[Event "POL-ch playoff"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Qd7 (12... Bc5 $142) 13. Nc3
Nxc3 14. bxc3 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Ng5 $1 (16. Qxe6+ Qxe6 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18.
Rxd5 Nb4 (18... Bxc3 19. Rb1 Nb4 20. Rc5 Nxa2 $11) 19. Rc5 Nc2 20. Rb1 Rab8 21.
Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Nd2 Re8 $11 {Larsen,B}) (16. Bg5) 16... Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Kh8 $6 (
17... h6 18. Be3 Ne5 (18... Qd6 19. Bxa6 (19. Bb3 Ne5) 19... Ne5 20. Bd3 Bg4
21. f3 Bxf3 (21... Nxf3+ $13) 22. gxf3 Nxf3+ 23. Kh1 Rae8 24. Bc4 c6 25. Rd3
Ne5 26. Ba6 Nxd3 27. Qxd3 (27. Bxd3 Qe6 $1 28. Re1 Qh3 29. Bg6 Rxe3 30. Qxe3
Rf1+ $19) 27... Rf3 28. Bc5 Rxd3 29. Bxd6 Rxc3 30. a4 $13) 19. Bb3 Qd6 20. Rd4
(20. h3 Rae8 21. Rd4 (21. c4 $5 Bxh3 $1 22. c5 Qg6 23. Bxd5+ Kh8 24. c6 Bxg2
25. Bxg2 Nf3+ 26. Kf1 Nh2+ $11 {Shamkovich}) (21. Qh5 Bf7 22. Qh4 c5 $13 {
Ivkov-Adison,Maribor1967}) 21... c5 22. Rf4 Nf7 (22... Rxf4 $1 23. Bxf4 Bf7 $14
24. Re1 $2 Nf3+ $19) 23. Qh5 Ng5 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Bxg5 Qe5 26. Rd1 c4 27. Bc2
Qxg5 28. Qxg5 {1/2-1/2 Martens,M-Flear,G/Hyeres op 1992} hxg5 29. Rb1 $16) (20.
f3 Kh8 (20... c5 $14) 21. Bd4 Nd7 22. Qd2 Bg8 23. Bf2 Nf6 $14 {0-1 Busch,
W-Scherer,H/Mannheim MB 1990 (53)}) 20... c5 21. Rf4 g5 (21... Nd7 22. Rxf8+ (
22. Rd1 Qc6 23. Qd2 Nf6 24. Rh4 Ra7 $13) 22... Rxf8 23. Rd1 Qc6 24. Rd2 Re8 25.
Qf3 Nf6 26. c4 Rd8 27. h3 (27. Bxh6 Bg4 $13) 27... Bf7 28. Rc2 Kh8 29. cxd5
Bxd5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 $14 31. Rc1 Qd6 32. Bf4 Qe6 33. Qb3 Nd7 34. Be3 Qf5 35. Rc4
Qe5 36. Rc1 Qd6 37. Qa4 Rd3 38. Qc2 Rd5 39. Qb3 Rd3 40. Qa4 Rd5 41. Qb3 {
1/2-1/2 Tsuboi,E-Sorin,A/Sao Paulo op 1991}) (21... Kh8 22. Rd1 Nd7 23. Qd2 (
23. Qf3 Nf6 (23... Nb6) 24. c4 $1 $16 d4 25. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 26. Bxh6 $18) 23...
Nf6 24. Rh4 Ra7 25. f3 Rd7 26. Qf2 Rc8 $14 {1-0 Haugli,P-Wedberg,T/Gausdal AC
1987 (45)}) (21... Ng6 22. Rxf8+ Nxf8 23. Rd1 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Vogt,L-Moehring,G/
Halle 1974 (43)} 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. c4 Qe6 26. cxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Qxd5 28. Qxa6
$16) 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Rd1 (23. h3 Bxh3 $1 24. gxh3 Nf3+ 25. Kf1 c4 26. Bc2
Qe6 $1 27. Kg2 Nh4+ $11 {Tal,M}) (23. f3 $5 Bf5 24. Rd1 $5 c4 25. Bxc4 Nxc4 26.
Qxc4 Qxh2+ 27. Kxh2 dxc4 $14 {Sydor}) 23... Ng4 24. g3 Qe5 25. Re1 Nxe3 26.
Qxe3 Qxe3 27. Rxe3 {1/2-1/2 Brodsky,M-Sorin,A/Groningen op 1994}) (17... Rae8
18. Rd2 (18. Bb3 Na5 (18... Nb8) 19. Qxa6 Nxb3 20. axb3 Rf5 21. Bh4 $16 {
1-0 Sanz Alonso,F-Gallego,V/Alicante op2 1989 (30)}) (18. Qd2 Ne5 (18... dxc4
19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Rxd7 Re2 21. Be3 Rf7 22. Rd5 Ne7 23. Rd8+ Rf8 24. Rd7 $16)
19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5+ Qxd5 21. Rxd5 Rf5 22. Rd8 $1 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Rxd8 24. Bxd8
Nd2 25. f3 $16 {Geller,E-Larsen,B/Copenhagen cm-3pl 1966/1/2-1/2 (57)}) 18...
Qf7 19. Bxa6 Qg6 20. h4 h6 21. Bd3 Bf5 22. Be3 Ne5 23. h5 Bxd3 24. hxg6 Bxe2
25. Rxe2 Nxg6 26. a4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Winterstein,W-Nielsen,T/Copenhagen PC 1991 
(41)}) 18. Qd2 (18. Bxa6 $142 Bg4 (18... d4 19. Bb7 Ra5 20. Qd2 $16) 19. f3
Rae8 20. Qd2 $16) 18... Rf5 (18... Qf7 $142) 19. Bd3 Rf7 20. Re1 Qd6 (20... d4
21. Rad1 $16) 21. Bh4 Bf5 22. Bg3 Qf6 23. Rad1 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Ne7 25. Re5 c6 26.
Rde1 Ng6 27. Re6 Re7 28. Rxe7 Nxe7 29. Qd4 $1 $16 Qg6 (29... Qxd4 $142 30. cxd4
Nf5 31. Be5 Kg8 $16) 30. Qb6 Nf5 31. Bb8 $1 $18 h5 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Re8 Qf7 34.
h4 Kg6 35. Qg5+ Kh7 36. Qd8 Kg6 37. g3 (37. Qc8 $1 Nxh4 38. Rh8 $1 Rxb8 (38...
Qf6 39. Qe8+) 39. Qxc6+ Qf6 40. Qxf6+ Kxf6 41. Rxb8 $18) 37... Qf6 38. Qc8 Qxc3
39. Qb7 Rxb8 40. Qxb8 Nd4 41. Qb1+ Kf7 42. Re3 Qc4 43. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Gawlikowski Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Be7 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ndf3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8.
Bd2 Qb6 9. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Bd3 Nge7 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. a3 Qxd2+ 14.
Nxd2 f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. f4 e5 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bb1 O-O 20. Rf1
Nf5 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. Nf4 Be4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Rd1 Rc2 25. b4 Re8 26. Nd5 Nd3+
27. Rxd3 exd3+ 28. Kd1 Ree2 29. Nf4 Red2+ 30. Ke1 Ra2 31. Rf3 Rdb2 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1999.01.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zemun Agrouniverzal"]
[BlackTeam "Warszawa Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Nf3 exd5
9. exd5 Qe7+ 10. Qe2 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 Re8+ 12. Kd1 Na6 13. a3 Nc7 14. Bf4 Rd8 15.
Kc2 b5 16. cxb5 Ncxd5 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rhe1 Be6 20. Be4 Rab8 21.
Rad1 Nc7 22. Bc6 Bf5+ 23. Kc1 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 h6 25. Bf4 Nxb5 26. Re8+ Rxe8 27.
Bxe8 g5 28. Bg3 Nc7 29. Bc6 Bf8 30. Nd2 Ne6 31. Bh2 Nf4 32. Bxf4 gxf4 33. Ne4
Kg7 34. Kd2 Be6 35. Ke2 Kg6 36. Kf3 Kf5 37. Nc3 Bg7 38. Be4+ Kg5 39. h4+ Kxh4
40. Kxf4 Be5+ 41. Ke3 Bd4+ 42. Ke2 Bc4+ 43. Kf3 Kg5 44. Bc2 f5 45. g3 Ba6 46.
a4 Bb7+ 47. Ke2 Bxc3 48. bxc3 {[%eval -32767,0] Mehrbauer, aktivere
K�nigsstellung, Drohung einen entfernten Freibauern auf der h-Linie zu
etablieren sowie die Schw�che des Ba4 ergeben einen klaren schwarzen Gewinn.}
f4 49. Bb3 (49. a5 Kg4 50. gxf4 Kxf4 {-+}) 49... a5 50. Bc4 Be4 $1 51. Bb5 (51.
Be6 Bf5 52. Bd5 Bd7 53. Bb3 Kg4 {-+}) 51... Kg4 52. Bd7+ Bf5 53. f3+ Kg5 54.
Bxf5 Kxf5 55. g4+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.03.12"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luebeck"]
[BlackTeam "Koenig Plauen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4
h5 9. Qd1 Ba6 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ne2 Ne7 13. Nf4 g6 {In CBM 53 I
gave a opening survey of the line beginning with 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 which through
the following moves 11.Bg5 Qd7 leads to the game continuation. In that survey
my main line continued with the game Schmuter-Bykhovsky given below:} 14. Bf6 (
14. a4 Nb8 15. Bf6 Rh7 16. f3 Ng8 17. Bg5 Nc6 18. g4 Nce7 19. Qd3 Rh8 $14 {
Shmuter,L-Bykhovsky,Av/Tel Aviv Czerniak Mem/1996/}) 14... Rg8 {What black
rearly does in this game is to show what his ideal piece-setup is: Qc6, Nf5,
Nd7 and if neccesary Rg8. However I think whites best setup to counter that
idea still needs to be found. In my opinion he should show some interest in
the white squares - like Shmuter did with a3-a4 and f2-f3+g2-g4. In this line
both Ks are for the moment safe because of the closed nature of the positions,
but in the long term that may not be so depending on how ambitious the two
players are. The positionally desirable P-breaks g2-g4 and c7-c5 will always
make it much more difficult for the own K to find a safe heaven.} 15. Nh3 $6 (
15. Rh3 $5) 15... Qc6 $1 {Good timing since white can not defend in the ideal
way which would have been - in my opinion - Rh1-h3} 16. Qd2 Nf5 17. Ng5 Nb8 {
[%cal Yb8d7,Yd7f6]} 18. O-O Nd7 19. Rfe1 {[%csl Gf5] White is taking
counter-measures against Nd7xf6 since his R would be well placed on e1 after
the opening of the e-<->. But it is clear that the positional plan f2-f3 and
g2-g4 has been neglected and that white is now forced to fight his way through
on the K-side with peacepower only. In that respect Nf5 is a very good
defender.} Qc4 20. Rab1 c5 21. Nf3 Rc8 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3,Re8,Rg8] Positionally
black is standing very well. The problem is his K and the developement of Rg8}
22. Bg5 Nb8 23. Bf6 {A silent draw-offer ?} Nc6 $1 {[%cal Rc5d4] Black is now
ready to complete the developement of his heavy pieces with Ke8-d7} 24. dxc5 {
It is normal for white to try and open the position, but it is very hard to
achieve the breakthrough c3-c4} Qxc5 25. Qd3 Nb8 {[%cal Rc5c3]} (25... Na5 26.
Qa6 $5) 26. Rb3 Qc4 27. Qd2 Nc6 28. Reb1 Rc7 $1 $17 {[%cal Ye8d7,Yd7c8,Yc8b7,
Yb7a8] Blacks K is now ready to run into safety on the Q-side at the same time
giving Rg8 room for manouvering} 29. Qe1 Na5 30. Rb5 Kd7 31. Qd1 Rgc8 32. Bg5
Ke8 33. R1b2 Rc5 34. Rxc5 Qxc5 35. Nd4 Nxd4 36. cxd4 Qxa3 37. Rb1 Qc3 {[%cal
Ye8d7,Yd7c7,Yc7b7]} 38. Kh2 Rc4 39. Be3 Qxc2 40. Qe1 Nb3 {White never managed
to use the weakneses on blacks dark squares.} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 a6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 Nc6 8. d3
Qc7 9. Be3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Kh1 Rd8 12. Qd2 O-O 13. g4 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. g5
d4 16. gxf6 dxc3 17. Qxc3 Bxf6 18. Qxc5 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Be5 20. c4 Bd6 21. Qb6
Qd7 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Qxb5 Ba8 24. Ng1 Ne5 25. Qxd7 Rxd7 26. Rb3 Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2
Ra8 28. Ra1 Bf8 29. a4 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Nxd3 31. Ne2 Ra6 32. Nc3 f5 33. Nd5 Ra5
34. Nb6 Ra6 35. a5 f4 36. Bd4 Bb4 37. Nc4 Ne1+ 38. Kf1 Nc2 39. Ra4 Rc6 40. a6
Rxa6 41. Rxa6 Nxd4 42. Ne5 g6 43. Nd3 Be7 44. Nxf4 Nf5 45. Ke2 Kg7 46. Kf3 Kh6
47. Kg4 Bc5 48. Nd3 Bd4 49. Rc6 Ng7 50. Rc4 Ba1 51. Ra4 Bc3 52. Ra7 Nh5 53. f4
Bd4 54. Ra4 Bc3 55. Rc4 Ba1 56. Rc7 Nf6+ 57. Kg3 g5 58. f5 Kh5 59. Re7 h6 60.
Nf2 Nd5 61. Re6 Nf4 62. Ra6 Bg7 63. Ng4 Ne2+ 64. Kf3 Ng1+ 65. Kg2 Ne2 66. Ra8
Bc3 67. Ra6 Bg7 68. Ra2 Nd4 69. f6 Bf8 70. Ra8 Ne6 71. Re8 Nf4+ 72. Kf3 Ng6 73.
f7 Kh4 74. Kg2 Nf4+ 75. Kf3 Ng6 76. Ne5 Nxe5+ 77. Rxe5 Kxh3 78. Re8 g4+ 79. Ke2
1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Ne4 Qc7
15. Bc5 (15. Ng5 $2 Nxe3 16. Nxe6 Qb6 17. Nxf8 Nxc4 18. Qc3 Qa6 19. Qb3 Rxf8
20. Kb1 e4 $19 {0-1 Timman,J-Fedorov,A/Wijk aan Zee 2001 (25)}) 15... Rfd8 16.
g4 Nf4 17. Qc3 (17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Bd6 Qb6 19. g5 $14 (19. Qc3 $14)) 17... Rd5 (
17... Bd5 18. Kb1 Rd7 19. Bf2 h6 20. Bh4 Re8 21. a3 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Rd4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Alterman,B/Bad Homburg 1997 (36)}) 18. Kb1 Rad8 (18... Rxd1+
19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Qd2 Bd5 22. Bb3 a6 23. g5 h6 24. h4 hxg5 25.
hxg5 $14 {1-0 Loskutov,O-Aronian,L/Moscow 1995 (54)}) 19. Rde1 $5 $146 {
White will simply ignore black rooks on the d-file. In the present game
Fedorov failed to find a sensible plan against it.} (19. Bxd5 $6 cxd5 20. Be3
Qe7 21. Qc5 Qb7 22. Qa3 Qc6 23. Qc3 Qa8 24. Bxf4 Rc8 25. Qa5 exf4 26. Ng5 Qb8
$1 $36 {1-0 Xie Jun-Gufeld,E/Kuala Lumpur 1994 (37)}) 19... h6 20. Be3 $1 Qe7 (
20... Kh8 21. Bxd5 $16 {and Black cannot take back with the pawn.}) 21. Rhg1
Kh8 22. h4 {This position seems to be easier to play with White. There is no
clear way for Black now to follow up.} f5 $6 (22... Rd4 {Does not help at all:}
23. Bxe6 Nxe6 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Qxc6 $18) 23. gxf5 Bxf5 (23... gxf5 {More
logical, but after the natural reply Black is in big troubles anyway:} 24. Nf2
$16 {/\Bxf4}) 24. a3 Qxh4 25. Bxa7 R5d7 26. Bf2 Qe7 27. Rh1 $16 g5 $2 (27...
Bxe4 28. fxe4 $16) 28. Bc5 Qe8 29. Nxg5 Nd5 30. Qd2 Qg6 31. Reg1 e4 32. Nxe4
Nc3+ (32... Qh7 33. Rxg7 Rxg7 34. Bd4 {and Black loses everything.}) 33. Qxc3
$1 $18 (33. Nxc3 Rxd2 34. Rxg6 Bxc2+ 35. Ka1 Bxg6 $17) 33... Bxc3 34. Rxg6 Rd1+
35. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 36. Ka2 Bxg6 37. bxc3 h5 38. a4 h4 39. Ng5 Kg7 (39... Bf5 40.
Bd4+ $18) 40. a5 Bf5 41. a6 Bc8 42. a7 Bb7 43. f4 Rh1 44. Be6 {I guess the
game continued only because of the sudden death time control.} Ba8 45. Bc8 Kg6
46. Kb3 Rf1 47. Nh3 Kh5 48. Nf2 Rg1 49. Kc4 Rc1 50. Kd3 Rg1 51. Be6 Bb7 52. Kd4
Re1 53. Bg4+ Kg6 54. Kd3 Re8 55. Ne4 Ba6+ 56. Ke3 Bc4 57. Bd7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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. e4 {[%mdl 4100]} c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qb6 {
This way black tries to avoid the Velimirovich attack} 7. Ndb5 a6 8. Be3 Qa5 9.
Nd4 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bb3 O-O 12. f4 Bd7 13. f5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 {This position
has been played a lot in practice. Black has several options for the defence:
an active one 14...ef and a cautios 14...Rc8 and 14...Kh8, as been played in
the game} Kh8 (14... exf5 $5 15. exf5 Bc6 {[%cal Yc6g2]} 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Rad1
(17. Kh1 Bd8 18. Qg3 d5 19. Rf4 Qc7 20. Qf2 b5 21. a3 a5 22. Rd1 h6 $11 {
Hernandez,G-Ivanovic,B/Novi Sad olm 1990/0-1 (53)}) 17... Nd7 $5 {An important
deffensive move. Black tries to exchange the black-squared bishops and
diminish the pressure of the white pieces} 18. Qg3 (18. Ne4 Ne5 19. Qc3 Qxc3
20. Nxc3 Bg5 21. h3 h6 22. Bd5 Rc8 23. Rf2 Rfe8 $11 {Renet,O-Wang Zili/Geneva
op 1997/1/2-1/2(47)}) 18... Bf6 19. Qxd6 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Nf6 $44 21. Nd5 (21. h3
Re5 22. Qf2 Rfe8 23. Rde1 h5 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. a3 Bd7 $11 {Onischuk,A-Svidler,
P/Koop Tjuchem 1996/1/2-1/2(74)}) 21... Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rd8 23. c4 {1/2-1/2
Short,N-Kramnik,V/Novgorod 1996}) (14... Rac8 15. Qe1 Qc7 16. fxe6 Bxe6 17. Nd5
Bxd5 18. exd5 Rce8 19. Qg3 Nh5 20. Qf3 $16 {1-0 Ligterink,G-Van Dop,A/Arnhem
1974/EXT 2001 (47)}) 15. Qd3 b5 16. Bxf6 $5 {White immediatly launches a
desicive action. the safe 16.a3 is also possible} (16. a3 $5 Qc7 17. Qh3 e5 18.
Bf2 Bc6 19. Rfe1 a5 20. Bh4 b4 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Castelltort Fernandez,A-Rodriguez Vargas,O/Benasque 1993/TD (34)})
16... Bxf6 {of course black doesn't want to damage his pawn structure after 16.
..gf} 17. Qxd6 b4 $5 {It was dangerous to give up the black-squared bishop
after 17...Bc3} (17... Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rad8 19. f6 Qxc3 20. Rad1 $36) 18. Qxd7
bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxc3 (19... Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Rad8 21. Qa4 Bxc3 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Rab1
) 20. Rae1 Rad8 21. Qb7 a5 {Despite the activity of the pieces, black's
position is not easy to defend. the permanent weaknesses of "e6" and the light
squares in it's camp together with the insecurity of the king may be to much
to handle...} 22. a4 Rde8 $6 {worth considering 22...ef getting rid of the
"e6" weakness and opening white's king} (22... exf5 $5 23. exf5 Kg8) 23. fxe6
fxe6 24. Qb5 Bh4 $6 {24...Rb8 looks better, with the idea to play "e5" and get
rid of the weakness on "e6"} (24... Rb8 $5 25. Qc4 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 e5 $14) 25. Rd1
h6 {the exchange of the "e" pawn on the "a" pawn is not good for black,
because the "e" pawn gets blocked, whereas the "a" pawn may become dangerous} (
25... Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Qxe4 27. Qxa5 $16) 26. Qe2 Be7 27. g3 $5 {an important move.
white improves the position of the king} Qe5 28. Qg4 $16 Kh7 29. Kg2 Bc5 30.
Rxf8 Bxf8 (30... Rxf8 $2 31. Bxe6 Rf2+ 32. Kh3 $18) 31. Qf4 $5 Qh5 {in the
case of queen exchange, thanks to the "e6" weakness and more active white
pieces, white's edge becomes desicive} (31... Qxf4 32. gxf4 $36) 32. Rd7 Bc5 (
32... Qe2+ $5 {worth serious considiraton 32...Qe2, activating the pieces} 33.
Kh3 Qh5+ 34. Qh4 Qe2 35. Rf7 Kg6 $1) 33. Qf7 Qe5 {though after the queen
exchange, because of the pawn weaknesses, black's position is not easy to
defend, it was a better option} (33... Qxf7 34. Rxf7 Kg6 35. Rc7 Ba3 36. Rb7
Bb4 37. Rb5 $16) 34. Qf4 Qh5 35. Qf3 Qe5 (35... Qg6 36. Kh3 h5 37. Rf7) 36. Qg4
Bb6 37. h4 {White increasingly improving his position} Bc5 38. h5 Kh8 39. Qg6
$18 {due to the 40.Be6 threat, black's position is undefensible} Rf8 40. Bxe6
Qa1 41. Bf5 Qg1+ 42. Kh3 Qf1+ 43. Kh4 Be7+ 44. Rxe7 Qh1+ 45. Bh3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4
Qc7 14. Bc4 Nb6 15. Bd3 (15. Be2 {is the usual reply, when White retains a
slight advantage.}) 15... c5 (15... Be6 16. h4 Rfd8 17. Qe3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 (
18... cxd5 $2 19. h5 d4 20. Qg5 Rd5 21. Qh6 {1-0 Scacco,M-Balje,J/IECC email
1999}) 19. Be4 Rb5 20. h5 Qe5 21. Qd4 Qg5+ 22. Rd2 c5 23. Qc3 Rab8 24. hxg6
fxg6 25. b3 {1/2-1/2 Popovic,P-Markovic,I/Herceg Novi 2001.}) 16. Nb5 (16. Qe3
$5 Be6 17. h4 $40) 16... Qc6 17. Qe5 Bf5 $5 (17... Ba6 18. Nc7 f6 19. Qe6+ Qxe6
20. Nxe6 Bxd3 21. Nxf8 Bf5 22. g4 Bc8 23. Rd8) 18. Nc3 (18. Bxf5 Qxb5 19. Bd3
$13 (19. Be4 Rab8 $132 (19... Nc4 20. Bd3 Rab8 $11))) 18... Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Rfe8
20. Nd5 (20. h4 Rab8 $11) 20... Nxd5 21. Rxd5 c4 22. Rhd1 (22. Rc5 Qa6 $11)
22... Rab8 23. Rc5 Qa6 24. Qc3 Red8 (24... Qxa2 $4 25. Ra5 $18) 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8
26. Qxc4 (26. Rxc4 Qxa2 27. b4 $1 $11) 26... Qd6 27. b3 Qd2+ 28. Kb2 Qxg2 {
Such a position can often arise from dufferent lines of Dragon. Both sides
have pawn weaknesses and sometimes it ends with a pawn race in rook or queen
endgame. In the next few moves opponents will be concerned to protect weak
pawns.} 29. Qf4 {Hecht: '[#] In der Folge unternimmt Weiß kleine
Lockerungsübungen. '} a6 30. h4 h5 31. a4 Qf2 32. Rc6 a5 33. Rc4 Qb6 34. Qe5 e6
{Both sides protected everything, but White can claim a slight edge thanks to
the control of the diagonal a1-h8 with the queen. As a consequense Black must
be more careful with weakened dark squares on the kingside.} 35. Qf6 {Hecht: '
[#] Die weißen Figuren stehen zwar aktiver, die Felderschwächen sind
unangenehm und der Ba5 ist schutzbedürftig. Dennoch kommt der schwarze Absturz
überraschend. '} Kf8 $4 {A careless move, which loses the game immediately. 
Hecht: 'Begibt sich ohne Not in die Gefahrenlinie.'} ({Hecht: Angezeigt war
etwa} 35... Qd6 36. Rf4 Rd7 $11) 36. Rf4 $18 Rd7 ({Hatte er} 36... Qc7 {Hecht}
37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Rxf7+ $1 $18 {übersehen?}) 37. Qxg6 {[%csl Rf8,Rh5] After the
loss of this important pawn, everything became weak - the pawn h5, the king...
Hecht: 'Es ist nicht allein der fehlende Bauer sondern noch mehr die zerstörte
Struktur, die den schwarzen Ruin ausmacht.'} (37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qg7 {is also
easy win}) 37... Rc7 38. Qh6+ (38. Qxh5 {(Hecht) war auch gut}) 38... Kg8 (
38... Ke8 {Hecht} 39. Qh8+ Ke7 40. Qxh5) 39. Qg5+ Kf8 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. Rc4 (41.
Rc4 Rc6 {Hecht: 'mit der angenehmen Auswahl'} {Hecht: oder} 42. Qg5+ (42. Qxb6
{Hecht} Rxb6 43. Rc5 f5 44. Rxa5 $18) ({oder} 42. Qg5+ Kf8 43. Rxc6 Qxc6 44.
Qd8+ Kg7 45. Qxa5 Qxf3 46. Qc3+ $1 {mit frischer Dame auf a8.}) 42... Kf8 43.
Rxc6 Qxc6 44. Qd8+ {the easiest. Of course 44.Qxh5 also wins.} Kg7 45. Qxa5
Qxf3 46. Qc3+ $18 {'!' Hecht. Hecht: 'mit frischer Dame auf a8.'}) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bf4
b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Bf4 a5 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. Qd3 Nb8 16. e4 Bb4 17. Rac1 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Rxc3 19. bxc3 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4
21. Qxe4 Nd7 22. Qc6 Qc8 23. Qb5 Qb7 24. d5 exd5 25. Rxd5 Nf6 26. Rd6 Qf3 27.
Qd3 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Rc8 29. Bc7 Ne4 30. c4 f5 31. Bxb6 Rxc4 32. Rd5 f4 33. gxf4
a4 34. Rd4 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Nc3 36. a3 Rb1 37. Ba5 Rb3 38. Bxc3 Rxc3 39. Rxa4 Rb3
40. Ra6 Rd3 41. f3 Rc3 42. Kg3 Rd3 43. Kg4 Rd5 44. a4 g6 45. h3 Kg7 46. Rb6 Ra5
47. Rb4 Kh6 48. Re4 Kg7 49. f5 h5+ 50. Kg3 g5 51. f4 Rxf5 52. fxg5 Rxg5+ 53.
Kf4 Rg1 54. Ke5 Ra1 55. Rf4 Rd1 56. h4 Kg6 57. Rf6+ Kg7 58. Rf4 Kg6 59. Rf6+
Kg7 60. Rf4 Kg6 61. Rd4 Ra1 62. Kd6 Kf5 63. Kc5 Ke5 64. Rb4 Ke6 65. Kc6 Ke7 66.
Rd4 Ke6 67. Re4+ Kf5 68. Rb4 Ke6 69. Kb6 Kd7 70. a5 Kc8 71. Rb5 Ra4 72. Rxh5
Rb4+ 73. Kc6 Rc4+ 74. Kb6 Rb4+ 75. Ka7 Rb7+ 76. Ka6 Rb4 77. Rc5+ Kd7 78. h5 Rb1
79. Rb5 Rc1 80. Kb6 Rc6+ 81. Ka7 Kc8 82. a6 Kc7 83. Rb7+ Kc8 84. Rb6 Rc7+ 85.
Ka8 Rh7 86. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Bd6 6. c4 Ne7 7. Nc3 c6 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Qa4 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nc6 11. Bg2 O-O 12. Bd2 a6 13. a3 Nc5 14. Qd1 Nd4 15.
Be3 Ncb3 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. e3 Nc6 18. Qb3 Na5 19. Qa2 Be5 20. Ne2 Qf6 21. Rab1
Rfc8 22. b4 Nc6 23. Rfc1 Qe7 24. Rc2 a5 25. b5 Na7 26. a4 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Nc8 28.
d4 Bd6 29. e4 dxe4 30. Qxe4 Rb8 31. d5 e5 32. h4 Bc5 33. Nc1 Nd6 34. Qe2 Bb6
35. Nd3 e4 36. Nf4 Rc8 37. Kh2 Rc4 38. Ra1 Bd4 39. Ra2 Be5 40. Nh3 g6 41. Rc2
Rxc2 42. Qxc2 Qxh4 43. Qd2 Qd8 44. Qe3 f5 45. Ng5 Ne8 46. Bf1 Nf6 47. Qc1 Qc7
48. Bc4 Bd6 49. Ne6 Qc8 50. Kg2 Ng4 51. Qg5 b6 52. Be2 Ne5 53. g4 Nf7 54. Qf6
Be5 55. Qe7 f4 56. Bc4 Nd6 57. Bb3 h6 58. g5 hxg5 59. Qxg5 f3+ 60. Kh3 Bg7 61.
Qxg6 Qd7 62. Bc2 Qf7 63. Bxe4 Nxe4 64. Qxe4 Qh5+ 65. Qh4 Qxd5 66. Qg4 Kf7 67.
Nxg7 Qd1 68. Nf5 Qh1+ 69. Kg3 Qg2+ 70. Kf4 Qxf2 71. Qg7+ Ke6 72. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 63rd"]
[Site "Ustron"]
[Date "2007.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.09.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warszawa Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Katowice Szopienice HetMaN"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 d5 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O Bb7 14. b3 c5
15. Bb2 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 c4 18. Rf3 Rfd8 19. Raf1 Rac8 20. f5 exf5
21. Rxf5 c3 22. Bxc3 Qa7+ 23. Kh1 Rxc3 24. Rxf7 Re3 25. Qc4 Kh8 26. Qg4 Rg8 27.
c4 Qc5 28. Qd7 Qe5 29. R7f5 Re1 30. Qd3 Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Qe6 32. Rf2 Bd6 33. Re2
Qh6 34. Qg1 Rf8 35. g3 Qf6 36. c5 Bxc5 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 67th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2010.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. f4 d6 10. Be3 b6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qf3 a6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Qh3
Rfe8 16. g4 Nd7 17. g5 Nf8 18. Na4 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Bxb5 Qb8 21. Nb6 Rc7
22. f5 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Qxb6+ 25. Qe3 Qxa6 26. Rxd6 exf5 27. Rxf5 Qc8
28. Nc5 Ne5 29. Rd5 Nfg6 30. b4 f6 31. Bf4 Ne7 32. Rdxe5 fxe5 33. Rxe5 Qg4+ 34.
Bg3 Rf8 35. Qd3 Ng6 36. Rf5 Rcc8 37. Qd7 Qe2 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. Qd3 Qa2 40. a4 h6
41. a5 Rcd8 42. Rxf8+ Rxf8 43. a6 Nf4 44. Bxf4 Rxf4 45. Qd1 Rf6 46. Kh1 Rf2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nh3 {The old Steinitz idea, revived by the great Robert Fischer 50
years ago. It is clearly not weaker than the other knight retreat. In the last
two years the Polish GM Bartosz Socko has found many interesting ideas here.}
g5 $5 {The aggressive move of the 21st century!} ({But nobody can prove, that
the other strategy is wrong. GM Romanishin is a great master of the pawn
sacrifice and his games are perfect examples of how to develop an initiative
for the pawn.} 9... Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. O-O Rb4 ({Even better and
more logical seems to be} 12... c5 13. Kh1 Nc6 14. Ng1 Nd4 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. Nd2
Bb7 17. Re1 Rbd8 18. Bf1 Rfe8 19. Nce4 Nd5 20. Ng3 Nf4 21. c3 Nde6 22. Nc4 Ng6
23. Nf5 Bg5 24. Qg4 Bxc1 25. Raxc1 Nef4 {1/2 Postny,E (2622)-Romanishin,O 
(2542)/Dresden GER 2007. and the active black knight is a real compensation
for the pawn.}) 13. Kh1 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Rh4 15. Rg1 Rxh3 16. Qf1 Rh4 17. Qg2 g6
18. Be3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. f4 Nc6 21. Bf3 Kg7 22. Bxd5 exf4 23. Bf2 Rg4 24.
Qxg4 Qxd5+ 25. Qg2 f3 26. Qg4 {1/2 Sermek,D (2590)-Romanishin,O (2562)/
Solin-Spilt CRO 2002. Black's compensation for the exchange is rather poor.}) (
{An older approach is still playable:} 9... Bd6 10. d3 O-O 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Be3
Qd7 13. Qd2 c5 14. Bf3 Rab8 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nc6 17. c3 Be7 18. Bxc6 Qxc6
19. O-O Rfd8 20. Rad1 {1-0 Socko,M (2457)-Yildiz,B (2213)/Konya TUR 2009 (56).}
{And now the best solution was} c4 21. d4 Qb5 22. Rb1 exd4 23. Bxd4 Bc5 {
Black would have very serious compensation for the pawn.}) ({There exists an
even more active bishop move:} 9... Bc5 10. d3 O-O 11. O-O Bxh3 ({possible is
a more central approach:} 11... Re8 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. Kh1 Bf5 14. Bf3 Bd4 15. Ng1
Bxc3 16. bxc3 e4 17. Be2 Nd5 18. Bd2 Qf6 19. d4 Nb6 20. Bf4 Rb7 21. Rb1 Qe6 22.
a3 Qa2 23. Ra1 Qe6 24. Rb1 {1-0 Socko,B (2637)-Gasanov,E (2514)/Rijeka 2010 
(40)} Nac4 {Black can successfully block the opponent's structure, with good
chances.}) ({or} 11... Nd5 12. c4 Ne7 13. Nc3 Bd4 14. Kh1 Bxh3 15. gxh3 Qd7 16.
Bg4 f5 17. Bf3 Rad8 18. Be2 Kh7 19. Bd2 Nb7 20. Qc2 Nc5 21. Rad1 Ng6 {0-1
Socko,M (2457)-Przybylski,W (2326)/Warsaw POL 2009 (71). With a very powerful
black position - who cares in such situations about pawns!}) 12. gxh3 Qd7 13.
Kg2 Nd5 14. Nc3 Rad8 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. f4 f6 ({It was better to open the
position} 16... exf4 17. Bxf4 Rfe8 18. Bg3 Be3 19. c3 f5 20. Qc2 d4 {trying to
get more space.}) 17. c3 Nc6 18. Qa4 Qb7 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. Qa4 Qd6 21. Bd2 {
1-0 Socko,B (2643)-Pavasovic,D (2590)/Jenbach AUT 2009 (30)} e4 22. d4 Bb6 23.
f5 Bc7 24. Bf4 Qd7 25. Bg3 Rb8 {Black would keep chances for counterplay.}) 10.
d3 Bg7 ({There exists a very sharp idea, preventing the development of the
white knight:} 10... Qd5 $5 11. Ng1 g4 12. Kf1 c5 13. Nc3 Qc6 14. Nf3 (14. h3
Bb7 15. Rh2 {would be an anti-chess way}) 14... Bb7 15. Nh4 Rg8 16. h3 h5 17.
hxg4 hxg4 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Qxe4 20. Bd3 Qc6 21. Qe1 O-O-O $2 (21... e4 22.
Be2 Qb6 23. Nf5 O-O-O 24. Kg1 {was better for White.}) 22. Qxa5 Be7 23. Be3 $18
{1-0 Luther,T (2559)-Pirrot,D (2414)/Bad Woerishofen GER 2010/}) 11. Nc3 O-O ({
After the queen sortie to the other side} 11... Qb6 12. Ng1 g4 13. h3 h5 14.
Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Be6 16. hxg4 Rd8 17. Bd3 Bxg4 18. f3 Be6 19. b3 Nb7 20. Qe2
Qd4 21. Rb1 Qb4+ 22. Kf2 Nc5 23. Be3 f5 24. exf5 Nxd3+ 25. cxd3 Bxf5 26. Rd1 {
Socko,B (2637)-Bacrot,E (2709)/Antwerp 2009/CBM 133/1-0 (59). White kept an
advantage.} Qc3) 12. Ng1 (12. g4 {would be too risky:} c5 13. f3 Nc6 14. Nf2
Nd4 15. h4 gxh4 16. Nfe4 Rb8 (16... Nxe4 17. Nxe4 f5 18. gxf5 Bxf5 {was a more
energetic way.}) 17. b3 (17. Nxc5 Qa5 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. cxb3 h5 {was very
unclear.}) 17... Rb6 18. Be3 Nxe4 19. dxe4 ({Why not the more solid} 19. Nxe4
$2) 19... Be6 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. bxc4 Rb2 {0-1 Isonzo,D (2362)-Naumkin,I (2502)/
Amantea ITA 2008. and Black has a strong initiative.}) 12... Nd5 $146 ({
More passive was} 12... Nb7 13. Nf3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. d4 e4 16. Ne5 f6 (
16... Nd6 17. h4 gxh4 18. c3 Nf5 19. Bg4 Qf6 20. Bxf5 Bxf5 21. Qh5 Rab8 22.
Rxh4 Qe6 23. Ng4 Bxg4 24. Rxg4 f5 25. Rg6 Rf6 26. Rxf6 Qxf6 27. Kf1 {1-0
Krueger,H (2505)-Tyutyunnik,R (2461)/ICCF 2007 (44). Black has no compensation
for the pawn.}) 17. Ng6 Re8 18. h4 Bf5 19. h5 Bxg6 20. hxg6 f5 21. c3 Re6 22.
Qa4 ({The other try} 22. Bb5 {is no better:} a6 23. Ba4 Rxg6 24. Bb3 Na5 25. f3
Rb8 {Shishkin,V (2404)-Taborov,B (2450)/Kiev 2003/CBM 092 ext (35). with
serious counterplay.}) 22... Rxg6 23. Bd2 Rb6 24. Bd1 Qc7 25. Bb3 Qf7 26. c4
Bxd4 {Taborov,B (2450)-Vysochin,S (2554)/Kiev 2003/CBM 092 ext/0-1 (37).
White's position is dubious.}) (12... Rb8 {does not look bad:} 13. Nf3 Qe7 14.
O-O Nd5 15. Bd2 Nb7 16. Rb1 Nc5 (16... Nd6 {is more logical.}) 17. d4 exd4 18.
Nxd5 cxd5 19. a3 Re8 20. Re1 Qf6 {Zafirov,S-Moisan Plante,M (2183)/Montreal
2002/CBM 089 ext/1-0 (37). Black's pieces are much more centralised, despite
his doubled pawns in the centre.}) 13. h4 $1 {White has to try to exploit some
weaknesses of the opponent's king's flank.} f5 ({In the event of} 13... gxh4
14. Nf3 h3 15. gxh3 Re8 16. Rg1 Kh8 17. Qd2 Nf4 18. Ne4 {there is a constant
threat to sacrifice an exchange on g7 and to weaken the black king.}) 14. hxg5
hxg5 15. Nf3 (15. Bh5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 e4 17. Ne2 Qf6 18. Rb1 c5 {allowed Black
too much freedom and space.}) 15... g4 16. Nd2 g3 $6 {Beliavsky was not
satisfied with this move.} ({It seems very tempting to expose White's king,
but better was} 16... e4 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Nb3 g3) 17. Nb3 gxf2+ 18. Kxf2 e4
19. Nxd5 (19. d4 {was possible:} Nxb3 20. axb3 Nb6 21. g3 $1 Bxd4+ 22. Kg2 {
and the king will find a safe place.}) 19... cxd5 20. Bf4 (20. c3 Nxb3 21. axb3
d4 {would allow a too big space expansion of Black.}) 20... Nc6 ({After the
stronger} 20... Nxb3 21. axb3 Bxb2 22. Ra4 Qb6+ {the ball was still in the air.
}) 21. d4 {Now it starts to be dangerous for Black, as White has succeded in
blocking the centre.} Qb6 22. c3 Ne5 {This looks very strong, but in reality
there are no serious threats.} 23. Qd2 Ng6 24. Rh3 a5 25. Rah1 $1 ({A more
cautious player would chose} 25. Rb1) 25... Ra7 26. g3 (26. Rg3 {was more
aggressive.}) 26... Re7 27. Ke3 $6 {Players are very satisfied with such moves,
but the king in the centre is never safe.} (27. Bh5 Ne5 28. Kg2 Nd3 29. Be2
Nxf4+ 30. gxf4 {was still keeping White's advantage.}) 27... Ba6 $6 (27... Ne5
28. Nc5 Ng4+ 29. Bxg4 fxg4 {was stronger, but not enough to eliminate the
opponent's advantage.}) 28. Nc5 Bxe2 29. Qxe2 Rc8 30. Qa6 (30. Kf2 {was more
natural, but grandmasters do not changing their plans so easily.}) 30... Qxa6
31. Nxa6 Rb7 32. R1h2 $2 (32. R3h2 {was much safer.}) 32... Bf8 $2 (32... Rxb2
$1 33. Rxb2 Rxc3+ 34. Kd2 Rd3+ 35. Kc2 Nxf4 {was Beliavsky's chance to turn
the course of the game.}) 33. Rh5 $1 {Regaining the advantage.} Rc6 34. Rxf5 $1
{With this knight sacrifice White destroys the whole black pawn structure.}
Rxa6 35. Rxd5 a4 36. Kxe4 (36. c4 {was better, but who would not take the pawn.
}) 36... Rc6 (36... Rf6 {was slightly better.}) 37. Kd3 Rf7 38. Ra5 a3 (38...
Nxf4+ 39. gxf4 Rxf4 40. Rxa4 Rf3+ 41. Ke4 Rg3 42. Ra8 {and with four pawns for
the bishop White will win.}) 39. b4 $1 {Not allowing the opponent to destroy
the own pawn structure.} Nxf4+ 40. gxf4 Rxf4 41. Rh3 $1 {A strong
prophylactical move, eliminating the possibility of a check on the third rank.}
Bxb4 {A desperate attempt to destroy the white pawn chain.} 42. cxb4 Rd6 43.
Kc3 Rdxd4 44. Ra4 (44. Rg3+ Kf8 45. b5 Rb4 46. Rf3 {was a bit too sharp.})
44... Rd1 45. Rxa3 Rc1+ 46. Kb2 Rc8 47. Rag3+ Kf7 48. Rf3 1-0

