[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 1st"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 {Nick goes for his new weapon the Alekhine's Defence.} 2. e5 Nd5 3.
d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 {Four pawns attack is one of the most interesting lines
against the Alekhine.} dxe5 6. fxe5 Bf5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Be3 Bg4 $5 {
I believe that this solid line is sort of neglected by the modern theory.} (
9... Be7 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Nd4 Bd7 $13 {is usual.}) 10. Be2 Bxf3 11.
gxf3 Qh4+ 12. Bf2 Qf4 13. c5 Nd5 $1 (13... Nd7 14. Bb5 {creates difficulties
for black.}) 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 g6 $14 {Black is only
slightly worse,in good hands this should go for a draw.} 17. f4 {I went for GM
Timman's novelty.} (17. Be3 {Jan gives this as clearly better for white but I
have doubts.} h5 18. f4 Ne7 19. Bd3 Nf5 $11) 17... Bh6 18. Be3 Ne7 19. Bd3 Nf5
20. Bxf5 gxf5 {Of course in my preparation for this game I have noticed that
these all happened in Timman-De Firmian,Malmo 2001.However I thought Nick had
difficulties in that game and he woulod never have repeated it.} 21. Rhg1 {
Jan's choice.I was in between which rook to place on g1 in the game.} ({
Actually it does not matter much.} 21. Rag1 $5 Kd7 22. Rg3 Rag8 23. b4 Bf8 $1 (
23... Rxg3 $2 24. hxg3 Bf8 25. Rh5 Ke6 26. g4 fxg4 27. f5+ $16 {is the
difference in the choice between rooks to be posted on g1.}) 24. Ke2 Rxg3 25.
hxg3 h5 $11) 21... Kd7 22. Rg3 Rag8 23. b4 ({The tactical operation with c6 is
unfortunately self destructive.} 23. Rh3 Bf8 $1 (23... Rg6 24. c6+ bxc6 25. Rh5
) 24. c6+ $6 bxc6 25. Rh5 Ke6 26. Rc1 Rg2+ 27. Kd3 c5 28. dxc5 Rxb2 $17) 23...
Rxg3 $1 $146 {Nick improves on his own game.} (23... Rg6 24. Ke2 Bf8 25. Rg5 $1
$16 {happened in the above mentioned game.}) 24. hxg3 Bf8 25. b5 c6 26. a4 Be7
27. Rh1 h5 $11 {The standart defensive set up for black .It is a tough nut to
crack.} 28. Bf2 Bd8 {Draw offer.} 29. Ke2 Rh6 30. Kf3 Rh8 31. Be1 Rh6 32. Rh2
Rh8 33. Rb2 Kc8 $1 34. bxc6 (34. a5 a6 35. bxa6 bxa6 $11) 34... bxc6 35. a5 a6
{With a complete equality.} 36. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUT-chT 9900"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2000.01.16"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Black "Loeffler, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1999.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hohenems SK"]
[BlackTeam "Hietzing/Fischer SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Nf3
c5 9. d5 Bf6 10. Be2 Re8 ({Another interesting attempt:} 10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3
Qf6 {was put into question by Tischbierek:} 12. O-O $1 Re8 $6 (12... h6 $142 {
was much more stubborn}) 13. Bg5 $1 Qg6 14. Qd2 h6 15. Bd3 Bf5 16. Nh4 Qxg5 17.
Qxg5 hxg5 18. Nxf5 Rd8 19. f4 $1 gxf4 20. Rae1 {, and Black is helpless in the
ending:} N8d7 21. Nxd6 Ne5 22. Rxe5 Rxd6 23. Rxf4 Rad8 24. Re7 f6 25. Bf5 g5
26. Rfe4 Nd7 27. h4 a6 28. hxg5 fxg5 29. Be6+ Kh8 {1-0 Tischbierek,R-Loeffler,
S/Austria 1999/EXT 2000 (29)}) 11. O-O N8d7 12. Be3 $6 (12. Bd2 $1 $14 {
was more prudent and yielded White better chances.}) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne5
14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. a4 $1 {[%cal Ga4a5]} Qh4 16. a5 Nd7 (16... Nxc4 {leads to
interesting complications, where White has good perspectives:} 17. Qa4 Bxh3 (
17... Re4 {is strongly met by} 18. Bd3 Bf5 (18... Nxe3 $2 19. Bxe4) 19. Bxe4
Qxe4 20. Rfe1 Qxd5 $140 21. Rad1 Bd3 22. Bxc5 $18) 18. Qxc4 $5 ({if} 18. gxh3 {
, then} Rxe3 19. Qxc4 Rg3+ $11) 18... Re4 19. Bg5 $1 {This is the strongest
continuation. Other options do not promise White any advantage:} (19. Ra4 $6
Bxg2 (19... Rae8 $2 20. Qb5) 20. Kxg2 Rxc4 21. Rxc4 Qf6 $15) (19. Qd3 Bxg2 20.
Kxg2 Rg4+ 21. Bxg4 Qxg4+ $11) (19. g3 Rxc4 20. gxh4 Bxf1 21. Bxf1 Rxc3 $15) (
19. Qxe4 $5 Qxe4 20. gxh3 f5 $1 {, with excellent counterchances:} 21. Rfe1 (
21. Rad1 f4 22. Bd3 Qf3) (21. a6 b6) 21... f4 22. Bd2 $13) 19... Rxc4 20. Bxh4
$16) 17. Bd2 $1 {A difficult decision.} ({Natural} 17. Bd3 {,with idea Qf3, is
strongly met by} Rxe3 $3 18. fxe3 Ne5 {, yielding Black excellent play.}) (17.
Qd2 Nf6 $36) 17... Re7 ({If} 17... Nf6 {then} 18. f4 Re7 19. Bd3 Ne4 20. f5 $5
{, with dangerous initiative}) 18. Re1 Ne5 (18... Nf6 {falls short of} 19. Bd3
$14 {<->e;/^b1-f5}) 19. f4 Ng6 20. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Ge1e7,Gd3h7]} Bxh3 $1 ({After
} 20... Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 22. Rxe1 $14 {_|_()^^ White has a durable
advantage in the ending.}) 21. Bxg6 Bg4 ({Certainly, not} 21... Qg3 $2 22.
Bxh7+ Kf8 (22... Kxh7 23. Qh5+ $18) (22... Kh8 23. Be4 Rxe4 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25.
Qxh3 $18) 23. Qf3 $18) (21... hxg6 $2 22. Rxe7 $18) 22. Rxe7 $3 ({After} 22.
Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 23. Qc2+ g6 $17 {Black has excellent attacking chances. The
queen sacrifice leads allows White to keep balance.}) 22... Bxd1 23. Bxf7+ Kh8
$1 ({After} 23... Kf8 $6 24. Rxb7 {/\Be6, Rf7, the black king is in trouble.})
24. Rxb7 {Threatening Rab1->} Qg4 $1 {/\Bf3} (24... Be2 {yields White good
attacking prospects after} 25. Rab1 $40 (25. Re1 $5)) 25. Rab1 g6 $1 (25... h6
{is strongly met by} 26. f5 $1 $16) 26. Be3 $2 ({A decisive mistake in
time-trouble. Essential was} 26. Be6 $1 {, justifying the queen sacrifice, as
the following lines show:} Qe2 27. R7b2 {/\f5->} (27. R1b2 $2 Bc2 $1 {ץd2} 28.
Rxc2 $140 Qd1+) 27... h5 (27... Rf8 $5 28. f5 (28. Kh2 Qh5+) (28. Rb8 Rxb8 29.
Rxb8+ Kg7 30. Rb7+ Kf8 (30... Kh6 31. g4 $3 $18 Qxd2 $140 32. g5+ Kh5 33. Rxh7#
) 31. Rb8+ Ke7 32. Rb7+ Kd8 33. Rb8+ Kc7 34. Rc8+ Kb7 35. Rc6 a6 36. Rxd6 (36.
Rb6+ Ka7 37. Bd7 (37. Rxd6 Ba4) 37... Qxd2 38. Bc6 Qe3+ 39. Kh1 Qe7) 36... Ba4
(36... Qxd2 37. Rd7+ $11)) 28... gxf5 29. Bg5 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 f4 31. Be7 Qg3+ 32.
Kg1 Qe1+ $11) 28. f5 gxf5 (28... h4 29. fxg6 $16) 29. Bg5 $1 (29. Bf4 $2 Qe1+
30. Kh2 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Qxf4 $19) (29. Kh2 $5 {/\Bf4} Qe5+) 29... Qe1+ 30. Kh2 h4
(30... Qe5+ 31. g3 Bg4 32. Bf4 Qxc3 33. Bxd6 $40) 31. Bf6+ Kh7 32. Bxf5+ Kg8 (
32... Kh6 33. Rxd1 (33. Rb7 Qg3+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ $11) 33... Qxd1 34. Rb7 Rh8 35.
Bxh8 Qe1 36. Rb1) 33. Rxd1 $3 Qxd1 34. Rb7 Qf1 35. Be6+ Kf8 36. Bg5 $1 (36.
Be7+ Kg7 37. Bxd6+ $13) (36. Rf7+ Ke8 37. Be5 Qxf7 38. Bxf7+ Ke7 $1 (38... Kxf7
39. Bxd6 $16) 39. Bf4 Rf8) 36... Qf2 37. Bh6+ Ke8 38. Rg7 {/\39.Rg8+ Ke7 40.
Bg5+ +-}) 26... Rf8 {After this natural move White cannot escape anymore.} 27.
R1b2 (27. Re7 {is refuted by} Bf3 (27... Qf5 28. Rbb7 {/\Be6+-}) (27... Qh4 28.
Rbb7 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qh4+ $11) 28. Rb2 Qh4 $1 29. Rbb7 Qg3 $1 30. Rb2 Qe1+ 31. Kh2
Qh4+) (27. Rxa7 Bf3 28. Rb2 Qg3) 27... Qg3 28. Bf2 Qxf4 29. Be6 g5 30. g3 Qc1
31. Rb1 Qd2 32. R7b2 Bc2 33. Rf1 Kg7 $1 34. Bh3 (34. Bd4+ {does not help in
view of} cxd4 35. Rb7+ Kg6 36. Rxf8 Be4 $19) 34... Kh6 35. Ra2 Qxc3 $19 36. Bg2
Qxc4 37. Raa1 Be4 38. Rac1 Qd3 (38... Qxd5 {would be a more simple way to
convert an advantage:} 39. Rcd1 Rxf2 $1 40. Rxd5 (40. Kxf2 Qa2+ $19) 40...
Rxg2+ 41. Kh1 Bxd5 $19) 39. Bxe4 Qxe4 40. Rcd1 Kh5 41. Rd2 Qb4 42. Re2 Qxa5 43.
Re4 Rf6 44. g4+ Kg6 45. Re6 Qa2 46. Rxf6+ Kxf6 47. Bd4+ {A double check as the
last consolation.} Ke7 48. Bf6+ Kd7 49. Rf5 h6 50. Bg7 Qe2 51. Rf7+ Ke8 52.
Rxa7 Qxg4+ 53. Kh2 h5 0-1

[Event "Manila zt 3.2a"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2001.04.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khatanbaatar, Bazar"]
[Black "Pham, Minh Hoang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2001.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Be2 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bf3 Qd6 13. Ne2 O-O 14. O-O Bf5
15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. a3 b6 18. b4 e5 19. d5 Ne7 20. Ng3 Qb8 21. Rxc8
Bxc8 22. d6 Nf5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. Bc6 Bd7 25. b5 Qc8 26. Qd5 h6 27. a4 Be6 28.
d7 Qc7 29. Qd2 g5 30. h4 f5 31. hxg5 $5 {[%csl Gd7,Gg5,Rh6][%cal Gg5h6] An
ambitious continuation. White sacrifices the bishop trying to exploit power of
his passed pawns.} f4 32. gxh6 fxe3 33. Qxe3 Bf6 34. Qg3+ Kf8 35. Qg6 Ke7 36.
Qh7+ Bf7 37. g3 Rh8 38. Qd3 Be6 39. h7 Kf7 40. Be4 Kg7 41. Bf5 Qc4 42. Qf3 Bf7
43. Be4 Be6 $2 {A fatal mistake. Essential was 43...Qe6.} {[%tqu "En","How can
White exploit the energy of his well-advanced pawns?","Eliminate defenders of
the back rank!","Consider a queen sacrifice.","f3f6","This neat move decides
the game at once.",5]} 44. Qxf6+ $1 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Gd7d8,Gh7h8,Gd1d7] This
sacrifice eliminates Black's defenders of the back rank and makes the h7-pawn
unstoppable.} Kxf6 45. d8=Q+ Rxd8 46. Rxd8 Qxe4 47. h8=Q+ Kg6 48. Qe8+ Kf6 49.
Qf8+ Kg6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 Nf6 {This came as quite a surprise although my opponent has tried quite
a few different openings.} 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. d5 $5 {
A very rare move which I have played twice before and got comfortable play
with. However Illescas was not very impressed by the move pointing out that
the pawn was nicely placed on d4. I agree in one sense but still think this
move can pose Black some problems. The main idea is to restrict the movement
of both the knight on b6 and the bishop on c8. In return Black gets some
counterplay on the dark squares.} Be7 7. Bd3 Na6 {Not a novelty but a new move
for me. Compared to ...N8d7 Black now keeps the diagonal open for his bishop
and has the extra opportunity of playing ...Nb4 in some lines. On the other
hand the option of ...Ne5 no longer exists.} ({After} 7... N8d7 8. Ne2 Ne5 9.
h3 O-O 10. b3 Bg5 11. Bc2 Bxc1 12. Qxc1 Qh4 13. Nbc3 Bd7 14. Qf4 Qxf4 15. Nxf4
Rfe8 16. O-O-O {White had some slight pressure in Berg,E (2539)-Rozentalis,E 
(2607) Gothenburg 2013. White's main idea is to play ...Nf4-e2-d4 and then
start squeezing. Although Black remains solid his position is a bit awkward to
play.}) 8. h3 $146 {This is to prevent ...Bg4 before developing the king's
knight. Now the bishop on c8 lacks a good square.} O-O 9. Ne2 Nc5 {Here I
started to use quite some time as the idea of ...Bg5 started to worry me a bit.
} 10. O-O ({The alternative was} 10. Nbc3 {which was the move I wanted to play.
However I was slightly concered about} Bg5 ({In the event of} 10... Bf6 {
11.0-0 would lead back to the game but now White can first play} 11. Be3 {
waiting with the king in the centre for the time being.}) 11. O-O Bxc1 12. Rxc1
Qg5 {when Black has some initiative. Taking a closer look though it appears
that White is doing well after} 13. Ng3 f5 14. Bb1 f4 15. Nge4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4
Qh6 17. Nd2 $14 {and White stands slightly better as Black's attack doesn't
hold up.}) 10... Bf6 11. Nbc3 Re8 12. Be3 Be5 {A tricky move which opens the
diagonal for Black's queen to h4. Now White really has to watch out as there
are some dangeruous attacking ideas including ...Bxh3.} 13. Qd2 $6 {Here I
started to lose confidence in my position and did not find the best way
forward.} ({A better move was} 13. Nd4 $1 {when White keeps things under
control. There might follow} Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Qh4 15. f4 Bf6 16. Ncb5 $14 {
when White is pressing.}) 13... Nxd3 (13... Qh4 $5 {was an interesting
alternative when Black threatens both ...Nxc4 and ...Bxh3.} 14. f4 $2 {is bad
in view of} (14. Bxc5 $1 {With this almost forced move White keeps things
under control. After} dxc5 15. f4 $11 {the position is in balance.}) ({An
important point is that} 14. Bg5 {can be met by} Nxc4 $1 $17) 14... Nxd3 $1 15.
Qxd3 (15. fxe5 Nxe5 $15) 15... Bf5 $1 16. Qxf5 Bxc3 $15) 14. Qxd3 Qh4 15. Bxb6
$5 {A radical solution. White basically gives away his best minor piece for
Black's worst one. However the reason for this is that it restricts Black's
counterplay and White gets some activity with the knights in the centre.} ({
Instead} 15. Bd4 {as mentioned by Illescas looks rather natural but following}
Bf5 $1 16. Qxf5 Bxd4 $15 {Black has a very nice initiative.}) 15... axb6 16.
Nb5 Qd8 $6 {Solid, but unnecessarily passive. Now White gets time to
reorganise as Black will remain rather passive for the next few moves.} (16...
Re7 $1 $15 {was stronger, keeping the queen at its active post on h4.}) 17.
Ned4 Bd7 18. f4 Bf6 19. Nc3 {Here I was pretty confident. Although Black
objectively is a bit better White has an easy plan and not any concrete
worries at the moment.} Qe7 20. Rf3 (20. Nc2 {was a solid alternative
mentioned by Illesscas. Now White will get access to the open e-file.}) 20...
c5 21. Nde2 Ra5 $5 {An interesting move to complicate matters before White
gets time to completely close the queenside with a4 and b3.} (21... g6 22. a4 {
closes the queenside and White remains very solid.}) 22. Raf1 g6 (22... b5 $5
23. cxb5 Bxb5 24. Nxb5 Qxe2 25. Nxd6 {is fine for White, e.g.} Qxd3 26. Rxd3
Re2 27. Rc1 $1 Bxb2 28. Nxb7 Rxa2 29. Rxc5 Bd4+ 30. Rxd4 Rxg2+ 31. Kf1 g6 32.
Nd6 Raf2+ 33. Ke1 Ra2 34. Kf1 $11) 23. b3 Bg7 ({The pawn sacrifice} 23... b5 $5
24. cxb5 Raa8 $44 {was worth considering. Now White's pawn structure is a bit
shaky while the exxtra pawn is hard to put to any good use because of Black's
strong bishop pair.}) ({Another worthy alternative was} 23... Ra3 $5 {
preventing a4 for the moment.} {Now White should probably contnue} 24. g4 {
to grab some space on the kingside and prevent ...Bf5.}) 24. a4 Raa8 25. Kh1 f5
{The most solid move which leads the game into a rather drawish position.} (
25... h5 $5 {was more interesting when perhaps Black can exert some pressure.})
26. Qd2 Qf6 27. Re3 Rxe3 28. Qxe3 Re8 29. Qd2 Qe7 30. Rf3 h6 31. Rg3 Kf7 32.
Kg1 Bf6 33. Kf1 g5 34. Nd1 {forcing through further exchanges on the e-file
which give White a pretty safe position.} Qe4 35. Re3 Qb1 36. Qd3 $1 {A clever
in-between move.} Qa1 37. Rxe8 Kxe8 38. Kf2 Be7 39. Ne3 Qf6 40. Qc3 $6 {
On the last move before the time control I ended up taking a bad decision. I
saw that I would lose the f4-pawn but assessed the resulting position wrongly.}
(40. g3 $11 {would simply lead to an equal position where the draw is very
close as neither side can make progress.}) 40... gxf4 $1 {I thought that I
eventually would have chances to benefit fom Black's slightly weakened pawn
struture by manouevring my knights and picking up the f4-pawn. However this
assessment appeared to be wrong.} 41. Nc2 Qe5 {An important move which I had
overlooked when playing 40.Qc3. White is now under some slight pressure but
still remains very solid.} 42. Qf3 $6 (42. Ne1 {intending Nf3 would be better.}
) 42... Bg5 ({I was worried about} 42... Bh4+ $1 {during the game and for good
reasons it seems. Following} 43. Kf1 Bg3 44. Qh5+ (44. Ne1 Kd8 45. Qc3 {
might hold things together.}) 44... Kd8 45. Qxh6 {as mentioned by Illescas
Black can continue} Kc7 $17 {when Black's initiative appears to be very
dangerous. One sample line is} 46. Ne1 Qb2 47. Nxg3 fxg3 48. Qe3 f4 $1 49. Qf3
Qd4 $19) 43. Ne1 Qb2 44. Kf1 Ke7 45. Qc3 Qb1 46. Ng1 $1 (46. Qd3 Qxd3 47. Nxd3
f3 $1 48. gxf3 f4 $36 {is unpleasant for White.}) 46... Kd8 (46... Bf6 47. Qc2
Qa1 48. Ngf3) 47. Ngf3 Kc7 48. Qc2 Qa1 49. Qd2 Qa3 50. Qc2 (50. Qd1 $5) 50...
Qa1 51. Qd2 Qb1 {My opponent decided to force a draw as it would secure a
victory for his team. Otherwise an interesting idea to play on was} (51... Be8
$5 52. h4 Bd8 53. Qxf4 Qc3 $15 {when Black is on top.}) 52. Qd3 Qc1 53. Qd2 Qb1
54. Qc2 {and Black claimed a draw as after 56...Qa1 there is a threefold
repetition.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch 91st"]
[Site "Agen"]
[Date "2016.08.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:14] Cherchant des positions
déséquilibrées pour jouer pour le gain.} 2. e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd5 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. c4 {[%emt 0:00:
19]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. exd6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} exd6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 6. Nc3
{[%emt 0:01:17]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:
01]} 8. Nge2 {[%emt 0:01:09]} O-O {[%emt 0:05:36]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:03:50]} Bf6
{[%emt 0:02:48]} 10. b3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} (10. Be3 Nb4 11. Ng3 d5 12. c5 Nc4 13.
Bb1 Nc6 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Be4 Nxd4 18. Bxb7 Nc2 19.
Rac1 N2xe3 20. fxe3 Bg7 21. Nce4 Bxb2 22. Rc2 Be5 23. Re1 h5 24. Ng5 Na3 25.
Rcc1 Bxa2 26. N5e4 Be6 27. Nc3 Rd3 28. Nge4 Rfd8 29. Ba6 R3d7 30. c6 Re7 31.
Nc5 Bf5 32. Kh1 Nc2 33. Re2 Bxc3 34. e4 Nd4 35. Rf2 Bxe4 36. Rxc3 Bxc6 37. h3
Bd5 38. Kh2 Ne6 39. Nd3 c5 {Ganguly,S (2613)-Shimanov,A (2606) St Petersburg
2014 0-1 (73)}) 10... Re8 {[%emt 0:01:49] Es ist eine für die
Aljechin-Verteidigung typische Struktur entstanden: symmetrisch, aber wegen
des Raumvorteils besser für Weiß. Aus schwarzer Sicht keine wirklich gute
Wahl, aber zumindest hat man den Überraschungseffekt auf seiner Seite, wenn
man nur gelegentlich darauf zurückgreift.} 11. Be3 {[%emt 0:03:06]} Bg4 {
[%emt 0:04:38]} 12. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Bh5 $6 {[%emt 0:21:11] Gibt das ohne
Not das Läuferpaar preis; eine kleine Schwächung der Königsstellung gibt es
noch dazu.} ({Dann vielleicht besser gleich} 12... Bxe2) 13. Nf4 {[%emt 0:17:
49]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 15.
Be4 {[%emt 0:02:17] Ein starkes Feld für den Läufer, der hier nicht nur
d6-d5 verhindert, sondern auch kaum angreifbar ist.} Rb8 {[%emt 0:08:26]} 16.
Rfe1 $146 {[%emt 0:03:49]} (16. g4 Nb4 17. Bg2 Na6 18. Rad1 c6 19. g5 Be7 20.
f4 d5 21. c5 Nd7 22. f5 Nf8 23. Rf3 gxf5 24. Rxf5 g6 25. Rf3 Ne6 26. h4 Rf8 27.
Bh3 Nac7 28. Rdf1 b6 29. cxb6 axb6 30. Qf2 c5 31. Rxf7 cxd4 32. Qc2 Rxf7 33.
Qxg6+ Rg7 34. Bxe6+ Nxe6 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Bxd4 Bc5 37. Qh6+ {1-0 (37) Cicak,S
(2530)-Solozhenkin,E (2523) Rethymnon 2003}) 16... Ne7 {[%emt 0:15:31]} 17. Bg5
$6 $14 {[%emt 0:15:03] Das ist wenig zwingend.} (17. g4 $1 d5 18. Bg2 $16)
17... Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:28] Schwarz möchte nicht gxf6 schlagen müssen, was
seine Königsstellung weiter schwächen würde.} (17... d5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19.
Bxd5 Nbxd5 20. cxd5 {verliert zunächst einmal einen Bauern; zusätzlich muss
Schwarz die Gefahr für seinen König im Auge behalten.}) (17... Nf5 {kam auch
in Frage.}) 18. h4 {[%emt 0:03:30] Es ist gerade einmal vier Züge her, dass
Schwarz die Schaffung der Angriffsmarke g6 zugelassen hat - schon macht sich
Weiß dies zunutze} c6 {[%emt 0:06:56]} 19. Re2 {[%emt 0:07:02]} Nf8 $2 {
[%emt 0:03:16] Jetzt lässt Schwarz das, was er eigentlich nicht wollte, doch
zu.} (19... Nf5 {kam auch hier in Frage.}) 20. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} gxf6 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 21. Rae1 $32 {[%emt 0:00:20][%csl Rb8] Weiß hat bereits die
Vorstufe zur Gewinnstellung erreicht: Alle seine Figuren stehen optimal, die
schwarze Königsstellung ist geschwächt, die schwarzen Figuren stehen
schlecht und es gibt wenig Möglichkeiten, etwas daran zu ändern.} Kg7 {
[%emt 0:02:33]} 22. d5 $1 {[%emt 0:04:31]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 23. Qf4 {
[%emt 0:00:58]} Ng8 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 24. Qg3 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Re5 $6 {[%emt 0:
06:51] Les Noirs doivent prendre des risques pour jouer pour le gain} 25. f4 {
[%emt 0:02:21]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 26. Bf3 $40 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:
04:32]} 27. f5 {[%emt 0:03:36]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 28. fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:31]}
Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 29. Qf4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 30. h5 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:47]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:04:54]} ({Oder} 30... Nd4 31. Re8 Qxe8 32. Rxe8
Rxe8 33. Qxd6 {drohend Se4.}) 31. g4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:34] Der
Springer war wegen Te7+ nicht zu retten.} 32. gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} gxf5 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} 33. Rg2 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 34. Qg3 {[%emt 0:
01:30]} Qf7 $2 {[%emt 0:00:03] Dieser letzte Fehler beendet die Partie
unmittelbar:} 35. Re7 {[%emt 0:00:41] Et le bordelais remporte le titre} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hansen,Cu} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7.
Qf3 $5 {><d5, /\0-0-0} (7. Bd3 {Hansen,Cu} Nc6 8. Nge2 Bg4 (8... O-O 9. b3 a5
10. Be3 Nb4 11. d5 c6 $15 {Paulsen-Ruehrig BL 1981}) 9. Be3 (9. f3 Bh5 10. O-O
Bg6 11. b3 a5 12. Be3 Nb4 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qd2 O-O 15. d5 $14 {Rogers-Varga
Budapest 1991}) 9... Bh5 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Bf6 12. Qc2 Bg6 $10 {
Niemzowitch-Kmoch Semmering 1926}) (7. Be3 {Hansen,Cu} Nc6 (7... O-O 8. Bd3 Nc6
9. Nge2 Nb4 10. a3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 d5 12. c5 Nc4 13. Bc1 c6 14. O-O b6 $15 {
Abendroth-Haakert BL 1981}) 8. Rc1 O-O 9. h4 Bf6 10. g4 Re8 11. Be2 Bxg4 12.
Bxg4 Nxc4 $17 {Suttles-Kortjnoj Sousse izt 1967}) (7. h3 {Hansen,Cu} Nc6 (7...
O-O 8. Nf3 Re8 9. Be2 Bf5 10. O-O N8d7 11. Bf4 Nf8 12. b3 Ng6 $132 {
Serper-Dreev USSR 1986 (inf. 41/(109))}) 8. Nf3 Bf5 9. Bf4 (9. d5 Ne5 10. Nd4
Bd7 11. b3 O-O 12. Be2 Bf6 13. Bb2 Re8 14. O-O Ng6 $132 {Jurasin-Fleck BL 1984}
) 9... O-O 10. Be2 Bf6 11. O-O Re8 $10 {Meyer-Fleck BL 1982}) (7. Nf3 {Hansen,
Cu} Bg4 8. Be2 Nc6 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ne5 11. Be2 O-O 12. b3 Bf6 13. Bb2 Ng6
14. O-O Nd7 15. g3 $14 {Dvoiris-Kengis Barnaul 1988}) 7... Nc6 (7... N6d7 $5 {
Hansen,Cu} 8. Be3 Nf6 $13) 8. Be3 O-O (8... Be6 $5 9. d5 $140 Ne5 10. Qg3 Bf5
$13 11. Qxg7 $2 Bf6 {/\Nbxc4-/+}) 9. O-O-O f5 $6 (9... Be6 $142 10. c5 (10. d5
Ne5 $15) 10... Nd7 (10... dxc5 11. d5 $36)) (9... Bf6 {Hansen,Cu} 10. c5) 10.
g3 f4 $2 11. gxf4 Bf5 12. c5 $1 $16 Nd7 13. Bh3 $1 Kh8 14. d5 {()} Ncb8 (14...
Nb4 $2 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Qe4 $18) (14... Na5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Qe4 Qf8 17. b4
$18) 15. cxd6 cxd6 {/^d8-a5} 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Nge2 {/\Nd4-e6} Rf7 (17... Qa5
$6 18. Qe4 Rf7 19. Qe6 Kg8 $8 20. Nd4 {/\Nf5+-}) 18. Rhg1 (18. Nd4 $16 {
Hansen,Cu}) 18... Na6 19. Qh5 (19. Nd4 $5 Rc8 20. Ne6 Qe8 21. Kb1 Ne5 $5 22.
Qh3 Nc4 23. Bd4 Bf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qh6 $18) 19... Qe8 20. Nd4 {><e6} Rc8 21.
Kb1 Nac5 (21... Nf6 $5 {Hansen,Cu /\} 22. Qh3 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Nxd5 $14) 22. Ne6
Nf6 23. Qh3 Nfe4 (23... Nxe6 $2 24. dxe6 Rf8 25. Rg5 {/\Rdg1+-}) 24. Bd4 Bf6
25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Qe3 $1 Bxd4 (26... Nc5 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. f5 $18 (28. Rd4 $16
{Hansen,Cu})) 27. Qxd4 Nf6 28. Nxg7 $1 $18 (28. Rxg7 $2 {Hansen,Cu} Rxg7 29.
Qxf6 Qg6+ $17) (28. Rde1 {Hansen,Cu} Re7) (28. Rg3 $16 {Hansen,Cu}) 28... Qe4+
(28... Rxg7 29. Qxf6 Qf8 30. Qd4 $18) 29. Qxe4 Nxe4 30. Ne6 Rf5 (30... Nxf2 31.
Rd4 $1 {פf2} Rg8 (31... Nh3 32. Rg3 Nf2 33. h3 $1 {/\Rf3+-}) 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8
33. Rc4 $18) 31. f3 Nf2 (31... Nf6 32. Rg5 $18) (31... Nc5 {Hansen,Cu} 32. Rg5
Rf7 33. f5 $18) 32. Rd2 Nh3 33. Rg4 h5 34. Rh4 Ng1 35. Ng5 Re8 (35... Kg7 36.
Rg2 $18) 36. Rxh5+ Kg8 37. Rg2 Re1+ 38. Kc2 Re2+ 39. Rxe2 Nxe2 40. Ne4 $1 Rxf4
(40... Rxh5 {Hansen,Cu} 41. Nf6+ Kf7 42. Nxh5 Kg6 43. Kd2 Ng1 44. Ng3 Nxf3+ 45.
Ke3 Nxh2 46. Ne4 $18) 41. Kd2 Nd4 (41... Ng1 {Hansen,Cu} 42. Rg5+ $18) 42. Ke3
Rf5 43. Kxd4 (43. Kxd4 Rxh5 44. Nf6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Kecskemet Szechenyi"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Black "Krizsany, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bd3 (7. h4 h6
8. h5 g5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nge2 Bg7 11. Be3 d5 $1 (11... e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. c5 $36)
12. c5 Nd7 (12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 Be6 15. Rd1 {/\><d5}) 13. Rc1 Nxc5
14. dxc5 d4 $13 {Meier-Bagirov, Berlin 1991}) 7... Bg7 8. Nge2 (8. Be3 Nc6 9.
Nge2 Bg4 10. f3 Bf5 11. b3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 d5 13. c5 Nc8 14. h4 e6 15. h5 b6 $13
{Palatnik-Kamsky, Philadelphia 1991}) 8... Nc6 9. d5 $5 Ne5 10. b3 Bg4 11. Bb2
Qc8 12. h3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Bxe2 (13... Bf5 $6 14. Qd2 {/\0-0,Rfe1,Nd4; /\Nb5,
BxB ><g7,h6}) 14. Qxe2 O-O 15. O-O Re8 16. Rad1 $14 Nd7 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nd4 Nc5
19. Rfe1 Qd7 20. Bc3 {/\Qb2} e5 $6 (20... Rac8 $5) (20... Rad8 $5) 21. dxe6
Nxe6 (21... fxe6 22. Ba1 $1 {/\b4 קe6}) 22. Qd2 $16 {><d6 _|_} Nc5 $1 (22...
Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 $16 {/\Rd1,BxB,Qd5,c5 +- _|_}) 23. Qc2 $1 Rxe1+
24. Bxe1 (24. Rxe1 $2 d5 $10) 24... Qe7 (24... d5 25. cxd5 Qxd5 26. Nf3 Qc6 $8
27. Bb4 $1 b6 (27... Rc8 $2 28. Bxc5 b6 (28... Qxc5 $2 29. Rd8+ $1 $18) 29. Qc4
$1 bxc5 30. Ng5 {/\Ne4,Rd5 +-_|_ ><c5,a6}) (27... Ne4 28. Qxc6 bxc6 29. Rc1 $16
{_|_ ><c6,a6}) 28. Bxc5 $16 {_|_}) 25. Bc3 Qe4 26. Qd2 (26. Qxe4 $2 Nxe4 27.
Ba1 Rd8 {/\d5=}) 26... Re8 $6 (26... d5 27. f3 $18) (26... Rd8 $142) 27. Nf3 $1
Bxc3 $8 28. Qxc3 Ne6 (28... Qe2 $4 29. Re1 $18) (28... Rd8 29. Qf6 Ne6 30. Ng5
$18) 29. Rxd6 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Qxa2 31. Rd2 $1 Qb1 (31... Qa3 $142 32. Ne5 Qf8 $5
33. Nd7 (33. Rd7 Re7 (33... Nc5 $2 34. Rxf7 Qd6 35. f4 $1 $8 Ne4 36. Qb2 {
/\Rxb7+-}) 34. Ng4 $1 Rxd7 $8 35. Nf6+ Kh8 36. Nxd7+ Qg7 37. Qf3 {+/=/+/- קb7,
Kh8}) 33... Qg7 $8 34. Qf3 $1 $16 {קb7,Kg8} (34. Nf6+ Kh8 {/\Rd8+/=})) 32. Ne5
$1 Nc5 $2 (32... Qf5 $2 33. Ng4 Kf8 34. Rd7 $1 Ng7 35. Qb4+ $18) (32... Rd8 33.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 34. Ng4 $40 {><g7,h6,f6,Nd8}) (32... h5 $142 $5 {><g4} 33. Nd7 (33.
Rd7 Nd8 $16) 33... Rd8 (33... Re7 $2 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Nd5 $18) 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35.
Nd5 $1 Kg8 $8 36. Qf6 $40 {/\f4-f5,Ne7xf5 +-; /\Re2,(Ne7+),Rxe6 +-}) 33. Ng4
$18 Ne4 (33... Qxb3 34. Nh6+ Kf8 35. Rd7 $1 $18) 34. Nh6+ Kf8 35. Rd7 $1 (35.
Rd7 Nxc3 (35... Re7 36. Qh8#) 36. Rxf7#) 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Koch, Jean Rene"]
[Black "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 c5 7. d5 g6 (7... e6)
8. Nc3 Bg7 {/^b2-g7} 9. Bf4 {קe5} O-O 10. Qd2 (10. Nf3 Bg4) 10... e6 11. O-O-O
(11. d6 Nc6 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. Qe3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Bg5 Qf7 $13) 11... exd5
12. cxd5 c4 (12... N8d7 13. Nf3 Re8 14. e6 (14. Bb5 a6 15. Bc6 $5) 14... fxe6
15. dxe6 Rxe6 16. Ng5 $40) (12... Bg4 $142 13. Re1 (13. Nf3 N8d7 {/\Re8 קe5})
13... c4 14. h3 Bf5 15. g4 Bd3 $1 16. Bxd3 cxd3 17. Qxd3 Na6 $44 {
Ilincic-Marinkovic, Vrnjacka Banja 1989}) 13. h3 $1 N8d7 14. Nf3 Nc5 {><d3 /
\Bf5} (14... Re8 $5) 15. g4 Bd7 16. Bh6 $1 Nca4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 (17... Nxc3 $4
18. Qxc3 Kxg7 19. e6+ $18) 18. Ne4 c3 {-><<} 19. bxc3 Qe7 {/^a3-f8} 20. d6 Qe6
21. Neg5 Qe8 22. h4 {->>>} (22. Qd4 $142 {[+],/^c3-h8}) 22... Nxc3 23. e6 $1 (
23. Qxc3 $2 Rc8 $19) 23... Nxd1 (23... f6 24. exd7 Qxd7 25. Re1 $18) 24. exd7 (
24. Qxd1 $2 Rc8+ {/\Be6-+}) 24... Qxd7 25. h5 Qa4 (25... Rac8+ 26. Kxd1 Qa4+
27. Ke1 Rfe8+ 28. Be2 {/\ Kf2+-}) 26. hxg6 $1 (26. Qxd1 Rac8+ 27. Kd2 Qxa2+ 28.
Ke3 (28. Kd3 Qd5+ 29. Ke2 Rfe8+ $19) (28. Ke1 Rfe8+ 29. Be2 Rc1 $19) 28... Nd5+
$40) 26... Rac8+ (26... hxg6 27. Ne6+ $1 (27. Rh7+ Kf6 (27... Kg8 $1) 28. Ne4+
Qxe4 (28... Ke6 29. Nc5+ $18) 29. Qg5+ Ke6 30. Qe7+ Kd5 31. Qxb7+ $18) 27...
fxe6 (27... Kg8 28. Rh8+ $1) (27... Kf6 28. Qg5+ Kxe6 29. Qe5+ Kd7 30. Bb5+ $18
) 28. Qh6+ Kf6 (28... Kf7 29. Qh7+ {/\Qe7#}) 29. Qh4+ $1 $18) (26... fxg6 27.
Rxh7+ Kf6 (27... Kg8 28. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 29. Qh2+ Kg7 30. Qh7+ Kf6 31. Qe7#) 28.
Ne4+ Qxe4 29. Qg5+ Ke6 30. Re7+ Kxd6 31. Rxe4 $18) 27. Kb1 Nc3+ 28. Ka1 Qd1+ $5
(28... hxg6 29. Ne6+ $1) (28... Nxa2 29. Rxh7+ $1 (29. Ne6+ Kg8 $8 (29... fxe6
30. Rxh7+ Kg8 31. Rh8+ $1 $18) 30. Bb5 $1 Qa3 $8 31. gxf7+ Rxf7 32. Qg5+ Kh8
33. Qe5+ Kg8 $10) (29. Bb5 $1 Qa3 $1 (29... Qxb5 $2 30. Ne6+ Kg8 31. Qh6 $1 $18
) 30. Rxh7+ Kg8 31. Rh8+ Kxh8 32. Qh2+ Kg7 33. Ne6+ fxe6 34. Qh7+ Kf6 35. Qe7+
Kxg6 $10) 29... Kg8 (29... Kf6 30. Bb5 $3 {/\Qd4#}) 30. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 31. Qh2+
Kg7 32. Ne6+ $3 fxe6 $8 33. Qh7+ Kf6 34. Qe7+ Kxg6 35. Bd3+ Rf5 36. gxf5+ exf5
37. Ne5+ Kh6 38. Qf6+ $18) 29. Qxd1 Nxd1 30. Rxh7+ Kf6 31. a4 $1 (31. g7 $4
Rc1#) 31... Rc1+ 32. Ka2 Nc3+ 33. Kb3 fxg6 $2 $138 (33... Rxf1 $8) 34. Rc7 $1
$18 Rxf1 35. Nh7+ 1-0

[Event "Malmo"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Helgason, Reynir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nf3 Bg4 8.
Be2 c6 (8... O-O $142 {/\->[+]}) 9. b3 (9. h3 $6 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 $2 Nxc4 $17)
9... N8d7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Be3 $14 a5 {><b5} 12. d5 $1 {/\קd6} (12. O-O {+/=})
12... c5 (12... cxd5 13. Nxd5 {+/-/+-}) 13. Bf4 a4 (13... O-O 14. Nb5 {׫}) 14.
Nb5 Nc8 (14... Nf6 $142 15. O-O O-O 16. Re1 Re8 17. Nd2 {+/=/+/-}) (14... Nb8 {
/\Na6-b4} 15. O-O axb3 (15... Na6 16. Re1 $16) 16. axb3 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 O-O 18.
Qa7 $18 {_|_}) 15. O-O O-O 16. Qd2 Ndb6 (16... Bf6 17. Rae1 axb3 18. axb3 Ndb6
19. Ng5 $40) 17. Rae1 Ra6 18. Nh2 Bxe2 (18... Bg6 $142 19. Bd3 {/\Re2,Rfe1,
Ng4+/-}) 19. Rxe2 axb3 20. axb3 Na7 $2 (20... Bf6 21. Ng4 $40) (20... Re8 $2
21. Rfe1 {/\Qe3-g3+-}) 21. Rxe7 $1 $18 Nxb5 $2 (21... Qxe7 22. Bxd6 Qd7 (22...
Qd8 23. Bxf8 Qxf8 24. Nc7 $1 Ra3 25. Re1 $18) (22... Nxc4 23. bxc4 Rxd6 24.
Nxa7 $18 {_|_}) 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Nc3 $18 {_|_}) 22. cxb5 1-0

[Event "Niksic"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Strikovic, Aleksa"]
[Black "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 c6 (4... Nb6 5. Bb3 (5. e6 $2 Nxc4 6. exf7+
Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Ke8 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qb5+ Qd7 10. Qxc4 Qg4 $17) 5... dxe5 (5... d5 6.
Ne2 a5 7. c3 Bf5 8. a4 e6 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nd4 $14) (5... Bf5 6. Qf3
Qc8 7. Ne2 e6 8. Nbc3 dxe5 9. dxe5 N8d7 10. Bf4 Nc5 11. Qg3 {><g7} a5 12. a4 h5
13. Bg5 $14 {Soltis-Blocker, USA 1980}) (5... Nc6 6. e6 fxe6 7. Nf3 e5 (7... g6
8. Ng5 $40) 8. dxe5 d5 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Nxd5 e6 11. Nxb6 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 axb6 13.
Ke1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxe5 $10) 6. Qh5 (6. Qf3 e6 7. dxe5 a5 $1 8. c3 a4 9. Bc2 Bd7
$1 {/\Bc6,Bb5} 10. Qg3 Bb5 11. Bg5 Qd5 12. Nd2 (12. Na3 Bxa3 13. Rd1 Bxb2 $1
14. Rxd5 Nxd5 $44) 12... Nc6 {=/+/-/+}) 6... e6 (6... g6 7. Qxe5 f6 8. Qf4 $16)
7. dxe5 a5 (7... c5 8. c3 {/\Nf3,Bf4|^}) 8. a4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Nd7 $5 10. Bg5 Be7
11. Bxe6 (11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O b6 {/\Bb7 =}) 11... Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe6 $10 {
Sax-Hazai, Hungary 1974}) 5. Qf3 (5. Qe2 dxe5 (5... g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nf3 {
+/=/= [+]}) 6. dxe5 Bf5 (6... g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Re1 $14 {
Matulovic-Kovacevic,SFRJ 1976}) 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Bb3 Nc5
$10 {Mestel-Popov, Malta (ol) 1980 --> INF 30/163}) 5... Be6 6. Nh3 Nc7 7. Nd2
dxe5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. Qg3 g6 10. Ng5 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 h6 12. Ne4 Bg7 13. f4 O-O 14.
O-O b5 15. Ne3 e6 16. b3 Nd5 17. c4 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 bxc4 19. bxc4 Qa5 20. h4 h5
21. Rad1 Rfd8 22. Rd2 (22. Qg5 $142 $1 {/\ g4;/\ Rd6,Rfd1} Qxa2 (22... Qa3 {
/\ Qf8,Bh6} 23. Bc5 $1 {/\ Be7+-}) 23. Nc5 Qa3 24. Rd3 $18) 22... Nb6 23. Nd6
Qa4 24. f5 exf5 25. Nxf5 Rxd2 26. Bxd2 Qxc4 (26... Nxc4 27. Bc3 gxf5 (27...
Bxe5 28. Nh6+ $18) (27... Rf8 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. e6+ f6 30. e7 $18) 28. e6 f6
29. Bxf6 $18) 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Bc3 Kg8 29. e6 Qxe6 30. Re1 (30. Rf6 Qg4 $2 (
30... Qe4 $1 31. Rf4 Qd5 {/\ Re8 -/+}) 31. Qe5 Kf8 (31... Nd5 32. Rxg6+ $3) 32.
Rf4 Qd7 33. Qg7+ Ke8 34. Qg8+ $18) 30... Qd5 (30... Qf5 $5 31. Qe3 (31. Re5
Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Na4 $1 $19 (32... Nd5 $2 33. Rxd5 cxd5 34. Qe5 Kf8 35. Qh8+ Ke7
36. Qxa8 $18)) 31... Kh7 (31... Nd5 $4 32. Qe8+ $18) 32. Rf1 (32. Bd2 Nd5 33.
Qh6+ Kg8 $17) (32. Qd4 Rg8 33. Re5 $1 (33. Re8 $6 f6 $1 {/\ Nd5 -/+/-+ _|_})
33... Qb1+ (33... Qd7 34. Qxd7 Nxd7 35. Re7 $18) (33... Qg4 34. Re4 Qg3 $2 35.
Re8 $1 {/\ Qh8! +-}) 34. Re1 Qf5 $8 35. Re5 $10) 32... Qe6 33. Qxe6 fxe6 34.
Rf7+ Kg8 35. Rg7+ Kf8 36. Rxg6 Nd5 37. Be5 {/\ Rxe6,Rh6 +/=/+/- B:N _|_}) 31.
Qe3 Kh7 $8 32. Qf4 Rg8 $2 (32... Qc5+ 33. Bd4 Qf8 34. Re5 $40 Nd5 $2 35. Rxh5+
$1 gxh5 36. Qf5+ Kg8 37. Qg5+ Kh7 38. Qxh5+ $18) (32... Qf5 $8 33. Qd4 Rg8 34.
Re5 $1 Qb1+ (34... Qd7 $2 35. Qxd7 Nxd7 36. Re7 $18) 35. Re1 Qf5 (35... Qb5 36.
Re8 $3 c5 37. Qh8+ $1) 36. Re5 Qb1+ $10) 33. Bd2 Rf8 $2 $138 (33... g5 $8 34.
hxg5 $40) 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14a"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. f4 dxe5 5. fxe5 c5 6. c4 $2 Nb4 $17 7. d5 (7.
a3 $5 N4c6 8. d5 Nxe5 9. Nf3 (9. Bf4)) 7... Bf5 8. Na3 e6 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qxd7+
Nxd7 11. Nf3 (11. dxe6 Nxe5 12. exf7+ Kxf7) 11... exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4
N7b6 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. O-O Bxb5 (15... Be7 $5) 16. Nxb5 a6 17. Nc3 (17. Nd6+
Bxd6 18. exd6 f6) (17. Na3 c4) 17... h6 (17... Be7 18. Bg5 $44) 18. Ne4 Be7 19.
b3 O-O 20. Ba3 Nb4 21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. Rad1 (22. Nd4 g6) 22... Rad8 23. Nd6 Rd7
24. Rd4 Nc8 $3 (24... Rfd8 25. Rfd1 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 $1 Rxd6 27. exd6 $10 {/\} Nc8
$2 28. d7 Nb6 29. Rd6 $16) (24... f6 25. Rfd1 Rfd8 26. Nxb7 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4
28. Nxd4 fxe5 29. Nc6 $10) 25. Ne4 (25. Nxc8 Bc5 26. Nd6 f6 27. Rc1 Bxd4+ 28.
Nxd4 fxe5 29. N4f5 Kh7 $19) (25. Rfd1 Nxd6 26. exd6 Rfd8 $17) 25... Rfd8 26.
Rxd7 (26. Rfd1 $5) 26... Rxd7 27. Rc1 Na7 28. Kf2 Nc6 29. Nc5 Bxc5+ 30. Rxc5
Kf8 31. Ke3 Ke7 32. Ke4 Ke6 33. h4 g6 34. Rc2 Rd5 35. Rf2 Ra5 $19 36. g4 Nxe5
37. Nd4+ Ke7 38. g5 hxg5 39. hxg5 Nd7 40. Nf3 Nc5+ 41. Ke3 Ne6 42. Rg2 Rc5 43.
Ke4 Rf5 44. Rg4 a5 45. Ke3 b5 46. Rg2 Rc5 47. Ke4 Rf5 48. Rg4 Kd6 49. Rg2 a4
50. Rd2+ Ke7 51. Rg2 Rc5 52. Ne5 Rc3 53. Rg4 axb3 54. axb3 Rxb3 55. Kd5 Rb1 56.
Nc6+ Kf8 57. Nxb4 Nxg5 0-1

[Event "Riga zt"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Nf3 Bb4 10. a3 $6 (10. Bd3 $6 Bg4 11. Be2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qh4+ 13. Bf2 Qf4
14. Rg1 O-O-O 15. Rg4 Qxh2 16. Rh4 Qg2 17. Bf1 Qg5 $17 {Lasker-Tarrasch/
Ostrava/1923/}) (10. Qd2 Na4 $15) (10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Na5 13.
Nd2 Qd7 14. Rf4 Bg6 15. Qf1 c5 16. h4 $13) (10. Rc1 O-O 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. Rxc3
Qd7 13. Be2 Rfd8 14. O-O Bg4 15. Kh1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxd4 17. Bg5 $44) 10...
Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 O-O (11... Qd7 12. Be2 Na5 13. Nd2 Qc6 14. Bf3 Qa4 15. c5 Qxd1+
16. Rxd1 Nd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. O-O Bg6 $1 19. Rde1 Kd7 {=/+ ><c4,d3,e4
Faibisovich-Bagirov/Baku/1969/}) 12. c5 Nd5 13. Bd2 f6 $1 {/\->[+]} 14. exf6
Qxf6 15. Bb5 e5 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. dxe5 (17. Nxe5 Qh4+ 18. Ke2 (18. g3 Qe4+ $19)
18... Rae8 $1 {/\Bg4-+} 19. h3 Rxe5+ 20. dxe5 Qe4+ $19) 17... Qe7 18. Qa4 (18.
c4 $5) 18... Qxc5 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. cxd4 Bd3 21. Bb4 Rfb8 22. Kd2 Bg6 23. Rhc1
a5 24. Bc3 Rb3 25. a4 c5 26. Ra2 (26. dxc5 Nxc3 27. Rxc3 Rd8+ $19) 26... c4 27.
Ne1 Rf8 28. Nf3 Nf4 {קg2,<->f} 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Brzeg Dolny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kaminski, Marcin"]
[Black "Oliwa, Marek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 g6 (6... Be6 7. Bd3
d5 8. c5 Nc8 9. Bf4 c6 10. Nf3 $14 {Kotter,R-Hoenig,A/NRW-I/1990/}) (6... Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Qf3 O-O 9. O-O-O Be6 10. b3 a5 11. a4 d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. Nge2 Bg5
14. Kb2 Nb4 15. h4 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qd7 $13 {Chernyshov,K-Zelcic,R/Djakovo op (09)
/1994/}) (6... Bf5 7. Qf3 Qc8 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Qe6+ 10. Nge2 Nxc4 11. O-O
Nb6 12. Nf4 Qd7 13. Re1+ Be7 14. Nfd5 Nc6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bxf6 Nc8 17. Bxg7 {
Guimaraes,J-Reis,L/POR-sf (07)/1993/}) 7. Nf3 (7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Be3
Nc6 10. b3 Ne7 11. Ng3 c5 $15 {Dworakowski,L-Oliwa,M/POL-chJ U20 (04)/1994/})
7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 (8... Qe7+ 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. Be2 Bg7 12. Rd1 $14
{Kienast,J-Lippert/FRG-chTJ/1989/}) (8... Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Bg7 11. Bg5
{Grau Carrera,M-Chalabashvili,T/EU-chJW U10 Herculane (09) /1994/}) 9. Qxf3 Bg7
(9... Nc6 $14) 10. c5 dxc5 11. dxc5 N6d7 (11... Qe7+ 12. Be3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qe5
14. Bb5+ c6 15. O-O O-O 16. cxb6 Qxb5 17. Rfb1 $18) 12. Qxb7 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qf6
14. Qe4+ (14. Bd2 O-O (14... Qc6 15. Qc8+ $18) 15. Qxa8 Nc6 16. Qb7 Re8+ 17.
Kd1 Nxc5 18. Qxc7 Ne4 19. Qf4 Nxf2+ 20. Kc2 Qxf4 21. Bxf4 Nxh1 22. Bb5 $18)
14... Qe7 15. Bd3 (15. Qxe7+ Kxe7 16. Be3 Re8 $16) 15... Nxc5 16. Qxe7+ Kxe7
17. Ba3 Nbd7 (17... Kd6 18. O-O-O Kc6 19. Bc4 Kb6 20. Bxf7 Rf8 21. Bd5 c6 22.
Bf3 $18) 18. O-O-O Rab8 (18... Kf6 19. Bb5 Rhd8 20. Rd5 $18) 19. Bc4 Kf6 (19...
Rb7 20. Rxd7+ Kxd7 21. Rd1+ Ke8 22. Bd5 $18) 20. Rd5 c6 21. Rxc5 Nxc5 22. Bxc5
1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary III"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. f4 dxe5 (4... Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3
dxe5 8. fxe5 c5 9. O-O Be7 (9... h6) 10. dxc5 $5 Nc6 11. Kh1 Bxc5 (11... Qa5
12. c4 $1 Ndb4 13. Qe4 {/\ a3, Bd2} Rd8 14. a3 Nd3 15. b4 $1 Ncxb4 (15... Ndxb4
16. Bd2 Rxd2 17. axb4 Qxa1 18. Nbxd2 $16) 16. Bd2 Qa6 17. axb4 $1 Qxa1 18. Qxb7
Qa4 19. c6 $16) 12. Nbd2 $5 (12. Ng5 $6 Ne3 $1 13. Bxe3 Qxd3 14. cxd3 Bxe3 15.
Nxf7 $4 O-O $19) (12. Qe4 $5) 12... Ne3 13. Ne4 $1 $14) 5. fxe5 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4
7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qe4 $5 (8. Bb5 $5 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nxc3 (9... Qxb5 $5 10. Nxb5 Nxd4
11. Nfxd4 a6 12. c4 $14) 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Bd2 Nb5 $1 $8 12. Bxa5 Nxd4 13.
Nxd4 e6 14. Nxc6 $5 Bb7 15. Nd4 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bc5 (16... Bd5 17. Nb5 $14) 17.
O-O-O $14) 8... g6 (8... e6 9. c4 $14) 9. Bc4 Nb6 (9... Ndb4 10. Bb3 Bf5 11.
Qe2 Bg7 12. a3 $14) 10. Bb3 (10. Bxf7+ $2 Kxf7 11. e6+ Ke8 $17) (10. e6 $6 f5
$1 11. Qe2 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 Bg7 $15) 10... Bg7 (10... Bf5) 11. O-O Bf5 12. Qf4 (
12. Qe2 Nd4 $1) (12. Qe1 $5) 12... O-O (12... Nd5 $5 13. Qg3 $5 (13. Qc4 Be6 $1
14. Ng5 $6 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Nxe5 $17) (13. Qd2 Nb6 $10) 13... O-O 14. Kh1 {/\ Rd1+/
=}) 13. Nc3 Qb8 $5 14. Re1 Nd7 15. e6 (15. Nd5 e6 16. g4 Bxc2 $1 $17) 15...
fxe6 (15... Bxe6 $5 16. Qxb8 Ndxb8 $1 (16... Raxb8 17. Rxe6 $16) 17. Bxe6 fxe6
18. Ne4 {/\ Nc5!?} (18. Rxe6 $14) (18. Nb5 $5)) 16. Qh4 Nc5 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nxe6
Bxe6 19. Bxe6+ Nxe6 20. Rxe6 Bd4+ $5 21. Be3 Rf6 22. Rxe7 $5 (22. Qe4 $14)
22... Rf4 (22... Nxe7 23. Bxd4 Rf7 (23... Rf4 24. Qxe7 Rxd4 25. Ne4 $16) 24.
Ne4 (24. Qxh6 $2 Rh7) 24... Nf5 25. Qg4 $5 (25. Nf6+ Kf8 26. Nd7+ Kg8 $1 (26...
Rxd7 27. Qf6+ Rf7 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Bc5+ Kd7 30. Rd1+ Ke6 31. Re1+ Kd7 32. Qc3
$44 {|^}) 27. Nf6+ $10) 25... Nxd4 26. Qxg6+ Rg7 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Qh5 $5 {
/\ Rf1~/=|^} (28. Qxh6 Nf3+ 29. Kh1 Qxh2+ $3) (28. Nd7+ Kg8 $10)) 23. Qh3 $8
Nxe7 24. Qe6+ Rf7 (24... Kf8 $2 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Qf6+) 25. Bxd4 Qc8 $6 (25...
Qf4 $1 26. Bc5 $5 (26. Ne4 Rd8 $1 $8 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Nd7+ $10) 26... Qf5 27.
Re1 $44) 26. Qe5 Kh7 27. Ne4 Nc6 28. Nf6+ Kg7 (28... Kh8 29. Qd5 (29. Qe3 $5
$16) 29... Rg7 30. Bc3 $16) 29. Ne8+ $1 Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Bc5+ Ke6 32. Re1+
Kd5 (32... Kd7 33. Qg8 $18) 33. Ba3 Qg4 (33... Qf5 34. c4+ Kxc4 35. Qc3+ Kb5
36. Nd6+ $18) 34. Qg8 $1 $18 Qd4+ 35. Kh1 Qf2 36. c4+ Kd4 (36... Kxc4 37. Qxf7+
) 37. Rd1+ Ke5 38. Rd5+ Ke6 39. Qxg6+ Rf6 40. Nc7# 1-0

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. f4 dxe5 (4... Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3
Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. c4 Nb6 10. Nc3 $14 {Nicevski-Papler/JUG-ch/1974/}) 5. fxe5 Bf5
(5... Nc6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Qd7 $10) 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. c4 Nc7 9. O-O (9.
d5 Nxb5 10. dxc6 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 O-O-O+ $17) 9... e6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qa4 Qd7
12. Be3 a5 13. Nc3 Na6 14. Rad1 $16 Be7 (14... Qc7 15. d5) 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. Rd6
$18 Bxd6 17. cxd6 Qd7 18. Qxa5 O-O 19. Na4 Qb7 20. Qb6 Qd7 21. Nd4 Be4 22. Nb3
Rfb8 23. Qd4 Bc2 24. Nb6 Rxb6 25. Qxb6 Bd3 26. Rc1 f5 27. exf6 gxf6 28. Qd4 Bg6
29. Qxf6 Rf8 30. Qe7 Qxe7 31. dxe7 Re8 32. Bg5 Nb4 33. Nc5 h6 34. Bh4 Nd3 35.
Nxd3 Bxd3 36. b3 e5 37. Kf2 Ra8 38. Ke3 e4 39. a4 Rb8 40. Kd4 Kf7 41. Kc3 Rg8
42. Rg1 c5 43. a5 Rg6 44. Bf2 Kxe7 45. Bxc5+ Kd7 46. b4 Be2 47. b5 h5 48. a6
Kc8 49. Be3 Rd6 50. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Oslo"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Davies, Nigel Rodney"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1988.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Be3 ({Since this game
was played the line} 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. b3 {has become both
popular and successful, so much so that most Alekhine addicts have switched to
recapturing with the e-pawn on move 5. Yet at the time this game was played
this plan was not known and I had seen a plan of Bill Hartston that I liked.})
6... g6 7. h4 {This is it, Hartston's move. The idea is to exploit the fact
that Black's knights are far away from his kingside by immediately starting an
attack. And if Black stops this with 7...h5 he will leave a weak square on g5
if he follows up with a later ...e5 and ...f5.} Bg7 ({In Hartston - Bryson,
BCF-ch, Edinburgh, 1985 Black prevented the further advance of White's h-pawn
with} 7... h5 {but then} 8. d5 N8d7 9. Bd4 Nf6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. Nh3 $5 O-O 12.
Ng5 e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 {would have been better for White had he now played the
simple} 14. O-O {.}) 8. h5 Nc6 9. Nc3 d5 $6 {Success; Black doesn't like the
look of castling into the opening h-file and plays something much worse.} ({
In fact the right move was the cold blooded} 9... O-O {after which} 10. Qd2 $5
e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. O-O-O $5 {was the adventurous continuation of Hartston -
Planinec, Hastings 1974-75. I think that I might have played 10.hxg6 instead.})
10. c5 Nc4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Nge2 ({Carefully avoiding} 12. Nf3 Bg4 $1 {
, which would give Black excellent counterplay. But now he has the serious
problem of how to defend that weak c4 pawn.}) 12... Qa5 13. h6 {The h-file
isn't the relevant factor now, it's more the weak c4 pawn and White's mobile
d- and c-pawns. So it's good to put Black's g7 bishop on a square where it can
be hit by Nc3-e4.} Bf6 14. O-O O-O 15. d5 Nb4 16. Ne4 Bh8 ({After} 16... Bxb2 {
White can play} 17. Rb1 Qxa2 (17... Bh8 18. Bd2 c3 19. Bxc3 Bxc3 20. N2xc3 {
leaves Black facing threats of Qd4 and d6.}) 18. N2c3 Qa3 19. Qd4 f6 20. Qxc4 {
is horrendous for Black who would be unable to rescue his offside pieces AND
save his king.}) 17. Bd4 Nd3 18. Bxh8 Kxh8 19. Qc2 Qb4 (19... Nxc5 20. Qxc4
Nxe4 21. Qxe4 {is very unpleasant for Black as both e7 and his king are weak
and White can must pile his pieces into the middle of the board (Rad1, Rfe1
and Nc3/d4/f4).}) 20. b3 Bf5 (20... Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. bxc4 {would still
be very attractive for White.}) 21. N2g3 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxc5 23. bxc4 Nxe4 24.
Qxe4 {The exchange of minor pieces has done little to ease the defence, both
e7 and Black's king are still major problems. In addition it is relatively
easy to play White's position which is always useful in a key game.} b6 25.
Rfe1 Rfe8 26. Qe5+ f6 27. Qe6 Qd2 28. Re3 Qd4 29. Rae1 Qf4 30. Rh3 {Possibly
some nerves creeping in.} (30. d6 {was already winning, for example} Qxh6 31.
d7 Red8 32. Qxe7 {leaves Black with no good defence.}) 30... Rac8 (30... Qxc4 {
was the last try, though White then wins with} 31. Qf7 Rg8 32. Qxe7 ({And not} 
32. Rxe7 {because of} Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+ {with a draw by perpetual check.})) 31.
d6 Rxc4 ({After} 31... Qxd6 32. Qf7 Rg8 33. Rxe7 {there's no perpetual this
time.}) ({And of course} 31... exd6 32. Qxe8+ {leads to mate.}) 32. Qf7 Rg8 33.
dxe7 Re4 34. Rxe4 {When Black recaptures on e4 White plays Qxf6+ followed by
mate.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Goh, Wei Ming Kevin"]
[Black "Bouaziz, Slim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[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 "Singapore"]
[BlackTeam "Tunisia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUN"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nge2 Nc6 9. b3 Bg4 10. Be3 Bh5 11. O-O Bg6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Qd2 Bf8 14. h3 Ne7
15. Ng3 d5 16. c5 Nd7 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. b4 c6 19. Qd3 b6 20. Bf4 a5 21. a3 axb4
22. axb4 bxc5 23. bxc5 Nf6 24. Be5 Ra5 25. Reb1 Nd7 26. Bf4 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Nf6
28. Ra7 Nh5 29. Nxh5 gxh5 30. Qf3 Nf5 31. Qd3 g6 32. Rc7 Re1+ 33. Kh2 {#} Qf6 (
33... Bh6 $1 $19) 34. Qd2 Re8 35. Ne2 Qe6 36. Ng3 Rc8 37. Rb7 Bg7 38. Nxf5 Qxf5
39. Qe3 Bf6 40. Bd6 Qe4 41. Qxe4 dxe4 42. Rb4 Re8 43. Bf4 Rd8 44. Bd6 Re8 45.
d5 cxd5 46. c6 Be7 47. Bxe7 Rxe7 48. Rb7 e3 49. fxe3 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 (5... cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3
Bg7 8. Rc1 $14) 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Bf5 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Be3 Nc6 11. b3
d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. Ne1 (13. Qd2 $5 N8e7 14. h3 Be6 15. g4 g6 16. Ne1 Bg7 17. Ng2
b6 18. cxb6 cxb6 19. Nf4 Qd6 $132 {Mortensen,E-Kengis,E/Moscow/1994/0,5/26/})
13... h6 14. g4 (14. Rc1 $5) 14... Bh7 15. Ng2 b6 16. Na4 (16. cxb6 axb6 17.
Nf4 N8e7 $22 18. Bf3 Nb4 $36) 16... Nb4 17. Ne1 (17. Qd2 Nc2 18. Rac1 Nxe3 19.
Nxe3 Ne7 $15) 17... bxc5 18. Nxc5 Nd6 19. Qd2 a5 20. a3 $6 (20. Rc1 Ne4 21.
Nxe4 dxe4 $17) (20. f3 $5 Re8 21. Rc1 $22 Qe7 22. Ng2 $132) 20... Nc6 21. Rc1
Re8 22. Nb7 $6 (22. Na6 Ne4 23. Qd1 Qd6 $17) (22. f3 $5) 22... Nxb7 23. Rxc6
Nd6 24. f3 (24. Bd3 $6 Bxd3 25. Nxd3 Qd7 26. Rfc1 Qxg4+ $19) 24... Rb8 25. Bd3
Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Qd7 27. Rc1 Qb5 $17 28. Qxb5 (28. Qd2 Qxb3 29. Rc3 Qb6 $19) (28.
Rc3 Qxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Bxd4 31. Nc2 Bxe3+ 32. Nxe3 Rxb3 33. Nxd5 Rxa3
34. Nxc7 a4 $19) 28... Nxb5 29. Bf2 (29. Nc2 Nc3 30. Rfe1 Rxb3 $19) 29... Nxd4
30. Rxc7 Rxb3 31. Rc5 Rxa3 32. Rxd5 Ne2+ 33. Kh1 Ra1 $19 34. Rd6 Bc3 35. Rc6
Bb4 36. Rc4 g5 37. Re4 Rxe4 38. fxe4 Nf4 39. Bg3 (39. Bg3 Nd3 $19) 0-1

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. f4 $5 {/N/} (10. Be2 O-O 11. b3 f5 12. f4 Ned7 13. Nf3 Nf6
14. Nd4 $16 {Weinzette,E-Posch,W/Loosdorf/1993/1|0/27/}) 10... Ng4 11. Bd4 Nf6
12. Nf3 O-O 13. Be2 e6 $1 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. b3 Nc8 $5 (15... d5 16. c5 Nbd7 17.
O-O Rc8 18. Nb5 Ne4 19. Nxa7 Bxd4+ 20. Nxd4 Rxc5 21. f5 $36) 16. O-O Ne7 17.
Ng5 (17. Qd2 $6 Nf5 18. Bf2 Ng4 $36) 17... Nc6 18. Nxe6 (18. Bf2 d5 19. c5 d4
20. Nce4 Nd5) 18... fxe6 19. Bf2 d5 20. cxd5 (20. Qd3 $5 Qd7 (20... d4 21. Ne4
$6 (21. Nb5 Nh5 22. Bxh5 gxh5 23. Qe4 Qd7 24. Rcd1 Rad8 $13) 21... Nb4 22. Qh3
d3 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Rfd1 Nxa2 25. Rxd3 Nxc1 26. Rxd8 Nxe2+ 27. Kf1 Raxd8 28.
Qxe6+ Kg7 29. Qxe2 Rfe8 30. Qf3 $10) 21. Rcd1 Rad8 22. Bh4 $14) 20... Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 exd5 22. Bc5 (22. Qd2 d4 23. Bf3 Qd6 24. g3 Rad8 $132) 22... Rf6 (22...
Re8 $6 23. f5 $1) 23. Bf3 d4 24. g3 (24. Qd2 $5) 24... Qd7 25. Qd3 Rd8 26. Rfe1
Kh8 27. Kg2 b6 28. Ba3 a5 29. Qb5 (29. Rc4 $5) 29... Nb4 $1 30. Qxd7 Rxd7 (
30... Rxd7 31. Re8+ Rf8 32. Rcc8 Kg8 33. Bg4 Rd6 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 51st"]
[Site "Lubniewice"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kaminski, Marcin"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1995.09.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wroclaw Hetman"]
[BlackTeam "Suwalki Hancza"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg5 $5 Bg7 8.
Rc1 O-O $5 {/N/} (8... Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Be2 O-O 11. b3 a5 12. Nf3 Nbd7 13. Nd4
Nc5 14. Be3 f5 15. Qd2 $16 {Petrosian,T-Dreyer,M/Tel Aviv/1964/1|0/33/}) 9. Be2
h6 10. Be3 d5 11. c5 Nc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. Nge2 Nc6 (13... Bf5 14. Qd2 Kh7 15.
O-O Nc6 16. Rfd1 Bd3 17. Nf4 Nxd4 18. Nxd3 cxd3 19. Qxd3 e5 20. Ne4 $14) 14.
Qa4 Na5 15. O-O b6 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Qb4 Rb8 18. cxb6 Qxb6 (18... axb6 19. d5
$14) 19. Qxe7 Rb7 20. d5 Qd8 21. Qa3 (21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd2 Rdb8 23. h3 a6 $13)
21... Re8 22. Rd2 (22. Bc5 Bg4 $1 (22... Rxe2 $2 23. Nxe2 Bxb2 24. Qe3 Bxc1 25.
Rxc1 $16) 23. f3 Bf5 24. Bb4 Qb6+ 25. Bc5 Qd8 $13) 22... h5 23. Nd4 Bf8 24. d6
h4 25. Qc5 (25. Nd5 $5 h3 26. Ne7+ Rxe7 (26... Bxe7 27. dxe7 Rxe7 28. Bg5 Re1+
29. Rxe1 Qxg5 30. f4 Qxf4 31. Qe3 $16) 27. dxe7 Bxe7 28. Qc3 Bb4 29. Qc2 Bxd2
30. Qxd2 hxg2 31. Nf3 $40) 25... h3 26. Qd5 (26. Nd5 $5) 26... Bg7 $146 27. Bg5
(27. Qg5 Bf6 28. Qf4 Be5 29. Qh6 Bg7 $10) 27... Qb6 28. Be7 Nc6 29. Nxc6 Bxc6
30. Qg5 Rd7 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. Qxd5 $6 (32. Rxd5 $1 Qxb2 33. Rxc4 Qxa2 34. Rc1
hxg2 35. Rcd1 $14) 32... Bh6 33. Bg5 (33. Rcd1 Bxd2 34. Rxd2 c3 35. bxc3 Rexe7
$1 36. dxe7 Qb1+ 37. Rd1 Qxd1+ $19) 33... Rxd6 $1 34. Qxd6 Bxg5 35. Rcd1 Bxd2
36. Qxd2 Rb8 37. gxh3 (37. Rb1 Rd8 (37... hxg2 $5) (37... Qc6 38. gxh3 c3 39.
Qc2 Rb5 $40) 38. Qc3 hxg2 39. Qxc4 Rd2 40. Qc8+ $10) 37... Qxb2 38. Qxb2 Rxb2
39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Rc8 Rb4 41. Rc6 Ra4 42. Kf1 a5 43. h4 Kh6 44. Rc5 Kg7 (44...
f5 $5 45. Kg2 Rxa2 46. Rxc4 a4 47. Rc7 a3 48. Ra7 Ra1 49. Kh3 $10) 45. Rc6 Rxa2
46. Rxc4 Rb2 47. Rc5 a4 48. Ra5 Rb4 49. h5 $10 Kh6 50. hxg6 fxg6 51. Kg2 g5 52.
f3 Kg6 53. Kg3 Kf6 54. h3 Rc4 55. Rb5 Rc1 56. Ra5 Rg1+ 57. Kf2 Ra1 58. Kg3 a3
59. Kg2 Kg6 60. Kh2 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow5"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanov, Victor L"]
[Black "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. b3 $5 f5 $5 (9... Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 (11. h3 $5) 11... f5 12. f4 Ng4
13. Bxg4 fxg4 14. Nge2 e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. O-O Qd7 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Bd4 $14 {
Priehoda,V-Konopka,M/Topolcianky/1994/0,5/29/}) (9... e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8
(11. Nb5 $6 Nc6 12. Bc5 Re8 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nxa7 Nd7 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Be3
Rxa2 $17) 11... Rxd8 12. c5 $5 N6d7 (12... Nd5 13. Nxd5 Rxd5 14. Bc4 Rd8 15.
Nf3 $14) 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Bc4 $14) 10. Nf3 $5 {N/} (10. Nh3 $5 h6 11. f4 Be6 12.
d5 Bf7 13. Be2 Re8 14. O-O e6 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Bd4 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Nc6 18. Qf2
$14 {Malisauskas,V-Kupreichik,V/Moscow/1994/0,5/57/}) 10... f4 (10... e5 $6 11.
dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. c5 N6d7 14. Bc4+ Kf8 15. Ng5 Nf6 16. Nf7 Re8 17.
Nb5 $16) 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 $1 Bxe5 14. Be2 e6 15. dxe6 (15. Bf3
$5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Be6 17. Ba5 $1) 15... Bxe6 16. Bf3 d5 17. cxd5 (17. c5 d4 $1
18. Ne4 Nd5 $132) 17... Nxd5 18. Nxd5 (18. O-O $5 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3
Qb6 21. Re1 $14) 18... Bxd5 19. Bb4 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Bb2 (20... Rf7 21. O-O Qf6
22. Rfd1 $14) 21. O-O $1 (21. Bxf8 $6 Qe8+ $1 22. Kd2 Bxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rd8+ 24.
Kc2 Qxf8 $132) 21... Bxc1 22. Bxf8 Qxf8 23. Rxc1 Qf7 24. Rc4 Rf8 25. h4 $14 h5
$6 (25... b6 $5 $14) 26. Rb4 b6 27. Rc4 Kh7 28. Qe4 Kh6 29. Qc2 Qe7 (29... Qf5
$5) 30. Rc6 $1 Rf6 31. Rc7 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Qe5 $6 (32... f3 $5 33. g3 a5 34. Qb2
$22 Qe2 $4 35. Qc1+) 33. Rxa7 Re6 (33... f3+ 34. g3 Qe2 $2 35. Qc1+ $18) 34.
Rf7 Re7 35. Qc4 $1 $18 Rxf7 36. Qxf7 f3+ 37. g3 Qe2 38. Qf4+ Kh7 39. Qc7+ (39.
Qc7+ Kh6 40. Qxb6 Qf1 41. Qe3+ $18) 1-0

[Event "AUT-ch"]
[Site "Wolfsberg"]
[Date "1985.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Klinger, Josef"]
[Black "Herndl, Harald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1985.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Nf3 Be7 {Gilt als Hauptvariante. Andere Moeglichkeiten sind 9....Sb4, 9..
..Lg4, 9.... Lb4 und 9....Dd7.} 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. e6
fxe6 14. dxe6 Bc6 15. Qg4 Bh4+ 16. g3 Bxh1 17. gxh4 O-O 18. O-O-O Qf6 19. Bb5
Qe5 (19... Bf3 20. Nxf3 Qxf3 21. Qxf3 Rxf3 22. Bxb6 $18) (19... Bc6 20. Bg5 Qe5
21. e7 Rfe8 22. Nf5 $18) (19... c6 $5 $13) 20. Bg5 $1 {Schlecht ist 20.Lh6?
Kh8!} c5 21. e7 cxd4 22. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 23. Rxh1 a5 (23... Qc5 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25.
Be7 Nxa2+ 26. Kc2 $3 Rf2+ 27. Kb3 $1 Qc7 28. Bd6 $1 $18) (23... N6d5 24. Qe2
Qc7 25. Bc4 $1 $18) 24. Qe2 $1 (24. Qe4 Nxa2+ 25. Kc2 Rf2+ 26. Kb3 Rxb2+ 27.
Ka3 Rxb5 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. Nxa2 Nc4+ 30. Kb3 b5 $13 {[ECO], doch steht nach
Klinger Schwarz hier bereits besser. Nach dem Textzug kommt Weiss mit der nun
folgenden Kombination klar in Vorteil.}) 24... Qc7 (24... Qc5 25. Be7 Nxa2+ 26.
Kb1 Nxc3+ 27. bxc3 Qd5 28. Bxf8 Qxh1+ 29. Kc2 Qd5 30. Ba3 {mit Vorteil fuer
Weiss; oder noch staerker 25.De6+ - siehe Anmerkung zum 23. Zug von Schwarz.})
25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Rf1 $3 {Der einzige Zug fuer Weiss, doch stellt er Schwarz
vor grosse Probleme.} Rg8 (26... Rxf1+ 27. Bxf1 h6 28. Bh3 hxg5 29. Qe8+ Kh7
30. Bf5+ g6 31. Qxg6+ Kh8 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Be6+ $18) (26... Rc8 27. Be8 Nxa2+
28. Kb1 Nxc3+ 29. bxc3 $18 {z.B. 29....Dc5 30.Le7.}) 27. Bf4 $1 {Schlecht ist
27.Tf7, mit der Idee 27....Dc5?? 28.Txg7!, wegen 27....Dxh2 mit der
Mattdrohung auf c2; oder auch 27....Dc8; ebenso ist nach 27.Le7?! h6! kei- ne
Fortsetzung fuer Weiss zu sehen.} Qc8 28. Qxc8 Rxc8 29. Bc7 $3 {Die Pointe der
weissen Kombination!} Nxa2+ $5 {Noch das Staerkste!} (29... N4d5 30. Nxd5 Nxd5
31. Kb1 $1 Nxc7 32. Rc1 $18) (29... Na8 30. Bd7 Rg8 31. Bxa5 $18) (29... dxc3
30. Bxb6 Nxa2+ (30... c2 31. Bc4 $1 h6 32. Rf4 Re8 33. Bf2 Rd8 34. Rd4 Rf8 35.
Rd2 Rc8 36. Bb3 $18) 31. Kc2 Nb4+ 32. Kb3 c2 33. Bxa5 c1=Q 34. Rxc1 Rxc1 35.
Bxb4 $18) 30. Nxa2 Rxc7+ 31. Kd2 Kg8 32. Rf4 $18 Rc5 33. Be2 Rd5 34. b3 $1 {
Nimmt dem Rappen das Feld a4.} h6 35. Bg4 Kh7 36. Kd3 Rb5 37. Bf5+ Kh8 38. Be6
Re5 39. Rf8+ Kh7 40. Bf5+ g6 41. Rf7+ Kg8 42. Bxg6 Rd5 43. Rxb7 Nd7 44. Be4
Ne5+ 45. Kd2 Rd6 46. Rb5 Ng4 47. Rxa5 Nxh2 48. Bd5+ Kg7 49. Kd3 {[IM J.
Klinger im Turnierbulletin]} 1-0

[Event "NOR-ch"]
[Site "Drammen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fossan, Erik"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. d5 e5 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Nge2 f5 10. b3 a5 11. O-O Na6 12. f4 Nd7 13. Be3 Ndc5 14. Bc2 Bf6 15.
Rc1 Bd7 16. Kh1 Qe7 17. Qd2 Rae8 18. Rce1 Qd8 19. a3 g6 20. Rb1 Bc8 21. b4 axb4
22. axb4 Nd7 23. Ba4 Kh8 24. Bb5 Nc7 25. c5 Qe7 {[#]} 26. fxe5 (26. Bxd7 $1)
26... Bxe5 27. Bg5 Qf7 28. Ba4 dxc5 29. bxc5 Na6 30. c6 bxc6 31. Bxc6 Nac5 32.
Nd4 Ba6 33. Ncb5 Ne4 34. Qa5 Bxb5 35. Qxb5 Rb8 36. Qa4 $22 0-1

[Event "URS-ch03 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1924.09.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Rabinovich, Ilya Leontievich"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Rabinovich,IL"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1924.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Shakhmaty i Shashki v Rabochem Klube '64' 1925. No.1, p.6-7.} Nf6 2.
e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Be3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Qc8 8. c5 $1 {[#]}
Bxb1 (8... dxc5 9. dxc5 Bxb1 (9... Na4 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Qe4+ $18) 10. Rxb1 N6d7
11. Bc4 $16) 9. Rxb1 N6d7 (9... dxc5 $142 10. dxc5 N6d7 11. Bc4 $16 Ne5 12. Qe4
Nbc6 13. Bd5 (13. f4 f5) 13... Be7 14. Nf3 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Qd7 16. O-O O-O 17.
Rfd1 $16) 10. Qe4+ $18 Kd8 (10... Be7 11. cxd6 cxd6 12. Rc1 $18) 11. Bc4 (11.
Nf3) 11... Nf6 12. Qf3 (12. Qc2) 12... c6 13. Bg5 $18 (13. Bxf7 d5 14. Nh3 $18)
13... Nbd7 14. Bxf7 dxc5 15. Rd1 cxd4 16. Rxd4 Bc5 17. Rd1 Ke7 18. Bb3 Qc7 19.
Qe4+ (19. Kf1 Raf8 20. Qf5 h6 21. Bh4 g5 22. Bg3 Qb6 23. Nf3 $18) 19... Kf8 20.
Qc4 $16 Nd5 21. Ne2 Re8 (21... Qe5 $142 22. Bf4 Bb4+ 23. Qxb4+ Nxb4 24. Bxe5
Nxe5 25. O-O $16) (21... Bb4+ $142 22. Bd2 $16 Bxd2+ 23. Rxd2 N7b6) 22. O-O $18
Qe5 (22... Bd6 23. Nc3 $18) 23. Be3 (23. Nc3 $142) 23... Bxe3 24. fxe3+ $16 Ke7
25. Nf4 {[#]} Qxe3+ (25... N7f6 26. e4 $18) (25... N5f6 26. Ne6 $18 Qxe3+ 27.
Kh1 Nd5 28. Rxd5 cxd5 29. Qxd5 Qe5 30. Qd2 $18) (25... N5b6 $142 26. Qf7+ Kd8
27. Ne6+ Kc8 28. Rd3 $16) 26. Kh1 $18 Qc5 27. Qxc5+ Nxc5 28. Bxd5 g5 29. Rfe1+
Kf6 30. Nh5+ Kg6 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Bf3 Nd3 33. Kg1 Nxb2 34. Rb1 Nd3 35. Ng3 Nf4
36. Rxb7 Re1+ 37. Nf1 h5 38. h3 Rc1 39. Rxa7 c5 40. Rd7 c4 41. Rd1 Rc3 42. Nd2
Kf5 43. Bc6 Ra3 44. Bd7+ Kf6 45. Nxc4 Rxa2 46. Rd2 Ra6 47. g3 Ng6 48. Be8 h4
49. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch10 Semifinal (Leningrad-ch11)"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1936.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Yudovich,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1936.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Yudovich,M:Viycheslav Ragozin. 1984.} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6
5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. d5 Nb8
12. Nd4 Bg6 13. f4 Bf6 14. Bf2 h6 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Na6 17. Ne4 Nd7 18.
Rae1 Nac5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Qc2 a5 21. Nb5 Qd7 22. b3 Na6 23. Qd2 b6 24. h3 Nc5
25. Qc2 Na6 {[#]} 26. g4 $5 (26. a3) 26... c6 (26... a4) 27. dxc6 Qxc6 28. Qd3
(28. Qf5) 28... Nb4 29. Qxd6 Qf3 {[#]} 30. Nc7 $2 (30. Qd7 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Nd3 (
31... Qxh3 32. Re3 $18) 32. Re8+ Rxe8 33. Qxe8+ Kh7 34. Qe3 $11) 30... Red8 $19
31. Qxb6 Bd4 32. Bxd4 Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Qxh3+ 34. Kg1 Rab8 35. Qxa5 Qxg4+ 36. Kh1
Rxd4 37. Qa7 Nc6 38. Qc5 Qh3+ 39. Kg1 Qg3+ 40. Kh1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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 "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 (10. Qd2 {is the main alternative, but the text has been
more popular lately.}) 10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qh4+ 12. Bf2 Qf4 13. c5 Nd5 ({
The main alternative} 13... Nd7 {is under a cloud in view of} 14. Bb5 Be7 15.
O-O Bh4 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qa4 O-O 18. Rad1 Rab8 19. Bxh4 Qxh4 20. Rf2 Rfd8 21.
Qxc6 {Koch-Konopka, Clichy 1993}) 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 g6 17.
Be3 {A novelty in theory, but this was recommended by Timman after his game
with de Firmian given below, and is also approved in ECO.} (17. f4 Bh6 18. Be3
Ne7 19. Bd3 Nf5 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. Rhg1 Kd7 22. Rg3 Rag8 23. b4 Rxg3 $1 (23...
Rg6 24. Ke2 Bf8 25. Rg5 $16 {was Timman-de Firmian, Malmo 2001}) 24. hxg3 Bf8
25. b5 c6 26. a4 Be7 27. Rh1 h5 $11 {was Atalik-de Firmian, Imre Konig
memorial 2002}) 17... f6 (17... h5 18. f4 Ne7 19. Bd3 Nf5 $11 {was Atalik's
comment after his game with de Firmian, although White doesn't have to play 18
f4 at once. The text has a different idea altogether from the blockade
strategy de Firmian was employing, but in the game it doesn't work out at all
well.}) 18. exf6 (18. f4 Bh6 19. Bb5 {looks better for White as well to me. To
be perfectly honest I don't understand why Black wants to give White the
chance to trade away the f-pawn at all.}) 18... Kf7 19. Bb5 {An echo of
Koch-Konopka above.} Nd8 (19... Kxf6 20. Rae1 Bg7 21. Kc3 Rhe8 22. Bf4 Rac8 23.
Bxc6 bxc6 24. Be5+ Kf7 25. f4 {illustrates Black's difficulties, and is also
quite unpleasant for Black.}) 20. Bd7 Kxf6 21. Bf4 Ke7 22. Bh3 c6 23. Rhe1+ $16
Kf7 24. Kd3 Bg7 25. a4 {A difficult move to understand. I think the point is
that Black cannot move his knight on d8 and is thus more or less hopeless
unless he can get ...b6 in. White wants to meet ...b6 with cxb6 axb6; Bc7, and
so he begins his planned queenside advance with the move which brings the
potential passed a-pawn a little nearer touchdown and restricts the Black rook.
} (25. b4 $2 b6 26. cxb6 $2 axb6 27. Bc7 $4 Ra3+ {, by contrast, would be
disastrous.}) 25... Bf6 (25... b6 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Bc7 Ra6 28. b4 c5 29. b5
Ra8 30. Bxb6 Bxd4 31. Ra2 {would illustrate the above point: the queenside
pawns win quickly, but clearly with the a-pawn on a2 this line would not have
worked at all.}) 26. b4 a6 27. Bd7 g5 28. Bg3 h5 29. b5 {I'm not sure about
this. Now that Black has been restrained from ...b6 I would have thought it
made more sense to move all the pieces to their most active positions and
break open the kingside, where White has an extra piece, with f4.} (29. Bc7 h4
30. Ra2 Rg8 31. Rae2 Kg6 32. f4 {is only a sample line generated with the
computer, but I can't quite see what Black's counter to this plan is.}) 29...
axb5 30. axb5 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 cxb5 32. Bxb5 Kg6 {Black seems to lose very
quickly now for no particular reason. It was surely better finally to develop
the knight with} (32... Ne6 {. I don't see that White has better than
defending the d-pawn with} 33. Ra4 {but after} h4 {Black can at least move all
his pieces and seems to me to have much better drawing chances than he does in
the game.} 34. Bf2 Nf4+ 35. Kd2 Rh7 36. Be3 Ke6 {, for example, enables him to
defend the b-pawn laterally, and while White may still be better he certainly
has a long struggle ahead if he wants to win.}) 33. Re1 Kf7 {This can't have
been Black's idea: somewhere here Baburin must have overlooked a tactic, but I
can't see what it was.} 34. Bd7 Nc6 35. Be6+ $18 Kg7 36. Rb1 Nxd4 37. Rxb7+ Kh6
38. Bxd5 Rd8 39. Kc4 Nf5 40. Be4 Rd4+ 41. Kb5 Rxe4 42. fxe4 Nxg3 43. hxg3 Be5
44. Re7 1-0

[Event "Villa Martelli Ann 50th"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "2005.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Black "Slipak, Sergio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2005.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qf3 {Korchnoi's invention to spice up this rather dull ...exd6 Exchange line.}
Nc6 9. O-O-O Be6 (9... f5 {and}) (9... Bg5 {are the two main alternatives.})
10. b3 (10. c5 {is the main alternative when the splendid scrap
Neelotpal-Miles, Andorra 1998, went} Nd7 11. Nge2 Nf6 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nf4 Re8
14. g4 h6 15. Bb5 dxc5 16. dxc5 Qc8 17. Qg3 Ne5 18. Be2 Bc6 19. f3 Nfd7 20.
Rhg1 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. g5 Qf5 23. gxh6 g6 24. Qh4 Kh7 25. Ncd5 Bxd5 26.
Nxd5 Ned7 27. Rg5 Qe6 28. Qd4 Kxh6 29. Rdg1 Qc6 30. Bc4 Ne5 31. Rxe5 $4 $19 (
31. Ne3 $18) 31... Rxe5 32. Qf4+ (32. Qxe5 Nd3+) 32... g5 33. Qxf7 Nd7 34. b3
Rf8 35. Ne7 Qb6 36. Ng8+ Rxg8 {0-1: a game with some fairly typical themes for
this variation as well as (I imagine) a ferocious time scramble.}) 10... Qc8 (
10... a5 {has been more popular and certainly weakening the White king with ...
a5; a4 looks tempting.}) 11. h3 Bf5 $146 (11... a5 {1/2-1/2 was Seul-Horvath,
Budapest 1995.}) 12. Nge2 a5 13. g4 Bg6 14. h4 f5 15. g5 f4 ({This wasn't
compulsory: after} 15... a4 16. c5 dxc5 17. dxc5 axb3 18. cxb6 bxa2 19. Kb2 Bf7
{Black has dangerous compensation for the piece, so 15...a4 was a very logical
alternative.}) 16. Nxf4 a4 17. Bh3 ({The computer seems very confident about} 
17. Qe2 Bf5 (17... Rxf4 18. Bxf4 axb3 19. axb3 Qf5 20. Be3 Nb4 21. Qb2 Ra1+ 22.
Kd2 $18) 18. c5 Nd7 19. Nxa4 dxc5 20. dxc5 Rxa4 (20... Nde5 21. Bg2 Kh8 22.
Rhe1 Ra5 23. Rd5) 21. bxa4 Nde5 22. Bg2 Qa8 23. Qb5 $18 {, and as usual I am
not able to prove it wrong, although one can see that carbon-based players are
going to be uneasy about White's airy king.}) 17... Bf5 18. Kb2 axb3 19. axb3
Ne5 20. Qe2 {Either my computer is off form or the players were, because it
reckons Black's piece sacrifice is nonsense in more ways than one. Two that
it's particularly attached to are .} (20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Bxb6 Ba3+ 22. Ka1 {
(these machines have no fear)} exf4 (22... Bc5+ 23. Na4 cxb6 24. Qd5+ Kh8 25.
Bxf5 Rxf5 26. Ne6 $18) 23. Bd4 $18) ({and, fairly simply,} 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21.
Qe4 {when it offers nothing better than a desperate punt with} Nbxc4+ 22. bxc4
Nxc4+ 23. Kb1 Rf7 {. Again I'm afraid I can't do any better than these
variations. Having said that Felgaer's method works perfectly well too in the
game, although I think Bxf5 and Qe4 was easier..}) 20... d5 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22.
Ncxd5 Ba3+ 23. Kc3 Ng6 (23... Nxd5+ 24. Nxd5 Nf3 {perhaps gave more chance of
causing some confusion, but White's king is surprisingly safe on c3.}) 24. Qd3
Nxd5+ 25. Nxd5 Qd7 26. Ra1 b5 27. h5 Ne7 28. Nxe7+ Bxe7 29. cxb5 $18 Rab8 30.
Ra5 Rf5 31. Qc4+ Kh8 32. Rha1 Qd8 33. Qc6 Rf8 34. f4 Bd6 35. h6 Qe7 36. Kd3
Rbe8 37. Qf3 Qf7 38. Kc3 Qe6 39. Bd2 gxh6 40. gxh6 Qxh6 41. Ra8 Qg6 42. f5 Qf7
43. Rxe8 Qxe8 44. f6 Qd8 45. Bh6 Rxf6 46. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "La Roche sur Yon"]
[Site "La Roche sur Yon"]
[Date "2006.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nge2 {Quite a popular method of tackling Black's solid ...exd6 system.} Bf6 (
8... O-O {is commoner, although if White wants to he can always keep the
king's bishop with} 9. b3 {(defending c4 so as to meet ...Nb4 with Bb1)}) 9.
Be3 O-O ({Since} 9... Nb4 10. Bb1 Nxc4 $4 {is impossible White succeeds in
preserving his d3 bishop.}) 10. b3 (10. O-O Nb4 {is often played but Rodriguez
prefers to stop the possibility of this exchanging manoeuvre.}) 10... Re8 11.
O-O Bg4 {Bauer's set-up is perhaps the most natural way to meet White's solid
system, but this position hasn't been reached that often.} 12. Qd2 Bh5 (12...
d5 13. c5 Nc8 {looks like Black's most thematic method to me, and} 14. h3 Bxe2
15. Nxe2 N8e7 16. b4 a6 {led to an immediate draw in V.Dimitrov-J.Nogueiras,
Terrassa open 1996.}) 13. Rae1 (13. Nf4 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Be4 Qd7 {also
gave White the advantage in S.Martinovic-R.Nicevski, Yugoslav Champs 1963.})
13... Bg6 14. h3 ({Presumably Bauer wasn't afraid of} 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. d5 Ne5
16. Ne4 {although this looks pretty disagreeable for Black to me and indeed
clearly preferable for White to what happens in the game.}) 14... d5 15. c5 Nc8
16. Nf4 N8e7 ({Black can't yet take the bishop because of} 16... Bxd3 17. Qxd3
N8e7 18. Nh5 {, but, curiously to my eyes, White prefers anyway to keep his
knight rather than the bishop.}) 17. g4 {An ambitious move which presumably
was the idea of White's fourteenth. This plan of advancing the kingside pawns
is often dangerous for Black in this ...exd6 system, although where Black has
managed to exchange his bishop it isn't so clear what White is achieving.} Bxd3
18. Qxd3 g6 19. Rb1 b6 20. b4 Qd7 $6 {A very provocative and probably rather
bad move. It isn't easy to understand what Bauer had against the natural} (
20... bxc5 21. bxc5 Qd7 {. White can easily end up missing his light-squared
bishop after ...Na5-c4, as in the classic game for Black in this ...exd6 line;
Gipslis-Larsen, Sousse interzonal 1967.}) 21. Rfd1 Bg7 (21... bxc5 {can now be
met by} 22. dxc5) 22. b5 Na5 23. c6 Qd8 24. Ng2 $1 {The start of an excellent
regrouping plan which Bauer had obviously totally underestimated. White needs
to get his bishop playing, and he also prepares to go Ne3 and remove Black's
only good piece..} a6 25. a4 axb5 26. axb5 Nc4 27. Bf4 h5 $6 {A desperate move,
but it's hard to see what defence Black had anyway to the simple plan Re1, Ne3
and so on.} 28. Qg3 (28. gxh5 gxh5 29. Qf3 Ra3 30. Bc1 {was also very strong
but Rodriguez prefers to continue his plan.}) 28... Ra3 29. Rd3 Ra7 30. Ne3
hxg4 31. hxg4 Nxe3 32. Bxe3 Nc8 33. Qf3 {Winning material and effectively
concluding the game.} Nd6 34. Qxd5 Qh4 35. Qg5 Qxg5 36. Bxg5 Ra3 37. Rbd1 Bxd4
$2 {Black was lost of course, but this loses at once.} 38. Rxd4 Rxc3 39. Bf6
Re6 40. g5 Ne8 41. Rd8 Rh3 42. Kg2 Rh4 43. Kg3 Rh5 44. R1d7 Rh1 45. Be7 {
A terrible disaster for Black who emerged fine from the opening but completely
underestimated White's prospects once the pawn came to c6.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tazbir, Marcin"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. d5 {A rare move which
is probably better than its reputation. White has scored very well with it
although it has yet to attract a GM following. In fact Zelcic has lost against
it before.} e5 {The reply usually recommended.} (6... g6 $2 7. Qd4 {is bad,
but 6...e6 is a reasonable alternative.}) 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 {
White's usual set-up: he needs to be able to meet ...f5 with f4.} f5 10. b3
N8d7 (10... a5 {is the alternative, eg} 11. O-O Na6 12. f4 Nd7 13. Be3 Ndc5 14.
Bc2 Bf6 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Kh1 Qe7 {with rough equality, Fossan-Agdestein,
Norwegian Champs 1994}) (10... e4 11. Bc2 N8d7 12. O-O Ne5 13. Nd4 Bf6 14. f4
exf3 15. gxf3 Ng6 16. f4 Nd7 17. Kh1 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Nf6 {was Biti-Zelcic, Rabac
open 2003, where clearly Black's play hadn't quite come off and White was
better and went on to defeat his higher-rated opponent quite comfortably.}) 11.
O-O {This position has been reached several times before.} Kh8 $146 (11... e4
12. Bc2 Bf6 13. Be3 {looks like the most natural method for Black to me, and
now maybe 13...} Ne5 $13 {: in Grobelsek-Begovac, Velika Gorica 2003, Black
introduced interesting complications with} (13... f4 $6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Bxe4
Nc5 16. Rc1 Bg4 17. Qc2 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Be5 19. Ng5 Rf5 {but now} 20. Nf3 {
would have left him struggling a little to demonstrate compensation.})) (11...
g5 12. f3 Nc5 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. Be3 (14. b4 Na6 15. c5 $6 dxc5 16. d6 Bf6 17. b5
Nb4 18. Bb1 $15 {was less successful in Palkovi-Krizsany, Budapest 1994.})
14... Qe8 15. Qd2 Qh5 16. Rae1 Rf7 17. Ng3 Qh6 18. Bf2 Raf8 {perhaps rather
favoured White in Berescu-Grunberg, Timisoara 1993.}) 12. Rb1 f4 {A very
committal move, of course, and it doesn't take a grandmaster to notice the e4
square it grants White. But there are counterbalances in the gain of space on
the kingside, and this move is reasonably common in this structure.} 13. f3 Nc5
14. Bc2 a5 15. a3 Bf5 {Strategically a risky move, of course, but the exchange
of bishops at some point is necessary to obtain counterplay against c4 and
make sense of Black's knights.} (15... a4 {is a critical try to weaken c4, but}
16. b4 Na6 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Nxa4 Nxc4 20. Qd3 Qc8 21. Bxf4 exf4
22. Rfc1 b5 23. Nb6 Qb7 24. Nxa8 Rxd5 25. Qe4 Qxa8 26. Nc3 Qa7+ 27. Kh1 Re5 28.
Nxb5 Rxb5 29. Rxc4 $16 {, while a suspiciously long variation, is quite hard
for Black to deviate from.}) 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Qc2 Rf8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 a4
20. Bd2 Qc7 21. Rfc1 axb3 22. Rxb3 Nd7 {I'm not sure about this move. The
knight's position on b6 attacking the c4 pawn had some advantages, while after
taking it to c5 Black constantly has to watch out for White exchanging it for
the bishop followed by a knight-v-bad bishop squeeze.} (22... Rfc8 {was a very
natural alternative which might even have given Black some advantage.} 23. Be1
Nxc4 24. Kh1 b5 25. Rxb5 Qd7 26. Rb3 Nxa3 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Nxf4 exf4 29. Qxe7
Qc1 {, for example, favours Black.}) 23. Qb1 Nc5 24. Rb5 Rxa3 25. Bb4 Rb3 26.
Qc2 Rc8 $4 {Losing in one move from a more or less equal position.} (26... Ra8
{was essential to prevent White's next.} 27. Nc3 Rxb4 28. Rxb4 Nd3 29. Qxd3
Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Qxb4 {is a useful trick.}) 27. Ba5 $1 {I suppose Zelcic simply
missed this move altogether.} b6 28. Bxb6 Qb7 ({If Black wanted to keep
playing it had to be with} 28... Qxb6 29. Rxb6 Rxb6 {followed by stout defence,
but after 26...Rc8 it's understandable if he didn't want to!}) 29. Rxb3 Nxb3
30. Qxb3 Bd8 31. Rb1 Rb8 32. Bxd8 Qxb3 33. Rxb3 Rxb3 34. Bc7 Rb2 35. Kf2 Rc2
36. Bxd6 Rxc4 37. Bxe5 Kg8 38. Nxf4 Kf7 39. h4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lanzani, Mario"]
[Black "Sergeev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3 Bf5 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Be2 N8d7 (9... Nc6 {is the usual move, of course, but in the game a
position arises which is also often met with after that move.}) 10. O-O Re8 11.
d5 Ne5 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. b3 c5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Be3 {This is the position in
question: normally Black's knight has gone by way of c6, and Black can also
retreat the bishop from f5 to g6.} Qc7 16. Rc1 Rad8 17. Qc2 {Only here do the
players deviate from I.Rogers-Bagirov, 2nd Bundesliga 1995, which went} (17.
Qd2 Bc8 (17... Bf8 18. f4 Ng6 19. f5 Ne5 20. f6 $16) 18. Qc2 Bf8 19. Rfd1 Qe7
20. Bf4 Bb7 21. Nf5 Qe6 22. Re1 Qg6 23. Bg3 Bc8 24. Nd4 Bb7 25. Qxg6 hxg6 26.
Bf1 a6 27. Nc2 f6 28. f4 Nf7 29. Bf2 Nd7 30. Nd4 f5 31. g4 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 c5 33.
Ne6 Re8 34. g5 Rc8 35. Nd5 Nd8 36. Nxf8 Kxf8 37. Ne7 Rc7 38. Nxg6+ Kf7 39. Nh8+
Kf8 40. Bd3 Nf7 41. Ng6+ Kg8 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Bxf5 {1-0. White's nagging
structural advantage in this line is very difficult to shake, and Baburin, one
of the great experts in this line for Black, has recently been experimenting
with move orders designed to try and avoid it.}) 17... Bf8 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bd2
c5 {Quite a strange move since presumably the purpose of White's last couple
of moves was to vacate e3 for the knight to reach via f5.} ({I wonder if this
was the moment for ...d5. I don't see anything in particular for White after} 
19... d5 20. cxd5 cxd5 {I think avoiding this was probably part of the purpose
of Rogers' Qd2-c2 two-step.}) 20. Nf5 Qc8 21. Ne3 g6 22. Ne4 Re6 23. Nd5 Bg7
24. Nf4 (24. Nxd6 {at once seems to win a pawn for nothing and retain much the
superior position: either the players missed this completely or my computer
and I are deluded.} Qc6 25. Nb5 Qb7 26. Nbc7 Rd6 27. Be3 {, for example, is
crushing - perhaps White didn't notice how effective the knight would be on b5.
}) 24... Re7 25. Nxd6 Qc6 26. Ne4 Kh8 27. Ng3 Bc8 28. Rfd1 Bb7 29. Bf1 Red7 30.
Be3 f5 {White still stands better, to be sure, but Black has managed to
generate a little bit of counterplay.} 31. Nd5 {Giving back the pawn and
trading Black's worst piece leaves only the hope of exploiting the weak c5
pawn, and is an admission that Black's counterplay has become too strong.
According to the computer White should have begun to exchange pieces with} (31.
Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Rd1 {. 32...} g5 {now looks scary but White seems to retain the
edge, for example} 33. Nfh5 f4 34. Rxd7 Nbxd7 35. Nxg7 Kxg7 36. Nf5+ Kf6 37.
Bd2 Qe6 38. Nh6 Kg7 39. Ng4 Nxg4 40. hxg4 Qxg4 41. f3 Qe6 {It is
understandable why White wouldn't go for this line in a game, though.}) 31...
Nxd5 32. cxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Rd1 Rxd1 35. Qxd1 Bf6 36. Qc1 Nd7 37. Ne2
a5 38. Nf4 a4 39. bxa4 Qxa4 40. Qc4 $11 Qxc4 41. Bxc4 Bc6 42. Ne6 Ne5 43. Be2
Bd5 44. Nxc5 Bxa2 45. Nd3 Bc4 46. Nc1 Bd5 47. f4 Nc4 48. Bxc4 Bxc4 49. Kf2 h5
50. Ne2 Kg8 51. Bd4 Bd8 52. Ng1 Bc7 53. Ke3 Bf1 54. Kf2 Bb5 55. Ke3 Bc6 56. Nf3
Kf7 57. Ne5+ Bxe5 58. Bxe5 Bxg2 59. h4 Ke6 60. Bc7 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.03.12"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Borriss, Martin"]
[Black "Appel, Ralf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
Nf3 c6 {A very rare move, whose highest-profile outing was in Mitkov-Gausel,
Ohrid 2001} 9. O-O ({Mitkov-Gausel continued} 9. h3 Re8 10. O-O Bf5 11. Bf4 Na6
12. Qd2 Nc7 13. b3 Ne6 14. Bh2 Bf6 15. Rfe1 Bg6 16. Bf1 {with a slight
advantage for White. 9 h3 looks rather more sensible than Borriss' choice to
me.}) 9... Bg4 10. Qd3 {while this doesn't look to me like the right square
for the queen in this system either; at some point Black is bound to gain a
tempo on her. Instead 10 b3 was a more natural way to meet the threat of ...
Bxf3.} Na6 11. a3 {Already the drawback to White's set-up becomes apparent;} (
11. Re1 Nb4 {is quite annoying: an immediate draw is possible after} 12. Qd1 (
12. Qe4 Bh5 $1) 12... Bf5 13. Rf1 Nc2 14. Rb1 Nb4 {, or Black could also
continue the game with confidence.}) 11... Nc7 12. h3 Bh5 13. b3 Re8 14. Be3 d5
15. c5 Nd7 16. b4 Ne6 {Black has set up in the usual way in this structure,
and has equalised thanks to White's slightly hesitant play (b3-b4, Qd3)} 17. g4
$6 {It is normal for White to try and gain space on the king-side in this
variation, but it looks as though here he must have underestimated Black's
18th. Instead a quiet move like 17 Rfe1 was wiser.} Bg6 18. Qd2 f5 19. Ne1 {
An ugly move to have to make, but} (19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bf8 {followed by ...
Qh4 is also unpleasant.}) 19... f4 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 $5 (20... Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Bf6
22. Qd2 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Rxe2 {was sound and about equal, but Appel is more
ambitious.}) 21. Qxf4 Bg5 22. Qg3 Qf6 23. Rd1 Bf4 24. Qf3 Nf8 25. Bd3 Ne6 {
This is the position Appel would have had to size up at move 20.} 26. Bxg6 hxg6
$1 {A fine move:} (26... Qxg6 {was certainly possible but White might have
been able to relieve the pressure with Qf5 at some stage, for example} 27. Qd3
Qf6 28. Ng2 Bc7 29. Qf5 Qxf5 30. gxf5) 27. Nd3 (27. Qd3 Bc7 28. Ne2 (28. Ng2
Nf4) 28... Re7 29. Rb1 (29. Nf3 Rf8 30. Kg2 Qxf3+) 29... Ng5 30. Kg2 Rae8 31.
Rb2 Nxh3 32. Qxh3 (32. Kxh3 Re3+) 32... Rxe2 {is a sample variation to
illustrate White's difficulties.}) 27... Ng5 28. Qg2 Bc7 29. Ne1 Ne6 30. Ne2 (
30. Qf3 Bf4 {would repeat, but this time I imagine Appel would have played} (
30... Nf4 {, when even ...Kf7 and...Rh8 is in the air.})) 30... Nxc5 31. dxc5
Rxe2 32. Nf3 Rf8 33. Rd3 Qe7 34. Rfd1 {A strange-looking move. 34 Nd4 is more
natural, but in any case clearly Black is better.} Rf4 35. Rd4 Qf6 36. Rxf4
Qxf4 37. Rd4 Re4 38. Rxe4 dxe4 39. Nh2 {A curious move; it looks more natural
to try and keep the knight nearer the action with 39 Ne1, but I doubt that
White can hold on in any case.} e3 $19 40. fxe3 Qxe3+ 41. Kh1 Qxa3 42. Nf3 Qa1+
43. Qg1 Qxg1+ 44. Kxg1 Kf7 45. Kf2 Ke6 46. Ke3 Kd5 47. Kd3 Bd8 48. Nd2 a5 49.
bxa5 Bxa5 50. Ne4 Bd8 51. Nd6 b5 52. Nf7 Be7 53. g5 Ke6 54. Nh8 Kf5 0-1

[Event "CUB-ch KO"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "2005.04.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Almeida Quintana, Omar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2005.04.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 {The Four Pawns Attack seems to
be coming into fashion at the moment after a period of neglect.} dxe5 6. fxe5
Bf5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nf3 Be7 {Black's main defence.} 10. d5 (10. Be2 O-O
11. O-O f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 {is a much quieter alternative, but the text has
always been reckoned the crucial challenge.}) 10... exd5 ({The older} 10... Nb4
{is presently in the doghouse: White is considered to have two good lines.} 11.
Nd4 (11. Rc1 exd5 12. a3 c5 13. axb4 d4 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qb8 16. Nxf5
Qxe5+ 17. Be2 Qxf5 18. c5 Nd7 19. Nd5 {(Velimirovic-Marovic, Yugoslavia 1977)
is supposed to be the other good line for White - much of the theory of this
line was worked out in Yugoslavia in the late seventies.}) 11... Bg6 12. a3 c5
13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Na4 O-O 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 {is
nowadays usually assessed as good for White.}) 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Nd4 Bd7 ({
The only sensible move:} 12... Bg6 13. Bb5+ {is bad.}) 13. Qf3 (13. e6 fxe6 14.
dxe6 Bc6 15. Qg4 Bh4+ 16. g3 Bxh1 17. O-O-O Qf6 18. gxh4 O-O {was once the
main line, but these complications were worked out as satisfactory for Black
in the early 1970's and computers don't seem to have made much impression on
the old conclusions.}) (13. Qb3 {is another try but} c5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. O-O-O
Qc7 16. Bc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Qxe5 {was no good for White in Tsarev-Palatnik, Kiev
1989}) 13... c5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Be2 {This move has been played a couple of
times before by lower-rated players but this game and its outcome may well be
set to give it a boost. White just doesn't see why he needs to do anything
quickly or put his king in danger on the queen's side.} ({Neither} 15. a3 c5 {
nor}) (15. O-O-O O-O {achieve anything much for White, while preventing
castling by}) (15. e6 {is critical but probably just bad after} fxe6 16. O-O-O
N6d5 17. a3 Nxc3 18. Nxe6 Nca2+ $1 (18... Qa5 {is another story and may or may
not be adequate also}) 19. Kb1 Bxe6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. axb4 Nxb4 {when Black
has well-nigh overwhelming compensation for the queen; this is analysis by
Cafferty which was tested in Pegoraro-Henderson, Ischia 1996, in which White
was crushed.}) 15... O-O 16. O-O N4d5 (16... N6d5 17. Bf2 (17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18.
Bf2 Qc7 19. Rac1 {was Souleidis-Stephanopoulos, Aghia Pelagia 2004, which is
also nice for White since} Qxe5 $2 {is bad:} (19... Qb7 {was played in the
game when Souleidis'} 20. Rfd1 {didn't work out, but some move defending the
b-pawn such as 20 b3 or Nb3 ought to maintain a modest edge}) 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21.
Rxc6 Nb4 (21... Qxb2 22. Qxd5 Qxe2 23. Re1 $18) 22. Rc4 Qxb2 23. a3 Nc2 24. Qe4
Nxa3 25. Bd3 g6 26. Qxe7 $16) 17... Qc7 18. a3 (18. Bg3 Bc5 {is OK for Black})
18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 Nd5 20. c4 Nb6 21. Qe4 Rae8 {was Alavkin-Kravtsov;
Novgorod 1997: perhaps White holds an edge here but Black managed to defend
himself without too much trouble in the game.}) 17. Bf2 (17. Nxd5 {was
possible, following Souleidis, but Dominguez doesn't mind an exchange on c3,
giving him a c-pawn to contest the d5 square.}) 17... Qc7 18. Bg3 Nxc3 (18...
Bc5 {is not so effective now as it would have been in the Alavkin game, since
after} 19. Rad1 Be6 20. Ne4 {the bishop doesn't have the b6 square. This might
be an argument for 16...N4d5.}) ({But the text does help White inasmuch as it
takes the b pawn away from a square on which it is sometimes vulnerable, and
enables White to control d5.} 18... Be6 {was a possibility: White can't go
directly for e6 since} 19. Ne4 (19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qg4 Bc5+) 19... Nd7 20. Nxe6
fxe6 21. Qg4 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Rf5 23. Rxf5 Ne3 {holds on}) 19. bxc3 Qc8 {White has
definitely secured an edge now.} 20. Bd3 g6 {I'm not sure why Black chose to
play this now, before h7 was threatened.} (20... Nd5 {looks like a better try
to me, since after the text Black just loses a pawn without any corresponding
improvement in his position.}) 21. Be4 Bg4 22. Qf2 Nd5 23. c4 Nc3 24. Nxc6 $18
Nxe4 25. Nxe7+ Kg7 26. Qf4 (26. Nxc8 {was winning also, but Dominguez prefers
to keep the queens.}) 26... Qc5+ 27. Rf2 ({To my inexpert eye} 27. Bf2 {
looks like a rather safer way of doing it:} Qxe7 (27... Nxf2 28. Qf6+ Kh6 29.
Rxf2 {is surely decisive}) 28. Qxe4 Bf5 29. Qf4 {followed by Bh4-f6 looks
extremely strong to me. Black could have had a similar version of this in the
game.}) 27... Bf5 (27... Nxg3 28. Qf6+ Kh6 29. hxg3 Rab8 30. Raf1 Rb6 {fails
to Qh4+ and Nd5-f6.}) 28. Bh4 f6 (28... Rfb8 29. Nxf5+ gxf5 30. Rc1 Nxf2 31.
Bxf2 Qc6 {The text leads to an endgame in which Black is surely lost but does
have some chances to draw.}) 29. Nxf5+ gxf5 30. Qxf5 (30. Bxf6+ Rxf6 31. exf6+
Kxf6 32. Raf1 Nxf2 33. Rxf2 {was an alternative ending which some might have
preferred.}) 30... Qxe5 (30... Nxf2 $4 31. exf6+ {wins the queen of course})
31. Qxe5 fxe5 32. Re2 Rf4 33. g3 Nc3 34. Rxe5 Rxc4 35. Rf1 Nxa2 36. Re7+ $18
Kg8 $8 37. Rff7 Rg4 38. Bf6 Rg6 39. Rg7+ Rxg7 40. Rxg7+ Kf8 41. Rxh7 Re8 42.
Rxa7 Re2 43. Rb7 Nc1 44. Rb2 Kf7 45. Bh8 Re8 46. Rf2+ Kg6 47. Bb2 Nd3 48. Rd2
Re3 49. Bd4 Rf3 50. Bf2 Ne5 51. Kg2 Rf7 52. h3 Kh7 53. g4 {Quite a scary game
for Alekhine enthusiasts. White's idea on move 15 needs a bit of looking at.}
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.03.12"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Moreno Carnero, Javier"]
[Black "Schulze, Ulrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. b3 e5 {The main line of the fashionable Voronezh variation.} 10. dxe5
dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. c5 N6d7 13. Bc4 Nc6 14. Nf3 Na5 15. Be2 h6 {I don't
care for this move:} (15... b6 16. Na4 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. Rxc5 Nb7 19. Rc7
{(Dvoiris-Grunberg, Oberwart 2004) and now 19....Nd6!?, or else}) (15... Nf8
16. Nb5 Be6 (16... Ne6 17. Nd6 h6 18. O-O Rb8 19. Rfd1 Nc6 20. Bc4 Bd7 21. Rd2
Na5 22. Bd5 Bc6 {, on the other hand, was already much better for White in
Almasi-Miroshnichenko, Bundesliga 2004.}) 17. Nd6 Rab8 18. O-O Nc6 19. Rfd1 h6
{as in Bokar-Corvi, 1999, and other games, are both more critical in my
opinion.}) (15... Nc6 16. O-O (16. Nb5 Nf8 17. Nd6 $14 {is better;
Horvath-Sikula, Hungary 2002.}) 16... Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nbxd4
Nxc5 20. Rxc5 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Rxd4 22. Rc7 {was also pretty much equal, although
Black lost, in Raetsky-Santo-Roman, Rohde 2004.}) 16. O-O Nf8 17. Rfd1 (17. Ne4
Nc6 18. Nd6 Rb8 19. a3 (19. Rfd1 $6 Be6) 19... f5 20. Rfd1 Be6 21. b4 {, with
a definite advantage for White, was a very well-timed sequence in
Hunt-Schnabel, Oxford 1998, and in fact I think better than what Moreno does -
White usually does best to go Ne4-d6 as soon as possible in this variation so
that Black is forced into ...Rb8 before ...Be6.}) 17... Be6 18. Nb5 a6 $2 {
A horrible move. ....a6 is rarely a good idea in this structure since it makes
....b6 harder to achieve, weakens b6 and forces White to play the move he is
about to play anyway. Either the normal 18...Nc6 19 Nd6 Rab8, or else 18...
Rxd1+, were better.} 19. Nd6 Rd7 20. Nd2 {White eschews the normally thematic}
(20. b4 Nc6 21. a3 {as that would make Black's ...a6 useful, and instead
brings his knight immediately to target the b6 weakness.}) 20... f5 21. f3 Kh7
22. b4 Nc6 23. a3 Rad8 24. N2c4 Bf6 25. Nb6 Re7 {A very typical position for
this line in which White is slightly better, especially since he has the b6
knight-normally the slight drawback of the thematic f3, restraining Black's
centre and leaving the slightly weak e-pawn, is the difficulty in finding an
active role for this piece.} 26. Bf1 Bg5 27. Bxg5 hxg5 28. Rd2 Kg7 29. Re1 {
The usual plan, pressing on e5.} Kf6 30. h3 Rc7 31. Kf2 Nd7 32. Nd5+ Bxd5 33.
Rxd5 Nf8 34. a4 $6 {White had all the time in the world and he didn't need to
do this at this moment, but no doubt the players were in time trouble.} Nxb4 $2
{Losing; instead} (34... Ne6 35. b5 Ne7 36. Rdxe5 Nxc5 37. b6 Rc6 38. Nxb7 Nxb7
39. Rxe7 Rd2+ 40. Kg3 Rxb6 {hangs on.}) 35. Rdxe5 Rcd7 36. g4 $4 (36. Ne8+ Kf7
37. Bc4+ Nd5 38. Nd6+ {wins straight away; the players must have been in bad
time trouble for a player of Moreno's standard to miss this.}) 36... Nc6 $4 ({
After} 36... Nc2 {White has nothing decisive and indeed only a slight
advantage; now it is over.}) 37. Re8 Rxe8 38. Nxe8+ Kf7 39. Bc4+ {A game which
illustrates many themes of the Voronezh, in particular the way that ...a6?
lames Black's entire position by preventing any counterplay against the
cramping c5 pawn, but White's set-up with Nd2, f3 and Rde1 is also extremely
typical.} 1-0

[Event "SWE-NOR (Men)"]
[Site "Karlstad"]
[Date "2005.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2005.05.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. h3
{White usually prevents ...Bg4 in this line these days.} Re8 9. Be2 c6 {
A rather more non-committal plan than the usual ...Bf5/...Nc6, which has been
gaining ground recently.} 10. O-O Bf6 {A novelty in this exact position,
although of course this is a normal square for the bishop in this line.} (10...
Bf5 11. Bf4 Na6 12. Qd2 Nc7 13. b3 Ne6 14. Bh2 Bf6 15. Rfe1 Bg6 16. Bf1 Bh5 17.
g4 Bg6 18. Rad1 h6 19. Bg2 a5 20. d5 $14 {at least, was Mitkov-Gausel, Ohrid
2001.}) 11. Bf4 (11. Be3 d5 12. c5 Nc4 13. Bc1 b6 14. b3 Na5 15. Na4 Nd7 16.
cxb6 axb6 17. Be3 {was Vajda-Radziewicz, Ostrava zt (women) 1999 (by
transposition), when Black could have obtained satisfactory play with 17...Ba6
rather than the game's 17...Nb7.}) 11... Na6 {Agdestein's plan in this game is
slightly new: he develops the pieces in the normal way but holds the queen's
bishop back for the moment.} 12. a4 $5 {An interesting move and rare in this
line: obviously something like 12 Re1 or Qd2 was a more routine move. It
remains then to be seen how Black's omission of ...Bf5 will enable him to do
better than Mitkov-Gausel.} d5 {Always the atic move for Black in this line:
without it he is seldom happy and I suspect Gausel's trouble against Mitkov
was wasting time on ...Bf5-g6-h5-g6 rather than organising this break.} (12...
Be6 13. b3 d5 {is the computer's preference but Agdestein wants to keep e6
free for a knight, and I think he is right.}) 13. c5 Nd7 14. Bxa6 {Otherwise
Black might have used the d7 knight for e6 and kept the a6 one for b4, but a4
doesn't look like such a good move once the b-file opens.} bxa6 15. a5 Nf8 16.
Qa4 Bd7 17. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Ne6 19. Bd6 Qc8 {The computer gets quite
excited about White's position here but I don't think he actually has much.}
20. Ne5 Be8 21. Qb4 h5 {An interesting move. I don't know whether Agdestein
wanted to restrain g4 or whether he was concerned about Ng4 in the middle of
his planned ...Ne6-c7-b5 manoeuvre, eg} (21... Nc7 22. g3 Nb5 23. Nxb5 axb5 24.
Ng4 Qd8 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {I suspect the closing of the b-file in combination
with the creation of opposite-coloured bishops would favour White considerably.
}) 22. Ne2 g6 23. Nc1 Nc7 24. Nf3 Nb5 25. Be5 Bd8 {My computer is quite sure
White is just winning now, but I don't think it's right. Anyway Agdestein
organises his pieces and holds comfortably.} 26. Qd2 f6 27. Bg3 Bf7 28. Ne2 Kg7
29. Nf4 g5 30. Nd3 h4 31. Bd6 Qd7 32. Qb4 Bg6 33. Re3 Be4 34. Nd2 Bxd3 35. Rxd3
Bc7 36. Bxc7 Qxc7 37. Re3 Kf8 38. Nf3 Re8 39. Rxe8+ Kxe8 40. Qe1+ Kf7 41. Qb1
Qxa5 42. Qf5 Ke7 43. Qh7+ Kf8 44. Qh8+ Kf7 45. Qh7+ Kf8 46. Qh8+ Kf7 47. Qc8 {
White chooses to allow perpetual rather than administering it himself.} Qc7 48.
Qxa6 Kg7 49. Qa4 Qf4 50. Qa6 Qc1+ 51. Kh2 Qf4+ 52. Kg1 Qc1+ 53. Kh2 Qf4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.12.09"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Appel, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Cox,J"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bd3
{A slightly unusual set-up. Usually White plays either h3 and Be2, or Bd3 and
Nge2. But the text has its logic: the pawn prevents ...Bg4, and the bishop ....
Bf5.} c6 $146 ({To me it looks best to play} 8... Re8 {so as to force} 9. Nge2
{, and now} Nc6 10. O-O {looks a more sensible set-up to me: this position
could have arisen in J.Emms-N.Davies, Southend 2002, had White played 10 h3 in
that game. The position after} Bf6 {was reached by the greatest contemporary
connoisseur of this ... exd6 variation, Alexander Baburin, in J.Waitzkin-A.
Baburin, Europe-Americas 1998, and he very quickly became better after} 11. Bb1
a5 12. a3 $6 {and now the nicely-calculated} a4 {, since White cannot take
advantage of the loose-looking a-pawn. But this ...c6 plan is fashionable in
the whole Exchange variation with ....exd6.}) 9. Qc2 g6 10. Nf3 Na6 11. a3 Re8
12. O-O Nc7 {White has achieved his fundamental goal in this line of
dominating Black's queen's bishop, but the advantage of this ...c6/...d5 plan
for Black is that he is certain to be able to engage White on the queenside
and obtain some kind of counterplay.} 13. Re1 Ne6 $6 {I don't like this. To me}
(13... d5 {is the right move: after} 14. c5 Nd7 {Black can think about a break
with ...b6 in due course and obtain counterplay, for example} 15. Bh6 Bf8 16.
Bxf8 Nxf8 17. Rxe8 Nxe8 18. Re1 Ng7 {when White is still better, but Black has
relieved his cramp and can find squares for all his pieces.}) 14. Bh6 Bf6 ({
It's too late for} 14... d5 {in view of the shattering} 15. c5 Nd7 16. Rxe6
fxe6 17. Bxg6 $18 {. It is possible Appel had overlooked this a move ago,
since I don't suppose he wanted to go in for what now happens.}) 15. Ne4 Bg7
16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. c5 $1 dxc5 18. dxc5 Nd5 19. Nd6 $16 Re7 20. Qd2 Ne8 21. Nxe8
Qxe8 22. Bc4 ({The immediate} 22. Ng5 {was another way of executing the same
plan and perhaps more natural: White's plan surely includes Ng5-e4-d6 whereas
it doesn't necessarily involve Bc4.} Be6 23. Ne4 Qf8 24. Nd6 b6 25. b4 {
enables White to retain at least a modest edge.}) 22... Be6 23. Ng5 Qf8 24. Re2
Rd8 25. Rae1 Nb6 $5 {A natural freeing attempt, but it might have been better
to carry on grovelling.} 26. Qf4 Nxc4 27. Nxe6 $6 {Now Black can hold on.
After the intermezzo} (27. Qh4 $1 {Black's position was far more difficult,
since after} h6 (27... Qg7 $2 28. Nxe6 $18) 28. Nxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30.
Qxc4 {he doesn't have the resource in the game as 30...Rd5 31 Rxe6 threatens
further mayhem on the king's side.}) 27... Rxe6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Qxc4 Rd5 30.
b4 Qf6 {White's advantage is nominal: Black has only one weakness, and he can
defend that.} 31. Qe4 Kf7 32. g3 Qf5 33. Qh4 h5 34. Re2 Qf3 35. Re1 Rd2 36. Rf1
e5 37. Qc4+ Qd5 38. Qh4 Rd3 39. Qg5 Qd4 40. Re1 Rd2 (40... Rf3 41. Re3 Rxe3 42.
Qxe3 $4 (42. fxe3 $11) 42... Qxe3 43. fxe3 e4 {is a lost pawn endgame, but
irrelevant.}) 41. Re3 Qd5 42. Rf3+ Qxf3 43. Qxd2 Qf5 44. Qd6 Qb1+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+
46. Kf1 Qb1+ 47. Ke2 Qa2+ 48. Kf1 Qb1+ 49. Ke2 Qa2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 (5... exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3
O-O 8. Nf3 Bf6 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O Nc6 11. b3 Bf5 12. Be3 $14 {Sigurjonsson,
G-Rogoff,K/Haifa/1970/}) 6. Nc3 (6. Nf3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O $132) 6... g6
7. d5 Bg7 8. Nge2 O-O (8... Nxc4 $4 9. Qa4+ $18) 9. Nd4 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 (10...
fxe6 $5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O d5 $132) 11. Nxe6 Qe7 (11... fxe6 $6
12. Be2 Nc6 13. O-O $14) 12. Be2 Qxe6 13. O-O Nc6 (13... Nxc4 $2 14. Nd5 Rc8
15. Re1 (15. Bg5 $6 Nxb2 16. Qb3 Nc6) 15... Ne5 16. f4 $40) 14. Nb5 Rad8 15.
Re1 Qf6 (15... Nxc4 16. Bf1 N4e5 17. f4 a6 18. Nc3 Nd4 19. fxe5 dxe5 $16) (
15... Rfe8 $2 16. Nc7 $18) 16. Rb1 d5 (16... a6 17. Nc7 Rd7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19.
Qxd5 $14) 17. c5 Nc4 18. b3 N4e5 19. f4 $6 (19. Bb2 $5 d4 20. Qd2 Rfe8) 19...
Nd7 20. b4 b6 $2 (20... a6 $1 21. Nd6 (21. Nc7 Qd4+ 22. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 23. Kh1 Nf6
$40) 21... Nxb4 $1 22. Rxb4 Qc3 $40) 21. Qxd5 Nxc5 22. Qc4 Na4 (22... a6 23.
Bb2 $8 (23. bxc5 $2 axb5 24. Rxb5 Qc3 $40) 23... axb5 24. Bxf6 bxc4 25. Bxd8
Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Ne4 27. Bh4 Nd2 28. Rbd1 c3 $14) 23. Bf3 Rc8 24. Qb3 a6 25. Qxa4
axb5 26. Qxb5 Nd4 27. Qf1 Rfe8 (27... Rfd8 $5 $44) 28. Bd2 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Qd6
30. Rd1 Rc2 $2 (30... Nxf3+ $5 31. Qxf3 Rd8 $17) 31. Be4 Rxa2 32. Kh1 (32. Bc3
$2 Ne2+ $15) 32... Qe6 33. Bd3 $13 Qc6 34. b5 Qb7 35. Bc4 Rb2 $4 (35... Rc2 36.
Be3 Nf5 37. Bg1 $14) 36. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Balatonbereny GM"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wach, Markus"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1996.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Nf3
Bf5 9. Be2 c5 (9... Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nd4 Bg6 12. b3 Bf6 13. O-O Re8 14. Be3
$14 (14. f4 Nd3 $1)) 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Rc8 12. d5 $14 {Bei dem weißen
Raumvorteil hat das schwarze Springerpaar wenig Platz.} Nb8 (12... Ne5 13. Nxe5
dxe5 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Bf6 16. Qd2 Bd4+ 17. Kh2 Qf6 $13) 13. Bd3 Bg6 14. Bf4
Re8 15. Re1 $16 a6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qd3 N8d7 18. b3 Nf6 19. Ne4 Qd7 {/\Ne4
nebst Qf5} 20. Nfd2 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 {[%cal Yd3g3,Yg3d6] /\Qg3} f5 22. Ng5 Bxg5
23. Bxg5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Re3 Nc8 26. a4 Kf7 27. f3 Rxe3 28. Qxe3 Nb6 29.
Qe1 Na8 30. a5 Nc7 31. Qh4 Qe8 32. Qg3 Qd7 33. Kf2 Ne8 34. Qh4 Qc7 35. Bd8 Qd7
36. g4 Kf8 37. Ke3 fxg4 38. hxg4 Kf7 39. Kd3 Kf8 40. Ke3 Kf7 41. Kf2 Kf8 42.
Kg3 Kf7 43. f4 Kf8 44. f5 gxf5 45. gxf5 Kg8 46. Kf4 Qf7 47. Be7 Nf6 48. Bxd6
Qe8 49. Kf3 (49. Be5 $2 Nh5+ 50. Ke4 Nf6+ 51. Kf4 Nh5+ $10) 49... Kf7 50. Bg3
Qd8 51. Be1 Qd7 52. Qf4 g6 53. Bc3 gxf5 54. Qh6 Ne4 55. Qg7+ Ke8 56. Qg8+ Ke7
57. Be5 Qe8 58. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-09b"]
[Site "Petropolis"]
[Date "1973.08.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1973.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nc3
exd5 9. cxd5 c4 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Qd4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bb4 (12... Nc6 13. Qe4 Nb4
14. e6 $1) 13. Bxc4 {Praktisch ist Weiß gezwungen den Bauern c4 zu nehmen.} O-O
{Schwarz beeilt sich seinen König zu verstecken und gleichzeitig Platz für die
Türme auf den Zentrallinien zu machen, um den weißen Monarchen anzugreifen.}
14. Rg1 {Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr und ein starkes Bauernzentrum, aber auch
einige Probleme: Wie soll er seinen König verstecken und wie kann er die
kommenden Schläge auf die hängenden weißen Zentralbauern vermeiden?} g6 15. Bg5
(15. Bh6 Nc6 16. Qe4 Nxe5 $1 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Bb5 Qc5 $19 {[%cal Yc5g1,Yb4c3]}
) (15. Bb3 $2 Nc6 16. Qe4 Nxe5 $1) 15... Qc7 {Schwarz hat zwei starke
Drohungen vorbereitet - den Läufer auf c4 zu nehmen und mittels des Zuges Bc5
einen ganzen Turm zu gewinnen. Die beiden Drohungen kann man nur mit dem
unschönen Zug Rg4 neutralisieren. Aber dem extravaganten ,,fast" Weltmeister 
(12-12 gegen Botvinnik!) passen scharfe taktische Stellungen besser.} 16. Bb3
$1 Bc5 17. Qf4 Bxg1 (17... N8d7 18. d6 Qc6 19. O-O-O Bxg1 20. Rxg1 Qc5 21. Re1
Rae8 22. e6 $1 $18) 18. d6 Qc8 $2 {Ein Fehler den Ljuboevic nach der Partie
erkannte und nach 6 Jahren verbessern konnte:} (18... Qc5 $142 $1 19. Ne4 Qd4 (
19... Qe3+ $2 20. Qxe3 Bxe3 21. Bxe3 Nc6 22. f4 $16) 20. Rd1 Qxb2 21. e6 N8d7
22. e7 Qxh2 23. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 24. Qxh2 Bxh2 {0-1 Gruenfeld,Y-Ljubojevic,L/Riga
1979/IZT (37)}) 19. Ke2 $6 {Der Anziehende verzichtet auf die Rochade um das
Feld c1 für den Turm zu behalten und den Springer c3 frei zu haben. Wie die
Partie gezeigt hat, ist diese Idee sehr gefährlich.} (19. O-O-O $142 $1) 19...
Bc5 $2 {Nach diesem Fehler wird der weiße Angriff schrecklich. Schwarz sollte
versuchen:} (19... Qc5 $142 $5 20. e6 $140 (20. Ne4 Qb5+ $19) 20... N8d7 $1 21.
exf7+ Kg7 22. Bh6+ Kh8 $19) 20. Ne4 {[%mdl 128]} N8d7 21. Rc1 Qc6 22. Rxc5 $1 {
Auf diese Weise wird der Verteidiger des Punktes f6 ( Nd7) abgelenkt.} Nxc5 23.
Nf6+ Kh8 24. Qh4 {[%cal Yh4h7,Yf6h7]} Qb5+ 25. Ke3 $1 h5 26. Nxh5 {Es ist der
Zeitpunkt gekommen, zu dem der Nachziehende seinen Materialvorteil mit Zinsen
zurückgeben muss, aber trotzdem kann ihn das nicht retten.} Qxb3+ (26... Qd3+
27. Kf2 {Es gibt kein Dauerschach.} Ne4+ 28. fxe4 Qd4+ 29. Kf1 Qd3+ 30. Ke1
Qb1+ 31. Bd1 $18) 27. axb3 Nd5+ 28. Kd4 $1 Ne6+ 29. Kxd5 $1 Nxg5 30. Nf6+ Kg7
31. Qxg5 Rfd8 32. e6 fxe6+ 33. Kxe6 Rf8 34. d7 a5 35. Ng4 Ra6+ 36. Ke5 Rf5+ 37.
Qxf5 gxf5 38. d8=Q fxg4 39. Qd7+ Kh6 40. Qxb7 Rg6 41. f4 1-0

[Event "AUT-chT3 9798"]
[Site "Vorarlberg "]
[Date "1998.01.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Black "Novkovic, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8.
Nge2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. d5 Ne5 11. b3 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 {Donev: 'Es ist selten,
daß aus der Aljechin Eröffnung durch den Bauernaufbau (nach dem Abtausch c für
e) eine Art Königsindisches Mittelspiel entsteht. Weiß hat Raumvorteil, aber
dafür hat der Nachziehende das Läuferpaar. Es ist selbstvertändlich daß der
Weiße versucht, den schwarzfeldrigen Läufer zu tauschen.(/\Bd4). Der schwarze
Springer steht schlecht, darum verbessert der Nachziehende seine Lage.'} Nd7 {
'!' Donev.} 13. O-O Nf6 {'!' Donev. Donev: 'Jetzt hat der Nachziehende 2
Möglichkeiten die weißen Bauern zu untergraben: a) b7-b5 vorzubereiten b) oder
e7-e6 durchzuführen '} 14. Rad1 ({Bei gemeinsamer Analyse mit GM J.Pinter
haben wir festgestellt, daß nach:} 14. Bd4 $1 {/\a4-a5} Bf5 (14... Bd7 15. Rfe1
a6 16. a4 Qc7 17. Ng3 e5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Nce4 $16) 15. Qd2 $14 {/\Ng3 Weiß
einen kleinen aber dauerhaften positionellen Vorteil hat.}) 14... Bd7 15. Nd4
Re8 16. Rfe1 Qa5 17. Re2 a6 18. Bd2 Qc5 19. Be3 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qc5 21. Be3 Qa5 {
Donev: Die Zugwiderholungen habe ich gemacht, um Zeit zu sparen.} 22. a4 {
Donev: 'gegen b7-b5 gerichtet.'} Rac8 23. h3 {Donev: 'Auf der einen Seite
vermeide ich Ng4, auf der andere Seite besorgt dieser Zug dem weißen König ein
Luftloch.'} e5 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Qd2 Qc7 26. Rc1 (26. Nf3 Bc6 (26... b5 27.
axb5 axb5 28. Nxb5 Bxb5 29. cxb5 Ne4 30. Qb4 Qb7 31. Bd2 Nxd2 32. Nxd2 d5 33.
b6 $14) 27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Nh5 29. Na2 Bf8 30. Rd1 $14) 26... d5 27. cxd5
exd5 {Donev: 'Schwar muß mit dem Mittelspielergebnis zufrieden sein.Er hat
einen zentralisierten Freibauer bekommen und seine Figuren gut platziert. Auf
der andere Seite steht Weiß auch nicht schlecht. Er hat einen wunderbaren
Springer der gut den Bauern d5 blockiert. Man kann sagen, daß die Stellung im
dynamischen Gleichgewicht ist.'} (27... Nxd5 $5 28. Nxd5 Qxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Rxc1+
30. Bxc1 exd5 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. Be3 $11) 28. Ree1 Qa5 (28... Qd6 29. Qd1 Qb4
30. Nde2 Be6 $10 (30... Be6 31. Bd4 Qd6 32. Kh1 Bf5 $10)) 29. Red1 (29. Nf3 Be6
(29... Kh8 30. Bd4 $14) 30. Bd4 Nh5 31. Bxg7 Nxg7 32. Nd4 Bd7 $14) 29... Qb4
30. Ne4 Qxd2 31. Nxd2 Kf7 32. Ne2 Bf5 33. Nd4 Bd7 34. N2f3 Ne4 35. Rxc8 Rxc8
36. Rc1 Rxc1+ 37. Bxc1 {Donev: 'Die Stellung hat sich stark vereinfacht, es
ist schwer zu sehen wie eine Seite in Vorteil kommen kann.'} h6 38. Bf4 g5 39.
Be5 {Donev: 'Immer noch versucht der Anziehende den schwarzfarbigen Läufer zu
tauschen. Wenn das gelingt, bekommt er Gewinnchancen.'} Bf8 {'!' Donev.} 40.
Ne1 Nc5 41. Nec2 h5 42. Kf1 Nd3 43. Bc7 Bg7 44. Ke2 Nc5 45. Bb6 Ne6 46. Nxe6
Bxe6 47. Kd2 g4 48. hxg4 (48. h4 Bf6 49. g3 Bf5) 48... Bxg4 49. Bd4 Bf8 50. Ne3
(50. g3 Be7 51. Kc3 h4 52. gxh4 Bxh4 53. Kb4) 50... Bh6 51. Kc3 Bxe3 52. Bxe3
Bd1 53. a5 Ke6 54. b4 Ke5 55. Bb6 Be2 56. g3 Ke4 57. Bd4 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUT-chT"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 $146 {8.Be2 - Gipslis,A-Larsen,B izt 1967 inf 4/167} Nc6 9. O-O-O Re8 10.
h3 (10. c5 $5 dxc5 (10... Nd7 11. Nf3 Nf6 12. Bb5 $14) 11. dxc5 Qxd2+ 12. Rxd2
Nd7 13. Nd5 Bd8 14. Nf3 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bb5 $14 {/\ Rhd1}) 10... d5 11.
c5 $8 Nc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. Qe2 (13. Nf3 $5 Bf5 (13... Nb4 14. Ne5 Bf5 15. g4
Nd3+ 16. Kb1 Nxe5+ 17. gxf5 Nd3 18. b3 $14) 14. g4 Bg6 (14... Bd3 15. Ne1 Nxd4
(15... Nb4 $2 16. a3 $16) 16. Nxd3 cxd3 17. Qxd3 Ne6 18. Qc4 $14) 15. h4 Nb4
16. h5 Bd3 (16... Nd3+ $2 17. Kb1 Nxf2+ 18. hxg6 $16) 17. Ne5 Bf6 18. f4 $14 {
Bischoff,K}) 13... Bf5 (13... Na5 14. Nf3 {/\ Ne5}) 14. Qxc4 Bg5 $8 15. Nf3 (
15. Bxg5 $2 Qxg5+ 16. Rd2 Qxg2 17. Qd5 Re1+ 18. Rd1 Qg5+ $19) 15... Rxe3 $1 (
15... Bxe3+ 16. fxe3 Rxe3 17. Rhe1 $13) 16. fxe3 (16. Nxg5 $2 Rxc3+ 17. Qxc3
Qxg5+ $19) 16... Bxe3+ 17. Rd2 (17. Nd2 $5 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Nxd4 $44) 17... Bxd2+
18. Kxd2 Be6 $1 19. Qd3 (19. Qd3 Nb4 20. Qb5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris "]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1933.10.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Annotator "Exelsior/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1933.10.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 {TARTAKOVER a relativement peu utilisé cette défense et c'était
probablement un petit défi théorique qu'il lançait au Champion du Monde. Les
deux adversaires ne s'apréciaient guère.} 2. e5 {Il faut noter qu' ALEKHINE a
arrêté de jouer cette défense avec les noirs en 1933 et il ne l'a relativement
que peu pratiqué dans sa carrière ( une petite vingtaine de parties dans les
bases) et l'attribution de son nom а cette défense est un peu injustifié.
GRUENFELD l'a par exemple, davantage pratiqué dans les années 20 mais ALEKHINE
a été le premier а la pratiquer а haut niveau en 1921.} (2. Nc3 {TARTAKOWER a
donné le nom curieux de variante Yatakan а cette ligne dans sa monographie
"Ideas modernas en las aperturas ajedrez"}) 2... Nd5 3. Nf3 (3. d4 {La ligne
principale et ALEKHINE fait une petite concession а son adversaire en refusant
de jouer la grande ligne.} d6 4. c4 Nb6 {Cukierman,J-Tartakower,S Paris 1929 
(7) 1/2}) 3... d6 (3... c5) 4. Bc4 (4. d4 {la grande ligne}) 4... e6 (4... Nb6
5. Bb3 (5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Ng5+ Kg8 7. Qf3 Qe8 8. e6 g6 $13)) (4... c6 {Yates,
F-Colle,E Barcelona 1929 (14) 0-1}) 5. d4 Nc6 {[%cal Gd6e5]} 6. O-O dxe5 (6...
Be7 {Canal,E-Gruenfeld,E Karlsbad 1929 (7) 1/2}) 7. dxe5 Nb6 8. Bd3 Nb4 9. Bg5
(9. Qe2 $5 Nxd3 10. Rd1 $1 $32 {[%cal Gd1d8]} Be7 11. Rxd3 Bd7 12. Be3 {
[%cal Ge3b6,Ge2d1]} c5 (12... O-O $2 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Qd2 $18 {[%csl Rd7]}))
9... Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Be4 O-O 12. c3 (12. a3 {[%cal Gb1c3]} Rd8 13. Qe2
N4d5 14. c4 Nf4 15. Qc2 $14 {[%cal Ge4h7]}) 12... N4d5 13. Qc2 f5 14. exf6 gxf6
15. Nbd2 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Rf7 17. Nc4 c6 (17... Nxc4 $2 18. Bxd5) 18. Nxb6 (18. Na5
$5 {[%csl Rb7]}) 18... Nxb6 (18... axb6 $5 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Ga8a2]} 19. Bxd5
cxd5 {[%csl Rb6,Rb7]} 20. Nd4 e5 $132) 19. Nd4 Kh8 20. Rad1 $16 {Les pièces
blanches sont centralisées et plus actives que celles des noirs.} Rd8 21. Bf3 (
21. c4 $142 $5 {[%csl Gd5] gagnant davantage d'espace tout en évitant l'
échange des pièces mineures qui favorise la défense des noirs.}) 21... e5 22.
Nf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Rff8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 e4 27. Bb3 (27. Bc2
e3 28. fxe3 Qxe3+ 29. Kf1 Qe7) 27... e3 28. Kf1 exf2 29. Kxf2 Qe5 30. Qg4 {
[%csl Gg8]} Qg5 31. Qxg5 (31. Kf3 $1 Kg7 32. g3 Kg6 (32... Qg6 33. Kf4 Nd5+ 34.
Bxd5 cxd5 35. Qd7+ Qf7 (35... Kh8 {Les noirs ont probablement plus de chances
pratiques d'annuler la finale de Q que celle de P malgré le désavantage
matériel car la position est ouverte et il y a toujours le risque d'échec
perpétuel.} 36. Qd8+ (36. Qxd5 Qh6+) 36... Kg7 37. Qxd5 Qh6+ 38. Kf3 Qxh2 39.
Qxb7+ {[%csl Gb2,Gc3][%cal Gc3c8]}) 36. Qxf7+ Kxf7 37. Kf5 $16 {[%csl Rd5] la
finale de P est assez critique pour les noirs et les blancs ont des bonnes
chances de gain face au P isolé et а la meilleure centralisation du K}) 33.
Bc2+) 31... fxg5 32. Kf3 Kg7 {Source: L'échiquier 1933 p 300} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Isaev, Jamshed"]
[Black "Zilberman, Yaacov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 $5 {Very dangerous variation for
black! For some reason it's not the most popular line for white, however black
has to be very carefull not to get into the troubles right after the opening.}
Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 dxe5 (7... Na6 8. Qb3 $6 (8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. a3
Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Be7 12. Be2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Joppen,E-Trifunovic,P/Belgrade 1954/
MCD (12)}) 8... dxe5 9. c5 exf4 10. Bf2 Nd5 11. Qxb7 Nab4 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13.
Qc6+ Ke7 $13 {Fichtl,J-Sefc,J/Marianske Lazne 1956/EXT 99}) (7... Be7 8. Bd3 (
8. Nf3 O-O 9. exd6 cxd6 10. b3 d5 11. c5 N6d7 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 b6 14. cxb6
Qxb6 15. O-O $14 {Ujtumen,T-Fischer,R/Palma de Mallorca 1970/IZT}) 8... dxe5 9.
fxe5 Nc6 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Rf1 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Qd2 $13 {1/2-1/2 Minic,
D-Marovic,D/Zagreb 1971/EXT 99 (13)}) 8. fxe5 (8. dxe5 $6 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bb4 10.
Qc1 Bd3 11. b3 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Qd3+ 13. Ne2 O-O $15 {Seppeur,R-Wolf,V/Germany
1983/GER-chT}) 8... Be7 9. Nf3 (9. Be2 Bg5 10. Qd2 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Nc6 12. Nf3
O-O 13. h3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. O-O Nb4 $14 {Kostro,J-Bagirov,V/Polanica Zdroj
1969/MCL}) 9... O-O 10. Bd3 $1 {White's idea is to castle queenside and to
start an actions against black king.} (10. Be2 f6 11. O-O fxe5 12. Nxe5 N8d7
13. Nf3 c6 14. Qd2 Qe8 15. Rae1 $14 {Shianovsky,V-Smyslov,V/Baku 1961/URS-ch})
10... Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc6 12. O-O-O a5 13. d5 $1 Nb4 14. Qe4 $1 $16 {White queen
is perfectly placed on e4.} exd5 15. cxd5 Nd7 16. h4 $1 Nc5 (16... Bc5 17. Bf4
h6 18. g4 Qe7 19. h5 $40 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) 17. Qc4 b6 18. Ng5 $5 Qc8 19. Bxc5
Bxc5 (19... bxc5 20. Qe4 g6 21. a3 Na6 22. d6 $16) 20. Qe4 g6 21. Rdf1 {
Black is deprived of any counterplay, so white increases the pressure over the
f-file.} (21. a3 $2 c6 $8 22. axb4 axb4 23. Ne2 cxd5 24. Qd3 Qg4 $40) 21... c6
22. d6 Nd5 23. Rf3 $6 (23. Nxd5 $5 cxd5 24. Qxd5 $18) 23... h6 24. e6 $1 f5 $8
{The only chanse to keep on fighting.} (24... hxg5 25. hxg5 $1 {[%csl Rg8]
[%cal Ge4h4]} Be3+ (25... Kg7 26. Qh4 Rh8 27. Rxf7+ $18) 26. Rxe3 Qxe6 27. Reh3
$1 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) 25. Qe5 Ra7 26. e7 Nxe7 27. Ne6 $1 $18 {Winning an
exchange.} Nd5 28. Nxf8 Qxf8 29. Nxd5 cxd5 30. Qxd5+ Qf7 31. Qe5 $2 ({There
was nothing wrong with} 31. Rd1 Qxd5 32. Rxd5 Rd7 33. h5 $18 {and black may
just resign!}) 31... Qxa2 32. d7 $2 {After this move the position becomes
absolutely unclear...} (32. h5 $1 $16 Qa1+ $140 33. Kc2 Qxh1 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35.
Qxg6+ Kh8 36. Qxh6+ Kg8 37. Rg3+ $18) 32... Qa1+ 33. Kc2 Qa4+ 34. Kb1 Rxd7 35.
Qe8+ Kg7 $13 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch KO"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.12.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Akhmetov, Artiom"]
[Black "Berdichevski, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1999.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 $5 {This variation despite of
seeming simplisity is full of poison.} exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. h3 Bf5 9.
Be2 N8d7 (9... c6 $5 10. O-O Bf6 11. Be3 a5 12. Rc1 d5 13. c5 N6d7 14. Na4 Re8
15. Rc3 Ra7 $132 {Engelbert,C-Agdestein,S/Eikrem mem 1998}) (9... c5 10. O-O
Nc6 11. Be3 Rc8 12. d5 {Bei dem weißen Raumvorteil hat das schwarze
Springerpaar wenig Platz.} Nb8 (12... Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4
Bf6 16. Qd2 Bd4+ 17. Kh2 Qf6 $13) 13. Bd3 Bg6 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Re1 $16 {Wach,
M-Varga,Z/Balatonbereny 1996}) (9... Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nd4 Bg6 (11... Bd7 12.
b3 c5 (12... Bf6 13. Bb2 $6 Re8 14. O-O Ng6 15. Qd2 Qe7 16. Rae1 $6 Qe5 17. Nd1
Qf4 $36 {Jurasin,M-Fleck,J/BL 1984 (50)}) 13. dxc6 Nxc6 $5 $132 (13... bxc6 $6
14. O-O Re8 15. Be3 Bf8 16. Qd2 Ng6 17. Rfd1 Qc7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ciemniak,
R-Matlak,M/POL-chT (Lubniewice) 1993}) 14. O-O Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bf6 16. Qd2 Bc6 $5
$11 {1/2-1/2 Moskovic,D-Trifunovic,A/Varsity Oxbridge Match 1998}) 12. b3 Bf6
13. O-O Re8 14. Be3 Ned7 15. Qd2 Nc5 $132 {Rogers,I-Loffler,S/Nederland tt
1994 (30)}) (9... Bf6 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Rc1 Re8 12. O-O h6 13. b3 d5 14. c5 Nc8
15. b4 a6 16. Qb3 N8e7 17. Rfd1 $14 {Kundin,A-Lurie,M/ISR-ch U16 1997}) (9...
Bg6 10. Be3 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. c5 Nc8 14. O-O $14 {Sermek,
D-Leventic,I/6th Metalis Open 1999}) 10. O-O (10. d5 Bf6 11. Nd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4
Re8 13. Be3 Nc5 14. O-O Ne4 15. Bf3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Nd7 17. Rfe1 Qf6 18. Qxf6
Nxf6 $11 {Paal,A-Dede,E/HUN-chT2 9798}) 10... h6 (10... Nf6 11. Be3 Ne4 12.
Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Rc1 Bf6 14. Qd2 Re8 $13 {Chakraborty,K-Cafferty,B/Hastings
Masters 1995}) 11. Re1 Bf6 12. Be3 Rb8 $6 {The purpose of this move is to get
ready for Qb3,but white doesn't have to play this way!} (12... Re8) 13. Qd2 Re8
14. a4 Nc8 (14... c6 15. Bf4 {[%cal Gf4b8]} Nf8 16. c5 Nc8 17. d5 $1 $36) 15.
Nd5 $14 Ne7 (15... Be4 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. d5 a6 18. Bd4 $14 {[%cal Gd2f4,Gf3d2]
}) 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. d5 a6 18. a5 $5 Ng6 19. Ba7 ({More logical seems to me} 
19. Nd4 $5 Bd7 20. Qc2 Ne5 21. Bf1 $14 {[%cal Gb2b5] not permitting black to
exchange the knights.}) 19... Ra8 20. Bd4 Ne5 21. Qf4 $5 (21. Nh2 $5) 21...
Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Bg6 23. Rxe8+ (23. b4 $1 Rxe1+ (23... Nd7 24. c5 dxc5 25. bxc5
Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Nf8 27. Qe5 $16) 24. Rxe1 Ne8 25. Bb2 $5 $16) 23... Nxe8 24. Re1
{Even though black managed to get rid of the knights the pair of bishops
promise white very comfortable advantage till the end of te game.} Qg5 25. Qxg5
hxg5 26. Be3 $5 (26. Re7 $6 Kf8 27. Rd7 $4 Bf5 $19 {[%csl Rd7]}) 26... f6 27.
g4 $5 {[%csl Re8,Rg6]} Rb8 28. Ba7 Ra8 29. Bd4 Rb8 (29... f5 $6 30. Re7 (30.
gxf5 Bxf5 31. Bg4 Bxg4 32. hxg4 Kf7 33. f3 Nf6 $14) 30... Kf8 31. Rd7 Rc8 32.
c5 $1 dxc5 33. Bxc5+ Kg8 34. Re7 $16) 30. Re3 $1 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Ge3b3,Gd4a7]
Finding a weakness in black's position.} Bc2 {The only way to prevent white
from playing Rb3.} (30... Kf7 $2 31. Rb3 Bc2 32. Rb4 Bd3 33. b3 Bc2 34. Ba7 Ra8
35. Rxb7 Bxb3 36. c5 $18) 31. Rc3 Ba4 32. Be4 $1 $16 c5 (32... Bd7 33. Rb3 Kf7
34. Ba7 Ra8 35. Rxb7 Bc8 36. Rb8 $18) 33. dxc6 Bxc6 (33... bxc6 $6 34. Bb6 c5
35. Re3 Kf8 36. Kg2 $16) 34. Bf5 (34. Bg6 Nc7 35. Re3 Kf8 36. b4 $16) 34... Kf7
35. Re3 Nc7 36. Bb6 Na8 37. Ba7 Re8 (37... Rd8) 38. Rxe8 Kxe8 39. Bb8 $5 {
[%csl Ra8] Frankly speaking I've never seen the knight,which is caught on a8!}
Ke7 ({More chanses of survival would leave} 39... d5 $1) 40. b4 Bd7 41. Bd3 Bc6
42. b5 $18 axb5 (42... Bf3) 43. cxb5 Bd5 44. Bf5 (44. b6 $5) 44... Be6 45. Be4
({Of course not} 45. Bxe6 $2 Kxe6 $13 {[%cal Ge6c4,Gc4b5] with unclear
position.}) 45... d5 46. Bd3 Kd7 47. b6 Kc6 48. f4 gxf4 (48... Kc5 49. fxg5
fxg5 (49... Kb4 50. gxf6 gxf6 51. a6 Bc8 52. Bf5 $18) 50. Bg3 Kd4 51. a6 $1 Bc8
52. Bf5 $18) 49. Bxf4 Nxb6 50. axb6 Kxb6 51. Bd6 g6 52. Bxg6 d4 53. Be4 1-0

[Event "Bermuda-B"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2002.01.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Kallio, Heikki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg5 $5 {
Interesting move aiming to put somee pressure on e7.In some variations it
could be crucial.} Bg7 8. Rc1 (8. h3 $5 O-O 9. Nf3 h6 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Rc1 e5
12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. c5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Rxd5 16. Bc4 $14 {Kaminski,
M-Baburin,A/Cappelle la Grande 1993/TD}) 8... O-O (8... Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Be2 (
10. h3 O-O 11. b3 h6 12. Be3 f5 13. Qd2 Nf7 14. Nge2 g5 15. f4 $14 {Erenska,
H-Safranska,A/Copenhagen 1991/EXT 2000}) 10... O-O 11. b3 a5 12. Nf3 Nbd7 13.
Nd4 Nc5 14. Be3 f5 15. Qd2 $16 {Petrosian,T-Dreyer,M/Tel Aviv/1964/1|0/33/}) 9.
Qd2 (9. Be2 h6 10. Be3 d5 (10... e5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. O-O Bg4 13. dxe5 dxe5 14.
Qb3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Nb5 $14 {Kaminski,M-Gralka,J/
Lubniewice 1994/CBM 45 ext}) 11. c5 Nc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. Nge2 Nc6 (13... Bf5
14. Qd2 Kh7 15. O-O Nc6 16. Rfd1 Bd3 17. Nf4 Nxd4 18. Nxd3 cxd3 19. Qxd3 e5 20.
Ne4 $14) 14. Qa4 Na5 15. O-O b6 $13 {Kaminski,M-Kveinys,A/Lubniewice 1995/EXT
97}) (9. b3 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 h6 12. Be3 a5 13. Nb5 a4 14. Nf3 Nxf3+ 15.
Bxf3 $14 {Erenska,H-Zielinska,J/Lubniewice 1995/EXT 97}) (9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2
Nc6 11. d5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. b3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Nd7 15. O-O a6 16. Rfe1 $14
{Dussol,P-Chiche,J/St Quentin 1999/EXT 2000}) 9... Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. b3 f6 12.
Be3 e6 13. Be2 (13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Nge2 Re8 15. h3 $14 {[%cal Ge2f4,Gf1e2,Ge1g1]
}) 13... Re8 14. h3 $6 {permitting black to take on d5, and to equalize.} (14.
dxe6) 14... exd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bh6 $11 18. O-O Bxe3 19.
fxe3 {[%csl Re3]} Qe7 20. a4 $5 a5 (20... Rac8 21. a5 Na8 22. Qd4 Qxe3+ 23.
Qxe3 Rxe3 24. Ne4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Kg7 26. Nxd6 Rxb3 27. Re1 $14 {[%cal Ge1e7]}
Kf8 $140 28. Ne4 {[%cal Ge4f6,Ge4c5]}) 21. Qd4 Qxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Rxe3 23. Ne4 {
[%cal Ge4f6,Ge4d6]} Nxd5 $5 ({Deserved attention also} 23... f5 $5 24. Nf6+ (
24. Nxd6 Rxb3 25. Rc7 Bxa4 26. Re1 Bd7 27. Re7 a4 $1 $17 {[%cal Ga4a1]}) 24...
Kf7 25. Nxd7 Nxd7 26. Rc7 Re7 27. Rxb7 Nc5 28. Rb6 Ra6 $1 $132 {with unclear
position.}) 24. Rfd1 f5 25. Ng5 Nc3 26. Rxd6 Rxf3 {[%cal Gc3e2]} 27. Rc2 $5 {
[%csl Ge2] The best try!} (27. gxf3 Ne2+ 28. Kf2 Nxc1 29. Rxd7 Nxb3 30. Nxh7
Ra6 $1 $15) 27... Re3 28. Rxd7 $36 {[%csl Rb7,Rh7]} Rc8 $5 29. Nxh7 Ne2+ 30.
Kf2 Rxc2 31. Kxe3 Nc1 32. Kf4 Nxb3 $2 {This move proves to be the decisive
mistake. After} (32... Rxg2 33. Ke5 (33. Rxb7 Nd3+ 34. Ke3 Rg3+ 35. Kd4 Rxh3
$13) 33... Nxb3 34. Kf6 Nc5 $13 {Black is out of danger.}) 33. Kg5 $1 Nc5 34.
Re7 Ne6+ 35. Kh6 $18 Rc6 36. Rxb7 g5 {Forcing a lost endgame, however there
was no other choice.} (36... Rc7 37. Rxc7 Nxc7 38. Kxg6 Ne6 39. Nf6+ Kh8 40.
Nd5 Nc5 41. Nb6 $18) 37. Rb8+ Nf8+ 38. Kxg5 Kxh7 39. Rxf8 Rg6+ 40. Kh5 Rh6+ 41.
Kg5 Rg6+ 42. Kf4 Rxg2 43. Rxf5 Rf2+ 44. Kg5 Rg2+ 45. Kh5 1-0

[Event "Steinitz Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2000.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Black "Santo Roman, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 160]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 $6 6. Nc3 g6
7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. b3 Nc6 10. d5 $1 Ne5 11. Be2 a5 {In this position
black has tried different moves, but still didn't come up with variation which
leads to equality.} (11... Re8 12. Nf3 (12. Bd4 $5 Bf5 13. f4 Nd3+ $8 14. Bxd3
Bxd4 15. Bxf5 Bxg1 16. Rxg1 gxf5 17. Kf1 $16 {[%cal Gg1g7,Gd1h5] Howell,
J-Pottinger,H/Liechtenstein op 1994 (25)} h5) 12... e6 (12... Ng4 $5 {Finkel,A}
13. Bd4 (13. Bf4 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. h3 Ne5 16. Nd4 $14) 13... Bh6 14. Ra1 Nd7
15. O-O Nge5 16. Ne1 Nf8 17. Nc2 f5 18. f4 $14 {Vrenegoor,T-Solozhenkin,E/Ch
Paris open, IV-V 1995 (30)}) 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. O-O d5 $5 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. cxd5
Rad8 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 {[%cal Gd8d1]} 18. Bc4 Bf5 19. Qf3 $14 {Degraeve,J-Santo
Roman,M/FRA-ch 1997} (19. Qd2 $5 {Finkel,A} a6 20. a4 Qd6 21. g3 h5 22. Rfe1 h4
23. Re3 hxg3 24. hxg3 $14 {Kuczynski,R-Nokka,R/Nordic-chT Pohja 1985/MCL 04 
(29)})) 12. f4 Ned7 13. Nf3 Nc5 14. Nd4 (14. O-O e6 (14... Re8) 15. dxe6 Bxe6
16. Nb5 $16 {[%csl Rd6]}) 14... Re8 15. O-O e5 16. Ndb5 $6 {Not the best
decision. Much more logical was} (16. dxe6 $5 Bxe6 17. Qd2 (17. Ndb5 $2 Bxc4 $1
) 17... a4 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. b4 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Qe8 21. Rf3 Ne4 22. Qd3 $14) (16.
fxe5 Bxe5 17. Qd2 $14) 16... Bf5 17. g4 $5 Bc8 18. f5 e4 $1 {Not permitting
white to put a knight on e4 which whould increase significiently white's
pressure.} (18... gxf5 19. gxf5 Qe7 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Ne4 $16 {[%csl Rc8,Rg7]})
19. Bd4 Be5 (19... Bxd4+ $5 20. Nxd4 (20. Qxd4 $5 gxf5 (20... Re5 $2 21. Nxd6
Qxd6 22. Nb5 Qe7 23. f6 Qe8 24. Qxc5 $18) 21. gxf5 Re5 22. f6 (22. Nxd6 $2 Qxd6
23. Nb5 Qe7 24. f6 Rg5+ $17) 22... Bf5 $132) 20... e3 21. f6 Nbd7 22. g5 $14)
20. f6 Nbd7 21. g5 h6 22. Qd2 (22. h4 $1 $14) 22... Nf8 $5 (22... hxg5 23. Qxg5
Bxd4+ 24. Nxd4 Re5 25. Qh4 e3 $132) 23. Bxc5 $5 dxc5 24. Nxe4 Bxh2+ $6 {
A possible continuation, but more in the spirit of the position was} (24... Bf5
25. Bd3 (25. Ng3 Bxg3 26. hxg3 hxg5 27. Qxg5 Nh7 28. Qd2 Nxf6 $13) 25... Bxe4
26. Bxe4 hxg5 27. Qxg5 Nh7 $132) 25. Kxh2 Rxe4 26. Bf3 Re5 (26... Rh4+ 27. Kg1
hxg5 28. Qxg5 Rh3 $13) 27. Rce1 $1 $36 Rxg5 (27... Rxe1 28. Rxe1 hxg5 29. Re7
Nh7 30. Qc3 Ra6 31. Qe5 $1 Nxf6 32. d6 $18) 28. Re7 $1 Rf5 $5 (28... Ra6 $13)
29. Qxh6 Rxf6 30. Re4 $13 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge4h4]} (30. Re4 Rf5 $1 31. Rh4 Qf6
$1 32. Nc7 Rb8 33. Ne8 $1 Qe5+ 34. Kh1 Bd7 35. Nd6 $1 $40) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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 "Qatar"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "QAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Be3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nf3 {Permitting black to equalize without any problems that's why 8.Nc3 may be
recommended instead.} (8. Nc3 O-O 9. b3 Re8 10. Qd2 Bf6 11. Nge2 Bg4 12. O-O d5
13. c5 Nc8 14. h3 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 N6e7 16. b4 a6 {1/2-1/2 Dimitrov,V-Nogueiras,J/
Terrassa op 1996}) (8. Nd2 Bf6 9. Ne2 Qe7 10. Ne4 Bg4 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. O-O
O-O 13. Qd2 h6 14. Ng3 $14 {Gardner,R-Newton,G/Canadian Open 2000}) 8... Nb4 (
8... Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. a3 Bf6 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. O-O-O Ne7 14. g4 $36
{Castro,C-Zamora,H/PER-chJ U20 1996}) 9. Be2 Bf5 10. Na3 d5 (10... O-O 11. O-O
Bf6 12. Qb3 a5 13. Rac1 Re8 14. Rfe1 (14. Nb5 $5) 14... Bd7 {[%cal Gd7a4]} 15.
Nb5 d5 16. a3 dxc4 $15 {Torrado Quintela,J-Miles,A/Summer Festival Open 2000})
11. c5 Nd7 12. O-O (12. Qb3 a5 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfc1 c6 15. Nb1 b5 16. a4 bxa4
17. Qxa4 Qc7 18. Ra3 Bf6 19. Qd1 Rfe8 $15 {Zapata,A-Miles,A/Yopal 1997}) 12...
O-O 13. Qb3 a5 14. Rac1 b6 15. Nb5 $5 {Starting complications, which turn out
to lead to equality.} (15. cxb6 $5 cxb6 $1 $11 (15... Nxb6 $6 16. Bf4 Rc8 17.
Nb5 (17. Ne5 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 $132) 17... c5 (17... c6 18. Na7 {[%cal Ga7c8,
Ga7c6]}) 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. a3 Bc2 20. Rxc2 Nxc2 21. Rc1 $1 $14 {[%csl Rc2]}))
15... c6 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. cxd6 c5 18. dxc5 (18. Ne5 c4 (18... cxd4 $1 19. Bxd4
Nc5 20. Qf3 (20. Bxc5 $2 bxc5 21. Rxc5 Qxd6 $17) 20... Be4 21. Qg4 Ne6 $15) 19.
Qa4 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bd3 21. Rfe1 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Nd3 23. Rd1 $13) 18... bxc5 19.
Bxc5 $5 {Interesting idea:white sacrifices his queen for rook,bishop and pawn}
(19. a3 c4 20. Qa4 Bd3 $1 21. Rfe1 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Nd3 23. Rd1 $13 {[%cal Gb2b3]}
) 19... Bc2 20. Qc3 $1 (20. Rxc2 Nxc2 21. Qxc2 Rc8 $15 {[%cal Gc8c2]}) (20. Qa3
Nxc5 21. Rxc2 Nxc2 (21... Qxd6 $5) 22. Qxc5 Rc8 23. Qxd5 Nb4 24. Qd4 Nxa2 $13)
20... Rc8 21. Bxb4 Rxc3 22. Bxc3 Be4 $13 23. Bd4 (23. Rfd1 $1 Nf6 24. Be5 Re8
25. Bg3 Nh5 26. Bb5 $1 $14) 23... Nf6 24. Rc6 Nh5 25. g3 Qd7 26. Ne5 {With
this move white shows that he has nothing against a draw.} (26. Rfc1 Qg4 $1 27.
h3 $8 Qxh3 28. Bf1 Qf5 29. Nd2 $13) 26... Qh3 27. f3 (27. Bf3 $2 Nf4 $1 28.
gxf4 (28. Bxe4 Ne2+ 29. Kh1 Qxf1#) 28... Bxf3 29. Nxf3 Qg4+ 30. Kh1 Qxf3+ 31.
Kg1 Qg4+ 32. Kh1 Qxf4 $17) 27... Nxg3 28. hxg3 Qxg3+ 29. Kh1 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 Qg3+
31. Kh1 Bf5 $2 {Miscalculation, which costs black a game.} (31... Qh3+ $11) 32.
Ng4 Qh4+ 33. Kg2 h5 34. Bf6 $1 {This nice move was probably missed by black.} (
34. Rh1 $6 Qg5 35. Bf6 Qd2 $1 $17 {[%csl Re2,Rg4]}) 34... gxf6 35. Rh1 Qg5 $2 (
{The only chanse to save the game was} 35... Qxh1+ $8 36. Kxh1 hxg4 37. fxg4
Be6 38. Kg1 $16) 36. Rxh5 $1 Qd2 (36... Qxh5 37. Nxf6+ $18 {[%cal Gf6g8,Gf6h5]}
) 37. Nh6+ Kg7 38. Nxf5+ Kg6 39. Ng3 $18 {[%cal Gg3e2,Gg3h5]} Re8 40. Kf1 d4 $2
(40... Rxe2 $1 41. Nxe2 d4 $1 (41... Kxh5 42. d7 $18 {[%cal Gd7d8]}) 42. Rd5 $2
(42. d7 d3 43. Nd4 $1 (43. Nc1 Qd1+ 44. Kf2 Qd2+ 45. Kg3 Qe1+ 46. Kf4 d2 $1 $11
) (43. Rxf6+ Kxh5 44. Nf4+ Kh4 45. d8=Q Qd1+ 46. Kg2 Qd2+ 47. Kh1 Qe1+ $11)
43... Qd1+ 44. Kg2 Qd2+ 45. Kh3 $18) 42... d3 (42... Qd3 43. d7 Qxf3+ 44. Ke1
Qh1+ 45. Kd2 Qh6+ 46. Kc2 $18) 43. Ng3 Qd1+ 44. Kg2 Qd2+ 45. Kh3 Qh6+ 46. Rh5 (
46. Nh5 d2 47. Kg2 Qxh5) 46... Qxh5+ 47. Nxh5 d2 $13) 41. d7 Rxe2 42. Rxf6+ $1
Kg7 (42... Kxf6 43. d8=Q+ Ke6 44. Nxe2 $18) 43. Nf5+ $1 {Finishing the game in
style.} Kxf6 44. d8=Q+ Kg6 45. Qg8+ Kf6 46. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Steinitz Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2000.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vokac, Marek"]
[Black "Pribyl, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4128]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7.
Be3 O-O 8. Nf3 Bf5 (8... Bg4 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 $1 Ne5 12. b3 Re8
13. O-O $14 {Velicka,P-Kohtz,A/Komercni Banka op 1996}) (8... Re8 9. Be2 Bf6
10. Rc1 Nc6 11. O-O Bg4 12. b3 d5 13. c5 Nc8 14. h3 $14 {Krajina,A-Sergeev,V/
CZE-chT 9697}) 9. d5 $5 {I think that this set-up doesn't promise white
anything - with accurate play black easily equalizes in all variations. Not an
exeption is the move in the game.} (9. Be2 Bf6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rc1 Ne7 (11...
Re8 12. a3 h6 13. b4 a5 14. b5 Ne7 15. Qb3 Qd7 $132 {Erwich,M-Woudsma,M/Dieren
op 1998}) 12. b3 c6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Qd2 Bg6 15. Bd3 Nf5 16. Bf4 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1
Qd7 $13 {Huibers,P-Harzevoort,M/Lost Boys open 1998}) 9... N8d7 10. Be2 Bf6 11.
O-O Re8 12. Rc1 Bg6 (12... a6 13. b4 $6 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qd2 Qh4 16. g3
Qf6 17. Rfd1 Qg6 $13 {Dabrowska,K-Ferenc,J/MK Cafe op 1998}) 13. Qd2 Nc5 (13...
Ne5 $6 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. f4 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Be4 17. f5 Nd7 18. Bd4 $14 {[%csl
Rg8][%cal Gc3g3,Gd2h6]}) 14. b4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Nd4 Nd7 $6 {A careless
move after which black faces certain problems} (16... Qd7 17. Rfe1 (17. Nb3 c6
18. dxc6 bxc6 19. c5 Nd5 20. cxd6 Qxd6 $11) 17... Re7 18. Bf1 Rae8 $13) 17.
Rfe1 a6 18. Bf1 Re7 19. Nb3 $1 $14 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gb3a5]} Qf8 20. Na5 b6 21.
Nc6 Ree8 22. Bd4 $5 Bf5 (22... a5 23. bxa5 bxa5 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Nxa5 $16) 23.
Qf4 Bg6 24. Qg4 $5 {Forcing the exchanges which lead to increasing of white's
advantage.} Ne5 (24... Bxd4 25. Qxd7 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc7]} (25. Qxd4 Rxe1 26.
Rxe1 Re8 27. Qc3 Re4 28. Rxe4 Bxe4 29. f3 Bg6 30. Qe3 $14) 25... Bb2 26. Rcd1
Bc2 $2 27. Rxe8 Qxe8 28. Qxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rd2 $18) 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 (25... dxe5 26.
Red1 Be7 27. c5 bxc5 28. Nxe7+ Qxe7 29. bxc5 $14) 26. Nxe5 Rxe5 $6 (26... dxe5)
27. Rxe5 dxe5 28. c5 bxc5 (28... h5 29. Qd7 Qd8 30. Qxd8+ Rxd8 31. d6 cxd6 32.
cxb6 $18 {[%csl Ra6]}) 29. bxc5 Qd8 (29... Rd8 30. d6 $1 cxd6 31. c6 f5 32. Qg5
Ra8 33. c7 Qc8 34. Qe7 $1 $16) 30. d6 cxd6 (30... h5 31. Qd1 cxd6 32. cxd6 $16
{[%cal Gd6d7,Gd1d6]}) 31. cxd6 Qxd6 32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Qxc8+ Qf8 34. Qxa6 $1 $18
{[%cal Ga2a6] The passed pawn decides the game in whites favour.} h5 35. a4 Qb4
36. a5 Qe1 37. Qb5 e4 38. a6 e3 39. Qe8+ $1 Kh7 40. Qxe3 Qa1 41. h4 Bf5 42. a7
1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup06"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "1998.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Black "Krivonogov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1998.06.29"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 (7. h4 $5
Qe7+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 Bg7 10. Be3 Be6 11. d5 Bd7 12. O-O-O $14 {Popovic,
M-Castelfranchi,C/Budapest FS10 IM 1996/1-0 (47)}) (7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 (8...
Qe7+ 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. Be2 Bg7 12. Rd1 Rd8 13. O-O $14 {Kienast,
J-Lippert/FRG-chTJ 1989 (36)}) 9. Qxf3 Bg7 $2 10. c5 $1 dxc5 11. dxc5 N6d7 12.
Qxb7 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qf6 14. Qe4+ $16 {Kaminski,M-Oliwa,M/POL-ch 1996 (21)}) (7.
Be3 $5 Bg7 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. b3 O-O 10. Be2 Re8 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. O-O $14 {Koba,
I-Vlasikhin,M/RUS-sf 1995 (29)}) 7... Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O h6 (
10... Bf5 11. Bg5 $5 Bf6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 $14 {Goulenok,
E-Wildschut,R/Paris-ch 1990 (27)}) 11. Be3 (11. b3 $5 Re8 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. d5
Ne7 14. Qd2 $14) 11... Kh7 12. b3 f5 (12... d5 13. c5 (13. Qd2 Be6 14. c5 Nd7
15. Bf4) 13... Nd7 14. Nxd5 Nxc5 15. Bxh6 $1 Qxd5 (15... Kxh6 16. Qc1+ Kh7 17.
Qxc5 Be6 18. Bc4 $16) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Rc1 $14) 13. Bc1 $5 a5 $6
{The opening of a-file turns out to be in white's favour.} 14. Bb2 a4 15. Rc1
$5 axb3 16. axb3 f4 {Securing square e5 for the knight.} 17. d5 Ne5 18. Qd2 Bf5
19. Ra1 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Nbd7 21. Nb5 $5 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Ne5 $6 {Mistake
permitting white to seize the initiative.Better was} (22... Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Ne5
24. Qc3 Bd3 25. Nd4 Qf6 $132 {with unclear position.}) 23. Bxe5 $1 $14 Bxe5 24.
Ra7 Bc8 $6 (24... Qb8 25. Qa5 Rc8 26. b4 $14 {[%cal Gc4c6]}) 25. Qa5 $16 {
[%csl Rc7]} c5 (25... Rf7 $2 26. Ra8 $18 {[%cal Ga8d8]}) 26. dxc6 Qxa5 27. Rxa5
bxc6 28. Ra7+ Kh8 29. Bxc6 Bf5 30. Ra8 $6 ({It was better to keep the rooks on
the board.} 30. Bd5 $5 Re8 31. b4) 30... Rxa8 31. Bxa8 Kg7 32. Bd5 Kf6 33. Kf1
$2 {Missing the win.After correct} (33. b4 $5 Bd7 34. Nc7 Bd4 35. b5 Ke7 (35...
Ke5 36. Kf1) 36. Kf1 Kd8 37. Na6 g5 38. Ke2 $16 {white should overcome black's
resistance.}) 33... Bd3+ 34. Kg1 (34. Ke1 Bc2 35. b4 Ba4 36. Ke2 Bxb5 37. cxb5
Bd4 $11) 34... Ke7 35. f3 (35. b4 Kd7 36. Na7 Bd4 37. Nc6 Bxc4 $11) 35... Bc2
36. b4 Kd7 37. Be4 (37. Kf2 Ba4 38. Na3 Bc3 39. b5 Bb4 40. Nb1 Bc2 41. Be4 Bxb1
42. Bxb1 g5 43. Ke2 Bc5 44. Bf5+ $14) 37... Bb3 38. Bd3 Bb2 $1 $11 {White
can't prevent Ba4 after which the draw is not far away.} 39. Kf1 Ba4 40. Na7
Bd4 41. c5 dxc5 42. Bb5+ Bxb5+ 43. Nxb5 Be5 (43... Be3) 44. bxc5 Kc6 45. Na3
Kxc5 {The rest is not very interesting;neither side doesn't have any chanse to
win,but they keep on playing for nearly 20 moves!} 46. Ke2 Bb2 47. Nb1 Kd4 48.
Nd2 Ba3 49. Nb3+ Kc4 50. Na5+ Kb5 51. Nb3 Kc4 52. Nd2+ Kd4 53. Ne4 Be7 54. Nf2
h5 55. Ne4 Kc4 56. Nf2 Kd4 57. Nd3 Bd6 58. Kd2 Kc4 59. Nc1 Bb4+ 60. Ke2 Bd6 61.
Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zalaegerszeg"]
[Site "Zalaegerszeg"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2004.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3 (7. Bd3
Nc6 8. Nge2 Bf6 9. O-O) 7... O-O 8. Nf3 c5 $6 {This move doesn't make much
sense since white gets very easy play on the kingside.} 9. d5 (9. Be2 cxd4 10.
Nxd4 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 $6 (13... Bc5 14. Rb1 Nc6 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Bg5 Bf5 $11 {Kengis,E-Baburin,A/Germany 2000}) (
13... Qa5 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. Bd3 g6 16. Rb1 Bf6 17. Be3 Rd8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Be4
Be6 $13 {Saltaev,M-Loeffler,S/Berlin 2000}) 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 Bf5 16. Bf3
Qb6 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Bxc6 $14 {Fercec,N-Leventic,I/Pula 1999})
9... Bf6 (9... Re8 10. Bd3 (10. Be2 Bf6 11. O-O Bf5 12. Bf4 (12. Bd3 Bxd3 13.
Qxd3 N8d7 14. Bf4 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. f4 $36 {Wach,M-Loeffler,
S/Austria 2001}) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qf6 14. Qd2 h6 15. a4 Re4 16. Bg3 Nxc4 17.
Qa2 Nb6 18. c4 Na6 19. Rab1 Nb4 $13 {Sermek,D-Loeffler,S/Bled 2000}) 10... Bg5+
11. Ne2 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 Qf6 13. Qc2 Na6 14. a3 g6 $11 {Biti,O-Zelcic,R/Umag 2000}
) 10. Bd3 {At the earlier games white had tried 9.Be2, but it's obvious that
the bishop is far more active on d3.} (10. Be2 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qf6 12. O-O h6 (
12... Re8 13. Bg5 Qg6 14. Qd2 h6 15. Bd3 Bf5 16. Nh4 $16 {Tischbierek,
R-Loeffler,S/Austria 1999}) 13. g4 Re8 14. a4 Bd7 15. Be3 Qxc3 16. Rc1 Qb4 17.
Qd3 Nxa4 18. Rb1 Qc3 19. Rxb7 $44 {Rowson,J-Crouch,C/Marymass 1999}) 10... Re8+
11. Be3 (11. Ne2 N6d7 12. Qc2 Nf8 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Bd2 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16.
Rae1 (16. f4 $5) 16... Bd7 17. Ng3 a6 18. Bc3 Qf6 {1/2-1/2 Biti,O-Leventic,I/
Bosnjaci 2000}) 11... Bxc3+ (11... Bd4 12. O-O Bxe3 13. fxe3 h6 14. Qd2 Qe7 15.
Rae1 N8d7 16. Qf2 $36 {Biti,O-Saric,A/Kastav 2001}) 12. bxc3 Qf6 13. Qc2 h6 14.
a4 Na6 $6 {[%csl Ra6] A very strange move! The knight has absolutely nothing
to do neither on a6 nor on c7.} (14... N6d7 15. O-O Ne5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. a5
Nd7 18. Rfe1 $14) 15. Rb1 Rb8 16. a5 Nd7 17. O-O Ne5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Qd2 Nc7
(19... Bf5 $2 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. f4 $16 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gg2g4]}) 20. Bf4 (20.
f4 Re8 21. g4 (21. f5 b5 22. axb6 Rxb6 23. Rxb6 axb6 24. g4 b5 $132) 21... Qh4
22. Rf3 $14) 20... Re7 21. Bc2 {[%cal Gd2d3]} Kf8 22. g4 (22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23.
Rxe1 Bd7 24. Qd3 Re8 25. Be3 $16) 22... Bd7 23. Bg3 b5 24. axb6 axb6 25. Qf4 $2
{White is tempted to win a pawn on b6, but by doing so he deprives himself
winning chances. After correct} (25. f4 $1 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gg4g5] I find it
hard to believe black would've managed to squeeze a half point!} Ree8 26. g5
Qd8 27. gxh6 $16) 25... Qxf4 26. Bxf4 Ne8 27. Rb2 Bc8 28. Rfb1 Reb7 29. Ba4 Bd7
30. Bc6 (30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. Rxb6 Rxb6 32. Rxb6 Ke7 $14) 30... Bxc6 31. dxc6 Rc7
32. Rxb6 Rbc8 33. Rd1 Ke7 34. Re1+ Kd8 35. Rb2 Re7 (35... Rxc6 36. Rbe2 Nf6 37.
Re7 R8c7 38. Rxc7 Kxc7 39. Re7+ Kd8 40. Rxf7 Rc7 41. Rf8+ (41. Rxc7 Kxc7 $11 {
[%csl Rc4]}) 41... Ke7 42. Ra8 Rb7 $14) 36. Rxe7 Kxe7 37. Rb7+ Ke6 38. Rb6 Nc7
39. Kg2 Na8 40. Ra6 Nc7 41. Ra1 Ke7 42. Ra7 (42. Kf3 Ra8 43. Rxa8 Nxa8 44. Ke4
Nb6 45. Kd3 Nc8 $11) 42... Ke6 43. h4 Ne8 44. Ra6 Rc7 45. h5 Nf6 46. f3 Ng8 $1
$11 {[%cal Gg8e7]} 47. Ra8 Nf6 48. Ra6 Ng8 49. Rb6 Ne7 50. Rb7 Rxc6 51. Bg3 Ra6
52. f4 Ra2+ 53. Kf3 f5 54. g5 Rc2 55. gxh6 Rxc3+ 56. Kg2 gxh6 57. Bh4 Rc2+ 58.
Kg3 Rc3+ 59. Kg2 Rc2+ 60. Kg3 Rc3+ 61. Kg2 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 $5 {The most ambitious
continuation leading to very sharp tactical struggle.} dxe5 6. fxe5 c5 7. d5 e6
8. Nc3 exd5 9. cxd5 c4 10. d6 $5 Be6 (10... Nc6 11. Bf4 (11. Nb5 $5 Qh4+ 12. g3
Qe4+ 13. Qe2 Qxh1 14. Bg5 $1 Be6 $2 15. d7+ $1 Kxd7 16. O-O-O+ $16 {[%csl Rh1]
Fontaine,R-Rogulj,B/Kastav 2002}) 11... g5 (11... Be6 12. Nf3 Qd7 13. Be2 O-O-O
14. Qd2 $16 {Kotsur,P-Koniushkov,I/Smolensk 1997}) 12. Ne4 gxf4 13. Nf6+ Qxf6
14. exf6 Be6 15. Qh5 Bxd6 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Nf3 $16 {Zude,A-Buecker,S/Bad
Neuenahr 1987}) 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Nb5 Rc8 (12... Nd5 $2 13. Bxc4 Nxe5 14. Bxd5
Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 $18 {Pazo Coustie,R-Nunez Lucero,F/Santa Coloma 1994}) 13. Bg5 (
13. Nc7+ $2 Rxc7 14. dxc7 Qxc7 15. Bf4 Nd5 (15... Bb4+ 16. Bd2 Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2
Nxe5 18. Be2 $13) 16. Bd2 b5 17. a4 Nxe5 18. axb5 Bc5 $36) 13... Qd7 14. a4 h6
15. Be3 ({White bishop is definitly more active over the diagonal a7-g1, but
this move also poses black certain problems.} 15. Bd2 $5 a6 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17.
Nxd4 Rc5 18. Qe2 Nxa4 19. Qe3 Bd5 20. Be2 $36) 15... Nd5 16. Bf2 a6 17. Nbd4
Nxe5 $5 {Best practical decision: black gets dangerous initiative at the cost
of a piece, and it's not so easy for white to find safe shelter for his king.}
18. Nxe5 Qxd6 19. Nef3 $6 {Much better was to retreat to f3 with other knight.}
(19. Ndf3 $1 Qb4+ 20. Qd2 Qb3 (20... c3 21. bxc3 Nxc3 22. Nd3 Qe4+ 23. Qe3 $16)
(20... Nf6 21. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 22. Ke2 O-O 23. Bd4 $14) 21. Nd4 Qb6 22. Nxe6 Qxe6
23. O-O-O $1 $18) 19... Qf4 $1 {[%cal Gf8b4] Perfect square for the black
queen. From now on white is the one who has to be carefull not to find himself
in troubles.} 20. Be2 (20. Nxe6 Bb4+ 21. Nd2 Qe5+ 22. Be2 c3 23. bxc3 Nxc3 24.
Bd4 Qxe6 25. Bxc3 Bxc3 26. Rc1 O-O $15) 20... Bb4+ 21. Kf1 O-O 22. Nxe6 (22. h4
Ne3+ 23. Bxe3 Qxe3 24. Nxe6 fxe6 $40 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Ge6e4]}) 22... fxe6 23.
Qd4 Qxd4 $1 {White pieces are so awkwardly placed that even with queens of the
board white king can't feel safe on f1.} 24. Bxd4 e5 25. Bxe5 Ne3+ 26. Kg1 (26.
Kf2 $2 Ng4+ 27. Kg3 Nxe5 28. Nxe5 Bd6 $19) 26... Nc2 27. Rc1 Bc5+ 28. Kf1 Ne3+
29. Ke1 $6 {Too optimistic. Safer was} (29. Kf2 Ng4+ 30. Ke1 Nxe5 31. Nxe5 Bb4+
32. Rc3 (32. Kd1 Rcd8+ 33. Kc2 Rd2+ $19) 32... b5 $13 {and white shouln't have
problems to hold this position.}) 29... Nxg2+ 30. Kd1 $2 {Missing 32..R:f3!} (
30. Kd2 Be3+ 31. Kc3 Bxc1 32. Rxc1 Nf4 33. Bxf4 Rxf4 $15) 30... Ne3+ 31. Kd2
Rcd8+ 32. Kc3 Rxf3 $1 $19 {After this move black's advantage is decisive,
however black blunders repitition of moves leaving him with only a half of a
point!} 33. b4 $8 Nd5+ (33... Rf5) 34. Kb2 Rb3+ (34... Rf2 35. Rc2 Ne3) 35. Ka1
Ra3+ 36. Kb2 Rb3+ 37. Ka1 Ra3+ (37... Rxb4) 38. Kb2 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev Spring"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2000.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kosikov, Alexey I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Qf3 $5 {
Interesting continuation leading to very sharp and complicated struugle with
mutual chances.} Nc6 8. Be3 Be6 9. b3 (9. d5 $5 Ne5 10. Qg3 (10. Qe4 f5 (10...
Bg4 11. f4 Ned7 12. Be2 Bxe2 13. Ngxe2 $14) 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. f4
Ng4 14. Nf3 O-O $13) 10... Bg4 $1 $132) 9... Bf6 (9... O-O 10. Bd3 d5 11. c5
Nc8 12. Nge2 Bf6 13. O-O N8e7 14. Rad1 Qd7 15. h3 Ng6 $132 {Fossan,E-Gausel,E/
Eikrem mem 1996}) 10. O-O-O d5 11. c5 Nc8 12. Nge2 $5 (12. Nh3 Qd7 13. Be2 N8e7
14. Nf4 Bg5 15. Nxe6 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Qxe6 17. Qxe6 $14 {Ganaus,H-Rumpl,E/
AUT-chT2O 9495}) 12... Qd7 13. h3 Bd8 $6 {The purpose of this move is not so
easy to understand,but one thing we may say for shure:white siezes the
initiative and keeps the pressure till the end of the game.} (13... N8e7 14. g4
Ng6 15. Nf4 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 O-O $132) 14. Nf4 N6e7 15. g4 $1 $14 {[%csl Gf5]} O-O
16. Bd3 c6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 (17... fxe6 $2 18. Bxh7+ $18 {[%csl Rf8]}) 18. h4 b5 (
18... b6 19. h5 $5 {[%csl Rc8,Rd8,Re7]} bxc5 20. dxc5 Ba5 21. Ne2 $16) 19. Rdg1
a5 20. Ne2 Qd7 21. a3 $1 $16 {White pieces fully dominte the field and it's
important to prevent black from creating counterplay on the queenside.} Ra7 22.
g5 Bc7 23. h5 Qe6 24. Bf4 ({Even stronger was} 24. h6 $1 Ng6 (24... g6 25. Qf6
$1 Qxf6 26. gxf6 $18 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gg1g8]}) 25. hxg7 Kxg7 26. Qh5 Rh8 27.
Ng3 $18) 24... f5 25. Bxc7 Rxc7 26. Nf4 Qd7 27. Qe3 $18 {[%cal Gf4e6] Black is
helpless against numerous threats.} g6 (27... Rb7 28. Ne6 Rf7 29. g6 Rf6 30.
gxh7+ $18) 28. Ne6 Rf7 29. Nxc7 Qxc7 30. Kb1 gxh5 31. Rxh5 Ng6 32. Qe8+ Rf8 33.
Qe6+ Qf7 34. Bxf5 Nce7 35. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund GM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2000.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Bd3 $5 {
Possible continuation promising white nothing special from the opening.} Bxd3
8. Qxd3 Be7 (8... Nc6 9. Nf3 (9. Nge2 Be7 10. b3 Qd7 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Be3 Qg4
13. a3 Qg6 14. Qd2 $14 {Langrock,H-Seel,C/GER-chJ U13 1995}) 9... Be7 10. O-O
O-O 11. Be3 Re8 12. a3 a5 13. d5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. c5 $14 {Guid,M-Gasser,G/
Bled op 1995}) 9. Nf3 O-O 10. h4 $5 {Otherwise black is just fine.} (10. O-O c6
11. Bf4 (11. b3 Na6 12. Bf4 d5 13. c5 Nd7 14. Rab1 Nc7 15. b4 Ne6 16. Bg3 a6
$11 {Wobbe,S-Westerinen,H/Wichern op 1993}) 11... d5 12. c5 N6d7 13. Rfe1 Re8
14. b4 Na6 15. b5 Nc7 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Rab1 $14 {Dittmar,P-Gross,L/BL2-S 1994}
) 10... Re8 (10... d5 11. Ng5 g6 12. c5 Nc4 13. b3 Na5 14. Qf3 c6 15. Be3 $13)
11. Be3 d5 12. Ng5 Bxg5 $2 {Serious strategical mistake after which black
finds himself on defensive till the end of the game.It's too optimistic and
dangerous to open an h-file and to keep white pawn on g5.After correct} (12...
g6 $5 13. b3 Bxg5 14. hxg5 Qxg5 15. Kf1 dxc4 16. bxc4 Qd8 17. d5 $44 {the
position remains unclear.}) 13. hxg5 g6 14. O-O-O $1 {Probably black missed
this strong move.} dxc4 ({Even worse is} 14... Nxc4 15. Bf4 {[%cal Gd3h3]} Qd7
16. Rh4 c6 17. Rdh1 $16 {[%csl Rh7]}) 15. Qe2 N8d7 (15... Nd5 16. Qf3 Nxe3 17.
fxe3 Qxg5 18. Nd5 Nd7 19. Rxh7 $1 $18) 16. Qf3 $1 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gh1h7]} f5
17. Qxb7 $16 {The material balance is restored and now black is left with all
his problems for nothing.} Rb8 18. Qc6 Qe7 19. Rh6 Nf8 (19... Qd6 20. Qf3 Qb4
21. Rdh1 Nf8 22. Bf4 $16 {[%cal Gf4e5]}) 20. d5 Red8 (20... Qd6 21. Nb5 $1 Qxc6
22. dxc6 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rc7]}) 21. Bf4 Rd7 22. Rhh1 Rbd8 23. Rd2 Qe8 24. Rhd1
Re7 $5 (24... Qf7 25. Be5) 25. Qxe8 Rdxe8 26. Nb5 Nxd5 $8 {The arising after
this move ending promises black very small chances of survival,but that's his
only choice.} 27. Rxd5 c6 28. Nd6 cxd5 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. Rxd5 {[%csl Ra7,Rc4]}
Re2 (30... Ne6 31. Be3 Re7 32. Kc2 Kf7 33. Kc3 $16) 31. Rd2 Re8 (31... Rxd2 32.
Kxd2 Ne6 33. g3 Nc5 34. Kc3 Ne4+ 35. Kxc4 Nxf2 36. Kb5 $18 {[%cal Gb5a6,Ga6a7,
Gb2b7]}) 32. Be3 Kf7 33. Kc2 Re6 34. Rd8 Ra6 35. a3 f4 ({Nothing changes} 35...
Ne6 36. Rd7+ Ke8 37. Rxh7 f4 38. Bxa7 Nxg5 39. Rb7 $18) 36. Bxf4 Ne6 37. Rd7+
Ke8 38. Rd6 $18 {The simplest way to win the game:black can't protect his pawn
on c4.} Rxd6 39. Bxd6 Kd7 40. Bb8 a6 41. Kc3 Nxg5 42. Kxc4 Kc6 43. b4 Ne4 44.
f3 Nf6 45. a4 Nd7 46. Ba7 Ne5+ 47. Kd4 Nd7 48. f4 $1 {Preoaring to come back
to c4.} Kb7 49. Bc5 Kc6 50. Kc4 Nf6 51. b5+ axb5+ 52. axb5+ Kd7 53. Bd4 Nh5 54.
Be5 Ng3 55. Kc5 Nf5 56. b6 Kc8 57. g4 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS06 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.06.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Black "Llanos, Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. b3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. c5 N6d7 13. Nf3 (13. Bc4 Nc6 14.
Ne4 Nf8 15. Nd6 Ne6 16. Nf3 Ncd4 17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 Rd7 $13 {Yagupov,
I-Ukolov,A/Moscow-ch 1996}) 13... Nc6 14. Bc4 Na5 (14... h6 15. Ne4 Nf8 (15...
Na5 16. Bd5 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Rd1 Kg7 19. O-O Re8 20. Nd2 $14 {Finkel,
A-Drazic,S/Nova Gorica op 1997}) 16. Nd6 Rd7 17. O-O Re7 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Rfd1
Kh7 $132 {Gross,D-Bagirov,V/Berliner Sommer 1996}) (14... Nd4 15. Ng5 (15. Ne4
$6 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Nf8 17. Nd6 Ne6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 $13 {Hjelm,N-Todorovic,G/
Budapest FS08 IM-B 1995}) 15... Rf8 16. Nce4 Nf5 17. Nxf7 $5 (17. O-O Nf6 18.
Nd6 Nxd6 19. cxd6 Bd7 20. a4 Bc6 21. Rfd1 a6 22. f3 $14 {Dzindzichashvili,
R-Alburt,L/USA-ch 1996}) 17... Rxf7 18. Ng5 Nh6 19. Ne6 Nf8 20. Nxg7 $14 {
Olsson,K-Zetterberg,S/SWE-chB 1995}) 15. Be2 (15. Bg5 $6 Rf8 16. Be7 Nxc4 17.
Bxf8 Kxf8 18. bxc4 Nxc5 19. O-O Bf5 (19... e4 20. Ng5 Nd3 21. Ncxe4 Nxc1 22.
Rxc1 h6 $17 {Honfi,K-Varga,Z/Budapest FS02 GM 1995}) 20. Rfd1 Bd3 21. Ne1 e4
22. Nxd3 Nxd3 23. Rc2 Nb4 24. Rcc1 Nd3 {1/2-1/2 Kristensen,L-Kristiansen,J/
Esbjerg 1996}) 15... b6 16. cxb6 ({Nothing special promises} 16. b4 Nc6 17. b5
Nd4 18. c6 Nc5 19. O-O a6 $132 {and black has sufficient counterchanses.})
16... Nxb6 ({Worse is} 16... axb6 $6 17. Nd5 $1 Rb8 18. b4 Bb7 19. Nxb6 Nc6 (
19... Bxf3 $6 20. Nxd7 $1 Rxd7 21. Bxf3 Rxb4 22. Rc8+ Bf8 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.
Bc5+ $18) 20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. a3 $16 {and white is a pawn up.}) 17. Nb5 Bb7 (
17... Nd5 $5) 18. O-O Nd5 19. Rfd1 Nc6 $6 ({Much more in the spirit of the
position was} 19... Nxe3 $5 20. fxe3 e4 21. Nfd4 Bf8 $1 $13 {with mutual
chanses.}) 20. Rxd5 $1 Rxd5 21. Nc7 Rdd8 ({Also after} 21... Rad8 22. Nxd5 Rxd5
23. Bc4 Rd7 24. Bb5 a6 $1 {[%csl Rg1]} 25. Ba4 (25. Bxc6 Bxc6 26. Rxc6 $4 Rd1+
$19) 25... Rd6 26. Nd2 $14 {white keeps better chanses.}) 22. Nxa8 Bxa8 23. Bb5
$1 Nd4 (23... h6 $6 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Bxa7 e4 26. Ne1 Ra8 27. Rxc6 Rxa7 28. Rc2
$16) 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Bg5 f6 (25... Rb8 26. Bf4 Rd8 27. Rc7 a5 28. Ra7 $16)
26. Bd2 Bd5 27. Rc7 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra7] Black passed pawn is blocked and
doesn't cause white any problems,while the a-pawn becomes a target for white
pieces.} Rb8 28. Ba6 {Covering square b7.} f5 29. Rxa7 Re8 30. Bb5 Rb8 31. Bd3
$18 {White is a pawn up and the win is just a matter of time.} h6 32. h4 (32.
f3 $5 {[%cal Gg1d1,Gb3b7]}) 32... h5 33. f3 Bf7 34. Kf2 Bf6 35. g3 Rc8 36. b4 (
36. Ke2 $5 Re8+ 37. Kd1 Rc8 38. b4 $18) 36... Bc4 37. Bxc4+ Rxc4 38. Ke2 Rc2
39. b5 Rb2 40. a4 Be5 41. f4 Bf6 42. Rb7 Rb3 43. a5 Rxg3 44. a6 d3+ 45. Kf2 Rg4
46. a7 Bd4+ 47. Kf3 Bxa7 48. Rxa7 Rxh4 49. b6 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 74th"]
[Site "Saarbruecken"]
[Date "2002.11.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 {This
modest variation is Naiditsch's speciality.} Be7 (7... Bg4 $5) 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3
Bf6 10. O-O (10. Be3 Nb4 (10... Re8 11. O-O g6 12. a3 $6 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14.
Ne4 Bf5 $11 {Cabilin,J-Cowley,R/Sydney 1992}) 11. Be2 Bf5 12. Rc1 d5 13. b3 h6
14. O-O Nc6 $13 {Schruefer,G-Andersen,J/Germany 1982}) 10... Nxd4 $6 {Extremly
dubious decision passing the initiative into white's hands. Black lightsquared
bishop is much weaker than white darksquared one, not to mention the fact
black is left without any counterplay after this trade.} 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qxd4 Re8 (13... Kg8 14. b3 Be6 15. Bb2 f6 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. Re3
Bf7 18. Rg3 Qe7 19. Ne4 $14 {Schmidt,M-Mueschenich,S/Germany 2000}) 14. b3 Re6
$6 {Another dubious decision. Black volunterely weakens long diagonal.} 15. f4
f5 $2 {[%csl Rg7]} 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. a4 $1 a5 {[%csl Ra5] Unfortunately for
black he is forced to play a5 because the knight has to remain on b6
preventing Nd5.} 18. Rf3 Bd7 (18... Rg6 19. Nb5 Be6 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Rfe3 Re8
22. Qd2 $18 {[%csl Ra5]}) 19. Rg3 Rg6 20. Rxg6 Kxg6 21. Kh2 Bc6 22. Nb5 Rg8 (
22... Be4 23. Re1 Kh7 24. Re3 Rg8 25. Bc3 $16) 23. Qf2 $1 {Threatening to play
Re1.} Re8 24. Bc3 {Now we can realise the consequances of 18...a5. Black can't
protect a pawn on a5.} Bxb5 25. Qg3+ Kh7 26. axb5 Qf7 (26... Nd7 27. Re1 $18 {
[%csl Rg7]}) 27. Rxa5 Nd7 28. b6 $5 Nc5 (28... c5 $142 29. Qd3 Re6 30. Ra8 Nxb6
31. Rd8 Nd7 32. g4 $18) 29. bxc7 Qxc7 30. Qg5 Qf7 $6 (30... Rf8) 31. Bxg7 $1
$18 {The final blow.} Qg6 (31... Qxg7 32. Qh5+ Qh6 33. Qf7+ $1 Qg7 34. Qxe8 $18
) 32. Bf6 Qxg5 33. Bxg5 Re2 34. b4 Nd3 35. Rxf5 Ne1 36. Kg3 Kg7 37. Kg4 Nxg2
38. Kh5 Re8 39. Bh6+ Kh8 40. Rf7 Ne3 41. Rxb7 Nxc4 42. Bg5 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Nalbandian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1999.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 $5 {
On my opinion this is very promising variation for white and the following
game shows it very clearly.} Nc6 8. Nge2 Bg4 9. f3 Bh5 10. O-O (10. Nf4 Bg6 11.
Nxg6 $6 (11. Be2 Bg5 12. O-O Bxf4 $6 13. Bxf4 Qf6 14. Be3 O-O 15. Qd2 $14 {
Mrdja,M-Wohl,A/Imperia op 1996}) 11... hxg6 12. O-O Nxd4 13. Bxg6 Nc6 14. Be4
Nxc4 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qxc6+ Qd7 $13 {De Jong,M-Gausel,E/VAM
Hoogeveen op 1998}) 10... Bg6 (10... O-O 11. b3 d5 $2 12. c5 Nxd4 13. cxb6
Nxe2+ 14. Nxe2 axb6 15. Bb2 Bg6 16. Nf4 $16 {Petermann,H-Nielsen,M/Copenhagen
op17 1995}) 11. Bxg6 (11. b3 Bf6 12. Be3 d5 13. c5 Nc8 14. a3 (14. Qd2 N8e7 15.
g4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 g6 17. Bh6 Rg8 18. Bf4 Qd7 $13 {Feick,S-Panchenko,A/OL-NO9394}
) 14... N8e7 15. b4 Qd7 16. Qd2 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 h5 {Dzindzichashvili,
R-Khmelnitsky,I/USA-ch 1996}) 11... hxg6 12. b3 $5 ({Also after} 12. d5 Ne5 13.
b3 g5 14. Ng3 Nbd7 15. Nce4 Nf8 16. Qd2 f6 17. Nf5 $14 {white keeps an opening
edge;Cicak,S-Freisler,P/Czech Extraleague 1998}) 12... Bf6 13. Ne4 (13. d5 Ne5
14. Bb2 O-O 15. Ng3 Re8 16. Nge4 $14) 13... d5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. c5 Nc8 (15...
Nd7 16. b4 O-O 17. b5 Ne7 18. Bf4 Rac8 19. Qa4 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rc7]}) 16. Bf4
Kd7 17. Qd2 $1 {[%csl Rf6] Suddenly the black queen feels uncomfortable on f6.}
(17. b4 a6 18. Rb1 Re8 19. Bg3 N8e7 20. a4 Nf5 $132) 17... Qh4 (17... N8e7 18.
Rae1 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf6]}) 18. b4 a6 19. a4 Nd8 (19... N8e7 20. b5 Nd8 21. Qb4
Ne6 22. Bg3 Qf6 23. Rac1 $36 {[%cal Gc5c6]}) 20. b5 Ne7 21. Qa5 $1 $16 Rc8 22.
Rfe1 g5 (22... Ne6 23. c6+ $1 bxc6 24. bxc6+ Ke8 25. Bg3 Qf6 26. Qxa6 $16) 23.
Bg3 Qh6 24. Nc3 $5 {Keeping on to play in the same agressive style.} (24. c6+
$5 bxc6 25. bxa6 Nf5 26. h3 $16) 24... Ndc6 $1 25. Rxe7+ $8 Nxe7 26. Re1 $36
Rhd8 (26... Rhe8 27. c6+ bxc6 28. bxa6 Nf5 29. Rxe8 Kxe8 30. a7 Ra8 31. Qxc7
Qe6 32. Qb8+ Ke7 (32... Qc8 33. Qxc8+ Rxc8 34. Bb8 $18) 33. Qb7+ $1 $18) 27.
c6+ $1 bxc6 28. bxa6 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Ga6a8]} Nf5 (28... Qf6 29. Be5 Qg6 30. a7
Nf5 31. a8=Q Rxa8 32. Qxc7+ Ke8 33. Bd6+ $18) 29. Nxd5 $1 {The point of 24th
move of white:now black has to enter absolutely hopeless endgame.} cxd5 30.
Qxd5+ Nd6 31. Bxd6 Qxd6 (31... cxd6 32. Qxf7+ Kc6 33. Qb7#) 32. Qxf7+ Kc6 33.
Re6 $18 Ra8 34. Rxd6+ Rxd6 35. Qc4+ Kd7 36. Qb5+ Ke7 37. Qxg5+ Kf8 38. Qc5
Raxa6 39. Qxc7 {The win is just a matter of technique.} Rac6 40. Qb8+ Kf7 41.
h4 {[%cal Gg1h2,Gh2e5]} g6 (41... Rxd4 42. Qb7+ $18 {[%cal Gb7c6,Gb7f7]}) 42.
a5 Rd7 43. Qb3+ Kf6 44. Qb5 Rdd6 45. Kh2 Ke7 46. Kg3 Kd8 47. d5 Ra6 48. Kf4
Rf6+ 49. Ke4 Ke7 50. g4 Kf7 51. Qb7+ Kf8 52. Ke5 Ke8 53. Qc8+ Ke7 54. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Minasian, Ara"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d5 $5 (7. b3
Be7 8. Be2 Bf6 9. Nf3 Bf5 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. Qd2 N8e7 14.
Bg5 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 Bg6 $11 {Zitek,A-Garlik,M/CZE-chJM U14 1998/1/2-1/2 (42)}) (
7. Be3 Be7 8. Nf3 (8. Qf3 O-O 9. O-O-O Be6 $5 10. b3 a5 11. a4 d5 12. c5 Nc8 $1
13. Nge2 Bg5 14. Kb2 Nb4 $132 {Chernyshov,K-Zelcic,R/Djakovo 1994}) 8... Bg4 9.
b3 (9. h3 Bh5 10. Rc1 O-O 11. b3 Re8 12. g4 Bh4 $6 {[%cal Gh4e1,Ge8e1]} 13. Qd2
$5 Bg6 14. Bg2 Bf6 15. O-O $14 {Zhang Zhong-Miles,A/Maroczy mem 1997}) 9... O-O
10. Be2 Re8 11. O-O Bf6 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qd2 Bg6 14. a4 a5 15. Rac1 Nb4 $132 {
Hendriks,R-De Waal,M/Computerij op 1998}) (7. Nf3 Bf5 (7... Bg4 8. Be2 Be7 9.
d5 $5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ne5 11. Be2 O-O 12. b3 Bf6 13. Bb2 a5 14. O-O $14 {Emms,
J-Baburin,A/Monarch Assurance, Port Erin ENG 1997/1/2-1/2 (41)}) 8. Be3 Be7 9.
Rc1 Bf6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Qd7 13. b3 $14 {Meier,U-Schmidt,A/
Klinge-U17 1993 (21)}) (7. Be2 Be7 8. h3 O-O 9. Nf3 Bf5 10. O-O Re8 11. a3 Bf6
12. Re1 Na5 13. b3 c5 14. Be3 d5 $13 {Benjamin,J-Wohl,A/Saintly Cup 1999}) 7...
Ne5 8. f4 (8. b3 Bf5 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd4 $16 {Houskova,
M-Karhanec,P/Policka op 1997}) 8... Ned7 9. Qd4 $5 Be7 $1 $13 ({Not so bad also
} 9... Qf6 $5 10. Qxf6 (10. Be3 Be7 11. Nb5 Bd8 12. Qxf6 Nxf6 13. Bd3 O-O 14.
Nf3 Re8 15. Kd2 Bg4 $132) 10... Nxf6 11. Nb5 Kd8 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Nd4 g6 14.
Ngf3 Bg7 15. O-O Re8 $13 {with unclear position,but the move in the game is
stronger.}) 10. Qxg7 Bf6 11. Qg4 ({Also after} 11. Qh6 Qe7+ $1 12. Kd1 (12. Be2
Nxc4 13. Nf3 Ne3 $36) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nc5 14. Qg7 Rf8 15. Nf3 Bf5 $44 {
[%csl Rd1][%cal Ge7e4] black has more than sufficient counterplay for the pawn.
}) 11... Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qf6 13. Bd2 (13. Qf3 Nc5 14. Ba3 Bf5 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16.
Qe3+ Kd8 $36 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4,Re1][%cal Gh8e8]}) 13... Nc5 14. Qg5 $5 Qxg5 15.
fxg5 Bf5 $44 {White has to play very carefully not to find himself in troubles.
} 16. O-O-O (16. Nf3 Nd3+ 17. Bxd3 Bxd3 {[%csl Rc4,Rd5]} 18. c5 $8 Nxd5 (18...
dxc5 $6 19. Ne5 Ba6 20. O-O-O Nxd5 $6 21. Rhe1 $14) 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Kf2 Kd7
21. Rhe1 Rhe8 $11) 16... Nd3+ 17. Bxd3 Bxd3 18. c5 $8 {Accurate move,letting
white to reach an equality.} Nxd5 (18... dxc5 19. Bf4 (19. Nh3 $6 O-O-O {
[%csl Rd5]} (19... Nxd5 20. Rhe1+ Kd7 21. Nf4 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 c4 23. Re4 b5 $15)
20. Nf4 Be4 21. Be3 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxc5 Bxg2 $15) 19... c4 20. Bxc7
Nxd5 21. Be5 O-O 22. Nf3 $13) 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Nh3 (20. Nf3 O-O 21. Rhe1 Rac8
22. Kb2 Nb6 23. Bf4 $13) 20... Rc8 21. Nf4 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Rxc3+ 23. Kb2 (23. Kd2
Rc4 24. Bxd6 Be4 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Kd7 27. Be5 $11) 23... Rc2+ 24. Kb3 Rf2
25. Rxd3 Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch 4th"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2003.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Qf3 {Very
sharp continuation, promising black very good counterchanses.} O-O (7... Qd7 $5
8. Be3 Na4 $6 9. Nd5 O-O 10. b3 Nb6 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Bd3 $14 {Saltaev,
M-Marinkovic,I/Ikaria op 1994/1/2-1/2 (72)}) 8. Be3 (8. Bd3 $5 c6 (8... Nc6 9.
Nge2 Nb4 10. Bb1 Re8 (10... Nxc4 11. a3 Nc6 12. Qd3 $18 {[%cal Gd3c4,Gd3h7]})
11. a3 Nc6 12. O-O $14) 9. Nge2 d5 10. c5 N6d7 11. Bc2 $5 Re8 (11... b6 $2 12.
Nxd5 $1 {[%csl Ra8]} cxd5 13. Qxd5 Nc6 14. Qxc6 Rb8 15. Qf3 $16) 12. g4 Nf8 13.
h4 b6 (13... Bxh4 $5 14. Qh3 g5 15. Be3 $44) 14. Be3 bxc5 15. O-O-O $1 $36 {
Berg,E-De Firmian,N/Malmo 2001/CBM 84}) 8... c6 $5 {Black has tried many
different moves in this position, but in my opinion the one played in the game
is the best!} (8... Bg5 9. Bd3 (9. O-O-O Nc6 $6 10. h4 (10. Bd3 Nb4 11. b3
Nxd3+ 12. Rxd3 Qf6 13. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 14. Re3 Qg4 $11 {Popescu,D-Jiroveanu,G/
ROM-chT 1996/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 10... Bxe3+ 11. fxe3 Nd7 $6 12. g4 Re8 13. g5 Nf8
14. Nh3 Qd7 15. Nf4 $16 {Zimmermann,F-Goeke,B/OLO-C 1995 (27)}) 9... Bxe3 10.
fxe3 Nc6 11. b3 (11. Nge2 $6 Nb4) 11... Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh6 {[%csl Re3]} 13. Nge2
Re8 14. Kf2 $14 {Alonso,S-Malbran,G/Buenos Aires 1998/CBM 65}) (8... Nc6 9.
O-O-O Be6 (9... Re8 10. Nh3 Nd7 11. Nf4 Nf6 12. h3 Bf8 13. g4 $14 {Iglesias,
J-Serrano Aspa,P/Barcelona 2000/EXT 2001}) (9... Bg5 10. Nh3 Bxe3+ 11. fxe3 Be6
12. c5 Nd7 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Nf4 Qa5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qh3 $14 {Blauert,
J-Hetey,L/Dortmund 1995/CBM 48 ext}) 10. c5 $5 (10. b3 Qc8 11. h3 a5 {1/2-1/2
Seul,G-Horvath,J/Budapest FS10 GM 1995}) 10... Nc4 (10... Nc8 11. d5 Ne5 12.
Qe4 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. h4 f5 15. Qb4 $13 {Goeke,B-Peter,F/Hessenliga 9596 1996
(41)}) (10... Nd7 $6 11. d5 Nce5 12. Qe2 Bf5 13. h3 Nf6 14. g4 Bc8 15. g5 $36 {
Sandu,M-Grunberg,S/ROM-chT 1996 (33)}) 11. Bf4 Qc8 (11... Bf6 $2 12. d5 N4e5
13. Qe2 Ng6 14. Be3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qf6 16. dxe6 $18 {Leyva,R-Medina,M/CUB-ch
1993 (22)}) 12. Qg3 N6a5 13. b3 $6 Na3 14. cxd6 $6 cxd6 15. Kb2 b5 $40 {
[%csl Rb2] Buenermann,V-Waechtler,F/NRW-II 1994 (33)}) 9. O-O-O (9. Bd3 d5 10.
c5 $6 (10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nge2 Be6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Ng3 g6 14. h3 N7b6 $13 {
Galyas,M-Bagirov,R/EU-chJM U18 1996 (27)}) 10... Nc4 11. Bc1 b6 12. b3 Na5 13.
cxb6 axb6 14. Bb2 Ba6 $15 {Grosar,K-Raspor,G/Portoroz 1996 (40)}) 9... d5 10.
c5 N6d7 11. g4 $6 {It seems that white is an attacking side here, but it's
just an illusion, so better was to complete development of the pieces before
starting pawn's strom on the kingside.} (11. Bd3 Na6 $6 (11... b6 12. cxb6 axb6
13. h4 Nf6 14. Bf5 $6 b5 15. Bxc8 Qxc8 16. h5 b4 17. Nb1 c5 $36 {Christensen,
S-Peralta,F/Copenhagen 2002}) 12. Nge2 b6 13. cxb6 axb6 14. g4 Re8 15. h4 Nf8
16. g5 $40 {Chernyshov,K-Raudive,A/Decin 1996}) 11... Nf6 (11... b6 12. cxb6
axb6 13. Bd3 b5 14. a3 Na6 15. Nge2 b4 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Bb1 Re8 $15 {Lakos,
N-Zhukova,N/Yerevan 1996}) 12. h3 b6 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Bd3 b5 15. g5 $6 {
Helping black knight to come to more active position.} (15. a3 Nbd7 16. Nge2
Nb6 17. Ng3 Nc4 18. g5 Ne8 19. h4 Qa5 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Bf4 Ra7 $36 {
Makropoulou,M-Sedina,E/Yerevan 1996}) 15... Ne8 16. Bb1 (16. Kb1 b4 17. Nce2
Qa5 18. Nc1 b3 19. a3 Bxa3 20. Nxb3 Qb6 21. Bc2 Be7 $17 {[%cal Gb8a6,Ga6b4]})
16... Nd6 17. h4 Nc4 18. Nh3 $2 {Careless move leading to material losses.} (
18. Bf4 Qa5 19. Nce2 Na6 20. h5 $15) 18... Qa5 $1 $19 {Suddenly white king is
in a grave danger since Ba3! is threatened.} 19. Rd2 {Sad move to make, but
other moves aren't any better.} (19. Bf4 Ba3 $1 20. bxa3 Qxa3+ 21. Kc2 Qb2+ 22.
Kd3 Bf5+ $19) (19. Rd3 Na6 20. Bf4 b4 21. Ne2 Bf5 $19) 19... b4 20. Ne2 b3 21.
axb3 Nxd2 22. Bxd2 Qc7 23. Nhf4 Ra1 24. Nh5 Qd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7f5] Intending to
trade the queens on f5 or g4.} 25. Neg3 g6 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Qxf6 (27. gxf6 Qg4
28. Qxg4 Bxg4 29. Bb4 Re8 30. Be7 Nd7 31. Kd2) 27... Qe6 28. Re1 Qxf6 29. gxf6
Ba6 {[%cal Ga6d3]} 30. Kc2 Nd7 31. Bg5 c5 32. Re7 cxd4 $1 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lapshun, Yury"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 {I don't think this move is
dangerous for black. Mainly due to the variation played in this game, because
if black prefers to refrain from c5 white may get clearly better chances.} dxe5
6. fxe5 c5 $5 7. d5 e6 8. Nc3 exd5 9. cxd5 c4 10. Nf3 Bb4 11. Bxc4 Bxc3+ {
Following his own game against Minasian!} (11... O-O $6 12. Bb3 a5 $6 (12...
Qc7 13. Qd3 Bg4 14. O-O Bxf3 15. Rxf3 Qxe5 16. Bc2 $40 {1-0 Frank,T-Kuehn,N/
Germany 1993/EXT 97-B (44)}) 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 a4 15. Ba2 Bg4 16. O-O Ra5
17. c4 $16 {Cmiel,T-Vogler,T/Germany 1986}) (11... Qc7 $6 12. Bb3 Bxc3+ 13.
bxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Bd2 Qd3 15. Rc1 $36 {Heidl,G-Schoppmeyer,M/Germany 1989}) (11...
Nxc4 $6 12. Qa4+ Nd7 13. Qxb4 Ncxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. O-O Qe7 16. Qxe7+ Kxe7
17. Re1 Kf6 18. Be3 $16 {Wolf,S-Kuehn,N/Germany 1993}) 12. bxc3 Nxc4 13. Qa4+
Nd7 14. Qxc4 Nb6 15. Qb5+ {There is no doubt that this check is white's only
chance to fight for opening advantage.} (15. Qd4 Qxd5 16. Ba3 Be6 17. Qh4 Qd8
18. Qb4 Qc7 19. Rd1 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Reichel,E-Enigl,K/Austria 1994/TD (19)}) 15...
Qd7 16. Qxd7+ (16. Qe2 $6 Qxd5 17. O-O O-O 18. Ba3 Re8 19. Rad1 Qc4 20. Qc2 Qg4
21. Rd4 Qg6 22. Qf2 Be6 $15 {Rigo,J-Burgess,G/Aarhus 1990}) (16. Nd4 Nxd5 17.
c4 Nc7 18. Qxd7+ Bxd7 19. O-O Be6 20. Nf5 O-O 21. Ba3 Rfd8 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Bd6
Rd7 $11 {Welz,P-Hagenstein,F/Berlin 1993}) 16... Bxd7 17. e6 $6 {It's not so
easy to explain this move giving up a pawn. White had to try} (17. d6 $5 {
and to wait for black's improvement!} Rc8 18. Be3 (18. Bd2 Nc4 19. O-O Nxd2 20.
Nxd2 O-O 21. Rf3 Rc5 22. Re3 Rfc8 23. Rc1 b5 $44 {[%csl Rc3,Re5] Durao,
J-Bagirov,V/Kusadasi 1990}) 18... Rxc3 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Kd2 Rc5 21. Rhb1 b5
22. a4 $1 $14 {Minasian,A-Shabalov,A/Minsk 1990}) 17... fxe6 18. dxe6 Bxe6 $15
{Of course white should hold this position since black's advantage is minimal
and definitly not enough for a win, but it's very unpleasent for white to find
himself in the position where he plays only for 2 results!} 19. O-O O-O 20. Be3
Nd5 21. Bd4 Nf4 {[%cal Gf4e2]} 22. Rfe1 (22. Rf2 Bc4 23. Re1 Nd3 24. Re7 Rf7
25. Rxf7 Bxf7 26. Re2 $11) 22... Bc4 23. Bc5 $6 {Losing a thread. White
shouldn't be afraid to give up his bishop for the knight.} (23. a3 Ne2+ 24. Kf2
Nxd4 25. cxd4 Rf7 26. Re5 $11) 23... Rf6 24. Re3 b6 25. Ba3 $6 {It wasn't too
late to come back to d4 with defendable position. After the move in the game
white is in troubles.} (25. Bd4) 25... h6 26. Be7 Rg6 $1 27. Nh4 (27. g3 Nd5
28. Ree1 Rc8 29. Ne5 Re6 30. Nxc4 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Rxc4 $17 {[%csl Rc3]}) 27...
Re6 28. Rxe6 Bxe6 $17 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3][%cal Gf4d5,Ga8c8] It proves impossible
to defend weaknesses on c3 and a2.} 29. Re1 Bxa2 30. Bd6 Ne6 31. Nf5 a5 32. Ba3
Rd8 33. Nd6 a4 34. Rd1 Bb3 35. Rd2 Rd7 36. h3 Nc5 37. Rd4 Re7 38. Kf2 Re5 39.
Bb4 Bc2 $1 {[%cal Gc5d3] Taking advantage of the fact that white pieces are
busy stopping black passer over the a-file black finds a way to disturb white
on the kingside.} 40. Nc4 Re6 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Bxc5 (42. Nxb6 $2 Ne4+ 43. Ke3
Rxb6 $19) 42... bxc5 43. Ra8 Bd1 44. Rd8 $6 ({Better chances of survival would
leave} 44. Ne3 Bb3 45. Ra7 Kg6 $19 {even though black's advantage should be
enough for win here as well.}) 44... Bb3 45. Na3 {[%csl Ra3] Now white knight
is just too passive on a3.} h5 46. h4 Kg6 47. Rc8 Re5 48. Rc7 Kf6 49. Nb5 Rd5
50. Ke3 Bc2 51. Kf4 Rf5+ 52. Ke3 Re5+ 53. Kf3 Be4+ 54. Kg3 Bd3 $19 55. Na3 Re3+
56. Kf4 Re4+ 57. Kf3 (57. Kg3 Rg4+ 58. Kh3 Bf1 $19) 57... Rxh4 58. Rxc5 Be4+
59. Kf2 Rh2 60. Kf1 Rxg2 61. Rxh5 Ra2 62. Nb5 a3 63. Nd4 Rb2 64. Ra5 a2 65.
Ra6+ Kg5 66. Ra5+ Kg4 67. Nb3 Rxb3 68. Rxa2 Rxc3 69. Ra5 g5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.01"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Cicak, Slavko"]
[Black "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Trinec"]
[BlackTeam "Jyvaskyla JyS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nge2 Nc6 9. O-O {This line leads to the positions where white's advantage is
minimal, but very stable.} (9. h3 Nb4 10. Bb1 a5 11. a3 Nc6 12. b3 f5 13. O-O
Kh8 14. d5 Ne5 15. a4 Nbd7 16. f4 $14 {Ardeleanu,A-Cosma,I/ROM-ch 1992}) 9...
Bf6 (9... Nb4 10. Bb1 a5 11. b3 Re8 12. Be3 a4 13. Nxa4 Nxa4 14. bxa4 Nc6 15.
Nc3 Na5 16. Bd3 c6 17. Qc2 $16 {Kaminski,M-Baburin,A/Biel 1995}) 10. b3 (10.
Be3) 10... Bg4 11. Be3 Re8 (11... Bxd4 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qd3+ $1 Kg8 14. Nxd4
Ne5 15. Qd2 Re8 16. f3 $16 {Zavarsky,J-Galvanek,L/Slovakia 2000}) 12. Qd2 (12.
h3 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 d5 14. c5 Nd7 15. Qd2 Nf8 16. b4 a6 17. b5 axb5 18. Bxb5 Ra3
$132 {Kaminski,M-Miroshnichenko,E/Vienna 1995}) (12. Qc2 g6 13. a3 Bg7 14. h3
Bxe2 15. Nxe2 d5 16. c5 Nd7 17. b4 a6 18. Qb3 Nf6 19. a4 Qd7 20. b5 $14 {
Wojcieszyn,Z-Pasteiner,J/Zakopane 2000}) 12... Bh5 $6 (12... Nb4 13. Bb1 Bxe2
14. Nxe2 c5 15. a3 Nc6 16. Ra2 Qe7 17. h3 g6 (17... cxd4 {Finkel,A} 18. Nxd4
Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Rad8 21. Rd2 $14) 18. d5 $14 {Naiditsch-Timman,2002
}) (12... Ne7 $6 13. Ne4 Nf5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bg5 Qe6 16. f3 $18) (12... d5
$5) 13. Nf4 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Be4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Rc6,Gd5] Depriving
black possibility to play d5, which is black's only chnace for active
counterplay.} Rb8 {[%cal Gc6e7]} 16. g4 $1 Nb4 $6 (16... d5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18.
Nxd5 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 c6 21. Rad1 cxd5 22. Qxd5 $16) (16... Qd7 $5)
17. Bg2 Na6 18. Rad1 c6 (18... c5 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Qxd8 Rexd8 21. Ne4 Be7 22.
Bf4 $18) 19. g5 Be7 20. f4 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gf4f5] White can afford himself
such a straight forward play because black pieces on the queenside are just
too far from the "action".} d5 21. c5 Nd7 22. f5 Nf8 23. Rf3 gxf5 24. Rxf5 g6
25. Rf3 Ne6 26. h4 Rf8 (26... Bf8 27. Rdf1 Re7 28. Bh3 Nac7 29. Bg4 $16 {
[%cal Gh4h5]}) 27. Bh3 Nac7 28. Rdf1 b6 29. cxb6 axb6 30. Qf2 c5 $2 {A blunder
permitting white to win on the spot.} (30... Qe8) 31. Rxf7 $1 cxd4 $6 (31...
Qd6 $8 {[%csl Rg6]}) 32. Qc2 $18 Rxf7 33. Qxg6+ Rg7 34. Bxe6+ Nxe6 35. Qxe6+
Kh8 36. Bxd4 Bc5 37. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-B 4th"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2002.05.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Feygin, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2002.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
{This variation is quite unpleasent for black because it's not so easy for him
to find active counterplay.} Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Be2 (10. f4 $5 Ng4 11. Bd4 Nf6
12. Nf3 O-O 13. Be2 e6 $1 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. b3 Nc8 $5 {Akopian,V-Minasian,A/
Yerevan 1995}) 10... O-O 11. b3 Re8 (11... h5 12. f4 Ng4 13. Bd4 Bh6 14. Nh3 e5
15. dxe6 fxe6 $2 16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. Qxg4 $16 {Howell,J-Trifunovic,A/Hastings
1995}) (11... f5 12. f4 Ng4 (12... Ned7 13. Nf3 Nf6 14. Nd4 $16 {Weinzette,
E-Posch,W/Loosdorf/1993}) 13. Bd4 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Nf3 Re8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. O-O $14 {Howell,J-Panchenko,A/Hamburg 1995}) 12. f4 Ned7 13. Nf3 Nf6 $1 {
This move is more accurate than} (13... e5 $6 14. dxe6 Rxe6 15. Qd2 Nf6 16. O-O
Qe8 17. Bd4 Bd7 18. Bd3 Re7 19. f5 $1 $16 {and white is clearly better; Sasu
Ducsoara,A-Dey,J/Fuerth 1998}) 14. O-O e6 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Qd2 (16. Bd4 d5 17.
c5 Nbd7 18. b4 a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 $14) 16... d5 17. c5 Nbd7 18. b4 a5 19.
b5 $2 {[%csl Rc5] Weakening the pawn on c5.} (19. a3) 19... Rc8 20. Na4 Ne4 21.
Qd1 d4 $13 {Black is not interested in taking risks after} (21... Ndxc5 $5 22.
Nxc5 Qb6 23. Ne5 Nxc5 24. Qd4 Bf8 $15) 22. Bxd4 (22. Nxd4) 22... Bxd4+ 23. Nxd4
(23. Qxd4 Ndxc5 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. Qxd8 Rexd8 26. a3 $11) 23... Ndxc5 24. Nxe6
Qxd1 25. Bxd1 Nxe6 {Arising endgame is about equal, but white tries too hard
to get winning chances and...loses this position in just a few moves.} 26. Bf3
$6 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Nxf4 $15 28. b6 $6 (28. Re1 f5 (28... Nf6 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 30.
Bxb7 $16) 29. Nc5 b6 $1 30. Nxe4 Kg7 $15 {[%csl Rb5]}) 28... Nd2 $1 29. Rd1 (
29. Bxb7 Ne2+ $19) 29... Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Re7 $1 {Now black is just a pawn up.}
31. Nc5 (31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Ra8 Re1+ 33. Kf2 Nd3+ 34. Kg2 Re2+ 35. Kg3 Rxa2 $19)
31... Kg7 32. a4 $1 h5 33. h4 (33. Kf1 $5) 33... f6 34. Ne4 $6 {It was
necessary to play} (34. Nb3 $1 Ne2+ 35. Kg2 Nc3 36. Rd4 Re2+ 37. Kh3 (37. Kf1
Rb2 38. Nxa5 Rxb6 39. Rd7+ Kh6 40. Rxb7 Ra6) 37... Rb2 38. Nxa5 Rxb6 39. Rd7+
Kh6 40. Rxb7 Rxb7 (40... Ra6 41. Nc4 Rxa4 42. Nd6 $11) 41. Nxb7 Nxa4 $15) 34...
f5 35. Nc5 g5 $1 36. hxg5 Kg6 37. Rd7 $6 Rxd7 38. Nxd7 Nd3 $1 $19 {Cutting off
the white knight.} 39. Kf1 (39. f4 Nxf4 40. Nc5 Nd5 41. Nxb7 Nxb6 42. Nxa5 Nxa4
$19) 39... Kxg5 40. Ke2 h4 41. Kf1 Kg6 $5 {[%csl Rd7]} 42. Kg2 (42. Ke2 Kf7 43.
Kxd3 h3 44. Ne5+ Kg7 $19) 42... Kf7 43. Nb8 Nc5 44. Kh3 Ke7 45. Kxh4 Kd6 46.
Kg5 Nxa4 {[%csl Rb8]} 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik zt 1.3"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Salmensuu, Olli"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.09.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Nf3 Bg4 9. h3 (9. Be2 Nc6 10. b3 d5 11. c5 Nc8 12. O-O Bf6 13. h3 Be6 14. Nh2
Be7 15. b4 b6 $13 {Brettschneider,S-Hetey,L/DLM 1995}) (9. d5 Bf6 10. Rc1 N8d7
11. b3 Re8 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 a5 $132 {Jakupovic,N-Peralta,F/WJun 1999})
9... Bh5 (9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. c5 dxc5 12. dxc5 Ne5 13. Qe4 Nbd7 14.
O-O-O Qe8 $132 {Velicka,P-Sergeev,V/Stary Smokovec 1996}) 10. g4 $5 {This very
interesting and, on my opinion, promising plan,however rare guest in
tournament practice.White creates pressure on the kingside, castles queenside
and against this logical set up black doesn't have good reply.} Bg6 11. h4 f5 (
11... h5 $6 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. hxg5 h4 14. Qf3 Re8 15. Rxh4 Nc6 16. O-O-O $16 {
Salmensuu,O-Donchenko,A/3rd Open 2000}) (11... h6) 12. d5 $1 {[%cal Gf3d4,
Gd4e6] Threatening to bring the knight to e6.} c5 (12... fxg4 13. Nd4 Qd7 14.
Ne6 Re8 15. Qxg4 Bf6 16. h5 Bf7 17. Bh3 $36) 13. h5 Be8 14. gxf5 Rxf5 (14...
N8d7 15. Bd3 Nf6 16. Nd2 $16) 15. Nd2 N8d7 16. Bd3 Rf8 17. Qc2 h6 (17... Nf6
18. O-O-O Nbd7 19. Bf5 Ne5 20. Rdg1 a6 21. f4 Ned7 22. Nf3 $16) 18. O-O-O Nf6
$6 {Crucial moment of the game:the move which was played in the game leaves
black with no real counterplay;while after correct} (18... Ne5 {aiming to
bring the knight from b6 to play and to change as many pieces as possible} 19.
Be2 (19. Rdg1 Nxd3+ 20. Qxd3 Kh8 21. Nce4 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gd3c3]} Nd7 (21...
Bd7 22. Qc3 Bf6 23. Nxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxf6 Rxf6 25. Ne4 $16 {[%csl Rd6]}) 22. f4
Nf6 23. Nxf6 Bxf6 24. Ne4 b5 $132) 19... Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Nce4 Qe7 $13 {
black manages to get good counterchances.}) 19. Rdg1 Kh8 20. Bf5 Nbd7 21. Be6
Nxh5 (21... Bxh5 22. Qf5) (21... a6 22. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 23. Rg1+ Kh8 24. Bxh6 Nxh5
25. Bxf8 $18) 22. Qd1 Ndf6 (22... Nhf6 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24. Rxh6+ Nh7 25. Qc2 Ndf6
26. Rgh1 $18) 23. Nde4 Nxe4 (23... b5 24. Nxf6 Bxf6 (24... Nxf6 25. Rxg7 $1
Kxg7 26. Bxh6+ Kg6 27. Qd3+) 25. Rxh5 Bxh5 26. Qxh5 Bxc3 27. Bxh6 $1 $18) 24.
Nxe4 Bh4 25. Qg4 g5 26. Rxh4 (26. Rxh4 gxh4 27. Bxh6 Qe7 28. Bd2 $18 {[%cal
Gd2c3]}) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3
Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. b3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. c5 N6d7 13. Bc4 Nc6 14.
Nf3 Nd4 (14... h6 15. Ne4 Na5 16. Be2 Nf8 17. Nd6 Ne6 18. O-O $14 {
[Yagupov-Konopka]}) (14... Na5 $5 15. Be2 (15. Bg5 $6 Re8 $6 (15... Rf8 $1 16.
Be7 Re8 (16... Nxc4 $5 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. bxc4 Nxc5 19. O-O e4 $44 {
[Honfi-Varga]}) 17. Nd5 e4 18. Ng5 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 f5 20. Nc7 Rxe7 21. Nxa8 h6
22. Nh3 Ne5 23. Ra4 Nd3+ $44) 16. Nb5 $1 e4 17. Nc7 exf3+ 18. Nxe8 fxg2 19. Rg1
Nxc4 20. Rxc4 Ne5 (20... b5 21. cxb6 Nxb6 22. Rc1 Bb7 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Rc7 $1
Bf3 25. Rc3 $1 $16) 21. Rc3 Bg4 22. Nxg7 Nf3+ 23. Rxf3 Bxf3 24. Bf6 $16) 15...
Nc6 $5 (15... h6 16. O-O f5 17. Rfd1 Nc6 18. g3 e4 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 $14))
15. Ng5 Rf8 (15... Nxc5 $6 16. Nxf7 Nd3+ $8 17. Kd2 $1 Be6 18. Nxd8 $1 Bxc4 19.
bxc4 Nxc1 20. Nxb7 $16 {[Sholman-Shon]}) 16. Nce4 Nf5 17. O-O (17. Nxf7 $5 Rxf7
18. Ng5 Nh6 19. Ne6 g5 $1 (19... Nf8 $2 20. Nxg7 $1 Ng4 21. Ne8 $18 {
[Olsson-Zatterberg]}) 20. h4 $5 (20. Nxg5 Nf6 21. Nxf7 Nxf7 22. Rd1 Bd7 $14)
20... e4 $8 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. hxg5 Nf5 23. Bxf7 Kxf7 24. Rxh7+ Kg6 25. Rh3 Ne5
$16) 17... Nf6 18. Nd6 $1 Nxd6 19. cxd6 $14 Bd7 (19... h6 $6 20. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7
21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rc7+ Bd7 23. Rxb7 $16) 20. a4 $1 {[It's very important to
keep bishop on c4 where it puts great pressure on f7]} Bc6 21. Rfd1 a6 (21...
h6 $6 22. Nf3 Nd7 23. Bb5 $1 Rfc8 24. Rc4 $16) 22. f3 Rad8 $6 (22... h6 $5 23.
Nh3 (23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Bxe4 25. d7 Bc6 26. Bb6 Bf6 27. Rc2 $44) 23... Rfd8
24. Rd2 e4 25. Nf4 Kf8 26. Kf2 $14) 23. Bxa6 $1 Nd5 $6 (23... h6 24. Rxc6 bxc6
25. Ne4 Nd5 26. Bc5 f5 27. Nd2 $44) 24. Bf2 $16 Bh6 25. h4 Rfe8 26. Bc4 Rxd6
27. Rd3 Rd7 28. Rcd1 Red8 29. Ne4 $1 Kg7 30. Nc5 Rd6 31. a5 $18 Kf8 32. b4 Ke7
33. Ne4 Ne3 (33... R6d7 34. b5) 34. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 10th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2002.06.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Qf3 $5 {
It's not the first time Berg plays this relatively rare variation of Alekhine
defense. He also tried it in the first round of the tournament versus Thomas
Luther.} c5 $5 {More common is 7...Nc6 which was tried by Luther:} (7... Nc6 8.
Be3 O-O 9. O-O-O f5 $5 10. c5 f4 11. cxb6 fxe3 12. bxc7 Qxc7 13. Qd5+ Kh8 14.
fxe3 Bf5 $36 {and black has very strong initiative for the pawn; Berg,E-Luther,
T/Malmoe SWE 2002}) 8. dxc5 $5 {Opening the center is possible solution.} (8.
d5 $5 O-O 9. Bd3 $6 N8d7 10. Bf4 Ne5 11. Bxe5 $6 dxe5 12. O-O-O f5 $17 {
Perovic,D-Popov,L/JUG-chT2 1994/EXT 97}) 8... dxc5 9. Be3 Nc6 $5 ({If black
opted for passive} 9... O-O 10. Rd1 N8d7 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Nge2 a6 13. O-O $14 {
white would get very comfortable advantage.}) 10. Rd1 Nd4 11. Bxd4 cxd4 12.
Nge2 {[%csl Rd4]} O-O $5 {Temporary pawn sacrifice is probably the best way to
play in the position since after} (12... Nxc4 13. Nxd4 Nd6 (13... Nxb2 14. Bb5+
Kf8 15. Ne6+ Bxe6 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. O-O $16) 14. Bd3 O-O 15. O-O a6 16. Nd5
$14 {white is better.}) 13. Nxd4 Bf6 14. Ndb5 Qe7+ $5 ({Not good enough is} 
14... Bxc3+ $6 15. Qxc3 (15. Nxc3 $6 Qh4 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gc8g4,Gf8e8]} 16. Be2
Nxc4 17. g3 Qe7 18. Nd5 Qe5 $11) 15... Re8+ 16. Be2 Qg5 (16... Qe7 $2 17. O-O
Qxe2 $140 18. Rfe1 $18) 17. Kf1 $14 {and black hardly has sufficient
compensation for the pawn.}) 15. Be2 Nxc4 $5 {May be Timman should try} (15...
Qb4 $5 16. O-O Qxb2 17. Rb1 Qd2 18. Ne4 Qh6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21.
Nd6 $14 {even though white keeps better chances in the endgame...}) 16. Nd5 Qe5
17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. O-O $1 Qxb5 ({An attempt to take the pawn was doomed to
failure:} 18... Nxb2 $2 {[%csl Rb2]} 19. Rd5 Qe7 20. Nc3 $1 Be6 21. Rb5 Nc4 22.
Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Qg4+ $18) 19. Rd4 Qe5 {Again black opts for the most logical
continuation. Worse is} (19... Qf5 $6 20. Qg3+ (20. Rxc4 Qxf3 21. Bxf3 Be6 22.
Rc7 Bxa2 $14) 20... Qg6 21. Bxc4 Qxg3 22. fxg3 $1 $16 {and black's defensive
task is very difficult.}) 20. Rxc4 Be6 21. Rh4 $5 {Trying to win a pawn on h7.}
Rfd8 22. Bd3 Qg5 $1 (22... f5 23. Qh5 $1 Rxd3 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Qxh8 26.
Rxh8+ Ke7 27. Rxa8 $18) 23. Bxh7+ Kg7 24. Rh5 Qg4 {Forcing white to exchange
queens.} 25. Be4 Qxf3 26. Bxf3 Rab8 $2 {This move is not so easy to explain!
So far Timman defended perfectly and after logical} (26... Rd2 $1 $132 {
[%csl Ra2,Rb2] black would be out of danger!}) 27. Ra5 $1 a6 28. b3 Rd2 29. h3
$18 {Now white is just a pawn up and the rest is just a matter of technique.}
Bc8 30. Rd5 $1 Rxa2 $6 {Looking for counterchances.} (30... Rxd5 31. Bxd5 Be6
32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Rc1 $18) 31. Rd8 Rc2 32. Re1 a5 33. Ree8 f5 34. Bd5 Be6 $2 {
Giving up the game. The last chance to put up some resistance was} (34... Rc7
$8) 35. Rxb8 Bxd5 36. Re5 Rc5 37. Kh2 Kf6 38. f4 Rb5 39. Rd8 Bc6 40. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund m1"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2002.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2002.07.13"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 $5 O-O 8.
Nge2 Nc6 9. O-O {This variation leads to the position where white's advantage
is minimal, but very stable.} (9. h3 Nb4 10. Bb1 a5 11. a3 Nc6 12. b3 f5 13.
O-O Kh8 14. d5 Ne5 15. a4 Nbd7 16. f4 $14 {Ardeleanu,A-Cosma,I/ROM-ch 1992})
9... Bf6 (9... Nb4 10. Bb1 a5 11. b3 Re8 12. Be3 a4 13. Nxa4 Nxa4 14. bxa4 Nc6
15. Nc3 Na5 16. Bd3 c6 17. Qc2 $16 {Kaminski,M-Baburin,A/Biel 1995}) 10. b3 (
10. Be3 Bg4 (10... Nb4 11. b3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Qd2
Bh4 16. d5 Re8 17. Rae1 Nd7 $11 {Sermek,D-Zelcic,R/Makarska 1994}) (10... Re8
11. Qd2 Nb4 12. Rac1 c6 (12... Nxd3 $5 $11) 13. b3 d5 14. Bb1 dxc4 15. Ne4 Nd3
16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Rc3 $14 {Schuster,B-Majer,D/Hessen 1999}) (10... g6 11. b3
Re8 12. Qd2 a5 13. Rae1 Ne7 14. Ng3 d5 15. Bg5 $16 {Kveinys,A-Engel,K/
Wuerzburg 1994}) 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qd2 Bg6 13. b3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 d5 15. c5 Nc8 16.
b4 Nxb4 17. Qb1 Nc6 18. Qxb7 N8e7 $13 {Sermek,D-Zelcic,R/Pozega 2000}) (10. a3
Bg4 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qc2 g6 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. d5 Ne7
17. Nd4 a6 18. Rae1 Qf6 $11 {Jovanovic,J-Nikolic,M/Novi Sad 1996}) 10... Bg4
11. Be3 Re8 12. Qd2 (12. Qc2 g6 13. a3 Bg7 14. h3 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 d5 16. c5 Nd7
17. b4 a6 18. Qb3 Nf6 19. a4 Qd7 20. b5 $14 {Wojcieszyn,Z-Pasteiner,J/Zakopane
2000}) 12... Nb4 (12... Ne7 $6 13. Ne4 Nf5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bg5 Qe6 16. f3
$18) (12... d5 $5) 13. Bb1 Bxe2 ({Deserved attention typical} 13... d5) 14.
Nxe2 c5 15. a3 Nc6 16. Ra2 Qe7 $6 {Strange choice. After natural} (16... cxd4
17. Nxd4 d5 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. cxd5 cxd5 $5 (19... Nxd5 20. Qc2 g6 21. Qxc6 Rc8
22. Qa6 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Bg5 $14) 20. Qd3 g6 21. Rd2 Qe7 $11 {black is doing fine.
}) 17. h3 (17. d5 Ne5 18. h3 $14) 17... g6 (17... cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4
Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Rad8 21. Rd2 $14) 18. d5 $14 Ne5 19. Qc1 {[%cal Ge2c3,Ga2e2]} Bg7
20. a4 (20. Nc3) 20... Nbd7 21. Nc3 f5 22. Bg5 $1 {White's plan is to play f4
at some stage, that's why he puts the bishop on g5} Bf6 $6 (22... Nf6 $5 23.
Re2 Qd7 24. Rfe1 Nf7 25. Bf4 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Re8 27. Qe1 $14) 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24.
Re2 Re7 (24... Nf7 25. Rfe1 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Nf8 27. Qe1 $14) 25. f4 Nf7 26. Rxe7
Qxe7 27. Re1 Qh4 28. Re6 Nf8 29. Re2 Nd7 30. Kh2 a6 (30... Nf6 $6 31. g3 Qh5
32. Kg2 Re8 33. Rxe8+ Nxe8 34. Qe1 $16 {[%csl Rh5]}) 31. g3 Qf6 32. Kg2 Rd8 33.
Qe3 Qd4 34. g4 ({Not so bad was} 34. Qd3 $5 $16 {[%cal Ge2e6] followed by Re6
or Re7.}) 34... Nf6 35. Qf3 $2 {Blundering a pawn.} (35. gxf5 Nh5 36. Kf3 Qf6 (
36... Nxf4 37. Qxf4 Qxc3+ 38. Kg2 g5 39. Qe4 Qe5 40. Qc2 Qf6 41. Re6 $16 {
[%cal Gf5f6]}) 37. Rg2 $16 {[%cal Gg2g8]}) 35... fxg4 36. hxg4 Rf8 $2 {For
some reason Timman refuses to accept the gift while after} (36... Nxg4 $1 {
[%csl Rc3]} 37. Re4 Qg7 (37... Qd2+ 38. Re2 Qc1 39. Bxg6 hxg6 40. Na2 $13) 38.
Re7 b6 39. Bc2 Nf6 $15 {black would win a pawn.}) 37. Ne4 Nxe4 38. Qxe4 Qc3 39.
Bc2 Qa1 40. Re1 Qc3 41. g5 $1 {[%csl Rf7] Restricting the knight on f7.} Rb8
42. Re2 Rf8 (42... b5 43. axb5 axb5 44. cxb5 Kg7 45. Qc4 Qa5 46. Bd3 $16) 43.
Qd3 {[%cal Ge2e7]} Qxd3 44. Bxd3 Nd8 45. Kg3 a5 46. Bc2 Rf7 (46... Kg7 47. Kg4
h5+ 48. gxh6+ Kxh6 49. Re7 b6 50. Bd3 Rf6 51. Re8 Nf7 52. Rb8 $16 {[%csl Rb6]})
47. f5 $1 gxf5 48. Kf4 Kf8 49. Bxf5 Rg7 50. Rh2 Kg8 51. Rh6 Nf7 52. Be6 $1 Kf8
53. Bxf7 Rxf7+ 54. Kg4 Ke7 (54... Rd7 55. Kf5 Kg8 56. Ke6 Rg7 57. Kxd6 $18) 55.
Kh4 Kd7 56. Kh5 Ke7 57. Re6+ Kd7 58. Kh6 (58. Kh6 b6 59. Rf6 Re7 60. Rf8 $18 {
[%cal Gf8h8]}) 1-0

[Event "NOR-ch playoff"]
[Site "Asker"]
[Date "2000.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2000.07.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nf3 (7. exd6 cxd6
8. Bd3 Be7 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. b3 O-O 11. Nf3 $14 {Keogh,E-Baburin,A/Kilkenny op
1996}) 7... Na6 (7... Be7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 d5 $132 {
Larsen,H-Larsen,O/Aalborg op 1995}) 8. Bd3 $6 {After this move black gets
sufficient counterplay.Better was} (8. a3 c5 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Be3 Qxd1+ 11.
Rxd1 Rd8 12. Rxd8+ Kxd8 13. Be2 f6 14. Kd2 Bg4 15. b3 $14 {Golts,R-Kleist,F/
Canadian Open 1999}) (8. Be3 c5 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. Nb5
Bb8 13. Rc1 Nd7 $13 {Mohammad,S-Gausel,E/Erevan olm 1996}) (8. Be3 dxe5 9. fxe5
c5 $132) 8... Bxd3 9. Qxd3 c5 10. dxc5 ({White should have prefered} 10. d5 $5
Nb4 11. Qe2 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Be7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. O-O $14 {with better chanses.})
10... Nxc5 11. Qe2 dxe5 12. Nxe5 f6 $5 13. Qh5+ {Accepting the chalange.} (13.
Nf3 Qd3 (13... Nd3+ 14. Kf1 Kf7 15. b3 Nxc1 16. Rxc1 Bc5 17. Rd1 $13) 14. Qxd3
(14. Nb5 Rd8 15. b3) 14... Nxd3+ 15. Ke2 Nxc1+ 16. Raxc1 $11) 13... g6 14. Nxg6
hxg6 15. Qxh8 Qd4 16. Ke2 $1 (16. Qg8 Nd3+ 17. Ke2 Qf2+ $1 18. Kxd3 O-O-O+ 19.
Nd5 exd5 20. Qe6+ Kb8 21. c5 Bxc5 $40 {[%csl Rd3]}) (16. Qh3 $5) 16... Qxc4+
17. Kf3 (17. Kf2 $5) 17... Nd5 18. Rd1 $1 Nd3 19. Qg8 $2 {Unfortunate decision
in this complicted position.Now white finds himself in troubles and loses by
force,while after logical} (19. Nxd5 Qxd5+ 20. Kg3 $16 {I don't see how black
manages to develop the initiative.}) 19... Ne7 $1 20. Qh7 Qc6+ 21. Ke2 (21. Kg3
Nf5+ 22. Kh3 Nf2#) (21. Ke3 Nxc1 22. Raxc1 Qxg2 $19 {[%csl Re3][%cal Ge7f5,
Ga8d8]}) 21... Qxg2+ $1 22. Kxd3 O-O-O+ {Bringing remaining pieces to the game.
} 23. Kc4 Rxd1 24. Nxd1 Qe2+ $1 (24... Qe2+ 25. Kb3 Qxd1+ 26. Kc4 Qc2+ 27. Kd4
Nf5#) 0-1

[Event "Saintly Cup"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1999.01.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Wohl, Aleksandar H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be2 (7. Be3
Bf5 $6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. d5 $1 (9. Rc1 $5 O-O 10. Be2 Bf6 11. O-O Re8 12. d5 Ne5
13. Nd4 $14 {Rudolf,H-Sieg,U/BL2-N9697 1997 (21)}) 9... Ne5 10. c5 Nbd7 11. c6
bxc6 12. Nd4 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. dxc6 $16 {Castaneda,N-Taylor,W/Canadian op
1997 (39)}) (7. h3 Bf5 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Be2 Bf6 11. O-O Re8 12. b3 d5
13. c5 Nc8 14. Nh2 $14 {Engelbert,C-Ritscher,J/Hamburg ch 1997 (32)}) 7... Be7
(7... Bf5 8. Be3 Be7 (8... Nb4 $6 9. Rc1 c5 10. d5 Be7 11. a3 Na6 12. Nf3 $14 {
Luchan,J-Hart,W/USA-op Los Angeles 1991 (59)}) 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Bg6 11. Rc1
Re8 12. d5 $14 {Kovacic,P-Krpan,B/Ljubljana op 1995 (24)}) 8. h3 O-O 9. Nf3 Bf5
10. O-O Re8 11. a3 {This move seems to me quiet harmless and black proves it
with energetic play in the opening.} (11. d5 Nb8 12. Nd4 Bc8 13. Be3 Bf6 14.
Qc2 $14 {Karpchuk,E-Starostits,I/EU-chJM U14 1993 (40)}) 11... Bf6 12. Re1 Na5
$1 (12... d5 13. c5 Nc8 14. Bf4 N8e7 15. Bb5 $1 a6 16. Ba4 $14) 13. b3 c5 14.
Be3 d5 $1 $132 {With this strong move black fully equalizes the position.} (
14... Nc6 $6 15. Rc1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 $14) 15. cxd5
Nxd5 (15... cxd4 $5 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 (16... Nxd5 $2 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Bxf6 Qxd1
19. Raxd1 gxf6 20. Rd5 $18 {[%cal Gd5f5,Gd5a5]}) 17. Nxd4 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5
19. Nxf5 Qxf5 20. b4 $14) 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. dxc5 Qxd1 ({Another promising
possibility was} 17... Qxb3 $5 {with very good chanses.}) 18. Raxd1 Nxb3 19.
Bd3 Be6 $6 {From now on black starts to play very unconfidently move by move
giving up something.Instead of move in the game black should play} (19... Bxd3
20. Rxd3 Na5 21. Rd7 (21. Bd2 Nc4 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rd7 Rd8 $15) 21... Rad8
22. c6 bxc6 23. Rxa7 Nc4 $11 {with equal position.}) 20. Be4 Na5 $5 {After
this move black loses a pawn,but keeps very good drawing chanses.} (20... Re7
$5) 21. Bd2 $1 Nc6 (21... Bd8 $2 22. Nd4 $1 (22. Bxa5 $6 Bxa5 23. Bxb7 Rab8 (
23... Bxe1 24. Bxa8 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rxa8 26. Ke3 Kf8 $11) 24. Re5 $1 Bc7 (24...
Rxb7 25. c6 $16) 25. Bc6 Bxe5 26. Bxe8 Bb2 27. Bd7 Bxa3 $11) 22... Bd7 (22...
Rc8 23. Bb4 Nc6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Rd7) 23. Rb1 $1 (23. Bxa5 Bxa5 24. Bxb7 Bxe1
25. Bxa8 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Rxa8 27. c6 Be8 28. Rb1 Rc8 29. Rb7 Kf8 $14) 23... Nc4
24. Bxb7 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rb8 26. c6 $18) 22. Rb1 Re7 23. Rxb7 $1 $14 Rxb7 24.
Bxc6 {[%cal Gc6a8]} Rab8 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Bg5 $5 {Nothing promises} (26. Bb4
Rc7 27. Rc1 Bd5 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Ke2 Ke8 $14 {and black has good compensation
for the pawn.}) 26... Bc3 $5 (26... Bb2 $6 27. a4 $6 (27. Rb1 $1 Bd5 $8 28. Rd1
$1 (28. Bc1 Bxc1 29. Rxc1 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Kf8 31. Kf1 Ke7 $11) 28... Rd7 29. Rd2
Ba1 30. Bf4 $16) 27... h6 28. Bd8 Rb4 $14) 27. Re3 Bb2 28. Bf4 $5 {[%cal Gc5c7]
} h6 $2 {Missing very good chanse:} (28... Rb3 $1 29. c6 (29. Rxb3 Bxb3 30. Nd2
Bd5 31. a4 Kf8 32. Kf1 Ke8 $11) 29... Bxa3 30. Rxb3 Bxb3 31. c7 Be6 32. Nd4 Bd7
33. Nc6 Bc5 34. Be3 Bd6 $1 $11 {with a draw.}) 29. c6 Rb6 30. c7 $16 Rc6 31.
Rd3 g5 32. Bg3 f5 $6 {[%csl Re5]} ({Much better was} 32... f6 $5 {taking under
control square e5.}) 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. Bd6 Bf6 35. Ne5 Rc1+ (35... Bxe5 36.
Bxe5+ Kf7 37. Kh2 $16) 36. Kh2 f4 $6 ({It was last option to take on e5 and to
keep on fighting.} 36... Bxe5+ 37. Bxe5+ Kg6 38. Rd6 Kf7 39. Ra6 $18) 37. Nd3
$1 $18 {Now everything is over.} Rc6 38. Nc5 Bf5 39. Nd7 Rxd6 40. Rg8+ Kxg8 41.
c8=Q+ Kf7 42. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Aarhus GM"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "2003.07.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Berg, Klaus"]
[Black "Rasmussen, Karsten"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Bf5 6. Qf3 {White can hardly
hope to get an opening advantage in this line.} Qc8 7. Ne2 e6 8. O-O (8. g4 $6
Bg6 9. Nf4 Nc6 10. Qe3 Na5 11. Nd2 c5 12. dxc5 Qc6 13. f3 Qxc5 $13 {Hebert,
J-Kirton,N/Toronto 1978}) (8. Bf4 dxe5 9. dxe5 c5 10. a3 c4 11. Ba2 Bxc2 12.
Nd2 Bd3 13. Rc1 Bc5 14. b4 Be7 $132 {Buerkle,K-Nikolaiczuk,L/Wittlich 1980/GER}
) (8. Nbc3 d5 $6 (8... Nc6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Nb5 Nb4 11. Nxd6+ cxd6 12. Qg3 O-O
13. O-O Qd7 14. Bf4 $14 {Ahn,M-Burkart,P/Germany 1996/GER-chT2}) 9. Ng3 Bg6 10.
Nce2 c5 11. c3 h6 12. O-O Nc6 13. a3 Na5 14. Ba2 $16 {Ristau,J-Hartleif,S/GER
1995/EXT 2001}) (8. Qg3 dxe5 9. dxe5 c5 10. c4 Nc6 11. Na3 a6 12. O-O Qc7 13.
f4 O-O-O 14. Be3 f6 15. exf6 gxf6 $15 {Skytte,R-Baburin,A/Copenhagen 1999/CBM
71}) 8... c5 (8... d5 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. h4 h6 11. h5 Bh7 12. a4 a5 13. Qg4 Nc6 14.
c3 $14 {Ristic,N-Stefanopoulos,O/Athens 1993}) (8... Nc6 9. Bf4 d5 10. Nd2 Be7
11. Qg3 g5 12. Be3 Qd7 13. a4 a5 $13 {Kroencke,M-Nonnenmacher,T/Germany 1998})
9. dxc5 dxc5 10. c4 $6 {[%csl Rd4] Weakening d4, which proves to be extremly
important. More logical was} (10. c3 {[%csl Gd4]} c4 11. Bd1 Nc6 12. Bf4 Qc7
13. Nd4 (13. Qg3 Rd8 14. Nd2 Rd3 15. Nf3 Be4 16. Nc1 Rd8 $132) 13... Nxd4 14.
cxd4 Bd3 15. Re1 Qc6 16. Nc3 Qxf3 17. Bxf3 O-O-O $13 {with unclear position.})
10... Nc6 11. Bf4 (11. Qg3 h6 12. Nbc3) 11... g5 $1 $36 {After this move it
becomes clear that white lost an opening battle.} 12. Bxg5 (12. Bg3 h5 13. h3
g4 14. hxg4 Bxg4 15. Qe3 h4 $17) 12... Nxe5 13. Qc3 Rg8 14. f4 (14. Bf4 Nd3 $17
{[%cal Gf8g7,Gc8c6]}) 14... Nc6 15. Qe3 (15. Ng3 Bg7 16. Bf6 Nd4 17. Bxg7 Rxg7
18. Rf2) 15... Bg7 16. Nbc3 $6 {Desperate attempt to complicate the position,
but also after} (16. Na3 Nd4 $1 {white is in deep troubles.} (16... Bxb2 $2 17.
Nb5 {[%cal Gb5d6]} Bd4 18. Nexd4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 $16) 17. Nb5 Nxb5
18. cxb5 c4 19. Bd1 h6 20. Bh4 Bxb2 $19) 16... Bd4 $19 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Qd2
dxc3 19. Qxc3 Qc7 20. Rad1 Nd7 21. Rd5 $5 (21. Rfe1 h6 22. Bxh6 O-O-O $19)
21... Ne7 {Black is too catious. Even better was} (21... exd5 22. Qe3+ Kf8 23.
cxd5 Qb6 24. Bh6+ Rg7 25. Qxb6 axb6 26. dxc6 bxc6 $19) 22. Rd2 Qc5+ 23. Kh1
O-O-O 24. Rfd1 Nb6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. Qh8+ (27. Qg7 Nbc8 28. h3
Be4 29. Qxf7 Qf2 30. Bxe7+ Nxe7 31. Qf8+ Kd7 32. Ba4+ Bc6 $19) 27... Kc7 28.
Qf8 Nbc8 29. Qxf7 Qf2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Grunberg, Mihai Lucian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 $5 {The mos ambitious way to meet
an Alekhine defense.} g6 $6 {After this move white gets very comfortable
advantage.} 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 dxe5 8. dxe5 {The endgame is exteremly
unpleasent for black, so there is no point in deviaing from queen's trade.} (8.
fxe5 c5 9. dxc5 N6d7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Be2 Nc6 13. O-O $14 {Neffe,
A-Dankert,P/Germany 1998}) 8... Qxd1+ (8... O-O 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. c5 Nc8 11. Bc4
e6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nd4 g5 14. g3 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. O-O $14 {Filipenko,
A-Fokin,S/Kursk 1987}) 9. Rxd1 Be6 (9... Bg4 10. Rd2 Nc6 11. c5 Nd7 12. Bb5
O-O-O 13. a3 Be6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nf3 $14 {Gauche,C-Lima,D/Imperatriz 2003})
10. b3 f6 (10... c6 11. Nf3 Na6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Rad8 14. Ng5 Nc7 15. Nce4
$16 {Munoz Pantoja,M-Castillo,P/Barcelona 2002}) 11. c5 $1 {Black pieces are
awkwardly placed, so white makes a move!} N6d7 (11... Nc8 12. Nb5 Na6 13. c6
bxc6 14. Nd4 Bd5 15. Bxa6 Bxg2 16. Bb7 $18) 12. Nb5 Na6 13. c6 $1 {[%csl Ra6,
Re6] Forcing black ro give up 2 minor pieces for the rook.} bxc6 14. Nd4 Nac5
15. b4 (15. exf6 Bxf6 16. b4 Bg4 17. bxc5 Bxd1 18. Kxd1 Nxc5 19. Nxc6 $16)
15... fxe5 16. fxe5 Bg4 17. bxc5 Bxd1 18. Kxd1 Nxe5 19. Ne6 Ng4 $5 {Other
alternatives are even worse.} (19... Kf7 20. Ng5+ (20. Nxg7 $5 Rhd8+ 21. Kc2
Ng4 (21... Kxg7 22. Be2 Rab8 23. Nf3 $16) 22. Bf4 Nf2 23. Be5 Nxh1 24. Bc4+ Rd5
25. Bxd5+ cxd5 26. Nf3 $16) 20... Kf6 21. N1f3 Nxf3 22. Nxf3 e5 23. Bd3 $16)
20. Kd2 $6 {Witht this move white permits black to reorganize his pieces and
to get serious drawing chances.} (20. Nxg7+ Kf7 21. Bc4+ Kxg7 22. Ke2 Nxe3 23.
Kxe3 Rab8 24. Nf3 $16) 20... Rb8 21. Nxg7+ Kf7 22. Ne6 $5 Kxe6 23. Bc4+ Kf6 24.
Bb3 Rhd8+ 25. Ke2 Nxe3 26. Kxe3 Rb5 $14 27. Nf3 Rxc5 28. Nd2 Rc3+ (28... Kg7
29. Ne4 Rf5 30. Rc1 $16) 29. Ke2 Kg7 $2 (29... Ke5 $5) 30. Ne4 Rcd3 31. Rf1 $18
{[%csl Rd3][%cal Gf1f7]} Kh6 32. Rf7 R8d7 33. g4 $1 R3d4 (33... g5 34. Bc2 R3d5
35. Nd6 $1 $18) 34. g5+ Kh5 35. Rxh7+ Kg4 36. Be6+ Kf4 37. Rh4+ Ke5 38. Bxd7
Rxd7 39. Nd2 Kf5 40. Nf3 e5 41. Ke3 Rd5 42. Rc4 c5 43. h4 a6 44. a4 Ke6 45. Ke4
Kd6 46. h5 gxh5 47. g6 Ke6 48. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Santo Roman, Marc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. b3 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 Re8 {In this position black has tried all
possible moves,but still did'nt come up with variation which leads to quality.
The move which was played in the game is on my opinion the best way to meet
white's setup,but still not enough to reach equality.} 12. Nf3 (12. Bd4 $5 Bf5
13. f4 Nd3+ $8 14. Bxd3 Bxd4 15. Bxf5 Bxg1 16. Rxg1 gxf5 17. Kf1 $16 {[%cal
Gg1g7,Gd1h5] Howell,J-Pottinger,H/Liechtenstein op 1994 (25)} h5) 12... e6 (
12... Ng4 $5 13. Bd4 (13. Bf4 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. h3 Ne5 16. Nd4 $14) 13...
Bh6 14. Ra1 Nd7 15. O-O Nge5 16. Ne1 Nf8 17. Nc2 f5 18. f4 $14 {Vrenegoor,
T-Solozhenkin,E/Ch Paris open, IV-V 1995 (30)}) 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. O-O d5 $5 {
Typical idea for this kind of positions:black sacrifices a pawn getting in
return pair of bishops and some space for his pieces.Still white chances
should be prefered.} 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. cxd5 Rad8 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 {[%cal Gd8d1]}
18. Bc4 Bf5 19. Qf3 $14 (19. Qd2 $5 a6 20. a4 Qd6 21. g3 h5 22. Rfe1 h4 23. Re3
hxg3 24. hxg3 $14 {Kuczynski,R-Nokka,R/Nordic-chT Pohja 1985/MCL 04 (29)})
19... a6 20. a4 Qf6 21. h3 Bc7 $6 ({Serious attention deserved} 21... h5 $5 {
preventing white from playing g4.}) 22. g4 Qd6 23. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Bd7 25.
Ne4 $16 Qf4 (25... Qh2+ 26. Kf1 b5 $6 27. axb5 axb5 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Nxd7 bxc4
30. Re7 $18) 26. Kg2 {Improving position of the king.} Be5 27. Qxf4 Bxf4 28.
Kf3 g5 29. Nf6+ Kf8 30. h4 $5 h6 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Rh1 Ke7 33. Rh6 b5 34. axb5
axb5 35. d6+ $6 {Extremly strange desicion.White opts for endgame with rooks
and opposite colored bishops,where his winning chances are slim.While after} (
35. Bd3 $1 {black's task is not so easy.}) 35... Kxd6 36. Nxd7+ Kxd7 37. Bxb5+
Ke7 38. Bc4 Rd6 $1 $14 39. Rh7 Rf6 40. Ke4 Bc7 41. f3 Rf4+ 42. Ke3 Bb6+ 43. Ke2
Bd4 44. Bd5 Be5 45. Rh5 Rd4 $1 $11 {After this move white can't make any
progress.} 46. Bc4 f6 47. Bd3 Kd6 48. Kd2 Kc5 49. Kc2 Rd7 50. Rh1 Kb4 51. Rh8
Ra7 52. Bc4 Rd7 53. Ra8 Rd4 54. Ra7 Rf4 55. Bd5 Rd4 56. Be4 Kb5 57. Bd3+ Kb4
58. Ra4+ Kc5 59. Ra5+ Kb6 60. Ra6+ Kc5 61. Bc4 Kb4 62. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 Nb6 4. a4 a5 5. Nf3 (5. Bd3 d5 6. Ne2) 5... d5 6. Bd3
(6. exd6) 6... Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 9. O-O (9. Qg3 $5 c5 10. dxc5 N6d7 11.
Nc3 Nc6 (11... Nxc5 $5 12. Nb5 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 Kf8 15. h4 Nc6 $13 {
Stefansson,H-Westerinen,H/VISA ch-Nordic, Reykjavic ISL 1997/0-1 (58)}) 12. Nb5
$5 (12. Bf4 Nxc5 13. Bb5 g6 14. O-O-O Bg7 15. Be3 Nd7 16. f4 Rc8 $132 {
Keskisarja,T-Westerinen,H/Finnish-ch 0 (29)}) 12... Ndxe5 13. Bf4 f6 14. O-O-O
$36 Qd7 {/\ Bc5, 0-0} 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Be2 {/\ f4} Qf7 17. f4 Nd7 18. Rhe1 $16 {
Benjamin,J-Alburt,L/New York (open) 1990 (35)}) 9... c5 10. c3 (10. dxc5 $5
N6d7 $5 (10... Bxc5 11. Qg3 g6 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Nb5 $14 {[%cal Gc2c3,Gc1h6,
Gc1g5]}) 11. Bb5 Nc6 12. Qg3 Qc7 13. Re1 Nxc5 14. Nc3 O-O-O 15. Bg5 $14) 10...
Nc6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Nd2 g6 (12... Qh4 $5 13. Qg4 Qxg4 14. hxg4 h5 15. g5 g6 $13
) 13. Qg3 Qb6 14. Bb5 Be7 (14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 $6 16. Qg4 $1 (16. Nb3 Qxb5
17. Nxd4 Qb4 18. Nb5 Rc8 19. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 $13) 16... Bc5 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7
18. Rac1 h5 $8 19. Qd1 $16 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gc1c5,Gd2f3]}) 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16.
Rfe1 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Rd8 18. Nf3 $14 Ne7 (18... O-O 19. Qh4 $1 $40 {[%cal Gh4h6,
Gf3g5]}) 19. Nd4 O-O 20. Qh4 Nf5 (20... Nc6 21. Nf3 $16) 21. Nxf5 exf5 $8 22.
Rd1 Nc5 23. Qh6 {[%cal Gd1d4,Gd4h4]} Ne6 $8 24. Red3 d4 $8 25. Qd2 (25. cxd4 $5
Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Nxd4 27. Qe3 Rd8 28. b3 $1 {[%cal Gb5c4,Gh3h4,Gh4h5,Re5e6]} (28.
Bc4 {[%cal Re5e6]} Qxb2 29. e6 fxe6 30. Bxe6+ Kg7 31. Bc4 (31. Qe5+ Kh6 32.
Qe3+ Kg7) 31... Qb6 32. Qe7+ Kh6 33. Qh4+ Kg7 $11) 28... Qc5 29. Bc4 b6 30. h4
$16 {[%cal Gh4h5,Gh5h6,Ge5e6]}) 25... Nc5 26. cxd4 $5 (26. Rxd4 Nb3 27. Rxd8 (
27. Rd6 $2 Nxd2 28. Rxb6 Nf3+ 29. gxf3 Rxd1+ 30. Kg2 Rb8 $15) 27... Nxd2 28.
R8xd2 $11) 26... Nxd3 27. Qxd3 Qc7 28. f4 $14 {[%cal Gd4d6]} Rc8 29. d5 Qc5+
30. Qd4 {After} (30. Kh2 Qf2 {[%csl Rb2,Rf4] white doesn't succeid to keep the
queens.}) 30... Rfd8 31. d6 Qxd4+ 32. Rxd4 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Kf8 34. b3 h6 35. h4
Rc3 36. Bc4 b6 37. Rd5 Rc1 38. Kg3 (38. Rd3 $5 $14 {[%cal Gh2g3,Gg3e3,Ge3d2]})
38... Rc3+ 39. Kf2 Rc2+ 40. Kf3 Rc3+ 41. Kf2 Rc2+ 42. Kf3 Rc3+ 43. Rd3 {
Offering a draw.} Rxd3+ 44. Bxd3 Rc8 $11 45. Bc4 Rc5 46. Ke3 Ke8 47. Kd4 Kf8
48. Kc3 Ke8 49. Kd3 Kf8 (49... g5 $2 50. g3 $16 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gd3d4,Gc4d3]})
1/2-1/2

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 Nb6 4. c4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 g6 (6... Be6 7. Bd3
d5 8. c5 Nc8 9. Bf4 c6 10. Nf3 $14 {Kotter,R-Hoenig,A/NRW-I/1990/}) (6... Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Qf3 O-O 9. O-O-O Be6 10. b3 a5 11. a4 d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. Nge2 Bg5
14. Kb2 Nb4 15. h4 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qd7 $13 {Chernyshov,K-Zelcic,R/Djakovo op (09)
/1994/}) (6... Bf5 7. Qf3 Qc8 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Qe6+ 10. Nge2 Nxc4 11. O-O
Nb6 12. Nf4 Qd7 13. Re1+ Be7 14. Nfd5 Nc6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bxf6 Nc8 17. Bxg7 {
Guimaraes,J-Reis,L/POR-sf (07)/1993/}) 7. Bd3 (7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 (8... Qe7+
9. Be3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. Be2 Bg7 12. Rd1 $14 {Kienast,J-Lippert/FRG-chTJ/
1989/}) (8... Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Bg7 11. Bg5 {Grau Carrera,
M-Chalabashvili,T/EU-chJW U10 Herculane (09) /1994/}) 9. Qxf3 Bg7 (9... Nc6 $14
) 10. c5 dxc5 11. dxc5 N6d7 (11... Qe7+ 12. Be3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qe5 14. Bb5+ c6
15. O-O O-O 16. cxb6 Qxb5 17. Rfb1 $18) 12. Qxb7 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qf6 14. Qe4+
$16 {Kaminski,M-Oliwa,M/POL-ch 1996 (21)}) (7. Be3 $5 Bg7 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. b3 O-O
10. Be2 Re8 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. O-O $14 {Koba Igor-Vlasikhin M/Ch Russia /2 final),
Yaroslavl (Russia) 1995 (29)}) 7... Bg7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. b3 Ne7 11.
h4 $5 (11. Ng3 $6 c5 12. Nge2 d5 13. dxc5 dxc4 14. bxc4 Nd7 15. O-O Ne5 $13 {
Dworakowski,L-Oliwa,M/POL-chJ U20 1994 (39)}) 11... Nf5 12. Bxf5 (12. Bg5 Qe8
13. Bxf5 Bxf5 14. Qd2 c5 15. O-O-O Rc8 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 16. d5 $14 {[%csl Rb6]
[%cal Gf2f3,Gg2g4]}) 12... Bxf5 13. h5 Qe7 (13... Re8 $5 {[%csl Gg7]} 14. hxg6
fxg6 15. Qd2 d5 16. c5 Nd7 17. Bg5 Nf6 18. f3 $14) 14. Qd2 c6 15. O-O-O d5 16.
c5 Nd7 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Bg5 $1 Bf6 (18... f6 19. Bf4 Rfe8 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bd6
Qf7 22. Rh2 $40 {[%cal Gd1h1]}) 19. Bf4 $1 Nxc5 $5 (19... Rfe8 20. Bd6 Qd8 21.
hxg6 fxg6 22. Kb1 {[%cal Rd2h6]} Bg7 $14) 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Kb2 Qb4 (21...
Bxc3+ $6 22. Qxc3 Qxf2+ 23. Bd2 $40 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7,Rh6]} Qxg2 $2 24. Qf6 $18 {
[%cal Gh5h6]}) 22. Bg5 Bh8 23. Rh4 $1 $16 Qa5 24. b4 Qb6 (24... Qa4 $5 25. hxg6
(25. Rdh1 a5 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Rxh7 Qxb4+ 28. Kc2 Bxc3 29. Qxc3 Rxf2+ 30. Bd2
Qxc3+ 31. Kxc3 Raf8 32. Rh8+ Kf7 33. R1h7+ Ke8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Rxb7 Rxg2 36.
Nf1 c5 $11) 25... fxg6 26. Re1 Rae8 (26... a5 27. Rxe6 axb4 {[%tqu "En","","",
"","e6g6","",5]} 28. Rxg6+ $1 Kf7 29. Rxh7+ Kxg6 30. Qd3+ Kxg5 31. Rh5+ Kf6 32.
Qf5+ Ke7 33. Rh7+ Kd6 34. Nge4+ dxe4 35. Rd7#) 27. f3 a5 28. a3 $14) 25. Be3 d4
$6 (25... Qd8 $5 26. Rhh1 $1 (26. Rdh1 Bf6 27. Rf4 a5 (27... g5 28. Rxf6 Qxf6
29. Bxg5 $16) 28. Rxf6 $1 (28. Bd4 Bg5 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Rxf8+ Qxf8 $1 31. Qxg5
Qxb4+ $132) 28... Qxf6 29. Bd4 Qe7 $8 (29... Qd8 30. Qh6 f6 31. hxg6 $18) 30.
Bc5 Qf6 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. bxa5 Rxa5 34. Qh6+ Ke7 35. Qh4 {
[%cal Gh4b4]} d4 36. Qxf6+ Kxf6 37. Nce4+ Ke5 38. a3 $14) 26... a5 27. Bd4 axb4
(27... Bxd4 28. Qxd4 axb4 29. Qxb4 g5 30. Rhe1 $16) 28. Bxh8 Qa5 $1 29. Kb1
Kxh8 30. hxg6 fxg6 $8 (30... bxc3 31. Rxh7+ Kg8 32. Rh8+ Kxh8 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34.
Qh7#) 31. Qd4+ Kg8 {[%tqu "En","","","","h1h7","",10]} 32. Rxh7 $1 Kxh7 33.
Rh1+ Kg8 34. Rh8+ Kf7 35. Rh7+ Ke8 36. Qe5 Kd8 37. Qxe6 $18) 26. Bxd4 Qxb4+ 27.
Kc2 Rfd8 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Qh6 (29. Qe3 $5 Qe7 $8 30. Re4 Bxd4 31. Rdxd4 Rxd4
32. Qxd4 $16) 29... Qe7 30. Bxh8 Rxd1 (30... Kxh8 31. Rdh1 Rd7 32. Qxg6 $18)
31. Bf6 $1 Qxf6 32. Qxh7+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ (33. Nge4 $1 Bf5 (33... Rad8 $5 34. Nxd1
(34. Nxf6 R8d2#) 34... Bf5 35. Qh8+ Qxh8 36. Rxh8+ Ke7 37. Rxd8 Bxe4+ 38. Rd3
$18) 34. Kxd1 Qd4+ 35. Kc1 $18) 33... Qxh8 34. Rxh8+ Bg8 35. Kxd1 b5 36. a3 a5
37. Rh4 Rb8 38. Kc2 b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Na4 $18 {[%csl Rc6]} Kg7 41. Rd4 (41.
Ne4 {[%cal Ge4c5]} b3+ 42. Kb2 Rb4 43. Nac5 Bd5 44. f3 $18 {[%cal Gh4h1,Gh1c1,
Gc1c3]}) 41... Bd5 42. Ne4 g5 43. f3 Kg6 44. Nec5 $2 {[%csl Ra4]} (44. Nac5 $18
) 44... Kf5 45. Rg4 Rh8 46. Ne4 $6 (46. Nb6 Rh4 47. Nxd5 cxd5 48. Rxh4 gxh4 49.
Nd3 $18 {[%csl Ge4,Gf4,Gg4]}) 46... Bxe4+ 47. Rxe4 Rh2 48. Rg4 {[%tqu "En","",
"","","h2h4","trtr",10]} Rh4 $1 49. Rxh4 gxh4 50. Nc5 (50. Kd3 Kf4 51. Ke2 Kg3
52. Kf1 h3 53. gxh3 Kxf3 $11) 50... Kf4 51. Nd3+ Ke3 $1 $11 (51... Kg3 $2 52.
Ne1 Kf2 53. f4 $18) 52. Nxb4 (52. f4 Ke4 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gc6c5,Gc5c4]} 53. Kd2
c5 54. Ke2 b3 55. Nxc5+ Kxf4 56. Kf2 b2 57. Nd3+ Kg4 58. Nxb2 h3 59. g3 h2 $11)
52... Kf2 53. f4 $8 Kxg2 54. f5 h3 55. f6 h2 56. f7 h1=Q 57. f8=Q Qf1 58. Qg7+
Kh1 59. Qh6+ Kg1 60. Nd3 Qe2+ 61. Kc3 Qf3 62. Qg5+ Kf1 63. Kd4 Qd5+ 64. Qxd5
cxd5 65. Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Sanxenxo"]
[Date "2004.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rahal, Michael"]
[Black "Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 c5 $2 {
Very dubious continuation after which black finds himself in a very difficult
position.} (7... Nc6) (7... O-O) 8. d5 O-O 9. Qc2 {White has quite a few
promising alternatives since regardless of white's plan black is deprived of
any active play.} (9. Nge2 N8d7 10. f4 Nf6 11. Qc2 Rb8 12. h3 Na8 13. g4 Kh8
14. b3 Nc7 15. g5 $16 {Rodriguez,A-Rausis,I/Ubeda 1997}) 9... f5 $6 {[%csl Re6]
} (9... h6 10. Nge2 N8d7 11. f4 Nf6 12. O-O Re8 13. h3 Nbd7 14. b3 $16 {
[%cal Gc1b2,Gg2g4,Ge2g3]}) 10. Nge2 Na6 11. a3 Bf6 12. O-O ({I'd probably opt
for} 12. Bd2 $5 Re8 13. O-O-O Nc7 14. f4 g6 15. h3 Bg7 16. Rdg1 $16 {[%cal
Gg2g4] with a very good chances to finish the game by direct attack.}) 12...
Be5 13. f4 Bf6 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. b3 Nc8 16. Kh1 Ne7 17. Rae1 Nc7 18. Ng1 {
Transferring the knight to g5.} Rb8 (18... b5 19. Nf3 Rb8 20. Re2 a5 21. Rfe1
a4 22. bxa4 bxc4 23. Bxc4 Re8 24. Qd3 $16) 19. Nf3 Ng6 $6 {Even though b5
break could hardly cause white any problems it was necessary to seek for the
counterplay on the queenside. Not to mention that the knight proves to be
vulnerable at g6.} 20. Ng5 Qc8 21. a4 a6 22. h3 Ne7 23. Re2 h6 (23... b5) 24.
Nf3 Ng6 $2 {[%csl Rg6] Black knight comes to g6 for the second time and for
the second time it should rather not!} 25. g4 $18 Bxc3 (25... fxg4 26. hxg4
Bxc3 27. Bxc3 Nxf4 28. Re7 Ne8 29. Bh7+ Kh8 30. Bxg7+ Nxg7 31. Qc3 $18) 26.
Bxc3 Nxf4 27. Re7 Ne8 28. Nh4 {To say that white pieces are dominating the
board is just an understament!} Qd8 (28... Nxd3 29. Qxd3 fxg4 30. Qg6 $1 {
[%csl Rg7]} Rxf1+ 31. Kg2 Rf6 32. Bxf6 Nxf6 33. Qxg7#) 29. Rfe1 Rf7 (29... Nxd3
30. Qxd3 Rf7 31. Nxf5 Bxf5 32. Rxe8+ $18) 30. Nxf5 Bxf5 (30... Nf6 31. Rxf7
Kxf7 32. Re7+ Kf8 33. Bxf6 gxf6 34. Rh7 $18) 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33.
Bxf5 Re2 34. Qc1 Nxh3 35. Qf1 Re3 (35... Nf2+ 36. Kg1 Rfe7 37. Be6+ $18) 36.
Bd2 1-0

[Event "Bydgoszcz m 20'"]
[Site "Bydgoszcz"]
[Date "2001.04.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 Bg4 (7...
O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 f5 11. Qb3 Kh8 12. h3 Bh5 13. d5 Ne5 14. Nd4
$16 {Grosar,K-Raspor,G/Open 1999}) 8. h3 (8. Be3 O-O (8... Nc6 9. Nbd2 Bf6 10.
h3 Bh5 11. Be2 Bg6 12. Qb3 a5 13. Bd3 a4 14. Qa3 O-O $11 {Holmsten,A-Bagirov,V/
Heart of Finland op 1997}) 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. a3 d5 11. c5 Nd7 12. Qc2 g6 13. h3
Be6 14. O-O f5 15. Rfe1 $14 {Pfaffel,T-Golubovic,B/Stockerau op 1993}) 8... Bh5
9. O-O (9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. b3 f5 12. g4 Bg6 13. gxf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Rxf5
15. d5 Bf6 $36 {Kraft,V-Wolff,A/Geneva op 1996}) 9... Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nc3
Bf6 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bxg6 $5 {Shirov plays the opening part of the game very
energetically and manages to get an opening advantage.} (13. Ne4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4
Nxc4 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qd3+ g6 17. Qxc4 d5 18. Qd3 Qd7 $132 {Snuverink,J-Span,
P/ch-NED (u-20) 1999}) 13... hxg6 14. g5 Be7 15. d5 Ne5 (15... Nb8 16. Qd4 N8d7
17. b3 (17. Qg4 f5) 17... Nc5 18. Rae1 Qd7 19. Kg2 Rae8 $14) 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17.
Qg4 Qc8 ({Dserved attention} 17... Qe8 $5 {[%cal Gf7f5] keeing the queens on
the board.}) 18. b3 Qxg4+ 19. hxg4 Nd7 (19... f5 20. gxf6 gxf6 21. Kg2 f5 22.
f3 Rf7 23. Rad1 $14) 20. Nb5 $6 (20. Kg2 Bc5 21. Rae1 Bxe3 22. fxe3 f6 23. Nb5
$14) 20... a6 $5 21. d6 $5 {Winning a tempo comparing to the following
variaton,but advantage proves to be insuficient to win the game.} (21. Nxc7 $6
Rac8 22. d6 Bxd6 23. Rad1 Bxc7 24. Rxd7 Rfd8 25. Rfd1 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 b6 $14)
21... cxd6 (21... axb5 22. dxe7 Rfe8 23. cxb5 Rxe7 24. a4 $14) 22. Nxd6 Bxd6
23. Rad1 Bc7 24. Rxd7 Rac8 25. Rfd1 Rfd8 26. Kg2 (26. b4 $5 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 b6
28. a4 Kf8 29. c5 bxc5 30. Bxc5+ Kg8 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 Ba5 $14) 26... Rxd7
27. Rxd7 b6 $1 {[%csl Gc5]} (27... Kf8 28. Bc5+) 28. Kf3 Kf8 29. Ke4 Ke8 30.
Rd5 (30. Rd1 Ke7 31. Rh1 Ke6 32. Rh7 f5+ (32... b5 $5 33. c5 (33. Rxg7 bxc4 34.
bxc4 Bd6 35. Kd3 Rh8 $1 $17 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gd6f8]}) 33... Ba5 34. a3 b4 35.
a4 $14) 33. gxf6 gxf6 34. Rh6 $14) 30... Ke7 31. c5 bxc5 32. Rxc5 Kd7 33. Rc4
Re8 (33... Bb8 $2 34. Rxc8 Kxc8 35. Kd5 Kd7 36. Bc5 $18 {[%csl Re5,Rg7]}) 34.
b4 (34. Ra4 Re6) 34... Rb8 35. a4 Bd6 36. Bd2 Ke6 37. Rc6 Kd7 $1 38. Rxa6 (38.
Kd5 Bxb4 39. Be3 a5 40. Ra6 Bc3) 38... Bxb4 39. Be3 Bd6 40. Kd5 $6 (40. Bb6 $5
Rb7 41. a5 $14) 40... Bc7 $1 $11 41. a5 (41. Ra7 Rb1 42. a5 Rb5+ 43. Bc5 Rxa5
44. Rxa5 Bxa5 $11) 41... Rb5+ 42. Bc5 Rxa5 43. Rxa5 Bxa5 44. Bf8 Bd2 45. Bxg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 c6 5. Bb3 dxe5 6. dxe5 Bf5 7. Ne2 e6 8. Ng3
Bg6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Nd2 Nb4 $5 (10... Qc7 $5 11. Nf3 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 $8 Be7 $15 {
[%cal Gd7c5]}) 11. Nde4 (11. Nf3 Nc5 $17 {[%csl Rc2]}) 11... h5 12. h4 (12. Bg5
Qa5 13. c3 h4 $1 14. O-O-O $8 Nxa2+ $17) 12... Nxe5 13. f4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Ng4
15. f5 $1 e5 $8 16. Bd2 Nd5 17. O-O-O Qc7 (17... Be7 18. c4 Ndf6 19. Bh6 Rxh6
20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Ng5 Bc5 $13 {[%csl Rb3]}) 18. Bg5 $1 f6 19. c4 $5 Nb6 (19...
fxg5 20. cxd5 cxd5+ 21. Nc3 O-O-O (21... d4 22. Rxd4 Be7 23. Ba4+ $16 {[%cal
Gd4d7]}) 22. Bxd5 Bb4 23. Rh3 $13) 20. Be3 $44 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gc4c5]} c5 $6 {
[%csl Rd5]} (20... Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Nd7 {[%cal Gc7b6,Ge8c8]} 22. c5 Nxc5 $5 23.
Nxc5 Qb6 24. Qd3 Qxc5+ 25. Kb1 Qe7 $8 26. Be6 $1 $44 {[%cal Ge6d7]} Qc7 (26...
Rd8 27. Bf7+ Kxf7 28. Qxd8 $16) 27. Bd7+ Ke7 28. Qc4 $40) 21. Nc3 g6 $5 {
[%cal Gg4e3,Rf8h6]} 22. Kb1 (22. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 23. Ba4+ Kf7 (23... Ke7 24. cxd5
$1 (24. Rxd5 Nxe3 $1 25. Rd7+ Qxd7 26. Bxd7 Bh6 27. Ba4 gxf5 28. Kb1 Rag8 29.
Rg1 Rg4 $15) 24... Rd8 {[%tqu "En","","","","d5d6","",5]} 25. d6+ $1 Rxd6 26.
Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Rd1 Qc7 28. Qc4 $18 {[%cal Gc4e6]}) 24. Rxd5 $36 {[%cal Rd5d7]})
22... gxf5 23. Bc2 e4 24. Rhf1 (24. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Ne5 26. Ba4+ Kf7 27.
Rhd1 Qa5 28. Bd7 $40) 24... Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Qe5 26. Qh3 Rd8 27. Rde1 (27. Rxd8+
$5 Kxd8 28. Rxf5 Qd4 29. Bxe4 $14) 27... Nxc4 28. Rxf5 Nd2+ 29. Ka1 Qe6 30.
Nxe4 Nxe4 $8 31. Rxe4 Rd1+ 32. Bxd1 Qxe4 33. Rxf6 $16 {[%csl Re8] Opposite
coloured bishops only strengthen the attack.} Kd8 34. Qg3 Qd4 $1 35. Rf1 Bd6
36. Qb3 b6 37. Bf3 (37. Bxh5 $1 $16 {[%cal Gf1d1]} Qxh4 (37... Rxh5 $2 38. Qg8+
Kd7 39. Qf7+ $18) (37... c4 38. Qf3 {[%cal Gf3a8]} Kc7 39. Qf7+ Kb8 40. Bf3 Bc7
41. Rd1 Qc5 42. Qg7 $18 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gh4h5]}) 38. Qd5 Qg3 (38... Qd4 39.
Qa8+ Kd7 40. Qxa7+ $18) 39. Qa8+ Bb8 40. Rd1+ $40) 37... c4 38. Qa4 Rh7 $1 39.
Qc6 $6 Rc7 40. Qa4 (40. Qa8+ $2 Rc8 41. Qxa7 c3 $40) 40... Qc5 41. Rd1 c3 $132
42. bxc3 Qxc3+ 43. Kb1 Qc5 44. Qb3 Ke7 45. Bd5 Qf2 $6 (45... Qc3 $5 46. Qxc3
Rxc3 $11) 46. Qd3 Bc5 $2 47. Qh7+ Kd6 48. Bb3+ $2 {missing} (48. Qg6+ $1 Ke7 (
48... Ke5 49. Qe4+ Kf6 50. Qe6+ Kg7 51. Qe5+ $18 {[%cal Re5c7]}) 49. Qg7+ Kd6
50. Be4+ $18) 48... Bd4 49. Qg6+ Kc5 50. Rc1+ Kb4 51. Qd6+ Kb5 52. Qd5+ Rc5 53.
Qd7+ Ka6 54. Qa4+ Kb7 55. Qd7+ Ka6 56. Qa4+ Kb7 57. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Velicka, Petr"]
[Black "Freisler, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[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 {Hecht} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be3 (
7. Bd3 $5) 7... O-O 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 Nc6 10. b3 Bf6 (10... Re8 $5 11. Qd2 Bf6
12. O-O d5 13. c5 Nc8 14. h3 Be6 (14... Bf5 $5 $13) 15. b4 a6 16. b5 $1 axb5
17. Nxb5 $14 {[%csl Rc7] Djurhuus,R-Tisdall,J/Gausdal Eikrem 1996/EXP 54/
[Tisdall]/1-0 (45)} (17. Nxb5 {Hecht} Na5 18. Bf4 Re7 19. Rfe1 b6 20. Rac1 c6
21. Nd6 Nxd6 22. Bxd6 Rb7 23. Ne5 bxc5 24. Bxc5 Bg5 25. f4 {Djurhuus,R-Tisdall,
J/Gausdal Eikrem 1996/EXP 54/[Tisdall]/1-0 (45)})) 11. h3 $5 (11. O-O d5 12. c5
Nc8 13. b4 $5 N8e7 14. b5 Na5 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c6 $13 {Gipslis,A-Larsen,B/
Sousse izt 1967/IZT (43)} (16... c6 {Hecht} 17. Qd3 Nc4 18. Bf4 Ng6 19. Bh2 Bg5
20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Bd1 Bf4 22. Bc2 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Qf6 24. g3 Rfe8 25. Kg2 Qg5
26. Kh2 Nb2 27. Qf3 Qd2 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Nd1 Nc4 30. Qc3 Rab8 31. Rc1 Re4 32.
Rc2 Qxd4 33. Qxd4 Rxd4 34. Re1 a5 35. Kg2 a4 36. Nc3 a3 37. Na4 g5 38. Re7 Rb4
39. Nb6 Rb2 40. Rc3 Rxa2 41. Nxc4 dxc4 42. Rc7 Rdd2 43. Rf3 c3 {0-1 Gipslis,
A-Larsen,B/Sousse izt 1967/IZT})) 11... Be6 (11... Bh5 12. O-O Re8 13. Qd2 d5
14. c5 Nc8 15. Rae1 $14) 12. Ne4 {Another possibility was} (12. O-O $5 d5 13.
c5 Nc8 14. b4 $1 Re8 15. b5 N6e7 16. Bf4 Ng6 $13 {with complicated position.})
12... d5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. c5 Nc8 15. Qd2 Bf5 $132 (15... Qg6 $6 16. Ng5 (16.
O-O $6 Bxh3 17. Nh4 Qe4 $17) 16... Bf5 (16... h6 $6 17. Nxe6 Qxg2 18. O-O-O
fxe6 19. Rdg1 $18) 17. g4 Be4 18. f3 Bc2 19. Rc1 Re8 20. Kf2 $16) 16. b4 a6 17.
O-O N8e7 18. a4 Ng6 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Nce7 21. g4 $5 (21. Rfe1 $5 {[%csl
Rf6]} h6 22. Bf4 c6 (22... Bxh3 23. Bxc7 Bg4 24. Be5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Rxa1 26.
Rxa1 $16) 23. Bd6 cxb5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bxb5 $14) 21... Bd7 22. Rae1 $36 {
White's chances in forthcoming struggle are clearly better.He has quiet
considerable advantage in space and all his pieces are pretty well-placed.} h6
$1 {Good defensive move taking under controle square g5.} 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5
Qh4 (24... Qxe5 $5 25. Bf4 Qf6 26. Bxc7 Ra3 $1 $13) 25. Kg2 c6 26. f4 Ng6 27.
Bd4 (27. Bf3 Qe7 28. Kh2 Rfe8 29. Bd4 Nh4 30. Bh1 cxb5 $132) 27... Ra3 $1 28.
Rf3 $4 {This move is losing on spot.Correct was} (28. Bc3 cxb5 29. Ra1 Rfa8 30.
Rxa3 Rxa3 31. f5 Ne7 32. Qb2 {with complicated struggle.}) 28... Rfa8 $4 {
Black refuses to take the gift!Simple} (28... Rxf3 29. Bxf3 Nxf4+ $1 $19 {
would be lethal.}) 29. Bf2 $13 Rxf3 $5 30. Bxf3 (30. Bxh4 $6 Nxh4+ 31. Kg1 Raa3
{[%csl Rg1]} 32. bxc6 Bxc6 33. Rd1 Rxh3 $40) 30... Qe7 31. Qd4 $6 cxb5 32. Bg3
Ra4 33. Qd2 Qxc5 $17 34. f5 Nf8 35. f6 (35. Qxd5 $6 Qc2+ 36. Kg1 (36. Re2 $2
Qxe2+ $1 37. Bxe2 Bc6 $19) 36... Bc6 37. Qd1 Ra2 $1 38. Qxc2 Rxc2 $17) 35...
Ng6 36. fxg7 Kxg7 37. Qxd5 Qxd5 38. Bxd5 Bc6 39. Rd1 Nf4+ 40. Bxf4 Rxf4 {
The arising endgame is very difficult for white.Nevertheless black's task to
convert his advantage into win is not so easy.} 41. Kg3 Ra4 42. h4 b4 43. e6
fxe6 44. Bxe6 Kf6 45. Bf5 Ra3+ 46. Kf2 Ke5 47. Rb1 (47. Rd8 b3 48. Rd3 Ra2+ 49.
Ke3 Bd5 $19) 47... Rf3+ 48. Ke2 b3 49. Kd2 Bd5 50. Rd1 Rh3 51. h5 Bf3 52. Rb1
Bd5 53. Rd1 Rh1 $19 54. Rxh1 Bxh1 {Hecht: A bad White bishop with a serious
disadvantage in space, as well as strong Black passed b-pawns. Simple
technique. Hecht: Schlechter weißer Läufer bei großem Raumnachteil sowie
starkem schwarzen b-Freibauern. Einfache Technik.} 55. Ke3 (55. Kc3 {Hecht} Bd5
56. Bc8 Kf4 57. Kb2 b6 58. Bd7 Bf3 59. Kxb3 Bxg4 60. Be8 Kg5 61. Kb4 Bxh5 62.
Bc6 Be2 $19) 55... Bd5 56. Bb1 Bc4 (56... Be6 $6 {Hecht} 57. Kf3 Kd4 $2 (57...
Bd5+ $1 $19) 58. Kf4 Kc3 (58... Bc4 59. g5 hxg5+ 60. Kxg5 Bd3 61. Bxd3 Kxd3 62.
h6 b2 63. h7 b1=Q 64. h8=Q Qg1+ {A draw, according to the Endgame CD Remis
laut ENDSPIEL-CD}) 59. g5 hxg5+ 60. Kxg5 Kb2 61. h6 Bg8 62. h7 Bxh7 63. Bxh7
Kc1 64. Kf4 b2 65. Ke5 b1=Q 66. Bxb1 Kxb1 67. Kd5 $11) 57. g5 (57. Kf3 {Hecht}
b2 58. Ke3 b5 59. Kd2 Kf4 60. Kc3 Kxg4 61. Kxb2 Kxh5 $19) 57... hxg5 58. h6 Kf6
59. h7 Kg7 60. Kd4 (60. Bf5 {Hecht} b2 61. Bb1 g4 62. Kf4 Be2 63. Kg3 b5 64.
Kf2 Bd1 $19 {[%cal Rb5b4,Rb4b3,Rd1c2]}) 60... Be2 (60... Be2 {Hecht} 61. Kc3
Bd1 62. Be4 Bc2 63. Bxb7 Kxh7 $19 {[%cal Yh7h3,Yg5g2]}) 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Isaev, Jamshed"]
[Black "Izmukhambetov, Salauat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 {The most principal variation
leading to the very sharp struggle} dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9.
Nf3 Bg4 10. Qd2 Be7 (10... Qd7 11. O-O-O (11. Be2 O-O-O 12. Rd1 f6 13. exf6
Bxf3 14. gxf3 gxf6 15. O-O Bc5 $13 {Pilgaard,K-Bjerring,K/Statoil Cup 1995})
11... Bb4 12. Be2 O-O-O 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bd3 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 $132 {
Baer,S-Mc Keown,P/Dreifluesse op 8th 2000}) (10... Na5 11. b3 Bb4 12. Be2 O-O
13. O-O c5 14. Qc2 Bf5 $13 {Dubois,J-Ehlvest,J/FRA-chT 1993}) (10... Bb4 11. a3
Be7 12. Ne4 Qd7 13. Be2 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Bf5 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. h4 Nb4 $1 $40 {
Huebner,R-Hort,V/Biel 1987}) (10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 Bb4 12. a3 Be7 13. b4 Bh4+
14. Kd1 f6 15. f4 $14 {Van Donk,H-Van Bemmel,K/NLD-chT9596}) 11. O-O-O (11. Be2
Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bh4+ 13. Kd1 Qd7 14. Kc1 O-O-O 15. Rd1 f6 16. f4 fxe5 17. fxe5
Qe7 18. Qc2 Bg5 19. Qe4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Utman,C-Zapata,M/Santiago 1993}) 11... Qd7
12. h3 Bf5 13. Bd3 $6 {This move permits black to get serious counterchanses,
while after natural} (13. d5 exd5 (13... Na5 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16.
Qxd3 $14) (13... Nb4 $5) 14. cxd5 Nb4 15. a3 Nc2 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Bb5 c6 18.
e6 $1 $16 {white has very dangerous initiative}) 13... Nb4 $5 (13... Bxd3 $5
14. Qxd3 Nb4 15. Qe2 Na4 $132 {[%csl Ra2]}) 14. Bxf5 Nxc4 15. Qe2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3
exf5 17. d5 $8 O-O 18. Qf4 $1 $44 {[%cal Gg2g4] White has sufficient
compensation for the pawn due to attacking chanses against black king.} a5 $6 {
[%cal Ga8a6]} (18... Bc5 19. g4 fxg4 20. hxg4 f6 21. e6 Qe7 22. Qe4 g6 23. a3
Na6 24. Rh3 $36 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gd1h1]}) 19. g4 fxg4 (19... g6 $5) 20. hxg4
Ra6 21. g5 Rg6 (21... Rb6 22. Rd2 a4 23. Qe4 Rg6 24. Rdh2 $18) 22. Rh5 h6 23.
a3 Ra8 $6 {Missing a chanse to get drawing chanses after} (23... Bxg5 24. Nxg5
Rxg5 25. Rxg5 hxg5 26. Qh2 Qg4 27. axb4 axb4 28. Rh1 Qh4 29. Qxh4 gxh4 30. Nb5
c6 $16 {and white has to work hard to win the game.}) 24. gxh6 Qg4 25. Qxg4
Rxg4 26. hxg7 $18 {Now it's all over.} Ra6 (26... Kxg7 27. axb4 axb4 28. Ne2
Ra1+ 29. Kd2 Ra2 30. Kc2 $18) 27. axb4 axb4 28. Ne2 b3 {[%cal Ge7b4,Ga6a1]} 29.
Kd2 Bb4+ 30. Kd3 Ra2 31. Ned4 Kxg7 32. Nf5+ Kg6 33. Rh6+ $1 Kxf5 34. Rf6# 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 (6... Bf5) 7. Be3
Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 $6 {Quiet dubious continuation,leading to very
dangerous position right after the opening.} (9... Bb4) 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5
Nb4 12. Nd4 Bc8 (12... Bg6 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. O-O Kg8 15. Nf5 $1 (15. Qf3 h6 $6 (
15... N4xd5 $1) 16. Nf5 Nc2 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. d6 (18. Rad1 $1 $14) 18... cxd6
19. Rad1 d5 $13 {Butt,S-Datu,I/WchJ Baguio 1987 (44)}) 15... Bxf5 (15... N4xd5
$2 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 $1 Bxf5 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rxf5 $18 {Belanger,
J-Thurman,J/North Bay op 1994 (26)}) 16. Rxf5 (16. Bxb6 $5 Bg6 17. Bf2 Bg5 18.
Qf3 a6 19. Bc4 $36 {Winterstein,W-Sunder,T/OLHessen 1991 (23)}) 16... N4xd5 17.
Bxb6 Nxb6 18. Qb3 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Qe7 20. Na4 $1 Qe6 (20... Nxa4 21. Rxf7 $1) 21.
Nxc5 $1 Qxf5 22. Rf1 Qh5 23. Be2 Qg6 24. Bd3 Qh5 25. g4 {1-0 Stanciu,T-Partos,
C/Romania 1971}) (12... Qd7 $2 13. Qf3 $1 (13. a3 $5 $16 Bg4 $2 14. e6 $1 fxe6
15. Qxg4 $18 {Majstorovic,L-Vujic/corr 1974 (18)}) 13... Bg6 14. d6 $1 O-O-O (
14... cxd6 15. Bb5 Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bxc6 $18) 15. dxe7 Qxe7 16. a3 N4d5
17. Bf4 $16 {Movsziszian-Kirilov,V/Pardubice op 1992 (32)}) 13. Bb5+ c6 (13...
Kf8 14. e6 $5 N6xd5 15. Qh5 fxe6 16. O-O+ Bf6 17. Bg5 $40) 14. dxc6 O-O 15. O-O
Qc7 (15... a6 16. cxb7 Bxb7 17. Be2 N4d5 18. Bf2 Bg5 19. Nf5 Bc6 20. Ne4 $16 {
Ghizdavu,D-Suta,M/Romania 1970 (27)}) 16. cxb7 (16. e6 $5 bxc6 17. exf7+ Kh8
18. Bd3 (18. Ba4 $5) 18... Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Bf6 20. Ne4 $16 {Yudovich jr,
M-Ignatiev,F/USSR 1974 (58)}) 16... Bxb7 17. Qg4 $16 {White is giving back his
extra pawn developing extremly dangerous initiative.} (17. e6 $5) 17... Qxe5
18. Rae1 Bd6 (18... Bc8 19. Nf5 Bd6 (19... Bxf5 20. Rxf5 Qe6 21. Bf2 Qg6 22.
Qe4 $18) 20. Nh6+ Kh8 21. Qh4 $1 $18) 19. Nf5 $1 {This move is actually
deciding the game.Black is hopeless against numerous threats.} Bc8 (19... Qxh2+
20. Kf2 g6 21. Rh1 Qxg2+ 22. Qxg2 Bxg2 23. Nh6+ $18) 20. Nh6+ Kh8 21. Qh4 $1
$18 Bc5 (21... Qxh2+ 22. Qxh2 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 gxh6 24. Bc5 $18) (21... Be7 22.
Rxf7 $1 $18) 22. Nxf7+ $1 {Very nice game,which is showing us the importance
of opening knowledges.} 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2001.09.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Firman, Nazar"]
[Black "Sergeev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2001.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3 {This
variation promises white minimal advantage (if any!), but black still has to
be very careful not to get into troubles. This game is quiet typical for the
whole variation.} O-O 8. Nf3 Re8 9. Be2 Bf6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bf4 (11. Be3 Bf5
12. b3 (12. Rc1 Qd7 13. a3 Rad8 14. b4 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Bc4
Qd7 $132 {Ambroz,J-Sergeev,V/CZE-chT 9596}) 12... h6 13. Rc1 Re7 14. Qd2 Qe8
15. Rfe1 Bh7 16. Nh2 Bf5 17. Ng4 Bxg4 {1/2-1/2 Dovzik,J-Sergeev,V/Presov 1997/
EXT 98 (17)}) 11... Bf5 12. Rc1 (12. b3 Be4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Be3 d5 15. c5 Nd7
16. Bd3 Re8 17. Qd2 Nf8 18. b4 $14 {Marcelin,C-Zilberman,Y/Herzliya 2000/CBM 79
}) (12. Re1 h6 13. Qd2 Qd7 (13... a6 14. Rac1 d5 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,U-Jorgensen,
J/Norresundby 2000/EXT 2001 (14)}) 14. b3 Re7 15. Rac1 Rae8 16. Red1 Bh7 17.
Bf1 g5 18. Bg3 Qf5 19. Bd3 Qxd3 20. Qxd3 Bxd3 $11 {Plump,D-Rufer,M/Germany
1988/EXT 97-B}) 12... h6 (12... Bg6 13. Re1 a6 14. b3 d5 15. c5 Nc8 16. b4 Be4
17. b5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Re7 $13 {Gallagher,J-Sutter,O/SWZ 1997/EXT 99}) 13. b3 Re7
(13... Bg6 14. c5 $2 dxc5 15. dxc5 Qxd1 16. Bxd1 Bxc3 17. cxb6 Bb2 $17 {
Ager,J-Pingitzer,H/AUT 1992/EXT 2000}) 14. Qd2 Qd7 15. Rfd1 {White's plan is
to transfer c5 at some stage.} (15. d5 Ne5 16. Nd4 Bh7 17. Rfd1 Rae8 18. Bf1
Qc8 $13 {[%cal Gb6d7,Gd7c5]}) 15... Rae8 16. Bf1 Qd8 17. c5 $1 dxc5 18. dxc5
Qxd2 (18... Rd7 $6 19. cxb6 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Qc8 21. bxc7 $14 {[%csl Gc7][%cal
Gc3b5,Gb5d6]}) 19. Rxd2 Bxc3 $8 20. Rxc3 $14 {White got bishops pair, which is
definitly stronger that black's knight and bishop, however with accurate play
black should neutralize white's pressure.} Nc8 (20... Nd7 $2 21. Bxc7 Nf6 22.
Bd6 Ne4 23. Bxe7 Nxc3 24. Bd6 $16) 21. h4 $5 a6 22. Rc1 N8a7 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24.
Rxd4 Nc6 25. Rd2 f6 (25... Nd8 $5) 26. f3 g5 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Bg3 Kf7 29. Kf2
Nb4 $6 (29... Ne5 30. Rcd1) 30. a3 Nc6 31. b4 Ne5 32. Rcd1 Be6 $6 (32... Bc8 $5
) 33. Bxe5 $5 fxe5 34. Bd3 Rh8 (34... Rd7 35. Bg6+ (35. c6 $6 bxc6 36. Bxa6
Rxd2+ 37. Rxd2 Ra8 38. Bb7 Rxa3 39. Bxc6 $11) 35... Kxg6 36. Rxd7 Bxd7 37. Rxd7
Rc8 38. Ke3 $16 {[%csl Rc8]}) 35. Be4 c6 (35... b6 36. cxb6 cxb6 37. Rd6 Rb8
38. Rh1 $16) 36. Ke3 {White doesn't have a clear plan to improve the position,
however it's not so easy for black to defend.} Rc7 37. a4 Ke7 38. Rd6 Bb3 (
38... Rh2 $5) 39. R1d2 Be6 (39... Bxa4 $2 40. Rg6 Kf7 41. Rxg5 Re7 42. Rd6 $16)
40. Rd1 Bb3 41. Rb1 Ba2 (41... Bxa4 $6 42. Rg6) 42. Ra1 Be6 43. Rdd1 Rcc8 44.
Rh1 Bd5 (44... Kd7 $6 45. Rad1+ Kc7 46. Rxh8 Rxh8 47. Rd6 Re8 48. Bg6 Re7 49.
Ke4 Bd5+ 50. Kf5 $18) 45. b5 $6 a5 $6 (45... Rxh1 $1 46. Rxh1 Bxe4 47. Kxe4
cxb5 48. Rh7+ Kf6 49. Rxb7 Rxc5 50. Rb6+ Kf7 51. a5 b4 52. Rxa6 b3 $14) 46.
Rab1 Ke6 47. g4 Rcd8 48. bxc6 bxc6 (48... Bxc6 49. Rxh8 Rxh8 50. Bxc6 bxc6 51.
Rd1 Rb8 52. Rd6+ Ke7 53. Ke4 $1 $16) 49. Bh7 $1 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gb1b7,Gh1h6]}
Rb8 $6 (49... Kf6 $1 50. Rb7 Bf7 $8 51. Rc7 Kg7 52. Rh5 $1 Rxh7 53. Rxh7+ Kxh7
54. Rxf7+ Kg6 55. Ra7 Rd5 56. Rxa5 Kf6 $14) 50. Rb6 $1 Rxb6 (50... Kf6) 51.
cxb6 Kf6 $2 (51... Rb8 $8) 52. Bf5 $1 Rb8 (52... Rxh1 53. b7 Rh8 54. Bc8 Be6
55. b8=Q Rxc8 56. Qd6 $18 {[%cal Ge3e4]}) 53. Rh6+ Kg7 54. Rh7+ Kg8 55. b7 c5
$2 (55... Bf7 $1 56. Ke4 Rxb7 57. Kxe5 c5 58. Be4 (58. Kf6 Bd5) 58... Rb6 (
58... Re7+ $2 59. Kf6 Re6+ 60. Kxg5 Rxe4 61. Rxf7 Rxa4 62. Rc7 $18) 59. Rh2 Rb4
60. Kf6 Rxa4 61. Kxg5 $14) 56. Rc7 $18 Rxb7 (56... Bxb7 57. Rxc5 $18 {[%csl
Ra5,Re5,Rg5]}) 57. Be6+ $1 Bxe6 (57... Kf8 58. Rc8+ Ke7 59. Bxd5 $18) 58. Rxb7
Ba2 59. Rb5 c4 60. Rxe5 Bb3 61. Rxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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 "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3 {Very
solid set-up by white, wich is typical for Volokitin's pure positional style.}
(7. Bd3) 7... O-O 8. Bd3 (8. Nf3 c6 $6 9. Bd3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. O-O Be6 12.
Re1 Nd7 13. a3 Re8 14. Qc2 Nf8 15. Bd2 $14 {Kuczynski,R-Appel,R/BL9697 1997 
(40)}) 8... Re8 (8... Bf6 $5 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Bxh7+
Kxh7 13. Qxd4 Bf5 14. b3 Re8 15. Be3 $14 {Hendriks,R-Etmans,M/Dieren op 1997 
(28)}) 9. Nge2 Bg5 {There is nothing wrong in trading the bishops, but in my
opinion a bit more accurate is 9...Nc6} (9... Nc6 $5 10. O-O Bf6 (10... Nb4 11.
Bb1 Nxc4 $2 12. a3 Nc6 13. Qd3 $18 {[%cal Gd3c4,Gd3h7]}) 11. Bb1 (11. Bc2 g6 $5
12. b3 Bg7 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Ng3 d5 15. c5 Nd7 16. Qd2 $14 {Gomez Baillo,
J-Malbran,G/Boca Juniors, Buenos Aires ARG 1998 (22)}) 11... g6 $5 12. b3 Bg7
13. Be3 Ne7 14. Qd2 Bf5 $11 {Giaccio,A-Malbran,G/Buenos Aires 1998}) (9... Na6
$6 10. O-O c6 11. Ng3 g6 12. Re1 Nc7 13. Bh6 Be6 14. b3 f5 15. Qd2 $14 {
Benjamin,J-Elsness,F/Erevan olm 1996 (40)}) 10. O-O Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Nc6 12. a3 {
The main problem for black in this line is to find a square for the
lightsquared bishop} Nd7 (12... Ne7 13. Qc2 Ng6 14. Rfd1 Nd7 15. b4 a5 16. c5
axb4 17. axb4 Nf6 $14) 13. b4 Nf6 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Rfd1 Ne7 16. d5 $5 Ng6 (16...
a5 17. Nd4 axb4 18. axb4 c6 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 22.
Bxe4 {[%csl Rd6,Rh7]} Qh4 23. Rxd6 Rxe4 24. Rxd7 Rae8 25. b5 $16) 17. Nd4 Nh5 (
17... Nf4 18. Bf1 N6h5 19. Kh2 a5 $132) 18. Qd2 Ne5 $6 {Black is obviously
having troubles finding a plan.} (18... Ngf4) 19. Bf1 Qh4 20. g3 Qf6 21. c5 {
[%csl Rh5]} Qg6 $6 {Black is desperately trying to find a target in white's
camp, but white's position is perfectly solid. Meanwhile white's pressure on
the queenside is growing stronger and stronger.} 22. Bg2 dxc5 $6 23. bxc5 $16
Rad8 (23... Nd3 $2 24. c6 $1 (24. Qxd3 Re1+ 25. Kh2 Qxd3 26. Rxd3 Rxc1 27. c6
bxc6 28. dxc6 Be6 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Nb5 $36) 24... Nxc1 (24... Bc8 25. Qxd3
Re1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxd3 27. Re8#) 25. cxd7 Red8 26. Qxc1 Rxd7 27. Na4 $16) (23...
Rac8 $5) 24. Qc2 $5 Qh6 (24... Qxc2 25. Nxc2 Nc4 26. c6 bxc6 27. dxc6 Bf5 28.
Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Nb5 $16) 25. Ncb5 {Black has too many weaknesses on the
queenside to be able to protect them all.} Nf6 $6 26. Nxc7 Bxh3 27. Nxe8 Rxe8
28. Re1 Nfg4 (28... Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Nfg4 30. Rh1 $18) 29. f4 Bxg2 30. Qxg2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[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 "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 {In my opinion it's the most
dangerous set-up for black. As shows the following game, black could find
himself in deep troubles after just one inaccuracy.} Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nf3 (7.
exd6 cxd6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. b3 O-O 11. Nf3 $14 {Keogh,E-Baburin,A/
Kilkenny op 1996}) 7... Be7 (7... Na6 8. a3 (8. Be3 c5 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Be2 O-O
11. O-O Qe7 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. Rc1 Nd7 $13 {Mohammad,S-Gausel,E/Erevan olm 1996})
8... c5 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Be3 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Rd8 12. Rxd8+ Kxd8 13. Be2 f6 14.
Kd2 Bg4 15. b3 $14 {Golts,R-Kleist,F/Canadian Open 1999}) 8. Be3 (8. Bd3 Bxd3
9. Qxd3 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 d5 $132 {Larsen,H-Larsen,O/Aalborg op 1995})
8... O-O 9. Bd3 d5 $6 {It's strange that this dubious move was tried quite a
few time, even though white's initiative appears to be very strong.} (9... Bxd3
10. Qxd3 d5 11. c5 (11. b3 Nc6 12. c5 Nc8 13. a3 f5 14. b4 Qe8 15. h3 a6 16. g4
$16 {Fontaine,R-Olivier,J/Cannes 2002}) 11... Nc4 12. b3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 b6 14.
Na4 c6 15. O-O Nd7 16. b4 $14 {Marjanovic,S-Cooper,J/Teeside 1973}) 10. Bxf5 (
10. c5 Nc4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Qa4 Bd3 13. O-O-O Qd7 14. b3 Qxa4 15. Nxa4 b5 16.
Nc3 c6 17. Ne1 Bg6 $132 {Hebert,J-Wright,J/corr 1977}) 10... exf5 11. c5 Nc4
12. Bf2 c6 (12... Nxb2 $2 13. Qb1 Nc4 14. Qxb7 c6 15. Qxa8 Qc7 16. O-O Na6 17.
Nxd5 $18 {Stein,L-Mikenas,V/Yerevan 1962}) 13. b3 Na5 $6 (13... Na3 $142 14.
Qd3 Qd7 15. O-O-O b6 16. h3 Nb5 17. Nxb5 cxb5 18. g4 Rc8 19. Kb2 bxc5 20. dxc5
Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. gxf5 $14) 14. Qc2 $16 g6 15. h3 {[%cal Gg2g4] White is
ready to start an attack on the kingside while black still has to complete
development of his queenside pieces.} b6 (15... Qd7) 16. g4 fxg4 17. hxg4 f5
18. Bh4 $1 {Trading the only defender of the king and preparing to bring the
knight to g5.} bxc5 (18... fxg4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ng5 Rxf4 21. Nxh7 Nd7 22.
Qxg6+ Qg7 23. Qe6+ Qf7 24. Qh6 $18) 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ng5 cxd4 21. Rxh7 Qb4 22.
Ke2 {Black is helpless against the mating threats over the h-file.} (22. Ke2
Qxc3 23. Qxc3 dxc3 24. Rah1 fxg4 25. Rh8+ Kg7 26. R1h7#) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group6"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "1997.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nedev, Trajce"]
[Black "Oney, Adil Feridun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[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 "Skopje Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "Istanbul Oyak Sigorta-SGM"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 $5 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. b3 (9. Be2 d5 $5) 9... Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 (10... Nb8 11. Be2 e5 12. dxe6
Bxe6 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. O-O $14) 11. Be2 Ned7 {Black has tried different moves in
this position,but neither of them does'nt show a way to equality.Let's see a
few examples:} (11... f5 12. f4 (12. Qd2 $5 e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Nf3 Kh8 15.
O-O $14 {Dumont,S-Teixeira,R/Olicio Gadia mem, Rio de Janeiro BRA 1997 (30)})
12... Ng4 (12... Bh6 13. Qd2 Nf7 14. Nf3 e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. O-O $16 {
Pedersen Nicolai Vesterbaek-Hjorth Torben/It (open), Aalborg (Denmark) 1995 
(28)}) 13. Bxg4 fxg4 14. Nge2 $14) (11... Re8 $5 12. Nf3 e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14.
Nxe5 Bxe5 15. O-O d5 $5 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. cxd5 Rad8 18. Bc4 Bf5 19. Qd2 $5 (19.
Qf3 $5 a6 20. a4 Qf6 21. h3 Bc7 22. g4 Qd6 23. Rfe1 $14 {Degraeve,J-Santo
Roman,M/ch-FRA, Narbonne FRA 1997 (61)}) 19... a6 20. a4 Qd6 21. g3 h5 22. Rfe1
$14 {Kuczynski,R-Nokka,R/Nordic-chT Pohja 1985 (29)}) (11... h5 $5 12. h3 (12.
Nf3 $5 Ng4 13. Bg5 $14) 12... e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Nb5 d5 15. c5 d4 $1 16. Nxd4
Nd5 17. Bd2 Re8 $44 {Rodriguez,R-Limeres,C/San Sebastian op 1995 (54)}) (11...
e6 12. f4 $1 Ned7 (12... Bh6 $145 13. Qd2 $1 $16 Ng4 $140 14. Bxg4 Qh4+ 15. Qf2
Qxg4 16. h3 Qf5 17. g4 Qd3 (17... Qf6 18. g5) 18. Nge2 exd5 19. Rd1 Qxd1+ (
19... Qc2 20. Rd2) 20. Nxd1 dxc4 21. f5 $18 {Raecki-Velicka/Apolda op, SW 1992
(35)}) 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Qxd6 e5 15. Nf3 $5 (15. c5 $5 exf4 16. Bf2 Qg5 17. Nf3
Qxg2 18. Rg1 Qh3 19. cxb6 Nxb6) 15... exf4 16. Bxf4 Nc5 17. O-O Bg4 (17... Bxc3
18. Qxd8) 18. h3 Bxc3 19. hxg4 $1 $16 {Ivanov,V-Bagirov,R/Moscow 1995 (39)})
12. Nf3 Nf6 13. h3 $14 (13. Nd4 a6 14. O-O Nbd7 (14... e5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bf3
$16 {+/= Chernyshov,K-Zoltek,T/Pardubice 1992}) 15. h3 $1 Re8 16. Qd2 Nc5 17.
Bf3 Bd7 18. b4 $16 {Zetocha Claudiu-Kahn Evarth/Memorial Schneider, Budapest 
(Hungary) 1995 (38)}) 13... Nbd7 14. O-O Re8 {Black does'nt have enough space
for his pieces and his only counterchance is to transfer e6 after which the
pawn on d6 will become a target for the white pieces.} 15. Re1 ({More accurate
was to play} 15. Qd2 {immediatly and then to put a rook on d1.}) 15... Nf8 16.
Qd2 Bd7 17. b4 $5 {White has very significient advantage in space and all his
pieces take good positions,which means that he is ready for the breakthrough.
Last move shows white's intentions to play on the queenside.Also desrved
attention} (17. Rcd1 $5 a6 18. b4 b6 19. a3 Rc8 20. Nd4 e6 21. dxe6 Nxe6 22.
Nb3 $16) 17... e6 18. Nd4 $5 (18. dxe6 $5 Bxe6 19. Red1 Rc8 20. Nb5 (20. Qxd6
$6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Bxc4 22. Bxa7 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 Ra8 $15) 20... Ne4 21. Qd3 Bf5 22.
Qd5 $1 Bb2 23. Rb1 Nf6 24. Qxb7 Bxb1 25. Rxb1 $16) 18... a6 $6 (18... a5 $5 19.
a3 exd5 20. cxd5 axb4 21. axb4 Ne4 $1 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Bf3 Re8 24. Nc6 $5 $14)
19. Nb3 $6 (19. dxe6 $1 Nxe6 20. Nb3 Bc6 21. Rcd1 Qc7 22. a4 $1 Rad8 23. a5 $16
) 19... Rc8 $1 {Suddenly black gets some counterchances.} 20. Na5 $5 b6 21. Nb3
exd5 22. Nxd5 Ne4 23. Qd1 Rb8 24. Bd4 $5 (24. Bf3 $6 Ng5 25. Bg4 f5 26. Be2
Nfe6 $132) 24... f6 $6 (24... Ne6 $5 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 $5 (25... Kxg7 26. Qd3 f5
27. Nd2 $1 Nxd2 28. Qc3+ $1 Kf7 29. Qxd2 $16) 26. Bf3 Bf5 27. Nd4 $6 Qh4 28.
Qc2 $5 Ng5 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qb2 Re5 $132) 25. Bd3 Ng5 26. Rxe8 $16 Bxe8 27.
Qe2 (27. f4 $1 Nge6 28. Bb2 Rc8 29. f5 $16) 27... Nge6 28. Bc3 Bf7 29. a4 $5
Nd7 30. a5 f5 $2 {That's true that black has extremly unpleasant position,but
his last move makes things even worse.} (30... bxa5 31. Nxa5 Rc8 (31... Ne5 $6
32. Bxe5 dxe5 33. Nc6 Nd4 $1 34. Nde7+ $1 Kh8 35. Qe3 $18) 32. Nb7 Qf8 33. Re1
Ne5 {was more persistant.}) 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Re1 $2 ({Missing} 32. Qb2+ $1 Kg8
33. axb6 Nxb6 34. Nf6+ {with easily wining position.}) 32... Qg5 33. g3 $6 {
Weakening square f3,which prooves to be very important.} (33. axb6 $5 Nxb6 34.
Qb2+ Kh6 35. Nxb6 Rxb6 36. g3 $1 $14) 33... bxa5 34. Nxa5 Ne5 $132 35. Qb2 $5 (
35. h4 $6 Qg4 36. Qxg4 fxg4 37. Be4 Nd4 $36) (35. Nb3 $5 a5 $1 36. b5 a4 37. h4
$1 Qh6 38. Qb2 $1 Kf8 39. Rxe5 $8 Qg7 $1 (39... dxe5 $2 40. Qxe5 $16) 40. Re2
Qxb2 41. Rxb2 axb3 42. Rxb3 Nc5 43. Ra3 Bxd5 $10) 35... Nc5 36. Nf4 $4 {
Loosing on the spot,while after} (36. Rxe5 $1 Nxd3 37. Rxf5+ Nxb2 38. Rxg5 Be6
39. Nc7 Bxc4 40. Nxc4 Nxc4 41. Nxa6 Rb6 $10 {the position is drawn.}) 36... Qf6
$1 $19 37. Qe2 Rxb4 38. Bc2 Rb2 $1 39. Nd5 Bxd5 40. cxd5 Rxc2 41. Qxc2 Nf3+ 42.
Kf1 Nxe1 43. Kxe1 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giaccio, Alfredo Gustavo"]
[Black "Malbran, Guillermo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 10288]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7
7. h3 O-O 8. Bd3 (8. Nf3 c6 $6 9. Bd3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. O-O Be6 12. Re1 Nd7
13. a3 Re8 14. Qc2 Nf8 15. Bd2 $14 {Kuczynski,R-Appel,R/BL9697 1997 (40)}) 8...
Re8 (8... Bf6 $5 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qxd4
Bf5 14. b3 Re8 15. Be3 $14 {Hendriks,R-Etmans,M/Dieren op 1997 (28)}) 9. Nge2
Nc6 (9... Na6 $6 10. O-O c6 11. Ng3 g6 12. Re1 Nc7 13. Bh6 Be6 14. b3 f5 15.
Qd2 $14 {Benjamin,J-Elsness,F/Erevan olm 1996 (40)}) 10. O-O Bf6 (10... Nb4 11.
Bb1 Nxc4 $2 12. a3 Nc6 13. Qd3 $18 {[%cal Gd3c4,Gd3h7]}) 11. Bb1 (11. Be3 $6 d5
12. c5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. d5 Nb4 15. Nf4 Bf5 $13) (11. Bc2 g6 $5 12. b3 Bg7
13. Be3 Ne7 14. Ng3 d5 15. c5 Nd7 16. Qd2 $14 {Gomez Baillo,J-Malbran,G/Boca
Juniors, Buenos Aires ARG 1998 (22)}) 11... g6 $5 {Good positional decision
permitting black to equalize.} 12. b3 Bg7 13. Be3 (13. d5 $6 Rxe2 $1 14. Nxe2
Bxa1 15. dxc6 bxc6 $15) 13... Ne7 14. Qd2 (14. g4 $6 h5 $1 15. Nf4 (15. gxh5 $6
Bxh3 16. Re1 gxh5 17. Nf4 Bg4 18. f3 Nf5 $1 $17) 15... hxg4 16. hxg4 Qd7 17. f3
Nf5 $1 18. gxf5 $1 Rxe3 19. Ncd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Re8 $36) 14... Bf5 $11 15. g4 $5
{[%csl Re7]} Bxb1 16. Raxb1 d5 17. c5 {Deserved atttention} (17. Qd3 $5 c6 (
17... Qd7 18. c5 Nbc8 19. b4 a6 20. a4 f5 21. f3 $14) 18. c5 Nd7 19. b4 f5 20.
f3 Nf6 21. a4 $13 {with complicated position with slightly better prospects
for white.}) 17... Nd7 18. Ng3 $6 {Missing black's reply after which white's
position becomes quiet dangerous.} Nxc5 19. f4 $2 {This move deserves two
question marks,because now white not only remains without the pawn,but in
addition to this his position turns into ruins!After obvious} (19. dxc5 d4 20.
Bxd4 Qxd4 (20... Bxd4 21. Rbd1 Nc6 22. Qf4 Qf6 23. Qxf6 Bxf6 24. Nd5 $11) 21.
Qxd4 Bxd4 22. Nb5 Be5 23. f4 a6 $15 {black's chanses are only slightly better.}
) 19... f5 $17 {[%csl Re3]} 20. Rbd1 (20. dxc5 d4 21. Nce2 dxe3 22. Qxe3 Nd5
23. Qf3 Re3 24. Qg2 Qd7 $17) 20... Ne4 21. Ncxe4 dxe4 22. gxf5 Nxf5 23. Nxf5
gxf5 $19 {The arising position is absolutely hopeless for white.He tries to
put up some resistanse,but it can't influence the result of the game.} 24. d5
h6 $5 {[%cal Gg8h7,Ge8g8,Gd8h4]} 25. Kh2 Kh7 26. Rg1 Rg8 27. Qe2 Qd7 28. d6 $6
{Giving up another pawn searching for counterplay.} cxd6 29. Qh5 Bh8 30. Rg5 $5
Rxg5 31. fxg5 Be5+ 32. Kh1 Qg7 33. gxh6 (33. Rc1 $5 d5 (33... Rg8 $4 34. Rc7 $1
$18) (33... f4 $5 34. gxh6 Qg3 35. Qf5+ Kh8 (35... Kxh6 36. Rg1 Qf3+ 37. Rg2
$11) 36. Rc8+ Rxc8 37. Qxc8+ Qg8 $19) 34. gxh6 Qg6 35. Qh4 Qg3 $19) 33... Qg6
34. Qh4 Qg3 $1 35. Qxg3 Bxg3 36. Bg5 Rg8 37. h4 Rxg5 $5 38. hxg5 e3 39. g6+
Kxg6 40. h7 e2 41. h8=N+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alonso, Salvador"]
[Black "Malbran, Guillermo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 10352]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7
7. Qf3 O-O (7... Qd7 $5 8. Be3 Na4 $6 9. Nd5 O-O 10. b3 Nb6 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12.
Bd3 $14 {Saltaev,M-Marinkovic,I/Ikaria op 1994/1/2-1/2 (72)}) 8. Be3 Bg5 (8...
c6 $5 9. Nh3 $5 (9. Bd3 d5 10. c5 $6 (10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nge2 Be6 12. O-O Nd7
13. Ng3 g6 14. h3 N7b6 $13 {Galyas,M-Bagirov,R/EU-chJM U18 1996 (27)}) 10...
Nc4 11. Bc1 b6 12. b3 Na5 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Bb2 Ba6 $15 {Grosar,K-Raspor,G/
Portoroz 1996 (40)}) (9. O-O-O d5 10. c5 N6d7 11. g4 b6 12. cxb6 axb6 13. Bd3
b5 14. a3 Na6 $36 {Lakos,N-Zhukova,N/Erevan olw 1996 (29)}) 9... Na6 10. Nf4
Nb4 11. O-O-O d5 12. a3 a5 $5 13. c5 Nc4 14. axb4 axb4 15. Nb1 Bf5 $44 {
Berzinsh,R-Stavrinov,A/LAT-ch 1993 (33)}) (8... Nc6 9. O-O-O Be6 10. c5 $5 (10.
b3 Qc8 11. h3 a5 {1/2-1/2 Seul,G-Horvath,J/Budapest FS10 GM 1995}) 10... Nc4 (
10... Nc8 11. d5 Ne5 12. Qe4 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. h4 f5 15. Qb4 $13 {Goeke,
B-Peter,F/Hessenliga 9596 1996 (41)}) (10... Nd7 $6 11. d5 Nce5 12. Qe2 Bf5 13.
h3 Nf6 14. g4 Bc8 15. g5 $36 {Sandu,M-Grunberg,S/ROM-chT 1996 (33)}) 11. Bf4
Qc8 (11... Bf6 $2 12. d5 N4e5 13. Qe2 Ng6 14. Be3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qf6 16. dxe6
$18 {Leyva,R-Medina,M/CUB-ch 1993 (22)}) 12. Qg3 N6a5 13. b3 $6 Na3 14. cxd6 $6
cxd6 15. Kb2 b5 $40 {[%csl Rb2] Buenermann,V-Waechtler,F/NRW-II 1994 (33)}) 9.
Bd3 (9. O-O-O c6 (9... Nc6 $6 10. h4 (10. Bd3 Nb4 11. b3 Nxd3+ 12. Rxd3 Qf6 13.
Bxg5 Qxg5+ 14. Re3 Qg4 $11 {Popescu,D-Jiroveanu,G/ROM-chT 1996/1/2-1/2 (45)})
10... Bxe3+ 11. fxe3 Be6 $6 (11... Nd7 $6 12. g4 Re8 13. g5 Nf8 14. Nh3 Qd7 15.
Nf4 $16 {Zimmermann,F-Goeke,B/OLO-C 1995 (27)}) 12. c5 Qc8 13. Be2 Nc4 14. d5
N6e5 15. Qf4 Bg4 16. Bxc4 $16) 10. Bd3 Be6 11. b3 a5 12. Qe4 Bxe3+ 13. fxe3 g6
14. Nf3 a4 $132) 9... Bxe3 10. fxe3 Nc6 11. b3 (11. Nge2 $6 Nb4) 11... Qh4+ 12.
g3 Qh6 {[%csl Re3] Intending to put some pressure on weak pawn e3.} 13. Nge2
Re8 14. Kf2 Bd7 15. Rae1 Nb4 $6 ({Interesting possibiity was} 15... Re6 $5 16.
Nf4 Rf6 17. Ne4 Rf5 18. g4 $5 (18. Nc3 Rf6 19. Ne4 $11) 18... Qh4+ (18... Ra5
19. h4 Rxa2+ 20. Kg3 $18 {[%csl Rh6]}) 19. Qg3 Qxg3+ 20. Kxg3 Ra5 21. Nc3 $14 {
[%csl Ra5] with complicated position.}) 16. Bb1 Bc6 17. d5 Bd7 18. h4 $36 f5 $8
{Otherwise after 19.g4 black is in troubles.} 19. Nf4 a5 20. e4 fxe4 21. Nxe4
Bf5 $6 22. Nxd6 $1 cxd6 (22... Rxe1 23. Nxf5 $18) 23. Bxf5 $16 Nxa2 24. Be6+ $5
(24. Rxe8+ $5 Rxe8 25. Ra1 Nb4 26. Be6+ $1 Kh8 27. Rxa5 Qf6 28. Rb5 Qd4+ 29.
Qe3 $18) 24... Kh8 25. Qe3 {Missing nice possibility} (25. g4 $1 Qf6 26. g5
Qd4+ 27. Kg3 a4 28. Ng6+ $3 {[%csl Rh8]} hxg6 29. h5 $18) 25... Nc8 26. g4 Qf6
27. Kg2 Qc3 28. Qe2 $6 (28. h5 $5 Qxe3 29. Rxe3 h6 $8 30. Rf1 Nb6 31. Ng6+ Kh7
32. Rf7 $18) 28... Nb4 29. h5 h6 30. Rc1 $6 {White loses a thread and his
position deteriorates very quickly.} (30. Ng6+ $5 Kh7 31. Qe4 Qc2+ 32. Qxc2
Nxc2 33. Re4 $16) 30... Qxb3 31. Ng6+ Kh7 32. Rcd1 $6 Nb6 33. Rhf1 Nxc4 {
[%csl Re3]} 34. Qe4 Qc2+ 35. Qxc2 Nxc2 $19 {Black has to passed pawns on the
queenside and about to win an exchange.White is helpless.} 36. Kh3 N2e3 37.
Rde1 Nxf1 38. Rxf1 a4 39. Rf7 Ne3 40. Rf3 a3 41. Rxe3 a2 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 09th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2001.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 $5 dxe5 6. fxe5 Bf5 7. Nc3 e6 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qh4+ 12. Bf2 Qf4 13. c5 {This
variation doesn't promise white anything special, but black has to defend till
the end of the game.} (13. Qc1 Qxc1+ 14. Rxc1 O-O-O 15. Rd1 (15. c5 Nd7 16. f4
Ne7 17. Bf3 Nb8 18. O-O Nbc6 19. Rfd1 Nb4 20. Bh4 $14 {Murey,J-Bagirov,V/
Belgrade 1988/CBM 10}) 15... g6 (15... Be7 16. f4 g5 17. c5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5
19. Bh5 f6 20. Bg4 f5 21. Be2 Rdd8 22. Bc4 $14 {Bottema,T-Visser,Y/Dieren 1988/
TD}) 16. a3 Bh6 17. b4 Rd7 18. Ne4 Rhd8 19. c5 Nd5 20. b5 $36 {Valvo,M-Alburt,
L/Philadelphia 1988/EXT 97}) 13... Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qd2 (15. Qc1 Qxc1+ 16.
Rxc1 Be7 17. Rg1 g5 18. Bd3 O-O-O 19. a3 Rdf8 20. Bf5+ Kb8 21. b4 $14 {Mrva,
M-Vykydal,F/Bratislava 1991/EXT 97}) 15... Qxd2+ (15... Qf5 16. Rg1 f6 $6 17.
f4 h5 $6 18. Bd3 Qh3 19. Bg6+ Kd8 20. O-O-O $16 {Kaugars,A-Levy,D/California
1993/EXT 2001}) 16. Kxd2 g6 (16... Be7 17. f4 f5 (17... f6 18. Kc3 h5 19. Rhg1
Kf7 20. Rg2 Rag8 21. Bf3 $16 {Anderson,R-Lambert,G/California 1993/EXT 2001})
18. Bf3 Rd8 19. Rhg1 g6 20. b4 Kf7 21. b5 Na5 22. Be2 Rhg8 23. h4 Ke6 24. Kc3
$14 {Nokso Koivisto,A-Raaste,E/FIN-chT 1994/EXT 98}) 17. f4 Bh6 18. Be3 Ne7 19.
Bd3 Nf5 ({Nothing changes} 19... Kd7 20. Rhg1 Rag8 21. Rg3 Nf5 22. Bxf5+ gxf5
23. b4 {and we get position from the game.}) 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. Rhg1 Kd7 22. Rg3
Rag8 23. b4 Rg6 $6 {Giving white some chanses. After} (23... Rxg3 $5 24. hxg3
Bf8 25. b5 h5 26. Bf2 Be7 27. Rh1 Ke6 $14 {[%cal Gf7f6] black is very close to
the equality.}) 24. Ke2 Bf8 (24... Rhg8 25. Kf3 c6 26. a4 a6 27. Rb1 $14) 25.
Rg5 Ke6 $6 (25... Rxg5 26. fxg5 h6 $1 27. h4 (27. gxh6 Bxh6 28. Bxh6 Rxh6 29.
Rh1 Rh4 $15) 27... h5 $1 (27... hxg5 28. Bxg5 Ke6 29. Kf3 Rh5 30. b5 $14) 28.
b5 Be7 29. a4 Ra8 $11) 26. Rh5 h6 27. b5 Be7 28. a4 Ra8 29. Rb1 Bf8 (29... Bd8
$6 30. Rg1 $1 {[%csl Rh6]}) 30. Kf3 {[%csl Gg2]} Rb8 31. Bd2 $1 Be7 32. Be1 Bf8
$6 (32... Rbg8 33. c6 b6 34. a5 f6 $132) 33. Ba5 $5 b6 (33... Rc8 $5) 34. Bb4
bxc5 35. dxc5 a6 36. bxa6 Bxc5 $6 (36... Ra8 $14) 37. Bxc5 Rxb1 38. a7 Rb3+ (
38... Rg8 39. Rxh6+ Kd7 40. Ra6 (40. Rf6 Rb3+ 41. Kf2 Rb2+ 42. Ke3 Rxh2 43.
Rxf7+ Kc6 $132) 40... Ra8 41. Rf6 Rb3+ 42. Ke2 Rb2+ 43. Kd3 Rxh2 44. Rxf7+ Kc6
45. Be3 $14) 39. Kf2 Rb2+ 40. Ke3 Rgg2 $4 (40... Rg8) 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 09th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2001.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Qf3 $5 {
Very sharp continuation, promising black very good counterchanses.} O-O (7...
Qd7 $5 8. Be3 Na4 $6 9. Nd5 O-O 10. b3 Nb6 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Bd3 $14 {Saltaev,
M-Marinkovic,I/Ikaria op 1994/1/2-1/2 (72)}) 8. Bd3 $5 (8. Be3 c6 (8... Bg5 9.
Bd3 (9. O-O-O Nc6 $6 10. h4 (10. Bd3 Nb4 11. b3 Nxd3+ 12. Rxd3 Qf6 13. Bxg5
Qxg5+ 14. Re3 Qg4 $11 {Popescu,D-Jiroveanu,G/ROM-chT 1996/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 10...
Bxe3+ 11. fxe3 Nd7 $6 12. g4 Re8 13. g5 Nf8 14. Nh3 Qd7 15. Nf4 $16 {
Zimmermann,F-Goeke,B/OLO-C 1995 (27)}) 9... Bxe3 10. fxe3 Nc6 11. b3 (11. Nge2
$6 Nb4) 11... Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh6 {[%csl Re3]} 13. Nge2 Re8 14. Kf2 $14 {Alonso,
S-Malbran,G/Buenos Aires 1998/CBM 65}) (8... Nc6 9. O-O-O Be6 (9... Re8 10. Nh3
Nd7 11. Nf4 Nf6 12. h3 Bf8 13. g4 $14 {Iglesias,J-Serrano Aspa,P/Barcelona
2000/EXT 2001}) (9... Bg5 10. Nh3 Bxe3+ 11. fxe3 Be6 12. c5 Nd7 13. cxd6 cxd6
14. Nf4 Qa5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qh3 $14 {Blauert,J-Hetey,L/Dortmund 1995/CBM 48
ext}) 10. c5 $5 (10. b3 Qc8 11. h3 a5 {1/2-1/2 Seul,G-Horvath,J/Budapest FS10
GM 1995}) 10... Nc4 (10... Nc8 11. d5 Ne5 12. Qe4 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. h4 f5 15.
Qb4 $13 {Goeke,B-Peter,F/Hessenliga 9596 1996 (41)}) (10... Nd7 $6 11. d5 Nce5
12. Qe2 Bf5 13. h3 Nf6 14. g4 Bc8 15. g5 $36 {Sandu,M-Grunberg,S/ROM-chT 1996 
(33)}) 11. Bf4 Qc8 (11... Bf6 $2 12. d5 N4e5 13. Qe2 Ng6 14. Be3 Bxc3 15. bxc3
Qf6 16. dxe6 $18 {Leyva,R-Medina,M/CUB-ch 1993 (22)}) 12. Qg3 N6a5 13. b3 $6
Na3 14. cxd6 $6 cxd6 15. Kb2 b5 $40 {[%csl Rb2] Buenermann,V-Waechtler,F/
NRW-II 1994 (33)}) 9. O-O-O (9. Bd3 d5 10. c5 $6 (10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nge2 Be6
12. O-O Nd7 13. Ng3 g6 14. h3 N7b6 $13 {Galyas,M-Bagirov,R/EU-chJM U18 1996 
(27)}) 10... Nc4 11. Bc1 b6 12. b3 Na5 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Bb2 Ba6 $15 {Grosar,
K-Raspor,G/Portoroz 1996 (40)}) 9... d5 10. c5 N6d7 11. g4 b6 12. cxb6 axb6 13.
Bd3 b5 14. a3 Na6 15. Nge2 b4 $36 {Lakos,N-Zhukova,N/Yerevan 1996/EXT 97}) 8...
c6 (8... Nc6 9. Nge2 Nb4 10. Bb1 Re8 (10... Nxc4 11. a3 Nc6 12. Qd3 $18 {
[%cal Gd3c4,Gd3h7]}) 11. a3 Nc6 12. O-O $14) 9. Nge2 d5 10. c5 N6d7 11. Bc2 $5
Re8 (11... b6 $2 12. Nxd5 $1 {[%csl Ra8]} cxd5 13. Qxd5 Nc6 14. Qxc6 Rb8 15.
Qf3 $16) 12. g4 Nf8 13. h4 b6 (13... Bxh4 $5 14. Qh3 g5 15. Be3 $44) 14. Be3
bxc5 15. O-O-O $1 $36 {White is ready to attack the black king, but black
pieces are well placed and it's not so easy for white to create something.}
Nbd7 16. g5 $5 Bd6 (16... Ba6 17. Rdg1 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Ne6 19. g6 $1 $40 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh4h5]}) 17. h5 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. Qg2 Bd7 (19... c5 $2 {
[%csl Rd5]} 20. Ndb5 $1 Bg4 21. Qxd5 $1 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 {[%cal Gd1d8]} Bc7 23.
Qb7 $18) 20. g6 hxg6 (20... fxg6 $5 21. hxg6 (21. Bg5 Be7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. f4
Ng4 24. hxg6 Qe3+ 25. Rd2 Nxg6 $17) 21... Nexg6 22. Nxd5 Nh4 23. Rxh4 Qxh4 24.
Rh1 Qg4 $19) 21. Bg5 Qb8 (21... f6 $5) 22. hxg6 Nexg6 23. Nde2 Nf4 $5 24. Qf3
Nxe2+ 25. Nxe2 Be5 26. Nd4 f5 $2 {Black doesn't stand the pressure ad makes
mistake permitting white to create serious threats.} (26... c5 $1 27. Qh5 $5 f6
(27... g6 28. Qh4 {[%csl Gf6,Rg8]} cxd4 29. Bf6 $1 Bxf6 30. Qxf6 Nh7 31. Rxh7
Kxh7 32. Rh1+ Kg8 33. Rh8#) 28. Bh7+ (28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ Ke7 $19) 28... Nxh7
29. Qxh7+ Kf7 30. Bh6 Bf4+ 31. Kb1 Bxh6 32. Rxh6 cxd4 33. Qg6+ Ke6 34. Qxg7 Qe5
$19) 27. Qh3 $132 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gh3h8,Gd1g1]} Bf4+ 28. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 29. Kb1
Re5 30. Rdg1 Kf7 (30... Qxd4 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qxg7+ Ke8 33. Re1 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rd4]}) 31. Qh8 Ng6 $2 (31... g6 $5 32. Rh7+ (32. Nf3 Ree8 33. Ng5+ Ke7
$15) (32. Rh4 Qxf2 33. Rh7+ Nxh7 34. Qxh7+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ Kf7 $11) 32... Nxh7 33.
Qxh7+ Kf8 34. Qxg6 Ke7 35. Nxc6+ Bxc6 36. Qxc6 Rg8 $1 $13 {[%csl Rb1]}) 32. Qh7
Re1+ $8 (32... Qxd4 33. Qxg6+ Ke7 34. Qxg7+ Kd6 35. Rg6+ Kc7 36. Bxf5 $1 Rd8
37. Rg4 $1 $18) 33. Rxe1 Qxd4 34. Rhg1 Qf6 35. Rxg6 $1 Qxg6 36. Re7+ Kf6 37.
Qh4+ Qg5 38. Rf7+ Kxf7 39. Qxg5 $18 g6 40. Qh6 Rg8 41. f4 Be6 42. Qh7+ Rg7 43.
Qh4 c5 44. Qd8 c4 45. Ba4 Rg8 46. Qc7+ Kf6 47. Bd7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be2 (7. Bd3
$5) (7. Bd3 $5) 7... O-O 8. Nf3 c6 (8... Bf6 9. O-O Bf5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Re1 Nc6
12. Rc1 Re7 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Nxg5 h6 $11 {Pohl,D-Marous,R/Svetla nad Sazavou
1998/EXT 2000}) (8... Bg4 9. O-O (9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O c6 (10... Nc6 11. g3 $6 (
11. b3 Bf6 12. Be3 d5 13. c5 Nc8 14. b4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 N8e7 16. b5 Na5 17. Qd3
c6 $13 {Kuczynski,R-Tomaszewski,R/Rubinstein mem 1987}) 11... Bf6 12. Be3 Re8
13. Qd2 h6 14. Rfe1 d5 15. c5 Nc8 16. b4 a6 17. Rab1 N8e7 $13 {Hunt,H-Sedina,E/
Erevan olw 1996}) 11. b3 $5 a5 12. Bf4 d5 13. c5 N6d7 14. Na4 Re8 15. Qd2 Bf6
16. Rfe1 $14 {Velicka,P-Sergeev,V/Trinec op9798}) 9... Nc6 (9... c5 10. Be3 Nc6
11. b3 f5 $132 {Dvoirys,S-Zilberman,Y/Dieren 2000/CBM 77 ext}) 10. b3 Re8 (
10... Bf6 11. Be3 d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. h3 Be6 14. Ne1 b6 15. Na4 $14 {Marciano,
D-Baburin,A/Germany 1999/CBM 73 ext}) 11. h3 (11. Be3 Bf6 12. Rc1 h6 13. Qd2
Qd7 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. h3 Bf5 $132 {Contreras,H-Szmetan,J/Cali 1999/CBM 74 ext})
11... Bh5 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Qd2 Bg6 (13... d5 14. c5 Nc8 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bb5 Qd7
17. Nh2 a6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. f4 {1/2-1/2 Kuczynski,R-Gazik,I/Budapest zt-B 1993
}) 14. d5 (14. Rac1 h6 15. d5 Ne7 16. Nd4 Nf5 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Nb5 Nd7 $11 {
Marciano,D-Giffard,N/Cannes 2000/CBM 76}) (14. a4 $6 a5 15. Rac1 Nb4 16. Rfd1
c6 17. Na2 Nxa2 18. Qxa2 d5 19. c5 Nd7 $13 {Hendriks,R-De Waal,M/Computerij op
1998}) 14... Nb4 15. Rac1 Na6 16. Nh2 Nc5 17. Ng4 $14 {Zulfugaryi,M-Mirzoev,A/
AZE 1999/EXT 2001}) 9. h3 {This calm variation is quiet poisonous one and
black has to be very careful not to get into the troubles} Re8 (9... Bf5 10.
O-O N8d7 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Bd3 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. b3
Bf8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Re1 Qd7 19. Rxe8 {1/2-1/2 Vujosevic,V-Marinkovic,I/
Cetinje 1990/EXT 97 (19)}) 10. O-O Bf5 11. Bf4 Na6 (11... d5 12. c5 N6d7 13. b4
Nf6 14. Qb3 Ne4 $13) 12. Qd2 Nc7 13. b3 Ne6 14. Bh2 Bf6 15. Rfe1 Bg6 (15... Qd7
16. Bf1 Rad8 17. Rad1 h6 (17... d5 18. c5 Nc8 19. Ne5 $14) 18. a4 (18. d5 Bxc3
19. Qxc3 cxd5 20. cxd5 Nc7 $132) 18... c5 19. a5 {[%cal Gd2d7]} cxd4 20. Nb5
$14) 16. Bf1 Bh5 $6 {White position is slightly better,but with careless play
black permits white to increase his advantage.} 17. g4 Bg6 18. Rad1 h6 19. Bg2
a5 $6 20. d5 $1 $14 {White pieces take ideal positions, so this move is just
on time.} Bxc3 $8 (20... cxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rd6]}) 21.
Qxc3 cxd5 22. cxd5 Nc7 (22... Qc7 23. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Ge1e8]} (23. Qxc7 Nxc7 24.
Bxd6 Ncxd5 25. Ne5 Nc3 26. Ra1 $14) 23... Nf8 24. Qxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxe8 $16) 23.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Nd4 Nf6 (24... a4 25. Nb5 Rc8 26. Qb4 axb3 27. axb3 $16 {
[%csl Rd6]}) 25. Nb5 Be4 (25... Nc8 26. Re1 $16) 26. Bxe4 (26. Nxd6 $5 Bxg2 (
26... Nbxd5 27. Nxe4 $1 {[%cal Gd1d8]} Nxc3 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Nxc3 $16) 27.
Kxg2 Nbxd5 (27... Nfxd5 28. Qf3 Qf6 29. Qxf6 Nxf6 30. Nxb7 $18) 28. Qf3 $18)
26... Nxe4 27. Qe3 Nf6 28. Nxd6 Nfxd5 29. Qf3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gd1d8]}
Qf6 30. Qxf6 Nxf6 31. Nxb7 Nfd5 (31... a4 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Nxd8 axb3 34. axb3
$18) 32. a4 $1 {[%csl Ra5] Now the pawn on a5 becomes a target for white
pieces.} Ra7 33. Nd8 {[%cal Gd8c6]} Nb4 34. Rd6 N6d5 35. Nc6 Ra6 (35... Nxc6
36. Rxc6 Rb7 37. Rc5 Nf6 38. Rb5 Rxb5 39. axb5 Nd5 40. b6 Nxb6 41. Bc7 Nd5 42.
Bxa5 $18) 36. Nxb4 Nxb4 37. Rxa6 Nxa6 38. Bd6 $1 {[%csl Ra6]} f5 39. gxf5 Kf7
40. Kf1 Kf6 41. Ke2 Kxf5 42. Kd3 Ke6 43. Bf8 Kd5 (43... Kf7 44. Ba3 Ke6 45. Kc4
Nc7 46. Bb2 $18 {[%cal Gb2c3,Gc3a5]}) 44. Bxg7 Nc5+ 45. Kc2 h5 46. Bc3 Ne4 47.
f4 h4 48. Be1 Ng3 49. Kd3 Nh5 50. Ke3 Ng7 51. Bxa5 Nf5+ 52. Kd3 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2001.09.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kazakov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sergeev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2001.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 $6 {Black's results in
this variation are disasterous and there is a very logical reason for
it-black's position is simply bad!} 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. b3 e6 {
An attempt to solve opening problems in original manner.} (9... a5 $6 10. Be2
Na6 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. O-O e6 13. Qd2 Nc8 14. Bh6 Ne7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qf4 $14 {
Finkel,A-Nataf,I/Cannes 1996/EXT 98}) 10. Nf3 Bd7 (10... Nc6 11. Be2 d5 (11...
Ne7 12. O-O Bd7 13. Qd2 Nf5 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 $14 {Vrenegoor,
T-Barthel,A/Ruhrgebiet 1999/EXT 2001}) (11... Bd7 12. O-O (12. d5 $6 exd5 13.
cxd5 Ne7 14. Bd4 Bh6 15. Bf6 Rc8 $15 {Schmenger,F-Pribyl,J/Schwaebisch Gmuend
1998/CBM 62 ext}) 12... d5 13. c5 Nc8 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Rfd1 b6 16. Bh6 $14 {
Rubinetti,J-Schmid,L/Mar del Plata 1970/EXT 99}) (11... Re8 12. O-O Ne7 13. Bg5
f6 14. Be3 e5 15. d5 Nf5 16. Qd2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 f5 $13 {Iafelice,V-Arcion,R/
Paderno del Grappa 2000/EXT 2001}) 12. c5 Nd7 13. Qd2 b6 14. cxb6 Nxb6 15. Bh6
Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qf6 17. Nb5 Bd7 $11 {Dumont,S-Teixeira,R/Rio de Janeiro 1998/EXT
2000}) (10... N8d7 11. Be2 Nf6 12. h3 Bd7 13. d5 $2 exd5 14. cxd5 Rc8 15. O-O
Rxc3 16. Rxc3 Nbxd5 $15 {Kalisky,V-Konopka,M/Komarno 1997/EXT 98}) 11. Be2 Bc6
$5 12. O-O Bxf3 13. Bxf3 d5 14. cxd5 (14. c5 $2 N6d7 15. g4 Nc6 $15) 14... exd5
(14... Nxd5 $6 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Rc5 $16 {[%csl Rd5]}) 15. a4 Nc6 16. Qd2 Qd7
17. Ne2 a5 $6 {[%csl Rb5] After this move square b5 becomes extremly weak.} (
17... Rac8 18. Nf4 Ne7 19. Nd3 Nf5 20. Nc5 Qe7 21. a5 Nd7 22. Bxd5 $14) (17...
Rfe8 $5) 18. Rc5 Rfc8 19. Rb5 $16 {Ideal position for white rook!} Qd8 20. Nf4
Nb4 21. Nd3 {Exchanging the only active piece of black!} Nxd3 (21... Rc2 $6 22.
Qd1 $16) (21... Nc6 22. Nc5 Rab8 23. Bg5 $1 Qc7 (23... f6 24. Ne6 Qd6 25. Nxg7
fxg5 26. Rxb6 Kxg7 27. Rb5 $16) 24. Bf4 Qd8 25. Bxb8 $18) 22. Qxd3 {[%csl Ra5]}
Ra6 23. Bd2 Rca8 24. Rc1 {[%cal Gb5c5,Gc5c7]} Bf8 25. Bf4 Bb4 (25... Bd6 26.
Qe3 Qf6 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. Rbc5 $16) 26. Rc7 Rc8 27. Rxb7 Qf6 (27... Rc3 28. Qe2
Rxb3 29. Qf1 $1 $18 {[%cal Gf4c7,Gb7b8]}) 28. g3 $18 {White won a pawn while
keeping all his advantages. Black's position is hopeless.} Qc6 29. Rb8 (29. Rc7
$1 Rxc7 30. Bxc7 Qxc7 31. Rxb4 $18) 29... Rxb8 30. Bxb8 Ra8 31. Bf4 h5 32. h4
Kg7 33. Bd2 Bxd2 34. Qxd2 Qf6 35. Kg2 Ra7 36. Qe3 $6 {Unnecesarily prolonging
a game! After} (36. Rxa5 Rxa5 37. Qxa5 Qxd4 38. Qb5 $18 {black could resign.})
36... Kf8 37. Qe5 Qxe5 38. dxe5 Nd7 39. Rxd5 Ke7 40. Be2 Nf8 41. Rb5 $6 (41. f4
$5) 41... Ne6 42. Bc4 Nd4 43. Rd5 Nc2 44. Kf3 Nb4 45. Rd6 Kf8 46. Ke4 Kg7 47.
f4 Rc7 48. Rd8 f5+ 49. Ke3 Nc2+ 50. Kd2 Nb4 51. e6 Kf6 52. Rf8+ Ke7 53. Rf7+
Kd6 54. Rxc7 Kxc7 55. e7 Kd7 56. Bf7 Kxe7 57. Bxg6 Kf6 58. Bxh5 Na6 59. Kc3 Nc5
60. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Nordic-ch VISA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1997.10.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1997.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 Nb6 $6 {Dubious variation quiet oftenly played by
Westerinen and strangely enough not without success!} 4. a4 (4. Nf3 $5 d5 5.
Bd3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. O-O c5 9. c3 $14 {Bjarnason,S-Westerinen,H/
5th Nordic GP, Torshavn FAI 1997 (17)}) 4... a5 5. Nf3 (5. Bd3 d5 6. Ne2) (5.
Bb5 $5 c6 6. Bd3 d5 (6... g6 7. Bf4 Na6 8. c3 Nc7 9. Nf3 Ne6 10. Bc1 (10. Bg3
$5 $14) 10... Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. c4 d5 $1 $132 {Brustman,A-Frometa,Z/Tuzla
iztW 1987 (52)}) 7. Bg5 $5 g6 8. h4 h6 9. Be3 Bg7 10. Nd2 Na6 11. c3 Be6 12.
Nh3 $1 $36 {Tal,M-Lutikov,A/SSSR-ch 1969 (32)}) 5... d5 6. Bd3 (6. Be2 Bf5 7.
O-O e6 8. b3 Na6 9. Na3 Be7 10. Bd2 Nb4 11. Bb5+ c6 12. Be2 O-O 13. c3 Na6 $13
{Sariego,W-Arencibia,W/Linares NL 1992 (28)}) 6... Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 9.
Qg3 c5 10. dxc5 N6d7 11. Nc3 Nxc5 $5 (11... Nc6 12. Nb5 $5 Ndxe5 13. Bf4 f6 14.
O-O-O $1 Qd7 {/\ Bc5, 0-0} 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Be2 {/\ f4} Qf7 17. f4 Nd7 18. Rhe1
$36 {Benjamin,J-Alburt,L/New York (open) 1990 (35)}) 12. Nb5 $6 {Quiet
unexpected move,but not a very good one.White gives up a bishop and loses an
opportunity to castle just for nothing!Deserved attention} (12. O-O $5 Nxd3 (
12... Nc6 13. Nb5 Rc8 14. Bf4 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Qb6 16. Nd6+ $1 Bxd6 17. Qxg7 Bxe5
18. Bxe5 Rf8 19. Rac1 $16) 13. cxd3 Nc6 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Rfc1 Rg8
17. Be3 Qd8 18. b3 $16 {with significient advantage.}) 12... Nxd3+ 13. cxd3
Bb4+ 14. Kf1 Kf8 15. h4 $5 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gh4h5,Gh1h4,Gh4g4] After white's
inaccuracy in the opening arised position with mutual chances.The last move of
white shows that he still thinks about opening advantage and tries to develope
initiative on the kingside.} Nc6 16. h5 h6 17. Rh4 Ne7 18. Rf4 Qd7 $132 {
White pieces lack coordination and this makes black's chances quiet reasonable
in forthcoming struggle.} (18... Nf5 $6 19. Qf3 Qe7 20. Nc3 Rd8 21. Nxd5 $5 (
21. g4 $5) 21... Rxd5 22. Rxf5 Qd7 $1 23. Rf4 Rxe5 24. Be3 $1 $36 Qxd3+ $6 25.
Kg1 Qd7 26. Rd1 Rd5 27. Rxd5 exd5 28. Rf5 $16) 19. Nd4 Rc8 $6 {Inaccuracy,
which could cuase black a lot of troubles.} (19... Bc5 $1 20. Be3 Bxd4 21. Bxd4
Nf5 $5 (21... Rc8 $5) 22. Qf3 (22. Rxf5 $6 exf5 23. Qxg7+ $1 Kxg7 24. e6+ Kh7
25. exd7 Rhd8 $15) 22... Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Rc8 24. b4 $13) 20. Be3 Nc6 $2 (20...
Bc5 $6 21. Qf3 Nc6 22. Nxe6+ $1 Qxe6 23. Bxc5+ Kg8 24. Bd6 $1 Nxe5 25. Bxe5
Qxe5 26. Rxf7 $16) (20... Rh7 $5 $14) 21. Nf3 $2 {Refusing to take the gift!} (
21. Nxc6 $1 Rxc6 (21... Qxc6 22. Rg4 (22. Rc1 $6 Qd7 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Kg1 $14
) 22... Qc2 (22... Rh7 23. Rxg7 $1 Rxg7 24. Bxh6 $18) 23. Rxg7 Qxb2 24. Rxf7+
$1 Kxf7 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Qxe6+ Kg7 28. Qd7+ $18) 22. Rg4 $1 Rc2
23. Rxg7 Bd2 24. Kg1 $1 $16) 21... Kg8 $1 $13 22. Rg4 Bf8 23. Bb6 $5 {At least
taking a pawn.} Kh7 24. Nd2 Ne7 $5 25. Bxa5 Nf5 26. Qf3 Be7 {Inspite of the
fact that black is a pawn down his chances should be estimated as equal.} 27.
Nb3 Rhf8 28. Bc3 $1 (28. Nd4 $6 Nxd4 29. Rxd4 f6 30. Rf4 fxe5 31. Rxf8 Rxf8 $15
) 28... f6 29. Qe2 fxe5 30. Bxe5 Bf6 31. Kg1 (31. Re1 $5 Bxe5 32. Qxe5 Qf7 33.
Kg1 Qxh5 34. Rf4 Rf6 35. Nd4 Rg6 36. Nxe6 Qh3 $36) 31... Qf7 $6 (31... Bxe5 32.
Qxe5 Qf7 $44) 32. Rf4 $6 (32. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 33. Rb4 (33. Nd4 $6 Qxh5 34. Nxe6
Rg8 $1 $36 {[%cal Gh5e2,Gg8g1]}) 33... Rg8 34. Rc1 Rxc1+ 35. Nxc1 $14) 32...
Bxe5 33. Qxe5 Qxh5 34. Qxe6 $2 {Dangerous decision giving the initiative into
black's hands.} (34. Nd4 $1 Rce8 35. Rc1 $1 Qg6 36. Nxf5 Rxf5 37. Rxf5 Qxf5 38.
Qxf5+ exf5 39. Kf1 $1 $14) 34... Qg5 $1 35. Rf3 (35. Rb4 $2 Rc2 $1 $40 {
[%csl Rf2]} 36. Qxd5 (36. Rf1 Ng3 $1 37. fxg3 Qxg3 $19) 36... Rxf2 $1 37. Qe4
Rxb2 38. Rxb7 Re8 $1 $19) 35... Rce8 36. Qd7 $6 (36. Qxd5 Nh4 37. Qxg5 Nxf3+
38. gxf3 hxg5 $15) (36. Qb6 $5 Rf6 37. Qc7 Re2 $36) 36... Re7 37. Qb5 $6 (37.
Qxd5 Nh4 38. Qxg5 Nxf3+ 39. gxf3 hxg5 $15) 37... Nd6 $1 $17 38. Rxf8 Nxb5 39.
axb5 Qe5 (39... Re2 $1 $19) 40. d4 Qe2 41. Rf3 Qxb5 $19 {The technical part is
not so difficult:black combines threats against white king with play against
weak pawns and white is defenseless.} 42. Ra5 Re1+ 43. Kh2 Qd7 44. Ra1 Qc7+ 45.
g3 Re2 46. Nc5 (46. Ra5 Qc2 47. Kg2 Qe4 48. Rb5 Re1 $1 49. Rxb7 Qe2 50. Rff7 (
50. Re3 Qf1+ 51. Kf3 Rxe3+ 52. Kxe3 Qe1+ 53. Kd3 Qxf2 $19) 50... Qf1+ 51. Kf3
Qh1+ 52. Kg4 Qe4+ $19) 46... Qb6 (46... Rxb2 $5) 47. b3 Qb4 $1 48. Ra4 Qe1 49.
Kg2 Qb1 50. Rb4 Re1 51. Re3 Rg1+ 52. Kf3 Qf5+ 53. Ke2 Qh5+ 54. Rf3 Rc1 55. Nd3
Rc2+ 56. Ke3 Qg5+ 57. Nf4 Qe7+ 58. Kd3 Qe4# 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Grunberg, Mihai Lucian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 {This continuation is quite
popular lately.} cxd6 (5... exd6) 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. b3 e5 (
9... Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 $14) 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. c5 N6d7 13.
Bc4 Nc6 14. Nf3 {This is a well-known theoretical position. At the first-hand
look white's chances seem to be preferrable due to better development and
certain advantage in space, but black succeeded in finding a few ways to get
sufficient counterchances.} (14. Ne4 Nf8 15. Nd6 Ne6 16. Nf3 Ncd4 17. Ng5 Nxg5
18. Bxg5 Rd7 $13 {Yagupov,I-Ukolov,A/Moscow-ch 1996}) 14... Na5 (14... h6 15.
Ne4 Nf8 (15... Na5 16. Bd5 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Rd1 Kg7 19. O-O Re8 20. Nd2
$14 {Finkel,A-Drazic,S/Nova Gorica op 1997}) 16. Nd6 Rd7 17. O-O Re7 18. Nxc8
Rxc8 19. Rfd1 Kh7 $132 {Gross,D-Bagirov,V/Berliner Sommer 1996}) (14... Nd4 15.
Ng5 (15. Ne4 $6 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Nf8 17. Nd6 Ne6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 $13 {Hjelm,
N-Todorovic,G/Budapest FS08 IM-B 1995}) 15... Rf8 16. Nce4 Nf5 17. Nxf7 $5 (17.
O-O Nf6 18. Nd6 Nxd6 19. cxd6 Bd7 20. a4 Bc6 21. Rfd1 a6 22. f3 $14 {
Dzindzichashvili,R-Alburt,L/USA-ch 1996}) 17... Rxf7 18. Ng5 Nh6 19. Ne6 Nf8
20. Nxg7 $14 {Olsson,K-Zetterberg,S/SWE-chB 1995}) 15. Be2 (15. Bg5 $6 Rf8 16.
Be7 Nxc4 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. bxc4 Nxc5 19. O-O Bf5 (19... e4 $5 20. Ng5 Nd3 21.
Ncxe4 $2 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 h6 23. Nf3 Bd7 $17 {Honfi,K-Varga,Z/Budapest 1995}) 20.
Rfd1 Bd3 21. Ne1 e4 22. Nxd3 Nxd3 23. Rc2 Nb4 24. Rcc1 Nd3 {1/2-1/2 Kristensen,
L-Kristiansen,J/Esbjerg 1996/EXT 98 (24)}) (15. O-O Nxc4 16. bxc4 Nf8 17. Nd5
Ne6 18. Rb1 h6 19. Rfe1 Kf8 $13 {Holmsten,A-Kiik,K/Finland 2002/EXT 2004})
15... b6 {This move is the latest fashion.} (15... Nf8 16. O-O Nc6 17. Rfd1 Bf5
18. Nb5 Ne6 19. Nd6 $14 {Mitkov,N-Dischinger,F/Sitges 1997}) (15... h6 16. O-O
Nf8 17. Ne4 Nc6 18. Nd6 Rb8 19. a3 f5 20. Rfd1 Be6 21. b4 $14 {Hunt,H-Schnabel,
R/Oxford 1998}) (15... Nc6 16. Nb5 Nf8 17. Nd6 Ne6 18. Bc4 Ncd4 19. Ng5 Nxg5
20. Bxg5 Rd7 21. O-O $14 {Mitkov,N-Toth,C/Rio de Janeiro 2000}) 16. O-O $6 {
This move promises nothing to white. In my opinion both 16.Na4 and 16.a:b6 are
more dangerous for black.} (16. cxb6 Nxb6 ({Worse is} 16... axb6 $6 17. Nd5 $1
Rb8 18. b4 Bb7 19. Nxb6 Nc6 (19... Bxf3 $6 20. Nxd7 $1 Rxd7 21. Bxf3 Rxb4 22.
Rc8+ Bf8 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Bc5+ $18) 20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. a3 $16 {and white is a
pawn up.}) 17. Nb5 Bb7 18. O-O Nd5 19. Rfd1 Nc6 $6 20. Rxd5 $1 Rxd5 21. Nc7
Rdd8 22. Nxa8 Bxa8 23. Bb5 $1 $14 {Varga,Z-Llanos,G/Budapest 1999}) ({Nothing
special promises} 16. b4 Nc6 17. b5 Nd4 18. c6 Nc5 19. O-O a6 $132 {and black
has sufficient counterchanses.}) (16. Na4 $5 bxc5 17. O-O c4 18. b4 Nc6 19.
Bxc4 Nxb4 20. a3 Na6 21. Ng5 Rf8 22. Bd5 $16 {Kiik,K-Hautala,R/Tampere 2000})
16... bxc5 17. Ne4 Nc6 18. Bg5 (18. Nxc5 {is harmless for black due to the
following line:} Nxc5 19. Rxc5 Bb7 (19... Nd4 20. Nxd4 (20. Bd1 Ne6) 20... exd4
21. Bg5 Re8 22. Bd3 Be6 23. Rfc1 $14) 20. Bb5 Rac8 21. Rfc1 Nd4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8
23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Bd2 Bf5 $11) 18... f6 19. Bc4+ Kf8 20. Bd5 Bb7
21. Be3 Na5 $1 {An important defensive resourse.} 22. Rfd1 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Nb7
24. b4 (24. Nxc5 Ndxc5 25. Bxc5+ Nxc5 26. Rdxc5 e4 $15) 24... cxb4 25. Rb5 (25.
Rc7 $2 Nb6 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $17 {[%csl Rg1]}) 25... Nb6 26. Bxb6 axb6 27. Rxb6
Rdc8 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. h4 Nc5 $1 {It's obvious that black's chances are at
least equal.} (29... Nd8 30. Nxf6 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Bxf6 32. Rxf6+ Ke7 33. Rb6 Nc6
34. Rb7+ Kd6 35. Rxh7 Rc2 36. Rg7 Rxa2 37. Rxg6+ Kd5 $13) 30. Nxf6 Bxf6 31.
Rxf6+ Ke7 32. Rb6 Nd3 $44 33. Rb7+ Kf6 34. Ng5 e4 (34... Kf5 $5 35. Rxh7 Kg4
36. f3+ Kf4 37. Kh2 Rc2 $44 {[%cal Gd3e1]}) 35. Nxe4+ Ke5 36. Ng5 (36. Re7+ Kd4
37. Nf6 Ra8 (37... Rc2 $2 38. Rd7+) 38. Re4+ Kc5 39. Re2 $13) 36... Rc1+ 37.
Kh2 Rc2 38. Re7+ $6 {Forcing black king to get closer to the b-pawn.} Kd6 39.
Rxh7 Rxa2 40. Rh6 Ne5 41. f3 Kd5 42. Rh7 b3 43. Rb7 Kc4 (43... b2 44. Kg3 Nd3
45. Ne4 Kd4 $5 (45... Kc6 46. Rb8 Ra1 47. Nf2 Nxf2 48. Rxb2 Nd3 49. Rd2 $11)
46. Nd2 Ra4 $17) 44. Kg3 Nd3 45. Ne4 b2 46. Rc7+ Kd4 47. Rd7+ Ke3 48. Nc3 Ra1
49. Rb7 Rc1 (49... Kd4 $1 50. Nb5+ Kc4 51. Nd6+ Kc5 52. Ne4+ Kc6 $19) 50. Re7+
Kd2 (50... Kd4 51. Nb5+ Kc5 52. Na3 Ra1 $19) 51. Ne4+ Kd1 52. Rb7 Rc4 $2 (52...
Ke2 $1 {[%cal Ge2e3,Gb2b1]}) 53. Nf2+ $2 Nxf2 54. Rxb2 Nd3 55. Rb6 Ne5 56. Re6
Rc5 57. Kf4 Nd3+ 58. Ke3 Kc2 59. Rxg6 Re5+ 60. Kd4 Re2 61. g3 (61. g4 Ne5 62.
Rf6 Kd2 63. Rf5 Nc6+ 64. Kc5 $16) 61... Ne1 62. Rf6 (62. f4 $5) 62... Kd2 63.
f4 Nc2+ 64. Kd5 $6 (64. Kc5) 64... Ne3+ 65. Kc5 Rg2 $11 66. Rg6 Kd3 67. h5 Rh2
68. Rg5 Ke4 $11 69. Kd6 Nf5+ 70. Ke6 Rxh5 71. Rxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Maroczy Memorial"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1997.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 (6... Be7 7. Be3
Nc6 8. Qf3 O-O 9. O-O-O Be6 $5 10. b3 a5 11. a4 d5 12. c5 Nc8 $1 (12... Nd7 $2
13. Nxd5 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. d5 $18) 13. Nge2 Bg5 14. Kb2 Nb4 15. h4 $2 (15.
Nf4 $15) 15... Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qd7 17. h5 Bg4 18. Qf4 Ra6 $1 19. Rh4 Bf5 20. Ng3
Rf6 21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 $17 {=/+ Chernyshov,K-Zelcic,R/Djakovo 1994})
7. Nf3 Bg4 (7... Bf5 8. Be3 Be7 9. Rc1 Bf6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Qd7
13. b3 $14 {Meier,U-Schmidt,A/Klinge-U17 1993 (21)}) 8. Be3 (8. Be2 Be7 9. d5
$5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ne5 11. Be2 O-O 12. b3 Bf6 13. Bb2 a5 14. O-O $14 {Emms,
J-Baburin,A/Monarch Assurance, Port Erin ENG 1997/1/2-1/2 (41)}) 8... Be7 9. h3
(9. b3 O-O 10. Be2 (10. h3 $5) 10... Re8 11. Qd2 Bf6 12. O-O d5 13. c5 Nc8 14.
h3 Be6 $1 15. b4 a6 (15... N8e7 $5 16. b5 (16. g4 $5) 16... Na5 17. Nxd5 $6
Nxd5 18. Qxa5 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bd5 20. Qc3 Qe7 $132) 16. b5 $6 (16. Rab1 Bf5 17.
Rb2 Be4 $5 $132) 16... axb5 17. Nxb5 Na5 18. Bf4 $13 {Djurhuus,R-Tisdall,J/
Gausdal Eikrem 1996 (44)}) 9... Bh5 10. Rc1 O-O 11. b3 (11. d5 $6 Ne5 12. g4
Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bg6 14. Be2 Bg5 15. O-O Bxe3 16. Qxe3 f5 $36) (11. g4 $5 Bg6 12.
d5 (12. h4 $6 f5 13. h5 Be8 14. gxf5 Rxf5 15. h6 Bh5 $1 16. Be2 g6 $15) 12...
Ne5 $1 (12... Nb8 13. h4 Bf6 $6 (13... f5 $2 14. Nd4 $1 $16) (13... h6 14. g5
$1 h5 15. Bd3 $5 c6 16. Nd4 $1 (16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Nd4 $6 Nxc4 $1 18. Ne6 Nxe3
19. fxe3 Qb6 $36) 16... Bxd3 (16... Re8 17. Ne6 Qd7 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Qd3 Kh7
20. f4 $1 $40) 17. Qxd3 g6 $2 18. Ne6 $1 fxe6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Qxh5+ Kg8 21.
g6 $18) 14. h5 Bxc3+ 15. Rxc3 Be4 16. h6 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 g6 18. Bd4 $36 {[%cal
Gd4h8]}) 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. c5 Nd7 15. d6 cxd6 16. cxd6 Bg5 17. Qd2 Bxe3 18.
Qxe3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 $11) 11... Re8 12. g4 Bh4 $6 {[%cal Gh4e1,Ge8e1] Just
loosing a tempo.Better was 12...Bg6 immediatly.} 13. Qd2 $5 (13. Nxh4 $5 Qxh4
14. Kd2 $1 Bg6 15. Bg2 Rad8 (15... Qf6 $6 16. Qf3 Qxf3 17. Bxf3 $14) 16. Qf3
Rd7 $13) 13... Bg6 14. Bg2 Bf6 15. O-O h6 16. Ne2 $6 ({Missing interesting
opportunity to fight for the advantage.Very serious attention deserved} 16. Ne1
$5 {[%cal Gf2f5]} Qe7 17. Nc2 Rad8 18. Rce1 Qd7 19. d5 Ne5 20. Bxb6 $1 axb6 21.
Ne4 Bh4 22. Re3 f5 23. gxf5 $14 {with complicated position where white's
chances are slightly better.}) 16... d5 17. c5 Nd7 18. b4 a6 19. Ng3 Nf8 $1 20.
Qc3 Ne6 $13 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 (10... Qd7 11. Qd2) 11. gxf3 Qd7 $5 (11... Qh4+ 12.
Bf2 Qf4 13. c5 $16) 12. f4 $2 (12. Qd2 $14) 12... Rd8 13. d5 Bb4 $1 14. Bxb6 (
14. dxc6 Qxc6 $19) 14... axb6 15. Bf3 exd5 16. cxd5 Qh3 $1 $17 17. Ke2 O-O 18.
Qd3 (18. Ne4 Bc5 $1 $17) (18. Nb5 Rfe8 $1 $40) 18... Ne7 19. Qc4 Bxc3 20. bxc3
b5 $1 21. Qxb5 c6 22. dxc6 (22. Qxb7 Nxd5 $19) 22... bxc6 23. Qc4 Ng6 24. Rag1
Qf5 25. Rg4 Qc2+ 26. Ke3 (26. Kf1 Rd1+ 27. Bxd1 Qxd1+ 28. Kg2 Qxg4+ $19) 26...
Qd2+ 27. Ke4 Rd5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 01st final"]
[Site "Solingen"]
[Date "1976.05.08"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1976.05.08"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen SG"]
[BlackTeam "Burevestnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

{Kurajica wendet erneut seine spezielle Methode gegen die
Aljechin-Verteidigung an, um die ausgetretenen theoretischen Pfade zu
vermeiden. Weil er später seine Zentrumsbauern nicht aktivieren kann,
erscheint das gespielte 11... d5 in Verbindung mit b6 zweifelhaft und ist
besser durch 11... S8d7 gefolgt von Sf6 und ggfs. Sbd7 zu ersetzen. Kurajica
gewinnt immer mehr Einfluß auf dem ganzen Brett und schnürt Alburt dermaßen
ein, dass jener den Angriff über die h-Linie schließlich nicht mehr parieren
kann. Viel Applaus, als der Vorhang sich senkt.} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6
4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bg6 8. Nge2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O
11. Be3 d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. f4 Nc6 14. a3 b6 15. b4 bxc5 16. dxc5 Bf6 17. Bxg6
hxg6 18. Nd4 N8e7 19. Nce2 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Nf5 21. Bf2 Qc7 {[#]} 22. g4 Ne7 23.
Qd2 a6 24. Rab1 Qd7 25. Nf3 Nc6 26. g5 Bd8 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. fxe5 Qa4 29. Qe3
Rb8 30. Rfd1 Rb7 31. Rd4 Qc6 32. Re1 Re8 33. Rh4 a5 34. Rf1 axb4 35. axb4 Ra7
36. Be1 Ra1 37. Qh3 Kf8 38. Rh8+ Ke7 39. Qf3 f5 40. gxf6+ gxf6 41. Rh7+ Kf8 42.
Qh3 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "Jones,G"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.03.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 {A surprise. I had expected a Sicilian. Unusually this was my third
Alekhine in four 1.e4 games and after some thought decided to see what he'd
got against my Four Pawns Attack.} 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 ({
Alex Baburin, Ireland's only GM and leading Alekhine expert, tried the sideline
} 5... Bf5 {in the last round of the Bunratty Masters, a weekender famous for
its social side.} 6. Nf3 {An unusual move order.} (6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 {was
played in an earlier game of Alex's from the tournament but following} dxe5 8.
fxe5 Bb4 9. Nf3 c5 {Hunt,A-Baburin,A Bunratty 2011. He reached a very playable
position and White had to grovel rather to hold onto the half point.}) 6... e6
7. Nc3 Na6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 c5 {Alex offered me a draw here as were both
leading the tournament by half a point but I wanted to win outright.} 10. d5 $1
{And this was my improvement over Djurhuus,R-Agdestein,S Asker 2000 in which
White erred with 10.dxc5.} exd5 11. cxd5 Be7 (11... c4 {is an important
alternative.}) 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe4 {This was the end of my pre-game
preparation and I believed White should have some advantage here with greater
space.} Nc7 14. Rd1 Qe8 $2 15. f5 $1 {And my kingside attack quickly crashed
through.} Kh8 16. Bf4 Rd8 17. f6 gxf6 18. exd6 Bxd6 19. Qf5 $1 Bxf4 20. Qxf6+
Kg8 21. Qxf4 Qd7 22. Ne5 Qe7 23. d6 {1-0 Jones,G (2590)-Baburin,A (2530)
Bunratty 2011.}) 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Bg4 {This has been
Black's recent attempt at equality but the positions look rather depressing to
me.} (9... Be7 {has been played most frequently when the mainline continues}
10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Nd4) ({While} 9... Qd7 {is Black's other main try.
}) 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qh4+ 12. Bf2 Qf4 13. c5 Nd5 {Only here did Sveshnikov
deviate from another recent game of mine.} ({Nigel Short continued with the
older} 13... Nd7 14. Qc1 {Generally White wants to trade queens in these
positions so that his king feels more secure.} Qxc1+ (14... Qf5 15. Qb1 {
and Black would not really be able to avoid the queen trade.}) 15. Rxc1 O-O-O
16. a3 $5 (16. f4 {has been the more common move and is probably stronger
although I didn't want to fix my pawn structure immediately and was concerned
about} g6 {followed by ...Bh6 and rerouting the knights as he did in the game
with ...Ndb8, ...Ne7 and ...Nbc6 hitting both the f4- and d4-pawns.}) 16...
Ndb8 (16... g6 $1 {is critical.}) 17. Rd1 Ne7 18. f4 Nbc6 19. Bc4 g6 20. d5 (
20. Ke2 {is a slight nuance.}) 20... exd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 $6 (21... g5 $1 {
was necessary creating good counter-chances.}) 22. Bxd5 Bh6 23. Bh4 Rd7 24. Rf1
Re8 25. Bf6 Nd8 26. b4 {and my opening had been a definite success and I
eventually went on to convert my space advantage and bishop pair. Jones,G 
(2593)-Short,N (2650) Bunratty 2011. You can see both this and my game against
Baburin annotated in my column for www.chesspublishing.com.}) 14. Nxd5 exd5 15.
Qd2 {After a think Sveshnikov decided to keep queens on the board. It later
transpired that he hadn't seen my games from Bunratty!} Qf5 (15... Qxd2+ {
has been normal but the consensus is that Black has a tough task to hold the
draw. A recent GM game confirmed this view:} 16. Kxd2 Ne7 (16... g6 {had been
normal but} 17. Be3 $1 {seems to put Black in some trouble. Again Chess
Publishing is a good place to check out the wrinkles of the variation.}) 17.
Bb5+ $1 {Forcing ...c6 after which b4-b5 becomes more powerful.} c6 18. Bd3 g6
19. b4 Bh6+ 20. Kc3 Kd7 21. b5 Rhc8 22. h4 $1 {Bologan,V (2684)-Rozentalis,E 
(2628) Mulhouse 2010. Opening up a second front and White had a fantastic
position.}) 16. O-O-O a5 $6 {Black has a cheap threat of ...Nb4xa2 but in the
long run a5 has created a weakness on b5 which could prove highly important.
However it's not really clear what Black's plan is here and thus the idea to
keep queens on the board must be called suspect.} (16... O-O-O {is safer
although} 17. Bd3 $1 {is probably good for White as} Qxf3 18. Be3 Qh5 19. Rdf1
{regains the pawn with a very comfortable position.}) 17. Qd3 {The safest
option. I think Black should trade queens but as he has declined it already I
felt confident he would still want to keep them on the board.} (17. f4 {
is a good alternative as} Nb4 18. b3 {doesn't get Black anywhere.}) 17... Qd7 {
Vladimir picked up his queen, placed it on d7 and then returned it to f5.
Another 10 minutes later he finally decided on the move and I was relieved.} (
17... Qxd3 {must be objectively better although} 18. Rxd3 g6 19. f4 Bh6 20. Be3
{leaves White with a safe edge. The pawn on a5 is a real liability as b6 lacks
all punch while Rb3 and Bb5 ideas are strong.}) 18. a3 {Again this was
probably not necessary but I wanted to prevent Black from getting any tricks.}
a4 19. f4 {Finally I get round to playing the thematic pawn advance :)} g6 20.
Rhg1 h5 (20... Bh6 21. Be3 {followed by Bg4 and Black has no safe location for
his king.}) 21. Bf1 $1 {This seemed logical to me, re-routing the bishop round
to h3 and preventing Vladimir from castling long.} Bh6 (21... Qf5 {would last
longer but understandably Black didn't want to allow himself to be tormented
following} 22. Qxf5 gxf5 23. Bh3 Ne7 (23... Bh6 24. Bxf5 Bxf4+ 25. Kc2 Bxh2 26.
Rg2 Bf4 27. Rh1 Ne7 28. Bd3 {and the threat of Rh4 will retrieve at least a
pawn with fantastic prospects.}) 24. Bh4 Bh6 25. Kc2 Bxf4 26. Rgf1 Bh6 27. Bxf5
Rg8 28. Bh3 $16 {Black's position must be lost. The black king is stuck in the
centre of the board, White has a better pawn structure, the bishop pair and
better piece coordination.}) 22. Bh3 $1 {This was my longest think of the game
as I tried to find the win.} ({I also considered} 22. Bh4 {with the idea of
keeping the king stuck in the centre. I'm obviously better and the line I
investigated continued:} Bxf4+ 23. Kb1 {but} Qf5 24. Qxf5 gxf5 25. Bf6 Rf8 26.
Bb5 {but I wasn't sure I had enough to win after} Ra5 27. Bxc6+ bxc6 28. Rgf1
Bxh2 29. Rxf5 {The game continuation appears more accurate.}) 22... Bxf4+ 23.
Kb1 Qe7 24. e6 O-O-O {Sveshnikov played this move very quickly but now my
f-pawn should decide.} ({My main line of investigation continued with} 24... g5
{when with Black's king stuck in the centre I feel White must be winning.} 25.
exf7+ Kf8 (25... Qxf7 26. Be3 $1 Bxe3 (26... g4 27. Rdf1 gxh3 28. Bxf4 Ne7 (
28... O-O-O 29. Bg5) 29. Qb5+ c6 30. Qxb7 Qf5+ 31. Ka2 Qc8 32. Qb4 {and
White's attack is obviously decisive.}) 27. Qxe3+ Qe7 28. Qxg5 Qxg5 29. Rxg5
Ne7 30. Re1 Kf8 31. Rf1+ Ke8 32. Rg7 $18) (25... Kxf7 26. Rde1 Qd8 27. Re6 Ne7
28. Rge1 $18) 26. Rde1 Qxf7 27. Be6 Qh7 28. Bf5 Qg7 29. h4 g4 30. Rgf1 $1 {
and White's attack will break through.}) (24... f5 25. Rxg6 O-O-O 26. Qxf5 Bxh2
27. Rf6 {and the e-pawn will win.}) 25. exf7+ Kb8 26. Rxg6 Bxh2 ({Black can't
really take the pawn.} 26... Qxf7 27. Bh4 Rdf8 28. Be6 Qh7 29. Bxd5 Bxh2 30.
Bf6 {wins material.}) 27. Be6 ({Perhaps} 27. Rh1 {is a slightly stronger move
order} Bf4 (27... Be5 $5 {now allows} 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. dxe5 $18) 28. Be6)
27... h4 28. Rh1 (28. Be3 {followed by Bg5 is winning as} Rh5 29. Qe2 {forks
rook and bishop.}) 28... Be5 $1 {Black's last try.} (28... Bf4 29. Qf5 {
is also decisive.}) 29. Be3 (29. dxe5 Nxe5 30. Qf5 Nxg6 31. Qxg6 {is also
winning but there's no point allowing Black any hint of counterplay with} d4)
29... Bf6 30. Rf1 ({I also thought} 30. Qf5 {must be good enough but I didn't
want to allow any cheapos based on tricks on b2 after} Bxd4 31. Bg5 Qxc5 32.
Bxd8 Bxb2 {but here the simple} 33. Rg8 {wins.}) 30... h3 (30... Qxe6 31. Rgxf6
Qe7 32. Bh6 {is very straightforward.}) 31. Rgxf6 h2 32. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "Sydney Cepacol"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Solomon, Stephen J"]
[Black "Kanikevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 c5 7. d5 g6 $6 (7...
e6) 8. Bf4 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qd2 e6 11. O-O-O exd5 12. cxd5 c4 13. Nf3 Bg4 14.
Bh6 Bxf3 15. Bxg7 Bxd1 {Losing on the spot, but let's face it, black's
position is truly miserable anyway: 15...Kxg7 16.gxf3 +/-.} 16. Bf6 N8d7 17.
Bxd8 Raxd8 18. Qxd1 Nxe5 19. h4 h5 20. Be2 Rd6 21. Ne4 1-0

[Event "NED-ch45"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1990.06.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bosboom, Manuel"]
[Black "Pliester, Leon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1990.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3
Nb4 {A little investigated line, which is perhaps better than its reputation.}
9. Rc1 c5 10. Nf3 {10.Nf3 turns out well for white here, but 10.d5 is clearly
the critical move. 10.d5 e6 11.a3 exd5 12.axb4 d4 13.bxc5 dxc3 14.b4 Qxd1 15.
Rxd1 Nd7 16.Nf3 c2 17.Rc1 a5 18.Ra1 is given as good for white by Siebenhaar,
Delnef and Ottstadt} e6 {(continued from previous move) ...in their monumental
work,'Die Aljechin Verteidigung', but this analysis looks unconvincing to me.}
11. Be2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 {Why not 12...Bg6?} 13. Nxf5 $16 exf5 14. O-O g6 15.
Nb5 Nd7 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 Qf6 18. Qd2 O-O 19. Bf3 Rfe8 20. Rc3 a5 21. c5
h5 22. b3 Nde5 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Bd4 Qe6 25. Re3 Qd5 26. Qc3 Ng4 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8
28. h3 Re2 29. Rf3 h4 30. hxg4 fxg4 31. Rf2 Qe4 32. Rxe2 Qxe2 33. d7 Qd1+ 34.
Kf2 g3+ 35. Ke3 Qg1+ 36. Kf4 Qf1+ 37. Qf3 Qc1+ 38. Ke5 Qg5+ 39. Kd6 h3 40. Bf6
Qd2+ 41. Kc7 hxg2 42. Qe4 Kh7 43. Qh4+ Qh6 44. d8=R g1=R 45. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Israel liga arzit"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kundin, Alexander"]
[Black "Serebro, Alexsandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Kundin,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. b3 $5 (9. Nf3 $6 Bg4 {White shouldn't allow black to exchange his bishop
}) (9. h3 $5) (9. Be2 d5 (9... Nc6 $6 10. d5 Ne5 11. b3 e6 (11... Bf5 12. Nf3
$14 {Black doesn't have compensation for white's positional advantage}) 12. f4
Ned7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Qxd6 $14) 10. c5 Nc4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 $14) 9... e5 $1 {
Reminds white that he hasn't castled yet} (9... Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 $14) 10.
dxe5 (10. d5 f5 $132) (10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Be2 Nc6 12. d5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd4 {
With a good counter play for black}) 10... dxe5 11. c5 N6d7 $146 (11... Qxd1+
12. Rxd1 N6d7 $14 {White has a clear plan-to advance his queen side pawns.It
is difficult to oppose to this.}) 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Bc4 $5 (13. Bb5 $2 {Looks
very good,preventing b6 and Nf6,but...} e4 $1 {Exploiting the better
development} (13... Qa5 $6 14. O-O e4 15. Nd4 $14) 14. Nd4 (14. Nxe4 $2 Qa5+
$19) (14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nxe4 Ba6 $44 {I think that white has a very unpleasant
position,since he may never castle. Black has a very strong initative,and
nobody likes to have such a position playing white after the opening!}) 14...
Nxc5 (14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qg5 17. O-O Nxc5 18. h4 $1 $13 {/\ b4}
(18. b4 $2 Bh3 $1)) 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bxc5 Bxc3+ 17. Rxc3 Qxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Rd8+
19. Ke2 cxb5 $15) (13. Be2 $5 {/\ Nd2-c4} Qa5 $5 (13... b6 14. cxb6 Nxb6 15.
O-O Bb7 $11) 14. O-O Nxc5 $13) 13... Qa5 {The truth is that I've simply
overlooked this move.} (13... b6 $5 {Looks very dangerous,but white has nothing
} 14. Bg5 Nf6 15. Qxd8 Rxd8) 14. O-O (14. Qd6 $2 e4) 14... Nxc5 {I felt that
there must be some compensation for the pawn,and after spending about 30
minutes,I have found it.} 15. b4 $1 (15. Ng5 Be6 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Bxe6 fxe6
$11) 15... Nxb4 16. Nd5 Nba6 (16... Nxd5 17. Qxd5 b6 18. Qxa8 (18. Nxe5 $2 Be6)
(18. Bxc5 $2 Be6) 18... Bb7 19. Qxf8+ $1 (19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Rxc5 Rxa8 21. Rxa5
bxa5 $15) 19... Bxf8 (19... Kxf8 20. Ng5 {White has a much better position.} f6
$2 21. Bxc5+ $18) 20. Ng5 {Despite the two pawns,the queen is not a match to
white's rooks.}) 17. Bd2 $1 (17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Qd5 Bxh2+ $1) 17...
Qa4 (17... Qd8 18. Bg5 Qa5 {White has a vide variety of good moves: Nf6; Be7;
and he can force draw:Bd2} (18... Qd7 19. Bxa6 Nxa6 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Rxc8 $1
Qxd1 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Rxd1 $18)) 18. Qxa4 Nxa4 {Here I spent another thirty
minutes,until I found the idea.} 19. Ne7+ (19. Bxa6 bxa6 20. Bb4 Rd8 21. Ne7+
Kh8 22. Ng5 Be6 23. Nxe6 fxe6 {And black has an ugly,but good position.}) 19...
Kh8 20. Ng5 (20. Nxc8 Raxc8 21. Ng5 Rc7 22. Bxa6 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 bxa6 24. Ba3 Rb8
25. Nxf7+ Kg8 {Once again black has nothing to afraid of.}) 20... Be6 21. Bxe6
fxe6 {[#]} 22. Rc4 $1 {And the show goes on! Even in endgame,white's initative
is still a factor.} Bf6 (22... Rae8 23. Nxh7 (23. Nxg6+ hxg6 24. Rxa4 $16) (23.
Rh4 Rxe7 24. Nxh7 $18) 23... Rxe7 (23... Kxh7 24. Rh4+ Bh6 25. Bxh6 $18) 24.
Nxf8 $18) 23. Rh4 Bxe7 (23... Bxg5 24. Bxg5 $18) 24. Rxh7+ Kg8 25. Rxe7 N4c5
26. Nxe6 Rf7 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Ng5+ Kf6 29. f4 $1 exf4 30. Rxf4+ Ke5 31. Nf3+
Kd5 32. Rg4 $18 Rg8 {Here I missed a good chance to win.} 33. Rg5+ $2 (33. Nh4
Ne4 34. Nxg6 $18) (33. h4 Ne4 34. Be3 {/\ h5-h6!}) 33... Ke6 {And the only
thing white has achieved is moving the black king closer.} 34. h4 Nd7 35. h5
Nac5 36. h6 Ne4 {[#]} 37. Rxg6+ $1 Kf7 $1 (37... Rxg6 38. h7 Nxd2 39. Nd4+ $1
Kd5 40. h8=Q $18) 38. Rxg8 Kxg8 39. Be3 Ndf6 {Black has a good drawing chances
if he exchanges his a7 pawn for white's h6.} 40. Ne5 Kh7 41. g4 $1 (41. Bxa7
Kxh6 42. Nf7+ Kg6 43. Nd8 b5 {With a good chances for draw.}) 41... Nd5 42. Bc1
Nec3 43. Kf2 Nxa2 44. Bd2 Nac3 $2 {The fatal mistake.Black didn't feel
comfortable with his knight on a2,but he should have ignored this.} (44... b5
$2 45. Nd7 $1) (44... Ne7 $1 45. g5 Ng6 46. Nd7 b5 {/\ b4-Nc3}) 45. Kf3 Nb5 46.
Nd7 $1 (46. g5 $2 Ne7 47. Nd7 Ng6) 46... Nd6 47. Nf8+ Kg8 48. h7+ Kg7 49. Bh6+
Kh8 50. Bc1 $18 Nc4 51. g5 Ne7 52. Kg4 b5 53. Kh5 Kg7 (53... b4 54. g6 (54.
Ng6+ $2 Nxg6 55. Kxg6 Ne5+ 56. Kf6 (56. Kh6 Nf7+ $11) (56. Kf5 Nd3 57. g6 Nxc1
58. Kf6 (58. Kg5 Kg7 $1) 58... Nd3) 56... Nd7+ $1 (56... Ng4+ $2 57. Kf5 $18)
57. Ke7 (57. Kf7 Ne5+ $11) 57... Kxh7 58. Kxd7 Kg6 59. Ke6 b3 60. Ke5 b2) 54...
Nf5 (54... b3 55. Bg5 Ng8 56. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 57. Nh7 b2 58. Bh6 b1=Q 59. Nf6+ Kh8
60. g7#) 55. Kg5 (55. Ne6 $1 Ng3+ 56. Kg5 b3 57. Nd8 $18) 55... Ng7 56. Kf6 b3
57. Ne6 Nh5+ (57... Ne8+ 58. Ke7 $18) 58. Ke7 b2 59. Bxb2+ Nxb2 60. Ng5 $18)
54. g6 Nf5 (54... Nxg6 55. Bh6+) 55. Bh6+ $1 Nxh6 (55... Kh8 56. Kg5 Ncd6 57.
Kf6 $18) 56. Ne6+ {Black has made 23(!) out of 56 moves with his knights.A
typical game in Alekhin variation!} 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Piasetski, Leon David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 d5 11. b3 dxc4 12. bxc4 Nc6 13. Ne4 f6 14. O-O Qd7 15.
exf6 gxf6 16. f5 exf5 17. Ng3 Nb4 18. Qb3 f4 19. Bxf4 Nc6 $6 (19... Kh8 20.
Rac1 Rac8 $16) 20. Qd3 $2 (20. c5+ $18) 20... Nb4 21. Qc3 c5 22. d5 Rae8 23.
Bh6 Rf7 {[%tqu "En","","","","f3g5","",10]} 24. Ng5 $1 Bd8 25. Nxf7 Qxf7 26.
Nf5 Qg6 27. Rae1 Nxa2 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Qg3+ Qg6 30. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Brasschaat op 03rd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2003.08.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Docx, Stefan"]
[Black "Dutreeuw, Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "Maes,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.08.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Qf3 (8. Nf3) 8... O-O 9. O-O-O Bg5 (9... Be6) (9... f5 $6) 10. h4 Bxe3+ 11.
fxe3 Qe7 12. g4 Re8 13. e4 Na5 14. b3 c5 15. d5 $2 Nd7 16. g5 a6 17. Qf4 Ne5
18. Be2 Bd7 19. Nf3 Nxf3 20. Bxf3 b5 21. Be2 bxc4 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. bxc4 Rab8
24. Kc2 Rb4 25. Kd3 Rf8 $1 26. Rhe1 f6 27. Re3 Be8 28. Rg1 Bg6 29. gxf6 Rxf6
30. Qg5 Qf7 31. Qg3 Rb2 32. Rg2 Rb8 33. Rg1 Rf4 34. Qg5 Re8 35. a3 Rf3 36. Rg3
Rf1 37. Rg2 Rb8 38. Reg3 Rf3+ 39. Kc2 {(time)} (39. Kc2 Rf2+ 40. Rxf2 Qxf2+)
0-1

[Event "Cupa Dinamo"]
[Site "Brasov"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sofronie, Iulian"]
[Black "Zlatic, Mihailo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. b3 Bf5 10. Be2 d5 11. c5 Nc8 12. Bf3 Nc6 (12... e6 13. g4) 13. Bxd5 e5
14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. dxe5 $6 (15. Nge2 exd4 16. Bxd4 $18) 15... Bxe5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8
17. Nf3 Bg7 18. O-O Ne7 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Rfe1 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Red1 Be4 23.
Rxd5 Bxd5 $44 24. Nd2 f5 25. Kf1 (25. h4 $142) 25... h6 26. Be7 Re8 27. Bd6 g5
28. f3 g4 29. Bf4 h5 30. a4 Bd4 31. b4 a6 {[#]} 32. fxg4 $2 fxg4 33. g3 h4 $1
$18 34. Re1 (34. gxh4 Rf8) (34. Nc4 h3 {/\Bg2}) 34... Bg2+ 35. Kxg2 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. h3 Be7 8. Nf3
Bf5 9. Bd3 {The exchange of bishops ensures the f3-knight of absolute
stability, but offers Black comfortable play.} (9. Be2 {is the more ambitious
and main continuation.}) 9... Qd7 $1 {It is better to abstain himself from
activating the enemy queen by releasing the tension.} (9... Bxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O
11. O-O {offers White some additional possibilities.} Bf6 (11... Re8 12. b3 g6
(12... Qd7 13. Ng5 $5 {is a resource that is not available if Black refrains
from the exchange on d3.}) 13. Bf4 Bf6 14. Rfe1 {Again, with the bishops on
board this kind of move would have been simply bad because of ...Rxe1.} Bg7 15.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Qd2 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. d5 {Smirnov,
I (2450)-Dolzhikova,K (2276)/Rodatychi 2006/EXT 2008 (1-0, 46)}) 12. b3 d5 13.
c5 Nc8 14. a3 h6 15. b4 N8e7 16. Bd2 {This move would not have been possible
if the light-squared bishops had been in tension.} (16. b5 Na5) 16... a6 17.
Ne2 Qd7 18. Ng3 $14 {Kernazhitsky,L (2330)-Taborov,B (2434)/Kiev 2009/CBM 131
Extra (1-0, 39)}) 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 (11. a3 {is kind of pointless.} Bxd3 ({
Black gets carried away by the relative weakness of the c4-square, but} 11...
Bf6 {looks sounder.}) 12. Qxd3 Na5 $5 13. Nd2 d5 14. c5 Nbc4 15. Ne2 (15. Nf3
$5 {would have left the c4-knight vulnerable.}) {Eppinger,G (2305)-Kertesz,A 
(2335)/Germany 1988/GER-chT (0-1, 40)} 15... Nxd2 16. Bxd2 Nc6 17. b4 a6 18. a4
Bf6 19. b5 Nd8 $11 {[%cal Gd8e6]}) 11... Bf6 12. Ne2 {White plans Ng3 in order
to convince Black to release the tension.} ({Inserting} 12. a3 a6 13. Bb2 Rfe8
{before carrying out this plan is ineffective because the opposition of the
dark-squared bishops favours Black because the d4-pawn would remain pinned and
the b2-bishop passive.} 14. Ne2 Re7 15. Ng3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 g6 17. Rae1 Rae8 {
with a very pleasant position for Black in Uzcanga,J-Barbery,A/Parnaiba 1995/
EXT 1998 (1/2, 42)}) 12... Rfe8 13. Ng3 Bg6 {Still refraining from ...Bxd3.} (
13... Bxd3 14. Qxd3 g6 15. Bg5 {would have left Black's kingside more
vulnerable than in the game.}) 14. Bxg6 hxg6 {It appears that the g3-knight,
in which White has invested so much time, has little scope on the kingside.
Besides, Black is a tempo up (Qd3) compared to the line from the previous
comment.} 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 d5 $11 {Finally this thematic break, just when
White was threatening d4-d5 himself. After the exchange of all bishops, Black
has no problems of coordination despite his relative lack of space.} 17. c5 Nc8
18. Nf3 N8e7 19. Ne2 f6 20. Nc3 g5 21. Qd3 Kf7 {Black becomes ambitious. His
kingside structure (the open h-file) offers him some hope to start a slow
attack. However, his chances for levelling matters are quite slim in the event
of accurate white play.} 22. Rfe1 a6 23. Re3 g4 24. Nh2 gxh3 25. Rxh3 Rh8 26.
Rxh8 Rxh8 27. Rd1 g5 28. Ne2 Ng6 29. f3 Nce7 (29... f5 $5 30. f4 g4 {may have
led to more interesting play. It is far from clear who will bring his knight
to e5/e4. Black's main trump is that his king can take active part in the
events (defending f5), although this could also allow some white tactics.}) 30.
Ng4 c6 31. Re1 Nf5 32. Kf2 Ng7 33. Ng3 Nf4 34. Qc2 Rh4 35. Rh1 Rxh1 36. Nxh1
Nf5 37. Qxf5 Qxf5 38. Nh6+ Kg6 39. Nxf5 Kxf5 40. g4+ Ke6 41. Ke3 {White has
managed to simplify and retains a symbolic plus because of his queenside space
advantage. However, the position is almost blocked and Black has little
trouble holding a draw.} Ng2+ 42. Kf2 Nf4 43. Ke3 Ng2+ 44. Ke2 f5 45. Ng3 Nf4+
46. Ke3 fxg4 47. fxg4 Kd7 48. Nf1 Kc7 49. Nd2 Ne6 50. Nf3 b6 {Black accepts
the weakening of his structure in order to eliminate White's space advantage.
The permanent weakness of the g4- and d4-pawns, which can be attacked by the
black knight do not allow White to use his own knight to take advantage of the
c5-square.} 51. cxb6+ Kxb6 52. Kd3 Ka5 53. Kc3 Kb5 54. a3 Ka5 55. Ne5 Kb5 56.
Nd7 Nf4 57. Nc5 Nh3 58. Nd3 Ng1 59. Kd2 Nf3+ 60. Ke3 Nh4 61. Ne5 Ng2+ 62. Kd2
Nf4 63. Nf3 Ne6 64. Kc3 Ka5 65. Ne5 Kb6 66. Kd3 Kc7 67. Nf3 Kb6 68. Kc2 Kb5 69.
Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. b3 {White's main idea is to stop Black's ideal development of ...Bg4 
(after Nf3), ...Nc6 and ...d5, trying to fix the d4-pawn as a weakness. For
example, if White plays 9.Nf3:} (9. Nf3 {allows Black to get everything he
wants in this line:} Bg4 10. b3 (10. h3 {is not good enough for White either}
Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. Qd1 d5 13. c5 $2 (13. cxd5 Nxd5 $17) 13... e5 $3 $17)
10... Nc6 11. Be2 d5 12. c5 Nc8 {followed by ...e6, ...N8e7, ...Bxf3 and ...
Nf5, and Black is fine.}) 9... Bf5 $5 {Keeping it flexible.} (9... Nc6 10. d5 {
I learned this line in 2001 and had an important win back then:} Ne5 11. Be2 $1
{this is the key, now White wants to play f4 followed by Nf3, causing some
discomfort to Black's pieces} Re8 12. f4 Ned7 13. Nf3 e6 {Black has to do this
to get some air, and now there's a clear weakness on d6, and White has a lot
of room for all his pieces} 14. dxe6 Rxe6 15. Bf2 $16 {1-0 (53) Mekhitarian,K 
(2198)-De Castro,A (2305) Sao Paulo 2001}) (9... e5 $5 10. dxe5 $1 dxe5 11.
Qxd8 Rxd8 12. c5 N6d7 (12... Nd5 $2 13. Rd1 Be6 14. Bc4 $18) 13. Bc4 $36 {
and White tries an immediate initiative with the strong bishop on c4 and
possible invasions with Ne4-Nd6, and the use of the d-file. Nevertheless,
Black has a solid position and could have good prospects with his e+f pawns
advance (normally possible after the exchange of some pieces).}) 10. d5 (10.
Nf3 d5 11. c5 Nc8 12. Be2 Bg4 {Black could lose a tempo to achieve the ideal
piece setup. Naturally, this will be better for White compared to the main
line, but it looks safe for Black} 13. b4 a6 14. O-O Nc6 15. Rb1 e6 16. a4 N8e7
17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Na5 $5 {threatening ...Nf5 right away, without taking
directly on f3} (18... Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Na5 $13 {followed by ...Nf5 or ...Nc4})
19. Nd2 Bxe2 20. Nxe2 Nf5 $15 {and Black is fine again, could even look at an
advantage because of his more compact pawn structure.}) 10... e5 (10... e6 $1 {
with the same idea, but intending to take on d5. In the game, White wasn't
forced to take on e6.}) 11. dxe6 $6 (11. Nf3 $5 {was probably better. Black
gets a strong pawn on e5, but White could get something going on the queenside
in the middlegame (c5 or b4-c5 for example).}) 11... Bxe6 12. Nge2 (12. Nf3 d5
13. c5 Nc8 {followed by ...Nc6 and ...Qa5} (13... Nc6 $6 14. Bg5 $1 f6 15. Be3
$14) 14. Be2 Nc6 15. Nb5 N8e7 16. O-O Nf5 $132) 12... d5 $1 {Taking advantage
of the better development.} 13. c5 $6 (13. cxd5 {gives Black comfortable
equality:} Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Nf4 Bc6 $11) 13... Nc6 $1 14. Nd4 $2 {
Ambitious, but already bad.} (14. cxb6 {was a chance to equalise, White
already is looking at a worse position:} d4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Nb5 (16. bxa7 $2
Qa5 $1 $17) 16... Nxb5 17. Bxb5 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 axb6 19. O-O Rxa2 20. Bc4 {
after massive exchanges, the position should head to a draw} Bxc4 21. bxc4 Rc8
22. g3 $11 {followed by Rd7 or Rd6 or Rb1, etc.}) 14... Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Re8 $6 {
This is a very interesting piece sacrifice, but why not 15...Qh4 right away?
Maybe Kamsky didn't want his opponent to castle, even at a cost of a pawn.} (
15... Qh4 $1 {unblocking d4 by force} 16. cxb6 (16. Ne2 {similar to the game,
this is a much better version for Black, because there is no need to sacrifice
the piece} Nd7 17. Qd2 Rfe8 $17) (16. Nb5 $2 a6 17. cxb6 axb5 $19) 16... Nxd4
17. Be2 axb6 18. O-O Rfd8 $17 {with a healthy pawn up.}) 16. cxb6 Qh4 (16...
Bg4+ $2 {unfortunately doesn't win the queen} 17. Be2 $18) 17. Ne2 axb6 18. Qd2
Bf5 19. Kd1 $2 (19. Rd1 $13 {this is an ugly suggestion, but the game sequence
is simply very bad for White. I don't know how Black increases the pressure,
since all his pieces are on optimal squares, but I also don't know White's
next moves!}) 19... Rxe2 20. Bxe2 Nxd4 $5 (20... Qxd4 $1 {it was a hard
decision to exchange queens, considering White's centrally located king, but
the a2-pawn is a more important matter here:} 21. g4 (21. a4 Qxf2 $17) (21.
Qxd4 Nxd4 22. Bf3 Nxf3 23. gxf3 Rxa2 24. Rc7 Kf8 25. Re1 Rxf2 26. Rxb7 Bc2+ 27.
Kc1 Bxb3 28. Rxb6 Rxf3 $17) 21... Qxd2+ (21... Bd7 $5 {threatening ...Rxa2
right away} 22. Qxd4 Nxd4 $17 {taking on a2 next, with a scary initiative}) 22.
Kxd2 Rxa2+ 23. Ke1 Bc2 24. h4 Bxb3 25. Rh3 Nd4 $36) 21. f3 Qf2 (21... Qf6 22.
Re1 $13) 22. Re1 Be6 23. Rc3 Nc6 24. Bf1 Qh4 (24... Qxd2+ 25. Kxd2 Rxa2+ 26.
Rc2 Ra3 $11 {and Black would only have enough play to equalise the game.}) 25.
Bb5 Nd4 (25... Nb4 26. Rc7 $1 {suddenly Black's king doesn't feel too safe:} (
26. a4 $2 d4 $1 $17) 26... Nxa2 {threatening d4, but White gets the initiative
first} (26... Rxa2 27. Qc3 $132) 27. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 28. Bd7 {Black has many
possible moves here, but there is a pretty variation:} Qf6 29. Bxe6+ Qxe6 (
29... Kh8 30. Rc8+ Rxc8 31. Bxc8 $11) 30. Qd4 Nc3+ 31. Qxc3 d4 32. Qxd4 Ra1+ $1
(32... Qxb3+ $2 33. Ke1 Qb1+ 34. Kf2 Qa1 35. Rc8+ Rxc8 36. Qxa1 $18) 33. Qxa1
Qd6+ 34. Ke2 Qxc7 $11) 26. Bf1 Nf5 {Kamsky is playing for the win; after ...d4,
...Ne3 White will lack space for his pieces.} 27. Rd3 $1 d4 (27... Qxh2 $2 28.
g4 $1 Qxd2+ 29. Rxd2 $16 {and White has good winning chances.}) 28. g3 Qf6 29.
Ke2 {This is a nice way to hide the king on f2. I feel that Black could start
getting worried if he loses the initiative.} Bd7 30. a4 b5 31. a5 Bc6 32. Kf2
Ne3 33. Be2 (33. Rdxe3 dxe3+ 34. Rxe3 $11 {would equalise right away, but I
guess White was looking for more, after he had escaped all the dangers in the
opening and middlegame.}) 33... Rd8 34. Kg1 Kg7 35. Bd1 Bxf3 $4 {A horrible
blunder, most likely in time trouble.} (35... h5 $5 $44 {would keep the game
going. White was able to stabilise, but it's not easy to make progress, since
there are no pawn breaks and Black keeps the initative. Also, right now the
weak pawn on d4 can't be targeted more than twice.}) 36. Bxf3 Qxf3 37. Rexe3 (
37. Rxd4 $18 {also wins on the spot}) 37... dxe3 38. Qb2+ {White wins the rook
and the game.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelashvili, Tamaz"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 (5... cxd6 $5 {is the more
unbalanced way to play the Alekhine} 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. b3 {
the critical line for some time. Black has recently found many resources to
make this position playable} Bf5 $5 {Berkes himself played this in 2017} (9...
e5 $5 {also has been holding the position for Black} 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8
Rxd8 12. c5 N6d7 13. Bc4 Nc6 14. Nf3 h6 {is also acceptable for Black} 15. Ne4
Na5 16. Be2 f5 17. Nd6 Nc6 18. Bc4+ Kh7 19. h4 {the Ng5+ threat looks
dangerous, but Black also has positional trumps, with his strong centre} Bf8 $1
$13 {½-½ (27) Bachmann,A (2282)-Pajeken,W (2366) Calvia 2004}) 10. Nf3 (10.
d5 e5 11. dxe6 $6 Bxe6 12. Nge2 d5 $1 {and soon Black had a very good position}
13. c5 Nc6 $1 14. Nd4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Re8 $6 (15... Qh4 $1 {was very strong
right away}) 16. cxb6 Qh4 17. Ne2 $13 {1-0 (38) Xiong,J (2618)-Kamsky,G (2678)
Saint Louis 2016 with complicated play. You can check my analysis on this game.
}) 10... d5 11. c5 Nc8 12. h3 (12. b4 a6 13. a4 Bg4 14. Be2 Nc6 15. b5 axb5 16.
axb5 Na5 17. O-O e6 $11 {0-1 (35) Schroeder,J (2529)-Zhang,Z (2641) Dubai 2017,
Black has a positionally consistent setup, and White has more space.}) 12...
Nc6 13. Be2 Be4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Ng5 Nxd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 (40) Mihok,O (2498)
-Berkes,F (2645) Hungary 2017}) 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nge2 {A good setup
for White, stopping ...Bg4 - having a solid control of d4 deprives Black of
counterplay.} Nc6 9. O-O Bf6 (9... Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. Be3 $6 (11. b3 $5 {
avoiding ...Nb4}) 11... Re8 $6 (11... Nb4 $1 {looks more to the point, any
exchange tends to favour Black} 12. b3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Bg6 14. Qd2 Bf6 15. Rad1
d5 16. c5 Nc8 17. Nf4 Ne7 18. b4 c6 $11 {0-1 (39) Milliet,S (2280)-Melamed,T 
(2318) Germany 2004 is very consistent.}) 12. b3 Bg5 13. Bf2 $1 Nb4 14. Bb1 {
avoiding all possible exchanges} d5 15. a3 Nc6 16. cxd5 $2 (16. c5 $1 Nd7 17.
Nxd5 $16 {looked like a healthy pawn up}) 16... Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Nc3 Qd7
19. Ne4 Be7 20. d5 Ne5 $11 {1-0 (63) Pichot,A (2543)-Valerga,D (2477) Villa
Martelli 2016 and Black is fine.}) (9... Nb4 {right away doesn't look good} 10.
Bb1 $1 c6 (10... Nxc4 $2 11. a3 $18 {and White wins a piece with Qd3 next}) 11.
Ng3 (11. a3 $1 Na6 12. Bf4 g6 13. Ba2 $16 {making ...d5 harder to achieve})
11... g6 12. b3 a5 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Qd2 d5 15. c5 Nd7 16. a3 Na6 17. Re1 Nc7 $11
{½-½ (28) Perez Ponsa,F (2577)-Valerga,D (2458) Buenos Aires 2016 with a
fine position.}) 10. b3 Re8 {Black forces the exchange by playing ...Bg4 next
with this move (White doesn't have time to play Be3-Qd2-f3)} 11. Be3 Bg4 12.
Qd2 Bxe2 (12... a5 $6 {now White will have a big advantage, avoiding the
exchange, since the black pieces have trouble finding decent squares} 13. Nf4
$5 (13. f3 $5) 13... Bg5 14. h3 Bxf4 15. Bxf4 Bh5 16. Rae1 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Bg6
18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. d5 Ne7 20. Bg5 f6 21. Be3 $16 {1/2-1/2 (52) Thavandiran,S 
(2353)-Drozdowski,K (2508) Dallas 2016}) 13. Nxe2 d5 $5 {A thematic move in
the Alekhine - Black allows c5 intentionally, but creates prospects to attack
the d4-pawn at a later stage.} 14. c5 Nd7 15. b4 a6 16. Rae1 Nf8 17. Bb1 Qd7
18. a3 $1 {I like this move. The active looking a4 could backfire, since b5
will hardly be good for White (because of the Na5-Nc4 manoeuvre). Gelashvili
correctly evaluates his chances on the kingside to be better and keeps control
of the position.} (18. a4 {could be very well be bad for White:} Ne6 19. b5 $6
axb5 20. axb5 Na5 $1 {eyeing the c4-square, Black is fine.}) 18... b6 (18... b5
$1 {preparing ...a5 soon, to create a possible weakness on b4; it's a better
way to open up the queenside. I didn't like ...b6 and ...bxc5, leaving a
weakness on a6 and not getting much in return.} 19. cxb6 {it's something Black
has been looking for} cxb6 $11 {with ...Ne6 and ...g6 to come, Black has a
fine position.}) 19. h3 bxc5 $6 20. bxc5 Rab8 21. Bc2 Ne7 22. Qa5 Qb5 23. Qd2
Qd7 {White has a comfortable position, but it is not easy to progress.} 24. Nc3
(24. Nf4 $5 {I like this better, wanting to do something on the kingside} g6
25. g4 {stopping ...Nf5 for once and all} c6 (25... Ne6 {is a committal move,
maybe it shouldn't be played} 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qd1 $5 {keeping an eye on Ba4,
and intending to play either f4 with a pawn storm, or Bf4 and Re2-Rfe1} Bg7 28.
Ba4 c6 29. Bf4 $16 {followed by Re2 and Rfe1}) 26. Re2 $16 {followed by Rfe1.})
24... Nf5 $4 {A very big mistake that puts Black in a lost position -
Gelashvili plays from here until the end with computer-like precision!} (24...
g6 {a typical move to limit the c2-bishop. Black has a plan to play Ne6-c6,
and create something against the d4-pawn. White probably has some advantage
because of the better space, but the game remains wide open.}) 25. c6 $1 Qc8 (
25... Qxc6 26. Bxf5 $18) 26. Nxd5 $18 {White wins a central pawn and
everything falls apart.} Bd8 (26... Nxe3 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Rxe3 $18 {is
simply hopeless for Black.}) 27. Bf4 Ne7 28. Qd3 Rb5 29. Nc3 Ra5 30. a4 $1 Nfg6
31. d5 Kf8 32. Bg3 Qb8 33. h4 h5 34. Re3 Qb4 35. Rfe1 Qg4 36. Re4 Qf5 37. Qd4 {
In almost zugzwang, Black resigns. A nice game from the Georgian grandmaster!}
1-0

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Migot, Tangi"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 (5... cxd6 $144 6. Nc3) 6.
Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nge2 (8. Be3 O-O) (8. Nf3 Bg4) 8... O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. b3
{76} (10. Be3) 10... Bg5 $5 {93 Le GMI avait tout joué à tempo contrairement
à son adversaire.} (10... Bg4) 11. d5 Nb4 12. a3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Bxc1 $146 {
Les Blancs ont un avantage d'espace et les échanges soulagent un peu la
défense du GMI. L'inconvénient est le fait que le Bc1 n'avait pas encore
été développé et la manoeuvre prend donc du temps pour le GMI mais il
tente d'améliorer une de ses parties anciennes} (13... Bd7 $143 14. Bb2 $14 {
[%csl Rb6]}) (13... Nd7 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. f4 Nc5 16. Qf3 Qg6 17. b4 Bg4 18. f5
Qh5 19. Qg3 Bxe2 20. Nxe2 Rxe2 21. bxc5 dxc5 22. Qxc7 Qg4 23. Qg3 Qxg3 24. hxg3
Rae8 25. Rad1 Rc2 26. Rfe1 Kf8 27. Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. Re1+ Kd7 29. Re4 Rc3 30. Rg4
Ke7 31. Rxg7 Rxc4 32. Rg8 Rd4 33. Rb8 Rxd5 34. Rxb7+ Rd7 35. Rb5 Rc7 36. Kf2
Kf6 37. g4 Kg5 38. Kg3 c4 39. Rb2 c3 40. Rc2 Rc4 41. Kf3 h6 42. g3 Rc7 43. a4 {
Moingt,J (2290)-Degraeve,J (2569) St Chely d'Aubrac 2010 0-1}) 14. Raxc1 Nd7 {
[%cal Gd7e5]} (14... a5 $6 15. Nb5 $1 {[%csl Rc7,Rd6]}) 15. Ng3 Ne5 16. Qd2 Bd7
17. f4 Ng4 {[%csl Re3]} 18. h3 Nf6 (18... Ne3 19. Rfe1 Nf5) 19. Qd4 Qe7 20. Kf2
{30} (20. Rfe1 Qxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 22. Kf2 Rae8 (22... Re7)) 20... b6 {
78 Le GMI continue de jouer très vite} 21. Rfe1 Qf8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Re1 Rxe1
24. Kxe1 c5 25. Qe3 a6 26. a4 h6 27. Nge2 Ne8 28. g4 Nc7 29. f5 Qd8 30. Ne4 {
[%cal Ge4d6,Gf5f6]} Ne8 31. Qf4 (31. N2c3 $5 {[%csl Gb5] Aurait évité la
poussée libératrice b5} Qh4+ 32. Qg3 $14) 31... Qh4+ 32. Qg3 Qe7 33. Qf4 b5
34. axb5 axb5 35. Kf2 bxc4 36. bxc4 Ba4 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga4b3]} 37. f6 $1 Nxf6
38. Nxf6+ (38. Nxd6 $2 Qxd6 $1 {[%cal Gf6e4,Ge4f2,Ge4d6]}) 38... Qxf6 39. Qxf6
gxf6 40. Ng3 Bb3 41. Nf5 Bxc4 42. Nxh6+ {[%csl Gh3]} Kf8 43. Nf5 Bxd5 44. Nxd6
Kg7 45. Ke3 $11 Kg6 46. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2000.07.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Mortensen,E"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2000.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 Nb6 6. exd6 exd6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. h3 {A rarely played variation which contains some venom. As white
has not castled kingside a pawn storm in this region is on the cards.} Bxf3 ({
Also dangerous is} 9... Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. c5 $36) 10.
Qxf3 O-O (10... Bg5 11. Qe4+ Kf8 {does not look inviting for black.}) 11. h4
$14 {The black position is a bit cramped, therefore exchanges after Bg5 are
prevented.} a5 ({Searching for counterplay. Worse is} 11... d5 $2 12. c5 Nc4
13. O-O-O Nxe3 14. fxe3 Qd7 15. Qxd5 Rad8 16. Qf3 Nb4 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qf3
Nxa2+ 19. Nxa2 Qa4 20. Kb1 Rb3 21. Rd2 Rfb8 22. Rc2 Qa3 23. Qf2 Rxe3 24. Rh3
Rxh3 25. gxh3 Bf6 26. Nc3 {1-0 Wedberg,T-Sandstrom,L/Stockholm 1998/EXT 99 (26)
}) ({but possible is} 11... Na5 12. b3 c6 (12... Nc6 $5 {might be a good idea
despite the loss of time, as a5-a4 will come with greater effect}) 13. Bd3 d5
14. c5 Nd7 15. Qf5 $5 g6 16. Qh3 $14) 12. O-O-O a4 13. c5 $1 Nd7 14. a3 $6 (14.
cxd6 Bxd6 (14... cxd6 15. a3 Rc8 16. Kb1 Nb6 17. Bd3 d5 18. h5 $16) 15. a3 Nb6
16. Bd3 Qe7 17. Nb5 $14) 14... dxc5 15. dxc5 Qc8 {The weak c5-pawn and the
square e5 ease the black defence} 16. Bb5 Bxc5 17. Bxa4 Nde5 18. Qe4 Bxe3+ 19.
Qxe3 Qg4 20. Bc2 Rad8 (20... Qxg2 $2 21. f4 Ng4 22. Qd3 Nf6 23. Rhg1 Qf2 24.
Nd5 $18) 21. f4 (21. g3 $5) 21... Ng6 22. g3 Nge7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch op"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Krayz, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Nf3
Re8 9. Be2 Bf6 (9... Bf5 10. O-O N8d7 11. Bf4 Nf8 12. b3 Ng6 13. Bh2 c6 14. Qd2
Bf6 15. Rfe1 a5 16. Bd3 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 d5 19. c5 $14 {1-0 Serper,
G-Dreev,A/Sochi 1986 (34)}) 10. O-O Bf5 11. Bf4 $5 {N/} (11. Re1 Nc6 12. a3 d5
13. c5 Nc8 14. Bf4 a6 15. Qd2 N8e7 16. Bf1 h6 17. b4 Be6 18. Ne2 $14 {1-0
Adams,M-Baburin,A/Kilkenny op 1996 (37)}) 11... h6 (11... Nc6 $142 $5) (11...
c6 $142 $5) 12. c5 $1 dxc5 (12... Nc8 13. Qb3 {[%csl Gb3,Gf4][%cal Rb3b7]}) 13.
dxc5 Qxd1 $6 (13... N6d7 $5 14. Qd5 (14. Nd5 Bxb2 15. Nxc7 (15. Bxc7 Qc8) 15...
Bxa1 16. Qxa1 Re4 $1 (16... Nc6) (16... Rxe2 $2 17. Nd4 $36) 17. Bg3 Nc6) (14.
Nd4 Bg6 15. b4 (15. Ncb5 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxc5) 15... Nxc5) 14... Bxc3 15. Qxf5
Bxb2 (15... Rxe2 16. bxc3 $36) 16. Rae1 $44 (16. Bc4 Qf6) 16... Bc3 $140 17.
Bc4 Rf8 18. Rb1 b6 19. Rfc1 $36) 14. Raxd1 N6d7 (14... Na4 15. Nd5 $1 Rxe2 16.
Nxc7 Nxb2 17. Rde1 $16) 15. Nd5 $1 Rxe2 (15... Bd8 16. Nd4 (16. Bxc7 Rxe2 17.
Nd4 Rxb2 18. Bxd8 Nc6 19. Bf6 $1 $36) 16... Nxc5 17. Nxf5 Rxe2 18. Nb6 $1 axb6
19. Rxd8+ Kh7 20. Bxc7 Nca6 (20... Ne6 21. Re8 Ra5 22. Ng3 $1 $18) 21. Bxb6
Rxb2 22. Bd4 Rd2 23. Rb1 $16) 16. Nxc7 Rxb2 17. Nxa8 Rxa2 18. Rfe1 $1 $18 {
[%csl Gd1,Ge1,Gf4]} Be6 (18... Nc6 19. g4 Be6 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Rxd7 $18) 19.
Nc7 {[%csl Rb8,Rd7]} Bb3 (19... Bc4 $5) 20. Rb1 Bc2 21. Rxb7 Nc6 22. Nd5 Nxc5
23. Re8+ Kh7 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Rxf7+ Kg6 26. Rc7 (26. Ref8 $5) 26... Nd3 27.
g4 $1 (27. g4 Nxf4 28. Rg8#) 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Riff, Jean Noel"]
[Black "Sergeev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. c4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} (4. Nf3) 4... Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. f4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:
20]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Be6 {
[%emt 0:01:42]} 8. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} (8. b3 O-O 9. Nf3 c5 10. dxc5 N6d7 11.
Rc1 dxe5 {1/2-1/2 Fedorov,A (2620)-Sergeev,V (2430)/Warsaw 2004/CBM 103 ext}) (
8. d5 Bc8 9. Nf3 c6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. Qd2 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 cxd5 14. cxd5
dxe5 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Bh6 N8d7 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Ne4 Qg7 19. Raf1 Nf6 20.
Nxf6+ exf6 21. d6 Rd8 22. Rd3 Nc4 {Petr,M (2416)-Sergeev,V (2455)/Usti nad
Orlici 2006/CBM 112 ext/1/2-1/2}) 8... O-O {[%emt 0:00:37]} 9. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} (9. b3 {La grande ligne} c5 $1 10. dxc5 N6d7 {[%cal Gd7c5,Gg7c3,Gd6e5]})
9... Na6 $146 {[%emt 0:02:26][%cal Gc7c5]} (9... a5 10. Ng5 Bf5 11. c5 a4 12.
Qd1 dxc5 13. dxc5 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Nc8 15. Bc4 Nc6 16. O-O h6 17. Nf3 a3 18. b3
N8a7 19. Rd2 Nb4 20. Nd4 Bc8 21. h3 b6 22. Rfd1 g5 23. fxg5 Bxe5 24. cxb6 {
Simon,O (2338)-Degraeve,J (2573)/Lille 2011/CBM 142 Extra/1-0 (33)}) 10. Ng5 {
[%emt 0:06:52]} (10. Rc1 c5 11. d5 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bxe5
15. O-O $44) 10... c5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 11. dxc5 {[%emt 0:07:26]} (11. d5) (
11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 $132) 11... Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 12. Bxc5 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 13. Rd1 $36 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Qc8 {
[%emt 0:07:33]} 14. Nd5 $1 {[%emt 0:09:09]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:18:31]} 15. cxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:55]} Qf5 $6 {[%emt 0:09:26]} (15... c4 $142 $5 16. Qf3 (16. Qc2 Qc5
{[%csl Re1]}) 16... Qc5 (16... h6 17. Ne4) 17. Be2 (17. Ne4 $13 {[%csl Re1]}
Qa5+) 17... Qb4+) 16. g3 $1 {[%emt 0:03:20][%cal Gf1h3]} c4 {[%emt 0:06:54]}
17. Qc3 {[%emt 0:13:21]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:23:19] Laisse un temps de répit aux
Blancs pour terminer le développement alors que Na4 gardait l'initiaitve mais
conduisait а des positions peu claires.} (17... Na4 $5 18. Qb4 Qc2 $13 19. Rd2
Qc1+) 18. Qb4 {[%emt 0:03:31]} (18. Bh3 $1 {Terminer le développement en
gagnant un tempo paraissait plus simple} Qc5 (18... Qc7 19. O-O Rfd8 20. Qf3 {
[%cal Gf3d5,Gf4f5,Gg5f7]}) 19. Ne4 $36 {[%cal Ge1g1]}) 18... Rd8 {[%emt 0:07:
34]} 19. Qxe7 {[%emt 0:10:53]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 20. Qb4 {[%emt 0:01:03]}
Nxd5 $6 {[%emt 0:09:11]} (20... Qd8 $1 21. d6 Bxe5 $1 22. Nxf7 Rxf7 23. fxe5 {
[%csl Re1]} Qg5 $15 {[%csl Re5]}) 21. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qd8 $2 {[%emt 0:02:
20] Trop tard!} (21... Nb6 22. Qxc8+ Rxc8 23. Bh3 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Rc7) 22. Nxf7
$1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 23. e6+ $1 {[%emt 0:02:39] La pointe!
} Kxe6 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 24. Bh3+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:03:25]} 25. Bxd7
{[%emt 0:00:15]} Qe7+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} 26. Kf2 $18 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Nb6 {
[%emt 0:00:49]} 27. Qb5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 28. Rhe1 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 29. Be6+ {[%emt 0:00:42]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 30. Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 31. Qxe7+ {[%emt 0:00:08]}
Kxe7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 32. Bc8+ {[%emt 0:01:32]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 33. Bxb7 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 34. Bd5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} 35. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 36. Rd7+ {[%emt 0:00:
06]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 37. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 38. Ra7
{[%emt 0:00:34]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 39. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:
01]} 40. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ra7 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Bb4
{[%emt 0:02:39]} 42. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 43. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Appel, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. d5 Nb4 11. Rc1 exd5 12. a3 c5 13. axb4 d4 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Qb8 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. c5 Nd7 19. Qe4 O-O 20. Bc4 Nxe5 21.
Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Nd5 Re8 $6 (22... Bg5 23. Rc3 Qe8 $11) 23. O-O $18 Bg5 24. Rce1
Rxe6 25. Qf5 Nf3+ 26. Qxf3 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Qg8 28. b5 Re8 $6 (28... Rf8 29. Qd3
Re8) 29. Rxe8 $18 Qxe8 30. g3 h6 31. h4 Bd2 32. Qd3 Bb4 33. Qc4 Ba5 34. Kg2 Qe5
35. b4 Bd8 36. Nf4 Qb2+ 37. Kh3 Qb1 38. Qd5 Bc7 39. Kg4 Qxb4 40. c6 bxc6 41.
bxc6 a5 42. Qd7 Qd6 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Kh3 Bb8 45. h5 Bc7 $2 (45... Qe5 46. Qg6+
Kh8 $16) 46. Qg6+ $18 Qxg6 47. hxg6+ Kg8 48. Ne6 Bd6 49. c7 Bxc7 50. Nxc7 a4
51. Nb5 Kf8 52. Kg4 Ke7 53. Kf5 Kd7 54. g4 Ke7 $2 (54... Kc6 55. Na3 Kd6) 55.
Ke5 $18 Kd7 56. Na3 1-0

[Event "Villa Ballester op 48th"]
[Site "Villa Ballester"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Black "Paglilla, Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Ricardi,P"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. b3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. c5 N6d7 13. Bc4 Nc6 14. Nf3 Nf6 (
14... h6 15. Nb5) 15. Nb5 Ne8 16. Ng5 Rd7 17. O-O Nd8 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Ne4 Rxd1+
20. Rxd1 Be6 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Rd7 f5 $2 (22... Bf8 $142 23. Rxb7 (23. Ned6
$142) 23... f5) 23. Re7 $1 fxe4 24. Rxe6 Kf7 25. Rxe8 $1 Rxe8 26. Nd6+ Ke7 27.
Nxe8 Kxe8 28. c6 $1 b6 (28... bxc6 29. Bxa7) 29. b4 Ke7 30. b5 Kd6 31. g4 h5
32. gxh5 gxh5 33. Bg5 Ke6 34. Kf1 Bf8 35. Bd8 Bc5 36. Bc7 Bd4 37. a4 Ke7 38.
Ke2 Ke6 39. Bb8 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.21"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Mamadshoev, Marat"]
[Black "Wohl, Aleksandar H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[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 "Tajikistan"]
[BlackTeam "Australia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TJK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 c5 $5 (5... dxe5 6. fxe5 c5 $5 {
is well known as risky but Wohl's new idea is even more outlandish.}) 6. dxc5
N6d7 (6... dxc5 {leads to a horrible ending and was definitely not Wohl's
intention.}) 7. cxd6 exd6 8. exd6 Nf6 $1 9. Qe2+ Be6 10. Nc3 {Here Wohl began
to think hard and I began to wonder if he was going to resign!} ({Black is now
two pawns down but White, perhaps unluckily, cannot win immediately with} 10.
f5 $2 {due to} Qa5+) 10... g6 $1 ({Wohl later explained that he was still
following his opening preparation but had originally intended} 10... Qa5 {
which looks rather awkward. Over the board he found a much better idea.}) 11.
c5 Bg7 12. Qb5+ Nbd7 13. Nf3 ({White could of course grab another pawn and
force the exchange of queens yet after} 13. Qxb7 Nxc5 14. Qc7 Qxc7 15. dxc7 O-O
{the c7 pawn is doomed and Black will have reasonable compensation for his
material deficit. White prefers to complete his development and try to hang on
to only one pawn.}) 13... O-O 14. Be2 Rc8 15. O-O Nxc5 16. Rd1 Bd7 $1 17. Qb4
a5 $1 {By now Wohl's teammates were feeling much happier.} 18. Qd4 $1 (18. Qa3
b5 $1 {, meeting} 19. Bxb5 {with} Qb6 {, keeps White on the back foot.}) 18...
Ng4 19. Ne5 Ne6 $1 20. Qa7 $1 {Great defence by Mamahdshoev, who has
calculated that he canot be forced to suurrender the key g1-a7 diagonal.} Nxe5
21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Qf2 $1 Bc6 {Otherwise 23.Nd5 is annoying.} 23. Bh6 Bg7 $2 {
The first sign that Wohl is losing his nerve after such a brave opening.} ({
Wohl wanted to sacrifice the exchange with} 23... Bxd6 $1 24. Bxf8 Qxf8 {
but could not see a clear path to an advantage and decided on the 'safe' text
move. Unfortunately the game continuation is slightly better for White due to
his passed d pawn whereas the exchange sacrifice offered dynamic equality at
least.}) (23... Re8 $2 24. d7 $1) 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Bb5 $1 Bxb5 26. Nxb5 Qg5
27. Nc3 Qc5 28. Rd5 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rfd8 30. Rad1 b6 $2 {A new and serious
weakness.} (30... Nc5 {should hold a draw.}) 31. d7 Rc5 $6 32. Na4 $1 Rc2+ 33.
R1d2 Rxd2+ 34. Rxd2 Nc5 $6 ({Since Black loses the resulting pawn endgame by a
tempo, Black had to try his luck in the line} 34... b5 35. Nb6 $1 (35. Nc3 Nc5
$1 36. Rd5 b4 $1) 35... Rb8 36. Nc8 Nd8 {although this is also very depressing.
}) 35. Nxc5 bxc5 36. Ke3 Kf6 37. Rd5 a4 38. Kd3 Ke6 39. Kc4 Rxd7 40. Rxd7 Kxd7
41. Kxc5 f5 42. Kb4 f4 43. Kxa4 g5 44. Kb3 g4 45. Kc3 h5 46. Kd3 h4 47. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2009.07.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Porper, Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Shabalov,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c4 Nb6 6. exd6 exd6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Nc3 Bc5 12. Be3 $1 {When it comes to quiet
and simple positions Michael Adams remains one of the top players in the world.
} Bxe3 13. fxe3 Qg5 14. Qd3 Bg4 15. Bxg4 Qxg4 16. e4 Nd7 17. h3 Qg6 18. Kh2 a6
19. b4 Qb6 20. a3 Qd4 21. Rad1 Qxd3 22. Rxd3 b6 23. Rc1 Rfb8 24. g4 Kf8 25. Kg3
Ke8 26. g5 Rc8 27. Rf1 a5 28. b5 {Michael outplayed his opponent from a
slightly better middlegame, but lets the game slip away from him with the text
and the follow up two moves later} (28. Nb5 $1 axb4 29. axb4 Ra2 30. d6 c6 31.
Nc7+ Kf8 32. Rdf3 f6 33. gxf6 gxf6 34. Rxf6+ Nxf6 35. Rxf6+ Kg7 36. d7 Rd8 37.
Rf3 $3 {was winning right away.}) 28... f6 29. gxf6 gxf6 30. d6 $5 c6 {#} 31.
c5 $6 {A two-pawn sac is exciting, but it changes the assessment of the
position from slightly better for White to White has some compensation.
Michael's draw offer is timely.} (31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Rg3 cxb5 33. Rfg1 {forced
rooks exchange} Rg8 34. Rxg8 Rxg8 35. Rxg8 Kxg8 36. Nxb5 Kf7 37. Nc7 {and the
resulting knight ending is drawn.}) ({But another double pawn sacrifice} 31.
Rf5 $5 cxb5 32. Rh5 bxc4 33. Rd1 {would certainly be something Mike was
looking for}) 31... Nxc5 32. d7+ Nxd7 33. Rd6 cxb5 {In the final position
Black is better, but not by much after 34.Nd5} 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Borlange"]
[Date "2014.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsson, Pontus"]
[Black "Semcesen, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:13:05"]
[BlackClock "0:27:50"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Ne2 Nc6 8.
O-O Nb4 9. Nbc3 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. b3 Re8 12. d5 Nd7 13. Ng3 Bf6 14. Bb2 Nc5
15. Qd2 a5 {[#]Pontus was devastated aftter his loss, claiming that White had
several good options here.} 16. Rae1 Bd7 17. Nh5 Be5 18. f4 Qh4 19. fxe5 Qxh5
20. Ne2 (20. e6 {Pontus wanted e6 to work, but did not find anything clear.}
fxe6 21. dxe6 Bxe6 (21... Nxe6 22. Nd5 Rf8 $1) 22. Nb5 Re7 23. Qd4) 20... b6
21. Ng3 Qg6 22. Rf3 dxe5 23. Bxe5 c6 {Pontus had used all his time up to this
point. Normally he plays very accurate with little time on the clock, this
time however, perhaps due to the fact that he was called one week before the
tournament begun to replace Slavko Cicak, the quality of play was below his
high standards.} 24. Rfe3 cxd5 25. cxd5 Rac8 26. Bd4 Rxe3 27. Rxe3 h5 28. Bxc5
$6 Rxc5 $11 29. Ne4 Rc8 30. Nc3 b5 31. d6 Rc6 32. Nd5 $2 Qxd6 33. h3 Be6 34.
Rd3 Bxd5 35. Rxd5 Rc1+ 36. Qxc1 Qxd5 37. Qf4 g6 38. Kh2 Kg7 39. h4 b4 40. Qc7 (
40. Qf2 {just protecting everything, was more stubborn.}) 40... Qd4 41. Qxa5
Qxh4+ 42. Kg1 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 h4 44. Qc7 {allowing a winning pawn ending.} Qg3+
45. Qxg3 hxg3+ 46. Kxg3 f5 47. Kf4 Kf6 48. g4 g5+ 49. Kf3 fxg4+ 50. Kxg4 Kg6
51. Kg3 Kf5 52. Kf3 g4+ 53. Kg3 Kg5 54. Kg2 Kf4 55. Kf2 g3+ 56. Kg2 Kg4 57. Kg1
Kf3 58. Kf1 g2+ 59. Kg1 Kg3 0-1

