[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. b4 {Comments to this part of the game and also to:} (10. e4
{You can find in my annotations to game: Bareev,E-Ivanchuk,V/Rethymnon,2003/
CBM 98(0-1)(41)}) ({Besides White has two another alternatives:} 10. e3 $5 {
You can see annotations to Lalic,B-Motwani,P/Hastings,1996/CBM 57(1/2-1/2)
(Alterman,B)(24)}) ({and} 10. h3 $5 {><g4 with preparing point "h2" for bishop.
}) 10... Be7 11. e4 Rc8 $6 {After this inaccurate move Black should struggle
for equality up to the end of this game.} (11... a5 $5 {קa5,b4 /^a3-f8 Black
has decided to begin active actions at the queen side with the purpose to
spoil a pawns structure of White and to create by him of weakness.For further
annotations you can see my comments to Lautier,J-Macieja,B/Mallorca,2004/CBM
104(1/2-1/2)(31)}) 12. e5 $1 $146 {A very good novelty,which shows deep
positional understanding of the position. Black's main problem in this line is
the poorly placed knight at "h5" or "e8". White will protect his central
e5-pawn in order to avoid ideas like "f6" or "d6".} (12. Bd3 $143 Nh5 13. Be3
Qc7 14. O-O Nf6 15. h3 $11 {Kouatly,B-Hjartarson,J/Reykjavik,1993(1/2-1/2)(17)}
) 12... Nh5 ({I do not think that it was much better:} 12... Ne8 13. Bd3 $36 (
13. Qd3 $143 {קd7} Nb8 14. Ne4 f6 $132)) 13. Be3 Qc7 {Black had no other
worthy alternative:} (13... f6 $143 14. Bd3 {קh7; /^b1-h7}) (13... a5 $143 14.
b5 Nb8 15. Bd3 f5 $140 16. Na4 {קb6.}) 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Nd6 Bxd6 (15... Rcd8
$143 16. c5 $16) 16. exd6 $14 {White has a obvious positional advantage (the
best chain of pawns + two bishops).} f5 {It is necessary to grasp any space,
differently after:} (16... Nf6 $6 17. Be2 (17. Bd3 $143 e5 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nh7
Nxh7 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Be4 Nd4 $1 22. Bxd4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxc4 24. O-O (24. Qxe5
$4 Re8 {[%csl Re1,Re5,Ge8]}) 24... exd4 25. Rxd4 $14) 17... a5 18. b5 Nd8 19.
O-O {the black's position becomes very hard.}) 17. Be2 Nf6 18. O-O Nd8 ({
Is senseless the following maneuver of knight:} 18... Ng4 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bc1
$140 Nce5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Qc3 $1 Nxc4 $140 23. Bxc4 b5 (23... Ba6 $2 24. Bb2
Rf7 25. Bxa6 Rxc3 26. Bxc3 $18) 24. Bxe6+ dxe6 25. Qg3 $16) 19. Ne5 {This move
is compels of Black,early or late,to exchange this knight.White's N don't have
another good parking and consequently this correct positional decision.} Nf7
20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Bf4 {This move is directed against progress "e5".} b5 {
This progress only improves a pawns structure of White,but Alexey Korotylev
did not have choice:} ({After:} 21... Qa8 22. f3 Re8 23. Qc3 {absolutely not
clear what to do further.}) 22. c5 Bc6 23. Rfe1 Qa8 24. Bf1 {White take under
the reliable control a field "e5".} Nd5 25. Bd2 a6 26. Qd3 Re8 27. Re5 $16 {
Black have remained without counterplay.White,in turn,slowly prepare a break
on queen side (a4) or king side (f3 and g4).} Qd8 28. Qd4 h6 29. f3 Qc8 30.
Rde1 {White gradually improve a location of the pieces and wait a favorable
moment for a sacrifice on point "d5".} Ref8 31. Bd3 Qb7 32. Bb1 Qc8 {Black
don't have any clear plan,they wait and prepare for active actions on the part
of White.} 33. Ba2 Kh7 34. Bc1 $1 {There is no sense to hasten with a
sacrifice on "d5":} (34. Bxd5 $6 Bxd5 $140 35. Rxd5 exd5 36. Qxd5 Qa8 $1 $14)
34... Qd8 35. Bd2 Rf6 36. h3 {White prepare a point "h2" for his king.} R6f7
37. Bb3 Rf6 38. Kh2 R6f7 39. Ra1 g5 $6 {[%csl Rh7] Doubtful idea.It is rather
dangerous to open the king without the special necessity.} 40. Bc2 Kg8 41. a4
$1 {It is necessary to open even one line,differently,it will be not simple to
win this game.} Rg7 42. axb5 axb5 43. Bb3 Rg6 (43... Qf6 44. Bxd5 Bxd5 45. Bc3
{and there is no protection against threats: 46.Rxd5 or 46.Rxf5}) 44. Bxd5 $1 {
White in time has chosen the moment.He have broken through a defense of the
contender.} Bxd5 45. Rxd5 exd5 46. Bc3 Rgf6 ({Hardly it was better:} 46... Kh7
47. Qxd5 Qe8 48. Ra7 Qf7 49. Qb7 Rd8 50. Qb6 Rgg8 51. Qxb5 {and so on.}) 47.
Qxd5+ R6f7 48. Qd3 {The Pb5 doomed on destruction.} h5 (48... Qb8 $143 49. Ra5
{[%csl Rb5]}) 49. Qxb5 {White has a absolutely winning position,but for
realization of advantage is required the certain time.} g4 {The rather
doubtful decision,but is very difficult to give good advice.} 50. Qc4 Qh4 ({
After:} 50... gxf3 51. Qf4 (51. gxf3 $5) 51... Kh7 {it looks very strong:} 52.
Ra8 $1 Qxa8 $140 $8 53. Qg5 {/\54.Qxh5+ Kg8 55.Qh8#} Rf6 $8 54. Bxf6 Rxf6 $8
55. Qxf6 Qd5 (55... Qe4 $2 56. Qe7+ Kg6 57. Qxe4 fxe4 58. gxf3 e3 59. Kg2 $18)
(55... fxg2 $143 56. Qxf5+ Kh6 57. Qxd7 Qg8 58. Kg1 $18) 56. Qg5 Qe5+ (56... f2
$2 57. Qxh5+ Kg7 58. Qg5+ Kf7 59. Qf4 $18) 57. Qg3 $18) 51. Qf4 Kh7 (51... g3+
52. Qxg3+ Qxg3+ 53. Kxg3 $18) 52. Kh1 $18 {White reliably have hidden the king
and soon will begin to actuate PP on the queen side.} Rg8 (52... Re8 53. b5 {
/\c6}) 53. Rf1 Re8 (53... Qg5 $142 54. Qxg5 Rxg5 55. h4 Rg8 56. b5 $18) 54. b5
Kg6 55. Bd2 {/\Qh6#} Rh8 56. c6 dxc6 57. bxc6 Qf6 58. Rc1 {[%csl Yc1,Gc6,Gd6]
[%cal Gd6d7] The further resistance is impossible.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Nf3 Na6 8. Qd2
Nc7 9. d5 Na6 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. O-O Nc5 12. f3 a5 13. Kh1 a4 14. Rab1 Qb8 15.
Rfd1 Re8 16. Bf1 Rc8 17. b4 axb3 18. axb3 Na6 19. Nc2 c5 20. Re1 Re8 21. f4 Nb4
22. Nxb4 cxb4 23. Na2 e5 24. dxe6 Rxe6 25. Bxf6 Rxa2 26. Qxa2 Bxf6 27. c5 Bc3
28. Red1 Rxe4 29. Rxd6 Bc6 30. Rbd1 Kg7 31. Qf2 Qe8 32. Bc4 Qe7 33. Bd5 Re2 34.
Qg1 Bb5 35. Rb6 Ba6 36. Bf3 Re3 37. c6 Rxf3 38. Rxa6 bxa6 39. gxf3 Qc7 40. Qc5
Qxf4 41. Qd5 Be5 42. Rd2 h5 43. Rc2 Bc7 44. Qe4 Qd6 45. Qe2 a5 46. Rc4 Kh7 47.
Kg1 Qd5 48. Kg2 Qg5+ 49. Kh1 Qd5 50. Kg2 Qg5+ 51. Kh1 Qd5 52. Rc1 Qxb3 53. Rd1
Qc3 54. Rd7 Qc1+ 55. Kg2 Qg5+ 56. Kf1 Qc1+ 57. Kg2 Qf4 58. Qe4 Qxh2+ 59. Kf1
Bb6 60. Rxf7+ Kh6 61. Ke1 Qf2+ 62. Kd1 Be3 63. Qd3 b3 64. Rf6 Qg1+ 65. Ke2 Qf2+
66. Kd1 Qg1+ 67. Ke2 b2 68. Rxg6+ Qxg6 69. Qxe3+ Kg7 70. Qe5+ Qf6 71. Qxf6+
Kxf6 72. c7 b1=Q 73. c8=Q {A rather curious position. The rook pawns are
rather difficult to promote, since they can offer little shelter to their own
king. If White had no pawn left on board, the position would be winning for
Black. He would simply place his queen on a central square (say, d5) by means
of succesive checks and then start to advance his pawns little by little. The
exposed position of the white king would make perpetual check impossible for
Black, since in certain moments counter-checks with exchange of queens would
follow. However, the modestly looking f3-pawn changes the situation a great
deal, by offering to the white king a reliable shelter and indirectly allowing
the own queen a higher liberty of checking the enemy king. Black's win, if
possible at all, is connected with huge practical difficulties.} Qa2+ 74. Kf1 {
The king rightly aimsfor the safe zone.} Qd5 75. Qh8+ Kg5 {The king is heading
for h4 in order to physically defend from checks. However, I believe that
trying to transfer the king to the queen side (for example, b3 or b4) would
have been a more dangerous plan. This would have been the only way to get the
possibility of a deadly countercheck on the b-file. After an eventual echange
of queens the king would remain in the square of the f-pawn, while his own
pawns would be unstoppable. If White would advance the f-pawn at an earlier
stage, Black could adjust his plan and bring his king back to the centre,
because the enemy king would suddenly become more exposed. All this sounds
rather abstract, but it would have probably offered better practical chances
to Black.} (75... Ke6 $2 {would lead to an immediate draw by means of a
perpetual check mechanism which has been named "The star theme":} 76. Qg8+ Kd6
77. Qd8+ Kc6 78. Qa8+) ({but} 75... Ke7 {might have been the right start of
the mentioned plan.}) 76. Kg2 Kh4 {Black's king has reached relative safety,
too, but making further progress is not easy. If the qhite king was more
exposed, Black could improve the position of his queen with check, followed by
the advance of the a-pawn.} 77. Qb2 Qg5+ 78. Kh1 Qf4 $6 {After this careless
move, the game suddenly ends in a perpetual.} 79. Qf2+ Kg5 80. Qc5+ Qf5 81.
Qe3+ Kg6 82. Qb6+ Kf7 83. Qb7+ Ke8 84. Qb8+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd2
Nbd7 9. Rc1 Bd6 10. g3 Qe7 11. c5 Bc7 12. f4 Ba5 13. Nb1 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. h4 f5 17. Kf2 Nf6 18. Be2 Kf7 19. a3 a5 20. Qd2 Rhb8 21. Rc2 b5
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Bd6 7. Qd3 c5 8. e4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Be5 12. Be2 Na6 13. b4 Nc7 14. O-O d5 15.
exd5 exd5 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. cxd5 Ncxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Bf3 Ne4 20. Rfe1 Qxd4
21. Qxd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 f5 23. g4 Rce8 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Rxe8 Rxe8
27. Rd8 Kf7 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. a4 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Na6 8.
Nf3 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Nb4 {[%cal Yb7b6,Yc8a6,Rb4d5] The latest
twist in this system.} ({The immediate} 11... b6 {has proved insufficient for
equality in view of} 12. Qh4 $1 Nxd5 (12... Nb4 13. Bg5) (12... Nc7 13. Bg5)
13. Bg5 {etc.}) 12. Bg5 (12. Rd1 b6 {leads to a well-known theoretical
position, with the following options for White:} 13. Qh4 (13. h3 Ba6 14. Qb3
Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Nbxd5 16. Nf4 c4 17. Qxc4 Qc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Epishin,V-Svidler,P/
Moscow RUS 2004/The Week in Chess 525 (30)}) (13. a3 Ba6 (13... Nc2 14. Rb1 Bf5
15. Bd3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bxf5 dxc3 18. Bh3 cxb2 19. Bxb2 Qd6 $11 {Ftacnik,
L. 1/2-1/2 Piesina,G-Baikov,V/Moscow 1992/CBM 30 (32)}) 14. Qb3 Bxe2 15. Nxe2
Nbxd5 16. Nc3 (16. Nf4 c4 17. Qxc4 Qc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Chiburdanidze,M/
Biel 1988/CBM 09 (26)}) 16... c4 17. Qxc4 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Nxc7 19. Bf4 Ne6 20. Be5
Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Budnikov,A-Chuchelov,V/Khabarovsk 1990/EXT 97 (50)}) (13. Bg5
h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rd2 Ba6 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Rde2
Rxe2 20. Rxe2 Nc7 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Re8 23. f4 Kg7 24. h3 f6 25. Rxe8 Nxe8
26. Qb5 Qe7 27. Kf2 Nd6 28. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Lputian,S-Kalantarian,N/Yerevan 1995/
CBM 50 (28)}) (13. Qb3 $5 Bf5 14. Ne1 Ng4 $6 (14... Re8 $5) 15. Bf4 Bd4 16. Bg3
Qf6 17. a3 (17. Rxd4 $1 cxd4 (17... Qxd4 18. Rd1 Qf6 19. a3) 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19.
Qxb4 dxc3 20. Qxg4 cxb2 21. Rb1 $16) 17... Nxf2 $1 18. Rxd4 cxd4 19. Bxf2 dxc3
20. bxc3 Qe5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Nikitin,A-Sergienko,S/Smolensk 2000/CBM 77 (55)})
13... Nc2 $1 (13... Nfxd5 $2 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Bc4 Bb7 16. a3 $18) (13... Nbxd5
14. Bc4 Be6 15. Bh6 $1 b5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Ng5 Bf6 18. Bxf8 Bxg5 19. Qe4 Qxf8
20. Nxd5 $14 {E.Sutovsky}) 14. Rb1 Bf5 15. Bd3 (15. Bg5 $2 Nd4 16. Rbc1 (16.
Nxd4 $6 cxd4 17. Ne4 (17. Rxd4 Bxb1 18. Nxb1 h6 19. Bxh6 Nxd5 20. Bg5 Qe8 21.
Re4 Qd7 $17 {E.Sutovsky}) 17... Bxe4 18. Bxf6 Qxd5 19. Rxd4 Qxa2 20. Re1 Bxf6
21. Qxf6 Rae8 $17 {0-1 Sarno,S-Horvath,J/Leibnitz 1990/CBM 20 (40)}) 16... h6
$1 17. Bxh6 Nxd5 18. Bg5 Nxc3 $1 19. Nxd4 $8 (19. Bxd8 Ncxe2+ 20. Kf1 Nxf3 21.
gxf3 Nxc1 22. Be7 Nxa2 23. Bxf8 Bxf8 $19 {E.Sutovsky}) 19... Qxd4 20. bxc3 Qxh4
21. Bxh4 Bh6 22. Ra1 Bg7 (22... Rfe8 23. Bb5 Re6 24. Bc4 Ree8 25. Bb5 Rec8 26.
Ba6 Rc7 27. Bg3 Rd7 28. Bb5 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Bg7 30. c4 Bd4 $15 {0-1 Bykhovsky,
A-Sanikidze,T/Denizli 2003/CBM 95 ext (58)}) 23. Rac1 Bh6 24. Ra1 Rae8 25. Bb5
Re4 26. Bg3 Bg7 27. Rac1 Be6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Sutovsky,E/Chalkidiki 2002/
CBM 92 (42)}) 15... Nd4 (15... Bxd3 16. Rxd3 Nb4 17. Rd1 Qd7 18. Bg5 Qf5 $13 {
E.Sutovsky}) 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Qc4 Nd6 18. Qf1 Re8 19. Bf4 Nfe4 20. Qd3 Qd7 21.
Nxe4 Nxe4 22. d6 $8 Re6 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Qxe4 Rae8 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 $11 {E.
Sutovsky}) 12... Nbxd5 (12... b6 13. Qh4 $1 {is unpleasant for Black. Here are
some examples:} h6 (13... Bf5 14. Rad1 Qd6 15. Nb5 Qe7 16. Bc4 h6 17. Bxh6 Qe4
18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd6 Qg4 20. h3 Qxh4 21. Nxf5+ gxf5 22. Nxh4 Ne4 23. Nxf5+ Kf6
24. f3 {1-0 Onischuk,A-Thiel,T/Muenster 1994/EXT 98 (24)}) 14. Bxh6 Nbxd5 15.
Rad1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qe7 17. Bc4 Qe4 (17... Be6 $142) 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Rd8+ Bf8
20. Bxf8 Qxh4 21. Bd6+ Kh7 22. Nxh4 $16 {1-0 Shabalov,A-Yandemirov,V/Moscow
2003/CBM 94 (43)}) (12... h6 {is another option, still insufficient for full
equality:} 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qxc5 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 (15. bxc3 Nxd5 16. Rad1 Qe7 $1
17. Qxd5 Qxe2 18. Rfe1 Qa6 19. Nd4 Bg4 20. f3 Rad8 21. Qe5 Bc8 $11 {E.Sutovsky}
) 15... Nxd5 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Rfd1 Qe7 (17... Be6 18. Nd4 $14 {E.Sutovsky}) 18.
Re1 (18. Rac1 $14 {E.Sutovsky}) 18... Nb6 19. Qf4 Kg7 20. Rac1 Qf6 21. Qxf6+
Kxf6 22. Nd4 Rd8 23. Red1 Bd7 24. Bf3 $14 {_|_1-0 Naumann,A-Gurieli,N/Berlin
1998/CBM 66 ext (44)}) 13. Rad1 Nxc3 14. Rxd8 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Rxd8 16. Qe7 Be6
$1 ({According to GM Emil Sutovsky, White is slightly better after} 16... Re8
17. Qxc5 Be6 $14 {However, the text move is more accurate and solves all
Black's problems.}) 17. Bxf6 (17. Qxc5 Ne4 18. Qb5 Nxg5 19. Nxg5 Bd5 $11) 17...
Rd7 $1 18. Qxc5 Bxf6 {Black's bishop pair fully compensates White's material
advantage.} 19. b3 b6 20. Qe3 Rd5 21. h3 Rad8 22. Re1 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8.
e3 c5 9. Qf3 Qxf3 {The endgame is slightly better for White, as shown by GM M.
Taimanov back in the 60s.} (9... Qd8 $142) 10. Nxf3 Nc6 11. Rb1 (11. Bb5 {
is another option.}) 11... O-O (11... h6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. O-O a6 14. Bd3 b5 15.
a4 bxa4 16. Be4 f5 17. Bd5 e6 18. Ba2 $14 {1-0 Peev,P-Pribyl,J/Kapfenberg 1970/
EU-chT (53). (52)}) (11... b6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. O-O cxd4 14. cxd4 Na5 15. Rfc1
Bxb5 16. Rxb5 e6 17. Rc7 O-O 18. Rb1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Koehn,P-Schockenbaeumer,D/
Germany 1995/GER (83)}) (11... e6 $5) 12. Bd3 $146 {This novelty is not very
powerful.} (12. Bb5 $5 Be6 13. a4 f6 14. Ke2 Na5 15. Bd3 Rac8 16. Nd2 g5 17.
Bg3 f5 18. Nf3 $14 f4 $2 19. Nxg5 fxg3 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. hxg3 $18 {1-0 Mokry,
K-Drvota,A/Prague 1978/EXT 98 (40)}) (12. Nd2 $5 cxd4 (12... Rd8 13. Be2 h6 14.
f4 Kf8 15. Bf3 Rd7 16. O-O $14 {1/2-1/2 Petkov,V-Herrera,I/Ortigueira 2004/CBM
101 ext (70)}) 13. cxd4 e6 14. Bb5 a6 15. Be2 b5 16. Ne4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Belotelov,D-Fish,G/Biel 2001/CBM 83 ext (31)}) 12... Re8 $1 13. Be4 cxd4 14.
cxd4 e5 $1 15. Bxc6 $6 (15. d5 Ne7 (15... Nd4 16. Nd2 $1) 16. Nd2 {was the
only way to fight for an advantage.} (16. d6 $143 Nf5)) 15... bxc6 16. Nxe5 c5
$1 17. O-O cxd4 18. exd4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. Rfe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Qb1 Qd5 9. Ne2 Bc8 10. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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 d6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nde2 O-O 7. g3 Re8 8.
Bg2 Bf8 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. Nd4 c6 13. Nb3 Qf6 14. Nxc5
dxc5 15. Qe2 g5 16. Bd2 Qg6 17. h3 Nf6 18. Qe3 h6 19. Rad1 Bg7 20. Bc1 Nd7 21.
Ne2 Nf6 22. f3 b6 23. b3 Nd5 24. Qd2 Nc7 25. f4 gxf4 26. Nxf4 Qg5 27. Qf2 Qe5
28. g4 Ba6 29. c4 Re7 30. Nh5 Ne6 31. Qh4 Rae8 32. Nxg7 Nxg7 33. Bxh6 Re6 34.
Bg5 Rg6 35. Bf6 Qc7 36. e5 Bc8 37. Be4 Rxf6 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. exf6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Ne4 9. Ne1 f5 10. f3 Ng5 11. Qc2 d6 12. d5 Na6 13. h4 Nf7 14. dxe6 Nh6 15.
e4 Qxh4 16. exf5 Nc5 17. Bxh6 Qxh6 18. g4 g6 19. Rf2 Rae8 20. Rh2 Qe3+ 21. Qf2
Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 h5 23. Rg2 Kh8 24. Bc2 hxg4 25. Rxg4 gxf5 26. Rh4+ Kg7 27. Ng2
Nxe6 28. Ne3 Rh8 29. Nxf5+ Kf6 30. Rah1 Rxh4 31. Rxh4 Ng5 32. Rh6+ Kf7 33. Nd4
Rg8 34. f4 Ne4+ 35. Bxe4 Bxe4 36. Ne6 Rg2+ 37. Ke3 Bg6 38. Nxc7 Rxa2 39. Nb5
Kg7 40. Rh1 Rg2 41. Rd1 Rg3+ 42. Kf2 Rh3 43. Rxd6 a6 44. Rd7+ Kf6 45. Rd6+ Kg7
46. Nd4 Rxc3 47. f5 Bf7 48. Rxb6 Rxc4 49. Ke3 a5 50. Nf3 Rc7 51. Ra6 a4 52. Ne5
Bb3 {This game is illustrative for the fighting spirit of this championship.
In spite of the reduced material left on board and of perfect material
equality, White played on for more than 25 moves, hoping to convert his
spatial advantage and the higher activity into something more concrete. Try to
imagine the Kramnik-Leko match producing something similar!} 53. Kf4 Rb7 54.
Kg5 Rc7 55. Ra8 Rb7 56. Ng6 Rf7 57. Ra6 Rc7 58. Ne5 Rb7 59. Ra5 Rc7 60. Ra8 Rb7
{Black's play is relatively simple. The only thing heshould avoid for the
moment is fearing ghosts. The a-pawn might look less dangerous than his white
colleague, but ithas 2 important functions: it offers the bishop perfect
stability and it restricts the actions of the white rook.} 61. Ng6 {For the
time being, Dreev refrains from advancing his f-pawn, in order to maintain the
widest choice of plans.} (61. f6+ {would have also ofered not much in case of
accurate defence:} Kh7 62. Ra6 {White is trying to set up a zugzwang position.}
(62. Re8 {/\Re7} a3 $1 $11) 62... Rb5 $5 ({One of the few mistakes possible
would be} 62... Bc2 $2 {when after} 63. Re6 {/\Re7} a3 {White would win the
pawn with} 64. Ra6) ({but} 62... Rc7 63. Ra5 Bc2 {would be entirely playable.})
63. Ra7+ Kg8 64. Re7 (64. Kf4 {would make no significant difference after} Rb4+
65. Kf5 Rb5 $1) 64... a3 65. Kh6 Rxe5 $1 66. Rxe5 a2 67. Ra5 {and this
position would be a theoretical draw even without the a2-pawn.}) 61... Rf7 62.
Nf4 Rb7 63. Nh5+ Kh7 64. Ra6 Kg8 65. Ra8+ Kh7 66. Nf6+ Kg7 67. Ne8+ Kh7 68. Ra6
{/\69.Rh6+ Kg8 70.Nf6+ צb7} Kg8 (68... Re7 $11) 69. Nd6 Rg7+ 70. Kf6 Kh7 71.
Ra8 Rd7 72. Ne8 $6 {Finally, it is dreev who gets confused and places
hispieces in a rather chaotic way, allowing to his younger opponent to
simplify to a drawn ending.} Bf7 $1 73. Nd6 Rxd6+ 74. Kxf7 Rd7+ 75. Ke6 Rb7 76.
Rxa4 {There are further examples with this ending in the section dedicated to
rook endings.} Rb6+ 77. Ke7 Rb7+ 78. Kf6 Rb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 {Not so long ago
the automatic response would have been 6...Bg4, but the plan 7.Qb3! with early
a4 is very unpleasant for Black.} (6... Bg4 7. Qb3 $1) 7. b4 a5 8. bxa5 (8. Ba3
Qc7 9. Be2 e5 $11) 8... e5 9. Bd2 (9. Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 $15) 9... e4
10. Ng1 Rxa5 11. a4 bxa4 (11... b4 $2 12. Na2 $14) 12. Rxa4 Rxa4 (12... Be7 $2
13. Rxa5 Qxa5 14. Nxd5 $16) 13. Qxa4 Qc7 (13... Nb8 14. Qa8 Qc7 15. Na4 Qb7 16.
Qxb7 Bxb7 $11) 14. Na2 Be7 15. Nb4 {The transfer of the knight to b4 square
and attack against c6 square is crucial for the structure, Black can rely on
the good defensive possibilities of his pieces.} Nb8 16. Ne2 O-O 17. Nc3 Bb7 (
17... Rd8 18. Be2 Bg4 19. h3 Bxe2 20. Nxe2 Rc8 $11) 18. Be2 Nbd7 19. Na6 Qc8 $6
{Korotylev is refusing to give up the bishop's pair, but in this particular
position it would enable him to quickly activate the rook and equalize the
game.} (19... Bxa6 $1 20. Qxa6 Rb8 21. O-O Rb2 22. Be1 Qb7 $11) 20. O-O Re8 21.
Rb1 Nf8 22. Nb4 Ne6 23. Ba6 (23. Qa7 Nd8 24. h3 $14) 23... Bxa6 24. Qxa6 Qxa6
25. Nxa6 Nd7 (25... Ra8 26. Rb8+ Rxb8 27. Nxb8 Nd8 28. Ne2 Kf8 29. Ba5 $16) 26.
Nb4 $6 {The weak move, as White is losing a lion part of his advantage.} (26.
Rb7 $1 Ra8 (26... Nef8 27. Rc7 $16) 27. Rxd7 Rxa6 28. f3 Kf8 (28... Bxc5 29.
dxc5 f5 30. Nxd5 cxd5 31. Rxd5 $16) 29. fxe4 dxe4 30. Nxe4 f5 31. Nc3 $16)
26... Rc8 (26... Nb8 27. f3 f5 $11) 27. Ra1 Kf8 28. Ra7 Ke8 (28... Ndxc5 29.
dxc5 Bxc5 30. Ra4 Bxb4 31. Rxb4 Nc5 32. Kf1 Nd3 33. Rb7 $16) 29. Na4 Bd8 (29...
f5 30. Rxd7 Kxd7 (30... Ra8 31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 32. Nxc6+ Ke8 33. Na5 $18) 31. Nb6+
Kd8 32. Nxc8 Kxc8 33. Nxc6 $16) 30. Kf1 (30. f3 f5 31. Kf2 $14) 30... f5 (30...
Nb8 $1 31. Nb6 (31. f3 Rc7 32. Ra8 Rb7 33. fxe4 dxe4 34. Nb2 Nc7 35. Ra4 Nd5
36. Nc4 Bc7 $11) 31... Rc7 32. Ra8 Rb7 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Nxc6 Rxb6 35. cxb6
Bxb6 $11) 31. Ra6 Nb8 32. Ra8 Kd7 $2 {[%mdl 256] Tired by the prolonged
defence Black is commiting the reckless move, the check on b6 is coming at a
very unsuitable moment.} (32... Nc7 $1 33. Ra7 Ne6 34. Rb7 Nd7 $11) 33. Nb6+ $1
Bxb6 34. cxb6 Rd8 (34... Rf8 35. Bc1 Kc8 36. Ra7 Rf6 37. Ba3 $16) 35. f3 $6 (
35. Bc1 $1 Kd6 36. Ba3 c5 37. dxc5+ Nxc5 38. Rxb8 Rxb8 39. Na6 $18) 35... exf3
$2 {The last mistake by Black. He could still have put up serious resistance
with the clever move 35...Kd6! with the idea of improving coordination of his
pieces.} (35... Kd6 $1 36. Na6 (36. Be1 g5) 36... Nxa6 37. Rxa6 Rb8 38. Bb4+
Kd7 39. Ra7+ Kc8 40. Bc5 Rb7 $14) 36. gxf3 g5 (36... Kd6 37. Nd3 $18) 37. Nd3
Kc8 38. Ba5 Re8 (38... Rd7 39. Ne5 Rb7 40. Nxc6 $18) 39. Ra7 (39. Ra7 Kd8 40.
Ne5 Re7 41. Nf7+ Ke8 42. Nd6+ Kd8 43. Nxf5 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bb4 10. Bg2 Nb6 11. cxd5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 cxd5 13. a4 Rc8 14. O-O Nc4
15. Ba3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rfb1 b6 18. a5 Nxa5 19. Bb4 Nc6 20. c4 Qg5 21.
Bd6 Qh5 22. g4 Qh3 23. Bg3 O-O 24. Rb5 f5 25. d5 exd5 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Rxd5
Rf7 28. Rad1 Nb4 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kh7 31. c5 bxc5 32. Qb5 Nd3 33. Qe8
Qh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 c6
9. Nf4 b6 10. Be2 a5 11. Rb1 axb4 12. axb4 Ba6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15.
Bb2 Qc7 16. Nd3 Rfa8 17. f3 R6a7 18. Kh1 bxc5 19. bxc5 Rb8 20. Rc1 Qc8 21. Qc2
Rab7 22. Ra1 e5 23. Bc1 e4 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Nb2 Nf6 27. Nc4 Qe6
28. Bd2 Bd8 29. Ba5 Bxa5 30. Rxa5 Nd5 31. h3 Nb4 32. Qe2 Nd3 33. Nb6 g6 34. Qa2
Qxa2 35. Rxa2 f5 36. g4 f4 37. exf4 Rd8 38. f5 Rxd4 39. Ra8+ Kf7 40. fxg6+ Kxg6
41. Rg8+ Rg7 42. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Rd1 b6 13. h3 Ba6 14. Qb3 Bxe2
15. Nxe2 Nbxd5 16. Nf4 c4 17. Qxc4 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Nxc7 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Nfe8 22. Nc6 Bxb2 23. Rd7 Bg7 24. g4 Nb5 25. g5 Nc3 26. Nxa7 h6 27. h4
hxg5 28. hxg5 Nd6 29. Bxb6 Nc4 30. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Rc1 a6 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. g3 Qe7 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. Bg2 g5 16. e4 Bb4 17. e5 Nd7 18. Qe3 Bxd2+ 19. Qxd2 Qb4 20. Rc3 a5 21. O-O
a4 22. f4 gxf4 23. Rxf4 Nb6 24. b3 axb3 25. axb3 Ra1+ 26. Bf1 O-O 27. Qd3 Nd7
28. Rh4 f5 29. Qf3 Rfa8 30. Qh5 Nf8 31. Rf3 Qd2 32. Rf2 Qe3 33. Kg2 R8a2 34.
Qh8+ Kf7 35. Rhf4 Ne7 36. Qh5+ Nfg6 37. h4 Kg8 38. R4f3 Qe4 39. Qg5 Qg4 40.
Qxg4 fxg4 41. Rc3 Nf5 42. Rd3 Rb1 43. h5 Nge7 44. Nf4 Rbb2 45. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 46.
Kg1 Kf7 47. Be2 Nc6 48. Bxg4 Nfxd4 49. Re3 b5 50. Re1 Rxb3 51. Kg2 Rb2+ 52. Kh3
Rf2 53. Nd3 Nf3 54. Rh1 Rd2 55. Nf4 Ncxe5 56. Bxe6+ Kf6 57. Bxd5 Kf5 58. Be6+
Kg5 59. Bd5 b4 60. Ne6+ Kxh5 61. Nxg7+ Kh6 62. Bxf3 Kxg7 63. Be4 b3 64. g4 b2
65. Kg3 Nf7 66. Kf4 Rd4 67. Ke3 Rb4 68. Bb1 Rxg4 69. Kd3 Rg2 70. Kc3 Ne5
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bh5
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Bd6 12. Bb2 bxc4 13. bxc4 O-O 14. Rb1 Qc7 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qa4 Rfb8 17. Bc3 Qc8 18. Rfc1 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 Rb8 20. Rb3 dxc4 21.
Qxc4 Rxb3 22. Qxb3 Nd5 23. g3 c5 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Bd4 Qc6 26. Nc3 Nxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. e4 c6 13. Re1 cxd5 14. exd5 Rc8 15.
Bf4 h6 16. Be5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Nbc4 18. Re1 Nxb2 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. Ne6 g5 21. Re5
fxe6 22. Rxg5+ hxg5 23. Qxg5+ Kf7 24. Qh5+ Kg7 25. Qg5+ Kf7 26. Qf4+ Kg7 27.
Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
Nf6 9. O-O b6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Rac1 Bd7 13. f3 h6 14. Rfd1 Ne5 15.
Nd4 Qb8 16. Kh1 Re8 17. Bf1 Ra7 18. b3 Rb7 19. a4 Rc7 20. Ra1 Rec8 21. Rdc1 Rb7
22. Qa2 Be8 23. Rab1 Rbc7 24. Qa1 Bd8 25. Rb2 Nfd7 26. Rd1 Bf6 27. Qa3 Be7 28.
Rbd2 Nf6 29. Qa2 Rb7 30. Bg1 Qc7 31. Nc2 Ra8 32. Rc1 Rbb8 33. Qb2 Rc8 34. Rdd1
Qb7 35. Nd4 Rab8 36. Qa2 Bd8 37. Re1 Nh5 38. Qf2 Nf6 39. Be2 Qe7 40. Qf1 Nc6
41. Nxc6 Rxc6 42. b4 a5 43. bxa5 bxa5 44. c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3
Qb6 9. g4 Nc6 10. Nb3 e6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Be3 b5 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Qf2 Rb8 15.
f4 Na5 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. Bd4 Bb7 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. Kb1 Rc8 20. Bg2 b4 21. Ne2 Nf6
22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Ng3 Qc5 24. Qe2 Be7 25. h4 h6 26. Nh5 Rc7 27. g5 fxg5 28.
hxg5 Kd7 29. e5 Kc8 30. exd6 Bxd6 31. Nf6 Bxg2 32. Qxg2 Qc6 33. Qf2 h5 34. Rxh5
Rxh5 35. Nxh5 Kb7 36. Rf1 a5 37. Qf3 Qxf3 38. Rxf3 Rc5 39. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[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. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 e5 4. d5 Be7 5. Be3 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Na6 8. Bd3
cxd5 9. cxd5 Nh5 10. Nge2 Bh4+ 11. g3 Bg5 12. Bxg5 Qxg5 13. Qd2 Qd8 14. g4 Nf6
15. Ng3 Nd7 16. Be2 Ndc5 17. O-O Bd7 18. Kh1 Rc8 19. Rac1 g6 20. Qh6 f6 21. Rg1
Qe7 22. Qe3 Qd8 23. Kg2 Kh8 24. Kh1 Rf7 25. Rb1 Qb6 26. Rgc1 Qb4 27. Rd1 Rff8
28. h4 Qb6 29. h5 g5 30. Kg2 Nb4 31. Qd2 Rc7 32. h6 Na4 33. Nh5 Rcc8 34. Rdc1
Qd4 35. Rd1 Qb6 36. Ng7 Nc5 37. Rdc1 a5 38. Qd1 a4 39. Qd2 Qa5 40. Rd1 Qb6 41.
Kg3 Rg8 42. Bc4 Qa5 43. Nf5 Bxf5 44. exf5 Qb6 45. Rdc1 Rgd8 46. b3 a3 47. Nb5
Nca6 48. Be2 Rc5 49. Nc3 Rxc3 50. Rxc3 Qd4 51. Qc1 Qf4+ 52. Kg2 Qxc1 53. Rbxc1
Nc5 54. Rc4 Nxd5 55. Kf2 b5 56. Rxc5 dxc5 57. Rd1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Qxd4 {
Diese bekannte theoretische Variante in der Zeit der modernen starken Rechner
zu spielen ist äußerst riskant für Schwarz. Der Nachziehende muß nicht selten
einen einzigen schmalen Grat finden, der ihm Remis sichert, was mit begrenzter
Bedenkzeit schwierig ist.} (7... Nxd4 $6 8. Nf3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 $36) 8. Qxd4 Nxd4
9. O-O-O e5 10. f4 Bg4 11. Nf3 Nxf3 $2 {Vorzuziehen ist die Fortsetzung 11...
Bxf3.} (11... Bxf3 $1 12. gxf3 Rc8 $1 13. fxe5 Rxc4 14. exf6 g6 (14... Ne6 15.
Rhe1 Rc8 $2 (15... g6) 16. Kb1 h6 $2 17. Be3 $16 {Nielsen,P-Dominguez,L/
Esbjerg 2003}) 15. Rhe1+ (15. Be3 Ne6 $8 16. Bxa7 Bb4 $10) 15... Ne6 16. Kb1
Rc6 $1 17. Nd5 Bd6 18. Bh6 Kd7 19. Re2 Rd8 $11 {Hansen,S-Nielsen,P/Copenhagen
1996}) 12. gxf3 Bxf3 13. fxe5 Bxh1 $2 {Nach der Partie kann man den Textzug
getrost als einen spielentscheidenden Fehler bezeichnen und 11...Nd7 als den
einzigen Zug.} (13... Bxd1 $2 14. Rxd1 $18) (13... Nd7 14. Rhf1 Rc8 15. e6 (15.
Bb3 Bh5) 15... fxe6 16. Bxe6 Rxc3+ 17. bxc3 Ba3+ 18. Kc2 Bxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Nf6 20.
Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rd7 $16 {Meiner gefühlsmäßigen Einschätzung nach dürfte das
Endspiel für Schwarz haltbar sein.}) 14. exf6 Rc8 (14... Bc6 $2 15. Nb5 $18)
15. Re1+ Kd7 16. Rd1+ $1 $16 {Eine gewinnbringende Neuerung! Der schwarze
König wird als erstes das Rochaderecht verlieren.} (16. Bxf7 Rxc3+ 17. bxc3
Ba3+ 18. Kc2 gxf6 19. Be6+ Kc7 20. Bxf6 Re8 $11 {Mainka,G-Buecker,P/Dortmund
1989}) 16... Bd6 {Bareev gibt einen Läufer sofort ab und sucht die Rettung in
dem entstehenden schweren Endspiel. Aber auch das naheliegende 16...Ke8 war
kaum besser.} (16... Ke8 17. Bd3 $1 (17. Bf1 g6 18. Re1+ Kd8 $11) 17... Rxc3+ (
17... Bd5 $2 18. Kb1 Rxc3 19. Bb5+ $3 Rc6 20. Rxd5 g6 21. Bf4 $18 {/\Bc7}) 18.
bxc3 Bc6 19. Bc4 Ba3+ 20. Kc2 g6 21. Kb3 Bc5 22. Re1+ Kd7 23. Bxf7 $16 {
Es ist fraglich, ob sich Schwarz angesichts Be6 nebst f7 retten kann.}) 17. Be2
gxf6 18. Bxf6 Bg2 19. Be5 Ke6 20. Bxd6 Rhd8 21. Bg3 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 a6 23. Kd2 {
Höchstwahrscheinlich begann die Partie für Grischuk erst jetzt. Weiß hat eine
technisch gewonnene Stellung.} Kf5 $2 {Gibt einen Bauern in der Hoffnung auf
etwas Gegenspiel ab.} (23... f5 24. Ke3 b5 25. a3 $18 {/\Bd3, Kf4}) 24. Bd3+
Kg4 25. Nd1 $1 Kg5 26. Bxh7 {Der Rest ist nicht schwer.} Rf8 (26... f5 $2 27.
Bxf5 $18) 27. Bd3 f5 28. h4+ Kh5 29. Be2+ Kg6 30. Bf4 Be4 31. Nc3 Bc6 32. a3
Re8 33. h5+ Kf6 34. h6 Kg6 35. Bd3 Re7 36. Bc2 Bf3 37. Bd3 Re8 38. Bc4 Bc6 39.
Be2 Re7 40. Bd3 Re8 41. a4 Rd8 42. Ke3 Re8+ 43. Kd2 Rd8 44. Ke3 Re8+ 45. Kf2
Rd8 46. Bc2 Re8 47. Be3 Re7 48. Ne2 Be4 49. Bb3 Re8 50. Nd4 Kh7 51. Bf4 Rc8 52.
Nf3 Bb1 53. Ne5 Rd8 54. Bf7 Rd6 55. Be8 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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. e4 {[%mdl 1] Ftacnik} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4
h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Ngf6 12. Bd2 c5 13.
O-O-O Be7 14. Bc3 (14. dxc5 {aiming for a little bit better _|_.} Nxe5 (14...
Nxc5 $6 15. Qb5+ $16) (14... Bxc5 15. Bc3 (15. Qe2) 15... Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxd3
17. Rxd3 $14 {with slightly better chances in the _|_.}) 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16.
fxe5 Nd7 (16... Ng4 17. Ne4 $1 Nxe5 18. Bc3 $14) 17. b4 Nxe5 18. Bc3 $14) 14...
O-O 15. dxc5 (15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. f5 (16. dxc5 Qa4 $1 (16... Qxd3 $2 {again
leads to a better _|_ for White.} 17. Rxd3 Bxc5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ne4 $16) 17.
Kb1 Qxf4 18. Rdf1 Qg4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qf3 Qxf3 21. Rxf3 Rfd8 22. Rd3 Be7 23.
b4 a5 $15 {Sakelsek-Zelcic, Graz 2004}) (16. Kb1 {slows down the offensive:}
Rad8 17. f5 Nd5 $15) 16... Qd5 $1 (16... cxd4 17. Bxd4 Qa4 $5 (17... Rad8 18.
fxe6 fxe6 (18... Qxe6 $2 19. Rhe1 $16) 19. Qe2 {>< e6}) 18. Kb1 Rad8 19. fxe6
fxe6 (19... Bc5 $2 20. e7 $1 Bxe7 21. Nf5 $16) 20. Qe3 Qc4) 17. b3 $5 $13 (17.
Kb1 Qxg2 (17... cxd4 18. Bxd4) 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rhg1 Qd5 20. Qg6 Rf7 21. dxc5
Qxc5) 17... Qxg2 $5 {looks very risky, but a clear-cut refutation is not easy
to find:} (17... Rac8 $6 18. dxc5 $14 {Galliamova-Kortschnoj, Munich 2000 CBM
78}) (17... cxd4 18. Bxd4 Ba3+ (18... e5 19. Bb2 Qxg2 $132) 19. Kb1 e5 20. Ba1
Qxd3 21. Rxd3 $14 {Xie Jun-Chiburdanidze, SUFE Cup rapid 2001}) 18. fxe6 (18.
dxc5 $6 Rfd8 $1 19. Qe3 Nd5) 18... fxe6 19. Rhg1 Qd5 20. Qg6 Rf7 $13) (15. Qf3
cxd4 16. Bxd4 (16. Rxd4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Nd5 {is not so frightening for Black.}
18. Kb1 Rc8 19. Nh5 Bxh4 20. Rd3 {1/2-1/2 Svetushkin-Zontakh, Herceg Novi 2001}
) 16... Nxe5 17. fxe5 $1 (17. Bxe5 Qb6 18. Ne4 Rfd8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxf6+
gxf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lutz-Dorfman, Germany 2001}) 17... Nd5 18. Ne4 Rc8 19. Kb1
Qc7 20. c3 Qc6 21. Qg4 f5 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Rd6 $16 {G.
Timoshenko-Svetushkin, Kiev 2001}) (15. d5 $3 {(Ftacnik) Khalifman} Nxd5 16.
Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. c4 Qa4 (18... Rg8 19. cxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 exd5 21.
Nf5+ Kf8 22. Rxd5 Rxg2 23. Rd7 $14) 19. Nh5+ Kh8 20. cxd5 Qxa2 21. d6 $14)
15... Nxe5 {Ftacnik: 'Bareev and Dreev are playing the Caro Kann against any
opponent and know each corner of this solid opening. Despite that, Kasparov is
trying to get the initiative in one of the fashionable lines.'} (15... Nxc5
$142 16. Qf3 (16. Qe2 Qc7) 16... Qc7 (16... Qb6 17. Ng4 Qc6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.
Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nh5 $5 (20. Qxc6 bxc6 21. Rd6 Rac8 $11 {Baklan-Zontakh, Donetzk
zt UKR 1998}) 20... Qxf3 21. gxf3 f5 22. Rhg1+ Kh8 23. b4 Na6 24. a3 {keeping
the N out of play.} (24. Rd7 Nxb4 25. Rxb7 Nd5) 24... Rad8 25. c4 (25. Nf6 $6
Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rc8 27. Rd7 Kg7 28. Nh5+ Kg6 29. Ng3 Rc7 $11) 25... Nc7 (25...
Rxd1+ {allows the penetration on the seventh rank.} 26. Rxd1 Rc8 27. c5 Nc7 28.
Rd7 $16) 26. Kc2 $14 {with << P majority}) 17. f5 $5 (17. Ng4 Ncd7) 17... Nd5
18. Nh5 {with some chances for an ->.}) 16. fxe5 $1 (16. Bxe5 Bxc5 17. Qf3 {
1/2-1/2 Jaracz-Zontakh, Bydgoszcz 2001}) 16... Nd5 (16... Qxd3 17. Rxd3 Nd5 18.
Ne4 $14) 17. Bd2 (17. Ne4 $5 Qc7 (17... Bxh4 18. Bd2 $16) 18. g4 Bxc5 19. g5
$40) 17... Qc7 {Ftacnik: 'Black has to defend very carefully, since immediate
swap on c5 was very dangerous.'} (17... Bxc5 $2 18. Nh5 $1 (18. Ne4 Qc7 19. g4
$1 Rad8 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Qe4 $13) 18... Ne7 $1 19. Qe2 $1 Qb6 (19... Nf5 20.
Bxh6 Qa5 21. Bxg7 $1 $18) 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Qe4 Nf5 23. g4 $16)
18. c4 Qxc5 19. Ne4 Qc6 $1 (19... Qc7 $6 20. Kb1 (20. Ng5 Bxg5 (20... g6 $4 21.
Nxe6 $1 $18) 21. hxg5 Rfc8 22. Rh4 b5 $1 $132) 20... Nb6 $5 (20... Nb4 21. Bxb4
Bxb4) 21. c5 $1 Nd7 22. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 23. hxg5 $16) 20. Kb1 (20. Ng5 $6 {looks
very exciting, but probably not enough.} g6 $5 (20... hxg5 $2 21. hxg5 f5 22.
gxf6 Nxf6 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Bc3 $16) (20... Bxg5 21. hxg5 b5 22. gxh6 (22. c5
$5 Qxc5+ 23. Kb1 Qc4 24. Qf3 hxg5 25. Qh3 f5 $1 (25... Qe4+ 26. Ka1 f5 27. Qh7+
Kf7 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Qg6 $1 $18) 26. Qh7+ (26. Bxg5 Qg4 $1 (26... Qe4+ 27. Ka1
Qxe5 28. Rde1 $16) 27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. Rxd5 Qe4+ (28... exd5 29. e6+ $1 $18) 29.
Ka1 Qxd5 30. Qh5+ Kg8 31. Qh7+ $11 (31. Bf6 $5 Qxg2 32. Qh7+ Kf7 33. Rd1 Rg8
34. Rd7+ Kf8 35. a3 $2 Qf1+ 36. Ka2 Qc4+ 37. Ka1 $11)) 26... Kf7 27. Qh5+ (27.
Rh6 Rg8) 27... Kg8 28. Qg6 Ne7 $1 29. Qxg5 Nc6 30. Rh4 Qd3+ 31. Ka1 Rad8 32.
Qg6 Nd4 $11) 22... Qxc4+ 23. Qxc4 bxc4 24. Rh4 $14) 21. Kb1 Nb6 $13) 20... Nb6
(20... Nb4 $1 {Ftacnik} 21. Bxb4 Bxb4 22. b3 Rfd8 23. Qf3 Qc7 $11) 21. b3 (21.
c5 $6 Nd7 22. Ng5 f5 $1 $17) 21... Rad8 22. Qf3 Rd4 (22... Nd7 23. Bc3 Qc7 24.
g4 $1 {White has to attack on the >>.} (24. Nf6+ Kh8 $13 (24... gxf6 $2 25.
exf6 $16)) 24... Nxe5 25. Qg3 f6 26. g5 Kh7 27. Rxd8 (27. gxh6 gxh6) 27... Qxd8
28. gxf6 gxf6 29. Bxe5 fxe5 30. h5 $14) 23. Nd6 {Ftacnik: 'White fishes for
wonders and sends a troyan horse into the heart of Black's position. '} (23.
Rde1 $5 $36) 23... f6 (23... Qxf3 24. gxf3 Rxh4 (24... f6 25. Nb5 $14) (24...
Bxd6 25. exd6 $14) 25. Rxh4 Bxh4 26. Be3 $14 {with slightly better chances on
the <<.}) 24. Nb5 (24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. Be3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 fxe5 27. Ne4 Bxh4 28.
Rd6 Rf1+ 29. Kc2 $14 {and the weaknesses on the << begin to tell.}) 24... Qxf3
(24... Qe4+ 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. exf6 Rxf6 (26... Bxf6 27. Bb4) 27. Bc3 $14) 25.
gxf3 Rd3 26. Ba5 $1 (26. Kc2 $5) 26... Rxd1+ (26... Rxf3 $5 27. Nd4 Rf2 28.
Nxe6 $14) 27. Rxd1 Nc8 (27... fxe5 28. Nxa7 Bc5 29. Nb5 $16) 28. Rd7 {Ftacnik:
'It becomes clear, that White is playing with enormous energy on the queenside.
Bareev has to decide, what is the best way to create counterplay on the
opposite part of the board.'} fxe5 29. Rxb7 Bxh4 $2 {This is the decisive
mistake.} (29... Rxf3 30. Nxa7 Nxa7 31. Rxa7 Bxh4 32. c5 $1 $14) 30. Bb4 Rd8
31. Ba5 Rf8 32. Bb4 Rd8 33. c5 (33. Nxa7 {'!' Ftacnik.} Nxa7 34. Rxa7 $18 Bf2 {
Ftacnik} 35. Ra6 $16) 33... Be7 $2 (33... a6 $5 {'!' Ftacnik.} 34. Nc7 (34. Na7
{Ftacnik} h5 $1 35. c6 Nxa7 36. Rxa7 Rc8 $11) 34... Ne7 35. Nxa6 (35. Nxe6 {
Ftacnik} Rd1+ 36. Kc2 Rf1 37. Ra7 Rxf3 38. Rxa6 Kf7 $11) 35... Rd3 36. Nb8 $1
$16) 34. Nxa7 $1 Nxa7 (34... e4 35. fxe4 Nxa7 36. Rxe7 $18) 35. Rxa7 Bf8 (35...
Kf8 36. Rb7 $16) 36. Ba5 $2 (36. Rc7 $18 {'?' Ftacnik. was better!} Rd3 {
Ftacnik} 37. Ba5 Rxf3 38. b4 h5 $1 39. b5 h4 $19) (36. Ba3 $5 {Ftacnik} h5 (
36... Rd3 37. b4 Rxf3 38. b5 $16) 37. b4 h4 38. Bb2 Rd5 39. c6 h3 40. c7 h2 41.
c8=Q h1=Q+ 42. Bc1 Qxf3 43. Qxe6+ Kh8 $13) 36... Bxc5 37. Rxg7+ (37. Bxd8 Bxa7
38. Kc2 e4 $1 39. fxe4 Kf7 $13) 37... Kxg7 38. Bxd8 Ba3 $2 ({missing} 38... Kg6
$1 39. a4 (39. Kc2 Kf5 40. Kd3 (40. Kc3 e4 41. fxe4+ Kxe4 42. b4 Bf2 43. a4 h5
$132) 40... Kf4 $1 $132) 39... Kf5 40. a5 e4 $11) 39. Kc2 Kg6 40. Kc3 $1 $18 {
/\ b4} h5 (40... Kf5 41. b4 $1 e4 42. fxe4+ Kxe4 43. Kc4 Bxb4 44. Kxb4 Kd5 45.
Kb5 Kd6 46. Bb6) 41. b4 $1 Kf5 42. Kb3 Bc1 43. b5 Kf4 44. a4 Kxf3 45. a5 e4 46.
a6 Be3 47. b6 h4 48. a7 1-0

[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 "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[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 {Marin} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 (5... dxc4 6. e4 b5 7.
e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 {leads to the notorious Botvinnik line. It still hasn't been
refuted, but Kasparov has always (and mostly successfully) upheld White's
cause and playing such a complex position against him is fraught with danger.
However, even with the text-move Black can't avoid sharp play.}) 6. Bh4 {
An ambitious pawn sacrifice.} ({In the previous decade practice has shown} 6.
Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 $5 $132 {is satisfactory for Black.}
) 6... dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 $32 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4,Re8] ©[+],Чў White
has a strong pawn centre and Black has problems finding a safe place for his
king.} Bb7 {In the last 2-3 years this has become the main line.} (9... Nbd7
$143 10. d5 $1 $40) 10. h4 g4 ({The alternative} 10... b4 {is risky due to} 11.
hxg5 $1 bxc3 12. bxc3 $1 Nxe4 13. Be5 Nxc3 (13... Rh7 14. Qb1 Qa5 15. Nd2 $3
$18) 14. Qc2 Nxe2 15. Kxe2 c5 $5 16. Bxh8 hxg5 $13 {/+/= Black's K is still
more vulnerable, than White's: until now no one had the courage to test this
position in practice.}) 11. Ne5 h5 ({Black has also played} 11... Rg8 {lately.
This move leaves the h5-square free for the N and prevents a quick opening of
the <->f, as in the game. White can regain the P, but even more interesting is
a further sacrifice} 12. O-O (12. Nxg4 Nxg4 13. Bxg4 Nd7 $13 {[%cal Yd8b6,
Ye8c8] /\Qb6,0-0-0 leads to an unbalanced position; Black can sometimes even
sacrifice an exchange on g3 to break up White's [+].}) 12... Nbd7 13. d5 $5
Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15. Bg3 h5 16. Qc2 Qb6 17. a4 a6 18. b3 $1 b4 19. dxe6 fxe6
20. Bxc4 bxc3 21. Bxe6 Rg7 22. Qxc3 Qc5 {1/2,Gomez Esteban,J-Korneev,O/
Elgoibar/2002/} 23. Qb2 $1 $44 {Lutz}) 12. f3 $5 {This natural move is not new,
but until now White has played it only very rarely.} ({The more usual
continuation is} 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 ({Now} 13. f3 $6 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 {can be
effectively parried by} Rg8 $1 15. fxg4 Nxg4 16. Bxg4 hxg4 $5 17. Qe1 g3 18.
Bxg3 Qxd4+ 19. Kh2 b4 20. Rd1 Qg7 $17 {Khenkin,I-Godena,M/Arco/1998/}) 13...
Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 {Here Sakaev's idea} 15. Bg3 {should be met with the
principled} (15. Rad1 O-O $13 {is the main line.}) 15... Qxd4 $1 16. Rfd1 (16.
Rad1 Qb6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ne4 O-O-O 19. Nd6+ Rxd6 20. exd6 f5 21. Kh2 Kd7 22.
Rfe1 {Wu Shaobin-Al Sayed,M/Doha/2003/} Bd4 $17) 16... Qb6 17. a4 a6 $44 {
/=/+ and White still has to prove he has enough for the pawns.} (17... a5 {
Witt,R-Al Sayed,M/Amsterdam op/2004/} 18. Rd6 $1 b4 19. e5 {/\} bxc3 20. Rxe6+
$1 $40)) 12... Nbd7 (12... gxf3 13. Bxf3 Nbd7 $5 $13 {also deserves attention.
Although sacrifices on f7 are altogether typical for this line, here they
don't seem too convincing:} (13... Bh6 $143 $6 14. O-O Be3+ 15. Bf2 Bxf2+ 16.
Rxf2 Rh7 17. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 18. Bxh5 b4 19. e5 Nbd7 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Ne4 {
1-0,Pliasunov,A-Yagupov,I/St. Petersburg/2002/}) (13... c5 $6 14. O-O $1 Qxd4+
15. Qxd4 cxd4 16. Nxb5 Na6 17. Nxc4 Rg8 18. Be5 Nd7 19. Bxd4 Bc6 20. Nxa7 {
1-0,Gormally,D-McDonald,N/Hampstead/1998/}) 14. O-O (14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. e5 Qc7
$1 16. O-O Ke8 17. Qc2 Kd8 $17) 14... Rg8 $5 15. Nxf7 (15. Bxh5 Rxg3 16. Nxf7
Qb6 $15) 15... Kxf7 16. Bxh5+ Ke7 17. Bf4 Qb6 $13 {/=/+}) 13. fxg4 hxg4 (13...
Nxe5 14. Bxe5 hxg4 15. Bxg4 $1 (15. O-O {-13...hg4 leads to the game position.}
) 15... Rh6 (15... Rg8 16. Bh5 $1 Nxh5 17. Qxh5 Rxg2 18. Rf1 Qd7 19. O-O-O $40
{Kobalija This is another line, which shows White doesn't have to hurry with
0-0 on move 12.}) 16. Qf3 $5 (16. h5 Qa5 17. O-O Nd7 18. Bf4 Rh7 19. e5 Qb6 20.
Ne4 Be7 21. a4 a5 22. Kh1 c5 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Qc2 Rg7 26. Bf3
Bxf3 27. Rxf3 Rg4 28. g3 Qd5 29. Raf1 O-O-O $132 {Beliavsky,A-Kobalija,M/FIDE
WCh Tripoli/2004/}) 16... b4 17. Na4 c5 18. Rf1 Bxe4 19. Qf4 $36 {Kobalija})
14. O-O Nxe5 (14... Bh6 $6 {is extremely risky:} 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. e5 Be3+ 17.
Kh2 Bg5 (17... Ke8 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Bxg4 Qe7 20. Qf3 Rh6 21. Rae1 c5 22. d5
Bg5 23. Rxe6 Nxg4+ 24. Qxg4 Rxe6 25. dxe6 Bh6 26. Rf7 {1-0,Malinin,Y-Sestjakov,
S/Tula/2001/}) 18. Ne4 $1 Bxh4 19. Bxh4 Rxh4+ 20. Kg3 $1 Rh6 21. Qd2 Rg6 22.
exf6 $40 {/\} Qc7+ 23. Qf4 $16) 15. Bxe5 Nd7 $1 $146 {[%mdl 72] Even Kasparov
can sometimes become a victim of an opening surprise. This attractive tactical
novelty was allegedly prepared by Dreev and his second Filipenko already for
the FIDE WCh 2004 in Tripolis.} (15... Be7 $2 16. Qd2 Rxh4 17. Qf4 Nh7 18.
Qxf7+ Kd7 19. Bg3 Rh6 20. Bf4 Rh4 21. g3 Rh3 22. d5 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. exd5
Qb6+ 25. Kg2 Nf6 26. Qxe6+ Qxe6 27. dxe6+ $18 {Nechaev,A-Maksimenko,A/Alushta/
1999/}) ({Black still had could have chosen the less committal and equally
unclear alternative} 15... Rh6 16. Bxg4 (16. Bf4 Rg6 17. Bg5 (17. e5 $5) 17...
Be7 18. e5 Nd5 19. Ne4 Rxg5 $5 (19... Bxg5 $2 20. hxg5 Ne3 21. Qd2 Nxf1 22.
Rxf1 $16) 20. Nxg5 Bxg5 21. hxg5 Ne3 22. Qd2 Nxf1 23. Rxf1 c5 $132) 16... Nxg4
17. Qxg4 Qxh4 18. Qg8 Qh5 $13 {/\} 19. Bg7 $6 O-O-O $1 20. Bxh6 Bxh6 21. Qg3 b4
$36) 16. Bxh8 Qxh4 {[%cal Rg4g3] /\g3} 17. Bxg4 $8 Qxh8 18. e5 (18. Bh5 $6
O-O-O {[%csl Rd4] ><d4} 19. Bxf7 (19. Rxf7 Ne5 $36) 19... e5 $1 $15) (18. Rf2
Bg7 (18... O-O-O 19. Rxf7 Ne5 20. Bxe6+ Kb8 21. Rxf8 Qxf8 $13) 19. e5 O-O-O $44
) 18... Nxe5 $2 {The critical moment. Black must obviously break up White's [+]
to get sufficient compensation, but this is the wrong way to do it. Dreev
forgot his home analysis (not such a suprising thing with the amount of theory
nowadays!), which went} (18... O-O-O $1 19. Qe2 c5 20. Nxb5 a6 $1 $44 {An
plausible sample line continues} 21. Rxf7 axb5 22. Bxe6 cxd4 23. Bxd7+ Rxd7 24.
Qg4 Bc6 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. e6 d3 $1 27. exd7+ Kd8 28. Qg5+ Be7 29. Qxb5 Qd4+ 30.
Kh1 $11 (30. Kf1 $2 Bc5 31. Qb8+ Kxd7 $19)) 19. dxe5 Bc5+ 20. Rf2 Qxe5 (20...
Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qxe5 22. Qe2 $16 {is only a better version of the game position.
} (22. Bf3 $5 $36)) 21. Qe2 Qxe2 22. Bxe2 Rd8 23. Kf1 Bxf2 24. Kxf2 Ke7 25. Ke3
a6 {[%mdl 4096] This _|_ arose practically by force after Black's 18-th move,
although he has 3P for the piece, his P-structure is flawed and it's
impossible to create a phalanx of o^. Kasparov shows good technique, he
gradually blockades and later picks up the <<P.} 26. Rd1 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5,
Rc4,Rc6] Exchanges the R before Dreev activates it.} (26. Ne4 $143 Rd5 27. Rd1
Re5 $1 $132) 26... Rxd1 27. Bxd1 f5 28. g4 $1 {Kasparov removes all the
redundant material.} fxg4 29. Bxg4 Kd6 {Now Black's B will remain trapped, but
no better was} (29... c5 30. Ne4 Bxe4 31. Kxe4 Kd6 32. Bh5 $22 $18 {and the P
will soon start falling.}) 30. Ne4+ Kd5 31. Bf3 Bc8 32. Bh5 a5 33. Bf3 e5 34.
Ng5+ Kc5 35. Ne4+ Kd5 36. a3 Ba6 37. Bh5 Bc8 38. Bf3 $138 Ba6 39. Ng5+ Kc5 40.
Be2 (40. Nf7 {Marin} c3 41. bxc3 (41. b3 $142) 41... Kc4 42. Kd2 Kb3 43. Nxe5
Kxa3 44. Nxc6 b4 {Shipov}) 40... Bc8 (40... b4 {Marin} 41. a4 {Shipov}) 41. Nf7
$2 {Although the time-control is over, Kasparov doesn't choose the right way
to cash in.} (41. Ke4 $1 $16 {/+-}) 41... b4 (41... c3 42. bxc3 b4 43. Nxe5
bxa3 44. Bc4 {[%cal Yc4a2,Ye5f3,Yf3d4,Yd4c2] /\Ba2,Nf3-d4-c2+-}) (41... Kd5 {
Marin} 42. Bf3+ Ke6 43. Nd8+ {Shipov}) 42. Nxe5 Be6 43. a4 {Marin: 'A rather
unusual position. From a formal point of view, White's position looks to be
easily winning, since Black has only two doubled pawns for the knight. However,
Black's advantage of space and his active king offer him strong compensation
for the material defficit. The position is not easy to asses. Using the
Bronstein system, we would be tempted to say that Black's chances to draw are
not worse than White's chances to win. I have tried to give a detailed
analysis of the crucial moment, but even so, I am not sure I have exhausted
the subject. The position is too complex for that.' Marin: 'Eine recht
ungewöhnliche Position. Formal gesehen scheint die weiße Stellung leicht
gewonnen zu sein, da Schwarz nur zwei Doppelbauern für den Springer hat. Doch
sein Raumvorteil und sein aktiver König bieten ihm starke Kompensation für das
Materialdefizit. Die Stellung ist nicht leicht einzuschätzen. Gemäß dem
Bronstein-System wären wir geneigt zu sagen, das die schwarzen Remischancen
nicht schlechter sind als die weißen Gewinnchancen. Ich habe versucht, eine
detailliert Analyse des kritischen Moments zu geben, aber selbst dabei bin ich
nicht sicher, dass ich das Thema erschöpft habe. Dazu ist die Stellung zu
komplex.'} c3 $2 {'?!' Marin. Marin: 'It is clear that at some moment Black
will be forced to start his counterplay, but choosing the right moment is not
easy. Dreev's move will considerably simplify Kasparov's technical task.'
Marin: 'Es ist klar, dass zu irgendeinem Zeitpunkt Schwarz gezwungen sein wird,
sein Gegenspiel einzuleiten, aber den richtigen Moment dafür zu wählen, ist
nicht einfach. Dreevs Zug wird die technische Aufgabe Kasparovs beträchtlich
erleichtern.'} ({Marin: However, much better chances for resistance would have
been offered by Marin: Viel bessere Chancen auf Widerstand hätte stattdessen} 
43... Bd5 $142 {'!' Marin. Kasparov gave the following line: Marin: 'as
suggested by Shipov. As far as I understand, the idea is to preventively
defend the c6-pawn, in order to threaten b4, followed by Kb4 and/or eventually
c3.' Marin: 'geboten, wie von Shipov vorgeschlagen. So weit ich verstehe, ist
die Idee, den Bauern c6 vorbeugend zu decken, um b4 zu drohen, gefolgt von Kb4
und/oder eventuell c3.'} {Marin: Shipov only analyses Marin: Shipov analysiert
nur} 44. Nd7+ ({I believe that Meines Erachtens würde} 44. Bd1 {Marin would
offer better chances for success. bessere Erfolgschancen bieten.} b3 (44... Bg2
$2 {reveals White's main idea after enthüllt die Hauptidee des Weißen nach} 45.
b3 $1 {stabilising the queenside to White's favour. wonach der Damenflügel zu
seinen Gunsten stabilisiert wird.}) (44... Kd6 45. Ng4 Kc5 46. Nf2 b3 47. Be2
c3 48. bxc3 b2 {would be a modification of the main line (B4a, 45.Be2) with
the difference that after wäre eine Modifikation des Hauptabspiels (B4a, 45.
Be2), mit dem Unterschied, dass nach} 49. Bd3 Ba2 {White disposes over Weiß}
50. Ne4+ Kd5 51. Nd2 $18 {hat.}) ({The other possible waiting move with the
bishop would have been Der andere mögliche Wartezug mit dem Läufer wäre} 44...
Be6 45. Bc2 b3 {Black clears the b4-square for his king. Schwarz räumt das
Feld b4 für seinen König.} ({After Nach} 45... Bd5 46. Nd7+ Kd6 47. Nf6 Kc5 {
White can improve over the ending resulting from Shipov's main line with
bekommt Weiß eine verbesserte Version des nach Shipovs Hauptabspiel
entstehenden Endspiels mit} 48. Ne4+ Bxe4 49. Bxe4 $18) 46. Bg6 {White aims to
put his opponent in zugzwang. In doing so, he should keep his bishop available
to stop the b-pawn in case of an eventual ...c3. Weiß will seinen Gegner in
Zugwzang bringen. Dabei sollte sein Läufer immer den b-Bauern im Auge behalten
für den Fall eines eventuellen ...c3.} Bd5 47. Bf5 (47. Kd2 Kb4 $11) 47... Bg2
{Black continues to play a waiting game. In doing so, it is important to
maintain the c6-pawn defended. Schwarz verhält sich weiter abwartend. Dabei
ist es wichtig, dass der Bauer c6 gedeckt bleibt.} (47... Kb4 48. Kd4 c3 49.
Nd3+ Kxa4 50. Kxc3 $18) (47... Bg8 48. Kd2 $18 {קc6}) 48. Bg4 Bd5 (48... Kb4 {
is premature: ist verfrüht:} 49. Kd4 $1 c5+ $8 {[%cal Re8a4,Ra4e8]} 50. Ke3 {
and White has every reason to hope for a win since und Weiß hat berechtigte
Siegeshoffnungen, denn} c3 $6 {loses immediately to verliert sofort wegen} 51.
Nd3+ Kc4 52. Be6+ Bd5 53. Ne5+ {bzw. 51...Kxa4 52.Bd7#}) 49. Bh5 Bg2 {and now
that the c4-pawn is vulnerable, it seems that it is the best moment to take
the other double pawn under observation with und jetzt, wo der Bauer c4
anfällig ist, scheint der geeignete Augenblick zu sein, den andern Bauern
unter Beobachtung zu nehmen, also} 50. Be8 {when after , und nach} Bd5 51. Kd2
$18 {besetzt Weiß entweder das kritische Feld c3 oder er gewinnt den
Schlüsselbauern c6. Marin: 'and because of the hanging c6-pawn Black cannot
prevent Kc3.' Marin: 'besetzt Weiß entweder das kritische Feld c3 oder er
gewinnt den Schlüsselbauern c6.' Marin: ', denn aufgrund des hängenden Bauern
c6 kann Schwarz Kc3 nicht verhindern.'}) 45. Bh5 {is more subtle. ist subtiler.
} (45. Be2 $6 {allows Black save the game with erlaubt Schwarz, die Partie zu
retten:} c3 $1 (45... Kb4 $2 46. Kd4 c3 47. Nd3+ $18) 46. bxc3 b2 47. Nd3+ (47.
Bd3 Ba2 $11) 47... Kc4 48. Nxb2+ Kxc3 49. Nd3 Bc4 $11) 45... Kd6 {Still
preparing his counterplay. Bereitet sein Gegenspiel noch weiter vor.} ({
After Nach} 45... c3 46. bxc3 b2 47. Bg6 Ba2 {the d3-square is available and
White wins with steht das Feld d3 zur Verfügung, und Weiß gewinnt mit} 48. Nd3+
Kc4 49. Bf7+ $18) (45... Bg2 46. Be8 Bd5 47. Kd2 $18 {and because of the
hanging c6-pawn Black cannot prevent Kc3. , denn aufgrund des hängenden Bauern
c6 kann Schwarz Kc3 nicht verhindern.}) 46. Nf3 Kc5 47. Nd2 $1 {The knight is
heading for c3, keeping the c4-pawn under observation at the same time. der
Springer strebt nach c3 und hält gleichzeitig den Bauern c4 unter Beschuss.}
Kb4 48. Kd4 c3 (48... Kxa4 49. Nxc4 $18) (48... Bg2 {indirectly defends the
c4-pawn, but verteidigt indirekt den Bauern c4, aber nach} 49. Nb1 c5+ 50. Ke5
Kxa4 51. Be8+ Kb4 52. Nc3 {leaves White in control of the position, with a
probable win. hat Weiß die Stellung fest unter Kontrolle, mit wahrscheinlichem
Gewinn.}) 49. bxc3+ Ka3 (49... Kxa4 {is even worse because of ist sogar noch
schlechter wegen} 50. c4 Bg2 51. Kc3 $18 {winning the b3-pawn. mit Gewinn des
Bauern b3.}) 50. c4 Be6 51. Kc3 b2 52. Bg6 {and after having stopped the pawn,
White should win. , und nachdem er den Bauern aufgehalten hat, sollte Weiß
siegen.}) 44... Kd6 45. Nf6 Kc5 {Marin: 'when the natural' Marin: ', wonach
das natürliche'} 46. Ne4+ {Marin: 'aiming to drive the enemy king back fails
to' Marin: 'mit dem Ziel, den feindlichen König zurückzutreiben, scheitert,
und zwar wegen'} Bxe4 47. Kxe4 {Marin: 'Fritz' analytical powers are well
illustrated by the fact that he already considers the position as drawn. In
fact, Shipov simply follows the computer's steps.' Marin: 'Die Analysekraft
von Fritz wird veranschaulicht durch die Tatsache, dass er die Stellung
bereits für Remis hält. Tatsächlich folgt Shipov einfach den Schritten des
Computers.'} b3 48. Ke3 Kb4 49. Kd2 c3+ {'!' Marin.} 50. bxc3+ Kxa4 51. Kc1 Ka3
52. Kb1 a4 53. Bd3 c5 54. Bc4 b2 55. Bg8 (55. Kc2 {Marin} b1=Q+ 56. Kxb1 $11)
55... c4 56. Bxc4 $11 {Marin: 'Fritz/Shipov'}) (43... b3 $2 {Marin would be
even worse because after wäre sogar noch schlechter, da nach} 44. Kd2 $18 {
Black cannot prevent the white king from occupying the c3-square because the
c6-pawn would be hanging. Schwarz den weißen König nicht daran hindern kann,
das Feld c3 zu besetzen, weil dann der Bauer c6 hängen würde.}) 44. Nd3+ {
Marin: 'An important intermediate check.' Marin: 'Ein wichtiges Zwischenschach.
'} ({Dreev might have counted on Vielleicht rechnete Dreev mit} 44. bxc3 {Marin
} Bb3 45. Nd3+ Kc4 46. cxb4 Bxa4 $11) 44... Kb6 (44... Kc4 45. Nc1+ $1 (45.
Nf4+ $2 {Marin} Kb3 46. Nxe6 Kxb2 $11 {Fritz/Shipov}) 45... Kc5 46. bxc3 bxc3
47. Nd3+ {'+-' Marin. Marin: 'Fritz/Shipov'} Kb6 (47... Kc4 48. Nf4+ Kb3 49.
Nxe6 $18) 48. Kd4 Bb3 49. Nc5 Bd5 (49... Bc2 50. Bg4 Bg6 51. Nd7+ $18) 50. Bd3
Bf3 51. Bc2 $18) 45. bxc3 Bb3 46. c4 $1 {The last finesse, White keeps one P
alive to win the game.} Bxa4 (46... Bxc4 47. Kd4 Bb3 48. Nc5 $18) 47. Kd4 Bc2
48. c5+ Kc7 49. Bf3 {[%csl Ra5,Rb4,Rc6] ק Black's P are going nowhere. Marin:
'After having stabilised the position, White's win is a matter of time.' Marin:
'Nachdem er die Stellung stabilisiert hat, ist der Gewinn des Weißen eine
Frage der Zeit.'} Bb3 50. Be4 Ba4 51. Kc4 Bc2 52. Bf3 Ba4 53. Ne5 Kb7 54. Be4
Kc7 55. Nf3 Bd1 56. Nd4 Ba4 57. Bc2 Bxc2 58. Nxc2 Kd8 59. Nd4 {[%cal Rc4b3,
Rb3a4] /\Kb3-a4} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[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. e4 {Huzman} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 ({Another way to achieve the same position is} 
10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 (13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 {also used
to be popular, but started disappearing from the scene due to} dxc4 15. Bxc4
Bd6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Ng5 Bg6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. h4 Qe7 20. Qg4 h6 21. Nh3 Qe4
(21... Qf6 22. Re1 Bf5 23. Qf3 Kf8 24. Nf4 Bd7 25. g3 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27.
Qe4 $36 g5 $2 28. hxg5 Qxg5 29. Bd5 Bd7 30. Qh7 Qf6 31. Bxf7 $1 $18 {Anand,
V-Karpov,A/Eurotel Prague/2002/}) 22. Nf4 Ne5 $1 23. dxe5 Qxc4 (23... dxe5 $4
24. Bd5 Qxf4 25. Qxg6 {1-0,Kulaots,K-Timman,J/Prague m/2004/}) 24. exd6 (24.
Qg3 dxe5 25. Nxg6 fxg6 26. Qxe5 Rf8 27. Qg3 Qf4 28. Qxf4 Rxf4 $15 {Gonzalez,
Y-Morovic Fernandez,I/Havana/2003/}) 24... Qxc3 25. Rf1 Be4 $1 26. Ne6 Bd3 27.
Qf3 fxe6 28. Rd1 Qxa3 29. Rxd3 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Qc6 $11) 13... Qxd5 {-10.a3
Kasparov's move-order gives Black less chances to deviate from the main line,
but for the time being Motylev doesn't want to do that.}) 10... Nc6 11. cxd5
Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Bf4 Rac8 {Black's main move.} (
15... Bd6 {has also been tested, but after} 16. c4 Qe4 17. Be3 {the Bd6
remains exposed and White retains his initiative with} Rad8 18. Ra2 $1 (18. Qb3
{allows} Bf4 $1 $11 {/\} 19. Nd2 $2 Nxd4 $1 $19) 18... Bg6 19. Qc1 Na5 20. c5
Be7 21. Bb5 $14 Qd5 $6 {Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/New York act X3D/2002/} 22. Bxe8 $1
Qxa2 23. Ba4 $16 {[%cal Re3f4] /\Bf4}) 16. h3 {A refined move, introduced by
Kramnik. A luft may be useful in tactical complications, freeing h2 for the
Nf3 is another idea.} ({Some 2 years ago White played mostly} 16. c4 Qe4 17.
Be3 {Now the newest wrinkle is} Qc2 $5 (17... Bf6 $143 18. Rc1 $1 $14 b6 $6 19.
h3 (19. c5 $5 Na5 20. Bd2 Qd5 21. Bxa5 bxa5 22. Bc4 Qd7 23. Qb3 a4 24. Qa2
Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bg6 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Re8 28. Qb2 h6 29. h3 Kh7 30. Bb5 Rb8
31. Bxd7 Rxb2 32. f4 $16 {Marciano,D-Ernst,S/BL2-W 0203/2003/}) 19... Bg6 20.
c5 $1 Ne7 21. Ba6 Rcd8 22. Bg5 Qc6 23. cxb6 Qxb6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qa4 $16 {
[%csl Ra7,Rc7,Rf6,Rf7] ק,Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/New York act X3D/2002/}) 18. d5
Na5 19. Nd4 Qxd1 {Now more ambitious is} 20. Raxd1 (20. Rexd1 Bd7 21. Bd2 Bf6
22. Bxa5 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxe2 $11 {Leko,P-Kramnik,V/WCh Brissago (3)/2004/})
20... Bd7 21. Nb5 {, but even here Black should equalize:} a6 (21... Bxb5 22.
cxb5 Rcd8 $132) 22. Nxc7 Rxc7 23. d6 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Ba4 $11) ({Earlier Leko has
successfully tried} 16. Bd3 $5 {, but careful play should neutralize White's
|^:} Qd7 17. Rb1 (17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Bg3 Bd6 19. Qb3 b6 20. c4 Qf6 21. d5 Nd4
22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Qa4 Re2 24. Rad1 Qe4 25. Rxe2 Qxe2 26. Rf1 a5 27. Qd7 Qe8 28.
Qxe8+ Rxe8 29. Bxd6 cxd6 30. Rb1 Re4 31. Kf1 Rxc4 32. Rxb6 Kf8 33. Rxd6 Ra4 $11
{Ivanchuk,V-Gelfand,B/Calvia olm/2004/}) 17... Bxd3 18. Qxd3 b6 19. d5 Bf6 20.
c4 h6 21. h3 Rxe1+ (21... Re7 22. Rbd1 Rd8 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5
Re8 26. Bg3 $14 Nf5 $6 27. Bxc7 Qxc7 28. Qxf5 Qxc4 29. d6 Rd8 30. d7 $36 {
Leko,P-Anand,V/Linares/2003/}) 22. Rxe1 Ne7 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Nf5 25. Bb2
Rf8 26. Re5 Nd6 27. Qg3 f6 28. Re6 Rf7 $1 29. Qg6 Kh8 30. h4 Re7 $11 {Akopian,
V-Gelfand,B/Calvia olm/2004/}) 16... h6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting
novelty, Motylev doesn't want to commit any of his bishops and makes a similar
useful move instead.} (16... Bf6 $143 17. Nh2 $1 Qa5 18. Bd2 Ne7 (18... Rcd8
19. Bf3 h6 20. Ng4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 Bg5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 {Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Wijk aan
Zee/2003/} 23. Qc1 $1 $36 {[%csl Rb7,Rg5] ><b7,g5}) 19. Bf3 Rcd8 20. Ng4 Bxg4
21. hxg4 {[%cal Rg4g5] /\g5} h6 {Shirov,A-Bologan,V/Wijk aan Zee/2004/} 22.
Bxb7 $1 c5 23. Bf3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Qb6 25. Rb1 Qxd4 26. Be3 $36 {[%csl Ge3,Gf3]
^^}) ({Until now the main move was} 16... Be4 17. Be3 (17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. c4 Qf5
19. Bg4 Qxf4 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Kxg2 Qxd4 $11) 17... Na5 $5 {It would be
interesting to know, how Kasparov intended to fight against Kramnik's idea, a
possible answer is} ({After} 17... Rcd8 18. Nd2 Bg6 {interesting is Huzman's
recommendation} 19. Qa4 $5 Qa5 20. Qb3 Qb6 21. Bf3 $14) 18. Nd2 (18. c4 Nxc4
19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Nd2 Qd5 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Bg5 Qxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Bxg5 24. Qa5 Bf6
25. Qxa7 c5 $44 {/=,Leko,P-Kramnik,V/WCh Brissago (1)/2004/}) 18... Bf5 (18...
Bg6 19. Qa4 {[%csl Ra5] פa5}) 19. Bf3 Qd7 20. Ne4 Bd6 (20... b6 21. Ng3 $14) (
20... Rcd8 $142 $1 $11) 21. Nc5 $5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Qxd1 23. Raxd1 c6 (23... Be4
$5) 24. Rd4 Nb3 25. Rf4 g6 26. Rd1 Rc7 27. Rb4 Bc2 28. Rd6 $14 {[%csl Ge3,Gf3]
^^,Laznicka,V-Stopa,J/Legnica/2004/}) 17. Nd2 {Alternatives, mentioned in the
note to move 16, lead to similar positions even with the P on h3 and h6
respectively.  Huzman: 'White decides to transfer the Nf3 to e3 for better
control of the central squares.'} ({White could have tried also} 17. Be3 {
, but Black can calmly improve his R with} Rcd8 $5 $132) 17... Qd7 (17... Na5
$5 18. Bf3 Qd7 19. Ne4 Rcd8 $11 {is a better version of the Laznicka-Stopa
game.}) 18. Nc4 Bd6 $1 {Huzman: 'Black tries to neutralise the pressure of Bf4
on the open file "e" for Re8.'} 19. Qd2 $1 ({Huzman: A good and simple example
how to play against the plan of Black was shown in the game} 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20.
Ne3 {'+/-' Huzman. Huzman: '1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S-Gelfand,B/Pamplona ESP 2004/(26)
'} Ra8 (20... Rcd8 {seems more logical.}) 21. Qa4 a6 22. Qb3 Be4 23. Bg4 Qc7
24. a4 Ne7 25. Be6 Rf8 $11 26. Nd5 Bxd5 {1/2,Karjakin,S-Gelfand,B/Pamplona/
2004/}) (19. Be3 Bf8 $1 $11 {- the e3-square is meant for the N.}) 19... Bxf4
20. Qxf4 Re4 {The R will have to retreat anyway, so perhaps Black should have
played something else:} (20... Ne7 $5 {/\} 21. Ne5 Ng6 22. Nxg6 fxg6 $11) 21.
Qg3 Rce8 22. Ne3 R4e7 23. Bb5 $5 {[%mdl 32] The manoeuvring fight starts. The
B aims for the /^a2-g8, but first Kasparov "softens" Black's <<. This will
bring dividends 9 moves later.} (23. Ra2 $5 {[%cal Ga2b2] Huzman} Be4 24. Rb2
Qd6 $11) 23... a6 24. Bc4 Na5 {Later on the N will be misplaced on the edge.} (
24... b5 $5 25. Ba2 Be4 $11) 25. Ba2 Be6 {Huzman: 'Black neutralises the
pressure of Ba2 in the same way like with Bf4.'} (25... Qc6 $5 {Huzman} 26. Kh2
Bh7 $11) 26. d5 Bf5 27. Red1 {[%cal Rd5d6]} Re5 {Prevents d6.} 28. Rd4 Qd6 29.
Kh2 Bg6 (29... Bd7 $5 {[%cal Ya5b7,Yb7b5] /\b5,Nb7 '=!?' Huzman.} 30. a4 {
Huzman} Re4 31. Qxd6 cxd6 32. Rb4 $11) 30. a4 Re4 $6 (30... Kh8 $142 $11 {/+/=}
) 31. Qxd6 cxd6 32. Rb4 $1 Rc8 33. c4 $36 {[%csl Ra5,Rg6] פa5,Bg6 Now both
Black's minor pieces are stranded and White takes over the initiative. Motylev
managed to save the game only with some luck.} Kf8 (33... Rd4 $5 {Huzman} 34.
Rb6 Rd8 $11) 34. Rd1 Ke7 35. g4 Kd7 36. Kg3 Rce8 37. Rb2 h5 {'?' Huzman.} (
37... Rxe3+ $1 {Huzman} 38. fxe3 Rxe3+ 39. Kh2 Ra3 40. Bb1 Bxb1 41. Rdxb1 Rxa4
$44) 38. Bb1 R4e5 39. Bxg6 fxg6 40. c5 $1 {Huzman: 'This is a very important
resourse. White opens the 6th rank to penetrate with the rooks there.'} dxc5
41. Rb6 $16 Rxe3+ {'?!' Huzman.} (41... hxg4 {Huzman} 42. hxg4 g5 43. Nf5 Re4
44. Rc1 $1 c4 45. Rd6+ Kc7 46. Rg6 $16) 42. fxe3 Rxe3+ 43. Kf4 Rxh3 44. Rxg6
Rh4 45. Rxg7+ Kd6 46. Rg6+ Kd7 47. Rc1 b6 48. Rxb6 Rxg4+ 49. Kf3 c4 50. Rh1 Rg5
51. Rxa6 Nb3 52. Kf4 Rg4+ 53. Ke3 c3 (53... Rg5 $142 $16) 54. Rc6 $2 (54. Rxh5
$1 $18 {[%cal Rh5h7,Ra6a8] /\Rh7,Ra8#}) 54... h4 55. Rb1 Rg3+ 56. Kf4 Nd4 57.
Rb7+ Kd8 58. Ra6 (58. Rcc7 $1 {Huzman} c2 59. Ke5 Rg1 60. Rh7 $1 Kc8 61. Rbc7+
Kb8 62. d6 Nc6+ 63. Rxc6 c1=Q 64. Rxc1 Rxc1 65. Rh8+ Rc8 66. Rxh4 $18) 58...
Kc8 59. Rh7 (59. Re7 $1 {Huzman} Kb8 60. Rb6+ Ka8 61. Rbb7 $1 c2 62. Rbc7 $18)
59... Kb8 60. Rb6+ Ka8 61. Ra6+ Kb8 62. Rb6+ Ka8 63. Rf6 Rg8 64. Ke4 c2 65. Rc7
Kb8 66. d6 {'?' Huzman.} (66. Rff7 $1 $18 {Huzman}) 66... Rc8 67. Kxd4 c1=Q 68.
Rxc1 Rxc1 69. Kd5 Kc8 70. Rf8+ Kd7 71. Rf7+ Kd8 72. a5 Rd1+ 73. Kc6 Rc1+ 74.
Kb7 Rb1+ 75. Ka7 h3 76. Rh7 Rb3 (76... Rb3 77. a6 Kc8 78. Rc7+ Kd8 $11 {/\} 79.
Rb7 h2) 1/2-1/2

[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 "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[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. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c6 4. b3 Nf6 5. Bg2 a5 6. Bb2 a4 7. Na3 Be7 8. O-O O-O
9. d3 Qb6 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c5 Qc7 12. b4 b6 13. Nc2 bxc5 14. bxc5 Ba6 15. Nb4
Bb5 16. a3 Ne4 17. Qc2 f5 18. Nd3 Bf6 19. Rab1 Bc4 20. Ba1 g5 21. Nd2 Nxd2 22.
Qxd2 Rab8 23. Qe3 Kf7 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Nb4 Rg8 26. Rc1 Bb5 27. Qd2 Kg6 28. e3
e5 29. dxe5 Nxe5 30. Qd1 g4 31. h4 Re8 32. Rb1 Rb8 33. Qc2 h5 34. Bd4 Nc4 35.
Qc1 Bxd4 36. exd4 f4 37. Nd3 Rf8 38. Nxf4+ Rxf4 39. gxf4 Qf7 40. Bf1 Qf5 41.
Ra1 Qe4 42. Qc3 Qxf4 43. Bd3+ Kf6 44. Bxc4 Bxc4 45. Re1 Qf3 46. Qxf3+ gxf3 47.
Re5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a4 Re8 12. Ba3 c4 13. Bc2 Qa5 14. Qc1 Ne4
15. Bxe4 Rxe4 16. Nd2 Re8 {The concept of attack was developed in the past by
Botvinnik and Black must play very carefully.} 17. e4 Be6 (17... dxe4 18. Nxc4
Qc7 19. Nd6 Rd8 20. Qf4 $14) 18. e5 (18. Re1 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Bd5 20. f3 Bxe4 21.
fxe4 Qxa4 22. Bc5 Qb5 23. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 Niklasch,O-Filippov,V/Izmir 2004/ (32)})
18... Qxa4 19. f4 $5 {Korotylev refuses to accept the quick draw after the
repetitive attack of the queen.} (19. Bd6 Qb5 20. Rb1 Qa6 21. Ra1 $11) 19...
Bf5 20. Rf2 f6 (20... Qc2 $6 21. Qxc2 Bxc2 22. Nxc4 dxc4 23. Rxc2 $14) (20...
Qb5 21. Bd6 Ne7 22. Nf1 $13) 21. Qb2 Nd8 (21... Qa5 $5 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Be7 (
23. Qxb7 Qxc3 24. Bb2 Qb4 25. Qxc6 Qxb2 26. Qxd5+ Be6 27. Qa5 Qxd4 $17) 23...
Qb6 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Bxf6 Ra3 $1 $17) 22. Nf1 $6 {In this
moment the insistence on attack borders on stubborness. Objectively the best
was to equalise chances with 22.Bc5!} (22. Bc5 $1 Qc6 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Bxa7
$11) 22... Qd7 23. Ne3 Bd3 (23... a6 24. Qe2 Nc6 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Qf3 Be4 27.
Qg3+ Qg7 28. Ng4 Kh8 29. Qh4 f5 30. Ne5 Re6 $15) 24. h3 b6 25. Qd2 Kh8 $2 {
Grischuk could hardly have guessed, what kind of heat will get to his monarch.}
(25... fxe5 26. fxe5 Ne6 $17) 26. f5 $1 fxe5 (26... Qc6 27. e6 Nb7 28. Qd1 $13)
27. dxe5 Rxe5 28. f6 Ne6 (28... gxf6 29. Ng4 Rf5 30. Rxf5 Qxf5 31. Be7 Nf7 32.
Bxf6+ Kg8 33. Bd4 $132) (28... Nf7 29. fxg7+ Kxg7 30. Ng4 Rf5 31. Re1 Re8 32.
Rxe8 Rxf2 33. Bf8+ $1 $18) 29. Be7 $1 (29. Ng4 Re4 30. Be7 a5 31. fxg7+ Nxg7
32. Bf6 $13) 29... h5 $2 {[%mdl 128] The ambition to prevent the jump of the
knight to g4 is laudable, but this move fails tactically. Black is suddenly
confronted with the unsurmountable problems.} (29... g6 30. Ng4 Re4 31. Re1 Qe8
32. Ne5 $40) (29... a5 30. Ng4 Re4 31. fxg7+ Nxg7 32. Bf6 $40) 30. fxg7+ Nxg7 (
30... Kg8 31. Bf6 Re4 32. Nf5 $18) 31. Bf6 Re6 32. Nxd5 $1 {The final of the
game is played by the brave attacker with great phantasy.} Kg8 (32... Qxd5 33.
Qh6+ $18) 33. Qg5 Rf8 (33... Be4 34. Ne7+ Rxe7 35. Bxe7 Qd5 36. Qf4 $18) 34.
Bxg7 Qxg7 (34... Rxf2 35. Bf6+ $18) (34... Rg6 35. Rxf8+ Kxg7 36. Qf4 $18) 35.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Qd8+ Re8 (36... Kf7 37. Rxa7+ $18) 37. Qd6+ (37. Qd6+ Kg8 38.
Nf6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. Re1 Ra6 13. h3 (13. e5 dxe5 14.
Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Rd6 16. Qf3 e6 $1 17. dxe6 {1/2,Blazsik,Z-Pommerel,W/ICCF
email/1997/} fxe6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Qe4 Rxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qf6+ $11 {
Morgado}) 13... Qa8 14. Bf4 {Aimed against Black's plan with e6, which is
popular against the more usual moves} (14. Re2 e6 $132 {and}) (14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bd2 e6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Qc2 g5 18. a4 d5 19. e5 $5 d4 $2 (19... Nh7 $142 20.
Nb5 d4 21. Ra3 $14) 20. exf6 dxc3 21. Bxc3 Nxf6 22. Ra3 h5 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24.
Qe4 Qxe4 25. Rxe4 Rf8 26. Nxg5 Bxb2 27. Ra2 $18 {Shishkin,V-Averjanov,A/
Polanica Zdroj op/2001/}) 14... Rb8 {Tseshkovsky plays the typical Volga moves,
concentrating forces on the <<.} ({Another way to do this is used even more
often:} 14... Nb6 15. Qc2 (15. a4 $5 {deserves attention, although after} Rb8 {
play will probably transpose into the below note.}) 15... Na4 16. Nxa4 Rxa4 17.
a3 Rb8 (17... Qa6 18. Rad1 Rb8 19. e5 Ne8 20. Bg5 Kf8 21. Re4 Rxe4 22. Qxe4 f6
23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Qe6 Qc8 25. Qe2 Qf5 26. g4 Qd7 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Rd2 Rb3 $44
{Gurevich,M-Manor,I/EU-chT Haifa/1989/}) 18. Rad1 Ra6 (18... Nd7 19. e5 Ra6 20.
Qe2 (20. Rd2 Rab6 21. b4 Qxa3 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. exd6 exd6 24. Re3 {Ruck,
R-Turzo,A/Gyula/1998/} Qb4 $1 25. Rde2 Qb5 $11) 20... Nf8 21. Bg5 Ra7 22. Bc1
$14 {Porper,E-Manor,I/Tel Aviv/1991/}) 19. Bd2 Nd7 20. Bc3 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Rab6
22. Rd2 Rb3 23. Qc2 Rxb2 24. Qxb2 Rxb2 25. Rxb2 Qxa3 26. Rb7 Qa4 27. e5 dxe5
28. Nxe5 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Qd4 30. Rexe7 Qxd5+ 31. Kg1 c4 32. Rbc7 $11 {1/2,DuCret,
R-Nilsson,J/corr/1998/}) (14... Nh5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. b3 $5 (17. Qc1
Kh7 18. b3 f5 $13) 17... Bxc3 $6 (17... e6 $142 $1) 18. Bxc3 Rxa2 19. Qd3 Rxa1
20. Rxa1 Qb7 21. Qe3 Kh7 22. Bd2 Rh8 23. g4 Nf6 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Qf4 $16 {
Shneider,A-Bator,R/Koszalin op/1999/}) ({However, even against 15.Bf4 Black
can return to the plan with [+]<=> by playing} 14... h6 15. Qc2 (15. g4 Nb6 16.
Qc2 Nfd7 17. Rad1 Na4 18. Re2 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Ra3 20. c4 Rc3 21. Qd2 g5 {
Schoeppl,E-Fogarasi,T/Oberwart/2003/} 22. Be5 $1 Rxc4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. h4 $132
) 15... g5 16. Bd2 e6 17. Rad1 Nb6 $6 (17... exd5 $142 $13) 18. dxe6 fxe6 19.
Bxg5 $1 hxg5 20. Nxg5 Nbd7 21. Nxe6 Rc8 {Marchand,F-Guidarelli,L/Paris/2002/}
22. Nd5 $5 $40) 15. Qc2 Rb4 $146 {[%mdl 8] This novelty is not too impressive.
Although it forces a slight weakening of White's <<, he gains tempi to
consolidate his ranks.} (15... Nb6 $5 16. b3 (16. a4 Ne8 $5 {On c7 the N will
be better placed, if White after ...c4 returns the P with b4 as in Ruck's game.
} (16... Nfd7 17. b3 c4 18. b4 $1 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Rxa4 20. Rxa4 Qxa4 21. Nd4 Ra8
22. Nc6 e5 23. dxe6 Qxc6 24. exd7 Nxd7 25. Qd4 Ra6 26. Rc1 Ne5 27. Bxe5 dxe5
28. Qxc4 $16 {Ruck,R-Adontaki,E/Chania op/1998/}) 17. b3 Nc7 18. Rad1 (18. Nd2
$5) 18... c4 $1 19. bxc4 Nxc4 20. Nb5 Nxb5 21. Qxc4 $2 (21. axb5 Ra4 $11) 21...
Rxa4 22. Qc1 Nc3 $17 {Justi,L-Felgaer,R/Pan American ch-U18/1998/}) 16... c4 (
16... Rc8 17. a4 Ne8 18. Bd2 Nc7 19. h4 e6 20. dxe6 Nxe6 21. Qd1 d5 22. Rc1 d4
23. Nb5 c4 24. a5 c3 25. axb6 Rxb6 26. Nbxd4 Bxd4 27. Nxd4 cxd2 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8
29. Qxd2 Rd6 30. Qc2 $18 {Lugovoi,A-Murashko,V/St Petersburg/1997/}) 17. Rac1
Nfd7 18. Be3 Bxc3 $5 19. Qxc3 Rxa2 20. bxc4 Rc8 21. Bxb6 Nxb6 22. Qd4 Qa5 23.
e5 Qc5 24. exd6 exd6 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 26. Ng5 Rxc4 27. Rxc4 {1/2,Arlandi,
E-Liardet,F/Geneve/1999/} Nxc4 28. Re7 Nb6 29. Rxf7 Nxd5 30. Rxh7 Ne3+ 31. Kf3
Nd1 $132) 16. a3 Rb8 17. Rad1 Nb6 18. Bc1 Nfd7 (18... Nc4 19. Qe2 {leads
nowhere.}) 19. b3 $14 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Nb1 (21. f4 Bg7 22. e5 Qb7 $5 $132)
(21. h4 Nd7 $44 {[%csl Rb3] ><b3}) 21... Rc8 22. Nd2 Bg7 {Black retreats the B
to avoid lines as} (22... c4 23. b4 $5 c3 24. Nf3 $16) 23. h4 c4 $5 (23... h5
24. Nf3 {/\} c4 25. b4 c3 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Nc4 28. b5 Nxa3 29. Qb3 Ra5 30.
Rb4 $14) 24. h5 $1 (24. bxc4 Ra4 $44) (24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25. bxc4 Ra4 $132) (24. b4
c3 25. Nb1 Nc4 $13) 24... cxb3 25. Qxb3 Nd7 26. Nf3 Rc3 (26... gxh5 $2 27. Qe3
$40) (26... Rb6 27. Qe3 Rc3 28. Qg5 Bf6 29. Qg4 $14) 27. Qb5 Qc8 28. h6 Rb6 (
28... Rc5 $5 {[%cal Yg7c3] /\Bc3+/=}) 29. Qe2 Rc2 30. Qe3 Rc3 31. Rd3 (31. Qf4
Be5 $5 (31... Ne5 32. hxg7 $1 Nxf3 (32... Rxf3 33. Qh4 $16) 33. Re3 $36 (33.
Rh1 g5 $8 34. Qf5 Qxf5 35. exf5 $36))) 31... Rbb3 32. Rxc3 Rxc3 33. Qf4 $6 (33.
Qd2 $142 Rc2 (33... Bf6 34. Bb2 $16 {/\} Rc2 35. Rc1) (33... Ne5 34. Nxe5 Bxe5
35. Bb2 $1 $16) 34. Qd1 Bf6 35. Nd4 $1 $36) 33... Ne5 $1 34. Nxe5 $8 (34. Re3
Rxc1 35. hxg7 Qa6 $15) (34. hxg7 $2 Nd3 $17) 34... Bxe5 35. Qd2 (35. Qg5 f6 36.
Qd2 Bxg3 $1 37. Bb2 Be5 $11 {is similar to the game.}) 35... Bxg3 $1 {Exposes
White's K; already Korotylev has to be careful not to lose.} 36. Bb2 (36. fxg3
$2 Rc2 $17) 36... Be5 $1 {[%cal Rc8g4] /\Qg4} (36... Rc2 $2 37. Rc1 $1 Rxc1 38.
Qxc1 Qxc1 $8 39. Bxc1 $16 {_|_,o^a3}) 37. Bxc3 $8 Bxc3 38. Qe2 (38. Qc2 Qg4+
39. Kf1 Qh3+ 40. Ke2 Qg4+ $11 (40... Bxe1 41. Kxe1 Qxh6 $11)) 38... Bxe1 39.
Qxe1 Qg4+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kg2 Qg5+ (41... Qg4+ $11 42. Kf1 $6 Qh3+ 43. Ke2
Qxa3 44. Qb1 Qa8 $15) 42. Kh3 (42. Kf3 Qxh6 43. Kg2 $44 {-42.Kh3} (43. a4 Qh3+
$36 {[%csl Gh7] and the o^h7 can be dangerous.})) 42... Qxh6+ 43. Kg2 Qg5+ 44.
Kh3 Qh5+ 45. Kg2 Qg4+ 46. Kh2 {[%csl Ga3] White's o^a3 saves the day, it's
rapid advance will force Black to take a perpetual.} Qf3 47. a4 Qa3 48. Qa5 $1
(48. a5 $143 $2 Kf8 $15 {Here White can't improve his position and his Q
remains passive, while Black's K can march to the <<, or advance his >>P.})
48... Kg7 49. Qa7 Qb4 50. a5 (50. Qxe7 Qxa4 51. Qxd6 Qxe4 52. Qd8 {was perhaps
also possible, but the text is simpler.}) 50... Qxe4 51. a6 ({Black's last
winning attempt is} 51. a6 f5 {The simplest way to parry it is} 52. Qe3 $1 (52.
Qb7 f4 53. Qb2+ (53. a7 $2 f3 $1 54. a8=Q (54. Kg3 g5 $1 $19) 54... Qh4+ 55.
Kg1 Qg5+ $19) 53... Kf7 (53... Kh6 54. a7 Qxd5 55. Qb8 Qh5+ 56. Kg2 $14) 54.
Qh8 $1 $11) 52... Qh4+ 53. Kg2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Be7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. e4 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. O-O Rfd8
15. Rfe1 h6 16. h3 Bf6 17. e5 Be7 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 Rab8 20. Qa4 Bxe4 21.
Qxe4 Nb6 22. Nd2 Qb7 23. Qg4 Bf8 24. Ne4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nd5 26. Nd6 Qc7 27. Nc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ Bc6 8. Qb3
dxc4 9. Qxc4 O-O 10. e3 Bb7 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. Rd1 h6 13. Bh4 Qc8 14. O-O c5 15.
Qa2 a6 16. Rc1 Qe8 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd4 Nd5 20. Bxe7 Nxc3 21.
Rxc3 Qxe7 22. Rdc1 Bd5 23. Qb1 Be4 24. Qa2 Bd5 25. Qb1 Be4 26. Qa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. c4 d4 5. d3 a5 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Nb5 e5 8. O-O Bg7
9. e3 dxe3 10. Bxe3 O-O 11. Re1 Be6 12. b3 Qc8 13. d4 exd4 14. Bf4 Ne8 15. Qd2
Qd7 16. Rad1 Bg4 17. Bh6 Rd8 18. Qf4 a4 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 axb3 21. axb3 Bxh6
22. Qxh6 Ng7 23. Re4 Nf5 24. Qf4 Nd6 25. Nxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. Bb5 Be6 11. Rd1 Na7 12. Be2 Nc8 13. Qc1 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qc6 15.
c4 Nb6 16. Nd2 Rfc8 17. O-O Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qxc4 20. Nxc4 Rxc4 21.
Nxd6 Rc2 22. Nf5 Kf8 23. Rf2 Rac8 24. g4 g6 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. Rxc2 Rxc2 27. Rxd6
Ne8 28. Rd5 f6 29. g5 Ke7 30. b3 Ke6 31. gxf6 Nxf6 32. Rxa5 Rc3 33. Bg5 Rxf3
34. Bxf6 Kxf6 35. Rb5 Rd3 36. a4 Rd7 37. Kf2 Kg5 38. Ke3 Re7 {The pawn
structure is more or less symmetrical with respect to the central point of the
board. White's rook is more active than its black colleague but in
compensation the Black king is betterplaced than his rival. The position can
be assesed as about equal.} 39. Ra5 b6 {Not really necessary.} ({The immediate
start of the counterattack with} 39... Kg4 {would have been entirely possible.
Blackmight have feared the pin resulting after} 40. Ra7 {but it wouldn't have
yielded White more than equality:} Kh3 41. a5 Kxh2 42. a6 (42. b4 $6 g5 43. b5
$2 g4 44. a6 g3 45. Rxb7 g2 $19) 42... Re6 $1 {(This move is easy to overlook
in advance.)} 43. Rxb7 (43. axb7 Rb6) 43... Rxa6 44. Rxh7+ $11) 40. Rd5 ({With
} 40. Rb5 Re6 41. b4 Kg4 42. a5 bxa5 43. bxa5 g5 44. Rb2 (44. Rb6 Rh6 $3 45.
Rxh6 $11) 44... Ra6 45. Ra2 {White would have managed to place the rookbehind
the passed pawn, but after} h5 46. Kd3 Kf3 $132 {Black's counterplay is
entirely adequate.}) 40... Re6 ({Once again,} 40... Kg4 {would lead to a
breathtaking race, although this time it all looks a bit more dangerous for
Black:} 41. Rd6 b5 $1 (41... Kh3 42. Rxb6 Kxh2 43. a5 g5 44. a6 h5 45. Rb7 Re6
46. a7 Ra6 47. b4 Ra3+ 48. Ke2 h4 49. b5 g4 50. b6 Ra2+ 51. Kd3 g3 52. Rh7 h3
53. b7 Rxa7 54. Rxh3+ Kxh3 55. b8=Q $18) (41... Rb7 42. Re6 Kh3 43. Rxe5 Kxh2
44. Rb5 Kg3 45. a5 Ra7 46. axb6 Rb7 47. e5 $18) 42. a5 b4 43. Rb6 Ra7 44. a6
Kh3 45. Kd3 Kxh2 46. Kc4 g5 47. Kxb4 h5 48. Kb5 {and now} Kg3 $1 $132 {
avoiding the loss of any of his connected pawns, seems to offer entirely
adequate counterplay.}) 41. b4 Kg4 $132 42. Rd7 h5 43. Kd3 g5 (43... Kf3 $5)
44. Kc4 h4 45. Kd5 Re8 46. Rg7 h3 (46... Ra8 $5 47. Kxe5 Rxa4 48. Kf6 Rxb4 49.
Rxg5+ Kh3 50. e5 Kxh2 51. e6 Rf4+ $1 {It is important to distract the white
rook from the g-file in order to get some freedom for the king.} ({The
straightforward} 51... Rc4 $2 {would lose after} 52. e7 Rc8 53. Kf7 h3 54. Rg8
Rc7 55. Kf6 Rxe7 56. Kxe7 b5 57. Kf6 b4 {Black shouldn't rush with Kh1 and h2
because this would lead to no stalemate, due to the presence of an additional
pawn on board. White would be just in time to simply bring his king to f3 and
play Re8, mating.} 58. Kf5 b3 59. Kf4 b2 60. Rb8 Kg1 61. Rxb2 h2 62. Kg3 h1=N+
63. Kf3 $18) 52. Rf5 Rc4 53. e7 Rc8 54. Rd5 Re8 55. Rd8 Rxe7 56. Kxe7 Kg2 $11)
47. Rg6 Ra8 48. Kxe5 Rxa4 49. Kf6 Kf4 50. e5 Ra2 51. e6 Rxh2 52. Rxg5 Re2 53.
Rg1 h2 54. Rd1 Rd2 55. Rf1+ {This is the only way of avoiding the perpetual
pursue of the rook along the second rank.} Kg3 56. e7 Rf2+ 57. Rxf2 Kxf2 58.
e8=Q h1=Q {This ending is objectively drawn, but it certainly looks unpleasant
for Black. His king b-pawn is in danger.} 59. b5 Qd5 60. Qc6 Qd4+ 61. Ke6 Ke1
62. Qd5 Qc5 $4 {Cracking under the psichologic pressure.} ({Losing the b-pawn
would not have meant losing the game yet. After, for instance} 62... Qc3 63.
Kd6 Kf2 64. Qc6 Qg7 65. Qxb6+ $11 {the position is drawn according to the
Nalimov tablebases, but this is difficult to foresee during the game.}) 63.
Qxc5 bxc5 64. Kd5 {probably overlooked by Black.} (64. b6 c4 65. b7 c3 66. b8=Q
c2 $11) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 Rb8 8. h3
a6 9. e4 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Re1 {Morozevich wants to keep the tension and
opts for a quiet continuation instead of the more direct attempts as 10.e5 or}
(11. e5 $13) 11... Nd7 (11... e5 $143 12. d5 (12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14.
Be3 c6 $11) 12... Ne7 13. b4 Bd7 14. Rb1 Qc8 (14... c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Qd3 $1
{[%cal Ra2a4] /\a4+/=}) 15. Kh2 Rd8 (15... c6 $5) 16. a4 $1 bxa4 17. b5 Qb7 18.
Qxa4 Ra8 19. Qb4 Nc8 20. Be3 Nb6 21. Nd2 h5 22. Nb3 Qc8 23. Na5 $16 {Fominyh,
A-Ravikumar,V/Sangli/2000/}) ({Even now it's not completely clear, how Black
should fully equalize. His best options seem to be either the text-move, or} 
11... e6 12. Qc2 $5 (12. d5 b4 $1 13. Ne2 (13. dxc6 bxc3 14. bxc3 e5 15. Qa4
Rb6 16. Be3 Ra6 17. Qb4 Rxc6 18. Nd2 Be6 19. c4 Ra6 20. c5 Qa8 21. a4 {
Tregubov,P-Nijboer,F/EU-ch Istanbul/2003/} Rb8 22. Qa3 d5 $36) 13... Ne7 14.
dxe6 fxe6 15. e5 Nfd5 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Nd5 18. Bg5 Qd7 $13) (12. e5 dxe5
13. Nxe5 Nxd4 $1 (13... Ne7 14. Bg5 b4 15. Na4 $14 {Nogueiras,J-Pecorelli,H/
Santa Clara/2001/}) 14. Be3 c5 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Nc6 Qb6 17. Ne2 Rb7 18. Qxd4
Nd5 $132) 12... b4 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Nf4 e5 (14... Ne7 $142 $13) 15. dxe5 dxe5
16. Nd3 Re8 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Rac1 Rd8 20. Nb3 Bb7 21. Qc4 Ne8 22.
Nc5 Nd6 23. Qb3 Bc8 24. Bf1 Kh8 25. Red1 f5 26. exf5 {Blazsik,Z-Camper,D/corr/
1999/} gxf5 27. Na6 $14) (11... b4 12. Nd5 $5 (12. Na4 e6 13. Bf4 Bb7 $11)
12... Nd7 (12... Bd7 13. Bg5 $36) (12... e6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. e5
$36) 13. Bg5 $1 (13. a3 e6 (13... bxa3 14. bxa3 e6 15. Nc3 $14) 14. Nxb4 Nxb4
15. axb4 Rxb4 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bh6 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qc2 Kg8 20. Ra8 c5 21.
e5 cxd4 22. Rc1 Rb8 23. Rxb8 Nxb8 24. Qe4 dxe5 25. Qxe5 Bb7 26. Nxd4 Bxg2 27.
Kxg2 {Tregubov,P-Ramesh,R/Amsterdam/2000/} Qb6 $5 $11) 13... h6 (13... Bb7 14.
Qd2 $14) (13... f6 14. Be3 $14) 14. Qc1 $1 (14. Be3 $6 e6 15. Nf4 Nb6 16. Rc1
Bd7 17. b3 Ra8 18. Rc2 Ra5 19. Qd2 Qa8 20. Nd3 Rc8 21. Re2 Rb5 22. h4 Kh7 23.
Bh3 Ne7 24. Bg2 Bc6 25. Bf4 f5 $15 {Castro Valero,J-Camarena Gimenez,R/Cala
Mendia/2001/}) 14... hxg5 15. Qxc6 $36) 12. Be3 ({A more energetic move is} 12.
Bg5 $5 h6 13. Be3 Na5 14. b3 (14. Qc1 $5) 14... b4 (14... c5 15. Qd2 Kh7 16.
Rac1 Nc6 17. Red1 b4 18. Ne2 Qa5 19. e5 $1 Rd8 20. exd6 exd6 21. Ng5+ hxg5 22.
Bxc6 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Ne5 24. f4 Bxh3 25. Qh2 g4 26. Bg2 Bh6 27. Bxh3 gxh3 28.
Qxh3 $18 {->,Stein,L-Ribli,Z/Las Palmas/1973/}) 15. Ne2 (15. Na4 Nf6 16. Nd2 c6
17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Kh2 Rb5 19. Bf3 Nh7 20. Nb2 Ng5 21. Be2 Rb7 22. h4 Ne6 23. Nf3
c5 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 cxd4 26. Nxd4 Nc5 $15 {Sturua,Z-Hasanov,M/Moscow/1979/
}) 15... Bb7 $5 $132 (15... c5 16. Rc1 (16. Qd2 $5) 16... Ba6 17. dxc5 dxc5 (
17... Nxc5 $142 18. Bxc5 dxc5) 18. Bxc5 (18. Qd2 $142 $1 $14) 18... Nxc5 19.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Rxc5 Nb7 21. Rc6 Bb5 22. Rc7 Rdc8 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Ned4 Bd7
25. e5 Nc5 26. Rc1 Kf8 27. Bf1 Ne6 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Nc2 Ng5 30. Nxg5 hxg5 31.
Nxb4 Bxe5 $44 {[%csl Gc8,Ge5] ^^/+/=,Magerramov,E-Ezat,M/Abu Dhabi/2003/}))
12... Na5 13. b3 (13. Qc1 b4 $1 (13... Nc4 14. Bh6 $1 c5 $2 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16.
Nxb5 Rxb5 17. Qxc4 Qb6 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Qd4+ $16 {Flear,C-Le Huec,M/Creon/
1998/}) 14. Nd5 c6 $13) 13... c5 (13... b4 $142 $1 {, following the
Magerramov-Ezat game was better. Black is not quite ready to open the position
yet.}) 14. Rc1 c4 $6 $146 {[%mdl 16384] Although superficially attractive,
this move is strategically flawed, as Black will not be able to support his
o^c4 and the << will son belong to White. However, it's already difficult to
claim equality:} (14... Nc6 15. dxc5 Nxc5 (15... dxc5 $5 16. Nd5 e6 17. Nf4 $14
) 16. e5 (16. Nd5 $1 $14) 16... Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxc5 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 dxc5
20. Rxc5 Qxd1 21. Rxd1 Be6 22. Kf1 $6 (22. Rc7 $36) 22... Rfc8 $11 {Vaganian,
R-Ribli,Z/Athens/1971/}) (14... Ba6 15. Bf1 Nc6 16. a4 (16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Nd5
e6 $13) 16... Nxd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Nc5 20. Rb1 bxa4 21.
Bxa6 Nxa6 22. bxa4 $14 {Bachmayr,P-Dirr,U/BL2-S 9091/1991/}) 15. b4 Nc6 16. a3
(16. Rb1 $142 $5 $16 {[%cal Ra2a4] /\a4|^}) 16... e5 (16... Ba6 17. e5 $5 $36 (
17. Rb1 Nb6 $14) {/\} 17... dxe5 18. d5 e4 19. dxc6 exf3 20. Nd5 $1 $16) 17. d5
Ne7 18. a4 $36 {[%csl Rc4] ><o^c4} bxa4 19. Qxa4 f5 20. Ng5 (20. Nd2 f4 21. Ba7
Rb7 $132 {[%csl Ra7] ץa7}) 20... Nb6 $6 (20... f4 $142 $1 21. Ba7 (21. Ne6 $2
fxe3 22. Nxd8 exf2+ $17) (21. Bd2 fxg3 22. fxg3 Qb6+ $11) 21... Nb6 22. Qa5 Rb7
$14) 21. Qa7 Rb7 22. Bxb6 $6 (22. Ne6 $142 $1 $16) 22... Qxb6 (22... Rxb6 23.
Ne6 $1 (23. b5 Bh6 $13) 23... Bxe6 24. dxe6 Rxb4 (24... fxe4 $2 25. Bxe4 d5 26.
Nxd5 $18) 25. exf5 $36) 23. Qxb6 Rxb6 24. b5 {[%cal Rg2f1] /\Bf1} Bh6 25. h4
Bd7 26. Ra1 $1 ({More energetic, than} 26. Rb1 {White relies on his <<(), he
will invade via the <->a and win back the P with interest.}) 26... Bxg5 27.
hxg5 Bxb5 28. Ra7 Nc8 (28... Kf7 29. Bh3 $1 $36) 29. Rc7 Ba6 30. Ra1 {Black's
minor pieces are in a tangle.} Rf7 (30... Rb3 31. Rxa6 Rxc3 32. Rac6 $18 {
[%csl Rc8] פc8}) (30... Rb7 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Rxa6 $16 {/\} Rb3 33. Rc6 $1 $18
) 31. Rc6 $1 Bb7 (31... Rxc6 32. dxc6 Ra7 33. exf5 gxf5 34. Bd5+ Kg7 35. Be6 $1
Bb5 36. Rxa7+ (36. Rd1 $16) 36... Nxa7 37. c7 $16) 32. Rxc4 $16 {Material is
equal again and Black hasn't solved his coordination problems.} Rb2 $6 (32...
Rb3 $142 $16) 33. Nd1 Rb3 34. Ne3 Nb6 35. Rcc1 Kg7 (35... fxe4 $5 36. Bxe4 Rb2
37. Ng4 $1 $16 (37. Rab1 Rxb1 38. Rxb1 Na4 $14)) 36. Rab1 Rxb1 37. Rxb1 Na4 38.
Nc4 $18 {[%csl Rd6] ><d6} Nc3 39. Rb6 Na4 (39... Nxe4 40. Bxe4 fxe4 41. Nxd6
Bxd5 42. Rb5 Bc6 43. Rc5 Rc7 44. Ne8+ Bxe8 45. Rxc7+ $18) (39... fxe4 40. Nxd6
Bxd5 41. Nxf7 Kxf7 $18 {was more resilient, although also hopeless in the long
run.}) 40. Rb4 Nc5 41. Nxd6 Rd7 42. Ne8+ (42. Ne8+ Kf7 43. Nf6 Rd8 44. f4 $5
exf4 45. gxf4 {[%cal Re4e5] /\e5+-} fxe4 46. Nxe4 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 {Dreev added Sicilian to his opening repertoire in 2004 and
lost only one game so far (to Svidler in the last round of this Russian
championship).} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 {
Averbakh variation.} 7. Be2 {Moro chooses a side line.} (7. Qd2 {is the main
continuation here.}) 7... Qa5 8. Bxf6 {Forced.} gxf6 9. Nb3 Qg5 10. g3 (10. Nd5
O-O-O 11. O-O Rg8 12. g3 f5 13. f4 Qg7 {with very sharp and mutual play, but
black is doing well here.}) 10... f5 (10... h5 11. f4 Qg6 12. Qd2 O-O-O 13.
O-O-O f5 {[%cal Gf8g7] has occured in one of Averbakh's games.}) 11. f4 Qh6 (
11... Qg6 12. Bh5 Qe6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Rg8 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. O-O-O {with a
big mess.}) 12. Qd2 Bg7 $1 $146 {In case of 12...fxe4 13.Nxe4 Bg7 14.c3 white
neutralizes black's pressure over the big diagonal.} (12... fxe4 13. Nxe4 Bg7
14. c3 {[%cal Yg7c3]} Qg6 15. Ng5 Bf6 16. h4 h6 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. h5 hxg5 19.
hxg6 Rxh1+ 20. Bf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Romanishin,O-Stein,L/Odessa 1972/EXT 2001 (42)}
) 13. O-O-O (13. exf5 Bxf5 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. Nd5 O-O $15 {[%cal Ge7e6]}) 13...
fxe4 (13... O-O 14. e5 $1) (13... O-O-O $5) 14. Nxe4 a5 $1 {Black keeps his
king in the centre for a while, starting immediate action on the queenside.}
15. Qe3 {[%cal Re4d6]} (15. Nbc5 Bh3 16. Nxb7 {poison pawn!} O-O $17 {and
black got b-file for the attack.}) (15. a4 {black will use b4 outpost for the
attack on white king.} O-O $15 {[%cal Gf8c8,Rc6b4]}) 15... O-O 16. a3 {
Otherwise black advances his pawn to a3 openning the big diagonal for Bg7.} Qe6
{[%cal Rf7f5]} (16... a4 17. Nbd2 (17. Nbc5 $2 Bh3 $19 {and white loses
material, or helps black to attack if Nxb7.}) 17... d5 18. Ng5 Qf6 19. c3 d4
20. Qd3 {only move, black is better but white can survive for a while.}) 17.
Qd3 h6 {In case of immediate a5-a4 white manages to trade queens escaping from
black's attack.} (17... a4 18. Ng5 (18. Nbc5 $145 $1 dxc5 19. Ng5 $13 {(Dreev)}
) 18... Qg6 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Nd2 Nd4 21. Bd3 $15) 18. Kb1 (18. Bf3 a4 19. Nbc5
dxc5 20. Qxd7 Qa2 21. c3 Nb4 $3 {Crushing the barricades!} 22. axb4 a3 23. Rd2
Rad8 (23... cxb4 $40) 24. Qxd8 axb2+ 25. Rxb2 Qa1+ {and black saves his queen,
winning white's one.}) 18... a4 19. Nc1 Nd4 {[%cal Rd7b5] Black's pieces
dominate! Black has won the opening battle, and white is stuck in defense not
having any counterplay.} 20. Nc3 (20. c3 Bb5 21. c4 Bc6 $19) 20... Rfc8 21.
N1a2 $2 {21.Rhe1 would lead to better ending for black, while now black has a
direct attack on the white king in the middlegame...} (21. Rhe1 Qf5 {is the
only way for an advantage.} (21... Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Rc8 (22... Nxe2 23. Qb4 $1
Nc3+ 24. bxc3 Qf6 {not sure black has enuf compensation here.}) 23. Bf1 Qd5 24.
Rxd4 $1 Bxd4 25. Qd2 Bf5 26. Bd3 {and white must be happy here.}) 22. Qxf5 Bxf5
23. Bd3 Bg4 $15) 21... Nxe2 22. Qxe2 {White could've tried Nxe2 setting a nice
trap; it seems like both players overlooked that tactical idea during the game
(at least Dreev didn't mention it on the press conference after the game).} (
22. Nxe2 Bc6 (22... Ra5 $15) (22... Qf6 23. Nac3 Ra5 $15) 23. Nd4 $1 Bxd4 24.
Rhe1 {and white escapes.}) 22... Qf6 23. Qe3 $2 {this move just wastes an
important tempo, in addition the white queen takes an ugly place - see note to
25th move of white.} ({more resistant is:} 23. Nb4 Ra5 (23... Rxc3 $140 24. Nd5
) (23... Be6 24. Qf3 Rc4 (24... Ra5 $15) 25. Rd3 Rac8 $15 26. Qxb7 $140 $2 Rxc3
{with decisive attack.}) 24. Rd3 $15 {and black doesn't have anything concrete
here.}) 23... Be6 24. Nb4 Rc4 {[%cal Rc4b4] Intending Rxb4 and a4-a3 then.} 25.
Nbd5 {Here the defensive idea of Rd3 fails to the following tactics and proves
the badness of 23.Qe3:} (25. Rd3 Rxb4 26. axb4 Bc4 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra4a3]}) 25...
Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Rac8 {[%cal Rc4c3]} 27. Rd3 {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Morozevich
is missing the last chance to show real resistance with the clever move 27.
Ra5! The attack against the a4 pawn would give him some counterplay and
tactics would miraculously have worked to his benefit.'} (27. Ra5 $1 {Ftacnik}
R4c6 (27... Rxc3 28. bxc3 Rxc3 29. Ra8+ Bf8 30. Qc1 $14) (27... e6 $145 $1 {
[%cal Rf6d8] (Fritz) /\ 28...d5, 28...Qd8} 28. Rxa4 (28. Rd1 d5) (28. Rc1 Qd8)
28... Rxa4 29. Nxa4 Qf5 30. Qb3 (30. Nc3 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Qb5+ 32. Kc1 Qa4 $17)
30... b5 31. Nc3 Bxc3 32. bxc3 $17) 28. Rc1 (28. Rxa4 $6 d5 (28... Qg6 29. Qxe7
b5 30. f5 Qxf5 31. Rf4 Qg6 32. Rhf1 $11) 29. Rd1 Rxc3 30. bxc3 Rxc3 $17) 28...
Rxc3 (28... e6 29. Nxa4 d5 $13) 29. bxc3 Rxc3 30. Ra8+ Bf8 31. Qb6 Rxa3 32. Qb2
Rc3 33. Rxa4 Bg7 $13) 27... b5 $19 {[%cal Gb5b4] Now black's attack is
unstoppable.} 28. Qc1 e6 {No rash, while Rxc3 would also lead to a winning
position.} (28... Rxc3 29. bxc3 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Qxc3 31. Ka2 d5 $19 {white is
tied up in a defense.}) 29. Re1 d5 {Dreev increases the pressure on white's
position, without sacrificing any material.} 30. Re2 b4 {Ftacnik: 'Even an eye
of a laymen would recognize, that White has fallen under the wheels of the
unstoppable machinery.'} 31. Nxa4 (31. axb4 a3 $1 $19) (31. Nd1 Rb8 32. axb4
Rcxb4 33. c3 Rb3 $19 {[%cal Ra4a3]}) 31... bxa3 32. Rxa3 Ra8 {The task is
completed - white loses at least a knight.} 33. Nb6 (33. b3 Rcxa4 34. bxa4 Rb8+
$19) 33... Rxa3 34. Nxc4 dxc4 35. Re4 Ra4 {Dreev doesn't give up even a single
pawn!} 36. c3 Qf5 {A very painful defeat of the world No. 4. In round 3 Moro
failed to recover and lost one more game (to Tseshkovsky) losing all chances
to win the championship...} (36... Qf5 37. Qc2 Qa5 {and so on.}) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Re1 (7. d4 {
is the main move, which gives White chances to fight for an advantage. However,
Morozevich is known for his aversion against the well-trodden paths.}) 7... Ne4
({Black can also play} 7... d5 8. d4 O-O $5 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. Qa4 Qc8 11. cxb6
axb6 12. Qb4 Nd5 $1 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. e4 Nc6 15. Qxb6 Be6 $44 16. e5 Rb8 17.
Qe3 Nb4 18. Nd4 Nd3 19. Nc6 Rb7 20. Re2 Rc7 21. Qb6 Bg4 22. Re3 Bh3 23. Bf3 Bg4
24. Bg2 Bh3 25. Bf3 $11 {1/2,Henrichs,T-Alterman,B/Recklinghausen/1998/}) ({
The most usual continuation is} 7... O-O 8. e4 Nc6 {After} 9. e5 Ne8 10. d4
Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 cxd4 13. Qxd4 d6 14. Bf4 dxe5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16.
Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 e6 {White's edge is infinitesimal and indeed he has never
managed to win a game from this position:} 18. c5 (18. Rc1 Nf6 19. Re2 Rd7 $11
{1/2,Olafsson,H-Schandorff,L/Aarhus/2003/}) 18... Nf6 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Rb5 Rd6
21. Rd1 Rfd8 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Kf3 Rc6 24. Rb4 h5 25. h3 Kg7 $11 {/+/=,
Tolstikh,N-Kaiumov,D/Cheliabinsk/1993/}) 8. Qc2 ({White's main try is} 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. d4 {, but even here Black has the active} (9. d3 Bb7 10. d4 cxd4 11.
Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nc6 $11 {is too sterile.}) 9... O-O (9... cxd4 $143 10. Bh6
$1 Bxh6 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Qxe4 $14) 10. d5 b5 $5 (10... e6 11. Bf1 $1 exd5 12.
cxd5 h6 (12... Bxf3 $142 $14) 13. Qb3 d6 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. Nc4 Bc8 16. a4 Ba6 17.
e4 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nd7 19. f4 a6 20. Qd3 $14 {Lobron,E-Bandza,A/Wiesbaden/1993/})
11. cxb5 a6 12. bxa6 (12. Bf1 d6 13. Nh4 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qxb5 15. Bc3 Qb7 16. Bg2
$11 {1/2,Romanishin,O-Conquest,S/EU-ch St.Vincent/2000/}) 12... Rxa6 13. Ng5 (
13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 d6 15. Nc4 Nd7 16. e4 Qa8 17. a3 Ra4 18. Qc2 Qa6 19. Ne3
Ne5 20. Rd1 Rd4 21. Ra2 {Summerscale,A-Adams,M/BCF-ch Hove/1997/} f5 $5 $36 {
M.Adams}) 13... Bxg2 14. Kxg2 d6 15. e4 Nd7 16. h4 Qa8 17. a3 h6 18. Nh3 Ra4
19. h5 g5 20. f4 g4 $1 21. Qxg4 f5 22. Qf3 (22. exf5 $2 Ne5 23. Qd1 Rd4 $19 {
Andonov,B-Antic,D/Obrenovac/2002/}) 22... fxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Nf6 $44)
8... Nxc3 9. dxc3 {More common, than the other recapture} (9. bxc3 O-O (9...
Nc6 10. e4 d6 11. Nh4 e5 $6 {Black shouldn't limit his Bg7, it's better to
strive for a set-up with e6 and f5.} 12. Bh3 O-O 13. d3 Bc8 14. Bxc8 Qxc8 15.
Qe2 Qh3 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. f3 f5 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Nxg2 fxe4 20. fxe4 Rf3 21. Re3
Rcf8 22. Rxf3 Rxf3 23. Ne1 Rf7 24. Kg2 Kf8 25. Nf3 Bf6 26. g4 Nd8 27. g5 Bg7
28. a4 Ne6 29. h4 $14 {()|^,Krivoshey,S-Lipka,J/SVK-chT/1996/}) 10. e4 Nc6 11.
d3 d6 12. h4 Qd7 13. h5 Ne5 $5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. h6 Bh8 16. a4 Rad8 $132 {
Gurevich,D-Shvidler,E/Beersheba/1984/}) 9... d6 10. Bf4 (10. Bg5 Nd7 11. Rad1
Qc7 12. e4 h6 13. Bc1 g5 $5 (13... O-O $11 {is less ambitious. With the
text-move Black increases his [+] control and prepares 0-0-0.}) 14. Qe2 (14.
Bh3 $5) 14... Bf6 15. Nd2 h5 16. Nf1 O-O-O $1 17. Ne3 e6 18. f4 $2 gxf4 19.
gxf4 Bh4 20. Rf1 Rdg8 21. Kh1 Nf6 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Ne4 $17 {Cummings,
D-Speelman,J/BCF-chT 9798/1998/ /\} 24. Rf4 Qxe5 25. Rxh4 Rxg2 $1 $19) (10. e4
Nd7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Rad1 h6 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Qe2 Rad8 15. Nh4 Kh7 16. Bc1 Bc6
17. f4 Qb7 18. g4 Nf6 19. h3 a5 20. Qc2 e5 21. f5 g5 22. Nf3 Rh8 $13 {Gabriel,
C-Mandl,R/BL2S 9091/1990/}) (10. h4 $5 h5 (10... h6 {is perhaps more
circumspect.}) 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. e4 Qc7 13. Rad1 Ne5 14. b3 O-O 15. Nh2 Rfe8 16.
Qd2 Rad8 17. Bh6 Bc8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qe2 Ng4 20. Nf1 Nf6 21. Rd2 Bg4 22. f3
Bc8 23. Red1 Kg8 24. Kh2 a6 25. Ne3 Bb7 26. Bh3 e6 27. Rd3 Rd7 28. Qd2 Red8 $11
{Tolstikh,N-Ivanov,T/Novosibirsk/1999/}) 10... Nd7 (10... Nc6 11. Rad1 Qc7 12.
h4 h6 13. a3 Rd8 14. e4 e6 15. Rd3 {1/2,Vitiugov,N-Tomashevsky,E/Kazan/2003/}
Ne5 $11) 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. e4 Ne5 $5 (12... O-O 13. Qd2 (13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 $15) 13... Ne5 $11) 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 O-O $11 {[%mdl 16]
Although the opening gave rise to an original pawn-structure, the resulting
position is more or less lifeless. All B are limited by the P and both sides
have little possibilities for active play.} 15. b4 {The advance} (15. f4 $6
exf4 16. gxf4 Rad8 $15 {would only weaken White's position in the [+].}) 15...
e6 $1 (15... cxb4 $2 16. cxb4 $36 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Gc4c5] o^c}) ({Moving the
f-pawn is quite risky also for Black for similar reasons - his P become shaky.
} 15... f5 16. exf5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 gxf5 18. f3 $13 {/+/=}) 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Qa4
Rfc8 18. Rb1 (18. Rd7 Qb6 (18... Bc6 19. Rxc7 Bxa4 20. Rxc5 $14) 19. Qa3 Bf8 {
[%cal Rb7c6] /\Bc6=}) 18... Bf8 {Black has protected his only weakness and the
game heads towards a peaceful conclusion.} 19. Qa3 {[%cal Yb1b5] /\Rb5} Qc6 $1
20. Rb3 (20. Rb5 $2 Ba6) 20... Ba6 21. Bf1 Rcb8 22. Bg5 (22. f3 Rb6 $11) 22...
h6 23. Bf6 Bg7 24. Be7 (24. Bxg7 $6 Kxg7 $15) 24... Bf8 {If White doesn't want
to exchange his B for the passive Bf8, he can't avoid repetition.} 25. Bf6 Bg7
26. Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. g5 $6 {Motylev is trying to open up the position,
since he believes in the potential of his better developed pieces. The
exchange of pawns compromises positionally White's structure, Black can
immediately begin the fight for an advantage.} (11. Bd3 Bb7 (11... Qc7 12. Kb1
Bb7 13. h4 Nfd7 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Rxh1 16. Rxh1 b4 17. Nce2 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5
19. Nf4 Nxf3 20. Nxf3 Bxf3 21. Rf1 Qc6 22. Qf2 {1-0 Solozhenkin,E-Agrest,E/
Leningrad 1989/ (48)}) 12. Rhe1 Qa5 13. Kb1 b4 14. Nce2 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. f4
Nxg4 17. Bg1 Be7 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. h3 Ngf6 20. Bd4 Bd6 {0-1 Schneider,D-Belov,V/
Moscow 2004/ (43)}) (11. a3 Bb7 12. Rg1 (12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Be2 Nfd7 14. f4 Nc4
15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Rhe1 Be7 17. Bf2 O-O 18. h4 Nc5 19. g5 h5 20. b3 Rxc3 21.
Qxc3 Nxe4 22. Qe3 Qa5 23. Rd3 g6 24. Kb2 Rc8 {0-1 Grischuk,A-Belov,V/playchess.
com INT 2004/ (54)}) 12... Rc8 13. h4 Nfd7 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Nb6 16. g6 Nbc4
17. gxf7+ Kd7 18. Qe1 Qh4 19. Qxh4 Rxh4 20. Bf2 Rh7 21. f4 Nxf7 22. Rg3 Re8 23.
Bh3 {1-0 Kovalev,A-Agrest,E/Passau 1994/ (30)}) 11... hxg5 12. Bxg5 Bb7 13. Rg1
(13. f4 $2 Ned7 14. Bg2 b4 $1 15. Na4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxd8 Nxd2 18. Kxd2
Rxd8 19. Nc6 Rc8 20. Nxb4 Rc4 $19) 13... Qa5 (13... b4 $5 14. Nb1 Qa5 15. a3 d5
$15) 14. a3 (14. Kb1 b4 15. Nce2 Nc4 16. Qd3 Rc8 $15) 14... Rc8 (14... b4 15.
Na2 d5 (15... Nxf3 16. Nxf3 Nxe4 17. Qxb4 Qxb4 18. Nxb4 Nxg5 19. Nxg5 Rxh2 20.
Bd3 $16) 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Nxb4 Bxb4 19. Qxb4 Qxb4 20. axb4 Rxh2
$11) 15. Kb1 (15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Nd4 d5 $15) 15... Rxc3 $5 {[%mdl
1024] Very typical exchange sacrifice, Grischuk is connecting it with an
unusual idea. The only problem for Black was the attacking potential of the
opponent, without queens on the board the theme is endgame.} 16. Qxc3 (16. bxc3
Nxf3 $1 (16... Qxa3 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. f4 $15) 17. Nxf3 Nxe4 18. Qe3 Nxc3+ 19.
Kc1 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxa3+ 21. Kd2 d5 $19) 16... Qxc3 17. bxc3 Rxh2 18. Bf4 Rh5 (
18... Rh8 19. c4 bxc4 20. Ka2 Nfd7 21. Rb1 Nc5 $13) 19. Rg5 $6 {Somewhat
paradoxicaly it was probably better to part with bishop's pair 19.Bxe5!?,
since White would get the chance to solve the problems of his pawn structure.}
(19. Bxe5 $5 dxe5 (19... Rxe5 20. c4 bxc4 21. Bxc4 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Rd3 $11
) 20. Nb3 g5 21. c4 b4 $11) 19... Rxg5 20. Bxg5 Nfd7 (20... d5 21. Bxf6 gxf6
22. exd5 Bxd5 23. a4 $11) 21. a4 (21. c4 bxc4 (21... Nxc4 22. a4 $14) 22. Be2
Nc5 $15) 21... bxa4 22. Be2 Nc5 23. c4 (23. Rh1 d5 24. exd5 Bxd5 $15) 23... g6
24. Rh1 Ned7 25. Rh8 $2 {White is making a rare mistake in a difficult
position. The knight is seldom trapped on the central square d4.} (25. Bd3 Bg7
26. Be3 f5 $17) 25... e5 $1 26. c3 exd4 27. cxd4 Bxe4+ $1 {Grischuk calculates
variations excellently, the game move uses phantasy to win the material.} (
27... Ne6 28. Be3 Ke7 29. d5 Bg7 30. Rg8 Nd4 31. Rxg7 Nxe2 $17) 28. fxe4 (28.
Kb2 Ne6 29. Be3 Bf5 $19) 28... Nxe4 29. c5 (29. Bd1 $5 Nxg5 30. Bxa4 Ne6 (30...
Ke7 31. Bxd7 Bg7 32. Rg8 Bxd4 33. Bc6 Ne6 $19) 31. Bxd7+ Kxd7 32. d5 Ke7 33.
dxe6 fxe6 $19) 29... Nxg5 (29... dxc5 30. Be3 Nc3+ 31. Kc2 Nxe2 (31... cxd4 32.
Bxa6 dxe3 33. Kxc3 Ke7 $17) 32. dxc5 Ne5 33. Kd2 Ng3 34. Bf4 Ne4+ 35. Ke3 Nxc5
36. Bxe5 $17) 30. c6 Nb6 31. Bxa6 (31. c7 Ne6 $19) 31... Ne6 32. Ka2 d5 33. Rh1
Bd6 34. Rh8+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O d6 10. Ndb5 {I can hardly understand why Black goes for this
position as it simply looks like a clear advantage for White. Moreover the
results confirm this evaluation. Nevertheless strong players like Malakhov,
Efimenko and Tseshkovsky believe in Black'sposition.} Bd7 {[%cal Ga5a4] It's
funny that only this move wasn't covered in the last magazine. In fact this is
another way to force a4.} (10... b6 {occuried in the game Nataf,IA-Efimenko,Z,
Montreal-A 2004. This game as well as other possibilities on the 10th move of
black can be found in CBM103[Mikhalevski,V].}) 11. f3 {[%csl Ge4] Protecting
the e4-pawn White prevents a4.} ({Earier this year White tested} 11. Qe2 {
and obtained a clear advantage after dubious play of Black.} Ng4 12. Bg5 h6 13.
Bd2 e5 $2 (13... Nf6 $142) 14. h3 Nd4 15. Qd3 $16 {1-0 Kupreichik,V-Lavretzkij,
R/Minsk BLR 2004/The Week in Chess 495 (34). (34)}) 11... Ne5 {[%cal Ga5a4]
Renewing the idea of a4.} ({Black also tried} 11... Nb4 {with the same idea.}
12. Qe2 Bc6 13. Na4 $14 {1-0 Ibarra Jerez,J-Ducros Salva,A/Mondariz 2003/EXT
2004 (42). (41)} (13. a3 $1 Na6 14. Rad1 $16)) ({Immediate} 11... a4 $2 {
is just bad:} 12. Nxa4 Nb4 13. c4 Bxb5 $2 14. cxb5 Qa5 15. a3 {[%csl Rb4] 1-0
Cheparinov,I-Alonso Sanchez,V/Malaga 2003/CBM 92 ext (15).}) 12. a4 {White
stabilizes position on the queenside. The only drawback of the move is giving
up the b4-square.} (12. Qe2 {[%csl Gb5] protecting the b5-knight and preparing
Rad1 is also worth considering.}) 12... Rc8 {[%cal Ge5c4]} 13. Qe2 Be6 $1 {
[%csl Gc4] Black is fighing for the c4-square.} 14. Bxe6 (14. Nd5 $5 {is
interesting with the idea to prevent activity of the black pieces on the
queenside.}) 14... fxe6 15. b3 {[%csl Rc2,Gc4] White covers the c4-square, but
his c2-pawn may become a target.} (15. Na7 $5 {distracts the rook from the
c4-square and thus gives White some extra time.} Ra8 16. Rad1 $14) 15... Nc6 {
[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc6b4] The knight goes to b4 to create additional pressure on
c2.} 16. Qd2 {White is dealing more with the idea of Nh5-f4, which is not
really dangerous than with the weakness of the c2-pawn.} ({Another way to the
queenside is} 16. Rad1 $1 Nb4 17. Rd2 {[%cal Gc3b1,Gc2c3] preparing Nb1
followed by c3.}) 16... Nb4 17. Nd4 Qd7 {It seems that White lost the tread,
however his position is still better and he finds the right way to improve it.}
18. Rac1 $1 {[%csl Rc2]} e5 19. Ndb5 e6 {[%cal Gd6d5] Black prepares a typical
break in the centre and thus forces White to go for the following line:} 20.
Bb6 $1 {Motylev accepts the challenge.} d5 21. Bxa5 Nc6 22. Bb6 dxe4 23. Nxe4
$1 ({Of course not} 23. Qxd7 $6 Nxd7 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ge4f3]}) 23... Qxd2 24.
Nxd2 Bh6 $1 {[%csl Rc1,Rd2]} 25. Rcd1 Nd5 26. Bf2 Na5 $1 {[%csl Rc2] Probably
Black prepared this idea playing e6 or he simply has a good feel of initiative.
Now it's not easy to protect the c2-pawn.} 27. Na3 $1 {A strong exchange
sacrifice. White prefers to keep a better pawn structure an exchange down over
a positional advantage with an equal material.} (27. Ne4 Rxc2 $14) 27... Nc3
28. Bb6 $1 Nc6 29. Ne4 $1 {[%csl Re5,Re6] The knight comes to the best
blocking square.} Nxd1 30. Rxd1 Nd4 $1 31. Bxd4 exd4 32. Kf1 Rfd8 33. Ke2 Bf8
34. Nc4 Be7 35. Kd3 $14 {This is the position White was striving for sacrifing
an exchange. The knights are extremely strong, however it's not easy to break
Black's defense.} Rc7 36. Re1 {[%csl Re6]} Rd5 37. Nb6 Rh5 38. h3 Rc6 39. Nc4
Rd5 40. f4 $1 {[%cal Gg2g3,Gh3h4] Now White improves pawn structure on the
kingside.} Rd8 41. g3 $1 Kg7 42. h4 h6 43. Ne5 Rc7 44. Nc4 Rc6 45. Ne5 Rc7 46.
Nc4 Rc6 47. Re2 {Certainly White is not going to repeat the moves as his
position is better.} Rd5 48. Ned2 {[%cal Gd2f3]} g5 $1 {Black has to trade
some pawns to simplify the defense.} 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Nf3 $1 gxf4 51. gxf4 $16
{[%csl Rd4,Re6]} Bf6 (51... Bc5 $5) 52. Nfe5 $5 ({White doesn't want to win
the d4-pawn yet as it would force him to trade a knight for the "bad" bishop
and which is even more important a pair of rooks.} 52. Re4) 52... Bxe5 53. fxe5
Rc7 $2 {Tired veteran commits a serious error.} (53... Rc8 $1 {allows Black to
keep the d4-pawn for a while:} 54. Rg2+ $1 Kh7 55. Rg4 Rcd8 {and White still
has to show how to make progress.}) 54. Re4 $1 {[%csl Rd4]} Kf8 ({Now} 54...
Rcd7 $2 {is just bad in view of} 55. Nb6 {[%csl Rd5,Rd7]}) ({The position
which arises after} 54... Rf7 55. Rxd4 Rf3+ 56. Ke4 Rf4+ 57. Kxf4 Rxd4+ 58. Ke3
Rd5 59. Ke4 {could also arise in the game with the black king on f8.}) 55. Rxd4
Ke7 (55... Rcd7 $5 {could lead to transposition after} 56. c3 $1 (56. Rxd5
Rxd5+ 57. Ke4 {Compare with 54...Rf7.}) 56... Ke7) 56. a5 Rcd7 57. c3 Rxd4+ (
57... Rb5 $5 {looks like a tougher defense.} 58. b4 Rxd4+ 59. Kxd4 Rd5+) 58.
cxd4 Kd8 59. Nb6 Rc7 $6 ({I believe it would be better to keep the rook more
active.} 59... Rh7 60. Na4 Kc7 61. Nc5 Rh6 {[%cal Gb7b6]}) 60. Na4 $1 {[%cal
Ga4c5] The knight goes to c5. A nice winning manoeuvre, which was probably
missed by Tseshkovsky.} Re7 {A sad necessity. Black has to agree to a passive
defense.} 61. Kc4 Kc7 62. Kb5 $1 $18 {Not allowing to trade the a-pawn.} (62.
Nc5 b6) 62... Rh7 63. Nc5 Rh6 64. b4 Rg6 65. a6 $1 {Now the b-pawn goes
forward with the decisive effect.} bxa6+ ({Also hopeless} 65... b6 66. a7 Rg8
67. Nxe6+ Kb7 68. d5 $18) 66. Kxa6 Kc6 (66... Rg1 67. Nxe6+ Kd7 68. Nc5+ {
should be also enough for a win.}) 67. b5+ Kd5 68. b6 Rg1 (68... Kxd4 $5 69. b7
Rg8 70. Nd7 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ga6a7,Ga6b6,Gb6c7] White keeps the e5-pawn and
threatens to win the rook.} Rd8 {The last try, but the position after} 71. Kb6
{[%cal Gb6c7]} Rxd7 72. b8=Q Rd5 73. Qd6 {is a theoretical win for White.
Nevertheless this would be the best practical chance.}) 69. b7 Rb1 70. Ka7 Kxd4
71. Nd7 Ra1+ 72. Kb6 Rb1+ 73. Kc7 {A nice technical win of Motylev despite or
thanks to a very good fight which was given byTseshkovsky.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 a6 12. Na4 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. c4
Rb8 15. Be2 Nc5 16. Nb6 Rd8 17. b4 e5 18. Rd2 Ne6 19. Rb2 Nd4 20. Kd2 Be6 21.
Ke3 g6 22. Bd3 f5 23. a4 f4+ 24. Kf2 g5 25. h3 h5 26. a5 Rh8 27. b5 g4 28. Nd5+
Bxd5 29. exd5 g3+ 30. Ke1 Ra8 31. Kd2 axb5 32. Ra1 b6 33. cxb5 Rxa5 34. Rxa5
bxa5 35. h4 Rb8 36. b6 a4 37. Rb4 a3 38. Bc4 e4 39. fxe4 f3 40. Rb1 fxg2 41.
Ke3 Rxb6 42. Rg1 Nc2+ 43. Kf4 Rb4 44. Bd3 Rb2 45. Bc4 Nd4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Na3 Kf8 11. Nc4 Kg7 12. Bd2 Ngf6 13. Bc3 Re8 14. f4 d5 15.
Ne3 dxe4 16. Bxe4 e5 17. Ba5 b6 18. Bxa8 bxa5 19. f5 Qc7 20. Kh1 Nb6 21. Bf3
gxf5 22. g3 a4 23. Nd2 Bc5 24. Ndc4 Nxc4 25. Qxc4 Be6 26. Qc3 Qb6 27. Nc4 Bxc4
28. Qxc4 e4 29. Be2 Re5 30. Qxa6 Qxb2 31. Qxa4 Nd5 32. Qb3 Qa3 33. Qxa3 Bxa3
34. Rfb1 f4 35. Rb5 Kf6 36. Bc4 Ne3 37. Rxe5 Kxe5 38. gxf4+ Kxf4 39. Bxf7 Nxc2
40. Rf1+ Ke5 41. Rd1 Nd4 42. Bh5 e3 {In spite of being a whole exchange down,
Black has set up an impressive central domination. However, the outside passed
a-pawn will incline the balance clearly to White's favour. Black would have
needed a longer ranged piece (for instance, an additional rook for both sides)
to fight against it.} 43. Kg2 Ke4 44. Kf1 Bb4 ({In case of} 44... Bd6 {White
should ignore the threat against the h-pawn and continue with} 45. a4 (45. h3 {
would weaken the g3-square and after} Bb4 {White would face problems building
the same light squared fortress as in the game, because of the permanent
threat of Nf5-g3.}) 45... Bxh2 46. a5 Bb8 47. Rb1) 45. Be2 Bd2 46. Rb1 h5 $5
47. Rb8 {Safest. White activates his rook.} ({He didn't feel like allowing
unnecessary complications with} 47. Bxh5 {although after} Kd3 48. Bg6+ Kc3 {
even the apparanetly careless} 49. h4 {would be possible, since after} e2+ 50.
Kf2 e1=Q+ 51. Rxe1 Bxe1+ 52. Kxe1 {Black cannot save the game by capturing the
h-pawn with} Nf3+ 53. Kf2 Nxh4 {because of} 54. Bb1 $1 {(The only winning move
according to the Nalimov databases.) threatening to win the knight with Kg3}
Kb2 55. a4 Kxb1 56. a5 {and the other pawn is unstoppable.}) 47... h4 48. Rg8
Kf5 49. a4 Ba5 50. Rh8 Nxe2 {(A necessary concession, in order to make the
g4-square available.)} 51. Kxe2 Kg4 52. Ra8 Bc7 53. a5 Kh3 54. a6 Bb6 55. Rh8
$1 {Avoiding a last trap.} ({The premature} 55. a7 $2 {would lead to a draw
after} Kxh2 $11 {since the rook would be stuck on a8,defending the pawn.}) ({
The idea behind} 55. Rh8 {is to restrict Black's king's activity support the
pawn laterally, for instance} Bc5 56. Rh7 Bb6 57. a7 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 {One of the methods to
fight against 9.Nd5: Black goes for a slightly inferior, but drawish position.
These days the evaluation "it's a draw" seems to be more to the point than
"White is slightly better".} 13. a4 bxa4 14. Ncb4 Bd7 15. Bxa6 Nxb4 16. Nxb4
Qa5 17. Qxd6 Rb6 18. Qd3 (18. Qc7 Rxa6 19. Nxa6 Qxa6 20. Qxe5+ Be7 21. Qxg7 Bf6
22. Qg3 Qc4 23. Qf3 (23. Qb8+ Ke7 24. Qb7 Rc8 25. Rd1 Rc7 26. Qd5 Qxd5 27. Rxd5
Rb7 28. Rd2 a3 $1 $19 {0-1 Hermida Gonzalez,P-Sanchez Repullo,D/Asturias 1999 
(54)}) 23... Bb5 24. O-O-O Bg7 25. Rd5 a3 $40 {0-1 Groselj,P-Medvegy,N/Bled
1997/EXT 99 (34)}) 18... Be7 (18... Be6 19. O-O $16) (18... Rxb4 19. cxb4 Qxb4+
20. Kf1 $16 {1-0 Aseev,K-Volzhin,A/Elista 1996/CBM 56 (28)}) 19. Nd5 (19. Rd1
Be6 20. O-O O-O 21. Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Yakovich,Y/Gausdal 2000}) 19...
Rxb2 20. O-O (20. Nxe7 Kxe7 21. O-O (21. O-O-O $2 Rhb8 22. Qd6+ Ke8 23. Rd3 Bg4
24. Qc6+ Kf8 25. Rd5 Qb6 {0-1 Gabrielian,A-Smirnov,P/Russia 2000}) 21... Rd8
$11 {0-1 Esplana,C-Medvegy,Z/Rio de Janeiro 1998 (31)}) 20... Qc5 (20... Bc5
21. Qg3 Kf8 22. Bc4 $14) 21. Rab1 (21. Qg3 O-O 22. Qxe5 Bd6 23. Qd4 Ra8 24. Bc4
a3 $44 {0-1 Sharapov,E-Yagupov,I/Alushta 2000 (39)}) (21. Rad1 $5 Bc6 ({
dubious is} 21... Be6 22. Nxe7 Kxe7 23. Qg3 Kf6) (21... Bg4 $6 22. Rb1 Be2 $2
23. Qg3 $1 {1-0 Wodniczak,A-Martin,J/IECG 2001/D Corr 2002 (23)} (23. Qg3 Bxf1
24. Rxb2 Bxa6 25. Rb8+ Bc8 26. Qxg7 Rf8 27. Qxe5 $18)) 22. Qg3 (22. Nc7+ Kf8
$13) 22... O-O 23. Qxe5 Bd6 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Bxe4 $44) (21.
c4 O-O $5 (21... Rb3 22. Qe2 O-O 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. cxb5 Bd8 25. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 26.
Rxb1 Bb6 27. Qe3 $5 $14 {1-0 Socko,B-Krush,I/Bermuda 2002 (61)}) 22. Qc3 $140 (
22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Qxd7 a3) (22. Bb5 $142 Bxb5 23. cxb5 Bd8 24. Rab1 a3 $13)
22... Rb3 23. Qxe5 Bd6 24. Qh5 f5 $44) 21... Rxb1 22. Rxb1 O-O 23. Bb5 Be8 24.
Bxe8 Rxe8 25. Rb7 ({After} 25. Qa6 a3 26. Rb5 Qd6 27. Nxe7+ Qxe7 28. Rb3 {
even if White wins a pawn, thge position is drawish. For instance:} Rd8 29. g3
h6 30. Qxa3 Qd7 31. Rb1 Qd3 32. Re1 Rc8 33. Re3 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Rb8 35. Qa6 Rb1
36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Kh3 Qf1+ 39. Kg4 g6 40. Qf6 Qd1+ 41. Kh3 Qf1+ 42.
Kg4 {1/2-1/2 Oortwijn,R-Kiefhaber,H/IECG email 1999 (42)}) 25... Bd6 $1 $146 {
[%mdl 8] Black is the first one to produce a novelty in a position that was
rather wrongly considered harmless for Black anyway.} (25... Bg5 {The
recommended move in theoretical sources, based on the game Leko-Illescas is
clear weaker.} 26. Qd1 $1 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gd1a4,Gd1h5] This might be the
improvement prepared by Motylev.} (26. Qg3 Qa3 27. h4 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Bf4 29. Nxf4
exf4 30. Qd3 Qe1 31. Qd5 Rf8 32. Qd4 Qe2 33. Ra7 Qg4 34. Qxa4 {1/2-1/2 Leko,
P-Illescas Cordoba,M/Madrid 1998}) (26. Qf3 Rf8 27. Qf5 $14) 26... Qa3 (26...
a3 27. Qh5 $18) (26... Ra8 27. Qh5) 27. Ra7 $16 (27. h4 $5 Bxh4 $2 28. Qh5 $18)
) (25... Bf8 $2 26. Qf3 $1 $16) 26. Qa6 (26. Qf3 Rf8 $11) (26. Qd1 {is
pointless now.} a3 $11 (26... Qc4 $5)) 26... a3 $11 {"It's a draw"} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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. 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. Nbd2 (9. Be3 {gained some popularity lately as well.}) 9... Nc5 10. c3
Be7 (10... d4 11. Ng5 {leads to a sharp fight.}) 11. Bc2 d4 {This way black is
trying to create an immediate counterplay, or to force some exchanges and
simplify to a playable endgame.} ({More popular continuation is} 11... Bg4) 12.
Nb3 (12. Ne4 d3 13. Nxc5 {might lead to the same position as after 12.Nb3. The
move in the text gives white another possibility, which took place in current
game...}) 12... d3 13. Bb1 {Svidler does not want to go for a slightly better
endgame, probably being concerned that Motylev prepared an improvement of the
game Svidler-Kaidanov...} (13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3
Rd5 17. c4 bxc4 18. Rac1 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxc2 $14 {1-0 Svidler,
P-Kaidanov,G/Moscow 2003/CBM 94 [Postny,E] (54)}) 13... Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
Be3 {Black's far advanced Pd3 will not survive for long, but black has time to
create counterplay in the centre.} O-O 16. Re1 (16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 c5 18.
Bxd3 cxd4 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Qb1 Bg6 21. Bd2 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 f6 $132 {0-1 Luther,
T-Mikhalevski,V/Port Erin 2003/CBM 96 ext (33)}) 16... Qd5 17. Bd4 Rfd8 ({
A worthy alternative for black is:} 17... d2 18. Nxd2 (18. Re2 Bxb1 19. Rxb1
Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bg5 21. Nf3 Bh6 22. Nxd2 Rad8 23. Qc2 Bxd2 24. Rd1 Qe6 25. Rdxd2
Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Qxb3 $11) (18. Qxd2 Bxb1 19. Raxb1 Qxb3 $11) 18... Bxb1 19. Nxb1
Nxd4 20. cxd4 b4 $1 $132 {[%csl Rb1]}) 18. Re3 Nxd4 19. cxd4 (19. Nxd4 $6 Bg6 {
[%cal Ge7g5]}) 19... c5 (19... Be4 $5 20. Bxd3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qxf3 (21... Qxd4
$2 22. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Rh3 f5 25. e6 $18) 22. Rxf3 Rxd4 23. Bxb5
Rad8 24. Bxa6 Rd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bf1 Bc5 $1 {and black should hold the
endgame without much difficulties.}) 20. Bxd3 cxd4 {Winants: 'Les Noirs sont
parvenus а conserver l'équilibre matériel, mais leur position présente encore
quelque danger car le pion d4 est vulnérable.'} 21. Re2 {This position is
critical for the evaluation of this opening line. From the first glance, black
seems to be OK. However, if white will manage to transfer his knight to a
blockade outpost d3, black will suffer...} Qe6 (21... Bxd3 $1 22. Qxd3 Rac8 {
Mikhalevski,V}) 22. h3 {Covering the g4 square.} ({et} 22. Bxf5 $6 Qxf5 23.
Nxd4 Qd7 $1 (23... Qf4 24. Rd2 Bg5 25. Rd3 Qxe5 26. Nf3 Qf6 $11) 24. Rd2 Bb4
25. Rd3 Bc5 26. Qf3 Bxd4 27. Rad1 Rac8 28. h3 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Qa7+ $15) 22...
Rac8 $1 $146 {This obvious move is definitely better than the previously
played 22...Rd5.} (22... Rd5 $6 23. Ne1 $1 a5 ({Surtout pas} 23... Rxe5 $2 24.
Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Qf3 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rf5] avec attaque double.}) 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25.
Nd3 $14 {1-0 Topalov,V-Piket,J/Antwerp 1997/CBM 61/[Winants] (35)}) 23. Ne1 Rc6
24. Qb1 $6 ({Why not simply to put the knight on d3?} 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Nd3)
24... Bxd3 {[%csl Rb3]} 25. Qxd3 h6 26. f4 Qc8 27. Nf3 $4 {Just a big blunder..
.} ({After the normal prophylactic move} 27. Kh2 {white's chances seems to me
slightly preferable.}) 27... Rc1+ 28. Re1 (28. Rxc1 Qxc1+ {[%csl Rf4][%cal
Gc1f4]}) {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for black.","","","c8c2","The
decisive penetration. This move was probably missed by Svidler, when playing
27.Nf3.",10]} 28... Qc2 $1 {The decisive penetration. This move was probably
missed by Svidler, when playing 27.Nf3.} 29. Qxc2 Rxc2 30. e6 {Desperately
trying to create a counterplay, but Motylev did not miss his chance.} fxe6 31.
Rxe6 Bc5 32. Kh2 d3 {Black's passed pawn is simply unstoppable.} 33. Rd1 d2 34.
Kg3 Rd3 35. Kg4 Bb4 36. Re8+ Kh7 37. f5 Rc1 38. Ne5 {[%cal Ge5g6] The last
chance to create a mating net.} Re3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. f3 a6 10. O-O-O e6 11. Ne2 {Svidler likes to manoeuvre with the
knights in the center against Sicilian Defence.} Be7 12. h4 (12. Nd4 Bd7 (12...
Nxe4 13. Bxe7 Nxd2 14. Bxd8 Nxf1 15. Bb6 Ne3 16. Nxc6 Nxd1 17. Na7 $14) 13. Bd3
) 12... Bb5 (12... h6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. g4 $13) 13. Nd4 Bxf1 14.
Rhxf1 h6 (14... O-O 15. Kb1 Qc7 $11) 15. Be3 Nd7 16. h5 {Dreev could have felt
at home after this move, in his beloved Caro Kann such fixation of the
kingside is quite common.} (16. g3 Ne5 17. Qe2 (17. b3 Qc7 18. Kb1 O-O $11)
17... Nc4 18. f4 $11) 16... Ne5 17. b3 d5 18. exd5 (18. Ne2 Qc7 19. Bf4 Bf6
$132) 18... Qxd5 19. Kb1 b5 {Black has equalised the game and the last move
even indicates ambitions to limit his opponent.} (19... Nc6 20. c4 Qd6 $11) 20.
g4 Nc6 21. Qc1 O-O (21... Nxd4 22. Bxd4 e5 23. Bb2 Qc5 24. f4 $14) 22. Nf5 $1
Qe5 23. Bf4 (23. Bd4 Nxd4 24. Nxe7+ Kh7 25. Nxc8 Ne2 26. Rde1 Rxc8 27. f4 Nc3+
28. Ka1 Qd4 29. Qb2 b4 $14) 23... Qc3 (23... Qf6 $5 24. Nxe7+ Nxe7 25. g5 Qf5
26. gxh6 Nd5 27. Rxd5 (27. hxg7 Nc3+ 28. Kb2 Rfe8 29. Rde1 Nxa2 30. Qd2 Red8
31. Qh2 Nb4 32. Rc1 Nxc2 $13) 27... exd5 28. Rg1 Rfe8 29. Qd2 f6 30. Rxg7+ Kh8
31. Qg2 $14) 24. Rd3 Qa5 {The dance of the Black Queen is over, but from the
square a5 she can not contribute to the defence of her own king.} (24... Qc5
25. Nd6 (25. Nxe7+ Nxe7 26. Bd6 Qa7 27. g5 Rfd8 28. gxh6 Nf5 29. Qg5 Kh7 $11)
25... Nb4 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27. Rd2 Bf6 28. c4 bxc4 29. Qxc4 Qxc4 30. bxc4 Rxc4 31.
Bd6 Nd5 $11) 25. Nxe7+ Nxe7 26. g5 Nd5 $2 {[%mdl 128] Black's defensive
possibilities are surprisingly promising, but Dreev's move is spoiling it. It
was necessary to swap on g5 in order to slow down White's advance.} (26... hxg5
27. Bxg5 (27. Bd6 Nd5 (27... Rfd8 28. Qxg5 Nf5 29. h6 f6 30. Qg2 Qb6 31. Rfd1
Nxh6 $13) 28. Qxg5 Nc3+ 29. Kc1 Qxa2 30. h6 Qxc2+ 31. Kxc2 Ne4+ 32. Kb2 Nxg5
33. Rg1 gxh6 34. f4 Rfd8 35. fxg5 h5 36. Rgg3 $11) 27... Nd5 28. Bd2 b4 29. h6
$14) 27. Bd2 Nc3+ (27... b4 28. gxh6 g6 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Qe1 $18) 28. Rxc3
Rxc3 29. gxh6 b4 (29... Rd8 30. Bxc3 Qxc3 31. hxg7 $18) 30. hxg7 Rd8 31. Bxc3
bxc3 32. h6 {Svidler has won two pawn and they are very close to the promotion
squares. Black can only hope, that his c3 pawn will make the opponent's task
more difficult.} Qe5 (32... Kh7 33. Qe3 Qh5 34. Qxc3 $18) (32... Qd5 33. Rh1
Kh7 34. Qe3 $18) 33. Rd1 Rxd1 34. Qxd1 Qf6 (34... Qg5 35. Qh1 Kh7 36. a4 $18)
35. Qh1 Kh7 (35... Qd8 36. b4 Kh7 37. Qg1 Qg8 38. a4 $18) 36. Qg1 Qd8 37. g8=Q+
$1 {The transfer to the pawn ending is an elegant solution. White will get the
new queen and a point in the tournament crosstable.} (37. g8=Q+ $1 Qxg8 38.
Qxg8+ Kxg8 39. b4 Kh7 40. a4 Kxh6 41. b5 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
Be3 e5 9. Qd2 h6 10. O-O Qe7 11. a3 Nf8 12. b4 Ne6 13. bxc5 Nxc5 14. Rfe1 Ne6
15. a4 Kf8 16. a5 Kg8 17. Na4 Kh7 18. Qc3 Rd8 19. Rab1 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21.
Qc4 Qc7 22. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 {
A somewhat surprising choice from Kramnik's second. Peter has never played
this move before. Possibly his choice is also based on the fact that St.
Petersburg Grandmaster has never won a single tournament game against
Sveshnikov Sicilian (according to MEGA 2005 database) and he just wanted to
try new type of positions. However, it will turn out that this was an
unispired decision.} Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 {The most popular move, traditionally
considered the best by the theory. But these days E.Sveshnikov himself
considers the alternative 8...Ne7 to be at least not worse.} 9. c4 a6 10. Nc3
Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. f3 Bg5 14. Kh1 Nd7 15. b4 a5 (15... b6 {is a
reasonable alternative (without taking on c1 first).}) 16. a3 axb4 17. Bxg5
Qxg5 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Qe3 20. Be2 {This variation gained some popularity
after Leko's win against Krasenkow in 2002. Later black players found ways to
achieve the draw in a slightly worse endgame. Kramnik himself played such an
endgame in 2003 versus Leko and achieved an easy draw. My impression is that
the value of 20.Be2 was overestimated, partially because both Leko and
Krasenkow considered it to be a very strong move.} Nb8 {Filippov's
continuation is more ambitious than 20...b5.} (20... e4 21. Qc1 $1 $14 {
/+/- 1-0 Leko,P-Krasenkow,M/Essen 2002 (41)}) ({Svidler must have found an
improvement somwhere after 20...b5. Here is the game between Leko and Kramnik
in this variation:} 20... b5 21. Qc1 Qxc1 22. Rxc1 bxc4 23. Nb5 Bb7 24. Nxd6
Bxd5 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 e4 27. fxe4 fxe4 28. Kg1 e3 29. Re4 Nf6 30. Rxe3
Rd8 31. Re6 Rb8 32. Re7 Rxb4 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo 2003}) 21.
Qb2 $146 {This novelty hardly changes anything. White is unable to make
progress on the queenside anyway. Svidler soon reaches a very similar position
from Belozerov-Filippov, with an additional possibility to play Nc3-d1 at some
point, but as the game proved, that was a very doubtful achievement.} (21. Qc1
Qb6 22. Qa3 (22. Nb5 Na6 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. c5 Qd8 25. Qc3 Qh4 26. f4 exf4 27.
b5 Qe7 $19 {0-1 Salgado Lopez,I-Khairullin,I/Heraklio 2004 (43)}) 22... Na6 23.
Rb1 Qf2 24. Qb2 Bd7 {Compare this position to the one after move 22...Bd7 from
the main game.} 25. Bf1 (25. Nd1 $4 Qe1+) 25... Qd4 $15 {0-1 Belozerov,
A-Filippov,V/Tomsk 2004 (35)}) 21... Na6 22. Rb1 (22. Ra1 Bd7 23. Nd1 Qd4 (
23... Qb6 24. b5 Nc5 {is also completely okay for Black.}) 24. Qxd4 exd4 25. b5
Nc5 26. Kg1 Re8 27. Kf2 $13) (22. c5 $2 {just loses a pawn:} dxc5 23. Bxa6 bxa6
24. bxc5 Qxc5 $19) 22... Bd7 {In Belozerov-Filippov black queen was on f2 and
White could not play Nd1 because of the mate on e1.} 23. Nd1 Qd4 ({I don't see
any clear advantages of having the knight on d1 after, say} 23... Qb6) 24. Qxd4
exd4 25. Kg1 ({No time for} 25. c5 {due to} Re8 $19 ({but not} 25... dxc5 $2
26. Bxa6 bxa6 27. bxc5 $36)) 25... Rb8 $1 {An amazing prophylactic move
against the advance c4-c5. At the same time Black wants to play ...b5.} (25...
Re8 26. Kf2 (26. Kf1)) (25... Rc8 26. Nf2 $13) (25... Kf7 $6 26. c5 dxc5 27.
Bxa6 bxa6 28. bxc5 $16) 26. b5 (26. Nf2 b5 27. cxb5 Bxb5 28. Bd3 g6 $15 (28...
Bxd3 29. Nxd3 Rb5 30. Rc1 $13 Kf7)) (26. c5 $2 dxc5 27. Bxa6 bxa6 $19 {and the
b-pawn is pinned.}) 26... Nc5 $15 27. Nf2 {Svidler wants to attack the pawn d4,
but Black has a very nice idea to counter that.} (27. Ra1 $142 {at least
preventing Black from taking control of the a-file.}) 27... Ra8 $1 28. Rd1 Ra4
$1 29. Nh3 (29. Rxd4 Bxb5 $17) 29... h6 $1 {White has troubles to find any
good moves.} (29... d3 30. Bxd3 Nxd3 31. Rxd3 Rxc4 32. b6 Rb4 33. Rc3 $132) 30.
Rxd4 (30. Nf4 g5 $17) 30... Bxb5 31. g4 {This looks like a sort of desperation.
Black has considerable positional advantage thanks to his better pieces.} Bd7
$17 32. Rd2 (32. Nf2 b5 {is no fun either.}) 32... fxg4 33. fxg4 Nb3 34. Rb2
Nd4 35. Bf1 (35. Bd1 Ra1 36. Nf2 Ba4 37. Kg2 Bxd1 38. Rd2 Bf3+ 39. Kg3 Rg1+ 40.
Kf4 Bxg4 $17) 35... Bxg4 36. Nf2 Bf3 37. Nh3 Bg4 38. Nf2 Bf3 39. Nh3 g5 $17 {
/-+} 40. Kf2 Bg4 41. Ke3 Nf5+ 42. Kd2 Ra1 43. Bg2 Rd1+ 44. Kc3 Rc1+ 45. Kd3 Re1
46. Nf2 Re3+ 47. Kd2 Re2+ 48. Kc3 Rxb2 49. Kxb2 Ne3 50. Kc3 Bf5 ({also
possible is} 50... Bd7 {or 50...Bc8.}) 51. Be4 Bd7 (51... Kf7 $5) (51... Bxe4
52. Nxe4 Nf5 53. c5 dxc5 54. Kc4 Kf7 55. Kxc5 $132) 52. Kd4 Nf5+ 53. Bxf5 Bxf5
54. c5 dxc5+ 55. Kxc5 Kf7 56. Kb6 (56. Kd6 h5 57. Kc7 b5 58. d6 b4 59. Ne4 g4
60. Ng3 Be6 61. Ne4 Kf8 $19) 56... Ke7 57. Kc7 (57. Kxb7 Kd6 $19) 57... b5 $19
58. d6+ Ke8 59. Nd3 (59. Ne4 b4 60. Nf6+ Kf7 61. Ne4 b3 62. d7 Bxd7 63. Kxd7 b2
64. Nc3 g4 65. Kd6 Kf6 (65... h5 $4 66. Ke5 h4 67. Kf4 g3 68. hxg3 h3 69. Kf3
$11) 66. Kd5 Kf5 67. Kd4 Kf4 68. Kd3 Kf3 69. Kd2 h5 70. Ke1 Kg2 $19) 59... h5
60. Ne1 g4 61. Ng2 b4 62. Ne3 Be6 63. Nc2 h4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. f3 Rd8 11. Nb5 Rd7 12. Qe1 a6 13. N5d4 Rd8 14. Be3 Qc7
15. Nxc6 {Svidler is looking for a new paths in a well known position. The
Black queen will have to retreat from the c6 square after the timely Nd4.} (15.
g4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 d5 17. g5 Nh5 18. Qh4 g6 19. Bd3 dxe4 20. Bxe4 e5 21. Ne2 Be6
22. Nc3 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Korneev,O-Kotronias,V/Port Erin 2003/}) 15... Qxc6 (15...
bxc6 16. Bd2 Rd7 17. Ba5 Qb7 18. g4 $13) 16. g4 b5 (16... d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Qg3
Nc5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. f4 Be7 21. Kb1 $14) 17. Nd4 Qc7 18. Bd2 $5 Nd7 (18... Re8
19. Ba5 Qc5 20. Kb1 Bb7 $13) 19. Ba5 {White originally, but very efficiently
slows down counterplay against his own king from a5 square.} Nb6 20. h4 Bd7 (
20... d5 21. e5 Bb7 22. f4 $14) 21. g5 Rdc8 22. Kb1 Rab8 (22... e5 23. Bxb6
Qxb6 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 b4 26. Qe4 $14) 23. Bh3 Qb7 (23... e5 $2 24. Bxd7
Qxd7 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. Nf5 Rbc6 27. Rh2 $16) 24. Bxb6 {Since Korotylev has
invested many moves in the preparation of the counterplay with Nc4 jump, White
is completing the logic of the move Ba5 with the swap on b6.} Qxb6 25. Qd2 Rc4
(25... Rc5 26. f4 Rbc8 27. h5 $40) 26. h5 Rbc8 (26... Bxg5 $4 27. Qxg5 Rxd4 28.
Rdg1 g6 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Qf6 $18) 27. f4 Qc7 (27... b4 28. Rh2 a5 $132) 28.
Rh2 Rd8 $6 {Black is fooling around, instead he had to look for ways of
attacking on the queenside at any cost.} (28... d5 29. exd5 exd5 30. Bxd7 Qxd7
31. Re2 $14) 29. Bf1 Rc5 (29... Ra4 $2 30. b3 Ra5 31. g6 $16) 30. Nb3 Rc6 31.
Bd3 Bc8 (31... Rc8 32. g6 $16) 32. Rg2 (32. Nd4 Rb6 33. g6 $16) 32... Bf8 (
32... d5 33. e5 Qb6 34. f5 exf5 35. Qf4 g6 36. Rh2 $16) 33. g6 $1 {The
kingside will not be closed any more after this typical attacking measure.} (
33. h6 g6 34. Nd4 Rb6 35. f5 d5 $14) 33... fxg6 (33... h6 34. gxf7+ Qxf7 35. f5
$16) 34. hxg6 h6 35. Nd4 Rc5 (35... Rb6 36. Qe3 $1 Qc5 37. Be2 $16) 36. c3 Qe7
(36... e5 37. Nb3 Rc6 38. Rh2 d5 39. exd5 Rxd5 40. fxe5 Rxe5 41. Rf1 $16) 37.
Bc2 Kh8 (37... d5 38. Re2 $16) 38. Nf3 Rh5 $6 (38... Qf6 39. e5 Qe7 40. Ng5 Rd5
41. Nf7+ Kg8 42. Qe2 $18) (38... Kg8 39. Rh2 d5 40. Ne5 $16) 39. Ne5 $1 {
An excellent jump of the knight with the aim to access f7 close to the Black
king.} Re8 $8 (39... Kg8 40. Nc6 $18) 40. Nf7+ Kg8 41. Qe2 Qh4 (41... Rh4 42.
Nxd6 $18) 42. Rf2 (42. Bb3 Bb7 43. Rgg1 Qh2 $16) (42. Nxd6 $6 Bxd6 43. Rxd6
Qxf4 44. Qxh5 Qxd6 45. e5 Qc5 46. a3 $14) 42... d5 43. a3 (43. exd5 $5 Rxd5 44.
Rdf1 $16) 43... dxe4 $6 {This faulty move improves White pieces, centralizes
the bishop on e4 and opens up the central d file.} (43... Bb7 44. Rff1 (44. Rd2
dxe4 45. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 46. Qxe4 Qh1+ 47. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 48. Kc2 Rg1 $14) 44... Qh2 45.
Qe3 dxe4 46. Bxe4 Qh3 47. Qe1 Bxe4+ 48. Qxe4 Qf5 49. Rfe1 $16) (43... Bc5 44.
Rff1 Qh2 45. Qxh2 Rxh2 46. exd5 exd5 47. Rxd5 $16) 44. Bxe4 Rc5 45. Qe3 Rc4 (
45... Rc7 46. Rfd2 $16) 46. Rfd2 Bc5 47. Qf3 Be7 {[%mdl 128] It looks as if
Korotylev has managed to defend against the worst threats. The following serie
of blows is very impressive.} (47... Qf6 48. Rd8 Rf8 49. Ka2 (49. Rxf8+ Bxf8
50. Ne5 Rc7 51. Qe3 $16) 49... a5 50. Rxf8+ Bxf8 51. Rd8 Qe7 52. Qd3 Ba6 53.
Qd6 Qxd6 54. Nxd6 Rc7 55. f5 $18) 48. Ne5 Rc7 49. Rh1 Qf6 50. Ng4 Qf8 51. Nxh6+
gxh6 52. g7 $1 Qxg7 (52... Qf6 53. Qh5 $18) (52... Kxg7 53. Rxh6 $1 $18) 53.
Rg2 {Svidler has managed to open up the kingside, the fight was decided to his
benefit.} Bf6 (53... Bg5 54. fxg5 hxg5 55. Qh5 $18) 54. Rxh6 Kf8 55. Rxg7 Bxg7
(55... Kxg7 56. Qh5 $18) 56. Rh1 Rd8 (56... e5 57. fxe5+ Rf7 58. Qd3 Rxe5 59.
Qd6+ Ree7 60. Bg6 Bf5+ 61. Bxf5 Rxf5 62. Qxa6 $18) 57. Qe3 Rd6 58. Rg1 Bd7 59.
f5 $1 Be8 (59... exf5 60. Qg3 $18) 60. f6 $1 {A witty small combination at the
end...} Bxf6 61. Qh6+ Ke7 (61... Bg7 62. Qf4+ $18) 62. Rg8 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Bh5 11. h3 Bg6 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Nh5
15. Bd5 Rc8 16. Bb7 Rb8 17. Bc6 Nf4 18. Nf3 Bh5 19. Ba7 Rc8 20. Be3 Bxf3 21.
gxf3 Bg5 22. Kh2 Ng6 23. Rg1 h6 24. Qd5 Qf6 25. Qf5 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Qxf5 27. exf5
Ne5 28. Be4 c6 29. f6 g6 30. f4 Nc4 31. b3 Nb6 32. f5 Rfe8 33. Bh1 Rxe3 34.
fxg6 Re2+ 35. Kg3 fxg6 36. Kf3 Rce8 37. Rxg6+ Kf7 38. Rxh6 Nd5 39. Rf1 Re1 40.
Kf2 R8e2+ 41. Kg1 Rxf1+ 42. Kxf1 Rxa2 43. Bxd5+ cxd5 44. Rh5 Rd2 45. Rf5 a5 46.
Ke1 Rd3 47. b4 a4 48. Ke2 Rxc3 49. Rxd5 a3 50. Rxd6 Rxh3 51. Rd1 Kxf6 52. Kd2
Ke5 53. Kc2 Ke4 54. Rd8 a2 55. Kb2 Ra3 56. Ka1 Ra4 57. Rd7 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8.
O-O Bd6 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 h6 11. Qe2 Nf6 12. Bd2 b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Bc1 Ne7
15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Bf4 Ned5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bd2 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qh4 20. b3 Rfd8
21. h3 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Qg4 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Qg5 25. Qg4 Kf8 26. f4 Qxg4 27.
hxg4 Ke7 28. Kf2 Rc5 29. g3 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Bb3
O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. a3 a5 10. h3 {Ftacnik: 'Timofeev has avoided the sharp
variations of the open Sicilian, his goal is to control the center with pawns.'
} (10. a4 {Ftacnik} b4 11. Bg5 Rb8 12. Nbd2 bxc3 13. bxc3 Ng4 14. Qc2 Nge5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nd7 18. Nf3 Ba6 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. Rb1 $16 {
1-0 Sitnikov,D-Utnasunov,A/Vladimir 2002/ (26)}) 10... Nd7 11. Be3 (11. d4 $5)
(11. a4 {Ftacnik} b4 12. Be3 Ba6 $15) 11... a4 12. Bc2 (12. Ba2 $5 Bb7 {Ftacnik
} 13. Nbd2 e6 14. d4 Qc7 $11) 12... Nb6 (12... Nde5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. f4 Nc6
15. d4 $140 cxd4 16. cxd4 e5 $1) 13. Nbd2 e5 (13... f5 $5) 14. b4 $5 {Ftacnik:
'At this stage the contours of the pawn structure were getting a "Spanish"
character. White begins with activity due to the threat of f7-f5.'} (14. Nh2 {
Ftacnik} f5 $1 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 Nd5 $17) 14... axb3 (14... cxb4 {Ftacnik}
15. cxb4 Be6 16. Rc1 $11) 15. Bxb3 {[%csl Gb3]} (15. Nxb3 {Ftacnik} f5 16. Qe2
Qc7 $15) 15... Bd7 16. Qc2 Ra6 {[%csl Ra3]} 17. Reb1 Qa8 18. Qc1 {Ftacnik:
'The position full of pieces was loaded with tactical possibilities. White was
probably right to avoid complications after 18.Ba2.'} (18. Ba2 {Ftacnik} Rxa3
19. Rxb5 Nd4 $1 (19... Nb4 20. cxb4 (20. Rxb4 cxb4 21. Bxb6 Be6 22. cxb4 Rxa2
23. Rxa2 Bxa2 $15) 20... Bxb5 21. Qb2 Ra4 (21... cxb4 22. Bxb6 Qa6 23. Qxb4 Ra4
24. Qb2 Ra8 25. Kh2 Qxb6 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rxa4 Rxa4 28. Nc4 Qc6 29. Qxb5 Qxb5
30. Nxd6+ Ke6 31. Nxb5 $11) 22. bxc5 Nc8 23. Qxb5 Rxa2 24. Rxa2 Qxa2 25. Qd7
$13) 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Rxb6 dxe3 22. Nb1 exf2+ 23. Qxf2 Ra5 24. Bd5 Rxa1 25.
Bxa8 Bxc3 $15) 18... Na5 19. Ba2 Qc6 $36 20. d4 $6 {White clearly
overestimates his chances.} (20. Ne1 {[%csl Re1][%cal Ge1c2]}) (20. Qc2 {
Ftacnik} Rfa8 21. Ng5 Be8 22. c4 bxc4 23. dxc4 Qc7 $15) 20... c4 $1 {[%csl Ra2]
Kasparov keeps full control over the queenside but it is still not so easy to
create real threats.} 21. dxe5 (21. d5 Qc7 {[%cal Ga5b7,Gb7c5]} 22. Rb4 {
Ftacnik} Na4 $15) (21. Rb4 $5 {Ftacnik} Qc7 (21... f5 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Rab1
fxe4 24. Rxb5 exf3 25. Rxb6 Rxb6 26. Rxb6 Qd5 $11) 22. Rab1 Na4 23. Qc2 $13)
21... dxe5 22. Bxb6 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The classical rules of positional
play are strongly warning not to exchange bishops for knights without a good
reason. Timofeev will get some breathing space, but his chances will be
inferior.'} (22. Qb2 Na4 {[%csl Ga4]}) (22. Rb4 {Ftacnik} Qc7 23. Rab1 Rd8 24.
Bxb6 Rxb6 25. Nxc4 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 Bf8 27. Bd5 Bxb4 28. cxb4 $44) 22... Rxb6 {
[%csl Ra2]} 23. a4 $5 (23. Rb4 {Ftacnik} Rfb8 $15) 23... bxa4 24. Rxb6 Qxb6 25.
Nxc4 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 Qc5 {[%csl Ga4,Rc3][%cal Oc5c4,Gf8c8]} (26... Rc8 {Ftacnik}
27. Qd2 Be8 28. Bd5 Qc5 $15) 27. Qd1 {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The real mistake
is this move, White was not suspecting the level of problems after the
exchange of pieces.'} (27. Bd5 {Ftacnik} Rb8 (27... h6 28. Qd2 Rd8 29. Ne1 $13)
28. Qd2 Be8 $15) 27... Qxc4 $1 (27... Bc6 28. Bd5 $1) 28. Qxd7 Qxe4 29. Qxa4 ({
White's position is very difficult after} 29. Rxa4 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 e4 {for example
} (30... Qc2 $5) 31. Ng5 e3 $5 32. fxe3 Be5+ 33. g3 Qb2+ 34. Kh1 Bxg3 $19)
29... Qd3 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Od3c3,Ge5e4] Despite the simplifications White
still did not solved all problems.} 30. c4 e4 31. Rd1 Qe2 (31... Qc3 $5) 32.
Nh2 {White's position is hopelessly passive.} (32. Ne1 Bd4 $1 33. Rxd4 e3 34.
Nd3 exf2+ 35. Nxf2 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qe5+ $19) (32. Re1 {Ftacnik} exf3 $3 33. Rxe2
fxe2 34. Qa5 Re8 35. Qe1 Bc3 $19) 32... Bc3 {[%cal Gc3e1]} (32... Rc8 $5) 33.
Rf1 Bd4 $6 {Absolutely unnecessary move, which could spoil Black's victory.} (
33... Rc8 $142 $17) 34. Qc6 $2 ({Mistake! After the correct} 34. Ng4 $5 {
White could probably hold the position with accurate defence -} h5 $140 (34...
Kg7 $5 35. Qc6 Qd2 $36) 35. c5 $1 hxg4 (35... Bxc5 $2 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Qa1 $16)
(35... Rd8 36. Rd1 hxg4 37. Rxd4 $11) 36. Qxd4 gxh3 37. gxh3 Rc8 38. Rc1 $11)
34... h5 $1 {[%csl Rh2]} 35. Qd5 Qd3 $1 36. g4 $6 ({White could have offered a
tough resistance after} 36. Re1 Qd2 37. Rf1 Re8) 36... hxg4 37. hxg4 (37. Nxg4
Qg3+ 38. Kh1 Qxh3+ $19) 37... Kg7 $19 {[%cal Gf8h8]} 38. Kg2 Rh8 39. Qd6 $8
Qh3+ 40. Kg1 Qd3 41. Kg2 Qh3+ 42. Kg1 Qc3 $1 {[%cal Rd4e5]} 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[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. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. d5
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bxd5 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qh4 Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 $5 5. a4 {preventing from black b7-b5.
Other possibilities are:} (5. Nf3 Bg7 (5... b5 6. e5 $16) 6. Qd2 O-O (6... b5
7. Bh6 Bxh6 8. Qxh6 b4 9. Nd5 $16) 7. Bh6 Bg4 8. O-O-O Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nbd7 10.
Bxg7 Kxg7 11. f4 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4,Gf4,Rg7] 0-1 Adams,M-Svidler,P/Groningen
1995/CBM 51/[Svidler] (43)}) (5. h3 $5 b5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Qf3 Nb6 8. a4 bxa4 9.
Bd3 Bg7 10. Nxa4 N8d7 11. e6 fxe6 12. Nxb6 Nxb6 13. h4 e5 14. h5 exd4 15. Bd2
Bf5 16. Ra5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd7 18. Ne2 Qe6 19. Rh4 Rf8 20. b3 Nd7 21. Re4 $13 {
Markovic,M-Bogdanovski,V/YUG-chT/1994/}) (5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nbd7 7. a4 b4 8. Nce2
c5 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. e5 Nxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. O-O-O+ Ke8 13. Bxc5 b3 $1 $15 {
0-1 Zeller,F-Haskamp,S/Germany 2001/CBM 87/[Wells] (39)}) 5... Bg7 (5... b6 6.
Nf3 Bb7 7. d5 Bg7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd4 Ne5 11. Be2 c5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13.
h3 Qc7 14. f4 Ned7 15. Bc4 Nh5 16. Qf3 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. g4 $1 Ne5 19. fxe5
$1 Rxf3 20. Rxf3 Bxe5 21. gxh5 $16 {Ravi,T-Sahu,S/Calcutta op/1993/}) 6. Qd2
O-O (6... Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 (7... Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 $2 11. h3 Nh6
12. Bxf6) 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. d5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Be2 $13) 7. Nf3
Nc6 {Black continues to prepare the attack on white's center with all his
forces.} ({Black equalized after} 7... e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bc4 Nc6
11. O-O h6 12. h3 Ne8 13. Rfd1 Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nd5 Be6 16. Bb3 Kf8 $11 {
1-0 Lautier,J-Tkachiev,V/Bordeaux 2000/CBM 77 (54)}) 8. h3 {preparing from
black to develop the light-squared bishop to g4. White tried also} (8. Be2 {
1/2-1/2 Atalik,S-Benjamin,J/San Francisco 1998/CBM 66/[Yudasin,L] (41)}) 8...
e5 9. d5 Ne7 {Now black has to create some counterpay on one of the flangs-
either on the queenside with b7-b5, c7-c6 or on the kingside with f7-f5.} 10.
Bc4 $146 {strengthening the control over the central light squares. According
to my database, this position appeared for the first time. In the previous
game white continued} (10. g4 c6 11. g5 Nh5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. O-O-O Be6 14.
Qxd6 Nd4 15. Qb4 b5 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. a5 Rc8 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qxg5+ 20.
Kb1 Rfd8 $44 {0-1 Moroz,A-Rakhmangulov,A/Alushta 1999/EXT 2001 (34)}) 10... Bd7
{threatening with b7-b5.} 11. a5 Bb5 $1 {solving the problem of light-squared
bishop.} 12. Bxb5 (12. Nxb5 axb5 (12... Nxe4 13. Qb4 axb5 14. Qxb5 c6 15. dxc6
bxc6 16. Qa4 d5 17. Bd3 Nd6 $17) 13. Bd3 c6 (13... Nexd5 14. exd5 e4 15. Be2
exf3 16. Bxf3 Nd7 17. Qb4 Ne5 18. Be2 $14) 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. O-O d5 16. Bc5
dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bxe7 Rd7 $15) 12... axb5 13. b4 {
preventing black's b5-b4.} c5 $1 {Black uses his development advantage, and
opens up the game.} 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. O-O d5 $11 {In my opinion, black has
succeeded to solve the opening problems. Now white doesn't have a space
advantage, as well as black doesn't have pawn weaknesses.} 16. Bb6 (16. Bc5
Nxe4 (16... d4 {is met by} 17. Nxe5) 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bxe7 Rd7
$11) 16... Qb8 17. Bc5 Re8 ({Worse is} 17... dxe4 18. Bxe7 exf3 19. Bxf8 $14)
18. exd5 (18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. exd5 Rd7 $11) (18. Rfe1 d4 {with following Nd7.})
18... Nexd5 19. Ra3 {moving away the rook from the long diagonal.} Qb7 ({
Comes to consideration:} 19... Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Ne4 21. Qe3 Nxc5 22. Qxc5 e4 23.
Nd4 Ra6 24. c3 Qd8 $15) 20. Re1 Nd7 $1 {Black's position is awesome from a
strategical point of view, thanks to the excelent position of his knight in
the centre.} (20... e4 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Nd4 $13) 21. Ne4 (21. Be3 e4 22. Nxd5
exf3 $15) 21... Red8 22. Nd6 Qb8 23. Ng5 {White has to create some concrete
threats, otherwise his position is worse.} (23. c4 $2 bxc4 24. Nxc4 Nxc5 25.
bxc5 e4 $17) 23... Nxc5 $6 (23... f6 $1 {looks strange, but, probably, this
move was the best!} 24. Nge4 (24. Ne6 $2 Nxc5 25. bxc5 Rxd6 26. cxd6 Qxd6 $19 {
[%cal Yd6a3,Gd6e6]}) 24... f5 25. Ng5 Bh6 $15) (23... Bh6 $2 24. Ndxf7 $16) 24.
bxc5 Ra7 25. Rf3 $6 ({Probably, white should have played} 25. c4 {, equalizing
the game.} bxc4 26. Nxc4 Qb5 27. Nxe5 Qxc5 $11) 25... Rdd7 26. a6 b4 $1 {
preventing the breakthrough c2-c4.} ({Worse is} 26... f5 27. Ne6 Bf6 28. Rb3 $1
{[%cal Yc2c4]} Rxd6 29. cxd6 Qxd6 30. c4 Qxe6 31. cxd5 cxd5 32. Rxb5 Rxa6 33.
Rxd5 $14) 27. Qd3 {activating the queen.} (27. Rxf7 Rxf7 28. Ngxf7 Rxf7 29.
Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Qe2 Qa7 31. Qc4 Bf8 $17) 27... f5 $2 {missing white's tactical
resources.} (27... Qa8 $5 $15 {Better was}) 28. Qc4 $2 {overlooking a much
more attractive option:} (28. Nxf5 $1 gxf5 29. Qxf5 Bf6 (29... Bh6 30. Qe6+ Kg7
31. Ne4 Bf4 32. g3 $16) (29... Bf8 30. Rxe5 Re7 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Rg3 $40) 30.
Qe6+ (30. Ne4 Bg7 (30... Rf7 31. Qe6 $44) 31. Ng5 $11) 30... Kg7 31. Ne4 Qd8
32. Rg3+ (32. Qxc6 Qe7 33. Nd6 Qe6 34. Nf5+ Kf7 35. Qxe6+ Kxe6 36. Nd4+ Kf7 37.
Nc6 Ke6 38. Nd4+ $11) 32... Kh8 33. Nxf6 Nxf6 34. Rxe5 Rf7 35. Qxc6 $16) 28...
e4 {Black has succeeded to neutralize white's threats on the kingside,
therefore, he gets an obvious advantage.} 29. Rfe3 Bf8 $1 {The most logical
decision. Black eliminates white's dangerous knight on d6.} (29... h6 30. Ngxe4
fxe4 31. Rxe4 Kh7 32. Re8 Rd8 33. R1e6 $44) 30. f3 {trying to activate the
heavy pieces.} Bxd6 31. cxd6 Qb5 $1 {forcing white to change the queens.} 32.
Qxb5 (32. Qb3 $2 Rxa6 $19 {[%cal Ya6a3]}) 32... cxb5 $17 {Black is going to
get a material advantage.} 33. Rb3 e3 34. Rd3 Rxd6 35. Ne4 $1 fxe4 $2 {
throwing away his advantage.} ({Much stronger was} 35... Rdxa6 $1 36. Rxd5 Ra1
$1 37. Kf1 (37. Rdd1 Rxd1 38. Rxd1 fxe4 39. fxe4 Ra2 40. Re1 e2 $17) 37... fxe4
38. fxe4 Rf7+ 39. Ke2 Rxe1+ 40. Kxe1 Rf2 41. Rxb5 Rxc2 42. Rxb4 Rxg2 43. h4 Rh2
$17 44. e5 Kf7 $17) 36. fxe4 Raxa6 37. exd5 Ra2 38. Re2 $11 {Now white
equalizes the game, taking the e3 pawn with the king.} Kg7 39. Kh2 h5 40. Kg3
Ra3 41. Rexe3 Rxd5 42. Rxa3 bxa3 43. Rxa3 Rc5 44. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 (8. Bd3) (8. Bc4) 8... O-O 9. O-O-O Be7 {Bareev is a leading expert in the
world in this variation of the french defense, so there was no doubt that
after his famous defeat to Anand in the latest Wijk an Zee tournament won't
frighten him!} 10. Bd3 b6 11. h4 Bb7 12. Neg5 {Beyond any doubt this move is
the most crucial for the evaluation of the whole variation.} (12. c3 c5 13.
Neg5 $5 (13. dxc5 Qc7 $5 14. Qc2 (14. Neg5 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qf4+ $1 16. Kb1 Bxc5 17.
g3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Qc7 19. Rhe1 $14) 14... h6 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Kb1 Ra5 17. Ned2
Rfa8 18. a3 Nc5 $44 {Solozhenkin,E-Dizdar,G/Paris 1996}) 13... Nf6 (13... h6
14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Bc2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nf6 17. Kb1 Qc7 18. Qe2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 h5 $11
{Anand,V-Bareev,E/Monte Carlo 2003}) 14. Qc2 g6 15. h5 $1 Nxh5 $5 16. Nxe6 $1
$36 {Ivanchuk,V-Radjabov,T/Moscow 2002}) (12. Nfg5 h6 13. f4 c5 14. dxc5 Qc7
15. Nd6 Nxc5 16. Nxb7 Nxb7 17. c3 Rfd8 18. Ne4 Rd5 $132 {Fercec,N-Dizdar,G/
Pula 1997}) (12. Rh3 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh7 Re8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6
17. g4 $14 {Fercec,N-Golubovic,B/Kastav 2000}) (12. Qe2 c5 (12... Nf6 13. Neg5
Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Qd6 15. Ne5 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Kb1 Bd6 18. f4 h5 {1/2-1/2
Dominguez,L-Nogueiras,J/Havana 2001/CBM 84 (18)}) 13. Neg5 h6 14. Nxe6 $2 Bxf3
15. gxf3 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Rhg1 Rf6 18. Qg4 Bf8 $19 {Horvath,A-Golubovic,
B/Charleville 2000}) 12... h6 $5 {Bareev decides to deviate from 12...Nf6
which brought up the bad memories!} (12... Nf6 13. c3 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gd2c2]}
Bxf3 14. gxf3 $5 c5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. Kb1 bxc5 17. Rdg1 $6 Rfd8 $2 18. Qc2 h6
19. Bh7+ Kf8 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Qg6+ Kf8 22. Qxg7+ Ke8 23. Re1 $5 $36 {[%csl
Re8] Anand,V-Bareev,E/Wijk aan Zee 2004}) 13. Bh7+ (13. Rh3 c5 14. Kb1 cxd4 15.
Qf4 Qb8 16. Qxd4 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Nc5 $15 {Riegler,P-Dizdar,G/Bled 1994}) 13...
Kh8 14. Be4 $6 {After this move white doesn't have any advantage. I'm not sure
that 14.Bd3, which was tried by Vallejo is sufficient, but it's most definitly
an only try white has got.} (14. Bd3 $5 Kg8 15. Rh3 c5 16. Rg3 hxg5 17. hxg5 g6
18. Rh1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Kg7 20. Rgh3 Bxg5 21. Rh7+ Kg8 22. f4 $40 {Vallejo Pons,
F-Sharif,M/France 2004}) 14... Bxg5 $1 (14... Bxe4 15. Nxe4 c5 (15... Nf6 16.
Nxf6 Bxf6 17. g4 Qd5 18. Qf4 Be7 19. Kb1 a5 20. Ne5 Kg8 21. g5 h5 22. c4 Qd6
$13 {Llaneza Vega,P-Mkrtchian,L/Mallorca 2004}) 16. d5 exd5 17. Qxd5 Nf6 18.
Qf5 Qc8 19. Qxc8 Rfxc8 20. Nxf6 Bxf6 21. g4 $14 {Al Modiahki,M-Abdul,M/Doha
2002}) 15. Nxg5 Qb8 $5 {Very important defensive resourse. Black queen is very
comfortbaly placed on b7.} 16. Bxb7 (16. Qf4 Nf6 17. f3 Kg8 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19.
Ne4 Nd5 $11) 16... Qxb7 17. d5 $6 {This move is not a bad one by itself since
white keps an equal chances anyway, but it's obvious that Tseshkovsky planned
the pawn sacrifice, so...} (17. Nf3) 17... exd5 18. Rde1 $2 {It was necessary
to play} (18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Nf6 20. Rd2 Kg8 (20... hxg5 $2 21. hxg5+ Nh7
22. Rd4 $18) 21. Nf3 $11 {with equal position.}) 18... Kg8 19. Re7 Nf6 20. Qc3
d4 $1 {I guess white overlooked this nice and simple blow, sinceafter the move
in the game black gets the decisive advantage in just a couple of moves.} 21.
Qg3 (21. Qxc7 Qxc7 22. Rxc7 hxg5 23. hxg5 Ne4 $19) 21... Qd5 22. Kb1 Rae8 $1
$19 {[%csl Rb1] Exploiting the weakness of the first rank.} 23. Rxc7 (23. Rxe8
Rxe8 24. Nf3 c5 $19) 23... hxg5 24. hxg5 Nh5 25. Qh4 g6 26. g4 Qe5 $1 27. c3
Qe4+ (27... Qxc7 28. gxh5 Qc6 29. hxg6 Qe4+ $19) 28. Kc1 Qf4+ 29. Kb1 Re2 (
29... Re2 30. gxh5 Qd2 $19 {[%csl Rb2]}) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bg1 Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. Bf3 Rab8 15.
Qe2 Nb4 16. e5 Nfd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Be4 b5 19. Nd4 g6 20. f5 exf5 21. Bxd5
dxe5 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 gxf5 24. Qh5 Bf8 25. Qxf5 Bg7 26. Ra3 e4 27. Rh3 h6
28. Rg3 Qe5 29. Bxf7+ Kh8 30. Qg6 Rf8 31. axb5 axb5 32. Bd5 Rf1 33. c3 Rbf8 34.
h3 Qf6 35. Bxe4 Qxg6 36. Rxg6 Re8 37. Bd3 Rd1 38. Rd6 Bf8 39. Bg6 Bxd6 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[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. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bc4 {The B is not so effective on this /^.} (9. Bd3 {is the main line
these days.}) 9... Nf6 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Bd2 (11. Bb3 Nd7 12. Bd2 {- 11.Bd2})
11... Nd7 12. Bb3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 a5 {Black immediately begins his assault on
the <<.} (13... Qc7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. f4 {White has a big space advantage.}
Be7 16. Nh5 Rhg8 17. g4 Kb8 18. Ng3 $14 {Furhoff-S.Pedersen, Malmo 2003}) 14.
a4 (14. Ne4 $2 a4 15. Bc4 Qb6 $1 (15... a3 $2 16. b3 $5 (16. bxa3 Bxa3 $1 $17)
16... Nb4 {- Ziatdinov-Atalik, Continental op 45' 2000 CBM 78}) 16. Nd6+ (16.
O-O $2 Qxb2 17. Bxd5 Qxe5 $19) 16... Bxd6 17. exd6 Qxb2 18. O-O Bxc2 $1 {
Greedy but most likely correct.} (18... O-O 19. Rab1 Qxc2 20. Rxb7 Rfb8 21.
Rxb8+ Rxb8 22. Rc1 Rb1 $2 23. d7 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Qxc1+ 25. Qf1 $18) 19. Bxd5 (
19. Be3 a3 20. Rac1 Be4 $19) 19... cxd5 20. Bf4 Qb4 21. Be5 Qc4 22. Qxc4 dxc4
23. Bxg7 Rh7 $19 {Atalik}) (14. O-O-O a4 15. Bc4 a3 (15... b5 $6 16. Bd3 Bxd3
17. Qxd3 Qc7 18. f4) (15... Qb6 16. a3 $1) 16. b3 Qb6 $1 $36 {Atalik} (16... b5
$6 17. Bxd5 (17. Bd3 Bxd3 (17... Qb6 $2 18. Bxh7 Qd4 19. c3 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Qxc3+
21. Kb1 Rxh7 22. Rc1 Qb2+ 23. Qxb2 axb2 24. Rxc6 Ba3 25. Ne4 $16) 18. Qxd3 Nb4
19. Bxb4 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 Bxb4 21. Rhd1 $18) 17... cxd5 $1 (17... Qxd5 $2 18. Bb4
$1 $18) (17... exd5 $6 18. f4 Qd7 $13) 18. Qxb5+ Qd7 19. Qxd7+ Kxd7 $44)) 14...
Qb6 (14... Bb4 15. O-O-O {White's << is also weakened a bit.} (15. Rd1 Qc7 16.
O-O {However the >> is also weakened by h4...} Bxd2 17. Rxd2 O-O-O 18. Bxd5
Rxd5 19. Rxd5 cxd5 20. Rd1 Kb8 21. c3 Rc8 $13 {Van Mil-Khenkin, Antwerpen 1995}
) 15... Bxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Qc7 17. Nh5 O-O 18. g4 Bg6 19. Ng3 Rad8 20. Bxd5 Rxd5
21. f4 Rfd8 $13 {Haznedaroglu-Genov, Plovdiv 2003}) 15. O-O (15. Ne4 $6 {
is strongly met by} Qd4 $1 16. Nc3 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 {and White's light pieces
are inferior.} 18. g3 Qb4 19. h5 Rd8 20. Rh4 Qb6 21. Rg4 Bb4 22. Rxg7 Qc5 23.
Kf1 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Qxc3 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qxe5 $17 {Hauchard-Magem, Clichy
1997}) (15. h5 {is too slow.} Bb4 16. O-O Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Rd8 18. Rad1 O-O 19.
Qe2 Qb4 $11 {Brunner-Magem, Horgen 1994}) (15. Rd1 Qd4 (15... Be7 16. Qg4 Rg8
17. O-O O-O-O 18. Ne4 Rd7 19. Qf3 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rgd8 21. Qg4 (21. g3 $6 Bc5 22.
Qe2 Ne7 $15 {Borriss-Speelman, Germany 1998}) 21... g5 $132) 16. Bc1 Qb4+ 17.
Bd2 Qd4 $11 {Xie Jun-Ehlvest, Tan Chin Nam 1998}) (15. O-O-O {is the other
risky way of castling!} Bb4 16. Qf3 (16. Nh5 O-O-O (16... Rg8 17. Rh3 O-O-O 18.
Rf3 Bf5 19. Rg3 {White desperately wants to provoke some small weaknesses.} g6
20. Bxb4 Qxb4 21. Bxd5 gxh5 22. Rxg8 Rxg8 23. Bf3 Qxa4 24. Kb1 $13 {
Jaracz-Zontakh, Krakow 1999}) 17. Rh3 Bg6 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Nf4 Bxd2+ 20. Rxd2
Rxd2 21. Qxd2 Rd8 22. Qe3 Qb4 23. Nxg6 fxg6 {and Black's heavy artillery
dominates the board.} 24. Qe2 Qxa4 25. Kb1 Qf4 26. Rg3 Rd2 $17 {Jansa-P.
Schmidt, Passau 1998}) (16. Ne4 $5 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 O-O-O 18. Qf3 (18. Bxb4 Nxb4
19. Qf3 Qc7 {cannot be good for White because of his useless B.} 20. Qg3 g6 21.
c3 Nd5 22. Bc2 Rd7 23. Rd4 c5 24. Rd2 Rhd8 $11 {Dervishi-Karatekin, Calicut
1998}) 18... Bxd2+ 19. Rxd2 Qc7 20. Qg3 g6 21. Rhd1 h5 $14 (21... Ne7 22. Qf4
Rxd2 (22... Nf5 $2 {founders on} 23. g4 Nxh4 24. Qf6 $16 {Voekler-P.Schmidt,
GER 1997}) 23. Rxd2 Nd5 24. Qe4 $14)) 16... Bxd2+ $1 (16... O-O $2 {castles
into the storm.} 17. Nh5 Bg6 18. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 19. h5 Bxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Bf5 21. g4
Qc7 22. Re2 Ne7 23. gxf5 Nxf5 24. c3 Qe7 25. Bc2 Qg5+ 26. Kb1 Kh8 27. Re4 Ne7
28. Rhe1 Rg8 29. Rf4 $18 {De Firmian-Brunner, Biel 1995}) (16... Qc7 $5 {
Am.Rodriguez}) 17. Rxd2 Qc7 $1 18. Re1 O-O-O {This is the safe flank for the
black monarch.} 19. c3 Qe7 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Rd7 22. Red4 Rhd8 23. g3 Nb6
$1 $11 {Jansa-Velicka, Zlin 1998 CBM 66}) 15... Bb4 16. Bxd5 (16. Rad1 $14)
16... cxd5 (16... Bxd2 $2 17. Bxe6 $1 $16) (16... exd5 $5 17. c3 Be7 18. Qg4
$36) 17. c3 Be7 (17... Bc5 $5 {looks more provocative.} 18. Nh5 (18. b4 $5)
18... O-O (18... O-O-O 19. b4 $1 $14) 19. Bxh6 {This sacrifice leads only to a
draw after} (19. Qg4 Bg6) 19... gxh6 20. Qg4+ Bg6 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Qf4 Kg7 23.
h5 Bc2 24. Qg3+ Kh8 25. Qf4 Kg7 $11) 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Qg4 g5 $5 (19... Rg8 20.
Bd4 $14) 20. h5 {White has to avoid the opening of lines on the >>.} Rg8 21.
Bd4 Ra6 22. b3 Rc6 23. Rfc1 Bc5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Qd4 $14 {holding the vital
d4 square.} g4 $5 (25... Kf8 26. Nf1 $1 Kg7 27. Ne3 $16) 26. Nf1 (26. Ra2 Rg5
27. Re2 Kf8 28. Re3 $14) 26... b6 27. Ne3 Be4 (27... g3 28. f3 $16) 28. c4 {
White wants to open up the <<, because the black rooks are not connected.} Rg5
29. Re1 Qxe5 (29... Kf8 $5 30. cxd5 exd5 31. b4 (31. e6 Qe5 $1) 31... axb4 32.
Qxb4 $13) 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. Nxg4 Rg5 32. Nf6+ Ke7 33. Nxe4 dxe4 34. Rxe4 {
[%mdl 4096] The R _|_ looks slightly better for White because of the P
structure.} Rxh5 (34... Rce5 35. Rd4 $5 (35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. g3 (36. g4 Rg5 37.
f3 f5 $11) 36... Rxh5 37. Kg2 Re5 38. Kf3 Rf5+ 39. Ke3 Re5+ 40. Kd3 Rh5 $11)
35... Rxh5 $1 (35... Re2 36. Rad1 Rxh5 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Rb7 Rf5 39. Rf1) 36.
Rad1 Re2 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. R7d6 Rb2 39. Rxb6 Rc5 {- 34..Rh5 35.Rd1 Rce5}) 35.
Rd1 Rc7 $6 (35... Rce5 $1 {was the active way, which is usually the best in R
endings.} 36. Red4 (36. Rxe5 Rxe5 $11) 36... Re2 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. R7d6 Rf5 39.
Rf1 Rb2 40. Rxb6 Rc5 {/\ Rc4} 41. Rc1 Rf5 42. f3 Re5 $1 $132) 36. Red4 Rhc5 37.
Rd8 R5c6 38. Rh8 ({The quiet prophylactical move} 38. Kf1 $1 {was required
first!} e5 (38... Rc8 39. R8d7+ Kf8 40. Ke2 Kg7 41. Ke3 $14) 39. Ke2 Rg6 40. g3
f5 41. Rh8 $16) 38... Rd6 $1 {Now Black grabs the |^ on the <<, his K has a
paved way via d6-c5-b4.} (38... e5 39. Rdd8 $16) 39. Rxd6 Kxd6 40. Rxh6 Kc5 $1
41. Kf1 Kb4 $132 42. Rh3 f5 43. Ke2 (43. f4 Rd7 44. Ke2 Rd4 45. Rf3 Re4+ $11)
43... e5 {Black is playing the R _|_ very actively.} 44. Rf3 f4 45. g3 fxg3 46.
fxg3 e4 47. Re3 Rg7 48. Kf2 Rg4 49. Kg2 Kc5 50. Re1 (50. Kh3 {is strongly met
by} Kd4 $1 51. Re1 Rg6 $15) 50... Kd4 51. Rd1+ {It is already White, who has
to play carefully!} (51. Kf2 Rg6 $15) 51... Kc3 (51... Ke3 $2 52. Rd6 $16) 52.
Rd6 Kxb3 53. Rxb6+ Kxc4 (53... Kxa4 54. c5 e3 55. Kf3 e2 $11) 54. Rb5 Rg8 55.
Rxa5 Rf8 $1 56. g4 e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f3 Be6 11. Nd5 a5 12. c3 a4 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Nd2 Ne7 15.
a3 h6 16. Bc4 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Qe2 Qc8 20. Ba2 Nb6 21. Bxe6
Qxe6 22. Be3 Qc4 23. Qf2 Nd7 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. Nd6 Qe6 26. Nb5 Nf6 27. Re1 Qc4
28. Qf1 Rd3 29. f4 Qxb5 30. fxe5 Ng4 31. Bd4 Qd5 32. Qf5 Rxd4 33. cxd4 Qxd4 34.
h3 Nf2+ 35. Kh2 g6 36. Qf3 Nd3 37. Qxb7 Re8 38. Re4 Qc5 39. Qd7 Rd8 40. Qxa4
Nxe5 41. Rf1 Kg7 42. Re2 h5 43. Qf4 Rd4 44. Qe3 Qd5 45. Kh1 Bd6 46. Qg5 f5 47.
Rfe1 Nf7 48. Qc1 f4 49. Rf2 Rd3 50. Qc8 f3 51. Rxf3 Rxf3 52. gxf3 Qxf3+ 53. Kg1
Bh2+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 {6.Qd2 is main
here, 6.Qf3 is very tricky and can be annoying for black. But it worked out
for white this time against aggresive player like Moro. Smart choice by
experienced Tseshkovsky. His later game in this tourney against Garry proved
that in open fight Vitaly doesn't have many chances against these 2700+ guys.}
Qxf3 {Black failed to reach full equality after 6...dxc6 in following game:} (
6... dxc6 7. Nd2 Be6 8. Bc4 Qxf3 9. gxf3 Ne7 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Ke2
b5 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Nd3 c5 15. Be3 c4 16. Nc5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Varga,Z-Gustafsson,J/
Budapest HUN 2004/The Week in Chess 515 (34) /=}) (6... Qxc6 {leaves queens in
the game, but simply leads to a worse middlegame without much counterplay.}) 7.
gxf3 bxc6 (7... dxc6 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 $14 {4 queenside pawns of black are
like 3 of white there- black can't create a passer, so white is like up a pawn
here.}) 8. Rg1 $146 {[%mdl 4] More effective plan than of Vallejo. Vallejo
tried the same opening line against Kramnik, but there is just no chance to
beat Vlad that way.} (8. Nd2 Ne7 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. a4 a5 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 d6
13. O-O-O Be6 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Rg1 g6 16. Rd2 c5 17. Nb5 O-O-O 18. Nc3 {1/2-1/2
Vallejo Pons,F-Kramnik,V/Linares 2004/CBM 100 (18) Still looks better for
white in the final position of that game.}) ({In case of immediate Be3 move
black can develop his kingside knight to f6.} 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Rb8 10. b3
Nf6) 8... Ne7 {Here Nf6 just loses a pawn.} 9. Be3 {g7 is a poison pawn.} (9.
Rxg7 Ng6 {[%cal Gc5d4,Gc5f8] and black wins the exchange.}) 9... Bb6 $6 {
Oratovsky: Waste of one tempè, after 10.c4 black is forced to trade bishops
anyhow, while c2-c4 is very useful for white.} (9... Bxe3 10. fxe3 $14 {
White has long-term stable edge in this ending.}) 10. c4 {[%cal Rc4c5]} Bxe3 {
c4-c5 otherwise and black dark square bishop is in trouble.} 11. fxe3 O-O 12.
f4 Rb8 13. b3 d6 14. Nc3 (14. c5 d5 {and black might exploit white's gap in
development.}) 14... f6 {Actually, here Moro could've prevented white's
following move by:} (14... c5 15. Nb5 Rb7 16. Bg2 {[%cal Ge4e5]} a6 17. Nc3 $14
{[%cal Ge1c1]}) 15. c5 $1 {Thematic break!} Be6 (15... dxc5 16. Na4 $16 {
[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Rc7,Re7]}) 16. O-O-O Rfd8 17. Rd4 a5 {hoping for Rb4, but white
just ignores it.} 18. Be2 f5 {Moro makes an effort to complicate things.} (
18... Rb4 19. Rgd1 $16) 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Rgd1 fxe4 (20... d5 21. exd5 cxd5 22.
Bf3 Rbc8 23. Kb2 Rc5 {[%csl Ya5,Yd5,Yf5] black defends temporarily, but will
suffer alot here with all these weaknesses a5, d5 and f5.}) 21. Rxd6 Bd5 (21...
Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Bd5 23. Bg4 {with the same scenario.}) 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bg4 {
gives black an excellent chance to save the game.} (23. Nxe4 Nf5 $1 {and black
saves the game.}) (23. Bc4 {now Nxe4 is a threat.} Rc8 (23... Kf8 24. Nxe4 Nf5
25. Ng5 Nxe3 26. Ne6+) 24. Rd4 {[%cal Gd4e4]} (24. Nxe4 Nf5) 24... Kf8 25. Bxd5
cxd5 26. Kb2 Rd8 (26... Rc5 27. a3 {[%cal Gb3b4]}) 27. Ka3 {[%cal Ga3a4] two
weaknesses (a5 and d5) must be enuf for white to win it here.}) 23... Rd6 $2 {
but Moro upsets failing to find the saver.} (23... Rb8 24. Nxd5 (24. Na4 {
keeps some edge.}) 24... cxd5 25. Be6+ Kf8 26. Bxd5 Rc8+ 27. Bc4 (27. Kb2 Rd8)
27... Nf5 28. Rd7 Nxe3 29. Rf7+ Ke8 30. Rxg7 Rc5 (30... Nxc4 $2 31. Rg8+ $18 {
with a winning pawn ending.}) 31. Rxh7 Nxc4 32. bxc4 Rxc4+ $11) 24. Nxe4 Rg6
25. Nf2 $18 h5 26. Bh3 {Calmness} Bf3 27. Rd8+ Kh7 (27... Kf7 {would probably
give Moro better hope.} 28. Nd3 Rg1+ 29. Kd2 Ng6 30. Bf5 $18 {and the rest
must be an easy task for white.}) 28. e4 (28. Ra8 {would probably steal one
more pawn for free.}) 28... Rg1+ 29. Kd2 Bg4 30. Rd3 $6 {Unaccuracy in winning
position.} (30. Ra8 $142 Bxh3 31. Nxh3 Rg2+ 32. Ke3 Rxh2 (32... Rxa2 33. Ng5+
Kg6 34. Re8 {and white wins the black knight due to mating threats.}) 33. Ng5+
Kh6 34. Rh8+ Kg6 35. Re8 $18) 30... Ng6 31. Rg3 Ra1 32. Nxg4 hxg4 33. Bxg4 {
[%cal Rg4f5]} Rxa2+ (33... Nxf4 34. Ke3 g5 35. h4 gxh4 36. Bf5+ Kh6 37. Rg4 $18
) 34. Ke3 Nf8 35. e5 Rb2 (35... Rxh2 36. e6 {and white passer "e" costs black
a knight.}) 36. Kd4 $1 {Centralization! White king is the one of heroes of
this game, while black king has been stuck in the corner.} Kg8 37. h4 a4 38.
bxa4 Rb4+ 39. Ke3 Rxa4 {Even in this 3 vs 2 ending black is quite hopeless due
to immobility of the black knight.} 40. h5 Ra3+ 41. Kf2 Ra2+ (41... Rxg3 42.
Kxg3 g6 43. e6 gxh5 44. e7 $18) 42. Kf3 Ra3+ 43. Kg2 Ra4 (43... Ra2+ 44. Kh3)
44. f5 Ra5 45. Re3 (45. e6 Nh7 46. Re3 Nf6 47. e7 {same position as in the
game.}) 45... Nd7 46. e6 Nf6 47. e7 Ra8 (47... Kf7 48. h6 $1 {[%cal Rg4h5]}
gxh6 49. Bh5+ Kg7 50. Rg3+ Kh7 (50... Kh8 51. Rg6 $18) 51. Rg6 Ne8 52. f6 $1)
48. Bf3 Rc8 49. Re6 c5 50. h6 $1 c4 51. Rd6 Re8 (51... Kh7 52. Rd8 Rc5 53. e8=Q
Nxe8 54. Rxe8 Kxh6 {unfortunately for black, he can't eliminate f5 pawn.} 55.
Be4 c3 56. Bc2 {and one of pawn of white remains alive.}) 52. Rd8 Kh7 {Black
king was there once!} 53. Rxe8 Nxe8 54. Bh5 Nf6 55. e8=Q Nxe8 56. Bxe8 Kxh6 (
56... c3 57. Ba4 {[%cal Ga4c2] white bishops does all the job from c2 square.})
57. Ba4 g6 58. f6 {Black doesn't have a way to trade the last pawn of white...}
Kh7 {That's the 3rd time black king visits h7 square!} 59. Kg3 g5 60. Bc2+ Kh6
61. Kg4 c3 62. Kf5 g4 63. Kf4 {Last touch of the Master. White king has had a
nice drive over the board in this game.} (63. Kxg4 {would destroy the work of
art- Stalemate here!}) 1-0

