-O 16. Bf3 $16 {
Bareev,E-Shirov,A/Pardubice/1994/0,5/43/}) (11. Bd3 {Ftacnik} e5 $5) 11... e6 (
11... e5 {Ftacnik} 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Be2 $14) 12. Bd3 Be7 13. Ne2 (13. O-O Qc7
{/\g5|^/} (13... g5 $5 {Ftacnik /\ g4})) 13... Qa5+ 14. Bc3 Bb4 15. O-O Bxc3
16. Qxc3 (16. Nxc3 O-O 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 $10) 16... Qxc3 17. Nxc3 Ke7 18. Rfc1 Rhc8
19. Ne2 dxc4 (19... bxc4 20. bxc4 c5 21. Rab1 $14) (19... e5 $5 {Ftacnik} 20.
cxd5 cxd5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 $10) 20. bxc4 e5 21. Kf1 exd4 22. exd4 (22. Nxd4 $6 Nc5
23. Be2 b4 24. Nb3 Nfe4 $1) 22... Nb6 23. Ng1 $5 bxc4 (23... c5 24. dxc5 (24.
cxb5 c4) 24... Rxc5 25. cxb5 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 axb5 $10) 24. Bxc4 Nxc4 $6 (24...
c5 25. dxc5 Rxc5 26. Re1+ (26. Bb3 $14 {Ftacnik}) 26... Kf8 27. Bb3 a5 $10) 25.
Rxc4 Nd5 26. Nf3 f6 $2 (26... Rc7 $5 $14) 27. Re1+ Kd7 28. Nd2 Nc7 (28... Rab8
$14 {Ftacnik}) 29. Nb3 Rab8 (29... Ne6 30. Rc3 {/\Rce3/}) 30. Rc3 Re8 (30...
Nd5 31. Nc5+ Kd6 32. Re6+ Kc7 33. Nxa6+ $16) 31. Rec1 Rb6 32. h4 (32. Rg3 g5
33. h4 $2 Rh8 $1 34. hxg5 Rxb3 $19) (32. Nc5+ Kd8 33. Na4 Rb4 34. Rxc6 Rxa4 35.
Rxc7 Rxa2 36. Rc8+ Kd7 37. R1c7+ Kd6 38. Rxe8 Kxc7 39. Re7+ Kd6 40. Rxg7 g5 $10
) 32... Rh8 (32... Nd5 {Ftacnik} 33. Rg3 $1) 33. g3 Nd5 34. R3c2 Re8 (34... Nb4
35. Nc5+ Kd8 36. Re2) (34... Rhb8 35. Kg2 $16) 35. Nc5+ Kd8 (35... Kd6 {Ftacnik
} 36. Na4 Rb4 37. Rxc6+ $16) 36. a3 a5 37. Na4 Rb3 38. Rxc6 Rxa3 39. R6c5 (39.
Nc5 {Ftacnik} Ke7 40. Rb1 Kf7 $13) 39... Ke7 40. Rxd5 Rxa4 41. Rc7+ Ke6 42.
Rdd7 Kf5 (42... Rg8 $5 {Hecht} 43. g4 $5 g5 44. h5 (44. Re7+ Kd5 45. hxg5 (45.
Rcd7+ Kc4 46. hxg5 fxg5 47. Rxg7 Rxg7 48. Rxg7 Ra1+ 49. Kg2 a4 50. Rxg5 a3 51.
Ra5 a2 52. g5 Kb3 53. g6 Rc1 54. f4 a1=Q 55. Rxa1 Rxa1 56. f5 Ra8 57. f6 Rg8
58. g7 Kc4 59. Kf3 Kd5 60. f7 $18) 45... fxg5 46. Rxg7 Rxg7 47. Rxg7 Ke4 $132)
44... g6 45. h6 Rb4 $13 {Analyse!} 46. h7 Rh8 47. Rg7 Rxd4) 43. Rc5+ Ke4 (43...
Ke6 44. Rxg7 Rxd4 45. Rxa5 Rg4 46. Kg2 $18) 44. Rxg7 Kxd4 45. Rc1 Rf8 (45...
Ra2 46. Rd7+ $18 (46. Rd7+ {Ftacnik} Ke5 47. Re1+ $18)) 46. Rxg6 Ke5 47. Rg7 f5
48. Kg2 Ra2 (48... f4 49. g4 f3+ 50. Kg3) (48... Rd4 {Hecht} 49. Rc5+ Rd5 50.
Rxd5+ Kxd5 51. Ra7 $18) 49. Rd7 $1 a4 (49... Ke6 $32) (49... Ke6 $16 {Ftacnik})
50. Re1+ Kf6 51. Rde7 Kg6 $8 (51... Rf7 {Ftacnik} 52. R7e6+ Kg7 53. Ra6 Kh7 54.
Ree6 $18) 52. R1e6+ Rf6 53. h5+ (53. h5+ Kg5 54. Rg7+ Kh6 55. Rxf6+ Kxg7 56.
Rxf5 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.14"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Nyback,T"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Ural Sverdlovskaya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 {Rogozenko} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 $5 {I haven't tried
this before in a serious tournament game, but this move has been highly
popular in the highest level lately.} g6 {Most popular response, other options
are} (5... Bg4 $5 {and}) (5... e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O {
which has been tested a lot lately.}) 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 {
This strange move seems to be the main line at the moment. It is not without
some logic, Black's ideas connected to c5 work better with W hite having
exposed knight on e5.} 9. Ne5 Be6 {Rogozenko: 'This system was used by Hodgson
and Sokolov few years ago. Although it is considered a safe weapon against
White's tricky move order (which is designed to avoid the Chebanenko Slav), I
always found it somewhat passive. The present game is a good illustration of
what can happen when Black allows his opponent to seize space advantage.'} 10.
b3 {Rogozenko: 'Only this and 10.c5 can set some problems for Black.'} (10. c5
{is another possibility, but I wanted to keep my center flexible for the time
being.}) 10... c5 (10... Nbd7 {Rogozenko} 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Na4 $14) 11. Ne2
Nfd7 $5 (11... cxd4 12. exd4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 {has been more popular in this
position, without a reason in my opinion. White is better here.}) 12. Nxd7 Nxd7
13. Bb2 cxd4 14. exd4 (14. Nxd4 dxc4 15. bxc4 Nc5 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7
18. Be4 Rb8 {does not promise White much either, as a matter of fact I would
probably rather take black here.}) 14... Qb8 $4 {It might seem harsh to call
this the decisive mistake, but this move is the reason for all Black's
problems later in the game. It's true that Nf4 was a threat, but it could have
been prevented by other means. Black could equalize fairly simply here:} (14...
dxc4 15. bxc4 Rc8 16. Nf4 (16. d5 Nc5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 {seems more or less equal.}
) 16... Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Nb6 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 {and if anyone, it is Black who is
better here.}) 15. c5 $1 {Simple and strong. Now it will be very difficult for
Black to develop any kind of counterplay.} Nf6 {Rogozenko: 'After this White
nicely regroups the bishop and achieves a better position.'} (15... b6 $142 $5
$13 {Rogozenko} 16. b4 $2 bxc5 17. bxc5 Nxc5 $17 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gg7b2]}) 16.
Bc1 $1 {Bishop has done it's job on b2 and now it's time to find a better
square for it. Having the b-file available for a rook may come handy in the
future, as b4,a4,b5 is part of White's plans.} Nh5 {It makes sense to prevent
Bf4 and Bf4, as Black already played Qb8 for this end.} 17. Be3 Bd7 18. f4 $1 {
Initially I wasn't too worried about Black playing e5, but after having a good
look at the position I started to think that White would only have small
advantage if Black was to be allowed to play e5, and I already wanted more at
this point.} (18. h3 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 $14) 18... Qc8 19. b4 Bf5 20. Bxf5 $1
gxf5 {The endgame after} (20... Qxf5 21. Qxf5 gxf5 22. a4 {looks uncomfortable
for Black, but would probably still be better than the game continuation.} (22.
Ng3 $2 Nxg3 23. hxg3 h5 $1 {planning Kh7-g6})) 21. Ng3 $3 {'!' Rogozenko.
Probably the best move of the game. After exchanging the knights, Black can no
longer dream of any counterplay. Ironically computer, which has liked White
almost for the whole game, considers this move a blunder and thinks Black is
better now. Perhaps us humans still have some hope left?} Nxg3 22. hxg3 e6 23.
Kf2 $1 {The difference compared to the position without queens. Black cannot
play h5 here, so White has lots of play on both sides of the board. For
example g4 is possible sometimes.} Qd7 24. Rh1 h6 25. a4 Rfc8 26. Qd3 Qd8 27.
Ra3 $5 {Panic. After noticing that my intended} (27. b5 axb5 28. axb5 Rxa1 29.
Rxa1 Rxc5 {fails miserably, I just wanted to play some move. Curiously enough,
this "non-move" leads to White's victory in just few moves, as Black gets
greedy.}) 27... b6 28. Rc1 $1 {Tricky move, provoking Black to win material.}
a5 {'?' Rogozenko.} 29. b5 bxc5 30. dxc5 d4 (30... Bb2 31. Rac3 $1 {also wins
for White.}) 31. Bd2 Bf8 32. c6 Bxa3 33. Qxa3 Qd5 34. Qc5 Qa2 35. Qc2 Qd5 (
35... Qa3 36. b6 {changes nothing.}) 36. Qc4 Qd8 37. Qc5 $1 {Black has no
moves, so he resigned.} 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch 39th"]
[Site "Bad Blankenburg"]
[Date "1990.02.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Paehtz, Thomas Sr"]
[Black "Boehnisch, Manfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Paehtz,T"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1990.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxc4 {An dieser Stelle ungewöhnlich.} ({
Normalforsetzungen sind} 3... Nf6) ({oder} 3... e6) 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 e6
7. Bxc4 Ba6 $6 ({Besser laut Theorie} 7... Nf6 8. Nf3 Bb7 {Der Tausch des
weissfeldrigen Läufers macht sich später für den Nachziehenden unangenehm
bemerkbar.}) 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. Qd3 $2 ({Hier hätte ich
mit} 11. Qe2 {nebst e3-e4 in Vorteil kommen können.}) 11... Qb6 12. Bd2 (12. e4
$2 b3 $1) 12... O-O 13. Nc1 c5 14. Nb3 Rfd8 15. Rfc1 cxd4 16. exd4 Nc7 $2 {
Ein schrecklicher strategischer Fehler. Nun erfolgt der Einbruch über die
c-Linie. Siehe Anmerkung zum 7. Zug.} 17. Ne5 Bd6 18. Rc6 Qb8 19. Qe2 a5 $6 20.
Rac1 Ncd5 21. Bg5 h6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nf3 Qb7 24. g3 Nc3 $6 {Auf den ersten
Blick sehr verheissungsvoll, aber... [#]} 25. Qc4 {Gekontert!} Nxa4 $2 26. d5
$1 exd5 $6 27. Qg4+ Kf8 (27... Kh8 28. Nbd4 $1) 28. Nbd4 Ra6 29. Rxd6 $1 {
Beseitigt den letzten Verteidiger!} Raxd6 30. Nf5 Nc3 {Verzweiflung} 31. bxc3
b3 32. Re1 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Oleksienko, Mikhailo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Bc8 {Black is
losing a tempo but the white queen on b3 doesn't look particularly in a good
place in such positions.} 7. Bd3 e6 8. f4 Be7 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5
Bd7 {Black has a couple of other choices.} (11... Nd7 12. Bd2 Ndxe5 13. fxe5
Bd7 (13... f6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Ne2 Bd7 16. Rxf6 Bxf6 17. Nf4 Qe7 18. Rf1 Be8
19. Qd1 Bf7 20. Qf3 Rd8 21. Bc3 e5 $1 22. Nh5 Bxh5 23. Qxh5 g6 24. Qg4 Bg5 $13
{1/2-1/2 (54) Piorun,K (2532)-Hera,I (2576) Berlin 2014}) 14. Rf3 g6 15. Raf1
Rc8 (15... Qb6 16. Qd1 $5 (16. Qxb6 axb6 17. a3 Kg7 18. Be1 $11 {1/2-1/2 (18)
Vera Gonzalez,J (1551)-Pozo Vera,S (2452) Pamplona 2009}) 16... Qxb2 17. R3f2
$5 Qb6 18. Qg4 $44) 16. Qd1 f5 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Rxf6 Bxf6 19. Qf3 Kg7 20. Ne2
Qe7 21. Nf4 Bg5 22. Be1 Rf8 23. Bg3 Kg8 24. a3 a6 $13 {0-1 (72) Korobov,A 
(2680)-Vitiugov,N (2742) Dubai (blitz) 2014}) (11... Na5 12. Qd1 a6 13. Bd2 b5
14. b3 Bb7 15. Qe1 (15. a4 $5 b4 16. Na2 Qb6 17. Be1 Rac8 18. Bh4 Rc7 19. Qe1
$1 Ne4 (19... Rb8 20. Rb1 Ba8 21. f5 $1 $36) 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22.
Nxb4 $16) 15... Nc6 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Ne2 Qd6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Rxc6 Bxc6 20. Qb1
Bd7 21. Rc1 $11 {1/2-1/2 (43) Blagojevic,D (2524)-Movsesian,S (2700) Warsaw
2013}) 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. a3 {White has a viable alternative as well:} (13. Rac1
Na5 14. Qd1 Nc4 15. Rc2 b5 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qc1 Qb6
20. Bc3 f5 21. Kh1 h5 22. Qe1 Bc6 23. Nc1 Bd5 $13 {1/2-1/2 (56) Nikolic,P 
(2619)-Mastrovasilis,D (2595) Kragujevac 2013}) 13... Na5 14. Qa2 Nc6 15. Qb3
Na5 16. Qa2 Nc6 17. Rac1 Ne8 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Na4 b6 {There is no need for
this move.} (19... Nf6 {the idea is to go ....Bd6 ...Ne7} 20. Nc5 (20. Qb3 Rc7
$1 $13 {[%cal Gf8c8]}) 20... Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Rc7 22. Rfc1 Rfc8 23. Qb3 Ne7 $13)
20. Ba6 Rc7 21. Nc3 Nd6 22. Nb5 Nxb5 23. Bxb5 Qc8 24. Qb3 Na5 $1 25. Qa4 Nc4
26. Bxc4 dxc4 {Still Black has reached a good position.} 27. Bb4 Qe8 28. Qxe8
Rxe8 $11 29. Bxe7 Rexe7 30. Rc3 f5 31. Rfc1 b5 32. Kf2 Kf8 33. Ke2 Ke8 34. Kd2
Rb7 (34... Kd8 35. a4 Rb7 36. axb5 Rxb5 37. Rxc4 Rxb2+ $11) 35. b3 $1 cxb3 36.
Rxb3 Rb6 37. Rc8+ Kf7 38. Rc5 Reb7 39. h3 h6 40. g4 g6 41. Kd3 a6 42. e4 $14 {
White has managed to activate his pieces in an endgame but the position is
still very much balanced.} fxe4+ 43. Kxe4 Rd7 44. h4 Rbd6 45. Rd3 Rd5 (45...
Kg7 46. h5 gxh5 47. Rxh5 Kg6 48. Re5 Kf7 49. d5 $1 exd5+ 50. Rdxd5 Rxd5 51.
Rxd5 Rc7 52. Kf5 $14) 46. Rxd5 Rxd5 47. Rc3 h5 48. Rc7+ Kf8 49. g5 a5 50. Ra7
a4 51. Rb7 Rf5 52. Rd7 Rf7 $2 {The final mistake.} (52... Rd5 $1 $11 {White
simply can't improve.}) 53. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 54. Kd3 $18 Ke7 55. Kc3 Kd6 56. Kb4
Kc6 57. Ka5 Kd5 58. Kxb5 Kxd4 59. Kxa4 Ke4 60. Kb3 Kxf4 61. a4 e5 62. Kc3 Kg3
63. a5 e4 64. Kd4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 Bg4 {A rare move.} ({More common
lines are:} 5... b5 6. b3 Bg4) ({or} 5... g6) 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qb3 Ra7 8. cxd5 $5 (
8. Nge2 Bxe2 9. Bxe2 e6 10. a4 Bd6 11. a5 Nbd7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. O-O $14 {
1-0 Sadler,M-Hodgson,J/Isle of Man 1995/EXT 97 (42)}) 8... cxd5 9. g4 {White
is going for a concrete measures, trying to exploit of temporary awkwardness
of black's pieces.} Bg6 10. g5 Ne4 (10... Nfd7 $5 11. Nxd5 (11. Qxd5 e6 12. Qg2
Nc6 $44) 11... e6 12. Nc3 Qxg5 $11) 11. Qxd5 Qxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxg5 13. Nc3 {
Covering e4 square.} (13. Bg2 Be4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. f3 Nd6 16. Bd2 e6 17. Nb6
Nd7 18. Nxd7 Kxd7 $11 {Efimov,I-Komarov,D/Italy 1999}) (13. f3 Ne4 $1 $11)
13... Ne4 (13... Nc6 14. h4 Ne4 15. h5 Bf5 16. Bg2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 e5 18. Ne2 Bd6
(18... Bd3 $142 {Huebner,R}) 19. e4 Bd7 20. f4 f6 21. Be3 $14 {0-1 Krasenkow,
M-Miles,A/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 072/[Huebner,R] (45)}) (13... e5 $6 14. Bg2 b5 15.
dxe5 b4 16. Nd5 Nd7 17. h4 Ne4 18. f3 Nec5 19. e4 h5 20. Be3 Nxe5 21. Ke2 f5
22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Rc1 Nd7 24. e5 O-O 25. f4 $16 {1-0 Wells,P-Patuzzo,F/
Lausanne 2003/EXT 2005 (50)}) 14. Nxe4 (14. Bg2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 e6 $11) (14. Nge2
Nc6 15. Bg2 Nd6 16. O-O e6 17. b3 Nf5 18. Nf4 Nh4 19. Bh1 Ra8 20. Bb2 Rd8 21.
Rac1 Bf5 22. Nce2 Bd6 23. e4 Bxf4 24. Nxf4 Ng6 25. Nxg6 Bxg6 26. d5 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Wells,P-Kelly,B/Millfield 2000/CBM 077 ext (46)}) 14... Bxe4 15. f3 Bc6
16. e4 e6 17. Be3 $146 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gd4d5,Ge3a7]} (17. Bc4 Bb5 18. Bxb5+
axb5 19. Ne2 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V-Hauchard,A/France 1999/EXT 2000 (19)})
17... Ra8 18. Ne2 Be7 $6 {I did not want to play 18...Nd7, since my idea was
to develop the knight to c6 in order to put pressure on the Pd4. However, the
move in the text is objectively weaker.} (18... Nd7 19. Nc3 Nf6 $11) 19. Nc3
O-O 20. O-O-O Rd8 21. Rh2 {The rook will be transfered to d2 or c2 according
to circumstances.} b5 22. d5 $6 {This breakthrow does not work out properly
for white, due to some counter idea...} (22. Rc2 Bb7 $11) 22... exd5 23. Rhd2 (
23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Bd6 25. Rc2 Nd7 $15) 23... Rc8 $1 {The point! After the
game David told me that he missed this idea.} 24. exd5 (24. Rc2 dxe4 25. Nd5
Bd8 26. h4 (26. Bb6 Nd7 27. Bxd8 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxc2+ 29. Kxc2 Rxd8 30. fxe4 Kf8
$19) (26. fxe4 Bb7 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Bb6 Bg5+ 29. Kb1 Nd7 $17) (26. Nb4 Ba5 $17
) 26... Bxh4 (26... exf3 27. Bh3 Nd7 28. Nb4 Be4 29. Bxd7 Bxc2 30. Nxc2 Rc7 $17
) 27. Nb6 Re8 28. Nxa8 Bxa8 $17) 24... b4 $1 {The idea behind black's previous
move.} 25. dxc6 bxc3 26. bxc3 Nxc6 {White's position is worse, due to a bad
pawn structure and an unsafe position of his monarch. His pair of bishops
compensate the apparent drawbacks only partially.} 27. Rc2 (27. f4 Na5 $15 {
[%cal Ga5c4]}) 27... Ne5 28. Bf4 Nc4 29. Rd7 $2 {The rook has actually nothing
to do on 7th rank.} (29. Re2 Bf6 30. Re4 Nb6 31. c4 Na4 32. Be5 Nc5 33. Re2
Bxe5 34. Rxe5 Rc7 $15) 29... Bf6 $17 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gc4a3]} 30. Rc7 $4 {
Just a blunder.} ({Necessary was} 30. Bd2) 30... Rxc7 31. Bxc7 Ne3 {[%csl Rc2,
Rf1] Black is winning the exchange and the game.} 32. Bd3 (32. Rf2 Bh4 $19 {
[%csl Rf1,Rf2]}) 32... Nxc2 33. Kxc2 Bxc3 $1 34. Kxc3 Rc8 35. Bxa6 Rxc7+ 36.
Kb4 Kf8 {The position is easily won. White's last trump "a" pawn won't go too
far...} 37. a4 Ke7 38. Bd3 h5 39. a5 Kd6 40. a6 Kc6 41. Ka5 Re7 42. f4 Re3 43.
Bb5+ Kc7 44. h4 Ra3+ 45. Kb4 Rf3 46. Kc5 Rxf4 47. Bc6 Rf6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 15th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2014.03.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2014.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This is the game from the last round of the European championship. Both of us
needed only a win in order to qualify for the World Cup. In such case it's
always a question which strategy a player should adopt, especially when he has
the black pieces. Alexander Moiseenko is a very strong grandmaster with an
ambitious playing style. I was hoping that he might take risks and that this
would offer me counterchances as well. The game, however, followed a different
course. It seems that Alexander was also very tired after an exhausting event
and tried to achieve a position where he could press for a win without any
serious risk.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7.
O-O a6 8. Qc2 {Following the slightly unusual order of moves, we reached the
line where both of us have experience.} Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. c5 (10. b3 c5 $1 11.
cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qxc5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Bxg2 15. Rd1 Qd5 16. Qxd5 Bxd5
17. f4 Bf3 18. Rd2 Nc6 19. Kf2 Bg4 20. Ba3 Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (42) Mamedyarov,S
(2766)-Kamsky,G (2741) Zug 2013}) 10... Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Bd2 (12. b4 Bf5
13. Bxf5 gxf5 (13... Qxf5 14. Qxf5 gxf5 {would lead to a similar position to
that in the current game.}) 14. a4 Kh8 15. f3 Rg8 16. Rb1 Bh6 17. Rf2 Rg6 18.
b5 axb5 19. axb5 Rag8 20. Ne2 Nh5 21. Qd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 (50) Mamedyarov,S (2646)
-Postny,E (2556) Warsaw 2005}) 12... Bf5 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 {I've played the other
recapture before, keeping the queens on the board.} (13... gxf5 14. Ne2 Kh8 15.
Nf4 Rg8 16. f3 Bh6 17. Nd3 Rg7 18. Rae1 Rag8 19. Re2 Qe6 20. Rff2 f4 21. Ne5
fxe3 22. Bxe3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 $14 {1-0 (62) Laznicka,V (2634)-Postny,E (2651)
Kolkata 2009}) 14. Qxf5 gxf5 {At first glance Black's position is absolutely
fine, as he has the seemingly superior bishop, and most of his pawns are on
the "right" light squares. In fact, White's space advantage on the queenside
is a more important factor. Also, Black's standard play in such structures is
often connected with the e7-e5 advance. Here, however, such a push might
emphasise the drawback on the kingside, where the Pf5 is vulnerable. So, Black
has to work out his way to equality.} 15. Ne2 {Alexander already has
experience in squeezing a victory out of this endgame. I had also played this
position once as White.} (15. f3 Nd7 16. Ne2 e6 (16... Rfe8 17. Bc3 e6 18. Kf2
Kf8 19. b4 b6 20. a4 Rec8 21. Rfb1 Rab8 22. Nf4 Ke7 23. Nd3 $14 {1-0 (44)
Moiseenko,A (2631)-Dolmatov,S (2573) Tripoli 2004}) 17. Rac1 Rfc8 18. Rc2 Kf8
19. Nf4 Ke7 20. Nd3 Nf8 21. Be1 Ng6 22. Bg3 $14 {1/2-1/2 (65) Postny,E (2592)
-Himanshu,S (2400) New Delhi 2011}) 15... a5 $1 $146 {From my knowledge in
such positions I figured out that Black shouldn't be passive here. The move in
the text is directed to preventing an easy rolling forward of White's a- and
b-pawns.} (15... Nd7 16. Ba5 Rfc8 17. Rac1 Rab8 18. Rc2 e6 19. f3 Bf6 20. Nf4
$6 {White shouldn't allow the exchange of his knight.} (20. Kf2 $14 {and only
then to transfer the knight to d3.}) 20... Bg5 21. Kf2 Kf8 22. h3 Bxf4 23. exf4
h5 24. Re1 Ke7 25. Re3 b6 26. cxb6 Nxb6 27. b3 Nd7 28. Bd2 c5 29. Rec3 c4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (91) Hera,I (2568)-Kasparov,S (2490) Ranshofen 2012}) 16. f3 Nd7 17.
Rac1 a4 {The pawn is safe here. Even if White brings his rook to a3 and knight
to c3, Black will be able to defend it with rooks on a6 and a8.} 18. Bb4 ({
I would make some useful move as} 18. Rc2 {protecting the Pb2, just in case
and then continue manoeuvring.}) 18... Rfe8 19. Kf2 e6 (19... e5 {is always an
option to consider, but if Black achieves nothing concrete, then he just
created himself a permanent weakness on f5. Still, after} 20. Rfd1 Bh6 21. Rc3
Kg7 {followed by 22...Kg6 the position might be playable for Black.}) 20. h3
Bf8 {This was the idea behind 19...e6.} 21. Nf4 $6 (21. g4 fxg4 22. Rg1 b6 23.
Rxg4+ Kh8 24. Rcg1 Be7 25. Bc3 bxc5 26. dxc5+ e5 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ge8g8] is
fine for Black.}) ({I was more concerned about simple} 21. Bc3 {not allowing
the massive exchanges that appeared in the game.} b6 22. cxb6 Nxb6 23. g4 $14)
21... b6 {Exploiting the fact that the white bishop is not protected, I manage
to swap all the minor pieces on the c5-square.} 22. Nd3 bxc5 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24.
Nxc5 Nxc5 25. Rxc5 Reb8 $11 26. Rc2 Rb4 27. Kg3 {The endgame is completely
equal, but both players continue to seek some practical chances.} Kg7 28. a3
Rb3 29. Kf4 h5 {The advance g2-g4 is coming anyway, so it's useful for me to
exchange more pawns on the kingside.} 30. Rff2 Ra6 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 fxg4
33. fxg4 $1 f6 $6 {This is the moment where my problems started.} (33... Kf6
34. g5+ Ke7 35. Rh2 Rab6 $11) 34. Rh2 Rab6 35. Rcg2 Kf7 (35... Kg6 36. g5 e5+
37. dxe5 fxe5+ 38. Kxe5 Rxe3+ 39. Kd4 {is the line I was calculating, and
didn't like the resulting position at all. The g-pawn is potentially a
dangerous passer, while my rooks are not well coordinated.}) 36. g5 {Using the
Pf6 as a hook, suddenly White creates an attack against the king. Two rooks,
together with the active king can be a force!} fxg5+ 37. Rxg5 $1 Rxb2 38. Rh7+
Kf8 {Here I had a feeling that my position was lost, but, surprisingly White
has nothing decisive.} 39. Ke5 Rf2 40. Kxe6 $6 {This was a sort of a relief
for me, at least from a practical point of view. After that the path for a
draw is clear for me. I was more worried about 40.Rgg7 or even 40.Kd6.
Objectively, Black holds in all lines, but the whole matter looks pretty
frightening.} (40. Rgg7 Rh2 41. Rf7+ Ke8 42. Re7+ Kd8 43. Rd7+ Kc8 44. Rhe7 c5
$1 45. dxc5 Rh5+ 46. Kf4 (46. Kd4 Rh4+ 47. Kd3 Rb3+ 48. Ke2 Re4 $11) 46... Rf5+
47. Kg4 Rc6 48. Ra7 Kb8 49. Rxa4 Re5 $11) (40. Kd6 Rf3 (40... c5+ $2 41. Kc7 (
41. Kxc5 $4 Rfb2 {[%cal Rb2b5] Suddenly White's king is mated here.}) 41...
Rfb2 42. Rh8+ Kf7 43. dxc5 $16) 41. Rgg7 Rh3 $1 42. Rf7+ Kg8 43. Rhg7+ Kh8 44.
Ra7 Ra6 $1 45. Rh7+ $1 Rxh7 46. Rxa6 Rh3 47. Rxa4 Kg7 $1 (47... Rxe3 $6 48. Ra7
{cutting the king off}) 48. Kxe6 Rxe3+ 49. Kd6 Kf6 50. Kxc6 Ke6 $11 {[%cal
Ge3c3]}) 40... c5+ 41. Kxd5 cxd4 42. Kxd4 Rb3 {Just in time to attack the Pa3
before my Pa4 is attacked. Black can easily avoid the mating threats, so there
is just not enough material to play for a win.} 43. Rh8+ Kf7 44. Rgg8 Rh2 45.
Rf8+ (45. Rxh2 Kxg8 46. Rf2 Rxa3 47. e4 Ra1 {is an easy draw.}) 45... Ke7 46.
Re8+ Kf7 47. Rhf8+ Kg7 48. Rg8+ Kf7 49. Rgf8+ Kg7 50. Rg8+ Kf7 51. Rgf8+ {
Draw agreed, which left both players out of the World Cup. The result 0-0
would have exactly the same effect.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.04.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nf3 Bg4 {This
order of moves is employed by GM Sergey Volkov, one of the best specialists in
the Slav, so I thought it can't be bad. I used to play 7...0-0 before, which
is the main move.} 8. Ne5 Be6 9. Bd2 {I believe that White should count on 9.
c5 closing the centre and then concentrating his play on the queenside. The
move in the text is relatively harmless.} O-O 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 {A couple
of weeks later I had another game which reached the same position. The
recapture with the knight poses zero problems for Black.} (11. Nxc4 b5 12. Ne5
c5 $1 13. dxc5 Qc7 14. Nf3 Qxc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Petkov,V (2493)-Postny,E (2585)/
Zagreb CRO 2011/The Week in Chess 858 (30)}) 11... Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Nbd7 ({
The same trick now doesn't work, as White has got the d3-square for the knight:
} 12... b5 13. Ne5 c5 $2 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. Nd3 $16 {[%csl Gc5]}) 13. Ne2 $5 {
An interesting idea, intending to harass my queen from the a5-square.
Objectively, the position is equal. Even if White manages to stop the ...c6-c5
advance, Black can perform the other thrust - ...e7-e5 - as in the game below.}
(13. b4 Rc8 14. Rac1 b5 15. Na5 e5 16. Rfd1 Re8 17. Ne2 Qb6 18. dxe5 Nxe5 $11 {
0-1 Lputian,S (2634)-Ni Hua (2583)/Taiyuan 2004/CBM 102 (59)}) 13... c5 $146 {
Black should hurry up, before he finds himself in passivity.} (13... a5 $6 14.
a4 Qc7 15. e4 e5 16. f4 exd4 17. e5 d3 18. Qxd3 Nc5 19. Qa3 Nfd7 20. Be3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Drasko,M (2536)-Kobalia,M (2627)/Plovdiv 2008/CBM 124 (32)}) 14. dxc5 (
14. Ba5 Qc8 {This is the human move.} (14... Qb8 $1 {This is the computer move.
} 15. dxc5 Rc8 16. Rac1 (16. b4 $2 b6 $1 17. cxb6 (17. Bxb6 Nxb6 18. cxb6 Ng4
19. g3 Ne5 $19 {[%csl Rc4]}) 17... Ne5 $19 {[%csl Rc4]}) 16... Rxc5 17. Bb4 Rc7
18. Bxe7 Ne5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qb3 Nxc4 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxb2 $11) 15.
Rac1 (15. dxc5 Qxc5 $11) 15... cxd4 16. Nxd4 b5 17. Nd2 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 {During
the game I was slightly concerned about this position, White keeps certain
pressure thanks to the possession of the c-file.}) 14... Nxc5 15. Ba5 Qd3 16.
Rac1 (16. Qxd3 Nxd3 17. Rfd1 b5 $1 18. Rxd3 bxc4 $11) 16... Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Ne6 {
The best square for the knight where it covers the c7-square against the rook
invasion, as well as restricting the possibilities of Ne2.} 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19.
g3 Rc6 {This is a sort of a tempi loss, but, I thought that it's useful to
provoke an exchange of one pair of rooks.} ({Perhaps} 19... Kf8 {is more
accurate.}) 20. Nb6 Rxc2 21. Rxc2 Rd8 {Now all my pieces are out.} 22. Nc3 Bf8
{Protecting the Pe7, which was hanging in lines like 22...Nd7 23.Nbd5.} 23. Kg2
Rd6 24. Nca4 Nd5 25. Rd2 $6 {This was a relief. The exchange of rooks puts an
end to White's last hope for an advantage. He should have tried one of the
invasions to c8.} (25. Nc8 Rd7 26. e4 Nf6 27. f3 Rd3 {Black should solve his
problems after all, but, during the game I wasn't entirely sure.}) (25. Rc8
Nxb6 26. Nxb6 (26. Bxb6 f5 27. Rb8 Rd7 $11) 26... Rd8 27. Rxd8 Nxd8 28. Nd7 Nc6
29. Bc3 f5 30. Nc5 Nd8 31. Ba5 e6 $11 32. Nxa6 $4 Nc6 $19 {[%csl Ra5,Ra6]})
25... Nxb6 26. Nxb6 Rxd2 27. Bxd2 Nc5 $11 28. Nc4 f5 29. Na5 Kf7 30. Kf3 $6 (
30. Bc3 {occupying the long diagonal would secure equality.}) 30... Bg7 31. b4
({I would prefer the more modest} 31. b3) 31... Ne4 32. Ke2 Bc3 $1 {Suddenly,
White is experiencing problems.} 33. Be1 $1 (33. Bxc3 $2 Nxc3+ 34. Kd3 Nxa2 35.
Kc4 b6 36. Nc6 Ke6 {and the extra pawn will tell.}) 33... Bxe1 34. Kxe1 Nd6 35.
Ke2 Ke6 36. Kd3 Kd5 {The knight endgame is pleasant for Black, but objectively
is not enough for winning purposes.} 37. Nb3 b6 38. Nc1 $2 {After this slip it
suddenly becomes lost for White.} (38. Nd2 e5 39. f3 (39. f4 {holds as well.})
39... e4+ 40. fxe4+ fxe4+ 41. Kc3 Nf5 42. Nf1 h5 43. h3 b5 44. Kb3 {There is
no zugzwang, Black can't make further progress.}) 38... Ne4 $1 39. f3 Ng5 40.
f4 Ne4 41. Nb3 Nf2+ 42. Ke2 Ng4 {White won't be able to hold all his kingside
pawns, and at the same time to prevent the invasion of Black's king via c4.}
43. Nd2 $1 {The best chance, at least from a practical point of view.} (43. h3
Nf6 44. a3 (44. Nd2 Ne4 $19) 44... Kc4 45. Nd4 Kc3 $19 {[%csl Ra3,Rb4,Gc3]})
43... Nxh2 44. Kd3 e5 45. e4+ fxe4+ 46. Nxe4 exf4 47. gxf4 h5 $6 {Not a
mistake yet, but it was way more accurate to bring the knight back into play.}
(47... Ng4 48. Nc3+ Ke6 49. Na4 (49. Ke4 Nf6+ 50. Kf3 Nd5 $19 {[%csl Rb4,Rc3]})
49... b5 50. Nc5+ Kf5 51. Nxa6 Kxf4 52. Nc7 Kg3 53. Nxb5 h5 {Black will be the
first to promote.}) 48. Nc3+ Kd6 $2 {And this is already a mistake that spoils
a win.} (48... Ke6 49. Ke4 (49. Na4 b5 50. Nc5+ Kf5 51. Ke3 Kg4 52. Nxa6 Kg3 $1
53. Nc5 Nf1+ 54. Ke2 Kg2 55. a4 Ng3+ 56. Kd3 bxa4 57. b5 Nf5 58. b6 Nd6 $19 {
[%csl Gh5]}) 49... Ng4 50. Na4 Nf6+ 51. Kf3 Nd5 $19) 49. b5 $1 {In accordance
with the rule: "the exchange of pawns favours the defending side".} axb5 ({
After} 49... a5 50. Na4 {[%csl Rb6] I didn't see a win as well.}) 50. Nxb5+ Ke6
(50... Kc5 51. Nc7 Ng4 52. Ke4 Kd6 53. Nb5+ Ke6 54. Nd4+ Kf6 55. Kf3 {also not
enough.}) 51. Ke4 Nf1 52. Nd4+ Kf6 53. a4 $1 {Preparing to exchange the last
pair of queenside pawns. I must say that, until some point, Khismatullin
defended excellently in time-trouble.} Ng3+ 54. Kf3 Nf5 55. Nb3 Ke6 56. a5 bxa5
57. Nxa5 Kd5 {The last chance for a win is to exploit the temporarily
misplaced white knight.} 58. Nb7 Nd4+ 59. Kg3 $2 (59. Ke3 $1 {This holds.} h4 (
{The following variation is interesting. White has to make a series of only
moves:} 59... Nf5+ 60. Kf3 Kd4 61. Nd8 (61. Na5 $2 Kd3 62. Nb7 Nd4+ 63. Kg3 Ke3
$19) 61... Kd3 62. Nf7 Nd4+ 63. Kg3 Ke4 64. Nd6+ (64. Ng5+ $2 Ke3 $19) 64...
Kd5 65. Ne8 $1 (65. Nf7 $2 Ke6 66. Ng5+ Kf5 $19) 65... Nf5+ 66. Kf3 {Black
didn't make any progress.}) 60. Nd8 h3 61. Kf2 Ne2 62. Kf3 Nxf4 63. Kg3 Ke5 64.
Nf7+ {Two extra pawns are not enough, it's impossible to make a progress.})
59... Ne6 $2 {At the moment I didn't see a winning idea, and tried to gain
some time on the clock.} 60. Kf3 Nd4+ 61. Kg3 $2 {Again 61.Ke3! could make a
draw.} Ke6 $1 {This time I didn't miss the chance.} 62. Nc5+ Kf5 63. Nd3 Ne6
64. Kf3 h4 {That's it! Now he has to either lose the Pf4, or to allow the king
to penetrate to g4, both fatal for White. It's also curious that this is the
position of a mutual zugzwang. If Black had the move, there would be no win.}
65. Nf2 (65. Ke3 Kg4 66. Ne5+ Kg3 67. Nxg6 h3 $19) 65... Nxf4 {The rest was
easy.} 66. Ng4 Nd5 67. Nh6+ Kg5 68. Nf7+ Kf6 69. Nd6 g5 70. Kg4 Kg6 71. Kf3 Kh5
72. Ke4 Kg4 73. Kxd5 h3 74. Ne4 h2 75. Kd4 Kf4 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2007.04.29"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.02.09"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Drancy"]
[BlackTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 {Obviously, this is not the most
principled way to fight for an opening advantage.} cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7.
Bd3 (7. Nf3 Bf5 {would lead to classical line of the Exchange Slav where most
of the games end in an uneventful draw.}) 7... Bg4 {The easiest way to
equalize is to get rid of this bishop and to cover the light squares with
pawns.} 8. Nge2 (8. Qb3 {is not dangerous due to} Na5) (8. f3 Bh5 9. Nge2 e6
10. O-O Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Bg3 Rc8 13. Nf4 Bg6 14. Na4 Nd7 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16.
Nd3 Nb4 17. Nxb4 Bxb4 18. a3 Be7 $11 {0-1 Halkias,S (2528)-Sokolov,I (2684)/
Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (59)}) 8... e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bg3 (10. Rc1 O-O 11. a3 Rc8
12. Na4 b5 (12... Nd7 $5) 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 Nd7 15. Rc3 e5 16. dxe5 Ndxe5
17. h3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 d4 20. Rc5 dxe3 21. Bxe3 Nd4 22. Qh5 Ne6 23.
Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Rc1 Qd7 25. Qd1 Qxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Jussupow,A 
(2655)-Anand,V (2670)/Linares 1992/CBM 028 (70)}) 10... O-O (10... Bh5 {
was possible, but I wasn't concerned about exchanging this bishop for white's
knight.}) 11. f3 Bh5 12. Nf4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 {White has achieved the bishop
air, but it does not yield him any advantaga, since the character of the
position is closed.} 14. Qe2 {My opponent spent quite a lot of time at this
stage. After the game I was surprised to find out that Dmitrij Bunzmann
already played this position.} (14. f4 Rc8 15. Be1 b5 16. Qf3 Na5 17. g4 Nc4
18. g5 Nh5 19. Nd1 Nd6 20. Qh3 Nf5 21. Be2 Rc2 22. Bxh5 gxh5 23. Qxh5 g6 24.
Qf3 Kg7 $44 {1-0 Bunzmann,D (2455)-Braeuner,U (2145)/Boeblingen 1998/EXT 2001 
(54)}) 14... Rc8 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Bf2 $6 {This looks unnatural. Probably my
opponent was trying to carry out the e3-e4 advance, but Black is well prepared
to meet any aggression in the centre.} (16. a3 Nb6 17. Rc2 $11 {followed by 18.
Rfc1.}) 16... Nb6 {I believe that Black has already a comfortable game.} (16...
b5 $2 17. a4 $16) 17. Bb1 Qd7 18. g3 $6 {The plan adopted by Bunzmann is too
slow.} (18. Rfd1 Rc7 19. e4 $6 Rfc8 $15 {The key d5 square is well protected.
It's not clear how White can make any progress here, while black's pressure
along the "c" file will be annoying.}) ({It would have been better to admit
the inaccuracy and put the bishop back on the diagonal h2-b8.} 18. Bg3 $11)
18... Rc7 19. Kg2 Rfc8 20. h4 {White is trying to open both the h-file and the
b1-h7 diagonal for the light-squared bishop.} Na7 {The threat Na7-b5 and
Be7-b4 forces White to stay on the defensive.} 21. Rc2 ({The following does
not work:} 21. Rh1 Nb5 22. h5 gxh5 23. Rxh5 g6 24. Rh2 Nxc3 25. bxc3 Rxc3 26.
Rch1 Bf6 {White has no threats, but is just a pawn down.}) 21... Bb4 22. Be1
Nc4 {[%cal Gc4b2]} (22... Nb5 $6 23. Na4 $1 Rxc2 (23... Nxa4 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25.
Bxb4 $14) (23... Nxd4 $2 24. Nxb6 Nxe2 25. Nxd7 Rxc2 26. Bxc2 Rxc2 27. Bxb4 $16
) 24. Bxc2 Nxa4 25. Bxa4 $11) 23. Nd1 Bxe1 (23... Qb5 24. Bxb4 Qxb4 ({The
following does not work:} 24... Nxe3+ $2 25. Qxe3 Rxc2+ 26. Bxc2 Rxc2+ 27. Bd2
Qb4 28. Rf2 $18) 25. b3 Na3 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Bd3 $11) 24. Rxe1 {Black's
pieces are definitely better placed than the white ones, but it's temporary.
Therefore, some active measures are required. I thought that the plan of
opening up the centre by e6-e5 was the appropriate one.} Qe7 25. a3 $6 (25. Rh1
$1 e5 (25... Nc6 $1 26. h5 gxh5 27. Rxh5 g6 28. Rh1 e5 29. dxe5 Qxe5 30. f4 Qe6
$15) 26. dxe5 Qxe5 27. h5 $1 gxh5 28. f4 Qe4+ 29. Kg1 g6 30. b3 Nxe3 31. Nxe3
Rxc2 32. Bxc2 Rxc2 33. Qxc2 Qxe3+ 34. Qf2 Qd3 35. Qxa7 Qxg3+ 36. Kf1 Qf3+ 37.
Kg1 $11) 25... e5 26. dxe5 Qxe5 27. Ba2 $2 {It was necessary to come with
e3-e4 push to undermine the c4 outpost.} (27. Qd3 Qe6 $1 (27... Nb5 $6 28. e4
Nd4 29. Rc3 Nf5 30. f4 Qe8 31. Re2 $11) 28. e4 Ne5 29. Qd2 Rxc2 30. Bxc2 d4 31.
Qe2 (31. f4 Qc4 32. Bb1 Qc1 $1 $17) 31... Rd8 32. Nf2 Nc4 {and Black keeps the
initiative.}) 27... Nb5 28. Kh2 Nbd6 29. Nf2 {Simply overlooking the threat,
though White's position is already beyond saving.} (29. e4 dxe4 30. Nf2 Nf5 31.
f4 Qb5 32. Nxe4 Nd4 33. Bxc4 Rxc4 34. Rxc4 Rxc4 35. Nd6 Nxe2 36. Nxb5 Rc2 $19)
(29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. Kg2 Nf5 32. Qf2 Rc1 33. e4 dxe4 34. Rxe4 Qc7
35. Nc3 Nxg3 36. Qxg3 $140 Rg1+ $19) 29... Nf5 {[%csl Re3,Rg3]} 30. f4 Qxe3 (
30... Ncxe3 $2 {I spent some time calculating this queen sac, but it's not
effective:} 31. fxe5 Rxc2 32. g4 $1 {This spoils Black's "masterpiece".} (32.
Qd3 Rxf2+ 33. Kh3 Rf3 34. Rg1 Rc1 $1 $19 {This was the line that attracted me
during the game.}) 32... Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Nf1+ 34. Kg1 Rc1 35. Nd3 Rd1 36. gxf5
Ng3+ 37. Re1 Rxd3 38. fxg6 {would lead to approximate equality.}) 31. Qxe3
Nfxe3 (31... Ncxe3 $2 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. g4 Rc2 34. Kg1 {and Black loses a
piece, even though he will collect a bunch of pawns as compensation.}) 32. Rce2
d4 {Black is a pawn up in a better position. The rest is technique.} 33. g4 Nd6
34. Bb3 Rc1 35. Kg3 Rxe1 36. Rxe1 Ndc4 37. Re2 Nd2 38. Bd5 {A blunder in a
lost position.} Ndf1+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.12.08"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 {I have experience of playing
this line with both colours.} b5 (5... g6 {is a different story.}) 6. b3 Bg4 {
Considering the structure, Black should get rid of this bishop.} 7. Nge2 Nbd7 (
7... e6 $6 {is inaccurate in view of} 8. Ng3 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gh2h3]}) 8. h3 {
This is the main continuation.} ({Now} 8. Ng3 {can be met with} e5 ({The
choice of Movsesian:} 8... h5 {is also interesting.}) 9. h3 Be6 $13) 8... Bh5
9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 {White has got the bishop pair and, in general,
should be slightly better. However, the forthcoming positional battle is rich
in content and anything can happen.} 11. Bb2 e6 12. c5 $5 {White seizes space
and robs the black bishop of its natural square d6. On the other hand, this
decision is committal. The closed character of the position shouldn't favour
the side with the pair of bishops. White hopes to open the position in the
future.} (12. Bd3 Bd6 13. c5 ({White can hope for a slight edge after} 13. O-O
O-O 14. Rad1) 13... Bc7 14. O-O-O e5 15. f3 exd4 16. exd4 Nh5 $132 {1-0
Nikolic,P (2657)-Solak,D (2568)/Murska Sobota 2007/CBM 121 Extra (49)}) 12...
g5 {The bishop should be developed to g7.} 13. O-O-O g6 (13... g4 $6 {can harm
only Black.} {After} 14. g3 {the h-file will soon open in Wwhite's favour.})
14. Bd3 $146 (14. Kb1 Bg7 15. g3 Qc7 16. Bg2 Kf8 17. g4 Re8 18. f3 e5 19. Qf2
Kg8 20. Rhf1 $2 (20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. f4 $14) 20... exd4 21. exd4 Nf8 22. Bc1 Ne6
$15 {0-1 Shabalov,A (2585)-Laznicka,V (2636)/Philadelphia 2010/CBM 137 Extra 
(39)}) 14... Bg7 15. Ne2 $6 {My opponent chose the wrong plan. The transfer of
the knight to g3 is not what is requiredt. Instead, White should strive to
open up up the cenre in order to benefit from his pair of bishops. The e3-e4
thrust is the main idea.} (15. e4 {is too early.} b4 16. Na4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4
18. Qxe4 Qc7 $11 {[%cal Gd7f6,Gf6d5]}) (15. Kb1 $1 {is, probably, the best.}
Qc7 (15... Qe7 $6 16. e4 b4 17. Na4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Rc8 20. Qd3 a5
$140 $6 21. d5 $1 $16) 16. f3 $1 {[%cal Ge3e4]} (16. e4 b4 17. Na4 dxe4 18.
Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Nf6 20. Qe2 (20. Qe5 Qxe5 21. dxe5 Nd5 22. Nb6 Rb8 23. Bd4
Nf4 24. Be3 Nd5 $11) 20... Nd5 21. Nb6 Rd8 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Qxa6 O-O $44 {
[%csl Rd4]}) 16... e5 17. Qf2 exd4 18. exd4 Nh5 19. h4 gxh4 20. Rxh4 $14) 15...
Qe7 16. g4 $6 {This move weakens the f4-square which will become apparent
later on.} (16. Kb1 {would be more useful.}) 16... e5 17. Ng3 O-O 18. Rde1 (18.
h4 gxh4 (18... Nxg4 $2 {[%tqu "En","How should White proceed?","","","g3f5","",
10]} 19. Nf5 $3 gxf5 20. Bxf5 {Suddenly, White gets an overwhelming attack.}
Nh6 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. hxg5 Qxg5 23. Rdg1 Qe7 24. dxe5 $18) 19. Rxh4 e4 20. Be2
Nh7 21. Rdh1 Ng5 $15 {White has no threats and Black can slowly improve his
position.}) 18... Rae8 19. Qd2 (19. e4 $2 exd4 20. Bxd4 Ne5 21. exd5 Nxd5 $19)
19... Nh7 $1 {Opening the diagonal for the bishop.} 20. f3 exd4 21. exd4 Qf6 {
White has two main strategic problems: the d4 weakness and the passive
dark-squared bishop. Moreover, the tactical strike ...Nxc5 is in the offing.}
22. Ref1 $1 {White has to give u[ the control over the e-file.} (22. Rhf1 $2
Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Nxc5 $19) ({After} 22. Qf2 {I intended to play} Re6 ({My
opponent was concerned about the more positional} 22... Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Ra8 {
[%cal Gh7f8,Gf8e6]}) 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Rf1 e5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 {In both cases
Black is clearly better.}) 22... Re7 23. Ne2 Rfe8 24. f4 gxf4 $6 {This allows
White's pieces to breathe for a moment.} (24... Re3 $1 25. f5 (25. fxg5 Qe7 $15
) 25... gxf5 (25... Nxc5 26. dxc5 Qxb2+ 27. Qxb2 Bxb2+ 28. Kxb2 Rxd3 29. Kc2
Rde3 30. Nd4 $15) 26. Rxf5 Nxc5 27. dxc5 (27. Qxe3 $2 Rxe3 28. Rxf6 Nxf6 29.
dxc5 Rxd3 30. Nd4 Ne4 $17) (27. Rxf6 $2 Nxd3+ 28. Kb1 Nxf6 29. Rh2 (29. Nc1
Nxb2 30. Kxb2 c5 $19) 29... Rf3 $19 {[%cal Gf6e4]}) 27... Qxb2+ 28. Qxb2 Bxb2+
29. Kxb2 Rxd3 30. Kc2 $1 Ree3 31. h4 $15 {White is a pawn down but, the
c6-weakness yields him reasonable chances for a draw.}) 25. Nxf4 Qh4 ({The
engine insists on} 25... Bh6 26. Kb1 Bxf4 27. Rxf4 Qh4 {[%cal Gh7g5,Gg5e4] But,
hardly any human player would voluntarily exchange such a good bishop.}) 26.
Kb1 $2 {White had to play this at least ten moves ago!} (26. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 27.
Nxg6 Qh6 {During the game both of us evaluated this position as better for
Black. That's why I wasn't concerned about 26.Bxg6 and my opponent didn't go
for that. In fact this position is balanced.} 28. Nxe7+ Rxe7 29. Qxh6 (29. Re1
Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Qxh3 (30... Nxc5 31. Qxh6 Bxh6+ 32. Kd1 Ne4 33. Re2 $14 {
[%csl Rc6][%cal Ge2c2]}) 31. Re6 Nhf6 32. Rxc6 Ne4 33. Qf4 Qh1+ 34. Kc2 Qg2+ {
Black doesn't have more than a perpetual check.}) 29... Bxh6+ 30. Kc2 Re2+ 31.
Kb1 Bd2 32. g5 $1 Nxg5 33. Rhg1 Be3 34. Bc1 Bxg1 35. Rxg1 Nf6 36. Bxg5 Ne4 $11)
26... Ng5 {The knight is heading to e4 and Black reaches full domination.} 27.
Qg2 (27. Ng2 Qg3 $19) (27. Qf2 Qxf2 28. Rxf2 Re1+ 29. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 30. Kc2 Rh1
$17) 27... Ne4 28. Rhg1 Qh8 $1 {[%csl Rd4]} 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Qf3 R8e7 31. Rd1
Nxc5 {This pawn was also hanging!} 32. Qc3 Ne6 (32... Rxf4 33. Qxc5 Re2 $19 {
Intending to double the rooks on the second rank.}) 33. Nxe6 R7xe6 34. Rg3 Qh4
35. Rgd3 Re2 36. Bc1 Qe7 37. Qa5 c5 38. dxc5 Qxc5 $6 {I saw and didn't play 38.
..Qf6. I don't know why.} (38... Qf6 $1 39. R3d2 (39. R1d2 Qa1+ 40. Kc2 Re1 $19
) 39... Rxd2 40. Rxd2 Re1 41. Kc2 b4 $1 42. Qxb4 Qa1 43. Qa3 Qc3+ 44. Kb1 Qxd2
$19) 39. R3d2 Rxd2 $2 (39... Bc3 40. Qd8+ Re8 41. Qxd5 Qf2 $1 $19 {I didn't
see the last move.}) 40. Qxd2 d4 41. Bb2 Qd5 {After doing my best not to win
by force before the first time control, I had to concentrate again not to let
my advantage slip away. The position is still winning.} 42. Qc2 (42. Bxd4 $2
Qe4+ 43. Kb2 Rd6 $19) 42... Re3 43. h4 Qe4 (43... Qf3 {was more convincing.})
44. Qxe4 Rxe4 45. Rg1 Re2 46. Rh1 (46. Rd1 Rg2 47. Bxd4 Rxg4 $19) 46... Be5 47.
Bc1 f6 {Slowly but, surely. White is out of useful moves.} 48. a3 Kf7 49. b4
Rg2 50. g5 f5 51. Re1 Bg3 {Now both White's kingside pawns are falling.} 52.
Rd1 Bxh4 53. Rxd4 Bxg5 54. Bxg5 Rxg5 {The rest is easy.} 55. Rd7+ Ke6 56. Ra7
f4 {I don't care about the queenside, my passed pawns are on the way to
promotion.} 57. Rxa6+ Kf5 58. Kc2 Rg2+ 59. Kd3 Ra2 60. Kd4 Rd2+ {Forcing the
white king to stay away from the f-pawn.} 61. Kc5 g5 62. Kxb5 f3 63. Ra8 Rd6
64. Kc5 Rf6 65. Rd8 f2 66. Rd1 g4 67. b5 g3 68. b6 Rxb6 69. Kxb6 g2 {My team
managed to score a convincing victory over SV Wattenscheid by 5.5-2.5.} 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 32nd"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2016.02.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Sergeev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. f3 Bc8 (5... Be6 6. Nge2 dxc4 7. Nf4
Qc8 8. e4 g6 9. g4 Bg7 10. h4 h6 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 Nbd7 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. e5
Qc7 15. exf6 Qg3+ 16. Ke2 Nxf6 17. Qd3 O-O-O 18. Rxa7 Kb8 19. Ra4 Rhf8 20. Rh3
Qc7 21. Be3 e5 22. Qc4 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Qd3 exd4 25. Bd2 Rf6 26. Kd1 Re6
27. f4 Qb6 28. Bg2 Rc5 29. Rc4 Rb5 30. f5 gxf5 31. gxf5 Rd6 32. Kc2 Qa7 33. Kb2
Re5 34. Ra4 Qb6 35. Bf4 {Mamedyarov,S (2757)-Kamsky,G (2705) Sofia 2007 1-0})
6. Bd3 e6 7. Nge2 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Kh1 a6 $146 (10... cxd4 11.
exd4 Be7 12. Bc2 O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 b6 15. Bb3 Ba6 16. Re1 Bc4 17. Bxc4
dxc4 18. Qa4 Na5 19. Ng3 Nd5 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Rad1 Nc8 22. Nf5 Nd6 23. Nxd6
Qxd6 24. Re4 Rad8 25. Rde1 a6 26. d5 Rd7 27. h3 Rfd8 28. Re8+ Kh7 29. Rxd8 Rxd8
30. Re8 Rxe8 31. Qxe8 f5 32. Qe6 Qxe6 33. dxe6 Nb7 34. Nd5 b5 35. e7 Nd6 36.
Nc7 b4 37. Nxa6 c3 38. bxc3 bxc3 39. Nb4 Kg6 40. Kg1 {Chernin,A (2565)-Meduna,
E (2485) Sochi 1986 1-0}) 11. a3 h6 12. Bb1 cxd4 13. exd4 Bd6 14. Ba2 Ne7 15.
Bf4 O-O 16. Rc1 Ng6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qb3 Re8 19. Rfe1 Be6 20. Na4 Bd7 21. Nac3
Bc6 22. Qc2 Nf4 23. Qd2 Nxe2 24. Nxe2 Nh5 25. Kg1 Re7 26. g4 Nf6 27. Qf4 Qe6
28. Kf2 Rae8 29. Qd2 Qd6 30. Ng3 h5 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Rh1 g6 33. gxh5 Nxh5 34.
Nxh5 gxh5 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Rg1 Re6 37. Qg3 Ke7 38. Qxd6+ Kxd6 39. Rg5 Rh6 40.
h4 Rh8 41. Bb3 a5 42. Bd1 f6 43. Rg7 Bd7 44. f4 b6 45. Bf3 Be6 46. b4 a4 47.
Rb7 Kc6 48. Ra7 Bg4 49. Rf7 Bxf3 50. Rxf6+ Kb5 51. Kxf3 Kc4 (51... Rc8 52. Re6
(52. Rh6 Rc3+) 52... Rc3+ 53. Re3 Rc1) 52. Rxb6 Kxd4 53. f5 Kc3 54. f6 Kb3 55.
Ke3 Kxa3 56. Kd4 Rd8 57. f7 Kb3 58. Rf6 Rf8 59. Kxd5 a3 60. Ke6 a2 61. Rf1 Rb8
62. b5 Kb2 63. Ke7 Rb7+ 64. Kf6 a1=Q 65. Rxa1 Kxa1 66. f8=Q Rxb5 67. Qa3+ 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2017.04.23"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Loetscher, Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.03.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wollishofen"]
[BlackTeam "Luzern"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 9. O-O Bh5 10. Rc1 Bg6 11. Na4 Nd7 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Qb3 Ra7 $2 $146 (
13... Na5) 14. e4 $1 {Der prinzipiellste Zug: Weiß will die Mitte öffnen, da
Schwarz in der Entwicklung zurück geblieben ist.} dxe4 $2 (14... Nf6 $8 {
Die einzige Chance bestand darin, die Stellung geschlossen zu halten} 15. Nac3
(15. e5 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Be7 17. Rd3 $14) 15... dxe4 (15... Be7 16. exd5 Nxd5 17.
Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. Nc3 Ra8 20. Nxd5 Rd8 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 22. Rfd1 Rh5 23.
Be3 Rhd5 24. h4 R8d7 25. Rc4 $14) 16. d5 exd5 17. Rfd1 Bd6 (17... Be7 18. Nxd5
Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Qc8 20. Nd4 O-O 21. Qb6 Ra8 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Rxc6 $14) 18. Be3
$3 (18. Nxd5 Bxf4 19. Nexf4 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qb8 21. g3 O-O $11) 18... Ra8 $1 (
18... Bxh2+ 19. Kf1 Na5 20. Qc2 $16) (18... Na5 19. Qb6 Ra8 (19... Bxh2+ 20.
Kf1 Ra8 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bb6 $16) 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 21. Bb6 Rb8 22. Bxa5 b6 23.
Bxb6 Rxb6 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rc8+ Ke7 26. Rxh8 Rxb2 27. g3 $16) 19. Nxd5 Nxd5
20. Rxd5 Qc7 21. g3 O-O 22. Nd4 $14) 15. d5 $18 exd5 16. Qxd5 Qf6 17. Rfd1 Qe6
(17... Qf5 18. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 19. Qxc6 $18) 18. Qxe6+ fxe6 {[#]} 19. Be3 $1 Ra8
20. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Gausdal Byggern Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "2005.10.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Hole, Oystein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6
9. Nf3 Be7 10. Bd2 a5 11. Nc1 Bb7 12. Nb3 Nd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Qe2
c5 $146 {Dieser natürliche Zug stellte eine Neuerung dar.} (15... Ra8 $6 {
1-0 (47) Lawton,G (2402)-Shaw,J (2464) West Bromwich 2003}) 16. Bb5 $1 {
Der Beginn einer glorreichen Karriere. Dieser schöne Prophylaxezug verhindert
sowohl 16...Db6 als auch 16...Lc6 und bindet damit die schwarzen Kräfte.} cxd4
17. Rxc8 Bxc8 18. Nfxd4 $1 {Eben mit diesem Springer! Damit wird der
Damenschwenk zum Königsflügel eingeleitet, während der andere Springer auf
b3, wo er Druck auf den Bauern a5 ausübt, ausgezeichnet postiert ist.} Nb8 {
Die einzige Möglichkeit, 19.Sc6 zu verhindern:} (18... Bb7 $2 19. Nxa5 Qxa5
20. Bxd7 $16) 19. Qg4 $1 Kh8 20. Re1 Qb6 21. Bd3 $1 {Wieder Prophylaxe!
Diuesmal gegen den drohenden Läufertausch.} (21. h4 Ba6 $1) 21... Ba6 22. Bb1
$1 Nc6 $6 {Der natürlichste Zug und zugleich der entscheidende Fehler, aber
die weiße Idee war nicht leicht zu sehen.} 23. Bh6 $1 Rg8 ({Im Falle von} 
23... gxh6 24. Qe4 f5 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Qxc6 $18 {muss sich Weiß mit einem
gewonnenen Endspiel "begnügen"}) 24. Bxh7 $1 {Dieser Läufer stirbt als Held!}
Kxh7 25. Be3 $1 $18 {...und Aus! Gegen die Drohung 26.Dh5# hilft nur} Rc8 {
...aber jetzt entscheidet der Springerabzug!} (25... Nxe3 26. Qh5# $1) (25...
g6 26. Qh3+ Kg7 27. Qh6#) 26. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 (26... Nxe3 27. Qxg7#) 27. Qh3+ Kg8
28. Qxe6+ Kf8 29. Bxb6 Nxb6 30. Nxa5 Rc7 31. Nxc6 Bc8 32. Qb3 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Perez Candelario, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Reverte Albox"]
[BlackTeam "Solvay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 Bh5 8. Nf4
Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. g3 e6 11. Bg2 Nbd7 12. O-O Be7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Rc8
15. Ng5 O-O 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. h4 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Nb6 19. Bf4 Qa7 20. Bh3 Re8 21.
Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 22. Bxe6+ Kf8 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Rac1 Qd7 25. Be3 Qh3 $6 (25... Ba3
26. Rc2 $14) 26. Qf3 bxc4 27. bxc4 Qe6 $2 (27... Qg4 28. Qxg4 Nxg4 $16) 28. d5
$18 cxd5 29. cxd5 Nbxd5 30. Rxc8+ Qxc8 31. Rxd5 Qa8 32. Rf5 Qb8 33. Rf4 Qb1+
34. Kg2 Qxa2 35. Qc6 Kg8 36. Qc4+ Qxc4 37. Rxc4 Nd5 38. Ra4 Nc7 39. Bb6 Bd6 40.
Bxc7 Bxc7 41. Rxa6 Kh7 42. f4 Bd8 43. Kh3 Be7 44. g4 Bb4 45. g5 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 e5 $5 4. dxe5 d4 5. Ne4 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 (6. Nd2) 6... Qxe5
7. Ng3 Nf6 8. Nf3 Qd6 9. Qc2 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. e3 dxe3 12. Bc3 (12. Bxe3
Qb4 13. Bd3 Na6 14. Rhe1 Qa5 15. a3 Re8 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Bc3 Be6 18. Ng5 Nc5 19.
Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. g3 Nc5 22. f3 Nxd3+ 23. Qxd3 Qf2 24. h4 b5 25. Rxe8
Rxe8 26. Bd4 bxc4 27. Bxf2 cxd3 28. Rxd3 c5 29. Be3 g6 30. Bg5 Nh5 31. g4 f6
32. Nh6+ Kg7 33. gxh5 fxg5 34. hxg5 gxh5 35. f4 Kg6 36. Kd2 Re4 37. Rf3 Bxh6
38. gxh6 Kxh6 39. Kd3 Rd4+ 40. Ke3 Kg6 41. Rg3+ Kf6 {Le,Q (2693)-Ivanchuk,V 
(2769) Astana 2012 1-0}) 12... Qc7 13. fxe3 Na6 14. a3 Ng4 15. Re1 g6 16. e4
$146 (16. b4 Bf6 17. h3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Nf2 {0-1 (18) Krasenkow,M (2651)-Nikolic,
P (2661) Bled 2002}) 16... b5 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Bd4 Qxc2+ 19. Kxc2 b4 20. h3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Bd2 (10. b3 c5 11. cxd5 (11. Ne2 $5 {1-0 Dautov,R-Hodgson,J/
Istanbul TUR 2000 (35)}) 11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bb2 (13. Qxc5 Bxe5 14.
dxe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qxd3 16. Qxe7 Nc6 17. Qf6 Rfe8 18. Bb2 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qd5+
20. Qf3 Rxe5 21. Qxd5 Rxd5 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Rc1 Rd2 25. Rc7 b5
26. a4 bxa4 27. bxa4 Ra2 28. Rc4 {1/2-1/2 Ivanisevic,I-Sokolov,I/Istanbul TUR
2000}) 13... cxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qd5+ 17. Be4 Qxe5 18.
Bxb7 Ra7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Wells,P-Hodgson,J/Delmenhorst GER 2000 (35)}) 10... dxc4
$1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (10... Nbd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. f4 $14 {1-0 Flear,G-Prie,E/
Creon 1998 (61)}) 11. Nxc4 (11. Bxc4 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Nbd7 $11) 11... b5 12. Ne5
c5 $1 13. dxc5 Qc7 14. Nf3 (14. f4 Qxc5 15. b4 Qb6 $5 16. a4 $140 Nbd7 17. Nxd7
Bxd7 18. axb5 axb5 $11) 14... Qxc5 15. Rac1 (15. Nd4 Bd7 $11) 15... Nbd7 16. b4
(16. Nd4 $1 Qd6 (16... Bc4 $2 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 (17... bxc4 18. Na4 $16) 18. Qb1 $1
$16) 17. Nxe6 (17. a4 Ng4 $1) 17... Qxe6 18. a4 b4 19. Ne2 (19. Ne4 $2 Nxe4 20.
Bxe4 Rac8 $17) 19... Qd6 (19... Rfc8 $6 20. Qxc8+ Rxc8 21. Rxc8+ Nf8 22. Rc4 $5
(22. Rfc1 Qd7 23. Nd4 e5 24. R1c7 $13) 22... Qd6 23. Nc1 (23. Rd4 Nd5 $1) 23...
a5 $14) 20. Nd4 Nd5 $13 (20... Ng4 21. Qc7 Be5 22. Qxd6 Bxd6 23. g3 $14)) 16...
Qd6 (16... Qxb4 $2 17. Nxb5 $16) 17. a4 (17. Rfd1 Rfc8 $11) 17... bxa4 (17...
Rfc8 $5) 18. Nxa4 Rfc8 19. Qb1 (19. Qxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rxc8+ Nf8 21. Rc3 Nd5 (21...
Ng4 22. Ra3 a5 23. Nc5 axb4 24. Bxb4 $16) 22. Rcc1 $13) 19... Ba2 (19... Ba2
20. Qxa2 Qxd3 21. Rfd1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 15th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2007.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 d4 5. Ne4 Qa5+ 6. Nd2 Nd7 7. e6 {After the
present game this ambitious advance and very likely the entire variation 6.Nd2
will lose its last adherents.} ({Better is the more realistic} 7. Ngf3 Nxe5 8.
Nxd4 Nxc4 9. e3 $11) 7... Ne5 $1 $146 {A surprising novelty in a well-known
position. Black prefers to sacrifice a pawn for quick development rather than
play slightly inferior positions with equal material. The amazing thing is
that Hector produces the novelty against a strong opponent, a specialist in
the variation.} (7... fxe6 8. g3 (8. Ngf3 e5 9. g3 Ndf6 10. Bg2 Bf5 11. O-O Rd8
12. a3 h6 13. b4 Qc7 (13... Bxb4 $2 14. Nb3 $18) 14. e3 dxe3 15. fxe3 $16 {
1-0 Matveeva,S (2440)-Zhukova,N (2460)/Elista 1998 (27)}) 8... Ne5 (8... Ngf6
9. Bg2 Be7 10. Ngf3 e5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Re1 O-O 13. e3 dxe3 14. Rxe3 Ng4 15. Re2
$13 {1-0 Nikolic,P (2645)-Schwartzman,G (2495)/Wijk aan Zee 1995 (109)}) 9. Qc2
Nf6 10. Bg2 Be7 11. Nh3 Nf7 12. O-O e5 13. f4 $14 {1-0 Timman,J (2620)-Nikolic,
P (2635)/Manila 1992 (64)}) 8. exf7+ Kxf7 9. g3 {After this most natural move
in the position Black will quickly create a very strong initiative. This is a
sign that "the Hector gambit" is perfectly sound.} ({White can do nothing
about the extremely unpleasant pin of his Nd2. For instance} 9. a3 {doesn't
solve the problem:} Nf6 10. Rb1 (10. b4 Bxb4 $19) 10... c5 $44 ({Less
convincing is} 10... Bf5 11. b4 Re8 $5 12. Rb3 Qd8 13. Ndf3)) (9. Ngf3 Nxf3+
10. gxf3 (10. exf3 Bf5 $17) 10... Nf6 11. Bg2 Bd6 $44) 9... Nf6 10. Bh3 ({
In the event of the natural} 10. Bg2 {Black can continnue} d3 $5 {and White
can't conveniently complete his development:} 11. Nh3 (11. Ngf3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3
dxe2 13. Qxe2 Bh3 $19) 11... dxe2 12. Qxe2 Bg4 13. f3 Re8 $19) 10... Bb4 (10...
d3 11. Bxc8 Rxc8 12. Nh3) 11. Kf1 Re8 12. Nb3 Qa6 13. Nxd4 ({White had to play
something like} 13. Kg2 Bxh3+ 14. Nxh3 Rad8 15. a3 Bf8 {even if Black's
advantage unquestioned there too. The move made by Timman allows Black to to
activate the rook quickly.}) 13... Bxh3+ 14. Nxh3 Rad8 15. Qb3 Rxd4 16. Qxb4
Nxc4 $17 17. Qb3 Kf8 18. Nf4 c5 19. Qc2 Qc6 20. Rg1 $2 {Loses by force.} (20.
f3 {still holds for a while the "ugly" position, although it is not clear what
to do next after a move like} Kg8 $17 (20... Ng4 {allows} 21. Qxh7 {with
unnecessary complications})) (20. Kg1 $142 $17) 20... Ng4 21. Rg2 Qe4 $1 22.
Nd3 (22. Qxe4 Rd1# {would have been a nice finish}) 22... Qf5 23. Qc3 (23. Kg1
Qxd3 $1 $19 ({much stronger than} 23... Rxd3 $2 24. Bf4 $1 {and White regains
the piece.})) 23... Nge3+ 24. Kg1 {A picturesque position with a fianchettoed
rook.} Nxg2 25. Kxg2 Rxe2 26. Nf4 Qe4+ 27. Qf3 Qxf3+ 28. Kxf3 Re1 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 61st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maslak, Konstantin"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6
9. Nf3 Ba6 {The popularity of this move is increasing lately, since several
games showed that Black can do without ...a5. His plan is to advance ...c5
quickly.} 10. Bxa6 {One of the main options.} ({The other moves are 10.Qe2 (10.
Qd3) and 10.b3:} 10. Qe2 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 Qb6 (11... Nb6 12. Qc2 Qd5 {1/2-1/2
Lukacs,P (2415)-Hajnal,Z (2437)/Hungary 2006} 13. b3 N8d7 14. O-O c5 $5 15. a5
$140 c4 $1 $13 {/=}) 12. O-O Qa6 13. b3 (13. Qxa6 Nxa6 14. Bd2 c5 15. dxc5 (15.
Rac1 h6 $5) 15... Bxc5 16. Nc1 h6 17. Nb3 Rc8 18. Rfc1 Kd7 $11) 13... Qxc4 14.
bxc4 Nb6 15. c5 Nd5 16. Bd2 (16. a5 $4 b3 $19) 16... a5 $11 {1-0 Brynell,S 
(2459)-Akesson,J (2360)/Gothenburg 2004 (39)}) ({And} 10. b3 c5 ({Now that
White does not have the b3-square for his knight, Black can also consider} 
10... Bb7 11. Bd2 a5 {The blitz game Dreev,A (2697)-Korotylev,A (2609)/Moscow 
(blitz) 2006 continued} 12. Nc1 Nd7 13. Nd3 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Qe2 c5 16. dxc5
Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Rac1 {with equality.}) 11. O-O Bxc4 12. bxc4 Nc7 13. Be3
(13. Bg5 $5) 13... Nc6 14. Nc1 cxd4 15. Bxd4 (15. Nxd4 Nxd4 (15... Nxe5 16. Qe2
$44) 16. Bxd4 Be7 $11) 15... Nxd4 (15... Be7 $142 16. Nb3 O-O $11) 16. Nxd4 Bc5
17. Nb5 Nxb5 (17... Qxd1 $142 18. Rxd1 (18. Nxc7+ Kd7 19. Rxd1+ Kxc7 20. Nb3
Be7 $11) 18... Na6 19. Nb3 Ke7 $11) 18. axb5 Bd4 (18... O-O $14) 19. Ra6 $1
Bxe5 20. Qh5 Qf6 21. Re1 ({Even better is} 21. Nd3 Bd4 (21... Bc3 22. Qc5 $16)
22. Nxb4 O-O 23. Nc6 {with advantage}) 21... Rd8 22. g3 Rd2 $2 (22... Bd6 $13)
23. Re2 $2 (23. Rxe6+ $1 Qxe6 24. Rxe5 {wins}) 23... Rd1+ 24. Kg2 Rxc1 25. b6
axb6 26. Ra8+ Ke7 27. Rxh8 b3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Milov,V (2653)-Milman,L (2439)/
Minneapolis 2005 (41)}) 10... Nxa6 11. O-O (11. Qd3 Qb6 12. O-O c5 13. Be3 Rc8
$5 {[%cal Gc5c4]} (13... Be7 $11) 14. Rfc1 {[%csl Ra2]} Be7 15. Qb5+ $1 Qxb5
16. axb5 Nac7 17. Bd2 O-O 18. dxc5 Nxb5 19. Nxb4 Rxc5 $11) (11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Nc1
(12. O-O h6 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Nc1 c5 16. Nb3 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 cxd4 18.
Nfxd4 Nc5 19. Qg4 Kf8 20. a5 Qa6 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 {1/2-1/2 Halkias,S (2548)
-Sitnikov,A (2429)/Kavala 2005}) 12... h6 13. Bd2 c5 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. Qb5+ Qxb5
16. axb5 Nac7 17. Rxa7 (17. dxc5 $142 Bxc5 (17... Nxb5 18. Nd3 $14 Bxc5 $2 19.
Rc1) 18. Nd3 Bb6 19. Nxb4 Nxb4 20. Bxb4 Nxb5 21. O-O Rc4 $11) 17... c4 $1 $15 {
0-1 Jussupow,A (2583)-Rustemov,A (2552)/Germany 2007 (74)} (17... Nxb5 {
leads only to equality after} 18. Rb7 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Ke2 Be7 21. Nb3
$11)) (11. Bd2 Be7 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. Nc1 c5 14. Qb5+ (14. Nb3 O-O $11) 14... Qxb5
15. axb5 Nac7 16. dxc5 (16. Nb3 $2 c4) 16... Bxc5 17. Nd3 Bb6 18. Nxb4 Nxb4 19.
Bxb4 Nxb5 20. Ke2 (20. Rd1 a5 $11) 20... O-O-O $1 {1/2-1/2 Jussupow,A (2587)
-L'Ami,E (2610)/Amsterdam 2008 (47)}) 11... c5 12. Bg5 $146 (12. Qe2 Nb8 (12...
Qb6 $5 13. a5 Qb7 $11 (13... Qxa5 $2 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qxa1 16. Qb5+ Kd8
17. Bg5+ $18)) 13. Rd1 Nc6 {0-1 Kryakvin,D (2488)-Deutsch,E (2362)/playchess.
com 2006 (42)}) 12... Qb6 (12... Be7 $6 {would be a typical positional mistake.
First of all Black should normally avoid the trade of the bishops. Secondly,
the b6-square is optimal for the black queen in this variation. Finally, when
White has the bishop on g5 Black will later win an important tempo with ...h6.}
13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qd3 Qb7 (14... Nac7 15. Nc1 O-O 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Ng5 g6 18.
Qh3 h5 19. Nd3 $14) 15. Nc1 (15. Qb5+ $5) 15... O-O 16. Ng5 g6 17. Qh3 h5 18.
Ne2 $14) 13. Nd2 ({In the event of} 13. Nc1 {White must reckon with} c4 $1)
13... h6 14. Bh4 (14. Nc4 Qc6 15. Bd2 cxd4 $15) 14... Qb7 {A good move, but
Black had an attractive alternative:} (14... cxd4 $5 15. Nc4 Qc6 16. Qxd4 Bc5 {
and if} 17. Qg4 {then suddenly Black takes over the initiative with} g5 18. Bg3
h5 19. Qxg5 h4 20. Bxh4 (20. Bf4 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Rg8 22. g3 h3 $19) (20. Qg7
O-O-O 21. Nd6+ Kb8 $19) 20... Be7 21. Nd6+ Kd7 {with favourable complications.}
) 15. dxc5 {This allows Black to bring conveniently the knight into play.} ({
After} 15. Ne4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 {strong is} (16. Nc1 Nc3 $1 $132) 16... Nb8 $1 {
and the pawn e5 becomes a weakness. The position would have remained
double-edged.}) 15... Nxc5 {Now Black has the advantage.} 16. Nc4 ({In the
event of} 16. Qf3 Nxa4 17. Nc1 Nc5 {White's compensation for the pawn is
hardly sufficient.}) (16. Bg3 {protects against Nf4, but allows Black to
complete development.} Be7 $15) (16. Nc1 Nf4 17. Qf3 (17. Nf3 g5 18. Bg3 Rd8
19. Qc2 Nxg2 20. Kxg2 g4 $17) 17... Qxf3 18. Nxf3 Be7 $15) 16... Nf4 17. f3 g5
18. Bg3 Rd8 19. Nd6+ (19. Qe1 $2 Ncd3 $19) 19... Bxd6 20. exd6 Ncd3 21. Nc1
Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Qxd6 23. Nxd3 Qxd3 $17 24. Qc1 $1 Ne2 (24... Qd6 $5) 25. Qc6+ Qd7
26. Qc5 Nxg3+ 27. hxg3 Qd6 (27... Qe7 28. Qb5+ Kf8 $17) 28. Qxa7 Qxg3 29. Rfd1
O-O 30. a5 Ra8 (30... Rc8 $5 31. Rd2 (31. Rac1 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Qe5 $17) 31... Rc4
32. a6 Rh4+ 33. Kg1 Qh2+ 34. Kf2 g4 $40) 31. Qd4 b3 32. a6 Rfc8 33. Rdc1 Rxc1+
({The last chance to try to convert the extra pawn was} 33... Rd8) 34. Rxc1 Qf4
35. Qxf4 gxf4 36. Ra1 $11 {with such a strong passed pawn White is completely
out of danger.} Kf8 37. Ra4 Ke7 (37... e5 38. Kh2 Ke7 39. Kh3 f5 40. Kh4 Kd6
41. Kh5 e4 42. fxe4 fxe4 43. Rxe4 Rxa6 44. Rxf4 Kc5 45. g4 $11) 38. Rxf4 (38.
Kh2 Kd6 39. Kh3 f5 40. Kh4 Kc5 $11 (40... e5 $11)) 38... Rxa6 39. Rb4 Kf6 40.
Rxb3 Kg5 41. Kh2 e5 42. Rb5 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 7th"]
[Site "Bursa"]
[Date "2010.01.09"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6
9. Nf3 Ba6 {This sideline brought Black excellent results in practice.} 10.
Bxa6 {For more details about the theory of this variation see Maslak-Vitiugov,
Moscow 2008.} Nxa6 11. O-O ({The following example has somewhat similar ideas
to our main game:} 11. Bd2 Be7 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. Nc1 c5 14. Qb5+ (14. Nb3 O-O $11
) 14... Qxb5 15. axb5 Nac7 {With the knight on c1 this is less effective for
White.} 16. dxc5 (16. Nb3 $2 c4) 16... Bxc5 17. Nd3 Bb6 18. Nxb4 Nxb4 19. Bxb4
Nxb5 20. Ke2 (20. Rd1 a5 $11) 20... O-O-O $1 {1/2-1/2 Jussupow,A (2587)-L'Ami,
E (2610)/Amsterdam 2008 (47)}) 11... c5 12. Qd3 {Formally a novelty, but Qd3
has been played on the previous move and it will be just a transposition.} ({
Another important game is} 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. Bd2 (13. a5 Qb7 14. Bd2 Be7 $11)
13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nac7 15. Nb3 Be7 16. a5 Qb7 17. Nac1 O-O 18. Nd3 Rfd8 19.
Ndc5 Qb5 20. Qxb5 Nxb5 21. Ne4 Rac8 22. Rfc1 f6 23. exf6 {1/2-1/2 Turova,I 
(2387)-Demina,J (2378)/St Petersburg 2009}) 12... Qb6 13. Bd2 $1 $146 {The
most efficient way to exploit the weakest spot in Black's position - pawn b4.
Still I think that Black should be able to solve the problems.} Be7 $2 ({
After the correct} 13... cxd4 {(as in Turova-Demina, especially because Black
has an additional tempo here Na6-c5)} 14. Qb5+ (14. a5 Nc5 (14... Qxa5 $6 15.
Nc3 $36) (14... Qb7 $5 15. Nxd4 Bc5 $13) 15. Qxd4 ({Bad is} 15. axb6 Nxd3 16.
Nc1 Nxb2 17. bxa7 (17. Rxa7 Nxb6) (17. b7 Rb8 18. Rxa7 Bc5 $17) 17... Bc5 18.
Nb3 Bb6 {[%cal Ge8d7] with advantage for Black}) (15. Qc4 Qa6 $1 16. Qxa6 (16.
Rfc1 $2 Qxc4 17. Rxc4 Nb3 $17) 16... Nxa6 17. Nxd4 Bc5 18. Nb3 Be7 $11) 15...
Qb7 {[%cal Gc5b3]} 16. Qc4 Rb8 $11) (14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Qc4 a5 {is also fine for
Black}) 14... Qxb5 15. axb5 Nac7 16. Nxd4 Bc5 17. Nc6 $1 {White has a slight
initiative, but Black neutralizes it:} (17. Nb3 Be7 {doesn't set even
slightest problem for Black}) 17... Nxb5 18. Naxb4 (18. Rfc1 Bd4 $1) (18. Rac1
Be7 19. Nxe7 (19. Rc4 $6 a5) (19. Naxb4 Nxb4 20. Bxb4 (20. Nxe7 $2 Nd3 $19) (
20. Nxb4 Rd8 $11) 20... Bxb4 21. Nxb4 Nd4 22. Rc4 ({or} 22. Rc7 a5 23. Ra1 O-O)
22... Rd8 23. Ra1 a5 24. Rxa5 $140 $2 Nb3 $19) 19... Kxe7 20. Nxb4 Rhc8 21.
Nxd5+ exd5 $132 {[%cal Ge7e6]}) 18... Nxb4 19. Bxb4 (19. Nxb4 Nd4 $11) 19...
Kd7 $1 $11) 14. Qb5+ $1 Qxb5 15. axb5 Nac7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 ({In case of} 16...
Nxb5 17. Nxb4 Bxc5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Ra5 a6 20. Rfa1 {White wins a pawn.}) 17.
Rfc1 Be7 18. Nxb4 $1 Bxb4 19. Bxb4 Nxb5 (19... Nxb4 $2 20. Rxc7 $18) (19... Kd7
20. Bc5 Nxb5 21. Ng5 {transposes to the game.}) 20. Bc5 Kd7 21. Ng5 $14 {/+/-}
f6 ({Already here Black must have searched for hidden resources, such as} 21...
Rhc8 22. Nxf7 Nbc3 $1 23. bxc3 Rxc5 {with chances to escape.}) 22. exf6 gxf6
23. Ne4 f5 24. Ng5 $16 {The structure changed in White's favour. In spite of
material equality Black has problems due to multiple pawn weaknesses.} a5 25.
Re1 Ra6 26. Rad1 {Creating the threat is to take with the knight on e6 and
then on d5.} Nbc7 ({A more stubborn defense is} 26... Rc8 27. Nxe6 Rxe6 28.
Rxd5+ Kc6 29. Red1 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Kxd5 $16) 27. Bd4 Rg8 28. Nxh7 {A wealthy
pawn up in, more active pieces and better structiree make White's position
winning.} Ke7 29. h4 Rg4 30. g3 $18 Rc6 31. Ng5 Rc4 32. Be5 f4 (32... Rc5 33.
f3 Rb4 34. h5 $18) 33. Nxe6 $1 Nxe6 34. Rxd5 fxg3 35. fxg3 a4 36. Kg2 Rg6 37.
Kh3 Kf7 38. Rd7+ Kg8 39. Re7 Rc2 40. Rf1 Re2 41. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Skopje op 18th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2002.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Huebner,R} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Bd2 (6. Nf3 {
doesn't seem to put serious opening problems:} c5 7. dxc5 (7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Be6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rac1 Ba7 14. Rfd1 Qe7
15. Qb1 Rfd8 16. Ng5 d4 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Bc4 Qg4 19. exd4 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,
M-Morozevich,A/Moscow RUS 2001}) (7. a3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 $11) 7... Bxc5 8. a3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. b4 Bd6 11. Bb2 b5 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Rd1 Qc8 15.
Qb1 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bf6 17. Rc1 Qb8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Chatalbashev,B-Georgiev,V/
Reggio Emilia 2002 (23)}) (6. Nf3 {(Huebner,R) ist üblich. Der Textzug ist
nicht stärker.}) 6... dxc4 ({The idea of 6.Bd2 can be seen in the following
variation:} 6... c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nb5 Nbd7 10. b4 Bb6 11. Nd6+
Ke7 12. Nf5+ Kf8 13. Bc3 g6 14. Nd4 Ne4 15. Ne6+ fxe6 16. Bxh8 Qe7 17. Qb2 e5 {
with wild complications, 1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Morozevich,A/Wijk aan Zee 2002 (59)})
7. Bxc4 c5 {Black's concept might appear slightly dubious: he took on c4
allowing White to take back in one step (Bf1xc4), in opposite to say Meran
Variation, where White takes Bf1-d3xc4. And in opposite to Queen's Gambit
Accepted (where White also takes on c4 with the bishop from f1) here Black
played c5 with a loss of tempo (c7-c6-c5).  Still if one compares this
position with QGA, then one can notice that White's pieces are also far from
perfect on d2 and c2.} 8. Nf3 b5 9. Be2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 {'=' Huebner,R.} 11.
O-O {Huebner,R: 'In der Vorgängerpartie folgte'} (11. Bf3 Bxf3 (11... Qc7 $5
12. Rc1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nbd7) 12. gxf3 $5 {'?!' Huebner,R.} (12. Nxf3 Nbd7 $11) (
12. Nxf3 $11 {Huebner,R}) 12... Nbd7 13. a4 b4 14. Ne4 Rc8 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16.
Qb3 Qd7 $6 (16... Bc5 {and Black looks okay.} 17. Bxb4 $140 $2 Rb8 18. Nc6
Bxb4+ 19. Kf1 Qd6 20. Nxb8 Qxb8 $17) (16... Bc5 $5 $17 {Huebner,R}) 17. a5 Bc5
18. Rg1 O-O 19. Bxb4 $1 e5 {'??' Huebner,R.} (19... Bxb4+ {Huebner,R} 20. Qxb4
e5 $15) 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Qb6 $1 $18 {1-0 Volkov,S-Gutkin,B/Biel 1999}) 11...
Nbd7 12. a4 $6 {A dubious move. White is trying to seize the initiative before
Black finishes development, but fails to do so and only helps Black to develop
a strong queenside initiative himself.} (12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 $11) (12. Bf3 {
(Huebner,R) führt zum Ausgleich. Nach dem fehlerhaften Textzug gerät der
Damenspringer des Weißen außer Spiel.}) 12... b4 13. Na2 Rc8 14. Qd1 a5 15. Rc1
{'?' Huebner,R. Huebner,R: 'Danach bleibt der Springer auf a2 eine Leiche. Mit'
} (15. Nc1 {(Huebner,R) hätte Weiß den Schaden in Grenzen halten können.})
15... Bc5 $1 $15 {/-/+} 16. Bf3 Ne4 17. Rc4 $2 {'?!' Huebner,R.} ({Nach} 17.
Nb3 {Huebner,R} O-O ({Weniger überzeugend ist} 17... Bb6 {Huebner,R} 18. Rxc8
Qxc8 19. Nac1 {, und Weiß krabbelt aus seinen Löchern heraus.}) 18. Qe2 Bd5 19.
Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rfd1 Bd5 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 {ist Weiß ebenfalls verloren. Der Textzug
kostet sofort Material.}) 17... Nxd2 (17... Bd5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe4 Bxa2 20.
b3 {was less clear}) 18. Qxd2 Ba6 $19 19. Nb5 Nb6 20. Qxd8+ Kxd8 21. Rg4 Nxa4
22. Be2 Nxb2 23. Rxg7 Ke7 24. Rb1 Na4 25. Rg5 Rhd8 26. Nbc3 Nxc3 27. Nxc3 bxc3
28. Bxa6 c2 0-1

[Event "POL-ch"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2018.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2018.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 {GM Bartel is a very creative player, so he
doesn't mind entering into one of the most complicated lines in the Slav.} 4.
e3 (4. e4 {is another common conitunation.}) 4... b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 Qd5 7. Nd2
{White should be able to regain the pawn, but the knight is coming back to its
initial spot!} c3 8. bxc3 bxc3 9. Nb1 {What an unusual situation - the pieces
of both sides are still undeveloped after 9 moves!} Qa5 10. Qc2 Na6 {
Definitely the best - Black is intending to exploit the unfortunate location
of Qc2.} (10... e5 $6 {was tested on the highest level, but it's dubious:} 11.
Nf3 Na6 12. Nxe5 Nb4 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Bc4 $16 {Carlsen,M - Nakamura,H Saint
Louis 2014}) 11. Qxc3 (11. Ba3 {is now well met by} e5 $1 12. Bxf8 Kxf8 13.
Bxa6 Bxa6 14. dxe5 Rb8 15. Nxc3 Qxe5 16. Nge2 Bxe2 17. Kxe2 Nf6 {Giri,A -
Holzke,F Wijk aan Zee 2009, Black had no problems.}) 11... Qxc3+ $146 {This
innovation hardly makes Black's position more attractive.} ({The previously
played} 11... Nb4 {seems safer:} 12. Bd2 e6 13. Nf3 Nf6 14. Bc4 Be7 15. O-O O-O
16. Ne5 c5 17. dxc5 (17. Qb3 Qc7 18. Rc1 cxd4 19. exd4 Qb6 20. Na3 a5 21. Nb5
Bb7 $11 {Sargsyan,S - Zarubitski,V Prague 2016}) 17... Qxc5 18. Bb5 Qxc3 19.
Nxc3 Rd8 20. Rfd1 Bb7 $11 {Goganov,A - Jakovenko,D Ekaterinburg 2013}) 12. Nxc3
Nb4 13. Rb1 a5 {The control over the b4-spot doesn't compensate for Black's
structural drawbacks.} 14. Nf3 Nf6 15. Ne5 ({Another possibility was} 15. Be2
Bf5 16. Rb2 g6 17. O-O Bg7 18. Na2 Nfd5 19. Bd2 $14) 15... Bf5 16. Rb2 Nd7 $6 {
Black is reasonably aiming for exchanging the strong Ne5. However, he
shouldn't delay the development this way.} (16... e6 17. Be2 Nfd5 18. Bd2 f6
19. Nc4 $14) 17. e4 $1 {Radoslaw chooses the most aggressive way of handling
the position.} (17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Bc4 e6 19. Ke2 c5 20. d5 $14 {also would
have kept some advantage, but the text is more energetic.}) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5
{White has converted the better pawn structure into a development advantage.}
Bc8 ({Another natural retreat woldn't solkve the problems:} 18... Be6 19. Be2
f6 (19... g6 20. O-O Bg7 21. f4 $36) 20. O-O fxe5 21. Be3 $36 {and the Bf8 is
stuck.}) 19. Bc4 e6 20. Be3 Be7 21. Ke2 O-O 22. Rd1 $16 {Now White is firmly
in control - all Black's pieces are very passive.} Rd8 $6 {This move makes
White's task eaiser.} ({Perhaps, Black should have sat and waited by means of} 
22... Rb8 23. Nb1 h6 $16 {letting White show his cards.}) 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.
Bc5 {Now Black is almost paralysed.} Ba6 (24... f6 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Rb3 Kf7
27. Bd6 Bd4 28. Nb1 {wouldn't change much - there are too many weaknesses in
Black's camp.}) 25. Bxa6 Nxa6 26. Bd6 Ra7 27. Nb1 $1 {An excellent decision -
Radoslaw finds the perfect location for his knight. Indeed, White has all the
time in the world!} f6 28. Nd2 fxe5 29. Nc4 {Black's weak pawns will fall soon.
} Bc7 30. Bxc7 Rxc7 31. Nxa5 Nc5 32. Rb4 {Despite the major simplifications,
White's position is technically winning.} Kf8 33. Nc4 {For some reasons,
Radoslaw doesn't mind simplifying matters.} (33. f3 {seems simpler:} Ra7 34.
Nxc6 Rxa4 35. Rxa4 Nxa4 36. Nxe5 $18) 33... Nxe4 34. Nxe5 Nc3+ 35. Kd3 Nd5 36.
Rb8+ Ke7 37. Kc4 $2 {A serious mistake. GM Wojtaszek is spoiling the lion's
part of his advantage.} (37. Kd4 $1 c5+ 38. Kc4 Kd6 39. Nd3 $18 {White's
passer should decide the game.}) 37... Kd6 38. Nd3 Rf7 $1 {This is the point!
Black has managed to activate all of his pieces!} 39. g3 Kc7 $6 {Luckily for
Radoslaw, his opponent is returning the favour.} ({After} 39... Rf5 $1 40. a5
Nf6 41. Ra8 g5 {it would be very difficult for White to make any progress.})
40. Rg8 Kb6 $2 {GM Bartel misses another opportunity for activating his pieces.
} ({The correct move was} 40... Nb6+ $1 41. Kb4 e5 42. Nxe5 Rxf2 43. Rxg7+ Kd6
44. Nf7+ Kd5 {and Black maintains decent drawing chances.}) 41. Re8 {Now Black
is doomed to passive defence again.} Rf6 42. Rb8+ Kc7 43. Rg8 Rf7 44. f4 (44.
a5 $1 {was stronger:} Kd6 45. Rd8+ Kc7 46. Ra8 Kd6 47. f4 Rb7 48. a6 Rb5 49.
Rd8+ Kc7 50. Rg8 $18) 44... Kd6 45. Rd8+ Ke7 ({The most stubborn way was} 45...
Kc7 46. Re8 Kd7 {, and now White must play precisely:} 47. Ra8 $1 Nb6+ 48. Kc5
Nxa8 49. Ne5+ Ke7 50. Nxf7 Kxf7 51. Kxc6 $18) 46. Rb8 Kd6 47. Kd4 g5 $1 {
The best chance.} 48. fxg5 Ra7 49. Rd8+ Ke7 50. Rh8 Kd6 $1 (50... Rxa4+ 51. Ke5
Kf7 52. Rxh7+ Kg6 53. Rh8 Kxg5 54. Rg8+ Kh6 55. Kxe6 {is lost, even though the
limited material balance still offers Black some practical chances.}) 51. Nb2
Nb6 $1 (51... c5+ {offers no hope:} 52. Ke4 Nc3+ 53. Kd3 Nxa4 54. Nxa4 Rxa4 55.
Rxh7 Rg4 56. Rg7 Ke5 57. Ke3 Kf5 58. Rc7 $18) 52. h4 c5+ 53. Kd3 Ke5 54. a5 $2
(54. Rb8 Nxa4 55. Nc4+ Kf5 $16 {wasn't so clear, but this is what Radoslaw
should play.}) 54... Rxa5 55. Rb8 {It looks like Black fell into a trap, but...
} Ra3+ 56. Ke2 Rxg3 57. Rxb6 Rh3 {It turns out, that it's very difficult to
avoid the exchange of all k-side pawns.} 58. Nd3+ Kf5 59. Rc6 Rxh4 60. Rxc5+
Kg4 61. Ne5+ Kh5 62. Nf3 Rh1 (62... Ra4 $1 63. Rc7 Kg4 64. Rxh7 Ra2+ 65. Nd2
Kxg5 $11) 63. Rc8 {Till now GM Bartel was defending very well, but his next
move is a blunder.} h6 $4 ({Had Black played} 63... Ra1 64. Rc7 Ra2+ 65. Ke3
Ra3+ 66. Ke4 Kg4 67. Rf7 e5 {a draw would be unavoidable.}) 64. Rg8 $1 $18 {
That's it! The unfortunate location of rook makes Black's position hopeless.}
Ra1 65. g6 (65. Rh8 $18 {was also good enough}) 65... Ra5 66. Ke3 Ra4 67. Ne5
Ra3+ 68. Kd4 {The rest is just an agony.} Ra4+ 69. Kc5 Ra5+ 70. Kd6 Ra6+ 71.
Ke7 Kg5 72. Nf7+ Kh5 73. Ne5 Kg5 74. Rf8 Ra7+ 75. Kxe6 h5 76. Rf5+ Kh6 77. Rf7
Ra6+ 78. Kf5 h4 79. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Bryzgalin, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[BlackTeam "Belgorod BelGu"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. Bf4 $5 {Since my opponent has solid experience in the
Slav with 4...a6, I was happy to play this less known system.} d5 ({The
alternative is} 3... Qb6 4. Qd2 Ne4 5. Qc2 {which leads to a very unnatural
position.}) 4. e3 Bf5 {This position was already unknown for me, so it was not
easy to decide, which move is more precise here.} 5. Nc3 ({It looks like after
} 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 (6. c5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 b5 $13) 6... dxc4 $1 7. Bxc4 e6 $14 {
White has nothing special.}) 5... e6 (5... Nbd7 $5 6. cxd5 (6. Qb3 $5 Qb6 7. c5
Qxb3 8. axb3 a6 9. Nf3 $14 {[%cal Gb3b4,Gf3d2,Gd2b3]}) 6... Nxd5 7. Nxd5 cxd5
8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Nf3 Qb6 11. O-O Bd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Stocek,J-Nyback,T/
Ohrid 2009/CBM 133 (27)}) 6. Qb3 Qc8 {That move looks somewhat ugly, but any
other move was even worse.} ({The standard reply} 6... Qb6 {fails to:} 7. c5
Qxb3 8. axb3 Nbd7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Nf3 Nxf4 11. exf4 $14 {[%cal Gb4b5] /+/- 1-0
Kosic,D-Wittmann,W/Budapest 2008/CBM 123 Extra (30). Black has nothing he can
do against White's obvious threat.}) 7. Rc1 Nbd7 (7... Be7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bg3
O-O 10. Nf3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 c5 12. Be2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Miles,A-Portisch,L/Tilburg
1986/Inf 42 (16)}) 8. cxd5 (8. Nf3 Be7 9. Nh4 Be4 $1 10. f3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bd5
$13) 8... Nxd5 {That tackle was forced, but now White has a stable edge due to
his space advantage.} (8... exd5 $2 9. Nb5 cxb5 10. Rxc8+ Rxc8 11. Bxb5 Rc1+
12. Kd2 Ra1 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Qxb7 $18) 9. Bg3 ({Of couse not} 9. Nxd5 $6 exd5
10. Nf3 Be7 {and Black is fine.}) 9... N7f6 $146 (9... Nxc3 {1/2-1/2 Wohl,
A-Pezerovic,E/Bayern 2001/EXT 2003 (42)}) 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. h3 {
White's play looks a bit slow, but I simply tried to avoid any exchanges!} ({
The point is that after} 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4 $11 {White couldn't save
his important Bg3.}) (12. Nh4 $5 Bg4 13. Bxg4 Nxg4 14. O-O $14) 12... Ne4 13.
Bh2 ({I was worried about} 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. O-O Bxf3 15. Bxf3 f5 $14 {, but
of course White is simply better here.}) 13... a5 $6 {There was no reason for
such a weakening move, although Black's position remains very solid even after
this.} 14. O-O Bd6 ({I hardly can recommend} 14... Ndxc3 15. bxc3 b5 16. c4 b4
17. c5 $14 {[%cal Gf3e5,Ge5c4] and sooner or later White's knight will come to
c4.}) 15. Bxd6 Nxd6 16. Rfe1 Qd8 17. Bf1 Re8 {[%cal Gd8b6] creating the
unpleasant "threat" Qd8-b6.} (17... Qb6 $4 18. Nxd5 Qxb3 19. Ne7+ $18) 18. Qd1
({It is very difficult to make any progress after} 18. e4 Nxc3 (18... a4 19.
Qc2 Bg6 20. Ne5 $14) 19. exf5 Nd5 20. fxe6 Rxe6 21. Rxe6 fxe6 $14 {[%csl Gd5,
Gd6]}) 18... Ne4 {White was not really threatening to push e3-e4, so maybe
Black should make some prophylactic move here.} (18... Qe7 $5 $14) 19. Bd3 (19.
Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Nd2 Bg6 $14) 19... Ndf6 ({After} 19... Nexc3 20. bxc3 Bxd3 21.
Qxd3 c5 22. c4 $14 {[%csl Rb5] White has a clear advantage only due to the
impulsive weakening of the b5 spot.}) 20. Ne5 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Bg6 (21... Bxd3 22.
Nxd3 $14 {[%cal Gc3c4,Gc4c5]}) 22. Qb3 {Despite the major simplifications,
White keeps a clear advantage due to his preferable pawn structure.} (22. c4 c5
23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Rb1 $14) 22... Qc7 23. c4 {[%cal Gc4c5,Ge5c4,Gc4d6]} c5 {
That move was practically forced - otherwise White will push c4-c5 himself.}
24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Rb1 Re7 (25... Rab8 $5 $14) 26. Qb6 cxd4 $6 {Till that
moment Kirill was defending quite well, but under the time pressure he starts
to make mistakes.} ({I was expecting} 26... Ne4 {[%cal Gg6g5,Gf7f6] with the
idea to improve the k-side pawn structure by g7-g5 and f7-f6.} 27. Rb2 $14) 27.
exd4 Rd8 {This natural move allows White to increase the pressure along the
b-file.} ({From a practical point of view I would prefer} 27... Qxb6 28. Rxb6
Kf8 29. Reb1 Ra7 $14) 28. Qa7 $1 Rd6 (28... Nh5 29. Rb2 f6 30. Nxg6 Red7 $16)
29. Rb5 b6 ({As my opponent noticed after the game, in his previous
calculations he missed a nice tactical blow:} 29... Ra6 30. Qc5 Qd8 31. Reb1 $1
Rc7 $140 $2 (31... Nd7 32. Nxd7 Rc6 33. Rxb7 Rxc5 34. dxc5 Rxd7 35. Rb8 Qf8 $16
) (31... Ne4 32. Qa3 Nd6 33. R5b2 f6 34. Nxg6 Rc7 35. Qd3 Nxc4 36. Rxb7 Rxb7
37. Rxb7 $16) 32. Qxc7 $1 Qxc7 33. Rxb7 $18) 30. Qxc7 Rxc7 31. c5 bxc5 32. dxc5
{White has a clear advantage: the passed c-pawn and the weakness of Black's
king make his position very difficult.} Rd5 $6 {Black should keep control of
the 8th rank.} (32... Rd8 $1 33. Rxa5 g5 $16) 33. Rb8+ Kh7 34. c6 Ng8 $2 {
The last mistake.} ({We both missed:} 34... Rc5 $1 35. Rf8 $6 (35. a4 $1 Nd5
36. Rb5 Rc2 37. Rxa5 f6 38. Nd7 Nf4 $1 39. Ra6 $16) 35... Ng8 $1 36. Nxf7 $140
Rf5 $1 37. Rxg8 Kxg8 38. Ne5 g5 $14) 35. Rb7 $18 {Now Black is losing an
important pawn.} Rxb7 36. cxb7 Rb5 37. Nxf7 Rxb7 38. Ng5+ Kh6 39. Nxe6 ({
I was intending to play here} 39. f4 Nf6 40. Rxe6 Nh5 41. g3 Rb8 42. Kf2 $18 {
but at the last moment I just decided to make a simple move.}) 39... Nf6 ({
More resistant would be:} 39... Rb5 $142 40. f4 Rb2 41. Ng5 Nf6 42. Rc1 Rb8 43.
Kf2 $18) 40. g4 $1 {White is a pawn up, while Black's king is extremely weak.}
Kh7 (40... g5 41. Re5 $18) 41. Re5 a4 42. Ra5 Rb4 43. Ra7 ({White has many
other winning moves:} 43. Ng5+ Kh6 44. Nf7+ Kh7 45. Ra8 Ng8 46. Kg2 $18) (43.
Nf8+ Kg8 44. Nxg6 Ne4 (44... Nxg4 45. Ra8+ Kf7 46. Nh8+ Kf6 47. hxg4 Rxg4+ 48.
Kf1 $18)) ({or even} 43. a3) 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This is not such a huge upset as Yuffa is just 150 points lower rated than
Bologan. However, considering that Viktor was in excellent form at the
recently concluded European Team Championships it is surely a great result for
the Russian youngster.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 {Taking the pawn before
White has played Nf3 is not so common but is totally playable.} 4. e4 b5 5. a4
b4 6. Nb1 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. Ne4
{White's position is quite pleasant. His next plan is to play Bg5 and exchange
the dark-squared bishops so that the d6- and c5-squares are weakened. Bologan
prevents it but in doing so loses further time.} h6 13. a5 $1 {Threatening to
gain more space with a6.} Rc8 14. Bxd5 $1 {A very anti-intuitive decision, but
all will be clear pretty soon.} cxd5 15. Nd6+ $1 Bxd6 16. exd6 {The d6 pawn is
pretty weak and most probably will be lost, but while it is alive it causes
quite some inconvenience to Black. The b4-pawn is also weak and can be
attacked by Qa4 and Bd2. On the other hand the b7-bishop is pretty passive.
All this leads to quite a strong initiative for White.} Ba6 17. Re1 O-O 18. Bd2
$1 Rb8 19. Ne5 $1 {Threatening a fork on c6.} Nxe5 {.} 20. dxe5 $16 {[%csl Gd6,
Ge5] The d6-pawn which looked weak has now transformed itself into a pillar of
strength.} f5 21. Qh5 Kh7 22. Rac1 Rb7 (22... Qxa5 23. Rc7 $1 $18) 23. Rc5 $1 {
Threatening to double the rooks on the c-file.} b3 24. h4 $1 {I quite like
this move, as Bg5 can be played and back rank threats are no longer a problem.}
Bb5 25. Bg5 (25. Rec1 {was objectively stronger.}) 25... Qxa5 26. Rec1 Qb4 27.
Rc7 Rxc7 $2 (27... Bd7 {Blocking the rook's action on the seventh rank was
important.} 28. Rxb7 Qxb7 29. Rc7 Qb5 $16 {Black is still in the game.}) 28.
Rxc7 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qxe5+ 30. f4 $1 {Nicely calculated by Daniil. The d6-pawn is
taboo.} Qd4 (30... Qxd6 31. Qxh6+ $1) 31. Qxh6+ $1 {It's surprising that
Viktor allowed this, but there was really no way to prevent it.} Kg8 32. Qxe6+
Kh8 33. Qe5 {The safest route to victory.} Qxe5 34. fxe5 Re8 35. Be7 d4 36. d7
Bxd7 37. Rxd7 d3 38. Bb4 {A very strong game by Daniil Yuffa who surprisingly
is not even a GM yet. But by the looks of his play I am sure that he will be
one pretty soon.} 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 4th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Silver,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g6 (6...
Bg4 7. Bd3 Bh5 8. Nge2 Bg6 9. Nf4 Bxd3 10. Nxd3 e6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. c5 a5 13.
b4 a4 {1/2-1/2 (63) Mamedyarov,S (2757)-Morozevich,A (2724) Sochi 2014}) 7. Bd3
Bg7 8. Nf3 {White is slightly better.} O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. h3 dxc4
$146 (11... Re8 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Rac1 Nfd7 15. c5 Na8 16. b4 {
1-0 (54) Akhmadeev,V (2429)-Kovsharev,V (2282) Nabereznye Chelny 2010}) 12.
bxc4 c5 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. exd4 bxc4 15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Bb3 a5 17. a4 Nbd5 18. Nxd5
Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Ba3 Re8 21. Bc5 Bb7 {[%cal Gb7a6]} 22. Rfb1 ({White
should try} 22. Rfe1 $15) 22... Bxf3 $17 23. Qxf3 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. Rd1
Qe5 26. Qd5 Qf6 27. Rac1 e6 28. Qc5 Red8 29. Qc7 h5 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Qe5 Qd7
32. Rc4 Qd3 33. Rd4 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qb8 35. Rd6 Qe8 36. Qb5 ({White should play} 
36. Qd4 $15) 36... Qe7 $36 {Black is in control.} 37. Rd7 $2 {This is a
mistake that gives Black a clear winning path.} (37. Qe5 $17 {was worth a try.}
) 37... Qf6 $1 $19 38. Qb6 Rc8 $1 ({But not} 38... Qf4+ 39. g3 Qf5 40. Kg2 $17)
39. Qd4 Qxd4 40. Rxd4 Rc2 41. Kg3 Kg7 42. h4 Kf6 43. Rf4+ Ke7 44. Rd4 Rc3+ 45.
f3 Rc2 46. Kh3 Rb2 {White resigned here as he cannot protect his a-pawn.} (
46... Rb2 {For example:} 47. Rd1 ({White cannot keep the rook on the 4th since
after} 47. Kg3 Rb4 48. Re4 Rxe4 $1 {it's all over.} 49. fxe4 Kd6 50. Kf4 e5+
51. Kg5 Kc5 52. Kf6 Kd4) 47... Ra2 48. Rd4 f6 49. Kg3 e5 50. Re4 Ke6 51. Rc4
Kd5 {and the rook is evicted.}) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.22"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "269"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 Rc8 (9... e6 10. Bd3 Nc6 (10... Rc8) 11. a3 Nh5 12. Be5 Rc8 (
12... Nxe5 $5 13. dxe5 Qg5 14. f4 Qh4+ 15. Qf2 Qxf2+ 16. Kxf2 d4 17. exd4 Nxf4
$11) 13. Nf3 f6 14. Bxh7 fxe5 15. Qg6+ Ke7 16. Qxh5 Be8 17. Qg5+ Kd7 18. Qxd8+
Kxd8 19. Ng5 (19. Bc2 exd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. exd4 Rc4 22. O-O-O Bxa3 23. Nxd5
Bxb2+ 24. Kxb2 exd5 $11) 19... Ke7 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Rc1 Bd7 $44 {Khenkin,I 
(2644)-Savic,M (2525) Budva 2009 0-1 (56)}) 10. Bd3 e6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. h3 (12.
O-O O-O ({The computer recommends} 12... Nc6 13. a3 Nh5 14. Be5 f6 15. Bg3 Nxg3
16. hxg3 f5 17. Rfc1 $14 {I believe that White has better chances}) 13. Ne5 Nc4
(13... b5 {A dubious move.} 14. Qe2 a6 15. Rac1 Be8 16. Bg5 Nc4 17. b3 Nd6 18.
Rc2 Nd7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. a4 $14 {Kazhgaleyev,M (2609)-Van Wely,L (2653)
Philadelphia 2010 1-0 (38)}) 14. Rac1 (14. Qe2 Nd6 15. Rac1 Be8 16. Rc2 Nfe4
17. Rfc1 f6 18. Nf3 Bc6 (18... Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Rxc3 Ne4 21. Rc1 Bc6 $11)
19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. e4 Qd7 21. e5 $14 {Kazhgaleyev,M (2637)-Van Kampen,R (2443)
Wijk aan Zee 2011 1-0 (54)}) 14... Bc6 15. Rfd1 Nd6 16. Qe2 Qa5 17. Rc2 (17. a3
$5 Rc7 18. f3 Rfc8 $6 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. e4 $16) 17... Rfd8 18. Bg5 Ba4 19. Nxa4
Qxa4 20. b3 Qe8 {1/2 (20) Fressinet,L (2718)-Gelfand,B (2751) Plovdiv 2010})
12... O-O 13. O-O Nc4 14. Ne5 Bc6 $146 {I would recommend 14...Be8.} (14... Be8
15. Rfc1 b5 16. a3 (16. Qe2 b4 17. Nd1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bd7 19. Ba6 Rxc1 20. Rxc1
Ne8 $11) 16... a6 17. Qe2 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19. a4 Qb6 $6 (19... b4 $5 20. Nb1
Qb6 $11) 20. axb5 axb5 21. b3 $14 {Khenkin,I (2620)-Rapport,R (2545) Helsingor
2011 0-1 (40)}) 15. Rac1 Nd6 16. Qb3 Qa5 17. Rc2 Rfd8 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Rfc1
$14 {Black's position is unpleasant, especially in a rapid game.} h6 (19... Rb6
$2 20. Qa4 Qxa4 21. Nxa4 Rb4 22. b3 $16) 20. a3 Nfe8 21. Qb4 (21. Qa2 $5 Rdc8
22. b4 Qd8 23. b5 R6c7 24. Qb3 $14) 21... Qxb4 22. axb4 Nc4 $6 ({Probably he
had to trade pawns after} 22... a6 $5 23. b5 axb5 24. Nxb5 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Nxb5
26. Bxb5 $14) 23. b5 {Now the pawn on a7 is weak.} Rcc8 24. Na4 ({It seems to
me that White could set more problems for Black if he played} 24. Ra1 $1 Bd6 $1
(24... Nxb2 $2 25. Nxd5 $1 exd5 26. Rxb2 $16) (24... Ra8 25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. Ne4
Rd5 27. b6 a6 28. Ra4 Rb5 29. Bc7 $16) 25. Ne2 Bxf4 26. Nxf4 Ned6 27. Rxa7 g5
28. Nh5 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 {Black has enough compensation for a pawn.}) 24...
Ned6 25. b3 ({I believe that} 25. Bxc4 {was stronger. For example} Rxc4 $8 (
25... Nxc4 26. b3 Nd6 27. Rc7 $16) (25... dxc4 26. Bxd6 $16) 26. Rxc4 Nxc4 27.
b3 Na5 28. Rc7 (28. Bc7 $2 Rc8) 28... Re8 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Nxb3 (30... e5
$2 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. b4 Nc4 33. Rxb7 $18) 31. Bd6 Na5 32. Kf1 {White has huge
compensation for a pawn.}) 25... Na5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rc5 Nxb3 28. Bxd6 Nxc5
29. Bxc5 Bf8 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Nc5 Rc7 $6 {He just lost a tempo.} ({Why not} 
31... b6 $1 32. Nd7+ (32. Na6 $6 Rc3 33. Bf1 Ke7 34. Nb4 Kd6 35. Nd3 f6 36. g4
(36. f4 $2 Rb3 $17) 36... e5 37. Kg2 g5 (37... exd4 38. exd4 Rc4 39. Nf4 Rxd4
40. Nh5 $11) 38. dxe5+ fxe5 $15) 32... Ke7 33. Ne5 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Ra1 $11) 32.
Kf1 b6 33. Na6 Rc1+ {Liem Le Quang lost a tempo by playing 31...Rc7 so now 33..
.Rc3 is useless} (33... Rc3 34. Ke2) 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Nb4 Kd6 36. h4 {Svidler
decided to reduce the number of pawns on the board.} g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. f4
gxf4 39. exf4 f5 {The position seems to be completely drawish.} 40. Nc2 Rb1 41.
Ne1 Rb2+ 42. Ke3 Ke7 43. Be2 Rb3+ 44. Kf2 Kd6 45. Nf3 Rb4 46. g3 Rb3 47. Ne5
Rb2 48. g4 {White keeps swapping pawns.} fxg4 49. Nxg4 {Up to the moment
Black's position seems to be very solid.} Rb3 50. Ne5 Rb2 51. Ke3 Rb1 52. Bd3
Re1+ 53. Kd2 Rh1 {Black is just waiting} 54. f5 exf5 55. Bxf5 {Now we can
figure out what White wants. His plan is attacking the d5-pawn twice and after
trading B+N for rook + pawn, the pawn endgame will be winning for White. Of
course against a computer this mission is impossible but Peter Svidler is up
against a human player...} Rh2+ 56. Kc3 Rh1 57. Bd3 Rc1+ 58. Kd2 Rh1 59. Nf3
Rh8 60. Ne1 Rh2+ 61. Kc3 Rh3 62. Nc2 Rg3 63. Kd2 Rg2+ 64. Be2 Rf2 65. Ne3 Rf4 {
Black needs to control the f3-square} 66. Kd3 Rf2 67. Bh5 Rb2 $1 {Up to this
moment Liem Le Quang has played the endgame very strongly.} (67... Rf8 68. Bd1
Rf2 69. Bb3 Rb2 70. Bc4 $3 {a brilliant move.} Rb1 71. Nxd5 $18) 68. Be8 Rb3+
69. Kd2 Rb4 70. Kc3 Ra4 71. Kb3 (71. Bc6 Ra3+ 72. Kd2 Ra2+) 71... Ra5 72. Bc6
a6 73. Kb4 Ra1 $2 {Now Black has problems.} (73... axb5 74. Bxd5 Ra4+ 75. Kc3
b4+ 76. Kb2 b3 $11) 74. Bxd5 axb5 75. Bb3 $16 {Black is losing the b5-pawn} Rb1
76. Nd1 Kd7 77. Nc3 Rh1 78. Nxb5 Rh4 79. Bd5 Rh2 80. Kc3 Rf2 81. Kd3 Rh2 82.
Bb7 Rb2 83. Kc4 Ke6 84. Bc8+ Ke7 85. Bf5 Rf2 86. Be4 Ke6 87. Nc3 Kd6 88. Bd5
Rc2 89. Be4 {White doesn't need to hurry up.} Rc1 90. Kd3 Rg1 91. Nb5+ Ke6 92.
Bc6 Rc1 93. Bf3 (93. d5+ $2 Ke5 $11) 93... Rg1 94. Na3 Ra1 95. Nc4 b5 96. Nd2
Ra3+ 97. Ke4 Kd6 98. Bd1 Rh3 99. Bb3 Rh4+ 100. Kd3 Rh3+ 101. Kc2 Rh4 102. Kd3
Rh3+ 103. Ke2 Rh2+ 104. Ke3 Rh3+ 105. Nf3 Rh1 (105... Rg3 $1 106. Kf4 Rh3) 106.
Ng5 Rh5 107. Ne4+ Kc6 108. Be6 {The rook doesn't have any squares on the 5th
rank. So eventually White can play d5.} Rh1 109. d5+ Kb6 110. Kd4 Rd1+ 111. Ke5
$18 b4 {Desperation.} 112. d6 Kc6 113. Bb3 Re1 114. Ba4+ Kb6 115. Kd5 Rh1 116.
Nf6 Rh3 117. Nd7+ Ka5 118. Nc5 b3 119. d7 (119. Bxb3 Kb6 120. Nd7+ Kb7 121. Bc4
$18) 119... Rh5+ 120. Kc4 Rh4+ 121. Kxb3 Rd4 122. Kc3 Rd5 123. Kc4 Rxd7 124.
Bxd7 {Of course Peter Svidler has no problem with the endgame B+N+K against K.}
Kb6 125. Ne6 Ka5 126. Kc5 Ka6 127. Bc6 Ka5 128. Nd4 Ka6 129. Nb5 Ka5 130. Nd6
Ka6 131. Bb5+ Ka7 132. Kc6 Kb8 133. Kb6 Ka8 134. Ba6 Kb8 135. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 {Nowadays the Slav Exchange Variation is getting
more and more popular among the elite players. It is strange, isn't it?} cxd5
4. Bf4 {An interesting move order. In my opinion White wanted to avoid an
aggressive setup by Black such as} (4. Nc3 Nc6 ({or} 4... Nf6 5. Nf3 (5. Bf4 $1
) 5... Nc6 6. Bf4 Nh5 $5) 5. Bf4 e5 $5 6. dxe5 d4 7. Ne4 Qa5+ (7... Bf5 $5) (
7... Qb6 $5) 8. Nd2 Nge7 9. Ngf3 h6 10. h4 Bg4 11. g3 Bxf3 12. exf3 Nxe5 13.
Qe2 N7c6 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5+ Nxe5 16. Bb5+ Nc6 17. Rc1 Bb4 18. a3 Bxd2+ 19.
Kxd2 O-O 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Rxc6 $16 {Ghaem Maghami,E-Yu Yangyi Jakarta INA
2011 1-0 (41); and White won this endgame.}) 4... Nc6 (4... Qb6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6.
e3 Qxb2 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. Nge2 {see the game Morozevich,
A-Mamedyarov,S FIDE Gp Tashkent 2012.}) 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+
Bd7 9. Bb5 (9. Qc2 {The main continuation. Recently this position, as well as
all exchange variations, has become popular among strong players..} e6 (9...
Rc8 10. Nf3 g6 $6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. h3 b5 13. a3 Nc4 14. O-O O-O 15. Rfc1 a6 16.
Qe2 Bf5 17. Ne5 Nd7 $6 (17... Bxd3 18. Nxd3 Ne4 19. a4 $14) 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19.
Nd3 e6 20. a4 $16 {1-0 Zhou Weiqi-Ma Qun/Xinghua CHN 2013 (49)}) 10. Bd3 Rc8
11. Nf3 Bb4 12. O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Qb3 Qa5 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17.
a3 Bxc3 18. Qxb7 O-O 19. bxc3 Nb6 20. Bc7 Qb5 (20... Qxc3 21. Bxb6 axb6 22.
Qxb6 $16) (20... Qa4 $1 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Qxb6 Rxc3 $14) 21. Qxa7 Nc4 22. Bg3
Ra8 23. Qe7 Rfc8 24. h3 Qa5 25. Qb4 $16 {Kramnik,V-Aronian,L/Shanghai CHN 2010
1-0 (45)}) 9... Nc6 10. Qd1 $5 {I believe this is White's best chance to get
an edge. Mainly, Black has a better version of the line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5
cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 e6 because he has already developed his light-squared
bishop. Sooner or later White should play Bd3 so Black will get an extra tempo
compared with the above-mentioned line.} (10. Nf3 {this continuation is not
dangerous at all.} e6 (10... a6 11. Be2 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. h3 O-O 14. Qd1 Rc8
15. Rc1 Na5 16. Ne5 Nc4 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. Bf3 Qb6 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21.
Qxd5 Bc6 $11 {Fridman,D-Ter Sahakyan,S EU-Ch Aix-les-Bains FRA 2011 1/2-1/2 
(34)}) 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 a6 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. Bg3 Be7 15. O-O b5 16. Qc2
O-O 17. a4 b4 18. Ne2 Rc8 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. Rfc1 Qb7 21. b3 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rc8
23. Qd2 Nb6 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,M-Sumets,A Guben GER 2012}) 10... a6
(10... e6 {If you wanted my opinion I would recommend. It is not so bad to
play a theoretical position with an extra tempo.} 11. Nf3 (11. Bd3 Be7 12. g4
$6 {A very aggressive approach. In my opinion White has no good reason to play
so aggressively.} Qb6 13. g5 $6 (13. Rb1 e5 14. dxe5 Nxg4 15. Nf3 (15. Nxd5 $2
Qa5+ 16. Nc3 Ncxe5 $17) 15... d4 16. exd4 Nxd4 17. O-O $13) 13... Nh5 $1 14.
Qxh5 Qxb2 $17 15. Rd1 Qxc3+ 16. Kf1 Nb4 17. Bb1 Ba4 18. Re1 Nd3 19. Bxd3 Qxd3+
20. Kg2 O-O 21. Ne2 Qe4+ 22. f3 Qc2 23. Kg3 Bb5 24. Nc1 Rac8 25. Be5 Qf5 26. h4
f6 {0-1 Shomoev,A-Dreev,A/Kirov RUS 2012}) 11... Be7 12. h3 Ne4 $6 {A dubious
move.} (12... O-O 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 Rac8 15. Bd3 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Be8 17. Rfd1 (
17. g4 $6 Nb4 18. Bb1 Ne4 $132) (17. Na4 Nxd4 18. Nxb6 Nxe2+ 19. Bxe2 Rxc1 20.
Rxc1 axb6 21. Rc7 Rd7 22. Rc8 Rd8 23. Rc7 $11) 17... a6 18. Bb1 Na5 19. Ne5 Nc4
20. Nxc4 Rxc4 $11 {0-1 Stefanova,A-Sargissian,G/Antwerp 2009/CBM 133 (71)}) 13.
Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 Bb4 15. a3 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 Ne7 17. Be2 Qb6 18. O-O O-O 19.
Rfc1 Nd5 20. Bg3 $14 {Potkin,V-Esen,B/Legnica POL 2013 0-1 (65). White has a
comfortable edge. The result of the game had nothing to do with the outcome of
the opening.}) 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Nge2 e6 13. O-O Be7 $146 (13... Bxe2 $6 {
This is too cynical to be recommended. Despite the fact that White couldn't
win the game he had an edge throughout the whole game.} 14. Qxe2 Bd6 15. Bxd6 (
15. Bg5 $5) 15... Qxd6 16. Rac1 O-O 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Nc5 (18. a3 $5 Rfc8 19. Rc3
Ne7 20. Rfc1 h6 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Qc7 23. b4 $14) 18... Nxc5 19. Rxc5 Rfc8
20. Rfc1 g6 21. b4 Qd7 22. b5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Qd6 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26.
g3 Qa3 27. Rxc6 Qxa2 28. Qxa2 Rxa2 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Rc7 h5 {1/2-1/2 Brunello,
S-Michalik,P/Meissen GER 2013}) 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Na4 Rc8 $6 {I believe that
Black's problems began with this move} (15... Nd7 {Recently Nakamura played a
very similar position against Caruana. Nakamura played with the white pieces.
It seems to me that White has very little chances to gain an advantage.} 16.
Qb3 (16. a3 Rc8 17. h3 (17. Qb3 $6 b5 18. Nc5 $2 Nxc5 19. dxc5 e5 20. Bg3 e4
$19) (17. f3 Bh5 18. b4 Bg6 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. bxc5 e5 $5 21. Bg3 exd4 22. exd4
Re8) 17... Bh5 18. b4 Bg6 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. bxc5 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 b6 22. cxb6 (22.
Qxa6 bxc5 23. dxc5 Qd7 24. Qd3 Na5 25. e4 Bxc5 $11) 22... Qxb6 $11) 16... e5 $5
(16... Ra7) 17. dxe5 Ndxe5 18. Bxe5 (18. Rfd1 $2 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Nb4 20. Qd2 Nxa2
21. Rc7 Bd6 $15) 18... Nxe5 19. Rfd1 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qa5 21. Nac3 Rfd8 22. h3 Be6
23. Nd4 Rac8 $11) 16. f3 Bh5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 (17... e5 $5 {The most interesting
and probably the strongest continuation. It can lead to enormous complications}
18. Nxb7 (18. Bg3 e4 19. fxe4 (19. Bb1 exf3 20. gxf3 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Bg6 22. Bxg6
hxg6 $11) 19... dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bg5 22. Qd3 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Qe7 24.
Bxc6 Qxe3+ 25. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 26. Kh1 Bxc1 27. Bxb7 Bxb2 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 $11) 18...
Qb6 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Bf5 (20. Bxe5 $2 Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 Qxe5) 20... Rc4 21. Rxc4
dxc4 22. Qd4 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Qxb7 $11) ({Black doesn't get full compensation
for an exchange after} 17... Qb6 18. g4 Bg6 19. g5 Nh5 20. Nd7 Qxb2 21. Nxf8
Bxf8 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qc2 Qa3 24. Kf2 $14) 18. dxc5 $1 {It is much easier for
Black to equalise after Rc5:} (18. Rxc5 Bg6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Qb3 Qe7 21. Rfc1
Nh5 $11) 18... e5 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6 {I think this is not White's best option}
(20. Bh4 $1 e4 {and now Houdini prompts} (20... Rc7 $6 21. Ng3 Bg6 22. Bxf6
gxf6 23. Qd2 $16) (20... g5 21. Bg3 Qe7 22. a3 Rfd8 23. h4 $40) 21. Ng3 $1 (21.
fxe4 dxe4 22. Bc2 Qxd1 23. Bxd1 Nd5 24. Nc3 Nxc3 25. Bxh5 Nxa2 26. Rcd1 Nab4
27. Rd7 g6 28. Be2 Nd3 29. Bxd3 exd3 30. Rxd3 Ne5 31. Rd5 Rfe8 $11) 21... Bxf3
22. Be2 $1 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 g5 24. Bg3 $40 {White has a strong attack for the
pawn.} Ne8 (24... Nb4 25. Qd4 Nd3 26. Rxf6 Nxc1 27. Nc3 $1 (27. Nxc1 $2 Rxc5
$13) 27... Kh7 28. Bd6 Rc6 29. Rf1 $18) 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 Qd7 27. Rcd1 $14)
20... Qxf6 21. Ng3 Qg5 22. Qd2 $1 (22. Nxh5 Qxh5 23. Qb3 Qg5 24. Bb1 Rfd8 25.
Qxb7 Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 Na5 27. Qxa6 Nc4 28. b4 Ra8 29. Qb7 Rab8 30. Qe7 Rdc8 31.
Qd7 Rd8 32. Qe7 Rdc8 $11) 22... d4 $8 {The only move otherwise Black gets into
troubles.} (22... Rfd8 23. f4 exf4 24. exf4 Qh4 25. a3 Rc7 26. Nf5 Qf6 27. Nd6
$16) (22... Bg6 23. Bxg6 Qxg6 24. Qxd5 Rfd8 25. Qb3 Rd3 26. Qxb7 Rb8 27. Qxa6
Rxb2 28. Rfd1 $16) 23. Qe1 dxe3 $2 {Likely this was the decisive mistake.} (
23... Bg6 24. f4 exf4 (24... Qh4 25. f5 Bh7 26. Qe2 dxe3 27. Rc4 Nd4 28. Qxe3
Rfe8 29. Ne4 Nxf5 $2 30. Rxf5 Bxf5 31. Nd6 $18) 25. exf4 Qd5 26. f5 Bh7 27. Be4
Qe5 28. f6 $40) (23... Rcd8 24. f4 Qh4 25. Be4 Rfe8 26. Qf2 Bg6 27. f5 Bh7 28.
Rce1 $14) 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. Nd6 Rc7 26. Qxe3 Bg6 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Rfe1 $16 {
Black's position is completely joyless.} Qe6 29. a3 g5 30. Rc4 Qd5 31. Qe4 $1
Qxe4 ({Black could have tried} 31... Qd2 $5 32. Rc2 Qd4+ 33. Qxd4 Nxd4 34. Rc4
Nf5 $16) 32. Rcxe4 Rd8 33. R1e3 Kh7 34. Kf2 a5 (34... Re7 35. Rb3 Rdd7 36. Rb6
Nd4 37. b4 $16 {Black's position is very difficult.}) 35. Rc3 Ra8 36. Ke3 Ra6
37. Nc4 Ne7 38. Nb6 a4 39. Kd2 Ra5 40. Nxa4 {White has several attractive
options. It is not easy to point out the best one.} (40. Rxe5 $5 Ng6 41. Ree3
Rcxc5 42. Rxc5 Rxc5 43. Nxa4 $16) (40. Rxa4 Raxc5 41. Rac4 Rxc4 42. Rxc4 Nc6 (
42... Rxc4 43. Nxc4 Nc6 44. Nd6 Nd8 45. a4 Kg6 46. a5 $18) 43. Rc5 Kg6 44. b4
$16) 40... Nd5 41. Rc2 Nf4 42. Kc1 Rc6 43. Kb1 g4 $6 {Black loses a second
pawn. Anyway his position was bad and his defeat was a question of time.} 44.
fxg4 Nd3 45. Re3 Nf4 46. b3 Re6 47. Kb2 Nd5 48. Re4 Nf6 49. Rec4 $18 {White is
completely winning, only a miracle can help Black.} e4 50. Nb6 Nxg4 51. b4 Ra6
52. Re2 Nxh2 53. Rcxe4 Rg6 54. Re7 Ra7 55. a4 Nf1 56. b5 Ng3 57. Rf2 Rg5 58. c6
{Here Black could have admitted his defeat but who among us wants to resign?}
Rxa4 59. Nxa4 Rxb5+ 60. Kc2 bxc6 61. Nc3 Ra5 62. Rff7 Nf5 63. Ra7 Re5 64. g4
Nd4+ 65. Kd2 Ne6 66. Rf5 Nd4 67. Rxe5 Nf3+ 68. Ke3 Nxe5 69. Kf4 Ng6+ 70. Ke4
1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Qb6 {A rare option.} (5... Nc6
{is the main line. See Wang Hao - Caruana,F Tashkent FIDE GP 2012}) 6. e3 (6.
Qd2 $5 Nc6 7. e3 Bf5 8. f3 $1 {the only way to play for an advantage} (8. Nge2
e6 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Rfc8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. f4 Ne7 15.
Bg4 Re8 (15... Rc6 $5 16. f5 exf5 17. Nxf5 Rd8) 16. Rac1 Bh4 17. f5 exf5 18.
Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Bg5 20. Bc2 Nf5 21. Nxd5 Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Nxe3 23. Nxb6 axb6
24. Rfe1 Nxc2 {1/2 Graf,A - Dreev,A Moscow Aeroflot op-A 2004}) 8... e6 9. Rc1
Bb4 10. h4 h5 (10... h6 $1 11. g4 Bh7 12. Nge2 Nd7 $5 13. g5 (13. Ng3 $2 e5 $1
14. dxe5 Ndxe5 15. Kf2 O-O $15) (13. a3 $6 Be7 14. g5 Rc8 (14... Na5 15. Na4
Qa6 16. Nec3 Nc4 17. Qd1 b5 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. b3 Rd8 21. gxh6 (21.
bxc4 $6 dxc4 22. Qe2 Bd3 23. Qb2 (23. Qg2 Qxa3 $19) 23... Bxa3 24. Qa1 hxg5 25.
Bxg5 f6 26. Bf4 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 e5 28. Bg3 Qb6 $19))) 13... e5 14. Bg3 Na5 15. b3
Bf5 $132) 11. a3 Bxc3 (11... Be7 12. Na4 Qd8 13. b4 Bd6 14. Ne2 O-O 15. Nc5
Bxf4 16. Nxf4 $14) 12. Rxc3 O-O 13. Be2 Rfe8 (13... Rac8 $5 14. Bd1 Na5 15. b3
Rxc3 16. Qxc3 Nc6 17. Ne2 Rc8 18. Kf2 $11) 14. Bd1 e5 15. Bxe5 (15. dxe5 $6 Nd7
16. Ne2 Ndxe5 $132) 15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rxe5 17. Ne2 Rae8 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. O-O
$14 {Morozevich,A - Predojevic,B Sarajevo Bosna-A 38th 2008 1-0 (44)}) 6...
Qxb2 (6... Bd7 {I don't think that Black can reach complete equality with 5...
Qb6 followed by 6....Bd7. A strange combination, isn't it?} 7. Bd3 (7. Qd2 e6
8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Nf3 Be7 (9... Nb4 10. Bb1 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne5
Rfc8 14. f4 Be8 15. g4 $14 {Vaisser,A - Dreev,A ACP Blitz Final 3rd 2004 0-1 
(38)}) 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Rfc8 12. Rfc1 Be8 13. Ne5 (13. Na4 $6 Qd8 14. Nc5
Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Ne4 $11) 13... Nxe5 14. Bxe5 a6) 7... e6 ({According to my
database, nobody has dared to capture the pawn on b2} 7... Qxb2 8. Nge2 Qa3 {
White needs to choose between 2 options} 9. Rb1 (9. Qb1 $5 Nc6 (9... Bc6 $6 10.
Bb5 $16 e6 $2 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qb7) 10. Qxb7 Rc8 11. Bb5 e6 12. O-O $14) 9...
Bc6 10. O-O Qa5 11. Rb3 e6 12. Nb5 Na6 13. Nec3 $44) 8. Qe2 Bc6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10.
O-O Be7 11. Rab1 a5 12. Nb5 (12. a3 $5 O-O (12... a4 $6 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. Bxb5
O-O 15. Rbc1 $16) 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Ne4 (14... Bxb4 $2 15. Na2 $16) 15. Bxe4
dxe4 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Be5 $14) 12... Bxb5 13. Bxb5 O-O 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. h3 {
1/2 Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R - Cubas,Jo Kuna Arandu Elite 2012} (15. Rc3 $5 $14)
) (6... Nc6 7. Bd3 Qxb2 8. Nge2 Qb6 9. Rb1 Qa5 10. Rb5 (10. O-O $5 a6 $8 11.
Na4 $44) 10... Qd8 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Qb3 {1/2 Seirawan,Y - Hector,J
Haninge Haninge 1990}) 7. Bb5+ Bd7 (7... Nc6 {This option looks dangerous for
Black} 8. Nge2 Qa3 (8... Bf5 $5 9. O-O Qb4 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Qc4 12. Qb1 b6
13. Nb5 $6 (13. Rc1 $1 Qb4 14. Qd3 Qc4 15. Qxc4 dxc4 16. Nb5 O-O-O 17. Rxc4)
13... Kd7 (13... Rc8 14. Nec3 Qb4 15. Qd3 Qc4 (15... e6 16. Rfc1 Be7 17. Nc7+
Kd7 18. N3xd5 $1 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Qf5+ Kd8 21. Rxc6 Rxc6 22. Qxd5+ $18)
16. Qb1 Qb4 $11) 14. Ng3 e6 15. Rc1 Qa4 16. Qd3 {Dimukhametov,A - Volkov,S
Samara Polugaevsky Memorial 2011 0-1 (27)}) 9. O-O e6 10. Ba4 a6 11. Rb1 b5 12.
Rb3 Qe7 13. Bxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Kd7 15. Qc2 Ra6 16. Nc1 (16. Nd6 $1 Qxd6 $8 (
16... g5 17. Nxc8 Kxc8 18. Rb8+ Kd7 19. Rfb1 $18) 17. Bxd6 Bxd6 18. Rc1 Ke7 19.
Qd3 $16) 16... Qd8 17. Nd3 Ne8 18. e4 Ke7 19. Qc5+ Kd7 20. Qc2 Ke7 21. Qc5+ Kd7
22. Qc2 Ke7 {1/2 Prohaszka,P2 - Predojevic,B TCh-HUN 2012}) 8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9.
Nge2 Qa3 $8 (9... a6 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Rxb7 $16) (9... Rc8 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. O-O
$16) 10. Rb1 b6 $1 (10... Rc8 11. O-O e6 12. Rxb7 Rxc3 $2 (12... a6 13. Ra7 Be7
14. Nb5 Qxa2 15. Nc7+ Kf8 16. Rxa6 $16) 13. Nxc3 Qxc3 14. Qa4 Be7 15. Rc7 Qb2
16. Rc8+ Bd8 17. Bd6 Ne4 18. Bb4 Qe2 19. Qxa7 Qb5 20. Qc7 {1-0 Vaisser,A -
Kallai,G FRA-chT 2000}) (10... Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. O-O Nb6 13. Qc2 e6 14. Rb3
$6 (14. Qxe4 $1 Nd5 15. Be5 Qa6 16. Nf4 $16) 14... Rc8 $1 $13 {Vojinovic,J -
Stefanova,A Dresden ol (Women) 38th 2008 0-1 (50)}) 11. O-O a6 12. Bc7 e6 13.
Bxb6 Bd6 14. Rb3 {A new move.} (14. g3 Nxb6 15. Rxb6 Be7 $6 (15... O-O 16. Qa4
Rfc8 $11) 16. Qa4+ Qxa4 17. Nxa4 O-O 18. Rc1 $14 {Stefanova,A - Romanko,M FIDE
Wch Women World Cup 2012 1-0 (44)}) 14... Bxh2+ $8 15. Kh1 $8 (15. Kxh2 $2 Qd6+
16. Kg1 Nxb6 $17) 15... Qe7 $1 (15... Qd6 16. Bc5 Qc7 17. g3 Bxg3 18. Nxg3 Nxc5
19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Nh5 Nxh5 21. Qxh5 Qc6 (21... O-O $2 22. Ne4 $18) 22. Ne2 $16)
16. g3 Ng4 17. Bc5 $1 (17. Nf4 h5 18. Qf3 Qg5 {According to my engine, the
position is drawish.} 19. e4 (19. Nh3 Qg6 20. Nf4 Qg5 21. Nh3 $11) 19... h4 20.
Nh3 Qh5 21. exd5 hxg3 22. dxe6 Nxf2+ (22... O-O $5 23. exd7 Qxh3 24. Qg2 Qh4
25. Nd5 Rfb8 26. fxg3 Bxg3+ 27. Kg1 Bh2+ 28. Kh1 Bg3+ $11) 23. Rxf2 gxf2 24.
exd7+ Kxd7 25. Qb7+ Ke6 26. Qe4+ Kd7 27. Qb7+ $11) 17... Qf6 $1 (17... Nxc5 18.
dxc5 O-O (18... Qxc5 19. Na4 Qe7 20. Qd4 $16) 19. Qd4 h5 20. Kg2 $1 {with the
idea of f3 on the next move} (20. f3 $4 Bxg3 $19) 20... Qg5 21. Rh1 Rac8 22.
Rxh2 Nxh2 23. Kxh2 $14 {Due to the passed pawn White's chances are better}) 18.
Nf4 Nxf2+ $1 (18... Nxc5 19. dxc5 h5 $5 20. Ncxd5 $5 (20. Kg2 Qg5 21. Nce2 h4
22. Nh3 Qh6 23. Qd4 Nf6 24. Qa4+ Kf8 25. Qf4 hxg3 26. Qxh6 Rxh6 27. fxg3 Rc8
28. Rc1 Ng4 29. Nd4 $14) 20... exd5 21. Nxd5 Qd8 (21... Qe5 $5 22. Qd4 Rc8 23.
Qxe5+ Nxe5 24. Rb7 $16) 22. Rb7 O-O 23. Ne7+ Kh7 24. Rd7 Qe8 25. Qd3+ Kh8 26.
c6 $16 {Despite the extra bishop, Black's position is bad}) 19. Rxf2 Bxg3 20.
Rfb2 (20. Rg2 $5 Bxf4 21. exf4 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Qxf4 23. Ne2 (23. Rxg7 $4 Qh6+)
23... Qh4+ 24. Kg1 $14) 20... Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Bxf4 23. exf4 Qxf4 (
23... Qg3+ $5 24. Rg2 Qe3+ 25. Kh1 Qxf4 26. Ne2 Qh4+ 27. Kg1 O-O 28. Qd4 Qxd4+
29. Nxd4 g6 30. c6 $14) 24. Ne2 Qc7 25. Qd4 O-O 26. Rb7 Qa5 27. Kf2 $6 (27. Rc2
$1 {a sound idea - to support the passed pawn} Rac8 $1 (27... Qe1+ 28. Kg2 Rac8
29. Nc3 {Black's queen gets into trouble} e5 30. Qxd5 Rcd8 31. Qe4 Rd2+ 32.
Rxd2 Qxd2+ 33. Ne2 Qg5+ 34. Ng3 h5 35. Kh3 $16) (27... g6 28. c6 Rac8 29. Kg2
$16) 28. Ng3 $5 (28. c6 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Qe1+ 30. Kg2 Qxe2+ 31. Kg3 e5 32. Rb2 (
32. Qxd5 $6 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 Qe2+ 34. Kh3 Qe3+ $11) 32... Qe1+ 33. Qf2 Qd1 $13 {
it is obvious that White has better chances but it is hard to estimate how
real are White's chance to win in a practical game}) 28... Rc6 29. Kf1 $1 h6 (
29... g6 30. Nh5 e5 31. Qxd5 $16) 30. Nh5 e5 31. Qxd5 Rg6 32. Rg2 $16) 27...
Rac8 28. Rc2 Rc6 29. Nc1 (29. Nf4 e5 30. Qxe5 (30. Qxd5 $4 Rf6 $1 31. Qxe5 Qa4
$19) 30... Rxc5 $11) 29... Qd8 30. Nd3 Qc8 31. Re7 Qd8 32. Rb7 Qc8 33. Rb3 (33.
Rcb2 $5 Qd8 (33... f6 $2 34. Qg4 $18) 34. Kg1 Rc7 35. Qf4 $14) 33... e5 $1 34.
Nxe5 Qf5+ 35. Ke1 Qxc2 36. Nxc6 Qxa2 $2 (36... Re8+ 37. Re3 (37. Ne5 $5 f6 38.
Rb8 $5 (38. Qxd5+ Kh8 39. Rb8 Qc1+ 40. Ke2 Qc2+ 41. Kf3 Qc3+ $11) 38... Kf8 39.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 40. Nf3 Qe4+ 41. Kd2 Qxd4+ 42. Nxd4 Kd7 43. Ke3 h5 $11) 37... Rxe3+
38. Qxe3 h5 39. Ne5 h4 40. c6 h3 41. Qxh3 Qe4+ 42. Kf2 Qxe5 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. c7
Qf4+ $11) 37. Re3 $6 (37. Ne7+ Kh8 38. Rb7 $1 Re8 (38... Qh2 39. c6 Re8 40. Qe3
$18) 39. c6 Qg2 40. Kd1 $16) 37... a5 $6 38. Qxd5 (38. Ne7+ $1 Kh8 39. c6 Rb8
40. Re2 Qb1+ 41. Kf2 Qh1 42. Nf5 f6 43. Qf4 Rf8 44. Qc7 Rg8 45. Re8 $18) 38...
Qc2 39. Re2 $2 (39. Ne7+ $1 Kh8 40. Qd6 Qb1+ 41. Kf2 Rb8 42. Re2 h6 43. c6 Qb6+
44. Kf3 $18) 39... Qc1+ 40. Kf2 Qf4+ 41. Qf3 $6 (41. Kg2 Qg4+ 42. Kf1 Qh3+ 43.
Ke1 Qh4+ 44. Kd2 Qf4+ 45. Kc2 Qa4+ 46. Kb1 h6 47. Re4 Qb5+ 48. Kc2 $16 {
White's task is not so easy}) 41... Qh4+ 42. Kf1 a4 43. Ne7+ Kh8 44. Nf5 Qf6
45. Rf2 Qe5 (45... Rb8 $1 46. Ng3 Qe5 47. Qf4 Rb1+ 48. Kg2 Qxc5 $11) 46. Rc2 a3
47. c6 Rc8 48. Kg2 (48. Qg4 $5 g6 (48... Rg8 $5 49. Re2 a2 50. Rxe5 (50. Rxa2
Qb5+ $11) 50... a1=Q+ 51. Re1 Qa6+ $11) 49. Qd4 f6 50. Qxe5 fxe5 51. Ne7 Rc7
52. Ke2 $1 {with a nice trap} Kg7 $4 (52... a2 $4 53. Rxa2 Rxe7 54. Rb2 $18) (
52... h5 53. Nxg6+ (53. Kd2 Kg7 54. Nd5 a2 55. Nxc7 a1=Q 56. Ne8+ Kf7 57. c7
Qd4+ 58. Kc1 Qa1+ 59. Kd2 Qd4+ 60. Ke2 Qe4+ $11) 53... Kg7 54. Nxe5 Kf6 55. Nf3
a2 56. Rxa2 Rxc6 $11) 53. Nd5 a2 54. Nxc7 a1=Q 55. Ne8+ Kh6 56. c7 Qa6+ 57. Kf2
Qa7+ 58. Kg2 Qa8+ 59. Kg3 $18) 48... h6 $11 49. Ng3 Qe8 50. c7 a2 51. Rxa2 Rxc7
52. Ra8 Rc2+ 53. Kg1 Rc1+ 54. Kg2 Rc2+ 55. Kg1 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.12.05"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 $5 {An
aggressive gambit line. It is not so easy to prove superiority after the
simple 6...Bc8:} (6... Bc8 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Ne5 e6 9. f4 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O
Nd7 12. Bd2 Ndxe5 13. fxe5 Bd7 14. Rf3 $14 {Sadler,M (2625)-Ernst,S (2581)
Oslo 2011 1-0 (31)}) 7. Qxb7 Bd7 8. Qb3 Rb8 9. Qd1 e5 10. Nf3 Bd6 {In several
games Black played 10...e4. I think this move can't be recommended because it
leads to an unpleasant position. Let's see some games.} (10... e4 $6 11. Ne5 $1
Bd6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be2 (13. Bb5 $5 O-O 14. O-O Rfc8 15. f3 Qe6 16. Ba4 Na5 (
16... exf3 17. Qxf3 Bb4 18. Ne2 Ne7 19. Nf4) 17. Bc2 Bb4 18. fxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4
dxe4 20. Ba4 g6 21. a3 Bd6 22. b4 Nc4 23. Bb3 $16 {Winants,L (2543)-Shaw, J 
(2424) Istanbul 2012 1/2 (144)}) 13... h5 14. a3 (14. h3 $6 Rh6 15. a3 Rg6 $6 (
15... h4 16. Qa4 Rg6 17. Bf1 Kf8 $44 {Black has some compensation for the
sacrificed pawn.}) 16. g3 a5 17. Qa4 Rb6 18. Bd2 Ke7 $6 19. Rc1 Bb8 20. Qc2 Nd8
21. Na4 Rc6 22. Nc5 $18 {Burmakin,V (2586)-Arjun,B (2231) Montcada 2012 1-0 
(32)}) 14... a5 15. f3 (15. Nb5 $5 Be7 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Rc1 $16) 15... exf3 16.
Bxf3 Qc7 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Ne7 19. Ba2 Bxh2 20. Qf3 (20. Qa4+ $1 Kf8 21.
Qc4 Qg3+ 22. Kd1 Qg4+ 23. Qe2 $16) 20... f6 21. e4 $6 (21. Rb1 Bg3+ 22. Kd1 $16
) 21... Bg3+ 22. Kf1 h4 $44 23. Qe2 $6 Qb6 24. Qc4 Rc8 25. Qa4+ Kd8 26. Bd2 Rh5
27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Nc6 29. Bd5 $4 (29. Ke2 Nxd4+ 30. Kd3 Ne6 31. Kc2 $13)
29... Rxd5 {0-1 (29) Flear,G (2459)-Arjun,B (2210) Lille 2012}) 11. Be2 $5 $146
(11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 {Looking at this position, it is difficult to believe
that Black has enough compensation for the pawn sacrificed. However, current
practice shows that Black has something for the pawn.} Qc7 (12... O-O 13. O-O
Qe7 14. Nd4 (14. Nxe5 $5 Qxe5 (14... Bxe5 $1 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Rfc8 $44 {
with the possible line} 17. Qa5 Rc2 18. Bd1 Bc6 19. Bxc2 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qh4+
21. Kg1 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qg4+ $11) 15. f4 Qe6 16. Bf3 Bc5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5
Bxe3+ 19. Kh1 Qb6 20. Bxe3 Qxe3 21. b3 $16 {Stefanova,A (2531)-Girya,O (2436)
Dilijan ARM 2013 1-0 (62)}) 14... Rfc8 $44 {White can't complete the
development of his pieces without material loss.} 15. h3 (15. Ncb5 Bc5 16. Bd2
$2 (16. b3 a6 17. Nc3 Bb4 18. Nb1 a5 $44) 16... Nc4 $1 17. a4 Nxb2 18. Qe1 Ne4
19. Ba5 Nc4 $17 {Horvath,C (2509) -Brunello,S (2587) Arvier 2012 0-1 (39)})
15... Rb6 16. a4 Bb4 17. a5 Rbb8 18. Bd2 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Nce2 Bxd2 (20...
Bd6 $5 21. b3 Rcc8 22. Rc1 Ne4 $44) 21. Qxd2 Ne4 22. Qd3 Rxb2 23. Nf4 Qd6 $11 {
Melkumyan,H (2649)-Ragger,M (2655) Germany 2012 1/2 (57)}) 13. Nd4 (13. Nxd5
Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Bc6 15. Qd1 O-O $44) 13... O-O 14. h3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. b3 (
16. O-O $6 Rb6 17. b3 Bb4 18. Bb2 (18. a3 Bxh3 19. gxh3 (19. axb4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2
Rg6+ 21. Kh1 Qd7 $19) 19... Rg6+ 20. Kh1 Qd7 21. Bg4 Nxg4 22. hxg4 Rxg4 23.
Qxg4 Qxg4 24. axb4 Rd8 25. Rxa7 h5 $19) 18... Bxh3 $1 19. Rc1 (19. gxh3 $2 Rg6+
20. Kh1 Qc8 21. Bg4 Nxg4 22. hxg4 Rxg4 $19) 19... Qd7 20. f4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rg6+
22. Kf2 Qh3 $19) 16... Qc5 17. Bb2 Qa5+ 18. Kf1 Rfc8 19. g3 Rb6 20. Kg2 h5 21.
h4 Ng4 22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Qe5 24. Nc2 Qf5 $44 {Wojtaszek,R (2713)-Wang Yue 
(2691) Poikovsky 2012 1/2 (42)}) 11... O-O (11... e4 $5 {At least White can't
play Ne5 now.} 12. Nd2 {As we will see later on, White's knight is very well
placed on e1. Therefore probably he should have played e4 before White castled.
} O-O 13. Nb5 (13. O-O Qc7 14. h3 $8 (14. Nb5 $2 Rxb5 15. Bxb5 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1
Ng4 17. f3 Bg1 $19) 14... Ne7 {and Black has reasonable compensation for the
pawn.}) 13... Be7 14. O-O Nb4 15. Nc3 Bf5 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Bd2 Bd6 18. h3 (18.
Nb5 $2 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Rxb5 20. Bxb5 Ng4 21. Bxb4 Bg1 22. g3 Qb6 23. Kxg1 Qh6 24.
Qxg4 Bxg4 25. f3 $8 Qh3 26. fxg4 Qxg3+ 27. Kh1 Rb8 $17) 18... Nd3 19. Bxd3 exd3
$44 {It seems to me that after 11...e4 Black has enough compensation for the
pawn. Practice will tell what is the best way to proceed.}) 12. O-O Qe7 13. b3
e4 14. Ne1 $1 Bc7 15. Na4 Ne5 $6 {A beautiful but not an effective move.} ({
I would recommend as the best option} 15... h5 $5 16. Nc5 Qd6 17. g3 Bh3 18.
Ng2 Ng4 19. Bd2 Ne7 $44 {I believe that White's position is superior but Black
retains some attacking chances.}) (15... Qd6 16. g3 Ne7 17. Nc5 Bh3 18. Ng2 Nf5
19. Na6 Rb7 20. a4 $16) 16. Nc5 (16. dxe5 $4 Qxe5 $19) 16... Bb5 (16... Neg4
17. g3 $1 (17. h3 $2 Nh2 18. Na6 Nxf1 19. Nxc7 Qd6 $17) 17... Bc8 18. Ng2 h5
19. Ba3 Bd6 20. Rc1 $16) 17. Bxb5 Rxb5 18. a4 Rb6 19. Ba3 Neg4 20. g3 $1 (20.
h3 $2 Qd6 21. g3 Nxf2 $5 (21... Nxe3 22. Nxe4 Qxa3 23. fxe3 Qe7 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6
25. Rxf6 Qxf6 $44 {Black has compensation for the pawn, thanks to his strong
bishop.}) 22. Kxf2 Qxg3+ 23. Ke2 Nh5 $40 {with a strong attack.}) 20... Bd6 21.
h3 Nh6 22. Ng2 $16 {Black has no compensation for the pawn. Probably he should
have prevented b4, but anyway his position was bad.} g5 $6 (22... a5 $5 23. Qd2
Ra8 24. Rfc1 Nf5 $16) 23. b4 Nf5 24. b5 h5 25. Qe2 {Black's counterplay on the
kingside is non-threatening and White wins the game on the opposite side.} h4
26. g4 Ng7 27. Rfc1 Nd7 $2 {This is actually a waste of time. It is difficult
to give good advice to Black.} (27... Ne6 28. Ne1 Rbb8 (28... Rc8 $2 29. Nxe4)
29. Rc3 Rfc8 30. Rac1 $16 {White will win the game if he doesn't make a
blunder.}) 28. Qa2 $1 Nf6 $8 29. Rab1 Rfb8 30. Bb4 Ne6 31. Nxe6 (31. Rc2 $5 Kg7
32. Rbc1 {and Black has no sensible moves.}) 31... fxe6 32. Bc5 R6b7 33. Qa3
Ne8 34. Rc3 a6 {Otherwise Korobov would double his rooks on the c-file.} 35.
Rcb3 axb5 (35... Qd8 $5 36. bxa6 Rxb3 37. Rxb3 Ra8 38. a7 $1 (38. Rb6 $4 Qxb6
$19 {sometimes miracles happen}) 38... Rxa7 39. Rb6 Qxb6 40. Bxb6 Bxa3 41. Bxa7
$18 {The endgame should be winning for White.}) 36. Rxb5 Rxb5 37. axb5 {
White is a pawn up and Black's pieces are misplaced. The game is basically
over here.} Qd7 38. Qa6 Kf7 39. Ne1 Ke7 40. b6 $18 Qb7 41. Qb5 Qd7 42. Qa5 Qb7
43. Nc2 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rc1 Bh5 $6 {An artificial line. Frankly speaking I
don't understand the reason to play such options if there are 2 reliable way
to get a normal position.} (10... O-O 11. Na4 (11. f3 Bh5) 11... Nd7 (11... Bh5
$6 {a bit dubious} 12. f3 (12. Qb3 $5 Ra7 13. Nc5) 12... Bg6 13. Bxg6 (13. a3
Nd7 14. b4 e5 $5 (14... Rc8 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. bxc5 Qa5 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qb3 (
18. Rb1 $5 e5 19. Bg3 Qxa3 20. Rb3 Qa4 21. Rxb7 $13) 18... e5 19. dxe5 (19. Bg3
exd4 20. exd4 Bf6 21. Bf2 Rfe8 22. Rc2 $11) 19... g5 20. Bg3 Bxc5 21. Bf2 Nxe5
22. Qxd5 Bb6 (22... Rfe8 $5) 23. Qxb7 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Nd3 $15 {Van der Sterren,P
- Shirov,A Bundesliga 0001 2001 1/2 (47)}) 15. dxe5 Ndxe5 16. Bxg6 Nxg6 17. Nc5
Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Qe7 (18... d4 $5 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bc7 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Qe7 $11)
19. Re1 a5 20. Rxd5 Nxf4 21. Nxf4 axb4 22. Rd7 Qc5 23. axb4 $14 {Landa,K -
Zherebukh,Y Bundesliga 2012 1/2 (52)}) 13... hxg6 14. Qb3 Ra7 15. Bg3 $6 (15.
Nc5 Qc8 16. Bg3 Nd7 17. Nd3 $14) 15... Nd7 16. Nf4 Na5 17. Qd1 Nc4 18. Qe2 b5
19. Nc3 Bh4 20. Bxh4 Qxh4 $11 {Fressinet,L -Volkov,S 12-th ch-EUR
Aix-les-Bains FRA 2011 1/2 (43)}) 12. f3 Bh5 13. Qb3 Ra7 14. Bg3 Bg6 15. Nf4
Na5 16. Qd1 (16. Qc2 $5 b5 17. Nc3 (17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Nc3 Nb6 19. Nb1 Bd6 $11)
17... Bxd3 18. Nxd3 Nc4 19. Nd1 Bd6 $11) 16... b5 17. Nc3 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 Nc4 19.
Qe1 Bd6 20. b3 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Nd6 {1/2 Granda Zuniga,J - Gelfand,B 39th
Olimpiad Men 2010}) (10... Rc8 $5 11. Qb3 (11. a3 Nd7 $1 12. Rc2 (12. Qb3 $6
Na5 13. Qa4 b5) 12... Nb6 (12... Bh5 13. Bg3 O-O 14. Qb1 Bg6 15. Nf4 Bxd3 16.
Nxd3 Nb6 17. Qa2 Nc4 18. Nb1 Bg5 19. Re1 h5 20. b3 Nd6 21. Bxd6 {1/2 Vaisser,A
- Gurevich,M Escaldes zt 1998}) 13. Qc1 (13. Bg3 Bh5 14. Qc1 Bg6 $11) 13... Bh5
14. Bg3 Bg6 15. Nf4 O-O 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Nb1 Bd6 $11 {Vaisser,A - Chernin,A
EU-chT 11th 1997 0-1 (44)}) 11... Na5 12. Qa4+ Nc6 (12... b5 $2 13. Nxb5 $18)
13. Qb3 (13. Ng3 Bh5) 13... Na5 14. Qa4+ Nc6 15. Qb3 {1/2 Vaisser,A - Tkachiev,
V FRA-chT 2001}) 11. Qb3 $6 (11. Na4 $1 Nd7 (11... O-O {See the notes to the
game Fressinet,L - Volkov,S}) 12. Qb3 Na5 (12... Ra7 13. Bg3 Bg6 (13... Bh4 14.
Bxh4 Qxh4 15. Nf4 Bg6 16. Nb6 $16) 14. Nf4 Bxd3 15. Nxd3 O-O 16. h3 $14) 13.
Qc3 Nc6 (13... Nc4 $6 14. b3 (14. e4 $5 b5 (14... O-O 15. exd5 exd5 16. b3 Nd6
17. Qc7 $16) 15. exd5 exd5 16. b3 $1 $16) 14... Nd6 15. Nc5 Rc8 16. Qb2 $16)
14. Bg3 Rc8 15. a3 Bg6 16. Nf4 Bxd3 (16... Bh4 $5 17. Bxh4 Qxh4 18. b4 O-O 19.
Nc5 $14) 17. Nxd3 O-O 18. Ndc5 $6 (18. b4 b6 19. Qb3 $14) 18... Na5 (18... Nxc5
$5 19. dxc5 (19. Nxc5 Na5 20. Qd3 Nc4 21. b3 (21. Nxb7 $6 Qb6 22. b3 Nxe3 23.
Qxe3 Qxb7 $15) 21... Nxa3 22. Nxb7 Qb6 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Qxc5
26. Qxa6 Nb5 $11) 19... Na5 20. b4 Nc4 21. Rfd1 f5 $11) 19. b4 Nxc5 $2 (19...
b6 $1 20. Nxb6 (20. bxa5 bxc5 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Rfd1) 20... Nxb6 21. bxa5 Nc4
22. Nxa6 Bxa3 $11) 20. bxc5 Nc4 21. Qb3 $1 Qd7 (21... Nd2 22. Qxb7 Nxf1 23.
Rxf1 $1 $18 (23. Kxf1 $2 Qa5 24. Qb4 Bd8)) 22. Nb6 Nxb6 23. Qxb6 $16 {[%emt 0:
00:11] Landa,K - Svetushkin,D TCh-FRA TOP12 20 1-0 (32) Based on this game, I
believe that Black does not have equality after 10....Bh5. It is interesting
to speculate as to what F.Caruana had prepared after 11.Na4.}) 11... Na5 12.
Qa4+ Nc6 $1 (12... b5 $6 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5+ Kf8 15. Bc7 Nc4 16. Bxd8 Rxa4
17. Bxe7+ Kxe7 18. Bxa4 Bxe2 19. Rfe1 Nxb2 (19... Bd3 20. b3 Nb6 21. Rc7+ $16)
20. Rc7+ Kd6 21. Rxe2 Nxa4 (21... Kxc7 22. Rxb2 $16) 22. Rxf7 Rb8 23. h3 Ne8
24. Rc2 $16) 13. Bg3 (13. Qb3 $11) 13... Bg6 14. Nf4 Bxd3 {I don't think that
this is the best way. Why not 14 ...Bd6?} (14... Bd6 $5 15. Qd1 O-O 16. Nxg6
hxg6 $11) 15. Nxd3 Nd7 16. Qd1 O-O 17. Na4 Rc8 18. Ndc5 Nxc5 $6 (18... Bxc5 $1
19. Nxc5 (19. dxc5 b5 $5 20. cxb6 Nxb6 21. Rc3 (21. Nc5 a5 22. Nb7 Qd7) 21...
d4 $1 22. exd4 Nxa4 23. Qxa4 Nxd4 24. Qxa6 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Qc8 26. Qxc8 Ne2+ 27.
Kh1 Rxc8 $11) 19... Nxc5 20. dxc5 e5 21. Qb3 Qd7 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 $11) 19. dxc5
$14 Na7 20. b4 Rc6 (20... Bh4 21. Nb6 $1 Rc6 22. Be5 Nc8 (22... Bf6 $2 23. Bxf6
Qxf6 24. Nd7 $18) 23. Qg4 g6 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. e4 $14) 21. h3 a5 $2 22. b5 $1
Nxb5 23. Qb3 Nc7 24. Qxb7 Qa8 25. Rb1 $16 Rc8 26. Qxa8 Nxa8 27. Rb7 Bf8 (27...
Bxc5 $2 28. Rc1 $18) 28. Rfb1 f6 29. Ra7 (29. Rb8 $5 {I believe this way is
better than 29 Ra7. If White trades rook, Black has no counterplay at all.} e5
30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rb7 h5 32. Ra7 $18 Rb8 (32... g5 33. f3) 33. f4) 29... e5 30.
f4 $6 (30. Rbb7 h5 31. h4 {White's position seems to be winning.}) 30... d4 31.
fxe5 dxe3 32. exf6 gxf6 $2 (32... Rxf6 $1 33. Re1 (33. Rxa5 e2 34. Re1 Re6 35.
a3 g6 $132) 33... Rfc6 34. Rxe3 Nc7 35. Rxa5 Ne6 {Black has some chances to
draw.}) 33. Kf1 $18 Re8 34. Ke2 (34. Rb8 $1 Rxb8 35. Bxb8 $18) 34... Rcc8 (
34... Bxc5 $5 35. Nxc5 Rxc5 36. Rbb7 Rg5 37. Bf4 Rxg2+ 38. Kf3 Rg6 (38... e2
39. Kxg2 e1=Q 40. Rg7+ Kh8 41. Rxh7+ Kg8 42. Rag7+ Kf8 43. Bd6+ Re7 44. Bxe7+
Ke8 45. Rg8+ Kd7 46. Bb4+ $18) 39. Bxe3 h5 40. a4 h4 41. Bf4 $18) 35. Rbb7 f5
36. Rxa5 Rcd8 37. Be1 Bh6 38. Nb2 Rb8 39. Raa7 Rxb7 40. Rxb7 Rc8 41. Nd3 Nc7
42. Rb6 Bg5 43. Rc6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Vitiugov,N"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game is typical of my play in the European Championship. It was very
complicated, not without mistakes.a struggle in which I had a bit of good luck.
} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 $5 {An interesting line. It is somesort of
hybrid of the QGA and the Slav.} 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nb1 $5 {A rare
continuation.} ({Usually} 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6 $13 {is played.})
6... Ba6 (6... Nf6 $6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 $14 {and the white knight on b1 is
much better, than on a2.}) 7. Nf3 ({The World Champion played here} 7. Be3 $5
Nf6 8. f3 e5 9. Ne2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Qa5 11. Nd2 c3 12. N2b3 Qc7 13. bxc3 Bxf1 14.
Kxf1 bxc3 15. Rc1 Bb4 16. Ne2 O-O 17. Nxc3 $13 {Anand,V -Lautier,J /Monte
Carlo 1996}) 7... e6 ({Maybe} 7... Nf6 {is more principle, but it is more
dangerous for Black} 8. e5 Nd5 9. e6 f6 $13 10. Be2 Bc8 11. Bxc4 Bxe6 12. Qb3
a5 13. O-O Bf7 14. Nbd2 g6 15. Ne4 Bg7 16. Re1 O-O $15 {Grant,J -Ledger,A /
Cork 2005}) 8. Bg5 Qa5 9. Qc1 (9. Nbd2 {was also possible:} h6 10. Be3 c3 11.
Nb3 Qc7 12. Bxa6 cxb2 13. Rb1 Nxa6 14. Qd3 Nb8 15. O-O Nf6 16. Rxb2 $44) 9...
h6 10. Be3 {Very natural.} ({I don't like} 10. Bh4 c3 (10... g5 11. Bg3 Nf6 12.
Bxc4 Nxe4 13. Be5 Rg8 14. Nbd2 $44) 11. bxc3 Nd7 $5 $36) 10... c3 (10... Nf6 $6
{is weaker} 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Qa6 14. Nbd2 Qxc4 15. Nxc4 c5 16.
Ke2 Nd7 17. Rhc1 Be7 18. Na5 $14 {Yakovich,Y -Beshukov,S /Saint Vincent 2000})
11. bxc3 Bxf1 (11... bxc3 $6 12. Nxc3 Bb4 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. e5 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Bxc3
16. exf6 $5 Bxd2 17. fxg7 Rg8 18. Nxd2 Qg5 19. Ne4 Qxg7 20. Qf4 Nd7 21. g3 $14
{Sherbakov,V -Meister,Y /Togliatti 2003}) 12. Kxf1 Nf6 13. e5 Nd5 14. c4 Qa6
15. Kg1 Nxe3 16. fxe3 c5 (16... Be7 $2 17. c5 $14) 17. Nbd2 {A series of
almost only moves has ended, and I began thinking. In good time! Firstly I was
rather optimistic, but the more I thought the more I understood that Black has
more problems in this position than White.} Be7 18. h4 $1 Nd7 19. Qc2 Qb7 {
I wanted to castle long, but couldnt find an appropriate way to do it.} (19...
Qc6 20. Qd3 $1 {and d5.}) 20. a5 $1 {Kozul played this game in inspired
fashion and strongly - he was in his element. During my preparation for the
game I noticed that he likes to push pawns ahead and in spite of this gave him
such an opportunity.} Rb8 21. Nb3 O-O 22. Rh3 f5 {A sensible decision, but I
considered that this was how I had to play.} 23. Rf1 (23. d5 $5 exd5 24. Rd1 d4
25. exd4 cxd4 $13) 23... Rbc8 24. h5 Qc7 25. Nbd2 $5 {A risky desicion.} ({
I was ready to agree a draw after} 25. Rc1 Qb7 26. Rf1 Qc7 {, but Zdenko is an
uncompromising fighter.}) 25... Qxa5 26. Rg3 cxd4 27. exd4 Rf7 $6 $138 {
To play such position in time trouble against Kozul is very, very unpleasant.}
(27... Qb6 $5 $13) 28. c5 Qb5 29. Ra1 Qb7 $2 ({Black must sacrifice a piece,
but I couldn't nring myself to do it.} 29... Nxc5 30. dxc5 Bxc5+ ({or} 30...
Qxc5+ $5 31. Qxc5 Bxc5+ 32. Kf1) 31. Kh1 Rc6 $13) 30. Qa2 Nf8 31. Qxa7 $2 $138
{A mutual mistake.} (31. Nc4 $5 $36) 31... Qd5 $2 (31... Qxa7 32. Rxa7 Rxc5 $1
$17) 32. Qa2 $16 {Now Black's position is almost losing. He has only practical
chances.} Qb7 33. Qc4 Rb8 34. Ra6 Qc8 35. Nb3 Bg5 $5 {In my opinion the only
chance.} 36. Nxg5 hxg5 37. Rxg5 Qd8 38. Rg3 Qh4 39. Rh3 Qg4 40. Qd3 ({The more
precise move was} 40. Rxe6 $5 Nxe6 41. Qxe6 $18 {and the black rooks are
absolutely helpless.}) 40... f4 41. d5 $6 {After this the black pieces became
slightly more active.} ({More reliable was} 41. Qf3) 41... Rf5 42. d6 Rxe5 43.
Ra7 Qg5 (43... Rd8 $5) 44. Ra1 Rd8 $6 {Both opponents became tired and mistake
appears more and more often.} (44... Rd5 $1 45. Qc2 Rc8 46. Qe4 Rdxc5 47. d7
Nxd7 48. Qxe6+ Kh8 49. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 50. Kh1 Qe5 51. Qxe5 Nxe5 {with some chances
to draw for Black.}) 45. Qc2 Qg4 46. Qf2 Rxh5 47. Rxh5 (47. Qf3 $5 {was more
unpleasant for Black:} Qxf3 48. Rxf3 Ng6 49. Rd1 $16) 47... Qxh5 48. Qxf4 Ng6
49. Qg3 e5 50. Qh3 $2 {An artificial move.} (50. Qf3 $1 {was the correct way.})
50... Qg5 51. c6 $2 Nf4 (51... Rxd6 $2 52. c7 Ne7 53. Nc5 $1 $18) 52. Qf3 e4
53. Qxe4 Nxg2 $4 $138 {A terrible mistake. I had defended during the whole
game, and made a mistake just one step before a draw.} (53... Rf8 $1 54. c7 (
54. Qf3 Nd5 55. Qe2 Nf4 $11) 54... Qg3 55. Qc4+ Kh8 56. Qc2 Nh3+ 57. Kh1 Nf2+
58. Qxf2 Qxf2 59. d7 Qh4+ 60. Kg1 $11) 54. Qxg2 $4 $138 {The last act of this
very dramatic game. White played better, but Black was luckier.} (54. Ra5 $1
$18 {won immediately.}) 54... Qe3+ $11 55. Qf2 (55. Kh1 Rxd6 56. Ra8+ Kf7 57.
Qf1+ Rf6 58. Qc4+ Kg6 59. Qc2+ $11) 55... Qg5+ 56. Qg2 (56. Kh1 Qd5+ (56...
Rxd6 $2 57. Ra8+ Kh7 58. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 59. Qf8+ Kh7 60. Qxd6 $18) 57. Qg2 Qh5+
58. Kg1 Rxd6 59. c7 Rd1+ 60. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 61. Kh2 (61. Kf2 Qc2+ $11) (61. Qf1
Qg4+ 62. Kh2 Qh4+ 63. Qh3 Qf2+ 64. Kh1 Qe1+ 65. Kg2 Qe2+ $11) 61... Qh5+ 62.
Kg3 Qe5+ $11) 56... Qe3+ 57. Qf2 Qg5+ 58. Kf1 Rf8 59. Qxf8+ Kxf8 60. d7 Qf4+
61. Ke2 Qe4+ 62. Kd2 Qd5+ 63. Ke1 Qe4+ 64. Kd2 Qd5+ 65. Ke1 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.25"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Black "Kutirov, Rolando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Vorotnikov,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 (8... Bxe2 9. Qxe2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Bg3 Rc8 13. Rfd1 g6
14. f3 Re8 15. Bb1 b5 16. a4 b4 17. Na2 b3 18. Nc3 Qb6 19. Bf2 Qb7 20. e4 $13
Nb4 21. e5 Nd7 22. f4 Rc6 23. g4 Rec8 24. Be3 Nb6 25. f5 Nc4 26. Rf1 Nc2 27.
Bxc2 bxc2 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. Bh6 Nxb2 30. Qf3 $18 {Jacimovic,S-Sturua,Z/Moscow/
1994/}) 9. O-O Bd6 (9... Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. f3 Bh5 12. Na4 Nd7 13. Qb3 Nb4 14.
Bc7 Qe8 15. Bb1 b5 16. Nb6 Ra7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Ba5 Nc6 19. Qc2 {Jacimovic,
D-Pajkovic,V/YUG/1994/1:0/34/}) 10. f3 Bh5 11. Rc1 Bg6 12. Na4 {/\13.Nc5} Bxf4
13. Nxf4 Nd7 14. a3 O-O 15. b4 $14 {><c5} Nb6 $2 (15... Bxd3 $5 16. Nxd3 Qe7
17. Ndc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Rac8 $14) 16. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 17. Nc5 Qe7 18. f4 $16 a5 19.
b5 Na7 20. h4 $1 $40 Nac8 21. h5 gxh5 22. Qxh5 f5 23. g4 Nd6 24. g5 Rfc8 25.
Rc2 $1 (25. g6 Qf6 26. Qh7+ Kf8 $13) 25... Qf7 26. g6 Qf6 27. Rfc1 $18 Kf8 28.
Nxb7 $1 Ndc4 (28... Rxc2 29. Rxc2 Nxb7 30. Rc7 $18) (28... Nxb7 29. Rc7 $18)
29. Bxc4 dxc4 30. Nd6 Rc7 31. Nxc4 Rac8 32. Nxb6 Rxc2 33. Qh8+ Ke7 1-0

[Event "NED-chT 9900"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2000.04.29"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Winants, Luc"]
[Black "Deegens, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rotterdam"]
[BlackTeam "Nijmegen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{[%mdl 192]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 {Une conception moderne,
fréquemment adoptée par Shirov et Bareev.} 5. Bd3 b5 {Les Noirs suivent leur
plan initial : provoquer le coup b3, pour empêcher la Dame d'y parvenir, et
mobiliser ensuite le Fou sur g4.} ({Une autre méthode reviendrait au Gambit
Dame accepté après} 5... dxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Nf3 c5 {.}) 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 e6 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Qc2 {Je n'avais jamais étudié cette variante, mais la position des
Blancs me paraissait assez facile а jouer. Le coup de Dame libère le Ne2, qui
menace maintenant de bondir en f4 ou g3, pour encercler le Fou adverse.} Bh5 $2
{Une retraite thématique, mais désormais fautive ! Il est d'ailleurs curieux
de constater comment certaines idées échappent aux règles générales, puisque
celle-ci convenait fort bien au coup précédent (8... Bh5 !).} ({La réplique
adéquate, justement trouvée par Alexeï Shirov, contre Karpov, était} 9... Rc8
$1 {Et si} 10. Nf4 {alors} e5 $1) 10. Nf4 {J'avais entrevu cette possibilité
dès le huitième coup, mais j'ai passé plus d'une demi-heure а en vérifier les
conséquences. La combinaison comportait évidemment de nombreuses astuces
tactiques, mais aussi et surtout deux échanges successifs, qui, pris
séparément, représentaient de lourdes concessions stratégiques. Il valait donc
mieux ne rien laisser au hasard.} Bg6 {[#]} 11. Bxg6 $1 {Première surprise :
Les Blancs se séparent du bon Fou et acceptent l'ouverture de la colonne -h-.}
hxg6 12. cxd5 $1 {Et maintenant cet échange expose et le Nc3 et la Qc2 aux
velléités de la Ra8.} ({Le sacrifice primitif du Cavalier sur g6 s'achevait au
bénéfice des Noirs après} 12. Nxg6 $2 fxg6 13. Qxg6+ Ke7 14. Ba3+ c5 15. dxc5
Qa5 $1) 12... exd5 {La rapidité avec laquelle mon adversaire a effectué ce
coup m'a réellement surpris, car j'avais surtout examiné l'autre prise.} ({
Supposons} 12... cxd5 {Il y aurait deux possibilités.} 13. Nxg6 $1 (13. Nxe6 $2
{Fort tentant, mais complètement erroné !} Bd6 $1 {Le plus simple.} ({Il est
évident que} 13... fxe6 $4 {entraînerait une débâcle après} 14. Qxg6+ Ke7 15.
Ba3+) ({Mais} 13... Qb8 {serait également intéressant.}) 14. Nxd8 ({
Certainement pas} 14. Nf4 $2 g5 15. Nh3 Qc7 {Menaçant 16...b4 ou 16... Bxh2+})
14... Bxh2+ {Echec perpétuel.}) 13... Rh7 {C'est justement cette position
qu'il fallait évaluer а sa juste valeur !} 14. Nxf8 Nxf8 ({Ou} 14... Kxf8 15.
Ba3+ Kg8 16. Bd6 $1 {Consolidant le Ph2, tout en activant le Fou.}) 15. Ba3 $3
{La pointe : Le Fou se dirige vers c5.} Qb8 16. h3 Ng4 ({Sur} 16... b4 {Il suit
} 17. Bxb4 $1 Qxb4 18. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 19. Qc6+ Ke7 20. Qxa8 {Et les Blancs
gagnent.}) 17. Rfc1 $1 Qh2+ 18. Kf1 Nf6 19. Nxd5 $1 {Fini !}) 13. e4 $1 {
[#] Tout est clair maintenant : Le Roi noir sera bientôt bombardé de toute
part.} Be7 $2 {Perd sans résistance. Cependant la position ne pouvait plus
être sauvée. Quelques variantes instructives :} ({a)} 13... b4 14. exd5 $1 bxc3
15. Re1+ Be7 16. d6 {Les Noirs sont perdus.}) ({b)} 13... Nb6 14. e5 $1 Nh5 15.
Ncxd5 $3 cxd5 16. Qc6+ Qd7 (16... Nd7 17. e6 $1) 17. Qxb6 {Avec un pion de
plus et l'attaque}) ({c)} 13... dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qc7 15. Ng5 $1 {La seule façon !}
({Les Noirs ne seraient pas moins bien après} 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Re1+ Kd7 $1)
15... Nb6 (15... Be7 $2 {serait réfuté par} 16. Nge6 $1) ({Et après} 15... Qd6
16. g3 Rh6 17. Re1+ Be7 18. a4 {Il y aurait trop de menaces.}) 16. Re1+ Be7 17.
Ba3 Nbd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Rxe7+ $3 Kxe7 20. Nxg6+ $1 fxg6 21. Qe2+ Ne4 {
Sinon la Dame est perdue.} 22. Qxe4+ Kf6 23. h4 $1 {Et l'offensive décide.})
14. e5 $1 Nh5 15. e6 {Le Pg6 se trouve de nouveau en point de mire !} Nf8 16.
Ncxd5 $1 {Eliminant le dernier obstacle. Le reste est simple.} fxe6 ({Ou pire :
} 16... cxd5 17. Qc6+ Nd7 18. exd7+ Kf8 19. Re1) 17. Qxc6+ Kf7 18. Nxe7 Kxe7 {
Forcé : Si} (18... Qxe7 19. Qxa8) ({Ou} 18... Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Kxe7 20. Bg5+ {
Capturant la Dame.}) 19. Qb7+ {Le plus précis, car le Roi doit maintenant
abandonner la protection du Pe6 ou alors monter vers l'échafaud !} Kf6 (19...
Ke8 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. Re1) 20. Nh3 {Menaçant 21.Bg5+. Les Blancs terminent la
partie en s'appuyant sur la position de la Dame, liée а la défense de la Ra8.}
Nh7 ({Le plus beau dénouement se produisait après} 20... Qd5 21. Bg5+ Kf5 22.
Rae1 $3 Qxb7 (22... Nd7 23. Qxd7 $1) 23. f3 $1 {Suivi du mat en quatre coups.
Par exemple,} Qxf3 (23... Qd5 24. g4#) (23... e5 24. Rxe5#) 24. Rxf3+ Kg4 25.
Re5 Nf4 (25... Nf6 26. Nf2+ Kh5 27. Rh3#) 26. Nf2+ Kh5 27. g4#) 21. Qf3+ {
Les Noirs abandonnent.} ({Il aurait pu suivre :} 21. Qf3+ Ke7 22. Ba3+ Ke8 (
22... Kd7 23. Rac1 $1) 23. Rfe1) 1-0

[Event "Seville op 24th"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Yakovich,Y"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 $6 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 e5 (6... Nf6 $5) 7.
Nf3 exd4 8. Bxc4 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 c5 $5 $146 (11... Ne7
$2 {inf 63/326}) 12. Nb5 Nf6 13. f3 Be7 14. Be3 O-O 15. Ke2 $1 Nd7 $1 16. Rhd1
Ne5 (16... Nb6 17. b3 c4 18. Nxa7 $1 (18. Bxb6 axb6 19. bxc4 Rfc8) (18. a5 cxb3
19. axb6 axb6 $1) 18... cxb3 19. Bxb6 Bf6 $1 20. Nxb4 $1 Nxb4 21. Rab1 (21. Ra3
$5 b2 22. a5) 21... b2 22. a5 Na2 23. Nb5 $14) 17. Rac1 Nc6 {/\Bf6} 18. f4 $1 (
18. Rd7 Rfd8) 18... Rfd8 19. Rd5 $2 (19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 $14) 19... Bf6 $1
$13 20. Rxd8+ (20. b3 Na5) 20... Rxd8 21. b3 (21. e5 Be7 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Kxd1
f6 $13) 21... Na5 22. Rb1 $1 Rd7 23. Nc1 Be7 24. Nd3 f6 25. e5 fxe5 $1 (25...
Kf7 $2 26. f5 $16) 26. Nxe5 Rb7 {/\Nb8} 27. Nd3 $8 Bf8 (27... Nxb3 28. Nxb4
cxb4 29. Rxb3 $14) 28. f5 Re7 29. Kf3 {/\g4-g5} c4 30. bxc4 Nxc4 $138 31. Bf4
$138 Rd7 32. Ke4 $6 (32. Ne5 $11) 32... Nb6 $1 $15 33. a5 Na4 $1 34. Rc1 N6c5+
35. Nxc5 Nxc5+ 36. Ke3 b3 37. Rb1 Rd3+ 38. Ke2 a6 39. Nc7 Rc3 40. Ne6 Nxe6 41.
fxe6 Ba3 $6 (41... Bb4 42. Be5 Rc6 43. Rxb3 Rxe6 44. Rxb4 Rxe5+ 45. Kf3 Rxa5
46. Rb7 $11) 42. Bd2 Rc6 43. Rxb3 Rxe6+ 44. Kf3 Bc5 45. Rc3 Rf6+ 46. Ke4 Rf2 $1
(46... Bd6 $2 47. Rc6 Bxh2 48. Rxf6 gxf6 49. Kd5 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 {'Ser mest naturligt ut, men även:'} (4. e3
{har sina anhängare.}) 4... b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 ({Det lite
försiktigare} 7. f3 {kan bemötas med:} e5 $1) 7... Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6 9. Nf3 Be7
10. Bd2 Ba6 ({Ivan Sokolov spelade:} 10... a5 {1-0 Arencibia,W-Miles,A/Yopal
1997/CBM 60/[Huzman] (43) mot Kasparov i Sarajevo 1999.}) 11. Qe2 $1 ({Att
roffa bonde med:} 11. Bxd5 Qxd5 12. Bxb4 Qe4+ 13. Kd2 c5 {Är helt enkelt
livsfarligt för vit.}) 11... Bxc4 (11... Qb6 $5 {Tiger}) 12. Qxc4 Nb6 ({Med} 
12... a5 {skulle vi komma in i partiet Arencibia-Miles, Yopal, 1997.}) 13. Qc2
a5 14. Nc1 Qd5 15. Nd3 $1 ({Vit kunde rockera först för att vara på den säkra
sidan.} 15. O-O c5 {Svart står lite bättre enlig Tiger.}) 15... N8d7 (15...
Qe4+ 16. Be3 (16. Kf1 $5) 16... Nd5 17. Qe2 {Var också en möjlighet att räkna
med.}) 16. Be3 Rc8 17. O-O O-O {[#] Nyckeldraget i ställningen är ...c5. Allt
spelarna gör i det korta perspektivet kommer kretsa kring det.} 18. Rfc1 {
Vit hotar i förbifarten damen.} (18. Rfd1 {Var kanske bättre.}) 18... Nb8 19.
h4 {Var inte så bra enligt Tiger. Allt annat var bättre. Sd2 eller Sc5.} ({
Här finns också frågan om man skall spela b3 eller inte. Det säkerställer
c4-fältet, men ger upp c3-fältet.} 19. b3 Qd8 20. Nc5 Nd5 21. Bd2 Nd7 {Svart
har inga problem.}) (19. Nd2) 19... h6 20. Nf4 Qd7 21. Qe4 Nd5 22. Nh5 {
Vit hotar Dg4.} Kh8 23. g4 (23. Qg4 Rg8 24. Ng5 Qe8 {Ganska oklar.} (24... Bf8
25. Nf4 {Svart står som en mumie där nere. Tiger}) (24... hxg5 25. hxg5 Rgd8
26. Nf6)) 23... c5 $1 24. dxc5 Na6 25. Rd1 Nxc5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 {[#] Svart står
överlägset i centrum och i damflygeln. Vits hopp är ett direkt överfall mot
kungen.} 27. g5 Qc7 28. gxh6 gxh6 29. Kh1 Rc4 30. Rd4 Rc1+ 31. Rd1 Rc4 ({
Kanske var det tiden som spökade, ty:} 31... Qc2 32. Qxc2 Rxc2 {ger svart det
bättre spelet.}) 32. Rd4 Rc1+ 33. Rd1 1/2-1/2

