[Event "GBR-ch 106th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gordon, Stephen J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Adams,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.07.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 {Now the most common response this leads to
much more interesting play than 3...Bd7.} 4. Ba4 {The latest fashion, this is
quite a clever idea keeping options of c3 or c4 depending on Black's response.}
Ngf6 5. O-O a6 ({The point is that} 5... Nxe4 $6 6. Re1 Nef6 7. d4 {is very
dangerous, so White doesn't have to defend the pawn immediately.}) 6. c4 e5 (
6... Nxe4 $6 7. Re1 Nef6 8. d4 {is still not easy,} e6 9. d5 $1 e5 10. Nxe5 $1
{shows one of the attacking concepts. Stephen's move fixes the centre, but
White has the clearer plan to begin play on the b-file.}) 7. d3 g6 ({After} 
7... Be7 8. Nh4 $5 {is possible.} g6 ({I think Black's best bet is to jettison
a pawn for active play:} 8... O-O $5 9. Nf5 b5 10. cxb5 Nb6) 9. Nc3 (9. Bh6 $5
Ng8 10. Bg7 Bxh4 11. Bxh8) 9... O-O 10. Bh6 Re8 11. h3 {looks pleasant for
White.}) 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Rb1 O-O 10. h3 ({I thought it was important to deny the
bishop the g4 square and prepare Bc1-e3, but} 10. b4 cxb4 11. Rxb4 Nc5 12. h3 {
was another way of doing it.}) (10. Be3 $6 Ng4) 10... Ne8 {A natural way to
prepare f7-f5, but it will cost more time when the knight returns to the
action. In fact the knight will now be stuck on the back rank until the last
move of the game.} 11. b4 ({I wasn't that convinced by} 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 f5)
(11. Nd5 {is well met by} Nc7) 11... cxb4 12. Rxb4 Nc5 13. Nd5 ({I wanted to
play} 13. Be3 {but thought it impossible due to} Qa5 14. Qb1 Nxd3 {; however,
after} 15. Qxd3 $1 Qxb4 16. Rb1 {Black's queen is snared:} Qa5 (16... Qa3 17.
Rb3) 17. Bb6) 13... b5 $2 ({I was happy with my position after the better
options} 13... Be6 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. Bc2 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Be3 {with d4 to
follow looks good.}) (13... Nc7 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 f5 17. Nxc8 Qxc8
18. exf5 gxf5 19. Rb6 {and Black's position looks a bit loose. However, the
game move is tactically flawed.}) 14. cxb5 Bd7 (14... axb5 15. Bxb5 Rxa2 16.
Bg5 {and Black's undefended rook on a2 is vulnerable.} f6 (16... Qa5 17. Bc4
$18) 17. Bc4 fxg5 18. Bxa2 Kh8 19. Rb8 $5 (19. Ne3 $5)) 15. b6 $1 {A deadly
idea, the passed pawn is not only close to queening but paralyses the knight
on e8.} Nxa4 ({Throwing in} 15... a5 {doesn't change much} 16. Rc4 Nxa4 17.
Rxa4 Bxa4 18. Qxa4 h6 $2 19. Be3 f5 20. b7 Rb8 21. Bb6 $18) 16. Rxa4 Bxa4 17.
Qxa4 f6 (17... h6 18. Be3 f5 19. b7 Rb8 20. Bb6 $1 {leaves the black queen
embarrassed.}) 18. Nd2 (18. Be3 $5 Rf7 19. Nd2 {was also good.}) 18... Rf7 19.
Nc4 Qd7 ({Swapping queens is hardly desirable but} 19... f5 20. Na5 {is no fun
either.}) 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21. Be3 f5 22. f3 Bf6 ({The natural} 22... Nf6 {
is refuted by direct play:} 23. Rb1 Nxd5 24. exd5 Bf6 (24... e4 25. dxe4 fxe4
26. fxe4 Bc3 27. Rb3 $18) 25. b7 Rb8 26. Na5 Bd8 27. Ba7 $18 {however, if this
line doesn't work it's clear Black's cause is hopeless.}) 23. Rb1 Bd8 24. Na5
Rb8 ({Or} 24... Kf7 25. b7 Rb8 26. Ba7 $18) 25. Nc6 Rbb7 (25... Rc8 26. b7 Rxb7
27. Rxb7 Rxc6 28. Rb8 $18 {picks up a piece.}) 26. Na5 Rb8 27. Nc6 Rbb7 28. a4
Kf7 (28... Nf6 29. Nxd8 Nxd5 30. Nxb7 Nxe3 31. Na5 $18) 29. a5 Nf6 30. Ndb4 $1
{Black is helpless with the a6 pawn disappearing and resigned here, meaning
that I was British Champion!} ({Stronger than} 30. Nxd8+ Rxd8 31. Bg5 Nxd5 32.
Bxd8 Nf4 {which gives a few practical hopes}) (30. Ndb4 $1 Ke6 (30... d5 31.
Nxe5+) 31. Nxa6 {and White plans Nab8.}) 1-0

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{So I was on 0/2; I have been in this situation before (Qatar Masters) and
have also seen even worse (Baku Open) 0.5/3. As always I decided to cut my
losses, learn from my mistakes in the games and decided to awaken the beast!} 
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 b6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bb7 9. f3 e6 10. c4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Qc7 14. Qd2 Qb8 {
Both of us have made natural moves so far.} 15. b4 {Kovalev decided that it
was time to go for the queenside expansion.} Bd8 (15... d5 16. cxd5 Bxb4 17.
dxe6 {didn't seem to achieve anything other than losing a pawn.}) ({It is
always useful to include} 15... Rfe8 {But I saw a line where I could use the
rook on the f-file.}) 16. Kh1 Bc7 17. Na4 (17. Bg1 $5 {Now I have nothing
better than} Rfe8 ({The following line is not all forced and I am just trying
to show where the rook might be useful on the f-file.} 17... d5 18. cxd5 Bf4
19. Be3 Bxh2 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Nxe6 Nh5 (21... Rfe8 22. Bf4 $1) 22. g4 (22.
Qxd7 $1 Rf7 23. Qd3 Ng3+ 24. Kxh2 Nxf1+ 25. Kg1 {White is just winning.}) 22...
Ng3+ 23. Kg2 Rxc3 (23... Nxf1 24. Rxf1 Qg3+) 24. Rxc3 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Qg3+ 26.
Kh1 Rxf1+ {This was the reason why I didn't want to play ...Rfe8 and wanted to
maintain the rook on the f-file.} 27. Rxf1 Bxe4+)) 17... Ba8 $5 (17... d5 {
is too hasty due to} 18. exd5 exd5 19. c5 $16) 18. Rc2 {This is just asking
for it!} ({A better try was} 18. Bg1 Rfe8 $5 {continuing the cat and mouse
game.} (18... d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Bxa6 Rce8 {I do have compensation but
wasn't sure if it was enough.})) 18... d5 $5 {If I wait for one more move, the
break will lack firepower!} (18... Rfe8 {is objectively stronger.}) 19. cxd5
exd5 20. Bxa6 $6 (20. Nf5 $1 {was more critical and the reason why I was bit
hesitant about playing d5.} Rfe8 (20... Rce8 21. Bh6 $3 {Suddenly the hunter
becomes the hunted! This is possible since the black rook is taking away the
key square on e8.}) 21. Bxa6 (21. exd5 Nxd5 (21... Bxh2 22. Rxc8) 22. Bd4 Rxe1
23. Qxe1 Re8 {followed by ...Be5 and completely neutralising White's
initiative and also White needs to keep an eye on b4.}) (21. Bh6 g6) 21... Rcd8
$5 (21... dxe4 22. Bxc8 exf3 23. Rxc7 $1 {is the easiest, killing Black's
counterplay.}) 22. exd5 ({SF} 22. Rec1 Bxh2 23. Rc8 $5 {A funny idea.} Rxc8 24.
Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxc8 $16) 22... Nxd5 {I felt Black has strong compensation for
just one pawn!} (22... Bxh2 {is bad due to} 23. d6)) 20... Rce8 {Full steam
ahead!} 21. Bb5 (21. Nf5 dxe4 22. f4 (22. Bh6 exf3) (22. Rec1 exf3) 22... Nd5
$15) 21... dxe4 22. f4 $5 {An interesting concept, by giving back the pawn.
White has closed the long diagonal... But I was happy with the results of the
pawn break :).} Rd8 23. Bc6 Ng4 $1 24. g3 $6 {Too weak and too slow!} ({
White had to go in for} 24. Bxa8 Nxe3 (24... Ndf6 $5 25. Bc6 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 Bxf4
27. Qg1 $1) 25. Qxe3 Bxf4 26. Nc6 $1 {(Sasi)} (26. Qxe4 Rfe8 {[%cal Re8e1]}) (
26. Qf2 Qxa8 27. Qxf4 Qxa4 {[%csl Rc2,Rd4] White is not able to get back his
pawn.} 28. Qxe4 Nf6 29. Qc6 Qxb4 $17) 26... Qxa8 (26... Bxe3 27. Nxb8 Nf6 $44)
27. Qxf4 Qxa4 28. Qxe4 Nf6 29. Qc4 {should lead to a draw.}) 24... Ndf6 {
Now I take over.} 25. Bxa8 Qxa8 26. Rxc7 Qxa4 (26... Nd5 27. Nxb6 $1 {is not
needed to allow, though} Nxb6 {might surprisingly still be better for Black.})
27. Rcc1 Nxe3 28. Rxe3 (28. Qxe3 Ng4 $5 29. Qe2 Rxd4 30. Qxg4 Qxa2 {with a
winning endgame.}) 28... Ng4 29. Re2 (29. Rxe4 Qa8 $1 {No escape!}) (29. Ree1
e3 $19) 29... Qa3 $1 {An absolute killer! White has no way to save his
position.} (29... e3 30. Qc2 $1 Qxc2 31. Nxc2 Rd2 32. Rce1 Nf2+ 33. Kg1 $1 (33.
Kg2 Nd3 34. Rxd2 Nxe1+) 33... Nd3 34. Rxd2 exd2 35. Rd1 {White manages to
survive.}) 30. h3 (30. Rd1 e3) (30. Rce1 Qd3 $1) 30... Rxd4 {All other games
were drawn and hence thanks to this win, we won the match. I was able to break
my own jinx and my team's and we started our winning ways!} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1999.01.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Breda Panfox"]
[BlackTeam "Petah-Tikva Elitzur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{[%mdl 18]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4
c4 8. d4 cxd3 9. Bg5 Ng4 $146 (9... e6 $1 10. Qxd3 Be7 $5 {N} (10... Qc7 11.
Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nd4 Be7 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Re3 Kh8 16. Qe2 Rg8 17. Qh5
Rg7 18. Rae1 {Mortensen,S-Ziska,B/DEN-chB 1993/EXT 97/1/2-1/2 (48)}) (10... Ne5
11. Nxe5 Bxa4 12. Nc4 Bc6 13. Nbd2 b5 14. Ne3 Be7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Be7 17.
Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Rad1 O-O 19. Nb3 Rfd8 20. Qe3 {Bronstein,L-Timman,J/Rio de
Janeiro izt 1979/IZT/1/2-1/2 (78)}) 11. Bxf6 (11. Nbd2 Qc7 (11... Ne5 12. Nxe5
(12. Qd4 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 O-O 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. e5 Ne8 16. Rad1 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Qe7
18. Ne4 dxe5 19. Qxe5 Rd8 20. Rd4 Nc7 21. Red1 Nb5 22. R4d2 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rd8
24. Kf1 {1/2-1/2 Arkhipov,S-Odendahl,R/NRW-I 1994/GER 07 (39)}) 12... Bxa4 13.
Nec4 Qc7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne3 O-O-O 16. c4 Rhg8 17. b3 Bd7 18. b4 Kb8 19. a4
Rc8 20. Reb1 d5 21. exd5 Qe5 22. Nf3 Qh5 23. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F-Akopian,V/
Wijk op Wijk aan Zee 1993/CBM 34 (33)}) 12. Rad1 Rd8 13. Nf1 O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Qg3+ Kh8 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. Ne3 Rg8 19. Qh3 Ng6 20. Kh1 b5 21.
a3 Qb7 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qxe6 Bd8 24. Nd5 Nf8 25. Qe8 Qc6 26. Rd3 Ng6 27. Qe6 {
0-1 Bronstein,L-Polugaevsky,L/Rio Hondo 1987/EXT 87 (39)}) 11... gxf6 12. Bxc6
(12. Nbd2) (12. c4 Qa5 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. e5 fxe5 16. Nxe5 Be8 17.
Ng4 Qg5 18. Re3 f5 19. Ne5 Qf6 20. Nf3 e5 21. Qd2 Bf7 22. b3 Bd8 23. Rd1 {
0-1 Tempone,M-Llanos,G/Mar del Plata op 1993/EXT 97 (41)}) 12... Bxc6 (12...
bxc6 13. c4 c5 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Rad1 Ra7 16. Nd2 Kh8 17. Re3 Rg8 18. Rg3 Rg6 19.
f4 Qg8 20. Nf1 Bc6 21. Qe2 Qg7 22. Rdd3 Qh6 23. Rxg6 fxg6 24. f5 {1-0 Minasian,
A-Grivas,E/Zonal 1998 (38)}) 13. c4 O-O 14. Nc3 Kh8 15. Rad1 Rg8 16. Qe3 Qf8 $1
17. Nd4 Rc8 18. f4 (18. Nxc6 {>=} Rxc6 19. b3 $11) 18... Bd7 $14 {Tal,
M-Akopian,V/Barcelona 1992/Inf 54/[Akopian,V]}) 10. Qxd3 $1 (10. Bxc6 $6 Bxc6
11. Nd4 Qd7 12. h3 h6 $1 13. Bh4 (13. Bc1 Nf6) 13... Ne5 $15) 10... Nge5 $6 (
10... h6 $1 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Bg7 13. Nbd2 O-O $140 14. Bb3 Kh8 15. h4 f5 $1
16. hxg5 f4 17. Bh4 Nce5 $44) 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qd2 $5 (13. Qe2
Qg4 $1 14. Qxg4 Nxg4 15. c4 e6 (15... h6 16. Bd2 Ne5 17. b3) 16. Nc3 Be7 $14)
13... g6 (13... Qg4 14. Kh1 Nf3 15. gxf3 Qxf3+ 16. Kg1 Qg4+ 17. Kf1 Qh3+ 18.
Ke2 $18) (13... e6 14. Na3 h6 15. Bf4 $16) 14. f4 Nc6 15. c4 $5 (15. Na3 Bg7
16. Nc4 (16. Rad1 Qc7 $11) 16... b5 $1 17. Nb6 Qa7) 15... h6 (15... Bg7 16. Nc3
O-O 17. Rad1 $16) 16. Bh4 Qg4 $2 (16... g5 $1 17. Bg3 $1 (17. fxg5 Qg4 18. Bg3
hxg5 19. Nc3 Bg7 $40) 17... gxf4 18. Bxf4 O-O-O 19. Nc3 Qg4 $132) 17. Bg3 $1 (
17. Bf2 g5 18. f5 Ne5 19. Bg3 Bg7 20. Nc3) 17... h5 18. Nc3 h4 19. h3 $1 {
I overlooked this easy move when played 16...Qg4.} Qh5 (19... Qxg3 20. Ne2 $18)
20. Bf2 $16 Bg7 21. Nd5 O-O 22. Rad1 e6 (22... Rad8 23. b4) 23. Nb6 Rad8 24. b4
Ne7 25. a3 $1 {White has a space advantage and my pieces have no good places.
Timman classical improves his advantage without any chance for black.} (25. Qe2
$6 Bc3 26. Qxh5 gxh5 27. Re3 Bxb4 28. Rb3 Nc6 $132) 25... Bh6 (25... e5 26. c5
(26. Nd5 Rfe8) 26... dxc5 27. Qxd8 Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Kh7 29. Rd7 Nc6 30. bxc5 $18)
26. Be3 Kh7 27. Qc2 Bg7 (27... e5 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 Rc8 30. Qd3 $16) 28.
Qe2 $1 Qxe2 29. Rxe2 Nc8 30. Red2 (30. Rc2 $5 $18) 30... Nxb6 31. Bxb6 Rc8 32.
c5 dxc5 33. Bxc5 Rfe8 34. Rd7 Kg8 35. Rxb7 Rcd8 $8 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Ra7 Rd1+
38. Kf2 Rd2+ 39. Kf1 Bh6 40. Ra8+ $6 (40. Rxa6 Bxf4) (40. f5 $5 $18) 40... Kh7
41. f5 exf5 42. exf5 Rd1+ 43. Ke2 Rd2+ 44. Ke1 Rxg2 45. Rxa6 gxf5 $2 (45... g5
46. Rf6 g4 (46... Bg7 47. Rxf7 Kg8 48. Rd7 g4 49. Kf1) 47. Rxf7+ Kg8 48. Rf6
Bg7 (48... gxh3 49. Rxh6 h2 50. Rxh4 Rg1+ 51. Kd2 h1=Q 52. Rxh1 Rxh1 53. b5 $18
) 49. Rg6 gxh3 50. Rxg2 hxg2 51. Kf2 h3 52. a4 (52. Kg3) 52... Be5 53. Kg1 Kf7
54. a5 $18) 46. b5 (46. Rxh6+ $1) 46... Rc2 47. Rxh6+ $1 Kxh6 48. Bd6 Rb2 49.
Bb4 Rc2 50. b6 Rc6 51. Ba5 Rc5 52. Bd2+ Kg6 53. a4 Rc8 54. a5 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas3"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ambroz,J"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Horvath,T} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O (4. c3 $5 Nf6 5. Qe2 e5 6. d4
cxd4 7. cxd4 a6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. O-O $14) 4... Bd7 (4... Nf6 5. e5) 5. c3 a6 (
5... Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Ba4 c4 8. d4 (8. Bc2 e5 $1 9. b3 b5 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. d3 (
11. b4 $5) 11... cxb3 12. axb3 b4 13. Rxa6 $6 bxc3 $15 {Rozentalis-Dohojan,
Bad Godesberg 1994}) 8... cxd3 9. Qxd3 g6 $5 10. Bf4 Bg7 11. Nbd2 O-O $10) 6.
Bxc6 (6. Ba4 b5 (6... c4 $5) 7. Bc2 Nf6 (7... Bg4 $5 8. h3 Bh5 9. d3 e6 10. Be3
Nf6 11. Nbd2 d5 $10 {Perenyi-Csom, Hungarz 1977}) 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 $5) 6...
Bxc6 7. Re1 $5 e6 (7... Nf6 8. d4 Bxe4 9. Bg5 Bd5 $1 10. Nbd2 c4 $13 {Mainka,
R-Rogers,I, Prague 1990} (10... e6 11. c4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 cxd4 13. Qxb7 Qc8 14.
Qf3 Be7 15. Nb3 h6 $1 16. Bh4 O-O 17. Qd3 $10 (17. Rac1 $6 Rb8 $1 {Pedersen,
H-Sher, Farum 1993}))) 8. d4 d5 (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 (9. Nxd4 $5) 9... d5 10. Ne5
$1 (10. exd5 Bxd5 (10... Qxd5 $2 11. Nc3 {/\ d5}) 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Ne5 Be7 $10)
10... dxe4 (10... Rc8 11. Nxc6 Rxc6 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Nc3 $16) 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Qc2 Qd7 $14) (8... Nf6 {Horvath,T} 9. Bg5 (9. d5 Bd7 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Bf4
Be7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Ng5 $14) 9... Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5
13. Ne4 $14) 9. e5 cxd4 (9... b6 $5 {/\ 10.dc5 bc5 ><d4}) 10. Nxd4 Bd7 (10...
Ne7 {Horvath,T} 11. Qg4 Ng6 12. Nd2 Be7 13. N2f3 O-O 14. Bg5 $14) 11. Qg4 Ne7
12. Nd2 Ng6 (12... Nc6 13. N2f3 (13. Nxc6 bxc6 $5 {/\ c5}) 13... h5 14. Qg3 $14
{><g7} (14. Qf4 Be7) 14... h4 15. Qg4) 13. N2f3 h6 (13... Be7 $5) 14. h4 Qc7
15. h5 Ne7 16. Bd2 O-O-O (16... Nc6 17. b4 (17. a4 Na5)) 17. a4 Kb8 18. b4 Qc4
(18... g5 19. b5 $1 {>>} (19. hxg6 Nxg6 20. b5 h5 $1 21. Qh3 Bg7 $13)) (18...
g6 $5 19. b5 gxh5 20. Qxh5 Ng6 21. Nh2 $1 {/\ Qe2, Ng4->} (21. Reb1 $5 Ka8 $13)
) 19. Qf4 $1 Be8 (19... Nf5 $4 20. Nxf5 Qxf4 21. Bxf4 exf5 22. e6+) (19... g5
$5 20. Qxf7 (20. Qf6 $2 Rh7 $1 {/\ Rc8, Ng8}) 20... Qc8 {/\ Rg8-g7, Ng8, ףf7}
(20... Qd3 21. Nxe6 Rh7 22. Nxd8 (22. Qf6) 22... Rxf7 23. Nxf7 g4 24. e6 $16))
20. b5 a5 21. Be3 $1 {/\ Nd2} Rc8 (21... Qxc3 22. Bd2 Qc7 23. Rec1 Qb6 24. Be3
$1 $18 {/\ Nc6!}) (21... g5 $5) 22. Nd2 Qd3 (22... Qxc3 23. N2b3 $36) 23. Rec1
g6 24. Qf6 Rg8 25. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 26. Qxe6 {/^ g1-a7} Rc7 (26... Rxc3 27. Qd6+ $1
) 27. Ba7+ $1 Ka8 (27... Kxa7 28. b6+ Kb8 29. Qd6 $18) 28. Qb6 $1 Rd7 29. e6 (
29. Qxa5 Nc8 (29... b6 30. Bxb6+ Kb8 31. c4 $5 $18) 30. e6 Rh7 31. e7 $1 Rxe7
32. Be3+ $18) 29... Nc8 30. exd7 Nxb6 31. dxe8=Q+ Kxa7 32. Qf7 $18 Qxd2 33.
Qxg8 Bc5 34. Qf7 gxh5 35. Qf3 Nc4 36. Rd1 Qb2 37. Rab1 Qa2 38. Kh1 Bxf2 39.
Qxd5 Bb6 40. Ra1 Qe2 41. Re1 Qg4 42. Re4 1-0

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Timoscenko, Gennadij A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ambroz,J"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bg4 (5... Bd7 $5 6. O-O (6. d4
a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d5 Bd7) 6... a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 e5) 6. h3 Bh5 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. O-O e6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rc1 $5 {>< Pc6} Qb8 $5 13. Na3
(13. Rxc6 O-O $5 (13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 O-O) (13... Qb7 14. Qc2) 14. Nc3 Qb7 15.
Rc4 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Ra4 Rfe8 $5 $44 (17... Bxf3 $5)) 13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3
d5 $5 (14... O-O 15. Nc4 d5 16. Na5 dxe4 17. Qe2 $14) 15. e5 Ng8 16. Bd2 $1 (
16. Bxe7 Nxe7 {>< Na3} 17. Nc2 $5 O-O (17... Qxb2 18. Rab1 Qxa2 19. Rb7 Qa5 (
19... Qc4 20. Qa3) 20. Rcb1 $44)) 16... Qxb2 17. Nc4 $1 Qxd4 (17... Qb8 18.
Rab1 $36) 18. Be3 Qe4 (18... Qd3 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Rxc6 Bd8 21. Nc8 $1 $16 Rb1+
$2 22. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 23. Rc1) 19. Qxe4 dxe4 20. Nb6 Rd8 (20... Rb8 $5 {/\ Bd8, Ne7
}) 21. Rxc6 Nh6 22. Nc8 $1 (22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Nc8 e3 $5) 22... Nf5 23. Bb6 Rd7
24. Re1 $1 O-O (24... Nd4 25. Nxe7 $1 Nxc6 (25... Kxe7 26. Bc5+) 26. Nxc6) 25.
Rxe4 Re8 26. Ra4 $16 Bf8 27. Rxa6 h5 28. a4 h4 29. a5 Rd5 (29... Rd1+ $5 30.
Kh2 g6 {/\ Bh6-f4}) 30. Ra8 Rxe5 31. Rc1 $1 Kh7 32. a6 Ba3 33. Ra1 Bc5 34. a7
Nd6 35. Rb8 Nxc8 36. Bxc5 Nxa7 37. Rxe8 Rxc5 38. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Black "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Arkhipov,S"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. c3 e6 8. d4
cxd4 (8... d5 9. e5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 {/\Qg4|^}) 9. cxd4 d5 10. Ne5 $1 $146 (10.
Bg5 $1 Be7 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. e5 $14 {Ulibin,M-Ruban,V/Elista(Rus-ch)1994/1:0 
(51)}) 10... dxe4 (10... Nf6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 (12. Bg5 $5 Be7 13. Qa4 $14)
12... Qb6 13. e5 Nd7 $13) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 $6 (12. Nc3 Nf6 13. Qa4 Qb6 14.
Bg5 Be7 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Rxe4 $14) 12... f5 $5 13. Qxc6+ Kf7 14.
Nc3 Ne7 15. Qa4 (15. Qb7 Qc8 $17) 15... Qe8 $6 (15... Nd5 $1 16. Bd2 Qe8 $10)
16. Qd1 $1 Qd7 $6 (16... g6 17. f3 exf3 18. Qxf3 Bg7 $13) 17. f3 $1 Nc6 18. Be3
exf3 19. Qxf3 Bb4 (19... Bd6 20. Rad1 Rae8 21. d5 Ne5 22. dxe6+ Qxe6 23. Qb7+
Qe7 24. Qb3+ $16) 20. Rad1 Rhe8 21. d5 Ne5 22. dxe6+ Qxe6 23. Qb7+ Qe7 24. Qd5+
Qe6 25. Qb7+ Qe7 26. Qd5+ Qe6 27. Bf2 $1 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Ng4 29. Rxf5+ Kg8 $1 (
29... Kg6 $6 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Rf4 Nxf2 32. Rxb4 Nd3 33. Rb6+ $1 Kg5 34. h3 $18
) 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. h3 $6 (31. Nd5 $1 Be1 32. Bc5 $18) 31... Nxf2 32. Kxf2
Bxc3 (32... Rb8 $1 33. Na4 $1 $16) 33. bxc3 Rc8 34. Rf3 Rc4 35. Ke1 Ra4 36. Rf2
g5 37. Kd1 Kg7 38. Kc1 g4 39. Kb2 $2 (39. hxg4 $1 $18) 39... gxh3 40. gxh3 Re4
41. Rf3 a5 $1 42. Kc2 (42. Kb3 $5 a4+ 43. Ka3 {/\Rf3-d3-d4+/=}) 42... Kg6 43.
Kd3 Ra4 44. Rf2 h5 (44... Rh4 $1 45. c4 Rxh3+ 46. Kd4 $14) 45. c4 $1 $18 Ra3+
46. Kd4 Rxh3 47. c5 Rh1 48. Rc2 $1 Rd1+ 49. Ke5 Re1+ 50. Kd6 Rd1+ 51. Ke6 Re1+
52. Kd7 Rd1+ 53. Kc8 Kf6 54. c6 Ke7 55. c7 Rb1 56. Re2+ Kf6 57. Rh2 (57. Rh2
Kg5 58. Rd2 Kf6 59. Kd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "SRB-chT"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2016.09.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2016.09.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jelica PEP"]
[BlackTeam "Sloga Turist"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 {The modern approach.} (3... Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7
5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 $1 Nc6 11. Bb2 $14
{offers White a slight but long term edge.}) 4. c3 $5 (4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 {or}) (4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 {constitute part of modern
theory.}) 4... Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d4 g6 $5 {A risky line.}
(8... e5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. a4 O-O 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8
Rxa8 15. Na3 (15. Qxb5 $2 Ba6 16. Qa4 Nb6 $19) 15... b4 16. Nc4 bxc3 17. bxc3
Bc6 $14 {sounds solid enough.}) 9. O-O Bg7 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Bxf3 12. gxf3
Nh5 13. e6 $14 {I was not content with the developments so I agreed to a draw
after a short period of thought.} (13. e6 fxe6 14. Qxe6 Qb6 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16.
a4 $1 (16. Be3 $6 Nc4 17. Bxc5 Nxb2 18. Re1 O-O) (16. Nd2) 16... Nxa4 17. Bxa4
bxa4 18. Rxa4 O-O 19. Kg2 Be5 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "SRB-chT Central"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2013.09.21"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Radibratovic, Predrag"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2013.09.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Prijepolje Priko"]
[BlackTeam "Kraljevo Sloga Turist"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 {Long time no Sicilians!} 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 (
5... a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 $1 (8. Qxd4 e5 9. Qd3 h6 $132) 8... Rc8
$14 {and Black lags in development.}) 6. h3 $5 {A funny little move.} (6. c3 a6
7. Bf1 $1 (7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d4 Bxe4 9. Bg5 Bd5 10. c4 (10. Nbd2 b5 11. c4 (11.
b3 e6 12. c4 Bb7 13. d5 e5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Rxe5+ Be7 16. Ne4 O-O 17. d6 Nxe4
18. Bxe7 Qb6 $14) 11... bxc4 12. dxc5 e6 13. Rc1 dxc5 14. Ne5 Qb8 $1) 10...
Bxf3 (10... Bxc4 11. Nc3 e6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. d5 e5 14. Nh4 Bb5 15. Ne4 Bd7 16.
Qh5 Be7 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Qd7 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qxf6 Rg8 21. f4 Qg4 22. g3
Rg6 23. Qh8+ Rg8 24. Qf6 (24. Qxh7 O-O-O $44) 24... Rg6 $11) 11. Qxf3 cxd4 12.
Qxb7 (12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qxf6 Rg8 14. Qxd4 Bg7 15. Qd2 Rc8 $13) 12... Qc8 13.
Qf3 e5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 $13) 7... e5 $5 8. h3 (8. d4 cxd4 (8... Be7 9. d5 Na7 $14)
9. cxd4 Bg4 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bd7 $13) 8... Be7 9. d4 Qc7 10.
d5 Na5 11. Nbd2 b5 $132 {is exactly like a Spanish Chigorin.}) 6... e5 (6... a6
7. Bf1 e5 8. c3 {transposes to the line I have mentioned above.}) 7. c3 a6 8.
Ba4 $6 {No matter what happens I find this risky.} (8. Bf1 Be7 $13 (8... g5 $5
9. d4 g4 10. hxg4 Bxg4)) (8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. d4 Qc7 $13) 8... b5 9. Bc2 g5 $1 {
Natural! In e4, e5 positions with the centre locked, g5 thrusts become very
dangerous combined especially with White's h3.} 10. d4 (10. d3 g4 11. hxg4 Bxg4
12. Nbd2 h5 $5) 10... g4 {I prefer this direct approach} ({to} 10... cxd4 11.
Bxg5 (11. cxd4 g4 12. hxg4 Bxg4 13. Be3 exd4 14. Bxd4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rg8+ 16.
Kf1 Nh5 $40) 11... Rg8 12. Kh1 $1 (12. cxd4 Bxh3 13. gxh3 h6 (13... Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 Rxg5+ 15. Kf1 exd4 16. Qxd4 Bg7 $40) 14. dxe5 Nxe5 $40) 12... Be7 $13) 11.
dxe5 $2 {An unnecessary exchange.} (11. hxg4 Bxg4 12. dxc5 Rg8 $1 (12... dxc5
13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. a4 $132) 13. cxd6 Bxd6 $44 (13... Ra7 $5 14. Qe2 Rd7 $44))
11... gxf3 $1 12. exf6 Qxf6 (12... Ne5 $5 13. Nd2 Bxh3 $5 14. Nxf3 (14. gxh3 $2
Rg8+ 15. Kf1 Qd7 $19) 14... Bg4 $13) 13. e5 ({The only way to keep the game
going is supposed to be} 13. Nd2 $142 fxg2 (13... Ne5 14. Nxf3) 14. e5 $1 dxe5
15. Ne4 Qe6 16. Bg5 $44) (13. Qxf3 $2 Qxf3 14. gxf3 Ne5 $1 {ought to be what
he missed!} 15. Nd2 Bh6 $17) 13... Nxe5 14. Qd5 $2 {After a lot of thought my
opponent lost it by direct play.} (14. Nd2 O-O-O 15. Ne4 Qg7 $40 (15... Qg6 16.
Ng3 $11) (15... Qe6 16. Ng5 Qf6 17. Ne4 $11)) 14... Rc8 15. Nd2 (15. Qxf3 Qxf3
16. gxf3 Kd8 $17) 15... Bc6 $1 $19 16. Ne4 Qg7 0-1

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2004.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ovetchkin, Roman"]
[Black "Paragua, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2004.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Qxd4 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7
8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. c4 e6 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. a4 h5 13. b4 h4 14. h3 Rh5 15.
Rfe1 Be7 16. Re3 Qc7 17. Nd2 Kf8 18. Rb1 Kg8 19. Qd3 Kh8 20. Qe2 Rh7 21. Kh1
Rg8 22. f4 Bf8 23. f5 Bh6 24. Rf3 Bg5 25. Qf2 Rhg7 26. Rd1 Kh7 27. Rd3 Bh6 28.
b5 $6 (28. Qxh4 $5 Rxg2 29. e5 $1 {, with the idea 30.Nde4, deserved serious
attention. The text move yields Black a durable advantage.}) 28... Rxg2 $1 29.
Qxg2 Rxg2 30. Kxg2 Bxd2 31. R1xd2 Qxc4 32. fxe6 Bxe6 33. Rf3 axb5 34. axb5 Qc5
35. Rdf2 Qe5 36. Kg1 b6 37. Rg2 f5 $1 38. Nd5 Kh6 39. Rf4 Kh5 40. Rgf2 fxe4 41.
Nf6+ Kh6 42. Rxh4+ Kg7 43. Rxe4 Qxb5 44. Re3 Kf8 45. h4 Qc4 46. Rg3 d5 ({
Of course, not} 46... Qxh4 $4 47. Rg8+ Ke7 48. Re8#) 47. h5 Qh4 48. Rg8+ Ke7
49. Rh8 d4 (49... Qg3+ 50. Kf1 Qd3+ 51. Kg2 Bh3+ 52. Kh2 Bf5 $1 {was a simpler
way to the victory.}) 50. Rg8 b5 51. Rgg2 Bh3 52. Rg8 Kd6 53. Rf3 Qe1+ 54. Kh2
Be6 55. Rgg3 b4 56. Rg1 Qh4+ 57. Kg2 b3 58. Rh1 Qg5+ 59. Kf2 Bf5 60. Rxb3 d3
61. Rb6+ Kc5 62. Rhb1 Qf4+ 63. Kg2 Be6 64. R1b5+ Kd4 65. Rb4+ Bc4 66. Rb1 (66.
Rc6 $4 {fails to} Qd2+) 66... d2 67. h6 Qg5+ 68. Kf3 Be6 69. R1b4+ Kd3 70. Rd6+
{[%tqu "En","Does Black have anything better than draw by repetition?","The
d2-pawn is your main trump!","Sacrifice your bishop to attain the goal of pawn
promotion.","e6d5","This nice move spells a quick end for White.",3]} Bd5+ $1 {
[%csl Gd2,Gd5,Rf3,Gg5][%cal Gd2d1] The final culmination! Now the d2-pawn
reach its aim.} ({White was hoping for} 70... Kc2 71. Rc6+ Kd3 (71... Kd1 $4
72. Rb1#) 72. Rd6+ {, with draw by repetition.}) (70... Kc3 $4 71. Ne4+) 71.
Rxd5+ Qxd5+ 72. Nxd5 d1=Q+ 73. Kf4 Qh5 {Now the game is over.} 74. Rb5 Qxh6+
75. Ke5 Qe6+ 76. Kf4 Qd6+ 77. Kf3 Qc6 78. Ra5 Kd4 79. Kf4 Qc1+ 80. Kf5 Qe1 0-1

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Savic, Miodrag R"]
[Black "Sibarevic, Milenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.05.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sokolac"]
[BlackTeam "Banja Luka"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8.
Qd3 h6 9. c4 Nf6 10. b3 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rd1 b5 13. c5 dxc5 14. Nxe5 Be6 15.
Qg3 Qe8 16. Bxh6 Nh5 17. Qf3 f6 18. Nc6 Qxc6 19. Qxh5 f5 20. Bg5 Bd6 21. Nd5
Ra7 22. Qh4 Re8 23. Rac1 Rd7 24. f3 c4 $1 25. Kh1 Ba3 $1 26. Nf6+ $2 ({A
dubious decision. White does not obtain sufficient compensation for the
sacrificed material. Better was Eine zweifelhafte Entscheidung. Weiß erhält
keine ausreichende Kompensation für die Qualität. Besser war} 26. bxc4 bxc4 (
26... Bxc1 27. Rxc1 fxe4 28. fxe4 bxc4 29. Ne7+ Rexe7 30. Bxe7 Rd4 {, with
better chances for Black mit besseren Chancen für Schwarz}) 27. Rc2 Bxd5 28.
exd5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Qxd5 {, with a dangerous initiative. mit gefährlicher
Initiative.}) 26... gxf6 27. Bxf6 Rh7 28. Qg5+ Kf7 29. exf5 Rg8 $1 30. Qf4 Bxc1
31. fxe6+ Qxe6 32. Qxc1 Qe2 (32... Kxf6 {(32...Rxg2!?) was winning too, but
the text move is the most elegant way to victory. (32...Rxg2!?) gewann
ebenfalls, aber der Textzug ist der eleganteste Gewinnweg.}) 33. Rd7+ Ke6 34.
Rd2 {[%tqu "En","Black's major pieces are superbly placed and ready to deliver
the decisive blow. Can you find it?","Destroy the pawn shield around the enemy
king and exploit the shaky position of the white rook.","Sacrifice your rook!",
"h7h2","This beautiful sacrifice yields Black a decisive advantage.",4,"De",
"Die schwarzen Schwerfiguren sind superb platziert und zum Entscheidungsschlag
bereit. Wie sieht der aus?","Vernichten Sie den Bauernschutz vor dem
feindlichen König und nutzen Sie dabei die anfällige Stellung des weißen Turms.
","Opfern Sie den Turm!","h7h2","Dieses wunderschöne Opfer verschafft Schwarz
entscheidenden Vorteil.",4]} Rxh2+ $1 {[%csl Rd2,Rg2,Rh1,Gh2][%cal Ge2g2,Gg8g2]
} ({This excellent move decides the outcome of the battle in Black's favour.
All other continuations were fatal for Black: Dieser ausgezeichnete Zug
entscheidet die Schlacht zugunsten des Schwarzen. Alle anderen Fortsetzungen
wären allerdings auch fatal gewesen:} 34... Rxg2 $2 35. Rxe2+ Rxe2 36. h4 Kxf6
37. Qg5+ {, with a durable advatnage. mit dauerhaftem Vorteil.}) (34... Qe3 $4
35. Rd6+ {, winning und gewinnt.}) 35. Kxh2 Rxg2+ 36. Kh1 ({Of course, not
Natürlich nicht} 36. Kh3 $2 Qxf3+ 37. Kh4 Qg4#) 36... Rh2+ 37. Kg1 Qxd2 38. Qf1
({The ending after Das Endspiel nach} 38. Qxd2 Rxd2 {is absolutely hopeless
for White. ist absolut hoffnungslos für Weiß.}) 38... Kxf6 39. bxc4 Re2 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.01.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Ba4 c4 8. Bc2
e5 9. b3 cxb3 $5 {[%mdl 8]} (9... b5 10. Na3 (10. bxc4 bxc4) (10. Qe2 Rc8 11.
d3 cxb3 12. axb3 b4 13. Rxa6 bxc3 $15 {0-1 Rozentalis,E-Dokhoian,Y/Bonn 1994/
CBM 40/[Von Gleich] (75)}) 10... cxb3 11. axb3 Be7 12. d4 O-O 13. d5 Na5 14.
Nxe5 $1 dxe5 15. d6 Bg4 16. dxe7 Qxe7 17. Qd3 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Gc2] 1/2-1/2
Leino,J-Nokso Koivisto,A/Salo 1993/EXT 99 (53)}) 10. axb3 Bg4 $1 {I found this
idea during the game,but now it's looking very logical for me,black really
gets quite good play.} 11. d3 ({White achieves nothing after both:} 11. d4 Bxf3
12. gxf3 Nh5 13. f4 Qh4 $1 {[%csl Gg1]} (13... Nxf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Qg4 $44))
({and} 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. d4 Be7 14. d5 Nb8 15. Nbd2 {[%cal Gd2f1,Gf1g3]
} h5 $1 16. g5 Nh7 17. h4 f6 $36) 11... Be7 12. Nbd2 O-O (12... d5 13. h3 Bh5
14. g4 Bg6 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Nf1 $13 (16. Qe2 $5)) 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nf1 d5 15. g4
Bg6 16. Ng3 Rc8 (16... d4 $5 {Was already very interesting} 17. cxd4 (17. Bb2
$143 $6 dxc3 18. Bxc3 Qc7 $1 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3][%cal Ga8c8]} (18... Bb4 19. Bxb4
Nxb4 20. Nxe5 Qc7 21. Nc4 b5 22. Ne3 $44) 19. Qd2 Rac8 $17 {[%csl Gc2,Gc3]})
17... Nxd4 (17... Bb4 $2 18. dxe5 $16) (17... exd4 18. Bb2 $13) 18. Nxe5 (18.
Bb2 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Nd7 {with nice play for black}) 18... Qc7 19. Nc4 b5 20. Ne3
Bd6 $44 (20... Rfc8 21. Ra2) (20... Qc3 $6 21. Bd2 $1 Qxd2 22. Qxd2 Nf3+ 23.
Kg2 Nxd2 24. Red1 Bb4 25. g5 $16 {[%cal Ge3d5]})) 17. Bb2 (17. Be3 $6 dxe4 $140
(17... d4 $1 18. cxd4 exd4 19. Bd2 Nd7 $15) 18. dxe4 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Nb4 20. Bb1
Rxc3 21. Nxe5 Rxb3 22. f4 $16 {[%csl Gg6]}) 17... Bc5 $2 {For sure improving
the position of black bishop,but more important moment ,allowing to white to
insert his bishop into the play with tempo.} ({Necessary was} 17... d4 $1 18.
cxd4 exd4 (18... Nxd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Ne2 {[%cal Gf2f4]} (20. f4 $2 Qc7 {
[%csl Gc2,Gf4]}) 20... Bc5 $13 21. f4 $140 $2 (21. Kg2) 21... Bxe4 22. dxe4 d3+
{[%csl Gg1]})) 18. b4 Bb6 19. Bb3 $16 {White bishop comes into the play and
now any opening of the centre will be very dangerous for black,because the
difference between bishop b3 against bishop on g6,will be decisive.} Re8 (19...
d4 20. cxd4 exd4 21. Qd2 $16 {[%csl Gg6]}) (19... Qd6 20. Nh4 (20. g5 Nh5)
20... Ne7 (20... Nd8 21. Nhf5 Qd7 22. g5) 21. g5 (21. c4 dxc4 22. Bxc4) 21...
Nd7 22. exd5 e4 {[%cal Gd6g3]} 23. d4 $16) (19... a5 20. b5 Ne7 21. Nxe5 Qc7
22. exd5 Nexd5 {[%csl Gc3]} 23. Rc1 Nf4 24. d4 $16) 20. Rc1 Qd6 (20... d4 21.
cxd4 Nxd4 22. Rxc8 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Qxc8 24. g5 Nd7 25. h4 $18 {[%cal Gh4h5]})
21. Nh4 Ne7 22. Qf3 Rf8 23. Kg2 $2 {Missing a good opportunity to seize the
initiative} (23. g5 $1 Nd7 24. Nhf5 $1 (24. exd5 f5 $1 25. Nxg6 hxg6 $44 {
and black has some compensation for the pawn.}) 24... Bxf5 25. Nxf5 Nxf5 26.
exf5 d4 (26... e4 $2 27. dxe4 dxe4 28. Rcd1 $1 Qe7 29. f6 $1 $18) 27. Re4 $16 {
[%cal Ge4h4]} dxc3 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Bxc3 Bd4 30. Bd2 $40 {[%cal Ge4h4]}) 23...
h6 $1 24. Kh2 {Smirin has admited his mistake on previous move and put his
king on the right square,before opening g-file} (24. Nhf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 {
[%cal Gh3h4,Gg4g5]} d4 $1 {[%cal Gf6d5,Gd5f4] bad for white}) 24... Kh8 25.
Nhf5 Bxf5 26. gxf5 a5 $1 {Very important move ,black now starts his own play
on the queenside and white have to be carefull.} 27. Rb1 dxe4 28. dxe4 axb4 29.
cxb4 (29. Red1 $142 $5 {was very interesting idea} Qc5 $6 {[%csl Gf2] looks
logical} (29... Qc7 $142 30. cxb4 Nc6 $11) 30. cxb4 Qxf2+ (30... Qxb4 $2 31.
Bxe5) 31. Qxf2 Bxf2 32. Bxe5 Bxg3+ (32... Nc6 33. Ba1 $1) 33. Kxg3 Nxe4+ 34.
Kf4 {and white gets very strong initiative for the pawn for example:} Nf2 35.
Rd7 Nc6 36. Ba1 $36 {[%csl Ga1,Gb3]}) 29... Nc6 30. b5 Nd4 31. Bxd4 Qxd4 32.
Kg2 Rc3 {Here i decided to offer draw ,black position is slightly better ,but
i didn't find nothing special for example:} (32... Rc3 33. Qe2 Qc5 34. Red1 Kg8
{protecting the f7-pawn and free the rook on f8} 35. Rb2 {with idea Rd3 or Bd5}
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-chT 0304"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2003.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Breda"]
[BlackTeam "Apeldoorn"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 {The text move has
been successfully applied by Mickey Adams. Nowadays Black equalises without
much problems, but anywhere the play transposes to complicated middlegame.} e6
(6... Ne5 {another Black's popular reply.}) 7. c3 d5 {Strangely enough, but
this interesting move has been occured only once in tournament practice.} (7...
Ne5 {Black's most popular reply.}) 8. d3 (8. exd5 Nxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4
11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Qxd4 Nf6 $11) (8. e5 $140 $2 Nxe5 {[%csl Gb5] loses a pawn.}
) 8... Be7 9. Ba4 $1 $146 {[%cal Ge4e5] A very concrete approach,now White is
threatening 10 e5.} (9. e5 $2 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxb5 $17 {0-1 Odeev,H-Veingold,A/
Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (83)}) 9... Qa5 {[%csl Ga4]} ({After} 9... d4 10. e5 Nd5 11.
c4 $1 (11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. cxd4 O-O $44) 11... Nc7 12. Nbd2 {[%cal Gd2e4] and
White has a stable advantage.}) 10. Bg5 {Once again 11 e5 is threatening.} (10.
e5 $140 $2 Nxe5 $17 {[%csl Ga4]}) 10... dxe4 11. dxe4 Ne5 $5 (11... Rd8 12.
Nbd2 O-O 13. Bb3 $14 {[%cal Ge4e5]}) 12. Bc2 $1 (12. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7
{and Black has a decent counterplay ,due to the weak d3-square.}) 12... Nxf3+
13. Qxf3 Bc6 14. Nd2 Qc7 (14... O-O 15. Nc4 Qa6 16. Ne5 {[%cal Ge5g4]} Rfe8 (
16... Rfd8 $143 17. Ng4 $1 Nxg4 18. Bxe7 Rd2 (18... Ne5 19. Qg3 $16) 19. Qxg4
Rxc2 20. Bf6 {wins .}) 17. a4 $14) 15. Nc4 Rd8 $1 ({Other moves are clearly
worse:} 15... Nxe4 $2 {loses immediately.} 16. Bxe7 Ng5 17. Qe3 Qxe7 18. f4 $18
) (15... O-O 16. Bf4 Qc8 17. Nd6 Qd8 (17... Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Re8 (18... Rd8 $2 19.
Be7 Rd2 20. Rac1 $16) 19. Qg3 $16 (19. Bxc5 $2 Bxe4 $1 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4
Qxc5 22. Qxb7 Rab8 $11)) 18. Qd3 {[%cal Ge4e5]} b5 {[%cal Gc5c4]} 19. Rad1 $16)
16. Bf4 Qc8 17. a4 $14 ({The logical continuation would have been} 17. Rad1 O-O
18. Nd6 Qa8 {[%cal Gb7b6] and I don't see how White can make any serious
progress, for example:} 19. Qd3 {[%cal Ge4e5]} b5 $1 20. e5 c4 21. Qd4 Nh5 $1
$132) 17... b6 ({After} 17... O-O {I didn't like} 18. a5 {grabbing more space
on the queen side.} Bb5 $140 19. e5 Nd5 20. Qe4 f5 (20... g6 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22.
exd6 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 $16) 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Qe2 {clearly better for White.}) 18.
Re3 $1 O-O 19. h4 {Starting an offensive .} (19. Qe2 Qb7 (19... Ne8 20. e5 $1)
20. Re1 {deserved serious attention.} (20. Ne5 Be8)) 19... Ne8 {The only
reasonable defensive idea.} 20. Qe2 ({Another interesting option} 20. Qg3 f6
21. e5 (21. Bb3 Kh8 22. e5 Bd5 $13) 21... f5 22. Nd6 Nxd6 (22... Bxd6 23. exd6
Bd5 24. h5 $36) 23. exd6 Bf6 {and Black holds the position.}) ({In the event of
} 20. h5 f5 $5 {Black gets some counterplay.} (20... f6)) 20... f6 (20... Bxh4
$2 {would have been a suicide decision.} 21. Rh3 Be7 22. Qh5 Nf6 23. Qh4 $1 {
[%cal Ge4e5]} e5 24. Nxe5 Bb7 25. Bg5 {with winning attack.}) 21. e5 f5 22. Rh3
(22. h5 Nc7 {[%cal Gc7d5]} 23. Rg3 Nd5 24. Bd2 Qc7 {and Black has a decent
play.} (24... Kh8 25. h6 g6 26. Nd6 $16)) 22... Qb7 $1 {[%csl Gg2]} 23. Nd6 $1
{White should play play precisely in order to keep his advantage.} (23. Ne3 Nc7
{[%cal Gc7d5]} 24. c4 $140 $2 Rd4 $36) 23... Bxd6 ({Here I have spent fifteen
minutes, trying to find a clear way to equality after:} 23... Nxd6 24. exd6
Bxd6 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 (25... Qf7 26. Qxf7+ Rxf7 27. Bxd6 Rxd6 28. Bb3 $18) 26.
Bxd6 Rf6 27. Qe7 Rfxd6 28. Qxb7 Bxb7 29. Bxf5 {and I didn't succeed to find
anything concrete.} Rd2 30. Re3 g6 31. Bg4 Rxb2 32. Re7 Bc6 33. Rxa7) 24. exd6
Be4 (24... Nxd6 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Bxd6 (26. Rd3 Rfe8) 26... Rf6 {-see 23...Nd6}
) 25. Rd1 Nf6 26. Bb3 (26. Bxe4 $5 fxe4 (26... Nxe4 27. f3 $16 {[%csl Ge6]}) (
26... Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Nxe4 28. Re3 Kf7 29. f3 Nf6 30. c4 $16 {[%csl Gd5]}) 27. h5
Ne8 28. Bh2 Rf5 {[%cal Gf5d5]} 29. h6 {looks very dangerous for Black.} (29. c4
e5 $1 {[%csl Gd6]})) 26... Qf7 27. Bg5 {At this moment I have managed to
notice, that I have had only 40 seconds for thirteen moves!} Bd5 28. Bxd5 $2 {
This strange decision allows Black to get very close to equality.} (28. c4 $142
Bc6 29. Re3 Rfe8 30. f3 {[%csl Ge4] keeping a long-lasting edge.}) 28... exd5
29. Qe5 (29. Qe7 Rd7 $1) 29... Rfe8 30. Qxf5 Rxd6 31. Re3 Rxe3 (31... Ne4 32.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. Bf4 Rd7 34. f3 Nf6 {was a reasonable alternative.}) 32. Bxe3 h6
(32... Ne4 $2 33. Qc8+ Qf8 34. Qb7 $1 {[%csl Ga7,Gd5]} Qd8 35. Qxa7 Qxh4 36.
Qb8+ Qd8 37. Qxd8+ Rxd8 38. a5 bxa5 39. f3 Nf6 40. Bxc5 $14) 33. a5 Qe6 34. Qg6
Qf7 35. Qg3 Ne4 36. Qe5 Rd7 $4 $138 (36... Rd8 $142 $11) 37. axb6 axb6 38. f3
$2 {It's very difficult to explain how my opponent missed the golden
opportunity to decide the game, the only reasonable explanation can be, that
exactly at this moment I had only 2 seconds for 3 remaiming moves (!!).} (38.
Qb8+ $142 Kh7 39. Qxb6 Qh5 {[%csl Gd1,Gh4]} 40. Ra1 $1 {the most accurate} ({
After} 40. f3 Ng3 41. Qe6 Rd8 {And Black has some counterplay.}) 40... Qxh4 41.
Bxc5 {and White wins a pawn without any compensation.}) 38... Nf6 39. Qb8+ Qe8
40. Qxe8+ Nxe8 {Somehow I managed to make my two last moves within one second!}
41. b4 d4 $1 {The most precise way to hold the game.} (41... cxb4 42. cxb4 b5
43. Kf2 $14) 42. bxc5 bxc5 43. cxd4 Nc7 44. Kf2 (44. d5 Rxd5 45. Rxd5 Nxd5 46.
Bxc5 h5 $1 {should be an easy draw.}) 44... h5 45. Rd2 cxd4 46. Bxd4 Kf7 47.
Rc2 Rxd4 48. Rxc7+ Kf6 $11 {Of course this rook endgame is easily drawn for
Black, and normally on GM level a draw should be agreed immediately, but my
opponent was probably so dissapointed with the way he lost his advantage, that
he has tried to win this endgame for almost twenty moves.} 49. Rc6+ Kf7 50. g3
Rd3 51. Ke2 Ra3 {The best way to defend this rook endgame is to keep your rook
active. The rest doesn't requred any comments. The draw result is inevitable.}
52. Rd6 g6 53. Rd3 Ra4 54. Ke3 Kf6 55. Rd4 Ra5 56. Rf4+ Ke6 57. g4 Ra3+ 58. Kf2
hxg4 59. fxg4 Rh3 60. g5 Ke5 61. Kg2 Ra3 62. Rf3 Ra2+ 63. Kh3 Ra1 64. Kg4 Ra4+
65. Kg3 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2005.01.22"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.01.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O e5 ({The alternative} 5...
Bg4 {is recently more popular option.}) 6. c3 $1 {In my opinion the most
principal way to fight for an opening advantage.} Bg4 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bxf3
9. Qxf3 exd4 {This line considered to be not dangerous for Black, but Gadi is
extremely talanted player and here he comes up with a very strong novelty,
which easily can change the evaluation of this line.} 10. Re1 $1 $32 {[%mdl 8]}
({The previos try was} 10. e5 d5 11. Rd1 {and Black was perfectly ok after} Ne7
$1 12. Rxd4 Ng6 13. Qc3 Qb6 $1 14. Rd1 Bc5 15. Be3 $2 d4 $1 16. Rxd4 Bxd4 17.
Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 Rd8 {[%csl Gd1] 0-1 Talla,V-Cvek,R/Moravia 1994/EXT 97 (18)}
) 10... Be7 ({The alternatives didn't appeal to me during the game , for
example:} 10... Qf6 $143 11. Qb3 $1 {[%cal Gb3b7] with very unpleasant idea of
12 Qb7}) (10... c5 11. Na3 $1 ({Not so clear} 11. e5 $143 d5 12. e6 Nf6 $1)
11... Be7 12. Nc4 Nf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 {[%cal Ge5c6]}) ({But maybe} 10...
Nf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxc6+ Nd7 13. Rxe5+ Be7 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Ga8c8,Ge8g8] was
worth considering.}) 11. e5 (11. Qg3 {doesn't create serious problems for
Black.} Nf6 12. Qxg7 Rg8 13. Qh6 Qa5 $1 ({During the game my intention was:} 
13... Qd7 {[%cal Ge8c8]}) 14. Nd2 Qh5 15. Qxh5 (15. Qf4 Qg4 $11 (15... Ng4 16.
Nf1 $1)) 15... Nxh5 16. Nf3 c5 {and this endgame is perfectly playable for
Black.}) 11... dxe5 (11... d5 $2 12. Qg4 {[%csl Gg7]} Kf8 13. Qxd4 $16) 12.
Qxc6+ (12. Rxe5 Qd7 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. Bb4 Nd5) 12... Kf8 13. Nd2 {The logical
way to develop White's initiative.} (13. Rxe5 $2 Rc8 $19 {[%csl Gc1]}) 13...
Rc8 14. Qf3 $6 ({During the game I was mostly concerned about} 14. Qa6 $1 {
and White's Q is very annoying on a6.} Rc5 ({After} 14... f6 15. Qxa7 Qd5 (
15... Nh6 16. Ne4 Nf5 17. Bd2) 16. Ne4 {Black can hardly develop his piecies,
since} f5 {is strongly met by} 17. Ng5 $1) 15. Qxa7 (15. Ne4 $140 Qa5 $1 16.
Qxa5 Rxa5 17. Bd2 Rd5 18. Rac1 f5 {and Black is ok.}) 15... Nf6 16. Nb3 {
and I don't believe Black can hold this position.}) 14... Qc7 {[%csl Ge5]} 15.
b3 {[%cal Gd2c4] Gadi finds a very interesting opportunity to develop his
initiative, since} (15. Ne4 Nf6 16. Bd2 Qb7 $1 {should be ok for Black.}) 15...
Nf6 ({Of course I could have played} 15... Qc3 {but after} 16. Qxc3 (16. Qb7 $6
f6 17. f4 Rc7 {and Black has a draw at worst.} 18. Qb8+ Rc8) 16... dxc3 17. Nc4
f6 18. Be3 a6 19. Rec1 {White enjoys a pleasant edge.}) 16. Nc4 ({During the
game I was afraid of} 16. Bb2 {[%cal Ga1c1] folowing by 17 Rac1, but after the
correct} Rd8 $1 (16... Bb4 17. Rac1 Bc3 18. Bxc3 dxc3 19. Nc4 e4 20. Qxc3 $16)
17. Rac1 Qb8 {Black is doing well} 18. Qf5 Bb4 $1) 16... e4 17. Qf5 $1 $44 {
[%csl Gf8] Finally a very unbalanced position has been arised: despite his
extra pawn Black has a serious problems with development of his piecies.} h5 $1
{A very nice defensive recourse, now Black is ready to play 18...g6, also in
some lines Black's rook will come into the play via 5th rank.} (17... g6 {
would be very dangerous for Black.} 18. Bh6+ Kg8 19. Qg5 $1 (19. Qh3 $143 Rd8
20. Rad1 Rd5 {[%cal Gd5h5]}) 19... Rd8 20. Rac1 {[%cal Gc4e5,Ge5c6]}) 18. Bf4
g6 $1 19. Qg5 ({White had many possibilities here, but none of them promises
any advantage:} 19. Qh3 Qxf4 20. Qxc8+ Kg7 21. Qh3 Rd8 {and Black has a great
compensation for the exchange.}) (19. Qxf6 Bxf6 20. Bxc7 Rxc7 21. Rxe4 Kg7 {
with equal endgame.} (21... h4 $5 {[%cal Gh8h5]})) (19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. Bxe5 d3
21. Rad1 Rd8 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Rxe4 Kg7 24. Re3 Rhe8 $1) 19... Qd8 (19... Ng4
$143 20. Bxc7 Bxg5 21. Bd6+ Kg7 22. Rad1 $14) 20. Be5 h4 $1 {[%cal Gh8h5] Just
in time.} 21. Rad1 Rh5 22. Qf4 Nd5 $1 {During the game I felt, that Gadi
overlooked this continuation.} 23. Qg4 (23. Qxe4 $140 $2 Nc3 $17) 23... Rg5 ({
Certainly I've noticed the line} 23... Rxc4 24. bxc4 Rxe5 25. cxd5 Qxd5 26. f3
$1 exf3 27. Qxf3 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qd7 {with approximately equal position, but I
was definitely looking for more.}) 24. Qxe4 $1 {This capture came as a big
surprise to me, for a long time I couldn't understand why it should work now,
what is the difference between my rook on h5 and g5?} ({Now} 24. Qh3 Rxc4 $1
25. bxc4 Rxe5 26. cxd5 Qxd5 $17 {is clearly better for Black, since White has
no opportunity to break my central pawns with f3 advance.}) 24... Nc3 25. Qxd4
Nxd1 26. Bd6 $3 {[%cal Gd4h8] Now I realised the difference, the h8-square is
not protected by my rook!} Kg8 $8 27. Rxe7 Nc3 $3 {A beautiful counterblow,
which allows Black to equalise.} ({Black is loses after} 27... h3 $2 28. Qxd1
Rxg2+ 29. Kf1 Rxh2 30. Qf3 $18 {[%csl Gf7]}) 28. Qxc3 Qxd6 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30.
Nxd6 Rd5 $1 {The point of Black's combination.} (30... Rc5 $4 31. Nc4 $18) 31.
h3 Rxd6 {Although White has an extra pawn Black is not worse, since he can
easily create a counterplay against White's K.} 32. Qb4 {[%csl Gh4]} Rd1+ 33.
Kh2 Re2 $1 34. Qb8+ (34. Qxh4 Rdd2 $11) 34... Kg7 35. Qxa7 Rdd2 36. Kg1 Re1+
37. Kh2 Rf1 ({Of course I could have repeated moves with} 37... Ree2 $11 {
but once again I was looking for a win!}) 38. a4 Rfxf2 (38... Rdd1 39. g3 hxg3+
40. Kxg3 $16) 39. Qb7 {[%csl Gg2] Despite his two passed pawns on the
queenside it's White, who has to play precisely in order to achieve a draw.} g5
$1 {It is essential to protect my h4-pawn.} (39... Rf1 $2 40. Qe4 $1 {[%csl
Gh4]} g5 41. Qe3 {[%csl Gd2,Gg5]} Rd5 42. a5 {can be risky for Black.}) 40. Qe4
(40. a5 Rd1 {[%cal Gf2f1]} 41. Qe7 Kg6 42. Qe4+ Kh6 43. Qc6+ f6 44. Qe8 $11)
40... Rfe2 (40... Rf1 $2 41. Qe3 {[%csl Gd2,Gg5]}) 41. Qf3 f6 42. Qb7+ Kg6 43.
Qa8 $1 (43. Qa8 Re1 44. Qg8+ Kh6 45. Qh8+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-Nord 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.03.26"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Joachim, Sven"]
[Black "Zezulkin, Jurij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1999.10.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Isernhagen"]
[BlackTeam "Zehlendorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bxe4 10. Bg5 (10. Nc3 $142 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6 12. Qxb7 Qc8 13. Qf3
Be7 14. d5 (14. Qg3 O-O 15. Bh6 Ne8 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. Nf4 Qc2 18. Rac1 Qf5 $13 {
0-1 Auletta,A-Tiviakov,S/Ischia 1998/(23)}) 14... e5 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Ne4 Nxd5
17. Nxd6 Qe6 18. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Alterman,B/Struga 1995/(31)}) 10... Qa5
$1 {[%cal Ra5g5,Ra5e1]} 11. Nc3 (11. Bxf6 Bxf3 12. Qd2 Qxd2 13. Nxd2 Bd5 $17) (
11. Nbd2 $5 Bd5 $1 (11... Bxf3 12. Nxf3) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 $17) 11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3
Qxg5 13. Qxb7 Rd8 14. Qc6+ Rd7 (14... Nd7 $4 15. Ne4 $18) 15. Qc8+ (15. Qxa6 e6
16. Qa8+ Rd8 17. Qc6+ Rd7 18. a4 Qa5 $1 (18... Be7 19. a5 O-O 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21.
Qxd7 $13) 19. d5 Be7 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Rxe6 Qc7 22. Qf3 (22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Nb5
Rd7 24. a5 Kf7 25. Re2 d5 26. Nd4 Ra8 $17) 22... O-O 23. a5 d5 24. a6 Qb8 25.
Qe2 Bc5 26. Kh1 Qb3 27. Rc6 Re8 28. Qd2 (28. Re6) 28... Ba7 $19 {0-1 Kalegin,
E-Hamatgaleev,A/Perm 1997/(42)}) (15. d5 $5 e6 (15... Qg4 16. Na4) 16. dxe6 (
16. Rxe6+ fxe6 17. dxe6 Be7 18. exd7+ Kf7 $17) 16... fxe6 17. Rxe6+ Be7 (17...
Kf7 $2 18. Rxf6+) 18. Rae1 O-O 19. h4 (19. Rxe7 $4 Rxe7 20. Rxe7 Qc1+) (19. f3
Rf7 $19) 19... Qxh4 20. g3 Qh3 21. Rxe7 Ng4 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Qh1 Qxh1+ 24. Kxh1
Nxf2+ 25. Kg2 Rxe7 26. Rxe7 h6 27. Rd7 Ng4 28. Rxd6 Ne3+ 29. Kh3 Rf1 30. Rd2 g5
31. Kh2 Ng4+ {1/2-1/2 Borisenko,A- Shabanov,Y/Yaroslavl 1995/(31)}) 15... Rd8
16. Qc6+ (16. Qc6+ Rd7 17. Qc8+ {1/2-1/2 Kraut,R-Babula,V/Germany 1998/(17)})
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 16th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Bartel,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the last round of EICC 2015 in Jerusalem. For both
players a draw would mean qualification for the World Cup 2015, but winning
would mean a high place and possibly a medal. Having a lot of time to think,
as the game was played after the free day, both players came in quite
ambitious mood, at least compared to other players with the same number of
points, who mostly drew their games, some in just few minutes.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3
d6 3. Bb5+ {I don't go into the main Najdorf too often. During my preparation
I had idea of playing 3.d4 just for few minutes - then my friends Grzegorz
Gajewski and Radek Wojtaszek told me that I should rather play something more
solid. So, I went for the Rossolimo.} Nc6 ({Surprise, as Ian has never tried
it, according to my database. He has played both} 3... Bd7) ({and} 3... Nd7 {
. If he used the bishop to cover his king, it would be a signal that he was
happy with a drawish outcome. Using the knight - both to d7 or c6 meant that
he wanted to play a sharper game.}) 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 $6 {This move made me
a bit concerned. Theory says that's it's not accurate. I'm not sure, if Ian
had prepared this or maybe being slightly surprised by my 3.Bb5+ he decided to
improvise over the board.} (5... Nf6 {is the main move in order to play a6
only after c3:} 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 ({to exchange now is not that strong, as after
} 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 {the pawn on e4 is hanging. You can sacrifice it by} 8. d4 {
, but after} Bxe4 {it's a normal game for Black}) 7... Bg4 {and it's a very
topical position.}) 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 {This is the problem of an early ...a6
- White can play d4, not thinking about the e4-pawn.} cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 $6 {
A very strange move, as taking on c6 wasn't a threat.} ({A more logical try
would be something like} 8... Rc8 9. Nc3 e6 {and it's not that easy for White
to make use of his superior development.}) 9. Bg5 ({During the game I thought
this is the most logical and at the same time the most provocative move. It
makes some sense, as it prevents ...Nf6, but it was better to play normal
moves, e.g.} 9. c4 Nf6 (9... Rc8 10. b3 g6 11. Bb2 Nf6 (11... Bg7 12. Nc6) 12.
Nc3 Bg7 13. Nd5 $14) 10. Nc3 g6 11. Bg5 Bg7 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Rad1 $14) 9... Nf6
$2 {I was shocked when Ian played this move - I hadn't expected such a big
positional mistake from such a great player as he is. I don't know what made
him play this...} ({I think he regretted after the game that he didn't try the
most obvious move, which I actually expected him to execute:} 9... h6 $1 10.
Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 h5 {and now the game gets very concrete and unclear, e.g.:} 12.
h3 g4 13. h4 e5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 {and, though I prefer White, Black is
doing fine.}) 10. Bxf6 {Of course! Now White is, using big words, positionally
winning. After just 10 moves!} gxf6 11. Nc3 e6 12. Qh5 {White has made natural
moves all the time and is ... 3 tempi up in developent. Such an advantage must
be decisive.} Bg7 $2 {This move hurries the process, but there was already no
fun for Black in any line.} ({I expected something like} 12... Be7 13. Re3 (13.
Rad1 $5) 13... Qb6 14. Nb3 O-O-O 15. Qxf7 Rde8 {where White would be a pawn up,
but there would remain sufficient practical chances for Black.}) 13. Rad1 Rc8 (
{In the event of} 13... O-O {White would play} 14. Re3 {intending to play Red3
(pressing later on d6) or just to move the rook to the kingside, creating some
sort of storm on Black's king area.}) 14. Nf5 $1 {Such moves are always easy
to play - one don't really need to calculate, as in the resulting structure
Black is, in fact, okay without the rook on h8 and bishop from g7.} exf5 15.
exf5+ Kf8 16. Ne4 {The key move - the knight is going to d6, what is simply
killing.} Bc6 17. Nxd6 Qc7 (17... Rc7 {lost even quicker because of} 18. Nxb7)
18. Nxc8 Qxc8 19. Rd4 {At this moment of the game I got nervous - you can only
do badly here. Winning is so easy that it brings no glory, while losing or
drawing would be more than just painful. I tried to calm down, but I think I
didn't until the very last move.} ({Here the most precise was} 19. Re3 $1 Qc7 (
{after} 19... Bb5 {White can follow the path from the game, as the rook on e3
is a big improvement:} 20. Rd4 Qc7 21. Qd1 Bh6 22. Rd8+ Kg7 23. Rg3+ {now we
see, why the rook here is a big thing:} Bg5 24. Rxg5+ fxg5 25. f6+) 20. Qh4 {
looking both to b4 and g3} Kg8 21. Qg3 $1 Qc8 22. Red3 {and the queen is lost.}
) 19... Qc7 20. Qd1 $2 {I played this move being sure, that it was just
curtains. Actually, it gives Black some air to breath.} ({I saw the correct
and easiest} 20. Red1 Be8 21. Rd8 Qe5 {, but - knowing that it must be easily
winning - I couldn't find a direct way. There is, however, an easy and very
pretty solution:} 22. Kf1 {(idea Re1)} Ke7 23. R8d5 Bb5+ 24. Kg1 Qe4 {and now}
25. Qh4 $1) 20... Bh6 21. h4 {I thought that now the game is over, since White
is about to check on d8 and g4 and collect the bishop. However, Ian started to
fight for real:} Qa5 $1 {The only move.} 22. Rd8+ Kg7 23. Qg4+ Bg5 24. Rdd1 {
Luckily, White has this and is still winning.} h6 $1 {Another strong,
practical move. Taking on g5 is dubious, as it weakens the white king, so you
should look for something safer.} 25. a3 {There is no hurry, so why not defend
the pawn?} Qc7 26. Qg3 Qa5 27. f4 $5 {A brave decision. Objectively, there was
no reason to play so sharply, but I thought that it won easily. I was both
wrong and lucky.} Qc5+ 28. Re3 Bxg2 $1 {This move I missed. Ok, I saw that it
was possible, but I didn't think it could be that dangerous.} 29. fxg5 hxg5 30.
hxg5 Rh1+ $2 {Luckily, Ian went for an easily losing line.} ({The correct move
was} 30... Be4 $1 {which would require from me some correct decisions:} 31.
gxf6+ Kxf6 32. Rd6+ $1 (32. Qd6+ {is worse:} Qxd6 33. Rxd6+ Kxf5 {as it can be
close to a draw, e.g. :} 34. Re2 Ke5 35. Rd7 f5 {and it's hard to say how
White should continue.}) 32... Ke7 33. f6+ Ke8 34. c3 $1 Rh1+ $8 35. Kf2 Qf5+
$8 36. Rf3 Qxf3+ (36... Bxf3 37. Qg8#) 37. Qxf3 Bxf3 38. Kxf3 {and probably
this is still winning:} a5 39. Rb6 a4 40. Ke4 Rf1 41. Ke5 {However, it's quite
possible that I'd make some mistake on they way.}) 31. Kxg2 {Now White is
winning by force.} Qc6+ (31... Rxd1 32. gxf6+ $18) 32. Rf3 Rxd1 33. gxf6+ Kxf6
34. Qh4+ Kg7 ({After} 34... Ke5 35. Qe7+ {the rook from d1 is quickly being
trapped:} Kd4 (35... Kd5 36. c4+ Kd4 37. Qe3+ Kxc4 38. Qe2+) 36. c3+ Kd5 (36...
Kc4 37. Qe2+) 37. c4+ Kd4 38. Qe3+ Kxc4 39. Qe2+) 35. f6+ Kg8 ({In the event of
} 35... Kg6 {the easiest is} 36. Qg4+ Kh6 37. Qg7+ Kh5 38. Qxf7+ Kg4 39. Qg7+
Kh5 40. Qh7+ Kg5 41. Qf5+ Kh6 42. f7) 36. Qg3+ Kf8 37. Qb8+ ({This wins in an
elegant way, but also the simple} 37. Qg7+ Ke8 38. Qg8+ Kd7 39. Qxf7+ {was
decisive.}) 37... Qe8 38. Rh3 {Not the most complicated, but very aesthethic.}
Rd2+ 39. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maljutin, Evgeni"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bb5+ (4. dxc5 Qa5+ (4... Nxe4 5. cxd6 $16) 5.
Nc3 Nxe4 6. cxd6 $5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 exd6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 a6 11. Re1
Nc6 12. Be4 $14 {(Yandemirov-Jakubiec,Katowice 1993)}) 4... Nbd7 (4... Bd7 5.
Bxd7+ Nfxd7 $1 6. d5 g6 7. c4 b5 $5 $13 {(ECO)}) 5. O-O $5 cxd4 (5... Nxe4 6.
Re1 Nef6 7. c4 $5 $44) (5... a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 (6... Qxd7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. Nd5 $1
Nxd5 9. exd5 Qg4 10. Re1 $14) 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bg5 Qc7 9. Re1 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Ne5 11.
Rad1 Bd7 $10 {(Ljuboevic-Kasparov,Amsterdam 1991 Inf 51/185)}) 6. Qxd4 a6 7.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. Bg5 e6 $5 (8... h6 $6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. c4 e6 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Kh1
$14 {(Ivanchuk-Kasparov,Linares 1991 Inf 51/184)}) 9. Nbd2 Be7 {(9...Bc8
IVaNchUK)} 10. Nc4 Bb5 (10... Bc6 $6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Rfe1 Rd8
14. Nb6 $16) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. a4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Rc8 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Nd4 $14 O-O
16. Rad1 Rfd8 (16... Kh8 $5) 17. Qh3 $1 Qc5 18. Rd3 {(/\Qh6)} Kh8 19. f4 $5 Rg8
$1 (19... e5 $6 20. b4 $1 Qa7 (20... Qxb4 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. Qh5 {(/\23.Bh3+-)})
21. Rff3 Rg8 $8 (21... exd4 $2 22. Qxh7+ $1 Kxh7 23. Rh3+ Kg7 24. Rdg3+ Kf8 25.
Rh8#) 22. Qd7 Rce8 23. Rg3 $1 $16) 20. Kh1 Rcd8 21. f5 e5 22. Ne2 d5 (22...
Qxc2 $2 23. Nc3 Qxb2 24. Nd5 Rd7 25. Qh6 $18) 23. Nc3 dxe4 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25.
Qh5 $1 (25. Nxe4 Qxc2 $15) 25... Qc4 26. Re1 e3 27. h3 b5 $1 $13 (27... Bc5 $6
28. Qh6 $16) (27... Rd2 $1 $13) 28. axb5 axb5 29. Rxe3 Qf1+ 30. Kh2 e4 $6 (
30... Rg8 31. Qf3 Qc4 $14) 31. Nxe4 $1 Qf4+ 32. Rg3 Rf8 (32... Qxe4 33. Qxf7
$18) (32... Rg8 33. Qxf7 Rxg3 34. Nxg3 Bd6 $5 35. Qxf6+ Kg8 36. Qe6+ Kf8 37.
Qc8+ Kf7 38. Qb7+ Kf8 39. Qf3 Qg5 {(+/-/ )}) 33. Qf3 Qxf3 34. Rxf3 $16 Rc8 35.
c3 Rc4 36. Nd2 Bd6+ 37. g3 Rc8 (37... Ra4) 38. Kg2 Ra8 39. Nb3 Ra2 40. Rf2 Be5
41. Kf3 Ra4 42. Nc1 b4 (42... Rc4 43. Nd3 Bd6 $16) 43. cxb4 Rxb4 44. Nd3 Rd4 (
44... Rb3 45. Ke4 $18) 45. Nxe5 fxe5 46. f6 $1 h6 47. h4 h5 48. Re2 Rd6 49. b4
$1 Rxf6+ 50. Ke4 Rb6 51. Rb2 Rb5 52. Kd3 Kg7 53. Kc4 Rb8 54. b5 f5 55. Kd5 Kf6
56. b6 Rd8+ 57. Kc6 f4 58. gxf4 exf4 59. Rb5 $1 $18 f3 60. b7 Rb8 61. Kc7 f2
62. Rb1 Rxb7+ 63. Kxb7 Kf5 64. Rf1 Kg4 65. Rxf2 Kxh4 66. Rg2 $1 (66. Rg2 $1 Kh3
67. Rg8 h4 68. Kc6 Kh2 69. Kd5 h3 70. Ke4 Kh1 71. Kf3 h2 72. Kg3 Kg1 73. Kh3+
Kh1 74. Ra8 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT2"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zaitsev, Igor A"]
[Black "Pozin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Qxd4 g6 $5 (6... a6 7.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. Bg5 h6 $6 (8... e6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Nc4 $14 {Maljutin,E-Shipov,S
Minsk 1993/}) 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. c4 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Kasparov,G Linares 1991 Inf
51/184/}) 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 (8. Qxe5 Bg7 9. Re1 e6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qd6 a6 12.
Bf1 Qb6 $11 {Ivanchuk/}) 8... Bg7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Nxd7 (10. Qa4 Qc7 11. Nxd7
Bxd7 12. Bxd7 Rfd8 13. Bg4 b5 $1 $17) 10... Nxd7 11. Qh4 $5 (11. Qa4 Qb6 (11...
Nc5 $1 12. Rxd8 Rxd8 13. Qf4 Rd1+ 14. Bf1 Ne6 15. Qe3 Bd4 16. Qh6 Bg7 $11) (
11... Nb6 $5 12. Rxd8 Rxd8 13. Qf4 Rd1+ 14. Bf1 Nd5 15. Qa4 Rxc1 16. Nc3 $5
Rxa1 17. Qe8+ Bf8 18. Nxd5 Be6 $1 19. Qxa8 Bxd5 $44 {Ivanchuk/}) 12. Bxd7 Rd8
13. Nc3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qc6 15. Bh6 $1 Rxd7 16. Qb4 $14) 11... Qb6 (11... Qc7 12.
Qxe7 $16) (11... e6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 $16 a6 15. Bb6 $1 $18) 12.
Bxd7 Rd8 (12... Bxb2 $5 13. Bxb2 Qxb2 14. Bxc8 (14. Qd4 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 Rd8)
14... Qxa1 15. Bxb7 Rad8 $13) 13. Nc3 Rxd7 $8 14. Nd5 (14. Rxd7 Bxd7 15. Qxe7
$2 Re8 $19) 14... Qd8 15. c4 b5 $5 16. Re1 f6 17. Qe4 Bb7 18. Nxe7+ $8 Kf8 19.
Nxg6+ $8 hxg6 20. Qxg6 $44 bxc4 (20... Kg8 21. Bh6 Qf8 22. cxb5 $44) (20... Qb6
21. Bh6 Rad8 22. Qh7 Bxh6 23. Qxh6+ $11) 21. Bh6 Bxh6 (21... Kg8 $2 22. Rad1 $1
Qc7 23. Re8+ $18) (21... Qb6 $6 22. Re3 Rad8 23. Rae1 $18) 22. Qxh6+ Rg7 23.
Rad1 Qc7 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Re1 e6 (7...
Nf6 8. d4 cxd4 (8... Bxe4 9. Bg5 Bd5 10. Nbd2 e6 (10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qd7 12.
Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh5 e5 14. c4 $16 {Oratovsky,M-Yudasin,L/ISR/1993/}) 11. c4 Bxf3
12. Qxf3 cxd4 13. Qxb7 Qc8 14. Qf3 Be7 15. Nb3 h6 16. Bh4 O-O $13 {Pedersen,
H-Sher,M/Farum/1993/}) 9. cxd4 Bxe4 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6 12. Qxb7 Qc8 13.
Qb3 Be7 14. d5 e5 $10 {Zaitsev,I-Stripunsky,A/Bukharest/1994/}) 8. d4 cxd4 (
8... d5 9. e5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 $6 (10... Ne7 $32) 11. Qg4 Ne7 12. Nd2 Ng6 13.
N2f3 h6 14. h4 $14 {Ulibin,M-Smirin,I/Las Palmas/1994/1:0/42/}) 9. cxd4 d5 10.
Bg5 $5 Be7 (10... Ne7 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. Nc3 $16) (10... Ne7 11. exd5 Bxd5 12.
Nc3 h6 13. Nxd5 $5 Qxd5 (13... hxg5 14. Ne3 $16) 14. Re5 Qd7 15. Bxe7 Bxe7 16.
d5 $16) 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. e5 Nf5 13. Nc3 $14 h5 (13... O-O 14. Qd2 f6 15. exf6
Qxf6 16. Ne5 $16) 14. Qd2 Rg8 15. h3 Qe7 16. Rab1 $1 g5 (16... O-O-O 17. b4 Kb8
18. a4 $40) 17. g4 $5 (17. Nh2 g4 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. g3 Qg5 $1 $132) 17... hxg4
18. hxg4 Nh6 (18... Nh4 $1 19. Nh2 (19. Nxh4 gxh4 20. f3 Kd7 21. Re3 f5 $13)
19... Kd7 20. Re3 f5 $13) 19. Nh2 f5 $2 (19... Kd7 $32 20. b4 b5 21. a4 f5 $13)
20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Rxe6+ Qxe6 22. Re1 Qxe1+ 23. Qxe1+ Kd7 (23... Kf7 24. Qd1
Rae8 25. Nf3 $16) 24. Qb1 $1 Rg7 (24... Raf8 25. Qh7+ Nf7 26. Qf5+ Kd6 27. Nf3
$16) 25. Nf3 $1 Kc7 (25... Nxg4 26. Qf5+) 26. Ne5 Rc8 27. b4 Kb8 28. a4 Bd7 $6
(28... Rd8 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Be8 $16) 29. Nxd5 Bxg4 (29... Nxg4 30. Nxd7+
Rxd7 31. Nb6 $18) 30. Nxg4 Nxg4 31. Qf5 $18 Rd8 (31... Nh6 32. Qe5+) 32. Nb6 $1
Ka7 33. a5 Nh6 (33... Rxd4 34. Qf8 $18) 34. Qf6 Rgg8 35. Qxh6 Rxd4 36. Qe6 Rgd8
37. Nc4 R4d5 38. Qe3+ Kb8 39. Nb6 Rb5 (39... R5d6 40. Qe5 Ka7 41. Nc8+ $18) (
39... Rd1+ $5) 40. Qe7 Rg8 41. Qd6+ Ka7 42. Nc4 g4 43. Qd4+ Kb8 44. Nd6 Rbg5
45. Qe4 R5g7 46. Ne8 $1 Rf7 47. Qd5 Rgf8 48. Qd8+ Ka7 49. Qb6+ Kb8 50. Nd6 Rd7
51. Nxb7 (51. Nxb7 Rxb7 52. Qd6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "King, Daniel J"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 (3... Nd7 {vgl. Ivanchuk-Kasparov,
Linares 1991 -CBM22}) (3... Bd7) 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8.
h3 (8. d3 g6 (8... e6 $5 $14) 9. Nbd2 Bg7 (9... Bh6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Bxc1
12. Rxc1 e5 13. d4 $14 {Short-Petursson, Wijk aan Zee 1990 -Inf.50/214}) 10. h3
Bxf3 11. Nxf3 O-O 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 $10 {Chernajev-Sveshnikov, URS 1991}
) 8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. Qd1 Bh6 11. a4 (11. Na3 O-O 12. d4 Bxc1 13. Rxc1
cxd4 14. cxd4 d5 $10 {Sax-Polugajevski, Moskau 1977 -ECO}) (11. a3 O-O 12. b4
Nd7 13. Bb2 b5 14. a4 bxa4 15. bxc5 Nxc5 $13 {Gurgenidze-Dorfman, URS 1978 -ECO
}) 11... O-O 12. Na3 Rb8 $6 (12... Nd7 $10) 13. Nc2 e5 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 d5
16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Na5 18. Ba3 Re8 19. Bb4 b6 20. d3 Bg7 (20... Bf8 $5 $10)
21. Qb1 Rc8 22. Ra2 Nb7 23. Ra7 Nd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Nb4 $14 {xc6} Ra8 26.
Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Nc6 Kf8 28. Be2 Ra3 29. Bf3 d4 30. Be2 Bh6 31. Qb2 Nd7 32. Ra1
Rc3 33. Ra7 Rc1+ 34. Bf1 Nc5 35. Qa2 Ne6 36. g3 Rc5 37. Qa6 Ng5 38. Ra8+ Kg7
39. Qc8 Nf3+ 40. Kg2 Be3 41. Qh8+ Kh6 42. Kxf3 1-0

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Anand} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. O-O (5. e5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Ne4
7. Bd2 Nxc3 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxc3 $13) 5... cxd4 6. Qxd4 a6 (6... e5 {Anand} 7.
Qd3) 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. c4 {N} (10. Nc3 e6 11. Qd3 Be7
12. Nd4 Qa5 13. a4 Rc8 $10 {Fernandez Garcia,J-Csom,I/Malaga/1981/}) 10... e6
11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Kh1 h5 13. a4 h4 14. h3 Be7 15. b4 a5 16. b5 Qc7 (16... Rc5 $5)
17. Nd2 Qc5 18. Qd3 Rg8 19. Rae1 Qg5 (19... b6 {Anand} 20. f4 $140 Rg3 21. Rf3
Rxf3 22. Qxf3 Qd4 $132) 20. Rg1 Qf4 21. Ref1 {/\ Ne2,f2-f4} b6 22. Ne2 Qh6 23.
c5 $5 (23. f4 $16) 23... Rxc5 $2 (23... bxc5 $2 24. Nc4 $18) (23... dxc5 $1 24.
Nc4 Rb8 25. Rd1 (25. Nd6+ {Anand} Bxd6 26. Qxd6 Rb7) 25... Bc8 26. f4 (26. Nd6+
Kf8 27. Nxc8 Rxc8 28. Qd7 Rd8 29. Qc7 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Qg5 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Qxb6
Kh7 $13) 26... Kf8 $13) 24. Nc4 Kf8 25. Nxb6 Be8 26. f4 f5 27. exf5 Rxf5 28.
Rc1 Kg7 29. g4 $1 Rc5 (29... hxg3 30. Qxg3+ Kf6 31. Qc3+ $18) 30. Rxc5 dxc5 31.
Nc8 Bf8 (31... Kf8 $16) (31... Bd8 $5 $16) 32. Qd8 $18 Qg6 33. f5 Qh6 (33...
Qf6 34. Qxe8 Qe5 35. Rg2 Qa1+ 36. Ng1 $18) 34. g5 (34. Qxe8 $2 Qe3) 34... Qh5
35. Rg4 exf5 36. Nf4 Qh8 37. Qf6+ Kh7 38. Rxh4+ 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. h3 e5 6. O-O $2 (6. d3)
6... g5 $1 7. d3 (7. Nh2 h5 8. d3 g4 $17) 7... g4 8. hxg4 Bxg4 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10.
Qe1 Rg8 11. Nh4 Ng6 12. Nxg6 Rxg6 13. f3 Bh3 14. Rf2 Qh4 15. Qe2 (15. Nf1 $2
Rxg2+ $19) 15... Bh6 16. Nc4 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Kd7 18. Ne3 Rag8 19. Ng4 (19. Kf1 $2
Bxg2+ 20. Rxg2 Qh1+ $19) 19... Bxg4 20. fxg4 Rh6 $1 $19 21. Rxf7+ Ke8 22. g5 (
22. Rxa7 Qh1+ 23. Kf2 Rf8+ $19) 22... Qh1+ 23. Kf2 Qxc1 24. Qg4 Qd2+ (24...
Qd2+ 25. Kf1 (25. Kg1 Qe1+ 26. Rf1 Rh1+ 27. Kxh1 Qxf1+ 28. Kh2 Qf4+ $19) (25.
Kf3 Qd1+ $19) (25. Kg3 Rxg5 $19) 25... Rh1#) 0-1

[Event "Malmo"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 (7. Ba4 c4
8. d4 cxd3 9. Bg5 e6 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. Nbd2 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxa4 13. Nec4 Qc7 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne3 O-O-O $132 {Nijboer,F-Akopian,V Wijk op (07) 1993}) 7... Bg4
8. d3 (8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. d3 Bg7 $10) (8. d4 $5 $146 Bxf3 9. gxf3 cxd4
10. cxd4 e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Be3 g6 13. f4 Nh5 14. Nd2 Bg7 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nf3
Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 O-O 18. Bh3 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. e5 Qg5+ 21. Qg4 $16 {
Kotronias,V-Kuijf,M Wijk Sonnevanck (08) 1992}) 8... g6 (8... e6 9. Nbd2 Be7
10. h3 Bh5 11. a3 d5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 dxe4 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16.
Rxe4 $10 {Christiansen,L-Khalifman,A Munich (01) 1992}) (8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6
$10) 9. Nbd2 Bh6 $5 $146 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 O-O $10 13. d4 e5
14. Qd2 Kg7 15. Bc4 Qe7 16. Bd5 Rac8 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Rcd1 b5 19. Qe3 $6 (19.
Bxc6 $14) 19... Nb8 $1 20. Qg5 $6 Rfe8 21. Rd2 c4 {/\ Nd7-c5-d3} 22. Red1 Rc7
23. Qe3 Nbd7 24. b4 cxb3 25. axb3 Qc5 $1 $17 26. Qg5 h6 27. Qh4 Nb6 (27... Qxc3
$2 28. Bxf7 Kxf7 29. Qxh6 $40) 28. Ne1 $2 Qxc3 29. Rc2 g5 $1 $19 30. Qg3 (30.
Rxc3 Rxc3 31. Qg3 Rxg3 32. fxg3 Rd8 33. Nc2 Nxe4 $19) 30... Qxg3 31. Rxc7 $2 (
31. fxg3 Rxc2 32. Nxc2 $17) 31... Nbxd5 (31... Nbxd5 32. exd5 Qxb3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Podolsk"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bg4 (4... Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1
Bg4 8. d3 e6 9. Nbd2 d5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Be7 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Nf3 Nh5 14.
Qh2 f5 $15 {Arkhipov,S-Brodskij,M Sochi 1993 1/2 29 -CBM 38}) 5. h3 Bh5 6. c4
$5 $146 (6. c3 e6 $2 (6... a6 $5) (6... Qb6 $5) 7. d4 Nf6 8. d5 a6 9. Bxc6+
bxc6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. e5 $1 dxe5 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Nxe5 $16 {Torre,T-Perenyi,
B Saint John op-2 1988 1-0 34}) 6... Nf6 (6... e5 $5) 7. g4 Bg6 8. e5 dxe5 9.
Nxe5 Rc8 10. Nc3 (10. Qa4 Qc7 11. d4 $13 {/\ Bf4}) 10... e6 11. Qa4 Qc7 12. Re1
Bd6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Kg2 O-O 15. Bxc6 bxc6 (15... Qxc6+ 16. Qxc6 Rxc6 $15) 16.
d3 Nd7 17. Qc2 Rce8 18. Ne4 f5 19. Ng5 e5 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. Kh1 Nf6 22. Rg1 e4
$1 $40 23. Bd2 Bf4 24. Bc3 e3 25. Qe2 (25. Rae1 Bxg5 26. Rxg5 Qf4 27. Reg1 exf2
28. Rxg7+ Kh8 $19) 25... exf2 26. Qxf2 Be3 $19 27. Qh4 Bxg1 28. Rxg1 (28. Bxf6
$4 Qh2#) 28... Re2 29. Rg3 Rfe8 30. Nf3 (30. Bxf6 Re1+ 31. Kg2 (31. Rg1 Rxg1+
32. Kxg1 gxf6 $19) 31... R8e2+ 32. Kf3 Re3+ 33. Kf2 Qxg3+ $19) 30... R8e3 31.
Rg2 (31. Bxf6 Rxf3 32. Rxg7+ Qxg7 33. Bxg7 Rf1#) 31... Rxg2 32. Kxg2 Qe7 33.
Qf4 Re2+ 34. Kf1 Qe3 35. Qxe3 Rxe3 36. Ne5 Rxh3 37. Nxc6 Ng4 0-1

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Re1 Nf6 8.
d4 Bxe4 9. Bg5 d5 (9... Bd5 10. Nbd2 e6 11. c4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 cxd4 13. Bxf6 (13.
Qxb7 Qc8 14. Qb6 Qc5 15. Qb7 Qc8 $10) 13... gxf6 14. Qxb7 Bg7 15. Rxe6+ fxe6
16. Qxg7 Rf8 $13 {Buchal,S-Ribli,Z BL 8990 1989}) 10. Nbd2 Bxf3 (10... Bg6 11.
dxc5 e6 12. Qa4+ (12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qh4 Be7 15. Rad1 Qc6 16. Nb3
Rd8 17. c4 dxc4 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Qxc4 O-O $10 {Gizynski,T-Lukin,A
Miedzybrodzie 1991}) 12... Qd7 13. Qd4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16.
Ne5+ Ke8 17. b4 Bf5 18. g4 f6 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Bf4 g5 21. Bg3 fxe5 $14 {
1/2 Pedzich,D-Kuczynski,R POL-ch 1991}) (10... e6 $10) 11. Qxf3 cxd4 {N} (11...
e6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 (12... gxf6 $5) 13. Qxd5 Qe7 14. Qe5 $16 {Georgadze,T-Tal,M
URS-ch 1978}) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qxf6 Rg8 14. Qxd4 Qd7 15. Rad1 O-O-O 16. Qd3
Qg4 17. g3 h5 18. Nf3 h4 19. Ne5 Qh5 20. Qe3 e6 21. c4 Bb4 22. cxd5 $1 (22. Rf1
dxc4 $17) 22... Bxe1 23. Rc1+ Kb8 24. Nc6+ $10 bxc6 25. Qb6+ Ka8 26. Qxa6+ Kb8
27. Qb6+ Ka8 28. Qa6+ (28. dxc6 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 hxg3+ $19) 28... Kb8 29. Qb6+
Ka8 30. Qxc6+ Kb8 31. Qb6+ Ka8 32. Qa6+ Kb8 33. Qb5+ Ka8 34. Qa4+ Kb8 35. Qb5+
Ka8 36. Qa4+ Kb8 37. Qb3+ Ka8 38. Qd3 {Schreibfehler? (38.Qa3)} Kb8 (38...
Bxf2+ 39. Kf1 Qxd5 $19) 39. Qb3+ Ka8 40. Qa4+ Kb8 41. Qb5+ Ka8 42. Qc6+ Kb8 43.
Qc7+ {Boensch} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bg4 {4...Bd7 -Tal-Akopian CBM 30} (4...
Bd7) 5. c3 (5. h3 $5) 5... Qb6 6. Ba4 (6. Na3 $5) 6... Nf6 7. d4 O-O-O $1 (7...
cxd4 $2 8. cxd4 Bxf3 9. gxf3 $16) 8. Bxc6 Qxc6 9. d5 Qa6 10. Re1 e6 11. Na3 Nd7
12. Bf4 Be7 13. h3 Bh5 14. c4 g5 $40 15. Bh2 g4 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. Nb5 e5 18. a3
Rhg8 19. Qd3 f5 $17 20. exf5 Rdf8 21. f6 Nxf6 22. Nd2 Qb6 23. b4 Nd7 24. Ne4
Bf3 25. Bg3 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 h5 27. Nc3 cxb4 28. axb4 h4 29. Na4 Qd8 30. Bh2 Rf6
31. Qh3 Rfg6 32. Nc3 Kb8 33. Re2 Rxg2+ $1 $19 34. Qxg2 h3 35. Qxg8 (35. Qg3 Bh4
$19) 35... Qxg8+ 36. Bg3 Qg4 37. Kh2 (37. Re3 Bg5 38. Rd3 e4 $19) 37... Qf3 38.
Kxh3 Qxc3 39. Rea2 Qxc4 40. Rxa7 Nb6 {Boensch} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moldova"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MDA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 {A relatively new idea in this position.
White's main ideas are similar to the Ruy Lopez. At least the setup is the
same.} Ngf6 5. Bd3 {Another serious alternative is 5.Qe2. But I prefered for
this game to keep my queen on d1.} (5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 (6... e5 {White will
play like in the Ruy Lopez:} 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. d5 Re8 10. c4 Bf8 11. Nc3
g6 12. Ne1 $1 {and also like in the King's Indian:} Bg7 13. Nd3 Qe7 14. a3 Rf8
15. b4 b6 16. Bc6 Ra7 17. Rb1 $16 {Svetushkin,D 2563 - Papakonstantinou,Di1
2207 , Anogia GRE 7/17/2017 6th Ideon Andron Op 2017}) (6... e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d4 b5 (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Nc3 Nf8 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5
14. h3 Bd7 15. Re1 Ng6 16. Bd2 $14 {Lupulescu,C 2631 - Luncasu,R 2181 , Baile
Govora ROU 11/12/2017 TCh-ROU Superliga 2017}) 9. Bc2 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Qc7 (10...
cxd4 11. cxd4 Rc8 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 e5 15. a4 $14 {Svetushkin,D
2574 - Van Delft,M 2347 , Hofheim GER 4/10/2017 5th Hofheim Spring Open}) (
10... O-O 11. b3 Qc7 12. Bd3 Rfc8 13. Bb2 e5 14. d5 c4 15. bxc4 Nc5 16. Bc2
bxc4 17. Qxc4 Qb8 18. Qb4 a5 19. Qa3 $14 {Svetushkin,D 2574 - Zude,E 2407 ,
Hofheim GER 4/11/2017 5th Hofheim Spring Open}) 11. Bd3 Nh5 12. g3 Nhf6 13. b3
O-O 14. Bb2 c4 15. Bc2 cxb3 16. axb3 b4 17. Bd3 bxc3 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Rxc3 Qd8
20. Ra1 $14 {Ponomariov,R 2712 - Vidit,S 2692 , Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 6/24/2017
11th World Teams 2017}) 7. Bc2 e5 8. d4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. d5 c4 11. b4 cxb3
12. axb3 Qc7 13. Bd2 Nh5 14. c4 bxc4 15. Qxc4 Qd8 16. Ba5 Qe8 17. Nbd2 $14 {
Kryvoruchko,Y 2708 - Vishnu,P 2534 , Sharjah UAE 3/25/2017 1st Sharjah Masters
2017}) 5... b6 (5... e6 6. Bc2 b5 7. d4 Bb7 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4
O-O 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Nf1 e5 13. Ng3 g6 14. d5 (14. Bb3 exd4 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Ng5
Ne5 17. a4 {Eljanov,P 2759 - Salem,AR 2656 , Sharjah UAE 2/27/2017 Sharjah
Grand Prix 2017} bxa4 18. Rxa4 Qb6 $17) 14... a5 15. Bh6 Re8 16. h3 Ba6 17. a3
a4 18. Ne2 Nc5 19. Nc3 Nh5 20. Qd2 Bf6 21. Rac1 Rb8 22. Na2 $14) (5... Ne5 6.
Nxe5 dxe5 7. Be2 Bd7 8. d3 e6 9. O-O Bc6 {Macovei,Andrei 2343 - Harsha,B 2445 ,
Tarvisio ITA 11/24/2017 World Junior Open 2017} 10. Nd2 $14) (5... Qc7 6. Bc2
d5 7. d3) 6. O-O Bb7 7. Re1 Rc8 (7... e6 8. Bc2 Be7 9. d4 O-O {Nayhebaver,
Martin 2440 - Gozzoli,Y 2582 , Balatonszarszo HUN 9/22/2017 Mitropa Cup 2017}
10. e5 Nd5 11. Qd3 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Nbd2 cxd4 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Qxd4 e5 16.
Qg4 $14) 8. Bc2 Qc7 9. Na3 $1 {} e5 (9... e6 10. Nb5 Qb8 11. d4 a6 12. Na3
cxd4 13. cxd4 b5 14. d5 {!} e5 15. Be3 b4 (15... Be7 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Nb1 a5 18.
a3 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. h3 Rc7 21. Bd3 Rfc8 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Nbd2 Nc5 24. Bxc5
Qxc5 25. Nb3 Qb6 26. Nfd2 $14) 16. Nb1 Qc7 17. Bd3 Ng4 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 Ngf6
20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Qa4+ $16 {Svetushkin,D 2558 - Salinas Herrera,P 2411 ,
Barcelona ESP 8/25/2017 19th Sants Open 2017}) 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Be7 12. b3
O-O 13. Bb2 a6 ({Instead Black could immediately play} 13... b5 $5 14. b4 Qb6
15. Qd2 a6 16. d5 Qd8 17. Qd1 Nb6 18. Bb3 h6 19. h3 Qd7 {White still should be
slightly better, but Black has a very solid position as well.}) 14. Nc4 b5 ({
In similar positions in the Breyer Black is advised to open the centre by} 
14... exd4 15. Nxd4 {and limit the knight by} g6 16. Ne3 Rfe8 17. Qd2 Bf8 {
provoking White into a sacrifice} 18. Ndf5 $5 {which brings him only a draw:}
gxf5 19. Nxf5 Qxc2 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Bxf6+ Nxf6 22. Qxf6+ Kg8 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24.
Qf6+ $11) 15. Ne3 Rfe8 {This does not work.} (15... Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Nd5
$18) ({but another capture was interesting:} 15... Nxe4 16. Rc1 Qd8 17. dxe5
dxe5 18. Nf5 Nef6 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qxd8 Bxd8 21. Bxe5 {and White is just
slightly better.}) 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Qd2 h6 (18... exd4 19. Bxd4 Qd8
20. Qg5 g6 21. Nh6+ Bxh6 22. Qxh6 $14) 19. h3 a5 (19... exd4 20. Bxd4 Qd8 21.
Qf4 (21. Ng3 Nc5) 21... Bxe4) 20. a3 b4 21. a4 Red8 (21... Qd8 22. d5 Nc5 23.
Qe3 Ba6 $15) 22. Nh2 (22. Bb1 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Re8 24. Qd2 Qc7 25. Ng3 exd4 26.
Bxd4 Qd8 27. Qf4 {with some pressure on Black's position.}) 22... d5 $6 {
Trying to punish me for removing the knight from the centre, which actually
didn't work so well for Black.} ({It was better was hold the position with} 
22... Kh7 $5 {after that the planned} 23. f4 {is not possible due to} g6 24.
Ng3 h5 $15 {taking over the initiative.}) 23. exd5 Nxd5 (23... e4 $5 {this
move for some reason completely escaped my attention; still White is better
after} 24. Nf1 Qa6 25. d6 Bxd6 26. d5 $14) 24. dxe5 Nc5 25. Ng4 $16 {Suddenly
White has an extra pawn and nice prospects for the attack.} Nc3 26. Qe3 Qe6 27.
Bxc3 bxc3 28. Qg3 Kh8 29. Nd6 $1 {It is funny to admit that I was simply
intending to win a pawn on c3 after exchanges; but on a closer look I realised
that Ftacnik simply can not take with the queen on d6.} Rxd6 (29... Bxd6 30.
exd6 Qxd6 {due to} 31. Re8+ $1 Rxe8 32. Qxd6 $18) 30. exd6 Bxd6 31. Qxc3 Qd5 {
The position is winning but we were already in a kind of time trouble and I
still had to make few precize moves.} 32. Qf3 {Exchanging queens is always
good when you have extra material.} Qxf3 33. gxf3 Bxf3 34. Bf5 Rb8 35. Ne5 Bh5
36. Bg4 {It's over, Black simply cannot hold it anymore.} Nxb3 37. Bxh5 Bxe5
38. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 0102"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2001.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2001.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. d3 e5 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8.
h3 Bh5 9. c3 Be7 10. Qa4 Qc7 11. d4 $5 $146 (11. Re1) 11... exd4 (11... Bxf3
12. Nxf3 Nxe4 (12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Nxe4 14. Re1 f5 (14... d5 15. Nxe5) 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. Be3 O-O 17. Rac1 c5 18. Qc4+ Kh8 19. b4 $14) 13. dxe5 d5 14. c4 {!}
O-O 15. Bf4 Rab8 16. Qc2 $14) 12. cxd4 Nd7 $1 (12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 Rc8 14. b3
O-O 15. Bb2 $14) 13. b3 $5 (13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qc4 O-O 15. b3 Bg6 16. Bb2 Rfe8
17. Rfe1 a5 $13) 13... a5 14. Bb2 O-O (14... Nb6 15. Qa3 a4 16. dxc5 dxc5 17.
Bxg7) 15. Rac1 Rfe8 {=} 16. Rfe1 $6 (16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qc4 $13) 16... Bf8 (
16... Nb6 $5 17. Qa3 a4 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Be5 Qb7 20. Qb2 f6 21. Bc3 axb3 22.
axb3 c4 $1 23. Qc2 cxb3 24. Qxb3+ Bf7 25. Qd1 Na4) 17. Qc4 Qb7 18. Qc2 a4 19.
Nh4 $1 axb3 20. axb3 f6 $6 (20... d5 21. g4 Bg6 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. exd5 cxd5 24.
dxc5 Bxc5 25. Qc3 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 $11) 21. e5 {!} dxe5 (21... cxd4 {!} 22. exf6
Nxf6 23. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Nd5 25. Ndf3 $130) (21... fxe5 22. dxe5 dxe5 23.
Ne4 $44) 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Ne4 $14 h6 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26. Qxc5 Qxb3
27. Nf5 Qe6 (27... Kh7 28. Ne7 Ra2 29. Rxe5 Qb2 30. Qe3 $16) 28. Nd4 Qf7 29.
Nxc6 e4 30. Ne5 Qf5 (30... Qe6 31. Rxe4 Rac8 32. Qe3 Rxc1+ 33. Qxc1 $16) 31.
Qc4+ Kh7 32. Qxe4 Qxe4 33. Rxe4 $16 Re7 $138 34. Rc5 Ra2 35. g4 Be8 36. Kg2 Ra6
37. Kg3 g6 $1 (37... g5 38. h4 gxh4+ 39. Kxh4 {/\ ' f4-f5'}) 38. Re3 Kg7 39. f4
Ra1 40. f5 {?} (40. Rd3 $16) 40... gxf5 $2 (40... h5 {!} 41. Rf3 (41. Rd3 hxg4
42. hxg4 gxf5 43. gxf5 Rea7 44. Rc8 Bh5 $14) 41... gxf5 42. gxf5 Kf6 $14) 41.
gxf5 Rf1 42. Rf3 Rxf3+ 43. Kxf3 Ra7 44. Kf4 Ra4+ 45. Rc4 Ra7 (45... Rxc4+ 46.
Nxc4 Kf6 47. Nd6 Bd7 48. Ne4+ Kf7 49. Ke5 Ba4 50. Nf6 Bc2 51. Ng4 h5 (51... Kg7
52. Ke6) 52. Nf6 h4 53. Ne4 Bd3 54. Ng5+ $18) 46. Rb4 Bf7 47. Rd4 Be8 48. Nc4
$1 Bf7 49. Nd6 Kf6 50. Ne4+ Kg7 51. h4 Rb7 52. Ra4 Rc7 53. Nd6 Rd7 54. Ra6 Kf6
55. Nc4+ Kg7 56. f6+ Kh7 57. Ne5 $18 Rb7 58. Kf5 Bb3 59. Rc6 Ba2 60. Rc8 Ra7 $2
(60... Bb1+ 61. Ke6 Ba2+ 62. Kf5 (62. Kd6 {?} Rb6+ 63. Rc6 Rxc6+ 64. Kxc6 (64.
Nxc6 Kg6 65. Ke7 Kf5 (65... Kh5 66. Nd4 Bg8 67. Nf5 Kg6 68. Ng7 h5 69. Ne6 Kf5
70. Nf8 $18) 66. Nd4+ (66. Nd8 h5 {!} 67. Nf7 Kg4 68. Ng5 Bg8) 66... Ke5 (66...
Kg4 67. Ne6) 67. Nc2 (67. Nf3+ Kf4 68. f7 Bxf7 69. Kxf7 Kxf3 70. Kg6 Ke4 71.
Kxh6 Kf5 {=}) 67... Kf4 (67... Kf5 68. Ne1 Kg6 69. Nd3) 68. Nb4 Bg8 (68... Bb3
69. Nd3+ Kg4 70. Nc5 Bg8 71. Kf8 Bc4 72. Kg7)) 64... Kg8 65. Kd6 Kf8 $14) 62...
Bb1+ 63. Kf4 Rb4+ 64. Ke3 Re4+ 65. Kd2 Rxe5 66. f7 Rf5 67. f8=Q Rxf8 68. Rxf8
$18) 61. Re8 Bb1+ 62. Kf4 Ra4+ 63. Kg3 Ra3+ 64. Kf2 Ra2+ 65. Ke1 Ra5 66. Re7+
Kh8 67. Kd2 Ra8 68. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Comtois Masters 5th"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2002.07.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2002.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Psakhis} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 {The continuation which allows black
to have his chances in the fight for the initiative. The minus of this move is
the temporary give up in fighting for central squares.} 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6
6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 (7. c4 {is also possible but after e5 followed by h6, Nf6
black fills comfortable.}) 7... Rc8 $5 {Already at this point I had in mind
the idea with e5 and g5. So I started to look for the useful moves and Rc8 was
one. Psakhis: 'Rare move. Bologan preferes to postpone development of the
knight for 1-2 moves.'} 8. Bg5 {Technicaly this is a novelty but of course the
move is the most apropriate one.} (8. O-O e5 9. Qd3 h6 {is the last fashion
continuation.}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 e5 $1 {The simple tactical background allows
black to exclude white's bishop from the competition for the square d5.} 10.
Qd3 (10. Qa7 g5 11. Bg3 Bc6) 10... g5 {'!?' Psakhis. Psakhis: 'Victor plays
this game in very sharp way. Black creates numerous weaknesses, from other
point of view, white's bishop will be out of action for a long time.'} 11. Bg3
Nf6 12. h4 Rg8 {Necessary. Otherwise white would activate his bishop.} (12...
g4 $6 13. Nd2 {/\ h5, Bh4}) 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. O-O-O Qc7 {During the game I had
to come down my overoptimism on this position. Both active continuations would
lead black in trouble.} (14... Rxc3 $6 {The most tempting sac. I spend enough
time on it but the weakened position of the black king convinced me to obtain
from it.} 15. Qxc3 Nxe4 16. Qd3 Bf5 (16... Nxg3 17. fxg3 {/\ Nd2-e4}) 17. Rhe1
g4 (17... Nxg3 18. Rxe5+ Be7 19. Rxf5 Nxf5 20. Qxf5 $16) 18. Rxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4
gxf3 20. Qxb7 fxg2 21. Qxg2 $16) (14... Qa5 {With more or less the same idea
gets under a tempo maneuvre of the knight on f3.} 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Nb3 Bxb3 17.
axb3 Qa1+ 18. Nb1 $14 {And black's attack is out of fuel.}) 15. Kb1 b5 16. Rhe1
$5 {I've played many times against Jean-Mark and he proved to be a good
tactician player. At the same time when he is in a good mood his style is very
close to the Michael Adams one. In this game I was completely positionaly
outplayed and it started with the move 17.Rhe1. Now white is speculating with
various sacrifices in the center.} (16. Nd2 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 f5 19. f3
g4 $15) 16... b4 {The complicate way. If I would think on equalizing I would
choose} (16... Qc4 17. Qxc4 Rxc4 18. Nd2 Rc7 19. a3 Bc6 20. Nb3 Rh8 21. f3 g4
22. Rh1 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 Bg7 {=}) 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 f6 {Strange position.
Black got everything a Sicilian player can wish: a pair of two bishops, the
better pawn structure, except one little thing: the bad position of the black
king. Which actualy makes the game with equal chances for both sides. Also
black has to show a bit of care.} (18... f5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 (20. Rxe5+
Kd8 21. Re8+ Kxe8 22. Bxc7 Rxc7 23. Qxa6 $16) 20... Qb7 21. Qh3 {!}) (18... Qc4
19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxd3 21. Bf6+ $16) 19. Nd2 f5 {I didn't the white
knight to jump on e4.} 20. f3 Rg7 {Too artificial and slow. I wanted to
protect the f5 pawn and after that to play Bb5 with attack on the queenside.
But paradoxaly black should start his play first on the kingside.} (20... g4 $1
21. Bf2 gxf3 22. gxf3 Rg2 23. Be3 a5 24. Rg1 Rxg1 25. Rxg1 a4 26. Rg8 Ke7 27.
Rh8 a3 28. b3 Qc3) 21. Rc1 $1 {/\ c3 Psakhis: 'White wants to open second
front on the queen's side.'} Qb7 22. Nc4 Rc5 $2 {Too optimistic. Both 22...g4
and 22...Bb5 were possible.} (22... g4 $5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Bxe5 Rg8 25. c4
bxc3 26. Bxc3+ Kf7 27. Re5 Rg5 28. fxg4 Bg7 29. Qe3 Bxe5 30. Qxe5 Rxc3 31. Rxc3
Qb5 $11) (22... Bb5 23. b3 f4 24. Bf2 g4 $13) 23. Rcd1 Kf7 $6 {Black is
already in trouble, still Kf7 makes the things even worse for him. On} (23...
Bb5 24. b3 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Qc8 {White could go for an interesting piece sac.} 26.
Bxe5 dxe5 27. Rxe5+ Kd8 28. Rxf5 Bd6 29. Rf6 Qd7 30. Rh1 Re7 31. Kc1 Bf4+ 32.
Kd1 $44) 24. Bf2 Rb5 25. Rh1 $1 {This move I didn't like at all.} Rg6 (25...
Qc7 26. Rh8 Rg8 27. Rxg8 Kxg8 28. g4 $1) 26. Ne3 (26. g4 $5) 26... Qc8 27. g4
$1 {That's what I meaned when I said that the French grandmaster completely
outplayed me. Maybe my position is even hopeless.} f4 28. Nc4 Qb7 29. b3 a5 30.
Rh8 {Black cannot hold against the Rxf8 threat, he has to give the rook the
green for the eigth rank.} Bg7 31. Rd8 {/\ Nb6} Qc7 32. Ra8 Rh6 33. Ra7 Rb7 34.
Rxa5 {Psakhis: 'At this moment Degraeve missed the simple'} (34. Bb6 $142 $1 {
Psakhis} Qb8 35. Rxb7 Qxb7 36. Bxa5 $18 {[%csl Rb4,Rd6,Rg5] and Black can't
protect all weak pawns}) 34... Bf6 35. Ra6 $18 {Without pushing very hard
Degraeve won a pawn maintaning his huge positional edge. My only chance was
his timetrouble and one Trap!} Bb5 36. Nxd6+ $2 {time Tempting and bad. There
were at least two easy wins for white.} (36. Rc6 Bxc6 37. dxc6 Qxc6 38. Nxd6+
$18) (36. Rxd6 Bxc4 37. Rxf6+ Rxf6 38. bxc4 $18) 36... Qxd6 37. Qxb5 Rxb5 38.
Rxd6 Rh3 {here is the point of the trap. White can't play now Rd3 in a view of
the weak first rank.} 39. Rb6 (39. Rd3 Rh1+ 40. Kb2 Bh8 41. Rd8 Bf6 {=}) 39...
Rxb6 40. Bxb6 Rxf3 41. d6 {here finnished the timetrouble and my first thought
was that at least I won't loose.} e4 42. d7 e3 43. Re1 {Of course not} (43.
d8=Q Bxd8 44. Rd7+ Kg6 45. Rd6+ Bf6 46. Bd4 e2 $19) (43. Kc1 {would probably
lead to a draw result but not without suffering.} e2 44. Re1 Rf1 45. Kd2 f3 46.
d8=Q Bxd8 47. Bxd8 f2 48. Rxe2 Rd1+ 49. Kxd1 f1=Q+ 50. Kd2 Qf4+ 51. Ke1 Qxg4
$15) 43... Rg3 $5 {playing for a win. I didn't believe in a previously
mentioned line.} (43... e2 44. Kc1 {- 43.Kc1}) 44. d8=Q {'?!' Psakhis.} (44. c3
$5 {Psakhis} bxc3 (44... Rxg4 {Psakhis} 45. cxb4 {[%csl Gb4]}) 45. d8=Q Bxd8
46. Bxd8 Rxg4 47. Bb6 {[%cal Gb6e3]}) 44... Bxd8 45. Bxd8 Rxg4 46. Bb6 $1 {
White is obliged to keep the e3 pawn as a target.} Rg3 47. Bc5 $6 {Is not
loosing yet, but is clear waist of time. There is no any threat to b4 pawn so
better was to go for eliberating c3 immediately.} (47. c3 bxc3 48. Kc2 Rg2+ 49.
Kxc3 Rxa2 (49... e2 50. a4 f3 51. a5 g4 52. a6 g3 53. Kd2 f2 54. a7) 50. Bxe3 {
=}) 47... Rh3 (47... Rf3 48. c3 bxc3 49. Kc2 g4 50. Kxc3 g3 51. Kd3 g2 52. Rg1
Rf2 53. a4 Ke6 54. Ke4 $16) 48. Kb2 $4 {'?!' Psakhis. Already here c3 was
forced. It looked very common for Jean-Mark in this tournament to miss his
chances at the end of the game.} (48. Kc1 g4 49. Rf1 Rf3 50. Rxf3 gxf3 51. Kd1
f2 52. Ke2 Kg6 53. Bxb4 Kf5 54. Bd6 Kg4 55. b4 Kg3 56. Kf1 Kf3 $19) (48. c3 $7
bxc3 49. Kc2 g4 50. Kd3 Ke6 51. a4 g3 52. Ke4 Rh5 53. Bb6 Rh4 54. Kf3 (54. a5
g2 55. Rg1 c2 $19) 54... Kf5 55. Bxe3 fxe3 56. Rxe3 c2 57. Rc3 Rb4 {=}) (48.
Bxb4 $5 {(Psakhis) was a better choice, for example} g4 49. Bc5 Ke6 (49... g3 {
Psakhis} 50. Kb2 (50. Bxe3 {Psakhis} fxe3 51. Rxe3 g2 52. Rxh3 g1=Q+ 53. Kb2
Qd4+ 54. Kb1 $11) 50... g2 51. Rg1 e2 52. Kc1 $18) 50. c4 Ke5 51. a4 Ke4 52. a5
g3 53. a6 g2 54. a7 Rh8 $132) 48... g4 $19 {now the pawns are unstopable.} 49.
a3 {'?' Psakhis. Psakhis: 'Last mistake. Good or bad, but White had to play'} (
49. Bd6 f3) (49. Rf1 $8 {(Psakhis) with possible continuation} Rf3 50. Rg1 g3
51. Bxb4 e2 52. a4 Rf1 53. Rg2 Rf2 (53... e1=Q $145 $1) 54. Rg1 g2 55. a5 f3
56. a6 Rf1 57. a7 f2 58. a8=Q fxg1=Q 59. Qf8+ Kg6 60. Qd6+ Kf5 61. Qd5+ $11)
49... bxa3+ 50. Kxa3 Ke6 51. Kb4 Kd5 52. Rd1+ Ke4 53. Rd4+ Kf3 54. Kc3 (54. Bd6
e2 55. Rxf4+ Ke3 $19) 54... g3 55. Bd6 Rh4 56. Rd1 g2 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 04th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2003.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Qxd4 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7
8. Bg5 e6 {Twelve years ago Kasparov went for the second bishop, which finally
turned out against him. The two Ivanchuk's knights dominated the game.} (8...
h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. c4 e6 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Kh1 h5 13. a4 h4 14. h3 Be7 15. b4 a5
16. b5 Qc7 17. Nd2 Qc5 18. Qd3 $16 {Ivanchuk Vassily(2735) - Kasparov Gary
(2770), Linares 1991 It (cat.17)}) 9. Nbd2 (9. Rd1 Bc6) 9... Bc6 $1 {The
novelty which was prepared as a result of researches for the white side. Also
it was quite sure that my opponent won't avoid the 3.Bb5+ line. So I could
spend some on my before game preparation of this position.} 10. Nc4 {In case of
} (10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. Nd4 Bh6 $11 {the ending is favourable for
black}) 10... b5 {Actualy here is the point of the previous black's move.
Black doesn't let white to create a comfortable pressure on his position. Now
White is forced to go for exchanges which will occure as good for black.} (
10... Bxe4 $5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxe4 d5 13. Qe2 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Bd6 15. Rad1 Rd8
16. Qa4+ Ke7 17. Qe4 Rd7 18. Rd4 $14) 11. Bxf6 {Another attempt was} (11. e5
dxe5 (11... bxc4 12. exf6 g6 13. Nd2 h6 14. Bf4 d5 15. Nf3 $16) 12. Ncxe5 Qxd4
13. Nxd4 Bd5 $11) 11... Qxf6 {Of course not} (11... gxf6 $6 {which after} 12.
Ne3 $14 {will bring white an edge. See the notes to the 8-th move.}) 12. Nxd6+
Bxd6 13. Qxd6 (13. e5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Bd5 $11) 13... Bxe4 {The material is equal
black even has a better bishop, so the only problem left is the king. Here
Serguei took an absolutely corect decision by letting me to spoil his pawn
structure on the kingside as a compensation receiving a long run pressure on
my unrocked king.} 14. Rfd1 {!} (14. Ne5 Qe7 15. Rfd1 (15. Qxe7+ Kxe7 $15)
15... Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Bxc2 17. Rc1 Bg6 18. Rcc6 a5 {=}) 14... Rd8 $1 {After the
game I still had an illusion that} (14... Bxf3 $2 {was good enough for a draw.
But my intuition didn't betray me.} 15. gxf3 Qxf3 16. Qd7+ Kf8 17. Qd6+ Ke8 (
17... Kg8 18. Qd8+ Rxd8 19. Rxd8#) 18. Rd3 Qb7 (18... Qg4+ 19. Rg3 Qe4 20. Rd1
g6 21. Rc3 $18) 19. Re1 Qc8 20. Re5 $40 {And white achieves a decisive attack.}
) 15. Qa3 $1 {The only chance to continue the fight. After} (15. Qxd8+ Qxd8 16.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 $15 {black is better, or}) (15. Qxa6 O-O 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Qxb5 Bxf3
18. gxf3 Qxf3 19. Qb3 Qg4+ 20. Qg3 Qe2) 15... Bb7 {A bit risky but possible was
} (15... Rxd1+ $5 16. Rxd1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qg6+ 18. Kh1 Qxc2 19. Qd6 Qc8 20. Rd3
a5 21. Rc3 Qd8 22. Qc6+ Ke7 23. Qxb5 Qd5 $13 {=}) 16. c4 $1 {Now white is
trying to create some weaknesses on the queenside.} Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qg5+ {
Important intermediate check. From here black's queen will control the
imporatnt b5 square.} 18. Kh1 bxc4 {Black's king is still unsecure but he is
already a pawn up and there is no straight way for white's attack.} 19. Qxa6 (
19. Qa4+ Qb5 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Rd1+ Kc7 22. Qa3 Kb8 $13) 19... O-O 20. Qxc4 {
Now already white is pawn up but the situation it's just opposite to the
previous one, black has compensation.} Rd2 $1 21. Qc3 $5 {Rublevsky goes for
the interesting exchange combination after which he planned to profite of his
better queene against two rooks and uncovered king.} (21. f4 Qd8 (21... Rxd1+ {
!?} 22. Rxd1 Qg4 23. Rd3 Qe2) 22. Qc1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qb8) 21... Rxf2 22. Rg1
Qh6 23. Rxg7+ {!} Qxg7 24. Rg1 Qg6 $1 {That's what my opponent missed. Now the
pawn g6 will defend the king. Much worse was} (24... Qxg1+ 25. Kxg1 Re2 26. Qc4
Re1+ 27. Kf2 Ra1 28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. Qb4 Ra8 30. a3 $16) 25. h4 $5 (25. Rxg6+ hxg6
26. Kg1 Re2 27. Kf1 {!} Rxh2 28. Kg1 Rh4 29. b4 Rb8 30. a3 {=}) 25... Rd8 (
25... h5 26. Qf6) 26. h5 Qxg1+ 27. Kxg1 Re2 28. Kf1 Rh2 29. Kg1 $1 {The
subtless of the game. White forces the rook to leave the second rank after
which he is ok.} Rxh5 30. a4 Ra8 31. Qc6 Rha5 32. b3 {That's exactly the
position when neither of the opponents can not progress. In a few moves we
agreed to draw.} h5 33. Kf2 Kg7 34. Qc3+ Kg6 35. Qc2+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Porz Citroen-Cup"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Watson, William N"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Ba4 $5 (7. Bf1)
7... b5 (7... c4) 8. Bc2 Bg4 9. h3 (9. d3 {Dolmatov-Kharlov, 1992}) 9... Bxf3
10. Qxf3 g6 11. a4 $1 $36 Bg7 $5 (11... Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Na3 {/\ Bg7 14.
Ng5!}) 12. axb5 axb5 {[#]} 13. e5 $1 (13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. e5 dxe5 15. Rxe5 Nd7)
13... Rxa1 $8 14. exf6 Bxf6 (14... Ne5 15. Rxe5 dxe5 16. fxg7 $16) 15. Qxf6 O-O
16. Qf3 (16. Qh4 e5) 16... d5 (16... Qb6 $5) 17. d4 (17. d3 Qd6) 17... cxd4 18.
Bh6 Re8 19. Bb3 $1 e6 20. g3 b4 21. Kg2 (21. c4 $5 Na5 22. cxd5 Nxb3 23. Qxb3
e5) 21... dxc3 22. bxc3 {/\ 23.Bd5 Rb1 24.Bc6 Re1 25.Be8+/-} Na5 $1 23. Bxd5 (
23. cxb4 Nxb3 24. Qxb3 d4 25. b5 e5 26. b6 Re6 $1 $13) 23... Rxb1 $8 24. Rxb1
$138 (24. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 25. Rxb1 b3 $14) (24. Rxb1 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. cxb4
Rb8 27. Rd1 (27. Re1 Nc6 28. b5) 27... Nc6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 52nd"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Black "Grabarczyk, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1995.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6
8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nc3 e6 11. a4 Rc8 12. Nd2 Rg8 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Ne3 (
14. Nb6 Qc5 15. Rfd1 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 Rc5 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 $11) 14... Be7 15. Rfe1
Qc5 16. Qd3 Kf8 17. f4 Bc6 18. Kh1 Bd8 19. Ned5 $2 f5 $1 (19... exd5 20. Qh3
Rc7 21. Qxh6+ Rg7 22. exd5 Bd7 23. Qh8+ Rg8 24. Qh6+ $11) 20. Qh3 $2 Kg7 21. b4
Qc4 22. Ne3 Qxb4 23. exf5 (23. Rab1 Qc5 24. exf5 Qxc3 25. fxe6 Qf6 26. exf7
Kxf7 27. Qxc8 Bb6 28. Qxg8+ Kxg8 29. Rxb6) 23... Qxc3 24. fxe6 Qf6 25. exf7
Kxf7 26. Qxc8 Bb6 $1 0-1

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Timoscenko, Gennadij A"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1978.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
d4 Bxe4 9. Bg5 Bd5 $5 (9... Bxb1) 10. Nbd2 e6 11. c4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 cxd4 13.
Qxb7 Qc8 14. Qb6 Qc5 15. Qb7 Qc8 16. Qb6 Qc5 17. Qb7 Qa7 $2 (17... Qc8 $10) 18.
Qc6+ Kd8 19. Nb3 Rc8 (19... e5 20. Nxd4 (20. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 21. Bxf6+ gxf6 22.
Qxf6+ $16) 20... Rc8 $13) 20. Na5 Rc7 (20... Qc5 21. Nb7+ (21. Qxa6 $1 $16)
21... Ke7 $13) 21. Qf3 $1 $18 {/\ Nc6, /\Bf6} Ke8 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qxf6 Rg8
24. Rxe6+ fxe6 25. Qxe6+ Re7 26. Qxg8 Qb6 27. Nb3 a5 28. Qd5 Re5 29. Qxd4 Qb4
30. Nd2 Bg7 31. Nf1 Re7 32. Qd3 Qxb2 33. Rb1 Qd4 34. Rb8+ Kf7 35. Qf5+ Qf6 36.
Qxh7 Re5 37. Rb7+ Kf8 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39. g3 a4 40. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Lugano Open-10"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "1985.03.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rigo, Janos"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1985.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. O-O (7. d5
b5 8. Bf4) 7... e6 8. Bg5 Qc7 9. Re1 f6 10. Bf4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bg3 g5 $5
13. Nce2 (13. f4 gxf4 14. Bxf4) 13... h5 14. f4 h4 $1 15. fxe5 hxg3 16. exf6 e5
17. Nxg3 (17. Nf5 Qc5+ $19) 17... exd4 18. Qxd4 Kf7 (18... Qc5 19. Qxc5 dxc5
20. e5 Be6 21. Ne4 $13) 19. Qd5+ (19. e5 d5 $1 20. Qxd5+ Be6 {/\ ...Bc5, ...Rh2
}) 19... Be6 20. Qxg5 Bh6 21. Qh5+ Kf8 22. Kh1 Rh7 23. Nf5 Bxf5 (23... Bf4 24.
Ng7 $1 $10 Rxg7 (24... Rxh5 25. Nxe6+ Kf7 26. Nxc7 Rxh2+ 27. Kg1 Rah8 28. Kf2
Rc8 29. Nd5 Rxc2+ 30. Re2) 25. fxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qh4 Be5 27. Qg5+) 24. Qxf5 Re8
25. e5 (25. Rad1 Re5) 25... dxe5 26. Rad1 Bf4 27. h3 Qf7 28. Rd6 Rh5 29. Qg4
Rg5 30. Qh4 Qh5 31. Qf2 Rg3 32. Rd3 (32. Qc5 Kg8 {/\ Kh8,Reg8}) 32... Rxd3 33.
cxd3 Qg6 34. Rf1 Qxd3 35. Qc5+ Kf7 36. Rxf4 exf4 37. Qc7+ Kxf6 38. Qxf4+ Qf5
39. Qd4+ Kf7 40. Qc4+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "YUG Cup"]
[Site "Ulcinj"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petronic, Jovan"]
[Black "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d3 O-O 8.
Bxd7 Bxd7 9. h3 a6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 b5 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Nh2 bxc4 14. dxc4 Bc6
15. f3 Rb8 16. Ng4 h5 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Rab1 a5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 a4 21.
Bg5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 e5 23. Qxd8 Rfxd8 24. Rf2 h4 25. Rc2 f5 26. Kf2 Kg7 27. Ke3
Re8 28. Rd1 Kf6 29. Rd3 e4 30. Ra3 Rb4 31. b3 g5 32. fxe4 Rxe4+ 33. Kd3 axb3
34. axb3 Ke5 35. Rc3 Rb7 36. Ra2 f4 37. Re2 Rxe2 38. Kxe2 Ke4 39. Rd3 Re7 40.
Rd2 f3+ $2 41. gxf3+ $1 (41. Kf2 Rf7 $17 (41... Kf4 42. gxf3 Re3 {->game}) (
41... fxg2 $4 42. Re2+ $18)) 41... Kf4+ 42. Kf2 Re3 43. Rb2 $1 (43. b4 $6 Rxf3+
44. Kg2 (44. Ke2 cxb4 45. c5 dxc5 46. d6 Re3+ 47. Kf2 Re8 48. Rd5 g4 49. hxg4
Kxg4 50. Rxc5 $19) 44... cxb4 45. c5 Rg3+ 46. Kh2 dxc5 (46... Ke5 47. c6 $19)
47. d6 b3 48. d7 b2 49. d8=Q b1=Q 50. Rf2+ Ke3 51. Re2+ Kxe2 52. Qd2+ Kxd2 $11)
43... Rxf3+ 44. Kg2 Rg3+ 45. Kh2 Rc3 46. Rf2+ Rf3 (46... Ke4) (46... Ke3) (
46... Ke5) 47. Rb2 Ke3 48. b4 cxb4 49. Rxb4 Rf2+ 50. Kg1 Rc2 51. Rb6 Kf4 52.
Kh1 Rxc4 53. Rxd6 $1 Rd4 (53... Kg3 54. Rc6 $1 $11) 54. Ra6 Rxd5 55. Ra3 Re5
56. Kg2 Re2+ 57. Kg1 Re3 58. Ra4+ Kg3 59. Rg4+ Kxh3 60. Rxg5 Re1+ 61. Kf2 Ra1
62. Rg8 Ra3 63. Kg1 Ra1+ 64. Kf2 Ra4 65. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Borik, Otto"]
[Black "Tarjan, James Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Byrne/Mednis"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{Inf.26/436} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7.
Bf1 e5 8. h3 Be7 9. d4 Qc7 10. Nbd2 $6 (10. Na3 $142 b5 11. Nc2 {/\ 12.Bg5, 12.
Ne3}) (10. a4 $5 {/\ Na3+/=}) 10... b5 $11 11. a4 Rb8 12. d5 Na5 13. axb5 axb5
14. b4 Nb7 15. Bb2 $6 (15. Bd3 c4 16. Bc2 {/\ Nf1=}) 15... c4 $1 $15 16. Ra7
O-O 17. Qa1 Qc8 18. Qa6 $6 (18. Be2 Ne8 19. Bd1 Nc7 20. Bc2 $15) 18... Ne8 19.
Ra1 Nc7 20. Qa2 f5 $1 $17 21. exf5 $6 (21. Rd1 $17) 21... Bxf5 22. g4 $6 (22.
Rd1) 22... Bg6 $19 23. Re1 (23. Bg2 Bf7 24. Ne4 Bxd5) 23... Nxd5 24. Nxc4 bxc4
25. Nxe5 (25. Bxc4 Rxf3 26. Bxd5+ Bf7) 25... Bh4 $1 26. Nxg6 Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 hxg6
28. Re4 Ne3 29. Rxc4 Nxc4 30. Bxc4+ Kh7 31. Bd5 Qe8 0-1

[Event "AUT-chT 1213"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2013.03.24"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Baramidze, David"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.11.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hohenems"]
[BlackTeam "Jenbach"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 ({Die Hauptvariante ist} 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3
cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8. Be3 {z.B.:} a6 (8... Be7) 9. Bc4 b5 10. Bb3 Be7
11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Bb7 13. Nd2 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 O-O 16. Nc4 Rc8 17.
O-O Nf6 18. Qd3 d5 19. exd5 e4 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. Nb6 Qxc2 22. Qxa6 Rcd8 23. a5
Qxb2 24. Qb7 Qe5 25. Nc4 Qxd5 26. Qxe7 Qxc4 27. Rfc1 Qb5 28. Qc5 Qa6 29. Qxb4
Nd5 30. Qxe4 Rfe8 31. Qc4 Qa8 32. Bb6 Rc8 33. Qd4 Rxc1+ 34. Rxc1 Nf6 35. h3 Ne4
36. Re1 Nf6 37. Rxe8+ Nxe8 {1-0 (37) Anand,V (2817)-Sasikiran,K (2689) Bastia
2011}) 4... Ngf6 5. Qe2 Qc7 ({Üblicher ist} 5... a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 e5 {usw.}
) 6. O-O a6 7. Ba4 c4 ({Oder} 7... e5 8. d4 b5 9. Bc2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 {
mit der spektakulären Partie:} 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bb7 14. Rad1
Rac8 15. Bb3 Rfe8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bg3 Bf8 18. h3 Nb6 19. Nh4 Nc4 20. Nf5 Nxb2
21. Bh4 Nxd1 22. Bxf6 Nxc3 23. Qg4 Bxe4 24. Nxh6+ Kh7 25. Bxf7 Qxf7 26. Nxf7
gxf6 27. f4 Bg6 28. Qh4+ Kg7 29. fxe5 Ne4 30. Rxf6 Bc5+ 31. Kh2 Nxf6 32. Qxf6+
Kh7 33. Ng5+ Kh6 34. Ne6 Rxe6 35. Qxe6 Re8 36. Qf6 Be7 37. Qxa6 b4 38. Qc4 Bf8
39. g4 Kh7 40. e6 Bd6+ 41. Kg2 Be7 42. Qc7 Kg8 43. Kg3 Kf8 44. Qf4+ Kg7 45.
Qd4+ Kg8 46. h4 Rd8 47. Qc4 Bd3 48. Qc6 Bb1 49. h5 Bxa2 50. Qe4 Kh8 51. h6 Bf6
52. e7 Re8 53. Qf4 Bg7 54. hxg7+ Kxg7 55. g5 Kg8 56. Qf6 {1-0 (56) Carlsen,M 
(2835)-Topalov,V (2770) Wijk aan Zee 2012}) 8. Bc2 e6 ({Auch hier wird
alternativ} 8... e5 {gespielt.}) 9. b3 (9. a4 {wurde auch schon probiert:} Be7
10. Na3 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. d3 cxd3 13. Bxd3 Nc5 14. Bg5 O-O 15. Nc2 Bg4 16.
Ncd4 Rfe8 17. Qc2 Nfe4 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Rfe1 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rae8 21. h3 Bd7 22.
Qc2 a5 23. Re2 g6 24. Rae1 Kf8 25. Qb3 Qc5 26. Re3 b6 27. Qc2 Qd6 28. R3e2 Qf6
29. Re3 h6 30. R3e2 g5 31. Re3 Nc5 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34. b3 Kg7 35.
Qd1 Qe4 36. Ne1 Kg6 37. Nef3 f6 38. Kh2 Nd3 39. Kg1 Nf4 40. Kh2 h5 41. Qf1 Qd3
42. Qe1 Kf7 43. Qc1 h4 44. Qe1 Bc8 45. Qc1 Bd7 46. Qe1 Kf8 47. Qc1 Ke8 48. Qe1+
Kd8 49. Qc1 Kc7 {0-1 (49) Sergienko,S (2417)-Fedorov,A (2599) St Petersburg
2010}) 9... b5 10. Na3 Nb6 11. d4 d5 ({Naheliegender war} 11... cxd3 12. Bxd3
Bb7 $11) 12. exd5 (12. bxc4 $5) 12... Nfxd5 13. bxc4 bxc4 (13... Nxc3 $6 14.
Qe1) 14. Ne5 Bd6 (14... Nxc3 15. Qf3 Bb4 16. Naxc4 Bb7 17. Qxf7+ Qxf7 18. Nxf7
Kxf7 19. Nxb6 Rad8 $11) 15. Naxc4 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxh2+ {Das war die schwarze
Idee.} 17. Kh1 O-O $2 {Wie sich herausstellen wird, kann sich Schwarz das
nicht leisten.} ({Auf} 17... Bd6 {käme} 18. Nxd6+ Qxd6 19. c4 $18 {z.B.:} Nf6
20. Qf3 Ra7 21. Ba3) ({Richtig war} 17... Bb7 18. Bd2 Bf4 $11) 18. g3 {Weiß
lässt es sich zeigen.} Bxg3 19. fxg3 Qxg3 {Wenn Schwarz nun zu Lb7 käme,
wäre alles gut. Doch das schafft er nicht mehr.} 20. Rg1 Qh3+ 21. Qh2 Qf3+ 22.
Rg2 {Nun muss Schwarz erst einmal das Matt auf h7 decken.} g6 ({Nach} 22...
Qf1+ 23. Qg1 Qxg1+ 24. Kxg1 {verbleibt Weiß mit einer Minusfigur im Endspiel.}
) 23. Bh6 $1 (23. Bd2 $18) 23... Qxc3 24. Rag1 Qxc4 {Lieber ein Ende mit
Schrecken als ein Schrecken ohne Ende, sagt sich Schwarz.} 25. Qe5 $1 f6 26.
Bxg6 hxg6 (26... fxe5 27. Bh5+ Kh8 28. Bg7+ Kg8 29. Bf6#) 27. Rxg6+ Kf7 28. Qd6
Qb4 (28... Re8 29. Rg7#) 29. Rxf6+ (29. Qc6 Ke7 30. Bxf8+ Kxf8 31. Rg8+ Ke7 32.
R1g7#) 29... Kxf6 30. Rf1+ Kg6 31. Qg3+ Kxh6 32. Rg1 Nf4 33. Qg5+ (33. Qh4+ Nh5
34. Qg5+ Kh7 35. Qxh5#) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch U20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A"]
[Black "Troff, Kayden W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:06:52"]
[BlackClock "0:33:29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 $5 {The first surprise! Ostrovskiy opted
for} (4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 {Against both Bodek and Xiong}) 4... cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. Nc3 Rc8 $146 {A new move, previously Black
did fine after} (9... Be7 10. O-O Bc6 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6
14. Qxd6 Qb6 15. Qa3 Rfd8 $44 {Jianu,V - Wojtaszek,R Yerevan ARM 2014}) 10. O-O
h6 11. Bh4 $6 (11. Bxf6 Qxf6 (11... gxf6 12. Qd3 $14) 12. e5 $1 {Would have
been better for White, after} dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bc6 14. Rad1 $16 {Black is too
underdeveloped to deal with the threats of Nxc6 and Nxe4}) 11... Qc7 $6 {
Objectively not correct, but interesting!} (11... g5 $1 12. Bg3 e5 $1 {Would
have been a thematic way to play against the g3 Bishop. After} 13. Qd3 Be7 {
The position is unclear.}) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qxf6 Rg8 14. Nd2 Qb6 15. Nd5 $5 {
Ostrovskiy prefers to play with the initiative rather than consolidate his
position!} (15. Rab1 Bg7 16. Qf3 Be5 17. g3 $16 {Should be better for White.})
15... exd5 16. exd5 Be7 17. Rfe1 Qd8 18. Re3 Kf8 19. Qxh6+ Rg7 {Black has
defended perfectly and Ostrovskiy was already low on time at this point.} 20.
Qh8+ Rg8 21. Qh6+ Rg7 22. Rae1 $6 {Troff later explained he did not expect his
opponent to keep the game going. Objectively, White should have indeed opted
for the perpetual check.} Bg5 23. Qxd6+ Kg8 {White has 4 pawns for the Bishop,
but Black is bound to win material back.} 24. f4 Rg6 25. Qe5 Bf6 26. Qe4 Qb6 {
Threatening Bd4} 27. Nb3 Bxb2 $6 {Logical but wrong, instead} (27... a5 $1 28.
c5 Qb5 $1 {With the idea of a4, would have destabilized the White Knight after
which White's c-pawn falls.}) 28. c5 Qf6 29. Qb4 $1 {Attacking b7, White gets
serious counterplay now.} Qf5 30. Qxb7 {Too cautious} Rf8 (30... Bb5 {Would
have been stronger, Black introduces the idea of Qc2}) 31. d6 a5 32. R3e2 Bg7
33. c6 Bc8 34. Qe7 $1 {Qxf8+!? can be an important resource once the d-pawn
advances to d7.} Ba6 35. Rf2 Bf6 (35... Bb5 $1 36. d7 Bf6 $17 {And Black can
control the pawns.}) 36. Qe4 Qxe4 37. Rxe4 Bc3 38. Nc5 $4 {Playing on the 30
second increment, Ostrovskiy now makes the final mistake.} (38. Rc2 $1 Bb4 39.
d7 {Threatening Re8 and Nc5, Troff would have no resources left to stop the
pawns.}) 38... Rxd6 39. Rc2 (39. Nxa6 {Must have been what Ostrovskiy was
counting on, but after} Rxc6 40. Rc2 Bd4+ $1 {Black is winning as the Knight
on a6 is still trapped, for example:} 41. Rxd4 Rxc2 42. a4 Rc6 $19) 39... f5 $1
40. Rxc3 fxe4 41. Nxa6 e3 $1 42. Kf1 Rc8 {The White Knight is too misplaced to
hold on.} 43. Rxe3 (43. Ke2 Rdxc6 44. Rxc6 Rxc6 45. Nb8 Rc2+ 46. Kxe3 Rxa2 {
And the a-pawn will be unstoppable, whilst White will lose another pawn on the
Kingside too.}) 43... Rdxc6 44. Nb4 axb4 45. a3 Rc3 {And Ostrovskiy called it
a day. By no means a perfect game by Kayden, but once the players reached a
highly complicated middlegame whilst both being low on time, it was the
18-year-old GM who handled the nerves better.} 0-1

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 e5 8. O-O
Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. a3 Rc8 13. Rd1 exd4 14. Rxd4 Re8
15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Re1 Nf8 17. Qd1 Ne6 18. Rd2 Nxg5 19. Nxg5 Qc5 20. Nf3 Bf8 21.
h4 h6 22. Rd4 Qa7 23. Bb3 Rc5 24. Qd2 Qa8 25. Qf4 Qc8 26. Red1 a5 27. Nh2 Rxc3
28. bxc3 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Bxe4 30. Qd2 d5 31. a4 Bc5 32. Kf1 $2 (32. Qf4 {was
needed.}) 32... bxa4 33. Bxa4 Qc7 34. g3 Qc8 $2 (34... Qe5 35. Bb5 Qf5 36. Ke1
Bg2 {gave Black excellent winning chances.}) 35. f3 Bf5 36. g4 Be6 37. Kg2 Bd6
38. Qd4 Qc7 39. Nf1 Be5 40. Qd3 Qxc3 41. Qxc3 Bxc3 42. Ng3 Kf8 43. g5 hxg5 44.
hxg5 Ne8 45. Ne2 Bb4 46. Nf4 Nd6 47. Kh1 Nc4 48. Bc6 Bd2 49. Bxd5 Bxf4 50. Bxe6
fxe6 51. Rd4 Bxg5 52. Rxc4 Ke7 53. f4 Bf6 54. Rc5 a4 55. Ra5 a3 56. Rxa3 g5 57.
fxg5 Bxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Suri Memorial"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2014.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Be2 {A very strange
move; Hou Yifan continues employing the unusual openings that have brought her
success in the women events.} Ngf6 7. O-O e5 8. Qe3 d5 $6 {This move is
somewhat strange. Opening the position doesn't make sense as long as Black is
underdeveloped.} 9. exd5 Bc5 $2 {Giri goes for some kind of bold sacrifice.
However where exactly his compensation is is very unclear.} (9... Nxd5 10. Qd2
N5f6 11. Nc3 $14) 10. Qd2 O-O 11. c4 e4 (11... Ne4 12. Qc2 Ndf6 13. Nc3 Nxc3
14. Qxc3 $16) 12. Nd4 Ne5 (12... Qb6 13. Nb3 Bd6 14. Nc3 $16 {This is simply a
pawn up for White.}) 13. b4 {White takes advantage of her position to grab as
much space as possible. She does not fall into passive play as there are no
threats to take care of yet.} Ba7 14. Nc3 Bg4 15. c5 $1 {A very powerful move.
White is using her extra material to shut down Black's bishop on a7 and with
that preventing any kind of counterplay. The threat of installing a powerful
passed pawn on d6 is very real.} a5 16. a3 Nxd5 $6 {Not a good move, but
Black's position was already bad.} 17. Nxe4 Bb8 18. f3 $1 {Very precise. The
Light-squared bishop does not have a good retreat.} Nf4 $2 {Some kind of
attempt to muddy the waters, but Hou Yifan has everything under control.} 19.
Nd6 $1 {This well calculated move nets a piece.} (19. Qxf4 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Bxf4
21. Bxf4 axb4 {turns the tables. White cannot recapture on b4 and the three
pieces dont have the necessary coordination yet.}) 19... Bxd6 20. cxd6 Nxe2+
21. Qxe2 {This is the point. Now both e5 and g4 are hanging.} Qxd6 22. Nb5 {
And now it is the Queen and the Bishop.} Qf6 23. fxg4 $1 (23. Bb2 Bd7 24. Bxe5
Qb6+ 25. Nd4 Rfe8 {probably wins somehow but it is not as clear.}) 23... Nf3+
24. Qxf3 Qxa1 25. Be3 (25. Bf4 {with the idea of Bd6 was also game over.})
25... Qf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. Nc7 Rac8 28. Nd5 {White is up a significant amount
of material and Black has nothing to show for it. An amazing demolition of a
2750 player.} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch U20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A"]
[Black "Bodek, Michael H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:19:09"]
[BlackClock "0:37:03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bd3 {Beginners are
usually taught not to put the Bishop on a square like d3 so early on, as it
blocks the d2 pawn and White's overall development. Here White breaks the
rules in order to maneuver his Bishop to c2 after c3.} b5 7. c4 $1 {This move
has proven to be dangerous, the main reason White switches gears is that c3
can now be tackled by Black going c4, tackling the plan of d2-d4.} g5 $5 {
Black's most agressive option. The Knight on f3 is lured away in order to win
c4 pawn.} 8. Nxg5 Ne5 9. Bf1 $5 {A new way of playing that suprised Michael,
previous games all saw Be2.} bxc4 10. d4 $1 {White returns the pawn to speed
up the development of his pieces.} cxd3 11. f4 Neg4 $6 {An admirable decision,
Black is aiming to sacrifice the Knight in order to compromise the White
King's safety.} 12. h3 $2 {Tempting but not best, this is playing into Black's
hands. Instead the simple:} (12. Qxd3 {Would have been better for White as} c4
{can be answered by} 13. Qd4 $1 {Defending against Queen b6 check.}) 12... c4
$1 13. hxg4 Nxg4 14. Nh3 $5 {Surprisingly, this was the only way to keep the
game going. The logical} (14. Qa4+ {Would have led to an immediate draw by
perpetual check, after:} Bd7 15. Qxc4 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Nf2+ 17. Kh2 Ng4+ 18. Kh1 {
The White King can't escape} (18. Kg3 $4 Qf2+ {and White loses.}) 18... Nf2+
$11) 14... Bg7 15. Kh1 Bd4 (15... Bd7 {followed by a calm Rc8, would have
granted Black great compensation.}) 16. Qf3 (16. Nd2 {Attacking the important
c4 pawn, was a good alternative.}) 16... Qa5 {Attacking the Rook and planning
to shift the Queen over to the Kingside.} 17. Bd2 Qh5 18. Bc3 {Virtually
forced, White wants to trade off the well placed d4 Bishop.} Nf2+ $1 {The same
pattern works again, and Black is able to draw by perpetual check.} 19. Kh2
Ng4+ 20. Kh1 Nf2+ 21. Kh2 Ng4+ {A short but spectacular game. The engines were
merciless in their evaluation of 11...Neg4, but nonetheless it was an
impressive early-game sacrifice on Michael Bodek's part. We're excited to see
what more the 18 year old native of Rochelle, NY has in store for us!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 {
Das ist die Hauptvariante, wenn Schwarz auf 3.Lb5 mit 3...d6 und 4...Ld7
reagiert.} 8. h3 ({Die Alternative ist} 8. d3 {z.B.:} e6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. h3 Bh5
11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nd7 13. Ng2 h5 14. f4 hxg4 15. hxg4 Qc7 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17.
Ne3 Nb6 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. dxc4 f5 20. exf5 exf5 21. g5 Bf7 22. Qc2 g6 23. Qf2 d5
24. cxd5 Bxd5 25. Be3 Bxg5 26. Qg3 Be7 27. Bg2 g5 28. Nxg5 Bxg5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5
30. Qxg5 Qf7 31. Kf2 Rh2+ 32. Kf1 Rd8 33. Qg3 Qc4+ 34. Kg1 Rxb2 {0-1 (34)
Anand,V (2791) -Carlsen,M (2776) Nice 2009}) 8... Bh5 ({Noch öfter wird} 8...
Bxf3 {gespielt:} 9. Qxf3 g6 10. Qd1 Bh6 11. a4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. d3 Bxc1 14.
Qxc1 O-O 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. Ne4 b6 17. Qh6 f6 18. d4 cxd4 19. Bc4 e6 20. Ng5 fxg5
21. Rxe6 Ncb4 22. cxb4 Qxc4 23. Rxg6+ hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qg6+
{1/2-1/2 (26) Jones,G (2644)-Shirov,A (2708) England 2013}) 9. d4 ({Oder} 9. d3
e6 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Nd7 12. g5 e5 13. Qg4 Be7 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 h6 16. h4
hxg5 17. hxg5 f6 18. Nd2 fxg5 19. Ne4 Nf6 20. Qxg5 O-O 21. Qg6 Qe8 22. Bg2 Qxg6
23. fxg6 Nh5 24. Ng3 Nf4 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. Bd5+ Kf8 27. Kg2 Bf6 28. Re4 Ne7 29.
Bf7 Rxe4 30. dxe4 Bg5 31. Rh1 Bh6 32. Kf3 b5 33. Kg4 a5 34. a3 a4 35. Nh5 b4
36. cxb4 cxb4 37. axb4 Rb8 38. Nf6 gxf6 39. Rxh6 Rxb4 40. Rh8+ Kg7 41. Rh7+ Kf8
42. f3 Rxb2 43. Rh8+ Kg7 44. Rh7+ Kf8 45. Kg3 a3 46. Rh8+ Kg7 47. Rh7+ Kf8 48.
Rh8+ Kg7 49. Rh7+ Kf8 50. Rh8+ Kg7 51. Rh7+ {1/2-1/2 (51) Rublevsky,S (2702)
-Ivanchuk,V (2786) Almaty 2008}) 9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 d5 ({Gut
spielbar ist} 11... e5 {z.B.:} 12. d5 Nd4 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Nd2 Qf6 15. Bg2 g6
16. f4 Nb5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. a4 Nd6 19. Rc1 h5 20. Qb3 Bh6 21. Nc4 Rb8 22. Qb4
Bf8 23. Qd2 Be7 24. Nxd6+ Qxd6 25. Rc2 O-O 26. Rec1 Kh7 27. Qe2 Bd8 28. Rc4 Bb6
29. Bd2 Qf6 30. a5 Bd4 31. Be3 Bxe3 32. Qxe3 Qd6 33. Rc7 Nf6 34. Qa3 Ne8 35.
Re7 {0-1 (35) Al Modiahki,M (2572)-Sasikiran,K (2661) Macau 2007}) 12. Nc3 e6
13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. exd5 Nxd4 16. Re4 Qb6 17. dxe6 Qc5 $2 {Wirft die
Partie einzügig fort.} ({Völlig OK für Schwarz ist} 17... Nxe6 18. Nd5 Qd8
19. Qa4+ b5 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Qb4 f5 22. Ree1 Rg8+ 23. Kh1 Qd5 24. Qc3 Rd8 25.
Re5 Qd2 26. Qxd2 Rxd2 27. Re2 Rd4 $15 {0-1 (89) Sadykov,R (2255)-Savina,A 
(2392) Izhevsk 2010}) 18. e7 {Nach diesem Zug bricht die schwarze Stellung
bemerkenswert schnell zusammen.} ({Weniger kräftig ist} 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Na4
Qg5+ 20. Rg4 Qd5 $14) 18... h5 (18... Ne6 19. Nd5 Bd4 20. Qa4+ b5 21. Bxb5+
Qxb5 22. Rxd4 $18) (18... Nf5 19. Qa4+ $18) 19. Rc1 Rh6 20. Kh1 Rg6 (20... Qa7
21. Nd5 $18) 21. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Leiden op-A 10th"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2016.07.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Der 18jährige Thomas Beerdsen ist ein talentierter Spieler aus den
Niederlanden. Van Wely zu schlagen ist ein großer Erfolg für den jungen Mann.
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bd3 b5 7. c4 g5 $5 {
Loek van Wely weicht niemals einem Kampf aus. Diese Variante wurde schon auf
höchstem Niveau gespielt, zuerst von Topalov und dann von Grischuk - gegen
niemand anderen als Magnus Carlsen.} 8. Nxg5 Ne5 9. Be2 bxc4 10. Na3 {Beerdsen
folgt Carlsens Plan aus der Partie gegen Topalov; 10.Nc3 ist hier aber
bekanntermaßen viel stärker.} (10. Nc3 Rb8 11. Rf1 $5 h6 12. Nf3 $14 {
Carlsen-Grischuk London Chess Classic 2015.}) 10... Rg8 11. f4 Nd3 12. Bxd3
cxd3 13. Qb3 d5 $1 {Zu diesem Zeitpunkt hatte van Wely klaren Vorteil.} (13...
e6 14. Qxd3 $14) 14. Qxd3 h6 15. e5 {Die Stellung wird jetzt sehr schnell sehr
scharf.} Nh5 $6 (15... hxg5 16. exf6 e6 17. Qh7 Rg6 18. fxg5 Rxg5 19. d3 Rg6 {
Die schwarze Stellung scheint in Ordnung zu sein. Diese Variante erscheint als
die natürlichere Spielweise.}) 16. e6 $1 {Stark gespielt!} Bxe6 (16... hxg5
17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Qh7+ Ng7 (18... Rg7 19. Qxh5+ $16) 19. fxg5 {sieht nicht
gut aus für Schwarz.} Qd6 20. Rf1+ $18) 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qf3 $1 Ng7 19. Qd3 (
19. b3 $1) 19... Nh5 20. Qf3 Ng7 {Weiß steht bereits viel zu gut, als dass er
sich auf Zugwiederholung einlassen müsste.} 21. b3 Kd7 22. Bb2 Nf5 23. Nc4 $1
{The knight enters with decisive effect on e5.} Bg7 (23... dxc4 24. Qb7+ Ke8
25. Qc6+ Kf7 (25... Qd7 26. Qxa8+ $18) 26. Qxe6+ $18) 24. Bxg7 (24. Rxe6 {
war sehr stark, aber schwer zu sehen} Kxe6 25. Re1+ Kf7 (25... Kd7 26. Qxd5+
Kc7 27. Qxc5+ Kb7 28. Na5+ Qxa5 29. Qxa5 Bxb2 30. Qxf5 $18) 26. Qh5+ Kf8 27.
Qxf5+ $18) 24... Rxg7 25. Ne5+ Kd6 26. b4 {Bei gleichem Material steht der
schwarze König mitten im Zentrum - eine für Schwarz komplett verlorene
Stellung.} c4 27. Qf2 (27. Kh1 {mit der Idee g4 war auch stark.}) 27... Qc7 28.
g4 $2 (28. Kh1 $1 $18 {hätte den Damentausch vermieden und war deswegen
besser.}) 28... Qa7 $1 {Der Damentausch steigert die schwarzen
Überlebenschancen.} 29. Qxa7 Rxa7 30. Rac1 h5 31. d3 hxg4 32. dxc4 d4 33. b5
axb5 (33... Kc7 $1) 34. cxb5 Rxa2 $2 {Der finale Fehler.} (34... g3 {und auch
hier steht Weiß besser, doch es wäre noch alles möglich gewesen.}) 35. Rc6+
Kd5 36. Nd3 $1 {Droht Sb4 oder Te5 - jeweils mit Matt!} Ne3 37. Nb4+ Ke4 38.
Nxa2 {Das Matt konnte Schwarz abwenden; das Problem mit dem Turm nicht!} g3 39.
h3 e5 40. fxe5 Rf7 41. Rg6 Rf2 42. Nc3+ dxc3 43. Rxg3 Rf3 44. Rxf3 Kxf3 45. b6
c2 46. Rc1 {Ein wichtiger Sieg in der Karriere des jungen Thomas Beerdsen.} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch U20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:06:15"]
[BlackClock "0:18:56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 (6... b5 7. c4
g5 $5 {Was seen two rounds earlier in the game Ostrovskiy - Bodek.}) 7. c3 b5 {
Now that White has committed himself to the plan with c3-d4, one of Black's
key ideas to stop the central expansion is c5-c4.} 8. a4 c4 9. Be2 $1 {A deep
move, the idea is that in certain lines in which the e4 pawn is lost, the B
plays an important role defending the Knight on f3.} Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8
Bxa8 (11... Qxa8 12. Na3 Bxe4 13. Nxb5 $16 {And the Bishop is indeed well
placed on e2.}) 12. d3 Be7 13. Nbd2 cxd3 14. Bxd3 Qb6 15. b4 $1 {A great
positional move. For the rest of the game, Black is suffering to defend the
weak pawn on b5.} e5 16. Qe2 Bc6 17. Nb3 O-O 18. Na5 $1 {Attacking the Bishop
on c6 and thus improving the pressure on the weak b5 point.} Rb8 19. Nxc6 Qxc6
20. Bd2 h6 $6 {It's not clear why Black needs this slightly weakening move.} (
20... Nf8 {With the idea of Ne6, may have been better.}) 21. Nh4 $1 {
Ostrovskiy spots that the Knight now has free access to f5 as} Bf8 (21... g6 {
fails to} 22. Bxh6 $16) 22. Nf5 d5 {This may seem like active play on Black's
part, but it is White who proifts from a more opened up position due to
increased activity of the Bishop pair.} 23. exd5 Qxd5 24. Ng3 Qa2 25. Rd1 {
Renewing the threat of Bxb5} Qb3 26. Rb1 Qa2 27. Rd1 Qb3 28. Rb1 Qa2 29. Be1 $1
{White is better and Ostrovskiy used the move repetition in order to get
closer to the move 40 mark.} Qd5 30. Ra1 Ne8 31. Ra5 Nc7 32. c4 $1 {Black is
losing the pawn but Ostrovskiy has a more positional concept in mind} Qc6 33.
c5 $1 {This completely paralizes Black's minor pieces, whilst the weakness on
b5 is still a burden.} g6 34. Ne4 Ne6 35. Nc3 Nd4 36. Qa2 {Threatening Ra6
followed by Rxg6+!} Nxc5 $2 {Black gets virtually no compensation for this
sacrifice, but after other moves the position collapses too, e.g.} (36... Kg7
37. Ra6 Qc8 38. Ne4 Be7 39. Bc3 {Followed by Nd6, White is dominating}) 37.
bxc5 b4 38. Ne4 Be7 39. h3 Qd7 40. Bc4 b3 41. Qb2 Qf5 42. Bd3 Qd7 43. Ra6 Nc6
44. Bc4 Qd4 45. Qxd4 Nxd4 (45... exd4 46. Rxc6 b2 47. Nd2 $18) 46. Rxg6+ {
Black resigned in view of} (46. Rxg6+ Kf8 47. Rb6 Rxb6 48. cxb6 b2 49. Bd3 $18
{A true model game by Alexandr Ostrovskiy who has showed nothing but great
enterprising chess in the first four rounds of the 2016 US Junior Championship.
}) 1-0

[Event "Lopota FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Lopota"]
[Date "2014.07.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Ju Wenjun played this game as if it was the last game of a knock-out and she
had to win to remain in the tournament. Of course, all she needed was a draw
for a good chance to clinch second place. Her plan backfired badly and
Kosteniuk was able to win against a pawn structure that was simply too
shattered from the early aggression.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7
5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 a6 7. Bf1 e5 $5 8. c3 g5 $5 {Ju Wenjun was not in a do or die
situation, which makes this move very strange.} (8... Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4
exd4 11. Nxd4 O-O {is an edge for White but nothing special.}) 9. Nxg5 Rg8 10.
d4 h6 11. Nf3 Bxh3 {it is unclear that this h-pawn is worth as much as the
g-pawn. In the long run Ju Wenjun's structure will be terrible while her
opponent's is intact.} 12. dxe5 (12. Be3 {keeping the tension in the center
was probably preferable.}) 12... dxe5 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Nbd2 {Black has some
initiative thanks to her superior development. She has to use this in order to
balance the game.} Be6 15. a4 Be7 16. Nc4 Ng4 17. Be3 f5 $2 {This is too much.}
(17... h5 $1 {The simpler and more logical plan to ram the h-pawn down the
board gives White some real headaches and the game remains unclear.}) 18. exf5
Bxf5 19. Nh2 {Black's structure is just too weak now.} Nxh2 (19... Nxe3 {
at least having the pair of bishops might provide some relief.}) 20. Kxh2 Kf7
21. g3 Be6 22. Rad1 h5 23. Be2 Kg6 24. Nd2 Na5 $2 (24... Nd4 $1) 25. Nf3 Nc6
26. Nh4+ Kg7 27. Bf3 Rh8 28. Be4 {White is positionally better now and Black
has nothing to show for it.} Bb3 29. Rxd8 Bxd8 30. Nf5+ $18 Kf6 31. Nd6 Na5 32.
Nxb7 Nxb7 33. Bxb7 Be7 34. Bxa6 Bxa4 35. f4 e4 36. b4 Ra8 37. Bb7 Rb8 38. Bxe4
cxb4 39. Bd5 $1 Kg7 40. Ra1 Bc2 41. Ra7 Kf8 42. cxb4 {the pawn is taboo. The
rest of the game is easy for Kosteniuk.} Rd8 (42... Rxb4 43. Rxe7 $18) (42...
Bxb4 43. f5 $1 Be7 44. f6 $1 Bxf6 45. Rf7+) 43. Be6 Rd3 44. Bc5 Bxc5 45. bxc5
Rc3 46. Rc7 Be4 47. Kh3 Ke8 48. f5 Rf3 49. c6 Bxf5+ 50. Bxf5 Rxf5 51. Rh7 Kd8
52. Kh4 Rc5 53. c7+ Kc8 54. Rxh5 Rc4+ 55. g4 Kxc7 56. Rd5 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 67th"]
[Site "Martina Franca"]
[Date "2007.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2007.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2
Bg4 9. d3 e6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nf1 O-O 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Nh4 d5 {
I had prepared this variation before the tournament, specifically for Godena.
I don't believe White has any advantage here, although with almost no
practical tests it is hard to give a definitive verdict now.} 15. exd5 {
The safest choice, leading to an absolutely equal position. Indeed, in most
games after this move the players would shortly agree to a draw. However, I
know from experience that even the most equal positions can contain a lot of
play and chances to outplay a weaker opponent. In this game I achieved exactly
that after numerous small mistakes from my opponent.} (15. e5 Nd7 16. Nxg6 hxg6
17. d4 {has been the main choice recently, with satisfactory results for White.
Of course this is the only way to fight for an advantage, and Black must play
carefully, but I feel Black has reasonable chances after} b4 18. Ne2 Rb8) (15.
f4 $5 {leads to highly tactical and unclear play:} d4 (15... Nxe4 16. Nxg6 Nxg3
17. Nxf8 Bxf8 $44) (15... Ne8 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qf3 f5 $14) 16. f5 Bd6 17. Nf1
$1 (17. e5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Nxe5 19. fxg6 Nxg6 $15) (17. Qf3 Nd7 (17... Qc7 18.
Ne2 exf5 19. Nxf5) 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. fxe6 Nde5 $17) 17... exf5 18. exf5 Bh5 (
18... Nh5 $2 19. fxg6 Qxh4 20. Re4 $18) 19. g4 dxc3 20. bxc3 (20. gxh5 Be5 $36)
(20. Nf3 $2 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Bxg4 22. bxc3 Qf6) 20... Be5 (20... Nd5 21. Nf3 Nxc3
22. Qd2 Be5 $5 (22... Qf6 $2 23. Bb2 Bxg4 24. Bxc3 Qxf5 25. hxg4 Qxf3 26. Bd1)
(22... Bxg4 23. hxg4 Qf6 24. Bb2 Nd4 $1 25. Nxd4 cxd4 $44) 23. Nxe5 $1 (23.
gxh5 $5 Ne2+ 24. Rxe2 Bxa1 25. h6 $13) 23... Qd4+ 24. Qf2 Nxe5 25. Be3 Qd5 26.
Nh2 $1 $16) (20... Ne5 $5 21. gxh5 Nd5 {also must be considered and is perhaps
the best option at Black's disposal.}) 21. d4 $1 (21. gxh5 $2 Bxc3) (21. Bd2
Nd5 22. Qf3 (22. Nf3 Nxc3 23. Qc1 Nd4 $17) (22. d4 $5 cxd4 23. Nf3) 22... Bd4+
$3 23. Kh1 (23. cxd4 Nxd4 24. Qd1 Qxh4) 23... Nxc3 24. Ng2 (24. Qxc6 Qxh4 25.
gxh5 Qxh3+ 26. Nh2 Qxh5) (24. Ng6 $5) 24... Nb4 25. Bb3 a5 $1) (21. Bb2 Nd5 22.
Nf3 (22. Rxe5 $2 Nxe5 23. Nf3 Nxg4 24. hxg4 Bxg4 $17) 22... Nxc3 23. Qd2 Ne2+
24. Rxe2 Bxb2 25. Rae1 Nd4 $17) 21... cxd4 22. Nf3 (22. gxh5 d3 $1 23. Qxd3
Qxd3 24. Bxd3 Bxc3) 22... d3 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Qc7 25. Re3 Qxc3 26. Bd2
Qxc2 27. gxh5 $16 {However, White's position is very suspicious and I'm sure
Black is fine after 15.f4. Perhaps best is 20...Ne5!?.}) 15... Qxd5 {Movsesian
recaptured with the knight, but I prefer Tiviakov's move. The knight will
remain on f6 to restrict White's knight on g3.} 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qe2 Rfd8 18.
a3 $6 {This is actually not helpful for White's cause at all. I would probably
not want to play ...b4 anyway, as it increases the scope of White's
light-squared bishop. It is interesting that Godena makes a series of small
errors, which don't hurt his position tremendously but make it increasingly
difficult to defend; eventually when he must play very accurately to hold the
position and with limited time, he quite naturally collapses and gets a losing
position.} (18. Bf4 Nh5 (18... Rac8 $11) 19. Nxh5 Qxh5 20. Qe4 Qd5 21. Qxd5
exd5 22. Bd1 g5 23. Bh2 Bd6 $11 {(Smirin-Tiviakov, Gothenburg 2005)}) 18...
Rac8 19. Be3 (19. Bf4 Bd6 {shows the difference between 18.Bf4 and 18.a3: now
there is no Bb3 for White and Black can achieve this favourable exchange.})
19... Qe5 $1 20. Qf3 {Again this is unnecessary. White is absolutely not worse
in this position and therefore doesn't have to force equality! After a natural
move like 20.Rad1 I will be hard-pressed to find any fruitful ideas.} (20. Ne4
Nxe4 21. dxe4 Bg5 $5 22. Rad1 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 g5 $15) (20. Rad1 Qc7 (20... Nd5
21. Bd2 Qxe2 22. Nxe2 $11) 21. Bd2 Bd6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4) 20... Qc7 21. Bf4
{Due to one tactical trick White cannot equalise immediately, but there are
still no problems after the calm 21.Rac1.} (21. Ne4 $2 Nd4 $1 22. Nxf6+ (22.
cxd4 cxd4) 22... Bxf6 23. Qd1 b4 $17) (21. Rac1 Ne5 (21... Nd5 22. Bd2) (21...
Bd6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 $11) 22. Qe2 Nd5 23. Bd2 $11) 21... Bd6 22. Bg5 {
After this the position becomes very unbalanced and Black certainly has more
chances for an advantage than before. Of course White should have played it
safe with 22.Bxd6.} (22. Bxd6 Qxd6 {, when I still can't claim that Black is
better here. After the trade of bishops White cannot 'force' equality by Ne4
since that would lead to a clear good knight vs bad bishop position.
Nevertheless, if White does nothing it is difficult to suggest a plan for
Black. So although Black is now calling the shots, it shouldn't be enough for
anything real.}) 22... Bxg3 23. Qxg3 $2 {Now this mistake is very real! After
23.fxg3 I would prefer to be Black, but perhaps this is compensated by the
machine's endorsement of White's position. In any case it is roughly equal.} (
23. fxg3 Rd5 24. Bf4 (24. Bxf6 $2 Rf5 25. Qe3 gxf6 $15) 24... e5 (24... Qd7 25.
g4) 25. Be3 c4 $5 26. dxc4 bxc4 $13) 23... Qxg3 24. fxg3 Rd5 25. Be3 {A tough
choice for Godena, who was already down to a few minutes. The alternative 25.
Bf4 is also unpleasant.} (25. Bf4 Nh5 26. Rad1 a5 $5 {(preventing b4)} (26...
Rcd8 27. b4) 27. Kf2 Nxf4 28. gxf4 g5 $1 29. fxg5 Rxg5 $15) 25... Ne5 26. Red1
$1 {A surprise for me, after which things are again far from simple. Godena's
tenacious play in the following time trouble phase (only for him, as I had
plenty of time) deserves much praise. In the end, however, the position proves
too difficult to defend and he commits an error.} (26. Rad1 Rcd8 27. Bxc5 (27.
d4 Nc4) 27... Nxd3 28. Bxd3 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Be3 Nd5 31. Kf2 f6 $15) (26.
Bxc5 Nxd3 27. Bxd3 Rxd3 28. Bd4 (28. Be3 Rcd8 29. a4 Nd5) 28... Rxg3 29. Bxf6
gxf6 30. Rad1 Rg5 31. Rd6 a5 $17) 26... c4 (26... Rcd8 27. Bxc5 Nxd3 28. Bb6 (
28. Be7 R8d7 29. Bxf6 gxf6) 28... R8d6 29. Bc7 Rd7 30. Bxd3 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Rxd3
32. a4 $1 Rd2 33. axb5 axb5 34. Ra8+ Kh7 35. Rf8 Rxb2 36. Rxf7 Kg8 (36... Rb1+
37. Kh2 Rf1 38. Re7 Nd5 39. Rd7 Nxc3 40. Be5 Nd5 41. g4 $11) 37. Re7 Nd5 38.
Re8+ Kf7 (38... Kh7 39. Be5 Ne3 40. Re7 $11) 39. Rb8 $3 {(I looked for a while
for something in this line, but couldn't find anything and in the end played
26...c4; the compter confirms my evaluation)}) 27. d4 {The alternative looks
very articifical but should also be taken seriously. However, Black must be
much better.} (27. dxc4 Nxc4 28. Bc1 (28. Rxd5 exd5 $1 29. Bc1 a5 $17) 28... a5
(28... Ne4 $5) 29. a4 b4 30. cxb4 (30. b3 $2 Ne3 $1 31. Bxe3 Rxc3 $17) 30...
axb4 31. Bb3 Ne4 $36) 27... Nc6 28. g4 Rd7 29. Re1 $1 {An incredibly powerful
move. For a while I couldn't understand its value until I accurately
calculated the consequences of 32.Re2!. In the end I spent 20 minutes and
realised that even if White is fine there I have no other ideas and just have
to go for it. The d5-square looks nice but by itself it won't amount to
anything; it is difficult to find any chinks in White's armour and all pawn
breaks will just open lines for White's bishops. White on the other hand has
active counterplay with h4, g5, g4 and h5.} (29. g5 Nd5 30. Bd2 Na5 31. Kf2 Nb3
32. Rab1 a5 33. Be1 {shows why the rooks must be placed on e2 and d1
respectively:} Re8 {, and ...e5 comes next with an initiative for Black.}) (29.
Kf2 Nd5 30. Bd2 Na5 31. Ke2 Nb3 32. Rab1 e5 $1 33. dxe5 Re8 $36) 29... Nd5 30.
Bd2 Na5 {The knight goes to b3 to prepare the powerful ...a5 and ...b4. White
has great difficulty defending against this and will struggle to make use of
his clumsy rooks. However, with the regrouping manoeuvre Re2 and Be1 White
could successfully combat White's initiative. This is indeed why I awarded 29.
Re1 an exclamation mark.} 31. Rad1 Nb3 32. Be3 $6 {A mistake in very serious
time trouble. White could have completed his great idea with 32.Re2, when
Black has retains some pressure following 32...Nxd2, but not much more.} (32.
Kf2 {is a more clumsy version of the following note, and indeed Black can take
advantage of it:} a5 33. Ke2 b4 34. h4 e5 $1 (34... Rb7 35. g5 (35. h5 $2 g5 $1
36. Rh1 Nxd2 37. Kxd2 Nf6 $17) 35... bxc3 36. bxc3 a4 37. g4) (34... Kf8 35. g5
Ke7 36. g4 Rh8 37. Rh1 bxa3 38. bxa3 e5 $5) 35. dxe5 (35. Bxb3 $2 cxb3 36. axb4
axb4 37. dxe5 (37. cxb4 Rc2) 37... bxc3 38. bxc3 Rxc3 $1 $17) 35... Nxd2 36.
Rxd2 bxc3 (36... Nf4+ 37. Ke3 Rxd2 38. Kxd2 Nxg2 39. Re4 bxa3 40. bxa3 Nxh4 41.
Bd1) 37. bxc3 Nxc3+ 38. Ke3 Rxd2 39. Kxd2 Nb5 40. a4 c3+ 41. Kd3 Rd8+ 42. Kc4
Na3+ 43. Kxc3 Rc8+ 44. Kb2 Nxc2 45. Rc1 Rc4 46. Rxc2 Rxa4 47. Rc8+ Kh7 48. Rc7
g5 $1 $17) (32. Re2 $1 a5 (32... Nxd2 $1 33. Rdxd2 a5 34. Be4 b4 35. Bxd5 Rxd5
36. axb4 axb4 37. Kf2 Ra8 $15) 33. Be1 {(clearly an ideal setup for White)} Kf8
34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Kf3 $11) 32... a5 33. Be4 {White decides there is no
alternative but to remove some pressure from c3, even at the cost of his
valuable light-squared bishop. However, there was another possibility which
shouldn't be worse than the game continuation.} (33. Bf2 b4 34. axb4 axb4 35.
cxb4 Rb7 $1 (35... Rb8 36. Bxb3 cxb3 37. Rd3 Rxb4 38. Ra1 Nf4 (38... g5 39. Ra3
Rdb7 40. Bg3 Kh7 41. Kf2 Kg6 42. Kf3 $15) 39. Ra8+ Kh7 40. Rf3 (40. Rd2 $2 Rc7
41. Bg3 g5 $17) 40... g5 41. Ra3 Rdb7 42. Kf1 Kg6 43. Be1 $15) (35... Nxb4 $2
36. Bxb3 cxb3 37. Re3) 36. Be4 Rxb4 37. Bxd5 (37. Bg3 Ra8) 37... exd5 38. Re5
Rb5 $15) 33... b4 34. axb4 axb4 35. Bxd5 Rxd5 36. Bf2 Ra8 37. Re2 ({Also very
bad for White is} 37. Kf1 Raa5 38. Bg3 g5 39. Kf2 Kh7 40. Kf3 Kg6 $17) 37...
bxc3 38. bxc3 Rda5 ({I naturally didn't want to allow White's rooks activity
after} 38... Nc5 39. Rb1 Nd3 40. Rb7 Ra1+ (40... Ra3 41. Rc2) 41. Kh2 Rc1 42.
Ra2 Rxc3 $2 (42... Nxf2 43. Rxf2 f6 44. Rf3 $11) (42... Kh7 $5) 43. Ra8+ Kh7
44. g5 $1 Rxg5 45. Rbb8 $16) 39. Be1 $2 {This is another error, even more
serious than the previous one. It is amazing how resilient White's position
has proven to be; although I've made enormous progress from a roughly equal
position, it still isn't easy to bring the full point home.} ({White must play
the computer's recommendation, when Black's advantage should be manageable:} 
39. Be3 $1 g5 40. Kf2 f6 (40... Kh7 41. g3) 41. g3 Kf7 42. h4) 39... Ra1 40.
Rxa1 Rxa1 {White has reached the time control but the damage to his position
is done. Black has a strategically winning game due to the passivity of
White's pieces.} 41. Kh2 Kh7 $2 {Incredible! I can say I've played well so far,
but it isn't time to relax yet! Work remains and only one move consolidates
the advantage. I thought there was no difference between this and 41...g5,
since 42.g5 is met by 42...Nc1 43.Rb2 Nd3, when there is no check on b8. This
error stemmed from overestimating the ...Nc1-d3 idea.} (41... Nc1 42. Rb2 Nd3
43. Rb8+ Kh7 44. Bg3) (41... g5 $1 42. Re5 (42. Bg3 Rc1 43. Be1 Kh7) 42... Kh7
43. Bg3 Kg6 (43... Rc1 44. Rxg5 Rxc3 45. d5 Re3 (45... Rxg3 $2 46. Kxg3 exd5
47. Rh5+ $1 Kg6 48. Rxd5 c3 49. Rd6+ $18) (45... exd5 $2 46. Be5 $1 (46. Rxd5
$2 Rxg3 47. Kxg3 c3 $19) 46... d4 47. Rxg7+ Kh6 48. g5+ Kh5 49. Bf6 $40) (45...
f6 $5 46. Rh5+ Kg6 47. dxe6 Re3 48. Rh8 Rxe6 49. Rc8 Re4 $17) 46. d6 Rd3 47.
Rb5 f6 $17) 44. d5 Nd2 45. h4 (45. Be1 Kf6) (45. Bf2 Nf1+ 46. Kg1 Ne3+ $19)
45... gxh4 46. Bf4 (46. Bxh4 exd5 47. Rxd5 Nf1+ 48. Kh3 Rc1 $19) 46... Nf1+ 47.
Kh3 exd5 48. Rxd5 Ne3 $1 49. Rg5+ Kh7 $1 (49... Kf6 50. Kxh4 Nxg2+ 51. Kg3 Nxf4
52. Rf5+ Ke6 53. Rxf4 Ra4 54. g5) 50. Rh5+ Kg8 51. Kxh4 Nxg2+ 52. Kg3 Ne1 $5
$17 {This is a truly amazing variation, which I naturally couldn't work out
over the board. My calculation wasn't too far off but I missed a number of
details such as 48...Ne3 (which is why I rejected 44...Nd2) and, even more
importantly, 46.Be5.}) 42. g5 $1 {Now I realised what I had done. My advantage
is of course still there but it is much more difficult to win.} Nc1 43. Rc2 Nd3
44. Bg3 Kg8 45. Bd6 (45. h4 Kf8 (45... f6 $8) 46. Bd6+ Ke8 47. Be5 Nxe5 48.
dxe5 Re1 49. Rb2 Rxe5 50. Rb8+ Ke7 51. Rb7+ $11 {shows why the king cannot
escape from its prison and why 45.Bd6 has little point.}) 45... Ra6 46. Be7 $5
{Tricky. He obviously wanted to tempt me into 46...Nf4, when he sucseeds in
activating his rook due to 47.Rb2 Nd5 48.Rb8 Kh7 49.Bb4!.} Kh7 (46... Nf4 $2
47. Rb2 Nd5 48. Rb8+ Kh7 49. Bb4 $1 $132) (46... Ra7 47. Bd6 f6 48. gxf6 gxf6 {
is very similar to the game, but I wanted to manoeuvre for a while and run him
down on time.}) 47. Kg3 Ra5 48. h4 Kg8 49. Bd6 f6 {Now I achieve this when he
has only five minutes left again. With so little time the defensive task is
undoubtedly very difficult.} 50. gxf6 gxf6 51. Kh3 Ra1 52. g4 Kf7 53. h5 $5 (
53. g5 f5 54. Kg3 Ke8) (53. Kh2 e5 54. dxe5 fxe5 {White's situation is
unenviable in both lines, as he has no counterplay and I can torture him for a
long time.}) 53... g5 {There are other good possibilities but I was attracted
to this.} 54. h6 $2 {Collapsing in what is essentially a losing position.
After this White has no more chances.} (54. Kh2 f5 55. Re2 $5 (55. gxf5 $2 exf5
56. Rg2 g4) (55. Rg2 f4 56. Be5 (56. Rg1 $5 Ra6 57. Be5 Ra2+ 58. Rg2 Ra3 59.
Rc2 Ra1) (56. Rc2 f3 57. Bg3 Kf6 $19) 56... Re1 57. Ra2 f3 58. Ra7+ Ke8 59. h6
Nxe5 60. dxe5 (60. h7 Ng6 61. Kg3 Rh1 62. Kxf3 Nf8 $19) 60... f2 61. h7 Rh1+
62. Kxh1 f1=Q+ 63. Kh2 Qf2+ 64. Kh3 Qh4+ 65. Kg2 Qxg4+ 66. Kf2 Qh4+ 67. Kf3
Qh3+ 68. Kf2 Kf8 $1 $19) 55... Nc1 (55... f4 56. Kg2) 56. Re5 (56. Rf2 Ra2 57.
Rxa2 Nxa2 $19) (56. Re1 Ra2+ 57. Kh1 Nd3 58. Rb1 Nf2+ 59. Kg1 Nxg4 60. Rb7+ Kg8
61. Be7 f4 62. Bxg5 f3 $19) 56... Ra2+ 57. Kh3 Nd3 58. gxf5 Nxe5 59. fxe6+ Kxe6
60. Bxe5 Kf5 61. h6 Kg6 62. Kg4 Ra1 $19 {Of course these variations cannot be
properly analysed, as both sides have an endless plethora of possibilities,
but my general feeling is that Black should win.}) 54... Kg6 {I took some time
to calculate everything to the end and it was worth it.} 55. Bf8 Rc1 56. Ra2 $8
(56. Rxc1 Nxc1 57. Be7 Ne2 58. h7 Kxh7 59. Bxf6 Kg6 60. Be5 Nxc3 $19) 56...
Rxc3 57. Ra7 Nf4+ 58. Kh2 Rh3+ 59. Kg1 Rg3+ $1 ({The following variations
demonstrate how not to finish a chess game:} 59... c3 $2 60. Rg7+ Kxh6 61. Rd7+
$11) (59... Rxh6 $2 60. Rg7#) 60. Kf2 Rxg4 61. h7 Rh4 62. Rg7+ Kf5 63. Rc7 Nd5
0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 11th final"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1995.11.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1995.11.30"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 {Horvath,T} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 (4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1
b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb7 9. f3 e6 10. a4 Be7 11. a5 b5 12. c4 bxc4 13. Bxc4
O-O $6 {Shirov-Kasparov/Linares/1994} (13... Ne5 $142)) 4... Ngf6 5. Nc3 (5. e5
Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxc3 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxc3 Qa6 10. d5 Bf5 $1 11. Nh4 Bd7
12. Nf3 Bf5 $10) 5... cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8. Nd2 $6 (8. Be3 $5 Be7 9. Bc4
O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Bb3 b5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rb8 14. Ba7 Rb7 15. Bxb7 Bxb7
16. Nd2 $16 {Morovic,F-Topalov,V/Las Palmas/1994/0,5/41/}) 8... Be7 9. Nc4 O-O
10. Bxd7 Bxd7 (10... Qxd7 $6 11. Ne3 b6 12. Nf5 Qb7 13. g4 $1 {Keller,D-Ye,J/
Lucerne/1985/0,5/47/}) 11. Nxd6 (11. Ne3 $6 Be6 12. Ncd5 Rc8 13. c3 Rc5 14.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. O-O Qc8 $15 {Rogers,I-Suba,M/Dortmund/1985/0|1/51/}) (11. O-O
Be6 12. Ne3 Rc8 13. Ncd5 $10) 11... Qc7 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 e4 14. Nxe4 $5 {
N/} (14. Qe2 Rfe8 (14... Qe5 15. g4 Bb4 16. Bd2 Rfd8 17. a3 e3 18. Qxe3 Bxc3
19. Bxc3 Qb5 20. a4 Qa6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qb3 Re8+ 23. Kd1 Rad8+ 24. Kc1 Qc6
25. f3 Re2 $44 {Campora,D-Acosta,S/Bogota/1980/1|0/61/}) 15. Bd2 Rac8 (15...
Qe5 16. g4 b5 17. f4 Qc7 18. O-O-O b4 19. Nxe4 Rac8 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Qd3 a5
22. g5 Red8 23. Qb3 hxg5 24. Be3 gxf4 $17 {Vezzosi,P-Nunn,J/Lugano/1989/0|1/30/
}) 16. a3 Bc5 17. Be3 Qe5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. O-O Qxf5 $17 {Mednis,E-Csom,I/
Cleveland/1975/0|1/35/}) 14... Qe5 (14... Rad8 15. Qe2 Bb4+ (15... Rfe8 16. O-O
$1) 16. c3 Nxe4 17. cxb4 Rfe8 18. Be3 $16) 15. f3 Rad8 (15... Bb4+ 16. c3 Nxe4
(16... Rad8 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. O-O (18. cxb4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Qxf5 $17) 18... Nxe4
19. fxe4 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Qxe4 21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22. Bf4 $14) 17. fxe4 Rad8 18. Qf3 $18
) 16. Qc3 $6 (16. Qe2 $5 Qxf5 (16... Nxe4 17. fxe4 Bb4+ $1 18. Kf2 Rd4 $17) 17.
O-O Rfe8 $146) 16... Qxf5 17. O-O Nxe4 18. fxe4 Qxe4 $15 19. Be3 (19. Re1 Bc5+
20. Kh1 (20. Be3 Bb4 21. Bc5 Qxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Bxe1 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Rxe1 Rd2 25.
Rc1 Ke7 $17) 20... Qh4 $36) 19... a6 20. Rf4 (20. Rad1 Rc8 21. Qd3 Qxd3 22.
cxd3 Rc2 $17) (20. Qb3 $142) 20... Qg6 21. Rf2 (21. Raf1 $6 Bg5 22. R4f2 Rc8
23. Qb3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Rxc2 $17) 21... Bh4 $1 (21... Rd5 22. Raf1 $13) 22. g3 (
22. Rd2 Rxd2 (22... Bf6 $5) (22... Rc8 23. Qb3 Rfe8 $15 24. Rf1 (24. Qxb7 Rxc2
25. Rxc2 Qxc2 $17)) 23. Qxd2 Rd8 24. Qc3 Bf6 25. Qb3 Qe4 $15) 22... Bf6 23. Qb4
(23. Qb3 $5) 23... Rfe8 24. Bb6 Rd5 25. a4 h5 $17 26. Qb3 (26. Rg2 Rde5 27. Rf1
Re2 28. Qb3 h4 $19) 26... Rde5 27. Raf1 h4 28. Kh1 (28. Bd4 hxg3 29. hxg3 Rg5
$19) 28... Re1 29. a5 h3 $19 (29... Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Qe4+ 31. Qf3 Qxc2 32. gxh4
Qe4 $17) 30. Qf3 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Qxc2 32. Qxb7 Re4 (32... Re2 33. Bg1) 33. Rg1 (
33. Bf2 Bd4 $19 (33... Qxf2 $4 34. Qc8+ Bd8 (34... Kh7 35. Qxh3+ $18) 35. Qxd8+
Kh7 36. Qh4+ Rxh4 37. Rxf2 Rd4 38. Kg1 $13)) 33... Re2 0-1

[Event "Nabereznye Chelny"]
[Site "Nabereznye Chelny"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Black "Muhutdinov, Marat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 (3... Nd7 $5) (3... Bd7 $5) 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1
Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d4 Bxe4 9. Bg5 d5 10. dxc5 $5 (10. Nbd2 e6 11.
Nxe4 dxe4 12. Rxe4 Be7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qb3 Qd7 $10 {Shabanov,Y-Zakharov,A
SSSR 1979; 14.Qe2!?/}) 10... e6 11. Bxf6 $5 $146 (11. b4 Be7 (11... Bxf3 12.
Qxf3 Be7 13. c4 O-O 14. Nd2 a5 $1 $10) 12. Nbd2 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 O-O $132 {
Soltis,A-Browne,W USA 1983}) 11... gxf6 (11... Qxf6 $2 12. Qa4+) 12. Nbd2 Bxf3
$6 (12... Bxc5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qa4+ Qd7 15. Qxe4 $16) (12... f5 $5 13. Ne5
Bg7 14. Qa4+ Ke7) (12... Bg6 $5) 13. Qxf3 Bxc5 14. c4 $1 dxc4 (14... d4 $2 15.
Qxb7) (14... Be7 $5 15. cxd5 (15. Rad1 $5) 15... Qxd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Nf3 Kf8
$13) 15. Rad1 Qe7 (15... Bd4 16. Qxb7 {/\Nf3/}) 16. Ne4 f5 (16... O-O $2 17.
Rd7 $18) (16... Kf8 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Qxf6 Rg8 19. Rd7 Qh5 (19... Rg7 20. Rd8+
$18) 20. Rxe6 $18) 17. Qc3 $1 $18 fxe4 $8 18. Qxh8+ Qf8 19. Qxh7 e3 20. fxe3
Qe7 21. b3 Bb4 22. Rf1 c3 23. a3 Bxa3 24. Qh8+ Qf8 25. Qxc3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Army"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Black "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6
Bxc6 8. d4 Bxe4 9. Bg5 Bd5 10. Nbd2 e6 11. c4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 cxd4 13. Bxf6 gxf6
14. Qxb7 Bg7 (14... Be7 $5 15. Nf3 Qc8 16. Qe4 f5 17. Qxd4 Rg8 18. h3 Qc6 19.
Kh1 Rc8 $15 {Fette,M-Christiansen,L/GER/1991/0|1/28/}) 15. Qc6+ Kf8 $6 (15...
Ke7 16. Qe4 $5 (16. Nb3 f5 17. Rad1 Qc8 18. Qf3 Qxc4 19. Rc1 Qb4 20. Rc7+ Kf6
21. Rf1 h5 $19 {Wells,P-Grivas,E/Kopavogur/1994/0|1/28/}) 16... Qb6 17. Nf3
Rhc8 18. Qxh7 Kf8 19. b3 $132 {Kalegin,E-Tiviakov,S/URS/1988/1|0/55/}) 16. Ne4
$1 f5 (16... d5 $2 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. Nd6 $18) (16... Ke7 17. Ng3
$1 Kf8 18. Nh5 Rb8 19. Rad1 $36) 17. Nxd6 Bf6 $2 (17... Rb8 $142 18. c5 a5) 18.
Qb7 $1 Be7 19. Nxf5 exf5 $6 (19... Rb8 $142 20. Qxe7+ Qxe7 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 22. b3
Rhd8 23. Rad1 a5 24. Re4 a4 25. Rd3 Rb4 26. Kf1 axb3 27. axb3 Rdb8) 20. Rxe7
Qxe7 21. Qxa8+ {Hecht Q+R - Q+R 1 weißer Mehr-P, chwarze Streuselkuchen-Bauern,
Mattangriff} Kg7 22. Qf3 (22. Qxa6 {Hecht} Re8 $132 23. Qa5 Qe2 24. h3 d3)
22... Re8 23. Kf1 $18 Kf6 (23... Qe4 $5) 24. Rd1 Qb4 25. b3 Qa5 26. Qh5 (26.
Qf4 $5 Re4 27. Qd6+ Kg7 28. f3 $18) 26... Qxa2 27. Qh6+ Ke7 28. Qg7 Rd8 (28...
Qxb3 29. Re1+ Kd8 30. Qxd4+ $18) 29. Re1+ Kd7 30. Qxd4+ Kc8 31. Qc5+ Kb8 32.
Qb6+ Kc8 33. g3 f4 34. Kg2 f3+ 35. Kxf3 Qa3 36. Kg2 h5 37. h4 f5 38. Re5 Rd6
39. Re8+ Kd7 40. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kalegin, Evgenij"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
d4 Bxe4 9. Bg5 Bd5 10. Nbd2 e6 11. c4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 cxd4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nb3
$5 {/N/} (14. Qxb7 Bg7 15. Qc6+ Ke7 (15... Kf8 $6 16. Ne4 f5 17. Nxd6 Bf6 18.
Qb7 Be7 19. Nxf5 $1 $18 {Cherniaev,A-Yagupov,I/Moscow reg/1995/1|0/40/}) 16.
Qe4 (16. Nb3 f5 17. Rad1 Qc8 18. Qf3 Qxc4 19. Rc1 Qb4 20. Rc7+ Kf6 21. Rf1 h5
$17 {Wells,P-Grivas,E/Kopavogur/1994/0|1/28/}) 16... Qb6 17. Nf3 Rhc8 18. Qxh7
Kf8 19. b3 f5 20. Ng5 Qd8 21. Qh5 Qe7 22. Rad1 $132 {Kalegin,E-Tiviakov,S/URS/
1988/1|0/55/}) 14... Bg7 15. Nxd4 (15. Qxb7 f5 16. Qc6+ Ke7) 15... O-O 16. Rad1
(16. Qxb7 Rb8 (16... Qb8 17. Qxb8 Raxb8 18. b3 f5 19. Rad1 Rfc8 $15) (16... Qc8
$5) 17. Qxa6 Rxb2 18. Rad1 $13) 16... Qa5 17. b3 (17. a3 f5 18. b4 Qb6 $15)
17... f5 (17... Qxa2 18. Qxb7 $13) 18. Re2 d5 $1 19. cxd5 Rad8 20. Nc2 Qxa2 21.
Red2 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. Nb4 (23. Qxf5 Qxb3 $19) 23... Qb2 24. Nxd5 Re8 25.
g3 Qc2 $17 (25... Qe2 $6 26. Qxe2 Rxe2 27. Nf4 Re8 28. Rd7 $44) 26. Ne3 $6 (26.
Nf4 Qe4 27. Kg2 a5 $17) (26. Kg2 $5 Qe4 27. Ne3) 26... Qxb3 27. Rd7 (27. Qxf5
b5 (27... Qe6 $5) 28. Rd7 Qe6 29. Qxe6 fxe6 $6 (29... Rxe6 $5 30. Rd8+ Bf8 31.
Nf5 a5 $19) 30. Ra7 b4 31. Rxa6 Rb8 32. Rxe6 b3 $17) 27... b5 28. Qxf5 Qe6 29.
Qd3 (29. Qxe6 $5 Rxe6 (29... fxe6 30. Ra7) 30. Rd8+ Bf8 31. Nf5 a5 32. Rb8 Re5
33. g4 a4 34. Nh6+ Kg7 35. Nf5+ Rxf5 36. gxf5 b4 37. f6+ Kg8 38. Kf1 a3 39. Ke2
a2 40. Ra8 b3 $19) 29... Bf8 30. Rd5 h6 31. h4 Qe4 32. Qd1 b4 $19 33. Kh2 Bg7
34. Qb3 Be5 35. h5 Re6 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Qd1 a5 38. Qd7 Qf3 39. Nd1 Bxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 $6 (4... Ngf6 $5 5. e5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3
Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxc3 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxc3 Qa6 10. d5 Bf5 $1 $132) 5. Qxd4 Ngf6 6.
Bg5 e6 7. Nc3 a6 (7... Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Rhe1 Qa5 10. Bxd7 Bxd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. e5 fxe5 13. Nxe5 $36 {Dvorietzky,M-Scholseth,T/Saint John/1988/0|1/32/}) 8.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. O-O-O h6 (9... Be7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13.
Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qc5 Qc8 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Rxd6 O-O 18. Qxc6 $18 {
Gurgenidze,B-Gufeld,E/Tbilisi/1969/1|0/23/}) 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Rhe1 $6 (11. e5 $5
) 11... Qc7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Rd8 $1 14. Bg3 Qc8 (14... Qc5 $5) 15. Qe3 O-O
16. Qf3 Bc6 (16... b5 17. Bh4 $36) 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qxc6 bxc6 19. Na4 $14 Nd5
$6 (19... Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Nc5 a5 23. f3 $16) (19... g5 $5
) 20. a3 (20. c4 Nb4 21. Kb1 Nd3 22. Re2 Nc5 $1 $10) 20... g5 21. c4 Nf6 22.
Kc2 Kg7 23. Bc7 (23. Kc3 $6 Ne4+ $1) (23. b4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 a5 $132) 23... Rxd1
24. Rxd1 Rc8 (24... Kg6 $5) 25. Be5 Kg6 26. Bxf6 $1 Kxf6 (26... Bxf6 27. Nc5 a5
28. Rd7 $16) 27. Nb6 Rg8 (27... Rc7 28. Rd7 Rxd7 29. Nxd7+ Kf5 30. Nb8 $18) (
27... Rd8 28. Rxd8 Bxd8 29. Nd7+ Kf5 30. Nb8 Bc7 31. Nxa6 Bxh2 32. a4 $16) 28.
Nd7+ Kf5 29. Rd3 e5 30. Rb3 Rd8 $6 (30... Ke6 $5 31. Rb7 f6 32. b4 Rd8 33. Nc5+
Bxc5 34. bxc5 Rd4 35. Kc3 Rf4 36. f3 g4 37. fxg4 Rxg4 38. g3 e4 39. Rc7 $16)
31. Rb7 Ke6 32. Nxe5 $1 $18 Rc8 (32... Kxe5 33. Rxe7+ Kf6 34. Ra7 $18) (32...
Bxa3 33. Nxf7 $18) 33. Nd3 Bd6 34. h3 h5 35. Ra7 Rg8 36. Rxa6 g4 37. hxg4 Rxg4
38. c5 Be7 39. Rxc6+ Kd5 40. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Muminova, Nafisa"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:
26]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} a6 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 6. Ba4 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 7. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} c4 {[%emt 0:03:10]
} 8. Bc2 {[%emt 0:07:10]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:06:16]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:07:16]} (9. b3
cxb3 10. axb3 e6 11. d4 d5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Be4 Qd6
16. Nbd2 O-O 17. Qc2 h5 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Nfe5 Qc7 21. Nxg4 hxg4
22. Re4 Rac8 23. Rxg4 b5 24. Nd2 Rfd8 25. Qd3 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 27. Ne4 Bxd4
28. Nxc3 Bxc3 29. Rc1 Rd2 30. h4 b4 31. Rc4 a5 32. g4 Kh7 33. Kg2 e5 34. Kf3
Rb2 35. Ra1 Bd4 36. Rxa5 Rxb3+ 37. Ke4 Bxf2 38. Rxe5 Re3+ {Bologan,V (2686)
-Wang,H (2691) Poikovsky 2008 1/2-1/2}) 9... Bh5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 10. b3 {
[%emt 0:14:52]} cxb3 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 11. axb3 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Ne5 $146 {
[%emt 0:09:14]} (11... e5 12. d3 Be7 13. Nbd2 d5 14. Bb2 O-O 15. exd5 Nxd5 16.
Nf1 Rc8 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Ne4 Rfd8 20. Rac1 h6 21. Red1 Qb6 22. Qe1
Bh5 23. g4 Bg6 24. Qf1 Nf4 25. Ng3 Bc5 26. Rd2 e4 27. Nxe4 Bxe4 28. dxe4 Rxd2
29. Nxd2 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 Qe3 31. Nc4 Qf3+ 32. Kh2 Bg3+ {0-1 (32) Fargere,F (2520)
-Smirin,I (2658) Aix-les-Bains 2011}) 12. d4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:
00:20]} 13. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 14. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:05]}
d5 {[%emt 0:10:29]} 15. e5 {[%emt 0:04:47]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 16. Nf1 {
[%emt 0:01:26]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 17. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Be7 {[%emt 0:16:
12]} 18. Ng3 {[%emt 0:05:14]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 19. f4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bxc2
{[%emt 0:00:10]} 20. Qxc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 21. Qd1 {
[%emt 0:01:04]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 22. Kh2 {[%emt 0:10:27]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:
51]} 23. Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 24. Ne2 {[%emt 0:03:48]} O-O
{[%emt 0:02:47]} 25. Rg1 $36 {[%emt 0:02:31][%cal Gg1g8,Gf4f5] Muminova
blundered away an excellent chance to go for a hat trick as she obtained a
crushing attack against Dzagnidze. However she misplayed it horribly and she
even managed to lose the game in a tragic turn of events.} f6 {[%emt 0:07:07]}
26. Qh5 {[%emt 0:03:22]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:06:27]} 27. f5 {[%emt 0:05:10]} exf5 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} 28. e6 {[%emt 0:05:47]} Bc7+ {[%emt 0:01:10]} 29. Kh1 {[%emt 0:
00:29]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:05:42]} 30. Rxg6+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
31. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 32. Bg5 {[%emt 0:03:42]} Qe4+ {
[%emt 0:00:33]} 33. f3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 34. Nf4 {[%emt 0:
00:56]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 35. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:24]}
36. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Rgg7 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 37. Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Rf8 {
[%emt 0:00:44]} 38. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 39. Rg1 {[%emt 0:
04:24]} Rxg1+ {[%emt 0:00:44]} 40. Kxg1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
41. Qf5 {[%emt 0:14:29]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:05:44]} 42. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qe6 {
[%emt 0:09:28]} 43. Kf2 {[%emt 0:04:00]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 44. Qg4 {[%emt 0:
07:09]} f5 {[%emt 0:05:00]} 45. Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 46.
Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 47. Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Qh2+ {
[%emt 0:00:13]} 48. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qe2+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 49. Kg1 {
[%emt 0:00:45]} Qd1+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 50. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Re2+ {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 0-1

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:29] Ponomariov was able to neutralize
Fressinet's White pieces without too many problems. The players kept playing
on in a strategicaly interesting game. Black was able to break through on the
queenside with b5, a standard idea in this pawn structure. White's b-pawn was
left isolated and weak, but Fressinet was able to exchange enough pieces to
make Ponomariov's d6 pawn vulnerable. With this the game further simplified
into a drawn endgame.} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:25]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 3. Bb5+ {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:
51]} 5. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 6. Bxd7+ {[%emt 0:00:24]}
Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 7. c4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 8. Bg5 {
[%emt 0:08:09]} e6 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Be7 {[%emt 0:12:52]
} 10. Rd1 {[%emt 0:09:48]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:10:02]} (10... Qc7 11. O-O Rc8 (11...
O-O $6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e5 {Ponomariov})) 11. O-O {[%emt 0:03:50]} O-O {
[%emt 0:02:11]} (11... Qc7) 12. Qd3 {[%emt 0:07:18]} (12. Rfe1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6
14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Rfc8 16. Rd3 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. a3 Rab8 19. Nd4 b4 20.
Nxc6 Rxc6 21. axb4 Rxb4 22. e5 Bg5 23. g3 Rxb2 24. Ne4 Rcc2 25. Rd7 Ra2 26. Rb1
Re2 27. Rb8+ Kh7 28. Nxg5+ hxg5 29. Rxf7 Re1+ 30. Kg2 Rxe5 31. Rbb7 Rf5 32.
Rxf5 exf5 33. Rb5 Kg6 34. Rb6+ Kh5 35. Rb7 Kh6 36. Rb5 g6 37. h3 Ra3 38. Rb4
Ra2 39. Rc4 Rb2 40. Ra4 Rc2 41. Rb4 Ra2 {Bologan,V (2663)-Van Wely,L (2680)
playchess.com INT 2004 1/2-1/2}) 12... Qc7 $146 {[%emt 0:05:04]} (12... Qb6 13.
Rd2 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 h6 15. Bh4 Rac8 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. b3 b6 18. Rd3 Qb7 19. Re1 Qc7
20. Red1 Qb7 21. Re1 Qc7 22. Red1 Qb7 23. Re1 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 (23) Melkonian,S 
(2301)-Martiyanov,N Salekhard 2003}) 13. a4 {[%emt 0:09:03]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:11:
50]} 14. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:05:03]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 15. Nd4 {[%emt 0:05:44]}
Be8 {[%emt 0:03:44]} 16. b3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:03:39]} 17. Be3 {
[%emt 0:03:29]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 18. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:01:
21]} 19. h3 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 20. Be3 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Qa5
{[%emt 0:04:11]} 21. Qd2 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:03:02]} 22. Nc2 {
[%emt 0:08:54]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:05:09]} 23. Rc1 {[%emt 0:07:10]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:04:
05]} 24. Red1 {[%emt 0:06:10]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:03:41]} 25. Nd4 {[%emt 0:02:43]}
Qb4 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 26. Rb1 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 27. Bxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 28. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} b5 $132 {
[%emt 0:00:32][%csl Rb1,Rb3]} 29. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
30. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 31. cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxb5
{[%emt 0:00:09]} 32. Rbc1 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 33. Rxc8 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 34. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:
24]} 35. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 36. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
g5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 37. h4 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 38. hxg5 {
[%emt 0:00:28]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 39. f3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:
54]} 40. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} gxf3
{[%emt 0:00:23]} 42. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 43. Rd7 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 44. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} 45. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 46. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rc4
{[%emt 0:00:06]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mediterranean-ch 7th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2009.09.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dembo, Yelena"]
[Black "Firat, Burak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Dembo,Y"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3
e6 9. Nbd2 Be7 {Black allows the exchange of the light square B.} ({Another
possibility is} 9... Nd7 $5 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be7 14.
d5 Nce5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Nd4 Bh4 $132 {1-0 Lahno,K (2488)-Sebag,M (2533)/Cap
d'Agde 2008/EXT 2009 (47)}) 10. h3 Bh5 (10... Bxf3 {is dubious as Black gives
up the B pair without any compensation.} 11. Nxf3 d5 12. e5 Nd7 13. d4 c4 14.
Nh2 b5 15. Qg4 $36 {1-0 De la Paz Perdomo,F (2441)-Duarte Barahona,R (2177)/
Merida 2007/CBM 121 Extra (40)}) 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nd7 (12... d5 13. Nxg6 hxg6
14. e5 Nd7 15. Nf3 O-O 16. Bf4 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Sandipan,C (2593)-Zhao,Z (2487)
/Gibraltar 2008/CBM 122 Extra (66)}) 13. Nxg6 (13. Ng2 {is the main line. The
idea of white is to keep the h-file closed and to push the f-pawn forward.} e5
14. Nf3 $6 h5 15. g5 $13 {0-1 Mastrovasilis,D (2580)-Papadopoulos,I (2471)/
Plovdiv 2008/CBM 124 (73)}) 13... hxg6 14. Nf3 (14. f4 Bh4 15. Re2 g5 16. f5
Nde5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Kovchan,A (2515)-Timoshenko,G (2560)/Kiev 2008/CBM 122 Extra
(60). The position is blocked and the two B are not very useful.}) 14... Nde5 {
Black would like to exchange the Ns and the dark square Bs to be able to
control the dark squares.} 15. Nh2 $1 {Preventing the exchange and threatening
...f2-f4.} g5 {Freeing the g6-square for the N.} (15... Bh4 {is not so good
due to} 16. d4 $1 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nd7 18. d5 $14 {and white managed to open the
position in Estrada Nieto,J (2210)-Blanco Fernandez,A (2305)/Havana 1993}) 16.
d4 Ng6 (16... cxd4 17. cxd4 Ng6 18. Be3 Nf4 19. Bxf4 gxf4 20. Nf3 $14 {white
has a lot more space and active pieces.}) 17. Be3 $1 $146 {Continuing the
development.} (17. Nf3 $6 Nh4 18. Nxh4 Rxh4 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Estrada Nieto,J (2356)-Fleitas Marti,Y (2217)/Aguascalientes 2008/CBM
123 Extra (67)}) 17... cxd4 {This exchange favours white as now I can start
playing on the queenside.} (17... Nf4 18. Bxf4 gxf4 19. Nf3 $14) 18. cxd4 e5 (
18... O-O $5 19. d5 Nce5 20. Rc1 $14 {the two Bs of white are very useful now.}
) 19. d5 $14 Nd4 $5 {An interesting pawn sacrifice. Black wants to get control
over the dark squares.} 20. Nf3 $1 {It is necessary to exchange the active N.}
(20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Qxd4 Bf6 22. Qb4 O-O $44) 20... Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Qa5 (21...
Qd7 {is probably a better place for the Q.} 22. Rac1 O-O 23. Rc4 $36) 22. Rec1
{Obviously white must gather the pieces on the queenside.} O-O 23. a3 (23. Qd1
$5 $14 {transfering the Q to b3.}) 23... Rfc8 24. Qd1 Nf4 $6 (24... Qd8 $1 {
was necessary in order to protect the b-pawn from d7.} 25. Qb3 Qd7 26. Qb4 Nf4
27. Rc3 $14) 25. Qb3 $16 {Now Black has to weaken his queenside.} b5 26. Rc2 (
26. Rc6 $5 {would have forced black to lose the c-file.} Rcb8 (26... Rxc6 27.
dxc6 Qc7 28. Rc1 Ne6 29. a4 $16) 27. Rac1 $16) 26... Rab8 (26... Qd8 27. Rac1
Qe8 28. Rc6 $16 {white controls the c-file and black pieces are very passive.})
27. Rac1 Rxc2 28. Qxc2 b4 {Black tries to get some counterplay with this pawn
sacrifice but it doesnt work.} 29. Bd2 Qb6 {[#]} 30. axb4 $1 $18 {Doubling the
pawns but opening the a-file to play on a6-pawn.} (30. Bxb4 $6 a5 31. Bc3 $16 {
the c-file is blocked, so it will take time to win.}) 30... Bd8 31. Ra1 (31.
Qc6 $5 Qd4 $140 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Qxd6 $18) 31... g6 32. Ra4 $1 {Threatening ..
.Be3. The rest is easy.} (32. Rxa6 $2 Nxh3+ $1 $11) 32... Qb7 33. Qc6 Qa7 34.
Be3 Qe7 35. Rxa6 Rxb4 36. Ra7 $1 {Checking where the Q will go.} Qf6 (36... Qf8
37. Ra8 $18 {and the B is lost.}) 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Ra8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 20th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[Tiebreak "Sum of Buchholz"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 b5 7. c4 $5 Ne5 (
7... g5 $5 {was Topalov's novelty against Carlsen in 2015. Black won that game,
but later Carlsen found improvements for White:} 8. Nxg5 Ne5 9. Be2 bxc4 10.
Nc3 $1 ({Improving on} 10. Na3 Rg8 $132 {as in Carlsen,M (2853)-Topalov,V 
(2816) Saint Louis 2015, 0-1 (40).}) 10... Rb8 11. Rf1 $5 h6 12. Nf3 Nd3 13.
Ne1 $1 Nxb2 14. Bxb2 Rxb2 15. Bxc4 Rb4 16. Qe2 Bg7 17. Nc2 Rb6 18. Rab1 $14 {
1-0 (38) Carlsen,M (2834)-Grischuk,A (2747) London 2015}) 8. Nxe5 {Not a bad
try, but surely not as good as Carlsen's move below.} (8. Bf1 $1 Nxc4 9. a4 $1
Bd7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 e5 12. axb5 exd4 13. Bxc4 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Bb3
Be7 16. Qxd4 O-O 17. Nc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 (70) Carlsen,M (2872)-Nakamura,H (2776)
SUI 2014}) 8... dxe5 9. Bf1 (9. Qb3 $5 b4 10. Bc2 $5 {with the idea a3 or Qg3
might be a good try.}) 9... b4 10. d3 e6 (10... Bb7 11. a3 a5 {was the
alternative:} 12. Qf3 $5 e6 13. Qg3 Nd7 {with the idea ...g6 or ...h5. Black
is solid.}) 11. Nd2 $6 (11. a3 $1 {first was more precise.}) 11... Bd6 $6 (
11... a5 $1 12. a3 Bb7 {just equalizes.}) 12. a3 Nd7 13. Nb3 a5 $6 {Just a
huge loss of time - Black should castle right away.} (13... bxa3 14. Rxa3 $36 {
/\Bd2}) 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Be3 $5 $146 (15. d4 $5 exd4 16. Nxd4 Qb6 17. Be3 Bc5
18. Nb3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 a4 $2 (19... O-O $142) 20. c5 $1 Qc6 21. Nd4 Qxc5 22. Rc1
Qb6 23. Nc6 $1 $18 {1-0 (42) Bacrot,E (2708)-So,W (2812) Paris 2017}) (15. Qg4
$5) 15... O-O (15... Bb7 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 $14) 16. c5 $5 Bc7 17. d4 {
White got all he wanted!} Nf6 (17... exd4 18. Nxd4 $1 Nxc5 19. Rc1 $1 Bb6 (
19... Nxe4 $2 20. Qc2 $18) 20. Nc6 Qxd1 21. Rexd1 Na4 22. Bxb6 Nxb6 23. Rd6 Na4
24. Bb5 Nxb2 25. Rd2 $16) 18. Bb5 (18. f3 $5) 18... Rb8 19. Bc6 exd4 20. Nxd4
Bb7 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Qf3 Be5 $2 (22... Qa8 23. h3 $16) 23. Nc6 Qc7 24. Nxe5
Qxe5 25. c6 Rb5 26. Bf4 $1 Qd4 (26... Qxb2 27. c7 (27. Rac1 $5) 27... Rc5 28.
Bd6 Rc3 29. Bxf8 $18) 27. c7 e5 28. Rac1 Qd7 29. Red1 Qc8 30. Qh3 Ng4 31. Rd8
Rxd8 32. cxd8=Q+ Qxd8 33. Qxg4 h5 34. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 35th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2019.11.16"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Subelj, Jan"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.11.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Maribor"]
[BlackTeam "Gent"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 g6 7. O-O (7. d4 {
immediately allows} Qa5 $1 $132) 7... Bg7 8. d4 b5 9. Bc2 (9. Bb3 {allows} cxd4
10. cxd4 Bb7 $1 {counter-attacking the e4-pawn, and after} 11. e5 (11. Nc3 $6 {
just work work:} b4 12. Bxf7+ $2 Kxf7 13. Ng5+ Ke8 14. Ne6 Qa5 $17) 11... dxe5
12. dxe5 Nd5 13. e6 (13. Rd1 e6 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Nc3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 O-O $11)
13... fxe6 14. Ng5 Nc5 15. Nxe6 Nxe6 16. Qxe6 Rf8 $1 {Black is fine. He wants .
..Qd6 or ...Rc8 next.}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O $6 {Not repeating ...Nb6 as I
played earlier this year, the latter is probably a better move.} (10... Nb6 11.
b3 $5 O-O 12. a4 bxa4 (12... Bg4 $5) 13. bxa4 Qc7 $5 (13... Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 e5 16. d5 Qc7 17. Qe2 $36 {½-½ (26) Macovei,A (2352)-Kelires,A (2505)
Paleochora 2017}) 14. Bd3 (14. h3 Bd7 $1 15. Bb3 d5 16. e5 Ne4 $132) (14. a5
Nc4 $132) 14... Bg4 (14... Bd7 $5 15. a5 Na4 $1 {is fine for Black, e.g.} 16.
Qd1 Nc3 17. Nxc3 Qxc3 18. Bg5 Bb5 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. Qe1 Qxe1 21. Rfxe1 Ra6 22.
Bd2 Rb8 23. Bb4 e6 24. Rac1 d5 25. e5 Ne4 $11) 15. a5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 $2 (16.
Qxf3 Nc4 17. Bf4 $1 Nxa5 18. Rc1 {would give White huge compensation.}) 16...
Nbd7 17. Be3 Nh5 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. Na3 e5 $17 {½-½ (41) Godart,F (2419)
-Edouard,R (2642) Brest 2019}) (10... Bb7 $6 {isn't so great with the bishop
on c2:} 11. a4 O-O 12. Re1 bxa4 13. Rxa4 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Nc3
Nh5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 {My opponent accepted my draw offer but he should be slightly
better; ½-½ (17) Gharamian,T (2654)-Edouard,R (2636) Cap d'Agde 2015.}) 11.
e5 {The logical reaction.} Ne8 12. e6 fxe6 13. Ng5 (13. Qxe6+ $1 Kh8 14. Qe4 {
followed for example with Qh4, should give White some advantage.}) 13... Nc7
14. Bd2 a5 $1 {Not forced - but it is just good to prevent Ba5.} 15. Bb3 (15.
h4 {would lead to a big mess, for example:} Nf6 16. h5 Nxh5 17. Nxh7 Rf5 $13)
15... Nf6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 ({There was nothing wrong with} 17...
Nxe6 18. Qxe6+ Rf7 {- but I decided to keep more pieces alive.}) 18. Bh3 Nh5
19. Qe4 d5 20. Qh4 Qd6 21. g3 b4 22. Be3 e5 23. Nd2 Nf4 $5 (23... e4 24. Nb3
Nb5 25. Rad1 {and White is just in time to reorganize himself.}) 24. Bxf4 $6 (
24. dxe5 Nxh3+ 25. Qxh3 Bxe5 26. Rad1 $1 {shouldn't be much for Black.}) 24...
exf4 25. Nf3 Rae8 26. Kg2 Re4 (26... Re2 $5 {would be strong as well:} 27. Rae1
Bf6 $1 28. Qg4 $2 Rxb2 $19) 27. Rae1 h6 (27... Bf6 $5 28. Qh6 Nb5 {was very
strong according to the engine - but during the game I thought my move was
better.}) 28. Rxe4 (28. Qg4 $1 fxg3 29. Rxe4 dxe4 30. Ne5 {would give White
great drawing chances.}) 28... dxe4 29. Ne5 Kh7 30. Rc1 (30. Qg4 Bxe5 31. dxe5
Qxe5 32. gxf4 Rxf4 33. Qd7+ Kg8 $17) 30... Bxe5 31. dxe5 Qxe5 32. gxf4 Rxf4 33.
Qd8 $2 (33. Rc5 $1 {was required.}) 33... Rf7 34. Kh1 h5 (34... e3 35. fxe3
Qxb2 $1 (35... Qxe3 $2 36. Rf1 $1 {was the reason why I rejected 34...e3}) 36.
Rxc7 $6 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qf1+ 38. Kg3 Qf3+ 39. Kh4 g5+ $19) 35. Qd2 Ne6 36. Bxe6
Qxe6 37. Qd4 Rd7 38. Qe3 Qxa2 39. Qxe4 Qxb2 40. Rc6 Qg7 41. Rc5 Qf6 42. Rxa5 {
Black is completely winning, but over the board it isn't so easy to figure out
how!} Kg7 (42... Re7 $1 43. Ra6 (43. Qxb4 Qf3+ 44. Kg1 Re2 $19) 43... Qf7 $1
44. Qd3 b3 {and ...Rb7 can't be avoided.}) 43. Kg2 Rf7 44. f3 b3 45. Rb5 Qb2+
46. Kg3 Qc3 ({The engine claims} 46... h4+ {is good, but even after} 47. Qxh4
Qa1 $1 48. Kg2 Rc7 49. Rc5 $1 Rxc5 50. Qe7+ Kh6 51. Qxc5 Qf6 {it is not
obvious to me that this should be winning.}) 47. Kg2 $2 (47. h4 $1 {and White
has serious drawing chances.}) 47... Qd2+ 48. Kg3 $2 {A second serious blunder
in a row.} (48. Kf1 Rd7 49. Rb7 Kh7 $19) 48... h4+ $1 49. Kh3 (49. Qxh4 Qe1+
$19) (49. Kxh4 Rf4+ $19) 49... Qd7+ 50. Kg2 Qxb5 51. Qd4+ Rf6 52. Qa7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Biel 53rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2020.07.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,75,58,32,100,57,102,58,109,49,87,51,90,48,39,39,45,45,25,25,-19,0,-20,
-23,-23,13,-20,-24,-1,-31,1,1,6,21,15,3,52,52,54,41,60,34,17,-4,7,-25,-25,-39,
-8,-48,-20,-20,-28,-53,19,17,181,191,199,193,193,157,558,688,595,736,736,670,
953,1029,1029,1047,1292,1435,1439,721,721,749]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7
4. Ba4 $5 {An interesting prophylactical move, which I discovered a few days
before, when Michael Adams played it as White against myself!} Ngf6 ({Another
answer is} 4... a6 5. c4 e5 {but the position looks easier to play for White:}
6. Nc3 Ne7 7. O-O Ng6 8. a3 Be7 9. b4 O-O 10. d3 Nb6 11. Bc2 f5 12. bxc5 dxc5
13. h3 f4 14. Rb1 Nd7 15. Nd5 $16 {1-0 (42) Vokhidov,S (2512)-Firouzja,A (2728)
chess.com 2020}) 5. O-O {Here is the whole idea. If Black loses a tempo with ..
.a6, White plays with c4. Otherwise he plays c3 and d4.} (5. c4 $6 {doesn't
convince me:} Nxe4 6. O-O Nef6 7. d4 e6 8. Nc3 Be7 (8... cxd4 $1 9. Nxd4 Be7
10. Ndb5 O-O 11. Nxd6 Nb6 $132) 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Qe2 Qa5 12. Rad1
Nb6 13. Bc2 $44 {1-0 (29) Eljanov,P (2672)-Korobov,A (2688) chess.com 2020})
5... e6 {One of the possible moves. It isn't clear yet what is the best way
for Black to play, e.g.} (5... a6 6. c4 $5 {was played many times by Nakamura
as White.} g6 (6... e5 7. d3 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 h6 11. Rb1 Qc7 12.
Bd2 b6 13. Ne1 Nb8 14. Nc2 $14 {½-½ (40) Nakamura,H (2736)-Nepomniachtchi,I 
(2784) chess24.com 2020}) (6... Nxe4 $2 {is a mistake as after} 7. Re1 Nef6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 {Black has difficulties to develop, e.g.} e6 (9... g6 10. Bf4
$16) 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Rxe6 $1 $16) 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. d3 Rb8 (9... Ne8 10.
d4 $5 Nc7 11. Bxd7 cxd4 12. Bxc8 dxc3 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. bxc3 Rxb7 15. Be3 Bxc3
16. Rc1 Bb2 17. Rb1 Ne6 18. e5 Qc7 19. exd6 exd6 20. Qd5 Rbb8 21. Rfd1 $14 {
½-½ (43) Nakamura,H (2754)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) Zagreb 2019}) 10. Rb1 Qa5
11. Bd2 Qc7 12. a3 e6 13. b4 b6 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Qc2 Nb6 16. Bb3 Nfd7 17. Na4
Na8 18. Bc3 $14 {The a8-knight is pretty bad, and doesn't have a bright future:
1-0 (40) Nakamura,H (2736)-Duda,J (2753) chess24.com 2020.}) (5... g6 6. Re1
Bg7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 (9... dxe5 10. Bc2 Qe7 11. c4 Qe6 12. b3
Nb8 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Nd5 $14 {½-½ (48) Vokhidov,S (2512)-Sevian,S (2660)
chess.com 2020}) 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qe2 a6 12. c4 Nh5 13. g3 f5 14. Rd1 Qf6 15.
exf5 Bxf5 16. Nc3 $16 {1-0 (33) Nakamura,H (2736)-Fedoseev,V (2678) chess.com
2020}) (5... Nxe4 $6 {is too dangerous: that's the whole point of the line!} 6.
Re1 Nef6 7. d4 e6 (7... cxd4 $6 8. Nxd4 d5 $2 9. Bf4 a6 10. Nc3 e6 11. Rxe6+ $1
fxe6 12. Nxe6 $18 {1-0 (27) Adams,M (2701)-Edouard,R (2649) Biel 2020 (blitz)})
8. d5 e5 9. Nxe5 $1 Be7 (9... dxe5 $2 10. Rxe5+ Be7 11. d6 $18) 10. Nf3 (10.
Nc4 $5 $14) 10... O-O 11. c4 a6 12. Nc3 b5 13. cxb5 Nb6 14. b3 a5 15. Bg5 h6
16. Bh4 Bb7 17. Qe2 Re8 $44 {0-1 (36) Eljanov,P (2672)-Korobov,A (2688) chess.
com 2020}) 6. Re1 (6. c4 Nxe4 7. d4 Be7 {is too slow for White, I believe.})
6... a6 (6... Be7 7. c3 a6 8. d4 b5 9. Bc2 Bb7 10. Nbd2 {is another subject,
but generally Black prefers more forcing lines.}) 7. c4 (7. c3 b5 8. Bc2 c4 {
would now transpose into a well-known line, acknowledged as fine for Black.})
7... Be7 8. d4 ({White has no time to exchange the light-squared bishop:} 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Bxd7 $6 Bxd7 10. d4 $6 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Rc8 $15 {0-1 (34) Maze,S (2557)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2784) chess.com 2020}) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Qc7 11.
Qe2 Ne5 12. Bb3 {Not the most pleasant move to play - but White isn't going to
play b2-b3 if his bishop stands on a4.} Bd7 13. f4 {Before Black puts a rook
on c8.} Ng6 ({I do not think White has any advantage after the standard} 13...
Nc6 $5 {- e.g.} 14. Be3 (14. Nxc6 Bxc6 $132) 14... Rfe8 $1 (14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4
Qa5 $6 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Bc5 18. Red1 Ne8 19. Qe3 $16) 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bf2
Qa5 17. a3 b5 18. Rac1 bxc4 19. Bxc4 d5 $11) ({A fun alternative goes:} 13...
Qb6 14. Be3 Neg4 15. Nf5 Bd8 $1 16. Bxb6 Bxb6+ 17. Ne3 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Nxe3 19.
Rxe3 Bc6 20. Rd1 Rfd8 $11) 14. Kh1 e5 15. Nf5 Bd8 {A very suspect position for
Black, but it isn't that bad!} (15... Bxf5 $2 16. exf5 Nxf4 $2 17. Bxf4 exf4
18. Qxe7 $18) 16. fxe5 $1 ({I strongly wanted to play} 16. Nxg7 Kxg7 17. f5 {
but after} Nf4 18. Qf3 Bc6 19. g3 N4h5 20. g4 Nf4 {I couldn't make it work for
White. My final instrinct was probably right!}) 16... Nxe5 17. Bf4 ({I didn't
like} 17. Bg5 {because of} Be6 $13) 17... Re8 $6 (17... Rc8 {to attack the
c4-pawn would have been better, e.g.} 18. Rad1 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nxc4 $13) 18. Rad1
Bxf5 19. exf5 Qc8 $2 {A nice bluff when Black's position was worse anyway!} 20.
Qc2 $2 {Just failing to find the appropriate solution.} (20. Rxd6 $1 {did work:
} Qxf5 21. Bxe5 Bc7 (21... Ng4 22. Rd5 Bc7 23. Bg3 $1 $18) 22. c5 Bxd6 23. cxd6
Nd7 24. Nd5 Qxe5 25. Ne7+ Rxe7 26. dxe7 Qxe2 27. Rxe2 Re8 28. Bd5 $18) 20...
Ba5 21. Ba4 $2 {A nonsense idea!} Qxc4 22. Bg5 (22. Bxe8 Qxf4 {looked awful
for White.}) 22... Bxc3 23. bxc3 b5 $2 (23... Ned7 $1 $17) 24. Bb3 Qg4 25. Bxf6
gxf6 26. Qf2 {Now at least I do have compensation for equality.} Kh8 27. Rxd6
Rad8 $4 (27... Qg5 {and Black was totally fine.}) 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Qb6 $1 {
Suddenly White wins! Not too often you receive such presents!} Re8 (29... Rd2
30. Qxf6+ Kg8 31. Bxf7+ $1 $18) (29... Rg8 30. Qxf6+ Rg7 31. Bd5 $1 $18) 30.
Bxf7 $1 Qh4 (30... Rf8 31. Qxf6+ Qg7 32. Qxe5 $18) 31. g3 (31. Re4 $5) 31...
Qh6 32. Bxe8 Ng4 33. Bh5 $5 Qxh5 34. Qb8+ Kg7 35. Re7+ Kh6 36. Qf8+ Kg5 37.
Rg7+ Kxf5 38. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Simacek, Pavel"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 (4. d4 {or 4.0-0 is more usual.}) 4...
Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 e6 $5 {I believe this is one of the best setups here. It
also gives more winning possibilities than Ruy Lopez setups with ...b5 and ...
e5, which are probably also fine.} 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 b5 9. Bc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 {
Probably not the best. But many other moves like Nbd2, Re1, Rd1 or a4 have
been tried here, without great success.} h6 $5 11. Bh4 (11. Bf4 {is also
possible here. Having played ...h6 is not always good in that kind of pawn
structures (e5 and Qe4 might come later). I think best here would have been to
delay castling by playing something like} Qc7 $5 {with the idea of} 12. a4 b4
$5 {and Black seems very fine.}) 11... g5 $5 {It is difficult to say if that
move is objectively best, but it is definitely interesting. The idea is not to
attack the kingside like crazy, but to take the bishop pair and some space. Of
course Black will have problems castling, but on the other hand, ...g4 and ...
h5 will come and Black will be able to create problems from White's central
pawns, by playing ...Qb6 after having dislocated the White's knight on f3.} 12.
Bg3 Nh5 13. Nbd2 $6 {Too slow. In my opinion, it is a huge positional mistake
not to create counterplay on the other side immediately.} ({I think} 13. a4 {
was necessary, and I would have had several options here, like the simple} b4
$5 ({or} 13... Qb6 $5)) 13... Nxg3 ({It was also possible to start with} 13...
g4 {but I felt that putting the knight on h2 was simply wrong.}) 14. hxg3 g4
15. Nh2 (15. Ne1 cxd4 $5 (15... h5 16. a4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qb6 {is also good.})
16. cxd4 Bf6 {is very fine for Black.}) 15... cxd4 16. cxd4 Qb6 $5 {I already
prefer Black's position, since White should either push d5, which is weakening,
or defend the d4-pawn in not so natural a way, or exchange a central pawn
against the one on g4.} 17. d5 {Solving the problem of the d4-pawn but
weakening the dark squares quite a lot.} (17. Nb3 h5 18. a4 Bf6 {is very good
for Black.} (18... bxa4 $5 19. Rxa4 Bc6)) 17... h5 18. a4 (18. dxe6 fxe6 19.
Bb3 Nc5 (19... Kf7 $5) (19... Rh6 $5) 20. Qe3 Qa7 {is much better for Black.})
18... Rc8 $1 {It is important to avoid the rook exchange in order to keep a
solid queenside.} 19. Bd3 (19. Bb3 Nc5 $17) 19... Ne5 {The simplest.} (19...
bxa4 $5) 20. axb5 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Qxb5 22. Qe3 (22. Qxb5+ axb5 23. Ra7 Rc7 {
is better for Black, e.g.} 24. Nb3 Kd7 25. Nd4 Ra8 $1 26. Rxa8 Bxa8 27. Ra1 Bb7
28. Nxb5 Rc2 $17) (22. Qd4 O-O $1 {is better for Black.} (22... e5 $5 {
followed by ...f5 was my other idea.})) 22... exd5 23. Rfe1 (23. e5 $2 d4 $19)
23... Bf6 $1 $17 {The simplest, avoiding all kinds of e5-push. Black is
threatening ...d4, which forces White to take on d5. Black recovers the pawn
one move later.} (23... O-O $5) 24. exd5+ Kf8 25. Ne4 Qxd5 26. Qb6 Be5 27. Rad1
Qc6 28. Qb4 $6 (28. Qxc6 Rxc6 29. f4 {was the best practical chance, though
after something like} Bxb2 30. Nxd6 Bc8 {I felt like Black should just be
winning.}) 28... Rh6 $1 $19 {Now the game is over. White has huge problems
with his two knights and cannot get any counterplay.} 29. f4 (29. f3 Re6 $19)
29... Bg7 30. Nf1 (30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Qxd6+ Qxd6 32. Nxd6 Rb8 $19) 30... Re8 31.
Rc1 Qd5 (31... a5 $5 $19) (31... Rxe4 $1 {was the most beautiful win:} 32. Rxe4
Qxe4 33. Rc8+ Ke7 34. Rc7+ Ke8 35. Qxb7 Bd4+ 36. Kh2 Qxb7 37. Rxb7 Bf2 {
followed by ...h4 and mate!}) 32. Kh2 (32. Rc4 Bc6 33. Ne3 Qb5 $19) 32... a5 $5
{The simplest.} (32... h4 $5) 33. Qa4 {Threatening Qxe8+.} Rhe6 34. Nfd2 f5 35.
Rc7 fxe4 36. f5 R6e7 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Brzeg Dolny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pedzich, Dominik"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Endgame-CD"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1996.03.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. O-O cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8.
Qd3 h6 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Bd2 Be6 14. Rad1 Nd7
15. Be3 Bg4 16. Nd5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bg5 18. Kh1 Nc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Rg1 Kh8 21.
Qf1 Qd6 22. Rg3 Qe6 23. Qg2 f5 24. Rg1 fxe4 25. fxe4 Rf7 26. h4 Bxh4 27. Rg6
Qe8 28. Rxg7 Bg5 29. Rxg5 hxg5 30. Qh3+ Rh7 31. Qxh7+ Kxh7 32. Nf6+ Kg6 33.
Nxe8 Rxe8 34. Rd1 Rf8 35. Kg2 Rf4 36. Rd7 b5 37. Rd6+ Kh5 38. Rd5 bxc4 39. Rxe5
cxb3 40. axb3 Kh4 41. Re6 g4 42. Rh6+ Kg5 43. Rxa6 Rxe4 44. Ra5 Kh4 45. Rxc5
Re2 46. Rb5 Rb2 47. Kf1 g3 48. fxg3+ Kxg3 $10 49. Ke1 Kf3 50. Kd1 Ke4 51. Kc1
Rh2 52. Rc5 Kd4 53. Rc8 Kd5 54. Kb1 Rg2 55. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Long Beach"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. O-O (7. a4
b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. d5 Nf6 10. Be3 e6 $13 {Shabanov,Y-Skudnov,S/URS-chT/Podolsk/
1990/}) (7. Bg5 Qa5 8. O-O e6 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Re1 $1 $16 {Georgiev,
Kr-Kotronias,V/Xanthi 54-189/1991/}) 7... e6 8. Bg5 (8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Bf4 Qc7
10. Qd2 b5 11. b4 Nd7 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Rc8 $44 {Rechlis,
G-Mestel,A/Beersheba/1988/}) 8... Qc7 9. a4 h6 10. Bh4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12.
Kh1 g5 13. Bg3 h5 $15 14. f3 h4 15. Bf2 h3 16. g3 b6 17. f4 gxf4 18. gxf4 Nc4
19. f5 Nxb2 20. Qf3 Nc4 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Bg3 Nd2 23. Qf6 Nxf1 24. Qxh8 Nxg3+
25. hxg3 Qg7 26. Qh5+ Qf7 27. Qxh3 Ra7 28. Kg1 (28. Rf1 Qh7 $15) 28... Qf6 29.
Nde2 Rf7 30. Rf1 Qg5 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Qf1+ Ke7 33. Qf3 Bg7 34. Qd3 Qc5+ 35.
Kg2 Bb7 36. Kh3 Qh5+ 37. Kg2 Qc5 38. Kh3 Bc6 39. g4 Bf6 40. Qg3 Qg5 41. Qf3
Qh6+ 42. Kg3 Qd2 43. Qd3 Qe1+ (43... Qxd3+ 44. cxd3 b5 $15) 44. Kg2 Qh4 45. Qf3
Qg5 46. Kh3 Be5 47. Qd3 Qh6+ 48. Kg2 Qh2+ 49. Kf1 Qh1+ 50. Kf2 Qh4+ 51. Kf1
Qxg4 $17 52. Qe3 Bd7 53. Ke1 b5 54. axb5 axb5 55. Nd1 Bf6 56. Nf2 Qg7 57. Nd3
Bh4+ 58. Kd1 Qa1+ 59. Kd2 Bf6 60. Nb4 Qb2 61. Nd3 Qa1 62. e5 $1 $15 Bxe5 63.
Nxe5 Qxe5 64. Qxe5 dxe5 65. c3 Kd6 66. Ng3 Kd5 67. Nf1 Ke4 68. Ne3 Kf3 69. Nc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9798 40th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bellini, Fabio"]
[Black "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 (4... dxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 Nf6 7.
Bd2 $5) 5. O-O d6 6. h3 Bg7 7. c3 e6 $2 {This careless move unnessaserily
weakening d6 is the main reason of opening problems that black faces from this
moment.} (7... Nh6 $5 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. b3 Nf7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nbd2 Bd7
13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rfe1 Qb7 $132 {Darchia,D-Lomineishvili,M/World Junior (Girls),
Zagan POL 1997 (48)}) 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 {Now knight has nothing to do on
h6 so the continuation which was played in the game is a logical one.} 10. Nc3
$14 O-O 11. Re1 Ba6 (11... f6 12. b3 Qc7 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Rc1 $14) 12. Qa4 $5
Qb6 13. Qa3 $1 {[%csl Rd6] Showing black that the pawn on d6 needs protection.}
Rfd8 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bf4 Nc8 $6 (15... e5 $5 16. dxe5 dxe5 (16... fxe5 17. Bg5
Kf8 18. Rad1 h6 19. Be3 c5 20. b3 $14) 17. Be3 Qb7 18. Rad1 $14) 16. e5 $1 $16
dxe5 (16... fxe5 17. dxe5 d5 18. Na4 Qb5 19. Nd4 $18) 17. dxe5 Bf8 18. Qb3 Re8
(18... Qxb3 19. axb3 Bb7 (19... fxe5 $2 20. Bg5 $18) 20. exf6 $16) 19. exf6 Nd6
20. Ng5 Nf7 (20... Bc4 21. f7+ $1 $18) 21. Nxe6 $18 Bc8 22. Nc7 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1
Rb8 24. Re8 Qxb3 25. axb3 g5 26. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 27. Bxb8 Bd7 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Modesto"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. e5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Nd5 7. Bd2 Nxc3 8.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxc3 Qa6 10. d5 (10. Qd2 e6 11. exd6 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd6 13. Qe3
Qa6 14. a3 f6 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Bd4 Kb8 17. Rd2 Be7 18. Rhd1 {1-0 Dueckstein,
A-Loebler,H/AUT-chT9495/1995 (24)}) 10... Bg4 (10... Qc4 $5 11. Qd2 Qe4+ 12.
Kf1 Bh3 13. Qd1 Bg4 14. exd6 O-O-O 15. h3 Bh5 16. Qe2 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 Rxd6 18.
Rhd1 e6 19. dxe6 Rxe6+ 20. Kf1 f6 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bd6 $15 {Arkhipov,
S-Lau,R/Lippstadt/1993/}) (10... Bf5 11. Nh4 Bd7 12. e6 fxe6 13. Qh5+ Kd8 14.
O-O-O $17 {Dobosz,H-Georgiev,Kr/Varna/1979/}) (10... e6 11. Ng5 dxe5 (11... Be7
12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. exd6 O-O-O 15. Bxg7 Rhg8 16. dxe7 Rxd1+ 17.
Rxd1 Qc6 18. f3 Re8 19. Bf6 b6 20. Rd8+ {1-0 Miljanic,B-Aleksic,N/JUG-chT
Cetinje/1992 (37)}) 12. Qh5 (12. Qf3 f6 13. dxe6 Bc6 14. Qf5 Be7 15. O-O-O g6
16. Qh3 fxg5 17. Bxe5 O-O 18. Qh6 Rf6 19. h4 Qxa2 20. Qxh7+ Kxh7 21. hxg5+ Kg8
22. gxf6 {1-0 Curdo,J-Byrne,R/US op Chicago (04)/1994}) 12... O-O-O 13. Nxf7
Be8 14. dxe6 Bd6 {+/- Koshliak-Guseinov,A/URS/1976/}) (10... h6 11. Qd2 O-O-O
12. Qf4 f6 13. e6 Be8 14. a4 g5 15. Qe4 Rg8 16. Qe2 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 Bg6 18. Ne1
h5 19. f3 g4 {1-0 Van Riemsdijk,H-Sunye Neto,J/Merida (05)/1993 (51)}) 11. h3
Bh5 12. e6 $5 {Ambitious attempt to capitalize on the black's cramped kingside.
} (12. exd6 exd6 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 Kd7 15. Nf5 (15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qf3 Re8+ 17.
Kd2 Be7 $1 18. Bxg7 Bg5+ 19. Kd1 Rxh3 $3 $19) 15... Bxf5 16. gxf5 Re8+ 17. Kd2
Qc4 18. Qf3 Re4 19. Rad1 Rf4 20. Qg2 Rxf5 $17 {1-0 Dobosz,H-Ftacnik,L/
Trencianske Teplice/1979 (42)}) 12... fxe6 13. dxe6 O-O-O (13... Qc4 14. Qe2)
14. Qd5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 (15. Qxf3 d5 $15) 15... Rg8 16. f4 $2 {White have lost
courage to pursue his plan till the end.} (16. Qh5 $1 d5 17. Qf7 d4 $1 (17...
Rh8 18. Be5 $14) 18. Bxd4 (18. Qxg8 dxc3 19. Qxh7 cxb2 20. Rb1 Qxe6+ $44) 18...
cxd4 19. Qxg8 Qa5+ 20. Kd1 (20. Kf1 Qb5+ 21. Kg2 Qg5+ $10) 20... d3 21. Qxh7
Qa4 $132) 16... g6 17. f5 $2 (17. Rg1 Bh6 $17) 17... gxf5 18. O-O-O Bg7 19.
Bxg7 Rxg7 20. Kb1 Rf8 21. c4 Qc6 22. Rhg1 Rg6 {It is technically not easy to
convert his spare P into a full point.} (22... Qxd5 23. cxd5 Rfg8 24. Rxg7 Rxg7
25. Rd3 $15) 23. Rxg6 hxg6 24. Rg1 Rf6 25. f4 Kc7 26. h4 b5 27. b3 (27. h5 gxh5
28. Rg7 (28. Rg8 Qxd5 29. cxd5 Rh6 $19) 28... bxc4 29. Rxe7+ Kb6 30. Qxc4 Qe4+
31. Qxe4 fxe4 32. Re8 Kc7 33. Kc2 d5 34. e7 Kd7 35. Rd8+ Kxe7 36. Rxd5 Rh6 37.
Rxc5 h4 38. Re5+ Kf6 39. Rxe4 h3 40. Re1 h2 41. Rh1 Kf5 $17) 27... bxc4 28.
bxc4 Qb7+ 29. Ka1 (29. Kc2 Qc8 30. Re1 Qa6 $17) 29... Qc6 $2 (29... Qc8 $1 30.
Re1 Qh8 $3 {Yermolinsky have lost the touch with all chances, since this swich
to a1-h8 diagonal would win.} 31. Kb1 Rf8 32. Re3 Rb8+ 33. Rb3 Rxb3+ 34. axb3
Qxh4 $19) 30. Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3
e6 9. Nbd2 Nd7 $6 {Topalov hopes to avoid the move Nh4 from the variations
after 9...Be7, but he diminishes control of the center and neglects
development of the pieces.} 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. d4 $1 cxd4 (12... Be7 13.
d5 $1 exd5 14. exd5 Nce5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 (15... Nxe5 $2 16. f4 Nd3 17. f5 $1) 16.
f4 $1 $40) 13. cxd4 e5 14. d5 (14. Nc4 b5 15. Ne3 Bxe4) 14... Ncb8 15. b4 $1 {
Thanks to the closed character of the struggle black was able to avoid huge
problems, but Anand enjoys pleasant initiative.} h5 16. g5 (16. Nc4 hxg4 17.
hxg4 Nf6 18. Ng5 b5 19. Na5 Qd7 20. f3 Be7 $15) 16... a5 (16... h4 17. Nc4 b6
18. Bd3 $14) 17. bxa5 Be7 (17... Rxa5 18. a4 Nc5 $6 19. Nb3 $16) 18. Nb3 O-O (
18... Na6 19. Bb5 O-O 20. Nh4 Ndc5 (20... Bxg5 21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. Bxd7 $18) 21.
Nxg6 fxg6 22. h4 $16) 19. Qd2 $6 (19. Bd2 Na6 20. Rc1 Nac5 21. Rc4 f6 22. Nxc5
Nxc5 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Qe2 $16) 19... Na6 20. Nh4 Nac5 $1 21. Bg2 b6 22. Nf5 (
22. Nxg6 fxg6 $132) 22... f6 $1 (22... Bxf5 23. exf5 Nxb3 (23... bxa5 24. Nxc5
Nxc5 25. Qe3) 24. axb3 Rxa5 25. Rxa5 bxa5 26. Qe3 $14) 23. Nh4 Qe8 24. Nxc5 (
24. Qc3 $5 fxg5 25. Nxg6 Qxg6 26. axb6 $15) 24... Nxc5 25. axb6 fxg5 26. Nxg6
Qxg6 27. Qe2 Rfb8 28. Rb1 Bd8 $1 {Topalov plys very well in the defense and
white has to start worrying about liquidation of the tension into complete
equality.} 29. Be3 (29. Bf3 g4 $1 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. Bxg4 Rxa2 32. Qxa2 Qxg4+
33. Kf1 Qh3+ 34. Kg1 (34. Ke2 $4 Qd3#) 34... Qg4+ $11) 29... Bxb6 30. Rec1 g4
31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Rb4 Ba5 (32... Ba7 $5) 33. Rxb8+ Rxb8 34. Bxc5 dxc5 35. d6 (
35. Rxc5 Rb1+ 36. Bf1 g3 $1 37. Rxa5 g2 $19) 35... Qxd6 36. Qc4+ $2 (36. Qxg4
$1 Bd2 37. Rd1 $13) 36... Kh8 37. Qxc5 Qh6 $1 (37... Qxc5 38. Rxc5 Bb6 39. Rxe5
g3 40. Kf1 Bxf2 $11) 38. Rd1 $2 (38. Qe3 Qxe3 39. fxe3 Bd2 40. Rc2 Bxe3+ 41.
Kf1 $17) 38... Bb6 $1 (38... g3 $5 39. Qxa5 Qh2+ 40. Kf1 gxf2 41. Rd8+ Kh7 $1
42. Rxb8 (42. Kxf2 Qh4+ 43. Ke2 Rxd8 44. Qxe5 $15) 42... Qg1+ 43. Ke2 Qxg2 44.
Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. Qh4+ Kg6 47. Qxf2 Qxe4+ $17) 39. Qxe5 Rf8 40. Rf1
(40. Qh2 Rxf2 41. Qxh6+ gxh6 $17) 40... Qh4 $2 {This move is yet another
tragic prove how difficult it is to manage problems with the time trouble.
With a bit more time in his pocket black would surely have found tyhe winning
move 40...Rf4!} (40... Rf4 $1 41. Qc3 Qh4 $19) 41. Qh2 Bxf2+ 42. Kh1 Qxh2+ (
42... g5 43. Qxh4+ gxh4 44. a4 $1 h3 45. Bxh3 gxh3 46. a5 $11) 43. Kxh2 g5 (
43... Rf6 44. Bh1) 44. Bh1 $1 g3+ 45. Kg2 g4 46. Rd1 Kg7 47. Kf1 Bd4+ 48. Ke2 (
48. Kg2 Be5 49. Rd2 Rf3) 48... Be5 (48... Rf2+ 49. Kd3 Be5 50. Rd2) 49. Rd2 Ra8
50. Bg2 Kf6 51. Kd3 Kg5 52. Ke2 (52. Kc4 $5 Kf4 53. Re2 $15) 52... Kf4 53. Rc2
Ra3 54. Rd2 Re3+ 55. Kd1 Ra3 56. Re2 Ra7 57. Rc2 Rb7 58. Re2 Rb1+ 59. Kc2 Rg1
60. Kd3 $1 Rc1 (60... Rxg2 61. Rxg2 Kf3 62. Rg1 g2 63. a4 Kf2 64. Rxg2+ Kxg2
65. a5 Bb8 66. a6 g3 67. e5 $11) 61. Rd2 Rc3+ 62. Ke2 Rf3 $1 63. Kd1 (63. Bxf3
gxf3+ 64. Kf1 Ke3 65. Rc2 Kd3 $1 $19) (63. Rc2 Rf2+ 64. Kd3 Rxc2 $1 65. Kxc2
Ke3 66. a4 Kf2 67. a5 Kxg2 68. a6 Bb8 69. e5 Kf3 70. e6 g2 71. e7 g1=Q $19)
63... Bc3 64. Re2 Ke5 65. Kc2 Bd4 66. Kd1 Rf8 67. Rd2 Rb8 68. Ke2 Bc3 69. Rd5+
(69. Rc2 Kd4 70. Kd1 Rb1+ 71. Rc1 (71. Ke2 Re1#) 71... Rxc1+ 72. Kxc1 Ke3 73.
Kc2 Be5 74. a4 Kf2 75. a5 Kxg2 76. a6 Kf3 77. a7 g2 78. a8=Q g1=Q $19) 69...
Ke6 70. Kd3 Be5 (70... Rb2 71. Kxc3 Rxg2 72. Rg5 Rxa2 73. Rxg4 Ke5 74. Kd3 $11)
71. Rc5 Rb1 72. Rc6+ Kd7 73. Rc2 Rg1 74. a4 {In a nasty ending Anand is
fighting like a lion and enjoys good chances for a draw.} Ra1 75. Kc4 Ke6 (
75... Rxa4+ 76. Kd5 $11) 76. Kb3 Bd4 77. Ra2 Rg1 78. a5 Bf2 79. a6 Ke5 (79...
Rxg2 80. a7 Bxa7 81. Rxg2 Bf2 82. Kc3 Ke5 83. Kd3 Kf4 84. Ke2 Kxe4 (84... Bd4
85. Kf1 Kf3 86. Ra2 Bf2 87. Ra3+ $11) 85. Rxf2 gxf2 86. Kxf2 $11) 80. Ra5+ Kf6
(80... Kf4 81. Kc4 Rxg2 $2 82. Kd3 Bc5 83. Rxc5 Kf3 84. Rf5#) 81. e5+ $6 (81.
Ra2 Kg5 82. Kc4 Rxg2 (82... Kf4 83. Ra5 $1) 83. a7 Bxa7 84. Rxg2 Kf4 85. e5 $1
$11) 81... Ke6 82. Bd5+ (82. Bb7 g2 83. Bxg2 Rxg2 84. a7 Bxa7 85. Rxa7 Kxe5 $19
) 82... Kxe5 83. Bb7+ Kf6 (83... Kd6 84. Ra2 (84. a7 Bxa7 85. Rxa7 g2 86. Bxg2
Rxg2 87. Ra5 (87. Kc3 Ke5 88. Rf7 Ke4 $19) 87... Ke6 88. Kc3 Kf6 89. Kd3 Rf2
90. Ke3 g3 $19) 84... g2 85. Ka4 $1 g3 86. Bxg2 Rxg2 87. a7 Bxa7 88. Rxg2 $11)
84. Ra4 $4 {Horrible blunder after a long tirering fight, in Dortmund Anand
was clearly out of form.} (84. Ra2) 84... g2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 a6 8.
Bxc6 (8. Bd3 e5 9. d5 Nb4 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bb3 a5 12. O-O Be7 13. a4 bxa4 14.
Bxa4 Bxa4 15. Rxa4 O-O 16. Nc3 Na6 17. Ra3 Nc5 18. Nd2 {1-0 Conquest,S-Grivas,
E/Corfu/1991/ (34)}) (8. Ba4 d5 (8... e5 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nc3 Qb8 11. O-O Be7
12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. Rac1 a5
18. Rc3 Qa7 {0-1 Nevednichy,V-Tiviakov,S/Ohrid/2001/ (59)}) 9. exd5 Qa5+ 10.
Nc3 Nxd5 11. Bd2 Nxc3 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. bxc3 e6 14. c4 Bb4 15. d5 Bxd2+ 16.
Nxd2 Bd7 17. O-O O-O 18. d6 Rfd8 19. Qe3 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Qc5 {1/2-1/2 Cicak,
S-Babula,V/CZE 2001/ (43)}) 8... Bxc6 9. d5 (9. Nc3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. O-O e6
12. Ne5 Be7 (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be7 14. f4 O-O 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. f5 exf5 17.
Rxf5 Qd7 18. Qd3 {1-0 Rahl,V-Petrik,S/SVK/1996/ (72)}) 13. Qg4 Bf6 14. Ne4 Qc7
15. Qh5 Nb4 16. Nxf7 Bxe4 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Nxe4 Nc2 19. Ng5 g6 20. Qg4 Nxd4 21.
Be3 {1-0 Heintze,M-Domsgen Hoelzlein,C/Halle/1975/ (47)}) 9... Bd7 10. Nc3 g6 (
10... e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. O-O Be7 13. Nd4 $14) 11. O-O Bg7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Bd4
{[%mdl 32] Polgar has chosen positional compensation for the opponent's
bishop's pair, white pieces have excellent control of the center.} Bg4 (13...
Ne8 14. Bxg7 Nxg7 15. Rac1 $14) (13... Rc8 14. Rac1 b5 15. a3 $14) 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 Rc8 16. Rac1 b5 17. Qe3 (17. a3 Rc4 18. Rfd1 Qa5 $14) 17... Qd7 (17...
b4 18. Ne2 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 e6 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Qb3 $14) 18. Ne2 e6 19. dxe6 Qxe6
20. f3 Rxc1 $6 {Tiviakov would love to take the pawn, but giving up the c file
is too dangerous.} (20... Qxa2 21. Ra1 Qc4 22. Rfc1 (22. Rxa6 Nd5 23. exd5 Rfe8
24. Rc6 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxe2 26. Rfc1 $14) 22... Qe6 23. Rxa6 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 $14)
21. Rxc1 Qxa2 22. Rc6 $1 (22. Qc3 Ne8 23. Bxg7 Nxg7 24. Nf4 f5 25. Nd5 fxe4 26.
fxe4 h6 $13) 22... Rd8 (22... Ne8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qc3+ Kg8 25. Nf4 $40) 23.
Qc3 Ne8 (23... Qe6 24. Rxa6 Rc8 25. Qd2 $16) 24. Bxg7 Nxg7 25. Nf4 $1 {The
crowning of the white's positional strategy, all white pieces are stronger
than their counterparts.} Ne6 (25... Ne8 26. Nd5 a5 27. Ra6 b4 28. Qd4 $16) 26.
Qf6 Re8 27. Nd5 a5 (27... Ng7 28. Qc3 $18) 28. Rxd6 Qc4 29. Rd7 Qc5+ 30. Kh2 (
30. Kh2 Qf8 31. Ne7+ (31. Qe5 Qg7 32. Nf6+ Kh8 33. Qxe6 Rxe6 34. Rd8+ Qf8 35.
Rxf8+ Kg7 36. Nd7 Rd6 37. Rd8 a4 $132) 31... Rxe7 32. Qxe7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3
e6 9. Nbd2 d5 10. exd5 $5 {The opening of the center is somewhat surprising.
Svidler is conscious that his small development advantage could be exploited
with the help of an immediate skirmish.} (10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. a3 Be7 13.
g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 dxe4 15. dxe4 Nd7 16. Ndf3 Bd6 17. Bg2 O-O-O 18. b4 Nde5 19.
Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bd2 Rd7 {0-1 Sadvakasov,D (2615)-Gelfand,B (2733)/Calatrava 2007
(30)}) 10... Qxd5 (10... Nxd5 11. Qa4 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Be7 13. g3 O-O 14. Bd2 Bf6
15. Rad1 b5 16. Qe4 Rc8 17. a3 g6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Rc1 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. h4
Nf6 22. Qe3 {1-0 Alekseev,E (2640)-Tiviakov,S (2669)/Sochi 2006 (74)}) 11. h3
Bh5 (11... Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. d4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rfd8 16. g3 Nxd4
17. Bxd4 Bc5 18. Re5 Qxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Ne4 21. Kg2 f6 22. Bd4 Rd8 23.
Bc4 Kf7 24. Re1 Bxd4 25. Rxe4 Be5 26. f4 Rd2+ 27. Kf3 Bc7 28. Bxe6+ Kf8 29. Rc4
{1-0 Malakhov,V (2691)-Novikov,S (2545)/Sochi 2006 (49)}) 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nc4
Qd8 14. Bg2 $1 {The transfer of the bishop to the long semiopen diagonal is
the central idea of White's concept.} (14. Nfe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bd6 16. Bg2 Bxe5
17. Rxe5 Nd7 18. Re1 Qc8 19. Qf3 Ra7 20. d4 O-O 21. Be3 b6 22. Rad1 Nf6 23.
dxc5 bxc5 24. Qf4 $14 {1/2 Glek,I (2605)-Jaracz,P (2506)/Lido Estensi 2002/ 
(64)}) 14... Qc7 $2 (14... Bxd3 15. Nce5 (15. Nfe5 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Qxd1 17. Rxd1
$14) 15... Be4 16. Qxd8+ Nxd8 (16... Rxd8 17. Nxf7 $1 Bxf3 18. Nxd8 Bxg2 19.
Nxe6 Bd5 20. Nf4+ Kf7 21. g5 Rg8 22. f3 Bxf3 23. Kf2 Be4 24. gxf6 $16) 17. g5
Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nd7 19. Nc4 $14) (14... Qxd3 $2 15. Qb3 Ra7 16. Nfe5 Nxe5 17.
Nxe5 Qb5 18. Qd1 $16) 15. Nfe5 Nxe5 16. Bf4 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Jakovenko probably
underestimated the impact of this witty development of the last minor piece.}
Rd8 (16... Nfd7 17. Rxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qd8 19. Bxb7 f6 (19... Ra7 20. Qa4+ Ke7
21. Qc6 $18) 20. Qa4+ Kf7 21. Bxa8 Qxa8 22. Qd7+ $16) 17. Bxe5 Qd7 18. d4 (18.
Nb6 Qb5 (18... Qxd3 19. Bxb7 $16) 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nd5 Bd6 21. Nxf6+ Ke7 22.
Qf3 $16) 18... cxd4 19. Qxd4 Qb5 $6 {The defence after the exchange of the
queens would have been a rather ungrateful task, but the postponement of this
necessity will turn it into mission impossible.} (19... Qxd4 20. Bxd4 Nd5 21.
Rad1 $16) 20. Nd6+ $1 (20. Qf4 Nd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Bd6 $14) (20. a4 Rxd4 21.
axb5 Rxc4 22. bxa6 (22. Bxb7 axb5 23. b3 Rc5 24. b4 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Kd7 $13)
22... bxa6 23. Rxa6 Nd7 24. Ra8+ Ke7 25. Bg3 $13) 20... Bxd6 21. Bxd6 Qd3 (
21... Qxb2 22. Rad1 Bc2 23. Rd2 $18) (21... h5 22. c4 Qd7 23. Rad1 $16) 22.
Rad1 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Rd7 24. Red1 Nd5 (24... Bc2 25. R1d2 Bb1 26. b3 h6 27. c4
$16) 25. Ba3 $1 {The defender is suddenly facing a completely lost position.
Svidler can rely on the development advantage, two bishops and the enemy king
trapped in the center.} b5 (25... Kd8 26. c4 Nf6 27. Rxd7+ Nxd7 28. Bxb7 $18)
26. b3 Kd8 27. c4 Nf6 28. Rxd7+ Nxd7 29. cxb5 (29. Bc6 Kc7 30. cxb5 Nb8 31. Rc1
$16) 29... axb5 30. Bb4 (30. Bc6 Kc7 31. Bxb5 Nf6 32. Bb2 $18) (30. Rd6 $1 e5
31. Ra6 $18) 30... f6 31. Bc6 Be8 32. Bxb5 {Black will try to show some
resistance in a completely lost position, otherwise the flow of the game would
be too one-sided.} h5 33. a4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Rh3 35. Bc4 (35. a5 Rxb3 36. a6 Rxb4
37. a7 Rxb5 38. a8=Q+ Ke7 39. Qa3+ $18) 35... f5 36. a5 (36. Bxe6 fxg4 37. Ba5+
Ke7 38. Re1 $18) 36... Kc7 37. Bxe6 Nf6 38. g5 Bc6 39. Bd6+ Kb7 40. f3 $1 {
Svidler was forced to play the only winning move, but his position is
completely domineering.} Ne8 (40... Bxf3 41. gxf6 gxf6 42. Rd4 $18) 41. Be5 Nc7
(41... Rxf3 42. Rd8 Ka6 43. Rc8 $18) 42. Bd7 Bxf3 (42... Rh1+ 43. Kxh1 Bxf3+
44. Kg1 Bxd1 45. b4 $18) 43. Rd6 Na6 44. Rb6+ (44. Bxf5 Rh4 45. Kf2 $18) 44...
Ka7 45. Bxf5 Rh4 46. Kf2 Bb7 47. Kg3 1-0

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m1"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. c3 Qb6 $6 (6... a6 7.
Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 e6 $16) 7. Na3 a6 8. Ba4 Qc7 9. d4 b5 $6 10. Nxb5
$1 axb5 11. Bxb5 O-O-O $6 (11... Rb8 12. Qa4) (11... Qb6 12. a4 $40) 12. b4 (
12. Qa4 Nb8 13. dxc5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 dxc5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Rfd1 (16. Bh4 $16) 16...
Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 hxg5 18. Ba6+ Nxa6 19. Qxa6+ Qb7 $2 20. Qa5 $18) 12... Bxf3 13.
gxf3 $1 Nb8 (13... cxb4 $2 14. cxb4 Nxb4 15. Qa4 Qc3 16. Bb2 Qxb2 17. Qa8+ Kc7
18. Qa7+ Kc8 19. Rfc1+ Qc2 20. Rxc2+ Nxc2 21. Ba6#) 14. Qa4 (14. bxc5 dxc5 15.
Rb1 e5 (15... Rd6 $1 {Adams}) 16. Qa4 Rd6 17. dxe5 Rg6+ 18. Kh2 Qxe5+ 19. f4
$18) 14... c4 15. d5 $1 Nf6 (15... e6 16. Be3 Ne7 $16) 16. Be3 Nfd7 (16... e6
$5) 17. Bc6 e6 (17... Ne5 18. b5 $1 Nxf3+ 19. Kh1 $18) 18. b5 exd5 19. exd5 Nb6
(19... Nc5 20. Qa8) (19... Nxc6 20. bxc6 Nb8 21. Rab1 $18) 20. Qb4 (20. Qa5 $2
Nxd5) 20... Be7 (20... Nxc6 21. bxc6 Nxd5 22. Qb5 Nxe3 23. Qa6+ Kb8 24. Rab1+)
21. a4 Bf6 (21... Rdf8 22. Rfd1) 22. a5 Nxc6 23. bxc6 Nxd5 24. Qb5 Rde8 (24...
Nxc3 25. Qa6+ Kb8 26. Rab1+) 25. Bb6 (25. Qxd5 $18) (25. Bb6 Nxb6 (25... Qe7
26. Qa6+ Kb8 27. Rab1 $18) 26. axb6 Qb8 27. Qa6+ Kd8 28. c7+) 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Wereldschaaktoernooi"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1950.11.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1950.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 e5 6. c3 Bd7 7. d4 Qc7 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Nc4
Bg4 15. Re3 Rad8 16. Rd1 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Be6 18. b3 g6 19. Qe2 Rb8 20. Nfd2 Be7
21. h3 f6 22. Rd3 Rf8 23. Re3 Qc8 24. Nb2 Qb7 25. Na4 Qb5 26. Nc4 Kg7 27. Ncb2
Rd8 28. Kf1 $2 $19 Rd2 $1 29. c4 Rxe2 30. cxb5 Rxe3 31. fxe3 cxb5 32. Nc3 a6
33. Ke2 Kf7 34. Kd3 h5 35. a4 Bd7 36. axb5 axb5 37. Nd5 Bd6 38. Nd1 h4 39. N1c3
Bc6 40. Nb1 Ke6 41. Nd2 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 Ne5 7. a4 Nxf3+ 8.
Qxf3 a6 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. d3 e6 (10... g6 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Rxe5 $14)
11. Nd2 Rb8 12. Nc4 (12. a5 d5 13. Qg3 $14) 12... b5 $1 {Pawn structure plays
a great role in the fate of the game, black is preventing the fixing of his
queenside after the move a4-a5.} (12... Be7 13. a5 $14) 13. axb5 axb5 14. e5
bxc4 (14... dxe5 15. Nxe5 Qc7 16. Bg5 $16) (14... Nd5 15. Nxd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6
$16) 15. exf6 cxd3 (15... gxf6 16. Qxf6 Rg8 17. dxc4 Qb7 18. g3 Bg7 19. Qh4 $14
) 16. fxg7 Bxg7 17. Qxd3 O-O 18. Bf4 Rb6 (18... Bxb2 $2 19. Rad1 $1 e5 20. Bxe5
Bxe5 21. Rxe5 $18) (18... Rxb2 19. Bxd6 Rc8 (19... Rd8 20. Rad1 $16) 20. Qg3
$14) 19. Qd2 (19. Rad1 d5 $11) 19... Qe7 {Tiviakov is dancing around the
complete equality, but he fails to play the most exact moves.} (19... Bxb2 20.
Rab1 Rfb8 21. Red1 (21. Rxb2 Rxb2 22. Be5 Qd8 $1 23. Bxb2 Rxb2 $15) 21... Bd4 (
21... e5 22. Rxb2 Rxb2 23. Bxe5 Rb1 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Qg7+ Ke8 $11) 22. Rxb6
Rxb6 23. c3 Bg7 24. Bxd6 c4 $11) (19... Rxb2 20. Bxd6 (20. Ra3 Rb6 21. Bh6 f6
22. Rg3 Rf7 $15) 20... Rb6 21. Rad1 Rd8 22. Bxc5 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Rxd2 24. Bxb6
Rxc2 $11) 20. Ra3 Kh8 (20... Bxb2 21. Rg3+ Kh8 22. Rb1 (22. Rb3 Rxb3 23. Bxd6
Rd8 24. cxb3 Qxd6 25. Qxb2+ Qd4 $11) 22... f6 (22... Rfb8 $2 23. Rxb2 Rxb2 24.
Bxd6 Qf6 25. Qe3 $18) 23. Rxb2 $1 Rxb2 24. Bxd6 Qd8 25. Bxf8 Qxf8 26. Rd3 $14)
21. Bg5 f6 (21... Bf6 $5 22. Bxf6+ Qxf6 23. b3 Rg8 $11) 22. Bh6 e5 $6 (22...
Rxb2 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Ra6 Rd8 $13) 23. Rea1 Bxh6 (23... Rxb2 24. Ra7 Rb7 25.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rxb7 Qxb7 27. Qxd6 $14) 24. Qxh6 Qg7 (24... Rb7 25. Ra8 Kg8 26.
R1a3 Rfb8 27. c4 $16) 25. Qd2 {[%mdl 32] White is clearly better due to the
more active heavy pieces and safer king. The black pawn d6 makes an ideal
object of the attack.} Qg5 (25... Rxb2 26. Qxd6 $16) 26. Qd1 $1 f5 (26... e4
27. Ra8 Rg8 28. Rxg8+ Qxg8 29. b3 d5 30. Qh5 $16) 27. Ra8 Rxa8 (27... Rbb8 28.
Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Qxd6 $18) (27... Qg8 28. Rxf8 Qxf8 29. b3 $16) 28. Rxa8+ Kg7 29.
Ra7+ Kh6 (29... Kh8 30. Rd7 Rxb2 31. Rxd6 Rb8 32. Qe1 Re8 33. Rd5 f4 34. Rxc5
$16) 30. Rd7 Qg6 31. Qd5 f4 (31... Ra6 32. Re7 Kg5 33. Re6 Qg7 34. Qd3 Ra1+ 35.
Kh2 f4 36. g4 $18) 32. Qa8 Kh5 (32... Qf6 33. Qg8 Qf5 34. h4 Rxb2 35. Rxh7+
Qxh7 36. Qg5#) 33. Qa7 (33. Qa7 Rxb2 34. Rxh7+ Kg5 35. Rg7 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.09"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Merida Linex Magic"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O e5 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 Bg4 8.
h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Nd2 Ne8 12. Nc4 Nc7 {Tiviakov knows the
limitations of his position. A worse pawn structure and a bad bishop force him
to fight for equality.} 13. Be3 Ne6 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 Bg5 {The first truly
independent move in the game; naturally White will not trade himself.} (15...
Qd7 16. Rac1 Rfc8 17. Rc2 Rab8 18. a3 Bd8 19. Rec1 Bb6 20. Qg4 g6 21. Nxb6 axb6
22. d4 exd4 23. Bxd4 c5 {1/2 Rublevsky,S (2679)-Tregubov,P (2599)/Krasnoyarsk
2007 (49)}) 16. Rac1 Bxe3 (16... Qd7 $5 17. Qg4 Bf6 (17... Bxe3 18. fxe3 Rab8
19. a3 Rfd8 20. Red1 $16) 18. a3 $14) 17. fxe3 Qd7 (17... Rb8 18. a3 c5 19. Rb1
$14) 18. Red1 Rad8 (18... Rab8 19. a3 Rfd8 20. d4 exd4 21. exd4 Ng5 22. Qf5
Nxe4 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Na5 $14) 19. d4 exd4 20. exd4 Ng5 21. Qf5 $1 {Rublevsky
will be happy with the better chances in the simplified position.} Nxe4 22.
Qxd7 (22. Qxe4 d5 23. Qf3 dxc4 24. Rxc4 Rc8 25. a4 f5 $14) 22... Rxd7 23. Na5
f5 (23... d5 24. Nxc6 h5 25. b5 h4 26. Rd3 $14) 24. Nxc6 f4 25. Rd3 (25. d5 Nf6
26. b5 Re8 27. a4 $16) 25... d5 $6 {Black is creating a stronghold on e4 for
his knight, but the pawn on d5 can become a target. It might have been better
to lure white pawn to the critical square d5.} (25... Rc7 26. d5 Nf6 27. Rd4 g5
28. b5 $14) 26. Ra3 Ra8 (26... h5 27. Rxa7 Rxa7 28. Nxa7 f3 29. gxf3 Rxf3 30.
Nc6 $16) 27. b5 Rb7 28. Rb1 $2 {[%mdl 4096] Unfortunate way of enhancing the
pressure, two other moves were offering solid superiority.} (28. b6 a6 (28...
Rxb6 29. Ne7+ Kf7 30. Nxd5 Rb7 31. Nxf4 $16) 29. Ra5 Rxb6 30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. Nxd5
Rb5 32. Rxb5 axb5 33. Nxf4 $16) (28. Ra5 Kf7 29. a4 $16) 28... Nd6 $2 {Both
players are oblivious to the golden chance to create sufficient counterplay
against the white king.} (28... Nd2 29. Rb4 Re8 $1 30. Rxa7 (30. Nxa7 $4 Re1+
31. Kf2 Rbe7 $19) (30. Kf2 Rf7 31. Rxa7 (31. h4 h5 32. Ne5 Rc7 $13) 31... Rxa7
32. Nxa7 Re3 33. b6 Ne4+ 34. Kf1 Ng3+ 35. Kf2 Ne4+ $11) 30... Rxa7 31. Nxa7
Re1+ 32. Kf2 Re3 $11) 29. Ra5 a6 (29... Nc4 30. Ra6 Nd2 31. Rb2 Ne4 32. a4 $16)
30. b6 Nc4 (30... h6 31. Rxd5 Nc4 32. Rb4 Nxb6 33. Re5 $18) 31. Rxd5 Rxb6 32.
Rxb6 Nxb6 33. Rf5 g6 34. Rxf4 Nd5 35. Re4 Rc8 (35... Kg7 36. a3 Rc8 37. Re6 $16
) 36. Re6 Rc7 (36... Nc3 37. Kh2 Nxa2 38. d5 $18) 37. Rd6 Nc3 38. Ne5 Kg7 (
38... Nxa2 39. d5 Re7 40. Rd8+ Kg7 41. Nd3 Kf7 42. d6 Re8 43. Rd7+ Kg8 44. Nc5
$16) 39. d5 Nxa2 $2 {The knight is truly drifting away from the scene of the
fight and losing the right to influence the proceedings.} (39... Re7 40. Nd3
Re2 41. Rxa6 Nxd5 42. a4 $16) 40. Re6 $1 Kf8 41. d6 Rc8 (41... Rc1+ 42. Kh2 Rd1
43. d7 $18) 42. Rf6+ Kg8 (42... Kg7 43. d7 Rd8 44. Rf7+ Kh6 45. Nc6 $18) 43. d7
{Rublevsky can capitalize on his unstoppable passed pawn.} Rd8 44. Rf7 Nb4 45.
Re7 Kf8 46. Rxh7 g5 47. Ng6+ (47. Ng6+ Kg8 48. Rh8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 61st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. O-O e6 8.
d5 {The serious strategical decision. White has a development advantage, but
due to the absence of the light squared bishop he decides to imprint the
position a closed character.} e5 9. a4 Be7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nc4 Nb6 12. Ne3 Bg5
(12... Bd7 13. Nf5 (13. Qd3 Bg5 14. a5 Nc8 15. b3 g6 16. Nc4 Bxc1 17. Raxc1 Bb5
18. Ra1 f5 19. f4 exf4 20. Rxf4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Qg5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Rxf5 Qxf5
24. Rf1 Qe5 25. Qe4 Qxe4 26. Nxe4 {1-0 Breder,D (2438)-Rajlich,V (2338)/
Budapest 2002 (60)}) 13... Nc8 14. f4 Bf6 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Bf4 Bxf5 17. exf5
Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Re8 19. Qd3 Nb6 20. a5 Nd7 21. Bxd6 Ne5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Qc4 Qd6
24. Rae1 Rae8 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Na4 Qxd5 27. Qxd5 Rxd5 28. Nb6 {1-0 Laznicka,V
(2525)-Stocek,J (2580)/Brno 2006 (45)}) 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. a5 $5 {The first
independent move makes a very healthy impression. Alekseev would like to use
the benefit of the optimal c4 square for the knight.} (14. Bd2 g6 15. b3 f5 16.
Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. bxc4 f4 19. f3 Rae8 20. Rfb1 Bc8 21. a5 Qf6 22. Na4
g5 23. Nb6 Rf7 24. Rb3 h5 25. Rab1 {0-1 Sanduleac,V (2492)-Gelashvili,T (2576)/
Turin 2006 (62)}) 14... Nc8 15. Bd2 Bf4 (15... Qf6 16. Nc4 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 $14)
16. Rfb1 Na7 17. Nc4 Nb5 $2 {Timofeev is making a very unfortunate strategical
decision as he provokes the exchange on the f4 square. White will be able to
quickly enhance his advantage.} (17... Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Qc7 19. f4 f6 $14) 18.
Bxf4 exf4 (18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 exf4 20. Nxd6 $18) 19. Nb6 Nd4 (19... Nxc3 20.
bxc3 Rb8 21. Qf3 g5 22. h4 f6 23. Qh5 $16) 20. Qd3 Rb8 21. Ne2 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2
Qe7 (22... Qc7 23. Qd2 g5 24. h4 f6 25. hxg5 fxg5 26. e5 dxe5 27. d6 Qc6 28.
Re1 Rbe8 29. Nxd7 Qxd7 30. Qd5+ $16) 23. b4 $1 {[%mdl 32] The semi opening of
the b file will push all the trumphs into white hands. In the pawn structure
similar to Benoni he will be able to fight for the endgame advantage.} (23. Qf3
g5 24. h4 f6 25. b4 $16) 23... cxb4 24. Rxb4 f5 (24... Bb5 25. Qd2 f3 26. gxf3
f5 27. Re1 $16) 25. Qf3 Qe5 26. Rab1 Bb5 (26... Rbd8 27. Nc4 fxe4 28. Nxe5 exf3
29. Nxf3 Bc8 30. Rd4 $16) 27. h3 Rf7 28. exf5 Qxf5 29. c4 Be8 30. Re1 $1 {
The only open file on the board plays a key role in the white's plans.} Rf6 (
30... Rd8 31. Rb2 Rf8 32. Qg4 $16) 31. Qg4 Qxg4 (31... Rd8 32. Qxf5 Rxf5 33.
Rb2 $16) 32. hxg4 f3 (32... Rd8 33. Rb2 Bg6 34. f3 Rf7 35. Rbe2 Kf8 36. g3 fxg3
37. Kg2 $16) 33. Rb3 $1 fxg2 34. Rbe3 {Alekseev is cleverly mounting the
pressure and in the coming phase will play for the complete domination.} Kf8 (
34... Bg6 35. Nd7 $18) 35. Kxg2 (35. Rxe8+ $2 Rxe8 36. Nd7+ Kf7 37. Rxe8 Kxe8
38. Nxf6+ gxf6 39. Kxg2 Kd7 40. Kf3 Kc7 41. Kf4 b6 42. axb6+ Kxb6 43. g5 fxg5+
44. Kxg5 a5 $15) 35... Rd8 36. Kg3 Bd7 $2 {The serious mistake in the position
with diminishing number of sensible moves.} (36... Rf7 37. f4 $16) 37. Re7 $1
Be8 (37... Bc8 38. Rc7 $18) (37... Rf7 $2 38. Nxd7+ Rxd7 39. Re8#) 38. Rxb7 Rf7
39. Rxf7+ Bxf7 40. f4 {White keeps pushing to realize his plan, but in the
meantime he managed to win the spare pawn.} h5 (40... Be8 41. f5 h6 42. Kf4 Bf7
43. g5 $18) 41. f5 hxg4 42. Kxg4 Bg8 (42... g6 43. f6 $18) 43. Kg5 Kf7 44. Re3
Bh7 45. Re6 Bg8 (45... Kf8 46. f6 Kg8 47. fxg7 Kxg7 48. Re7+ Kh8 49. Kf6 $18)
46. c5 $1 dxc5 47. Rc6 {Timfeev is not able to prevent white d pawn from
advnacing to d7 square.} Ke7 (47... Kf8 48. d6 c4 49. d7 Bf7 50. f6 $18) 48.
d6+ Kf8 (48... Rxd6 49. Nc8+ Kd7 50. Rxd6+ Kxc8 51. Rxa6 $18) 49. d7 c4 50. Rc8
Ke7 51. Kg6 Bf7+ 52. Kxg7 {The fight has ended with a convincing success of
white's strategy.} Rg8+ (52... Rxd7 53. f6+ Kd6 54. Nxd7 $18) 53. Rxg8 Bxg8 54.
f6+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal 3rd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2002.07.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. Bc4 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Nc5 13. Bxc5 {White is giving
up the bishop in order to fight for the control of the d5 square.} Qxc5 14. Nd5
Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rb8 16. a5 Bd7 (16... Be6 $5) 17. Rfd1 Kh8 18. Nc4 Bb5 (18... f5
19. Qe3 Qxe3 20. Nxe3 $14) 19. Qe3 (19. c3 Rfc8 20. b3 Rf8 $14) 19... Rbc8 (
19... Bxc4 20. Qxc5 dxc5 21. Bxc4 Rbd8 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. Bd5 $16) (19... Qxe3
20. Nxe3 g6 21. c4 Bc6 22. b4 $14) 20. Qxc5 Rxc5 21. Ne3 Bg5 (21... Bc6 22. b4
(22. Bxc6 bxc6 (22... Rxc6 23. c3 $14) 23. b4 Rc3 24. Nf5 Re8 25. Ra2 Rc4 26.
Rb2 Rxe4 27. f3 Rc4 28. Nxe7 Rxe7 29. Rxd6 $14) 22... Rc3 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. cxd3
Bg5 25. Rc1 Kg8 26. Rc3 Bxe3 27. fxe3 $14) 22. Nf5 Rxc2 (22... Be2 $5 23. Re1
Rxc2 24. b4 Bd3 25. Nxd6 Kg8 $13) 23. Nxd6 Rxb2 $2 {[%mdl 4096] Charbonneau
must have believed, that activity of his pieces amptly compensates for the
compromised pawn structure.} (23... Be2 24. Nxf7+ (24. Re1 Kg8 $13) 24... Rxf7
25. Bxf7 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxb2 27. Kf1 Bd2 28. Ra1 $11) 24. Nxf7+ Kh7 25. Ra2 $1
Rxa2 (25... Rb4 26. Nxe5 $16) 26. Nxg5+ (26. Bxa2 Bf6 27. Bd5 Bc6 28. Nd6 Rd8
$11) 26... hxg5 27. Bxa2 Bc6 28. Bd5 Rc8 (28... Rd8 29. f3 Bb5 30. Rc1 Rb8 31.
Rc7 b6 32. axb6 Rxb6 33. Re7 Kg6 34. Rxe5 a5 35. Kf2 a4 36. Re7 $16) 29. f3 Kg6
(29... Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Re8 31. Rd7 Rc8 32. Kf2 Rc2+ 33. Kg3 g4 34. fxg4 Rc4 35.
Rxb7 Rxe4 36. Rb6 $18) 30. Kf2 Kf6 31. Rc1 Ke7 (31... Bd7 32. Rb1 Rc2+ 33. Kg3
Bb5 34. Bxb7 Ke7 (34... Ra2 $2 35. Bxa6 $1 $18) 35. Rd1 Ra2 36. Rd5 Bf1 37.
Rxe5+ Kf6 38. Rf5+ Kg6 39. f4 Rxg2+ 40. Kf3 $18) 32. Bxc6 Rxc6 (32... bxc6 33.
Rb1 Kd6 34. Rb7 Rc7 35. Rb6 $18) 33. Rb1 {The rook endgame is extremely
difficult for the defender, as g5 pawn remains very weak.} Rc7 (33... Rc5 34.
Rxb7+ Kf8 35. Kg3 Rxa5 36. Rb2 Rb5 37. Ra2 a5 38. Kg4 $16) 34. Rb6 g4 (34...
Kf8 35. Kg3 Rc5 36. Rxb7 Rxa5 37. Rb2 $18) 35. fxg4 Kf8 36. g5 Rc5 (36... Kf7
37. g6+ Kf8 38. Kf3 $18) 37. g6 Rxa5 (37... Rb5 38. Rxb5 axb5 39. g4 Ke7 40. g5
$18) 38. Rxb7 Ra2+ 39. Kf3 Ra3+ 40. Kg4 Ra2 41. Kf5 Rf2+ (41... Rxg2 42. Rf7+
Kg8 (42... Ke8 43. Rxg7 Rxh2 44. Ra7 Kf8 45. Rxa6 $18) 43. Ra7 Kf8 44. Rxa6
Rxh2 $140 45. Ke6 $1 $18) 42. Kxe5 Rf6 (42... Rxg2 43. Rb6 Rg5+ (43... Rxh2 $2
44. Ke6 $18) 44. Kf4 Rh5 (44... Ra5 45. e5 $18) 45. Rxa6 Rxh2 46. e5 $18) 43.
Rf7+ $1 {Not a difficult decision, but still an excellent move, that transfers
the game into winning pawn endgame for white.} Rxf7 (43... Kg8 44. Rxf6 gxf6+
45. Kxf6 a5 46. e5 $18) 44. gxf7 Kxf7 45. h4 a5 46. h5 a4 47. Kd4 Ke6 48. g4
Kf6 49. Kc3 (49. Kc3 Ke5 50. g5 Ke6 51. Kb4 Ke5 52. h6 gxh6 53. gxh6 Kf6 54.
e5+ Kg6 55. e6 $18) 1-0

[Event "London Classic"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2009.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 {The knight move has the reputation of being a
fighting line, but Black is falling behind in development.} 4. d4 a6 5. Bxd7+
Bxd7 6. dxc5 dxc5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bf4 {Ni Hua is clearly ahead in creating the
play, but Black has no real weaknesses.} (8. Ne5 Ne7 (8... Qc7 9. Qxd7+ (9.
Nxd7 Rd8 (9... O-O-O $5 10. Qf3 Rxd7 11. Bf4 Bd6 $11) 10. Qf3 Rxd7 11. Bf4 Qc6
12. O-O Nf6 13. Rfd1 Be7 14. Rxd7 Nxd7 15. Qg3 O-O 16. Rd1 Rc8 17. Bd6 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Unzicker,W (2535)-Najdorf,M (2520)/Nice 1974 (39)}) 9... Qxd7 10. Nxd7
Kxd7 11. Bf4 Kc6 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. f3 Be7 14. Ne2 Rad8 15. Rxd8 Rxd8 16. Rd1
Nd7 17. b3 h5 18. c3 g5 19. Be3 Rg8 {0-1 Romero Holmes,A (2544)-Bologan,V 
(2673)/Pamplona 2003 (61)}) 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nxg6 fxg6 11. Qe5 Qf6 12. Bf4 Be7 {
1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V (2650)-Bu Xiangzhi (2620)/Moscow 2004}) 8... Ne7 9. Ne5 (
9. Qe2 Ng6 10. Bg3 Be7 11. h4 h5 12. O-O-O b5 13. e5 b4 14. Ne4 Qa5 15. Kb1 Qb5
16. Rd3 c4 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Rxd6 b3 19. Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z (2595)-Lutz,C 
(2596)/Mallorca 2004}) 9... Ng6 {The defender has no time for niceties as
White is ready to strike.} (9... Bb5 $2 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qf3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6
13. Be5 Rg8 14. Rd1 Qg5 15. Bf6 Qh5 16. g4 Qh6 17. g5 (17. Nd5 exd5 18. exd5
Ba4 19. d6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 $18) 17... Qh4 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 $16 {1/2-1/2
Adams,M (2729)-Bu Xiangzhi (2708)/Yerevan 2008 (64)}) 10. Qh5 (10. Bg5 Qc7 11.
Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. Be3 Bd6 14. g3 Kc6 15. O-O-O Rad8 16. Rhe1 b5 17.
Nb1 Bc7 18. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Riff,J (2428)-Cossin,S (2395)/Rosny sous Bois 2004 
(39)}) 10... Bc6 {Carlsen must play well to keep his chances for equality
alive. A good alternative seem to be the queen foray to h4.} (10... Nxe5 11.
Bxe5 Bc6 12. O-O Qa5 13. Rad1 c4 14. Qg5 Qc5 15. Rfe1 f6 16. Bxf6 Qxg5 17. Bxg5
Bb4 18. a3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 h6 20. Bf4 $16 {1-0 Brkic,A (2544)-Feletar,D (2377)/
Sibenik 2009 (52)}) (10... Qh4 $5 11. Qxh4 Nxh4 12. O-O Rd8 13. Nxd7 Rxd7 14.
Be3 $14) 11. Bg3 (11. Nxg6 fxg6 12. Qg4 Qf6) (11. Nxc6 Nxf4 12. Nxd8 Nxh5 13.
Nxb7 Rb8 14. Na5 Rxb2 15. O-O-O Rb8 $14) 11... Nxe5 (11... Be7 12. Nxc6 bxc6
13. f4 Qb8 14. O-O-O Nxf4 15. Qg4 g5 16. h4 $14) 12. Bxe5 c4 13. O-O (13. f4 $5
b5 14. a3 Qd7 15. Rf1 O-O-O 16. Rd1 Qb7 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Rf2 $14) 13... Qa5
14. Qg5 h6 15. Qg3 {White is losing momentum and opts for the second best move.
More challenging for the opponent would have been the retreat to f4.} (15. Qf4
$5 h5 (15... f6 16. Bxf6 (16. Bc7 Qg5 17. Qf3 Bb4 $11) 16... gxf6 17. Qxf6 Rh7
18. Qxe6+ Re7 19. Qg6+ $16) 16. Rad1 f6 17. Bc7 Qg5 $11) 15... f6 16. Qg6+ (16.
Bc7 Qg5 17. Qf3 Bb4 18. Qe2 Kf7 $11) 16... Ke7 17. Bf4 (17. Bd4 Qg5 18. Qxg5
hxg5 19. Rad1 $11) 17... Be8 18. Qg3 Kf7 19. Rad1 Bc6 20. Rd2 e5 $1 {Carlsen
has a very good feel for the position and is ready to fight for the advantage
at the first suitable moment.} (20... Be7 21. Rfd1 Rac8 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6
Rhd8 $11) 21. Be3 Bb4 22. f4 Rhe8 23. f5 Bc5 {Not even the player heading for
the top spot in the rating list has found the courage to play provocative
solution of grabbing the pawn on c3.} (23... Bxc3 $5 24. bxc3 Qxc3 25. Qg6+ Kg8
26. Bxh6 Re7 27. Qg4 Qb2 $15) 24. Rfd1 Rad8 25. Rxd8 Bxe3+ (25... Rxd8 $4 26.
Qg6+ Kg8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Bxc5 $18) 26. Qxe3 Rxd8 27. Rxd8 Qxd8 28. Kf2 Qd6 {
[%mdl 4096] For most mortals the chances would seem fairly even, but Magnus is
envisaging a pawn advance on the queenside.} (28... Qd4 29. Kf3 (29. Qxd4 exd4
30. Ne2 Bxe4 31. Nxd4 Ke7 $15) 29... Qd6 $11) 29. a3 a5 30. Kf3 (30. Ke2 Qd4
31. Kf3 $11) 30... Kg8 (30... b5 31. Qe2 (31. Qa7+ $2 Kg8 32. Qxa5 Qd2 $17)
31... Qd4 32. Qe3 Qd7 33. Ke2 b4 $15) 31. g3 $2 {Ni Hua can not afford waiting
tactics as Black is making progress with his plan.} (31. Ke2 $1 Kf8 (31... b5
32. Qb6 $14) 32. Qb6 Qd4 33. Qxa5 Bxe4 34. Qa8+ Kf7 35. Qc8 $15) 31... b5 $1
32. Ke2 (32. Qb6 $4 Bxe4+ $19) 32... b4 33. axb4 axb4 34. Nd1 {The choice of
retreats for the knight was not exactly encouraging; White probably played the
best move.} (34. Nd5 $2 Bxd5 35. Qd2 c3 36. bxc3 Bc4+ $19) (34. Na2 $5 Bb7 35.
c3 Qa6 36. Nxb4 Qa1 37. Nd5 Qh1 $17) 34... Ba4 (34... Qd4 35. c3 Qxe4 (35...
bxc3 36. Nxc3 Qd6 37. Qd2 $11) 36. Qxe4 Bxe4 37. cxb4 Bxf5 38. b5 Kf7 39. b6
Be4 40. Ne3 Ke6 41. Nxc4 $11) 35. b3 $2 {The opening of the position is
certainly in Black's favour as his bishop is stronger than the knight.} (35.
Qd2 $1 Qd4 36. Qxd4 exd4 37. Kd2 Bb5 38. c3 dxc3+ 39. bxc3 b3 40. Ke3 Be8 41.
Kd4 Bf7 $15) 35... cxb3 36. cxb3 Qa6+ (36... Bb5+ 37. Ke1 Qc6 38. Kd2 Qa8 39.
Qc5 Qa2+ $17) 37. Kd2 Bb5 38. Qc5 Qa2+ 39. Qc2 $6 {The last move before the
time control deserves some criticism, since White will not be able to stop the
pesky enemy pieces.} (39. Kc1 Qe2 (39... Be2 40. Ne3 Kh7 41. Nd5 Qa1+ 42. Kc2
Qd1+ (42... Bd1+ 43. Kd3 Bxb3 44. Qxb4 Qf1+ $17)) 40. Qxb4 Bd3 41. Qd2 Qxe4 42.
g4 Bf1 $17) 39... Qa7 $1 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Kc1 Qa1+ 42. Kc2 Qd4 {The triumph of
Black's strategy, the white position will fall apart.} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.04"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia II"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 a6 (6... e5) 7.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 (7... Nxd7 8. Bg5 f6 $5 9. Be3 e6 10. O-O-O b5 11. h4 Bb7 {Short,
N-Ljubojevic,L/London/1982/0:1/39/} 12. g4 $14 {/\ g5/}) 8. Bg5 h6 $6 (8... e6
$5 9. O-O-O Be7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Qb6 (13... Qc7
14. Bf4 $14) 14. Be3 Qb7 15. Qb3 $14) (8... Qa5 9. O-O Bg4 10. b4 Qd8 11. Nd2
Rc8 12. Nd5 e5 13. Qd3 Be7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nc4 Bg5 16. Nde3 $16 {Milov,
V-Petrosian,A/Podolsk/1990/1:0/31/}) 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 (10. O-O-O Rg8 11.
Nd5 $1 $16 {Hecht,H.J-Browne,W/Malaga/1972/}) 10... Rc8 11. O-O-O $16 Qa5 12.
Nb6 (12. Kb1 Qc5 $5 $14) 12... Rc5 (12... Qxa2 $6 13. Nxc8 Bxc8 14. Qc3 $16)
13. Nxd7 Kxd7 14. Kb1 Rg8 15. Nd2 $1 Qc7 16. Qd3 e6 {/\ Rg2/} 17. g3 f5 (17...
Be7 $5) 18. f4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Rf5 20. c4 Be7 21. Nc3 Qc6 22. Rhe1 {/\ Nd5/} Rc5
23. Qh7 Rf8 24. Qxh6 Rc8 $2 {>< f7/} (24... Rxc4 $142 $16) 25. Qg7 $1 $18 Ke8 (
25... Rf8 26. Ne4 Rxc4 27. Nxd6 $1 Bxd6 28. Qxf8 $18) 26. Qg8+ Bf8 27. Ne4 Rd8
(27... Rxc4 28. Nxd6+ $18) 28. Nf6+ $1 (28. Nxc5 $18) 28... Ke7 29. Nd5+ Kd7
30. Qxf7+ Kc8 31. Qxe6+ Kb8 32. b3 b5 33. Qf6 Rc8 34. Ne7 Bxe7 35. Rxe7 Rd8 36.
Re6 Kc7 37. Qxd8+ $1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia II"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 e5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
b5 9. Bc2 O-O 10. dxe5 (10. Nbd2 Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Nf1 Bf8 (
13... h6 $5 {Ivkov/}) 14. Bg5 Bb7 15. Rd2 Bc6 16. Rad1 h6 17. Bh4 Nh5 $10 {
Siaperas-Tatai,S/Siegen(ol)/1970/1:0/41/}) (10. Rd1 Qc7 11. d5 Nb6 (11... c4
12. b4 $13 (12. Nbd2 Nc5 13. b4 cxb3 14. axb3 Bg4 $13)) 12. Nbd2 Nh5 13. Nf1 g6
14. Bh6 Re8 15. g3 Bd7 16. Ne3 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Nh4 Rae8 $10 {Ciocaltea,
V-Ftacnik,L/Baile Herculane/1982/0,5/59/}) (10. a4 Bb7 $1 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. dxe5
dxe5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Rxa8 15. Na3 (15. Qxb5 $2 Ba6 16. Qb3 $8 (16. Qa4
$2 Nb6 $19) 16... c4 17. Qa2 $8 (17. Qa4 $2 Bb7 18. Qb5 Ra5 $19) 17... Bb7 18.
Na3 Bxa3 19. bxa3 Bxe4 $15) 15... b4 16. Nc4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Ra1 18. Re1 h6 19.
Bd2 $10 {Ambroz,J-Ftacnik,L/CSR(ch)/1982/0,5/19/}) 10... dxe5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12.
a4 Rb8 $2 (12... Bb7 $1 $10 {-10.a4/}) 13. axb5 axb5 14. b3 $14 {<->a/} Ne8 $6
15. Nbd2 Nd6 16. Nf1 Bb7 17. Ne3 $1 {/\ Nd5/} Nxe4 (17... Bxe4 $2 18. Bxe4 Nxe4
19. Nd5 $18) 18. Ra7 $1 Nef6 (18... Nxc3 $2 19. Qd3 e4 20. Qxd7 Qxd7 21. Rxd7
$18) 19. Nf5 $6 (19. Qxb5 $5 Bxf3 $6 (19... e4 20. Nh4 $16) 20. Rxc7 Rxb5 21.
gxf3 $16) 19... Bxf3 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. Rxc7 Bxe2 22. Re1 (22. Rcxd7 $2 Nxd7 23.
Rxd7 Ra8 $17 {/\ Ra1/}) 22... Bg4 23. h3 Be6 24. Nc6 Ra8 25. Ra7 (25. Nxe5 $6
Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Ra2 $36) 25... Rxa7 26. Nxa7 c4 $6 (26... Rb8 $5 27. Nc6 Ra8 28.
Nxe5 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Ra2 30. Bd3 Ra1 31. Re1 Bxb3 32. Bxb5 $14) (26... b4 27. c4
$44) 27. b4 Nd5 28. Bd2 Ra8 (28... Rb8 $5 29. Ra1 $44 {/\ Ra5/} (29. Nc6 $6 Ra8
30. Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 31. Rxe5 Ra2 $19)) 29. Nxb5 Ra2 30. Rc1 N7b6 31. Nd6 {/\
Ne4-c5/} f6 32. Kf1 Kg8 33. Ke1 Bd7 34. Ne4 Ba4 35. Bb1 Rb2 36. Nc5 Be8 37. g3
Bg6 $2 (37... Ne7 $14) 38. Bxg6 hxg6 39. Ra1 $1 $18 {>< Rb2/} g5 40. Kd1 Nxc3+
41. Bxc3 Rxf2 42. Ne4 Rh2 43. Ra5 Kh7 (43... Rxh3 $5 $18) 44. Be1 Rb2 (44...
Rxh3 45. Bf2 $18) 45. Bd2 Kg6 46. g4 $1 Rb3 47. Bc3 Rb1+ 48. Ke2 Rh1 49. Be1
Rxh3 50. Bf2 Rb3 $6 (50... Nd7 51. Ra7 $18) 51. Bxb6 Rxb4 52. Be3 c3 53. Kd3
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Oratovsky, Michael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.01.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Petah-Tikva Elitzur"]
[BlackTeam "Zemun Agrouniverzal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg4
$5 8. Qd3 (8. Nc3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Bf4 Rc6 12. Rd3 f6 {~} (12...
f6 13. Qb4 Qb6 14. Qa4 Kf7 15. Rad1 g5 16. Be3 Qxb2 17. Rb1 b5 18. Rxb2 bxa4
19. Nxa4 Ne7 20. Rb6 Rxc2 21. Rdxd6 Nc8 {Jansa-Shabalov,91})) (8. Nbd2 Nf6 9.
h3 Bh5 (9... e5 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Ng5 Nh5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. Nf3 h6
15. c4 g6 16. c5 {Komliakov-Lepeshkin,,Moscow,89}) 10. b3 e6 11. Bb2 Be7 12. c4
O-O 13. Qe3 b5 14. Nd4 Qb6 15. Nf5 {+/- Kapengut-Doroshkievich,71,USSR}) 8...
Nf6 9. c4 {N} (9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qc7 11. Nc3 e6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Bf4 Qc6 14.
Qe2 b5 15. Rad1 b4 16. Nb1 d5 17. Be5 dxe4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxe4 Qxe4 20. Rxe4
a5 {=+ Lonborg-Stefansson,98}) 9... Rc8 10. b3 g6 11. Nc3 Bg7 (11... Bxf3 12.
Qxf3 Nd7 13. e5 $5) 12. Nd4 O-O 13. f3 Bd7 14. Be3 Qa5 15. a4 e6 16. Nde2 (16.
Rac1 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Be8 $132 (17... Bc6 18. Rb1)) 16... d5 $5 17. cxd5 exd5 18.
Bd4 $6 (18. e5 Bf5 19. Qd1 (19. Qd2 Nd7 20. Nxd5 Qxd2 21. Bxd2 Rfe8) 19... Nd7
20. Nxd5 Rfe8 21. b4 Qd8 22. f4 f6 {~}) (18. exd5 Bf5 19. Qd2 Qb4 (19... Rfd8
20. Rad1 Be6 21. Bg5 Rd7 (21... Qb6+ 22. Qd4 Qxd4+ 23. Nxd4 Bxd5 (23... Nxd5
24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Bxd8) 24. Nf5 Rxc3 25. Ne7+ Kf8 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Nxd5 Rc6
28. Nxf6 Rxd1 29. Nxh7+ Kg7 30. Rxd1 Kxh7 31. Rd7 {+-}) 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Qf4 (
23. Ne4 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Bg7) 23... Qb6+ 24. Kh1 {+/-}) 20. g4 (20. Rac1 Qxb3 21.
Nd4 Qb4 22. Nxf5 gxf5 {~}) 20... Nxg4 21. fxg4 Qxg4+ 22. Kf2 Qh4+ {=}) 18...
Be6 (18... dxe4 19. fxe4 Ng4 20. Nd5 {+=} (20. Bxg7 Qc7 21. Rf4 Kxg7 22. Qd4+
Ne5)) 19. e5 $6 (19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Nd4 {=}) 19...
Nd7 20. Qe3 (20. f4 Nc5 {=+} (20... f6 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Ng3)) 20... Rfe8 21.
f4 f6 22. exf6 (22. b4 Qxb4 23. Rfb1 Qc4) 22... Nxf6 23. Qg3 Bf5 24. Rac1 (24.
Rad1 Ng4 $5 {=+}) 24... Ng4 25. Bxg7 $2 (25. h3 Bxd4+ 26. Nxd4 Ne3 (26... Re3
27. Qh4 (27. Rf3 Rcxc3) 27... Rexc3 28. Rxc3 Qxc3 29. Nxf5 {=}) 27. Nxf5 (27.
Rfe1 Qb6 {-+} (27... Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Qxc3 29. Nxf5 d4 {-/+})) 27... Nxf5 28. Qd3
{=+}) 25... Kxg7 26. h3 Qb6+ 27. Kh1 Ne3 {-+} 28. Rfe1 d4 29. a5 Qd8 30. Na4 (
30. Ng1 Qxa5) 30... Nc2 31. Nb6 (31. Rxc2 Bxc2 (31... Rxc2 32. Nxd4 $1 Qxd4 33.
Rxe8 Bxh3)) 31... Nxe1 32. Nxc8 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Vidmar Memorial 14th"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "2001.07.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mohr, Georg"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.07.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8192]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5
7. Qd3 h6 8. Be3 Be7 9. O-O (9. Bc4) (9. a4) 9... a6 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bb3 $146 (
11. Bd5 Rb8 12. Ba7 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Rb7 14. Nxe7 Qxe7 15. Be3 Nf6 16. Nd2 O-O 17.
Nb3 Be6 18. Na5 Rc7 19. Bd2 d5 20. exd5 Bxd5 {0-1 Ye Jiangchuan-Fedorov,A/
Belfort FRA 1999 (34)}) 11... Bb7 (11... Nc5 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. Qxd8+ Bxd8 14.
Bd5 $1 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 f6 16. c4 $13) 12. Nd5 (12. Nh4 $6 b4 13. Qc4 d5 14. Nxd5
Nxd5 15. exd5 Rc8 (15... Bxh4 16. Qxb4 Rb8 17. Ba7 $13) 16. Qe4 Bxh4 17. Qxb4
Ba8 $17) (12. a3 Rc8) 12... Bxd5 (12... Nc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.
Bd5 c4 16. Qa3) (12... Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Qc7 14. c4 Nf6 15. Rac1) 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14.
Qxd5 O-O $11 (14... Rc8 15. Qb7) 15. Qd3 (15. c4 Nf6 16. Qd3 bxc4 17. Qxc4 Qc8
$15) 15... Qc7 16. Nd2 Rac8 (16... Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Qb7 18. c4 Rc6 19. Rc3 Rac8
20. Rac1) 17. Rfc1 (17. Rac1 $142) 17... Nc5 (17... Qb7 18. c4 Rc6 19. Rc3) 18.
Bxc5 (18. Qd5 $5) 18... Qxc5 (18... dxc5 19. Nf3 c4 20. Qe2 $11) 19. c4 (19. c3
d5 $1 (19... Rfd8 20. Rd1) 20. exd5 Rfd8 21. c4 Bg5 22. Ne4 bxc4 23. Qg3 Qd4
$15) (19. Nf1 Bg5 $15) 19... Bg5 20. b3 (20. Rc3 Bxd2 (20... Qb4 21. b3 Bxd2
22. Qxd2 bxc4 23. a3 $11) 21. Qxd2 bxc4 22. Rac1 $11) 20... d5 $5 (20... Rfd8
$142 $5 21. Rd1 $140 (21. Rc3 $5) 21... Bxd2 22. Rxd2 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qxc4 24.
bxc4 Rxc4 25. f3 d5 26. exd5 Rd4 $17) 21. exd5 f5 22. Rd1 (22. cxb5 $5 Qxc1+
23. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 24. Nf1 e4 25. Qe2 axb5 26. Qxb5 Rfc8 27. g3 Ra1 $44) 22... e4
23. Qe2 Rce8 (23... b4 24. Nf1 Rce8 25. d6 $16) 24. a3 (24. Nf1 f4 $13) (24.
Rac1 e3 25. fxe3 Bxe3+ 26. Kh1 $13) 24... e3 25. Nf1 (25. fxe3 $2 Bxe3+ 26. Kh1
Bd4 $17) 25... bxc4 26. bxc4 (26. b4 exf2+ 27. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 $15) 26...
exf2+ (26... f4 27. d6) 27. Qxf2 Qxc4 28. Ra2 Bd8 29. d6 $2 $138 (29. Qc2 $1
$11) 29... Bb6 30. Qxb6 Qxa2 31. Qxa6 f4 $6 32. Nd2 Qd5 33. Qc4 Rf5 34. Qc2 (
34. Rc1 $142) 34... Re2 0-1

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{One may think there was not much to play for, for me, as I was on minus 1
before this round (in fact earlier on in the tournament my situation was even
worse) and there seemed to be little reasons for enthusiasm. Nonetheless, one
way or the other, I was looking forward to an interesting tense game. Man
könnte denken, dass es für mich um nicht allzu viel ging, da ich vor dieser
Runde bei minus 1 lag (wobei meine Situation vorher im Turnier sogar noch
schlechter war). Doch nichtsdestoweniger freute ich mich auf eine interessante
spannungsvolle Partie.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 {At this point in time Ian seemed
to at all cost avoid playing the Najdorf, which used to always be his main
weapon as Black. In Wijk aan Zee earlier this year he even played the Modern
Defence against me, which ended in a disaster for me. I thought it would be
funny to finally hunt him down and force him to actually play the Najdorf, if
even from the white side. Zu gegenwärtigen Zeitpunkt scheint Ian es um jeden
Preis zu vermeiden, Najdorf zu spielen, was früher immer seine Hauptwaffe mit
Schwarz gewesen war. Zu Jahresbeginn in Wijk aan Zee spielte er gegen mich
sogar die Moderne Verteidigung, was für mich in einem Desaster endete. Ich
dachte, es wäre lustig, ihn endlich zu stellen und zu einem Najdorf zu
zwingen, und sei es von der weißen Seite.} 3. Bb5+ {And still Ian doesn't
really enter the Najdorf. What he didn't know was that I consider 2...d6 3.
Bb5+ to be a Najdorf already, so I was satisfied at this point nonetheless.
Und dennoch lässt sich Ian nicht wirklich auf Najdorf ein. Was er nicht
wusste war, dass ich 2...d6 3.Lb5+ bereits als Najdorf betrachte, daher war
ich an diesem Punkt trotzdem zufrieden.} Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Bd3 {A relatively
fresh trend, introduced into Grandmaster practice by Pavel Eljanov and picked
up by Levon Aronian. Previously White would only drop the bishop to d3(or a4)
only after Black would chase it with a7-a6. This move order, however, has a
point, in that Black is now no longer in time to erect the a6-b5-c4 chain and
to stop White from getting the beautiful e4-d4 pawn center. However, when
studying this line a couple of years ago together with my computer, we
realized that it is also possible for Black to use the tempo he saved on not
having gone a7-a6 and go b7-b5 immediately (which I did on move 8). Ein
relativ frischer Trend, von Pavel Eljanov in die Großmeisterpraxis
eingeführt und von Levon Aronian aufgegriffen. Bislang pflegte Weiß den
Läufer erst nach d3 (oder a4) zurückziehen, nachdem Schwarz ihn mit a7-a6
vertrieben hatte. Die Pointe dieser Zugfolge ist hingegen, dass Schwarz nicht
mehr rechtzeitig dazu kommt, die Bauernkette a6-b5-c4 zu errichten und Weiß
daran zu hindern, das schöne e4-d4 Bauernzentrum zu bekommen. Doch als ich
diese Variante vor ein paar Jahren zusammen mit meinem Computer studierte,
begriffen wir, dass es für Schwarz wiederum möglich ist, das durch das
Unterlassen von a7-a6 gesparte Tempo zu nutzen und sofort b7-b5 zu spielen 
(was ich im 8. Zug tat).} g6 {Ian himself, by the way, likes (or at least used
to like) this g6-setup in the Bb5+ Nd7 line, he even played it in worse
versions. Ian selbst übrigens mag (oder mochte zumindest) diesen g6-Aufbau in
der Lb5+ Sd7 Variante, er spielte ihn sogar in schlechteren Versionen.} 6. Bc2
Bg7 7. d4 O-O 8. O-O b5 $5 9. e5 {Principled, as Black's 8...b5 feels somewhat
premature, to strike in the center. The computer at first really appreciates
this move, but it turns out that is only the case because it calculates an
insanely long line and estimates the final position there entirely wrongly.
Curiously, that long and wrong variation happened in our game. Prinzipiell, da
sich das schwarze 8...b5 ein wenig verfrüht anfühlt, im Zentrum
loszuschlagen. Der Computer findet diesen Zug anfangs richtig gut, aber es
stellt sich heraus, dass dies nur daran liegt, weil er eine irrsinnig lange
Variante berechnet und die Schlussstellung dort komplett falsch bewertet.
Kurioserweise kam diese lange und falsche Variante in unserer Partie aufs
Brett.} Ne8 $1 10. e6 fxe6 11. Ng5 Nc7 $1 12. dxc5 Nxc5 $1 {Black keeps
playing in the most ambitious way. Both knights abandon the kingside, but on
the other hand I now have a healthy juicy extra pawn. Knowing that the
computer didn't show this, my opponent decided that there must be a reason for
it and went for the most critical looking line, even though it just doesn't
work. Schwarz spielt weiter höchst ehrzeizig. Beide Springer verlassen den
Königsflügel, aber andererseits habe ich jetzt einen gesunden saftigen
Mehrbauern. Wissend, dass der Computer dies nicht zeigte, entschied mein
Gegner, dass es einen Grund dafür geben müsse und wählte die am
kritischsten aussehende Variante, obwohl sie einfach nicht funktioniert.} 13.
Nxh7 $2 (13. Qg4 {is burning a little less bridges. Black has many ways to get
a very fine, complicated position here, but given that the move in the game
leads to an outright lost position, this really had to be played. I was
chosing here between bricht nicht ganz so viele Brücken hinter sich ab.
Schwarz hat hier viele Wege, eine sehr schöne, komplizierte Position zu
bekommen, aber da der Zug in der Partie zu einer glatten Verluststellung
führt, musste dies unbedingt gespielt werden. Ich schwankte danach zwischen}
e5 14. Qh4 h6 15. Bxg6 Bf5 {and the immediate 13...h6 which is more ambitious
and was more to my liking. White is likely to regain the pawn and then once he
finishes his development he may get his chances. und dem sofortigen 13...h6,
was ehrgeiziger ist und mir mehr zusagte. Weiß wird wahrscheinlich den Bauern
zurückerobern und dann, wenn er einmal seine Entwicklung abgeschlossen hat,
bekommt er vielleicht seine Chancen.}) (13. b4 {only helps Black, as the
knight returns to the defence - hilft nur Schwarz, da der Springer zur
Verteidigung zurückkehrt -} Nd7 $1) 13... Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Bxg6 (15. Qxg6
Rf6 {- here there is no follow up either. Black is always happy to give up an
exchange, if he is to coordinate his pieces and diffuse White's temporary
kingside initiative. - hier geht es ebenfalls nicht weiter. Schwarz gibt immer
gerne eine Qualität, wenn er damit seine Figuren koordinieren und die
zeitweilige Initiative von Weiß am Königsflügel zerstreuen kann.}) 15... Rf6
{Only moves are easy to make. Einzige Züge spielen sich leicht.} 16. Qh7+ Kf8
17. Bh6 Rxg6 {Only moves are really easy to make... Einzige Züge spielen sich
leicht...} 18. Qxg6 ({From afar, a weak computer is heading in this direction,
thinking White will be up a queen for just 2 minor pieces, but upon closer
examination White is just dead lost here. Aus weiter Ferne strebt ein
schwacher Computer in diese Richtung, in der Annahme, dass der Anziehende die
Dame für nur zwei Leichtfiguren erobert, aber bei genauerer Prüfung steht
Weiß hier einfach komplett auf Verlust.} 18. Qh8+ Kf7 19. Qxd8 Rxg2+ 20. Kh1
Rg6 21. Qxc7 Bxh6 {followed by ...Bb7 and bringing the other rook into attack,
when some sort of a mate is unstoppable. One way is ...Rh8/...Bf4, another is .
..Rag8/....Nd3, basically white king is helpless. nebst ...Lb7 und Einschalten
des anderen Turms in den Angriff, wonach irgendeine Art von Matt unvermeidlich
ist. Ein Weg wäre ...Th8/...Lf4, ein anderer ...Tag8/....Sd3, der weiße
König ist im Grunde hilflos.}) 18... Bxh6 19. Qxh6+ Ke8 {Again, only move.
There was quite a funny moment here - my opponent seemed surprised to see this
move and made a very confused face. My advice to aspiring players: body
language can be a powerful weapon, but for the full effect it has to come
along with the position on the board. Here, the position on the board is
winning for Black, as the king will sit safe on d7 and Black's 2 pieces are
worth much more than the rook and a pawn. One of White's many problems is that
his passed pawns are in front of his king, so pushing them forward is not
really an option. Wieder der einzige Zug. Hier gab es einen ziemlich witzigen
Moment - mein Gegner schien überrascht, diesen Zug zu sehen, und machte ein
ziemlich verwirrtes Gesicht. Mein Ratschlag an aufstrebende Spieler:
Körpersprache kann eine kraftvolle Waffe sein, aber um die volle Wirkung zu
erzielen, muss sie mit der Stellung auf dem Brett einhergehen. Hier ist die
Stellung auf dem Brett gewonnen für Schwarz, denn der König wird auf d7
sicher stehen, und die zwei schwarzen Leichtfiguren sind wesentlich wertvoller
als Turm + Bauer. Eines der vielen Probleme für Weiß ist, dass seine
Freibauern vor dem eigenen König stehen, sodass es nicht wirklich in Frage
kommt, sie vorzustoßen.} 20. b4 Na4 21. Na3 $5 {A creative way to get the
knight into the game, but it doesn't change the assessment of the position
very much. Ein kreativer Weg, den Springer ins Spiel zu bringen, aber an der
Einschätzung der Stellung ändert es nicht viel.} Kd7 (21... Nxc3 22. Qh8+ {
is a nice double attack. ist ein schöner Doppelangriff.}) 22. c4 bxc4 23. Nxc4
Ba6 24. Rac1 Nb6 {I also considered 24...Qh8 and then try to send a knight to
c3 via d5 or b5, but finally decided on the simple solution. Trading off
White's last light piece is efficient. Ich erwog auch 24...Dh8, um
anschließend zu versuchen, einen Springer über d5 oder b5 nach c3 zu
schicken, entschied mich aber letztlich für die einfache Lösung. der
Abtausch der letzten weißen Leichtfigur ist effizient.} 25. Nxb6+ axb6 26.
Rfe1 Bb7 {A small gamble. I felt objectively I should have played 26...Qg8,
but as 27.Rxc7+ is clearly losing anyway, I decided to allow it. Ein kleines
Risiko. Ich fühlte, dass ich objektiv hätte 26...Dg8 spielen sollen, aber da
27.Txc7+ auf jeden Fall klar verliert, beschloss ich, es zuzulassen.} 27. Qe3 {
27.Rxc7+ was the last chance to keep the game going. Now once I stabilize, the
position improves itself very swiftly. 27.Txc7+ war die letzte Chance, die
Partie in Gang zu halten. Jetzt, nachdem ich mich erst einmal stabilisiere,
verbessert sich die Stellung sehr schnell von selbst.} (27. Rxc7+ Kxc7 28. Qxe6
{This is clearly not the fun kind of piece sacrifice, but there can be some
miracles once the queens come off and if Black gets careless allowing White to
push his kingside pawns. Dies ist natürlich nicht die Art von Figurenopfer,
die Spaß macht, aber es kann ein paar Wunder geben, falls die Damen vom Brett
verschwinden und Schwarz so unvorsichtig ist, Weiß das Vorstoßen seiner
Königsflügelbauern zu erlauben.} Qd7 $5 29. Qxe7 Rg8 $5 {is one decent way
of killing White's hope, when after ist eine gute Methode, die Hoffnung von
Weiß zu zerstören, worauf nach} 30. g3 {it's clear the dreams of pushing the
kingside are not going to become a reality. The way to push the pawns would be
h4-f3-h5 when Black is unable to blockade the pawns by his bishop, but here he
wasn't in time as f3 would be met with ...Bxf3. klar ist, dass die Träume,
den Königsflügel vorzustoßen, nicht Wirklichkeit werden. Die richtige
Vorgehensweise wäre h4-f3-h5, wonach Schwarz die Bauern nicht mit seinem
Läufer blockieren könnte, aber hier wird daraus nichts, da f3 mit ...Lxf3
beantwortet würde.} Bc6) 27... b5 28. a3 Bd5 {Blocking the c-file with
Bd5-Bc4 is nicely depressing. White is really helpless. Das Blockieren der
c-Linie mit Ld5-Lc4 ist schön deprimierend. Weiß ist wirklich hilflos.} 29.
Rc3 Qg8 30. Qh3 Qg7 {The queen joins in nicely via this diagonal. Die Dame
greift schön über diese Diagonale ins Geschehen ein.} 31. Rec1 Bc4 32. Re1
Qd4 {Centralization is always good. Zentralisierung ist immer gut.} 33. Rf3 Qd2
{On top of having a lost position in general, White now also gets one of his
rooks trapped. Nicht nur, dass Weiß generell eine verlorene Stellung hat,
jetzt wird auch noch einer seiner Türme gefangen.} 34. Rb1 Nd5 35. Qg3 Be2 36.
Rfb3 Bd1 {This move was easy to find, once it was all over the news after
Levon didn't finish off his masterpiece against Mamedyarov (check that one out,
a brilliant game, no kidding!). Dieser Zug war leicht zu finden, nachdem es
zuvor die Runde gemacht hatte, dass Levon sein Meisterwerk gegen Mamedyarov
nicht vollenden konnte (unbedingt anschauen, eine brillante Partie, im Ernst!).
} 0-1

[Event "Lido Estensi op 3rd"]
[Site "Lido Estensi"]
[Date "2002.06.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2002.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3
e6 9. Nbd2 Bh5 10. h3 d5 11. exd5 Qxd5 (11... Nxd5 $142 12. Nc4 $14) 12. g4 Bg6
13. Nc4 Qd8 14. Nfe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bd6 16. Bg2 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Nd7 18. Re1 Qc8
19. Qf3 (19. f4 O-O 20. Qf3 Nf6 21. Qxb7 (21. f5 exf5 22. g5 Nh5 23. Qxb7 $14)
21... Qxb7 22. Bxb7 Ra7 23. Be4 $14) 19... Ra7 20. d4 (20. Bf4 O-O 21. d4 (21.
Bd6 Rd8 (21... Re8 22. a4) 22. d4) (21. Qg3 $5) 21... Re8 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23.
Rad1 b6 24. b4 Na4 25. Rd2 f6 26. Qc6 e5 27. Be3 Nxc3 28. Bxb6 $16) 20... O-O
21. Be3 b6 22. Rad1 (22. dxc5 $14) 22... Nf6 (22... c4 $142 $5 23. g5 $5 $14)
23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Qf4 $16 Rc7 (24... Rd7 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Rd1 $16) 25. Qc4 h5
26. gxh5 Bxh5 27. Rd6 a5 28. Ra6 Nd7 29. Bf4 Rb7 $5 (29... e5 30. Bg3 $18) 30.
Rc6 (30. Bxb7) 30... Qd8 31. b3 $1 $18 (31. Rxc5 Nxc5 32. Qxc5 Rxb2 33. Qxh5
Qf6 $16) 31... Rb6 32. Bc7 Qg5 33. Rxb6 Bf3 34. Qf1 Rc8 35. Rd6 (35. Ra6 $142
Rxc7 36. Re3 $18) 35... Rxc7 36. Re3 Bb7 37. Rg3 Qe7 38. Qd3 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 g6
40. Qd1 $6 $138 (40. Ra6 $1 Nf6 41. Ra8+ (41. Qd6 Qxd6 42. Rxd6 Ne4 43. Rd8+)
41... Kg7 42. Qd8 $18) 40... Kg7 $44 41. Ra6 Nf6 42. Rxa5 Rd7 43. Qe1 Rd5 44.
c4 Rf5 45. b4 Qb7+ 46. f3 cxb4 (46... Nh5 47. Qc3+ Kh7 (47... f6 48. Qa3) (
47... Kg8 48. Rxc5) 48. Rxc5 Nxg3 49. Kxg3 Rxc5 50. bxc5 Qc7+ 51. Kg2 Qxc5 52.
a4 Qg5+ 53. Kf1 Qg3 54. a5 Qxh3+ 55. Ke2 $18) 47. Rxf5 exf5 48. Qe5 $5 (48. Qd2
) (48. c5) 48... Qa6 49. c5 $1 Qxa2+ 50. Kg1 b3 (50... Qb3 51. Qd4 f4 52. Rg4
Qxf3 53. Rxf4 Qg3+ 54. Kf1 Qxh3+ 55. Kf2 Qh2+ 56. Ke1 Qg3+ 57. Kd2 Qg2+ 58. Kd3
Qc6 59. Rxf6 $18) 51. Rg2 Qb1+ 52. Kh2 $18 Qc1 53. Qd4 Qe1 54. Rb2 Qc1 55. h4
f4 56. Qe5 $1 Qf1 57. Qc3 $1 Qb5 58. h5 (58. c6 Qh5 59. c7 Qxh4+ 60. Kg1 Qg3+
61. Rg2 b2 62. Qb4 (62. Qxb2 $2 Qe1+ 63. Kh2 Qh4+) 62... Qxf3 63. c8=Q Qd1+ 64.
Kh2 Qh5+ (64... b1=Q 65. Qbf8+ Kh7 66. Qh8#) 65. Qh3 $18) 58... Qc6 59. Rd2 (
59. Rxb3 $18) (59. hxg6 fxg6 60. Rxb3 $18) 59... Kh6 60. hxg6 fxg6 61. Kg2 (61.
Rd6 Qe8) 61... Nh7 62. Qe5 Qa4 63. Qd4 Qe8 64. Qxf4+ Kg7 $138 1/2-1/2

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Yudasin} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 h6 $5 6. Nc3 (6. c4
$5) 6... Ngf6 7. O-O (7. Be3 $5 {Yudasin}) 7... e5 8. Qd3 a6 $1 9. Bxd7+ (9.
Bc4 Nc5) 9... Bxd7 10. Nd2 b5 11. a3 Be6 12. Re1 Qa5 $6 13. b3 Rd8 $2 (13...
Rc8 $142) (13... b4 $2 14. Nc4) 14. Bb2 Be7 (14... d5 $6 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Rxe5
Nxc3 17. Bxc3 $16) 15. Nf1 O-O 16. Ne3 Qc7 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Re2 Qc5 $6 19. a4
$1 b4 20. Ncd5 Nxd5 (20... Bxd5 21. exd5 $16) 21. exd5 Bd7 22. Qxa6 f5 23. Nc4
f4 24. Ree1 $6 (24. Nb6 $142 $1 {Yudasin} Bg4 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Rdd2 Bxe2 27.
Qxe2 $18) 24... Bf5 25. Rd2 f3 26. Bd4 $2 exd4 $2 (26... Qxd5 27. Bxe5 $2 (27.
Nb6 Qc6 28. Qc4+ $13) 27... Qe6 28. Nxd6 $2 (28. Rxd6 $17) 28... Rc5 $1 $19 29.
Nxf5 Qxa6 30. Nxe7+ Kh7) 27. Rxe7 d3 $2 28. cxd3 Qd4 29. Rd1 $1 fxg2 30. Qa7
Qf6 31. Qe3 Bg4 32. Re1 Bf3 33. Nb6 Rcd8 34. a5 Qh4 35. a6 Kh7 36. a7 Rf5 37.
Re4 Bxe4 38. dxe4 Rff8 39. Ra1 Qf6 40. e5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "SHSM Legacy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 (7...
e6 {is perhaps a more solid way to play, as Black doesn't have to worry about
this awkward e5! thrust that occurs in the game.} 8. d4 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1
O-O 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. Be3 Rc7 16. Bd3 e5
$1 {grabbing some squares} 17. d5 Nc5 18. Bc2 b4 {Carlsen,M (2876)-Giri,A 
(2773) Stavanger 2015, and Black had a perfectly playable Ruy Lopez type
position.}) 8. d4 (8. O-O e5 {again, Black aims for a Ruy Lopez setup.} 9. d4
Be7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. d5 c4 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Nf1 Nc5 14. Ng3 Bc8 15. h3 {
Guseinov,G (2634)-Khismatullin,D (2651) Berlin 2015, with a playable position
for both sides and a tense middlegame in store.}) 8... g6 (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 g6
10. O-O Bg7 11. a3 O-O 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 15. Rfd1 Bg7 {
Maze,S (2582)-Dominguez Perez,L (2732) Berlin 2015, was again fine for Black.})
9. a4 (9. Nbd2 {didn't seem a completely sound setup after Black's smart reply;
} cxd4 10. cxd4 Rc8 $1 11. Bb3 ({after} 11. Bd3 e5 12. d5 Nc5 {is annoying as
you have to waste more time with the bishop} 13. Bc2) 11... Bg7 12. e5 $5 {
possibly premature} dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. e6 fxe6 15. Ng5 $2 Nc5 $1 (15... Nf4
$1 {is also strong}) 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Qxe6 Rf8 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qh3 Qd7 20.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 {Ivkina,O (2294)-Zizlova,S (2149) Taganrog 2011, with a large
advantage for Black in the ending.}) 9... Bg7 10. e5 $1 $36 {Of course normal
play was perfectly ok but Grischuk has rightly judged that this disruptive
advance causes Black problems.  This is why I prefer setups with ...e6 or ...
e5 earlier for Black, you don't have to worry about these e6 thrusts ruining
your pawn structure.} dxe5 11. dxe5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 (12. Qxf3 {isn't completely
stupid but it's hard to see much compensation for the pawn after} Nxe5 13. Qe2
{and now Black has several good ways to play, for example} Qd5 $1 (13... Ned7
$5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. O-O {also seems unconvincing for White after
} Qc6 17. Re1 e6 18. Na3 c4 $1 (18... b4 $1)) 14. O-O b4 15. Rd1 Qe6 16. f4
Ned7 17. Qxe6 fxe6 18. Bb3 Kf7 19. Nd2 bxc3 20. bxc3 Rhd8 $15) 12... Nd5 (12...
Nh5 13. f4 O-O 14. Be4 {also posed problems for Black after} Rb8 15. axb5 axb5
16. Bf3 $1 c4 (16... e6 17. Bxh5 gxh5 18. Qxh5 {looks horrible with Rg1 coming}
) 17. Be3 Nc5 18. Bxc5 Nxf4 19. Qe3 Nd3+ 20. Kf1 Bxe5 21. Ra7 {Volokitin,A 
(2627)-Cheparinov,I (2684) Doha 2014, and White went on to convert his
advantage.}) 13. e6 $1 fxe6 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Qxb5 {Despite the
computer at this point preferring Black, I believe that at this point White
has a large advantage, at least in practical play. (although it doesn't turn
out that way)  Also although White's advantage in pawn structure is rather
negated by his own shredded kingside, the queenside pawns on b2 and c3
outweigh the weakling on c5.} Nc7 (16... N5b6 $5 17. Be4 $1 (17. Nd2 O-O 18.
O-O Qd5 19. Bb3 c4 $1 (19... Qf5 $6 {leads to problems;} 20. Qc6 $1 c4 21. Nxc4
$14) 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Ne5 $1) 17... Qc8 18. O-O (18. Nd2 O-O 19. O-O Bh6
$1 (19... Qc7 20. Nc4 Nd5 {also doesn't seem to give much for White}) 20. Nc4
Bxc1 21. Nxb6 Nxb6 22. Rxc1 Nd5 {should be fine for Black as the knight heads
for f4.}) 18... O-O 19. Rd1 Nd5) 17. Qa4 $1 {The most testing. It's important
to maintain the pin on the knight to maximise the disruption to Black's
development.} (17. Qe2 $6 O-O 18. Be4 Qa4 19. O-O Ne5 20. Nd2 Nd5 21. Qd1 Qe8 (
21... Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Nf4 {is also good}) 22. Qb3 Qf7 {looks good for Black -
the knights are excellently placed in the centre.}) 17... Qxf3 18. Be4 Qh5 19.
Bf4 $6 {Not so bad in itself, but missing a good opportunity.} (19. Qc6 $1 Qe5
20. Nd2 Qd6 21. Nc4 Qxc6 22. Bxc6 $16 {looks a highly unpleasant ending for
Black - White retains the initiative in the ending.}) 19... Nd5 20. Bg3 N5b6
21. Qc6 e5 22. Qe6 Rf8 23. Na3 Rf6 24. Qg8+ Bf8 25. Qb3 $2 {After this White
loses the initiative. The queen was doing a decent job on g8 of tieing up
Black's pieces, so this loss of time was unnecessary.} (25. Bg2 $1 {was best,
preparing to castle. Simple is always good!} Rd6 26. O-O Nf6 $2 (26... Rd1 27.
Nb5 {is very dangerous} Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Qf5 29. Nc7+ Kd8 30. Ne6+ Ke8 $2 (30...
Kc8 $16) 31. Ng7+) (26... Qe2 $1 {is probably the best but after} 27. Rb1 {
it's still very much game on} Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 29. Bf1 Nf6 30. Qe6 $14) 27.
Qb3 {this seems a vast improvement, as Black has had to lose time to expell
the queen, and now has to deal with threats like Nb5, etc.} Bh6 28. Nb5 Rd8 29.
Bc6+ Kf8 30. Nc7 $18) ({The immediate} 25. O-O $6 {was inaccurate because of}
Qe2 $1 {although even here I prefer White's practical chances to what occurred
in the game - with the queens on at least he has "punting" chances} 26. Bg2
Qxb2 27. Nc4 Qxc3 28. Nxb6 Rxb6 29. Bd5 {which objectively might be good for
Black but over board just looks a real mess.} (29. Qxh7 $5)) 25... Qg4 26. Qc2
{Not a move you'd especially want to play either, as White is going backwards
when he really should be attacking, but alternatives are thin on the ground,
for example} (26. f3 $2 Rxf3 $1 27. Bxf3 Qxf3) (26. Bg2 {can even be met by} h5
$1 {when it is Black who is starting to call the shots.}) 26... Bh6 $1 {
An excellent idea, even if an easy strategic one to find for players of this
calibre.  Once the bishop reaches f4, White's last remaining advantage, the
two bishops, is completely nullified.} 27. Qe2 Qh3 (27... Qxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Bf4
$15) 28. Qf1 Qxf1+ {simplest.} (28... Qe6 29. Qb5) 29. Kxf1 Rd6 30. Kg2 Bf4 {
Now White is facing a depressing endgame, which must have been a bit of a
shock when he had such a promising middlegame earlier.} 31. Re1 c4 32. Re2 Nc5
33. Nb5 {This does very little and gives up any remaining pressure on c4, but
it wasn't easy to suggest anything better. If Grischuk can't find anything, I
doubt I can...} (33. Bb1 Nd3 $1 34. Re4 (34. Ba2 Nc1 $1) 34... Nxb2 35. Bxf4
exf4 36. Rxf4 Rd2 37. Ba2 $2 Nd3 $19) 33... Rd1 34. Bc2 Rc1 35. Na3 (35. Nd6+
exd6 36. Bxf4 Rxc2 $1) 35... Nd3 36. f3 (36. Re4 Ne1+) (36. Nxc4 Rxc2 37. Rxc2
Nxc4 $1 {and it's over, as White can't defend b2 as Ne1 is also threatened.})
36... Bxg3 37. hxg3 e4 38. fxe4 Nxb2 39. Rd2 Nd7 40. Bb1 Rxc3 41. Nb5 Rb3 42.
Nc7+ Kd8 43. Ba2 Rb7 44. Nd5 Ke8 45. Kf2 e6 46. Nc3 Nd3+ 47. Ke3 N7e5 48. Ke2
Rf7 0-1

[Event "London Classic op 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rambaldi, Francesco"]
[Black "Williams, Simon Kim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 e5 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. d5 Nd4 $1 11. Be3 {White now gains a strategic advantage
on the queenside, but in return he has to suffer with doubled pawns, which
should give Black plenty of attacking chances on the kingside.} Nxf3+ 12. gxf3
Bd7 $1 {Black will eventually break with ...f5, so this is the right diagonal
for the bishop} (12... Bh5 {however is also playable, if slightly more passive.
} 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Nd2 Be7 15. Bg2 O-O 16. Nc4 Bd8 17. Nb6 (17. a4 $5 {as Nb6
can be played at any time}) 17... Bxb6 18. Qxb6 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Ne8 20. f4 $1 {
McShane,L (2615)-Romanov,E (2588) Germany 2010, with a pleasant edge for White.
}) 13. a4 (13. Nd2 b5 14. a4 Be7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Qb3 O-O 17. Rec1 h6 18. Rxa8
Qxa8 19. Qa3 Qxa3 20. bxa3 Ra8 21. Rc3 Ne8 22. Rb3 {Yu,Y (2626)-Mahjoob,M 
(2424) Zaozhuang 2012, and White only had a small edge in the ending.}) 13...
Be7 (13... Nh5 14. Qb3 g5 $6 (14... Be7 $1 15. Qxb7 O-O {would develop along
similar lines to our main game}) 15. Qxb7 Rg8 16. Nd2 g4 17. fxg4 Rb8 18. Qxa6
Rxg4+ 19. Kh1 {Wei,Y (2501)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2715) Reykjavik 2013, and as
the black king is still on e8, his attack appears unsound and indeed White
went on to win.}) 14. Qb3 {White immediately goes after the b-pawn, this is
the most direct way of playing.} (14. Na3 O-O 15. Nc4 {might be a safer way of
playing. White just plays for a positional edge while the black b-pawn remains
weak.} Nh5 16. Bb6 (16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Kh1 Be8 18. a5 Bg5 19. Bd3 Nf4 20. Rg1 f6 {
also seemed to give Black excellent practical chances at least in Areshchenko,
A (2694)-Moiseenko,A (2679) Kiev 2011}) 16... Qe8 17. Kh1 f5 $1 {the typical
break.} 18. exf5 Bxf5 {Bacrot,E (2697)-Moiseenko,A (2692) Berlin 2015, and
Black had a free, easy game and went on to win.}) 14... O-O 15. Qxb7 Rb8 {
Only this is a novelty.} ({Previously Black players had generally preferred} 
15... Nh5 {when play proceeds along similar lines to our main game, where
Black will try to open up lines on the kingside with a subsequent ...f5. 
Simon however never worries too much about giving up pawns. All he really
cares about is mating the opponent's king.}) 16. Qxa6 Nh5 17. Nd2 f5 18. Nc4
fxe4 19. fxe4 Bc8 20. Qa7 Rb7 21. Qa5 Qe8 {I was watching the game live at
this point and was starting to like Simon's chances.  Normally in the Dutch
Defence he'll play ...Qe8 at some point and try to go for a kingside attack,
so this is his kind of position. Simon is a very popular commentator because
he approaches every game from the perspective of trying to attack the other
guy's king. That appeals much more to the average player than some bore
droning on about pawn structures or eulogising about the latest novelty on
move 127 in the Berlin Defence. It doesn't tend to matter about the opposition,
if Simon gets the kind of attacking position that he thrives in then he has
very good chances indeed. The list of scalps who have fallen foul of his
uniquely creative attacking play include names like Boris Gelfand and Ivan
Sokolov. Here White is two pawns up and of course if you turn on the engine it
just says that White is winning. Computers love material. However look deeper
and he has serious problems - his kingside is bereft of defenders. And he has
a passed a-pawn but so what - even if it gets to a8 it still isn't threatening
anything, so Black has lots of time.} 22. Bg2 Qg6 23. Kh1 Bh4 {Dark
culmulo-nimbus are starting to gather threateningly around the white monarch.}
(23... Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Bf3 Bg4 26. Qc3 $1 {doesn't seem to work for
Black.} Bf6 27. Qd3 Bxb2 28. Rab1 Rfb8 29. a5 $18) 24. Rf1 Rbf7 25. Qb6 Rf6 26.
a5 Qg4 $1 27. f3 $1 (27. a6 $2 {pays too little respect to Black's impending
attack and unsurprisingly is duly punished.} Rg6 28. Rg1 Ng3+ $1 {this is the
problem} 29. fxg3 (29. hxg3 Bxg3 30. fxg3 Qh5+ $19) 29... Bxg3 {leaves White
in all sorts of trouble. Well actually he's just going to be mated.}) (27. h3
$2 Qe2 $1 {is a nasty queen jump that White has serious problems dealing with.
Naturally I would prefer the retreat ...Qg6, because I would prefer to keep
the queen on the g-file with a view to attacking the White king, but in fact
this is just a very strong idea.} (27... Qg6 $6 {creates a threat of ...Rf3.}
28. a6 $1 (28. Nd2 Nf4 29. Bxf4 Rxf4 30. a6 Bxf2 {looks good for Black, for
example} 31. Qc6 (31. Rxf2 Rxf2 32. Rg1 Rxd2 $19) 31... Qh5 {with seemingly a
strong attack on the kingside, but this is not as convincing as the lines with
...Qe2! as White has} 32. Qc3 $1 (32. Ra3 $1 $13)) 28... Bxh3 29. Bxh3 Qxe4+)
28. Nxd6 $6 {White now experiences problems with the pin on his knight} (28. b3
Nf4 $1 (28... Bxf2 29. Bxf2 Rxf2 30. Rxf2 Rxf2 31. Qd8+ Rf8 32. Qh4 {allows
White to consolidate somewhat, even if Black still has chances of attack after}
Nf4 33. Rg1 Nd3 $13) 29. Rfe1 Qh5 30. Bxf4 exf4 {is just horrible for White.})
28... Bxf2 (28... Nf4 $1 {is very dangerous now. The white king is starting to
feel very lonely. This also opens up the possibility of the Black queen
dropping back to h5.} 29. Rae1 (29. Bxf4 exf4 30. Rfe1 (30. f3 Rg6 $1 31. Rg1
Bxh3 32. Bxh3 Qxf3+ 33. Bg2 Qh5 {with a mating attack}) 30... Qh5 31. e5 Bxh3
$1 {a killing blow} 32. exf6 (32. Bxh3 Bg3 $1 33. Kg2 f3+) 32... Bxg2+ 33. Kxg2
f3+ {again all these variations just demonstrate how dangerous Black's attack
is with so few defenders around the white king.}) 29... Qh5 30. Nxc8 Nxg2 31.
Kxg2 Rg6+ $1 {the sting in the tail and Black wins;}) (28... Rg6 {looks
promising with visions of taking on h3 until you see} 29. Qb5 $1 Bxh3 $2 30.
Qxe2 Bxg2+ 31. Kh2 Bf3 32. Qxf3 Rxf3 33. Nf5 $18) (28... Bxh3 29. Bxh3 Qf3+ 30.
Bg2 $18) 29. Bxf2 Rxf2 30. Rxf2 Rxf2 31. Qd8+ $1 {the key move} Rf8 32. Qg5
Qxb2 33. Rg1 {and White has beaten off the attack while remaining with an
extra pawn.}) 27... Rxf3 $2 {Simon pushes his chips all in, but in this case
it's simply a mistake.} ({The calm retreat} 27... Qg6 $1 {[%mdl 128] would
have given White a much bigger headache. This may have looked rather slow to
Simon, going ...Qg4 and then back to g6, but a fresh weakness has been opened
up on g3.} 28. Rfc1 {White needs to try and run for the hills with his king.} (
28. Bf2 Nf4 29. Ne3 Qh5 {and with ...Rh6 coming Black's attack is obvious, for
example} 30. Bg1 Nxg2 31. Nxg2 Bg3 $40) (28. a6 Ng3+ 29. Kg1 $2 (29. hxg3 Bxg3
30. Kg1 Qh5 31. Rf2 Qh2+ 32. Kf1 Bxf2 33. Bxf2 Bh3 {and it looks at first
glance as if White can resign here, but he has certain counterplay associated
with his a-pawn; the variation continues something like} 34. a7 Qxg2+ 35. Ke2
Qxf3+ 36. Kd2 Qxe4 (36... Qxf2+ 37. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 38. Kc3 Ra8 39. Nb6 Rxa7 40.
Rxa7 h5 {is also good for Black but nothing like as much fun}) 37. a8=Q Qxc4 {
with an insane position, but one that seems be winning for Black as his attack
is too strong. The two queens are curiously impotent here.}) 29... Nxf1 30.
Rxf1 (30. Kxf1 Rxf3+ $19) 30... Bh3) 28... Ng3+ 29. Kg1 (29. hxg3 Bxg3 30. Kg1
Qh5 (30... Rxf3 $2 31. Bxf3 Rxf3 {is a tempting line but just doesn't work,
White wins with} 32. Qd8+ Rf8 33. Qg5 Bf2+ 34. Kh2 Qxe4 35. Nxd6) 31. Rc2 Qh2+
32. Kf1 {leads to a very interesting position.} Rxf3+ 33. Ke2 Qxg2+ 34. Kd3 Bf2
{seems to lead to some kind of rough equality}) 29... Ne2+ 30. Kh1 Bg3 $1) 28.
Nd2 $1 (28. Rxf3 $1 Rxf3 29. Nxd6 {is also winning for White.}) 28... Bd8 29.
Qxd6 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Nf4 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. Nf3 Bxa5 33. e5 Bf5 34. e6 Qh5 35. e7
Re8 36. b4 Bd3 37. Re1 1-0

[Event "Golden Sands Europe op 2nd"]
[Site "Golden Sands"]
[Date "2013.06.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stany, George Anthony"]
[Black "Grover, Sahaj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Grover,S"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2013.06.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{There was huge participation from India in the Golden Sands tournament, the
reason being that the Indian federation decided to field senior, junior and
sub-junior teams here. There were 34 of us in all plus some more who were
already present. I think it was impossible not to have to face a compatriot in
such a tournament.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 (4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 {
is another way to go.}) 4... cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 {I'm not a
big fan of this move order. I would've castled first. However just while I was
checking the lines post this game, I came across Tiviakov-Anand 1-0, that
forced a rethink.} (7. Bg5) 7... Nf6 8. Nc3 (8. Bg5 $5) 8... g6 $5 {A bit
unusual in such setups, Black usually pushes the e-pawn early and then
switches to defensive mode.} 9. b3 {This move, came after a 45 minute think. I
kept wondering the whole time...} (9. Nd5 {is harmless in view of} Bg7 10. Bg5
O-O 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. O-O f5 {and Black has no complaints.}) 9... Bg7 10. Bb2
O-O 11. O-O Bc6 $5 {I really liked this move when I played it. Instantly Nxe4
is threatened and I had worked out a plan against the obvious...} 12. Nd5 e5
13. Qe3 (13. Nxf6+ {came into consideration} Qxf6 14. Qe3 (14. Qd3 b5 15. Rfd1
Rfd8 16. Rac1 bxc4 17. Qxc4 Bb5 18. Qc3 Bh6 {is a pleasure for Black}) 14...
Qf4) 13... Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bb5 {I had already started to feel on the plus side
but probably that was a slightly harsh judgement of White's position.} 15. Rfe1
f5 16. a4 (16. exf5 gxf5 {[%csl Rg2,Rg6][%cal Rg8h8,Rf8g8,Rf8f6,Rf6g6]}) 16...
f4 $2 {This move deserves a question mark, not only because of its drawbacks
but also because this was hardly the time to commit to such a move.} 17. Qc3
Be8 18. Rac1 Rf7 $1 {Black doesnt have much to worry about, as White's every
threat can be defended at the moment, my fear was that White would try for
Nd2-c4 eventually, but that did not happen.} 19. Ba3 g5 $5 {Black starts to
threaten something!} 20. h3 h5 21. Nh2 b5 $1 {The intermezzo I was hoping for.
I knew White's king would try to escape through f1-e2 and so on, so I just
wanted to open the b5-square for my bishop, and after a5 - try for b4 -... Bb5
if necessary. This position has striking similarities to the King's Indian
Classical System in which Black goes for the kingside attack.} 22. a5 (22. axb5
Bxb5) 22... Bf8 {Here I had a very cheap trick in mind :), otherwise I would
have definitely opted for Qf6-g6 and maybe tried for ...g4 afterwards. This is
also logical, however, I wanted to provoke Qc7, having seen that the lady
might get stuck there.} 23. Re2 $2 {First mistake!} (23. f3 {and now maybe try
for Kf2-e2 and so on, and White holds for a while at least.}) 23... Bd7 $5 24.
Qc7 $2 {Mission accomplished. Now the main motif behind b5 is clear!} (24. f3 {
isn't very effective in view of:} Rc8 25. Qe1 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Qc8 {with the idea
of ...g4.}) 24... Qe8 {Oops. Now White has some serious problems.} 25. Qb6 $2 {
Too late..} (25. Qc2 g4 $19) 25... Rb8 26. Rec2 (26. Qxa6 b4 $19) 26... Rxb6
27. axb6 Qb8 28. Nf3 b4 29. Bxb4 Qxb6 0-1

[Event "Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. h3 (9. O-O a6 (9... O-O 10. Rad1 (10. Bc4 Nb6 (10... Kh8 11. Rfd1
Nb6 12. Bxb6 Qxb6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 {0,5/Cigan,S-Popovic,P/
Portoroz-Ljubljana/1985/}) 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Nd2 (12. Nh4 Qd7 (12... Rc8 13. Ng6
Re8 14. Rfd1 Nc4 {0,5/Weinstein,N-Henley,R/Lone Pine/1978/} 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. b3 a6 21. c4 $14 {
Chandler,M-Mestel,J/Brighton/1984/}) 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nb5 Nc8 15. Ng6 Rd8 16.
c4 a6 17. Nc3 Qe8 18. Nxe7+ Nxe7 19. Rad1 $14 {Kuprejchik,V-Polugaevsky,L/USSR/
1976/}) (12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Nh4 Rfd8 15. Ng6 Bf8 16. Nxf8 Kxf8 $10
{Dankert,P-Shuh,H/BL/1981/}) (12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Qb5 Nfd7 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Bxe6
Qxb5 16. Nxb5 fxe6 17. Rd2 Nf6 18. Re1 Rc6 19. Nxa7 Rb6 20. c4 $16 {Dehmelt,
K-Popovych,O/Philadelphia/1989/}) 12... Rc8 13. Rfd1 a6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Nf1
g6 16. Ne3 Kg7 $14 {Szmetan,J-Byrne,R/Torremolinos/1976/}) 10... a6 11. Bc4 Qc7
12. a4 Nc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rb8 $10 {Dunne,A-Kasparov,G/
Wch-kadet/1976/}) 10. Bc4 Qc7 11. Nh4 g6 12. g3 b5 13. Bd5 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Qxb7
15. Ng2 Rc8 $10 {Stanciu,T-Suba,M/Romania/1985/}) (9. Nd2 O-O 10. f3 Qc7 11.
O-O-O a6 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 c4 $15 {
Dvoretsky,M-Tal,M/Erevan/1975/}) (9. Bc4 a6 (9... O-O 10. Bb3 (10. O-O-O a6 11.
Bb3 b5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rb8 14. Ba7 $16 {Morovic,I-Topalov,V/Las Palmas/
1994/}) 10... a6 11. Nh4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxh4 13. O-O-O Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15.
Bxf7+ Kh8 16. Qxd8 Bxd8 17. Bg6 b6 18. f3 Bc7 19. Nc3 Be6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5
Rad8 $10 {Kuprejchik,V-Mestel,J/Hastings/1981/}) 10. a4 b6 11. Nh4 g6 12. O-O
Bb7 13. Nf3 Kf8 14. Nd5 Kg7 $10 {Djurhuus,R-Conquest,S/Copenhagen Open/1988/})
(9. a4 O-O 10. O-O Nb8 (10... Qc7 11. Bc4 (11. Qc4 Bd8 12. Rfd1 a6 13. Qxc7
Bxc7 14. Bd3 Ba5 $10 {Meyer,CD-Shuh,H/BL/1983/}) 11... Nc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13.
Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Be6 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. c3 $14 {Dvoretsky,M-Geller,E/Erevan/
1975/}) 11. a5 (11. Bc4 Nc6 12. h3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Rad1 Rc8 $10 {Sax,
Gy-Bronstein,D/Teeside/1975/}) (11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Qc7 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. c3
Be6 15. Qd3 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Bg5 $10 {Unzicker,W-Nunn,J/BL/1987/}) 11... Nc6 12.
Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nb8 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. b4 Nf6 17. f3 Nh5 18. a6 $14
{Rozentalis,E-Smirin,I/Klaipeda/1988/}) 9... O-O 10. g4 a6 11. Bxd7 (11. Bc4 b5
$132) 11... Bxd7 12. g5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Nh5 $5 {>< f4} 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nd5 $2 (
15. O-O-O $1 Qf6 (15... Nf4 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Bxh3 18. Nxe5 $16) 16. Qxd6
Be6 $1 $8 (16... Qxf3 17. Qxd7 $16) 17. Qd3 (17. Nxe5 $2 Rad8 18. Qc5 b6 19.
Qc7 Rc8 20. Qd6 Rfd8 $17) 17... Nf4 18. Qe3 $13 (18. Qf1 Rac8 $44)) 15... Qd8
16. Qe3 Be6 $15 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. O-O-O Qc7 19. Rhg1 Nf4 {קh3} 20. Nh4 Qc5 $1
21. Rd2 Nxh3 (21... Qxe3 $2 22. fxe3 Nxh3 23. Rg3 $44 {קd6, פh3}) 22. Rg3 Nf4
23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 Rfd8 (24... Qxe3 $6 25. fxe3 Nh5 26. Rg5 $1 (26. Rh3 Nf6
27. Rdh2 g6 $13) 26... Nf6 27. Rdg2 $16) 25. f6 $2 (25. Nd7 Qxe3 26. Nf6+ Kf8
27. Nh7+ Ke7 28. fxe3 Rh8 29. exf4 Rxh7 $15) (25. Qxc5 $1 dxc5 26. Nd7 Rbc8 (
26... Rxd7 27. Rxd7 Ne2+ 28. Kd2 Nxg3 29. fxg3 $44) 27. Nxe5 Rxd2 28. Kxd2 Re8
29. Nd3 $10) 25... Qxe3 26. fxe3 Nh5 27. Rxg7+ Kf8 $1 (27... Nxg7 28. Rg2 d5
29. Rxg7+ Kf8 30. Rh7 Kg8 31. Rg7+ $10) 28. Rg1 Nxf6 $17 29. Rf2 Ne4 30. Rh2 {
/\Nd5~/=} Ke7 31. Nd5+ Ke6 32. Nc7+ (32. c4 Rh8 $17) 32... Kd7 33. Nd5 Rh8 34.
Rgh1 $6 (34. Rhg2 Rbf8 $17) 34... Rxh2 35. Rxh2 b5 $19 36. c3 Rg8 37. Kc2 Rg3
38. b4 Rf3 39. Kd3 Nf6 (39... f5 40. Rh7+ $17) 40. Ke2 Rf5 41. e4 $2 (41. Nxf6+
Rxf6 $19) 41... Nxe4 42. Ke3 Nf6 43. c4 bxc4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 (5... Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6
Bxc6 8. d4 $44) 6. Bf1 (6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4
Bg7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. c5 $1 $14) 6... g6 (6... Bg4 7. h3 (7. b3 Nf6
8. Bb2 e6 9. c3 d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. d4 Be7 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. c4 dxc4 15.
d5 exd5 16. Qxd5 Nb6 17. Qxd8+ Rxd8 18. bxc4 O-O 19. Nc3 Na5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21.
cxd5 Rxd5 {Schwab,Rene-Gyorkos,Lajos/Oberwart open 1991/1-0 (70)}) 7... Bh5 (
7... Bxf3 8. Qxf3 g6 $10) 8. c3 e6 9. g4 Bg6 10. d4 Be7 (10... h5 11. g5 Be7
12. Bg2 h4 13. d5 Ne5 14. dxe6 Nxf3+ {+/- Taulbut,Sh-Csom,I/Hastings 27/(403)
1978}) 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 Na7 14. Nh4 O-O 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bg2
Nd7 17. Nd2 Nc8 18. a4 f5 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Qh5 Rf7 21. Nf3 Nf8 22. Bg5 g6 23.
Qh4 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Nb6 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 {Kuczynski,R-Chekhov,V/Warsaw (02) 1990/1/
2-1/2 (43)}) (6... e5 7. c3 (7. a4 Be7 8. Na3 Nf6 9. Nc4 O-O 10. d3 b5 11. axb5
axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Nb6 Qb7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. c3 b4 16. d4 bxc3 17. bxc3
cxd4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Qxd4 Rc8 21. Bb2 Qb7 {Conquest,S-Gomez,LA/
Capelle la Grande op (4) 1991/1-0 (51)}) 7... Bg4 (7... Nf6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4
Bg4 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bh5 13. Kh1 Be7 14. Nd2 Qd7 15. a4 O-O
16. a5 h6 17. Qa4 Qxa4 18. Rxa4 Rac8 19. Kg2 Nd7 20. Rb4 Rc7 21. Rc4 Rxc4 22.
Nxc4 {Chachalev,J-Shtyrenkov,V/Volgograd (12) 1994/1/2-1/2 (34)}) 8. h3 Bh5 9.
d3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Qd7 (10... Nf6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. Ne3 h5 14. Nf5 hxg4
15. hxg4 Bxf5 16. exf5 Nf6 17. g5 Nh7 18. g6 fxg6 19. fxg6 Nf8 20. Qb3 Qd7 21.
Qf7+ {Kuczynski,R-Lanc,A/Dresden 1988/0-1 (40)}) 11. Nc4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qc7 13.
Ne3 Bd8 14. Qg3 g6 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. Be2 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bg4 Qe7 19. Bh6
Bh4 20. Qe3 f6 21. Bd1 Bg5 22. Bxg5 fxg5 23. Bb3 Kf8 24. Bd5 Rc8 25. Bxc6 Rxc6
{Scherer,H-Dziuban,O/Biel op 1992/1/2-1/2 (44)}) (6... e6 7. c3 g5 $6 8. d4 g4
9. Nfd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Nc4 e5 12. Be3 b5 13. Nxd6+ $1 Bxd6 14. Bxd4
exd4 15. Qxd4 Qc7 16. Qxh8 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Qe5 18. Qxh7 $1 (18. Qxg8+ $2 Ke7 19.
Qxa8 Qh5 $19) (18. Qxe5+ Bxe5 19. Nc3 Rc8 $2 (19... g3 $142 $1) 20. g3 $1 (20.
Rac1 g3 $44) 20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rxc3 22. a3 Nf6 23. Bg2 Ke7 {Tisdall,
J-Kristensen,B/Gausdal MI9394 (6) 1993/1-0 (69)}) 18... Nh6 19. Qxh6 Ke7 20.
Qh4+ Ke6 21. Qxg4+ Ke7 22. Qh4+ Ke6 23. g3 Rh8 24. Bh3+ Kd6 25. Rd1+ $18) 7. c3
Bg7 (7... Bg4 8. d3 Bxf3 (8... Bg7 9. Be3 e5 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. a4 O-O 12. h3
Bxf3 13. Nxf3 h6 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. b4 cxb4 16. cxb4 d5 17. Bc5 Re8 18. b5 axb5
19. axb5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Nd4 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Bxd4 dxe4 23. Qb2 exd3 {
Christensen,Bo Garner-Ziska,Bogi/Kandidat DM-92 (05) 1992/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 9.
Qxf3 Bg7 10. Be3 (10. Nd2 Nf6 11. Nc4 Nd7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Qh3 b5 14. Ne3 Rb8
15. a3 a5 16. Nd5 Re8 17. Qh4 f6 18. Bh6 e6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne3 Kh8 21. Qg3 {
1/2-1/2 Bisguier,A-Browne,W/Lone Pine (02) 1978}) 10... Rc8 11. Qd1 Nf6 12. Nd2
O-O 13. a3 e5 14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4 d5 16. Nb3 Re8 17. Bd2 Bf8 18. Na5 Rc7 19.
Nxc6 Rxc6 20. Ra2 b5 21. Qa1 Qc8 22. g3 dxe4 23. dxe4 Rd8 24. Bg5 Be7 {Gelfand,
B-Karpov,A/Cap d'Agde m(06)10' 1994/1-0 (72)}) 8. h3 {/\d2-d4} (8. d4 $6 cxd4
9. cxd4 Bg4 (9... Bg4 {קd4}) 10. d5 Ne5 11. Qb3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qc7 13. Bg5 Nf6
14. Nd2 O-O 15. f4 Ned7 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. Bh3 Nc5 18. Qf3 Kh8 19. Nc4 e6 20. Nb6
exd5 21. exd5 a5 22. Nxa8 Qxa8 23. f5 b5 24. Bg2 {Wahls,M-Gelfand,B/AUS-WchJ 
(3) 1988/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 8... e5 (8... Nf6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 e5 11. Bg5 (11.
d5 Ne7 12. a4 O-O 13. Nfd2 Nh5 14. Nc4 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Nb6
Qb7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. Qb4 f5 21. Nc3 Nf6 22. f3 f4 23. Nxb5 Ne8 24.
Bd2 Qb7 25. Bd3 Nc7 26. Qxd6 Nxb5 27. Bxb5 {Riemersma,L-Kharlov,A/Leeuwarden
op 1993/1/2-1/2 (61)}) 11... exd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Nc2 Be6 15. Ne3
Qa5 16. Bh4 Rac8 17. a3 Qb6 18. Re2 Bb3 19. Qb1 Na5 20. Rd2 Be6 21. Qd1 Rc6 22.
Rb1 Nb3 23. Bxf6 Nxd2 24. Ncd5 Qb3 25. Qxd2 Bxd5 26. Nxd5 Rc2 27. Qd4 Bh6 28.
Be7 Rd2 29. Qf6 Bg7 30. Qg5 h6 {1-0 Engedal,N-Thorsson,O/Gausdal International
(7) 1992}) (8... Qb6 9. Na3 Nf6 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nc4
Qc7 14. Ne3 Qd6 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Ne3 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Williams,A-Miles,A/BCF-ch (05)
1973}) 9. Na3 (9. a3 Nge7 10. b4 O-O 11. d3 cxb4 12. axb4 d5 13. Nbd2 d4 14.
Bb2 dxc3 15. Bxc3 Nd4 16. Nc4 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Nc6 18. Qe2 Be6 $10 {= Sorokin,
M-Nenashev,A/Moskva (open) 56/(203) 1992}) 9... Nge7 10. Nc4 (10. Nc2 O-O 11.
d4 Qc7 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Ne3 Rad8 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Nxc4
b5 18. Ne3 f5 19. Rad1 f4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Rxd5 22. Qxg6 Rfd8 23. Re2 Qd6
24. Qe4 c4 {Howell,James-Gelfand,Boris/Oakham 1988/1-0 (45)}) 10... Be6 11. Ng5
O-O $2 (11... Bc8 $1 $132 {/\b7-b5,/\h7-h6} 12. Qb3 $6 (12. a4 h6 13. Nf3 Be6)
12... O-O 13. Nb6 $2 Na5 $19) 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. d3 d5 14. Nd2 $16 {קe6, פe7}
Qd6 15. g3 Rad8 16. Bg2 $6 (16. h4 {/\Bh3}) 16... d4 17. c4 (17. Nc4 Qc7 {
/\b7-b5}) 17... Bh6 $14 {/\18. - Nb4 19.Nf1 Bxc1 20.Rxc1 Nxa2} 18. a3 {><b4}
Rb8 19. h4 {/\Bh3, קe6} Kg7 20. Bh3 Rf6 21. Re2 Nc8 {/\Qc7,Nd6} 22. b3 Qc7 23.
Kg2 (23. Bb2 $5 {/\Nd2-f1-h2-g4, ץh6}) 23... Nd6 24. Ra2 b5 25. Rc2 bxc4 26.
bxc4 (26. Nxc4 $6 Rxb3 (26... Bxc1 27. Rxc1 (27. Qxc1 Nb5 $1 $132 {><c3} (27...
Rxb3 28. Nxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxc5 Nd8 $13)) 27... Nb5 $132 (27... Nxc4 28. Rxc4 Na5
29. Ra4 Nxb3 30. Rb2 Qb6 $8 31. Qc2 {/\Bg4-d1} h5 $13)) 27. Bxh6+ Kxh6 28. Nxd6
Qxd6 29. Qc1+ (29. Rxc5 $16) 29... Kg7 30. Rxc5 Nd8 $13) 26... Qa5 $10 27. Nf3
Bxc1 28. Rxc1 Nf7 {><g5} (28... Qxa3 29. Ra1 $16) 29. Rb1 Rxb1 30. Qxb1 Qxa3
31. Ra2 Qb4 32. Rb2 Qa3 33. Rb6 Qa4 $6 (33... Nb4 34. Ng5 Nxd3 35. Nxe6+ Kh6
36. Rb3 Rxf2+ 37. Kg1 Rb2 (37... Qc1+ 38. Qxc1+ Nxc1 39. Rb7 Rf6 $17) 38. Rxb2
Nxb2 39. Qc1+ $18) 34. Rb7 {/\Ng5} h6 35. Nh2 $1 $16 {צf6} h5 36. Nf3 Ncd8 37.
Ra7 {/\Nxe5} Qa5 38. Nxe5 Qd2 39. Qf1 $18 {/\Nd7} Qa5 40. Nd7 Nc6 41. Ra8 Qa3
42. Qe2 Nce5 43. Nxf6 Kxf6 44. Re8 Nxd3 45. e5+ Kg7 46. Bxe6 Ndxe5 47. Bxf7
Nxf7 48. Re7 1-0

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Black "Ovsejevitsch, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bxe4 10. Nc3 (10. Bg5 $6 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qa5 12. Nc3 (12. Bd2 Qd5
$5 (12... Qb6 $5)) 12... Qxg5 13. Qxb7 Rd8 14. Qc6+ Rd7 15. d5 e6 16. dxe6 fxe6
17. Rxe6+ Be7 18. Rae1 O-O 19. h4 Qxh4 20. g3 Qh3 21. Rxe7 Ng4 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23.
Qh1 Qxh1+ 24. Kxh1 Nxf2+ 25. Kg2 Rxe7 26. Rxe7 h6 27. Rd7 Ng4 28. Rxd6 Ne3+ 29.
Kh3 Rf1 30. Rd2 g5 31. Kh2 Ng4+ {1/2-1/2 Borisenko,A-Shabanov,Y/RUS-sf 1995/
EXP 49}) 10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6 12. Qxb7 Qc8 13. Qf3 (13. Qb3 Be7 14. d5 e5 15.
Bg5 (15. Na4 $5 Rb8 16. Nb6 Qg4 17. f3 Qh4 18. Be3 O-O 19. Bf2 Qg5 20. a4 a5 $1
21. Qd3 e4 22. fxe4 Ng4 $44 {~/= Shabanov,Y-Stripunsky,A/Karvina 1993/Inf 60})
15... O-O 16. Ne4 Rb8 (16... Nxe4 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. Rxe4 Rxe7 19. Rc4 Qb7 20.
Rb4 $14 {/\ Rb6-c6}) 17. Qa3 Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Nxd6 Qe6 20. f4 f6 21. Rad1
Nf5 $1 22. fxe5 (22. Qh3 Nd4 $8 23. Qxe6+ Nxe6 24. fxe5 Rxb2 25. exf6 Rxf6 $11
{Bronznik,V; Stripunsky,A}) 22... fxe5 23. b3 Rbd8 24. Nxf5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Qb6+
$1 26. Kh1 Rxf5 $11 {= Zaitsev,I-Stripunsky,A/Bucuresti 1994/Inf 60} (26...
Rxf5 27. Qc1 h6 28. Qc8+ Rf8 29. Qc4+ Kh8 30. h3 Qg6 31. Qc5 Re8 32. Re1 e4 33.
Re3 Qf6 34. Qc1 Qd4 35. Qc3 Qxc3 {1/2-1/2 Zaitsev,I-Stripunsky,A/Ciocaltea mem
1994/CBM 40})) 13... Be7 14. Bg5 (14. Qg3 O-O 15. Bh6 Ne8 16. Nd5 Bd8 $1 (16...
Qd8 $6 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bf4 $16) 17. Rac1 $140 Qb7 18. Nf4 Kh8) 14... O-O 15.
d5 e5 16. Rac1 $5 {a new more according to my data,and a very interesting and
important move since after 16.Ne4 which have already been played white indeed
gets a small initiative but not enough and black can draw quite easily this is
more serious} (16. Ne4 Nxd5 (16... Nxe4 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. Qxe4 Rxe7 19. Rec1 Qb7
(19... Rc7 20. Rc6 $16) 20. b3 Rc8 21. Rc6 $16) 17. Nxd6 (17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18.
Nxd6 Qe6 $11) 17... Qe6 $5 (17... Bxd6 18. Qxd5 Qb8 19. Rad1 Bc7 20. b3 $14)
18. Rad1 $1 Qxd6 19. Bxe7 (19. Rxd5 Qb4 20. Re4 Qb7 $1 21. Rdxe5 Bxg5 22. Rxg5
Qxb2) 19... Qxe7 20. Rxd5 (20. Qxd5 Rad8 21. Qc6 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qb4 23. b3 a5
$11) 20... f6 $1 (20... Qb4 $2 21. Rdxe5 Qxb2 $140 $4 22. Qxa8 $18) 21. Red1
Rad8 22. b4 $1 {/\ Qb3, a4, b5} Rxd5 $1 23. Qxd5+ Qf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,
I-Alterman,B/Struga (zt) 1995/Inf 63/[Alterman,B] (30)}) 16... Qb8 {[%cal
Gf6d5] threatening Nxd5 and Qxb2 so white's reply is quite force} 17. Bxf6 Bxf6
18. Ne4 Be7 19. g4 $5 {a very interesting positional sacrifise although I am
not sure if a necessary one,19.b3 seems possible,and not too bad} (19. b3 $5
Qb4 $5 {[%cal Ga8c8]} (19... f5 20. Ng3 g6 21. Rc6 {[%cal Ge1c1,Gf3d3]}) 20.
Qc3 Qxc3 21. Rxc3 {[%csl Ra6,Rd6][%cal Gc3c7,Gc3c6]}) 19... Qxb2 20. Rc7 Bd8 (
20... Rfe8 $4 21. Nxd6) (20... Rae8 $5) 21. Rd7 Qxa2 22. Nxd6 Bb6 {[%csl Rf7]}
(22... Bf6 $5 23. Ne4 Bh4) 23. Re2 (23. Rxf7 $2 Bc5 $1 $19) 23... Qa1+ 24. Kg2
Ra7 (24... f6 $6 {[%csl Rg8]} 25. Nf5 $1 (25. Qf5 Qd1 26. Rxe5 fxe5 27. Rxg7+
Kxg7 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qxe5+ Kg8 30. Qg5+ $11) 25... Ra7 26. Rxa7 Bxa7 27. d6 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge2c2,Gc2c7]}) 25. Rxa7 Bxa7 26. Rc2 {[%cal Gc2c8]} Qd4 $6 (
26... Bb8 $5) 27. Nf5 Qb4 28. d6 $44 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd6d8,Gc2c7,Ga7h7]} g6
29. Ne7+ (29. Nh6+ $1 Kg7 (29... Kh8 30. Qf6#) 30. g5 {[%cal Gf3f6]} Qf4 31.
Qxf4 exf4 32. Kf3 $16 (32. Rc7 Bb8)) 29... Kg7 30. Rc6 $6 {this is a very
strange move,it seems that after Nc6 black would have been in a serious
trouble because of his veyr bad King} (30. Nc6 $1 {[%csl Ra7,Rb4,Rg7]} Qb1 (
30... Qb7 31. g5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Rf3f6]} h5 32. gxh6+ Kxh6 33. Nxe5 $16
) 31. g5 {[%cal Gf3f6,Gc6e7]} f6 32. d7 $16) 30... Qd2 {[%cal Ge5e4]} 31. d7 {
[%cal Gf3f6]} (31. Rxa6 e4 $132) 31... Qg5 32. Nd5 Rd8 33. Nf6 h5 (33... Qh4 $5
34. Rxa6 Bd4 35. Rd6 $16) 34. Rc8 Bb6 $2 {this is a critical mistake,black had
to take on g4 when it seems as a draw,now bu force his position is very
difficult} (34... hxg4 35. Ne8+ Kf8 36. Qa8 Qf4 37. Qxa7 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Qd1+ 39.
Kg2 Qf3+ $11) 35. Ne8+ Kh6 (35... Kf8 36. Nd6 Qe7 (36... Ke7 37. Rc6 Qxg4+ 38.
Qxg4 hxg4 39. Rxb6 Rxd7 40. Nc4 $16) 37. Nc4 $18) (35... Kh8 36. Nd6 $18) 36.
Rxd8 (36. Nd6 Rxd7 37. Nxf7+ Rxf7 38. Rh8+ (38. Qxf7 $4 Qxg4+ 39. Kf1 Qxc8)
38... Kg7 39. Rh7+ Kxh7 40. Qxf7+ $11) 36... Bxd8 37. Nd6 $16 Qe7 38. Qd5 $6 {
why I do not understand,Nxf7 maybe not winning immediately by certainly looks
as a winning position,now also difficult position for black but I prefer
simple play} (38. Nxf7+ Kg7 39. Nxd8 Qxd8 40. Qd5 $16 {/+-}) 38... Kg7 39. h3 (
39. gxh5 Qxd7) 39... hxg4 40. hxg4 a5 41. Nb7 f5 $1 (41... Kg8 42. Nxd8 Qxd8
43. Qc6 {[%cal Gc6c8]} Kf8 44. Qc5+ {[%cal Gc5c8]}) (41... f6 42. Nc5 $1 (42.
Nxd8 Qxd8 43. Qe6 Kf8 $11) 42... Kh7 43. Ne6 $16) 42. Kf1 (42. gxf5 Qg5+ 43.
Kf1 Qc1+ 44. Ke2 Qc2+ $11) (42. Nxd8 Qxd8 43. Qxe5+ Kf7 $11) 42... a4 (42...
fxg4 43. Qc6 g3) 43. Nxd8 Qxd8 44. Qe6 Kf8 45. g5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group6"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Porfiriadis, Sotirios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.10.10"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Budapest Honved Mediflora"]
[BlackTeam "Heraklion"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 Bg4 (6... g6 7. c3
Bg7 (7... Bg4 8. d3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Bg7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Qd1 Nf6 12. Nd2 O-O 13. a3
e5 14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4 d5 16. Nb3 Re8 17. Bd2 Bf8 18. Na5 $14 {Gelfand,
B-Karpov,An/Cap d'Agde m 10'1994 Har Zvi,R: 'Gelfand,B-Karpov,An/Cap d'Agde m
10'1994'}) 8. h3 e5 9. Na3 Nge7 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Ng5 O-O $2 (11... Bc8 $1 $13)
12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. d3 d5 14. Nd2 $16 {Har Zvi,R: 'Arkhipov,S-Tiviakov,S/RUS-ch
Elista 1995;CBM 44 [Hansen,Cu]'}) (6... e5) (6... e6) 7. d3 g6 $6 {this gives
white the chance to recapture on "f3" with the knight after Nbd2 and not with
the queen which is placed quite badly on "f3" that's why black should take now
on f3 before white playes Nbd2} (7... Bxf3 8. Qxf3 g6) 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. h3 Bxf3 (
9... Bc8 $5 {this seems better than Bxf3 which simply gives white a slight
advantage} 10. c3 e5 {[%cal Gg8e7]}) 10. Nxf3 Nf6 11. c3 O-O 12. d4 $14 {
white should be very satisfied with his position,he has the two bishops
advantage,and has control over the center,what more do you need?} e5 $6 (12...
Nd7) 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qc2 $14 {[%csl Rc4,Rd5] /+/-} Qe7 (14... b5 15. a4 c4
16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. b3 {[%csl Rb5,Rc4]}) 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. Nd2 Rac8
{[%cal Gh7h5,Yg8h7,Yg7h6] black must havesome plan in this position,as we will
see he just simply moved the pieces,a reasonable plan would have been h5
followed by Kh7 and Bh6,exchanging the dark colored bishop is for sure in
black's favour} 17. Qb1 Nd7 18. Rd1 Nb6 19. a4 $1 {[%cal Ga4a5]} Na8 (19... Nd7
) 20. Nb3 Rxd1 21. Qxd1 $16 Nb8 22. Qg4 Rc7 (22... Nb6 23. a5 N6d7 24. Bc4) 23.
Rd1 (23. a5 $5) 23... h5 (23... c4 24. Nd2 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra1 {[%csl Ra8]
}) 24. Qf3 {white's position is about winning,he has almost all possible
advantages one can ask,better pieces,structure,no weaknesses...} Nd7 25. a5 {
[%csl Rb7]} Rc6 26. Bc4 Nf6 (26... Bf6 27. Bd5 Rc7 28. Nd2 $16 {[%cal Gd2c4] /
+-}) 27. g4 $1 {[%csl Rf7] the target now is the "f7" pawn,this move io not
weakening but simply taking another space on the board,now on the King's side}
(27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. Nxc5 Qxc5 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Bxf7 Qc7 (30... Nc7 31. Qg3) 31.
Bxg6+ Kxg6 32. Rxa8 Qxa5 {and the game is not over yet}) 27... hxg4 28. hxg4
Nc7 29. g5 Nfe8 (29... Nh7 30. Qg4 $1 {[%cal Gd1d7]} Nf8 (30... Ne6 31. Bxe6
fxe6 32. Nxc5 Rxc5 33. Bxc5 Qxc5 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. Rd8+ Nf8 36. Qf7 $18) 31.
Bd5 $1 Nxd5 32. exd5 $18) 30. Nxc5 Rxc5 31. Bxc5 {1-0 (31) Wells,P (2530)
-Porfiriadis,S (2340) Heraklio 1997 CBM 062 [Har Zvi,R]} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8.
Be3 (8. Nd2 Be7 9. Nc4 O-O 10. Bxd7 Bxd7 11. Nxd6 Qc7 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 e4
(13... Rfd8) 14. Nxe4 (14. Qh3 $2 Qc4 $17) (14. Qe2 {20/444}) 14... Qe5 15. f3
Rad8 16. Qc3 (16. Qe2 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 (17. fxe4 Bb4+ 18. Kf2 Rd4 19. Kf3 Re8 20.
Bf4 Qe7 21. e5 Rxf4+ 22. Kxf4 Qg5+ 23. Kf3 (23. Ke4 Rxe5+ 24. Kxe5 Qe7+) 23...
Qxf5+ 24. Kg3 Rxe5) 17... Bh4+ $1 18. g3 (18. Ke2 $2 Rfe8 $19) 18... Bxg3+ 19.
Kf1 Bxh2 $17) 16... Qxf5 17. O-O Nxe4 18. fxe4 Qxe4 $15 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Ra2h2]
Yudasin,L-Kasparov,G Ljubljana 1995 65/194 [Kasparov,G]}) 8... Be7 9. Bc4 (9.
O-O O-O 10. Bc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Rfe1 (12. Nh4 Qd7 (12... Rc8 13. Ng6 Re8
14. Rfd1 (14. Nxe7+ Rxe7 15. Rad1 Rd7 16. Nd5 $14 {Shaked,T-Ashley,M Mermaid
Beach Club 1997}) 14... Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6
Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. b3 $11 {/+/= Chandelr,M-Mestel,A Brighton zt 1984}) 13.
Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nb5 Nc8 15. Ng6 Rd8 16. c4 $14 {Kupreichik,V-Polugaevsky,L
URS-ch44 Moscow 1976}) 12... Rc8 13. Nd2 Ng4 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Re2 $14 {
Yudasin,L-Avrukh,B Beer-Sheva 1996 66/(164)}) 9... a6 (9... O-O 10. O-O-O a6
11. Bb3 b5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rb8 14. Ba7 Rb7 15. Bxb7 Bxb7 16. Nd2 Nf6 17.
f3 d5 $44 {Morovic Fernandez,I-Topalov,V Las Palmas 1994 60/199 [Topalov,V]})
10. a4 Qa5 11. O-O Nc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 (13... Be6 14. Nxf6+ (14. b4
Qc8 15. Nxe7 Kxe7 $1 $13 (15... Qxc4 16. Nf5)) 14... Bxf6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qb3
{[%csl Rb7,Re6]} Qc8 $8 17. Rad1 Ke7 18. Nd2 $1 $14 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6][%cal Gd2c4]
}) 14. Bxd5 O-O 15. Ra3 Rb8 $1 16. Rd1 $6 (16. Rc3 $5 Qa5 17. Qc4 $5 $14 {
[%csl Rf7][%cal Gc4c7] this might be a serious improvement over the game for
white,since in the game black played Kh8 and f5 and Kh8 is not possible
because of Qc7 immediately winning the f7 pawn!}) 16... Kh8 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 17.
Rc3 Qa5 18. Qc4 {too late} f5 19. b4 $2 (19. Qc7 Qxc7 20. Rxc7 Bd8 21. Rc3 Bd7
$5 22. Bb3 Ba5 23. Rcd3 fxe4 24. Rxd6 (24. Nxe5 $2 dxe5 25. Rxd7 Bb6 {[%csl
Rf2]}) 24... exf3 25. Rxd7 fxg2 26. Kxg2 $11 {/+/=}) 19... Qxa4 20. Qc7 Bd7 $8
21. Bb3 (21. Bxb7 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Rbc8 $1 $19 (22... Rfc8 $6 23. Qa7 {[%csl Rb8]}
)) 21... Qb5 {[%tqu "En","white has probably his last chance right now,try to
find and try to see what's going on","","","d1d6","",10]} 22. Bc4 (22. Rd5 Qxb4
23. Rc4 Qa3 $17) (22. Rxd6 $1 Bxd6 23. Qxd6 Rfd8 (23... fxe4 $5 {maybe this is
the best line for black,not trying for more than a draw since he my get less!}
24. Nxe5 Qe2 25. Qxf8+ $1 Rxf8 26. Ng6+ Kh7 27. Nxf8+ Kh8 28. Ng6+ $11) 24. h4
$3 {the king must have some "air"} Bc6 25. Qg6 (25. Qxe5 fxe4 26. Qxb5 Bxb5 27.
Ne5 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Rd2 $17) 25... Be8 $8 {only move since white was threatening
Ng5} 26. Qxf5 Qxb4 27. Rc7 $1 $40 {and who do you prefer....I white and I
think you should too}) 22... Qxb4 {Yudasin which takes pawns all the times
decides this time to give a lot,probably this will happen next time in a few
years!!} 23. Rb3 (23. Rcd3 fxe4 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Rxd7 Rbc8 $19) 23... Qa4 24.
Rxb7 (24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Rxd7 Rfc8 $1 26. Rxb7 Rxc7 27. Rxb8+ Kh7 28. Rxc7 Qa1+
$1 29. Bf1 Bd6 $19) 24... Rxb7 25. Qxb7 Qxc2 26. Re1 (26. Ra1) 26... Qxc4 27.
Qxd7 Bf6 (27... Rf7) 28. Qxf5 a5 $17 {/-+} 29. Qd7 Qb4 30. h3 Rd8 31. Qc7 a4
32. Ra1 (32. Rd1 Qxe4 $1 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Qxd6 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 e4 $19) 32... Qxe4
$19 33. Qb6 Qd5 34. Nh2 e4 35. Ng4 Bg5 (35... Bxa1) 36. Rb1 a3 37. Qa6 a2 0-1

[Event "Villa Martelli"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "1997.06.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1997.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 (4... Ngf6 {is the main line,with
the idea to force white to play his N to c3,5.e5 is a possible move but should
not give white to much}) 5. Qxd4 e5 (5... Ngf6 6. Bg5 (6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 a6 8.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. Nc3 Nxe5 10. Qxe5 f6 11. Qe4 Qa5 12. Be3 Qf5 $13 {Barle,J-Kozul,
Z Bled op 1996}) 6... e6 7. Nc3 a6 (7... Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Rhe1 Qa5 10. Bxd7
Bxd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e5 fxe5 13. Nxe5 $36 {Dvorietzky,M-Scholseth,T Saint
John 1988}) 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. O-O-O h6 (9... Be7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bc6 12.
Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qc5 Qc8 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Rxd6 $16 {
/+- Gurgenidza,B-Gufeld,E Tbilisi 1969}) 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Rhe1 (11. e5 $5) 11...
Qc7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Rd8 14. Bg3 Qc8 (14... Qc5) 15. Qe3 O-O 16. Qf3 Bc6
17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qxc6 bxc6 19. Na4 $14 {Rublevsky,S-Ruban,V Novosibirsk 1995})
(5... a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 (7... Nf6 8. Bg5 e5 (8... e6 $142) 9. Qd3 Rc8
10. O-O-O Rxc3 11. Qxc3 Nxe4 12. Qe3 Nxg5 13. Nxg5 Be7 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Kb1 $14
{Kacheishvili,G-Anastasian,A Protvino zt 1993 CBM 35} (15. Nxd6 $4 Bg5)) 8. Qd3
h6 9. Nd2 Rc8 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Nd5 (11. Ne3 Nf6 12. O-O Be7 13. Ncd5 Nxd5 14.
Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Rxc2 16. Qxb7 $14 {Horvath,T-Mowsziszian,K BL 94/95}) 11...
Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Ne3 $14 {[%csl Rd5] Yegiazarian,O-Anastasian,A ARM-ch
Erevan 1994}) 6. Qd3 h6 7. Be3 Ngf6 8. O-O Be7 9. c4 a6 (9... O-O 10. Nc3 a6
11. Ba4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Nd5 Nbxd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 $11 {Barle,
J-Peptan,C Ljubljana 1997 EXP 58}) 10. Bxd7+ Bxd7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. a4 Be6 13. a5
Rc8 14. b3 Nd7 15. Nd5 f5 16. Rfd1 (16. exf5 $5 Rxf5 (16... Bxf5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7
18. Qd5+ {[%cal Gd5b7,Gb7a6]}) 17. Nd2 (17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Rfd1 Rc6 19. Nd2 $14
) 17... Bf8 18. Ne4 {[%csl Rd6] and with his knights on d5-e4 white seems
better}) 16... Rc6 17. Nd2 f4 18. Bb6 Nxb6 19. Nxb6 (19. axb6 Kh8 $13) 19...
Qe8 20. b4 (20. Nd5 $13 {in just few moves,black will take the initiative with
a clear target,white's king.it was white's fault which did not pay attention
to black play on the king's side,and insted for example of bringing back the
knight on b6 which is doing notning to d5,he also took the d2 knight to the
queen's side?!}) 20... Qg6 21. b5 $6 {giving black the c5 square,and creating
weakness on the Queen's die,white simply does not feel the danger on the
king's side} (21. Kh1) (21. Nd5) 21... Rc5 22. Nb3 f3 23. g3 Rc7 24. Nd5 (24.
bxa6 bxa6 25. c5 dxc5 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Qxd5+ Qf7 28. Rac1 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 c4 30.
Nd2 c3 $17) 24... Bxd5 25. Qxd5+ $6 {the Queen is needed on the f1-a6 diagonal,
to defend from Qh3,anyway the queens will have to go back,and white has a weak
"c" pawn maybe taking on d5 with the "c" was not a bad idea} (25. cxd5 Qg4 26.
Rac1 {with a fine position for white}) 25... Kh7 {[%csl Rc4] this is
white'sain problem,he will not get checkmate,but he will not be able to keep
his "c" pawn for a lot of time} 26. b6 (26. Qd3 Qg4 {[%csl Rc4]} 27. Nd2 Bg5)
26... Qg4 27. Kh1 (27. Nd2 Rc5 28. Qd3 (28. Qxb7 $2 Bg5 $19) 28... Bg5 29. h3
$8 (29. Qxd6 $2 Qc8 $1 {[%cal Gf8d8]} 30. Qd3 Bxd2 31. Rxd2 Rd8 $19) 29... Qxh3
30. Nxf3 Be7 $15 {[%csl Ra5,Rc4][%cal Gf8f1] /-/+}) 27... Rc6 28. Rac1 Bg5 29.
Rc3 Rf4 $1 30. Qd3 $2 (30. Nd2) (30. Rg1 $140 Rxe4 31. Qxc6 bxc6 32. b7) 30...
Qh3 31. Qf1 (31. Rg1 $4 Rh4 32. gxh4 Bf4 33. Rg3 Bxg3) 31... Qxf1+ 32. Rxf1
Rxe4 33. Rxf3 Rexc4 $17 {[%csl Ra5] /-+} 34. Rf7 Rb4 35. h4 Bf6 (35... Bxh4 $2
36. gxh4 Rxb3 37. Rxb7 {[%csl Ra6,Rg7][%cal Gb7a7,Gf1g1]}) 36. Nd2 Rc2 37. Nf3
Ra2 38. Rxb7 Rxa5 39. Rd1 (39. Rc1 Ra2 $1 40. Ne1 (40. Kg1 e4 {[%cal Gf6d4]})
40... Rab2 {[%cal Gb4b6]}) 39... Ra2 40. Kg1 e4 $1 41. Nh2 Bd4 42. Ng4 Bxb6 (
42... Ra3 $5 43. Rxd4 (43. Kg2 Rd3 {with h5 and winning immediately}) 43...
Rxd4 44. Nf6+ Kg6 45. Ne8 e3 $1 $19) 43. Re7 Bd4 44. h5 {threatening Rxd4
followed by Nf6 and Re8 mate!} (44. Rxe4 Bc5 (44... Bxf2+ $4 45. Nxf2) 45. Rxb4
Bxb4 $17 {[%cal Ga6a5,Ga5a4,Ga4a3] /-+}) 44... Kg8 (44... Ra1 $5 45. Rxa1 Bxa1
46. Ra7 (46. Re6 Rd4 {[%cal Ga6a5,Ga5a4]}) 46... Rb6 $19) 45. Kg2 (45. Rxe4 Bc5
46. Rxb4 Bxb4 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Ga6a5,Ga5a4,Gb4c5]}) 45... Bc5 46. Rd5 Rb8 $6 (
46... e3 47. Nxe3 Kf8 48. Re6 Kf7 49. Rdxd6 Bxd6 50. Rxd6 Rbb2 51. Ng4 Rb5 $19)
47. Rxe4 Rf8 48. Kh3 a5 49. f4 Ra1 {despite black's incorrect 46...Rb8 it is
difficult to see how can white defend him self,since the combination of
black's pass "a" pawn and his very strong supporting bishop on c5 seems to
much for white} 50. Re7 (50. f5 a4 51. f6 a3 52. fxg7 Kxg7 53. Re7+ Kh8 $19)
50... a4 51. Ne5 a3 52. Rxc5 dxc5 53. Ra7 a2 54. Kg4 c4 55. Nc6 c3 56. Nb4
Rxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Liang, Jinrong"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 e6 (5... e5 6. c3 Be7 7. d4
Qc7 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nh4 a6 10. Bf1 g6 11. Qf3 Nh5 12. Nf5 gxf5 13. Qxh5 Nf6 14.
Qd1 fxe4 15. Bg5 Bf5 16. Bc4 Rd8 17. Qb3 O-O 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bd5 b5 20. c4
$13 {0-1 Oral,T-Vokac,M/CZE-ch Turnov 1996/CBM 54 (33)}) (5... a6 6. Bf1 b6 7.
d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb7 9. f3 e6 10. a4 Be7 (10... Rc8 11. b3 (11. a5 b5 {xc4})
11... Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nd2 $10) 11. a5 b5 (11... bxa5 12. Bd2) (11... O-O
12. axb6 Qxb6 13. Kh1 (13. Be3 Qxb2 14. Nd2 $13)) 12. c4 bxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O (
13... Ne5 14. Bf1 (14. Bxe6 $6 fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qd7 16. Nxg7+ Kf7 17. Nf5 Rag8 18.
Nh6+ Kf8 19. Nxg8 Rxg8 20. Kh1 h5 $44)) (13... d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nc3 (15.
Rxe6 $6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Qc8 $17) (15. Nf5 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 O-O 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Be3
$14) 15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 {xe6}) 14. Nc3 (14. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qc8 16. Nxf8
Bxf8 17. Nc3 $14) 14... Ne5 15. Bf1 (15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Qd7 17. Nxf8 Rxf8
$13) 15... Qc7 (15... Rc8 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Qa4 $13) 16. Be3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18.
Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Nf5 (19. Bf4 Bd6 (19... Bf6 20. Kh1 $14) 20. Kh1 Ng6 $10) 19...
Bb4 (19... Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Qd4 Qxd4+ 22. Nxd4 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Rec1
Bd5 25. b4 $14) 20. Bb6 Qb8 (20... Bc5+ $2 21. Kh1 $1) 21. Qd4 (21. Re3 Nc6 $17
) 21... Bxe1 22. Rxe1 exf5 23. Qxd5 Re8 24. Rc1 Re6 25. b4 (25. Bc7 Qe8 $17)
25... h5 (25... Rd6 $1 26. Qb3 (26. Qxe5 Rxb6 $19) 26... Rxb6 27. axb6 Qxb6+
28. Kh1 Rb8 29. Qd5 $15) 26. Bc7 Qa7+ (26... Qe8 27. b5 $44) 27. Bb6 Qb8 28.
Bc7 Qa7+ 29. Bb6 Qb8 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Kasparov,G/Linares 1994/CBM 40/[Shirov]}
(29... Rxb6 30. axb6 Qxb6+ 31. Qc5 (31. Kh1 Re8 32. Re1 Qf2 $1) 31... Qf6 32.
Rd1 $44)) 6. c3 (6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Be7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Nc3 Qc7 10. Rad1 Rd8 11.
Bxd7 Bxd7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qe3 Kh8 14. Nd4 Qc5 15. Rd3 Rac8 16. Qd2 b5 17. a3
Rg8 18. g3 $14 {1-0 Antonio,R-Nguyen Anh Dung/Genting zt 1995/EXP 47 (32)})
6... a6 7. Bf1 b5 (7... g6 8. d4 Bg7 9. d5 e5 10. a4 b6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nc4
Ne8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 Rf7 15. b4 h6 16. Qc1 Kh7 17. Bd3 Ra7 18. b5 f5 (18...
a5) 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Qc2 Nf8 (20... e4 $2 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Qxe4+) 21. bxa6
Kg8 22. Nfxe5 $1 dxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Nd6 25. c4 Rxa6 26. Rae1 $40 Ng6
27. R5e3 h5 28. Rg3 Rg7 29. Bg5 Qd7 30. Bf6 Qxa4 31. Qc3 $18 Raa7 32. Bxg7 Rxg7
33. Qf6 Ne8 34. Qd8 Bd7 35. Bxf5 Bxf5 36. Rxe8+ Kh7 37. h3 Qxc4 38. Qg5 {
1-0 Farago,S-Enders,P/Budapest FS06 GM 1995/CBM 49}) (7... Be7 8. d4 cxd4 9.
cxd4 b5 10. a4 b4 11. a5 O-O 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Bh4 Ra7 15. h3 Re8 16.
Qa4 Qa8 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Qxb4 Ne5 $132 {0-1 Cladouras,P-Gurevich,
D/Biel op 1992/EXP 31 (46)}) 8. d4 Bb7 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12.
Bb2 (12. Bd3 e5 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Nf1 Bf8 15. Ng3 g6 16. Qd2 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bg7
18. Rad1 Nc5 19. f3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Nd7 21. Qd2 d5 22. exd5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Nf6 (
23... Bxd5 24. Ndf5 Bxb2 25. Ne7+) {[%tqu "En","can you find white's fantastic
continuation?","","","d4f5","",10]} 24. Ndf5 $1 gxf5 25. Nxf5 Qf8 26. Qg5 Re8
27. Ba3 $3 Rxe1+ 28. Kf2 Re2+ 29. Kxe2 Qe8+ 30. Kf2 Nh5 31. Qxh5 Qd8 32. Qg4
Qb6+ 33. Kg3 Qf6 34. Bc5 Qe5+ 35. Kh3 Bxd5 {1-0 Visser,Y-Riemersma,L/NLD-ch sf
Enschede 1992/EXT 92ch}) 12... d5 13. e5 (13. exd5 $6 Nxd5 {[%csl Gd4]}) 13...
Ne4 14. Bd3 {this is not a very easy decision to allow black to keep such a
knight on e4 where he has control over some very important squares such as c3}
(14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 f5 16. a4 $132) 14... f5 15. exf6 Ndxf6 16. a3 (16. Ne5
Bb4) 16... Bd6 $36 17. Ne5 $2 (17. Qe2 {this seems as white's move in the
position}) (17. h3) {[%tqu "En","white's last move is a serious mistake which
is going to coast him the game.do you see how","the after the move Ne5 the f2
square looks even weaker than before...","","d6e5","",7]} 17... Bxe5 $1 (17...
Nxf2 $5 18. Kxf2 Bxe5 (18... Ne4+ 19. Kg1 Bxe5 20. Bxe4 Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Qh4+ 22.
Kg1 Qf2+ 23. Kh2 Qh4+ $11 (23... Rf6 $2 24. Bf3 Rh6+ 25. Bh5 g6 26. Re5)) 19.
Rxe5 Ng4+ 20. Ke2 (20. Ke1 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qh4+ 22. g3 Qxh2 23. Qg4 Qf2+ 24. Kd1
Qg1+ 25. Kc2 Rac8+ $19) (20. Kg1 Qh4 21. h3 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qf2+ 23. Kh2 d4 24.
Bf1 Qe3 $19 25. Qe2 Rf2) 20... Rf2+ 21. Ke1 Rxg2 (21... Nxe5 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23.
Kxf2 Nd3+ 24. Kg1 Nxb2 25. Qc2+) 22. Rh5 Qf6 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. Bxh7+ Kf8 25.
Nxf3 Rxb2 $17) 18. dxe5 (18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 (19. dxe5 Nxf2 20. Qe2 d4 $1
$19 (20... Qb6 21. Qe3)) 19... Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 dxe4 $17 {[%csl Rf2]
[%cal Gf8f5,Ga8f8,Gf5h5] /-+}) 18... Nxf2 $1 19. Qe2 (19. Kxf2 $4 Ne4+ 20. Ke2
(20. Kg1 Qb6+) (20. Ke3 d4+ 21. Bxd4 Qg5+ 22. Ke2 Qxg2+ 23. Ke3 Qf2#) 20...
Rf2+ 21. Ke3 d4+ 22. Bxd4 Qg5#) 19... N6g4 $1 20. Nf3 (20. h3 $2 Qb6) 20...
Rxf3 $1 {20...d4 is also possible but this is just the best} 21. Qxf3 $2 (21.
gxf3 Qh4 22. fxg4 Nh3+ 23. Kh1 (23. Kf1 Rf8+ 24. Bf5 exf5 25. g5 Qf4+ 26. Kg2
d4+ 27. Kxh3 Bf3) 23... d4+ 24. Be4 Bxe4+ 25. Qxe4 Nf2+) 21... Qb6 22. Qf4 Nh3+
0-1

[Event "Villa Martelli"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "1997.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "German, Gustavo"]
[Black "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Bxc6 (7. Bf1 {
is white's second move which leads to a much more quite position than the text}
) 7... Bxc6 8. d4 Bxe4 (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Bxe4 10. Nc3 (10. Bg5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3
Qa5 12. Nc3 Qxg5 13. Qxb7 Rd8 14. Qc6+ Rd7 15. d5 e6 $1 (15... e5 16. Na4) 16.
dxe6 fxe6 17. Rxe6+ Be7 18. Qc8+ (18. Rae1 O-O) 18... Rd8 (18... Kf7 $2 19.
Rxf6+) 19. Qb7 Rd7 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Alterman,B Israel 1995 63/(157)}) 10...
Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6 12. Qxb7 Qc8 13. Qf3 (13. Qb3 Be7 14. d5 e5 15. Bg5 (15. Na4
Rb8 16. Nb6 Qg4 17. f3 Qh4 18. Be3 O-O 19. Bf2 Qg5 20. a4 a5 $1 21. Qd3 e4 22.
fxe4 Ng4 $44 {Shabanov,Y-Stripunsky,A Karvina 1993 60/(200)}) 15... O-O 16. Ne4
Rb8 17. Qa3 Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Nxd6 Qe6 $11 {Zaitev,I-Stripunsky,A
Bucurest 1994 60/(200)}) 13... Be7 14. d5 e5 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Ne4 Nxd5 (16...
Nxe4 $2 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. Rxe4 Rxe7 19. Rc4 {[%csl Rc6]}) 17. Nxd6 Qe6 (17...
Bxd6 18. Qxd5 $14 {[%csl Ga2,Ra6,Gb2]}) 18. Rad1 Qxd6 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Rxd5
$14 {/= Smirin,I-Alterman,B Struga zt 1995 63/157 [Alterman,B]}) 9. Bg5 Bd5 (
9... d5) 10. c4 {10.Nbd2 is white's main move when black normally replies with
e6 and you get a very complicated positions} Bxf3 $2 {Macharicev gives this
move ?! OK for the first time it was played I agree ?! but if this is not very
good for black so on the second time I give it ?} (10... Bxc4 11. Nc3 e6 (11...
Be6 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Qa4+ b5 14. Qh4 Qb6 15. a4 Rd8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Be3 Nd5
18. Ng5 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 {with a very strong initiative for white Martinovic,
S-Petursson,M Athens op 1993}) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. d5 e5 14. Nh4 Bb5 15. Ne4 Bd7
16. Qh5 h6 17. f4 Qe7 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. d6 Qe6 20. Rf1 O-O-O $17 {Martinovic,
S-Anand,V Groningen 1989}) 11. Qxf3 cxd4 12. Qxb7 Qc8 13. Qf3 e6 (13... Nd7 14.
Nd2 Ne5 15. Qe4 h6 16. Bf4 $16 {Macharicev}) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qxf6 $146 {
in is analyse to Damaso-Grivas Macharicev gives? to this move and writes 15...
Rg8 with counterplay,but I think white is just better here} (15. Nd2 Be7 16.
Nb3 $1 e5 $2 (16... O-O 17. Nxd4 Qxc4 18. Re4 (18. Nf5 $5) 18... Qd5 19. Rd1
$36 {/+/-}) 17. Nxd4 $1 $18 {Damaso,R-Grivas,E Erevan olm 1996}) 15... Rg8 16.
Nd2 Bg7 (16... Qc6 $2 17. Rxe6+ fxe6 18. Qxe6+) 17. Qh4 Kf8 $6 {just giving
the "h" pawn seems quite strange,white of course takes it and goes back with
his queen when black gets nothing form this strange deal} (17... h6 $142) 18.
Qxh7 Rh8 19. Qd3 Rh6 {now black is threatening e5 and after f5,since white
will not have Ne4 with a tempi because the rook on h6 protects the d6 pawn,but
white finds a way to deal with this idea} (19... e5 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 20. Ne4 Qc6
21. Ng3 {[%csl Ge4,Gf5]}) 20. f4 $1 {simple,I fight for the e5 square,and if
black playes e5 he will open the "f" for white,a decisive mistake} Qc5 21. Re2
Kg8 22. Rf1 $16 {[%cal Gf4f5] black good completely nothing for the pawn,it is
white who has the initiative and wants to play now f5} f5 {[%csl Re6]} 23. Kh1
Rc8 24. Rfe1 Kf7 25. b3 {after the c4 pawn is protected by the b3 pawn the
knight can be used to some more important missions,for example putting
pressure on the d4 and e6 pawns from the f3 square} Re8 26. Nf3 Bf6 27. Rd1
Reh8 28. h3 Qc6 29. Kh2 (29. Nxd4 $4 Rxh3+) 29... Rg8 30. Nxd4 $18 {the rest
needs really no comments} Bxd4 31. Qxd4 Rhg6 32. Rdd2 Rg3 33. Qa7+ Kf6 34. Qh7
R3g7 35. Qh4+ Kf7 36. Qe1 Rg6 37. Rf2 Qc5 38. Qe2 Qc6 39. Kg1 Qc5 40. Kf1 Qa3
41. Qd3 Ke7 42. Qd4 Rg3 43. Rfe2 R8g6 44. Qa7+ Kf6 45. Rxe6+ 1-0

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 e5 6. c3 Be7 (6... a6 7. Bf1
Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nbd2 b5 10. h3 Qb6 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Bf8 13. a4 Rb8 14. Ra2
Bb7 15. d5 Bc8 16. Qc2 b4 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Ne3 Qb7 19. Nd2 g6 20. a5 $14 {
1-0 Vasiukov,E-Mestel,A/Hastings 1978/MCD-r7 (41)}) 7. d4 O-O 8. dxe5 (8. Nbd2
Qc7 (8... a6 9. Bxd7 Nxd7 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Nc4 f6 13. Qxd8 Bxd8
14. Nd6 $14 {1-0 Karaklajic,N-Tarjan,J/Chicago 1973/MCD-r7 (56)}) 9. a4 Rd8 10.
d5 Ne8 11. a5 g6 12. Nc4 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Ng5 Ng7 15. b4 cxb4 16. cxb4 Nf8
17. Qb3 Ng6 18. Bd2 Bf6 19. Rac1 Qe7 $132 {0-1 Ciocaltea,V-Barle,J/Vidmar mem
1973/EXT 97 (60)}) 8... dxe5 (8... Nxe5 $5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. a4
Be6 $11 {[%cal Gf6e8,Ge8d6]}) 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 (10... Bxf6 11. Bf1 Nb6 (
11... b5 $6 12. a4 $1 b4 13. a5 {[%cal Gb1d2,Gd2c4]}) 12. Qc2 Be6 13. a4 c4
$132 {[%cal Gd8c7,Gf6e7]}) 11. Qxd8 Bxd8 12. Bf1 Bc7 13. a4 {white really got
nothing special out of the opening,the position is about equal,I think that
Nxe5 on move 8 was even simpler that this,but here we still have a game with
active plans for both sides} Bd7 $6 {why to allow white to play "a5" after b6
followed by Bb7 black is OK} (13... b6 14. Na3 {[%cal Ga3c4]}) 14. a5 Bc6 15.
Nfd2 {white has "achived " a5 noramlly this should be very good but the
problem is that many times this pawn can be weak,and white does not have a
dark coloured bishop to attack the weak "c5" pawn as quick as possible,but
there ia another idea here to place the knight's on b3 and c4 which creates
strong preesure on the Queen's side} (15. Nbd2 Rad8 {[%cal Gd8d7,Gf8d8]}) 15...
g5 $5 {white's idea is to play Nb3 and then Na3-Nc4 with full control over the
squares on the Queen's side,when black is tied in defence,so black decides to
open another flank the king's side,since it's quite clear that is order to
free the knight on "d2" white will have to play "f3" so black is already
prepered with "g4"} (15... Rad8 16. f3) 16. f3 g4 17. Nc4 $6 {it's quite
strange for me to understand why white has not played the idea Nb3-Na3-Nc4?} (
17. Nb3 gxf3 18. gxf3 Nd7 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 19. Bh3 $1 Bb8 (19... b6 20. N1d2) (
19... c4 20. N3d2 b5 21. axb6 Nxb6 22. Na3 Bb5 23. Bf1 {[%csl Rc4]}) 20. Na3
Ba7 21. Nc4 {when white seems better}) 17... gxf3 18. gxf3 Nh5 19. Ne3 Rad8 (
19... Nf4 20. Nd2 Rad8 21. Nb3) 20. Nf5 {[%cal Gg5e7]} Rd7 (20... Rfe8 $5) 21.
c4 {[%cal Gb1c3,Gc3d5] white has no other to devlope his "b1" knight since he
can not play Nd2 and after Na3 the "a5" pawn is hanging} (21. Bh3 $6 Rd3 $1 22.
Ne7+ (22. Bf1 Rxf3 (22... Rd7 $11) 23. Be2 Rxf5 24. exf5 Nf4 $44) 22... Kh8 23.
Nxc6 bxc6 24. Bf1 Rxf3 25. Bxa6 Rg8+ 26. Kh1 Rf2 $36 {[%csl Rh1]}) 21... Ng7 (
21... Kh8 22. Nc3 Rg8+ 23. Kf2 Ng7 (23... Nf4 24. Nd5) 24. Nxg7 Rxg7 25. Nd5 {
[%cal Gf1h3]} Bd8 26. Red1) 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Nc3 f5 (23... Rd2 24. Re2 $11)
24. Nd5 (24. Bh3 $6 Rd2 25. Bxf5 Rxb2 {[%cal Gg7f6,Gf8g8,Ga2h2]} 26. Re2 Rxe2
27. Nxe2 Rd8 {[%cal Gd8d2]}) 24... fxe4 25. fxe4 Bd8 26. Bh3 Rdf7 27. Bf5 {
the position is about equal no players has real plan how to create something
with out big danger for him self} Kh8 28. Re2 Rg7+ 29. Rg2 (29. Kh1 Bh4) 29...
Bg5 30. Ra3 Rfg8 31. Kf1 Bc1 32. Rxg7 Rxg7 33. Rb3 Bd2 34. Ra3 Bc1 35. Rb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Black "Maki, Veijo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. Bc4 (9. h3 O-O 10. g4 a6 11. Bxd7 Bxd7 12. g5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Nh5 14.
Bxe7 Qxe7 {Ivkov,B-Chiburdanidze,M Monaco Veterans-Women 1994} 15. O-O-O $1 $13
) (9. a4 O-O 10. O-O Nb8 (10... Qc7 11. Bc4 Nc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14.
Bxd5 Be6 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. c3 $14 {Dvoretsky,M-Geller,E Erevan 1975}) 11. a5
Nc6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nb8 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. b4 Nf6 17. f3 Nh5 18.
a6 $14 {Rozentalis,E-Smirin,I Klaipeda 1988}) (9. Nd2 O-O 10. f3 Qc7 11. O-O-O
a6 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 c4 $15 {
Dvoretsky,M-Tal,M Erevan 1975}) 9... O-O (9... a6 10. a4 b6 11. Nh4 g6 12. O-O
Bb7 13. Nf3 Kf8 14. Nd5 Kg7 $11 {Djurhuus,R-Conquest,S Copenhagen op 1988}) 10.
Nh4 $146 (10. O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Nh4 Rc8 (12... Qd7 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Ng6
Rfd8 15. Nb5 Nc8 16. c4 a6 17. Nc3 $14 {Kupreichik,V-Polugaevsky,L URS-ch44
Moscow 1976}) 13. Ng6 Re8 14. Rfd1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. Qxd6
Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. b3 $14 {/= Chandler,M-Mestel,A Brighton
1984}) 10... Nb6 (10... Kh8 11. O-O (11. Nf5 $5 Nc5 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. Qxd8 (13.
Nxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 f5 $13) 13... Bxd8 14. Nd6 $14) 11... Nb6 12.
Bb3) 11. Bxb6 Qxb6 12. Ng6 Re8 13. Nxe7+ Rxe7 14. O-O-O Be6 $6 {after this
move white just gets a slightly better position without any risks with clear
play since black has a big weakness the d6 pawn and white has the strong "d5"
square in the center black should have played Qxf2 with maybe slightly better
position for white} (14... Qxf2 $5 15. Rd2 $5 (15. Rhf1 Qxg2 16. Qxd6 Qg5+ 17.
Kb1 Rd7) 15... Qc5 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 $14 {/=}) 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 {[%csl Rd6]}
16. f3 $14 Rc8 17. Rd2 Qa5 $6 {after this move white gets a big advantage
since he win a very important tempi + gets a fantastic place for his queen on
b4,black of course should have played a6 not allowing white's next move} 18.
Qb5 $1 Qc7 (18... Qxb5 $2 19. Nxb5 {[%csl Ra7,Rd6]} Rd8 (19... Rc6 20. Nxa7 Ra6
21. Nb5 Rxa2 22. Kb1 Ra6 23. Nc7 $18) 20. Nxa7 Ra8 21. Nb5 Rxa2 22. Kb1 {
the same as Rc6}) 19. Rhd1 a6 20. Qb4 {white managed to double his rooks on
the "d" file place his queen in a fantastic place,black goes for some
initiative but it only makes the end closer,he should have played something
such as Rd8 or Ne8 but of course white's position is a dream} b5 $1 21. a4 (21.
Rxd6 $4 a5 $19) (21. Kb1) 21... bxa4 (21... Rb8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxd6) 22.
Rxd6 $6 {I do not like this move,indeed white won quite easily after this move,
but that's because of black's help} (22. Qxa4 Qb6 23. Qa3 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rd6]})
22... Rxd6 23. Rxd6 {[%csl Ra4,Ra6]} Rb8 $2 (23... a5 $1 24. Qa3 Qa7 25. Nd1
Qg1 26. Rd2 Qxh2 27. Qxa4 {when white seems to be better,but the position has
alreasy become less clear}) 24. Rc6 $1 {probably black has missed this move}
Qa7 (24... Rxb4 25. Rxc7 $16 {[%csl Ra4,Ra6]}) 25. Qc5 Qb7 26. Nxa4 $18 {
white has an extra pawn,without any compensation by black,the game is over} Nd7
27. Qc4 Qa7 28. Nc5 Nxc5 29. Qxc5 Qb7 30. b3 a5 31. Rc7 Qa6 32. Qc4 Qf6 33.
Rc8+ {going into a pawn ending} Rxc8 34. Qxc8+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Qxf5 36. exf5 g6
37. fxg6+ Kxg6 38. Kd2 Kf5 39. Ke3 Ke6 40. g4 Kd5 41. h4 Kc5 42. c3 1-0

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 3rd "]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Liang, Jinrong"]
[Black "Zhu, Chen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. O-O (7.
Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 (8. Be3 e6 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. a4 Be7 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Qxb6 13.
Na4 Qc7 14. O-O O-O 15. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,A-Spraggett,K/Roses 1992/TD 92\09})
8... g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. Nf5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nf6 14. Qd3
Qc6 15. O-O Bxf5 16. exf5 Qd5 $13 {/-/+ 1-0 Grosar,A-Tratar,M/SLO-ch 1996/EXT
96ch2 (29)}) 7... e6 (7... cxd4 8. Qxd4 e6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Rfd1 Ne5 11. Nxe5
dxe5 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qb3 Be7 14. Rd2 O-O 15. Rad1 Be8 16. Na4 b5 17. Nb6 Rd8
18. Rxd8 Bxd8 19. c4 Bc6 20. f3 Be7 21. Qc3 $13 {1/2-1/2 Antonio,R-Gallagher,J/
Biel Mixed 1991/CBM 25 (40)}) 8. Bg5 (8. dxc5 dxc5 (8... Nxc5 9. Bf4 Qc7 10.
Qd2 b5 11. b4 Nd7 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Rc8 15. Qd4 Nf6 16. Rd3
O-O 17. Rad1 Qc4 18. e5 {1/2-1/2 Hachian,M-Gallagher,J/Candas op 1996/EXP 51})
9. a4 b6 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rfd1 Qe8 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Nc4 Qc6 15. Bd6
$1 Ra7 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Rd6 Qc7 18. Rxb6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Fedorov,V-Ubilava,E/
Oviedo rapid 1993/EXP 38 (30)}) 8... Qc7 (8... f6 9. Be3 Be7 10. d5 e5 11. Nh4
g6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 O-O 14. Qg4 Ne5 15. Qg3 Rf7 16. Nd1 Rg7 17. Nf3 Nf7 18.
Bd2 Bd7 19. Ne3 h5 20. Kh1 b5 21. c3 Kh7 $13 {0-1 Rogers,I-Sunye Neto,J/Luzern
olm 1982/BIG 80 (49)}) 9. dxc5 (9. Re1 cxd4 (9... b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qd2 h6 12.
Bh4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 g5 14. Bg3 Ne5 15. a4 Nc4 16. Qe2 b4 17. Na2 Bg7 18. c3 bxc3
19. bxc3 O-O $17 {0-1 Curdo,J-Van Wely,L/New York op 1997/EXP 57 (34)}) (9...
f6 10. Bf4 (10. Bh4 Be7 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 O-O 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Qe2 $16 {
1-0 Maiwald,J-Kengis,E/Bonn GSK 1995/CBM 45/[Von Gleich] (41)}) 10... cxd4 11.
Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bg3 g5 $5 13. Nce2 (13. f4 gxf4 14. Bxf4) 13... h5 $132 {/|^ 0-1
Rigo,J-Nunn,J/Lugano op 1985/MCL 02 (40)}) 10. Qxd4 Ne5 11. Rad1 Bd7 (11... f6
12. Bc1 Be7 13. Kh1 b5 14. a3 Rb8 15. Qe3 O-O 16. Nd4 Qc5 $132 {0-1 Valkesalmi,
K-Arnason,J/Helsinki 1986/MCL 02 (40)}) 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qd2 b5 14. a3 Rc8 15.
Re3 f6 16. Rd3 Bc6 17. Be3 Kf7 18. f3 a5 19. Qf2 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Na2 Bb5
22. R3d2 Ra8 23. Nc1 Be7 $17 {[%csl Gb5,Rc2,Ge7] Ljubojevic,L-Kasparov,G/
Amsterdam Euwe-mem 1991/CBM 23/0-1 (40)}) 9... Nxc5 10. Qd4 $146 (10. Re1 f6
11. Bd2 (11. Bh4 b5 12. Nd4 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. Qh5+ Qf7 15. exd5+ Be7 16. Qe2
O-O 17. Qxe7 Qxd5 18. Rad1 Bb7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Ricardi,P-Gallagher,J/Benidorm op
1991/EXT 91op2 (68)}) 11... Qf7 12. Bf4 e5 13. b4 Qc4 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 b5
16. Re3 Rb8 17. Qe1 f5 18. Ng5 fxe4 19. Ne6 Kf7 20. Nec7 Qd4 21. Rc3 e3 22.
Bxe3 Qe4 23. f3 Qg6 24. a4 bxa4 25. Qe2 Nf6 26. Qc4 Nxd5 27. Nxd5 Be6 28. Qc7+
Kg8 29. Qxb8 Bxd5 30. Rc8 Qf6 31. Bg5 {1-0 Ghinda,M-Ftacnik,L/Bratislava 1983/
MCD-r8}) 10... f6 11. Be3 Be7 (11... b6 $5) 12. a4 b6 (12... O-O $6 13. a5 {
[%csl Rb6]}) 13. Qc4 (13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Nd4 Kf7 15. f3 Rhd8) 13... Bd8 {the best
move} (13... a5 $6 {a positional mistake} 14. Nd4 Ba6 15. Ndb5 (15. Nxe6 Qc8 (
15... Nxe6 $2 16. Qxe6 Bxf1 17. Nd5 $16 {/+-}) 16. Nxg7+ Kf8) 15... Qc6 16.
Rad1 {[%csl Rd6,Re6]}) 14. Nd4 (14. Rfd1 O-O 15. b4 Nb7 16. Qb3 Bd7 $132) 14...
Nb7 (14... O-O $5 15. f4 Qf7) 15. Qa2 Qf7 16. f4 O-O 17. f5 Re8 (17... exf5 18.
Qxf7+ Rxf7 19. Nxf5 $14) 18. Rad1 (18. fxe6 Bxe6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Qxe6+ Rxe6
21. Rad1 $14) 18... exf5 19. Qxf7+ Kxf7 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 Rc8 22. Rfd5 $14
{/= the position is something between equal and very slight advantage for
white,white who is a less elo than his opponent offerd a draw which there is
really no reasin for black not to accept} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 {there are other 2 main moves
in this position 5.e5 and 5.Nc3 but that's already another story} a6 6. Bxd7+
Nxd7 7. O-O (7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 (8. Be3 e6 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. a4 Be7 11. a5 b5 12.
axb6 Qxb6 13. Na4 Qc7 14. O-O O-O 15. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,A-Spraggett,K/Roses
1992/TD 92\09}) 8... g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. O-O (10. h3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. Nf5
Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nf6 14. Qd3 Qc6 15. O-O Bxf5 16. exf5 Qd5 17. Rab1 Qxd3 18. cxd3
O-O-O 19. Rfe1 Rd7 20. c4 Nh5 21. Bh2 Ng7 22. g4 e6 23. Rb6 Rhd8 24. c5 dxc5
25. Reb1 Rxd3 26. Kg2 Rd1 27. R1b3 R1d3 28. Rxb7 Rxb3 29. Rc7+ Kb8 30. axb3 {
1-0 Grosar,A-Tratar,M/SLO-ch 1996/EXT 96ch2}) 10... g4 11. Nh4 Bxd4 12. Nf5
Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nf6 14. Be5 $1 Bxf5 (14... dxe5 $4 15. Ng7+) 15. Bxf6 exf6 16.
exf5 h5 17. Re1+ Kf8 18. Qd5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Pavasovic,D-Soffer,R/Budapest FS06
GM 1994/EXP 41 (39)}) 7... e6 (7... cxd4 8. Qxd4 e6 9. Be3 (9. Re1 f6 10. Be3
Be7 11. Rad1 O-O 12. Nd2 b5 13. Nd5 Nc5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. axb3
Rd8 $11 {0-1 Slobodjan,R-Dokhoian,Y/Cuxhaven op 1993/EXT 93op (47)}) 9... Qc7
10. Rfd1 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qb3 Be7 14. Rd2 O-O 15. Rad1 Be8
16. Na4 b5 17. Nb6 Rd8 18. Rxd8 Bxd8 19. c4 Bc6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Antonio,
R-Gallagher,J/Biel Mixed 1991/CBM 25 (40)}) (7... g6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Bg7 10.
dxc5 dxc5 11. a4 b6 12. Qd5 Rb8 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Qd2 g5 15. Nd5 Qc6 16. a5 b5
17. Nb6 Rb7 18. Qd5 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Rxb6 (19... Nxb6 20. axb6 Rxb6) 20. axb6 Bb7
21. Rd2 Nxb6 22. Rad1 O-O 23. b3 Bxe4 24. Bxc5 Nc8 25. Bd4 $14 {0-1
Spangenberg,H-Larsen,B/Mar del Plata op 1995/EXT 95op (81) /+/-}) 8. Bg5 (8.
dxc5 Nxc5 9. Bg5 (9. Bf4 Qc7 10. Qd2 b5 11. b4 Nd7 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. Bxd6 Bxd6
14. Qxd6 Rc8 15. Qd4 Nf6 16. Rd3 O-O 17. Rad1 Qc4 18. Qxc4 Rxc4 19. Ne5 Rxb4
$17 {0-1 Rechlis,G-Mestel,A/Beersheba 1988/CBM 09 (42)}) 9... Qb6 10. Rb1 Bd7
11. b4 Na4 12. Nxa4 Bxa4 13. Qd3 h6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. c4 Be7 16. Rfc1 O-O 17. Nd4
Rfc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Keres,P-Ljubojevic,L/Petropolis izt 1973/IZT (41)}) 8... Qc7
(8... f6 9. Be3 Be7 10. d5 e5 11. Nh4 g6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 O-O 14. Qg4 Ne5
15. Qg3 Rf7 16. Nd1 Rg7 17. Nf3 Nf7 18. Bd2 Bd7 19. Ne3 h5 20. Kh1 $13 {
0-1 Rogers,I-Sunye Neto,J/Luzern olm 1982/BIG 80 (49)}) 9. dxc5 (9. Re1 cxd4 (
9... b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qd2 h6 12. Bh4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 g5 14. Bg3 Ne5 15. a4 Nc4
16. Qe2 b4 17. Na2 Bg7 18. c3 bxc3 19. bxc3 O-O $17 {Curdo,J-Van Wely,L/New
York op 1997/EXP 57/0-1 (34)}) (9... f6 10. Bf4 (10. Bh4 Be7 11. e5 dxe5 12.
dxe5 O-O 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Qe2 $16 {1-0 Maiwald,J-Kengis,E/Bonn GSK 1995/CBM
45/[Von Gleich] (41)}) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bg3 g5 $5 13. Nce2 (13. f4
gxf4 14. Bxf4) 13... h5 14. f4 h4 $1 15. fxe5 hxg3 16. exf6 e5 17. Nxg3 (17.
Nf5 Qc5+ $19) 17... exd4 18. Qxd4 Kf7 (18... Qc5 19. Qxc5 dxc5 20. e5 Be6 21.
Ne4 $13) 19. Qd5+ (19. e5 d5 $1 20. Qxd5+ Be6 {/\ ...Bc5, ...Rh2}) 19... Be6
20. Qxg5 Bh6 21. Qh5+ Kf8 22. Kh1 Rh7 $36 {0-1 Rigo,J-Nunn,J/Lugano op 1985/
MCL 02 (40)}) 10. Qxd4 Ne5 11. Rad1 Bd7 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qd2 b5 14. a3 Rc8 15.
Re3 f6 16. Rd3 Bc6 17. Be3 Kf7 18. f3 a5 19. Qf2 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Na2 Bb5
22. R3d2 Ra8 23. Nc1 Be7 $15 {/+/- Ljubojevic,L-Kasparov,G/Amsterdam Euwe-mem
1991/CBM 23/0-1 (40)}) (9. a4 h6 10. Bh4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Kh1 g5 13. Bg3
h5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Kamsky,G-Gurevich,D/USA-ch 1993/CBM 39/[Ernst] (68)}) 9... Nxc5
10. Re1 b5 (10... f6 11. Bd2 (11. Bh4 b5 12. Nd4 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. Qh5+ Qf7
15. exd5+ Be7 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Qxe7 Qxd5 18. Rad1 Bb7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ricardi,
P-Gallagher,J/Benidorm op 1991/EXT 91op2 (68)}) 11... Qf7 12. Bf4 e5 13. b4 Qc4
14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 b5 16. Re3 Rb8 17. Qe1 f5 18. Ng5 fxe4 19. Ne6 Kf7 20. Nec7
Qd4 21. Rc3 e3 22. Bxe3 Qe4 23. f3 Qg6 24. a4 bxa4 25. Qe2 Nf6 26. Qc4 Nxd5 27.
Nxd5 Be6 28. Qc7+ Kg8 29. Qxb8 Bxd5 30. Rc8 Qf6 31. Bg5 {1-0 Ghinda,M-Ftacnik,
L/Bratislava 1983/MCD-r8}) 11. Nd5 $5 Qb7 (11... exd5 $6 12. exd5+ Kd7 13. Nd4
$1 Qb6 (13... h5 $2 14. Qf3 $18) (13... Qb7 14. Qf3 f6 15. Bxf6 Kc7 16. Bh4 $44
{when it seems white has a fantastic position,2 pawns for the piece and
black's pieces are not in the game} (16. Bxg7 Bxg7 17. Re7+ Kb6 18. Rxb7+ Bxb7
{when black has too much material for the queen})) 14. Qf3 f6 15. Bxf6 Kc7 (
15... gxf6 16. Qxf6 $18) 16. b4 $1 $40 {/+/-}) 12. Qd4 e5 {it seems as there
is reallt no other idea for black} (12... exd5 13. exd5+ Kd7 14. b4 $1 {
Qxg7 is a very nice move to play,but I think that if black's king is in the
position he stands right now,white should try to avoid Queens exchanges} (14.
Qxg7 $5 Bxg7 15. Re7+ Kd8 16. Rxb7+ Ke8 (16... f6 17. Rxg7 fxg5 18. Nxg5 $16)
17. Re1+ Kf8 18. Rc7 $44) 14... Na4 15. c4 $1 {I want to open also the "c" file
} bxc4 16. Qxc4 Nb6 17. Qc2 f6 (17... Nxd5 18. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Ga1c1,Gc2a4]} f6
19. Qa4+ Kc7 20. Rac1+ $18) (17... Qxd5 18. Rac1 {[%cal Gc2c7]}) 18. Rac1 $18)
(12... h6 13. Bh4) 13. Qb4 Be6 14. Rad1 h6 15. Bh4 (15. Be3 $5 Rc8 16. b3 $13)
15... Rc8 (15... g5 16. Bg3 f5 $13) 16. b3 g5 17. Bg3 Bg7 18. Nc3 Qc6 19. Nd5
Qb7 20. Nc3 Qc6 21. Nd5 {a very solid and quite end to a very complicated and
unclear game} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Velicka, Petr"]
[Black "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1997.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O (5. h3 e5 6. O-O $2 g5 $1 7.
d3 g4 8. hxg4 Bxg4 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Qe1 Rg8 11. Nh4 Ng6 12. Nxg6 Rxg6 13. f3 Bh3
14. Rf2 Qh4 15. Qe2 (15. Nf1 $2 Rxg2+ $19) 15... Bh6 16. Nc4 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Kd7
18. Ne3 Rag8 19. Ng4 (19. Kf1 $2 Bxg2+ 20. Rxg2 Qh1+ $19) 19... Bxg4 20. fxg4
Rh6 $1 $19 21. Rxf7+ Ke8 22. g5 (22. Rxa7 Qh1+ 23. Kf2 Rf8+ $19) 22... Qh1+ 23.
Kf2 Qxc1 24. Qg4 Qd2+ {0-1 Spasov,V-Rogers,I/Groningen 1989/CBM 16/[Boensch]} (
24... Qd2+ 25. Kf1 (25. Kg1 Qe1+ 26. Rf1 Rh1+ 27. Kxh1 Qxf1+ 28. Kh2 Qf4+ $19)
(25. Kf3 Qd1+ $19) (25. Kg3 Rxg5 $19) 25... Rh1#)) 5... Bg4 (5... g6 6. Re1 Bg7
7. c3 e5 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne7 11. Nc3 Bd7 $2 12. Bf4 Nc8 13. e5
$1 dxe5 14. Bxe5 O-O 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qf3 $16 {1-0 Nevednichy,V-Kupreichik,V/
JUG-chT (Cetinje) 1993/TD 93\08 (43)}) (5... e5 6. Re1 (6. c3 g5 (6... Bg4 7.
d3 (7. h3 Bxf3 (7... Bh5 8. d3 Be7 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4
cxd4 13. Nxd4 Rc8 14. Nf5 O-O 15. b3 Rfe8 16. Bb2 Bg6 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Rfe1
$14 {0-1 Bologan,V-Akopian,V/WchJ Mamaia 1991/EXP 25 (36)}) 8. Qxf3 Nf6 9. Rd1
Be7 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 exd4 12. Rxd4 Qb6 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Nc3 Rfe8 15. b3 Bf8
16. Bg5 Re6 17. Rac1 Rae8 18. Na4 Qa6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Ruban,V/Tilburg 1993/
CBM 39 (48)}) 7... g6 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. h3 Be6 10. Qa4 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4
cxd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. N2f3 Bd7 15. Qc2 c5 16. Ne2 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qa6 18. Bc3 d5
19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. exd5 Bb5 21. Rfe1 Nxd5 22. Qxc5 Bxe2 23. Qxd5 $16 {1/2-1/2
Nevednichy,V-Stripunsky,A/Bucharest Ciocaltea 1994/CBM 40 (60)}) 7. d4 g4 8.
Nfd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Nc4 Bg7 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Nxd6+ Kf8 13. Nd2 Ne7 14.
Nb3 Qb6 15. Rc1 Ng6 16. Bg3 h5 17. Nf5 $16 {1-0 Rublevsky,S-Stripunsky,A/
RUS-chT Kazan 1995/CBM 51/[Hecht] (57)}) 6... Nf6 7. c3 Bg4 8. d4 (8. d3 Be7 9.
Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Nf1 d5 14. Ng3 c4 15. Qc2 Re8
16. Bd2 Nf8 17. Rad1 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Bd5 19. Ne5 Ne6 20. Nxc4 Nxd4 21. Qd3 Ne6
22. Bc3 Qc7 23. Be5 Bxc4 24. Qc3 Bb4 25. Qxb4 Qxe5 26. Qxc4 Qxb2 {1/2-1/2
Iordachescu,V-Dvoirys,S/Novgorod op 1995/EXP 49}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10.
Qxd4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Be7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Qd7 14. Bd2 Nd5 15. Nc3 f6 16. Qh5+
g6 17. Nxd5 cxd5 (17... gxh5 18. Nxf6+) 18. Qh4 Kf7 (18... O-O 19. Rad1 Bc5 20.
Bc3 Qf5 21. Qg4 Qxg4+ 22. fxg4 Rad8 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rd6 {1/2-1/2
Stefanova,A-Hoelzl,F/Vienna Bawag 1996/CBM 54}) 19. Rac1 h5 20. Qd4 Rhc8 21.
Kg2 Bd8 22. Qe3 Bb6 23. Qd3 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Rc8 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Kg7 $15 {
0-1 Tseitlin,M-Akopian,V/Beersheba 1992/CBM 30 (49)}) 6. d3 Nf6 (6... e5 7.
Nbd2 g6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Bg7 10. Nc4 Ne7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Bf6 Qd7 13. Rae1
Rae8 14. a3 Nc8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qg4 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 $13 {Bologan,V-Maiorov,
O/RUS-Cup6 1997/CBM 59/1/2-1/2 (47)}) 7. h3 (7. c3 e6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O
10. Qa4 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Qc7 12. Rfe1 Rfb8 13. Re2 e5 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Rb4 16.
Qa3 Rab8 $13 {Rublevsky,S-Tiviakov,S/RUS-ch 1996/CBM 56/1/2-1/2 (37)}) 7... Bh5
8. Nbd2 e6 9. e5 $146 (9. Re1 Nd7 10. b3 (10. Qe2 Be7 11. Qe3 O-O 12. Nf1 Rb8
13. Ng3 Bg6 14. b3 Bf6 15. Rb1 Qa5 16. a4 Ne5 17. Nh2 Nd7 18. Bd2 Bc3 19. Nhf1
Rfe8 20. Ne2 Bxd2 21. Nxd2 d5 22. Nf4 $132 {Krivolapov,K-Tomcsanyi,P/Budapest
Schneider op 1995/EXP 46/1-0 (55)}) 10... Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nc4 a5 13. a4 d5
14. Nce5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 f6 16. Bc3 e5 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. Rab1 Rae8 19. g4 Bf7 20.
Nh2 Bd6 21. Nf1 Rb8 22. Ng3 g6 23. Kg2 Be6 $13 {Webb,L-Isupov,V/Vladivostok op
1995/EXP 46/1-0 (41)}) 9... dxe5 10. Qe1 c4 $8 {the only move,but of course a
clear,black must not allow white to take in this position on e5,since if white
manages to do so he is much better,continuaing with b3 and Bb2 after} 11. Nxc4
(11. dxc4 Bxf3 (11... e4 12. Nxe4 (12. Ne5 $2 Qd4 13. Nxc6 Qc5 {[%csl Rc6]}) (
12. Ng5 Bg6 13. Ngxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Qd4 15. Nc3 Qxc4 $13 {[%csl Rc2] /=/+} (
15... Bxc2 16. Be3 Qxc4 17. Qd2 Bd3 18. Rfd1 Rd8 19. Bxa7 Bb4 $13)) 12... Bxf3
13. gxf3 Be7 $14) (11... Bg6 12. Nxe5 Bxc2 13. Nxc6 Qc7 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Ndf3
Be4 16. Qc3 {[%cal Gb2b3,Gc1b2]}) 12. Nxf3 e4 13. Ng5 Qd4 14. Qe2 h6 (14... Bd6
15. Re1 Qe5 16. g3 Bc5 17. Kg2 e3 18. f4) 15. Rd1 Qe5 16. Nf3 Qh5 17. Nd4 Qxe2
18. Nxe2 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Re4]}) 11... Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qd5 13. Nxe5 Bd6 14. f4
Nd7 15. Nxd7 (15. c4 $2 Nxe5 16. cxd5 (16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 Bxe5 {[%csl Rb2,
Rd3]}) 16... Nf3+ 17. Kg2 Nxe1+ 18. Rxe1 cxd5 19. f5 Kd7 $15) (15. Nc4 Bc7 $44
{[%csl Rf4,Rh3]}) 15... Kxd7 16. Qe4 Qh5 17. Kg2 g5 $5 18. fxg5 (18. f5 $5 g4
$1 19. hxg4 Rag8 20. fxe6+ fxe6 21. Rh1 Rxg4+ 22. Kf1 Bh2 $3 23. f4 (23. Rxh2
$4 Rg1+ 24. Kxg1 Qd1+ $19 25. Kg2 Rg8+ 26. Kh3 Qh5+ 27. Qh4 Qf5+) (23. Qe3 $5)
23... Qh3+ 24. Ke1 Rg2 $40 {[%csl Re1] /-+}) 18... h6 19. Qf3 (19. Qg4 $5 {
this is a very interesting move,when white plan is very simple,if we exchange
Queens white is better and if you play Qg6 with my queen on g4 I may take
another pawn on h6...} Qg6 (19... Qxg4+ 20. hxg4 hxg5 21. Bd2 (21. Rh1 Rxh1 22.
Kxh1 Rh8+ 23. Kg2 Rh4) 21... Rh4 22. Kf3 {when I can not see black's
compensation for the pawn}) (19... hxg5 $5 20. Qxh5 Rxh5 21. Be3 {[%csl Rh3]
it is true black has some compensation but white is better here}) 20. f4 $5 (
20. gxh6 Qf6 21. Bg5 $1 (21. Kh1 $6 Rag8 22. Qe4 (22. Qh5 $6 Bf4 $1 23. Qf3 (
23. h7 Rg7 24. Qf3 Rgxh7 (24... e5 $5) 25. Qxf4 Rxh3+ 26. Kg2 Qg6+ 27. Qg5 Qh7
$138) 23... e5) 22... Rg3 $1 23. fxg3 Qxf1+ 24. Kh2 Bxg3+ (24... Rg8 $2 25. Bf4
) 25. Kxg3 Rg8+ 26. Kh4 Qf2+ 27. Kh5 Qc5+ 28. Kh4 Qf2+ $11) 21... Qe5 (21...
Qxb2 22. Rab1 Qxc2 23. Qf3 $16 {/+-}) 22. f4 Qxb2 (22... Qd5+ 23. Qf3 Rag8 (
23... Qf5 24. Qe4 $16) 24. Qxd5 cxd5 25. Kf2 $16) 23. f5 $1 $16) 20... f5 21.
gxf6 (21. Qf3 $2 hxg5 22. fxg5 Rh5 $1 $40 {[%csl Rg5,Rh3][%cal Ga8h8,Gf5f4]})
21... Qxf6 22. Qf3 {and it's hard to see enough compensation for black for his
2 pawns}) 19... Qg6 20. Qf6 (20. Qe4 $2 f5 $1) (20. Bd2 hxg5 {[%csl Rh3][%cal
Gh8h4,Ga8h8]} 21. Rh1 Rh4 22. Rag1 Rah8 23. Kf1 f6 $44) 20... Qh5 21. Qf3 (21.
g6 Rhg8 22. Qxf7+ (22. g7 Be5 $19) 22... Be7 $19) 21... Qg6 22. Qf6 Qh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.02.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Horvath,T} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 g6 {
Die Alternativen sind 6...-a6,und 6...-e5.} (6... a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. Bg5 h6 9.
Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 $1 Rc8 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Nb6 $1 Rc5 13. Nxd7 Kxd7 14. Kb1 {
+/-/+/= Ulibin,M-Istratescu,A/Moscow olm/1994/}) (6... e5 {this is probably
the main line in this position} 7. Qd3 h6 8. Be3 (8. Nd2 Be7 9. Nc4 O-O 10.
Bxd7 Bxd7 11. Nxd6 (11. Ne3 $6) 11... Qc7 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 e4 14. Nxe4 $15
{><Kg1 Yudasin,L-Kasparov,G/Ljubljana/1995/} Qe5 15. f3 Rad8 16. Qc3 Qxf5 17.
O-O Nxe4 18. fxe4 Qxe4 $44 {Morovic Fernandez,I-Topalov,V Las Palmas/1994})
8... Be7 9. O-O (9. Bc4 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Bb3 b5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rb8
14. Ba7 Rb7 15. Bxb7 Bxb7 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. f3 d5 $1) 9... O-O 10. Bc4 Nb6 11.
Bb3 Be6 12. Rfe1 $14 {Yudasin,L-Avrukh,B/Beersheba/1996/} Rc8 13. Nd2 Ng4 14.
Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Re2 $1) 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O (9... a6 10. Nxd7 Bxd7
11. Bxd7+ (11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. O-O-O+ Kc6 15. Nd5
Rhe8 16. Rhe1 Rad8 $1) 11... Qxd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. Nd5 Rc8 $13 {Illescas
Cordoba,M-Topalov,V Las Palmas 1994 60/198 [Illescas Cordoba,M]} (13... Bxb2
14. Rb1) 14. O-O-O e6 15. Rhe1 h6 16. Bd2 Rc4 17. Bb4 Rd4 18. Rxd4 Bxd4) 10.
O-O-O Qa5 11. Nc4 (11. Bxd7 $2 Nxd7 $19) (11. Nxd7 Nxd7) 11... Qc7 12. Rhe1
Qxh2 13. Rxe7 (13. Rh1 {Horvath,T} Qxg2 14. Qh4 Qg4 {Kosikow-Kaminski/Sankt
Petersburg/1974. Rainer Kraut in seinem neuen Buch gibt als besser für Weiß}
15. Bxd7 Qxh4 16. Bxh4 Nxd7 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. Nd5) 13... Qxg2 {a novelty there
was only one other game in my database with this position where black played
a6 but got a worse position} (13... a6 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15. Qe3 b5 16. Qf3 Rb8 17.
Bf4 Bh6 18. Bxh6 Qxh6+ 19. Ne3 $36 {Sharif,Me-Mantavani,R/Aosta Mitropa-Cup/
1988}) 14. Qh4 $1 h6 $6 (14... a6 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. Nd5 {with just a very
strong initiative for white}) 15. Bxh6 Qg4 16. Qh2 $1 Nc5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Ne3
(18. Rh1 Qh5 19. Qxh5 Nxh5 20. Nd6 $16) 18... Qh5 {it was probably better tp
play here Qh3 and after Qe5 just Qh5 tring to exchange the queens,altough
white is better in all cases} 19. Qg3 Be6 20. Be2 $1 Qh3 21. Qe5 $1 Rac8 22. b4
$5 {there was another very interesting move winning immediately} (22. Ncd5 $1
Bxd5 (22... Qh4 {here about everything is winning I will give few lines} 23.
Nc7 (23. Rg1 {also good enough} Rc6 24. Bb5) 23... Bxa2 24. Qxc5 Qxf2 25. Rf1
$18) 23. Nxd5 Qh4 (23... Nce4 24. f3 $18) 24. Bf3 $1 {and here black is simply
hopeless} a5 {since white was threatening b4 followed by Rd4; it is important
to see that the knight must be drivven away from c5 because black may
sometimes have Nd3} 25. Kb1 {simple...not giving Nd3,there is nothing against
Rh1 or Rd4} Rfe8 26. Nxf6 Qxf6 (26... Rxe7 27. Nh5+) 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Qxe8
Qxf3 29. Qe5+ $18) 22... Na6 (22... Ncd7 23. Rdxd7 Bxd7 24. Ncd5 Qh1+ (24...
Rc6 {Horvath,T} 25. Nxf6 Rxf6 26. Nd5 $18) 25. Kb2 Qh4 26. Nxf6 Qxf6 27. Qxf6+
Kxf6 28. Rxd7 $18 {with a completely hopeless position for black}) {[%tqu "En",
"there is a simple move winning just a piece! Timman from some unknowen reason
had missed it and you?","","","c3e4","it is just unbelieveable what white had
missed in this position!!",5]} 23. Rxb7 $2 {it is just unbelieveable what
white had missed in this position!!} (23. Ne4 Qh4 24. Qxe6 {Probably Timman
had missed this move.which of course he should not even think about missing!} (
24. Rxe6 $1 {Horvath,T} fxe6 25. Rd7+ Rf7 $2 (25... Kh8 26. Nxf6 Rxf6 (26...
Qxf6 27. Qh2+) 27. Rf7 $18) (25... Kh6 26. Ng4+ Nxg4 27. Qg7+ Kh5 28. Qh7# $1)
(25... Kg8 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qe7 Qh7 28. Qxf6+ $18 Rxf6 29. Rxh7+ Kxh7 30.
Nxf6+ Kg7 31. Bxa6 $18) 26. Rxf7+ Kxf7 27. Nd6+ $1) 24... Rc6 (24... Nxb4 25.
Nd6) 25. Rd6 $18) 23... Nb8 24. Ne4 (24. Ncd5 {again for I do not know which
time this move was winning immediately} Bxd5 (24... Qh4 $2 25. Qxe6) 25. Nxd5
Qh4 26. Nxf6 Qxf6 27. Qxf6+ Kxf6 28. Rxa7 $18) 24... Qh4 25. Ng5 Bxa2 26. Ng4
$6 {still not a mistake but there was a better move deciding the game
immediately!} (26. Rg1 $1 {just bringing to only pieces which was not yet in
the attack and black can not hold even one more move!!} Nbd7 (26... Qxf2 27.
Nh3) 27. Rxd7 Qxb4 28. Ne6+ $1 Bxe6 29. Rxg6+ $3 Kxg6 30. Bd3+ {is the end})
26... Rc6 27. Nxf6 Rxf6 28. Rd6 (28. Bf3 $5 $16) 28... Qf4+ 29. Qxf4 Rxf4 30.
Kb2 (30. Rxa7 Rxf2 31. Bd3 $18 Kh6 32. Ne4 $2) 30... Rxf2 31. Kxa2 (31. Bd3 $18
Kh6 32. Ne4) 31... Kh6 (31... Rxe2 $18 {Horvath,T} 32. Ne6+) 32. Nxf7+ $4 {
an really really unbelieveable move there was really a simple win but Timman
probbly did not want to win this game!?} (32. Rd5 $1 Rxe2 33. Nxf7+ Kg7 34.
Nd8+ $1 Kh8 35. Rxb8 $18) 32... R8xf7 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 34. Bd3 Rg7 {even after
everything white is still better} 35. Kb3 (35. b5 $5 Nd7 $2 36. Bxg6) 35... Kh5
36. Be2+ $6 {just bringing black's king closer to the center,c4 was better} Kh4
37. Rd4+ Kg3 38. b5 Nd7 {and here finally white has about nothing!} 39. Kb4 Kf2
40. Bd1 Ke3 41. Rd6 Ne5 42. Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Maiwald, Jens Uwe"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Horvath,T} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 (
6... g6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bg7 9. Bg5 a6 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Bxd7+ (11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. O-O-O+ Kc6 (14... Kc8 {19/391}) 15. Nd5 Rhe8
16. Rhe1 Rad8 17. Nxf6 exf6 $11) 11... Qxd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. Nd5 Rc8 $1 (
13... Bxb2 14. Rb1 Be5 15. Bxe7 $16) 14. O-O-O e6 15. Rhe1 h6 16. Bd2 Rc4 $1
17. Bb4 Rd4 18. Rxd4 Bxd4 $11 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Topalov,V Las palmas 1994 60/
198 [Illescas Cordoba,M]}) (6... a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. Bg5 h6 (8... Bc6 9. O-O-O
h6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Rhe1 b5 12. Kb1 e6 13. Nd5 Bg7 14. Qd3 h5 15. Nf4 Bf8 16.
Nd4 Bd7 17. Nf5 $1 $18 {Kramnik,V-Ljubojevic,L Monaco rapid 1995}) 9. Bxf6 gxf6
10. Nd5 $1 Rc8 (10... Rg8 11. O-O Bh3 12. Nh4 Rg4 13. Nb6 Rxh4 14. gxh3 $18)
11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Nb6 $1 Rc5 13. Nxd7 Kxd7 14. Kb1 $16 {Ulibin,M-Istratescu,A
Moscow 1994 64/195}) 7. Qd3 h6 8. O-O {The main lines for white are 8.Nd2 and
8.Be3.} (8. a4 a6 9. Bc4 Nc5 10. Qe2 Be7 11. h3 Bd7 12. O-O O-O (12... Bc6 $5)
13. Rd1 Nxa4 14. Nxa4 b5 15. Bb3 bxa4 16. Bxa4 Bb5 $1 $11 {Madl,I-Nunn,J
Hastings 1994}) 8... Be7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. Rd1 (10. a4 Qc7 11. h3 Nc5 12. Qe2 Be6
13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Bd2 a6 15. Nh2 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Ng4 Nce4 $1 18. Rfe1 Bc5
19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Qxe5 Bxf2+ 21. Kh1 Qf7 $36 {Tempone,M-Zarnicki,P Villa
Gesell 1996}) 10... a6 11. a4 Nb6 (11... b6) (11... Qc7 {Horvath,T} 12. Qe2 Nb6
13. Bb3 Be6 14. Nd2 Rac8 15. a5 Nc4 {Schwarz hat gutes Gegenspiel auf der
c-Linie, Mednis-Suba/Graz/1987}) 12. Ba2 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. a5 Nbd7 15. Qc4
Kf7 {Das ist ein ungewöhnlicher, aber der einzige Zug.} 16. Be3 ({Interessant
ist} 16. Nh4 $5 {Horvath,T} Qc8 17. Qa2 Qc6 18. Nf5 Nxe4 $2 (18... Rac8 19.
Bxh6 $5 gxh6 20. Nxh6+ Kg6 21. Qxe6 $44) 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 (19... Nxc3 20. Qxe6+
Kxg7 21. Qxe7+ Rf7 22. Bxh6+ Kxh6 23. Rxd6+ $18) 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Qxe6 Rf7 22.
Qxd7 Bh4 23. Bxh6+ $1 $18) 16... Qc8 17. Qb3 Ng4 18. Bb6 (18. Bd2 Qc6) 18...
Qc6 19. Ra4 (19. h3 {Horvath,T} Nxb6 20. hxg4 Nc4 21. Ra4 Rac8 $17 22. Nd2 $2
Nxb2) 19... Nxb6 (19... Rac8 20. Nd2 {and after Nxb6 21.axb6 it transposes to
the game}) 20. axb6 Rac8 21. Nd2 Qc5 22. Rf1 Rc6 (22... Bh4 23. g3 (23. Rc4
Bxf2+ 24. Kh1 Qe3) 23... Bg5 24. Rc4 (24. Nf3 Ke7 $1 $40 {[%csl Rb6,Rf2] /-/+})
24... Qa5 25. Ra4 Qc5 26. Rc4 $11) 23. Rc4 (23. Rb4 Bh4 24. g3 Be7) 23... Qxb6
24. Rb4 Qc5 25. Rxb7 Rfc8 26. Rb4 (26. h3 Nf6 27. Ra1 $14 {[%csl Ra6]}) 26...
Bd8 27. Qa4 Qa7 (27... Bb6 $4 28. Nb3 {[%csl Rc5]}) 28. Qb3 Be7 (28... Qc5) (
28... Qc5 $10 {Horvath,T}) 29. h3 Nf6 30. Ra1 Nh5 31. Nc4 (31. Rba4 $6 Bh4 32.
Rf1 (32. Nd1 $142 Rxc2 33. Rxa6 Qd4 $36) 32... Ng3 $1 33. Rfa1 (33. Re1 Nf5)
33... Ne2+) 31... Nf4 32. Ra5 (32. Rb7 Qa8 (32... Qc5 33. Ne3)) 32... Qc7 33.
Rb7 Qd8 34. Ra4 (34. Nb6 $6 R8c7 $1 35. Rxc7 Qxc7 36. Rxa6 Qb7 37. Qb5 Bd8 38.
Nca4 $8 Bxb6 (38... Rxc2 $6 39. Nc4 $1) 39. Nxb6 (39. Rxb6 $2 Rxb6 40. Nxb6
Qxe4) 39... Rxc2 40. Nc4 Qxb5 41. Nxd6+ Kf6 42. Nxb5 Rxb2 $11) 34... R6c7 35.
Kh2 (35. Rxc7 $1 {Horvath,T} Qxc7 36. Ne3 Rb8 37. Qa2 Qb6 38. Ncd1 $14) 35...
Rxb7 36. Qxb7 Qc7 37. Qxa6 (37. Qxc7 Rxc7 38. g3 $14 {/+/-} (38. Ne3 {Horvath,T
} Rb7 39. b3 Rc7 40. Na2 $1 d5 $2 41. g3 $16)) 37... Rb8 (37... Qc5 38. Qb6)
38. Nb5 $2 (38. g3 $1 {just playing one move in defence and probably winning
the game since after Ng6 black has really no attack and after 38...Qc5 white
has the strong 39.Qa7!} Qc5 39. Qa7 $1 $18) 38... Qc5 39. Nbxd6+ (39. Ncxd6+
Kg6 $1 40. Kg1 Rb6) 39... Kg8 40. Kg1 Rf8 $1 {and suddenly everything changed
in just one move by white 38.Nb5?? black who has no counter play now has a
decisive attack! as we will see white can not defend this position} 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Solak, Dragan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Marin,M} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 (4... a6 $5) 5. Re1 a6 (
5... g6 $5) 6. Bf1 b6 {there are some other moves for black such as e5,Ne5,and
e6 but b6 is certainly black's main move in this position} 7. d4 (7. c4 Bb7 8.
Nc3 e6 (8... g6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bg7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rac1 Re8
14. Nd5 e6 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. f3 Qc7 $13 {Yusupov,A-Landenbergue,C
Garmisch-Partenkirchen 25' 1994}) 9. a3 (9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12.
Bb2 Re8 13. Qf3 Bf8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Qg3 Rad8 16. Bd3 Qb8 $13 {Hansen,
Sub-Maksimenko,A Copenhagen op 1994}) 9... Be7 10. b4 O-O 11. Rb1 (11. d4 cxd4
12. Qxd4 Qc7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Nd2 Qb8 16. Kh1 Bf8 17. f4 Nh5 18.
Qf2 d5 $132 {Kochethov,G-Guliev,L Nikolaev zt 1995}) 11... Qc7 12. Qb3 Rab8 13.
d3 Ng4 14. h3 Nge5 $13 {Campora,D-Spraggett,K Manila olm 1992}) 7... cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bb7 9. c4 (9. f3 e6 10. a4 (10. c4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Rc1
Rac8 14. Qd2 Qb8 15. Qf2 Bd8 16. Qg3 $13 {Nadyrhanov,S-Gaponenko,I Krasnodar
1995}) 10... Be7 11. a5 b5 12. c4 bxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O $6 {Shirov,A-Kasparov,G
Linares 1994 60/197 [Shirov,A]} (13... d5 $142 14. exd5 Bxd5 (14... Nxd5 15.
Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Nf5 $13 {Shirov,A}) 15. Bf1 $1 O-O 16. Nc3 $13) 14. Bxe6 $1 fxe6
15. Nxe6 Qb8 16. Nxf8 Kxf8 $14) 9... e6 (9... Nxe4 10. f3 Nef6 (10... e5 11.
fxe4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Qh4 13. g3 Qh5 14. Nc3 $36 {[%csl Re8] Komliakov,V-Losev,D
Moscow 1990}) 11. Nf5 e6 12. Nxd6+ Bxd6 13. Qxd6 Qe7 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Qxe7+ Kxe7
16. Be3 Bc6 17. Nc3 $14 {[%csl Ge3,Gf1] /+/- Komliakov,V-Vera,R Moscow (ol) 63/
(155) 1994}) 10. Nc3 Be7 11. f3 O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Qd2 Qb8 15.
Kh1 Bd8 16. Bg1 Kh8 $146 {this is a stardand position in the hedgehog
structure,white has pawns on c4-e4 while black has his pawns along the 6 rank
e6-d6-b6-a6.white enjoyes a space advantage but normally it is very difficult
to use this fact since each try to break into black's camp must come with some
risk opening the center and the solid position white has,we can sum that white
is slightly better but has a difficult task doing something with it} (16... Bc7
17. Qf2 Kh8 18. b4 Qa8 19. Qb2 Ne5 20. Na4 Nfd7 21. a3 $14 {Iordachescu,
V-Ovsejevitsch,S/Nikolaev zt 1995/CBM 47/1/2-1/2 (41)}) 17. b4 Rg8 (17... Ne5
$5 18. Na4 d5 (18... Bc7 $5 19. Nb3 {[%csl Rb6]} Bc6 20. Nc3 {[%cal Ga2a4,
Ga4a5]}) 19. exd5 exd5 20. c5 b5 21. Nc3 $14 Nc4 22. Qc2 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5,Gc5]
[%cal Ga2a4]}) 18. Nb3 {white has several ideas in this position one of them
and not a bad one in to try and play a4-a5,so creating a weak a6 pawn for black
} Bc7 (18... Ne5 19. Na4) (18... g5 $132 {Marin,M}) 19. Qb2 {/^a1-g8, ><f6} g5
$5 {[%cal Ra1h8] this is a typical idea for black,he idea is very simply g5
secure the e5 square for the knight [ since white will not be able to play f4,
and g3 with f4 seems crazy when you have such a bishop facing white's king on
the h1-b7 diagonal ] then play something like Rg6-Rcg8 and even start to push
the "h" pawn} 20. Na4 Rg6 $2 (20... Bd8 $13 {Marin,M}) 21. c5 dxc5 22. bxc5 {
[%tqu "En","in a few moves form a solid closed position the position has been
opened when it seems white playes on the Queen's side and black should play on
the King's side,right now black may have also a problem on the a1-h8 diagonal,
but still there is a way for black to may things very complicated","","",
"c7e5","not the right move",10]} Rh6 $6 {not the right move} (22... Be5 $1 23.
Bd4 $6 (23. Qd2) (23. Qb1) 23... Bxh2 $3 24. Nxb6 Nxb6 25. Bxf6+ Kg8 26. cxb6
Rh6 {this is the critical position which results after 23.Bd4 and as we will
see black with a piece down has more than enough compensation probably he is
better} 27. Bxg5 (27. Bd4 {at the beginning I thought here white is atleast OK
but it seems he is losing immediately} Qf4 $1 {[%cal Gh2g3] the threat is Bg3
followed by Rh1 and Qh4-Qh2} 28. g4 Bg3+ 29. Kg1 Bxe1 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Qe2
Bg3 $19) 27... Rh5 (27... Be5+ 28. Bxh6 Bxb2 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Rb1 {seems not
bad at all for white} (30. Be3 $5)) 28. Qe2 {now the f4 square is defended by
white's bishop but black has atleast draw and maybe chances for more} Bf4+ $1 (
28... Bg3+ 29. Kg1 Bh2+ 30. Kh1 Bf4+ $1 (30... Bg3+ $11)) 29. Kg1 Rxg5 $36 {
[%csl Rb6,Rg1][%cal Gb8h2,Ga7g1]}) 23. h3 Bf4 $2 {as many many times [ almost
all the times! ] after the first mistake comes the second one 22...Rh6 is not
that terrible but after 23...Bf4 black has very difficult position,when white
has such safe king,strong pass "b" pawn,very strong pieces+ black 's king
seems very exposed can not be good news for black} (23... Be5) (23... b5 {
Marin,M} 24. Nb6) 24. Nxb6 $1 $16 Nxb6 25. cxb6 Bxc1 26. Rxc1 Rxc1 (26... Rd8
27. Rc7 $18) 27. Qxc1 {צh6} Bxe4 $4 $18 {black tries something,very strange
after the game is over immediately,it is very interesting to see how after one
mistake came another 2 and in less than 5 moves black's position has collapsed}
(27... Rg6 28. Nc5 {with what seems to be a very very difficult position for
black} (28. Qc7 $5)) 28. fxe4 Nxe4 29. Bd4+ e5 30. Qc7 Qxc7 31. bxc7 Rc6 32.
Bxe5+ f6 33. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yegiazarian, Arsen"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1998.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 (
7... Qa5 $2 8. Bd2 Qc5 $6 9. Qxc5 dxc5 10. Nd5 $16 Rc8 11. Nb6 Rd8 12. Bf4 Bc6
13. Bc7 Bxe4 14. Bxd8 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Kxd8 16. O-O-O+ Kc7 17. Nd7 Nf6 18. Ne5 Rg8
19. Nxf7 g6 20. Rhe1 Nd7 21. f4 Rg7 22. Ng5 {1-0 Stean,M-Mestel,A/Canterbury
1973/MCD-r7}) (7... Nf6 8. Bg5 e5 (8... Bc6 9. O-O-O e6 10. Rhe1 Be7 11. Bxf6
Bxf6 12. Qxd6 Qxd6 13. Rxd6 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ke7 15. Rd3 Rhc8 $44 16. Nd4 Be8 17.
Rg3 g6 18. e5 Rc5 19. Nb3 Rc4 20. Nd2 Ra4 21. Kb2 Bc6 22. c4 Rd8 23. Re2 b5 24.
cxb5 Bxb5 25. c4 Bxc4 26. Nxc4 Rxc4 {1/2-1/2 Zaitsev,I-Petkevich,J/Moscow 1994/
CBM 40}) 9. Qd3 Rc8 10. O-O-O Rxc3 11. Qxc3 Nxe4 12. Qe3 Nxg5 13. Nxg5 Be7 14.
Ne4 O-O 15. Kb1 Bc6 16. f3 d5 17. Ng3 Bd6 18. Nf5 Bc7 19. h4 Re8 20. g4 $14 {
1-0 Kacheishvili,G-Anastasian,A/Protvino zt 1993/CBM 35 (39) /+/-}) 8. Qd3 h6
9. Nd2 Nf6 (9... Rc8 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Nd5 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Ne3 Be7 14. O-O
O-O 15. c4 Qh4 16. b3 Rc6 17. Ba3 Rfc8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Yegiazarian,O-Anastasian,A/
ARM-ch Erevan 1994/EXT 94ch (31)}) 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Ne3 Rc8 12. O-O Be7 13. Bd2
(13. Ncd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Rxc2 16. Qxb7 Qc8 17. Qxc8+ Rxc8 18. Bd2
Kd7 19. Bc3 Rc4 20. f3 Ke6 21. Kf2 g6 22. Ke2 f5 $132 {1-0 Horvath,
T-Mowsziszian,K/BL9495 1995/BL 90 (57)}) 13... O-O {this is really quite a
solid position for both sides,black has the advantage of two bishops while on
the other hand he has a very weak square the "d5" one and also his "d6" pawn
can be considered as a weakness,I think in general this position is about equal
} 14. Rac1 {[%csl Rc2] defending the "c2" pawn so that after Nd5 white will be
able after both takes to take back with his queen,getting an endgame when
black has weak "d6" pawn,of course black will not allow this so quick} Qb6 15.
Rfd1 Rfd8 {now there a threat to take on "b2" since compared to the line above
black can play now Kf8 attacking the knight on "e7"} (15... Qxb2 $4 16. Rb1 Qa3
17. Ncd5 Qxd3 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. cxd3) 16. b3 Qd4 {forccing the exchange of
Queens,since white can not move his Queen becaue of Rxc3,I think this is OK
for black to change Queens since he has really only one weakness,and has soem
counter-play for it not too bad} 17. Be1 Qxd3 18. Rxd3 b5 {[%cal Gb5b4] not
allowing white to play a4-a5 which is a correct idea} 19. f3 g6 20. a4 Rb8 (
20... bxa4 $5 21. Nxa4 {[%csl Ra6]} d5 $5 22. Nb6 (22. Ba5 dxe4 23. Bxd8 Bxd8
24. Rc3 $14 {/+/-}) 22... dxe4 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc3 {when again black has
compensation here but not enough white is better}) (20... b4 $6 21. Ncd5 (21.
Na2 a5) 21... Bxd5 22. exd5 (22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Bg5 $132) 22... a5 23. Nc4
Rc5 24. Rcd1 $14 {[%csl Ra5] /+/-}) 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rcd1 Rdc8 23. Na2 {
threatening Bb4 followed by Nc3} Nd7 $1 24. Nb4 (24. Bb4 Nc5 25. R3d2 f5 $132)
24... Nc5 25. R3d2 f5 $132 26. Ned5 Bf8 27. Bf2 Rb7 (27... fxe4 28. Nf6+) 28.
Ra1 fxe4 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31. fxe4 g5 $1 {[%csl Re4][%cal Ge6f7,
Gf7g6] so the basic structure of the position has not changed yet,black has
still his weak "d6" pawn but he managed to give white a weakness of his one
the "e4" pawn} 32. h3 h5 33. Ra6 Bf7 34. Re2 Be7 35. Be1 Bf8 36. Bd2 Be7 37.
Bc1 g4 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. Ba3 Rbc7 40. Bb2 Rb7 41. Nd5 $2 {a draw could and
should have been the normal result in this game,white really has nothing here,
and I think that after move 17 the position is just about equal,but now white
decides to take action and,and he is even willing to change the structure in
the position,which turnes out to be a serious mistake} (41. Ba3 $11) 41... Bxd5
42. exd5 Rc5 $15 {[%csl Rc2,Rd5] /-/+} (42... Rbc7 $6) 43. Re4 $2 {a decisive
mistake,I suspect that white was in time trouble and did not notice ha has
already played move number 40} (43. Kh2 Rbc7 (43... Rxd5 44. Kg3 {[%csl Rg4]})
44. c3 Rxd5 45. Kg3 Rd3+ 46. Kxg4 b4 47. cxb4 Rxb3 $17 {[%csl Rb4,Gd6,Ge5,Rg2]
a claasic endgame,two connected pawns in the center against pawns in the
flanks,about winning endgame for black}) 43... Rxc2 44. Rxg4+ Kf7 45. Ba3 (45.
Ba1 Rd2 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gb7c7,Gc7c2]}) 45... Ra2 $19 {[%cal Gb5b4]} 46. b4 (
46. Ra5 b4 47. Bxb4 (47. Rxb4 Rxa3) 47... Rxb4) 46... Rd2 {[%csl Ra3,Rd5]} 47.
Ra8 Rxd5 48. Rh8 Rd3 49. Bb2 Rc7 50. Rh7+ Kf6 51. Rf4+ Ke6 52. Rf2 Rc4 53. Rh6+
Kd5 54. Rh7 Bg5 55. Re2 Rxb4 56. Rc2 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Manhattan March Int"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.03.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shliperman, Igor"]
[Black "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O e5 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 Be7 (
7... Bg4 8. d3 $5 {N} Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Ng3 (12. g4 $5
Bg6 13. Ng3 $14) 12... Bg6 13. a3 $6 {><b3} (13. Nh4 $1 $14 {|^ Hachian,M;
Aronian}) 13... Bf8 $6 14. b4 a5 15. bxc5 dxc5 16. Bg5 $1 $14 {+/= Pavlenko,
B-Hachian,M/Moldova 1994/Inf 60}) 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 (10. Nxd4
Bd7 11. Nc3 (11. Qf3 O-O 12. Nc3 Ne8 13. Be3 Bf6 14. Rac1 g6 15. Red1 Bg7 16.
h3 Rc8 17. Qe2 Rb8 18. Rd2 Qe7 19. Qd3 $14 {1-0 Lakos,N-Dworakowska,J/EU-chJW
U18 1995/EXT 95ch2 (60)}) 11... O-O 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Qd2 Nh5 14. Be3 Nf6 15. f3
Kh8 16. Rad1 d5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Nde2 Bb4 19. Nf4 Ba4 20. b3 Bc6 21. Bd4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Titov,G-Ernst,T/Manila olm 1992/TD 92\02 (79)}) 10... O-O 11. Bg5 (11.
Bf4 c5 12. Qd3 d5 $13) 11... h6 {a correct move white now playes Bh4 and the
bishop is no longer on the diagonal c1-h6 so he is little bit out of playon h4}
12. Bh4 c5 13. Qd3 a5 $6 {this is a correct idea but as will see Black
probably does not have time for this!} (13... Be6 14. Nc3 Qb6 {[%cal Ga8d8,
Gf8e8] with about equal position}) 14. Nc3 a4 {[%csl Rb2]} (14... Bb7 15. Rad1
Qc7) 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Qc2 $1 {threatening now e5} (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6
18. Rxd6 Bxc3 (18... a3 19. e5 Be7 20. Rd2) 19. bxc3 Bxa2 $17 {[%csl Ga4]}) (
16. e5 dxe5 17. Qc2 Qc8 18. Rxe5 (18. Nxe5 Re8 $11) 18... a3 19. b3 c4) 16...
Qa5 17. Bxf6 $6 {white wants the pawn and he want him now!! well after "e5" I
think black was in a serious trouble now white indeed wins the pawn but
black's gets very nice compensation and now he is the one with the initiative}
(17. e5 $5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Qa6 (18... Rfc8 19. Ng6 $1 Bd8 20. Nf4 Bc4 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. Ne4 Bxa2 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Nh5 $18) 19. Ne4 $1 Bxa2 20. Bxf6 gxf6 (
20... Bxf6 21. Rd6 $16) 21. Nd7 $16 Bb3 22. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2h6]}) 17... Bxf6
18. Rxd6 Bxc3 19. bxc3 (19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Bxa2 $17 {[%csl Ra4]}) 19... a3
$1 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gf8b8,Gb8b2] immediately fixing the "a2" pawn} 20. Rd2 Rab8
{so what we have here?? well I choose black,since it seems if he wins the "a"
pawn then the game is over since with a such bishop on "e6" and very bad
knight on "f3" this pawn is Queen so white must keep protect it wite all he
can but then the question is will he be able to do it and at what cost? well
black's play also seems quite simple here lets look} 21. Qc1 Rfd8 $1 22. Rc2 (
22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Re2 (23. Qc2 Rb8 24. Rd1 Rb2 25. Qd3 Bxa2 $17) 23... Qa4 $1
$17) (22. Red1 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Qb5 $1 $17 {[%cal Gb5b2,Gb5b1] with ideas Qb2!
and Qb1! well just look how white's extra pawn on the King's side has no
meaning at all}) 22... Rb6 {so now after 21...Rfd8 black controls both files
the "b" and "d" I believe now we can say for sure black is just better and
even more that Bxf6 was a big big mistake by white} 23. Ne5 Kh7 $1 {not
allowing white Ng6-Nf4-Nd5...} (23... f6 24. Ng6 {[%cal Gg6f4,Gf4d5]}) 24. f4
f6 25. Nf3 (25. f5 {white must give this move a lot of thinking since maybe it
was better for him to get a worse rook endgame with not bad chance to make a
draw while now the bishop is so much better than white's knight} fxe5 26. fxe6
Rxe6 $15 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gd8d1] /-/+}) 25... Rdb8 26. f5 (26. e5 f5 $1 27. c4
Rb2 28. Qd1 Qa6 $1 {[%csl Rc4,Rd6]} 29. Nd2 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Rb2 31. Qc3 Rxa2 32.
Rb1 Qa4 $17) 26... Bc4 {so what to play now with the white pieces?? well not
clear at all just black is playing here} 27. e5 {[%mdl 32]} (27. Rd1 Bd3 $1 (
27... Rb2 {also looks very strong}) 28. Rxd3 Rb1 29. Nd2 Rxc1+ 30. Rxc1 Rb2 $19
) (27. Rd2 Rb2 28. e5 Bxa2 29. exf6 Rb1 30. Qc2 Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 Bb1 $19) 27...
Bd3 28. Rf2 (28. Rd2 Rb1 {[%csl Rc1]}) 28... fxe5 29. Nxe5 (29. Qe3 e4 $1 30.
Nd2 (30. Ne5 Qxc3 31. Nd7 Qxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Rb1 $19) 30... Qxc3 31. Nxe4 Qxe1+ 32.
Qxe1 Rb1 $19) 29... Rb1 30. Nxd3 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Rd8 32. Nf4 Qa4 33. Rff1 Qc4 34.
Rf2 Rd6 35. g3 Qe4 36. Ng2 Rb6 37. Rf4 Qd3 38. Rff1 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Saintly Cup"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1999.01.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "West, Guy"]
[Black "Oral, Tomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.01.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. Nc3
e6 (8... g6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bg7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rac1 Re8 14.
Nd5 e6 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. f3 Qc7 17. Kh1 Qb8 18. Bh6 Bh8 19. Nc2 Rcd8 20. Qf2
Qc7 21. Bg5 Rc8 22. Ne3 $13 {1/2-1/2 Jussupow,A-Landenbergue,C/Garmisch 1994/
EXP 43 (39)}) 9. d4 (9. a3 Be7 10. b4 O-O 11. Rb1 (11. d4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qc7 13.
Bb2 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Nd2 Qb8 16. Kh1 Bf8 17. f4 Nh5 18. Qf2 d5 19. e5
dxc4 20. Nxc4 b5 21. Na5 Ba8 $132 {0-1 Kochetkov,G-Guliev,L/Nikolaev zt 1995/
CBM 47 (36)}) 11... Qc7 12. Qb3 Rab8 13. d3 Ng4 14. h3 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16.
b5 a5 17. Qd1 Bf6 18. Ne2 Rbd8 19. f4 Nd7 20. g3 g6 21. Bg2 Bg7 22. Qc2 d5 $132
{1/2-1/2 Campora,D-Spraggett,K/Manila olm 1992/TD 92\02 (67)}) 9... cxd4 10.
Nxd4 Be7 11. b3 (11. f3 Rc8 12. Be3 O-O 13. Rc1 Qc7 14. Kh1 Qb8 15. Qd2 Bd8 16.
Qf2 Bc7 17. Qg1 Rfe8 18. Red1 Qa8 19. b4 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22.
Nxd5 Bxd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Romanishin,O-Kotsur,P/Erevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2 (37)})
11... O-O 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Qd2 (13. Qf3 Bf8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Qg3 Rad8 16. Bd3
Qb8 17. Bb1 Ba8 18. Qh4 Be7 19. Qh3 Bf8 20. Qh4 Be7 21. Qh3 Bf8 22. Qh4 {
1/2-1/2 Hansen,S-Maksimenko,A/Copenhagen op 1994/EXT 94op}) 13... Bf8 14. Rad1
Qc7 {this is quite a standard position in the hedge-hook structure,the onlu
difference is white's bishop on "b2" which normally should stand on "f2" with
the pawn on "f3",but still no big change in the position except one thing
which was the main factor here.,int\sted of white playing on the Queen's side
as he does normally because his bishop now is on "b2" he played for the attack
on the King's side which turns out to be a serious mistake} 15. Qg5 $6 {
well what the Queen is doing there?} Rad8 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. Bb1 {white is just
prepering the attack on the King's side,all his pieces are prepered for this,
but there is one big problem,it is so difficult to attack in this structure,
black is just waiting and will strike back at the best moment for him} Ba8 18.
Re3 Qb7 19. Rde1 Ncd7 {black is simply waiting for white to make the frist
move,white makes it very fast and it's his big mistake,all his plan of
attacking the king's side is a mistake,and still it was not too late to bring
back the pieces} 20. Rg3 Rc8 21. f4 $6 {forcing things,black as we see is well
prepered for this} (21. Qd2 $11) 21... Rc5 22. e5 (22. f5 e5 (22... b5 $5 23.
cxb5 axb5 24. b4 Rc4 25. fxe6 fxe6 $36 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ge6e5]}) 23. Nc2 b5 24.
cxb5 axb5 25. Nb4 Kh8 $15 {[%cal Ge8c8,Gd7b6,Yd6d5]}) 22... dxe5 23. fxe5 Qb8
24. Nd5 $4 {what is this??panic or what white had Na4 with an unclear position
now the game is over} (24. Na4 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Qxe5 (25... h6 26. Qf4 Qxe5 27.
Qxe5 Nxe5 28. Nxb6 Bb7) 26. Qxe5 Nxe5 27. Nxb6 Bc5 (27... Bb7 28. Na4 Ned7 $13)
28. Nxa8 Rxa8 29. Kf1 Rd8 $2 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Bxe5 Rd1+ 32. Ke2 Rxb1 33. Bxf6)
24... exd5 25. Nf5 g6 26. e6 d4 $6 (26... Rxe6 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Nh6+ (28. Nh4
{[%cal Gh4g6]} dxc4 $19) 28... Bxh6 29. Qxh6 Qf8 $19) 27. Bxd4 (27. e7 Bg7 (
27... Bxe7 $2 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Nxe7+ Kf8 30. Nf5 gxf5 31. Bxd4) 28. Bxd4 Rxf5
29. Bxf5 h6 30. Qd2 (30. Qh4 gxf5 31. Ree3 {[%cal Gg3g7]} f4 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33.
Rh3 Kg6 $8 34. Qxh6+ Kf5 $19) 30... gxf5 $19 {[%cal Ga8e4]} 31. Qxh6 $4 Qxg3)
27... Rxe6 28. Rxe6 (28. Rf1 Rcc6 $19) 28... fxe6 29. Bxf6 exf5 30. Bxf5 Qd6 {
[%mdl 8256]} 31. Qh5 Qxf6 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 06th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1998.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. d3 e5 (5... g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1
Nf6 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nxc6 Qc7 12. Qf3 Rac8 13. Ne5 Nd7
14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bf4 $16 {0-1 Angqvist,T-Zezulkin,J/Stockholm op 1992/TD
92\08 (35)}) 6. c4 (6. O-O g6 (6... Ne7 7. Ne1 (7. Re1 Ng6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Ne2 f5
10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Ng3 Bd7 12. c3 O-O 13. Qa4 Kh8 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. d4 cxd4 16.
cxd4 c5 17. Qc2 Bc6 $36 {0-1 Vuksanovic,S-Buturin,V/Ubeda op 1997/EXP 56 (29)})
7... Ng6 8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4 Nxf4 10. Rxf4 g6 11. Nd2 Bg7 12. Rb1 O-O 13. Rf1 f5
$36 {0-1 Fievet,P-Bosch,J/Hyeres op 1992/TD 92\11 (29)}) 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nbd2 Bg7
9. c3 O-O 10. h3 h6 11. Qa4 Qc7 12. Nc4 Be6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Silar,L-Simek,P/
CZE-chT2 9697 1997/EXT 97 (37)}) 6... Ne7 7. Nc3 Ng6 8. g3 $6 {[%csl Gc8][%cal
Gc8g4,Rh5d1] a very strange move in my opinion,planning great future for black
light coloured bishop,why??} Be7 9. Ng1 {so this is white plan?? well I do not
know what he wants to do or get but he gets very bad position out of this story
} O-O 10. h4 f5 $1 $15 {[%cal Gf8f1] /-/+} 11. Qe2 (11. h5 Nh8 {[%cal Gh8f7,
Gf7g5]}) 11... Rb8 (11... Rf7 $5 {[%cal Gg6f8,Gf8e6]}) 12. f3 Rf7 $1 {[%cal
Gg6f8,Gf8e6,Gb8f8,Gf8f1]} 13. Be3 Qa5 (13... f4 $5 14. h5 $8 fxe3 15. hxg6 hxg6
16. Qh2 $13) 14. Qc2 Nf8 15. Bd2 (15. Nge2 Ne6 16. Bd2 Qb6) 15... Qb6 16. O-O-O
fxe4 17. fxe4 (17. dxe4 {[%csl Rf3]} Ne6) 17... Bg4 18. Nge2 Rf2 19. Be3 Rf3
20. Bg1 (20. Bd2 Ne6 (20... Rxd3 21. Na4)) 20... Ne6 $17 {well what can a
player with the black pieces can ask for more??black has really all possible
advantage one can ask pair of bishop strong squares in the center open files
for his tooks and so on...} 21. Rh2 Rbf8 22. b3 Bd8 $1 {the best place for
this bishop is of course on "a5' where he is going to} 23. Kb2 Qb7 24. Qc1 Qf7
{I think here we can say that white's position is not just bad but probably
losing it's just a matter of time before black comes with a break through plan}
25. Be3 Qh5 26. Rg2 Ba5 {[%cal Gh5d1,Gf8f1,Ga5e1] well everything is ready for
black last pieces which still does not threat anything to come and decide the
game} 27. Rdg1 Nd4 $19 28. Re1 Bh3 29. Rh2 (29. Rgg1 R3f6 $19 {[%cal Gd4f3]})
29... Bf1 (29... Nxe2 30. Rhxe2 Rxg3) 30. Ng1 Rxg3 31. Rxf1 Rxf1 32. Qxf1 Rxe3
33. Rh3 (33. Rf2 Ne6 $19) 33... Qh6 34. Nb1 Re1 0-1

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ginzburg, Maximiliano"]
[Black "Fiorito, Fabian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. O-O e6 8.
a4 $146 {an logical new move,white simply want to play "a5" so that after "b6"
or "b5" by black white takes it and black is left with a weak "a" pawn} (8.
dxc5 Nxc5 (8... dxc5 9. a4 b6 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rfd1 Qe8 13. Nd2 Nf6
14. Nc4 Qc6 15. Bd6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Fedorov,V-Ubilava,E/Oviedo rapid 1993/EXP 38 
(30)}) 9. Bg5 (9. Bf4 Qc7 10. Qd2 b5 11. b4 Nd7 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14.
Qxd6 Rc8 15. Qd4 Nf6 16. Rd3 O-O 17. Rad1 Qc4 18. e5 {1/2-1/2 Hachian,
M-Gallagher,J/Cannes op 1996/EXP 51}) 9... Qb6 (9... Qc7 10. Re1 f6 11. Bd2 (
11. Bh4 $5 g5 (11... b5 12. Nd4 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. Qh5+ Qf7 15. exd5+ Be7 16.
Qe2 O-O 17. Qxe7 Qxd5 18. Rad1 Bb7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Ricardi,P-Gallagher,J/Benidorm
op 1991/EXT 91op2 (68)}) 12. Bg3 h5 13. h4 $1 $16) 11... b5 $1 (11... Be7 $6
12. Nd4 O-O 13. f4 {/\ f5+/=}) (11... Qf7) 12. b4 Nd7 (12... Na4 $5 13. Nxa4
bxa4 $13) 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 e5 $1 (14... Be7 15. c4 $1 $16 {/\} (15. Nd4 Ne5
16. f4 Nc4 17. f5 e5 18. Qh5+ Kf8 19. Ne6+ Bxe6 20. fxe6 Bd8) 15... Qxc4 16.
Rc1 Qa2 $2 17. Rc2 $1 Qa3 18. Re3 $18) 15. Qe2 Bb7 16. c4 Rc8 17. Rec1 Be7 $13
{0-1 Ivanov,A-Browne,W/USA 1993/Inf 59/[Browne,W] (59)} (17... Qc6 {Browne,W}
18. b5 $1 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxe4 20. bxa6 Be7 21. Be3 {/\ a7})) (9... f6 10. Be3 b5
11. b4 Na4 12. Nxa4 bxa4 13. c4 Bd7 14. Nd4 Be7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong-Oll,L/
Maroczy mem 1997/CBM 62 (35)}) 10. Rb1 h6 (10... Bd7 11. b4 Na4 12. Nxa4 Bxa4
13. Qd3 h6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. c4 Be7 16. Rfc1 O-O 17. Nd4 Rfc8 18. h3 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Keres,P-Ljubojevic,L/Petropolis izt 1973/IZT (41)}) 11. Bh4 Bd7 12. Re1
g5 13. Bg3 Na4 14. Nxa4 Bxa4 15. b3 Bd7 16. Nd2 e5 17. Nc4 Qc6 18. Ne3 Be6 19.
c4 h5 20. f3 Bh6 21. Nd5 Rc8 22. Nf6+ Ke7 23. Nd5+ Bxd5 24. exd5 Qd7 25. Qd3 f6
26. b4 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Vasiukov,E-Ljubojevic,L/Hoogovens 1973/MCD-r7 (40)})
8... Be7 (8... b6 $5 {simply plaing against white's idea,although white
achvied something-black playes "b6" and not "b5"}) 9. a5 cxd4 (9... O-O $5) 10.
Qxd4 (10. Nxd4 $5) 10... O-O 11. Be3 Rb8 (11... Qc7 12. Rfd1) 12. Qd3 (12. Rfd1
$5) 12... b5 (12... Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Rfd1 $14 {[%csl Rc8]}) 13. axb6 Nxb6
14. b3 Bb7 15. Na4 Nd7 (15... Nxa4 $5 16. Rxa4 f5 $13 17. e5 (17. Nd2 Qe8 $13 {
[%cal Ge8g6]}) 17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 dxe5 19. Qxa6 Rf6 $132) 16. Nd2 (16. c4)
16... Qc7 17. f4 $6 {[%cal Ra8h1] after this move white's king becomes weak,
and there might be a problem on the a8-h1 diagonal} Rbc8 (17... f5 $5 $36) 18.
c4 Qc6 (18... f5 $5 {again and again this is a possible and not bad idea,just
opening the long diagonal,insted in a few move black got exactly the opposite,
the a8-h1 was closed and the the a1-h8 was open for white's bishop!}) 19. Bd4
e5 $5 (19... f5 $5) 20. Be3 (20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Bc3 (21. Be3 Nc5 $36) 21... Nc5
$36) 20... exf4 (20... Nf6 $2 21. Nb6 $14 {[%cal Gb6d5] /+/-}) 21. Bxf4 Nc5 (
21... Rfe8 $5 {[%cal Ge7f8]}) (21... Ne5 22. Qg3 Ng6 (22... Bf6 $2 23. Bh6 $1
Ng6 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Qf2 $16 {/+-}) 23. Be3 {[%cal Ge3d4]} Bf6 $6 (23... Bh4
24. Qh3 {[%cal Ge3d4]}) 24. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 25. Nb6 $16 {[%cal Gb6d5,Ge3d4]}) 22.
Qg3 (22. Nxc5 dxc5 $15 {[%cal Ge7f6,Gf6d4,Ga8h1,Yf7f5] /-/+}) 22... Nxa4 $2 {
I can not explain this move,I do not know what black was fearing from?? but
after Nxe4 he has a big advantage,and now it's white who stands better} (22...
Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 24. Rae1 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 Rfe8 {[%cal Ge7f8]} 26. c5 Bf8 $17 {
[%csl Rg2]}) 23. Rxa4 Kh8 (23... Rfe8 24. Be3 $1 {[%cal Gf1f8,Ge3d4]}) 24. Be3
$1 {[%cal Ge3d4,Gf1f8] a strong move with many many advantages,opening the "f"
file for white's rook,putting the bishop on it's best place "d4" and by doing
so allowing the "a4" to join the attack after Ra5} Qd7 $6 (24... Bf6 $2 25.
Rxf6 gxf6 26. Bd4 $18) (24... Bd8 $1 {preventing Ra5-Rf5,it's a good defencive
move}) 25. Ra5 $1 $36 {[%cal Ga5h5]} Qe6 26. Bd4 Qg6 (26... f6 $5) 27. Qf4 Rce8
28. h4 $1 h6 29. Rf5 f6 (29... Kg8 30. Rf3 $1 $16 f6 31. Rg3 Qh7 (31... Qf7 32.
Qxh6 $18 {[%cal Gf5h5]})) 30. h5 Qh7 $2 {a terrible move,we will have to put a
gun in my to force me to put my Queen there and just wait few more moves to
see where is went.30...Qf7 was the only move,of course white is better but
black is still alive} (30... Qf7) 31. Nf3 Bd8 (31... Bc8 32. Rd5 $5 (32. Nh4
Bxf5 33. exf5 Qg8 34. Ng6+ Kh7 35. Re1 $16) 32... Be6 33. Nh4 Bf7 34. Qg4 Rb8
35. Ng6+ Bxg6 36. hxg6 Qg8 37. Rh5) 32. Nh4 Bxe4 $6 (32... Rxe4 $142 33. Qxd6 (
33. Ng6+ Qxg6 (33... Kg8 34. Qxd6 $16) 34. hxg6 Rxf4 35. R5xf4 Re8 {white is
better no questions about it but the position is not clear as I think it
should be}) 33... Be7 34. Qg3 $1 (34. Qc7 $5 {maybe giving black some chances,
34.Qg3 gives no chances at all} Rxh4 35. Qxe7 Rg8 36. Bb2 Bxg2 $1 37. Kxg2 Rxh5
$13) 34... Kg8 35. Ng6 Re8 36. Qc7 $16 {[%csl Rh7]}) 33. Ng6+ Kg8 34. g4 {
[%csl Rh7]} Bxf5 $2 {giving the light colored bishop is the same as resigning,
black had to play 34...Bc7 but I doubt if this move would change the outcome
of the game} 35. Qxf5 {[%cal Rd5g8] black is simply without a queen,white will
simply change one pair of rooks along the "e" and that it!} Rf7 36. Qd5 f5 37.
Rxf5 Bf6 38. Kg2 Re2+ 39. Kf3 Re8 40. Qxd6 Bxd4 41. Rxf7 Re3+ 42. Kf4 Be5+ 43.
Qxe5 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Malbran, Guillermo"]
[Black "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. d4 $6 $146 {a novelty,the main
move is of course 5.Re1,white is willing to give a very important pawn the
"e4" one for some attack,according to this game he should think another time
since black simply took the pawn,kept it and won easily in the endgame} (5. e5
dxe5 6. Nxe5 a6 7. Nxd7 (7. Bxd7+ Nxd7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 f6 10. Nc4 e6 11. Nc3
Bc5 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. Qxd6 Qe7 14. Ne4 f5 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Qxe7+
Kxe7 18. Be3 Bd7 19. Rfd1 Bc6 20. f3 Rac8 21. c4 Rhd8 {1/2-1/2 Mantovani,
R-Gallagher,J/SWZ-chT 1991/EXT 97}) 7... Nxd7 8. Be2 e6 9. d4 Be7 10. dxc5 Qc7
11. Nc3 Nxc5 12. Bf3 O-O 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Nd5 exd5 15. Qxe7 Rfe8 16. Qg5 d4 17.
Qf4 (17. Bf4 $6 Ne6 $1 18. Bxc7 Nxg5) 17... Qxf4 18. Bxf4 Rac8 $13 {1/2-1/2
Myagmarsuren,L-Pytel,K/Nice olm 1974/MCD-ol (42)}) (5. Nc3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7.
Qxd4 Be7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Rad1 Qc7 10. Bxd7 Bxd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qe3 Kh8 13. Nd4
a6 14. f4 $14 {0-1 Szell,L-Hausner,I/Zamardi op 1980/MCD-op (35)}) 5... Nxe4 6.
Re1 Nef6 7. Bg5 (7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Bg5 a6 {transposes to the game few moves later
}) 7... a6 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nc3 e6 11. dxc5 dxc5 {black played
the simplest move after he took the pawn,he simply wants to play now Bc6
followed by Qc7 and then Bg7 with 0-0 or immediately 0-0-0,if black manages to
play so white in fact is losing one pawn down when your opponent has pair of
bishop,white try to do something to prevent it not with big seccess} 12. Nh4 h5
$1 {preventing Qh5.h5 is a typical move in Sicilian opening just to prevent
white's Queen or sometimes bishop going there and putting permanent pressure
on the "f7" pawn} 13. Nd5 (13. Ne4 $5 Bc6 14. Qf3 (14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $17 15. Nxf6
$4 Be7 {[%csl Rf6,Rh4][%cal Ge7h4]}) 14... Bxe4 (14... Be7 $2 15. Rad1 {
[%csl Rf6]}) 15. Rxe4 Be7 16. Rae1 $44 {[%cal Gh4f5]}) 13... Bc6 14. c4 Bg7 15.
Nf5 $2 {a very big mistake,after it white is really doomed to suffer in a
terrible endgame.white must understand he should change pieces and of course
not simplify the position at this moment which is exactely what did wit 15.Nf5,
15.Qe2 was an interesting move which keeps white initiative} (15. Qe2 $5 O-O (
15... Kf8 16. Nf4 $36 {[%csl Re6,Rh5]}) (15... Bxd5 $2 16. Rad1 $36) 16. Ne3 $2
{this is not the way to play,white should go forward not backward} (16. Qxh5 $1
exd5 17. Nf5 Re8 (17... Bd7 $4 18. Ne7+) 18. Qg4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Qf8 20. Ne7+
$36 {when white has atleast draw here}) 16... f5 17. Qxh5 Bxb2 18. Rad1 Qf6 $17
) 15... Kf8 16. Nxg7 Kxg7 17. Nf4 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 h4 $1 $17 {now it's sad story
for white,black is a pawn up,with a better bishop than white knight,when 18...
h4 is a strong move preventing white from playing h4 fixing a weak pawn on h5,
and also by h4 black gives white a weak "g2" pawn} 19. Rd3 (19. Rd6 Rhd8 (19...
Rad8 $2 20. Rexe6 $1 Rhe8 21. Kf1 $11) (19... Kf8 $5) 20. Rexe6 (20. Red1 Rxd6
21. Rxd6 Kf8 $17) 20... Kf8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Re1 Rd2 $17) 19... Rad8 (19...
Rhd8 $5) 20. Red1 Rd4 $1 {[%csl Rc4,Rf4]} 21. Rxd4 (21. g3 Rxc4) 21... cxd4 22.
Nd3 h3 $1 (22... e5 $5) 23. Nb4 (23. g3 Bf3 24. Rd2 e5 $17) 23... Bxg2 24. Rxd4
f5 {[%cal Gg7f6,Gh8g8]} 25. Nd3 Kf6 26. f4 (26. Nf4 Be4 27. Kf1 Rh4 28. Ne2 Rg4
$19 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Gg4g2]}) 26... Rg8 27. Kf2 Bc6 28. Ne1 Rg4 $19 {[%csl Rf4,
Rh2][%cal Gc6e4]} 29. b3 Be4 30. Ke3 Rg1 31. Nf3 Rg2 32. Rd7 Bc6 $1 33. Rc7
Rxa2 34. Ng5 (34. Ne5 Be8) 34... Rxh2 35. Rxf7+ Kg6 36. Re7 Rb2 37. Rxe6+ Kg7
38. Re7+ Kf8 39. Rh7 h2 40. Rh8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 13th final"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Akhmadeev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.12.28"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Ngf6 6. Bg5 a6 (6... e6 7.
Nc3 a6 (7... Be7 8. O-O-O (8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. O-O-O O-O
12. Bxd7 Bxd7 13. Ne4 Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Qe7 15. Qc7 Qb4 16. Nf6+ gxf6 17. Rxd7 $14
{/+/-} Rac8 18. Qg3+ Kh8 19. Rhd1 (19. Qe3 Kg7 20. Rd4 Qc5 21. Qd2 f5 22. g4
Kh7 23. Qd3 Rc7 24. gxf5 Qxf5 25. Qxf5+ exf5 26. Rhd1 Rg8 27. Rd7 Rxd7 28. Rxd7
Rg2 29. Rxb7 Rxf2 30. c4 Rxh2 31. c5 Re2 32. c6 Re6 33. c7 Rc6+ 34. Kd2 a5 35.
Ke3 h5 36. Kd4 h4 37. Kd5 Rc2 38. Kd6 {1-0 Rublevsky,S-Predein,V/Kurgan 1993/
EXP 38}) 19... Qe4 20. c3 b5 21. R7d4 Qf5 22. Qe3 Kh7 23. Rf4 Qg5 24. h4 Qg6
25. Qf3 f5 26. g4 Rfd8 27. gxf5 Rxd1+ 28. Kxd1 exf5 29. Rxf5 Rc7 30. h5 Qe6 31.
Rxb5 Rd7+ 32. Kc2 Kg7 33. Qg3+ Kh7 34. Qe5 Qc6 35. Qf5+ Kg7 36. Qg4+ Kf6 37.
Rf5+ Ke7 38. Qb4+ Ke6 39. Qf4 Ke7 {1-0 Vasiukov,E-Beliavsky,A/Vilnius zt 1975/
MCL 05}) 8... O-O 9. Rhe1 Qa5 10. Bxd7 Bxd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e5 fxe5 13. Nxe5
$36 {Dvorietzky,M-Scholseth,T/Saint John/1988/0|1/32/}) 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. O-O-O
h6 (9... Be7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qc5 Qc8
15. Ne4 Be7 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Rxd6 O-O 18. Qxc6 $18 {Gurgenidze,B-Gufeld,E/
Tbilisi/1969/1|0/23/}) 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Rhe1 $6 (11. e5 $5) 11... Qc7 12. e5
dxe5 13. Nxe5 Rd8 $1 14. Bg3 Qc8 (14... Qc5 $5) 15. Qe3 O-O 16. Qf3 Bc6 (16...
b5 17. Bh4 $36) 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qxc6 bxc6 19. Na4 $14 {1-0 Rublevsky,S-Ruban,
V/Novosibirsk 1995/CBM 50/[Chekhov] (39)}) 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 (7... Nxd7 8. Nc3 h6
9. Bh4 Qb6 10. O-O-O Qxd4 11. Nxd4 e6 12. Bg3 b5 13. a3 Nb6 14. Nb3 Nc4 15. Nd2
Na5 16. Nb3 {1/2-1/2 Hazai,L-Barczay,L/HUN-ch 1976/MCD-ch}) 8. O-O (8. Nc3 h6
9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Rg8 11. O-O Rc8 12. c4 Bg7 13. Rac1 e6 14. Nb6 Rc6 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qe3 $14 {[%csl Rd6,Re8,Rg7] 1-0 Ansell,S-McShane,L/Witley 1996/
EXT 97 (65) /+/-}) 8... h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nc3 e6 {a standard position
position for this variation black has double pawns on the "f" file and enjoyes
the pair of bishops and the open "g" file while white's plan is to put
pressure on the "e6" pawn with quite simple plan f4-f5 puttingn the Queen on
"h3" or maybe "b3" and then trying to bring the other knights to put pressure
on "e6" from "d4" and "f4' quite a long plan but that's simply what white is
going to play here} 11. Rad1 Be7 (11... Rc8) 12. Qd3 {the knight is going to
"d4"} Rc8 13. Nd4 Rc5 14. Kh1 $1 {just a good move,not having the King on both
the "g" file and the a7-g1 diagonal} (14. f4 $6 Qb6 $1 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gb6g1,
Ge6e5] black is threatening now both "e5" and Qxb2}) 14... Rg5 (14... Qb6 $5)
15. f4 Rg7 16. f5 Rhg8 17. Rd2 Qc8 18. Qh3 $14 {white has managed to play his
plan,he only needs to finish it's last part bringing the "c3" knight to "f4"}
Rh7 (18... Qc4 $5 19. Rfd1 e5 20. Nb3 Bc6 21. a3 $1 (21. Na5 Qb4 22. Nb3 (22.
Nxc6 bxc6 23. Qd3 Qb6) 22... Qc4 23. a3) 21... Bxe4 22. Na5) 19. Nce2 {
threatening fxe6 followed by Nf4} e5 (19... Rhg7 $5 20. Ng3 (20. fxe6 fxe6 (
20... Bxe6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 (21... Qxe6 22. Qf3 $16) 22. Nf4 $36) 21. Qh5+ Kd8 22.
Qa5+ Ke8 23. Qh5+ Kd8 $11) 20... Rh7) 20. Nb3 h5 21. Nc3 $16 {white has
achived his goal,he has the "d5" sqaure for his knight and you can look at
black's bishop and see what they worth} Bc6 22. Qf3 Rg4 23. Rfd1 b6 (23... Rhg7
$5) 24. Qe3 Qb7 (24... Qc7) 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 $16 {/+-} Rhg7 27. R1d2 Qc6
28. Qd3 R7g5 (28... b5 29. Na5 Qc7 30. b4 {[%cal Gc2c4]}) (28... Qb7 29. c3 {
[%cal Gb3a1,Ga1c2,Gc2e3]}) 29. h3 $1 $18 Rg3 (29... Rf4 30. g3 $18 {[%csl Rf4]}
) (29... Rh4 30. Kh2 Qa4 31. c4 (31. Re2 Rf4 32. Rxd6 $18) 31... b5 32. Rc2 $18
) 30. Qxa6 Re3 31. Na5 Qc7 32. Qa8+ Kd7 (32... Qd8 $8 33. Qa7 $1 (33. Qxd8+
Kxd8 34. Nc6+ Kd7 35. Nxe7 Kxe7 36. Rxd6 Rxe4 $16 {but of course black got
here much more than white should have given him}) 33... Qd7 (33... Re1+ 34. Kh2
bxa5 35. Rb5 $18 Qd7 36. Rb7) 34. Qxb6) 33. Nb7 Rxe4 34. Nxd6 Re1+ (34... Bxd6
35. Rxd6+ Qxd6 36. Qb7+) 35. Kh2 Bxd6 36. Rxd6+ Ke7 (36... Qxd6 37. Qb7+) (
36... Ke7 37. Rc6 {and mate is coming soom}) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. d3 g6 (5... a6 6. Ba4 g6 7. O-O
Bg7 8. Bc2 O-O 9. a4 b6 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb7 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Nc3 Rc7 14.
Re1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Fries Nielsen,J-Tisdall,J/Aarhus 1983/MCL 03 (30)}) 6. O-O Bg7
7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4 b5 (8... O-O 9. d4 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Qc7 (
12... e5 13. Nbd2 (13. d5) 13... Qb6 14. Nf1 $6 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4
Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Rfe8 $36 {0-1 Slipak,S-Quinteros,M/San Fernando op 1993/EXT 97 
(42) /-/+}) 13. Nbd2 e5 14. Nf1 exd4 15. cxd4 Rfe8 16. d5 c4 17. Rc1 Nc5 18.
N3d2 Qa5 19. a3 Nfd7 $36 {0-1 Ambroz,J-Gavrikov,V/Wuerzburg op 1991/EXT 91op 
(40)}) 9. Bc2 O-O 10. a4 Bb7 11. Na3 $146 {quite a strange move since after 11.
..b4 by black white simply went back with his knight I can not believe this
can be a good idea,but it's also not a bad one since the move "b4" gives the
control over "a4" and "c4" squares} (11. d4 e5 12. dxe5 (12. d5 c4 13. b3 cxb3
14. Bxb3 Nc5 15. Bc2 Nfd7 16. Na3 bxa4 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. c4 Bc8 19. Bd2 $14 {
1-0 Smagin,S-Popovic,P/Zenica 1989/EXT 89 (42)}) 12... dxe5 13. Na3 Bc6 14. Qd6
Qb6 15. Bg5 Rfe8 16. Qd2 Qb7 17. Qe2 c4 $17 {[%csl Ra3,Rd3,Re4][%cal Gd7c5]
0-1 Sumaneev,D-Ruban,V/RUS-ch 1995/CBM 50 (34)}) 11... b4 12. Nb1 (12. Nc4 d5
13. Ncd2 bxc3 14. bxc3 e5) (12. cxb4 cxb4 13. Nc4 d5 (13... a5) 14. exd5 Nxd5)
12... e5 $6 (12... a5 $5 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 e5) 13. a5 $1 {quite a good move,
first of all fixing the "a6" pawn secondly opening quite an important diagonal
for white bishop the a4-e8 diagonal,and the third factor is taking some space
from black on the Queen's side} d5 (13... h6 $5) 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 bxc3 (15...
Qc7 16. Nbd2) (15... c4 16. dxc4 (16. exd5 $2 b3 {[%csl Rc2]}) 16... g5 17. Bg3
Nxe4 (17... dxe4 18. Nxe5) 18. cxd5 Nxg3 19. hxg3 bxc3 20. Nxc3 f5 21. g4 $5 {
[%cal Gb1h7]} fxg4 22. Nd2 $36 {[%csl Ge4,Rg7]}) 16. Nxc3 (16. bxc3 c4 $1 17.
exd5 cxd3 18. Bxd3 (18. Qxd3 g5 19. Nxg5 (19. Bg3 e4 20. Rxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Nf6
) 19... hxg5 20. Bxg5 Bxd5) 18... Bxd5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 g5 21. Bg3 Ne4
$17) 16... g5 17. Bg3 d4 18. Nb1 {unbelieveavle the second time the knight
comes back to "b1" the first one from "a3" the second one from "c3" but now
there is really a serious hole on "c4" and white next moves are quite obvious}
Ne8 $6 {white's idea is to play Nbd2-Nc4 black want to place his knight on
"d6" but white is not going to give him easy life} (18... Nh5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 (
19... Nxg3 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. hxg3 $16) 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Qxh5 $16) (18... Re8
19. Nbd2 $14) 19. Ba4 $1 $14 {[%csl Re5] /+/-} Qxa5 $6 {this leads by force to
a big advantage for white} (19... Nef6 20. Nxe5 (20. Nbd2 Re8 21. Nc4 Qc7 22.
Rc1 $36) 20... Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Qxa5 22. Nd2 $14 {/+/-}) (19... f6 $4 20. Qb3+ $18
) 20. Bxd7 $1 Qxa1 21. Qb3 $16 {[%csl Ra1]} Qa5 (21... Rd8 22. Qxb7 (22. Ba4
Bxe4 23. dxe4 (23. Na3 Bd5 24. Nc4 Qxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Nd6) 23... c4 24. Qxc4 Qxb2)
22... Nf6 23. Na3 Rb8 24. Qxa6 Qxb2 25. Nc4 $18) 22. Qxb7 Nf6 (22... Rd8 23.
Rc1 $18) 23. Nbd2 (23. Bxe5 Nxd7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qxd7 Rab8 26. Nbd2 Rxb2 27.
Nc4 Qb5 28. Qf5 $16) 23... Rab8 24. Qc6 g4 $2 {the decisive mistake,after this
move the game is actually over,it was necessary to take on "d7"} (24... Nxd7
25. Qxd7 Rxb2 (25... Qb5 26. Qxb5 Rxb5 27. Nc4 $16 {/+-})) (24... Rb6 25. Nc4
Rxc6 26. Nxa5 Rb6 27. Bf5 $16) 25. Nc4 Qb4 26. Nfd2 $18 {the "e5" pawn or the
"g4" are lost and with one of them the game two} Qb5 (26... Nxd7 27. Qxd7 h5
28. Qf5) 27. Qxb5 axb5 28. Nxe5 Rb6 29. Bf5 Ra8 30. Nb3 {no further
annotations are needed the rest is simple} Bf8 31. Nxg4 Nxg4 32. Bxg4 Ra4 33.
Rc1 Rb4 34. Bd1 c4 35. dxc4 bxc4 36. Nxd4 Rxb2 37. Kf1 Rd2 38. Nf3 Ra2 39. Be5
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 a6 7. Bf1 e5 (7... e6
8. c3 Be7 (8... d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. d4) 9. d4 e5 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5
(11. exd5 Nxd5) 11... Ne4 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Qb6 14. Bc3 O-O 15. Qd2 a5 16.
a4 Nb4 17. Nh2 Rfc8 18. Qd1 Qd8 19. Re3 $36 {1-0 Kekov,A-Isupov,V/RUS-chT 1994/
EXP 45 (36)}) 10. d5 Na7 11. a4 O-O 12. a5 Kh8 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. d6 Be6 15.
dxe7 Qxe7 16. Na3 Nc6 17. Nc4 Rad8 18. Qa4 Rg8 19. Ne3 g5 {[#]} 20. g3 Qc7 21.
Kh2 Ne7 22. Bc4 $16 {1-0 Kveinys,A-Maiwald,J/Bonn GSK 1995/CBM 45/[Von Gleich]
(29)}) 8. c3 Be7 9. d4 Qc7 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nxd4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5
13. Bg5 O-O 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Rxe7 Rd1 18. a4 Rfd8
19. Re3 Rc1 20. Rc3 Re1 21. Re3 Rc1 22. Rc3 {1/2-1/2 Westerinen,H-Ernst,T/
Troll Masters 1990/EXP 16}) (9... h6 10. a4 O-O 11. Na3 cxd4 12. cxd4 exd4 13.
Nxd4 Re8 14. Nf3 Bf8 15. Bc4 Be6 $36 {0-1 Kozel,R-Michalski,O/Polanica Zdroj
op 1996/EXT 97 (97)}) 10. a4 (10. dxe5 $5 Nxe5 (10... dxe5 11. a4 {[%cal Gb1a3,
Ga3c4]} Na5 $11) 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. c4 $1 $14 {[%cal Gb1c3]}) 10... O-O 11. Na3
$6 {normally before you play this Na3-Nc4 you must first takr on "e5" to avoid
exactely what black played...taking on "d4" when the knight on "a3" is
immediately misplaced} (11. dxe5 $5 dxe5 12. Na3 Na5) 11... cxd4 $1 12. cxd4
exd4 13. Bf4 {in the next few moves white does even think about takinf the
"d4" pawn until it becomes impossible to take it back!} (13. Nxd4 d5 14. exd5
Nxd5 $13 {[%csl Ra3]}) 13... Rfe8 14. Rc1 (14. Nxd4 Bf8 15. f3 Nh5 $5 16. Be3
d5 $1 17. exd5 (17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. exd5 Rxe3 19. Rxe3 Bc5 20. Nc4 Rd8 21. b4
Bxe3+ 22. Nxe3 Qb6 23. Qe1 Rxd5 $132 {/|^}) 17... Rxe3 18. Rxe3 (18. dxc6 Rxe1
19. Qxe1 Bc5 $17) 18... Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Bc5 20. Qc3 Bxh3 $1 $36 (20... Nf4 21.
Rc1 Nxd5 22. Qxc5 Qxc5 23. Rxc5 Nxe3 $11)) 14... Bf8 15. Bd3 {[%cal Gh2b8,
Gc1c8]} (15. Nxd4 Nxe4 $15 {/-/+ white has small compensation for the pawn but
not too much}) 15... Qd8 $1 {[%cal Gd6d5] an excellent move,getting the Queen
out from both pins along the "c" file and the b8-h2 diagonal and make it
possible for black to play "d5" when he wants} 16. Bb1 (16. Nc2 Qb6 17. Bg5 (
17. b4 Nxb4) 17... Be7 18. b4 Nxb4) 16... d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nc2 (18. Bxe4 dxe4
19. Rxe4 Bf5 $15 {[%csl Gd4,Gf5,Gf8] /-/+}) 18... Qb6 19. Ncxd4 Bc5 20. Be3 $2
{white was not willing to except being slightly worse and decides to play
complicated,the results of this we see very quickly,it happans many times and
in many times the result is the same a quick loss} (20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Rxe4 Rad8
22. Be3 (22. Bg5 $6 Nxd4 $1 23. Nxd4 Bc6 24. Bxd8 (24. a5 Qxb2 (24... Bxd4 25.
axb6 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Bxe4 $15) 25. Rxc5 Bxe4 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 $17)
24... Rxd8 25. Rxc5 Qxc5 $17) 22... Bf5 23. Rf4 Bg6 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. Nxb3 Bxe3
26. fxe3 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Rxe5 28. Kf2 $15 {here white has not bad chances to
defend his position,but insted he want for complications and here the results})
20... Nxe5 21. Rxc5 $2 (21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Nf3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Ree8 24. Qxd5 Nf6
25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. exd4 Bxa4 $17) 21... Nxc5 (21... Qxc5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Nf3)
22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Nf3 Rxe3 (23... Bxa4 24. Qd4 (24. Bxh7+)) 24. Rxe3 (24. fxe3
$142 $17) 24... Qxb2 $19 25. Ng5 h6 26. Bh7+ Kh8 27. Qh5 Qf6 28. Re5 Ne6 29.
Rf5 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.09.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 e6 (6... e5 7. a4 g6
8. d3 Bg7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Nh5 11. Nd5 Nd4 12. Bc4 Kh8 13. c3 Ne6 14. a5 Qh4
15. Be3 f5 $36 {Pribyl,M-Pelletier,Y Altensteig-J 1994}) 7. Bxc6 (7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Be7 9. Bf1 (9. Nf3 a6 10. Bf1 Qc7 11. Bf4 Ng4 12. a4 O-O $13 {Westerinen,
H-Yrjola,J Nordic zt 1992}) 9... O-O 10. a4 a6 11. Nb3 b6 12. g4 Bc8 13. Bg2
Rb8 14. g5 Nd7 15. f4 $132 {Gurevich,I-Ashley,M New York Marshall/Enhance 1994}
) 7... Bxc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Bg5 (10. Qf3 O-O 11. Qg3 Kh8 12. Bg5 Qb6
13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Rd3 Ne8 16. Red1 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Nf6 $10 {
Yegiazarian,O-Akopian,V Erevan Petrosian mem 1994}) 10... O-O 11. Qd3 h6 12.
Bh4 Qb6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. b3 Qb4 15. a3 Qb7 16. Na4 Rfd8 17. c4 c5 18. Rab1 Ng4
$1 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qg3 Ne5 (20... Nf6 $6 21. e5 dxe5 22. Qxe5 $14) 21. Nxc5
$10 Nxc4 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. bxc4 Rac8 24. Qe3 Rxc4 25. Qxa7 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Qxe4
27. Qb7 d5 28. h3 Qa4 29. Qc7 Rf8 30. Qd6 d4 31. Rb7 Qa5 32. Kh2 Rd8 33. Qe7
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3
g6 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 O-O 12. d4 (12. Bg5 Rc8 13. Qd2 b5 14. a3
Qb6 15. b4 Nd7 16. Rad1 Qb7 17. d4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nb6 19. Bh6 $14 {1-0 Glek,
I-Babula,V/Stare Mesto 1992/EXT 92 (50)}) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 (13... e5 14.
d5 Ne7 15. a4 Nd7 16. Be3 $16 f5 $6 17. Ng5 $18 {1-0 Campora,D-Garcia Luque,A/
San Roque 1996/CBM 57 (33)}) (13... Nd7 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Rc1 Qa5 17.
Qb3 b5 18. Red1 Qb4 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 20. Bd2 Nc6 21. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ghinda,
M-Vera,R/Bratislava 1983/MCD-r8 (63)}) 14. Qb3 (14. d5 Nb4 15. Re2 a5 16. Bg5
h6 17. Bf4 Rc4 18. a3 Nbxd5 19. Re1 Nxf4 20. Bxc4 Nd7 21. Qd2 g5 $44 {1/2-1/2
Wahls,M-Akopian,V/WchJM U20 1988/TD 88\09 (48)}) (14. a3 e6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4
Qb6 17. Qd2 d5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. e5 Bg7 20. Rad1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Anand,V/
Moscow PCA rapid 1994/EXP 40 (79)}) 14... Rc7 {I prefer 14...Nd7,it's not easy
for me to understand the idea behind Rc7} (14... Nd7 15. Be3 b5 (15... e5 16.
dxe5 Ncxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxb7 Nc5 19. Qd5 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Be5 21. f4 Bg7 22.
Rec1 $16 {1-0 Lutikov,A-Kalinitschew,S/Moscow-ch 1982/MCD-ch (43)}) 16. a4 Na5
17. Qb4 Nc4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bc1 Nf6 21. b3 Nb6 22. Qxb5 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Ghinda,M-Groszpeter,A/Bucharest 1980/MCL 07 (42)}) 15. Bf4 (15. e5 $5 {
this is an interesting move for white,simply blocking black's bishop on "g7"
and getting quite a big space advantage,the only problem that may result from
this move is that the "e5" pawn can be a weak one in certain positions} dxe5 (
15... Nd7 16. exd6 exd6 17. Bf4 $14) 16. dxe5 Nd5 (16... Nd7 17. e6 fxe6 18.
Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Rd1 $14) 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Rad1 $14) 15... Nd7 16. Rad1 {white has
a very nice position,he controls the center,he has pair of bishops,when black
has really nocompensation for both white's advantages} Qb8 17. h4 $5 {a good
idea,it's difficult for white to play in the center,so he starts to weaken
black's position on the king's side,when you have a space advantage in the
center it is much easy to play on the wings!} e5 18. dxe5 (18. Be3) 18... dxe5
19. Be3 $14 {/+/- now white's advantage is obvious,he has the two bishops
advantage,he has the "d" file,he has some space advantage and better pieces
what more do you need?} Qe8 (19... Na5 20. Qa4 Nc6 21. Rd6) 20. Qa3 (20. Rd3 $5
{[%cal Ge1d1]} Nd4 21. Bxd4 (21. Nxd4 $5 Nc5 22. Nb5 $8 Nxb3 (22... axb5 23.
Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Red1 $16) 23. Nxc7 Qb8 24. Nxa6 bxa6 25. Rxb3 Qa8 $132) 21...
exd4 $13) 20... Qe7 (20... Qe6 21. Ng5 Qe7 22. Qxe7 Nxe7 23. Bc4 $36) 21. Qxe7
Nxe7 22. g3 h6 (22... Nc6 23. Rd2) 23. Rd6 (23. Bh3 $5 {this is a serious move
for white to think about} f5 (23... Nb8 24. b4 $5) 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Rd6 Kh7
26. Red1 $36) (23. Re2 {[%cal Ge2d2]}) 23... Nc8 24. Rd2 Nf6 25. Rdd1 $1 Nxe4
$2 {a big mistake,one might think this is good for black since after Bxh6 he
exchange on of his knights for white's bishop,but infact he must weaken his
king seriously in order to keep the "e5" pawn a decisive factor in the
continuation of the game} (25... Re8 26. Bd2 $14 {[%cal Gd2c3]}) 26. Bxh6 Bxh6
27. Rxe4 f6 (27... Bg7 28. Nxe5 Re8 29. f4 $16) 28. Rc4 $1 {a very strong move,
white gets the control over both the "c" and the "d" files which means a lot
and if black takes now on "c4" white takes back with a check and play Rd7} Re7
(28... Rxc4 29. Bxc4+ Kh8 30. h5 $1 gxh5 31. Nh4 $16) (28... Rg7 29. h5 gxh5
30. Nh4) 29. h5 $3 {a fantastic move,when suddenly black's position fall a
part since white gets fantastic squares for his knight,and 100% control over
the light squares} gxh5 (29... g5 30. Bh3 $16) 30. Nh4 $16 {/+-} Rh7 $2 (30...
b5 31. Rc6 (31. Rc2 $5 $16) 31... Ra7 32. Ng6 (32. Nf5 Ne7 33. Nxh6+ Kh7 (33...
Kg7 $6 34. Rdd6 $1 $16 {/+-}) 34. Re6 Kxh6 35. Rdd6 Kg5 36. Rxa6 Rxa6 37. Rxa6)
32... Ne7 $1 33. Nxe7+ Rxe7 34. Rxa6) (30... Rfe8 31. Be2 $16) 31. Bh3 $18 Ne7
32. Be6+ Kh8 33. Rc7 f5 34. Rdd7 Bg5 35. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 13th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Manor, Ilan"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.04.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 e5 5. O-O (5. d3 Be7 6. Nd5 (6. O-O Nf6 7.
Bg5 Be6 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Qd7 10. a4 Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. Re1 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7
14. Nf1 Kh8 15. Ne3 $13 {Pribal,J-Lutz,C BL 9394 1994}) 6... Nf6 7. c3 (7.
Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Nxe7 Qxe7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Nd2 Qb7
14. b3 Qb4 15. O-O Kf8 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. dxc4 Ke7 $13 {Milovanovic,R-Savchenko,
S Tuzla 1990}) 7... O-O 8. Nxe7+ Nxe7 9. h3 Ng6 10. O-O d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12.
Re1 a6 13. Bc4 b5 14. Bb3 Qd6 {Benjamin,J-Dlugy,M New-York (op) 1987} 15. Qe2
$5) 5... Nge7 6. d3 (6. a3 g6 7. b4 Bg7 8. bxc5 dxc5 9. Bxc6+ Nxc6 10. Nd5 O-O
11. d3 f5 12. h3 Nd4 $36 {Svidler,P-Greenfeld,A Tilburg (01) 20' 1994}) 6...
Ng6 7. Nd5 Be7 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. dxe5 dxe5 {no matter
which knight takes on e5 white playes simply Be2 with a solid advan} 12. Be3
Nb4 (12... Nh4 13. Be2 $14) 13. h3 (13. Nxe7+ $6 Qxe7 {and now black has no
problems at all,since the knight on d5 was clearly better than the e7 bishop,
now black has a very strong square for his knight on d4} (13... Nxe7 $2 14.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Nxe5) 14. h3 Rfd8 15. Qe2 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nc2 17. Rac1 Nxe3 18.
fxe3 $5 $13 (18. Qxe3 Nf4 $11)) 13... Nxd5 14. hxg4 (14. exd5 Bf5 15. Bc4 Qd6
$13 (15... Rc8)) 14... Nf6 $6 {quite a strange move,I wonder how many players
not speaking about about computers would not take immediately on e3 without
even one minute of thinking,although,we reach a very very unclear position} (
14... Nxe3 15. fxe3 Qb6 16. Qb3 {[%csl Gd5,Re3,Re4,Rf7,Rg2,Rg4][%cal Ga2g8,
Gf1f8] white's weakness: terrible pawn structure white's advantages: open "f"
file,strong pressure along the a2-g8 diagonal,the key square "d5" and
attacking the weak f7 pawn,all this gives us a very unclear complicated
position,although it maybe better than what black actually played in the game}
Bc5 17. Rae1 a6 18. Bc4 Qxb3 19. Bxb3 Rad8) 15. Nd2 Qa5 16. Bc4 (16. Qe2 $140
$5 Nxg4 $4 17. Nb3 Qb4 18. Bd2 $18) 16... Rad8 17. Qe2 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19.
Nf3 $5 (19. Nb3 $6 {giving black the control over the important e5 square is
not a wish idea} Qe5 $1 20. f3 h5 $1 $36) 19... Rde8 {it seems quite strange
playing in this way,Rd8-Re8 in 2 moves again Rd8...and then again Rde8 well
that's just seem to be too much!,maybe black should have tried and simply take
the g4 pawn,he is not losing immediately that's for sure} (19... Nxg4 20. e5 {
[%csl Rg4]} Qb6 21. e6 f5 22. Rad1 $44 {white certainly has enough
compensation for the pawn,maybe even more}) 20. g5 Ng4 21. Bb5 (21. e5 Bd6)
21... Rd8 22. e5 {[%csl Rg4]} Kh8 (22... Bc5 $5) (22... Qb6 $5) 23. Bc4 Rde8
24. Rad1 Bc5 25. Rd5 Qb6 (25... Rd8 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 $140 {[%csl Rf2]} 27. Qe4 (
27. a3 $132) 27... Qb6 28. Qxf4 Nxf2 29. Kh2 Qxb2) 26. Nd2 h5 $2 (26... f5 $142
$13) (26... Nxf2 27. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Qxb2 29. Qxf4 $16) 27. gxh6 Nxh6 28.
Ne4 Bd4 $2 (28... Be7 29. Rfd1 $16) {[%tqu "En","black has played too many
mistakes in his last moves,and as you know after the mistake a punish must
come!to be honest there is more than one way to win for white but I want you
to see the best one the decisive one,and please see everything","","","d5d6",
"",6]} 29. Rd6 $1 $18 Qxb2 30. Qh5 $1 (30. Qd3 {also winning sice there are
two threats take on d4 and Rb1 winning the queen,but Qh5 is stronger}) 30...
Bxe5 31. Rxh6+ gxh6 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Nf6+ {if take on f6 Bd3 with mate in few
moves} 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Minasian, Ara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e5 (5... Ngf6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Nc3 a6 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. O-O-O h6 (9... Be7 $6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bc6 12. Nxc6
bxc6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qc5 Qc8 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 (16... Kf8 17. Nxc8
Bxc5 18. Rd8#) 17. Rxd6 $18 {Gugenidze,B-Gufeld,E Tbilisi 1969}) 10. Bh4 Be7
11. Rhe1 (11. e5 $5) 11... Qc7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Rd8 14. Bg3 Qc8 (14... Qc5
$5) 15. Qe3 O-O 16. Qf3 Bc6 (16... b5 17. Bh4) 17. Qxc6 Qxc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19.
Na4 $14 {Rublevsky,S-Ruban,V Novosibirsk 1995 CBM 50}) 6. Qd3 Be7 (6... h6 7.
Nc3 Ngf6 {is the main line in this variation,when here white's main moves are
8.Nd2 or 8.Be3,for some theory after 8.Be3 go to the game Yudasin,L-Kozul,Z in
CBM 59}) 7. Nc3 Ngf6 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Bxd7 Qxd7 (9... Bxd7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qxd6
Bc6 12. Qxd8 Rfxd8 13. Ke2 b5 14. a3 a5 15. Rhd1 $16 {Torre,O-Christiansen,L
San Francisco 1991}) 10. Bxf6 (10. O-O-O Rd8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Qa4 13. Kb1
$14 {/+/- Ulibin,M-Voekler,B Dresden op 1994}) 10... Bxf6 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Nd5 (
12. O-O Qc6 13. Nd5 Be6) 12... Qa4 13. O-O Be6 14. b3 Qa5 (14... Qxa2 $4 15.
Ra1 Qb2 16. Rfb1) 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. c4 b5 $1 {black must act immediately,
since he has a weak king a weak "d" pawn,and white can organize an attack very
quickly,just moving the knight and playing f4 opening also the "f" file that's
way black must act as quick as possible} 17. cxb5 (17. Nd2 bxc4 18. bxc4 (18.
Nxc4 Bxc4 (18... Qxa2 $4 19. Ra1 Bxc4 20. Qg3+ $18) 19. bxc4 Rab8 {[%csl Ra2,
Rc4]} (19... Qxa2 20. Ra1 Qb2 21. Rfb1 Qd4 22. Qxd4 exd4 23. Rd1 $13)) 18...
Qxa2 19. Ra1 Qb2 20. Rfb1 Qd4) 17... Qxa2 18. Nd2 Rac8 19. Qe3 (19. Qg3+ Kf8
20. Qh4 Ke7 {reaches the same position as in the game}) 19... Kg7 20. Qg3+ Kf8
21. Qh4 Ke7 22. f4 Qb2 (22... Rc2 23. Rf2 exf4 (23... Qb2 24. fxe5 Qxe5 25. Nf3
Qb2 26. Nd4 Rxf2 27. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rf6,Rf7,Rh7]})) 23.
fxe5 Qxe5 24. Kh1 (24. Nc4 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Rxc4 26. Rd5 Qe6 (26... Qb2 27. Qxh7
Rc1 $13) 27. Rdf5 Rxe4 28. Qf2 (28. Qh6 Re1) 28... Re2 29. Qxa7+ Rd7 30. Qd4
Qe3+ $1 (30... Re5 31. R5f2 $36) 31. Qxe3+ Rxe3 32. Rxf6 Kf8 $11 33. Rb1 Re6
34. Rf4 d5 35. b6 Rb7 36. Rfb4 d4) (24. Nf3 Qxb5 25. Nd4 Qg5) 24... Qg5 25. Qf2
Rc2 26. Qxa7+ $2 (26. h4) 26... Rd7 27. Qd4 (27. Qa5 Bg4 $19) 27... Bg4 28. Qd3
Bxd1 29. Rxd1 Rdc7 30. b6 (30. h3 R7c3 31. Qd4 (31. Qd5 Rc1 $1 $19) 31... Rxb3
$19) 30... R7c3 31. Qd4 Rxb3 $19 {the game is over,but I am quite sure that
both players were is a very big time trouble,this explains why black resigned
on move 38 when the position was not so clear,and how both players have missed
a very simple wins for black,and of course black's blunder,and all if this in
just 3 moves} 32. e5 fxe5 33. Qd5 Rxb6 {still that's not bad} (33... Rxd2 {
well you do expect players such as Rublevsky and Minasian to see this move.....
.} 34. Rxd2 Qxd2 35. Qxd2 Rb1+) 34. Nc4 Ra6 $4 {well but this already is quite
bad after the simple Rxc4 black is winning after the little more complicated
Rb1 black is immediately winning!} (34... Rb1 35. Rxb1 Rc1+ 36. Qd1 Rxd1+ 37.
Rxd1 d5 $19) (34... Rxc4 35. Qxc4 Rb7 $19) 35. Nxd6 Qxg2+ $2 {it is clear
black have missed white's 37 move} (35... Qh5) 36. Qxg2 Rxg2 37. Nc8+ {well
black was hoping for Kxg2 but...} Ke6 38. Kxg2 f5 {and I believe black's flag
fell at this moment since I can not think of any other reason why would he
resign in this position} 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 22nd"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2014.05.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2014.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 (4. O-O $5 {Is another fashionable move,
White intends to play c3 followed by Bc2.} a6 5. Bd3 {was played in
Karjakin-Cheparinov; see the annotated game in CBM 157.}) 4... cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6
6. Be2 $5 {This is a really interesting move. Let's see the advantages of this
move: - White doesn't give up the bishop pair - White tries to exploit the
position of the d7-knight - White wants to get a position with space advantage
after c4 - If Black plays ...Ngf6 and ...e5, White can play for the weakened
d5-square. On the other hand, Black should be able to defend well, for example
with ...Ngf6, ...g6, ...Bg7.} (6. Bxd7+ {Carlsen played this move against
Anand. See the game annotated in CBM 155.}) 6... Ngf6 (6... e5 7. Qe3 Ngf6 8.
O-O {- 6...Ngf6}) 7. O-O (7. c4 {is also logical.} g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10.
Qd3 Nc5 11. Qc2 b5 $1 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Bxb5 Bb7 14. Re1 Rc8 $132 {
Neiksans-Cheparinov, Warsaw 2013}) 7... e5 (7... e6 {is also possible} 8. c4
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Rfe1 Rd8 12. Qd2 b6 13. Bd3 Bb7 $13 {
Koberl-Flesch, Budapest 1965}) (7... g6 $5 {is similar to Cheparinov's game.})
8. Qe3 Nc5 (8... Be7 {allows} 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 $14) 9. Nc3 Be7 10. b3 {
This is an original idea. White wants to continue with Ba3.} O-O 11. Ba3 Ne6 $1
{Bxc5 was a threat.} 12. g3 {White decides to prevent ...Nf4.} (12. Rfd1 {
was also possible.}) 12... Qa5 (12... b5 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. Bb2 Nc5 15. a3 Qc7
$13) 13. Bb2 Nc5 14. Nd2 Be6 (14... b5 $5) 15. a4 Rfe8 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. a5 Rad8
18. Rfd1 Qc6 {After some inaccurate moves, White could have started a
beautiful plan with 19.f3.} 19. Nd2 $5 {White plans Bf3, Nf1-e3.} (19. f3 $1
Bf8 20. Qf2 $1 g6 21. Ne3 $14 {and White has reached his goal.}) 19... h6 (
19... d5 $5 {is also possible} 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Qxe5 Bd6 22. Qf5 Be5 $44 {
with some compensation for the pawn.}) 20. Bf3 $1 Bf8 21. Nf1 $1 Bg4 $1 22.
Bxg4 Nxg4 23. Qf3 (23. Qe2 $5 Nf6 24. Nd2 (24. f3 d5) 24... Ne6 25. Nf3 $14)
23... Nf6 24. Re1 Ne6 25. Ra4 Ng5 26. Qg2 d5 $1 {This is the beginning of a
beautiful combination.} 27. exd5 Nxd5 28. Rc4 Qf6 $2 {After this, White will
have some advantage.} ({With} 28... Nf4 $3 {Black could have forced the draw:}
29. Qxc6 Ngh3+ 30. Kh1 Nxf2+ 31. Kg1 N2h3+ $11) 29. Nxd5 Nf3+ 30. Kh1 Rxd5 31.
Re3 Rd1 32. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 33. Rxf3 Rxf1+ 34. Kg2 Rb1 35. Bc3 Rc1 $6 (35... Rd1 {
was better} 36. Rc7 f6 $1 37. Rxb7 Rc1 $1 38. Bd2 Rxc2 39. Rd3 $14) 36. Bd2 $1
Rd1 37. Rd3 $1 {The rooks will break into Black's position.} Be7 38. Kf3 Bg5
39. Bxg5 Rxd3+ 40. cxd3 hxg5 41. Ke4 f6 (41... Re7 42. Kd5 $16) 42. Rc7 Rb8 43.
b4 Kh7 44. Kd5 b6 45. b5 axb5 46. a6 Rd8+ 47. Kc6 b4 48. Kb7 b3 49. Rc3 1-0

[Event "CHN-ch"]
[Site "Xinghua"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Xu, Yi"]
[Black "Fang, Yan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.04.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {These Bb5 systems (2...d6 3.Bb5 and 2...Nc6 3.Bb5)
are very popular nowadays, when players are seeking "alternative'' lines.} d6
4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 (7... e5 {is the second most popular
move, but the move played in the game is far more popular.}) 8. h3 Bh5 {
After this position it is not obvious, which move is the best, because top
players have played different moves.} (8... Bxf3 {is more often played} 9. Qxf3
g6 10. d3 Bg7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd1 Nd7 13. Nd2 b5 {1-0 (67) Zubarev,A (2588)
-Kuzubov,Y (2661) Lvov 2014}) 9. g4 $1 (9. d4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 d5
12. Nc3 e6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. exd5 Nxd4 16. Re4 Qb6 17. dxe6 Qc5 $2
18. e7 $18 h5 19. Rc1 Rh6 20. Kh1 Rg6 21. Ne2 {1-0 (21) Topalov,V (2793)
-Ivanchuk,V (2755) Thessaloniki 2013}) 9... Bg6 10. d4 e5 {This move will
result in a more closed position.} (10... cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Bg2
O-O 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bg5 h5 16. Nd5 {1-0 (26) Adams,M (2720)-Piorun,K (2520)
Germany 2013, was slightly better for White. White won the game some moves
later.}) 11. d5 Nb8 12. Bg2 $146 (12. Nbd2 {was played in previous games.})
12... Nbd7 (12... Bxe4 {is of course bad} 13. Rxe4 Nxe4 14. Qa4+ $18) 13. Nbd2
Be7 14. Nh4 (14. a4 {is also possible, but this would be just a change in the
order of moves, because White is going to play it on the next move.}) 14... Qc7
15. a4 $1 {This plan can be seen in systems like Benoni and Indian systems.
The plan is to carve out the c4-square for the N with a5.} h6 {A good plan to
play Nh7 followed by Bg5, getting rid of the so-called "bad'' B.} (15... O-O
16. a5 {is slightly better for White, he can play his plans and improve the
position and can start a plan even on the queenside, with b4 in the future.})
16. a5 Nh7 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 h5 {This is a more dynamic move, that aims to
open the h-file.} (18... Bg5 19. Nc4 $14 {is slightly better for White because
of the space advantage.}) 19. Ne4 (19. Nc4 {is also possible.}) 19... hxg4 20.
hxg4 Nhf6 21. Ng3 (21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. g5 {is also a possible, good plan.})
21... Nh7 22. Ne4 Ndf6 23. Ng3 Nd7 24. Be3 {White is the one, who decides to
continue the game and avoid repetition.} Bg5 25. Bxg5 Nxg5 26. Qd2 ({The
aggressive} 26. f4 {is not so good} Nh3+) 26... Qd8 $1 27. Nh5 Kf8 $1 (27...
O-O {is a mistake, because of the nice tactics} 28. f6 $1 gxf6 29. f4 $16) 28.
f3 (28. c4 Nh7 {is the suggestion of the computer and it seems to be good to
exchange Qs with Qg5.}) 28... c4 {With the plan ...Nc5.} (28... Nh7 {is also
possible with same idea of Qg5.}) 29. f4 Nh7 $1 (29... exf4 30. Qxf4 Ne5 31.
Rxe5 dxe5 32. Qxe5 {is very unclear, White has some initiative, but in this
kind of position, if Black can defend, he could exploit the material advantage.
}) 30. fxe5 (30. Ra4 {might be better, because fxe5 helps the knight become
active.}) 30... Nxe5 31. Rxe5 $1 {The computer gives this position with
advantage for Black, but from a practical point of view, this makes Black's
task harder.} dxe5 32. d6 Nf6 (32... Qg5 {is also a possible, typical motif to
make position easier with an exchange} 33. Qxg5 Nxg5 34. Bxb7 Rd8) 33. Nxf6
Qxf6 34. g5 Qxf5 35. Rf1 Qd3 (35... Qg6 36. Qd5 Rd8 $17) 36. Qf2 Qg6 37. Qb6
Qxg5 {After this the game is forced draw.} ({In this not easy position, the
computer suggests} 37... Kg8 $1 38. Qxb7 Rd8) 38. Qxb7 Qe3+ 39. Rf2 Qc1+ 40.
Rf1 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Pierrot, Juan Facundo"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 e6 7. c3 a6 8. Bf1
Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Rc8 14. Qb3 b5 15.
Rac1 O-O 16. Qe3 Qb6 17. Bd3 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe3 21.
Rxe3 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Rc8 23. Bd2 Bd8 24. Re1 Bb6 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Be8 27.
Kf2 Bg6 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. e4 Kf7 30. Ke3 dxe4 31. Re2 g5 32. Kxe4 a5 33. Rd2 {
[#] Thema: Aufbau und Ausnutzen einer allgemeinen horizontalen Sperre gegen
den weißen König.} Rc4+ 34. Ke3 g4 35. Rd4 Rc2 36. Rf4+ Kg8 37. Rf2 Rc5 38. Kd4
Rc4+ 39. Kd3 gxh3 40. gxh3 Rh4 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gh4a4]} 41. Rf3 Kh7 42. Rg3 Kh6
43. b3 a4 44. Re3 axb3 45. axb3 Rb4 46. Kc3 Rf4 47. Kd3 g5 48. Rg3 Kg6 49. Re3
Kf5 50. Kc3 Rh4 51. Kd3 Kf4 52. Kd4 Rh8 53. Re4+ Kf5 54. Re3 Rd8+ 55. Kc5 Rd5+
56. Kb4 Kf4 57. Re1 Rd3 58. Rh1 Kxe5 59. h4 gxh4 60. Rb1 (60. Rxh4 Rd4+ 61.
Rxd4 Kxd4 62. Kxb5 e5 $19) 60... h3 61. Kxb5 h2 0-1

[Event "Presov"]
[Site "Presov"]
[Date "1999.08.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Berezjuk, Sergej"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1999.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 a6 7. Bf1 e6 8. c3
Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bd3 Re8
15. Ne5 g6 16. Bf4 Nb4 17. Bb1 Rc8 18. a3 Nc6 19. Ba2 Be6 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Nxc6
bxc6 22. Qd2 a5 23. Be5 Bd7 24. Rc3 f6 25. Bf4 Bf8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Re3 Rxe3
28. Bxe3 Bf5 29. Qc3 a4 30. b3 Qa6 31. bxa4 Qxa4 32. Qb3 Qxa3 33. Qxa3 Bxa3 {
[#]} 34. g4 $2 (34. Bb3 $8) 34... Bc2 $1 {[%csl Gb1,Gb3,Gc4]} 35. Kf1 Bb2 {
[%csl Rd4]} 36. Ke2 Bc3 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Rg8f7,Rf7e7,Re7d7,Rd7c7,Rc7b6,Rb6a5,
Ra5a4,Ra4a3] Die schwarzen Läufer wirken wie eine Mauer. Der weiße König kann
nichts tun, und die weißen Läufer sind entweder völlig tot oder an
Deckungsaufgaben gebunden.} 37. f3 Kf7 38. Bf2 Ke7 39. Ke3 (39. Bg1 Kd6 40. Bf2
Kc7 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Rc7b6,Rb6b5,Rb5a4,Ra4a3]}) 39... c5 40. dxc5 d4+ 41. Kf4
g5+ 42. Kg3 d3 43. Bc4 d2 44. Be2 Be5+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 03rd"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novosibirsk New Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Surgut Fakel-Surgutgazprom"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O e5 6. c3 g5 7. d4 g4 8. Nfd2
cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Nc4 Bg7 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Nxd6+ Kf8 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. Nb3 Qb6
15. Rc1 Ng6 16. Bg3 h5 17. Nf5 Rd8 18. Bd6+ Rxd6 19. Nxd6 Nf4 20. Nc5 Kg8 21.
g3 Nh3+ 22. Kg2 Ng5 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qd2 Nf3 25. Qf4 Qc7 26. Ne8 Qxf4 27. gxf4
Bh6 28. Rxc6 Bxf4 29. Rc8 Rh6 30. Rd1 Kf7 31. Ra8 Rg6 32. Nc7 Bxh2 33. Rxa7 Kf6
34. Ne8+ Ke5 35. b4 h4 36. Ra5+ Kxe4 37. b5 h3+ 38. Kh1 Be5 39. b6 g3 40. fxg3
Rxg3 41. Rxe5+ Nxe5 {TS-TS: Freibauernrennen, Taktik} 42. Nf6+ Kf5 43. Rf1+ Kg6
44. b7 Nc6 45. Nd7 Rg5 (45... Ra3 46. Rf6+ Kg5 47. Rxe6 $18) 46. a4 (46. Rf6+
Kh5 47. Rxe6 Rb5 48. Rxc6 Rxb7 49. Nb6 d3 50. Nc4 Rb1+ 51. Kh2 d2 52. Nxd2 Rb2
$10) 46... d3 47. Nf8+ Kh6 (47... Kh5 48. Nxe6 Rd5 49. Nf4+ $18) 48. Nxe6 Rd5 (
48... Ra5 49. Nd4 $18) 49. Nf4 Rd7 50. Nxd3 Rxb7 (50... Rxd3 51. Rf6+ Kg5 (
51... Kg7 52. Rxc6 Rb3 53. Rc7+ Kf6 54. a5 $18) 52. Rxc6 Rb3 53. Rc5+ Kg4 54.
Rb5 $18) 51. Rf6+ Kg5 52. Rxc6 Rb3 53. Nc5 Ra3 54. Rd6 Ra2 55. Rd2 Ra1+ 56. Kh2
Kg4 57. Rd4+ Kf3 58. Rc4 1-0

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "1998.04.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Borge, Nikolaj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1998.04.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 Qc7 7. Bc2 c4 8. a4
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Na3 Be6 11. d3 cxd3 12. Bxd3 Bb3 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nc4 Rc8
15. Nd2 Be6 16. a5 g6 17. c4 Bg7 18. b4 O-O 19. Ba3 Rfd8 20. Rfc1 Nb8 21. Nb3
Bh6 22. Rc2 Qd7 23. Rc3 Nc6 24. Nc5 Nd4 25. Nxd7 Nxe2+ 26. Bxe2 Rxd7 27. c5 Bd2
28. Rd3 Rcd8 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 30. Kf1 Bc6 31. Rd1 Ba4 32. Ra1 Rd4 33. f3 Bc6 34.
Rd1 Ba4 35. Ra1 Bc6 36. Rd1 Bc3 37. Rxd4 exd4 38. Bc4 e6 39. Ke2 Kf8 40. Kd3
Ke7 41. Kc2 Ba4+ 42. Kd3 Kd7 43. f4 Kc6 44. f5 Bb5 45. fxe6 fxe6 46. g4 e5 47.
h3 Be1 48. Ke2 Bxc4+ 49. Kxe1 {[#] After e4 falls, the win is childishly easy
if one doesn't allow the connected passed pawns to be blockaded. The most
important rule for the advance of connected passed pawns is that pawns be kept
on the color of the enemy bishop. Then the support of one's king plays a
decisive role. The king protects both pawns from behind before the rear pawn
advances two squares. [#] Nach dem Fall von e4 ist der Gewinn kinderleicht,
wenn man sich die verbundenen Freibauern nicht blockieren läßt. Die wichtigste
Regel für das Vorrücken der verbundenen Freibauern ist, daß die Bauern auf der
Farbe des gegnerischen Läufers gehalten werden. Dabei spielt die
Königsunterstützung die entscheidende Rolle. Der König deckt beide Bauern von
hinten, ehe der Hintermann zwei Felder vorrückt.} Bd3 50. Bc1 Bxe4 51. Bh6 Bd3
52. Kf2 Kd5 53. Kf3 e4+ 54. Kf2 e3+ 55. Kf3 (55. Ke1 Ke4 56. Bg5 Bb5 57. Bh6 d3
$19) 55... Be4+ 56. Kg3 (56. Ke2 Bg2 57. h4 Ke4) 56... Kc4 57. Bg7 d3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karadeniz, Ali Emre"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. O-O cxd4
8. Qxd4 Qb6 9. Be3 Qxd4 10. Bxd4 e6 11. Rfd1 f6 12. Nd2 Be7 13. a4 Bd8 14. Nc4
Bc7 15. a5 Ke7 16. f4 Rd8 17. f5 Ne5 18. Ne3 Kf7 19. fxe6+ Bxe6 20. Ncd5 Rd7
21. Ra3 Re8 22. Bb6 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxb6+ 24. Nxb6 Rc7 25. c4 Re6 26. b3 Nd7 27.
Nxd7 Rxd7 28. Rd4 Rde7 29. Ra2 Rxe4 30. Rxd6 {[#] Doppelturmendspiel mit
beiderseits aktiven Türmen.} Re3 31. Rb6 Kg6 32. Kf2 R3e5 33. h3 h5 34. g3 Kg5
35. b4 h4 36. b5 hxg3+ 37. Kxg3 Re3+ 38. Kg2 Kh4 39. bxa6 bxa6 40. Rxa6 R7e4
41. Rc6 Rxh3 42. Rf2 Ra3 43. a6 Rg4+ 44. Kf1 Kh3 45. Rd2 $4 (45. Ke2 $142 {
oder c5 eventuell in Verbindung mit Tc7 im Falle von Tga4}) 45... Ra1+ 46. Ke2
Rg2+ {Der weiße Turm auf d2 geht verloren} 0-1

[Event "Yongchuan zt 3.3"]
[Site "Yongchuan"]
[Date "2003.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2003.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. a4 a6 10. Bc4 Qc7 11. O-O Nc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5
O-O 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. a5 Be6 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. c3 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Rfc8 20. Rfd1 b6
21. Ra4 Bf8 22. Rd2 b5 23. Rb4 Qd8 24. g3 Rc7 25. Rc2 Rbc8 26. c4 Qd7 27. Rc3
bxc4 28. Rcxc4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Rb8 30. Nc5 Qg4 31. Na4 Rb5 32. Qc6 Rxa5 33. Kg2
Qe6 34. Nb6 Rc5 35. Rxc5 dxc5 36. Qxe6 fxe6 37. Nc4 Kf7 38. Kf3 Ke8 39. Ke3 Be7
40. Kd3 Kd8 41. Nd2 Kc7 42. Kc4 Kc6 43. Nb3 Kb6 44. Nc1 Kc6 45. Nd3 Bd6 46. b3
Kb6 47. h3 Kc6 48. Ne1 Kd7 49. Nf3 Kc6 50. h4 Kd7 51. h5 Kc6 52. Nh4 Kd7 53.
Ng6 Kc6 54. f4 exf4 55. gxf4 Kd7 56. e5 Bb8 57. Kxc5 Ba7+ 58. Kb4 Bb6 59. Kc4
Bf2 60. Kd3 Ke8 61. Ke4 Kf7 62. f5 Bg3 63. Nf4 exf5+ 64. Kxf5 Bxf4 65. Kxf4 {
The distant passed pawn Der entfernte Freibauer} g6 66. hxg6+ Kxg6 67. b4 $1 {
Means White can be sure of c1 when he retreats his king. Sichert Weiß das Feld
c1 beim Rückmarsch des Königs.} ({Trying to force his own passed pawn through
goes wrong: Den eigenen Freibauern forcieren zu wollen, geht schief:} 67. Ke4
$2 a5 $1 68. Kd5 Kf7 69. Kd6 (69. e6+ Ke7 70. Ke5 h5 71. Kf5 h4 72. Kg4 Kxe6
73. Kxh4 Kd5 74. Kg3 Kd4 75. Kf3 Kc3 76. Ke2 Kxb3 77. Kd2 Kb2 $19) 69... Ke8
70. Ke6 h5 71. Kf5 Ke7 72. Kg5 Ke6 73. Kxh5 Kxe5 74. Kg4 Kd4 75. Kf3 Kc3 76.
Ke2 Kxb3 77. Kd1 Kb2 $19) 67... h5 68. Ke4 h4 69. Kf4 h3 70. Kg3 Kf5 71. Kxh3
Kxe5 72. Kg2 Kd4 73. Kf2 Kc4 74. Ke2 {reaches c1. Erreicht c1.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sonnevanck 5th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Bosch, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d4 (
8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 $13) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 e5 $6 (9... d5 $142) 10. d5 Nd4 (
10... Nb8 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 g6 13. Nc3 Bg7 14. Be3 O-O 15. g3 Nbd7 $14) 11.
Be3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bh5 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Nc4 O-O 15. Bh3 $1 b5 16. Nd2 Nd7 17.
Nf1 Bg6 18. Ng3 h5 $2 (18... Bh4 $5 {/\Bg3;f5} 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Bg5 21.
Bxd7 Bxe3 22. Bc6 Qg5+ 23. Kf1 Bd4 24. Bxa8 Qh4 25. Qd2 Rxa8) 19. Kh1 h4 20.
Nf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 g6 22. Rg1 Kg7 23. f4 Rh8 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. d6 Bf6 26. Rc1
Kf8 27. Bh3 1-0

[Event "Gausdal MI 9394"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Black "Sahl, Bjarke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 (5... Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6
Bxc6 8. d4 $44) 6. Bf1 (6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4
Bg7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. c5 $1 $14) 6... e6 (6... Bg4 $5 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 g6 $10) 7. c3 g5 $6 8. d4 g4 9. Nfd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Nc4 e5 12. Be3
b5 13. Nxd6+ $1 Bxd6 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Qxd4 Qc7 16. Qxh8 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Qe5 18.
Qxe5+ (18. Qxg8+ $2 Ke7 19. Qxa8 (19. Qxh7 Rh8 $19) 19... Qh5 $19) (18. Qxh7 $1
Nh6 19. Qxh6 Ke7 (19... O-O-O 20. Qxh2 Rh8 21. g3 Rxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Qxb2 23. Nc3
$1 $18) 20. Qh4+ Ke6 (20... Kd6 21. Rd1+ Kc7 22. Qxh2 Rh8 23. g3 $1 $18) 21.
Qxg4+ Ke7 22. Qh4+ Ke6 23. g3 Rh8 24. Bh3+ Kd6 25. Rd1+ $18) 18... Bxe5 19. Nc3
Rc8 $2 (19... g3 $142 $1) 20. g3 $1 (20. Rac1 g3 $44) 20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rxc3
22. a3 Nf6 23. Bg2 Ke7 24. Rec1 $1 $18 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Kd6 26. Kg1 a5 27. Kf1
Be6 28. Ke2 Nd7 29. Ke3 Ne5 30. Bf1 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. Be2 h6 33. Kd2 Ba2 34.
Rh1 Kc5 35. Rxh6 Be6 36. Rh8 Kd4 37. Rb8 Nc4+ 38. Kc2 Na3+ 39. Kb2 Nc4+ 40. Kc2
Na3+ 41. Kb2 Nc4+ 42. Bxc4 Kxc4 43. Rd8 Kc5 44. Rb8 Kc4 45. Kc2 Kc5 46. Kd3
Bc4+ 47. Kd2 Be6 48. Kc2 Kc4 49. Rb7 Kc5 50. Kd3 Bc4+ 51. Ke3 Be6 52. Rc7+ Kb6
53. Rc1 Kb5 54. Kd4 Ka4 55. Rc7 Ka3 56. Rb7 Ba2 57. e5 Be6 58. Rb8 Ba2 59. Rb6
Be6 60. Rb7 b3 61. Kc3 Ka4 62. Rb8 Ka5 63. Rb4 Ka6 64. Kd4 Ka5 65. Kc5 Ka6 66.
Rb8 Ka7 67. Rb6 Bc4 68. Rb4 Be6 69. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Nh4 Rc8 13. Ng6 Re8 14. Nxe7+ {
Warum nicht die bekannte Fortsetzung ,die nach heutiger Theorie besser für
Weiß ist:} (14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Nb5 a6 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. Nxd6 Rc6 (17... Rd7 $2
18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Nxc8 $18) 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Nc4 Qd4 20. Na5 Qxd3 21. cxd3 Rc2
22. Nc4 $16 {Djurhuus-Koch/Groningen/1986}) 14... Rxe7 15. Rfd1 Rd7 $2 (15...
Nc4 $1 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Qxd6 (17. Bxa7 b6 18. Nb5 Ra4 19. Qxd6 $2 Rd7 $19)
17... Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Bxa7 Ra4 21. Be3 (21. Bc5 Rc7 $10)
21... Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Bxa2 $10) 16. Nd5 $1 Nbxd5 17. exd5 Bg4 18. Rdc1 a6 19. c4
Bh5 20. Ba4 Bg6 21. Qb3 Rdc7 (21... Re7 22. Bb6 Qf8 23. c5 $1 $16) 22. Bb6 $18
Nxd5 23. Bxc7 Nxc7 24. Qxb7 Rb8 25. Qf3 Rxb2 26. Qc3 Re2 27. Bd1 Re4 28. Bc2
Rf4 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. c5 Nd5 31. Qb3 dxc5 32. Rxc5 Rd4 33. Rd1 $1 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9495"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Madl, Ildiko"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 (4... cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7
7. Nc3 (7. c4 $5) 7... e5 8. Qd3 h6 9. Nd2 $5 Rc8 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Ne3 Nf6 12.
O-O Be7 $13 {Horvath,T-Mowsziszian/Bundesliga/1994/95}) 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5
7. Qd3 h6 8. a4 a6 9. Bc4 Nc5 (9... Be7 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Bb7 $13) 10. Qe2 Be7
11. h3 Bd7 12. O-O O-O (12... Bc6 $5 13. Bd5 Bxd5 (13... Nxd5 $2 14. exd5 Bd7
15. b4 $18) 14. exd5 O-O 15. Be3 Rc8 $13) 13. Rd1 Nxa4 14. Nxa4 b5 15. Bb3 bxa4
16. Bxa4 Bb5 $1 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Bd2 Ra4 19. Rxa4 bxa4 20. Bb4 Qb6 21. c3 Qb7
22. Bxd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Nxe4 24. Ra6 Nc5 25. Ra5 Qc7 26. Rb5 e4 27. Nd4 Rb8 28.
Qc4 Rxb5 29. Qxb5 g6 30. b4 axb3 31. Nxb3 Ne6 32. Nd4 Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. d3 e6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nd7 (12... d5 13. f4 dxe4 14. dxe4
Nd7 15. Nhf3 h5 16. f5 $13 {Arhipov-Dokhonjan/Münster/1993}) 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14.
Bg2 (14. f4 g5 $1 15. f5 Nde5 16. Nf3 Bf6 17. Be3 $13 {Brynell-Kristensen/
Copenhagen/1991}) 14... Bg5 (14... Nde5 $5 15. Nf1 g5 16. Ng3 c4 17. d4 Nd3 $13
{Boksberger-Menacher/corr./1991}) 15. d4 (15. Nc4 Bxc1 16. Rxc1 (16. Nxd6+ $2
Ke7 17. Nxb7 Qb6 18. Rxc1 Qxb7 19. d4 Rhd8 $17) 16... Qc7 $10) 15... Qc7 16.
Nc4 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 b5 18. Ne3 (18. Nxd6+ Qxd6 19. e5 Qc7 20. d5 exd5 $2 (20...
Ndxe5 $1 21. dxc6 Rd8 $17) 21. Qxd5 Rc8 22. e6 $40) 18... Rd8 19. d5 exd5 20.
Nxd5 Qa7 21. Qd2 Nde5 $1 22. f4 c4+ 23. Re3 Nd3 24. Rd1 Ne7 $1 $17 25. Kh2 (25.
Nxe7 Nxb2 26. Nc6 Qc5 27. Nxd8 Nxd1 $19) 25... Nxb2 $1 26. Rb1 Nd3 27. a4 O-O
28. axb5 Nxd5 29. exd5 axb5 30. Rxb5 Rb8 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Rxd3 cxd3 33. Qxd3
Qf2 $19 34. Qg3 Qxg3+ 35. Kxg3 Rb3 36. Bf3 Rxc3 37. g5 Kf8 38. Kg4 Ke7 39. Be4
Re3 40. Bc2 Kd8 41. h4 Rc3 42. Be4 Kc7 43. h5 gxh5+ 44. Kxh5 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Rocha, Sergio MC"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Hracek,Z"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Portugal"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 e6 13. Be3 g6 (13... Qb6 {
se mi zdalo riskantni} 14. Nc3 Qxb2 15. Nxd5 $5 exd5 16. Qxd5 $36) 14. Nd2 Bg7
15. Qd1 O-O 16. Nf3 Rc8 17. h4 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 (18... Qxf6 $5 19. Qb3 $14) 19.
Ng5 Qd6 20. g3 Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Bg2 Nxd4 23. Bxe4 Rcd8 24. Qg4 (24. h5 Qe5
25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Qe2 Qxh5 $11) 24... Nf5 25. Bf4 Qb6 $1 26. h5 e5 27. Be3 $2 (
27. Bg5 $1 Rd4 28. Rad1 gxh5 (28... Qxb2 $5) 29. Qh3 $1 $14 (29. Qxh5 Rxe4 $19)
29... Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Qg6 31. Be3 Nxg3 32. Rb4 Nf5+ 33. Qg2) 27... Nxe3 28. Rxe3
Rd2 $1 $15 (28... Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Qxb2+ 30. Qe2 (30. Re2 Rf8+ 31. Kg2 Qxa1 32.
hxg6 Qf1+ 33. Kh2 hxg6 34. Bd5+ Kh7 35. Qh4+ Bh6 36. Qe7+ Kh8 37. Qxe5+ Bg7 38.
Qe6 b5) 30... Qxa1 (30... Rd2 31. Rd1 Rxe2+ 32. Rxe2 Qb6+ 33. Kg2 gxh5 34. Rb1
$36) 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Bxb7) 29. hxg6 Rdxf2 30. gxh7+ Kh8 31. Rae1 Qxb2 32.
R3e2 Qd4 33. Kh1 R2f6 $2 (33... R8f6 $1 {dava velice dobre sance na vyjru} 34.
Re3 $8 Rxa2 35. R3e2 Qc3 $17 36. Rd1 Ra1) 34. Kg2 b5 35. Rc1 Qb6 36. Rc8 Rxc8
37. Qxc8+ Rf8 38. Qg4 Qf6 39. Rc2 Qf1+ (39... Qf1+ 40. Kh2 Rf2+ 41. Rxf2 Qxf2+
42. Kh3 Qf1+ 43. Kh4 Qf6+ 44. Qg5 b4 45. Qxf6 Bxf6+ 46. Kh5 a5 47. Kg6 Bg7 48.
Bc6 e4 49. Bxe4 a4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.08"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "Hracek/Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. c3 ({Viel gebräuchlicher ist} 4. O-O {
, dazu ein Partieanfang von Hracek (mit den schwarzen Steinen) gegen einen
jungen Bundesligakollegen vom SV Werder Bremen:} Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 a6 7. Bf1
e5 8. c3 Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. d5 Na7 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. d6 Bc6 13. dxe7 Qxe7 14.
Qc2 $14 {L. McShane - Z. Hracek, Selfoss 2002, remis/36}) 4... Qb6 $5 {Stellt
der letzte weiße Zug schon einen Versuch dar, frühzeitig Schärfe ins Spiel zu
bringen, so ist die ebenso seltene wie kecke Erwiderung erst recht
ungewöhnlich. Die soliden, oft gewählten Alternativen sind 4...Nf6 und 4...Bd7,
dazu ein paar interessante Informationen:} (4... Nf6 5. Qe2 (5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5
Qd5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 $6 (7... Bd7 $11 8. Qf3 Qxf3 9. gxf3 Bxc6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11.
d3 e6 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Na5 Kd7 15. Be3 Rb8 16. O-O-O {S. Sulskis -
J. Degraeve, Cappelle la Grande 2001, 1:0/31}) 8. Be2 $1 $14 Bf5 9. d3 Rd8 10.
O-O Bxd3 11. Bxd3 Qxd3 12. Qa4 {S. Cicak - Z. Hracek, CZE 2001/EXT 2002, remis/
42}) 5... Bd7 (5... e5 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 a6 8. e5 Nd5 9. exd6+ Be6 10. Bxc6+
bxc6 11. dxc5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qxc5 13. O-O Kd7 14. Na3 Bxd6 15. Rab1 Bf5 16. Rbc1
Rhe8 17. Qd1 Qa7 18. Nc4 Bc7 19. Bc3 f6 20. Nd4 Be6 21. Nxc6 Kxc6 22. Bd4 Qb8
23. Qa4+ {1-0, G. Kasparov - M. Petursson, Kopavogur 2000}) 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4
a6 8. Bxc6 (8. Ba4 d5 9. exd5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Nxd5 11. Bd2 Nxc3 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13.
bxc3 e6 14. c4 Bb4 15. d5 Bxd2+ 16. Nxd2 Bd7 17. O-O O-O 18. d6 Rfd8 19. Qe3
Rac8 20. Rfc1 Qc5 {S. Cicak - V. Babula, CZE 2001, remis/43}) 8... Bxc6 9. d5
Bd7 10. Nc3 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Bd4 {[%mdl 32] Polgar has chosen
positional compensation for the opponent's bishop's pair, white pieces have
excellent control of the center.} Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Rc8 16. Rac1 b5 17.
Qe3 Qd7 18. Ne2 e6 19. dxe6 Qxe6 20. f3 $14 {J. Polgar - S. Tiviakov, Ohrid
2001, 1:0/30}) (4... Bd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Bxc6 (7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d4 cxd4 9.
cxd4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 {unklar, T. Mocchi - S. Movsesian, Nova Gorica 2000, 0:1/
41}) 7... Bxc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bxe4 10. Nc3 (10. Bg5 Qa5 $1 {[%cal Ra5g5,
Ra5e1]}) 10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6 12. Qxb7 Qc8 13. Qf3 Be7 14. Qg3 (14. d5 e5 15.
Bg5 O-O 16. Ne4 Nxd5 17. Nxd6 Qe6 18. Rad1 {I. Smirin - B. Alterman, Struga
1995, remis/31}) 14... O-O 15. Bh6 Ne8 16. Nd5 (16. d5 Kh8 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. Rac1
e5 19. Qd3 Qb7 {unklar, M. Chandler - C.D. Meyer, Bundesliga 1999/2000, remis/
36}) 16... Bd8 17. Nf4 Qc2 18. Rac1 Qf5 {unklar, A. Auletta - S. Tiviakov,
Ischia 1998, 0:1/23}) 5. Na3 ({Über den Wert dieses Zuges kann man geteilter
Meinung sein, die naheliegende Alternative} 5. Ba4 $5 {kam freilich auch in
Betracht.}) 5... Bg4 $6 {Spätestens an dieser Stelle dürften die Akteure "auf
eigenen Beinen" gestanden haben. Während Schwarz die Entwicklung seines
Königsflügel weiter vernachlässigt, strebt Weiß darauf konsequent die gebotene
Stellungsöffnung an.} ({Für geeignet hält der Großmeister dagegen} 5... Nf6 {
, z.B.} 6. e5 (6. Qe2 $5 Bg4 7. Nc4 Qc7 8. e5) (6. d3 $5) 6... dxe5 7. Nxe5 Bd7
8. Nxd7 Nxd7 9. O-O e6 10. d3 a6 (10... Be7 11. Qf3 Rc8 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Re1 $14
) 11. Ba4 {/Nc4} Qc7 $1 $11) 6. d4 $1 {Läßt den gegnerischen Läuferausfall
angesichts der Drohung d4-d5 als fraglich erscheinen.} (6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nf6
$11) 6... cxd4 (6... O-O-O $6 7. h3 $5 (7. d5 Ne5 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 {
, unklar}) (7. O-O e6 $5) 7... Bxf3 (7... Bh5 8. g4 $5 Bg6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nd2
$16) 8. Qxf3 Nf6 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. O-O e6 (10... e5 11. Be3 $16) 11. Bf4 $16) 7.
cxd4 (7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 $11) 7... a6 8. Ba4 $1 {Der Erhalt des
weißfeldrigen Läufers hält mehr Spannung aufrecht und stellt dem Gegner
schwere Probleme.} (8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qa4 Nf6 10. Be3 $14) 8... d5 $6 {Wieder
"freizügig formuliert", indes ist eine befriedigende Fortsetzung schon schwer
zu finden:} (8... e5 $6 9. O-O $1 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxd4 11. Qb3 $1 {mit heftigem
Angriff:} Rd8 (11... b5 12. Bxb5 $1 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qa4 14. Nc7+) 12. Bg5 $16
Nge7 13. Rfd1) (8... Bxf3 $5 9. gxf3 d5 $5 {(am zähesten)} (9... Qb4+ $2 10.
Bd2 Qxd4 11. Qb3 $1 Qa7 (11... b5 12. Nxb5 $18 axb5 13. Bxb5 Qb6 14. Rc1 Rc8
15. Rxc6 (15. Be3) 15... Rxc6 16. Bxc6+ Qxc6 17. Qb8+ Kd7 18. Qxf8) 12. Rc1 Nf6
(12... Rc8 13. Be3 Qa8 14. Nc4 $18) 13. Be3 Qb8 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Qa4 $16) 10.
exd5 (10. O-O $6 Nf6) 10... Qa5+ 11. b4 $1 Qxd5 (11... Qxb4+ $2 12. Ke2 $1 b5
13. dxc6 bxa4 (13... Qxa4 14. Qxa4 bxa4 15. Nc4 $18) 14. c7 Rc8 15. Rb1 Qa5 16.
Nc4 Qxc7 17. Qxa4+ Kd8 (17... Qd7 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. Nb6+ $18) 18. Ne5 $18) 12.
b5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Kd8 (13... Rc8 14. Bf4) 14. Nc3 Qa5 (14... Qxd4 15. Be3 Qxd1+
16. Rxd1+ Kc8 17. Nd5 Rxa4 18. Nb6+ Kc7 19. Nxa4 $16) (14... Qc4 15. Bb2 Nb4
16. Bb5 Qe6+ 17. Be2 Nf6 (17... Qg6 18. Rc1) 18. O-O $16) 15. Bb2 e6 16. d5 $1
exd5 17. O-O Nf6 18. Bb3 d4 19. Ne2 Bd6 20. Ng3 $16 {, und der schwarze König
steht nach wie vor unsicher.}) (8... Nf6 $6 9. O-O $1 Bxf3 (9... Qa5 10. Bd2)
10. Qxf3 $16 {, und} Qxd4 {scheitert an} 11. Qb3 $1 Qa7 (11... b5 12. Nxb5 axb5
13. Bxb5 Rc8 14. Be3 Qxe4 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. f3 $18) 12. Be3 Qb8
13. Rac1 Qc7 14. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 15. Rc1 {usw. +-}) 9. O-O $1 {Nun ist guter Rat
wirklich teuer!} Qd8 $2 {Mit seinem zweiten Damenzug überspannt Schwarz den
Bogen und geht infolge der Stellungsöffnung an seinem Entwicklungsrückstand
unweigerlich zugrunde.} ({Alternativen:} 9... dxe4 $2 {provoziert} 10. d5 $1 {:
} O-O-O (10... exf3 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Nc4 Qc5 (12... Qc7 13. Bf4) 13. Be3 Qxc4
14. Rc1 $18) 11. Be3 Qb4 (11... Qxb2 12. Bxc6 $1 Qxa3 (12... exf3 13. Qa4 $18)
13. Bxb7+ Kxb7 14. Qb1+ Ka8 15. Qb6 $18) 12. Rc1 exf3 13. Rc4 Qxb2 14. Bxc6
Qxa3 15. Qb1 bxc6 16. dxc6 $18) (9... Nf6 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 Qc7 (11... Bxf3
12. Nxb6 Bxd1 13. Nxd5 Bxa4 14. Nc7+ Kd8 15. Nxa8 $16) 12. Nce5 Bxf3 13. Qxf3
e6 14. Nxc6 b5 (14... bxc6 15. Bd2 $16) 15. Bb3 $1 (15. Bxb5 $6 axb5 16. Ne5
Bd6 $14) 15... Qxc6 16. Bf4 Rd8 (16... Be7 $2 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19.
Qxd5 exd5 20. Rfe1) 17. Rfc1 Qd7 18. Be5 $16 {mit wachsendem Druck}) (9... e6
10. exd5 exd5 11. Re1+ Be7 12. Qe2 {oder 12.Bf4 jeweils mit Initiative (+/-)})
({Auf} 9... Bxf3 {kann Weiß mit der Dame zurücknehmen und erlangt klaren
Vorteil:} 10. Qxf3 dxe4 (10... Qxd4 $2 11. Qb3 $1) (10... Qb4 11. Bxc6+ bxc6
12. exd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 $16) 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qf3 $16) 10. Qc2 $1 Rc8 (10... Nf6
11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 Ng8 14. Bxc6 Rc8 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Qd3 Qb7
17. Bd2 e6 18. b4 $18) 11. Ne5 {Nun meldet sich auch noch der verschmähte
Springer, der gleich zum Riesenroß mutieren wird!} Bd7 ({Oder beispielsweise} 
11... Nf6 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Bb3 {mit Qualitätsgewinn:} Nxe5 14. Qxc8+ Bxc8 15.
Bxd5 Nxd5 16. dxe5 $18) 12. Nxd7 b5 $6 (12... Qxd7 {verliert nach} 13. exd5
Qxd5 14. Nc4 {, z.B.} Qxd4 (14... Qd8 15. d5 b5 16. dxc6 Rxc6 17. Bb3 $18) 15.
Be3 Qf6 16. Nb6 $18) 13. Nxf8 bxa4 14. Nxh7 $1 $18 f6 ({Die eigentliche Pointe
ist, daß auf} 14... Rxh7 {der schlichte Doppelangriff} 15. exd5 $18 {
entscheidet.}) 15. e5 Kf7 ({Der Abzugsangriff} 15... Nxe5 {wäre wegen} 16. Qb1
{wirkungslos:} Nf7 17. Qg6 {,xg7+-. Das Partiefinale entbehrt nicht einer
gewissen Komik.}) 16. Qf5 ({oder auch} 16. e6+ Kxe6 17. Qg6) 16... Nh6 (16...
Nxd4 17. Ng5+ Kf8 18. Qd3) 17. e6+ Kg8 18. Bxh6 Rxh7 19. Be3 Qc7 20. h3 1-0

[Event "Benasque op 17th"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Galego, Luis"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ivanov,Se"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O e5 6. c3 f5 $5 (6... Bg4) (
6... Nf6 7. d4 (7. Re1 Bg4 8. d3 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Ng3
(12. g4 $5 Bg6 13. Ng3 $14) 12... Bg6 13. a3 (13. Nh4 $142 $1 $36) 13... Bf8 $6
(13... a5 $1 14. a4 h6 $1 {(Nistirjuk-Aronian,Moldova,1994} 15. Nh4 Bh7 16.
Nhf5 $13) 14. b4 a5 15. bxc5 dxc5 16. Bg5 $1 $14 {B.Pavlenko-Hachian,Moldova,
1994}) 7... exd4 8. cxd4 Nxe4 9. Re1 d5 10. Ne5 $6 (10. Ng5 $11) 10... Bd6 11.
Nxc6 Qc7 $15 {Verlan-Aronian,Moldova,1994}) 7. Qa4 (7. exf5 Nf6 (7... Bxf5 $5)
8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 e4 10. Re1 Be7 11. Ng5 Bxf5 12. Nc3 d5 13. f3 O-O 14. fxe4
$14 {Rublevsky-Kocur,Russia,1996}) 7... Nf6 $5 (7... fxe4 8. Qxc6+ Bd7 9. Qxe4
Nf6 10. Qe2 $14 {with the idea d3}) (7... Qc7 8. exf5 Bxf5 9. d4 e4 (9... cxd4
10. cxd4 e4 11. Re1 Be7 (11... Nf6 12. Nc3 d5 (12... Be7 13. Nh4) 13. Bf4 $5 (
13. Ne5) 13... Bd6 (13... Qxf4 14. Qxc6+ Kf7 15. Ne5+ {with the idea Qa8 +-})
14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. f3 $16) 12. Nfd2 (12. Ng5 d5 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Bf4
(14. f3 h6) 14... Qd7 $1 {with the idea} 15. f3 h6 $17) 12... d5 13. Nc3 Nf6
14. f3 Bd6 15. fxe4 (15. Nf1 O-O) 15... Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bg3 $13) 10. Re1 (10. Ng5
h6 (10... d5) 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Re1 d5 13. f3 Bd6 $13) 10... Be7 (10... Nf6 11.
dxc5) 11. Nfd2 (11. Ng5 d5 12. Bf4 (12. f3 h6) 12... Qd7) 11... d5 {with the
idea Bd6 with counterplay}) 8. exf5 Bxf5 9. Qxc6+ Bd7 (9... Kf7 10. d4 $13) 10.
Qa6 e4 (10... Be7 11. Qe2 {(with the idea d3)} e4 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. f3) 11. Ng5 (
11. Re1 Be7 12. Ng5 d5 13. Ne6 (13. d3 h6 14. Ne6 Qc8 $17) 13... Qc8 14. Qxc8+
Rxc8 15. Nf4 (15. Nxg7+ $4 Kf7 $19) 15... g5 16. Ne2 Ng4 {with the idea Ne5
with initiative, xd3}) 11... h6 $5 (11... d5 12. Ne6) (11... Be7 12. d3) 12.
Nxe4 (12. Nh3 Bxh3 13. gxh3 Qd7 $36) 12... Nxe4 13. Re1 (13. Qe2 $2 Qe7 14. Re1
Nf6 15. Qd1 Be6 $19) 13... Qh4 14. Qe2 (14. g3 Qf6 15. Rxe4+ Be7 $44) 14... d5
15. d3 Bg4 16. Qf1 (16. f3 Bd6) (16. Qe3 $5) 16... Bd6 17. g3 (17. h3 $2 O-O
18. dxe4 Rxf2 $1 19. Qxf2 Bh2+ 20. Kf1 Bg3 $19) 17... Qh5 18. dxe4 O-O $44 19.
f4 (19. Be3 Bxg3 $1 20. hxg3 Bf3 $19) (19. Qd3 Qh3 (19... Rxf2 $5 20. Kxf2 (20.
Qxd5+ $142 Qxd5 21. exd5 Raf8 22. Be3 $1 Rxb2 23. Nd2 $13) 20... Qxh2+ 21. Ke3
d4+ $1 22. cxd4 Qxg3+ 23. Kd2 Qf2+ $40) (19... d4 20. cxd4 $2 (20. f4 $1 $13)
20... Rxf2 $1) 20. Qf1 $11) (19. Nd2 $5) 19... Rae8 20. Qd3 (20. Nd2 g5 $5) (
20. Be3 $142 Rxe4 (20... dxe4 $5 21. Nd2 g5 $36) 21. Nd2) 20... c4 (20... Bc7 {
(with the idea c4, Bb6)} 21. e5 {with the idea Qd5}) 21. Qd4 Bh3 (21... Bc7 22.
Qxa7 $5) 22. e5 Bxe5 $2 (22... Rxe5 $142 $1 23. Rxe5 (23. fxe5 Qf3 $19) 23...
Bxe5 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. Kf2 $8 (25. Be3 Qe2 $19) (25. Nd2 Qd1+ 26. Kf2 Bc7 {
with the idea Bb6 -+}) (25. Na3 Bd4+ $1 (25... Qe2 26. Bd2) 26. Qxd4 Qf3 27.
Qf2 Qd1+ $19) 25... Bg4 $40) 23. Qxd5+ (23. fxe5 Qf3 $19) 23... Kh8 24. Be3 (
24. fxe5 $2 Qe2 $1 $19) 24... Rxf4 $6 (24... Rd8) 25. Nd2 (25. Bxf4 $2 Bd4+ $1
26. Qxd4 Rxe1+ 27. Kf2 Qe2#) (25. gxf4 $1 Re6 (25... Qg4+ 26. Kh1 (26. Kf2 $2
Bf6 {with the idea Bh4}) 26... Bxf4 27. Rg1 $1 $18) 26. Nd2 (26. fxe5 Rg6+ (
26... Rxe5 27. Qa8+ Re8 28. Qb7) 27. Kh1 Bg2+ 28. Qxg2 Rxg2 29. Kxg2 $18) 26...
Rg6+ 27. Kh1 Bg2+ 28. Qxg2 Rxg2 29. Kxg2 $16) 25... Rf5 26. Qxc4 Ref8 (26...
Qg6 27. Bd4 $1) 27. Bxa7 $6 (27. Bd4 $142) 27... Qg6 {(with the idea Bg3)} 28.
Ne4 Qg4 {(with the idea Qf3)} (28... h5 $5 {with the idea h4}) 29. Qd3 (29. Nd2
Qg6 $11) 29... Rf3 30. Qc2 (30. Qe2 $2 Rf1+ 31. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 32. Qxf1 Bxf1 $19) (
30. Re3 Qxe4 $1 (30... Rf1+ 31. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 32. Qxf1 Bxf1 33. Kxf1 $16) 31. Rxe4
(31. Qxe4 $4 Rf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rxf1#) 31... Rxd3 32. Rxe5 Rd2 $13) 30... Bxg3 (
30... R8f5 $5) (30... h5 $5 {with the idea h4 with attack}) 31. hxg3 Rxg3+ 32.
Nxg3 Qxg3+ 33. Kh1 Bg4 34. Re2 (34. Rg1 $2 Qh3+ 35. Qh2 Bf3+ 36. Rg2 Bxg2+ 37.
Kg1 Qd7 38. Bd4 (38. Bc5 Rf5) 38... Bh3 $40) (34. Rf1 Bf3+ 35. Rxf3 Qxf3+ (
35... Rxf3 36. Qh2 (36. Bg1 $2 Qh4+ 37. Kg2 (37. Bh2 Rf2 $19) (37. Qh2 Rh3 $19)
37... Qh3#) 36... Qg4 37. Rg1 Qf5 (37... Qe4 38. Rg2 $16) 38. Bd4 (38. Rg3)
38... Rh3 39. Rxg7 $16) 36. Qg2 Qh5+ 37. Qh2 (37. Kg1 Rf4 {with the idea Rg4})
37... Qf3+ $11) (34. Re3) 34... Bf3+ (34... Bxe2 35. Qxe2 Rf4 36. Bg1 $18) (
34... Rf5 35. Rg2 $8 Bf3 {- 34...Bf3}) 35. Rg2 Rf5 (35... Qh4+ 36. Kg1 Bxg2 37.
Qxg2 Rf4 38. Bf2 $18) 36. Kg1 (36. Rf1 $2 Bxg2+ 37. Qxg2 Qh4+ 38. Kg1 Rg5 $19)
(36. Qf2 $2 Qh3+ 37. Kg1 Bxg2 38. Qxg2 Rg5 39. Qxg5 hxg5 {with the idea g4-g3
-+}) 36... Bxg2 37. Qxg2 Qd3 $8 (37... Qh4 38. Bf2) (37... Qf4 38. Rf1) (37...
Qe5 38. Bd4 Qe7 39. Qxg7+ $18) (37... Qc7 38. Be3) 38. Bf2 (38. Qa8+ $2 Kh7 39.
Bf2 Rg5+ 40. Kh2 Qe2 $19) 38... Rg5 39. Qxg5 hxg5 40. Re1 Kh7 41. a4 g4 42. Re3
Qb1+ 43. Kg2 Qxb2 44. a5 Qb5 45. Rg3 $11 Qd5+ 46. Kg1 Qd1+ 47. Kg2 Qd5+ 48. Kg1
Qxa5 49. c4 (49. Rxg4 Qxc3 $11) 49... Qa1+ 50. Kg2 Qa8+ 51. Kg1 Qe4 52. c5 Qc4
53. Kg2 Kg6 54. Kg1 Kf5 55. Kg2 g5 56. Kg1 Kf4 57. Kg2 Qc2 58. Kg1 Qe4 59. Kh2
Qd5 60. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Jones,G"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I have recently written a book "How to Beat the Sicilian Defence" and
modelled the repertoire on Bb5 lines.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 a6
({Two rounds earlier I faced} 4... Ngf6 5. O-O Nxe4 $6 {This doesn't quite
lose outright but is a very dangerous way of playing.} 6. Re1 Nef6 7. dxc5 dxc5
8. Ng5 $1 {I feel this is the more accurate move order} (8. Bc4 {allows} h6)
8... e6 ({I analyse} 8... h6 9. Nxf7 Kxf7 10. Bc4+ Ke8 11. Nc3 {fairly deeply
in the book and come to the conclusion that Black is just lost.}) 9. Bc4 Be7
10. Bxe6 $1 O-O (10... fxe6 11. Nxe6 Qb6 12. Qe2 $1 {regains the piece with an
extra pawn.}) 11. Qe2 Nb6 12. Bxc8 Nxc8 13. Nc3 h6 14. Nge4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bf6 (
15... Nd6 $4 {was played in the only game to have reached this far Bakian,
V-Degraeve, JM Bel Ch 1997 which of course simply drops the bishop.}) 16. Qxb7
Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nb6 18. Be3 (18. Bf4 {was my suggestion in the book but doesn't
change very much.}) 18... Qc8 19. Qe7 Na4 20. Qe4 Qa6 21. Qd3 Qc6 22. Rab1 Rab8
23. c4 {Jones,G (2578)-Shirazi,K (2403) European Individual Championships 2011.
and I eventually converted my extra pawn.}) 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. dxc5 dxc5 7. Nc3 (
{In a game from last year, again against the French IM Kamran Shirazi I forgot
the move order and started with} 7. Bf4 Nf6 8. Nc3 b5 9. O-O e6 10. Re1 Be7 11.
e5 (11. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 12. exd5 O-O 13. d6 Bf6 14. Ne5 $14 {was an interesting
choice.}) 11... Nd5 {The French IM chooses to sacrifice a pawn to liberate his
bishop pair and try to get some activity.} (11... Nh5 {looks awkward but I can
only find a slight edge for White.} 12. Be3 (12. Bd2 O-O 13. g4 Bc6 $15 {
and White fails to win the piece.}) 12... Bc6 13. Nd2 g6 14. Bh6 $14) 12. Nxd5
exd5 13. Qxd5 O-O 14. Rad1 {Jones,G (2576)-Shirazi,K (2394) Corsica Masters
2010. and I had an extra pawn but this time failed to convert and had to
acquiesce to the draw.}) 7... e6 ({Previously Bologan had tried} 7... Bc6 8.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 9. Ne5 Rc8 {Socko,B (2579)-Bologan,V (2665) playchess.com 2004 ,
but White must have some edge here due to his lead in development and Black's
queenside holes.}) 8. Bf4 {Ni Hua's choice against Carlsen and the most
critical test. The point is to cover the c7-square.} ({Instead} 8. Ne5 Qc7 9.
Qxd7+ Qxd7 10. Nxd7 Kxd7 {Romero Holmes,A (2544)-Bologan,V (2673) Pamplona
2003, doesn't give White any real advantage and indeed Bologan had previously
managed to win with the Black pieces here.}) 8... Ne7 9. Ne5 Ng6 {Viorel was
taking a lot of time around here so was evidently on his own but again he
finds the best response.} ({Instead} 9... Bb5 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qf3 Nc6 {of Adams,
M (2729)-Bu Xiangzhi (2708) Yerevan 2008 gives White a pleasant choice between}
12. Nxb5 ({and Vigorito's suggestion of} 12. Nxf7 $5) 12... axb5 13. Nxc6 bxc6
14. Be5 Rg8 15. O-O $16) 10. Qh5 Nxe5 {In the book I dismissed this move with
the words: "is legal but it's hard to find a constructive move for Black after}
(10... Bc6 {is probably best and was Magnus' choice.} 11. Bg3 ({I suggest} 11.
Nxg6) 11... Nxe5 12. Bxe5 c4 13. O-O Qa5 14. Qg5 h6 15. Qg3 f6 16. Qg6+ Ke7 17.
Bf4 Be8 18. Qg3 Kf7 19. Rad1 Bc6 20. Rd2 e5 21. Be3 Bb4 {Ni Hua (2665)-Carlsen,
M (2801) London 2009. and Black had managed to untangle his pieces and stood
well.}) 11. Bxe5 {while White can complete his development." Following this
game I see no reason to alter my words.} h6 {Black has a big problem to come
up with a plan.} (11... Bc6 {was played in the only preceding encounter I can
find.} 12. O-O Qa5 13. Rad1 (13. Rfe1 c4 14. Nd5 $1 {looks very strong, i.e.}
Bxd5 (14... exd5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Bxg7+ Be7 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxh8 $18) 15.
exd5 Qxd5 16. Rad1 Qb5 17. Re4 $16) 13... c4 14. Qg5 Qc5 15. Rfe1 f6 {This
just gives up a pawn but it's hard to suggest a good move.} 16. Bxf6 $1 Qxg5 (
16... gxf6 17. Qxf6 $18) 17. Bxg5 Bb4 18. a3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 $16 {Brkic,A (2544)
-Feletar,D (2377) Sibenik 2009.}) 12. h4 {Black's last threatened ...Qg5.} Bc6
13. Rd1 {With this move I was preparing the forthcoming piece sacrifice.} (13.
O-O {is similar to the Brkic game examined above but probably a slightly
better version for Black as I can no longer use the g5-square.} c4 14. Rfe1 (
14. Rad1 Qa5 15. Nd5 {transposes to the game.}) 14... Qa5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5
Qxd5 17. Rad1 {with good play for the pawn was the safest way to continue.})
13... Qa5 14. O-O c4 15. Nd5 $1 {Bologan was threatening ...g6 so this piece
sacrifice is forced. I can generate very good play with my large lead in
development and Black's king stuck in the centre.} exd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. Bc3
Bb4 $1 {Playing against such a feared aggressive opponent I knew he would
sacrifice his extra material to fight for the initiative.} (17... Qc5 18. Rfe1+
{is very scary:} Kd8 (18... Be7 19. Bd4 Qd6 20. Be5 Qg6 21. Qxg6 fxg6 22. Bd6 {
leaves White a pawn up with a fantastic position.}) 19. Qxf7 Bd6 20. Bd4 Qb5
21. Re6 $1 {and Black won't last long, e.g.} Bxe6 22. dxe6 Kc8 23. Bxg7 Rd8 24.
Bxh6 Qc6 25. Bg5 $1 Rf8 26. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 27. e7 Rxf7 28. e8=Q+ Kc7 29. Qxf7+ {
and the four pawns for the exchange is easily winning.}) 18. Bxg7 {I decided
to cash in.} (18. Qe5+ {was the alternative but I wasn't sure how to assess}
Kd8 19. Qxg7 Re8 {However Rybka tells me that White is clearly better with} 20.
Rfe1 Bxc3 ({Black must exchange bishops as} 20... Kc7 21. Qg3+ Kb6 22. Bd4+ Bc5
23. Qd6+ $18) 21. bxc3 Kc7 22. Qg3+ Kc8 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Re1 Bd7 25. Qd6 {
and I would have a clear advantage. However it's extremely difficult for a
human to calculate these variations, let alone evaluate them at the end!})
18... O-O-O {Continuing the theme of giving material to defuse the initiative.}
(18... Rg8 $5 19. Qe5+ Kd8 20. Qf6+ Kc8 21. Qxf7 Qd8 22. d6 {and White will
have four pawns for the piece but still has to be careful as if Black gets his
king to safety then he'll generate dangerous counterplay against my king.}) 19.
Bxh8 Rxh8 20. Qxf7 {So following my piece sacrifice on move 15 we've reached
an odd material imbalance. I have a rook and three pawns (while h6 is likely
to drop) for the two bishops. Therefore I should have a clear advantage
although I have to be very careful to prevent Black's pieces coordinating as
then my king might come under heavy bombardment.} Rf8 ({Perhaps bringing the
queen back into the game with} 20... Qc7 {should have been considered.}) 21.
Qg7 Qd8 $6 ({And here} 21... Bd6 22. Qxh6 Qb6 23. Qg7 Bc5 {was more accurate
when Black's pieces are starting to direct towards my king. This position is a
good example of the positional rule discovered by Znosko-Borovsky. I only came
across this rule reading Luke McShane's article in New in Chess, but Krasenkow
describes it as 'when you have a material advantage, but your opponent is
ahead in development, don't remove your advanced pieces, even if they don't
look safe. They must prevent your opponent's manoeuvring'. Here I must keep my
queen on g7 to stop his rook taking the h- and g-files.}) 22. Rd4 $1 {Bringing
the rook into the game. It's very useful both aggressively hitting c4 and also
defensively, covering Ph4 and f4, g4-squares.} Bd6 (22... b5 23. Qxh6 Rf6 24.
Qg5 Bd6 {would transpose to the game.}) 23. Qxh6 Rf6 24. Qg5 {Here I actually
intended to take on c4 but somehow moved my queen instead.} (24. Rxc4+ {
would have been very strong and was intended. I analysed} Kb8 25. Qg5 Bb5 26.
Re4 Bxf1 27. Re6 Rf8 28. Qxd8+ Rxd8 29. Kxf1 {when the five (!) pawns for the
piece are more than enough for victory.}) 24... b5 25. b3 Qh8 {This doesn't
really achieve anything.} (25... Qf8 {was perhaps better but again there is a
pleasant choice between 26.Qe3 with a clear edge or} 26. bxc4 $5 Bf4 27. Rxf4
Rxf4 28. cxb5 Bxb5 29. c4 $1 Rxc4 30. Rc1 {and it's only four pawns for the
piece but that is probably still enough.}) 26. Re4 Rf5 27. Qe3 cxb3 28. Qb6 $1
{Now Black's king's weakness is the decisive factor.} Qf6 29. Qxa6+ Kb8 30. Re6
$1 Bh2+ 31. Kxh2 Qxh4+ 32. Kg1 Bxe6 33. Qb6+ Ka8 34. axb3 $1 {I found this
very aesthetically pleasing. It's not very common to play axb3 to force
resignation! I believe this line gives White good chances for an advantage.}
1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 1st"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1997.11.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 {Die etwas präzisere Zugfolge ist
zuerst 4...Ngf6 und nur nach 5.0-0 cxd4.} (4... Ngf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Qxd4 a6 (
6... e5 7. Qd3) 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. c4 e6 11. Nc3 Rc8 12.
Kh1 h5 13. a4 $14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Kasparov,G/Linares 1991 (37)}) 5. Qxd4 Ngf6
6. Bg5 a6 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7 8. Nc3 Qb6 9. Qd2 e6 (9... Qxb2 $143 10. Rb1 Qa3 11.
O-O $36 (11. Nd5 $5)) 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Qe1 $5 {Ein sehr interessanter Zug.
Jetzt droht 12.Nd5.} (11. Bf4 $5) (11. Kb1 f6 12. Be3 Ne5 $14) 11... Nb6 (11...
f6 12. Bd2) 12. b3 $5 {Ein weiterer vorbeugender Zug.} h6 13. Bd2 Qc5 14. Be3
Qc7 15. Bd4 Nd7 16. Qe3 Qa5 {Wieß hat jetzt Entwicklungsvorteil und muß
angreifen.} (16... b5 17. Nd5 $5) 17. Nd5 exd5 18. exd5+ Kd8 19. Rhe1 Kc7 20.
Rd3 Kb8 21. Qe8 Nc5 22. Rc3 $40 Ka7 (22... f6) 23. Qxf7 Bg4 {In dieser
Stellung findet Ashley den direkten Weg zum Sieg.} 24. b4 $1 Qa4 $1 {Schwarz
verteidigt sich zäh.} (24... Qxb4 $4 25. Rb3 $18) (24... Qxa2 25. bxc5 dxc5 26.
Rb3 $18) 25. bxc5 dxc5 26. Ne5 $16 (26. Rb3 Qd7) 26... Bd7 (26... cxd4 $5 27.
Nc6+ (27. Rb3 Ba3+ 28. Kb1 Rab8 $16) 27... Kb6 28. Rb3+ Qxb3 29. axb3 bxc6 30.
dxc6 $16) 27. Be3 Qa5 (27... Rd8 28. Rb3 $18) 28. Bd2 (28. Nc6+ Bxc6 29. dxc6
Rb8 30. Bd2 $40 Qb6 31. Re6 $16) 28... Qxa2 29. Rb3 Qa1+ 30. Rb1 Qa3+ 31. Kd1
$18 Rd8 32. Nxd7 Qa2 {Hier findet Ashley den Weg zum Matt!} 33. Rxb7+ $1 Kxb7
34. Nxc5+ Kb6 35. Qb7+ Kxc5 36. Bb4+ (36. Qc6+ Kd4 37. Bc3#) 36... Kd4 37. Qb6+
Kc4 38. Re4+ Kxd5 39. Qe6# {[#]} 1-0

[Event "Berliner Sommer 11th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1993.08.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "David, Alberto"]
[Black "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Kalinitschew,S"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. c3 e6 $5 8.
d4 d5 (8... cxd4 $142 9. cxd4 d5) 9. Ne5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nf6 (10... dxe4 11. Nxc6
bxc6 $11) 11. Nc3 Be7 $2 (11... dxe4 12. Nxc6 bxc6) 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Qd7
14. e5 Ng8 15. Be3 Bd8 16. Rac1 Ne7 17. a3 $5 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6][%cal Gc3a2,Ga2b4]
} O-O 18. Na2 Qb7 $1 19. Nb4 Qb5 20. Qc2 Ba5 21. Bd2 Qb6 $1 22. Red1 Rfc8 $8
23. Na2 $138 {(=)} Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Nf5 25. Qc5 Qb3 $1 26. Nb4 h5 $1 27. Qa5 $6
Ne3 $3 28. Rc3 (28. Qc5 Nc4) 28... Qxc3 29. bxc3 Nc4 30. Qc5 Nxd2 31. Nxc6 Ne4
32. Ne7+ $2 (32. Qb6) 32... Kh7 33. Qxc8 Rxc8 34. Nxc8 Nxc3 35. Nd6 Ne2+ 36.
Kf1 Nxd4 37. Nxf7 Kg6 38. Nd6 Nb5 39. Nb7 Kf5 40. a4 Nc7 41. Ke2 Kxe5 42. Kd3
g5 $1 43. h3 h4 44. Kc3 Kf4 45. Kb4 e5 46. Ka5 d4 47. Nc5 e4 48. Kb6 d3 49. Nb3
e3 $1 50. fxe3+ Kxe3 51. Kxc7 Kf2 52. Kb6 Kxg2 {2.59-2.05} (52... Kxg2 53. Kxa6
g4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Biel MTO op 50th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2017.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Colmenares, Aurelio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "Karthikeyan,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3 (
8. d4 {is another line which is very interesting.} cxd4 9. cxd4 Bxf3 (9... e5
10. Be3 exd4 11. Bxd4 Bxf3 12. gxf3) (9... d5 10. e5 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5]}) 10. gxf3
) (8. h3 {is also possible} Bxf3 (8... Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. d4 Nxe4 (10... cxd4
11. cxd4)) 9. Qxf3 e6 (9... g6 10. d3 Bg7 {Here White has wasted a tempo by
playing h3. Anyway Black would exchange the f3-knight so it might be better if
White improves necessary things before playing h3. Black has a decent position
but White could try to win with his bishop pair}) 10. d3 $14) 8... e6 (8... g6
9. Be3 {[%csl Gh6]} (9. Nbd2 Bh6 $5 {This concept arises in various openings}
10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 (11. Qxf3 O-O {it is doubult whether the knight can be
released without the exchange of knights. if so, White would lose more tempi})
11... Bxc1 12. Rxc1 O-O {Still White keeps chances but those are minimal}) (9.
h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Bg7 {anyway Black is going to take so it is not necessary for
White to play h3 immediately.}) 9... Bxf3 (9... Bg7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 (
11... Bd7 12. d4 $14) 12. Nxf3 {now the knight has arrived to f3 without
wasting a tempo so White is better}) 10. Qxf3 {White has made the move Be3
instead of h3 which might be better.}) 9. Nbd2 (9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4
Be7 12. f4 Nd7 {is still an opening. White has various options.} 13. Ng2 {
is another line} (13. g5) (13. Nf3)) 9... Nd7 $5 (9... Be7 10. h3 Bh5 (10...
Bxf3 11. Nxf3 $14 {the point is White has brought his knight to f3 without
wasting a tempo}) 11. g4 (11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 h6 $11 {and White has no clear
plan}) 11... Bg6 12. Nh4 d5 $5 (12... Nd7 13. Ng2 O-O (13... e5 14. f4 exf4 15.
Nxf4 Bh4 16. Re2 $14 {,=}) 14. f4 h6 15. f5 Bh7 16. Nf3 $14 {[%csl Yh7]}) 13.
Bg2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Ne5 15. Nf5 $5 {but the position is still unclear.}) 10. h3 (
10. Qb3 $5 Be7 11. h3 (11. Qxb7 $4 {would be fatal} Na5 {and White loses his
queen}) 11... Bh5 12. d4 O-O $11 13. d5 Na5 {and Black is fine:} 14. Qc2 b5) (
10. Nc4 Be7 11. Ne3 Bh5 $11) 10... Bh5 (10... Bxf3 11. Nxf3 $14 {as mentioned
earlier, White got his knight to f3 which will be helpful for the d4-break.})
11. g4 (11. Qb3 Be7 12. d4 O-O {would transpose to above note.}) (11. d4 cxd4
12. g4 dxc3 $17) 11... Bg6 12. d4 cxd4 (12... e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. Nh4 $16 {
[%csl Yg6] gives White enormous space.}) (12... Be7 $5 {was a interesting line}
13. d5 Nce5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 (14... Nxe5 15. f4 {and Black would lose either his
knight or the g6-bishop.}) 15. dxe6 (15. Nf3 {is the same position as in the
game but with the inclusion of c5- and c3-pawns, and might be better for White.
}) 15... fxe6 16. Bc4 Qc7 17. Bxe6 O-O-O $14 {and Black might have some
compensation but didn't get any immediate attack.}) 13. cxd4 Be7 (13... h5 14.
d5 Nce5 15. g5 $14 {gives White good space, a possible line is} exd5 16. exd5
Be7 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Nf3 $14) (13... e5 14. d5 Na7 15. b4 $16 {[%csl Yg6]})
14. d5 (14. Qb3 h5 15. Qxb7 Rc8 {and the position remains unclear as White has
to open the kingside:} 16. g5 (16. Nc4 O-O) 16... O-O $15) 14... Nce5 (14...
exd5 $5 15. exd5 Nce5 (15... Nb4 16. Ne4 Nb6 17. Qd4 Nc2 18. Qxg7 $16) 16. Nxe5
(16. Ne4 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 O-O $11) 16... dxe5 17. Nf3 (17. d6 Bxd6 18. Nc4 Be7
19. Nd6+ Kf8 (19... Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Qe7 21. Qxe7+ Kxe7 22. b3 $16) 20. Bg2 Nc5
21. Nxb7 Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Nd3 {and Black equalises}) (17. Nc4 O-O 18. d6 Bh4 {
Black has good chances to play on the kingside}) 17... Bd6 18. Bf4 f6 19. Nd4
Kf7 20. Ne6 Qe7 {and Black has counterplay.}) 15. Nxe5 (15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Nd4
Bh4 {is the correct way} (16... O-O {is also possible} 17. Nxe6 Qb6 18. Nxf8
Rxf8 {I don't know about this position} 19. Re2 (19. Qb3+ Qxb3 20. axb3 Bh4 $11
) 19... d5 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. Nxb3 $14) 17. Re2 (17. Nxe6 Qf6 18. Nc7+ Kd8 19.
Nxa8 Qxf2+ 20. Kh1 Qxe1 $19) 17... Nc5 $15) (15. Nd4 exd5 16. f4 Qb6 $15) 15...
dxe5 (15... Nxe5 16. f4 Qb6+ 17. Kg2 Bh4 18. Re2 {and Black loses a piece.})
16. Nf3 (16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Bc4 Qb6 $132) (16. Nc4 O-O 17. d6 Bh4 $11 {[%csl
Yd6,Gd7]}) 16... Bc5 $2 (16... Rc8 $1 17. b3 (17. d6 Bf8 $1 {[%csl Yd6][%cal
Gc8c6] is the point behind this move, White cannot save his d6-pawn:} 18. b3
Rc6 19. Ba3 Qa5) (17. dxe6 fxe6 $11) (17. Bg2 exd5 (17... O-O 18. d6 {[%csl
Yf8]}) 18. Qxd5 (18. exd5 Bd6 {and Black is doing fine}) 18... f6 19. Be3 Rc6 {
and Black is fine}) 17... Bc5 {and Black has gained a tempo} 18. Be3 O-O $132)
(16... exd5 17. Qxd5 (17. exd5 Bd6 18. Bf4 f6 {transposes to one of the above
notes}) 17... f6 18. Qxb7) (16... h5 17. g5 $14) (16... O-O 17. d6 {is the
main problem for Black, he has no reasonable squares to which to retreat his
bishop:} Bh4 18. Bg2 $16 {[%csl Yh4]}) 17. dxe6 (17. Be3 {is also possible but
in this variation White has to calculate other lines:} Bxe3 (17... Bxe4 18.
dxe6 (18. Nxe5 Bxd5) 18... fxe6 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxe5 Qxd1 21. Raxd1 $18) 18.
Rxe3 f6 {this is not possible if first dxe6 like in the game} (18... exd5 19.
Qxd5 O-O 20. Rd1 $16) 19. dxe6 Nc5 {is the position that White should evaluate
if he goes via this move order} 20. Qd5 (20. Bc4 Qxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Ke7 22. Nh4
Nxe6 23. Nxg6+ hxg6 24. Bxe6 (24. Red3 Nd4) 24... Kxe6 25. Red3 $14 {and White
needs to play this position where Black has good chances of saving}) 20... Qe7
21. Rc1 Nxe6 22. Bxa6 $1 {and White is better in all lines.}) 17... fxe6 18.
Be3 Qf6 $6 (18... Rc8 $5 {is the best practical chance} 19. Rc1 Bxe3 20. Rxe3
Rxc1 21. Qxc1 O-O 22. Qc3 $16 {[%csl Ye5,Ye6,Yg6]}) (18... Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Qf6
20. Rc1 Rd8 21. Rc7 Nc5 22. Qe2 $18) 19. Rc1 b6 (19... Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Rd8 21.
Rc7 $18) 20. Bg5 (20. b4 {is interesting} Bxb4 21. Bg5 Qf7 22. Re3 Bc5 (22...
O-O 23. Rc7) 23. Rxc5 $1 Nxc5 (23... bxc5 24. Qd6 {[%cal Gf1c4,Gc4e6] and
Black has no good moves}) 24. Qd6 Qd7 25. Qxb6 Rc8 26. Nxe5 Qc7 27. Qxc7 Rxc7
28. Rc3 $16) (20. Bxc5 Nxc5 (20... bxc5 21. Qd6 Qe7 22. Qc7 $18) 21. Qd6 {
is also good} Rd8 (21... Qxf3 22. Rxc5 bxc5 23. Qxe6+ Kf8 24. Qd6+ Ke8 25.
Qxe5+ $18) 22. Qxb6 O-O 23. Qxc5 Qxf3 24. Qe3 $16) 20... Qf7 21. Rxc5 Nxc5 (
21... bxc5 22. Qd6 h6 23. Bh4 $18) 22. Nxe5 $6 (22. Qd6 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Qd7 $8
23. Qxb6 O-O 24. Nxe5 Qa7 (24... Qd4 25. Nd3 $1 Nxd3 26. Qxd4 Nxe1 27. Be2 Nf3+
(27... Rac8 28. Qd1 $18) 28. Bxf3 Rxf3 29. Be3 $18) 25. Qxa7 Rxa7 26. Rc1 Nd7 (
26... Nxe4 27. Be3 Raa8 (27... Re7 28. Rc4 Nd6 29. Rc6 $18) 28. Nxg6 hxg6 29.
Bg2 $18) 27. Nxg6 hxg6 28. Be3 $18) (22. b4 O-O (22... Nxe4 23. Qa4+ Kf8 24.
Qc6 Qe8 25. Qxb6 $16) 23. bxc5 (23. Nxe5 Qxf2+) 23... Qxf3 24. Qxf3 Rxf3 25.
cxb6 Rc3 $11 {but still Black needs to be careful as the b6-pawn might become
dangerous.}) 22... Qc7 (22... Qb7 23. Qd6 $18 {[%csl Re8]}) 23. Bf4 (23. Nxg6
hxg6 24. b4 Nd7 25. Qb3 $16 {was also good but Black is still surviving.})
23... O-O $2 (23... Qd8 24. b4 (24. Qxd8+ Rxd8 25. b4 Nd7 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27.
Bxa6 $16 {is also one possible line}) 24... Qxd1 25. Rxd1 Na4 26. Rd7 O-O 27.
Nxg6 hxg6 28. Be5 Rf7 29. Rd6 $16 {but Black is still fighting.}) (23... Qb7
24. b4 Nd7 25. Qd6 Nxe5 26. Qxe6+ Qe7 27. Qxe7+ Kxe7 28. Bxe5 $16) 24. Nxg6
Rxf4 25. Nxf4 Qxf4 26. b4 Nb7 27. Qc1 $6 (27. Qd7 Nd8 (27... Qf7 28. Rd1 Qxd7
29. Rxd7 $18) (27... Rf8 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Qxb6 $18) 28. Bxa6 {is simple} Nf7
29. Qxe6 Kh8 30. Qf5 $18) 27... Qf7 (27... Qxc1 28. Rxc1 {and White is a clear
pawn up.}) 28. Qc6 b5 29. e5 $5 {[%csl Yb7]} Rf8 30. Qb6 (30. Re2 h5 {is what
Black wants for counterplay.}) 30... Nd8 (30... h5 31. Rd1 hxg4 32. Bg2 {
[%csl Rb7]}) 31. Rd1 Qe7 32. Qxa6 Nf7 (32... Qxb4 33. Qb6 Qe7 34. Bxb5 $18) 33.
Qxb5 Qh4 34. Qe2 Nxe5 (34... Ng5 35. Bg2 Nxh3+ 36. Bxh3 Qxh3 37. Rd4 $18) 35.
Bg2 (35. Qxe5 Qxf2+ 36. Kh1 Qf3+ {[%csl Rd1][%cal Gf3d1]}) 35... Ng6 36. Qxe6+
Kh8 37. Qe3 Nf4 38. b5 h5 39. Rd4 Qg5 (39... Qf6 40. Rxf4 Qxf4 41. Qxf4 Rxf4
42. b6 Rb4 43. b7 Kg8 44. a4 {[%cal Ga4a7]}) 40. b6 hxg4 41. Rxf4 {And the
pawn queens.} 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS12 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2001.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Black "Paschall, William M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 $5 {(? : Alekhine)} d6 {("Any answer to 3.Bb5? is
good": Alekhin). Historicaly this move exploded in 1851 used by 3 imenant
maestros.} ({On this topic, an important prophetic game unjust forgotten by
most of the handbooks, was played and commented by the genius Alekhine half a
century ago. Let us make an approach to its opening.} 3... g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Nc3
a6 $6 {/!?[possible but:Xb6--Alekhine]} 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. d3 d6 8. Qe2 (8. Be3 {
0-1 Fuhrmann,M-Daebel,H/Dortmund 1999/EXT 2002 (44)}) 8... e5 9. Nd2 (9. Ne1 $1
$146 {1/2-1/2 Di Paolo,R-Vachier Lagrave,M/Clichy FRA 2001/The Week in Chess
372 (70)}) 9... g5 $1 {[#] [/\ X f2-f4]} 10. Nc4 h6 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Rae1 $6 ({
Alekhine:} 12. Na4 $142 $5 Ne7 13. Ba5 Qb8 14. Nab6 Ra7 $132) 12... Ne7 $15 {
0-1 Henneberger,W-Alekhine,A/Zuerich 1934/HCL (52). Why prophetic? Please note
3 of the moves in that Alekhine's game: 3..g6, 9...g5! and 12...Nge7. They
influence todays practice.}) (3... e6 4. Bxc6 (4. O-O Be7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. c4 {
Das Schachturnier zu London im Jahre 1851, p. 55. 1-0 Williams,E-Mucklow,J/
London 1851/EXT 2002 (38)}) 4... bxc6 5. O-O ({The iniciater of this line
Winawer prefered:} 5. d3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. c4 Ne7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. b3 e5 10. exd5
cxd5 11. Nxe5 Re8 12. Nf3 Bg4 $15 {Winawer,S-Golmayo,C Paris 1867 (1:0)}) 5...
d6 (5... Ne7 $5 6. d3 Ng6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Ne1 O-O 9. f4 f5 10. c4 {
Winawer-Chigorin London 1883} d6 $15 {0-1 (44)}) 6. b3 e5 7. d3 Ne7 8. Nbd2 g6
9. Nc4 Bg7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. b4 d5 12. Ne3 c4 13. dxc4 d4 {0-1 Paoli,E-Horvath,G/
Agard 1976/MCD (44)}) (3... Nd4 $5) (3... a6 4. Bxc6 {0-1 Heijmans,S-Van't
Kruijs/Amsterdam 1851/EXT 99 (37)} (4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 d5 6. e5 e6 7. Bb2 Ne7
8. O-O Ng6 9. c3 Qc7 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 c5 {0-1 Heijmans,S-Van't Kruijs/
Amsterdam 1851/EXT 99 (37)})) (3... Qc7 {Das Schachturnier zu London im Jahre
1851, p. 8. 0-1 Bird,H-Horwitz,B/London 1851/EXT 2002 (32)}) (3... e6 {Das
Schachturnier zu London im Jahre 1851, p. 55. 1-0 Williams,E-Mucklow,J/London
1851/EXT 2002 (38)}) 4. O-O ({Alekhine's idea we can find also in the
fallowing game:} 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. h3 e5 $1 6. O-O $2 (6. d3 {Boensch,U}) 6...
g5 $1 7. d3 (7. Nh2 {Boensch,U} h5 8. d3 g4 $17) 7... g4 8. hxg4 Bxg4 9. Nbd2
Ne7 10. Qe1 Rg8 {0-1 Spasov,V-Rogers,I/Groningen 1989/CBM 16/[Boensch,U] (24)})
4... Bd7 5. Re1 ({Closer to Ruy Lopez is the other line:} 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Nf6 (
6... b5 7. Bc2 e5 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Staechelin,R-Bichsel,W/SUI
1993/TD (59)}) 7. Re1 b5 8. Bc2 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 g6 11. d3 Bg7 {1/2-1/2
Ponomariov,R-Topalov,V/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 72 (62)}) 5... Nf6 (5... a6 $1 6. Bf1
$1 Bg4 7. d3 $1 (7. h3 $6 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 g6 9. c3 Bg7 10. Qd1 e6 11. d3 Nge7 12.
Nd2 b5 13. Nf3 Qb6 {0-1 Ponomariov,R-Topalov,V/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 72 (45)})
7... Nf6 $6 {The place of this N is to e7 a la Alekhine} 8. Nbd2 e5 9. c3 Be7
$6 {beter is this B to be develloped on g7 or on h6.} 10. Nc4 O-O 11. g3 $14 {
Grabliauskas,V-Kostakiev,D/sf Wch ICCF 2002 (42)}) 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 (7. Bf1 $5
Bg4 {The fight is for point d4} 8. h3 $6 (8. d3 $142 {/\Nbd2 and after that
h2-h3}) 8... Bxf3 {0-1 Sofronie,I-Parligras,M/Targoviste 2001/CBM 87_01 (33)} (
8... Bh5 {is an alternative, probably, stronger than the text... The positions
after 8...Bh5 9.d3 e6 10.Nbd2 Be7 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nh4 are very sharp (Tiviakov).})
) (7. Bf1 {is white's second move which leads to a much more quite position
than the text (Har Zvi)}) 7... Bxc6 8. d4 {another crossroad} Bxe4 (8... cxd4
9. cxd4 Bxe4 10. Nc3 (10. Bg5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qa5 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Alterman,B
Israel 1995 63/(157)}) 10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6 12. Qxb7 Qc8 13. Qf3 (13. Qb3 Be7
14. d5 e5 15. Bg5 (15. Na4 Rb8 16. Nb6 Qg4 17. f3 Qh4 18. Be3 {Shabanov,
Y-Stripunsky,A Karvina 1993 60/(200)}) 15... O-O 16. Ne4 Rb8 17. Qa3 Nxd5 18.
Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Nxd6 Qe6 $11 {Zaitev,I-Stripunsky,A Bucurest 1994 60/(200)})
13... Be7 14. d5 e5 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Ne4 Nxd5 (16... Nxe4 $2 17. Bxe7 Re8 18.
Rxe4 Rxe7 19. Rc4 {[%csl Rc6]}) 17. Nxd6 Qe6 (17... Bxd6 18. Qxd5 $14 {[%csl
Ga2,Ra6,Gb2]}) 18. Rad1 Qxd6 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Rxd5 $14 {/= Smirin,I-Alterman,
B Struga zt 1995 63/157 [Alterman,B]}) 9. Bg5 Bd5 (9... d5 {Har Zvi}) 10. c4 {
Har Zvi: '10.Nbd2 is white's main move when black normally replies with e6 and
you get a very complicated positions'} (10. Nbd2 e6 (10... e6 11. c4 Bxf3 12.
Qxf3 cxd4 13. Qxb7 Qc8 14. Qf3 (14. Qb6 Qc5 15. Qb7 Qc8 16. Qb6 Qc5 {1/2-1/2
Nevednichy,B-Lukin,A/URS 1979/MCD (16)}) 14... Be7 15. Nb3 h6 {0-1 Pedersen,
H-Sher,M/Farum 1993/TD (30)})) 10... Bxf3 {'?' Har Zvi: 'Macharicev gives this
move ?! OK for the first time it was played I agree ?! but if this is not very
good for black so on the second time I give it ?'} (10... Bxc4 11. Nc3 e6 (
11... b5 $5) (11... Nd5 $5) (11... Be6 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Qa4+ b5 14. Qh4 $36)
12. Bxf6 gxf6 (12... Qxf6 13. dxc5 O-O-O {1/2-1/2 Taulbut,S-Kupreichik,V/
Hastings 1981/MCD (64)}) 13. d5 e5 14. Nh4 Bb5 15. Ne4 Bd7 16. Qh5 Qe7 {
1-0 Balduan,M-Emunds,H/Germany 2000/EXT 2001 (48)} (16... h6 17. f4 Qe7 18.
fxe5 dxe5 19. d6 Qe6 20. Rf1 O-O-O $15 {Martinovic,S-Anand,V Groningen 1989}))
11. Qxf3 cxd4 12. Qxb7 Qc8 13. Qf3 e6 (13... Ng4 14. Nd2 $14) (13... Rb8) (
13... Nd7 $5 14. Qe4 (14. Nd2 Ne5 15. Qe4 h6 16. Bf4 $16 {Macharicev}) 14... f6
$5) 14. Bxf6 $14 gxf6 15. Qxf6 {Har Zvi: 'in his analyse to Damaso-Grivas
Macharicev gives "?" to this move and writes 15...Rg8 with counterplay,but I
think white is just better here'} (15. Nd2 {Har Zvi} Be7 16. Nb3 $1 e5 $2 (
16... O-O 17. Nxd4 Qxc4 18. Re4 (18. Nf5 $5) 18... Qd5 19. Rd1 $36 {/+/-}) 17.
Nxd4 $1 $18 {Damaso,R-Grivas,E Erevan olm 1996}) 15... Rg8 16. Nd2 Rg6 $146 (
16... Bg7 17. Qh4 {1-0 German,G-Sorokin,M/Villa Martelli 1997/CBM 60/[Har Zvi]
(45)}) (16... Qc6 $2 {Har Zvi} 17. Rxe6+ fxe6 18. Qxe6+ $18) 17. Qxd4 $16 Rb8 (
17... Qb7 18. g3 $16) 18. Ne4 (18. Qh8 $16) 18... Qc6 (18... e5) 19. Rad1 f5 (
19... e5) 20. Ng3 Kf7 21. b3 $16 Be7 (21... e5 22. Qh4 $16 (22. Qd3 $14 f4))
22. f3 $6 (22. h4 $142 $1 e5 23. Qd3 $16) 22... Rbg8 (22... e5 23. Qd3 f4 24.
Qf5+ Kg8 25. Ne4 Rf8 26. Qh5) 23. Re2 h5 (23... e5) 24. Rde1 (24. Qa7 Re8 25.
Kf1 $18) 24... Bd8 $14 25. Qd3 h4 26. Nh5 ({If White wanted to play with 4
pawns against B it was the moment now and not later as it was done.} 26. Nxf5
$5 Qc5+ {as exemplifications::} (26... exf5 27. Qxf5+ Rf6 (27... Bf6 28. Re7+
Kf8 29. Kh1 R8g7 30. R7e6 Kf7 31. R1e5 $40 (31. R1e4 $6 Qc5)) 28. Qh7+ Rg7 29.
Qh8 Rg8 30. Qxh4 Qc5+ 31. Kh1 $16) 27. Ne3 Bb6 28. Qe4 h3 29. Qb7+ Ke8 30. g3
$16) 26... Bg5 (26... h3 $6 27. g3 Ba5 28. Rd1 Bb6+ (28... Bb4 29. Nf4 Rf6 30.
Nxh3 $16) 29. Kh1 $16) 27. Kh1 h3 28. g3 Rh8 (28... Re8) 29. Rxe6 $5 {The
Computers calculating the PPP / B, promise nearly victory for White, but here
it is not convincing at all.} ({Better is} 29. Nf4 $142 $5 {asuring slight but
long advantage.} Bxf4 30. gxf4 Rhg8 31. b4 Qb7 (31... Re8 32. b5 Qb6 33. Qe3
Qxe3 34. Rxe3 $14) 32. c5 dxc5 33. bxc5 a5 34. Qc3 $14) 29... Rxe6 30. Qxf5+
Rf6 31. Nxf6 Bxf6 32. Re6 (32. Qe6+ Kg7 33. Re4 Rh6 34. a3 Qc7 35. Qg4+ Kf7 36.
b4 Qd8 37. b5 axb5 38. cxb5 d5 39. Re2 d4 40. Qf5 d3 $132) 32... Rh6 33. g4 $2
(33. Re1 $5 Rg6 (33... Qc5 34. Qe6+ Kg7 35. Re4 Rh5 36. Qg4+) 34. Qe6+ Kg7 35.
Re4) (33. Re4 $6 d5) 33... Qc5 $15 34. Qxc5 dxc5 35. Rxa6 Rh8 36. Kg1 Rd8 37.
Kf2 Bd4+ (37... Rd2+ 38. Kg3 Be5+ 39. Kh4 Rxh2 40. Ra7+ Ke6 $15) (37... Bd4+
$17 {by way of illustration:} 38. Ke2 Re8+ ({deviation also as exemplification:
} 38... Kg7 39. Ra7+ Kg6 40. Ra6+ Kg5 41. Ra7 Re8+ 42. Kf1 Kf4 43. Rh7 Kxf3 44.
Rxh3+ $17) 39. Kd1 Be5 40. a4 Rd8+ 41. Kc2 Bxh2) 0-1

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 {Dieser Zug wurde zuletzt oft gespielt. Die
anderen Hauptvarianten sind 3...g6 und 3...e6.} (3... g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7
6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 $14 {Weiß hat die etwas angenehmere
Stellung.}) (3... e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 $132 {Hier spielt Weiß gegen den
schlechten schwarzen Läufer c8 und hat eine bessere Bauernstruktur. Die
entstehenden Stellungen sind jedoch sehr kompliziert.}) 4. O-O (4. Bxc6+ bxc6
5. O-O e5 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 Bg4 $132 {mit gleichen Chancen.}) 4... Bd7 5. Re1
Nf6 6. h3 {Eine relativ seltene Fortsetzung. Der Hauptzug ist 6.c3.} (6. c3 a6
7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. d3 Bg7 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Qd1 Rc8
$132 {Kasparov - Vachier Lagrave (Clichy, 2011)}) 6... e6 {Gut spielbar ist
hier auch 6...a6.} (6... a6 7. Bf1 e5 8. c3 Be7 9. d4 Qc7 10. d5 Nd8 $132 {
Die Stellung ist sehr ähnlich zu Spanischen Strukturen, jedoch sieht es so aus,
als ob Schwarz schon alles erreicht hat, was man in einem typischen Spanier
erreichen will.}) 7. c3 d5 {Wenn Schwarz das Spiel gleich vereinfachen will,
kann er 7...Ne5 spielen.} (7... Ne5 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 cxd4 11.
cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ng8 13. Nc3 Ne7 14. Qd3 Nc6 $11 {Rozentalis - Chernyshov (Bad
Wiessee, 2009)}) 8. d3 {Das logische 8.e5 funktioniert hier überhaupt nicht.} (
8. e5 $2 Nxe5 $1 $19) 8... a6 9. Ba4 b5 {Das sofortige Nehmen auf e4 wäre
etwas besser, weil Weiß dann keine extra Möglichkeiten bekäme.} (9... dxe4 10.
dxe4 b5 11. Bc2 {->9....b5}) 10. Bc2 (10. exd5 $5 Nxd5 (10... bxa4 11. dxc6
Bxc6 12. Ne5 $16) 11. c4 Nb6 (11... bxa4 12. cxd5 Nb4 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Nc3 $16
) 12. Bb3 Be7 13. Nc3 bxc4 14. dxc4 O-O 15. Bf4 $14) 10... dxe4 11. dxe4 e5 $1
{Sonst würde Weiß selbst e5 spielen.} (11... Be7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Be4 $14) 12. a4
(12. Nbd2 Be7 13. Nf1 Be6 14. Ne3 O-O $11 {Weiß kann üblicherweise keinen
großen Nutzen aus dem Feld d5 ziehen, weil Schwarz die Kontrolle darüber hat.})
12... Be7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Bg5 {Nach 15.Na3 hätte Schwarz mehr
Probleme zu lösen:} (15. Na3 Qb8 $1 (15... Qa6 $6 16. Bg5 $1 Be6 (16... h6 17.
Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qd6 Be7 19. Qd3 c4 20. Qd5 $14) 17. Nxb5 $3 Qxb5 18. Nxe5 $1 $16)
16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qd5 Qb6 $11) 15... Be6 16. Na3 b4 17. Nb1 $2 {
Weiß hat sich nicht getraut, den Springer auf b5 zu stellen und gerät in eine
schwierige Lage.} (17. cxb4 $1 cxb4 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 (19... Bxf6 20.
Nd6+ Ke7 21. Nf5+ Bxf5 22. exf5 Rd8 23. Qe2 Kf8 24. Bb3 $14) 20. Bd3 O-O 21.
Nh4 $36) 17... O-O {Weiß hat zu viel Zeit verloren.} 18. Ba4 h6 19. Bh4 ({
Das Nehmen auf c6 funktioniert nicht:} 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Nxe5 Qc7 21. Bf4 Bd6
$19) 19... Rd8 20. Nbd2 g5 $5 {Schwarz will den weißen schwarzfeldrigen Läufer
ausschalten.} 21. Bg3 Nd7 22. Bb3 (22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Qd7 $19
) 22... Nf8 23. Qc2 {Nun hätte man den Bauern nehmen können, aber Schwarz
würde auch dann Kompensation haben.} (23. Bxe6 Nxe6 24. Nxe5 bxc3 25. bxc3 Nxe5
26. Bxe5 Qa2 27. Re2 c4 28. Qe1 Qa4 $44) 23... f6 24. Nc4 (24. Bxe6+ Nxe6 25.
Qb3 Kf7 26. Nc4 Qa6 27. Ne3 h5 28. Nd5 c4 29. Qd1 h4 $36 {Weiß hat einen sehr
starken Springer auf d5, aber der Rest seiner Figuren macht nichts.}) 24... Qa6
25. Qe2 $2 {Das ist ein Fehler, der dazu führt, dass Schwarz endgültig die
Initiative übernimmt.} (25. Ne3 c4 26. Qe2 bxc3 27. bxc3 Rd3 28. Nxc4 Rxc3 29.
Ne3 Qxe2 30. Bxe6+ Nxe6 31. Rxe2 $11) 25... Rb8 $1 26. Ne3 Qxe2 27. Bxe6+ Nxe6
28. Rxe2 Ra8 $1 {Der Bauer b2 wird nun zum Angriffsziel schwarzer Figuren.} 29.
h4 Ra2 30. Kf1 Kf7 {Schwarz hat es nicht eilig - er aktiviert seine Figuren
und bringt den König ins Zentrum, immer eine gute Strategie im Endspiel.} 31.
Bh2 Na5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Rd2 b3 {Die Frage wäre immer noch, wie kommt Schwarz
voran, doch Weiß hilft ihm.} 34. Bxe5 $2 {Nun verliert Weiß forciert.} (34. Ke1
$1 {und das Spiel läuft noch.}) 34... g4 $1 {Das gewinnt am sichersten.} (34...
fxe5 35. Nxe5+ Ke8 36. Ke2 $15 {Schwarz hat natürlich Vorteil, doch Weiß will
seinen König nach g4 bringen, den Springer auf c4 stellen und Schwarz wird
sich noch quälen müssen.}) 35. Nxg4 Nc4 36. Re2 (36. Rd7 fxe5 37. Nfxe5+ Nxe5
38. Nxe5+ Ke8 39. Rd2 Bg5 40. Re2 Nf4 $19 {und der Bauer b2 geht verloren.})
36... Nxb2 {Nun ist das Spiel vorbei, der Bauer b2 ist viel wichtiger als die
Figur.} 37. Nd2 c4 38. Bg3 Nd3 39. f4 Nexf4 40. Bxf4 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2
e5 9. h3 Be7 10. d4 O-O 11. d5 Na5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. d6 Be6 14. dxe7 Qxe7 15.
Qf3 Rfd8 16. Nd2 c4 17. Nf1 Nb7 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 Rd6 20. Qg3 Bd7 21. f4 Re6
22. f5 Qc5+ 23. Ne3 Rd6 24. Kh2 Re8 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Rad1 Rd6 27. f6 g6 28.
Nf5 Bxf5 29. exf5 Rxf6 30. fxg6 Nd6 $2 (30... fxg6 31. Bxg6 Re7 $16) 31. gxf7+
Kxf7 32. Rf1 Rxf1 33. Rxf1+ Ke7 34. Bg6 Rg8 35. Qh4+ Kd7 36. Qxh6 Qd5 37. Rf2
$2 (37. Qh7+ Kd8 38. Rf6 $18) 37... e4 $14 38. Bf5+ $2 (38. h4 Qe5+ 39. Kg1 $16
) 38... Nxf5 $19 39. Qf4 Nd6 40. Rd2 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Damaso, Rui"]
[Black "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Portugal"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 Bxe4 8.
Re1 Nf6 9. Bg5 Bd5 10. c4 Bxf3 $6 (10... Bxc4 $142 11. Nc3 e6 12. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6
(12... gxf6 13. d5 e5 $13) 13. dxc5 $13 O-O-O $1 14. Qa4 $13 {Taulbut,
Sh-Kupreichik,V/Hastings/1981/}) 11. Qxf3 cxd4 12. Qxb7 $40 Qc8 $1 13. Qf3 $1
e6 $6 (13... Nd7 14. Nd2 Ne5 15. Qe4 h6 16. Bf4 $16) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nd2 $16
(15. Qxf6 $2 Rg8 $132) 15... Be7 16. Nb3 $1 $16 (16. Ne4 $2 f5) 16... e5 $2 (
16... O-O 17. Nxd4 Qxc4 18. Re4 (18. Nf5 $5 $40) 18... Qd5 19. Rd1 f5 20. Nxf5
$16) 17. Nxd4 $1 $18 Rb8 (17... exd4 18. Qxf6 $18) 18. Nf5 Rg8 19. b3 Rg5 20.
g4 $5 h5 21. h3 hxg4 22. hxg4 d5 23. cxd5 Rb4 24. Re4 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Qc3 26. Rd1
Qh3 27. Rd4 $1 Kd7 (27... Bc5 28. d6 $1 $18) 28. Rc4 $1 (28. d6 $2 exd4 29.
Qb7+ Ke6 $13) 28... Bd6 29. Ng3 Bb8 30. d6 Bxd6 31. Nf5 Ke6 32. Rd4 Rxg4+ 33.
Qxg4 Qxg4+ 34. Rxg4 Kxf5 35. Ra4 e4 36. Rxa6 Be5 37. Rc6 Kf4 38. Kg2 f5 39. a4
e3 40. Rc4+ Kg5 41. fxe3 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. O-O cxd4 6. Qxd4 g6 7. e5 dxe5 8.
Nxe5 Bg7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. Be3 Qxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Be6 14. Ne2
Rfc8 15. Bd3 Bc4 16. c3 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 a6 18. Rad1 b5 19. h3 e6 20. Rf3 Nd5 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nd4 Ra7 23. Nb3 Nb6 24. Na5 Na4 25. Rd2 Rc5 26. Rfd3 Rac7 27. Rd6
Re5 28. Rxa6 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Rb1 30. b3 Nxc3 31. Nc6 Nd5 32. Nd4 b4 33. a3 bxa3
34. Rxa3 g5 35. Raa2 Rcc1 36. Rab2 Rh1+ 37. Kg3 Nf6 38. f3 (38. Rxb1 Ne4+ 39.
Kg4 $8 Rxb1 40. Re2 Kg6 $1 $17) 38... Rbf1 39. Ra2 (39. Rf2 Nh5+ 40. Kg4 Kg6
$19) 39... h5 40. h4 Rxh4 $6 $19 (40... Ne4+ $142 $1 41. fxe4 gxh4#) 41. Ra5
Kg6 {/\Rh1, h4#} 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2868"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 ({If Black delays attacking the
bishop with} 4... Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 {White could regroup properly:} 6. Bf1) 5. Bd3
$5 {A relatively unexplored move.} ({The main stream goes} 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7) 5...
Ne5 $5 {But this is really rare. Black accepts the weakness of the doubled
pawns in order to cross White's plans of central expansion with c2-c3, Bc2 and
d2-d4.} (5... Ngf6 {is examined in Stohl's extensive comments to Caruana,F 
(2786)-Topalov,V (2769)/Bucharest 2012/CBM 152/[Stohl,I] (1/2, 81)}) 6. Nxe5 {
White has nothing better than picking up the gauntlet. It is not such a bad
option, by the way.} ({If} 6. Be2 Nxf3+ 7. Bxf3 Nf6 {the bishop does not stand
well in front of the f-pawn.}) 6... dxe5 7. a4 Nf6 {I must confess that I do
not quite understand why Black allows the blocking a4-a5 move while White does
not play it! It will be only nine moves later that Black will eventually play .
..b7-b6.} ({The more logical (and, in my opinion, better)} 7... b6 {has been
played only in one game between lower rated players, so there must be
something beyond my understanding.} 8. b3 {Mudrak,J (2313)-Rychlik,H (2044)
Nachod 2012 (1-0, 48)}) 8. b3 $146 (8. Re1 g6 (8... b6 9. Na3 Bb7 10. Nc4 Nd7
11. b3 e6 12. Bb2 Qg5 13. Re3 g6 14. Rg3 Qf6 15. Qe2 $16 {Trent,L (2429)
-Sutovsky,E (2684)/Caleta 2013/CBM 153 (0-1, 43)}) 9. Qe2 Bh6 10. Na3 b6 11. b3
O-O 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. f3 Nd7 15. Bc4 Nb8 {[%cal Gb8c6,Gc6d4] and
Black managed to equalise gradually in Flores Rios,M (2482)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,
E (2555)/Sao Paulo 2009/CBM 131 Extra (1/2, 30)}) ({I would play} 8. a5 {
without thinking twice!}) 8... Be6 ({If Black keeps developing normally, White
will gain a lot from having saved the tempo Rf1-e1 with respect to the two
games above; moreover, the rook is better placed on f1 in view of a possible
f2-f4.} 8... g6 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. Na3 Bg7 11. Nc4 Nh5 (11... Nd7 12. f4 $40) 12.
a5 $16) 9. Bb2 ({For once,} 9. a5 {oes not work>} Bxb3 $17) 9... Bxb3 10. Qe2 (
10. Bxa6 Rxa6 11. cxb3 Nxe4 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Bxe5 e6 14. Na3 {is not too clear.
White has a nice blockade, but on the other hand Black's structure is more
compact.}) (10. Bxe5 $2 Qxd3 $1) 10... c4 (10... Be6 11. Bxe5 $14) 11. Bxc4
Bxc4 12. Qxc4 $14 {The unusual exchanges have left White with the better
development and better pawn control in the centre.} Rc8 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. d3 e6 (
14... Qxc2 15. Qxb7 $16) 15. Nd2 Nd7 16. Nc4 ({This was the last moment when
White could block the queenside with} 16. a5 {Why did Carlsen refrain from
such a strategically advantageous move? Surely not because of} Qxc2 $2 17. Rac1
Qxb3 18. Rxc8+ Ke7 19. Nxb3 $18) 16... b6 {The worst is over for Black now.
The c4-knight will face the constant threat of ...b6-b5, which makes the
c2-pawn vulnerable.} 17. Kh1 Rb8 18. Qc3 f6 19. g3 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ne3
Qxc3 22. Bxc3 b4 23. Bd2 b3 24. cxb3 Rxb3 25. Ra8+ Rb8 {Safest} (25... Kf7 26.
Rc1 Rxd3 27. Bb4 {would offer White a dangerous initiative.}) 26. Rxb8+ Nxb8
27. Rc1 Kd7 28. Rb1 Nc6 $11 {Black's position is absolutely normal and the
king's activity fully compensates for the slight delay in development.} 29. Nc4
Be7 30. f4 exf4 31. gxf4 Rb8 32. Rxb8 Nxb8 33. Kg2 Nc6 34. Bc3 Bc5 35. Kf3 Nd4+
36. Bxd4 Bxd4 37. f5 g6 38. fxe6+ Kxe6 39. h3 h5 40. Na5 Bb6 41. Nc4 Bd4 42.
Na5 Bb6 43. Nc4 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ ({It is interesting to compare the position arising
after} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9.
O-O-O {(just another anti-Sicilian tabyia) with that after 9.Nc3 from a
comment below.}) 3... Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 a6 ({Black could opt
for a Najdorf like structure in the centre with} 6... e5 7. Qd3 h6 {for
instance} 8. c4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bxd7 Bxd7 11. a4 Bc6 {Grischuk,A (2764)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2707)/Moscow 2012/CBM 152 Extra (1/2, 25)}) 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.
Bg5 {After this move, ...e7-e5 is out of question, of course.} e6 9. Nbd2 {
Not the most popular way to develop the queen's knight in any kind of
Sicilians.} (9. Nc3 {looks more natural, when a comparison with the tabyia
mentioned in the introduction may be instructive. White seems to be a bit
ahead with his development, since instead of ...Bc6 Black has ...a6 on the
board. However, White has castled short, which has a double drawback. First of
all, he is behind by one tempo in the process of centralising his rooks.
Secondly, the kingside pawn storm, one of the main plans in the 4.Qxd4 line,
is virtually impossible here.}) 9... Bc6 {This position has repeatedly ocurred
in the practice of the modern anti Sicilian guru Rublevsky.} 10. Rfd1 {By
placing this rook on d1, Svidler probably wanted to keep the option of gaining
queenside space with a4-a5. However, after the early opening of the d-file,
the choice will lose any relevance.} (10. Rad1 Be7 11. Nc4 {Rublevsky,S (2672)
-Vorobiov,E (2547)/Krasnoyarsk 2003/CBM 098/[Psakhis] (1-0, 21)}) (10. Nc4 b5 (
10... Bxe4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxe4 d5 {Maze,S (2494)-Campos Moreno,J (2443)/
Andorra 2005/CBM 107 ext (1/2, 20)}) 11. Nb6 $5 (11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nxd6+ Bxd6
13. Qxd6 Bxe4 {Rublevsky,S (2670)-Bologan,V (2663)/Poikovsky 2003/CBM 095/
[Bologan] (1/2, 35)}) 11... Rb8 12. Nd5 $5 {Rublevsky,S (2686)-Misailovic,N 
(2349)/Budva 2004/CBM 102 ext (1-0, 28). A spectacular sacrifice, typical for
the main lines of the 6.Bg5 Najdorf. We can see that Rublevsky plays the
so-called side lines only to avoid heavy theory, but not the big fight at all!
Black rejected the sacrifice and got a simply worse position. However, White
seems to have a strong attack after:} exd5 13. exd5 Bb7 14. Rfe1+ Kd7 (14...
Be7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qxf6 {[%cal Ge1e7,Ga1e1,Gf6h8] Threatening Rxe7+
followed by Re1, apart from the obvious Qxh8+.} Kd7 17. Qf5+ Kc7 18. Qxf7 Re8
19. Re3 $18 {[%cal Ga1e1]}) 15. a4 $5 $40) 10... Be7 11. e5 {This leads to
simplifications with little chances for an advantage.} (11. Nc4 $5) 11... dxe5
12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Nxe5 Rd5 $146 {Exposing the rook to an early exchange will
lead to a position with a symbolic developmental advantage for White.} ({
The seemingly passive} 13... Rc8 {is absolutely safe for Black.} 14. Nxc6 Rxc6
15. c3 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Nf3 Rd8 $11 {Komliakov,V (2460)-Vorobiov,E (2435)/
Moscow 1997/EXT 2000 (0-1, 39)}) 14. Ndf3 (14. Nxc6 Rxg5) (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. c3 Ke7 17. Nc4 Rhd8 {Black's excellent centralisation
compensates for the outpost on c4.} 18. Ne3 Rd2 19. Rxd2 Rxd2 20. Rb1 h5 21.
Kf1 Bg5 22. Nc4 Rc2 23. Re1 h4 {Black is quite active, so maybe White should
start looking for a draw, for instance:} 24. Re2 Rc1+ 25. Re1 Rc2) 14... Rxd1+
15. Rxd1 Be4 {This basically loses a tempo and must have been the consequence
of some simple oversight. However, it will not have concrete consequences.} (
15... Bxf3 16. Nxf3 b5 17. c4 bxc4 18. Rc1 Nd5 19. Rxc4 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Ke7 $11 {
[%cal Gh8b8]}) 16. Rd4 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Nd5 (17... b5 $5) 18. c4 Nb4 (18... Bxg5
19. cxd5 Bf6 20. Rb4 b5 21. dxe6 fxe6 {The weaknesses in the centre are
compensated for by the overall piece activity, for instance} 22. a4 Kd7 23.
axb5 Rb8 {and the black king may become threatening.}) 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Ne5
Rd8 21. Rxd8 Kxd8 22. a3 ({Once again, the king's centralisation spares Black
problems after} 22. Nxf7+ Ke7 23. Ne5 (23. Ng5 Nxa2 24. Nxh7 Nc1 25. Ng5 Nd3
26. b3 a5 27. Ne4 Nc1 28. Nd2 Kd6) 23... Kd6 (23... Nxa2 24. Nd3 $14 {[%csl
Ga2][%cal Gg1f1,Gf1e2,Ge2e3]}) 24. f4 Kc5 $132) 22... Nc6 23. Nxc6+ {
Transposing into a pawn ending in which the queenside majority may prove
dangerous if Black plays carelessly.} bxc6 24. f4 c5 25. b4 a5 $1 {Which he
does not! The accurate last move removes any potential danger from the
position.} 26. b5 {This allows Black to build up a fortress, but the
alternatives can hardly be taken seriously.} ({Still, in order to illustrate
the hidden mutual dangers characteristic for pawn endings, I will just give a
few lines:} 26. bxa5 Kc7 27. Kf2 Kb7 28. Ke3 $1 {[%cal Ge3e4,Ge3d3]} (28. Ke2
$2 Ka6 29. Kd3 Kxa5 30. Kc3 Ka4 31. Kb2 f6 $19) 28... f5 (28... Ka6 $2 29. Ke4
f6 30. f5 $1 $18 {[%csl Gd5]}) 29. Kd3 Ka6 30. Kc3 Kxa5 31. Kb3 $11 {There is
no way to penetrate with either king.}) (26. bxc5 {leaves White struggling,
but would probably end in a draw anyway:} Kc7 27. Kf2 Kc6 28. Ke3 Kxc5 29. Kd3
a4 30. g4 {It will be revealed slightly later how useful it is to get some
space before undertaking anything concrete.} f6 31. g5 fxg5 32. fxg5 e5 33. Ke4
Kxc4 34. Kxe5 Kb3 35. Kd4 Kxa3 36. Kc3 Ka2 37. Kc2 a3 38. h3 $11 {Here it is!
White needs to have more reserve tempi than his opponent, for which the space
advantage is essential.}) 26... f5 27. Kf2 a4 28. Kg3 g6 29. Kh4 h6 30. g4 Kd7
31. gxf5 exf5 32. Kg3 Kc7 33. h4 h5 34. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {A very common response from White, to avoid the
main theoretical Sicilian battles.} Nd7 {An ambitious approach, aiming to
avoid simplifications, or if White wants to exchange, Black will get the
bishop pair.} (3... Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 {now White can choose between
many moves, like c3, c4, Re1 and Qe2, for example.}) (3... Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 {
is a different line, where Black delays the kingside development, but gets a
more natural piece setup on the queenside (comparing to the ...Nd7 line).
Nevertheless, White also can claim an opening advantage by playing with the
initiative} 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 {now both Ba4 and Bf1 are interesting.} 7. Bf1
Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 (8... Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. d4 $1 $36) 9. Qxf3 $14 {achieving a
small, but enduring positional advantage with the bishop pair.}) 4. c4 {
A rare idea, aiming to build a strong centre.} Ngf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Ba4
(7. d4 {looked more logical} cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Bxd7 Bxd7 10. b3 $11 {with a
standard position, White has more space, Black has the bishop pair and
possibilities of counterplay.}) 7... O-O 8. h3 (8. d4 {was the last chance to
make this move} cxd4 9. Nxd4 $11) 8... Nb6 {When I first saw the game, this
weird move surprised me a lot, but the white bishop also will be weirdly
placed on b3. Besides, Black will follow with ...e5 next, and is much better
prepared for f5. But Giri starts to take some risks by being too ambitious.} 9.
Bb3 (9. d4 $2 {but now it is too late} Nxa4 10. Qxa4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxe4 $17)
9... e5 10. d3 Ne8 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 f5 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Bh6 Bg7 15. Bg5 Qd7
16. exf5 gxf5 17. a4 a5 18. Nb5 Kh8 $2 (18... Nc7 $1 {with ...Ne6 next,
attacking the bishop, and also reinforcing the control on f4} 19. Nxc7 Qxc7 $11
{is also fine for Black.}) 19. Re1 (19. Nh4 $1 {was strong, followed by f4,
fighting for the centre:} Bf6 (19... f4 $6 20. d4 $1 {a strong tactical blow
that may have been missed by White} exd4 (20... cxd4 21. Qh5 $18 {with
decisive threats, for example:} Qf7 22. Qxf7 Rxf7 23. c5 $1 {forces Black to
resign}) 21. Re1 {threatening the decisive Re7} Be5 22. Qh5 Qf7 23. Qh6 {
Black loses control with many weaknesses around his camp} Bg7 24. Nxd6 $1 Nxd6
25. Qxd6 $16) 20. Bxf6+ Nxf6 21. f4 e4 22. Qd2 $1 {preparing both Rad1 and Qc3}
Qe7 (22... exd3 23. Qxd3 Ne4 24. Rae1 {threatening Nxf5} Qe7 25. Nf3 $16 {
Ng5 is coming and Black will be in serious trouble}) 23. Qc3 Kg8 24. Rae1 $16 {
Re3-Rg3 coming and pressure on e4, very annoying for Black} Bd7 25. Re3 Nh5 26.
Qe1 Bc6) 19... Bf6 20. Bxf6+ (20. d4 $5 {was still possible here} Bxg5 (20...
exd4 21. Qd2 $44 {with moves like Qf4, and doubling the rooks on the e-file,
White can create strong play for the sacrificed pawn}) 21. Nxg5 Qg7 22. f4 $13
{with an unclear position.}) 20... Nxf6 21. d4 $5 {Better late than never!} e4
$2 (21... cxd4 $2 22. c5 $1 dxc5 23. Nxe5 Qg7 24. Nd6 $16) (21... exd4 $1 22.
Nfxd4 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Qg7 (23... Ra6 {is just depressing for Black, now many
moves are possible, like Re3, Rad1, c5} 24. Rad1 $44) 24. Qxb6 Rg8 $132 {
suddenly the initiative switches to Black.}) 22. dxc5 $2 (22. Nh4 $1 {keeping
the centre flexible} Ne8 (22... Qe7 23. dxc5 $1 dxc5 24. Qd6 $1 {is very
annoying} Qxd6 25. Nxd6 {and Black's weaknesses are under fire} Ne8 26. Rad1
Nxd6 27. Rxd6 Ra6 28. f3 $16 {with a very sad position for Black}) 23. Qd2 Qe7
24. Qc3 Ng7 (24... Qxh4 $2 25. dxc5+ $18 {winning}) 25. dxc5 dxc5 26. Nf3 $16 {
followed by Rad1.}) 22... dxc5 23. Qxd7 $2 {Improving Black's only bad piece.}
(23. Nh4 $1 {was still better than the game.}) 23... Nbxd7 24. Nd2 $6 Ne5 {
Now Black gets a positional advantage and goes on to increase it move by move.}
25. Bc2 Bd7 26. f3 $6 Rad8 $1 27. Rad1 (27. fxe4 $2 {loses a piece} Bxb5 28.
axb5 Rxd2 $19) 27... Rg8 $1 28. Kh2 (28. fxe4 $5 {also loses a piece, but it
could be more resilient than what happened in the game} Bxb5 29. cxb5 Rxd2 30.
Rxd2 Nf3+ 31. Kf2 Nxd2 32. exf5 {suddenly White has three pawns for the piece,
and Black's knights are badly coordinated}) 28... Be8 $1 29. Nc7 $6 (29. fxe4
$2 Bh5 {is simply losing for White} 30. g4 fxg4 $19) (29. f4 Nd3 30. Bxd3 Rxd3
{threatening Bxb5 followed by Rgd8} 31. Nf1 Nh5 $1 32. Rxd3 exd3 33. g3 Bc6 34.
Rd1 Nxf4 $1 35. Nc3 (35. gxf4 $2 Rg2+ $19 {wins right away}) 35... Ng6 $1 $17 {
followed by ...Ne5, looks very bad for White.}) 29... Bh5 $19 {With some bad
moves, White has handed over the initiative and is in deep trouble now - Giri
was very precise in the last moves and is already winning.} 30. Ne6 Rde8 31.
Nc7 (31. Nxc5 exf3 32. gxf3 Bxf3 $1 $19 {forcing instant resignation.}) 31...
Re7 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. cxd5 exf3 34. d6 Reg7 35. g4 Nxg4+ $1 36. hxg4 Rxg4 {
Threatening mate on h4.} 37. Nxf3 (37. Kh3 Rg3+ 38. Kh2 Rg2+ 39. Kh1 f2 40. Rf1
Bxd1 41. Bxd1 Rg1+ 42. Kh2 R8g2+ 43. Kh3 Rg6 $1 $19 {and White may resign.})
37... Rg2+ 38. Kh3 Bxf3 39. Bb3 R8g3+ 40. Kh4 Rg4+ 41. Kh3 Bxd1 42. d7 R4g3+
43. Kh4 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ $5 {A fashionable way to avoid mainstream theory -
it has gained a lot of popularity lately. Black has been fighting to establish
the balance generally.} Nd7 {The most ambitious response, Black only allows an
early exchange if it is to gain the B pair.} (3... Bd7 {could lead to a solid
position after} 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 {and White will go for O-O, Nc3, d4, and
we'll find a typical Maroczy setup, with the light-squared Bs exchanged.
Generally, I think White has chances to push slowly, and Black has to wait
mostly. One of the recent famous games in this line went like this:} Nf6 6. Nc3
g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 Qc7 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nce2
Rfd8 14. Bc3 Qb6 15. Kh1 d5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qe1 Rdc8 18. e5 Ne8 19. e6 $1 {
very strong positional sacrifice, when Black starts to have real problems all
of a sudden:} fxe6 20. Nf4 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 d4 22. Qd2 c5 23. Rae1 Ng7 24. g4 $1 {
limiting the g7-N and preparing for the following idea:} Rc6 25. Nh3 Ne8 26.
Qh6 Nf6 27. Ng5 d3 28. Re5 Kh8 29. Rd1 Qa6 30. a4 {1-0 (30) Carlsen,M (2843)
-Anand,V (2780) Sao Paulo/Bilbao 2012. A very nice game by the world champion!}
) 4. O-O (4. c3 $5 {is another natural move, but not the same as in the game,
because now after} Ngf6 {White can not defend the P with Re1, which is better,
ideally} 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 $13) 4... a6 5. Bd3 $5 {Another fashionable idea.
Dozens of games had been played in this position in recent months, White
basically wants to play c3-Bc2-d4.} Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1 e5 {
Reaching a typical Ruy Lopez position, from the Breyer variation.} (8... c4 {
has been tried as well, stopping d4, but creating potential weaknesses early on
} 9. a4 e5 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Na3 {and suddenly it is very hard
for Black to defend b5} Be7 (12... Bc6 13. d3 $1 $36) 13. Nxb5 O-O 14. Qe2 $14
{1-0 (53) Karjakin,S (2762)-Cheparinov,I (2672) Rhodes 2013. Apparently
Cheparinov got a reasonable compensation, but altogether I'm not fully
convinced about giving up a P this early, it doesn't seem right.}) 9. d4 Be7
10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nf1 {If we compare to the normal Breyer lines, Black has an
additional tempo, because normally h3 has already been played. In any case,
White is still fighting for the advantage. Allowing the clearance of the
centre like this could lead to a drawish position. The alternative was to
close it with 11.d5!?} (11. d5 $5 c4 $13 {the typical Breyer reaction as well.
Now White chooses between Nf1-Ng3 or a direct b3, trying to create something
on the Q-side.}) 11... Re8 (11... cxd4 $5 {would be the standard reaction when
White doesn't go for a quick d5, in this kind of positions} 12. cxd4 exd4 13.
Nxd4 Re8 {we can find some games here (with White's P on h3 already), and
Black doesn't seem to have major problems. For example:} 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Nxd6
Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Bxe4 $11 {seen in the recent Sjugirov - Efimenko (with h3).
White kept a slight initiative, but after all it seemed liked a safe draw.})
12. Ng3 Bf8 (12... cxd4 $5 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bf8 $11 {looks completely
fine, since all the black pieces have great squares. Now g6-Rc8 is coming and
a possible central break with ...d5 as well.}) 13. d5 g6 (13... c4 $5 {would
be the typical reaction.}) 14. b3 Nb6 15. Rb1 $1 {A useful move, since the
Q-side is likely to be opened at some point. Also, White could play c4 at some
point and benefit from the hanging b7-B.} c4 16. bxc4 Nxc4 17. a4 Qc7 $5 18.
axb5 axb5 19. Rxb5 Na3 $6 (19... Ba6 {was another way to show compensation.
For example:} 20. Rb4 {White wants to play Bd3-Qe2 now, or Ba4 as well,
getting some important squares} Nb6 $1 21. Be3 Reb8 22. Nd2 {controlling both
Ng4 and Nc4} Nbd7 $44 {when White seems to have some trouble consolidating his
Q-side.}) 20. Rb3 Nxc2 21. Qxc2 Nd7 22. Be3 Ba6 23. Ra3 (23. Nd2 $5 $16 {
following with natural moves like c4, Ra3, Rea1.}) 23... Bb5 24. Rea1 Rxa3 25.
Rxa3 Rb8 26. Ra7 Qc8 27. h3 Nb6 28. Qc1 Nc4 29. Bh6 Qc5 $2 {The position was
difficult anyway, but this loses instantly.} (29... Ra8 30. Rxa8 Qxa8 31. Bxf8
Qxf8 32. Nf1 $16 {with a long endgame to come, it looks like White's winning
chances are great.}) 30. Nh5 $1 {Now it's all over, Black can't stop the
multiple mating threats.} Bg7 (30... Qxa7 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Bxf8 {with Qh6 to
come} Ne3 33. Bxd6 $18 {and it all falls apart.}) 31. Bxg7 Qxa7 32. Qh6 f5 (
32... f6 33. Nxf6+ Kf7 34. Ng5+ Ke7 35. Ne6 $18 {would also be deadly.}) 33.
Ng5 1-0

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Crut, Aurelien"]
[Black "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 {La même variante était jouée à la table
voisine} 4. d4 (4. c3 {Degraeve,J (2567)-Doluhanova,E (2332) Op 31th Metz 2013
(2.11) 1/2}) (4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2 (8. Re1 e5 9. d4
Be7 10. Nbd2)) 4... Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 h6 $5 {Très peu joué} (6... e5 {
La grande ligne} 7. Qd3 h6) (6... g6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1
Qb6 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Bxe7 {1/2-1/2 (14) Zvjaginsev,
V (2659)-Mamedov,R (2637) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 7. e5 (7. Be3 e5 {Yudasin,L 
(2635)-Svidler,P (2630) Haifa 1996 (3) 1-0}) 7... dxe5 8. Nxe5 a6 9. Bxd7+ Bxd7
10. Bf4 Bb5 $5 {Une idée originale} (10... Be6 11. Qb4) 11. O-O-O $146 (11.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Nxb5 axb5 {Avec une meilleure finale pour les Blancs} 13. Ke2 (
13. O-O) 13... e6 14. Rad1 $14) (11. Qb4 e6 12. Qb3 Qa5 13. O-O-O Qb4 14. Be3
Rc8 15. Rhe1 Qxb3 16. axb3 Bb4 17. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 (17) Prie,E (2445)-Dorfman,J 
(2555) Hilversum 1993}) (11. Nxb5 $143 axb5 12. Qb4 Qa5 13. Qxa5 Rxa5 $132 {
[%csl Ra2]}) 11... Qxd4 12. Rxd4 e6 13. Rhd1 (13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Kb1 Bc5 15. Rd2
Ne4 $132) 13... Bc5 14. R4d2 O-O 15. a3 Rfc8 $1 {[%csl Rd1,Rd2] Une position
exemplaire avec les R Blanches qui surcontrolent la colonne "d" mais elles
manquent de cases d'accès} 16. Be3 $6 {Le Bc5 contrôle la case d'accès à
la case "d6" mais le P isolé "e3" sera une faiblesse en finale.} (16. Nxb5
axb5 17. Nd7 $6 Ne4 {[%csl Rd2,Rf2]}) 16... Bxe3 17. fxe3 Be8 18. Rd6 Rc5 19.
Nf3 Rac8 $36 {[%csl Gc5,Gc8,Rd1,Rd6] Le doublement des R Noires est nettement
plus efficace que celui des Blancs} 20. Rd8 Kf8 (20... R8c7) 21. R1d4 $2 (21.
Rxc8 $1 {Principe "de la pièce superflue" de Dvoretsky,les deux R Blanches
ont tendance à se gênet en luttant pour les mêmes cases} Rxc8 22. Rd4 Bc6
23. e4 Ke7 24. Ne5 $11) 21... R8c7 $1 {Evite l'échange et la Rd4 prive
l'autre R de case de repli, les Blancs sont déjà en danger!} 22. e4 Ke7 $15
23. Rb8 $2 Nd7 $1 {[%csl Rb8] Les Blancs devaient maintenant regretter d'avoir
évité l'échange des R car ils ont virtuellement une pièce de moins.} 24.
Ra8 Nb6 {[%cal Gb6a8,Gb6c4] Gagnant un tempo important pour jouer Nc4 et
menacer la prise Na3} 25. Rb8 Nc4 $36 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gc4a3]} 26. Rdd8 (26.
Rbd8 Nxa3) 26... Bd7 27. Rg8 Nxb2 {le triomphe du plan des Noirs et la
position Blanche s'effondre} 28. Kxb2 Rxc3 29. Rxb7 Rxc2+ 30. Kb1 Rc1+ 31. Ka2
Rxb7 {Une partie instructive} 0-1

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Doluhanova, Evgeniya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 (3... Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7.
d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. O-O Rc8 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 e6
$11) (3... Nc6 4. O-O (4. Bxc6+)) 4. c3 (4. d4 {Crut,A (2367)-Shchekachev,A 
(2520) Op 31th Metz 2013 (2.12) 0-1}) 4... a6 (4... Ngf6) 5. Ba4 b5 6. Bc2 e5
$5 {Après le choix 3. Nd7, cette variante "e5" confirme que les Noirs jouent
pour le gain} (6... Bb7 {Plus courant} 7. O-O (7. d4)) 7. d4 $1 {Il y a très
peu de parties dans la base avec 6.  e5 mais la partie va transposer plus ou
moins d'une sicilienne vers une ... espagnole!} (7. O-O Bb7 8. d4 {
Karastoichev,E-Ajanski,J BUL-ch 16th Sofia 1962 (17) 1-0}) 7... Ngf6 8. O-O Bb7
9. Re1 Qc7 (9... Be7 {Aurait transposé définitivement dans une espagnole} 10.
Nbd2 O-O {Kotan,L (2364)-Meszaros,A (2327) Zuzmara op Aggtelek 2004 (6) 0-1})
10. Nbd2 g6 {On a une espagnole " améliorée" puisque au lieu de jouer Be7
suivi plus tard de Rf8e8,Bf8 et g6 avec enfin Bg7} 11. a4 $146 (11. d5 Bg7 12.
h3 c4 13. Qe2 Nc5 14. Nh2 O-O-O 15. a4 Kb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nhf3 Nh5 18. Nxc4
bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rhe8 20. Be3 Nf4 21. Ra3 f5 22. Rea1 fxe4 23. Qb5 Qf7 24. Ra8+
Kc7 25. R8a7 Qxd5 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. c4 Qc6 28. Qxc6+ Kxc6 29. Bxe4+ Kd6 30.
Rxb7 {1-0 (30) Mellado Trivino,J (2395)-Bravo Santos,F Seville 1994}) 11... Bg7
12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. c4 b4 16. Nf1 O-O 17. N3d2 Ne8
18. Ne3 Nd6 19. b3 Nb6 20. Bb2 {[%csl Gb2]} Bc6 21. Bd3 Ra8 $132 {[%cal Ga8a2]}
22. Nd5 $1 {Fischer dans son livre sur ses 60 meilleures parties avait souvent
joué ce thème d'occupation de l'avant-poste "d5" sur l'Espagnole} Qd8 23. Bb1
Bxd5 24. exd5 {[%csl Re5]} Nd7 25. Nf3 Qe7 26. Qc1 h6 27. Qe3 f5 28. Nd2 e4 $11
29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. f3 $1 Ra1 31. fxe4 fxe4 32. Qg3 Nf6 33. Nf1 {[%cal Gf1e3]}
Ng8 {suite illisible et nulle au 44ème coup. La partie était assez plate
mais elle était néanmoins digne d'intérêt du fait de la transposition
d'une sicilienne B51 en espagnole C93!} (33... Nf5 $5 {[%cal Gf5d4,Gf5g3]})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.03.02"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{EIN TROCKENER ANTI-SIZILIANER} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 (4. O-O a6
5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. a4 b4 8. Bc2 Bb7 9. Re1 Qc7 10. d3 e6 11. a5 bxc3 12.
bxc3 Be7 13. h3 O-O 14. Bf4 Bc6 15. Nbd2 $13 {/=, remis/62, McShane,L (2672)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2768), Batumi 2018}) 4... cxd4 ({I Ein anderes Thema ist} 
4... Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 (6... Bxd7 $2 7. dxc5) 7. O-O {und z.B.} e6
8. Bg5 Qc7 9. d5 $5 e5 (9... b5 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Re1 (11. Qd3)) 10. a4 $14) ({
II Viel weniger beliebt ist} 4... a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. dxc5 dxc5 7. Nc3 e6 8.
Bf4 $14) 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 ({Ob das noch öfter gespielte} 7. c4
{(mit Igel- bzw. Maroczy-Strukturen) gegenüber dem Textzug, wonach Schwarz
Spiel über die c-Linie besitzt, den Vorzug verdient, ist nach wie vor eine
offene Frage.}) 7... Rc8 ({Ähnliche oder gleiche Stellungsbilder wie in der
Partie ergeben sich nach} 7... e5 8. Qd3 h6 9. Nd2 Rc8 10. Nc4 {und nun z.B.:}
Be6 (10... Qc7 11. Ne3 Nf6 12. a4 Be7 13. O-O Be6 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Bd2 (15. a5
Rfd8 16. Qe2 Rd7 17. Ncd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qd8 19. Nc4 (19. Bd2 Rdc7 20. Bb4 $14)
19... Rdc7 20. b3 Rc5 21. Qf3 $6 Rxc4 $6 (21... e4 $142) 22. bxc4 Rxc4 23. Qb3
$14 {, dennoch 0-1/61, Malakhov,V (2689)-Zhao,J (2601), China 2018}) 15... Bc4
(15... Rfd8 16. Be1 Bc4 17. Nxc4 Qxc4 18. Qf3 (18. f3 d5 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. exd5
Bb4 $11) 18... b5 19. b3 Qc6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra2 Ra8 22. Rda1 Rxa2 23. Rxa2
d5 $11 {, remis/36, Malakhov,V (2685)-Demchenko,A (2664), Konya 2018}) 16. Nxc4
Qxc4 {- remis/24, Miton,K (2604)-Navara,D (2727), Brest 2018}) 11. Ne3 Nf6 12.
Bd2 Be7 13. a4 O-O (13... Qb6 $142 $5 {/\} 14. a5 Qd4 15. Ra4 Qxd3 16. cxd3 $11
) 14. O-O Qd7 $6 (14... Qb6 $142 $5) 15. a5 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Bf8 (16... Qc7 $5) (
16... Qc6 $2 17. Ncd5 $1 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qb5 19. c4) 17. Be1 Rc6 $6 (17... Qc6
18. f3 $14) 18. Na4 Qe8 (18... Re8 19. Nb6 Qd8 20. c4 $16) 19. c4 $16 {,
dennoch remis/58, Duda,J (2737)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2757), Dortmund 2018}) 8. O-O
e5 9. Qd3 h6 {eine nützliche Prophylaxe im Kampf um das Schlüsselfeld d5 
(gegen Bg5)} ({Gefallen kann auch folgende, schnörkellose
Eröffnungsbehandlung (bis zum 14.Zug) eines der ganz großen
Sizilianisch-Experten:} 9... Qc7 10. Rd1 Be6 11. a4 Nf6 12. Nd2 (12. Bg5 Nd7)
12... Be7 13. Nf1 Qc4 14. Ne3 Qxd3 15. Rxd3 $11 {mit lockerem Ausgleich} Kd7 $6
(15... Nd7 $142 16. f3 g6 17. Ncd5 f5) 16. f3 Rc6 17. Bd2 Rhc8 18. b3 Nh5 19.
g3 Bd8 20. a5 $14 {- remis/33, Xiong,J (2656)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2780),
Douglas 2018}) 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Rd1 Nf6 12. Nf1 Bg4 ({Anstatt f3 zu provozieren
- zwecks Schwächung der Schrägen a7-g1 - , kann Schwarz auch gut seine
Entwicklung fortsetzen, z.B.} 12... Be7 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Bd2 (14. a4) 14... O-O
15. a4 Rfd8 {und unter Zugumstellung geht das Spiel über zu den 7...
e5-Varianten, siehe vorige Anmerkung zu 7...Rc8.}) 13. f3 Be6 14. Ne3 Be7 15.
Bd2 O-O 16. Kh1 ({Entfernt den König vorsorglich aus der geschwächten
Diagonale gen g1. Andere Möglichkeiten, z.B.: I} 16. a4 Rfd8 17. Be1 d5 18.
Nexd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Bb4 $11 {, remis/62, Adams,M (2748)-Giri,A (2771), London
2016}) ({II} 16. Be1 Rfd8 (16... b5 $13) 17. Kh1 (17. Rac1 d5 18. Nexd5 Nxd5
19. exd5 Bb4 $11) (17. Ncd5 $6 Bxd5 18. exd5 (18. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Qb6+
20. Bf2 Qxb2 $15) 18... Re8) 17... b5 $13 (17... d5 $143 18. exd5 Bc5 19. Qe2
Bxe3 20. dxe6 Bd4 21. exf7+ Qxf7 22. Bh4 Bxc3 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. bxc3 Qe6 25.
Re1 $14)) 16... Rfe8 (16... Rfd8 $142 17. Ncd5 (17. Be1 b5) 17... Nxd5 18. Nxd5
Bxd5 {- remis, Grib,R (2415)-Palac,M (2573), Minsk 2017} (18... Bxd5 19. Qxd5
b5 (19... Qxc2 $6 20. Qxb7) 20. c3 Qc4 $11)) 17. a4 (17. Rac1 Qb6 18. b3 Qd4
19. Be1 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 b5 21. a4 bxa4 22. Nxa4 Rb8 $2 (22... Nd7 $14) 23. Nb2
Nd7 24. Nbc4 $16 {, dennoch remis/74, Mastrovasilis,D (2580)-Jakubiec,A (2500),
Poland 2017}) 17... Qc5 (17... Bc4 18. Nxc4 Qxc4 19. Be3 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 Rc4 $14
{/=}) 18. Be1 (18. a5 Bc4 19. Nxc4 Qxc4 20. Be3 Qxd3 21. Rxd3 Rc4 $14 {/=})
18... Bd8 19. Bf2 Qb4 $6 ({Schwarz beginnt sich zu verzetteln, er sollte
besser zielstrebig auf der Ausgleichsschiene bleiben, beispielsweise mit} 19...
Ba5 $142 $5 {:} 20. Kg1 (20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Rxc3 23. Rb1 Re7
24. Rdb6 Ra3 $11) 20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qxc3 22. Qxc3 Rxc3 23. Rxd6 Rec8 24. Rb6
R8c7 25. Rab1 Ra3 26. Kf1 Rxa4 27. Rxb7 Rc6 28. R1b6 Rxb6 29. Rxb6 Nd7 30. Rb7
g6 $14 {/=}) 20. Rab1 $14 (20. Qxd6 $2 Qxb2 21. Ncd5 Bxd5 22. Rab1 Qc3 23. Nxd5
(23. exd5 Be7 24. Qb6 Bc5 25. Qb3 Bxe3 26. Bxe3 Red8 $15) 23... Qxc2 24. Bg1
Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Qxa4 26. Qxb7 Qc4 27. Rd7 Rf8 $15) 20... Ba5 $2 ({Verkennt den
Ernst der Situation. Erforderlich war der Rückzug} 20... Be7 $142 {, und nun:}
21. Be1 Bc4 22. Qd2 (22. Nxc4 $143 Qxc4 23. Bh4 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 (24. cxd3 g5)
24... Rc6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Rbd1 Rb6 27. b3 Rc6) 22... Be6 23. Ra1 $5 (23. Qe2
Qc5 24. b4 Qc7 25. Qd3 Bc4 26. Qd2 Be6 27. a5 Red8 28. Qf2) 23... Nh5 24. Ncd5
Qxb2 25. Rab1 Qa3 26. Rxb7 Bg5 27. Qb4 Qxb4 28. Bxb4 Nf6 29. c3 Nxd5 30. Nxd5
$14) 21. Bh4 $1 $16 {Danach wird die sizilianische Verteidigung jeglicher
Dynamik beraubt und die schwarze Stellung "gerät zum Albtraum".} g5 ({Um der
Drohung Bxf6 zu begegnen, sind jetzt die folgenden Alternativen ebenso
unzureichend: I} 21... Bd8 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Ncd5 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Qc4 25. c3 $16)
({II} 21... Qc5 22. Bxf6 Bxc3 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. bxc3 Qxc3 25. Rxb7 Qxd3 26.
Rxd3 Rb8 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Kg1 $16 (28. Rxd6 $16)) 22. Be1 Bc4 $2 {Übersieht
die folgende "petite combinaison" mittels Abzugsangriff und gerät
vorentscheidend in Nachteil.} ({Falls} 22... Qd4 {, so z.B.} 23. Qe2 Qa7 24.
Ncd5 Bd8 (24... Bxd5 $2 25. Bxa5 Be6 26. Rxd6 $18) 25. Bf2 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Qb8
27. c4 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 $16 {und der große weiße Positionsvorteil ist evident.})
23. Ncd5 $1 Nxd5 ({Zum Figurenverlust führt} 23... Qxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Bxd3 25.
Nxf6+ Kf8 26. cxd3 Bxe1 27. Nxe8 Kxe8 28. Rxe1 $18) 24. Bxb4 Bxd3 25. Nxd5 ({
Freilich nicht} 25. Bxa5 $2 {wegen} Nxe3 26. Rxd3 Nxc2 27. Rxd6 Kg7 $13 {/=})
25... Bxc2 (25... Bxb4 {büßt nach} 26. Rxd3 a5 27. c3 Bc5 28. Nf6+ Kf8 29.
Nxe8 Kxe8 30. g4 $18 {kompensationslos die Qualität ein.}) 26. Bxa5 $18 {
Weiß hat eine technische Gewinnstellung, da bei der gegebenen Bauernstruktur
der Läufer und - vor allem - der prächtige Springervorposten dem schwarzen
Turm (plus Bauer) klar überlegen sind. Indes bedarf es noch der nötigen
Sorgfalt und Geduld.} Kg7 27. Bc3 Bxb1 28. Rxb1 Rc6 29. g4 f6 30. Kg2 Kf7 (
30... Rh8 31. Rd1 Rcc8 32. Ne7 Rcd8 33. Nf5+ Kg6 34. Rd5 {/\Nxd6}) 31. h4 gxh4
32. Rh1 Rg8 33. Rxh4 Rg6 34. Kf2 Rc4 35. a5 Rc8 36. Rh1 Rh8 37. Bd2 Rc8 38. Ke2
Ke6 39. Kd3 Rh8 40. Rh5 Rh7 41. Be3 Rh8 42. Kd2 Rh7 43. Ke1 Rh8 44. Kf2 Kf7 45.
Kg3 Rc8 46. Rxh6 Rxh6 47. Bxh6 Rc2 48. b4 Rc8 49. Be3 Ke6 50. Kg2 Rg8 51. Bb6
Rc8 52. Kg3 Rh8 53. f4 $1 {Mit diesem Hebel wird die Schwäche f6 bloßgelegt.}
exf4+ (53... Kf7 54. f5 Rh1 55. Bd8) 54. Kxf4 Rh1 55. Bd4 Rf1+ 56. Kg3 Re1 (
56... Kf7 57. Bxf6) 57. Kf3 Rf1+ 58. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1718"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{SIZILIANISCHE SPEZIALITÄTEN (Taktische Feinheiten und Fehlgriffe)} 1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {Sicherlich eine gute Wahl des Ex-Profis Luke McShane gegen
den als Eröffnungsexperten bekannten, jungen Hamburger Großmeister, aber wie
im Weiteren zu sehen sein wird (u.a. Anmerkung zum 9. Zug von Weiß), ist
Niclas Huschenbeth auch in den aktuellen Nebenvarianten auf der Höhe der Zeit.
} Nd7 {Ambitionierter als das natürliche 3...Bd7. Dazu schrieb einst Joe
Gallagher in "Beating the Anti-Sicilians" (Batsford, 1994): "...Finally I
decided that I was going to have to play 3...Nd7, like it or not... To
summarize, if Black can avoid being 'murdered in his bed` (D. King) he can
look forward to a bright future."} 4. O-O a6 ({Die ebenfalls viel gespielte
Alternative lautet} 4... Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 {und nun:} 6. Bf1 {Zumeist wird der
Läufer - nahezu automatisch - so versteckt, indes verfügt Weiß mit 6.Bxd7+
und dem modernen 6.Bd3 - nebst Übergang zu unserer Hauptpartie - hier über
weitere interessante Möglichkeiten. Weiter könnte folgen:} b6 7. c4 Bb7 8.
Nc3 e6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. f3 O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Qd2 Qb8
{, wonach wir im zähen Igel-System gelandet sind, und das ist ein ganz
anderes Thema.}) 5. Bd3 $5 {Dieser - etwas schräg wirkende -
unternehmungslustige Läuferrückzug erfreut sich in den letzten Jahren
größerer Beliebtheit bei den Topspielern als das alte Schlagen auf d7. Weiß
strebt nach bekanntem Muster das Vollzentrum mittels c3, Bc2 nebst d4 an. Laut
Mega Database fand der Zug in der Meisterpraxis zuerst 1984 Anwendung, siehe
die Partie Ramsingh - Stohl in der Anmerkung zum 6. Zug von Weiß.} ({Das
altbewährte} 5. Bxd7+ {führt nicht selten zu trockeneren Stellungen, z.B.}
Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8. Qd3 Rc8 9. c4 b5 10. b3 h6 11. Nc3 bxc4 12. bxc4
Nf6 13. Be3 Be7 14. Rab1 O-O 15. h3 Qc7 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. Rb3 Bc6 18. Rfb1 Rxb3
19. axb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 (43) Anand,V (2786)-Giri,A (2771) Stavanger 2017}) 5...
Ngf6 (5... e5 6. a4 Ngf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bc4 Nb8 9. d3 Nc6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. h3 Rb8
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Bb3 g6 16. Ra2 Bg7 17. Qd2 Kh8 18.
c3 f5 $13 {/=: 1/2-1/2 (41) Tomizawa,T (2492)-Unalmis,O (2553) ICCF email 2016}
) 6. Re1 ({Oder auch} 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1 e5 {nach "spanischem Muster"}
9. d3 (9. d4 Be7 10. d5 (10. Nbd2) 10... O-O (10... c4) 11. Nbd2 g6 (11... c4)
12. a4 (12. b3) 12... Nh5 (12... c4) 13. b3 Nf4 $6 (13... Nb6 $142 $14) 14. Nf1
(14. g3) 14... Qc8 15. g3 Nh5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Qe2 $16 Ndf6 $6 18. axb5 axb5 19.
Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Qxb5 $18 {, dennoch ½-½ (58) Caruana,F (2795)-Vachier Lagrave,
M (2788) chess.com INT 2016}) 9... Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nf1 Re8 12. h3 Qc7 13.
Ng3 d5 $1 14. Nh2 (14. Nf5 $142 Bf8 15. Nh2) 14... Rad8 15. Qf3 $6 (15. Nf5)
15... c4 $1 $15 16. Ng4 cxd3 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Bxd3 b4 19. cxb4 $2 (19. exd5
$142 Bxd5 20. Ne4 bxc3 21. bxc3 Qc6 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Be4) 19... Bxb4 20. Bg5
Bxe1 21. Bxf6 gxf6 $2 (21... Bxf2+ 22. Qxf2 gxf6 23. Rf1 Re6 24. Qf5 dxe4 25.
Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Kg7 $17) 22. Rxe1 d4 23. Nh5 $13 {- 0-1 (50) Ramsingh,
Y-Stohl,I (2405) Kiljava 1984}) 6... e6 ({Noch häufiger ist die sofortige
Expansion am Damenflügel mittels} 6... b5 {anzutreffen, worauf} 7. c4 $5 {
zu anderen Stellungsbildern als nach dem Textzug führt:} g5 {provoziert
riskante Komplikationen} (7... bxc4 $5 {ist eine solide Alternative, z.B.} 8.
Bxc4 Nb6 9. Bb3 (9. d3 e6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bd6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bf4 Qc7 14.
Bg3 Bb7 15. Rc1 Rfe8 16. Bb3 Rad8 17. Qe2 Qb8 18. Bh4 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20.
Rxe5 Rd4 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rxc5 Rxd3 23. Rc7 Rb8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Nd5 26.
Nxd5 Bxd5 27. b3 a5 28. Bh5 {1/2-1/2 (28) Tari,A (2593)-Wojtaszek,R (2730)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 9... e5 10. d3 (10. Ng5 Ra7) (10. a4 a5 11. Nc3 Be7 12.
d3 O-O 13. Bg5 Nfd7 14. Be3 Nb8 15. Nd2 Nc6 16. Nd5 Rb8 $15 {0-1 (68) Bacrot,E
(2692)-Edouard,R (2628) Cap d'Agde 2016}) 10... Be7 11. Nc3 O-O $13 {/=}) 8.
Nxg5 Ne5 9. Bf1 $5 {"le dernier cri"} (9. Be2 bxc4 10. Nc3 Nd3 $5 11. Bxd3 cxd3
12. Qf3 e5 13. Nd5 Bg7 14. Qxd3 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Ra7 16. Nf3 O-O 17. d3 Kh8 18.
Bg5 Qc7 19. Qc4 a5 20. Nd2 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Ne4 a4 (22... Qd7 23. Qc3 a4
24. f3) 23. f3 Rb8 24. Re2 Qd7 25. Qc3 Qe6 26. Qa3 Qg6 27. Bh4 Bd7 28. Rb1 Rab7
29. b3 Rb4 30. Be1 Rd4 31. Rd1 axb3 32. Qa7 Qe8 33. axb3 Bb5 34. Red2 Ra8 35.
Qc7 Bf8 36. Bf2 Rc8 37. Qa5 Rb4 38. Qa1 Qf7 39. Rb1 Be7 40. Qc3 Rg8 41. Bg3 Rg7
42. Kh1 h5 43. Be1 h4 44. h3 Qg6 45. Ra2 Rd4 46. Rd1 Bd7 47. Kh2 Bf5 48. Rdd2
d5 49. Nxc5 Qg5 50. Rf2 Bxh3 51. b4 Bf5 52. Rfe2 Kh7 53. Qd2 Qg6 54. Ra6 Bd6
55. Kh1 Bxd3 56. Rxd6 Qxd6 57. Nxd3 e4 58. Qf4 Qxf4 59. Nxf4 exf3 60. Ne6 fxe2
61. Nxd4 Rg4 62. Nf3 d4 63. Nxh4 d3 64. Nf3 Kg7 65. Kg1 Kf6 66. Kf2 Ke6 67. g3
Kf5 68. Ke3 d2 69. Bxd2 Rxg3 70. Be1 Rh3 71. Kxe2 {1/2-1/2 (71) Tomizawa,T 
(2492)-Morozov,D (2461) ICCF email 2016}) 9... bxc4 10. d4 $1 cxd3 11. f4 Bg4
12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Qxd3 h6 14. Nf3 Nb4 15. Qd1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bg7 17. Nc3 $14 {
1-0 (40) Vaibhav,S (2558)-Wallace,J (2411) Biel 2017}) 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2 c4 $5 {
Unter Raumgewinn verhindert Schwarz die gegnerische Zentrumsbildung mittels d4.
} 9. b3 $6 ({Geläufiger und vermutlich auch besser ist} 9. a4 {, z.B.} Bb7 10.
d4 cxd3 11. Qxd3 (11. Bxd3 bxa4 12. Qxa4 Be7 13. h3 O-O 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Nbd2
Rfb8 16. Qa5 Bd8 17. Qxc7 Bxc7 18. b4 {½-½ Nakamura,H (2785)-Vachier Lagrave,
M (2796) Sharjah 2017}) 11... Nc5 12. Qe2 bxa4 13. Be3 (13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5
Be7 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Rxa4 $5 Nxa4 17. Bxa4+ Kf8 18. Na3 Bxa3 19. bxa3 Ke7 $4 20.
Qb2 $1 a5 21. Be3 Kf8 (21... Nd5 22. c4 Nxe3 23. Rd7+ $18) 22. c4 (22. Rd8+
Qxd8 23. Qxb7 $18) 22... h5 23. Bg5 Ne4 24. Rd8+ Qxd8 25. Bxd8 {1-0 Vachier
Lagrave,M (2796)-Giri,A (2771) Stavanger 2017}) 13... Nfd7 14. Bd4 e5 15. Bxc5
Nxc5 16. c4 Be7 17. Nc3 O-O 18. Nxa4 Nxa4 19. Bxa4 Qb6 $13 {/=: 1/2-1/2 (53)
Bacrot,E (2692)-Huschenbeth,N (2548) Germany 2017}) 9... Bb7 10. bxc4 bxc4 11.
Na3 Rc8 12. Rb1 Ba8 13. Qe2 Qc7 $6 ({Die erste Ungenauigkeit von Schwarz, der
meines Erachtens mit} 13... d5 $142 $1 {besser gefahren wäre:} 14. exd5 (14.
e5 $143 Ne4) 14... Bxd5 15. d3 cxd3 16. Bxd3 Rxc3 17. Nc2 Nc5 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 19.
Qxa6 Be7 $15 {, dennoch 1-0 (102) Bok,B (2591)-Pert,R (2448) London 2015}) 14.
d4 cxd3 15. Bxd3 Nc5 (15... Rb8 16. Rxb8+ Qxb8 17. Nd2 Be7 18. Bxa6 O-O 19. Bd3
Nc5 20. Bc2 Qa7 $13 {/=: 1/2-1/2 (40) Rogic,D (2475)-Cebalo,M (2511) Belisce
1999}) 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. Qxa6 Bxe4 18. Rb6 (18. Nb5 Qc6 19. Qxc6+ Rxc6 20. Rb3
Bxf3 21. gxf3 Be7 (21... Nd5) 22. Nd4 Rc8 23. Bd2 O-O $6 (23... Kd7 $142 $1 $15
) 24. a4 $13 {/= : 1-0 (57) Mamedov,R (2659)-Bologan,V (2661) Dubai UAE 2014})
18... Ra8 19. Qb5+ Nd7 20. Nc4 Bxf3 (20... Bd3 $143 $2 {fand eine glänzende
Widerlegung:} 21. Rc6 Qb8 (21... Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qd8 23. Ng5 $1 Ne5 24. Rxe5 dxe5
25. Rxe6+ $1 Be7 26. Rxe7+ Kxe7 27. Qxf7+ Kd6 28. Qb7 $1 Qc8 (28... Rf8 29.
Ne4+ Ke6 30. Nc5+ Kd6 31. Bg5 Rf6 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Ne4+ Ke6 34. h3 $18) 29.
Ne4+ Ke6 30. Qb6+ Kd7 31. Qd6+ Ke8 32. Qxe5+ Kf8 33. Qd5 Ra6 34. Be3 $18) 22.
Qxb8+ Rxb8 23. Nxd6+ Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Bc4 $2 (24... Bb5 25. Nd4 Nf6 (25... Bc4 26.
Ba3 Ne5 27. Nc6 Nxc6 28. Rxc6 Bxa2 29. Rc7 Kd8 30. Rxf7 Kc8 31. Rxg7 Rb7 32.
Rg4 $18) 26. a4 Bd7 27. a5 Ra8 28. a6 Bc8 29. Nb5 O-O 30. Ba3 Bxa6 31. Nc7 Bc4
32. Nxa8 Rxa8 33. Rd4 $18) 25. Rxd7 Kxd7 26. Ne5+ Ke7 27. Nxc4 $18 {1-0 (35)
Kovalev,A (2513)-Smith,B (2453) Pardubice 2016}) 21. gxf3 Rc8 $2 {Gleich
nachdem das ellenlange, ausgeglichene Theorieduell zu Ende ist, unterschätzt
der Hamburger folgende findige Verstärkung, die den feindlichen Angriffsdruck
aufrechterhält, und er gerät unter die Räder.} ({Erforderlich war} 21... Qc5
$142 $8 {, was die Wogen völlig geglättet hätte:} 22. Qxc5 Nxc5 23. Be3 Nd7
24. Nxd6+ Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Ne5 $11 {, z.B.} 26. Kg2 Nc4 27. Rc6 Nxe3+ 28. Rxe3 Kd7
(28... O-O 29. Re2 g6 30. c4 Ra4 31. Rd2 Rfa8 32. Rc7 Rxa2 33. Rdd7 Rf8 34. c5
Kg7 35. h4 Rc2 $11) 29. Rb6 Rhc8 30. Rd3+ Ke8 31. Rb7 Rcb8 32. Rc7 Rc8 $11) 22.
Re4 $3 $16 {Bärenstark und stichfest, wie auch nachstehende Varianten
bezeugen.} Be7 ({I} 22... g5 23. Be3 Be7 24. Na5 d5 (24... Rb8 25. Rxb8+ Qxb8
26. Qc6) 25. Rb7 $18) ({II} 22... d5 23. Bf4 $1 Qd8 24. Rb7 Rc5 (24... dxe4 25.
Nb6 Rc5 26. Qa4 Ra5 27. Qxa5 Bc5 28. Qb5 Bxb6 29. Rb8 $18)) 23. Ba3 $2 {
Räumt dem Gegner eine unverhoffte Chance ein, während} (23. Bf4 $142 $1 {
einen siegverheißenden Vorteil festhält:} Qc5 (23... O-O 24. Rb7 Qc6 25. Qxc6
Rxc6 26. Rxd7 d5 27. Ne5 Rxc3 28. Re3 $18) 24. Bxd6 Qxb5 25. Rxb5 $16 {/+-})
23... d5 $8 {Nun sollte diese Gabel dem Verteidiger die erhoffte Entlastung
bringen ...} 24. Bd6 $1 {doch ein äußerst tückischer Überrumpelungsversuch
bringt ihn in Verwirrung.} ({Nach der Abwicklung ins Endspiel mittels} 24. Bxe7
Kxe7 (24... dxe4 25. Rb7 Qc6 26. Bb4 Qxb5 27. Nd6+ Kd8 28. Nxf7+ Ke8 29. Nd6+
Kd8 30. Rxb5 exf3 31. h3 Kc7 32. Nxc8 Rxc8 33. Kh2 Kc6 34. Rh5 h6 35. Ra5 $14)
25. Rb7 Qc6 26. Qb4+ Qc5 27. Ne5 $14 Rhd8 $8 28. Rg4 h5 (28... Qxb4 29. cxb4 h5
30. Rg3 (30. Rxg7 Kf6 31. Rxf7+ Kxe5 32. Rfxd7 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Rb8 34. a3 Ra8 $11
) 30... g6 {ist Zugumstellung zum Text}) 29. Rg3 Qxb4 30. cxb4 g6 {
verflüchtigt sich der weiße Vorteil:} 31. b5 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 Ke8 33. f4 Nxe5 34.
fxe5 Rd7 {und Schwarz kann sich behaupten (=). Noch weiter könnte folgen:} 35.
Rb8+ Rd8 (35... Ke7 $2 36. Ra3 $18 Re1 (36... Rb1 37. Raa8) 37. b6 Rxe5 38. b7
Kd6 39. Rb3 Re4 40. Ra8) 36. Rb6 d4 37. Rd3 Rc3 38. Rxc3 dxc3 39. Rc6 Rb8 40.
a4 Ra8 41. Rxc3 Rxa4 42. b6 Rb4 43. Rc8+ Ke7 44. Rc7+ Kd8 45. Rxf7 Rxb6 46. Rg7
Rb5 47. f4 Rb2+ 48. Kg3 (48. Kh3 Rf2) 48... Rb1 49. h3 Rf1 {und remis.}) 24...
Bxd6 $2 ({Die hohen taktischen Anforderungen fordern ihren Tribut, mein
kaltblütiger Silikonfreund indes zeigt in Blitzesschnelle folgende forcierte
Rettungsvariante:} 24... Qd8 $8 {!!} 25. Bxe7 Kxe7 (25... Qxe7 $4 26. Nd6+ Kd8
27. Nxc8 $18) 26. Qb4+ Kf6 $1 {Diese notwendige Königsauswanderung mußte
einkalkuliert werden.} (26... Nc5 $2 27. Rd4 $18) 27. Rf4+ Kg6 28. Rg4+ Kf6 29.
Nd6 Qxb6 30. Rf4+ Kg6 (30... Ke7 $4 31. Nxc8+) (30... Ke5 $4 31. Nxf7#) 31.
Rg4+ Kf6 32. Rf4+ {mit Stellungswiederholung.}) 25. Nxd6+ $18 Ke7 ({Falls} 
25... Kf8 {, so folgt} 26. Rb7 Qxd6 27. Rxd7 Qb8 28. Qxb8 Rxb8 29. Rb4 $1 $18 {
mit dem Plan der Turmverdopplung auf der 7.Reihe durch Rbb7, und Schwarz geht
an seinen eingesperrten Figuren auf der Grundreihe zugrunde.}) 26. Nxc8+ $18
Qxc8 (26... Rxc8 27. Rb7 Qc6 28. Qxc6 Rxc6 29. Ra4 $18) 27. Rc6 Qb8 28. Qxd5
Rd8 29. Kg2 h6 30. Qd4 Nf6 31. Qc5+ Ke8 32. Rb4 Qa8 33. Rc7 Nd5 34. Rbb7 {
nebst Damengewinn oder Matt} Nf4+ (34... Nxc7 35. Rxc7 Rd7 36. Rc8+) 35. Kg3
Ne2+ 36. Kh3 Nf4+ 37. Kg4 {- Ein überaus spannendes und gehaltvolles
taktisches Gefecht, in dem zum turbulenten Ende Werder Bremens langjähriger
Vorkämpfer McShane den verdienten Sieg davontrug.} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.02.04"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nf6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qf3 e5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Ne3
Ne8 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rad1 Qe6 17. b3 Nf6 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Nc4 Ne8 20. Red1 f6
21. Qh3 Qe7 22. Qc3 c5 23. Qa5 Kf8 24. h3 g6 25. a3 Kg7 26. Rd3 h5 27. Qd2 Rab8
28. Nxd6 Nxd6 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Qxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 a5 {(Stellung nach 31...
a6-a5!) Nach schwerer Defensive und Bauernverlust bekam Schwarz erst im
Turmendspiel wieder Hoffnung. Zwar ist der weiße Vorteil evident, aber die
Verteidigung vermag überraschend zähen Widerstand zu leisten. Das vorliegende
gehaltvolle Beispiel ist trefflich zum Studium wie zum Gruppentraining
geeignet.} 32. Rd1 $6 ({Vermutlich die erste und einzige Ungenauigkeit des
Weißen in diesem Turmendspiel. Gegenüber Variante II und III läuft der Textzug
auf einen Zeitverlust hinaus. Alternativen: I} 32. Ra6 $6 c4 33. Rxa5 cxb3 34.
cxb3 Rxb3 35. h4 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Rb3 37. f3 Kh6 38. Ra6 Kg7 39. a4 f5 40. exf5
gxf5 41. a5 Ra3 42. Kg3 Ra4 (42... Ra2 43. Ra7+ Kg6 44. a6) (42... Ra1) 43.
Ra7+ Kg6 44. a6 Kh6 45. Ra8 Kg7 46. a7 (46. Kh3 e4) 46... Ra2 47. Re8 (47. Kh2
Ra1) 47... Rxa7 48. Rxe5 Kf6 49. Re8 Ra4 50. Rg8 f4+ 51. Kh3 Ra5 $11) ({II} 32.
Rc6 $142 $1 {(oder Rd5!) hält zwar den Vorteil am stärksten fest, aber allem
Anschein nach kann Schwarz sich auch hier mit feiner Verteidigung behaupten, z.
B.:} a4 33. bxa4 Ra8 34. Rxc5 {ist Zugumstellung zu 32.Rc6} Rxa4 35. f3 Rxa3
36. h4 $1 $16 Kh6 37. c4 Rc3 $1 {"Wait and see!"} (37... g5 $2 {erweist sich
letztlich als gravierende Schwächung} 38. Rc6 Kg6 39. hxg5 Kxg5 40. c5 Rc3 41.
Rc8 h4 42. c6 Kf4 43. Kh2 Rc1 44. Rg8 Rxc6 45. Kh3 Rc7 46. Rg4+ Ke3 47. Kxh4
Rf7 48. Rg8 f5 49. exf5 Rxf5 50. Re8 {Dieser Stellungstyp (W: Kg2, Th5, Bf2,
g4 - S: Ke4, Ta5, Be5; Schwarz am Zug, dennoch +-) mit dem f+g-Bauern gegen
den auf e5 ähnelt der aus der Partie Unzicker - O`Kelly, Leipzig (ol) 1960;
Quelle: Enzyklopädie der Schachendspiele, Turmendspiel Nr. 733.} Kd4 (50... Kf4
51. g4 $1 Rf7 52. Kh3 $1 (52. Kh5 $2 Rh7+ 53. Kg6 Rh3 54. Rf8+ Ke3 55. Rf5 Rxf3
56. Rxe5+ Kf4 $11) 52... Rh7+ 53. Kg2 Rf7 54. Kf2 Rf6 55. Ra8 Rf7 56. Ra4+ Kg5
57. Ke3 Rf6 58. Ra8 Rb6 59. Rf8 $18) 51. Ra8 $1 Kd5 52. Ra6 $1 (52. Ra3 $2 Rf4+
53. Kg5 Ke6 54. g4 Kf7 55. Rb3 Kg7 56. Re3 Rf8 $11) 52... Rf8 53. Kg5 Rf7 54.
Kg6 Rf8 55. Rb6 Rg8+ (55... Rh8 56. g4 $18) (55... Kd4 56. Rb5) (55... Kc5 56.
Rf6) 56. Kf5 Rxg2 (56... Rf8+ 57. Rf6 Rh8 58. g4 $18) 57. Rb5+ Kd6 58. Rxe5 $18
) 38. Rc6 (38. Kh2 Kg7 39. Kg3 Kh6 40. Rc6 Kg7 41. Rc7+ Kh6 42. c5 g5 (42... f5
43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Ke3 Rxg2)) 38... Kg7 39. Rc7+ (39. c5 $6 f5) 39... Kh6 40. c5
(40. Rf7 Rxc4 41. Rxf6 Kg7 42. Rd6 Kf7 43. Kf2 $14 {/=}) 40... f5 $1 {Der
gegebene Hebel, der Schwarz vermutlich ausreichendes Gegenspiel gibt, und nun
z.B.:} 41. Kf2 ({Oder} 41. exf5 gxf5 42. c6 Kg6 43. Rc8 Kf6 44. c7 (44. Kf2 Ke7
45. Rh8 (45. Ke1 Kd6 46. Rh8 Rxc6 47. Rxh5 Rc1+) 45... Rxc6 46. Rxh5 Rc2+ 47.
Kg1 (47. Kg3 f4+ 48. Kh3 Kf6 49. Rh8 Rc1 (49... Kg7 50. Re8 Kf6)) 47... Ke6 48.
g4 fxg4 49. fxg4 e4 $132 {(=)}) 44... Ke7 45. Rh8 Rxc7 46. Rxh5 ({Der Übergang
ins Bauernendspiel nach} 46. Rh7+ Kd6 47. Rxc7 Kxc7 48. g4 {führt forciert ins
Remis, beispielsweise} fxg4 49. fxg4 Kd6 50. g5 e4 51. Kf2 Ke6 52. Ke3 Ke5 $11)
46... Kf6 47. Rh6+ Kg7 48. Re6 Rc4 49. g3 (49. h5 Rh4 50. Rxe5 Kf6 51. Rb5 Rxh5
$14 {/=}) 49... Rc1+ 50. Kg2 (50. Kf2 Rc2+ 51. Ke3 Rc3+ 52. Ke2 e4 $11) 50...
Rc2+ 51. Kh3 Rf2 $11) 41... Rc2+ (41... f4 $2 42. Kg1 Rc4 43. Kh2 Rc2 44. c6
Rc5 45. Rc8 Rc1 46. c7 Kg7 47. g3 Rc2+ 48. Kh3 fxg3 49. Kxg3 Rc3 (49... Kh7 50.
f4 $18 Rc3+ 51. Kf2 exf4 52. e5) 50. Kf2 Rc2+ 51. Ke3 Rc3+ 52. Kd2 Rc5 53. Kd3
g5 (53... Rc6 54. f4 $18) 54. hxg5 h4 55. f4 h3 (55... exf4 56. e5 h3 57. e6
$18) 56. f5 h2 57. f6+ Kg6 58. Rg8+ Kf7 59. Rh8 Rxc7 60. Rxh2 Kg6 61. Rf2 $18)
(41... fxe4 $2 42. fxe4 Rc2+ 43. Kf3 Rc3+ 44. Ke2 Rg3 (44... g5 45. Rc6+ Kg7
46. hxg5 Rg3 47. Rd6 Kf7 48. c6) 45. Re7 Rxg2+ 46. Kd3 Rg1 47. Kc4 $18) 42. Kf1
(42. Ke3 Rxg2 43. Rd7 (43. exf5 gxf5 44. Re7 Rh2) (43. Re7 f4+ 44. Kd3 Rf2 45.
Rxe5 Rxf3+ 46. Kd4 Rf1 47. Re6 Rd1+ 48. Ke5 Rc1 $132 {(=)}) 43... Rc2 44. Rd5
fxe4 45. Kxe4 g5 $1 $132 {(=)}) 42... Rc4 43. g3 fxe4 44. fxe4 Rxe4 45. Re7 Rg4
$1 $132 (45... Re3 $2 46. Kf2 Rc3 47. Rxe5 Kg7 48. Rg5 $18) 46. Kf2 g5 $11)
32... a4 33. Rb1 ({Nicht besser sind: I} 33. bxa4 Ra8 34. Rd7+ Kf8 35. Rc7 Rxa4
36. f3 Rxa3 37. Rxc5 h4) ({II} 33. Rd7+ Kf8 34. Rd3 Ra8 35. f3 axb3 36. Rxb3 h4
) 33... axb3 34. Rxb3 Ra8 35. f3 h4 $5 ({Als bemerkenswerte Alternative
erscheint mir} 35... Ra4 {und nun:} 36. Rb7+ (36. Rc3 c4 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. g3 (
38. Ke3 Ke6 39. Kd2 Kd6) 38... Ke7 {/\Kd6-c5=}) (36. h4 f5 37. exf5 gxf5 38.
Rc3 c4 39. f4 exf4 40. Rf3 Kf6 41. Rxf4 Ke5 42. Rf3 f4 43. g3 fxg3 44. Rxg3 Ra6
45. Kf2 Kf4 46. Rh3 Kg4 47. Rc3 Ra4 48. Ke3 Kxh4 $11) (36. Kf2 Rc4 37. Rb2 f5
38. Ra2 Ra4 39. exf5 (39. Ke3 fxe4) 39... gxf5 40. Ke2 Kf6 41. g3 (41. h4 Ke6
42. Ke3 Kd5 $11) 41... Kg5 42. h4+ (42. Kd3 $2 h4) 42... Kf6 43. Kd2 e4 $11)
36... Kh6 37. Rf7 h4 (37... Kg5) 38. Rxf6 Rxa3 39. Re6 Ra1+ 40. Kh2 Rc1 41.
Rxe5 Rxc2 42. f4 Rf2 43. f5 gxf5 44. exf5 c4 45. Re4 Kg5 46. Rxc4 Rxf5 $11) 36.
Rb5 (36. Rc3 c4 (36... Kf7) 37. Rxc4 (37. Kf2 Ra4) 37... Rxa3 38. Kf2 Ra1 39.
Rc7+ Kh6 40. Rd7 Kg5 41. Rd2 Kf4 42. Rd6 Kg5 43. g3 hxg3+ 44. Kxg3 Rg1+ 45. Kf2
Rh1 46. Kg2 Rc1 47. Rc6 f5 48. Rc5 Kf4 $11) 36... c4 37. Rb4 Rxa3 38. Rxc4 Kh6
39. Kf2 Kg5 40. g3 hxg3+ ({Das lockt den König nur vor. Es sprach eigentlich
nichts gegen} 40... Kh5 41. Rc8 g5 42. gxh4 gxh4 43. c4 (43. Ke2) 43... Kg5 $11
) 41. Kxg3 f5 42. h4+ Kf6 ({Besser gefällt mir das aktivere} 42... Kh5 {, z.B.}
43. c3 fxe4 ({auch} 43... g5 44. exf5 gxh4+ 45. Rxh4+ Kg5) 44. fxe4 Ra1 45. Rc5
Rg1+ 46. Kf2 Rc1 $11) 43. Rc6+ Kf7 ({Jedoch nicht} 43... Ke7 $2 {wegen} 44.
exf5 (44. Rxg6 $2 fxe4) 44... gxf5 45. h5 e4 46. c3 $18 {und Weiß gewinnt,
etwa nach} e3 (46... Kd7 47. Rc5 Kd6 (47... e3 48. Re5 Rxc3 49. Kf4) (47...
exf3 48. h6 f2 49. Kxf2 Ke6 50. h7 Ra8 51. Kf3) 48. Rc8 Ra7 (48... Kd7 49. h6)
49. fxe4 fxe4 50. Re8 Kd5 (50... Rg7+ 51. Kf4 Rh7 52. Kg5) 51. Kf4 Rf7+ 52. Kg5
Rf1 53. h6) 47. f4 Kd7 48. Rc5 e2 (48... Kd6 49. Rxf5 Rxc3 50. Re5) 49. Kf2 Kd6
50. Rc8 Ra7 (50... Kd7 51. Rc4 Ra1 52. Kxe2 Rh1 53. Rc5 Rxh5 54. Re5) 51. Kxe2
Rh7 52. Re8 Kd7 53. Re5 Rxh5 54. Kd3) 44. exf5 gxf5 45. c3 ({Oder} 45. h5 {
und nun:} Kg7 $1 (45... Ra4 $2 46. c4 Ra3 47. Rc7+ Kg8 (47... Kf6 48. h6 $18) (
47... Kf8 48. h6 $18) 48. Rc5 $1 Rc3 (48... e4 49. Rxf5 Rc3 50. Re5 exf3 (50...
Rxc4 51. fxe4 $18 (51. Rxe4 $2 Rc7 $11)) 51. Rc5 $18) 49. Kh4 Rxf3 50. Kg5 $18)
(45... e4 $2 46. c3 e3 47. f4 $18) 46. Kf2 (46. h6+ Kh7) 46... Ra4 47. h6+ Kh7
48. Ke3 (48. Re6 Rc4) (48. Rc5 Kxh6 49. Rxe5 Rc4) 48... Rh4 49. c4 Rd4 50. c5
Rc4 $11 {und wieder kann Schwarz sich behaupten (} 51. Kd3 Rc1 {)}) 45... Kg7
46. h5 ({Interessant ist auch} 46. f4 e4 (46... exf4+ $2 47. Kxf4 $18) 47. h5
Ra1 $44 {und nun z.B.} 48. Kh4 (48. c4 Rh1 49. Rg6+ (49. h6+ Kh7 50. c5 Rc1 51.
Kf2 Rc4 $11) 49... Kf7 50. Rg5 (50. c5 Rf1 51. Ra6 {ist Zugumstellung}) 50...
Kf6 51. c5 Rf1 52. Rg6+ (52. c6 e3 53. c7 Rc1 $11) 52... Kf7 53. Ra6 {ist
Zugumstellung} e3 $11 {und nach dem Tausch des e- gegen den c-Bauern ist das
Spiel wieder remis.}) 48... Rg1 49. h6+ Kf7 $1 50. Rc7+ Kf6 51. h7 Kg6 52. c4 (
52. h8=N+ Kf6 53. Nf7 e3 54. Ne5 e2 55. Rc6+ Ke7 56. Nf3 Rf1 $11) 52... e3 53.
Re7 Rh1+ 54. Kg3 Kf6 55. Rxe3 Rxh7 56. Rd3 Rc7 (56... Ke6 $2 57. Kf3 Rc7 58.
Rd4) 57. Rc3 Ke6 58. Kf3 Kf6 59. Ke2 Re7+ 60. Re3 Rd7 61. Rd3 Re7+ 62. Kf3 Rc7
63. Rd4 Kg6 $8 $11 {!}) 46... Kh7 $2 {Nachdem der junge Rapport viele
Verteidigungsprobleme gemeistert hat, scheitert er nun beim letzten.} (46...
Ra4 $1 {, was den feindlichen König zurückhält, führt zur vorigen Variante 45..
.Ra4/46...Kg7 (=)} 47. c4 Ra3 $8 {!} 48. Kg2 (48. Kf2 Ra2+ 49. Ke3 Ra3+ 50. Ke2
Ra2+ 51. Kd3 Ra3+ 52. Kc2 Rxf3 $13 {/=}) (48. Kh4 Rxf3 49. Kg5 f4 $1 $11) 48...
Ra2+ 49. Kh3 Ra3 50. Rg6+ Kf7 51. Kg2 Ra2+ 52. Kg3 Ra3) 47. Kh4 $18 {Der weiße
König dringt entscheidend vor. Die Verteidigungsressourcen sind ausgeschöpft.}
e4 48. fxe4 fxe4 49. Kg4 Ra5 50. Kf4 Rxh5 51. Kxe4 $18 Kg7 52. Re6 $8 (52. c4
$2 Kf7 $11) 52... Kf7 53. Re5 $8 {Mit der sogenannten senkrechten Sperre. Der
schwarze König ist um eine vitale Linie zu weit vom c-Bauern entfernt.} Rh8 54.
Kd4 Rd8+ 55. Kc5 Rc8+ 56. Kb4 Kf6 57. Re3 Rb8+ 58. Kc5 Rc8+ 59. Kd5 Kf5 60. c4
$8 Rd8+ 61. Kc6 Rc8+ 62. Kb5 Rb8+ 63. Ka5 Rc8 64. Kb4 Rb8+ 65. Kc3 Rc8 66. Re1
Kf6 67. Kb4 Rb8+ 68. Ka5 Rc8 69. Rc1 Ke6 70. Kb6 $8 Kd7 71. Rd1+ $8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.04.07"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{SPRINGER AM RAND (Ein- und Absperrung)} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O
Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 {[#] Zu dieser bekannten Stellung des
"Rossolimo-Sizilianers" folgen als Studienmaterial nachstehend die
geläufigsten Fortsetzungen nebst ein paar Partien, zum Teil mit Beteiligung
der ukrainischen Großmeister-Kollegen Areshchenko- und Moiseenko.} 7. Ba4 ({
Alternativen: I} 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 (8. d4 Bxf3 (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 e5 10. d5 Nd4
11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bd7 13. a4 Be7 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Nc4 Nh5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17.
Kh1 Be8 18. a5 Bg5 19. Bd3 Nf4 20. Rg1 f6 21. b4 Bh5 22. Rg3 Rf7 23. Qd2 g6 24.
Rag1 Kh8 25. Bf1 Qe7 26. Qd1 Bh4 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. R3g2 Qxe4 29. Rg4 Bxg4 30.
Rxg4 Qxb4 31. Rxh4 g5 32. Rg4 Qxa5 33. Qd4 Re8 34. Rxg5 Re1 35. Rg1 Qa1 36. Qd3
Rg7 37. Nc8 Qd1 38. Qxd1 Rxg1+ 39. Kxg1 Rxd1 40. Nxd6 b5 41. Ne4 Rxd5 42. Nxf6
Rg5+ 43. Kh1 a5 44. Ne4 Re5 45. Bd3 a4 46. Bc2 Re7 47. Nc3 a3 48. Bb3 Re1+ 49.
Kg2 b4 {0-1 (49) Areshchenko,A (2694)-Moiseenko,A (2679) Kiev 2011}) 9. gxf3 e5
10. d5 Ne7 11. f4 Ng6 12. f5 Ne7 13. f4 Nd7 14. Nd2 exf4 15. Nf3 Ne5 16. Bxf4
f6 17. b4 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 cxb4 19. cxb4 g6 20. Kh1 Kf7 21. Bh3 Bg7 22. fxg6+
hxg6 23. Be6+ Ke8 24. Qg3 g5 25. Bxd6 Nc8 26. Bc7 Qe7 27. Rac1 Qxb4 28. e5 {
1-0 (28) Van Foreest,J (2624)-Kassis,A (2173) Batumi 2018}) 8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3
e6 (9... g6 10. d3 Bg7 11. Nd2 (11. Be3 e5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Qd1 h6 14. Nf3 b6
15. b4 Kh7 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. g3 Rfd8 19. Qc2 Rac8 20. Rb2 Qa7 21.
Reb1 Nd4 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Rxb6 Rxc3 24. Qd1 Nd7 25. Rb7 Qc5 26. Nd2 Qc6 27. h4
h5 28. Nc4 Kg8 29. Ra7 Ra8 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Nb6 Qd8 32. Nxa8 Qxa8 33. Rb6 Qc8
34. Qb1 Bf8 35. Rb8 Qc5 36. Qb7 Qd6 37. Ra8 Ra3 38. Ra7 Qf6 39. Qd5 Rc3 40. Be2
Rc2 41. Kf1 Kg7 42. Qb3 Rc3 43. Qb7 Qe6 44. Kg2 Ra3 45. Bd1 Qxa2 46. Qb8 Qe6
47. Ra8 Qd6 48. Bb3 Qxb8 {1/2-1/2 (48) Areshchenko,A (2720)-Bu,X (2683)
Antalya 2013}) (11. Qd1 Nd7 12. Be3 e5 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nf3 Rc8 15. a4 Qc7 16.
Qb3 Rb8 17. Qa3 b5 18. b4 Rfd8 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. axb5 axb5 22.
Qxc5 Bf8 23. Qe3 b4 24. cxb4 Nd4 25. Rec1 Qd6 26. Nxd4 Qxd4 27. Qxd4 Rxd4 28.
Ra5 Bd6 29. Rc6 Rbxb4 30. g3 Rb7 31. Kg2 Kf8 32. Ra8+ Ke7 33. Be2 h5 34. Ra2
Rdb4 35. Rcc2 Bc7 36. h4 Bb6 37. Rab2 Bd4 38. Rxb4 Rxb4 39. Rc7+ Kf6 40. Bd1
Rb2 41. Bc2 Ke6 42. f4 Kd6 43. Rc4 Ra2 44. fxe5+ Kxe5 45. Rc6 Ra3 46. Rc7 Rc3
47. Rxc3 Bxc3 48. Bb3 f5 49. exf5 {1/2-1/2 (49) Areshchenko,A (2710)-Timofeev,
A (2631) Eilat 2012}) 11... O-O 12. Qd1 Rc8 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Be3 Qc7 15. d4 cxd4
16. cxd4 Qb8 17. Qd2 Rfe8 18. Rac1 Nf6 19. d5 Na7 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. Nd4 Rxc1 22.
Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 24. Qc2 Ncb6 25. f3 h6 26. Be2 Kh7 27. a4 Qh8 28. Qd1
Nc5 29. b3 a5 30. Nb5 Nbd7 31. Qc2 Be5 32. f4 Bg7 33. Bf3 b6 34. g3 Nb8 35. h4
h5 36. g4 hxg4 37. Bxg4 Kg8 38. Bf2 Nba6 39. e5 dxe5 40. d6 exd6 41. Nxd6 Bf8
42. Ne8 exf4 43. Qc4 Qe5 44. Qb5 Nb4 45. Kg2 Nbd3 46. Bxc5 f3+ 47. Bxf3 Nf4+
48. Kf1 Bxc5 {0-1 (48) Areshchenko,A (2674)-Kislinsky,A (2482) Lvov 2016}) 10.
Qg3 (10. d3 Be7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Qe2 (12. Qd1 d5 13. e5 (13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nf3
Bf6 15. Bd2 Qd7 16. Qc2 Rfd8 17. Rad1 b5 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Nf6 20. Ne4 Qe7
21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. a4 Rd5 23. Be2 Rad8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bf3 R5d6 26. Bxc6 Rxc6
27. Qb3 Rb6 28. Qa3 b4 29. Qb3 Rbb8 30. Qc4 bxc3 {1/2-1/2 (30) Areshchenko,A 
(2654)-Mista,A (2593) Poland 2016}) 13... Nd7 14. Nf3 b5 15. g3 c4 16. d4 b4
17. Qa4 Qc7 18. Bd2 Rfb8 19. h4 bxc3 20. bxc3 Rb5 21. Ng5 Rab8 22. Qc2 Nf8 23.
Bc1 Qa5 24. a4 Rb3 25. Re3 h6 26. Nh3 Qb6 27. Re1 Rb1 28. Be3 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Qb2
30. Qxb2 Rxb2 31. Nf4 Na5 32. Bg2 Rc2 33. Rc1 Rxc1+ 34. Bxc1 Nd7 35. Nxd5 exd5
36. Bxd5 Nb6 37. Be4 Nb3 38. Bf4 Nxa4 39. Bb7 Nxc3 40. d5 Ne2+ 41. Kf1 Nxf4 {
Artemiev,V (2691)-Moiseenko,A (2667) Riadh 2017 0-1}) 12... b5 13. g3 $146 (13.
a3 Nd7 14. f4 d5 15. e5 Bh4 16. Rd1 f6 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Qg4 h5 19. Qxh5 Bg3
20. d4 c4 21. Nxc4 bxc4 22. Qg4 Qh4 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Qxd7 Na5 25. Qxd5 Nb3 26.
Rb1 Nxc1 27. Rbxc1 Bxf4 28. Bxc4 Rad8 29. Qa5 Rc8 30. Bd3 Bc7 31. Qd5 g6 32.
Bxg6 Kg7 33. Qh5 Qf2+ 34. Kh1 Rh8 35. Qg4 Rh4 36. Qd7+ Kxg6 37. Rf1 Rxh3+ 38.
Qxh3 {1-0 (38) Robson,R (2613)-Guseinov,G (2607) Antalya 2013}) 13... Rb8 14.
Bg2 Qc7 15. a3 a5 16. a4 b4 17. Nc4 Nd7 18. Be3 Nce5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Rec1 Qd6
21. cxb4 cxb4 22. Rc2 Rfc8 23. Rac1 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Bd8 25. b3 Kf8 26. Qc6 Qxc6
27. Rxc6 Bb6 28. Bf3 Ke7 29. Bd1 Kd8 30. Kf1 Bxe3 {1/2-1/2 (30) Bok,B (2607)
-Harika,D (2497) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 10... g6 11. d3 Bg7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 O-O
14. Be2 c4 15. Nd2 cxd3 16. Bxd3 b5 17. Rad1 Qb8 18. Nf3 Re8 19. Bf4 Nh5 20.
Bxd6 Nxg3 21. Bxb8 Rexb8 22. fxg3 Ne5 23. Kf2 b4 24. cxb4 Nxf3 25. gxf3 Bxb2
26. Re2 Rxb4 27. Rc2 a5 28. Rc4 Bd4+ 29. Ke2 g5 30. f4 Rab8 31. Rdc1 {1/2-1/2 
(31) Tari,A (2618)-Safarli,E (2676) Porto Carras 2018}) ({II} 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
d4 {Dieses Bauernopfer-Angebot ist heutzutage weniger anzutreffen:} Bxe4 9. Bg5
Bd5 10. Nbd2 e6 11. c4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 cxd4 13. Qxb7 Qc8 14. Qb6 Qc5 15. Qb7 Qc8
16. Qb6 Qc5 17. Qb7 Qc8 18. Qb6 Qc5 19. Qb7 {1/2-1/2 (19) Fedorchuk,S (2652)
-Moiseenko,A (2702) Fujairah 2012}) ({III} 7. Bc4 {taucht zwar relativ selten
auf, erzielt aber treffliche Resultate:} Bg4 (7... b5 8. Bf1 Bg4 9. a4 (9. d4
cxd4 10. a4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 d3 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Bxd3 Qb7 15. Na3
b4 16. cxb4 g6 17. Qa4 Nd7 18. Ba6 Qxb4 19. Qxc6 Qxe1+ 20. Kg2 Qa5 21. Nb5 f5
22. Nc7+ Kf7 23. Bc4+ Kf6 24. Ne8+ Ke5 25. f4+ Kd4 26. Be3# {1-0 (26) Safarli,
E (2639)-Moiseenko,A (2667) Riadh 2017})) 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5
11. Be3 Be7 12. d5 Nd4 13. f4 O-O 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Nc3 Bf6 16. Bf1 Qb6 17. Rb1
Rac8 18. Bh3 Rc7 19. Kh1 exf4 20. Bxf4 Ne5 21. Rg1 g6 22. Na4 Qa7 23. b3 b5 24.
Be3 bxa4 25. Bxd4 Qa8 26. f4 Nd7 27. Bxd7 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Rxd7 29. Qxa4 Rc7 30.
Qd4 Rfc8 31. Qf6 Rc2 32. Qxd6 Rxa2 33. Rgc1 Re8 34. Re1 Qc8 35. f5 Qc2 36. Qg3
Rxe4 37. f6 Rxe1+ 38. Rxe1 h5 39. h4 Qd2 40. d6 Qd5+ 41. Kg1 Qd4+ 42. Kh1 Qd5+
43. Kg1 Qd4+ 44. Kh1 Qd5+ 45. Kg1 {1/2-1/2 (45) Jones,G (2650)-Moiseenko,A 
(2648) Almaty 2016}) 7... b5 8. Bc2 Bg4 (8... e5 9. h3 c4 10. d4 cxd3 11. Qxd3
Be7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bb3 O-O 15. Nbd2 Ne7 16. Nf1 Ng6 17. Rad1 Be7
18. Ne3 Nf4 19. Qf1 Qc8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rb8 22. Kh2 Kh8 23. g3 {1/2-1/2 
(23) Areshchenko,A (2677)-Antipov,M (2576) Minsk 2017}) 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 g6
11. d3 (11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Na3 (13. Qd1 Bh6 14. Na3 O-O 15. Bd3 c4
16. Bf1 Na5 17. d3 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 cxd3 19. Qxd3 b4 20. cxb4 Rxb4 21. e5 dxe5 22.
Rxe5 Nb3 23. Rc4 Rb7 24. Rb5 Qxd3 25. Bxd3 Rxb5 {1/2-1/2 (25) Andriasian,Z 
(2612)-Moiseenko,A (2695) Jerusalem 2015})) 11... Bg7 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Nd2 O-O
14. Rac1 $5 {[#]} Nb6 (14... Rc8 15. Qe2 Nb6 16. f4 b4 17. Bd1 a5 18. Nf3 a4
19. a3 bxa3 20. bxa3 Na5 21. Qa2 c4 22. d4 Nb3 23. Rb1 Nd7 24. Be2 e5 25. Rbd1
exd4 26. Nxd4 Ndc5 27. Qc2 Qe7 28. Bxc4 Nxe4 29. Bxb3 axb3 30. Qxb3 Nxc3 31.
Bf2 Qc7 32. Rd3 Qc4 33. Qxc4 Rxc4 34. Ne2 Ra8 {1/2-1/2 (34) Kuzubov,Y (2643)
-Kotronias,V (2524) Moscow 2017}) 15. Qe2 (15. Qd1 Qb8 16. Nf3 Rc8 17. h4 a5
18. Ng5 (18. h5) 18... a4 19. a3 h6 20. Nh3 b4 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. h5 Ne5 23. hxg6+
fxg6 24. Nf4 $16 Ng4 25. d4 $2 (25. Ne6 Nxe3 26. Rxe3 $16) 25... e5 $15 26.
dxe5 Bxe5 $2 (26... Nc4) 27. cxb4 cxb4 28. Bxb6 $2 (28. Bd3 $13) 28... Qxb6 29.
Nd5 Qd4 30. Qe2 h5 (30... Nxf2 $1) 31. Nxb4 Nxf2 $1 $19 32. Qe3 Ng4 33. Qxd4
Bxd4+ 34. Kh1 Bxb2 35. Rb1 Bxa3 36. Bd1 Bxb4 37. Bxg4 Rcb8 {- 0:1, Whitehead,J
(2235) -Youngworth,P (2275), Lone Pine 1979; lt. Megabase die (ziemlich
wechselhafte) Stammpartie zu 14.Rac1}) 15... a5 16. Nf3 a4 $6 ({Ein allzu
forsches Vorgehen, nun erhält Weiß durch aktives Auftreten im Zentrum die
Oberhand. Alternativen, z.B.: I} 16... e5 17. a3 a4 18. Bb1 Na5 19. Ba2 Rc8 20.
Rcd1 $14) ({II} 16... Rc8 $142 $5 {scheint indes okay für Schwarz zu sein:}
17. Red1 (17. d4 Nc4 18. dxc5 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 dxc5 20. e5 e6 $13) (17. Bb1 e6 18.
d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nc4 $13) 17... Qd7 18. Bb1 Qb7 19. d4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nc4 $13)
17. d4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 ({Auch} 18. cxd4 Nc4 19. Bd3 N6a5 20. Bg5 Rc8 21. e5 $14 {
kam in Betracht.}) 18... Nxd4 19. Bxd4 {Mit einem bequemen Positionsvorteil,
da Schwarz jetzt ernste Probleme hat, seinen wackligen Damenflügel
zusammenzuhalten.} Nc4 ({Oder: I} 19... e5 $2 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21. Rcd1 b4 (21...
a3 22. Rd5 (22. b4 Rac8 23. Rd3 $16) 22... axb2 (22... b4 23. Rb5 Qa6 24. Rxb4
Qxe2 25. Rxe2 axb2 26. Rxb2 $16) 23. Rxb5 Qc6 24. Rxb2 Qxc3 25. Bb3 $16) 22.
cxb4 Qxb4 23. b3 a3 24. Bd3 Kh8 25. Bc4 $16) ({II} 19... Bxd4 20. cxd4 Nc4 21.
Bd3 Qb6 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Rxc4 $14) 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. b3 Na3 $6 {Diese
Springerstellung am Rand wird sich als unglückselig erweisen.} ({Ein
geringeres Übel mag} 21... Ne5 {sein.} {Für den geopferten Bauern nach} 22.
Qxb5 $14 {und z.B.} axb3 23. axb3 Qc7 24. f4 Nd7 25. Qd3 Rfc8 26. Re3 Ra3 {
kann Schwarz aktive, zähe Gegenwehr leisten.}) 22. Bd3 axb3 23. axb3 Qb6 24.
Qb2 $5 $14 f6 25. Ra1 $5 {[#] Provoziert den folgenden Vorstoß.} b4 $6 {
Worauf der vorgepreschte Springer auf a3 eingekesselt und vom weiteren
Kampfverlauf praktisch ausgeschlossen wird. In dieser kritischen Partiephase
gilt es, zum Stellungsverständnis etwas tiefer zu graben.} ({Auf härteren
Widerstand stößt Weiß nach} 25... Qc5 $142 $5 {; hierzu ein paar Anregungen:
} 26. Rec1 (26. b4 $2 Nc4 27. Qe2 Qc6 (27... Qe5 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Bxc4 bxc4
30. Qxc4 Ra3 31. Rc1 Qf4 32. Qf1 Qxe4 33. Re1 Qb7 34. c4 $14) 28. Bxc4 Qxc4 29.
Qxc4 bxc4 30. Red1 f5 $132) 26... b4 (26... Rfb8 $143 27. Bf1 b4 (27... h5 28.
g3 g5 (28... h4 $2 29. gxh4 Rh8 30. e5 $1 fxe5 31. Ra2 $18 b4 32. cxb4 Qxb4 33.
Rca1) 29. Bg2 Ra6 30. Ra2 b4 31. cxb4 (31. c4 Rba8 32. Rca1 (32. e5 $2 Nxc4 $1
33. exf6+ exf6 34. Qe2 Rxa2 35. Qe7+ Kg8 36. Qe6+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ $11) 32... Qe5
33. Qe2) 31... Qxb4 32. Rc7 Kf8 33. Bf1 Nb5 34. Rxe7 Kxe7 35. Rxa6 $16) 28.
cxb4 $5 (28. c4 $5) 28... Qxb4 29. Rc7 Re8 30. Qc1 $1 $16) 27. c4 Qe5 28. Qe2 (
28. Qd2 $4 Nxc4) (28. Qxe5 $6 dxe5) 28... Ra7 29. Ra2 Rc8 (29... Rfa8 30. Rd2 (
30. Qe1 $6 Nb5 $1 31. Rxa7 Nxa7 32. Qxb4 (32. Ra1 Qd4 $1) 32... Nc6 33. Qb7 (
33. Qe1 Ra3 $44 34. Rb1 Qf4 (34... Nd4) 35. Bf1 Nd4 36. Qb4 Ra2 37. Qe1 Ra3)
33... Ra2 34. Qxc6 Qd4 35. Bf1 Qd2 36. Rb1 Qc2 $11)) 30. Rd1 (30. Rf1 Qc3)
30... Qc3 31. Rb2 Ra5 32. f4 $14 {und Weiß muß geduldig versuchen, Chancen
am Königsflügel zu kreieren.}) 26. c4 $16 {Im Unterschied zur vorigen
Analyse verfügt der Verteidiger nun über weniger gute Möglichkeiten.} Qc5
27. Rac1 Ra5 ({I Falls} 27... Qe5 {, so kann beispielsweise} 28. Qd2 Qd4 29.
Red1 Rfb8 30. g3 Ra7 31. Kg2 Ra5 32. Qe2 Qb6 33. f4 $40 {folgen. Weiß
inszeniert einen chancenreichen Angriff auf der Königsseite, wobei sein
Läufer, hier quasi eine Mehrfigur, eine entscheidende Rolle spielt. Der
folgende spannende und lange Taktik-Exkurs mag hierfür als Beleg dienen:} Qc5
34. h4 Qa7 (34... Rc8 35. e5 d5 36. cxd5 Qxd5+ 37. Be4 Qe6 38. Bd5 Rxd5 39.
Rxc8 $18) 35. e5 d5 $1 (35... dxe5 36. f5) (35... fxe5 36. f5) 36. cxd5 $1 (36.
exf6+ exf6 37. Qe6 Rb6 38. Qc8 Rb8 39. Qg4 Nxc4 40. bxc4 Ra2+ 41. Kh3 (41. Rc2
b3 42. Re2 Re8 43. cxd5 Rexe2+ 44. Bxe2 Qe3 45. Re1 b2 46. Qd7+ Kf8 (46... Kh6
$2 47. Qf7) 47. Qd6+ Kg7 48. Qd7+ $11) 41... Qf2 42. Qd7+ Kh6 43. Qd6 Re8 44.
Rg1 dxc4 45. Bb1 Qh2+ 46. Kg4 f5+ 47. Bxf5 Qe2+ 48. Kh3 Qh2+ $11) 36... Rxd5
37. h5 $1 {Nun zeigt sich auch, dass der Springer zu spät ins Spiel
zurückkommt.} f5 (37... Nb5 38. h6+ $1 Kxh6 (38... Kf8 39. exf6 Nc3 40. Qxe7+
Qxe7 41. fxe7+ Kxe7 42. Re1+ Kd8 43. Bc4 $18 {mit einem gewinnträchtigen
Endspiel}) (38... Kh8 39. Bxb5 $18) 39. Rh1+ Kg7 40. Rxh7+ $1 $18 {nebst
Mattsetzung}) 38. g4 $1 {[#] Analyse} Qb7 $1 (38... Nb5 $2 39. gxf5 Nc3 40.
Rxc3 bxc3 41. f6+ Kf8 (41... exf6 42. exf6+ Kf8 (42... Kxf6) (42... Kh6) (42...
Kh8)) 42. hxg6 exf6 43. exf6 hxg6 44. Rh1 Rxd3 (44... Rh5 45. Rxh5 gxh5 46.
Qxh5 Qd4 47. Qh8+ Kf7 48. Bc4+ Kg6 49. Qxb8)) 39. Kg3 (39. Kh2 $143 Nb5 40.
Bxb5 Qxb5 41. Qxb5 Rbxb5 $11) 39... Nb5 40. gxf5 gxf5 (40... Nc3 $2 41. f6+ Kf8
42. Rxc3 bxc3 43. hxg6 exf6 44. exf6 hxg6 45. Ba6 $1 (45. Rh1 $5) 45... Qc7 46.
Rxd5 c2 47. Qe7+ Qxe7 48. fxe7+ Kxe7 49. Rc5 Rxb3+ 50. Kg4 $18) 41. Kh2 $1 (41.
h6+ $2 Kh8 (41... Kxh6 $2 42. Rh1+ Kg7 43. Rxh7+ Kxh7 44. Bxf5+ Kg7 45. Qg4+
$18 {nebst Mattsetzung}) 42. Bxb5 Rg8+ 43. Kh2 Qxb5 44. Qxb5 Rxb5 45. Rc6 Ra5
46. Rd2 Ra3 47. Rg2 Rga8 $11) 41... Kh8 (41... Nc3 42. Qg2+ Kh8 43. Rg1 e6 44.
Bc4 Rd4 45. Qxb7 Rxb7 46. Bxe6 Rb8 47. Rg5 Rxf4 48. Rcg1 Rh4+ (48... h6 49.
Rxf5 Rxf5 50. Bxf5 $18) 49. Kg3 Rd4 50. Kh3 Rd3+ 51. Kh2 Rdd8 52. Bf7 Ne2 53.
Rf1 Nd4 54. Rf4 Nc6 55. Rfxf5 $18 {(} Rd2+ 56. Kh3 Rd3+ 57. Rg3 Rc3 58. h6 {)})
(41... Nd4 42. Qg2+ Kh8 43. Bxf5 Rg8 44. Bg4 Qa8 45. Rc4 Qd8 46. Rc8 Qxc8 47.
Bxc8 Rxg2+ 48. Kxg2 Rd8 49. Kf2 $18) 42. Bxb5 Qxb5 (42... Rxb5 $2 43. e6 $1 $18
) 43. Qxb5 Rdxb5 (43... Rbxb5 $2 44. h6 $18) 44. Rc7 $16 {mit großem weißem
Endspielvorteil (} Rg8 45. Rxe7 Rc5 46. Rd3 Rc2+ 47. Kh3 Rf2 48. h6 Rxf4 49.
Rg3 Re4 50. Rxg8+ Kxg8 51. e6 Kf8 52. Rf7+ Kg8 (52... Ke8 53. Rxh7 Rxe6 54. Kh4
$18 f4 55. Kg5 f3 56. Ra7 f2 57. h7) 53. Rf6 $18 Re1 54. Kh4 Re3 55. Kg5 f4 56.
Kg4 f3 57. Kg3 Re1 58. Kf2 Re4 59. Kxf3 Re1 60. Kf4 {usw.)}) ({II} 27... Qg5
28. g3 h5 29. h4 Qe5 30. Qe2 Qd4 31. Kg2 {/\f4+/-}) 28. Bf1 Rb8 29. Re3 Qe5 30.
Qe2 Rc5 31. Rd1 Rbc8 32. g3 {[#]} Rb8 $2 ({Worauf beide Akteure eine taktische
Finesse übersehen. Relativ besser war} 32... Qe6 $142 $16) 33. Rd5 Qa1 {
[#] In der Hitze des Gefechts und nahender Zeitkontrolle entgeht nun dem
Weißen eine durchschlagende taktische Wendung, die den Kampf rasch beendet
hätte.} ({Jetzt war es auch für} 33... Qe6 {wegen} 34. e5 $3 {mit tödlicher
Öffnung der Mitte zu spät:} Rxd5 (34... fxe5 35. Rxc5 dxc5 36. Rxe5 $18) 35.
cxd5 Qxd5 36. exf6+ exf6 37. Re7+ Kh8 (37... Kh6 38. Qg4 Rf8 (38... Rb7 39.
Qh4+ $18) (38... Qg5 39. Qe6 Rf8 40. Rb7 Rh8 41. Qf7 $18) 39. Qh4+ Qh5 40. Qxb4
$18) 38. Qg4 Rf8 39. Qd7 Qg8 40. Bg2 Rd8 41. Rxh7+ Qxh7 42. Qxd8+ Kg7 43. Qe7+
Kh6 44. Qxf6 $18 (44. Qxd6 $18)) 34. Rd1 ({Ebenso wäre hier der Vorstoß} 34.
e5 $142 $3 {vernichtend gewesen:} Rxd5 (34... fxe5 35. Rxc5 dxc5 36. Rxe5 $18)
35. exf6+ Kg8 (35... Qxf6 36. Rxe7+ (36. cxd5 Re8 37. Re6 Qf7 38. Qe4 Kf8 39.
Qxb4 Ra8 (39... Nb1 40. Qe1 Qf5 41. Re3 Rc8 (41... Na3 42. Qa1 $18) 42. Bd3
Qxd5 43. Qxb1 $18) 40. Qd4 Kg8 41. b4 $18) 36... Kf8 37. Re6 Qf5 38. cxd5 Qxd5
39. Re7 $18) 36. cxd5 (36. f7+ Kg7 37. cxd5 Rf8 38. Rxe7 Qf6 39. Re6 $18 {
, z.B.} Qd4 40. Rxd6 Rxf7 41. Re6 Qxd5 42. Qb2+ Kg8 43. Re8+ Rf8 44. Rxf8+ Kxf8
45. Qh8+ Qg8 46. Qxg8+ Kxg8 47. Bd3 {- der Rappe bleibt ausgesperrt.}) 36...
Qxf6 37. Re6 Qf5 38. Rxe7 Nb1 (38... Rf8 39. Bg2 $18 Nb1 40. f4 (40. Qe6+ Qxe6
41. dxe6)) 39. Qe3 $1 (39. Re8+ Rxe8 40. Qxe8+ Qf8 41. Qe6+ Kg7 42. Qe4 $1 Nc3
43. Qxb4 $18 {, z.B.} Nxd5 (43... Qf3 44. Qxd6) 44. Qd4+ Nf6 45. b4 Qb8 46. b5
d5 47. b6 Kf7 48. Qc5) 39... Qf6 40. Re6 Qc3 41. Re8+ Rxe8 42. Qxe8+ Kg7 43.
Qe7+ Kg8 44. Qxd6 $18) 34... Qe5 35. Kh2 (35. Rd5 $142 $1) 35... Qh5 36. Qd2
Rc7 37. Rd3 Qa5 38. h4 Qb6 39. Rd5 Rc5 40. Rd4 (40. h5 $142 $1) 40... Rb7 41.
Bh3 Re5 42. f4 Ra5 43. Be6 Rba7 44. Kh3 Rc7 45. Rd3 Rca7 46. Qe2 Qc6 47. R3d2
Qb6 48. Rf1 Qc5 49. Kh2 (49. Rd5 $142 $1 Qc6 50. h5 $40 {+-} Qe8 51. Kg2 gxh5 (
51... Qa8 52. hxg6 hxg6 53. f5) 52. f5) 49... Ra8 (49... Qh5 50. g4 $5 Qxh4+ (
50... Qc5 51. Kg2) 51. Kg2 {/\Rh1} Qh6 52. Qf2 $40 {+-}) 50. Bd5 (50. g4) 50...
Rf8 51. f5 $1 $40 {[#] +- Das Partiefinale bestätigt die Strategie des
Weißen, der zu guter Letzt sein Kräfteübergewicht am Königsflügel mit der
nötigen Geduld und taktischen Findigkeit zur Geltung bringt, während der
Verteidiger nur hinhaltenden Widerstand entgegensetzen kann.} Ra7 ({Oder z.B.:
I} 51... Qc8 52. g4 h6 53. Kg2 g5 (53... Kh8 54. g5) 54. Rh1 Rh8 55. Rdd1 {
nebst Öffnung der h-Linie}) ({II} 51... gxf5 52. exf5 Qc7 53. Re1 Ra7 54. Qg4+
Kh8 55. Rde2 Qd8 56. h5) 52. Qf3 Rh8 53. g4 Rf8 54. g5 Kh8 55. Qg3 gxf5 56.
exf5 fxg5 57. Qxg5 e6 58. fxe6 Rxf1 59. Qd8+ Kg7 60. Rg2+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U20 56th"]
[Site "Tarvisio"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.11.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was a very important game in the championship, when the strong Russian
GM was leading after 5 rounds with a perfect score.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+
Nd7 4. a4 {New fashion! Before Tari another Norwegian has used this weapon:
Magnus Carlsen.} Ngf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. a5 Bg7 ({Probably it is necessary to stop
the pawn by} 6... a6 {like Vachier Lagrave did.}) 7. a6 (7. O-O {has been
played here:} O-O 8. d3 a6 9. Bc4 b5 10. axb6 Nxb6 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Re1 e6 13.
e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nfd5 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Bxa4 Nb6 {Giri,A (2778)-Vachier Lagrave,
M (2765) Reykjavik 2015, with equality.}) 7... O-O 8. O-O Ne8 $5 {Interesting
transfer, as other moves do not seem to be very promising} (8... Nb6 9. Re1
bxa6 10. Bxa6 Bxa6 11. Rxa6 $14) ({or} 8... e6 9. d3 Qb6 10. axb7 Bxb7 11. Re1
Rfd8 12. Ba4 h6 13. h3 d5 14. e5 Nh7 15. Bxd7 Rxd7 16. d4 cxd4 17. Ne2 d3 18.
Qxd3 d4 19. Nexd4 g5 20. c3 Nf8 {Carlsen,M (2822)-Dreev,A (2648) Tbilisi GEO
2017, with some compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 9. d4 bxa6 ({Clearly
better than} 9... Nc7 10. Bxd7 Qxd7 11. dxc5 Nxa6 12. cxd6 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 exd6
14. Nb5 (14. Bf4 Rd8 15. Rfd1 Nb4 16. Ne1 d5 17. Nb5 $14) 14... Bd7 15. Nxd6
Bc6 16. e5 Nb4 17. Bf4 Nxc2 18. Rad1 $14) 10. Bxa6 Bxa6 11. Rxa6 cxd4 12. Nxd4
Qc8 (12... Nc7 13. Ra3 Nc5 14. Be3 a5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 e6 17. dxe6 Nxe6
18. c3 $14) 13. Ra2 Nef6 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Rd1 a6 16. f3 Qb7 17. Be3 ({A more
active way was} 17. Bg5 Rfc8 18. Qe3 $13) 17... Rfd8 18. Qf2 e5 19. Nde2 Ne6
20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Nf8 ({A very logical try was} 21... Nc7 22. Nc3 (22. Bb6
$6 Rdb8 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. Nc3 f5 $15) 22... Nb5 23. Na4 Nd4 $13) 22. Nc3 Nd7 ({
An immediate reinforcement of the centre with} 22... f5 {was better.}) 23. Qe2
({Here White could stop it with} 23. g4) 23... f5 24. Rda1 Nf6 25. Qc4 e4 $1 {
Much more aggressive than} (25... Rdc8 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. cxb3 Rcb8 28. Rxa6 Rxa6
29. Rxa6 Rxb3 30. Rxd6 Rxb2 $11) 26. Rxa6 Rxa6 27. Rxa6 Qxb2 28. Ra7 $2 (28.
Ra2 Qb8 29. Nb5 $11) 28... Nh5 $6 {Not bad, but Black would get big winning
chances with the typical} (28... Bh6 $1 29. Bf2 (29. Nd1 $145 Bxe3+ 30. Nxe3
Qb6 31. Qc7 Qxe3+ 32. Kf1 Qc1+ 33. Kf2 Qd2+ 34. Kf1 Qd1+ 35. Kf2 Qd4+ 36. Kf1
Rd7 $1 37. Qc8+ Kg7 38. Rxd7+ Kh6 $1 $19) 29... Qxc2 30. Rc7 Bf4 $19) 29. Ne2
exf3 $6 ({Still, an advantage was kept after} 29... f4 30. Qc7 Rf8 31. Rb7 Qa2
32. Bc1 exf3 33. gxf3 Qxd5 $17) 30. gxf3 Re8 ({Black could keep a draw with
the sharp attack} 30... Qb1+ 31. Kf2 Qh1 32. Qc7 Rf8 33. Bf4 g5 34. Bxd6 g4 35.
Bxf8 Qxf3+ 36. Ke1 Qh1+ 37. Kd2 Qxd5+) 31. Qc7 Qf6 $2 ({Now a much better try
was} 31... Qb8 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33. Rb7 Qa8 34. Kf2 $16) 32. Bd4 Qf8 33. Kf1 $1 Rc8
({An easy job awaited Tari after} 33... Ra8 34. Rxa8 Qxa8 35. Bxg7 Nxg7 36.
Qxd6 $18) 34. Qd7 Rd8 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Rf7 Qg8 37. Bxg7+ Nxg7 38. Qf6 $1 {
Black is in practical zugzwang!} 1-0

[Event "Geneve FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "2013.05.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Ushenina, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:32:05"]
[BlackClock "0:31:13"]

{It was the game of the tournament for both players - in September they will
play a match for the World Championship title in the home city of Hou Yifan.
So, this game was a real warming up for them or, maybe, game 0! Moment zero.
Now they really understand the power of the opponent. I would not overestimate
or underestimate the result. Of course, it can have different impact on the
players and it is not clear what is better. Of course, it always good to win,
but... Let us wait and enjoy their fantastic struggle!} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3.
Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Qxd4 g6 ({The classical way is} 6... e5 7.
Qd3 h6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O) 7. e5 dxe5 8. Qxe5 ({Another capture is possible,
but does not promise too much:} 8. Nxe5 Bg7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Nxd7 (10. Nc3 Qb6
11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Qb4 a6 13. Be3 Bxc3 14. Bxb6 Bxb4 15. Bxd7 Bd6 16. Bxc8 Raxc8
17. c3 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Yermolinsky,A/Hyderabad 2002}) 10... Nxd7 11. Qa4
Nb6 $1 12. Rxd8 Rxd8 13. Qf4 Rd1+ 14. Bf1 Nd5 15. Qf3 Rxc1 16. Qxd5 Bxb2) 8...
Bg7 9. Re1 e6 ({A new idea here is} 9... a6 10. Bxd7+ Bxd7 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12.
Qxf6 O-O 13. Qxe7 Bc6 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Ne5 Be4 16. Na3 Bf5 17. c3 b5 18. Nc6
Rd2 19. Ne7+ Kg7 20. Nxf5+ gxf5 21. Rab1 Rad8 22. Kf1 Kf6 23. Re2 Rd1+ 24. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 25. Re1 Rd2 26. Re2 Rd1+ 27. Re1 Rd2 28. Re2 Rd1+ {1/2 Velicka,P (2469)
-Rausis,I (2512)/Czech Republic CZE 2013}) 10. Qd6 a6 11. Bf1 Bf8 (11... Qe7 {
is not the best idea:} 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Nbd2 b6 14. b3 {Black does not have
weak pawns but falls behind in development.} Kf8 15. Nc4 Kg8 (15... Nd5 16.
Ba3+ Kg8 17. Rad1 Bc3 $5) 16. Ba3 Bb7 17. Nfe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Ne4 (18... Rd8 19.
Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Nd5 21. Bb2 $36 {[%csl Rg8]}) 19. Bb2 Rc8 20. Rad1 $1 (20.
c4 $5) 20... Bf6 21. Rd7 Nc5 $8 22. Rd6 b5 $8 23. Bd4 {with advantage in
Rublevsky,S (2686)-Ye Jiangchuan (2681)/Moscow 2004.}) ({Ushenina believed
that a more proper move here is} 11... Qb6 {but could not remember her old
analysis.}) 12. Qd3 (12. Qf4 {deserves serious attention}) 12... Bg7 13. c4 O-O
14. Nc3 b6 ({A better try was to develop differently in the centre:} 14... Qc7
15. g3 e5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Be3 Re8 18. Qc2 Nc5) 15. Bf4 Bb7 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. h3
Rd8 18. Na4 $2 {Looks tempting, but it is a serious mistake - decentralisation.
} ({White could keep a slight advantage after} 18. a3 Nh5 19. Bh2 Bh6 20. Ne5
Nxe5 21. Qxd8+ Qxd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bxe5 Bf4 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 25. g3 Nh5 26.
Na4 Rd6 27. c5 bxc5 28. Nxc5 Bc8) 18... b5 $1 {An unexpected counterstrike.} ({
White was ready for a long line:} 18... Bc6 19. Nxb6 Nxb6 20. Qxd8+ Qxd8 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bc7 Rc8 23. Bxb6 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nd7 25. Be3 Bxb2 26. Rb1 Ba3 {
but it is not clear what will happen after the blockade on c5.}) 19. cxb5 ({
White could hold better after} 19. Nc3 bxc4 20. Qxc4 Bxf3 21. Qxc8 Rdxc8 22.
gxf3) 19... axb5 20. Rc1 Nc5 21. Qxb5 {Ushenina honestly admitted that she
overlooked this move, but eventually Black obtains a very strong initiative
here.} ({White would get a worse ending after} 21. Rxc5 Rxd3 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23.
Bxd3 bxa4 24. Ne5 Nd5) 21... Rxa4 22. Rxc5 Qa8 23. Bc7 Rc8 24. Ne5 ({White
would get a slightly worse position after the best move} 24. Bd6 Rxc5 25. Bxc5
Bxf3 26. gxf3 Ra5 27. Qc4 Nd7) 24... Rxa2 25. Nc4 Nd5 $1 {Now White's pieces
started to be vulnerable.} 26. Bg3 ({It was necessary to try} 26. Be5) 26...
Bc6 27. Qb3 Bd4 $1 {A very strong move - now the white rook is in trouble.} 28.
Nd6 Rxb2 (28... Bxc5 {was very strong:} 29. Nxc8 Bd4 30. Rb1 Kg7 31. Qc4 Bf6
32. Nd6 Rxb2) 29. Qc4 Bxc5 30. Qxc5 Rcb8 {Now Rb1 is a threat and it becomes
clear, that White is in serious trouble.} 31. Ne4 Rb1 32. Re2 Rxf1+ $1 33. Kh2
(33. Kxf1 {lost immediately:} Rb1+ 34. Re1 Qa6+) 33... Rbb1 {Black has won a
rook and White has just a few cheap threats.} 34. Be5 Rh1+ 35. Kg3 Rhe1 36. Ra2
{This brave sacrifice cannot help.} Qxa2 37. Qxc6 Qa3+ 38. f3 Rxe4 $1 39. Bd6
Qxd6+ 40. Qxd6 Reb4 0-1

[Event "Zonal Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1978.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Qe2 (5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 (
7. Ba4 c4 8. Bc2 e5 {N} (8... Rc8 {39/226}) 9. b3 b5 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. d3 (11. b4
{/\ a2-a4,Na3 ><b5}) 11... cxb3 12. axb3 b4 13. Rxa6 $6 (13. Bb2 $10 {Dokhojan/
}) 13... bxc3 $15 {Rozentalis,E-Dokhojan,Y/Bad Godesberg/1994/}) (7. Bf1 Bg4 8.
d3 e6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 d5 13. f4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nd7 $1
{N} 15. Nhf3 $6 h5 16. f5 Bh7 17. Nc4 hxg4 18. hxg4 Qc7 19. Qd2 b5 20. Ne3 Nde5
21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bg2 {Arhipov,S-Dokhojan,Y/Munster/1993/} c4 $1 $17 {Dohojan,Y
}) 7... Bxc6 8. d4 Bxe4 9. Bg5 Bd5 10. Nbd2 e6 11. c4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 cxd4 13.
Qxb7 Qc8 14. Qf3 {N} Be7 15. Nb3 h6 $1 16. Bh4 O-O 17. Rac1 $6 (17. Qd3 $10 {
Sher/}) 17... Rb8 $1 $15 {Pedersen,H-Sher,M/Farum/1993/}) (5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 $5 {
N} Nxe4 7. Re1 Nf6 8. d5 (8. Bg5 $5 h6 $5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 $13 {Tukmakov,V}) 8...
Ne5 9. Bxd7+ Nexd7 10. Na3 $1 Nb6 $1 11. Bg5 Nfd7 12. Qb3 $13 {Georgiev,
Kr-Tukmakov,V/Chania/1992/0:1/50/}) 5... g6 6. e5 $6 dxe5 (6... d5 7. Bxc6 Bxc6
8. d4 $14) 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 (7... Nd4 $4 8. Qc4 $18) 8. Qxe5 Bxb5 (8... Nf6 $6 9.
Qxc5 Rc8 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qxa7 $18) 9. Qxh8 Bxf1 (9... Nf6 $6 10. d3 Qd6 11.
Bg5 (11. Bh6 $2 Ng4 12. Qxf8+ Kd7 $19) 11... O-O-O 12. Bxf6 exf6 13. Qxh7 $18)
10. Qxg8 Bxg2 $5 (10... Ba6 $5 11. d3 Qd4 12. Nc3 Qg7 13. Qxg7 Bxg7 $15) 11.
Kxg2 Qd5+ 12. Kg1 Qg5+ 13. Kf1 Qh5 14. Nc3 Qxh2 15. Nd1 Rc8 (15... Rd8 $6 16.
d3 c4 17. Be3 cxd3 18. cxd3 Rxd3 19. Rc1 $16) 16. d3 (16. Qh8 $5) 16... c4 17.
d4 (17. Ne3 $2 cxd3 18. cxd3 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Qh1+ $19) 17... Qh1+ 18. Ke2 Qh5+
19. f3 Rc6 20. Nf2 Re6+ 21. Be3 Qh6 (21... Qb5 $5 $36) 22. Ng4 (22. Ne4 Rxe4
23. fxe4 Qh5+ 24. Kd2 Qh2+ 25. Kc3 Qg3 $10) 22... Rxe3+ 23. Kf2 $1 (23. Nxe3
Qh2+ 24. Ke1 Qg3+ $10) 23... Rxf3+ $1 24. Kxf3 Qh3+ 25. Kf4 f5 $2 (25... Qh4 $1
26. Kf3 (26. Rg1 f5 27. Qxc4 fxg4 $132) 26... Qh3+ 27. Kf4 Qh4 $10) 26. Nf6+
exf6 27. Re1+ Kd7 28. Qf7+ Kc6 29. Qxc4+ $18 Kd6 30. Qe6+ Kc7 31. Qf7+ Kc6 32.
d5+ Kb6 33. Re6+ Ka5 34. Qc7+ Ka4 35. Qc4+ Ka5 (35... Bb4 36. Ra6+ bxa6 37.
Qxa6+ Ba5 38. Qc6+ Kb4 39. c3+ {Usachij/}) 36. Qc7+ Ka4 37. Qc4+ Ka5 38. Qc3+
Qxc3 39. bxc3 Kb5 40. Rxf6 Bh6+ 41. Kf3 Kc5 42. c4 Bg7 43. Re6 Bf8 44. Re8 Bd6
(44... Bd6 45. Rc8+ Kb6 46. a4 a5 47. Ke3 Bc5+ 48. Kd3 g5 49. Rg8 g4 50. Rg5
Bf2 51. Rxf5 g3 52. Ke2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.09.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 {Compared to 3...Bd7, this approach tries to
keep an imbalance in the position and looks for fighting chess.} 4. O-O a6 5.
Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 {Sticking to the traditional Bd3-c3-Bc2 plan.} (6. Re1 b5 7. c4
$5 {is the other approach, tried by Carlsen against Nakamura in Zurich rapid
2014.}) 6... b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1 Rc8 {Grischuk had faced this position from
Black thrice before this game, albeit all three were blitz games.} (8... e5 {
leads to typical Ruy Lopez type positions after} 9. d4) 9. a4 ({Instead} 9. d4
$6 {is premature} cxd4 10. cxd4 Qc7 11. Bd3 (11. Nc3 $2 b4 $17) 11... Nxe4 $132
{[%csl Rc1]}) ({Ivanchuk refrained from opening the a<-> and continued} 9. d3
e5 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Nf1 O-O 12. Ng3 Re8 13. h3 Bf8 {Here, out of the many
possibilities Ivanchuk chose} 14. Nh2 {but after} d5 {Grischuk did not face
any serious problems and went on to draw the game later. 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V 
(2704)-Grischuk,A (2810)/Beijing 2014/CBM 163 Extra (54)}) 9... b4 ({The first
blitz game between Karjakin and Grischuk in June 2014 went -} 9... e5 10. axb5
axb5 11. d4 Be7 12. d5 $5 Ra8 $132 {0-1 Karjakin,S (2771)-Grischuk,A (2792)/
Flor & Fjaere 2014/CBM 160 Extra (73)}) 10. a5 ({The second blitz game played
in September 2014 saw -} 10. d4 $5 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qc7 12. Bd3 Nxe4 13. Qe2 Nef6
14. Bxa6 e6 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nbd2 $14 {[%csl Ga4] 1-0 Karjakin,S (2777)
-Grischuk,A (2789)/Moscow 2014/CBM 162 Extra (43). With a slight edge for
White due to the o^.}) 10... Qc7 11. d3 bxc3 12. bxc3 e6 13. h3 {[%cal Gc1f4,
Gf4h2] Trying to avoid the harassment of the B after it is developed to f4.}
Be7 14. Bf4 ({Instead} 14. Nbd2 O-O {would transpose to a game that came from
a different move order. It went} 15. Nf1 $5 (15. Nc4 d5 $132) 15... Rfd8 16.
Bg5 Nf8 17. Qd2 Ng6 18. N1h2 d5 19. e5 Ne4 $1 $132 {0-1 Sivuk,V (2519)
-Artemiev,V (2636)/Loo 2014/CBM 160 (75)}) 14... O-O 15. Nbd2 Bc6 16. Nc4 (16.
d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Bb5 $132) 16... Bb5 17. Nfd2 (17. e5 $5 Nxe5 (17... dxe5 $6
18. Nfxe5 $1 {[%cal Ge5g6]} Nd5 19. Ng6 $1 Qd8 (19... Nxf4 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21.
Nxc8 $16) 20. Nxf8 Nxf4 21. Nxd7 $16) 18. Nfxe5 Nd5 19. Bg3 dxe5 20. Nxe5 {
[%cal Gc3c4]} Nxc3 21. Qd2 Nd5 22. Nxf7 Qd7 23. Ne5 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Rd3,Re6]})
17... Rfd8 (17... e5 18. Bg3 $14 {[%cal Gc4e3,Ge3f5,Ge3d5]}) (17... Ne5 18.
Bxe5 dxe5 19. Nb6 Rcd8 20. Ndc4 $11) 18. Bg3 Ne8 ({Black must have already
started considering} 18... Ne5 $5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Nf3 Bd6 $11) 19. Kh2 {
Both sides are using a waiting strategy, improving there pieces. White has not
found a favourable position to play d4 so he is likely to go for the f4-plan.
Meanwhile Black feels that he is ready for that Kingside activity which is
characteristic of the Sicilian.} (19. Ba4 $5 Rb8 (19... Bxa4 20. Qxa4 $14) 20.
Qc2 Bf6 $13) 19... Rb8 20. Ne3 Ne5 21. Qe2 (21. d4 $6 Nd3 $15) 21... Nc6 22.
Nb3 Ne5 23. Nd2 Nc6 24. Ndc4 Nf6 25. Kh1 {[%cal Gg3h2,Gf2f4]} (25. f4 g6 {
[%cal Gg6h5] /\...Nh5}) 25... Ne5 26. f4 {Finally, the dance of the Ns comes
to an end.} ({It would be inadvisable to play} 26. Nxe5 dxe5 {[%csl Rd3,Ge5,
Ge6][%cal Gd8d3] giving Black a typical advantageous o/o with unpleasant
pressure down the d<->.}) ({Worth considering was} 26. Na3 $5 {aiming to play
f4 without allowing N exchanges.}) 26... Nxc4 27. dxc4 (27. Nxc4 d5 (27... Bxc4
28. dxc4 g6 $13 (28... e5 $5 {Trying to shut down White's Bs.})) 28. exd5 exd5
29. Nb6 (29. Qxe7 Qxe7 30. Rxe7 dxc4 31. dxc4 Bxc4 $15 {[%cal Gb8b1,Gd8d1]})
29... Re8 $132) 27... Bc6 {In this Nimzo/Sicilian structure there does not
seem to be any reason for Black to worry. Although he does not have the
d4-square like he does often in positions with the White P on b3 instead of c3,
he does have the dark squared B which he usually has to part with to get the
White Ps doubled on c<->.} 28. Nd1 (28. e5 Ne4 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 $15 {[%csl Ge4,
Ge7] ^^}) (28. Ng4 Nxg4 29. Qxg4 Rb2 $15) 28... g6 29. Bh2 Nh5 {As is usual in
similar situations, Black does not mind provoking the White g-P forward.} 30.
Qe3 Bh4 31. g3 Be7 32. Kg1 Re8 (32... Bf8 $5 33. g4 Nf6 34. Nf2 Bg7 35. g5 Nd7
$15) 33. e5 (33. g4 Nf6 34. Nf2 Nd7 $15) 33... Ng7 (33... Ba8 $142 {[%cal
Gc7c6,Gc6h1] /\...Qc6, would be a thematic move. But after} 34. g4 {the move}
f5 $1 {would not be an easy move to find in time pressure.} (34... Qc6 35. Be4
Qxe4 36. Qxe4 Bxe4 37. Rxe4 Ng7 $15) (34... Ng7 35. Nf2 Qc6 36. Qe4 $13) 35.
exf6 (35. gxh5 Qc6 36. Be4 (36. Qg3 Bh4 $1 37. Qxh4 Qg2#) 36... Qxe4 $17) 35...
Nxf6 36. Nf2 Rb2 $36) (33... dxe5 34. fxe5 f5 (34... Ba8 $5) 35. exf6 Bd6 {
[%cal Gc6h1,Gd6h2]} 36. Ba4 Bxa4 37. Rxa4 Nxf6 $15) 34. g4 f5 (34... dxe5 $5
35. fxe5 Ba8 36. Nf2 Rb2 $15) 35. exf6 (35. gxf5 exf5 $19 {[%csl Re5][%cal
Ge8e1,Ge7h4,Gg7e6]}) (35. g5 dxe5 36. fxe5 Ba8 $19 {[%csl Re5,Rg1,Rg5][%cal
Ga8h1]}) (35. exd6 Bxd6 $17 {[%csl Rf4,Rg1][%cal Ge8f8,Gd6f4,Gf8f4]}) 35...
Bxf6 36. Nf2 Bh4 (36... Rb2 $142 37. Re2 (37. Ne4 $6 Bxe4 38. Bxe4 Rb3 (38...
Reb8) 39. Rec1 Bd4 $1 $19) 37... Ba8 (37... Nf5 $5 38. gxf5 exf5 39. Qd3 Rxe2
40. Qxe2 Bxc3 41. Rd1) 38. Qd2 (38. Nd3 $4 Bxc3 39. Nxb2 Bd4 $19) (38. Nd1 Qc6)
38... Qb7 (38... Qc6 39. Ne4) 39. Ne4 Be7 $40 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gd6d5,Gg7f5,
Ga8h1] /\...d5 or...Nf5.}) 37. Re2 Bxf2+ $6 {This decision is probably the
result of time pressure. The dark squared B seemed more valuable.} (37... Rb2
38. Nd3 Rb7 $13) 38. Rxf2 Rf8 39. Bg3 Rbe8 $6 {This passive move is most
likely the result of the same problem stated above, time.} ({With the White K
still not very comfortable, activity was the way to counter White's ^^
advantage. For example} 39... Rb2 40. Rd2 (40. h4 Ba8 41. h5 $6 Qb7 $15) 40...
Ba8 $132) 40. Kh2 Rf7 (40... e5 $2 41. fxe5 (41. f5 $14) 41... Rxf2+ 42. Qxf2
dxe5 43. Qxc5 $16) 41. Rd1 $14 {[%csl Gc2,Gg3][%cal Gc2h7,Gg3h4,Gh4g5,Gg5h6,
Gh3h4,Gh4h5,Gf4f5] White has come out slightly better after the time control.
Both his Bs have good scope. The P-structure on the >> is quite fluid and
Black's pieces are somewhat passive. White's main plans would be manoeuvering
the dark-squared B to h6 or playing h4-h5 or even f5 at the right moments.
Black, on the other hand will have to wait and look to counter in the center
in order to open lines towards the White K.} Rd7 (41... Qxa5 $6 42. Rxd6 $16)
42. Rfd2 Qd8 (42... Red8 43. f5 gxf5 44. gxf5 exf5 45. Qg5 {[%csl Rd6,Rf5]
[%cal Gg3c7,Gg5g8,Gc2f5]} Be4 (45... Kh8 46. Bxf5 Nxf5 47. Qxf5 $18 {[%csl Rd6,
Rh8]}) 46. Bxe4 fxe4 47. Qd5+ Kh8 48. Qxe4 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Rh8]}) 43. h4 (43.
Qf2 $5 $14 {[%cal Gg3h4]}) 43... Rf8 {[%cal Gg7e8,Gd7h7] Black braces for h5.}
44. Rf2 (44. h5 $6 gxh5 45. Qd3 Ne8 $15) 44... Kh8 {Black could have
considered taking the P here itself.} ({After} 44... Qxa5 $142 $5 45. h5 gxh5
46. f5 exf5 47. gxf5 Qd8 $13 {The position is complicated but White does not
get the domination he got in the game because of} 48. f6 $2 Rxf6 {[%csl Rd1]
[%cal Gb1b8]}) 45. Rb1 {[%cal Gb1b6]} (45. h5 $6 gxh5 46. f5 exf5 47. gxf5 h4
$17) 45... Qxa5 $8 46. h5 $40 gxh5 47. f5 exf5 48. gxf5 Qd8 $6 ({Black's best
bet now was} 48... Ne8 {[%cal Ga5c3] keeping the Q active for a while. But
even then after} 49. Rb8 {[%csl Re8]} ({If White continued as in the game then
after} 49. f6 Rdf7 50. Bh4 Rg8 {he may have to look for other ideas as} 51. Qh6
$2 {does not work due to} Qxc3) 49... h4 $8 (49... Rdf7 50. Bxd6 Nxd6 51. Rxf8+
Rxf8 52. Qe5+ $18) 50. Bxh4 Rdf7 51. Rc8 Bd7 52. Rd8 $14 {White keeps the
chances}) 49. f6 $1 Ne8 (49... Rxf6 50. Rxf6 Qxf6 51. Rb8+ Rd8 52. Qd3 {
[%csl Rd8,Rf6]} Kg8 (52... Nf5 53. Qxf5 $18) 53. Qxh7+ Kf7 54. Rxd8 Qxd8 55.
Bg6+ Ke6 $8 56. Qxg7 $18) 50. Bh4 Rdf7 51. Qh6 $1 {[%cal Gc2g6,Gg6h7,Gb1g1] /
\Bh7 or Bg6 or Rg1} Rg8 (51... Nc7 52. Rg1 {[%cal Gg1g7]} Rg8 53. Rg7 $18) 52.
Re1 $6 {[%cal Ge1e7]} ({Simpler was} 52. Rg1 Rxg1 (52... Qc7 53. Rxg8+ Kxg8 54.
Rf1 $1 d5+ (54... Qd7 55. Rg1+ Kh8 56. Bxh7 $18) 55. Bg3 Qd7 56. Be5 $18 {
[%cal Gf1g1,Gc2h7]}) 53. Kxg1 {[%cal Gc2g6,Gg6h7,Gh6f8]} Qd7 (53... Nc7 54.
Qg7+ $1 $18) 54. Bf5 Qb7 55. Bxh7 $18) 52... d5 $1 53. Qxh5 ({For the sake of
establishing the truth we can have a look at} 53. Re6 $5 Qc7+ 54. Rf4 $1 {
because working this move out properly in the game with the second and final
time control approaching would definitely not be easy.} (54. Qf4 Rg4 55. Qxc7
Rxh4+ 56. Kg3 Rg4+ 57. Kh3 Nxc7 58. Rxc6 Rxc4 59. Bd1 Rxc3+ 60. Kg2 Ne8 61. Rc8
(61. Bxh5 $2 Rxf6) 61... Re3 62. Bxh5 Kg8 63. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $11) 54... dxc4 (54...
Rg4 $5 55. Bg5 $18 {[%cal Gc2h7]} (55. Bg3 $18)) (54... d4 55. Re7 Rg2+ 56. Kh3
Rxc2 57. Rxc7 Rxc3+ 58. Kh2 Nxc7 59. Qxh5 $16) 55. Re7 (55. Bxh7 Rxh7 56. f7
Rxh6 57. Rxh6+ Kg7 58. Rg6+ Kxg6 59. fxg8=Q+ Ng7 60. Qxc4 $13) 55... Rg2+ 56.
Kh3 Rxc2 57. Rxc7 Nxc7 58. Qxh5 $16) (53. Re7 {does not achieve the same
result as Re6 because Black manages to exchange all major pieces after} Qd6+
54. Qf4 (54. Rf4 $2 Rxe7 $19 {[%cal Gd6h6]}) 54... Qxf4+ 55. Rxf4 Rxe7 56. fxe7
Rg4 $1 57. Rxg4 (57. Rf8+ Kg7 58. Bg3 dxc4 59. Be5+ Kh6 $11) 57... hxg4 58.
cxd5 Bxd5 59. Kg3 $11) 53... Qd6+ 54. Re5 {Bravely keeping the Qs on the board.
} ({Also interesting was} 54. Qe5 $5 Rg4 (54... Qxe5+ 55. Rxe5 dxc4 56. Rxc5
Rg4 57. Rxc6 Rxh4+ 58. Kg3 Rh5 59. Ba4 $14) 55. cxd5 Qxe5+ 56. Rxe5 Rxh4+ 57.
Kg3 Rc4 (57... Rh6 58. dxc6 Nxf6 59. Rg5 $1 $18 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Gf2f7,Gf2d2,
Gd2d8,Gc2h7] dominating all important lines of communication}) 58. dxc6 Rxc3+ (
58... Nxf6 59. Rf3 $16) 59. Kh4 Nxf6) 54... d4 $138 {Time remaining after this
move - White: 9 minutes, Black: 2 minutes.} (54... dxc4 55. Bg3 $16) 55. cxd4
$6 (55. Bg3 $142 Nxf6 (55... d3 56. Qxf7 $18) 56. Qxf7 Ng4+ 57. Kg1 Qh6 58.
Qxh7+ Qxh7 59. Bxh7 Nxe5 (59... Kxh7 60. Re7+ Rg7 61. Rxg7+ Kxg7 62. Rf4 $16)
60. Bxg8 Nf3+ 61. Rxf3 Bxf3 62. Bd5 $1 $18) 55... Qxd4 {[%csl Rh4]} 56. Re7
Rxe7 57. fxe7 Qd6+ $6 $138 ({Black had to find} 57... Qg7 $1 {[%cal Gg7g1]} 58.
Bg5 Qe5+ $132 {with sufficient counterchances.}) 58. Kh3 Bd7+ $6 (58... Qe6+
$142 59. Qf5 (59. Bf5 Qe3+ 60. Kh2 Qe5+ $11) 59... Rg6 60. Qxe6 Rxe6 61. Bf5
Re3+ 62. Kg4 $14) 59. Bf5 Qd3+ 60. Rf3 Bxf5+ 61. Qxf5 Qxf5+ 62. Rxf5 $18 {
The dust has settled down and White has come out with a dominating position.
Nakamura flawlessly exploits his advantage in study-like fashion.} Kg7 63. Bg3
$1 {[%cal Gg3e5,Gf5f8]} h6 64. Be5+ Kh7 (64... Kg6 65. Rf8 {transposes to the
game.}) 65. Rf7+ Kg6 66. Rf8 Kh7 67. Bf4 a5 (67... h5 68. Kh4 Rg4+ 69. Kxh5 $18
) 68. Bxh6 a4 69. Be3 $1 a3 70. Bxc5 a2 71. Bd4 Nc7 72. Ba1 Ne8 (72... Rg1 73.
Rh8+ Kg6 74. Rg8+ $18) 73. c5 Nc7 74. c6 Ne8 75. Kh4 Nc7 76. Kh5 Ne8 77. c7 {
Grischuk's time pressure and Nakamura's courageous play summarise the game.
Hikaru went on to tie for second after this last round encounter.} (77. c7 Nxc7
(77... Ng7+ 78. Bxg7 Rxg7 79. e8=Q $18 {[%cal Gf8h8]}) 78. Rf7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "323"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bc4 b5 8. Bf1
e5 9. d4 Be7 10. d5 Na7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Bd3 Nc8 13. Nf1 Nb6 14. h3 Qc7 15. Ng3
a5 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Qc1 h6 18. Be3 c4 19. Bc2 b4 20. Qd1 Reb8 21. Nd2 Nh7 22.
Qe2 Rc8 23. Bxb6 Qxb6 24. Nxc4 Qc5 25. Bd3 bxc3 26. bxc3 Bg5 27. Rab1 Rab8 28.
Nf1 Nf8 29. Kh2 h5 30. Qxh5 Bf4+ 31. Kg1 Bb5 32. Qe2 Bxc4 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34.
Bxc4 Qa3 35. Bb5 Qxc3 36. a4 Rc8 37. g3 Bg5 38. Ne3 Qb4 39. Nc4 Nd7 40. Nxa5
Rc2 41. Qxc2 Qxe1+ 42. Kg2 Nc5 43. Nc6 Bd2 44. Bd3 g6 45. h4 Bc3 46. Be2 Nxa4
47. Ne7+ Kf8 48. Nc8 Bd4 49. Bf3 Qb4 50. h5 gxh5 51. Qc1 Bc5 52. Qh6+ Ke8 53.
Bxh5 Qxe4+ 54. Bf3 Qg6 55. Qh4 Kd7 56. Be4 f5 57. Ne7 Qf7 58. Bxf5+ Kc7 59. f3
Nb6 60. Be6 Qg7 61. Nf5 Qf8 62. Qh7+ Kb8 63. Ne7 Nc4 64. Nc6+ Ka8 65. Qg8 Qxg8
66. Bxg8 Kb7 67. g4 Be3 68. Nd8+ Kc7 69. Ne6+ Kd7 70. g5 Ke7 71. Bh7 Nb6 72. g6
Nxd5 73. g7 Nf6 74. g8=Q Nxg8 75. Bxg8 Kd7 76. Nf8+ Kc6 77. Ng6 Bg5 78. Kh3 Kc5
79. Kg4 Bd8 80. Nf8 Ba5 81. Ne6+ Kc4 82. Kf5 Kd3 83. Ng5 Kd4 84. Ba2 Bb4 85.
Ne6+ Ke3 86. Bd5 Ba5 87. Ng5 Kd4 88. Ke6 Bc7 89. Ne4 Ke3 90. Nxd6 Kf4 91. Be4
Ba5 92. Nb7 Bc3 93. Nc5 Kg5 94. Nd3 Bd2 95. Kxe5 Bc3+ 96. Ke6 Bd2 97. Bc6 Kg6
98. Ke5 Kg5 99. Ke4 Kf6 100. Nf2 Ke6 101. Bd5+ Kd6 102. Ba2 Kd7 103. Ng4 Bg5
104. Ne5+ Kc7 105. Bb3 Bh6 106. Nc4 Bg5 107. Ba4 Kd8 108. Ne3 Kc7 109. Bb5 Kd6
110. Nf5+ Kc5 111. Be8 Kb4 112. Nd4 Bh6 113. Ne2 Kc5 114. Bf7 Bg5 115. Ba2 Bh6
116. f4 Bxf4 117. Nxf4 Kb4 118. Kd4 Kb5 119. Bd5 Kb4 120. Bc4 Ka3 121. Nd3 Ka4
122. Kc5 Ka3 123. Be6 Ka4 124. Nb4 Ka3 125. Kc4 Kb2 126. Bg4 Kc1 127. Kc3 Kb1
128. Nc2 {[#] After 128 moves, and 14 days of non-stop playing, Harika needed
her heuristics to guide her through this elementary mating net. However,
fatigue combined with a lack of enough training almost cost her the win in
this game.} Ka2 129. Be6+ Kb1 130. Ne3 $4 {A terrible idea! Not that it throws
away the win but it is as if Harika was not unfamiliar with the basic winning
technique to mate with bishop and knight.} (130. Bf7 {with what is known as
the two-W maneuver, White can manage mate in about twenty moves in this
position.} Kc1 131. Ba2 Kd1 132. Nd4 {[#]} Ke1 (132... Kc1 133. Ne2+) 133. Kd3
Kf2 134. Ne2 Kf3 135. Be6 {This is the key position in this endgame. The
knight and bishop restrict Black's king in an odd fashion! [#]} Kf2 136. Bd5
Ke1 137. Ke3 Kd1 138. Be4 {not the most precise but the most systematic.} Ke1
139. Bc2 Kf1 140. Nf4 Ke1 141. Ng2+ {The W completes here} Kf1 142. Kf3 Kg1
143. Kg3 Kf1 144. Bd3+ Kg1 145. Nf4 Kh1 146. Be2 Kg1 147. Nh3+ Kh1 148. Bf3#)
130... Ka1 131. Nc4 Kb1 132. Nd2+ Ka1 133. Nb3+ Kb1 134. Bf5+ Ka2 135. Be4 Ka3
136. Bb1 Ka4 137. Nd4 Ka5 138. Kc4 Kb6 139. Bg6 Kc7 140. Kd5 Kd7 141. Nc6 Kc7
142. Kc5 Kd7 143. Bf7 Kc8 144. Be6+ Kc7 145. Ne5 Kb7 146. Bd5+ Kc8 147. Kd6 Kd8
148. Bf7 Kc8 149. Kc6 Kd8 150. Ng6 Kc8 151. Bd5 Kd8 152. Kd6 Ke8 153. Bb3 Kd8
154. Ba4 Kc8 155. Bc6 Kd8 156. Ne5 Kc8 157. Bd7+ Kb7 158. Nc4 Ka6 159. Kc7 Ka7
160. Bb5 Ka8 161. Nb6+ Ka7 162. Nc8+ {And Harika mates after 45 moves!} 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen Aruna"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1997.05.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Mortensen,E"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Having lost four games against Margeir in the Kings Indian as black I was
happy to have a go with the white pieces.} 1. e4 {HarZvi,R} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d4 {an interesting move,
which is not played so often the main move in the position is 8.h3} e6 $6 {
This risky move came as a surprise for me. according to my data a novely,in
almost all the games only one move was played at this position 8...cxd4 even
bu petursson himself 3 years ago} (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 (9... e5 $6 {Horvath,T}
10. d5 Nd4 (10... Nb8 {Horvath,T} 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 g6 13. Nc3 Bg7 14. Be3
O-O 15. g3 Nbd7 $14) 11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bh5 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Nc4 O-O 15. Bh3
$1 b5 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Nf1 Bg6 18. Ng3 h5 $2 19. Kh1 h4 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 g6
22. Rg1 Kg7 23. f4 Rh8 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. d6 Bf6 26. Rc1 Kf8 27. Bh3 {1-0 Glek,
I-Bosch,J/Wijk Sonnevanck (09) ;CBM 46 1995}) (9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 11. d5 Nd4
(11... Ne7 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Nc3 g6 14. Na4 Nc8 15. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Fernandez
Gracia,J-RIbli,Z Thessaloniki olm 1984}) 12. Be3 g6 13. f4 Nh5 14. Nd2 Bg7 15.
fxe5 dxe5 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 O-O 18. Bh3 $16 {Kotronias,V-Kuijf,M Wijk ann
Zee 1992 56/(203)}) 10. exd5 (10. e5 Ng8 (10... Nd7 11. Be3 e6 12. a3 Be7 13.
Nbd2 O-O 14. Bd3 Bh5 15. Qb1 Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qd3 $13 {Kuczynski,R-Hracek,
Z BL 9495 1995}) 11. Be3 e6 12. a3 Nge7 13. Nbd2 Nf5 14. Bd3 Be7 15. Bb1 (15.
Qb1 $14 {HarZvi,R Morozevich,A-Petursson,M London 1994 61/200 [Morozevich,A]})
(15. h3 Bh5 16. Qc2 Bg6 17. b4 O-O 18. Nf1 a5 $13 {Wang Zili-Ye Jianghuan
Beijng 1995}) 15... Qd7 16. b4 Bh5 17. Ra2 O-O 18. h3 Kh8 19. Rf1 Rac8 20. g4
Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bg6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Nb3 Na7 24. Nc5 Qc6 25. a4 b6 26. Nd3 Kg8
27. h4 Qd7 28. g5 Rc3 29. h5 gxh5 30. Nf4 Rxe3 31. Nxh5 Qc6 32. Nf6+ Bxf6 33.
gxf6 g6 34. Rc2 Qd7 35. Qc1 {1-0 Morozevich,A-Petursson,M/London Lloyds (08) ;
EXP 43 1994}) 10... Nxd5 11. Nc3 e6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Be7 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15.
Qxd5 exd5 16. Bg5 Kd7 17. Be3 Nb4 18. Re2 Rac8 19. g3 Nc2 20. Rd1 Nxe3 21. Rxe3
Bf6 22. Bg2 Kd6 23. Rb3 b5 24. Ra3 Rc6 25. Rf3 Rhc8 26. Rdd3 Rc1+ 27. Kh2 R8c2
28. Ra3 Rxb2 29. Rxa6+ Rc6 30. Rxc6+ Kxc6 31. Rf5 Kb6 32. Bxd5 Bxd4 33. Rxf7
Kc5 34. Bb3 Bxf2 35. Kg2 Bd4+ 36. Kf3 Kb4 37. Rf4 {- Tisdall,J-Petursson,M/
Reykjavik ;CBM 13 1989}) 9. d5 $1 (9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Nbd2 $14) 9... Ne5 10. dxe6
fxe6 $6 (10... Bxe6 11. Nxe5 (11. Ng5 $1 {HarZvi,R} Be7 12. f4 Nc6 13. Nxe6
fxe6 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Nf3 $14) 11... dxe5 12. Nd2 (12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. c4 $5 {
[%cal Gb1c3]} (13. a4 c4) 13... Rd4 $8 14. f3 Bxc4 15. Be3 Bxf1 16. Bxd4 Bxg2
17. Bxe5 Bxf3 18. Nd2 $13) 12... Be7 13. a4 $14) (10... Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Bxe6 12.
f4 Be7 13. c4 O-O 14. Nc3 $14) 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. h3 Bh5 (12... Nxf3+ {HarZvi,R})
13. g4 $16 Nxf3+ (13... Bg6 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Qb3 $16) (13... Bf7 {HarZvi,R}
14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Nc4 $16) 14. Nxf3 Bg6 15. e5 Ne4 (15... dxe5 {HarZvi,R} 16.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 17. Nxe5 Bc2 (17... Be4 18. g5) 18. Bg2 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Re6]}) 16.
exd6 Bxd6 (16... Qxd6 17. Qxd6 (17. Qa4+ $1 $16 {[%csl Re4,Re8] HarZvi,R /+-})
17... Bxd6 18. Bd3 $16) 17. Bg5 $1 (17. Bd3 O-O 18. Bxe4 $2 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 (19.
Ng5 $2 {HarZvi,R} Bh2+ $3 20. Kxh2 (20. Kf1 Qxd1 21. Rxd1 Bd5 $15 {/-/+}) 20...
Rxf2+ 21. Kg3 Rg2+ 22. Kf4 Bd3 $1 {with a winning attack for black}) 19... Bh2+
$19) 17... Qd7 (17... Nxg5 18. Nxg5 O-O (18... Qxg5 19. Qxd6 $18 (19. Qxd6 Bf7
20. Re5 $18)) (18... e5 {HarZvi,R} 19. Ne6 Qe7 20. Nxg7+ Kf8 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22.
Qf3 $16) 19. Nxe6 Qf6 20. Qxd6 Qxf2+ 21. Kh1 $18) (17... Be7 $2 {HarZvi,R} 18.
Bxe7 Qxd1 (18... Qxe7 19. Qa4+ $18) 19. Raxd1 Kxe7 20. Ne5 Nf6 21. g5 $18) 18.
Bd3 {the difference is that now black can not castle because the queen on d1
is protected and white will be able to take twice on e4} Nxg5 (18... Nf6 $5 {
HarZvi,R}) 19. Bxg6+ (19. Nxg5 $4 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Bh2+ $19) 19... hxg6 (19... Nf7
$4 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Ne5+ $18) 20. Nxg5 O-O-O 21. Qe2 {/+- ,black has one of
the worst pawn structure I have ever seen,he needs something like a mircale to
save this position,and even a player with fantastic position understanding
could not have done it in this position} (21. Nxe6 Rxh3 22. Nxd8 Qxd8 $132)
21... e5 22. Kg2 Be7 (22... Qc6+ 23. Qe4 $16) 23. Ne4 (23. Nf7 $2 Qd5+ 24. Qf3
Qxf3+ 25. Kxf3 Rhf8 $19) (23. Nf3 $5 Bf6 24. Rad1 Qc6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qe4
$16) 23... Qd3 (23... Qc6 24. Rad1 $16) 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 25. Re3 Rxe3 (25... Rhd8
{HarZvi,R}) 26. fxe3 Kd7 (26... c4 27. Rd1 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Nd2 b5 30.
Kf3 Kd7 31. Ke4 Ke6 32. Nf3 Bd6 33. Ng5+ Kf6 34. Kd5 $18 (34. h4 {HarZvi,R
with Kd5 and Ne4 in the next moves})) 27. c4 {if black has his king on e6 and
could place his pawn on c4 than his bishop would have little more space,he
would have the d5 and d3 squares under his control,but with white's last move
all his dreams disapeare!} Ke6 (27... b5 28. Rc1 Kc6 29. b3 Rb8 30. Kg3 $16)
28. a4 Rb8 29. Ra3 (29. b3 b5 (29... Rd8 $5) 30. axb5 axb5 31. Ra6+ Kf7 32. Rc6
bxc4 33. bxc4 Rb4 34. Nxc5 Rxc4 35. Nd7 $16) 29... b5 30. Rb3 b4 31. Rd3 b3 $8
{only chance since after b3 by white white's king simply comes to e4 the rook
to d5 the knight to f3 and wins...} (31... Rc8 32. b3 Rc7 33. Rd5 Rc8 34. Nd2
Rf8 35. Nf3 Bd6 36. Ng5+ Ke7 37. Ne4 Rd8 38. Kf3 $18) 32. Nd2 Rb4 33. Kf3 $1 (
33. Rxb3 Rxb3 $1 34. Nxb3 e4 35. Nd2 (35. Na1 Bf6) 35... Ke5 $14) 33... Rxa4
34. Rxb3 Rb4 35. Rxb4 (35. Ke4 a5 36. Kd3 a4 37. Ra3 Bf6 (37... Rxb2 38. Rxa4)
38. b3 axb3 39. Rxb3 $16) 35... cxb4 36. Nb3 $1 {black has more than 2
weaknesses,the game is over} Kd6 37. Ke4 Bd8 38. Nc1 $2 (38. Nd2 a5 39. b3 Bf6
(39... a4 40. bxa4 Kc5 41. a5 Bxa5 42. Nb3+ Kb6 43. Kxe5 $18) 40. Nf3 a4 (40...
Ke6 41. Ne1 Kd6 42. Nd3 $18) 41. bxa4 b3 42. Nd2 b2 43. Kd3 Kc5 44. a5 $18)
38... a5 39. b3 Bh4 $2 $138 (39... a4 $1 $11 40. bxa4 Kc5 41. Kd3 (41. a5 Kxc4
42. a6 Bb6 43. g5 Kb5) (41. Nd3+ Kxc4 42. Nxe5+ Kc3) 41... e4+ 42. Kxe4 Kxc4
43. Ke5 Bg5 44. Ke4 Bd8 $11) 40. Nd3 Bf6 41. Nb2 Bh4 42. Nd3 Bf6 43. h4 $1 Bxh4
44. Nxe5 Bf6 (44... a4 45. bxa4 b3 46. Nf3 Kc5 47. a5 Bd8 48. a6 Kb6 49. Kd3
$18) 45. Nxg6 Kc5 (45... a4 46. bxa4 b3 47. Kd3 Kc5 48. a5 $18) 46. Kd3 Kb6 47.
e4 Ba1 48. e5 Kc6 49. e6 {After 49... Lf6 50. e7 Kd7 51. c5 Lxe7 white can win
a piece with 52. c6+ or play 52. Sxe7 Kxe7 53. Kc4 Kd7 54. Kb5.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Movsesian,S"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 $5 {
This move became quite popular recently. The white bishop goes to c2 and in
some cases the game can transpose to a Ruy Lopez.} (7. Bf1 {is another main
line here.}) 7... b5 (7... e5 8. h3 Be7 9. d4 b5 (9... O-O 10. d5 Na7 11. Bc2
h6 12. a4 $14 {Movsesian-Dreev, Solin 2006}) 10. Bc2 O-O (10... Qc7 11. d5 Nd8
12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Nf1 Ne8 14. a4 $14 {Bruzon-Movsesian, ESP (tch) final 2006})
11. d5 Na5 12. b3 (12. Nxe5 $5 dxe5 13. d6 Nc4 14. dxe7 Qxe7 15. b3 Nd6 16. Bg5
Bc6 17. Nd2 h6 18. Bh4 $13 {Turov-Galego Jimenez, Ubeda 2001}) 12... Nb7 13.
Be3 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Rfc8 $13 {Svetushkin-Wang Yue, Moscow 2007}) (7... c4 8. Na3
$5 (8. d4 cxd3 9. Bg5 e6 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Bc2 Ne5
14. Qe3 Kh8 $13 {Sedlak-Vuckovic, Serbia (tch) 2006}) (8. Bc2 Bg4 9. h3 (9. d4
cxd3 10. Qxd3 g6 11. Nbd2 Bg7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 O-O 14. Nd4 Rc8 15. Nxc6
Rxc6 $11 {Mainka-Movsesian, Bundesliga 2006}) 9... Bh5 10. Na3 b5 11. b3 cxb3
12. axb3 e6 $5 13. d4 Be7 14. b4 O-O 15. Bd3 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Nc2 Bg6 18. Ne3
Nb6 $13 {Pavasovic-Atakisi, CRO Cup 2006}) 8... b5 9. Bc2 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. b3
cxb3 12. axb3 e5 13. d4 $5 exd4 14. cxd4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Be7 16. d5 Ne5 17. f4
Ng6 18. e5 dxe5 19. d6 Qxd6 20. Qxd6 Bxd6 21. fxe5 Bb4 22. exf6+ Bxe1 23. fxg7
Rg8 24. Bb2 $44 {Svetushkin-Smirin, Moscow 2007}) 8. Bc2 Bg4 9. d3 e6 10. Nbd2
Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nf1 d5 $5 (12... Nd7 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. d4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4
16. cxd4 O-O (16... Rc8 17. Bd3 Nb6 (17... O-O 18. a4 Qb6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be3
d5 21. exd5 exd5 22. Nf5 $14 {Fressinet-Babula, Goteborg 2005}) 18. Nf5 O-O 19.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. b3 $14 {Fressinet-Abergel, France (tch) 2006}) 17. a4 Re8 18.
Bd3 {0,5 Popovic-Moiseenko, Serbia (tch) 2006}) 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Nh4 O-O 15.
exd5 (15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. e5 Nd7 17. d4 b4 18. Bd3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Qa5 20. Bd2 cxd4
21. cxd4 Bb4 {Pavasovic-Petkov, Zadar 2005. and Black had a nice game.}) 15...
Nxd5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Ne4 Nf6 ({Also} 17... Qd7 18. h4 Nf6 {0,5 Al
Modiahki-Moiseenko, Moscow 2006. looks acceptable for Black...}) 18. Qf3 Qd7
19. Be3 Ne5 20. Nxf6+ (20. Qe2 Nxe4 21. dxe4 Rfd8 $11) 20... gxf6 21. Qg3 (21.
Qe2 {is probably White's only chance to get some edge.} Qc7 22. a4 (22. d4 Nc4
$11) 22... Rfd8 $13) 21... Nxd3 22. Bxd3 Qxd3 23. Rad1 Qf5 24. Qc7 Rfe8 25. Rd7
Rec8 $1 {It is important to leave the other rook on a8. Now White has nothing
more then a draw by repetiton.} 26. Qb7 Rcb8 27. Qc6 Rc8 28. Qb7 (28. Rc7 $6 e5
29. Rd1 Rxc7 30. Qxc7 Re8 {and it would now be Black, who could try to convert
the extra pawn.}) 28... Rcb8 29. Qc6 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Movsesian,S"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 ({In our previous encounter Topalov opted for} 
3... Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10.
O-O a6 11. a4 e6 12. Be3 Rc8 13. b3 Qd8 14. Nde2 Nc6 15. Qd2 Bf8 16. Rfd1 $14 {
Movsesian-Topalov, Nanjing 2008}) 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Bg5
Rc8 8. Nc3 h6 9. Bh4 e5 $5 {Typically for him, Topalov goes for a complicated,
double-edged position.} 10. Qd3 g5 11. Bg3 Nf6 12. h4 ({Also the immediate} 12.
Nd2 $5 {looks quite interesting} b5 13. a4 Qa5 14. O-O bxa4 15. Rfb1 $5 $13 {
Naiditsch-Sanikidze, Rijeka 2010}) 12... g4 $5 $146 {A new approach in this
position.} (12... Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 {with a possible} 14. O-O-O Qc7 15. Kb1 b5
16. Rhe1 $13 {Degraeve-Bologan, Comtois 2002}) 13. Nd2 b5 14. a3 Be6 15. O-O
Be7 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Nf1 Rc4 18. Nd2 {I have to admit, that I underestimated
Black's last move, so in the event of 18...Rc8 I would consider other moves
than 19.Nf1.} (18. a4 $5 O-O 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ne3 Rd4 21. Qe2 Nxe4 22. Rxd4
Qxd4 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 24. Ra7 Bf6 25. Qxb5 $13) 18... Rd4 $5 19. Qe3 Qc6 20. Re1 {
White has to re-group pieces in order to move the knight from d2.} Bd8 $1 21.
Nb3 Rc4 $6 ({More consistent would be} 21... Bb6 22. Qe2 {and only now} Rc4)
22. Rad1 Bb6 23. Qd3 $1 {This is the difference, the white queen is much
better placed on d3.} Rxc3 24. bxc3 Ke7 25. Qd2 Rg8 $6 {This plan seems to be
too slow.} ({After the calm} 25... Bc7 {White most likely doesn't have much
better options than} 26. Qe3 Bb6 27. Qd2 $11) 26. Kh2 Rg6 27. c4 $5 bxc4 $2 {
Overlooking White's idea.} ({After} 27... Bxc4 28. Na5 Bxa5 29. Qxa5 Nxe4 30.
Rxe4 Qxe4 31. Qc7+ Kf8 32. Rxd6 {the position seems pretty drawish.}) 28. Na5
Qc7 29. Nb7 $1 {This untouchable "Trojan" will be very annoying for Black.} Ne8
(29... Qxb7 30. Qxd6+ Ke8 31. Rb1 Nd7 32. h5 $1 Rg5 33. Bh4 $16) 30. Rb1 a5 ({
After} 30... c3 {White has} 31. Qd3 Qxb7 32. Qe3 $1 $18) 31. h5 Rg5 32. Bh4 f6
33. Bxg5 fxg5 34. c3 $1 $18 Ba7 35. Red1 {With a simple idea: 36.Nxd6.} Bd7 36.
Qd5 g3+ 37. Kxg3 1-0

[Event "Petrosian Memorial Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2004.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "210"]
[EventDate "2004.12.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bg4 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 d5 8. e5
Nd7 9. Be3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Rac1 Qb6 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Rc2 Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Rfc1 Rc7 18. a3 Rfc8 19. b4 a5 20. Nc4 Qa6 21. Nxa5
Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Ncxe5 23. dxe5 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Kh2 b6 26. Nb3 Rc3 27.
Nfd4 g5 28. g3 Bd8 29. a4 Rc4 30. a5 bxa5 31. bxa5 Bxa5 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Nxa5
Rc3 34. Nb7 d4 35. Re1 d3 36. Nd6 d2 37. Rd1 Nxe5 38. Kg2 Rd3 39. Ne4 Nc4 40.
Kg1 g6 41. Kg2 e5 42. Kg1 Kf8 43. Kf1 Rd4 44. Nxg5 Nb2 45. Ke2 Nxd1 46. Kxd1
Ke7 47. Nf3 Rd5 48. Nxd2 Ke6 49. Ke2 Ra5 50. Kf3 Kd5 51. h4 Ra3+ 52. Kg2 e4 53.
Nf1 Kd4 54. Ne3 Ra2 55. Ng4 Kd3 56. Kf1 Ra5 57. Ne3 Ra1+ 58. Kg2 Ke2 59. Nd5
Ra3 60. Nf6 Kd3 61. Ng4 Ra5 62. Kf1 Kd2 63. Ne3 Rc5 64. Ng4 Rc1+ 65. Kg2 Ke2
66. Nf6 Rc4 67. Nd5 Rd4 68. Ne3 Rd8 69. Ng4 Rf8 70. Kg1 Rf5 71. Kg2 Rf7 72. Kg1
Rf8 73. Kg2 Rd8 74. Nf6 Rd4 75. Ng4 Rd6 76. Ne3 Ra6 77. Ng4 Re6 78. Ne3 Rf6 79.
Ng4 Rf8 80. Kg1 Re8 81. Kg2 Kd3 82. Ne3 Kd4 83. Ng4 Rf8 84. Kf1 Rh8 85. Kg2 g5
86. hxg5 Rg8 87. Ne3 Rxg5 88. Kf1 Kd3 89. Ng2 Ra5 90. Ne3 Ra1+ 91. Kg2 Ke2 92.
Nd5 Kd3 93. Ne3 Ra5 94. Kf1 Rh5 95. Ng4 Rc5 96. Ne3 Rc1+ 97. Kg2 Ke2 98. Nd5
Rc5 99. Nf6 Re5 100. Ng4 $2 {Die weiße Stellung ist keine Festung. Aktives
Gegenspiel mit} (100. g4 {[%cal Gg2g3,Gg3f4] war angezeigt:} Re6 101. g5 Re5
102. Kg3 Kd3 (102... Rxg5+ 103. Kf4 $11) 103. Kf4 Kd4 104. Nxe4 Rxe4+ 105. Kf5
$11) 100... Rf5 101. Kg1 Ke1 (101... Rg5 $19 {siehe das Ende der Partie.}) 102.
Kg2 Rf3 103. Kg1 Rf5 104. Kg2 Ke2 105. Kg1 Rg5 {[%mdl 4096]} (105... Rg5 106.
Nh2 (106. Ne3 Rxg3+ 107. fxg3 Kxe3 108. g4 Kd2 $19 {[%cal Ge4e1]}) 106... e3
107. Nf1 (107. fxe3 Rxg3+ 108. Kh1 Kf2 $19) 107... exf2+ 108. Kg2 Rg4 109. Nh2
Rd4 110. Nf1 Rd1 111. Nh2 f1=Q+ 112. Nxf1 Rxf1 113. g4 Rf3 114. g5 Rf5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 c4 8. Na3
b5 9. Bc2 e5 10. b3 Na5 11. d4 cxd3 12. Bxd3 Be7 13. c4 b4 14. Nc2 Nc6 15. a3
a5 16. axb4 axb4 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Ra6 Na5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Nd7
22. Be3 O-O 23. Qc2 Nb7 24. Rc6 Na5 25. Ra6 Nb7 26. Rc6 Ra8 27. Rc4 Nbc5 28.
Rxb4 Ra3 29. Rb1 Qa8 30. Bf1 Ra2 31. Qd1 f5 32. exf5 Rxf5 33. Bb5 Nf6 34. Bc6
Qf8 35. Ra1 Rxa1 36. Qxa1 e4 37. Nd4 Re5 38. Qa8 Qxa8 39. Bxa8 Nxd5 40. Rb8+
Bf8 41. Nc6 Rh5 42. g4 Rh4 43. Bxc5 dxc5 44. Ne5 Nc7 45. Bxe4 g5 46. Bf5 Kg7
47. Nf3 Rh6 48. Nxg5 Bd6 49. Rb7 Kg8 50. h3 Bf4 51. Ne4 Rxh3 52. Nxc5 Rc3 53.
Ne4 Rc1+ 54. Kg2 h6 55. b4 Kf8 56. Nc5 Bd6 57. Rb6 Bxc5 58. bxc5 h5 59. Rc6 Nd5
60. Rc8+ Kf7 61. gxh5 Nf4+ 62. Kf3 Nxh5 63. c6 Nf6 64. Rc7+ Ke8 65. Rc8+ Ke7
66. Be4 Rc4 67. Bf5 Nd5 68. Bd7 Nf6 69. Ke3 Rc3+ 70. Kd2 Rc5 71. Rc7 Kd6 72.
Ra7 Re5 73. f3 Rh5 74. Ke3 Re5+ 75. Kf2 Re7 76. Ra3 Nxd7 77. cxd7 Kxd7 78. Ra7+
Ke8 79. Rxe7+ Kxe7 80. Kg3 {[%tqu "En","How does Black save the game?","","",
"e7f7","",2,"De","Wie rettete sich Schwarz?","","","e7f7","",2]} Kf7 $1 {
[%csl Ge5,Gf5,Gg5] This defends the key squares e5, f5 and g5. Dies verteidigt
die Schlüsselfelder e5, f5 und g5.} (80... Kf6 $2 81. Kf4 Ke6 82. Kg5 Kf7 83.
Kf5 Kg7 84. Ke6 Kf8 85. f4 Ke8 86. f5 Kf8 87. Kf6 Kg8 88. Ke7 $18 {[%cal Gf5f8]
}) (80... Ke6 $2 81. Kg4 Kf6 82. Kf4 $18) 81. Kg4 Kg6 82. Kf4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bronstein, Luis Marcos"]
[Black "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Nf6 7. d4 Nxe4 8. Re1
Nf6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Rxe5 Bxa4 12. Qxa4+ b5 13. Qd1 e6 14. Bg5 Bd6
15. Re1 O-O 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Nd2 Qc7 18. g3 Nd5 19. Rxe6 Qd7 20. Re2 Qf5 21.
Ne4 Bc7 22. c4 Nb6 23. b3 Rae8 24. Qc2 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxg5 26. Rd1 Qf6 27. Qb7
Qf3 28. Qxf3 Rxf3 29. Re7 Rf7 30. Re8+ Rf8 31. Re7 Rc8 32. Re6 bxc4 33. bxc4
Kf7 34. Rc6 Ke7 35. Rxc5 Bd6 36. Rxc8 Nxc8 37. Rb1 Kd7 38. f4 Nb6 39. Rc1 Kc6
40. Kf2 Ba3 41. Rc2 Kc5 42. Ke3 Na4 43. g4 Bb2 44. g5 Bc3 45. f5 Kxc4 46. f6
gxf6 47. gxf6 Nc5 48. f7 Ne6 49. h4 a5 50. Ke4 a4 51. Kf5 Nd4+ 52. Kg4 Ne6 53.
h5 a3 54. Kf5 Nf8 55. h6 Kd3 56. Rxc3+ $2 {Presumably a miscalculation by Luis
Marcos Bronstein. Vermutlich ein Rechenfehler von Luis Marcos Bronstein. Mit} (
{After} 56. Rg2 {he had the win in his pocket, e.g. hatte er den Gewinn in der
Hand, z.B.} Bb4 57. Kf6 Bc5 58. Rg8 Bd4+ 59. Ke7 Bc5+ 60. Ke8 Ne6 61. Rg7 Ke4
62. Rxh7 Kf5 63. Rg7 Bf8 64. Rg3 Bxh6 65. Rxa3 $18) 56... Kxc3 57. Kf6 Kb2 58.
Kg7 Nd7 59. Kxh7 Kxa2 60. Kg8 (60. Kg8 Kb1 61. h7 Nf6+ (61... a2 $2 {would
even backfire. ginge sogar nach hinten los:} 62. h8=Q a1=Q 63. Qh1+ Kb2 64.
Qb7+ $18) 62. Kg7 Nxh7 63. Kxh7 a2 64. f8=Q a1=Q $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Muzychuk,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 9th round. At that very moment my opponent was
leading, 1.5 points ahead of his closest rivals. So, our game was not decisive,
but as a rule the games between young players are often interesting and not at
all humdrum.} 1. e4 c5 {I have to admit that already the 1st move was a little
surprise for me. In all other 4 games at this tournament after 1.e4 Anish
replied with 1.. .e5. The Petroff Defence had lately became the main weapon of
Giri and most of all I also expected the reply of 1...e5 in my game. The
choice of the Sicilian meant that Black did not intend to play just for
equality.} 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 Bg4
$146 {According to my database this move is a novelty. Black wants to take the
knight on f3 and make weaknesses in the pawn structure} ({A similar idea with .
..Bg4 was seen in the game Girinath,P-Zhang Zhong/Kuala Lumpur 2007. In that
game Black continued with} 7... Rc8 8. O-O Bg4 9. Nbd2 (9. Nc3 {here or 9.Nfd2
is also possible}) 9... Nf6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 g6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bg7 14.
Ndf3 O-O 15. Qh4 Bc6 16. Nd4 Qb6 17. Ndxc6 bxc6 18. Re2 Rfd8 19. Be3 Qb7 20.
Bc5 $14 {0-1 Girinath,P-Zhang Zhong/Kuala Lumpur 2007/CBM 120 ext (56)}) (7...
b5 $5 {was played against me by Vugar Gashimov in a rapid game, just a month
before my game with Anish.} 8. Nc3 bxc4 9. Qxc4 e6 10. O-O Ne7 11. Be3 Ng6 12.
b4 $6 (12. Bd4 $14) 12... Be7 13. a4 O-O 14. b5 Bf6 15. Bd4 Nf4 16. b6 $4 Rc8
17. Qb4 Rxc3 $19 18. e5 Rxf3 19. exf6 Ne2+ 20. Kh1 Rf4 21. Rfd1 e5 22. Qxd6
Rxd4 23. Qxe5 Re8 {0-1 Muzychuk,A-Gashimov,V/Warsaw POL 2009/The Week in Chess
789}) (7... e5 $5 8. Qd3 b5 9. Na3 Qb6 10. O-O h6 11. b3 Nf6 12. Re1 Be7 13.
Nd2 O-O 14. Nf1 Bc6 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. Be3 Qb7 17. Nc2 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rfc8 {
1-0 Tiviakov, S-Babula,V/Dresden 2007/CBM 118 (41). Later on White won the
game, but the current position is quite ok for Black.}) ({The simple} 7... Nf6
{may be also a good option} 8. Bg5 (8. Nc3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. b3 Rc8
12. Rac1 Kh8 13. Rfe1 Bc6 14. Qd3 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mednis,E-Giorgadze,T/Lugano
1985/EXT 2000 (41)}) 8... Bc6 9. Nc3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. Rad1 Qa5
13. Qd2 Qb6 $2 (13... Qc5 $11) 14. Nd5 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Girinath,P-Sitanggang,S/
Singapore SIN 2007/The Week in Chess 685 (49)}) 8. Nc3 e6 9. Be3 Nf6 ({Quite
an unusual position could happen after} 9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nf6 {White has an
advantage in development, but Black has the better pawn structure. As it is
just the opening, this position needs to be analysed more deeply.}) (9... Ne7 {
with the idea of ...Nc6 and then ...Be7 was also an interesting try.}) 10. Nd2
$1 ({The sharp move} 10. e5 {did not give anything and after} dxe5 11. Nxe5
Qxd4 12. Bxd4 Bf5 {Black has a good position with the advantage of 2 bishops.})
10... Be7 11. h3 e5 ({Now Black faces some problems with the bishop on g4. If
he played} 11... Bh5 {then I was going to continue with} 12. f4 (12. g4 {
was over-optimistic as after} Bg6 13. f4 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Qxe5 O-O {
Black has more than good compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 12... e5 13.
fxe5 dxe5 14. Qxe5 O-O 15. O-O Bd6 (15... Bg6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf6 18.
Rxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. c5 {with an obvious advantage for White.}) 16. Qd4
Re8 17. Nd5 Nd7 18. Rae1 {and in my opinion, here the compensation for the
pawn is insufficient.}) 12. Qb6 ({In this position I spent quite lot of time
while choosing between 12.Qb6 and 12.Qd3. To keep the queens on the board was
more in my style of playing but I could not estimate the position after} 12.
Qd3 Be6 13. O-O O-O 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nd7 {Now I think that} 16. Nd5 {
has to give a slight advantage for White, but in the game I preferred another
move.}) 12... Qxb6 13. Bxb6 Be6 $6 (13... Bd7 {was a better move with the
following ...Bd8 as the position should be about equal. The main idea is that
now after 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Black does not have to make one more move with a
bishop as in the case with 13...Be6?!}) 14. Nd5 Bxd5 $6 ({Still I would prefer
} 14... Bd8 15. Bxd8 Kxd8) ({or} 14... Rc8) 15. cxd5 Bd8 16. Bxd8 Kxd8 17. Rc1
{Now it is clear, that White has an advantage in the endgame, but it is quite
difficult to transform it into a full point.} b5 $2 ({The move ...b7-b5 seems
to be a mistake. Black weakens the important c6-square and gives one more move
for White to improve the position. Anish wanted to prevent me from playing Nc4
at some moment, but the simple} 17... Rc8 {was stronger:} 18. Ke2 Ke7 19. Ke3
Nd7 20. Nb3 b6 {not allowing Na5 and it should not be difficult for Black to
hold the position. Even though after} 21. Nd2 {there are still some problems.})
18. Ke2 Kd7 19. Rc6 Rhc8 20. Rhc1 Rxc6 $2 ({It may be difficult to state, but
as Anish and I realised after the game, the position after 20...Rxc6 is almost
lost for Black. The correct move was} 20... Ng8 $1 {with the following lines:}
21. a4 Ne7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 (22... Nxc8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rc3 {and there are
still problems with the b5-pawn.}) 23. Rxc8 Kxc8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Kd3 Kc7 26.
Kc3 Ng6 27. Kb4 Kb6 $1 (27... Nf4 $2 28. Kxb5 Nxg2 29. b4 Nf4 30. Ka6 {the
b-pawn is very dangerous.}) 28. g3 Nf8 29. Nb1 Nd7 30. Nc3 Nc5 31. Nxb5 Nd3+ (
31... Nxe4 32. f3 Nxg3 33. Nxd6 {threatening to take the pawn on f7, or in the
event of 33...f6 34.Nc4, followed by Kc5 White has chances to win the game as
the b- and d-pawns will cause many problems.}) 32. Kc3 Nxf2 33. Nxd6 Kc5 34.
Nxf7 Nxe4+ {and the game should end in a draw.}) 21. Rxc6 Ng8 22. a4 $1 Ne7 23.
Rb6 {This is the difference! Without the exchange of rooks this move was
impossible due to the hanging rook on c1.} Kc7 24. a5 Ra7 25. Nf3 {The idea is
26.Nxe5 dxe5 27.d6+ or, if Black replies with 25...Kd7, then 26.Ng5, that is
why} f6 26. Ne1 {now the knight changes direction, coming closer to the
b4-square.} Nc8 27. Rc6+ Kd7 28. Nd3 Ne7 29. Rc3 {The rook was forced to leave
the 6th rank, but the black pieces are remaining passive. 29...Rc7 is bad in
view of 30.Nb4, so the black rook cannot move, the king and knight must
control the c-line. The next plan of White is to create new weaknesses in the
position of Black, but on the other side.} f5 30. f3 f4 31. Kf2 Ra8 32. h4 g6
33. g3 fxg3+ 34. Kxg3 {Now lines on the king's side are going to be opened. My
next idea is to play f4 at the right moment and then transform the pieces to
the king's side, while Black will not have enough time for consolidation.} g5 {
It is not easy to say, whether this move is good or a mistake. To be objective
White is easily winning after 34...g5, but from the practical point of view
Black tries to make the game being more unclear.} 35. hxg5 Rg8 36. Kh4 h6 37.
gxh6 Rg1 (37... Rg2 {would be met by} 38. f4 exf4 39. Nxf4 {and now there is
the possibility to play Rh3 after ...Rh2.}) 38. Rc1 ({Compared with 37...Rg2,
now} 38. f4 {is not that effective as after} Ng6+ {the move Kh3 does not
threaten to take the rook. But still after} 39. Kh5 exf4 40. Nf2 {the position
is winning.}) 38... Rg6 39. f4 ({During the game I spent about 20 minutes on
calculating} 39. Kh5 {which was the most logical move and the easiest way to
win the game:} Rg3 (39... Rg2 40. Rh1 Ng6 41. h7 Nh8 (41... Ke7 42. Rc1 $18)
42. Rc1 Rg7 43. Rc6 $18) 40. Nb4 (40. Nf2 {is winning very easily, but for
some reason this move did not come to my mind.}) 40... Ng6 41. Nxa6 Nf4+ 42.
Kh4 Rg2 43. Rc7+ Ke8 44. Rg7 Ng6+ 45. Rxg6 Rxg6 46. Kh5 Rg2 47. Nc7+ Kd7 48.
Ne6 {and White is winning, but in the game I decided that 39.f4 is safer.
Unfortunately, the general rule, that after a long time of thinking the best
move is rarely made, was true in my case.}) (39. Nb4 {is not so clear because
of} Rxh6+ 40. Kg3 Rh8 {and after} 41. Nxa6 {Black takes the pawn back.} Ra8)
39... Rxh6+ 40. Kg3 exf4+ 41. Nxf4 Ng6 42. Ne6 (42. Rc6 {could give good
chances for Black:} Nxf4 43. Kxf4 Rh2 44. Rxa6 Rf2+ 45. Ke3 Rxb2 {and as is
well known, there is a tendency in rook endings with pawns that there are lots
of positions which can be saved.}) (42. Nd3 {was also an interesting idea as
after} Ne5 43. Nxe5+ dxe5 44. Rc6 Rh1 (44... Rxc6 45. dxc6+ Kxc6 46. b4 {
White is winning}) 45. Rxa6 Rb1 46. Kg4 Rf1 47. Rb6 {in this rook ending I
will have 2 pawns more. But the problem is that Black can play 42...Rh4!})
42... Ke7 43. Nd4 Kf6 44. Nf5 (44. Rc6 {was one more move, but the following
line should have been calculated until the very end:} Ke5 45. Nf3+ Kxe4 46.
Rxd6 Ne7 {(this tricky move I saw in the game and stopped looking at this line)
} 47. Ng5+ Ke3 48. Rxh6 Nf5+ 49. Kh3 Nxh6 50. d6 {and nothing can prevent the
d-pawn from becoming a queen.}) 44... Rh5 45. Rc8 Rg5+ 46. Kf3 (46. Kf2 Ke5 47.
Re8+ Kf4 48. Nxd6 Rh5 49. Re6 {is also winning, but I did not want to give
Black this initiative with an active king.}) 46... Rg1 47. Nxd6 Rb1 (47... Ke5
48. Nf5 {and Re8.}) (47... Ne5+ 48. Ke3 $18) 48. Re8 Rxb2 49. Re6+ Kg5 (49...
Kg7 50. Ne8+ Kf7 51. Rf6+ $18) 50. Nf7+ Kh5 51. Ke3 Rb3+ 52. Kd4 Rb4+ 53. Kc5
Rc4+ 54. Kb6 b4 (54... Rd4 55. Kxa6 b4 56. Kb7 b3 57. Rb6 Rxe4 58. d6 (58. Rxb3
$2 Re7+)) 55. Rxg6 {Black resigned in view of 55...Kxg6 56.Ne5+.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Strangely enough, this was my first serious game with Fabiano. Previously, we
had only played a couple of blitz games during the Nice tournament.
Seltsamerweise war dies meine erste ernste Partie mit Fabiano. Zuvor hatte wir
nur beim Turnier in Nizza ein paar Blitzpartien gespielt.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6
{The Chelyabinsk Variation has again become popular, after the Anand - Gelfand
match, as might have been expected, just like the Catalan and Queen's Gambit.
Thus, in my preparation for the tournament, I had to look into a great many
nuances in these lines. Die Chelyabinsk-Variante ist wieder populär geworden,
nach dem Match Anand-Gelfand, wie man hätte erwarten können, genau wie
Katalanisch und das Damengambit. Daher musste ich in meiner Vorbereitung auf
das Turnier in diesen Abspielen eine große Vielzahl von Nuancen untersuchen.} (
{Even so, in the recent Ukrainian Championship, Pasha Eljanov tricked me, by
playing Allerdings legte mich bei der kürzlichen ukrainischen Meisterschaft
Pasha Eljanov rein, indem er} 2... e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 {
and thus avoiding the Rossolimo. But that is another story. spielte und somit
Rossolimo vermied. Aber das ist eine andere Geschichte.}) 3. Bb5 d6 $6 {
In our computerised day, even an inaccuracy at move 3 can lead to difficulties.
But even a couple of years ago, it was hard to believe that this second-most
popular move in this position may not actually be so good. In unserem
computerisierten Zeitalter kann sogar eine Ungenauigkeit im 3. Zug zu
Schwierigkeiten führen. Doch selbst ein paar Jahre zuvor war es kaum zu
glauben, dass dieser zweitbeliebteste Zug in dieser Stellung tatsächlich
vielleicht nicht so gut ist.} ({It is probably correct to play а la Gelfand
with Wahrscheinlich ist es richtig, а la Gelfand zu spielen mit} 3... e6 $1 {
Even so, months had been spent preparing this! Allerdings steckte monatelange
Vorbereitung darin!}) 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 {
The bishop has to be given up, conferring on White a small, but stable edge.
Der Läufer muss gegeben werden, was Weiß ein kleines, aber stabiles Plus
verschafft.} (8... Bh5 $6 {is dubious, as shown by the following game between
two of my teammates for Ukraine: ist zweifelhaft, wie durch die folgende
Partie zwischen meinen Mannschaftskollegen für die Ukraine gezeigt wird:} 9. g4
$1 Bg6 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 (11... d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nc3 $36) 12. Nc3 Be7
13. Nd5 $1 $146 O-O 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. d5 Nb8 16. Bg5 Nbd7 17. Nd2 $14 {
1-0 Efimenko,Z (2689)-Moiseenko,A (2711)/Kiev UKR 2012 (62)}) 9. Qxf3 g6 10. d3
Bg7 11. Be3 O-O ({If immediately Wenn sofort} 11... Nd7 {, then White has the
additional plan , so hat Weiß den zusätzlichen Plan} 12. Qd1 O-O 13. a4 $5 Rb8
14. Na3 b5 $6 15. axb5 axb5 16. d4 c4 17. b3 $16 Na5 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Nxc4
Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Qc7 21. Qd3 Rfc8 22. Bb5 Nb6 23. c4 Nxc4 24. Rec1 Rxb5 25. Rxc4
Rc5 26. dxc5 d5 27. Rcc1 {1-0 Zhigalko,S (2658)-Sjugirov,S (2622)/Moscow RUS
2012/}) 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Qd1 {13 moves have been made, but already after 3...d6,
it was hard for Black to avoid this position. In my preparation, I
concentrated on a recent game by Garry Kasparov. Even though only a blitz game,
the opening choice of the 13th world champion is always a mark of quality.
Therefore, I played my moves quite quickly and confidently. Fabiano, on the
contrary, was thinking a long time, perhaps condemning himself for his opening
choice. As a result of this waste of time, he suffered from time shortage
until the end of the game. 13 Züge wurden gemacht, aber schon nach 3...d6 war
es schwer für Schwarz, diese Stellung zu vermeiden. In meiner Vorbereitung
konzentrierte ich mich auf eine kürzliche Partie von Garry Kasparov. Obwohl es
nur eine Blitzpartie war, ist die Eröffnungswahl des 13. Weltmeisters immer
ein Qualitätsmerkmal. Daher spielte ich meine Züge recht schnell und
zuversichtlich. Fabiano dagegen dachte lange Zeit nach, wobei er sich
vielleicht selbst für seine Eröffnungswahl verurteilte. Als Resultat dieser
Verschwendung litt er bis ans Ende der Partie unter Zeitknappheit.} b5 ({
The above-mentioned game continued Die oben erwähnte Partie ging weiter mit} 
13... Rc8 14. f4 e5 15. f5 gxf5 16. exf5 d5 17. g4 e4 18. Bf4 Nde5 19. dxe4 d4
20. g5 Re8 21. Qh5 dxc3 22. bxc3 Nd3 23. Bxd3 Qxd3 24. f6 Bf8 25. Qf3 c4 26.
Qxd3 cxd3 27. e5 Nd8 28. Ne4 Ne6 29. Be3 Red8 30. Rad1 Rd5 31. Bd4 Nxd4 32.
cxd4 Rxd4 33. Kf2 Re8 34. Ng3 Rd5 35. h4 Bb4 36. Re4 Bc3 37. Nf5 Kf8 38. Ne7
Rd4 39. Kf3 Red8 40. Rxd4 Rxd4 41. Nf5 Rd5 42. Ne3 Rd4 43. Nf5 Rd5 44. Ne3 Rd4
45. Rc1 Ba5 46. Rc8+ Bd8 47. h5 Ke8 48. e6 d2 49. e7 d1=Q+ 50. Nxd1 Rxd1 51. h6
Rd6 52. Kg2 Rd2+ 53. Kf3 Rd6 54. Ke2 Re6+ 55. Kd3 Rd6+ 56. Ke4 b5 57. g6 fxg6
58. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 59. f7+ {1-0 Kasparov,G (2812)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2715)/
Clichy 2011/ Not bad, eh? Especially for someone who gave up professional
chess quite a while ago, playing an opponent who is the European Champion and
the World Mind Games blitz champion. Nicht übel, eh? Vor allem für jemand, der
professionelles Schach vor einer ganzen Weile aufgegeben hat und gegen einen
Gegner spielt, der Europameister ist und der World-Mind-Games-Blitzchampion.})
14. Nf3 {Now it was my turn to think. I wanted to play the same plan as
Kasparov with f2-f4, but Black's counterplay with b5-b4 must be watched. Nun
war es an mir nachzudenken. Ich wollte den gleichen Plan spielen wie Kasparov
mit f2-f4, aber man muss das schwarze Gegenspiel mit b5-b4 im Auge behalten.} (
{This can be stopped with Dies lässt sich stoppen mit} 14. a3 {. But looking
at my opponent, I saw he was looking only at the queenside. I decided he was
probably calculating only moves on that side of the board, so I decided to
play the text, which may not be objectively stronger, but turns out to be more
unpleasant for Fabiano. Aber als ich meinen Gegner anblickte, sah ich, dass er
nur zum Damenflügel schaute. Ich entschied, dass er vermutlich nur Züge auf
dieser Brettseite berechnete, daher beschloss ich, den Textzug zu spielen, der
vielleicht objektiv nicht stärker ist, aber sich für Fabiano als unangenehmer
erweist.}) 14... Nb6 $6 {This was what I expected most of all. Dies war, was
ich vor allem erwartet hatte.} ({In reality, In Wirklichkeit ist} 14... b4 {
is not so strong, and was tested in the recent Ukrainian Championship. That is
how quickly theory develops! nicht so stark und wurde in der kürzlichen
ukrainischen Meisterschaft getestet. So schnell entwickelt sich Theorie!} 15.
Qa4 ({\/Also good is Gut ist auch} 15. d4 $5 Qa5 16. Rc1 bxc3 (16... Qxa2 17.
Ra1 (17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qd5 Qxd5 19. exd5 bxc3 20. bxc3 Na7 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22.
Rxe7 Nb5 $11) 17... Qxb2 18. Qa4 (18. Re2 Qxc3 19. Rc2 Qxa1 20. Qxa1 b3 $13)
18... Rfc8 19. Reb1 bxc3 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. Rxb2 cxb2 23. Rb1 a5 (
23... Nd4 24. Ng5) 24. Nd2 $16) 17. bxc3 Rab8 18. Qd3 Rb6 (18... cxd4 19. cxd4
Nb4 20. Qd2 Qxa2 21. Qxa2 Nxa2 22. Rc7) 19. e5 {[%csl Ge3,Gf1]}) 15... Qc7 16.
d4 Rfb8 17. Rac1 Nb6 18. Qc2 bxc3 19. bxc3 Na5 20. Nd2 e6 21. g3 $14 {White
has the pawn centre and two bishops. Black could not stand the tension and
started to give up material. Weiß hat das Bauernzentrum und zwei Läufer.
Schwarz konnte die Spannung nicht ertragen und begann, Material zu geben.} Qd7
$2 22. dxc5 dxc5 23. Bxc5 Qc6 24. Bd4 Nac4 25. e5 Qc7 26. Bg2 Nxd2 27. Bxa8
Nbc4 28. Bg2 Rb2 29. Qa4 h5 30. Rc2 h4 31. Rxb2 Nxb2 32. Qxa6 Nbc4 33. Qa8+ Kh7
34. Qb7 {1-0 Fedorchuk,S (2634)-Kuzubov,Y (2623)/Kiev UKR 2012}) ({I thought
Black's best move was Für den besten Zug von Schwarz hielt ich} 14... e5 {
Now if White plays d3-d4, the position can simplify quite quickly and it will
be hard for White to count on winning chances. I would therefore probably have
played Wenn Weiß jetzt d3-d4 zieht, kann sich die Stellung recht schnell
vereinfachen, und es wird für den Anziehenden schwer sein, sich Gewinnchancen
auszurechnen. Gespielt hätte ich daher wahrscheinlich} 15. g3 {, retaining the
tension. Depending on events, I had in mind several plans: a3-b4, or h3-h4-h5,
or admitting my error and moving the knight from f3 and playing f2-f4. If
White manages to open the position favourably, then his two bishops will
obtain space for action. which will give him a small but lasting advantage. ,
was die Spannung aufrechterhält. Je nach Verlauf hatte ich mehrere Pläne im
Auge: a3-b4, oder h3-h4-h5, oder Einräumen meines Irrtums und Abzug des
Springers von f3 nebst f2-f4. Wenn Weiß es schafft, die Stellung günstig zu
öffnen, so werden seine Läufer Aktionsraum erhalten, was ihm einen kleinen,
aber anhaltenden Vorteil verschafft.}) 15. d4 Na4 $6 16. Re2 Qa5 $6 {Where is
she going? I could not understand Fabiano's plan. Surely he cannot think I am
going to blunder a pawn on b2 or a2? It is also clear that the knight on a4 is
occupying an unstable position and will sooner or later be driven back with
b2-b3. So Black just loses precious time. Wo will sie hin? Ich konnte Fabianos
Plan nicht begreifen. Er kann doch wohl nicht denken, dass ich auf b2 oder a2
einen Bauern einstelle? Klar ist auch, dass der Springer auf a4 eine unsichere
Stellung innehat und früher oder später mit b2-b3 zurückgetrieben wird. Daher
verliert Schwarz einfach kostbare Zeit.} 17. Rc1 {Defending the c3-pawn and in
what follows ready for a possible opening of the c-file. Deckt den c3-Bauern
und im Folgenden bereit für eine mögliche Öffnung der c-Linie.} Rad8 ({The
instability Black's pieces on the queenside is well illustrated by the
following variation, where he attempts to become active: Die Instabilität der
Figuren von Schwarz am Damenflügel wird gut illustriert durch die folgende
Variante, wo er versucht, aktiv zu werden:} 17... b4 $2 18. cxb4 {Now the
c-pawn cannot take, because the knight on c6 will be left hanging, whilst
after Nun kann der c-Bauern nicht nehmen, weil der Springer auf c6 hängen wird,
und nach} Qxb4 19. a3 $1 {Black loses the Na4. verliert Schwarz den Na4.}) 18.
Rec2 Qc7 19. b3 Nb6 20. a4 {Scenting blood, I also started to lose patience,
which almost cost me my advantage. In addition, my opponent finally obtains a
position where calculation matters: there is no need to think in terms of
plans, but concrete variations are everything. In such positions, he is
especially strong. Blut witternd, begann ich ebenfalls, die Geduld zu
verlieren, was mich fast meinen Vorteil kostete. Außerdem erhält mein Gegner
endlich eine Stellung, wo Berechnung zählt: Es ist nicht nötig, planbezogen zu
denken, dafür sind konkrete Varianten alles. In solchen Stellungen ist er
besonders stark.} ({The truth is that I thought this the best moment to open
the position, whereas after, for example, Die Wahrheit ist, dass ich diese für
den besten Moment hielt, die Stellung zu öffnen, während nach beispielsweise} 
20. Rd2 Na5 {it is not so easy to open the queenside, and it may be necessary
to transfer the focus of the battle to the other flank, which requires some
preparation and accuracy. nicht so leicht fällt, den Damenflügel zu öffnen,
und es vielleicht nötig ist, den Fokus der Schlacht auf die anderen Flanke zu
richten, was einiges an Vorbereitung und Genauigkeit erfordert.}) 20... bxa4
21. bxa4 c4 $5 {It often happens that if one player wants something, the other
tries to prevent it out of psychological considerations, even if objectively
it is not the best decision. Oft passiert es, dass wenn ein Spieler etwas will,
der andere versucht, dies aus psychologischen Erwägungen zu verhindern, selbst
wenn es objektiv nicht die beste Entscheidung ist.} ({I considered the logical
continuation to be Für die logische Fortsetzung hielt ich} 21... Nxa4 22. Ra2
Nb6 23. Rxa6 {and the white pieces obtain operating space on the queenside.
Now, however, the c4-pawn is cut off from the rest of its forces and becomes a
target. und die weißen Figuren erhalten Operationsspielraum am Damenflügel.
Jetzt allerdings ist der c4-Bauer vom Rest seiner Kräfte abgeschnitten und
wird zur Zielscheibe.}) 22. a5 $6 {Black's calculations prove correct. I
wanted immediately to open as many lines as possible on the queenside. Die
Berechnungen von Schwarz erweisen sich als korrekt. Ich wollte sofort so viele
Linien wie möglich am Damenflügel öffnen.} ({Otherwise, it is hard to explain
why I did not play the logical Ansonsten ist es schwer zu erklären, warum ich
nicht das logische} 22. Rb1 Na5 23. Rcb2 {occupying the only open file.
spielte, was die einzige offene Linie besetzt.} Rb8 ({Or Oder} 23... Nb3 24.
Qc2 $1 {followed by Nd2. nebst Nd2.} ({Things are not quite clear after Nicht
ganz klar sind ist die Sache nach} 24. Bxc4 Nxc4 (24... Qxc4 25. Rxb3 Nxa4 26.
Rb4 $18) 25. Rxb3 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Qc6 $1 {regaining the pawn , was den Bauern
zurückgewinnt -} 27. Qd3 Qxa4) 24... Nxa4 $140 25. Ra2 Nb6 26. Rxa6) 24. Nd2 {
with a clear advantage to White. It is far from clear how much longer Black
can defend his weaknesses on the queenside. mit eindeutigem Vorteil für Weiß.
Es ist bei weitem nicht klar, wie lange noch Schwarz seine Schwächen am
Damenflügel verteidigen kann.} Nb3 (24... e6 25. d5) (24... d5 25. g3) 25. Qc2
Nxa4 26. Ra2 Nxd2 27. Bxd2 Rxb1 28. Qxb1 Bh6 29. Bxh6 Nxc3 30. Qb2 Nxa2 31.
Bxf8 c3 32. Qxa2 Kxf8 33. Bd3 $18 {[%cal Gg1f1,Gf1e2,Ge2d1,Gd1c2]}) 22... Nxa5
23. Ra1 Nb3 24. Rxa6 d5 $6 {I find it strange that Black does not fight for
the open a-file. Ich finde es seltsam, dass Schwarz nicht um die offene
a-Linie kämpft.} (24... Ra8 {Maybe Caruana did not see that after Vielleicht
sah Caruana nicht, dass es nach} 25. Rca2 $2 {there is the double attack den
Doppelangriff} ({I would probably have played Gespielt hätte ich wahrscheinlich
} 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Rb2 Ra1 27. Rb1 Rxb1 28. Qxb1 {retaining some advantage,
although probably not as much as after 24...d5. , was einigen Vorteil
behauptet, wenngleich nicht so viel wie nach 24...d5.} d5) 25... Rxa6 26. Rxa6
Qb7 $1 {gibt.}) 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Qe2 Na5 27. Bd2 Ra8 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Ra2 Rc8
$6 {Another passive move, the only point of which is to defend the pawn on c4.
Noch ein passiver Zug, dessen einzige Zweck ist, den Bauern auf c4 zu decken.}
({Again, why not occupy the open file? Nochmals, warum nicht die offene Linie
besetzen?} 29... Rb8 30. g3 ({White gets little from Wenig erreicht Weiß mit} 
30. Ng5 Rb5 31. g3 h6 32. Nf3 e6) ({Or Oder} 30. Ne5 Bxe5 31. Qxe5 Qxe5 32.
dxe5 Rb5 (32... Nb3 $6 33. Be1 Nc1 34. Ra5 Nb6 35. Rb5 Nd3 36. Bd2 Nd7 37.
Rxb8+ Nxb8 38. f4 Nd7 39. Bxd3 cxd3 40. Kf2 $16) 33. g3 Rc5 34. Ra4 Nb6 35. Rb4
Nd5) 30... Nb3 (30... Rb1 31. Qe4) 31. Ra4 Nxd2 32. Qxd2 Nb6 33. Ra5 e6 34. Qa2
$14 {and one weakness on c4 may be insufficient for victory. In addition, not
much material remains and the opposite bishops neutralise much of the value of
any material advantage. und eine Schwäche auf c4 reicht vielleicht nicht für
den Sieg. Außerdem bleibt nicht viel Material, und die ungleichfarbigen Läufer
neutralisieren einen Großteil des Wertes jeglichen Materialvorteils.}) 30. Ng5
$5 {My opponent was already seriously short of time, which may explain his
passive moves. Mein Gegner war bereits in ernster Zeitnot, was vielleicht
seine passiven Züge erklärt.} ({Objectively the strongest was Objektiv am
stärksten war} 30. Ra4 $14 {, eyeing the c4-pawn. But I decided on another
move, which is not best, but is more unpleasant for my opponent in this
specific position. The move 30.Ng5 is a bit like knocking the puck into the
opponent's half in ice hockey. There are many threats: Ne6, Qf3, maybe even
Nxf7, whilst the Na5 is also hanging. , was den c4-Bauern beäugt. Aber ich
entschied mich für einen anderen Zug, welcher nicht der beste, aber für meinen
Gegner in dieser spezifischen Stellung unangenehmer ist. Der Zug ist ein
bisschen so, als würde man beim Eishockey den Puck in die gegnerische Hälfte
schlagen. Es gibt viele Drohungen: Ne6, Qf3, vielleicht sogar Nxf7, zudem
hängt auch noch der Na5.}) 30... Nb3 31. Qxc4 Nxd2 $4 $138 {My suspicions
quickly prove true. Fabiano cannot manage just with 30 second increments and
loses quickly, practically in just two moves. Meine Annahmen bewahrheiten sich
schnell. Fabiano schafft es nicht mit nur 30 Sekunden Aufschlag und verliert
rasch, praktisch in gerade zwei Zügen.} ({Of course, Natürlich ist} 31... Qxc4
{is bad: schlecht:} 32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. Ra8+ Bf8 34. Ne6 $1 fxe6 35. Bh6 {
with a nice mate mit einem schönen Matt}) ({Best is Am besten ist} 31... Qb7 $1
32. Qa6 Qxa6 33. Bxa6 Ra8 {and Black is OK. und Schwarz ist okay.} 34. Be3 ({
Probably, if this had happened, I would not have risked Nicht risikiert hätte
ich wahrscheinlich, wäre es so gekommen,} 34. Be1 {since then it is White who
can have problems, with correct play: denn dann ist es Weiß, der bei korrektem
Spiel Probleme haben kann:} Nc1 $1 (34... Nc7 35. Rb2 Nxd4 36. Bc4 Nde6 37.
Nxe6 Nxe6 38. Bxe6 fxe6 39. Kf1 $14) 35. Rc2 Rxa6 36. Rxc1 Bh6 $1 {[%cal Gh6c1]
}) 34... Nxc3 35. Rc2 Nd1 36. Bc4 Nxd4 37. Bxf7+ Kh8 {with equality. mit
Ausgleich.}) 32. Qxd5 Nxf1 33. Nxf7 $1 {The most accurate. Am genausten.} ({
If Falls} 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 34. Ne6 Qh2+ 35. Kxf1 Bf6 36. Nc5 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qxg2 38.
Qe6 {Black still has some chances. He is only one pawn down, after all, whilst
in the game, he loses two at least. , so hat Schwarz noch einige Chancen. Er
hat schließlich nur einen Bauern weniger, während er in er Partie mindestens
zwei verliert.}) 33... e6 ({If Falls} 33... Qc4 {I considered, given my time
advantage, that it was good enough to play , so hielt ich es angesichts meines
Zeitvorteils für gut genug,} 34. Nh6+ $1 Kh8 35. Qxc4 Rxc4 36. Ra8+ Bf8 37.
Rxf8+ Kg7 38. Rf7+ Kxh6 39. Kxf1 Rxc3 40. Rxe7 {with a winning rook ending. zu
spielen, mit gewonnenem Turmendspiel.}) 34. Qxe6 Rf8 35. Ne5+ Kh8 36. Kxf1 {
and Black loses three pawns. und Schwarz verliert drei Bauern.} (36. Kxf1 Qxc3
37. Nf7+ Rxf7 38. Qxf7 {Thus I scored my first win in the tournament. In
general, Fabiano's play rather surprised me: in the first few rounds he, as
well as to me, should also have lost to Naiditsch and Leko. But he found some
strength from somewhere for the second half of the tournament, and in the end,
shared first place with Karjakin.   Damit erzielte ich meinen ersten Sieg in
dem Turnier. Generell fand ich Fabianos Spiel ziemlich überraschend: In den
ersten Runden hätte er, abgesehen von mir, auch gegen Naiditsch and Leko
verlieren sollen. Aber von irgendwoher fand er Kraft für die zweite Hälfte des
Turnier und teilte sich am Ende den ersten Platz mit Karjakin.}) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {Avoiding the sharp Sicilian lines.} Nc6 4. Bxc6+
bxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. e5 e6 {Caruana chooses a more solid continuation.}
(7... dxe5 8. g4 e4 9. gxh5 exf3 {is extremely messy. For instance:} 10. Nc3
Nf6 11. Qxf3 Nd5 12. d3 e6 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Rg1 f5 16. Rae1 Qd7 17.
Qe2 Kf7 18. Rg2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S (2683)-Teterev,V (2511)/
Khanty-Mansiysk 2010/CBM 139 (53)}) 8. d3 (8. exd6 Bxd6 9. d3 Ne7 (9... Nf6 10.
Nbd2 O-O 11. Qe2 Nd5 12. Ne4 Bc7 13. c4 Nb4 14. Rd1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Na6 16. f4
Qe7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S (2688)-Bu Xiangzhi (2676)/Ningbo 2010/CBM 137
Extra (39)}) 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Ne4 Nd5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Ne4 Bc7 $6 (
14... Bh5 $11) 15. Nxc5 e5 16. a3 $14 {1-0 Shirov,A (2697)-Gelfand,B (2710)/
Dortmund 2002/CBM 090 (51)}) 8... d5 9. Nc3 $6 {It's preferable to develop the
knight on d2. Later on the knight can be transferred to the kingside. Also the
advance c2-c4, making the position more static, might be good for White,
therefore it's not a good idea for him to block his own c-pawn.} (9. Re1 Ne7
10. Nbd2 Nc8 11. Nf1 Be7 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Ne2 ({Worth consideration was:} 13. c4
Nb6 14. b3 {trying to make the position more static.}) 13... Nb6 14. Nf4 O-O
15. b3 d4 16. Nd2 Nd5 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. Ne4 Rf5 19. Qg4 Rxe5 20. Bd2 Qd7 21.
Re2 Rf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Meier,G (2570)-Motylev,A (2644)/Moscow 2008/CBM 123 (83)})
9... Ne7 10. Re1 ({Also after} 10. b3 Nc8 11. Ba3 Nb6 {Black experiences no
problems.}) 10... Nc8 {The knight goes to b6, this will prevent White's idea
of Nc3-a4 pressing against the Pc5.} 11. Qe2 Nb6 12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 (13. Nd1
O-O 14. c4 a5 15. Bf4 a4 16. Ne3 Qc7) 13... O-O 14. Nb1 {White admits that the
development of the knight to c3 was actually wrong.} a5 15. a4 c4 $1 {All in
accordancewith the rule that the side which has the bishop pair should open
the position.} 16. dxc4 dxc4 17. Rd1 (17. bxc4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 (18. gxf3 $2 Bb4
19. Rd1 Qg5+ 20. Kh1 Qf5 21. Kg2 Rad8 $17) 18... Nxc4 19. Bc3 Qd5 $15) (17. g4
$1 Bg6 18. bxc4 Qc7 19. Nc3 {It's not really about the extra doubled pawn, but
rather more important to control the d5-square. The position is dynamically
balanced.}) 17... Qb8 $1 18. Nbd2 cxb3 19. cxb3 Nd5 $15 {[%csl Gd5]} 20. Rac1
Qb6 21. Bd4 (21. g4 Bg6 22. Nd4 c5 23. Nb5 Qc6 24. Qf3 f5 $1 $17) 21... c5 22.
Be3 Rfd8 23. Rc4 Rd7 $6 (23... h6 $1 {Useful prophylaxis.} 24. Rdc1 Bg6 25.
Bxc5 (25. Nh4 Bxh4 26. Rxh4 Nxe3 27. Qxe3 Rd3 28. Qe2 Rad8 29. Nc4 Qb4 $17)
25... Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Nf4 27. Qe3 (27. Qf1 Bd3 $19) 27... Nd3 $17) 24. Rdc1 Rad8
25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Nf4 {Probably Caruana was counting on this knight move,
but it's not so dangerous for White.} 27. Qf1 Bxf3 (27... Nd3 28. Rb5 Qa7 29.
Rc3 Bxf3 30. Nxf3 Nxf2 31. Kh2 {keeping the balance.}) 28. Nxf3 Qxb3 29. R5c3
$2 {Probably Kabanov was concerned about the threat 29...Nxh3+, but in fact
it's not so dangerous. White should have activated his dreaming queen.} (29.
Qc4 Nxh3+ 30. Kf1 $1 Qa3 (30... Rd1+ $6 31. Ne1 R1d2 32. Rc2 Rxc2 33. Nxc2 Qb7
34. Rb5 Qa8 35. Ne3 Ng5 36. Qc7 $14) 31. Rc3 Qa1+ 32. Rc1 Qa3 {Black has no
more than a repetition.}) 29... Qb2 $6 ({It was possible to grab the pawn
immediately:} 29... Qxa4 $1 $17) 30. R3c2 $6 {Probably White was hoping to
repeat moves, but Black can still change his mind.} (30. R1c2 Qb7 31. Qb5 {
was still equalising.}) 30... Qb3 31. Rc3 Qxa4 $1 {The only thing Black needs
to calculate is that he doesn't lose the knight.} 32. Rc4 Qb3 33. Rxf4 (33.
R4c3 Qb7 $19) 33... Rd1 34. Rxd1 Rxd1 35. Ne1 Qb1 {Black gets the knight back.}
36. Qa6 Rxe1+ 37. Kh2 h5 ({It was more precise to start with a check, forcing
White's king to go forward:} 37... Rh1+ $1 38. Kg3 h5 {If White exchanges
queens:} 39. Qa8+ Kh7 40. Qe4+ Qxe4 41. Rxe4 {then the rook ending is lost.})
38. Qxa5 $2 {This loses by force.} (38. Qa8+ Kh7 39. g3 {[%csl Yh1][%cal Ya8h1]
} Rxe5 40. Rxf7 Rf5 41. Rxf5 Qxf5 42. Kg1 {In this ending White has decent
chances for a draw.}) 38... Rh1+ 39. Kg3 Qg6+ 40. Kh4 Qxg2 {White's king is
doomed.} 41. Qd8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Match Rossolimo-Tartakower +1-1=8"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1948.11.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1948.10.31"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {Rendu trés populaire а cette époque par Canal} Nd7
(3... Bd7) (3... Nc6) 4. O-O (4. c3 {Rossolimo,N-Tartakower,S
Rossolimo-Tartakover match 1948 (5) 0-1}) 4... a6 (4... Ngf6 {la grande ligne})
5. Bxd7+ $146 (5. Be2 {Ahues,C-Bogoljubow,E Lueneburg 1947 (5) 1/2}) 5... Bxd7
6. d4 e6 $5 (6... cxd4 7. Qxd4 $14 {l'idée de l'échange en "d7" qui permet de
centraliser la Q}) 7. dxc5 $1 {tentant de profiter de l'ordre des coups qui
ont retardé la prise naturelle cd4} (7. Nc3) 7... Bb5 $6 8. Re1 dxc5 9. Nbd2 $6
{Avec un centre ouvert, Nc3 est un coup plus naturel} (9. Nc3 $142 $1 Qxd1 (
9... Be7 10. Nxb5 axb5 11. Qe2 Qb6 12. e5 {[%csl Rg8]} (12. Be3 {[%cal Gb2b4]})
) 10. Rxd1 Nf6 11. Ne5 $1 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Ga2a4]} Be7 12. a4 Bc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6
14. Bf4 $36 {[%cal Gf4d6]}) 9... Nf6 10. a4 Bc6 11. Qe2 $32 Qc7 12. b3 Nd7 $6 {
[%cal Ge6e5] Les Noirs risquent d'être en retard de développement} 13. Bb2 e5
14. Nc4 f6 15. Bc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3a5]} Be7 16. Nh4 {[%cal Gh4f5]} (16. Ba5 b6)
16... g6 {Un nouveau coup de P qui affaiblit l'aile-roi} 17. Qg4 $1 {[%csl Rd7,
Re6][%cal Ga1d1,Gg4e6]} Nf8 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. Qg3 Be6 20. Ne3 $36 {[%csl Gd5]}
Nd7 21. Nd5 $40 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 (22. exd5) 22... Nb6 23. Ba5 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8
25. Rd1 Be7 (25... O-O $4 26. Nxg6 $1) 26. Qh3 $2 {[%cal Gh4g6] Trop lent et
le sacrifice Ng6 donnait une attaque irrésistible aux Blancs} (26. Nxg6 $1 hxg6
27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Bd2 $18 {[%cal Gd2h6]}) 26... Kf7 27. Nf3 h5 28. Ne1 Rd8 29.
Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Qe3 (30. g4 $5 $13 {[%cal Gh3h7]}) 30... Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Rossolimo-Tartakower +1-1=8"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1948.11.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1948.10.31"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {Le thème du match} Nd7 (3... Bd7) (3... Nc6) 4. c3
{tentative d'amélioration sur la partie précédente} (4. O-O {Rossolimo,
N-Tartakower,S Rossolimo-Tartakover match 1948 (3) 0-1}) 4... a6 (4... Ngf6 {
l'alternative}) 5. Ba4 e5 $5 $146 {Une nouveauté dans cet ordre de coups mais
c'est plutôt une interversion de coups} (5... b5 {plus naturel} 6. Bc2 Ngf6 7.
Qe2 Bb7 8. O-O e6 (8... e5 {retombe sur la partie}) 9. d4 Be7 10. Re1 $11) 6.
d4 $1 b5 7. Bc2 Ngf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. dxe5 (10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Rc8
$11) (10. d5 O-O $11) 10... dxe5 11. Rd1 $14 {[%cal Gd1d8,Gf3e5]} Qc7 12. Bg5
c4 $1 {[%csl Rb1][%cal Gd7c5] les Blancs n'ont rien obtenu de l'ouverture} 13.
Nbd2 {[%cal Gd2f1,Gf1e3,Ge3d5,Ge3f5]} h6 $5 {Gagne la paire de B car le repli
Bh4 risquerait d'enfermer le B mais la poussée h6 ne présente pas que des
avantages.} 14. Bxf6 (14. Bh4 $143 g5 15. Bg3 {[%csl Rg3]} Nh5 $132 {[%cal
Gh5f4,Gh6h5,Gh5h4]} 16. Nf1 Nf4) 14... Nxf6 15. Nf1 O-O 16. Ng3 $6 {[%csl Gf5,
Rh6]} (16. Ne3 $142 $5 Nxe4 17. Nf5 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gc2e4]} Nf6 18. Nxe5 Bc5
19. Nd7 $3 Qc6 {[%csl Rg2]} (19... Nxd7 20. Qg4 {[%csl Rg7,Rh6]} g6) 20. Nxf6+
Qxf6 21. Qh5 $132 {[%csl Rh6]}) 16... g6 17. Nd2 h5 $1 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gh5h4]
Ng3 était moins précis que Ne3 pour plusieurs raisons dont celle de permettre
ce gain d'espace а l'aile-roi en attaquant la pièce mal placée} 18. Ngf1 Rfd8
19. Ne3 {Mieux vaut tard que jamais mais les Noirs ont renforcé leur position}
Rd7 20. f3 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gd2f1] Les Blancs veulent libérer le Nd2 de la
défense du P"e4" mais le Bc2 commence а manquer d'espace et l'affaiblissement
de la diagonale "a7g1" n'est pas négligeable surtout face а la paire de B} h4
$1 $36 {[%cal Gf6h5,Gh5f4,Gf4e2]} 21. Ndf1 {Tentant d'échange des pièces pour
soulager la défense} Rad8 $17 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rd1 Bc5 {[%csl Gc5,Re3,Rg1]
[%cal Gc5g1] la paire de B commence а jouer} (23... h3 $5 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Qd2
Qxd2 26. Nxd2 hxg2 {[%csl Rc2,Rh2]}) (23... Nh5 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Qd2 Qxd2 26.
Nxd2 Bc5 27. Kf2 Nf4) 24. Kh1 Nh5 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Gh5f4,Gh5g3] Toutes les
pièces noires sont actives} 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 {[%csl Gd7]} 26. Ng4 Qe7 27. Qd2 Bc8
$1 28. Nge3 (28. Nfe3 $2 Ng3+ $3 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Ge7h4] le problème d'avoir
joué f3 se fait sentir}) 28... Be6 29. b3 Ba7 {[%cal Ge7c5]} 30. b4 Qg5 31. Nd1
Nf4 $40 32. Nde3 Bxe3 $1 33. Nxe3 Nxg2 $1 {Une "petite combinaison" qui gagne
un P} 34. Nxc4 Nf4 35. Ne3 Bxa2 (35... Nh3 $5 {[%csl Rg1] Peut-être plus précis
} 36. Qe1 Qf4 (36... Bxa2 37. Ng2) 37. Bd1 (37. Ng2 Qxf3) 37... Bxa2) 36. Nd5
Bc4 $6 (36... Qd8 $142 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Gf4d5,Ga2d5]} 37. Qd1 {[%cal Gc2b3]}
Bxd5 $19) 37. Nxf4 exf4 38. Qg2 Qe5 39. Qd2 h3 {[%csl Gg2,Rh1]} 40. Qd8+ Kh7
41. Qd4 Qg5 $1 {[%csl Rh1] Les Blancs sont proches du zugzwang} 42. Qg1 Qh4 43.
e5 $1 {[%cal Gc2g6] un très fort sacrifice qui ranime le Bc2} Qh5 44. Be4 Qxe5
(44... Kg7 45. Qd4 {[%cal Gd4g7,Ge5e6]} Be6 46. Bb7 Qg5 47. Qg1) 45. Qd4 $1 Qg5
$6 {un coup naturel pour mater mais oubliant un thème tactique de pat} 46.
Bxg6+ $3 Kg8 (46... Qxg6 47. Qg7+ $3 {[%csl Rh1] La pointe!}) (46... Kxg6 47.
Qg7+ $3) 47. Bh7+ $1 {On connaissait le thème de la R folle mais içi c'est un
fou fou!} Kf8 {Renouvellant la menace de mat} (47... Kxh7 48. Qh8+ $3) 48. Qg1
Qe5 (48... Qxg1+ $2 {[%cal Gh7f5,Gf5h3]} 49. Kxg1 Be6 50. Bd3 Ke7 51. Kf2) 49.
Be4 Be6 $2 (49... f5 $1 50. Qg5 {[%cal Gg5e5,Gf5e4]} (50. Bb7 Qe2 {[%cal Ge2g2,
Ge2f3]} 51. Bc6 Kf7 {Evite un échec intermédaire en c5 et les Blancs sont en
zugzwang}) 50... Be6 51. Bb7 {[%cal Gb7a6]} Qe1+ 52. Qg1 Qxc3 (52... Qxg1+ 53.
Kxg1 $11) 53. Qf1 (53. Bxa6 Qxf3+) 53... Bc4 54. Qd1 {[%cal Gd1d8]} Ke7 $19)
50. Qd4 {un sauvetage miraculeux} Qxd4 51. cxd4 Ke7 52. Kg1 Kd6 53. Kf2 Bd7 54.
Ke2 Kc7 {[%cal Gc7b6,Ga6a5] Les Noirs vont obtenir un P passé mais les chances
de gain sont trés minimes} 55. Kd2 Kb6 56. Kc3 a5 57. bxa5+ Kxa5 58. Kb3 b4 {
[%cal Gd7a4]} 59. Kb2 Kb5 (59... Be6 60. Kc2 (60. d5 $2 {[%csl Rc5,Re4]} Bc8 (
60... Bd7 {[%cal Gd7a4]} 61. Kb3 Kb5 (61... Ba4+ 62. Kc4) 62. Bd3+ Kc5 63. Bc4)
61. Kb3 Kb5 62. Bd3+ Kc5)) 60. Bd3+ Kc6 61. Be4+ Kd6 62. Kb3 f5 63. Ba8 Bb5 64.
Kxb4 Ba6 65. Kc3 Bc8 {[%mdl 512] Les Blancs s'en sortent bien mais la
différence d'âge a peut-être joué également. Les parties n'étaient pas
commentées dans le numéro de l'Echiquier de Paris et je ne sais donc pas а
quel moment la partie a été ajournée} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade RAD 30"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1977.01.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1977.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. d3 e6 $146 (5... a6 6. Ba4 e5 7.
O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Nf1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rac8
14. Bd3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Rfe8 16. Bf4 Bf8 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Nb3 Ne5
20. Be3 Qc7 21. Bd4 d5 22. exd5 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Nxd5 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. hxg3 Nb4
26. Ne3 Nxa2 27. Nf5 Bd5 28. Nc5 Nb4 29. Ne7+ Bxe7 30. Rxe7 Nc6 31. Rd7 Nxd4
32. Rxd5 Ne6 {1/2-1/2 (32) Rellstab,L-Eliskases,E Sarajevo 1958}) (5... g6 6.
O-O Bg7) 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Nf1 {
[%cal Gf1g3,Gf1e3] Joué dans l'esprit d'une Espagnole} Qc7 $11 12. Ng3 Ne5 13.
h3 Nfd7 $5 14. Nh2 $6 {[%csl Ra1,Rc1][%cal Gf2f4] Après ce coup, les Blancs
commencent à avoir un retard de développement} d5 15. d4 (15. Bf4) (15. f4
Bh4 $1 $36 {[%csl Re1,Rg3]}) 15... cxd4 16. cxd4 Nc6 17. e5 Nxd4 {[%cal Gc7c2]}
18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxd4 Qc4 20. Qd1 d4 {[%csl Gb7] Un coup risqué} 21. b3 Qd5
$36 22. Nf3 Nc5 23. Ba3 d3 (23... Rac8) 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Re4 $1 Kg8 26. b4 Bb6
27. Rg4 f5 28. Rg6 (28. exf6 Rxf6) 28... Rf7 (28... Kf7 $6 29. Rg5 Rad8 30. Nh5
Rg8 {[%csl Rf7]}) 29. Nh5 $1 {[%cal Gh5g7,Gh5f6,Gf6d5]} Bd8 30. Qd2 f4 $1 {
Un fort sacrifice de P} 31. Nxf4 Qe4 32. Rg4 Qf5 {[%cal Gb7f3,Gf5e5]} 33. Qxd3
Qxd3 34. Nxd3 Bxf3 35. gxf3 Rxf3 36. Nf4 Bb6 37. Nxe6 Rxf2 $1 {Malgré les
échanges, la position reste compliquée} 38. Kh1 Ra7 39. Rag1 Rff7 40. Re1 Rf3
41. Ng5 {Ajournement} Re3 42. Rxe3 Bxe3 43. Nf3 Kf7 {Le B est fort dans cette
position ouverte avec des P sur les deux ailes et le hongrois a des chances
d'annuler} 44. Re4 Bc1 45. Nd4 Rc7 46. e6+ $1 Ke8 (46... Ke7 47. Rg4) 47. Kg2
Rc4 {[%csl Rb4]} 48. Kf3 {[%csl Re8,Gf3]} Rxb4 49. Nc6 Rc4 50. Rxc4 bxc4 51.
Ke4 Bb2 52. a4 (52. Kd5) 52... Bf6 53. Ke3 c3 $132 {Après l'échange des R,
le B va dominer le N} 54. Kd3 g6 55. Kc2 Kf8 {[%csl Gc6,Ge6] Le K Noir a des
grandes difficultés pour attaquer le P"e6" car les Noirs ne peuvent pas jouer
Kg7,Be5 à cause du Nc6 et le passage par g5 perdrait le B après e6e7} 56. Kd3
Ke8 57. Nb4 a5 58. Nc6 $1 Bh8 59. Nxa5 Ke7 60. Nc6+ Kxe6 61. Nb4 Kd6 62. Kc4
Bg7 63. Na2 c2 64. Kb3 Kc5 65. Nc1 Bh6 66. Nd3+ Kd4 67. Kxc2 Kc4 68. Ne5+ Kb4
69. Nxg6 Kxa4 70. Kd3 Kb4 71. h4 Bg7 72. Nf4 Ba1 73. Ne6 Kb5 74. Nd4+ Kb6 75.
h5 Bb2 76. Ne2 Bg7 77. Ke4 Kc6 78. Kf5 Bh6 79. Kg6 Be3 80. Ng3 Kd7 81. Kf7 Bd2
82. Ne4 Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 34th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2004.05.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3
e6 $5 (8... g6 9. Nbd2 Bg7 (9... Bh6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Bxc1 12. Qxc1 e5 13.
Qh6 Nd7 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. Nc4 b5 16. Ne3 Qf8 17. Qh4 Qe7 18. Qg3 O-O 19. Be2 Kh8
20. f4 $36 {1-0 Bologan,V-Halkias,S/Moscow Aeroflot-op 2003/ (46)}) 10. h3 Bxf3
11. Nxf3 O-O 12. d4 (12. Bg5 Nd7 13. Qd2 Nde5 14. Nh2 b5 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Kh1
Nd7 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 b4 19. Nf3 Rfc8 20. d4 bxc3 21. bxc3 cxd4 22. cxd4
$14 {1-0 Glek,I-Mamedyarov,S/Silivri 88/169 2003/ (42)}) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4
Rc8 14. Qb3 Na5 15. Qb4 Qc7 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. Qb3 Nd7 18. Rac1 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6
20. d5 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Bg5 f6 23. Bh6 Rfe8 24. b3 g5 25. Be2 $14 {
1-0 Sutovsky,E-Reinderman,D/ICC Blitz Final 2002 (45)}) (8... e5 9. Nbd2 Be7
10. h3 Bh5 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 Re8 13. Nf1 Nd7 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ng3 Nf8 16. Be3
Ne6 17. Qd2 Bf8 18. Rad1 Rb8 19. Nf5 Nc7 20. d4 $14 {0-1 Skripchenko,
A-Kosteniuk,A/WchW Moscow 2001/(54)}) 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. d4
cxd4 13. cxd4 Be7 {This line has become quite popular in the last couple of
years.} (13... e5 14. d5 Ncb8 15. h4 h6 16. Bh3 Be7 17. h5 Bh7 18. Nf1 a5 19.
Ng3 Na6 20. Bf1 Nac5 21. Bb5 O-O 22. a4 Kh8 23. Nd2 Bh4 $13 {1-0 Sedlak,
N-Ivanisevic,I/Karadjordje 2004/ (53)}) 14. d5 Nce5 (14... exd5 15. exd5 Nce5
16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Nc4 $36) 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Nf3 ({The following does not give
anything to White} 16. Nc4 O-O 17. a4 exd5 18. Qxd5 Nf6 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. f3
Bb4 21. Re2 Rd1 22. Ne3 Bc5 23. Kg2 Rdd8 24. Nc4 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,
S-Sorokin,M/RUS Qualifier Tomsk 2004/ (62)}) 16... Rc8 17. Bg2 $146 ({White
employed a different plan in the game Zhang Zhong-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee-A
2004/ (29)} 17. b3 {[%cal Gc1b2]} exd5 18. Qxd5 f6 19. Nh4 Nc5 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8
21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 Nd3 23. Bxd3 Rxd3 24. Be3 Ba3 $11) 17... exd5 $5 18. exd5
{[%cal Gd5d6]} ({I think that White rightly avoided the line} 18. Qxd5 f6 $5 (
18... Rc6 $5) 19. Qxb7 $140 Nc5 20. Qb4 O-O $44) 18... Bd6 $1 19. Bf4 (19. Nxe5
Nxe5 20. f4 f6 21. fxe5 fxe5 $13) 19... f6 20. Be3 (20. Nd4 Nc5 $5) 20... Bf7
21. Qb3 b5 ({The following is also deserves consideration} 21... b6 $5 22. Nd2
O-O 23. Nc4 Bc5 $11) 22. a4 b4 23. Qd3 (23. Rac1 O-O {[%cal Gd7c5]}) 23... Nc5
$5 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Qxa6 O-O 26. Rad1 Qd7 $44 {[%cal Gc8a8]} 27. Rd2 (27. Rd2
Rfd8 28. Red1 b3 $5 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Agopov, Mikael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Matinkylan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 (5... Nf6 6. c3 a6 {is a
popular alternative.}) 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 (8. Qxd4 $5 {could be
good alternative to text. For example:} Nf6 ({or} 8... e5 9. Qd3 h6 10. c4 Nf6
11. Nc3 Be7 12. a4 O-O 13. a5 b6 14. axb6 Qxb6 15. Be3 $14 {0-1 Ronchetti,N 
(2364)-Khenkin,I (2610)/Frascati GM 2005/T (72)}) 9. Nc3 e6 10. Nd5 Be7 11.
Nxe7 Qxe7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 h6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qc3 Qb7 16. Be3 $16 {
1-0 Benjamin,J (2566)-Vigorito,D (2360)/Philadelphia World op 2004/ (44)}) 8...
Nf6 (8... e6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Qh3 Qa5 14. f4
Bd7 15. Kh1 h6 16. Nb3 Qc7 $13 {0-1 Xu Yuhua (2478)-Georgiev,K (2666)/Dubai op
2005/ (65)}) ({Worth considering} 8... Rc8 {with possible continuation} 9. Bg5
(9. c4 $5 e6 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Qd3 Nf6 12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. f4
Rfd8 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Ne8 18. Kh1 Bc6 19. Qg3 Bc5 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. h3 Bb4
22. Qh4 Qc7 23. a3 Be7 24. Qe4 g6 {0-1 Rublevsky,S (2595)-Kharlov,A (2560)/RUS
Cup Internet 2004 (48)}) 9... Qa5 10. Bh4 e6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Qd2
O-O 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. Qe3 Be8 16. h3 Qb6 17. Nb3 Qxe3 18. Rxe3 Nc6 19. f4 Kf8
20. Red3 Ke7 21. Kf2 Nb4 $11 {1-0 Rublevsky,S (2649)-Kharlov,A (2613)/Internet
RUS Cup Superfinal 2004/ (84)}) 9. Nxc6 $5 {Clever idea : c line - so
important in sicilian defense - will be closed now.} bxc6 10. Qf3 e5 ({White
doing well and after} 10... Qc7 11. b3 e5 12. Nd2 Be7 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Bg5 d5
15. exd5 cxd5 16. Bxf6 dxc4 17. Bxe5 Bd6 18. Qg3 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qc6 20. Rad1
cxb3 21. cxb3 a5 22. Qe4 Qb5 23. Rd5 $16 {1-0 Grischuk,A (2671)-Miton,K (2521)/
Moscow Aeroflot op 2002/ (30)}) 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nd2 O-O ({It is not enough for
equality and} 12... h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nc4 Be7 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Rd3 O-O 17.
Qh5 Rfe8 18. b3 {Degraeve,J (2530)-Maze,S (2497)/FRA-ch Val d'Isere 2004/ /1/
2-1/2 (94) and white's knight much stronger than black bishop.}) 13. Nc4 Qc7
14. Rad1 Rad8 $146 ({Maybe} 14... Rfd8 {is stronger than text, because black
can use in some lines f8 square for king, for example:} 15. Rd3 d5 16. Bxf6 (
16. exd5 e4 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. Rxg3 cxd5 19. Ne3 Kf8 $5) 16... Bxf6 17. Ne3 d4
18. Nc4 Qe7 19. b3 g6 20. c3 Qe6 21. cxd4 exd4 22. g3 Be7 23. Red1 c5 24. Qe2
Re8 25. f4 Bf8 26. e5 f6 {1/2-1/2 Ramesh,R (2472)-Roy Chowdhury,S (2395)/
IND-ch Mumbai 2003/The Week in Chess 430 (28)}) 15. Rd3 {Playing quite
naturally Rublevsky has reached a particularly good position.} h6 (15... d5 $5
16. exd5 (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne3 Qa5 $13) 16... e4 17. Qg3 $1 Qxg3 18. Rxg3 cxd5
19. Ne3 Rfe8 20. Rd1 $14) 16. Bxf6 (16. Bd2 $5 $14 {[%cal Rd2a5]}) 16... Bxf6
17. Ne3 {By relocating this knight to the kingside, White greatly increases
his advantage in force on that flank.} (17. b3 $5 $14 {[%csl Gc4]}) 17... Qa5 (
17... Bg5 $142 $1) 18. Red1 (18. Ra1 {[%csl Ra1]}) 18... Qxa2 19. Nf5 Rfe8 (
19... Bg5 20. h4 $1) (19... Qe6 20. Rxd6 Rxd6 21. Rxd6 Qa2 22. h4 $5 $16 {
[%cal Rf5h6]}) 20. Nxh6+ (20. Nxd6 Re6) 20... Kf8 (20... gxh6 21. Qxf6 Qe6 22.
Qf3 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rg8]}) 21. Nf5 {[%csl Rd6,Gf5] Formally Black has material
parity, but his pieces are useless and cannot safe their king.} Re6 22. Qh5 g6
$8 (22... Ke8 23. Nxd6+ Rexd6 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 $18) 23. Qh6+ Ke8 (23...
Kg8 $2 24. Rh3 gxf5 25. Rg3+ $18) 24. Ng7+ $2 {White missed a very good
opportunity to get a big advantage:} (24. Qh7 $142 $1 gxf5 25. exf5 $18) 24...
Bxg7 25. Qxg7 Qa5 (25... d5 26. Rb3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb3b7]}) 26. Rf3 Re7 27. Rf6
d5 $8 (27... Qb4 28. Qh8+ Kd7 29. Rfxd6+) 28. Rxc6 d4 29. c3 $2 {This position
requires more active decisions:} (29. Qh8+ $142 $5 Kd7 30. Qf6 Re6 (30... Ke8
31. Rxa6 $18) 31. Qxf7+ Kxc6 32. Qxe6+ $18) 29... Qa4 30. Qg8+ Kd7 31. Rd6+
Kxd6 32. Qxd8+ Rd7 33. Qb8+ Kc6 34. Qc8+ Kb6 (34... Kd6 $5 35. Rf1 d3 36. Qb8+
Ke6) 35. Rf1 d3 36. b3 Qb5 (36... Qc6 37. Qb8+ (37. Qxc6+ Kxc6 38. Rd1 a5 39.
Kf1 Rb7) 37... Qb7 38. Qxe5 $18) 37. c4 Qc6 38. c5+ $6 {Facing such stubborn
defense, Ryblevsky loses his rate of attack.} (38. Qb8+ $142 $5 Kc5 39. Qxe5+ (
39. b4+ Kxc4 40. Rc1+ Kb3 41. Rxc6 d2 42. h3 d1=Q+ 43. Kh2 Qd4 44. b5 $1 $18)
39... Kb4 40. Rc1 $18) 38... Kb5 39. Qb8+ Rb7 40. Qxe5 Qxc5 41. Qa1 $5 Rc7 (
41... Qb4 42. Qf6 $5 (42. Rc1 d2 43. Qe5+ Kb6 44. Rd1 Rc7 $1 $16) 42... Qxe4
$140 43. Ra1 a5 44. Qd8 $40) 42. b4 $5 Qc4 43. h4 $5 (43. Rd1 $5) 43... Kb6 (
43... d2 44. Qa5+ Kc6 45. b5+ axb5 46. Qxd2 Qxe4 47. Qa5 $40) 44. Rd1 Rd7 45.
Rc1 Qb5 (45... Qxe4 46. Qa5+ Kb7 47. b5 $1 $18) 46. Qf6+ Ka7 47. Qc3 d2 {
Suddenly Black is back in the game!} 48. Rd1 Rd3 $2 (48... Qe2 $140 $1 $132 {
[%csl Gd2]}) 49. Qc2 Qd7 50. Kf1 Rd4 (50... Qb5 51. Qc5+ Qxc5 52. bxc5 Rd4 53.
f3 $1 Kb7 54. Ke2 Kc6 55. Rxd2 Kxc5 56. g4 $1 $18) 51. Ke2 $6 (51. Qc5+ $5 Kb7
52. f3 $16) 51... Qg4+ $2 {Playing pretty good and interesting chess up to
here, Agopov did not bear the pressure of the struggle.} (51... Qb5+ $142 52.
Ke3 Qxb4 53. Rxd2 Rc4 $1 $132) 52. Ke3 (52. f3 $5 Qxg2+ 53. Ke3 Rd7 54. Rxd2
Qg1+ 55. Kf4 $18) 52... Rxe4+ (52... Rxb4 53. Qc5+ Rb6 54. Rxd2) 53. Qxe4 Qxd1
54. Qd4+ Kb7 55. Qxd2 $18 {The smoke has cleared: White has material advantage
and manages to turn it into a win.} Qb3+ 56. Kf4 Qc4+ 57. Kg5 Qb5+ 58. Kf6 Qf5+
59. Kg7 Kc6 60. Qd4 Kb5 61. g4 Qf3 62. g5 1-0

[Event "Yongchuan zt 3.3"]
[Site "Yongchuan"]
[Date "2003.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {Chinese players like this move very much, which
according to theory doesn't promise a real advantage for white.} Nc6 4. O-O Bd7
5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 (7. Ba4 $5) 7... Bg4 8. d4 (8. d3 g6 9. Nbd2 Bh6 10.
h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Bxc1 12. Qxc1 e5 13. Qh6 Nd7 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. Nc4 b5 16. Ne3
Qf8 17. Qh4 Qe7 18. Qg3 O-O 19. Be2 Kh8 20. f4 $14 {1-0 Bologan,V-Halkias,S/
Moscow Aeroflot-op 2003/ (46)}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Bxf3 (9... e5 10. d5 Nd4 11.
Be3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bd7 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Nc4 b5 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Rc1
O-O 18. Rc6 $36 {1-0 Zhao Xue-Gu Xiaobing/Asian-chW Calicut 2003/(59)}) 10.
gxf3 d5 (10... e5 $6 11. d5 Ne7 12. f4 $1 g6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nd2 Bg7 15. Nc4
Nh5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3 O-O 18. Bb6 $16 {1-0 Arribas,M-Demina,J/WchW New Delhi
2000/ (24)}) 11. e5 Nd7 $146 {I don't like this move, but surely it has right
for existance.} (11... Nh5 {White failed to get any advantage after} 12. f4 (
12. Nc3 e6 13. Be3 g6 14. f4 Ng7 15. Qb3 Nf5 16. Rec1 Be7 17. Na4 Rb8 $15 {
Medvegy,Z-Hoelzl,F/Budapest Elekes GM 1999/1/2-1/2 (64)}) 12... g6 13. Be3 Qd7
14. Nc3 e6 15. Na4 Rb8 16. Rc1 Bb4 17. Re2 Ng7 18. a3 Be7 19. Bh3 O-O 20. b4 b6
$11 {1-0 Hatanbaatar,B-Levitt,M/Bled Olympiad 2002/ (55)}) 12. e6 $1 fxe6 13.
Bh3 $5 (13. Rxe6 g6 {[%cal Gf8g7]}) 13... Qb6 (13... e5 14. dxe5 Ndxe5 15. f4
Nf7 16. Be6 $44 {[%csl Ge6]}) ({Worth considering} 13... g6 $5 14. Bxe6 Bg7 $5
15. Bxd5 Nf6 $13 {with complicated and interesting game.}) 14. Bxe6 Qxd4 ({
It is not clear if White can get any advantage after} 14... Nxd4 15. Nc3 $5
Nxe6 16. Nxd5 Qd8 17. Rxe6 Nc5 $13) 15. Nc3 (15. Bxd5 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Nf6 $11)
15... Qxd1 16. Rxd1 {White has some advantage in ending, but he needs to
invest a very big effort to get something real.} Nc5 (16... d4 17. Nd5 Nc5 18.
Nc7+ Kd8 19. Bf4 $1 $132) 17. Bxd5 O-O-O (17... e6 18. Bc4) 18. Be3 e6 19. Bc4
$14 {[%csl Gc4,Ge3] The arisen endgame is not safe for Black due to couple of
strong white's bishops.} (19. Be4 $11) 19... Rxd1+ (19... Ne5 20. Be2 Be7 21.
Ne4 $5 $36) 20. Rxd1 Ne5 (20... b5 21. Bf1 $5 {[%cal Gf1h3] doesn't help black.
}) 21. Be2 Be7 (21... g5 22. f4 $5) 22. b4 (22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 g5 $14) 22...
Ncd7 23. b5 {Zhang Zhong consistently open position.} axb5 24. Nxb5 Bc5 (24...
Nc5 25. f4 Ned7 26. Nd4 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 25. Rc1 $1 (25. f4 Bxe3 26. fxe5 Bf4 $1
$13) 25... b6 26. f4 Nc6 {It is likely that this move makes life even harder
for Black.} (26... Nf7 $5 {[%cal Gf7d8,Gf7h6]}) 27. Bg4 {[%cal Rg4c8]} Nd8 28.
f5 $1 $16 {[%csl Ge3,Gg4]} Nf6 (28... Kb8 29. fxe6 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Ne5 31. Bh3
$18 {[%csl Ge6]}) 29. Bf3 $1 exf5 30. Bxc5 bxc5 31. Rxc5+ Kd7 (31... Kb8 32.
Rxf5 $18 {[%csl Ga2]}) 32. Rc7+ Ke6 33. a4 $5 {[%cal Ra4a8]} (33. Rxg7 $5)
33... Nf7 34. a5 {[%csl Ga5] It seems that Black's position can no longer be
saved.} Ng5 (34... Rd8 35. a6 Ne5 36. Bb7 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Nh5 38. h3 $5 Nf4+ 39.
Kh2 $18) 35. Bb7 {[%csl Ga5,Gb5,Gb7,Gc7]} Rd8 36. a6 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Nh5 (37...
Nd5 38. Bxd5+ Rxd5 39. a7 Rd8 40. Rb7) 38. Rc4 (38. h4 $5 Nf4+ 39. Kh2 {
was good enough.}) 38... Ne4 39. Bxe4 fxe4 40. Rxe4+ (40. a7 Ra1 41. a8=Q Rxa8
42. Nc7+ $18) 40... Kf5 41. a7 Rd8 (41... Ra1 42. Re8 Kg4 43. h3+) 42. Ra4 {
White has already great choice-} (42. Re8 $5 Nf4+ 43. Kg3 Rd3+ 44. f3 Rd2 45.
Rf8+ $18) 42... Nf4+ 43. Rxf4+ {This rook had a splendid career in this game!}
Kxf4 44. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Yongchuan zt 3.3"]
[Site "Yongchuan"]
[Date "2003.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Qd3 Be7 8.
Bg5 O-O 9. Bxd7 Qxd7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. O-O-O ({Black experiences more
difficulties after modest} 11. Rd1 {for example:} Rd8 12. Nd5 Qa4 (12... b6 13.
O-O Bb7 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Nh4 Kh8 16. Qf3 $36 {Van der Hoorn,M-Mc Laren,L/
NZL-ch Wanganui 2003//1-0 (37)}) 13. O-O Be6 14. b3 Qa5 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. c4
b5 17. cxb5 Qxa2 18. Nd2 Rac8 19. Qe3 Kg7 20. Qg3+ Kf8 21. Qh4 $14 {Rublevsky,
S-Minasian,A/Krasnodar 1997/CBM 59/[HarZvi,R]/1-0 (38)}) 11... Rd8 12. Nd5 Qa4
13. g4 $146 (13. Kb1 Be6 14. Rhe1 Rac8 15. b3 Qa5 16. c4 b5 17. Qd2 Qa3 18.
cxb5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Rc5 20. Qd2 Rxb5 $13 {Khetsuriani,B-Nikolaou,G/Patras op
2000/1/2-1/2 (41)}) 13... Be6 14. Kb1 (14. g5 Bxd5 (14... Rac8 15. gxf6 Bxd5
16. exd5 e4 17. Qd2 $1 exf3 18. c3 $16) 15. Qxd5 Be7 $13) 14... Bxd5 15. Qxd5
Rac8 {Of course, the d5 square is weak but Black has reasonable chances to get
good counterplay on the queen side.} 16. b3 (16. c3 Rc5 17. Qd3 d5 $36) 16...
Qb4 17. Ne1 (17. Rhe1 $5) 17... b5 (17... a5 $5 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) 18. h4 a5 19.
g5 {Prospects of a pawn storm on the kingside are not very good here.} Be7 20.
Rh3 (20. Rg1 $5 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 20... Rc5 (20... a4 $5 21. Rf3 Rf8) 21. Qb7 Kf8
22. Kb2 (22. Re3 $5) 22... d5 $1 23. exd5 Bd6 {[%cal Ge5e4,Gd6e5]} 24. c3 Qg4
$36 25. Rf3 Rc7 (25... Qh5 $5 {[%cal Re5e4]}) 26. Qxb5 e4 (26... Qxh4 $132) 27.
Rd4 $5 Qxh4 28. Nc2 {This position probably requires more active decisions:} ({
Worth considering} 28. g6 $5) 28... Qxg5 29. Rxe4 Rc5 30. Qb6 (30. Qe2 $142
Rxd5 31. Nd4 $132) 30... Rxd5 31. Qb7 Rf5 $5 (31... Ba3+ $143 $2 32. Kxa3 (32.
Nxa3 R5d7 $1) 32... R5d7 33. Qb6 Qc1+ 34. Ka4 Qxc2 35. Rxf7+ $1 Kg8 36. Rxg7+
$1 Kxg7 37. Rg4+ $18) 32. Rfe3 $6 (32. Rxf5 $5 Qxf5 33. Qb6 Be7 $15) 32... g6 (
{Another promising possibility was} 32... Rxf2 $5 33. Qc6 g6 34. Re8+ Kg7 $17)
33. Re2 Qf6 34. Qa7 h5 $17 {[%csl Gh5]} 35. Nd4 $6 {White desperately tries to
cover the dark squares.} Bc5 $1 36. Qc7 Bxd4 37. Rxd4 Rxd4 38. cxd4 Qxd4+ $19
39. Qc3 ({There wasn't a rescue in} 39. Ka3 Rxf2 40. Rxf2 Qxf2 41. Qxa5 h4 $19)
39... Qxc3+ 40. Kxc3 h4 {[%cal Gf5h5]} 0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 14th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2004.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Black "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O g6 $6 (4... Bd7 $5) 5. d4 Bd7 6. dxc5 dxc5
7. Qe2 ({Worth considering and} 7. Be3 $5 {with the possible continuation} b6
8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Qd2 a6 10. Be2 e5 $6 11. Nd5 Nge7 (11... Nf6 $5) 12. Bg5 $16 O-O
$2 13. Nf6+ Kh8 {1-0 Narciso Dublan,M-Bello,P/ESP t-ch Gala Galdana 1999 (13)})
7... Bg7 8. Rd1 Qc8 9. Nc3 Bg4 $6 $146 {An active move and maybe the reason
for further difficulties for Black.} (9... Nd4 $6 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7
12. Nb5 e5 13. Qc4 $16 {1-0 Shredder8-Larrea,M/Vicente Lopez ITT 2004 (25)}) (
9... Bxc3 $142 $5 10. bxc3 a6 $5) 10. Nd5 $1 {[%csl Gd5]} Kf8 {[%csl Rf8] Very
optimistic solution!} ({I would prefer} 10... e6 $5 {- a necessary
prophylactic move, Black is taking control over the important d5 square.} 11.
Ne3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nge7 13. Nc4 O-O 14. c3 $36) (10... Nf6 11. Bf4) 11. Bxc6 $5
(11. c3 Ne5 $13) 11... Qxc6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 $16 {[%csl Rf8]} h6 {It is so
dangerous to lose time if the development is not complete} (13... Be5 $5 {
[%cal Gf8g7]}) 14. Bf4 {[%mdl 128]} Bxb2 15. Rab1 Bg7 16. Nc7 Rc8 $8 17. Qg4 $1
{First of all White has to include new forces into offence.} e6 (17... f5 18.
exf5 Rxc7 19. Rd8+ Kf7 20. Qxg6+ Qxg6 21. fxg6+ Kxg6 22. Bxc7 $18) 18. Bd6+ Ne7
19. Nxe6+ $1 {Refuting his opponent's strategy in the most energetic way.} fxe6
20. Qxe6 Rc7 $8 21. Rxb7 $1 Rxb7 (21... Qxb7 22. Bxe7+ Rxe7 23. Rd8+) 22. Bxe7+
Rxe7 23. Qxc6 Kf7 24. Qd5+ Ke8 25. Rb1 Be5 26. Rb7 $1 1-0

[Event "Nagykanizsa 1st"]
[Site "Nagykanizsa"]
[Date "2003.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vajda, Albert"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8.
Nd2 (8. O-O Be7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Bxd7 Bxd7 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Ne3 Rc8 13. Rd1 Rc5
14. b3 a6 15. Na4 Rc8 16. c4 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nc3 Nd7 {0-1 Depoorter,
E-Shchekachev,A/La Fere op 2003 (33)}) (8. Be3 Be7 9. Bc4 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. O-O
Nc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rb8 15. a5 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nd2
O-O 18. Nc4 Rbd8 19. Qb3 Qb5 20. Qa2 Rfe8 21. Rad1 Qc6 22. Rfe1 Kh8 23. c3 Bf6
$11 {Degraeve,J-Carlhammar,M/Montpellier Masters 2003}) 8... a6 (8... Be7 $5 9.
Nc4 $140 O-O 10. Bxd7 Bxd7 $1 11. Nxd6 Qc7 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 e4 $44 14.
Nxe4 Qe5 15. f3 Rad8 16. Qc3 Qxf5 17. O-O Nxe4 18. fxe4 Qxe4 $36 {0-1 Yudasin,
L-Kasparov,G/Ljubljana 1995/Inf 65 (33)}) 9. Bxd7+ Bxd7 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Ne3 {
Of course, the d5 square is weak but Black has reasonable chances to get
counterplay.} (11. O-O Rc8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bd7 14. Ne3 Be7 15. Re1 g6 16.
c4 b5 17. b3 O-O 18. Ba3 Qa5 19. Bb2 f5 20. f4 e4 21. Qd1 bxc4 22. Nxc4 Qb5 {
Cuartas,J-Alzate,D/Medellin La Raza 2003/The Week in Chess 468/1-0 (42)}) 11...
Rc8 12. O-O $146 (12. Bd2 Qb6 13. O-O-O $5 Qc6 14. Kb1 Be7 15. Rhe1 Bc4 16.
Nxc4 Qxc4 17. Qxc4 Rxc4 18. b3 {1/2-1/2 Godena,M-Arencibia,W/La Habana 75/(176)
1999/ (18)}) 12... Be7 13. a4 (13. Ncd5 $5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 (14... O-O $5)
15. Qxd5 Rxc2 16. Qxb7 Qc8 $13) 13... O-O 14. b3 ({Worth considering} 14. a5 {
with the possible continuation} Rc5 $140 15. b4 Rxc3 16. Qxc3 Nxe4 17. Qd3 d5
18. Ba3 $5 $14) 14... Qa5 15. Bd2 Qb6 {In this kind of positions much depends
on who has better control of the d4 and d5 squares.} 16. Ne2 $6 {[%cal Ge2g3]
Wrong idea, white can't organized real attack on the kingside.} (16. a5 Qd4 $1)
({I think, that the best option was} 16. Ncd5 $5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Nc4 {
with chances for a small advantage}) 16... Qc6 $1 17. Ng3 {An attempt to
launch an attack, which is easily suppressed by black.} ({After} 17. Nc3 $5 {
the assessment of the position is not quite clear.}) 17... d5 $1 18. exd5 (18.
Ngf5 $5 Rfe8) 18... Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Nf5 Bf6 $15 {[%csl Gd5,Gf6]} 21. Qg3
(21. Bb4 Rfe8) 21... Kh7 (21... Qxc2 22. Nxh6+ Kh8 23. Ng4 Qxd2 24. Rad1 $1)
22. Bb4 Rfd8 23. Rad1 $2 {A terrible move and no matter how long the rest
seems, the game was decided here.} (23. Be7 $5 Rd7 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Ne3 $15)
23... Qxc2 24. Nd6 (24. Ne3 Qc6 $17) 24... Qxb3 25. Nxc8 (25. Rd3 Qxb4 26. Nxc8
Qa5 $1 $19) 25... Qxb4 {[%csl Rc8]} 26. Qe3 $6 ({Maybe, a lesser evil for
White was} 26. Rb1 $5 Qxa4 27. Nb6 Qa5 28. Nxd5 Qxd5 $19) 26... Bxg2 $1 {
Black's positional and material advantage is decisive.} 27. Rxd8 (27. Kxg2 Rxd1
28. Rxd1 Qg4+) 27... Bxf1 28. Qd2 (28. Kxf1 Qb1+ $1 29. Kg2 Qg6+) 28... Qh4 29.
Rf8 (29. Kxf1 Bxd8 30. Qd3+ Kg8 $19) 29... Bh3 $1 30. Qc2+ (30. Qc2+ e4) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {Favorite move of Sergei Rublevsky.} Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6
5. O-O (5. Nc3 $5) 5... cxd4 6. Qxd4 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. Bg5 e6 ({Worth
considering and} 8... h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. c4 e6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Rfe1 Rc8 13. a4
Qc7 14. b3 Qc5 15. Qd2 h5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Velicka,P-Hracek,Z/CZE-ch 2000 (21)})
9. Nbd2 (9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qxf6 gxf6 $11) 9... Bc6 (9... Be7 10. Nc4 Bb5 11.
Bxf6 gxf6 12. a4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Rc8 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Nd4 O-O 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17.
Qh3 $36 {1-0 Maljutin,E-Shipov,S/Minsk 1993 (66)}) 10. Rad1 $146 {Rublevsky is
trying to find new ideas for white. Few months ago he played} (10. Nc4 {
but I don't see too many problems for Black and after} {I don't see too many
problems for Black and after} Bxe4 $5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 (11... gxf6 12. Qxe4 d5 13.
Qf4 dxc4 14. Rad1 $36) 12. Qxe4 d5 13. Qe2 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Be7 $13 (14... Bd6 15.
Rad1 Rd8 16. Qa4+ Ke7 17. Qe4 Rd7 18. Rd4 $14)) (10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6
12. Nd4 Bh6 $11) 10... Be7 (10... e5 11. Qd3 Be7 12. Nh4 $1 {[%cal Gh4f5]}) 11.
Nc4 O-O ({It is not easy to assess positions arising after} 11... b5 $5 12.
Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nb6 (13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Bxe4 $15) 13... Rb8
14. Nd5 exd5 15. exd5 Bd7 16. Rfe1 O-O) 12. Rfe1 d5 (12... h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14.
Qxd6 $16) 13. exd5 (13. Nb6 $2 dxe4 14. Nxa8 exf3 {[%csl Ra8]}) 13... Nxd5 (
13... Bxd5 $5 14. Qe3 Qc7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nb6 Rad8 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. c3 $14)
14. Qe5 $5 Bxg5 ({Black experiences more difficulties after} 14... Bf6 15. Qg3
$36) 15. Nxg5 b5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Terrible mistake. It looks like Black was too
happy with his position and overlooked simple White's combination. Vorobiov
had reasonable choice between} (15... Qf6 $5 16. Ne4 $14 {and}) (15... Qe7 $5 {
and White must still work hard to convert his initiative into something real.})
16. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Qxc6 bxc4 (18... Qh4 19. g3 Qxc4 20. Qxc4
bxc4 21. Rxd5 $18) 19. Rxd5 Qb8 20. Rde5 Rd8 (20... Qxb2 $2 21. Qxa8) 21. g3
1-0

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3
({White could play immediately} 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ng8 $5 11. e6 $5
Bxe6 12. Qb3 Bc8 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Bg5 Na5 15. Qa4+ Bd7 (15... b5 $2 {was losing
to} 16. Bxb5+ $1) 16. Qd1 Bg4 $132 (16... Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 e6 19. Bxf6
Qxf6 20. Qxd5 Bb4 21. Qe4 O-O {and Black has completed his development without
serious concessions, Kornev - Kharlov, RUS-ch Qualifier Tomsk 2004.})) 8... e6
(8... g6 {In modern practice Black meets troubles after} 9. Nbd2 Bg7 (9... Bh6
10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Bxc1 12. Qxc1 e5 13. Qh6 Nd7 14. Nd2 $146 {/\
Sd2-c4-e3-d5, f2-f4-f5} Qe7 (14... b5 15. a4) 15. Nc4 {Although the position
is more or less balanced, White seems to have the easier play.} b5 16. Ne3 Qf8
17. Qh4 Qe7 18. Qg3 O-O 19. Be2 Kh8 20. f4 $14 {1-0 Bologan,V (2630)-Halkias,S
(2520)/Moscow Aeroflot-op 2003/ [Psakhis] (46)}) 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 O-O 12.
Bg5 Nd7 13. Qd2 Nde5 14. Nh2 $1 b5 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Kh1 Nd7 17. Bh6 $1 Bxh6 18.
Qxh6 b4 19. Nf3 Rfc8 20. d4 bxc3 21. bxc3 cxd4 22. cxd4 $16 {1-0 Glek,I (2551)
-Mamedyarov,S (2607)/Silivri 88/169 2003//[Glek,I] (42)}) 9. h3 Bh5 {As
practice has sufficiently shown, Black doesn't experience any serious problems
in this line.} 10. g4 {Sometimes White delay this move - but not for a long
time!} (10. Nbd2 Be7 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. f4 {and now
black has choice between at least three interesting moves:} ({Chances are
equal in the case of} 14. Nf3 Nde5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 O-O 17. a3 b6 18. Qd2
Qc7 19. b4 Rad8 20. Qa2 Rd7 21. Rab1 Rc8 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 $11 {
[%csl Rf1] 0-1 Miljutin,O-Ovsijevitsch,S/Alushta op 2000 (35)}) 14... Bh4 (
14... e5 15. f5 Bg5 16. Nc4 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Nb6 18. Ne3 gxf5 ({I would prefer} 
18... g5 $5 {keeping position close.}) 19. exf5 d5 20. Bg2 Kf8 $13 {1-0
Zvjaginsev,V-Xu Jun/RUS-CHN m Moscow 2004/CBM 103/[Psakhis] (30)}) (14... g5 $5
15. f5 Nde5 16. Nf3 Bf6 17. Be3 b5 18. a3 Rc8 19. Rc1 O-O 20. Nh2 Re8 21. b3
Nd7 22. Nf3 d5 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. exd5 exd5 25. d4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lipka,
J-Shaposhnikov,E/Pardubice KB op 2003/ (45)}) 15. Re2 g5 {The best way is
actually} 16. f5 $5 {keeping the position more closed but leaving Black with
his bishop on h4} Nde5 (16... Bg3 {could be met by} 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qb3 Rh6
19. Nf3 {with a good play for White '+/=' Ftacnik. 'with a good play for White'
}) 17. Re3 O-O 18. Bg2 b5 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Rxf3 b4 21. Be3 $15 {1/2-1/2
Potkin,V-Timoshenko,G/Ismailia 2nd Misr Closed 2004/(35) 0-1}) 10... Bg6 11.
Nh4 Qc7 $5 $146 {This is an interesting way to solve the opening problems!} ({
White couldn't get real advantage and after} 11... Nd7 12. Nxg6 (12. Ng2 e5 13.
Na3 Be7 14. Nc4 h5 15. Nce3 hxg4 16. hxg4 Bg5 17. Nd5 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 Kf8 19. Qf3
Qg5 20. Nge3 Ne7 21. Nxe7 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S (2649)-Khalifman,A (2669)/ECC
t-ch Izmir 2004/The Week in Chess 518}) 12... hxg6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 e5 15.
d5 Nd4 16. Be3 Be7 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Qxd4 g5 19. Nd2 Ne5 20. Re3 Rc8 21. Qb4
Qd7 22. Rc3 O-O 23. Rac1 Bf6 24. Kg2 Ng6 25. Rc4 Rxc4 26. Rxc4 {Maljutin,
E-Timoshenko,G/Oberwart op 1994/ChessBase/0-1 (58)}) ({Worth considering and
sharp} 11... d5 $1 {but this move needs further investigations} 12. g5 Bh5 13.
Qb3 c4 (13... Na5 14. Qa4+ b5 15. Qc2 $18) 14. dxc4 Nxe4 $146 ({White failed
to get any advantage and after} 14... dxc4 $5 {for example:} 15. Qxc4 (15. Bxc4
$2 Na5 16. Qc2 Nxc4 17. gxf6 Qxf6 $17) 15... Nd7 16. Qd3 h6 $1 (16... Be7 17.
f4 h6 18. Qg3 hxg5 19. fxg5 Nde5 $44) 17. Qg3 Nde5 (17... Be7 $5) 18. f4 hxg5
19. fxg5 Bd6 (19... Bg4 $5 20. hxg4 $140 Rxh4 $36) 20. Bf4 Qb6+ (20... Qc7 $15)
21. Kh1 Qxb2 (21... Bc5 22. Be3 (22. Bxe5 Bf2 $19) 22... Bxe3 (22... Qxb2 23.
Bxc5 Qxa1 24. Qf2 $13) 23. Qxe3 Qxe3 (23... Qxb2 24. Nd2) 24. Rxe3 Bg4 $1 $17)
22. Nd2 Qb6 $17 {0-1 Sutovsky,E (2652)-Rechlis,G (2501)/Israel 2003}) 15. cxd5
(15. Qxb7 $4 Na5 $19) 15... Nc5 16. Qc2 Qxd5 17. b4 (17. Bg2 Qd3 $1) 17... Nd7
18. Bg2 Qd6 19. Qe4 $1 (19. Nf5 Qc7 {[%cal Gh5g6]}) 19... Qe5 (19... Qc7 20.
Bf4 Qd8 21. Nd2 Be7 22. Ndf3 O-O 23. Rad1 $14) (19... Be7 $6 20. Bf4 $16) 20.
Bf4 Qxe4 21. Bxe4 h6 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Iordachescu,V (2634)-Movsesian,S (2639)/
Bermuda 2004/[Iordachescu,Psakhis] (29)}) 12. f4 O-O-O {[%mdl 2112]} 13. Nd2 {
Trying to avoid the complications arising after} (13. f5 d5 $8 14. Ng2 (14.
exd5 Qg3+ 15. Bg2 (15. Ng2 Nxd5 16. fxg6 $140 hxg6 {[%cal Gf8d6,Rh8h3]} 17. c4
Nd4 $1 18. cxd5 Nf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20. dxe6 fxe6 $19) 15... Nxd5 16. fxg6 hxg6
17. Nf3 Rxh3 $132) 14... dxe4 15. fxg6 hxg6 16. g5 Rxh3 (16... Nd5 17. dxe4
Rxh3 {[%csl Rg1]}) 17. Bf4 (17. gxf6 Qh2+ 18. Kf2 Rf3+ $19) (17. Nf4 Rg3+)
17... Bd6 18. gxf6 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Rh4 20. Rxe4 gxf6 $5 $40) 13... d5 $5 14. e5
Nd7 15. Ndf3 (15. f5 $2 exf5 16. gxf5 Be7 $1 $40) 15... Be7 {A critical
position of the variation, since it is the end of series of more or less
forced moves.} 16. Bg2 (16. Qe2 $5) 16... Kb8 (16... c4 $140 $5 {[%csl Gg6]})
17. Be3 f6 $1 {White has got nothing from the opening: Black's pieces are well
developed and coordinated.} 18. Nxg6 (18. f5 exf5 19. exf6 gxf6 (19... Bxf6 $5
20. Nxf5 h5 {[%csl Rg1]}) 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. gxf5 Rhg8 22. Kh1 Qg3 $40) 18...
hxg6 19. d4 cxd4 20. cxd4 (20. Nxd4 $5) 20... f5 21. g5 Rc8 $13 22. Re2 Na5 23.
Rc1 (23. Bd2 Qb6) 23... Qb6 24. Rxc8+ (24. Rec2 $142 Nc4 $140 25. Qe2) 24...
Rxc8 25. Rc2 Nc4 26. Bc1 Rc6 {The position is about equal, but white fails to
find a correct plan and is being outplayed move by move.} 27. Bf1 Na5 28. Kf2 (
28. Rxc6 Nxc6 29. a3 Na5 30. Bd3 $11) 28... Bd8 29. Be3 Nc4 30. Bxc4 (30. Bc1
Na5 $11) 30... Rxc4 31. Rxc4 dxc4 32. d5 $2 {A serious error that ruins the
game.} (32. b3 $1 cxb3 33. Qxb3 Qxb3 34. axb3 Kc7 35. Bd2 {[%cal Rf3h4]} Be7 $8
$11) 32... Qxb2+ 33. Kg3 Bb6 $1 {After this move there is no doubt about
Black's overwhelming advantage.} 34. Bxb6 ({The lesser evil for White was} 34.
Qg1 Bxe3 35. Qxe3 Qb6 36. Qxb6 Nxb6 37. dxe6 Nd5 $17) (34. Bd4 c3 $5 (34...
Bxd4 35. Qxd4 Qxd4 36. Nxd4 exd5 37. e6 Nc5 38. e7 Ne4+ 39. Kf3 Nd6 $19) 35.
dxe6 Nc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5e4]} (35... c2 36. Qe2 Bxd4 37. exd7 Bb6 (37... Kc7 38.
Qc4+) 38. e6 c1=Q 39. e7 Qxe2 40. e8=Q+ Qxe8 41. dxe8=Q+ Ka7 $19) 36. Kh4 Nxe6
37. Bxb6 Qxb6 $19) 34... Qxb6 35. Qa4 ({There wasn't a rescue in} 35. dxe6 Nc5
$5 36. Qd4 Ne4+ 37. Kg2 Qxe6 38. Qd8+ Qc8 $19) 35... Nc5 $1 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Vasquez Schroder, Rodrigo Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Chile"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 (7. Ba4 $5)
7... Bg4 8. d4 (8. d3 g6 9. Nbd2 Bh6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Bxc1 12. Qxc1 e5 13.
Qh6 Nd7 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. Nc4 b5 16. Ne3 Qf8 17. Qh4 Qe7 18. Qg3 O-O 19. Be2 Kh8
20. f4 $14 {1-0 Bologan,V-Halkias,S/Moscow Aeroflot-op 2003/ (46)}) 8... cxd4
9. cxd4 d5 (9... e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bh5 (12... Bd7 13. Nd2 (
13. a4 Be7 14. Qb3 O-O 15. Na3 Nh5 16. f4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Nc4 b5 19.
axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Nb6 Qa7 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Bh3 Qa7 24. Qb4 Rd8 {
1/2-1/2 Tan,M-Pavlovic,M/Amsterdam ACT op 2004/The Week in Chess 506 (55)})
13... Be7 14. Nc4 b5 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Rc1 O-O 18. Rc6 $36 {
1-0 Zhao Xue-Gu Xiaobing/Asian-chW Calicut 2003/(59)}) 13. Bh3 Be7 14. Nd2 O-O
15. Qb3 b5 16. a4 Rb8 17. a5 Nd7 18. Qa3 b4 19. Qd3 Rb5 20. Nc4 f5 21. Bxf5
Bxf3 22. Nb6 Rxf5 23. exf5 Qe8 24. h3 Qh5 {0-1 Libens,M-Bakalarz,M/FRA t-ch2
0102 2002/ChessBase (67)}) (9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 d5 (10... e5 $6 11. d5 Ne7 12.
f4 $1 g6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nd2 Bg7 15. Nc4 Nh5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3 O-O 18. Bb6
$16 {1-0 Arribas,M-Demina,J/WchW New Delhi 2000/ (24)}) (10... e6 11. d5 Ne5
12. f4 Ned7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Nc3 g6 15. Bc4 e5 16. Be3 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18.
Bb3 Qd7 19. Bg3 Qg4 20. Qxg4 Nfxg4 21. Kg2 Nd3 22. Re2 Nc5 {1-0 Teterev,
V-Maximov,D/Zaporozhye ZAZ Cup 2004/The Week in Chess 518 (28)}) 11. e5 Nd7
$146 {I don't like this move, but surely it has right for existence.} (11...
Nh5 {White failed to get any advantage after} 12. f4 g6 13. Be3 {'+/='} Qd7 14.
Nc3 e6 15. Na4 Rb8 16. Rc1 Bb4 17. Re2 Ng7 18. a3 Be7 19. Bh3 O-O 20. b4 b6 $11
{1-0 Hatanbaatar,B-Levitt,M/Bled Olympiad 2002/ (55)}) 12. e6 $1 fxe6 13. Bh3
$5 {+/-!!} Qb6 (13... e5 14. dxe5 Ndxe5 15. f4 Nf7 16. Be6 $44 {[%csl Ge6]}) ({
Worth considering} 13... g6 $5 14. Bxe6 Bg7 $5 15. Bxd5 (15. Nc3 Nxd4 16. Bxd5)
15... Nf6 $13 {with complicated and interesting game.}) (13... Nf6 14. Bxe6 Qb6
15. Nc3) 14. Bxe6 Qxd4 ({It is not clear if White can get any advantage after} 
14... Nxd4 15. Nc3 $5 Nxe6 16. Nxd5 Qd8 17. Rxe6 Nc5 $13) 15. Nc3 (15. Bxd5
Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Nf6 $11) 15... Qxd1 (15... Nf6 16. Be3 Qxd1 17. Raxd1) 16. Rxd1 {
White has some advantage in the endgame, but he needs to invest a very big
effort to get something real.} Nc5 (16... d4 17. Nd5 Nc5 (17... Ra7 18. Bf4 g6
19. Rac1 Bg7 20. b4 $1 Nf8 (20... h6 21. a4) 21. Nc7+ Kd8 22. Rc5 Nxb4 23. a3
Nd7 (23... b6 24. Rc4 Rxc7 25. Bxc7+ Ke8 26. Be5 $1) 24. Bxd7 Kxd7 (24... b6
25. Bg4) 25. axb4 e5 26. Rxe5 $1) 18. Nc7+ Kd8 19. Bf4 $1 $132) 17. Bxd5 O-O-O
(17... e6 18. Bc4 (18. Bxc6+ bxc6 19. Be3 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Rc1 $16) (18.
Bc4 $6 Be7 19. Be3 Ne5 20. Be2 O-O $13)) 18. Be3 e6 19. Bc4 $14 {[%csl Gc4,Ge3]
1-0 Zhang Zhong-Ni Hua/Yongchuan zt 3.3 2003/CBM 97/[Psakhis,Zhang Zhong] (43)
'!' The arisen endgame is not safe for Black due to White's strong Bishops
pair.}) 10. e5 (10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 e6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Be7 14. Nxd5 Qxd5
15. Qxd5 exd5 16. Bg5 Kd7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Rac1 Nc6 19. g3 Rhe8 20. Bg2 Kd6
21. Re3 b6 22. Kh2 Rac8 {0-1 Kett,T-Jones,R/WLS-ch Cardiff 2004/ChessBase (40)}
) 10... Nd7 11. h3 (11. Be3 e6 12. a3 Be7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Bd3 Bh5 15. Rc1 Bg6
16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. g3 Rc8 18. h4 Na5 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Bg5 Re8 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22.
Ng5 Nf8 23. h5 f6 24. Nh3 g5 25. Qg4 Qc2 {0-1 Papin,V-Magalashvili,D/EUR-ch
B16 Budva 2003/}) 11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nxd4 $146 {Black's last move looks like
a novelty despite it is obvious.} (12... e6 13. Rd1 (13. Be3 g6 14. Nd2 Bg7 15.
Qd1 O-O 16. Nf3 Rc8 17. h4 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Ng5 Qd6 20. g3 Ne4 21. Nxe4
dxe4 22. Bg2 Nxd4 23. Bxe4 Rcd8 24. Qg4 Nf5 25. Bf4 Qb6 26. h5 e5 27. Be3 Nxe3
{Rocha,S-Hracek,Z/Istanbul olm 2000/EXT 2001/[Hracek]/1/2-1/2 (39)}) 13... Be7
14. Qg4 g6 15. Nc3 h5 16. Qg3 Bf8 17. Ne2 Ne7 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Bg5
Nc6 21. Rd3 Nd7 22. Rc1 Be7 23. Be3 O-O 24. Rb3 Rab8 25. Nf4 Rfc8 26. Bxa6 bxa6
27. Rbc3 {Fernandez,J-Alonso,S/Torrent 2002/ChessBase/0-1 (37)}) 13. Qxd5 {
[%mdl 640]} (13. Qd1 $5 Nc6 14. e6 fxe6 15. Rxe6 Nf6 {[%cal Gd8d7]}) 13... Nc2
$8 {This move looks too risky but has proved to be all right.} 14. Rd1 {
The future of this variation depends upon the evaluation of this position.} Qc7
(14... e6 15. Qxb7 Rb8 (15... Qc8 16. Rxd7 Qxb7 17. Rxb7 Nxa1 18. Rc7 $16 {
[%csl Ra1]}) 16. Qxa6 Nxa1 17. Bb5 $40) (14... Nxa1 15. e6 fxe6 16. Qxb7 Rb8
17. Qxa6 Qb6 18. Qc4 $44 {[%csl Ra1,Re8]}) 15. e6 $5 fxe6 16. Qxe6 Qc6 (16...
Nxa1 17. Nc3 Qc6 18. Qe2 {leads to the main line.}) 17. Qe2 Nxa1 {A critical
position of the variation, since it is the end of series of more or less
forced moves.} 18. Nc3 {White has an extra rook here, but his extremely active
pieces gives him, at worst, some compensation.} O-O-O (18... Qg6 $5 {[%cal
Ga1c2]} 19. Bf4 e5 $132) 19. Be3 Nf6 (19... e6 20. Rxa1 (20. Rc1 Kb8) 20... Bc5
21. Rc1 (21. Bg5 $5) 21... Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Kb8 $15) 20. Rxa1 e5 21. a4 {[%cal
Gc3b5]} (21. Rc1 $5) (21. g3 $5 {[%cal Gf1g2]}) 21... Kb8 (21... Bc5 $6 22. Rc1
Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Kb8 24. Nb5 Qxc1 $8 25. Qxc1 axb5 26. Bxb5 $36) 22. Nb5 $5 {
It is better to die standing than to live on your knees!} (22. Rc1 $5) 22...
Nd5 $1 (22... axb5 23. axb5 Qc7 24. b6 $5 (24. Ba7+ Kc8) 24... Qc6 $8 (24...
Qd6 25. Qc4 Qc6 26. Qa2 $18 {[%csl Rb8]}) 25. b4 {[%cal Cf8b4,Ge2a2]} Rd4 $5 (
25... Bxb4 26. Qa2 Kc8 27. Bb5 $1 Qxb5 28. Qf7 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 $18) 26. Bxd4 (26.
Qa2 Qxb6 27. Qa8+ Kc7 28. Rc1+ Kd6 29. Qb8+ Kd5 30. Bxd4 Qxd4 31. Qc8 $40)
26... exd4 27. Qa2 $1 (27. Qe5+ $6 Bd6 28. Qa5 Kc8 29. Qf5+ Kb8 $11) 27... Qxb6
28. Qa8+ Kc7 29. Rc1+ Kd6 30. Qb8+ Ke7 (30... Kd7 31. Bd3 g6 32. Qc8+ Ke7 33.
Rc7+ $18)) 23. Ba7+ Ka8 (23... Kc8 24. Qxe5) 24. Qxe5 Bc5 (24... Be7 $5) (24...
b6 $5) 25. Nd4 (25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Nc3 Rhf8 $17) 25... Qd6 $1 (25... Bxd4 26.
Bxd4 $36) 26. Qxd6 Bxd6 27. Nb5 $5 {A picturesque position, isn't it?!} (27.
Rd1 Kxa7 28. Ne6 Nf6 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 $19) 27... axb5 (27... b6 $5 $19) 28. axb5 {
[%csl Ra8] Of course Black is still winning, but White can fight so there is a
chance for mistakes.} Bc7 (28... Nc7 $5) 29. Be2 (29. g3 $5) 29... Rhf8 $4 {
[%mdl 8192] This terrible move reverses the outcome of the game.} (29... Nf6
30. Bf3 Rhe8 $19) 30. Bb6+ Kb8 31. Ba7+ Kc8 (31... Ka8 $11) 32. Bg4+ {Suddenly
White is back in the game!} Rd7 33. Bc5 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Oc5f8,Ga1a8]} Rff7 $2
{Saving himself from one threat, Black is under a new one! This attempt meets
the tactical refutation.} (33... Re8 $8 34. Ra8+ Bb8 35. Rxb8+ (35. Bd6 Nc7 36.
Rxb8+ Kxb8 37. Bxd7 Rd8) (35. Ba7 $4 Re1#) 35... Kxb8 36. Bxd7 $13) 34. Ra8+
Bb8 35. Ba7 $1 Kc7 36. Bxb8+ Kb6 37. Bxd7 Rxd7 38. Be5 Re7 (38... Nb4 $5 {
[%cal Gb4d3]}) 39. f4 {White got decisive advantage and Mamedyarov quickly
transposes it into victory.} Kxb5 40. Rb8 Kc6 (40... Nb4 $5) 41. Rg8 g6 42. Kf2
Nb4 43. Ke2 (43. Ke3 $5) 43... Kd5 44. Kf3 Nc6 45. Bh8 $5 $18 {[%csl Gh8]} (45.
Bc3 b5) 45... b5 46. g4 Re1 (46... b4 $5) 47. Rg7 Nd4+ $6 (47... Re7 $8) 48.
Kf2 Re8 (48... Re2+ 49. Kf1 Rd2 50. Rd7+ Ke4 51. Rxd4+ Rxd4 52. Bxd4 Kxd4 53.
Kf2 Ke4 54. Kg3 b4 55. b3 $1 $18) 49. Rd7+ Ke6 50. Rxh7 Nc6 51. h4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 ({Boris usually chooses the more solid} 3... Bd7
{after which Black has big problems with playing for a win. The text move is
sharper.}) 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 {'Black can't allow 8.
Bg5, after White occupies the d5-square with the Knight.} 8. Be3 Be7 {That
position was tested many times on the highest level.} (8... a6 9. Bc4 b5 10.
Bd5) 9. O-O (9. Bc4 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. O-O O-O (11... Nc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Nd5
$14) 12. Nd2 (12. Nh4 Nc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 (13... Qxc5 14. Ng6 (14. Nf5 $5) 14...
Re8 15. Nxe7+ Rxe7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Be6 18. Bxe6 $14) 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15.
exf5 Rad8 16. Nd5 e4 17. Qb3 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qe5 19. c4 Bd6 20. g3 Qxf5 {1-0
Greet,A (2403)-Sebag,M (2417)/Gausdal GMB 2005/ (40)}) (12. Rfd1 Nc5 13. Bxc5
Qxc5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rb8 16. h3 Kh8 17. c3 f5 18. a5 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Be6
20. Bd5 Bf5 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rf4 23. Qd5 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 Rbf8 25. Rd2 Kg8
26. Ne1 d5 27. f3 d4 28. cxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 exd4 30. Kf1 Rf5 31. Nd3 Rb5 32.
Ke2 Bb4 33. Ra4 Bxa5 {1/2-1/2 Roussel Roozmon,T (2425)-Yermolinsky,A (2570)/
Berkley East Bay CC GM 2005/}) 12... Rb8 (12... Nc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 $14 Rb8 16. Ra3 Bd7 17. Qe3 Qa5 18. Rfa1 b5 19. Nb3 Qb6 20. axb5 axb5
{1/2-1/2 Wei Chenpeng (2406)-Xu Jun (2582)/Wuxi Torch Real Estate Cup 2005/}) (
12... b6 $142) 13. a5 Nc5 14. Qe2 (14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bd7 $14)
14... Be6 15. Bxe6 (15. Rfd1 Rbc8) 15... Nxe6 (15... fxe6 16. Qc4 $16) 16. Ra4
(16. Nc4 $142 Nd4 (16... Nxe4 17. Nd5 Qd7 18. Ba7 $1) (16... Qc6 17. Qd3 $16)
17. Bxd4 (17. Qd3 Nxc2) 17... exd4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bf6 $14) 16... Qc6 (
16... Qd7) 17. Rc4 Qd7 18. Rd1 {'+/=' Adams,M.} Bd8 (18... Rbc8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8
20. Nc4) 19. Ra4 (19. Nb3 b5 20. axb6 Bxb6 21. Ra4 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Nc7 $13) 19...
d5 {'!' Adams,M.} (19... Rc8 20. Raa1 Qc6 21. Qd3 $16) 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nde4
Nxc3 22. Nxc3 Qe8 23. b3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M (2755)-Svidler,P (2689)/New
Delhi (m/2) 2000/ChessBase} (23. Qd3) (23. Rd5)) 9... a6 (9... O-O 10. Bc4 Nb6
(10... b5 11. Bb3 (11. Bd5 Rb8 12. Bxa7 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Rb7 14. Be3 $14) 11...
Nc5 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. Bd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 {/\ Rad1+/=}) 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Rfe1 $1
$146 (12. Nh4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 d5 14. Nf3 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Bd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxe5
Qxe5 18. Nxe5 Bf6 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Nd3 Rfe8 21. a3 Re2 22. Rac1 Rc8 23. c3 {
1-0 Landenbergue,C (2430)-Marin,M (2540)/Belfort 1995/ChessBase (61)}) 12...
Rc8 13. Nd2 $1 Ng4 (13... Qc7 14. h3 {/\ Bb6, Nf1-e3}) 14. Bxb6 $1 Qxb6 15. Re2
Nf6 (15... Bh4 16. g3 Bg5 17. Nf1 {/\ h3-h4}) (15... Bg5 16. Nf1 {/\ Ng3-f5})
16. Nf1 Qd4 $5 17. Qb5 $1 (17. Qxd4 exd4 18. Nb5 Bc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rd1 $1
Rb4 21. c4 Rxc4 $1 22. Nxd4 Rfc8 $14) 17... Rc7 18. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,L 
(2635)-Avrukh,B (2495)/Beer_Sheva 1996/[Yudasin,L] (42)}) 10. Bc4 b5 (10... O-O
11. Rfe1 b5 12. Bd5 Rb8 13. b4 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Red1 Bb7
17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Bxe4 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22.
Nxe5 Bxc2 {1/2-1/2 Mashinskaya,I (2289)-Popov,V (2523)/Koszalin op-B 1999/
ChessBase (43)}) (10... Nb6 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Rfe1 Rc8 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Rad1 Rc6 (
14... Qc7 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Nf1 Rc7 17. Ne3 Qc5 18. Re2 b5 19. Ncd5 Nxd5 20.
Bxd5 a5 21. c3 g6 22. h3 Kg7 23. a3 Rfc8 {1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Petrosian,T/
Artek Children's Olympiad 1999/ (67)}) 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Nf1 Qc7 17. Ne3 Rc5
18. Re2 Rc8 19. Ncd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Qxc2 {0-1
Jaklamd,T (2270)-Suba,M (2528)/Dos Hermanas op 2002/ChessBase (41)}) (10... Qc7
11. Nh4 g6 $5 {N} (11... Nc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 $16) 12. g3 (
12. f4 Nc5 $1 $13) 12... b5 13. Bd5 (13. Nd5 Qxc4 14. Qxc4 bxc4 15. Nc7+ Kf8
16. Nxa8 Bd8) 13... Bb7 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Ng2 Rc8 (15... b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17.
exd5 {#C5 a3}) 16. a3 Kf8 17. f3 Kg7 {0-1 Stanciu,T-Suba,M/Romania (ch) 40/217
1985/ChessBase/[Suba,M] (64)}) 11. Bd5 (11. Bb3 Bb7 (11... Nc5 12. Bxc5 dxc5
13. Qxd8+ Bxd8 14. Bd5 $1 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 f6 16. c4 $13) 12. Nd5 (12. Nh4 $6 b4
13. Qc4 d5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Rc8 (15... Bxh4 16. Qxb4 Rb8 17. Ba7 $13) 16.
Qe4 Bxh4 17. Qxb4 Ba8 $17) (12. a3 Rc8) 12... Bxd5 (12... Nc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bd5 c4 16. Qa3) (12... Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Qc7 14. c4 Nf6 15. Rac1)
13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 O-O $11 (14... Rc8 15. Qb7) 15. Qd3 (15. c4 Nf6 16. Qd3
bxc4 17. Qxc4 Qc8 $15) 15... Qc7 16. Nd2 Rac8 (16... Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Qb7 18. c4
Rc6 19. Rc3 Rac8 20. Rac1) 17. Rfc1 (17. Rac1 $142) 17... Nc5 (17... Qb7 18. c4
Rc6 19. Rc3) 18. Bxc5 {If White wants to exploit "the good knight vs. the bad
bishop", his "good" knight has to be on d5 or at least on c3 (e3). Better were:
} (18. Qd5 $5) (18. Qe2) (18. Qd5 $5) (18. Qd5 $5) 18... Qxc5 (18... dxc5 19.
Nf3 c4 20. Qe2 $11) 19. c4 Bg5 {0-1 Mohr,G-Gelfand,B /Portoroz Vidmar mem 2001/
CBM 85/ (34)}) 11... Rb8 {As practice has sufficiently shown, Black doesn't
experience any serious problems in this line.} 12. b4 (12. Ba7 Nxd5 13. Nxd5
Rb7 14. Nxe7 (14. Be3 Nf6 15. Nxe7 (15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Rfd1 $146 (16. Nd2)
16... O-O 17. Nd2 Be6 (17... Bg4 $1 18. f3 Be6 19. Nb1 ({a)} 19. c4 bxc4 20.
Nxc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Rxb2 22. Qxa6 Bg5 $1 23. Bc5 (23. Bf2 Bf4 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25.
Rxd6 Rc8) 23... Bf4 24. Qxd6 Qh4 $3 25. Qxf8+ Kh7) 19... d5 20. exd5 Rd7 21.
Nc3 b4 22. Ne4 Rxd5 23. Nxf6+ (23. Qe2 Be7 24. Bc5 Bxc5+ 25. Nxc5 Qb6 26. Rxd5
Bxd5 27. Qf2 Rc8) 23... Qxf6 24. Qxa6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rc8 $44) 18. Nb1 $5 d5 19.
exd5 Rd7 20. Nc3 b4 21. Ne4 Rxd5 22. Qe2 Be7 23. Bc5 $1 {1-0 Kornev,A (2552)
-Amonatov,F (2453)/Voronezh 86/181 2002 (89)} (23. c4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bxc4 $1))
15... Rxe7 16. Nd2 (16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Bb7 18. Nd2 O-O 19. f3 Qc7 20. c4 Nd7
{1/2-1/2 Khamatgaleev,A (2400)-Gormally,D (2506)/Cappelle la Grande op 2002/})
(16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Bc5 Rfe8 $3 18. Bxd6 Rd7 {/\ Te6}) 16... Ng4 17. a4 Nxe3 18.
Qxe3 O-O 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rfd1 Bg4 21. Re1 Qc7 22. Qd3 Be6 23. Nf1 Bc4 24. Qd2
Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Rd7 26. Ra3 Qc6 27. Re1 d5 28. exd5 Rxd5 {Wilczek,T (2420)
-Skeels,J (2295)/corr 2004/Telechess CBM 107/1/2-1/2 (33)}) 14... Qxe7 15. Be3
Nf6 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Nb3 (17. c4 Be6 18. b3 Rc8) 17... Be6 18. Na5 Rc7 19. Bd2
d5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Rfe1 Rd8 22. Bc3 Bxg2 {Ye Jiangchuan (2593)-Fedorov,A 
(2659)/Belfort 1999/ChessBase/ 0-1 (34)}) (12. a3 O-O 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. Bxb6
Qxb6 15. Rd2 g6 16. Nh4 Kg7 17. g3 a5 18. b4 Bd7 19. Bb3 a4 20. Ba2 Rbc8 21.
Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Qc7 23. Ng2 Qc3 24. Ra2 Qxd3 25. Rxd3 f5 {0-1 Marusenko,P 
(2330)-Gormally,D (2500)/Hastings Challengers 2002/ChessBase (54)}) 12... Nxd5
13. Nxd5 Bb7 $146 (13... Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Rfd1 Be7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4
Qd7 18. Rda1 f5 19. c4 O-O 20. exf5 {1-0 Davies,N (2480)-Sikorsky,R (2225)/
corr 2003/Telechess CBM 97}) 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Rab1 (15. a4 $5) (15. Nxe7+ Qxe7
16. a4 $5 $14 {could be an interesting alternative to the text}) 15... Bxd5 (
15... Nf6 $5) 16. exd5 f5 (16... Bg5 $5) 17. f3 (17. f4 e4 18. Qb3 Qe8 $5 {
[%csl Rd5][%cal Ge8f7]}) 17... Bg5 18. Bxg5 (18. Bf2 $6 Nb6 $36) 18... Qxg5 {
It is not so easy to estimate this position correctly, but it looks so that
Black can keep equal chances.} 19. c4 e4 $6 {White has to choose between
several possibilities and the one he picks is not the best one.} ({After} 19...
Nf6 $5) ({or} 19... Qg6 $5 $13 {Gormally could get equal chances.}) 20. fxe4
Ne5 $6 ({Much better is the continuation} 20... fxe4 21. Nxe4 bxc4 $5 22. Qxc4
(22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Nxg5 cxd3 24. Ne6 Rc8 $132) 22... Qe3+ 23. Nf2 (23. Kh1 Ne5
) 23... Ne5 24. Qb3 Qd4 $44 {and White has to be very careful as Gormally has
a lot of tricks available.}) 21. Qe2 bxc4 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Nxc4 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1
Rxb4 $6 {Here Black begins to complicate the position at his own risk.} ({
I think that after} 24... Nxc4 $142 25. Qxc4 Qd2 $14 {black has very good
chances to draw. But in any case final mistake was made later!}) 25. Nxd6 Rd4
26. Qxa6 (26. h4 $5 Rd2 $8 27. hxg5 Rxe2 28. gxh6 $16) 26... Rd2 27. Qc8+ Kh7
28. Qh3 (28. Qf5+ Qxf5 29. Nxf5 Rxd5) 28... Rxd5 29. Ne4 Qg6 30. Qe3 Nc4 ({
Perhaps Black should have considered} 30... Ng4 $5 {[%csl Gg4]} 31. Qf4 Ra5 $14
) 31. Qf4 Qb6+ 32. Nf2 (32. Kh1 Ne3 {[%csl Ge3]}) 32... Qc5 (32... Rd4 $5) (
32... Qd4 33. Qxd4 Rxd4 34. Rd1 $16) 33. Qe4+ Kh8 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qe4+ Kh8 36.
Rc1 Rd2 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Qe4+ Kh8 39. Qf4 Rxa2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A tactical
oversight!} (39... Qe3 40. Qxe3 Nxe3 41. Ra1 (41. Rc8+ Kh7 42. Ra8 Re2 43. h4
Re1+ 44. Kh2 Re2 45. Kg3 Nf5+ 46. Kf3 Nd4+ $11) 41... Re2 (41... Nc2 42. Rd1 $1
) 42. a4 Nc2 43. Rb1 Ne3 $14) 40. Qb8+ (40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. Qb1+) 1-0

[Event "Noyabrsk Fakel Jamala"]
[Site "Noyabrsk"]
[Date "2003.11.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.11.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. Bxc6+ (4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 $13)
4... bxc6 5. O-O Bg4 (5... e5 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qc7 10.
dxe5 dxe5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rc1 Qa5 15. Qa4 Qb6 16. Nd1
Bd7 17. Ne3 Be6 18. b3 Rfc8 19. Nc4 Qb8 20. Qa5 $14 {1-0 Belkhodja,S-Al
Zendani,Z/Arab-ch Cairo 2003/ (35)}) 6. c3 e6 (6... Nf6 $5 7. Re1 (7. d3 Nd7 8.
Be3 Qb8 9. Nbd2 Qxb2 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 g6 12. Qa4 Qb5 13. Qa3 Nb6 14. Rfc1
Bg7 15. Rab1 Qa4 16. Qxa4 Nxa4 17. Rxc6 Rc8 $1 $13 {Rublevsky,S-Ivanchuk,V/
Polanica Zdroj 1998 /1/2-1/2 (42)}) 7... Nd7 8. d4 e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be3 cxd4
11. cxd4 Be7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Rc1 Rb8 $11 {Klinova,M-Galliamova,A/ECC CupW
Rethymnon 2003//0-1 (59)}) 7. d4 $146 (7. d3 Qc7 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Qa4 e5 10. d4
cxd4 11. cxd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. N4f3 Nf6 14. Re1 O-O 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5
Bd6 17. Ndc4 $14 {1-0 Conde,J-Gonzalez,A/Spain jr 1998 (25)}) 7... Bxf3 $6 (
7... cxd4 $142 8. cxd4 Nf6 $13) 8. Qxf3 d5 9. dxc5 (9. Be3 Nf6 10. Nd2 cxd4 $13
) 9... Bxc5 10. Qg3 Bf8 (10... dxe4 11. Qxg7 Qf6 12. Qg3 (12. Bh6 $2 Qxh6 13.
Qxh8 O-O-O $19 {[%csl Rh8]}) 12... Ne7 13. Nd2 $36) 11. c4 Nf6 (11... dxe4 12.
Nc3 Nf6 13. Rd1 Qb8 14. Bf4 $36) 12. Nc3 d4 {Black wrongly decided that it
would be safer for his king here while the centre is closed.} (12... Nxe4 $5
13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. b3 Qd3 15. Be3 $44 {[%csl Re8]}) 13. e5 Nd7 (13... dxc3 14.
exf6 Qxf6 15. Bg5) 14. Ne4 c5 15. Bf4 {[%csl Ge4,Ge8,Gf4] White has an obvious
advantage - both in the centre and in development.} g6 $6 {[%csl Rd6,Rf6]
Black worsens his pawn structure and produces many weaknesses on the king's
side, but any case he had quite big troubles with development.} 16. Bg5 {
Now Black has troubles with protection of important dark squares aroung his
king.} Qb6 17. Rab1 Rc8 (17... h6 18. Nf6+ Nxf6 19. Bxf6 $32) 18. Rfd1 Rc6 {
Black desperately tries to cover the dark squares.} 19. Bf6 $5 Nxf6 (19... Rg8
20. Rd2 Qc7 21. b3 $16) 20. Nxf6+ Kd8 21. Rd3 {[%cal Gd3b3]} (21. b4 $5 cxb4
$140 22. Qh4 {[%csl Rd4]}) 21... Kc8 22. Qf3 Qb7 23. b4 $1 {Thanks to his pawn
majority in the queen side, White keeps a clear advantage.} Rb6 (23... cxb4 24.
Rxd4) 24. Ne4 (24. Qe2 $5) 24... Be7 (24... Rxb4 25. Rdb3 Be7 26. Rxb4 cxb4 27.
a3 $16) 25. h3 (25. a3 $5) (25. b5 $5) 25... Rf8 (25... Rxb4 $5 26. Rxb4 cxb4
27. Rxd4 Rd8) 26. b5 $5 Kb8 (26... Qc7 27. Qg3 f6 28. exf6 Qxg3 29. Rxg3 Bxf6
30. Ra3 Kb8 31. Nxc5 $18) 27. Rdb3 Qc7 28. Qg3 Rb7 29. Ra3 {[%cal Ga3a6]} Rd8
30. Rbb3 Rb6 31. Ra6 $5 Rd7 32. a4 $6 (32. Ra4 $5 $16) 32... Qc8 (32... Rxa6
$142 33. bxa6+ Kc8 34. Rb5 $36) 33. Qf3 Bf8 (33... Rdb7 $5) 34. a5 $18 {
White's positional advantage is decisive.} Rbb7 (34... Rxa6 35. bxa6+ Kc7 36.
Rb7+ Kd8 37. Qf6+ Ke8 38. Nd6+ Bxd6 39. exd6 $18) 35. Nd6 (35. b6 $5 Rxb6 $140
36. axb6 Qxa6 37. bxa7+) 35... Bxd6 36. exd6 {[%cal Ga6c6]} Qd8 37. b6 $18 Qc8
38. bxa7+ Ka8 39. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Kramatorsk"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2003.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Andreev, Eduard"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. O-O e6 8.
dxc5 (8. Bg5 $5 Qc7 9. d5 e5 10. a4 h6 11. Bh4 g6 12. Nd2 Bg7 13. Nc4 Nb6 14.
Na3 Bd7 15. a5 Nc8 16. Nc4 $14 {1-0 Fontaine,R-Feletar,D/Novi Sad-1 GM 2003/ 
(33)}) 8... Nxc5 9. Bg5 Qb6 (9... f6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Nd4 Qd7 12. a4 e5 13. Nf5
Kf7 14. Nxe7 Qxe7 15. b4 Ne6 $16 {Rayner,F-Kupreichik,V/Bled Olympiad 2002/1/
2-1/2 (37)}) (9... Qc7 $5 10. Re1 f6 11. Bh4 b5 12. a3 Be7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Rad1
Rb8 15. Bg3 Rd8 $132 {0-1 Sendera,J-Wojtaszek,R/POL Extraleague Lubniewice
2003/ (52)}) 10. Rb1 Bd7 (10... h6 11. Bf4 Bd7 12. Re1 g5 13. Bg3 Na4 14. Nxa4
Bxa4 15. b3 Bd7 16. Nd2 e5 17. Nc4 Qc6 18. f3 Be6 19. Ne3 Be7 20. c4 Bd8 21.
Qd2 Bb6 {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V-Oll,L/Wch Groningen 1997 (21)}) 11. Re1 $146 {
[%cal Rc3d5] Despite its obviousness, White's last move looks like a novelty.
Black has two bishops, however, White's pieces are better developed that's why
his position is preferable.} (11. b4 Na4 12. Nxa4 Bxa4 13. Qd3 h6 14. Be3 Qc7
15. c4 Be7 16. Rfc1 O-O 17. Nd4 Rfc8 18. h3 Be8 19. Ne2 Qd7 20. Rd1 Qa4 $11 {
Keres,P-Ljubojevic,L/Petropolis (izt) 16/388 1973/ /1/2-1/2 (41)}) 11... Na4 (
11... h6 12. Nd5 exd5 $8 13. exd5+ Ne6 14. Be3 $36) (11... f6 $5 12. Be3 Qc7
13. Nd4 $36) 12. Nd5 $1 {White is ideally developed, now it is time for action!
} Qc5 (12... exd5 13. exd5+ Be6 14. c4 $18) 13. c4 (13. Nd4 $5 {[%cal Gd1h5]})
13... f6 (13... h6 14. Bf6 $1 $40) 14. Bxf6 (14. Be3 Qc8 15. b3 $1 exd5 16.
exd5 Be7 17. bxa4 $16) 14... exd5 (14... gxf6 $2 15. Nxf6+ Ke7 16. Nxd7 Kxd7
17. Qxa4+ $18) 15. exd5+ Kf7 16. Bd4 (16. Ng5+ $5 Kg6 (16... Kxf6 17. Ne4+ Kf7
18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. b4 Na4 20. c5 $1 $18) (16... Kg8 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh4 h6 19. b3
$18) 17. Qd3+ Bf5 18. Qg3 {[%cal Rg5e4]} Kxf6 (18... Qc8 19. Ne4+ Bg4 20. Bd4
$18) 19. Qf4 $18 {[%cal Re1e6,Rg5e4]}) 16... Qxc4 (16... Qc8 $142 $1 17. Ng5+
Kg8 18. Qf3 $40) 17. Rc1 (17. Ng5+ $142 $1 Kg6 (17... Kg8 18. Qf3) 18. Ne6 Bxe6
19. dxe6 $18 {[%cal Rd1g4,Rb2b3]}) 17... Qb5 (17... Qxd5 18. Rc7 Rd8 19. Qxa4)
18. Ng5+ Kg6 (18... Kg8 19. Qf3 Be8 20. Rc7 {and, according to Fritz, white is
giving mate in 17 moves!}) 19. Ne6 (19. Qf3 $142 $5 Bf5 (19... h5 20. Qf7+ Kh6
21. Re6+ Bxe6 22. Bxg7+ Bxg7 23. Qxe6+ Kxg5 24. h4+ Kf4 25. g3+ Kf3 26. Qe3+
Kg4 27. Qf4+ Kh3 28. Qf5#) 20. g4 $18) 19... Re8 (19... Kf7 20. Qf3+ (20. Nc7
$18) 20... Kg8 21. Nxg7 $18) 20. Qg4+ {This move won also, but the game
deserves a more spectacular ending, for example} (20. Bxg7 $1 $18) (20. Qf3 $18
) 20... Kf7 21. Ng5+ (21. Re3 $142 $18) 21... Kg8 22. Qf3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Be8 $8
24. Qe4 (24. Ne6 Bf7 25. Nxf8 Kxf8 26. Qg3 $1 $18) 24... Bd7 (24... Qd7 25.
Qxe8 Qxe8 26. Rxe8) 25. Ne6 $1 {[%cal Re6f8]} Nc5 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. Nxf8 Kxf8 (
27... Bc8 28. d6) 28. Qf4+ Kg8 29. Re7 Be8 30. Qe5 (30. Qe5 Bf7 31. Qb8+) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Rublevsky as usual avoid the sharp variations of
the open Sicilian.} d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O e5 (5... Bg4 6. d3 e5 7. Nbd2 Nf6
8. h3 Bh5 9. c3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 Ne8 $1 $146 (11... Nd7 12. Ng3 Bg6 13.
Be3 Rb8 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. h4 h6 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. h5 Bh7 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nf6
20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Qc2 Ng4 {0-1 Rublevsky,S-Rabiega,R/Frankfurt Masters 2000/
The Week in Chess 294 (66)}) (11... Bg6 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Bg5 Rab8 14. b3 h6 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne3 Bg5 17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. g4 f6 19. Kh1 Bf7 20. Qa3 Qc7 21. d4
cxd4 22. cxd4 Rfd8 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Nf5 c5 {1-0 Yastreb,K-Kononenko,D/UKR-ch
Alushta 2002/ChessBase (39)}) 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ng3 Nc7 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 f6
16. Be3 c5 $5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Nh4 Bf7 19. Nhf5 Ne6 20. Rc1 Nd4 21. b3 a5 $14
{1/2-1/2 Nevednichy,V-Babula,V/Krynica (zt) 73/(237) 1998/Inf 73 (40)}) 6. c3
Nf6 7. Re1 Bg4 8. h3 (8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qc7 (9... exd4 10. Qxd4 (10. Qa4 $2
Bxf3 11. Qxc6+ Nd7 12. gxf3 Rc8 13. Qb5 (13. Qd5 $2 Rc5 $1 14. Qxd4 Rxc1 $1 $19
) 13... Rc5 14. Qf1 $8 g6 $17 {|^}) 10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 Be7 12. e5 (12. Nc3 $5
$11) 12... dxe5 (12... Nd5 $5 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Qxg7 Qg6+ $1 (14... Kd7 15.
Qxf7 $1 Rhg8+ 16. Kh1 Raf8 17. Qh5 $13) 15. Qxg6 hxg6 $44) 13. Qxe5 Qd7 14. Bd2
$1 (14. Nc3 O-O $1 $15 {/\} 15. Qxe7 Rfe8 $19) (14. Bg5 h6 $1 {/\} 15. Bxf6
gxf6 16. Qxf6 Rg8+ 17. Kh1 O-O-O $19) 14... Nd5 $6 (14... Kf8 {/\ Bd6}) 15. Nc3
f6 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Qh4 Kf7 $132 {0-1 Tseitlin,M-Akopian,V/
Beer_Sheva 1992/Inf 55/[Akopian,V] (49)}) (9... Nd7 10. Be3 Be7 11. Nbd2 exd4
12. Bxd4 O-O 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Qc3 Nf6 15. h3 c5 16. hxg4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nxg4 18.
Nc4 Qc7 19. Rac1 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 Ye Jiangchuan-Ni Hua/Wch KO Tripoli 2004/The
Week in Chess 503 (24)}) 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nc4 Rd8 14.
Qb3 Rb8 15. Qe3 Nd7 16. Bd2 Bc5 17. Qd3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 O-O 19. Red1 Bd4 20. Qg3
Qd8 21. Bc3 c5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Leitao,R/Poikovsky 2001/The
Week in Chess 341 (31)}) 8... Bh5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nd7 (10... exd4 11. e5
dxe5 12. g4 Nxg4 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5+ Be7 15. Qxh5 O-O 16. Na3 Bf6 17. Bg5
Bxg5 18. Rxg5 g6 19. Qh6 Re8 20. Rg4 f5 21. Rh4 Re7 22. Rd1 c5 23. Kh2 Qb8+ {
1/2-1/2 Chase,C-Khachiyan,M/Las Vegas National op 2004}) 11. Be3 $146 (11. g4
Bg6 12. Qc2 (12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 Nc5 15. Nc3 h5 16. Nh4 Bf7 17.
Nf5 g6 18. Ng3 hxg4 19. hxg4 Nd3 20. Qa4 Qd7 21. Re2 Nxb2 22. Qa6 Bc4 23. Qa5
Bxe2 24. Ncxe2 Nc4 25. Qc3 Nxd2 26. Rd1 Nf3+ {Breder,D-Karpov fan/Canarias en
Red prel 2nd blitz 2004/EXT 2005/0-1 (41)}) 12... Rc8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qc3
Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Be7 16. Be3 O-O 17. Nc3 Bf6 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Bf4 Be5 20. Qe3 f6
21. Bg3 Rfe8 22. Kg2 Rcd8 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Rd2 Rd7 25. f3 Bf7 26. Red1 Red8 {
1/2-1/2 Dueckstein,A-Lapienis,D/Wien op 1996/ChessBase (26)}) 11... Be7 (11...
Qb6 12. d5 $5 (12. g4 Qxb2 13. gxh5 Qxa1 14. Qc2 Rb8 $8) (12. b3 Bxf3 13. gxf3
Qd8 14. f4 $5 $36) 12... c5 (12... Qxb2 $2 13. dxc6 Qxa1 14. cxd7+ Kxd7 15.
Qa4+ Ke7 16. Qc6 $18) 13. Nbd2 Qxb2 $140 14. Qa4 $40 {[%cal Ga4e7,Ga1b1]}) 12.
Nbd2 exd4 (12... O-O $5 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Rac1 $14) 13. Bxd4 O-O 14. Nf1 {
[%cal Gf1g3]} (14. Qc2 $5 $14) 14... Qa5 $6 {Taking into account White's reply
maybe it was better to wait with this move.} (14... Bf6 $142 $5) 15. Bc3 Qc7
16. Ng3 {White's is ahead in development, so his chances are higher.} Bxf3 (
16... Bg6 17. Nd4 Bf6 18. Ndf5 $36) 17. Qxf3 $36 {[%csl Gc3,Gf3,Gg3][%cal
Gg3f5] White got a clear initiative on the kingside and Sorokin finds himself
in deep trouble.} Ne5 (17... Bf6 18. Nf5 Be5 (18... Ne5 $143 19. Qg3 {[%cal
Rf2f4]}) 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Qa3 $5 Rfd8 21. Rad1 $16 {[%csl Ga3,Rd6,Gf5]}) 18.
Qe3 g6 (18... Bf6 19. Nh5) (18... Rfe8 19. Nf5 Bf6 20. Rad1 $16) 19. f4 Nd7 20.
Nf5 $1 {This move gives White an overwhelming positional advantage.} Bf6 21.
Bxf6 $1 (21. Nh6+ Kg7 (21... Kh8 22. Bxf6+ Nxf6 23. Qc3 Kg7 24. Ng4 Qe7 25. e5
$16 (25. Rad1 $16)) 22. Ng4 Bxc3 23. Qxc3+ f6 24. Rac1 $36) 21... Nxf6 22. Qd4
{[%csl Gd4,Gf5,Rg8] Black has great problems to defend his exposed dark
squares on the kingside.} gxf5 (22... Qb6 $5 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Nxd6 Nh5 25. f5
$16) 23. Qxf6 Qd8 (23... fxe4 $5 24. Rxe4 (24. Re3 Rfe8 (24... Qb6 25. Rae1
Rfe8 26. Kh2 Qd8 (26... Re6 27. Rg3+ Kf8 28. Qh8+) 27. Rg3+ Kf8 28. Qg7+ Ke7
29. Rxe4+ Kd7 30. Rb3 $1 $18) 25. Rg3+ Kf8 26. Rd1 d5 27. Rg5 $1 $16) 24...
Rfe8 25. Rae1 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 $18) 24. Qxf5 $18 {Rest is simple: White keeps
material and positional advantage.} Qb6+ 25. Kh2 Qxb2 26. e5 $1 {[%csl Rg8]
[%cal Oe5d6,Re1e3]} Rfe8 (26... f6 27. Rab1 Qf2 28. Rb7 Qh4 29. exd6 $18) 27.
Qg5+ (27. exd6 $18) 27... Kf8 (27... Kh8 $142 $5) 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. f5 $1 $18
Kh8 (29... Qc2 30. Re3) 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Re4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. c3 ({
White could have made the very interesting move} 7. e5 $5 {starting concrete
play immediately, while White has clear advantage in development. A
continuation could have been} dxe5 (7... e6 $6 8. exd6 Bxd6 9. d3 Ne7 10. Nbd2
O-O 11. Ne4 Nd5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Ne4 Bc7 $5 (14... Bh5 15. Ng3) 15.
Nxc5 e5 16. a3 f5 17. c4 $1 Nf6 18. d4 $1 {1-0 Shirov,A (2695)-Gelfand,B (2710)
/Dortmund cm 2002/ChessBase}) (7... d5 {or} 8. e6 $5 fxe6 9. Re1 $44) 8. g4 $5
e4 9. gxh5 (9. Ne5 Bg6 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. f4 $44) 9... exf3 10. Nc3 {/\Q:f3} (10.
Qxf3 Qd5 $15) 10... Rc8 (10... Nf6 11. Qxf3 Qd7 12. d3 g6 (12... Nd5 13. Ne4 e6
14. Be3 $14) 13. h6 Nd5 14. Ne4 Qf5 15. Qxf5 gxf5 16. Nxc5 e5 17. Nb3 O-O-O {
Hasangatin,R (2517)-Dobrov,V (2443)/Voronezh 2003/ (24)}) 11. Qxf3 e6 12. d3
Qf6 13. Qg3 Qf5 14. Re1 Qxh5 15. Re5 Qg6 16. Rg5 Qf6 17. Ne4 Qd8 18. Rxg7 Nf6
19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Rg4 Be7 21. Bf4 Qf5 22. Re1 Bf6 23. Be5 h5 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 {
1-0 Rublevsky,S (2652)-Dreev,A (2694)/RUS-ch Superfinal Moscow 2005/ (41)}) (7.
Re1 Nf6 8. d3 e6 9. Nbd2 Nd7 $1 10. Nf1 Be7 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Bf4 (12. Bd2 {
[ /\ 13. b4, 13. Bc3, 14. d4 |^ ]} h5 $1 {[ /\ h4, Bh5, g5-g4 -> ]} (12... O-O
{/\ d5 =}) 13. Ne2 $5 (13. Bc3 h4 {/\ e5, Bh5}) 13... h4 (13... e5 14. g3 h4
15. g4 {/\ b4 <=>}) 14. Nf4 Bh7 15. e5 $6 d5 16. g4 $5 (16. Nh5 Bg6 17. Nf4 Bf5
{/\ g5-g4 ->>>}) 16... hxg3 17. fxg3 Qb8 $1 {0-1 Titov,G-Yudasin,L/Kostroma
1985}) 12... O-O 13. Qe2 f6 14. Rad1 Bf7 15. Bc1 Re8 16. Nh2 Bf8 17. f4 e5 18.
b3 exf4 19. Bxf4 Ne5 20. Nf3 Qd7 21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. Bc1 Be6 23. Rf1 Be7 24. Nf5
Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Mamedov,N (2463)-Radjabov,T (2673)/Baku Presidents Cup 2005/The
Week in Chess 548 (49)}) 7... Nf6 8. Re1 e6 9. d4 ({It is quite possible that
the slow move} 9. d3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Nf1 (11. Nc4 O-O 12. Bf4 d5 13. Ne3
Bg6 14. Qa4 c4 15. dxc4 Nc5 16. Qd1 Nxe4 17. Ne5 Bc5 18. b4 Nxc3 19. Qb3 Bd4
20. Nxc6 Qb6 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Bd6 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 dxc4 24. Qxc4 Qxd6 25. Rxe2 Bd3
{Sedina,E (2422)-Charochkina,D (2183)/EUR-chW Chisinau 2005//1/2-1/2 (45)})
11... O-O 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ng3 d5 14. c4 Bd6 15. Qe2 a5 16. Kg2 a4 17. Bg5 f6 18.
exd5 Bxg3 19. fxg3 cxd5 20. Bd2 e5 21. Nh4 Bf7 22. Nf5 Rb8 23. Rab1 Kh8 {
Shirov,A (2704)-Topalov,V (2745)/Prague Eurotel Trophy 20021-0 (52)}) 9... cxd4
$146 (9... d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Qa4 Bb6 14. Ne5 Rac8
15. Qh4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Nf3 Rfe8 18. Be3 c5 19. c4 Qf5 20. Bd2 Nh7 21.
Bc3 f6 22. Rad1 Nf8 23. Qg4 Rcd8 24. Nd2 {Prie-Tiviakov/Moscow olm 1994/
ChessBase/0-1 (37)}) 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nc3 ({In my opinion White can only hope
for an small opening advantage by playing} 11. Nbd2 $5 {[%cal Gd1a4] .}) 11...
O-O 12. Bf4 d5 {It is clear now that Zhang Zhong managed to solve all opening
problems.} 13. exd5 cxd5 $15 {[%csl Ge7,Gh5]} 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne5 Qb6 (15... Ne4
16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Nxe4 Rxf4 18. Nc5 $13) 16. Na4 Qb5 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ga8c8]
Zhang Zhong has a very comfortable game with no problems and ample counterplay.
Indeed, if anyone is better it is Black with his compact pawn structure.} 17.
h4 (17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Rfc8 $36) 17... Rac8 {[%cal Rg6c2]} 18. Re2 h5 (18...
Nd7 $5 $15) 19. Nc3 Qa6 20. g5 Ne4 21. Bd2 ({After} 21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. Bd2 Nxc3
23. bxc3 Bd6 $5 $15 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gf8f2] It is not so easy to neutralize
Black's initiative.}) 21... Nxc3 (21... Bf5 $5) 22. Bxc3 Bf5 23. Re3 g6 24. Qd2
Rc7 25. a3 {White has obviously lost the thread.} ({After} 25. Bb4 $5 Rc2 26.
Qe1 {his position wold have been not so bad.}) 25... f6 $5 26. gxf6 Bxf6 27.
Nf3 Be4 28. Rae1 {[%cal Ge3e4]} Qb7 29. Bb4 Rff7 30. Bc5 Bxf3 (30... e5 {
looks very promising, but I doubt that after} 31. dxe5 Qc8 $5 32. exf6 $1 Qg4+
33. Kf1 Rxc5 34. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qe8 $1 {Black has more than
perpectual check.} Qh3+ 37. Kg1 Qg4+ $11) 31. Rxf3 Bxh4 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Rxe6
Kh7 $36 34. Qd3 (34. f4 $142 $5) 34... Rf5 {[%cal Gb7f7,Oh4f2,Rb7b2]} 35. b4
Qf7 36. Re5 Rg5+ $1 {White has definitely underestimated this move.} 37. Rxg5 (
37. Kh1 Qxf2 38. Rxg5 Bxg5 39. Qd1 Bf4 $19) 37... Qxf2+ 38. Kh1 Bxg5 $19 39.
Qh3 Be3 40. Qg2 Qe1+ (40... Qh4+ $1 41. Qh2 Qe1+) 41. Kh2 Bf4+ 42. Kh3 Qe6+ 43.
Kh4 Qf6+ 44. Kh3 Qf5+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. e5 $5 {
[%mdl 4] A very interesting move, Rublevsky begins concrete play immediately,
while White is ahead in development.} (7. c3 Nf6 8. Re1 e6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4
Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bf4 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne5 Qb6 16. Na4 Qb5 17.
h4 Rac8 $15 {0-1 Kobalia,M (2634)-Zhang Zhong (2598)/WCC Khanty Mansyisk 2005/
The Week in Chess 578 (44)}) 7... dxe5 (7... f6 8. e6 f5 9. b3 Nf6 10. Bb2 Qc8
11. Re1 Rg8 12. d3 $14 {1-0 Kobalia,M (2830)-Gutman,L (2525)/ECU-ch Internet
Candidates 5m+1s blitz 2006/ (21)}) (7... e6 $6 8. exd6 Bxd6 9. d3 Ne7 10. Nbd2
O-O 11. Ne4 {Black hasn't any real compensation for his weak pawn structure.
White is better and... ready for a draw.} Nd5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Ne4 {
Shirov,A (2695)-Gelfand,B (2710)/Dortmund cm 2002/ChessBase (51)}) (7... d5 8.
e6 $5 fxe6 9. Re1 $44) 8. g4 (8. Re1 f6 9. Nc3 Nh6 10. d3 Nf7 11. Qe2 e6 12. b3
Nd6 13. Ne4 Nb5 14. c3 Be7 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Rec1 O-O 17. a4 Nc7 18. Nxc5 Bxc5
19. b4 Bxb4 20. cxb4 Qxb4 21. Bc5 Qb7 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Rab1 Qa8 {1-0 Brodbeck,
S (2213)-Maier,A (2365)/Schwaebisch Gmuend op 2003/EXT 2004 (33)}) (8. Nc3 e6
9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxe5 Bd6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qf3 Rc8 13. d3 Nf6 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Bd2
Nd5 16. Ne4 Bf4 17. Be3 c4 18. dxc4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bh2+ 20. Kg2 Be5 21. Rad1 O-O
22. b3 f5 {1/2-1/2 Zambor,N (2505)-Dothan,Y (2570)/corr Olympiad XV 2003/ICCF
Telechess (33)}) 8... e4 (8... Bg6 $5 9. Nxe5 f6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qf3 Qd5 12.
Qg2 e5 13. Nc3 Qxg2+ 14. Kxg2 Ne7 15. d3 g5 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Ne4 Be7 18. a3 g6
19. c4 Nf4+ 20. Bxf4 gxf4 21. b4 O-O-O 22. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Rausis,I (2535)-Lopez
Martinez,J (2434)/Badalona 2003/ChessBase (59)}) 9. gxh5 (9. Nh4 e6) (9. Ne5
Bg6 (9... Qd5 10. f4 exf3 (10... Bg6 11. Nc3 Qd4+ 12. Kg2) 11. Qxf3 Bg6 12. d3)
10. Nc3 Qc7 11. f4) 9... exf3 10. Nc3 (10. Qxf3 Qd5) 10... Rc8 $146 (10... Nf6
11. Qxf3 Qd7 12. d3 g6 (12... Nd5 13. Ne4 e6 14. Be3 $14) 13. h6 Nd5 14. Ne4
Qf5 15. Qxf5 (15. Qg3 $5 O-O-O (15... f6 16. Bd2) 16. a3 g5 17. Re1 Bxh6 18.
Qg4 Qxg4+ 19. hxg4 $14) 15... gxf5 16. Nxc5 e5 (16... e6 $5 17. Nb3 $5 f4 18.
Kg2 Bxh6 19. Kf3 $14) 17. Nb3 $14 {Hasangatin,R (2517)-Dobrov,V (2443)/
Voronezh 2003/ (24)}) 11. Qxf3 {This position looks very promising for White
who is ready to start direct action.} e6 12. d3 Qf6 13. Qg3 Qf5 (13... c4 $5
14. dxc4 Qf5 15. Be3 $36) 14. Re1 $1 Qxh5 15. Re5 Qg6 16. Rg5 Qf6 17. Ne4 Qd8 {
A funny position: The queen - the only one active black piece - comes back to
its starting position. White has a huge advantage in development and Rublevsky
continues the attack with big energy.} 18. Rxg7 (18. Bf4 $5 {[%cal Ge4d6]})
18... Nf6 ({Possibly Dreev had to play} 18... Bxg7 19. Qxg7 Qd4 20. Qxd4 cxd4
21. Nd6+ Kd7 22. Nxf7 Ne7 23. Nxh8 Rxh8 24. Bf4 {with some chances for defense
in the endgame, but he prefers to keep the material balance.}) 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6
20. Rg4 Be7 (20... h5 $5 21. Ra4 $140 Rh7 {[%cal Gh7g7]}) 21. Bf4 $1 Qf5 22.
Re1 (22. Be5 Bf6 (22... f6 23. Bd6 Bxd6 24. Qxd6 {[%csl Re8]}) 23. Re1) 22...
Bf6 23. Be5 $1 {A simple and strong move. After} (23. Re5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 f6 (
24... Rf8 25. Rg5 $1 {[%csl Rf5]}) 25. Rg8+ Rxg8 26. Qxg8+ Ke7 27. Qxc8 Qxe5
$16 {White would need to show good endgame technique.}) 23... h5 24. Bxf6 (24.
Rge4 $5) (24. Rg8+ Kd7 $1 25. Rxh8 Rxh8 26. Re4 $36) 24... Qxf6 25. Ra4 {
[%csl Ra7,Rc5]} Qe7 (25... Ra8 $5 {[%csl Ra8]}) (25... Qxb2 26. Rxa7 Qf6 27.
Qd6 $18) 26. Qg7 Rf8 27. Re5 $1 {[%csl Ga4,Ge5] The beggining of the end!} h4
28. Rh5 Rd8 29. Rhxh4 Rd5 30. Kf1 (30. Qg3 $5 Rg5 31. Rhg4 Rfg8 32. Kf1 $5 $18
{was enough for victory, too.}) 30... Rg5 31. Qh7 Rfg8 (31... Qf6 32. Qe4 Rd5
33. Rxa7 Qxb2 34. Qa4 $1) 32. Rhg4 Rxg4 33. hxg4 (33. Rxg4 $5 $18) 33... Qg5
34. Ke2 {White's king is well protected - a big difference with his black
collegue! - and Alexey Dreev could stop resistance already now.} Kf8 35. Qh5
Qe7 36. Qe5 Rg5 37. Qh8+ Rg8 38. Qe5 Rg5 39. Qb8+ Kg7 40. Rxa7 Qf6 41. Ra8 {
White converts his advantage into a win very convincingly.} 1-0

[Event "Selfoss Milk Masters 1st"]
[Site "Selfoss"]
[Date "2002.10.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 ({As usual Black
easy solve problems after} 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 $5) 6... a6 7. Bf1 e5 ({Worth
considering sharp} 7... g5 $5 {with possible continuation} 8. d4 g4 9. d5 gxf3
10. dxc6 Bxc6 11. Qxf3 e6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Bf4 b5 14. Rad1 Ra7 15. Qe3 Rd7 $132
{1/2-1/2 Baklan,V-Timoshenko,G/Enakievo 1997 (22)}) 8. c3 Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. d5
Na7 (10... Nb8 $5 11. a4 $14) 11. Nxe5 $1 {Good idea. White gets maybe small,
but long time advantage.} dxe5 12. d6 Bc6 13. dxe7 Qxe7 14. Qc2 {[%csl Gc1,Gf1]
} Nb5 {[%cal Gb5d6]} 15. Nd2 $146 (15. Bg5 Nc7 16. Nd2 Ne6 17. Bh4 b5 18. a4
Rfd8 19. Bg3 Qc7 20. Nf3 $14 {1-0 Kotronias,V-Marasescu/Athens op 1987/Vaiser 
(39)}) 15... Nd6 16. b3 {[%cal Gc1a3]} Nfe8 (16... Rad8 17. a4) 17. Ba3 (17. a4
$5) 17... b6 18. b4 $1 {Having two bishops, White surely wants to open
position.} Nc7 (18... cxb4 19. Bxb4 a5 20. Ba3 b5 21. Bc5 $36) 19. bxc5 Ndb5 (
19... Nb7 20. cxb6) 20. Bc1 bxc5 ({Doesn't help} 20... Qxc5 $2 21. Nc4 $1 {
[%cal Ra2a4,Rc1e3] and Black already can't keep material balance.}) 21. Nb3 (
21. Nc4 Nd6 22. Na5 Bb5 $1) 21... Ne6 22. Na5 $14 Bd7 23. Nc4 {[%csl Rd5]} Nf4
24. a4 Nc7 25. Nb6 $5 (25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Qd2 $14) 25... Rab8 26. Nxd7 Qxd7 27.
Be3 (27. g3 $5 Nxh3+ $140 $2 28. Kh2 $18) 27... Qc6 28. g3 Nfe6 29. Bc4 $16
Rfd8 30. Rad1 Kf8 31. Rxd8+ (31. f4 $5) 31... Nxd8 32. f4 $1 exf4 (32... Kg8
33. Rd1 $5) 33. gxf4 Kg8 34. Kh2 Ne8 {McShane have now all the trumbs in his
hand - couple of strong bishops,pawn center and active pieces.} 35. Rd1 $2 ({
After} 35. e5 $142 Nc7 36. Rg1 $16 {[%csl Gc4,Rc5,Ge3,Rg8] Black will be stuck
to passive defense.}) 35... Ne6 36. f5 $2 {Serious mistake} ({Again} 36. e5 $16
{was good enough}) 36... Qc7+ $1 ({Black's position was so passive during all
game, that Hracek offered draw in a moment when he could seize initiative -
for example} 36... Qc7+ 37. Kg2 (37. Kh1 Qg3 $1) 37... Nf4+ 38. Kf3 (38. Kh1
Qe5 $132) 38... Nh5 39. Rg1 Nef6 $36) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup final 6th"]
[Site "Nefteyugansk"]
[Date "2002.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. Nc3 e6 8.
dxc5 {Not bad move, but} (8. Bg5 Qc7 9. d5 e5 10. a4 $5 {[%cal Gf3d2,Gd2c4]
gain great popularity in modern practice.}) 8... Nxc5 9. Bg5 Qc7 10. a4 h6 (
10... b6 11. Re1 f6 12. Be3 Be7 13. Nd4 O-O 14. Qh5 Bd7 15. f4 Qb7 16. b4 Nxe4
17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Bf2 Qb7 {1-0 Adams,M-Zvjaginsev,V/Wch Moscow 2001/ (34)}) 11.
Bh4 Nd7 12. Re1 $146 (12. Nd4 Nf6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. a5 Bd7 15. Qd2 Qc4 16. Rfe1
h5 17. Ra3 Be7 18. Nf5 Qc5 19. Nd5 exd5 20. Rc3 Qb5 {Zelcic,R-Guidarelli,L/
Bled op 2002/ /1-0 (40)}) 12... Ne5 13. Nd4 g5 {To be honest I don't like this
idea, which maybe look active, but it weakens Black's position considerably,
while not bringing any definite benefits} 14. Bg3 Bd7 15. Qh5 Bg7 16. Rad1 Rc8
17. h4 Bf6 18. Nf3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nd4 (20. Na2 $5 {[%cal Ga2b4,Gc2c3]})
20... Qb6 21. Nf3 Rc7 22. Nxe5 (22. Bxe5 $5 dxe5 23. Nh2 Qc5 (23... b4 24. Ng4
Bg7 25. hxg5 $1 bxc3 26. gxh6 $18) 24. Ng4 Bd8 (24... Qe7 25. Ra1) (24... Be7
25. Nxh6) 25. Rd2 $14 (25. Nxh6 $6 Qf8 26. hxg5 Qg7 $132) (25. hxg5 Bxg5))
22... dxe5 {Now Black's pawn formation is seriously compromised on the
kingside.} 23. Re3 Qc5 24. Rf3 {This rook lift allows White to create concrete
threats on the king's side.} Qe7 25. Ra1 ({Energetic could produce derious
problems for Black, for example} 25. Rd5 $5 b4 (25... Rxc3 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27.
Rxc3 $16) 26. Nb5 $1 Rxc2 27. Nd6+ Kf8 28. Ra5 $16) 25... O-O {The text move
is artificial and throws Black into serious trouble, but he had enough
problems already. For example:} (25... Bc6 26. Nxb5 Rd7 27. Rd3 $5 Rxd3 28.
cxd3 $16) (25... b4 26. Ra8+ Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Nb5 Bd7 $140 29. Nd6+ $5
Qxd6 30. Rxf6 $40) 26. hxg5 $1 (26. Qxh6 Bg7 27. Qxg5 Qxg5 28. hxg5 b4 $44)
26... hxg5 (26... Bxg5 27. Bxe5 Rc5 28. Qh2 $5) 27. Qh2 $1 {[%csl Re5][%cal
Rf3f6]} Rc5 (27... Bg7 28. Bxe5 $18) 28. b4 $18 Rxc3 $8 29. Rxf6 (29. Rxc3 Qxb4
30. Bxe5 $18) 29... Qxf6 30. Bxe5 Rh3 $1 31. Bxf6 Rxh2 32. Kxh2 {White has and
material and positional advantage and rest is very simple.} Rc8 33. Kg3 Kh7 34.
e5 Kg6 35. Rd1 Bc6 36. Rd4 Kf5 37. c4 bxc4 38. Rxc4 Bd7 39. Rd4 Bb5 40. f3 {
[%cal Gd4g4,Gg3b6]} 1-0

[Event "Elgoibar 14th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "2004.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3
e6 9. Nbd2 Nd7 (9... Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. f4
Bh4 15. Re2 g5 16. f5 Nde5 17. Re3 O-O 18. Bg2 b5 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Rxf3 b4 21.
Be3 Rb8 22. Qd2 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Potkin,V-Timoshenko,G/Ismailia 2nd Misr Closed
2004/ (35)}) (9... d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qa4 Bh5 12. Qf4 Be7 13. h4 Bg6 14. Qh2 h6
15. h5 Bh7 16. a3 O-O 17. c4 Re8 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. b3 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 {0-1
Minasian,A-Wang Yue/ICC Petrosian mem Internet 2004/ (50)}) 10. h3 Bh5 {
This is an good way to solve the opening problems} 11. a3 $146 (11. g4 Bg6 12.
d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 e5 (13... Be7 14. d5 Nce5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Nc4 O-O 17. a4
exd5 18. Qxd5 Nf6 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. f3 Bb4 21. Re2 Rd1 22. Ne3 Bc5 23. Kg2
Rdd8 24. Nc4 Nd7 25. Be3 f6 26. Rc1 Bb4 27. Nb6 Nxb6 28. Bxb6 {Rublevsky,
S-Sorokin,M/Russia 90/164 2004/ 1/2-1/2 (62)}) 14. d5 Ncb8 15. b3 (15. b4 h5
16. g5 a5 17. bxa5 Be7 18. Nb3 O-O 19. Qd2 Na6 20. Nh4 Nac5 21. Bg2 b6 22. Nf5
f6 23. Nh4 Qe8 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. axb6 fxg5 26. Nxg6 Qxg6 27. Qe2 Rfb8 28. Rb1
Bd8 29. Be3 Bxb6 {Anand,V-Topalov,V/Dortmund GM 2001/CBM 85/[Ftacnik]/0-1 (84)}
) (15. h4 h5 16. g5 Be7 17. Bh3 Nc5 18. Nf1 a5 19. Ng3 Nba6 20. a4 O-O 21. Ra3
Nb4 22. Nh2 Qe8 23. Bf5 f6 24. Bxg6 Qxg6 25. Nf5 Bd8 26. f3 fxg5 27. Be3 Rxf5
28. exf5 Qxf5 29. Bxc5 dxc5 {Zubarev,A-Kulaots,K/Kharkov Rector Cup 2003/
ChessBase/0-1 (43)}) 15... h5 16. g5 Be7 17. Ba3 b5 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Qe3 h4 20.
Bd3 Bh5 21. Kh1 g6 22. Rg1 Qa5 23. Bb2 Bd8 24. Nxh4 Bb6 25. Qe1 Bc5 {Zhang
Zhong-Topalov,V/Wch Moscow 2001/The Week in Chess 369/1/2-1/2 (67)}) (11. Be2
Be7 12. Nf1 (12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Nb4 16. Nc4 Bg6 17.
Ne3 Nc5 18. Nd4 Nbd3 19. Bxd3 Nxd3 20. Re2 Bg5 {1/2-1/2 Sanduleac,V-Khuzman,A/
Calvia Olympiad 2004/ (57)}) 12... O-O 13. N3d2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 d5 15. exd5 exd5
16. Nf3 Re8 17. Bf4 Nf8 18. Qd2 b5 19. d4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 {1/2-1/2
Gelashvili,T-Banikas,H/Korintos op 1999/ChessBase}) 11... Be7 12. b4 O-O $11
13. bxc5 (13. Bb2 $5) 13... dxc5 14. g4 Bg6 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 {[%cal Gd4d5]}
h5 (16... b5 17. a4 $5) 17. gxh5 $6 (17. d5 $142 $5) 17... Bxh5 18. Qb3 b5 19.
Bb2 Rc8 20. Rac1 (20. d5 Nc5 21. Qa2 Bg5 $1 $17) 20... Nb6 {[%cal Gb6a4]} 21.
Qe3 Na4 22. Ba1 Qd6 $36 {[%csl Ra3,Gh5] Disturbing White on the queen side.}
23. d5 $5 {A bluff that worked perfectly! White is already trying drastic
measures - a clear sign that there is something wrong in his position.} exd5 (
23... Na5 24. Be5 $5 Qxa3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qa7 $1 $132) 24. exd5 Qxd5 25. Bg2
{[%csl Ga1,Gg2]} Qd6 $5 (25... Bc5 $5 26. Nd4 (26. Qf4 Ne7 $5 27. Nd4 Qd6 $17)
26... Bxd4 27. Bxd5 Bxe3 28. Rxe3 Ne7 $1 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rxe7 Rc1+ 31. Kg2
Rxa1 $17) 26. Ne4 (26. Rxc6 Rxc6 (26... Qxc6 27. Qxe7 Rfe8 28. Qg5 Rxe1+ 29.
Nxe1 $16) 27. Qxe7 Qxe7 28. Rxe7 Rc1+ 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1 Rd8 $17) 26... Qg6
$2 {Absolutely unnecessary move, which spoils Black's victory.} (26... Qxa3
$142 $19 {with big material advantage, and white hasn't real compensation for
it.}) 27. Ng3 Bxf3 28. Qxf3 $44 Bc5 $6 (28... Na7 $5 29. Rxc8 Nxc8 30. Nf5 Bf6
$13) 29. Nf5 {Suddenly White pieces has got extreme power!} (29. Re4 $5 {
[%cal Re4g4]} Ne7 30. Rce1 $36 (30. Rg4 Bxf2+ $1 31. Kxf2 Rxc1 32. Bxg7 $1 $132
)) 29... Rfd8 (29... Kh7 30. Re4 $1 {[%cal Re4g4]}) 30. Re4 $5 (30. Bxg7 Rd2) {
Overlooking opponent's reply.} 30... Rd2 $2 {Final mistake! Black had to
choose between} (30... Bf8 $5 31. Rce1 $1 $40 (31. Rg4 Nd4 $1 32. Bxd4 Rxc1+
33. Bf1 $132)) ({or} 30... Qg5 31. Rc2 $5 $16 {but White's chances are better
any case.}) 31. Rxc5 $1 $18 Nxc5 32. Rg4 Qe6 33. Bxg7 (33. Rxg7+ $5 Kf8 34. Rh7
Qe1+ (34... Ne7 35. Rh8+ Ng8 36. Qg4 $18) 35. Bf1 Ke8 36. Nd6+ Kd7 37. Nxc8 $18
) 33... Rd3 34. Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Belkhodja, Slim"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 $5 {A popular move,
White stops the unpleasant move Bg4 at least for a long time and hopes to
build a strong pawn centre.} g6 (6... a6 7. Bf1 g5 $5 {[%cal Gg5g4]} ({A good
substitute to the sharp move in the text could be} 7... e6 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O
10. d3 b5 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bc6 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Bb2 Bf6 16.
Qc1 Rc8 17. Ne4 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Qc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Stefansson,H-Tiviakov,S/Esbjerg
North Sea Cup 2002/ (25)}) 8. d4 $5 (8. Nxg5 Rg8 9. h4 (9. d3 h6 10. Nf3 Bxh3
11. Bf4 e5 $15) 9... h6 10. Nf3 Bg4 $44) 8... g4 9. d5 $1 (9. hxg4 Bxg4 10.
dxc5 dxc5 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Nh2 Be6 $13) 9... gxf3 (9... Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11.
hxg4 (11. h4 $14) 11... Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Qd2 h5 15. Qf2 Rc8 16.
Qh4 Bh6 17. Nd2 Bxe3+ 18. Rxe3 b5 19. c4 b4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Vasiukov,E-Gutman/
Tbilisi 1979 (36)}) 10. dxc6 Bxc6 (10... bxc6 11. Qxf3 e5 $14) 11. Qxf3 e6 (
11... Bg7 $5 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Qg3 Bd4 $13) 12. Nc3 (12. c4 Nd7 13. Nc3 Bg7 $13)
12... Be7 (12... Rg8 13. Nd5 $14) 13. Bf4 Rg8 $146 {[%cal Gg8g2]} (13... b5 14.
Rad1 Ra7 15. Qe3 Rd7 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Rg8 18. Rxd7 (18. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 19.
Qxc5) 18... Nxd7 19. Bg3 Nf6 20. Be5 {Psakhis,Adams: '1/2-1/2 Baklan,
V-Timoshenko,G/Enakievo 1997 (22)'} Nd7 21. Bg3 Nf6 22. Be5 {1/2-1/2 Baklan,
V-Timoshenko,G/Enakievo 1997 (22)}) 14. Rad1 {[%csl Rd6] I would prefer
White's position here: his pieces are better developed and his king is safe.} (
14. a4 $5) (14. a3 $5) 14... Rg6 15. a3 $5 {[%cal Gb2b4]} (15. Nd5 $5 exd5 16.
exd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5) 15... Qc7 (15... Qb6 $5) (15... b5 16. b4 c4 $13) 16. b4 $5
cxb4 17. axb4 b5 $5 (17... Rc8 18. b5 Bd7 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. Ne2 a5 21. Ng3 a4
22. Nf5 $36) 18. g3 $5 {[%cal Gf1g2] 1-0 Adams,M (2731)-Hamdouchi,H (2544)/
FIDE-Wch k.o. Tripoli 2004/CBM 102/[Psakhis] (33)} (18. Rd2 Nd7 19. Red1 Ne5
$13)) (6... Ne5 7. a4 (7. Bxd7+ Nexd7 8. d3 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. e5
dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qd7 14. Qf3 Rfd8 15. Re2 Rac8 16. Rae1 Qc6 17. Qxc6
Rxc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Frois,A-Cheparinov,I/Linares Anibal op 2002/ (52)}) 7... a6
8. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d3 g6 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. f4 Nc6 13. f5 e6 14. Qg4
Qd7 15. Bg5 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 O-O-O $132 {1/2-1/2 Adams,
M-Banikas,H/EUR-Cup Halkidiki 2002/ (38)}) (6... e6 7. c3 a6 (7... Ne5 8. Bxd7+
Qxd7 (8... Nfxd7 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Be7 11. Na3 O-O 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rad1 cxd4
{1/2-1/2 Timman,J (2630)-Tiviakov,S (2700)/Pamplona 2005/The Week in Chess 582}
) 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nd2 Bb4 14. Nxe4 Bxe1
15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Bh6 $5 Bb4 17. Bxg7+ Kxg7 18. Qf6+ Kg8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Stocek,
J-Babula,V/2003 (23)}) 8. Bf1 Be7 9. Na3 (9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12.
Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Rc8 14. Qb3 b5 15. Rac1 O-O 16. Qe3 Qb6 17. Bd3 f5 18. exf6
Bxf6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe3 21. Rxe3 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Rc8 23. Bd2 Bd8 $11 {
0-1 Pierrot,F-Topalov,V/Moscow FIDE-Wch k.o. 2001/CBM 86 (61)}) 9... O-O 10.
Nc2 Ne5 11. d3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Ba4 13. Qe2 Bc6 14. g3 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. h4 Qb6
17. Bg2 Rae8 18. Rb1 Bd8 19. b4 Qc7 20. Bf4 Be7 21. Ne3 cxb4 22. cxb4 Qb6 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Topalov,V/Dortmund 82/169 2001 (37)}) 7. c3 Ne5 {This move has
become quite popular in the last couple of years.} ({Black could simply play} 
7... Bg7 {and after the most natural} 8. d4 O-O 9. dxc5 (9. a4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5
11. e5 Ne4 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. Ra3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17.
Nd2 Rc7 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Nb3 b6 20. a5 Qd7 21. axb6 axb6 22. Bd2 Bf5 {1/2-1/2
Tsuboi,E (2341)-Leitao,R (2581)/BRA-ch Sao Paolo 2001/ (49)}) (9. d5 Ne5 10.
Bxd7 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Nxd7 12. Qe2 a6 13. a4 Qa5 14. Bg5 Rfe8 15. Nd2 h6 16. Bf4
g5 17. Bg3 b5 18. axb5 Qxb5 19. Nc4 a5 {1/2-1/2 Kveinys,A (2555)-Kupreichik,V 
(2500)/Gistrup 1997/ChessBase (66)}) 9... dxc5 10. Na3 a6 11. Bf1 b5 {his
position is not bad at all, for example:} 12. e5 Ne8 13. Be3 c4 14. Bf4 Nc7 15.
Nc2 Ne6 16. Bg3 Qb6 17. b3 cxb3 18. axb3 Rfd8 $13 {1-0 Kochetkov,G-Kupreichik,
V/Minsk 1999 (43)}) 8. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 (8... Qxd7 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 cxd4 11.
cxd4 Bg7 (11... d5 $5 12. e5 Ne4) 12. Nc3 O-O 13. e5 $36) 9. Nxe5 (9. d4 Nxf3+
10. Qxf3 Bg7 11. Be3 O-O 12. dxc5 dxc5 (12... Nxc5 $5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. a4 Qd7
15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Qb5 Qc7 17. Na3 Rd7 18. Nc4 Rfd8 19. g3 Be5 20. Re3 g5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Oratovsky,M-Tiviakov,S/Bastia op 2003/ (23)}) 13. Qe2 (13. Na3 a6 14.
Rad1 Qc7 15. Bf4 Qc6 $13) 13... Qc7 14. Nd2 Rfc8 15. f4 c4 $1 {0-1 Visser,Y 
(2445)-Tiviakov,S (2593)/NED-ch Leeuwarden 2004/CBM 102/[Psakhis] (43)}) 9...
dxe5 (9... Nxe5 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Nc3 Bg7 13. Be3 $14) 10. Qe2 $146
(10. d3 $142 $5 Bg7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Qb3 Rfd8 14. Rad1 a6 (14... Nf6
15. Nf3 $14) (14... Nf8 15. Nf3 Ne6 16. Ng5 Nxg5 17. Bxg5 Rd7 18. Be3 Rad8 19.
Qc4 $14) 15. a4 Rab8 16. Qa3 $5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Predojevic,B (2549)-Jankovic,A 
(2480)/Pula 2005 (44)}) 10... Bg7 11. a4 O-O 12. Na3 Qc7 13. d3 Rfd8 14. Be3
Nf8 $1 {[%cal Gf8e6,Ge6f4]} 15. Red1 Ne6 16. Rac1 $6 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gb2b4,
Gd3d4]} (16. Nc4 Rd7 17. g3 $5 Rad8 18. a5 $13) 16... Qd7 17. b3 h5 $5 18. Nc4
h4 19. Qb2 (19. Qg4 Bf6 $15) 19... b6 $11 20. b4 $5 {An interesting positional
idea - after taking the pawn a4 the black queen will be out of the game for a
long time - but, perhaps, this move is too ambitious.} Qxa4 (20... f5 21. f3 $5
) 21. b5 {[%csl Ra4]} Nc7 (21... Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Qxc4 23. Rd7 Qxe4 24. Qa2 $5 $36
) 22. Rb1 Rac8 (22... Bf6 $142 $5 {[%cal Gf6h4]}) 23. Bg5 $5 Rd7 24. Ne3 (24.
Bxh4 Rcd8 25. Qb3 $5 Qxb3 26. Rxb3 f6 27. Ra1 Ne6 $13) 24... Rcd8 25. Nd5 $2 ({
White's last chance for obtaining an acceptable game was} 25. c4 $1 Rxd3 $140
26. Rxd3 Rxd3 27. Ra1 Qb4 28. Qa2 $1 $36) 25... Nxd5 (25... c4 $6 26. Nxe7+ Kh7
27. Nd5 Rc8 28. dxc4 $14) 26. exd5 c4 $1 {Most likely Belkhodja underestimated
this move.} 27. Ra1 (27. dxc4 Qxc4 {[%csl Rd5]}) 27... Qb3 28. Qxb3 cxb3 29. c4
e4 $1 $19 30. Rab1 (30. Ra3 b2 31. dxe4 Rc8 32. Ra4 Rdc7 $19 {[%csl Gb2,Rc4]})
30... b2 31. d4 (31. dxe4 Rc8) 31... Rc8 32. Rxb2 Rxc4 33. Kf1 Bxd4 34. Rbd2
Bc5 0-1

[Event "RUS-CHN Summit Men 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.08.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 {A very popular line nowdays
even in the top tournaments.} Nf6 6. c3 ({Worth considering and} 6. h3 $5 {
stoping development of black bishop on g4.}) 6... a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3 e6 9.
Nbd2 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 (11. Qc2 d5 12. Nh2 Qc7 13. g3 O-O 14. Ndf3 b5 15.
e5 Nd7 16. Bf4 b4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Volzhin,A/Russia (ch) 1996/(48)})
11... Bg6 12. Nh4 Nd7 13. Nxg6 (13. Ng2 O-O 14. f4 h6 15. Qf3 Bh7 16. Qg3 Kh8
17. Nf3 Qc7 18. Kh2 Rae8 19. Bd2 b5 20. Rad1 Qb7 21. f5 Nde5 $132 {1/2-1/2
Vescovi,G-Movsesian,S/Bermuda Fourways 2004/ (32)}) 13... hxg6 14. f4 (14. Nf3
Nde5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 O-O 17. a3 b6 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. b4 Rad8 20. Qa2 Rd7
21. Rab1 Rc8 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 $11 {[%csl Rf1] 0-1 Miljutin,
O-Ovsijevitsch,S/Alushta op 2000 (35)}) 14... e5 (14... Bh4 15. Re2 g5 16. f5
Nde5 17. Re3 O-O 18. Bg2 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Nf3 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 d4 22. Re4
dxc3 23. bxc3 Qf6 24. Bb2 Rad8 25. Rd1 Qd6 26. d4 $36 {Rublevsky,S-Timoshenko,
G/Moscow Aeroflot-A 2004//1-0 (55)}) (14... g5 $5 15. f5 Nde5 16. Nf3 Bf6 17.
Be3 b5 18. a3 Rc8 19. Rc1 O-O 20. Nh2 Re8 21. b3 Nd7 22. Nf3 d5 23. fxe6 fxe6
24. exd5 exd5 25. d4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lipka,J-Shaposhnikov,E/Pardubice KB op 2003/
(45)}) 15. f5 {[%mdl 4]} Bg5 $146 (15... Bh4 16. Re2 Bg5 17. fxg6 (17. Nc4 $5)
17... fxg6 18. Qb3 Nf8 (18... Nf6 $142 19. Nc4 Bxc1 20. Qxb7 Bf4 21. Qxc6+ Ke7
{[%csl Gf4]}) 19. Nc4 Bxc1 20. Qxb7 Nd7 21. Rxc1 $18 Na5 22. Nxa5 Rb8 23. Qxa6
Ra8 24. Qxd6 {1-0 Kuczynski,R-Lukaszewski,M/POL t-ch Zakopane 2000/ (24)}) (
15... gxf5 16. exf5 d5 17. Bg2 {[%csl Rd5]}) 16. Nc4 (16. fxg6 fxg6 17. Qb3 $5)
16... Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Nb6 (17... b5 $5 18. Ne3 (18. Nxd6+ $2 Ke7 {[%csl Rd6]})
18... Qg5 19. Nd5 Rc8 $13) 18. Ne3 gxf5 {Xu Jun either underestimated the
danger or didn't see a decent alternative.} ({I would prefer} 18... g5 $5 {
keeping position close.}) 19. exf5 $1 {In my opinion White has some advantage
here; maybe small, but lasting.} d5 20. Bg2 Kf8 (20... Qd6 21. Qb3 Ne7 22. c4
$5 d4 23. Nf1 {[%cal Gf1d2,Gd2e4]}) 21. Qf3 f6 (21... d4 22. Nc4 (22. Nd1 $5 {
[%cal Gd1f2]}) 22... Nxc4 23. dxc4 {[%csl Gg2]}) 22. Red1 {[%cal Gc3c4,Gd3d4]
Good prophylactic move.} d4 (22... Ne7 $5) 23. Nf1 $1 dxc3 24. bxc3 Qc7 25. Qf2
$1 $16 {[%csl Ra8,Rf8,Gg2,Rh8][%cal Gf1g3,Gg3e4] White has accomplished his
strategical plan and stands much better.} Ne7 (25... Na4 26. Ng3 (26. d4 $5)
26... Rd8 27. Ne4 $16) 26. d4 $1 {White succeeded in consolidating all his
pieces and has a decisive strong pressure in the center.} Rd8 (26... Re8 $5)
27. dxe5 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 fxe5 29. Ng3 $18 {[%csl Rf8] The rest is simple.} Rh6
30. Ne4 {[%cal Gf2c5,Ge4g5]} Ned5 31. g5 (31. g5 Rc6 (31... Rh8 32. Nxc5 Nf4
33. Ne6+ Nxe6 34. fxe6+ Ke8 35. Rb1 $18) 32. Qh4 $18) 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Sanxenxo"]
[Date "2004.11.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2004.11.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Qxd4 g6 {
An old-fashioned move which nowadays is almost totally displaced by} (6... e5
$5) 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 (8. Qxe5 $5 Bg7 9. Re1 e6 10. Qd6 a6 11. Bf1 $5 ({
Few years ago Rublevsky tried the move} 11. Ba4 {but without big success:} Qe7
12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Bd2 Nd5 14. c4 N5b6 15. Bb4+ Ke8 {[%csl Rb2,Rc4,Gg7]} 16.
Nc3 a5 $1 {0-1 Rublevsky,S-Ivanchuk,V/Frankfurt Masters 2000/ (55)}) 11... Qe7
12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Nbd2 b6 14. b3 {Black does not have weak pawns but falls
behind in development} Kf8 $146 {This novelty doesn't change the character of
the position much: White has a small but long-lasting advantage, while Black
tries to equalise step by step.} (14... Nd5 15. Ba3+ Nc5 16. Rad1 Bc3 (16...
Bb7 17. Ne4 $14) 17. Re4 a5 18. Rc4 Ba6 19. Nb1 Bg7 20. Bxc5+ bxc5 21. Rxc5
Rhc8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. a4 $14 {Rublevsky,S-Bistric,F/Bled (ol) 1/2-1/2 (39)})
15. Nc4 Kg8 (15... Nd5 16. Ba3+ Kg8 17. Rad1 Bc3 $5) 16. Ba3 (16. Bb2 Bb7 17.
Nfe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 (18. Bxe5 Nd5 $11) 18... Nd7 $1 19. Nxd7 (19. Rad1 Nxe5 20.
Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Kg7 $11) 19... Bxb2 20. Rab1 (20. Nxb6 $2 Bxa1 21. Nxa8 Bc3
22. Re3 Ba5 23. Re5 Bd5 24. c4 f6) 20... Bc3 21. Re3 Rd8 22. Nc5 $1 bxc5 23.
Rxc3 Rc8 24. Rd1 $14) 16... Bb7 17. Nfe5 (17. Ng5 $5 {[%cal Rc4d6]} Ne8 (17...
Nd5 18. Rad1 Bc3 19. Nd6 $1 {[%cal Gd6b7,Gg5f7]}) 18. Rad1 Bd5 19. Ne4 $14)
17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 $36 {1-0 Rublevsky,S-Ye Jiangchuan/RUS-CHN m Moscow 2004/
CBM 103/[Psakhis(32)}) 8... Bg7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Nxd7 ({White failed to get any
advantage after} 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. Be3 (11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Qb4 (12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13.
Bg5 a6 14. Bf1 Re8 15. Be3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Na4 17. c4 Be6 $11) (12. Qa4 Nf6 13.
Be3 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qc5 $11) 12... a6 13. Be3 (13. Nd5 Qxb5 14. Qxb5 axb5 15. Nxe7+
Kh8 16. Nxc8 Raxc8 17. Rxd7 Rxc2 $11) 13... Bxc3 14. Bxb6 Bxb4 15. Bxd7 Bd6 16.
Bxc8 Raxc8 17. c3 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Yermolinsky,A/Hyderabad 2002/(17)})
11... Qxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Be6 14. Ne2 Rfc8 15. Bd3 Bc4 16. c3 Bxd3 17.
Rxd3 a6 18. Rad1 b5 19. h3 e6 20. Rf3 Nd5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nd4 Ra7 {0-1
Golubev,M-Suba,M/ROM t-ch 1997/ChessBase (41)}) (10. Qa4 Qc7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12.
Bxd7 Rfd8 13. Nc3 (13. Bg4 $2 b5 $1 $17) 13... Rxd7 14. Bf4 Qb6 $11) 10... Nxd7
11. Qa4 ({a)} 11. Qh4 Qb6 (11... Qc7 $2 12. Qxe7 $16) (11... e6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8
13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 $16 a6 $140 $2 15. Bb6 $1 $18) 12. a4 (12. Bxd7 Rd8 (12...
Bxb2 $5 13. Bxb2 Qxb2 14. Bxc8 (14. Qd4 $2 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 Rd8) 14... Qxa1 15.
Bxb7 Rad8 $11) 13. Nc3 Rxd7 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. c4 b5 16. Re1 f6 17. Qe4 Bb7 18.
Nxe7+ Kf8 19. Nxg6+ hxg6 20. Qxg6 bxc4 21. h4 Rf7 {0-1 Velicka,P-Kalod,R/
CZE-ch Ostrava 2002/(38)}) 12... Nf6 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. a5 Qc5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bf4
Qc5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Suba,M/Bilbao op 2001}) 11... Nc5 $1
{This strong and logical move is quite new.} (11... Qc7 $2 12. Bxd7 Rd8 13. Bg4
Bxg4 14. Qxg4 Qxc2 15. Re1 Bxb2 16. Na3 $1 $18 {Rublevsky,S}) ({Black also
could try similiar idea, playing} 11... Nb6 $5 {for example:} 12. Rxd8 Rxd8 13.
Qf4 Rd1+ 14. Bf1 Nd5 15. Qa4 Rxc1 16. Nc3 Rxa1 17. Qe8+ Bf8 18. Nxd5 Be6 19.
Qxa8 Bxd5 $44 {Ivanchuk,V}) 12. Rxd8 $8 Rxd8 13. Qf4 (13. Qb4 $6 Rd1+ 14. Bf1
Rxc1 {[%csl Ra1,Rb1]}) 13... Rd1+ 14. Bf1 Ne6 $1 15. Qe3 Bd4 16. Qd2 $5 $146 (
16. Qh6 Bg7 $11 {Howell,D-Pert,R Oslo op 2004}) 16... Rxd2 17. Nxd2 Bd7 $11 {
[%mdl 4096] Black achieved everything he wanted from the opening} 18. c3 (18.
Nf3 Bf6) 18... Bg7 19. Nb3 Ba4 {It seems that this natural move is innacurate.
Worth consideration} (19... b6 $5) 20. Bc4 $1 {[%cal Gc4e6]} Rd8 (20... Nc7 $5)
21. Be3 b6 (21... Nc7 22. Bxa7 b5 23. Bf1 Ra8 {[%cal Oa8a7,Ra4b3]} 24. Bb6 $8
Nd5 25. Ba5 e6 $14) 22. Bxe6 fxe6 {[%csl Re6,Re7] Here Black should play very
accurately in order not to get the worst position.} 23. f3 Rd5 24. Nd2 Bc2 25.
Rc1 Bd3 26. Kf2 $14 Ra5 27. a3 Kf7 28. Ne4 h6 $5 29. Rd1 Rd5 30. Rd2 Bc4 (30...
Bxe4 31. fxe4 Rxd2+ 32. Bxd2 $16) (30... g5 $5 {[%cal Gf7g6]}) 31. Bd4 $1 e5 {
[%csl Rg7]} (31... Bf8 32. f4 $5 {[%csl Gd4]}) 32. Be3 Ke6 33. Rxd5 Kxd5 {
White keeps some advantage, but I don't believe that he can get something real.
} 34. Nd2 $1 Bd3 35. b3 Kc6 (35... e4 $5 36. c4+ Ke5 37. fxe4 Bxe4 38. c5 $36)
36. c4 a5 37. Ke1 {[%cal Ge1d1,Gb3b4]} e4 (37... a4 $142 $1 38. b4 $140 $6 e4
$1 {[%cal Cf3e4,Rg7b2]}) 38. Nxe4 a4 39. Kd2 (39. bxa4 Bxc4 40. Bd2 $5 {
[%cal Ga4a5]}) 39... Bxe4 (39... Bf1 $5) 40. fxe4 axb3 41. a4 $1 g5 ({Why not} 
41... h5 $5) 42. h3 Be5 (42... Bb2 {[%cal Ge7e5]} 43. Kd3 Be5 $11) 43. Kd3 e6
44. h4 gxh4 45. Bxh6 b2 (45... Bd4 $5 46. Bg5 b2 47. Kc2 Kc5) 46. Kc2 Kc5 47.
Bg5 Kc6 {To be honest, I don't believe to notation since this move, for
instance Black could simply take pawn c4. It looks that endgame is just equal.}
(47... Kb4 $5 48. Bxh4 Ka3 49. Kb1 $8 Kxa4 50. Bf2 Kb3 51. Bxb6 Kxc4 52. Kc2 $1
$11) 48. Bh6 Kc5 49. Bg5 Kc6 50. Bh6 Kc5 51. Bg5 1-0

[Event "RUS-CHN Summit Men 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.08.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. O-O cxd4 (5... Nxe4 6. Qe2 Nef6 7.
dxc5 dxc5 8. Rd1 {[%csl Gb5,Gd1,Gf3]} a6 9. Bc4 e6 10. Ng5 {[%csl Re6]} Qb6 11.
Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nxe6 Be7 13. Re1 Ng8 14. Bf4 $18 {1-0 Velicka,P-Johann,C/Passau
op 2000/CBM 76 ext (20)}) 6. Qxd4 g6 (6... e5 7. Qd3 Be7 8. Nc3 (8. c4 $5) 8...
O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Bc4 a6 11. Bd5 Nb6 12. Bxb6 Qxb6 13. a4 Bd7 14. Nd2 $14 {
1-0 Nevednichy,V-Loiret,S/Avoine op 2002/ (37)}) (6... a6 $5) 7. e5 dxe5 8.
Qxe5 $5 (8. Nxe5 Bg7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Nxd7 (10. Nc3 Qb6 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Qb4 a6
13. Be3 Bxc3 14. Bxb6 Bxb4 15. Bxd7 Bd6 16. Bxc8 Raxc8 17. c3 {1/2-1/2
Rublevsky,S-Yermolinsky,A/Hyderabad 86/179 2002/Inf 86 (17)}) 10... Nxd7 11.
Qa4 Nc5 12. Rxd8 Rxd8 13. Qf4 Rd1+ 14. Bf1 Ne6 15. Qe3 Bd4 16. Qh6 Bg7 17. Qe3
Bd4 18. Qh6 Bg7 {1/2-1/2 Howell,D-Pert,R/Oslo op 2004 (18)}) 8... Bg7 9. Re1 e6
10. Qd6 a6 11. Bf1 $5 {[%mdl 4]} ({Few years ago Rublevsky tried the move} 11.
Ba4 {but without big success:} Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Bd2 Nd5 14. c4 N5b6 15.
Bb4+ Ke8 {[%csl Rb2,Rc4,Gg7]} 16. Nc3 a5 $1 {0-1 Rublevsky,S-Ivanchuk,V/
Frankfurt Masters 2000/ (55)}) 11... Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Nbd2 b6 14. b3 {
Black does not have weak pawns but falls behind in development} Kf8 $146 {
This novelty doesn't change the character of the position much: White has a
small but long-lasting advantage, while Black tries to equalise step by step.}
(14... Nd5 15. Ba3+ Nc5 16. Rad1 Bc3 (16... Bb7 17. Ne4 $14) 17. Re4 a5 18. Rc4
Ba6 19. Nb1 Bg7 20. Bxc5+ bxc5 21. Rxc5 Rhc8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. a4 $14 {
Rublevsky,S-Bistric,F/Bled (ol) 1/2-1/2 (39)}) 15. Nc4 Kg8 (15... Nd5 16. Ba3+
Kg8 17. Rad1 Bc3 $5) 16. Ba3 Bb7 17. Nfe5 (17. Ng5 $5 {[%cal Rc4d6]} Ne8 (17...
Nd5 18. Rad1 Bc3 19. Nd6 $1 {[%cal Gd6b7,Gg5f7]}) 18. Rad1 Bd5 19. Ne4 $14)
17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Ne4 (18... Rd8 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Nd5 21. Bb2 $36 {
[%csl Rg8]}) 19. Bb2 Rc8 20. Rad1 $1 {White plays very aggressively, hoping,
that this is the precisest way to punish black for his opening strategy.} (20.
c4 $5) 20... Bf6 (20... h5 21. Rd7 (21. c4 $5) 21... Nc5 22. Rd6 b5 23. c4 $1)
21. Rd7 (21. c4 $5 {[%cal Gd1d7]}) 21... Nc5 $8 22. Rd6 b5 $8 23. Bd4 {After
this move there is no doubt of White's overwhelming advantage.} Kg7 (23... Be7
24. Bxc5 Bxd6 25. Bxd6 Rxc2 26. Ng4 $18) (23... Ne4 24. Rb6 $18) 24. b4 $1 {
First of all White has to include new forces into the offence.} Ne4 25. Rd7 {
[%csl Gd7][%cal Rd7b7,Rd7f7] It becomes clear that black pieces are absolutely
useless.} Rhd8 $8 (25... Rcd8 26. Rxb7 Rxd4 27. Nxf7) 26. Rxb7 Rxd4 27. Nxf7
$18 Kg8 $8 28. Rxe4 $1 Rxe4 29. Nd6 {[%cal Rd6e4,Rd6c8]} Rf4 30. Nxc8 Bd4 31.
Ne7+ Kh8 32. Nc6 Bxf2+ 33. Kh1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kornev, Alexei"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 ({Psakhis: Worth
considering was} 6. h3 $5 {preventing the development of Black's bishop to g4.}
) 6... a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 {The most natural way of development.} 8. d3 {Kornev has
avoided the sharp variations of the open Sicilian, his goal is to control the
centre with pawns.} ({White could play} 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 {
immediately with the possible continuation} Ng8 $5 11. e6 $5 ({or} 11. Be3 e6
12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nge7 14. Nc3 Nf5 15. Rad1 b5 16. a3 Rc8 17. Ne2 Be7 {
Wang Yue-Kharlov, Moscow 2004 with a good play.}) 11... Bxe6 12. Qb3 Bc8 13.
Nc3 Nf6 14. Bg5 Na5 15. Qa4+ Bd7 (15... b5 $2 {was losing to} 16. Bxb5+ $1) 16.
Qd1 Bg4 $132 (16... Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 e6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxd5 Bb4 21.
Qe4 O-O {Kornev - Kharlov, RUS-ch Qualifier Tomsk 2004. and Black has
completed his development without serious concessions.})) 8... e6 9. Nbd2 (9.
a4 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Na3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bg3 Qb6 16.
Qe2 Rae8 17. Bg2 Qb3 18. Nb1 h6 19. Ra3 Qb6 {0-1 Klinova,M-Baklan,V/Hoogeveen
op 2004/ (51)}) (9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qb3 Re8 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bxf3
14. Nxf3 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. h4 f5 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Qe3 Kh8 20. a3
Rg8 21. b4 Qd6 22. Bd3 Rg4 {1/2-1/2 Krivoborodov,E-Paschall,W/Budapest-03 GM
2004/}) 9... d5 $5 (9... Nd7 10. h3 (10. Be2 Be7 11. Nf1 O-O 12. Ng3 Rc8 13. h3
Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bg5 {1/2-1/2 Spasov,V-Krivoshey,S/Salou op 2005/The Week in
Chess 556}) 10... Bh5 {This is a good way to solve the opening problems.} 11.
a3 $146 (11. g4 Bg6 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 e5 (13... Be7 14. d5 Nce5 15. Nxe5
dxe5 16. Nc4 O-O 17. a4 exd5 18. Qxd5 Nf6 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. f3 Bb4 21. Re2 Rd1
22. Ne3 Bc5 23. Kg2 Rdd8 24. Nc4 Nd7 25. Be3 f6 26. Rc1 Bb4 27. Nb6 Nxb6 28.
Bxb6 {Rublevsky,S-Sorokin,M/Russia 90/164 2004/ 1/2-1/2 (62)}) 14. d5 Ncb8 15.
b3 (15. b4 h5 16. g5 a5 17. bxa5 Be7 18. Nb3 O-O 19. Qd2 Na6 20. Nh4 Nac5 21.
Bg2 b6 22. Nf5 f6 23. Nh4 Qe8 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. axb6 fxg5 26. Nxg6 Qxg6 27. Qe2
Rfb8 28. Rb1 Bd8 29. Be3 Bxb6 {Anand,V-Topalov,V/Dortmund GM 2001/CBM 85/
[Ftacnik]/0-1 (84)}) (15. h4 h5 16. g5 Be7 17. Bh3 Nc5 18. Nf1 a5 19. Ng3 Nba6
20. a4 O-O 21. Ra3 Nb4 22. Nh2 Qe8 23. Bf5 f6 24. Bxg6 Qxg6 25. Nf5 Bd8 26. f3
fxg5 27. Be3 Rxf5 28. exf5 Qxf5 29. Bxc5 dxc5 {Zubarev,A-Kulaots,K/Kharkov
Rector Cup 2003/ChessBase/0-1 (43)}) 15... h5 16. g5 Be7 17. Ba3 b5 18. Qe2 O-O
19. Qe3 h4 20. Bd3 Bh5 21. Kh1 g6 22. Rg1 Qa5 23. Bb2 Bd8 24. Nxh4 Bb6 25. Qe1
Bc5 {Zhang Zhong-Topalov,V/Wch Moscow 2001/The Week in Chess 369/1/2-1/2 (67)})
(11. Be2 Be7 12. Nf1 (12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Nb4 16. Nc4
Bg6 17. Ne3 Nc5 18. Nd4 Nbd3 19. Bxd3 Nxd3 20. Re2 Bg5 {1/2-1/2 Sanduleac,
V-Khuzman,A/Calvia Olympiad 2004/ (57)}) 12... O-O 13. N3d2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 d5
15. exd5 exd5 16. Nf3 Re8 17. Bf4 Nf8 18. Qd2 b5 19. d4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 {
1/2-1/2 Gelashvili,T-Banikas,H/Korintos op 1999/ChessBase}) 11... Be7 12. b4
O-O $11 13. bxc5 (13. Bb2 $5) 13... dxc5 14. g4 Bg6 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 {
[%cal Gd4d5]} h5 (16... b5 17. a4 $5) 17. gxh5 $6 (17. d5 $142 $5) 17... Bxh5
18. Qb3 b5 19. Bb2 Rc8 20. Rac1 (20. d5 Nc5 21. Qa2 Bg5 $1 $17) 20... Nb6 {
[%cal Gb6a4]} 21. Qe3 Na4 22. Ba1 Qd6 $36 {[%csl Ra3,Gh5] Disturbing White on
the queenside.} 23. d5 $5 {A bluff that worked perfectly! White is already
trying drastic measures - a clear sign that there is something wrong with his
position.} exd5 (23... Na5 24. Be5 $5 Qxa3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qa7 $1 $132) 24.
exd5 Qxd5 25. Bg2 {[%csl Ga1,Gg2]} Qd6 $5 (25... Bc5 $5 26. Nd4 (26. Qf4 Ne7 $5
27. Nd4 Qd6 $17) 26... Bxd4 27. Bxd5 Bxe3 28. Rxe3 Ne7 $1 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30.
Rxe7 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Rxa1 $17) 26. Ne4 (26. Rxc6 Rxc6 (26... Qxc6 27. Qxe7 Rfe8
28. Qg5 Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 $16) 27. Qxe7 Qxe7 28. Rxe7 Rc1+ 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1
Rd8 $17) 26... Qg6 $2 {An absolutely unnecessary move, which spoils Black's
victory.} (26... Qxa3 $142 $19 {with a big material advantage, and White
hasn't a real compensation for it.}) 27. Ng3 Bxf3 28. Qxf3 $44 Bc5 $6 (28...
Na7 $5 29. Rxc8 Nxc8 30. Nf5 Bf6 $13) 29. Nf5 {Suddenly the white pieceshave
developed extreme power!} (29. Re4 $5 {[%cal Re4g4]} Ne7 30. Rce1 $36 (30. Rg4
Bxf2+ $1 31. Kxf2 Rxc1 32. Bxg7 $1 $132)) 29... Rfd8 (29... Kh7 30. Re4 $1 {
[%cal Re4g4]}) 30. Re4 $5 (30. Bxg7 Rd2) {Overlooking the opponent's reply.}
30... Rd2 $2 {The final mistake! Black had to choose between} (30... Bf8 $5 31.
Rce1 $1 $40 (31. Rg4 Nd4 $1 32. Bxd4 Rxc1+ 33. Bf1 $132)) ({or} 30... Qg5 31.
Rc2 $5 $16 {but White's chances are better in any case.}) 31. Rxc5 $1 $18 Nxc5
32. Rg4 Qe6 33. Bxg7 (33. Rxg7+ $5 Kf8 34. Rh7 Qe1+ (34... Ne7 35. Rh8+ Ng8 36.
Qg4 $18) 35. Bf1 Ke8 36. Nd6+ Kd7 37. Nxc8 $18) 33... Rd3 34. Bd4+ {1-0
Felgaer,R-Cheparinov,I/Elgoibar 2004/CBM 105/[Psakhis]}) (9... Be7 10. h3 Bh5
11. g4 (11. a4 Nd7 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Bf4 b5 14. Ne3 Nb6 15. axb5 axb5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Gavric,M-Palac,M/BIH t-ch Neum 2002/ (25)}) 11... Bg6 12. Nh4 Nd7 (
12... d5 {is another option, but after, for example} 13. f4 dxe4 14. dxe4 (14.
Nxg6 $6 hxg6 15. dxe4 Qc7 16. Nf3 e5 $15 {was better for Black in the game
Brynell - Kharlov, Skelleftea 1999}) 14... Nd7 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. e5 Nb6 17. Qf3
Qc7 18. Ne4 {with better chances for White in the game Grischuk - Babula,
EU-Cup Panormo 2001.} Nd5 19. g5 O-O-O 20. Be3 Rd7 21. Bf2 $14 {1-0 Grischuk,
A-Babula,V/EUR-Cup Panormo 2001/ (51)}) 13. Nxg6 (13. Ng2 e5 $1 (13... h5 14.
f4 hxg4 15. hxg4 Bh7 $146 (15... Bh4 16. Re3 f6 17. Nxh4 Rxh4 18. Qf3 Ke7 19.
Qg3 Qh8 20. Bg2 e5 21. Nf3 Rh7 22. Re2 Bf7 23. g5 Bh5 24. Nh4 Kd8 25. Rf2 {
Pugachev,A-Zezulkin,J/Kobanya op 1992/TD 92\11/1-0 (62)}) 16. Nf3 g5 $11 17. f5
$15 (17. Nxg5 Bxg5 18. fxg5 Nde5 $14) 17... Nde5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Ne3 Bg8 20.
Bg2 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Larsen,B-Hansen,S/Esbjerg 1997/CBM 60/ (60)}) ({Black
experiences much more difficulties after} 13... O-O 14. f4 h6 15. Qf3 (15. Nf3
Bh7 16. Qe2 Re8 17. Qf2 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. f5 Bd6 20. Bf4 Qc7 21. Qg3 Bxf4
22. Qxf4 Qxf4 23. Nxf4 $14 {Morozevich,A-Gelfand,B/Monaco Amber rapid 2002/ /1/
2-1/2 (40)}) 15... Bh7 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Nf3 Qc7 18. Kh2 Rae8 19. Bd2 b5 20. Rad1
Qb7 21. f5 Nde5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Vescovi,G-Movsesian,S/Bermuda Fourways 2004/ (32)
} 22. Ng1 Bf6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Vescovi,G-Movsesian,S/Bermuda Fourways 2004/(32)})
14. Nc4 (14. Ne3 h5 (14... Bg5 15. Ndc4 Bxe3 16. Bxe3 Qe7 17. Bd2 h5 18. Bg2 f6
19. Ne3 Bf7 20. d4 $1 $36 {Wells,P-Tomcsanyi,P/HUN t-ch 1998/1-0 (41)}) 15. Nf5
hxg4 16. hxg4 Bxf5 17. exf5 Bg5 18. Bg2 Kf8 19. Ne4 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Nf6 ({
In case of} 20... d5 21. Ng3 Nb6 22. c4 $5 {White's chances are better in any
case.}) 21. Nxf6 gxf6 (21... Qxf6 22. Qb3 Nd8 23. d4 $5 {[%csl Ga8,Gd8,Gf8]
looks not very nice for Black.}) 22. Re3 {'+/=' Psakhis. Psakhis: '1-0
Morozevich,A-Akopian,V/RUS-The World Moscow 2002/CBM 91/[Psakhis] (34)'} Qb6 (
22... Rg8 $5) 23. Rb1 $14 {1-0 Morozevich,A-Akopian,V/RUS-The World Moscow
2002/CBM 91/[Psakhis] (33)}) (14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Nde5 (15... Bh4 16. Re2 Nde5
17. Rg2 O-O 18. Be2 Bg5 19. Nf1 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 d5 21. Ng3 dxe4 22. dxe4 Qxd1+
23. Rxd1 f6 24. Be3 b6 25. Kf2 Rfd8 26. Rgg1 Bf7 27. b3 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Benjamin,J-Yermolinsky,A/USA-ch Seattle 2000/ (31)}) 16. Nf3 O-O 17. Be3 b5 ({
Psakhis: Worth considering was the simple} 17... Nxf3+ $5 18. Qxf3 Bg5 (18...
Re8 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. d4 cxd4 21. cxd4 Bg5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 {1/2-1/2 Glek,
I-Malakhatko,V/Corsica Masters Bastia 2004/Chess Today (40)}) 19. Nd5 Ne5 $13)
18. Bg2 (18. d4 $5) 18... Rb8 19. a3 ({I would prefer} 19. d4 $5 cxd4 20. cxd4
Nc4 21. Bc1 {[%cal Gb2b3] Psakhis: 'and after b3 White would get an initiative.
'}) 19... a5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 $13 {0-1 Arancibia,E-Leitao,R/Santiago Copa ENTEL
2004/CBM 100/[Psakhis] (42)} (20... dxe5 21. Nd5 Bd6 $11)) 14... h5 15. f4 (15.
Be2 hxg4 16. Bxg4 Nf6 17. f4 b5 18. Nce3 exf4 19. Nxf4 Ne5 20. d4 {1/2-1/2
Glek,I-Akopian,V/Warsaw Amplico AIG Life Q/F 2003/ (20)}) 15... hxg4 16. hxg4
$146 ({White failed to get any advantage after} 16. f5 gxh3 17. fxg6 hxg2 18.
gxf7+ Kf8 19. Bxg2 Bh4 20. Rf1 Nf6 21. Qf3 b5 22. Ne3 Bg5 23. Qf5 Nh5 24. Qg4
Nf4 25. Nf5 g6 $15 {Prokopchuk,E-Hracek,Z/Koszalin 1999/ChessBase/ /1/2-1/2 
(104)}) 16... exf4 17. Bxf4 (17. Nxf4 Nde5 18. Bg2 Bh4 19. Rf1 Bg3 $36) 17...
Nf8 ({Worth a consideration was} 17... Nde5 $5 18. Nce3 Bg5 $15 {and Black
could achieve everything he wanted from the opening!}) 18. Bg3 Ne6 19. Nf4 Nxf4
20. Bxf4 b5 {1/2-1/2 Meier,G-Khenkin,I/GER-ch Altenkirchen 2005/CBM 106/
[Psakhis] (34)}) 13... hxg6 14. f4 (14. Bg2 Bg5 (14... Nde5 $5 15. Nf1 g5 16.
Ng3 c4 17. d4 Nd3 $13 {Boksberger-Menacher/corr./1991}) 15. d4 Qc7 16. Nc4 Bxc1
17. Rxc1 b5 18. Ne3 Rd8 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Qa7 21. Qd2 Nde5 $1 {0-1 Grosar,
A-Hracek,Z/Altensteig 1995/ChessBase/[Horvath,T] (44)}) (14. Nb3 e5 15. d4 cxd4
16. cxd4 Bg5 17. d5 Na7 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Na5 Rb8 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. b4 O-O 22.
Re3 Rc8 23. a3 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Qb8 25. Rc3 Nf6 26. f3 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Nxc8 28. h4
Nb6 29. Qc2 Kf8 30. Kh2 Ke7 31. Bxa6 {1-0 Grosar,A-Sergejev,R/EU-chTM 1997/EXP
57}) 14... Bh4 (14... e5 15. f5 Bg5 16. Nc4 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Nb6 18. Ne3 gxf5 19.
exf5 d5 20. Bg2 Kf8 (20... Qd6 21. Qb3 Ne7 22. c4 $5 d4 23. Nf1 {[%cal Gf1d2,
Gd2e4]}) 21. Qf3 {1-0 Zvjaginsev,V-Xu Jun/RUS-CHN m Moscow 2004/CBM 103/
[Psakhis] (30)}) (14... g5 $5 15. f5 Nde5 16. Nf3 Bf6 17. Be3 b5 18. a3 Rc8 19.
Rc1 O-O 20. Nh2 Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lipka,J-Shaposhnikov,E/Pardubice KB op 2003/ 
(45)}) 15. Re2 g5 16. f5 (16. Nf3 gxf4 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. Bxf4 e5 19. Bh2 {
[%csl Rf1,Rh2]} Nf8 {[%cal Gf8e6,Ge6f4]} 20. a3 $1 {Immediately starting
counterplay on the queen's side.} Ne6 21. b4 O-O-O {0-1 Sadvakasov,D-Grischuk,
A/Poikovsky Karpov 2005/CBM 106/[Psakhis,] (40)} (21... Nf4 $5 22. Re3 Qh6 23.
Rf3 g5)) 16... Nde5 17. Re3 O-O 18. Bg2 b5 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Rxf3 b4 21. Be3
Rb8 22. Qd2 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Potkin,V-Timoshenko,G/Ismailia 2nd Misr Closed 2004/
(35) 1/2-1/2}) 10. h3 (10. e5 Nd7 11. Qa4 Bh5 12. Qf4 Be7 13. h4 Bg6 14. Qh2 h6
15. h5 Bh7 16. a3 O-O 17. c4 Re8 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. b3 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 {0-1
Minasian,A-Wang Yue/ICC Petrosian mem Internet 2004/ 50}) 10... Bh5 {Practice
shows, that White cannot really hope on a serious advantage by playing this
line.} 11. Qe2 $146 (11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qc7 14. Qe2 (14. Nxg6
hxg6 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. Qe2 Ne5 17. Ng5 c4 18. Bf4 Nfd7 19. Red1 Nd3 20. Bxd6 Qxd6
21. Qe3 Qc5 22. Qxc5 N7xc5 23. b4 Na4 {0-1 Hachatrian,V-Aronian,L/ARM-ch
Yerevan 2001/ (67)}) 14... Be7 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nf3 Rd8 18. Qe4 b5
19. c4 bxc4 20. Qxc4 a5 {Kuczynski,R-Szelag,M/POL t-ch Suwalki 1999/ChessBase/
0-1 (41)}) (11. Qb3 Be7 12. exd5 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Nxd5 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. c4 Nb6 16.
Bc3 O-O 17. d4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Rac8 19. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Lipka,J-Babula,V/CZE t-ch
0102 2002/ChessBase (19)}) 11... Be7 12. a3 {Helping Black to solve his
opening problems.} (12. g4 $142 $5 Bg6 13. Nh4 $132) 12... O-O 13. g4 (13. e5
Nd7 14. Qe3 d4 $1) 13... Bg6 14. Nh4 dxe4 15. dxe4 Nd7 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. f4 (
17. Nf3 $5 $13 {[%cal Ge4e5]}) 17... b5 18. e5 c4 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gd7c5]} 19.
Ne4 (19. Bg2 $5 g5 $5 20. Nf3 (20. Bxc6 Qb6+) 20... gxf4 21. Bxf4 Nc5 {with a
nice game for Black.}) 19... g5 $5 {[%csl Re5] Black is looking for a way to
make the position more complicated.} 20. Nxg5 Ndxe5 (20... Bxg5 $142 $5 21.
fxg5 Ndxe5 22. Qe4 $5) 21. Bg2 $2 {A dubious continuation after which White is
starting to experience big problems.} (21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. fxe5 Bh4 $36) ({
It was better to play} 21. Rd1 $5 {with the possible continuation} Nd3 (21...
Qb6+ 22. Be3 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 24. Qf2 $14) 22. Qe4 Bxg5 23. Bxd3 cxd3 24.
Qxc6 $15) 21... Nd3 $1 {After this move there is no doubt about Black's
overwhelming advantage.} 22. Nxe6 {Kornev decides that it is better to die
standing than to live on your knees!} (22. Rf1 Bxg5 23. fxg5 Nxc1 24. Raxc1
Qxg5 $1 $17) 22... fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Be3 (24. Bxc6 Nxe1 25. Qxe1 (25. Bxa8
Bc5+ $1 26. Kh2 Qd1 $1 $19 {[%csl Rh2]}) 25... Qb6+ 26. Kh2 Qxc6 27. Qxe7 Rf6
$5 28. Qe2 Re8 $19 {[%csl Gc6,Ge8,Gf6,Rh2]}) 24... Rf6 ({I think that Black
correctly avoided the line} 24... Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Bh4 26. Qxc6 $5 (26. Bxc6 Rf6
27. Qd5 Qxd5 28. Bxd5 Rd8 29. Rd1 Rfd6 $19) 26... Bxe1 27. Bd4 Qh4 28. Qc7 $5 (
28. Qg6 Qh7 29. Bxg7+ $1 Qxg7 30. Qh5+ Kg8 31. Bd5+ Rf7 32. Bxa8 Qf6 33. Bd5
Qxf4 $19) 28... Qh7 29. Be4 $13) 25. Qe4 (25. Qd5 Qxd5 26. Bxd5 Re8 27. Red1
Bd6 $5 $19) 25... Nxe1 26. Rxe1 Qd3 (26... Rc8 $5 27. g5 Rd6 $19) 27. Qf3 (27.
g5 Qxe4 28. Bxe4 Re6 29. Bd5 $140 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Bc5 $19) (27. Bd4 Rd6 28. Qxd3
cxd3 29. Bxc6 d2 $1 (29... Rxc6 $2 30. Rxe7 d2 31. Bxg7+ Kg8 32. Rd7 d1=Q+ 33.
Rxd1 Kxg7 $17) 30. Rd1 Rxc6 $19) 27... Re6 ({Another promising possibility was
} 27... Raf8 $5 $19 {[%cal Gf6f3]}) 28. Qf2 (28. Bf1 Qd7) 28... Rd8 $19 {
Black's positional and material advantage is decisive.} 29. Kh1 Qh7 30. f5 Bh4
$1 31. Qf4 Ree8 (31... Re7 $5) 32. Rf1 Rd3 33. Bc5 Bg3 (33... Re2 {[%csl Gd3,
Ge2]} 34. g5 Bxg5 35. Qxg5 $140 $2 Rxh3+ $19) 34. Qg5 Bh4 35. Qf4 Bg3 36. Qg5
Be5 37. Kg1 (37. h4 Bf6) 37... Rxh3 (37... Nd8 $5 {[%cal Gd8f7]}) 38. Rf2 (38.
Bxh3 Qxh3 39. Qh5+ Qxh5 40. gxh5 Kh7) 38... Rd3 (38... Bh2+ $1 39. Kf1 Bd6 $1 {
[%cal Cf2e2,Ce2e8,Rh3h1]}) 39. Bf1 Rg3+ 40. Bg2 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Montreal 4th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2003.08.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c4 {Very rare move, as
usual White played} (6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 ({or} 7. Ba4 $5)) (6. b3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8.
d3 e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. g3 Nd7 13. Bg2 Bf6 14. c3 b5 $13 {
0-1 Blatny,P-Babula,V/CZE t-ch 1998 (49)}) 6... Ne5 $146 (6... g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
Bxc6 (8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Ba4 Ng4 $5 $13 {Lipiniks,
L-Liascovich,L/Buenos Aires ITT Torre Blanca 2002/ /1/2-1/2 (51)}) 8... Bxc6 9.
d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Rc8 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 a6 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. Rad1 Qa5 15. Qg3 Kh8
16. Nd5 $36 {1-0 Georgiev,K-Atakisi,U/Antalya 2001/T (42)}) 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 ({
Worth considering} 7... Nfxd7 $5) 8. d3 Qg4 $5 (8... Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Qg4 10. Qe3
$5 $14) 9. Nc3 ({Black has nothing to worry about in the case of} 9. Nxe5 Qxd1
10. Rxd1 dxe5 11. Be3 e6 $11) 9... Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 e6 (11... g6
12. Bg5 $5 Bg7 $140 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 $14) 12. Be3 Be7 13. d4 cxd4 (13...
a6 $5) 14. Bxd4 O-O 15. Rad1 a6 16. a4 $1 {[%csl Gd4,Rd6] Rozentalis got small,
but stable avantage.. Maybe with correct play Black can hold it, but the
defence is not easy} (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rxd6 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rac8 $11) 16... Nd7
17. b3 Rac8 (17... Nc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Rd7 Rfe8 20. e5 $5 $14 (20. Rxb7 Rab8
21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Rb1 g5 $1 $44)) 18. f4 Rfd8 ({I don't think, that} 18... Nc5
$5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. f5 $5 g6 $13 {is too dangerose for black}) 19. Re2 Kf8 (
19... Nc5 20. Rb2 $1) 20. f5 $1 Nc5 21. Rb2 Bf6 {Black hurries to exchange the
strong Bishop on d4} (21... Nd7 $5 {[%cal Ge7f6]}) 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. f3 (23. a5
$5) 23... Ke7 24. Kf2 $14 {Despite the simplifications Black still hasn't
solved the problems completely and has to work hard to hold balance.} Rg8 25.
Ke3 Nd7 26. Rbd2 Rc6 27. fxe6 (27. f4 $5) 27... fxe6 28. Ne2 Nc5 29. Nd4 Rcc8
$2 ({The lesser evil for Black was} 29... Rb6 $142 $1 30. a5 Rb4 31. Rb1 Kd7
32. Rdb2 b6 33. Nc2 (33. axb6 a5 $1) 33... bxa5 34. Nxb4 axb4 $14 {[%csl Ga6,
Gb4,Gc5]}) 30. a5 $1 Rg5 (30... f5 $5 31. b4 (31. exf5 e5 $1) 31... f4+ (31...
Nd7 32. c5 $1 $16) 32. Kf2 Na4 33. Rc2 {[%csl Ra4]}) 31. f4 $6 {White has
played vigorously and has obtained an almost winning position,but this move I
don't like} (31. b4 $142 $1 Nxe4 (31... Nd7 32. Nxe6 $18) 32. fxe4 Rxc4 33. Nf3
$18) 31... Rh5 32. Rg1 Rf8 $2 (32... f5 $1 33. exf5 e5 $1 34. fxe5 dxe5 35. Nf3
Nxb3 36. Rd5 $14) 33. b4 (33. b4 Nd7 34. Nf3 $18 {[%cal Rg1g7,Rg1d1]}) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 e5 (7... b5
8. Bc2 {Psakhis,Notkin: After the more common move} e5 {Psakhis,Notkin: 'White
may play prophylactic'} (8... Rc8 {I don't like this move, Black is not
developed enough to spend a tempo just for nothing 'A novelty which judging by
the opening results is a loss of an important tempo.'} 9. a4 {Logical play -
White is trying to break before Black completes his development. Yet, Black's
position is quite solid.} g6 (9... e5 {was still possible.}) 10. axb5 axb5 11.
d4 cxd4 ({After} 11... Bg4 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Na3 c4 15. h3 $14 (15.
Be3 Qb7 16. Reb1 $1 {followed by b2-b3 White gets a serious initiative on the
queenside thanks to his advantage in development.})) 12. cxd4 Bg4 $6 {'?' One
more delay with development. 'One more delay with development - and Black
finds himself in trouble.'} ({Better was} 12... Bg7 {and if White replies like
in the game} 13. Nc3 (13. e5 {is not that dangerous because of} dxe5 14. dxe5
Ng4 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Qd2 Rd8 $1 17. h3 $140 $2 Be6 18. Qe2 Bc4 $19 {[%csl Rf2]})
13... b4 14. Ne2 ({perhaps here} 14. Nd5 {is more promising but Black's
position is bearable anyway}) {then} 14... O-O {and Black is only slightly
worse.}) 13. Nc3 b4 {'[#]'} (13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 b4 15. Ba4 bxc3 16. d5 $36)
14. Ne2 $5 {'!' A very interesting move.The knight goes towards c6 and it's
not easy to parry this positional threat! 'A very good move in typical Adams'
style. The humble knight goes towards c6 and it's not easy to parry this
positional threat'} ({But apart from this move, Adams had another interesting
continuation:} 14. Nd5 Bg7 (14... Nxd5 15. exd5 Nb8 16. Ba4+ Bd7 (16... Nd7 17.
h3 {[%csl Re8]}) 17. Qb3 $36 {[%csl Rb4]}) 15. Ba4 (15. Bg5 $5) 15... O-O 16.
Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Qa4 $14) 14... Bg7 ({After} 14... d5 {White has the highly
unpleasant} 15. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. f3 {'!'} (17. Be3 $1 {[%csl Rd5,
Re4][%cal Gf2f3,Gc2a4]}) 17... Rxc2 18. Qxc2 Qb6+ 19. Nd4 Qxd4+ 20. Be3 Qc4 21.
Ra8+ $18) 15. d5 Bxf3 ({After} 15... Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Ba4+ Bd7 18. Qd3 {
'the b4 pawn is weak'} (18. Ng3 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Gd1b3,Gc1d2] the b4 pawn is
weak}) 18... O-O 19. Bd2 $16 {[%csl Rb4,Rg7]}) 16. gxf3 Ne5 17. Ba4+ {White
plays very aggressively, hoping, that this is the most precise way to punish
Black for his opening strategy.} Nfd7 18. Nd4 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gf3f4] 'Next
comes f3-f4 and Nc6. Kasimdzhanov takes a wise decision to send his king to a
safe place giving up the exchange '} O-O $5 19. f4 Nc4 {0-1 Adams,M (2731)
-Kasimdzhanov,R (2652)/FIDE-Wch k.o. Tripoli 2004/CBM 102/[Psakhis,Notkin] (60)
}) (8... Bg4 {is also playable with the possible continuation} 9. d3 (9. h3
Bxf3 10. Qxf3 g6 11. a4 {and despite his opponent's pair of bishops Black has
a solid position.}) 9... e6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nf1 Nd7 13. Ng3 Bg6 14.
d4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 O-O 17. Nf5 Rc8 18. Bd3 exf5 19. exf5 Bg5 20.
fxg6 hxg6 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 {1-0 Akopian,V-Moiseenko,A/Wch KO Tripoli 2004/ (66)})
9. h3 (9. d3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Ne3 Rc8
15. a4 Qb6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bb3 Na5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. b4 cxb4 20. cxb4 Nc6 21.
Qb3 Kf7 22. Rec1 g6 {0-1 Klundt,K (2405)-Chandler,M (2505)/BL 99-2000 1999/
ChessBase (41)}) ({Psakhis,Notkin: and the straightforward} 9. d4 {Psakhis,
Notkin: 'where Black successfully fights for the central squares by'} cxd4 (
9... Qc7 10. d5 Nd8 11. Nbd2 g6 12. Nf1 Bg7 13. h3 Nb7 14. Be3 O-O 15. Qd2 c4
16. Bh6 Nc5 17. g4 Rfb8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ng3 Ng8 {0-1 Dorawa,B-Uhlmann,W/
GDR-ch Zwickau 1955 (54)}) 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. Be3 (11. d5 Nd4 12. Bd3 Bxf3 13.
gxf3 Nd7 14. Be3 Qf6 15. Be2 Be7 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Kh1 Rfc8 18. Rg1 h6 19. Rc1
Nf8 20. f4 b4 {1/2-1/2 Magem Badals,J (2482)-Tiviakov,S (2608)/Istanbul olm
2000/The Week in Chess 313 (46)}) 11... exd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxf3 14.
gxf3 Be7 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Bd3 Qh3 18. Qe3 b4 19. Bf1 Qe6 20. Ne2
Qxa2 21. Nd4 Qxb2 22. Nf5 Bd8 23. Rxd6 Bc7 24. Qg5 Ne8 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Bxa6
Qf6 27. Qxf6 Nxf6 28. Ne7+ {1/2-1/2 Shabanov-Ruban/Kursk 1987/ChessBase}) (9.
a4 Be7 10. Na3 (10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Na3 Qb7 {1/2-1/2 Ye
Jiangchuan-Tiviakov,S/Beijing 1998 (12)}) 10... O-O 11. d3 $146 (11. d4 exd4
12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Bb1 bxa4 14. e5 dxe5 15. dxe5 Nfd5 16. Qe2 Bc6 17. Nc4 Rb8 18.
Ra3 Qc7 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Bxg5 21. Rh3+ Bh6 22. Bxh6 Rfe8 23. Bd2+ Kg8
24. Qh5 {1-0 Junior-Crafty/Internet 1995 (30)}) 11... Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. h3
Qc7 (13... h6 $5 $11) 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 {I was happy to exchange my bishop,
but} (15. Bh4 $5 {is not bad either}) 15... Bxf6 16. Bb3 {[%csl Gb3][%cal
Ga3c2,Gc2e3,Ge3g4]} Ne7 17. Nc2 Bc6 18. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3g4]} g6 (18... c4 19. Ba2
$5 (19. dxc4 Bxe4 20. Nd2 Ba8 21. Ng4 Bg5)) 19. h4 Bg7 $2 {A serious mistake.
After} (19... h5 $1 20. g4 $140 hxg4 21. Nxg4 Bg7 22. Ng5 c4 $5 {the position
is very complicated.}) 20. h5 g5 {[%csl Rg7]} 21. Nd2 Kh8 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 22. g4
$1 {[%cal Gd2f1,Gf1g3] 1-0 Psakhis,L (2599)-Gallagher,J (2558)/Pula zt 2000/
CBM 77/[Psakhis,L] (35)}) 9... Be7 (9... g6 10. d4 Bg7 11. dxc5 (11. Be3 cxd4
12. cxd4 exd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Nc3 b4 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bb5
18. Rb1 Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong-Xu Jun/Shanghai Tan Chin Nam Cup 2001/ 
(49)}) 11... dxc5 12. Be3 Qe7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nb3 c4 15. Bc5 Qd8 16. Nbd2 Re8
17. b3 cxb3 18. axb3 Bf8 19. Be3 h6 20. b4 a5 21. bxa5 Nxa5 {1/2-1/2 Al
Modiahki,M (2570)-Timofeev,A (2661)/Amsterdam ACT op 2005/The Week in Chess 559
}) (9... g5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Bxg5 Rg8 12. cxd4 Bxh3 13. gxh3 h6 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. Nc3 hxg5 16. Qxd8+ Rxd8 17. Nd5 Be7 18. a4 g4 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. Kf1 Bc5 21.
axb5 axb5 22. Bd3 Nd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Bxb5+ Kf8 25. Red1 Rb8 26. Ra5 Bxb2 27.
Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Manik,M-Zezulkin,J/Czech Extra League 2001/CA}) 10. d4 exd4 (10...
O-O 11. d5 (11. Be3 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Nbd2 Nxc2 14. Qxc2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qc8
16. Qd3 Qb7 17. Bf4 Rfe8 18. Nf1 d5 19. e5 Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Lastin,A-Kotov,V/
Vladimir op-A 2004/ChessBase (39)}) 11... Na7 12. a4 Qb8 13. Nbd2 Nc8 14. Nf1
Re8 15. Ng3 h6 16. b3 Bf8 17. Nh2 Ne7 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Ng6 20. Nf5 bxa4
21. bxa4 {1-0 Azarov,S (2432)-Van Delft,M (2323)/NED-ch B20 Hengelo 1999/
ChessBase (39)}) 11. cxd4 Nb4 12. Nc3 Nxc2 13. Qxc2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rc8 15. Qd3
O-O 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Qb7 19. Bg5 Rfe8 20. Re2 b4 21. Bxf6 Bxf6
22. Ne4 {0-1 Varavin,V (2510)-Dvoirys,S (2535)/Elista 1994/ChessBase (55)}) (
7... c4 {but I think that move in the text is enough for equality.}) 8. h3 (8.
d3 g6 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Ng3 h6 12. h3 Qc7 13. Be3 b5 14. Bc2 Na5 15.
Qd2 Kh7 16. b4 cxb4 17. cxb4 Nc6 18. Rac1 a5 19. Bb1 Qb8 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4
Ra4 22. Ba2 Qa8 {Martens,M (2315)-Riemersma,L (2380)/Eindhoven 1989/ChessBase/
1-0 (38)}) (8. Bc2 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3
Bg6 14. Nh4 d5 15. Qf3 dxe4 16. dxe4 c4 17. Nhf5 Bf8 18. Bg5 Re6 19. b4 Ne7 20.
h4 Qc7 21. Rad1 Bxf5 22. exf5 Rc6 {Markarov,A (2317)-Fazulyanov,S (2217)/St
Petersburg Chigorin mem 2001/The Week in Chess/1-0 (37)}) (8. d4 b5 (8... Qc7
9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nbd2 b5 12. Bc2 O-O 13. Nf1 Rad8 14. Ne3 Be6 15.
Qe2 Rfe8 16. a4 c4 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nd7 20. Be4 Bxg5 21.
Nxg5 h6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Trifunovic,P-Nedeljkovic,S/YUG-ch
Ljubljana 1951/ChessBase (25)}) 9. dxe5 (9. Bb3 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Bd5 Qb6 14. Nbd2 Rad8 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qc2 c4 17. b3 Qc5 18.
a4 Bd7 19. Red1 cxb3 {1/2-1/2 Tkachenko,D (2220)-Taborov,B (2446)/Kiev
Independence Cup 2003/The Week in Chess 461 (38)}) 9... dxe5 10. Bc2 Be7 11.
Nbd2 O-O 12. a4 $5 Qc7 13. Nf1 Rad8 $6 (13... Rfd8 $143) 14. axb5 axb5 15. Ne3
(15. Qe2 $1 {Tseitlin}) 15... Be6 16. Qe2 c4 17. Nf5 $36 Bc5 18. Bg5 Bxf5 19.
Bxf6 gxf6 20. exf5 {1-0 Tseitlin,M-Jamieson,R/corr 1990/Megacorr (45)}) 8... c4
$146 {This is a dubious continuation after which Black is starting to
experience some problems. It was better to play} (8... Be7 9. d4 O-O ({RR} 9...
cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 b5 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. a4 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qc7
16. Be3 Qb8 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxd7 Bf6 20. Qe6 Qb7 21. Rac1 Ne7
22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Nc6 24. Red1 {Patsuk,L-Shevtsov,P/RUS-Cup Tula 1999/
ChessBase/1-0}) 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bxd7 Nbxd7 12. Nbd2 h6 13. a4 Nh7 14. a5 Ng5 15.
Nc4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Nf6 17. Qd3 Nh7 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. b4 cxb4 20. cxb4 Nf6 21. Be3
Nd7 22. Rec1 Bg5 23. Bxg5 {De Poi,P (1940)-Saccone,F (2100)/Asiago 1993/
ChessBase/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 9. d4 cxd3 10. Bg5 $5 (10. Qxd3 h6 $5) 10... Be7 (
10... h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxd3 Be7 13. Nbd2 $14) 11. Qxd3 Nh5 (11... O-O $6
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6 $16) 12. Bxe7 (12. Be3 $14) 12... Nxe7 13. Bb3 $5 ({
I think that White correctly avoided the line} 13. Bxd7+ $143 Qxd7 14. Rd1 Rd8
$11) 13... Bb5 14. Qd1 Nf4 15. c4 (15. Na3 Bc6 (15... O-O 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. g3
$1 $36) 16. Nc4 Nc8 $8 17. g3 $5 $14) 15... Bc6 {It may seem that Black is OK ,
however White's next move proves that this statement is far from true!} 16. c5
$1 {Having a better development, White is entitled to open the position by
tactical means.} dxc5 (16... f6 $5 17. cxd6 Nc8 18. Nc3 (18. g3 Nxh3+ 19. Kg2
Ng5 20. Nxg5 fxg5 $13) 18... Nxd6 19. Ne2 $5 $36 {[%csl Gb3,Re8]}) 17. Nxe5
Qxd1 (17... O-O 18. Qc1 $1 {[%cal Gc1f4,Gc1c5]}) 18. Rxd1 {White has won the
opening battle. He has a development advantage and all his pieces are better
placed.} Rf8 (18... O-O 19. Nc3 $14) 19. Nc3 Rc8 $6 {After this move Black is
in serious troubles. He would have more chances for defence after} (19... f5
20. Rd6 $5 Bxe4 (20... fxe4 21. Nxc6 Nxc6 22. Nxe4 {[%csl Re8]}) 21. Ba4+ b5 (
21... Bc6 22. Bxc6+ Nxc6 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Re1+ Kf7 25. Re5 $16) 22. Nxb5 $1
Ned5 23. Na3+ (23. Nc7+ Ke7 24. Rd7+ Kf6 25. Nxa8 Kxe5 26. Bc6 $14) 23... Ke7
24. Nac4 $16 {but in any case White's advantage is out of question.}) (19... f6
20. Nxc6 Nxc6 21. Na4 {[%csl Rc5]}) (19... Rb8 $5 20. Nc4 $140 Nc8) 20. Nc4 $1
$18 {[%cal Rc4d6]} Rd8 (20... Neg6 21. Nd6+ Ke7 22. Nxc8+ Rxc8 23. Nd5+ $18)
21. Nd6+ Rxd6 (21... Kd7 22. Nxb7+ $18) 22. Rxd6 Nc8 23. Rd2 Nb6 (23... Ke7 24.
Bd5) 24. a4 (24. Kh2 $5 {[%cal Gg2g3]}) 24... a5 25. Re1 Ke7 26. g3 c4 (26...
Nxh3+ $2 27. Kg2 Ng5 28. Nd5+ Bxd5 29. exd5+ Kd6 30. f4 $18 {[%csl Rg5]}) 27.
Bc2 Ne6 (27... Ng6 28. f4) 28. Nd5+ Bxd5 29. exd5 ({Another promising
possibility was} 29. Rxd5 $5) 29... Rd8 30. Bxh7 (30. Re5 $5) (30. f4 $142 $5
Kf8 31. d6 $18) 30... Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Nxd5 32. Be4 Nb6 33. Bc2 (33. Bxb7 $6 Nxa4)
33... Kd6 34. h4 {[%csl Gg3,Gh4]} Nc5 35. Ra1 Nd5 (35... Ke5 $5 36. Kf1) 36.
Rd1 Kc6 (36... Ke6 37. Bf5+ $5) 37. Rd4 $18 Nb6 (37... c3 38. bxc3 Nxc3 39. Kf1
$18) 38. h5 Ne6 39. Rg4 {[%cal Rg4g7]} Kc5 40. Rxg7 $1 (40. Rxg7 Nxg7 41. h6 {
[%csl Gh6]}) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 (3... Bd7 $5) 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 e6 (
6... e5 $5 7. O-O Be7 8. Rd1 O-O 9. d4 Qc7 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Bb3 cxd4 12. cxd4
Bb7 13. d5 Nc5 14. Bc2 Bc8 15. Nf1 Bd7 16. Ng3 g6 17. h3 Rfc8 18. Be3 Qb7 19.
Rac1 b4 $11 {0-1 Savic,M-Karavade,E/Wch G20 Goa 2002/ (46)}) ({Worth
considering} 6... b5 $5 7. Bc2 e5 8. d4 Be7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1
Qc7 12. a4 Rb8 13. Na3 c4 14. axb5 axb5 15. Bg5 Nc5 $15 {0-1 Pismennyy,
A-Yermolinsky,A/Foxwoods op 2003 (36)}) 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O (8... cxd4 9. cxd4
O-O 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Nf1 Rfc8 14. Bd3 e5 15. Ng3 exd4
16. Nxd4 Bf8 17. Bg5 $14 {Vidovic,M-Jovanovic,Z/CRO-Cup Pula 2002/1/2-1/2 (55)}
) 9. Bc2 Re8 $146 (9... e5 10. a4 cxd4 11. cxd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Nc3 Bf8
14. Be3 d5 15. exd5 Nb6 16. Bb3 Bg4 $11 {Shrentzel,I-Istratescu,A/Portoroz
Eurocup 1993/1/2-1/2 (34)}) 10. a4 cxd4 (10... e5 11. d5 $1 {[%cal Gb1a3]}) 11.
cxd4 e5 12. d5 $1 $14 Nf8 ({Maybe} 12... a5 $5 13. Nc3 Nc5 14. Be3 $36 {
was lesser evil for black.}) 13. Nfd2 (13. Be3 Ng6 14. a5 {[%csl Gb6]}) 13...
Ng6 (13... Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. Nc4 b5 $140 16. axb5 Bxb5 (16... axb5 17. Rxa8
Qxa8 18. Nb6 $14) 17. Nba3 $14) 14. Nc4 {[%csl Rb6] White is ready to exploit
the weak dark sqares in his opponent's camp} Bg4 (14... Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16.
a5 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nc3 $16) 15. f3 Bd7 16. Be3 {[%csl Rb6]} Nf4
17. Qd2 b5 {Making a pseudo-active move, Black weakens the queenside, but and
after} (17... Rb8 18. Nb6 N6h5 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. a5 $1 {[%cal Gc2a4] white's
advantage is obvious.}) 18. axb5 (18. Nb6 $5) 18... Bxb5 $6 {After move in the
text Black's position looks cheerless and it looks that he had to play now} (
18... axb5 $5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Nb6 Qa6 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 $14) 19. Nba3 $16 Qc7 (
19... Bd7 20. Nb6) 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Na5 $1 {[%csl Gc6] White's chances are
better, thanks to a superior pawn structure and weaknesses in the black camp.}
Bf8 (21... Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Nh5 23. Nc6 $16) 22. g3 (22. Nc6 $16) 22... Ne2+ $8 (
22... Ng6 23. Bd3 $18 {[%csl Rb5]}) 23. Qxe2 (23. Kg2 Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Nc6
$16) 23... Rxa5 24. Bd3 {[%csl Rb5] Black can't protect weak pawn b5 anymore
after this simple move} Rea8 (24... Rb8 25. Rfc1 Rxa1 (25... Qd8 26. b4) 26.
Rxa1 b4 27. Bb5 $18 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ga1a7,Gb5c6]}) 25. Rxa5 Qxa5 26. Bxb5 Rb8
27. Bc6 $18 {Now White has a technically winning position.} Qa2 (27... Be7 $142
{[%cal Ge7d8,Gd8b6]}) 28. Rf2 Rb3 29. Kg2 Be7 30. Qc4 {[%cal Rc6a4]} (30. Qc4
Ra3 31. Qxa2 Rxa2 32. b4 $18) 1-0

[Event "NED-ch59"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2004.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Visser, Yge"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 $5 {[%cal Gd7g4]} (
6. c3 a6) 6... g6 (6... a6 7. Bf1 g5 8. d4 g4 9. d5 gxf3 10. dxc6 Bxc6 11. Qxf3
e6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Bf4 Rg8 14. Rad1 Rg6 15. a3 Qc7 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 b5 18.
g3 O-O-O 19. Ra1 $36 {1-0 Adams,M-Hamdouchi,H/Wch KO Tripoli 2004/ (33)}) (6...
e6 7. c3 a6 8. Bf1 Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2
Rc8 14. Qb3 Rc7 15. Rac1 O-O 16. Bd3 $14 {[%csl Gd3] 1-0 Deepan,C-Areshchenko,
A/Kuala Lumpur ol 2002/(50)}) 7. c3 Ne5 $5 {This move has become quite popular
in the last couple of years.} (7... Bg7 8. d4 O-O 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Na3 a6 11.
Bf1 b5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Be3 c4 14. Bf4 Nc7 15. Nc2 Ne6 16. Bg3 Qb6 17. b3 cxb3
18. axb3 Rfd8 $13 {1-0 Kochetkov,G-Kupreichik,V/Minsk 1999 (43)}) 8. Bxd7+
Nfxd7 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Bg7 11. Be3 (11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxb7 O-O
14. Bg5 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. b3 Ra7 17. a4 c4 18. bxc4 Nxc4 19. Rxe7 Rxe7 20.
Bxe7 Re8 21. Na3 Bxc3 22. Rc1 Nb2 23. Rxc3 Rxe7 24. Rb3 Nxa4 25. Rb4 Ra7 26.
Nc4 Kg7 {1/2-1/2 Shaw,J-Collinson,A/BCF t-ch 0304 2004/(26)}) 11... O-O 12.
dxc5 dxc5 $146 {According to my database, this position appeared for the first
time} (12... Nxc5 $5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. a4 Qd7 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Qb5 Qc7 17. Na3
Rd7 18. Nc4 Rfd8 19. g3 Be5 20. Re3 g5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Oratovsky,M-Tiviakov,S/
Bastia op 2003/ (23)}) 13. Qe2 (13. Na3 a6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Bf4 Qc6 $13) 13...
Qc7 {Now we see, that black has succeeded to solve his opening problems} 14.
Nd2 (14. a4 {[%cal Gb1a3]}) 14... Rfc8 {[%cal Gc5c4]} (14... Rac8 $5 15. Rad1
Rfd8 $11) 15. f4 (15. Rad1 $5 c4 $140 $2 16. Qxc4 $1 Qxc4 17. Nxc4 $18) 15...
c4 $1 16. e5 Nb6 17. Bd4 (17. e6 f5 18. Rad1 $5) 17... Nd5 18. Qe4 e6 $13 {
[%csl Gd5][%cal Gb7b3]} 19. Nf3 b5 20. g4 $5 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Qc6 (20... Rd8 21.
f5) 21. h4 (21. f5 $5 $132) 21... a5 22. h5 Ne7 $1 23. Kf2 (23. hxg6 hxg6 24.
Rad1 {with more or less equal game.}) 23... gxh5 24. Qxc6 (24. gxh5 Qxe4 25.
Rxe4 Nf5 $13) 24... Rxc6 25. g5 (25. gxh5) 25... b4 $5 26. Rad1 {I dare say
this is the major cause of White's defeat.} ({Visser had to try} 26. Rh1 $1 Nd5
27. Kg3 {and just White can pretend for advantage.}) 26... bxc3 27. bxc3 (27.
Bxc3 Nd5) 27... Nf5 $1 {[%csl Gf5] White has lost simply pawn without getting
anything for it!} 28. Rb1 (28. Rh1 Rb8 29. Rd2 (29. Rxh5 Rb2+ 30. Rd2 Rxd2+ 31.
Nxd2 Nxd4 32. cxd4 a4 {[%csl Ga4,Gc4]}) 29... Rc7 $5 30. Rxh5 Rcb7 {[%cal
Gb7b2]}) 28... Bf8 (28... h6 $5) 29. Rb7 Rd8 {[%cal Gf8c5]} 30. Rd1 (30. Ke2
Bc5 $5) 30... a4 $1 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Ga4a3]} (30... Bc5 $5) 31. Ke2 h4 $1 {
[%csl Ga4,Gh4] Despite numerous exchanges, Tiviakov has maintained an edge.}
32. Rdb1 (32. Ra7 a3 33. Rb1 h3 $1) 32... h3 $1 {Seemingly, this move escaped
Visser's attention.} 33. Rb8 $6 ({The lesser evil for White was} 33. Rd1 $5 $17
) 33... Rxb8 34. Rxb8 Nxd4+ ({Another promising possibility was} 34... h2 $1
35. Nxh2 (35. Rb1 Ng3+) 35... Nxd4+ 36. cxd4 c3 $19) 35. Nxd4 (35. cxd4 c3 36.
Kd1 c2+ 37. Kc1 Kg7 {[%cal Rf8a3]}) 35... h2 36. Rb1 Rb6 $1 $19 {Final blow!}
37. Rh1 $8 Rb2+ 38. Kf3 Rxa2 {[%csl Ga4]} 39. Kg3 a3 40. Nf3 Rc2 41. Nxh2 Rxc3+
42. Kg2 a2 43. Ng4 (43. Ra1 Rc2+ 44. Kg3 Bb4 $19) 43... Ra3 (43... Ra3 44. Nf6+
Kg7 45. Ra1 Bc5) 0-1

[Event "Paris NAO GM 3rd"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2003.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Murey, Jacob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8.
h3 (8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. a4 Nb8 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Nb4 14.
Qb3 Nxd5 15. exd5 f5 (15... Qc7 $5) 16. Nxe5 $1 f4 17. Bd4 dxe5 18. d6+ Rf7 19.
dxe7 Qxe7 20. Bc3 f3 $132 {1-0 Vokac,M-Stocek,J/CZE t-ch 1998 (48)}) 8... Be7
9. Be3 O-O 10. a4 Nb8 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bc4 Nb4 $146 ({White failed to get any
advantage after} 12... Be6 $5 13. Bxe6 (13. Qe2 Qc8 14. Nd2 Nb4 15. Bxe6 fxe6
16. Nc4 Qc6 17. Na5 Qc7 18. Nb3 d5 $15 {Moore,R-Bryson/corr 1984/0-1 (44)}) (
13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Nb4 15. Qb3 Nbxd5 16. exd5 Qc7 17. c4 Nd7 18. Rfc1 a5 19.
Nd2 Kh8 $13 {0-1 Ahmed,Z-Soylu,S/Thessaloniki ol 1984 (39)}) 13... fxe6 14.
Rad1 Rc8 15. Qb5 Qc7 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Nb5 b6 18. Nc3 Rfd8 $11 {0-1 Sax,
G-Bronstein,D/Teesside 1975 (38)}) 13. Qe2 a6 14. Rfd1 {[%cal Rf3e5]} (14. a5
Be6 $13) 14... Qa5 15. Bb3 (15. Nh4 $5 {[%cal Gh4f5]} Kh7 $1 (15... Nxe4 $2 16.
Ng6 $1)) 15... Kh7 16. Nd2 (16. Qe1 $142 $5 {[%cal Gc3d5,Ge1a5]} Nc6 17. Nd2
Nd4 (17... Be6 18. Nc4) 18. Nc4 Qc5 19. a5 $16) 16... Be6 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Nb6 (
18. a5 $5 {[%cal Ga1a4]}) 18... Rad8 19. a5 Bxb3 20. cxb3 Qc6 21. Ra4 $6 {
It looks like Maze was too happy with his position and overlooked Black's
combination.} ({Much stronger was the simple move} 21. Rac1 {and after the
almost forced} Qe8 $8 (21... Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Rc4 $18) 22. Qc4 Nc6 23. b4
$16 {white's advantage is obvious}) 21... d5 $1 {Having obtained his chance,
Murey skilfully sharpens the position. This move requires courage and accurate
calculation.} 22. Nbxd5 Nfxd5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Qd3+ e4 $1 25. Rxe4 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] This move meets a tactical refutation.} (25. Qxe4+ $142 f5 26. Qc2
$13) 25... Nxc3 26. Rd4+ Ne4 $1 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ {Quite popular line, ten year ago} (4.
O-O Bd7 5. Re1 {was the main hit}) 4... bxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 (7. c3
e6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qa4 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Qc7 12. Rfe1 Rfb8 13. Re2 e5
14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Rb4 16. Qa3 Rab8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Tiviakov,S/
Russia (ch) 1996/ (39)}) (7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. h3 Bh5 9. c3 e6 10. Qa4 Qc7 11. Re1
Be7 12. d4 O-O 13. c4 Bf6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qa3 a5 16. e5 Be7 17. exd6 Bxd6 18.
Qc3 Rfd8 $14 {0-1 Skripchenko,A-Babula,V/Valle d'Aosta op 2002/ (27)}) 7... Nd7
$146 {Deviating from the theory at very early stage} (7... e5 8. Nbd2 Be7 9.
Nc4 O-O 10. Ne3 Be6 11. c3 h6 12. Bh4 g6 13. Qc2 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Rfd1 f6 16.
d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 $14 {Maiko,J-Chistiakov,A/Kiev op 1998/1-0 (51)}) 8. Nbd2 f6
$5 {Interesting and brave idea} 9. Bh4 (9. Be3 $5 {[%cal Gc2c3,Gd3d4]}) 9... e5
{[%csl Rh4]} 10. Nc4 Be7 (10... h5 $5 11. h3 Be6 12. Bg3 g5 $132) 11. Ne3 Be6
12. c3 (12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 O-O $15) 12... Rb8 13. b3 d5 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5,Ge5]
Even from the first look it is easy to see that Black solved all opening
problems - he has couple of bishops and strong pawn center.} 14. Nd2 (14. Nf5
$5) 14... g6 {Taking f5 square under the control} 15. Bg3 (15. Rc1 $5) 15... d4
16. Nc2 (16. Nec4 $5 dxc3 $140 17. Nb1) 16... g5 {Topalov is getting more amd
more space.} 17. f3 Nf8 {[%cal Gf8g6,Gg6f4]} 18. Be1 Ng6 19. Nc4 Qd7 (19... Nf4
$5) 20. Nb2 $5 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gb2a4] Bringing knight on a4 and at least
organizing some preassure on c5 pawn.} O-O 21. Na3 {[%cal Ga3c4,Gb2a4]} (21.
Na4 $5) 21... f5 22. Nac4 g4 (22... f4 {[%cal Gh7h5,Gg5g4] also worth
considering}) 23. cxd4 cxd4 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Bg3 (25. fxg4 $143 $6 Rxf1+ 26.
Kxf1 Bxg4 $17) 25... Rbf8 26. Qe2 {[%csl Re5]} gxf3 27. Rxf3 Rxf3 28. gxf3 Bd5
29. Nd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2e4] Knight on e4 will be good defender.} (29. Nxe5 Nxe5
30. Bxe5 Bxf3 $36) 29... Qf5 (29... Bg5 $5 30. Nbc4 Qf5 $36) 30. Nbc4 Bb4 31.
Rf1 h5 $5 32. h4 $8 Kh7 (32... Nf4 33. Bxf4 Qxf4 34. Ne4 Bxc4 35. bxc4 Qxh4 $15
) 33. Ne4 Be7 34. Qh2 Nf4 (34... Bxc4 35. dxc4 $5) 35. Bxf4 exf4 (35... Qxf4
36. Qxf4 exf4 37. Rf2 $13) 36. Rf2 $1 a5 {Topalov played all game in very
active style!} (36... Rg8+ 37. Rg2) 37. Kf1 (37. Rg2 $5) 37... a4 38. bxa4 Bxc4
$2 {Terrible mistake!} ({After} 38... Bxe4 $1 39. dxe4 (39. fxe4 Qg4 {[%csl
Ge7,Rf1,Gg4]}) 39... Qe6 $19 {Topalov will be very close to victory which he
surely deserves.}) 39. dxc4 Qa5 40. Rb2 Qxa4 41. Qe2 Qa3 42. Rb7 (42. Rb7 Kh6
$1 43. Ng5 Bxg5 44. hxg5+ Kxg5 45. Qe5+ Rf5 46. Rg7+ Kh6 47. Rh7+ $1 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2004.09.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Black "Paragua, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2004.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. O-O cxd4 (
{Black tried many times} 7... e6 {but after} 8. d5 $5 e5 9. a4 $14 {white as
usual keeps a small, but long-termed advantage.}) 8. Qxd4 e6 9. Bg5 (9. Bg5)
9... f6 (9... Qc7 10. Rad1 f6 11. Bh4 Ne5 12. Nd2 b5 13. f4 Nc6 14. Qd3 Be7 15.
Qh3 Nd8 16. a3 O-O 17. f5 d5 18. exd5 exf5 19. Nb3 Bd6 20. Nd4 Be5 {0-1 Ulibin,
M-Mamedov,R/Dubai op 2004/(67)}) 10. Be3 (10. Bh4 $5 {could be a reasonable
alternative to the text, for example:} Qc7 11. a4 Ne5 12. Nd2 Qc5 13. Qxc5 dxc5
14. f4 Nc6 15. Nc4 Bd7 16. e5 Be7 17. Ne4 $36 {1-0 Psakhis,L-Shetty,R/Benasque
op 1998 (30)}) 10... Qc7 (10... Be7 11. Qc4 (11. a4 $5) 11... Nc5 (11... Ne5 $5
) 12. a4 Bd7 13. a5 Rc8 14. Qa2 e5 15. Nd5 Kf8 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. b4 Rc6 18. c4
$16 {Ivanov-Dydyshko,V/Fridek Mistek op 1995/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 11. a4 Be7 $146 {
This is a novelty, but a novelty of low quality.} (11... Ne5 $5 12. Nxe5 dxe5
13. Qb6 Qxb6 14. Bxb6 Bd7 15. Rfd1 Bb4 16. Rd3 Bc6 17. f3 Kf7 18. Na2 Be7 19.
b3 g5 $11 {Jaksland,T-Aagaard,J/DEN t-ch 1995/0-1 (53)}) 12. a5 O-O (12... Ne5
13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Bb6 Qc6 16. Ra4 $5 $36) 13. Qd3 Ne5 ({Worth
considering sharp} 13... f5 $5 14. exf5 Rxf5 {trying to change the character
of the game.}) 14. Nxe5 dxe5 ({I think Black should have taken his chances with
} 14... fxe5 $5) 15. Bb6 Qc6 (15... Qd7 16. Rfd1 Qe8 (16... Qxd3 17. Rxd3 Kf7
18. Rad1 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8]}) 17. Ra4 $5 $36 {[%cal Ga4c4,Gc4c7]}) 16. Ra4 $1 {
Refuting his opponent's strategy in the most energetic way.} Rf7 17. Rc4 Qd7 (
17... Qe8 $5) 18. Rd1 {After this move there is no doubt of White's
overwhelming advantage.} Bf8 $4 {Final mistake, but even after the best} (18...
Qxd3 $8 19. Rxd3 $16 {white's position is clearly better.}) 19. Qe2 (19. Qe2
Qe7 20. Rd8 $18) 1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 17th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2002.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 a6 7. Bf1 {It's
clear that White is not playing for an opening advantage.} Ne5 (7... e6 $5 8.
b3 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. d3 b5 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bc6 14. Nd2 Nd7
15. Bb2 Bf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Stefansson,H-Tiviakov,S/Esbjerg North Sea Cup 2002/ 
(25)}) (7... g6 8. c3 Bg7 9. d4 O-O 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. b3
Ne8 14. Bb2 Nd6 15. c4 $14 {Kalod,R-Chytilek,R/CZE-ch Ostrava 2002/1-0 (37)}) (
{Worth considering sharp} 7... g5 $5 {with possible continuation} 8. d4 g4 9.
d5 gxf3 10. dxc6 Bxc6 11. Qxf3 e6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Bf4 b5 14. Rad1 Ra7 15. Qe3
Rd7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Baklan,V-Timoshenko,G/Enakievo 1997 (22)}) 8. a4 $146 (8. Nxe5
dxe5 9. b3 e6 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. d3 Bc6 12. Nd2 Be7 13. Nc4 Nd7 14. Qh5 g6 15.
Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 Bf6 18. f4 g5 $1 19. Rad1 Bb5 20. g3 gxf4 21.
gxf4 Rg8+ 22. Kh2 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Rg5 24. Be2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Shaw,J-Timoshenko,G/
Groningen op 1999 (31)}) 8... Nxf3+ (8... b6 $5) 9. Qxf3 e6 ({Playing with
black pieces, I would think about} 9... b6 $5) 10. d3 (10. a5 $5 $14 {[%csl
Rb6]}) 10... Bc6 11. Nd2 Be7 (11... b6 $5 {again deserves attention}) 12. a5
$14 {[%csl Rb6]} O-O 13. Nc4 Nd7 (13... d5 14. Ne5) 14. Qg3 d5 15. exd5 Bxd5 (
15... exd5 16. Nd6 $14 {[%cal Gd6f5]} (16. Bh6 Bf6 17. Nd6 Ne5)) 16. Bf4 Bh4
17. Qg4 Bf6 18. c3 Re8 (18... Bxc4 19. dxc4 {[%cal Gg2g3,Gf1g2]}) 19. Nd6 Re7
20. Ne4 {Playing quite naturally White has reached a particularly good position
} Bxe4 (20... Re8 $5) 21. dxe4 {[%cal Ge4e5]} Be5 (21... Ne5 22. Qg3 Qc7 23.
Red1 $36) 22. Be3 Rc8 23. Red1 (23. f4 Bc7) 23... Bb8 24. f4 $1 {[%cal Ge4e5]}
Qc7 25. e5 Rce8 26. Bc4 (26. Qh4 c4 27. Ra4 $5) 26... Qc6 27. Bf2 {[%cal Gd1d3,
Ga1d1,Gd3g3]} f6 {Black has lost his temper, but in his passive position it
was not easy to sit and wait.} 28. Rxd7 $1 (28. Rd3 $5 fxe5 29. Bh4 Rf7 30. f5
$16) 28... Rxd7 29. exf6 {[%csl Gc4]} Rf7 30. Bh4 Kf8 ({Perhaps Black should
have considered} 30... Qe4 $5 31. f5 Qxg4 32. hxg4 gxf6 33. Bxe6 $16) 31. fxg7+
Rxg7 (31... Kg8 32. Re1 Rxf4 33. Rxe6 $1) 32. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h6] White is
winning, as his bishops cuts the board into two parts and Black´s king cannot
find already safe place.} Qe4 (32... Kg8 33. Re1 Rg6 34. f5) 33. Bh6 Ree7 (
33... Qg6 34. Qxg6 hxg6 35. Rd1 $18) 34. Rd1 {Hansen calmly brings more pieces
into attack, making Black's survival impossible} Bc7 35. Bxe6 $1 Bxa5 (35...
Qxe6 36. Bxg7+ Kf7 37. Qxe6+ Rxe6 38. f5 $18) 36. Bd5 $18 Qg6 37. Qc8+ Re8 38.
Qxc5+ Ree7 39. Bxg7+ 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 76th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2005.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 ({Worth considering
and} 6. h3 $5 {stoping development of Black's bishop to g4.}) 6... a6 7. Bf1
Bg4 8. d3 e6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 (11. a4 Nd7 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Bf4 b5
14. Ne3 Nb6 15. axb5 axb5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gavric,M-Palac,M/BIH t-ch Neum 2002/ 
(25)}) 11... Bg6 12. Nh4 Nd7 (12... d5 13. f4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nd7 15. Nxg6 hxg6
16. e5 Nb6 17. Qf3 Qc7 18. Ne4 Nd5 19. g5 O-O-O 20. Be3 Rd7 21. Bf2 $14 {
1-0 Grischuk,A-Babula,V/EUR-Cup Panormo 2001/ (51)}) 13. Ng2 ({Worth
considering was} 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. f4 (14. Nf3 Nde5 15. Be3 (15. Nxe5 dxe5 16.
Be3 O-O 17. a3 b6 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. b4 Rad8 20. Qa2 Rd7 21. Rab1 Rc8 22. bxc5
Bxc5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 $11 {[%csl Rf1] 0-1 Miljutin,O-Ovsijevitsch,S/Alushta op
2000 (35)}) 15... Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 e5 17. Qd1 Bg5 18. Bg2 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Qd7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Xu Yuhua-Wang Lei/CHN t-chW Suzhou 2001/ (46)}) 14... g5 $5 (14... e5
15. f5 Bg5 $146 (15... gxf5 16. exf5 d5 17. Bg2 {[%csl Rd5]}) 16. Nc4 (16. fxg6
fxg6 17. Qb3 $5) 16... Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Nb6 (17... b5 $5 18. Ne3 (18. Nxd6+ $2 Ke7
{[%csl Rd6]}) 18... Qg5 19. Nd5 Rc8 $13) 18. Ne3 gxf5 {Xu Jun either
underestimated the danger or didn't see a decent alternative.} ({I would prefer
} 18... g5 $5 {to keep the position closed.}) 19. exf5 $1 {In my opinion White
has some advantage here; maybe small, but lasting.} d5 20. Bg2 Kf8 (20... Qd6
21. Qb3 Ne7 22. c4 $5 d4 23. Nf1 {[%cal Gf1d2,Gd2e4]}) 21. Qf3 f6 (21... d4 22.
Nc4 (22. Nd1 $5 {[%cal Gd1f2]}) 22... Nxc4 23. dxc4 {[%csl Gg2]}) 22. Red1 {
[%cal Gc3c4,Gd3d4] A good prophylactic move.} d4 (22... Ne7 $5) 23. Nf1 $1 dxc3
24. bxc3 Qc7 25. Qf2 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra8,Rf8,Gg2,Rh8][%cal Gf1g3,Gg3e4] 1-0
Zvjaginsev,V-Xu Jun/RUS-CHN m Moscow 2004/CBM 103/[Psakhis] (30)}) (14... Bh4
15. Re2 g5 16. f5 Nde5 17. Re3 O-O 18. Bg2 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Nf3 Nxf3+ 21.
Qxf3 d4 22. Re4 dxc3 23. bxc3 Qf6 24. Bb2 Rad8 25. Rd1 Qd6 26. d4 $36 {
Rublevsky,S-Timoshenko,G/Moscow Aeroflot-A 2004//1-0 (55)}) 15. f5 Nde5 16. Nf3
Bf6 17. Be3 b5 18. a3 Rc8 19. Rc1 O-O $11 20. Nh2 Re8 21. b3 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Lipka,J-Shaposhnikov,E/Pardubice KB op 2003/ (45)}) 13... e5 $1 ({Black
experiences much more difficulties after} 13... O-O 14. f4 h6 15. Nf3 (15. Qf3
Bh7 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Nf3 Qc7 18. Kh2 Rae8 19. Bd2 b5 20. Rad1 Qb7 21. f5 Nde5
22. Ng1 Bf6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Vescovi,G-Movsesian,S/Bermuda Fourways 2004/(32)})
15... Bh7 16. Qe2 Re8 17. Qf2 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. f5 Bd6 20. Bf4 Qc7 21. Qg3
Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Qxf4 23. Nxf4 $14 {Morozevich,A-Gelfand,B/Monaco Amber rapid
2002/ /1/2-1/2 (40)}) 14. Nc4 (14. Ne3 h5 (14... Bg5 15. Ndc4 Bxe3 16. Bxe3 Qe7
17. Bd2 h5 18. Bg2 f6 19. Ne3 Bf7 20. d4 $1 $36 {Wells,P-Tomcsanyi,P/HUN t-ch
1998/1-0 (41)}) 15. Nf5 hxg4 16. hxg4 Bxf5 17. exf5 Bg5 18. Bg2 Kf8 19. Ne4
Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Nf6 ({In case of} 20... d5 21. Ng3 Nb6 22. c4 $5 {White's
chances are better in any case.}) 21. Nxf6 gxf6 (21... Qxf6 22. Qb3 Nd8 23. d4
$5 {[%csl Ga8,Gd8,Gf8] looks not very nice for Black.}) 22. Re3 Qb6 (22... Rg8
$5) 23. Rb1 $14 {1-0 Morozevich,A-Akopian,V/RUS-The World Moscow 2002/CBM 91/
[Psakhis] (33)}) (14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Nde5 (15... Bh4 16. Re2 Nde5 17. Rg2 O-O
18. Be2 Bg5 19. Nf1 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 d5 21. Ng3 dxe4 22. dxe4 Qxd1+ 23. Rxd1 f6
24. Be3 b6 25. Kf2 Rfd8 26. Rgg1 Bf7 27. b3 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Benjamin,
J-Yermolinsky,A/USA-ch Seattle 2000/ (31)}) 16. Nf3 O-O 17. Be3 b5 ({Worth
considering was the simple} 17... Nxf3+ $5 18. Qxf3 Bg5 (18... Re8 19. Nxg6
hxg6 20. d4 cxd4 21. cxd4 Bg5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 {1/2-1/2 Glek,I-Malakhatko,V/
Corsica Masters Bastia 2004/Chess Today (40)}) 19. Nd5 Ne5 $13) 18. Bg2 (18. d4
$5) 18... Rb8 19. a3 ({I would prefer} 19. d4 $5 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nc4 21. Bc1 {
[%cal Gb2b3] and after b3 White would pretend for the initiative.}) 19... a5
20. Nxe5 Nxe5 $13 {0-1 Arancibia,E-Leitao,R/Santiago Copa ENTEL 2004/CBM 100/
[Psakhis] (42)}) (14. Nf3 Rc8 15. a3 Nf8 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 h5 18. d5 hxg4
19. hxg4 Nb8 20. Bd3 Nh7 $132 {Zavgorodniy,S-Galliamova,A/Moscow Aeroflot op
2002/ 1/2-1/2 (63)}) 14... h5 15. f4 (15. Be2 hxg4 16. Bxg4 Nf6 17. f4 b5 18.
Nce3 exf4 19. Nxf4 Ne5 20. d4 {1/2-1/2 Glek,I-Akopian,V/Warsaw Amplico AIG
Life Q/F 2003/ (20)}) 15... hxg4 16. hxg4 $146 ({White failed to get any
advantage and after} 16. f5 gxh3 17. fxg6 hxg2 18. gxf7+ Kf8 19. Bxg2 Bh4 20.
Rf1 Nf6 21. Qf3 b5 22. Ne3 Bg5 23. Qf5 Nh5 24. Qg4 Nf4 25. Nf5 g6 $15 {
Prokopchuk,E-Hracek,Z/Koszalin 1999/ChessBase/ /1/2-1/2 (104)}) 16... exf4 17.
Bxf4 (17. Nxf4 Nde5 18. Bg2 Bh4 19. Rf1 Bg3 $36) 17... Nf8 ({Worth a
consideration was} 17... Nde5 $5 18. Nce3 Bg5 $15 {and Black could achieve
everything he wanted from the opening!}) 18. Bg3 Ne6 19. Nf4 (19. a4 $5 Rh3 (
19... b5 $2 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Nxd6+) 20. Bh2 Ng5 21. Re3 $132)
19... Nxf4 20. Bxf4 b5 21. e5 $1 dxe5 (21... bxc4 $2 22. exd6) 22. Nxe5 Nxe5
23. Rxe5 O-O (23... Ra7 $5 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Ga7d7]}) 24. Qf3 Ra7 25. Rae1 $11
Rd7 26. Bg3 {It seems that this natural move is innacurate.} (26. Qc6 $5 $13 {
was a very good alternative to the text.}) 26... Bd6 27. Rd5 Bxg3 28. Rxd7 Bh2+
$5 29. Kxh2 Qh4+ ({Worth considering was} 29... Qxd7 30. Re5 Qc7 31. Qg3 b4 $13
{with chances for the initiative.}) 30. Kg1 Qxe1 31. Rd6 $1 {[%cal Gd6g6,Gd6a6]
} a5 (31... Qc1 32. Rxa6 b4 33. cxb4 cxb4 34. Ra8 Qxb2 35. Qd5 $11) 32. Rxg6 $1
fxg6 33. Qd5+ Rf7 (33... Kh7 34. Qh1+ $1 $11) 34. Qa8+ Kh7 35. Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Modest, but poisoned line} d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6
6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 (7. Ba4 $5 {could be reasonable alternative to the move in
game.}) 7... Bg4 8. d3 g6 ({Worth considering also} 8... e6 $5) ({or} 8... Bxf3
$5 9. Qxf3 g6) 9. Nbd2 Bg7 ({Black could play also} 9... Bh6 {but after} 10. h3
Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Bxc1 12. Qxc1 {white's chances are slightly better, for example:}
e5 13. Qh6 Nd7 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. Nc4 b5 16. Ne3 Qf8 17. Qh4 Qe7 18. Qg3 $14 {
1-0 Bologan,V-Halkias,S/Moscow Aeroflot-op 2003/ (46)}) 10. h3 Bd7 (10... Bxf3
$5 11. Nxf3 O-O 12. Bg5 Nd7 13. Qd2 Nde5 14. Nh2 b5 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Kh1 Nd7
17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 b4 $13 {1-0 Glek,I-Mamedyarov,S/EUR-ch Istanbul 2003/ 
(42)}) 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 (12... O-O 13. d5 Nb8 14. a4 e6 15. Nc4 exd5
16. exd5 Bxa4 17. Qxa4 b5 18. Qb3 bxc4 19. Qxc4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Tomashevsky,
E-Sitnikov,D/RUS-ch B20 Vladimir 2002/ (36)}) 13. e5 $146 (13. d5 $5 Nb4 14.
Nc4 b5 15. Ne3 a5 (15... Qc7 $5 {[%cal Gb4c2]}) 16. a3 Na6 17. e5 $36 {Anand,
V-Khalifman,A/Wch Groningen 1997/1/2-1/2 (62)}) 13... dxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5 15. Ne4
Be6 ({I am not sure, that} 15... Bf5 16. Nd6+ exd6 17. exd6+ Nde7 18. Bc4 $36 {
will be the lesser evil for Black.} (18. Bg5 Be6 19. dxe7 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 h6 $15
)) 16. Neg5 O-O (16... Bf5 17. e6) (16... Nc7 $5 17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18. Bd2 $14) 17.
Nxe6 fxe6 {White has a better pawn structure, which enables him to try various
plans here, while Black has to stay passive. Such positions are very difficult
to hold} 18. b3 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gc1b2]} (18. Ng5 $5 Qd7 19. Qg4) 18... Ncb4 (
18... Rxf3 19. Qxf3 (19. gxf3 Nxe5 $13) 19... Nxe5 20. Qg3 Nf3+ (20... Nd3 21.
Bxd3 Bxa1 22. Bg5 Bf6 23. Rxe6 $36) 21. Qxf3 Bxa1 22. Bh6 $14) 19. Nd4 $1 {
[%csl Gc2]} Qb6 20. Bc4 Kh8 (20... Rcd8 21. Qg4) 21. a3 $1 (21. Qd2 Nf4 22. Re4
Rcd8 $14) 21... Nc3 (21... Nc6 22. Nxe6 $1 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Rcd8 (23... Bxe5 24.
Bxd5 Qg3 25. Rxe5 Qxe5 26. Bh6 $18) 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 25. Qd2 $16) 22. Qd2 Nbd5 23.
Bb2 {Without special effects White obtained a clear advantage.} Bh6 (23... Rcd8
24. Rac1 Nb5 $5) 24. Qxh6 Qxd4 25. Bxc3 Nxc3 (25... Qxf2+ $2 26. Kh2 Rxc4 27.
bxc4 Nxc3 28. Rf1 Qxf1 29. Rxf1 Rxf1 30. Qd2 Ne4 31. Qe3 $18) 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27.
Rxe3 $16 {[%mdl 4096] The arisen endgame is not safe for Black.  It is a quite
typical position, maybe with correct play Black can hold it, but the defence
is not easy} Nd5 28. Rd3 Rc5 (28... Rf5 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Rxd5 Rc2 31. Rf1 $16)
29. Rad1 Rf5 $5 (29... Nf4 30. Rd8 Rxd8 31. Rxd8+ Kg7 32. Rd4 $16) 30. Bxd5
exd5 31. Rxd5 Rxe5 (31... Rc2 32. Rf1) 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. Rd7 Rc1+
(34... Rb5 35. Rxe7+ Kf6 36. Re3 $16) 35. Kh2 Kf6 36. Rxb7 Rc3 37. Rb6+ e6 38.
g3 h6 39. h4 Kf5 (39... g5 $5) 40. a4 a5 41. Rb5+ e5 (41... Ke4 42. Kg2 {
[%cal Gb3b4]}) 42. Kg2 Ke4 (42... g5 $5 43. h5 (43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Rxa5 Rxb3)
43... Kg4 44. Rxa5 Rxb3 45. Rxe5 Kxh5 46. a5 Ra3 47. Rb5 Ra2 {with good
chances for draw.} 48. Kh3) 43. Rxa5 Rxb3 44. Ra8 Ra3 (44... g5 $5) 45. Rf8 $1
{[%cal Gf8f6]} Rxa4 {Avrukh cracks under pressure!} ({He could play} 45... g5
$5 46. h5 $140 Rxa4 47. Rf6 g4 48. Rxh6 Kf5) 46. Rf6 Ra2 (46... g5 47. Rxh6 g4
48. Rf6 {[%cal Gf2f3]}) 47. Rxg6 $18 Kd4 ({There wasn't a rescue in} 47... h5
48. Rg5 Kd4 49. Rxh5 e4 50. Rf5 e3 51. Rf3 $18) 48. Rd6+ Kc4 49. Kf3 $1 Ra8 50.
Ke4 Rf8 51. Rd2 {The technical part of the game was greatly conducted by
Malakhov} 1-0

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Luhacovice"]
[Date "2003.02.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Oral, Tomas"]
[Black "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Bg5 (7.
O-O $5) (7. Nc3 $5) 7... f6 {Quite risky move.} 8. Bd2 $146 (8. Be3 e6 9. Nc3 (
9. Nbd2 Rc8 10. O-O Qc7 11. c4 Ne7 12. b4 f5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Shaw,J-Stocek,J/
Port Erin op 2001/The Week in Chess 361 (27)}) 9... Ne7 10. Qd2 Ng6 11. Nd4 Ne5
12. f4 Nc4 13. Qe2 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 e5 15. Nf3 Rc8 16. O-O-O Qa5 17. Kb1 Rxc3 18.
Qxc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Bc6 {Ivanov,V-Nekrasov,V/Cherepovets 2000/0-1 (47)}) 8...
Qc7 9. Na3 Rc8 10. Rd1 g6 11. O-O Nh6 12. Qd3 ({Worth considering and} 12. Rfe1
Bg7 13. Qd5 $5) 12... Ng4 13. h3 (13. Qb3 $5) 13... Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Ba5
$5 Qd6 (15... Qc6 16. Nc4 $5) 16. Qb3 (16. Qe2 Qc6 17. c4 b6 18. Bd2 e6 $13)
16... Qc6 17. Rd3 Be6 18. Qb4 Qc5 $2 {Serious mistake, after} (18... b6 $142 $5
19. Qxb6 $140 Qxb6 20. Bxb6 Rb8 {Black could get good game.}) 19. Rd8+ $1 {
White takes advantage of Black's last move!} Kf7 20. Qxb7 Rxd8 21. Bxd8 Bh6 22.
Rd1 {[%cal Rb2b4]} Re8 23. Qxa6 $6 {White missed a very good oportunity to get
a clear advantage} (23. c4 $142 $5 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Bc8 24. Qb6 Qxb6 25. Bxb6 Bb7
26. f3 $16) 23... Qb4 24. Qe2 (24. Qb5 Qxe4 25. Ba5) (24. Bb6 $5 Qxb2 25. Bc5
Qxa2 $13) 24... Qxb2 25. Nb5 (25. Qd3 Rxd8 26. Qxd8 Qxa3 $17) 25... Qxa2 26.
Nc7 {It looks like White has managed to cause serious threats, but it is just
an illusory thing.} (26. Qd3 $5 Bc4 27. Qd7 Bxb5 28. Qxb5 Qxc2 29. Qd5+ $11)
26... Bc4 27. Qg4 $2 {Saving himself from one threat, White is under a new one!
} ({It is easy to recommend knowing what happened in the game} 27. Qe1 $1 Rf8
$140 28. Qb4 Qxc2 29. Qxe7+ Kg8 30. Rd7 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qf4+ $11 {but Oral hoped
for better destiny than boring draw.}) 27... Rxd8 $1 28. Rxd8 Qa5 {[%cal Ra5c7,
Ra5e1] Nice trick!} 29. c3 Qxc7 30. Rc8 Qb7 $5 (30... Qb6 $5) 31. Rxc4 Qb1+ 32.
Kh2 Qf1 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf1c4,Rf1f2] Despite the reduced material, Black can
generate deadly dangerous threats.} 33. Qh4 Bf4+ 34. g3 Qxf2+ 35. Kh1 h5 $1 0-1

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2002.06.05"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ristic, Nenad"]
[Black "Feletar, Darko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.06.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bugojno"]
[BlackTeam "Brijeg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. O-O (5. Nc3 {Is a normal move})
5... Nxe4 (5... cxd4 6. Qxd4 g6 $5 {worth considering}) 6. Re1 (6. Qe2 Nef6 7.
dxc5 dxc5 8. Rd1 a6 9. Bc4 e6 10. Ng5 $40 {1-0 Velicka,P-Johann,C/Passau op
2000/CBM 76 ext (20)}) 6... Nef6 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Bg5 e6 $146 (8... a6 9. Bxd7+
Bxd7 10. Ne5 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Qf3 Qc6 14. Qxc6+ bxc6 15. Rd1
Rb8 16. b3 f5 17. Nd2 $44 {Velicka,P-Stocek,J/Czech Extra League 1998/1/2-1/2 
(36)}) 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nh4 h5 (10... a6 11. Qh5 Qb6 12. Bxd7+ (12. Nc3 axb5
13. Nd5 Qd6 14. Rxe6+ Qxe6 15. Nc7+ Kd8 16. Nxe6+ fxe6 17. Ng6 hxg6 18. Qxh8 g5
$132) 12... Bxd7 13. Nc3 $44) 11. Nc3 a6 12. Bf1 ({White could play and
differently -} 12. Bxd7+ Bxd7 13. Ne4 Bc6 14. Qf3 Bxe4 15. Rxe4 $44 {[%csl Ge4,
Re8,Gf3,Gh4] with good compensation for the pawn}) 12... Ne5 13. Qe2 Be7 14.
Rad1 Qb6 15. Nf5 $5 ({I think that White rightly avoided the line} 15. f4 Nc6
16. Nf5 $140 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Nd5 d3+ 19. Nxb6 dxe2 20. Nxa8 Bc5+ $1 21.
Kh1 exd1=Q 22. Rxd1 Ke7 $19) 15... c4 $2 ({Correct} 15... exf5 $5 16. Nd5 Qd6 (
16... Qd8 17. f4) 17. f4 Ng6 18. Qe3 $44 {[%csl Re8] leads to very complicated
position}) 16. Nxe7 Kxe7 17. Kh1 {[%cal Gf2f4] Just wasting time} (17. Ne4 $142
$1 Bd7 $140 (17... Rh6 18. Qd2 Rg6 19. Be2 $18) 18. Nxf6 $1 {could punish
Black very quickly}) 17... Kf8 18. Ne4 $16 {Here Black's pawn formation is
seriously compromised on the kingside} Qxb2 (18... f5 19. Nd6 Ng4 20. Kg1 $16)
19. Rd8+ Kg7 20. Rxh8 Kxh8 21. Nxf6 {It seems that Black's position can no
longer be saved - there are too many White' pieces pointed at the black king,
who is all alone} Ng6 (21... Ng4 22. Nxg4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Qg7 24. Qh4+ Qh7 25.
Qd8+ Qg8 26. Qe7 $18) 22. Qxh5+ Kg7 23. Ne8+ Kf8 24. Nc7 Rb8 25. Rd1 b5 $2 (
25... Qe5 $142 $16 {Was the last and not bad chance to make real ressistance.})
26. Rd8+ (26. Qh6+ $1 $18 {wins immediately}) 26... Kg7 27. Ne8+ Kf8 28. Qc5+
Ne7 (28... Kg8 29. Qg5 $18) 29. Nc7+ (29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Qg5+ Ng6 31. Rg8#) 29...
Kg7 30. Qxe7 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-B"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.05"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Sermier, Guillaume"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Besancon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {Igor Glek very often and with success choose rare
continuations.} Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8. Be3 a6 9.
Bc4 Be7 10. a4 Qc7 11. O-O Nc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 $5 {
Interesting idea. White is trying to get small but stable edvantage in endgame.
} ({Different plan was employed a in the game Vescovi,G-Lesiege,A/Bled
Olympiad 2002/0-1 (54)} 14. Bxd5 O-O 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. Ne1 Bd7 17. Nd3 Qd4 18.
Rfd1 Bg4 19. Rd2 Bg5 20. c3 Qa7 21. Rc2 a5 $11) 14... Qxd5 $8 15. Bxd5 Rb8 16.
Rfd1 {[%csl Re7]} O-O $146 (16... Be6 17. Rd3 (17. c4 $5 $14) 17... Bxd5 18.
Rxd5 Rc8 19. c3 O-O 20. Nd2 Rc6 21. g3 g6 22. Kf1 f5 23. Ke2 Kf7 $13 {Faig,
C-Hoffman,A/Buenos Aires CABJ 1998/0-1 (50)}) 17. c4 $5 Bd8 (17... b5 18. cxb5
axb5 19. a5 {[%csl Ga5]}) (17... a5 $5 18. Rd3 (18. c5 $5)) 18. a5 $1 {Black
should have stuck to a passive defense} (18. b4 a5) 18... b6 19. b4 $5 bxa5 20.
bxa5 Bg4 21. Rd3 Bxa5 $2 {Taking poisoned pawn.} (21... Bxf3 22. Rxf3 $36 {
[%csl Ra6,Gd5]}) ({Good substitute to the move in the game could be passive,
but tough} 21... Bc7 $142 $5 {with good chances for defense.}) 22. h3 $1 Bxf3
$8 23. Rxa5 $1 Bh5 ({Nothing change and} 23... Rb1+ 24. Kh2 Be2 25. Rd2 {
[%csl Ra6,Rd6]}) 24. Rxa6 (24. g4 $5) 24... Rfd8 25. Ra7 {White has gained
total control over the position and only needs to find a plan of breaking
through.} Kf8 $2 (25... g5 $142 26. g4 Bg6 27. Rf3 Rb1+ 28. Kh2 Kf8 $16) 26.
Bxf7 $1 {Seemingly, this move escaped Black's attention. White has now big
advantage} Rb1+ (26... Bxf7 27. Rf3 $18) 27. Kh2 Be2 28. Rd2 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.07.13"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 {
The Sicilian has quickly transposed into a position of the Ruy Lopez type.} Rc8
{I don't like this move, Black is not developed enough to spend a tempo just
for nothing} ({After the more common move} 8... e5 {White may play prophylactic
} 9. h3 g6 10. d4 Bg7 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Nc3 b4 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bb5 18. Rb1 Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong-Xu
Jun/Shanghai Tan Chin Nam Cup 2001/ (49)}) (8... Bg4 {is also playable with
possible continuation} 9. d3 e6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nf1 Nd7 13. Ng3 Bg6
14. d4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 O-O 17. Nf5 Rc8 18. Bd3 exf5 19. exf5 Bg5
20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 {1-0 Akopian,V-Moiseenko,A/Wch KO Tripoli 2004/ 
(66)}) 9. a4 {A logical play - White is trying to break before Black completes
his development. Yet, Black's position is quite solid.} g6 (9... e5 {was still
possible.}) 10. axb5 axb5 11. d4 cxd4 ({In the event of} 11... Bg4 12. dxc5
dxc5 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Na3 c4 15. h3 $14) 12. cxd4 Bg4 $6 {One more delay with
development.} ({Better was} 12... Bg7) 13. Nc3 b4 (13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 b4 15.
Ba4 bxc3 16. d5 $36) 14. Ne2 $5 {A very interesting move.The knight goes
towards c6 and it's not easy to parry this positional threat!} ({But apart
from this move, Adams had another interesting continuation:} 14. Nd5 Bg7 (14...
Nxd5 15. exd5 Nb8 16. Ba4+ Bd7 (16... Nd7 17. h3 {[%csl Re8]}) 17. Qb3 $36 {
[%csl Rb4]}) 15. Ba4 (15. Bg5 $5) 15... O-O 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Qa4 $14) 14...
Bg7 ({To} 14... d5 {White has the highly unpleasant} 15. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 16. dxe5
Nxe4 17. f3 Rxc2 18. Qxc2 Qb6+ 19. Nd4 Qxd4+ 20. Be3 Qc4 21. Ra8+ $18) 15. d5
Bxf3 ({After} 15... Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Ba4+ Bd7 18. Qd3 O-O 19. Bd2 $16 {
[%csl Rb4,Rg7]}) 16. gxf3 Ne5 17. Ba4+ {White plays very aggressively, hoping,
that this is the precisest way to punish black for his opening strategy.} Nfd7
18. Nd4 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gf3f4]} O-O $5 19. f4 Nc4 20. Nc6 Rxc6 $1 {Best
chance!} (20... Qe8 {is too passive}) 21. dxc6 (21. Bxc6 Nxb2 22. Qe2 Nd3 $5)
21... Nc5 22. Qe2 ({Stronger was} 22. Qc2 {keeping control over the b3 square})
(22. e5 $5) 22... Nb6 23. Bb5 Nb3 24. Ra6 $6 (24. Ra7 {looks promising and
after} Nd4 25. Qd3 Qc8 26. Rb7 {the active rook together with the passed pawn
promise clear advantage for White.} Qg4+ $140 27. Qg3 $18) 24... Nd4 25. Qd3
Na8 $5 {[%cal Ga8c7]} (25... Qb8 26. Bd2) 26. Ra4 $6 {Facing such stubborn
defense, Adams loses his rate of attack.} (26. Ra7 $142 Nc7 27. Ba4 {[%csl Ga7,
Gc6]}) 26... Nc7 27. Rxb4 $6 {White is ready to give back the exchange.} ({
Perhaps after} 27. Bc4 $142 Nxc6 28. Rd1 $16 {[%csl Gd4]}) 27... Qb8 $5 ({
In case of} 27... Ncxb5 28. Rxb5 Nxb5 29. Qxb5 Qc7 30. Re2 $1 {[%csl Gb2,Gc6]
[%cal Ge2c2]} Rb8 31. Qc4 Qc8 32. f5 {White get advantage}) 28. Rxd4 Bxd4 29.
Qxd4 Qxb5 30. f5 (30. Qc3 Rc8 31. b4 Na6 32. Bb2 f6 $13) 30... Rc8 31. Bh6 {
It seems this plan doesn't promise much.} ({Worth considering} 31. f6 $5 exf6 (
31... Ne6 32. Qd5) 32. Qxf6 Qxc6 33. Bh6 Ne6 $14) 31... Ne8 32. e5 (32. Ra1
Qxc6 33. Ra7 $13) 32... Rxc6 33. exd6 Rxd6 $11 34. Qe5 Qxe5 35. Rxe5 Rd7 {
[%mdl 4096] The ending is absolutely equal but Kasimdzhanov had a significant
advantage on the clock.} 36. Rc5 (36. Rb5 $142 {[%csl Gb2]}) 36... f6 37. fxg6
hxg6 38. Be3 Rb7 39. Bd4 Kf7 $15 40. Kg2 Nd6 41. Bc3 e5 {[%csl Rb2,Ge5,Gf6,Gg6]
} 42. Ra5 {It seems that this natural move is innacurate.} (42. Rc6 $5) 42...
Nc4 43. Ra1 Rb6 (43... Nxb2 $2 44. Rb1) 44. b4 Nd6 45. Rb1 {There was no
necessity to put the rook in a passive position.} (45. Kf3 $5) 45... Ke6 46.
Bd2 f5 47. Be3 Rb7 48. Bc5 {the arisen endgame is not safe for White.} ({
Better is} 48. f3) 48... Ne4 49. Rd1 Rc7 50. Bb6 Rc6 51. Ba7 $6 {Another
unnacuracy in time troubles} (51. Ba5 $142 Rc2 52. Bb6 {and nothing forced is
seen yet.} Rb2 53. Bc5 g5 $36) 51... Ra6 52. Be3 ({After} 52. Bc5 Nxc5 53. bxc5
Rc6 54. Rc1 Kd5 $17 {White keeps some chances for the draw in the rook endgame.
}) 52... f4 $1 53. Bc1 $6 ({Maybe} 53. Bc5 $5 {was already lesser evil.}) 53...
Ra4 54. Re1 Kf5 55. Bb2 Rxb4 $19 56. Bxe5 $2 (56. Re2 Rb5) 56... f3+ $1 57.
Kxf3 Kxe5 58. Kg4 Kf6 59. f4 Nf2+ 60. Kg3 Nd3 {A glorious finish of the knight
march!} (60... Nd3 61. Rf1 Kf5 $19 {[%csl Rf4]}) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kallio, Heikki"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. O-O e6 8.
Bg5 Qc7 9. d5 $1 {Quite new and strong move.White close position as much as
possible, minimizing black's chances for counterplay} ({White could use and
another plan} 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Re1 {with advantage in development and in space,
for example} f6 11. Bh4 Be7 12. Nd4 O-O 13. Qg4 Rf7 14. Kh1 Qb6 15. Rab1 Na4
16. Nce2 Bf8 17. f4 $14 {1-0 Rublevsky,S-Jobava,B/EUR-ch Ohrid 2001}) 9... e5
10. a4 h6 11. Bh4 b6 (11... g6 12. Nd2 Bg7 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Ne3 O-O 15. a5 Nd7
16. Qd3 $14 {Topalov,V-Karjakin,S/FIDE GP Dubai 2002/ /1-0}) 12. Nd2 g6 13. Nc4
Bg7 14. Qd2 $6 $146 {Strangely enough, white don't pay attention to the
black's intention. He had to play} (14. Ra3 $142 $1 Rb8 15. Rb3 f6 16. Bg3 $36
{1/2-1/2 Lim Yee Weng-Kotsur,P/Asian Cities Aden 2002 with clear advantage})
14... Rb8 $1 15. f4 (15. Qe2 $142 $5 b5 $140 $2 16. axb5 axb5 17. Na3 b4 $2 18.
Ncb5 Qb6 19. Nc4 $1 $18) 15... b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxe5 $6 {Aggresive move,
but much better was} (17. Na3 $5 Ba6 (17... c4 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Naxb5 $16 Rxb5
$140 20. Nxb5 Qc5+ 21. Qf2 $18) 18. Nc4 {and the best what Black can to do is
to play} Bc8 $11 ({because after dubious} 18... bxc4 $140 $6 19. Rxa6 Rxb2 20.
Ra8+ Rb8 21. Rxb8+ Nxb8 22. f5 {white's advantage is obvious})) 17... b4 $1 {
Even stronger than} (17... dxe5 18. d6 Qc6 19. Nd5 c4 (19... Qxd6 $2 20. Nf6+)
20. Be7) 18. Nc6 bxc3 19. bxc3 O-O (19... Rb2 $5) 20. Be7 Bb7 (20... Re8 21. f5
Ne5 {was also possible, but why to be so gready!?}) 21. Nxb8 Rxb8 22. f5 gxf5
$5 (22... f6 {[%csl Re7] was another promising option, for example} 23. fxg6
Re8 24. Ra7 Rxe7 25. Rb1 Nb6 $17 (25... Ne5 $5 26. Rbxb7 Qxb7 27. Rxb7 Rxb7))
23. Rxf5 ({After} 23. exf5 f6 {[%cal Gd7e5] White can't safe bishop}) 23... Re8
24. Bh4 Rxe4 25. Bg3 c4 26. Raf1 Ne5 27. Bxe5 (27. Kh1 $5) 27... Rxe5 28. Rxe5
(28. Rxf7 Qc5+ $19) 28... Bxe5 (28... dxe5 29. d6) 29. Qxh6 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 (30.
Rf2 $5) 30... Qxd5 31. Qg5+ Bg7 $19 {Rest is simple, two strong bishops keeps
all board under the control.} 32. Qxd5 Bxd5 33. Rd1 Be4 34. Rxd6 Bxc2 {[%csl
Gc2,Gc4,Gg7]} 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Rd7 Kg6 37. Rd6+ Kf5 38. h4 Bxc3 39. Rc6 Bd3 40.
h5 Bd4 41. h6 c3 42. Rd6 c2 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Almost everyone is trying to avoid Sveshnikov
variation.} d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3 Bxf3 $5 {
Othercase, White will play 9.Nbd2 and 10.h3.} (8... g6 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. h3 Bxf3
11. Nxf3 O-O 12. a3 Nd7 13. Rb1 b5 14. d4 c4 15. b3 cxb3 16. Qxb3 Nb6 17. d5
Na5 18. Qb4 Na4 19. Nd4 $36 {1-0 Malakhov,V-Degraeve,J/Koszalin op-A 1999 (39)}
) 9. Qxf3 g6 10. Nd2 Bg7 11. Qd1 Nd7 $146 {[%cal Gb7b4]} (11... O-O $5 12. Nf3
Ng4 13. a3 Rc8 14. Rb1 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Qd2 Rfe8 18. Rbc1 b5
19. h3 Nc6 20. Be3 d5 $13 {Grischuk,A-Radjabov,T/RUS vs. ROW Moscow 2002/The
Week in Chess 409/1-0 (46)}) 12. Nf3 {[%cal Gd3d4]} O-O 13. Be3 {Svidler
prepares d3-d4 - only possible plan foe White.} Qc7 (13... b5 14. d4) 14. d4 b5
15. Rc1 (15. a4 $5) 15... e5 16. Qd2 $14 {I think that White managed to get
small advantage, thanks to pawn centre and pair of bishops.} Rfe8 17. d5 $5 {
Would somebody believe that it was Sicilian defense?} Ne7 18. g3 $5 (18. c4 f5
$5) 18... Nf6 (18... f5 19. Ng5 $36) 19. Bg5 (19. Qc2 Ng4 20. Bd2 Bh6 $5) 19...
Nc8 20. b3 $5 {[%cal Ga2a4] Black's position is quite passive now, but for
White it is not easy also to make real progress.} Nb6 21. Qc2 h6 22. Be3 Ng4
23. Bd2 c4 24. Bh3 h5 $5 25. Ng5 {[%cal Gc2d1]} Bf6 26. Qd1 (26. Bf1 $5) 26...
Qe7 27. Nf3 Rec8 28. Qe2 {Worth considering} (28. Bf1 {[%cal Gh2h4,Gf1h3]})
28... Nd7 {[%cal Gd7c5,Gc5d3]} 29. Red1 (29. Bg2 Bg7 30. h3 Ngf6 31. Bg5) 29...
cxb3 {I don't like this move, it looks that it will be better for Black to
keep tension on the queen's side.} 30. axb3 Nc5 31. b4 (31. Rb1 $5 $14) 31...
Na4 32. Be1 ({It will be interesting to check} 32. Bg2 Bg7 (32... Nb2 33. h3
$16) 33. c4 $5 {with possible continuation} Nb2 $140 $6 34. Bg5 $1 f6 35. Qxb2
fxg5 36. c5 $5 dxc5 37. d6 Qa7 38. h3 Nh6 39. bxc5 Rxc5 40. Qa2+ Kh8 41. Rxc5
Qxc5 42. Qe6 $18) 32... Rc7 33. c4 bxc4 34. Rxc4 Rxc4 35. Qxc4 Nb2 $5 {Black
is trying to use some tactical devices.} 36. Qc6 Rb8 37. Rb1 Nd3 38. Qxa6 Nxe1
39. Nxe1 Bg5 40. b5 (40. Bxg4 hxg4 41. b5 f5 42. b6 Qb7 $5) 40... Nf6 $1 {
[%cal Gf6e4,Gf6d7] White needs to invest a very big effort to get something
real.} 41. Bg2 Nd7 42. Nd3 {[%cal Gd3b4]} (42. b6 Qd8 43. b7 Nc5 {[%csl Rb7]})
42... Nb6 43. Qa3 (43. Nb4 Qc7 44. Qa2 (44. Nc6 $4 Ra8 {[%csl Ra6]}) 44... Ra8
{[%csl Ga8,Gb6,Gg5]}) 43... Ra8 44. Qb2 Qc7 45. f4 exf4 46. gxf4 Qc4 $1 {
Amazingly, White has already lost winning chances.} 47. Qb3 (47. fxg5 Qxd3 $44)
(47. Qb3 Qd4+ 48. Kh1 Bh6 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai op 6th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2004.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Prasad, Devaki V"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 (3... Bd7 {Leads to quiet and almost equal game,
but Gashimov choose more complicated continuation.}) 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. O-O e6 8. Bg5 f6 {Risky move!} ({Worse considering} 8... Be7 {
with possible continuation} 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. e5 O-O 12. Ne4 Rd8
13. Qc1 b5 14. h4 Bb7 15. Qe3 c4 16. Rfe1 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nc5 $11 {0-1 Popovic,
D-Kovacevic,A/SCG t-ch Petrovac 2004/ (43)}) (8... Qc7 9. d5 e5 10. a4 h6 11.
Bh4 g6 12. Nd2 Bg7 13. Nc4 Rb8 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Na5 $36 {1-0 Kolev,
A-Melgosa,M/Dos Hermanas qual 2004 (53)}) 9. Be3 Be7 10. d5 (10. dxc5 dxc5 11.
a4 b6 {1/2-1/2 Baklan,V-Kempinski,R/EUR t-ch Leon 2001/ (11)}) (10. a4 O-O 11.
a5 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. b3 Nc6 14. Na4 Nxa5 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Bb6 Qe8 17. Bxa5
f5 18. Nb6 Rb8 {1/2-1/2 Shabanov,Y-Litvinov,V/Elista Botvinnik mem-B 2002/ (26)
}) 10... e5 11. a4 $146 {According to my database, this natural move is a new
one.} (11. Ne2 O-O 12. Nd2 b5 13. a4 b4 14. a5 f5 15. exf5 Nf6 16. Nc4 Bxf5 17.
Ng3 Bg6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 h5 20. Ne3 Qd7 21. Nc4 Rae8 {0-1 Dovliatov,
S-Ibragimov,R/AZE-ch 1999 (33)}) (11. Nh4 g6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 O-O 14. Qg4
Ne5 15. Qg3 Rf7 16. Nd1 Rg7 17. Nf3 Nf7 18. Bd2 Bd7 19. Ne3 h5 20. Kh1 b5 21.
c3 Kh7 {0-1 Rogers,I-Sunye Neto,J/Luzern ol 1982 (49)}) 11... O-O 12. Nd2 b6 ({
White keeps small advantage after} 12... f5 $5 13. exf5 Rxf5 (13... Nf6 14. g4
$1) 14. Nde4 $14 {[%csl Ge4]}) 13. Nc4 Rb8 14. g3 {[%cal Gf2f4]} ({Black has
nothing to worry about after} 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne5 16. Ne3 b5 $1) 14... Re8
15. f4 {[%cal Gf4f5]} (15. g4 $5) 15... exf4 16. gxf4 (16. Bxf4 Ne5 {[%cal
Gc8h3]}) 16... f5 17. e5 Bf8 $6 {I don't like this passive move.} (17... dxe5
$142 18. Nxe5 (18. fxe5 b5 19. axb5 axb5) 18... Bb7 19. Qd3 Bf6 $36) 18. e6 Nf6
{[%csl Rd5]} 19. Bf2 (19. Kh1 Bb7 {[%csl Gb7]}) 19... Ng4 20. Qd3 Nxf2 21. Rxf2
g6 22. Ne2 (22. Kg2 $5 Bg7 23. Re2 Bd4 $13) 22... Bg7 23. c3 b5 $1 24. axb5
axb5 25. Ne3 b4 (25... Bb7 $5) 26. Rg2 {[%cal Ge3f5]} (26. Nc4 $5) 26... Kh8
27. Kh1 bxc3 28. bxc3 Qb6 29. h4 $1 {White's chances are better, thanks to a
superior pawn structure and and good chances for successful atack on the
king's side.} c4 (29... Qb2 30. Rag1 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 30. Qd2 $6 ({A natural
development of the initiative can be achieved by} 30. Nxc4 $5 Ba6 31. h5 Qb5
32. Rxa6 Qxa6 33. hxg6 Rec8 34. Qh3 $36) 30... Bb7 31. h5 Ra8 32. Rag1 $2 (32.
Rd1 $1 Ra2 33. Qxa2 Qxe3 34. Qxc4 {[%csl Gd5]} Rxe6 35. Qc7 $1) (32. Rxa8 $5
Rxa8 33. hxg6) 32... Ra2 $1 33. Qxa2 Qxe3 34. Rg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({It is not
easy to assess positions arising after} 34. Rd1 $8 Rxe6 35. Qxc4 $14) 34...
Bxd5+ (34... Qxe6 $5) 35. Kh2 Qf2+ (35... Qf2+ 36. R1g2 (36. Kh3 Rxe6 $19)
36... Bxg2 37. Rxg2 Qh4+ 38. Kg1 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 d5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3
g6 {Two rounds later in the game against Svidler, Halkias choose 8...Bxf3.} 9.
Nbd2 Bh6 {Interesting idea, Black wants to exchange dark-coloured bishops.} ({
In the case of} 9... Bg7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 O-O 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14.
Qb3 Rc7 15. Bf4 Nd7 16. Rad1 Qb8 17. h4 e5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Be3 $14 {1-0
Adams,M-Tiviakov,S/Wch Groningen 1997/CBM 63 (35) White keep small advantage.})
10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Bxc1 12. Qxc1 (12. Rxc1 O-O 13. d4 e5 14. Qd2 Kg7 15. Bc4
Qe7 16. Bd5 Rac8 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Rcd1 $14 {0-1 Brynell,S-Petursson,M/Malmo
1993 (31)}) 12... e5 (12... O-O 13. d4 e5 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Qh6 Qe7 16. Ng5 Nd8
17. Bc4 Re8 18. a4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Kuczynski,R-Blehm,P/POL-ch Warsaw 2001/The
Week in Chess 333 (32)}) 13. Qh6 Nd7 14. Nd2 $146 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gc4e3]} (14. d4
Qf6 15. Rad1 exd4 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20.
Rxd4 Ke7 21. Red1 Rc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Petursson,M/Wijk aan Zee
1990 (32)}) 14... Qe7 {[%cal Ge7f8]} 15. Nc4 {Although the position is more or
less balanced, White seems to have the easier play.} b5 16. Ne3 Qf8 17. Qh4 Qe7
18. Qg3 O-O 19. Be2 (19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Be2 Nf6 $11) 19... Kh8 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 20.
f4 {Here Black should play very accurately in order not to get the worst
position.} f6 21. Rf1 (21. f5 $5) 21... Nb6 22. h4 Rad8 (22... exf4 23. Rxf4 (
23. Qxf4 f5 $5 24. exf5 Rae8) 23... d5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Qxe2 26. Raf1 $36
) 23. f5 g5 24. hxg5 fxg5 25. Rf2 Qg7 {Black rightly avoids opening game in
the center - after} (25... d5 26. exd5 Nxd5 27. Nxd5 Rxd5 28. Qe3 $14 {[%cal
Ge2f3] White's chances are better}) 26. Bd1 {[%cal Gd1b3]} Nd7 $1 {Black's
knight is running to important square f6.} (26... d5 27. exd5 Nxd5 28. Nxd5
Rxd5 29. Qe3 $14) 27. Bb3 Nf6 28. Nd5 ({Worth considering} 28. a4 c4 $140 $5
29. Bc2 $14) 28... Ne7 $1 (28... Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Ne7 30. Be6 Qf6 31. a4 $14) 29.
Ne3 (29. Nxe7 Qxe7 30. Qxg5 c4 31. dxc4 Rg8 32. Qe3 (32. Qh4 Rg4 33. Qh3 Qa7 $1
$132) 32... Ng4 33. Qg3 Nxf2 34. Qxf2 Rg4 $13) (29. Nc7 {[%cal Rc7e6]} Nxf5 30.
Rxf5 Qxc7 31. Raf1 Qg7 32. Rxg5 Qh6 33. Rgf5 c4 $1 $132) 29... c4 30. Bc2 d5 {
This is not a bad move, but maybe} (30... cxd3 $142 31. Bxd3 d5 $13 {could be
good alternative to the move in the game.}) 31. dxc4 $1 d4 (31... bxc4 32. Rd1)
32. Nd5 bxc4 33. Nc7 {[%cal Rc7e6]} Nxf5 {Looks natural, but deserves
attention and sharp} (33... Nh5 $5 34. Qh2 Nf4 $132) 34. Rxf5 (34. Qxe5 Ne3 35.
Ne6 Qe7 36. cxd4 Neg4) 34... Qxc7 35. cxd4 Qb6 (35... Rxd4 36. Raf1 $36) 36.
Qxe5 Rde8 37. Qc5 $1 Qxb2 $1 (37... Qxc5 38. dxc5 Ng4 39. Rxg5 Ne3 40. Rc1 $18)
38. Raf1 Qxc2 39. e5 Rc8 40. Qe7 (40. Rxf6 Rxc5 41. Rxf8+ Kg7 42. dxc5 Qe4 43.
R8f7+ Kg6 (43... Kg8 44. c6 $1 Qxc6 $140 $2 45. Rf8+ Kg7 46. R1f7+ $18) 44. c6
Qd4+ 45. R1f2 Qd1+ $11) 40... Rce8 $6 {Inaccuracy, interesting will be to
check with very complicated struggle.} (40... Qe4 41. exf6 Qxd4+ 42. R5f2 (42.
R1f2 Qd1+ $11) 42... Rg8 $8 43. Kh1 c3 $132) 41. exf6 $1 Rg8 $2 {Very often
one mistake follows another!} ({Halkias still could organise strong resistance
after} 41... Rxe7 $142 42. fxe7 Rxf5 43. e8=Q+ Kg7 {for example} 44. Qd7+ Kf6
$1 45. Qd6+ Kg7 46. Qe7+ Kh8 $1 $13) 42. Qd6 Rd8 43. Qe5 Rde8 44. Qg3 $1 $18 {
The smoke has cleared, and White manages to win game just in few moves.} Ref8
45. f7 Rg7 46. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Pula zt 1.2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {After great dissapoitment in previous game (
versus Sutovsky) I was not ready for sharp variations} Nc6 {Surprise! Us usual
Gallagher choose or 3... Bd7, or 3... Nd7} 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7.
Ba4 b5 {Deserves attention} (7... c4 {but I think that move in the text is
enough for equality.}) 8. Bc2 e5 9. a4 Be7 10. Na3 (10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8
12. Na3 Qb7 {1/2-1/2 Ye Jiangchuan-Tiviakov,S/Beijing 1998 (12)}) 10... O-O 11.
d3 $146 (11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Bb1 bxa4 14. e5 dxe5 15. dxe5 Nfd5 16.
Qe2 Bc6 17. Nc4 Rb8 18. Ra3 Qc7 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Bxg5 21. Rh3+ Bh6 22.
Bxh6 Rfe8 23. Bd2+ Kg8 24. Qh5 {1-0 Junior-Crafty/Internet 1995 (30)}) 11...
Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. h3 Qc7 (13... h6 $5 $11) 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 {I was
happy to exchange bishop, but} (15. Bh4 $5 {is not bad either}) 15... Bxf6 16.
Bb3 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Ga3c2,Gc2e3,Ge3g4]} Ne7 17. Nc2 Bc6 18. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3g4]}
g6 (18... c4 19. Ba2 $5 (19. dxc4 Bxe4 20. Nd2 Ba8 21. Ng4 Bg5)) 19. h4 Bg7 $2
{Serious mistake. After} (19... h5 $1 20. g4 $140 hxg4 21. Nxg4 Bg7 22. Ng5 c4
$5 {position is very complicated}) 20. h5 g5 {[%csl Rg7]} 21. Nd2 Kh8 {[%cal
Gf7f5]} 22. g4 $1 {[%cal Gd2f1,Gf1g3]} Qd7 23. Qf3 Bb7 24. Ndf1 d5 $2 $138 {
Last, already zeitnot mistake, but even after best} (24... Rbd8 $8 25. Ng3 d5
26. exd5 Bxd5 (26... Nxd5 27. Ra7 c4 28. dxc4 bxc4 29. Rxb7 Qxb7 30. Bxc4 $18)
27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Nef5 $36 {white's chances are better}) 25. Bxd5 $1 Nxd5 $6 (
25... Bxd5 $142 $1 26. exd5 Rbd8 (26... f5 27. gxf5 Nxf5 28. Qg4 Rbd8 29. Nxf5
Qxf5 30. Qxf5 Rxf5 31. Ne3 Rf4 32. Ra5 $18) 27. c4 f5 28. gxf5 Nxf5 29. Qg4 Nd4
30. Qxd7 Rxd7 $16) 26. exd5 b4 27. Ng3 {[%cal Gg3e4,Gg3f5]} (27. c4 e4 28. dxe4
Bxb2 29. Rab1 Be5 30. Nf5 Kh7 $16) 27... bxc3 28. bxc3 e4 (28... Rfd8 29. c4 $5
e4 30. Nxe4 Bxa1 31. Rxa1 $18) 29. dxe4 $1 Bxc3 30. Rac1 $18 Be5 (30... Bxe1
31. Qf6+ Kh7 32. Ngf5) 31. Ngf5 Rbc8 32. Nc4 Bf4 33. Nb6 Qc7 34. Nxc8 Bxc8 (
34... Bxc1 35. Qc3+ f6 36. Nce7 $18) 35. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing zt 3.3"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2005.10.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yu, Shaoteng"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. O-O cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg4 {
Rare move.} (7... e5) (7... Rc8) (7... Nf6 $5) 8. Nfd2 (8. Qd3 Nf6 9. c4 Rc8 (
9... g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nc3 Qa5 14. Rfe1 Rfd8 15. Nd5
Nxd5 16. Bxg7 Nf4 17. Qc3 Qh5 18. Bd4 Bxh3 {Majeric,Z (2359)-Kovacevic,A (2537)
/Borovo Summer 2005/0-1 (47)}) 10. b3 g6 11. Nc3 Bg7 (11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd7
13. e5) 12. Nd4 O-O 13. f3 Bd7 14. Be3 Qa5 15. a4 e6 16. Nde2 (16. Rac1 Rfd8
17. Rfd1 Be8) 16... d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bd4 (18. e5 Bf5 19. Qd1 (19. Qd2 Nd7
20. Nxd5 Qxd2 21. Bxd2 Rfe8) 19... Nd7 20. Nxd5 Rfe8 21. b4 Qd8 22. f4 f6) (18.
exd5 Bf5 19. Qd2 Qb4 20. g4 (20. Rac1 Qxb3 21. Nd4 Qb4 22. Nxf5 gxf5) 20...
Nxg4 21. fxg4 Qxg4+ 22. Kf2 Qh4+) 18... Be6 (18... dxe4 19. fxe4 Ng4 20. Nd5)
19. e5 (19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Nd4) 19... Nd7 20. Qe3
Rfe8 21. f4 f6 22. exf6 Nxf6 {Oratovsky,M (2480)-Gelfand,B (2691)/EU-Cup
Belgrade 1999/CBM 69/[ 0-1 (32)}) (8. Nc3 Bxf3 (8... e6 9. a4 Ne7 10. Ne1 Bh5
11. Nd3 Bg6 12. a5 Nc6 13. Qa4 Be7 14. Be3 O-O 15. Rfd1 Bf6 16. Nf4 Qe7 17. Qa3
Ne5 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qb3 Rac8 20. Ra4 Ng4 21. Bb6 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Qg5 {1/2-1/2
Ricardi,P (2545)-Bu Xiangzhi (2615)/Calvia Olympiad 2004/ (48)}) 9. gxf3 e6 10.
Rd1 Rc8 11. Bf4 Rc6 12. Rd3 f6 13. Qb4 Qb6 14. Qa4 Kf7 15. Rad1 g5 16. Be3 Qxb2
17. Rb1 b5 18. Rxb2 bxa4 19. Nxa4 Ne7 {0-1 Jansa,V (2495)-Shabalov,A (2505)/
Oslo Cup 1991/ChessBase (43)}) 8... Nf6 9. Nc4 $146 {Deviating from the theory
at very early stage, but it is not easy to recommend this move - it looks that
Black could get nice game.} ({Worth considering simple} 9. Nc3 e5 (9... Rc8 10.
Nd5 Nd7 11. b3 e5 12. Qa7 Rb8 13. Ba3 Be6 14. Nc4 Bxd5 15. exd5 Qc7 16. f4 Rc8
17. Rad1 f6 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Qf2 Rd8 21. Rd3 $18 {Grigorjev,
A-Krapivner,J/corr 1990/ChessBase/1-0 (35)}) 10. Qd3 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5
13. exd5 Bh5 14. Nc4 a5 15. Be3 Rb8 16. f4 exf4 17. Bd4 f3 18. Rae1+ Be7 19.
Bxg7 fxg2 20. Rf2 Rg8 21. Bf6 Bg6 22. Qg3 {1-0 De Dovitiis,A (2365)-Bulo,P 
(2195)/Villa Ballester Alberto 2004}) 9... Be2 10. Nb6 (10. Re1 e5 $1 11. Qc3 (
11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qxe5+ Be7 13. Nc3 Bc4 $17) 11... Nxe4 12. Qe3 Bxc4 13. Qxe4
Qc7 14. Nc3 Qc6 $6 $15) 10... e5 $6 ({It's interesting what Yu Shaoteng had in
mind in the case of} 10... Bxf1 $142 11. Kxf1 (11. Nxa8 Bxg2 (11... Bb5 $5) 12.
e5 Bh3 $1 13. Qc3 (13. exf6 gxf6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh8g8]}) 13... Qxa8 14. Qxh3 (
14. exf6 Qc8 $1 $19) 14... dxe5 $17) 11... Rb8 12. Qa4+ Nd7 13. Be3 e6 14. Nc3
Qc7 {[%cal Gc7c6] and I am not sure that white has full compensation for
exchange.}) 11. Qb4 d5 (11... Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Rb8 13. Bg5 $16 {[%csl Gd5]}) 12.
Qb3 Bxf1 (12... Rb8 13. Re1 dxe4 14. Nc3 Bb5 15. Be3 Bc6 16. Rad1 $44) 13. Kxf1
dxe4 $6 ({Black should have preferred} 13... Rb8 $142 $5 14. Bg5 Qd6 15. Bxf6
Qxf6 16. Nxd5 Qh6 17. Nbc3 Bc5 $5 $132) 14. Nc3 {Unlike Black who has not
completed his development yet, all White pieces are involved in the struggle
and aim at the poor black monarch.} (14. Qa4+ Ke7 (14... Nd7 15. Nxa8 Qxa8 16.
Qxe4 Qc8 17. Nc3 $14) 15. Qb4+ Ke8 16. Qa4+ $11) 14... Rb8 15. Qa4+ Ke7 (15...
Nd7 16. Ncd5 $1 (16. Be3 Qc7 17. Rd1 Rd8 (17... Qc6 $2 18. Rxd7) 18. Ncd5 Qc6
19. Bg5 $5 f6 (19... Qxa4 $4 20. Nc7#) 20. Qxc6 bxc6 21. Nc7+ Ke7 22. Be3 Nxb6
23. Bc5+ Kf7 24. Rxd8 Na4 $13) 16... f6 (16... Bc5 17. Bg5 $1 f6 $140 18. Bxf6
$1 gxf6 19. Nxd7 $18) 17. Be3 Rc8 18. Rd1 $40 {[%csl Ga4,Gb6,Gd1,Gd5,Rd7,Ge3,
Re8]}) 16. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Ra1d1] White calmly brings more pieces into attack,
making Black's survival impossible.} Qd4 $8 (16... Ke6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 (17...
Kxf6 18. Rd1 Qe8 19. Nd7+ Kg5 20. Nxe4+ Kg6 21. Qb3 $18) 18. Qb3+ Kf5 19. Nxe4
$1 $18) 17. Qb3 (17. Ncd5+ $142 $1 Ke6 (17... Kd6 18. c4 $1) 18. Qb3 Nxd5 19.
Be3 $16) 17... Ke8 $8 18. Bxf6 (18. Rd1 $143 Qb4 $8 19. Ncd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qc5
$8 (20... Qd6 21. Qc4 {[%cal Cf7f6,Cf6g5,Rd5c7]}) 21. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 22. Bxf6 Bd6
23. Bxh8 Ke7 $13) 18... Bc5 $1 (18... gxf6 19. Rd1 Qb4 20. Ncd5 $1 $18) 19. Bh4
e3 (19... Bxb6 20. Rd1 Qc5 21. Na4 Qb5+ 22. Qxb5+ axb5 23. Nxb6 f6 24. Rd7 $18)
20. Qa4+ $1 Qxa4 21. Ncxa4 Bxb6 22. Nxb6 {White has both positional and
material advantage, so the rest is pretty clear.} f6 (22... exf2 23. Rd1 {
[%cal Of1f2,Rd1d7]}) 23. fxe3 $18 Rd8 {[%cal Gd8d6]} 24. a4 Ke7 (24... Rd2 25.
Rc1 Ke7 26. Be1) 25. Be1 Ke6 26. Bb4 g5 27. Ke2 g4 28. a5 h5 29. Ra4 (29. Na4
$5 {[%cal Ga4c5]}) 29... Rh7 30. Bc3 Rc7 31. Rb4 Rd6 32. e4 $1 {[%cal Gb6d5]}
Rc5 33. Nd5 Rd7 (33... f5 34. Rxb7 fxe4 35. Ne3 $18) 34. Rb6+ {This rook had a
splendid career in this game!} Rc6 35. Rxc6+ bxc6 36. Nb4 {Rest is simple} Ra7
37. Nxc6 Ra8 38. Nb4 Ra7 39. Bd2 f5 40. exf5+ Kxf5 41. Be3 Ra8 42. c4 Ke4 43.
Bb6 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch 4th"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2003.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nezad, Husein Aziz"]
[Black "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 (4. d4 {Is more common move.}) 4... Ngf6
5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 c4 $5 {[%mdl 512]} (6... e5 $5 7. O-O {leads to Spanish like
kind of positions} Be7 8. d4 b5 9. Bc2 O-O 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. a4 Bb7 12. Bg5 Bc6
13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Nbd2 h6 15. Bh4 c4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Abramovic,B-Mikhalchishin,A/
Ptuj 82/(165) 2000 (21)}) 7. Bxd7+ (7. O-O e5 8. Bc2 Qc7 9. a4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5
11. Na3 Bxa3 12. Rxa3 Nf4 13. Qe3 f6 14. b3 Nb6 15. a5 Nbd5 {Rocha,S-Van den
Doel,E/Lisboa op 2000/1-0 (51)}) (7. Bc2 $5 b5 8. b3 cxb3 9. axb3 e5 10. O-O
Be7 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nh4 Nb6 13. Bd3 O-O $13 {1/2-1/2 Komliakov,V-Kurnosov,I/
Serpukhov-12 A 2002 (25)}) (7. Qxc4 $2 b5 8. Qc6 Rb8 $19) 7... Bxd7 8. Qxc4
$146 {I can't recommend this move, but othercase why White exchanged his
light-coloured bishop.} (8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 b5 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. a4 Rd8 12.
axb5 axb5 13. Ra5 e6 14. b3 Nd5 {0-1 Kucera,P-Hausner,I/CZE t-ch2 1999 (38)})
8... Bb5 $1 {Black take advantage of the fact that White's king temporarily
stuck in the centre.} 9. Qd4 (9. Qb3 Nxe4 10. d4 Qd7 $1 $15) 9... e5 10. Qe3 (
10. Qb4 d5 11. Qb3 Nxe4 $36) 10... Ng4 11. Qg5 $8 {[%csl Rg5]} Qc8 $5 {Black
could exchange queens -} (11... Qxg5 12. Nxg5 Bd3 13. f3 Nf6 14. Nh3 d5 $1 $44
{with great compensation for the pawn, but he has all reasons to keep queens
on the board.}) 12. d4 Be7 13. Qd2 (13. Qxg7 $2 {lose immediately after} Qc4
$19) 13... f5 (13... Nf6 $5) 14. Qc2 ({Maybe} 14. exf5 Qxf5 {will be less evil,
but Black keeps initiative any case, for example} (14... e4 15. Qf4 $1 Qc4 $140
$6 16. Qxe4) 15. h3 Qe4+ 16. Kd1 Nf6 17. Re1 Qg6 18. dxe5 Ne4 $5 (18... Qxg2 $2
19. Nh4) (18... dxe5 19. Qg5 $132) 19. Qe3 Qxg2 20. Kc2 $1 d5 $36) 14... fxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qc2 (16. Qe3 $5 Nd5 17. Qe4 Nb4 $1 $40) 16... e4 17. Ng5 ({
It is just impossible to make move like} 17. Ng1 {[%csl Ra1,Rb1,Rc1,Rg1,Rh1]})
17... Bd3 18. Qb3 $2 {And White fails to find the better continuation! He
could continue resistance just after} (18. Qd1 $8 O-O $17) 18... Qg4 $19 {
Zagrebelny brings most important piece into attack, making White's survival
impossible.} 19. Qf7+ Kd7 20. f3 Qxg2 (20... Qxg2 21. Qe6+ Ke8 22. Qf7+ Kd8 23.
Ne6+ Kc8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 06th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2005.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.02.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 ({White
could have thought about} 6. h3 $5 {avoiding the move Bg4.}) 6... a6 7. Bf1 Bg4
8. d3 ({White could play immediately} 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 {with the
possible continuation} Ng8 $5 11. e6 $5 ({or} 11. Be3 e6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3
Nge7 14. Nc3 Nf5 15. Rad1 b5 16. a3 Rc8 17. Ne2 Be7 {with a good play, Wang
Yue - Kharlov, Moscow 2004}) 11... Bxe6 12. Qb3 Bc8 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Bg5 Na5 15.
Qa4+ Bd7 (15... b5 $2 {was losing to} 16. Bxb5+ $1) 16. Qd1 Bg4 $132) 8... e6
9. Nbd2 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 (11. Qc2 d5 12. Nh2 Qc7 13. g3 O-O 14. Ndf3 b5
15. e5 Nd7 16. Bf4 b4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Volzhin,A/Russia (ch) 1996/(48)})
11... Bg6 12. Nh4 Nd7 {Ftacnik: 'In this variation black is building his
counterplay around the weaknesses of the exposed kingside of his opponent. The
negative news will be the demise of the white squared bishop. '} (12... d5 {
is another option, but after, for example} 13. f4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nd7 15. Nxg6
hxg6 16. e5 Nb6 17. Qf3 Qc7 18. Ne4 {with better chances for White in the game
Grischuk - Babula, EU-Cup Panormo 2001.}) 13. Nxg6 (13. Ng2 O-O (13... h5 14.
f4 hxg4 15. hxg4 Bh7 $146 (15... Bh4 16. Re3 f6 17. Nxh4 Rxh4 18. Qf3 Ke7 19.
Qg3 Qh8 20. Bg2 e5 21. Nf3 Rh7 22. Re2 Bf7 23. g5 Bh5 24. Nh4 Kd8 25. Rf2 {
Pugachev,A-Zezulkin,J/Kobanya op 1992/TD 92\11/1-0 (62)}) 16. Nf3 g5 $11 17. f5
$15 (17. Nxg5 Bxg5 18. fxg5 Nde5 $14) 17... Nde5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Ne3 Bg8 20.
Bg2 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Larsen,B-Hansen,S/Esbjerg 1997/CBM 60/ (60)}) 14. f4 h6 15.
Qf3 Bh7 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Nf3 Qc7 18. Kh2 Rae8 19. Bd2 b5 20. Rad1 Qb7 21. f5
Nde5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Vescovi,G-Movsesian,S/Bermuda Fourways 2004/ (32)}) 13...
hxg6 14. f4 (14. Nf3 Nde5 15. Nxe5 (15. Be3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 e5 17. Qd1 Bg5 18.
Bg2 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Qd7 20. d4 cxd4 21. exd4 Qc7 22. Re2 O-O 23. Rd2 Rad8 24. h4
g5 25. h5 Rfe8 {1/2-1/2 Xu Yuhua-Wang Lei/CHN t-chW Suzhou 2001/ (46)}) 15...
dxe5 16. Be3 O-O 17. a3 b6 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. b4 Rad8 20. Qa2 Rd7 21. Rab1 Rc8 22.
bxc5 Bxc5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 $11 {[%csl Rf1] 0-1 Miljutin,O-Ovsijevitsch,S/Alushta
op 2000 (35)}) (14. Bg2 Bg5 (14... Nde5 $5 15. Nf1 g5 16. Ng3 c4 17. d4 Nd3 $13
{Boksberger-Menacher/corr./1991}) 15. d4 (15. Nc4 Bxc1 16. Rxc1 (16. Nxd6+ $2
Ke7 17. Nxb7 Qb6 18. Rxc1 Qxb7 19. d4 Rhd8 $17) 16... Qc7 $11) 15... Qc7 16.
Nc4 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 b5 18. Ne3 (18. Nxd6+ Qxd6 19. e5 Qc7 20. d5 exd5 $2 (20...
Ndxe5 $1 21. dxc6 Rd8 $17) 21. Qxd5 Rc8 22. e6 $40) 18... Rd8 19. d5 exd5 20.
Nxd5 Qa7 21. Qd2 Nde5 $1 {0-1 Grosar,A-Hracek,Z/Altensteig 1995/ChessBase/
[Horvath,T] (44)}) (14. Nb3 e5 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bg5 17. d5 Na7 18. Bxg5
Qxg5 19. Na5 Rb8 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. b4 O-O 22. Re3 Rc8 23. a3 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Qb8
25. Rc3 Nf6 26. f3 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Nxc8 28. h4 Nb6 29. Qc2 Kf8 30. Kh2 Ke7 31.
Bxa6 {1-0 Grosar,A-Sergejev,R/EU-chTM 1997/EXP 57}) 14... Bh4 (14... e5 15. f5
Bg5 (15... gxf5 16. exf5 d5 17. Bg2 {[%csl Rd5]}) 16. Nc4 (16. fxg6 fxg6 17.
Qb3 $5) 16... Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Nb6 (17... b5 $5 18. Ne3 (18. Nxd6+ $2 Ke7 {
[%csl Rd6]}) 18... Qg5 19. Nd5 Rc8 $13) 18. Ne3 gxf5 ({I would prefer} 18... g5
$5 {keeping position close.}) 19. exf5 d5 20. Bg2 Kf8 (20... Qd6 21. Qb3 Ne7
22. c4 $5 d4 23. Nf1 {[%cal Gf1d2,Gd2e4]}) 21. Qf3 f6 (21... d4 22. Nc4 (22.
Nd1 $5 {[%cal Gd1f2]}) 22... Nxc4 23. dxc4 {[%csl Gg2]}) 22. Red1 d4 (22... Ne7
$5) 23. Nf1 dxc3 24. bxc3 Qc7 25. Qf2 Ne7 (25... Na4 26. Ng3 (26. d4 $5) 26...
Rd8 27. Ne4 $16) 26. d4 Rd8 (26... Re8 $5) 27. dxe5 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 fxe5 29. Ng3
{Zvjaginsev,V-Xu Jun/RUS-CHN m Moscow 2004/CBM 103/[Psakhis]/1-0 (31)} Rh6 30.
Ne4 {[%cal Gf2c5,Ge4g5] 1-0 Zvjaginsev,V-Xu Jun/RUS-CHN m Moscow 2004/CBM 103/
[Psakhis] (30)}) (14... g5 $5 15. f5 Nde5 16. Nf3 Bf6 17. Be3 b5 18. a3 Rc8 19.
Rc1 O-O 20. Nh2 Re8 21. b3 Nd7 22. Nf3 d5 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. exd5 exd5 25. d4
$14 {1/2-1/2 Lipka,J-Shaposhnikov,E/Pardubice KB op 2003/ (45)}) 15. Re2 g5 {
Beyond any doubt this move is the most crucial for the evaluation of the whole
variation.} 16. Nf3 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The new move, that can be
criticized despite the exchange of the second enemy's bishop. The critical
line is surely the daring 16.f5! creating some targets in black's structure. '}
({The best way is actually} 16. f5 $5 {keeping the position more closed but
leaving Black with his bishop on h4 '!' Ftacnik.} Nde5 (16... Bg3 {could be
met by} 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qb3 Rh6 19. Nf3 {with a good play for White '+/='
Ftacnik.}) 17. Re3 O-O 18. Bg2 {and White is doing well:} b5 ({or} 18... d5 19.
exd5 exd5 20. Nf3 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 d4 22. Re4 dxc3 23. bxc3 Qf6 (23... Qd6 $13)
24. Bb2 Rad8 25. Rd1 {1-0 Rublevsky,S-Timoshenko,G/Moscow 2004/ (54) with
advantage '~~' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Rublevsky,S-Timoshenko,G/Moscow 2004/ 1-0 
(55)'}) 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Rxf3 b4 21. Be3 {'+/=' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: '1/2-1/2
Potkin,V-Timoshenko,G/Ismailia 2004/ (35)'} Rb8 22. Qd2 Ne5 23. Rff1 Qe7 24.
Qe2 a5 25. d4 Nd7 26. Qd2 Nb6 27. b3 Nd7 28. Rad1 Rfd8 29. cxb4 axb4 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Potkin,V-Timoshenko,G/Ismailia 2nd Misr Closed 2004/(35)}) (16. Nc4 {
Ftacnik} O-O $5 (16... Qc7 17. f5 $13) 17. Nxd6 Qc7 18. e5 gxf4 19. Bxf4 Ncxe5
$1 $15) 16... gxf4 17. Nxh4 (17. Bxf4 Qf6 18. Qd2 g5 $5 19. Nxg5 Nde5 $36)
17... Qxh4 18. Bxf4 e5 19. Bh2 {[%csl Rf1,Rh2]} Nf8 {[%cal Gf8e6,Ge6f4]
Ftacnik: 'The position is too closed for the might of two bishops. Black
knights are enjoying good squares, especially the critical f4 one. Grischuk's
chances are at least not worse. '} 20. a3 $1 {Immidiately starting counter
play on the queen's side} Ne6 21. b4 O-O-O (21... Nf4 $5 22. Re3 Qh6 23. Rf3 g5
) 22. Rb1 {[%cal Gb4b5]} Nf4 23. Re3 Qe7 (23... Qh6 24. Rf3) 24. Kh1 (24. b5
axb5 25. Rxb5 {was more to the point:}) 24... Rh6 25. Bg1 $2 {Just wasting
time.} (25. Rf3 {coudn't solve problems:} Rdh8 (25... g5 $6 {was weaker:} 26.
b5 axb5 27. Rxb5 Rdh8 28. Bxf4 exf4 (28... gxf4 $5) 29. Kg1 Ne5 30. Rf2 {
and White is okay:}) 26. bxc5 ({or} 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Kg1 Ne5 28. Rxf4 Rxh3 29.
Bxh3 Rxh3 $19) 26... dxc5 (26... Nxh3 27. Bxh3 Rxh3 28. Rxh3 Rxh3 $36) 27. Bxf4
exf4 28. Kg1 Ne5 29. Rxf4 Rxh3 $1 30. Bxh3 Rxh3 31. Qb3 Rxd3 $17 {with a clear
advantage}) ({Savdakasov could have offered a tough resistance after} 25. Qf3
$142 $5 {with possible continuation} g5 26. Ree1 Rdh8 {and here} 27. b5 $5 axb5
28. Bxf4 exf4 29. d4 $132 cxd4 30. cxd4 Nxd4 31. Qc3+ Nc6 32. Rxb5 f6 {with
better chances for black , but white has chances for real counter play.}) 25...
Rdh8 26. Kh2 Nd8 $5 {[%cal Gd8e6,Ge6g5] Grischuk brings his knight to g5
increasing pressure over the main target - the h3 pawn.} (26... Qh4 $5 27. Kh1
Qg5) 27. bxc5 (27. b5 a5 $1 {keeping the position closed on the queen side.})
27... dxc5 28. g5 (28. Bf2 Nde6 29. Rb6 {[%cal Gb6h6]} g6 $1 30. Qa4 Nxh3 $1
31. Rxh3 Rxh3+ 32. Bxh3 Nf4 $19) 28... Qxg5 29. Rg3 Nde6 $1 (29... Qe7 {
was also not bad.}) 30. Be3 $8 ({Of course,} 30. Rxg5 {was impossible due to}
Rxh3+ 31. Bxh3 Rxh3# {checkmate!}) 30... Qd8 31. d4 $1 {Having no desire for
passive defence, White tries to break open the files on the queenside} cxd4 32.
cxd4 Nxd4 (32... exd4 $5 {was also strong enough.}) 33. Bxf4 (33. Qg4+ {
did not help much:} Nde6 34. Bxa6 $5 Rxh3+ 35. Rxh3 Rxh3+ 36. Qxh3 Nxh3 37.
Bxb7+ Kd7 38. Rd1+ (38. Kxh3 Qf6 $1 39. Kg2 Nd4 $19) 38... Nd4 39. Bxd4 Ke6 $1
40. Bd5+ Kd6 $1 $19 41. Bb3 Qh8 42. Bc3+ Kc6 43. Kg3 g5 {[%cal Rh8h4]}) 33...
exf4 34. Qg4+ ({Yet, the endgame after} 34. Qc1+ $142 Qc7 35. Qxc7+ Kxc7 36.
Rxg7 Nf3+ 37. Kh1 Ne5 $1 $19 {doesn't promise too many chances for white to
successful defence.}) 34... Ne6 35. Rc3+ Kb8 36. Qe2 $6 ({The lesser evil for
White was} 36. e5 $142 $5 {[%cal Of1a6,Gf1g2] with idea to put the bishop on
the long diagonal was more tenacious. Here} Qd2+ {did not win a rook as White
had} 37. Qg2 Qxg2+ 38. Bxg2 b5 39. a4 Ng5 $5 40. axb5 a5 $17 {[%cal Gf4f3]})
36... Qd7 (36... Nd4 $5 37. Qf2 (37. Qb2 Qd7 38. Rd3 f3 $1 {[%cal Rh6h3]})
37... Qd6 {[%cal Rf4f3]}) 37. Qf2 (37. Qxa6 Ng5 $19) 37... g5 38. Bxa6 (38.
Rcb3 Nd8 39. Bg2 {[%cal Ge4e5]}) 38... Nc5 $19 39. Bf1 Nxe4 40. Qe1 Nxc3 0-1

[Event "Santiago Entel Cup"]
[Site "Santiago de Chile"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Arancibia Guzman, Eduardo"]
[Black "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3
e6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nd7 13. Ng2 (13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. f4
g5 15. f5 Nde5 16. Nf3 Bf6 17. Be3 b5 18. a3 Rc8 19. Rc1 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2
Lipka,J-Shaposhnikov,E/Pardubice KB op 2003/ (45)}) 13... e5 (13... O-O 14. f4
h6 15. Qf3 Bh7 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Nf3 Qc7 18. Kh2 Rae8 19. Bd2 b5 20. Rad1 Qb7 21.
f5 Nde5 22. Ng1 Bf6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Vescovi,G-Movsesian,S/Bermuda Fourways 2004/
(32)}) 14. f4 ({Black experiences much more difficulties after} 14. Ne3 $5 {
for example:} h5 15. Nf5 hxg4 16. hxg4 Bxf5 17. exf5 Bg5 18. Bg2 Kf8 19. Ne4
Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Nf6 21. Nxf6 gxf6 22. Re3 $14 {[%csl Gg2] 1-0 Morozevich,
A-Akopian,V/RUS-The World Moscow 2002/CBM 91/[Psakhis] (34)}) (14. Nc4 h5 15.
Be2 hxg4 16. Bxg4 Nf6 17. f4 b5 18. Nce3 exf4 19. Nxf4 Ne5 20. d4 {1/2-1/2
Glek,I-Akopian,V/Warsaw Amplico AIG Life Q/F 2003/ (20)}) 14... exf4 15. Nxf4
Nde5 $146 (15... Bh4 16. Re2 Nde5 17. Rg2 O-O 18. Be2 Bg5 19. Nf1 Bxf4 20. Bxf4
d5 21. Ng3 dxe4 22. dxe4 Qxd1+ 23. Rxd1 f6 24. Be3 b6 25. Kf2 Rfd8 26. Rgg1 Bf7
27. b3 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Benjamin,J-Yermolinsky,A/USA-ch Seattle 2000/ (31)}) 16.
Nf3 O-O 17. Be3 b5 ({Worth considering simple} 17... Nxf3+ $5 18. Qxf3 Bg5 19.
Nd5 Ne5 $13) 18. Bg2 (18. d4 $5) 18... Rb8 19. a3 ({I would prefer} 19. d4 $5
cxd4 20. cxd4 Nc4 21. Bc1 {[%cal Gb2b3] and after b3 white would pretend for
initiative.}) 19... a5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 (20... dxe5 21. Nd5 Bd6 $11) 21. b3 (21.
d4 cxd4 22. cxd4 Nc4 23. Bc1 a4 $1 $11) 21... Bg5 22. d4 Nd7 23. Nd5 (23. Qd2
$5 b4 $13) 23... Bxe3+ 24. Rxe3 Re8 (24... Nb6 $5) 25. Qd2 Nf6 26. Rae1 (26.
Nxf6+ $5 Qxf6 27. b4 $1 axb4 28. axb4 cxd4 29. cxd4 $11) 26... cxd4 27. Nxf6+
Qxf6 28. cxd4 b4 $1 29. a4 (29. axb4 Rxb4 $1 $36 {[%csl Gb4]}) 29... h6 30. e5
{The text move is artificial and throws White into serious trouble.} (30. Rg3
$5 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) (30. Rf3 $5 Qe7 31. Qf4 $13 {leads to balance position.})
30... dxe5 31. dxe5 Qb6 $1 $15 {White should have stuck to a passive defense}
32. Qd6 (32. Qf2 $5 Rbd8 33. Bf1 {[%cal Gf1c4]}) 32... Qa7 33. Kh1 Rbd8 34. Qc6
Re6 35. Qb5 $6 (35. Qb7 $5) 35... Rd2 {In this (still complex) position
Black's advantage is already under question.} 36. Qc4 Qd7 37. R1e2 $6 (37. Qc5
$5) 37... Rd1+ ({A natural development of the initiative can be achieved by} 
37... Rxe2 38. Qxe2 Qd4 $17) 38. Re1 Rd2 ({Another promising possibility was} 
38... Qd2 39. Qe2 Rxe1+ 40. Qxe1 Qd4 $5) 39. Qb5 Qd8 $1 40. R1e2 Rd4 41. Re1
Kh7 42. Qc5 Rd2 $36 43. R1e2 $4 {White slips up in a difficult position.} (43.
Kg1 $5) (43. R1e2 Rxe2 44. Rxe2 Qd1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 $5 {[%csl Gg4]} (6.
c3 a6 7. Bf1 (7. Ba4 $5) 7... Bg4 $5) 6... a6 (6... Ne5 7. a4 (7. Bxd7+ Nexd7
8. d3 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qd7 14. Qf3
Rfd8 15. Re2 Rac8 16. Rae1 Qc6 17. Qxc6 Rxc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Frois,A-Cheparinov,I/
Linares Anibal op 2002/ (52)}) 7... a6 8. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d3 g6
11. Nc3 Bg7 12. f4 Nc6 13. f5 e6 14. Qg4 Qd7 15. Bg5 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 h6 17. Bh4 g5
18. Bg3 O-O-O $132 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Banikas,H/EUR-Cup Halkidiki 2002/ (38)}) (
6... g6 7. c3 Ne5 8. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Bg7 11. Be3 O-O 12. dxc5
dxc5 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Nd2 Rfc8 15. f4 c4 16. e5 Nb6 17. Bd4 Nd5 18. Qe4 e6 19.
Nf3 b5 $11 {0-1 Visser,Y-Tiviakov,S/NED-ch Leeuwarden 2004/(43)}) (6... e6 7.
c3 a6 (7... Ne5 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4
13. Nd2 Bb4 14. Nxe4 Bxe1 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Bh6 $5 Bb4 17. Bxg7+ Kxg7 18. Qf6+
Kg8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Stocek,J-Babula,V/2003 (23)}) 8. Bf1 Be7 9. Na3 (9. d4 cxd4
10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Rc8 14. Qb3 b5 15. Rac1 O-O 16.
Qe3 Qb6 17. Bd3 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe3 21. Rxe3 Rxc1+ 22.
Bxc1 Rc8 23. Bd2 Bd8 $11 {0-1 Pierrot,F-Topalov,V/Moscow FIDE-Wch k.o. 2001/
CBM 86 (61)}) 9... O-O 10. Nc2 Ne5 11. d3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Ba4 13. Qe2 Bc6 14. g3
d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. h4 Qb6 17. Bg2 Rae8 18. Rb1 Bd8 19. b4 Qc7 20. Bf4 Be7 21.
Ne3 cxb4 22. cxb4 Qb6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Topalov,V/Dortmund 82/169 2001 (37)})
7. Bf1 g5 $5 {[%cal Gg5g4]} ({Good substitute to the sharp move in the text
could be} 7... e6 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. d3 b5 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13.
Bxe5 Bc6 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Bb2 Bf6 16. Qc1 Rc8 17. Ne4 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Qc7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Stefansson,H-Tiviakov,S/Esbjerg North Sea Cup 2002/ (25)}) 8. d4 g4 9.
d5 $1 gxf3 (9... Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. hxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Qd2
h5 15. Qf2 Rc8 16. Qh4 Bh6 17. Nd2 Bxe3+ 18. Rxe3 b5 19. c4 b4 $13 {1/2-1/2
Vasiukov,E-Gutman/Tbilisi 1979 (36)}) 10. dxc6 Bxc6 11. Qxf3 e6 (11... Bg7 $5
12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Qg3 Bd4 $13) 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Bf4 Rg8 $146 {[%cal Gg8g2]} (13...
b5 14. Rad1 Ra7 15. Qe3 Rd7 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Rg8 18. Rxd7 (18. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6
19. Qxc5) 18... Nxd7 19. Bg3 Nf6 20. Be5 Nd7 21. Bg3 Nf6 22. Be5 {1/2-1/2
Baklan,V-Timoshenko,G/Enakievo 1997 (22)}) 14. Rad1 {[%csl Rd6] I would prefer
White's position here: his pieces are better developed and his king is safe.}
Rg6 15. a3 $5 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Qc7 (15... Qb6 $5) 16. b4 $1 cxb4 17. axb4 b5 $5
18. g3 $5 {[%cal Gf1g2]} (18. Rd2 Nd7 19. Red1 Ne5 $13) 18... O-O-O (18... Nd7
$142 {[%cal Gd7e5]}) 19. Ra1 {Here Black should play very accurately in order
not to get the worst position.} Qb7 (19... Bb7 $5 20. Ra3 Kb8) 20. Bg2 Rd7 $6 {
This move is too passive. Hamdouchi could try brave} (20... d5 $5 {with
possible continuation} 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 (22... Bxd5 23. Qc3+ Kd7 24.
Rad1 Rc8 25. Bxd5 $1 exd5 26. Qf3 $18) 23. Qa3 (23. Qc3 Bf6 24. Re5 $5 Bxe5 25.
Bxe5 Kd8 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Qc5 Ke8 $13) 23... Rf5 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 {with not so
clear game}) 21. Red1 Qb6 (21... Kd8 $5) 22. Be3 $1 Qb7 23. Bd4 Bd8 (23... e5
24. Be3 {[%csl Gd5,Gf5]}) 24. Ra3 {[%cal Gd1a1]} Ne8 25. Rda1 (25. Nd5 f5 26.
Qc3 fxe4 27. Rda1) 25... Nc7 26. Qh5 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rh7] Now it is clear, that
without serious measures black will get difficult position, due to many pawn
weaknesses he has.} Rg5 ({Worth considering} 26... f5 $1 27. exf5 Rg5 (27...
Bxg2 $5 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Qh8 Bh1 30. Kf1 $1) 28. Bxc6 Qxc6 29. Qe2 Rxf5 30.
Ne4 $36 {and White has an edge but Black retains some tactical opportunities.})
27. Qxh7 f5 28. Qh8 fxe4 (28... Bxe4 29. Nxe4 fxe4 30. f4 $5 exf3 31. Rxf3 {
[%cal Rf3f8]}) 29. h4 Rf5 30. Bh3 ({Another promising possibility was} 30. Be3
$5 {[%cal Gg3g4]}) 30... Rff7 31. Ne2 e3 $2 ({The lesser evil for Black was} 
31... Rde7 $1 {[%cal Gc8d7]}) 32. Bxe3 e5 $2 {Second mistake} 33. Bg5 (33. Nd4
$5 exd4 34. Bg5 Kb8 35. Bxd7 Bxd7 36. Bxd8 Bh3 37. Bg5+ $18) (33. Bg5 Qb6 34.
Nf4 $1 exf4 35. Qxd8+ Kb7 36. Bxd7 Rxd7 37. Qh8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bermuda"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2004.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 (7. Ba4 c4
$5) (7. Bxc6 $5 Bxc6 8. d4 Bxe4 9. Bg5 $44) 7... Bg4 8. d3 e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4
(10. Nbd2 Be7 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nd7 13. Nxg6 (13. Ng2 O-O 14. f4 h6 15. Qe2
Bh7 16. Nf3 Qc7 17. Be3 Rfe8 18. Qf2 d5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Roiz,M-Movsesian,S/EUR-ch
blitz Panormo 2002/ (65)}) 13... hxg6 14. Nc4 (14. f4 $5 g5 15. f5 Nde5 16. Nf3
Bf6 17. Be3 b5 18. a3 Rc8 19. Rc1 O-O 20. Nh2 $1 $14 {[%cal Gd3d4] Lipka,
J-Shaposhnikov,E/Pardubice op 2003 (44)}) 14... Nde5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 Bd6
17. a3 Qe7 18. b4 O-O 19. Ra2 b5 20. Qa1 Rfd8 21. a4 $13 {1-0 Wells,P-Gicev,B/
EUR-ch Ohrid 2001/ (46)}) 10... Bg6 11. Nh4 d5 (11... Nd7 12. g5 e5 13. Qg4 Be7
14. Nf5 O-O 15. h4 f6 16. Nxd6 fxg5 17. hxg5 Bxd6 18. Qe6+ Bf7 19. Qxd6 Qe8 20.
Bh3 Rd8 21. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Venkatesh,M-Sriram,J/IND-ch Mumbai 2003/ (50)})
12. g5 Bh5 13. Qb3 c4 14. dxc4 Nxe4 $146 ({White failed to get any advantage
and after} 14... dxc4 $5 {for example:} 15. Qxc4 (15. Bxc4 $2 Na5 16. Qc2 Nxc4
17. gxf6 Qxf6 $17) 15... Nd7 16. Qd3 h6 $1 17. Qg3 Nde5 (17... Be7 $5) 18. f4
hxg5 19. fxg5 Bd6 (19... Bg4 $5 20. hxg4 $140 Rxh4 $36) 20. Bf4 Qb6+ 21. Kh1
Qxb2 22. Nd2 Qb6 $17 {Sutovsky,E-Rechlis,G/ISR t-ch 2003/0-1 (49)}) 15. cxd5 (
15. Qxb7 $4 Na5 $19) 15... Nc5 16. Qc2 (16. Qc4 b5 17. Qf4 Qxd5 18. Bg2 Qd7 $15
) 16... Qxd5 {In my opinion Black has solved his openings problems and has
rather comfortable play here.} 17. b4 (17. Bg2 Qd3 $1) 17... Nd7 18. Bg2 Qd6
19. Qe4 (19. Nf5 Qc7 {[%cal Gh5g6]}) 19... Qe5 $1 (19... Be7 $6 20. Bf4 $16)
20. Bf4 Qxe4 21. Bxe4 h6 (21... g6 {[%cal Gh7h6]}) 22. g6 $1 ({I think that
White rightly avoided the line} 22. gxh6 g6 $15) 22... Be7 (22... Nf6) 23. Nf5
$5 {A logical play - White is trying to break before Black completes his
development.} (23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Nf3 g5 25. Bg3 Rac8 $11) 23... exf5 24. Bxc6
bxc6 25. Bd6 O-O {Better later than never!} ({It is not easy also to assess
positions arising after} 25... O-O-O $5 26. Bxe7 Rde8 27. gxf7 Bxf7 $13) 26.
Bxe7 (26. Rxe7 Nf6) 26... Rfe8 27. Nd2 Nb6 ({In the case of} 27... Bxg6 28. Nc4
$1 $44 {[%cal Gc4d6] White has great compensation for the pawn.}) 28. gxf7+
Kxf7 29. Bc5 Nd5 ({The following does not give anything special for both sides/
} 29... Nd5 30. Nc4 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Nxc3 32. Ne5+ Kf6 33. Nxc6 Nxa2 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:01:59"]
[BlackClock "0:20:11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 {Dieser Zug ist eigentlich mit
der Idee c3, Bc2 und d4 verknüpft.} Ngf6 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Re1 {Das passt
alles nicht zusammen und gibt Schwarz bereits das bequemere Spiel.} Ng4 $1 9.
Bf1 Nge5 10. d3 O-O 11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Ne5 13. Qd1 Nc6 ({Deutlich stärker
ist hier} 13... Ng4 $1 14. Bf4 Bd4 15. Bg3 f5 {, aber die Chinesin wollte wohl
die Ereignisse nicht so frühzeitig forcieren.}) 14. Qd2 Rb8 15. Ne2 e5 {
Damit wird d3-d4 unterbunden, aber Schwarz bleibt am Drücker, dafür sorgen die
beiden Hebel b7-b5 sowie f7-f5.} 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Nd5 b5 18. b3 f5 19. g3 $4 {
Stattdessen ging z.B. 19.f3,} ({aber es gab sogar eine gute Chance, das Spiel
auszugleichen:} 19. exf5 $1 gxf5 20. Rac1 {und es scheitert} f4 $2 {an} 21.
Bxf4 $1 {und nach anderen Zügen spielt Weiß jedoch selbst 21.f4!}) 19... f4 $1
20. gxf4 exf4 21. Nxf4 {Vielleicht hatte Muzychuk nur den Bauerngewinn gesehen,
die Bedrohung des Ra1 spielt ja momentan keine Rolle. Aber der entscheidende
Faktor ist nun der geschwächte weiße Königsflügel und insbesondere das Feld f3.
} Bg4 $1 22. Bg2 Ne5 $1 23. h3 ({Oder} 23. f3 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Bxf3 25. Qf2 Qg5+
{und nach dem Damentausch kann sich Schwarz auf a1 bedienen.}) 23... Nf3+ 24.
Bxf3 Bxf3 {Weiß ist nun völlig hilflos.} 25. Ne6 Qh4 26. Ng5 h6 27. Nxf3 Rxf3 {
Weiß hat es geschafft, den Läufer zu beseitigen, aber dafür erscheint ein
anderes Monster auf f3.} 28. d4 Rxh3 29. Kf1 Qg4 0-1

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Antoniewski, Rafal"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dankowice"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 (3... Bd7) 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7
7. Nc3 (7. O-O e5) 7... e5 {Le thème de la variante} 8. Qd3 h6 9. a4 Nf6 10.
O-O Rc8 11. Rd1 Be7 12. h3 (12. Nd2 Bg4 13. Re1 Be6 14. Nf1 O-O 15. Ne3 Qb6 16.
Rd1 Rfe8 17. a5 Qc5 18. Bd2 Bd8 19. Na4 Qd4 20. Nc3 Qc5 21. Na4 Qd4 22. Nc3 Rc5
23. Qf1 Rc6 24. Be1 Qc5 25. Na4 Qa7 26. Qd3 Nh5 27. c4 Nf4 28. Qc2 Qb8 29. b3
Qc8 30. Bb4 Qb8 31. Qd2 Be7 32. Nb6 Bf8 33. Ned5 Ng6 34. Ba3 Qd8 35. Rac1 Qh4
36. f3 f5 37. Qf2 Qh5 38. b4 fxe4 39. fxe4 Be7 40. b5 axb5 41. cxb5 Rxc1 {
Rozentalis,E (2596)-Kurnosov,I (2676) Austria 2010 0-1}) 12... Qc7 13. a5 {
[%csl Rb6]} O-O 14. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2f1,Gf1e3,Ge3d5] Début d'un plan très lent
pour attaquer la case faible mais avec la pair de B, les Noirs n'ont pas de
problèmes} Be6 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5]} 15. Nf1 Rfd8 16. Ne3 Bf8 17. Qe2 g6 18. Qf3
Bg7 $15 19. Ra3 {[%csl Ra3,Rc1,Re3] C'est l'embouteillage pour les pièces
Blanches qui sont mal placées} Re8 20. Bd2 Red8 21. Bc1 {Les Blancs sautent
sur l'occasion de la répétition de position} Re8 22. Bd2 Red8 23. Bc1 Re8
1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Szelag, Marcin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katowice Szopienice"]
[BlackTeam "Poznan Pocztowiec"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. c3 Nf6 8.
d4 Bxe4 9. Bg5 Bd5 10. Nbd2 e6 11. c4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 cxd4 13. Bxf6 (13. Qxb7 Qc8
14. Qb6 Qc5 15. Qb7 Qc8 16. Qb6 Qc5 17. Qb7 Qc8 18. Qb6 Qc5 19. Qb7 {1/2-1/2 
(19) Fedorchuk,S (2652)-Moiseenko,A (2702) Fujairah 2012}) 13... gxf6 14. Qxb7
Be7 15. Nf3 e5 16. Nxd4 {Spectaculaire mais les Noirs peuvent forcer la nulle}
Rb8 17. Qa7 $146 (17. Qc6+ Qd7 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. Nb3 Rhc8 20. Rac1 Rb4 {
0-1 (22) Michel,F-Chytilek,R ICCF corr 2001}) 17... Ra8 18. Qb7 Rb8 19. Qa7 Ra8
20. Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sautron op 15th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Bailet, Pierre"]
[Black "Bogdanov, Egor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:48:22"]
[BlackClock "0:30:13"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:12]} 3. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} (3... Nc6) (3... Bd7) 4.
O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} a6 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} (5. Bxd7+ {
La grande ligne}) 5... g6 $6 {[%emt 0:13:53] Le coup Bd3 a surpris les Noirs
qui choisissent une variante inférieure} (5... Ngf6 $142 6. c3 (6. Re1 b5)
6... b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1 Rc8 9. a4 b4 10. a5 Qc7 11. d3 bxc3 12. bxc3 e6 13.
h3 Be7 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Nbd2 Bc6 16. Nc4 Bb5 17. Nfd2 Rfd8 18. Bg3 Ne8 19. Kh2
Rb8 20. Ne3 Ne5 21. Qe2 Nc6 22. Nb3 Ne5 23. Nd2 Nc6 24. Ndc4 Nf6 25. Kh1 Ne5
26. f4 Nxc4 27. dxc4 Bc6 28. Nd1 g6 29. Bh2 Nh5 30. Qe3 Bh4 31. g3 Be7 32. Kg1
Re8 33. e5 Ng7 34. g4 f5 35. exf6 {Nakamura,H (2814)-Grischuk,A (2771) Saint
Louis 2015 1-0 (77)}) 6. c3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 7. Bc2 {
[%emt 0:00:45]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:07:12]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:07:
17]} 9. Re1 {[%emt 0:03:46]} (9. a4 O-O 10. d5 $14 {Caruana,F (2786)-Topalov,V
(2769) Bucharest Kings 6th 2012 (4) 1/2}) 9... e5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 10. Nbd2
$146 {[%emt 0:05:50]} (10. dxe5 dxe5 11. c4 b5 12. Qe2 b4 13. a3 O-O 14. axb4
cxb4 15. b3 Nc5 16. Bb2 Re8 17. Nbd2 Bb7 18. Ra2 a5 19. Rea1 Nfd7 20. Qe3 Ne6
21. h4 Ndc5 22. h5 Red8 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. g3 Nd4 25. Bb1 Bc6 26. Nxd4 exd4 27.
Qf4 Qxf4 28. gxf4 a4 29. e5 a3 30. Bc1 d3 31. f3 Bh6 {0-1 (31) Kantsler,B 
(2429)-Nguyen Huynh Minh,H (2490) Budapest 2014}) 10... O-O {[%emt 0:02:06]}
11. Nf1 {[%emt 0:19:04]} b5 {[%emt 0:04:51]} 12. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:50] La
position ressemble à une Espagnole où les Noirs auraient économisé la
manoeuvre Be7f8g7} Bb7 {[%emt 0:12:35]} 13. d5 $14 {[%emt 0:01:11][%csl Rb7]}
c4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 14. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:40]} h6 {[%emt 0:04:25]} 15. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 16. b4 {[%emt 0:03:28]} cxb3 {[%emt 0:02:
24]} 17. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:04:18] Le Bb7 manquait d'activité}
18. b4 $5 {[%emt 0:02:10] L'éternelle question dynamisme/structure mais les
Blancs espèrent profiter de la petite avance de développement} Ncd7 {[%emt 0:
00:47]} 19. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nb6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:22][%cal Gb6c4]} 20. Qe2 {
[%emt 0:03:52]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:04:29]} (20... Nc4) 21. h3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Bxf3 {
[%emt 0:02:59]} 22. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nfd7 $1 {[%emt 0:00:26][%cal Gf7f5]}
23. Ra3 $1 {[%emt 0:05:42]} Nc4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:27][%cal Gd7b6]} 24. Bxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:37]} Qxc4 $132 {[%emt 0:00:05][%csl Rc3,Rd2]} 25. Rea1 {[%emt 0:00:
23][%csl Ra6] L'idée cachée des Blancs lorsqu'ils ont joué b4} Qc8 {[%emt 0:
00:24]} 26. Be3 $16 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 27. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:
49]} f5 $6 {[%emt 0:02:09] La poussée naturelle mais réalisée dans des
mauvaises conditions} 28. exf5 {[%emt 0:02:06]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 29. Nh5
$1 {[%emt 0:02:09][%cal Ge3h6,Gh5g7]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:06:28]} (29... f4 30. Qg4
$36) 30. Nxg7 {[%emt 0:05:02]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 31. f4 $1 $36 {[%emt 0:08:
53][%csl Rg7]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 32. c4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:05][%csl Rg7][%cal
Ga3g3]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 33. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:04:12]}
34. exd6 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Nxb4 {[%emt 0:04:28]} 35. Rc1 {[%emt 0:09:34]} (35.
Bc5 $5 {[%cal Ga3g3,Gd6d7,Gc5f8,Ge2e7]}) 35... Rf7 {[%emt 0:05:54]} 36. Rxc4 {
[%emt 0:01:18]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 37. Bxh6 $3 {[%emt 0:02:53]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:
02:43]} (37... Kxh6 38. Rh4+ Kg5 39. Qxb5 {[%csl Ra8,Rb4][%cal Ga3a8]}) 38. Qh5
{[%emt 0:01:13]} Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 39. Bf8+ {[%emt 0:00:35]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 40. Rg3+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (40... Kxf8 41. Qh8#)
41. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:01:55]} 42. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {La partie au sommet du tournoi avec les deux forts GMI а 2600.} c5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 (3... g6) 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 {[%cal Gb5f1]} (5. c3 {[%cal
Gd2d4] L'alternative pour occuper le centre}) 5... Nf6 6. c3 ({RR} 6. h3) 6...
a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3 e6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 ({RR} 11. Qc2 d5 12. Nh2
Qc7 13. g3 O-O 14. Ndf3 b5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Bf4 b4) 11... Bg6 12. Nh4 Nd7 {
[%cal Gh8h3] Donne la paire de B pour essayer de faire jouer la Rh8} (12... d5
{l'autre plan}) 13. Nxg6 ({RR} 13. Ng2 {l'alternative} O-O (13... h6 14. f4 Bh7
{[%csl Rh7]} 15. Nf3 (15. f5 $5 {[%csl Rh7] donne la case "e5" mais le Bh7 est
enfermé})) 14. f4 h6 15. Qf3 Bh7 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Nf3 Qc7 18. Kh2 Rae8 19. Bd2
b5 20. Rad1 Qb7 21. f5 Nde5) 13... hxg6 14. f4 $14 {les blancs ont un net
avantage d'espace mais la Rh8 a obtenu du jeu.} ({RR} 14. Nf3 Nde5 15. Nxe5
dxe5 16. Be3 O-O 17. a3 b6 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. b4 Rad8 20. Qa2 Rd7 21. Rab1 Rc8 22.
bxc5 Bxc5 23. Bxc5 bxc5) 14... e5 (14... Bh4 15. Re2 g5 16. f5 Nde5 17. Re3 O-O
18. Bg2 {RR} b5 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Rxf3 b4 21. Be3 Rb8 22. Qd2 Ne5 23. Rff1 Qe7
24. Qe2 a5 25. d4 Nd7 26. Qd2 Nb6 27. b3 Nd7 28. Rad1 Rfd8 29. cxb4 axb4 30.
Kh2 cxd4 31. Qxd4 Ne5 32. Rc1 Qf6 33. Rfd1 {Potkin,V (2523)-Timoshenko,G (2536)
/Ismailia 2004/CBM 103/1/2-1/2 (35)}) (14... g5 $1 {BABULA a essayé plusieurs
fois cette idée pour lutter pour les cases noires.} 15. f5 Bf6 $132 {[%csl Gd4,
Ge5]}) 15. f5 Bg5 $5 ({RR} 15... Bh4 16. Re2 Bg5 17. fxg6 ({RR} 17. Nc4) 17...
fxg6 18. Qb3 Nf8 ({RR} 18... Nf6 19. Nc4 Bxc1 20. Qxb7 Bf4 21. Qxc6+ Ke7) 19.
Nc4 Bxc1 20. Qxb7 Nd7 21. Rxc1 Na5 22. Nxa5 Rb8 23. Qxa6 Ra8 24. Qxd6) ({RR} 
15... gxf5 16. exf5 d5 17. Bg2) 16. Nf3 $146 {[%cal Gf3g5]} ({RR} 16. Nc4 {
[%cal Gc4d6,Gc1g5]} Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Nb6 ({RR} 17... b5 18. Ne3 ({RR} 18. Nxd6+
Ke7) 18... Qg5 19. Nd5 Rc8) 18. Ne3 {[%csl Gd5]} gxf5 ({RR} 18... g5) 19. exf5
d5 20. Bg2 Kf8 ({RR} 20... Qd6 21. Qb3 Ne7 22. c4 d4 23. Nf1) 21. Qf3 f6 ({RR} 
21... d4 22. Nc4 ({RR} 22. Nd1) 22... Nxc4 23. dxc4) 22. Red1 d4 ({RR} 22...
Ne7) 23. Nf1 dxc3 24. bxc3 Qc7 25. Qf2 Ne7 ({RR} 25... Na4 26. Ng3 ({RR} 26. d4
) 26... Rd8 27. Ne4) 26. d4 Rd8 ({RR} 26... Re8) 27. dxe5 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 fxe5
29. Ng3 Rh6 30. Ne4 Ned5 {Zvjaginsev,V (2650)-Xu Jun (2617)/Moscow 2004/CBM
103/[Psakhis]/1-0 (31)} {RR} 31. g5 Rc6 ({RR} 31... Rh8 32. Nxc5 Nf4 33. Ne6+
Nxe6 34. fxe6+ Ke8 35. Rb1) 32. Qh4) ({RR} 16. fxg6 fxg6 17. Qb3) 16... Bxc1
17. Rxc1 Qb6 18. Qb3 {Le réglement prévoyait un nombre minimal de 25 coups
avant de proposer nulle...} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cajacanarias"]
[BlackTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8.
Qd3 h6 9. Nd2 Rc8 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Ne3 Nf6 12. O-O Be7 13. a4 Qc5 14. Rd1 Be6
15. Qe2 O-O 16. Rd3 Bd8 17. Qf3 Kh7 18. Nf5 Rc6 19. b3 Ba5 $2 (19... Qa5 20.
Ba3 Bxf5 $16) 20. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 {[%tqu "En","","","","c1h6","",10]} 21. Bxh6+ $1
Kg6 22. Nd5 Nh7 23. Qg3+ Kh5 {[%tqu "En","","","","d5f6","",10]} 24. Nf6+ $1
Nxf6 25. Qg5# 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 Qc7 {Not the main
move, but it scores quite well. A lot of games have seen 6... b5 instead.} 7.
O-O e5 {And this is new, Volokitin had tried c4 against a weaker opponent a
few years ago.} 8. d4 b5 9. Bc2 cxd4 {This move requires a little bit of an
explanation. Black doesn't really want to concede the c3 square for White's N,
but at the same time, this move is useful because it takes the sting out of a4,
which would have been the reply to any other logical move. The position
heavily resembles a Ruy Lopez more than a Sicilian, due to the B positioning
on c2 and the pawn structure.} (9... Be7 10. a4 b4 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Nbd2 {
[%cal Rd2c4] eeally emphasizes the weakness left on c4 by pushing the pawn.})
10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nc3 (11. a4 b4 {is nowhere near as threatening now.}) 11...
O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rac8 15. Bb3 Rfe8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bg3 Bf8
18. h3 Nb6 {So far both sides have developed in a very logical fashion. Black
should be quite happy with the results of the opening: all his pieces are on
good squares and he has a sound pawn structure. His last move prepares the
very natural ...Nc4, which will block out the strong B on b3, and pressure b2.}
19. Nh4 $5 Nc4 20. Nf5 {And this is where things start to get wild. Magnus'
Nh4 was already an indication that this move will follow, as there was no
satisfactory way to meekly defend the b2 pawn.} Nxb2 21. Bh4 $5 (21. Rc1 Nc4
22. Bh4 g5 $15 {Gives White some compensation but I'm not sure it is enough.
The N on f5 does look powerful, but a pawn is a pawn. It's possible that Black
is just better in this position.}) (21. Nxh6+ $5 gxh6 22. Bh4 Bg7 (22... Qc6
23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxb2 $14) 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Rd7 Qxc3 26. Bxf7
Red8 $17 {And here White has a scary looking attack, but it does seem like
Black will survive by all means.}) 21... Nxd1 {Topalov "goes for it" but he
might not have had a choice.} (21... g5 {Seemed like the more prudent way to
play, but that is not quite the case.} 22. Rd6 $3 Bxd6 $8 23. Nxh6+ Kf8 24.
Bxg5 $13 {And despite being up a rook (!) White's threats look extremely
powerful. Specifically, Bxf6 and Qg4 or Nf5 and Bh5+. A crazy position that
should be analyzed in depth.}) 22. Bxf6 Nxc3 (22... gxf6 $2 23. Nxd1 $16 {
gives White way too much compensation for his lost material, as Qh5 is the
next move and the attack is huge.}) (22... Re6 $5 {is a very clever move. If
White takes on e6, then after fxe6 the g7-pawn will be better defended and it
kicks out the N on f5. Again, this position would require lots of analysis,
but let's take a look at the most obvious.} 23. Nxh6+ (23. Bxe6 Nxc3 $5 24.
Nxh6+ Kh7 25. Qh5 g6 $13) 23... Kh7 24. Qh5 g6 $1 25. Qh4 Bxh6 26. Rxd1 g5 $1
27. Bxg5 Rg6 $13) 23. Qg4 Bxe4 {A very logical move. The bishop hurries back
to the defense and attacks the f5-N. It also covers the b1-h7 diagonal which
can be important in many variations.} (23... Re6 {was very interesting but
it's hard to play during a game. Again, this will be analyzed in full.} 24.
Nxh6+ (24. Nxg7 $5 Rxf6 25. Ne8+ Kh8 26. Nxf6 Bg7 27. Qf5 Bxf6 28. Qxf6+ Kg8
29. Qg6+ Kf8 30. Qxh6+ Ke8 {Might just not work for White though.}) 24... Kh7
25. Nxf7 $13) 24. Nxh6+ (24. Nxg7 Kh7 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. Rd1 $1 {is a very
surprising resource. Here Black is powerless against the threat of Rd7, but he
can still defend once the R penetrates.} Bg6 (26... Nxd1 $4 27. Qxe4+ Kg8 28.
Qg6+) 27. Rd7 Ne2+ 28. Kf1 Ng3+ 29. fxg3 Qc1+ 30. Ke2 {with an incredibly
messy position.}) 24... Kh7 25. Bxf7 {A lot of pieces are swarming around the
black king. It is easy to say this during post mortem analysis: I just don't
see what White is threatening at the moment. However, during the heat of
battle, I can't imagine having a scarier position.} Qxf7 $2 {This is a little
bit of a panic mode.} (25... Bd3 {and I'm not sure what White's followup is.}
26. Qh5 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Nf4 {and it looks like it's checkmate but it's not, so
Black wins.}) 26. Nxf7 gxf6 {Black still has a considerable material advantage,
but unfortunately for him his K is very exposed. Carlsen must be quick to
exploit this, because as soon as Black gets any kind of coordination he will
be lost.} 27. f4 $8 Bg6 28. Qh4+ Kg7 29. fxe5 Ne4 30. Rxf6 Bc5+ 31. Kh2 Nxf6
32. Qxf6+ Kh7 33. Ng5+ Kh6 {White has sacrificed even more material, but in
compensation Black's K is even more exposed. It is funny how those things work.
In any case, it is clear the Magnus now has a perpetual and I'm sure many GMs
would be willing to finish such an exhausting game, but that's not the
attitude that's made Magnus the #1 player in the world.} 34. Ne6 (34. Nf7+ Kh7
$11) 34... Rxe6 35. Qxe6 Re8 36. Qf6 {To be fair, it doesn't take much to
realize that White still holds a perpetual in his hands whenever he wants it.
He just has to be careful not to overpress.} Be7 $2 {I'm not sure why Topalov
gifted the a6-pawn, but maybe a loss of perspective can explain it. After
defending so much and having such wild material differences, it is sometimes
hard to remember that one pawn can make a big difference.} (36... a5 {was
quite a superior move. Not only does it save the pawn, it keeps the pressure
on e5 which is very important.}) 37. Qxa6 $14 b4 38. Qc4 Bf8 39. g4 Kh7 40. e6
Bd6+ {Move 40 has finally been reached, but sadly for Topalov his position
isn't so good any more. This is mainly due to the fact that the e6-pawn is
very hard to get to, and the two passed pawns on the kingside are very
powerful. On top of that, there is no way to create counterplay. This is a
very tough defense.} 41. Kg2 Be7 42. Qc7 {Black is almost in Zugzwang in this
position, and actually 42...Kg7 is forced.} Kg8 43. Kg3 Kf8 44. Qf4+ $6 {
An innacuracy, a better way to do what Magnus did in the game was by putting
the Q on e5 immediately.} (44. Qe5 $1 {threatening Qh8 mate.} Kg8 45. h4 {
is much more like it, with strong threats.}) 44... Kg7 45. Qd4+ Kg8 46. h4 Rd8
47. Qc4 Bd3 $6 {And with this move Topalov returns the favor, it was
imperative to take this one hope of counterplay and go for it.} (47... Rd3+ $1
48. Kg2 Rd2+ (48... Bxh4 $2 49. e7+ $18) 49. Kf3 Bxh4 {and it seems Black is
safe. Easier said with a lot of time to analyze the position though, as it
looks quite scary.}) 48. Qc6 Bb1 $2 {But this move just loses. It is way too
aggressive, which is unsurprising considering Topalov's usual 'defense'
methods, but it was not what the position required.} (48... Kg7 49. g5 Bg6 {
still gave good drawing chances since the K can't easily cross to the 4th rank
to support the pawn.}) 49. h5 {Winning but not as easily as....} (49. Qb7 $1 {
And now Black has serious problems with the positioning of his pieces.} Kf8 $2
(49... Re8 50. Qd7 Kf8 51. Qd1 {and again Q somewhere in the f-file next move.}
) (49... Bd6+ 50. Kh3 $18 {threatens both Qf7 and e7 and just e7 directly.})
50. Qf3+ Kg8 51. Qf7+) 49... Bxa2 50. Qe4 {Black is simply dominated in this
position, and his K is rapidly being entangled in a mating net.} Kh8 51. h6 Bf6
52. e7 Re8 53. Qf4 Bg7 54. hxg7+ Kxg7 55. g5 Kg8 56. Qf6 {Definitely not
Topalov's most shining moment. It is possible that he was simply winning and
that Carlsen's sacrifices were not much more than a bluff, but the bluff paid
off. Even then, the endgame was quite holdable, but Topalov's over-aggression
prevented him from cooly maintaining a passive defense, and that cost him the
game. Wild and exciting chess!} 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.02.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 a6 8.
Be2 {It's always refreshing to see that after eight moves we are already out
of theory. Black will play this in a hedgehog style, developing with b6 and
Bb7, while White will try to contain his opponent.} b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rd1 Qc7
11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bh4 Ne5 14. Nf1 Rd8 15. Bg3 O-O 16. Ne3 Rc8 17. Kh1
Rfd8 18. f3 Nh5 19. Bf2 Nf4 {Black doesn't have too much to complain about his
position. He is a little cramped, but he has some good squares on the kingside;
it is not trivial to push the knights back as any pawn move on the kingside
will cause a weakness. On the other hand Nakamura still holds a nice amount of
space and targets the b6 and a6 pawns with his diagonals.} 20. Bf1 Nfg6 (20...
h5 {and march the pawns forward on the kingside is not completely crazy.}) 21.
Qd2 Bg5 22. Qe1 Nf4 23. Bg3 Nh5 24. Bf2 {Black looks to be relatively planless,
but as is usual in the hedgehog finding a way to improve ones position 
(doesn't matter if you are white or black) seems to be the most difficult part
of the game.} Qe7 25. Ra3 Nf4 26. Rb3 Rc6 27. Ne2 $1 {White gets rid of this
pesky knight on f4, and this gives him a slight edge.} Nxe2 (27... Nfg6 28. Nd4
$16) 28. Bxe2 Rdc8 29. c3 Nd7 30. Nc2 d5 $6 {This advance usually solves
Black's problems, but here it is done too early. Black had to defend against
certain threats.} (30... Nc5 31. Ra3 R6c7 {is perhaps slightly favorable for
White but still anyone's game.}) 31. Nb4 $1 Rc5 32. exd5 {Suddenly thehre is
no good way of recapturing on d5. It is unclear to me what Topalov had planned,
as 31.Nb4 was quite obvious.} Ra5 33. Nc6 Bxc6 34. dxc6 Rxc6 35. Rb4 $16 {
The pair of bishops and the awkward position of Black's rook causes real
headaches for Topalov. White has a clear advantage.} Bf6 36. Qf1 Rd6 37. Rxd6
Qxd6 38. Bxa6 {One pawn finally falls: White has converted his advantage into
something tangible.} Nc5 39. Bb5 Qd2 40. Bg1 Ra8 41. Bc6 $1 Rc8 42. Rxb6 $1 {
Now it's two pawns!} Bd8 43. Rb5 Rxc6 44. Bxc5 Bc7 45. a5 {Black simply lacks
any good compensation for his material. The rest is easy for Nakamura.} Qc2 46.
f4 f6 47. h3 Kh7 48. f5 exf5 49. Bg1 Be5 50. a6 1-0

[Event "Adelaide op"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Levi, Eddy"]
[Black "Jamieson, Robert Murray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bb5 e5 $1 {White's last two moves do not fit
together particularly well (4.d4! would be best) and Jamieson seizes the
opportunity to set up his favourite 'Botvinnik' pawn structure.} 5. O-O g6 6.
d3 Bg7 7. Nd5 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Na5 10. c3 h6 11. Bc2 Ne7 12. d4 O-O 13. dxc5
dxc5 14. Be3 Nb7 15. a4 $6 Nxd5 $1 16. exd5 Bd7 {Black is now ready to play ...
f5 with a clear advantage on the king's wing but Levi's next few moves only
make matters worse.} 17. Qd2 $6 Kh7 18. h4 $2 f5 $1 {The dual threats of 19...
f4 and ...e4 now force White to embark on a desperate piece sacrifice.} 19. h5
$5 f4 $1 20. Bxg6+ Kh8 21. Rfe1 fxe3 22. Rxe3 Na5 $1 {Jamieson does not make
the mistake of going on to the defensive when ahead on material. Over the next
few moves Black simply activates his pieces and the White position folds.} 23.
Qd3 Nc4 24. Re2 Bg4 $1 25. axb5 Bxf3 26. gxf3 axb5 27. Rxa8 Qg5+ $1 28. Kh2
Rxa8 29. Re4 Ra1 30. Rg4 Qc1 31. Rg2 Qf4+ 32. Rg3 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1992.05.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 ({The
heavily analysed gambit} 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d4 Bxe4 9. Bg5 {was not to Tal's
taste against the well prepared World Junior Champion.}) 7... c4 $1 8. d4 cxd3
9. Bg5 e6 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. c4 O-O 14. Nc3 Kh8 $1
{Black's bishops are temporarily under control but, with Black preparing to
attack along the g file, the game is likely to open up at any moment.} 15. Rad1
Rg8 16. Qe3 Qf8 17. Nd4 Rc8 18. f4 Bd7 19. b3 Bd8 20. Nf3 b5 $5 21. Qa7 $1 Bc7
$1 22. Qxa6 bxc4 23. b4 Qg7 24. g3 d5 25. exd5 $6 {A brave and perhaps
foolhardy decision which tempts Black into a near decisive attack.} ({White's
23rd move, which tried to keep the position closed, clearly foreshadowed} 25.
e5 {with an unclear position.}) 25... Bxf4 26. Kf2 $1 f5 $2 {Black is looking
for the knock-out blow when any retreat of the bishop would leave White's king
exposed.} 27. gxf4 Qxc3 28. Qd6 $1 Ba4 29. Rd4 Rg7 30. dxe6 Bc6 {Black still
believes he is attacking but Tal has a typical surprise in store.} 31. Ng5 $1
Rxg5 ({Clearly} 31... fxe6 32. Qe5 {is hopeless for Black but now doesn't 32.
fxg5 Qf3+ mate for Black?}) 32. Qe5+ $1 {Oops! Black now loses his queen
whereupon the rest is easy.} Rg7 33. Rd8+ Rxd8 34. Qxc3 f6 35. e7 Ra8 36. Qxf6
Be4 37. Rg1 Rxa2+ 38. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.02.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 {The tournament situation was forcing Maxime to
play for a win, so he chooses the most ambitious way of handling the opening.}
4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc3 e5 9. Qd3 h6 {It is very
important not to lose control over the d5-square in this line.} 10. Nd2 {
In his turn, Sebastien is going to put his knight on e3. This plan is somewhat
slow, but there is no better idea.} ({However, it is possible to restrict
Black's active possibilities on the queenside be means of} 10. a4 $5 {and only
after} Be7 {to employ the same approach:} 11. Nd2 Rc8 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Ne3 Be6
14. Rd1 O-O 15. Bd2 Qc5 16. Be1 Rfd8 17. a5 Bc4 18. Qd2 Qc6 19. f3 $14 {
Miton,K (2605)-Bekker Jensen,S (2438)/Hamburg GER 2015}) 10... b5 11. a3 ({
In the following top-level game Black was able to solve all the problems after
} 11. a4 Rb8 12. Rd1 Be7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nf1 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 O-O 17.
Ne3 Be6 18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Bd2 Rfc8 $11 {Anand,V (2816)-Topalov,V (2816)/Saint
Louis USA 2015}) 11... Be7 12. Rd1 Bg4 (12... O-O 13. Nf1 Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15.
Ne3 (15. Be3 $5) 15... Qb6 16. Kh1 {is another way to get the same position.})
13. f3 Qb6+ ({Approximately the same type of position would arise after} 13...
Be6 14. Nf1 Qc7 15. Ne3 O-O) 14. Kh1 Be6 15. Nf1 O-O 16. Ne3 Rac8 {This
natural move is a novelty.} ({In one preceding game Black has prefered another
setup:} 16... Rfc8 17. Qe2 (17. Ncd5 $5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 $14) 17...
Qc6 18. Bd2 Bd8 19. Be1 Bb6 20. Bh4 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Nd7 22. Be7 Nb6 23. Rxd6 Nc4
24. Rxc6 Nxe3 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 $11 {Duda,J (2658)-Ponomariov,R (2710)/Berlin GER
2015}) 17. Qe2 Rc5 ({Maxime deviates from simplifications like} 17... Qc6 18.
Bd2 Rfd8 19. Be1 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Ncxd5 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Qxd5
$11) 18. Bd2 {Sebastien's position is quite safe, so he feels comfortably to
regroup the pieces step by step.} (18. Nf5 $5 Qc7 (18... Bxf5 $6 19. Be3 $1 Be6
20. b4 Qc6 21. bxc5 dxc5 22. Bf2 $14 {doesn't offer Black a sufficient
compensation.}) 19. Be3 Rc6 20. g4 {could have led to a more complex battle.})
18... Rfc8 19. Be1 Qb7 20. Rd2 {One more useful prophylactic move.} a5 {
The same strategy - Black reasonably doesn't force the matters.} (20... d5 21.
exd5 Nxd5 22. Ncxd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Bb4 $11) 21. Bf2 b4
22. Na4 $6 {This move seems a serious concession - the knight is definitely
misplaced there, so White's setup loses harmony.} ({A better try was} 22. axb4
axb4 23. Ncd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 g6 $132) 22... R5c6 23. Nd5 (23. Qd1 Ra6 24. axb4
axb4 25. b3 Rca8 $15) 23... Bd8 24. b3 $6 {One more inaccurate move, though
the refutation of it isn't trivial.} (24. Ne3 $142 b3 25. cxb3 Bxb3 26. Nc3 $15
) 24... bxa3 $2 {Returning the favour.} ({Both players missed the following
tactical idea:} 24... Bxd5 $1 25. exd5 Nxd5 $1 26. Rxd5 Rxc2 27. Rd2 Rc1+ 28.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 bxa3 $17 {and White is in a bit of danger, as
} 31. Qxd6 $2 Bh4 $1 32. Bxh4 a2 33. Qxe5 Qxb3 $19 {loses on the spot.}) 25.
Qd1 $1 Ra6 ({Now the above-mentioned tactical idea is less effective:} 25...
Nxd5 26. exd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Rxc2 28. Nc5 Qa8 29. Bg1 Bb6 30. Qxc2 Qxd5 31. Qe4
Qxe4 32. Nxe4 $11) 26. Rxa3 (26. Nxf6+ $5 Bxf6 27. c4 Be7 28. Rda2 $11) 26...
Nxd5 27. exd5 Bf5 28. c4 {White was able to consolidate, so the position is
balanced again.} Bg5 29. Rda2 e4 $6 {An over-ambitious move.} (29... Bd7 $142
$11) 30. fxe4 Bxe4 31. Nc3 Bf5 32. Nb5 $6 {After this careless move Maxime's
play is justified.} ({Instead,} 32. Bd4 Re8 33. Re2 $14 {would offer White a
definite positional advantage.}) 32... Bd7 33. Nc3 Re8 34. h3 Qb4 {As a result
of Sebastien's passive play, White is doomed to a passive defence now.} 35. Qc2
Be3 $1 {The exchange of bishops would expose the dark squares in White's camp.}
36. Nd1 Bc5 {Honestly speaking, this move is not the best. On the other hand,
it poses White concrete problems.} (36... Bxf2 37. Nxf2 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qe5+ 39.
g3 Bf5 $15) 37. Kh2 Re1 38. Ra4 $2 {Finally White can't withstand the pressure!
} ({White's task was not easy, but had GM Maze played} 38. Nb2 $1 Bxf2 39. Qxf2
Qc3 40. Nd3 Re4 41. Qg3 $11 {the result would be unpredictable.}) 38... Bxa4
39. Rxa4 Bxf2 40. Rxb4 Bg1+ 41. Kg3 axb4 $19 {The remaining few moves were
just an agony.} 42. Qd2 Re8 43. Qxb4 Rb6 {A very important victory!} 0-1

[Event "Biel MTO op 49th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2016.08.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Safarli,E"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bc4 $5 {
This interesting move recently became more popular then the all time main move
- 7. Bf1. The main idea of 7.Bc4 is to provoke Black to push b5 and then after
8. Bf1 to destroy queenside with a4! And if Black is not playing b5 then
White's Bishop on c4 actively placed and doing very good} Bg4 (7... b5 8. Bf1
Bg4 (8... e5 9. a4 b4 10. d4) 9. a4 $1 $36 {the key idea} b4 10. d4 $36) 8. d4
$1 {Now Black has many moves. At the time when I played this game, this line
was not so well known and my opponent wasn't prepared. Suddenly he got into
trouble very quickly} ({of course not} 8. h3 Bxf3 $1 9. Qxf3 Ne5 10. Qe2 Nxc4
11. Qxc4 e6 {with easy equality for Black}) 8... cxd4 (8... e6 9. d5 Ne5 10.
Be2 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 e5 13. a4) (8... Bxf3 9. gxf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 e5
11. Be3) 9. cxd4 e5 (9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 11. Be3 {transposes to 8...Bxf3 line
}) 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bd5 $3 $14 {Novelty and the key move! White simply wants
to take on c6, to create weaknesses on Black's queenside} Qb6 (11... Bd6 12.
Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Nbd2 $14) (11... Bb4 12. Bxc6+ $1 bxc6 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Bd2
Bd6 15. Ba5 Rb8 16. Nbd2 $14 {1-0 (89) Shevchenko,K (2439)-Esipenko,A (2492)
St Petersburg 2016}) 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 (12... Qxc6 13. Nxe5 $1 Bxd1 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Rxd1 Nxe4 16. Be3 $14 (16. Re1 O-O-O $1)) 13. Be3 $1 Qxb2 (13... Bc5 14.
Nbd2 $16) 14. Nbd2 $16 {Black is in big trouble} Rd8 (14... Be7 15. Qa4 (15.
Nc4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 $5 Qb8 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. Qb3 O-O 19. Qb7 $16) 15... O-O 16.
Rab1 Qc3 17. Nc4 $16) 15. Qa4 $1 Be7 16. Rab1 Qa3 17. Qxa3 Bxa3 18. Nc4 Be7 19.
Ncxe5 $18 Rc8 20. Rb7 h6 21. h3 Be6 22. Nd4 Bxa2 23. Ra1 Bd6 24. Nef3 c5 25.
Nf5 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-B 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.03.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:59:26"]
[BlackClock "0:56:56"]

{Motylev is the reigning European Champion and Wojtaszek is of course an
extremely strong player. Their game was anticipated to be quite an interesting
one.'} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nd7 $5 {[%emt 0:00:06] Black usually
goes for this system when he wants to play for a win.'} (3... Bd7 {(Sagar Shah)
is more tame}) 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. Bd3 $5 {[%emt 0:
00:04] This became quite popular after Carlsen used it against Svidler in a
Norway tournament in March 2013. The idea is to play c3 followed by Bc2, and
then play d4.'} g6 {[%emt 0:01:13]} (5... Ngf6 6. Re1 b5 7. c4 Ne5 8. Bf1 Nxc4
9. a4 Bd7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 e5 12. axb5 exd4 13. Bxc4 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15.
Bb3 Be7 16. Qxd4 O-O 17. Nc3 b4 18. Qxb4 Rb8 19. Qc4 Be6 20. Nd5 Bd8 21. h3 h6
22. Bf4 Qb7 23. Bc2 Ba5 24. Rd1 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rc8 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. Bxb3 Rb8 28.
Bc4 Rxb2 29. Bxd6 Bb6 30. Be5 Rxf2 31. Kh2 Rf5 32. Bg3 h5 33. d6 Rc5 34. Be2
Ne4 35. d7 {Carlsen,M (2872)-Nakamura,H (2776) Zuerich 2014 1/2-1/2 (70)}) 6.
Re1 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:
02:11]} 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:44]} (8. Bc2 {Sagar Shah} Bg4 {would be quite
unpleasant.}) 8... Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:07:42]} 9. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:01:01]} e5 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 10. d4 {[%emt 0:11:53] Sagar Shah: '?!' Sagar Shah: 'A daring pawn
sacrifice by Motylev, but it is a bad move which gives Black a good solid
advantage.'} (10. d3 {Sagar Shah} Nf6 11. Be3 O-O 12. d4 {Might be a safer way
to break in the center.}) 10... cxd4 {[%emt 0:07:40]} 11. cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:06]}
exd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 12. Na3 {[%emt 0:10:40] Sagar Shah: 'White wants to
regain the pawn now with Nc2.'} Ne7 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 13. e5 {[%emt 0:20:38]
Sagar Shah: 'White gets desperate and tries to complicate matters.'} (13. Nc2 {
Sagar Shah} Nc6 $15 {and white does not regain the pawn.}) (13. b3 {Sagar Shah}
Nc6 14. Bb2 O-O $15) 13... dxe5 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 14. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:30:30]} (14... Qc7 {might have been even better.} 15. Qa4+ Bd7 16. Qb4
Bc6 17. Nd6+ Kf8 $17 {It is really unclear what White's compensation is.}) 15.
Bxc6+ {[%emt 0:05:12] White now gives up his important bishop to regain the
pawn.'} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 16. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} (
16... O-O {was equally good.}) 17. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:13:01]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:01:42]} (
17... Qd6 {was very strong as the knight cannot return to the strong square e5
and then blockade on d3.}) 18. Ne5 {[%emt 0:20:36]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:12]} 19. b3
{[%emt 0:01:16]} Rfd8 $15 {[%emt 0:01:55][%csl Gd4,Ge6,Gg7]} 20. Bb2 {[%emt 0:
09:13]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:18:58]} (20... d3 $1 {it's surprsing why Radoslaw didn't
choose this move.} 21. Qd2 Rac8 $17) 21. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:
10]} 22. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:03:52]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 23. Nd3 {[%emt 0:02:01]}
Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:49] Black is clearly better here because of the double bishop
advantage.'} 24. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 25. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:
50]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 26. h3 {[%emt 0:03:31]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 27. Bc1 {
[%emt 0:03:56]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 28. Nf4 $2 {[%emt 0:01:11] White was
passive and in bad shape, but this just expedites the loss.'} Rc8 $1 {[%emt 0:
01:02][%csl Gf5][%cal Gc8c2] Invading on c2.'} 29. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qxe2 {
[%emt 0:01:47]} 30. Nxe2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 31. Rd2 {
[%emt 0:00:49]} d3 {[%emt 0:00:14] white rook will be lost.'} 32. Nf4 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 33. Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} (33. Rxd3 Bxd3 34. Nxd3
Rd8 $19 {is no better.}) 33... dxc2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 34. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Re8 {[%emt 0:00:57] An effortless victory by Wojtaszek. Motylev's problems
began from the point when he made the overambitious move 10.d4? which was
totally not required. After that he was just trying to find compensation for
the sacrificed pawns, which didn't really exist. A very nice and easy win for
the Polish GM.'} 0-1

[Event "Biel Suri Memorial"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2014.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 {The Nd7 move is considered as more combative
and ambitious and is usually employed by players who are playing for a win.} (
3... Bd7 {is a much more quiet way to play.} 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 {In such
positions White risks very little.}) (3... Nc6 {transposes to the Rossolimo
lines.}) 4. O-O (4. d4 {is the other main move in this position.}) 4... a6 (
4... Ngf6 5. d4 $5 {This is quite a dangerous pawn sacrifice.} (5. Re1 a6 6.
Bf1) 5... Nxe4 (5... cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 {is another topical line.}) 6. Re1 Nef6 7.
dxc5 dxc5 8. Ng5 $44 {with some excellent compensation.}) 5. Bd3 $5 {This line
has become extremely popular after Magnus Carlsen used it against Peter
Svidler in Norway Chess Challenge 2013. Earlier everyone used to take on d7.
But now they play their bishop to d3 and follow it up with c3, Bc2 and d4, in
the spirit of the Ruy Lopez.} Ngf6 (5... Ne5 {This was Svidler's reply} 6. Nxe5
dxe5 7. a4 $14 {White retained an edge.}) 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 (7. a4 {can be met
with} Bb7 8. axb5 axb5 9. Rxa8 Qxa8 10. Bxb5 Bxe4 $11 {with a fine position
for Black.}) 7... Bb7 8. Re1 {White's setup closely resembles that of the Ruy
Lopez as he prepares to play d4 in the position.} e6 9. d4 Be7 10. Nbd2 (10. e5
{can be safely met with} Nd5 $11) 10... Qc7 11. Nf1 O-O {Black has a
harmonious setup and stands completely fine.} 12. Ng3 {One of the advantages
that Black has here over the normal Ruy Lopez setup is that his pawn is on e6
instead of e5 which means that the f5-square is not weak and the knight on g3
doesn't really have a good square to go to.} Rfe8 13. h3 (13. e5 $2 {is
impossible due to} dxe5 14. dxe5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 $15) 13... Rac8 {
Threatening cxd4.} 14. Bd3 Bf8 15. Bd2 (15. a4 {would be a typical idea when
Black could maintain the tension with} Bc6 16. Qe2 bxa4 17. Bxa6 Rb8 $11) 15...
g6 16. Qe2 Bg7 17. a4 {Finally White decides to do something concrete.} e5 $6 (
17... c4 18. Bc2 Bc6 {seems like another way to play.}) 18. d5 $6 (18. axb5 c4
19. Bxc4 $1 (19. Bc2 axb5 $11) 19... Qxc4 20. Qxc4 Rxc4 21. bxa6 Ba8 22. b4 $44
{gives White excellent compensation and maybe Hou Yifan shold have gone for
this variation.}) 18... c4 19. Bc2 Nc5 {The black N gets a good outpost on c5.}
20. Nh2 Rb8 {Trying to put latent pressure on the b2-point.} (20... Nxa4 21.
Bxa4 bxa4 22. Rxa4 {[%csl Ra6,Rc4] Black will unnecessarily have two
weaknesses to worry about.}) 21. Ra3 {Before opening the a-file White decides
to double the rooks.} Bc8 {Because of the pressure on b2, White has to release
the tension.} 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ng4 $6 {The bishop on c8 did not have much to
do and Hou Yifan should not have allowed it to be exchanged for her knight.} (
23. Rea1 {seemed much better.} h5 {trying to prevent ...Ng4} 24. Nf3 $14 {
[%cal Gf3g5]}) 23... Bxg4 $1 24. hxg4 Ra8 25. Rea1 Rxa3 26. Rxa3 Qb7 27. g5
Nfd7 28. Qd1 Ra8 29. Qa1 Rxa3 30. Qxa3 $11 {White has the bishop pair and her
queen is much more active on the open a-file. However, Black has a strong
knight on c5 and his knights seem to have more scope than the white bishops.
Besides the Ng3 is not so well placed. White could try to activate his
light-squared bishop via g4. Similarly Black can activate his passive bishop
on g7 from f8-e7-d8-b6. The plusses and minuses sort of nullify each other and
the position should be quite equal. A draw would be the logical result from
this point onwards. But MVL tries his best to keep the game going.} Bf8 31. Be3
Be7 32. Nf1 Bd8 33. Nd2 Bb6 {Black has improved his bishop. White would like
to do the same with her c2-bishop but if she plays Bd1 then the black knight
can enter on d3 and the other knight can come to c5. So White is a little
restricted.} 34. Nb1 Bc7 35. Nd2 Bb6 36. Nb1 Bc7 37. Nd2 Kg7 $1 {Black has no
objective reason to try for more in this position. However, the exclamation
mark is for his fighting spirit and in the end it is rewarded.} 38. g3 Bb6 39.
Nb1 Nd3 $5 {Finally MVL decides to take some concrete action. But the position
still remains drawish.} 40. Bxb6 Qxb6 41. Bxd3 cxd3 {Once again the position
is imbalanced. Now Black has a menacing pawn on d3 which can be either a
weakness or a strength. At the same time, the g5-pawn is also a weakness. The
margin for error now is pretty low because one mistake and either side could
lose a pawn.} 42. Nd2 $2 {The start of all of White problems.} (42. Kg2 $11 {
It would have been better to keep the knight on b1 as on d2 it comes under
attack when Black captures the g5-pawn.} Qd8 $2 43. Qxd6 $18) 42... Qd8 $1 {
MVL notices the little change in the position and takes full advantage of it.}
43. c4 $1 {Hou Yifan finds the most accurate defence.} (43. Qxd6 Qxg5 44. Nf3 (
44. Qxd7 $2 Qxd2 45. Qd6 Qe1+ $19) 44... Qc1+ 45. Kg2 Nf6 46. Qxe5 d2 47. Nxd2
Qxd2 $17 {The objective evaluation of the position is unclear. However, White
must play very accurately to make a draw from here.}) 43... Qxg5 (43... bxc4
44. Nxc4 d2 45. Nxd2 Qxg5 46. Qxd6 Qxd2 47. Qxd7 Qe1+ 48. Kg2 Qxe4+ 49. Kg1 $11
) 44. Qxd3 b4 $1 (44... Nc5 45. Qc3 {Prevents Black from playing b5-b4. So ...
Nc5 is not the most accurate move.}) 45. Nb3 {Things have settled down a bit.
The d3 and g5 pawns have been exchanged. However, Black now has the plan to
attack the white king with h5-h4 making use of his extra pawn. White's extra
pawn on the queenside is not so useful.} h5 46. Kg2 (46. Qd2 $5 Qg4 (46... Qxd2
47. Nxd2 Nc5 $15 {should also give the right to Black to press in the endgame
thanks to his superior knight.}) 47. Qxb4 Nf6 48. Qxd6 Qd1+ 49. Kg2 Qxb3 $17)
46... h4 {Black's advantage keeps growing while White imperceptibly slips into
a worse position.} 47. Kh3 $2 (47. Qf3 f5 48. exf5 gxf5 $15 {Black is more
active and definitely better but it is not so easy to break through.}) 47...
hxg3 48. fxg3 {Black now has a number of tempting alternatives but MVL does
not choose the best.} (48. Qxg3 Qh5+ 49. Kg2 Qe2 $1 {The black queen
penetrates and the white pawns fall like ripe apples.} 50. Qe3 Qxc4 $19) 48...
Qd8 $6 (48... Qh5+ $1 {was the best} 49. Kg2 Nf6 $1 {The knight is coming to
g4 and the combination of the black queen + knight will prove deadly.} 50. c5 (
50. Qf3 Ng4 $19) 50... Ng4 51. c6 Qh2+ 52. Kf3 Qh1+ $1 {The crucial check.} (
52... Qf2+ 53. Kxg4 $18) 53. Ke2 (53. Kxg4 Qh5#) 53... Qg2+ 54. Ke1 Qf2+ 55.
Kd1 Ne3+ 56. Kc1 Qe1+ {is a neat finish.}) (48... f5 $5 {was also strong.} 49.
Nd2 (49. exf5 gxf5 {The strong passed e-pawn gives Black a winning position.})
49... Nc5 $19) 49. Kg2 Qa8 50. Qc2 Qa7 {Practically it is very difficult for
White to defend because she has so many weaknesses.} 51. Qd2 Nf6 52. Qe2 (52.
Qxb4 Qe3 $1 $19) 52... Qa2 53. Nc1 Qb1 54. Nd3 b3 $1 55. Nf2 (55. c5 dxc5 56.
d6 Qc2 $19) 55... Qc1 56. Kf3 (56. g4 Nd7 57. Kf3 (57. Nd3 Qxc4) 57... Nc5 $19
{[%cal Gc5a4] White is holding all her weaknesses currently but sooner or
later the position will fall apart.}) 56... Nh7 $1 {The knight decisively
enters the game.} 57. Kg2 Ng5 {White is in zugzwang.} 58. g4 (58. Qg4 Qxb2 59.
Qxg5 Qe2 60. Qc1 b2 61. Qb1 Qd2 $19) (58. Ng4 Qc2 $19) (58. Kh2 Qc2 59. Qxc2
bxc2 60. Nd3 Nf3+ 61. Kh3 (61. Kg2 Ne1+ $19) 61... Nd2 62. c5 dxc5 $19) 58...
Kf6 $6 {MVL gives White the whiff of a chance because now the king on f6 is a
little exposed.} (58... f6 $1 {Black continues to make waiting moves asking
White to come up with a move.} 59. Nd1 (59. Kg3 Qg1+ $19) 59... Qc2 $19) 59.
Qd3 $2 (59. Nh3 $1 {was the best defence.} Nxh3 (59... Qc2 $2 60. Qf2+ $1 {
That's the key move.} Qxf2+ 61. Nxf2 $11) 60. Kxh3 Qc2 61. Qf3+ Kg7 62. g5 $1
Qxc4 63. Qf6+ Kg8 64. Qd8+ Kh7 65. Qf6 Qc7 (65... Qd3+ 66. Kh2 Qe2+ 67. Kg3
Qe3+ 68. Kh2 Qe2+ $11 {Black has no winning chance over here.}) 66. Qf3 Qb7 67.
Kg3 Kg8 68. Qf6 Qc7 69. Kh3 Qb6 70. Qf3 Qb5 71. Kg2 Qc4 72. Kh3 Qc2 73. Qg2 Qc1
$19 {Black will slowly win this position but he has to be careful not to allow
a perpetual check.}) 59... Qxb2 60. c5 dxc5 61. d6 Qd4 $1 {Accurately
calculated.} 62. d7 Qxd3 63. Nxd3 Ke7 {Beautiful endgame play by MVL who
tricked the women's world champion from an equal endgame by taking advantage
of the small inaccuracies made by his opponent.} 0-1

[Event "Leon 31st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.07.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After winning the first game in the match, the pressure was on Wesley So to
deliver with the black pieces. It was not going to be easy, but Wesley was
prepared and he chose the fighting Sicilian Defence.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3.
Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. a5 a6 7. Bc4 Bg7 $2 {How could Pragg have
known that he already had to be alert for a winning tactical possibility
against world number two in rapid after just seven moves?!} (7... h6 8. d3 Bg7
9. O-O O-O {would have been the right way to continue.}) 8. d3 (8. Bxf7+ $1 {
Nothing could be more natural!} Kxf7 9. Ng5+ Kg8 10. Ne6 Qe8 11. Nc7 Qd8 12.
Nxa8 $18 {And because there is a pawn already on a5, the knight on a8 will
come out safely via b6.}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Nb8 10. e5 Ne8 (10... dxe5 11. Nxe5
$14) 11. Nd5 $5 (11. Re1 {was also possible.}) 11... Nc6 (11... dxe5 12. Nb6
Ra7 13. Be3 $16) 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Nxc8 Rxc8 14. e6 f6 $1 {I liked this decision
by Wesley. It looks ugly and also blocks the bishop on g7. But on the other
hand, the position is stabilised and Black can go for d5 and get his queen to
d6, knight to c7 and round up the e6 pawn.} (14... d5 15. exf7+ Rxf7 16. Bb3
Nc7 $13 {seemed like a more normal way to play. But there are more weaknesses
in Black's position than in the game.}) (14... f5 {also looks pretty fine.} 15.
Bd2 d5 16. Bb3 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bf6 18. Ba4 $44) 15. Qe1 (15. Bd2 d5 16. Bb3 Nc7
17. Re1 Qd6 18. Qe2 {was also a possible variation with a roughly balanced
position. The pawns on a5 and e6 are cramping, but at the same time they are
also weak.}) 15... d5 16. Bb3 Qd6 17. Ra4 $5 {This move looks so exciting. The
rook is activated and at the same time Bf4 becomes a possibility. Bf4 is a
desirable move and it can be made possible with g3. However, Ra4 is just so
much more original and active!} Nc7 18. Bf4 Ne5 {Now e6 is falling. It seems
as if Black's position shouldn't work with all his pieces clumsily placed. But
tactically everything seems to work out perfectly for Wesley. That's why he is
such a great player.} 19. Bxe5 fxe5 $17 20. c4 e4 $1 {When you play against
guys like Wesley, you can be sure they will never agree to your plans!} (20...
d4 {Pragg was of course hoping for this move.} 21. Ng5 Nxe6 22. Ne4 $44 {
White has excellent compensation.}) (20... Rxf3 {would be thematic but here it
might not be the best.} 21. gxf3 Nxe6 22. cxd5 Nd4 $17 {and although Black is
better, he would prefer his pawn structure to be much better.}) 21. dxe4 d4 (
21... Rxf3 $1 {Now this looks very strong.} 22. gxf3 d4 $1 $19 {And now it is
all over. The bishop will come to e5 and the knight will take on e6 and jump
to f4.}) 22. e5 $1 {The position is once again quite unclear.} Qc6 23. Ra3 Nxe6
(23... Rxf3 24. Ba4 $1 {was Pragg's cute little trick.}) 24. Ba4 Qc7 25. Rb3 (
25. Qe4 $13) 25... Nd8 26. Qe4 Qxa5 27. Bd7 Rb8 28. Qd5+ (28. Ng5 {This move
straightaway would have been quite interesting and strong.} Qc7 29. Qd5+ Kh8 {
transposes to the game.}) 28... Kh8 29. Ng5 Qc7 (29... Qd2 $5) 30. f4 $6 (30.
Rh3 $1 h6 {and in this position e5 is not really hanging because of Rxh6
tricks. So White has plenty of time to improve his position. Perhaps a good
idea can be} 31. b4 $1 cxb4 32. c5 $13 {Black is in some ways in a zugzwang.})
30... b5 31. Rh3 h6 32. Ne6 $2 {Pragg is the first one to blink. It was
difficult to keep playing accurate chess in so much time pressure.} (32. cxb5
axb5 33. Ne4 $13 {The position is unclear and there is everything to play for.}
) 32... Nxe6 33. Bxe6 Rb6 34. Rg3 $2 (34. cxb5 axb5 35. Bd7 $17 {and the game
goes on, but Pragg blundered.}) 34... Rd8 {The piece on e6 is lost and White
resigned.} 0-1

[Event "IND-ch 51st"]
[Site "Jalgaon"]
[Date "2013.12.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stany, George Anthony"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Sasikiran,K"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was voted as the best of the day of the Indian National Premier in
an online poll in Facebook.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4
a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O O-O $5 (10... Bc6 $5
11. Qd3 {was played in the Carlsen-Anand World Championship match at Chennai
2013. Being Anand's second was an excellent experience to me and I certainly
learnt a lot.}) 11. Qd3 $6 {Played extremely quickly. While preparing for the
game, I got the impression that Stany sometimes misses the correct move order.}
(11. Bxf6 Bxf6 (11... gxf6 12. a4 $5 {looks somewhat pleasant for White
although there is a lot of play in the position.}) 12. Qxd6 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bc6 {
looked equal to me, but with so many pawn islands, it certainly does not look
appealing to White.}) (11. Rad1 Bc6 12. Qd3 {transposes to Fressinet,L (2708)
-Ponomariov,R FIDE Grand Prix Sep 2013.}) 11... h6 $1 {A key move in my
opinion. Black forces White to take a decision about the bishop. Moving to h4
the bishop may be sidelined sometimes with ...g5 and ...e5 (after the queens
are exchanged). If the bishop moves along the c1-h6 diagonal then Bxf6 is no
longer a threat and Black can breathe more freely.} 12. Be3 $6 {Another so-so
move which allows Black to take over the initiative.} (12. Bh4 {I was intending
} Qc7 ({Stany was afraid of} 12... g5 $6 13. Bg3 e5 {but} 14. c5 $1 {opens the
centre to White's benefit.} dxc5 15. Qe3 $1 {and the open kingside will cause
Black's downfall.} (15. Nxe5 Bb5 $1 (15... Be6 16. Qe2 {with f4 to follow and
the weakening with g5 will prove fatal.} (16. Qf3 $5 {with Rad1 and Nd5 to
follow is also strong.})) 16. Qf3 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Qb6 18. h4 {it seems White
will have sufficient compensation for the exchange although not more.})) 13.
Rfd1 Rfd8 {with a long game in prospect.}) (12. Bf4 {appears more critical to
me.} e5 13. Be3 b5 14. b3 {with many possibilites for both sides.}) 12... b5 $1
{A rather natural move trying to break the Maroczy bind. After the text move
Stany realised something had gone amiss and began to spend a lot of time over
his next few moves.} 13. cxb5 (13. b3 Rc8 $5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Nxe4 $1 16.
Na7 $6 Nc5 $1 $17) (13. e5 bxc4 14. Qxc4 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Bb5 $1 16. Nxb5 axb5 17.
Qc2 (17. Qxb5 Ra5 $19) 17... Nd5 {again Black's position is easier to play
with such a knight on d5.}) 13... axb5 14. a3 Qb8 $1 {Another multipurpose
move. Black stops e5 and prepares to move the queen to b7 where it can
pressurise e4 along the diagonal. it also clears the c8-square for the rook.}
15. Bd2 $1 {Stopping b4 and asking Black to show a plan. Although Black has
two bishops it is not easy to open up the centre.} e5 $5 {A rather committal
move. But if White manages to bring the knight to c2 (via d4), I felt White
has less to fear.} (15... Rc8 16. Nd4 Be8 17. Ndxb5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxb5 19. Nxb5
Qxb5 20. Bc3 Ra4 21. Qf3 Rac4 {here the engine shows some advantage for Black.
However, still Black has to disturb the Bc3 (with d5-d4) to claim any edge.}) (
15... Qb7 16. Nd4 Rab8 17. Nc2 $5 Rfc8 18. Nb4 Rc4 19. Rfe1) 16. Nh4 $5 {
The right idea but played with the wrong intentions. With the black pawn on h6
Black will be unable to tolerate a knight on f5 and will be forced to exchange
Bxf5 when the two bishops edge will vanish.} Rc8 17. f4 $2 {With the rook
moved from f8 Stany wants to open the f-file, but the text weakens the king
and opens up the position for the black bishops.} ({Better was} 17. Rfd1 Qb7
18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 b4 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 d5 22. Qb5 Rb8 23. Qxb7 Rxb7 {
and Black has somewhat the better endgame due to the better pawn structure.}) (
17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 d5 $1 19. Qxb5 (19. Nxb5 e4 20. Qb3 Bc5 $1 21. Be3 (21.
a4 d4 {followed by ...Qe5 and Black's initiative is more dangerous than the
queenside pawns.}) 21... Ng4 22. g3 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Bxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Qxb5 25. f6
Qxb2 26. fxg7 Rc6 $5 $17) (19. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Rd8 $19) 19... d4 20. Qxb8
Rcxb8 21. Nd1 Ne4 22. Be1 Nc5 $1 23. Rc1 Nd3 24. Rc2 Rb3 $1 {with powerful
compensation.}) 17... b4 $1 {Played quickly for maximum effect. It is quite
obvious that after the exchange on the a-file, White's pieces lack
co-ordination.} 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 exf4 $6 {Here I missed an opportunity.}
(19... Qb6+ $1 20. Be3 (20. Qe3 Qxe3+ 21. Bxe3 Ng4 {wins a piece}) 20... Qxb4
21. Rb1 (21. fxe5 Qxb2 $1 {was the key point, winning.}) 21... exf4 22. Bd4 Bd8
$5 $17) (19... Ng4 20. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 21. Nd5 $1 {discouraged me about the ...Ng4
tricks, however later it was available; see game.}) 20. Nf5 (20. Bxf4 Qxb4 21.
Rb1 d5 $1 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Be6 24. Qh5 Qxe4 $19) (20. h3 d5 21. Nf3 Bxb4
22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Qxb2 $17) 20... Bxf5 21. exf5 Qxb4 22. Na4
(22. Nd1 Qb6+ 23. Kf1 d5 $17) 22... Qb7 23. Bxf4 d5 $6 (23... Ng4 $1 {was
clearly stronger and the queen and knight tandem wins the day.} 24. Qg3 (24.
Bg3 Qa7+ 25. Kh1 Qxa4 $1 $19) 24... Qa7+ 25. Kh1 Nf2+ 26. Kg1 Nd1+ 27. Kf1 Rc4
$3 28. Bxh6 Rg4 $1 $19) 24. b3 (24. h3 Qa7+ 25. Be3 Bc5 $1 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27.
Kh2 Rc4 28. b3 Re4 {followed by ...Re3 wins.}) 24... Ng4 $6 (24... Qa7+ $1 {
was more accurate} 25. Be3 (25. Kh1 Ng4 26. Bg3 Bd6 27. h3 Bxg3 28. Qxg3 Nf2+
29. Kh2 Ne4 $19) 25... Bc5 $1 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Nxc5 Qxa1+ 28. Qf1 Qd4+ 29. Qf2
Qd1+ 30. Qf1 Qc2 31. b4 Ng4 $19) 25. Bg3 Bg5 26. Bf2 {Here I had about 30
minutes left for the time control whereas my opponent had about 7 or 8 minutes
left. With all my pieces working well, I felt there must be a combinative
solution available. However, after 15 minutes thought I could not find
anything better than the text move.} d4 $6 (26... Re8 $1 {invading e3 was the
way to go.} 27. Bc5 (27. Nc5 Nxf2 $1 28. Kxf2 Qc7 $19) 27... Be3+ 28. Bxe3 Rxe3
$19) 27. Bxd4 (27. Qxd4 Nxf2 28. Qxf2 Qxb3 $19) 27... Rd8 ({A much stronger
try was} 27... Qd5 28. Nb6 Qd6 29. Nxc8 Be3+ $1 30. Qxe3 Qxh2+ 31. Kf1 Nxe3+
32. Bxe3 Qe5 $19 {winning a piece.}) 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. gxf3 Rxd4 30. fxg4 Rxg4+
31. Kh1 Rf4 {Here my calculations ended when I played 26...d4, I felt with a
pawn up and a bishop against knight with pawns on either side of the board,
the win was not far off.} 32. Rb1 Rxf5 33. b4 Rf4 $1 {By disturbing the knight
Black brings the rook into play, simultaneously preventing the advance of the
b-pawn.} 34. Nc3 Rc4 35. Nd5 (35. Nd1 Bd8 $1 36. Ne3 (36. b5 Bb6 $19) 36... Rc3
37. Rd1 Bg5 38. Nd5 Rb3 {and the rook comes behind the passed b-pawn and the
win becomes a matter of time.}) 35... Rd4 36. Nc7 Bd8 37. Na6 Bb6 (37... Rd2 $1
{was more accurate.}) 38. Rc1 Rd6 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40. Nb8 Rd4 41. Nc6 (41. Na6 g5
42. Rc6 Rd1+ 43. Kg2 Bd4 $19) 41... Rc4 $1 {The pin on the knight wins more
material as now b5 is answered with ...Rc5 winning the b5-pawn. Otherwise
Black simply improves on the kingside.} 42. Kg2 h5 43. Kf3 g5 44. Ke2 Rc2+ 45.
Kd3 Rxh2 46. Rb8 Bg1 $5 {Not the only move to win, but the most logical.
Black's bishop leaves space for the rook on h2 as well.} 47. b5 g4 48. Ne5 Rh3+
49. Ke4 (49. Kc4 g3 50. Rb7 Rh4+ 51. Kd5 Rd4+ 52. Kc6 Rf4 53. Nxf7 Bd4 $1 {
wins.}) 49... Re3+ (49... Re3+ 50. Kd5 Rxe5+ $1 51. Kxe5 Bh2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 16th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2015.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. O-O Rc8
8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Nf6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. c4 Rg8 12. Qd3 f5 13. exf5 Rc5 14. f6
Bh3 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Rcg5 17. Kh1 Rxg2 18. Nc3 e6 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. Rad1 Qc6
21. b4 R2g4 22. f3 (22. Rfe1 $16) 22... Rg2 23. a4 Rb2 24. b5 Qc7 25. Rf2 Rxf2
26. Nxf2 Rg5 27. Ne4 Rf5 28. bxa6 bxa6 29. Rb1 Rh5 {[#] Das schwarze
Gegenspiel fußt auf dem Angriff gegen h2. Allerdings hat Schwarz einige
Defekte zu verwalten: Der König steht unsicher und der Lf8 ist noch nicht
entwickelt.} 30. Qe2 ({Richtig war} 30. Qb3 $5 {mit der möglichen Folge:} d5
31. Qb8+ Qxb8 32. Rxb8+ Kd7 33. Rxf8 dxe4 34. fxe4 ({Weniger gut ist} 34. Rxf7+
Ke8 35. Re7+ Kf8 36. Rxe6 exf3 {mit Gegenspiel.}) 34... e5 (34... Re5 35. Rxf7+
Ke8 36. Re7+ Kf8 37. Rc7 Rxe4 38. c5 Rxa4 39. c6 Rc4 40. Rc8+ Kf7 41. c7 $18 {
und gewinnt.}) 35. Rxf7+ Ke6 36. Ra7 Kxf6 37. Rxa6+ Kg5 38. a5 $18) 30... Kd8 (
{Besser war} 30... Kd7) 31. Rb3 $2 (31. Qb2 d5 32. Qb8+ $18) 31... d5 {Nun ist
Schwarz voll im Spiel.} 32. Qb2 (32. cxd5 Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Bc5 34. Nxc5 Rg5+ 35.
Kh3 Rh5+ $11) 32... dxe4 33. Rb8+ Kd7 34. Rxf8 (34. Rb7 $2 Rxh2+ $19) 34... Kc6
35. Qe2 (35. fxe4 Qd7 36. Qe2 $11) 35... e3 ({Spekulierte Weiß auf} 35... exf3
$4 36. Qxf3+ {mit Schach und Turmverlust?}) 36. c5 $2 {[#]} Qb7 $2 ({Beide
Spiel übersehen} 36... Rxh2+ 37. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 38. Kxh2 e2 $19) 37. Rd8 (37. Rg8
$5 {um auf g1 die Grundlinie zu verteidigen.} Rxc5 38. Qxe3 $11) 37... Rxc5 {
[#]} 38. Rd1 $2 (38. Qd3 {hält die Partie. Es droht Matt auf d6.} Rd5 39. Qc3+
Kb6 40. a5+ Ka7 41. Qxe3+ {und Matt.}) 38... Rc3 {Nun ist Weiß in der
Defensive.} 39. h4 Qb6 40. Qg2 (40. Kg2 $17) 40... Qb3 (40... Qb3 41. Re1 Qxa4
$19) 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch KO"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.12.01"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O ({Chebanenko hätte} 4. Bxc6+ {gespielt.})
4... Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 e5 8. h3 {Weiß strebt nach ruhigem
positionellem Spiel nach Art der Spanischen Partie.} g5 $5 {[#] Shocking! Der
Zug ist eine Spezialität von Simon Williams.} ({Üblicher ist} 8... Be7) 9.
Nxg5 (9. d4 g4 10. hxg4 Bxg4 11. dxc5 {wurde auch schon gespielt.}) 9... Rg8
10. d4 h6 11. Nf3 Bxh3 {Gewinnt den Bauern zurück.} 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8+
Rxd8 14. Nbd2 Bg4 {Weiß hat die bessere Struktur, Schwarz die aktiveren
Figuren. [#]} (14... Be6 15. a4 Be7 16. Nc4 Ng4 $11 {1-0 (56) Kosteniuk,A 
(2532)-Ju,W (2532) Lopota 2014}) 15. Nh4 Nh5 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Ne3 Nf4 18. g3 Nd3
19. Bxd3 {Nach dem Tausch ist Schwarz bald Chef auf den weißen Feldern.} ({
In Betracht kam} 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd3 Be6 21. Be2 Be7 22. Nf5 $14) 19... Rxd3
20. Kg2 Be7 21. Nhf5 Bg5 22. Ng4 h5 23. Bxg5 hxg4 24. Be3 c4 25. Rh1 Ne7 26.
Nxe7 (26. Nh6 $5) 26... Kxe7 27. Rh5 f6 28. Bc5+ $2 {Weiß sollte sich um
seinen schwachen Bauern e4 kümmern. Mit dem Zug gibt Weiß zudem das Feld d2
auf.} (28. Rh7+ Bf7 29. Re1 $11) 28... Kf7 29. Rh7+ Rg7 30. Rh8 Bd7 31. Re1 Bc6
32. Kg1 Rg8 33. Rh7+ Rg7 34. Rh8 Rd2 35. Ba3 $19 {Schwarz steht überlegen.
Die schwarzen Figurens tehen aktiv, die weißen spielen nicht zusammen und
stehen passiv, weil sie etwas decken müssen. [#]} Ke6 36. Rh4 a5 37. Bf8 Rgd7
38. Rxg4 Rxb2 39. a3 Rc2 40. Bc5 Rxc3 41. f4 exf4 42. gxf4 Rcd3 43. e5 Rd1 44.
Kf2 Rxe1 45. Kxe1 Kf5 (45... Kf5 46. Rg3 Kxf4 47. Rc3 Kxe5 48. Rxc4 f5 $19 {
Mit zwei Mehrbauern.}) 0-1

[Event "Dubai op 18th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bc4 Bg4 8. d4
e6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Be2 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 e5 13. a4 g6 14. Na3 Nd7 15.
Be3 Be7 16. Nc4 b6 17. Bh6 Qc7 18. Qh3 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qh6+ Ke7 21. f4 {
Linienöffnung vor dem schwarzen König im Zentrum.} Raf8 {[#]} 22. Rad1 {
Nun droht zweimal Schlagen auf e5, gefolgt von d6 mit Damengewinn.} b5 $2 {
Schwarz unternimmt nichts gegen die weiße Drohung.} ({Nötig war} 22... f6)
23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. d6+ Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Kxd6 26. fxe5+ Nxe5 27. Qd2+ Kc7 28. Qd5
Nc6 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qxc5 {Schwarz hat Turm und Springer für die Dame, aber
mit dem König im offenen Gelände kann man kaum lange überleben.} Re8 31. Ra1
Ra8 32. Rf1 Rhd8 33. Rxf7+ Rd7 34. Rxd7+ Kxd7 35. Qxb5 Kc7 36. Qc4 Rd8 37. b4
1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 b6 7. d4 (7. c4 e6
8. Nc3) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb7 9. f3 e6 10. a4 Be7 (10... Rc8 11. b3 (11. a5 b5
{xc4}) 11... Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nd2 $10) 11. a5 b5 (11... bxa5 12. Bd2) (11...
O-O 12. axb6 Qxb6 13. Kh1 (13. Be3 Qxb2 14. Nd2 $13)) 12. c4 bxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O
(13... Ne5 14. Bf1 (14. Bxe6 $6 fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qd7 16. Nxg7+ Kf7 17. Nf5 Rag8
18. Nh6+ Kf8 19. Nxg8 Rxg8 20. Kh1 h5 $44)) (13... d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nc3 (
15. Rxe6 $6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Qc8 $17) (15. Nf5 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 O-O 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18.
Be3 $14) 15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 {xe6}) 14. Nc3 (14. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qc8 16.
Nxf8 Bxf8 17. Nc3 $14) 14... Ne5 15. Bf1 (15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Qd7 17. Nxf8
Rxf8 $13) 15... Qc7 (15... Rc8 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Qa4 $13) 16. Be3 d5 17. exd5
Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Nf5 (19. Bf4 Bd6 (19... Bf6 20. Kh1 $14) 20. Kh1 Ng6 $10
) 19... Bb4 (19... Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Qd4 Qxd4+ 22. Nxd4 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Bxc6
24. Rec1 Bd5 25. b4 $14) 20. Bb6 Qb8 (20... Bc5+ $2 21. Kh1 $1) 21. Qd4 (21.
Re3 Nc6 $17) 21... Bxe1 22. Rxe1 exf5 23. Qxd5 Re8 24. Rc1 Re6 25. b4 (25. Bc7
Qe8 $17) 25... h5 (25... Rd6 $1 26. Qb3 (26. Qxe5 Rxb6 $19) 26... Rxb6 27. axb6
Qxb6+ 28. Kh1 Rb8 29. Qd5 $15) 26. Bc7 Qa7+ (26... Qe8 27. b5 $44) 27. Bb6 Qb8
28. Bc7 Qa7+ 29. Bb6 Qb8 (29... Rxb6 30. axb6 Qxb6+ 31. Qc5 (31. Kh1 Re8 32.
Re1 Qf2 $1) 31... Qf6 32. Rd1 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,111,33,17,44,41,83,42,67,43,43,45,40,40,40,40,73,44,38,-5,-5,-11,-8,
-6,0,-2,-5,-15,-14,-3,-18,-20,-18,-23,0,0,11,0,10,0,49,51,41,57,57,52,52,31,67,
21,21,4,4,17,17,17,67,57,77,77,80,80,80,80,72,80,80,80,83,83,83,83,66,42,108,
114,116,108,220,220,220,220,220,226,227,227,227,206,238,244,248,248,248,256,
345,346,346,346,346,346,346,346,346,361,1032,1032,1032,1260,1189,1459,1615,
25163,1024,1032]} {Isle of Man is one of my favorite locations because it is
beautiful, has decent Chinese food and Alan Ormsby the organizer is a super
nice guy. That said, Opens are usually unhappy experiences for me. I tend to
arrive tired from playing tournaments back to back in the weeks prior and then
pull draw after draw from strong, lower rated players who are fresh and well
prepared. And you know the dynamic when you’re higher rated … a draw is a
loss and a loss is a disaster. A win is a little better than nothing. At the
Isle of Man Fide Grand Swiss, which strong but tired players smarter than
myself skipped, I had nine draws and 2 wins. A smack on the head for the sheer
pride that keeps me coming to these events. I was hoping to make this game
work for me finally, but even with the White pieces it's not easy to get a
game going these days.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 ({In the early rounds I tried the
ultra sharp} 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 $5 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 Bh6 7. f4 {
But Volokitin was just fine with that after} f5 8. Bb2 Nf6 9. O-O-O Rf8 $5)
2... d6 {Ganguly plays TONS of openings from his repertoire. For instance
against 1.e4 he plays the French, Caro-Kann, 1...e5, the Sicilian Taimanov,
amongst others. But in this tournament he started playing the Sicilian Najdorf,
and so based on this I assumed he might play it again.} 3. Bb5+ {It's very
difficult to find an advantage against the Najdorf these days (although people
try) therefore this simple check on move 3 has increased exponentially in
theory within the last 5 years.} ({A couple of days earlier he lost to Magnus
after} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. g4 h6 9. Be3
Nbd7 10. a4 {but the loss had nothing to do with the opening choice as Black
could easily have improved with say 10...Nf8.}) 3... Nd7 {This move was
popularized by Vachier Lagrave. After he first played it people started
copying him and eventually it replaced 3...Bd7 as the main move.} ({Two weeks
after this game I got a nice position with White after} 3... Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7
5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 Qc7 7. b3 e6 8. Bb2 Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. c4 a6
12. Nc3 {against Anton Korobov in a rapid game.}) 4. d4 {White has basically
tried every legal move here but without much success in getting an advantage.}
cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 Rc8 {I thought 7...e5 followed by Rc8 was
the more accurate move order. Now 8.e5 is an extra option to me so I wonder if
Ganguly actually mixed up his move order.} (7... e5 8. Qd3 Rc8 9. Nd2 Be6 10.
Nf1 Qb6 11. Ne3 Qd4 $11 {looks totally fine for Black, so this idea of an
early Nd2-f1 before castling does not actually work.}) 8. O-O {However after
some thinking I just decided to stick to the main move.} (8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 f6
10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 {could possibly be better for White.}) 8... e5 9.
Qd3 h6 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Rd1 {With the idea Nf1-e3.} Bg4 12. Re1 $5 {A little
known move. In my preparations for the game I realized that it's very tricky
to get an advantage if I play f3. It just creates too many drawbacks. 
(Weakened dark-squares around my king, it closes the third rank, and it forces
me to spend one more move to hide my king on h1)} (12. f3 Be6 13. Nf1 Nf6 14.
Ne3 Be7 {Theory has shown that Black is totally fine here. For example:} 15.
Bd2 O-O 16. a4 (16. Kh1 b5 17. a4 b4 18. Ncd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qb7 20. Qb3 Rb8 21.
a5 Nd7 22. Nf5 Rfe8 23. Qc4 Bf8 $11) 16... Rfd8 17. Kh1 d5 (17... Bc4 $5) 18.
Ncxd5 (18. exd5 Bb4) 18... Bxd5 19. exd5 Bc5 {and in all cases Black has good
counterplay and no problems.}) 12... Nf6 13. Nf1 Be6 14. Ne3 Be7 15. a4 O-O 16.
Rd1 {I lost a tempo by moving my rook back and forth, but at least I managed
to avoid the weakening f3. Here Black should be totally fine also, but I'm
hoping that if Ganguly does not play the critical moves, then I get a game and
some chance for an edge.} Rfd8 (16... Qc5 17. a5 Bd8 $5 {Makes some sense.
Black forces the action and tries to equalize directly.} 18. Qxd6 Bxa5 19. Qxc5
Rxc5 20. Ncd5 Bd8 21. b3 Rc8 $13 {and it looks like this should be enough for
equality.}) (16... Rfe8 {Is another possibility. Black plays flexibly, and
keeps the d8-square available for his bishop later on.} 17. a5 (17. Bd2 Qc5)
17... Qc5 18. Bd2 (18. h3 {seems too slow, Black can play} Bd8) 18... Ng4 (
18... Bd8 $5) 19. Nxg4 (19. Ra4 Nxe3 20. Bxe3 Qc7) 19... Bxg4 20. Rdc1 Be6 21.
Na4 Qd4 22. Nb6 Rc6 {with equality.}) 17. a5 Bf8 {I do not consider this move
appealing. It's not clear exactly where the bishop is planning to go and it
could very well be a waste of time.} (17... d5 {Is the critical move I
analysed in my preparations.} 18. Ncxd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Bc5 20. Qb3 Ne4 {
Although I admit this line is almost impossible to find over the board.} 21.
Bd2 f5 22. Bb4 Nd6 $132) (17... Qc5 18. h3 {Is possible, and now} Re8 $5 {
with the idea of Bd8.}) 18. Bd2 g6 {This possibly only weakens his
dark-squares.} ({I consider} 18... Bc4 {to be the most direct. White could be
slightly better in the ending, but with correct play Black makes a draw.} 19.
Nxc4 Qxc4 20. Be1 Qxd3 21. Rxd3 d5 $1 22. exd5 e4 23. Rd4 (23. Rdd1 Bb4) 23...
Bd6 (23... Bc5 24. Rda4)) (18... Qc5 19. Be1 $14) 19. Be1 $14 {I was quite
satisfied with the result out of the opening. I have a small advantage and
Black does not have a good way to lash out on the center with d5.} Qc5 {
Desperation. Black does not want to wait and sacrifices an exchange.} ({
Activating his bishop} 19... h5 20. f3 Bh6 21. Bh4 Qc5 22. Bf2 {is
double-edged. Black also weakens the squares around his king.}) (19... Nh5 20.
Ncd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5) 20. Na4 {Now White has a stable advantage.} Qc6 (20... Qb5
21. Qxb5 axb5 22. Nb6 Rc6 23. f3 Nd7 24. Nbd5 $14) 21. Nb6 {This forces Black
to sacrifice the exchange for not enough compensation.} Nxe4 (21... Rc7 22. f3
$16) 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 {Black has a pawn for the exchange, however, his bishop
pair is not really active yet and I have firm control over some squares on the
queenside and the center. Therefore a few accurate moves should be sufficient
to stabilize my advantage and aim to convert it.} 23. c4 f5 {Now White should
have several ways to increase the advantage. Black is threatening f4, but this
can be easily dealt with.} 24. Bb4 $6 (24. b4 {should be the fastest way to
improve the position. I just open the files on the queenside. There is no need
to defend the c4 pawn as taking it would lead to a winning endgame.} Kf7 (24...
Bxc4 25. Qxc4+ Qxc4 26. Nxc4 Rxc4 27. f3 Nf6 28. Rac1 $18) 25. b5 $1 Qe8 26.
bxa6 bxa6 27. Rab1 Nc5 28. Qe2 $16 {the rook comes to b6 and my knight to d5,
with a dominating position.}) 24... Bxc4 {Now Black has two pawns for the
exchange.} 25. Nxc4 Qxc4 26. Qxc4+ Rxc4 27. Ba3 Kf7 $2 {We both thought that
moving the king towards the queenside was the best course of action. However,
in fact Black lacks one more tempo to play Ke6.} ({Black can put up more
resistance with} 27... Nc5 28. Rac1 Ra4 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Rd7 Rxa5 31. Rxb7 Rb5
{with decent drawing chances.}) 28. Rac1 Ra4 29. f3 Nc5 30. Bxc5 dxc5 31. Rd7+
Kf6 32. Rxb7 Rxa5 {All good for me so far. But here I started to play
inaccurately.} 33. Rb6+ {My rook is very active but at the same time Black has
two pawns for the exchange. The most accurate way to convert is} (33. Rb8 $1
Be7 (33... Bg7 34. Rb6+ Kg5 35. h4+ Kh5 36. g4+ $18) 34. Rb6+ {Now 34...Kg5
fails to 35.Re6, so Black has to move his king back.} Kf7 35. Rd1 Rb5 36. Rxa6
Rxb2 37. Rd7 {and he could very well be lost, with the Black king stuck on the
last two ranks.}) 33... Kg5 34. h4+ (34. Rc2 $1 {still wins easily according
to the computer, but as I said I started to misplay the position.}) 34... Kh5
35. Rc4 $6 Rb5 36. Rxa6 Be7 $2 ({Ganguly eventually makes errors in the
endgame, just when he has very good drawing chances. The simplest is} 36...
Rxb2 37. Kh2 Rb4 (37... Rb1 $5) ({Or} 37... e4 38. fxe4 Rd2 {might also be
enough to draw.}) 38. Rxb4 cxb4 39. Kh3 f4 {With a fortress. For example:} 40.
Ra5 Bg7 41. Rb5 b3 42. Rxb3 Bf6 43. Rb5 Bxh4 44. Rxe5+ g5 {and I see no way to
breakthrough.}) 37. g4+ fxg4 38. Re6 $1 {We both missed this when he played 36.
..Be7, but fortunately I still have enough time to think and spot it!} Bxh4 $2
{This loses on the spot, but I think White can win also after} (38... Bd8 39.
Rxg4 Rxb2 (39... Bxh4 40. Rxe5+ g5 41. Re2) 40. Rxe5+ g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Rd5
$1 Be7 43. Re4 Rb7 44. Kg2 $18 {and he has no way to prevent me from improving
my piece activity.}) 39. Rxe5+ g5 40. fxg4+ Kg6 {Now the time control is
reached and each of us were given an extra 50 minutes on the clock. Plenty of
time to make sure not to run into some technical rook and pawn vs bishop
ending.} 41. Rexc5 Rxb2 42. Rc6+ Kg7 43. Rd6 Rb1+ (43... Rb7 44. Rcc6 $18) 44.
Kg2 Rb2+ 45. Kf3 Rf2+ 46. Ke3 Rf6 (46... Rf7 47. Rcc6 h5 {Now I do not even
have to take on h5 but can go} 48. Rg6+ Kh8 49. Rh6+ Kg7 50. Rcg6+ Kf8 51. gxh5
$18) 47. Rc7+ Kg6 48. Rxf6+ Kxf6 49. Ke4 Bf2 (49... h5 50. gxh5 Bg3 51. Rb7 Be1
52. Rb6+ Kg7 53. Kf5 Bd2 54. h6+ Kh7 55. Kg4 $18) 50. Rc6+ Kg7 51. Kf5 h5 52.
gxh5 Kh7 53. h6 {Fortunately I do not have to worry about any technical rook
and pawn vs bishop endings since I can simply promote my pawn.} Be3 54. Kg4 Bf4
55. Re6 Bd2 56. Kh5 {I was happy to get this win in the 7th round to try and
recoup massive rating loss from my draws. Wish though it hadn’t been at the
expense of my friend GM Ganguly who is a really terrific player.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "SOCAR"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ ({The line} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6.
Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 (7. c4 {enables Black to consider the thrust} f5 $5 $132 {
due to the active position of the Bc6.}) {can lead to similar positions as in
the game after} 7... h6 $5 $13 ({More common is} 7... Nf6)) 3... Nd7 $5 {
The most ambitious reaction.} ({However, the most solid continuation with the
best reputation is definitely} 3... Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 {For the novel idea} 5.
c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 Qc7 $5 (9... Nc6 {and}) (9... O-O
{are the customary moves}) 10. b3 Qa5 {see Carlsen,M (2843)-Anand,V (2780)/Sao
Paulo/Bilbao/2012/}) 4. O-O (4. d4 cxd4 ({The alternative} 4... Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6
6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. O-O $32 {gives White more chances to fight for an opening
edge.}) 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 {Now White can transpose into the game, we'll
check other options:} 7. Bg5 (7. Nc3 e5 8. Qd3 Rc8 9. O-O h6 10. Be3 Nf6 {
leads to a comfortable Najdorf for Black:} 11. Nd2 (11. a4 Be7 12. a5 Be6 13.
Rfd1 O-O 14. Nh4 Rc6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qc8 17. h3 Rd8 18. Bb6 Rd7 19. Qf3
Bd8 20. Be3 Rc4 $15 {[%cal Yc4b4,Yc8c6] Spasov,V (2621)-Volokitin,A (2661)/
ROM-chT Baile Herculane/2010/}) 11... Qc7 12. a4 (12. h3 b5 13. a3 Be7 14. f4
exf4 15. Rxf4 Be6 16. Raf1 Nd7 17. Bd4 Ne5 18. Qg3 Bg5 19. R4f2 O-O 20. Nf3 Bf6
21. Nxe5 Bxe5 $11 {Sigurpalsson,R (2229)-Baklan,V (2617)/ISL-chT Reykjavik/
2011/}) 12... Be7 13. a5 O-O 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Nf1 Qc4 {1/2,Adams,M (2712)
-Radjabov,T (2761)/Wijk aan Zee/2009/} 16. f3 (16. Qxc4 Rxc4 17. f3 Rfc8 $11 {
/=/+}) 16... Qb4 17. Rdb1 Bc4 18. Qd2 d5 $5 19. exd5 Rfd8 20. Ra4 Qd6 21. Bb6
Rd7 22. Ne3 Bxd5 23. Qe2 (23. Nf5 $142 $11) 23... Bc6 24. Rd1 Qe6 25. Raa1 Bb4
$36 {Frois,A (2374)-Damaso,R (2437)/Porto/2001/}) (7. c4 b5 8. Nc3 (8. Na3 e5
9. Qd3 Qb6 10. O-O Qb7 11. Re1 h6 12. b3 Nf6 13. Nc2 Be7 14. Ba3 Bc6 15. Nd2
O-O 16. f3 Rfd8 17. Nf1 Bd7 18. Nfe3 Be6 19. Rad1 Rac8 20. Bb4 bxc4 21. bxc4
Qa7 22. Na3 Rb8 $11 {/=/+,Tiviakov,S (2673)-Zhigalko,S (2649)/Nakhchivan/2012/}
) 8... e5 9. Qd3 bxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qc6+ Bd7 12. Qc4 Be6 13. Nd5 $6 ({
A more circumspect move was} 13. Qc6+ $11 {, or at least}) (13. Qd3 $11) 13...
Qa5+ 14. Qc3 Qxc3+ 15. Nxc3 h6 16. b3 Rc8 17. Bb2 Nf6 18. O-O Be7 19. Rfd1 O-O
20. Nd2 Rc6 21. Nf1 Rfc8 22. Rd3 Bd8 23. Ne3 Bb6 24. Rad1 Bd4 $36 {Howell,D 
(2635)-Shanava,K (2569)/Istanbul olm/2012/}) (7. O-O {- 4.0-0}) 7... Rc8 8. Nc3
h6 9. Bh4 e5 10. Qd3 g5 $1 11. Bg3 Nf6 12. Nd2 (12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Nd2 Be6 14.
Nb3 Bxb3 15. axb3 Qa1+ 16. Nb1 Be7 17. f3 O-O 18. h4 Nh5 19. Be1 Nf4 20. Qf1
Rc6 21. hxg5 Bxg5 22. Bd2 Rfc8 $40 {Jansa,V (2513)-Georgiev,K (2666)/EU-ch
Aix-les-Bains/2011/}) (12. h4 g4 $5 (12... Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. O-O-O Qc7 15.
Kb1 b5 16. Rhe1 Qc4 17. Nd2 Qxd3 18. cxd3 b4 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. d4 Bd3+ 21. Ka1
Nd7 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Nf3 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 f6 25. Nh2 g4 26. Bh4 Be7 27. f3 $132 {
Oral,T (2510)-Babula,V (2571)/CZE-chT/2006/}) 13. Nd2 b5 14. a3 Be6 (14... Be7
{and}) (14... h5 {also give Black a good position.}) 15. O-O (15. h5 Qa5 16.
Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. O-O Bg7 19. Bh4 Qc7 20. Rac1 O-O 21. c4 f5 $36 {
Shaposhnikov,E (2545)-Khismatullin,D (2664)/Samara/2012/}) 15... Be7 16. Rfd1
Qb6 17. Nf1 Rc4 18. Nd2 Rd4 $5 (18... Rc8 $11) (18... Rc5 $5 $13) 19. Qe3 Qc6
20. Re1 Bd8 21. Nb3 Rc4 22. Rad1 Bb6 23. Qd3 Rxc3 $5 24. bxc3 Ke7 $44 {
Movsesian,S (2723)-Topalov,V (2803)/Khanty-Mansiysk olm/2010/}) 12... b5 13. a4
b4 (13... Qa5 14. O-O bxa4 15. Rfb1 Qc5 16. Qxa6 Be7 17. Nxa4 Qxc2 18. Nb6 Rd8
19. Ndc4 Qxe4 20. Re1 Qf5 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Rxe5 Qc2 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. Qxf6 $18
{Naiditsch,A (2691)-Sanikidze,T (2566)/EU-ch Rijeka/2010/}) 14. Nd1 Qb6 15. Ne3
Qd4 16. O-O Be7 17. Qxa6 O-O 18. Qd3 Qxb2 19. Rfd1 Qc3 20. f3 Be6 21. a5 Rc6
22. Bf2 Ra8 23. Ra4 d5 $11 {Baltag,I (2396)-Babula,V (2595)/Istanbul olm/2012/}
) 4... a6 {The move order is important for achieving the desired position.} (
4... Ngf6 5. d4 $5 a6 (5... Nxe4 6. Qe2 $44 {[%cal Yd4c5,Yf1d1] and retaining
the pawn is very risky due to Black's lag in development.}) (5... cxd4 6. Qxd4
e5 7. Qd3 h6 8. c4 $5 a6 9. Bxd7+ Bxd7 10. Nc3 {transposes to the line 9...Nf6,
mentioned in the notes below. Here Black's counterplay is less concrete and
effective, than in the game.}) 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. Nc3 {- 4.d4 Nf6}) 5. Bxd7+ {
Retreating costs a valuable tempo and never was White's plan anyway.} (5. Bd3
g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. Bc2 Ngf6 8. d4 Qc7 9. h3 O-O 10. a4 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Nbd2 e5
13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qe2 Bc6 15. b4 cxb4 16. cxb4 b5 17. Rfd1 bxa4 18. Bxa4 Bxa4
19. Rxa4 Qc2 20. Rda1 Nxe4 21. Ne1 Qb2 22. Nd3 Qc2 23. Ne1 $11 {1/2,Bartel,M 
(2653)-Cheparinov,I (2650)/EU-chT Porto Carras/2011/}) 5... Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7.
Qxd4 e5 {Again the Najdorf motif as above.} ({More restrained, but plausible is
} 7... e6 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bc6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rad1 O-O 12. Rfe1 h6 13. Bxf6
Bxf6 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Rfc8 16. Rd3 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. a3 Rab8 19. Nd4
b4 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21. axb4 Rxb4 $11 {Bologan,V (2663)-Van Wely,L (2680)/
playchess.com 5'/2004/}) ({Another version of the same idea is} 7... Rc8 $5 8.
c4 (8. Nc3 e5 9. Qd3 h6 {leads to a position, mentioned already in the note to
4.0-0 as fully satisfactory for Black.}) 8... Qc7 9. b3 e5 10. Qd3 b5 11. Na3
Qb7 12. Re1 h6 (12... Bc6 13. Nb1 Nf6 14. Nc3 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17.
Bb2 f6 18. a3 Be7 19. axb4 O-O 20. Nd4 f5 21. Ne6 Rf6 22. c5 $16 {Jones,G 
(2653)-Gordon,S (2539)/GBR-ch North Shields rpd plof/2012/}) 13. Nd2 (13. cxb5
axb5 14. Nc2 Nf6 15. Nb4 Be7 16. Bb2 O-O 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Nb1 {Kabanov,N (2500)
-Akkozov,B (2288)/Pavlodar/2010/} d5 $32 {|^}) 13... Nf6 14. Nc2 Be7 15. Ba3
Be6 16. Ne3 {1/2,Haslinger,S (2524)-Esen,B (2587)/Vlissingen/2012/} O-O $11) 8.
Qd3 h6 9. c4 (9. Nc3 {gives Black a pleasant choice between} Rc8 {-7...Rc8!?} (
{and} 9... Nf6)) 9... b5 $1 {This energetic advance gives Black full-blooded
counterplay.} (9... Nf6 {is less active and somewhat weaker, although it's
played more often:} 10. Nc3 Be7 11. a4 O-O (11... b6 $6 {is too passive:} 12.
b3 Ra7 13. Rd1 Bc8 14. Ba3 Rd7 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Nf1 Bb7 17. Ne3 Re8 18. Ncd5
Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qa8 21. Qxa8 Rxa8 22. Rd5 f6 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. g3
g5 25. f4 $16 {[%csl Ga3,Rd6,Re5,Re7,Rf6,Rg5,Rh6] Tiviakov,S (2647)-Anand,V 
(2817)/Bundesliga/2012/}) 12. Be3 $5 (12. b3 {allows the liberating} b5 $1 13.
axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. cxb5 Rb8 16. Be3 Bxb5 $1 17. Nxb5 Qa6 18. Rc1 Qxb5
19. Qxb5 Rxb5 20. Rc7 Bf8 21. Nd2 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 $11 {Oratovsky,M (2520)
-Soffer,R (2515)/Tel Aviv/1994/}) 12... Rc8 (12... Be6 13. a5 Rc8 14. b3 Nd7
15. Nd5 Qe8 16. Rfd1 Bd8 17. Nd2 Kh7 18. f3 g6 19. Nc3 (19. b4 $5) (19. Nb1 $14
) 19... Be7 20. Nd5 Bd8 {1/2,Rublevsky,S (2662)-Fedorov,A (2684)/Smolensk/2000/
}) 13. a5 Qc7 14. b3 Be6 15. Rfc1 (15. Nh4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 f5) 15... Qb8 16. Ne1
(16. h3 $5 $14) 16... Ng4 17. Nc2 f5 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Qe2 Kh8 21.
Rd1 Be6 22. Nc3 Bh4 23. f3 Nxe3 24. Nxe3 Bd8 25. Ne4 Rc6 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5
b6 28. Qd1 Bc7 $132 {Anisimov,P (2445)-Amonatov,F (2557)/St Petersburg/2003/})
10. Nfd2 {Protecting Pc4 with the N takes the sting out of bxc4. Although the
text move looks unnatural, alternatives give Black at least easy equality:} (
10. Rd1 bxc4 11. Qxc4 Nf6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Nd5 (13. h3 O-O 14. Be3 Qb8 15. Rab1
Qb7 16. Qd3 Bc6 17. Nd2 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 $11 {Dovzik,J (2374)-Likavsky,T (2498)
/SVK-chT/2009/}) 13... Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Qc8 15. b3 Bc6 16. Qd3 Qb7 17. Nd2 O-O 18.
Ba3 Rfd8 19. Qe2 d5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rac1 Qe6 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24.
Qxe4 Rac8 $11 {1/2,Rivas Pastor,M (2445)-Suba,M (2520)/Albacete/2005/}) (10.
Nc3 bxc4 11. Qxc4 Nf6 12. Qd3 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nc4 Be6 (14... Qb8 15. Rd1
Bb5 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. Ne3 Rd8 18. Nd5 Qb7 19. Be3 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Rxd5
b4 22. Kf1 Rdc8 23. Rb5 Rc2 24. Rxb4 d5 $44 25. Rb7 d4 26. Rc1 Rac8 27. Rxc2
Rxc2 28. Rxe7 $11 {1/2,Tyulin,E (2450)-Cherkasov,N/corr/1987/}) 15. Ne3 Qc7 16.
Bd2 Qb7 17. b3 Rfd8 {1/2,Marinovic,B (2390)-Kovacevic,A (2549)/Valjevo SRB-chT/
2012/}) (10. c5 Be6 11. Qe3 Nf6 12. b3 Rc8 13. cxd6 Bxd6 14. Bb2 Rc2 15. Bc3 b4
16. Qd3 {1/2,Oratovsky,M (2587)-Damaso,R (2423)/Maia/2003/} Rxc3 17. Nxc3 bxc3
18. Rfd1 Be7 19. Qxc3 Qa8 $15) 10... Nf6 11. Nc3 Qb8 $5 {This seems to be the
best.} ({After} 11... Qb6 12. a4 {Black's queen is misplaced, as is clearly
show by the continuation} b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 a5 15. Nc4 Qa6 16. f4 Rc8
17. b3 Be7 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Rxf7 $1 Bc5+ (19... Rxc4 20. Rxe7+ $16) 20. Kh1
Bd4 21. Rxd7 Rxc4 22. Rxg7 $1 $16 {Iordachescu,V (2440)-Marin,M (2545)/
Bucharest/1996/}) (11... b4 {is perhaps plausible, but closing the queenside
after Black's 9...b5! doesn't seem too consistent:} 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 (13.
cxd5 Bb5 14. Nc4 Rc8 $11) 13... Be7 14. Re1 O-O 15. Nf1 Be6 16. Qd3 Qa5 $6 (
16... f5 $142 $1 $132) 17. Ne3 Bg5 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Rd1 $14 Bxe3 {This swap
eases White's task and still wasn't forced, but Black was probably worried
about ideas, connected with Nf5.} 20. Bxe3 Qc7 21. a3 bxa3 22. Rxa3 Qc6 23. Ra5
Rd7 24. f3 Rdd8 25. Rda1 $36 {[%csl Ra6,Rd6] Olsarova,K (2247)-Womacka,M (2427)
/Teplice/2012/}) 12. a4 bxa4 (12... b4 13. Nd5 $14) 13. Nxa4 Be7 $13 {[%mdl 32]
Topalov has opened the queenside instead of pushing the b-pawn. Strategically
the position resembles an original mix of the Najdorf and Sveshikov setups.}
14. Nc3 $146 {A natural novelty.} ({A very similar line is} 14. Rd1 Bc6 15. Nc3
O-O 16. Nf1 Qb7 17. f3 Nh5 (17... Nd7 $5 $132) 18. Ng3 (18. Ne3 $142) 18...
Nxg3 19. hxg3 Rfc8 20. Be3 a5 21. Nb5 ({Releases the tension, but} 21. b3 $5
Qb4 $11 {is also only roughly equal.}) 21... Bxb5 22. cxb5 Rcb8 23. b6 Bd8 24.
Qxd6 Bxb6 $11 {Skripchenko,A (2468)-Melia,S (2400)/EU-chW Gaziantep/2012/ The
game was quickly drawn after massive simplification.}) 14... O-O 15. b3 Bc6 16.
Ba3 {[%cal Yb3b5]} a5 {Topalov naturally prevents b4-b5 and fixes the pawn on
b3 as a target for his major pieces.} 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. f3 Ra7 19. Kh1 Rb7 $132
{[%cal Gb8b3] ~~ Pressure on the semi-open b-file allows Black to retain the
dynamic balance.} 20. Rdb1 (20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 (21. cxd5 Bb5 22. Qe3 Rc8 $11
{/=/+}) 21... Bd7 {[%csl Ge5,Gf5][%cal Yf7f5,Ye7f6] is pleasant for Black}) (
20. Rab1 $142 $11) 20... Rc8 ({The immediate} 20... Nd7 $5 {[%cal Yd7c5,Ye7g5]
was also fully viable.}) 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. Ra2 Nd7 $5 {After slight hesitation
Topalov opts for an active plan - he abandons the control of d5 and transfers
his knight to more active squares.} 23. Qc2 (23. Nd5 Bg5 24. Rb1 Nf8 25. Qc3
Ne6 $5 26. Qxa5 Nd4 {and Black regains the pawn back with a pleasant position.
This line shows how Black can play so to say "around" the seemingly powerful
Nd5.}) 23... Bg5 24. Nf1 Nf8 25. Ne2 {This passive retreat helps Black.} (25.
Ng3 $5 {[%cal Yg3e2]}) 25... Ne6 26. Rd3 Qa7 {[%mdl 512] This pawn sacrifice
in approaching time-trouble is interesting, but hardly fully clear.} (26... a4
27. bxa4 Rb1 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Bxa4 30. Qxa4 Qb1 31. Bc1 Bxc1 32. Ra1 Qd3
33. Rxc1 Qxe2 34. Qc2 $11 {simplifies the position and eases White's task.}) (
26... Nc5 $5 27. Bxc5 dxc5 $11 {/=/+}) 27. Qd1 (27. Bxd6 a4 $1 (27... Qf2 $143
28. Qb1 Nc5 29. Bxc5 Qxc5 $44 {[%csl Rb3,Gc6,Gg5]}) 28. Qd1 (28. b4 $2 Qf2 29.
Qb1 (29. Qd1 Nf4) 29... Rxb4 $1 30. Bxb4 Rxd3 $17) 28... Rbd7 29. b4 Be7 30. c5
Bb5 $36) (27. Rxd6 $142 $5 Qf2 28. Qb1 (28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Qb1 Bb6 $44 {
is similar}) 28... Rxd6 29. Bxd6 Qb6 30. Rb2 Nc5 $44 {Here Black has enough
for the pawn, but he can hardly claim an advantage and the final result is
very much open.} (30... Nd4 $5)) 27... Qb6 28. Ra1 Qf2 29. Nc3 Nc5 $5 ({
The text move retains the tension and is less committal than} 29... Nd4 30. Rb1
(30. Ra2 Qh4 31. Nd5 Rxb3 $5 32. Rxb3 Ba4 $36) 30... Rxb3 31. Rxb3 Nxb3 32. f4
$1 Bxf4 33. Rf3 Qd4 $1 (33... Qb6 $143 $6 34. Nd5 $16) 34. Qxb3 a4 35. Qc2 (35.
Qb4 f5 36. Nb5 Qa1 $44) 35... Qxc4 36. Qd3 $13) 30. Bxc5 Qxc5 31. Nd5 Rdb8 32.
Nfe3 g6 $11 {/=/+ The position slightly favours Black. White's knights are
tied to each other and he can't attack Black's isolated pawns, while his own
Pb3 is under pressure. On the other hand Black can prepare a timely a4, or
carefully expand on the opposite flank.} 33. h3 {White makes some s breathing
space, but this is questionable, as his king will not be any safer on h2.} ({
Perhaps he should have rather marked time with} 33. Rc3 h5 34. Rd3) 33... h5
34. Qc2 h4 {[%csl Rf4,Rg3] While this is a sound positional move, in some
lines White can profit from the g4-square.} 35. Qa2 Kg7 (35... a4 $5 36. b4
Rxb4 37. Nxb4 Rxb4 $44) 36. Ng4 $6 {This is dubious, as it allows a promising
exchange sacrifice.} ({White could have waited instead with} 36. Qc2 $132) ({
Even better was the concrete} 36. Qd2 $5 Bxd5 (36... Rxb3 $2 37. Nf5+ $18) (
36... Bxe3 37. Nxe3 Rxb3 38. Rxb3 Rxb3 39. Ng4 $40) 37. Rxa5 Qb4 38. Qxb4 Rxb4
39. Nxd5 $11) 36... a4 $1 37. f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A serious error, probably
caused by time trouble.} (37. bxa4 $2 Rb2 38. Qa3 Rb1+ $19) (37. b4 $8 Rxb4 38.
Nxb4 Rxb4 39. Rc3 f5 40. Nf2 {was more resilient, although after} Qd4 $36 {
Black is distinctly on top.}) 37... Rxb3 $19 {Now the defence collapses.} 38.
Rxb3 (38. fxg5 Rxd3 $19 (38... Rb2 $5 $19)) (38. Rd2 Bxf4 $19) 38... axb3 39.
Qb2 Bxd5 40. Nxe5 {Sheer desperation.} (40. exd5 Bxf4 $19) (40. fxg5 Bxe4 41.
Nf6 Qxc4 $19) 40... dxe5 (40... dxe5 41. Qxe5+ Bf6 42. Qxb8 Bxa1 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2176]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {The 2016 Candidates tournament
featured two Sicilians, this year there was only a single one:} (3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 O-O 11. g5
Nh5 12. O-O-O b5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 f6 15. gxf6 Bxf6 16. Kb1 ({There are
far more games with the direct} 16. Na5 {, but after} Qe8 {Black is doing fine,
especially in mail practice:} 17. Bh3 (17. Nc6 Bd8 $1 {[%cal Yd8b6]} 18. Rg1
Kh8 19. Nxd8 Qxd8 20. Kb1 Nf4 21. c4 Rb8 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Rc1 Rf7 24. Rc6 Qe7
25. h4 Qf8 26. a3 e4 $1 27. fxe4 Ne5 28. Qc1 b4 $132 {Nogga,U (2444)-Kraft,D 
(2467) email 2016}) 17... Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Rhe1 Ne5 20. Re4 Kh8 21. Qe2
Qg6 22. Kb1 Bd8 23. Nb7 Nc4 24. Nxd8 Raxd8 25. Qf2 Qh6 26. Be6 Rde8 27. Rdd4
Re7 28. h3 Rc7 $11 {Hertel,P (2654)-Granski,M (2497) email 2012}) 16... Nf4 (
16... Nb6 $5) 17. Rg1 (17. Na5 Nb6 18. c4 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Qd7 21.
Rc1 Qh3 $132 {/=/+, Worek,J (2272)-Borovikov,V (2553) Paleochora 2017}) 17...
Kh8 (17... Nb6 $143 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nd4 $14) 18. Bd3 Bg5 19. Na5 Bh6 20. Nc6
({This position already arose via a different move order, after} 20. Be4 Qh4
21. Nb7 Qe7 22. Rge1 Nf6 23. Na5 Qe8 24. Bxf4 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Rxf4 26. Qb4 Qd7
27. Nc6 Bg5 28. a4 bxa4 29. Qxa4 Bh4 30. Rf1 Bf2 31. Qa5 h6 32. Qd2 Raf8 $13 {
/=/+, Karg,H (2183)-Kuosa,N (2568) email 2009 Black's bishop was no weaker
than the Nc6 and in the end his kingside play prevailed.}) 20... Qh4 21. Qb4
Rf6 22. a4 Qxh2 (22... Qh5 $143 $5 $13) 23. Be4 Qe2 24. Bxf4 ({A direct human
choice;} 24. Rge1 Qc4 25. Qa5 Nc5 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27. Rh1 $44 {is an engine
alternative}) 24... Bxf4 25. Qa5 Nc5 (25... Be3 $5 26. Rge1 Qf2 27. Qc7 $36 (
27. Rh1 h6 28. Qc7 $36) (27. axb5 $5)) 26. Qc7 Bh6 27. Nd8 $1 Nxe4 28. fxe4 Rf8
29. Nf7+ (29. Rde1 $142 $1 Qc4 30. Nf7+ Rxf7 31. Qxf7 Rc8 32. Rg2 $16) 29...
Rxf7 30. Qxf7 Rc8 31. Rc1 Qxe4 32. Rgf1 (32. Rg3 $14) (32. a5 $5) 32... Bf4 33.
Rg1 Bh6 34. Rgf1 Rg8 35. Rcd1 bxa4 $132 {Caruana,F (2784)-Mamedyarov,S (2809)
Berlin ct 2018 In the end Black's counterplay managed to save the day.}) 3...
Nd7 {To be ultimately successful in an open, one must score also with Black
against strong opposition.} ({The text ambitiously strives to get the bishop
pair, compared with the simpler and more circumspect} 3... Bd7 {and now:} 4.
Bxd7+ {is the main move:} ({Here too White seeks earlier deviations:} 4. c4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 $5 (5... g6 {is played more often, but forcing White's hand makes a
good impression.}) 6. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7. O-O (7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Rc8 {[%csl Rc4]})
7... Rc8 8. Re1 e6 9. b3 Ne5 $1 10. d3 Be7 11. Bf4 Nfd7 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Be3
O-O 14. a3 Nb8 15. Rb1 Nc6 16. Qd2 Qa5 17. Qb2 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. a4 bxa4 20.
Nxa4 Rfd8 21. Red1 h6 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Nxc3 Rb8 24. Na4 Nd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26.
Kf1 Rdb4 27. Ke2 Rxb3 28. Rxb3 Rxb3 29. Rc1 Rb4 {½, Vachier Lagrave,M (2804)
-Grischuk,A (2737) Doha blitz 2016}) ({Even here White has tried} 4. a4 $5 Nc6
5. O-O g6 (5... a6 $5 {again forces the bishop to declare its intentions -} 6.
Bc4 Nf6 7. Re1 Bg4 $5 $132) 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 $1 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10.
h3 a6 11. Bc4 Rc8 12. Re1 Ne8 13. Bb3 Na5 14. Ba2 Nc4 15. Qd3 b5 16. axb5 axb5
17. b3 Na5 18. Nxb5 Qb6 19. Na3 Nc6 20. Nc2 Nc7 21. Be3 Qb5 22. Qd2 d5 23. e5
Bf5 24. Rec1 Ne6 25. Nce1 Be4 26. Nh2 Nb4 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Bb1 $14 {Caruana,F
(2799)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2729) London blitz 2017}) {A more common move is} 4...
Qxd7 {, after} ({Recently there have been some games with} 4... Nxd7 {, but} 5.
O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 (8... Rc8 9. b3 {is similar.}) 9. c4
O-O 10. b3 {allows White to get a pleasant Maroczy structure, which is one the
aims of 3.Bb5+ in first place:} a6 (10... Re8 11. Bb2 Nc5 12. Nc3 d5 $2 {
is a misguided attempt at liberation, which failed...} 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nf5 $1
Bf8 15. Rxe8 Qxe8 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Nh6+ $1 Kh8 18. Qxd5 Qe6 19. Nxf7+ Kg8 20.
Qxe6 Nxe6 21. Ne5 $18 {Adams,M (2709)-Grandelius,N (2647) Caleta 2018}) 11. Bb2
Qb6 12. Nc3 Nc5 13. Qf3 (13. Qe2 $5 $14) 13... Nfd7 14. Rad1 Bf6 15. Qe3 Ne5
$132 16. h3 $2 Nxc4 $15 {Borgo,G (2320)-Zagrebelny,S (2515) Velden 1994}) 5. c4
Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nf6 10. f3 O-O {White hasn't made
any impressive inroads lately:} 11. O-O a6 12. Qd3 (12. Na4 Rab8 13. Nxc6 Qxc6
14. Nb6 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Rf2 b5 17. c5 Qa7 18. Rc1 dxc5 19. Bxc5 Qc7 20.
f4 Rfd8 21. Qe1 Rd3 22. e5 Qd7 $11 {Caruana,F (2807)-Kasparov,G (2812) Saint
Louis rpd 2017}) ({and} 12. a4 e6 13. Rc1 Ne5 14. b3 d5 $1 15. cxd5 exd5 16.
exd5 Nxd5 (16... Rfe8 $11) (16... Rad8 $11) 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Nf5 Nxf3+ 19.
Rxf3 Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1 gxf5 21. Rd7 Rfe8 22. Kf2 Rac8 23. Rxb7 Be5 24. Rxf5 Rc2+
25. Kg1 Bd6 $11 {Sandipan,C (2573)-Sjugirov,S (2673) Moscow 2017 are both
harmless}) 12... Ne5 ({Another way to keep things level is} 12... Rfc8 13. b3
Qd8 14. Rac1 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 b5 $5 18. Nd5 bxc4 19.
Rxc4 Rxc4 20. Qxc4 Nb6 21. Qc7 Nxd5 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd5 Rc8 24. Ra5 Rc6 $11
{Mamedov,R (2658)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2765) Shamkir 2015}) 13. Qe2 Rac8 (13...
e6 14. Rac1 Rfc8 15. b3 d5 $6 16. f4 $1 Neg4 17. e5 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Ng4 19. Qe2
dxc4 20. Rfd1 h5 21. h3 Nh6 22. bxc4 Qc7 23. Ne4 $16 {Bacrot,E (2715)
-Morozevich,A (2675) Biel 2017 Here the central break was premature, as shown
by the notes tothis game in CBM 180 by Kr. Szabo.}) 14. b3 b5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16.
cxd5 e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Rad1 (18. Rac1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rd1 Nc6 21. Nc2
Qc7 22. Qd2 Rd8 23. Bg5 Rd7 24. Bf4 Qb6+ 25. Be3 Qc7 {½, Safarli,E (2657)
-Areshchenko,A (2682) Reykjavik 2015}) 18... Nc6 19. Qd2 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Rc6 21.
f4 Bxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Rf7 23. Qd3 Qc8 24. h3 Qf8 25. Qg3 Rc2 26. a3 Qc8 27. Kh2 Rc3
$132 {Kryvoruchko,Y (2692)-Yilmaz,M (2633) Heraklio 2017}) 4. a4 $5 {An
original move, which was. e.g., tried by Carlsen. White wants to retain his B
and possibly advance the Pa4 further.} ({Lately a fashionable line was} 4. O-O
a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2 {and now:} {A more restrained try is}
Bb7 ({Sharper, but potentially more dangerous is} 8... c4 {The main reaction is
} 9. d4 $5 (9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Na3 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4
14. d3 cxd3 15. Qxd3 d5 16. Nxb5 Qb7 17. b4 $146 (17. Be3 Bc5 18. c4 O-O 19.
cxd5 exd5 20. Nc3 Ndf6 $11 {Iordachescu,V (2581)-Swiercz,D (2655) Civitanova
Marche 2016}) 17... Be7 18. Bg5 {Amin,B (2693)-Vidit,S (2718) Wijk aan Zee 2018
} Nxg5 19. Nxg5 g6 $1 $11 {and White has nothing concrete:} 20. Nxe6 $2 fxe6
21. Rxe6 Kf7 $17) 9... cxd3 10. Qxd3 Bb7 11. a4 {With a castled K Black would
have a comfortable Open Sicilian, now he must tread with care.} Nc5 12. Qe2
bxa4 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Be7 (14... Qd5 $5) 15. Rd1 {A more recent example
went} Qb6 ({After} 15... Qc8 {Black must reckon with two options:} 16. Rxa4 $5
(16. Nd2 O-O 17. Ndc4 $44) 16... Nxa4 17. Bxa4+ Kf8 18. Na3 (18. Bg5 $5) 18...
Bxa3 19. bxa3 $44 Ke7 $2 20. Qb2 a5 21. Be3 Kf8 22. c4 h5 23. Bg5 Ne4 24. Rd8+
Qxd8 25. Bxd8 {1-0, Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Giri,A (2771) Stavanger blitz 2017
}) 16. Rxa4 (16. Be3 $5) 16... Nxa4 17. Bxa4+ Kf8 18. Rd7 Qa5 19. Rxb7 Qxa4 20.
c4 Qa1 21. Qc2 Qa5 22. Qe2 Qa1 {½, Liang,A (2545)-Li,R (2548) Saint Louis
2017. It's an open question if this repetition is really forced, in any case I
wouldn't be too surprised if White's play can be improved upon.}) 9. d4 Be7 10.
Nbd2 Qc7 11. Nf1 O-O 12. Ng3 Rfc8 $5 (12... Rfe8 13. h3 Rac8 14. Bd3 Bf8 15.
Bd2 g6 16. Qe2 Bg7 17. a4 e5 18. d5 c4 19. Bc2 Nc5 20. Nh2 Rb8 21. Ra3 Bc8 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Ng4 Bxg4 24. hxg4 Ra8 25. Rea1 Rxa3 26. Rxa3 Qb7 27. g5 Nfd7 28.
Qd1 Ra8 $11 {Hou,Y (2629)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2766) Biel 2014 See the notes to
this game in CBM 162 by Sagar Shah.}) 13. Bd3 Bf8 14. Bd2 (14. a4 $5 bxa4 15.
Rxa4 a5 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. cxd4 d5 $5 18. e5 Ne4 $132 {Bartel,M (2343)
-Cheparinov,I (2703) Warsaw 2017}) 14... g6 (14... e5 15. d5 c4 16. Bc2 a5 17.
h3 Nc5 18. Nh2 Ba6 19. Ng4 {Guseinov,G (2646)-Cheparinov,I (2693) Batumi 2018}
Nxg4 $11) 15. Rc1 Bg7 16. a3 e5 17. d5 c4 18. Bc2 Nc5 19. h3 a5 20. Rb1 Rcb8
21. Nh2 Qe7 22. Qf3 Bc8 23. Ngf1 Bd7 $11 {Venkatesh,M (2460)-Wei,Y (2675)
Caleta 2015 Black can be fully satisfied with this Ruy Lopez like position.})
4... Ngf6 (4... a6 {is most likely to be a transposition after} 5. Bc4 Ngf6) 5.
Nc3 ({More flexible than} 5. d3 {, as White still retains the option to enter
an Open Sicilian with d2-d4.}) 5... a6 (5... g6 6. a5 Bg7 7. a6 $5 ({Magnus
prefers to avoid} 7. O-O a6 8. Bc4 O-O 9. d3 Nb8 10. Nd5 Nc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12.
Bd2 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Rab1 Qd8 $15 {[%csl Ra5]
Carlsen,M (2855)-Topalov,V (2761) Paris blitz 2016}) 7... O-O 8. O-O e6 9. d3
Qb6 10. axb7 Bxb7 11. Re1 Rfd8 12. Ba4 h6 13. h3 d5 $6 ({This prematurely
changes the pawn structure. After} 13... Rab8 {or}) (13... Qc7 {White is at
best only slightly better.}) 14. e5 Nh7 15. Bxd7 $1 Rxd7 16. d4 $1 cxd4 17. Ne2
d3 18. Qxd3 {the attempt to avoid a blockade} d4 {gave White a strong attack
after} 19. Nexd4 g5 20. c3 Nf8 21. Nh2 Ng6 22. Qg3 Nh4 23. Nhf3 Nxf3+ 24. Nxf3
Rd3 25. h4 $1 $40 {Carlsen,M (2822)-Dreev,A (2648) Tbilisi 2017}) ({However, a
fully playable alternative is} 5... e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 a6 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O
Bb7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bh4 Ne5 14. Nf1 Rd8 15. Bg3 O-O 16.
Ne3 Rc8 17. Kh1 Rfd8 18. f3 Nh5 19. Bf2 Nf4 20. Bf1 Nfg6 21. Qd2 Bg5 22. Qe1
Nf4 23. Bg3 Nh5 $132 {Nakamura,H (2776)-Topalov,V (2800) Caleta 2015 Black has
typical counterplay, for details see the notes to this game in CBM 165 by
Ramirez Alvarez.}) 6. Bc4 {The main move.} (6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. a5 g6 ({A more
accurate move is} 7... Bc6 $5 8. d3 g6 $132) 8. O-O Bg7 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 O-O
11. d3 Be6 12. Re1 Nd5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bc3 Rad8 16. Qe2 f6 17.
Nc4 e5 18. b3 Rfe8 19. f3 Bf8 20. Qf2 Bc6 21. Re2 Qf7 22. Rae1 g5 23. Bd2 h6
24. Be3 Qd5 25. Nd2 f5 26. Nc4 e4 27. dxe4 fxe4 28. f4 $14 {Carlsen,M (2837)
-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis blitz 2017}) ({After} 6. Be2 b6 (6... g6 {and}) (
6... e6 {both deserve attention; the position is still relatively untested.})
7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1 {However, a more ambitious try is} g6 $5 (8... Nxe4 9. Nxe4
Bxe4 {is risky, Black must reckon with more moves:} 10. d4 $32 (10. Bc4 $44) (
10. Ng5 $5)) (8... e6 {is solid.}) 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bg7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4
O-O 13. Bc4 Re8 14. Nf3 Qc7 15. Bb3 Rac8 16. Qd2 Qc5 17. Rad1 Nh5 (17... g5 $1
18. Bg3 Nh5 $15) 18. Nd5 g5 19. Bxg5 $5 hxg5 20. Qxg5 e6 (20... Nhf6 $5 {
and White must still prove his compensation.}) 21. Ne7+ Rxe7 22. Qxe7 Nhf6 23.
Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6+ {Jones,G (2651)-Inarkiev,E (2684) Batumi 2018} Kh8 $5 (
24... Kh7 $11) 25. Qh3+ Qh5 $11 {/=/+}) 6... e6 {The most usual reaction.} ({
But there is also the interesting} 6... Qa5 $5 7. Ra3 (7. Rb1 $5) 7... e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. d3 Qc7 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bd6
15. Bf4 Nxc4 16. dxc4 Bb7 17. Bg3 Rad8 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. Raa1 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe5
$11 {Adams,M (2715)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) London 2017}) ({Black can also
equalise with} 6... g6 7. a5 e6 (7... Bg7 $2 8. Bxf7+ $1) 8. d3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O
10. Re1 b5 11. axb6 Qxb6 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. h3 d5 14. e5 Ne8 15. Ba4 Bc6 16. Bg5
Nc7 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Qd2 Nb5 19. Bh6 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 cxd4 22. Ne2
Nxe5 23. Nxd4 Qb6 24. Ra4 Nd7 $11 {Hansen,S (2580)-Bok,B (2611) Germany 2017})
7. O-O Be7 8. a5 {Lopez keeps the centre closed and continues in a positional
vein.} (8. Re1 Qc7 9. a5 Ng4 $5 (9... O-O 10. d3 h6 11. h3 Nb8 $6 (11... b5
$132) 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Qd2 Bxf4 17. Qxf4
Bd7 18. Na4 Rac8 19. Nb6 Qc7 20. Re5 Rcd8 21. Qe3 $16 {[%csl Rc5] Kamsky,G 
(2676)-Huschenbeth,N (2596) Bastia 2017}) 10. d3 O-O 11. Nd2 Nge5 12. Bb3 Bf6
13. f4 Nc6 14. Nc4 Rb8 15. Kh1 Nd4 16. Ba4 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. e5 $6 (18. Nxb6
Rxb6 19. Nb1 $11) 18... Bh4 19. exd6 Qd8 20. Nxb6 Rxb6 21. Re3 Qxd6 22. Rh3 Be7
$15 {Khalafova,N (2250)-Odeev,H (2397) Moscow 2017}) ({However, a more
problematic move is} 8. d4 $5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O (9... Ne5 {prevents the
following operation, but costs time and White can fight for an edge with} 10.
Bb3 O-O 11. f4 Nc6 12. Be3 $13 {/+/=}) 10. a5 (10. Bxe6 $142 $5 fxe6 11. Nxe6
$13 {/+/=}) 10... Qc7 ({Also} 10... Ne5 $5 11. Bb3 Nc6 {[%csl Ra5] deserves
attention.}) 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nxe6 Qc4 13. Nxf8 Bxf8 14. Re1 Qf7 15. f3 Ne5
16. Na4 Be6 17. b3 Re8 18. c4 Qh5 19. Ra2 Nfd7 20. Nc3 Nc5 21. Ne2 Qh4 22. Rf1
Bf7 23. Nf4 Qd8 24. Be3 Nc6 $13 {Trent,L (2435)-Jakovenko,D (2710) Germany 2018
}) 8... O-O 9. Re1 ({Even here} 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 {deserves some attention:}
b5 (10... Ne5 $5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qxe5 Bd6 13. Qg5 Qc7 $11) 11. axb6 Qxb6 12.
Qxb6 Nxb6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Be3 Nfd7 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Rxa4 Bf6 17. c3 Bc6 18. Ra2
Rfb8 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 a5 21. f3 Kf8 22. Rfa1 a4 23. Bc2 e5 24. Be3 Ke7 $11
{/+/=, Sousa,A (2417)-Tsvetkov,A (2252) Batumi 2018}) 9... b5 10. axb6 Nxb6 11.
Bf1 ({More natural than} 11. Ba2 d5 (11... Bb7 $5) 12. d3 Bb7 13. Bg5 dxe4 14.
dxe4 Qc7 15. Qe2 c4 16. e5 Nfd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nd4 {Stany,G 
(2502)-Johansson,T (2049) London 2017} Rfb8 $36) 11... Bb7 $146 {A very normal
move.} (11... Qc7 $143 $6 12. d4 Rd8 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qe2 e5 $6 15. Be3 Bb7
16. Nd2 h6 17. f3 Nfd7 18. Nc4 f6 19. Na5 Nb8 20. Qf2 N8d7 21. Red1 Kh8 22. b3
$16 {Zwaig,A-Bedros,J Lugano 1968 This is more an example of how not to play
the resulting complex position.}) 12. d3 ({White finally spurns the idea} 12.
d4 cxd4 (12... d5 $5) 13. Nxd4 Qc7 $132) ({An interesting alternative was} 12.
b3 $5) 12... a5 13. h3 {Slightly mysterious.} ({White still had both
fianchettoes} 13. b3 {and}) (13. g3 $13 {at his disposal.}) 13... a4 14. e5 {
And this is the point: by preventing Ng4 White opens the centre after all.
Allthough now Black will have three pawn islands, his pieces (especially the
Bb7) will be pleased...} dxe5 15. Nxe5 {[%csl Ra4,Gb7,Rc5]} Nfd7 16. Nf3 {
More natural is development with} (16. Bf4 $11) 16... Qc7 (16... Bc6 {and}) (
16... Qb8 {are both valid alternatives.}) 17. Nb5 $6 {I don't like this
decentralisation.} (17. Bd2 {, or}) (17. Ne4 {seem more solid, but it's hard
to indicate a more tangible plan for White.}) 17... Qb8 18. c4 Bc6 19. Nc3 Qb7
20. Nd2 e5 (20... Nc8 $5 21. Nxa4 Nd6 $44 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Yd6f5,Yf5d4] gives
Black attractive compensation.}) 21. Nde4 (21. Nf3 $142 $1 $132 {prevents the
following central expansion.}) 21... f5 22. Bg5 Bxg5 23. Nxg5 h6 (23... Rae8 $5
$15) 24. Nf3 Rae8 {[%cal Ga8h1]} ({Black spurns} 24... Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Qxf3 26.
gxf3 $13 {and prefers to retain pressure on the long diagonal.}) 25. Nh4 (25.
Ra3 $5 {/\b3 and Black's edge remains minimal.}) 25... Re6 26. Qh5 g5 27. Nf3
Kg7 28. Nd2 Rg6 29. Nb5 (29. b3 $5 $132 {again seems more to the point.}) 29...
Qb8 30. Qd1 $6 {[%mdl 2176] The Q slowed down Black's ambitions, now his piece
play will grow into an attack.} ({This was the last chance to get in} 30. b3 $1
) 30... g4 $1 ({More concrete than} 30... h5 $5) 31. hxg4 Rxg4 32. Ne4 Kh7 33.
Ng3 Rfg8 $36 34. Nxf5 $2 {Saric has seriously increased his pressure and this
liberation attempt only invites his forces even closer. White could have
waited for ...h5.} Bxg2 35. Ng3 (35. Bxg2 Rxg2+ 36. Kf1 e4 $1 $19 {/\} 37. Qh5
Rxf2+ $1 38. Kxf2 Qf4+ 39. Ke2 Rg2+) 35... Ba8 $40 {Swapping the Pg2 for Pf5
weakened first and foremost White's K; now a concentrated attack against f2
and g3 will decide.} 36. Bg2 Bxg2 37. Kxg2 Nf6 ({Even more energetic is the
computer suggestion} 37... e4 $5 38. Re3 Qf4 39. dxe4 Ne5 $19 {[%cal Rb6c4,
Yh6h4]}) 38. Re3 {[%csl Rb5]} ({The Nb5 remains out of the play; a more
resilient try was} 38. Nc3) 38... Rf4 39. Qe2 (39. Nc3 Ng4 40. Rf3 Rgf8 41.
Rxf4 Rxf4 {/\} 42. Nce4 Rxf2+ $1 43. Nxf2 Ne3+ $19) 39... Qa8+ 40. Kg1 Ng4 $19
{[%csl Re3,Rf2]} 41. Re4 Nxf2 42. Qxf2 (42. Rxf4 Rxg3+ 43. Kxf2 Rg2+ $19) 42...
Rxf2 43. Kxf2 Nxc4 $1 {Nets Black more material.} 44. dxc4 (44. Rxc4 Qf8+ 45.
Kg2 Qg7 $19) 44... Rxg3 45. Kxg3 Qxe4 46. Rxa4 Qf4+ 47. Kg2 e4 48. Ra7+ Kg6 49.
Ra6+ Kh5 50. Nc3 e3 {[%csl Ge3] The o^e3 is unstoppable.} 0-1

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2834"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ {The World Champion switches his allegiance between
the text move and the Open Sicilian with} (3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 {
Recently in Qatar he was on both sides of the board after} 6. Be2 ({For the
alternative} 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. g4 {
Carlsen,M (2853)-So,W (2779) Saint Louis 2015 see the notes to this game in
CBM 168.}) 6... e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Nc6 $5 ({A rare continuation; a far more
usual one is} 8... Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Be7 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Rd1 Bxd5 13.
Qxd5 Qc7 14. Nd2 O-O 15. O-O b5 16. c3 g6 17. a3 Rab8 18. Rfe1 Rfd8 19. Qa2 Nc5
20. Bf1 Bg5 21. Nb3 Qc6 22. Na5 Qc7 23. Nb3 Qc6 24. Rd5 Nd7 25. Rd3 Nc5 26. Rf3
Rd7 27. Na5 Qa8 28. Qd5 Qxd5 29. exd5 e4 30. Rh3 f5 $132 {Carlsen,M (2834)
-Giri,A (2784) Doha 2015}) 9. Qd3 (9. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 10. Nd5) 9... Nb4 $5 $146
10. Qd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 $6 (12. a3 $142 Bg5 13. Qd1 Nc6 14. Qd3 Be6
$11) 12... Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. O-O-O Be7 15. Kb1 Be6 16. Qd3 O-O 17. f4 exf4
18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Rhf1 Bf6 20. Rxf4 Be5 21. Rff1 Rac8 22. c3 b5 23. Nf3 Be6 $36 {
Duda,J (2663)-Carlsen,M (2834) Doha 2015}) 3... Nd7 {This ambitious reaction
used to be a favourite of Kasparov, later it was taken up by Topalov. All this
is described in a survey in CBM 153; currently the text is experiencing a good
level of popularity among other top players as well.} ({One of these is
Vachier Lagrave, but in the rapid tiebreak later that day he preferred the
more sedate} 3... Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7
9. f3 Qc7 (9... O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Rc1 (11. O-O a6 12. Qd3 Ne5 13. Qe2 Rac8
14. b3 b5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Rac1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20.
Rd1 Nc6 21. Nc2 Qc7 22. Qd2 Rd8 23. Bg5 Rd7 24. Bf4 Qb6+ 25. Be3 Qc7 {½,
Safarli,E (2657)-Areshchenko,A (2682) Reykjavik 2015}) 11... Nxd4 (11... a6 $5
12. a4 (12. O-O Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bh6 $1 16. Rc2 Rfc8 $11)
12... Rac8 13. b3 e6 14. O-O d5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. e5 Ne8 17. f4 f6 $132) 12.
Bxd4 Rfc8 13. b3 Nh5 14. O-O Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Nf6 16. Rfe1 Rc7 17. Rcd1 Qc6 18.
Nb5 Rd7 19. Nxa7 Qc5 20. Qxc5 dxc5 21. Nb5 Rxa2 22. e5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nh5 24. g3
Rb2 25. Rd8+ Kg7 26. Re8 Rb1+ 27. Kg2 Rb2+ 28. Kg1 Rb1+ 29. Kg2 Rb2+ 30. Kh3 e6
31. Re7 Rxb3 {Carlsen,M (2834)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2773) London plof 2015} 32.
Nd6 Rxf3 33. Kg2 Rc3 34. Rxf7+ Kg8 35. Rxb7 $36) 10. b3 Qa5 {was Anand's
choice against Carlsen 3 years ago, although he lost the game, it remains
viable:} 11. Bb2 (11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Nde2 O-O 13. O-O a6 14. Kh1 Rac8 15. Rb1 e6
16. a4 Qc5 17. Be1 Rfd8 18. Bh4 h6 19. Rc1 Qh5 20. Bf2 Qa5 21. Be1 Qb6 22. Bf2
Qa5 23. Be1 Qb6 {1/2, Iordachescu,V (2588)-Wojtaszek,R (2746) FRA-chT
Montpellier 2015}) 11... Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Kh1 (13. Nce2 Rfd8 14. Bc3 Qb6 15.
Kh1 d5 $1 $132 {Carlsen,M (2843)-Anand,V (2780) Sao Paulo/Bilbao 2012. See the
notes to this game in CBM 151}) 13... Rfe8 14. Nce2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 b5 16. cxb5
Qxb5 17. Rc1 Rec8 18. Nc3 Qb7 19. Qd3 Rc6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd5 Rac8 22. Nxf6+
exf6 23. Rxc6 Qxc6 24. h3 Kg7 25. Rd1 Qc2 26. Qxc2 Rxc2 27. a4 Rc6 28. b4 Rc4
29. Rxd6 Rxb4 30. Ra6 Rb7 $11 {Duda,J (2599)-Gajewski,G (2643) Germany 2015})
4. O-O {We'll check the main alternatives:} (4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ (6.
Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O {gives Black a choice between Dragon, Hedgehog and Najdorf
setups:} e5 (7... g6 8. Nc3 (8. e5 $5 $32) 8... Bg7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. e5 Nh5 $6 (
10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Nd7 12. Nxf7 Bxd4 13. Nxd8 Bxf2+ 14. Kh1 Rxd8 15. Bg5 $44)
11. Qh4 dxe5 12. Bg5 Nhf6 (12... f6 13. Be3 {[%csl Rh5]} e6 14. Rd6 $32 Kh8 15.
Rad1 Qe7 16. Bc4 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Qxf4 e5 19. Qe3 $36 {Fressinet,L (2717)
-Cheparinov,I (2682) Dubai blitz 2014}) 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Ng4 15. Qh4 Ngf6
16. Qh6 Ng4 17. Qg5 Ngf6 18. Nxe5 Qc7 19. Nc4 b5 20. Ne3 Bb7 21. Rd4 Rfc8 22.
a4 Nf8 23. Rh4 bxa4 24. Rc4 Qd8 25. Rcxa4 $36 {1/2-1/2 (56) Krnan,T (2428)
-Hansen,E (2583) Guelph 2015}) (7... Qc7 8. c4 e6 9. b3 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Rd1
Be7 12. h3 Rd8 13. Qe3 O-O 14. Ba3 Rfe8 15. Rac1 h6 16. b4 Rc8 17. Bb2 Qb8 18.
Bd3 Nh7 19. Ne2 Ba8 20. e5 Ng5 21. Nxg5 Bxg5 22. f4 Be7 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4
Red8 25. Nd4 Bf8 26. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 27. exd6 $44 {Svidler,P (2739)-Grischuk,A 
(2746) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 8. Qe3 Nc5 (8... d5 9. exd5 Bc5 $2 (9... Nxd5
$142 10. Qd2 (10. Qe4 N5f6 11. Qh4 Be7 $13) (10. Qb3 Nc5 11. Qa3 Qc7 $11) 10...
N5f6 $132) 10. Qd2 O-O (10... e4 11. Nd4 {/\} Nxd5 $2 12. Nf5) 11. c4 e4 12.
Nd4 Ne5 13. b4 Ba7 14. Nc3 Bg4 15. c5 a5 16. a3 Nxd5 (16... Bb8 17. Rb1 $16)
17. Nxe4 Bb8 18. f3 Nf4 19. Nd6 $1 Bxd6 20. cxd6 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Qxd6 22. Nb5
$18 {Hou,Y (2629)-Giri,A (2750) Biel 2014}) 9. Nc3 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Ba3 Ne6
12. g3 Qa5 13. Bb2 Nc5 14. Nd2 Be6 15. a4 Rfe8 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. a5 Rad8 18. Rfd1
Qc6 19. Nd2 h6 20. Bf3 Bf8 $132 {Fressinet,L (2711)-Grandelius,N (2587) Malmo
2014}) 6... Bxd7 7. c4 (7. O-O Nf6 (7... Rc8 8. c4 (8. Bg5 $5 h6 9. Bh4 Nf6 10.
Bxf6 gxf6 11. c4 Rg8 12. Qd3 f5 13. exf5 Rc5 14. f6 Bh3 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2
Rcg5 17. Kh1 Rxg2 18. Nc3 e6 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. Rad1 $14 {/~~, Morozevich,A (2711)
-Khismatullin,D (2651) Poikovsky 2015}) 8... e5 9. Qd3 Qc7 $5 (9... b5 10. Na3
Qb6 11. cxb5 (11. Be3 Qb7 12. Nd2 Be7 13. Rfc1 Nf6 14. cxb5 Rxc1+ 15. Rxc1 axb5
16. Bg5 Nh5 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. g3 Nf6 19. Nc2 Rc8 20. Rd1 Bg4 21. Re1 Be6 22.
Nb4 Qb6 23. a3 Qb7 24. Qe3 h6 $11 {Wang Hao (2734)-Wojtaszek,R (2716) Shamkir
2014}) 11... Bxb5 (11... axb5 12. Bd2 Be7 13. Rac1 Rxc1 14. Rxc1 Nf6 15. Bb4
Bc6 16. Bxd6 Nxe4 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Nxe5 Qxf2+ 19. Kh1 Qb6 {Kosintseva,T (2483)
-Ushenina,A (2494) Beijing rpd 2014} 20. Qd4 $1 $18) 12. Nxb5 Qxb5 13. Qxb5+
axb5 14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 Nf6 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Rd1 O-O 18. g3 Rc2 {Kravtsiv,M 
(2623)-Areshchenko,A (2677) Lvov 2015} 19. Rd2 $5 $14) 10. Nfd2 b5 11. b3 Nf6
12. Nc3 Be7 13. Ba3 O-O 14. Rac1 Qb6 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Bb4 Bc6 17. a3 Rfd8 18.
Rc2 Nd7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Qxd5 Nf6 22. Qd3 Qb7 23. h3 h6 24. Re1
Rd8 {1/2, Kovalenko,I (2682)-Cheparinov,I (2683) Warsaw 2015}) (7... e5 {
often only transposes after} 8. Qd3 Rc8 {- 7...Rc8}) 8. Nc3 e5 9. Qd3 h6 10.
Nd2 (10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nd2 b5 12. a3 O-O 13. Nf1 Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. Ne3 Qb6 16.
Kh1 Rfc8 17. Qe2 Qc6 18. Bd2 Bd8 19. Be1 Bb6 20. Bh4 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 {Duda,J 
(2658)-Ponomariov,R (2710) Berlin blitz 2015} Ne8 $11) 10... b5 11. a4 Rb8 12.
Rd1 Be7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nf1 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 O-O 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Qd3
Qc7 19. Bd2 Rfc8 20. c3 bxc3 21. Bxc3 Qb7 22. Nd5 Bg5 23. h3 Ra8 24. Ne3 Bxe3
25. Qxe3 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Ra8 $11 {Anand,V (2816)-Topalov,V (2816) Saint Louis
2015}) 7... e5 (7... Nf6 8. Bg5 (8. Nc3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. a4 Rc8
12. Rb1 Bc6 13. Re1 Nd7 14. b4 Nb6 15. b5 Bd7 {[%csl Rc4]} 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Nd5
Nxa4 18. Ba3 Qd7 19. h3 Rfe8 $17 {Svidler,P (2727)-Karjakin,S (2762) WCup Baku
blitz 2015}) 8... e6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O Bc6 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. b3 Qc7
14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Rac1 h6 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Bd4 Rfd8 18. h3 Qc7 19. Rfd1 Qa5 20.
Qd2 Kf8 21. Qb2 Kg8 22. a4 Qh5 23. Ne2 Bf6 24. Rc3 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Qe5 26. Qd2
$14 {Carlsen,M (2870)-Anand,V (2775) WCh Chennai 2013}) 8. Qd3 b5 9. Nc3 bxc4
10. Qxc4 Be6 (10... Nf6 $5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Qc6+ Bd7 13. Qc4 Be6 14. Qd3 Be7 15.
O-O O-O 16. Rac1 Nh5 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Bg5 Nh5 19. Be3 Nf6 20. Bg5 {1/2,
Alekseev,E (2642)-Khismatullin,D (2642) St Petersburg rpd 2015}) 11. Qd3 h6 12.
O-O Nf6 13. Rd1 Be7 14. Ne1 O-O 15. Nc2 Qb6 (15... Qb8 16. Ne3 Rc8 17. Ned5 (
17. b3 $5) 17... Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bd8 19. b3 Rc6 20. Be3 Qb5 21. Rac1 Rxc1 22.
Bxc1 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 f5 24. Ne3 Rc8 25. Rxd6 Rxc1+ 26. Nf1 Kf7 27. exf5 Bxf5 28.
Rxd8 Bb1 $15 {Munoz Pantoja,M (2456)-Kulaots,K (2581) Barcelona 2013}) 16. Ne3
Rac8 (16... Rfc8 17. b3 Qb7 (17... a5 18. Bd2 Qa6 19. Be1 Nd7 20. f3 Rc6 21.
Qxa6 Rcxa6 22. Ned5 Bd8 23. Nb5 $14 {Carlsen,M (2868)-Anand,V (2783) Stavanger
2013}) 18. Bd2 Bd8 19. Rac1 Bb6 20. Ncd5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23.
exd5 Kf8 24. Kf1 Ke7 25. Ke2 h5 26. f3 Kd7 27. Kd3 f5 28. h3 g6 29. Rxc8 {
1/2, Solozhenkin,E (2464)-Kulaots,K (2574) Jyvaskyla 2015} Rxc8 30. Rc1 $11)
17. Rb1 Rfd8 18. Bd2 Qb7 19. Be1 Rd7 20. f3 Bd8 21. Ncd5 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23.
Qxd5 Bb6+ 24. Kf1 Bd4 25. Qxb7 Rxb7 26. Rd2 Kf8 27. Bf2 Bxf2 28. Kxf2 Ke7 $11 {
Cornette,M (2533)-Dorfman,J (2571) Nimes 2014}) (4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 e5
(6... b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. O-O e6 9. d4 Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb6
13. a5 Qc7 14. Bd3 Rfc8 15. Nb3 Nf8 16. g3 Ng6 17. Bd2 Qd8 18. Ne1 Rc7 19. f3
Rac8 20. Ng2 Nd7 21. h4 h6 22. Ne1 Ngf8 23. Ng2 Nh7 24. Kh2 Nhf6 $11 {Wang,H 
(2729)-Wojtaszek,R (2715) Dubai blitz 2014}) 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 b5 9. Bc2 cxd4 $5
(9... O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. a4 $5 (11. d5 $6 Rb8 12. a4 c4 13. axb5 axb5 14. b4
cxb3 15. Bxb3 Nc5 16. Bc2 Bd7 17. Ba3 Ra8 18. Nbd2 Na4 19. Bxa4 Rxa4 20. Bb4
Rfa8 21. Rxa4 bxa4 22. Nb1 Bg4 23. Na3 Nh5 24. Qe3 Nf4 25. Ra1 f5 $36 {
Kryvoruchko,Y (2707)-Carlsen,M (2881) Dubai rpd 2014}) 11... Rb8 12. axb5 axb5
13. Na3 Ba6 14. d5 Qb7 15. b4 Bd8 16. Bd3 Ra8 17. Bg5 c4 18. Bc2 Nh5 19. Bxd8
Rfxd8 20. Nh4 g6 21. Qe3 Qb6 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. g3 Nf6 24. Ng2 Ne8 25. Ra2 Bc8
26. Rda1 Bd7 $11 {Caruana,F (2808)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2731) Saint Louis 2015})
10. cxd4 O-O {was Topalov's choice. He already inserted the swap on d4 with
Carlsen in Wijk 2012, but there Black's queen already was on c7, which limits
his options.} 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. a3 Rc8 13. Rd1 exd4 14. Rxd4 Re8 15. Bg5 Qc7 16.
Re1 Nf8 17. Qd1 Ne6 18. Rd2 Nxg5 19. Nxg5 Qc5 20. Nf3 Bf8 21. h4 h6 22. Rd4 Qa7
23. Bb3 Rc5 24. Qd2 Qa8 25. Qf4 Qc8 26. Red1 a5 27. Nh2 Rxc3 $1 28. bxc3 Rxe4
29. Rxe4 Bxe4 $36 {Kamsky,G (2741)-Topalov,V (2771) Zug 2013}) ({An unusual,
but rather harmless try was} 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. a5 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 a6
9. Bc4 b5 10. axb6 Nxb6 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Re1 e6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nfd5 15.
Na4 Nxa4 16. Bxa4 Nb6 17. Qg4 Qd4 18. Qxd4 cxd4 19. Bc6 Rfb8 20. h3 a5 21. b3
Nd5 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Nc4 Rba7 24. Bd2 a4 25. b4 Rb7 26. Reb1 Rb5 27. Nd6 Rb6
28. Nc4 Rb5 29. Nd6 Rb6 30. Nc4 Rb5 {1/2, Giri,A (2778)-Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2765) EU-chT Reykjavik 2015}) 4... a6 5. Bd3 {The modern way.} (5. Bxd7+ Bxd7
6. d4 {- 4.0-0 transposes to the lines above.}) 5... Ngf6 (5... Ne5 $6 {
prematurely compromises Black's pawns:} 6. Nxe5 dxe5 7. a4 Nf6 8. b3 (8. Na3
Be6 9. Qe2 g6 10. Bc4 Qd6 $6 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. a5 Bh6 13. d4 Bxc1 14. d5 Qg4
15. Qxg4 Nxg4 16. Rfxc1 Nf6 17. f3 Nd7 18. Nc4 O-O 19. Ra3 f6 20. Rb3 Rab8 21.
Rd1 $36 {1-0 (53) Hracek,Z (2638)-Esen,B (2565) Warsaw 2013}) 8... Be6 (8...
Qd4 $2 9. Bb2 $1 Qxb2 10. Nc3 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ra1a2]}) 9. Bb2 Bxb3 10. Qe2 (
10. Bxa6 $5) 10... c4 11. Bxc4 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Rc8 13. Qb3 Qc7 (13... Nxe4 $5 14.
Bxe5 Nc5 {gives Black more chances for sufficient counterplay.}) 14. d3 e6 15.
Nd2 Nd7 {Carlsen,M (2868)-Svidler,P (2769) Stavanger 2013} 16. a5 $1 {White's
superior pawn-structure gives him a long-term advantage.} (16. Nc4)) ({However,
the knight swap idea deserves attention in a different form:} 5... g6 6. c3 (6.
Re1 Bg7 7. c3 Ne5 $5 8. Be2 Nxf3+ 9. Bxf3 e5 10. d4 $6 (10. d3 Ne7 $11 {
hardly gives White anything, but this violent break seems simply incorrect.})
10... cxd4 11. cxd4 exd4 12. Na3 Ne7 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nc4 Nc6 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16.
Nxe5 Be6 $1 17. Nxc6 Qb6 18. Ne5 O-O 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Bb2 Rac8 21. Rc1 Rc5 22.
Rxc5 Qxc5 23. Nd3 Qb5 24. Qd2 Bf5 $17 {Motylev,A (2685)-Wojtaszek,R (2716)
Shamkir 2014}) 6... Bg7 7. Bc2 Ne5 (7... c4 $5 8. b3 b5 $13) 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. a4
b6 10. Na3 Nf6 11. Nc4 Nd7 12. b4 cxb4 (12... Qc7 $5) 13. cxb4 Nb8 14. Bb2 Nc6
15. f4 Nxb4 16. Nxe5 f6 (16... O-O $142 17. d4 $14) 17. Nf3 Nd3 18. Bxd3 Qxd3
19. Qb1 Qxb1 20. Rfxb1 Bb7 21. d3 Kf7 22. Bd4 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8
25. Rxb5 $14 {Kobalia,M (2627)-Motylev,A (2696) Vladivostok 2014}) 6. Re1 {
This line is the topic of a more recent survey in CBM 169 by Kr.Szabo.} ({
The main alternative is} 6. c3 b5 (6... g6 $143 7. Bc2 Bg7 8. d4 Qc7 9. a4 O-O
10. d5 b6 11. c4 e6 12. Nc3 exd5 13. cxd5 Re8 14. h3 Rb8 15. Qe2 Ne5 16. Nxe5
Rxe5 17. Be3 Re8 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. Rac1 Re7 20. Qd2 Qd7 21. b3 Bc8 22. Bh6 Bh8
23. Qe2 Re8 24. Rfe1 $36 {Caruana,F (2786)-Topalov,V (2769) Bucharest 2012/
For more details see the notes to this game in CBM 152.}) 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1 {
, also analysed by the Hungarian GM. This may (not necessarily) lead to
positions, resembling the Ruy Lopez:} {The most popular reaction is} e5 (8...
Qc7 9. a4 (9. d4 $6 cxd4 10. cxd4 Rc8 {[%csl Re4]}) 9... b4 10. d3 g6 11. Nbd2
bxc3 12. bxc3 Bg7 13. a5 O-O 14. h3 Bc6 15. d4 (15. Nc4 $5 $11) 15... cxd4 16.
cxd4 Rab8 17. Ra2 Rfc8 18. d5 Bb5 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Nxb5 Rxb5 21. Nc4 Nfd7 (21...
Ncxe4 $5 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 f5 $15) 22. Bd2 Rcb8 23. Qe2 Ne5 24. Nb6 Ned7
25. Nc4 Ne5 26. Nb6 Ned7 {1/2, Ganguly,S (2619)-Wojtaszek,R (2715) Dubai rpd
2014}) (8... c4 $5 9. a4 e6 (9... e5 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Na3 Be7
13. Nxb5 O-O 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. d4 cxd3 16. Bxd3 Nc5 17. Nd2 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Ba6 19.
c4 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Qb7 21. b3 Rb8 22. Bb2 Qxb5 23. Qxb5 Rxb5 24. Rc1 Rb8 $14 {
/=, Karjakin,S (2762)-Cheparinov,I (2672) Rhodes 2013}) 10. axb5 (10. d4 cxd3
11. Bxd3 bxa4 12. Qxa4 Be7 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 O-O 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Qc2 Nf6
17. Nd2 Qc7 18. h3 Rfd8 19. Ne4 Nd5 20. Ng5 h6 21. Nf3 Rac8 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23.
Be4 a5 24. Qe2 Bf6 $132 {Sebag,M (2483)-Salgado Lopez,I (2616) Montpellier 2015
}) 10... axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Na3 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. d3 cxd3 15. Nxb5 Qb7
16. Qxd3 d5 17. Be3 Bc5 18. c4 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 O-O 20. cxd5 Qxb5 21. Qxe4 Nf6 22.
Qe2 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Nxd5 $11 {Stevic,H (2600)-Cheparinov,I (2681) CRO-chT Bol
2015}) (8... e6 9. d4 Be7 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nf1 Rc8 (
12... Nb6 13. Ng3 Rc8 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Qe2 Nfd7 16. b3 d5 17. e5 Nb8 18. Nh5 Nc6
19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. Qe3 Rh8 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Ne7 24. Bxe7 {
1-0, David,A (2585)-Kempinski,R (2630) Porto Rio 2015} Qxe7 25. Re3 $18) 13.
Ng3 Re8 14. h3 Bf8 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. Ba5 g6 18. Qd2 Qa8 19. a3 Rc4
20. Bd3 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 Rc8 22. Qd2 Qa7 23. h4 e5 24. Bc3 Ng4 25. Bb1 Bg7 26. Ba2
exd4 27. Bxd4 Bxd4 28. Nxd4 Nde5 29. Rd1 $16 {Svidler,P (2740)-Papaioannou,I 
(2633) Rhodes 2013}) 10. Nbd2 Qc7 $5 (10... O-O 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Qc7 $5 13.
Nfg5 h6 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Ne4 Qc6 17. f3 Rfd8 18. Qd3 cxd4 19.
Qxd4 Rac8 20. Bb3 Qb6 21. Bd2 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Rxc5 23. Qf2 Rcc8 24. Rad1 Qxf2+ 25.
Kxf2 Nb6 26. Bc1 Bd5 $11 {Rozentalis,E (2606)-Esen,B (2589) Tromso olm 2014})
11. Nf1 (11. e5 $5 $13) 11... O-O 12. Ng3 Rfe8 13. h3 Rac8 14. Bd3 (14. Re2 Bf8
15. Be3 g6 16. Rc1 Bg7 17. Bb1 e5 18. d5 c4 19. Qd2 Nc5 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6
Qe7 22. Rf1 Qf8 23. Qg5 Nfd7 24. Nh2 Qe7 25. Qd2 Rf8 26. Ng4 Qh4 27. Re3 Nf6
28. Nh2 Rce8 29. Nf3 Qh6 30. Nh2 Bc8 $11 {Havasi,G (2302)-Erdos,V (2621)
Hungary 2015}) 14... Bf8 15. Bd2 g6 16. Qe2 Bg7 17. a4 e5 $5 18. d5 c4 19. Bc2
Nc5 20. Nh2 Rb8 21. Ra3 Bc8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ng4 Bxg4 24. hxg4 Ra8 25. Rea1
Rxa3 26. Rxa3 Qb7 $11 {Hou,Y (2629)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2766) Biel 2014}) (8...
Rc8 9. a4 b4 10. a5 Qc7 (10... e6 11. d3 bxc3 12. bxc3 Be7 13. h3 O-O 14. Bf4
Bc6 15. Nbd2 Bb5 16. Bh2 Re8 17. Bb3 Bxd3 18. c4 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. e5 c4 21.
Bc2 {Nakamura,H (2814)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2705) WCup Baku 2015} Bxc2 22. Qxc2 c3
$15) 11. d3 bxc3 12. bxc3 e6 13. h3 Be7 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Nbd2 Bc6 16. Nc4 Bb5
17. Nfd2 Rfd8 18. Bg3 Ne8 19. Kh2 Rb8 20. Ne3 Ne5 21. Qe2 Nc6 22. Nb3 Ne5 23.
Nd2 Nc6 24. Ndc4 Nf6 25. Kh1 Ne5 26. f4 Nxc4 27. dxc4 Bc6 28. Nd1 g6 29. Bh2
Nh5 $132 {/=/+, Nakamura,H (2814)-Grischuk,A (2771) Saint Louis 2015/ Grischuk
spoiled a good position in his habitual time trouble; for more details see the
notes to this game in CBM 168 by Mokal.}) 9. d4 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nf1 Re8
12. Ng3 Bf8 (12... cxd4 $5 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bf8 $11 {Mekhitarian}) 13. d5
g6 (13... c4 $142 $132) 14. b3 Nb6 15. Rb1 c4 16. bxc4 Nxc4 17. a4 Qc7 18. axb5
axb5 19. Rxb5 Na3 20. Rb3 Nxc2 21. Qxc2 Nd7 22. Be3 Ba6 23. Ra3 Bb5 24. Rea1
Rxa3 25. Rxa3 Rb8 26. Ra7 Qc8 27. h3 Nb6 28. Qc1 Nc4 29. Bh6 Qc5 30. Nh5 $1 $18
{->, Harikrishna,P (2706)-Nakamura,H (2789) Wijk aan Zee 2014}) 6... b5 {
Black usually fights the intended central expansion by flank activity.} ({
However,} 6... g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. Bc2 b5 {is also viable. Compared with
Caruana-Topalov above, White has spent time on playing Re1 and the extra tempo
gave Black counterplay after} 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. h3 Nb6
13. a3 Rc8 14. Qe2 e6 15. Bd3 Nh5 16. a4 b4 17. a5 bxc3 18. axb6 c2 19. Bxc2
Qxb6 20. Bd3 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Bh6 Rfe8 23. Bxa6 Bxa6 24. Rxa6 Rb8 25. Bc1
{Svidler,P (2745)-Papaioannou,I (2638) EU-chT Reykjavik 2015} Nf6 $132) 7. c4 {
The only way to emhasise the difference between the two alternatives on move 6.
} (7. c3 g5 $6 (7... Bb7 8. Bc2 {-6.c3 transposes to lines from the previous
notes.}) 8. Bc2 g4 9. Nh4 c4 10. a4 Bb7 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. d4 e6
14. g3 Be7 15. Bh6 Rg8 16. Nd2 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Ng2 Nb6 19. Ne3 Bc6 20. Nxg4
Na4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Bc1 Nb6 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 $18 {Hansen,E (2547)-Pert,
R (2434) England 2013 This was an unsuccessful predecessor of the Black's
sudden flank attack...}) (7. a4 b4 {after} 8. c3 (8. Bc4 Bb7 9. d3 e6 $11) 8...
Bb7 9. Bc2 Qc7 {once again transposes to positions from the 6.c3 line 
(Ganguly-Wojtaszek above)}) 7... g5 $5 {[%mdl 64] Earlier in 2015 Topalov
surprised Carlsen with this tactical sortie and scored a full point. Since
then the line has been tested further, especially at the blitz and rapid WCh
in Berlin. This time Magnus was obviously prepared...} (7... Ne5 8. Bf1 {
Safer is} Bd7 $5 (8... Nxc4 9. a4 Bd7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 e5 12. axb5 exd4 13.
Bxc4 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Bb3 Be7 16. Qxd4 O-O 17. Nc3 b4 (17... Bc6 18. Bf4
Re8 19. f3 b4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bg5 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Kf2 Bf6 24. Qe3 Ba4
25. Qxe8+ Bxe8 26. Bxd6 Bxb2 27. Bxb4 $14 {Balogh,C (2648)-Gajewski,G (2650)
Budapest 2014}) 18. Qxb4 Rb8 19. Qc4 Be6 20. Nd5 Bd8 21. h3 h6 22. Bf4 Qb7 23.
Bc2 $36 {Carlsen,M (2872)-Nakamura,H (2776) Zuerich rpd 2014/ Although Black
eventually drew both games, it's obvious he is struggling here.}) 9. Nxe5 dxe5
10. cxb5 (10. Nc3 $5 b4 11. Nd5) 10... axb5 11. d3 e6 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Nd2 O-O
14. Nb3 Qe7 15. Qe2 $11 {½, Brkic,A (2597)-Popilski,G (2500) Bad Gleichenberg
2014}) 8. Nxg5 (8. cxb5 g4 9. e5 (9. Nh4 $5 $13) 9... dxe5 10. Ng5 Bg7 (10...
e6 11. Nc3 h5 12. Qe2 Nd5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bg6+ Ke7 15. d4 Bh6 16. Nxd5+ exd5
17. dxc5 Kf6 18. Bc2 Qe7 19. c6 Bxc1 20. cxd7 Bxb2 21. dxc8=Q Raxc8 22. Rab1
Bd4 23. bxa6 $16 {Mamedov,R (2657)-Anand,V (2803) Berlin rpd 2015}) (10... Nb6
11. Qb3 $14) 11. Qe2 (11. Nc3 O-O 12. bxa6 (12. Qe2 {-11.Qe2}) 12... e6 13.
Nge4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Rxa6 15. Qe2 f5 16. Bd3 Rd6 17. Bc4 e4 18. d3 Ne5 19. dxe4
f4 $40 {Mamedov,R (2657)-Grischuk,A (2774) Berlin rpd 2015}) 11... O-O 12. Nc3
Nb6 13. bxa6 c4 14. Bc2 Bxa6 15. Qxe5 h6 16. Nge4 Nfd5 17. Qf5 (17. Qh5 $142)
17... Bc8 (17... e6 $1 $36) 18. Qh5 Nf4 19. Qc5 Bd4 20. Qc6 Be6 21. Nc5 Qd6 22.
Qxd6 exd6 23. d3 Nxg2 24. Rxe6 (24. Kxg2 dxc5 25. Bxh6 Rfd8 $44) 24... fxe6 25.
Nxe6 Bxc3 26. Nxf8 Ne1 27. Bd1 Bf6 28. Ne6 Nxd3 $15 {Bartel,M (2622)-Grischuk,
A (2774) Berlin rpd 2015}) (8. e5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bf1 (10. Qe2 Bg7 11.
cxb5 Nd5 $13) 10... b4 (10... bxc4 $5 11. Na3 $5 $13) 11. d3 g4 12. a3 e6 13.
axb4 cxb4 14. Bg5 Rg8 15. Be3 (15. Bh4 $1 $36) 15... Bd6 (15... Qc7 $142) 16.
Nd2 a5 17. Nb3 (17. c5 $1 Bc7 18. Qa4+ $36) 17... Bb7 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Ne4
20. Qa4+ Kf8 21. Bh6+ (21. g3 $142 $13) 21... Rg7 22. Bxg7+ $6 Kxg7 $40 {
Bartel,M (2622)-Bocharov,D (2560) Berlin rpd 2015}) 8... Ne5 9. Be2 (9. Bf1 {
also deserves attention:} Bh6 $5 (9... Rg8 10. cxb5 $5 $14 {/\} Rxg5 $2 11. d4)
(9... bxc4 10. d4 $1 cxd3 (10... cxd4 11. f4 $36) 11. f4 Nc6 12. Bxd3 h6 13.
Nf3 e6 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. b3 Be7 {1/2, Barski,R (2336)-Borovikov,V (2564)
Heusenstamm 2015} 16. Bb2 $36 {This illustrates the main drawback of the
enterprising 7...g5!? - if Black's activity peters out, his king remains
constantly vulnerable.}) (9... Nxc4 10. Bxc4 bxc4 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qxc4 e6 13.
Nc3 $14 {/+/-}) 10. d4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Rg8 12. f4 Nc6 $14 {/<=>}) 9... bxc4 10.
Nc3 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (10. Na3 $143 $6 Rg8 11. Nxc4 $2 (11. d4 cxd3 12. Bxd3
h6 13. Nf3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 d5 $132 {Kr.Szabo}) 11... Nxc4 12. d4 Nb6 13. Bh5 Nxh5
14. Qxh5 Rg7 (14... Rg6 $142 $17) 15. Nxh7 Qd7 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. e5 $2 (17.
Nxf8 Qh3 18. Qxh3 Bxh3 19. g3 Rg8 20. Nh7 f6 21. e5 Rh8 22. Nxf6+ exf6 23.
exf6+ Kf7 $11) 17... Qc6 18. f3 Qg6 19. Nf6+ Kd8 20. Qxg6 Rxg6 21. Ne4 Bb7 $17
{/+-, Carlsen,M (2853)-Topalov,V (2816) Saint Louis 2015/ See the notes to
this game by Kr.Szabo in CBM 168.}) ({Another interesting untested
continuation is} 10. Nf3 Nd3 11. Bxd3 cxd3 12. Nc3 (12. e5 Nd5 $13) (12. Qb3 $5
) 12... Rg8 13. e5 Ng4 $5 $132 {However, Carlsen's developing move seems both
safer and stronger.}) 10... Rb8 $6 {A rather dubious attempt to circumvent
White's preparation.} ({More natural is the analogous} 10... Rg8 {, but
Grischuk was obviously reluctant to give up his kingside castling rights:} 11.
f4 (11. d4 cxd3 12. Bxd3 h6 13. Nf3 Bg4 (13... Nxd3 14. Qxd3 $14 {and contrary
to the line above, with the knight on c3 instead of a3 White can fight for an
edge.}) 14. Be2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qd7 16. Bf4 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qg4 18. Qxg4 Rxg4 19.
g3 Nh5 20. Be3 Bg7 $132) 11... Nd3 12. Bxd3 cxd3 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qc4 e6 15.
Qxd3 Nh5 16. Qf1 $5 h6 (16... Nxf4 17. d4 Qxg5 18. Bxf4 $14) 17. Nh3 Bg7 18. d3
Rb8 $13 {/+/=}) 11. Rf1 {This refined reaction cost Carlsen 20 minutes, so now
it's obvious both players are out of their book.} (11. f4 $5 Nd3 12. Bxd3 cxd3
13. Qa4+ Nd7 (13... Bd7 14. Qxa6 $16) (13... Qd7 14. Qc4 h6 15. Qxf7+ Kd8 16.
Nh3 $5 Qg4 17. Nf2 $14) 14. Qc4 e6 15. Qxd3 $14 {seems simple and good - Black
has yet to prove he has sufficient compensation.}) 11... h6 12. Nf3 Nd3 13. Ne1
$1 {The point behind the 11th move - White immediately swaps the nagging
knight.} (13. Qa4+ $6 Qd7 14. Qxc4 Nf4 $36 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Rh8g8,Rb8b4] is
dangerous for White to say the least.}) 13... Nxb2 (13... Rg8 {is an engine
suggestion, but it's hardly a radical improvement:} 14. Kh1 $5 $14 {is perhaps
the best choice - Black may regret his king in the centre later on.} (14. Nxd3
cxd3 15. Bxd3 Bh3 16. g3 Bg7 $5 (16... Bxf1 17. Qxf1 $14) 17. Re1 Ng4 $44) (14.
Bxd3 cxd3 15. Nxd3 Bg7 (15... h5 $5) 16. Nf4 $14)) 14. Bxb2 (14. Qc2 Nd3 15.
Nxd3 cxd3 16. Bxd3 Rg8 (16... Bg7 17. Bb2 Nh5 18. Rab1 $14) 17. Ne2 $5 {
is perhaps better for White, but the text move is simpler - Magnus exchanges
the undeveloped bishop and his remaining pieces have superior coordination.})
14... Rxb2 15. Bxc4 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Rc4b3]} Rb4 16. Qe2 {[%csl Ra6]} Bg7 17.
Nc2 Rb6 (17... Rb2 $6 18. Ne3 {[%cal Rc4b3,Re3c4]} Nd7 19. Rac1 $16 {and
Black's rook remains misplaced.}) 18. Rab1 $5 {Exchanging one rook reduces
Black's chances for effective counterplay; White can then turn his attention
to the kingside.} O-O 19. Rxb6 Qxb6 20. Ne3 e6 21. f4 {After a series of
natural moves White has good attacking chances.} Kh8 (21... Bb7 22. f5 $16 {
[%csl Re6]}) (21... Qc6 $5 $14) 22. f5 (22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 {is tempting, but
inconclusive:} Nh7 $5 (23... Nd7 24. Ng4 Qc7 25. Nxh6 Bxh6 (25... Nxe5 26. Qh5
Nxc4 27. Rf3 f5 28. Rh3 Bd4+ 29. Kh1 Qg7 30. Ne2 $1 Nxd2 31. Nxd4 Ne4 32. Qe2
Qh7 33. Nc6 Kg7 34. Qb2+ Rf6 35. Ne7 Nf2+ 36. Qxf2 Rxh6 37. Qb2+ Kf7 38. Rxh6
Qxh6 39. Nxc8 $18) 26. Qh5 Kg7 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. Qh4 Kh7 (28... Kg7 29. Rf6 $1
Rh8 30. Qg4+ Kf8 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. Qxe6+ Kg7 33. Qf7#) 29. Bd3+ Kg7 30. Qg4+ (
30. Rf6 Rh8 31. Rg6+ $1 Kf8 (31... fxg6 32. Qe7+ Kg8 33. Bxg6 Nxe5 $8 34. Qxc7
$18) 32. Rxh6 Rxh6 33. Qxh6+ Ke8 $14) 30... Kh8 31. Rf5 $1 Nxe5 32. Qh4 f6 33.
Qxh6+ Kg8 34. Rxf6 Rxf6 35. Qxf6 Nxd3 36. Qg6+ $16) 24. Ng4 (24. Qh5 Qc7 25.
Ng4 Qd7 $132) 24... Qd8 $14) 22... a5 (22... Rg8 $5 23. Kh1 $14) 23. a4 Qd8 24.
h3 (24. Ba6 Bd7 25. Bb5 Bc8 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Nc4 Bb7 $14 {is not too
convincing.}) ({Therefore Magnus patiently improves his position, but this
move does not only provide breathing space, but also weakens the kingside.
Therefore} 24. Qd3 $5 {deserves attention, keeping all the options open.})
24... Qe7 25. Ba6 Bxa6 {Grischuk seeks kingside counterplay.} (25... Bd7 26.
Bb5 Bc8 27. fxe6 Bxe6 (27... fxe6 28. Nc4 $16 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Re4e5]}) 28. Nf5
$16) 26. Qxa6 Nh5 27. Rf3 $6 {Starts slipping up.} (27. Ne2 $5 $36) (27. Qxa5
Be5 (27... Ng3 28. Rf3 Be5 29. Qb5 {/\} Bxc3 30. dxc3 Nxe4 31. Qd3 d5 32. c4
Ng5 33. Rf1 d4 34. Ng4 $16) 28. fxe6 Qxe6 29. Ne2 $14) 27... Rg8 28. Nb5 $6 {
Continues the trend, with two pieces out of the action White will suddenly be
in danger.} (28. Qxa5 Qh4 $44) (28. Ne2 Qh4 29. Qd3 (29. fxe6 Qe1+ 30. Nf1 fxe6
31. Qc4 Be5 32. Qxe6 Rxg2+ 33. Kh1 $1 Rh2+ 34. Kg1 Rg2+ $11) 29... d5 $5 (29...
Be5 30. Ng4 Rxg4 31. hxg4 Nf6 32. g3 Qxg4 33. fxe6 fxe6 34. Nf4 h5 $44 {<=>})
30. Ng4 Nf6 $11) (28. fxe6 $142 fxe6 (28... Qxe6 29. Qxa5 $14) 29. Ne2 $14)
28... Be5 $1 29. Ng4 Qh4 {The concentration of Black's forces is alarming.} ({
The text move is more convincing than} 29... Nf4 30. f6 Qf8 31. Kf1 Nxg2 $13)
30. fxe6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A tactical error, but not the last one...} (30. Nxe5 {
allows Black to force a draw, but White had already squandered his advantage.}
Qe1+ (30... dxe5 31. Nd6 Nf4 32. Nxf7+ Kh7 33. Nxe5 Rxg2+ 34. Kf1 Rg7 35. Ng6 (
35. fxe6 $2 Nxh3 $19) 35... Nxg6 36. fxg6+ Rxg6 37. Qc6 Qh5 $11) 31. Rf1 (31.
Kh2 $2 dxe5 32. Nd6 Ng3 $19) 31... Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qg3+ $11) (30. Nxd6 Bd4+ $1
31. Ne3 $8 (31. Nf2 $2 Nf4 32. Nxf7+ Kh7 $17) (31. Kf1 $2 Rxg4 32. Nxf7+ Kh7
33. Qb7 Rg7 $17) 31... Qe1+ 32. Qf1 Qxd2 33. Ndc4 Qc3 34. fxe6 fxe6 35. Kh2
Be5+ $13) 30... fxe6 $2 (30... Rxg4 $1 31. hxg4 Qh2+ 32. Kf2 (32. Kf1 Nf4 33.
Qa8+ Kg7 34. Ke1 Qxg2 35. Rxf4 Bxf4 36. Qxa5 (36. e7 Qxd2+ 37. Kf1 Bg3 38. Qf8+
Kg6 39. Qg8+ Kf6 40. e5+ dxe5 41. e8=N+ Ke7 $19) 36... Qg1+ 37. Ke2 Qxg4+ $19)
32... Nf4 33. Rg3 Nxe6 34. Rf3 Nf4 $1 (34... Kg7 $40 {D.King} 35. Na3 $5 (35.
Nc3 Qh4+ 36. g3 Qh2+ 37. Ke1 Ng5 38. Qd3 Nxf3+ 39. Qxf3 Bxg3+ 40. Kd1 Qg1+ 41.
Kc2 Be5 $19) 35... Qh4+ 36. g3 Qh2+ 37. Ke1 Ng5 38. Qd3 Nxf3+ 39. Qxf3 Qg1+ (
39... Bxg3+ 40. Kd1 Qg1+ 41. Kc2 Be5 42. Nc4) 40. Ke2 Qd4 $17) 35. Rg3 Ng6 36.
Rf3 Kg7 {[%cal Rg6h4]} 37. Nc7 Nh4 38. Ne6+ Kh7 $1 39. Rxf7+ Kg6 40. Rf5 (40.
Rf8 Qxg2+ 41. Ke3 Qh3+ 42. Kf2 Qg3+ 43. Ke2 Qxg4+ 44. Kd3 Qh3+ $1 45. Kc2 Qxe6
$19) 40... Qxg2+ 41. Ke3 Qg3+ 42. Ke2 Qxg4+ 43. Ke3 Nxf5+ 44. exf5+ Kxf5 $19) (
30... Nf4 $2 31. Kf1 $1 {[]} (31. Nxd6 Qe1+ 32. Rf1 Qxd2 33. Nxf7+ Kh7 34. Rf2
Bd4 $19) 31... fxe6 (31... Rxg4 $2 32. exf7 Kg7 33. Qc8 $18) 32. Nxd6 Rxg4 33.
Nf7+ Kh7 34. Nxe5 Rxg2 35. Ng4 (35. Rxf4 Qxh3 36. Rh4 Qxh4 37. Kxg2 Qg5+ $11)
35... Rxg4 36. hxg4 Qxg4 37. Kf2 Qg2+ 38. Ke3 Qg1+ 39. Rf2 (39. Kxf4 $4 Qg5#)
39... Qg3+ $11) 31. Nxe5 dxe5 ({A simpler way is} 31... Qe1+ 32. Rf1 $8 (32.
Kh2 $2 Nf4 $1 (32... Ng3 33. Nf7+ (33. Ng4 Ne2 $19) 33... Kh7 34. Ng5+ Rxg5 35.
Qb7+ Rg7 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37. Rxg3+ Kh7 $19) 33. Ng6+ Rxg6 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. Qc7+
Rg7 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37. Rxf4 Qxd2 $19) 32... Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qg3+ 34. Kh1 Qxh3+
$11) 32. Qxe6 Qe1+ $2 {The decisive error.} (32... Qg5 $8 33. Rf2 (33. g4 Nf4
34. Qf5 Qg7 (34... Qe7 35. Na7 $8 Rg5 (35... Rf8 $2 36. Nc6) 36. Qc8+ Rg8 $11)
35. Rxf4 exf4 36. Qxc5 $11) 33... Nf4 34. Qg4 Qxg4 35. hxg4 Rxg4 36. Kh2 Rg6
37. g3 Ne6 $132) 33. Kh2 {[%cal Re6e5,Re6h6]} (33. Rf1 $142 $1 Qxd2 (33... Qxe4
34. Qxh6+ Qh7 35. Qe3 Qg7 36. g4 $18) (33... Rxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Qxd2+ 35. Kg1 $1
Qe3+ 36. Rf2 $18 {transposes into the game.}) 34. Qxe5+ Ng7 (34... Rg7 35. g4
$18) 35. Rf7 $18) 33... Rxg2+ (33... Qxd2 $142 $5 {was more resilient:} 34.
Qxe5+ (34. Rf2 Rxg2+ $1 35. Rxg2 Qf4+ 36. Kh1 Qf1+ 37. Rg1 Qf3+ 38. Kh2 Qf2+
39. Rg2 Qf4+ $11) 34... Rg7 (34... Kh7 35. Rf7+ $18) 35. Rf8+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Rg6
37. Rf7+ (37. Qf7+ $5 Rg7 38. Qf2 Qxf2 39. Rxf2 $16) 37... Ng7 38. Qf3 $16) 34.
Kxg2 Qxd2+ $6 (34... Qe2+ 35. Rf2 $1 (35. Kg1 Qxf3 36. Qxh6+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ Kf8
38. Qf5+ $18) 35... Nf4+ 36. Kg3 Qxf2+ (36... Nh5+ 37. Kh4 Qxf2+ 38. Kxh5 $18)
(36... Qd3+ 37. Rf3 Qxf3+ 38. Kxf3 Nxe6 39. Nd6 Kg7 40. Nc4 Ng5+ 41. Ke3 Nxh3
42. Nxa5 Nf4 43. Nb7 $18 {[%csl Ga4]}) 37. Kxf2 Nxe6 38. Nd6 c4 39. Nxc4 Nc5
40. Kf3 Nxa4 41. Kg4 $5 Nc5 42. Kf5 $18 {The knight endgame is beyond saving,
but now Black just remains a rook down.}) 35. Kg1 Qe1+ 36. Rf1 $1 Qe3+ 37. Rf2
Qe1+ (37... Qg3+ 38. Kf1 Qd3+ 39. Ke1 Qxe4+ 40. Kd2 Qb4+ 41. Kc2 Qxa4+ 42. Kb2
Qxb5+ 43. Kc1 Ng7 44. Rf8+ Kh7 45. Qg8+ Kg6 46. Qf7+ Kh7 47. Rg8 $18) 38. Kg2 (
38. Kg2 Qxe4+ 39. Kh2 {and the checks are over. A dramatic final round with a
lucky outcome for Magnus!}) 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Kings 6th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2012.11.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2012.11.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {Anand had his problems with this line in Sao Paulo/
Bilbao; this undoubtedly inspired Caruana to use it against another
world-class GM.} Nd7 {This could have been expected, as Topalov had played it
in the past, notably only a few weeks ago against Bologan - see the notes to
this game in CBM 151.} (3... Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 {still retains its solid
reputation:} {White's main try is definitely} 5. c4 (5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7.
Rd1 {and Black has a choice here:} e6 (7... Rc8 8. c3 e6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Bg5 Be7
11. cxd4 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e5 Be7 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Nc3 O-O 16. d5 exd5 17.
Nxd5 Rfd8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $11 {Ghaem Maghami,E 
(2572)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2711)/World Cities Al Ain/ 2012/}) ({Also fine is} 
7... g6 8. c3 Qg4 $5 {/\} 9. d3 c4 (9... Ne5 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. d4 Nf4 12. Qb5+
Nc6 13. g3 O-O-O 14. Kh1 Nh3 15. Rf1 d5 16. exd5 Rxd5 17. Qc4 Rf5 18. d5 Qxc4
19. Nxc4 Rxf3 20. dxc6 Rxf2 21. cxb7+ Kxb7 22. Be3 $36 {Guliyev,N (2555)
-Vocaturo,D (2372)/Villa San Giovanni/2005/}) 10. d4 Qxe4 11. Qxc4 Bg7 12. Bg5
O-O 13. Nbd2 Qf5 14. Nf1 Rac8 15. Ne3 Qd7 16. Qe2 {Lyell,M (2226)-Szeberenyi,A
(2331)/Budapest/2012/} Ne4 $11) 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Rc8 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. c4 a6 (
11... Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. b3 Bc5 14. Nc3 a6 15. Be3 Bb4 16. Bd2 Qc6 17. Rac1
Bc5 18. Bg5 Bd4 19. Qf3 Nd7 20. Nb5 Qb6 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. e5 Nxe5 23. Qg3 f6
24. Bf4 Ng6 25. Bd6 e5 {Kadric,D (2458)-Saric,A (2533)/Zadar/2012/} 26. c5 Qc6
27. f4 $1 $40) 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Nbd2 Ng6 14. Be3 Be7 15. a4 Ng4 16. Bd4 Bf6 17.
a5 Nf4 18. Qf1 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 O-O 20. g3 Qc5 21. N2f3 Ng6 22. b3 Rfe8 23. h3 Nf6
24. Qe1 Qh5 25. Kg2 d5 $11 {Iordachescu,V (2651)-Kokarev,D (2618)/Moscow/2012/}
) 5... Nf6 (5... Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nde2 $5 Nf6 10. f3 O-O
11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6 13. Bg5 $11 {/+/=, Caruana,F (2773)-Anand,V (2780)/Sao
Paulo/Bilbao/2012/}) 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 {and now} Qc7 $5
10. b3 Qa5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nce2 Rfd8 14. Bc3 Qb6 15. Kh1 d5 16.
Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qe1 {Carlsen,M (2843)-Anand,V (2780)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao/2012/ This
game was also annotated in CBM 151. Here Anand recommended} Re8 $5 $11 {/\} 18.
e5 Nd7 19. e6 fxe6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nf4 e5 22. Nd3 Qb8 {and Black is fine.})
4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 $5 {[%cal Yc2c3,Yd3c2,Yd2d4] A paradoxical retreat, which
started appearing mainly in 2012. White values his bishop higher than the
extra tempi, by preparing its transfer to c2 he aims for a Closed Ruy Lopez
type of position.} ({The usual continuation} 5. Bxd7+ {didn't give White
anything in the aforementioned game after} Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8. Qd3 h6
9. c4 b5 10. Nfd2 Nf6 11. Nc3 Qb8 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 Be7 14. Nc3 O-O 15. b3
Bc6 16. Ba3 a5 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. f3 Ra7 19. Kh1 Rb7 20. Rdb1 Rc8 $13 {/<=>,
Bologan,V (2695)-Topalov,V (2751)/ECC Eilat/2012/}) (5. Be2 Ngf6 6. d3 g6 {
is rather soft, an interesting and original example is} 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9.
Ng5 $6 h6 10. Nh3 Nb8 $1 11. f4 Nc6 12. g4 Nd4 13. f5 b5 14. Nf4 g5 15. Nfd5 e6
16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bf3 Qe5 18. Bg2 Rb8 19. Rb1 Re8 20. Qd2 bxc4 21. dxc4 Rb4
$15 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5,Gg7] Campora,D (2565)-Suba,M (2520)/Ponferrada/1992/}) 5...
Ngf6 (5... g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. Bc2 {can have an independent character after} Ne5 $5
(7... Ngf6 {transposes back into the game.}) 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. a4 Nf6 10. d3 O-O
11. a5 Qc7 12. Nd2 Rd8 13. h3 Be6 14. Qe2 Nh5 15. Nc4 Nf4 16. Qf3 Bxc4 17. dxc4
Rd7 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. g3 Ne6 21. Be3 Bf8 22. Ba4 Rd6 $11 {Nguyen,
V (2311)-Nguyen Huynh Minh,H (2460)/VIE-ch Can Tho/2012/}) 6. c3 g6 {This
branch is relatively unexplored and both sides are still searching for the
best setup.} (6... e5 {was too passive:} 7. Bc2 Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. a4 b6 10. Qe2
Qc7 11. d5 Re8 12. c4 Bf8 13. Ne1 g6 14. Nc3 Nh5 15. g3 Ng7 16. Ng2 f5 17. Bg5
Be7 18. Bh6 fxe4 19. g4 $1 Qd8 20. h3 Bg5 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. Nxe4 Qe7 23. f4 $16
{(),Bartel,M (2658)-Lu,S (2516)/Moscow/2012/}) ({I like} 6... b5 $142 $5 {
Looking forward, later in the game Black spent a lot effort to get in exactly
this push, which right now he has for free. He has been doing well after} 7.
Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2 e5 $5 ({Black doesn't need the risky complications after} 8...
c4 9. b3 Qc7 10. bxc4 bxc4 11. Na3 Rc8 12. Rb1 Ba8 13. Rb4 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. e6
$1 fxe6 16. Nxc4 a5 17. Ra4 Bc6 18. Nce5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. f3 $36) (8...
Qc7 9. a4 (9. d4 $142 $13) 9... b4 10. d3 g6 11. Bb3 Bg7 12. a5 bxc3 13. bxc3
O-O 14. Bg5 Rab8 15. Nbd2 Bc6 16. Ra3 h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Rc1 Rb5 20.
Nc4 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Rfb8 22. Qa2 e6 $15 {[%csl Gc6,Gg7] Devereaux,M (2367)
-Hansen,T (2444)/NOR-chT/2012/}) (8... e6 9. d4 Be7 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Bd3 O-O
12. Re1 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. c4 b4 15. Nf1 Rfe8 16. Qc2 Nf8 17. Ne3 Ne6 18. Nd5
Qd6 19. a3 a5 20. b3 Nd7 21. Bd2 Bf8 22. Bf1 Bc6 23. g3 Qb8 24. a4 Nd4 $11 {
Wang Chen (2490)-Ding,L (2660)/Xinghua/2012/ Black got a good Ruy Lopez here,
but why not play e5 in one move?}) 9. d4 Be7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. a4 cxd4 12. axb5
axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14. cxd4 b4 15. Ne1 O-O 16. d5 Nc5 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. b3 Ba6
19. Qf3 Nfd7 20. Nf1 Ra8 21. Ne3 Bg5 $132 {/=/+,Kalegin,E (2467)-Khismatullin,
D (2635)/Ufa/2012/ However, the move order in this game was 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6
6.Ba4 e5 7.0-0 b5 8.Bc2 Bb7.}) 7. Bc2 Bg7 8. d4 Qc7 ({Keeping the centre
closed is more logical than} 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O {which allows the active
development} 10. Nc3 {However, Black got counterplay after} e5 11. dxe5 (11. d5
$5 $14 {()}) 11... dxe5 12. a4 Qc7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 b6 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. Bb3 g5
17. Bg3 Nc5 18. Qe2 Rfd8 19. Bc4 Rac8 $11 {Okhotnik,V (2446)-Kavcic,Z (2273)/
Feffernitz/2012/}) 9. a4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 40] A new idea, connected with a well
prepared strategy.} (9. h3 O-O 10. a4 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Nbd2 e5 13. dxe5 ({
Innocuous,} 13. d5 {is more ambitious}) 13... dxe5 14. Qe2 Bc6 15. b4 cxb4 16.
cxb4 b5 17. Rfd1 bxa4 18. Bxa4 Bxa4 19. Rxa4 Qc2 20. Rda1 Nxe4 21. Ne1 Qb2 22.
Nd3 Qc2 23. Ne1 Qb2 24. Nd3 Qc2 25. Ne1 Qb2 {1/2,Bartel,M (2653)-Cheparinov,I 
(2650)/EU-chT Porto Carras/2011/ Topalov undoubtedly knew this game and
Caruana could have reasonably expected him to use a setup employed by his
second.}) (9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 e5 11. Nbd2 b5 12. Nf1 exd4 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. Nxd4
Bb7 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Be3 Rac8 (16... d5 $6 17. exd5 Nhf6 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. Nc6
Rac8 20. Bb3 $36 {Chudinovskih,A (2379)-Lajthajm,B (2502)/EU-ch Budva/2009/})
17. Rc1 Rfe8 $11 {[%cal Ge8e4,Gb7e4] is again a typical Ruy Lopez position, in
which Black has reaonable counterplay against e4.}) 9... O-O 10. d5 $1 {
The point of White's idea - after preventing b5 he closes the centre, aiming
for Benoni-like positions.} b6 11. c4 e6 {Afterwards Topalov suggested} (11...
e5 {as a possible improvement. However, although Black's pieces are better
placed than in Bartel-Lu Shanglei above, White still has more space and a
pleasant position after} 12. Nc3 $14) 12. Nc3 {A natural move.} ({Caruana
hardly considered} 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Nc3 Nb8 $5 $13 {[%cal Yb8c6,Yc6b4,Yc6d4]})
12... exd5 13. cxd5 ({Even the symmetrical} 13. exd5 {promises White a slight
edge, but Caruana has higher ambitions. In the resulting Modern Benoni
position Black has some extra moves (b6, Qc7), but they are not too relevant
and he must fight for equality.}) 13... Re8 14. h3 {A useful move, which
limits both Bc8 and Nf6.} Rb8 15. Qe2 $1 {White doesn't mind the X-ray, it's
more important to stop b5.} (15. Bd3 $143 $2 c4 16. Bc2 b5 $36) 15... Ne5 (
15... Qb7 {[%cal Rb6b5,Rf6d5]} 16. Bd3 $1 $14 (16. Bf4 Bf8 17. Bd3 b5 $1 18.
axb5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Nxe4 $132) {/\} 16... b5 $6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bxb5 Nxe4 $2
19. Bc6 $18) (15... c4 16. Be3 {[%csl Rc4] is not too effective, as the
advanced pawn is vulnerable:} b5 $2 {runs into} 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra7 Rb7 (
18... Qd8 19. Nd4 $18 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Rd4c6]}) 19. Nxb5 $16) 16. Nxe5 ({
White doesn't need complications after} 16. Nd2 g5 $13 (16... c4 $5 17. f4 Nd3
$44)) 16... Rxe5 (16... dxe5 17. Bd3 $14 {/+/- gives White a permanent edge.})
17. Be3 Re8 18. Bd3 Bb7 (18... c4 {also doesn't fully solve Black's problems
after} 19. Bxc4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Bxa6 Bxa6 22. Qxa6 Bxb2 (22... Rb4 23.
Rac1 Qd7 (23... Qd8 24. Rc4 $5 $16) 24. Rc6 $16) 23. Rab1 Rb4 (23... Bd4 24.
Qd3 $16) 24. Bd2 Rb3 25. Bh6 $1 $36 {[%csl Rb2,Rb3,Rb6,Rd6,Rg8] Black's forces
are uncoordinated.}) 19. Rac1 $14 {[%csl Gb5,Gc4] White is better, as he has
stopped both c4 and b5.} Re7 20. Qd2 (20. b3 $142 $14) 20... Qd7 $6 {Black
lacks a clear plan.} (20... Nd7 $142) (20... c4 $5) 21. b3 Bc8 22. Bh6 Bh8 (
22... b5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rfe1 $36 {[%csl Rg7] and without the
Bg7, Black's queenside play is ineffective and his kingside is vulnerable.})
23. Qe2 $1 {[%csl Gb5] Once again controls b5.} Re8 24. Rfe1 Ra8 25. Qf3 Qc7
26. Qg3 Nd7 27. f4 Bb7 28. Kh1 $36 {Caruana patiently improves his position,
while Black has nothing constructive to do.} Nf6 29. Bc4 Nh5 30. Qf3 Rab8 31.
Rcd1 $1 {No hurry.} ({Black would probably welcome} 31. g4 Nf6 32. e5 $6 dxe5
33. fxe5 Rxe5 (33... Nd7 $5 34. Ne4 Qxe5 35. Bf4 Qe7 36. Bxb8 Rxb8 37. g5 Qf8
$14) 34. Rxe5 Qxe5 35. Bf4 Qe8 36. Bxb8 Qxb8 $44 {/+/=}) 31... Ra8 (31... Bd4
$142 $5 {activates the B, chasing it away would disrupt White's setup.}) 32.
Rd2 b5 $6 {[%mdl 64] Lashing out. This liberating attempt leads to tactical
complications, but objectively it's insufficient.} 33. axb5 Qa5 34. e5 $1 {[]}
(34. bxa6 $2 Qxc3 $17) 34... dxe5 35. Rde2 $2 $138 (35. bxa6 Bxa6 (35... e4 36.
Nxe4 Bxa6 (36... Rxe4 37. Rxe4 Qxd2 38. axb7 $18) 37. Rde2 $16) (35... exf4 36.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 37. axb7 (37. Ra2 Qxc3 38. Qxc3 Bxc3 39. axb7 $18) 37... Bxc3 38.
Rd1 Bd4 39. g4 $1 {[%csl Gb7] /\} fxg3 40. d6 $18) 36. Ra2 (36. Rde2 $5 $16 {
is maybe even more convincing}) 36... e4 (36... Qb6 37. fxe5 Bxc4 38. Rxa8 Rxa8
39. bxc4 $18) 37. Rxe4 (37. Rxa5 exf3 {is less incisive}) 37... Qxc3 38. Qxc3
Bxc3 39. Rxe8+ Rxe8 40. Rxa6 Bg7 $5 $16 {Although Black is still fighting here,
White retains excellent winning chances.}) 35... e4 $6 $138 {Topalov repays
the favour.} (35... axb5 $142 $1 36. Nxb5 e4 $13 {/\} 37. Rxe4 $2 Qxe1+ 38.
Rxe1 Rxe1+ 39. Kh2 Raa1 $19) 36. Nxe4 axb5 37. g4 $1 {Topalov underestimated
this strong move.} Rxe4 $2 {This should have lost by force.} (37... f5 38. gxf5
bxc4 39. bxc4 $40) (37... bxc4 38. bxc4 $5 (38. gxh5 f5 39. hxg6 (39. Nf6+ Bxf6
40. Rxe8+ Kf7 $13) 39... Rxe4 40. Rxe4 fxe4 41. gxh7+ Kxh7 42. Qxe4+ Kxh6 43.
Qe6+ Kh7 44. Rg1 Bxd5+ 45. Qxd5 Bg7 46. Qf7 Qa1 $1 47. Rxa1 Rxa1+ $14 {gives
Black chances to create a fortress.}) 38... f5 39. gxf5 {-37...f5 White has a
strong attack here, but Black can at least fight on.}) 38. Rxe4 Nf6 39. Re7
bxc4 40. bxc4 Bg7 41. Bxg7 Kxg7 42. f5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf5g6,Rg4g5] This
powerful move costs Black material.} g5 (42... gxf5 43. Qe3 $5 (43. Qxf5 Qd2
44. Rf1 $18) 43... Qa3 44. Qg5+ (44. Rxb7 $18) 44... Kf8 45. R7e3 Qb2 46. gxf5
Nxd5 47. Qh6+ Qg7 48. Re8+ $18) 43. Qe3 h6 44. Qe6 $5 (44. Rxb7 Re8 45. Re7
Rxe7 46. Qxe7 Qc3 {is less convincing.}) 44... Rf8 45. Rxb7 Qc3 46. Kg2 Qxc4
47. d6 Qd3 48. Re3 Qd1 49. Re1 Qd2+ (49... Qd3 50. Re3 Qd1 51. Re7 $5 {is
similar to the game.}) 50. Re2 Qd3 {[%mdl 256] The final phase of the game is
notable for Topalov's valiant defence, in a hopeless situation he continues to
create problems and is finally rewarded for his resourcefulness.} 51. Re7 c4
52. d7 c3 53. Qc6 Qd4 ({The rook can't join in:} 53... Rb8 54. Qc7 {[%csl Rf7]
it must return to protect f7.}) 54. Qc7 $1 {[%cal Re7f7]} Qd3 (54... Nd5 55.
d8=Q $18) 55. d8=Q Rxd8 56. Rxf7+ Kg8 57. Rg7+ Kh8 58. Rge7 h5 $5 (58... Qd4
59. R7e3 $18 {[%csl Rc3]}) 59. gxh5 ({The simplest solution was} 59. Qe5 Qd5+
60. Qxd5 Nxd5 (60... Rxd5 61. R2e6 $18) 61. Re8+ Rxe8 62. Rxe8+ Kg7 63. Rc8 $18
) 59... g4 60. hxg4 Qd5+ (60... Rg8 61. Rh7+ $1 Nxh7 62. Qe5+ Rg7 63. h6 $18)
61. Kg3 (61. Kh2 Nxg4+ 62. Kh3 $18 {is the computer recommendation, but a
human player prefers to avoid a king walk.}) 61... Qd4 (61... Rg8 62. Rh7+ $1
Nxh7 63. Qxc3+ $18) 62. Qf4 Qxf4+ 63. Kxf4 Nd5+ 64. Kf3 $2 {The first serious
error.} (64. Kg5 Rg8+ (64... c2 65. Re8+ Kh7 66. R2e7+ $18) 65. Kh4 c2 66. Rxc2
Nxe7 67. f6 Nd5 68. Rf2 $18 {should win, the pawns are too strong.}) ({Even
better was} 64. Kg3 $1 {, now contrary to the game} c2 (64... Nxe7 65. Rxe7 Rc8
66. Re1 $18) 65. Re8+ Kg7 (65... Kh7 66. Rxd8 c1=Q 67. Rd7+ Kh6 68. Re6+ Kg5
69. Rg6#) {fails to} 66. f6+ $1 Nxf6 (66... Kf7 67. R8e7+ Nxe7 68. fxe7 c1=Q
69. exd8=Q $18 {and there is no perpetual.}) 67. R2e7+ Kh6 68. Rxd8 c1=Q 69.
Rh8+ Kg5 70. Re5# {- here White's king controls the h4-square.}) 64... c2 $1
65. Re8+ $6 {Losing control.} (65. Rxc2 Nxe7 66. f6 Nd5 67. Rc6 $16 {[%cal
Rg4g5] /+- still gives White excellent winning chances.} (67. g5 $2 Nxf6 68.
gxf6 Rd6 69. Rc8+ Kh7 70. Rf8 Ra6 $11)) 65... Kg7 $1 {[]} (65... Kh7 $2 66.
R2e7+ Kh6 67. Re6+ Kg5 (67... Kg7 68. h6+ Kf7 69. g5 $1 $18) 68. Rg6+ Kh4 69.
Re2 $18) 66. h6+ (66. f6+ Nxf6 67. R8e7+ (67. R2e7+ Kh6 $11) 67... Kf8 68. Rc7
Rd3+ 69. Kg2 Nxg4 70. h6 Nxh6 71. Rexc2 $11 {/+/= gives only practical chances
- according to the Tablebases the endgame is a draw.}) 66... Kf7 (66... Kh7 $2
67. Rxd8 c1=Q 68. Rd7+ $18) 67. Rxd8 $6 {Squanders the last opportunity.} (67.
Rxc2 $142 $1 Rxe8 68. g5 Re3+ $16 {/+/= and although White's king must now
retreat to the 2nd rank, he still has winning chances.}) 67... c1=Q $11 68.
Rd7+ (68. Rxd5 Qh1+ 69. Rg2 Qf1+ 70. Kg3 Qe1+ {and White can avoid an
immediate perpetual only at the cost of a rook:} 71. Kf4 Qf1+ 72. Kg5 Qxg2 73.
Rd7+ Kg8 $11) 68... Kf6 69. Rd6+ Kf7 70. Rd7+ Kf6 71. g5+ Kxg5 72. Rxd5 Qf4+ (
72... Qh1+ 73. Rg2+ Kxh6 $11) 73. Kg2 Qg4+ 74. Kf2 Qf4+ 75. Kg1 (75. Ke1 $2
Qh4+ 76. Kd2 Qb4+ 77. Kd3 Qb3+ $19) 75... Qc1+ 76. Kg2 Qc6 77. Red2 (77. Ree5
Qc2+ $11) 77... Kxh6 78. Kg3 Kg5 79. f6+ Kg6 80. R2d3 Qc7+ 81. Rd6 Qc5 {
White's king is too exposed for any winning attempts.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2876"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 (4. d4 {is the main line.}) 4... Ngf6 5.
Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 e6 8. d4 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12.
cxd4 Rc8 $146 {The first new move in the game.} (12... Qc7 13. Nf1 Rfc8 14. Bd3
b4 15. Ng3 a5 16. Bg5 Bf8 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Be3 Qd8 19. h3 $14 {Rasik-Laznicka,
Prague 2015, and White is slightly better.}) (12... Qb6 13. b3 (13. e5 $2 {
was bad, as} dxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4 $1 {should have been played} 15. Ne4 Ndxe5 16.
Nxe5 Nxe5 $15 {and Black has a healthy P up.}) 13... Rfc8 14. Bd3 {and White
looks slightly better.}) 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. Be3 Rc7 16. Bd3 {White's
position is more comfortable. He has some space advantage and his pieces are
active.} e5 ({In the event of} 16... Qa8 17. Bd2 $14 {and it is obviously
favourable for White .}) 17. d5 {The right reaction. White closes the centre
and neutralises the b7-B.} Nc5 18. Bc2 b4 $6 {Giri wanted to avoid 19.b4, but
this is an inaccuracy, which involves weaknesses on Black's queenside.} (18...
Qd7 {was more solid, but} 19. Bg5 (19. b4 Na4) 19... Be7 20. Nf5 $36 {and
White has some initiative.}) 19. a3 $1 {White immediately takes advantage of
Black's previous move.} b3 20. Bxc5 {White simply accepts the P.} (20. Bd3 $5 {
was also possible.}) 20... Rxc5 21. Bxb3 Qb6 22. Bc4 (22. Ba4 {was the
alternative,} Rec8 23. b4 R5c7 24. Nd2 {and White looks nicely placed.}) 22...
Rec8 23. Bd3 g6 24. Nf1 {A logical manoeuvre, because the N on g3 was already
not very useful. White prepares for Ne3-c4.} Bh6 25. Ne3 a5 26. b4 $1 {A very
nice reply by Carlsen! The b4-P is not takeable, White's position is much
better.} (26. Nc4 $6 {was too early, as} Qc7 {and the N has to escape.}) 26...
axb4 27. axb4 R5c7 ({In the event of} 27... Rc3 28. Nc4 $1 Qxb4 (28... Qd8 29.
Na5 Ba8 30. b5 $16 {followed by Nc6.}) 29. Rab1 R8xc4 30. Bxc4 Qxc4 31. Rxb7
Rc2 32. Qxc4 Rxc4 33. h4 Nxe4 34. Rd7 $16 {and White has a hopeful endgame.})
28. b5 (28. Nc4 {was also fine,} Qxb4 29. Reb1 Rxc4 30. Bxc4 Qxc4 31. Qxc4 Rxc4
32. Rxb7 $16) 28... Qc5 29. h3 ({The engine suggests the logical} 29. Nd2 $16 {
followed by Ndc4.}) 29... Nh5 30. Qb2 Qb6 31. Qb4 {Carlsen activates his Q and
he is threatening Nc4.} Bxe3 32. Rxe3 Rc3 33. Rae1 f5 $6 {A brave attempt by
Giri. He would like to create complications, but this is too dangerous.} (33...
Nf6 {was more solid, but} 34. Ra1 {and White will slowly, but surely
consolidate and exploit the fact that he is a P up.}) 34. exf5 Nf4 35. Be4 $1
R3c5 (35... R3c4 36. Qb1 $18) ({or} 35... R8c4 36. Qb1 $18 {with a decisive
attack.}) 36. fxg6 hxg6 37. Bxg6 $1 {A brilliant tactical blow by Carlsen!}
Rxb5 {Still the best practical chance.} (37... Nxg6 {could have been met by}
38. Qg4 $1 Kf7 39. Qe6+ Kg7 40. Nh4 $1 $18 {and mate soon.}) 38. Qe4 $6 {
Well, this was the straightforward and human reply. On the other hand White
missed a fantastic winning move!} (38. Bf7+ $3 {What a brilliant sacrifice!}
Kxf7 39. Qe4 $18 {and Black cannot prevent the threats of Qf5+ and Ng5+, even
then it is not obvious how the attack proceeds, but Black simply cannot save
himself.}) 38... Rf8 $1 39. Nxe5 $6 (39. Nh4 $1 {should have played} Bxd5 40.
Qa4 {and White should be better, but in a practical game, it is not easy yet.})
39... dxe5 40. Rg3 Rxd5 $1 {The only move to survive which Giri did. Black's
position looks very dangerous, but at this moment White doesn't have a forced
win.} 41. Qb1 {Black also had several threats, so Carlsen simplifies.} (41. Rb1
{could have been met by} Rd1+ $1 42. Kh2 Rxb1 43. Bf5+ Kh8 44. Qxe5+ Qf6 45.
Qc7 Rf7 46. Qb8+ Rf8 47. Qc7 Rf7 $11 {and repetition of moves.}) 41... Qxb1 42.
Bxb1+ Kh8 43. Be4 Rd7 44. Bxb7 Rxb7 45. Rxe5 {White has three Ps for the N,
only he has any chance to win, but objectively this is a draw.} Rh7 46. Re4
Rhf7 47. Kh2 Kh7 48. Rf3 Kg6 49. h4 Nh5 50. Rxf7 Rxf7 51. Re2 Nf4 52. Rd2 Nh5
53. g3 Nf6 54. Kg2 Rd7 55. Ra2 {Carlsen tries everything, but Black can hold.}
(55. Rxd7 Nxd7 56. g4 Ne5 $11 {is also drawish.}) 55... Rd5 56. Ra4 Re5 57. g4
Re4 58. Rxe4 Nxe4 59. Kf3 Nd6 60. Kf4 Nf7 61. Ke4 Kf6 62. f4 Nd6+ 63. Kd5 Nb5
64. h5 Nc3+ 65. Kd4 Nb5+ 66. Kc4 Nd6+ 67. Kc5 Ke6 68. Kc6 Nf7 69. Kc7 Nh6 70.
g5 Nf7 71. g6 Nh6 72. Kd8 Kf5 73. Ke7 Kxf4 74. Kf8 Kg5 75. g7 Kxh5 76. g8=Q
Nxg8 {and finally the draw!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 (4... a6 {is the another main line,
but after} 5. Bd3 Ngf6 {White doesn't have to play 6.Re1, he can immediately
answer with} 6. c3 {followed by Bc2, d4.}) 5. Re1 a6 6. Bd3 b5 7. c4 g5 $5 $146
{A very interesting and ambitious novelty by Topalov. Nowadays ...g5 becomes
typical in these type of position. In case of White captures the P Black has
some play on the g-file and in case of White ignores, Black continues with ...
g4 and takes some pressure in the centre.} ({Last year Nakamura played} 7...
Ne5 {against Carlsen,} 8. Bf1 Nxc4 9. a4 Bd7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 e5 12. axb5
exd4 13. Bxc4 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Bb3 Be7 16. Qxd4 $14 {and White had a
comfortable position, Carlsen-Nakamura, Zuerich rapid 2014.}) 8. Nxg5 {Carlsen
takes the gauntlet.} (8. cxb5 $5 {was the alternative,} g4 9. e5 $5 dxe5 10.
Ng5 Nb6 {with a very complicated position.}) 8... Ne5 9. Be2 bxc4 10. Na3 (10.
Nc3 $5 {was also possible,} Rg8 11. d4 cxd3 12. Bxd3) ({or} 10. Nf3 $5 Nd3 11.
Bxd3 cxd3 12. e5 $1 Nd5 (12... dxe5 13. Nxe5 {and White has a dangerous
initiative since} Bb7 $2 {loses instantly,} 14. Qa4+ $1 Nd7 15. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7
16. Qb3+ Kg7 17. Qxb7 $18 {and White wins.}) 13. Na3 Rg8 $132 {with a
double-edged fight.}) 10... Rg8 11. Nxc4 $6 {A pretty piece sacrifice, but
objectively this is not so good!} (11. Nf3 $6 {could have been met by} Nd3 12.
Bxd3 cxd3 13. Nc4 (13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Qd5 $17) 13... Be6 $15 {and Black
looks fine.}) ({Probably} 11. d4 {was the most accurate, but} cxd3 12. Bxd3 h6
13. Nf3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 d5 $1 $132 {and Black has a nice counterplay.}) 11...
Nxc4 (11... Rxg5 $2 {is bad, because of} 12. d4 $16 {and White is better.}) 12.
d4 {This was the point of the piece sacrifice.} Nb6 13. Bh5 (13. dxc5 dxc5 14.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Nxf7+ Ke8 16. Ng5 e5 $15 {and two Ps are not enough.}) 13...
Nxh5 14. Qxh5 Rg7 (14... Rg6 $1 {was more accurate. The R is much more active,
and after} 15. Qxh7 Rg7 16. Qh8 cxd4 17. Nh7 Rxh7 18. Qxh7 e5 $17 {and Black
has a wonderful position.}) 15. Nxh7 Qd7 (15... Bg4 16. Qh4 Rxh7 17. Qxh7 cxd4
18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 e5 20. f4 {and still White has some counterchance.}) 16.
dxc5 dxc5 17. e5 $2 {Decisive mistake.} (17. Nxf8 {was the only move} Qh3 $1 (
17... Qg4 18. Qxg4 Rxg4 19. Nh7 f6 20. Ng5 $1 fxg5 21. g3 $1 $18 {followed by
f3 and the R is trapped.}) 18. Qxh3 Bxh3 19. g3 Nc4 (19... Kxf8 20. Bh6 {
might even favour White as Black's pieces are not well coordinated.}) (19...
Rg8 20. Nh7 f6 $13) 20. Bh6 Rg8 $13) 17... Qc6 $1 ({The natural} 17... Bb7 $4 {
is losing immediately, as} 18. Nf6+ exf6 19. exf6+ $18) 18. f3 ({Now} 18. Nf6+
{could have been met by} Kd8 $1 $17 {and Black is better.}) 18... Qg6 $1 {
A good move, Black forces to exchange of Qs and he avoids White's practical
chances.} 19. Nf6+ Kd8 $1 {The black K simply slides over to safety.} 20. Qxg6
Rxg6 21. Ne4 Bb7 22. h4 Rc8 23. h5 Rg8 24. Bd2 Nc4 25. Bc3 Bh6 26. Rad1+ Ke8
27. Rd3 Bf4 $1 $19 {Very precise play by Black, his position should be winning.
} 28. Nf2 Bc6 29. Nh3 Bg3 30. Re2 Bb5 31. Rd1 Bc6 32. Nf2 Bxe5 $1 {A beautiful
tactical solution! White's position is now hopeless.} 33. Ng4 (33. Bxe5 Bxf3
34. Rde1 Bxe2 35. Rxe2 Nxe5 36. Rxe5 f6 $19) 33... Bxc3 34. bxc3 Kf8 35. Kf2
Rh8 36. Ne5 Nxe5 37. Rxe5 Be8 38. g4 f6 39. Re6 Bb5 40. Rde1 Rc7 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 ({A month
previously Topalov won a nice game against Carlsen in} 6. Bd3 b5 7. c4 g5 $5 8.
Nxg5 Ne5 9. Be2 bxc4 10. Na3 Rg8 11. Nxc4 Nxc4 12. d4 Nb6 13. Bh5 Nxh5 14. Qxh5
Rg7 15. Nxh7 Qd7 16. dxc5 dxc5 $15 {Carlsen-Topalov, Saint Louis 2015.}) 6...
b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb7 9. c4 e6 ({The greedy} 9... Nxe4 $6 {is too
dangerous, because} 10. f3 Nef6 11. Nf5 $40 {and White has a strong attack.})
10. Nc3 Be7 11. f3 Rc8 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. Kh1 Rfe8 16. a3
Bd8 {A very typical manoeuvre in the Hedgehog System. Black prepares for ...
Bc7 with which he exerts pressure on the b8-h2 diagonal.} 17. Bg1 {A
prophylactic move.} h5 $146 {A novelty by Topalov. Black would like to advance
with his h-P and creates some weaknesses on White's kingside.} (17... Bc7 18.
b4 d5 19. cxd5 Bf4 20. Be3 Bxh2 (20... Bxe3 {(Fernandez Aguado-Vehi Bach,
Sitges 1989)} 21. Rxe3 $1 exd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. exd5 $16 {
and White is a healthy P up.}) 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Qa2 Nf8 23. Bc4 $16 {and
White is better, for example} Qe5 24. Bxe6+ $1 Nxe6 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Bd4 $1
$18 {and wins.}) 18. b3 Ne5 (18... h4 $5 {was also possible.}) 19. f4 Ned7 20.
b4 Qa8 {White weakened his e4-P after f4, so Black immediately puts it under
pressure.} (20... h4 $5) 21. Bd3 Be7 {The B was already useless on d8.} (21...
h4 $5) 22. h3 Rc7 $6 {An inaccuracy.} ({Even now} 22... h4 $5 {was an
interesting option too.}) 23. Re2 (23. e5 $1 {was the strongest reply,} dxe5
24. fxe5 Nh7 25. Bh2 $1 $36 {followed by Ne4 and White has a nice initiative.})
23... h4 24. Bf2 Nh5 25. Nf3 Ng3+ 26. Bxg3 hxg3 27. Qe1 Nf6 28. Qxg3 Nh5 29.
Qg4 Nf6 30. Qg3 Nh5 31. Qg4 Nf6 32. Qh4 g6 ({In the event of} 32... Nxe4 33.
Ng5 Nxg5 34. fxg5 g6 35. Rf1 Bf8 36. Be4 $1 {and now} Rxc4 $2 {does not work
because of} 37. Rxf7 $3 Kxf7 38. Qh7+ Bg7 39. Rf2+ $18 {and White wins.}) 33.
Ng5 Qd8 (33... Nh5 {was also an alternative.}) 34. Rd1 Nh5 35. Qg4 e5 ({
Probably} 35... Nf6 {was more accurate,} 36. Qf3 Nh5 {and in the event of} 37.
Nxe6 $5 fxe6 38. Qg4 Nxf4 39. Qxf4 Bf6 $44 {with a double-edged fight.}) 36.
Nd5 Bxd5 37. exd5 Bxg5 38. fxg5 Nf4 39. Rc2 b5 $2 {A decisive mistake,
probably in time trouble.} (39... Nxd3 40. Rxd3 e4 41. Rd4 e3 42. Re2 Rce7 $44
{with some compensation for the P.}) 40. c5 $1 Nxd3 (40... Nxd5 {could have
been met by} 41. Bxg6 $1 Ne3 42. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 (42... Kf8 43. Qh5 $1 Nxd1 44.
Qh6+ Ke7 45. Rd2 $18) 43. Qe4+ $18 {and White wins.}) 41. Rxd3 e4 42. Rd4 e3
43. c6 Re5 44. h4 Rce7 45. Re2 Qb6 46. g3 a5 47. Kg2 axb4 48. axb4 Qa7 49. Rd3
Re4 50. Qc8+ Kh7 51. Qd8 Rxb4 52. Rd1 Rbe4 53. Qxd6 Qa4 54. Rde1 $2 {This safe
move is a mistake! Now Black gets some chances.} (54. Rc1 $1 $18 {was the best
answer followed by c7, so Black can resign.}) 54... Qc4 $1 {The correct reply!}
55. h5 gxh5 56. Qh6+ Kg8 57. g6 fxg6 $2 {The decisive mistake, which loses
immediately!} (57... f5 $1 {was very important,} 58. Rxe3 (58. Qxh5 Qxd5) 58...
Rxe3 59. Rxe3 Qxd5+ 60. Kf1 Qh1+ $11 {and Black survives with perpetual checks.
}) 58. Qxg6+ $18 Rg7 59. Qxh5 Qd4 60. Ra2 {Now Black is already helpless.} Rf4
61. Ra8+ Rf8 62. Rxf8+ Kxf8 63. Qh8+ Kf7 64. Rf1+ Ke7 65. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 {A relatively new idea. White
prepares for c3, Bc2 followed by d4.} Ngf6 6. Re1 (6. c3 {is the other move to
prepare for Bc2, d4.}) 6... e6 (6... b5 {is the other main continuation and
after} 7. c4 g5 $5 {it leads to a complicated middlegame.}) 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2 c4
$1 {The most ambitious move. Black has gained some space, and he doesn't want
to allow d4.} 9. b3 $6 {A logical move, but it is too slow.} (9. a4 {is more
common.}) 9... Bb7 (9... Qc7 {is the other continuation,} 10. bxc4 bxc4 11. Qe2
Bb7 12. Na3 Nb6 13. Rb1 Nfd7 14. d4 cxd3 15. Bxd3 Nc5 $132 {Lu Shanglei-Wei Yi,
Shenzhen rapid 2016, and Black looks nicely placed.}) 10. bxc4 bxc4 11. Na3 Rc8
12. Rb1 Ba8 13. Qe2 d5 14. Nd4 $146 {An original move, but it doesn't pose a
real threat, because Black's position is powerful.} (14. exd5 $2 {is bad,
because} Bxd5 $17 {Black is threatening ...Qa5 and the a3-knight is in trouble.
}) ({Smeets played} 14. e5 Ne4 $1 15. Nd4 Nec5 16. d3 cxd3 17. Bxd3 Nxd3 18.
Qxd3 Qa5 $15 {Smeets-Van Wely, Leiden 2015 and Black looks nicely placed.})
14... Nxe4 $1 {The right reply! Black takes the pawn and he gains the bishop
pair.} ({In the event of} 14... Qa5 15. e5 Ng8 16. f4 $1 Bxa3 17. Bxa3 Qxa3 18.
f5 $44 {with strong compensation for the piece.}) 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nxc4 Qc7
17. Ne3 Qa7 ({The natural developing} 17... Bd6 $6 {could have been met by} 18.
Qxa6 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 $36 {and suddenly White has the initiative.}) (17... Qa5 $5
{is suggested by the engine.}) 18. Qh5 e5 (18... Qc5 $5 {was a good
alternative, because the exchange of queens only helps Black.}) 19. Ndc2 ({
The smart} 19. Ne6 $5 {was also possible, but} g6 20. Qh3 fxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kd8
22. d4 $1 Rc6 $1 23. Qh3 Qc7 $15 {and it is not clear, how White can continue
the attack.}) 19... Bc5 {A logical developing move; it puts pressure on the
f2-pawn, so now the e3-knight can't go to f5.} 20. Ba3 O-O 21. Rf1 {An
unexpected move, which protects the f2-pawn and probably he would like to play
Nf5 already.} (21. Bxc5 $6 {was dubious, as} Nxc5 $15 {followed by ...Nd3.})
21... g6 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 ({Probably} 22... Qxc5 $1 {was more accurate,} 23. Qe2
Qd6 $36 {followed by ...f5 and Black is fine.}) 23. Qh4 f6 {The solid reply.} (
{However} 23... f5 $1 {was more aggressive,} 24. Qe7 Rf7 25. Qe8+ Kg7 $17 {
and the queen can be in trouble on e8.}) 24. h3 Kg7 25. Rfd1 Rc7 $6 ({Now it
was time to play} 25... f5 $1 26. Qe7+ Rf7 27. Qd6 f4 $17 {and Black is better.
}) 26. Nb4 Nb6 27. d4 $1 {White plays actively, he opens the d-file for his
rook.} exd3 28. Rxd3 Rff7 {Logical, to protect the 7th rank more, but this is
an inaccuracy.} ({The greedy} 28... e4 $6 29. Rd6 Rxc3 $2 {could have been met
by} 30. Ng4 $1 $18 {and suddenly White has a decisive attack.}) (28... a5 $1 {
was important,} 29. Nbd5 Nxd5 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxc3 {Our dear engine
isn't afraid of anything! :)}) 29. Rd6 $1 {Very good move, White activates his
rook, to a square from where things are unpleasant for Black.} a5 $2 (29...
Rcd7 $1 {should have been played, trying to simplify the position.}) 30. Ng4 $1
{White immediately gains the initiative.} Nd7 ({Of course} 30... axb4 $2 {
dpes not work, because of} 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Rd8+ $18 {and mate!}) 31. Qh6+ Kg8
32. Nd5 $1 {White's pieces are becoming very active, Black has to defend.} ({
The tempting} 32. Na6 Rc8 33. Rbd1 {is dubious, because of} Bc6 {and Black
looks OK.}) 32... Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Rc8 34. Qd2 Kg7 35. Rd6 Qc7 36. Rd1 {White
triples on the d-file; he will win the f6-P.} Nf8 37. Qh6+ Kh8 38. Nxf6 Qxc3
39. Qg5 {Prepares for Ng4.} Qb2 40. Ng4 Rf5 41. Qe7 (41. Qe3 $16 {was more
solid with an obviously better position for White.}) 41... h5 42. Rd7 $1 {
This is the point of White's previous move.} Nxd7 ({In the event of} 42... e4
$2 43. Rb7 $1 {A strong intermediate move! The queen has to leave the 2nd rank.
} Qc3 44. Nh6 $18 {and White wins.}) 43. Rxd7 Qc1+ 44. Kh2 Qf4+ 45. g3 Rf7 {
Leko plays the best defensive moves, however his position is worse.} 46. gxf4
Rxe7 47. Rxe7 hxg4 48. fxe5 gxh3 49. Kxh3 Rc2 50. f4 Rxa2 51. Ra7 $18 {The
black king is passive, so White has an easy win in this rook endgame.} Kg8 52.
Kg4 Rg2+ 53. Kf3 Ra2 54. Kg4 Rg2+ 55. Kf3 Ra2 56. e6 $1 {Threatening Ra8
followed by e7.} Kf8 57. Ke4 Rf2 58. Ke5 Rf1 59. Rxa5 Ke7 60. Ra7+ Kf8 61. Rf7+
Kg8 62. f5 $1 gxf5 63. Kf6 $1 {White creates an "umbrella", Black resigned.}
1-0

[Event "Biel GM 48th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2015.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 (4. d4 {is another main line.}) 4... Ngf6
5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 e5 ({One month ago Giri played} 6... b5 7. Bc2 e6 8. d4 Bb7 9.
O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. Be3
Rc7 16. Bd3 e5 17. d5 Nc5 18. Bc2 b4 19. a3 $1 $14 {Carlsen-Giri, Stavanger
2015, and White had a slight advantage.}) 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 b5 9. Bc2 O-O 10.
Rd1 {The position is very similar to the Ruy Lopez Breyer variation, but Black
is a few tempi up.} Qc7 11. a4 Rb8 (11... Bb7 {is more popular, for example:}
12. dxe5 dxe5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Rxa8 15. Na3 b4 16. Nc4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Bc6
$11 {Kobalia-Najer, Kaliningrad 2015, with a balanced position.}) 12. Na3 c4
$146 (12... cxd4 13. cxd4 bxa4 14. Bxa4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Bc2 Re8 17. f3 d5
$1 18. e5 Bf8 $132 {C.Balogh-Babula, Austria 2012, with a complicated
middlegame.}) 13. Bd2 Re8 14. axb5 axb5 15. h3 d5 $5 {A very ambitious
break-through in the centre.} ({The solid} 15... Bf8 {was also possible.}) 16.
dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 $2 {He starts some straightforward play, but this is a
mistake.} ({White should have played} 17. exd5 Neg4 (17... Nd3 18. Be3) (17...
Ng6 $5) 18. Nxb5 Rxb5 19. hxg4 Bc5 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Qb6 $132 {with a
double-edged fight.}) 17... Qxe5 18. f4 Bc5+ $1 {An important intermediate
move.} 19. Be3 ({In the event of} 19. Kh1 Nxe4 $1 20. fxe5 Ng3+ 21. Kh2 Nxe2
$17 {and Black is better.}) ({or} 19. Kh2 Qe7 $1 20. Be3 (20. e5 $2 Ng4+ $1 $19
) 20... dxe4 $17 {and Black is a healthy P up.}) 19... Qh5 $1 {This is the
point of Black's previous move.} 20. Rd2 ({Of course} 20. Qxh5 $4 {loses as}
Bxe3+ $19) 20... dxe4 21. Re1 Qxe2 {A logical decision by Vachier Lagrave, he
is a P up, so he simplifies the position.} ({Nevertheless} 21... Qf5 $5 {
was also an interesting option to keep the tension.}) 22. Rdxe2 Bxe3+ 23. Rxe3
Rb6 24. Kf2 (24. g4 $5) 24... Bf5 25. Rd1 (25. g4 {could have been met by} Bxg4
$1 26. hxg4 Nxg4+ 27. Ke2 Nxe3 28. Kxe3 f5 $17 {and Black has good chances to
win.}) 25... h5 {Black avoids g4 and now Adams starts to play a brave plan.}
26. Kg3 g6 27. Rd4 Kg7 28. Kh4 $6 {White wants to play for g4, but this move
looks too dangerous. The K can be in a mating net, as we will see in the game.}
({He should try to hold his position with} 28. Re1 {, because he has a nice
blockade on the dark squares.}) 28... Be6 29. Re2 Rbb8 30. Bd1 ({In the event
of} 30. Re3 Rec8 $19 {followed by ...b4.}) 30... Bf5 31. Bc2 Rec8 32. Re1 Rc5
33. Bd1 (33. Kg3 b4 $1 34. Nxc4 bxc3 35. bxc3 Rbc8 $19 {and Black wins the
endgame.}) 33... Nd5 $1 34. g3 (34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Nxf4 $1 $19) 34... Rh8 $1
{Black starts to create a mating net.} ({The immediate} 34... Ne7 {allows} 35.
g4 $1) 35. Nc2 Ne7 $1 36. Rd6 Be6 (36... Be6 37. Nd4 g5+ 38. fxg5 Ng6#) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.26"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malachite Sverdlovsk Region"]
[BlackTeam "Rostov"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 $5 {A perfectly reasonable way
of avoiding the Bxd7 main line. White's plan is c3, Bc2 followed by d4.} Ngf6 (
{Five months ago} 5... Ne5 {was played by Svidler} 6. Nxe5 dxe5 7. a4 Nf6 (7...
b6 8. b3 $14 {was slightly better for White, Mudrak-Rychlik, Nachod 2012.}) 8.
b3 (8. Re1 b6 9. Na3 Bb7 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. b3 e6 12. Bb2 Qg5 13. Re3 $1 g6 14.
Rg3 Qf6 15. Qe2 $16 {with a strong initiative with White, Trent-Sutovsky,
Caleta 2013.}) 8... Be6 (8... g6 {Marin} 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. Na3 Bg7 11. Nc4 Nh5 (
11... Nd7 12. f4 $40) 12. a5 $14) 9. Bb2 (9. Qe2 $5 g6 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Na3 Bg7
12. Nc4 Nh5 13. g3 $14 {and White has a comfortable position.}) 9... Bxb3 ({
After the natural} 9... Qc7 {White can play} 10. Na3 $14 {and thanks for
Black's weak P structure White is slightly better.}) 10. Qe2 (10. Qf3 c4) 10...
c4 (10... Be6 11. Bxe5 $14) 11. Bxc4 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Rc8 {(Carlsen-Svidler,
Stavanger 2013)} 13. Qe2 Rxc2 14. Bxe5 $32 {and White has a big development
advantage.}) 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1 {This a very typical Spanish position.
White is ready to play d4.} c4 ({In case of} 8... e5 9. d4 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O {
and the position is very similar like a Ruy Lopez Breyer line.}) 9. a4 (9. b3
e6 (9... cxb3 $6 {isn't so good, as} 10. axb3 e5 11. d4 Be7 12. Nbd2 O-O {
(Brkic-Tomic, Sarajevo 2013)} 13. c4 $14 {and White is slightly better.}) 10.
bxc4 bxc4 11. Na3 Rc8 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Rb1 Ba8 $132 {and Black can keep the
tension.}) 9... e5 (9... e6 {could have been met by} 10. axb5 $5 (10. d4 cxd3
11. Bxd3 bxa4 12. Rxa4 Be7 13. Rb4 Qc7 14. Na3 O-O 15. Rc4 Qb8 $13 {Almeida
Quintana-Gormally, ICC INT 2008.}) 10... axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 (11... Bxa8 12. d3
$14) 12. Na3 Be7 (12... Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. d3 cxd3 15. Nxb5 $36) 13. Nxb5 {
compare with the text move, the black P is on e6 instead of e5.}) (9... Nc5 $5
{was an interesting alternative} 10. d3 cxd3 11. Bxd3 bxa4 (11... Nxa4 12. c4
Nc5 13. cxb5 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 $14) (11... Nfxe4 12. axb5 (12. Bc2 d5) 12... Nxd3
13. Qxd3 Nc5 14. Qe2 $14) 12. Bc2 e6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxa4+ Nxa4 15. Qxa4+ Qd7 {
with a nearly equal position.}) 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 (11... Bxa8 12. d3
cxd3 13. Bxd3 Qb8 14. b4 $14 {followed by Na3 then Qe2 and the b5 P is very
weak.}) 12. Na3 Be7 {Cheparinov immediately sacrifices the b5 P. He hopes
there are any counterplay thanks for the e4 P and White's development
disadvantage.} (12... Bc6 {was the natural reply,} 13. d3 cxd3 14. Bxd3 Be7 (
14... Qb7 15. Qe2 b4 16. Nc4 $36 {with some initiative for White.}) 15. Nxb5
O-O 16. Bg5 Nc5 17. c4 Rd8 (17... Ncxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxd6
Rd8 21. c5 $14) 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. b4 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qb7 {and still not so easy,
Black has some compensation for the P.}) 13. Nxb5 O-O 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. d4 cxd3
16. Bxd3 Nc5 17. Nd2 $1 {The correct answer.} (17. Bg5 $6 {was dubious, as}
Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bxe4 $1 19. Rxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe7 Qa1+ 21. Qf1 Qxb2 22. Bxd6 Nxd6
23. Nxd6 Ra8 24. Nc4 Qxc3 25. Ncd2 Ra1 26. Nb1 Qc2 27. Nfd2 h6 $15 {and only
Black who can win the game.}) 17... Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Ba6 19. c4 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Qb7
$44 {Black should equalize the position, but even he takes back the b5 P, we
will see, the game is not completely drawish.} 21. b3 Rb8 22. Bb2 Qxb5 23. Qxb5
Rxb5 24. Rc1 (24. Kf1 {is very similar like the game.}) 24... Rb8 (24... Kf8 {
was also possible, but Black didn't want to allow the penetrate for the white
R.}) 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. Ke2 Ke8 27. f3 (27. Kd3 Nd7) 27... Kd7 28. Kd3 Ne8 {
Now it is not so easy to continue with White. On the other hand Karjakin found
some good moves to avoid the immediately draw and he gave some difficult task
for his opponent.} 29. Kc2 {White protects the b3 P and he prepares for Nc4.}
Bg5 $1 {Of course... Black has to avoid the unpleasant Nc4.} 30. Bc3 Nc7 31.
Ra1 Bxd2 (31... Be3 $5 {was another plan, but Black wants to remove that
dangerous piece.} 32. Nc4 Bc5) 32. Bxd2 Kc6 33. Ra4 Nb5 34. Kd3 Nc7 ({Maybe} 
34... d5 $142 {was more accurate} 35. exd5+ Kxd5 $11 {and Black can hold the
position.}) 35. Kc4 g6 $6 {A dubious move. After this White can create some
problems for Black.} (35... d5+ {was the correct reply} 36. exd5+ Nxd5 37. Ra7
Nb6+ 38. Kc3 Nd5+ 39. Kc2 Rf8 40. Kd3 Kb6 {and still Black can hold himself.})
36. Ra7 $1 {Karjakin immediately find the best chance. The white R is very
unpleasant on a7, the c7 N can't play, so White can easily improve his
position.} Kb6 (36... Nb5 37. Ra6+ (37. Rxf7 $6 Na3+ 38. Kc3 Nb1+ 39. Kc2 Nxd2
40. Kxd2 Rxb3 $11 {is only a drawish R endgame.}) 37... Kd7 38. Be3 $14 {
is also unpleasant for Black.}) 37. Be3+ Kc6 38. b4 d5+ 39. exd5+ Nxd5 40. Bc5
Nc7 41. g4 $1 {White has gained some space on the kingside before the main
actions.} f5 42. g5 Ra8 $6 {Loses immediately, but Black's position was
already bad.} (42... e4 43. fxe4 fxe4 44. h4 e3 45. Bxe3 Re8 46. Kd3 {looks
also difficult for Black, but after} Nd5 {still not finish.}) 43. b5+ $18 Kd7
44. Rxa8 Nxa8 45. h4 Nc7 46. b6 Ne6 47. Kd5 Nxc5 48. Kxc5 Kc8 49. Kd5 e4 50.
fxe4 f4 51. Kd4 Kb7 52. Kd3 Kxb6 53. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2868"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 e5 8.
Qd3 b5 $5 {A very logical move. Black attacks White's P centre in order to
lessen the pressure against d5.} 9. Nc3 (9. Na3 {has also been played, but} Qb6
10. O-O h6 11. b3 Nf6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nf1 Bc6 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. Be3
Qb7 17. Nc2 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rfc8 $132 {and Black looks nicely placed,
Tiviakov-Babula, Dresden 2007.}) 9... bxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qd3 (11. Qc6+ {
leads only to repetition of moves after} Bd7 12. Qc4 Be6 $11) (11. Nd5 Qa5+ 12.
Qc3 (12. Bd2 Bxd5 13. exd5 Qb5 $13) 12... Qxc3+ 13. Nxc3 h6 14. b3 Rc8 15. Bb2
Nf6 16. O-O Be7 17. Rfd1 O-O 18. Nd2 Rc6 $13 {D.Howell-Shanava, Istanbul ol
2012}) 11... h6 {This important move avoids B or Ng5.} ({In the event of} 11...
Nf6 $6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. O-O {followed by Nd5 with a slight
advantage for White.}) 12. O-O Nf6 13. Rd1 $146 {The first novelty in the game.
The idea can be seen in the next moves.} (13. Be3 Be7 14. Nd2 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5
16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. Rfc1 Kd7 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Rhc8 $11 {
Yu Ruiyuan-Zhou Jianchao, Tianjin 2013. Black equalised.}) 13... Be7 14. Ne1 $5
{A very typical plan in these P structures. The white N goes to c2-e3 and d5.}
O-O 15. Nc2 Qb6 16. Ne3 Rfc8 17. b3 {A prophylactic move, Carlsen prepares for
Bd2.} ({The immediate} 17. Ned5 {is probably too early, as} Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5
19. Qxd5 Rab8 (19... Qb4 20. b3) 20. b3 Rc2 21. Be3 Qb4 {and it is not so easy
to improve the position with White.}) 17... a5 18. Bd2 Qa6 {Anand decides to
exchange the Q.} 19. Be1 Nd7 20. f3 {Carlsen protects the e4 P, which wasn't
hanging at the moment, but after the exchange of Q, than Ncd5 Nc5 and the P is
protected.} Rc6 21. Qxa6 Rcxa6 22. Ned5 $1 (22. Ncd5 {was also possible} Bd8 (
22... Bg5 23. Nc4 $14) 23. Rac1 $14 {and White is slightly better.}) 22... Bd8
23. Nb5 {This is the point of why Carlsen put the e3 N on d5.} Rc8 (23... Rc6 {
was more precise} 24. Rac1 (24. Bf2 Rb8) 24... Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxd5 26. exd5 Nf6
27. Nxd6 Nxd5 {and still Black can hope for equalisation.}) 24. Bf2 (24. Rac1 {
was an interesting alternative.} Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxd5 26. exd5 Bb6+ 27. Bf2 $14)
24... Kh7 {A prophylactic move, which avoids Ne7 checks.} 25. Kf1 $14 {Another
logical move by Carlsen. The K is coming towards the centre.} Rcc6 $6 (25... g6
{was another option preparing for Kg7.} 26. Rac1 Rac6 27. Be3 $14) 26. Rac1 Bg5
27. Rc3 (27. Rxc6 $1 {was stronger} Rxc6 28. Ndc7 Rc2 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Rxd6
$16 {and White is better.}) 27... Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxc3 29. Nxc3 Rc6 30. Be1 Nc5
31. Nb5 (31. h4 $5 Bd8 (31... Be7 32. Ke2 $14) 32. Nb5 Nb7 33. Ke2 $14) 31...
Nb7 32. h4 Be3 33. Ke2 Bc5 34. h5 Bb4 35. Bd2 $6 ({In the event of} 35. Bxb4
axb4 36. a3 bxa3 37. Nxa3 g6 38. hxg6+ Kxg6 39. Nc4 {is still also slightly
better for White.}) 35... g6 36. a3 Bxd2 37. hxg6+ Kxg6 38. Kxd2 h5 39. g3 f6
40. Na7 Rc7 41. Nb5 Rc6 42. Ke2 Kf7 $11 {Anand has made some precise moves, so
he has levelled the position.} 43. b4 axb4 44. axb4 Ke6 45. Rd3 Rc4 46. Rb3 d5
47. Kd3 Rc6 48. exd5+ Kxd5 49. Rc3 f5 50. Nc7+ Kd6 51. Ne8+ Kd5 52. Rxc6 Kxc6
53. Ng7 Nd6 54. Nxh5 e4+ 55. fxe4 Nxe4 56. Kd4 Kb5 57. g4 fxg4 58. Kxe4 g3 59.
Nxg3 Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Since Carlsen had won the previous game too, he had 3 points advantage and
actually this was the last game of their match.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {
A logical decision by Carlsen. He avoids the sharp lines after 3.d4. Apart
from this, Carlsen usually employs this move.} Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 Nf6 ({A few months ago they had a game against each other with
} 7... e5 8. Qd3 b5 9. Nc3 bxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qd3 h6 12. O-O Nf6 13. Rd1 Be7
14. Ne1 O-O 15. Nc2 Qb6 16. Ne3 Rfc8 17. b3 {and White had a stable position,
Carlsen-Anand, Stavanger 2013.}) 8. Bg5 e6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O {The most
natural move.} (10. Rd1 Bc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. a4 Rfd8 14. Rfe1 Rac8
15. Nd4 Be8 16. b3 Qc5 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qc5 19. h3 Nd7 20. Be3 Qa5 $11 {
and Black has a completely fine position, Fressinet-Ponomariov, Elancourt 2013.
}) 10... Bc6 ({The immediate} 10... O-O {could have been met by} 11. e5 dxe5
12. Nxe5 Be8 13. Rad1 {White has gained some space, but thanks to his stable
position, Black can hold the game.}) 11. Qd3 {White prepares for Nd4.} (11.
Rad1 {transposes to 10.Rd1.}) 11... O-O 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. b3 $146 {Carlsen would
like to stabilise his position.} (13. Rac1 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. Bg5 b6 16. Nxc6
Rxc6 17. Ne2 Qa8 18. f3 Rfc8 19. Be3 Nd7 20. b3 Qb7 $11 {Schoeneberg-Danailov,
Leipzig 1986}) 13... Qc7 14. Nxc6 ({The natural} 14. Rfd1 {was also possible.}
Rfd8 15. Nxc6 (15. Rac1 Be8 {and Black can keep his B.}) 15... Qxc6 16. Rac1 {
similar to the game.}) 14... Qxc6 15. Rac1 h6 (15... Rfd8 16. Rfd1 {and White
is solid.}) 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Bd4 Rfd8 18. h3 (18. Rfd1 Qc7 {is also similar.})
18... Qc7 19. Rfd1 Qa5 20. Qd2 {White is threatening with Nd5!} ({In the event
of} 20. Qg3 {Black can reply with} Qg5 ({or} 20... Bf8 {.})) 20... Kf8 (20...
Bg5 {was easier, but I think Anand didn't want to exchange the bishops so
quickly.} 21. Be3 (21. f4 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11) 21... Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Ne5 $11 {
with a balanced middlegame.}) 21. Qb2 Kg8 22. a4 (22. Qd2 {was a repetition of
moves.}) 22... Qh5 23. Ne2 Bf6 {After the B exchange suddenly the d6 P will be
very weak.} ({Probably} 23... Qg6 $1 {was more exact, as} 24. f3 b6 {followed
by Nc5 and the e7 B is able to hold the d6 P.}) 24. Rc3 $1 {The R is very
useful on the 3rd rank.} Bxd4 25. Rxd4 {Now White has a comfortable position,
because the d6 P can be attacked by tripling on the d-file.} Qe5 26. Qd2 Nf6 (
26... Nc5 {was also possible} 27. Re3 Qf6 28. a5 {and still Black needs to
play some exact moves.}) 27. Re3 Rd7 28. a5 Qg5 $2 {A mistake, which allows
White's strong reply!} (28... Rcd8 {was important to protect the d7 R.}) 29. e5
$1 Ne8 30. exd6 $2 {White returns the error, but I think Carlsen was only
thinking about the draw and becoming the new World Champion.} ({Nevertheless} 
30. Nc3 $1 {was the strongest answer. White keeps the tension and the N is
ready to go to e4 or a4 too.} Rc6 31. f4 Qe7 32. Red3 $16 {and Black is in a
big trouble.}) 30... Rc6 {Now Black immediately gains back the d6 P.} 31. f4
Qd8 32. Red3 Rcxd6 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Qxd6 35. Qxd6 Nxd6 36. Kf2 {I think
Carlsen wanted this endgame, which is an easy draw for him without any problem.
} Kf8 37. Ke3 Ke7 38. Kd4 Kd7 39. Kc5 Kc7 40. Nc3 Nf5 41. Ne4 Ne3 42. g3 f5 43.
Nd6 g5 44. Ne8+ Kd7 45. Nf6+ Ke7 46. Ng8+ (46. Nh5 {was also possible, but
White didn't want to risk} Kf7 47. Kb6 Kg6 48. Kxb7 Kxh5 49. Kxa6 gxf4 50. gxf4
e5 51. Kb6 exf4 52. a6 f3 53. a7 f2 54. a8=Q Kh4 (54... f1=Q $6 55. Qe8+ {
and the e3 N is lost.}) 55. Qf3 f1=Q 56. Qxe3 f4 57. Qe6 h5 {with a drawish
queen endgame.}) 46... Kf8 47. Nxh6 (47. Nf6 Ke7 {was a repetition of moves.})
47... gxf4 48. gxf4 Kg7 49. Nxf5+ exf5 50. Kb6 Ng2 51. Kxb7 Nxf4 52. Kxa6 Ne6
53. Kb6 f4 54. a6 f3 55. a7 f2 56. a8=Q f1=Q 57. Qd5 {Carlsen has achieved his
aim; he has no way to lose, the position is completely drawn.} Qe1 58. Qd6 Qe3+
59. Ka6 Nc5+ 60. Kb5 Nxb3 61. Qc7+ Kh6 62. Qb6+ Qxb6+ 63. Kxb6 Kh5 64. h4 Kxh4
65. c5 Nxc5 {and Magnus Carlsen is the new World Champion! Congratulations to
him!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal 8th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2007.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2007.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I have played 5 games against Emil Sutovsky and all of them as Black. What
are the chances that you get 5 out of 5 Black?! Not so high, I guess, if you
believe in the Law of Chance. But sometimes, it doesn't work in chess, in
casino and in life. :-) But speaking seriously, I like playing Black against
Emil since he is very predictable, almost always playing 3.Bb5 in the Sicilian
Defence. Thus, preparation against him is easy and doesn't take much time...} 
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 {
4 of the games played against Emil featured this position.} 8. d3 (8. h3 Bxf3
9. Qxf3 g6 10. Qd1 Bh6 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nc2 e5 13. g3 b5 14. d4 Bxc1 15. Rxc1
Kg7 16. d5 Ne7 17. a4 Qd7 18. Qe2 Rab8 19. Na3 bxa4 20. Nc4 Ne8 21. f4 f6 22.
Bg2 Nc8 23. Rf1 Qb5 24. Rf2 Nb6 25. Bf1 Qxc4 26. Qxc4 Nxc4 27. Bxc4 Nc7 28. Ra1
Rfe8 29. Re2 f5 30. Rxa4 exf4 31. gxf4 Rxe4 32. Rxe4 fxe4 33. b4 cxb4 34. cxb4
Rb6 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Ke2 Kf5 37. Ke3 h6 38. h4 h5 39. Bb3 a5 40. Rxa5 Rxb4 41.
Ba4 Rxa4 42. Rxa4 Nxd5+ 43. Kd4 Nxf4 44. Ra2 Ne6+ 45. Kc4 Ke5 46. Ra5+ Kf4 47.
Ra1 Nc5 48. Rf1+ Ke5 49. Rf7 Ne6 50. Rd7 e3 51. Kc3 d5 52. Re7 Kd6 53. Re8 d4+
54. Kd3 Kd5 55. Ke2 Ke5 56. Kf3 Kf6 57. Rh8 Ng7 58. Rd8 Nf5 59. Ke2 Ke5 60. Kd3
Kf4 61. Rf8 Kg3 62. Rf6 Nxh4 63. Ke2 g5 64. Rf1 Ng2 65. Rg1 h4 {0-1 Sutovsky,
E-Tiviakov,S/Leon 2001 (65)}) 8... e6 9. h3 Bxf3 $1 ({Now I think this move is
to be better than the usually played} 9... Bh5 {which gives White some
possibilities to play for iniative after} 10. g4 {etc} Bg6 11. Nh4 Be7 (11...
d5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. g5 Nh5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Bg2 Qd7 16. Na3 Be7 17. Nc4 Rd8
18. Be4 Qc7 19. Qf3 Rd7 20. Be3 O-O 21. a4 Na5 22. Nxa5 Qxa5 23. h4 Qc7 24. a5
Bd6 25. Ra4 Bf4 26. Rc4 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Qxa5 28. Qxc5 Qxc5 29. Rxc5 Nf4 30. d4
Rfd8 31. Kh2 Kf8 32. Kg3 Nd5 33. Ra1 Ne7 34. Ra3 Nc8 35. Rb3 Nd6 36. f3 Ke7 37.
Rb6 Ra8 38. Rb4 Ra7 39. Rb6 a5 40. Bc2 a4 41. Rb4 a3 42. bxa3 Rxa3 43. Kf4 Ra2
44. Ba4 Rd8 45. d5 exd5 46. Rxd5 Rh2 47. Kg3 Ra2 48. Kh3 Ra8 49. Bb3 R2a5 50.
Rd3 Rb5 51. Re3+ Kf8 52. Rxb5 Nxb5 53. Bd5 Ra3 54. Bxb7 Rxc3 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,
E-Tiviakov,S/Dagomys (Sochi) 2006/CT-1996 (54)}) 12. f4 Nd7 13. Ng2 h6 14. f5
Bh7 15. Nf4 exf5 16. gxf5 Bg5 17. Re2 Nf6 18. Rg2 O-O 19. Qe1 Kh8 20. h4 Bxf4
21. Bxf4 c4 22. Nd2 cxd3 23. Bxd3 Ne5 24. Be2 Rg8 25. Qg3 Qe7 26. Kh1 Rae8 27.
c4 Nc6 28. Bf3 Ne5 29. Be2 Nc6 30. Bf3 Ne5 31. Be2 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,
E-Tiviakov,S/Port Erin (Isle of Man) 1998 (31)}) 10. Qxf3 {Black has given up
the bishop but in exchange he can finish the development quickly. And the fact
is that White has the pair of bishops but it can not be immediately exploited
because of the closed character of the position.} Be7 (10... g6 $5 {is an
interesting alternative to the text, developing the bishop to g7 where mostly
it is better placed. The only drawback of this move is that it takes 1 tempo
longer for Black to finish the development. Black in the following game has
managed to solve all the opening problems successfully. Well, it was a
difficult choice for me whether to play the text or 10...g6.} 11. Qd1 Bg7 12.
d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14. Nc3 d5 15. e5 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Alterman,B/
Israel 2002/EXT 2003 (58)}) 11. Qd1 $146 {This move is new. Usually the queen
goes back to d1 in these positions in order to play d3-d4. But here this
advance is not useful at all. Probably, White should look for the other ways
in the search of the advantage if it is here.} (11. g3 O-O 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Bg2
Rc8 14. Be3 Bf6 15. Nd2 b5 16. a3 Nb6 17. f4 e5 18. f5 Bg5 19. Bf2 Bxd2 20.
Qxd2 f6 21. b4 Ne7 22. Be3 Kh8 23. Rec1 Rc6 24. Qf2 Qc7 25. Kh2 Rc8 26. h4 Qd8
27. g4 Na4 28. g5 d5 29. bxc5 Nxc5 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. d4 exd4 32. gxf6 Qd6+ 33.
Qg3 Qxg3+ 34. Kxg3 gxf6 35. exd5 dxc3 36. Be4 Nxd5 {0-1 Pedersen,B-Sher,M/
Gistrup 1997/EXT 1998 (36)}) (11. Qe2 O-O 12. f4 b5 13. g4 d5 14. Bg2 dxe4 15.
dxe4 e5 16. f5 Nd7 17. Rd1 Ra7 18. a4 b4 19. Be3 Bg5 20. Nd2 bxc3 21. bxc3
Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Na5 23. Bf1 Qc7 24. Rab1 h6 25. Kg2 Rb8 26. Kg3 Rb6 27. h4 Rab7
28. Rxb6 Rxb6 29. g5 hxg5 30. hxg5 Rd6 31. Rb1 Rb6 32. Rd1 Rd6 33. Be2 Nb6 34.
Rh1 Nxa4 35. Nf3 Qb7 36. Nxe5 Qb3 37. g6 fxg6 38. Nxg6 Rxg6+ 39. fxg6 Nxc3 40.
Kf2 Qb4 41. Qh3 Qd4+ 42. Ke1 Kf8 43. Rf1+ Ke8 44. Qe6+ Kd8 45. Rf8+ {1-0 Rocha,
S-Veingold,A/Torres Novas 2005/CBM 104 ext (45)}) (11. Nd2 O-O 12. a4 d5 13. e5
Nd7 14. Qg3 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Nf3 Bd6 17. Qh4 Ne7 18. a5 Ng6 19. Qa4 Qe7 20.
Nh4 Ne5 21. f4 Ne4 22. g3 Nxg3 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Bg2 Bc7 25. Qg4 Rae8 26. Nf3
Rf5 27. d4 Ne4 28. Ne5 cxd4 29. cxd4 Bxa5 30. Rxe4 dxe4 31. Bxe4 Bb6 32. Kg2
Bxd4 33. Bxf5 exf5 34. Qxd4 Qxe5 35. Qxe5 Rxe5 36. Bf4 Re2+ 37. Kf3 Rxb2 38.
Rc1 Rb3+ 39. Kg2 h6 40. Be5 g5 41. Rc7 Rb6 42. Kf3 Re6 43. Bc3 Rc6 44. Rxc6
bxc6 45. h4 gxh4 46. Kf4 h3 47. Kg3 Kf7 48. Kxh3 Ke6 49. Kg3 c5 50. Kf4 Kd5 51.
Kxf5 Kc4 52. Bg7 h5 53. Kg5 Kb3 54. Kxh5 c4 55. Kg4 c3 56. Kf3 c2 57. Bh6 Kb2
58. Ke4 a5 59. Kd3 a4 60. Kc4 a3 {0-1 Zeberski,J-Gajewski,G/Litomysl 2005/CBM
110 ext (60)}) 11... O-O 12. a4 ({After} 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5 Nd7 $11
{the position is completely equal.} (14... Ne4 $5 {deserves serious attention.}
)) 12... Rb8 $5 ({Black has to make this move since after} 12... b5 13. axb5
axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. d4 $14 {White wins 1 tempo attacking the pawn b5 and
gets slightly better chances.}) ({But} 12... d5 $5 {is a worthy alternative to
the text giving the game much more sharp character.}) 13. g3 ({A typical move
by Emil, he makes it quite often in similar positions. After} 13. d4 cxd4 14.
cxd4 d5 15. e5 Nd7 $15 {followed by Qb6 Black takes over the initiative thanks
to the weaknesses of the pawn d4 and the square b4. Another plan by White is
to develop the knight b1 to f3.}) 13... b5 ({I have spent lot of time on this
move.} 13... d5 $5 14. e5 (14. Qe2 $5) 14... Nd7 15. f4 b5 $13 {with an
unclear position took much of my attention. But nevertheless I decided not to
give my opponent the advanced pawn on e5.}) 14. axb5 axb5 15. Bg2 b4 16. Bf4 ({
I would have played} 16. Be3 $11 {here, followed by Nd2, with equal chances.})
16... Nd7 17. Be3 Nb6 {Now the black knight occupies the better square on b6 
(than on f6).} 18. Nd2 Qd7 ({A prophylactic move, covering the Nc6 and
preparing the square c8 for the rook f8. After} 18... Bf6 19. Qc2 {White gets
some play after f2-f4, threatening e4-e5.}) 19. Qc2 Rfc8 $11 {The opening
stage of the game has finished and we have to conclude that Black has
successfully solved all his opening problems. His chances are at least equal.}
20. c4 $2 {This move is a serious positional mistake. It is very difficult for
me to understand how a strong GM can make it. Now the square d4 is a weakness,
which can be occupied by the black pieces, eventually forcing the exchanges
there. And for the rest of the game White will have problems with the bad Bg2.}
Bf6 21. Nb3 Nd4 $6 ({Unfortunately, this move is premature. After the correct} 
21... Qd8 {freeing the square d7 for the knight Black has an advantage that
would last forever. E.g.} 22. f4 Nd4 $15 {etc}) 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 {My intention
here was to play Qd8-f6, Nb6-d7, but I missed something.} 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Qb3
$1 {A strong move attacking the pawn b4, and it turns to be that the pawn can
only be directly defended by the ugly Nb6-a8, which, of course, is not even an
option to look at. Black has to play something else.} Qe7 ({After} 24... Qd8
25. Ra6 Nd7 26. Rxd6 Qc7 27. e5 (27. Rxd4 $4 Ne5 $19 {loses the rook after
Qc7-c5}) (27. Ra6 Nc5 $19) 27... Nc5 (27... Nxe5 28. Rxd4 $14) 28. Qd1 Rd8 29.
Rc6 Qa5 $44 {, followed by Rc8, Black can sacrifice a pawn with good
compensaion, but, probably, has not more than that. So I decided to play safe..
.}) 25. e5 $2 ({But this move is a serious mistake, bringing White into
serious trouble. His position becomes positionally lost. White, of course,
should have taken the pawn on b4 although still even then after} 25. Qxb4 Nxc4
26. Qa4 Nxb2 (26... Nd2 {looks attractive, but} 27. b4 Rc3 28. Qd1 Nb3 (28...
Rxd3 $4 29. Qe2 $18) 29. Ra3 Nd2 $11 {is only a draw by the repetition of
moves.}) 27. Qxd4 $15 {White would have to suffer a lot to make a draw in this
position.}) 25... Nd7 26. Ra7 Qd8 27. exd6 Nc5 $17 28. Qd1 Qb6 $1 29. Ra1 Qxd6
{Now it is obvious that Black has a huge advantage due to the superiority of
the good knight against the bad bishop. This game becomes another good example.
.. I have won so many games with a good knight against a bad bishop. Lot of
them arising from the Maroczy System of the Sicilian Defence. Nevertheless, my
opponent somewhere around here offered a draw... In a positionally lost
position.} 30. f4 ({Emil continues to play in his active style, but it only
makes Black's task easier... Black has to breakthrough somewhere in the center
by e6-e5-e4. After White plays f2-f4 and Black e6-e5 the 'e' line becomes
immediately open.} 30. Qf3 {or}) (30. Ra7 {should have been preferred, trying
to defend the position passively.}) 30... Re8 31. Qf3 Rbc8 32. Kh2 g6 33. Ra5 (
{Here again} 33. Ra7 {, followed by Rea1}) ({or} 33. h4 $5 {and h5, trying to
create some counterplay should have been played.}) 33... Kg7 34. Rb5 b3 $1 {
Now all endings will be won for Black because of the fixed weaknesses: d3 and
b2.} 35. Qe2 ({The queen stands better on f3, so} 35. Ra5) ({or} 35. h4 {
were better. The text has the idea to play Qe2-d2-b4.}) 35... Re7 36. Bf1 {
Now White is threatening to exchange the queens with Qe5.} f6 $1 37. Qd2 e5 38.
Bg2 $6 ({White has a difficult position and tries to confuse the matters
before the time-control. But} 38. fxe5 Rxe5 39. Rxe5 Qxe5 $17 {was a better
option.} (39... fxe5 $17)) 38... Rce8 $1 {Now Black is ready to open the 'e'
line with a decisive effect. Although making this move Black had to calculate
a lot, being ready for the piece sacrifice which occurred in the game.} 39. Qb4
(39. fxe5 {loses after} Rxe5 40. Rxe5 Rxe5 $19 {, followed by Re5-e3.}) ({But} 
39. Rf1 f5 $17 {could have prolonged the suffering.} (39... exf4 40. Qxf4 Qxf4
41. Rxf4 Nxd3 42. Rxd4 Ne1 43. Kg1 Nxg2 44. Kxg2 Re2+ $17) (39... e4 $6 40. Qb4
$132)) 39... exf4 $3 $19 {Very strong move after which Black wins by force in
all lines.} 40. Rxe7+ Rxe7 41. Rxc5 (41. Qxc5 {loses after} fxg3+ 42. Kg1 Re1+
43. Bf1 Qf4 ({or} 43... Rxf1+ 44. Kxf1 Qf4+ 45. Ke1 Qe3+ 46. Kd1 Qxd3+ 47. Ke1
Qe3+ 48. Kd1 g2 49. Rb7+ Kh6 50. Qf8+ Kg5 51. Rb5+ Kh4 52. Qxf6+ Kxh3 53. Rg5
g1=Q+ $19 {winning}) 44. Rb7+ Kh6 45. Qf8+ Kg5 46. Qc5+ f5 $19 {with an
unavoidable mate.}) 41... fxg3+ 42. Kh1 (42. Kg1 {loses immediately after} Qf4
$19) 42... Ra7 $1 ({Another good move. After which becomes clear how strongly
black pieces dominate the position. There was no need to go for an ending after
} 42... Qe6 43. Rb5 Qe1+ 44. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 45. Bf1 Rxf1+ 46. Kg2 Rf2+ 47. Kxg3
Rxb2 48. Kf4 {although during the game I saw that after the correct} f5 $1 49.
Ke5 Re2+ 50. Kxd4 b2 51. c5 f4 $19 {Black should win as well.}) 43. Be4 ({
The following variations demonstrate how hopeless White is here:} 43. Bf3 Qf4
44. Kg2 Qe3 45. Kxg3 Qg1+ 46. Bg2 Re7 $19 47. Rf5 Re3+ 48. Kh4 (48. Rf3 Rxf3+
49. Kxf3 Qe3+ 50. Kg4 h5+ 51. Kh4 Qg5#) 48... Qxg2 $19) (43. Bf1 Ra1 44. Kg2
Rxf1 (44... Qf4 45. Qb7+ Kh6 46. Qf3 Qxf3+ 47. Kxf3 Rxf1+ 48. Kxg3 Rd1 $19) 45.
Qb7+ (45. Kxf1 Qf4+ 46. Ke2 Qe3+ 47. Kd1 Qxd3+ 48. Ke1 Qe4+ 49. Kd1 Qc2+ 50.
Ke1 Qf2+ 51. Kd1 g2 $19) 45... Kh6 46. Rc7 Rf2+ 47. Kg1 Kg5 48. Rxh7 Rxb2 $19)
(43. Bc6 Qe6 44. Kg2 Qe3 $19) 43... f5 $1 44. Bc6 ({Or} 44. Bf3 Qf4 45. Kg2 Qe3
46. Kxg3 Qg1+ 47. Bg2 (47. Kf4 Qh2+ 48. Kg5 Qg3+ 49. Bg4 h6#) 47... f4+ $19) (
44. Bxf5 Qf4 $19) 44... Ra1+ 45. Kg2 Qf4 (45... Rb1 $19 {wins as well.}) 46.
Rxf5 Qxf5 47. Qe7+ Qf7 48. Qe5+ Qf6 49. Qc7+ Kh6 {A very good positional game
illustrating the superiority of the good knight against the bad bishop. Also
with a fine piece sacrifice towards the end of the game, which I am quite
satistified to have played.} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ovetchkin, Roman"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{For the readers of the ChessBase Magazine I would like to annotate 2 very
interesting games from the actually very popular variation 3.Bb5 in the
Sicilian Defence. Both of the games were played by me in the same variation,
but with different colours, and I managed to win both of the games. It doesn't
happen very often when the players play like this and win games with both
colours. The most recent example is V. Anand who won both of his games against
Motyle and van Wely in the Sicilian Defence in Wijk aan Zee 2007.} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. Bxc6+ {At this moment this simple exchange leaves Black
many more problems to solve than the common 4.0-0.} bxc6 5. O-O e5 {5...Bg4 is
a healthy alternative to the text.} 6. c3 f5 $6 {But this move is too risky...
Black opens the centre when he is behind in development. But since this game
was played only in the 3rd of the round I decided to play sharp and try to win.
After the normal 6...Bg4 or 6...Nf6 Black is only a slighty worse and with
correct play should be able eventually equalise, although it would be
extremely difficult to win. But after these 2 games, I guess, 6...f5 will no
longer be played, since by force White can get much better chances.} 7. exf5 $1
({Stronger than} 7. d4) (7. Qa4 Nf6 8. exf5 Bxf5 9. Qxc6+ Bd7 10. Qa6 e4 $44 {
gives Black much more than enough compensation for the pawn. For example,} 11.
Ng5 h6 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Re1 Qh4 14. Qe2 d5 15. d3 Bg4 16. Qf1 Bd6 17. g3 Qh5
18. dxe4 O-O) 7... Bxf5 ({In the light of current theoretical developments
this move might be considered as the only playable one for Black in the
current position.} 7... Nf6 $5 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 e4 10. Ng5 (10. Re1 Be7 11.
Ng5 Bxf5 12. Nc3 d5 13. f3 O-O 14. fxe4 Nxe4 15. Ncxe4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17.
Rxe4 Bf6 18. Be3 Qd5 19. Qd3 Rfe8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Bf2 Rd8 22. b3 c5 23. Rd1
Bxd4 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Kotsur,P/Kurgan 1993/CBM 038 ext (23)}) 10... d5 11.
f3 h6 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. fxe6 Bd6 14. Nc3 O-O 15. f4 Qc7 16. h3 g6 17. f5 $2 Nh5
18. Qg4 $2 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Ng3+ 20. Kxh2 Nxf1+ 21. Kg1 Qh2+ 22. Kxf1 Rxf5+ 23. Ke2
Kh7 24. Bd2 h5 $19 {0-1 Vallejo Pons,F-Predojevic,B/Moscow RUS 2007/CT-2291 
(36)}) 8. d4 cxd4 (8... e4 9. dxc5 $1 exf3 (9... dxc5 10. Qxd8+ (10. Ne5 $16) (
10. Qe1 $16) 10... Rxd8 11. Re1 $16) 10. Qxf3 $16 {leads to the position where
White has an incredibly dangerous attack. And it is only just for a piece for
2 pawns.} Be6 11. Re1 Kd7 12. cxd6 Qf6 13. Bf4 Qf5 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Qe2 Re8 16.
Qe3 Qa5 17. Nf3 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Kxd6 19. Nd4 Qd5 20. Qg3+ {1-0 Rublevsky,
S-Sveshnikov,E/Herceg Novi 1999/EXT 2001 (35)}) 9. cxd4 e4 10. Qc2 $1 ({
Only this move can create problems for Black. After} 10. Re1 $6 Be7 {Black is
able to finish his development and keep the balance in the position.}) 10...
Rc8 ({Other moves are worse. For example,} 10... Ne7 11. Nh4 g6 12. Bg5 $16 {
1-0 Borgo,G-Halkias,S/Cutro 2001/CBM 083 (53)}) (10... Qd7 11. Nh4 g6 12. f3
$16 {1/2-1/2 Skripchenko,A-Movsesian,S/ACPOChess.com INT 2006/CT-2242 (38)})
11. Ng5 $1 ({White has to play energetically otherwise Black finishes his
development. The point is that White attacks the e4-pawn first with the pieces
and then undermines it by f2-f3. Other moves are worse.} 11. Nc3 d5 12. Ne5 Qb6
13. Be3 Bd6 14. g4 Be6 15. f4 exf3 16. Rxf3 {1/2-1/2 Kabanov,N-David,A/
Pardubice 1999/EXT 2000 (16)}) (11. Bg5 {1/2-1/2 Breder,D-Gavrikov,V/Bad
Wiessee 2003}) 11... Ne7 $5 $146 ({The new move, but, probably, not the best.
But it is already difficult to solve the problems for Black.} 11... Nh6 12.
Nxe4 d5 13. Bxh6 Bxe4 14. Qe2 $16 gxh6 15. f3 Qb6 16. fxe4 Qxd4+ 17. Kh1 Qxe4
18. Qa6 Rc7 19. Nc3 Qg6 20. Rae1+ Kd7 21. Nxd5 Bd6 22. Nf6+ Kd8 23. Rd1 {
1-0 Midoux,S-Ninov,N/St Affrique 2003/CBM 095 ext (23)}) (11... d5 12. f3 Nh6 (
12... Nf6 13. Nc3 $16 (13. fxe4 $16)) 13. fxe4 dxe4 14. Qc4 (14. Rxf5 $1 Nxf5
15. Qxe4+ Ne7 16. Nc3 $18 {->}) 14... Qd5 15. Qa4 Be7 16. Nc3 Qd8 17. Ngxe4 O-O
18. Qc4+ Kh8 19. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Soylu,S-Halkias,S/Antalya 2004/CBM 101 (50)}) (
11... Nf6 {was played in the game Tiviakov,S-Murariu,A/Dresden GER 2007/The
Week in Chess 649 (it is annotated separately)}) 12. f3 ({I was hoping for
this tempting move, trying to prevent Black from castling forever... But 2
other much more simple approaches were better. White is better everywhere.} 12.
Qe2 $142 Qb6 (12... d5 13. f3 $16) 13. Nxe4 Qxd4 14. Nbd2 $16) (12. Qb3 d5 13.
f3 exf3 14. Nxf3 $16) 12... exf3 13. Qb3 Qb6 $5 ({Now White loses the
coordination of his pieces, Black gets serious counterplay. After} 13... d5 14.
Nxf3 $16 {White is simply better.}) 14. Qf7+ ({After} 14. Qe3 g6 15. Nxf3 Bg7
$14 {Black can survive.}) 14... Kd7 15. Nxf3 Be6 16. Qf4 Nd5 17. Qg3 (17. Qd2
Be7 18. Nc3 $14 {was much safer for White}) 17... g5 $5 ({Black is trying to
take over the initiative, sacrificing the pawn. After the normal} 17... Re8 18.
Nc3 $14 {White is slightly better.}) 18. Bxg5 $6 (18. Nxg5 $142 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1
Re8 $14 {was preferable for White, since after the text Black wins time. And
in this sharp position it is much more important than the pawn.}) ({After} 18.
Qxg5 Rg8 19. Qh4 Re8 $44 {Black has much more than enough compensation for the
pawn or 2 (if White also takes on h7).}) 18... h6 19. Bh4 ({or} 19. Bc1 Rg8 $44
{with compensation.}) 19... Ne3 20. Re1 $2 ({But this move is a serious
mistake, leading White to an almost lost position. The price of each move is
very high in the sharp positions. After the correct} 20. Ne5+ dxe5 21. Qxe3
exd4 $13 {, followed by c5, the position remains unclear. The exposed position
of the Black king is being compensated for by the pair of bishops.} (21... Qxd4
22. Qxd4+ exd4 23. Bf6 Rg8 24. Bxd4 c5 $14 {^^})) (20. Rf2 Rg8 21. Ne5+ dxe5
22. Qxe3 exd4 $13 {is also unclear.}) 20... Rg8 21. Ne5+ $8 {There is nothing
else.} dxe5 22. Qxe3 Qxb2 {Threatening with mate on g2, Black is able not only
to win the pawn but also to exchange the queens} 23. Nd2 $8 ({After} 23. Bf2
Qxa1 24. Nc3 Qb2 $19 {White is not able to create real attacking chances.})
23... Qxd4 $17 24. Ne4 Qxe3+ 25. Rxe3 {Objectively speaking the ending which
has arisen should be won for Black, but there are some technical difficulties
remaining.} Rg6 ({Or} 25... Bg7 $17 {with advantage.}) 26. Rc1 ({After} 26.
Nf6+ Kd6 (26... Rxf6 27. Bxf6 Bc5 28. Rae1 Bxa2 29. Bxe5 Bd5 $17) 27. Rae1 Bxa2
28. Rxe5 $17 {White could have tried to achieve some counter-play due to the
weak position of the black king in the centre.}) (26. Bg3 Bd5 $17) 26... Bxa2
27. Rd3+ $6 (27. Ra1 $142 Bd5 28. Rxa7+ Ke6 $17 {was better for White than the
text.}) 27... Bd5 $6 ({Black in his turn commits a mistake} 27... Ke6 $142 28.
Nc5+ Bxc5+ 29. Rxc5 Rgg8 $19 {, followed by Bd5, was easier.}) 28. Nf6+ Rxf6 $8
29. Bxf6 Ke6 30. Bh4 a5 $17 {The following ending is winning for Black. 3
passed pawns must decide the game. Despite all that, Black still has to be
careful.} 31. Bf2 ({or} 31. Ra1 Ra8 $19) 31... a4 32. Bc5 Bxc5+ 33. Rxc5 Rg8
34. g3 Ra8 35. Ra3 Kd6 36. Rcc3 c5 37. Kf2 c4 {o^ a4, c4, e5} 38. Rc2 Kc5 39.
Rb2 Rf8+ 40. Ke2 Bc6 41. g4 Rf4 42. Rg3 $6 (42. h3 $142 $17 {was much more
stubborn, not allowing Black to transfer the bishop to d3 immediately.}) 42...
Be4 $19 {Now the game is almost over.} 43. Rb8 Bd3+ 44. Ke3 Re4+ 45. Kf3 Re1
46. Rc8+ Kd4 47. Rd8+ Kc3 48. Ra8 Kb3 49. Rh3 ({Although} 49. Rb8+ $142 $19 {
was not able to save the game it could have lasted longer.}) 49... c3 50. Rxh6
c2 51. Rb6+ Ka3 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2000.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[This game from the 8th round of the tournament was very important for the
author.]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[Normally one doesn't expect to see this
move played by Dimitri, but nevertheless I have been waiting for something
different from 3.d4, leading to the Maroczy.]} d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3
a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3 e6 9. Nbd2 ({In the 4th round of the same tournament
another approach to the position has been tried by John van der Wiel. After} 9.
h3 Bh5 10. Bf4 (10. Nbd2 Be7 {leads us to the same position as 9.Nbd2 Be7 10.
h3 Bh5.}) 10... Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O {White has tried the new move} 12. g4 $146 (
12. a3 {and}) (12. Qe2 {have been played here before.}) {. But the square f4
is not the best place for the bishop, where it blocks the advance of the pawn
f2. After} 12... Bg6 13. Bg3 Nd7 14. Nc4 Nb6 15. Qb3 Nxc4 16. dxc4 f6 17. Rad1
Be8 ({both} 17... Bf7 $5) ({and} 17... Qc7 {are also possible.}) 18. Rd2 Qc7
19. Qd1 Ne5 20. Nh4 g5 (20... b5 {can be met by} 21. f4 $5 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4
23. f5 $44 {with strong compensation for the pawn.}) 21. Ng2 $15 {Black
chances should be preferred in Van der Wiel,J-Tiviakov,S/Wijk aan Zee (4) 2000}
) 9... Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 {[#]} Nd7 $5 ({Black in the position
on the diagram can choose between 2 main answers: 12...d5 and 12...Nd7.} 12...
d5 {is a sharp line, leading the game to the position, where White is slightly
better. Generally speaking, opening of the position is favourable for the side
who has the pair bishops. That's why the author of these lines believes that
12...Nd7 is stronger than 12...d5. Here follows the summary of the variation
with 12...d5.} 13. f4 (13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. e5 Nd7 15. Nf3 (15. f4 b5 16. Nf3 Rb8
{Zezulkin,J}) 15... Qc7 16. Bf4 $14 {Van den Doel,E-McDonald,N/London 1998})
13... dxe4 14. dxe4 (14. Nxg6 $6 hxg6 15. dxe4 Qc7 16. Nf3 e5 $15 {Brynell,
S-Kharlov,A/Skelleftea 1999}) 14... Nd7 (14... c4 $6 15. f5 $1 (15. Nxg6 $5
hxg6 16. Nxc4 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Nxe4 18. Bg2 Bc5+ (18... Nf6 $6 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20.
Rxd6 Ke7 21. Rd1 Rad8 22. Be3 $16 {^^ Zezulkin,J}) 19. Be3 Bxe3+ 20. Nxe3 Nf6
21. Nc4 Ke7 $14 {Zezulkin,J}) 15... Nxg4 $1 16. Qxg4 Bxh4 (16... Ne5 17. Qf4
Bxh4 18. Qxe5 Bxe1 19. Nf3 $5 $16 {Zezulkin,J}) 17. Nxc4 $1 Bxe1 {(Motwani,
P-Zezulkin,J/Gyor 1990)} 18. fxg6 $142 $1 Bh4 (18... Qh4 19. gxf7+ Kf8 20. Be3
$1 Qxg4+ 21. hxg4 Bg3 22. e5 $1 Bxe5 23. Rd1 $16 {Zezulkin,J}) 19. gxf7+ Kf8
20. Bf4 Be7 21. e5 Kxf7 22. Bg2 $16 {Zezulkin,J}) 15. Nxg6 $1 (15. Nhf3 $6 h5
16. f5 Bh7 17. Nc4 hxg4 18. hxg4 Qc7 $15 {Arkhipov,S-Dokhoian,Y/Muenster 1993})
15... hxg6 16. Nc4 (16. Nf3 $5 Qc7 17. Qe2 O-O-O 18. Bd2 e5 19. f5 gxf5 20.
exf5 $14 {Dokhoian,Y}) 16... Qc7 17. e5 Rd8 18. Qf3 b5 19. Bg2 Ncb8 20. Nd2 c4
21. Ne4 Nc5 22. Be3 Nd3 23. Re2 Nd7 24. b4 Nb6 25. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 26. Kh2 $14 {
Malakhov,V-Zezulkin,J/Koszalin 1999}) ({Please, note that} 12... Nxg4 $6 {
, which took place in the game Kosashvili,Y-Van den Doel,E/NLD-ch-tt-95/96
1995, doesn't provide Black with the sufficient compensation for the piece.
After} 13. Nxg6 Nxf2 14. Kxf2 hxg6 15. Kg1 Bh4 16. Re2 Qf6 17. Bg2 $16 {
White is clearly better.}) 13. Ng2 $6 ({Black doesn't have much to worry about
after this move.} 13. Nxg6 {is the strongest move in the position. After} hxg6
14. f4 {White is slightly better.} (14. Bg2 Nde5 (14... Bg5 15. Nc4 (15. d4 Qc7
16. Nc4 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 b5 18. Ne3 (18. Nxd6+ Qxd6 19. e5 Qc7 20. d5 Rd8 $17 {
Horvath,Ta}) 18... Rd8 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Qa7 21. Qd2 Nde5 $1 22. f4 c4+ 23.
Re3 Nd3 24. Rd1 Ne7 $1 $17 {Grosar,A-Hracek,Z/Altensteig 1995}) 15... Bxc1 16.
Rxc1 Qc7 $10 {Horvath,Ta}) (14... e5 15. Nc4 Nf8 16. Ne3 Ne6 17. Nd5 Bg5 18.
Be3 Kf8 19. Qd2 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Ng5 21. Rf1 Ne7 22. Kh2 Nxd5 23. exd5 Qd7 24. Kg3
Nh7 25. Rf2 Kg8 $11 {Kovalevskaya,E-Zatonskih,A/Timisu de Sus 1998}) 15. Nf1
Bh4 (15... g5 16. Ng3 c4 17. d4 Nd3 $13 {Boksberger-Menacher/corr.1991}) 16. d4
cxd4 17. cxd4 Qb6 18. Be3 Nc4 19. d5 Nxe3 20. Nxe3 Ne5 $11 {Ganbold,
O-Hatanbaatar,B/Erdenet 1994}) (14. Nf3 Nde5 15. Be3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bg5 {
1/2-1/2 Siklosi,Z-Korpics,Z/HUN 1995} (16... e5 17. a3 a5 18. b3 Bg5 19. Rad1
$14 {Rogic,D-Feletar,D/Pula CRO 2000})) (14. Nb3 $5 e5 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bg5
17. d5 Na7 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Na5 Rb8 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. b4 O-O 22. Re3 Rc8 23. a3
Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Qb8 25. Rc3 Nf6 26. f3 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Nxc8 28. h4 Nb6 29. Qc2 Kf8
30. Kh2 $14 {Grosar,A-Sergejev,R/Pula 1997}) {E.g.} 14... g5 15. f5 Nde5 16.
Nf3 Bf6 17. Be3 Nxf3+ (17... Qe7 18. Qe2 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Be5 20. Rad1 Qf6 21.
Bg2 $14 {Talla,V-Babula,V/Pardubice 1996}) 18. Qxf3 Qe7 19. Qf2 O-O-O (19...
O-O 20. Rad1 b5 21. Bg2 $14 {Brynell,S-Kristensen,K/Copenhagen 1993}) 20. a3
Kb8 21. Rac1 Qd7 22. b4 cxb4 23. axb4 d5 24. exd5 exd5 25. d4 Na7 26. Qd2 Qc7
27. Bg2 Rde8 28. Bf2 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Nb5 30. Re3 Qc6 31. Be1 Rd8 {1/2-1/2
Kuczynski,R-Babula,V/Germany 1999/GER-chT (31)}) 13... h6 $5 $146 ({A new move.
} 13... h5 {is a worthy alternative to the text. After} 14. f4 (14. Nf4 $5 {
is interesting.}) 14... hxg4 15. hxg4 Bh7 (15... Bh4 $6 16. Re3 f6 17. Nxh4
Rxh4 18. Qf3 Ke7 19. Qg3 Qh8 20. Bg2 e5 21. Nf3 Rh7 22. Re2 $16 {Pugachov,
A-Zezulkin,J/Kobanya op 1992}) 16. Nf3 Nb6 $5 $13 {the position is unclear.} ({
not} 16... g5 17. Nxg5 (17. f5 Nde5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Ne3 Bg8 20. Bg2 Bf6 $13 {
Larsen,B-Hansen,S/Esbjerg 1997}) 17... Bxg5 18. fxg5 Nde5 $14 {and White's
chances should be preferred here.})) (13... f6 $5 {is another good move, which
led the game Maksimenko,A-Brodsky,M/Katowice 1993 to the unclear position after
} 14. f4 Bf7 15. Nf3 h5 16. d4 hxg4 17. hxg4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nb6 19. Bd3 d5 20.
e5 fxe5 21. fxe5 g5 $13) ({But} 13... e5 {can not be recommended since it
weakens the square d5, allowing White to get the upper hand after} 14. Ne3 (14.
Nf3 h5 15. g5 Nf8 16. Ngh4 Bh7 17. Nf5 Ne6 18. h4 g6 19. Nxe7 Qxe7 20. Bh3 f6
21. gxf6 Qxf6 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Ng5 Qd7 24. f4 O-O-O 25. Rf1 Rhf8 26. Qe2 Bg8
27. Be3 c4 28. d4 exd4 29. Bxd4 Nxd4 30. cxd4 d5 31. e5 Be6 32. Rae1 Kb8 33.
Qe3 Rde8 {1/2-1/2 Campora,D-Spangenberg,H/Buenos Aires 1995}) (14. Nc4 h5 15.
f4 hxg4 16. f5 gxh3 17. fxg6 hxg2 18. gxf7+ Kf8 19. Bxg2 Bh4 20. Rf1 Nf6 $13 {
Prokopchuk,E-Hracek,Z/Koszalin 1999}) 14... Bg5 (14... h5 $5 {also deserves
attention.}) 15. Ndc4 Bxe3 16. Bxe3 Qe7 17. Bd2 h5 18. Bg2 $14 {in Wells,
P-Tomcsanyi,P/Hungary 1998}) (13... O-O $5 {has yet to be tried in the
tournament practice.}) 14. f4 Bh7 (14... O-O $5 {is possible as well.}) 15. Nf3
(15. Nb3 $5 {, preparing d3-d4, is an alternative to the text, although, of
course, 15.Nf3 seems to be much more natural.}) 15... O-O 16. f5 ({After} 16.
d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nb6 $11 {the chances are equal.} (17... Rc8 $5) ({and} 17...
d5 $5 {are also both possible.})) (16. Be3 {can be met by} b5 $11 ({or} 16...
c4 $5)) 16... Nde5 (16... exf5 {unnecessarily hands over the initiative to
White after} 17. exf5 Re8 18. Nf4 $14 {, followed by Bg2.}) 17. Nf4 (17. Nxe5 {
is answered by} dxe5 $1 $11) ({But} 17. Bf4 $5 {, finishing the development,
deserves serious attention.}) 17... Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bg5 ({Not an easy move to
make, since Black has 2 other good options at his disposal.} 18... Bh4 $5 {
is one of them. After} 19. Rd1 ({or} 19. Re2 Ne5 $5 (19... Qd7) (19... Qe7))
19... Re8 $11 {the chances are balanced.} ({both} 19... Qe7) ({and} 19... Qd7 {
are also possible.})) (18... Ne5 $6 {is premature since after} 19. Qg2 {
, followed by Be3 and (or) d4, the knight will be driven back from his
position on e5.}) (18... g6 $5 $11 {could have been played at once.}) 19. Qd1
$6 ({The desire to move the queen from the "f" file is understandable, but I
would have played} 19. Bg2 $142 $11 {, using the fact that Black can't play} g6
$6 {because of} 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Nxe6 {with large advantage.}) 19... Re8 $1 ({
Now nothing can stop Black from playing g7-g6 on the next move.} 19... Qd7 {
is answered by} 20. Nh5 $14 {with a plus.}) ({or} 19... Qe7 20. Bg2 $14 {
with small advantage.}) 20. Bg2 g6 21. Rf1 $6 ({White overestimates his
chances in the arising complications. After the correct} 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Rf1
$11 {the position is equal.}) 21... exf5 (21... gxf5 22. exf5 (22. Nh5 Kh8 23.
exf5 exf5 24. gxf5 Rg8 $15 {is not satisfactory for White.} ({or} 24... Re5 $5)
) 22... exf5 {is a transposition of moves with 21...exf5 22.exf5 gxf5.}) 22.
exf5 gxf5 23. Nd5 ({After} 23. gxf5 Re5 $17 {White loses the pawn f5.}) 23...
Kh8 ({After} 23... fxg4 24. Qxg4 (24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. hxg4 Rf8 26. Nf6+ $44 {
with compensation is possible as well.}) 24... Ne5 25. Qg3 $44 {White has a
sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 24. gxf5 ({It looks tempting to win an
exchange after} 24. Bxg5 Qxg5 $1 ({White is slightly better after} 24... hxg5
25. gxf5 f6 26. Qh5 $14 {.}) 25. Nc7 {, but after} fxg4 26. Qxg4 ({or} 26. hxg4
Ne5 27. Nxa8 Rxa8 $15 {with attack.}) 26... Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Rg8 28. Qh4 Rxg2 $1
29. Kxg2 ({or} 29. Nxa8 Rg5 $15 {with attack.}) 29... Rg8+ 30. Kh2 Ne5 $15 {
Black attack is very strong.}) 24... Rg8 (24... Bxc1 $5 {is also interesting.})
25. Kh2 (25. f6 $5 {is interesting, but still after} Bxc1 (25... Ne5 $5 {
deserves serious attention.}) 26. Qxc1 (26. Rxc1 Ne5 $17 {is bad for White.})
26... Rg5 $15 {Black keeps the initiative.}) 25... Ne7 {[#]} ({White is able
to consolidate his position after} 25... Bxc1 26. Qxc1 ({not} 26. Rxc1 Qg5 $17
{with advantage for Black.}) 26... Rg5 ({or} 26... Qh4 27. Qf4 $11) 27. Qd2 $11
) 26. Ne3 $6 ({The critical position of the game. White fails to make the
strongest move -} 26. f6 $1 {- it looks very dangerous, but after it White is
able to hold the position. E.g.} Nxd5 27. Bxd5 Bxf6 28. Qh5 (28. Bxh6 $2 {
loses after} Be5+ 29. Kh1 ({or} 29. Bf4 Qg5 $19) 29... Qh4 $19) 28... Qe8 $1 ({
White task is easy after} 28... Qe7 29. Bxh6 Qe5+ 30. Qxe5 Bxe5+ 31. Bf4 $11 {
with equality}) (28... Be5+ $6 29. Kh1 $1 {is not good for Black.}) 29. Kh1 $1
(29. Rxf6 $2 {loses after} Qe1 $19) ({both} 29. Bxh6 Qb5 $1 30. Rf2 Be5+ 31.
Kh1 Qxd3 $15) ({and} 29. Bf4 Qb5 $1 30. Rf2 Qxd3 $15 {allow Black to keep
strong attack.}) 29... Qe5 30. Qxf7 $8 {(the only move)} Rgf8 31. Bf4 $8 (31.
Qxb7 {loses after} Rab8 32. Qc6 Bxd3 $17) 31... Qf5 32. Qe6 Qxe6 33. Bxe6 Bxd3
34. Bxd6 Bxf1 35. Rxf1 {Black is not able to keep his extra exchange. E.g.} Be7
({or} 35... Rfd8 36. Bc7 $8 $11) 36. Be5+ Kh7 37. Bf5+ Kg8 38. Be6+ $11) (26.
Qh5 $2 {leads to the hopeless for White position after} Nxf5 27. Qxf7 Bxc1 28.
Raxc1 Rg7 29. Qf6 (29. Qe6 {loses to} Qg5 30. Rc2 Qg3+ 31. Kh1 Qxd3 $19) 29...
Qxf6 30. Nxf6 Ne3 $17) 26... Bxe3 ({There is nothing wrong with} 26... d5 $5
$15 {, keeping the initiative, but winning the pawn is always attractive.}) 27.
Bxe3 Nxf5 28. Bf4 Qh4 29. Qd2 (29. Qe1 $6 {is answered by} Rae8) 29... Rae8 30.
Rae1 (30. Bxb7 $2 {is not possible because of} Ne3 $19 {, winning.}) 30... b6
31. Rxe8 ({After} 31. Re4 $5 {Black has simple} Qf6 $17 {at his disposal.} ({
Unfortunately, the forced way to win by} 31... Rxe4 32. dxe4 Ng3 {doesn't work
after} 33. Re1 (33. Bxg3 Qxg3+ $19) 33... Rg4 34. Bxd6 Nxe4 35. Be5+ Kg8 36.
Qe2 Bf5 37. Bxe4 Rxe4 38. Qg2+ Kf8 ({or} 38... Bg6 39. Rxe4 Qxe4 40. Qxe4 Bxe4
$11) (38... Rg4 $4 39. Qa8+ Kh7 40. Qh8+ Kg6 41. Qg7+ Kh5 42. Qxf7+ Bg6 43. Qf3
$18) 39. Rxe4 Bxe4 40. Qg3 $11 {with a draw.})) 31... Rxe8 32. d4 $6 ({A
dubious decision, creating the weak pawn d4 and additionally opening the "c"
file, because of which White lost later. I would have played} 32. Qf2 $5 Qxf2
33. Rxf2 {keeping nice drawing chances in the ending due to the pair of
bishops.}) 32... cxd4 33. cxd4 Qf6 $138 ({Both sides have already started
experiencing time problems by this moment, that's why the following moves
don't impress much. Black fails to find the best set-up while White just makes
moves until the time-control.} 33... Bg6 $5 {, followed by Kh7}) ({or} 33... b5
$5 {should have been played here.}) 34. d5 b5 $17 35. b3 $138 Kg7 $6 ({
Immediate} 35... Kg8 {, followed by Qh4, Bg6, Kh7, was necessary.}) 36. Rf2 Kg8
37. Rf1 Qh4 38. Bf3 $6 ({Useless move.} 38. Qc1 $142 {should have been played
here.}) 38... Bg6 39. Bg2 Kh7 40. Rf2 Rc8 {[Black has finally found a plan to
penetrate into the White camp, using the "c" file (squares c2, c3).]} 41. Re2
$2 {[#]} ({The previous move has set a trap and luckily for Black White falls
in it. It looks natural to occupy the left "e" file with the rook, but...
After the correct} 41. Rf1 $17) ({or} 41. Kg1 $5 {Black would have still to
work hard to convert his material advantage into a full point.}) 41... Rc2 $1
$19 {[Now the game is over. Black wins easily.]} 42. Qxc2 Qxf4+ 43. Kg1 Ng3 ({
Or} 43... Nd4 {with the same result.}) 44. Qd2 Nxe2+ 45. Qxe2 Qd4+ ({After} 
45... Kg7 46. Qb2+ {, followed by Qa3, White creates some counter-chances.})
46. Kh1 (46. Qf2 Qxf2+ $5 47. Kxf2 {loses after} b4 $1 48. Ke3 Bb1 $19 {
, winning the pawn a2.}) 46... Kg7 47. Qe1 b4 48. Qf1 a5 49. Qa6 Qc5 (49...
Qa1+ {could have been played as well, but the author didn't want to give White
even the slightest drawing chance after} 50. Kh2 Qxa2 51. Qxd6 Qxb3 52. Qe5+
Kh7 53. d6 {, although} Qa4 $19 {here would decide the game due the passed
pawn b4.}) 50. Kh2 Bb1 51. Qe2 (51. Qf1 $142 {was better, since} Bxa2 $140 $4
52. Qa1+ {is impossible.}) 51... Qd4 52. Qb5 (52. Kh1 $142 {could have
prolonged White resistance for a while, since} Qa1 $140 $6 {can be answered by}
53. Qe1 Qxa2 54. Qg3+ Kh7 55. Qxd6 {with some counter-chances thanks to the
passed pawn d5.}) 52... Bxa2 53. Qa4 Qd2 54. h4 Qf4+ 55. Kg1 Qd4+ 56. Kf1 Qd3+
57. Kf2 Bxb3 58. Qxa5 Qd4+ 59. Kg3 Bc2 60. Qc7 Qc3+ (60... b3 $19 {wins as
well.}) 61. Qxc3+ bxc3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Murariu, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After having won the game against Ovetchkin (although going through a much
worse position) I decided to try this variation one more time, now with White.
Luckily for me there were no bulletins at the European Championship in Dresden
and there was no Internet for the players. That's why I and most of the chess
players were not able to to look at the games of our opponents just played
there. And my opponent in the current game - Murariu - was unaware of my game
from the 3rd round. Otherwise he would have chosen another line.} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O e5 6. c3 f5 $6 7. exf5 $1 Bxf5 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 e4 10. Qc2 $1 Rc8 11. Ng5 Nf6 $5 $146 {Playing differently... but
the question remains open whether this move is stronger than 11...Ne7.} 12. Nc3
({This move may be less accurate than 12.f3, since 12.Nc3 gives Black the
possibility to sacrifice the pawn e4, finishing the development, castling by
12...Qd7. But after} 12. f3 $5 {Black gets another possibility:} Qb6 {and
that's what I wanted to avoid, knowing that to sacrifice a pawn is not always
easy. After} (12... d5 13. Nc3 {- 12.Nc3}) 13. Qd2 exf3 14. Rxf3 $36 {White
has a very strong initiative.}) 12... d5 (12... Qd7 {was, probably, better.
After} 13. Qe2 (13. f3 exf3 14. Qb3 d5 15. Nxf3 Bd6 $14) 13... Be7 14. Ncxe4
Nxe4 15. Nxe4 O-O $14 {White is better, but Black can hope for a successful
defence.}) 13. f3 {Now Black's centre is attacked and he has to solve some
serious problems.} Bg6 (13... Qd7 $5 {was an alternative to the text. After}
14. fxe4 ({or} 14. Qe2 Be7 15. fxe4 dxe4 16. Qc4 Nd5 17. Ngxe4 O-O 18. Bg5 $16
{with advantage for White} (18. Bd2 $5)) 14... dxe4 (14... Bxe4 15. Ngxe4 dxe4
16. Be3 Be7 17. Nxe4 O-O $16) 15. Qb3 g6 (15... Qxd4+ 16. Kh1 $18) 16. Re1 Qe7
$140 17. g4 h6 $8 18. gxf5 hxg5 19. fxg6 $16 {White retains a huge advantage.})
14. fxe4 h6 ({Or} 14... dxe4 15. Be3 $16 {winning the e4-pawn.}) 15. Ne6 Qd7
16. Nf4 (16. Nxf8 Rxf8 17. Bf4 $16 {was also possible, but I already had
another idea in my head.}) 16... Bh7 ({After} 16... Bxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qc4
$16 {White's attack is very dangerous.}) 17. Qe2 (17. Qd1 $5 dxe4 18. Nh5 Nd5
19. Qe2 $16 {was also worth considering, but I liked the text more, since it
is much more direct and energetic.}) 17... dxe4 (17... Nxe4 {loses after} 18.
Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qh5+ $18 {with attack.}) 18. Nh5 $1 {White temporarily
sacrifices a pawn, spoiling the black pawn structure on the kingside.} Qxd4+ $8
{There is nothing else.} 19. Be3 Qe5 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Qa6 ({I liked this
move more than} 21. Rad1 $5 $16) 21... Bf5 ({After} 21... Rc7 22. Bf4 (22. Kh1
$5) 22... Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Re7 24. Rad1 $18 {White has a winning attack.}) 22. Rf2
({Both} 22. Kh1 $5) ({and} 22. Rf4 $5 {are also possible, but I liked the text
more.}) 22... Be7 23. Raf1 Be6 24. Qxa7 Rd8 ({After} 24... Bc4 25. Re1 $16 {
White will win the pawn on e4.}) 25. Qa4 {The time has come to pick up the
material. White wins at least 1 pawn, but nevertheless his task is far from
easy. Black has a pair of bishops and as the further course of the game shows,
sometimes can create counterplay.} Rd3 $1 ({This move was underestimated by me.
I was looking mostly at} 25... f5 26. Qxc6+ Kf7 27. Qxe4 $18 {winning}) ({or} 
25... O-O 26. Bf4 (26. Bxh6 $18) (26. Qxc6 f5 27. Bxh6 $16) 26... Qd4 27. Qxc6
$18) 26. Qxc6+ ({White has so many possibilities to choose from. And as it
often happens the biggest problem in life is the problem of choice. Other
possibilities are} 26. Qa8+ Bd8 27. Bf4 Qd4 28. Qxc6+ Bd7 29. Qxe4+ Qxe4 30.
Nxe4 Bb6 31. Nxf6+ Ke7 $16) ({and} 26. Bf4 Qd4 27. Qxc6+ Kf7 {leading the game
to the same position as 26.Qc6}) 26... Kf7 27. Bf4 Qd4 28. Qxe4 $6 ({But this
move is a serious mistake, unnecessarily complicating the matters. After the
correct} 28. Nxe4 $142 $1 Rd1 (28... Qd5 29. Qxd5 Bxd5 30. Nxf6 $1 {(this move
was missed by me during the calculations of the 28th move)} Kxf6 31. Re2 $18) (
28... Bd5 $6 29. Nd6+ $18) 29. Nd2 Rxf1+ 30. Nxf1 Bxa2 31. Ne3 $18 {White
should win without much problem.}) 28... Bc5 $1 29. Qe2 Qc4 $8 {The only move.}
30. Be5 $6 ({But this move is going too far in a wrong direction. After} 30.
Kh1 Bxf2 31. Qxf2 $16 {White keeps a huge advantage: 2 pawns for a exchange +
the weakened position of the black king.}) 30... Bg4 (30... Bf5 31. Kh1 Bxf2
32. Qxf2 Qe6 33. Bg3 $16 {favours White much more than the text.}) 31. Qc2 ({
After} 31. Qe1 Qe6 (31... Re3 32. Rxf6+ Ke8 33. Kh1 Rxe1 34. Rxe1 Kd7 35. Rf4
Qe6 36. Rxg4 Qxg4 37. Bxh8 $16 {is bad for Black.}) 32. Bf4 Qxe1 33. Rxe1 Bxf2+
34. Kxf2 Be6 $14 {it is not clear how White is going to win the ending. It is,
probably, a draw.}) 31... Re8 $6 ({It is not so easy to find the move} 31...
Rd1 $142 $5 {at the board, especially at the later stage of the game, when
there is not much time left until the 40th move, but after it Black could have
saved the game. For example,} 32. Rxd1 Bxd1 33. Qd2 (33. Qxd1 Bxf2+ 34. Kxf2
fxe5 $14) 33... Bf3 34. Bg3 Bc6 $14) (31... Bd1 32. Qb1 Bf3 33. Bg3 Bd5 34. Kh1
Bxf2 35. Rxf2 $16 {is worse for Black.}) 32. Bxf6 $6 ({All the following moves
were played in the mutual time-trouble. 30 seconds added to each player after
the move is not enough to see everything in this very sharp position. Only
Fritz can see all the hidden possibilites and resources here.} 32. b3 $142 {
was better. After} Qa6 33. Ne4 Bxf2+ 34. Nxf2 Bf5 35. Bf4 $16 {White keeps
winning chances.}) 32... Bf5 33. Kh1 Rf3 (33... Bxf2 {loses after} 34. Qxf2 $18
) 34. Rxf3 (34. Qb3 Qxb3 35. Rxf3 Qc2 36. Bh4 Kg6 37. Rxf5 Qxf5 38. Rxf5 Kxf5
$14 {is enough only for a draw}) ({But} 34. Qxf5 $4 {even loses after} Qxf1+
35. Rxf1 Rxf5 $19) 34... Bxc2 35. b3 Qb4 $2 ({After the correct} 35... Qxf1+
36. Rxf1 Bd3 {(probably, missed by my opponent)} 37. Bd4+ Bxf1 38. Bxc5 Re1 $14
{Black could make a draw without many difficulties. Black's rook and bishop
are too active.}) 36. Nd5 Qb7 $8 {The only move.} 37. Bc3+ $6 ({Playing this
move I thought that the resulting ending: 2R+B+3P against Q+2B should be
winning for White (because of the attacking possibilities) and didn't search
for other possibilities. But} 37. Bd4+ Ke6 38. Nf4+ Kd6 39. Bxc5+ Kxc5 40. Rc3+
Kb4 41. Rxc2 $16 {with a huge advantage for White was better.}) 37... Ke6 38.
Re1+ Kxd5 39. Rxe8 $14 {This is what I was aiming for. The king on d5 is
exposed and can become an easy victim. Clearly, it is much easier for White to
play here than for Black.} Bd6 (39... Qc7 $5 {deserves attention}) 40. Re2 (40.
Rf2 $5 {was interesting, but I didn't want to keep my rooks separated from
each other.}) 40... Be4 {As it often happens serious mistakes are made also
after the time-control.} 41. Rf6 $6 ({After the correct} 41. Rd2+ Kc5 42. Rf6
Bc7 $14 {Black doesn't lose by force, but with such an exposed position of his
king, White keeps large winning chances.}) 41... Bb4 $1 ({This move had been
completely overlooked by me.} 41... Kc5 42. Rd2 Bc7 $14 {is worse.}) 42. Rd2+
Kc5 43. Bd4+ Kd5 $8 ({The only move.} 43... Kb5 44. a4+ Ka5 45. Bb6+ Ka6 46.
Be3+ $16 {is bad for Black}) 44. Rd1 (44. Bc3+ Kc5 $11 {is only a draw.}) 44...
Bc2 45. Rc1 Qh7 $6 ({I don't know what was going on in the head of my opponent
at that moment, but without any thought he would have had to exchange the
bishops by} 45... Kxd4 46. Rxc2 Qh7 47. Rc1 Ba3 $11 {when he should draw
without many problems.}) 46. Be3 h5 $6 ({Sometimes other things are much more
important (here the activity of the Black pieces) than the material. And here
Black had to play actively by} 46... Qe4) ({or} 46... Qd3 {. The text move
allows White to re-group his piece and start an attack on the Black king.}) 47.
Rf2 $1 {Now White is back on track and is playing for a win.} Bd3 $6 (47... Be4
48. Rd1+ $36) (47... Qe4 $142 {was better than the text.}) 48. Rf4 Ba3 49. Rd4+
Ke5 50. Re1 Kf6 $2 ({The decisive mistake.} 50... Bb5 $8 $14 {was the only
move here.}) 51. Rd5 $3 $18 {After this move White wins.} Be4 ({Or} 51... Qg6
52. Rd1 Be4 (52... Bf5 53. Rf1 $18) 53. Rd6+ Bxd6 54. Rxd6+ $18 {winning.}) (
51... Bf5 52. Rf1 $18) 52. Bd4+ Kf7 53. Rd7+ Be7 54. Bc5 Bxg2+ 55. Kg1 Qg8 $6 (
55... Qc2 $142 56. Rdxe7+ $18 {was better for Black, but still losing.}) 56.
Rdxe7+ ({Or} 56. Rexe7+ Kf6 57. Rg7 $18) 56... Kf6 ({After} 56... Kg6 {White
wins by} 57. Bd4 $1 $18) 57. Bd4+ Kf5 58. R1e5+ Kf4 59. Be3+ Kf3 60. Rf5+ Ke2
61. Rf2+ Kd3 62. Rxg2 Qc8 63. Bf2 Qc1+ 64. Re1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.04.14"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{I have played a lot of games with Anand in my chess career. And it is only my
2nd win against the World Champion, the 1st one was 23 years ago in Moscow at
the GMA open in 1989. I have lost 2 games as well, so after this game the
score is equal. Frankly speaking, I was not expecting the World Champion to
appear in Baden-Baden for the 2 last games of the 2011/12 Bundesliga season.
So both of us had to play this game without any preparation.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 (
2. c3 {took place in our last encounter in Wijk aan Zee in 2010, that game
ended in a draw after a long fight. So in the present game I decided to play
something else.}) 2... d6 3. Bb5+ {Check on b5 is a very solid move, the only
realistic way for Black to play for a win after it is the move Nd7.} Nd7 {
Having played the Dragon as Black for a long, long time I have had to face
Bb5+ in countless encounters. I have also regularly played ...Nd7, so I was
well acquintated with the main ideas after it. Of course, 3...Bd7 is the
strongest move in the position, but Black doesn't have real chances to win
after it. And understandably, Anand wanted to get winning chances, going into
a complex position. But his strategy finally backfired on him.} 4. d4 cxd4 (
4... Ngf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Qxd4 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Re1 O-O
11. Qd3 Be6 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. b3 b5 14. cxb5 Nc5 15. Qe2 axb5 16. Qxb5 Ra3 17. e5
Qa8 18. Rac1 Rb8 19. Qf1 Bf5 20. Re3 dxe5 21. Qc4 Nd3 22. Rxd3 Rc8 {1/2-1/2
Tiviakov,S-Ivanchuk,V/Montreal 2007/The Week in Chess 663 (22)}) 5. Qxd4 a6 6.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 {Nowadays this position is quite popluar, we see it often in
the tournaments of all levels, incl. top ones. The character of the game is
very close to the Maroczy System, which I played for many, many years with
Black. The main difference here is that White doesn't have his bad
light-squared bishop. But a bishop is a bishop, so Black must use the his
advantage of the pair of bishops opening the play on the queenside.} e5 {
Another plan is to play ...Nf6, ...g6, developing his bishop to g7. The setup
with g7-g6, Bg7 was once played against me by Ivanchuk, but he also failed to
equalise. See above for the game!} 8. Qd3 h6 (8... b5 {took place in my game 5
years ago against Babula. It was a decisive game, I had to win it in order to
qualify from the Individual European Championship into a World Cup. Although
White manages to get slightly better position here, still I prefer this move
to the continuation which took place in the current game.} 9. Na3 Qb6 10. O-O
h6 11. b3 $14 Nf6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nf1 Bc6 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. Be3 Qb7
17. Nc2 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rfc8 19. Bd2 Qc6 20. Ne3 Rab8 21. Rec1 Bf8 22. Rc3 Be6
23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Qa4 25. f3 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 g6 27. Nf1 h5 28. Be3 Kg7 29.
Nd2 Be7 30. Qc4 Qa3 31. Nb3 Rb4 32. Qc3 Bd8 33. Bd2 Rb8 34. Qc4 Qb2 35. Bc1
Bb6+ 36. Kh1 Qf2 37. Bd2 Qh4 38. Qxa6 Bf2 39. Qxd6 Bg3 40. h3 Rc8 41. Nc5 Bf2
42. Rc1 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Babula,V/Dresden 2007 (42)}) (8... Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10.
Bg5 $14 {gives White full control over the square d5 and the slightly better
position.}) 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 ({Now it is impossible to free himself by} 
10... b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Nxe4 {because it is losing after} 13. Qxe4 Bxb5
14. Nxe5 $18) 11. a4 b6 $6 ({11...b6 came as a complete surprise for me. This
move is wrong, I couldn't have expected the World Champion to play so badly
from this moment until the end of the game. Even playing without any
preparation you would expect more resistance... In the current game the World
Champion was playing like a beginner. Even playing in open tournaments you
would have worked much harder to win than in this game. 11...b6 is aimed
against a4-a5, but in this positon it is a weakening move, later in the game
we'll see how White exploited the weakness of this pawn. It is also a loss of
time, allowing White to develop the bishop c1 to a3, attacking the weak pawn
on d6.} 11... O-O $142 {was much better, although still after it White has
pleasant play with slightly better chances. I had a similar position on the
board just one month ago in a tournament in Mashhad (Iran) against the
talented Iranian player Darini and he played much better against me than the
World Champion.} 12. a5 $14 (12. Be3 $5 b6 (12... Ng4 13. Nd5 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 f5
15. Nb6 Bc6 16. Nxa8 fxe4 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Nb6 Bg5 19. Qb3 Rf3 20. gxf3 Bf4
21. c5+ Kh7 22. Qe6 Qh4 23. h3 h5 24. Rad1 e3 25. Qf5+ g6 26. Rd7+ Bxd7 27.
Qxd7+ Kh6 28. Nd5 e2 29. Re1 Bh2+ 30. Kg2 Qg5+ 31. Kxh2 Qd2 32. Nf6 Qf4+ 33.
Kg2 Qg5+ 34. Ng4+ hxg4 35. hxg4 Qf6 36. Rh1+ Kg5 37. Qd2+ Qf4 38. Qxf4+ {
1-0 Ferraro,F-Llanos,G/Buenos Aires 1997/EXT 2005 (38)}) 13. h3 Qc7 14. Nd2
Rab8 15. Rfc1 Qb7 16. Qe2 Rfc8 17. f3 Rc7 18. Nf1 Rbc8 19. b3 Qb8 20. Bd2 b5
21. axb5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Rb7 23. Ne3 Bxb5 24. cxb5 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Bf8 26. b4 Rxb5
27. Rc8 Qb6 28. Kh2 d5 29. Nf5 g6 30. Bxh6 gxf5 31. Bxf8 Qb7 32. Rd8 dxe4 33.
Qf2 Rd5 34. Bd6+ Kg7 35. Qg3+ Kh7 36. Qh4+ Kg6 37. Rh8 Ng4+ 38. hxg4 {1-0
Shabanov,Y-Khmelnitsky,S/Pardubice 1998/EXT 99 (38)}) (12. b3 $6 b5 $1 $11 13.
axb5 (13. Nd2 Qb6 14. Rd1 Ng4 15. Rf1 Nf6 16. Rd1 Ng4 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Qd3 Ng4 {
1/2-1/2 Klinova,M-Gaponenko,I/Belfort 2003/CBM 097 ext (18)}) 13... axb5 14.
Rxa8 Qxa8 15. cxb5 Rb8 16. Be3 (16. Bb2 Qb7 17. Ra1 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. Qxb5
Rxb5 20. Nd2 d5 21. Bxe5 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bd4 Rxb3 24. g3 Rd3 25. Be3 Rd5
26. Ra8+ Kh7 27. Ra7 Re5 28. Kg2 h5 29. h4 f6 30. Kh3 Kg6 31. Rc7 Bd6 32. Rd7
Bc5 33. Bxc5 Rxc5 34. Re7 f5 35. Kg2 Kf6 36. Re8 Re5 37. Rh8 Kg6 38. Ra8 e3 39.
fxe3 Rxe3 40. Rf8 Rb3 41. Kf2 Rb6 42. Kf3 Rf6 43. Rh8 Rf7 44. Kf4 Ra7 45. Kf3
Ra3+ 46. Kg2 Ra4 47. Kf3 Rg4 48. Rf8 Rc4 49. Ke3 Rc6 50. Kf3 Rf6 51. Rh8 Rf7
52. Kf4 Ra7 53. Kf3 Kf6 54. Rxh5 Ke5 55. Rh8 Ra3+ 56. Kg2 Ra2+ 57. Kf3 Ra3+ 58.
Kg2 Ra2+ 59. Kf3 Ra3+ 60. Kg2 Ra2+ {1/2-1/2 Arribas Robaina,M-Pazos
Gambarrotti,P/Havana 2005/CBM 106 ext (60)}) 16... Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Qa6 18. Rc1 (
18. Nd2 Qxb5 19. Qc3 Qb7 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Darini,P/Mashhad 2012 (19)}) 18...
Qxb5 19. Qxb5 Rxb5 20. Rc7 Bf8 21. Nd2 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Rc8 f6 24. Kf1 Kf7
25. Ke2 Bb4 26. Nc4 Be7 27. Nd2 f5 28. g3 h5 29. Nc4 Nxe3 30. Nxe3 f4 {1/2-1/2
Oratovsky,M-Soffer,R/Tel Aviv 1994/EXT 1997 (30)}) (12. Rd1 b6 13. b3 Bc6 14.
Ba3 Qe8 15. Qe2 Rd8 16. Ne1 Qd7 17. Nc2 Qb7 18. f3 Nh5 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. Qf1 g6
21. Ned5 f5 22. Nxf4 exf4 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Rd3 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. axb5 Bxb5
27. Nxb5 Rxb5 28. Qd1 Bf6 29. Ra2 Qa7+ 30. Kh1 Re8 31. Rxd6 Rbe5 32. Bb4 Qxa2
33. Rxf6 Qf2 34. Rxg6+ Kh7 35. Rxh6+ Kxh6 36. Qd6+ Kg5 {0-1 Krantz,C-Hedman,E/
Sweden 2009/EXT 2011 (36)}) 12... b6 (12... Qc7 13. Be3 Bc6 14. b3 Rac8 15. Nd2
Rfe8 16. f3 Bf8 17. Bb6 Qe7 18. Na2 Nh5 19. Nb4 Bd7 20. Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Kelemen,
A-Beltre,A/Parsippany USA 2004/The Week in Chess 488 (20)}) (12... Rc8 13. Be3
Bc6 14. b4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 f5 16. Nfd2 fxe4 17. Nxe4 d5 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5+
Bxd5 20. Nc5 e4 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Rd2 Bc6 23. Rad1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Bf6 25. Bd4
Rd8 26. Nb3 Kf7 27. Bxf6 Rxd2 28. Nxd2 Kxf6 29. Nc4 Bd5 30. Nb6 Ke5 31. Kf1 Bc6
32. Ke2 Kd4 33. Kd2 g5 34. g3 h5 35. h4 g4 36. Nc8 Kc4 37. Ne7 Kxb4 38. Ng8 Be8
39. Nf6 Bg6 40. Nd5+ Kxa5 41. Nf4 Bf7 42. Ke3 Kb5 43. Kxe4 a5 44. Kd4 a4 45.
Kc3 Ka5 46. Nd3 b5 47. Nb4 a3 48. Nc6+ Ka4 {0-1 Zayats-crafty/Internet Chess
Club 2001/Computer & Internet 2011 (48)}) 13. axb6 (13. Rd1 Be6 14. axb6 Qxb6
15. Be3 Qb7 16. b3 (16. Rab1 Ng4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 f5 19. Qe2 Nxe3 20. Qxe3
Rfc8 21. Qc3 a5 22. Qc2 g6 23. b3 Bf6 24. Qc3 Qc7 25. Qc1 Qg7 26. Ne1 e4 27.
Qa3 Be5 28. Nc2 h5 29. h3 Qa7 30. Qa4 Qc5 31. Re1 Rab8 32. Qd7 Rc7 33. Qa4 Kg7
34. Re3 Rcb7 35. Rd1 g5 36. h4 gxh4 37. Kf1 Kh6 38. Rh3 f4 39. Re1 e3 40. fxe3
Rxb3 41. Qc6 Rf8 42. Qxc5 dxc5 43. Ke2 a4 44. Reh1 fxe3 45. Rxe3 Bf4 46. Re6+
Kg5 47. Ra1 Rb2 48. Kd3 Rfb8 49. Ra3 Kf5 50. Re7 R8b3+ 51. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 52. Ke2
a3 53. Rf7+ Kg5 54. Rg7+ Kf6 55. Ra7 Rb2 56. Kf3 Rxc2 57. Kxf4 Rxc4+ 58. Kf3
Rg4 59. Kf2 Rg3 60. Ra6+ Kf5 61. Kf1 Ke5 62. d6 Ke6 63. Ra8 Kxd6 64. Rd8+ Kc6
65. Ra8 h3 66. gxh3 Rxh3 67. Kf2 h4 68. Ra6+ Kd5 69. Kg2 Rc3 70. Ra5 h3+ 71.
Kh2 Rb3 72. Kg1 Rd3 73. Kh2 Rd1 74. Ra8 Rd2+ 75. Kg3 h2 76. Rh8 c4 77. Rh5+ Kd4
{0-1 Bouvier Rybka 2.3.1 mp-HITMANx21 Rybka 2.3.1 mp/3m + 0s, rated 2007/
Computer & Internet 2011 (77)}) 16... a5 (16... Qxb3 17. Nd5 Qb7 18. Rdb1 Bxd5
19. cxd5 Qc7 20. Nd2 Rfb8 21. Rc1 Qd8 22. Rc6 Ng4 23. Nc4 Nxe3 24. Nxe3 a5 25.
g3 a4 26. Rc4 Qd7 27. Qc2 Bg5 28. Rcxa4 Rxa4 29. Qxa4 Qxa4 30. Rxa4 Bxe3 31.
fxe3 Kf8 32. h3 h5 33. Kf2 Rb7 34. Ra8+ Ke7 35. Kf3 g6 36. Ra1 Kf6 37. Ra6 Ke7
38. Ra1 Kf6 39. Ra6 Ke7 40. Ra1 {1/2-1/2 Asakawa,R-OlegGR,R/3m + 0s, rated
2007/Computer & Internet 2011 (40)}) 17. h3 Rfc8 18. Rab1 Qc6 19. Rdc1 Bd7 20.
Rc2 Rcb8 21. Ra2 Rb4 22. Nd2 Qc8 23. Rba1 Qa6 24. Rxa5 Qxa5 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26.
g4 Rb8 27. Kg2 Bc6 28. f4 Nd7 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 exf4 31. Bxf4 Nc5 32. Qb1
Ra3 33. Qe1 Bf8 34. h4 Nxb3 35. Qb1 Raa8 36. Qc2 Nxd2 37. Bxd2 Ra3 38. Bc1 Rab3
39. Qe2 R8b4 40. Qa2 Be7 41. h5 Rb8 42. Qe2 Bf6 43. Qe4 Be5 44. c5 Rc3 45. Be3
Rb2+ 46. Kf3 Rbb3 47. c6 Kf8 48. c7 Rxc7 49. Ke2 Rcc3 50. Bf4 Rb2+ 51. Kd1 Bxf4
52. Qxf4 Rh3 53. Kc1 Rg2 54. Qxd6+ Kg8 55. Qb8+ Kh7 {0-1 Sebi-chess Rybka 2.3
LK mp 32-Takker Rybka 2.1d3 mp/William Fuller's Scheveningen system 2007/
Computer & Internet 2011 (55)}) 13... Qxb6 14. Be3 (14. Nd2 Bc6 15. b3 Nh5 16.
g3 Nf6 17. Ba3 a5 18. Rab1 Rfd8 19. Kg2 Bf8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Rdc8 22. Rfc1
Nd7 23. Rc4 Qb5 24. Bxd6 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Qc2 Rb8 27. Ra1 f6 28. Raa4 Rxc4
29. Rxc4 Qa6 30. Nf1 Qb5 31. Rc3 Bb4 32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Qxc8+ Kh7 34. Ne3 Qd3
35. Qc4 Qd2 36. Nf5 Bf8 37. d6 Kg6 38. Qe6 Qd3 39. Ne7+ {1-0 Nikolaev,L-Baltag,
I/Kiev 2010/CBM 136 Extra (39)}) 14... Qb7 15. Rfb1 (15. b4 Rfc8 16. Nd2 Be6
17. Rfb1 Qc7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bd7 20. b5 axb5 21. cxb5 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Rb8
23. b6 Qc8 24. Qb3 f5 25. Nc4 f4 26. Bd2 f3 27. Ra7 fxg2 28. b7 Qe8 29. Nb6 Bd8
30. Nxd7 Qxd7 31. Ra8 Rxb7 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Qxb7 Qe8 34. f3 Qa4 35. Qc8+ Kh7
36. Qf5+ Kg8 37. Kxg2 Qd1 38. Qe6+ Kh7 39. Bb4 Qc2+ 40. Kg3 Qc1 41. Bxd6 Qe1+
42. Kg4 Qg1+ 43. Kf5 Qg5+ 44. Ke4 Qf4+ 45. Kd3 Qxf3+ 46. Kc4 Qe2+ 47. Kc5 e4
48. Qf5+ Kg8 49. Be5 Qe3+ 50. Kc6 Qa3 51. d6 Qa4+ 52. Kb7 Qb3+ 53. Kc7 Qb4 54.
Kd7 e3 55. Ke8 Qb8+ 56. Ke7 Kh8 57. d7 Qb4+ 58. Ke8 Qc4 59. Qf8+ Qg8 60. Qxg8+
{1-0 Bluearrow Rybka 2.1d3 mp-Bouvier Rybka 2.3.1 mp/16m + 0s, rated 2007/
Computer & Internet 2011 (60)}) 15... a5 16. h3 Rfb8 17. Nd2 a4 18. Ra2 Qb4 19.
Rc1 Bc6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Bb5 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 Rc8 24. Raa3 Kf8 25. f3
Ke8 26. Kf2 Kd7 27. Nb1 Bd8 28. Rxc8 Kxc8 29. Nc3 Bd7 30. b3 Kb7 31. bxa4 Ba5
32. Nb5 Bxb5 33. Rb3 Rc8 34. Rxb5+ Ka6 35. Rb2 Rc4 36. Ra2 h5 37. Ke2 Rb4 38.
Bd2 Rb3 39. Bxa5 Kxa5 40. Rc2 Rb6 41. Rc7 Kxa4 42. Rxf7 Rb2+ 43. Kf1 Kb3 44.
Rxg7 Kc4 45. Rg5 Kd3 46. Rxh5 Ke3 47. Kg1 Rb1+ 48. Kh2 Kf2 49. Rg5 {1-0
Bryzgalin,K-Womacka,M/playchess.com INT 2005/EXT 2007 (49)}) 12. b3 $1 {
Now it is possible to play this move. The difference is that after 11...0-0 12.
b3?! b5!! equalizes the position (see Tiviakov - Darini).} Ra7 $6 ({Again I
don't like the move played by the World Champion. It is too artificial to be
good, also the rook doesn't belong to be on d7. Besides the current game, this
position had only been seen once in tournament practice before.} 12... Bc6 13.
Ba3 (13. Nh4 $5 g6 14. Nf3 b5 $14 {allows Black to free himself}) 13... Ra7 (
13... Qd7 14. Rfd1 Qb7 $14 {deserves the most serious attention}) 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. cxd5 Bd7 16. Nd2 b5 17. axb5 Bxb5 18. Nc4 O-O 19. f4 exf4 20. Rxf4 Bf6 21.
Raf1 Be5 22. Rf5 Re7 23. Qe3 Rfe8 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Bb2 Bxf1 27.
Bxe5 Bb5 28. Bg3 Qe7 29. Qd4 Qg5 30. Qc3 Qg6 31. Qf3 Bd7 32. Qd3 Bb5 33. Qf3
Bd7 34. Qd3 Bb5 35. Qc2 Qf6 36. h3 Qd4+ 37. Kh2 Bd3 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kg8
40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ {1/2-1/2 Gdanski,J-Koch,J/Arnhem 1987/EXT 97 (41)}) 13.
Rd1 Bc8 $6 (13... O-O {is impossible because Black loses the d6-pawn after} 14.
Ba3 Bg4 15. Bxd6 $16) ({But} 13... Bg4 {was the better alternative than the
text. The bishop on c8 (later b7) is placed passively, not preventing the
realisation of the white 'dream' plan with the transfer of his knight to e3.
The bishop g4 is pinning the knight f3.} 14. h3 (14. Be3 Rb7 $14) (14. Ba3 Rd7
15. h3 Bh5 $14) 14... Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Be3 Rd7 $14) 14. Ba3 ({Besides the
text White has several other good options.} 14. Be3 $5) (14. Ne1 $5 {/\Nc2-e3})
(14. Nd2 $5) 14... Rd7 15. Nd2 ({Now White is able to realise his main
strategic idea in this position - transfer of the knight to e3 (as in the game
Tiviakov - Babula as well) where it will occupy a completely overwhelming
position, preventing f7-f5 and going to d5 when necessary.} 15. Ne1 O-O 16. Nc2
$16 {leads to the similar position as the text.}) 15... O-O 16. Nf1 Bb7 ({
Anand continues to play passively when I would have tried to create some
counterplay transferring the knight to f4-e6, also with a possibility to
activate the e7-bishop, moving it to g5. For example,} 16... Nh5 17. Qf3 (17.
Ne3 Nf4 18. Qc2 Bg5 $16) (17. Nd5 Nf4 18. Nxf4 exf4 $14) 17... Nf4 18. Ne3 Bb7
19. Ncd5 Bg5 $16 {but everywhere White's advantage not only is unquestionable,
but it is also huge!}) 17. Ne3 Re8 ({Here again} 17... Nh5 18. Ned5 Bg5 $16 {
was called for.} (18... Nf4 19. Qe3 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 f5 22. Rad1
fxe4 23. Qxe4 Rf4 24. Qe2 $16)) 18. Ncd5 Nxd5 (18... Bf8 $5 {deserved
attention.}) 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 $6 ({We all know one of the main chess principles -
not to exchange your own good pieces. The bishop on b7 is the only good piece
in the black position. Black should have refrained from exchanging it for as
long as possible. It is difficult to understand why the World Champion made
such a mistake!!} 19... Bg5 {was better, after which White can play, for
example,} 20. Bb4 {preparing a4-a5}) (19... Bf8 {doesn't attack the square d5
and White can play} 20. Qe3 (20. Bc1 $5 {/\Be3}) 20... Bxd5 21. Rxd5 $16 {
with a huge advantage.}) 20. Qxd5 (20. cxd5 $6 {lookes interesting, but,
unfortunately, I cannot put my rook on c6 easily. E.g.} Qa8 21. Rac1 Rc8 22.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Rc1 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 $14 {and Black holds the game.}) 20... Qa8
({After} 20... Bg5 {my idea was to put my queen on c6 when Black will be
completely paralysed.} 21. Qc6 $5 Re6 22. Rd5 $16) 21. Qxa8 {It was also
possible not exchange on a8 but make an improving move.} Rxa8 22. Rd5 f6 (22...
Rc8 23. Rad1 Rc6 24. g3 {could have led to the similar position as in the game
with the difference being the position of the black rook - c6 instead d8.}) 23.
Rad1 Rad8 $6 ({Missing the last chance to fight for a draw:} 23... Kf7 $5 {
when White has to make a choice whether to win the pawn on d6 or to increase
the pressure. After} 24. Bxd6 (24. g3 Ke6 25. f4 g6 $16) 24... Bxd6 25. Rxd6
Rxd6 26. Rxd6 b5 $16 {Black has some drawing chances in the rook ending.}) 24.
g3 $1 {Now Black is not able to prevent the advance f2-f4-f5 after which his
position will be completely lost.} g5 ({or} 24... Kf7 25. f4 g6 (25... Ke6 26.
f5+ $18) 26. f5 $18 {and White is winning, Black is almost in zugzwang}) 25. f4
gxf4 26. gxf4 Kf7 27. Kf2 (27. f5 $6 Rg8+ 28. Kf2 Rg4 {gives Black counterplay.
}) 27... exf4 28. Kf3 Ke6 29. Bc1 $18 Rc8 30. Bxf4 {White has a winning
position. Normally, two weaknesses are enough to win the game. Here in this
position Black has 4 weak pawns: b6, d6, f6, h6. Also the black bishop is very
bad. The only thing White has to do in this game: demonstrate technical
accuracy and not to blunder anything. Luckily, I had lot of time at my
disposal, since my play was very easy. I didn't have to think a lot making
difficult decisions.} Bf8 (30... Rc5 31. Be3 Rxd5 {loses either pawn b6 or h6.}
32. cxd5+ $18 (32. exd5+ $18) (32. Rxd5 $18)) 31. h4 $1 {Fixing the pawn on h6
and securing the square g6 for the rook.} Rc6 ({or} 31... Rc5 32. Be3 $18 {><b6
}) 32. h5 Rb7 33. Be3 Rb8 (33... b5 34. cxb5 axb5 {loses because White gets a
passed pawn 'a'. E.g.} 35. a5 $1 $18) 34. Bd4 Rc7 35. Rg1 Bg7 (35... Rg7 36.
Rg6 Rxg6 37. hxg6 $18 {loses as well.}) 36. Rg6 Rf7 37. Be3 Rd7 38. Rf5 {
Look at this position - complete White domination!} Rf7 39. Kg4 ({White is not
in a hurry to win the pawn h6 since Black in no way can defend it.} 39. Ke2 $5
{moving the king to the queenside was a good idea as well.}) 39... Bf8 40. Bxh6
Bxh6 41. Rxh6 {White has won a pawn and the passed h-pawn must decide the
outcome of the game.} Rg7+ (41... Rg8+ $5 {was a more stubborn defence, then
White wins after} 42. Rg6 Rxg6+ 43. hxg6 Rf8 44. a5 (44. Rh5 Rg8 45. Rh6 Ke5
$16) 44... bxa5 45. Rxa5 Rg8 46. Kf4 Rxg6 47. Rxa6 Rh6 48. b4 (48. Rb6 Kd7 $18)
(48. c5 Rh4+ 49. Kg3 Rxe4 50. Rxd6+ Ke7 51. Rb6 Kd7 $16) 48... Rh1 (48... Kd7
49. Kf5 $18) 49. c5 Rh4+ 50. Kf3 Ke5 51. c6 $1 Rf4+ 52. Kg3 Rxe4 53. c7 Rc4 54.
Ra7 f5 55. b5 $18) 42. Kf4 Rf8 43. a5 $1 ({Stronger than} 43. e5 dxe5+ 44.
Rxe5+ Kf7 45. Rf5 Ke6 46. a5 Rg1 47. Re5+ $18 {although White should win here
as well.}) 43... Rg1 ({or} 43... bxa5 44. e5 dxe5+ 45. Rxe5+ Kd6 (45... Kf7 46.
Rf5 Kg8 47. Rfxf6 Rxf6+ 48. Rxf6 a4 49. bxa4 Rc7 50. Rxa6 Rxc4+ 51. Kg5 $18)
46. Rxa5 $18 {winning}) 44. axb6 Rb1 (44... Rf1+ 45. Kg4 Rg8+ 46. Rg6 Rxg6+ 47.
hxg6 Rg1+ 48. Kf4 Rxg6 49. Rd5 $18 {is hopeless for Black as well.}) 45. b7 (
45. Ra5 Rxb3 46. Rxa6 Rb8 47. c5 $18 {is another win for White.}) 45... Rxb3
46. e5 dxe5+ 47. Rxe5+ Kd6 (47... Kf7 48. Rh7+ Kg8 49. Ree7 $18) 48. Rf5 Ke6 (
48... Ke7 49. Rh7+ Rf7 50. Rxf7+ Kxf7 51. Rb5 $18) (48... Rxb7 49. Rhxf6+ Rxf6
50. Rxf6+ Ke7 51. Rxa6 Rc7 52. Ra4 {could have prolonged the resistance, but
with 2 extra pawns White should win.}) 49. Rh7 Rd8 (49... Rb8 50. Rc5 {
(threatening mate on c6, White saves his b7-pawn)} Rb6 51. Rcc7 $18) 50. Rd5 {
Black resigned since after exchange on d5 Black cannot stop both white passed
pawns b7 and h6. It was a very easy win for me, one of the easiest games in
recent months.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Vincent op"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bg4 {[This move is not the common guest
in the tournament practice. 4...Bd7 is stronger and much more safe, than the
text. But 4...Bg4 has an advantage, since White does not always know the
variation very well, allowing Black to solve his opening problems easily in
most of the games.]} 5. h3 Bh5 6. Re1 {[This move is not necessary. Direct} (6.
c3 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 {gives White an edge due to the
possibilities of the development of the initiative, exploiting the weakness of
the pawn c6.}) 6... e6 7. c3 Qb6 $5 $146 (7... a6 {is stronger, than the text,
allowing Black to solve all his problems.} 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4
Nf6 (10... Be7 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. Nbd2 Nf6 13. b3 O-O 14. Ba3 Rfc8 15. Rac1 {
with slight advantage for White in Wenzel,J-Haist,Wolfgang/Germany 1991.}) 11.
Nc3 (11. g4 Bg6 12. d5 $5 {which took place in Kuzmin,Alexey-Tsarev,V/Moscow 
(Russia) 1988, needs further analysis and practical tests.}) (11. Bf4 Be7 12.
Nbd2 O-O 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Nc4 Rad8 15. e5 Nd5 {with equal chances in Szmetan,
Jorge-Tarjan,James E/Nice (France) 1974.}) 11... Be7 12. Qa4 (12. b3 $2 d5 $1
13. e5 Nd7 14. Na4 O-O 15. Re3 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 {with advantage for Black in
Andersson,Ulf-Larsen,Bent/Hastings (England) 1972 - see 'Chess Informant' #15/
391.}) 12... Qd7 13. e5 Nd5 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 O-O $11 {
with equal chances.}) 8. Na3 Nf6 {[The inclusion of the moves ...a6 and .Ba4
is in White's favour, since Black later has to castle to the queen's side 
(after the correct 9.d4).} (8... a6 $6 9. Ba4 Nf6 10. d4 $1 (10. e5 $6 Nd7 11.
Nc4 Qc7 12. Nxd6+ Bxd6 13. exd6 Qxd6 $11 14. d4 cxd4 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Nxd4
Bxd1 17. Nxc6 Bh5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Bg6 20. Be3 Rd8 21. Kf1 O-O 22. Ke1 {
1/2-1/2 Ardeleanu,Alin-Zagorskis,Darius/Berlin (Germany) (7) 1997}) 10... O-O-O
11. dxc5 $14) 9. d3 $6 {[White is clearly playing for a draw, while he should
have played actively. After} (9. d4 O-O-O 10. dxc5 (10. d5 $6 Ne5 11. g4 Bg6 {
is not good for White.}) 10... dxc5 11. Qe2 $14 {White is better.}) 9... Be7
10. Ba4 Nd7 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Bf4 O-O $11 {[The position is equal.]} 13. Rc1 a6 (
13... Nce5 {and}) (13... Nde5 {both deserved serious attention.}) 14. Bxc6 Qxc6
15. d4 $6 (15. Nd4 cxd4 16. Qxh5 $11 {with equal chances was necessary. After
the text it is Black, who has the upper hand.}) 15... b5 $1 16. d5 Qc7 17. Ne3
{[Having played his 15th move, my opponent has, probably, haven't seen that he
can't play} (17. dxe6 $2 {because of} fxe6 18. Bxd6 Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Nxd6
Bxf3 21. gxf3 Ne5 {with advantage for Black.}) 17... c4 (17... Nb6 $5 {
deserved serious attention, as well. But during the game I was very attracted
by the idea to transfer the knight d7 to d3 via the suqre c5.}) 18. g4 $1 {
[M.Mrdja finds the best moves, consolidating his position.]} Bg6 19. Nf5 $1
exf5 20. exf5 Nc5 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Re3 {[The only move.]} Nd3 23. Rxd3 cxd3
24. Qxd3 {[White has the compensation for the exchange, which must be enough
for a draw. Now he is going to transfer the knight to c6 via d4.]} Bf6 $1 {
[Black makes White to play g4-g5, thus, weakening the position of the White
king.]} 25. g5 Bd8 {[The best place for the Black bishop is on the diagonal
a7-g1.]} 26. Nd4 Re8 {[I am not sure, this is the correct decision.} (26... Qd7
27. Nc6 Bb6 {, planning to create the attack on the White king, by means of
opening of the 'f' file, playing f7-f6, was interesting.}) 27. Nc6 Qd7 28. Kg2
Bb6 {[White doesn't do anything to improve his position, thinking Black is not
able to make any further progress. I would have played 29.Bg3, followed by 30.
a3 and 31.b4.]} 29. Rd1 $6 Bc5 30. Bg3 a5 $1 {[Using the fact, that White is
not able to win the pawn b5, Black secures the position of his bishop c5,
where it is perfectly placed defending the pawn d6 and keeping the eye on the
pawn f2.]} 31. a3 (31. Qxb5 Rab8 {, followed by 32...Rb2, is bad for White.})
31... a4 32. Rd2 $4 {[The decisive mistake, after which White is not able to
save the position. After the correct} (32. Qf3 {Black still needs to work very
hard in order to prove that his advantage is real.}) 32... Re1 {[Followed by ..
.Rae8, Black is ready to develop the attack on the exposured position of the
White king.]} 33. Qxb5 Qf5 34. Qc4 {[There was a threat of 34...Qe4.} (34. Qd3
Qxd3 35. Rxd3 Re2 {is also hopeless for White.}) 34... Rae8 $1 (34... Qxg5 {
is also possible: e.g.} 35. Qf4 Qxf4 36. Bxf4 {with advantage for Black. But
the text is stronger.}) 35. Qxa4 R8e2 $1 {[Winning by force.]} 36. Rxe2 Rxe2
37. Qf4 {[White is not able to defend everyting in his position.]} Qxd5+ 38.
Qf3 Qxf3+ 39. Kxf3 Rxb2 {[The rest is easy and doesn't require any comment.]}
40. Ke4 Bxa3 41. Ne7+ Kf8 42. Nc8 Rd2 43. Nb6 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Isthmia op 1st"]
[Site "Vrachati"]
[Date "2011.08.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2011.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game from the 1st Vrachati (Greece) chess tournament was extremely
important for me. Played in the 7th round of the tournament I had to win in it
in order to continue the fight for the 1st place. Having made several draws in
the first rounds of the tournament I had a bad Bucholz and the money prizes
were awarded according to the tie-break. With a huge difference between the
first and the lower prizes I was in an almost 'must-win' situation - quite a
common thing in open tournaments lately. You have to fight in the last rounds
and if you win then you get a good prize, if not then you return empty-handed.
In Vrachati I played 2 out of my last 3 games with the black pieces and
managed to win both of them.} 1. e4 {My opponent - the very experienced and
solid player E. Rozentalis from Lithuania - always plays 1.e4 and after it I
had to make a decision which opening to choose: the Scandinavian Defence (my
main weapon against 1.e4 right now) or the Sicilian Defence which I still play
occasionally.} c5 {In this game I decided to play the Sicilian Defence. Very
often I play it against those players who don't go into the main lines. The
main systems of my opponent against the Sicilian are 2.c3 (which I play myself
with White) or 3.Bb5.} 2. Nf3 {Before the game I was more afraid of the move 2.
c3 after which it is much more difficult to get a position which can be played
for a win by Black.} d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 {This move is practically the only
possibility to play for a win by Black after the check on b5. Both other moves
played by me: 3...Nc6 and 3...Bd7 promise few winning possibilities if the
player with the white pieces is satisfied with the draw!} 4. O-O Ngf6 5. e5 $6
({This move came as a complete surprise for me. White is playing for a draw,
but in too straight-forward a way. After the text move White immediately finds
himself in a slightly worse position. Normal moves here are:} 5. Re1) (5. d3) (
5. d4) 5... dxe5 6. Nxe5 a6 {Now some exchanges are forced. After them White
loses the control of the centre, also he is behind in development.} 7. Bxd7+ ({
If White keeps his b5-bishop then Black has a small advantage after} 7. Nxd7
Nxd7 8. Bc4 ({or} 8. Be2 e5 $15) 8... Ne5 $15) 7... Nxd7 8. Qe2 ({Black is
slightly better after all other moves as well.} 8. d4 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qxd1 10.
Rxd1 Bf5 $15 {_|_}) (8. Re1 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 e6 $15) (8. Nxd7 Bxd7 9. d4 $15) 8...
Nxe5 9. Qxe5 Qd4 $146 ({I could not have been happier at this moment of the
game. I have got a slightly better position - an ending would appear on board
soon where Black has excellent winning chances due to his advantage of the
pair of bishops. The text move is new.} 9... Qd6 {was played here before.}) 10.
Re1 ({Or} 10. Qxd4 cxd4 $15 {with advantage for Black.}) 10... e6 ({Clearly,
it was better to exchange the queens immediately here by} 10... Qxe5 $142 11.
Rxe5 e6 $15 {but during the game I was absolutely sure that my opponent would
never move the queen away from the e5-square since he was playing for a draw.})
11. Nc3 (11. a4 {is being met by} Qxe5 12. Rxe5 Bd6 $15 {with a course of the
game similar to 11.Nc3}) ({But} 11. Qh5 Be7 (11... g6 12. Qf3 Bg7 13. Nc3) 12.
Nc3 {followed by d3, Be3, was better for White. Then he gets some activity and
counter-play.}) 11... Bd7 12. d3 ({Here again} 12. Qh5 Be7 13. d3 {was better
and if} O-O {now, then} 14. Be3 Qb4 15. Rab1 {with good chances to equalise.})
12... Qxe5 {After making all other useful moves Black has nothing better than
to exchange on e5.} 13. Rxe5 f6 14. Re2 Kf7 15. a4 b6 {It is necessary to
avoid the fixing of the b7-pawn by a4-a5.} 16. Ne4 Rc8 ({A difficult decision
to make during the game.} 16... Be7 {was the alternative to the text, but I
didn't like the opening of the position after} 17. Bf4 {(threatening Nd6)} e5
18. Be3 {(threatening a5, the c5 pawn is weak)} Rac8 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 $132
{with counter-play. The drawback of the text move is that it allows the
transfer of the white knight to b6. It was rather difficult to understand the
consequences of this transfer.}) 17. Nd2 $5 ({After} 17. Bf4 Rc6 $15 {Black
plays Be7 and afterwards finishes his development later, starting to improve
his position.}) 17... Be7 {Black has nothing better than to allow the transfer
of the knight to b6.} 18. Nc4 Rc6 19. a5 b5 20. Nb6 {The Nb6 is rather strong
on b6 controlling several important squares inside the black camp but at the
same time the knight on b6 is weak since it is stands near to the edge of the
board and has no squares to which it can move. It can be only exchanged for
the bishop on d7 and this exchange favours Black since the a5-pawn is on a
black square (the same colour as the white bishop) and this pawn can be
attacked by the remaining black bishop on e7.} Rd8 21. f4 ({Luckily for me
White cannot completely block the position and stop all black play. He can
only choose between allowing Black to play ,,,e6-e5 or ,,,c5-c4. After both
pawn advances Black keeps his advantage. E.g.} 21. b3 e5 $15) 21... c4 {
It is necessary to play this move otherwise White himself plays b2-b3.} 22.
dxc4 bxc4 23. c3 Rd6 {Here I spent some time thinking about how to regroup my
pieces, what to do with the bishop on d7. Finally I decided to put my bishop
on b5, not only protecting the pawn on c4 but also not allowing the b6-knight
to get back into play via the a4-square.} 24. Be3 (24. Nxc4 Rd1+ 25. Kf2 Bb5
$19 {loses.}) 24... Bb5 25. Rae1 ({I believe that White had to give Black an
opportunity to make an exchange sacrifice. No doubt about it: Black has an
excellent compensation for the exchange and stands better but then, I think,
White would have more chances to make a draw than after the normal course of
the game.} 25. Bd4 $5 {was better. E.g.} Rxd4 (25... h6 26. Rae1 g5 $15 {
deserves serious attention as well and if} 27. Bc5 $140 {then} Rd1 28. Bxe7
Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Kxe7) 26. cxd4 Rxd4 $15) 25... Rd1 26. Kf2 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 ({After
} 27. Kxe1 {Black plays similarly to the game:} e5 $17 {And White's Nb6 is
still out of play.}) 27... e5 {it is very important not to allow the white
bishop to occupy the d4-square.} 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Ke2 Ke6 (29... h5 $5 {
immediately was possible not giving White the possibility to play g2-g4
himself.}) 30. Rf1 ({Here} 30. g4 $5 {deserved the most serious attention.})
30... h5 31. h4 $2 ({White makes a mistake in his calculations and loses a
pawn, but still after the correct} 31. Rd1 Rd3 $17 {he is doomed. Black has
huge, probably, decisive advantage which can be converted into a full point
with good technique.} (31... g5 $5) (31... Rxd1 32. Kxd1 Kf5 $17)) 31... Bxh4
32. Rh1 g5 33. g3 ({White, probably, missed that} 33. Rh3 {doesn't win the
bishop after} Kf5 $1 34. g3 Kg4 $19) (33. Rg1 {also loses after} Bg3 34. Rh1 h4
35. Bxg5 Rg8 36. Bxh4 ({or} 36. Be3 Bc6 37. Nxc4 Bxg2 $19 {and the passed pawn
on h4 decides the outcome of the game.}) 36... Rh8 $19) 33... Bxg3 34. Bxg5 ({
or} 34. Rxh5 Bf4 $19 {winning}) 34... Rf8 $2 ({This move is a serious mistake,
it was much better to play} 34... Rh8 35. Rf1 e4 $1 {(this move was missed by
me)} 36. Rf6+ Ke5 $19 {with an easy win because of the passed pawn on h5.}) 35.
Rxh5 Rf2+ {Black keeps his extra pawn but due to the limited amount of
material left and the later activation of the knight on b6 White gets some
drawing chances.} 36. Kd1 Rxb2 37. Rh3 $1 {A very good move.} Rg2 38. Bd2 Kf5 {
Black has nothing better than to give the d5-square to the white knight.} 39.
Nd5 Ke4 $138 40. Nf6+ Kf5 41. Nd5 Kg4 42. Rh1 ({After} 42. Rh6 $5 {Black would
have had to find a difficult sequence of moves in order to win:} Kf3 43. Rf6+
Ke4 44. Nc7 Ba4+ 45. Kc1 Bh4 $1 (45... Rg1+ 46. Kb2) 46. Rf7 (46. Rf1 Be7 $19)
(46. Rd6 Be7 $19) (46. Re6 Kf5 47. Rh6 Be7) (46. Rxa6 Be7 $19) 46... Rg6 $19)
42... Bf2 43. Be3 ({After} 43. Ne3+ Bxe3 44. Bxe3 Ra2 $19 {Black wins the 2nd
pawn.}) 43... Bc6 44. Bxf2 (44. Rf1 {doesn't allow White to make a draw after}
Bg3 45. Nb4 Bf3+ 46. Kc1 Re2 47. Bd2 e4 $19) 44... Rxf2 45. Rg1+ ({Black's
task to win would have been rather difficult after} 45. Ne3+ Kf4 46. Re1 Ra2
47. Nxc4 Bf3+ 48. Kc1 e4 49. Kb1 Ra4 50. Ne3 Rxa5 $19 {although, of course,
here Black must win using his extra pawn and much more active pieces.}) 45...
Kf3 46. Nb4 $6 ({The decisive mistake, White can no longer play for a draw
after it. The only way to prolong the resistance was to play} 46. Nb6 Ra2 ({or
} 46... Bb5 47. Rg5 Ke4 48. Rg4+ Ke3 49. Rg3+ Kf4 50. Rh3 Ra2 51. Rh4+ Kg5 52.
Re4 Kf5 53. Rh4 $19 {with drawing chances}) 47. Rf1+ Ke4 48. Nxc4 Bb5 49. Nd6+
Ke3 50. Rf6 Bd3 51. Nf5+ Bxf5 52. Rxf5 Rxa5 $19 {when Black must win the
resulting rook ending.}) 46... Ba4+ 47. Kc1 (47. Ke1 Re2+ 48. Kf1 Rd2 $19)
47... e4 $19 {White cannot stop the advance of the pawn to e2 and its
promotion.} 48. Nxa6 e3 49. Nc5 e2 50. Re1 Ke3 51. Rxe2+ (51. Nxa4 Rf1) 51...
Rxe2 ({It was still possible to blunder. After} 51... Kxe2 $2 52. Nxa4 $15 {
Black cannot win.}) 52. Nxa4 Kd3 {Both white pawns a5 and c3 will be lost soon.
.. so White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3
Bxf3 $5 9. Qxf3 (9. gxf3 e6 10. f4 Be7 11. Nd2 d5 12. e5 Ng8 13. Bh3 g6 14. Nf1
Nh6 15. Ng3 Nf5 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Kh1 h5 18. Rg1 Bf8 19. Qf3 Qh4 20. Bd2 O-O-O
21. a3 d4 22. c4 Bh6 23. Rad1 Rdg8 24. Rxg8+ Rxg8 25. b4 Bf8 26. b5 axb5 27.
cxb5 Ne7 28. Rc1 Nd5 29. Bxf5 Nxf4 30. Be4 Nh3 31. Rf1 Be7 32. Bxb7+ Kd8 33.
Qxf7 Qg4 34. Ba5+ Kd7 35. Bc6+ Kc8 36. Qxg8+ Qxg8 37. Bd2 Bh4 38. Be1 Qg7 39.
b6 Qxe5 40. f4 Qe2 41. Bg2 Bxe1 42. Bxh3 Kb7 {0-1 Zelenaja Azaric,G-Ujhazi,D/
Herceg Novi 1999/EXT 2001 (42)}) 9... g6 10. Qd1 (10. a4 Bg7 11. Na3 O-O 12.
Bd2 Rb8 13. g3 Nd7 14. Qe2 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. f4 Na5 17. Rad1 b4 18. Nb1 bxc3
19. bxc3 Rb2 20. Qf3 Qb6 21. Bg2 Rb8 22. Qf1 Qb3 23. g4 Qa2 24. Be3 Nb3 25. h4
Na1 26. Nd2 Nc2 27. Ra1 Nxa1 28. Rxa1 Qe6 29. f5 Qf6 30. d4 Qxh4 31. Qf4 cxd4
32. cxd4 Rxd2 {0-1 Wieweg,J-Winsnes,R/Stockholm 1992/TD (32)}) (10. Be3 Bg7 11.
Nd2 O-O 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nd7 14. Nb3 Na5 15. Qd1 Rc8 16. Qd2 Nxb3 17. axb3
Nb8 18. h3 Nc6 19. d5 Ne5 20. f4 Nd7 21. b4 Kh8 22. Be2 Kg8 23. Rac1 Nf6 24.
Bf3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Re8 26. Qc2 h6 27. Qc7 Qxc7 28. Rxc7 e6 29. dxe6 Rxe6 30.
Rxb7 Nxe4 31. Bg4 Re8 32. Bd7 Rd8 33. Bb6 Rf8 34. Bc6 Ng3 35. Kf2 Nh5 36. Kf3
Bxb2 37. g4 Ng7 38. Bd5 Ne6 39. f5 Ng5+ 40. Kg2 gxf5 41. gxf5 Kg7 42. Ra7 Kf6
43. h4 Nh7 44. Be3 Kxf5 45. Bxh6 Rg8+ 46. Kf3 Nf6 47. Ba2 Rg4 48. Re7 Rg1 49.
Bc4 Ng4 50. Bd3+ Kf6 51. Bg5+ Kg7 52. Bxa6 Ne5+ 53. Ke2 Bc3 54. b5 Ba5 55. Bc8
Rb1 56. Rb7 Kg6 57. Be7 Re1+ 58. Kf2 Nd3+ 59. Kg2 Nc5 60. Bxd6 Nxb7 61. Bxb7
Bb6 62. Bf3 f5 63. Bf4 Rg1+ 64. Kh3 Rb1 65. h5+ Kf6 66. Bc6 Rb3+ 67. Kg2 Rd3
68. Bf3 Rb3 69. Bc6 Rb1 70. Kh2 Bd4 71. Kg2 Be5 72. Be3 f4 73. Bf2 Bc7 74. h6
Rb2 75. Kf3 Kg6 76. b6 Bxb6 77. Be4+ Kxh6 78. Bxb6 Rxb6 79. Kxf4 {1/2-1/2 Van
den Doel,E-Protaziuk,G/Zagan 1995/EXT 97 (79)}) (10. Bg5 Bg7 11. Nd2 O-O (11...
Nd7 12. Qh3 h6 13. Be3 b5 14. a3 a5 15. Nf3 e5 16. a4 b4 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Nd2
Qc7 19. Be2 Nb6 20. Ra1 Qd7 21. Qg4 Qe7 22. Bd1 Qe6 23. Qg3 h5 24. h3 Bh6 25.
Bb3 Qf6 26. Nc4 Nxc4 27. Bxc4 Rc8 28. h4 Rc7 29. Rf1 Bf4 30. Qh3 Nd8 31. g3
Bxe3 32. fxe3 Qe7 33. Rf3 Kf8 34. Raf1 Kg7 35. R1f2 Rf8 36. Qf1 Qd7 37. Rf6 Qe7
38. Bd5 Qd7 39. Qd1 Qe7 40. Qf3 Nc6 41. Rf1 Nb8 42. Qf2 Nc6 43. g4 Nd8 44. gxh5
Rh8 45. hxg6 fxg6 46. Kg2 Rh5 47. Qf3 Rxh4 48. Qg3 Rh6 49. Rf8 Ne6 50. R1f7+
Qxf7 51. Rxf7+ Rxf7 52. Bxe6 Rf6 53. Bg4 Rh8 54. cxb4 cxb4 55. d4 Re8 56. Bf5
Re7 57. Qg5 Kf7 58. Bg4 Kg7 59. b3 exd4 60. exd4 Rxe4 61. d5 Re5 62. Qd2 Re4
63. Be6 Rff4 64. Qc2 Re5 65. Qc7+ Kh6 66. Kg3 Rf1 67. Kg2 Rf4 68. Qc1 Rg5+ 69.
Kh3 Rh5+ 70. Kg3 g5 71. Qc8 Rhh4 72. Qh8+ Kg6 73. Qg8+ Kf6 74. Qf7+ Ke5 75.
Qg7+ Ke4 {1-0 Iordachescu,V-Tiviakov,S/Vlissingen NED 2003/Inf 88/170}) 12. h3
b5 13. Qe3 Re8 14. f4 Nd7 15. Nf3 b4 16. d4 bxc3 17. bxc3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qb6 19.
Rad1 Nb4 20. Qd2 Nc6 21. Kh1 Qb4 22. e5 dxe5 23. dxe5 Nc5 24. Qd5 Rac8 25. Rc1
Na5 26. Red1 h6 27. Bh4 Nab7 28. Qc4 Qxc4 29. Rxc4 Na5 30. Rcc1 Ne6 31. Rxc8
Rxc8 32. Bxe7 Nxf4 33. Bxa6 Rc2 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Rd2 Rxd2 36. Nxd2 Bxe5 37. a4
Nd5 38. Bc5 Bc7 39. Bc4 Nxc4 40. Nxc4 Kg7 41. a5 Bg3 42. a6 Nc7 43. a7 f5 44.
Nb6 g5 45. Kg1 Kf7 46. a8=Q Nxa8 47. Nxa8 g4 48. Nb6 Ke6 49. Bf2 Bc7 50. Na4 h5
51. Nc3 f4 52. Bd4 Kf5 53. Kf2 Bd8 54. Bc5 Bg5 55. Bd6 Bh4+ 56. Kf1 Bg5 57. Ne2
Ke4 58. Bc7 gxh3 59. gxh3 Kf3 60. Bb6 Be7 61. Nd4+ Ke4 62. Ke2 Bf6 63. Nf3 Bc3
64. Bf2 Bb4 65. Be1 Be7 66. Bc3 Bc5 67. Nd2+ Kf5 68. Kf3 Bd6 69. Ne4 Bc7 70.
Bb4 Ke6 71. Nf2 Kf5 72. Nd3 Kg5 73. Be7+ Kf5 74. h4 Bb8 75. Bg5 Bd6 76. Nxf4 {
1-0 Arribas,M-Pina,S/Havana 1998/EXT 99 (76)}) (10. Nd2 Bg7 11. Qg3 (11. Qd1 {
- 10.Qd1 Bg7 11.Nd2}) 11... b5 12. f4 O-O 13. Nf3 b4 14. Qh4 bxc3 15. bxc3 Nd7
16. Bd2 Rb8 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nf3 e6 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Reb1 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22.
Re1 Kf7 23. Rab1 Rb6 24. Rxb6 Nxb6 25. Rb1 Rb8 26. Kf2 d5 27. Be2 Ke7 28. h3
Nd7 29. Rxb8 Ndxb8 30. g4 d4 31. cxd4 fxg4 32. hxg4 Nxd4 33. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 34. Kg3
Nc6 35. Kh4 Kf7 36. Kh5 Bg7 37. Be3 Nb4 38. Bxc5 Nxa2 39. d4 Nc3 40. Bxa6 Nd5
41. Bd6 Bxd4 42. Kxh6 Bg7+ 43. Kg5 Bf6+ 44. Kh5 Be7 45. Bxe7 Kxe7 46. Kg5 Ne3
47. Be2 Kf7 48. Bf3 Kg7 49. Be4 Kf7 50. Bg6+ Kg7 51. Bb1 Kf7 52. Ba2 Ke7 53.
Bb3 Ng2 54. Ba2 Ne3 55. Kh4 Kf6 56. Bb1 Nd5 57. Kg3 Ne7 58. g5+ Kf7 59. Kf3 Nd5
60. Be4 Nc3 61. Ke3 Nb5 62. Bd3 Nd6 63. Kd4 Ke7 64. Bg6 Nb5+ 65. Kc4 Nd6+ 66.
Kc5 Nb7+ 67. Kd4 Nd6 68. Bd3 Nf7 69. g6 Nh6 70. Kc5 Kf6 71. Kd6 Nf5+ 72. Kd7
Nh4 73. Be4 Nxg6 74. Bxg6 e5 75. fxe5+ {1/2-1/2 Brynell,S-Ekstroem,R/Sweden
2000/EXT 2002 (75)}) (10. Qh3 Qd7 11. Qe3 Bg7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. f4 e5 14. Nc4
Rae8 15. Qf3 b5 16. fxe5 Nh5 17. Nb6 Qd8 18. Nd5 Nxe5 19. Qh3 f5 20. Bd2 fxe4
21. dxe4 Qb8 22. Rad1 Qb7 23. b3 Nf6 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. a4 h5 26. axb5 axb5 27.
Be2 Rfe6 28. Qg3 Kh7 29. Rf1 c4 30. bxc4 bxc4 31. Rfe1 Qc6 32. Qh3 Kg8 33. Qg3
Kh7 34. Qh3 Kg8 35. Qg3 Kh7 36. Qh3 {1/2-1/2 Hunt,H-Kovalevskaya,E/Stockholm
SWE 2003/The Week in Chess 426 (36)}) (10. Rd1 $5) 10... Qb6 $146 (10... Bg7
11. Nd2 (11. d4 $5 cxd4 12. cxd4 e5 13. d5 Nd4 $132) 11... O-O (11... Nd7 12.
Nf3 O-O 13. Be3 Qc7 14. d4 b5 15. Rc1 e5 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. d5 Ne7 18. g3 Nf6 19.
Bg5 Nc8 20. b3 Nb6 21. Qc2 h6 22. Be3 Ng4 23. Bd2 c4 24. Bh3 h5 25. Ng5 Bf6 26.
Qd1 Qe7 27. Nf3 Rec8 28. Qe2 Nd7 29. Red1 cxb3 30. axb3 Nc5 31. b4 Na4 32. Be1
Rc7 33. c4 bxc4 34. Rxc4 Rxc4 35. Qxc4 Nb2 36. Qc6 Rb8 37. Rb1 Nd3 38. Qxa6
Nxe1 39. Nxe1 Bg5 40. b5 Nf6 41. Bg2 Nd7 42. Nd3 Nb6 43. Qa3 Ra8 44. Qb2 Qc7
45. f4 exf4 46. gxf4 Qc4 47. Qb3 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Halkias,S/Moscow 2003/CBM
94/Inf 87/(177)}) (11... Qb6 {- 10...Qb6 11.Nd2 Bg7}) 12. Nf3 Ng4 13. a3 Rc8
14. Rb1 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Qd2 Rfe8 18. Rbc1 b5 19. h3 Nc6 20.
Be3 d5 21. f4 e5 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Qf2 exf4 24. Bxc5 f3 25. d4 fxg2 26. Bxg2
Qd7 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Re1 Rc8 29. b4 h5 30. Qf3 Bf8 31. Qf6 Bg7 32. Qd6 Qxd6
33. Bxd6 Bf6 34. Bc5 Kg7 35. a4 bxa4 36. Ra1 a5 37. b5 Nd8 38. b6 Rb8 39. Rxa4
Ne6 40. b7 Nxc5 41. dxc5 Bd8 42. c6 Kf6 43. Rd4 Bb6 44. Kf1 Ke6 45. Rd7 a4 46.
c7 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Radjabov,T/Moscow 2002/CBM 91 (46)}) 11. Nd2 Bg7 12. f4 $5 (
12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bg5 (13. d4 $6 cxd4 14. cxd4 d5 $13) 13... O-O 14. Ne3 e6 $11)
(12. Nf3 Nd7) (12. a3 $5 {/\b4, /\Rb1, b4}) 12... O-O 13. Kh1 Qc7 14. Qe2 (14.
Nf3 b5 $13) 14... b5 15. Nf3 (15. e5 dxe5 (15... Nd5 $5) 16. fxe5 Nd5) 15... e6
(15... Rab8 $5 16. a3 a5 $132 {/\b4}) 16. a3 Rab8 17. Bd2 a5 18. e5 (18. d4
cxd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. e5 Ne4 $11) 18... Nd5 (18... dxe5 $5 19. fxe5 (19. Nxe5
Nd5 $13) 19... Nd5 $13) 19. d4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qb6 21. Qe4 Rfd8 (21... Rfe8 $5
22. Rac1 {/\Rc2, Rec1}) 22. g4 $6 (22. Rac1 {/\Rc2, Rec1}) 22... Nde7 (22...
Nce7 23. Rac1 {/\Rc2, Rec1}) (22... dxe5 $5 23. dxe5 Nce7 {/\Rd7, Rbd8}) 23.
Be3 {[/\Bf2-h4]} Qb7 $1 {[/\Na7]} 24. Bg2 a4 $1 {[/\Na5-c4]} 25. Bf2 (25. Rac1
$5 Na5 26. Qxb7 Rxb7 27. exd6 Nd5 28. Ne5 Nc4 29. Nxc4 bxc4 30. Rxc4 Nxe3 31.
Rxe3 Rxb2 $13) 25... Na5 26. Qe2 $6 (26. Qxb7 Rxb7 $13 {_|_}) 26... Nd5 27. Bg3
Nc4 (27... dxe5 $5 28. Nxe5 (28. fxe5 Nc4 $13) (28. dxe5 Nc4 $13) 28... Nb3 29.
Rad1 Qb6 30. f5 $1 $36) 28. f5 (28. Qf2 $5 {><e3}) 28... exf5 29. gxf5 Nde3 $1
30. e6 $15 {[30...fxe6 31.fxg6 hxg6 32.Bf4 Nxg2 33.Qxe6+ Qf7 34.Kxg2 Rf8=/+ 
(34...Nxb2 35.Ng5 Qxe6 36.Rxe6=/+ <=>); 30...Nxg2 31.Qxg2 Re8=/+]} (30. fxg6
hxg6 31. exd6 Nxg2 32. Qxg2 Nxd6 $15) (30. f6 Bh6 $15 (30... Bf8 $15)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2007.02.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2007.02.09"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy"]
[BlackTeam "Paris Chess 15"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ng8 11. e6 Bxe6 (11... fxe6 $6 $146 12. Nbd2 Qd6 13. Nb3
$6 (13. h3 $142 Bf5 (13... Bxf3 14. Nxf3 $16) (13... Bh5 14. Qb3 $16) 14. Nb3
$16) 13... g6 $1 14. h3 (14. Nc5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxd4 16. Qc3 Bg7 $13) (14. Be3
Bh6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Nf6 $11) 14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bh6 16. Qg4
(16. Be3 {- 14.Be3}) 16... Nf6 (16... Bxc1 17. Rxe6 $5 $14) 17. Qxe6 Qxe6 18.
Rxe6 Bg7 $5 (18... Bxc1 $142 19. Rxc1 Kf7 $11) 19. Re2 Kf7 20. Be3 Rhc8 21. a3
$14 {1/2-1/2 Maze,S-Tiviakov,S/Chalons-en-Champagne 2007/CT-2289 (36) _|_ ^^})
12. Rxe6 $6 $146 (12. Qb3 Bc8 (12... Na5 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qc2 e6 15. Nc3 Be7
16. Bd3 Nf6 17. Bg5 Rc8 18. Ne5 Nc6 19. Qb3 O-O 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Re3 Nxd4 22.
Qxb7 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Qc7 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Bxa6 f6 26. Rh5 Rb8 27. Nd1 Ra7 28.
Bd3 g6 {0-1 Libiszewski,F-Lautier,J/Paris 2006/EXT 2007 (28)}) 13. Nc3 Nf6 14.
Bg5 Na5 15. Qa4+ Bd7 16. Qd1 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 e6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxd5
Bb4 21. Qe4 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Kornev,A-Kharlov,A/Russia 90/(164) 2004 (39)})
12... fxe6 13. Nc3 g6 $1 {(/\Bh6)} (13... Nf6 14. g3 g6 15. Bh3 $40 {(><e6)}
Bg7 16. Ng5 O-O 17. Nxe6 Qb6 18. Na4 Qa7 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 20. Be3 Kh8 21. Nc5 Nd8
22. Rc1 Qb6 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 a5 25. Ne6 Nxe6 26. Bxe6 Rb8 27. Bf4 Rd8 28.
Rc7 Ne8 29. Rxe7 Bxd4 30. Bg5 Rb8 31. Bxd5 b6 32. Re2 Nf6 33. Bf3 Kg7 34. Rd2
Bc5 35. Bf4 Re8 36. Kg2 Re7 37. g4 Rd7 38. g5 {1-0 Vachier Lagrave,M-Wang Yue/
Lausanne 2006/CBM 115 (38)}) 14. g3 (14. Ng5 $5 Qd6 15. g3 Bg7 16. Bf4 e5 17.
dxe5 Bxe5 $15) (14. Qe2 Qd6 $15 {/\Bh6}) 14... Bh6 15. Bh3 (15. Na4 $5 {/\Nc5})
15... Qd6 (15... Bxc1 16. Rxc1 Qd6 $15) 16. Na4 (16. Qb3 Rb8 $15) 16... Bxc1
17. Qxc1 (17. Rxc1 Nf6 18. Nc5 Nd8 $15) 17... Nf6 18. Nc5 Nd8 19. Ne5 $5 (19.
Qe3 O-O 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. Bxe6+ Kg7 $15) (19. Qh6 b6 20. Nd3 Nf7 21. Qe3 $15)
19... O-O 20. Qe3 b6 21. Ncd3 Nh5 $6 {(/\Ng7-f5, ><e6)} (21... Rc8 $142 $15 {
<->c}) 22. Rc1 $132 {(<->c, ><c6)} Ng7 {(/\Nf5)} 23. g4 {(/\Bf1, h4-h5, |^>>)}
a5 (23... Ra7 24. Rc8 Rc7 25. Ra8 a5 $15) 24. Bf1 Nf7 (24... Ra7 25. Rc8 Rc7
26. Ra8 $15) 25. Nxf7 (25. Rc6 Qd8 26. Nxf7 Rxf7 27. Ne5 $15) 25... Rxf7 26.
Ne5 Raf8 27. Rc6 $2 (27. Nxf7 Rxf7 $15) 27... Qb4 $2 (27... Rxf2 28. Qxf2 (28.
Rxd6 Rxf1+ $19) 28... Rxf2 29. Rxd6 (29. Kxf2 Qd8 30. Ba6 Qf8+ 31. Ke2 Ne8 32.
Rc8 Kg7 $17 {/\Qf4, ><g4, d4, b2}) 29... Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 exd6 31. Nd7 b5 32.
Nf6+ Kf7 (32... Kh8 $17) 33. Nxh7 e5 $17 {_|_}) 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 (28... Rxf7 29.
Rc8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qf4+ $11) 29. b3 $11 {(><b6, e6)} a4 (29... Kg8 $5)
30. bxa4 Qxa4 31. Rxb6 Qxa2 32. Qf4+ Kg8 33. Rb8 Rxb8 34. Qxb8+ Kf7 35. Qf4+
Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.15"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{[This game was played in the last round of the European team championship in
Leon. Unfortunately the round started at 9:00 o'clock in the morning with
almost no time to prepare for the game.]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O
{[It was not very difficult to predict this line to appear on the board, since
Emil never goes to the main lines of the Maroczy or the Accelerated Dragon.
Another line, played by Emil, 4.d4 cd 5.Qd4 was tried against me by J.M.
Degraeve in the 5th round.]} Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 (
8... Bh5 {is an alternative to the text, probably, stronger than the text. But
my idea was to reach a very solid close position with White having no direct
attacking possibilities and then to wait for Emil overstepping the limit,
trying to create an attack. Everyone knows E. Sutovsky is a born attacking
player. But sometimes he goes too far, looking for the direct approach when
the positional play is necessary. The positions after 8...Bh5 9.d3 e6 10.Nbd2
Be7 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nh4 are very sharp, although I already played 1 game against
Emil with this line in 1998 on the Isle of Man.}) 9. Qxf3 g6 10. Qd1 (10. d3) (
10. Na3) ({and} 10. Rd1 {are the alternatives to the text.}) 10... Bh6 {
[Black tries to prevent White from playing d2-d4.]} 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nc2 ({After
} 12. d4 $2 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 cxd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. e5 Nh5 $5 $15 {followed by
Nf4-e6, Black is slightly better.}) 12... e5 (12... d5) (12... Rc8) ({and} 
12... e6 $5 {also deserve serious attention.}) 13. g3 $146 ({Actually this
move is new. After} 13. d4 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 cxd4 15. cxd4 {Black doesn't have
much to worry about.}) 13... b5 $2 ({Still sleepy, I make an over optimistic
move. I should have waited for White playing Bf1-g2 first and only afterwards
having had played b7-b5. After the text move White gets a strong initiative on
the queen's side. All the following move are stronger:} 13... Kg7) (13... Re8)
(13... Qc7) (13... Rb8) (13... Rc8) (13... Qe7) 14. d4 (14. a4 {immediately is
possible as well.}) 14... Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Kg7 $6 {[Another careless move, after
which Black starts experiencing problems.]} 16. d5 (16. a4 {immediately is
possible as well.}) 16... Ne7 {[There is no better place for the knight.]} 17.
a4 Qd7 18. Qe2 $1 ({The strong move missed by me, after which Black is not
able to defend the pawn b5. After the normal} 18. Ra1 Rab8 19. axb5 axb5 20.
Ra5 Rb7 {, followed by Rfb8, Ne8-c7, Black is OK.}) 18... Rab8 $6 (18... Rfb8 {
is answered by} 19. Ra1 {with advantage, but, probably, after all still it was
better than 19...Rab8, since now after} bxa4 {the a6 pawn is defended.}) (18...
bxa4 {deserves serious attention as well.}) 19. Na3 $1 bxa4 ({Black has to
spoil his pawn's structure and take on a4, since after} 19... b4 20. Nc4 {
he can't take the pawn on a4 because of Nc4:d6 (missed by me). White is
threatening to play a4-a5, fixing the weakness on a6, with large advantage.})
20. Nc4 Ne8 ({Having had made so many mistakes, nevertheless, I was quite
happy with the outcome of the opening. Black position is very solid, although
a bit passive. The weakness on a6 is compensated by the counter-play along the
"b" file. White bishop f1 has a potential to become "bad". Very accurate
positional play is required to convert the positional advantage into something
real here. And exactly the positional play is not the strongest part of my
opponent's play.} 20... Nh5 $5 {, followed by f7-f5, deserved serious
attention as well.}) 21. f4 $6 ({Frankly speaking, I would not even have
looked at this move, having had concentrated all efforts trying to win back
the pawn a4 by} 21. Ra1 {etc.}) 21... f6 22. Bg2 $2 {[Another move in the same
wrong direction.]} Nc8 23. Rf1 $2 {[Another one.]} Qb5 $1 $17 {[And suddenly
White is in trouble, since he is not able to prevent the exchange of the
queens by Nc8-b6.]} 24. Rf2 (24. fxe5 {is answered by} dxe5 $17 {, followed by
Nd6 with advantage for Black.}) 24... Nb6 25. Bf1 $6 (25. Nxb6 Qxe2 26. Rxe2
Rxb6 27. Ra1 {was better.}) 25... Qxc4 26. Qxc4 Nxc4 27. Bxc4 Nc7 {[In the
arisen ending Black has an extra pawn + the knight against the "bad" bishop.
But nevertheless it is still remains not very easy to convert the advantage
into a full point.]} 28. Ra1 Rfe8 $1 29. Re2 ({Or} 29. f5 gxf5 30. exf5 e4 {
with advantage}) 29... f5 $1 {[White position becomes torn apart.]} 30. Rxa4 ({
After} 30. Rae1 {Black has a choice between} exf4 {and 30...fxe4 with
advantage in both cases.}) 30... exf4 31. gxf4 (31. e5 {loses after} f3 $1 32.
Re3 Rxb2 33. e6 Rd2 $19) 31... Rxe4 32. Rxe4 fxe4 33. b4 ({Black must win after
} 33. Bxa6 Nxd5 34. Rxe4 Rxb2) ({and} 33. Ra2 Rf8 34. Bxa6 Nxd5) 33... cxb4 34.
cxb4 Rb6 {[With the time-control approaching, I was trying to play "safe".
Although there are other possible ways to exploit the advantage, such as 34...
Rf8 and 34...Kf6.]} 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Ke2 Kf5 37. Ke3 h6 38. h4 h5 {[Initially I
thought this position to be easily won for Black, but now I see that Black
task is to be with much difficulties.]} 39. Bb3 $1 ({The only move.} 39. Ba2 {
loses after} Nb5 40. Ra5 ({or} 40. Bc4 Nc3 41. Ra3 (41. Rxa6 Rxa6 42. Bxa6
Nxd5+ 43. Kd4 Nxb4) 41... Nd1+ 42. Ke2 Rxb4 43. Bxa6 Rd4 {winning.}) 40... Nc3
41. Ra3 Nxa2 42. Rxa2 Rxb4 43. Rxa6 Rb3+ 44. Ke2 Rh3 45. Rxd6 Rxh4) 39... a5 ({
Immediately after the game, I thought this move to be a mistake, but now I
still don't see the better way. The point is that Black can't play} 39... Rb5
40. Bc4 Nxd5+ {because of} 41. Kd4) 40. Rxa5 Rxb4 41. Ba4 $1 {[I missed this
move, playing 39...a5. White is threatening with 42.Bd7.]} Rxa4 $5 ({Black
must win and after} 41... Kg4 42. Bd7+ Kxh4 {, but despite being 2 pawns down,
White still has drawing chances here.}) 42. Rxa4 Nxd5+ 43. Kd4 Nxf4 {[Extra
material - 3 pawns for the exchange - must be enough to win. But Black has
still technical difficulties to overcome. Unfortunately due to the problems
with the time (I have to prepare for the World Championship) I don't have time
to spend analysing this very interesting ending. You have to trust my
intuition!]} 44. Ra2 (44. Ra5+ {loses after} d5 {. For example,} 45. Ra7 (45.
Ra8 Ne6+ 46. Kxd5 $140 Nc7+) (45. Ra6 Ne6+) (45. Ra1 Kg4) 45... Kg4 46. Rf7 Ng2
) 44... Ne6+ 45. Kc4 $1 (45. Kd5 e3 46. Kxd6 Nf4) (45. Ke3 d5) 45... Ke5 46.
Ra5+ Kf4 ({Stronger than} 46... Nc5) 47. Ra1 $6 (47. Rd5 {was stronger, For
example,} e3 (47... Kf3 48. Rxd6 Nf4 49. Kc3 e3 50. Rf6) 48. Rxd6 Ke5 49. Rd5+
Ke4 50. Rd6 Nf4 51. Kc3 {and White is still in the game.}) 47... Nc5 $1 48.
Rf1+ (48. Rg1 e3 49. Kc3 Ne4+ 50. Kd3 Ng3) (48. Kd5 e3) 48... Ke5 49. Rf7 (49.
Rf8 Ne6 {and 50...d5}) 49... Ne6 50. Rd7 e3 51. Kc3 (51. Kd3 Nc5+) 51... d5 52.
Re7 Kd6 53. Re8 d4+ 54. Kd3 Kd5 $6 ({I could have won immediately after} 54...
Kd7 $1 55. Rb8 Nf4+ 56. Kxd4 (56. Kc2 d3+) 56... e2 57. Rb1 Ng2 58. Ke5 Ke7 $1
(58... e1=Q+ 59. Rxe1 Nxe1 60. Kf6 {is a draw.}) 59. Rb7+ Ke8 $1 {(missed by
me)} 60. Rb1 Kf7 61. Rb7+ Kg8) 55. Ke2 Ke5 56. Kf3 Kf6 57. Rh8 $6 (57. Ra8 {
was better, but still Black must win easily after} g5 58. hxg5+ Nxg5+) 57...
Ng7 $1 {[With the knight being transferred to f5, the pawn h4 falls.]} 58. Rd8
Nf5 59. Ke2 Ke5 60. Kd3 Kf4 61. Rf8 Kg3 62. Rf6 Nxh4 63. Ke2 g5 64. Rf1 Ng2 65.
Rg1 h4 {[This win over the European 2001 Individual Champion allowed me to
take 7 points out of 9 in the tournament. Having had played 6 games from 9
with the Black pieces, I had also gained 18 rating points.]  Groningen. 16:24
21/11/2001.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund 46th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Trent,L"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8.
Qd3 h6 9. Nd2 Rc8 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Ne3 Nf6 12. Bd2 Be7 13. a4 O-O 14. O-O Qd7
15. a5 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Bf8 17. Be1 Rc6 18. Na4 Qe8 19. c4 Nd7 20. Qc2 Rb8 21. b3
Nc5 22. Nb6 Nd7 23. Nbd5 Qd8 24. Bc3 Qh4 25. f3 Qd8 26. g3 Ra8 27. Kh1 Qb8 28.
Ra2 Rc8 29. Rda1 Rc6 30. Nb4 Rc5 31. f4 f6 32. f5 Bf7 33. Ned5 Qe8 34. g4 Be7
35. Bd2 Bd8 36. Be3 Rcc8 37. Nc3 Rab8 38. Ba7 Ra8 39. Be3 Rab8 40. Nbd5 Kh7 41.
Kg2 Nc5 {We join game of the round after move 42 where it was the young Polish
phenom who had masterfully outplayed the tournament leader to get the
following wonderful position. White has every trump you could hope for in this
line of the Sicilian; a beautifully supported knight on d5, a clamp on the
queenside, a potential break on the kingside and Black has got close to no
active plan. Nepo quite understandbly took drastic measures} 42. h4 b5 {
probably forced, what else?} 43. axb6 Bxb6 44. Nxb6 $6 (44. g5 $1 {with the
bishop having departed d8, this is now an extremely strong move} Bxd5 45. g6+
$1 Kh8 46. Nxd5 $18 {and Black is unlikely to be able to cover the multiple
weaknesses in his position (a6, d6, f6&h6 potential sacrifices etc)}) 44...
Rxb6 45. Bxc5 dxc5 46. Rxa6 {Winning a pawn like this can hardly be
over-criticised, but it does give Black greater chances to counter compared to
the previous line.} Rcb8 47. Rxb6 Rxb6 48. Ra7 Rb8 49. Na4 $6 {a serious
innacuracy} (49. Qd1 $1 Rd8 50. Nd5 $16 {and White maintains control}) 49...
Rd8 $5 {Nepo spots a nice swindle attempt} 50. Nxc5 Rd4 51. Kf3 $2 (51. g5 $1 {
should still be good enough e.g.} fxg5 52. hxg5 hxg5 53. Qc1 {is completely
over}) 51... Qc6 $1 52. Na4 $4 {White completely loses control and misses a
nice shot} Bxc4 $1 {ouch} 53. bxc4 Rxc4 {now White can't simultaneously defend
e4 and a4 and the game simply peters out.} 54. Qb1 Rxa4 55. Rxa4 Qxa4 56. Qd3
Qa1 57. Kg2 Qc1 58. h5 Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.09"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Volokitin,A"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. O-O
g6 9. d4 Bg7 10. Rd1 O-O ({Der Zug von I. Cheparinov} 10... Qb6 $5 {ist auch
möglich. Die Idee des Zuges ist nach} 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qe6 $1 {zu spielen,
mit gutem Spiel.}) 11. Nbd2 {Weiss hat die Eroeffnung ohne Ambitionen
ausgespielt.Prinzipiell war-} (11. e5 {Weiss beherrscht den Raum.} Ne8 {
Der beste Zug, gegen e6.} ({Schlecht ist-} 11... Nd5 $2 12. e6 $1 $16) 12. Nbd2
(12. Be4 {ist nicht gefaehrlich.} Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Nc7 {mit normalem Spiel.}) (12.
e6 {Jetzt ist nicht so stark wegen-} Bxf3 $1 13. Qxf3 fxe6 14. Qh3 $44) 12...
Nc7 13. Ne4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb6 {Das ist die kritische Position nach 11.e5:
Weiss hat mehr Raum, Schwarz hat den Punkt d5 und das Gegenspiel gegen das
Zentrum. Die Stellung ist unklar.}) 11... Rc8 {Ich habe sehr bequeme Stellung
bekommen und dachte schon wie kann ich auf Gewinn zu spielen.} ({Genauer war-} 
11... Qc7 $1 12. d5 ({Nach} 12. Nf1 {meine Idee war.} cxd4 13. cxd4 Rac8 14.
Bd3 e5 $1 $15) 12... Nb6 $1 {Die Prophylaxe gegen a4, wenn-} 13. a4 Nxa4 $1 14.
Bxa4 bxa4 15. Nc4 ({Nach} 15. Rxa4 Rfe8 $1 $15 {mit der Idee e6.}) 15... a5 $1
{Und hier steht der Turm besser auf a8 !} 16. Bg5 Ba6 $15) 12. d5 $1 {Die
richtige Reaktion. Viel schwaecher war-} (12. Nf1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qc7 14. Bd3 e5
$1 $15) ({Natuerlich-} 12. e5 $2 {geht nicht, weil Weiss nicht das Feld f4
kontroliert.} Nd5 $1 $15) 12... c4 {Die streitige Entscheidung: Schwarz
beherrscht das Feld c5, aber verliert das Feld d4.} ({Staerker war der
logische Zug-} 12... Re8 $1 13. a4 Qb6 14. axb5 ({Nach} 14. c4 b4 {mit der
Idee e6, hat Schwarz die Initiative.}) 14... axb5 15. c4 e6 16. dxe6 Rxe6 17.
cxb5 Qc7 $1 18. Qf1 Nb6 $1 {Schwarz hat die Initiative, aber denke ich,dass
Weiss diese Stellung halten muss.}) ({Der Zug} 12... Nb6 {ist nicht so stark
hier, der Turm steht auf c8 schlechter.} 13. a4 Nxa4 14. Bxa4 bxa4 15. Nc4 a5
16. Qc2 $1 $132) 13. Nf1 {Zu passiv. Der Springer zieht auf g3, wo er keine
Perspektiven hat. Logischer war-} (13. a4 Nc5 14. Nd4 $1 Qb6 15. N2f3 Rce8 16.
axb5 axb5 17. Be3 Ng4 18. Bf4 $11 {Und die Stellung ist dynamisch ausgeglichen.
}) 13... Nc5 14. Ng3 $2 {Der falsche Plan. Weiss verhindert nicht dem Zug e6.
Die Prophylaxe gegen e6 war besser-} (14. Bf4 $1 Re8 $1 15. Ng3 Bf8 $1 {
Und trotzdem e6, aber nach} 16. Qd2 e6 17. dxe6 Rxe6 {Die Position ist
ungefaehr ausgeglichen.}) 14... e6 $1 15. dxe6 Nxe6 $1 $15 {Richtig gespielt.
Der Laeufer auf b7 ist wieder ins Spiel, auch Weiss hat kein Zug-Bf4.} 16. a4
Re8 {Schwarz verstaerk seine Stellung. Es gibt auch die andere Moeglichkeiten.}
(16... b4 $5 {Ein Computerzug, der ich nicht waehrend der Partie sah.} 17. cxb4
Re8 $44) (16... Qc7 {Mit der Idee d5, sieht logisch aus.} 17. axb5 axb5 18. Be3
d5 $1 19. Nd4 $1 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qe3 f5
24. Ne2 $1 {Weiss hat  einige Kompensation fuer den Bauer.}) 17. axb5 axb5 18.
Ng5 $2 {Ein Fehler. Weiss vergisst ueber seine Entwicklung.} ({Schlecht ist-} 
18. e5 $2 Ng4 $1 19. Rxd6 $140 Qc7 $17 {Einfach ist besser fuer Schwarz.}) (18.
Be3 $1 {Dieser Entwicklungszug ist logisch. Insgesamt steht Schwarz etwas
besser,aber Weiss muss Remis halten.Zum Beispiel-} Nc5 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. f3 d5
21. b4 cxb3 22. Nxb3 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nfxe4 24. fxe4 $15) 18... Ra8 $2 {Der
Antwortfehler. Natuerlich rechnete ich den Zug-} (18... Nc5 $1 {aber nach} 19.
Bf4 {habe ich ganz vergessen ueber-} Nd5 $1 20. Bc1 h6 $17 {Schwarz ist besser.
}) 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. f3 {Weiss kann ausgleichen mit dem Zug-} (20. Be3 {
Mit der Idee Dd2. Zum Beispiel-} Nxg5 21. Bxg5 Re6 22. Qd2 Qe8 23. f3 d5 24.
exd5 Nxd5 25. Be4 Rd6 26. Bh6 $11) 20... d5 21. e5 ({Der feste Zug-} 21. Qf2 {
ist auch moeglich.} Qc8 $5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Be4 {Die Stellung
ist etwas angehnemer fuer Schwarz, aber die Partie muss ins Remis enden.})
21... Nxg5 22. Bxg5 Qc7 {Die beide Spieler waren schon im Zeitnot: Ich hatte
in diesem Moment nur 3 Minuten und mein Gegner etwa 9 Minuten. Die Stellung
ist schon unklar.} 23. f4 Nd7 24. Qf2 Nc5 {Mehr nuetzlich war-} (24... b4 $1 {
Und jetzt nur einziger Zug kann ausgleichen.Zum Beispiel.} 25. Ba4 $1 Bc6 26.
Bxc6 Qxc6 27. Qf3 $1 f6 $5 28. exf6 Nxf6 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Qxd5+ Qxd5 31. Rxd5
bxc3 32. bxc3 Bxc3 33. Kf2 $11 {Und Weiss muss Remis machen}) 25. Ne2 $1 {
Die Stellung ist dynamisch ausgeglichen aber strategisch hat Weiss die
besseren Perspektiven und fuer Weiss ist leichter zu spielen.} Rb8 {Ich suchte
das Gegenspiel.} ({Der Zug-} 25... Ne4 {war objektiv besser, aber nach} 26.
Bxe4 dxe4 27. Qe3 $1 {Diese Stellung wegen des Laeufers auf a8 gefiel mir
nicht.}) 26. Nd4 ({Staerker war-} 26. Qh4 $1 {und jetzt nach} b4 {Der Laeufer
zieht auf d6} 27. Be7 $1 $14 {Weiss steht etwas besser.} b3 (27... bxc3 28. Bd6
$1 Qb7 29. Nd4 $3 {gegen d4.} Rc8 30. bxc3 $14) (27... Qa7 28. Nd4 bxc3 29.
bxc3 Ne4 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Bd6 Re8 32. Qf2 $14) 28. Bb1 Re8 29. Bd6 $1 Qb6 30.
Nd4 Ne4 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Qh3 $14) 26... b4 27. Qh4 bxc3 28. bxc3 Ne6 {Dieser
Zug sieht fest aus, aber der beste Zug war-} (28... Ne4 $1 {Und nach} 29. Bxe4
dxe4 30. Bf6 {Schwarz hat das fantastische, forcierte Remis !} e3 31. Bxg7 Rb2
$1 (31... Kxg7 {Ich sah waehrend der Partie nur diesen Zug.} 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33.
e6 $14) {Und jetzt am einfachsten ist-} 32. Nf3 $1 ({Ploetzlich verliert der
Zug-} 32. Bh6 $4 {wegen fantastische-} Qd7 $3 {Das ist wirklich sehr gute
taktische Aufgabe. Die Idee des Zuges ist Tg2 und Dd5, ausserdem gibt Schwarz
keine b Linie fuer Weiss.} (32... Rxg2+ $2 33. Kf1 Qd7 $140 $2 34. Rb1 $1 $18)
33. Ra1 Rxg2+ 34. Kf1 Qd5 $1 $19) 32... Bxf3 33. Rd8+ Kxg7 34. Qf6+ Kh6 35.
Qg5+ $11 {Mit dauer Schach.}) 29. Bf6 {Jetzt kann Schwarz wieder ein Remis
machen.} ({Der Zug-} 29. Be7 $1 {verspricht Weiss die Initiative.} Rb2 30. Bd6
Qd7 31. Rc1 Nxd4 32. cxd4 $14 {Mit der Idee f5.}) 29... Bxf6 30. Qxf6 Nxd4 31.
Rxd4 Rb6 ({Der starke Zug-} 31... Qa5 $1 {macht sofort das Remis.} 32. e6 Rf8
$1 {Und Weiss hat hier nur dauer Schach.} 33. Bf5 $5 gxf5 34. Qg5+ Kh8 35. Qf6+
$11) 32. Qg5 Rb2 $2 {Im Zeitnot die Qualitaet des Spieles fiel riesig.Das
Gegenspiel des Schwarzes geht schon nicht, Schwarz musste nur an der
Verteidigung denken.} ({Der zuverlaessige Zug-} 32... Kg7 $1 {war richtig, mit
der Idee f6} 33. h4 f6 $1 34. exf6+ Rxf6 {Und Schwarz muss die Position halten.
} 35. h5 (35. f5 h6 $1 36. Qg4 (36. Qe3 gxf5) 36... Qe5 $132) 35... Qe7 $11)
33. Bd1 $14 Bc6 $2 {Es gibt schon keine Zeit, um seine Stellung zu verbessern.}
({Der direkte Zug-} 33... Qa5 $2 {ist schlecht} 34. f5 $1 Qxc3 $140 35. Qd8+
Kg7 36. f6+ Kh6 37. Rh4+ $1 Kg5 38. Rg4+ Kf5 39. Qd7+ Kxe5 40. Qe7+ Kf5 41. h4
$1 h6 42. Qd7+ Ke5 43. Kh2 $1 $18) ({Der Computerzug -} 33... h6 $1 {ist stark.
} 34. Qxh6 {Weiss muss das Baueropfer akzeptieren.} Rb1 $1 {Jetzt hat Schwarz
viele Ideen wie Da5.Db6 oder Da7.} 35. Qh3 $1 (35. e6 Qb6 $1 $11) (35. h3 Qa5
$1 $11) 35... Qa7 $1 36. Kf1 Qa1 $44 {Die Aktivitaet der schwarzen Figuren ist
genug fuer Remis.}) 34. h4 $1 Qa5 $2 {Mein letzter Fehler in dieser Partie,
worauf ist die Stellung hoffnugslos . Ich haette h6 doch spielen muessen.} (
34... h6 $1 35. Qg3 Kh7 36. h5 Qe7 37. hxg6+ fxg6 38. Kh2 $16 {Weiss steht
besser, aber Schwarz kann noch erfolgreich verteidigen.}) 35. h5 $18 {
Strategisch und taktisch hat Weiss die gewonnene Stellung. Der naechste Zug
ist h6.} Bd7 {Die Verzweiflung. Ich stellte meine letzte Falle in der Partie.}
36. Rxd5 $4 {Diagram [#] Unglaublich ! Mein Gegner ging direkt in die Falle.
Er dachte, dass er sofort gewinnt... Natuerlich gewinnt-} (36. h6 $1 Be6 37. g4
$18) 36... h6 $1 $11 {Und die Partie begann wieder.} 37. Rxa5 hxg5 38. Bf3 $2 {
Wieder ein grober Fehler. Erik war so schockiert, dass er der zweite grober
Fehler machte. Nach} (38. Rd5 $1 Be6 $11 {Remis ist klar.}) 38... g4 $1 39. Bd5
$1 g3 $1 40. Kf1 $1 ({Nach} 40. Ra1 $2 gxh5 $1 41. Bxc4 Bc6 $1 42. Bf1 h4 $19 {
Schwarz gewinnt sehr leicht.}) 40... Bg4 $1 41. Bf3 $2 {Der entscheidende
Fehler. Der einzige Zug war-} (41. Ra1 $1 {Theoretisch kann Weiss das Remis
halten, aber im Praxis hat Schwarz 60% Gewinnchancen, glaube ich. Jetzt hat
Schwarz zwei Wege:} Be2+ $1 {Dieser Zug wollte ich in der Partie machen. Er
ist mehr gefaehrlich fuer Weiss.} (41... gxh5 42. Bxc4 {Um Remis zu machen,
hat Weiss die Aufgabe seine drei Bauern f4,e5,c3 fuer ein Bauer f7 zu
abtauschen.} Rf2+ (42... Be6 {Eine interessante Idee, aber Weiss tauscht auf
jeden Fall seine drei Bauern fuer ein Bauer e6 ab.} 43. Bxe6 fxe6 44. Kg1 $1 {
Mit der Idee Tf1 und f5.} Kf7 45. Rc1 $1 Rf2 (45... Kg6 46. c4 $11) (45... Ke7
46. Rf1 h4 47. f5 $11) 46. Rf1 $11) 43. Kg1 Rc2 (43... Rxf4 44. Bd5 $15 {
Weiss macht das Remis sehr leicht.}) 44. Bb3 Rxc3 45. Bd1 $1 Bxd1 46. Rxd1 Re3
$1 {Dieser Zug verhindert f5, sonst f5 und e6 mit Remis.} 47. Kf1 $1 Re4 (47...
Kg7 48. Rd6 $11) 48. Re1 $1 Rxf4+ 49. Ke2 $1 {Dieses Turmendspiel kann Weiss
erfolgreich verteidigen. Zum Beispiel.} Kg7 50. Ke3 Rf2 51. Re2 Rf1 52. Ra2 Kg6
53. Ra6+ Kg5 54. Ra5 $1 Rf5 55. Ra8 $1 Rxe5+ (55... Rf2 56. Ra5 Kg6 (56... Rxg2
57. e6+ $11) 57. Ra6+ Kf5 (57... Kg7 58. Ra7 $15) 58. Ra7 Rxg2 59. Kf3 Rg1 60.
Rxf7+ Kg6 61. Rf4 $1 $11) 56. Kf3 h4 57. Rg8+ Kf5 58. Rg5+ $1 Kf6 59. Rg8 $15)
42. Ke1 $8 (42. Kg1 $4 gxh5 $19) 42... Bxh5 $1 (42... gxh5 $2 43. Ra8+ Kg7 44.
Ra7 $11) 43. e6 $8 {Weiss tauscht logisch das Material ab.Dieses Endspiel kann
nur ein Computer halten, fuer den Mensch ist diese Aufgabe sehr kompliziert.
Jetzt hat Schwarz zwei Moeglichkeiten:} fxe6 (43... Re2+ 44. Kf1 fxe6 45. Bxc4
Re4 46. Bd3 $1 ({schlecht ist-} 46. Bb3 $2 Be2+ $1 47. Kg1 Bd3 $19) 46... Rxf4+
47. Kg1 {Hier hat Schwarz auch einige praktischen Chancen auf Gewinn, aber
muss Weiss objektiv ein Remis halten.Zum Beispiel-} Kf7 (47... Rf2 48. Re1 Rd2
49. Bc4 $1 Bg4 50. Re4 $1 Rd1+ 51. Bf1 Bf5 52. Re3 Bg4 53. Re4 Bh5 $1 54. Rxe6
$15 {mit Remis.}) 48. c4 Rf2 49. Re1 Rd2 50. Re3 Rd1+ 51. Bf1 Ke7 52. c5 Rc1
53. c6 Bg4 54. Re4 Bf5 55. Re3 $15) 44. Bxe6+ Kf8 45. Bd5 $8 Ke7 (45... Bg4 $5
46. Ra8+ $1 Ke7 47. Ra5 $3 {Das ist eine Etuede ! Die Idee besteht darin, nach
Zuege-} Re2+ 48. Kf1 Rc2 49. Bf3 $1 Rf2+ ({Wenn Schwarz sofort spielt Lf5-} 
49... Bf5 50. Ra3 $1 Kd6 51. Ke1 Kc5 52. Be2 Bd3 53. Ra5+ $1 Kc6 54. Bd1 Rxg2
55. Bf3+ Kb6 56. Rg5 $15 {Mit Remis.}) 50. Kg1 {Und nach} Bf5 {Es gibt ein
Schach mit Remis.} 51. Re5+ $1 {Das ist die Idee des Zuges 46.Ta8!} Kf6 52. Re2
$1 Rxe2 53. Bxe2 Be6 54. Bf3 Kf5 55. Kf1 Kxf4 56. Ke2 $11) 46. Ra5 $1 {Mit der
Idee Lc4,Tg5.} Re2+ 47. Kf1 Rd2 48. Bf3 $1 Rf2+ 49. Kg1 $1 Rc2 (49... Bxf3 50.
gxf3 Rxf3 51. Kg2 Rxc3 52. Ra6 $1 $11) 50. Kf1 Rxc3 51. Bxh5 gxh5 52. Rxh5 $15
{Und Weiss muss das Remis machen.}) 41... Rf2+ $1 $19 {Ich dachte an diesem
Zug etwa 20 Minuten. Schwarz gewinnt in allen Varianten.} 42. Kg1 ({Nach} 42.
Ke1 {gewinnt Schwarz sehr schoen.} Bxf3 43. gxf3 gxh5 44. e6 Kf8 $3 45. Rf5 (
45. Rxh5 fxe6 $19) 45... Rxf3 46. Rxf7+ Ke8 47. Ke2 g2 48. Rg7 Rxc3 49. f5 Rc1
$19) 42... Rc2 $1 43. Ra8+ ({Nach} 43. Kf1 Bxf3 44. gxf3 gxh5 45. e6 fxe6 46.
Rg5+ Kf7 47. Rxg3 Rxc3 48. Rh3 Rd3 $1 49. Rxh5 (49. Ke2 Rd5 $19) 49... Rxf3+
50. Ke2 Rxf4 $19 {Laut Datenbank von Nalimov, Schwarz gewinnt in 45 Zuege.})
43... Kg7 44. Ra1 gxh5 $1 {Die Genauigkeit bis zum Ende ! Mein Gegner stellte
mir eine Falle, nach-} (44... Bxf3 $4 45. h6+ $11) 45. Bxg4 hxg4 46. f5 Re2 $1
{Technisch gespielt,} 47. e6 fxe6 48. fxe6 Kf6 49. Kf1 Rf2+ 50. Kg1 Kxe6 51.
Re1+ Kf5 $1 (51... Kd5 $4 52. Re3) 52. Rf1 (52. Re3 Kf4 $19) 52... Ke4 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.12.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Volokitin,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {Dieser Zug war für mich eine schwierige
Entscheidung. Normalerweise ziehe ich 3.d4, aber Ivan spielt fast immer
Najdorf und ist sehr gut vorbereitet in der Hauptvarianten, deswegen habe ich
ihn überrascht.} Nd7 {Nach Schach spielt er fast immer 3...Nd7.} 4. c3 Ngf6 5.
Qe2 {Ich spiele auch mit Schwarz ziemlich oft Najdorf und habe mit dieser
Stellung schon zwei Partien gespielt.} a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d4 ({Ich
habe mit d4 angefangen, denn} 8. O-O g6 9. d4 Bg7 10. e5 {ist nicht so stark.}
dxe5 11. dxe5 Bxf3 $1 12. gxf3 Nh5 $1 {Wegen der schlechteren weißen Struktur
Schwarz hat gutes Gegenspiel.}) 8... g6 {Die Waffe von Cheparinov. Er hat so
die letzten zwei Partien gespielt.} 9. a4 {Ein nützlicher Zug.} Bg7 10. e5 {
So war meine Idee. Vor der Partie dauerte meine Vorbereitung unglaublich lang
- mehr als 3 Stunden. Ich habe herausgefunden, wie man hier den Gegner vor
größte praktische Probleme stellen kann.} Bxf3 ({Genauer ist} 10... dxe5) 11.
gxf3 ({Ich habe auch gerechnet} 11. Qxf3 dxe5 12. dxc5 bxa4 $1 $132 {mit gutem
Gegenspiel.}) 11... dxe5 12. dxe5 Nh5 {Der anderen Springerzug ist auch
möglich.} ({Nach} 12... Nd5 {habe ich geplant} 13. axb5 {zu spielen} ({Oder} 
13. e6 fxe6 14. Qxe6 Nc7 15. Qe2 O-O 16. O-O (16. h4 c4 $1 17. h5 Ne5 18. hxg6
hxg6 $132) 16... b4 $132) 13... axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. e6 (15. Qxb5 {ist nicht
gefählich für Schwarz} Bxe5 16. O-O N5f6 {mit der Idee zu rochieren. Kein
Problem für Schwarz.}) 15... fxe6 16. Qxb5 {Ich habe diese Stellung für die
Partie vorbereitet. Aus praktischen Gründen ist sie leichter für Weiß zu
spielen. Und objektiv muss nur Schwarz um Ausgleich kämpfen.}) 13. f4 O-O ({
Die andere Möglichkeit ist} 13... Bh6 {- gegen die Idee Be4-f3 gerichtet. Und
hier hat Weiß verschiedene Züge :} 14. Qf3 {Ein logischer Zug. Weiß will den
Springer so schnell wie möglich entwickeln.} (14. O-O {Weiß kann den f-Bauern
nicht verteidigen. Zum Beispiel} b4 $1 {und jetzt muss Weiß den f-Bauern
verteidigen} (14... Bxf4 $6 {Besser ist es nicht den f-Bauern zu nehmen} 15.
Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Qe4 $1 Nh3+ (16... g5 17. axb5 Qc8 18. Nd2 Nxe5 19. bxa6 Ra7 20.
Kh1 $14) 17. Kh1 $1 Ng5 18. Qg2 Ne6 19. axb5 Nxe5 20. f4 Nc4 21. Qe4 Nd6 22.
Qc6+ Kf8 23. bxa6 $14) (14... Nxf4 $2 15. Qf3 $16) 15. Qg4 (15. Qe4 Ra7 {
mit der Idee ...Qa8!} 16. Bd1 ({Nach} 16. cxb4 cxb4 17. Qxb4 e6 $44 {mit der
Idee ...Qh4!}) 16... f5 $1 {Eine kleine Kombination.} 17. Qc4 Bxf4 $1 18. Bxf4
Nb6 19. Qxc5 Nxf4 $132) (15. Qf3 O-O 16. Be3 e6 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Nd2 f6 $132)
15... Qc7 $1 {gegen Be3, Nd2.} 16. Be3 Rd8 $132 17. Nd2 $140 $4 Nxe5 18. fxe5
Bxe3 $17) (14. Qg4 $2 {geht hier nicht.} Nxe5 $1 15. fxe5 Bxc1 $17) (14. Qe4
O-O 15. Bd1 $140 $2 c4 $1 $15) 14... O-O 15. Be3 bxa4 $1 {Eine starke
dynamische Entscheidung. Schwarz will Zeit gewinnen mit Nb6-d5 oder Rb8.} 16.
Nd2 (16. Bxa4 Nb6) (16. Rxa4 Nb6 17. Ra1 Nd5 18. Be4 Ndxf4 $1 19. Bxa8 Nd3+ 20.
Ke2 Nhf4+ $1 21. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 22. Kf1 Qb6 $1 $44) 16... Rb8 $1 $132 {In allen
Varianten hat Schwarz genügend Gegenspiel für Ausgleich.}) 14. Be4 Rb8 $2 {
Schablonenhaft gespielt! Schwarz muss das Feld c5 kontrollieren.} (14... Rc8 $1
15. Bf3 c4 $1 16. Be3 {und hier kann Schwarz im Vergleich zur Partie ...Nc5
ohne Opfer spielen.} Nc5 $1 17. Bxh5 Nd3+ 18. Kf1 gxh5 19. Rg1 f6 $1 20. e6 $1
Qd5 21. Nd2 Kh8 22. Qf3 Qxe6 23. axb5 axb5 24. f5 Qf7 25. Ra7 {Die Stellung
ist objektiv ausgeglichen, aber Schwarz ist die Seite, die Remis machen muss.})
({oder} 14... c4 15. Be3 Rc8 {die gleiche Variante.}) 15. axb5 axb5 16. Bf3 $1
$14 {Jetzt hat Weiß einen klaren Vorteil, Schwarz muss etwas unternehmen.} c4
17. Be3 Nc5 $1 {Die beste praktische Entscheidung, sonst kann Schwarz ohne
Gegenspiel verlieren.} 18. Bxc5 Nxf4 19. Qe3 Nd3+ 20. Kf1 Bxe5 21. Ra7 $2 {
Ein Fehler. Ohne nachzudenken gespielt.} ({Der beste Zug war} 21. Ba7 $1 {
Der beste Platz für den Läufer. Hier kann der Läufer nicht geschlagen werden.}
Rc8 22. h4 $1 {ein nützlicher Zug} h5 23. Na3 Qd7 24. Nc2 $14 {Alle weißen
Figuren sind im Spiel. Weiß hat einen klaren Vorteil.}) 21... Qc8 $1 {Stark
gespielt. Die weißen Figuren haben eine schlechte Koordination. Schwarz hat
gute Kompensation.} 22. Bxe7 ({Den Zug} 22. b4 {habe ich gar nicht gesehen} Bf4
$1 23. Qe4 Qh3+ 24. Bg2 Qg4 {Und hier ist wahrscheinlich die beste
Entscheidung Remis zu machen:} 25. Bf3 (25. Qf3 Qh4 26. h3 Rbd8 $36) 25... Qh3+
26. Bg2 $11) 22... Re8 23. h4 $2 {Ein logischer Zug, aber Schwarz kann schoen
gewinnen danach.} ({Zuerst habe ich nur} 23. Bd5 {gerechnet, aber nach} Nf4 $1
$15 24. Bxf7+ $140 $2 Kxf7 25. Bd6+ Kg8 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Qxe5 Qh3+ $19 {
gewinnt Schwarz. Und dann habe ich h4 gefunden.}) ({Der beste Zug war} 23. h3
$1 {mit der Idee eventuell Bg4 zu spielen} Bd6 24. Bg4 Qc6 25. Bf3 Qc8 $11)
23... Qe6 $2 ({Beide Spieler haben nicht diese schöne Kombination gesehen:} 
23... Bc7 $3 24. h5 Qd7 $1 (24... Bb6 $4 25. hxg6 Bxe3 26. Bf6 $18) 25. hxg6
Rxe7 $17 {und plötzlich hat Weiß kein Matt.}) 24. Bg5 $1 $16 {Wieder steht
Weiß besser.} Qd6 25. Nd2 f5 {Beide Spieler waren schon im Zeitnot.} 26. Rb7 $2
$138 ({Gewinnt sofort} 26. h5 $1 Bf6 27. Be4 $3 {Während der Partie habe ich
diesen Zug nicht gesehen.} fxe4 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Qh3 Re7 30. Nxe4 $18) 26...
Rxb7 ({Oder} 26... Bxc3 $2 27. Qa7 $1 Bd4 28. Rd7 $1 $18) 27. Bxb7 h6 $1 {
Mein Gegner hat in Zeitnot diese schöne Idee gefunden.} 28. Bxh6 Re7 $1 29. Qf3
Kh7 $4 {Der letzte Zeitnotfehler in dieser Partie.} ({Nach dem richtigen} 29...
Bf4 $1 30. Bd5+ Kh7 31. Bxc4 $1 bxc4 32. Nxc4 Qa6 33. Qxd3 Kxh6 34. Qd5 $14 {
steht Weiß besser, aber die Partie wird sehr lang dauern.}) 30. Bf8 $1 1-0

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Maiwald, Jens Uwe"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Von Gleich,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. O-O e6 8.
Bg5 Qc7 9. Re1 f6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. e5 dxe5 (11... fxe5 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. dxe5 d5
14. Qd2 $16) 12. dxe5 O-O (12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qh5+ g6
16. Qxe5 O-O 17. Rad1 $16) 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Bg3 Bd6 16. Bxd6 (16.
Ne5 Rad8 17. Rad1 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qc6 19. Rd6 Qc8 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Red1) 16...
Qxd6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Ne4 Nd5 20. c4 Nf4 21. Qe3 Rc8 22. g3 Ng6 {
[#]} 23. Nd6 Rc7 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. Qe5 $16 Rc6 27. Rd2 Rd8 28.
Red1 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 g5 30. Kg2 Rc8 31. Rd6 Kf7 32. a4 Re8 33. Rd3 b6 34. Qe4 Qc7
35. Qh7 Qe5 36. Rd7+ Re7 37. Qh5+ Kf6 38. Rd3 Rc7 39. Rf3+ Ke7 40. Qf7+ Kd6 (
40... Kd8 41. Qf8+ Kd7 42. Rd3+ Kc6 43. Qa8+ Rb7 44. Qe8+ Kc7 45. Rd7+ Kc6 46.
Rd8+ Kc7 47. Qd7#) 41. Rd3+ Kc6 42. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "Evry 1st"]
[Site "Evry"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Marcelin, Cyril"]
[Black "Pira, Davoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2001.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. c3 a6 $6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 Bg4
8. d4 d5 9. Qa4 $1 Bd7 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 {Black has lost tempi with the
positionally highly questionable 4...a6, with his bishop, and must now
acquiesce in the exchange of his best piece.} Nxd2 12. Bxd2 cxd4 $2 {A final
error after which black's position is beyond redemption. He had to prioritise
development at last, with} (12... e6 {although white still has a choice of
ways to emphasise his superior mobilisation, of which} 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qg4 $1
{looks the most threatening.}) 13. e6 $1 $18 {[%csl Re8,Yf3,Rf8][%cal Yf3e5,
Ya4d4,Yd4f4]} fxe6 (13... Bxe6 {is even worse. After} 14. Rxe6 fxe6 15. Qxc6+
Kf7 16. Ng5+ {mate is imminent.}) 14. Qxd4 c5 15. Qxc5 Rc8 16. Qe3 Rc4 17. Ne5
Re4 18. Qf3 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Qb6 20. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Biel 53rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2020.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Wojtaszek,R"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,86,22,34,100,78,111,44,71,73,100,80,60,57,59,3,-15,-20,21,28,7,7,72,
12,8,25,10,10,25,-61,-19,-59,-12,-38,-10,-34,-7,-19,0,-26,-26,-28,-22,-18,-23,
-37,-36,-55,-25,-75,-81,-85,-69,-59,-48,-42,-33,-60,-27,-81,-23,-25,-42,-45,
-53,-53,34,-89,-22,-22,-22,-16,-3,-2,-51,-116,-8,0,-1474,-29981,-29982,-29983,
-29984,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29988,-29991,-29992]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+
Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 e5 8. Qd3 b5 9. Nc3 bxc4 10. Qxc4
Be6 (10... h6 $2 11. Nd5 $1) 11. Qd3 ({My previous two games in this system
against GMs Mastrovasilis and Jones were not the most combative ones, since
after} 11. Qc6+ Bd7 12. Qc4 Be6 13. Qc6+ {draws were agreed. Obviously I
didn't expect my opponent to continue the same way but I still felt a bit
relieved when I saw he decided to be more open.}) (11. Nd5 $6 {is not
effective since after} Qa5+ $1 12. Bd2 Bxd5 13. exd5 Qb5 $1 {the d5 pawn will
fall with no compensation.}) 11... h6 12. O-O ({White would like to re-route
his knight as early as possible but it just doesn't quite work:} 12. Nd2 Nf6
13. Nc4 d5 $1 (13... Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Ne3 {and compared to the game
continuation maybe White doesn't have to go Rd1.}) 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. O-O Nxc3
16. Qxc3 Rc8 17. b3 {and here many moves should give Black a decent position,
with} f6 {being probably the best}) 12... Nf6 13. Rd1 Be7 14. Ne1 O-O 15. Nc2 {
Till this moment we were following the game Carlsen-Anand from 2013. I briefly
remembered analyzing this position and my main conclusion was that Black
should quickly try to activate e7 bishop.} Qd7 $1 $146 {[%cal Ge7d8,Gd8b6,
Gd8a5] A novelty, but already played in few correspondence games so I guess it
wasn't such a big secret anymore.} ({The afromentioned game continued} 15...
Qb6 16. Ne3 Rfc8 17. b3 a5 (17... Qb7 $1 {since Black is fine in the tactical
battle after} 18. Ba3 d5 $1 19. exd5 Bxa3 20. dxe6 Bb2 21. Ncd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5
Qxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxa1 24. Ne7+ Kf8 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxa1 f6 $5 $11 (26... f5))
18. Bd2 Qa6 19. Be1 Nd7 20. f3 Rc6 21. Qxa6 Rcxa6 22. Ned5 Bd8 23. Nb5 {
1/2 (59) Carlsen,M (2868)-Anand,V (2783) Stavanger 2013}) 16. Ne3 {Here I
spent few minutes trying to remember how exactly this bishop manoeuvre was
happening but it was clear that first Black should prepare it.} Rfc8 (16... Bd8
$2 17. Qxd6) 17. Bd2 {This move was new to me but didn't change my plan.} ({
The line I had in my notes was the following:} 17. b3 Bd8 $1 18. Ba3 Bb6 19.
Rac1 Bd4 $1 {and Black is very active.}) 17... Bd8 18. Ncd5 Qb7 ({I briefly
considered} 18... Qb5 $5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bc3 Rc6 21. Qxb5 axb5 22. a3 {
I thought Black could have some small issues with the d6 pawn but engines are
clearly indicating that thanks to the two bishops Black is just fine. Anyway,
I didn't mind keeping more pieces over the board - what can be better than a
long struggle after few months spent in the lockdown :)}) 19. Bc3 Nxd5 20. Nxd5
Rc6 {Around here I was very happy with my position. White's main asset, the
knight on d5 can be easily targeted with Rc5 and Bxd5 threats.} ({Engines are
saying that immediate} 20... Rc5 {was also possible but I didn't like the fact
that after} 21. Bb4 Rc6 (21... Bxd5 $5 22. Bxc5 Bxe4 23. Qxd6 Bxg2 {I quickly
realized that I'm not playing for a win in this position so didn't calculate
too much but it was interesting to see after the game that Black is fine here
too.} 24. Qf8+ (24. Qxe5 Bf6 25. Qg3 Bc6 26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Qxb2 28. Rad1
Qxa2 $11) 24... Kh7 25. Rxd8 Bh1 $8 {cute:)} (25... Bh3 $4 26. Qg8+ Kg6 27.
Rd6+ f6 28. Qd5 $1 {That's why Bh1 was the only move!}) 26. Kf1 Qb5+ 27. Kg1
Qb7 $11) 22. Rac1 {I have to exchange two rooks.}) 21. h3 Rac8 22. Kh2 $6 {
The move I expected but not the best one. White had to realize there is no
time for a "wait and see" strategy as the black pieces will become too active.}
(22. f4 $1 {should be played to keep the balance.} f6 (22... exf4 23. Nxf4 Qb5
24. Nxe6 Qxd3 25. Rxd3 fxe6 $11) 23. Kh2 Rc5 24. Bb4 $1 Rb5 25. Bc3 {and here
it would have been difficult for me to improve the position.}) 22... Bg5 $15 (
22... Rc5 {I spent a lot of time considering this move but couldn't find
anything more than a draw after} 23. Bb4 Rc2 24. Bxd6 Rxf2 (24... Qxb2 25. Rab1
Qd4 26. Qxc2 Rxc2 27. Rxd4 exd4 28. Rb8 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. Ne7+ $11) 25.
Bxe5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Qxd5 27. Rxd5 Bc7 28. Bxc7 Rxc7 29. Ra5 Rcc2 30. Rg1 $11)
23. f3 Rc5 24. Ne3 Qb6 $1 25. Re1 Bf4+ $6 {Wrong plan. I overestimated the
position we've got in the game and underestimated the fact that White can
hardly move while I could still improve my position in many ways like h5-h4 or
a5-a4.} (25... h5 $1 {All white pieces are tied up so even sitting with the
computer it's very difficult to offer some decent continuation for White.} 26.
Kh1 (26. Rad1 R5c6 (26... Bxa2 27. Qxd6) 27. a3 Bb3 {and weakening the b3
square obviously has not improved White's chances.}) 26... Bf4 27. Rad1 Qd8 $5
{[%cal Gd8h4]}) 26. g3 $1 {This ugly looking move I somehow couldn't take
seriously during the game but I definitely should!} Bxe3 $6 (26... Bg5 {
was better since after h4 White has to weaken light squares around the king
even more:} 27. h4 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 f6 $17) 27. Qxe3 ({Not} 27. Rxe3 $4 Rxc3 $1
28. bxc3 Qb2+ $19) 27... Qc6 28. a3 f6 $15 {During the game I already saw with
eyes of imagination that I will go d5 and White's weak king will get under
some serious attack. Even though it's more or less what happened in the game,
objectively things are not so simple yet.} 29. Rad1 Rd8 {I was not happy with
this move as it will allow White to exchange more pieces but the alternative
was even less promising.} (29... d5 {looks attractive at first but it would
make White's life easier:} 30. exd5 Rxd5 (30... Bxd5 31. Rd3 {[%cal Ge1d1]})
31. Rxd5 Bxd5 {Black's queen and bishop should stand the other way around on
the h1-a8 diagonal.} (31... Qxd5 32. f4 $1) 32. f4 $1 exf4 33. Qxf4) 30. Rd2 d5
31. exd5 Rcxd5 32. Rxd5 Qxd5 33. f4 Bc8 $1 {I was counting on this move when
playing 29...Rd8. If felt that I will have a decent chance to create some
problems for my opponent, especially given the fact he was getting short of
time.} 34. fxe5 Bb7 35. Rg1 $2 (35. Qf2 $1 fxe5 36. Rf1 $1 {and despite
looking great, Black's position cannot be improved, for instance} (36. Bxe5 $4
Re8 37. Bc3 Rxe1 38. Bxe1 Qh1#) 36... Rd6 $5 37. Qf8+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ Rg6 39. Rg1)
35... fxe5 36. g4 $4 ({It was neccessary to include} 36. Qe2 $1 {to stop the
rook coming to the f-file.} Rf8 37. Rf1) 36... Rf8 37. g5 (37. Qe2 e4 38. Rf1 {
was the last chance, but after} (38. Rd1 Qc6 39. Rf1) 38... e3 $1 39. Rxf8+
Kxf8 40. Qf1+ Ke8 {Black should be winning anyway.}) 37... Rf3 $1 38. Qxe5 (38.
Qe2 e4 39. gxh6 Qd6+ $1) 38... Rf2+ 39. Kg3 {and here it turned out that the
only winning continuation is the prosaic one:} Rg2+ $1 40. Rxg2 Qxg2+ 41. Kh4
Qf2+ {and there is no rescue for White. He resigned.} 42. Qg3 hxg5+ 43. Kg4
Bc8+ $1 0-1

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ {The latest
practice has shown that White has nothing after the trade.} ({I played an
interesting game, Yermolinsky-Sandipan, Hainan 2016} 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O g6 8.
Nc3 Bg7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. e5 $1 {Later this whole thing was repeated in
Artemiev-Can, Eurpean Championship 2017, but the ownership of the idea belongs
to Laurent Fressinet.}) 6... Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qd3 Rc8 9. Nd2 ({On} 9. O-O {
the correct reply is} h6 $1 {Adams-Giri, 2016} ({preventing a possible pin} 
9... Nf6 10. Bg5) 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Rd1 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Nf1 Nf6 14. Ne3 Be7 {
leading to a similar position to that in the game. Still it makes sense for
White to force Black to lose a tempo on h7-h6.}) 9... Be6 10. Nf1 Be7 11. Ne3
Nf6 12. O-O Qc7 13. a4 Qc5 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Bd2 {It is instructive to watch
Svidler generating chances in this stable pawn structure.} Bd8 $1 {Activating
the bishop was a great idea, and it provoked Hammer's overreaction.} 16. Nf5 $4
{I don't get this at all.} Bxf5 17. exf5 d5 $17 18. Rac1 (18. Bg5 d4 19. Bxf6
Bxf6 20. Ne4 Qxc2 21. f4 {was the only way to generate some play, but I
wouldn't bet on White making it work.}) 18... Bb6 19. Qe2 h6 20. a5 Ba7 21. Na4
Qc6 22. b3 ({The only redeeming value of Na4 would be to shut down the bishop,
but} 22. Nb6 Bxb6 23. axb6 Rfe8 24. c3 Qxb6 25. Be3 Qb3 {looks like a
technical task for somebody like Peter Svidler.}) 22... Rfe8 23. Kh1 Qd7 24. g4
d4 25. Qf3 e4 $1 $19 26. Qg2 Qc6 {What follows is Jon-Ludwig's desperate
attempt to make something happen in his own time trouble.} 27. g5 hxg5 28. Bxg5
e3 29. f3 Re5 30. Qh3 e2 31. Rg1 d3 $1 {Stylish.} 32. Nb6 (32. cxd3 Qxc1 33.
Bxc1 Bxg1 34. Bd2 e1=Q 35. Bxe1 Rxe1 {and White will get mated soon.}) 32...
Bxb6 33. axb6 Rce8 34. Bh6 (34. Rce1 Nd5 35. cxd3 Nb4 36. Bh6 g6) 34... Ng4 35.
Rxg4 e1=Q+ 36. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 37. Kg2 R8e2+ 38. Kg3 Rg1+ 39. Kh4 Qxh6# 0-1

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. O-O Nf6
8. c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. a4 O-O 11. Qd3 Bg4 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. h3 Ne5 14. Qc2 Bd7
15. b3 Rc8 16. Bb2 b5 $1 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nd5 bxc4 19. bxc4 Be6 20. Bxe5 Bxe5
21. Ra7 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 $15 24. Nf3 Bf6 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. g3 Qc5
27. Kg2 Qa3 28. Qd2 h5 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Ra8 31. g5 Bg7 32. Qe3 Qxe3 33.
fxe3 Ra2+ 34. Kg3 Re2 35. Kf4 $2 (35. c5 dxc5 36. Kf4 $11) 35... Bb2 36. Rb1
Rc2 37. Nd4 Bxd4 38. exd4 Rxc4 {The smoke has cleared and one would expect a
master technician, such as Ruslan has always been, to be able to bring home
the bacon.} 39. Ke4 Kg7 40. Rb7 Rc1 41. Ra7 Re1+ 42. Kf3 f5 43. gxf6+ Kxf6 44.
Ra8 Rf1+ 45. Ke3 Kg7 46. Ra7 Rf7 47. Ra1 g5 48. Rh1 Kg6 49. Rg1 Rf5 50. Ke4
Rf4+ 51. Ke3 Kf5 52. Rh1 g4 {A bit strange.} ({I wonder what Ruslan disliked
about} 52... Re4+ 53. Kd3 g4 54. Rh8 Re1 {The thing is, Black promotes the
pawn without his king's help after} 55. Kd2 Ra1 56. Rf8+ Ke4 57. Rf7 g3 58.
Rxe7+ Kxd5 59. Rg7 g2) 53. Rh5+ Kg6 54. Rh4 Kg5 55. Rh7 Rf3+ 56. Ke2 Rf5 57.
Ke3 g3 $4 {A terrible oversight that cost Ukraine a match victory.} (57... Rxd5
58. Rxe7 Rf5 {followed by d6-d5 is iron-clad, as the white king remains cut
off from the action.}) 58. Rxe7 Kg4 (58... Rxd5 59. Rg7+ $1 (59. Ke4 $2 Kf6 $1
{Did Ponomariov count on that?}) 59... Kh4 60. Rg6 $1 {with Ke4 to follow is
similar to the game. Of course,} Rg5 {is answered by} 61. Rh6+ $1 Kg4 {and
only then} 62. Rxd6 $11) 59. Re4+ Kh3 60. Re6 Rxd5 61. Rh6+ Kg4 62. Rg6+ Kh4
63. Rh6+ $1 ({It's never too late to blow it:} 63. Ke4 $4 Rg5) 63... Kg5 64.
Rh3 Kg4 65. Rh6 Rg5 66. Rxd6 Kh5 67. Rd8 $1 {Everything clicks for White.} g2
68. Rh8+ Kg6 69. Rg8+ Kf5 70. Rxg5+ Kxg5 71. Kf2 Kf4 72. Kxg2 Ke4 73. d5
1/2-1/2

